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If anyone asks : "How,, then, do you account for

the conflict of evidence ? " " Who is in the right, you or the Prime Minister ? " we shall refuse to pursue such injudicious inquiries. We shall also refuse to' admit that we are in any sort of sense giving the lie to the Prime Minister. As Stevenson says, pushing questions home is a dangerous game, and partakes too much of the nature of the Day of Judgment. It is like rolling a stone down a mountain.

The question goes on gathering force as it bounds, till at last some innocent person is knocked over. The odder it looks and the more difficult it is to reconcile statements on delicate points, the less questions asked the better.

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