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Denzil Quarrier

CHAPTER V
12/19

To tell you the truth, I don't feel half satisfied with what I have done.

My promise to stand, you know, was only conditional, and I think I must get out of it." "Why ?" "Mary was rather tickled with the idea at first; naturally she had no objection to be Mrs.M.P., and she persuaded herself that I was just the man to represent Polterham.

I felt rather less sure of it, and now I am getting pretty well convinced that I had better draw back before I make a fool of myself." "What about your chances?
Is there any hope of a majority ?" "That's more than I can tell you.

The long-headed men, like your Uncle Sam (an unwilling witness) and Edward Coke, say that the day has come for the Liberals.

I don't know, but I suspect that a really brisk and popular man might carry it against either of the Welwyn-Bakers.


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