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Chapter 13 begins with preparations for Christmas. Anne doesn't see the point in making a big deal for Christmas, when it is just her and her mother there. I think in part, she just wants to hide away in her own thoughts. Then Margery shows up and proves her mother's point that a lady should always have her household prepared for visitors. Anne's mood improves significantly when Margery visits. She needed someone she could speak her mind with. We also learned of the jealous temper tantrum the King has over the locket incident. It shows how much faith he really has in her.

Chapter 14 Starts when she is out riding Starlight, her Christmas gift from the King. Of course while she is out riding, she has visitors.  The visitors are Stephen Gardiner and Edward Foxe. They are there to relay a message from the King, and to inform her of their quest to speak with the Pope. We also learn that Dr. Foxe, and an increasing number of the members of court, have been persuaded by the new faith.

Chapter 15 After 4 months away, they make their way to Windsor Castle. She is there as a guest of the King, which boosts the Boleyn family status. She receives her own apartments, and as promised, her own ladies to wait on her.  It is just a bonus that he chose her dearest friends.She gets to dress extravagantly and attends a party in her honor. Her leaving for 4 months was hardly worthwhile, since she is boosted to the top of the court when she returns. During the party she and her father devise a plan to use Wolsey to help Thomas Cheney with at delicate matter, in order to gain Cheney's alliance in their quest to make Anne a Queen. They set up a dinner with Thomas Heneage, one of Wolsey's men, to set things in motion.