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The
Prime
Minister
had
t
never
expected
to
laugh
on
that
fateful
day,
but
he
did
laugh.
He
lean-back
In
his
chair
and
yielded
himself
up
to
unrestrained
rnirtn
at
this
unexpected
appeal
to
his
sense
of
humor.
"Mr.
Marabels,'
"he
pronounced,
rising
and
shaking
the
asnes
irom
his
pipe,
"you
are
at
any
rate
consistent.
You're
clear-cut
In
all
your
views,
and
unencumbered,
I
should
Imagine,
With
a
superfluity
of
sentiment.
I
wish
you
the
same
success
in
matrimony
as
I
ima
gine
you
will
achieve
politically."
it
was
in
us
way
a
meeting
01
giants,
that
hastily
summoned
conference.
At
the
opening
of
the
proceedings
there
had
been
a
certain
amount
of
uncertainty.
Macphersoh
should
have
taken
the
chair,
but
declined
It.
"You
go-ahead
fellows
have
as
sumed
command."
he
said.
"Abel
Deane
or
Frankland
had
better
d
reside."
Abel
Deane
was
voted
Into
the
chair
a
man
of
lank
physique,,
pinched
features,
the
hollow
eyes
of
the
visionary,
a
man
with
long
arms
which
he
used
continually
and
to
great
effect
when
making
speeches,
and
a
voice
amaiing
in
its
powor
and
quality.
He
had
been
a
schoolmaster
and
still
preserved
his
habits
of
correct
speech
and
somewhat
severe
deportment.
There
was
nothing
of
the
hall-fellow-well-met
about
him.
His
views
were
violent
enough
but
his
expression
of
them
was
always
guarded,
and
mingled
with
It
all
he
had
a
redeeming
leaven
of
common
sense.
He
opened
the.
meeting
with
a
few
noncommittal
1
words.
The
Government
had
I
sprung
an
amazing
surprise
upon
him.
He.
for
his
part,
would
like
to
know
how
it
appealed
to
their
foreign
visitors.
It
is
tnetr
despairing
enort,
their
swan
song,"
Malakoff
declared,
stroking
his
beard
and
noting
with
disappointment
that
tbcre
was
no
sideboard
in
the
room.
"They
realize
what
our
eetftmg
means,
the
writing
upon
the
wall,
the
doom
of
the
bourgeoisie."
"Nevertheless,"
Abel
Deane
observed
dryly,
"I
think
you
will
all
admit
that
this
is
the
most
astute
move
which
has
been
made.
To
be
Jrtef,
Marabels'
speech
has
made
'
the
carrying-out
of
our
original
scheme,
which
you
most
of
you
know
all
about,
almost
Impossible."
"How
Impossible?"
Bretskopf
manded
gruffly.
-
"Because
the
Government
hai'
cut
away
the
ground
from
under!
our
feet,
Abel
Deane
pointed
out.
"Thy
have
admitted
our
great
i
principle.
They
offer
a
readjust-,
ment."
!
"There's
no
reason
why
we
should
tinker
about
with
all
these
blasted
commissions,"
Frankland
declared
angrily.
"Why
not
let
them
know
the
truth
at
once?
We
don't
care
about
their
cooperative
system."
Bretskopf
glared.
But
It
was
perfectly
obvious
that
his
side
was
in
the
minority.
"Very
well,
then,"
Malakoff
said
shortly.
"Agree
to
their
commissions,
if
you
must,
but
there's
one
condition
Which
In
common
justice
you
should
make.
We're
supplying
the
money
bags
over
here.
One
of
us
must
be
an
honorary
member
of
each
commission.
They're
not
fools.
They
know
what
we're
over
here
for.
They'll
see
the
uUm
of
it"
"I
am
not
at
all
sure-'that
they
are
likely
to
agree,"
Deane
feared.
Malakoff
tugged
at
his
beard
with
long,
nervous
fingers.
"It
may
be
difficult."
he
admit
ted,
"but
it's
got
to
be
done.
We're
over
here
with
five
.
rnilllon
S
tbey
pedgled
to
the
alteration
of
the
whole
constitution
of
your
Indus
tries
in
xavor
or
tne
working
man
We've
got
to
be
recognized,
and
your
Prime
Minister
can
put
that
In
his
pipe
and
smoke
it
Aoei
Deane
inclined
his
head.
