""
I
suppose
it
would
be
dangerous
?
"
"
Not
in
the
least
.
I
do
n't
think
it
's
that
he
minds
;
but
he
has
an
idea
that
it
looks
fast
.
"
"
So
it
does
.
If
I
were
a
man
,
I
'm
sure
I
should
n't
like
my
wife
to
drive
horses
about
London
.
"
"
And
why
not
?
Just
because
you
'd
be
a
tyrant
,
—
like
other
husbands
?
What
's
the
harm
of
looking
fast
,
if
one
does
n't
do
anything
improper
?
Poor
Dandy
,
and
dear
Flirt
!
I
'm
sure
they
'd
like
it
.
"
"
Perhaps
Mr.
Palliser
does
n't
care
for
that
?
"
"
I
can
tell
you
something
else
he
does
n't
care
for
.
He
does
n't
care
whether
Dandy
's
mistress
likes
it
.
"
"
Do
n't
say
that
,
Glencora
.
"
"
Why
not
say
it
,
—
to
you
?
"
"
Do
n't
teach
yourself
to
think
it
.
That
's
what
I
mean
.
I
believe
he
would
consent
to
anything
that
he
did
n't
think
wrong
.
"
"
Such
as
lectures
about
the
British
Constitution
!
But
never
mind
about
that
,
Alice
.
Of
course
the
British
Constitution
is
everything
to
him
,
and
I
wish
I
knew
more
about
it
;
—
that
's
all
.
But
I
have
n't
told
you
whom
you
are
to
meet
at
dinner
.
"
"
Yes
,
you
have
—
Mr.
Bott
.
"
"
But
there
's
another
guest
,
a
Mrs.
Marsham
.
I
thought
I
'd
got
rid
of
her
for
to-day
,
when
I
wrote
to
you
;
but
I
had
n't
.
She
's
coming
.
"
"
She
wo
n't
hurt
me
at
all
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
She
will
hurt
me
very
much
.
She
'll
destroy
the
pleasure
of
our
whole
evening
.
I
do
believe
that
she
hates
you
,
and
that
she
thinks
you
instigate
me
to
all
manner
of
iniquity
.
What
fools
they
all
are
!
"
"
Who
are
they
all
,
Glencora
?
"
"
She
and
that
man
,
and
—
.
Never
mind
.
It
makes
me
sick
when
I
think
that
they
should
be
so
blind
.
Alice
,
I
hardly
know
how
much
I
owe
to
you
;
I
do
n't
,
indeed
.
Everything
,
I
believe
.
"
Lady
Glencora
,
as
she
spoke
,
put
her
hand
into
her
pocket
,
and
grasped
the
letter
which
lay
there
.
"
That
's
nonsense
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
No
;
it
's
not
nonsense
.
Who
do
you
think
came
to
Matching
when
I
was
there
?
"
"
What
;
—
to
the
house
?
"
said
Alice
,
feeling
almost
certain
that
Mr.
Fitzgerald
was
the
person
to
whom
Lady
Glencora
was
alluding
.
"
No
;
not
to
the
house
.
"
"
If
it
is
the
person
of
whom
I
am
thinking
,
"
said
Alice
,
solemnly
,
"
let
me
implore
you
not
to
speak
of
him
.
"
"
And
why
should
I
not
speak
of
him
?
Did
I
not
speak
of
him
before
to
you
,
and
was
it
not
for
good
?
How
are
you
to
be
my
friend
,
if
I
may
not
speak
to
you
of
everything
?
"
"
But
you
should
not
think
of
him
.
"
"
What
nonsense
you
talk
,
Alice
!
Not
think
of
him
!
How
is
one
to
help
one
's
thoughts
?
Look
here
.
"
Her
hand
was
on
the
letter
,
and
it
would
have
been
out
in
a
moment
,
and
thrown
upon
Alice
's
lap
,
had
not
the
servant
opened
the
door
and
announced
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
Oh
,
how
I
do
wish
we
had
gone
to
drive
!
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
in
a
voice
which
the
servant
certainly
heard
,
and
which
Mrs.
Marsham
would
have
heard
had
she
not
been
a
little
hard
of
hearing
,
—
in
her
bonnet
.
"
How
do
,
my
dear
?
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
I
thought
I
'd
just
come
across
from
Norfolk
Street
and
see
you
,
though
I
am
coming
to
dinner
in
the
evening
.
It
's
only
just
a
step
,
you
know
.
How
d'ye
do
,
Miss
Vavasor
?
"
and
she
made
a
salutation
to
Alice
which
was
nearly
as
cold
as
it
could
be
.
Mrs.
Marsham
was
a
woman
who
had
many
good
points
.
She
was
poor
,
and
bore
her
poverty
without
complaint
She
was
connected
by
blood
and
friendship
with
people
rich
and
titled
;
but
she
paid
to
none
of
them
egregious
respect
on
account
of
their
wealth
or
titles
.
She
was
staunch
in
her
friendships
,
and
staunch
in
her
enmities
.
She
was
no
fool
,
and
knew
well
what
was
going
on
in
the
world
.
She
could
talk
about
the
last
novel
,
or
—
if
need
be
—
about
the
Constitution
.
She
had
been
a
true
wife
,
though
sometimes
too
strong-minded
,
and
a
painstaking
mother
,
whose
children
,
however
,
had
never
loved
her
as
most
mothers
like
to
be
loved
.
The
catalogue
of
her
faults
must
be
quite
as
long
as
that
of
her
virtues
.
She
was
one
of
those
women
who
are
ambitious
of
power
,
and
not
very
scrupulous
as
to
the
manner
in
which
they
obtain
it
.
She
was
hardhearted
,
and
capable
of
pursuing
an
object
without
much
regard
to
the
injury
she
might
do
.
She
would
not
flatter
wealth
or
fawn
before
a
title
,
but
she
was
not
above
any
artifice
by
which
she
might
ingratiate
herself
with
those
whom
it
suited
her
purpose
to
conciliate
.
She
thought
evil
rather
than
good
.
She
was
herself
untrue
in
action
,
if
not
absolutely
in
word
.
I
do
not
say
that
she
would
coin
lies
,
but
she
would
willingly
leave
false
impressions
.
She
had
been
the
bosom
friend
,
and
in
many
things
the
guide
in
life
,
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
mother
;
and
she
took
a
special
interest
in
Mr.
Palliser
's
welfare
.
When
he
married
,
she
heard
the
story
of
the
loves
of
Burgo
and
Lady
Glencora
;
and
though
she
thought
well
of
the
money
,
she
was
not
disposed
to
think
very
well
of
the
bride
.
She
made
up
her
mind
that
the
young
lady
would
want
watching
,
and
she
was
of
opinion
that
no
one
would
be
so
well
able
to
watch
Lady
Glencora
as
herself
.
She
had
not
plainly
opened
her
mind
on
this
matter
to
Mr.
Palliser
;
she
had
not
made
any
distinct
suggestion
to
him
that
she
would
act
as
Argus
to
his
wife
.
Mr.
Palliser
would
have
rejected
any
such
suggestion
,
and
Mrs.
Marsham
knew
that
he
would
do
so
;
but
she
had
let
a
word
or
two
drop
,
hinting
that
Lady
Glencora
was
very
young
,
—
hinting
that
Lady
Glencora
's
manners
were
charming
in
their
childlike
simplicity
;
but
hinting
also
that
precaution
was
,
for
that
reason
,
the
more
necessary
.
Mr.
Palliser
,
who
suspected
nothing
as
to
Burgo
or
as
to
any
other
special
peril
,
whose
whole
disposition
was
void
of
suspicion
,
whose
dry
nature
realized
neither
the
delights
nor
the
dangers
of
love
,
acknowledged
that
Glencora
was
young
.
He
especially
wished
that
she
should
be
discreet
and
matronly
;
he
feared
no
lovers
,
but
he
feared
that
she
might
do
silly
things
,
—
that
she
would
catch
cold
,
—
and
not
know
how
to
live
a
life
becoming
the
wife
of
a
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
.
Therefore
he
submitted
Glencora
,
—
and
,
to
a
certain
extent
,
himself
,
—
into
the
hands
of
Mrs.
Marsham
.
Lady
Glencora
had
not
been
twenty-four
hours
in
the
house
with
this
lady
before
she
recognized
in
her
a
duenna
.
In
all
such
matters
no
one
could
be
quicker
than
Lady
Glencora
.
She
might
be
very
ignorant
about
the
British
Constitution
,
and
,
alas
!
very
ignorant
also
as
to
the
real
elements
of
right
and
wrong
in
a
woman
's
conduct
,
but
she
was
no
fool
.
She
had
an
eye
that
could
see
,
and
an
ear
that
could
understand
,
and
an
abundance
of
that
feminine
instinct
which
teaches
a
woman
to
know
her
friend
or
her
enemy
at
a
glance
,
at
a
touch
,
at
a
word
.
In
many
things
Lady
Glencora
was
much
quicker
,
much
more
clever
,
than
her
husband
,
though
he
was
to
be
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
though
she
did
know
nothing
of
the
Constitution
.
She
knew
,
too
,
that
he
was
easily
to
be
deceived
,
—
that
though
his
intelligence
was
keen
,
his
instincts
were
dull
,
—
that
he
was
gifted
with
no
fineness
of
touch
,
with
no
subtle
appreciation
of
the
characters
of
men
and
women
;
and
,
to
a
certain
extent
,
she
looked
down
upon
him
for
his
obtusity
.
He
should
have
been
aware
that
Burgo
was
a
danger
to
be
avoided
;
and
he
should
have
been
aware
also
that
Mrs.
Marsham
was
a
duenna
not
to
be
employed
.
When
a
woman
knows
that
she
is
guarded
by
a
watch-dog
,
she
is
bound
to
deceive
her
Cerberus
,
if
it
be
possible
,
and
is
usually
not
ill-disposed
to
deceive
also
the
owner
of
Cerberus
.
Lady
Glencora
felt
that
Mrs.
Marsham
was
her
Cerberus
,
and
she
was
heartily
resolved
that
if
she
was
to
be
kept
in
the
proper
line
at
all
,
she
would
not
be
so
kept
by
Mrs.
Marsham
.
Alice
rose
and
accepted
Mrs.
Marsham
's
salutation
quite
as
coldly
as
it
had
been
given
,
and
from
that
time
forward
those
two
ladies
were
enemies
.
Mrs.
Marsham
,
groping
quite
in
the
dark
,
partly
guessed
that
Alice
had
in
some
way
interfered
to
prevent
Lady
Glencora
's
visit
to
Monkshade
,
and
,
though
such
prevention
was
,
no
doubt
,
good
in
that
lady
's
eyes
,
she
resented
the
interference
.
She
had
made
up
her
mind
that
Alice
was
not
the
sort
of
friend
that
Lady
Glencora
should
have
about
her
.
Alice
recognized
and
accepted
the
feud
.
"
I
thought
I
might
find
you
at
home
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
,
"
as
I
know
you
are
lazy
about
going
out
in
the
cold
,
—
unless
it
be
for
a
foolish
midnight
ramble
,
"
and
Mrs.
Marsham
shook
her
head
.
She
was
a
little
woman
,
with
sharp
small
eyes
,
with
a
permanent
colour
in
her
face
,
and
two
short
,
crisp
,
grey
curls
at
each
side
of
her
face
;
always
well
dressed
,
always
in
good
health
,
and
,
as
Lady
Glencora
believed
,
altogether
incapable
of
fatigue
.
"
The
ramble
you
speak
of
was
very
wise
,
I
think
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
;
"
but
I
never
could
see
the
use
of
driving
about
in
London
in
the
middle
of
winter
.
"
"
One
ought
to
go
out
of
the
house
every
day
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
I
hate
all
those
rules
.
Do
n't
you
,
Alice
?
"
Alice
did
not
hate
them
,
therefore
she
said
nothing
.
"
My
dear
Glencora
,
one
must
live
by
rules
in
this
life
.
You
might
as
well
say
that
you
hated
sitting
down
to
dinner
.
"
"
So
I
do
,
very
often
;
almost
always
when
there
's
company
.
"
"
You
'll
get
over
that
feeling
after
another
season
in
town
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
,
pretending
to
suppose
that
Lady
Glencora
alluded
to
some
remaining
timidity
in
receiving
her
own
guests
.
"
Upon
my
word
I
do
n't
think
I
shall
.
It
's
a
thing
that
seems
always
to
be
getting
more
grievous
,
instead
of
less
so
.
Mr.
Bott
is
coming
to
dine
here
to-night
.
"
There
was
no
mistaking
the
meaning
of
this
.
There
was
no
pretending
even
to
mistake
it
.
Now
,
Mrs.
Marsham
had
accepted
the
right
hand
of
fellowship
from
Mr.
Bott
,
—
not
because
she
especially
liked
him
,
but
in
compliance
with
the
apparent
necessities
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
position
.
Mr.
Bott
had
made
good
his
ground
about
Mr.
Palliser
;
and
Mrs.
Marsham
,
as
she
was
not
strong
enough
to
turn
him
off
from
it
,
had
given
him
the
right
hand
of
fellowship
.
"
Mr.
Bott
is
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
and
a
very
serviceable
friend
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
All
the
same
;
we
do
not
like
Mr.
Bott
—
do
we
,
Alice
?
He
is
Doctor
Fell
to
us
;
only
I
think
we
could
tell
why
.
"
"
I
certainly
do
not
like
him
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
It
can
be
but
of
small
matter
to
you
,
Miss
Vavasor
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
,
"
as
you
will
not
probably
have
to
see
much
of
him
.
"
"
Of
the
very
smallest
moment
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
He
did
annoy
me
once
,
but
will
never
,
I
dare
say
,
have
an
opportunity
of
doing
so
again
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
what
the
annoyance
may
have
been
.
"
"
Of
course
you
do
n't
,
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
"
But
I
should
n't
have
thought
it
likely
that
a
person
so
fully
employed
as
Mr.
Bott
,
and
employed
,
too
,
on
matters
of
such
vast
importance
,
would
have
gone
out
of
his
way
to
annoy
a
young
lady
whom
he
chanced
to
meet
for
a
day
or
two
in
a
country-house
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
that
Alice
means
that
he
attempted
to
flirt
with
her
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
laughing
.
"
Fancy
Mr.
Bott
's
flirtation
!
"
"
Perhaps
he
did
not
attempt
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
;
and
the
words
,
the
tone
,
and
the
innuendo
together
were
more
than
Alice
was
able
to
bear
with
equanimity
.
"
Glencora
,
"
said
she
,
rising
from
her
chair
,
"
I
think
I
'll
leave
you
alone
with
Mrs.
Marsham
.
I
'm
not
disposed
to
discuss
Mr.
Bott
's
character
,
and
certainly
not
to
hear
his
name
mentioned
in
disagreeable
connection
with
my
own
.
"
But
Lady
Glencora
would
not
let
her
go
.
"
Nonsense
,
Alice
,
"
she
said
.
"
If
you
and
I
ca
n't
fight
our
little
battles
against
Mr.
Bott
and
Mrs.
Marsham
without
running
away
,
it
is
odd
.
There
is
a
warfare
in
which
they
who
run
away
never
live
to
fight
another
day
.
"
"
I
hope
,
Glencora
,
you
do
not
count
me
as
your
enemy
?
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
,
drawing
herself
up
.
"
But
I
shall
,
—
certainly
,
if
you
attack
Alice
.
Love
me
,
love
my
dog
.
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Alice
;
but
what
I
meant
was
this
,
Mrs.
Marsham
;
Love
me
,
love
the
best
friend
I
have
in
the
world
.
"
"
I
did
not
mean
to
offend
Miss
Vavasor
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
,
looking
at
her
very
grimly
.
Alice
merely
bowed
her
head
.
She
had
been
offended
,
and
she
would
not
deny
it
.
After
that
,
Mrs.
Marsham
took
herself
off
,
saying
that
she
would
be
back
to
dinner
.
She
was
angry
,
but
not
unhappy
.
She
thought
that
she
could
put
down
Miss
Vavasor
,
and
she
was
prepared
to
bear
a
good
deal
from
Lady
Glencora
—
for
Mr.
Palliser
's
sake
,
as
she
said
to
herself
,
with
some
attempt
at
a
sentimental
remembrance
of
her
old
friend
.
"
She
's
a
nasty
old
cat
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
as
soon
as
the
door
was
closed
;
and
she
said
these
words
with
so
droll
a
voice
,
with
such
a
childlike
shaking
of
her
head
,
with
so
much
comedy
in
her
grimace
,
that
Alice
could
not
but
laugh
.
"
She
is
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
know
her
,
and
you
'll
have
to
know
her
,
too
,
before
you
've
done
with
her
.
It
wo
n't
at
all
do
for
you
to
run
away
when
she
spits
at
you
.
You
must
hold
your
ground
,
and
show
your
claws
,
—
and
make
her
know
that
if
she
spits
,
you
can
scratch
.
"
"
But
I
do
n't
want
to
be
a
cat
myself
.
"
"
She
'll
find
I
'm
of
the
genus
,
but
of
the
tiger
kind
,
if
she
persecutes
me
.
Alice
,
there
's
one
thing
I
have
made
up
my
mind
about
.
I
will
not
be
persecuted
.
If
my
husband
tells
me
to
do
anything
,
as
long
as
he
is
my
husband
I
'll
do
it
;
but
I
wo
n't
be
persecuted
.
"
"
You
should
remember
that
she
was
a
very
old
friend
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
mother
.
"
"
I
do
remember
;
and
that
may
be
a
very
good
reason
why
she
should
come
here
occasionally
,
or
go
to
Matching
,
or
to
any
place
in
which
we
may
be
living
.
It
's
a
bore
,
of
course
;
but
it
's
a
natural
bore
,
and
one
that
ought
to
be
borne
.
"
"
And
that
will
be
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
it
.
"
"
I
'm
afraid
not
,
my
dear
.
It
may
perhaps
be
the
end
of
it
,
but
I
fear
it
wo
n't
be
the
beginning
.
I
wo
n't
be
persecuted
.
If
she
gives
me
advice
,
I
shall
tell
her
to
her
face
that
it
's
not
wanted
;
and
if
she
insults
any
friend
of
mine
,
as
she
did
you
,
I
shall
tell
her
that
she
had
better
stay
away
.
She
'll
go
and
tell
him
,
of
course
;
but
I
ca
n't
help
that
.
I
've
made
up
my
mind
that
I
wo
n't
be
persecuted
.
"
After
that
,
Lady
Glencora
felt
no
further
inclination
to
show
Burgo
's
letter
to
Alice
on
that
occasion
.
They
sat
over
the
drawing-room
fire
,
talking
chiefly
of
Alice
's
affairs
,
till
it
was
time
for
them
to
dress
.
But
Alice
,
though
she
spoke
much
of
Mr.
Grey
,
said
no
word
as
to
her
engagement
with
George
Vavasor
.
How
could
she
speak
of
it
,
inasmuch
as
she
had
already
resolved
,
—
already
almost
resolved
,
—
that
that
engagement
also
should
be
broken
?
Alice
,
when
she
came
down
to
the
drawing-room
,
before
dinner
,
found
Mr.
Bott
there
alone
.
She
had
dressed
more
quickly
than
her
friend
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
had
not
yet
made
his
appearance
.
"
I
did
not
expect
the
pleasure
of
meeting
Miss
Vavasor
to-day
,
"
he
said
,
as
he
came
up
,
offering
his
hand
.
She
gave
him
her
hand
,
and
then
sat
down
,
merely
muttering
some
word
of
reply
.
"
We
spent
a
very
pleasant
month
down
at
Matching
together
;
—
did
n't
you
think
so
?
"
"
I
spent
a
pleasant
month
there
certainly
.
"
"
You
left
,
if
I
remember
,
the
morning
after
that
late
walk
out
among
the
ruins
?
That
was
unfortunate
,
was
it
not
?
Poor
Lady
Glencora
!
it
made
her
very
ill
;
so
much
so
,
that
she
could
not
go
to
Monkshade
,
as
she
particularly
wished
.
It
was
very
sad
.
Lady
Glencora
is
very
delicate
,
—
very
delicate
,
indeed
.
We
,
who
have
the
privilege
of
being
near
her
,
ought
always
to
remember
that
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
she
is
at
all
delicate
.
"
"
Oh
!
do
n't
you
?
I
'm
afraid
that
's
your
mistake
,
Miss
Vavasor
.
"
"
I
believe
she
has
very
good
health
,
which
is
the
greatest
blessing
in
the
world
.
By
delicate
I
suppose
you
mean
weak
and
infirm
.
"
"
Oh
,
dear
,
no
,
—
not
in
the
least
,
—
not
infirm
certainly
!
I
should
be
very
sorry
to
be
supposed
to
have
said
that
Lady
Glencora
is
infirm
.
What
I
mean
is
,
not
robust
,
Miss
Vavasor
.
Her
general
organization
,
if
you
understand
me
,
is
exquisitely
delicate
.
One
can
see
that
,
I
think
,
in
every
glance
of
her
eye
.
"
Alice
was
going
to
protest
that
she
had
never
seen
it
at
all
,
when
Mr.
Palliser
entered
the
room
along
with
Mrs.
Marsham
.
The
two
gentlemen
shook
hands
,
and
then
Mr.
Palliser
turned
to
Alice
.
She
perceived
at
once
by
his
face
that
she
was
unwelcome
,
and
wished
herself
away
from
his
house
.
It
might
be
all
very
well
for
Lady
Glencora
to
fight
with
Mrs.
Marsham
,
—
and
with
her
husband
,
too
,
in
regard
to
the
Marsham
persecution
,
—
but
there
could
be
no
reason
why
she
should
do
so
.
He
just
touched
her
hand
,
barely
closing
his
thumb
upon
her
fingers
,
and
asked
her
how
she
was
.
Then
he
turned
away
from
her
side
of
the
fire
,
and
began
talking
to
Mrs.
Marsham
on
the
other
.
There
was
that
in
his
face
and
in
his
manner
which
was
positively
offensive
to
her
.
He
made
no
allusion
to
his
former
acquaintance
with
her
,
—
spoke
no
word
about
Matching
,
no
word
about
his
wife
,
as
he
would
naturally
have
done
to
his
wife
's
friend
.
