"We shall induce you to favour the cause of suffrage——"
"Even supposing it is possible according to the constitution of this state for us to give women the ballot, don't you know that you are only exciting antagonism, making an enemy of every voter in the county?" he interrupted.
"Until you understand, yes, possibly. But when you do realize that we hold the situation in our hands, your common sense will compel you to surrender in order to escape the pressure. It's so simple," she smiled.
"It is! It's damn simple! Only a set of foolish women could have devised such a plan! Think I'm going to knuckle to that old Walton cat! She's taking all of the cash out of the bank as fast as it comes in to run her schemes, and——"
"She is only taking the rent and interest on the property of the Foundation as it is deposited. I suppose you were in the habit of lending it."
"Of course, what do you think a bank is for?"
"You'll never have the use of another dollar until you give in."
"It's all nonsense this ballot for women, Agatha; we can't give it to you, and God knows I don't want to!"
"Why?"
"It's against nature. Women lack the wisdom, the experience, the er—the shrewdness to conduct the affairs of government. You have no idea how many wheels within wheels there are."