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Mrs T locks herself up in her room, and another day is passed with as little matrimonial comfort as can be expected. In the meantime, the news flies in every direction. Brentford is full of it. Mr T had been living too fast is done up had been had up at Bow Street creditors had poured in with bills servants discharged carriage and horses seized.
Then there came upon him a sudden ambition, that he would like to "cut out" the Duke of Omnium in the estimation of Madame Max Goesler. The brightness of Madame Max Goesler's eyes had not been thrown away upon our hero. Violet Effingham came at the appointed time, and, to the surprise of Phineas, was brought to Matching by Lord Brentford.
A new writ was again issued, and this time the Ministry were resolved that, come what come might, Wilkes should have an opponent. It was not the easiest of tasks to find a man willing to oppose Wilkes's candidature on the hustings at Brentford. Dingley, the merchant, had experienced the violence of the mob; it was confidently assumed that any other antagonist would fare very much worse.
Monk was at the Board of Trade; the Duke was President of the Council; the Earl of Brentford was Privy Seal; and Mr. Palliser was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Barrington Erle made a step up in the world, and went to the Admiralty as Secretary; Mr. Bonteen was sent again to the Admiralty; and Laurence Fitzgibbon became a junior Lord of the Treasury. Mr.
"I am alone, a poor unprotected female. But I fear nothing. I have strong reason for believing that Lord Brentford is somewhere about. And Pomfret the butler, who has known me since I was a baby, is a host in himself." "With such allies you can have nothing to fear," he replied, attempting to carry on her little jest. "Nor even without them, Mr. Finn.
"No, aunt; A 1 is a ship, a ship that is very good," said Violet. "And do you mean to say that Mr. Finn is, is, is, very good?" "Yes, indeed. You ask Lord Brentford, and Mr. Kennedy. You know he saved poor Mr. Kennedy from being throttled in the streets." "That has nothing to do with it. A policeman might have done that."
Kennedy, and Lord Brentford, and indeed I may say, I myself also, that I trust there may be nothing to mar our good fellowship. Come, Mr. Finn, say that you will take an answer, and I will give you my hand." "Give it me," said he. She gave him her hand, and he put it up to his lips and pressed it. "I will wait and come again," he said. "I will assuredly come again."
"Well, thou hast passed unscathed through five great battles, or at least without any serious wound; but remember all are not so fortunate, and many a poor cripple sighs over Penn, Sherston, Brentford, Otford, or Assingdun." "The excitement of war blinds one to the risk." "So it should, or there would be no war at all. What does my father the bishop think of the matter?"
Phineas did not quite understand all this; but when Lady Baldock asked him to come to Berkeley Square, he perceived that help was being proffered to him where he certainly had not looked for help. He was frequently with Lord Brentford, who talked to him constantly on matters connected with his parliamentary life.
I took no notice, but being resolved to try him again, I walked to the White Horse Cellar, and took a seat inside a Brentford coach about to start. On my arrival at Brentford I got out, and perceived that the man was on the roof. Of a sudden it flashed on my memory it was the gipsy who had come to the camp with the communication to Melchior, which induced him to quit it.
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