At the present time everything was unsuccessful with George Vavasor; and though he told himself, almost from hour to hour, that he would go on with the thing which he had begun,--that he would persevere in Parliament till he had obtained a hearing there and created for himself success, he could not himself believe in the promises which he had made to himself. 
Though he told himself that he would go on with the thing which he had begun - that he would persevere in Parliament till he had become successful - he could not believe in the promises which he had made to himself.
