Ah, I must look over these papers!
[While she is examining them, the door in the background opens. Those lords designated by The Queen enter, making profound salutations.
SCENE VI
The same. Lord Clinton and the other lords.
THE QUEEN.
Good-day, gentlemen! God be with you, my lords! [To Lord Montague.] Anthony Brown, I do not forget that you held your own most worthily against John of Montmorency and the Count of Toulouse during my negotiations with my uncle, the Emperor! Lord Paget, to-day you will receive your letters patent of Baron Paget de Beaudesert in Stafford. And this is our old friend, Lord Clinton. We are always your good friend, my lord. It was you who exterminated Thomas Wyatt in St. James's Field. Let us all remember it, my lords. The crown of England was saved that day by a bridge which enabled my troops to reach the rebels, and by a wall which prevented the rebels from reaching me! The bridge was London Bridge. The wall was my Lord Clinton!
LORD CLINTON (low to Simon Renard).
The Queen has not spoken to me for six months. How kind she is to-day!
SIMON RENARD (low to Lord Clinton).
Patience, my lord. She will be kinder still, by-and-by.