,as
you
call
them
,
would
soon
be
falling
down
like
an
old
wall
.
”
“
Well
,
I
confess
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
I
have
for
some
time
thought
the
principle
of
free
exchange
was
a
sound
one
;
but
its
application
in
a
country
like
this
would
be
very
difficult
,
and
require
,
I
should
think
,
great
prudence
and
moderation
.
”
“
By
prudence
and
moderation
you
mean
ignorance
and
timidity
,
”
said
Thornberry
scornfully
.
“
Not
exactly
that
,
I
hope
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
but
you
cannot
deny
that
the
home
market
is
a
most
important
element
in
the
consideration
of
our
public
wealth
,
and
it
mainly
rests
upon
the
agriculture
of
the
country
.
”
“
Then
it
rests
upon
a
very
poor
foundation
,
”
said
Thornberry
.
“
But
if
any
persons
should
be
more
tempted
than
others
by
free
exchange
,
it
should
be
the
great
body
of
the
consumers
of
this
land
,
who
pay
unjust
and
excessive
prices
for
every
article
they
require
.
No
,
my
dear
Mr.
Ferrars
;
the
question
is
a
very
simple
one
,
and
we
may
talk
for
ever
,
and
we
shall
never
alter
it
.
The
laws
of
this
country
are
made
by
the
proprietors
of
land
,
and
they
make
them
for
their
own
benefit
.
A
man
with
a
large
estate
is
said
to
have
a
great
stake
in
the
country
because
some
hundreds
of
people
or
so
are
more
or
less
dependent
on
him
.
How
has
he
a
greater
interest
in
the
country
than
a
manufacturer
who
has
sunk
100
,
000
pounds
in
machinery
,
and
has
a
thousand
people
,
as
I
had
,
receiving
from
him
weekly
wages
?
No
home
market
,
indeed
!
Pah
!
it
is
an
affair
of
rent
,
and
nothing
more
or
less
.
And
England
is
to
be
ruined
to
keep
up
rents
.
Are
you
going
?
Well
,
I
am
glad
we
have
met
.
Perhaps
we
shall
have
another
talk
together
some
day
.
I
shall
not
return
to
the
works
.
There
is
little
doing
there
,
and
I
must
think
now
of
other
things
.
The
subscriptions
to
the
League
begin
to
come
in
apace
.
Say
what
they
like
in
the
House
of
Commons
and
the
vile
London
press
,
the
thing
is
stirring
.
”
Wishing
to
turn
the
conversation
a
little
,
Endymion
asked
Mrs.
Thornberry
whether
she
occasionally
went
to
London
.
“
Never
was
there
,
”
she
said
,
in
a
sharp
,
clear
voice
;
“
but
I
hope
to
go
soon
.
”
“
You
will
have
a
great
deal
to
see
.
”
“
All
I
want
to
see
,
and
hear
,
is
the
Rev.
Servetus
Frost
,
”
replied
the
lady
.
“
My
idea
of
perfect
happiness
is
to
hear
him
every
Sunday
.
He
comes
here
sometimes
,
for
his
sister
is
settled
here
;
a
very
big
mill
.
He
preached
here
a
month
ago
.
Should
not
I
have
liked
the
bishop
to
have
heard
him
,
that’s
all
!
But
he
would
not
dare
to
go
;
he
could
not
answer
a
point
.
”
“
My
wife
is
of
the
Unitarian
persuasion
,
”
said
Thornberry
.
“
I
am
not
.
I
was
born
in
our
Church
,
and
I
keep
to
it
;
but
I
often
go
to
chapel
with
my
wife
.
As
for
religion
generally
,
if
a
man
believes
in
his
Maker
and
does
his
duty
to
his
neighbours
,
in
my
mind
that
is
sufficient
.
”
Endymion
bade
them
good-bye
,
and
strolled
musingly
towards
his
hotel
.
Just
as
he
reached
the
works
again
,
he
encountered
Enoch
Craggs
,
who
was
walking
into
Manchester
.
“
I
am
going
to
our
institute
,
”
said
Enoch
.
“
I
do
not
know
why
,
but
they
have
put
me
on
the
committee
.
”
“
And
,
I
doubt
not
,
they
did
very
wisely
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Master
Thornberry
was
glad
to
see
you
?
”
said
Enoch
.
“
And
I
was
glad
to
see
him
.
”
“
He
has
got
the
gift
of
speech
,
”
said
Enoch
.
“
And
that
is
a
great
gift
.
”
“
If
wisely
exercised
,
and
I
will
not
say
he
is
not
exercising
it
wisely
.
Certainly
for
his
own
purpose
,
but
whether
that
purpose
is
for
the
general
good
—
query
?
”
“
He
is
against
monopoly
,
”
observed
Endymion
inquiringly
.
“
Query
again
?
”
said
Enoch
.
“
Well
;
he
is
opposed
to
the
corn
laws
.
”
“
The
corn
laws
are
very
bad
laws
,
”
said
Enoch
,
“
and
the
sooner
we
get
rid
of
them
the
better
.
But
there
are
worse
things
than
the
corn
laws
.
”
“
Hem
!
”
said
Endymion
.
“
There
are
the
money
laws
,
”
said
Enoch
.
“
I
did
not
know
you
cared
so
much
about
them
at
Manchester
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
I
thought
it
was
Birmingham
that
was
chiefly
interested
about
currency
.
”
“
I
do
not
care
one
jot
about
currency
,
”
said
Enoch
;
“
and
,
so
far
as
I
can
judge
,
the
Birmingham
chaps
talk
a
deal
of
nonsense
about
the
matter
.
Leastwise
,
they
will
never
convince
me
that
a
slip
of
irredeemable
paper
is
as
good
as
the
young
queen’s
head
on
a
twenty-shilling
piece
.
I
mean
the
laws
that
secure
the
accumulation
of
capital
,
by
which
means
the
real
producers
become
mere
hirelings
,
and
really
are
little
better
than
slaves
.
”
“
But
surely
without
capital
we
should
all
of
us
be
little
better
than
slaves
?
”
“
I
am
not
against
capital
,
”
replied
Enoch
.
“
What
I
am
against
is
capitalists
.
”
“
But
if
we
get
rid
of
capitalists
we
shall
soon
get
rid
of
capital
.
”
“
No
,
no
,
”
said
Enoch
,
with
his
broad
accent
,
shaking
his
head
,
and
with
a
laughing
eye
.
“
Master
Thornberry
has
been
telling
you
that
.
He
is
the
most
inveterate
capitalist
of
the
whole
lot
;
and
I
always
say
,
though
they
keep
aloof
from
him
at
present
,
they
will
be
all
sticking
to
his
skirts
before
long
.
Master
Thornberry
is
against
the
capitalists
in
land
;
but
there
are
other
capitalists
nearer
home
,
and
I
know
more
about
them
.
I
was
reading
a
book
the
other
day
about
King
Charles
—
Charles
the
First
,
whose
head
they
cut
off
—
I
am
very
liking
to
that
time
,
and
read
a
good
deal
about
it
;
and
there
was
Lord
Falkland
,
a
great
gentleman
in
those
days
,
and
he
said
,
when
Archbishop
Laud
was
trying
on
some
of
his
priestly
tricks
,
that
,
‘if
he
were
to
have
a
pope
,
he
would
rather
the
pope
were
at
Rome
than
at
Lambeth.’
So
I
sometimes
think
,
if
we
are
to
be
ruled
by
capitalists
,
I
would
sooner
,
perhaps
,
be
ruled
by
gentlemen
of
estate
,
who
have
been
long
among
us
,
than
by
persons
who
build
big
mills
,
who
come
from
God
knows
where
,
and
,
when
they
have
worked
their
millions
out
of
our
flesh
and
bone
,
go
God
knows
where
.
