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Any one would have known she was a Queen." "Young?" asked Sir Charles. Tompson smoothed his chin: "I could not say, Sir Charles. Some days about twenty-five, and other days past thirty. About thirty-three to thirty-five, I expect she was, if the truth were known." "Pretty?" The eyes rounded more and more.
"The wife of John Tompson of Fairefeild testifyeth vpon oath, that goodwife Whitlock, goodwife Staplyes and herselfe, were at the graue and desired to see ye markes of the witch that was hanged, they looked but found them not at first, then the midwife came & shewed them, goodwife Staplyes said she neuer saw such, and she beleeved no honest woman had such.
I make no charges against those whom I do not know, but simply say that the confederate agents, Jacob Tompson, Larry McDonald, Clement Clay, and some others, had already accomplished enough villainy to make Wilkes Booth, on the first of the present year, believe that he had but to seek an interview with them.
Both Tompson and Sir Charles knew almost the whole story now from Paul's ravings, and neither spoke of it except that Tompson supplied some links to complete Sir Charles' picture. "She was the most splendid lady you could wish to see, Sir Charles," the stolid creature finished with. "Her servants worshipped her and if Mr. Verdayne is ill now, he is ill for no less than a Queen"
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