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`` Well , '' said Lyle , `` according to the charter we can overrule your objections by a three-fourths majority , and I have to give you notice that I 'm going to call a meeting on Thursday next to consider the matter . We have generally met at the Manor to discuss anything of interest . '' Carrington who appeared to have recovered his composure raised his hand in sign of dismissal . `` Any time you wish in the evening -- say six o'clock , '' he said . We turned away and left him , but it seemed to me from his manner that he would not have agreed to the meeting so readily had he not been certain that it would cost him very little trouble to humiliate the men who called it . Lyle appeared very thoughtful as we rode away . `` I 'm sorry all this has happened , but it was bound to come , '' he said to one of his companions .