Yes, here I am again, trying my hand at the old game.

They say that you can never cure a gambler or a politician; and, though I had very much to make me happy till that great blow came upon me, I believe that it is so.

I am uneasy till I can see once more the Speaker's wig, and hear bitter things said of this "right honourable gentleman," and of that noble friend.

I want to be once more in the midst of it; and as I have been left singularly desolate in the world, without a tie by which I am bound to aught but an honourable mode of living, I have determined to run the risk, and have thrown up the place which I held under Government.

I am to stand for Tankerville, as you have heard, and I am told by those to whose tender mercies I have been confided by B.E.that I have not a chance of success.
Your invitation is so tempting that I cannot refuse it.