Alice
felt
the
blood
mount
into
her
face
,
and
regretted
greatly
that
she
had
ever
come
among
these
people
.
Had
she
not
long
since
made
up
her
mind
that
she
would
avoid
her
great
relations
,
and
did
not
all
this
prove
that
it
would
have
been
well
for
her
to
have
clung
to
that
resolution
?
What
was
Lady
Glencora
to
her
that
she
should
submit
herself
to
be
treated
as
though
she
were
a
poor
companion
,
—
a
dependent
,
who
received
a
salary
for
her
attendance
,
—
an
indigent
cousin
,
hanging
on
to
the
bounty
of
her
rich
connection
?
Alice
was
proud
to
a
fault
.
She
had
nursed
her
pride
till
it
was
very
faulty
.
All
her
troubles
and
sorrows
in
life
had
come
from
an
overfed
craving
for
independence
.
Why
,
then
,
should
she
submit
to
be
treated
with
open
want
of
courtesy
by
any
man
;
but
,
of
all
men
,
why
should
she
submit
to
it
from
such
a
one
as
Mr.
Palliser
,
—
the
heir
of
a
ducal
house
,
rolling
in
wealth
,
and
magnificent
with
all
the
magnificence
of
British
pomp
and
pride
?
No
;
she
would
make
Lady
Glencora
understand
that
the
close
intimacies
of
daily
life
were
not
possible
to
them
!
"
I
declare
I
'm
very
much
ashamed
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
as
she
entered
the
room
.
"
I
sha
n't
apologize
to
you
,
Alice
,
for
it
was
you
who
kept
me
talking
;
but
I
do
beg
Mrs.
Marsham
's
pardon
.
"
Mrs.
Marsham
was
all
smiles
and
forgiveness
,
and
hoped
that
Lady
Glencora
would
not
make
a
stranger
of
her
.
Then
dinner
was
announced
,
and
Alice
had
to
walk
down
stairs
by
herself
.
She
did
not
care
a
doit
for
that
,
but
there
had
been
a
disagreeable
little
contest
when
the
moment
came
.
Lady
Glencora
had
wished
to
give
up
Mr.
Bott
to
her
cousin
,
but
Mr.
Bott
had
stuck
manfully
to
Lady
Glencora
's
side
.
He
hoped
to
take
Lady
Glencora
down
to
dinner
very
often
,
and
was
not
at
all
disposed
to
abate
his
privilege
.
During
dinner-time
Alice
said
very
little
,
nor
was
there
given
to
her
opportunity
of
saying
much
.
She
could
not
but
think
of
the
day
of
her
first
arrival
at
Matching
Priory
,
when
she
had
sat
between
the
Duke
of
St.
Bungay
and
Jeffrey
Palliser
,
and
when
everybody
had
been
so
civil
to
her
!
She
now
occupied
one
side
of
the
table
by
herself
,
away
from
the
fire
,
where
she
felt
cold
and
desolate
in
the
gloom
of
the
large
half-lighted
room
.
Mr.
Palliser
occupied
himself
with
Mrs.
Marsham
,
who
talked
politics
to
him
;
and
Mr.
Bott
never
lost
a
moment
in
his
endeavours
to
say
some
civil
word
to
Lady
Glencora
.
Lady
Glencora
gave
him
no
encouragement
;
but
she
hardly
dared
to
snub
him
openly
in
her
husband
's
immediate
presence
.
Twenty
times
during
dinner
she
said
some
little
word
to
Alice
,
attempting
at
first
to
make
the
time
pleasant
,
and
then
,
when
the
matter
was
too
far
gone
for
that
,
attempting
to
give
some
relief
.
But
it
was
of
no
avail
.
There
are
moments
in
which
conversation
seems
to
be
impossible
,
—
in
which
the
very
gods
interfere
to
put
a
seal
upon
the
lips
of
the
unfortunate
one
.
It
was
such
a
moment
now
with
Alice
.
She
had
never
as
yet
been
used
to
snubbing
.
Whatever
position
she
had
hitherto
held
,
in
that
she
had
always
stood
foremost
,
—
much
more
so
than
had
been
good
for
her
.
When
she
had
gone
to
Matching
,
she
had
trembled
for
her
position
;
but
there
all
had
gone
well
with
her
;
there
Lady
Glencora
's
kindness
had
at
first
been
able
to
secure
for
her
a
reception
that
had
been
flattering
,
and
almost
better
than
flattering
.
Jeffrey
Palliser
had
been
her
friend
,
and
would
,
had
she
so
willed
it
,
have
been
more
than
her
friend
.
But
now
she
felt
that
the
halls
of
the
Pallisers
were
too
cold
for
her
,
and
that
the
sooner
she
escaped
from
their
gloom
and
hard
discourtesy
the
better
for
her
.
Mrs.
Marsham
,
when
the
three
ladies
had
returned
to
the
drawing-room
together
,
was
a
little
triumphant
.
She
felt
that
she
had
put
Alice
down
;
and
with
the
energetic
prudence
of
a
good
general
who
knows
that
he
should
follow
up
a
victory
,
let
the
cost
of
doing
so
be
what
it
may
,
she
determined
to
keep
her
down
.
Alice
had
resolved
that
she
would
come
as
seldom
as
might
be
to
Mr.
Palliser
's
house
in
Park
Lane
.
That
resolution
on
her
part
was
in
close
accordance
with
Mrs.
Marsham
's
own
views
.
"
Is
Miss
Vavasor
going
to
walk
home
?
"
she
asked
.
"
Walk
home
;
—
all
along
Oxford
Street
!
Good
gracious
!
no.
Why
should
she
walk
?
The
carriage
will
take
her
.
"
"
Or
a
cab
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
I
am
quite
used
to
go
about
London
in
a
cab
by
myself
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
they
are
nice
for
young
ladies
after
dark
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
I
was
going
to
offer
my
servant
to
walk
with
her
.
She
is
an
elderly
woman
,
and
would
not
mind
it
.
"
"
I
'm
sure
Alice
is
very
much
obliged
,
"
said
Lady
.
Glencora
;
"
but
she
will
have
the
carriage
.
"
"
You
are
very
good-natured
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
;
"
but
gentlemen
do
so
dislike
having
their
horses
out
at
night
.
"
"
No
gentleman
's
horses
will
be
out
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
savagely
;
"
and
as
for
mine
,
it
's
what
they
are
there
for
.
"
It
was
not
often
that
Lady
Glencora
made
any
allusion
to
her
own
property
,
or
allowed
any
one
near
her
to
suppose
that
she
remembered
the
fact
that
her
husband
's
great
wealth
was
,
in
truth
,
her
wealth
.
As
to
many
matters
her
mind
was
wrong
.
In
some
things
her
taste
was
not
delicate
as
should
be
that
of
a
woman
.
But
,
as
regarded
her
money
,
no
woman
could
have
behaved
with
greater
reticence
,
or
a
purer
delicacy
.
But
now
,
when
she
was
twitted
by
her
husband
's
special
friend
with
ill-usage
to
her
husband
's
horses
,
because
she
chose
to
send
her
own
friend
home
in
her
own
carriage
,
she
did
find
it
hard
to
bear
.
"
I
dare
say
it
's
all
right
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
.
"
It
is
all
right
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Mr.
Palliser
has
given
me
my
horses
for
my
own
use
,
to
do
as
I
like
with
them
;
and
if
he
thinks
I
take
them
out
when
they
ought
to
be
left
at
home
,
he
can
tell
me
so
.
