“Ask him to come here.”
While her errand was being delivered, she composed herself, and gathered up her hair. As soon as the soldier appeared she held this brief dialogue:
“Whence do you come?”
“I am on guard at the Tullian prison.”
“Who gave you the letter?”
“The Lady Agnes herself.”
“On what cause is the poor child there?”
“On the accusation of a man named Fulvius, for being a Christian.”
“For nothing else?”
“For nothing, I am sure.”