You could never have lasted so long without the personal qualities that a man must have to lead men.

And you have led them, down and down." To all appearances she had spoken to dull ears.

Occasionally their eyes had met, but his gaze had wandered away to range the walls.

When she ceased he moved restlessly about the room.
"You think I am as bad as that ?" he asked, pausing by the table and looking down at her.
"You are as bad--and as good--as that," she replied, the hope that stirred in her heart lighting her face.
He shrugged his shoulders and sat down.
"You have the wit to see that the old order of things is passing; the old apparatus you have learned to operate with a turn of the hand is out of date.

Now is your chance to leave the shadow life and begin again.
It's not too late to win the confidence--the gratitude even--of the people who now distrust and fear you.