"I see you have agitators even here?"
"We have, sir."
"Drive them out of the town. Let the people live their own lives without such disturbing elements in them. Tell them distinctly that from the moment they begin to work for me I'll have no 'meetings' on my property. Any of my tenants or workmen found attending them elsewhere will be evicted and discharged."
"I'll tell them, sir."
"I mean to put that kind of lawlessness down with a firm hand."
"If ye DO ye'll be the first, Mr. Kingsnorth."
"There is one I see to-day," glancing again at the paper.
"There is, sir."
"Who is this man O'Connell?"
"A native of the village, sir."