He combated her views as to the importance to him of
the sympathies of his family and of society; he detailed to
her his hopes and plans for their future welfare; he dwelt
with passionate eloquence on his abounding love. But with a
solemn sweetness, and as it were a tender inflexibility, the
tears trickling down her beautiful cheek, and pressing his
hand in both of hers, she subdued and put aside all his
efforts.
"Believe me," she said, "the gulf is impassable."
END OF THE FOURTH BOOK
BOOK V
Book 5 Chapter 1
"Terrible news from Birmingham," said Mr Egerton at Brookes'.
"They have massacred the police, beat off the military, and
sacked the town. News just arrived."
"I have known it these two hours," said a grey-headed
gentleman, speaking without taking his eyes off the newspaper.
"There is a cabinet sitting now."
"Well I always said so," said Mr Egerton, "our fellows ought
to have put down that Convention."
"It is deuced lucky," said Mr Berners, "that the Bedchamber
business is over, and we are all right. This affair in the
midst of the Jamaica hitch would have been fatal to us."
"These chartists evidently act upon a system," said Mr
Egerton.
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