"You won't make much of that game, Grimes."
"Perhaps not; perhaps not. There's a risk in all these things; isn't there, Mr. Vavasor? I should like to see you a Parliament gent; I should indeed. You'd be a credit to the districts; I really think you would."
"I'm much obliged by your good opinion, Mr. Grimes," said George.
"When I sees a gent coming forward I knows whether he's fit for Parliament, or whether he ain't. I says you are fit. But Lord love you, Mr. Vavasor; it's a thing a gentleman always has to pay for."
"That's true enough; a deal more than it's worth, generally."

"You won't make much of that game, Grimes."
"Perhaps not. But Mr. Vavasor, I should like to see you a Parliament gent; I should indeed. You'd be a credit to the districts."
"I'm much obliged," said George.
"But Lord love you, Mr. Vavasor, it's a thing a gentleman has to pay for."
"A good deal more than it's worth, generally."
