['OH, YOU DIVVIL, YOU! YOU OLD, BLATHERSKITING DIVVIL']

[HE SAT STARING INTO THE BLANKNESS OF THE LITTLE ROOM]

[JOHN POTTER STOCKTON, THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY]

[SENATOR CARL SCHURZ]

[SENATOR PRESTON KING]

[SENATOR JAMES LANE]

[SENATOR ZACHARIAH CHANDLER]

['I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU EVER SINCE YOU LEFT YOUR OFFICE,' HE SAID]

['IT'S A DESPICABLE LETTER,' SHE TOLD HERSELF]

['HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE I FEEL, BEING IN THIS POSITION—TO YOU?']