For a little while I halted at Hastie's gate, and watched with interest the northward rush of the afternoon express.
Hastie dismissed the most of what they had heard as nothing to the matter: what they wanted was the treasure.
“He shall fight no one in this camp, I can tell him that,” said Hastie.
In fact Hastie's recommendations, criticisms, and arguments crystallized the demands of civil rights leaders.
Here he was—whether caught or come back was all one to Hastie: the point was to make an end of the business.
