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Show 161 face the family once again. "I had forgotten." He looked at Thomas, the bright mature young man standing before him. "You look able to manage a household," Laud challenged Thomas. "He can't if he goes to Cambridge," Samuel thought the Archbishop ought to know of that possibility. "You've been accepted?" Laud looked at Thomas. "Yes." "Before you can graduate from Cambridge, you will have to take the Oath of Supremacy," Laud reminded Thomas. "He's not ready to graduate yet!" Samuel's unruly' tongue drew a frown from the Archbishop. They had all had hopes that before Thomas would graduate the policy with respect to the Oath of Supremacy would change. But it would take a new Parliament to bring about such a grand measure. "What about'you?" Laud's question was now directed to Jane. Before Jane could answer, Samuel spoke up again. "She's all the time thinking about getting married." To prevent him from saying more, Thomas took ahold of Samuel's arm in a firm grip that meant Samuel had better restrain his tongue. "If Jane gets married, we won't even have her," said Joseph. v,', "No one's been able to take the place of mother and father," Barbara looked sadly at Laud. |