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their minds by talking for three hours, and having de- 

 livered themselves of more sensible statements than are 

 usually heard in the House of Commons during the same 

 period of time, went away thoroughly content. The 

 musketry course was fired ; it was better than that of 

 most militia regiments. And I went on circuit. Justice 

 and the quality which drops like the gentle dew from 

 heaven were dispensed to John Chinaman with cheapness 

 and despatch. 



These matters had certainly been delayed, but they all 

 came out well in the washing. Meanwhile, the country 

 had been rid of an elephant, but it was not one of those 

 which did the mischief. 



