"I congratulate you, Mr.Secretary," said he.

"Now at last we shall see an end of indecision and boasting pretense." "Excellent things to end, Governor Polk!" said Calhoun gravely.
"I am but an humble adviser," rejoined the man from Tennessee; "but assuredly I must hasten to congratulate Mr.Tyler.I have no doubt that this means Texas.

Of course, my dear Madam, we talk riddles in your presence ?" "Quite riddles, although I remain interested," she answered.

I saw her cool eyes take in his figure, measuring him calmly for her mental tablets, as I could believe was her wont.

"But I find myself indeed somewhat fatigued," she continued, "and since these are matters of which I am ignorant--" "Of course, Madam," said Mr.Calhoun.