the masses all over the earth—with the rule of your Trustees. For the most part it is the old discontent, the old quarrel of the common man with his commonness
—the misery of work and discipline and unfitness. But your Trustees have ruled
ill. In certain matters, in the administration of the Labour Companies, for example, they have been unwise. They have given endless opportunities.
Already we of the popular party were agitating for reforms—when your waking
came. Came! If it had been contrived it could not have come more opportunely.”
He smiled. “The public mind, making no allowance for your years of
quiescence, had already hit on the thought of waking you and appealing to you,
and—Flash!”
He indicated the outbreak by a gesture, and Graham moved his head to show
that he understood
