Within half an hour the look in his eyes became
fixed.
Let me bring the men to theirknees; and they will
be willing to listen to reason.
Then, turning, they wentthrough the west end of the
Terrace south into town. Let me bring the men to theirknees; and they will be
willing to listen to reason. The senator, wiping his lips with his napkin, rose
likewise. Only later, in aninterview Maud had had with Mr Arbuthnot, had it become
clear.
Wherever there aretwo camps, it is fight, fight,
fight.
Dinner, of course, was spoiled for the
day.
After a question or so, addressed to Edmund, they
ventured out fordrives through town and country.
He may last fordays or he may go before morning.
Yet, for a moment, the phrase made her wonder if something needfulhad not been
omitted. The senator, still in coat and hat, wordlessly shrugged hisshoulders by way
of comment. Becausethey are living farther from the margin of subsistence. The track
between dam and mill is aninferno. Was ittrue, as his son had said, that a bloodless
revolution is alwaysthe more cruel? Now he raised an arm, pointing, and gave a
warningshout.
What had happened outside, the senator had told her
later.
The senators last hours had been of great, almost
impersonallucidity.
He reached the floor of the hall without accident
and made for thevestibule.
This first night held a foretaste of what was to
follow.
The burden of responsibilityhad been replaced on
his own shoulders.
Of course, well abolish private profit;but it
cannot be done in a day or a year or a decade. He reached the floor of the hall
without accident and made for thevestibule.
The men were massing on the ice of the lake for a
demonstration. He had been well-meaning; he had wished to mediate, had always tried
to strike amiddle course.
Do you deny that man was right when hefashioned
that first tool of which I spoke?
The police are clamouring for
reinforcements.
Both Maud and the senator rose as with one accord.
But, as Dr Sherwood said, any illness is a symptom ofa battle waged for life. She
was deeply touched; but there was neither pity nor sorrow.
Ill be in again first thing in the
morning.
Maud knew what that meant: the machines had given
no trouble.
She herself went to the telephone and rang Dr
Sherwood. The bridge had been disconnected from the dam and was hanging inthe air
above the chasm.