"Yes, in the end; but an investigation—"
"My darling, politics is not an ideal; it is a practical human institution. Just at present, from the political point of view, such an investigation would do me incalculable harm."
"George!"
He nodded. "It would probably lose me the election."
"But why?"
"Geneviève, am I your political representative or not?"
"You are," she smiled at him, "and my dear love as well; but may I not even know why?"
"If you dismissed the cook, and I summoned you before me and bade you give me your reasons for such an action, would you not feel in your heart that I was disputing your judgment?"
She looked at him honestly. "Yes, I should."
"And I would not do such a discourteous thing to you. In the home you are absolute. Whatever you do, whatever you decide, is right. I would not dream of questioning. Will you not give me the same confidence in my special department?"