Then he went on:--"You are perfectly right, and so is the President.

I have no business to be meddling in politics.

It is not my place.

The next time you hear of me, I promise it shall not be as an office-seeker." Then he rapidly changed the subject, saying that he hoped Mrs.Lee was soon going northward again, and that they might meet at Newport.
"I don't know," replied Madeleine; "the spring is pleasant here, and we shall stay till the warm weather, I think." Mr.Gore looked grave.

"And your politics!" said he; "are you satisfied with what you have seen ?" "I have got so far as to lose the distinction between right and wrong.
Isn't that the first step in politics ?" Mr.Gore had no mind even for serious jesting.