it,
but
it
was
inevitable
.
“
The
fact
is
,
”
as
the
world
agreed
,
“
Lady
Beaumaris
is
the
only
Tory
woman
.
They
have
nobody
who
can
receive
except
her
.
”
The
changes
in
the
House
of
Commons
were
still
greater
than
those
in
the
administration
.
Never
were
so
many
new
members
,
and
Endymion
watched
them
,
during
the
first
days
,
and
before
the
debate
on
the
address
,
taking
the
oaths
at
the
table
in
batches
with
much
interest
.
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
was
returned
,
and
his
brother
,
Mr.
Tremaine
Bertie
.
Job
Thornberry
was
member
for
a
manufacturing
town
,
with
which
he
was
not
otherwise
connected
.
Hortensius
was
successful
,
and
Mr.
Vigo
for
a
metropolitan
borough
,
but
what
pleased
Endymion
more
than
anything
was
the
return
of
his
valued
friend
Trenchard
,
who
a
short
time
before
had
acceded
to
the
paternal
estate
;
all
these
gentlemen
were
Liberals
,
and
were
destined
to
sit
on
the
same
side
of
the
House
as
Endymion
.
After
the
fatal
vote
,
the
Whigs
all
left
town
.
Society
in
general
had
been
greatly
dispersed
,
but
parliament
had
to
remain
sitting
until
October
.
“
We
are
going
to
Princedown
,
”
Lady
Montfort
said
one
day
to
Endymion
,
“
and
we
had
counted
on
seeing
you
there
,
but
I
have
been
thinking
much
of
your
position
since
,
and
I
am
persuaded
,
that
we
must
sacrifice
pleasure
to
higher
objects
.
This
is
really
a
crisis
in
your
life
,
and
much
,
perhaps
everything
,
depends
on
your
not
making
a
mistake
now
.
What
I
want
to
see
you
is
a
great
statesman
.
This
is
a
political
economy
parliament
,
both
sides
alike
thinking
of
the
price
of
corn
and
all
that
.
Finance
and
commerce
are
everybody’s
subjects
,
and
are
most
convenient
to
make
speeches
about
for
men
who
cannot
speak
French
and
who
have
had
no
education
.
Real
politics
are
the
possession
and
distribution
of
power
.
I
want
to
see
you
give
your
mind
to
foreign
affairs
.
There
you
will
have
no
rivals
.
There
are
a
great
many
subjects
which
Lord
Roehampton
cannot
take
up
,
but
which
you
could
very
properly
,
and
you
will
have
always
the
benefit
of
his
counsel
,
and
,
when
necessary
,
his
parliamentary
assistance
;
but
foreign
affairs
are
not
to
be
mastered
by
mere
reading
.
Bookworms
do
not
make
chancellors
of
state
.
You
must
become
acquainted
with
the
great
actors
in
the
great
scene
.
There
is
nothing
like
personal
knowledge
of
the
individuals
who
control
the
high
affairs
.
That
has
made
the
fortune
of
Lord
Roehampton
.
What
I
think
you
ought
to
do
,
without
doubt
ought
to
do
,
is
to
take
advantage
of
this
long
interval
before
the
meeting
of
parliament
,
and
go
to
Paris
.
Paris
is
now
the
Capital
of
Diplomacy
.
It
is
not
the
best
time
of
the
year
to
go
there
,
but
you
will
meet
a
great
many
people
of
the
diplomatic
world
,
and
if
the
opportunity
offers
,
you
can
vary
the
scene
,
and
go
to
some
baths
which
princes
and
ministers
frequent
.
The
Count
of
Ferroll
is
now
at
Paris
,
and
minister
for
his
court
.
You
know
him
;
that
is
well
.
But
he
is
my
greatest
friend
,
and
,
as
you
know
,
we
habitually
correspond
.
He
will
do
everything
for
you
,
I
am
sure
,
for
my
sake
.
It
is
not
pleasant
to
be
separated
;
I
do
not
wish
to
conceal
that
;
I
should
have
enjoyed
your
society
at
Princedown
,
but
I
am
doing
right
,
and
you
will
some
day
thank
me
for
it
.
We
must
soften
the
pang
of
separation
by
writing
to
each
other
every
day
,
so
when
we
meet
again
it
will
only
be
as
if
we
had
parted
yesterday
.
Besides
—
who
knows
?
—
I
may
run
over
myself
to
Paris
in
the
winter
.
My
lord
always
liked
Paris
;
the
only
place
he
ever
did
,
but
I
am
not
very
sanguine
he
will
go
;
he
is
so
afraid
of
being
asked
to
dinner
by
our
ambassador
.
”
CHAPTER
IV
In
all
lives
,
the
highest
and
the
humblest
,
there
is
a
crisis
in
the
formation
of
character
,
and
in
the
bent
of
the
disposition
.
It
comes
from
many
causes
,
and
from
some
which
on
the
surface
are
apparently
even
trivial
.
It
may
be
a
book
,
a
speech
,
a
sermon
;
a
man
or
a
woman
;
a
great
misfortune
or
a
burst
of
prosperity
.
But
the
result
is
the
same
;
a
sudden
revelation
to
ourselves
of
our
secret
purpose
,
and
a
recognition
of
our
perhaps
long
shadowed
,
but
now
masterful
convictions
.
A
crisis
of
this
kind
occurred
to
Endymion
the
day
when
he
returned
to
his
chambers
,
after
having
taken
the
oaths
and
his
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
.
He
felt
the
necessity
of
being
alone
.
For
nearly
the
last
three
months
he
had
been
the
excited
actor
in
a
strange
and
even
mysterious
drama
.
There
had
been
for
him
no
time
to
reflect
;
all
he
could
aim
at
was
to
comprehend
,
and
if
possible
control
,
the
present
and
urgent
contingency
;
he
had
been
called
upon
,
almost
unceasingly
,
to
do
or
to
say
something
sudden
and
unexpected
;
and
it
was
only
now
,
when
the
crest
of
the
ascent
had
been
reached
,
that
he
could
look
around
him
and
consider
the
new
world
opening
to
his
gaze
.
The
greatest
opportunity
that
can
be
offered
to
an
Englishman
was
now
his
—
a
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
.
It
was
his
almost
in
the
first
bloom
of
youth
,
and
yet
after
advantageous
years
of
labour
and
political
training
,
and
it
was
combined
with
a
material
independence
on
which
he
never
could
have
counted
.
A
love
of
power
,
a
passion
for
distinction
,
a
noble
pride
,
which
had
been
native
to
his
early
disposition
,
but
which
had
apparently
been
crushed
by
the
enormous
sorrows
and
misfortunes
of
his
childhood
,
and
which
had
vanished
,
as
it
were
,
before
the
sweetness
of
that
domestic
love
which
had
been
the
solace
of
his
adversity
,
now
again
stirred
their
dim
and
mighty
forms
in
his
renovated
,
and
,
as
it
were
,
inspired
consciousness
.
“
If
this
has
happened
at
twenty-two
,
”
thought
Endymion
,
“
what
may
not
occur
if
the
average
life
of
man
be
allotted
to
me
?
At
any
rate
,
I
will
never
think
of
anything
else
.
I
have
a
purpose
in
life
,
and
I
will
fulfil
it
.
It
is
a
charm
that
its
accomplishment
would
be
the
most
grateful
result
to
the
two
beings
I
most
love
in
the
world
.
”
So
when
Lady
Montfort
shortly
after
opened
her
views
to
Endymion
as
to
his
visiting
Paris
,
and
his
purpose
in
so
doing
,
the
seeds
were
thrown
on
a
willing
soil
,
and
he
embraced
her
counsels
with
the
deepest
interest
.
His
intimacy
with
the
Count
of
Ferroll
was
the
completing
event
of
this
epoch
of
his
life
.
