The window was closely barred, but otherwise the room, though small, was not uncomfortable.

It contained a chair, a table, and a couch.
[Illustration: Philip in prison.] When the door was barred and bolted behind him, Philip walked to the window and stood looking out at the river.

The prospect seemed dark.

The governor was unfavourably disposed towards him now; and when the news came, on the morrow, that the Queen of Navarre had slipped through his fingers, his exasperation would no doubt be vented on him.

What was now but a mere suspicion, would then become almost a certainty; and it would, as a matter of course, be assumed that he was there on matters connected with her flight.