"It is not for a magistrate to wink at the breaking of the law, sir," he answered. "But if my colleague of Hampshire has no scruples about its being brought off within his jurisdiction, I should very much like to see the fight," with which he spurred his horse up an adjacent knoll, from which he thought that he might gain the best view of the proceedings.
-- Le rôle d'un magistrat n'est point de fermer les yeux sur une violation de la loi, répondit-il, mais si mon collègue du Hampshire n'éprouve point de scrupules à permettre cela dans son ressort, je ne serais pas fâché de voir la lutte. Et donnant de l'éperon à son cheval, il alla se placer sur un tertre voisin, d'où il espérait bien voir ce qui se passerait.