My word is
passed to Dartrey."
"And Miller?" the Prime Minister asked, with calm irony.
Tallente felt the sting and frowned irritably.
"I have had no discussions of any sort with Miller," he answered. "He
has never been represented to me as holding an official position in the
party."
"If you ever succeed in forming a Democratic Government," Horlock said,
"mark my words, you will have to include him."
"If ever I accept any one's offer to form a Government," Tallente
replied, "it will be on one condition and one condition only, which is
that I choose my own Ministers."
"If you become the head of the Democratic Party," Horlock pointed out,
"you will have to take over their pledges."
"I do not agree with you," was the firm reply, "and further, I suggest
most respectfully that this discussion is not agreeable to me."
An expression of hopelessness crept into Horlock's face.
"You're a good fellow, Tallente," he sighed, "and I made a big mistake
when I let you go. I did it to please the moderates and you know how
they've turned out. There isn't one of them worth a row of pins.
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