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Show 18.3, "Curse Lathrop!" Laud pounded his fist on his desk hard. "His ignoring the High Commission is a sure sign of guilt!" Tomlinson's voice was tight with vindictive." "You're right! If he hasn't complied with court orders from the High Commission, then it must be because he has something to hide! I never should have releasesd him on the pretext that he would be leaving for America! Tomlinson, go to his home. Arrest him." ***** "Hyrum, the'High Commission is a mockery of justice. You and I both know that. Good innocent men have been shamed publicly and condemned unjustly--I'11 honor no such court!" Lathrop, thinking he should have done it long ago, tore the letter from the High Commission into shreds. "We should have left for America sooner," groaned Hyrum. "How? It was a long time before I was well enough to do anything, and even with the boys all working hard, our subsistence has still been at minimum levels. Our final hope was in our market garden...it still is." said Lathrop. "John, the High Commission. Ye never should've helped to organize meetings for your congregation again. Ye violated your oath to the Archbishop." |
