He had guessed that honesty, when it had prudence and shrewdness as its allies, must some day secure an innings.
In a clear voice, and in a very quiet, deliberate way, he now said what it was right to say on the subject under discussion, the things that common sense dictated and that the Chamber itself secretly desired should be said.

He was certainly the first to rejoice over an arrest which would reassure the country; but he failed to understand what connection there could be between that arrest and the sad business that had been brought before the Chamber.

The two affairs were quite distinct and different, and he begged his colleagues not to vote in the state of excitement in which he saw them.

Full light must be thrown on the African Railways question, and this, one could not expect from the two incriminated ministers.

However, he was opposed to any suggestion of a committee of inquiry.