"Yes, sir."
"Perhaps the man who ran past you was your cousin?"
"Yes, sir, he was."
"Well, we wish to speak with him. What did he say to you when, he came by?"
"He told me that he had to run to save his life."
"Just so—that was quite true. I hope he will not have far to run. Where was he going to hide himself?"
"My cousin said that he would go to the river to find a boat, and he wanted me to tell the men in search of him that he had gone the other way to meet the mail-cart."
"You are a good girl, Hetty, and we know you speak the truth. What did your cousin say when he heard that you could not tell a lie to save his life?"
"He asked, would I betray him and see him put to death?"
"And you said you would not tell, if you were killed for it."