De la Foret ran to help him, and throwing an arm around him, almost carried him towards the couch.

Lempriere, however, slipped from De la Foret's grasp to his knees on the floor before the Queen.
"Not alone, your high and sacred Majesty, I am here--I have been here through all.

I was here when Mademoiselle came, brought hither by trick of some knave not fit to be your immortal Majesty's subject.

I speak the truth, for I am butler to your Majesty and no liar.

I am Lempriere of Rozel." No man's self-control could meet such a surprise without wavering.
Leicester was confounded, for he had not known that Lempriere was housed with De la Foret.