'He did
not say much, but I feel perfectly sure that he and Mr Monk have
arranged a new government.'
'I don't see any matter for joy in that to Conservatives like you
and me.'
'He is my father,--and as he is going to be your father-in-law I
should have thought that you would have been pleased.'
'Oh, yes;--if he likes it. But I have heard so often of the
crushing cares of office, and I had thought that of all living men
he had been the most crushed by them.'
All that had to be done in the House of Commons on that afternoon
was finished before five o'clock. By half-past five the House, and
all the purlieus of the House, were deserted. And yet at four,
immediately after prayers, there had been such a crowd that
members had been unable to find seats! Tregear and Silverbridge
having been early succeeded, but those who had been less careful
were obliged to listen as best they could in the galleries. The
stretching out of necks and the holding of hands behind the ears
did not last long. Sir Timothy had not much to say, but what he
did say was spoken with dignity which seemed to anticipate future
exaltation rather than present downfall.
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