That won't go very far."
"It will hardly pay for the chairing," said Egremont; "the
restoration of the family influence was celebrated on so great
a scale."
"The family influence must be supported," said Lord Marney,
"and my mother will give you a thousand pounds; as I said,
that will not do much for you, but I like her spirit.
Contests are very expensive things, yet I quite approve of
what you have done, especially as you won. It is a great
thing in these ten pound days to win your first contest, and
shows powers of calculation which I respect. Everything in
this world is calculation; there is no such thing as luck,
depend upon it; and if you go on calculating with equal
exactness, you must succeed in life. Now the question is,
what is to be done with your election bills?"
"Exactly."
"You want to know what I will do for you, or rather what I can
do for you; that is the point. My inclination of course is to
do everything for you; but when I calculate my resources, I
may find that they are not equal to my inclination."
"I am sure, George, you will do everything, and more than
everything you ought."
"I am extremely pleased about this thousand pounds of my
mother, Charles.
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