unwillingto
leave
till
an
answer
had
been
received
to
the
request
made
to
Aunt
Greenow
,
in
order
that
he
might
insist
on
Kate
's
performance
of
her
promise
with
reference
to
Alice
,
if
that
answer
should
be
unfavourable
.
During
these
five
days
Kate
did
all
in
her
power
to
induce
her
brother
to
be
,
at
any
rate
,
kind
in
his
manner
towards
his
grandfather
,
but
it
was
in
vain
.
The
Squire
would
not
be
the
first
to
be
gracious
;
and
George
,
quite
as
obstinate
as
the
old
man
,
would
take
no
steps
in
that
direction
till
encouraged
to
do
so
by
graciousness
from
the
other
side
.
Poor
Kate
entreated
each
of
them
to
begin
,
but
her
entreaties
were
of
no
avail
.
"
He
is
an
ill-mannered
cub
,
"
the
old
man
said
,
"
and
I
was
a
fool
to
let
him
into
the
house
.
Do
n't
mention
his
name
to
me
again
.
"
George
argued
the
matter
more
at
length
.
Kate
spoke
to
him
of
his
own
interest
in
the
matter
,
urging
upon
him
that
he
might
,
by
such
conduct
,
drive
the
Squire
to
exclude
him
altogether
from
the
property
.
"
He
must
do
as
he
likes
,
"
George
said
,
sulkily
.
"
But
for
Alice
's
sake
!
"
Kate
answered
.
"
Alice
would
be
the
last
to
expect
me
to
submit
to
unreasonable
ill-usage
for
the
sake
of
money
.
As
regards
myself
,
I
confess
that
I
'm
very
fond
of
money
and
am
not
particularly
squeamish
.
I
would
do
anything
that
a
man
can
do
to
secure
it
.
But
this
I
ca
n't
do
.
I
never
injured
him
,
and
I
never
asked
him
to
injure
himself
.
I
never
attempted
to
borrow
money
from
him
.
I
have
never
cost
him
a
shilling
.
When
I
was
in
the
wine
business
he
might
have
enabled
me
to
make
a
large
fortune
simply
by
settling
on
me
then
the
reversion
of
property
which
,
when
he
dies
,
ought
to
be
my
own
.
He
was
so
perversely
ignorant
that
he
would
make
no
inquiry
,
but
chose
to
think
that
I
was
ruining
myself
,
at
the
only
time
of
my
life
when
I
was
really
doing
well
.
"
"
But
he
had
a
right
to
act
as
he
pleased
,
"
urged
Kate
.
"
Certainly
he
had
.
But
he
had
no
right
to
resent
my
asking
such
a
favour
at
his
hands
.
He
was
an
ignorant
old
fool
not
to
do
it
;
but
I
should
never
have
quarrelled
with
him
on
that
account
.
Nature
made
him
a
fool
,
and
it
was
n't
his
fault
.
But
I
ca
n't
bring
myself
to
kneel
in
the
dirt
before
him
simply
because
I
asked
for
what
was
reasonable
.
"
The
two
men
said
very
little
to
each
other
.
They
were
never
alone
together
except
during
that
half-hour
after
dinner
in
which
they
were
supposed
to
drink
their
wine
.
The
old
Squire
always
took
three
glasses
of
port
during
this
period
,
and
expected
that
his
grandson
would
take
three
with
him
.
But
George
would
drink
none
at
all
.
"
I
have
given
up
drinking
wine
after
dinner
,
"
said
he
,
when
his
grandfather
pushed
the
bottle
over
to
him
.
"
I
suppose
you
mean
that
you
drink
nothing
but
claret
,
"
said
the
Squire
,
in
a
tone
of
voice
that
was
certainly
not
conciliatory
.
"
I
mean
simply
what
I
say
,
"
said
George
—
"
that
I
have
given
up
drinking
wine
after
dinner
.
"
The
old
man
could
not
openly
quarrel
with
his
heir
on
such
a
point
as
that
.
Even
Mr.
Vavasor
could
not
tell
his
grandson
that
he
was
going
to
the
dogs
because
he
had
become
temperate
.
But
,
nevertheless
,
there
was
offence
in
it
;
and
when
George
sat
perfectly
silent
,
looking
at
the
fire
,
evidently
determined
to
make
no
attempt
at
conversation
,
the
offence
grew
,
and
became
strong
.
"
What
the
devil
's
the
use
of
your
sitting
there
if
you
neither
drink
nor
talk
?
"
said
the
old
man
.
"
No
use
in
the
world
,
that
I
can
see
,
"
said
George
;
"
if
,
however
,
I
were
to
leave
you
,
you
would
abuse
me
for
it
.
"
"
I
do
n't
care
how
soon
you
leave
me
,
"
said
the
Squire
.
From
all
which
it
may
be
seen
that
George
Vavasor
's
visit
to
the
hall
of
his
ancestors
was
not
satisfactory
.
On
the
fourth
day
,
about
noon
,
came
Aunt
Greenow
's
reply
.
"
Dearest
Kate
,
"
she
said
,
"
I
am
not
going
to
do
what
you
ask
me
,
"
—
thus
rushing
instantly
into
the
middle
of
her
subject
.
You
see
,
I
do
n't
know
my
nephew
,
and
have
no
reason
for
being
specially
anxious
that
he
should
be
in
Parliament
.
I
do
n't
care
two
straws
about
the
glory
of
the
Vavasor
family
.
If
I
had
never
done
anything
for
myself
,
the
Vavasors
would
have
done
very
little
for
me
.
I
do
n't
care
much
about
what
you
call
'
blood
.
'
I
like
those
who
like
me
,
and
whom
I
know
.
I
am
very
fond
of
you
,
and
because
you
have
been
good
to
me
I
would
give
you
a
thousand
pounds
if
you
wanted
it
for
yourself
;
but
I
do
n't
see
why
I
am
to
give
my
money
to
those
I
do
n't
know
.
If
it
is
necessary
to
tell
my
nephew
of
this
,
pray
tell
him
that
I
mean
no
offence
.
Your
friend
C
.
is
still
waiting
—
waiting
—
waiting
,
patiently
;
but
his
patience
may
be
exhausted
.
Your
affectionate
aunt
,
Arabella
Greenow
.
"
Of
course
she
wo
n't
,
"
said
George
,
as
he
threw
back
the
letter
to
his
sister
.
"
Why
should
she
?
"
"
I
had
hoped
she
would
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
Why
should
she
?
What
did
I
ever
do
for
her
?
She
is
a
sensible
woman
.
Who
is
your
friend
C
.
,
and
why
is
he
waiting
patiently
?
"
"
He
is
a
man
who
would
be
glad
to
marry
her
for
her
money
,
if
she
would
take
him
.
"
"
Then
what
does
she
mean
by
his
patience
being
exhausted
?
"
"
It
is
her
folly
.
She
chooses
to
pretend
to
think
that
the
man
is
a
lover
of
mine
.
"
"
Has
he
got
any
money
?
"
"
Yes
;
lots
of
money
—
or
money
's
worth
.
"
"
And
what
is
his
name
?
"
"
His
name
is
Cheesacre
.
But
pray
do
n't
trouble
yourself
to
talk
about
him
.
"
"
If
he
wants
to
marry
you
,
and
has
plenty
of
money
,
why
should
n't
you
take
him
?
"
"
Good
heavens
,
George
!
In
the
first
place
he
does
not
want
to
marry
me
.
In
the
next
place
all
his
heart
is
in
his
farmyard
.
"
"
And
a
very
good
place
to
have
it
,
"
said
George
.
