9 o’clock
I did not want to have Gorman killed before I heard his opinion about the Ulster situation and I disliked the thought of having to explain the circumstances of his death to the club committee afterwards . There is always an uncertainty about the view which a club committee will take of any unusual event . I might very easily have been asked to resign my membership . Gorman accepted my invitation , but said he would have to be back in the House of Commons at 9 o'clock . I fixed dinner for half past seven , which gave me nearly an hour and a half with Gorman , more time than Malcolmson had required to state his side of the case . But Gorman was very much more difficult to deal with . He was not inclined to discuss Home Rule or the Ulster situation .