“It has just been proven that you are not.”
“How could the Archbishop expect faithful service from me, if I prove traitor to the one I deem my master?”
“The Archbishop will probably be content to take the risk of that.”
“Are you commissioned to speak for the Archbishop?”
“I am.”
“Are you one of the Archbishop’s men?”
“My disposition towards him is friendly; I cannot say that I am one of his men.”
“Granting, then, that I took service with the Archbishop to save my life, what would he expect me to do?”
“To obey him in all things.”
“Ah, be more explicit, as the examiner said. I am not a man to enter into a bargain blindly. I must know exactly what is required of me.”