,smiles
,
and
in
affable
monosyllables
.
She
indeed
generally
succeeded
in
conveying
an
impression
to
those
she
addressed
,
that
she
had
never
seen
them
before
,
did
not
care
to
see
them
now
,
and
never
wished
to
see
them
again
.
And
all
this
too
with
an
air
of
great
courtesy
.
They
arrived
at
the
brink
of
a
wooded
bank
;
at
their
feet
flowed
a
very
fine
river
,
deep
and
rushing
,
though
not
broad
;
its
opposite
bank
the
boundary
of
a
richly
timbered
park
.
"
Ah
!
this
is
beautiful
!
"
exclaimed
the
Ambassadress
.
"
And
is
that
yours
,
Lord
Monmouth
?
"
"
Not
yet
,
"
said
the
Marquess
.
"
That
is
Hellingsley
;
it
is
one
of
the
finest
places
in
the
county
,
with
a
splendid
estate
;
not
so
considerable
as
Coningsby
,
but
very
great
.
It
belongs
to
an
old
,
a
very
old
man
,
without
a
relative
in
the
world
.
It
is
known
that
the
estate
will
be
sold
at
his
death
,
which
may
be
almost
daily
expected
.
Then
it
is
mine
.
No
one
can
offer
for
it
what
I
can
afford
.
For
it
gives
me
this
division
of
the
county
,
Princess
.
To
possess
Hellingsley
is
one
of
my
objects
.
"
The
Marquess
spoke
with
an
animation
unusual
with
him
,
almost
with
a
degree
of
excitement
.
The
wind
met
them
as
they
returned
,
the
breeze
blew
rather
freshly
.
Lucretia
all
of
a
sudden
seemed
touched
with
unusual
emotion
.
She
was
alarmed
lest
Lord
Monmouth
should
catch
cold
;
she
took
a
kerchief
from
her
own
well-turned
throat
to
tie
round
his
neck
.
He
feebly
resisted
,
evidently
much
pleased
.
The
Princess
Lucretia
was
highly
accomplished
.
In
the
evening
,
having
refused
several
distinguished
guests
,
but
instantly
yielding
to
the
request
of
Lord
Monmouth
,
she
sang
.
It
was
impossible
to
conceive
a
contralto
of
more
thrilling
power
,
or
an
execution
more
worthy
of
the
voice
.
Coningsby
,
who
was
not
experienced
in
fine
singing
,
listened
as
if
to
a
supernatural
lay
,
but
all
agreed
it
was
of
the
highest
class
of
nature
and
of
art
;
and
the
Archduke
was
in
raptures
.
Lucretia
received
even
his
Highness
's
compliments
with
a
graceful
indifference
.
Indeed
to
those
who
watched
her
demeanour
,
it
might
be
remarked
that
she
seemed
to
yield
to
none
,
although
all
bowed
before
her
.
Madame
Colonna
,
who
was
always
extremely
kind
to
Coningsby
,
expressed
to
him
her
gratification
from
the
party
of
the
morning
.
It
must
have
been
delightful
,
she
assured
Coningsby
,
for
Lord
Monmouth
to
have
had
both
Lucretia
and
his
grandson
with
him
;
and
Lucretia
too
,
she
added
,
must
have
been
so
pleased
.
Coningsby
could
not
make
out
why
Madame
Colonna
was
always
intimating
to
him
that
the
Princess
Lucretia
took
such
great
interest
in
his
existence
,
looked
forward
with
such
gratification
to
his
society
,
remembered
with
so
much
pleasure
the
past
,
anticipated
so
much
happiness
from
the
future
.
It
appeared
to
him
that
he
was
to
Lucretia
,
if
not
an
object
of
repugnance
,
as
he
sometimes
fancied
,
certainly
one
only
of
absolute
indifference
;
but
he
said
nothing
.
He
had
already
lived
long
enough
to
know
that
it
is
unwise
to
wish
every
thing
explained
.
In
the
meantime
,
his
life
was
agreeable
.
Every
day
he
found
added
to
his
acquaintance
.
He
was
never
without
a
companion
to
ride
or
to
shoot
with
;
and
of
riding
Coningsby
was
very
fond
.
His
grandfather
too
was
continually
giving
him
good-natured
turns
,
and
making
him
of
consequence
in
the
castle
;
so
that
all
the
guests
were
fully
impressed
with
the
importance
of
Lord
Monmouth
's
grandson
.
Lady
St.
Julians
pronounced
him
distinguished
;
the
Ambassadress
thought
diplomacy
should
be
his
part
as
he
had
a
fine
person
and
a
clear
brain
;
Madame
Colonna
spoke
of
him
always
as
if
she
took
intense
interest
in
his
career
,
and
declared
that
she
liked
him
almost
as
much
as
Lucretia
did
;
the
Russians
persisted
in
always
styling
him
"
the
young
Marquess
,
"
notwithstanding
the
Ambassador
's
explanations
;
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
made
a
dashing
attack
on
him
;
but
Coningsby
remembered
a
lesson
which
Lady
Everingham
had
graciously
bestowed
on
him
.
He
was
not
to
be
caught
again
easily
.
Besides
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
laughed
a
little
too
much
,
and
talked
a
little
too
loud
.
As
time
flew
on
,
there
were
changes
of
visitors
,
chiefly
among
the
single
men
.
At
the
end
of
the
first
week
after
Coningsby
's
arrival
,
Lord
Eskdale
appeared
,
bringing
with
him
Lucian
Gay
;
and
soon
after
followed
the
Marquess
of
Beaumanoir
,
and
Mr.
Melton
.
These
were
all
heroes
who
,
in
their
way
,
interested
the
ladies
,
and
whose
advent
was
hailed
with
general
satisfaction
.
Even
Lucretia
would
relax
a
little
to
Lord
Eskdale
.
He
was
one
of
her
oldest
friends
,
and
with
a
simplicity
of
manner
which
amounted
almost
to
plainness
,
and
with
rather
a
cynical
nonchalance
in
his
carriage
towards
men
,
Lord
Eskdale
was
invariably
a
favourite
with
women
.
To
be
sure
his
station
was
eminent
;
he
was
noble
,
and
very
rich
,
and
very
powerful
,
and
these
are
qualities
which
tell
as
much
with
the
softer
as
the
harsher
sex
;
—
but
there
are
individuals
with
all
these
qualities
who
are
nevertheless
unpopular
with
women
.
Lord
Eskdals
was
easy
,
knew
the
world
thoroughly
,
had
no
prejudices
,
and
above
all
,
had
a
reputation
for
success
.
A
reputation
for
success
has
as
much
influence
with
women
,
as
a
reputation
for
wealth
has
with
men
.
Both
reputations
may
be
,
and
often
are
,
unjust
;
but
we
see
persons
daily
make
good
fortunes
by
them
all
the
same
.
Lord
Eskdale
was
not
an
impostor
;
and
though
he
might
not
have
been
so
successful
a
man
had
he
not
been
Lord
Eskdale
,
still
thrown
over
by
a
revolution
,
he
would
have
lighted
on
his
legs
.
The
arrival
of
this
nobleman
was
the
occasion
of
giving
a
good
turn
to
poor
Flora
.
He
went
immediately
to
see
his
friend
Villebecque
and
his
troop
.
Indeed
it
was
a
sort
of
society
which
pleased
Lord
Eskdale
more
than
that
which
is
deemed
more
refined
.
He
was
very
sorry
about
"
La
Petite
;
"
but
thought
that
everything
would
come
right
in
the
long
run
;
and
told
Villebecque
that
he
was
glad
to
hear
him
well
spoken
of
here
,
especially
by
the
Marquess
,
who
seemed
to
take
to
him
.
As
for
Flora
,
he
was
entirely
against
her
attempting
the
stage
again
,
at
least
for
the
present
,
but
as
she
was
a
good
musician
,
and
sang
a
good
second
,
he
suggested
to
the
Princess
Lucretia
one
night
,
that
the
subordinate
aid
of
Flora
might
be
of
service
to
her
,
and
permit
her
to
favour
her
friends
with
some
pieces
which
otherwise
she
must
deny
to
them
.
