The Queen: “Child, you dream. I saw the King speak to you; I remember now.”
Lady Suffolk: “Yes, madam, and his words marked more strongly his displeasure than his silence, before and since.”
The Queen: “Tell me, has the King really never been down with you since your return?”
Lady Suffolk: “No, madam. Will your Majesty give me leave to tell what has passed?...”[108]
The Queen: “Upon my word I did not know it.”
Lady Suffolk: “I hope you take nothing ill of me....”
The Queen: “Come, my dear Lady Suffolk, you are very warm, but believe me I am your friend, your best friend. You do not know a court. It is not proper of me to say this, but indeed you do not know a court.”
Lady Suffolk: “I am very sensible that I do not, and feel I do not; I have had a most convincing proof that I am ignorant. But I am afraid, madam, if I have not got knowledge in twenty years I never shall now.”
The Queen: “Why don’t you talk to your friends? I always do so. Indeed you cannot judge this for yourself.”
Lady Suffolk: “Madam, if twenty years’ service has not been able to prevent me from falling a sacrifice to my enemies, would your Majesty have me, by calling in my friends, make them answerable for the measure I shall take, and involve them in my ruin?”