But he must work.
It was in that prior day when Senator Hanway served his State in the legislature that he wedded Dorothy Harley.

It is to be assumed that he loved her dearly; for twelve years later when she died his grief was like a storm, and for the rest of his days he would as soon think of a top hat without a crown as without a mourning band.
When Senator Hanway married Dorothy Harley, her brother, John Harley, married Barbara Hanway.

Whether this exchange of sisters by the two was meant for retort or for compliment lived a point of dispute--without being settled--among the friends of the high contracting parties for many, many months.
Not that anyone suffered by these double nuptials; the families owned equal social standing, having none at all, and were evenly balanced in fortune, since neither had a dollar.

Both Senator Hanway and John Harley had their fortunes to make when, each with the other's sister on his arm, they called in the preacher that day; and after the wedding they set about the accumulation of those fortunes.
In a half-sense the two became partners; for while a lawmaker can be highly useful to a man of energy outside the halls of legislation, the converse is every inch as true.

They must be folk of course who know and trust one another; and, aside from marrying sisters--a fact calculated to quickly teach two gentlemen the worst and the best about each other--John Harley and Senator Hanway had been as Damon and Pythias for a decade.