"No, I don't know that I do."
"Do you believe then that there is nothing which is good for people in general?"
"I don't see what is to prevent my believing it."
"But, at any rate you do not act as if you believed it."
"In what way do I not?"
"Why, for instance, you said last night that you intended to enter Parliament."
"Well?"
"And in a few weeks you will be making speeches all over the country in favour of—well, I don't quite know what—shall we say in favour of the war?"
"Say so, by all means, if you like."
"And this war, I presume, you believe to be a good thing?"