Why were they sent, and not a couple of the officers on duty?
But if the King's object were to secure their absence, the scheme was well laid.

I thought now that I could guess what M.de Perrencourt had said in that whispered conference.

Buckingham had the discretion to recognise when the game went against him.

He rose at once with a bow, declaring that he hastened to obey the King's command, and would bring the fellow in, dead or alive.

Monmouth had less self-control.