"You can tell your grandmother--it may help to smooth things over--that my appointment as Attorney-General will be announced day after to-morrow." "Oh!" exclaimed she, her eyes lighting up.
He went on to explain.

"As you know, the President didn't want to give it to me.

But I succeeded in drawing him into a position where he either had to give it to me or seem to be retiring me because I had so vigorously attacked the big rascals he's suspected of being privately more than half in sympathy with." "She'll be delighted!" exclaimed Margaret.
"And you ?" he asked with awkward wistfulness.
"I ?" said she blushing and dropping her glance.

"Is it necessary for you to ask ?" She went back to the elevator still more out of humor with herself.

She had begun their married life with what was very nearly a--well, it certainly was an evasion; for she cared nothing about his political career, so soon to end.