"We have all of us opened ourselves too unreservedly before
this aristocrat."
"I should hope that none of us have said to him a word that we
wish to be forgotten," said Sybil. "He chose to wear a
disguise, and can hardly quarrel with the frankness with which
we spoke of his order or his family. And for the rest, he has
not been injured from learning something of the feelings of
the people by living among them."
"And yet if anything were to happen to-morrow," said Morley,
"rest assured this man has his eye on us. He can walk into
the government offices like themselves and tell his tale, for
though one of the pseudo-opposition, the moment the people
move, the factions become united."
Sybil turned and looked at him, and then said, "And what could
happen to-morrow, that we should care for the government being
acquainted with it or us? Do not they know everything? Do
not you meet in their very sight? You pursue an avowed and
legal aim by legal means--do you not? What then is there to
fear? And why should anything happen that should make us
apprehensive?"
"All is very well at this moment," said Morley, "and all may
continue well; but popular assemblies breed turbulent spirits,
Sybil.
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