Nobody
else
has
a
right
to
do
it
.
"
Lady
Glencora
,
by
this
time
,
was
almost
in
a
passion
,
and
showed
that
she
was
so
.
"
My
dear
Lady
Glencora
,
you
have
mistaken
me
,
"
said
Mrs.
Marsham
;
"
I
did
not
mean
anything
of
that
kind
.
"
"
I
am
so
sorry
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
And
it
is
such
a
pity
,
as
I
am
quite
used
to
going
about
in
cabs
.
"
"
Of
course
you
are
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Why
should
n't
you
?
I
'd
go
home
in
a
wheelbarrow
if
I
could
n't
walk
,
and
had
no
other
conveyance
.
That
's
not
the
question
.
Mrs.
Marsham
understands
that
.
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
I
do
n't
understand
anything
,
"
said
that
lady
.
"
I
understand
this
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
;
"
that
in
all
such
matters
as
that
,
I
intend
to
follow
my
own
pleasure
.
Come
,
Alice
,
let
us
have
some
coffee
,
"
—
and
she
rang
the
bell
.
"
What
a
fuss
we
have
made
about
a
stupid
old
carriage
!
"
The
gentlemen
did
not
return
to
the
drawing-room
that
evening
,
having
,
no
doubt
,
joint
work
to
do
in
arranging
the
great
financial
calculations
of
the
nation
;
and
,
at
an
early
hour
,
Alice
was
taken
home
in
Lady
Glencora
's
brougham
,
leaving
her
cousin
still
in
the
hands
of
Mrs.
Marsham
.
CHAPTER
XLIV
.
The
Election
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
.
March
came
,
and
still
the
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
held
his
position
.
In
the
early
days
of
March
there
was
given
in
the
House
a
certain
parliamentary
explanation
on
the
subject
,
which
,
however
,
did
not
explain
very
much
to
any
person
.
A
statement
was
made
which
was
declared
by
the
persons
making
it
to
be
altogether
satisfactory
,
but
nobody
else
seemed
to
find
any
satisfaction
in
it
.
The
big
wigs
of
the
Cabinet
had
made
an
arrangement
which
,
from
the
language
used
by
them
on
this
occasion
,
they
must
be
supposed
to
have
regarded
as
hardly
less
permanent
than
the
stars
;
but
everybody
else
protested
that
the
Government
was
going
to
pieces
;
and
Mr.
Bott
was
heard
to
declare
in
clubs
and
lobbies
,
and
wherever
he
could
get
a
semi-public
,
political
hearing
,
that
this
kind
of
thing
would
n't
do
.
Lord
Brock
must
either
blow
hot
or
cold
.
If
he
chose
to
lean
upon
Mr.
Palliser
,
he
might
lean
upon
him
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
would
not
be
found
wanting
.
In
such
case
no
opposition
could
touch
Lord
Brock
or
the
Government
.
That
was
Mr.
Bott
's
opinion
.
But
if
Lord
Brock
did
not
so
choose
,
why
,
in
that
case
,
he
must
expect
that
Mr.
Palliser
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
's
friends
,
would
—
.
Mr.
Bott
did
not
say
what
they
would
do
;
but
he
was
supposed
by
those
who
understood
the
matter
to
hint
at
an
Opposition
lobby
,
and
adverse
divisions
,
and
to
threaten
Lord
Brock
with
the
open
enmity
of
Mr.
Palliser
,
—
and
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
great
follower
.
"
This
kind
of
thing
wo
n't
do
long
,
you
know
,
"
repeated
Mr.
Bott
for
the
second
or
third
time
,
as
he
stood
upon
the
rug
before
the
fire
at
his
club
,
with
one
or
two
of
his
young
friends
around
him
.
"
I
suppose
not
,
"
said
Calder
Jones
,
the
hunting
Member
of
Parliament
whom
we
once
met
at
Roebury
.
"
Planty
Pall
wo
n't
stand
it
,
I
should
say
.
"
"
What
can
he
do
?
"
asked
another
,
an
unfledged
Member
who
was
not
as
yet
quite
settled
as
to
the
leadership
under
which
he
intended
to
work
.
"
What
can
he
do
?
"
said
Mr.
Bott
,
who
on
such
an
occasion
as
this
could
be
very
great
,
—
who
,
for
a
moment
,
could
almost
feel
that
he
might
become
a
leader
of
a
party
for
himself
,
and
some
day
institute
a
Bott
Ministry
.
"
What
can
he
do
?
You
will
very
shortly
see
what
he
can
do
.
He
can
make
himself
the
master
of
the
occasion
.
If
Lord
Brock
does
n't
look
about
him
,
he
'll
find
that
Mr.
Palliser
will
be
in
the
Cabinet
without
his
help
.
"
"
You
do
n't
mean
to
say
that
the
Queen
will
send
for
Planty
Pall
!
"
said
the
young
Member
.
"
I
mean
to
say
that
the
Queen
will
send
for
any
one
that
the
House
of
Commons
may
direct
her
to
call
upon
,
"
said
Mr.
Bott
,
who
conceived
himself
to
have
gauged
the
very
depths
of
our
glorious
Constitution
.
"
How
hard
it
is
to
make
any
one
understand
that
the
Queen
has
really
nothing
to
do
with
it
!
"
"
Come
,
Bott
,
draw
it
mild
,
"
said
Calder
Jones
,
whose
loyalty
was
shocked
by
the
utter
Manchesterialism
of
his
political
friend
.
"
Not
if
I
know
it
,
"
said
Mr.
Bott
,
with
something
of
grandeur
in
his
tone
and
countenance
.
"
I
never
drew
it
mild
yet
,
and
I
sha
n't
begin
now
.
All
our
political
offences
against
civilization
have
come
from
men
drawing
it
mild
,
as
you
call
it
.
Why
is
it
that
Englishmen
ca
n't
read
and
write
as
Americans
do
?
Why
ca
n't
they
vote
as
they
do
even
in
Imperial
France
?
Why
are
they
serfs
,
less
free
than
those
whose
chains
were
broken
the
other
day
in
Russia
?
Why
is
the
Spaniard
more
happy
,
and
the
Italian
more
contented
?
Because
men
in
power
have
been
drawing
it
mild
!
"
And
Mr.
Bott
made
an
action
with
his
hand
as
though
he
were
drawing
up
beer
from
a
patent
tap
.
"
But
you
ca
n't
set
aside
Her
Majesty
like
that
,
you
know
,
"
said
the
young
Member
,
who
had
been
presented
,
and
whose
mother
's
old-world
notions
about
the
throne
still
clung
to
him
.
"
I
should
be
very
sorry
,
"
said
Mr.
Bott
;
"
I
'm
no
republican
.
"
With
all
his
constitutional
love
,
Mr.
Bott
did
not
know
what
the
word
republican
meant
.
"
I
mean
no
disrespect
to
the
throne
.
The
throne
in
its
place
is
very
well
.
But
the
power
of
governing
this
great
nation
does
not
rest
with
the
throne
.
It
is
contained
within
the
four
walls
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
That
is
the
great
truth
which
all
young
Members
should
learn
,
and
take
to
their
hearts
.
"
"
And
you
think
Planty
Pall
will
become
Prime
Minister
?
"
said
Calder
Jones
.
"
I
have
n't
said
that
;
but
there
are
more
unlikely
things
.
Among
young
men
I
know
no
man
more
likely
.
But
I
certainly
think
this
,
—
that
if
Lord
Brock
does
n't
take
him
into
the
Cabinet
,
Lord
Brock
wo
n't
long
remain
there
himself
.
