And he kissed her again.
"Perhaps next year or the year after," she repeated, with a queer little smile. "And—and we will take Senator Planefield with us."
"No," he answered, "we will leave him at home to invest the millions derived from the Westoria lands."
And he went out with a laugh on his lips.
A week later Colonel Tredennis heard from Richard that Bertha and the children were going away.
"When?" asked the colonel. "That seems rather sudden. I saw Janey two days ago, and did not understand that the time was set for their departure."
"It is rather sudden," said Richard. "The fact is, they leave Washington this morning. I should be with them now if it were not for a business engagement."