So
Leonore had to fight her country's battles by herself.
"What's all this to-day's papers are saying, Peter?" asked Watts, as
soon as they were seated.
"That's rather a large subject even for a slow dinner."
"I mean about the row in the Democratic organization over the nomination
for governor?"
"The papers seem to know more about it than I do," said Peter calmly.
Le Grand laughed. "Miss De Voe, Ogden, Rivington--all of us, have tried
to get Peter, first and last, to talk politics, but not a fact do we
get. They say it's his ability to hold his tongue which made Costell
trust him and push him, and that that was the reason he was chosen to
fill Costells place."
"_I_ don't fill his place," said Peter. "No one can do that. I merely
succeeded him. And Miss D'Alloi will tell you that the papers calling me
'Taciturnity Junior' is a libel. Am I not a talker, Miss D'Alloi?"
"_I_ really can't find out," responded Leonore, with a puzzled look.
"People say you are not."
"I didn't think you would fail me after the other night.
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