The Recorder could not understand it, and could barely submit to it; my Lord Mayor could not understand it, and his clerk, Mr.Mind, would often oppose it; but there it was: Mr.Governor God's-peace was set over them all.
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But the thing that always in the long-run justified the governorship of Mr.God's-peace, and reconciled all the other officers to his supremacy, was the way that the city settled down and prospered under his benignant rule.

All the other officers admitted that, somehow, his promotion and power had been the salvation of Mansoul.

They all extolled their Prince's far-seeing wisdom in the selection, advancement, and absolute seat of Mr.God's-peace.

And it would ill have become them to have said anything else; for they had little else to do but bask in the sun and enjoy the honours and the emoluments of their respective offices as long as Governor God's-peace held sway, and had all things in the city to his own mind.