Shall I leave political life?
I will do anything rather than lose you.

I can probably control the appointment of Minister to England.

The President would rather have me there than here.

Suppose I were to abandon politics and take the English mission.

Would that sacrifice not affect you?
You might pass four years in London where there would be no politics, and where your social position would be the best in the world; and this would lead to the Presidency almost as surely as the other." Then suddenly, seeing that he was making no headway, he threw off his studied calmness and broke out in an appeal of almost equally studied violence.
"Mrs.Lee! Madeleine! I cannot live without you.