26/42 'At that rate, English freedom would soon be at an end. One might as well abolish newspapers.' 'In my opinion, the one greatest boon that could be granted the working class. I do my best to dissuade them from the reading of newspapers.' Dalmaine turned the whole matter into a jest. Secretly he believed that Egremont was poking contemptuous fun at him, but it was his principle to receive everything with good-humour. They drew apart again, each feeling more strongly than ever the instinctive opposition between their elements. |