This
suggestion
was
successful
;
Flora
was
introduced
occasionally
,
soon
often
,
to
their
parties
in
the
evening
,
and
her
performances
were
in
every
respect
satisfactory
.
There
was
nothing
to
excite
the
jealousy
of
Lucretia
either
in
her
style
or
her
person
.
And
yet
she
sang
well
enough
,
and
was
a
quiet
,
refined
,
retiring
,
by
no
means
disagreeable
person
.
She
was
the
companion
of
Lucretia
very
often
in
the
morning
as
well
as
in
the
illumined
saloon
;
for
the
Princess
was
very
devoted
to
the
art
in
which
she
excelled
.
This
connection
on
the
whole
contributed
to
the
happiness
of
poor
Flora
.
True
it
was
,
in
the
evening
she
often
found
herself
sitting
or
standing
alone
and
no
one
noticing
her
;
she
had
no
dazzling
quality
to
attract
men
of
fashion
,
who
themselves
love
to
wordship
ever
the
fashionable
.
Even
their
goddesses
must
be
"
à
la
mode
.
"
But
Coningsby
never
omitted
an
opportunity
to
show
Flora
some
kindness
under
these
circumstances
.
He
always
came
and
talked
to
her
,
and
praised
her
singing
,
and
would
sometimes
hand
her
refreshments
and
give
her
his
arm
if
necessary
.
These
slight
attentions
coming
from
the
grandson
of
Lord
Monmouth
were
for
the
world
redoubled
in
their
value
;
though
Flora
thought
only
of
their
essential
kindness
;
all
in
character
with
that
first
visit
which
dwelt
on
the
poor
girl
's
memory
,
though
it
had
long
ago
escaped
that
of
her
visitor
.
For
in
truth
Coningsby
had
no
other
impulse
for
his
conduct
but
kind-heartedness
.
Thus
we
have
attempted
to
give
some
faint
idea
how
life
glided
away
at
the
castle
the
first
fortnight
that
Coningsby
passed
there
.
Perhaps
we
ought
not
to
omit
that
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
,
to
the
infinite
disgust
of
Lady
St.
Julians
who
had
a
daughter
with
her
,
successfully
entrapped
the
devoted
attentions
of
the
young
Marquess
of
Beaumanoir
,
who
was
never
very
backward
if
a
lady
would
take
trouble
enough
;
while
his
friend
Mr.
Melton
,
whose
barren
homage
Lady
St.
Julians
wished
her
daughter
ever
particularly
to
shun
,
employed
all
his
gaiety
,
good
humour
,
frivolity
and
fashion
,
in
amusing
that
young
lady
,
and
with
irresistible
effect
.
For
the
rest
,
they
continued
,
though
they
had
only
partridges
to
shoot
,
to
pass
the
morning
without
weariness
.
The
weather
was
fine
;
the
stud
numerous
;
all
might
be
mounted
.
The
Archduke
and
his
suite
,
guided
by
Mr.
Rigby
,
had
always
some
objects
to
visit
,
and
railroads
returned
them
just
in
time
for
the
banquet
with
an
appetite
which
they
had
earned
,
and
during
which
Rigby
recounted
their
achievements
,
and
his
own
opinions
.
The
dinner
was
always
first
rate
;
the
evening
never
failed
;
music
,
dancing
and
the
theatre
,
offered
great
resources
independent
of
the
soulsubduing
sentiment
harshly
called
flirtation
,
and
which
is
the
spell
of
a
country-house
.
Lord
Monmouth
was
satisfied
for
he
had
scarcely
ever
felt
wearied
.
All
that
he
required
in
life
was
to
be
amused
;
perhaps
that
was
not
all
he
required
,
but
it
was
indispensable
.
Nor
was
it
wonderful
that
on
the
present
occasion
he
obtained
his
purpose
,
for
there
were
half
a
hundred
of
the
brightest
eyes
and
quickest
brains
ever
on
the
watch
or
the
whirl
,
to
secure
him
distraction
.
The
only
circumstance
that
annoyed
him
was
the
non-arrival
of
Sidonia
.
Lord
Monmouth
could
not
bear
to
be
disappinted
.
He
could
not
refrain
from
saying
notwithstanding
all
the
resources
and
all
the
exertions
of
his
guests
:
"
I
cannot
understand
why
Sidonia
does
not
come
.
I
wish
Sidonia
were
here
.
"
"
So
do
I
,
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
,
"
Sidonia
is
the
only
man
who
tells
one
anything
new
.
"
"
We
saw
Sidonia
at
Lord
Studcaster
's
,
"
said
the
Marquess
of
Beaumanoir
.
"
He
told
Melton
he
was
coming
here
.
"
"
You
know
he
has
bought
all
Studcaster
's
horses
,
"
said
Mr.
Melton
.
"
I
wonder
he
does
not
buy
Studcaster
himself
,
"
said
Lord
Monmouth
,
"
I
would
if
I
were
he
;
Sidonia
can
buy
anything
,
"
he
turned
to
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
.
"
I
wonder
who
Sidonia
is
,
"
thought
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
,
but
she
was
determined
no
one
should
suppose
she
did
not
know
.
At
length
one
day
Coningsby
met
Madame
Colonna
in
the
vestibule
before
dinner
.
"
Milor
is
in
such
good
temper
,
Mr.
Coningsby
,
"
she
said
;
"
Monsieur
de
Sidonia
has
arrived
.
"
About
ten
minutes
before
dinner
there
was
a
stir
in
the
chamber
.
Coningsby
looked
round
.
He
saw
the
Archduke
advancing
,
and
holding
out
his
hand
in
a
manner
the
most
gracious
.
A
gentleman
,
of
distiguished
air
,
but
with
his
back
turned
to
Coningsby
,
was
bowing
as
he
received
his
Highness
's
greeting
.
There
was
a
general
pause
in
the
room
.
Several
came
forward
:
even
the
Marquess
seemed
a
little
moved
.
Coningsby
could
not
resist
the
impulse
of
curiosity
to
see
this
individual
of
whom
he
had
heard
so
much
.
He
glided
round
the
room
,
and
caught
the
countenance
of
his
companion
in
the
forest
inn
;
he
who
announced
to
him
,
that
"
the
Age
of
Ruins
was
past
.
"
CHAPTER
X
.
Sidonia
was
descended
from
a
very
ancient
and
noble
family
of
Arragon
,
that
,
in
the
course
of
ages
,
had
given
to
the
state
many
distinguished
citizens
.
In
the
priesthood
its
members
had
been
peculiarly
eminent
.
Besides
several
prelates
,
they
counted
among
their
number
an
Archbishop
of
Toledo
;
and
a
Sidonia
,
in
a
season
of
great
danger
and
difficulty
,
had
exercised
for
a
series
of
years
the
paramount
office
of
Grand
Inquisitor
.
Yet
,
strange
as
it
may
sound
,
it
is
nevertheless
a
fact
of
which
there
is
no
lack
of
evidence
,
that
this
illustrious
family
during
all
this
period
,
in
common
with
two-thirds
of
the
Arragonese
nobility
,
secretly
adhered
to
the
ancient
faith
and
ceremonies
of
their
fathers
—
a
belief
in
the
unity
of
the
God
of
Sinai
,
and
the
rites
and
observances
of
the
laws
of
Moses
.
Whence
came
those
Hebrew
Arabs
whose
passage
across
the
strait
from
Africa
to
Europe
long
preceded
the
invasion
of
the
Mohammedan
Arabs
,
it
is
now
impossible
to
ascertain
.
Their
traditions
tell
us
that
from
time
immemorial
they
had
sojourned
in
Africa
;
and
it
is
not
improbable
that
they
may
have
been
the
descendants
of
some
of
the
earlier
dispersions
;
like
those
Hebrew
colonies
that
we
find
in
China
,
and
who
probably
emigrated
from
Persia
in
the
days
of
the
great
monarchies
.
Whatever
may
have
been
their
origin
in
Africa
,
their
fortunes
in
southern
Europe
are
not
difficult
to
trace
,
though
the
annals
of
no
race
in
no
age
can
detail
a
history
of
such
strange
vicissitudes
,
or
one
rife
with
more
touching
and
romantic
incident
.
