‘_More than suspicions_, _sir_,’ _returned Mr. Sapsea_; ‘_all but certainties_.’ ‘_Only think now_!’ _cried Mr. Datchery_. ‘_But proof_, _sir_, _proof must be built up stone by stone_,’ _said the Mayor_. ‘_As I say_, _the end crowns the work_. _It is not enough that Justice should be morally certain_; _she must be immorally certain—legally_, _that is_.’ ‘_His Honour_,’ _said Mr. Datchery_, ‘_reminds me of the nature of the law_. _Immoral_. _How true_!’ ‘_As I say_, _sir_,’ _pompously went on the Mayor_, ‘_the arm of the law is a strong arm_, _and a long arm_. _That is the way I put it_. _A strong arm and a long arm_.’ ‘_How forcible_!—_And yet_, _again_, _how true_!’ _murmured Mr. Datchery_. ‘_And without betraying what I call the secrets of the prison-house_,’ _said Mr. Sapsea_; ‘_the secrets of the prison-house is the term I used on the bench_.’ ‘_And what other term than His Honour’s would express it_?’ _said Mr. Datchery_. ‘_Without_, _I say_, _betraying them_, _I predict to you_, _knowing the iron will of the gentleman we have just left_ (_I take the bold step of calling it __iron_, _on account of its strength_), _that in this case the long arm will reach_, _and the strong arm will strike_. _This is our Cathedral_, _sir_. _The best judges are pleased to admire it_, _and the best among our townsmen own to being a little vain of it_.’ _All this time Mr. Datchery had walked with his hat under his arm_, _and his white hair streaming_. * * * * * In the next sentence the word _now_ is struck out. * * * * * ‘He had an odd momentary appearance upon him of having forgotten his hat, when Mr. Sapsea _now_ touched it.’ * * * * * ‘_I shall come_. _Master Deputy_, _what do you owe me_?’ ‘_A job_.’ ‘_Mind you pay me honestly with the job of showing me Mr. Durdles’s house when I want to go there_.’ * * * * * In Chapter XX.:— * * * * * ‘_Yes_, _you may be sure that the stairs are fireproof_,’ _said Mr. Grewgious_, ‘_and that any outbreak of the devouring element would be perceived and suppressed by the watchmen_.’ * * * * * In Chapter XXI.:— _I wished at the time that you had come to me_; _but now I think it best that you did as you did_, _and came to your guardian_.’ ‘_I did think of you_,’ _Rosa told him_; ‘_but Minor Canon Corner was so near him_—’ ‘_I understand_. _It was quite natural_.’ * * * * * ‘_Have you settled_,’ _asked Rosa_, _appealing to them both_, ‘_what is to be done for Helena and her brother_?’