ol in blue made jokes, at which they laughed a good deal; but I
couldn't understand the jokes--and I came away.

_J. F_. Thank you, my lord.

_Mr. H_. My lord Tennyson, I wish to ask you a question. You say that
you couldn't understand their jokes: but could you understand them when
they were in earnest?

_Lord T_. No, I couldn't: I can't say I tried. I don't want to
understand Socialism: it doesn't belong to my time. [_Exit_.

_J. F_. I call Professor Tyndall.

[PROFESSOR TYNDALL _sworn_.

_J. F_. Professor Tyndall, have you seen me before?

_Pro. T_. Yes; I have seen you in a public-house, where I went to
collect the opinions of the lower orders against Mr. Gladstone.

_J. F_. Who was I with?

_Pro. T_. You were with a man whom I was told was a policeman in plain
clothes, and with some others that I assume to have been friends of
yours, as you winked at them and you and they were laughing together as
you talked to the policeman.

_J. F_. Do you see the policeman in Court?

_Pro. T_. Yes; there he is.

_J. F_. Was he drunk or sober?

_Pro. T_. What, now?

_J. F_. No--then.

_Pro. T_. (_with decision_). Drunk.

_J. F_. Was I drunk?

_Pro. T_. What, now?

_J. F_. No--then; though you may tell me whether I'm drunk or not now,
if you like, and define drunkenness scientifically.

_Pro. T_. Well, you were so, so.

_J. F_. Thank you, Professor.

_Mr. H_. One question, Professor Tyndall. Did you hear what the
prisoner was saying to the policeman--who, by the way, was, I suspect,
only shamming drunkenness?

_J. F_. (_Aside_: He could carry a good deal, then.)

_Pro. T_. Yes, I heard him. He was boasting of the extent and power of
the Socialist organisation.

_Mr. H_. And did you believe it? did it surprise you?

_Pro. T_. It did not in the least surprise me: it seemed to me the
natural consequences of Gladstone's Home Rule Bill. As to believing it,
I knew he was jesting; but I thought that his jesting concealed very
serious earnest. He seemed to me a determined, cunning, and most
dangerous person.

_Mr. H_. I thank you, professor. [_Exit_ PRO. T.

_J. N_. Prisoner, do you want to re-examine the witnesses? What's that
noise outside? They ought to be arrested.

["_Marseillaise_" _again without, and tumult nearer_. FREEMAN _listens
intently, without heeding the_ JUDGE.

_J. N_. Prisoner, why don't you answer? Your insolence won't serve you
here, I can te