Their
unexampled
prosperity
in
the
Spanish
Peninsula
,
and
especially
in
the
south
,
where
they
had
become
the
principal
cultivators
of
the
soil
,
excited
the
jealousy
of
the
Goths
,
and
the
Councils
of
Toledo
during
the
sixth
and
seventh
centuries
attempted
,
by
a
series
of
decrees
worthy
of
the
barbarians
who
promulgated
them
,
to
root
the
Jewish
Arabs
out
of
the
land
.
There
is
no
doubt
the
Council
of
Toledo
led
as
directly
as
the
lust
of
Roderick
to
the
invasion
of
Spain
by
the
Moslemin
Arabs
.
The
Jewish
population
suffering
under
the
most
sanguinary
and
atrocious
persecution
looked
to
their
sympathizing
brethren
of
the
Crescent
,
whose
camps
already
gleamed
on
the
opposite
shore
.
The
overthrow
of
the
Gothic
kingdoms
was
as
much
achieved
by
the
superior
information
which
the
Saracens
received
from
their
suffering
kinsmen
,
as
by
the
resistless
valour
of
the
Desart
.
The
Saracen
kingdoms
were
established
.
That
fair
and
unrivalled
civilization
arose
,
which
preserved
for
Europe
arts
and
letters
when
Christendom
was
plunged
in
darkness
.
The
children
of
Ishmael
rewareded
the
children
of
Israel
with
equal
rights
and
privileges
with
themselves
.
During
these
halcyon
centuries
,
it
is
difficult
to
distinguish
the
follower
of
Moses
from
the
votary
of
Mahomet
.
Both
alike
built
palaces
,
gardens
and
fountains
;
filled
equally
the
highest
offices
of
the
state
,
competed
in
an
extensive
and
enlightened
commerce
,
and
rivalled
each
other
in
renowned
universities
.
Even
after
the
fall
of
the
principal
Moorish
kingdoms
,
the
Jews
of
Spain
were
still
treated
by
the
conquering
Goths
with
tenderness
and
consideration
.
Their
numbers
,
their
wealth
,
the
fact
that
,
in
Arragon
especially
,
they
were
the
proprietors
of
the
soil
,
and
surrounded
by
warlike
and
devoted
followers
,
secured
for
them
an
usage
which
for
a
considerable
period
made
them
little
sensible
of
the
change
of
dynasties
and
religions
.
But
the
tempest
gradually
gathered
.
As
the
Goths
grew
stronger
,
persecution
became
more
bold
.
Where
the
Jewish
population
was
scanty
,
they
were
deprived
of
their
privileges
or
obliged
to
conform
under
the
title
of
"
Nuovos
Christianos
.
"
At
length
the
union
of
the
two
crowns
under
Ferdinand
and
Isabella
,
and
the
fall
of
the
last
Moorish
kingdom
,
brought
the
crisis
of
their
fate
both
to
the
New
Christian
and
the
nonconforming
Hebrew
.
The
Inquisition
appeared
,
the
Institution
that
had
exterminated
the
Albligenses
and
had
desolated
Languedoc
,
and
which
it
should
ever
be
remembered
was
established
in
the
Spanish
kingdoms
against
the
protests
of
the
Cortes
and
amid
the
terror
of
the
populace
.
The
Dominicans
opened
their
first
tribunal
at
Seville
,
and
it
is
curious
that
the
first
individuals
they
summoned
before
them
were
the
Duke
of
Medina
Sidonia
,
the
Marquess
of
Cadiz
,
and
the
Count
of
Arcos
;
three
of
the
most
considerable
personages
in
Spain
.
How
many
were
burned
alive
at
Seville
during
the
first
year
,
how
many
imprisoned
for
life
,
what
countless
thousands
were
visited
with
severe
though
lighter
punishments
,
need
not
be
recorded
here
.
In
nothing
was
the
Holy
Office
more
happy
than
in
multiform
and
subtle
means
by
which
they
tested
the
sincerity
of
the
New
Christians
.
At
length
the
Inquisition
was
to
be
extended
to
Arragon
.
The
high-spirited
nobles
of
that
kingdom
knew
that
its
institution
was
for
them
a
matter
of
life
or
death
.
The
Cortes
of
Arragon
appealed
to
the
King
and
to
the
Pope
;
they
organized
an
extensive
conspiracy
;
the
chief
Inquisitor
was
assassinated
in
the
Cathedral
of
Saragossa
.
Alas
!
it
was
fated
that
in
this
,
one
of
the
many
,
and
continual
,
and
continuing
struggles
between
the
rival
organizations
of
the
North
and
the
South
,
the
children
of
the
sun
should
fall
.
The
fagot
and
the
San
Benito
were
the
doom
of
the
nobles
of
Arragon
.
Those
who
were
convicted
of
secret
Judaism
,
and
this
scarcely
three
centuries
ago
,
were
dragged
to
the
stake
;
the
sons
of
the
noblest
houses
,
in
whose
veins
the
Hebrew
taint
could
be
traced
,
had
to
walk
in
solemn
procession
singing
psalms
and
confessing
their
faith
in
the
religion
of
the
fell
Torquamada
.
This
triumph
in
Arragon
,
the
almost
simultaneous
fall
of
the
last
Moorish
kingdom
,
raised
the
hopes
of
the
pure
Christians
to
the
highest
pitch
.
Having
purged
the
new
Christians
,
they
next
turned
their
attention
to
the
old
Hebrews
.
Ferdinand
was
resolved
that
the
delicious
air
of
Spain
should
be
breathed
no
longer
by
any
one
who
did
not
profess
the
Catholic
faith
.
Baptism
or
exile
was
the
alternative
.
More
than
six
hundred
thousand
individuals
,
some
authorities
greatly
increase
the
amount
,
the
most
industrious
,
the
most
intelligent
,
and
the
most
enlightened
of
Spanish
subjects
would
not
desert
the
religion
of
their
fathers
.
For
this
they
gave
up
the
delightful
land
wherein
they
had
lived
for
centuries
,
the
beautiful
cities
they
had
raised
,
the
universities
from
which
Christendom
drew
for
ages
its
most
precious
lore
,
the
tombs
of
their
ancestors
,
the
temples
where
they
had
worshipped
the
God
for
whom
they
had
made
this
sacrifice
.
They
had
but
four
months
to
prepare
for
eternal
exile
after
a
residence
of
as
many
centuries
,
during
which
brief
period
forced
sales
and
glutted
markets
virtually
confiscated
their
property
.
It
is
a
calamity
that
the
scattered
nation
still
ranks
with
the
desolations
of
Nebuchadnezzar
and
of
Titus
.
Who
after
this
should
say
the
Jews
are
by
nature
a
sordid
people
?
But
the
Spanish
Goth
then
so
cruel
and
so
haughty
,
where
is
he
?
A
despised
suppliant
to
the
very
race
which
he
banished
for
some
miserable
portion
of
the
treasure
which
their
habits
of
industry
have
again
accumulated
.
Where
is
that
tribunal
that
summoned
Medina
Sidonia
and
Cadiz
to
its
dark
inquisition
?
Where
is
Spain
?
Its
fall
,
its
unparalleled
and
its
irremediable
fall
,
is
mainly
to
be
attributed
to
the
expulsion
of
that
large
portion
of
its
subjects
,
the
most
industrious
and
intelligent
,
who
traced
their
origin
to
the
Mosaic
and
Mahomedan
Arabs
.
The
Sidonias
of
Arragon
were
Nuovos
Christianos
.
Some
of
them
no
doubt
were
burned
alive
at
the
end
of
the
fifteenth
century
under
the
system
of
Torquamada
,
many
of
them
doubtless
wore
the
San
Benito
;
but
they
kept
their
titles
and
estates
;
and
in
time
reached
those
great
offices
to
which
we
have
referred
.
During
the
long
disorders
of
the
Peninsular
war
,
when
so
many
openings
were
offered
to
talent
,
and
so
many
opportunities
seized
by
the
adventurous
,
a
cadet
of
a
younger
branch
of
this
family
made
a
large
fortune
by
military
contracts
,
and
supplying
the
commissariat
of
the
different
armies
.
