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asked very earnestly, "What do you think of me? Do you think I'm a 'terrible' person for working 
 
against my Government, when I'm a Minister in it?" I limited myself to replying that his reputation 
 
as a great financial and economic expert was world-wide, and that I could of course not undertake 
 
to question any course which he might determine to lay down for himself.