'
'Poor papa!'
'He was dreadfully cut up about Gerald. And then he is so good! He
said more to me about Gerald than he ever did about my own little
misfortune at Oxford; but to Gerald himself he said almost
nothing. Now he has forgiven me because he thinks I am constant at
the House.'
'And are you?'
'Not so much as he thinks. I do go there,--for his sake. He has
been so good about my changing sides.'
'I think you were quite right there.'
'I am beginning to think I was quite wrong. What did it matter to
me?'
'I suppose it did make papa unhappy.'
'Of course it did;--and then this affair of yours.' As soon as
this was said Lady Mary at once hardened her heart against her
father. Whether Silverbridge was or was not entitled to his own
political opinions,--seeing that the Pallisers had for ages been
known as staunch Whigs and Liberals,--might be a matter for
question. But that she had a right to her own lover she thought
there could be no question. As they were sitting in the cab he
could hardly see her face, but he was aware that she was in some
fashion arming herself against opposition.
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