"Yes;--everything," said Mr. Palliser with unwonted enthusiasm;--"everything, everything. That and the Constitution are everything."
"It is not so to me."
"Ah, but it will be. If you really take to the work, and put yourself into harness, it will be so. You'll get to feel it as I do. The man who is counted by his colleagues as number one on the Treasury Bench in the English House of Commons, is the first of living men. That's my opinion. I don't know that I ever said it before; but that's my opinion."
"And who is the second;--the purse-bearer to this great man?"

"Yes; everything," said Mr. Palliser with unusual enthusiasm; "everything, everything. That and the Constitution are everything."
"It is not so to me."
"Ah, but it will be. If you really take to the work, you'll get to feel it as I do. The man who is number one on the Treasury Bench in the English House of Commons, is the first of living men. That's my opinion. I don't know that I ever said it before; but that's my opinion."
"And who is the second; the purse-bearer to this great man?"
