Breve was a Conservative; the secretary disliked him, and enviedhim his position.
"Well, and how about the Skoptzy?" [a religious sect] asked thesecretary.
"I have already said that I cannot do it without witnesses, andso I shall say to the Court."
"Dear me, what does it matter?"
"I cannot do it," said Breve; and, waving his arm, he ran intohis private room. wig 20 constituents
He was putting off the case of the Skoptzy on account of theabsence of a very unimportant witness, his real reason being thatif they were tried by an educated jury they might possibly beacquitted.