"But it is my concern," she said passionately. "Unless—"
"Neither yours nor mine," he answered in the same tone. "Only the law's!"
"The law's!" she returned. "You are the law—"
"Its servant!" he corrected.
"But—you could spare their lives! You could deal with them more mercifully!"
"The law is explicit. In the King alone rests the power to—"
"The King! But before word could reach him—"
"Exactly!" As he spoke, the Governor rose. "And now—"
"You will not hear me?"
"If there is anything else—"