“You know he is being talked of for United States Senator already.”

“You will oppose him?” she asked quickly.

“I shall have to.”

“Still an irreconcilable.” Her smile could be vivid, and just now it was.

“Still a demagogue and a trouble maker,” he admitted.

“You've won the recall and the direct primary since I left.”

“Yes. We've been busy.”

“And our friends—how are they?”

“You should see Jefferson Davis Farnum Miller. He's two months old and as fat as a dumpling.”

“I've seen him. He's a credit to his godfather.”