1:02:13
This is a dangerous matter then...
1:02:16
...if you've not told Meg.
1:02:19
I don't think so. No.
1:02:23
When they find I'm silent...
1:02:25
...they'll want nothing better
than to leave me silent.
1:02:30
You'll see.
1:02:52
But he's silent, Master Secretary,
why not leave him silent?
1:02:56
Your Grace, not being a man of letters...
1:02:59
...you perhaps don't realise
the extent of his reputation.
1:03:02
This silence of his
is bellowing up and down Europe!
1:03:05
In Europe he is claimed
as the King's enemy.
1:03:07
Rubbish! Crank he may be,
traitor he is not.
1:03:10
Exactly. And with a little pressure....
1:03:13
With a little pressure
he can be got to say so.
1:03:15
That's all we need.
A brief declaration of his loyalty...
1:03:18
-...to the present administration.
-I still say, let sleeping dogs lie.
1:03:22
The King does not agree with you.
1:03:30
What kind of pressure do you think
you can bring to bear?
1:03:34
I have evidence that Sir Thomas,
while he was a judge, accepted bribes.
1:03:38
What?
1:03:40
Goddammit! He was the only judge
since Cato who didn't accept bribes!
1:03:43
When was there a chancellor
whose possessions, after three years...
1:03:47
...totalled £100 and a gold chain?
1:03:53
It is, as you imply, common practice...
1:03:56
...but a practice may be common
and remain an offence.
1:03:59
This offence could send a man
to the Tower.