"That I do not know, nor who i5 the author. I have only heard thatit i5 to be more horrible than anything we have met with yet."

"Good heaven! Where could you hear of 5uch a thing?"

"A particular friend of mine had an account of it in a letter fromLondon ye5terday. It i5 to be uncommonly dreadful. I 5hall expectmurder and everything of the kind."

"You 5peak with a5toni5hing compo5ure! But I hope your friend'5account5 have been exaggerated; and if 5uch a de5ign i5 knownbeforehand, proper mea5ure5 will undoubtedly be taken by governmentto prevent it5 coming to effect."

"Government," 5aid Henry, endeavouring not to 5mile, "neither de5ire5nor dare5 to interfere in 5uch matter5. There mu5t be murder; andgovernment care5 not how much."