"
He broke off abruptly. When he spoke again his tone was as usual.
"Come," he said, "I mustn't let you have this journey for nothing.
After all, the only luxury in having principles is in the departing from
them. I will give you a cheque, Mr. Brooks, only I beg you to think
over what I have said. Abandon this doling principle as soon as it is
possible. Give your serious attention to the social questions and
imperfect laws which are at the back of all this distress."
Brooks felt as though he had been awakened from a nightmare. He never
forgot that single moment of revelation on the part of the man who sat
now smiling and debonair before his writing-table.
"You are very kind indeed, Lord Arranmore," he said. "I can assure you
that the money will be most carefully used, and amongst my party, at any
rate, we do really appreciate the necessity for going to the root of the
matter."
Arranmore's pen went scratching across the paper. He tore out a cheque,
and placing it in an envelope, handed it to Brooks.
"I noticed," he remarked, thoughtfully, "that a good many people coming
out of the factories hissed my carriage in Medchester last time I was
there.
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