“That is what I most desire; but not for a day or two, my lord.”
“And why so?”
“I have not as yet a single name, as I told your lordship; but I expect to have a list of the most forward men in it, and some other papers connected with the plot, in two or three days.”
“You said one or two just now.”
“About that time, my lord.”
“Is this a Jacobite plot?”
“In the main I think it is, my lord.”
“Why, then, it is political. I have tried no State prisoners, nor am like to try any such. How, then, doth it concern me?”
“From what I can gather, my lord, there are those in it who desire private revenges upon certain judges.”
“What do they call their cabal?”