Blithers?" he cried eagerly.
"I certainly do!"
"By jove, I--I can't tell you how happy I am to hear you say it. You
see it is exactly what John Tullis said from the first. He was
bitterly opposed to the loan. He tried his best to convince the prime
minister that it was inadvisable. I granted him the special privilege
of addressing the full House of Nobles on the question, an honour
that no alien had known up to that time. Of course I was a boy when
all this happened, Mr. Blithers, or I might have put a stop to the--
but I'll not go into that. The House of Nobles went against his
judgment and voted in favour of accepting Russia's loan. Now they
realise that dear old John Tullis was right. Somehow it gratifies me
to hear you say that they were--ahem!--shortsighted."
"What you need in Groostock is a little more good American blood,"
announced Mr. Blithers, pointedly. "If you are going to cope with the
world, you've got to tackle the job with brains and not with that
idiotic thing called faith. There's no such thing in these days as
charity among men, good will, and all that nonsense.
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