Night and day he will be ready for your service, and know neither repose nor rest, if it is necessary to fulfil your command or your wish." As he thus spoke, with trembling voice and eyes dimmed with tears, he knelt down and bowed his head at Catharine's feet.
"But what have I done to inspire you with such a feeling of thankfulness ?" asked Catharine with astonishment.

"How have I deserved that you, the powerful and universally dreaded favorite of the king, should dedicate yourself to my service ?" "What have you done ?" said he.

"My lady, you have saved my son from the stake! They had condemned him--that handsome noble youth--condemned him, because he had spoken respectfully of Thomas More; because he said this great and noble man did right to die, rather than be false to his convictions.

Ah, nowadays, it requires such a trifle to condemn a man to death! a couple of thoughtless words are sufficient! And this miserable, lick-spittle Parliament, in its dastardliness and worthlessness, always condemns and sentences, because it knows that the king is always thirsty for blood, and always wants the fires of the stake to keep him warm.

So they had condemned my son likewise, and they would have executed him, but for you.