He repaired many times to Saint James's Palace, but could scarcely obtain a word or a look.

One day the Prince was writing, another day he wanted fresh air and must ride in the Park; on a third he was closeted with officers on military business and could see nobody.

Clarendon saw that he was not likely to gain anything by the sacrifice of his principles, and determined to take them back again.

In December ambition had converted him into a rebel.
In January disappointment reconverted him into a royalist.

The uneasy consciousness that he had not been a consistent Tory gave a peculiar acrimony to his Toryism.