Furthermore,
when several Tories rose to denounce the interruption he beckoned to
them with his hand; there was a gratified smile on his face; and his
whole air suggested that he was so delighted with the success of his
little manoeuvre that he thought it a pity anybody should spoil it; and
especially as the result was to create such a din as to prevent him from
finishing his final sentence. And he wanted very badly to finish that
sentence; for over and over again, with an obstinacy that suggested the
delighted author, he sought to get the sentence out; and no doubt he was
very disappointed that the guillotine finally fell upon him with that
sentence still unuttered. And there is one other point about this moment
which I see has been completely lost. It is supposed that I and the
others who shouted "Judas, Judas," did so in pure provocation--with
deliberate intent to apply the word to Mr. Chamberlain personally and
with fierce political and personal passion. That was not my impression
of what was meant; and that certainly was not what I meant. I took Mr.
Chamberlain's mood as I think anybody looking at him could see that he
meant it to be taken; that is to say, I did not regard his speech as in
the least serious; and his allusion to Mr.
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