Then, he had accompanied them to the room set apart for their deliberations and had left them with their chairman, the Speaker.

When I think over Redmond's description of the Sovereign's personality, it seems to me that he was describing one so paralysed, as it were, by anxiety as to have lost the power of easy, genial and natural speech.

But the dominant thought in his mind did not concern King George.

One figure stood out--Sir Edward Carson.

"As an Irishman," Redmond said, "you could not help being proud to see how he towered above the others.