That, queen, was the cause of Cromwell's fall! The king wanted Whitehall.

The sly Cromwell noticed it, and made him a present of his gem, the palace on whose construction and decoration he had labored ten years.

Henry accepted the present; but now Cromwell's fall was irrevocable.

The king could not, of course, forgive Cromwell for having dared to offer him a present so valuable, that Henry could not or would not repay it.

He remained, therefore, Cromwell's debtor; and since this tormented and vexed him, he swore Cromwell's ruin.