“Oh? But I thought that the truth, regardless of consequences, was our motto?”
“Of course—without fear or favour in a sense—but where there are extra risks——”
What did this slow-coach of a man mean?——”What risks?” Amory asked abruptly.
“Well, say risks to Cosimo as proprietor.”
“You mean he might lose his money?” she said, with a glance round the satiny triceps and the apple-bud of an elbow.
“Well—does he want to lose his money?—What I mean is, that we aren’t paying our way—we’ve scarcely any advertisements, you see——”
“I think that what you mean is that we ought to become Liberals?” There was a little ring in Amory’s voice.
Mr. Strong made no reply.
“Or Fabians, perhaps?”
Still Mr. Strong did not answer.