It is only right you should know they
execrate your name."
The great man smiled blandly. "Popularity is nothing to me. I have neither
sought it nor desired it. Given a great work to do, with the Divine help I
have done it, irrespective of public clamor. For many years I have lived in
the midst of alarms, Mr. Hobart. I am not foolhardy. What precautions I can
reasonably take I do. For the rest, my confidence is in an all-wise
Providence. It is written that not even a sparrow falls without His decree.
In that promise I put my trust. If I am to be cut off it can only be by His
will. 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of
the Lord.' Such, I pray, may be the humble and grateful spirit with which I
submit myself to His will."
The retiring manager urged the point no further. "If you have decided upon
my successor and he is on the ground I shall be glad to give the afternoon
to running over with him the affairs of the office. It would be well for
him to retain for a time my private secretary and stenographer."
"Mr. Mott will succeed you.
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