You remember the farcical trial, the packed jury, the compliant judge, the triumphant acquittal?...
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
Still, she was always compliant in trifles, and at this time she desired to conciliate Charles by prompt obedience in such commands as her sensitive conscience could approve.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
However, all difficulties were smoothed over by the Queen, who was usually compliant in small matters, and the play was a notable success, though the Earl of Northumberland, who was not acting, wrote to his sister that "a company of worse faces was never assembled than the Queen had got together."
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes