“You are right.”

“May I ask if you are a member of the Fehmgerichte?”

“I am not. I never heard of it until this afternoon.”

“Who was then your informant regarding the order?”

“I refuse to answer.”

The examiner inclined his head gracefully as if, while regretting the decision of the witness, he nevertheless bowed to it.

“Do you acknowledge his lordship the Archbishop of Mayence as your over lord?”

“Most assuredly.”

“Have you ever been guilty of an act of rebellion or insubordination against his lordship?”

“My over-lord, the Archbishop of Mayence, has never preferred a request to me which I have refused.”