"Ordered me to serve it on you at once—my excuse for coming at this unseemly hour."
"But why?"
"I gave him a hint of your opinion of his Inaugural. I think it's a case of a drowning man grasping a straw."
"Well, this is splendid!" she exclaimed.
"You take it seriously?"
"It's a great honor."
"And are you going?"
"I'd go to-night if it were possible—to-morrow sure——"
She looked at the card curiously.
"I've a strange presentiment that something wonderful will come of this meeting."