Was he good and kind to you in life? If so, then I believe you have your own answer.

( She has deduced this very simply, borne of a surety of having known her father her entire life long, and having also been secure in knowing she had his love. That she was the favourite of all his children.

And yet, not bearing his name nor the title she had inherited by having been born his daughter affords her relief she had never dreamed of. )

I can see it in your eyes. ( Which are beautiful. Her features soften, and she inclines her head. ) Then, I will. Please do.

( Indeed. )

Nay, I did not. My mother was, ah. Not at all fond of her, nor the others. One of them, Grace, was brought to court as her lady-in-waiting. I was not permitted to socialize overmuch with her, but she seemed a good, if quiet girl.

( Quiet, because of her mother. Elizabeth smiles, remembering the girl fondly. )

She looks a little like me.