"I hadn't thought of being so honored, I assure you—"
He paused and looked at Jennie with a timid sort of appeal.
"Come with us—we'll be delighted to have you—"
"I'll enjoy it, I'm sure," he said hesitatingly. "We will reach Montgomery in time for the meeting of the Convention of Seceding States?"
"Certainly," Barton replied. "I'm already elected a delegate from my State. Her secession is but a question of days."
Socola's white, even teeth gleamed in a happy smile.
"I'll go with pleasure, Senator. You leave to-morrow?"
"The ten-twenty train for the South. You'll join our party, of course?"
"Of course."