This done, by and by they went in: and here I saw Mr.
Sidney Montagu kiss the Queene's hand, who was mighty kind to
him, and the ladies looked mightily on him; and the King came by
and by, and did talk to him. So I away by coach with Alderman
Backewell home, who is mighty kind to me, more than ordinary, in
his expressions. But I do hear this day what troubles me, that
Sir W. Coventry is quite out of play, the King seldom speaking to
him; and that there is a design of making a Lord Treasurer, and
that my Lord Arlington shall be the man; but I cannot believe it.
But yet the Duke of Buckingham hath it in his mind, and those
with him, to make a thorough alteration in things; and, among the
rest, Coventry to be out.
[A HIATUS occurs in the Diary at this period for thirteen days;
during which Mr. Pepys went into the country, as he subsequently
alludes to his having been at Saxham whilst the King was there.
He had probably been to Impington to fetch his wife, and perhaps
omitted copying his rough notes into the blank pages evidently
left for them in the Journal.
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