Michel and Angele, A Ladder of Swords - Page 39/96

"They are even within the palace grounds, your imperial Majesty," answered Lempriere.

"You will summon them when I bid you," she said to the Seigneur; "and you shall see that they have comforts and housing as befits their station," she added to the Lord Chamberlain.

So did Elizabeth, out of a whimsical humour, set the highest in the land to attend upon unknown, unconsidered exiles.