What could the Colossus do now to save the situation?
Cries of "the Chair! the Chair!" arose on every side.

Senator Roberts leaned over to Ryder and whispered something in his ear.
[Pencil illustration of the meeting] He had come to this meeting to-day to tell them of his triumph .-- _Page 46._ With an acquiescent gesture, John Ryder tapped the table with his gavel and rose to address his fellow directors.

Instantly the room was silent again as the tomb.

One might have heard a pin drop, so intense was the attention.

All eyes were fixed on the chairman.
The air itself seemed charged with electricity, that needed but a spark to set it ablaze.
Speaking deliberately and dispassionately, the Master Dissembler began.
They had all listened carefully, he said, to what had been stated by previous speakers.