"Well—there's Miss Smith."
"She gets a salary, doesn't she?"
"A very small one."
"About as large as she could earn. North, I don't doubt."
"But the unselfish work she does—the utter sacrifice?"
"Oh, well, we'll omit Alabama, and admit the exception."
"Well, here, in Washington—there's your friend, the Judge, who has befriended you so, as you admit."
She laughed again.
"You remember our visit to Senator Smith?"
"Yes."