Not but that I like the money,--only it is so insufficient a use of one's life.

I suppose I shall try to get into Parliament some day.
Seats in Parliament don't grow like blackberries on bushes." "Pretty nearly," said the Duchess.
"Not in my part of the country.

These good things seem to be appointed to fall in the way of some men, and not of others.

If there were a general election going on to-morrow, I should not know how to look for a seat." "They are to be found sometimes even without a general election," said the Duchess.
"Are you alluding to anything now ?" "Well;--yes, I am.

But I'm very discreet, and do not like to do more than allude.