"Now I'll hold you to your promise," she gurgled, in a throaty, coaxing way.

A few days later he encountered her at lunch-time in his hall, where she had been literally lying in wait for him in order to repeat her invitation.
Then he came.
The hold-over employees who worked about the City Hall in connection with the mayor's office were hereafter instructed to note as witnesses the times of arrival and departure of Mrs.Brandon and Mr.Sluss.

A note that he wrote to Mrs.Brandon was carefully treasured, and sufficient evidence as to their presence at hotels and restaurants was garnered to make out a damaging case.

The whole affair took about four months; then Mrs.Brandon suddenly received an offer to return to Washington, and decided to depart.

The letters that followed her were a part of the data that was finally assembled in Mr.Stimson's office to be used against Mr.Sluss in case he became too obstreperous in his opposition to Cowperwood.
In the mean time the organization which Mr.Gilgan had planned with Mr.
Tiernan, Mr.Kerrigan, and Mr.Edstrom was encountering what might be called rough sledding.