At
the
peace
,
prescient
of
the
great
financial
future
of
Europe
,
confident
in
the
fertility
of
his
own
genius
,
in
his
original
views
of
fiscal
subjects
,
and
his
knowledge
of
national
resources
,
this
Sidonia
,
feeling
that
Madrid
,
or
even
Cadiz
,
could
never
be
a
base
on
which
the
monetary
transactions
of
the
world
could
be
regulated
,
resolved
to
emigrate
to
England
,
with
which
he
had
in
the
course
of
years
formed
considerable
commercial
connections
.
He
arrived
here
after
the
peace
of
Paris
with
his
large
capital
.
He
staked
all
that
he
was
worth
on
the
Waterloo
loan
;
and
the
event
made
him
one
of
the
greatest
capitalists
in
Europe
.
No
sooner
was
Sidonia
established
in
England
,
than
he
professed
Judaism
;
which
Torquamada
flattered
himself
,
with
the
fagot
and
the
San
Benito
,
he
had
drained
out
of
the
veins
of
his
family
more
than
three
centuries
ago
.
He
sent
over
also
for
several
of
his
brothers
who
were
as
good
Catholics
in
Spain
as
Ferdinand
and
Isabella
could
have
possibly
desired
,
but
who
made
an
offering
in
the
synagogue
,
in
gratitude
for
their
safe
voyage
,
on
their
arrival
in
England
.
Sidonia
had
foreseen
in
Spain
,
that
after
the
exhaustion
of
a
war
of
twenty-five
years
,
Europe
must
require
capital
to
carry
on
peace
.
He
reaped
the
due
reward
of
his
sagacity
.
Europe
did
require
money
,
and
Sidonia
was
ready
to
lend
it
to
Europe
.
France
wanted
some
;
Austria
more
;
Prussia
a
little
;
Russia
a
few
millions
.
Sidonia
could
furnish
them
all
.
The
only
county
which
he
avoided
was
Spain
;
he
was
too
well
acquainted
with
its
resources
.
Nothing
too
would
ever
tempt
him
to
lend
anything
to
the
revolted
colonies
of
Spain
.
Prudence
saved
him
from
being
a
creditor
of
the
mother
country
;
his
Spanish
pride
recoiled
from
the
rebellion
of
her
children
.
It
is
not
difficult
to
conceive
that
after
having
pursued
the
career
we
have
intimated
for
about
ten
years
,
Sidonia
had
become
one
of
the
most
considerable
personages
in
Europe
.
He
had
established
a
brother
or
a
near
relative
in
whom
he
could
confide
,
in
most
the
principal
capitals
.
He
was
lord
and
master
of
the
money-market
of
the
world
,
and
of
course
virtually
lord
and
master
of
everything
else
.
He
literally
held
the
revenues
of
Southern
Italy
in
pawn
;
and
monarchs
and
ministers
of
all
countries
courted
his
advice
and
were
guided
by
his
suggestions
.
He
was
still
in
the
vigor
of
life
,
and
was
not
a
mere
money-making
machine
.
He
had
a
general
intelligence
equal
to
his
position
,
and
looked
forward
to
the
period
when
some
relaxation
from
his
vast
enterprises
and
exertions
might
enable
him
to
direct
his
energies
to
great
objects
of
public
benefit
.
But
in
the
height
of
this
vast
prosperity
he
suddenly
died
,
leaving
only
one
child
,
a
youth
still
of
tender
years
,
and
heir
to
the
greatest
fortune
in
Europe
,
so
great
indeed
that
it
could
only
be
calculated
by
millions
.
Shut
out
from
universities
and
schools
,
those
universities
and
schools
which
were
indebted
for
their
first
knowledge
of
ancient
philosophy
to
the
learning
and
enterprise
of
his
ancestors
,
the
young
Sidonia
was
fortunate
in
the
tutor
whom
his
father
had
procured
for
him
,
and
who
devoted
to
his
charge
all
the
resources
of
his
trained
intellect
and
vast
and
various
erudition
.
A
Jesuit
before
the
revolution
;
since
then
an
exiled
Liberal
leader
;
now
a
member
of
the
Spanish
Cortes
;
Rebello
was
always
a
Jew
.
He
found
in
his
pupil
that
precocity
of
intellectual
development
which
is
characteristic
of
the
Arabian
organization
.
The
young
Sidonia
penetrated
the
highest
mysteries
of
mathematics
with
a
facility
almost
instinctive
;
while
a
memory
,
which
never
had
any
twilight
hours
,
but
always
reflected
a
noontide
clearness
,
seemed
to
magnify
his
acquisitions
of
ancient
learning
by
the
promptness
with
which
they
could
be
re-produced
and
applied
.
The
circumstances
of
his
position
too
had
early
contributed
to
give
him
an
unusual
command
over
the
modern
languages
.
An
Englishman
,
and
taught
from
his
cradle
to
be
proud
of
being
an
Englishman
,
he
first
evinced
in
speaking
his
native
language
those
remarkable
powers
of
expression
,
and
that
clear
and
happy
elocution
,
which
ever
afterwards
distinguished
him
.
But
the
son
of
a
Spaniard
,
the
sonorous
syllables
of
that
noble
tongue
constantly
resounded
in
his
ear
;
while
the
foreign
guests
who
thronged
his
father
's
mansion
habituated
him
from
an
early
period
of
life
to
the
tones
of
languages
that
were
not
long
strange
to
him
.
When
he
was
nineteen
,
Sidonia
,
who
had
then
resided
sometime
with
his
uncle
at
Naples
,
and
had
made
a
long
visit
to
another
of
his
father
's
relatives
at
Frankfort
,
possessed
a
complete
mastery
over
the
principal
European
languages
.
At
seventeen
he
had
parted
with
Rebello
who
returned
to
Spain
,
and
Sidonia
,
under
the
control
of
his
guardians
,
commenced
his
travels
.
He
resided
as
we
have
mentioned
some
time
in
Germany
,
and
then
,
having
visited
Italy
,
settled
at
Naples
,
at
which
city
it
may
be
said
he
made
his
entrance
into
life
.
With
a
very
interesting
person
,
and
highly
accomplished
,
he
availed
himself
of
the
gracious
attentions
of
a
Court
of
which
he
was
principal
creditor
;
and
which
treating
him
as
a
distinguished
English
traveller
were
enabled
perhaps
to
show
him
some
favours
that
the
manners
of
the
country
might
not
have
permitted
them
to
accord
to
his
Neapolitan
relatives
.
Sidonia
thus
obtained
at
a
very
early
age
that
experience
of
refined
and
luxurious
society
,
which
is
a
necessary
part
of
a
finished
education
.
It
gives
the
last
polish
to
the
manners
;
it
teaches
us
something
of
the
power
of
the
passions
,
early
developed
in
the
hot
bed
of
self-indulgence
;
it
instils
into
us
that
indefinable
tact
seldom
obtained
in
later
life
,
which
prevents
us
from
saying
the
wrong
thing
,
and
often
impels
us
to
do
the
right
.
Between
Paris
and
Naples
Sidonia
passed
two
years
,
spent
apparently
in
the
dissipation
which
was
perhaps
inseparable
from
his
time
of
life
.
He
was
admired
by
women
,
to
whom
he
was
magnificent
,
idolized
by
artists
whom
he
patronised
,
received
in
all
circles
with
great
distinction
,
and
appreciated
for
his
intellect
by
the
very
few
to
whom
he
at
all
opened
himself
.
For
though
affable
and
gracious
,
it
was
impossible
to
penetrate
him
.
Though
very
unreserved
in
his
manner
,
his
frankness
was
strictly
limited
to
the
surface
.
He
observed
everything
,
thought
ever
,
but
avoided
serious
discussion
.
If
you
pressed
him
for
an
opinion
,
he
took
refuge
in
raillery
,
or
threw
out
some
grave
paradox
which
it
was
not
easy
to
cope
with
.
