So in the evening about seven o'clock the deputation of six men came, headed by Luc Baste.
"Well, what is it ?" Carnac asked calmly.
Luc Baste began, not a statement of facts, but an oration on the rights of workers, their downtrodden condition and their beggarly wages.

He said they had not enough to keep body and soul together, and that right well did their employers know it.

He said there should be an increase of a half-dollar a day, or there would be a strike.
Carnac dealt with the matter quickly and quietly.

He said Luc Baste had not been among them a long time and evidently did not know what was the cost of living in Montreal.

He said the men got good wages, and in any case it was not for him to settle a thing of such importance.