"You're wrong on the democracy, Brown," said Regan, with a snap of his jaws.
"I mean the feeling of man to man."
"Perhaps."
Stover at that moment was not so certain that he would have answered the same. The discussion had so profoundly interested him that he forgot a certain timidity.
"What would Brockhurst answer to the school-for-character idea?" he said.
"I calculate he'd have a lovely time with it," said Ricketts, with a laugh, "a regular dog-and-slipper time of it."
"In all which," said Swazey's quick voice, "there is no question about our learning a little bit."
A laugh broke out.
"Lord, no!"
"That doesn't count?"