The king laughed quietly. "It seems there are two who would defy justice," he said. "Well, well, we shall see! But let us return a little way. For what purpose did you seek to set this maid at liberty when she was first put into Bedford Gaol?"
"Because I believed she was imprisoned unjustly," I answered boldly.
"Ah, I see. You thought yourself wiser than others. Had she told you that she was innocent of the charge laid against her?"
"No, Your Majesty."
"Nor given you hint of it?"
"No, Your Majesty."
"Did she tell you of what she was accused?"
"No, Your Majesty."
"Ah, ah. The mystery deepens; but depend upon it we shall unravel it. You were in Dover on the day of our landing, and yet the next night you were in Bedford. You went there to set her at liberty. How did you hear of her imprisonment?"
"I heard it spoken of at Dover."