Here's a short story:

CHAPTER I 

THE PERSISTENCY OF BORROWDEAN 

"And what does Mannering think of it all, I wonder!" Lord Redford remarked, lighting a fresh cigarette. "This may be his opportunity, who can tell!" 

"Will he have the nerve to grasp it?" Borrowdean asked. "Mannering has never been proved in a crisis." 

"He may have the nerve. I should be more inclined to question the desire," Lord Redford said. "For a man in his position he has always seemed to me singularly unambitious. I don't think that the prospect of being Prime Minister would dazzle him in the least. It is part of the genius of the politician too, to know exactly when and how to seize an opportunity. I can imagine him watching it come, examining it through his eyeglass, and standing on one side with a shrug of the shoulders." 

"You do not believe, then," Berenice said, "that he is sufficiently in earnest to grasp it?" 

"Exactly," Lord Redford said. "I have that feeling about Mannering, I must admit, especially during the last two years. He seems to have drawn away from all of us, to live altogether too absorbed and self-contained a life for a man who has great ambitions to realize, or who is in downright earnest about his work." 

"What you all forget when you discuss Lawrence Mannering is this," Berenice said. "He holds his position almost as a sacred charge. He is absolutely conscientious. He wants certain things for the sake of the people, and he will work steadily on until he gets them. I believe it is the truth that he has no personal ambition, but if the cause he has at heart is to be furthered at all it must be by his taking office. Therefore I think that when the time comes he will take it."  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Was someone smoking?
Guess: Yes.

Question: Who?
Guess: Lord Redford

Question: Who had a query for him?
Guess: Borrowdean

Question: Who were they discussing?
Guess: Mannering

Question: Who else was involved in the talk?
Guess: Berenice

Question: Did Borrowdean feel the subject of their talk, was proven?
Guess: No.

Question: Who questioned his hunger?
Guess: Lord Redford

Question: Did he find this person to be ambitious?
Guess: No.

Question: What political position were they discussing?
Guess: Prime Minister

Question: Who questioned his earnestness?
Guess: Berenice

Question: Who also doubted he had this quality?
Guess: Lord Redford

Question: In his opinion, had Mannering become too close to them?
Guess: No.

Question: Who felt he viewed his role as sacrosanct?
Guess: Berenice

Question: Did she think he was dishonest?
Guess: No.

Question: For whose interests did she feel he labored?
Guess: the people

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Did she feel he might give up on this easily?

No.