I began to see another and graver side of her nature.
"Yes, it is of course Texas." I did not see fit to make answer to this.
"If your master, as you call him, takes the portfolio with Tyler, it is to annex Texas," she repeated sharply.

"Is not that true ?" Still I would not answer.

"Come!" I said.
"And he asks me to come to him so that he may decide--" This awoke me.

"No man decides for John Calhoun, Madam," I said.

"You may advance facts, but _he_ will decide." Still she went on.
"And Texas not annexed is a menace.