The
moment
he
came
of
age
,
Sidonia
,
having
previously
,
at
a
great
family
congress
held
at
Naples
,
made
arrangements
with
the
heads
of
the
houses
that
bore
his
name
respecting
the
disposition
and
management
of
his
vast
fortune
,
quitted
Europe
.
Sidonia
was
absent
from
his
connexions
for
five
years
,
during
which
period
he
never
communicated
with
them
.
They
were
aware
of
his
existence
only
by
the
orders
which
he
drew
on
them
for
payment
,
and
which
frequently
arrived
from
all
quarters
of
the
globe
.
It
would
appear
from
these
documents
that
he
had
dwelt
a
considerable
time
in
the
Mediterranean
regions
;
penetrated
Nilotic
Africa
to
Sennaar
and
Abyssinia
;
traversed
the
Asiatic
continent
to
Tartary
,
whence
he
had
visited
Hindostan
,
and
the
isles
of
that
Indian
sea
which
are
so
little
known
.
Afterwards
he
was
heard
of
at
Valparaiso
,
the
Brazils
,
and
Lima
.
He
evidently
remained
some
time
at
Mexico
,
which
he
quitted
for
the
United
States
.
One
morning
without
notice
he
arrived
in
London
.
Sidonia
had
exhausted
all
the
sources
of
human
knowledge
;
he
was
master
of
the
learning
of
every
nation
,
of
all
tongues
dead
or
living
,
of
every
literature
,
Western
and
Oriental
.
He
had
pursued
the
speculations
of
science
to
their
last
term
,
and
had
himself
illustrated
them
by
observation
and
experiment
.
He
had
lived
in
all
orders
of
society
,
had
viewed
every
combination
of
Nature
and
of
Art
,
and
had
observed
man
under
every
phasis
of
civilization
.
He
had
even
studied
him
in
the
wilderness
.
The
influence
of
creeds
and
laws
,
manners
,
customs
,
traditions
,
in
all
their
diversities
,
had
been
subjected
to
his
personal
scrutiny
.
He
brought
to
the
study
of
this
vast
aggregate
of
knowledge
a
penetrative
intellect
,
that
matured
by
long
meditation
,
and
assisted
by
that
absolute
freedom
from
prejudice
,
which
was
the
compensatory
possession
of
a
man
without
a
country
,
permitted
Sidonia
to
fathom
as
it
were
by
intuition
,
the
depth
of
questions
apparently
the
most
difficult
and
profound
.
He
possessed
the
rare
faculty
of
communicating
with
precision
ideas
the
most
abstruse
,
and
in
general
a
power
of
expression
which
arrests
and
satisfies
attention
.
With
all
this
knowledge
,
which
no
one
knew
more
to
prize
,
with
boundless
wealth
,
and
with
an
athletic
frame
,
which
sickness
had
never
tried
,
and
which
had
avoided
excess
,
Sidonia
nevertheless
looked
upon
life
with
a
glance
rather
of
curiosity
than
content
.
His
religion
walled
him
out
from
the
pursuits
of
a
citizen
;
his
riches
deprived
him
of
the
stimulating
anxieties
of
a
man
.
He
perceived
himself
a
lone
being
,
alike
without
cares
and
without
duties
.
To
a
man
in
his
position
there
might
yet
seem
one
unfailing
source
of
felicity
and
joy
;
independent
of
creed
,
independent
of
country
,
independent
even
of
character
.
He
might
have
discovered
that
perpetual
spring
of
happiness
in
the
sensibility
of
the
heart
.
But
this
was
a
sealed
fountain
to
Sidonia
.
In
his
organization
there
was
a
peculiarity
,
perhaps
a
great
deficiency
.
He
was
a
man
without
affections
.
It
would
be
harsh
to
say
he
had
no
heart
,
for
he
was
susceptible
of
deep
emotions
,
but
not
for
individuals
.
He
was
capable
of
re-building
a
town
that
was
burned
down
;
of
restoring
a
colony
that
had
been
destroyed
by
some
awful
visitation
of
nature
;
of
redeeming
to
liberty
a
horde
of
captives
;
and
of
doing
these
great
acts
in
secret
;
for
void
of
all
self-love
,
public
approbation
was
worthless
to
him
;
but
the
individual
never
touched
him
.
Woman
was
to
him
a
toy
,
man
a
machine
.
The
lot
the
most
precious
to
man
,
and
which
a
beneficent
Providence
has
made
not
the
least
common
;
to
find
in
another
heart
a
perfect
and
profound
sympathy
;
to
unite
his
existence
with
one
who
could
share
all
his
joys
,
soften
all
his
sorrows
,
aid
him
in
all
his
projects
,
respond
to
all
his
fancies
,
counsel
him
in
his
cares
,
and
support
him
in
his
perils
;
make
life
charming
by
her
charms
,
interesting
by
her
intelligence
,
and
sweet
by
the
vigilant
variety
of
her
tenderness
;
to
find
you
life
blessed
by
such
an
influence
,
and
to
feel
that
your
influence
can
bless
such
a
life
:
this
lot
,
the
most
divine
of
divine
gifts
,
that
power
and
even
fame
can
never
rival
in
its
delights
—
all
this
Nature
had
denied
to
Sidonia
.
With
an
imagination
as
fiery
as
his
native
Desart
,
and
an
intellect
as
luminous
as
his
native
sky
,
he
wanted
like
that
land
those
softening
dews
without
which
the
soil
is
barren
,
and
the
sunbeam
as
often
a
messenger
of
pestilence
as
an
angel
of
regenerative
grace
.
Such
a
temperament
,
though
rare
,
is
peculiar
to
the
East
.
It
inspired
the
founders
of
the
great
monarchies
of
antiquity
,
the
prophets
that
the
Desart
has
sent
forth
,
the
Tartar
chiefs
who
have
overrun
the
world
;
it
might
be
observed
in
the
great
Corsican
,
who
,
like
most
of
the
inhabitants
of
the
Mediterranean
isles
,
had
probably
Arab
blood
in
his
veins
.
It
is
a
temperament
that
befits
conquerors
and
legislators
,
but
in
ordinary
times
and
ordinary
situations
,
entails
on
its
possessor
only
eccentric
aberrations
or
profound
melancholy
.
The
only
human
quality
that
interested
Sidonia
was
Intellect
.
He
cared
not
whence
it
came
;
where
it
was
to
be
found
:
creed
,
country
,
class
,
character
,
in
this
respect
,
were
alike
indifferent
to
him
.
The
author
,
the
artist
,
the
man
of
science
,
never
appealed
to
him
in
vain
.
Often
he
anticipated
their
wants
and
wishes
.
He
encouraged
their
society
;
was
as
frank
in
his
conversation
as
he
was
generous
in
his
contributions
;
but
the
instant
they
ceased
to
be
authors
,
artists
,
or
philosophers
,
and
their
communications
arose
from
any
thing
but
the
intellectual
quality
which
had
originally
interested
him
,
the
moment
they
were
rash
enough
to
approach
intimacy
and
appealed
to
the
sympathizing
man
instead
of
the
congenial
intelligence
,
he
saw
them
no
more
.
It
was
not
however
intellect
merely
in
these
unquestionable
shapes
that
commanded
his
notice
.
There
was
not
an
adventurer
in
Europe
with
whom
he
was
not
familiar
.
No
Minister
of
State
had
such
communication
with
secret
agents
and
political
spies
as
Sidonia
.
He
held
relations
with
all
the
clever
outcasts
of
the
world
.
The
catalogue
of
his
acquaintance
in
the
shape
of
Greeks
,
Armenians
,
Moors
,
secret
Jews
,
Tartars
,
Gypsies
,
wandering
Poles
and
Carbonari
,
would
throw
a
curious
light
on
those
subterranean
agencies
of
which
the
world
in
general
knows
so
little
,
but
which
exercise
so
great
an
influence
on
public
events
.
His
extensive
travels
,
his
knowledge
of
languages
,
his
daring
and
adventurous
disposition
,
and
his
unlimited
means
,
had
given
him
opportunities
of
becoming
acquainted
with
these
characters
,
in
general
so
difficult
to
trace
,
and
of
gaining
their
devotion
.
