But Anne, Do You Love Him?" I

And – I Think You Know, Don’t You? – That I Love You, Anne.’ I Feel As If I Have Been Living In A Loveless World For Too Long. The Last Tender Face I Saw Was My Father’s When He Sailed For England. ‘you Do? Truly?’ ‘i Do.’ He Rises To His Feet And Pulls Me Up To Stand Beside Him. My Chin Comes To His Shoulder, We Are Both Dainty, Long-limbed, Coltish: Well-matched. I Turn My Face Into His Jacket. ‘will You Marry Me?’ He Whispers. ‘yes,’ I Say.

But Young Hearts Mend Easily, And Hearts That Own Half Of England Have Something Better To Do Than To Beat Faster For Love.

You Can Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking Because You Are A Woman, And A Courtier, And A Howard. That's Three Reasons For Being The Most Deceitful Creature On God's Earth.

I Would Be Very, Very Uncomfortable At Teaching, At Dreaming To Teach, People Things.

Katherine Of Aragon Was Speaking Out For The Women Of The Country, For The Good Wives Who Should Not Be Put Aside Just Because Their Husbands Had Taken A Fancy To Another, For The Women Who Walked The Hard Road Between Kitchen, Bedroom, Church And Childbirth. For The Women Who Deserved More Than Their Husband's Whim.