“Fool or none, sir; honest gentlemen don't give maidens Agnuses. I've put him in; and if you want him let out again, you must come and do it yourself, for my conscience is against it, sir. If the Lord's enemies are delivered into my hand, I'm answerable, sir,” went on Yeo as Amyas hurried out with him. “'Tis written, 'If any let one of them go, his life shall be for the life of him.'” So Amyas ran out, pulled back the cart grumbling, opened the door, and began a string of apologies to--his cousin Eustace. Yes, here he was, with such a countenance, half foolish, half venomous, as reynard wears when the last spadeful of earth is thrown back, and he is revealed sitting disconsolately on his tail within a yard of the terriers' noses. Neither cousin spoke for a minute or two. At last Amyas-- “Well, cousin hide-and-seek, how long have you added horse-stealing to your other trades?” “My dear Amyas,” said Eustace, very meekly, “I may surely go into an inn stable without intending to steal what is in it.” “Of course, old fellow,” said Amyas, mollified, “I was only in jest. But what brings you here? Not prudence, certainly.” “I am bound to know no prudence save for the Lord's work.” “That's giving away Agnus Deis, and deceiving poor heathen wenches, I suppose,” said Yeo. Eustace answered pretty roundly-- “Heathens? Yes, truly; you Protestants leave these poor wretches heathens, and then insult and persecute those who, with a devotion unknown to you, labor at the danger of their lives to make them Christians. Mr. Amyas Leigh, you can give me up to be hanged at Exeter, if it shall so please you to disgrace your own family; but from this spot neither you, no, nor all the myrmidons of your queen, shall drive me, while there is a soul here left unsaved.” “Come out of the stable, at least,” said Amyas; “you don't want to make the horses Papists, as well as the asses, do you? Come out, man, and go to the devil your own way. I sha'n't inform against you; and Yeo here will hold his tongue if I tell him, I know.” “It goes sorely against my conscience, sir; but being that he is your cousin, of course--” “Of course; and now come in and eat with me; supper's just ready, and bygones shall be bygones, if you will have them so.”