“Against the rotten condition of civilization in America,” finished Lucile Davega.
Oscar Findlater gazed at the wan mustache with sharpened interest.
“Not really?” he exclaimed.
“Yes,” said Saunders Rook, in the voice of a man whose mind is irrevocably made up, “really.”
“By Jove!” cried Oscar Findlater, and sat down. He was plainly stirred. “Do you mind talking to me about it?”
“Not at all,” said Saunders Rook, trying to inject casualness into his tone, “if you think it at all interesting.”
“Interesting?” Oscar Findlater excitedly stroked the black ribbon that streamed from his nose-glasses. “Why, man alive, it’s overpowering. Biggest idea I’ve struck this year.”
He studied Saunders Rook.
“Your mind is made up?” the great man asked.
“Absolutely.”