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An Hour of Defeat

           FromMcKentyandothershelearnedbydegreesthefullstoryofTiernan’sandKerrigan’streachery,buthedidnotstoreitupbitterlyagainstthem.Suchwaslife.Theymustbelookedaftermorecarefullyinfuture,orcaughtinsometrapandutterlyundone.Accordingtotheirownaccounts,theyhadbarelymanagedtoscrapethrough.

           "Lookatmeself!Ionlywonbythreehundredvotes,"archlydeclaredMr.Kerrigan,ondiversandsundryoccasions."ByGod,Ialmostlostmeownward!"

           Mr.Tiernanwasequallyemphatic."Thepolicewasnogoodtome,"hedeclared,firmly."Theylettheotherfellowsbeatupmemen.IonlypolledsixthousandwhenIshouldhavehadnine."

           Butnoonebelievedthem.

           WhileMcKentymeditatedastohowintwoyearsheshouldbeabletoundothistemporaryvictory,andCowperwoodwasdecidingthatconciliationwasthebestpolicyforhim,Schryhart,Hand,andArneel,joininghandswithyoungMacDonald,werewonderinghowtheycouldmakesurethatthispartyvictorywouldcrippleCowperwoodandpermanentlypreventhimfromreturningtopower.

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