The General was on his feet as if by the touch of a spring.
"I must go!"
"Ah! no, papa," said the son.
"But, yes, I must."
"But wait, papa, I had just now something to speak of"--
"Well?" said the General, standing with his hand on the door, and with
rather a dark countenance.
Dr. Mossy touched his fingers to his forehead, trying to remember.
"I fear I have--ah! I rejoice to see your name before the public, dear
papa, and at the head of the ticket."
The General's displeasure sank down like an eagle's feathers. He smiled
thankfully, and bowed.
"My friends compelled me," he said.
"They think you will be elected?"
"They will not doubt it. But what think you, my son?"
Now the son had a conviction which it would have been madness to
express, so he only said:
"They could not elect one more faithful."
The General bowed solemnly.
"Perhaps the people will think so; my friends believe they will."
"Your friends who have used your name should help you as much as they
can, papa," said the Doctor.
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