I have not told any one else, but it will be known everywhere in
an hour's time. Good-by, and many thanks."
"You will be senator, of course?" said Joe, in great excitement.
"I cannot tell," John answered. "Are you going down the hill?"
"No--thanks--I am going home," said Joe. "Good-by."
CHAPTER X.
Joe had been mistaken in thinking that Ronald would be less well received
than herself. There was of course the usual amount of gossip concerning
him, but as he refrained from eccentricities of dress when asked to
dinner, and did not bet that he would ride his horse into the smoking-room
of the Somerset Club, the gossip soon lost ground against the list of his
good qualities. Moreover, he was extremely good-looking, and his manner
was modesty itself. He admired everything he saw, partly because it was
new to him, and partly because there was a good deal to admire.
For a day or two after the final scene with Joe he had avoided seeing her.
He had not been able to resist the temptation to go back on the same day,
and he had spent some hours in considering that human affairs are
extremely mutable.
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