"Yes, but there's the League to think of."
"The League nominated me,"
"Of course it did, but you're not the whole ticket nor the whole movement."
This was a detail that Luke in his triumph had forgotten.
"Still," he said, "we can't dodge the facts. I won't dodge them, Nelson."
"I understand," Nelson said. "Perhaps you're right. Anyhow, right or wrong, you've done what you've done, and so I've got to go."
"But why?"
Nelson fidgeted.
"I may as well tell you," he at last said. "You know my business has always been one that didn't cross these fellows' trail. But lately they've been coming toward us. I think I mentioned that?"
Luke nodded.