Not in Flamborough parish, of course, and perhaps--probably, I may say--a long way off---" "Papa dear, will you never confess that free trade prevails and flourishes greatly even under your own dear nose ?" "Facts do not warrant me in any such assertion.

If the fact were so, it must have been brought officially before me.

I decline to listen to uncharitable rumors.

But however that matter may be, there are officers on the spot to deal with it.

My commission as a justice of the peace gives me no cognizance of offenses--if such there are--upon the high seas.