But they are learning.

I do not shrink from giving them sharp lessons." This she did without mercy, and in time cleared herself of hangers-on, so that her banquets and assemblies were the most distinguished of the time, and the men who paid their court to her were of such place and fortune that their worship could but be disinterested.
Among the earliest to wait upon her was his Grace of Osmonde, who found her one day alone, save for the presence of Mistress Anne, whom she kept often with her.

When the lacquey announced him, Anne, who sat upon the same seat with her, felt her slightly start, and looking up, saw in her countenance a thing she had never beheld before, nor had indeed ever dreamed of beholding.

It was a strange, sweet crimson which flowed over her face, and seemed to give a wondrous deepness to her lovely orbs.

She rose as a queen might have risen had a king come to her, but never had there been such pulsing softness in her look before.