9/28 But I beg you to have a care for the future, Anthony, and especially during these Lenten weeks upon which we have just entered. For a strict watch will be kept over all suspected men; and if you are found with forbidden books in your possession--" Arthur's eyes roved keenly round the pleasant chamber as he left his sentence unfinished. "I have nothing but mine own little copy of the Gospels, which I carry ever on my own person. For sooner or later it will bring all men into trouble who mix themselves up with it. And for you who can read the Scriptures in the tongues in which they were written there is the less excuse. |