IX. By what means Sir Thomas Wyat obtained an Interview with Anne
Boleyn--And how the Earl of Surrey saved them from the King's anger.


The incident above related gave new life to the adherents of Catherine
of Arragon, while it filled those devoted to Anne Boleyn with alarm.
Immediately on Anne's return to the castle Lord Rochford had a private
interview with her, and bitterly reproached her for endangering her
splendid prospects. Anne treated the matter very lightly--said it was
only a temporary gust of jealousy--and added that the king would be at
her feet again before the day was past.

"You are over-confident, mistress!" cried Rochford angrily. "Henry is
not an ordinary gallant."

" It is you who are mistaken, father," replied Anne. "The king differs in
no respect from any of his love-smitten subjects. I have him in my toils,
and will not let him escape."

"You have a tiger in your toils, daughter, and take heed he breaks not
forcibly through them," rejoined Rochford. "Henry is more wayward
than you suppose him. Once let him take up a notion, and nothing can
shake him from it. He has resolved upon the divorce as much from self-
will as from any other consideration. If you regain your position with
him, of which you seem so confident, do not consider yourself secure--
not even when you are crowned queen--but be warned by Catherine of
Arragon."