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Alice's sister:
[
reading from a history book] "... leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand..." Alice.
[
camera zooms out to show Alice sitting in a tree, playing with Dinah and some daisies]
Alice:
Hmm? Oh, I'm listening.
Alice's sister:
"And even Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, agreed to meet with William and offer him the crown. William's conduct at first was moderate."
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Alice laughs as her daisies fall on her sister's face]
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