AftcT  this  release  the  policy  of  the  Government  was  changed,
and  he  was  then  free  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  "What  could  l)0
simpler  or  more  satisfactory  'f  We  feel  ourselves  almost  con-
vinced bv  thi.-;  kind  of  reasoning,  were  it  not  that  as  wo  listen
llie  suspicion  creeps  upon  us  (hat  it  might  ho  possible  in  this
way  to  defend  the  most  iniquitous  law  over  enacted,  and  lo


166  JOHN  BUNYAJSr.  [chap.  viii.
