The Queen: “Do.”
Lady Suffolk: “I am here by your Majesty’s command. Your Majesty should look upon me when I assert my innocence. Your Majesty knows what I am accused of.”
The Queen: “Oh! oh! Lady Suffolk, you want to get it out of me.”
Lady Suffolk: “Madam, I do want to face the accusation; I am not afraid; I know it would be to the confusion of my accusers.”
The Queen: “I will not give you leave to go, I tell you plainly. If you go to-day you go without my consent.”
Lady Suffolk: “Madam, I beg you to think of my unhappy situation. I own after what passed, that the next time I saw his Majesty, I should have dropped down if I had not gone out.”
The Queen: “Well, Lady Suffolk, will you refuse me this? Stay a week longer, won’t you; stay this week at my request.”
Lady Suffolk: “Yes, madam, I will obey you, but as I am under his Majesty’s displeasure, your Majesty will not expect my attendance, or that I come again to receive your commands.”
The Queen: “Yes, I do, and I will see you again, because you will come again.”
Lady Suffolk: “I will obey your Majesty.”