"Known—found out? This is magnificent! What was my price, and what did I do with the money?"
Shackwell glanced about the room, and his eyes returned to Mornway's face.
"Look here, John, Fleetwood is not the only man in the world."
"The only man?"
"The only Attorney-General. The 'Spy' has the Lead Trust behind it and means to put up a savage fight. Mud sticks, and—"
"Hadley, is this a conspiracy? You're saying to me just what Ella said this afternoon."
At the mention of Mrs. Mornway's name a silence fell between the two men and the Governor moved uneasily in his chair.
"You are not advising me to chuck Fleetwood because the 'Spy' is going to accuse me of having sold him his first appointment?" he said at length.
Shackwell drew a deep breath. "You say yourself that Mrs. Mornway gave you the same advice this afternoon."
"Well, what of that? Do you imagine that my wife distrib—" The Governor broke off with an exasperated laugh.