"I have suggested a new thought to her.

Ah, ah, King Henry has done well in appointing me his fool! Just when we deem ourselves the wisest, we are the greatest fools!" "John," said Elizabeth, as she raised her head again and smiled to him in a glow of excitement, "John, you are entirely right; if we love, we must marry." "But I said just the contrary, princess!" "All right!" said she, resolutely.

"All this belongs to the future; we will busy ourselves with the present.

I have promised my lover an interview." "An interview!" cried John Heywood, in amazement.

"You will not be so foolhardy as to keep your promise ?" "John Heywood," said she, with an air of approaching solemnity, "King Henry's daughter will never make a promise without fulfilling it.