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In truth, the larger part of the delegates were
very much in the dark as to the tendency of Peter's speech. "Was it
friendly or unfriendly to Porter?" they wondered.
"Mr. Maguire," said the chairman.
"Mr. Chairman, the gentleman who has just sat down is to be complimented
on his speech. In my whole life I have never heard so deceptive and
blinding a narration. We know of Brutus stabbing his friend. But what
shall we say of a pretended Brutus who caresses while he stabs?"
Here the Porter adherents became absolutely sure of the character of
Peter's speech, and hissed.
"Nor is it Imperial Caesar alone," continued Maguire, "against whom he
turns his poniard. Not content with one foul murder, he turns against
Caesar's friends. By devilish innuendo, he charges the honorable Mr.
Kennedy and myself with bargaining to deceive the American people. I
call on him for proof or retraction."
The convention laughed. Peter rose and said: "Mr. Chairman, I gave a
truthful account of what actually took place last evening in the United
States hotel.


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