If the people demand a scapegoat, governments usually provide one.

But be comforted." In his eagerness of reassurance he caught her delicate mittened hand in his own, and her anxiety rendering her heedless, she allowed it to lie there gently imprisoned.

"Be comforted.

I shall be here to guard him.
There is much that I can do and you may depend upon me to do it--for your sake, dear lady.

The Government will listen to me.