“Jane," I said quietly.
She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.
"Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying."
"If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.”

—  Philippa Gregory, book The Other Boleyn Girl

Source: The Other Boleyn Girl

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