"No,--certainly not a friend. I may probably have to act with him in public."
"Ah, that's just what they said of Mr. Palliser when they felt ashamed of his having such a man as his guest. I think if I were in public life I should try to act with people that I could like."
"Then you dislike Mr. Bott?"
"I do not like him, but my feelings about him are not violent."
"He is a vulgar ass," said George, "with no more pretensions to rank himself a gentleman than your footman."
"If I had one."
"But he will get on in Parliament, to a certain extent."

"No, certainly not. I may have to act with him in public."
"Ah, that's just what they said about Mr. Palliser when they felt ashamed of his having him as his guest. I think if I were in public life I should try to act with people that I could like."
"Then you dislike Mr. Bott?"
"I do not like him."
"He is a vulgar ass," said George, "with no more pretensions to rank himself a gentleman than a footman. But he will get on in Parliament, to a certain extent."
