y to serve Gerard that I want them
now, though I would willingly serve him. I have need of some of these
papers with respect to an ancient title, a claim to which by a person
in whom I am interested they would substantiate. Now listen, good friend
Morley; moral force is a fine thing especially in speculation, and so is
a community of goods especially when a man has no property, but when
you have lived as long as I have and have tasted of the world's delight,
you'll comprehend the rapture of acquisition, and learn that it is
generally secured by very coarse means. Come, I have a mind that you
should prosper. The public spirit is inflamed here; you are a leader
of the people. Let us have another meeting on the Moor, a preconcerted
outbreak; you can put your fingers in a trice on the men who will do our
work. Mowbray Castle is in their possession; we secure our object. You
shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail, and I will take you back to
London with me besides and teach you what is fortune."

"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."

"Well suppose instead of an insurrection we have a burglary. Can you
assist me to the right hands here?"

"Not I indeed!"

"What is the use then of this influence over the people of which you and
Gerard are always talking? After yesterd