"
"There goes a man who is as much altered as any fellow of our
time."
"Not in his looks; I was thinking the other night that he was
better-looking than ever."
"Oh! no; not in his looks; but in his life. I was at
Christchurch with him, and we entered the world about the same
time. I was rather before him. He did everything; and did it
well. And now one never sees him, except at the House. He
goes nowhere; and they tell me he is a regular reading man."
"Do you think he looks to office?"
"He does not put himself forward."
"He attends; and his brother will always be able to get
anything for him," said Egerton.
"Oh! he and Marney never speak; they hate each other,"
"By Jove! However there is his mother; with this marriage of
hers and Deloraine House, she will be their grandest dame."
"She is the only good woman the tories have: I think their
others do them harm, from Lady St Julians down to your friend
Lady Firebrace. I wish Lady Deloraine were with us. She
keeps their men together wonderfully; makes her house
agreeable; and then her manner--it certainly is perfect;
natural, and yet refined."
"Lady Mina Blake has an idea that far from looking to office,
Egremont's heart is faintly with his party; and that if it
were not for the Marchioness--"
"We might gain him, eh?"
"Hem; I hardly know that: he has got crotchets about the
people I am told.
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