The cards should then be folded, and I propose that the Bishop, who is not a candidate, collect them.

As I read the unwritten rules of this Congress, every one here is eligible except the Bishop, Miss Abbeway, Mr.Orden and Mr.Furley." There was a little murmur.

Phineas Cross leaned forward in his place.
"Here, what's that ?" he exclaimed.

"The Bishop, and Miss Abbeway, we all know, are outside the running.

Mr.Furley, too, represents the educated Socialists, and though he is with us in this, he is not really Labour.
But Mr.Orden--Paul Fiske, eh?
That's a different matter, isn't it ?" "Mr.Orden," Fenn pronounced slowly, "is a literary man.