II + 

It was not so much the clamor of the Zenith reporters, tracking him from his own house to that of T. J. Rigg and out to the country⁠—it was not so much the sketches of his career and hints of his uncovered wickedness in every Zenith paper, morning and evening⁠—it was not so much the thought that he had lost the respect of his congregation. What appalled him was the fact that the Associated Press spread the story through the country, and that he had telegrams from Dr. Wilkie Bannister of the Yorkville Methodist Church and from the directors of the Napap to the effect: Is this story true? Until the matter is settled, of course we must delay action. + 