Henry Howard's territory was in Surrey, southeast of Berkshire, but he never lived there. Because the quiet and peaceful county of Surrey is not only a county with heather scrubland, forest valleys and highland meadows, but it is also a very large pasture and hunting ground.

It was obviously inappropriate to give such a county to the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk III as his domain. So, it was just an honorary domain that Henry VIII canonized to the duke's eldest son. In fact, Henry Howard has always lived in a green, quiet and laid-back piece of land in Windsor called "Maiden's Green".

On the afternoon of the third Sunday Mass in July, the Duke of Richmond and Miss Isabel led two male servants and two guards into a two-way path lined with straight and tall pine trees.

With the entrance on the left and the exit on the right, Isabel Walton felt that the Earl of Surrey would have been an excellent urban transport designer if he had lived in the future. As everyone knows, the design of this manor trail was inspired by the earl from the arena of horse jousting competitions.

Today is the second time she and the Duke of Richmond have visited the estate of the Earl and Countess of Surrey. The last time the Earl invited the two to dinner, the Duke of Richmond spoke to the Earl about his conversation with Miss Isabel at the racetrack in the afternoon. Henry Howard, after listening very carefully to his close friend's words, was very incomprehensible to the strange remarks of the knight's daughter.

The Count then extended an invitation to the two of them to come to the estate on the afternoon of Sunday Mass. As the group walked slowly on the path leading to the Earl's Manor, Isabel looked at the street tree on the left side of the path and said with a pleasant face: "Your Highness, you told me that Lord Surrey is an outstanding, brave knight. However, his estate gave me a strong sense of Italian humanism, what is going on? ”

The Duke of Richmond snorted lightly and said with jealousy, "This Henry wants to be a poet in addition to being the commander of the kingdom's army. ”

"Poets? Are you saying that Lord Surrey writes five-step iambian poetry? ”

"Yes, but he called it a sonnet."

"So, Lord Surrey wants to be a distinguished nobleman like his ancestors?" Isabel's words seemed to remind the Duke not to forget what should be remembered.

"He told himself at all times that he was a descendant of Edward I." Henry replied bitterly.

"Unforeseen things always happen, and we never know what will happen tomorrow," Isabel said as she walked on her horse. ”

The Duke of Richmond listened attentively and smiled softly: "Isabel, you are right, God's favor does not last forever. ”

"Your Highness, Lord Surrey is your close friend, and I think you still wish he could see that."

"Isabel, as you may be aware, that although the charges and execution of Anne Boleyn have caused the Norfolk family to lose some face at court, the Duke of Norfolk III and his eldest son are still favored by His Majesty. This just shows that the dazzling light of the Order of the Garter on the Duke's chest is enough to cover all the imperfections. ”

"Your Highness, the highest-ranking knight's medal also fades one day, doesn't it?"

Henry smiled and nodded. The group followed the trail to a fork in the road, then turned right past the Earl's Guard and the stables, and then went on to the square in front of the Earl's Manor in a wooded area.

The Earl of Surrey and the Countess of Surrey, Frances Howard, and their respective valets stood in the plaza near the gate, smiling and watching the Duke of Richmond and Miss Isabel arrive. After the crowd saluted each other, the two male nobles walked side by side, laughing and walking in front, while Isabel accompanied Frances Howard and walked towards the gate of the manor.

The countess, who had just turned 18 this spring, placed her hands on the lower abdomen of her skirt and looked at the two henries in front of her as she stepped forward. Looking sideways, the duke's female companion whispered, "Miss Isabel, are you alright?" ”

In Isabel's eyes, Frances Howard, who looks like Euphemia, is like a freshman who has just entered the first year of college, and she, a fourth-year student who has already graduated, needs to teach her the things that are popular in college.

Isabel used the honorific title of the Countess: "Lady Surrey, I am fine. ”

"Miss Isabel, since the last time I saw you at the dinner party, my desire to know about you has increased a little more in the past few days."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Call me Frances if you want. However, this is only limited to the two of us. ”

"Of course, ma'am. So, what about your valet man? ”

"It's okay, you can think of them as summer winds blowing across the pond, sometimes there, sometimes not."

When the two henries entered a room in the manor dedicated to the display of knights' armor and weapons, Frances's face burst into a girlish smile. Smiling lightly, he glanced at the duke's female companion: "Isabel, if you want to rest, we can go to the living room and sit for a while." Eat some fruit pie and drink some pear wine, okay? ”

Isabel rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Frances, why don't you ask your maid to take some pies, ales, and pear wine to the lawn at the back of the manor, and we'll sit on the lawn and eat and talk." ”

Frances nodded, "Okay." ”

Then, the two of them came from the back door of the manor to a large, green lawn. Isabel glanced at the only tree on the left side of the lawn in the middle of the lawn and said, "Frances, let's go sit under that tree." ”

Frances looked up at the blue sky and said to her, "If it's hot, do we still need to go and sit under that tree and talk?" ”

"I love that it's getting hot so I can take off my clothes and jump into that pond to play in the water."

"My God, how can you do that?"

"Why not? I used to play like this with my sister when I was at home. ”

"Giggle...... I'm a big envy of life in the north. ”

As Isabel walked in the direction of the tree, she said to the countess, "Francis, hurry. Pull up your skirt and run like you're dodging the summer rain! ”

"You wait for me!" Frances glanced at Isabel, who had run quickly to the middle of the lawn, shook her head, and had to lift the sides of her skirt and speed up her pace to catch up with the duke's female companion.

Isabel turned and ran backwards, and when the Countess came to her side, she exclaimed, "Francis, you are very young, why do you run like a lady?" ”