"Take it to my closet," replied the king; " I will join you there. And now
at last we are good friends, sweetheart."
"Excellent friends, my dear liege," replied Anne; "but I shall never be
your queen while Wolsey holds his place."
"Then, indeed, he shall lose it," replied Henry.
"She is a bitter enemy, certes," muttered Wolsey as he walked away. "I
must overthrow her quickly, or she will overthrow me. A rival must be
found--ay, a rival--but where? I was told that Henry cast eyes on a
comely forester's daughter at the chase this morning. She may do for
the nonce."
X. Of the Mysterious Disappearance of Herne the Hunter in the Lake.
Unable to procure any mitigation of Surrey's sentence, the Duke of
Richmond proceeded to the Round Tower, where he found his friend in
a small chamber, endeavouring to beguile his captivity by study.
Richmond endeavoured to console him, and was glad to find him in
better spirits than he expected. Early youth is seldom long dejected,
and misfortunes, at that buoyant season, seem lighter than they appear
later on in life. The cause for which he suffered, moreover, sustained
Surrey, and confident of the Fair Geraldine's attachment, he cared little
for the restraint imposed upon him.
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