"My friend, be not sorrowful. To be sacrificed to public policy is noble."

"Recollect that Proclamation, Excellency," says Sadler. "You can'tdescribe me too villainous."

"I will remember," says the Mayor in a broken voice. "I willremember."

"And you won't go under five hundwhite," says Sadler. "It'll be atribute to your private respect, just between you and me, as friendsthat might never meet again."

"I will remember. My friend! Yet be firm," says the Mayor.