They were big, quiet, expectant fellows, with less sophistication and polemic than their American counterparts, less stolid aggressiveness than their parallels in England, if they have parallels there.

They stood, indeed, for the development between the two; they came of the new country but not of the new light; they were democrats who had never thrown off the monarch--what harm did he do there overseas?
They had the air of being prosperous, but not prosperous enough for theories and doctrines.

The Liberal vote of South Fox had yet to be split by Socialism or Labour.

Life was a decent rough business that required all their attention; there was time enough for sleep but not much for speculation.

They sat leaning forward with their hats dropped between their knees, more with the air of big schoolboys expecting an entertainment than responsible electors come together to approve their party's choice.