Tell him that with that I'm heart and soul in sympathy; and would like to help him." He pushed aside a pile of papers and, leaning across the desk, spoke with studied deliberation.

"If he can see his way to making his policy dependent upon Protection, we can work together." "And if he can't ?" suggested Joan.
He fixed his large, colourless eyes upon her.

"That's where you can help him," he answered.

"If he and I combine forces, we can pull this through in spite of the furious opposition that it is going to arouse.

Without a good Press he is helpless; and where is he going to get his Press backing if he turns me down?
From half a dozen Socialist papers whose support will do him more harm than good.