I was pretty reassured then, when I knocked upon the door of Mr. Chiffinch's lodgings, and told the man who opened to me that I must see his master.
He took me through immediately into the little passage I had been in before, and himself tapped upon the door of the inner parlour; then he opened it, and let me through: for Mr. Chiffinch was accustomed by now to receive me at any hour.
He rose civilly enough, and asked me what I wished with him, so soon as the door was shut.
"The verdict is given," I said. "I must see His Majesty."
He screwed up his lips in a way he had.
"It is Guilty, I suppose," he said.
I told him Yes;
"And I have never seen," I said, "such a travesty of justice."
He looked down upon the table, considering, drumming his fingers upon it.
"That is as may be," he said. "But as for His Majesty—"