You understand. That is the person Sir Robert
will send, and whom Sir Robert wants."
"He will have some difficulty in finding such a person," said
the duke. "If, indeed, the blundering affair of 1834 had not
occurred, and things had taken their legitimate course, and we
had seen a man like Lord Stanley for instance at the head of
affairs, or leading a great party, why then indeed your
friends the conservatives,--for every sensible man must be a
conservative, in the right sense of the word,--would have
stood in a very different position; but now--," and his grace
shook his head.
"Sir Robert will never consent to form a government again
without Lord Stanley," said Lady Firebrace.
"Perhaps not," said the duke.
"Do you know whose name I have heard mentioned in a certain
quarter as the person Sir Robert would wish to see in
Ireland?" continued Lady Firebrace.
His grace leant his ear.
"The Duke of Fitz-Aquitaine," said Lady Firebrace.
"Quite impossible," said the duke. "I am no party man; if I
be anything, I am a supporter of the government. True it is I
do not like the way they are going on, and I disapprove of all
their measures; but we must stand by our friends, Lady
Firebrace.
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