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Mantalini called the "demd total."
"You see," said Leonore, shaking her head in a puzzled way, "I've begun
to read the papers--the political part, I mean--and there are so many
things I don't understand which I want to ask you to explain."
"That is very nice," said Peter, "because there are a great many things
of which I want to tell you."
"Goody!" said Leonore, forgetting again she was now bound to conduct
herself as befit a society girl. "And you'll not laugh at me if I ask
foolish questions?"
"No."
"Then what do the papers mean by calling you a boss?"
"That I am supposed to have sufficient political power to dictate to a
certain extent."
"But don't they speak of a boss as something not nice?" asked Leonore, a
little timidly, as if afraid of hurting Peter's feelings.
"Usually it is used as a stigma," said Peter, smiling. "At least by the
kind of papers you probably read."
"But you are not a bad boss, are you?" said Leonore, very earnestly.
"Some of the papers say so.


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