On both these occasions, therefore, the members had half a year to think and to grow cool before the next sitting.

The case was now very different.

The principal business of the session was hardly begun: estimates were still under consideration: bills of supply were still depending; and, if the Houses should take a fit of ill humour, the consequences might be serious indeed.
He resolved, however, to run the risk.

Whether he had any adviser is not known.

His determination seems to have taken both the leading Whigs and the leading Tories by surprise.