Well, then, my lord, I dismiss you from it, and that your presence may not remind me of this morning's transaction, you will leave the court and London! Farewell, my lord!" Earl Douglas, turning pale and trembling, staggered a few steps backward, and gazed at the king with astonishment.

He wanted to speak, but Henry, with a commanding wave of the hand, bade him be silent.
"And now for you, my lord bishop!" said the king, and his eyes were turned on Gardiner with an expression so wrathful and contemptuous, that he turned pale and looked down to the ground.

"What means this strange train with which the priest of God approaches his royal master to-day?
And under what impulse of Christian love are you going to hold to-day a heretic hunt in the garden of your king ?" "Sire," said Gardiner, completely beside himself, "your majesty well knows why I come; it was at your majesty's command that I with Earl Douglas and the lieutenant of the Tower came, in order to--" "Dare not to speak further!" yelled the king, who became still more angry because Gardiner would not understand him and comprehend the altered state of his mind.

"How dare you make a pretence of my commands, whilst I, full of just amazement, question you as to the cause of your appearance?
That is to say, you want to charge your king with falsehood.
You want to excuse yourself by accusing me.

Ah, my worthy lord bishop, this time you are thwarted in your plan, and I disavow you and your foolish attempt.