The tide was going out, but vivisection was all he cared about, and he had outlawed it. If he could only make it stick. It was no time to falter at the barricades.
“We achieved our victory quite legally,” he said. “It would have meant nothing if we had stolen a single vote.”
“I don’t mean that.” She took another bite and toyed with her glass. “And it’s not as if I don’t care for the animals. I truly do.”
With fifteen years of experience, he could detect sincerity on that topic. She meant it. He nodded encouragingly.
“But there are so many no-nos now. So many things we can’t do. So much enterprise choked off in the name of free enterprise, so much anti-Americanism in the name of Americanism.”
“That is true. I understand your feelings. You understand my position, though, I trust. I can’
