"But when they are questions of right and wrong—"
"Don't worry. Steve and John are all right. Besides they are only officers. You don't believe all that stuff in the magazines about Senator Thomas and the railroads? John says that is a form of modern blackmail."
"I don't know what to believe," the older woman replied. "I know it's terrible,—it's like war!"
"Of course it's war, and men must do the fighting."
"And fight fair."
"Of course,—as fair as the others. What are you driving at?"
"I wonder if the A. and P. always fights fair?"
"It isn't a charitable organization, my dear…. But Steve and John are just officers. They don't have to decide. They take their orders from headquarters and carry them out."
"No matter what they are?"
"Naturally,—that's what officers are for, isn't it? If they don't want to carry them out, they must resign."