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For
a
few
moments
there
was
total
silence
,
while
every
man
in
the
room
was
looking
at
Bulstrode
.
He
sat
perfectly
still
,
leaning
hard
against
the
back
of
his
chair
;
he
could
not
venture
to
rise
,
and
when
he
began
to
speak
he
pressed
his
hands
upon
the
seat
on
each
side
of
him
.
But
his
voice
was
perfectly
audible
,
though
hoarser
than
usual
,
and
his
words
were
distinctly
pronounced
,
though
he
paused
between
sentence
as
if
short
of
breath
.
He
said
,
turning
first
toward
Mr
.
Thesiger
,
and
then
looking
at
Mr
.
Hawley
—
"
I
protest
before
you
,
sir
,
as
a
Christian
minister
,
against
the
sanction
of
proceedings
towards
me
which
are
dictated
by
virulent
hatred
.
Those
who
are
hostile
to
me
are
glad
to
believe
any
libel
uttered
by
a
loose
tongue
against
me
.
And
their
consciences
become
strict
against
me
.
Say
that
the
evil
-
speaking
of
which
I
am
to
be
made
the
victim
accuses
me
of
malpractices
—
"
here
Bulstrode
’
s
voice
rose
and
took
on
a
more
biting
accent
,
till
it
seemed
a
low
cry
—
"
who
shall
be
my
accuser
?
Not
men
whose
own
lives
are
unchristian
,
nay
,
scandalous
—
not
men
who
themselves
use
low
instruments
to
carry
out
their
ends
—
whose
profession
is
a
tissue
of
chicanery
—
who
have
been
spending
their
income
on
their
own
sensual
enjoyments
,
while
I
have
been
devoting
mine
to
advance
the
best
objects
with
regard
to
this
life
and
the
next
.
"
After
the
word
chicanery
there
was
a
growing
noise
,
half
of
murmurs
and
half
of
hisses
,
while
four
persons
started
up
at
once
—
Mr
.
Hawley
,
Mr
.
Toller
,
Mr
.
Chichely
,
and
Mr
.
Hackbutt
;
but
Mr
.
Hawley
’
s
outburst
was
instantaneous
,
and
left
the
others
behind
in
silence
.
"
If
you
mean
me
,
sir
,
I
call
you
and
every
one
else
to
the
inspection
of
my
professional
life
.
As
to
Christian
or
unchristian
,
I
repudiate
your
canting
palavering
Christianity
;
and
as
to
the
way
in
which
I
spend
my
income
,
it
is
not
my
principle
to
maintain
thieves
and
cheat
offspring
of
their
due
inheritance
in
order
to
support
religion
and
set
myself
up
as
a
saintly
Killjoy
.
I
affect
no
niceness
of
conscience
—
I
have
not
found
any
nice
standards
necessary
yet
to
measure
your
actions
by
,
sir
.
And
I
again
call
upon
you
to
enter
into
satisfactory
explanations
concerning
the
scandals
against
you
,
or
else
to
withdraw
from
posts
in
which
we
at
any
rate
decline
you
as
a
colleague
.
I
say
,
sir
,
we
decline
to
co
-
operate
with
a
man
whose
character
is
not
cleared
from
infamous
lights
cast
upon
it
,
not
only
by
reports
but
by
recent
actions
.
"
"
Allow
me
,
Mr
.
Hawley
,
"
said
the
chairman
;
and
Mr
.
Hawley
,
still
fuming
,
bowed
half
impatiently
,
and
sat
down
with
his
hands
thrust
deep
in
his
pockets
.
"
Mr
.
Bulstrode
,
it
is
not
desirable
,
I
think
,
to
prolong
the
present
discussion
,
"
said
Mr
.
Thesiger
,
turning
to
the
pallid
trembling
man
;
"
I
must
so
far
concur
with
what
has
fallen
from
Mr
.
Hawley
in
expression
of
a
general
feeling
,
as
to
think
it
due
to
your
Christian
profession
that
you
should
clear
yourself
,
if
possible
,
from
unhappy
aspersions
.
I
for
my
part
should
be
willing
to
give
you
full
opportunity
and
hearing
.
But
I
must
say
that
your
present
attitude
is
painfully
inconsistent
with
those
principles
which
you
have
sought
to
identify
yourself
with
,
and
for
the
honor
of
which
I
am
bound
to
care
.
I
recommend
you
at
present
,
as
your
clergyman
,
and
one
who
hopes
for
your
reinstatement
in
respect
,
to
quit
the
room
,
and
avoid
further
hindrance
to
business
.
"
Bulstrode
,
after
a
moment
’
s
hesitation
,
took
his
hat
from
the
floor
and
slowly
rose
,
but
he
grasped
the
corner
of
the
chair
so
totteringly
that
Lydgate
felt
sure
there
was
not
strength
enough
in
him
to
walk
away
without
support
.
What
could
he
do
?
He
could
not
see
a
man
sink
close
to
him
for
want
of
help
.
He
rose
and
gave
his
arm
to
Bulstrode
,
and
in
that
way
led
him
out
of
the
room
;
yet
this
act
,
which
might
have
been
one
of
gentle
duty
and
pure
compassion
,
was
at
this
moment
unspeakably
bitter
to
him
.
It
seemed
as
if
he
were
putting
his
sign
-
manual
to
that
association
of
himself
with
Bulstrode
,
of
which
he
now
saw
the
full
meaning
as
it
must
have
presented
itself
to
other
minds
.
He
now
felt
the
conviction
that
this
man
who
was
leaning
tremblingly
on
his
arm
,
had
given
him
the
thousand
pounds
as
a
bribe
,
and
that
somehow
the
treatment
of
Raffles
had
been
tampered
with
from
an
evil
motive
.
The
inferences
were
closely
linked
enough
;
the
town
knew
of
the
loan
,
believed
it
to
be
a
bribe
,
and
believed
that
he
took
it
as
a
bribe
.
