25/29 Poor man, if a sham devil frights him so, what will he do at last? Dame Harflete here tells me how hard you have worked for her, all for nothing, Cromwell, and that pleases me, who at times have wondered how you grew so rich, as your learner, Wolsey, did before you. _He_ took bribes, Cromwell!" "My Liege," he answered in a low voice, "this case was cruel, it moved my pity----" "As it has ours, leaving us the richer by L1000 and the price of a pearl. There, five, are they all signed? If aught be wrong or omitted, you have our royal word that we will set it straight. |