The best novel for a twelve-month--_The Firm Hand_.
Wilbur talked much about it.

He had his election.

He was a Senator, and was quietly proud of it, but nothing mattered to him as much as Margaret's book.

That meant more than his own success.
"I have read that novel they are talking so much about and it cannot compare with yours," he told her.

"The publishers ought to push yours a little more.