\"Butshewastheking\'sbelovedwife，\"saidJane，\"andwhenshediedthekingmournedforhertwoyears。\"
\"Hemourned！\"exclaimedLordDouglas，contemptuously。\"Hehasmournedforallhiswives。EvenforAnneBoleynheputonmourning，andinhiswhitemourningapparel，thedayafterAnne\'sexecution，heledJaneSeymourtothemarriagealtar！Thisoutwardmourning，whatdoesitsignify？AnneBoleynalsomournedforCatharineofAragon，whomshehadpushedfromthethrone。ForeightweeksshewasseeninyellowmourningonaccountofHenry\'sfirstwife；butAnneBoleynwasashrewdwoman，andsheknewverywellthattheyellowmourningdresswasexceedinglybecomingtoher。\"
\"Buttheking\'smourningwasnotmerelyexternal，\"saidLadyJane。
\"Hemournedreally，foritwastwoyearsbeforeheresolvedonanewmarriage。\"
EarlDouglaslaughed。\"Buthecheeredhimselfduringthesetwoyearsofwidowhoodwithaverybeautifulmistress，theFrenchMarchionessdeMontreuil，andhewouldhavemarriedherhadnottheprudentbeautypreferredreturningtoFrance，becauseshefounditaltogethertoodangeroustobecomeHenry\'sconsort。Foritisnottobedenied，abalefulstarhoversoverHenry\'squeens，andnoneofthemhasdescendedfromthethroneinanaturalway。\"