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Accordingly, he summoned Saunders to his own office and demanded an explanation of her behavior. Saunders was unrepentant. She said that she got paid to be a secretary, not a baby-sitter. Then she said,{{cquote|Senator, when I first came to this town, my eyes were big blue question marks. Now they're big green dollar marks.}}

Accordingly, he summoned Saunders to his own office and demanded an explanation of her behavior. Saunders was unrepentant. She said that she got paid to be a secretary, not a baby-sitter. Then she said,{{cquote|Senator, when I first came to this town, my eyes were big blue question marks. Now they're big green dollar marks.}}

Paine then reminded Saunders, in no uncertain terms, that "some changes" would occur, and if all went as planned, Saunders could look forward to rising with Paine. In short, Joseph Paine was promising that Clarissa Saunders, if she played her cards right, could look forward to a secretarial position in the [[White House]]. (Whether he was also promising an association even more intimate than that, in consideration of his status as a widow, is impossible to determine; the only reason that he would not promise a thing like that would be that Clarissa Saunders was far below his social station.) The price was purely nominal: all she had to do was to keep Jefferson Smith occupied, make sure that such disgraceful incidents with the press did not recur, and above all, keep Jefferson Smith away from anything that smacked of politics. Saunders asked specifically whether that included the Willett Creek Dam, and Paine confirmed that.

Paine then reminded Saunders, in no uncertain terms, that "some changes" would occur, and if all went as planned, Saunders could look forward to rising with Paine. In short, Joseph Paine was promising that Clarissa Saunders, if she played her cards right, could look forward to a secretarial position in the [[White House]]. (Whether he was also promising an association even more intimate than that, in consideration of his status as a widower, is impossible to determine; the only reason that he would not promise a thing like that would be that Clarissa Saunders was far below his social station.) The price was purely nominal: all she had to do was to keep Jefferson Smith occupied, make sure that such disgraceful incidents with the press did not recur, and above all, keep Jefferson Smith away from anything that smacked of politics. Saunders asked specifically whether that included the Willett Creek Dam, and Paine confirmed that.

== Swearing in ==

== Swearing in ==