"
In
the
meantime
the
election
came
on
in
the
Chelsea
districts
,
and
the
whole
of
the
south-western
part
of
the
metropolis
was
covered
with
posters
bearing
George
Vavasor
's
name
.
"
Vote
for
Vavasor
and
the
River
Bank
.
"
That
was
the
cry
with
which
he
went
to
the
electors
;
and
though
it
must
be
presumed
that
it
was
understood
by
some
portion
of
the
Chelsea
electors
,
it
was
perfectly
unintelligible
to
the
majority
of
those
who
read
it
.
His
special
acquaintances
and
his
general
enemies
called
him
Viscount
Riverbank
,
and
he
was
pestered
on
all
sides
by
questions
as
to
Father
Thames
.
It
was
Mr.
Scruby
who
invented
the
legend
,
and
who
gave
George
Vavasor
an
infinity
of
trouble
by
the
invention
.
There
was
a
question
in
those
days
as
to
embanking
the
river
from
the
Houses
of
Parliament
up
to
the
remote
desolations
of
further
Pimlico
,
and
Mr.
Scruby
recommended
the
coming
Member
to
pledge
himself
that
he
would
have
the
work
carried
on
even
to
Battersea
Bridge
.
"
You
must
have
a
subject
,
"
pleaded
Mr.
Scruby
.
"
No
young
Member
can
do
anything
without
a
subject
.
And
it
should
be
local
;
—
that
is
to
say
,
if
you
have
anything
of
a
constituency
.
Such
a
subject
as
that
,
if
it
's
well
worked
,
may
save
you
thousands
of
pounds
—
thousands
of
pounds
at
future
elections
.
"
"
It
wo
n't
save
me
anything
at
this
one
,
I
take
it
.
"
"
But
it
may
secure
the
seat
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
and
afterwards
make
you
the
most
popular
metropolitan
Member
in
the
House
;
that
is
,
with
your
own
constituency
.
Only
look
at
the
money
that
would
be
spent
in
the
districts
if
that
were
done
!
It
would
come
to
millions
,
sir
!
"
"
But
it
never
will
be
done
.
"
"
What
matters
that
?
"
and
Mr.
Scruby
almost
became
eloquent
as
he
explained
the
nature
of
a
good
parliamentary
subject
.
"
You
should
work
it
up
,
so
as
to
be
able
to
discuss
it
at
all
points
.
Get
the
figures
by
heart
,
and
then
,
as
nobody
else
will
do
so
,
nobody
can
put
you
down
.
Of
course
it
wo
n't
be
done
.
If
it
were
done
,
that
would
be
an
end
of
it
,
and
your
bread
would
be
taken
out
of
your
mouth
.
But
you
can
always
promise
it
at
the
hustings
,
and
can
always
demand
it
in
the
House
.
I
've
known
men
who
've
walked
into
as
much
as
two
thousand
a
year
,
permanent
place
,
on
the
strength
of
a
worse
subject
than
that
!
"
Vavasor
allowed
Mr.
Scruby
to
manage
the
matter
for
him
,
and
took
up
the
subject
of
the
River
Bank
.
"
Vavasor
and
the
River
Bank
"
was
carried
about
by
an
army
of
men
with
iron
shoulder-straps
,
and
huge
pasteboard
placards
six
feet
high
on
the
top
of
them
.
You
would
think
,
as
you
saw
the
long
rows
,
that
the
men
were
being
marshalled
to
their
several
routes
;
but
they
always
kept
together
—
four-and-twenty
at
the
heels
of
each
other
.
"
One
placard
at
a
time
would
strike
the
eye
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
,
counting
the
expense
up
to
himself
.
"
There
's
no
doubt
of
it
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
in
reply
.
"
One
placard
will
do
that
,
if
it
's
big
enough
;
but
it
takes
four-and-twenty
to
touch
the
imagination
.
"
And
then
sides
of
houses
were
covered
with
that
shibboleth
—
"
Vavasor
and
the
River
Bank
"
—
the
same
words
repeated
in
columns
down
the
whole
sides
of
houses
.
Vavasor
himself
declared
that
he
was
ashamed
to
walk
among
his
future
constituents
,
so
conspicuous
had
his
name
become
.
Grimes
saw
it
,
and
was
dismayed
.
At
first
,
Grimes
ridiculed
the
cry
with
all
his
publican
's
wit
.
"
Unless
he
mean
to
drown
hisself
in
the
Reach
,
it
's
hard
to
say
what
he
do
mean
by
all
that
gammon
about
the
River
Bank
,
"
said
Grimes
,
as
he
canvassed
for
the
other
Liberal
candidate
.
But
,
after
a
while
,
Grimes
was
driven
to
confess
that
Mr.
Scruby
knew
what
he
was
about
.
"
He
is
a
sharp
'
un
,
that
he
is
,
"
said
Grimes
in
the
inside
bar
of
the
"
Handsome
Man
;
"
and
he
almost
regretted
that
he
had
left
the
leadership
of
Mr.
Scruby
,
although
he
knew
that
on
this
occasion
he
would
not
have
gotten
his
odd
money
.
George
Vavasor
,
with
much
labour
,
actually
did
get
up
the
subject
of
the
River
Bank
.
He
got
himself
introduced
to
men
belonging
to
the
Metropolitan
Board
,
and
went
manfully
into
the
matter
of
pounds
,
shillings
,
and
pence
.
He
was
able
even
to
work
himself
into
an
apparent
heat
when
he
was
told
that
the
thing
was
out
of
the
question
;
and
soon
found
that
he
had
disciples
who
really
believed
in
him
.
If
he
could
have
brought
himself
to
believe
in
the
thing
,
—
if
he
could
have
been
induced
himself
to
care
whether
Chelsea
was
to
be
embanked
or
no
,
the
work
would
not
have
been
so
difficult
to
him
.
In
that
case
it
would
have
done
good
to
him
,
if
to
no
one
else
.
But
such
belief
was
beyond
him
.
He
had
gone
too
far
in
life
to
be
capable
of
believing
in
,
or
of
caring
for
,
such
things
.
He
was
ambitious
of
having
a
hand
in
the
government
of
his
country
,
but
he
was
not
capable
of
caring
even
for
that
.
But
he
worked
.
He
worked
hard
,
and
spoke
vehemently
,
and
promised
the
men
of
Chelsea
,
Pimlico
,
and
Brompton
that
the
path
of
London
westwards
had
hardly
commenced
as
yet
.
Sloane
Street
should
be
the
new
Cheapside
.
Squares
should
arise
around
the
Chelsea
barracks
,
with
sides
open
to
the
water
,
for
which
Belgravia
would
be
deserted
.
There
should
be
palaces
there
for
the
rich
,
because
the
rich
spend
their
riches
;
but
no
rich
man
's
palace
should
interfere
with
the
poor
man
's
right
to
the
River
Bank
.
Three
millions
and
a
half
should
be
spent
on
the
noble
street
to
be
constructed
,
the
grandest
pathway
that
the
world
should
ever
yet
have
seen
;
three
millions
and
a
half
to
be
drawn
from
,
—
to
be
drawn
from
anywhere
except
from
Chelsea
;
—
from
the
bloated
money-bags
of
the
City
Corporation
,
Vavasor
once
ventured
to
declare
,
amidst
the
encouraging
shouts
of
the
men
of
Chelsea
.
Mr.
Scruby
was
forced
to
own
that
his
pupil
worked
the
subject
well
.
