"It's not for me to speak o' th' Union. What they does they does. Them that is of a trade mun hang together; and if they're not willing to take their chance along wi' th' rest, th' Union has ways and means."
Mr. Hale saw that Higgins was vexed at the turn the conversation had taken, and was silent. Not so Margaret, though she saw Higgins's feeling as clearly as he did. By instinct she felt that if he could but be brought to express himself in plain words, something clear would be gained on which to argue for the right and the just.
"And what are the Union's ways and means?"
He looked up at her, as if on the point of dogged resistance to her wish for information. But her calm face, fixed on his, patient and trustful, compelled him to answer.

'It's not for me to speak o' th' Union. What they does, they does. Them of the same trade must hang together; and if they're not willing to, th' Union has ways and means.'
'And what are the Union's ways and means?'
He looked up at her, reluctant to answer. But her calm, patient face compelled him.
