17/30 I can't see through the back of my head: I want you to do that for me." "I don't know much about the practical side of politics; it's full of traps I've never seen sprung, but I know they're planted." "To be perfectly frank, it's because you're inexperienced that I want you. I wouldn't trust anybody who had political ambitions of his own, or who had mixed up in any of these local squabbles. And, besides, you're a gentleman and an educated man, and that counts for something." "You are very kind and generous. I appreciate this more than I can tell you. And I'd like--" "Don't decide about it now. |