They looked instead
at one another, as if to find the solution of the mystery
where indeed it lay, in themselves.
"She doesn't even belong to his congregation," said
Christie. "Just a friend, she said."
"I expect the friendship's mostly upon her side," remarked
Mrs Kilbannon. "She seemed frank enough about it. But I
would see no necessity for encouraging her friendship on
my own account, if I were in your place, Christie."
"I think I'll manage without it," said Christie.
CHAPTER XXIX
The South Fox fight was almost over. Three days only
remained before the polling booths would be open, and
the voters of the towns of Elgin and Clayfield and the
surrounding townships would once again be invited to make
their choice between a Liberal and a Conservative
representative of the district in the Dominion House of
Commons. The ground had never been more completely covered,
every inch of advantage more stubbornly held, by either
side, in the political history of the riding. There was
no doubt of the hope that sat behind the deprecation in
Walter Winter's eye, nor of the anxiety that showed
through the confidence freely expressed by the Liberal
leaders. The issue would be no foregone conclusion, as
it had been practically any time within the last eleven
years; and as Horace Williams remarked to the select lot
that met pretty frequently at the Express office for
consultation and rally, they had "no use for any sort of
carelessness.
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