He
shrank from telling Natalie. Indeed, until he had returned from
Washington he did not broach the subject. And then he was tired
and rather discouraged, and as a result almost brutally abrupt.
Coming on top of a hard fight with the new directorate, a fight
which he had finally won, Washington was disheartening. Planning
enormously for the future it seemed to have no vision for the things
of the present. He was met vaguely, put off, questioned. He waited
hours, as patiently as he could, to find that no man seemed to have
power to act, or to know what powers he had.
He found something else, too - a suspicion of him, of his motives.
Who offered something for nothing must be actuated by some deep and
hidden motive. He found his plain proposition probed and searched
for some ulterior purpose behind it.
"It's the old distrust, Mr. Spencer," said Hutchinson, who had gone
with him to furnish figures and various data. "The Democrats are
opposed to capital. They're afraid of it.
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