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and he decided to stand by the ministry. But, just at that moment, news came that Egremont was dying of a stroke of apoplexy. The place of secretary now seemed to await Pitt's acceptance. Your majesty has three options, said Grenville and Halifax; to strengthen the hands of the present ministry, or to mingle them with a coalition, or to throw the government entirely into the hands of Pitt and his friends. To the last, said the king, I never will consent. Grenville's Diary. 22 and 23 August, in Grenville Papers, II. 194. The Duke of Bedford, who hated and despised C. Townshend to Temple, 11 Sept. 1763, in Gr. P. II. 121. George Grenville, came to town. Your government, said he to the king, cannot stand; you must send to Mr. Pitt and his friends. When Grenville heard this, he was overwhelmed with consternation and rage. His anger towards the Duke of Bedford Sir Denis Le Marchant's note to Walpole's Memoirs, i. 287. became unappeasable; and he never forgave him the