"I've worked with him.
Smart chap, don't you think?
Ever heard him speak ?" "No, I hate speeches." "Did he and the Governor have any words ?" "Of course they didn't--not at dinner," she replied with a crushing manner.

"Father is waiting for you." "Then you'll see me to-morrow?
I've got a lot I want to say to you.

And I'll tell you this right now, Patty, my dear, you may run round with these high-faluting chaps like Culpeper as much as you please; but how many dinner parties do you think you'd be invited to if I hadn't put the old man where he is ?" At this she turned on him furiously, her eyes blazing through their greenish mist.

"I don't owe you anything, and you know it!" she retorted defiantly.

Then before he could detain her she broke away from him and ran up the stairs.