"
Upon
my
word
,
that
was
uncommon
good
,
"
he
said
,
almost
patting
Vavasor
on
the
back
,
after
a
speech
in
which
he
had
vehemently
asserted
that
his
ambition
to
represent
the
Chelsea
districts
had
all
come
of
his
long-fixed
idea
that
the
glory
of
future
London
would
be
brought
about
by
the
embankment
of
the
river
at
Chelsea
.
But
armies
of
men
carrying
big
boards
,
and
public-houses
open
at
every
corner
,
and
placards
in
which
the
letters
are
three
feet
long
,
cost
money
.
Those
few
modest
hundreds
which
Mr.
Scruby
had
already
received
before
the
work
began
,
had
been
paid
on
the
supposition
that
the
election
would
not
take
place
till
September
.
Mr.
Scruby
made
an
early
request
,
a
very
early
request
,
that
a
further
sum
of
fifteen
hundred
pounds
should
be
placed
in
his
hands
;
and
he
did
this
in
a
tone
which
clearly
signified
that
not
a
man
would
be
sent
about
through
the
streets
,
or
a
poster
put
upon
a
wall
,
till
this
request
had
been
conceded
.
Mr.
Scruby
was
in
possession
of
two
very
distinct
manners
of
address
.
In
his
jovial
moods
,
when
he
was
instigating
his
clients
to
fight
their
battles
well
,
it
might
almost
be
thought
that
he
was
doing
it
really
for
the
love
of
the
thing
;
and
some
clients
,
so
thinking
,
had
believed
for
a
few
hours
that
Scruby
,
in
his
jolly
,
passionate
eagerness
,
would
pour
out
his
own
money
like
dust
,
trusting
implicitly
to
future
days
for
its
return
.
But
such
clients
had
soon
encountered
Mr.
Scruby
's
other
manner
,
and
had
perceived
that
they
were
mistaken
.
The
thing
had
come
so
suddenly
upon
George
Vavasor
that
there
was
not
time
for
him
to
carry
on
his
further
operations
through
his
sister
.
Had
he
written
to
Kate
,
—
let
him
have
written
in
what
language
he
would
,
—
she
would
have
first
rejoined
by
a
negative
,
and
there
would
have
been
a
correspondence
before
he
had
induced
her
to
comply
.
He
thought
of
sending
for
her
by
telegram
,
but
even
in
that
there
would
have
been
too
much
delay
.
He
resolved
,
therefore
,
to
make
his
application
to
Alice
himself
,
and
he
wrote
to
her
,
explaining
his
condition
.
The
election
had
come
upon
him
quite
suddenly
,
as
she
knew
,
he
said
.
He
wanted
two
thousand
pounds
instantly
,
and
felt
little
scruple
in
asking
her
for
it
,
as
he
was
aware
that
the
old
Squire
would
be
only
too
glad
to
saddle
the
property
with
a
legacy
to
Alice
for
the
repayment
of
this
money
,
though
he
would
not
have
advanced
a
shilling
himself
for
the
purpose
of
the
election
.
Then
he
said
a
word
or
two
as
to
his
prolonged
absence
from
Queen
Anne
Street
.
He
had
not
been
there
because
he
had
felt
,
from
her
manner
when
they
last
met
,
that
she
would
for
a
while
prefer
to
be
left
free
from
the
unavoidable
excitement
of
such
interviews
.
But
should
he
be
triumphant
in
his
present
contest
,
he
should
go
to
her
to
share
his
triumph
with
her
;
or
,
should
he
fail
,
he
should
go
to
her
to
console
him
in
his
failure
.
Within
three
days
he
heard
from
her
,
saying
that
the
money
would
be
at
once
placed
to
his
credit
.
She
sent
him
also
her
candid
good
wishes
for
success
in
his
enterprise
,
but
beyond
this
her
letter
said
nothing
.
There
was
no
word
of
love
,
—
no
word
of
welcome
,
—
no
expression
of
a
desire
to
see
him
.
Vavasor
,
as
he
perceived
all
this
in
the
reading
of
her
note
,
felt
a
triumph
in
the
possession
of
her
money
.
She
was
ill-using
him
by
her
coldness
,
and
there
was
comfort
in
revenge
.
"
It
serves
her
right
,
"
he
said
to
himself
.
"
She
should
have
married
me
at
once
when
she
said
she
would
do
so
,
and
then
it
would
have
been
my
own
.
"
When
Mr.
Tombe
had
communicated
with
John
Grey
on
the
matter
of
this
increased
demand
,
—
this
demand
which
Mr.
Tombe
began
to
regard
as
carrying
a
love-affair
rather
too
far
,
—
Grey
had
telegraphed
back
that
Vavasor
's
demand
for
money
,
if
made
through
Mr.
John
Vavasor
,
was
to
be
honoured
to
the
extent
of
five
thousand
pounds
.
Mr.
Tombe
raised
his
eyebrows
,
and
reflected
that
some
men
were
very
foolish
.
But
John
Grey
's
money
matters
were
of
such
a
nature
as
to
make
Mr.
Tombe
know
that
he
must
do
as
he
was
bidden
;
and
the
money
was
paid
to
George
Vavasor
's
account
.
He
told
Kate
nothing
of
this
.
Why
should
he
trouble
himself
to
do
so
?
Indeed
,
at
this
time
he
wrote
no
letters
to
his
sister
,
though
she
twice
sent
to
him
,
knowing
what
his
exigencies
would
be
,
and
made
further
tenders
of
her
own
money
.
He
could
not
reply
to
these
offers
without
telling
her
that
money
had
been
forthcoming
from
that
other
quarter
,
and
so
he
left
them
unanswered
.
In
the
meantime
the
battle
went
on
gloriously
.
Mr.
Travers
,
the
other
Liberal
candidate
,
spent
his
money
freely
,
—
or
else
some
other
person
did
so
on
his
behalf
.
When
Mr.
Scruby
mentioned
this
last
alternative
to
George
Vavasor
,
George
cursed
his
own
luck
in
that
he
had
never
found
such
backers
.
"
I
do
n't
call
a
man
half
a
Member
when
he
's
brought
in
like
that
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
,
comforting
him
.
"
He
ca
n't
do
what
he
likes
with
his
vote
.
He
ai
n't
independent
.
You
never
hear
of
those
fellows
getting
anything
good
.
Pay
for
the
article
yourself
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
and
then
it
's
your
own
.
That
's
what
I
always
say
.
"
Mr.
Grimes
went
to
work
strenuously
,
almost
fiercely
,
in
the
opposite
interest
,
telling
all
that
he
knew
,
and
perhaps
more
than
he
knew
,
of
Vavasor
's
circumstances
.
He
was
at
work
morning
,
noon
,
and
night
,
not
only
in
his
own
neighbourhood
,
but
among
those
men
on
the
river
bank
of
whom
he
had
spoken
so
much
in
his
interview
with
Vavasor
in
Cecil
Street
.
The
entire
Vavasorian
army
with
its
placards
was
entirely
upset
on
more
than
one
occasion
,
and
was
once
absolutely
driven
ignominiously
into
the
river
mud
.
And
all
this
was
done
under
the
direction
of
Mr.
Grimes
.
Vavasor
himself
was
pelted
with
offal
from
the
sinking
tide
,
so
that
the
very
name
of
the
River
Bank
became
odious
to
him
.
He
was
a
man
who
did
not
like
to
have
his
person
touched
,
and
when
they
hustled
him
he
became
angry
.
"
Lord
love
you
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
"
said
Scruby
,
"
that
's
nothing
!
