There never was any question about how he would vote.

But now, since 1850--" and she paused, "in fact, I do not care to discuss with you what I will not with James." Her great love, her birth, training, education and respect for the character of her husband, made this discussion hateful.

Her eyes filled, and, much troubled, she was glad of the mask of night.
"But answer me one question, Ann.

Why did he change ?" "He was becoming dissatisfied and losing faith in his own party, but it was at last my own dear South and its friends at the North who drove him out." Again she paused.
"What do you mean, Ann ?" asked Grey, still persistent.
"It began long ago, George.

He said to me one day, 'That fool Fillmore has signed the Fugitive-Slave Act; it is hardly possible to obey it.' Then I said, 'Would you not, James ?' I can never forget it.