CHAPTER XXIX[ToC]
A TEST OF STRENGTH
When Catherine saw the furious look on Barbara's face as she descended from the platform the night of the election, she avoided a meeting and went to bed pleading a headache.
Early the next morning Barbara rapped for entrance, forced her way in, and stood, tense with anger, before the older woman, her eyes red from the long vigil of a sleepless night.
"You avoided me last night——"
Catherine laughed.
"My dear, I never saw you in quite such a rage. It might be serious if it were not so silly."