[That makes Henry smile properly as he turns back to his own task.]

My father and uncle. My mother and stepmother. My younger brothers, Thomas, Ralph and Alan. My sister, Margaret, the youngest of my siblings.

[He comes from a big family, though two of those are dead.]

The wars in France have kept me from passing my birthday at Warkworth these years gone -- ah, Warkworth being my family's principal castle of residence. Vainglory, as the church would tell it, but we have ever celebrated them.

[He exhales a short laugh.]

'Twas indeed good.