Signor
Malipizzo, I may say, has pronounced views as to his duties towards
society."
This was too much for one of the respectable members of the deputation.
He asked:
"Are you referring to that blackguard, that pestilential hog, who calls
himself a judge?"
"Perhaps you do not know him as well as I do. I wish you knew him
better. I wish you knew him as well as I do! He is worth knowing. Let
me tell you something about him--something new and characteristic. Like
many natives, he is scrupulously fair minded and honest. Now I can get
on, at a pinch, even with an upright man. That is because I always try
to discover the good side of my fellow-creatures. But other people
cannot. Accordingly, being an incorruptible magistrate, he is liable to
encounter hostility among a certain disreputable section of the
populace. His conscientious methods expose him to the accusation of
harsh dealing. This has happened more than once. It happened only two
days ago, when he sentenced to prison a batch of Russian lunatics who
were responsible, among other damage, for the death of three innocent
school-children.
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