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Show 166 when he saw the family approaching. "He's being exiled to America. In the meantime, * put him under surveillance." Tomlinson clicked his heels in obedience and exited the room. Laud quickly crossed the room and parted the drapes, his eyes finding Benny who was already half way across the meadow with his family not far behind him. Waving the order for Lathrop's release in his hand high over his head, he was running and leaping, smiling and cavorting along the way. Laud noticed Samuel would reach for the paper now and again, but Benny was as tight fisted as he was sure footed in escaping Samuel's grasp. He watched them frolic until they turned onto the road heading for Newgate , then he allowed the drapes to slip closed. The Archbishop returned to his desk, intent on immersing himself in other pressing matters. He picked up a quill pen and started to write. Finally, giving in to his own thoughts, he set the pen down, leaned back in his chair, and said aloud what was troubling him, "...to poke someone in the belly"? |