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`` It 's just from Mr. Riker , of the _ Sentinel _ , George . He wants you to drop in . It seems that they want a correction on one of your statistics about the number of workingwomen in the United States who do n't want the vote . He says it only wants a signed line from you that you were mistaken -- '' Refusing to see Colonel Jaynes , or to answer the Colonel 's letter , George curtly telephoned the editor of the _ Sentinel _ , and walked home at four o'clock , his cheeks still burning , his mind in a whirl . Big issues should have been absorbing him : and his mind was pestered instead with these midges of the despised cause . Well , it was all in the day 's work -- And here was his sweet , devoted wife , fluttering across the hall , as cool as a rose , in her pink and white . And she had packed his things , in case they wanted to spend the night at Sea Light , and the `` cats '' had gone off for library books , and he must have some ginger-ale , before it was time to go for Betty and Penny .