He was to turn away from the spirit of novelty and heresy, and again become a faithful and devout Catholic.
But in order that they might attain this end, Catharine must be removed from him; he must no longer behold her rosy and beautiful face, and no longer allow himself to be diverted by her sensible discourse and her keen wit.
"We shall not be able to overthrow the queen," said Earl Douglas to Gardiner, as the two stood in the king's anteroom, and as Catharine's cheerful chit-chat and the king's merry laugh came pealing to them from the adjoining room.

"No, no, Gardiner, she is too powerful and too crafty.

The king loves her very much; and she is such an agreeable and refreshing recreation to him." "Just on that account we must withdraw her from him," said Gardiner, with a dark frown.

"He must turn away his heart from this earthly love; and after we shall have mortified this love in him, this savage and arrogant man will return to us and to God, contrite and humble." But we shall not be able to mortify it, friend.

It is so ardent and selfish a love.
"So much the greater will be the triumph, if our holy admonitions are successful in touching his heart, Douglas.