Q. Yes, so you have said in your address to the electors; but have you no other reason for wishing to occupy a seat in Parliament?
A. Certainly. The prestige bestowed by the letters "M.P." is pleasing, and if the honour ultimately culminates in a baronetcy or a knighthood the distinction will be gratifying to my wife.
Q. Then you would not be adverse to receiving promotion in the line to which you have referred?
A. No; because I should consider that I acted merely as a trustee to my constituents—that I, in fact, appeared in the character of their personal representative.
Q. Yes, you said something of the sort the other evening at a canvassing meeting in reply to a question put to you by one of your voters; but surely the decoration would be desirable for some other consideration?
A. It undoubtedly would have a certain market value in the City in the eyes of promoters of public companies of limited liability.
Q. What measures have you taken to secure election beyond issuing the very admirable address to which I have, more than once, referred?
A. For the last two or three years I have assiduously nursed the constituency.
Q. What do you mean by nursing a constituency?
A. Obtaining a stake in the shape of land and a house in the division, and making myself generally popular amongst my fellow-ratepayers.