How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Let the small varlet be stripped and flung into the Tower." But the new king, the true king, said: "I will not have it so. But for him I had not got my crown again—none shall lay a hand upon him to harm him. And as for thee, my good uncle, my Lord Protector, this conduct of thine is not grateful toward this poor lad, for I hear he hath made thee a duke"—the Protector blushed—"yet he was not a king; wherefore, what is thy fine title worth now? To-morrow you shall sue to me, through him, for its confirmation, else no duke, but a simple earl, shalt thou remain." (32.63)
Just as quickly as the Lord Protector turned on Tom, the new King Edward has stripped him of his title. It doesn't seem that this whole reputation-and-respect business is particularly stable.