'I am sure that this
makes him very unhappy,' continued Silverbridge.
'It cannot be altered,' she said.
'It will have to be altered.'
'Nothing can alter it. He might die, indeed;--or so might I.'
'Or he might see that it is no good,--and change his mind,'
suggested Silverbridge.
'Of course that is possible,' said Lady Mary very curtly,--showing
plainly by her manner that the subject was one which she did not
choose to discuss any further.
'It is very good of you to come to me,' said Lady Mabel, kissing
her new acquaintance. 'I have heard so much about you.'
'And I also of you.'
'I, you know, am one of your brother's stern Mentors. There are
three or four of us determined to make him a pattern young
legislator. Miss Cassewary is another. Only she is not quite so
stern as I am.'
'He ought to be very much obliged.'
'But he is not;--not a bit. Are you, Lord Silverbridge?'
'Not so much as I ought to be, perhaps.'
'Of course there is an opposing force. There are the race-horses,
and the drag, and Major Tifto. No doubt you have heard of Major
Tifto.
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