"
Undoubtedly
.
But
,
really
,
you
must
not
trouble
yourself
to
talk
about
him
.
"
"
Only
this
,
—
that
I
should
be
very
glad
to
see
you
well
married
.
"
"
Should
you
?
"
said
she
,
thinking
of
her
close
attachment
to
himself
.
"
And
now
,
about
the
money
,
"
said
George
.
"
You
must
write
to
Alice
at
once
.
"
—
"
Oh
,
George
!
"
"
Of
course
you
must
;
you
have
promised
.
Indeed
,
it
would
have
been
much
wiser
if
you
had
taken
me
at
my
word
,
and
done
it
at
once
.
"
—
"
I
cannot
do
it
.
"
Then
the
scar
on
his
face
opened
itself
,
and
his
sister
stood
before
him
in
fear
and
trembling
.
"
Do
you
mean
to
tell
me
,
"
said
he
,
"
that
you
will
go
back
from
your
word
,
and
deceive
me
;
—
that
after
having
kept
me
here
by
this
promise
,
you
will
not
do
what
you
have
said
you
would
do
?
"
"
Take
my
money
now
,
and
pay
me
out
of
hers
as
soon
as
you
are
married
.
I
will
be
the
first
to
claim
it
from
her
,
—
and
from
you
.
"
"
That
is
nonsense
.
"
"
Why
should
it
be
nonsense
?
Surely
you
need
have
no
scruple
with
me
.
I
should
have
none
with
you
if
I
wanted
assistance
.
"
"
Look
here
,
Kate
;
I
wo
n't
have
it
,
and
there
's
an
end
of
it
.
All
that
you
have
in
the
world
would
not
pull
me
through
this
election
,
and
therefore
such
a
loan
would
be
worse
than
useless
.
"
"
And
am
I
to
ask
her
for
more
than
two
thousand
pounds
?
"
"
You
are
to
ask
her
simply
for
one
thousand
.
That
is
what
I
want
,
and
must
have
,
at
present
.
And
she
knows
that
I
want
it
,
and
that
she
is
to
supply
it
;
only
she
does
not
know
that
my
need
is
so
immediate
.
That
you
must
explain
to
her
.
"
"
I
would
sooner
burn
my
hand
,
George
!
"
"
But
burning
your
hand
,
unfortunately
,
wo
n't
do
any
good
.
Look
here
,
Kate
;
I
insist
upon
your
doing
this
for
me
.
If
you
do
not
,
I
shall
do
it
,
of
course
,
myself
;
but
I
shall
regard
your
refusal
as
an
unjustifiable
falsehood
on
your
part
,
and
shall
certainly
not
see
you
afterwards
.
I
do
not
wish
,
for
reasons
which
you
may
well
understand
,
to
write
to
Alice
myself
on
any
subject
at
present
.
I
now
claim
your
promise
to
do
so
;
and
if
you
refuse
,
I
shall
know
very
well
what
to
do
.
"
Of
course
she
did
not
persist
in
her
refusal
.
With
a
sorrowful
heart
,
and
with
fingers
that
could
hardly
form
the
needful
letters
,
she
did
write
a
letter
to
her
cousin
,
which
explained
the
fact
—
that
George
Vavasor
immediately
wanted
a
thousand
pounds
for
his
electioneering
purposes
.
It
was
a
stiff
,
uncomfortable
letter
,
unnatural
in
its
phraseology
,
telling
its
own
tale
of
grief
and
shame
.
Alice
understood
very
plainly
all
the
circumstances
under
which
it
was
written
,
but
she
sent
back
word
to
Kate
at
once
,
undertaking
that
the
money
should
be
forthcoming
;
and
she
wrote
again
before
the
end
of
January
,
saying
that
the
sum
named
had
been
paid
to
George
's
credit
at
his
own
bankers
.
Kate
had
taken
immense
pride
in
the
renewal
of
the
match
between
her
brother
and
her
cousin
,
and
had
rejoiced
in
it
greatly
as
being
her
own
work
.
But
all
that
pride
and
joy
were
now
over
.
She
could
no
longer
write
triumphant
notes
to
Alice
,
speaking
always
of
George
as
one
who
was
to
be
their
joint
hero
,
foretelling
great
things
of
his
career
in
Parliament
,
and
saying
little
soft
things
of
his
enduring
love
.
It
was
no
longer
possible
to
her
now
to
write
of
George
at
all
,
and
it
was
equally
impossible
to
Alice
.
Indeed
,
no
letters
passed
between
them
,
when
that
monetary
correspondence
was
over
,
up
to
the
end
of
the
winter
.
Kate
remained
down
in
Westmoreland
,
wretched
and
ill
at
ease
,
listening
to
hard
words
spoken
by
her
grandfather
against
her
brother
,
and
feeling
herself
unable
to
take
her
brother
's
part
as
she
had
been
wont
to
do
in
other
times
.
George
returned
to
town
at
the
end
of
those
four
days
,
and
found
that
the
thousand
pounds
was
duly
placed
to
his
credit
before
the
end
of
the
month
.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
tell
the
reader
that
this
money
had
come
from
the
stores
of
Mr.
Tombe
,
and
that
Mr.
Tombe
duly
debited
Mr.
Grey
with
the
amount
.
Alice
,
in
accordance
with
her
promise
,
had
told
her
father
that
the
money
was
needed
,
and
her
father
,
in
accordance
with
his
promise
,
had
procured
it
without
a
word
of
remonstrance
.
"
Surely
I
must
sign
some
paper
,
"
Alice
had
said
.
But
she
had
been
contented
when
her
father
told
her
that
the
lawyers
would
manage
all
that
.
It
was
nearly
the
end
of
February
when
George
Vavasor
made
his
first
payment
to
Mr.
Scruby
on
behalf
of
the
coming
election
;
and
when
he
called
at
Mr.
Scruby
's
office
with
this
object
,
he
received
some
intelligence
which
surprised
him
not
a
little
.
"
You
have
n't
heard
the
news
,
"
said
Scruby
.
"
What
news
?
"
said
George
.
"
The
Marquis
is
as
nearly
off
the
hooks
as
a
man
can
be
.
"
Mr.
Scruby
,
as
he
communicated
the
tidings
,
showed
clearly
by
his
face
and
voice
that
they
were
supposed
to
be
of
very
great
importance
;
but
Vavasor
did
not
at
first
seem
to
be
as
much
interested
in
the
fate
of
"
the
Marquis
"
as
Scruby
had
intended
.
"
I
'm
very
sorry
for
him
,
"
said
George
.
"
Who
is
the
Marquis
?
There
'll
be
sure
to
come
another
,
so
it
do
n't
much
signify
.
"
"
There
will
come
another
,
and
that
's
just
it
.
It
's
the
Marquis
of
Bunratty
;
and
if
he
drops
,
our
young
Member
will
go
into
the
Upper
House
.
"
"
What
,
immediately
;
before
the
end
of
the
Session
?
"
George
,
of
course
,
knew
well
enough
that
such
would
be
the
case
,
but
the
effect
which
this
event
would
have
upon
himself
now
struck
him
suddenly
.
"
To
be
sure
,
"
said
Scruby
.
"
The
writ
would
be
out
immediately
.
I
should
be
glad
enough
of
it
,
only
that
I
know
that
Travers
's
people
have
heard
of
it
before
us
,
and
that
they
are
ready
to
be
up
with
their
posters
directly
the
breath
is
out
of
the
Marquis
's
body
.
We
must
go
to
work
immediately
;
that
's
all
.
