"
"I dare say he's just waiting for you to suggest it. Why not the
presidency? You could get a lot of fun out of the White House, ordering
the army around, and using the battleships to play with. The
governorship and trifles like that would only bore you."
"Don't be silly. The newspapers print most horrible things about papa--"
"Which aren't true."
"Of course they're newspaper lies; but if he lets them say all those
things he ought to get something to pay for it. He's only a state
senator from the jayest county in Indiana. It makes me tired."
The girl's keen penetration had often surprised and it had sometimes
appalled Harwood in the curious intimacy that had grown up between them.
Her intuitions were active and she had a daring imagination. He wondered
whether Bassett was fully aware of the problem Marian presented. Dan had
never ventured to suggest a sharper discipline for the girl, except on
the occasion when he had caught her walking with Allen in the park. He
had regretted his interference afterward; for Bassett's anger had
seemed to him out of all proportion to the offense. Like most
indifferent or indulgent parents, Bassett was prone to excesses in his
fitful experiments in discipline. Dan had resolved not to meddle again;
but Marian was undeniably a provoking young person. It had been
suggested to him of late by one or two of his intimates that in due
course of events he would of course marry his employer's daughter.
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