But in politics there was hardly a name remaining to which she could fix her faith and declare that there should be her guide.

For awhile she thought she would cling to Mr.
Lowe; but, when she made inquiry, she found that there was no base there of really well-formed conservative granite.

The three gentlemen who had dissevered themselves from Mr.Disraeli when Mr.Disraeli was passing his Reform bill, were doubtless very good in their way; but they were not big enough to fill her heart.

She tried to make herself happy with General Peel, but General Peel was after all no more than a shade to her.

But the untruth of others never made her untrue, and she still talked of the excellence of George III.