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e not too old; might marry a gentleman in the Treasury; who is your very humble servant。〃  And with this gallant speech; old Mr。 Crampton began helping everybody to sherry and cake。 As for William Pitt Scully; he had disappeared; evaporated; in the most absurd sneaking way imaginable。  Lady Gorgon made good her retreat presently; with much dignity; her countenance undismayed; and her face turned resolutely to the foe。                     *          *          * About five days afterwards; that memorable contest took place in the House of Commons; in which the partisans of Mr。 Macabaw were so very nearly getting him the Speakership。  On the day that the report of the debate appeared in the Times; there appeared also an announcement in the Gazette as follows: 〃The King has been pleased to appoint John Perkins; Esquire; to be Deputy…Subcomptroller of His Majesty's Tape Office and Custos of the Sealing…Wax Department。〃 Mr。 Crampton showed this to his nephew with great glee; and was chuckling to think how Mr。 William Pitt Scully would be annoyed; who had expected the place; when Perkins burst out laughing and said; 〃By heavens; here is my own speech!  Scully has spoken every word of it; he has only put in Mr。 Pincher's name in the place of Mr。 Macabaw's。〃 〃He is ours now;〃 responded his uncle; 〃and I told you WE WOULD HAVE HIM FOR NOTHING。  I told you; too; that you should be married from Sir George Gorgon's; and here is proof of it。〃 It was a letter from Lady Gorgon; in which she said that; 〃had she known Mr。 Perkins to be a nephew of her friend Mr。 Crampton; she never for a moment would have opposed his marriage with her niece; and she had written that morning to her dear Lucy; begging that the marriage breakfast should take place in Baker Street。〃 〃It shall be in Mecklenburgh Square;〃 said John Perkins stoutly; and in Mecklenburgh Square it was。 William Pitt Scully; Esquire; was; as Mr。 Crampton said; hugely annoyed at the loss of the place for his nephew。  He had still; however; his hopes to look forward to; but these were unluckily dashed by the coming in of the Whigs。  As for Sir George Gorgon; when he came to ask about his peerage; Hawksby told him that they could not afford to lose him in the Commons; for a Liberal Member would infallibly fill his place。 And now that the Tories are out and the Whigs are in; strange to say a Liberal does fill his place。  This Liberal is no other than Sir George Gorgon himself; who is still longing to be a lord; and his lady is still devout and intriguing。  So that the Members for Oldborough have changed sides; and taunt each other with apostasy; and hate each other cordially。  Mr。 Crampton still chuckles over the manner in which he tricked them both; and talks of those five minutes during which he stood on the landing…place; and hatched and executed his 〃Bedford…Row Conspiracy。〃


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