"I know, and therefore I forbear many things," he said.
She looked at his face that was tired and pale but absolutely composed and serene, and she saw that he had long since gauged Anne's value and that she did not trouble him.
"You are glad to return to Germany?" he suddenly asked Rénèe.
She flushed brightly.
"I am glad to think that Your Highness will return to the Netherlands," she answered boldly.
"You think I shall?"
"Yes—for who else is there to withstand Alva and Philip?"
"You still make a champion of me," he smiled. "Be-like you think of me as a heretic?"
"Men call you that, Highness."
"My enemies."