I regret you all the time. “As for Elizabeth, she might have blushed when Seymour’s name was mentioned, but blushing can mean many things; it could have been a sign of shame, especially if she’d had to suffer his unwelcome sexual advances. Despite this, she remained polite and pleasant, but this could well have been an act of self-preservation; her way of avoiding potential conflict with a powerful man twenty-five years her senior.” - Estelle Paranque, Blood, Fire and Gold












