That shall be her ruin this very day! For mark well, earl; the king is now again like a tiger that has been long fasting.

He thirsts for blood! The queen has an aversion to human blood, and she is horrified when she hears of executions.

So we must manage that these opposing inclinations may come into contact, and contend with each other." "Oh, I understand now," whispered Douglas; "and I bow in reverence before the wisdom of your highness.

You will let them both contend with their own weapons." "I will point out a welcome prey to his appetite for blood, and give her silly compassion an opportunity to contend with the king for his prey.
Do you not think, earl, that this will be an amusing spectacle, and one refreshing to the heart, to see how the tiger and dove struggle with each other?
And I tell you the tiger thirsts so much for blood! Blood is the only balm that he applies to his aching limbs, and by which alone he imagines that he can restore peace and courage to his tortured conscience and his dread of death.

Ah, ha! we have told him that, with each new execution of a heretic, one of his great sins would be blotted out, and that the blood of the Calvinists serves to wash out of his account-book some of his evil deeds.