Perhaps he had now done enough for the cause of liberty and righteousness, and might step aside for a while and see what would be the result of the movement now set on foot.
He asked eagerly about those who had been taken, and his eyes filled with tears when he heard that Clarke was one of the victims, and one who was likely to be treated with greater harshness than the rest.
"A saint of the Lord, if ever there was one!" cried Dalaber earnestly.

"Oh, if only they would let me share his confinement! What would not I give to be with him, to tend and comfort him, and listen to his godly words! I should fear nothing, were he beside me.

Surely the angels of the Lord will be about his bed through the hours of darkness, and will keep him from the malice of his enemies." "I trust that he will be liberated ere long," answered Arthur gravely.

"But they will never make him speak a word that his heart goes not with.

And it is said that the bishop and the cardinal are much incensed against the canons of the college who have been found tampering, as they choose to call it, with the holy Catholic faith." "And Freda?
How is she, and what says she of all these matters ?" "She is in much trouble of spirit, but she bears it with courage, and I do all that I may to comfort her.
"I have won the right to think of her as a sister now," added Arthur, with the colour rising in his face, "for Magdalen has promised to be my wife.