"An unhappy prince am I. My father, King Henry, had faithful servants--He had but to say that he was plagued with a factious priest, and the blood of Thomas-a-Becket, saint though he was, stained the steps of his own altar.--Tracy, Morville, Brito [47] loyal and daring subjects, your names, your spirit, are extinct! and although Reginald Fitzurse hath left a son, he hath fallen off from his father's fidelity and courage."
Apámnak, Henrik királynak még voltak hű szolgái. Elég volt egy elejtett szava arról, mennyire bosszantja az a pártütő pap - és Becket Tamás vére, akármilyen szent volt is, pirosra festette saját temploma oltárlépcsőit.