"To some extent I follow you, but when you speak of Hunterleys as a power in the present tense, doesn't it occur to you that his Party is not in office?
He is simply a member of the Opposition.

If his Party get in again at the next election, I grant you that he will be Foreign Minister and a dangerous one, but to-day he is simply a private person." "It is not every one," Mr.Draconmeyer said slowly, "who bows his knee to the shibboleth of party politics.

Remember that I come to you from London and I have information of which few others are possessed.
Hunterleys is of the stuff of which patriots are made.

Party is no concern of his.

He and the present Foreign Secretary are the greatest of personal friends.