The company noticed it. Good effect.
"You don't answer, brother. You were about to
glorify the
pillory a while ago, and shed
some pity on
a future age that isn't going to use it. I think the
pillory ought to be abolished. What usually happens
when a poor fellow is put in the pillory for some little
offense that didn't amount to anything in the world?
The mob try to have some fun with him, don't they?"
"Yes.