The governor will tell you all about it before long.
He's going to have two eldest sons.'
'What an unnatural piece of cruelty to me;--and so unnecessary!'
'Why?'
'He says that a property is no better than a burden. But I'll try
and bear it.'
CHAPTER 26
Dinner at the Beargarden
The Duke was in the gallery of the House of Commons which is
devoted to the use of peers, and Silverbridge having heard that
his father was there, had come up to him. It was then about half-
past five, and the House had settled down to business. Prayers had
been read, petitions had been presented, and Ministers had gone
through their course of baiting with that equanimity and air of
superiority which always belongs to a well-trained occupant of the
Treasury bench.
The Duke was very anxious that his son should attend to his
parliamentary duties, but he was too proud a man and too generous
to come to the House as a spy. It was his present habit always to
be in his own place when the Lords were sitting, and to remain
there while the Lords sat. it was not, for many reasons, an
altogether satisfactory occupation, but it was the best which his
life afforded him.
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