Three days elapsed before the hemorrhage was entirely subdued; and during those three days alarming rumours reached his ears.
It was impossible that a conspiracy so widely spread as that of which Churchill was the head could be kept altogether secret.

There was no evidence which could be laid before a jury or a court martial: but strange whispers wandered about the camp.

Feversham, who held the chief command, reported that there was a bad spirit in the army.

It was hinted to the King that some who were near his person were not his friends, and that it would be a wise precaution to send Churchill and Grafton under a guard to Portsmouth.

James rejected this counsel.