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he were to take the money out of the box, or out of your pockets?

F. Would not that be a robbery?

G. I am seeking information from you. How should you act upon such an occasion?

F. We should submit, perhaps, for that time; but should afterwards try to apprehend the robbers.

G. What if you could not apprehend them?

F. We might kill them, I should think; and if the King would not pardon us, God would.

G. How could you either apprehend them, or, if they resided, kill them, without a sufficient force in your own hands?

F. Oh! we are all good players at single-flick; and each of us has a stout cudgel or quarter-staff in the corner of his room.

G. Suppose that a few of the club were to domineer over the rest, and insist upon making laws for them?

F. We must take the same course; except it would be easier to restrain one man,

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