Her eyes flashed with pleasure at the sight of him, and she held out her hand frankly.
"You heard it all ?" he asked, eagerly.
"Yes--every word.

Tell me, you understand these things so much better than I do.

Is this an election dodge, or--is he in earnest?
Was he speaking the truth?
"The honest truth, I believe," he answered, leading her a little away from the crowd of people.

"He is of course pressing this matter home for votes, but he is very much in earnest himself about it." "And you think that he is on the right track ?" "I really believe so," he answered.

"In fact I am strongly in favour of making experiments in the direction he spoke of.