Winter 1524 Summary

Mary returns to the party atmosphere at court. Despite rumors of his flirtations and meaningless affairs, the king is exceptionally glad to see Mary, and tells her his heart ached for her night and day.

George has a black eye from participating in a bar brawl over a young man who claimed to be in love with him, and everyone seems quite wild and merry.

Already the king, Mary, George, and Mary's mother are discussing that Mary's next baby might be a boy.

Mary learns of her family's plans to make the dishonest claim that Mary's marriage to William Carey was never consummated, just as she was warned. Mary desperately does not want to try to replace Katherine as queen, but Uncle Howard makes it clear that Katherine's usefulness as England's connection to Spain will be at an end once the war is...