The White Boar and the Red Dragon: A Novel About Richard of Gloucester, Later King Richard 111 and Henry Tudor

GEORGE OF CLARENCE. THE TOWER OF LONDON. SUMMER 1477. "I- HAVE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME. I KNOW IT! I WILL BE LUCKY TO ESCAPE WITH MY LIFE! I DO NOT THINK I WILL-I FEEL I WILL NOT BE LONG HERE. EDWARD WILL EITHER RELEASE ME SOON OR HAVE ME EXECUTED-AND SOMETHING TELLS ME IT WILL BE THE LATTER- -WILL RICHARD PERSUADE THE KING TO LET ME LIVE? I THINK THE KING WILL BE ADAMANT. HE IS AFRAID OF ME, YOU SEE, AFRAID OF WHAT HE SUSPECTS I KNOW! HE WILL DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A SECRET ABOUT HIM THAT I FOUND OUT BY ACCIDENT! IF REVEALED, IT WOULD BLOW HIS WORLD APART AND THAT OF HIS VICIOUS QUEEN-WHO IS NO QUEEN IN TRUTH-AND THAT OF HIS CHILDREN! -THE WHOLE SUCCESSION WOULD BE PUT IN JEOPARDY! HE IS TERRIFIED THAT I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH AND TELL WHAT I KNOW! SO HE CANNOT LET ME LIVE, FEARING WHAT I COULD DO WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE! I AM TO DIE, NOT FOR MY MANY INDISCRETIONS, MY JEALOUSY OF HIM, OR MY PAST TREACHERY-HE FORGAVE ME THAT-BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT I KNOW AND COULD REVEAL AT ANY TIME! -I COULD DESTROY THEM ALL!