Mary, this is a course you cannot step back from. And if you take it, I fear I'm looking at a dead woman.
We all die, Gideon. The question is what we stood for while we lived.
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Only one queen can survive. And I intend it to be me.
The only monster in this castle is gossip. And we must not feed it, or it will bring us to our knees.
Are you saying that we should marry?
Would it be the worst thing?
From the day we met, we have both burned for this.
EKEmily Knox
I will burn for this.
What about the shame you've brought to this family? Not to mention this country and to God himself?!
Enough! God himself has seen much worse and survived.
Although I am curious. Have you already named our children? Or did you leave at least that part for me?
Well, I hope one of them will be called James. After our father.
Where Knox has sown hatred, we will scatter seeds of hope.
I am nothing less than a Tudor queen.
I must admit, since first hearing of it, I have given a great deal of thought to Claude in a nunnery.
Why is that?
Because it arouses me.
Luc may appear to be a decent man, but I've learned to never trust the beginning of a book.
I may not be able to get you back from a nunnery, but when the time is right, I can make you a widow.
I am an ambitious man. And if this is my one chance at king, I will take it. And if I am king for only as long as you live, then I say, "Long live the queen."
May matrimony set you on a more honorable path. God will be watching should you stray from it. As he watches all of his creatures.
Thank you, Your Majesty. God should be pleased to know that I have every intention of providing a happy life for Claude.
What is survival without even the hope of love?
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