'You don't expect me to discuss the man's private life ?' 'My dear Drake, do be practical.

It's no use being finicking.

The essential thing is to win the seat.' 'Whatever the price ?' 'Look here; I am not asking you to do anything so crude as to make platform speeches about the man's disgraceful conduct to his wife.' Mr.
Burl assumed the look of a Rhadamanthus.

'But'-- and again he relaxed into the tactician--'you might take a strong social line on morals generally, and the domestic hearth, and that sort of thing.' He looked critically at Drake.

'You're one of the few chaps I know who look as if they could do that and make people believe they really mean it.' He finally discredited his advice by adding impressibly, 'You needn't go into the instance at all, you know.