Rose, at the piano, put her hand on her hip and hummed a scrap from a music-hall song, while Jack whistled an accompaniment:
“Stop the cab,
Stop the cab,
Woh, woh, woh!”
The hall-door banged to with some violence.
The voices of Lionel and Sidney were heard upraised without:
“Vote for Sachs! Vote for Sachs, the people’s friend!”
Then came the sound of another voice—
“My head was like a live coal, and my feet were as cold as stones ...” went on Bertie.
Judith looked sympathetic, and her heart leaped suddenly within her: it had not yet unlearnt the trick of leaping at the sound of Reuben’s voice. Lionel flung open the door and capered into the room.
Behind him came Reuben Sachs.
Judith knew nothing more till she and Reuben were standing face to face, holding one another’s hands.