'
'I understand who the other fellows are.'
'And it isn't everybody who will go through such a grind. A man to
do it must be always ready. He has so many little things to think
of. As far as I can see we all feel that we could not get along
very well without him.' Upon the whole the Duke was pleased with
what he heard from his son. The young man's ideas about politics
were boyish, but they were the ideas of a clear-headed boy.
Silverbridge had picked up some of the ways of the place, though
he had not yet formed any sound political opinions.
Then Sir Timothy finished a long speech with a flowery peroration,
in which he declared that if Parliament were desirous of keeping
the realms of Her Majesty free from the invasions of foreigners it
must be done by maintaining the dignity of the Judicial bench.
There were some clamours at this, and although it was now dinner-
time Phineas Finn, who had been called a bellicose Irishman, was
able to say a word or two. 'The Right Honourable gentleman no
doubt means,' said Phineas, 'that we must carry ourselves with
some increased external dignity.
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