"Be that as it may, but..." Disraeli said worriedly, "Arthur, you don't know, the Tory Party is leaking faster than the Royal Navy's smuggling ships."
Arthur almost spat out his wine onto Disraeli's face upon hearing that: "Where did you hear this from?"
"The Tory Party?"
"No, the smuggling ships."
Disraeli waved his hand indifferently: "That's no secret, besides, when Alexander and others came back from Liverpool with you back then, I heard it from them."
After saying this, Disraeli shifted the topic: "Let's talk about the Tory Party again, I'm worried that if this momentum continues, the Tories won't be able to regain power for at least thirty years, and I've received news that the party seems to be considering having me give up the Maidstone constituency in the next election."
"Give up Maidstone?" The moment he said this, even Dickens and Tennyson felt the seriousness of the issue: "So where do they plan to move you?"
