“My lord Halifax?” he questioned.
“Is following, Your Highness—he was too late to accompany us.”
Of the three it was Lord Halifax whom William preferred.
“Your Highness,” continued Arlington, “we have to put before you the terms of the King, our master.”
“And I, my lord, have some reproaches to make on the manner in which His Majesty has forsaken the Triple Alliance.”
“It is to satisfy Your Highness on that matter that we are now here——”
The Duke interrupted—
“Shall we to business?”
“If you please, my lord,” answered William, not looking at him.
“Your Highness is not too fatigued?” asked Buckingham, who would sooner have gone to his supper first.