"No, I think not. I do not want to be so far away from—from London."
"You are so fond of your work: you do not like to be parted from it," she said smiling.
"I am fond of it, certainly. I have a good deal to do."
"Oh!" said Nan, innocently, "I thought people who were in Parliament did nothing but Parliamentary business-like John."
"I have other things to do as well, Miss Pynsent. And in Parliament even there is a good deal to study and prepare for, if one means to take up a strong position from the beginning."
"Which, I am sure, you mean to do," she said quickly.
"Thank you. You understand me perfectly—you understand my ambitions, my hopes and fears——"
She did not look as if she understood him at all.
"Are you ambitious, Mr. Campion? But what do you wish for more than you have already?"
"Many things. Everything."