6/31 If Dobbin the grocer meets him in the street, and says he's going to vote Liberal at next election, Breakspeare sings the Paean." "I notice that you seem rather doubtful, lately," said Constance, her eyes upon him. It depends so much on what happens between now and the dissolution." He entered into political detail, showing the forces arrayed against him, dwelling on the in-grained Toryism of Hollingford, or, as he called it, the burgesses' _Robbish_ mind. It's what I never do, as I think you are aware. We must remember that to contest the seat is something. |