They are of John's own army and alienated to you without his knowledge.

Hence they are in armor and ready at any propitious moment.

This house is provisioned and equipped for siege; everything is prepared." "At what cost, my Amaryllis ?" he asked tenderly.
She drew away from him quickly, as if his tone had touched a place of deeper disappointment.
"That I do not remember.

I am your minister; you need no other.

More than the one would be multiplying chances for betrayal." "And what wilt thou have out of all this for thyself ?" he asked.
Slowly she turned her face back to him.
"I would have it said that I made a king," she said.
There was a step in the corridor leading into the andronitis, and, smiling, Amaryllis rose.