all-surmising

Updated: June 7, 2025

But there, behind them, were the spying, all-observing, all-surmising courtiers; there was the Princess Elizabeth, who, had he ventured to speak to the queen, would have conjectured from his manner the words which she could not understand; for love sees so clearly, and jealousy has such keen ears! Catharine suspected nothing of the thoughts of her companions.

L. (Luise) Mühlbach - Henry VIII and His Court