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!"
"No matter, it's true anyway. Now we can march into Congress with drums beating and colors flying!"
"Well—well—well. I'm sadly bewildered, sadly bewildered. I can't understand it at all—the most extraordinary woman that ever—it's a great day, it's a great day. There—there—let me put my hand in benediction on this precious head. Ah, my child, the poor negro will bless—"
