Mrs.Bassett was annoyed that Sylvia had refused a position that would have removed her from a proximity to Mrs.Owen that struck her as replete with danger.

And yet Mrs.Bassett was outwardly friendly, and she privately counseled Marian, quite unnecessarily, to be "nice" to Sylvia.

On the same evening Mrs.Bassett was disagreeably impressed by Harwood's obvious rubrication in Mrs.Owen's good books.
It seemed darkly portentous that Dan was, at Mrs.Owen's instigation, managing Sylvia's business affairs; she must warn her husband against this employment of his secretary to strengthen the ties between Mrs.
Owen and this object of her benevolence.
Mrs.Bassett's presence at the convention did not pass unremarked by many gentlemen upon the floor, or by the newspapers.
"While the state chairman struggled to bring the delegates to order, Miss Marian Bassett, daughter of the Honorable Morton Bassett, of Fraser County, was a charming and vivacious figure in the balcony.

At a moment when it seemed that the band would never cease from troubling the air with the strains of 'Dixie,' Miss Bassett tossed a carnation into the Marion County delegation.

The flower was deftly caught by Mr.Daniel Harwood, who wore it in his buttonhole throughout the strenuous events of the day." This item was among the "Kodak Shots" subjoined to the "Advertiser's" account of the convention.