"And Ethan?"
"Oh, he's happy, too. But that's not the part I can tell you."
"Where is he? What is he going to do?"
"He's got a great burden of responsibility on him just now, with the elections coming on. He's going to the Chicago Convention, you know."
"H'm! Well, I don't pretend to fathom those newfangled arrangements—but understand one thing—"
"Yes?"
"I won't have him here till there's a formal announcement."
"Very well, dear." But the bright face fell.