You are not known in England, or scarcely: you come commended to me by the Holy Father himself; you are neither priest nor Jesuit.

What, then, you must do for me is this.

First, you must speak not one word of the matter to any living soul--not even your confessor; for if we can quash the whole matter privately, so much the better.

I had you in just now, that Danby and the others might see that you had my confidence; but I said nothing of who you were nor where you came from; and, if they inquire, they will know nothing but that you come commended by the ambassadors.

Very well then; you must go about freely amongst the Jesuits, and rake together any evidence that you can that may be of use to them if the affair should ever be made public; and yet they must know nothing of the reason--I lay that upon you.