Johnson declared they only saved the situation by a few votes." "They ought to be turned out! A blundering lot! They've let a good fleet down." Hyslop smiled.

He had pale and watery blue eyes that generally annoyed Cartwright.

"An awkward doctrine, sir! If all the steamship directors who might have used the shareholders' money to better advantage were called to account, I imagine a number of respectable gentlemen would find their occupation gone.

Besides, when people start deposing rulers they don't know where to stop.

The thing's, so to speak, contagious, and panicky investors are not logical." He went off and Cartwright braced himself.