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A People’s Man

CHAPTER IV
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"Foley is a shrewd man.
He sees the writing upon the wall.

He is afraid." She looked at him and laughed.
"They will try to buy you," she remarked scornfully.

"They will try to deal with you as they did with Blake and others like him--you--Maraton! Oh, I wonder if England knows what it means, your coming!--if she really feels the breaking dawn!" "Tell me about yourself ?" Maraton asked, a little abruptly--"your work?
I know you only by name, remember--your articles in the reviews and your evidence before the Woman Labour Commission.
"I am a tailoress," she replied.

"It is horrible work, but I have the good fortune to be quick.

I can make a living--there are many who cannot." He was leaning back in his chair, his head supported by his hand, his eyes fixed curiously upon her.


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