"Well, Jim," he said at length. "You are going to act?"
In the moment's pause the little swarthy body never moved, his breath ceased and every nerve quivered with the strain and yet he betrayed nothing to the man who sat before him, silent, thoughtful.
Stuart rose abruptly, his reply sharp and clear.
"Yes, I'm going to act."
"At once?"
"It's my duty."
Bivens grasped his hand.
"I congratulate you, Jim. You are going to do a big thing, one of the biggest things in our history. You are going to teach the mighty that the law is mightier. It ought to land you at the very top in politics or any other old place you'd like to climb."
"That's something which doesn't interest me yet, Cal. The thing that stuns me is that I've got to do so painful a thing. But my business is the enforcement of justice. There's one thing I still can't understand."
He paused and looked at Bivens curiously.