"But I am here upon duty, I am here to discharge my errand in good faith, it is in vain you think to divert me.

And let me tell you, for a young fellow of spirit and ambition like yourself, a good shove in the beginning will do more than ten years' drudgery.

The shove is now at your command; choose what you will to be advanced in, the Duke will watch upon you with the affectionate disposition of a father." "I am thinking that I lack the docility of the son," says I.
"And do you really suppose, sir, that the whole policy of this country is to be suffered to trip up and tumble down for an ill-mannered colt of a boy ?" he cried.

"This has been made a test case, all who would prosper in the future must put a shoulder to the wheel.

Look at me! Do you suppose it is for my pleasure that I put myself in the highly invidious position of prosecuting a man that I have drawn the sword alongside of?
The choice is not left me." "But I think, sir, that you forfeited your choice when you mixed in with that unnatural rebellion," I remarked.