The Girl in Question

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Excerpt from The Girl in Question: A Story of Not So Long AgoThe crush was over, and the formal guests had departed from the weekly reception at the house of the Secretary of War. Mrs. Randolph, the Secre tary's second wife, strolled from the card-room, just in time to greet brigadier-general Leon Hartley, as he entered. For the first time that afternoon, her handsome face lighted with genuine pleasure.It was evident that the second Mrs. Randolph, who, rumor whispered, had married the Old Secretary for money and position, was receiving her reward generously. Not only was she teaching the War Secretary quite the proper way to spend his money, but, from the beginning, she had taken a firm and eager hand in politics, much to his amusement at first, though, of late, perhaps, he had reason to think that women and politics do not combine for the good of man! His feelings, however, were not greatly considered by his new wife, who, notwithstanding all his arguments, still maintained that a little game of cards, not forgetting a full punch bowl, was the best persuader to popularity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.