'You observe the construction of his speech.

After well-sounding periods on the elevation of the working classes, he casually throws out the hint that employers of labour will do wisely to increase the intelligence of their hands in view of foreign competition.

Of course that is the root of the matter; but Dalmaine knows better than to begin with crude truths.' In the meanwhile the boat was drawn up and the chain locked.

The girls walked on in advance; Egremont continued to speak of Mr.Dalmaine, a rising politician, whose acquaintance he had made on the voyage home from New York.
'One of the few sincere things I ever heard from his lips was a remark he made on trade-unions.

"Let them combine by all means," he said; "it's a fair fight." There you have the man; it seems to him mere common sense to regard his factory hands as his enemies.