 Count Henning Hamilton, used to being treated with great deference, was nonplussed when Adlercreutz rebuked him for his gibes.When De Geer lamented the coarse tone of the debate, Adlercreutz replied that it was only the final powerless twitches of the defeated.With his undaunted spirit and naïvete, he also passed quite unscathed through Parliament despite all attempts to bring him down.