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Let us suppose Parliament to take up the business — and to be
endowed for the occasion with the powers of Rhadamanthus for making
extracting the real truth out of the breasts of culprits. Some sort
as the following would take place
Rhadamanthus is the in Masquerade
Parliament
Mr Bentham proposed encreased terms — how
came he to propose them?
Culprits — Because we had given told had put them him authority so he should have them
to do.
Parliament
Did you propose then propose any less terms?
Culprits — No.
Parliament
Why dist not you propose less terms?
Culprits — For fear they should have been accepted.
Parliament
Suppose Mr Bentham had asked proposed/asked you an establishment
twice as great as you had agreed promised, for, was
that a reason for your taking away half what
you had agreed for.
Culprits
Oh! spare us! spare us!
did you ever tell him what terms you
would give
Culprits. No.
Did you ever ask him what less terms he would
take?
No
Did you ever see him about the terms?
No.
Why not?
We would never look him did not know what
to say to him — we could never bear to look him in the
face.
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