You've no idea
how hard it is to be forever entertaining a lot of people you care
nothing about, or being entertained by people you detest. I've
smiled and smirked and cooed until I'm sick; I want to scowl and
grind my teeth and roar."
"Still politics, I suppose?"
"Yes, indeed; we don't dare talk about it. If you only knew it,
Kirk, you've capsized the political calculations of the Panama
Conservative Party."
"I didn't know I had ever even rocked the boat."
"It runs back to your affair with Ramen." She glanced toward the
coach driver, suggesting the need of reticence.
"Really, did that effect it?"
"Rather. At any rate, it gave an excuse for setting things in
motion. There had been some doubt about the matter for a long
time, and I was only too glad to exert my influence in the right
direction, but--this is a picnic to an enchanted island, and here
we are talking politics! We mustn't be so serious. School is out,
and it's vacation. I want to romp and play and get my face dirty."
Kirk readily fell in with her mood, and by the time they reached
the water-front they were laughing like two children. Down through
a stone arch they went, and out upon a landing beneath the sea
wall. In front of them the placid waters of the bay were
shimmering, a myriad of small boats thronged the harbor.
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