To
these
sources
he
owed
that
knowledge
of
strange
and
hidden
things
which
often
startled
those
who
listened
to
him
.
Nor
was
it
easy
,
scarcely
possible
,
to
deceive
him
.
Information
reached
him
from
so
many
,
and
such
contrary
quarters
,
that
with
his
discrimination
and
experience
,
he
could
almost
instantly
distinguish
the
truth
.
The
secret
history
of
the
world
was
his
pastime
.
His
great
pleasure
was
to
contrast
the
hidden
motive
,
with
the
public
pretext
,
of
transactions
.
One
source
of
interest
Sidonia
found
in
his
descent
,
and
in
the
fortunes
of
his
race
.
As
firm
in
his
adherence
to
the
code
of
the
great
Legislator
as
if
the
trumpet
still
sounded
on
Sinai
,
he
might
have
received
in
the
conviction
of
divine
favour
an
adequate
compensation
for
human
persecution
.
But
there
were
other
and
more
terrestrial
considerations
that
made
Sidonia
proud
of
his
origin
,
and
confident
in
the
future
of
his
kind
.
Sidonia
was
a
great
philosopher
,
who
took
comprehensive
views
of
human
affairs
,
and
surveyed
every
fact
in
its
relative
position
to
other
facts
,
the
only
mode
of
obtaining
truth
.
Sidonia
was
well
aware
that
in
the
five
great
varieties
in
which
Physiology
has
divided
the
human
species
;
to
wit
,
the
Caucasian
,
the
Mongolian
,
the
Malayan
,
the
American
,
the
Ethiopian
;
the
Arabian
tribes
rank
in
the
first
and
superior
class
,
together
,
among
others
,
with
the
Saxon
and
the
Greek
.
This
fact
alone
is
a
source
of
great
pride
and
satisfaction
to
the
animal
Man
.
But
Sidonia
and
his
brethren
could
claim
a
distinction
which
the
Saxon
and
the
Greek
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Caucasian
nations
,
have
forfeited
.
The
Hebrew
is
an
unmixed
race
.
Doubtless
among
the
tribes
who
inhabit
the
bosom
of
the
Desart
,
progenitors
alike
of
the
Mosaic
and
the
Mahomedan
Arabs
,
blood
may
be
found
as
pure
as
that
of
the
descendants
of
the
Scheik
Abraham
.
But
the
Mosaic
Arabs
are
the
most
ancient
,
if
not
the
only
,
unmixed
blood
that
dwells
in
cities
.
An
unmixed
race
of
a
first-rate
organization
are
the
aristocracy
of
Nature
.
Such
excellence
is
a
positive
fact
;
not
an
imagination
,
a
ceremony
,
coined
by
poets
,
blazoned
by
cozening
heralds
,
but
perceptible
in
its
physical
advantages
,
and
in
the
vigour
of
its
unsullied
idiosyncracy
.
In
this
comprehensive
travels
,
Sidonia
had
visited
and
examined
the
Hebrew
communities
of
the
world
.
He
had
found
in
general
the
lower
orders
debased
;
the
superior
immersed
in
sordid
pursuits
;
but
he
perceived
that
the
intellectual
development
was
not
impaired
.
This
gave
him
hope
.
He
was
persuaded
that
organization
would
outlive
persecution
.
When
he
reflected
on
what
they
had
endured
,
it
was
only
marvellous
that
the
race
had
not
disappeared
.
They
had
defied
exile
,
massacre
,
spoliation
,
the
degrading
influence
of
the
constant
pursuit
of
gain
;
they
had
defied
Time
.
For
nearly
three
thousand
years
,
according
to
Archbishop
Usher
,
they
have
been
dispersed
over
the
globe
.
To
the
unpolluted
current
of
their
Caucasian
structure
and
to
the
segregating
genius
of
their
great
Lawgiver
,
Sidonia
ascribed
the
fact
that
they
had
not
been
long
ago
absorbed
among
those
mixed
races
,
who
presume
to
persecute
them
,
but
who
periodically
wear
away
and
disappear
,
while
their
victims
still
flourish
,
in
all
the
primeval
vigour
of
the
pure
Asian
breed
.
Shortly
after
his
arrival
in
England
,
Sidonia
repaired
to
the
principal
courts
of
Europe
,
that
he
might
become
personally
acquainted
with
the
monarchs
and
ministers
of
whom
he
had
heard
so
much
.
His
position
insured
him
a
distinguished
reception
;
his
personal
qualities
immediately
made
him
cherished
.
He
could
please
;
he
could
do
more
;
he
could
astonish
.
He
could
throw
out
a
careless
observation
which
would
make
the
oldest
diplomatist
start
;
a
winged
word
that
gained
him
the
consideration
,
sometimes
the
confidence
,
of
Sovereigns
.
When
he
had
fathomed
the
intelligence
which
governs
Europe
,
and
which
can
only
be
done
by
personal
acquaintance
,
he
returned
to
this
country
.
The
somewhat
hard
and
literal
character
of
English
life
suited
one
who
shrank
from
sensibility
,
and
often
took
refuge
in
sarcasm
.
Its
masculine
vigour
and
active
intelligence
occupied
and
interested
his
mind
.
Sidonia
indeed
was
exactly
the
character
who
would
be
welcomed
in
our
circles
.
His
immense
wealth
,
his
unrivalled
social
knowledge
,
his
clear
vigorous
intellect
,
the
severe
simplicity
of
his
manners
,
frank
,
but
never
claiming
nor
brooking
familiarity
,
and
his
devotion
to
field
sports
,
which
was
the
safety-valve
of
his
energy
,
were
all
circumstances
and
qualities
which
the
English
appreciate
and
admire
;
and
it
may
be
fairly
said
of
Sidonia
that
few
men
were
more
popular
,
and
none
less
understood
.
CHAPTER
XI
.
At
dinner
Coningsby
was
seated
on
the
same
side
as
Sidonia
,
and
distant
from
him
.
There
had
been
therefore
no
mutual
recognition
.
Another
guest
had
also
arrived
,
Mr.
Ormsby
.
He
came
straight
from
London
,
full
of
rumours
,
had
seen
Tadpole
,
who
hearing
he
was
on
the
wing
for
Coningsby
Castle
,
had
taken
him
into
a
dark
corner
of
his
club
,
and
shown
him
his
book
,
a
very
safe
piece
of
confidence
as
Mr.
Ormsby
was
very
near-sighted
.
It
was
however
to
be
received
as
an
undoubted
fact
,
that
all
was
right
,
and
somehow
or
other
,
before
very
long
,
there
would
be
national
demonstration
of
the
same
.
This
arrival
of
Mr.
Ormsby
and
the
news
that
he
bore
,
gave
a
political
turn
to
the
conversation
after
the
ladies
had
left
the
room
.
"
Tadpole
wants
me
to
stand
for
Birmingham
,
"
said
Mr.
Ormsby
,
gravely
.
"
You
!
"
exclaimed
Lord
Monmouth
,
and
throwing
himself
back
in
his
chair
,
he
broke
into
a
real
,
hearty
laugh
.
"
Yes
;
the
Conservatives
mean
to
start
two
candidates
;
a
manufacturer
they
have
got
,
and
they
have
written
up
to
Tadpole
for
a
"
Westend
man
.
"
"
A
what
?
"
"
A
West-end
man
,
who
will
make
the
ladies
patronise
their
fancy
articles
.
"
"
The
result
of
the
Reform
Bill
then
,
"
said
Lucian
Gay
,
"
will
be
to
give
Manchester
a
bishop
,
and
Birmingham
a
dandy
.
"
"
I
begin
to
believe
the
result
will
be
very
different
to
what
we
expected
,
"
said
Lord
Monmouth
.
Mr.
Rigby
shook
his
head
and
was
going
to
prophesy
,
when
Lord
Eskdale
,
who
liked
talk
to
be
short
,
and
was
of
opinion
that
Rigby
should
keep
his
amplifications
for
his
slashing
articles
,
put
in
a
brief
careless
observation
,
which
baulked
his
inspiration
.
"
Certainly
,
"
said
Mr.
