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at Littlecote to tally with her counting, and by fitting 

 her piece of tapestry to a hole in the curtains of a bed 

 at Littlecote, we are told to believe the truth of the 

 story. The singular thing, however, is that Mrs. 

 Barnes made absolutely no mention of these things in 

 her deposition. There remains, it is true, the fact 

 already alluded to, that the magistrate who took 



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down the woman's statement was a connection of 

 Darell's, and might possibly have suppressed facts 

 which could point to his relative being concerned in 

 the affair. Another story is that upon Darell being 

 arraigned (which in itself is uncertain), he made 

 interest with Sir John Popham, the Chief Justice, to 

 procure an acquittal. 



Now it is quite certain that Popham did not become 

 Chief Justice until 1592, when Darell had been in his 



