"I think I have been attending to it, Judge."
"Where have you been?"
"Several places. To-night I've been to that mass-meeting in Cooper Union."
"Yes. Was there much enthusiasm?"
"A great deal."
"Spontaneous? Genuine?"
"Partly."
"And the tone of the speech?"
Mr. Irwin went at some length into that side of the subject. He read excerpts from his notes. It was evident that, since the afternoon when his senior partner had first discussed Huber with him, necessity, had forced a greater degree of confidence.
The present conversation continued for several minutes. No eavesdropper, unless previously acquainted with the facts of the case, could have gathered much from it, but it was intelligent and significant to the principals. At its end, Stein said: