Then he leaned his cheeks in his hands, and his elbows on the table, and looked at me.

But he did not speak unkindly.
"Here you are then," he said.

"And I hear you bring news from the Old Bailey ?" "I came from there half an hour ago, Sir." "Ah! And the verdict was Guilty, Mr.Chiffinch tells me ?" "Yes, Sir." "How did the people take it ?" "They applauded a great deal, Sir." "They applauded, you say.

At the end only, or all the while ?" "They applauded, Sir, whenever any of my Lords made a hit against the Catholics." "Were there any who did otherwise ?" "Not one, Sir, that I could hear." "The Chief Justice.

What did he say ?" "He made many protestations of devotion to your Majesty, Sir, and to the Protestant Religion.