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Tom as King

           Still,hewasnotgoingtodenyhimselfthepleasureoffeedinghiscuriosityforallthat;soheasked

           "Wherewasthisdone?andwhen?"

           "OnamidnightinDecember,inaruinedchurch,yourMajesty."

           Tomshudderedagain.

           "Whowastherepresent?"

           "Onlythesetwo,yourgraceandthatother."

           "Havetheseconfessed?"

           "Nay,notso,siretheydodenyit."

           "Thenprithee,howwasitknown?"

           "Certainwitnessdidseethemwendingthither,goodyourMajesty;thisbredthesuspicion,anddireeffectshavesinceconfirmedandjustifiedit.Inparticular,itisinevidencethatthroughthewickedpowersoobtained,theydidinvokeandbringaboutastormthatwastedalltheregionroundabout.Abovefortywitnesseshaveprovedthestorm;andsoothonemighthavehadathousand,forallhadreasontorememberit,sithallhadsufferedbyit."

           "Certesthisisaseriousmatter."Tomturnedthisdarkpieceofscoundrelismoverinhismindawhile,thenasked

           "Sufferedthewomanalsobythestorm?"

           

           Severaloldheadsamongtheassemblagenoddedtheirrecognitionofthewisdomofthisquestion.Thesheriff,however,sawnothingconsequentialintheinquiry;heanswered,withsimpledirectness

           "Indeeddidshe,yourMajesty,andmostrighteously,asallaver.Herhabitationwassweptaway,andherselfandchildleftshelterless."

           "Methinksthepowertodoherselfsoillaturnwasdearlybought.

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