“You can't mean that; make us some return for this feeling. You know and feel the value of peace and unity?”
“I do.”
“Then be the man to restore them to this place.”
“I will try.”
“The governor and you cannot pull together—one must go.”
“Clearly.”
“Well, then, no stigma shall rest on you—you will be allowed to offer us your voluntary resignation.”
“Excuse me, I propose to arrive at peace and unity by another route.”
“But I see no other.”
“If I turn Mr. Hawes out it will come to the same thing, will it not?”