"Ernest is a very remarkable young man, and I'd rather see you his wife than the wife of Rockefeller himself or the King of England." "What's the matter ?" I asked in alarm.
"The Oligarchy is about to tread upon our faces--yours and mine.

Wickson as much as told me so.

He was very kind--for an oligarch.

He offered to reinstate me in the university.

What do you think of that?
He, Wickson, a sordid money-grabber, has the power to determine whether I shall or shall not teach in the university of the state.