"
"Not if it comes to an outbreak; but a passive resistance
Jacquerie is altogether a different thing. When we see a
regular Convention assembled in London and holding its daily
meetings in Palace Yard; and a general inclination evinced
throughout the country to refrain from the consumption of
exciseable articles, I cannot help thinking that affairs are
more serious than you imagine. I know the government are all
on the 'qui vive.'"
"Just the fellows we wanted!" exclaimed Lord Fitz-Heron, who
was leaning on the arm of Lord Milford, and who met Mr Egerton
and his friend in Pall Mall.
"We want a brace of pairs," said Lord Milford. "Will you two
fellows pair?"
"I must go down," said Mr Egerton; "but I will pair from
halfpast seven to eleven."
"I just paired with Ormsby at White's," said Berners; "not
half an hour ago. We are both going to dine at Eskdale's, and
so it was arranged. Have you any news to-day?"
"Nothing; except that they say that Alfred Mountchesney is
going to marry Lady Joan Fitz-Warene," said Lord Milford.
"She has been given to so many," said Mr Egerton.
"It is always so with these great heiresses," said his
companion. "They never marry.
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