"Gentlemen," he said, "if organisation is a good word, moderation is a better one.

The matter is too grave for haste.

I would suggest that we each and severally return to our respective homes for the night, sleep over what has happened, and convene again to-morrow, when we are calmer and can approach this affair in a more judicious mood.

As for the honour with which you would inform me, I must affirm that that, too, is a matter for grave deliberation.

This League is but a name as yet.