(The Guard goes back through the mill)
Bishop Hardbrooke.
I don't like this.
The atmosphere's too charged with victory.
Ralph Ardsley.
I don't believe they even know it's cold.
(Looks about)
It's wonderful the way he's handled things.
It's that, I think, as much as anything
That's won the confidence of the citizens.
I was just sure they'd have a riot here.
(He gets up on one of the stools before the desk and takes from his overcoat pocket a newspaper which he spreads out before him)
I've thought about it, Bishop; don't you think
That that injunction Egerton got out
Against the mine, considering everything,
The public feeling—if he has good grounds
For claiming that his own men found the mine—
Aside from the reflection on his son—
A tactical mistake, don't you think so?
Bishop Hardbrooke.