My cousin has just been telling me that I ought to do something." "So you ought," said Iphigenia energetically from her writing-desk.
"But he didn't seem to have any clear opinion what it ought to be.
You see there can't be two Chancellors of the Exchequer at the same time.

Mrs Sparkes, what ought a young man like me to set about doing ?" "Go into Parliament, I should say," said Mrs Sparkes.
"Ah, yes; exactly.

He had some notion of that kind, too, but he didn't name any particular place.

I think I'll try the City of London.

They've four there, and of course the chance of getting in would thereby be doubled." "I thought that commercial men were generally preferred in the City," said the Duchess, taking a strong and good-natured interest in the matter.
"Mr Palliser means to make a fortune in trade as a preliminary," said Mrs Sparkes.
"I don't think he meant anything of the kind," said the Duchess.
"At any rate I have got to do something, so I can't go and ride," said Jeffrey.
"And you ought to do something," said Iphigenia from her desk.
Twice during this little conversation Lady Glencora had looked up, catching Alice's eye, and Alice had well known what she had meant.
"You see," the glance had said, "Plantagenet is beginning to take an interest in his cousin, and you know why.