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And if the man did exist was he not a madman who would have to be inclosed in a strait-waistcoat instead of in a cannon-ball? But the message was known, and Michel Ardan's proposition was already all over the States of the Union, so Barbicane had no reason for silence.
Fortunately at this point half-past twelve struck, and the bell rang for the end of morning school. The situation was saved, and the tension relaxed. 'You may go, Lorimer, said the Head, 'I will send for you later. He swept out of the room, and Lorimer raced over to the House to inform Pringle that the Headmaster had run suddenly mad, and should by rights be equipped with a strait-waistcoat.
The doctor felt relieved, but he was unable to stop himself and went on: "I wonder, I've long wondered, why I've not yet been put into a madhouse why I'm still wearing this coat instead of a strait-waistcoat? I still have faith in justice, in goodness. I am a fool, an idealist, and nowadays that's insanity, isn't it? And how do they repay me for my honesty?
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