"And Thomas More?"
"They did well to cut off his head."
"And in your opinion Lord Clancharlie was a man as you describe. As for a man remaining in exile, why, it is simply ridiculous."
"He died there."
"An ambitious man disappointed?"
"You ask if I knew him? I should think so indeed. I was his dearest friend."
"Do you know, Lord Eure, that he married when in Switzerland?"
"I am pretty sure of it."
"And that he had a lawful heir by that marriage?"
"Yes; who is dead."