The Senator’s fine smile enveloped him. “Frankly, it would n’t do.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Too much fervor.”
“It’s American fervor.”
“True. But it’s exclusively American. ‘All the rest of you not born Americans, be damned!’ It’s—well—uncharitable.”
The writer’s color deepened. “You mean it’s unfair.”
“Not intentionally. But there are phrases in there that sneer.”
“They could be edited out.”
“Not so easily. I don’t think your writing would be easy to edit, Mr. Robson. It hangs together pretty tight. But, so far as this is concerned, I can plead ‘Not guilty’ to being an accomplice. I’m sure Mr. Farley would never have let it get into print.”
“It was all set up.”