She goes to a chair by the
fire.)
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Oliver has just sent from Whitehall for his great coat. I've sent Beth
with it.
_Bridget:_
The King has just passed, grandmother.
_Elizabeth:_
He has gone into Whitehall.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Men will pity him. He had no pity.
_Bridget:_
Do you think father is right, grandmother? Saying that it had to be?
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Yes, I do think so.
_Elizabeth:_
He betrayed his own people. It was that.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
There could be no safety or hope while he lived.
_Bridget:_
Yes. He betrayed his own people. That's it.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Kings must love, too.
_Elizabeth:_
When your father wanted to give him back his throne, a little simple
honesty in the King would have saved all. But he could not come to that.
_Bridget:_
The drums have stopped.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Is Henry with your father?
_Bridget:_
Yes.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
What is the time?
_Elizabeth:_
Nearly one o'clock.
_Bridget:_
It must be past one.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
Oliver will be the foremost man in England.
_Bridget:_
Henry says he could be king.
_Elizabeth:_
That he would never be. I know.
_Mrs. Cromwell:_
He will have to guide all.
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