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Updated: June 6, 2025
And they would call out of their doors and windows to him passing: "Hola! old man Cethru! All's well with our house, and with the street before it?" But, for answer, the old man only held his lanthorn up, so that in the ring of its pale light they saw some sight or other in the street. And his silence troubled them, one by one, for each had expected that he would reply: "Aye, aye!
If you saw the rat, why did you then not aid this unhappy citizen who was bitten by it first, to avoid that rodent, and subsequently to slay it, thereby relieving the public of a pestilential danger?" Cethru looked at him, and for some seconds did not reply; then he said slowly: "I were just passin' with my lanthorn."
And when, Sirs, this pale flame has sprung into the air swaying to every wind, it brings vision to the human eye. And, if it be charged on this old man Cethru that he and his lanthorn by reason of their showing not only the good but the evil bring no pleasure into the world, I ask, Sirs, what in the world is so dear as this power to see whether it be the beautiful or the foul that is disclosed?
"These be the charges, reverend Judges, so please you!" And having thus spoken, the little advocate resumed his seat. Then said the oldest of the Judges: "Cethru, you have heard; what answer do you make?" But no word, only the chattering of teeth, came from Cethru. "Have you no defence?" said the Judge: "these are grave accusations!"
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