What think you of the army which hath just passed before you ?' 'If it please your Majesty,' Saxon answered, 'it is like so much uncarded wool, which is rough enough in itself, and yet may in time come to be woven into a noble garment.' 'Hem! There is not much leisure for the weaving,' said Monmouth.

'But they fight well.

You should have seen them fall on at Axminster! We hope to see you and to hear your views at the council table.

But how is this?
Have I not seen this gentleman's face before ?' 'It is the Honourable Sir Gervas Jerome of the county of Surrey,' quoth Saxon.
'Your Majesty may have seen me at St.James's,' said the baronet, raising his hat, 'or in the balcony at Whitehall.

I was much at Court during the latter years of the late king.' 'Yes, yes.