"He makes everybody discontented; sets everybody by the ears; and, after all, what can he do for anybody ?" "But that's just what he wants to do--to make them discontented," cried Marcella.

"Then, if they vote for him, that's the first practical step towards improving their life." "But it won't give them more wages or keep them out of the public house," said Mary, bewildered.

She came of a homely middle-class stock, accustomed to a small range of thinking, and a high standard of doing.
Marcella's political opinions were an amazement, and on the whole a scandal to her.

She preferred generally to give them a wide berth.
Marcella did not reply.

It was not worth while to talk to Mary on these topics.