My, you ought to seen old Henry the Eight when he was in bloom. He was a blossom. He used to marry a new wife every day, and chop off her head next morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs.

“My, you ought to seen old Henry the Eight when he was in bloom. He was a blossom. He used to marry a new wife every day, and chop off her head next morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs.”

– Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 23. Huck to Jim. An allusion to England’s King Henry VIII, who had a habit of marrying women and chopping of their heads.

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