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He thought he had fathomed Peter, and felt
that the rest was plain sailing. "This is not a chap to be tolled. I'll
give him the gaff at once," was his mental conclusion. Then he asked
aloud:
"What do you want?"
It was a question susceptible of many different constructions, but as
Mr. Maguire asked it, it seemed to him to have but one, and that not
very honest. Peter hesitated. The temptation was strong to lead the
Senator on, but he did not like to do it. It seemed to savor of traps,
and Peter had never liked traps. Still--he did want to know if the
managers on Porter's side would stoop to buy his support by some
bargain. As Peter hesitated, weighing the pros and cons, Maguire spoke
again.
"What does the other side offer you?"
Peter spoke quickly. "They haven't offered me anything, but advice. That
is, Costell said he'd try and help me on some legislation I want--"
"Special?" interrupted Maguire.
"No, General. I've talked about it with Porter as well"
"Oh! Indeed?"
"I'm really anxious to get that.


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