Carnarvon.
"Other men--yes, the little men who work for the cheap rewards. But not
you, who work for the sake of work. This night's experience has thrilled
me. I understand your profession now. I see what it means to us all, to
civilisation, what a splendid force for good, for enlightenment, for
uplifting it is. I can see a great flood of light radiating from this
building, pouring into the dark places, driving away ignorance. And the
thunder of those presses seems to me to fill the world with some mighty
command--what is it?--oh, yes--I can hear it distinctly. It is, 'Let there
be light!'"
Mrs. Carnarvon's back was toward them and she was looking out at the
harbour. Howard put his hands upon Marian's shoulders and they looked each
the other straight in the eyes.
"Lovers and comrades," he said, "always. And how strong we are--together!"
XIX.
"I MUST BE RICH."
"While I don't feel dependent upon the owners of the _News-Record_,
still I am not exactly independent of them either. And if I left them it
would only be to become dependent in the same way upon somebody else. A man
who makes his living by the advocacy of principles should be wholly free.
If he isn't, the principles are sure sooner or later to become incidental
to the living, instead of the living being incidental to the principles.
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