"You see, Jane, I am not merely your father, but your master also.

And you will obey me, will you not ?" "I will obey!" said she, almost inaudibly, as she kissed the hand with the fatal ring.
"You will be to Catharine Parr, as you have expressed it, the serpent, that seduces her to sin ?" "I will." "You will beguile her into sin, and entice her to indulge a love which must lead her to destruction ?" "I will do it, my father." "I will now tell you whom she is to love, and who is to be the instrument of destruction.

You will so manage the queen that she will love Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey." Jane uttered a scream, and clung to the back of a chair to keep from falling.
Her father observed her with penetrating, angry looks.

"What means this outcry?
Why does this choice surprise you ?" asked he.
Lady Jane had already gained her self-possession.

"It surprised me," said she, "because the earl is betrothed." A singular smile played about the earl's lips.