Now there is no use in you and I dealing in pretenses and going at matters in round-about ways.
We know each other--disguises are nonsense.

Let us be plain.

I will make it an object to you to work for the bill." "Don't make it unnecessarily plain, please.

There are little proprieties that are best preserved.

What do you propose ?" "Well, this." She mentioned the names of several prominent Congressmen.
"Now," said she, "these gentlemen are to vote and work for the bill, simply out of love for the negro--and out of pure generosity I have put in a relative of each as a member of the University incorporation.