Its bulk, like that of some huge monster, blocked our path.
"Wait till we take office in the spring," we answered.

"Then you'll see." Behind this lay our secret.

We had won over the Grangers, and in the spring a dozen states would pass into their hands by virtue of the elections of the preceding fall.

At once would be instituted a dozen cooperative commonwealth states.

After that, the rest would be easy.
"But what if the Grangers fail to get possession ?" Ernest demanded.