:27:01
Time presses, events crowd upon her.
:27:05
And for a shell...
:27:08
...an empty, glittering husk...
:27:11
...she must give up all
that a woman holds most dear.
:27:18
And now...
:27:21
...fetch me Master Francis Bacon.
:27:23
- Master Bacon?
- At once.
:27:25
Yes, Your Majesty.
:28:01
Will your steps always be so laggard
when I send for you, Master Bacon?
:28:05
My steps have lost the habit
of being summoned by you.
:28:08
And your tongue has lost
none of its sharpness, I see.
:28:11
To bed and hopeful dreams.
:28:16
You're a friend of my Lord Essex,
aren't you?
:28:18
- I am whatever Your Grace desires.
- And your own interest dictates.
:28:22
Anyway, you know him better
than any other man.
:28:25
- Why has he not returned to court?
- Not for lack of attraction...
:28:28
...but possibly his pride.
- A pox on his pride!
:28:32
He must come home. I command it!
:28:37
You need him back so badly, Your Grace?
:28:40
Purely for matters of state.
Do you understand?
:28:43
Perfectly, madam.
:28:46
Bacon. Bacon, stop being clever.
:28:50
I'm too tired to fence with you.
:28:54
I can't force him back, and you know it.
:28:56
And he's so stupid, so stubborn,
so pigheaded...