There the curtain drops.
"No one in Washington or in New York seeks to look beyond that curtain," he concluded slowly.

"No one counsels you what to do, and indeed, no one can suggest.

Only take this woman away, and lose her,--that is all! A few days or weeks will do, but for ever would be better.

It is no light errand that is offered to you, and we are not fools or children to look at this altogether lightly.
There is risk, and there is no security.

Customarily the rewards of large risks and poor security are great--when there are any rewards." [Illustration: "Only take this woman away and lose her."] The gentleman from Kentucky rose as he spoke and, adroit in managing men, reached out his hand as though to take the other's and so to clench the matter.