`` Ay , '' he said , `` treacherous and insolent , I have thee fast ; and by all potent oaths , for every drop of blood that now trickles in mine eyes , I will wring a groan out of thy carcase . Away with him ! '' he added . `` Here is no place ! Off with him to my house . I will number every joint of thy body with a torture . '' But Dick , putting off his captors , uplifted his voice . `` Sanctuary ! '' he shouted . `` Sanctuary ! Ho , there , my fathers ! They would drag me from the church ! '' `` From the church thou hast defiled with murder , boy , '' added a tall man , magnificently dressed . `` On what probation ? '' cried Dick . `` They do accuse me , indeed , of some complicity , but have not proved one tittle . I was , in truth , a suitor for this damsel 's hand ; and she , I will be bold to say it , repaid my suit with favour . But what then ? To love a maid is no offence , I trow -- nay , nor to gain her love . In all else , I stand here free from guiltiness . ''
There was a murmur of approval among the bystanders , so boldly XXXXX declared his innocence ; but at the same time a throng of accusers arose upon the other side , crying how he had been found last night in Sir Daniel 's house , how he wore a sacrilegious disguise ; and in the midst of the babel , Sir Oliver indicated Lawless , both by voice and gesture , as accomplice to the fact .
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