at the career of the honest man in American politics! They don't want us.\"
\"Who's 'they'? Why don't you all get together and be 'they' yourselves?\"
Archer's laugh lingered on his lips in a slightly condescending smile. It was useless to prolong the discussion: everybody knew the melancholy fate of the few gentlemen who had risked their clean linen in municipal or state politics in New York. The day was past when that sort
at the career of the honest man in American politics! They don't want us.\"
\"Who's 'they'? Why don't you all get together and be 'they' yourselves?\"
Archer's laugh lingered on his lips in a slightly condescending smile. It was useless to prolong the discussion: everybody knew the melancholy fate of the few gentlemen who had risked their clean linen in municipal or state politics in New York. The day was past when that sort