"
"
It
will
only
be
for
part
of
a
Session
,
"
said
George
.
"
Just
so
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
.
"
And
then
there
'll
be
the
cost
of
another
election
.
"
"
That
's
true
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
;
"
but
in
such
cases
we
do
manage
to
make
it
come
a
little
cheaper
.
If
you
lick
Travers
now
,
it
may
be
that
you
'll
have
a
walk-over
for
the
next
.
"
"
Have
you
seen
Grimes
?
"
asked
George
.
"
Yes
,
I
have
;
the
blackguard
!
He
is
going
to
open
his
house
on
Travers
's
side
.
He
came
to
me
as
bold
as
brass
,
and
told
me
so
,
saying
that
he
never
liked
gentlemen
who
kept
him
waiting
for
his
odd
money
.
What
angers
me
is
that
he
ever
got
it
.
"
"
We
have
not
managed
it
very
well
,
certainly
,
"
said
Vavasor
,
looking
nastily
at
the
attorney
.
"
We
ca
n't
help
those
little
accidents
,
Mr.
Vavasor
.
There
are
worse
accidents
than
that
turn
up
almost
daily
in
my
business
.
You
may
think
yourself
almost
lucky
that
I
have
n't
gone
over
to
Travers
myself
.
He
is
a
Liberal
,
you
know
;
and
it
has
n't
been
for
want
of
an
offer
,
I
can
tell
you
.
"
Vavasor
was
inclined
to
doubt
the
extent
of
his
luck
in
this
respect
,
and
was
almost
disposed
to
repent
of
his
Parliamentary
ambition
.
He
would
now
be
called
upon
to
spend
certainly
not
less
than
three
thousand
pounds
of
his
cousin
's
money
on
the
chance
of
being
able
to
sit
in
Parliament
for
a
few
months
.
And
then
,
after
what
a
fashion
would
he
be
compelled
to
negotiate
that
loan
!
He
might
,
to
be
sure
,
allow
the
remainder
of
this
Session
to
run
,
and
stand
,
as
he
had
intended
,
at
the
general
election
;
but
he
knew
that
if
he
now
allowed
a
Liberal
to
win
the
seat
,
the
holder
of
the
seat
would
be
almost
sure
of
subsequent
success
.
He
must
either
fight
now
,
or
give
up
the
fight
altogether
;
and
he
was
a
man
who
did
not
love
to
abandon
any
contest
in
which
he
had
been
engaged
.
"
Well
,
Squire
,
"
said
Scruby
,
"
how
is
it
to
be
?
"
And
Vavasor
felt
that
he
detected
in
the
man
's
voice
some
diminution
of
that
respect
with
which
he
had
hitherto
been
treated
as
a
paying
candidate
for
a
metropolitan
borough
.
"
This
lord
is
not
dead
yet
,
"
said
Vavasor
.
"
No
;
he
's
not
dead
yet
,
that
we
have
heard
;
but
it
wo
n't
do
for
us
to
wait
.
We
want
every
minute
of
time
that
we
can
get
.
There
is
n't
any
hope
for
him
,
I
'm
told
.
It
's
gout
in
the
stomach
,
or
dropsy
at
the
heart
,
or
some
of
those
things
that
make
a
fellow
safe
to
go
.
"
"
It
wo
n't
do
to
wait
for
the
next
election
?
"
"
If
you
ask
me
,
I
should
say
certainly
not
.
Indeed
,
I
should
n't
wish
to
have
to
conduct
it
under
such
circumstances
.
I
hate
a
fight
when
there
's
no
chance
of
success
.
I
grudge
spending
a
man
's
money
in
such
a
case
;
I
do
indeed
,
Mr.
Vavasor
.
"
"
I
suppose
Grimes
's
going
over
wo
n't
make
much
difference
?
"
"
The
blackguard
!
He
'll
take
a
hundred
and
fifty
votes
,
I
suppose
;
perhaps
more
.
But
that
is
not
much
in
such
a
constituency
as
the
Chelsea
districts
.
You
see
,
Travers
played
mean
at
the
last
election
,
and
that
will
be
against
him
.
"
"
But
the
Conservatives
will
have
a
candidate
.
"
"
There
's
no
knowing
;
but
I
do
n't
think
they
will
.
They
'll
try
one
at
the
general
,
no
doubt
;
but
if
the
two
sitting
Members
can
pull
together
,
they
wo
n't
have
much
of
a
chance
.
"
Vavasor
found
himself
compelled
to
say
that
he
would
stand
;
and
Scruby
undertook
to
give
the
initiatory
orders
at
once
,
not
waiting
even
till
the
Marquis
should
be
dead
.
"
We
should
have
our
houses
open
as
soon
as
theirs
,
"
said
he
.
"
There
's
a
deal
in
that
.
"
So
George
Vavasor
gave
his
orders
.
"
If
the
worst
comes
to
the
worst
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
"
I
can
always
cut
my
throat
.
"
As
he
walked
from
the
attorney
's
office
to
his
club
he
bethought
himself
that
that
might
not
unprobably
be
the
necessary
termination
of
his
career
.
Everything
was
going
wrong
with
him
.
His
grandfather
,
who
was
eighty
years
of
age
,
would
not
die
,
—
appeared
to
have
no
symptoms
of
dying
;
—
whereas
this
Marquis
,
who
was
not
yet
much
over
fifty
,
was
rushing
headlong
out
of
the
world
,
simply
because
he
was
the
one
man
whose
continued
life
at
the
present
moment
would
be
serviceable
to
George
Vavasor
.
As
he
thought
of
his
grandfather
he
almost
broke
his
umbrella
by
the
vehemence
with
which
he
struck
it
against
the
pavement
.
What
right
could
an
ignorant
old
fool
like
that
have
to
live
for
ever
,
keeping
the
possession
of
a
property
which
he
could
not
use
,
and
ruining
those
who
were
to
come
after
him
?
If
now
,
at
this
moment
,
that
wretched
place
down
in
Westmoreland
could
become
his
,
he
might
yet
ride
triumphantly
over
his
difficulties
,
and
refrain
from
sullying
his
hands
with
more
of
his
cousin
's
money
till
she
should
become
his
wife
.
Even
that
thousand
pounds
had
not
passed
through
his
hands
without
giving
him
much
bitter
suffering
.
As
is
always
the
case
in
such
matters
,
the
thing
done
was
worse
than
the
doing
of
it
.
He
had
taught
himself
to
look
at
it
lightly
whilst
it
was
yet
unaccomplished
;
but
he
could
not
think
of
it
lightly
now
.
Kate
had
been
right
.
It
would
have
been
better
for
him
to
take
her
money
.
Any
money
would
have
been
better
than
that
upon
which
he
had
laid
his
sacrilegious
hands
.
If
he
could
have
cut
a
purse
,
after
the
old
fashion
,
the
stain
of
the
deed
would
hardly
have
been
so
deep
.
In
these
days
,
—
for
more
than
a
month
,
indeed
,
after
his
return
from
Westmoreland
,
—
he
did
not
go
near
Queen
Anne
Street
,
trying
to
persuade
himself
that
he
stayed
away
because
of
her
coldness
to
him
.
But
,
in
truth
,
he
was
afraid
of
seeing
her
without
speaking
of
her
money
,
and
afraid
to
see
her
if
he
were
to
speak
of
it
.
"
You
have
seen
the
Globe
?
"
someone
said
to
him
as
he
entered
the
club
.
"
No
,
indeed
;
I
have
seen
nothing
.
"
"
Bunratty
died
in
Ireland
this
morning
.
