For Anne's father had once betrothed her to the son of the Duke of Lorraine, and had solemnly pledged him his word to give her as a wife to the young duke as soon as she was of age; rings had been exchanged and the marriage contract already drawn up.
Anne of Cleves, therefore, was virtually already married, and Henry, with his tender conscience, could not make one already married his wife.
[Footnote: Burnet.] He made her, therefore, his sister, and gave her the palace at Richmond for a residence, in case she wished to remain in England.

She accepted it; her blood, which crept coldly and quietly through her veins, did not rise at the thought of being despised and repudiated.

She accepted it, and remained in England.
"She was rejected because she was ugly; and now the king selected Catharine Howard for his fifth consort, because she was pretty.

Of this marriage I know but little to tell you, for, at that time, I had already gone to Dublin as minister, whither you soon followed me.

Catharine was very beautiful, and the king's heart, now growing old, once more flamed high with youthful love.