I speak now as the thoughts come to me.

I am here on behalf of a syndicate of manufacturers--foreign manufacturers--to offer you a bribe." Maraton stood quite still upon the hearth-rug.

His face showed no emotion whatever.
"You are, I believe," Mr.Beldeman went on, "only half an Englishman.
That is why I am hoping that you will behave like a reasonable being, and that my person may be saved from violence.

Upon your word rests the industrial future of this country for the next ten years.

If your forges burn out and your factories are emptied, it will mean an era of prosperity for my country, indescribable.