--

'Aye, there the shoe pinches!' she said. 'Think upon it. Most times you
shall not believe it, for you know me. But I have made confession of it
before your Council. So it may be true. For I hope some truth cometh to
the fore even in Councils.'

Near the doorway it was all shadow, and soundlessly she faded away among
them. The hinge of the door creaked; through it there came the sound of
the pikestaves of her guard upon the stone of the steps. The sound
whispered round amidst the statues of old knights and kings that stood
upon corbels between the windows. It whispered amongst the invisible
carvings of the roof. Then it died away.

The King made no sound. Suddenly he cast his hat upon the paving.

* * * * *

KATHARINE HOWARD was executed on
Tower Hill, the 13th of February, in the 33rd year
of the reign of KING HENRY VIII.

MDXLI-II

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