Chapter Ten
THERE ARE MEN WHO CAN RESIST EVERYTHING EXCEPT TEMPTATION
Congress adjourned on the 15th of June, just two
months after it was convened in extra session.
Thorndyke's apprehensions had been confirmed.
Few legislative follies had been committed—the
House had gone with the people, leaving to the
Senate and the Administration the disagreeable task
of stemming the popular tide as far as possible,
when it rushed on too fast. No reputations had
been damaged in either House, and several had been
made—but none to equal Julian Crane's. As for
Thorndyke, the newspapers seemed to have forgotten
his existence.
By the time adjournment was reached, Washington was deserted. The class which is designated as "everybody" was either going or gone. The outgoing steamers carried half the town across the ocean. Thorndyke had promised himself a treat—*
