But I should have thought those members of parliament, and statesmen, and university scholars have been set up in the high places, out of the wood where we are all struggling and scrambling, just that they might see their way out of it; and if they don't, sir, and that soon, as sure as God is in heaven, these poor fellows will cut their way out of it.' 'And blindfolded and ignorant as they are,' said Lancelot, 'they will be certain to cut their way out just in the wrong direction.' 'I'm not so sure of that, sir,' said Tregarva, lowering his voice.

'What is written'?
That there is One who hears the desire of the poor.

"Lord, Thou preparest their hearts and Thine ear hearkeneth thereto, to help the fatherless and poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them."' 'Why, you are talking like any Chartist, Tregarva!' 'Am I, sir?
I haven't heard much Scripture quoted among them myself, poor fellows; but to tell you the truth, sir, I don't know what I am becoming.

I'm getting half mad with all I see going on and not going on; and you will agree, sir, that what's happened this day can't have done much to cool my temper or brighten my hopes; though, God's my witness, there's no spite in me for my own sake.

But what makes me maddest of all, sir, is to see that everybody sees these evils, except just the men who can cure them--the squires and the clergy.' 'Why surely, Tregarva, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of clergymen and landlords working heart and soul at this moment, to better the condition of the labouring classes!' 'Ay, sir, they see the evils, and yet they don't see them.