About half-past nine mounted policemen began to make their appearance from Victoria Street, and an open way was gradually formed leading to a cleared space in front of the Cathedral. Ten minutes later cars began to follow, as the great folks began to arrive for the _Te Deum_, and almost simultaneously the bells broke out, led by the solemn crash of the great "St. Edward" from the campanile. (V) They read in the morning the full text of the proclamation to the Socialists. As Monsignor Masterman carne up from breakfast, he felt his arm taken, and there was Father Jervis, his clever old face lit up by excitement. He too carried a morning paper under his arm. "I want to have a talk with you about this," he said, "Have you seen the Cardinal yet?" "I'm to see him at ten. I feel perfectly helpless. I don't understand in the least." "Have you read it through yet?" "No, I glanced at it only. I wish you'd help me through, father." The old priest nodded. "Well, we'll read every word of it first," As they passed into the sitting-room, the prelate slipped forward the little door-plate that announced that he was within, but engaged. Then, without a word, they sat down, and there was dead silence for twenty minutes, broken only by the rustle of turning pages, and an occasional murmur of raised voices from the groups that still wandered round the Cathedral--pools of that vast river that had filled every channel last night. Father Jervis uttered a small exclamation once or twice. Monsignor laid down the sheets at last and sighed. "Finished, father?" "Oh, yes! I've been re-reading. Now let us talk." Father Jervis turned back to the front page, settled the paper on his knee, and leaned back. "The main point is this," he said. "Repressive measures will be passed in Germany, as soon as the act can be got through. That will mean that Germany will be brought up into line with the rest of Europe, America, Australia, and half Asia, throughout her whole empire. That will mean again that our own repressive measures will really and truly be put into force. At present they are largely inoperative." "How do you mean?"