'I rather drifted into it.

Godolphin, I daresay, has as little humbug about him as most parliamentarians; we stick to the practical fairly well.

I shall never go into the House on my own account.

But there's a sort of pleasure in being in the thick of public movements.

I'm not cut out for debate; should lose my temper, and tell disagreeable truths--which wouldn't do, you know.