I
suppose
you
'll
be
up
for
the
Chelsea
districts
?
"
CHAPTER
XLII
.
Parliament
Meets
.
Parliament
opened
that
year
on
the
twelfth
of
February
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
was
one
of
the
first
Members
of
the
Lower
House
to
take
his
seat
.
It
had
been
generally
asserted
through
the
country
,
during
the
last
week
,
that
the
existing
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
had
,
so
to
say
,
ceased
to
exist
as
such
;
that
though
he
still
existed
to
the
outer
world
,
drawing
his
salary
,
and
doing
routine
work
,
—
if
a
man
so
big
can
have
any
routine
work
to
do
,
—
he
existed
no
longer
in
the
inner
world
of
the
cabinet
.
He
had
differed
,
men
said
,
with
his
friend
and
chief
,
the
Prime
Minister
,
as
to
the
expediency
of
repealing
what
were
left
of
the
direct
taxes
of
the
country
,
and
was
prepared
to
launch
himself
into
opposition
with
his
small
bodyguard
of
followers
,
with
all
his
energy
and
with
all
his
venom
.
There
is
something
very
pleasant
in
the
close
,
bosom
friendship
,
and
bitter
,
uncompromising
animosity
,
of
these
human
gods
,
—
of
these
human
beings
who
would
be
gods
were
they
not
shorn
so
short
of
their
divinity
in
that
matter
of
immortality
.
If
it
were
so
arranged
that
the
same
persons
were
always
friends
,
and
the
same
persons
were
always
enemies
,
as
used
to
be
the
case
among
the
dear
old
heathen
gods
and
goddesses
;
—
if
Parliament
were
an
Olympus
in
which
Juno
and
Venus
never
kissed
,
the
thing
would
not
be
nearly
so
interesting
.
But
in
this
Olympus
partners
are
changed
,
the
divine
bosom
,
now
rabid
with
hatred
against
some
opposing
deity
,
suddenly
becomes
replete
with
love
towards
its
late
enemy
,
and
exciting
changes
occur
which
give
to
the
whole
thing
all
the
keen
interest
of
a
sensational
novel
.
No
doubt
this
is
greatly
lessened
for
those
who
come
too
near
the
scene
of
action
.
Members
of
Parliament
,
and
the
friends
of
Members
of
Parliament
,
are
apt
to
teach
themselves
that
it
means
nothing
;
that
Lord
This
does
not
hate
Mr.
That
,
or
think
him
a
traitor
to
his
country
,
or
wish
to
crucify
him
;
and
that
Sir
John
of
the
Treasury
is
not
much
in
earnest
when
he
speaks
of
his
noble
friend
at
the
"
Foreign
Office
"
as
a
god
to
whom
no
other
god
was
ever
comparable
in
honesty
,
discretion
,
patriotism
,
and
genius
.
But
the
outside
Briton
who
takes
a
delight
in
politics
,
—
and
this
description
should
include
ninety-nine
educated
Englishmen
out
of
every
hundred
,
—
should
not
be
desirous
of
peeping
behind
the
scenes
.
No
beholder
at
any
theatre
should
do
so
.
It
is
good
to
believe
in
these
friendships
and
these
enmities
,
and
very
pleasant
to
watch
their
changes
.
It
is
delightful
when
Oxford
embraces
Manchester
,
finding
that
it
cannot
live
without
support
in
that
quarter
;
and
very
delightful
when
the
uncompromising
assailant
of
all
men
in
power
receives
the
legitimate
reward
of
his
energy
by
being
taken
in
among
the
bosoms
of
the
blessed
.
But
although
the
outer
world
was
so
sure
that
the
existing
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
had
ceased
to
exist
,
when
the
House
of
Commons
met
that
gentleman
took
his
seat
on
the
Treasury
Bench
.
Mr.
Palliser
,
who
had
by
no
means
given
a
general
support
to
the
Ministry
in
the
last
Session
,
took
his
seat
on
the
same
side
of
the
House
indeed
,
but
low
down
,
and
near
to
the
cross
benches
.
Mr.
Bott
sat
close
behind
him
,
and
men
knew
that
Mr.
Bott
was
a
distinguished
member
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
party
,
whatever
that
party
might
be
.
Lord
Cinquebars
moved
the
Address
,
and
I
must
confess
that
he
did
it
very
lamely
.
He
was
once
accused
by
Mr.
Maxwell
,
the
brewer
,
of
making
a
great
noise
in
the
hunting-field
.
The
accusation
could
not
be
repeated
as
to
his
performance
on
this
occasion
,
as
no
one
could
hear
a
word
that
he
said
.
The
Address
was
seconded
by
Mr.
Loftus
Fitzhoward
,
a
nephew
of
the
Duke
of
St.
Bungay
,
who
spoke
as
though
he
were
resolved
to
trump
poor
Lord
Cinquebars
in
every
sentence
which
he
pronounced
,
—
as
we
so
often
hear
the
second
clergyman
from
the
Communion
Table
trumping
his
weary
predecessor
,
who
has
just
finished
the
Litany
not
in
the
clearest
or
most
audible
voice
.
Every
word
fell
from
Mr.
Fitzhoward
with
the
elaborate
accuracy
of
a
separate
pistol-shot
;
and
as
he
became
pleased
with
himself
in
his
progress
,
and
warm
with
his
work
,
he
accented
his
words
sharply
,
made
rhetorical
pauses
,
even
moved
his
hands
about
in
action
,
and
quite
disgusted
his
own
party
,
who
had
been
very
well
satisfied
with
Lord
Cinquebars
.
There
are
many
rocks
which
a
young
speaker
in
Parliament
should
avoid
,
but
no
rock
which
requires
such
careful
avoiding
as
the
rock
of
eloquence
.
Whatever
may
be
his
faults
,
let
him
at
least
avoid
eloquence
.
He
should
not
be
inaccurate
,
which
,
however
,
is
not
much
;
he
should
not
be
long-winded
,
which
is
a
good
deal
;
he
should
not
be
ill-tempered
,
which
is
more
;
but
none
of
these
faults
are
so
damnable
as
eloquence
.
All
Mr.
Fitzhoward
's
friends
and
all
his
enemies
knew
that
he
had
had
his
chance
,
and
that
he
had
thrown
it
away
.
In
the
Queen
's
Speech
there
had
been
some
very
lukewarm
allusion
to
remission
of
direct
taxation
.
This
remission
,
which
had
already
been
carried
so
far
,
should
be
carried
further
if
such
further
carrying
were
found
practicable
.
So
had
said
the
Queen
.
Those
words
,
it
was
known
,
could
not
have
been
approved
of
by
the
energetic
and
still
existing
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
.
On
this
subject
the
mover
of
the
Address
said
never
a
word
,
and
the
seconder
only
a
word
or
two
.
What
they
had
said
had
,
of
course
,
been
laid
down
for
them
;
though
,
unfortunately
,
the
manner
of
saying
could
not
be
so
easily
prescribed
.
Then
there
arose
a
great
enemy
,
a
man
fluent
of
diction
,
apparently
with
deep
malice
at
his
heart
,
though
at
home
,
—
as
we
used
to
say
at
school
,
—
one
of
the
most
good-natured
fellows
in
the
world
;
one
ambitious
of
that
godship
which
a
seat
on
the
other
side
of
the
House
bestowed
,
and
greedy
to
grasp
at
the
chances
which
this
disagreement
in
the
councils
of
the
gods
might
give
him
.
He
was
quite
content
,
he
said
,
to
vote
for
the
Address
,
as
,
he
believed
,
would
be
all
the
gentlemen
on
his
side
of
the
House
.
No
one
could
suspect
them
or
him
of
giving
a
factious
opposition
to
Government
.
Had
they
not
borne
and
forborne
beyond
all
precedent
known
in
that
House
?
Then
he
touched
lightly
,
and
almost
with
grace
to
his
opponents
,
on
many
subjects
,
promising
support
,
and
barely
hinting
that
they
were
totally
and
manifestly
wrong
in
all
things
.
But
—
.
Then
the
tone
of
his
voice
changed
,
and
the
well-known
look
of
fury
was
assumed
upon
his
countenance
.
Then
great
Jove
on
the
other
side
pulled
his
hat
over
his
eyes
,
and
smiled
blandly
.
Then
members
put
away
the
papers
they
had
been
reading
for
a
moment
,
and
men
in
the
gallery
began
to
listen
.
But
—
.
The
long
and
the
short
of
it
was
this
;
that
the
existing
Government
had
come
into
power
on
the
cry
of
a
reduction
of
taxation
,
and
now
they
were
going
to
shirk
the
responsibility
of
their
own
measures
.
They
were
going
to
shirk
the
responsibility
of
their
own
election
cry
,
although
it
was
known
that
their
own
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
was
prepared
to
carry
it
out
to
the
full
.
He
was
willing
to
carry
it
out
to
the
full
were
he
not
restrained
by
the
timidity
,
falsehood
,
and
treachery
of
his
colleagues
,
of
whom
,
of
course
,
the
most
timid
,
the
most
false
,
and
the
most
treacherous
was
—
the
great
god
Jove
,
who
sat
blandly
smiling
on
the
other
side
.
No
one
should
ever
go
near
the
House
of
Commons
who
wishes
to
enjoy
all
this
.
It
was
so
manifestly
evident
that
neither
Jove
nor
any
of
his
satellites
cared
twopence
for
what
the
irate
gentleman
was
saying
;
nay
,
it
became
so
evident
that
,
in
spite
of
his
assumed
fury
,
the
gentleman
was
not
irate
.
He
intended
to
communicate
his
look
of
anger
to
the
newspaper
reports
of
his
speech
;
and
he
knew
from
experience
that
he
could
succeed
in
that
.
And
men
walked
about
the
House
in
the
most
telling
moments
,
—
enemies
shaking
hands
with
enemies
,
—
in
a
way
that
showed
an
entire
absence
of
all
good
,
honest
hatred
among
them
.
But
the
gentleman
went
on
and
finished
his
speech
,
demanding
at
last
,
in
direct
terms
,
that
the
Treasury
Jove
should
state
plainly
to
the
House
who
was
to
be
,
and
who
was
not
to
be
,
the
bearer
of
the
purse
among
the
gods
.
Then
Treasury
Jove
got
up
smiling
,
and
thanked
his
enemy
for
the
cordiality
of
his
support
.
"
He
had
always
,
"
he
said
,
"
done
the
gentleman
's
party
justice
for
their
clemency
,
and
had
feared
no
opposition
from
them
;
and
he
was
glad
to
find
that
he
was
correct
in
his
anticipations
as
to
the
course
they
would
pursue
on
the
present
occasion
.
"
He
went
on
saying
a
good
deal
about
home
matters
,
and
foreign
matters
,
proving
that
everything
was
right
,
just
as
easily
as
his
enemy
had
proved
that
everything
was
wrong
.
On
all
these
points
he
was
very
full
,
and
very
courteous
;
but
when
he
came
to
the
subject
of
taxation
,
he
simply
repeated
the
passage
from
the
Queen
's
Speech
,
expressing
a
hope
that
his
right
honourable
friend
,
the
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
would
be
able
to
satisfy
the
judgement
of
the
House
,
and
the
wishes
of
the
people
.
That
specially
personal
question
which
had
been
asked
he
did
not
answer
at
all
.
But
the
House
was
still
all
agog
,
as
was
the
crowded
gallery
.
The
energetic
and
still
existing
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
was
then
present
,
divided
only
by
one
little
thin
Secretary
of
State
from
Jove
himself
.
Would
he
get
up
and
declare
his
purposes
?
He
was
a
man
who
almost
always
did
get
up
when
an
opportunity
offered
itself
,
—
or
when
it
did
not
.
Some
second
little
gun
was
fired
off
from
the
Opposition
benches
,
and
then
there
was
a
pause
.
Would
the
purse-bearer
of
Olympus
rise
upon
his
wings
and
speak
his
mind
,
or
would
he
sit
in
silence
upon
his
cloud
?
There
was
a
general
call
for
the
purse-bearer
,
but
he
floated
in
silence
,
and
was
inexplicable
.
The
purse-bearer
was
not
to
be
bullied
into
any
sudden
reading
of
the
riddle
.
Then
there
came
on
a
general
debate
about
money
matters
,
in
which
the
purse-bearer
did
say
a
few
words
,
but
he
said
nothing
as
to
the
great
question
at
issue
.
At
last
up
got
Mr.
Palliser
,
towards
the
close
of
the
evening
,
and
occupied
a
full
hour
in
explaining
what
taxes
the
Government
might
remit
with
safety
,
and
what
they
might
not
,
—
Mr
.
Bott
,
meanwhile
,
prompting
him
with
figures
from
behind
with
an
assiduity
that
was
almost
too
persistent
.
According
to
Mr.
Palliser
,
the
words
used
in
the
Queen
's
Speech
were
not
at
all
too
cautious
.
The
Members
went
out
gradually
,
and
the
House
became
very
thin
during
this
oration
;
but
the
newspapers
declared
,
next
morning
,
that
his
speech
had
been
the
speech
of
the
night
,
and
that
the
perspicuity
of
Mr.
Palliser
pointed
him
out
as
the
coming
man
.
He
returned
home
to
his
house
in
Park
Lane
quite
triumphant
after
his
success
,
and
found
Lady
Glencora
,
at
about
twelve
o'clock
,
sitting
alone
.
She
had
arrived
in
town
on
that
day
,
having
come
up
at
her
own
request
,
instead
of
remaining
at
Matching
Priory
till
after
Easter
,
as
he
had
proposed
.
He
had
wished
her
to
stay
,
in
order
,
as
he
had
said
,
that
there
might
be
a
home
for
his
cousins
.
But
she
had
expressed
herself
unwilling
to
remain
without
him
,
explaining
that
the
cousins
might
have
the
home
in
her
absence
,
as
well
as
they
could
in
her
presence
;
and
he
had
given
way
.
But
,
in
truth
,
she
had
learned
to
hate
her
cousin
Iphy
Palliser
with
a
hatred
that
was
unreasonable
,
—
seeing
that
she
did
not
also
hate
Alice
Vavasor
,
who
had
done
as
much
to
merit
her
hatred
as
had
her
cousin
.
Lady
Glencora
knew
by
what
means
her
absence
from
Monkshade
had
been
brought
about
.
Miss
Palliser
had
told
her
all
that
had
passed
in
Alice
's
bedroom
on
the
last
night
of
Alice
's
stay
at
Matching
,
and
had
,
by
so
doing
,
contrived
to
prevent
the
visit
.
Lady
Glencora
understood
well
all
that
Alice
had
said
:
and
yet
,
though
she
hated
Miss
Palliser
for
what
had
been
done
,
she
entertained
no
anger
against
Alice
.
Of
course
Alice
would
have
prevented
that
visit
to
Monkshade
if
it
were
in
her
power
to
do
so
.
Of
course
she
would
save
her
friend
.
