“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Melbourne Cabinet should provide a reasonable explanation to Parliament and the public for its actions and inactions in this matter.


If even the Prime Minister cannot prevent court rumors from harming the innocent, if even the Cabinet cannot restrain its members from manipulating public opinion, then does this government have any capability left to serve the country?


Lastly, we remind those who attempt to use this matter to attack their opponents, what you are doing not only fails to reinforce your power but instead undermines the most fundamental beliefs of this country, which are justice and compassion.


We will patiently await the development of events and continually follow this case. If justice is endlessly delayed, if the innocent must still bear wrongs, then every page of The Times will become a witness and a judgment of history.


—— Thomas Barnes, Editor of The Times


Selected Letters to the Editor of The Times


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