- Bishop Edmund: So... Bishop Swithern was a necessary sacrifice?
- King Ecbert: As a man of God, I assumed he welcomed the opportunity for martyrdom. Or do you disagree?
- Bishop Edmund: Oh no, sire. All of the cloth would welcome martyrdom in the cause of our faith, service of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- King Ecbert: Good. Because I'm going to offer you precisely that same opportunity, my Lord Bishop. And, I trust, very soon.