‘I am going to ask you some questions. So long as you answer them promptly, truthfully, you will be safe. Otherwise you had best beware.’
‘Ask, oh my lord.’
‘What is the nature of your objection to Mr Lessingham?’
‘Revenge.’
‘What has he done to you that you should wish to be revenged on him?’
‘It is the feud of the innocent blood.’
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘On his hands is the blood of my kin. It cries aloud for vengeance.’
‘Who has he killed?’
‘That, my lord, is for me,—and for him.’