They believe that if a man picked a pocket he would naturally feel exquisitely good.

These I call the innocent section." "Oh!" said Syme.
"Naturally, therefore, these people talk about 'a happy time coming'; 'the paradise of the future'; 'mankind freed from the bondage of vice and the bondage of virtue,' and so on.

And so also the men of the inner circle speak--the sacred priesthood.

They also speak to applauding crowds of the happiness of the future, and of mankind freed at last.

But in their mouths"-- and the policeman lowered his voice--"in their mouths these happy phrases have a horrible meaning.