The Senator sprang up, all aglow:
“My child, you can’t mean that you—”
“I’ve made him promise on honor to think about a compromise tonight and come and tell me his decision in the morning.”
“Good! There’s hope yet that—”
“Nonsense, uncle. I’ve made him engage to let the Tennessee Land bill utterly alone!”
“Impossible! You—”
“I’ve made him promise to vote with us!”
“INCREDIBLE! Abso—”
“I’ve made him swear that he’ll work for us!”
“PRE - - - POSTEROUS!—Utterly pre—break a window, child, before I suffocate!”