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London on the 4th of May.'
'Well, that is very nice and clear. And what is clearest of all is that, considering time and distances, the sainted More's account of his writing sweet letters to the Queen to induce her to send only a small escort for the boy, is nonsense.'
'Bunk.'
'Indeed, Richard did just what one would expect him to do. He must of course have known the provisions of Edward's will. What his actions suggest is just what one would expect them to suggest; his own sorrow and his care for the boy. A requiem mass and an oath of allegiance.'
'Yes.'
'Where does the break in this orthodox pattern come? I mean: in Richard's behaviour.'
'Oh, not for a long time. When he arrived in London he found that the Queen, the younger boy, the daughters, and her first-marriage son, Dorset, had all bolted into sanctuary at Westminster. But apart from that things seem to have been normal.'
'Did he take the boy to the Tower?''
Carradine riffled through his notes. 'I don't remember.
Perhaps I didn't get that. I was only - Oh, yes, here it is. No, he took the boy to the Bishop's Palace in St Paul's Churchyard, and he himself went to stay with his mother at Baynard's Castle. Do you know where that was?