You know that I do." For there had been a time in
which Phineas had been subjected to the severest censure which the
_People's Banner_ could inflict upon him, because of his adherence
to Lord Brentford, and the vials of wrath had been poured out by the
hands of Mr. Quintus Slide himself.
"Very well. It does not signify what I know or what I don't. Those
preliminary questions I have been obliged to ask as my justification
for coming to you on the present occasion. Mr. Kennedy has I believe
been greatly wronged."
"I am not prepared to talk about Mr. Kennedy's affairs," said Phineas
gravely.
"But unfortunately he is prepared to talk about them. That's the rub.
He has been ill-used, and he has come to the _People's Banner_ for
redress. Will you have the kindness to cast your eye down that slip?"
Whereupon the editor handed to Phineas a long scrap of printed paper,
amounting to about a column and a half of the _People's Banner_,
containing a letter to the editor dated from Loughlinter, and signed
Robert Kennedy at full length.
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