"And are you armed to do as sworn to do?" inquired Gifford.
"I am, if on trial the object of our meeting here is found to be dangerous to the cause."
"He has been found so," said Gifford.
"And yet our friend. One joined heart and hand in that cause. And yet to die by our hands."
"Either he or ourselves, besides others implicated in the plot: nay, the cause itself demands the sacrifice."
"And he will be here to meet us?" inquired Charnock.
"He has sworn it."
"Which of us is to deal with him?"
"Why this question? The lot was drawn by you."
"Enough: and he is even now in concealment at Sir Hugh Clopton's. Is't not so?"