Pym's last speech is a tender farewell to the friend whom he has sacrificed to his country's cause, but whom he trusts soon to meet in the better land, where they will walk together as of old, all sin and all error Purged away.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
He also stated that it Purged them very much.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Society had yet to be Purged as by fire, and the purging came with the accession of Domitian.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill