Mrs. Mornway led me to think that
something might be arranged."
The Governor's tone was brief. "Mrs. Mornway is sorry for your wife
and children, and for their sake would be glad to find work for you,
but she could not have led you to think that there was any chance of
your getting a clerkship."
"Well, that's just it; she said she thought she could manage it."
"You have misinterpreted my wife's interest in your family. Mrs.
Mornway has nothing to do with the distribution of Government
offices." The Governor broke off, annoyed to find himself
asseverating for the second time so obvious a fact.
There was a moment's silence; then Gregg said, still in a perfectly
equable tone: "You've always been hard on me, Governor, but I don't
bear malice. You accused me of selling those letters to the 'Spy'--"
The Governor made an impatient gesture.
"You couldn't prove your case," Gregg went on imperturbably, "but
you were right in one respect. I _was_on confidential terms with the
'Spy.'" He paused and glanced at Mornway, whose face remained
immovable.
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