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Then hedging quickly , `` That is , I suppose such is the purpose of the subpoena . '' The king 's manner and his evident knowledge of what was going on convinced me that Hamilton was the subject of inquiry , and I greatly feared an effort was being made to charge him with Roger Wentworth 's death or to arraign him because of his threats against the king 's life . I was about to leave the king when he stopped me , saying `` Please go to my Lady Castlemain 's lodging over Holbein 's Gate and ask her to go with us down to London . And Clyde , have my barge at the Bowling Green stairs at one o'clock so that we may take our leisure going down the river and still reach the law courts on time . Our punctuality will flatter the city folk . '' At one o'clock , according to instructions , I went to the royal barge waiting at Bowling Green stairs , where presently came the king , the duchess with one of her ladies , Frances , my Lord Clarendon , and my Lady Castlemain , the last named bearing in her arms a young baby . In a barge which was to follow us were several gentlemen of the court and a halfscore of the king 's guardsmen .