He did not as yet succeed in regarding himself from the outside and criticising the influences which had got hold upon him; he was only conscious that a young lady--the very type of young lady that a little while ago he would have held up for scorn--was subduing his nature by her mere presence and exacting homage from him to which she was wholly indifferent.

'Everyone can give help in such a cause as this.

You can work upon the minds of the people you talk with and get them to throw away their prejudices.

The cause of the working classes seems so hopeless just because they're too far away to catch the ears of those who oppress them.' 'I do not oppress them, Mr.Mutimer.' Adela spoke with a touch of impatience.

She wished to bring this conversation to an end, and the man would give her no opportunity of doing so.