PICCADILLY
A
FRAGMENT
OF
CONTEMPORARY
BIOGRAPHY
BY
LAURENCE
OLIPHANT
WITH
EIGHT
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
RICHARD
DOYLE
ELEVENTH
EDITION
WILLIAM
BLACKWOOD
AND
SONS
EDINBURGH
AND
LONDON
MDCCCXCII
This
Work
originally
appeared
in
'
Blackwood
's
Magazine
,
'
and
has
been
since
revised
and
altered
by
the
Author
.
"
Some
make
love
in
poetry
,
And
some
in
—
Piccadilly
.
"
—
Praed
.
"
Faithful
.
—
'
I
say
,
then
,
in
answer
to
what
Mr
Envy
hath
spoken
,
I
never
said
aught
but
this
,
That
what
rule
,
or
laws
,
or
customs
,
or
people
,
were
flat
against
the
Word
of
God
,
are
diametrically
opposed
to
Christianity
.
If
I
have
said
amiss
in
this
,
convince
me
of
my
error
,
and
I
am
ready
here
,
before
you
all
,
to
make
my
recantation
.
'
"
—
Bunyan
's
'
Pilgrim
's
Progress
.
'
PREFACE
.
Five
years
have
elapsed
since
the
following
pages
were
penned
,
and
periodically
issued
,
under
an
impulse
which
seemed
at
the
time
irresistible
.
I
found
myself
unable
,
by
any
conscious
act
of
volition
,
to
control
either
the
plot
or
the
style
.
Nor
from
my
present
point
of
view
do
I
particularly
admire
either
the
one
or
the
other
.
At
the
same
time
,
I
have
reason
to
hope
that
the
republication
of
this
sketch
now
,
with
all
its
defects
,
is
calculated
to
do
more
good
than
harm
to
the
society
it
attempts
to
delineate
.
This
conviction
must
be
my
apology
for
again
forcing
upon
the
public
a
fragment
so
hostile
to
it
in
tone
and
spirit
.
I
would
reiterate
the
observation
made
elsewhere
in
the
work
,
that
none
of
the
characters
are
intended
to
represent
any
members
of
society
who
were
then
,
or
are
now
,
alive
.
PART
I
.
LOVE
.
Piccadilly
,
2d
February
1865
In
a
window
,
a
few
doors
from
Cambridge
House
,
the
following
placard
some
time
since
invited
,
apparently
without
much
effect
,
the
notice
of
the
passers-by
,
—
"
To
let
,
this
desirable
family
mansion
,
"
After
a
considerable
period
the
"
desirable
family
"
seem
to
have
been
given
up
in
despair
,
and
the
words
vanished
from
the
scene
;
but
the
board
in
the
window
,
beginning
"
to
let
"
remained
,
while
the
"
mansion
"
itself
was
converted
upon
it
into
"
unfurnished
chambers
.
"
As
,
in
the
words
of
that
"
humble
companion
,
"
whose
life
was
rendered
a
burden
to
her
by
my
poor
dear
mother
,
"
Money
was
not
so
much
an
object
as
a
comfortable
home
,
"
I
did
not
hesitate
to
instal
myself
in
the
first
floor
,
which
possessed
the
advantage
of
a
bay-window
,
with
a
double
sash
to
keep
out
the
noise
,
together
with
an
extensive
view
of
Green
Park
,
and
a
sailor
without
legs
perpetually
drawing
ships
upon
the
opposite
pavement
,
as
a
foreground
.
My
friend
Lord
Grandon
,
who
is
an
Irish
peer
with
a
limited
income
,
took
the
floor
above
,
as
I
was
desirous
of
securing
myself
against
thumping
overhead
;
moreover
,
I
am
extremely
fond
of
him
.
When
I
say
that
the
position
which
I
enjoy
socially
,
is
as
well
adapted
for
seeing
life
as
the
locality
I
selected
for
my
residence
,
most
of
my
more
fashionable
readers
will
intuitively
discover
who
I
am
;
fortunately
,
I
have
no
cause
to
desire
to
maintain
an
incognito
which
would
be
impossible
,
though
,
perhaps
,
I
ought
to
explain
the
motives
which
induce
me
now
to
bring
myself
even
more
prominently
before
the
public
than
I
have
been
in
the
habit
of
doing
.
Sitting
in
my
bay-window
the
other
evening
,
and
reading
the
'
History
of
Civilisation
,
'
by
my
late
lamented
friend
Mr
Buckle
,
it
occurred
to
me
that
I
also
would
write
a
history
of
civilisation
—
after
having
seen
the
world
,
instead
of
before
doing
so
,
as
was
the
case
with
that
gifted
philosopher
.
Having
for
many
years
past
devoted
myself
to
the
study
of
my
fellow-men
in
all
countries
,
I
thought
the
time
had
come
when
I
could
,
with
profit
to
myself
and
the
world
,
give
it
the
benefit
of
my
extended
experience
and
my
quick
observation
.
No
sooner
had
I
arrived
at
this
determination
,
than
with
characteristic
promptitude
I
proceeded
to
put
it
into
execution
;
and
singular
though
it
may
appear
,
it
was
not
until
then
that
I
found
myself
quite
incompetent
to
carry
out
the
vast
project
I
had
undertaken
.
The
reason
was
at
once
apparent
—
I
had
seen
and
thought
too
much
;
and
was
in
the
position
which
my
predecessor
had
failed
to
reach
,
of
experimentally
discovering
that
the
task
was
beyond
the
human
power
of
accomplishment
.
Not
easily
vanquished
,
I
then
thought
of
subdividing
it
,
and
dealing
exclusively
with
a
single
branch
of
civilisation
.
Mr
Thomas
Taylor
Meadows
,
thought
I
,
has
written
a
very
elaborate
chapter
upon
the
progress
of
civilisation
as
regarded
from
a
Chinese
point
of
view
,
why
should
not
I
look
upon
it
from
a
purely
Piccadillean
?
—
so
I
immediately
looked
at
it
.
The
hour
11
P.M.
;
a
long
string
of
carriages
advancing
under
my
windows
to
Lady
Palmerston
's
;
rain
pelting
;
horses
with
ears
pressed
back
,
wincing
under
the
storm
;
coachmen
and
footmen
presenting
the
crowns
of
their
hats
to
it
;
streams
running
down
their
waterproofs
,
and
causing
them
to
glitter
in
the
gaslight
;
now
and
then
the
flash
of
a
jewel
inside
the
carriages
;
nothing
visible
of
the
occupants
but
flounces
surging
up
at
the
windows
,
as
if
they
were
made
of
some
delicious
creamy
substance
,
and
were
going
to
overflow
into
the
street
;
policemen
in
large
capes
,
and
if
I
may
be
allowed
the
expression
,
"
helmetically
"
sealed
from
the
wet
,
keeping
order
;
draggled
women
on
foot
"
moving
"
rapidly
on
.
The
fine
ladies
in
their
carriages
moving
on
too
—
but
not
quite
so
fast
.
This
Piccadillean
view
of
the
progress
of
civilisation
suggested
to
me
many
serious
reflections
;
among
others
,
that
if
I
intended
to
go
to
Cambridge
House
myself
,
the
sooner
I
went
to
dress
the
better
.
Which
way
are
we
moving
?
I
mused
,
as
I
made
the
smallest
of
white
bows
immediately
over
a
pearl
stud
in
my
neck
.
I
gave
up
the
"
history
"
of
civilisation
.
I
certainly
ca
n't
call
it
"
the
progress
"
of
civilisation
;
that
does
all
very
well
for
Pekin
,
not
for
London
.
Shall
I
do
the
Gibbon
business
,
and
call
it
"
the
decline
and
fall
"
of
civilisation
?
