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Sir John took a cigar from a golden and armorial case and snipped the end.
"Well, Hanson," he said, "you're a new man on the committee, and new men bring new ideas. So we are to attack the King, are we? It can be done, of course. You may leave the details to me, but if I saw the regrettable necessity, you may take it from me that Smith would be removed to-night. But what I do not see is how it would do us any good. Smith still stands between some of these angry natives and ourselves, though it's a question how much longer he will do it. If the King goes, there is still Lechworthy. Then the _Snowflake_ is coming back here. So, you see -- "