"It's no use," he said, answering her thought. "There is nothing in me to appeal to."
"There was yesterday, or the day before," she suggested.
"Perhaps. But yesterday was yesterday, and to-day is to-day. As I told Raymer a little while ago, I've changed my mind."
"About the rights of the down-trodden?"
"About all things under the sun."
"No," she denied, "you only think you have. But you didn't come here to tell me that?"
"No; I came to ask a single question. How is Mr. Galbraith?"
"He is a very sick man."
Another pause, for which the questioner was responsible.
"You mean that there is a chance that he may not recover?"