It
is
hardly
too
much
to
say
that
Lady
Glencora
looked
to
Alice
to
save
her
.
Nevertheless
she
hated
Iphy
Palliser
for
engaging
herself
in
the
same
business
.
Lady
Glencora
looked
to
Alice
to
save
her
,
and
yet
it
may
be
doubted
whether
she
did
,
in
truth
,
wish
to
be
saved
.
While
she
was
at
Matching
,
and
before
Mr.
Palliser
had
returned
from
Monkshade
,
a
letter
reached
her
,
by
what
means
she
had
never
learned
.
"
A
letter
has
been
placed
within
my
writing-case
,
"
she
said
to
her
maid
,
quite
openly
.
"
Who
put
it
there
?
"
The
maid
had
declared
her
ignorance
in
a
manner
that
had
satisfied
Lady
Glencora
of
her
truth
.
"
If
such
a
thing
happens
again
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
I
shall
be
obliged
to
have
the
matter
investigated
.
I
cannot
allow
that
anything
should
be
put
into
my
room
surreptitiously
.
"
There
,
then
,
had
been
an
end
of
that
,
as
regarded
any
steps
taken
by
Lady
Glencora
.
The
letter
had
been
from
Burgo
Fitzgerald
,
and
had
contained
a
direct
proposal
that
she
should
go
off
with
him
.
"
I
am
at
Matching
,
"
the
letter
said
,
"
at
the
Inn
;
but
I
do
not
dare
to
show
myself
,
lest
I
should
do
you
an
injury
.
I
walked
round
the
house
yesterday
,
at
night
,
and
I
know
that
I
saw
your
room
.
If
I
am
wrong
in
thinking
that
you
love
me
,
I
would
not
for
worlds
insult
you
by
my
presence
;
but
if
you
love
me
still
,
I
ask
you
to
throw
aside
from
you
that
fictitious
marriage
,
and
give
yourself
to
the
man
whom
,
if
you
love
him
,
you
should
regard
as
your
husband
.
"
There
had
been
more
of
it
,
but
it
had
been
to
the
same
effect
.
To
Lady
Glencora
it
had
seemed
to
convey
an
assurance
of
devoted
love
,
—
of
that
love
which
,
in
former
days
,
her
friends
had
told
her
was
not
within
the
compass
of
Burgo
's
nature
.
He
had
not
asked
her
to
meet
him
then
,
but
saying
that
he
would
return
to
Matching
after
Parliament
was
met
,
begged
her
to
let
him
have
some
means
of
knowing
whether
her
heart
was
true
to
him
.
She
told
no
one
of
the
letter
,
but
she
kept
it
,
and
read
it
over
and
over
again
in
the
silence
and
solitude
of
her
room
.
She
felt
that
she
was
guilty
in
thus
reading
it
,
—
even
in
keeping
it
from
her
husband
's
knowledge
;
but
though
conscious
of
this
guilt
,
though
resolute
almost
in
its
commission
,
still
she
determined
not
to
remain
at
Matching
after
her
husband
's
departure
,
—
not
to
undergo
the
danger
of
remaining
there
while
Burgo
Fitzgerald
should
be
in
the
vicinity
.
She
could
not
analyse
her
own
wishes
.
She
often
told
herself
,
as
she
had
told
Alice
,
that
it
would
be
better
for
them
all
that
she
should
go
away
;
that
in
throwing
herself
even
to
the
dogs
,
if
such
must
be
the
result
,
she
would
do
more
of
good
than
of
harm
.
She
declared
to
herself
,
in
the
most
passionate
words
she
could
use
,
that
she
loved
this
man
with
all
her
heart
.
She
protested
that
the
fault
would
not
be
hers
,
but
theirs
,
who
had
forced
her
to
marry
the
man
she
did
not
love
.
She
assured
herself
that
her
husband
had
no
affection
for
her
,
and
that
their
marriage
was
in
every
respect
prejudicial
to
him
.
She
recurred
over
and
over
again
,
in
her
thoughts
,
to
her
own
childlessness
,
and
to
his
extreme
desire
for
an
heir
.
"
Though
I
do
sacrifice
myself
,
"
she
would
say
,
"
I
shall
do
more
of
good
than
harm
,
and
I
cannot
be
more
wretched
than
I
am
now
.
"
But
yet
she
fled
to
London
because
she
feared
to
leave
herself
at
Matching
when
Burgo
Fitzgerald
should
be
there
.
She
sent
no
answer
to
his
letter
.
She
made
no
preparation
for
going
with
him
.
She
longed
to
see
Alice
,
to
whom
alone
,
since
her
marriage
,
had
she
ever
spoken
of
her
love
,
and
intended
to
tell
her
the
whole
tale
of
that
letter
.
She
was
as
one
who
,
in
madness
,
was
resolute
to
throw
herself
from
a
precipice
,
but
to
whom
some
remnant
of
sanity
remained
which
forced
her
to
seek
those
who
would
save
her
from
herself
.
Mr.
Palliser
had
not
seen
her
since
her
arrival
in
London
,
and
,
of
course
,
he
took
her
by
the
hand
and
kissed
her
.
But
it
was
the
embrace
of
a
brother
rather
than
of
a
lover
or
a
husband
.
Lady
Glencora
,
with
her
full
woman
's
nature
,
understood
this
thoroughly
,
and
appreciated
by
instinct
the
true
bearing
of
every
touch
from
his
hand
.
"
I
hope
you
are
well
?
"
she
said
.
"
Oh
,
yes
;
quite
well
.
And
you
?
A
little
fatigued
with
your
journey
,
I
suppose
?
"
"
No
;
not
much
.
"
"
Well
,
we
have
had
a
debate
on
the
Address
.
Do
n't
you
want
to
know
how
it
has
gone
?
"
"
If
it
has
concerned
you
particularly
,
I
do
,
of
course
.
"
"
Concerned
me
!
It
has
concerned
me
certainly
.
"
"
They
have
n't
appointed
you
yet
;
have
they
?
"
"
No
;
they
do
n't
appoint
people
during
debates
,
in
the
House
of
Commons
.
But
I
fear
I
shall
never
make
you
a
politician
.
"
"
I
'm
almost
afraid
you
never
will
.
But
I
'm
not
the
less
anxious
for
your
success
,
since
you
wish
it
yourself
.
I
do
n't
understand
why
you
should
work
so
very
hard
;
but
,
as
you
like
it
,
I
'm
as
anxious
as
anybody
can
be
that
you
should
triumph
.
"
"
Yes
;
I
do
like
it
,
"
he
said
.
"
A
man
must
like
something
,
and
I
do
n't
know
what
there
is
to
like
better
.
Some
people
can
eat
and
drink
all
day
;
and
some
people
can
care
about
a
horse
.
I
can
do
neither
.
"
And
there
were
others
,
Lady
Glencora
thought
,
who
could
love
to
lie
in
the
sun
,
and
could
look
up
into
the
eyes
of
women
,
and
seek
their
happiness
there
.
She
was
sure
,
at
any
rate
,
that
she
knew
one
such
.
But
she
said
nothing
of
this
.
"
I
spoke
for
a
moment
to
Lord
Brock
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
Lord
Brock
was
the
name
by
which
the
present
Jove
of
the
Treasury
was
known
among
men
.
"
And
what
did
Lord
Brock
say
?
"
"
He
did
n't
say
much
,
but
he
was
very
cordial
.
"
"
But
I
thought
,
Plantagenet
,
that
he
could
appoint
you
if
he
pleased
?
Does
n't
he
do
it
all
?
"
"
Well
,
in
one
sense
,
he
does
.
But
I
do
n't
suppose
I
shall
ever
make
you
understand
.
"
He
endeavoured
,
however
,
to
do
so
on
the
present
occasion
,
and
gave
her
a
somewhat
longer
lecture
on
the
working
of
the
British
Constitution
,
and
the
manner
in
which
British
politics
evolved
themselves
,
than
would
have
been
expected
from
most
young
husbands
to
their
young
wives
under
similar
circumstances
.
Lady
Glencora
yawned
,
and
strove
lustily
,
but
ineffectually
,
to
hide
her
yawn
in
her
handkerchief
.
"
But
I
see
you
do
n't
care
a
bit
about
it
,
"
said
he
,
peevishly
.
"
Do
n't
be
angry
,
Plantagenet
.
Indeed
I
do
care
about
it
,
but
I
am
so
ignorant
that
I
ca
n't
understand
it
all
at
once
.
I
am
rather
tired
,
and
I
think
I
'll
go
to
bed
now
.
Shall
you
be
late
?
"
"
No
,
not
very
;
that
is
,
I
shall
be
rather
late
.
I
've
a
lot
of
letters
I
want
to
write
to-night
,
as
I
must
be
at
work
all
to-morrow
.
By-the-by
,
Mr.
Bott
is
coming
to
dine
here
.
There
will
be
no
one
else
.
"
The
next
day
was
a
Wednesday
,
and
the
House
would
not
sit
in
the
evening
.
"
Mr.
Bott
!
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
showing
by
her
voice
that
she
anticipated
no
pleasure
from
that
gentleman
's
company
.
"
Yes
,
Mr.
Bott
.
Have
you
any
objection
?
"
"
Oh
,
no.
Would
you
like
to
dine
alone
with
him
?
"
"
Why
should
I
dine
alone
with
him
?
Why
should
n't
you
eat
your
dinner
with
us
?
I
hope
you
are
not
going
to
become
fastidious
,
and
to
turn
up
your
nose
at
people
.
Mrs.
Marsham
is
in
town
,
and
I
dare
say
she
'll
come
to
you
if
you
ask
her
.
"
But
this
was
too
much
for
Lady
Glencora
.
She
was
disposed
to
be
mild
,
but
she
could
not
endure
to
have
her
two
duennas
thus
brought
upon
her
together
on
the
first
day
of
her
arrival
in
London
.
And
Mrs.
Marsham
would
be
worse
than
Mr.
Bott
.
Mr.
Bott
would
be
engaged
with
Mr.
Palliser
during
the
greater
part
of
the
evening
.
"
I
thought
,
"
said
she
,
"
of
asking
my
cousin
,
Alice
Vavasor
,
to
spend
the
evening
with
me
.
"
"
Miss
Vavasor
!
"
said
the
husband
.
"
I
must
say
that
I
thought
Miss
Vavasor
—
"
He
was
going
to
make
some
allusion
to
that
unfortunate
hour
spent
among
the
ruins
,
but
he
stopped
himself
.
"
I
hope
you
have
nothing
to
say
against
my
cousin
?
"
said
his
wife
.
"
She
is
my
only
near
relative
that
I
really
care
for
;
—
the
only
woman
,
I
mean
.
"
"
No
;
I
do
n't
mean
to
say
anything
against
her
.
She
's
very
well
as
a
young
lady
,
I
dare
say
.
I
would
sooner
that
you
would
ask
Mrs.
Marsham
to-morrow
.
"
Lady
Glencora
was
standing
,
waiting
to
go
away
to
her
own
room
,
but
it
was
absolutely
necessary
that
this
matter
should
be
decided
before
she
went
.
She
felt
that
he
was
hard
to
her
,
and
unreasonable
,
and
that
he
was
treating
her
like
a
child
who
should
not
be
allowed
her
own
way
in
anything
.
She
had
endeavoured
to
please
him
,
and
,
having
failed
,
was
not
now
disposed
to
give
way
.
"
As
there
will
be
no
other
ladies
here
to-morrow
evening
,
Plantagenet
,
and
as
I
have
not
yet
seen
Alice
since
I
have
been
in
town
,
I
wish
you
would
let
me
have
my
way
in
this
.
Of
course
I
cannot
have
very
much
to
say
to
Mrs.
Marsham
,
who
is
an
old
woman
.
"
"
I
especially
want
Mrs.
Marsham
to
be
your
friend
,
"
said
he
.
"
Friendships
will
not
come
by
ordering
,
Plantagenet
,
"
said
she
.
"
Very
well
,
"
said
he
.
"
Of
course
,
you
will
do
as
you
please
.
I
am
sorry
that
you
have
refused
the
first
favour
I
have
asked
you
this
year
.
"
Then
he
left
the
room
,
and
she
went
away
to
bed
.
CHAPTER
XLIII
.
Mrs.
Marsham
.
But
Lady
Glencora
was
not
brought
to
repentance
by
her
husband
's
last
words
.
It
seemed
to
her
to
be
so
intolerably
cruel
,
this
demand
of
his
,
that
she
should
be
made
to
pass
the
whole
of
her
first
evening
in
town
with
an
old
woman
for
whom
it
was
impossible
that
she
should
entertain
the
slightest
regard
,
that
she
resolved
upon
rebellion
.
Had
he
positively
ordered
Mrs.
Marsham
,
she
would
have
sent
for
that
lady
,
and
have
contented
herself
with
enduring
her
presence
in
disdainful
silence
;
but
Mr.
Palliser
had
not
given
any
order
.
He
had
made
a
request
,
and
a
request
,
from
its
very
nature
,
admits
of
no
obedience
.
The
compliance
with
a
request
must
be
voluntary
,
and
she
would
not
send
for
Mrs.
Marsham
,
except
upon
compulsion
.
Had
not
she
also
made
a
request
to
him
,
and
had
not
he
refused
it
?
It
was
his
prerogative
,
undoubtedly
,
to
command
;
but
in
that
matter
of
requests
she
had
a
right
to
expect
that
her
voice
should
be
as
potent
as
his
own
.
She
wrote
a
line
,
therefore
,
to
Alice
before
she
went
to
bed
,
begging
her
cousin
to
come
to
her
early
on
the
following
day
,
so
that
they
might
go
out
together
,
and
then
afterwards
dine
in
company
with
Mr.
Bott
.
"
I
know
that
will
be
an
inducement
to
you
,
"
Lady
Glencora
said
,
"
because
your
generous
heart
will
feel
of
what
service
you
may
be
to
me
.
Nobody
else
will
be
here
,
—
unless
,
indeed
,
Mrs.
Marsham
should
be
asked
,
unknown
to
myself
.
"
Then
she
sat
herself
down
to
think
,
—
to
think
especially
about
the
cruelty
of
husbands
.
She
had
been
told
over
and
over
again
,
in
the
days
before
her
marriage
,
that
Burgo
would
ill-use
her
if
he
became
her
husband
.
The
Marquis
of
Auld
Reekie
had
gone
so
far
as
to
suggest
that
Burgo
might
probably
beat
her
.
But
what
hard
treatment
,
even
what
beating
,
could
be
so
unendurable
as
this
total
want
of
sympathy
,
as
this
deadness
in
life
,
which
her
present
lot
entailed
upon
her
?
As
for
that
matter
of
beating
,
she
ridiculed
the
idea
in
her
very
soul
.
She
sat
smiling
at
the
absurdity
of
the
thing
as
she
thought
of
the
beauty
of
Burgo
's
eyes
,
of
the
softness
of
his
touch
,
of
the
loving
,
almost
worshipping
,
tones
of
his
voice
.
