He chose a high-backed chair with a wide seat near the lounge.

He made a motion of humorous dissent to her remark, and sat down.
"Well, we pulled it off somehow, didn't we ?" she said.

"Carnac Grier is M.P." "And his foe is in his grave," remarked Tarboe dryly.

"Providence pays debts that ought to be paid.

This election has settled a lot of things," she returned with a smile.
"I suppose it has, and I've come here to try and find one of the settlements." "Well, find them," she retorted.
"I said one of the settlements only.