Painful, let me
tell you, in every sense. Lord Polperro desires nothing so
much--nothing so much--as to be reunited to his family. He longs for
the society of his wife and daughter. What more natural in a man who
feels that his days are numbered! Lord Polperro bitterly laments the
follies of his life which are explained, Gammon, as you and I know,
by the character he inherited. We know the peculiarities of the
Trefoyle family. Some of them I must not refer to in the presence of
a young lady such as Miss Sparkes." Polly looked at her toes and
smirked. "But Lord Polperro's chief fault seems to have been an
insuperable restlessness, which early took the form of a revolt
against the habits and prejudices of aristocratic life. Knowing so
much of that life myself, I must say that I understand him; that, to
a certain extent, I sympathize with him. When a youth he desired the
liberty of a plebeian station, and sought it under disguises. You
must remember that at that time he had very little prospect of ever
succeeding to the title. Let me give you a little genealogy.
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