Part Two/Twelve Summary

Raulin, the duke's Flemish bodyguard, leads Katherine through a secret passage that leads to the inner chambers of the castle. John wants to thank her for caring for Blanche at Bolingbroke, but Katherine protests that she loved Blanche and wants no payment. The duke's last military maneuver was an expensive failure and being without Blanche to help him makes his grief more difficult. His victory of restoring King Pedro to the Castiian throne was reversed, when Pedro was murdered, and his bastard brother took control.

John shows Katherine a poem he received from Geoffrey Chaucer, written to and about Blanche and expresses appreciation for her family. He then designs a personal blazon for her and tells her that it will be entered on the Lancaster Roll of Arms. They kiss and admit they love one another, but Katherine cannot...