"I am a convinced Home Ruler, and I never argue," I snapped.
"I happen to have gone into the question pretty thoroughly," he began.
About ten minutes later he stopped talking and looked at me triumphantly.
"Now, what answer have you to that?" he said.
"None," I admitted.
"But you said——"
"I'm a convinced Anti-Home Ruler."
"But just now you said——"
"I know. But you've convinced me."
He snorted violently and relapsed into a moody silence until the other man awoke at Finsbury Park.