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On a midnight, in December-in a ruined church, your majesty."
Tom shuddered again. "Who was there present?"
"Only these two, your grace-and that other."
"Have these confessed?"
"Nay, not so, sire-they do deny it."
"Then, prithee, how was it known?"
"Certain witnesses did see them wending thither, good your majesty; this bred the suspicion, and dire effects have since confirmed and justified it. In particular, it is in evidence that through the wicked power so obtained, they did invoke and bring about a storm that wasted all the region round about. Above forty witnesses have proved the storm; and sooth one might have had a thousand, for all had reason to remember it, sith all had suffered by it."
"Certes this is a serious matter." Tom turned this dark piece of scoundrelism over in his mind awhile, then asked:
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