Of course he won't make it pay; but he'll make it look as though it did;--which is the next best thing. I could never get rent out of land that I farmed myself,--never." "I suppose not," said Mr. Palliser, who did not care much about it. The Duke would have talked to him by the hour together about farming had Mr. Palliser been so minded; but he talked to him very little about politics. Nor during the whole time of his stay at Matching did the Duke make any other allusion to Mr. Palliser's hopes as regarded the ministry, than that in which he had told Lady Glencora at the dinner-table that her husband's ambition was the highest by which any man could be moved.
But Mr. Bott was sometimes honoured by a few words with the Duke.
"We shall muster pretty strong, your Grace," Mr. Bott had said to him one day before dinner.
"That depends on how the changes go," said the Duke.
"I suppose there will be a change?"

"Of course he won't make it pay, but he'll make it look as though it did; which is the next best thing."
"I suppose so," said Mr. Palliser, who did not care much about it. The Duke would have talked to him by the hour together about farming if he could; but he talked very little about politics.
Mr. Bott was sometimes honoured by a few words with the Duke.
"We shall muster pretty strong, your Grace," Mr. Bott had said to him one day before dinner.
"That depends on how the changes go," said the Duke.
"I suppose there will be a change?"
