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The place is just lousy with Woodvilles.'
'Yes, I know. Go on. Where was Richard?'
'On the Scottish border.'
'What!'
'Yes, I said: on the Scottish border. Caught away off base. But does he yell for a horse and go posting off to London? He does not.'
'What did he do?'
'He arranged for a requiem mass at York, to which all the nobility of the North were summoned, and in his presence took an oath of loyalty to the young Prince.'
'Interesting,' Grant said dryly. 'What did Rivers do? The Queen's brother?'
'On the 24th of April he set out with the Prince for London. With two thousand men and a large supply of arms.'
'What did he want the arms for?'
'Don't ask me. I'm only a research worker. Dorset, the elder of the Queen's two sons by her first marriage, took over both the arsenal and the treasure in the Tower and began to fit up ships to command the Channel. And Council orders were issued in the name of Rivers and Dorset ? "avunculus Regis" and "frater Regis uterinus" respectively ? with no mention of Richard. Which was decidedly off colour when you remember ? if you ever knew ? that in his will Edward had appointed Richard guardian of the boy and Protector of the Kingdom in case of any minor
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