"He is not at all vain, Captain Tremaine," said Mrs. Gower, amusedly.
"Not for him," said Tremaine, jokingly.
"What is to be our color for 1888?"
"Orange or blue, Mrs. Gower; half the men I have met to-day say one, half the other; opinions are divided."
"Had the other man been a green Reformer, though, I would have bet on him," said Mr. Cobbe, buttoning on his overcoat.
"There is something in that," she said; "for some would say he would have the Ontario Government at his back."
"So he would, and good backers they would be, too. Good-night, Elaine; shall I see you at St. John's Church, to-morrow?" he said, in an undertone.
"Don't ask me, after my last experience; I am going all the way to Holy Trinity Church, with Miss Crew; but shall be at home Monday, excepting while at the polls."
"All right, au revoir."
On his exit, Tremaine said, laughingly,