And, besides all this, he is half a Catholic himself and he knows against what kind of men these charges have been made.
I was pretty reassured then, when I knocked upon the door of Mr.
Chiffinch's lodgings, and told the man who opened to me that I must see his master.
He took me through immediately into the little passage I had been in before, and himself tapped upon the door of the inner parlour; then he opened it, and let me through: for Mr.Chiffinch was accustomed by now to receive me at any hour.
He rose civilly enough, and asked me what I wished with him, so soon as the door was shut.
"The verdict is given," I said.

"I must see His Majesty." He screwed up his lips in a way he had.
"It is Guilty, I suppose," he said.
I told him Yes; "And I have never seen," I said, "such a travesty of justice." He looked down upon the table, considering, drumming his fingers upon it.
"That is as may be," he said.

"But as for His Majesty--" I broke out on him at that: for I was fiercely excited.
"Man," I cried, "there is no question about that.

I must see His Majesty instantly." He looked at me again, as if considering.
"Well," he said.

"What must be, must.