We all knew that this was the signal which was to make known to the king that Anne Boleyn's head had fallen.

We knew it, and a shudder ran through our whole frames.
The king alone smiled, and as he arose and took his weapon from my hand, he said, with cheerful face, 'It is done, the business is finished.
Unleash the dogs, and let us follow the boar.' [Footnote: The king's very words.

Tytler, p.383.The oak under which this took place is still pointed out in Epping Forest, and in fact is not less remarkable as the oak of Charles II.] "That," said Lord Douglas, sadly, "that was King Henry's funeral discourse over his charming and innocent wife." "Do you regret her, my father ?" asked Lady Jane, with surprise.

"But Anne Boleyn was, it seems to me, an enemy of our Church, and an adherent of the accursed new doctrine." Her father shrugged his shoulders almost contemptuously.

That did not prevent Lady Anne from being one of the fairest and loveliest women of Old England.