"Oh, yes."
"I do believe that you have. I need hardly say that I could not have stood for this last election without it; and I must try to make you understand that if I had not come forward at this vacancy, I should have stood no chance for the next; otherwise, I should not have been justified in paying so dearly for a seat for one session. You can understand that; eh, Alice?"
"Yes; I think so?
"Anybody, even your father, would tell you that; though, probably, he regards my ambition to be a Member of Parliament as a sign of downright madness. But I was obliged to stand now, if I intended to go on with it, as that old lord died so inopportunely. Well, about the money! It is quite upon the cards that I may be forced to ask for another loan when the autumn comes."
"You shall have it, George."

"Oh, yes."
"I do believe that you have. I could not have stood for this last election without it; and if I had not come forward at this vacancy, I should have stood no chance for the next. You can understand that; eh, Alice?"
"Yes."
"Even your father would tell you that; though he probably regards my ambition to be a Member of Parliament as a sign of downright madness. But about the money! It is quite possible that I may be forced to ask for another loan when the autumn comes."
"You shall have it, George."
