17/21 Oh, I admit that it may all work out in the end! That is my political creed, you know--that everything and anything may work out in the end. If I stood simply for tradition without progress, I should long ago have been driven to the wall." "I feel as you do," she said after a moment, "and yet I am curious to see what will become of our experimental Governor." "And I also. The man may have executive ability, and it is possible that he may give us an efficient administration. But, of course, it is merely a stepping-stone for his inordinate greed for power. His vanity has been inflamed by success, and he sees the Senate, it may be even the Presidency, ahead of him." Though she smiled there was a note of earnestness in her voice. |