"
"Are you going to begin?" said Mrs. Wyndham, half vexed with her husband's
deliberate indifference.
"Well, as near as I can make out it was generally thought at the start
that John had a pretty good show. The Senate elected him right away by a
majority of four, which was so much to the good, for of course his friends
reckoned on getting him in, if the Senate hadn't elected him, by the
bigger majority of the House swamping the Senate in the General Court. But
it's gone just the other way."
"Whatever is the General Court?" asked Ronald, much puzzled.
"Oh, the General Court is when the House and the Senate meet together next
day to formally declare a senator elected, if they have both chosen the
same man, or to elect one by a general majority if they haven't."
"Yes, that is it," added Mrs. Wyndham to Ronald, and then addressing her
husband, "Do go on, Sam; you've not told us anything yet."
"Well, as I said, the Senate elected John Harrington by a majority of
four. The House took a long time getting to work, and then there was some
mistake about the first vote, so they had to take a second.
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