Many, till the fleet actually began to move westward, believed that it was bound for Dunkirk.

Many guessed that Brest would be the point of attack; but they only guessed this; for the secret was much better kept than most of the secrets of that age.

[532] Russell, till he was ready to weigh anchor, persisted in assuring his Jacobite friends that he knew nothing.

His discretion was proof even against all the arts of Marlborough.

Marlborough, however, had other sources of intelligence.