But I interrupt you." "I came back when the county was greatly agitated,--public meetings, speeches, mobs; a sharp election going on.

My father had always taken keen interest in politics; he was of the same party as Sir Miles, who, you know, is red-hot upon politics.

I was easily led--partly by ambition, partly by the effect of example, partly by the hope to give a new turn to my thoughts--to make an appearance in public." "And a devilish creditable one too! Why, man, your speeches have been quoted with rapture by the London papers.

Horribly aristocratic and Pittish, it is true,--I think differently; but every man to his taste.
Well--" "My attempts, such as they were, procured me the favour of Sir Miles.

He had long been acquainted with my father, who had helped him in his own elections years ago.