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Henry VIII And His Court

CHAPTER XXXI
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She may settle that with God and her own conscience, and it does not behoove us to decide about it." "But it behooves me, perhaps, my husband, to ask by what right Lady Jane has dared to appear here in this attire, and to present to a certain degree a counterfeit of her queen ?" asked Catharine in a sharp tone.

"I may well be allowed to ask what has made my maid of honor, who left the festive hall sick, now all at once so well that she goes roaming about the castle in the night time, and in a dress which seems likely to be mistaken for mine?
Sire, was this dress perchance a craftily-devised stratagem, in order to really confound us with one another?
You are silent, my lord and king.

It is true, then, they have wanted to carry out a terrible plot against me; and, without the assistance of my faithful and honest friend, John Heywood, who brought me here, I should without doubt be now condemned and lost, as the Earl of Surrey is." "Ah, John, it was you then that brought a little light into this darkness ?" cried the king, with a cheerful laugh, as he laid his hand on Heywood's shoulder.

"Now, verily, what the wise and prudent did not see, that the fool has seen through!" "King Henry of England," said John Heywood, solemnly, "many call themselves wise, and yet they are fools; and many assume the mask of folly, because fools are allowed to be wise." "Kate," said the king, "you are right; this was a bad night for you, but God and the fool have saved you and me.

We will both be thankful for it.


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