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KenilworthBower, where I quartered him for certain reasons of my own.”“A mistress!—meanest thou a paramour?”“Ay, my lord; what female else waits for hours in agentleman’s chamber?”“By my faith, time and space fitting, this were a good taleto tell,” said Leicester. “I ever distrusted those bookish, hypocritical,seeming-virtuous scholars. Well—Master Tressilianmakes somewhat familiar with my house; if I look it over, heis indebted to it for certain recollections. I would not harmhim more than I can help. Keep eye on him, however, Varney.”“I lodged him for that reason,” said Varney, “in Mervyn’sTower, where he is under the eye of my very vigilant, if hewere not also my very drunken, servant, Michael Lambourne,whom I have told your Grace of.”“Grace!” said Leicester; “what meanest thou by that epithet?”“It came unawares, my lord; and yet it sounds so very naturalthat I cannot recall it.”“It is thine own preferment that hath turned thy brain,”said Leicester, laughing; “new honours are as heady as newwine.”“May your lordship soon have cause to say so from experience,”said Varney; and wishing his patron good night, hewithdrew.” [See Note 8. Furniture of Kenilworth.]366