"
"You shall have them, with pleasure," he replied. "Freistner has
been in a German fortress for some weeks and may be shot at any
moment. The supposed strength of the Socialist Party in Germany
is an utter sham. The signatures attached to the document which
was handed to your Council some days ago will be repudiated. The
whole scheme of coming into touch with your Labour classes has
been fostered and developed by the German War Cabinet. England
will be placed in the most humiliating and ridiculous position.
It will mean the end of the war."
"And Germany?" she gasped.
"Germany," the Baron pronounced calmly, "will have taken the first
great step up the ladder in her climb towards the dominance of the
world."
CHAPTER XIX
There were one or two amongst those present in the Council room at
Westminster that evening, who noted and never forgot a certain
indefinable dignity which seemed to come to Stenson's aid and
enabled him to face what must have been an unwelcome and anxious
ordeal without discomposure or disquiet. He entered the room
accompanied by Julian and Phineas Cross, and he had very much the
air of a man who has come to pay a business visit, concerning the
final issue of which there could be no possible doubt. He shook
hands with the Bishop gravely but courteously, nodded to the
others with whom he was acquainted, asked the names of the few
strangers present, and made a careful mental note of what
industries and districts they represented.
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