"Of course I knew of this place--isn't
it charming?--but I had no idea that we could reach it from the
reception-rooms. Let us move our chairs over there. We can sit and
watch the hansoms turn into Piccadilly."
"It shall be as you say," he answered. "I wonder if all London is as
excited to-night as the crowd we have just left."
"To me," she murmured, "London seems always imperturbable, stonily
indifferent to good or evil. I believe that on the eve of a revolution
we should dine and go to the theatre, choose our houses at which to
spend the evening, and avoid sweet champagne with the same care. You
and I may know that to-night England has thrown overboard a national
policy. Yet I doubt whether either of us will sleep the less soundly."
"Not only that," he said, "but the Government have to-day shown
themselves possessed of a penetration and appreciation of mind for which
I for one scarcely gave them credit. They have made me a peer."
She looked at him with an amused smile.
"They make judges and peers for two reasons" she remarked.
"That, Lady Caroom, is unkind," he said.
Pages:
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382