Ha! And you, Grant?
No doubt you agree with Dom Miguel ?" "Most emphatically--upon every count, sir," replied the intelligence officer without hesitation.

"I think Dom Miguel offers an excellent bargain.

And, as he says, we hold a guarantee of its fulfilment." "The bargain might be improved," said Wellington slowly.
"If your lordship will tell me how, the Council, I am sure, will be ready to do all that lies in its power to satisfy you." Wellington shifted his chair round a little, and crossed his legs.

He brought his finger-tips together, and over the top of them his eyes considered the Secretary of State.
"Your Excellency has spoken of expediency--political expediency.
Sometimes political expediency can overreach itself and perpetrate the most grave injustices.

Individuals at times are unnecessarily called upon to suffer in the interests of a cause.