I
've
had
a
candidate
so
mauled
,
—
it
was
in
the
Hamlets
,
I
think
,
—
that
there
was
n't
a
spot
on
him
that
was
n't
painted
with
rotten
eggs
.
The
smell
was
something
quite
awful
.
But
I
brought
him
in
,
through
it
all
.
"
And
Mr.
Scruby
at
last
did
as
much
for
George
Vavasor
as
he
had
done
for
the
hero
of
the
Hamlets
.
At
the
close
of
the
poll
Vavasor
's
name
stood
at
the
head
by
a
considerable
majority
,
and
Scruby
comforted
him
by
saying
that
Travers
certainly
would
n't
stand
the
expense
of
a
petition
,
as
the
seat
was
to
be
held
only
for
a
few
months
.
"
And
you
've
done
it
very
cheap
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
"
said
Scruby
,
"
considering
that
the
seat
is
metropolitan
.
I
do
say
that
you
have
done
it
cheap
.
Another
thousand
,
or
twelve
hundred
,
will
cover
everything
—
say
thirteen
,
perhaps
,
at
the
outside
.
And
when
you
shall
have
fought
the
battle
once
again
,
you
'll
have
paid
your
footing
,
and
the
fellows
will
let
you
in
almost
for
nothing
after
that
.
"
A
further
sum
of
thirteen
hundred
pounds
was
wanted
at
once
,
and
then
the
whole
thing
was
to
be
repeated
over
again
in
six
months
'
time
!
This
was
not
consolatory
.
But
,
nevertheless
,
there
was
a
triumph
in
the
thing
itself
which
George
Vavasor
was
man
enough
to
enjoy
.
It
would
be
something
to
have
sat
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
though
it
should
only
have
been
for
half
a
session
.
CHAPTER
XLV
.
George
Vavasor
Takes
His
Seat
.
George
Vavasor
's
feeling
of
triumph
was
not
unjustifiable
.
It
is
something
to
have
sat
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
though
it
has
been
but
for
one
session
!
There
is
on
the
left-hand
side
of
our
great
national
hall
,
—
on
the
left-hand
side
as
one
enters
it
,
and
opposite
to
the
doors
leading
to
the
Law
Courts
,
—
a
pair
of
gilded
lamps
,
with
a
door
between
them
,
near
to
which
a
privileged
old
dame
sells
her
apples
and
her
oranges
solely
,
as
I
presume
,
for
the
accommodation
of
the
Members
of
the
House
and
of
the
great
policeman
who
guards
the
pass
.
Between
those
lamps
is
the
entrance
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
and
none
but
Members
may
go
that
way
!
It
is
the
only
gate
before
which
I
have
ever
stood
filled
with
envy
,
—
sorrowing
to
think
that
my
steps
might
never
pass
under
it
.
There
are
many
portals
forbidden
to
me
,
as
there
are
many
forbidden
to
all
men
;
and
forbidden
fruit
,
they
say
,
is
sweet
;
but
my
lips
have
watered
after
no
other
fruit
but
that
which
grows
so
high
,
within
the
sweep
of
that
great
policeman
's
truncheon
.
Ah
,
my
male
friend
and
reader
,
who
earnest
thy
bread
,
perhaps
,
as
a
country
vicar
;
or
sittest
,
may-be
,
at
some
weary
desk
in
Somerset
House
;
or
who
,
perhaps
,
rulest
the
yard
behind
the
Cheapside
counter
,
hast
thou
never
stood
there
and
longed
,
—
hast
thou
never
confessed
,
when
standing
there
,
that
Fate
has
been
unkind
to
thee
in
denying
thee
the
one
thing
that
thou
hast
wanted
?
I
have
done
so
;
and
as
my
slow
steps
have
led
me
up
that
more
than
royal
staircase
,
to
those
passages
and
halls
which
require
the
hallowing
breath
of
centuries
to
give
them
the
glory
in
British
eyes
which
they
shall
one
day
possess
,
I
have
told
myself
,
in
anger
and
in
grief
,
that
to
die
and
not
to
have
won
that
right
of
way
,
though
but
for
a
session
,
—
not
to
have
passed
by
the
narrow
entrance
through
those
lamps
,
—
is
to
die
and
not
to
have
done
that
which
it
most
becomes
an
Englishman
to
have
achieved
.
There
are
,
doubtless
,
some
who
come
out
by
that
road
,
the
loss
of
whose
society
is
not
to
be
regretted
.
England
does
not
choose
her
six
hundred
and
fifty-four
best
men
.
One
comforts
one
's
self
,
sometimes
,
with
remembering
that
.
The
George
Vavasors
,
the
Calder
Joneses
,
and
the
Botts
are
admitted
.
Dishonesty
,
ignorance
,
and
vulgarity
do
not
close
the
gate
of
that
heaven
against
aspirants
;
and
it
is
a
consolation
to
the
ambition
of
the
poor
to
know
that
the
ambition
of
the
rich
can
attain
that
glory
by
the
strength
of
its
riches
alone
.
But
though
England
does
not
send
thither
none
but
her
best
men
,
the
best
of
her
Commoners
do
find
their
way
there
.
It
is
the
highest
and
most
legitimate
pride
of
an
Englishman
to
have
the
letters
M.P.
written
after
his
name
.
No
selection
from
the
alphabet
,
no
doctorship
,
no
fellowship
,
be
it
of
ever
so
learned
or
royal
a
society
,
no
knightship
,
—
not
though
it
be
of
the
Garter
,
—
confers
so
fair
an
honour
.
Mr.
Bott
was
right
when
he
declared
that
this
country
is
governed
from
between
the
walls
of
that
House
,
though
the
truth
was
almost
defiled
by
the
lips
which
uttered
it
.
He
might
have
added
that
from
thence
flow
the
waters
of
the
world
's
progress
,
—
the
fullest
fountain
of
advancing
civilization
.
George
Vavasor
,
as
he
went
in
by
the
lamps
and
the
apple-stall
,
under
the
guardianship
of
Mr.
Bott
,
felt
all
the
pride
of
which
I
have
been
speaking
.
He
was
a
man
quite
capable
of
feeling
such
pride
as
it
should
be
felt
,
—
capable
,
in
certain
dreamy
moments
,
of
looking
at
the
thing
with
pure
and
almost
noble
eyes
;
of
understanding
the
ambition
of
serving
with
truth
so
great
a
nation
as
that
which
fate
had
made
his
own
.
Nature
,
I
think
,
had
so
fashioned
George
Vavasor
,
that
he
might
have
been
a
good
,
and
perhaps
a
great
man
;
whereas
Mr.
Bott
had
been
born
small
.
Vavasor
had
educated
himself
to
badness
with
his
eyes
open
.
He
had
known
what
was
wrong
,
and
had
done
it
,
having
taught
himself
to
think
that
bad
things
were
best
.
But
poor
Mr.
Bott
had
meant
to
do
well
,
and
thought
that
he
had
done
very
well
indeed
.
He
was
a
tuft-hunter
and
a
toady
,
but
he
did
not
know
that
he
was
doing
amiss
in
seeking
to
rise
by
tuft-hunting
and
toadying
.
He
was
both
mean
and
vain
,
both
a
bully
and
a
coward
,
and
in
politics
,
I
fear
,
quite
unscrupulous
in
spite
of
his
grand
dogmas
;
but
he
believed
that
he
was
progressing
in
public
life
by
the
proper
and
usual
means
,
and
was
troubled
by
no
idea
that
he
did
wrong
.
Vavasor
,
in
those
dreamy
moments
of
which
I
have
spoken
,
would
sometimes
feel
tempted
to
