Chapter XXX

EDWIN AND MORKAR:--Their personal appearance--Edwin the
handsomest man of his age--They took no part in the battle of
Hastings--Aspire to the throne--Edgar Atheling's adherents too
strong--Go to York--Their plans--William attempts to conciliate
them--William promises his daughter in marriage to Edwin--Edwin
and Morkar accompany William to the Continent--William refuses
to give his daughter to Edwin--Edwin and Morkar escape from
Court--Their enterprise fails--Reconciliation to William--A
mighty conspiracy formed--The camp of refuge--Morkar is deluded
by William's promises and imprisoned--Edwin resolves to leave
Ely--Is betrayed by three of his officers--Is attacked by the
Normans--Attempts to escape--Edwin's death--William's grief