“Rather!” said Henry, who was slightly out of breath. “It’s about a comma.”

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“A what?”

“A comma. Where’s your copy of the ordinances?”

“On my desk. Why?”

Henry ran through the volume to the proper place, inserted his thumb as a marker, and held the book in reserve. “Judge, do you suppose the voters want any of these fool blue-laws passed?”

“No.”

“Well, who does, then, outside of the League?”

“Nobody. All we want is a decent city.”

“It’s simply that the League’s got the Council more or less buffaloed, isn’t it?”