RENCH. We'd have agreed to put it off. When a young man like that is near dying for his country why—anything can wait. But what we're asking is only right.
ASHER. Well, right or not right, I sent for you to say, so far as I'm concerned, the strike's over.
RENCH. You'll—you'll recognize the union?
ASHER. I grant—( he catches himself)—I consent to your demands.
(After a moment of stupefaction, their faces light up, and they
approach him.)
RENCH. We appreciate it, Mr. Pindar. This'll make a lot of families happy tonight.
FERSEN. It will that.
HILLMAN. Maybe you won't believe me, Mr. Pindar, but it was hard to see the shops closed down—as hard on us as it was on you. We take pride in them, too. I guess you won't regret it.
ASHER (waving them away). I hope not. I ought to tell you that you may thank my son for this—my son and Dr. Pindar.
RENCH. We appreciate it,—just the same.