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He's to give parties for the Dublin doctors and the smaller landed gentry." "But about his salary," said Clithering. "Is that to be an Imperial charge, or are you ?" "I forgot to ask about that," I said, "but if there's any difficulty I expect Conroy will agree to pay it. It's not much, is it?" "I'm not sure of the exact figure; but I know it's never supposed to be enough."
I thought it well to rub the facts in a little. "Rack-renting landlords," I said. "Sweating capitalists, and clergymen whose churches are empty because their congregations are tired of hearing them curse the Pope!" "Eh?" said Clithering, "what's that? what's that?" "Only a quotation," I said. "I forget if it was a Cabinet Minister " "Not at all," said Clithering. "I recollect the words now.
I fully intended to eat three helpings of game pie, for I was very hungry; but before I had finished the first of them I was interrupted. Crossan stalked into the room. He was the last man I wanted to see. His appearance and manner are, at the best of times, tragic. Clithering had been with me, off and on, most of the day, so I had got rather tired of tragedy.
Crossan actually scowled at Clithering. I expected that he would arrest him at once. There might have been, for all I knew, a Committee of Public Safety sitting in the Town Hall. I could imagine Crossan hauling the unfortunate Clithering before it on a charge of communicating with the Prime Minister.
"It depends," I said, "on the point of view you take. It won't be at all a good plan for the police if there's any fighting." "I telegraphed to the Prime Minister last night," said Clithering; "I sent a long, detailed message " "I heard about that," I said, "from one of the war correspondents, a man called Bland. You rather blocked the wires, and he couldn't get his messages through."
I suppose a man cannot be a successful manufacturer of hosiery in the English midlands without possessing the quality of persistence. Clithering had it. He sent another message to say that his business was very important. Moyne said that he and his business might go to hell together. I hope the waiter translated this message into parliamentary language.
I dare say he really thought that he was in a position to dictate terms. "I hope," he said, "I sincerely hope that you fully realize the extraordinary forbearance with which the Government has treated this this " "Don't say rebellion," I said; "we're thoroughly loyal men and always have been." Clithering hesitated.
The Government will allow the meeting to be held this day week if your committee will agree to the postponement." "If," I said, "you will also withdraw your Home Rule Bill " "But we can't," said Clithering. "We can't do that. We'll insert any reasonable safeguards. We'll concede anything that Ulster likes to ask, but we're pledged, absolutely pledged, to the Bill."
"It was of the utmost possible importance," said Clithering, "that the Prime Minister should thoroughly understand the situation. Our original idea was that the appearance of large bodies of troops in the streets would overawe " "They weren't overawing any one," I said. "So I saw. So I saw yesterday afternoon. I telegraphed at once.
I fully intended to tell Godfrey what I thought of him; but words were not easy to find. I was still searching for a noun to go along with "damnable" when Clithering came back. He seemed greatly excited. "The Prime Minister," he blurted out, "is quite ready He says he has no objection In fact it's what we've been trying to do all along. Our Home Rule Bill was simply an attempt "
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