"
Well, I was stunned;
partly with this unlooked-for
stupidity on his part, and partly because his fellows so
manifestly sided with him and were of his mind - if
you might call it mind. My position was simple
enough, plain enough; how could it ever be simplified
more? However, I must try:
"Why, look here, brother Dowley, don't you see?
Your wages are merely higher than ours in NAME, not
in FACT.