We will abandon the subject." Spencer shrugged his shoulders.
"I know how you're feeling, old chap," he said.

"I can't help it.

You understand my position here.

I write a daily letter for the best paying and most generous newspaper in the world, and it is absolutely necessary that I keep hand in glove with the people in high places here.

My position absolutely demands it, and my duty to my chief necessitates my putting all personal feeling on one side in a case like this when a conflict arises." "But where," Duncombe asked, "does the conflict arise ?" "Here!" Spencer answered.