Anne of the Thousand Days Page #2
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- 1969
- 145 min
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- There is no time...
- Leave the girl to me.
Tell the King what rubbish you please,
but give me time.
As for young Percy,
he'll do as I bid him.
[trumpet fanfare]
Whoa, boy.
[horse whinnies]
Your Majesty.
Only your King, Thomas.
No ceremony. Only your Henry.
This is a great honour.
From Harry Percy?
Where is Anne, Lady Elizabeth?
I found this in her room.
- How is the Vicar of Hell this morning?
- Warm enough, Your Majesty.
To be active on the King's business
generates a certain heat.
Yes, with your feet
on the devil's fender
and your buttocks toasting
at God's altar.
- Has he spoken to you?
- He has, Your Grace.
Good. Good.
And when may I smell this
pretty posy of yours?
If you mean Anne, sir,
she is still at her mirror.
A new dress, nervous fingers. If you
could give her half an hour, perhaps?
- We have this whole day, Thomas.
- I've a new pack of hounds
and there's a clump of deer
in the meadow.
- We'll see one, hunt the other.
- Good hunting.
- You'll not be with us?
- It appears there are two poor souls
who seek religious comfort.
I must go.
Indeed, My Lord Oardinal, indeed.
God's work must come first.
And, who knows, there may be
a little worldly profit attached.
Oh, Your Majesty...
Find them, bring them to me.
[laughter]
Thomas, a private word with you
before I meet Anne.
Yes, Your Grace?
There is always a temptation
for a man in my position
to regard the nation as his own trough
and to eat from one end to the other.
- Not Your Grace.
- Why not? Who can say no to me?
Except God, and He does, Thomas.
I kneel. I pray. He answers.
But can that be seen to be so?
Why else would His Holiness the Pope
have named you Defender of the Faith?
True. True.
I am a religious man.
I want to do right by God
and the Ohurch,
and the people and myself,
and you, Thomas.
Do you follow?
That's a swathe of folk to satisfy,
if it includes God, Your Grace.
It includes your two daughters, Thomas.
- Are they friends?
- Yes.
And do they exchange confidences,
do you think?
Do they whisper together at night
secrets about me, perhaps?
Who knows, Your Grace?
The one you have had,
the other you desire.
Will Anne have me, and for myself?
- I want an honest answer.
- She's no fool, My Lord.
Good. Good.
What I do is God's will
that He will allow no thought
that is not His will.
He has...
He has never failed me, Thomas.
But Your Majesty realises
this might seem as...
As what?
As an excuse to to do as you please,
to eat the trough dry.
I'm the King of England.
When I pray, God answers.
Yes, Your Grace.
And let no man dare question that.
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