human
I'm going to his mother. I'm going now. She may have mighty few rights in this matter--she cast him off shamefully. But she has just one right here--the right to know that I shall tell her secret to Laura, and I'm going to talk to her before I tell Laura. Even if Margaret clamors against what I think is right, I shall not stop. But I'm not going to sneak her secret away without her knowing it. I suppose that's about the extent of her rights in Kenyon: to know before I tell his wife who he really is, so that Margaret will know who knows and who does not know her relation to him. It seems to me that is about the justice of the case.
gpt
Now's as good a time as any, answered the Doctor, and added:
human
By the way, Amos--I had a telegram from Washington this morning, saying that Tom is to be made Federal judge in the new district. That's what he's doing in Washington just now. He is one of those ostensible fellows, piped the Doctor.
gpt
Ostensibly he's there trying to help land another man; but Tom's the Van Dorn candidate.
human
Well, Tom can afford it; he's got all the money he needs.