There was a little thrill at the courage of his declaration. Vida loved him for it.
“I was another,” said Professor Guthrie.
Mrs. Guthrie caught his arm. “John!” she exclaimed beseechingly. The word filled the group with a sense of drama and danger.
“As senior in that discussion,” said Guthrie, unshaken, “I regard it as my duty now to invite others who feel possibilities in a movement for freer government to meet and consider plans.”
“When?” asked Searles promptly.
“And where?” Two or three spoke at once.
Mrs. Guthrie turned away despairingly and sank down in a theatre seat. The thing was going.
“I suggest my rooms now,” said Clark.
“I will join you there as soon as I have taken Mrs. Guthrie home,” said Guthrie. The footsteps of the pair echoed in the emptied auditorium as they went out.
The college teachers asked Vida Martin to give them the benefit of her organizing experience, and nine of them went to Clark’s rooms.