None the less, they must be asked and answered.

Part of her desire to see him again was merely the result of her longing for the society of well-read and thoughtful people.

She knew that he would appear to her in a different light from formerly; she would be far better able to understand him.
She began by seeking his opinion of her husband's chances in Belwick.
Mr.Wyvern shook his head and said frankly that he thought there was no chance at all.

Mutimer was looked upon in the borough as a mischievous interloper, who came to make disunion in the Radical party.

The son of a lord and an ironmaster of great influence were the serious candidates.
Had he seen fit, Mr.Wyvern could have mentioned not a few lively incidents in the course of the political warfare; such, for instance, as the appearance of a neat little pamphlet which purported to give a full and complete account of Mutimer's life.