Colonel, since we are alone--for
Miss Adelaide will let me count her as one of us--we have a chance to
take a striking revenge. Their days are numbered now. Quite a long
time ago, already, I had the owner of the _Union_ sounded. He is not
disinclined to sell the paper, but merely has scruples about the party
now controlling the sheet. At the club-fete I myself had a talk with
him.
ADELAIDE.
What's this I hear?
SENDEN.
This outcome of the election will cause the greatest bitterness among
all our friends, and I have no doubt that, in a few days, by forming a
stock company, we can collect the purchase price. That would be a
deadly blow to our opponents, a triumph for the good cause. The most
widely-read sheet in the province in our hands, edited by a
committee--
ADELAIDE.
To which Mr. von Senden would not refuse his aid--
SENDEN.
As a matter of duty I should do my part. Colonel, if you would be one
of the shareholders, your example would at once make the purchase a
sure thing.
COLONEL.
Sir, what you do to further your political ideas is your own affair.
Professor Oldendorf, however, has been a welcome guest in my house.
Never will I work against him behind his back. You would have spared
me this moment had you not previously deceived me by your assurances
as to the sentiments of the majority. However, I bear you no malice.
You acted from the best of motives, I am sure. I beg the company to
excuse me if I withdraw for today.
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