—
and
I
absently
thrust
two
right-hand
gloves
into
my
pocket
by
mistake
,
and
scrambling
across
the
wet
pavement
into
my
brougham
,
drove
in
it
the
length
of
the
file
and
arrived
before
I
had
settled
this
important
question
.
While
Lady
Veriphast
,
having
planted
me
en
tête-à-tête
in
a
remote
corner
,
was
entertaining
me
with
her
accustomed
vivacity
,
I
am
conscious
of
having
gazed
into
those
large
swimming
eyes
with
a
vacant
stare
so
utterly
at
variance
with
my
usual
animated
expression
,
that
she
said
at
last
,
rather
pettishly
,
"
What
are
you
thinking
about
?
"
"
Civilisation
,
"
I
said
,
abruptly
.
"
You
mean
Conventionalism
,
"
she
replied
;
"
have
you
come
to
the
conclusion
,
as
I
have
,
that
all
conventionalism
is
vanity
?
"
"
No
;
only
that
it
is
'
vexation
of
spirit
;
'
that
is
the
part
that
belongs
to
us
—
we
leave
the
'
vanity
'
to
the
women
.
"
"
Dear
me
,
I
never
heard
you
so
solemn
and
profound
before
.
Are
you
in
love
?
"
"
No
,
"
I
said
;
"
I
am
thinking
of
writing
a
book
,
but
I
do
n't
see
my
way
to
it
.
"
"
And
the
subject
is
the
Conventionalism
which
you
call
civilisation
.
Well
,
I
do
n't
wonder
at
your
looking
vacant
.
You
are
not
quite
up
to
it
,
Lord
Frank
.
Why
do
n't
you
write
a
novel
?
"
"
My
imagination
is
too
vivid
,
and
would
run
away
with
me
.
"
"
Nothing
else
would
,
"
she
said
,
laughing
;
"
but
if
you
do
n't
like
fiction
,
you
can
always
fall
back
upon
fact
;
be
the
hero
of
your
own
romance
,
publish
your
diary
,
and
call
it
'
The
Experiences
of
a
Product
of
the
Highest
State
of
Civilisation
.
'
Thus
you
will
be
able
to
write
about
civilisation
and
yourself
at
the
same
time
,
which
I
am
sure
you
will
like
.
I
want
some
tea
,
please
;
do
you
know
you
are
rather
dull
to-night
?
"
And
Lady
Veriphast
walked
me
into
the
middle
of
the
crowd
,
and
abandoned
me
abruptly
for
somebody
else
,
with
whom
she
returned
to
her
corner
,
and
I
went
and
had
tea
by
myself
.
But
Lady
Veriphast
had
put
me
on
the
right
track
:
why
,
I
thought
as
I
scrambled
back
again
from
my
brougham
across
the
wet
pavement
to
my
bay-window
,
should
I
not
begin
at
once
to
write
about
the
civilisation
of
the
day
?
'
The
Civilisation
of
the
British
Isles
,
as
exhibited
in
Piccadilly
,
a
Fragment
of
Contemporaneous
Biography
,
'
that
would
not
be
a
bad
title
;
people
would
think
,
if
I
called
it
a
biography
,
it
must
be
true
;
here
I
squared
my
elbows
before
a
quantity
of
foolscap
,
dipped
my
pen
in
the
ink
,
and
dashed
off
the
introduction
as
above
.
Next
morning
I
got
up
and
began
again
as
follows
:
Why
should
I
commit
the
ridiculous
error
of
supposing
that
the
incidents
of
my
daily
life
are
not
likely
to
interest
the
world
at
large
?
Whether
I
read
the
diary
of
Mr
Pepys
,
or
of
Lady
Morgan
—
whether
I
wade
through
the
Journal
of
Mr
Evelyn
,
or
pleasantly
while
away
an
hour
with
the
memoirs
of
"
a
Lady
of
Quality
,
"
I
am
equally
struck
with
this
traditional
practice
of
the
bores
and
the
wits
of
society
,
to
write
at
length
the
records
of
their
daily
life
,
bottle
them
carefully
up
in
a
series
of
MS.
volumes
,
and
leave
them
to
their
grandchildren
to
publish
,
and
to
posterity
to
criticise
.
Now
it
has
always
appeared
to
me
that
the
whole
fun
of
writing
was
to
watch
the
immediate
effect
produced
by
one
's
own
literary
genius
.
If
,
in
addition
to
this
,
it
is
possible
to
interest
the
public
in
the
current
events
of
one
's
life
,
what
nobler
object
of
ambition
could
a
man
propose
to
himself
?
Thus
,
though
the
circle
of
my
personal
acquaintances
may
not
be
increased
,
I
shall
feel
my
sympathies
are
becoming
enlarged
with
each
succeeding
mark
of
confidence
I
bestow
upon
the
numerous
readers
to
whom
I
will
recount
the
most
intimate
relations
of
my
life
.
I
will
tell
them
of
my
aspirations
and
my
failures
—
of
my
hopes
and
fears
,
of
my
friends
and
my
enemies
.
I
shall
not
shrink
from
alluding
to
the
state
of
my
affections
;
and
if
the
still
unfulfilled
story
of
my
life
becomes
involved
with
the
destiny
of
others
,
and
entangles
itself
in
an
inextricable
manner
,
that
is
no
concern
of
mine
.
I
shall
do
nothing
to
be
ashamed
of
,
or
that
I
ca
n't
tell
;
and
if
truth
turn
out
stranger
than
fiction
,
so
much
the
better
for
my
readers
.
It
may
be
that
I
shall
become
the
hero
of
a
sensation
episode
in
real
life
,
for
the
future
looks
vague
and
complicated
enough
;
but
it
is
much
better
to
make
the
world
my
friend
before
anything
serious
occurs
,
than
allow
posterity
to
misjudge
my
conduct
when
I
am
no
longer
alive
to
explain
it
.
Now
,
at
least
,
I
have
the
satisfaction
of
knowing
that
whatever
happens
I
shall
give
my
version
of
the
story
first
.
Should
the
daily
tenor
of
my
life
be
undisturbed
,
I
can
always
fall
back
upon
the
exciting
character
of
my
opinions
.
As
I
write
,
the
magnitude
of
the
task
I
propose
to
myself
assumes
still
larger
proportions
.
I
yearn
to
develop
in
the
world
at
large
those
organs
of
conscientiousness
and
benevolence
which
we
all
possess
but
so
few
exercise
.
I
invoke
the
cooperation
of
my
readers
in
this
great
work
:
I
implore
them
to
accompany
me
step
by
step
in
the
crusade
which
I
am
about
to
preach
in
favour
of
the
sacrifice
of
self
for
the
public
good
.
I
demand
their
sympathy
in
this
monthly
record
of
my
trials
as
an
uncompromising
exponent
of
the
motives
of
the
day
,
and
I
claim
their
tender
solicitude
should
I
writhe
,
crushed
and
mangled
by
the
iron
hand
of
a
social
tyranny
dexterously
concealed
in
its
velvet
glove
.
I
will
begin
my
efforts
at
reform
with
the
Church
;
I
may
then
possibly
diverge
to
the
Legislature
,
and
I
will
mix
in
the
highest
circles
of
society
in
the
spirit
of
a
missionary
.
I
will
endeavour
to
show
everybody
up
to
everybody
else
in
the
spirit
of
love
;
and
if
they
end
by
quarrelling
with
each
other
and
with
me
,
I
shall
at
least
have
the
satisfaction
of
feeling
myself
divested
of
all
further
responsibility
in
the
matter
.
In
my
present
frame
of
mind
apathy
would
be
culpable
and
weakness
a
crime
...
.
Candour
compels
me
to
state
that
when
,
as
I
told
Lady
Veriphast
,
my
imagination
becomes
heated
,
my
pen
travels
with
a
velocity
which
fails
to
convey
any
adequate
impression
of
the
seething
thoughts
which
course
through
my
brain
.
