Look at that disgraceful business of ours in the Ontario legislature the other day, and look at that fellow of yours walking out of office at Westminster last session because of a disastrous business connection which he was morally as clear of as you or I! I tell you we've got to hang on to the things that make us ashamed; and I guess we've got sense enough to know it.

But this is my corner.

I am going to look in at the Milburns', Advena.

Good night, Mr Finlay." Advena, walking on with Finlay, became suddenly aware that he had not once addressed her.

She had the quick impression that Lorne left him bereft of a refuge; his plight heartened her.
"If the politicians on both sides were only as mutually appreciative," she said, "the Empire would soon be knit." For a moment he did not answer.