They
practised sorcery."
"Practised foolery," Hamar said. "It's tosh--all tosh! Wickedness is
only a matter of climate--and there's no such thing as sorcery."
"So I thought," Kelson replied; "but I'm not so sure now. The author
of this book writes darned sensibly, and is apparently at no loss for
corroborative testimony. He was a professor too. See! Thomas Henry
Maitland, at one time Professor of English at the University of Basle
in Switzerland. There's an asterisk against his name and a footnote in
very old-fashioned handwriting--the 's's' are all 'f's,' and half the
letters capitals. Listen--
"'Thomas Maitland, despite the remonstrances of his friends,
visited Spain. By order of the Holy Inquisition he was arrested,
May 5, 1693, on a charge of practising sorcery, and burned alive
at the Auto da Fe, in the Grand Market Square, Madrid; having in
the interim been subjected to such tortures as only the subtle
brains of the hellish inquisitors could devise. On receipt of a
message from him, delivered in his supernatural body, we attended
his execution, and can readily testify that he suffered no pain,
although the torments endured by those around him were pitiable to
behold.
"(Signed) GEORGE RICHARD POOL, Physician; and ROBERT JAMES FOX,
Merchant.
"Citizens of Boston, Massachusetts; August 1, 1693.'"
"Rot!" Hamar said savagely; "don't waste time reading such bunkum.
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