But
perhaps
we
shall
get
rid
of
them
all
some
day
—
landlords
and
mill-lords
.
”
“
And
whom
will
you
substitute
for
them
?
”
“
The
producers
,
”
said
Enoch
,
with
a
glance
half
savage
,
half
triumphant
.
“
What
can
workmen
do
without
capital
?
”
“
Why
,
they
make
the
capital
,
”
said
Enoch
;
“
and
if
they
make
the
capital
,
is
it
not
strange
that
they
should
not
be
able
to
contrive
some
means
to
keep
the
capital
?
Why
,
Job
was
saying
the
other
day
that
there
was
nothing
like
a
principle
to
work
upon
.
It
would
carry
all
before
it
.
So
say
I
.
And
I
have
a
principle
too
,
though
it
is
not
Master
Thornberry’s
.
But
it
will
carry
all
before
it
,
though
it
may
not
be
in
my
time
.
But
I
am
not
so
sure
of
that
.
”
“
And
what
is
it
?
”
asked
Endymion
.
“
CO-OPERATION
.
”
CHAPTER
LXIV
This
strangely-revived
acquaintance
with
Job
Thornberry
was
not
an
unfruitful
incident
in
the
life
of
Endymion
.
Thornberry
was
a
man
of
original
mind
and
singular
energy
;
and
,
although
of
extreme
views
on
commercial
subjects
,
all
his
conclusions
were
founded
on
extensive
and
various
information
,
combined
with
no
inconsiderable
practice
.
The
mind
of
Thornberry
was
essentially
a
missionary
one
.
He
was
always
ready
to
convert
people
;
and
he
acted
with
ardour
and
interest
on
a
youth
who
,
both
by
his
ability
and
his
social
position
,
was
qualified
to
influence
opinion
.
But
this
youth
was
gifted
with
a
calm
,
wise
judgment
,
of
the
extent
and
depth
of
which
he
was
scarcely
conscious
himself
;
and
Thornberry
,
like
all
propagandists
,
was
more
remarkable
for
his
zeal
and
his
convictions
,
than
for
that
observation
and
perception
of
character
which
are
the
finest
elements
in
the
management
of
men
and
affairs
.
“
What
you
should
do
,
”
said
Thornberry
,
one
day
,
to
Endymion
,
“
is
to
go
to
Scotland
;
go
to
the
Glasgow
district
;
that
city
itself
,
and
Paisley
,
and
Kilmarnock
—
keep
your
eye
on
Paisley
.
I
am
much
mistaken
if
there
will
not
soon
be
a
state
of
things
there
which
alone
will
break
up
the
whole
concern
.
It
will
burst
it
,
sir
;
it
will
burst
it
.
”
So
Endymion
,
without
saying
anything
,
quietly
went
to
Glasgow
and
its
district
,
and
noted
enough
to
make
him
resolve
soon
to
visit
there
again
;
but
the
cabinet
reassembled
in
the
early
part
of
November
,
and
he
had
to
return
to
his
duties
.
In
his
leisure
hours
,
Endymion
devoted
himself
to
the
preparation
of
a
report
,
for
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
,
on
the
condition
and
prospects
of
the
manufacturing
districts
of
the
North
of
England
,
with
some
illustrative
reference
to
that
of
the
country
beyond
the
Tweed
.
He
concluded
it
before
Christmas
,
and
Mr.
Wilton
took
it
down
with
him
to
Gaydene
,
to
study
it
at
his
leisure
.
Endymion
passed
his
holidays
with
Lord
and
Lady
Montfort
,
at
their
southern
seat
,
Princedown
.
Endymion
spoke
to
Lady
Montfort
a
little
about
his
labours
,
for
he
had
no
secrets
from
her
;
but
she
did
not
much
sympathise
with
him
,
though
she
liked
him
to
be
sedulous
and
to
distinguish
himself
.
“
Only
,
”
she
observed
,
“
take
care
not
to
be
doctrinaire
,
Endymion
.
I
am
always
afraid
of
that
with
you
.
It
is
Sidney’s
fault
;
he
always
was
doctrinaire
.
It
was
a
great
thing
for
you
becoming
his
private
secretary
;
to
be
the
private
secretary
of
a
cabinet
minister
is
a
real
step
in
life
,
and
I
shall
always
be
most
grateful
to
Sidney
,
whom
I
love
for
appointing
you
;
but
still
,
if
I
could
have
had
my
wish
,
you
should
have
been
Lord
Roehampton’s
private
secretary
.
That
is
real
politics
,
and
he
is
a
real
statesman
.
You
must
not
let
Mr.
Wilton
mislead
you
about
the
state
of
affairs
in
the
cabinet
.
The
cabinet
consists
of
the
prime
minister
and
Lord
Roehampton
,
and
,
if
they
are
united
,
all
the
rest
is
vapour
.
And
they
will
not
consent
to
any
nonsense
about
touching
the
corn
laws
;
you
may
be
sure
of
that
.
Besides
,
I
will
tell
you
a
secret
,
which
is
not
yet
Pulchinello’s
secret
,
though
I
daresay
it
will
be
known
when
we
all
return
to
town
—
we
shall
have
a
great
event
when
parliament
meets
;
a
royal
marriage
.
What
think
you
of
that
?
The
young
queen
is
going
to
be
married
,
and
to
a
young
prince
,
like
a
prince
in
a
fairy
tale
.
As
Lord
Roehampton
wrote
to
me
this
morning
,
‘Our
royal
marriage
will
be
much
more
popular
than
the
Anti-Corn-Law
League.’
”
The
royal
marriage
was
very
popular
;
but
,
unfortunately
,
it
reflected
no
splendour
on
the
ministry
.
The
world
blessed
the
queen
and
cheered
the
prince
,
but
shook
its
head
at
the
government
.
Sir
Robert
Peel
also
—
whether
from
his
own
motive
or
the
irresistible
impulse
of
his
party
need
not
now
be
inquired
into
—
sanctioned
a
direct
attack
on
the
government
,
in
the
shape
of
a
vote
of
want
of
confidence
in
them
,
immediately
the
court
festivities
were
over
,
and
the
attack
was
defeated
by
a
narrow
majority
.
“
Nothing
could
be
more
unprincipled
,
”
said
Berengaria
,
“
after
he
had
refused
to
take
office
last
year
.
As
for
our
majority
,
it
is
,
under
such
circumstances
,
twenty
times
more
than
we
want
.
As
Lord
Roehampton
says
,
one
is
enough
.
”
Trade
and
revenue
continued
to
decline
.
There
was
again
the
prospect
of
a
deficiency
.
The
ministry
,
too
,
was
kept
in
by
the
Irish
vote
,
and
the
Irish
then
were
very
unpopular
.
The
cabinet
itself
generally
was
downcast
,
and
among
themselves
occasionally
murmured
a
regret
that
they
had
not
retired
when
the
opportunity
offered
in
the
preceding
year
.
Berengaria
,
however
,
would
not
bate
an
inch
of
confidence
and
courage
.
“
You
think
too
much
,
”
she
said
to
Endymion
,
“
of
trade
and
finance
.
Trade
always
comes
back
,
and
finance
never
ruined
a
country
,
or
an
individual
either
if
he
had
pluck
.
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
is
a
croaker
.
The
things
he
fears
will
never
happen
;
or
,
if
they
do
,
will
turn
out
to
be
unimportant
.
Look
to
Lord
Roehampton
;
he
is
the
man
.
