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`` I had two dollars when I came , '' she thought , `` and I have n't spent a cent ; but I may need something . Besides , I 'll have to pay for making up my new dress . '' But she was wrong . Mrs. Murdoch went out to see a neighbor after breakfast , and before noon it was certain that if seven old men of Mertonville had paid for the silk , at least seven elderly women could be found who were very willing to make it up . About that time Jack was walking up to the door of the Senate Chamber , in the Capitol , at Albany , after having astonished himself by long walks and gazings through the halls and side passages . `` It 's true enough , '' he said to himself . `` The Governor 's right .