Then He stood for the Senate; then He made a speech or two; then He was appointed delegate, though no one seems to have realised His power.

And the rest we know." Mabel shook her head meditatively.
"We know nothing," she said.

"Nothing; nothing! Where did He learn His languages ?" "It is supposed that He travelled for many years.

But no one knows.

He has said nothing." She turned swiftly to her husband.
"But what does it all mean?
What is His power?
Tell me, Oliver ?" He smiled back, shaking his head.
"Well, Markham said that it was his incorruption--that and his oratory; but that explains nothing." "No, it explains nothing," said the girl.
"It is just personality," went on Oliver, "at least, that's the label to use.