He sat on the bottom step of the entrance into the car, and I on the top -- the prime minister [Laurier] and the newsboy talked over Canada. At the end of forty minutes or so, possibly less than that, I left. That afternoon, when he laid the cornerstone, he mentioned me and he went on to state that we had our chat and that I said to him, "Prime Minister, I can't waste anymore time, I've got work to do."