I
lose
myself
in
my
subject
,
and
become
almost
insensible
to
external
sensations
;
thus
it
happened
that
I
did
not
hear
the
door
open
as
I
was
writing
the
above
,
and
I
was
totally
unconscious
as
I
was
reading
fervently
aloud
the
last
paragraph
,
containing
those
aspirations
which
I
promised
to
confide
to
the
public
,
that
I
had
already
a
listener
.
Judge
of
my
surprise
—
I
may
say
dismay
—
when
,
just
as
I
had
finished
,
and
was
biting
the
end
of
my
pen
for
a
new
inspiration
,
I
heard
the
voice
of
Grandon
close
behind
my
chair
.
"
Well
done
,
my
dear
Frank
,
"
he
said
—
and
as
he
has
known
me
from
my
boyhood
,
he
can
make
allowances
for
my
fervent
nature
.
"
Your
programme
is
very
complete
,
but
I
doubt
your
being
able
to
carry
it
out
.
How
,
for
instance
,
do
you
propose
to
open
the
campaign
against
the
Church
?
"
If
there
is
one
quality
upon
which
I
pride
myself
more
than
another
it
is
readiness
.
I
certainly
had
not
formed
the
slightest
conception
of
how
these
burning
thoughts
of
mine
should
be
put
into
execution
;
but
I
did
not
hesitate
a
second
in
my
answer
.
"
I
shall
go
down
to
a
bishop
and
stay
with
him
in
his
palace
,
"
I
replied
,
promptly
.
"
Which
one
?
"
said
Grandon
.
I
was
going
to
say
"
Oxbridge
,
"
as
he
is
the
only
one
I
happen
to
know
;
but
,
in
the
first
place
,
I
am
a
little
afraid
of
him
;
and
,
in
the
second
,
I
am
hardly
on
sufficiently
intimate
terms
with
him
to
venture
to
propose
myself
—
so
I
said
,
with
some
effrontery
,
"
Oh
,
to
a
colonial
bishop
,
whom
you
do
n't
know
.
"
"
Nor
you
either
,
I
suspect
,
"
laughed
Grandon
.
"
Just
at
present
colonial
bishops
are
rather
scarce
articles
,
and
I
have
never
heard
of
one
in
England
with
a
palace
,
though
there
are
a
good
many
of
them
dotted
about
in
snug
livings
,
retaining
only
their
lawn
sleeves
,
either
to
laugh
in
or
remind
them
of
the
dignity
and
the
hardships
of
which
they
did
not
die
abroad
.
Their
temptations
are
of
a
totally
different
nature
from
theirs
who
are
members
of
the
House
of
Peers
,
and
they
must
be
treated
apart
;
in
fact
,
you
will
have
to
take
them
with
the
missionaries
and
colonial
clergy
.
I
quite
agree
with
you
that
if
there
is
one
thing
that
is
more
urgently
needed
than
a
missionary
to
the
ball-room
,
it
is
a
missionary
to
the
missionaries
;
and
as
you
have
had
so
much
experience
of
their
operations
abroad
,
you
might
become
a
very
useful
labourer
in
the
ecclesiastical
vineyard
.
"
I
need
scarcely
say
that
my
heart
leaped
at
the
thought
;
it
was
a
work
for
which
I
felt
myself
specially
qualified
.
"
Why
,
"
I
have
thought
,
"
should
there
be
a
set
of
men
who
preach
to
others
,
and
are
never
preached
at
themselves
?
Every
class
and
condition
of
life
has
its
peculiar
snares
and
temptations
,
and
one
class
is
set
apart
to
point
them
out
—
surely
there
should
be
somebody
to
perform
that
kind
office
for
them
which
they
do
for
others
.
He
who
is
paid
to
find
out
the
mote
that
is
in
his
brother
's
eye
,
and
devotes
his
energies
to
its
discovery
,
is
of
all
men
the
one
who
requires
the
most
kind
and
faithful
friend
to
show
him
the
beam
which
is
in
his
own
.
I
will
be
that
friend
,
and
charge
nothing
for
it
,
"
thought
I
.
Grandon
saw
the
flush
of
enthusiasm
which
mounted
to
my
brow
,
and
looked
grave
.
"
My
impulsive
friend
,
"
he
said
,
"
this
is
a
very
serious
subject
;
we
must
beware
lest
we
fall
into
the
error
which
we
blame
in
others
.
It
is
one
thing
to
see
the
need
of
the
missionary
,
it
is
another
to
rush
headlong
upon
the
work
.
However
,
I
am
able
to
offer
you
an
opportunity
of
beginning
at
once
,
for
I
have
just
come
to
tell
you
that
Dickiefield
has
given
us
a
joint
invitation
to
go
down
to-morrow
to
Dickiefield
,
to
stay
till
Parliament
opens
;
we
shall
be
certain
to
find
a
choice
assortment
of
pagan
and
theological
curiosities
in
that
most
agreeable
of
country-houses
,
and
you
may
possibly
meet
the
identical
colonial
bishop
at
whose
palace
you
proposed
staying
.
The
three
o'clock
train
lands
us
exactly
in
time
for
dinner
.
Will
you
come
?
"
"
Of
course
I
will
.
Nothing
would
justify
my
neglecting
so
promising
a
vineyard
in
which
to
commence
my
labours
;
"
and
I
rubbed
my
hands
enthusiastically
,
and
sat
down
to
write
a
series
of
those
"
consecrated
lies
"
by
means
of
which
dinner
engagements
,
already
accepted
,
are
at
the
last
moment
evaded
.
Dickiefield
,
4th
February
.
The
party
here
consists
of
old
Lady
Broadhem
,
with
that
very
aspiring
young
nobleman
,
her
son
,
the
young
Earl
(
old
Lord
Broadhem
died
last
year
)
,
and
his
sisters
,
Ladies
Bridget
and
Ursula
Newlyte
,
neither
of
whom
I
have
seen
since
they
emerged
from
the
nursery
.
They
had
all
disappeared
to
dress
for
dinner
,
however
,
and
Dickiefield
had
not
come
home
from
riding
,
so
that
when
Grandon
and
I
entered
the
drawing-room
,
we
found
only
the
deserted
apparatus
of
the
afternoon
tea
,
a
Bishop
,
and
a
black
man
—
and
we
had
to
introduce
ourselves
.
The
Bishop
had
a
beard
and
an
apron
,
his
companion
a
turban
,
and
such
very
large
shoes
,
that
it
was
evident
his
feet
were
unused
to
the
confinement
.
The
Bishop
looked
stern
and
determined
;
perhaps
there
was
just
a
dash
of
worldliness
about
the
twist
of
his
mustache
.
His
companion
wore
a
subdued
and
unctuous
appearance
;
his
face
was
shaved
;
and
the
whites
of
his
eyes
were
very
bloodshot
and
yellow
.
Neither
of
them
was
the
least
embarrassed
when
we
were
shown
in
;
Grandon
and
I
both
were
slightly
.
"
What
a
comfort
that
the
snow
is
gone
,
"
said
I
to
the
Bishop
.
"
Yes
,
"
said
his
lordship
;
"
the
weather
is
very
trying
to
me
,
who
have
just
arrived
from
the
Caribbee
Islands
.
"
"
I
suppose
you
have
accompanied
his
lordship
from
the
Caribbee
Islands
,
"
said
I
,
turning
to
the
swarthy
individual
,
whom
I
naturally
supposed
to
be
a
specimen
convert
.
"
No
,
"
he
said
;
"
he
had
arrived
some
months
since
from
Bombay
.
"
"
Think
of
staying
long
in
England
?
"
said
Grandon
.
"
That
depends
upon
my
prospects
at
the
next
general
election
.
I
am
looking
out
for
a
borough
.
"
"
Dear
me
!
"
said
Grandon
;
and
we
all
,
Bishop
included
,
gazed
on
him
with
astonishment
.
"
My
name
is
Chundango
,
"
he
went
on
.
"
My
parents
were
both
Hindoos
.
Before
I
was
converted
my
other
name
was
Juggonath
;
now
I
am
John
.
I
became
acquainted
with
a
circle
of
dear
Christian
friends
in
Bombay
,
during
my
connection
,
as
catechist
,
with
the
Tabernacle
Missionary
Society
,
was
peculiarly
favoured
in
some
mercantile
transactions
into
which
I
subsequently
entered
in
connection
with
cotton
,
and
have
come
to
spend
my
fortune
,
and
enter
public
life
,
in
this
country
.
I
was
just
expressing
to
our
dear
friend
here
,
"
pointing
in
a
patronising
way
towards
the
Bishop
,
"
my
regret
at
finding
that
he
shares
in
views
which
are
becoming
so
prevalent
in
the
Church
,
and
are
likely
to
taint
the
Protestantism
of
Great
Britain
and
part
of
Ireland
.
"
"
Goodness
,
"
thought
I
,
"
how
this
complicates
matters
!
which
of
these
two
now
stands
most
in
need
of
my
services
as
a
missionary
?
"
As
Dickiefield
was
lighting
me
up
to
my
bedroom
,
I
could
not
resist
congratulating
him
upon
his
two
guests
.
"
A
good
specimen
of
the
'
unsound
muscular
,
'
the
Bishop
,
"
said
I
.
"
Not
very
,
"
said
Dickiefield
;
"
he
is
not
so
unsound
as
he
looks
,
and
he
is
not
unique
,
like
the
other
.
I
flatter
myself
I
have
under
my
roof
the
only
well-authenticated
instance
of
the
Hindoo
converted
millionaire
.
It
is
true
he
became
a
'
Government
Christian
'
when
he
was
a
poor
boy
of
fifteen
,
and
began
life
as
a
catechist
;
then
he
saw
a
good
mercantile
opening
,
and
went
into
cotton
,
out
of
which
he
has
realised
an
immense
fortune
,
and
now
is
going
into
political
life
in
England
,
which
he
could
not
have
done
in
an
unconverted
condition
.
Who
ever
heard
before
of
a
Bombay
man
wanting
to
get
into
Parliament
,
and
coming
home
with
a
carte
du
pays
all
arranged
before
he
started
?
He
advocates
extension
of
the
franchise
,
ballot
,
and
the
Evangelical
Alliance
,
so
I
thought
I
would
fasten
him
on
to
Broadhem
—
they
'll
help
to
float
each
other
.
"
"
Who
else
have
you
got
here
besides
?
"
I
asked
.
"
Oh
,
only
a
petroleum
aristocrat
from
the
oil
regions
of
America
—
another
millionaire
.
He
is
a
more
wonderful
instance
even
than
Chundango
,
for
he
was
a
poor
man
three
months
ago
,
when
he
'
struck
oil
.
'
You
will
find
him
most
intelligent
,
full
of
information
;
but
you
will
look
upon
him
,
of
course
,
as
the
type
of
the
peculiar
class
to
which
he
belongs
,
and
not
of
Americans
generally
.
"
And
my
warm-hearted
and
eccentric
friend
,
Lord
Dickiefield
,
left
me
to
my
meditations
and
my
toilet
.
"
I
shall
probably
have
to
take
one
of
these
Broadhem
girls
in
to
dinner
,
"
thought
I
,
as
I
followed
the
rustle
of
their
crinolines
down-stairs
back
to
the
drawing-room
.
So
I
ranged
myself
near
the
one
with
dark
hair
and
blue
eyes
—
I
like
the
combination
—
to
the
great
annoyance
of
Juggonath
,
who
had
got
so
near
her
for
the
same
purpose
that
his
great
foot
was
on
her
dress
.
"
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Mr
Juggernaut
,
"
said
I
,
giving
him
a
slight
shove
,
"
I
think
you
are
standing
—
—
"
"
Chundango
,
sir
,
if
you
please
,
"
said
he
,
unconsciously
making
way
for
me
,
"
Juggonath
is
the
name
which
my
poor
benighted
countrymen
—
—
"
"
Juggernaut
still
speaking
,
as
they
say
in
the
telegraphic
reports
from
the
House
of
Commons
,
"
I
remarked
to
Lady
Ursula
,
as
I
carried
her
off
triumphantly
;
and
the
Indian
's
voice
was
lost
in
the
hum
of
the
general
movement
towards
the
dining-room
.
I
have
promised
not
to
shrink
from
alluding
to
those
tender
sensibilities
which
an
ordinary
mortal
jealously
preserves
from
the
rough
contact
of
his
fellow-men
;
but
I
am
not
an
ordinary
mortal
,
and
I
have
no
hesitation
in
saying
,
that
never
in
my
life
have
I
gone
through
such
a
distinct
change
of
feeling
in
the
same
period
as
during
the
two
hours
we
sat
at
that
dinner
.
Deeply
versed
as
I
am
in
every
variety
of
the
sex
,
married
or
single
,
how
was
I
to
know
that
Lady
Ursula
was
as
little
like
the
rest
of
the
species
as
our
Bombay
friend
was
to
wealthy
Hindoos
generally
?
What
reason
had
I
to
suppose
that
Lady
Broadhem
's
daughter
could
possibly
be
a
new
type
?
Having
been
tolerably
intimate
at
Broadhem
House
before
she
was
out
,
I
knew
well
the
atmosphere
which
had
surrounded
her
youth
,
and
took
it
for
granted
that
she
had
imbibed
the
family
views
.
"
Interesting
creature
,
John
Chundango
,
Esq.
,
"
said
I
,
for
I
thought
she
had
looked
grave
at
the
flippancy
of
my
last
remark
;
"
he
has
quite
the
appearance
of
a
'
Brand
.
'
"
"
A
what
?
"
said
Lady
Ursula
,
as
she
looked
up
and
caught
him
glaring
fixedly
at
her
with
his
great
yellow
eyeballs
from
the
other
side
of
the
table
.
"
Of
course
I
do
n't
mean
of
the
'
whipper-in
'
of
the
Liberal
party
,
but
of
one
rescued
from
fire
.
I
understand
that
his
great
wealth
,
so
far
from
having
proved
a
snare
to
him
,
has
enabled
him
to
join
in
many
companies
for
the
improvement
of
Bombay
,
and
that
his
theological
views
are
quite
unexceptionable
.
"
"
If
his
conversion
leads
him
to
avoid
discussing
either
his
neighbours
or
their
theology
,
Lord
Frank
,
I
think
he
is
a
person
whom
we
may
all
envy
.
"
Is
that
a
hit
at
her
mother
or
at
me
?
thought
I
.
At
Broadhem
House
,
society
and
doctrine
used
to
be
the
only
topics
of
discussion
.
My
fair
friend
here
has
probably
had
so
much
of
it
that
she
has
gone
off
on
another
tack
;
perhaps
she
is
a
"
still
deep
fast
"
one
.
As
I
thought
thus
,
I
ran
over
in
my
mind
my
young-lady
categories
,
as
follows
:
—
{
The
wholly
worldly
First
,
{
and
{
The
worldly
holy
.
In
this
case
the
distinction
is
very
fine
;
but
though
they
are
bracketed
together
,
there
is
an
appreciable
difference
,
which
perhaps
,
some
day
when
I
have
time
,
I
shall
discuss
.
Second
,
"
The
still
deep
fast
.
"
This
may
seem
to
be
a
contradiction
in
terms
;
but
the
fact
is
,
while
the
upper
surface
seems
tranquil
enough
,
there
is
a
strong
rapid
undercurrent
.
The
danger
is
,
in
this
case
,
that
you
are
very
apt
to
go
in
what
is
called
a
"
header
.
"
The
moment
you
dive
you
get
caught
by
the
undercurrent
,
and
the
chances
are
you
never
rise
to
the
surface
again
.
Third
,
"
The
rippling
glancing
fast
.
"
This
is
less
fatal
,
but
to
my
mind
not
so
attractive
as
the
other
.
The
ripples
are
produced
by
quantities
of
pebbles
,
which
are
sure
to
give
one
what
is
called
in
America
"
a
rough
time
.
"
The
glancing
is
only
dangerous
to
youths
in
the
first
stage
,
and
is
perfectly
innocuous
after
one
season
.
Fourth
,
"
The
rushing
gushing
fast
.
"
This
speaks
for
itself
,
and
may
be
considered
perfectly
harmless
.
There
are
only
two
slows
—
the
"
strong-minded
blue
slow
,
"
and
the
"
heavy
slow
.
"
The
"
strong-minded
blue
slow
"
includes
every
branch
of
learning
.
It
is
extremely
rare
,
and
alarming
to
the
youth
of
the
day
.
I
am
rather
partial
to
it
myself
.
The
"
heavy
slow
"
is
,
alas
!
too
common
.
To
return
to
Lady
Ursula
:
not
"
worldly
holy
,
"
that
was
quite
clear
;
certainly
neither
of
the
"
slows
,
"
I
could
see
that
in
her
eye
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
retort
;
not
"
rippling
glancing
,
"
her
eye
was
not
of
that
kind
either
;
certainly
not
"
rushing
gushing
.
"
What
remained
?
Only
"
Wholly
worldly
,
"
or
"
still
deep
fast
.
"
These
were
the
thoughts
that
coursed
through
my
mind
as
I
pondered
over
her
last
remark
.
I
had
not
forgotten
that
I
had
a
great
work
to
accomplish
.
The
missionary
spirit
was
ever
burning
within
me
,
but
it
was
necessary
to
examine
the
ground
before
attempting
to
prepare
it
for
seed
.
I
'll
try
her
as
"
still
deep
,
"
thought
I
.
"
Did
you
go
out
much
last
season
?
"
I
said
,
by
way
of
giving
an
easy
turn
to
the
conversation
.
"
No
;
we
have
been
very
little
in
London
,
but
we
are
going
up
this
year
.
We
have
always
resisted
leaving
the
country
,
but
mamma
wants
to
make
a
home
for
Broadhem
.
"
"
Ah
!
it
is
his
first
season
,
and
naturally
he
will
go
out
a
great
deal
.
Of
course
you
know
the
three
reasons
which
take
men
into
society
in
London
,
"
I
said
,
after
a
pause
.
"
No
,
I
do
n't
.
What
are
they
?
"
"
Either
to
find
a
wife
,
or
to
look
after
one
's
wife
,
or
to
look
after
somebody
else
's
.
"
I
was
helping
myself
to
potatoes
as
I
made
this
observation
in
a
tone
of
easy
indifference
;
but
as
she
did
not
immediately
answer
,
I
glanced
at
her
,
and
was
at
once
overcome
with
remorse
and
confusion
;
her
neck
and
face
were
suffused
with
a
glow
which
produced
the
immediate
effect
upon
my
sensitive
nature
of
making
me
feel
a
brute
;
her
very
eyelids
trembled
as
she
kept
them
steadily
lowered
:
and
yet
what
had
I
said
which
I
had
not
repeatedly
said
before
to
both
the
"
slows
,
"
one
of
the
"
worldlies
,
"
and
all
the
"
fasts
"
?
Even
some
of
the
"
worldly
holies
"
rather
relish
this
style
of
conversation
,
though
I
always
wait
for
them
to
begin
it
,
for
fear
of
accidents
.
Fortunately
,
however
much
I
am
moved
,
I
never
lose
my
presence
of
mind
;
so
I
deliberately
upset
my
champagne-glass
into
her
plate
,
and
,
with
the
delicacy
and
tact
of
a
refined
nature
,
so
worded
the
apologies
with
,
which
I
overwhelmed
her
,
that
she
forgave
my
first
gaucherie
in
laughing
over
the
second
.
She
can
be
nothing
now
,
thought
I
,
but
"
wholly
worldly
,
"
but
she
should
be
ticketed
,
like
broadcloth
,
"
superfine
;
"
so
I
must
tread
cautiously
.
"
I
hear
Lord
Broadhem
is
going
to
make
his
political
début
in
a
few
days
,
"
I
remarked
,
after
a
pause
.
"
What
line
does
he
think
of
taking
?
"
"
He
has
not
told
me
exactly
what
he
means
to
say
,
as
I
am
afraid
we
do
not
quite
agree
in
what
philosophers
call
'
first
principles
,
'
"
she
replied
,
with
a
smile
and
a
slight
sigh
.
"
Ah
!
"
I
said
,
"
I
can
guess
what
it
is
;
he
is
a
little
too
Radical
for
you
,
but
you
must
not
mind
that
;
depend
upon
it
,
an
ambitious
young
peer
ca
n't
do
better
than
ally
himself
with
the
Manchester
school
.
They
have
plenty
of
talent
,
but
have
failed
as
yet
to
make
much
impression
upon
the
country
for
lack
of
an
aristocrat
.
It
is
like
a
bubble
company
in
the
City
;
they
want
a
nobleman
as
chairman
to
give
an
air
of
respectability
to
the
direction
.
He
might
perhaps
be
a
prophet
without
honour
if
he
remained
in
his
own
country
,
so
he
is
quite
right
to
go
to
Manchester
.
I
look
upon
cotton
,
backed
by
Exeter
Hall
,
as
so
strong
a
combination
,
that
they
would
give
an
immense
start
in
public
life
to
a
young
man
with
great
family
prestige
,
even
of
small
abilities
;
but
as
Broadhem
has
good
natural
talents
,
and
is
in
the
Upper
House
into
the
bargain
,
the
move
,
in
a
strategical
point
of
view
,
so
far
as
his
future
career
is
concerned
,
is
perfect
.
"
"
I
cannot
tell
you
,
Lord
Frank
,
"
said
Lady
Ursula
,
"
how
distressed
I
am
to
hear
you
talk
in
this
way
.
As
a
woman
,
I
suppose
I
am
not
competent
to
discuss
politics
;
and
if
Broadhem
conscientiously
believes
in
manhood
suffrage
and
the
Low
Church
,
and
considers
it
his
duty
before
God
to
lose
no
opportunity
of
propagating
his
opinions
,
I
should
be
the
first
to
urge
his
using
all
the
influence
which
his
name
and
wealth
give
him
in
what
would
then
become
a
sacred
duty
;
but
the
career
that
you
talk
about
is
not
a
sacred
duty
.
It
is
a
wretched
Will-o'-the-wisp
that
tempts
men
to
wade
through
mire
in
its
pursuit
,
not
the
bright
star
fixed
above
them
in
the
heavens
to
light
up
their
path
.
I
firmly
believe
,
"
she
went
on
,
as
she
warmed
to
her
theme
,
"
that
that
one
word
'
Career
,
'
has
done
more
to
demoralise
public
men
than
any
other
word
in
the
language
.
It
is
one
embodiment
of
that
selfishness
which
we
are
taught
from
our
cradles
.
Boys
go
to
school
with
strict
injunctions
if
possible
to
put
self
at
the
top
of
it
.
They
take
the
highest
honours
at
the
university
purely
for
the
sake
of
self
.
How
can
we
expect
when
they
get
into
Parliament
that
they
should
think
of
anything
but
self
,
until
at
last
the
most
conscientious
of
them
is
only
conscientious
by
contrast
?
Who
is
there
that
ever
tells
them
that
personal
ambition
is
a
sin
the
most
hateful
in
the
sight
of
God
,
the
first
and
not
the
last
'
infirmity
of
noble
minds
'
?
I
know
you
think
me
foolish
and
unpractical
,
and
will
tell
me
mine
is
an
impossible
standard
;
but
I
do
n't
believe
in
impossible
standards
where
public
morality
is
concerned
.
At
all
events
,
let
us
make
some
attempt
in
an
upward
direction
;
and
as
a
first
step
I
propose
to
banish
from
the
vocabulary
that
most
pernicious
of
all
words
,
'
A
Career
.
'
"
She
stopped
,
with
eyes
sparkling
and
cheeks
flushed
;
by
the
way
,
I
did
not
before
remark
,
for
I
only
now
discovered
,
that
she
was
lovely
—
"
wholly
worldly
"
—
what
sacrilege
!
say
rather
"
barely
mortal
;
"
and
I
forthwith
instituted
a
new
category
.
My
own
ideas
,
thought
I
,
expressed
in
feminine
language
;
she
is
converted
already
,
and
stands
in
no
need
of
a
missionary
.
Grandon
himself
could
not
take
higher
ground
;
as
I
thought
of
him
I
looked
up
,
and
found
his
eyes
fixed
upon
us
.
"
My
friend
Grandon
would
sympathise
most
cordially
in
your
sentiments
,
"
I
said
,
generously
;
for
I
had
fallen
a
victim
in
preparing
the
ground
;
I
had
myself
tumbled
into
the
pit
which
I
had
dug
for
her
;
for
had
I
not
endeavoured
to
entrap
her
by
expressing
the
most
unworthy
opinions
,
in
the
hope
that
by
assenting
to
them
she
would
have
furnished
me
with
a
text
to
preach
upon
?
"
Yes
,
"
she
replied
,
in
a
low
tone
,
and
with
a
slight
tremor
in
her
voice
,
"
I
know
what
Lord
Grandon
's
views
are
,
for
he
was
staying
with
us
at
Broadhem
a
few
weeks
ago
,
and
I
heard
him
upon
several
occasions
discussing
the
subject
with
my
brother
.
"
"
Failed
to
convert
him
,
though
,
it
would
appear
,
"
said
I
,
thinking
what
a
delightful
field
for
missionary
operations
Broadhem
House
would
be
.
"
Perhaps
I
should
be
more
successful
.
Grandon
wants
tact
.
Young
men
sometimes
require
very
delicate
handling
.
"
"
So
do
young
women
,
"
said
Lady
Ursula
,
laughing
.
"
Will
you
please
look
under
the
table
for
my
fan
?
"
and
away
sailed
the
ladies
,
leaving
me
rather
red
from
having
got
under
the
table
,
and
very
much
in
love
indeed
.
I
was
roused
from
the
reverie
into
which
I
instantly
fell
by
Dickiefield
telling
me
to
pass
the
wine
,
and
asking
me
if
I
knew
my
next
neighbour
.
I
looked
round
and
saw
a
young
man
with
long
flaxen
hair
,
blue
eyes
,
and
an
unhealthy
complexion
,
dexterously
impaling
pieces
of
apple
upon
his
knife
,
and
conveying
them
with
it
to
his
mouth
.
"
Mr
Wog
,
"
said
Dickiefield
,
"
let
me
introduce
you
to
Lord
Frank
Vanecourt
.
"
"
Who
did
you
say
,
sir
?
"
said
Mr
Wog
,
in
a
strong
American
accent
,
without
taking
the
slightest
notice
of
me
.
"
Lord
Frank
Vanecourt
,
"
said
Dickiefield
.
"
Lord
Frank
Vanecourt
,
sir
,
how
do
you
do
,
sir
?
—
proud
to
make
your
acquaintance
,
sir
,
"
said
Mr
Wog
.
"
The
same
to
you
,
sir
,
"
said
I
.
"
Pray
,
where
were
you
raised
?
"
I
wanted
to
show
Mr
Wog
that
I
was
not
such
a
barbarian
as
he
might
imagine
,
and
knew
how
to
ask
a
civil
question
or
two
.
"
Well
,
sir
,
I
'm
a
Missouri
man
,
"
he
replied
.
"
I
was
a
captain
under
Frank
Blair
,
till
I
was
taken
bad
with
chills
and
fever
;
then
I
gave
up
the
chills
and
kept
the
fever
—
'
oil-fever
'
they
call
it
down
to
Pithole
—
you
've
heard
of
Pithole
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
I
said
,
I
had
heard
of
that
magical
city
.
"
Well
,
just
as
I
struck
oil
,
one
of
your
English
lords
came
over
there
for
the
purpose
of
what
he
called
'
getting
up
petroleum
'
and
we
were
roommates
in
the
same
hotel
for
some
time
,
and
got
quite
friendly
;
and
when
he
saw
my
new
kerosene
lamp
,
and
found
I
was
coming
to
have
it
patented
in
this
country
,
he
promised
to
help
me
to
get
up
a
Patent
Lamp
Company
,
and
gave
me
letters
to
some
of
your
leading
aristocracy
;
so
,
before
leaving
,
I
saw
the
President
,
and
told
him
I
would
report
on
the
state
of
feeling
in
your
highest
circles
about
our
war
.
We
know
what
it
is
in
your
oppressed
classes
,
but
it
aint
every
one
has
a
chance
,
like
me
,
of
finding
out
how
many
copperheads
there
are
among
your
lords
.
My
father
,
sir
,
you
may
have
heard
of
by
name
—
Appollonius
T
.
Wog
,
the
founder
,
and
,
I
may
say
,
the
father
of
the
celebrated
'
Pollywog
Convention
,
'
which
was
named
after
him
,
and
which
unfortunately
burst
up
just
in
time
to
be
too
late
to
save
our
country
from
bursting
up
too
.
"
I
expressed
to
Mr
Wog
my
condolences
on
the
premature
decease
of
the
Pollywog
Convention
,
and
asked
him
how
long
he
had
been
in
England
,
and
whom
he
had
seen
.
"
Well
,
sir
,
"
he
said
,
"
I
have
only
been
here
a
few
days
,
and
I
have
seen
considerable
people
;
but
none
of
them
were
noblemen
,
and
they
are
the
class
I
have
to
report
upon
.
The
Earl
of
Broadhem
,
here
,
is
the
first
with
whom
I
have
conversed
,
and
he
informs
me
that
he
has
just
come
from
one
of
your
universities
,
and
that
the
sympathies
of
the
great
majority
of
your
rising
youth
are
entirely
with
the
North
.
"
"
You
may
report
to
your
Government
that
the
British
youth
of
the
present
day
,
hot
from
the
university
,
are
very
often
prigs
.
"
"
Most
certainly
I
will
,
"
said
Mr
Wog
;
"
the
last
word
,
however
,
is
one
with
which
I
am
not
acquainted
.
"
"
It
is
an
old
English
term
for
profound
thinker
,
"
I
replied
.
Mr
Wog
took
out
a
pocket-book
,
and
made
a
note
;
while
he
was
doing
so
,
he
said
,
with
a
sly
look
,
"
Have
you
an
old
English
word
for
'
quite
a
fine
gurl
'
?
"
"
No
,
"
I
said
;
"
they
are
a
modern
invention
.
"
"
Well
,
sir
,
I
can
tell
you
the
one
that
sat
'
twixt
you
and
me
at
dinner
would
knock
the
spots
out
of
some
of
our
'
Sent
'
Louis
belles
.
"
In
my
then
frame
of
mind
the
remark
caused
me
such
acute
pain
that
I
plunged
into
a
conversation
that
was
going
on
between
Grandon
and
Dickiefield
on
the
present
state
of
our
relations
with
Brazil
,
and
took
no
further
notice
of
Mr
Wog
for
the
rest
of
the
evening
;
only
,
as
my
readers
may
possibly
hear
more
of
him
in
society
during
this
season
,
I
have
thought
it
right
to
introduce
him
to
them
at
once
.
We
all
went
to
hear
Broadhem
's
speech
next
day
,
and
whatever
might
have
been
our
private
opinion
upon
the
matter
,
we
all
,
with
the
exception
of
Grandon
and
Lady
Ursula
,
warmly
congratulated
him
upon
it
afterwards
.
John
Chundango
and
Joseph
Caribbee
Islands
both
made
most
effective
speeches
,
but
we
did
not
feel
the
least
called
upon
to
congratulate
them
:
they
each
alluded
with
great
affection
to
the
heathen
and
to
Lord
Broadhem
.
Chundango
drew
a
facetious
contrast
between
his
lordship
and
an
effeminate
young
Eastern
prince
,
which
was
highly
applauded
by
the
audience
that
crowded
the
town-hall
of
Gullaby
;
and
Joseph
made
a
sort
of
grim
joke
about
the
probable
effect
of
the
"
Court
of
Final
Appeal
"
upon
the
theological
tenets
of
the
Caribbee
Islanders
,
that
made
Lady
Broadhem
cough
disapprobation
,
and
everybody
else
on
the
platform
feel
uncomfortable
.
I
confess
I
have
rather
a
weakness
for
Joseph
.
He
has
a
blunt
off-hand
way
of
treating
the
most
sacred
topics
,
that
you
only
find
among
those
who
are
professionally
familiar
with
the
subject
.
There
is
something
refreshingly
muscular
in
the
way
he
lounges
down
to
the
smoking-room
in
an
old
grey
shooting-coat
,
and
lights
the
short
black
meerschaum
,
which
he
tells
you
kept
off
fever
in
the
Caribbee
Islands
,
while
the
smoke
loses
itself
in
the
depths
of
his
thick
beard
,
which
he
is
obliged
to
wear
because
of
his
delicate
throat
.
There
is
a
force
and
an
ease
in
his
mode
of
dealing
with
inspiration
at
such
a
moment
which
you
feel
must
give
him
an
immense
ascendancy
over
the
native
mind
.
He
possesses
what
may
be
termed
a
dry
ecclesiastical
humour
,
differing
entirely
from
Chundango
's
,
whose
theological
fun
takes
rather
the
form
of
Scriptural
riddles
,
picked
up
while
he
was
a
catechist
.
Neither
he
nor
Broadhem
smoke
,
so
we
had
Wog
and
the
Bishop
to
ourselves
for
half
an
hour
before
going
to
bed
.
"
You
must
come
and
breakfast
with
me
some
morning
in
Piccadilly
to
meet
my
interesting
friend
Brother
Chrysostom
,
my
lord
,
"
said
I
.
I
always
like
to
give
a
bishop
his
title
,
particularly
a
missionary
bishop
;
it
is
a
point
of
ecclesiastical
etiquette
about
which
I
have
heard
that
the
propagators
of
Christianity
were
very
particular
.
"
If
you
will
allow
me
,
sir
,
I
will
join
the
party
,
"
said
Mr
Wog
,
before
the
Bishop
could
reply
;
"
and
as
I
do
n't
know
where
Piccadilly
is
,
I
'll
just
ask
the
Bishop
to
bring
me
along
.
There
is
a
good
deal
of
law
going
on
between
your
bishops
just
now
,
"
our
American
friend
went
on
,
"
and
I
should
like
to
know
the
rights
of
it
.
We
in
our
country
consider
that
your
Ecclesiastical
Court
is
a
most
remarkable
institution
for
a
Christian
land
.
Why
sir
,
law
is
strictly
prohibited
in
a
certain
place
;
and
it
seems
to
me
that
you
might
as
well
talk
of
a
good
devil
as
a
religious
court
.
If
it
is
wrong
for
a
layman
to
go
to
law
,
it
must
be
wrong
for
a
bishop
.
What
's
sauce
for
the
goose
is
sauce
for
the
gander
;
that
proverb
holds
good
in
your
country
as
well
as
mine
,
do
n't
it
?
"
"
The
Ecclesiastical
Court
is
a
court
of
discipline
and
doctrine
rather
than
of
law
,
"
said
Dickiefield
.
"
Well
,
it
's
a
court
anyhow
you
fix
it
;
and
your
parsons
must
be
a
bad
lot
to
want
a
set
of
lawyers
reg'larly
trained
to
keep
them
in
order
.
"
"
Perhaps
Parson
Brownlow
would
have
been
the
better
of
a
court
of
some
kind
,
"
said
the
Bishop
.
"
It
seems
to
me
that
to
be
a
minister
of
the
Gospel
at
one
moment
,
a
colonel
at
another
,
and
the
Governor
of
a
State
at
a
third
,
illustrates
the
abuses
which
arise
when
such
courts
do
n't
exist
.
With
us
,
now
,
when
a
man
once
takes
orders
,
he
remains
in
them
for
the
rest
of
his
life
.
"
"
Even
after
he
has
concluded
not
to
obey
them
,
eh
?
"
asked
Mr
Wog
.
"
Ah
,
Mr
Wog
,
"
I
interrupted
,
"
before
you
return
to
the
oil
regions
,
you
must
make
yourself
acquainted
with
the
enormous
advantages
connected
with
a
State
Church
.
You
must
grasp
the
idea
that
it
is
founded
chiefly
upon
Acts
of
Parliament
—
that
the
clergy
are
only
a
paid
branch
of
the
Civil
Service
,
exercising
police
functions
of
a
very
lofty
and
important
character
.
The
'
orders
'
come
from
the
Queen
,
the
'
Articles
'
are
interpreted
by
the
Privy
Council
,
and
'
England
expects
every
clergyman
to
do
his
duty
.
'
As
I
think
some
of
the
late
doctrinal
decisions
of
the
judicial
committee
are
questionable
,
I
am
drawing
up
a
bill
for
the
reform
of
the
Protestant
religion
,
and
for
the
addition
of
a
fortieth
article
to
the
existing
thirty-nine
.
If
I
can
carry
it
through
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
all
the
convocations
in
Christendom
cannot
prevent
the
nation
from
accepting
it
as
absolute
divine
truth
;
and
I
shall
have
the
extreme
satisfaction
of
feeling
that
I
am
manufacturing
a
creed
for
the
masses
,
and
thus
securing
a
theological
progress
commensurate
with
our
educational
enlightenment
.
As
long
as
the
law
of
the
land
enables
a
majority
of
the
Legislature
to
point
out
the
straight
and
narrow
way
to
the
archbishops
and
bishops
who
have
to
lead
their
flocks
along
it
,
I
have
no
fear
for
the
future
.
It
must
be
a
comfort
to
feel
,
that
if
the
worst
comes
to
the
worst
,
you
have
,
as
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
to
lean
upon
'
my
lord
.
'
"
But
the
"
dry
ecclesiastical
humour
"
of
the
Bishop
,
to
which
I
have
referred
,
did
not
evidently
run
in
the
same
channel
as
mine
.
"
I
do
n't
think
,
"
he
said
,
sternly
,
"
that
this
is
either
the
place
or
the
mode
in
which
to
discuss
subjects
of
so
solemn
a
nature
.
"
"
I
was
only
speaking
of
the
system
generally
,
"
I
retorted
,
"
and
did
not
propose
to
enter
here
upon
any
doctrinal
details
of
a
really
sacred
character
;
those
I
leave
to
ecclesiastical
dignitaries
and
learned
divines
with
initials
,
to
ventilate
in
a
sweet
Christian
spirit
in
the
columns
of
the
daily
press
.
"
But
the
Bishop
had
already
lit
his
candle
,
and
with
an
abrupt
"
good
night
,
"
vanished
.
"
Really
,
Frank
,
"
said
Dickiefield
,
"
it
is
not
fair
of
you
to
drive
my
guests
to
bed
before
they
have
finished
their
pipes
in
that
way
.
