The sisters of Lady Jane Grey and their wicked grandfather; being the true stories of the strange lives of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and of the ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sisters of Lady Jane Grey, "the nine-days' queen," . at one time had beenmuch attached to Lady Jane Grey. He was not avery desirable suitor, it may be, for so great a ladyas Katherine, since, besides being not very well off—^having been deprived of his fathers lands andtitles—he was so undersized that he was generallycalled little Hertford; whilst, as we shall seelater on, he seems to have possessed a timorousand
The sisters of Lady Jane Grey and their wicked grandfather; being the true stories of the strange lives of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and of the ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sisters of Lady Jane Grey, "the nine-days' queen," . at one time had beenmuch attached to Lady Jane Grey. He was not avery desirable suitor, it may be, for so great a ladyas Katherine, since, besides being not very well off—^having been deprived of his fathers lands andtitles—he was so undersized that he was generallycalled little Hertford; whilst, as we shall seelater on, he seems to have possessed a timorousand vacillating character. Meanwhile, the king and queen retired to asuite of beautiful Gothic chambers, known as** Paradise, which were destroyed in the seven-teenth century, when this part of the palace wasrebuilt by William and Mary. Philip and Maryshut themselves up for nearly a week, much to theannoyance of the public, no one being admitted,except such ladies-in-waiting and gentlemen aswere absolutely necessary for the service of theroyal table and bedchamber. These days ofpeaceful seclusion were possibly the happiest ofMarys life : for she firmly believed Philip to be in love with her, and he played up to her fancy as122. {To face p. 122 THILIP II, KING OF SPAIN{From a cotitemporary Spanish prinf) Lady Katherine Grey deceitfully and skilfully as only he knew how. Theroyal pair would sit for hours together hand inhand, and even disappear down a private staircase,to meander, with their arms round each otherswaists, like the commonest of lovers, across thelawns and the flower-bordered avenues of thatcharming and still delightful garden. The queenwas infatuated, and firmly believed that in duecourse she would give birth to a son and heir—had not the fact been lately prophesied to her bya famous soothsayer ? Unfortunately, even thusearly in his married life, Philip exhibited his ficklenature, in an amusing incident that moved thecourt to merriment. Among the ladies in atten
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