Ormsby
,
"
when
the
guns
were
firing
over
Vyvyan
's
last
speech
and
confession
,
I
never
expected
to
be
asked
to
stand
for
Birmingham
.
"
"
Perhaps
you
may
be
called
up
to
the
other
house
by
the
title
,
"
said
Lucian
Gay
.
"
Who
knows
?
"
"
I
agree
with
Tadpole
,
"
said
Mr.
Ormsby
,
"
that
if
we
only
stick
to
the
Registration
,
the
country
is
saved
.
"
"
Fortunate
country
!
"
said
Sidonia
,
"
that
can
be
saved
by
a
good
registration
!
"
"
I
believe
after
all
that
with
property
and
pluck
,
"
said
Lord
Monmouth
,
"
Parliamentary
Reform
is
not
such
a
very
bad
thing
.
"
Here
several
gentlemen
began
talking
at
the
same
time
,
all
agreeing
with
their
host
and
proving
in
their
different
ways
,
the
irresistible
influence
of
property
and
pluck
;
—
property
in
Lord
Monmouth
's
mind
meaning
vassals
;
and
pluck
,
a
total
disregard
for
public
opinion
.
Mr.
Guy
Flouncey
,
who
wanted
to
get
into
parliament
,
but
why
nobody
knew
,
who
had
neither
political
abilities
,
nor
political
opinions
,
but
had
some
floating
idea
that
it
would
get
himself
and
his
wife
to
some
more
balls
and
dinners
,
and
who
was
duly
ticketed
for
"
a
good
thing
"
in
the
candidate
list
of
the
Tadpoles
and
the
Tapers
,
was
of
opinion
that
an
immense
deal
might
be
done
by
properly
patronising
borough
races
.
That
was
his
specific
how
to
prevent
revolution
.
Taking
advantage
of
a
pause
,
Lord
Monmouth
said
,
"
I
should
like
to
know
what
you
think
of
this
question
,
Sidonia
.
"
"
I
am
scarcely
a
competent
judge
,
"
he
said
as
if
wishing
to
disclaim
any
interference
in
the
conversation
,
and
then
added
,
"
but
I
have
been
ever
of
opinion
that
revolutions
are
not
to
be
evaded
.
"
"
Exactly
my
views
,
"
said
Mr.
Rigby
eagerly
,
"
I
say
it
now
,
I
have
said
it
a
thousand
times
,
you
may
doctor
the
registration
as
you
like
,
but
you
can
never
get
rid
of
Schedule
A
.
"
"
Is
there
a
person
in
this
room
who
can
now
tell
us
the
names
of
the
boroughs
in
Schedule
A
?
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
I
am
sure
I
cannot
,
"
said
Lord
Monmouth
,
"
though
six
of
them
belonged
to
myself
.
"
"
But
the
principle
,
"
said
Mr.
Rigby
,
"
they
represented
a
principle
.
"
"
Nothing
else
certainly
,
"
said
Lucian
Gay
.
"
And
what
principle
?
"
inquired
Sidonia
.
"
The
principle
of
nomination
.
"
"
That
is
a
practice
,
not
a
principle
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
Is
it
a
practice
that
no
longer
exists
?
"
"
You
think
then
,
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
cutting
in
before
Rigby
,
"
that
the
Reform
Bill
has
done
us
no
harm
?
"
"
It
is
not
the
Reform
Bill
that
has
shaken
the
aristocracy
of
this
country
,
but
the
means
by
which
that
Bill
was
carried
,
"
replied
Sidonia
.
"
Physical
force
?
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
.
"
Or
social
power
?
"
said
Sidonia
.
Upon
this
,
Mr.
Rigby
impatient
at
any
one
giving
the
tone
in
a
political
discussion
but
himself
,
and
chafing
under
the
vigilance
of
Lord
Eskdale
which
to
him
ever
appeared
only
fortuitous
,
violently
assaulted
the
argument
,
and
astonished
several
country
gentlemen
present
by
his
volubility
.
They
at
length
listened
to
real
eloquence
.
At
the
end
of
a
long
appeal
to
Sidonia
,
that
gentleman
only
bowed
his
head
,
and
said
,
"
Perhaps
;
"
and
then
turning
to
his
neighbour
,
inquired
whether
birds
were
plentiful
in
Lancashire
this
season
;
so
that
Mr.
Rigby
was
reduced
to
the
necessity
of
forming
the
political
opinions
of
Mr.
Guy
Flouncey
.
As
the
gentlemen
left
the
dining-room
,
Coningsby
though
at
some
distance
was
observed
by
Sidonia
,
who
stopped
instantly
,
then
advanced
to
Coningsby
and
extending
his
hand
,
said
,
"
I
said
we
should
meet
again
,
though
I
hardly
expected
so
quickly
.
"
"
And
I
hope
we
shall
not
separate
so
soon
,
"
said
Coningsby
;
"
I
was
much
struck
with
what
you
said
just
now
about
the
Reform
Bill
.
Do
you
know
that
the
more
I
think
,
the
more
I
am
perplexed
by
what
is
meant
by
Representation
.
"
"
It
is
a
principle
of
which
a
limited
definition
is
only
current
in
this
country
,
"
said
Sidonia
quitting
the
room
with
him
.
"
People
may
be
represented
without
periodical
elections
of
neighbours
who
are
incapable
to
maintain
their
interests
,
and
strangers
who
are
unwilling
.
"
The
entrance
of
the
gentlemen
produced
the
same
effect
on
the
saloon
as
sunrise
on
the
world
;
universal
animation
,
a
general
though
gentle
stir
.
The
Archduke
bowing
to
every
one
,
devoted
himself
to
the
daughter
of
Lady
St.
Julians
,
who
herself
pinned
Lord
Beaumanoir
before
he
could
reach
Mr.
Guy
Flouncey
.
Coningsby
instead
talked
nonsense
to
that
lady
.
Brilliant
cavaliers
including
Mr.
Melton
,
addressed
a
band
of
beautiful
damsels
grouped
on
a
large
ottoman
.
Everywhere
sounded
a
delicious
murmur
,
broken
occasionally
by
a
silver-sounding
laugh
not
too
loud
.
Sidonia
and
Lord
Eskdale
did
not
join
the
ladies
.
They
stood
for
a
few
moments
in
conversation
,
and
then
threw
themselves
on
a
sofa
.
"
Who
is
that
?
"
asked
Sidonia
of
his
companion
rather
earnestly
,
as
Coningsby
quitted
them
.
"
'
Tis
the
grandson
of
Monmouth
;
young
Coningsby
.
"
"
Ah
!
The
new
generation
then
promises
.
I
met
him
once
before
,
by
chance
;
he
interests
me
.
"
"
They
tell
me
he
is
a
lively
lad
.
He
is
a
prodigious
favourite
here
,
and
I
should
not
be
surprised
if
Monmouth
made
him
his
heir
.
"
"
I
hope
he
does
not
dream
of
inheritances
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
'
Tis
the
most
enervating
of
visions
.
"
"
Do
you
admire
Lady
Augustina
St.
Julians
?
"
said
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
to
Coningsby
.
"
I
admire
no
one
except
yourself
.
"
"
Oh
!
how
very
gallant
,
Mr.
Coningsby
!
"
"
When
should
men
be
gallant
,
if
not
to
the
brilliant
and
the
beautiful
!
"
said
Coningsby
.
"
Ah
!
you
are
laughing
at
me
.
"
"
No
,
I
am
not
.
I
am
quite
grave
.
"
"
Your
eyes
laugh
.
Now
tell
me
,
Mr.
Coningsby
,
Lord
Henry
Sydney
is
a
very
great
friend
of
yours
?
"
"
Very
.
"
"
He
is
very
amiable
?
"
"
Very
.
"
"
He
does
a
great
deal
for
the
poor
at
Beaumanoir
?
A
very
fine
place
is
it
not
?
"
"
Very
.
"
"
As
fine
as
Coningsby
?
"
"
At
present
with
Mrs.
Guy
Flouncey
at
Coningsby
,
Beaumanoir
would
have
no
chance
.
"
"
Ah
!
you
laugh
at
me
again
!
Now
tell
me
,
Mr.
