“And so I pray,” answered Tamworth; “for is not the purpose of thy entrance accomplished?”
“Not fully,” answered Eliot, and then addressing Marlowe: “I must have thy written and sworn statement of the events of the night you stood with Bame in the chantry of the church.”
“For what purpose?” demanded Marlowe.
“To save an innocent man from the gallows.”
“Of whom dost thou speak?”
“Of Bame,” answered Eliot.
“Never!” came the response of several voices.
“Nay, nay!” exclaimed Marlowe, “if one unjustly accused may be saved by such simple means, I will give it. Is this all?”
“For the present,” answered Eliot. “Thy affidavit is sufficient for my immediate purpose; but later thou must appear as a witness upon a new trial of Bame, if the same shall be granted.”
“And for what has he been tried?” asked Marlowe.