Some persons who were peculiarly entitled to be present, and whose testimony would have satisfied all minds accessible to reason, were absent, and for their absence the King was held responsible.

The Princess Anne was, of all the inhabitants of the island, the most deeply interested in the event.

Her sex and her experience qualified her to act as the guardian of her sister's birthright and her own.

She had conceived strong suspicions which were daily confirmed by circumstances trifling or imaginary.

She fancied that the Queen carefully shunned her scrutiny, and ascribed to guilt a reserve which was perhaps the effect of delicacy.