What
you
say
may
be
perfectly
true
,
but
there
can
be
no
sort
of
advantage
in
stating
it
so
broadly
.
"
"
My
dear
Dickiefield
,
how
on
earth
is
our
friend
Wog
here
to
understand
what
his
southern
countryman
would
call
'
our
peculiar
institution
,
'
if
somebody
does
not
enlighten
him
?
I
want
him
,
on
his
return
,
to
point
out
to
the
President
the
advantage
of
substituting
a
State
Church
for
the
State
rights
which
are
so
rapidly
disappearing
.
"
Whereupon
we
diverged
into
American
politics
;
and
I
asked
Grandon
an
hour
later
,
as
we
went
to
bed
,
what
he
thought
of
my
first
missionary
effort
.
"
If
the
effect
of
your
preaching
is
to
drive
your
listeners
away
,
"
he
said
,
laughing
,
"
I
am
afraid
it
will
not
meet
with
much
success
.
"
"
It
is
a
disagreeable
task
,
but
somebody
must
do
it
,
"
I
replied
,
feeling
really
discouraged
.
"
It
makes
me
quite
sad
to
look
at
these
poor
wandering
shepherds
,
who
really
mean
to
do
right
,
but
who
are
so
utterly
bewildered
themselves
,
that
they
have
lost
all
power
of
guiding
their
flocks
without
the
assistance
of
lawyers
.
When
did
these
latter
bring
back
'
the
key
of
knowledge
,
'
that
one
of
old
said
they
had
'
taken
away
?
'
or
why
are
they
not
as
'
blind
leaders
of
the
blind
'
now
as
they
were
then
?
If
I
speak
harshly
,
it
is
because
I
fancy
I
see
a
ditch
before
them
.
I
shall
feel
bound
to
trouble
the
Bishop
again
with
a
few
practical
remarks
.
There
is
no
knowing
whether
even
he
may
not
be
brought
to
perceive
that
you
might
as
well
try
to
extract
warmth
from
an
iceberg
as
divine
inspiration
from
the
State
,
and
that
a
Church
without
inspiration
is
simply
a
grate
without
fire
.
The
clergy
may
go
on
teaching
for
doctrine
the
commandments
of
men
,
and
stand
and
shiver
in
a
theology
which
comes
to
them
filtered
through
the
Privy
Council
,
and
which
is
as
cold
and
gloomy
as
the
cathedrals
in
which
it
is
preached
.
But
the
congregations
who
are
crying
aloud
for
light
and
heat
will
go
and
look
for
them
elsewhere
.
"
"
You
are
a
curious
compound
,
Frank
,
"
said
Grandon
;
"
I
never
knew
a
man
whose
moods
changed
so
suddenly
,
or
whose
modes
of
thinking
were
so
spasmodic
and
extreme
;
however
,
I
suppose
you
are
intended
to
be
of
some
use
in
the
world
"
—
and
he
looked
at
me
as
a
philosopher
might
at
a
mosquito
.
"
By
the
way
,
we
must
leave
by
the
early
train
to-morrow
if
we
want
to
get
to
town
in
time
for
the
opening
of
Parliament
.
"
"
I
think
I
shall
stay
over
to-morrow
,
"
I
answered
.
"
Broadhem
is
going
up
,
but
the
ladies
are
going
to
stay
two
days
longer
,
and
the
House
can
open
very
well
without
me
;
besides
,
Chundango
and
the
Bishop
are
going
to
stay
over
Sunday
.
"
"
That
is
an
inducement
,
certainly
,
"
said
Grandon
.
"
Come
,
you
must
have
some
other
reason
!
"
"
My
dear
old
fellow
,
"
said
I
,
putting
my
hand
on
Grandon
's
shoulder
,
"
my
time
is
come
at
last
.
Have
n't
you
remarked
what
low
spirits
I
have
been
in
since
dinner
?
I
ca
n't
bear
it
for
another
twenty-four
hours
!
You
know
my
impulsive
sensitive
nature
.
I
must
know
my
fate
at
once
from
her
own
lips
.
"
"
Whose
own
lips
?
"
said
Grandon
,
with
his
eyes
very
wide
open
.
"
Lady
Ursula
's
,
of
course
!
"
I
replied
.
"
I
knew
her
very
well
as
a
child
,
so
there
is
nothing
very
sudden
about
it
.
"
Well
,
considering
you
have
never
seen
her
since
,
I
do
n't
quite
agree
with
you
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
deeper
tone
than
usual
.
"
In
your
own
interest
,
wait
till
you
know
a
little
more
of
her
.
"
"
Not
another
day
!
Good-night
!
"
and
I
turned
from
him
abruptly
.
"
I
'll
put
myself
out
of
suspense
to-morrow
,
and
keep
the
public
in
it
for
a
month
,
"
thought
I
,
as
I
penned
the
above
for
their
benefit
,
after
which
I
indulged
in
two
hours
of
troubled
sleep
.
PART
II
.
MADNESS
.
Flityville
,
March
20
.
As
the
event
which
I
am
about
to
recount
forms
the
turning-point
of
my
life
—
unless
,
indeed
,
something
still
more
remarkable
happens
,
which
I
do
not
at
present
foresee
,
to
turn
me
back
again
—
I
do
not
feel
that
it
would
be
either
becoming
,
or
indeed
possible
,
for
me
to
maintain
that
vein
of
easy
cheerfulness
which
has
characterised
my
composition
hitherto
.
What
is
fun
to
you
,
O
my
reader
!
may
be
death
to
me
;
and
nothing
can
be
further
from
my
intention
than
to
excite
the
smallest
tendency
to
risibility
on
your
part
at
my
misfortunes
or
trials
.
You
will
already
have
guessed
what
these
are
;
but
how
to
recur
to
those
agonising
details
,
how
to
present
to
you
the
picture
of
my
misery
in
its
true
colours
,
—
nothing
but
the
stern
determination
to
carry
out
my
original
design
,
and
the
conscientious
conviction
that
"
the
story
of
my
life
from
month
to
month
"
may
be
made
a
profitable
study
to
my
fellow-men
,
could
induce
me
in
this
cold-blooded
way
to
tear
open
the
still
unhealed
wound
.
I
came
down
to
breakfast
rather
late
on
the
morning
following
the
events
narrated
in
the
last
chapter
.
Broadhem
and
Grandon
had
already
vanished
from
the
scene
;
so
had
Mr
Wog
,
who
went
up
to
town
to
see
what
he
called
"
the
elephant
,
"
—
an
American
expression
,
signifying
"
to
gain
experience
of
the
world
.
"
The
phrase
originated
in
an
occurrence
at
a
menagerie
,
and
as
upon
this
occasion
Mr
Wog
applied
it
to
the
opening
of
Parliament
,
it
was
not
altogether
inappropriate
.
I
found
still
lingering
over
the
debris
of
breakfast
my
host
and
hostess
,
Lady
Broadhem
and
her
daughters
,
the
Bishop
and
Chundango
.
The
latter
appeared
to
be
having
all
the
talk
to
himself
,
and
,
to
give
him
his
due
,
his
conversation
was
generally
entertaining
.
"
My
dear
mother
,
"
he
was
saying
,
"
still
unconverted
,
has
buried
all
my
jewellery
in
the
back
verandah
.
After
I
had
cleared
a
million
sterling
,
I
divided
it
into
two
parts
;
with
one
part
I
bought
jewels
,
of
which
my
mother
is
an
excellent
judge
,
and
the
other
I
put
out
at
interest
.
Not
forgetting
,
"
with
an
upward
glance
,
"
a
sum
the
interest
of
which
I
do
not
look
for
here
.
"
"
Then
,
did
you
give
all
your
jewels
to
your
mother
?
"
asked
Lady
Broadhem
.
"
Oh
no
;
she
is
