I will receive her letters and her commissions, but I will burn her letters and not execute her commissions.

I am not at liberty to tell her that the faithless Thomas Seymour is false to her, for I have solemnly pledged my word to the princess never to breathe her secret to any one; and I will and must keep my word.

Smile and love, then; dream on thy sweet dream of love, queen; I wake for thee; I will cause the dark cloud resting on thee to pass by.

It may, perhaps, touch thine heart; but thy noble and beautiful head--that at least it shall not be allowed to crush; that--" "Now, then, what are you staring up at the sky for, as if you read there a new epigram with which to make the king laugh, and the parsons rave ?" asked a voice near him; and a hand was laid heavily on his shoulder.
John Heywood did not look round at all; he remained in the same attitude, gazing up steadily at the sky.

He had very readily recognized the voice of him who had addressed him; he knew very well that he who stood near him was no other than the bold sorcerer whom he was just then cursing at the bottom of his heart; no other than Thomas Seymour, Earl of Sudley.
"Say, John, is it really an epigram ?" asked Thomas Seymour again.