A Ship for the King (2011)
“The necessity of having to heave to for the night in order to close the French coast in the light of morning suggested to Faulkner that he should invite Brenton to dine with him. So, with the deck left to Eagles, the two old friends relaxed after their meal, the air grew thick with tobacco smoke as the Whelp gently breasted the incoming swells from the broad Atlantic and the wind, not more than a gentle westerly, soughed in the rigging.
‘What don’t you like?’ Faulkner asked, diverting his mind ...from its preoccupation with his coming meeting with the Duke of Buckingham and the light in which it would cast him. At the bottom of his thoughts lay the troubling image of the lovely Mistress Villiers.
‘These policies of the King’s,’ Brenton said. ‘Do not mistake my meaning, I beg you. I am as loyal as the next man, but he is in deep trouble with Parliament who resist all attempts to force tax-raising measures through. I have heard that money has been demanded in the form of forced loans and refusal to pay has meant imprisonment for those gentlemen unwilling to comply with the royal will.MoreLess
‘What don’t you like?’ Faulkner asked, diverting his mind ...from its preoccupation with his coming meeting with the Duke of Buckingham and the light in which it would cast him. At the bottom of his thoughts lay the troubling image of the lovely Mistress Villiers.
‘These policies of the King’s,’ Brenton said. ‘Do not mistake my meaning, I beg you. I am as loyal as the next man, but he is in deep trouble with Parliament who resist all attempts to force tax-raising measures through. I have heard that money has been demanded in the form of forced loans and refusal to pay has meant imprisonment for those gentlemen unwilling to comply with the royal will.MoreLess
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