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from stealthy movement察and when barred helmets are frightfully 

suggestive   of   heads   inside。   But察  of   all   the    shadows   in     Chesney 

Wold察    the   shadow      in  the   long   drawing´room         upon    my    Lady¨s 

picture is the first to come察 the   last  to  be   disturbed。  At  this   hour 

and by this light it changes into threatening hands raised up察and 

menacing the handsome face with every breath that stirs。 



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    ^She   is   not   well察  ma¨am察院  says   a   groom   in   Mrs   Rouncewell¨s 

audience´chamber。 

    ^My Lady not well拭What¨s the matter拭院

    ^Why察my Lady has been but poorly察ma¨am察since she was last 

here!I   don¨t   mean   with   the   family察  ma¨am察  but   when   she   was 

here as a bird of passage!like。 My Lady has not been out much察

for her察and has kept her room a good deal。 ̄ 

    ^Chesney Wold察Thomas察院rejoins the housekeeper察with proud 

complacency察 will set my Lady up There is no finer air察and no 

healthier soil察in the world 院

    Thomas   may   have   his   own   personal   opinions   on   this   subject察

probably  hints   them察  in   his   manner   of   smoothing   his   sleek   head 

from     the  nape    of  his  neck    to  his  temples察   but   he  forbears    to 

express them further察and retires to the servants¨ hall to regale on 

cold meat´pie and ale。 

    This    groom     is  the  pilot´fish   before    the  nobler    shark。    Next 

evening察down come Sir Leicester and my Lady with their largest 

retinue察and down come the cousins and others from all the points 

of   the   compass。      Henceforth      for   some    weeks察    backward      and 

forward   rush   mysterious   men   with   no   names察  who   fly   about   all 

those particular parts of the country on which Doodle is at present 

throwing himself in an auriferous and malty shower察but who are 

merely   persons   of   a   restless   disposition   and   never   do   anything 

anywhere。 

    On    these   national    occasions察   Sir  Leicester    finds   the   cousins 

useful。 A better man than the Honourable Bob Stables to meet the 

Hunt     at   dinner察   there   could    not   possibly    be。   Better    got   up 

gentlemen   than   the   other   cousins察  to   ride   over   to   polling´booths 

and hustings here and there察and show themselves on the side of 



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England察it would be hard to find。 Volumnia is a little dim察but she 

is   of   the   true   descent察  and   there   are   many   who   appreciate   her 

sprightly conversation察her French conundrums so old as to have 

become   in   the   cycles   of   time    almost   new   again察    the   honour   of 

taking  the   fair  Dedlock in   to dinner察  or  even   the   privilege   of   her 

hand in the dance。 On these national occasions察dancing may be a 

patriotic service此and Volumnia is constantly seen hopping about察

for the good of an ungrateful and unpensioning country。 

    My Lady takes no great pains to entertain the numerous guests察

and察being still unwell察rarely appears until late in the day。 But察at 

all   the   dismal   dinners察  leaden   lunches察  basilisk   balls察  and   other 

melancholy   pageants察  her   mere   appearance   is   a   relief。   As   to   Sir 

Leicester察he conceives it utterly impossible that anything can be 

wanting察in any direction察by any one who has the good fortune to 

be received under that roof察and in a state of sublime satisfaction察

he moves among the company察a magnificent refrigerator。 

    Daily   the   cousins   trot   through   dust察  and   canter   over   roadside 

turf察away to hustings and polling´booths with leather gloves and 

hunting´whips   for   the   counties察  and   kid   gloves   and   riding´canes 

for   the   boroughs察    and    daily   bring   back    reports    on   which    Sir 

Leicester holds forth after dinner。 Daily the restless men who have 

no occupation in life察present the appearance of being rather busy。 

Daily察Volumnia has a little cousinly talk with Sir Leicester on the 

state    of  the   nation察   from    which     Sir  Leicester     is  disposed     to 

conclude that Volumnia is   a  more   reflecting  woman   than   he   had 

thought her。 

    ^How   are   we   getting   on拭院  says   Miss   Volumnia察  clasping   her 

hands。 ^Are we safe拭院

    The mighty business is nearly over by this time察and Doodle will 



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throw himself off the country in a few days more。 Sir Leicester has 

just   appeared      in  the   long   drawing´room        after   dinner察   a  bright 

particular star察surrounded by clouds of cousins。 

    ^Volumnia察院  replies   Sir   Leicester察  who   has   a   list   in   his   hand察

^we are doing tolerably。 ̄ 

    ^Only tolerably 院

    Although   it   is   summer   weather察  Sir   Leicester   always   has   his 

own   particular   fire   in   the   evening。   He   takes   his   usual   screened 

seat     near    it察 and   repeats察    with   much      firmness     and    a   little 

displeasure察  as   who   should   say察  I   am   not   a   common        man察  and 

when   I   say   tolerably察  it   must   not   be   understood      as   a   common 

expression此 Volumnia察we are doing tolerably。 ̄ 

    ^At least there is no opposition to you察院Volumnia asserts with 

confidence。 

    ^No察  Volumnia。   This   distracted   country   has   lost   its   senses   in 

many respects察I grieve to say察but! ̄ 

     ^It is not so bad as that。 I am glad to hear it 院

    Volumnia¨s   finishing   the   sentence   restores   her   to   favour。   Sir 

Leicester察with a gracious inclination of his head察seems to say to 

himself察      A    sensible      woman       this察  on    the    whole察     though 

occasionally precipitate。 ̄ 

    In   fact察 as   to  this  question     of  opposition察    the  fair  Dedlock¨s 

observation       was   superfluous此     Sir   Leicester察   on  these    occasions察

always delivering in his own candidateship察as a kind of handsome 

wholesale   order   to   be   promptly   executed。   Two   other   little   seats 

that   belong   to   him察  he   treats   as   retail   orders   of   less   importance察

merely sending down the men察and signifying to the tradespeople察

^You   will   have     the   goodness     to   make    these   materials     into   two 

members of parliament察and to send them home when done。 ̄ 



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    ^I regret to say察Volumnia察that in many places the people have 

shown a bad spirit察and that this opposition to the Government has 

been of a most determined and most implacable description。 ̄ 

    ^W´r´retches 院says Volumnia。 

    ^Even察院  proceeds   Sir   Leicester察  glancing   at   the   circumjacent 

cousins on sofas and ottomans察 even in many!in fact察in most! 

of those places in which the Government has  carried   it  against  a 

faction! ̄   Note察      by   the  way察  that  the   Coodleites     are  always    a 

faction with the Doodleites察and that the Doodleites occupy exactly 

that the same position towards the Coodleites。 ^!Even in them I 

am   shocked察  for   the   credit   of   Englishmen察

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