She rewarded the services of Lady Marlborough with a pension of a thousand a year; [606] but this was in all probability a very small part of what the Churchills gained by the arrangement.
After these transactions the two royal sisters continued during many months to live on terms of civility and even of apparent friendship.

But Mary, though she seems to have borne no malice to Anne, undoubtedly felt against Lady Marlborough as much resentment as a very gentle heart is capable of feeling.

Marlborough had been out of England during a great part of the time which his wife had spent in canvassing among the Tories, and, though he had undoubtedly acted in concert with her, had acted, as usual, with temper and decorum.

He therefore continued to receive from William many marks of favour which were unaccompanied by any indication of displeasure.
In the debates on the settling of the revenue, the distinction between Whigs and Tories does not appear to have been very clearly marked.

In truth, if there was any thing about which the two parties were agreed, it was the expediency of granting the customs to the Crown for a time not exceeding four years.