Will you not give the poison ?' 'I cannot give it unless I know its purpose, mother.

This may be a barren tale, and the medicine might be used in such a fashion that I should fall beneath the law.

At one price only can I give it, and it is that I am there to see it used.' She thought a while and answered: 'It may be done, for as it chances the wording of my absolution will cover it.

But you must come cowled as a priest, that those who carry out the sentence may know nothing.

Still others will know and I warn you that should you speak of the matter you yourself will meet with misfortune.