"I'm sorry to see, Miss Vavasor, that your cousin has not been so fortunate."
"So I find," said Alice. "It will be a great misfortune to him."
"Ah! I suppose so. Those Metropolitan elections cost so much trouble and so much money, and under the most favourable circumstances, are so doubtful. A man is never sure there till he has fought for his seat three or four times."
"This has been the third time with him," said Alice, "and he is a poor man."

"I'm sorry to see, Miss Vavasor, that your cousin has not been so fortunate," he said.
"So I find," said Alice. "It will be a great misfortune to him."
"Those Metropolitan elections cost so much trouble and money, and are so doubtful. A man is never sure there till he has fought for his seat three or four times."
"This has been the third time with him," said Alice, "and he is a poor man."
