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I don't think it's in the works. I'm pretty sure of that. Certainly not even the remotest approach has been made to me. If it were, I can't do it. It just isn't possible.”

Honestly, it did seem as near impossible as a human being's decision as anything could ever be. It was a terrible moment. My husband was in the hospital. I had to be available for crises in his affairs and the hospital's affairs with a great deal of regularity. My daughter was at the critical age. She was a growing-up girl. She needed chaperonage. She needed background. We needed a happy home and a comfortable home. As a matter of fact, I was more comfortable physically and more content with my life, my work, my daughter's work, my daughter's opportunities, my daughter's development, more content with my social life and surroundings, than I had ever been in my life. It was just suiting me exactly. I liked my job better than any job on earth, and I still do. I still look back at being Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York as the most wonderful and beautiful job anybody ever had. I can't think of anything I would rather be.

So in the moment when it crossed my mind, it just seemed utterly impossible to even think of the thing. And I felt sure it wouldn't be thought of.

I gather that Josephine went to Mary Dewson and said,