The King still pressed for a personal conference with his nephew.

"I would not have left Rochester," he said, "if I had known that he wished me not to do so: but, since I am here, I hope that he will come to Saint James's." "I must plainly tell your Majesty," said Zulestein, "that His Highness will not come to London while there are any troops here which are not under his orders." The King, confounded by this answer, remained silent.

Zulestein retired; and soon a gentleman entered the bedchamber with the news that Feversham had been put under arrest.

[597] James was greatly disturbed.

Yet the recollection of the applause with which he had been greeted still buoyed up his spirits.
A wild hope rose in his mind.