It is such a triumph.'
'I was so sorry to hear it.' This, however, as the reader knows,
was a fib.
'Sorry!' said Sir Timothy. 'Surely Lord Grex's daughter must be a
Conservative.'
'Oh yes;--I am a Conservative because I was born one. I think that
people in politics should remain as they are born,--unless they are
very wise indeed. When men come to be statesmen, and all that kind
of thing, of course they can change backwards and forwards.'
'I hope that is not intended for me, Lady Mabel.'
'Certainly not. I don't knew enough about it to be personal.'
That, however, was again not quite true. 'But I have the greatest
possible respect for the Duke, and I think it a pity that he
should be made unhappy by his son. Don't you like the Duke?'
'Well;--yes;--yes in a way. He is a most respectable man; and has
been a good public servant.'
'All our lot are ruined, you know,' said Dolly, talking of the
races.
'Who are your lot, Mr Longstaff?'
'I'm one myself.'
'I suppose so.'
'I'm utterly smashed. Then there's Percival.'
'I hope he has not lost much.
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