'Come and sit
down, Mary,' he said, pointing to the seat on the sofa beside
himself.
She sat down and took one of his hands within her own. Then, as he
did not begin at once, she asked a question. 'Will Silverbridge
stand for the county, papa?'
'No, my dear.'
'But for the town.'
'Yes, my dear.'
'And he won't be a Liberal?'
'I am afraid not. It is a cause of great unhappiness to me; but I
do not know that I should be justified in any absolute opposition.
A man is entitled to his own opinion, even though he be a very
young man.'
'I am so sorry that it should be so, papa, because it vexes you.'
'I have many things to vex me;--things to break my heart.'
'Poor mamma!' she exclaimed.
'Yes; that above all others. But life and death are in God's
hands, and even though we may complain we can alter nothing. But
whatever our sorrows are, while we are here we must do our duty.'
'I suppose he may be a good Member of Parliament, though he has
turned Conservative.'
'I am not thinking about your brother. I am thinking about you.
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