[The American Senator by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe American Senator CHAPTER XIX 6/19
If this great lord's game has eaten up the poor man's wheat the great lord ought to pay for it." "The owners of game pay for the damage they do three times over," said the parson, who was very strongly on that side of the question. "Do you think that such men as Goarly would be better off if the gentry were never to come into the country at all ?" "Perhaps, Mr.Mainwaring, I may think that there would be no Goarlys if there were no Ruffords.
That, however, is a great question which cannot be argued on this case.
All we can hope here is that one poor man may have an act of justice done him though in seeking for it he has to struggle against so wealthy a magnate as Lord Rufford." "What I hope is that he may be found out," replied Mr.Mainwaring with equal enthusiasm, "and then he will be in Rufford gaol before long.
That's the justice I look for.
Who do you think put down the poison in Dillsborough wood ?" "How was it that the poor woman lost all her geese ?" asked the Senator. "She was paid for a great many more than she lost, Mr.Gotobed." "That doesn't touch upon the injustice of the proceeding.
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