PART TWO
The Threatened Rift, [493]
PART THREE
The Dwindling Melody, [541]
PART FOUR
The End of the Song, [559]
PART ONE
THE MAJOR CHORD
I
'The Bishop of Rome——'
Thomas Cranmer began a hesitating speech. In the pause after the words the King himself hesitated, as if he poised between a heavy rage and a sardonic humour. He deemed, however, that the humour could the more terrify the Archbishop—and, indeed, he was so much upon the joyous side in those summer days that he had forgotten how to browbeat.