She gave her husband, John Harley, all sorts of advice, and however much it might fail in quality, no one would have said that in the matter of quantity Mrs.Hanway-Harley did not heap the measure high.

Senator Hanway himself she was not so ready to approach.

He never mentioned the question of his Presidential hopes and fears, holding to the position of one who is sought.

Under the circumstances, Mrs.
Hanway-Harley felt that it would be gross and forward to force the subject with her brother, although she was certain that her silence meant unmeasured loss to him.

Mrs.Hanway-Harley was one of those excellent women whereof it is the good fortune of the world to have such store, who cherish the knowledge, not always shared by others, that whatever they touch they benefit and wherever they advise they improve.
"Barbara," said Senator Hanway, on the morning of that day when Richard meddled so crushingly with Storri's hand, "Barbara, there is a matter in which you might please me very much." Mrs.Hanway-Harley looked across the table at her brother, for the four were at breakfast.
"I promise in advance," said she.
"There is a gentleman," went on Senator Hanway, "I met him for a moment--a Mr.Gwynn.You ladies know how to arrange these things.