Elizabeth1998

Elizabeth:
He then said that this King would marry me but would not expect to share my bed more than two or three times a year.

Dudley:
As much as that?

Elizabeth:
Well, he . . . He is enraptured.

Dudley:
Naturally.

Elizabeth:
But . . . his affairs would otherwise keep him in Spain.

Dudley:
Then the King is a fool. What could ever be important enough to keep him from your bed?

Elizabeth:
Robert, you should not say such things.

Dudley:
Then I shall only think them.