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The monk's eyes glanced from one to the other anxiously. Ralph could see that he was desperately afraid. "Tell me that, sir," cried the doctor again, rapping the table with his open hand. "I I what shall I do, sir?" stammered the monk. "You must throw yourself on the King's mercy, reverend father. And as a beginning you must throw yourself on mine and Mr. Torridon's here. Now, listen to this."
It had been a troubled household altogether when Ralph had gone. There was first the shock of Lady Torridon's death, and the hundred regrets that it had left behind.
"He burned them, my Lord, because he could not bear that his hand should be lifted against his master. Surely that is but loyal and good!" The Archbishop nodded quietly three or four times. "And you desire that his Grace will take order to have Mr. Torridon released?" "That is it, my Lord," said the lawyer. "Yes, I understand. And can you give any pledge for Mr. Torridon's good behaviour?"
Torridon's men," whispered the Abbess, her eyes round with excitement; "they are come to pack the things." She led them on through the narrow passage, up a stone flight of stairs to the corridor that ran over the little cloister, and pushed open the door of a cell. "Wait here," she said. "You can do no more. I will go down to them. You are in the enclosure, but I cannot help it."
"This is Master Nicholas Maxwell," explained the Archbishop, indicating him. "Master Torridon's son-in-law; and this, Mr. Herries " "And the priest?" asked the King. "The priest is Sir Christopher Torridon, living with his father at Overfield." "Ha! has he always lived there then?" "No, your Grace," said Cranmer smoothly, "he was a monk at Lewes until the dissolution of the house."
"With your opinions, Mistress Atherton, I mean. I suppose all that you consider sacred is being insulted, in your eyes." The tall girl glanced at Margaret with the amusement still in her face, and then answered with a deliberate incisiveness that equalled Lady Torridon's own. "Not so difficult," she said, "as for those who have no opinions."
Torridon's name is suggested for the bill, we must approach the most powerful friends we can lay hold on, to use their influence against his inclusion. Have you any such, sir?" he added, looking at Sir James sharply over the quill. The old man shook his head. "I know no one," he said. The lawyer pursed his lips. "Then we must do the best we can.
Herries with this" he lifted the paper and read, "Mr. Torridon's name is not in the bill. I will be with you to-morrow." "Thank God!" said Chris. There was another long discussion the following morning. Mr. Herries arrived about ten o'clock to certify his news; and the four sat till dinner once again, talking and planning. There was not the same desperate hurry now; the first danger was passed.
He was likely therefore to be both able and willing to speak on behalf of Cromwell's agent. "But I would advise nothing to be done until the bill of attainder has come before Parliament. We do not know yet how far Mr. Torridon's action has affected the evidence. From what you say, gentlemen, and from what I have heard elsewhere, I should think that the papers Mr.
"I have heard somewhat of his name," mused Henry. "What is it, sir, that I have beard of you?" "It was perhaps Mr. Ralph Torridon's name that your Grace " began Cranmer. "Nay, nay, it was not. What was it, sir?" Chris's heart was beating in his ears like a drum now. It had come, then, that peril that had always been brooding on the horizon, and which he had begun to despise.
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