He
does
not
care
a
rush
whether
the
revenue
increases
or
declines
.
He
is
thinking
of
real
politics
:
foreign
affairs
;
maintaining
our
power
in
Europe
.
Something
will
happen
,
before
the
session
is
over
,
in
the
Mediterranean
;
”
and
she
pressed
her
finger
to
her
lip
,
and
then
she
added
,
“
The
country
will
support
Lord
Roehampton
as
they
supported
Pitt
,
and
give
him
any
amount
of
taxes
that
he
likes
.
”
In
the
meantime
,
the
social
world
had
its
incidents
as
well
as
the
political
,
and
not
less
interesting
.
Not
one
of
the
most
insignificant
,
perhaps
,
was
the
introduction
into
society
of
the
Countess
of
Beaumaris
.
Her
husband
,
sacrificing
even
his
hunting
,
had
come
up
to
town
at
the
meeting
of
parliament
,
and
received
his
friends
in
a
noble
mansion
on
Piccadilly
Terrace
.
All
its
equipments
were
sumptuous
and
refined
,
and
everything
had
been
arranged
under
the
personal
supervision
of
Mr.
Waldershare
.
They
commenced
very
quietly
;
dinners
little
but
constant
,
and
graceful
and
finished
as
a
banquet
of
Watteau
.
No
formal
invitations
;
men
were
brought
in
to
dinner
from
the
House
of
Lords
“
just
up
,
”
or
picked
up
,
as
it
were
carelessly
,
in
the
House
of
Commons
by
Mr.
Waldershare
,
or
were
asked
by
Imogene
,
at
a
dozen
hours’
notice
,
in
billets
of
irresistible
simplicity
.
Soon
it
was
whispered
about
,
that
the
thing
to
do
was
to
dine
with
Beaumaris
,
and
that
Lady
Beaumaris
was
“
something
too
delightful
.
”
Prince
Florestan
frequently
dined
there
;
Waldershare
always
there
,
in
a
state
of
coruscation
;
and
every
man
of
fashion
in
the
opposite
ranks
,
especially
if
they
had
brains
.
Then
,
in
a
little
time
,
it
was
gently
hoped
that
Imogene
should
call
on
their
wives
and
mothers
,
or
their
wives
and
mothers
call
on
her
;
and
then
she
received
,
without
any
formal
invitation
,
twice
a
week
;
and
as
there
was
nothing
going
on
in
London
,
or
nothing
half
so
charming
,
everybody
who
was
anybody
came
to
Piccadilly
Terrace
;
and
so
as
,
after
long
observation
,
a
new
planet
is
occasionally
discovered
by
a
philosopher
,
thus
society
suddenly
and
indubitably
discovered
that
there
was
at
last
a
Tory
house
.
Lady
Roehampton
,
duly
apprised
of
affairs
by
her
brother
,
had
called
on
Lord
and
Lady
Beaumaris
,
and
had
invited
them
to
her
house
.
It
was
the
first
appearance
of
Imogene
in
general
society
,
and
it
was
successful
.
Her
large
brown
eyes
,
and
long
black
lashes
,
her
pretty
mouth
and
dimple
,
her
wondrous
hair
—
which
,
it
was
whispered
,
unfolded
,
touched
the
ground
—
struck
every
one
,
and
the
dignified
simplicity
of
her
carriage
was
attractive
.
Her
husband
never
left
her
side
;
while
Mr.
Waldershare
was
in
every
part
of
the
saloons
,
watching
her
from
distant
points
,
to
see
how
she
got
on
,
or
catching
the
remarks
of
others
on
her
appearance
.
Myra
was
kind
to
her
as
well
as
courteous
,
and
,
when
the
stream
of
arriving
guests
had
somewhat
ceased
,
sought
her
out
and
spoke
to
her
;
and
then
put
her
arm
in
hers
,
walked
with
her
for
a
moment
,
and
introduced
her
to
one
or
two
great
personages
,
who
had
previously
intimated
their
wish
or
their
consent
to
that
effect
.
Lady
Montfort
was
not
one
of
these
.
When
parties
are
equal
,
and
the
struggle
for
power
is
intense
,
society
loses
much
of
its
sympathy
and
softness
.
Lady
Montfort
could
endure
the
presence
of
Tories
,
provided
they
were
her
kinsfolk
,
and
would
join
,
even
at
their
houses
,
in
traditionary
festivities
;
but
she
shrank
from
passing
the
line
,
and
at
once
had
a
prejudice
against
Imogene
,
who
she
instinctively
felt
might
become
a
power
for
the
enemy
.
“
I
will
not
have
you
talk
so
much
to
that
Lady
Beaumaris
,
”
she
said
to
Endymion
.
“
She
is
an
old
friend
of
mine
,
”
he
replied
.
“
How
could
you
have
known
her
?
She
was
a
shop-girl
,
was
not
she
,
or
something
of
that
sort
?
”
“
She
and
her
family
were
very
kind
to
me
when
I
was
not
much
better
than
a
shop-boy
myself
,
”
replied
Endymion
,
with
a
mantling
cheek
.
“
They
are
most
respectable
people
,
and
I
have
a
great
regard
for
her
.
”
“
Indeed
!
Well
;
I
will
not
keep
you
from
your
Tory
woman
,
”
said
Berengaria
rudely
;
and
she
walked
away
.
Altogether
,
this
season
of
‘40
was
not
a
very
satisfactory
one
in
any
respect
,
as
regarded
society
or
the
country
in
general
.
Party
passion
was
at
its
highest
.
The
ministry
retained
office
almost
by
a
casting
vote
;
were
frequently
defeated
on
important
questions
;
and
whenever
a
vacancy
occurred
,
it
was
filled
by
their
opponents
.
Their
unpopularity
increased
daily
,
and
it
was
stimulated
by
the
general
distress
.
All
that
Job
Thornberry
had
predicted
as
to
the
state
of
manufacturing
Scotland
duly
occurred
.
Besides
manufacturing
distress
,
they
had
to
encounter
a
series
of
bad
harvests
.
Never
was
a
body
of
statesmen
placed
in
a
more
embarrassing
and
less
enviable
position
.
There
was
a
prevalent
,
though
unfounded
,
conviction
that
they
were
maintained
in
power
by
a
combination
of
court
favour
with
Irish
sedition
.
Lady
Montfort
and
Lord
Roehampton
were
the
only
persons
who
never
lost
heart
.
She
was
defiant
;
and
he
ever
smiled
,
at
least
in
public
.
“
What
nonsense
!
”
she
would
say
.
“
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
talks
about
the
revenue
falling
off
!
As
if
the
revenue
could
ever
really
fall
off
!
And
then
our
bad
harvests
.
Why
,
that
is
the
very
reason
we
shall
have
an
excellent
harvest
this
year
.
You
cannot
go
on
always
having
bad
harvests
.
Besides
,
good
harvests
never
make
a
ministry
popular
.
Nobody
thanks
a
ministry
for
a
good
harvest
.
What
makes
a
ministry
popular
is
some
great
coup
in
foreign
affairs
.
”
Amid
all
these
exciting
disquietudes
,
Endymion
pursued
a
life
of
enjoyment
,
but
also
of
observation
and
much
labour
.
He
lived
more
and
more
with
the
Montforts
,
but
the
friendship
of
Berengaria
was
not
frivolous
.
Though
she
liked
him
to
be
seen
where
he
ought
to
figure
,
and
required
a
great
deal
of
attention
herself
,
she
ever
impressed
on
him
that
his
present
life
was
only
a
training
for
a
future
career
,
and
that
his
mind
should
ever
be
fixed
on
the
attainment
of
a
high
position
.
