The Beefeaters (the guards who still wear their traditional uniform) searched the basement, saw barrels and barrels of gunpowder and a long fuse. At the end of the fuse was Guy Fawkes. They either did the search late on November 4, or early in the morning on the fifth.

The powder had spoiled because it had been stored too long without being turned over. It wouldn't have blown up in any case. DCF