"If you ask me, I should say certainly not. Indeed, I shouldn't wish to have to conduct it under such circumstances. I hate a fight when there's no chance of success. I grudge spending a man's money in such a case; I do indeed, Mr. Vavasor."
"I suppose Grimes's going over won't make much difference?"
"The blackguard! He'll take a hundred and fifty votes, I suppose; perhaps more. But that is not much in such a constituency as the Chelsea districts. You see, Travers played mean at the last election, and that will be against him."
"But the Conservatives will have a candidate."

"Will Grimes's going over make much difference?"
"He'll take a hundred and fifty votes, I suppose. But that is not much in Chelsea."
"But the Conservatives will have a candidate."