Their
acquaintance
had
been
slight
in
England
,
for
after
the
Montfort
Tournament
the
Count
had
been
appointed
to
Paris
,
where
he
was
required
;
but
he
received
Endymion
with
a
cordiality
which
contrasted
with
his
usual
demeanour
,
which
,
though
frank
,
was
somewhat
cynical
.
“
This
is
not
a
favourable
time
to
visit
Paris
,
”
he
said
,
“
so
far
as
society
is
concerned
.
There
is
some
business
stirring
in
the
diplomatic
world
,
which
has
re-assembled
the
fraternity
for
the
moment
,
and
the
King
is
at
St.
Cloud
,
but
you
may
make
some
acquaintances
which
may
be
desirable
,
and
at
any
rate
look
about
you
and
clear
the
ground
for
the
coming
season
.
I
do
not
despair
of
our
dear
friend
coming
over
in
the
winter
.
It
is
one
of
the
hopes
that
keep
me
alive
.
What
a
woman
!
You
may
count
yourself
fortunate
in
having
such
a
friend
.
I
do
.
I
am
not
particularly
fond
of
female
society
.
Women
chatter
too
much
.
But
I
prefer
the
society
of
a
first-rate
woman
to
that
of
any
man
;
and
Lady
Montfort
is
a
first-rate
woman
—
I
think
the
greatest
since
Louise
of
Savoy
;
infinitely
beyond
the
Princess
d’Ursins
.
”
The
“
business
that
was
then
stirring
in
the
diplomatic
world
,
”
at
a
season
when
the
pleasures
of
Parisian
society
could
not
distract
him
,
gave
Endymion
a
rare
opportunity
of
studying
that
singular
class
of
human
beings
which
is
accustomed
to
consider
states
and
nations
as
individuals
,
and
speculate
on
their
quarrels
and
misunderstandings
,
and
the
remedies
which
they
require
,
in
a
tongue
peculiar
to
themselves
,
and
in
language
which
often
conveys
a
meaning
exactly
opposite
to
that
which
it
seems
to
express
.
Diplomacy
is
hospitable
,
and
a
young
Englishman
of
graceful
mien
,
well
introduced
,
and
a
member
of
the
House
of
Commons
—
that
awful
assembly
which
produces
those
dreaded
blue
books
which
strike
terror
in
the
boldest
of
foreign
statesmen
—
was
not
only
received
,
but
courted
,
in
the
interesting
circle
in
which
Endymion
found
himself
.
There
he
encountered
men
grey
with
the
fame
and
wisdom
of
half
a
century
of
deep
and
lofty
action
,
men
who
had
struggled
with
the
first
Napoleon
,
and
had
sat
in
the
Congress
of
Vienna
;
others
,
hardly
less
celebrated
,
who
had
been
suddenly
borne
to
high
places
by
the
revolutionary
wave
of
1830
,
and
who
had
justly
retained
their
exalted
posts
when
so
many
competitors
with
an
equal
chance
had
long
ago
,
with
equal
justice
,
subsided
into
the
obscurity
from
which
they
ought
never
to
have
emerged
.
Around
these
chief
personages
were
others
not
less
distinguished
by
their
abilities
,
but
a
more
youthful
generation
,
who
knew
how
to
wait
,
and
were
always
prepared
or
preparing
for
the
inevitable
occasion
when
it
arrived
—
fine
and
trained
writers
,
who
could
interpret
in
sentences
of
graceful
adroitness
the
views
of
their
chiefs
;
or
sages
in
precedents
,
walking
dictionaries
of
diplomacy
,
and
masters
of
every
treaty
;
and
private
secretaries
reading
human
nature
at
a
glance
,
and
collecting
every
shade
of
opinion
for
the
use
and
guidance
of
their
principals
.
Whatever
their
controversies
in
the
morning
,
their
critical
interviews
and
their
secret
alliances
,
all
were
smiles
and
graceful
badinage
at
the
banquet
and
the
reception
;
as
if
they
had
only
come
to
Paris
to
show
their
brilliant
uniforms
,
their
golden
fleeces
,
and
their
grand
crosses
,
and
their
broad
ribbons
with
more
tints
than
the
iris
.
“
I
will
not
give
them
ten
years
,
”
said
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
lighting
his
cigarette
,
and
addressing
Endymion
on
their
return
from
one
of
these
assemblies
;
“
I
sometimes
think
hardly
five
.
”
“
But
where
will
the
blow
come
from
?
”
“
Here
;
there
is
no
movement
in
Europe
except
in
France
,
and
here
it
will
always
be
a
movement
of
subversion
.
”
“
A
pretty
prospect
!
”
“
The
sooner
you
realise
it
the
better
.
The
system
here
is
supported
by
journalists
and
bankers
;
two
influential
classes
,
but
the
millions
care
for
neither
;
rather
,
I
should
say
,
dislike
both
.
”
“
Will
the
change
affect
Europe
?
”
“
Inevitably
.
You
rightly
say
Europe
,
for
that
is
a
geographical
expression
.
There
is
no
State
in
Europe
;
I
exclude
your
own
country
,
which
belongs
to
every
division
of
the
globe
,
and
is
fast
becoming
more
commercial
than
political
,
and
I
exclude
Russia
,
for
she
is
essentially
oriental
,
and
her
future
will
be
entirely
the
East
.
”
“
But
there
is
Germany
!
”
“
Where
?
I
cannot
find
it
on
the
maps
.
Germany
is
divided
into
various
districts
,
and
when
there
is
a
war
,
they
are
ranged
on
different
sides
.
Notwithstanding
our
reviews
and
annual
encampments
,
Germany
is
practically
as
weak
as
Italy
.
We
have
some
kingdoms
who
are
allowed
to
play
at
being
first-rate
powers
;
but
it
is
mere
play
.
They
no
more
command
events
than
the
King
of
Naples
or
the
Duke
of
Modena
.
”
“
Then
is
France
periodically
to
overrun
Europe
?
”
“
So
long
as
it
continues
to
be
merely
Europe
.
”
A
close
intimacy
occurred
between
Endymion
and
the
Count
of
Ferroll
.
He
not
only
became
a
permanent
guest
at
the
official
residence
,
but
when
the
Conference
broke
up
,
the
Count
invited
Endymion
to
be
his
companion
to
some
celebrated
baths
,
where
they
would
meet
not
only
many
of
his
late
distinguished
colleagues
,
but
their
imperial
and
royal
masters
,
seeking
alike
health
and
relaxation
at
this
famous
rendezvous
.
“
You
will
find
it
of
the
first
importance
in
public
life
,
”
said
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
“
to
know
personally
those
who
are
carrying
on
the
business
of
the
world
;
so
much
depends
on
the
character
of
an
individual
,
his
habits
of
thought
,
his
prejudices
,
his
superstitions
,
his
social
weaknesses
,
his
health
.
Conducting
affairs
without
this
advantage
is
,
in
effect
,
an
affair
of
stationery
;
it
is
pens
and
paper
who
are
in
communication
,
not
human
beings
.
”
The
brother-in-law
of
Lord
Roehampton
was
a
sort
of
personage
.
It
was
very
true
that
distinguished
man
was
no
longer
minister
,
but
he
had
been
minister
for
a
long
time
,
and
had
left
a
great
name
.
Foreigners
rarely
know
more
than
one
English
minister
at
a
time
,
but
they
compensated
for
their
ignorance
of
the
aggregate
body
by
even
exaggerating
the
qualities
of
the
individual
with
whom
they
are
acquainted
.
Lord
Roehampton
had
conducted
the
affairs
of
his
country
always
in
a
courteous
,
but
still
in
a
somewhat
haughty
spirit
.
He
was
easy
and
obliging
,
and
conciliatory
in
little
matters
,
but
where
the
credit
,
or
honour
,
or
large
interests
of
England
were
concerned
,
he
acted
with
conscious
authority
.
On
the
continent
of
Europe
,
though
he
sometimes
incurred
the
depreciation
of
the
smaller
minds
,
whose
self-love
he
may
not
have
sufficiently
spared
,
by
the
higher
spirits
he
was
feared
and
admired
,
and
they
knew
,
when
he
gave
his
whole
soul
to
an
affair
,
that
they
were
dealing
with
a
master
.
Endymion
was
presented
to
emperors
and
kings
,
and
he
made
his
way
with
these
exalted
personages
.
He
found
them
different
from
what
he
had
expected
.
He
was
struck
by
their
intimate
acquaintance
with
affairs
,
and
by
the
serenity
of
their
judgment
.
The
life
was
a
pleasant
as
well
as
an
interesting
one
.
Where
there
are
crowned
heads
,
there
are
always
some
charming
women
.
Endymion
found
himself
in
a
delightful
circle
.
Long
days
and
early
hours
,
and
a
beautiful
country
,
renovate
the
spirit
as
well
as
the
physical
frame
.
Excursions
to
romantic
forests
,
and
visits
to
picturesque
ruins
,
in
the
noon
of
summer
,
are
enchanting
,
especially
with
princesses
for
your
companions
,
bright
and
accomplished
.
Yet
,
notwithstanding
some
distractions
,
Endymion
never
omitted
writing
to
Lady
Montfort
every
day
.
CHAPTER
V
The
season
at
Paris
,
which
commenced
towards
the
end
of
the
year
,
was
a
lively
one
,
and
especially
interesting
to
Endymion
,
who
met
there
a
great
many
of
his
friends
.
After
his
visit
to
the
baths
he
had
travelled
alone
for
a
few
weeks
,
and
saw
some
famous
places
of
which
he
had
long
heard
.
A
poet
was
then
sitting
on
the
throne
of
Bavaria
,
and
was
realising
his
dreams
in
the
creation
of
an
ideal
capital
.
The
Black
Forest
is
a
land
of
romance
.
He
saw
Walhalla
,
too
,
crowning
the
Danube
with
the
genius
of
Germany
,
as
mighty
as
the
stream
itself
.
Pleasant
it
is
to
wander
among
the
quaint
cities
here
clustering
together
:
Nuremberg
with
all
its
ancient
art
,
imperial
Augsburg
,
and
Wurzburg
with
its
priestly
palace
,
beyond
the
splendour
of
many
kings
.
A
summer
in
Suabia
is
a
great
joy
.
But
what
a
contrast
to
the
Rue
de
la
Paix
,
bright
and
vivacious
,
in
which
he
now
finds
himself
,
and
the
companion
of
the
Neuchatel
family
!
Endymion
had
only
returned
to
Paris
the
previous
evening
,
and
the
Neuchatels
had
preceded
him
by
a
week
;
so
they
had
seen
everybody
and
could
tell
him
everything
.
Lord
and
Lady
Beaumaris
were
there
,
and
Mrs.
Rodney
their
companion
,
her
husband
detained
in
London
by
some
mysterious
business
;
it
was
thought
a
seat
in
parliament
,
which
Mr.
Tadpole
had
persuaded
him
might
be
secured
on
a
vacancy
occasioned
by
a
successful
petition
.
They
had
seen
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
who
was
going
to
dine
with
them
that
day
,
and
Endymion
was
invited
to
meet
him
.
It
was
Adriana’s
first
visit
to
Paris
,
and
she
seemed
delighted
with
it
;
but
Mrs.
Neuchatel
preferred
the
gay
capital
when
it
was
out
of
season
.
Mr.
Neuchatel
himself
was
always
in
high
spirits
,
—
sanguine
and
self-satisfied
.
He
was
an
Orleanist
,
had
always
been
so
,
and
sympathised
with
the
apparently
complete
triumph
of
his
principles
—
“
real
liberal
principles
,
no
nonsense
;
there
was
more
gold
in
the
Bank
of
France
than
in
any
similar
establishment
in
Europe
.
After
all
,
wealth
is
the
test
of
the
welfare
of
a
people
,
and
the
test
of
wealth
is
the
command
of
the
precious
metals
.
Eh
!
Mr.
Member
of
Parliament
?
”
And
his
eye
flashed
fire
,
and
he
seemed
to
smack
his
lips
at
the
very
thought
and
mention
of
these
delicious
circumstances
.
They
were
in
a
jeweller’s
shop
,
and
Mrs.
Neuchatel
was
choosing
a
trinket
for
a
wedding
present
.
She
seemed
infinitely
distressed
.
“
What
do
you
think
of
this
,
Adriana
?
It
is
simple
and
in
good
taste
.
I
should
like
it
for
myself
,
and
yet
I
fear
it
might
not
be
thought
fine
enough
.
”
“
This
is
pretty
,
mamma
,
and
new
,
”
and
she
held
before
her
mother
a
bracelet
of
much
splendour
.
“
Oh
,
no
!
that
will
never
do
,
dear
Adriana
;
they
will
say
we
are
purse-proud
.
”
“
I
am
afraid
they
will
always
say
that
,
mamma
,
”
and
she
sighed
.
“
It
is
a
long
time
since
we
all
separated
,
”
said
Endymion
to
Adriana
.
“
Months
!
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
said
you
were
the
first
runaway
.
I
think
you
were
quite
right
.
Your
new
life
now
will
be
fresh
to
you
.
If
you
had
remained
,
it
would
only
have
been
associated
with
defeat
and
discomfiture
.
”
“
I
am
so
happy
to
be
in
parliament
,
that
I
do
not
think
I
could
ever
associate
such
a
life
with
discomfiture
.
”
“
Does
it
make
you
very
happy
?
”
said
Adriana
,
looking
at
him
rather
earnestly
.
“
Very
happy
.
”
“
I
am
glad
of
that
.
”
The
Neuchatels
had
a
house
at
Paris
—
one
of
the
fine
hotels
of
the
First
Empire
.
It
was
inhabited
generally
by
one
of
the
nephews
,
but
it
was
always
ready
to
receive
them
with
every
luxury
and
every
comfort
.
But
Mrs.
Neuchatel
herself
particularly
disliked
Paris
,
and
she
rarely
accompanied
her
husband
in
his
frequent
but
brief
visits
to
the
gay
city
.
She
had
yielded
on
this
occasion
to
the
wish
of
Adriana
,
whom
she
had
endeavoured
to
bring
up
in
a
wholesome
prejudice
against
French
taste
and
fashions
.
The
dinner
to-day
was
exquisite
,
in
a
chamber
of
many-coloured
marbles
,
and
where
there
was
no
marble
there
was
gold
,
and
when
the
banquet
was
over
,
they
repaired
to
saloons
hung
with
satin
of
a
delicate
tint
which
exhibited
to
perfection
a
choice
collection
of
Greuse
and
Vanloo
.
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
dined
there
as
well
as
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
some
of
the
French
ministers
,
and
two
or
three
illustrious
Orleanist
celebrities
of
literature
,
who
acknowledged
and
emulated
the
matchless
conversational
powers
of
Mrs.
Neuchatel
.
Lord
and
Lady
Beaumaris
and
Mrs.
Rodney
completed
the
party
.
Sylvia
was
really
peerless
.
She
was
by
birth
half
a
Frenchwoman
,
and
she
compensated
for
her
deficiency
in
the
other
moiety
,
by
a
series
of
exquisite
costumes
,
in
which
she
mingled
with
the
spell-born
fashion
of
France
her
own
singular
genius
in
dress
.
She
spoke
not
much
,
but
looked
prettier
than
ever
;
a
little
haughty
,
and
now
and
then
faintly
smiling
.
What
was
most
remarkable
about
her
was
her
convenient
and
complete
want
of
memory
.
Sylvia
had
no
past
.
She
could
not
have
found
her
way
to
Warwick
Street
to
save
her
life
.
She
conversed
with
Endymion
with
ease
and
not
without
gratification
,
but
from
all
she
said
,
you
might
have
supposed
that
they
had
been
born
in
the
same
sphere
,
and
always
lived
in
the
same
sphere
,
that
sphere
being
one
peopled
by
duchesses
and
countesses
and
gentlemen
of
fashion
and
ministers
of
state
.
Lady
Beaumaris
was
different
from
her
sister
almost
in
all
respects
,
except
in
beauty
,
though
her
beauty
even
was
of
a
higher
style
than
that
of
Mrs.
Rodney
.
Imogene
was
quite
natural
,
though
refined
.
She
had
a
fine
disposition
.
All
her
impulses
were
good
and
naturally
noble
.
She
had
a
greater
intellectual
range
than
Sylvia
,
and
was
much
more
cultivated
.
This
she
owed
to
her
friendship
with
Mr.
Waldershare
,
who
was
entirely
devoted
to
her
,
and
whose
main
object
in
life
was
to
make
everything
contribute
to
her
greatness
.
“
I
hope
he
will
come
here
next
week
,
”
she
said
to
Endymion
.
“
I
heard
from
him
to-day
.
He
is
at
Venice
.
And
he
gives
me
such
lovely
descriptions
of
that
city
,
that
I
shall
never
rest
till
I
have
seen
it
and
glided
in
a
gondola
.
”
“
Well
,
that
you
can
easily
do
.
”
“
Not
so
easily
.
It
will
never
do
to
interfere
with
my
lord’s
hunting
—
and
when
hunting
is
over
there
is
always
something
else
—
Newmarket
,
or
the
House
of
Lords
,
or
rook-shooting
.
”
“
I
must
say
there
is
something
delightful
about
Paris
,
which
you
meet
nowhere
else
,
”
said
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
to
Endymion
.
“
For
my
part
,
it
has
the
same
effect
on
me
as
a
bottle
of
champagne
.
When
I
think
of
what
we
were
doing
at
this
time
last
year
—
those
dreadful
November
cabinets
—
I
shudder
!
By
the
by
,
the
Count
of
Ferroll
says
there
is
a
chance
of
Lady
Montfort
coming
here
;
have
you
heard
anything
?
”
Endymion
knew
all
about
it
,
but
he
was
too
discreet
even
to
pretend
to
exclusive
information
on
that
head
.
He
thought
it
might
be
true
,
but
supposed
it
depended
on
my
lord
.
“
Oh
!
Montfort
will
never
come
.
He
will
bolt
at
the
last
moment
when
the
hall
is
full
of
packages
.
Their
very
sight
will
frighten
him
,
and
he
will
steal
down
to
Princedown
and
read
‘Don
Quixote.’
”
Sidney
Wilton
was
quite
right
.
Lady
Montfort
arrived
without
her
lord
.
“
He
threw
me
over
almost
as
we
were
getting
into
the
carriage
,
and
I
had
quite
given
it
up
when
dear
Lady
Roehampton
came
to
my
rescue
.
She
wanted
to
see
her
brother
,
and
—
here
we
are
.
”
The
arrival
of
these
two
great
ladies
gave
a
stimulant
to
gaieties
which
were
already
excessive
.
The
court
and
the
ministers
rivalled
the
balls
and
the
banquets
which
were
profusely
offered
by
the
ambassadors
and
bankers
.
Even
the
great
faubourg
relaxed
,
and
its
halls
of
high
ceremony
and
mysterious
splendour
were
opened
to
those
who
in
London
had
extended
to
many
of
their
order
a
graceful
and
abounding
hospitality
.
It
was
with
difficulty
,
however
,
that
they
persuaded
Lady
Montfort
to
honour
with
her
presence
the
embassy
of
her
own
court
.
“
I
dined
with
those
people
once
,
”
she
said
to
Endymion
,
“
but
I
confess
when
I
thought
of
those
dear
Granvilles
,
their
entrees
stuck
in
my
throat
.
”
There
was
,
however
,
no
lack
of
diplomatic
banquets
for
the
successor
of
Louise
of
Savoy
.
The
splendid
hotel
of
the
Count
of
Ferroll
was
the
scene
of
festivals
not
to
be
exceeded
in
Paris
,
and
all
in
honour
of
this
wondrous
dame
.
Sometimes
they
were
feasts
,
sometimes
they
were
balls
,
sometimes
they
were
little
dinners
,
consummate
and
select
,
sometimes
large
receptions
,
multifarious
and
amusing
.
Her
pleasure
was
asked
every
morn
,
and
whenever
she
was
disengaged
,
she
issued
orders
to
his
devoted
household
.
His
boxes
at
opera
or
play
were
at
her
constant
disposal
;
his
carriages
were
at
her
command
,
and
she
rode
,
in
his
society
,
the
most
beautiful
horses
in
Paris
.
The
Count
of
Ferroll
had
wished
that
both
ladies
should
have
taken
up
their
residence
at
his
mansion
.
“
But
I
think
we
had
better
not
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
to
Myra
.
“
After
all
,
there
is
nothing
like
‘my
crust
of
bread
and
liberty
,
’
and
so
I
think
we
had
better
stay
at
the
Bristol
.
”
CHAPTER
VI
“
Go
and
talk
to
Adriana
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
to
her
brother
.
“
It
seems
to
me
you
never
speak
to
her
.
”
Endymion
looked
a
little
confused
.
“
Lady
Montfort
has
plenty
of
friends
here
,
”
his
sister
continued
.
“
You
are
not
wanted
,
and
you
should
always
remember
those
who
have
been
our
earliest
and
kindest
friends
.
”
There
was
something
in
Lady
Roehampton’s
words
and
look
which
rather
jarred
upon
him
.
Anything
like
reproach
or
dissatisfaction
from
those
lips
and
from
that
countenance
,
sometimes
a
little
anxious
but
always
affectionate
,
not
to
say
adoring
,
confused
and
even
agitated
him
.
He
was
tempted
to
reply
,
but
,
exercising
successfully
the
self-control
which
was
the
result
rather
of
his
life
than
of
his
nature
,
he
said
nothing
,
and
,
in
obedience
to
the
intimation
,
immediately
approached
Miss
Neuchatel
.
About
this
time
Waldershare
arrived
at
Paris
,
full
of
magnificent
dreams
which
he
called
plans
.
He
was
delighted
with
his
office
;
it
was
much
the
most
important
in
the
government
,
and
more
important
because
it
was
not
in
the
cabinet
.
Well
managed
,
it
was
power
without
responsibility
.
He
explained
to
Lady
Beaumaris
that
an
Under-Secretary
of
State
for
Foreign
Affairs
,
with
his
chief
in
the
House
of
Lords
,
was
“
master
of
the
situation
.
”
What
the
situation
was
,
and
what
the
under-secretary
was
to
master
,
he
did
not
yet
deign
to
inform
Imogene
;
but
her
trust
in
Waldershare
was
implicit
,
and
she
repeated
to
Lord
Beaumaris
,
and
to
Mrs.
Rodney
,
with
an
air
of
mysterious
self-complacency
,
that
Mr.
Waldershare
was
“
master
of
the
situation
.
”
Mrs.
Rodney
fancied
that
this
was
the
correct
and
fashionable
title
of
an
under-secretary
of
state
.
Mr.
Waldershare
was
going
to
make
a
collection
of
portraits
of
Under-Secretaries
for
Foreign
Affairs
whose
chiefs
had
been
in
the
House
of
Lords
.
It
would
be
a
collection
of
the
most
eminent
statesmen
that
England
had
ever
produced
.
For
the
rest
,
during
his
Italian
tour
,
Waldershare
seemed
to
have
conducted
himself
with
distinguished
discretion
,
and
had
been
careful
not
to
solicit
an
audience
of
the
Duke
of
Modena
in
order
to
renew
his
oath
of
allegiance
.
When
Lady
Montfort
successfully
tempted
Lady
Roehampton
to
be
her
travelling
companion
to
Paris
,
the
contemplated
visit
was
to
have
been
a
short
one
—
“
a
week
,
perhaps
ten
days
at
the
outside
.
”
The
outside
had
been
not
inconsiderably
passed
,
and
yet
the
beautiful
Berengaria
showed
no
disposition
of
returning
to
England
.
Myra
was
uneasy
at
her
own
protracted
absence
from
her
lord
,
and
having
made
a
last
,
but
fruitless
effort
to
induce
Lady
Montfort
to
accompany
her
,
she
said
one
day
to
Endymion
,
“
I
think
I
must
ask
you
to
take
me
back
.
And
indeed
you
ought
to
be
with
my
lord
some
little
time
before
the
meeting
of
Parliament
.
”
Endymion
was
really
of
the
same
opinion
,
though
he
was
conscious
of
the
social
difficulty
which
he
should
have
to
encounter
in
order
to
effect
his
purpose
.
Occasionally
a
statesman
in
opposition
is
assisted
by
the
same
private
secretary
who
was
his
confidant
when
in
office
;
but
this
is
not
always
the
case
—
perhaps
not
even
generally
.
In
the
present
instance
,
the
principal
of
Lord
Roehampton’s
several
secretaries
had
been
selected
from
the
permanent
clerks
in
the
Foreign
Office
itself
,
and
therefore
when
his
chief
retired
from
his
official
duties
,
the
private
secretary
resumed
his
previous
post
,
an
act
which
necessarily
terminated
all
relations
between
himself
and
the
late
minister
,
save
those
of
private
,
though
often
still
intimate
,
acquaintance
.
Now
one
of
the
great
objects
of
Lady
Roehampton
for
a
long
time
had
been
,
that
her
brother
should
occupy
a
confidential
position
near
her
husband
.
The
desire
had
originally
been
shared
,
and
even
warmly
,
by
Lady
Montfort
;
but
the
unexpected
entrance
of
Endymion
into
the
House
of
Commons
had
raised
a
technical
difficulty
in
this
respect
which
seemed
to
terminate
the
cherished
prospect
.
Myra
,
however
,
was
resolved
not
to
regard
these
technical
difficulties
,
and
was
determined
to
establish
at
once
the
intimate
relations
she
desired
between
her
husband
and
her
brother
.
This
purpose
had
been
one
of
the
principal
causes
which
induced
her
to
accompany
Lady
Montfort
to
Paris
.
She
wanted
to
see
Endymion
,
to
see
what
he
was
about
,
and
to
prepare
him
for
the
future
which
she
contemplated
.
The
view
which
Lady
Montfort
took
of
these
matters
was
very
different
from
that
of
Lady
Roehampton
.
Lady
Montfort
was
in
her
riding
habit
,
leaning
back
in
an
easy
chair
,
with
her
whip
in
one
hand
and
the
“
Charivari
”
in
the
other
,
and
she
said
,
“
Are
you
not
going
to
ride
to-day
,
Endymion
?
”
“
I
think
not
.
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
a
little
about
my
plans
,
Lady
Montfort
.
”
“
Your
plans
?
Why
should
you
have
any
plans
?
”
“
Well
,
Lady
Roehampton
is
about
to
return
to
England
,
and
she
proposes
I
should
go
with
her
.
”
“
Why
?
”
And
then
Endymion
entered
into
the
whole
case
,
the
desirableness
of
being
with
Lord
Roehampton
before
the
meeting
of
parliament
,
of
assisting
him
,
working
with
him
,
acting
for
him
,
and
all
the
other
expedient
circumstances
of
the
situation
.
Lady
Montfort
said
nothing
.
Being
of
an
eager
nature
,
it
was
rather
her
habit
to
interrupt
those
who
addressed
her
,
especially
on
matters
she
deemed
disagreeable
.
Her
husband
used
to
say
,
“
Berengaria
is
a
charming
companion
,
but
if
she
would
only
listen
a
little
more
,
she
would
have
so
much
more
to
tell
me
.
”
On
the
present
occasion
,
Endymion
had
no
reason
to
complain
that
he
had
not
a
fair
opportunity
of
stating
his
views
and
wishes
.
She
was
quite
silent
,
changed
colour
occasionally
,
bit
her
beautiful
lip
,
and
gently
but
constantly
lashed
her
beautiful
riding
habit
.
When
he
paused
,
she
inquired
if
he
had
done
,
and
he
assenting
,
she
said
,
“
I
think
the
whole
thing
preposterous
.
What
can
Lord
Roehampton
have
to
do
before
the
meeting
of
parliament
?
He
has
not
got
to
write
the
Queen’s
speech
.
The
only
use
of
being
in
opposition
is
that
we
may
enjoy
ourselves
.
The
best
thing
that
Lord
Roehampton
and
all
his
friends
can
do
is
travel
for
a
couple
of
years
.
Ask
the
Count
of
Ferroll
what
he
thinks
of
the
situation
.
He
will
tell
you
that
he
never
knew
one
more
hopeless
.
Taxes
and
tariffs
—
that’s
the
future
of
England
,
and
,
so
far
as
I
can
see
,
it
may
go
on
for
ever
.
The
government
here
desires
nothing
better
than
what
they
call
Peace
.
What
they
mean
by
peace
is
agiotage
,
shares
at
a
premium
,
and
bubble
companies
.
The
whole
thing
is
corrupt
,
as
it
ever
must
be
when
government
is
in
the
hands
of
a
mere
middle
class
,
and
that
,
too
,
a
limited
one
;
but
it
may
last
hopelessly
long
,
and
in
the
meantime
,
‘Vive
la
bagatelle
!
’
”
“
These
are
very
different
views
from
those
which
,
I
had
understood
,
were
to
guide
us
in
opposition
,
”
said
Endymion
,
amazed
.
“
There
is
no
opposition
,
”
rejoined
Lady
Montfort
,
somewhat
tartly
.
“
For
a
real
opposition
there
must
be
a
great
policy
.
If
your
friend
,
Lord
Roehampton
,
when
he
was
settling
the
Levant
,
had
only
seized
upon
Egypt
,
we
should
have
been
somewhere
.
Now
,
we
are
the
party
who
wanted
to
give
,
not
even
cheap
bread
to
the
people
,
but
only
cheaper
bread
.
Faugh
!
”
“
Well
,
I
do
not
think
the
occupation
of
Egypt
in
the
present
state
of
our
finances
”
—
—
“
Do
not
talk
to
me
about
‘the
present
state
of
our
finances.’
You
are
worse
than
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
.
The
Count
of
Ferroll
says
that
a
ministry
which
is
upset
by
its
finances
must
be
essentially
imbecile
.
And
that
,
too
,
in
England
—
the
richest
country
in
the
world
!
”
“
Well
,
I
think
the
state
of
the
finances
had
something
to
do
with
the
French
Revolution
,
”
observed
Endymion
quietly
.
“
The
French
Revolution
!
You
might
as
well
talk
of
the
fall
of
the
Roman
Empire
.
The
French
Revolution
was
founded
on
nonsense
—
on
the
rights
of
man
;
when
all
sensible
people
in
every
country
are
now
agreed
,
that
man
has
no
rights
whatever
.
”
“
But
,
dearest
Lady
Montfort
,
”
said
Endymion
,
in
a
somewhat
deprecating
tone
,
“
about
my
returning
;
for
that
is
the
real
subject
on
which
I
wished
to
trouble
you
.
”
“
You
have
made
up
your
mind
to
return
,
”
she
replied
.
“
What
is
the
use
of
consulting
me
with
a
foregone
conclusion
?
I
suppose
you
think
it
a
compliment
.
”
“
I
should
be
very
sorry
to
do
anything
without
consulting
you
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
The
worst
person
in
the
world
to
consult
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
impatiently
.
“
If
you
want
advice
,
you
had
better
go
to
your
sister
.
Men
who
are
guided
by
their
sisters
seldom
make
very
great
mistakes
.
They
are
generally
so
prudent
;
and
,
I
must
say
,
I
think
a
prudent
man
quite
detestable
.
”
Endymion
turned
pale
,
his
lips
quivered
.
What
might
have
been
the
winged
words
they
sent
forth
it
is
now
impossible
to
record
,
for
at
that
moment
the
door
opened
,
and
the
servant
announced
that
her
ladyship’s
horse
was
at
the
door
.
Lady
Montfort
jumped
up
quickly
,
and
saying
,
“
Well
,
I
suppose
I
shall
see
you
before
you
go
,
”
disappeared
.
CHAPTER
VII
In
the
meantime
,
Lady
Roehampton
was
paying
her
farewell
visit
to
her
former
pupil
.
They
were
alone
,
and
Adriana
was
hanging
on
her
neck
and
weeping
.
“
We
were
so
happy
,
”
she
murmured
.
“
And
are
so
happy
,
and
will
be
,
”
said
Myra
.
“
I
feel
I
shall
never
be
happy
again
,
”
sighed
Adriana
.
“
You
deserve
to
be
the
happiest
of
human
beings
,
and
you
will
be
.
”
“
Never
,
never
!
”
Lady
Roehampton
could
say
no
more
;
she
pressed
her
friend
to
her
heart
,
and
left
the
room
in
silence
.
When
she
arrived
at
her
hotel
,
her
brother
was
leaving
the
house
.
His
countenance
was
disquieted
;
he
did
not
greet
her
with
that
mantling
sunniness
of
aspect
which
was
natural
to
him
when
they
met
.
“
I
have
made
all
my
farewells
,
”
she
said
;
“
and
how
have
you
been
getting
on
?
”
And
she
invited
him
to
re-enter
the
hotel
.
“
I
am
ready
to
depart
at
this
moment
,
”
he
said
somewhat
fiercely
,
“
and
was
only
thinking
how
I
could
extricate
myself
from
that
horrible
dinner
to-day
at
the
Count
of
Ferroll’s
.
”
“
Well
,
that
is
not
difficult
,
”
said
Myra
;
“
you
can
write
a
note
here
if
you
like
,
at
once
.
I
think
you
must
have
seen
quite
enough
of
the
Count
of
Ferroll
and
his
friends
.
”
Endymion
sat
down
at
the
table
,
and
announced
his
intended
non-appearance
at
the
Count’s
dinner
,
for
it
could
not
be
called
an
excuse
.
When
he
had
finished
,
his
sister
said
—
“
Do
you
know
,
we
were
nearly
having
a
travelling
companion
to-morrow
?
”
He
looked
up
with
a
blush
,
for
he
fancied
she
was
alluding
to
some
previous
scheme
of
Lady
Montfort
.
“
Indeed
!
”
he
said
,
“
and
who
?
”
“
Adriana
.
”
“
Adriana
!
”
he
repeated
,
somewhat
relieved
;
“
would
she
leave
her
family
?
”
“
She
had
a
fancy
,
and
I
am
sure
I
do
not
know
any
companion
I
could
prefer
to
her
.
She
is
the
only
person
of
whom
I
could
truly
say
,
that
every
time
I
see
her
,
I
love
her
more
.
”
“
She
seemed
to
like
Paris
very
much
,
”
said
Endymion
a
little
embarrassed
.
“
The
first
part
of
her
visit
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
she
liked
it
amazingly
.
But
my
arrival
and
Lady
Montfort’s
,
I
fear
,
broke
up
their
little
parties
.
You
were
a
great
deal
with
the
Neuchatels
before
we
came
?
”
“
They
are
such
a
good
family
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
so
kind
,
so
hospitable
,
such
true
friends
.
And
Mr.
Neuchatel
himself
is
one
of
the
shrewdest
men
that
probably
ever
lived
.
I
like
talking
with
him
,
or
rather
,
I
like
to
hear
him
talk
.
”
“
O
Endymion
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
if
you
were
to
marry
Adriana
,
my
happiness
would
be
complete
.
”
“
Adriana
will
never
marry
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
she
is
afraid
of
being
married
for
her
money
.
I
know
twenty
men
who
would
marry
her
,
if
they
thought
there
was
a
chance
of
being
accepted
;
and
the
best
man
,
Eusford
,
did
make
her
an
offer
—
that
I
know
.
And
where
could
she
find
a
match
more
suitable
?
—
high
rank
,
and
large
estate
,
and
a
man
that
everybody
speaks
well
of
.
”
“
Adriana
will
never
marry
except
for
the
affections
;
there
you
are
right
,
Endymion
;
she
must
love
and
she
must
be
loved
;
but
that
is
not
very
unreasonable
in
a
person
who
is
young
,
pretty
,
accomplished
,
and
intelligent
.
”
“
She
is
all
that
,
”
said
Endymion
moodily
.
“
And
she
loves
you
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
.
Endymion
rather
started
,
looked
up
for
a
moment
at
his
sister
,
and
then
withdrew
as
hastily
an
agitated
glance
,
and
then
with
his
eyes
on
the
ground
said
,
in
a
voice
half
murmuring
,
and
yet
scoffingly
:
“
I
should
like
to
see
Mr.
Neuchatel’s
face
were
I
to
ask
permission
to
marry
his
daughter
.
I
suppose
he
would
not
kick
me
downstairs
;
that
is
out
of
fashion
;
but
he
certainly
would
never
ask
me
to
dinner
again
,
and
that
would
be
a
sacrifice
.
”
“
You
jest
,
Endymion
;
I
am
not
jesting
.
”
“
There
are
some
matters
that
can
only
be
treated
as
a
jest
;
and
my
marriage
with
Miss
Neuchatel
is
one
.
”
“
It
would
make
you
one
of
the
most
powerful
men
in
England
,
”
said
his
sister
.
“
Other
impossible
events
would
do
the
same
.
”
“
It
is
not
impossible
;
it
is
very
possible
,
”
said
his
sister
,
“
believe
me
,
trust
in
me
.
The
happiness
of
their
daughter
is
more
precious
to
the
Neuchatels
even
than
their
fortune
.
”
“
I
do
not
see
why
,
at
my
age
,
I
should
be
in
such
a
hurry
to
marry
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
You
cannot
marry
too
soon
,
if
by
so
doing
you
obtain
the
great
object
of
life
.
Early
marriages
are
to
be
deprecated
,
especially
for
men
,
because
they
are
too
frequently
imprudent
;
but
when
a
man
can
marry
while
he
is
young
,
and
at
once
realise
,
by
so
doing
,
all
the
results
which
successful
time
may
bring
to
him
,
he
should
not
hesitate
.
”
“
I
hesitate
very
much
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
I
should
hesitate
very
much
,
even
if
affairs
were
as
promising
as
I
think
you
may
erroneously
assume
.
”
“
But
you
must
not
hesitate
,
Endymion
.
We
must
never
forget
the
great
object
for
which
we
two
live
,
for
which
,
I
believe
,
we
were
born
twins
—
to
rebuild
our
house
;
to
raise
it
from
poverty
,
and
ignominy
,
and
misery
and
squalid
shame
,
to
the
rank
and
position
which
we
demand
,
and
which
we
believe
we
deserve
.
Did
I
hesitate
when
an
offer
of
marriage
was
made
to
me
,
and
the
most
unexpected
that
could
have
occurred
?
True
it
is
,
I
married
the
best
and
greatest
of
men
,
but
I
did
not
know
that
when
I
accepted
his
hand
.
I
married
him
for
your
sake
,
I
married
him
for
my
own
sake
,
for
the
sake
of
the
house
of
Ferrars
,
which
I
wished
to
release
and
raise
from
its
pit
of
desolation
.
I
married
him
to
secure
for
us
both
that
opportunity
for
our
qualities
which
they
had
lost
,
and
which
I
believed
,
if
enjoyed
,
would
render
us
powerful
and
great
.
”
Endymion
rose
from
his
seat
and
kissed
his
sister
.
“
So
long
as
you
live
,
”
he
said
,
“
we
shall
never
be
ignominious
.
”
“
Yes
,
but
I
am
nothing
;
I
am
not
a
man
,
I
am
not
a
Ferrars
.
The
best
of
me
is
that
I
may
be
a
transient
help
to
you
.
It
is
you
who
must
do
the
deed
.
I
am
wearied
of
hearing
you
described
as
Lady
Roehampton’s
brother
,
or
Lord
Roehampton’s
brother-in-law
.
I
shall
never
be
content
till
you
are
greater
than
we
are
,
and
there
is
but
one
and
only
one
immediate
way
of
accomplishing
it
,
it
is
by
this
marriage
—
and
a
marriage
with
whom
?
with
an
angelic
being
!
”
“
You
take
me
somewhat
by
surprise
,
Myra
.
My
thoughts
have
not
been
upon
this
matter
.
I
cannot
fairly
describe
myself
at
this
moment
as
a
marrying
man
.
”
“
I
know
what
you
mean
.
You
have
female
friendships
,
and
I
approve
of
them
.
They
are
invaluable
to
youth
,
and
you
have
been
greatly
favoured
in
this
respect
.
They
have
been
a
great
assistance
to
you
;
beware
lest
they
become
a
hindrance
.
A
few
years
of
such
feelings
in
a
woman’s
life
are
a
blazoned
page
,
and
when
it
is
turned
she
has
many
other
chapters
,
though
they
may
not
be
as
brilliant
or
adorned
.
But
these
few
years
in
a
man’s
life
may
be
,
and
in
your
case
certainly
would
be
,
the
very
marrow
of
his
destiny
.
During
the
last
five
or
six
years
,
ever
since
our
emancipation
,
there
has
been
a
gradual
but
continuous
development
in
your
life
.
All
has
been
preparatory
for
a
position
which
you
have
acquired
.
That
position
may
lead
to
anything
—
in
your
case
,
I
will
still
believe
,
to
everything
—
but
there
must
be
no
faltering
.
Having
crossed
the
Alps
,
you
must
not
find
a
Capua
.
I
speak
to
you
as
I
have
not
spoken
to
you
of
late
,
because
it
was
not
necessary
.
But
here
is
an
opportunity
which
must
not
be
lost
.
I
feel
half
inspired
,
as
when
we
parted
in
our
misery
at
Hurstley
,
and
I
bade
you
,
poor
and
obscure
,
go
forth
and
conquer
the
world
.
”
Late
on
the
night
of
the
day
,
their
last
day
at
Paris
,
on
which
this
conversation
took
place
,
Endymion
received
a
note
in
well-known
handwriting
,
and
it
ran
thus
:
“
If
it
be
any
satisfaction
to
you
to
know
that
you
made
me
very
unhappy
by
not
dining
here
to-day
,
you
may
be
gratified
.
I
am
very
unhappy
.
I
know
that
I
was
unkind
this
morning
,
and
rude
,
but
as
my
anger
was
occasioned
by
your
leaving
me
,
my
conduct
might
annoy
but
surely
could
not
mortify
you
.
I
shall
see
you
to-morrow
,
however
early
you
may
depart
,
as
I
cannot
let
your
dear
sister
leave
Paris
without
my
embracing
her
.
“
Your
faithful
friend
,
“
Berengaria
.
”
CHAPTER
VIII
In
old
days
,
it
was
the
habit
to
think
and
say
that
the
House
of
Commons
was
an
essentially
“
queer
place
,
”
which
no
one
could
understand
until
he
was
a
member
of
it
.
It
may
,
perhaps
,
be
doubted
whether
that
somewhat
mysterious
quality
still
altogether
attaches
to
that
assembly
.
“
Our
own
Reporter
,
”
has
invaded
it
in
all
its
purlieus
.
No
longer
content
with
giving
an
account
of
the
speeches
of
its
members
,
he
is
not
satisfied
unless
he
describes
their
persons
,
their
dress
,
and
their
characteristic
mannerisms
.
He
tells
us
how
they
dine
,
even
the
wines
and
dishes
which
they
favour
,
and
follows
them
into
the
very
mysteries
of
their
smoking-room
.
And
yet
there
is
perhaps
a
certain
fine
sense
of
the
feelings
,
and
opinions
,
and
humours
of
this
assembly
,
which
cannot
be
acquired
by
hasty
notions
and
necessarily
superficial
remarks
,
but
must
be
the
result
of
long
and
patient
observation
,
and
of
that
quick
sympathy
with
human
sentiment
,
in
all
its
classes
,
which
is
involved
in
the
possession
of
that
inestimable
quality
styled
tact
.
When
Endymion
Ferrars
first
took
his
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
it
still
fully
possessed
its
character
of
enigmatic
tradition
.
It
had
been
thought
that
this
,
in
a
great
degree
,
would
have
been
dissipated
by
the
Reform
Act
of
1832
,
which
suddenly
introduced
into
the
hallowed
precinct
a
number
of
individuals
whose
education
,
manners
,
modes
of
thought
,
were
different
from
those
of
the
previous
inhabitants
,
and
in
some
instances
,
and
in
some
respects
,
quite
contrary
to
them
.
But
this
was
not
so
.
After
a
short
time
it
was
observed
that
the
old
material
,
though
at
first
much
less
in
quantity
,
had
leavened
the
new
mass
;
that
the
tone
of
the
former
House
was
imitated
and
adopted
,
and
that
at
the
end
of
five
years
,
about
the
time
Endymion
was
returned
to
Parliament
,
much
of
its
serene
,
and
refined
,
and
even
classical
character
had
been
recovered
.
For
himself
,
he
entered
the
chamber
with
a
certain
degree
of
awe
,
which
,
with
use
,
diminished
,
but
never
entirely
disappeared
.
The
scene
was
one
over
which
his
boyhood
even
had
long
mused
,
and
it
was
associated
with
all
those
traditions
of
genius
,
eloquence
,
and
power
that
charm
and
inspire
youth
.
His
practical
acquaintance
with
the
forms
and
habits
of
the
House
from
his
customary
attendance
on
their
debates
as
private
secretary
to
a
cabinet
minister
,
was
of
great
advantage
to
him
,
and
restrained
that
excitement
which
dangerously
accompanies
us
when
we
enter
into
a
new
life
,
and
especially
a
life
of
such
deep
and
thrilling
interests
and
such
large
proportions
.
This
result
was
also
assisted
by
his
knowledge
,
at
least
by
sight
,
of
a
large
proportion
of
the
old
members
,
and
by
his
personal
and
sometimes
intimate
acquaintance
with
those
of
his
own
party
.
There
was
much
in
his
position
,
therefore
,
to
soften
that
awkward
feeling
of
being
a
freshman
,
which
is
always
embarrassing
.
He
took
his
place
on
the
second
bench
of
the
opposition
side
of
the
House
,
and
nearly
behind
Lord
Roehampton
.
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
,
whom
Endymion
encountered
in
the
lobby
as
he
was
escaping
to
dinner
,
highly
disapproved
of
this
step
.
He
had
greeted
Endymion
with
affable
condescension
.
