Ha ha! By God! She’ll be grateful for you taking her out of that place! Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light V, Norfolk to Henry
I am greatly altered these ten years. You not so much. ibid. Henry to Cromwell
I am bested by the Cardinal’s ghost. ibid. Cromwell
The King needs to make this marriage. The country needs it. ibid.
But everyone I wanted to tell is dead. ibid.
You are no more than God made you. ibid.
10th June 1540: A man made Earl in the morning and kicked out by the afternoon. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light VI ***** Cromwell
The doublet is just a single example of your insensate and ungodly pride. It’s not just your attire that offends. ibid. Norfolk
It was my purple doublet. She couldn’t resist it. ibid. Cromwell
None of you – none of you – can manage matters like I can. ibid.