“I haven’t found it because it’s not there to find!” retorted Bruce. “Peck’s motive is just what he told me; I’m convinced he was telling the truth. It’s a plain case, and not an uncommon case, of a politician preferring the chance of victory with a good ticket, to certain defeat with a ticket more to his liking.”
“I judge, then, that you are inclined to accept.”
“I have accepted,” said Bruce.
“I hope it will turn out better than worst suspicion might make us fear.”
“Oh, it will!” he declared. “And mark me, it’s going to turn out a far bigger thing for your father than you seem to realize.”
“I hope that more fervently than do you!”
“I suppose you are going to keep up your fight for your father?”
“I expect to do what I can,” she answered calmly.
“What are you going to do?”
She smiled sweetly, apologetically.