Unconsciously they were the center of a set for admission to which rich men would have given money.

But, as I said, this key is one of the few things money cannot buy.
The political fight was on, and fierce.

We did good work in that campaign.

The struggle was so keen, the supervision of everything so searching, that daring fraud became a thing impossible.

It was simply a test of persuasion, of popularity and of relative skill in those devices which are but the moves upon the chessboard in a game where chances are nearly even.