Receiving a
permission to come in, there entered Hatton.
"I fear I am disturbing an article," said the guest.
"By no means: the day of labour is not at hand. I am very
pleased to see you."
"My quarters are not very inviting," continued Hatton. "It is
remarkable what bad accommodation you find in these great
trading towns. I should have thought that the mercantile
traveller had been a comfortable animal--not to say a
luxurious; but I find everything mean and third-rate. The
wine execrable. So I thought I would come and bestow my
tediousness on you. 'Tis hardly fair."
"You could not have pleased me better. I was, rather from
distraction than from exigency, throwing some thoughts on
paper. But the voice of yesterday still lingers in my ear."
"What a spectacle!"
"Yes; you see what a multitude presents who have recognised
the predominance of Moral Power," said Morley. "The spectacle
was august; but the results to which such a public mind must
lead are sublime."
"It must have been deeply gratifying to our friend," said
Hatton.
"It will support him in his career," said Morley.
"And console him in his prison," added Hatton.
"You think that it will come to that?" said Morley
inquiringly.
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