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‘It is because they wish to love them,’ Jane says. ‘They
cannot always love the man, but they think they could love the child he was.’
marvelous line! Can't wait to use it in a sermon!
the spot where Becket died. The miracles began after two days. Frozen arms
The spot, beside the altar, was gone long ago when the nave was reconfigured. A plaque now marks the spot (presumed)
but the king objected. His reasoning is, he doesn’t get a day off, every day he has to rule.
The novel has some surprising humor. Henry is a lot funnier in fiction than he was in "real life+--a far, narcissistic psychopath.
