"I have been overworked," Brooks answered. "A week or two's holiday is
all I require--and that I am having. As for the rest," he answered,
looking Lord Arranmore in the face, "I am not discouraged. I am not
even depressed."
"I congratulate you--upon your zeal."
"You are very good."
"I was going to speak to you," Lord Arranmore continued, "concerning the
paragraph in this week's Verity, and these other attacks which you seem
to have provoked."
Brooks smiled.
"You too!" he exclaimed.
"I also!" Lord Arranmore admitted, coolly. "You scarcely see how it
concerns me, of course, but in a remote sense it does."
"I am afraid that I am a little dense," Brooks remarked.
"I will not embarrass you with any explanation," Lord Arranmore
remarked. "But all the same I am going to surprise you. Do you know
that I am very much interested in your experiment?"
Brooks raised his eyebrows.
"Indeed!"
"Yes, I am very much interested," Lord Arranmore repeated. "I should
like you to understand that my views as to charity and charitable
matters remain absolutely unaltered.
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