"It was you," he continued to Lupey, "who struck down the old man?"
"It was."
"And you who pierced the magnate with a spike?"
"You are right, leader."
"And you really killed all the women in the castle?" turning to a third.
"With my own hand."
"And one and all of you can boast of having massacred, and plundered, and set on fire?"
"All! all!" they cried, striking their breasts.
"Do not lie before Heaven. See! your wives are listening at the window to what you say, and will betray you if you do not speak the truth."
"We speak the truth!"