Scherercandowhathewants,andthePresidentcannot.\"
\"Adolfalwaysdoesashewants,\"shedeclared,gazingathimashesatbesidethebrilliantwifeofthegrandsonofthemanwhosered-shirtedforemanhehadbeen.\"Hedoeswhathewants,andgetswhathewants.Heisgettingwhathewantsnow,\"sheadded,withsuchobviousmeaningthatIfoundnowordstoreply.\"Sheispretty,thatMrs.Durrett,andclever,——isitnotso?\"
Iagreed.AnewandindescribablenotehadcomeintoMrs.Scherer\'svoice,andIrealizedthatshe,too,wasawareofthatflawintheredoubtableMr.Schererwhichnoneofhisassociateshadguessed.Itwouldhavebeenstrangeifshehadnotdiscoveredit.\"Sheisbeautiful,yes,\"theladycontinuedcritically,\"butsheisnottocomparewithyourwife.Shehasnottheheart,——itissowithallyourpeopleofsociety.
Forthemitisnotwhatyouare,butwhatyouhavedone,andwhatyouhave.\"
Thebanalityofthisobservationwasmitigatedbythefeelingshethrewintoit.