"Does it have to be that?"
"Can you suggest anything else?"
"Yes."
"Well?"
Hubert pointed to the button-hole in the lapel of his coat and said: "Do you see this?"
"What is it?"
"A volunteer button."
Taney looked with interest at the little white button with the American flag, and then said: "Have I got to that point? The last chance, I suppose?" he added after a pause.
"Not the last, but the first!"
"How so?"