3/15 And after all he would only escape by being shown to be mad." "And he is mad." "Mrs.Proudie would come upon him in such a case as that, and sequester his living." "And what will Mrs.Proudie do when he's a convicted thief? Nothing on earth should induce me to find him guilty if I were on a jury." "But you have committed him." "Yes,--I've been one, at least, in doing so. I simply did that which Walker told us we must do. A magistrate is not left to himself as a juryman is. I'd eat the biggest pair of boots in Barchester before I found him guilty. |