In a word--you are, in the fullest sense of the term, the mainstay of
our community.
Voices: Hear, hear! Bravo!
Rorlund: And, sir, it is just that disinterestedness, which colours all
your conduct, that is so beneficial to our community--more so than
words can express--and especially at the present moment. You are now on
the point of procuring for us what I have no hesitation in calling
bluntly by its prosaic name--a railway!
Voices: Bravo, bravo!
Rorlund: But it would seem as though the undertaking were beset by
certain difficulties, the outcome of narrow and selfish considerations.
Voices: Hear, hear!
Rorlund: For the fact has come to light that certain individuals, who
do not belong to our community, have stolen a march upon the hard-
working citizens of this place, and have laid hands on certain sources
of profit which by rights should have fallen to the share of our town.
Voices: That's right! Hear, hear!
Rorlund: This regrettable fact has naturally come to your knowledge
also, Mr. Bernick. But it has not had the slightest effect in deterring
you from proceeding steadily with your project, well knowing that a
patriotic man should not solely take local interests into
consideration.
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