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 Annette's kiss and Crane's cordial grasp of the hand.

"I suppose," said Annette, "you are too blissfully happy to be interested in anything now, but when you come to your senses, I am sure both of you will rejoice with us. We have just had a despatch from Senator Bicknell, saying my husband was elected Senator at four o'clock to-day on the fifth ballot."

And then Crane spoke, with sincerity in his eye and his smile:

"We came straight to you for sympathy in our good fortune, for which we are wholly indebted to Senator Bicknell. And we find you enjoying the good fortune that befell us ten years ago. Ah, there is no such good fortune on this earth, Thorndyke, as a good wife!"

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