'An ally to whom the columns of the _bourgeois_ press are open--you perceive?
It is the task of my life.' 'What papers do you write for ?' asked Mutimer bluntly.
'Several, several.

Not as yet in a leading capacity.

In fact, I am feeling my way.

With ends such as I propose to myself it won't do to stand committed to any formal creed in politics.

Politics, indeed! Ha, ha!' He laughed scornfully.