"What a woman you are for discretion! it is you that ought to be Chancellor of the Exchequer; you are so wise. Only you haven't brought your own pigs to the best market, after all."
"Never mind my own pigs now, Cora."
"I do mind them, very much. But the secret is this. They have asked Mr. Palliser to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he has--refused. Think of that!"
"But why?"

"Well, they have asked Mr. Palliser to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he has - refused. Think of that!"
"But why?"
