"What isn't true?"
"That the Governor of the great State of New York is in any danger of being seized for any such purpose?"
She looked at him with a curious veiled expression in her pretty eyes, as though she were near-sighted.
"I think," she said, "Professor Challis means to seize him."
The Governor gazed at her, horrified for a moment, then his political craft came to his aid, and he laughed.
"What does she look like?" he inquired. "Is she rather a tough old lady?"
"No; she's young and—athletic."
"Barrel-shaped?"
"Oh, she's as tall as the Governor is—about six feet, I believe."
"Nonsense!" he exclaimed, paling.