Further, that this Acour alleged himself to be the lawfully married husband of Eve Clavering, the heiress of Sir John Clavering, a point upon which his Grace demanded information, since if this were true he purposed to escheat the Clavering lands.

With this brief and stern announcement the letter ended.
"By God's mercy, Eve, tell me, are you this fellow's wife ?" exclaimed Hugh.
"Not so," she answered.

"Can a woman who is Dunwich born be wed without consent?
And can a woman whose will is foully drugged out of her give consent to that which she hates?
Why, if so there is no justice in the world." "'Tis a rare jewel in these evil days, daughter," said Sir Andrew with a sigh.

"Still fret not yourself son Hugh.

A full statement of the case, drawn by skilled clerks and testified to by many witnesses, has gone forward already to his Holiness the Pope, of which statement true copies have been sent to the King and to the Bishops of Norwich and of Canterbury.