“
You
made
your
first
mistake
to-night
,
my
dear
Ferrars
.
You
should
have
taken
your
seat
below
the
gangway
and
near
me
,
on
the
Mountain
.
You
,
like
myself
,
are
a
man
of
the
future
.
”
“
I
am
a
member
of
the
opposition
.
I
do
not
suppose
it
signifies
much
where
I
sit
.
”
“
On
the
contrary
,
it
signifies
everything
.
After
this
great
Tory
reaction
there
is
nothing
to
be
done
now
by
speeches
,
and
,
in
all
probability
,
very
little
that
can
be
effectually
opposed
.
Much
,
therefore
,
depends
upon
where
you
sit
.
If
you
sit
on
the
Mountain
,
the
public
imagination
will
be
attracted
to
you
,
and
when
they
are
aggrieved
,
which
they
will
be
in
good
time
,
the
public
passion
,
which
is
called
opinion
,
will
look
to
you
for
representation
.
My
advice
to
my
friends
now
is
to
sit
together
and
say
nothing
,
but
to
profess
through
the
press
the
most
advanced
opinions
.
We
sit
on
the
back
bench
of
the
gangway
,
and
we
call
ourselves
the
Mountain
.
”
Notwithstanding
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine’s
oracular
revelations
,
Endymion
was
very
glad
to
find
his
old
friend
Trenchard
generally
his
neighbour
.
He
had
a
high
opinion
both
of
Trenchard’s
judgment
and
acquirements
,
and
he
liked
the
man
.
In
time
they
always
managed
to
sit
together
.
Job
Thornberry
took
his
seat
below
the
gangway
,
on
the
opposition
side
,
and
on
the
floor
of
the
House
.
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
had
sent
his
brother
,
Mr.
Tremaine
Bertie
,
to
look
after
this
new
star
,
who
he
was
anxious
should
ascend
the
Mountain
;
but
Job
Thornberry
wishing
to
know
whether
the
Mountain
were
going
for
“
total
and
immediate
,
”
and
not
obtaining
a
sufficiently
distinct
reply
,
declined
the
proffered
intimation
.
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
,
being
a
landed
proprietor
as
well
as
leader
of
the
Mountain
,
was
too
much
devoted
to
the
rights
of
labour
to
sanction
such
middle-class
madness
.
“
Peel
with
have
to
do
it
,
”
said
Job
.
“
You
will
see
.
”
“
Peel
now
occupies
the
position
of
Necker
,
”
said
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
,
“
and
will
make
the
same
fiasco
.
Then
you
will
at
last
have
a
popular
government
.
”
“
And
the
rights
of
labour
?
”
asked
Job
.
“
All
I
hope
is
,
I
may
have
got
safe
to
the
States
before
that
day
.
”
“
There
will
be
no
danger
,
”
said
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
.
“
There
is
this
difference
between
the
English
Mountain
and
the
French
.
The
English
Mountain
has
its
government
prepared
.
And
my
brother
spoke
to
you
because
,
when
the
hour
arrives
,
I
wished
to
see
you
a
member
of
it
.
”
“
My
dear
Endymion
,
”
said
Waldershare
,
“
let
us
dine
together
before
we
meet
in
mortal
conflict
,
which
I
suppose
will
be
soon
.
I
really
think
your
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
the
most
absurd
being
out
of
Colney
Hatch
.
”
“
Well
,
he
has
a
purpose
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
and
they
say
that
a
man
with
a
purpose
generally
sees
it
realised.’
“
What
I
do
like
in
him
,
”
said
Waldershare
,
“
is
this
revival
of
the
Pythagorean
system
,
and
a
leading
party
of
silence
.
That
is
rich
.
”
One
of
the
most
interesting
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
was
Sir
Fraunceys
Scrope
.
He
was
the
father
of
the
House
,
though
it
was
difficult
to
believe
that
from
his
appearance
.
He
was
tall
,
and
had
kept
his
distinguished
figure
;
a
handsome
man
,
with
a
musical
voice
,
and
a
countenance
now
benignant
,
though
very
bright
,
and
once
haughty
.
He
still
retained
the
same
fashion
of
costume
in
which
he
had
ridden
up
to
Westminster
more
than
half
a
century
ago
,
from
his
seat
in
Derbyshire
,
to
support
his
dear
friend
Charles
Fox
;
real
top-boots
,
and
a
blue
coat
and
buff
waistcoat
.
He
was
a
great
friend
of
Lord
Roehampton
,
had
a
large
estate
in
the
same
county
,
and
had
refused
an
earldom
.
Knowing
Endymion
,
he
came
and
sate
by
him
one
day
in
the
House
,
and
asked
him
,
good-naturedly
,
how
he
liked
his
new
life
.
“
It
is
very
different
from
what
it
was
when
I
was
your
age
.
Up
to
Easter
we
rarely
had
a
regular
debate
,
never
a
party
division
;
very
few
people
came
up
indeed
.
But
there
was
a
good
deal
of
speaking
on
all
subjects
before
dinner
.
We
had
the
privilege
then
of
speaking
on
the
presentation
of
petitions
at
any
length
,
and
we
seldom
spoke
on
any
other
occasion
.
After
Easter
there
was
always
at
least
one
great
party
fight
.
This
was
a
mighty
affair
,
talked
of
for
weeks
before
it
came
off
,
and
then
rarely
an
adjourned
debate
.
We
were
gentlemen
,
used
to
sit
up
late
,
and
should
have
been
sitting
up
somewhere
else
had
we
not
been
in
the
House
of
Commons
.
After
this
party
fight
,
the
House
for
the
rest
of
the
session
was
a
mere
club
.
”
“
There
was
not
much
business
doing
then
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
There
was
not
much
business
in
the
country
then
.
The
House
of
Commons
was
very
much
like
what
the
House
of
Lords
is
now
.
You
went
home
to
dine
,
and
now
and
then
came
back
for
an
important
division
.
”
“
But
you
must
always
have
had
the
estimates
here
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Yes
,
but
they
ran
through
very
easily
.
Hume
was
the
first
man
who
attacked
the
estimates
.
What
are
you
going
to
do
with
yourself
to-day
?
Will
you
take
your
mutton
with
me
?
You
must
come
in
boots
,
for
it
is
now
dinner-time
,
and
you
must
return
,
I
fancy
.
Twenty
years
ago
,
no
man
would
think
of
coming
down
to
the
House
except
in
evening
dress
.
I
remember
so
late
as
Mr.
Canning
,
the
minister
always
came
down
in
silk
stockings
and
pantaloons
,
or
knee
breeches
.
All
things
change
,
and
quoting
Virgil
,
as
that
young
gentleman
has
just
done
,
will
be
the
next
thing
to
disappear
.
In
the
last
parliament
we
often
had
Latin
quotations
,
but
never
from
a
member
with
a
new
constituency
.
I
have
heard
Greek
quoted
here
,
but
that
was
long
ago
,
and
a
great
mistake
.
The
House
was
quite
alarmed
.
Charles
Fox
used
to
say
as
to
quotation
—
‘No
Greek
;
as
much
Latin
as
you
like
;
and
never
French
under
any
circumstances
.
No
English
poet
unless
he
had
completed
his
century.’
These
were
like
some
other
good
rules
,
the
unwritten
orders
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
”
CHAPTER
IX
While
parliaments
were
dissolving
and
ministries
forming
,
the
disappointed
seeking
consolation
and
the
successful
enjoying
their
triumph
,
Simon
,
Earl
of
Montfort
,
who
just
missed
being
a
great
philosopher
,
was
reading
“
Topsy
Turvy
,
”
which
infinitely
amused
him
;
the
style
so
picturesque
and
lambent
!
the
tone
so
divertingly
cynical
!
And
if
the
knowledge
of
society
