Sixty thousand people
live here, fed by the results of the battle. The highest wages in the world
are paid the miners here. They live in rough comfort and plenty, whereas in
the countries they came from they were underpaid and underfed. Is that not
good?"
"Yes," she admitted.
"Life for you and for me must be different, thank God. You are in the world
to make for the happiness of those you meet. That is good. But unless I am
to run away from my work, what I do must make some unhappy. I can't help
that if I am to do big things. When you hear people talking of the harm I
do, you will remember what I have told you to-night, and you will think
that a man and his work cannot be judged by isolated fragments."
"Yes," she breathed softly, for she knew that this man was saying good-by
to her and was making his apologia.
"And you will remember that no matter how bitter the fight may grow between
me and Mr. Harley, it has nothing to do with you. We shall still be
friends, though we may never meet again."
"I shall remember that, too," he heard her murmur.
"You have been hoping that Mr.
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