Katherine of Aragon, Beloved Queen - PART 3
to England had confessed her, and said the eventide prayers with her. With his departure, she had chosen not re-summon her attendants to resume their vigilant care. Catalina desired to be alone, and claim a few precious minutes where she could hear herself think.
Tomorrow, I swear I'll go to the church of Saint James, even if Dona Elvira takes her hands on hips stance and tells me I should remain in remain here and rest.
The church of Saint James was one of the most famous in her parents' dominion, for kept safe in the sanctity were the bones of the martyred Saint James, the man called 'Son of Thunder' by Christ.
Tis very unlikely I will ever pass this way again. Nay, Dona Elvira cannot forbid this short pilgrimage, so I may pray again for God's help to be a good daughter and a good wife and helpmeet to Arthur Tudor. And I will pray for God's mercy. Thinking this stopped her cold.
She saw again in her mind's eye the face of the terrified man, as vividly as in her dream of two nights ago.
'Who are you? Why do you plague me so in my sleep and now in my waking moments?
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