Nor was the
mind of the country member disturbed by any suspicion that he had been
managed and deceived, and that he had really played into the hands of
that most unscrupulous corporation, the Wachusett Syndicate.
XXI
A MINT OF PHRASES IN HIS BRAIN.
Love's Labor's Lost; i.--I.
It was a peculiarity which the St. Filipe shared with most other clubs
the world over, that the doings of its committees in private session
were always known within twenty-four hours and discussed by the knot of
habitues of the house who kept close watch upon its affairs. It did not
long remain a secret therefore, that the Executive Committee had taken
a firm stand in regard to the troublesome matter of introducing
strangers illegally, and that Fenton had been summoned to appear before
them to answer to the charge of introducing Snaffle.
The excitement was intense. Fenton was a man whose affairs always
provoked comment, and while there was much discussion in regard to what
would be done, there was quite as much as to how he would take it. The
men who had been in the card-room on the night in question chanced not
to be on hand to say that Snaffle had appeared alone, and the word of
the servant was accepted as conclusive.
"Fenton's a queer fellow anyway," one man observed reflectively.
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