We shall come back with a majority of from fifty to eighty, and you, my dear fellow, will not be forgotten." "You mean the Under-Secretaryship," said the other.

"Well, I don't mind it." "I should think not.

Why, you will get that chance your friends have hoped so long for, and then it is only a matter of time till you climb the last steps.

You are a youngish man for a Minister, for all your elderly manners." Wratislaw smiled the pleased smile of the man who hears kind words from one whom he admires.

"It won't be a bed of roses, you know.