In the meantime he hoped that James would command Godolphin not to quit the Treasury.

A private man could do little for the good cause.

One who was the director of the national finances, and the depository of the gravest secrets of state, might render inestimable services.
Marlborough's pretended repentance imposed so completely on those who managed the affairs of James in London that they sent Lloyd to France, with the cheering intelligence that the most depraved of all rebels had been wonderfully transformed into a loyal subject.

The tidings filled James with delight and hope.

Had he been wise, they would have excited in him only aversion and distrust.