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would be Henry's men.'
'Yes. Of course they would. Did you know that Henry was the first English King to have a bodyguard? I wonder what he told his wife about her brothers.'
'Yes. That would be interesting to know. He may even have told her the truth.'
'Henry! Never! It would cost Henry a spiritual struggle, Mr Grant, to acknowledge that two and two were four. I tell you, he was a crab; he never went straight at anything.'
'If he were sadist he could tell her with impunity, you know. There was practically nothing she could do about it. Even if she wanted to. She mightn't have wanted to all that much. She had just produced an heir to the throne of England and was getting ready to produce another. She might not have the spare interest for a crusade; especially a crusade that would knock the ground from under her own feet.'
'He wasn't a sadist, Henry,' young Carradine said sadly. Sad at having to grant Henry even a negative virtue. 'In a way he was just the opposite. He didn't enjoy murder at all. He had to pretty it up before he could bear the thought of it. Dress it up in legal ribbons. If you think that Henry got a kick out of boasting to Elizabeth in bed about what he had done with her brothers, I think you're wrong.'
'Yes, probably,' Grant said. And lay thinking about Henry. 'I've just thought of the right adjective for Henry,' he said presently. 'Shabby. He was a shabby creature.'
'Yes. Even his hair was thin and scanty.'
'I d
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