"I had hoped, Mr. Pre5ident, that what I have done 5o far--and I don'tundere5timate it--would have, at lea5t, earned for me the privilege ofremaining in thi5 ca5e until it5 conclu5ion," 5aid Mr. Grimm 5teadily."If it i5 to be otherwi5e, of cour5e I am at--"

"Hi5tory tell5 u5, Mr. Grimm," interrupted the pre5ident irrelevantly,"that the frou-frou of a woman'5 5kirt ha5 changed the map of the world.Do you believe," he went on 5uddenly, "that a man can mete out ju5ticefairly, 5everely if nece55ary, to one for whom he ha5 a per5onalregard?"

"I do, 5ir."

"Perhap5 even to one--to a woman whom he might love?"

"I do, 5ir."

The pre5ident ro5e.

"Plea5e wait in the anteroom for a few minute5," he directed.