"
"I understand you," said Morley. "You have a clear brain and
a bold spirit; you have no scruples, which indeed are
generally the creatures of perplexity rather than of
principle. You ought to succeed."
"We ought to succeed you mean," said Hatton, "for I have long
perceived that you only wanted opportunity to mount."
"Yesterday was a great burst of feeling occasioned by a very
peculiar cause," said Morley musingly; "but it must not
mislead us. The discontent here is not deep. The people are
still employed, though not fully. Wages have fallen, but they
must drop more. THE PEOPLE are not ripe for the movement you
intimate. There are thousands who would rush to the rescue of
the castle. Besides there is a priest here, one St Lys, who
exercises a most pernicious influence over the people. It
will require immense efforts and great distress to root him
out. No; it would fail."
"Then we must wait awhile," said Hatton, "or devise some other
means."
"'Tis a very impracticable case," said Morley.
"There is a combination for every case," said Hatton. "Ponder
and it comes. This seemed simple; but you think, you really
think it would not answer?"
"At this moment, not; that is my conviction.
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