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Henry VIII And His Court

CHAPTER XXX
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I am tired, and I require not your erudition, but sleep.

Good-night, John." The king left the hall, leaning on Earl Douglas's arm.
"Earl Douglas does not wish me to accompany the king," whispered John Heywood.

"He is afraid the king might blab out to me a little of that diabolical work which they will commence at midnight.

Well, I call the devil, as well as the king, my brother, and with his help I too will be in the green-room at midnight.

Ah, the queen is retiring; and there is the Duke of Norfolk leaving the hall.


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