If the original committee seriously expected Mr. Redmond and his nominees to acquiesce in the views expressed in the last sentence they must have been simple to a degree.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
In such a case the presiding duumvir was to nominate the required number, they in turn an equal number, and the combined nominees had to designate a third set equal in number to themselves.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The first that members of the Provisional Committee heard of their being offered to the Government was when they read it in the newspapers, and Mr. Redmond's nominees on the Committee were as much surprised as the older members.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn