"We have to-day falsely accused
her of a love-affair. When we do it again, we shall speak the truth.
Did you see the looks that Catharine exchanged with the heretical
Earl Sudley, Thomas Seymour?"
"I saw them, earl!"
"For these looks she will die, my lord. The queen loves Thomas
Seymour, and this love will be her death."
"Amen!" said Bishop Gardiner, solemnly, as he raised his eyes
devoutly to heaven. "Amen! The queen has grievously and bitterly
injured us to-day; she has insulted and abused us before all the
court. We will requite her for it some day! The torture-chamber,
which she has depicted in such lively colors, may yet one day open
for her, too--not that she may behold another's agonies, but that
she may suffer agonies herself. We shall one day avenge ourselves!"
CHAPTER XXVI.
REVENGE.
Miss Holland, the beautiful and much-admired mistress of the Duke of
Norfolk, was alone in her magnificently adorned boudoir. It was the
hour when ordinarily the duke was wont to be with her; for this
reason she was charmingly attired, and had wrapped herself in that
light and voluptuous negligee which the duke so much liked, because
it set off to so much advantage the splendid form of his friend.
But to-day the expected one did not make his appearance: in his
stead his valet had just come and brought the fair miss a note from
his master. This note she was holding in her hand, while with
passionate violence she now walked up and down her boudoir.
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