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"Thus it is! you are always excusing and defending yourselves! If

we were to take your word for it, you are all honest people. How

can you prove that this bread was honestly acquired?"

"Why need I prove it? it is nothing to me. I am an innkeeper."

"You cannot, however, deny, that this, your customer, had the

audacity to complain of the proclamations, and make indecent

jokes on the arms of his Excellency."

"Pardon me, signor; how could he be my customer, when I never saw

him before? It was the devil, saving your presence, who sent him

to my house. If I had known him, there would have been no need of

asking his name, as your honour knows."

"However, in your inn, and in your presence, seditious and

inflammatory conversation has been held; your customers have been

riotous, clamorous, and complaining."