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Show 94 the legs and dangling arms of those in front of him. "Stay there," called Jane. "Tell us what's happening." "It's the Reverend's wife," said a woman who recognized Hannah. "Let her through." Hannah and Jane followed the beckoning Puritan woman, but when they found they still wouldn't be able to enter the courtroom, Hannah chose to withdraw from the center of the crowd, yet she chose to stay within the hearing of Samuel. "They just finished interrogating Humphrey Barnett," said a gentleman standing next to Samuel. "Humphrey didn't attend the meeting," said Samuel, confusion in his voice. "The fact that he let them use his home has got him in trouble." "Oh." "Do you khow Henry Dod?" the stranger asked Samuel. "Yes, Sir." "He's on the stand now. Apparently he's been tried by the High Commission on previous occasion." "Henry Dod isn't afraid of. the High Commission!" said Samuel with pride. He was straining to see the proceedings. "Would you like to sit on my shoulders?" the stranger asked Samuel invitingly. "Yes, Sir," said Samuel as he helped the stranger |