Would
it
not
even
be
better
to
be
beaten
by
him
than
to
have
politics
explained
to
her
at
one
o'clock
at
night
by
such
a
husband
as
Plantagenet
Palliser
?
The
British
Constitution
,
indeed
!
Had
she
married
Burgo
they
would
have
been
in
sunny
Italy
,
and
he
would
have
told
her
some
other
tale
than
that
as
they
sat
together
under
the
pale
moonlight
.
She
had
a
little
water-coloured
drawing
called
Raphael
and
Fornarina
,
and
she
was
infantine
enough
to
tell
herself
that
the
so-called
Raphael
was
like
her
Burgo
—
no
,
not
her
Burgo
,
but
the
Burgo
that
was
not
hers
.
At
any
rate
,
all
the
romance
of
the
picture
she
might
have
enjoyed
had
they
allowed
her
to
dispose
as
she
had
wished
of
her
own
hand
.
She
might
have
sat
in
marble
balconies
,
while
the
vines
clustered
over
her
head
,
and
he
would
have
been
at
her
knee
,
hardly
speaking
to
her
,
but
making
his
presence
felt
by
the
halo
of
its
divinity
.
He
would
have
called
upon
her
for
no
hard
replies
.
With
him
near
her
she
would
have
enjoyed
the
soft
air
,
and
would
have
sat
happy
,
without
trouble
,
lapped
in
the
delight
of
loving
.
It
was
thus
that
Fornarina
sat
.
And
why
should
not
such
a
lot
have
been
hers
?
Her
Raphael
would
have
loved
her
,
let
them
say
what
they
would
about
his
cruelty
.
Poor
,
wretched
,
overburthened
child
,
to
whom
the
commonest
lessons
of
life
had
not
yet
been
taught
,
and
who
had
now
fallen
into
the
hands
of
one
who
was
so
ill-fitted
to
teach
them
!
Who
would
not
pity
her
?
Who
could
say
that
the
fault
was
hers
?
The
world
had
laden
her
with
wealth
till
she
had
had
no
limb
free
for
its
ordinary
uses
,
and
then
had
turned
her
loose
to
run
her
race
!
"
Have
you
written
to
your
cousin
?
"
her
husband
asked
her
the
next
morning
.
His
voice
,
as
he
spoke
,
clearly
showed
that
his
anger
was
either
over
or
suppressed
.
"
Yes
;
I
have
asked
her
to
come
and
drive
,
and
then
to
stay
for
dinner
.
I
shall
send
the
carriage
for
her
if
she
can
come
.
The
man
is
to
wait
for
an
answer
.
"
"
Very
well
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
mildly
.
And
then
,
after
a
short
pause
,
he
added
,
"
As
that
is
settled
,
perhaps
you
would
have
no
objection
to
ask
Mrs.
Marsham
also
?
"
"
Wo
n't
she
probably
be
engaged
?
"
"
No
;
I
think
not
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
And
then
he
added
,
being
ashamed
of
the
tinge
of
falsehood
of
which
he
would
otherwise
have
been
guilty
,
"
I
know
she
is
not
engaged
.
"
"
She
expects
to
come
,
then
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
have
not
asked
her
,
if
you
mean
that
,
Glencora
.
Had
I
done
so
,
I
should
have
said
so
.
I
told
her
that
I
did
not
know
what
your
engagements
were
.
"
"
I
will
write
to
her
,
if
you
please
,
"
said
the
wife
,
who
felt
that
she
could
hardly
refuse
any
longer
.
"
Do
,
my
dear
!
"
said
the
husband
.
So
Lady
Glencora
did
write
to
Mrs.
Marsham
,
who
promised
to
come
,
—
as
did
also
Alice
Vavasor
.
Lady
Glencora
would
,
at
any
rate
,
have
Alice
to
herself
for
some
hours
before
dinner
.
At
first
she
took
comfort
in
that
reflection
;
but
after
a
while
she
bethought
herself
that
she
would
not
know
what
to
tell
Alice
,
or
what
not
to
tell
.
Did
she
mean
to
show
that
letter
to
her
cousin
?
If
she
did
show
it
,
then
,
—
so
she
argued
with
herself
,
—
she
must
bring
herself
to
endure
the
wretchedness
of
her
present
lot
,
and
must
give
up
for
ever
all
her
dreams
about
Raphael
and
Fornarina
.
If
she
did
not
show
it
,
—
or
,
at
any
rate
,
tell
of
it
,
—
then
it
would
come
to
pass
that
she
would
leave
her
husband
under
the
protection
of
another
man
,
and
she
would
become
—
what
she
did
not
dare
to
name
even
to
herself
.
She
declared
that
so
it
must
be
.
She
knew
that
she
would
go
with
Burgo
,
should
he
ever
come
to
her
with
the
means
of
going
at
his
and
her
instant
command
.
But
should
she
bring
herself
to
let
Alice
know
that
such
a
letter
had
been
conveyed
to
her
,
Burgo
would
never
have
such
power
.
I
remember
the
story
of
a
case
of
abduction
in
which
a
man
was
tried
for
his
life
,
and
was
acquitted
,
because
the
lady
had
acquiesced
in
the
carrying
away
while
it
was
in
progress
.
She
had
,
as
she
herself
declared
,
armed
herself
with
a
sure
and
certain
charm
or
talisman
against
such
dangers
,
which
she
kept
suspended
round
her
neck
;
but
whilst
she
was
in
the
post-chaise
she
opened
the
window
and
threw
the
charm
from
her
,
no
longer
desiring
,
as
the
learned
counsel
for
the
defence
efficiently
alleged
,
to
be
kept
under
the
bonds
of
such
protection
.
Lady
Glencora
's
state
of
mind
was
,
in
its
nature
,
nearly
the
same
as
that
of
the
lady
in
the
post-chaise
.
Whether
or
no
she
would
use
her
charm
,
she
had
not
yet
decided
,
but
the
power
of
doing
so
was
still
hers
.
Alice
came
,
and
the
greeting
between
the
cousins
was
very
affectionate
.
Lady
Glencora
received
her
as
though
they
had
been
playmates
from
early
childhood
;
and
Alice
,
though
such
impulsive
love
was
not
natural
to
her
as
to
the
other
,
could
not
bring
herself
to
be
cold
to
one
who
was
so
warm
to
her
.
Indeed
,
had
she
not
promised
her
love
in
that
meeting
at
Matching
Priory
in
which
her
cousin
had
told
her
of
all
her
wretchedness
?
"
I
will
love
you
!
"
Alice
had
said
;
and
though
there
was
much
in
Lady
Glencora
that
she
could
not
approve
,
—
much
even
that
she
could
not
bring
herself
to
like
,
—
still
she
would
not
allow
her
heart
to
contradict
her
words
.
They
sat
so
long
over
the
fire
in
the
drawing-room
that
at
last
they
agreed
that
the
driving
should
be
abandoned
.
"
What
's
the
use
of
it
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
There
's
nothing
to
see
,
and
the
wind
is
as
cold
as
charity
.
We
are
much
more
comfortable
here
;
are
we
not
?
"
Alice
quite
acquiesced
in
this
,
having
no
great
desire
to
be
driven
through
the
parks
in
the
gloom
of
a
February
afternoon
.
"
If
I
had
Dandy
and
Flirt
up
here
,
there
would
be
some
fun
in
it
;
but
Mr.
Palliser
does
n't
wish
me
to
drive
in
London
.
