But it must be remembered.

Ursula complained that he left her nothing to do save attend dreary committee meetings; and even for these Paul saved her all the trouble in hunting up information.

She was a mere figurehead.
"Dearest lady," Paul would say, "if you send me about my business, you'll write me a character, won't you, saying that you're dismissing me for incorrigible efficiency ?" "You know perfectly well," she would sigh, "that I would be a lost, lone woman without you." Whereat Paul would laugh his gay laugh.

At this period of his life he had not a care in the world.
The game of politics also fascinated him.

A year or so after he joined the Winwoods there was a General Election.