Cromwell:
Yes. I wonder.
Mrs. Cromwell:
You need not, son. You were right. There was none other. And you were right not to take a crown.
Cromwell:
The monarchy will return. I know that.
Bridget:
Why not always a commonwealth like this, father?
Cromwell:
Hereafter there shall be a true commonwealth. We have done that for England. But there must be a king. There is no one to follow me. I am an interlude, as it were. But henceforth kings will be for the defence of this realm, not to use it. That has been our work. It is so, mother?