"I call you all to witness that he has spoken treason."
While this was passing Shoreditch had advanced with a flagon of
Malmsey to Mabel, but she was so interested in the quarrel between
the two jesters that she heeded him not; neither did she attend to
Nicholas Clamp, who was trying to explain to her what was going
forward. But just as Patch's indiscreet speech was uttered an usher
entered the kitchen and announced the approach of the king.
V. Of the Combat between Will Sommers and Patch--And how it
terminated.
Mabel's heart fluttered violently at the usher's announcement, and for a
moment the colour deserted her cheek, while the next instant she was
covered with blushes. As to poor Patch, feeling that his indiscretion
might place him in great jeopardy and seriously affect his master, to
whom he was devotedly attached, he cast a piteous and imploring look
at his antagonist, but was answered only by a derisive laugh, coupled
with an expressive gesture to intimate that a halter would be his fate.
Fearful that mischief might ensue, the good-natured Simon Quanden
got out of his chair and earnestly besought Will not to carry matters too
far; but the jester remained implacable.
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