9/12 What matters it if the Earl of Surrey with his inward eyes sees the woman he folds in his arms to be another than you? Whether you are for him named Catharine Parr or Jane Douglas, it is all the same if you only are his love." "But a day will come when he will discover his mistake, and when he will curse me." "That day will never come. The holy Church will find a way to avert that, if you bow to her will and are obedient to her." "I do bow to it!" sighed Jane. "I will obey; only promise me, my father, that no harm shall happen to him; that I shall not be his murderess." "No, you shall become his savior and deliverer. Only you must fulfil punctually the work I commit to you. |