human
Mind, there's mother! Eve whispered, with a little grimace.
gpt
Tell me why you have come so early, Paul. Are you going to take me out motoring all day? Or are you going to the dressmaker's with me? I really ought to have a chaperon of some sort, you know, and mother is much too busy making friends with the leaders of the Cause over here.
human
I find it, she said,
gpt
Naturally, I agreed;
human
I went on,
gpt
To stand for Parliament, I mean, I hastily explained to them.
human
It seems really rather a good opportunity--as, of course, I am fairly well known in the district, and the majority against us was only seventy or eighty at the last election.
gpt
Say, that's interesting! Mr. Bundercombe declared, putting down his hat,
human
I didn't know you were by way of being a professional man, though.
gpt
I'm not, I replied.
human
You wouldn't call politics a profession exactly.
gpt
Well, it's one way of making a living, isn't it? he asked.
human
We call it a profession on our side.
gpt
It isn't a way of making a living at all! I assured him.
human
It costs one a great deal more than can be made out of it.