Chapter 5

Elizabeth Boleyn (Annes' mother) and her sister were going out to visit the Wyatt family at Allington Castle and they invited Anne to join them because she had been cooped up in the house for too long. During the ride Anne listened to her mother and sister gossip. The only topic that held her attention was about her brother, George Boleyn. The gossip was about how he couldn't stay committed to his marriage bed. I think it's screwed up how it wasn't a big deal that he strayed away from his wife but when Mary did then she was called a whore. "Mary's reputation suffered for her indiscretions, George's rather unfairly, remained intact." The description of Allington Castle made more sense after I saw a picture of it (I had no idea what a barbican was). Once inside the castle the adults shooed them away to the gardens where Thomas and his friends were. Anne snuck up on Thomas while he was writing against a tree and stole the poem he was writing. It's a little difficult for me to understand what the poem was saying because it's in the strange wording. What I caught from it was that there was a hunt and she was the fawn. I like Thomas a lot and it makes me sad that him and Anne aren't together but I do understand why they can't be. I'm curious about the locket that Thomas took. From what I gathered it was a gift from King Henry and Anne's ex taking it is a really big deal. I'm excited for the argument about it.