At the King's Pleasure (Secrets of the Tudor Court)
“His manservant had dressed him all in white satin. In one hand he carried a gilded bow. He’d slung a quiver of white-and-gold-fletched arrows over his shoulder.
“Do you mean to shoot the flowers?” she asked.
George chuckled. “I would not put it past His Grace to try. He does enjoy showing off his marksmanship.”
“It is May Day. You mean to go into the woods to gather green boughs and May blossoms. I see no need for weapons.”
Anne yawned as George checked his accoutrements one last time to make s...ure he had everything. Then he returned to the bed to kiss her in farewell.
“Will you be waiting in the gardens to watch for our return?” he asked.
“Everyone will be,” she assured him.
She tugged the coverlet up over her head as soon as he was gone. Lethargy crept over her. There was no reason for her to rise at dawn just because George had. She was not one of the queen’s attendants today.
Catherine of Aragon was no doubt already at Mass. Although it had only been a few months since she’d lost her first child, she was already breeding again.MoreLess
“Do you mean to shoot the flowers?” she asked.
George chuckled. “I would not put it past His Grace to try. He does enjoy showing off his marksmanship.”
“It is May Day. You mean to go into the woods to gather green boughs and May blossoms. I see no need for weapons.”
Anne yawned as George checked his accoutrements one last time to make s...ure he had everything. Then he returned to the bed to kiss her in farewell.
“Will you be waiting in the gardens to watch for our return?” he asked.
“Everyone will be,” she assured him.
She tugged the coverlet up over her head as soon as he was gone. Lethargy crept over her. There was no reason for her to rise at dawn just because George had. She was not one of the queen’s attendants today.
Catherine of Aragon was no doubt already at Mass. Although it had only been a few months since she’d lost her first child, she was already breeding again.MoreLess
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