There were the people who were angry at Dick Benyon's interference
and at his _protege's_ impudence; in the ranks of these were most of
Dick's political comrades, together with their wives and daughters. Here
the resentment was at the idea that there was any vacancy, actual or
prospective, which could not be filled perfectly well without the
intrusion of such a person as Quisante. Thirdly there was the small but
gradually growing group which inclined to think that there was something
in Dick's notions and a good deal in his friend's head. A reinforcement
came no doubt from the persons who were naturally prone to love the new
and took up Quisante as a welcome change, as something odd, with a
flavour of the unknown and just a dash of the mystery-man about him.
The Quisante-ites had undoubtedly something to say for themselves and
something to show for their faith. Handicapped as he was by his
sensational success at the Imperial League dinner, with its theatrical
and faintly suspicious climax, Quisante had begun well in the House. He
broke away from his mentor's advice; Dick had been for more sensation,
for storming the House; Quisante rejected the idea and made a quiet,
almost hesitating, entry on the scene.
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