“Will Richard, then, as you have taken upon you to call him”—
“His mother gave him the name.”
“What I want to know is, whether you think he will go and spread the thing, or leave it to we to publish when I please.”
“Did you tell him to hold his tongue?”
“No; he didn't give me time.”
“That's a pity! He would have done whatever you asked him.”
“Oh! would he!”
“He would—so long as it was a right thing.”
“And who was to judge of that?”
“Why the man who had to do it or leave it, of course!—But if he didn't tell me, he's not likely to go blazing it abroad!”