Chapters 13-15

So Anne and her mother are at Hever and Elizabeth keeps busying herself with making Christmas plans, which confuses and annoys Anne because she doesn't think anyone would visit them in that weather. Anne is proven wrong when Margaret (Margery) Wyatt unexpectedly shows up on Christmas Eve. Modern Anne remembers that Margery was married at fifteen (dang) to John Rogers and they had six children, except the second born died tragically. They talked about the usual gossip. Apparently Anne didn't care about the secrecy of her and Henry's plans anymore. Margery warned Anne of the things that could happen in court and she committed herself to Anne as her true and loyal friend.
In the beginning of February Stephen Gardiner and Edward Foxe visited Anne to deliver a letter from the King on their way to Port of Dover. All of the letters they write to each other are confusing to me but luckily Anne sums it up when she asks Master Stevens. She says that in the letter they are 'charged with the task of bringing to bear a solution to the question of His Grace's annulment' and asks if they are going to meet with the Pope. Modern Anne knows that they won't be successful. I feel like she should tell them to not waste their time but I know that they would probably ask questions for why she thinks it wouldn't work. She should suggest that they do whatever it was that worked in bringing the annulment. I suppose that would mess up history..and also speed things up. She most likely wants to savor her time as Anne Boleyn and experience things exactly how they happened. Anne was sitting on her window seat reading Tyndale's English translation of the Bible, which was banned and anyone caught reading it could be executed as a traitor, when Edward Foxe approaches her. She isn't discreet about it at all because she gasps and slams the book closed. Luckily for her, he says, "Madame, you must not be afraid of me, for we share the same mind and know the truth of God's word.' (page 206). After that he retrieved 'The Obedience of a Christian Man, by William Tyndale' from his pocket and gave it to her. She thought about how the book would be stolen from her by Wolsey but she would demand it back and then encourage the King to read it himself. The book would ultimately assist the English reformation and the dissolution of the English monasteries.
Anne and her mother headed to Windsor Castle to meet the King and his court. When they arrived Anne was given her own apartments apart from the rest of her family. Nan and Mary got there to serve her and once the usher left they squealed and jumped around like typical girls. It took them forever to get her fully dressed so they had more than enough time to talk and catch up. Once they finally finished dressing her they headed to the party, which was filled with thirty or more people. The King presented Anne with yet another surprise, Margery. My guess is that she was to take Joan's place because she got pregnant.
A few days later Anne came face to face with Queen Katherine. Just like her encounter with Cardinal Wolsey, Anne was called a whore but she stood her ground and held her composure. Anne goes off basically saying that she's a virgin and intends to stay that way until she marries. She also says, "I have not taken anything away from you. The King realizes that his bed is now cold," Eyeing her up and down as if to make her point. "And he seeks to find a more fertile one elsewhere." Katherine visibly struggles to hold her anger. To put the cherry on top, Anne curtsies and walks away. The last sentence caught my attention when it said that Anne would never see Katherine again. I'm looking forward to what happens next.