"It is a habit to be learned."
He continued,—
"You will not only be proscribed. You will be calumniated."
"It is a habit already learned."
He continued,—
"Do you know what they are saying already?"
"What?"
"They say that you are irritated against him because he has refused to make you a Minister."
"Why you know yourself that—"
"I know that it is just the reverse. It is he who has asked you, and it is you who have refused."