'But--dear Gashford--did I really say all that ?' 'And how much more!' cried the secretary, looking upwards.

'Ah! how much more!' 'And I told them what you say, about the one hundred and forty thousand men in Scotland, did I!' he asked with evident delight.

'That was bold.' 'Our cause is boldness.

Truth is always bold.' 'Certainly.

So is religion.