Particularly
she
impressed
on
him
the
importance
of
being
a
linguist
.
“
There
will
be
a
reaction
some
day
from
all
this
political
economy
,
”
she
would
say
,
“
and
then
there
will
be
no
one
ready
to
take
the
helm
.
”
Endymion
was
not
unworthy
of
the
inspiring
interest
which
Lady
Montfort
took
in
him
.
The
terrible
vicissitudes
of
his
early
years
had
gravely
impressed
his
character
.
Though
ambitious
,
he
was
prudent
;
and
,
though
born
to
please
and
be
pleased
,
he
was
sedulous
and
self-restrained
.
Though
naturally
deeply
interested
in
the
fortunes
of
his
political
friends
,
and
especially
of
Lord
Roehampton
and
Mr.
Wilton
,
a
careful
scrutiny
of
existing
circumstances
had
prepared
him
for
an
inevitable
change
;
and
,
remembering
what
was
their
position
but
a
few
years
back
,
he
felt
that
his
sister
and
himself
should
be
reconciled
to
their
altered
lot
,
and
be
content
.
She
would
still
be
a
peeress
,
and
the
happy
wife
of
an
illustrious
man
;
and
he
himself
,
though
he
would
have
to
relapse
into
the
drudgery
of
a
public
office
,
would
meet
duties
the
discharge
of
which
was
once
the
object
of
his
ambition
,
coupled
now
with
an
adequate
income
and
with
many
friends
.
And
among
those
friends
,
there
were
none
with
whom
he
maintained
his
relations
more
intimately
than
with
the
Neuchatels
.
He
was
often
their
guest
both
in
town
and
at
Hainault
,
and
he
met
them
frequently
in
society
,
always
at
the
receptions
of
Lady
Montfort
and
his
sister
.
Zenobia
used
sometimes
to
send
him
a
card
;
but
these
condescending
recognitions
of
late
had
ceased
,
particularly
as
the
great
dame
heard
he
was
“
always
at
that
Lady
Beaumaris’s
.
”
One
of
the
social
incidents
of
his
circle
,
not
the
least
interesting
to
him
,
was
the
close
attendance
of
Adriana
and
her
mother
on
the
ministrations
of
Nigel
Penruddock
.
They
had
become
among
the
most
devoted
of
his
flock
;
and
this
,
too
,
when
the
rapid
and
startling
development
of
his
sacred
offices
had
so
alarmed
the
easy
,
though
sagacious
,
Lord
Roehampton
,
that
he
had
absolutely
expressed
his
wish
to
Myra
that
she
should
rarely
attend
them
,
and
,
indeed
,
gradually
altogether
drop
a
habit
which
might
ultimately
compromise
her
.
Berengaria
had
long
ago
quitted
him
.
This
was
attributed
to
her
reputed
caprice
,
yet
it
was
not
so
.
“
I
like
a
man
to
be
practical
,
”
she
said
.
“
When
I
asked
for
a
deanery
for
him
the
other
day
,
the
prime
minister
said
he
could
hardly
make
a
man
a
dean
who
believed
in
the
Real
Presence
.
”
Nigel’s
church
,
however
,
was
more
crowded
than
ever
,
and
a
large
body
of
the
clergy
began
to
look
upon
him
as
the
coming
man
.
Towards
the
end
of
the
year
the
“
great
coup
in
foreign
affairs
,
”
which
Lady
Montfort
had
long
brooded
over
,
and
indeed
foreseen
,
occurred
,
and
took
the
world
,
who
were
all
thinking
of
something
else
,
entirely
by
surprise
.
A
tripartite
alliance
of
great
powers
had
suddenly
started
into
life
;
the
Egyptian
host
was
swept
from
the
conquered
plains
of
Asia
Minor
and
Syria
by
English
blue-jackets
;
St.
Jean
d’Acre
,
which
had
baffled
the
great
Napoleon
,
was
bombarded
and
taken
by
a
British
fleet
;
and
the
whole
fortunes
of
the
world
in
a
moment
seemed
changed
,
and
permanently
changed
.
“
I
am
glad
it
did
not
occur
in
the
season
,
”
said
Zenobia
.
“
I
really
could
not
stand
Lady
Montfort
if
it
were
May
.
”
The
ministry
was
elate
,
and
their
Christmas
was
right
merrie
.
There
seemed
good
cause
for
this
.
It
was
a
triumph
of
diplomatic
skill
,
national
valour
,
and
administrative
energy
.
Myra
was
prouder
of
her
husband
than
ever
,
and
,
amid
all
the
excitement
,
he
smiled
on
her
with
sunny
fondness
.
Everybody
congratulated
her
.
She
gave
a
little
reception
before
the
holidays
,
to
which
everybody
came
who
was
in
town
or
passing
through
.
Even
Zenobia
appeared
;
but
she
stayed
a
very
short
time
,
talking
very
rapidly
.
Prince
Florestan
paid
his
grave
devoirs
,
with
a
gaze
which
seemed
always
to
search
into
Lady
Roehampton’s
inmost
heart
,
yet
never
lingering
about
her
;
and
Waldershare
,
full
of
wondrous
compliments
and
conceits
,
and
really
enthusiastic
,
for
he
ever
sympathised
with
action
;
and
Imogene
,
gorgeous
with
the
Beaumaris
sapphires
;
and
Sidney
Wilton
,
who
kissed
his
hostess’s
hand
,
and
Adriana
,
who
kissed
her
cheek
.
“
I
tell
you
what
,
Mr.
Endymion
,
”
said
Mr.
Neuchatel
,
“
you
should
make
Lord
Roehampton
your
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
then
your
government
might
perhaps
go
on
a
little
.
”
CHAPTER
LXV
But
,
as
Mr.
Tadpole
observed
,
with
much
originality
,
at
the
Carlton
,
they
were
dancing
on
a
volcano
.
It
was
December
,
and
the
harvest
was
not
yet
all
got
in
,
the
spring
corn
had
never
grown
,
and
the
wheat
was
rusty
;
there
was
,
he
well
knew
,
another
deficiency
in
the
revenue
,
to
be
counted
by
millions
;
wise
men
shook
their
heads
and
said
the
trade
was
leaving
the
country
,
and
it
was
rumoured
that
the
whole
population
of
Paisley
lived
on
the
rates
.
“
Lord
Roehampton
thinks
that
something
must
be
done
about
the
corn
laws
,
”
murmured
Berengaria
one
day
to
Endymion
,
rather
crestfallen
;
“
but
they
will
try
sugar
and
timber
first
.
I
think
it
all
nonsense
,
but
nonsense
is
sometimes
necessary
.
”
This
was
the
first
warning
of
that
famous
budget
of
1841
which
led
to
such
vast
consequences
,
and
which
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
gave
such
a
new
form
and
colour
to
English
politics
.
Sidney
Wilton
and
his
friends
were
at
length
all-powerful
in
the
cabinet
,
because
,
in
reality
,
there
was
nobody
to
oppose
them
.
The
vessel
was
waterlogged
.
The
premier
shrugged
his
shoulders
;
and
Lord
Roehampton
said
,
“
We
may
as
well
try
it
,
because
the
alternative
is
,
we
shall
have
to
resign
.
”
Affairs
went
on
badly
for
the
ministry
during
the
early
part
of
the
session
.
They
were
more
than
once
in
a
minority
,
and
on
Irish
questions
,
which
then
deeply
interested
the
country
;
but
they
had
resolved
that
their
fate
should
be
decided
by
their
financial
measures
,
and
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
and
his
friends
were
still
sanguine
as
to
the
result
.
On
the
last
day
of
April
the
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
introduced
the
budget
,
and
proposed
to
provide
for
the
deficiency
by
reducing
the
protective
duties
on
sugar
and
timber
.
A
few
days
after
,
the
leader
of
the
House
of
Commons
himself
announced
a
change
in
the
corn
laws
,
and
the
intended
introduction
of
grain
at
various-priced
duties
per
quarter
.
Then
commenced
the
struggle
of
a
month
.
Ultimately
,
Sir
Robert
Peel
himself
gave
notice
of
a
resolution
of
want
of
confidence
in
the
ministry
;
and
after
a
week’s
debate
,
it
was
carried
,
in
an
almost
complete
house
,
by
a
majority
of
one
!
It
was
generally
supposed
that
the
ministry
would
immediately
resign
.
Their
new
measures
had
not
revived
their
popularity
,
and
the
parliament
in
which
they
had
been
condemned
had
been
elected
under
their
own
advice
and
influence
.
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
had
even
told
Endymion
to
get
their
papers
in
order
;
and
all
around
the
somewhat
dejected
private
secretary
there
were
unmistakable
signs
of
that
fatal
flitting
which
is
peculiarly
sickening
to
the
youthful
politician
.
He
was
breakfasting
in
his
rooms
at
the
Albany
with
not
a
good
appetite
.
Although
he
had
for
some
time
contemplated
the
possibility
of
such
changes
—
and
contemplated
them
,
as
he
thought
,
with
philosophy
—
when
it
came
to
reality
and
practice
,
he
found
his
spirit
was
by
no
means
so
calm
,
or
his
courage
so
firm
,
as
he
had
counted
on
.
The
charms
of
office
arrayed
themselves
before
him
.
The
social
influence
,
the
secret
information
,
the
danger
,
the
dexterity
,
the
ceaseless
excitement
,
the
delights
of
patronage
which
everybody
affects
to
disregard
,
the
power
of
benefiting
others
,
and
often
the
worthy
and
unknown
which
is
a
real
joy
—
in
eight-and-forty
hours
or
so
,
all
these
,
to
which
he
had
now
been
used
for
some
time
,
and
which
with
his
plastic
disposition
had
become
a
second
nature
,
were
to
vanish
,
and
probably
never
return
.
Why
should
they
?
He
took
the
gloomiest
view
of
the
future
,
and
his
inward
soul
acknowledged
that
the
man
the
country
wanted
was
Peel
.
Why
might
he
not
govern
as
long
as
Pitt
?
He
probably
would
.
Peel
!
his
father’s
friend
!
And
this
led
to
a
train
of
painful
but
absorbing
memories
,
and
he
sat
musing
and
abstracted
,
fiddling
with
an
idle
egg-spoon
.
His
servant
came
in
with
a
note
,
which
he
eagerly
opened
.
It
ran
thus
:
“
I
must
see
you
instantly
.
I
am
here
in
the
brougham
,
Cork
Street
end
.
Come
directly
.
B
.
M
.
”
Endymion
had
to
walk
up
half
the
Albany
,
and
marked
the
brougham
the
whole
way
.
There
was
in
it
an
eager
and
radiant
face
.
“
You
had
better
get
in
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
for
in
these
stirring
times
some
of
the
enemy
may
be
passing
.
And
now
,
”
she
continued
,
when
the
door
was
fairly
shut
,
“
nobody
knows
it
,
not
five
people
.
They
are
going
to
dissolve
.
”
“
To
dissolve
!
”
exclaimed
Endymion
.
“
Will
that
help
us
?
”
“
Very
likely
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
“
We
have
had
our
share
of
bad
luck
,
and
now
we
may
throw
in
.
Cheap
bread
is
a
fine
cry
.
Indeed
it
is
too
shocking
that
there
should
be
laws
which
add
to
the
price
of
what
everybody
agrees
is
the
staff
of
life
.
But
you
do
nothing
but
stare
,
Endymion
;
I
thought
you
would
be
in
a
state
of
the
greatest
excitement
!
”
“
I
am
rather
stunned
than
excited
.
”
“
Well
,
but
you
must
not
be
stunned
,
you
must
act
.
This
is
a
crisis
for
our
party
,
but
it
is
something
more
for
you
.
It
is
your
climacteric
.
They
may
lose
;
but
you
must
win
,
if
you
will
only
bestir
yourself
.
See
the
whips
directly
,
and
get
the
most
certain
seat
you
can
.
Nothing
must
prevent
your
being
in
the
new
parliament
.
”
“
I
see
everything
to
prevent
it
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
I
have
no
means
of
getting
into
parliament
—
no
means
of
any
kind
.
”
“
Means
must
be
found
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
We
cannot
stop
now
to
talk
about
means
.
That
would
be
a
mere
waste
of
time
.
The
thing
must
be
done
.
I
am
now
going
to
your
sister
,
to
consult
with
her
.
All
you
have
got
to
do
is
to
make
up
your
mind
that
you
will
be
in
the
next
parliament
,
and
you
will
succeed
;
for
everything
in
this
world
depends
upon
will
.
”
“
I
think
everything
in
this
world
depends
upon
woman
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
It
is
the
same
thing
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
Adriana
was
with
Lady
Roehampton
when
Lady
Montfort
was
announced
.
Adriana
came
to
console
;
but
she
herself
was
not
without
solace
,
for
,
if
there
were
a
change
of
government
,
she
would
see
more
of
her
friend
.
“
Well
;
I
was
prepared
for
it
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
.
“
I
have
always
been
expecting
something
ever
since
what
they
called
the
Bed-Chamber
Plot
.
”
“
Well
;
it
gave
us
two
years
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
;
“
and
we
are
not
out
yet
.
”
Here
were
three
women
,
young
,
beautiful
,
and
powerful
,
and
all
friends
of
Endymion
—
real
friends
.
Property
does
not
consist
merely
of
parks
and
palaces
,
broad
acres
,
funds
in
many
forms
,
services
of
plate
,
and
collections
of
pictures
.
The
affections
of
the
heart
are
property
,
and
the
sympathy
of
the
right
person
is
often
worth
a
good
estate
.
These
three
charming
women
were
cordial
,
and
embraced
each
other
when
they
met
;
but
the
conversation
flagged
,
and
the
penetrating
eye
of
Myra
read
in
the
countenance
of
Lady
Montfort
the
urgent
need
of
confidence
.
“
So
,
dearest
Adriana
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
we
will
drive
out
together
at
three
o’clock
.
I
will
call
on
you
.
”
And
Adriana
disappeared
.
“
You
know
it
?
”
said
Lady
Montfort
when
they
were
alone
.
“
Of
course
you
know
it
.
Besides
,
I
know
you
know
it
.
What
I
have
come
about
is
this
;
your
brother
must
be
in
the
new
parliament
.
”
“
I
have
not
seen
him
;
I
have
not
mentioned
it
to
him
,
”
said
Myra
,
somewhat
hesitatingly
.
“
I
have
seen
him
;
I
have
mentioned
it
to
him
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
decidedly
.
“
He
makes
difficulties
;
there
must
be
none
.
He
will
consult
you
.
I
came
on
at
once
that
you
might
be
prepared
.
No
difficulty
must
be
admitted
.
His
future
depends
on
it
.
”
“
I
live
for
his
future
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
.
“
He
will
talk
to
you
about
money
.
These
things
always
cost
money
.
As
a
general
rule
,
nobody
has
money
who
ought
to
have
it
.
I
know
dear
Lord
Roehampton
is
very
kind
to
you
;
but
,
all
his
life
,
he
never
had
too
much
money
at
his
command
;
though
why
,
I
never
could
make
out
.
And
my
lord
has
always
had
too
much
money
;
but
I
do
not
much
care
to
talk
to
him
about
these
affairs
.
The
thing
must
be
done
.
What
is
the
use
of
a
diamond
necklace
if
you
cannot
help
a
friend
into
parliament
?
But
all
I
want
to
know
now
is
that
you
will
throw
no
difficulties
in
his
way
.
Help
him
,
too
,
if
you
can
.
”
“
I
wish
Endymion
had
married
,
”
replied
Myra
.
“
Well
;
I
do
not
see
how
that
would
help
affairs
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
Besides
,
I
dislike
married
men
.
They
are
very
uninteresting
.
”
“
I
mean
,
I
wish
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
musingly
,
“
that
he
had
made
a
great
match
.
”
“
That
is
not
very
easy
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
and
great
matches
are
generally
failures
.
All
the
married
heiresses
I
have
known
have
shipwrecked
.
”
“
And
yet
it
is
possible
to
marry
an
heiress
and
love
her
,
”
said
Myra
.
“
It
is
possible
,
but
very
improbable
.
”
“
I
think
one
might
easily
love
the
person
who
has
just
left
the
room
.
”
“
Miss
Neuchatel
?
”
“
Adriana
.
Do
not
you
agree
with
me
?
”
“
Miss
Neuchatel
will
never
marry
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
unless
she
loses
her
fortune
.
”
“
Well
;
do
you
know
,
I
have
sometimes
thought
that
she
liked
Endymion
?
I
never
could
encourage
such
a
feeling
;
and
Endymion
,
I
am
sure
,
would
not
.
I
wish
,
I
almost
wish
,
”
added
Lady
Roehampton
,
trying
to
speak
with
playfulness
,
“
that
you
would
use
your
magic
influence
,
dear
Lady
Montfort
,
and
bring
it
about
.
He
would
soon
get
into
parliament
then
.
”
“
I
have
tried
to
marry
Miss
Neuchatel
once
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
with
a
mantling
cheek
,
“
and
I
am
glad
to
say
I
did
not
succeed
.
My
match-making
is
over
.
”
There
was
a
dead
silence
;
one
of
those
still
moments
which
almost
seem
inconsistent
with
life
,
certainly
with
the
presence
of
more
than
one
human
being
.
Lady
Roehampton
seemed
buried
in
deep
thought
.
She
was
quite
abstracted
,
her
eyes
fixed
,
and
fixed
upon
the
ground
.
All
the
history
of
her
life
passed
through
her
brain
—
all
the
history
of
their
lives
;
from
the
nursery
to
this
proud
moment
,
proud
even
with
all
its
searching
anxiety
.
And
yet
the
period
of
silence
could
be
counted
almost
by
seconds
.
Suddenly
she
looked
up
with
a
flushed
cheek
and
a
dazed
look
,
and
said
,
“
It
must
be
done
.
”
Lady
Montfort
sprang
forward
with
a
glance
radiant
with
hope
and
energy
,
and
kissed
her
on
both
cheeks
.
“
Dearest
Lady
Roehampton
,
”
she
exclaimed
,
“
dearest
Myra
!
I
knew
you
would
agree
with
me
.
Yes
!
it
must
be
done
.
”
“
You
will
see
him
perhaps
before
I
do
?
”
inquired
Myra
rather
hesitatingly
.
“
I
see
him
every
day
at
the
same
time
,
”
replied
Lady
Montfort
.
“
He
generally
walks
down
to
the
House
of
Commons
with
Mr.
Wilton
,
and
when
they
have
answered
questions
,
and
he
has
got
all
the
news
of
the
lobby
,
he
comes
to
me
.
I
always
manage
to
get
home
from
my
drive
to
give
him
half
an
hour
before
dinner
.
”
CHAPTER
LXVI
Lady
Montfort
drove
off
to
the
private
residence
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
,
who
was
of
course
in
the
great
secret
.
She
looked
over
his
lists
,
examined
his
books
,
and
seemed
to
have
as
much
acquaintance
with
electioneering
details
as
that
wily
and
experienced
gentleman
himself
.
“
Is
there
anything
I
can
do
?
”
she
repeatedly
inquired
;
“
command
me
without
compunction
.
Is
it
any
use
giving
any
parties
?
Can
I
write
any
letters
?
Can
I
see
anybody
?
”
“
If
you
could
stir
up
my
lord
a
little
?
”
said
the
secretary
inquiringly
.
“
Well
,
that
is
difficult
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
perhaps
impossible
.
But
you
have
all
his
influence
,
and
when
there
is
a
point
that
presses
you
must
let
me
know
.
”
“
If
he
would
only
speak
to
his
agents
?
”
said
the
secretary
,
“
but
they
say
he
will
not
,
and
he
has
a
terrible
fellow
in
—
—
shire
,
who
I
hear
is
one
of
the
stewards
for
a
dinner
to
Sir
Robert
.
”
“
I
have
stopped
all
that
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
That
was
Odo’s
doing
,
who
is
himself
not
very
sound
;
full
of
prejudices
about
O’Connell
,
and
all
that
stuff
.
But
he
must
go
with
his
party
.
You
need
not
fear
about
him
.
”
“
Well
!
it
is
a
leap
in
the
dark
,
”
said
the
secretary
.
“
Oh
!
no
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
all
will
go
right
.
A
starving
people
must
be
in
favour
of
a
government
who
will
give
them
bread
for
nothing
.
By
the
by
,
there
is
one
thing
,
my
dear
Mr.
Secretary
,
you
must
remember
.
I
must
have
one
seat
,
a
certain
seat
,
reserved
for
my
nomination
.
”
“
A
certain
seat
in
these
days
is
a
rare
gem
,
”
said
the
secretary
.
“
Yes
,
but
I
must
have
it
nevertheless
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
I
don’t
care
about
the
cost
or
the
trouble
—
but
it
must
be
certain
.
”
Then
she
went
home
and
wrote
a
line
to
Endymion
,
to
tell
him
that
it
was
all
settled
,
that
she
had
seen
his
sister
,
who
agreed
with
her
that
it
must
be
done
,
and
that
she
had
called
on
the
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
,
and
had
secured
a
certain
seat
.
“
I
wish
you
could
come
to
luncheon
,
”
she
added
,
“
but
I
suppose
that
is
impossible
;
you
are
always
so
busy
.
Why
were
you
not
in
the
Foreign
Office
?
I
am
now
going
to
call
on
the
Tory
women
to
see
how
they
look
,
but
I
shall
be
at
home
a
good
while
before
seven
,
and
of
course
count
on
seeing
you
.
”
In
the
meantime
,
Endymion
by
no
means
shared
the
pleasurable
excitement
of
his
fair
friend
.
His
was
an
agitated
walk
from
the
Albany
to
Whitehall
,
where
he
resumed
his
duties
moody
and
disquieted
.
There
was
a
large
correspondence
this
morning
,
which
was
a
distraction
and
a
relief
,
until
the
bell
of
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
sounded
,
and
he
was
in
attendance
on
his
chief
.
“
It
is
a
great
secret
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
,
“
but
I
think
I
ought
to
tell
you
;
instead
of
resigning
,
the
government
have
decided
to
dissolve
.
I
think
it
a
mistake
,
but
I
stand
by
my
friends
.
They
believe
the
Irish
vote
will
be
very
large
,
and
with
cheap
bread
will
carry
us
through
.
I
think
the
stronger
we
shall
be
in
Ireland
the
weaker
we
shall
be
in
England
,
and
I
doubt
whether
our
cheap
bread
will
be
cheap
enough
.
These
Manchester
associations
have
altered
the
aspect
of
affairs
.
I
have
been
thinking
a
good
deal
about
your
position
.
I
should
like
,
before
we
broke
up
,
to
have
seen
you
provided
for
by
some
permanent
office
of
importance
in
which
you
might
have
been
useful
to
the
state
,
but
it
is
difficult
to
manage
these
things
suddenly
.
However
,
now
we
have
time
at
any
rate
to
look
about
us
.
Still
,
if
I
could
have
seen
you
permanently
attached
to
this
office
in
a
responsible
position
,
I
should
have
been
glad
.
I
impressed
upon
the
chief
yesterday
that
you
are
most
fit
for
it
.
”
“
Oh
!
do
not
think
of
me
,
dear
sir
;
you
have
been
always
too
kind
to
me
.
I
shall
be
content
with
my
lot
.
All
I
shall
regret
is
ceasing
to
serve
you
.
”
Lady
Montfort’s
carriage
drove
up
to
Montfort
House
just
as
Endymion
reached
the
door
.
She
took
his
arm
with
eagerness
;
she
seemed
breathless
with
excitement
.
“
I
fear
I
am
very
late
,
but
if
you
had
gone
away
I
should
never
have
pardoned
you
.
I
have
been
kept
by
listening
to
all
the
new
appointments
from
Lady
Bellasyse
.
They
quite
think
we
are
out
;
you
may
be
sure
I
did
not
deny
it
.
I
have
so
much
to
tell
you
.
Come
into
my
lord’s
room
;
he
is
away
fishing
.
Think
of
fishing
at
such
a
crisis
!
I
cannot
tell
you
how
pleased
I
was
with
my
visit
to
Lady
Roehampton
.
She
quite
agreed
with
me
in
everything
.
‘It
must
be
done
,
’
she
said
.
How
very
right
!
and
I
have
almost
done
it
.
I
will
have
a
certain
seat
;
no
chances
.
Let
us
have
something
to
fall
back
upon
.
If
not
in
office
we
shall
be
in
opposition
.
All
men
must
sometime
or
other
be
in
opposition
.
There
you
will
form
yourself
.
It
is
a
great
thing
to
have
had
some
official
experience
.
It
will
save
you
from
mares’
nests
,
and
I
will
give
parties
without
end
,
and
never
rest
till
I
see
you
prime
minister
.
”
So
she
threw
herself
into
her
husband’s
easy
chair
,
tossed
her
parasol
on
the
table
,
and
then
she
said
,
“
But
what
is
the
matter
with
you
,
Endymion
?
you
look
quite
sad
.
You
do
not
mean
you
really
take
our
defeat
—
which
is
not
certain
yet
—
so
much
to
heart
.
Believe
me
,
opposition
has
its
charms
;
indeed
,
I
sometimes
think
the
principal
reason
why
I
have
enjoyed
our
ministerial
life
so
much
is
,
that
it
has
been
from
the
first
a
perpetual
struggle
for
existence
.
”
“
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
quite
indifferent
to
the
probably
impending
change
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
but
I
cannot
say
there
is
anything
about
it
which
would
affect
my
feelings
very
deeply
.
”
“
What
is
it
,
then
?
”
“
It
is
this
business
about
which
you
and
Myra
are
so
kindly
interesting
yourselves
,
”
said
Endymion
with
some
emotion
;
“
I
do
not
think
I
could
go
into
parliament
.
”
“
Not
go
into
parliament
!
”
exclaimed
Lady
Montfort
.
“
Why
,
what
are
men
made
for
except
to
go
into
parliament
?
I
am
indeed
astounded
.
”
“
I
do
not
disparage
parliament
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
much
the
reverse
.
It
is
a
life
that
I
think
would
suit
me
,
and
I
have
often
thought
the
day
might
come
”
—
—
“
The
day
has
come
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
and
not
a
bit
too
soon
.
Mr.
Fox
went
in
before
he
was
of
age
,
and
all
young
men
of
spirit
should
do
the
same
.
Why
!
you
are
two-and-twenty
!
”
“
It
is
not
my
age
,
”
said
Endymion
hesitatingly
;
“
I
am
not
afraid
about
that
,
for
from
the
life
which
I
have
led
of
late
years
,
I
know
a
good
deal
about
the
House
of
Commons
.
”
“
Then
what
is
it
,
dear
Endymion
?
”
said
Lady
Montfort
impatiently
.
“
It
will
make
a
great
change
in
my
life
,
”
said
Endymion
calmly
,
but
with
earnestness
,
“
and
one
which
I
do
not
feel
justified
in
accepting
.
”
“
I
repeat
to
you
,
that
you
need
give
yourself
no
anxiety
about
the
seat
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
It
will
not
cost
you
a
shilling
.
I
and
your
sister
have
arranged
all
that
.
As
she
very
wisely
said
,
‘It
must
be
done
,
’
and
it
is
done
.
All
you
have
to
do
is
to
write
an
address
,
and
make
plenty
of
speeches
,
and
you
are
M.P.
for
life
,
or
as
long
as
you
like
.
”
“
Possibly
;
a
parliamentary
adventurer
,
I
might
swim
or
I
might
sink
;
the
chances
are
it
would
be
the
latter
,
for
storms
would
arise
,
when
those
disappear
who
have
no
root
in
the
country
,
and
no
fortune
to
secure
them
breathing
time
and
a
future
.
”
“
Well
,
I
did
not
expect
,
when
you
handed
me
out
of
my
carriage
to-day
,
that
I
was
going
to
listen
to
a
homily
on
prudence
.
”
“
It
is
not
very
romantic
,
I
own
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
but
my
prudence
is
at
any
rate
not
a
commonplace
caught
up
from
copy-books
.
I
am
only
two-and-twenty
,
but
I
have
had
some
experience
,
and
it
has
been
very
bitter
.
I
have
spoken
to
you
,
dearest
lady
,
sometimes
of
my
earlier
life
,
for
I
wished
you
to
be
acquainted
with
it
,
but
I
observed
also
you
always
seemed
to
shrink
from
such
confidence
,
and
I
ceased
from
touching
on
what
I
saw
did
not
interest
you
.
”
“
Quite
a
mistake
.
It
greatly
interested
me
.
I
know
all
about
you
and
everything
.
I
know
you
were
not
always
a
clerk
in
a
public
office
,
but
the
spoiled
child
of
splendour
.
I
know
your
father
was
a
dear
good
man
,
but
he
made
a
mistake
,
and
followed
the
Duke
of
Wellington
instead
of
Mr.
Canning
.
Had
he
not
,
he
would
probably
be
alive
now
,
and
certainly
Secretary
of
State
,
like
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
.
But
you
must
not
make
a
mistake
,
Endymion
.
My
business
in
life
,
and
your
sister’s
too
,
is
to
prevent
your
making
mistakes
.
And
you
are
on
the
eve
of
making
a
very
great
one
if
you
lose
this
golden
opportunity
.
Do
not
think
of
the
past
;
you
dwell
on
it
too
much
.
Be
like
me
,
live
in
the
present
,
and
when
you
dream
,
dream
of
the
future
.
”
“
Ah
!
the
present
would
be
adequate
,
it
would
be
fascination
,
if
I
always
had
such
a
companion
as
Lady
Montfort
,
”
said
Endymion
,
shaking
his
head
.
“
What
surprises
me
most
,
what
indeed
astounds
me
,
is
that
Myra
should
join
in
this
counsel
—
Myra
,
who
knows
all
,
and
who
has
felt
it
perhaps
deeper
even
than
I
did
.
But
I
will
not
obtrude
these
thoughts
on
you
,
best
and
dearest
of
friends
.
I
ought
not
to
have
made
to
you
the
allusions
to
my
private
position
which
I
have
done
,
but
it
seemed
to
me
the
only
way
to
explain
my
conduct
,
otherwise
inexplicable
.
”
“
And
to
whom
ought
you
to
say
these
things
if
not
to
me
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
“
whom
you
called
just
now
your
best
and
dearest
friend
?
I
wish
to
be
such
to
you
.
Perhaps
I
have
been
too
eager
,
but
,
at
any
rate
,
it
was
eagerness
for
your
welfare
.
Let
us
then
be
calm
.
Speak
to
me
as
you
would
to
Myra
.
I
cannot
be
your
twin
,
but
I
can
be
your
sister
in
feeling
.
”
He
took
her
hand
and
gently
pressed
it
to
his
lips
;
his
eyes
would
have
been
bedewed
,
had
not
the
dreadful
sorrows
and
trials
of
his
life
much
checked
his
native
susceptibility
.
Then
speaking
in
a
serious
tone
,
he
said
,
“
I
am
not
without
ambition
,
dearest
Lady
Montfort
;
I
have
had
visions
which
would
satisfy
even
you
;
but
partly
from
my
temperament
,
still
more
perhaps
from
the
vicissitudes
of
my
life
,
I
have
considerable
waiting
powers
.
I
think
if
one
is
patient
and
watches
,
all
will
come
of
which
one
is
capable
;
but
no
one
can
be
patient
who
is
not
independent
.
My
wants
are
moderate
,
but
their
fulfilment
must
be
certain
.
The
break-up
of
the
government
,
which
deprives
me
of
my
salary
as
a
private
secretary
,
deprives
me
of
luxuries
which
I
can
do
without
—
a
horse
,
a
brougham
,
a
stall
at
the
play
,
a
flower
in
my
button-hole
—
but
my
clerkship
is
my
freehold
.
As
long
as
I
possess
it
,
I
can
study
,
I
can
work
,
I
can
watch
and
comprehend
all
the
machinery
of
government
.
I
can
move
in
society
,
without
which
a
public
man
,
whatever
his
talents
or
acquirements
,
is
in
life
playing
at
blind-man’s
buff
.
I
must
sacrifice
this
citadel
of
my
life
if
I
go
into
parliament
.
Do
not
be
offended
,
therefore
,
if
I
say
to
you
,
as
I
shall
say
to
Myra
,
I
have
made
up
my
mind
not
to
surrender
it
.
It
is
true
I
have
the
misfortune
to
be
a
year
older
than
Charles
Fox
when
he
entered
the
senate
,
but
even
with
this
great
disadvantage
I
am
sometimes
conceited
enough
to
believe
that
I
shall
succeed
,
and
to
back
myself
against
the
field
.
”
CHAPTER
LXVII
Mr.
Waldershare
was
delighted
when
the
great
secret
was
out
,
and
he
found
that
the
ministry
intended
to
dissolve
,
and
not
resign
.
It
was
on
a
Monday
that
Lord
John
Russell
made
this
announcement
,
and
Waldershare
met
Endymion
in
the
lobby
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
“
I
congratulate
you
,
my
dear
boy
;
your
fellows
,
at
least
,
have
pluck
.
If
they
lose
,
which
I
think
they
will
,
they
will
have
gained
at
least
three
months
of
power
,
and
irresponsible
power
.
Why
!
they
may
do
anything
in
the
interval
,
and
no
doubt
will
.
You
will
see
;
they
will
make
their
chargers
consuls
.
It
beats
the
Bed-Chamber
Plot
,
and
I
always
admired
that
.
One
hundred
days
!
Why
,
the
Second
Empire
lasted
only
one
hundred
days
.
But
what
days
!
what
excitement
!
They
were
worth
a
hundred
years
at
Elba
.
”
“
Your
friends
do
not
seem
quite
so
pleased
as
you
are
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
My
friends
,
as
you
call
them
,
are
old
fogies
,
and
want
to
divide
the
spoil
among
the
ancient
hands
.
It
will
be
a
great
thing
for
Peel
to
get
rid
of
some
of
these
old
friends
.
A
dissolution
permits
the
powerful
to
show
their
power
.
There
is
Beaumaris
,
for
example
;
now
he
will
have
an
opportunity
of
letting
them
know
who
Lord
Beaumaris
is
.
I
have
a
dream
;
he
must
be
Master
of
the
Horse
.
I
shall
never
rest
till
I
see
Imogene
riding
in
that
golden
coach
,
and
breaking
the
line
with
all
the
honours
of
royalty
.
”
“
Mr.
Ferrars
,
”
said
the
editor
of
a
newspaper
,
seizing
his
watched-for
opportunity
as
Waldershare
and
Endymion
separated
,
“
do
you
think
you
could
favour
me
this
evening
with
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton’s
address
?
We
have
always
supported
Mr.
Wilton’s
views
on
the
corn
laws
,
and
if
put
clearly
and
powerfully
before
the
country
at
this
junction
,
the
effect
might
be
great
,
perhaps
even
,
if
sustained
,
decisive
.
”
Eight-and-forty
hours
and
more
had
elapsed
since
the
conversation
between
Endymion
and
Lady
Montfort
;
they
had
not
been
happy
days
.
For
the
first
time
during
their
acquaintance
there
had
been
constraint
and
embarrassment
between
them
.
Lady
Montfort
no
longer
opposed
his
views
,
but
she
did
not
approve
them
.
She
avoided
the
subject
;
she
looked
uninterested
in
all
that
was
going
on
around
her
;
talked
of
joining
her
lord
and
going
a-fishing
;
felt
he
was
right
in
his
views
of
life
.
“
Dear
Simon
was
always
right
,
”
and
then
she
sighed
,
and
then
she
shrugged
her
pretty
shoulders
.
Endymion
,
though
he
called
on
her
as
usual
,
found
there
was
nothing
to
converse
about
;
politics
seemed
tacitly
forbidden
,
and
when
he
attempted
small
talk
Lady
Montfort
seemed
absent
—
and
once
absolutely
yawned
.
What
amazed
Endymion
still
more
was
,
that
,
under
these
rather
distressing
circumstances
,
he
did
not
find
adequate
support
and
sympathy
in
his
sister
.
Lady
Roehampton
did
not
question
the
propriety
of
his
decision
,
but
she
seemed
quite
as
unhappy
and
as
dissatisfied
as
Lady
Montfort
.
“
What
you
say
,
dearest
Endymion
,
is
quite
unanswerable
,
and
I
alone
perhaps
can
really
know
that
;
but
what
I
feel
is
,
I
have
failed
in
life
.
My
dream
was
to
secure
you
greatness
,
and
now
,
when
the
first
occasion
arrives
,
it
seems
I
am
more
than
powerless
.
”
“
Dearest
sister
!
you
have
done
so
much
for
me
.
”
“
Nothing
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
;
“
what
I
have
done
for
you
would
have
been
done
by
every
sister
in
this
metropolis
.
I
dreamed
of
other
things
;
I
fancied
,
with
my
affection
and
my
will
,
I
could
command
events
,
and
place
you
on
a
pinnacle
.
I
see
my
folly
now
;
others
have
controlled
your
life
,
not
I
—
as
was
most
natural
;
natural
,
but
still
bitter
.
”
“
Dearest
Myra
!
”
“
It
is
so
,
Endymion
.
Let
us
deceive
ourselves
no
longer
.
I
ought
not
to
have
rested
until
you
were
in
a
position
which
would
have
made
you
a
master
of
your
destiny
.
”
“
But
if
there
should
be
