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Village Council against Daisy, accusing her
of having slandered him, and injured his
reputation : and the Council met, and ordered
the village policeman to arrest Daisy Tinkler
and imprison her in the pound until they had
passed judgment.

When all the evidence was prepared the
Village Council met. Daisy entered several
pleas to the effect that she had never seen
the old man; and that when she saw him
she did not say a word to him; and that the
words she said to him were justifiable and
true in substance and in fact; and that old
Primrose did not exist, and therefore could
_ not be injured by what she had said.

You see, this is the way they always plead
in the High Courts of Justice; for where you
have law you must have common-sense, all
law being founded upon common-sense. If
your father is a solicitor or a judge, just ask
him; and he will tell you that I am right,
although it’s a great secret.

Well, the great point the Village Council
had to consider was whether Daisy’s words
were justifiable ; and to that end they called