"Ay, to murder him.  There are some here that have whispered him that we wait to slay him privily, as we go to London!  I told him, Dick, I did abhor the very thought of it."  An indignant sincerity rang in his voice.  "Nevertheless, I told him roundly that the law is equal for great and small, and justice hath no respect of persons.  The blood of Englishmen hath been poured out like water at the word of this man, it crieth out against him unto God; the Cause needeth not the aid of any secret assassin; he shall render his account in public unto the high court of Parliament."