He had been a Member of Parliament for some years and was looked upon as the practical leader of his party.
"We've heard a lot of you, Mr.Maraton," he declared, "of your fine fighting methods and of your gift of speech.

We'll hear more of that, I hope, at Manchester.

We are, so to speak, strangers as yet, but there's one thing I will say for you, and that is that you're a good listener.
You've heard all that we've got to say and you've scarcely made a remark.

You won't object to my saying that we're expecting something from you in the way of initiative, not to say leadership ?" Maraton glanced down the table.

There were five men seated there, and, a little apart from all of them, David Ross, who had refused to be shaken off.