"I
will
include
it
in
our
conditions,"
he
conceded.
"I
may
tell
you
that
it
is
nearly
the
only
one
we
shall
make.
I
have
not
yet
met
a
member
of
our
own
party,
with
the
exception
of
Mr.
Frankland
and
a
few
who
are
absentees
from
here
this
afternoon,
who
is
against
the
Government's
proposal.
Frankland
i
on
his
way
up
from
Wales
but
his
is
only
one
vote
and
we
shan't
wait
for
him.
I
put
it
to
you
in
this
way,
gentlemen
Is
there
any
on
here
against
the
Government's
proposals?"
"Not
so
long
as
we
don't
bind
ourselves,"
one
or
two
stipulated.
"Then
the
business
of
the
meeting
is
at
an
end,"
Abel
Deane
declared.
"I
will
see
the
Prime
Minister
myself
tonight
with.
Mr.
Macpherson,
and
let
him
know
your
decision.
I
have
still
half
an
rrtfor
lo
spare,"
he
added.""!
there
any
matter
any
one
would
like
to
CI1SCUSS7'
One
or
two
hurried
off,
but
the
majority
remained.
"If
I
stay."
Malakoff
Insisted:
"youll
haye
to
find
me
a
drink."
Abel
Deane
rang
the
bell.
"We
don't
allow
drinks
In
the
Committee
room."
he
explained,
"but
the
formal
part
of
tiur
meeting
Is
over
now.
We
hav
q
few
million
critics
behind
us,
you
know,
so
we
have
to
be
careful."
MaiaKoil
smiled
sourly,
Drinks
were
brought
up
and
dispensed.
Abel
Deane
refused
wine
but
smoked
a
pipe.
"Since
the
subject
has
In
a
way
J
come
up,
ne
saia
quietly,
-
ana
we
have
a
moment
or
two
to
spare,
I'd
like
to
allude
to
a
personal
matter.
My
comrades
and
I
decided
that
I
ought
to
mention
It."
Malakoff
frowned.
"You
mean
that
affair
In
the
Atrium
Club?"
.
Deane
assented.
"It
was
a
most
unfortunate
oc
currence."
he
said
gravely.
"It
wont
do
us
any
good,
nor
you,
I
am
afraid,
if
we
continue
the
idea
!
of
your
campaign
in
the
north
'
country.
Our
working
classes
don't
cards
Of
invitation
at
our
hotel
understand
that
sort
of
thing
inviting
us
for
that
particular
champagne
drinking
and
women
,
night
Why
should
that
girl
Brrt-and
breaking
the
law
by
their
iskopf
and
I
have
been
taking
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Anyway
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When
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"Why
should
the
manager
serve
us
with
ohampagne
when
he
had
refused
So
many
other
people?
It
iteems
as
though
the
ponco
were
waiting
for
it.
They
were
In
the
room
almost
as
soon
as
the
wine
was
upon
the
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.
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that
blasted
raid,
and
111
swear
it
was
they
who
tracked
Thornton
down."
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"Not
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Malakoff
scoffed.
"Besides,
will
you
tell
me
this?
HOw
was
It
that
they
made
the
raid
on
Mona
Hannertori's
house
land
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there?
They've
got
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against
us,
too,
isn't
mea.
to
that
sort
of
least
thing
"Up
to
a
certain
point,"
Abel
Deane
acquiesced
coldly,
"you
are
visiting
,
delegates,
Malakoff,
from
o
frlpnrilv
nasrwl'itlnn
anrt
mrirf
,
than
welcome,
both
for
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and
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money
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must
never
forget
that.
Some
of
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don't
go
so
far
as
Frankland
and
his
friends,
and
as
yet
we
have
not
subscribed
to
the
International
doctrines."
Malakoff
tugged
furiously
at
his
beard.
He
looked
round
at
the
dozen
or
so
of
men
still
grouped
at
the
table,
studied
their
faces
and
kept
silent.
"Our
principles,'
'he
concluded,
with
forced
moderation,
"are
at
world
principles.
The
time
will
come,
and
before
long,
when
you
will
see
the
folly
of
attempting
to
localize
a
movement
toward
freedom
which
should
be
unlver-
Sal.
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Deane
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out
the
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from
his
pipe,
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