Within the Hollow Crown
“Bells pealed and balconies were draped with costly tapestries and London cheered the triumphant army. But many of the banners and balconies were draped with black, and men were whispering everywhere, "Where is John Holland? Will the King pardon him?" Richard knew that the common people were watching him, waiting to see if he who had hanged their relatives when they rose in a just cause would condone a brutal murderer because he was of his own blood.
And inside Westminster palace Agnes Launce...kron was asking the same question of the Queen.
"I don't know, Agnes. I wish I did, for my mother-in-law's sake," sighed Anne.
"But haven't you asked Richard?" The Queen and her favourite lady were already dressed for hawking and breaking their fast, but after the previous day's celebrations most of the warriors they had come to welcome were still abed. Anne shook her head as she set her small white teeth into a medlar. "They looked so fit and had so much to tell—he and Robert—that I hadn't the heart—" Agnes arched freshly-plucked brows.MoreLess
And inside Westminster palace Agnes Launce...kron was asking the same question of the Queen.
"I don't know, Agnes. I wish I did, for my mother-in-law's sake," sighed Anne.
"But haven't you asked Richard?" The Queen and her favourite lady were already dressed for hawking and breaking their fast, but after the previous day's celebrations most of the warriors they had come to welcome were still abed. Anne shook her head as she set her small white teeth into a medlar. "They looked so fit and had so much to tell—he and Robert—that I hadn't the heart—" Agnes arched freshly-plucked brows.MoreLess
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