"I won't take it," said Luke.
"I tell you again, that we have nothing to do with the forces that seem to worry you most."
"I know you say so. Well, we haven't got much further than at our last talk, have we?"
"At that talk, Mr. Huber, I said to you that you could help yourself, your party, the public good——"
"If I'd do what you wanted? I won't. I merely thought that if I told you you'd failed so far, you might do what I asked."
The Judge sadly shook his head.
"If you would only listen to reason!"
"I'll wait for the month and not a day longer. Meanwhile, I'm not the kind that's easy scared. Nothing you can do—you, and your friends, or anybody hired by your friends—will stop me."
The Judge stood up.
"I am afraid you will be stopped," he said.