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