deTrappesreferredhimtoM。deChateauneuf，whoansweredMr。
Stafforddirectlythathehadnotonlyforbiddenhimhishouse，butalsoallrelationswithanypersonfromtheEmbassy，thathemustthusverywellseethathisrequestcouldnotbegranted；headdedthatifhewerenotrestrainedbytheconsiderationhedesiredtokeepforhisbrother，theEarlofStafford，hiscolleague，hewouldatoncedenouncehistreasontoElizabeth。ThesamedayStaffordwasarrested。
Afterthisconference，M。deTrappessetouttorejoinhistravellingcompanions，whoweresomehoursinadvanceofhim，when，onreachingDoverhewasarrestedinhisturnandbroughthacktoprisoninLondon。Interrogatedthesameday，M。deTrappesfranklyrelatedwhathadpassed，appealingtoM。deChateauneufastothetruthofwhathesaid。
Thedayfollowingtherewasasecondinterrogatory，andgreatwashisamazementwhen，onrequestingthattheoneofthedaybeforeshouldbeshownhim，hewasmerelyshown，accordingtocustominEnglishlaw，counterfeitcopies，inwhichwereavowalscompromisinghimaswellasM。deChateauneuf：heobjectedandprotested，refusedtoanswerortosignanythingfurther，andwastakenbacktotheTowerwithredoubledprecaution，theobjectofwhichwastheappearanceofanimportantaccusation。
Nextday，M。deChateauneufwassummonedbeforethequeen，andthereconfrontedwithStafford，whoimpudentlymaintainedthathehadtreatedofaplotwithM。deTrappesandacertainprisonerfordebt——aplotwhichaimedatnothinglessthanendangeringthequeen’slife。M。deChateauneufdefendedhimselfwiththewarmthofindignation，butElizabethhadtoogreataninterestinbeingunconvincedeventoattendtotheevidence。ShethensaidtoM。deChateauneufthathischaracterofambassadoralonepreventedherhavinghimarrestedlikehisaccompliceM。deTrappes；andimmediatelydespatching，asshehadpromised，anambassadortoKingHenryIII，shechargedhimnottoexcuseherforthesentencewhichhadjustbeenpronouncedandthedeathwhichmustsoonfollow，buttoaccuseM。deChateauneufofhavingtakenpartinaplotofwhichthediscoveryalonehadbeenabletodecidehertoconsenttothedeathofthequeenofScotland，certainasshewasbyexperience，thatsolongasherenemylivedherexistencewouldbehourlythreatened。