Cromwell just chose his conscience over his safety.
Warning: contains spoilers for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light episode 4.
When Cromwell said thatDorotheas accusationof faithlessness had undone him, he wasnt wrong.
The two mens new conflict was on display in the costume design of their chess scene.
Sitting across the board from one another, Henry was dressed in white and Cromwell in black.
They may as well have repeated the outfits at John Lamberts hearing, so opposite were their attitudes.
Henry wanted Cromwell to be his attack dog and to shred Lamberts heretic Protestantism between his lawyer teeth.
Was it a mistake?
To non-believers in an afterlife, absolutely.
His dangerous outburst about Jane being better served were he her husband felt based in all three.
When powerful men feel impotent, they become dangerous and rash.
What a figure he cuts too!
Those outfits are monumental.
Like her though, he wouldnt budge.
When youre the kings man and on borrowed time, sabbaticals and sick days arent an option.
Fantasies though, are.
Thats exactly what Cromwells Launde Abbey dream is.
Did Geoffrey pay for his life with enough family secrets before that candle guttered out?
So youre safe said Jenneke this episode, clearly believing the opposite.
Standing up for himself and his beliefs?
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Lightcontinues on BBC One on Sunday December 8.