Coningsby
,
what
do
you
think
we
shall
do
to-night
?
I
look
upon
you
,
you
know
,
as
the
real
arbiter
of
our
destinies
.
"
"
You
shall
decide
,
"
said
Coningsby
.
"
Mon
cher
Harry
,
"
said
Madame
Colonna
coming
up
;
"
they
wish
Lucretia
to
sing
,
and
she
will
not
.
You
must
ask
her
,
she
cannot
refuse
you
.
"
"
I
assure
you
she
can
,
"
said
Coningsby
.
"
Mon
cher
Harry
,
your
grandpapa
did
desire
me
to
beg
you
to
ask
her
to
sing
.
"
So
Coningsby
unwillingly
approached
Lucretia
who
was
talking
with
the
Russian
Ambassador
.
"
I
am
sent
upon
a
fruitless
mission
,
"
said
Coningsby
looking
at
her
,
and
catching
her
glance
.
"
What
and
why
?
"
she
replied
.
"
The
mission
is
to
entreat
you
to
do
us
all
a
great
favour
;
and
the
cause
of
its
failure
will
be
,
that
I
am
the
envoy
.
"
"
If
the
favour
be
one
to
yourself
,
it
is
granted
;
and
if
you
be
the
envoy
,
you
need
never
fear
failure
with
me
.
"
"
I
must
presume
then
to
lead
you
away
,
"
said
Coningsby
bending
to
the
Ambassador
.
"
Remember
,
"
said
Lucretia
as
they
approached
the
instrument
,
"
that
I
am
singing
to
you
.
"
"
It
is
impossible
ever
to
forget
it
,
"
said
Coningsby
leading
her
to
the
piano
with
great
politeness
,
but
only
with
great
politeness
.
"
Where
is
Mademoiselle
Flora
?
"
she
inquired
.
Coningsby
found
"
La
Petite
"
crouching
as
it
were
behind
some
furniture
,
and
apparently
looking
over
some
music
.
She
looked
up
as
he
approached
,
and
a
smile
stole
over
her
countenance
.
"
I
am
come
to
ask
a
favour
,
"
he
said
,
and
he
named
his
request
.
"
I
will
sing
,
"
she
replied
;
"
but
only
tell
me
what
you
like
.
"
Coningsby
felt
the
difference
between
the
courtesy
of
the
head
and
of
the
heart
,
as
he
contrasted
the
manner
of
Lucretia
and
Flora
.
Nothing
could
be
more
exquisitely
gracious
than
the
daughter
of
Colonna
was
to-night
;
Flora
,
on
the
contrary
,
was
rather
agitated
and
embarrassed
;
and
did
not
express
her
readiness
with
half
the
facility
and
the
grace
of
Lucretia
;
but
Flora
's
arm
trembled
as
Coningsby
led
her
to
the
piano
.
Meantime
Lord
Eskdale
and
Sidonia
are
in
deep
converse
.
"
Hah
!
that
is
a
fine
note
!
"
said
Sidonia
,
and
he
looked
round
.
"
Who
is
that
singing
?
Some
new
protégée
of
Lord
Monmouth
?
"
"
'
Tis
the
daughter
of
the
Colonnas
,
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
,
"
the
Princess
Lucretia
.
"
"
Why
,
she
was
not
at
dinner
to-day
.
"
"
No
,
she
was
not
there
.
"
"
My
favourite
voice
;
and
of
all
,
the
rarest
to
be
found
.
When
I
was
a
boy
,
it
made
me
almost
in
love
even
with
Pisaroni
.
"
"
Well
,
the
Princess
is
scarcely
more
lovely
.
'
Tis
a
pity
the
plumage
is
not
as
beautiful
as
the
note
.
She
is
plain
.
"
"
No
;
not
plain
with
that
brow
.
"
"
Well
,
I
rather
admire
her
myself
,
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
.
"
She
has
fine
points
.
"
"
Let
us
approach
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
The
song
ceased
,
Lord
Eskdale
advanced
,
made
his
compliments
,
and
then
said
,
"
You
were
not
at
dinner
to-day
.
"
"
Why
should
I
be
?
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
For
our
sakes
,
for
mine
,
if
not
for
your
own
,
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
,
smiling
.
"
Your
absence
has
been
remarked
,
and
felt
I
assure
you
by
others
as
well
as
myself
.
There
is
my
friend
Sidonia
so
enraptured
with
your
thrilling
tones
,
that
he
has
abruptly
closed
a
conversation
which
I
have
been
long
counting
on
.
Do
you
know
him
?
May
I
present
him
to
you
?
"
And
having
obtained
a
consent
not
often
conceded
,
Lord
Eskdale
looked
round
,
and
calling
Sidonia
,
he
presented
his
friend
to
the
Princess
.
"
You
are
fond
of
music
,
Lord
Eskdale
tells
me
?
"
said
Lucretia
.
"
When
it
is
excellent
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
But
that
is
so
rare
,
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
And
precious
as
Paradise
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
As
for
indifferent
music
'
tis
Purgatory
;
but
when
it
is
bad
,
for
my
part
I
feel
myself
—
"
"
Where
?
"
said
Lord
Eskdale
.
"
In
the
last
circle
of
the
Inferno
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
Lord
Eskdale
turned
to
Flora
.
"
And
in
what
circle
do
you
place
us
who
are
here
?
"
inquired
the
Princess
of
Sidonia
.
"
One
too
polished
for
his
verse
,
"
replied
her
companion
.
"
You
mean
too
insipid
,
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
I
wish
that
life
were
a
little
more
Dantesque
.
"
"
There
is
not
less
treasure
in
the
world
,
"
said
Sidonia
,
"
because
we
use
paper
currency
;
and
there
is
not
less
passion
than
of
old
,
though
it
is
bon-ton
to
be
tranquil
.
"
"
Do
you
think
so
?
"
said
the
Princess
inquiringly
,
and
then
looking
round
the
apartment
.
"
Have
these
automata
indeed
souls
?
"
"
Some
of
them
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
As
many
as
would
have
had
souls
in
the
fourteenth
century
.
"
"
I
thought
they
were
wound
up
every
day
,
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
Some
are
self-impelling
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
And
you
can
tell
at
a
glance
?
"
inquired
the
Princess
.
"
You
are
one
of
those
who
can
read
human
nature
?
"
"
'
Tis
a
book
open
to
all
.
"
"
But
if
they
cannot
read
?
"
"
Those
must
be
your
automata
.
"
"
Lord
Monmouth
tells
me
you
are
a
great
traveller
.
"
"
I
have
not
discovered
a
new
world
.
"
"
But
you
have
visited
it
?
"
"
It
is
getting
old
.
"
"
I
would
sooner
recall
the
old
than
discover
the
new
,
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
We
have
both
of
us
cause
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
Our
names
are
the
names
of
the
Past
.
"
"
I
do
not
love
a
world
of
Utility
,
"
said
the
Princess
.
"
You
prefer
to
be
celebrated
to
being
comfortable
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
It
seems
to
me
that
the
world
is
withering
under
routine
.
"
"
'
Tis
the
inevitable
lot
of
humanity
,
"
said
Sidonia
.
"
Man
must
ever
be
the
slave
of
routine
;
but
in
old
days
it
was
a
routine
of
great
thoughts
,
and
now
it
is
a
routine
of
little
ones
.
"
The
evening
glided
on
;
the
dance
succeeded
the
song
;
the
ladies
were
fast
vanishing
;
Coningsby
himself
was
meditating
a
movement
,
when
the
young
Marquess
as
he
passed
him
said
,
"
Come
to
Lucian
Gay
's
room
;
we
are
going
to
smoke
a
cigar
.
"
This
was
a
favourite
haunt
towards
midnight
of
several
of
the
younger
members
of
the
party
at
the
castle
who
loved
to
find
relaxation
from
the
decorous
gravities
of
polished
life
in
the
fumes
of
tobacco
,
the
inspiration
of
whiskey
toddy
,
and
the
infinite
amusement
of
Lucian
Gay
's
conversation
and
company
.
This
was
the
genial
hour
when
the
good
story
gladdened
,
the
pun
flashed
