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"I was telling Lady Glencora, Miss Palliser, that I never knew a house so warm as this, or, I'm sorry to say," and here the emphasis was very strong on the word sorry, "so cold as Longroyston." And the tone in which Longroyston was uttered would almost have drawn tears from a critical audience in the pit of a playhouse.
Bungay wrote the following letter to the Duke of Omnium. The letter purported to be an excuse for the writer's own defalcation. But the chief object of the writer was to induce the younger Duke once more to submit to harness. Longroyston, 3rd June, 187 . How quickly the things come round!
There were various ideas prevalent as to the politics of the coming Session; but the prevailing idea was in favour of Sir Timothy. The Duke was at Longroyston, the seat of his old political ally the Duke of St. Bungay, and had been absent from Sunday the 6th till the morning of Friday the 11th, on which day Parliament was to meet.
Now at Longroyston we've taken all the trouble in the world, put down hot-water pipes all over the house, and everything else that could be thought of, and yet, you can't move about the place without meeting with draughts at every corner of the passages."
Well; that would be nothing, as the Duke no doubt had the money in his pocket to do what he liked with at the time. But the joke is, nobody ever thinks of living here. Who'd live in such a great, overgrown place such as this, if they could get a comfortable house like Matching? Do you remember Longroyston and the hot-water pipes? I always think of the poor Duchess when I come through here.
The Duchess spoke with an enormous emphasis on every other word, sometimes putting so great a stress on some special syllable, as almost to bring her voice to a whistle. This she had done with the word "pipes" to a great degree, so that Alice never afterwards forgot the hot-water pipes of Longroyston.
Now as appeals of this kind were being made frequently to the Duke, and as he was often driven to say some word, of which he himself hardly approved, to some one in protection of his Duchess, he was aware that the matter was an annoyance, and at times almost wished that her Grace was at Longroyston.
Our hero in the autumn had written to Mr. Monk on the politics of the moment, and the following had been Mr. Monk's reply: Longroyston, October 12, 186 . I am staying here with the Duke and Duchess of St. Bungay. The house is very full, and Mr.
During this conversation Lady Hartletop sat as though no word of it reached her ears. She did not understand Madame Max Goesler, and by no means loved her. Mr. Palliser, when he had made his little speech, turned to the Duke's daughter and asked some question about the conservatories at Longroyston. "I have called forth a word of wisdom," said Madame Max Goesler, almost in a whisper.
"Yes, indeed," she replied. "How very cold it is to-night!" She was angry with herself for her own stupidity as soon as the phrase was out of her mouth, and then she almost laughed as she thought of the Duchess and the hot-water pipes at Longroyston. "Yes, it is cold. You and her ladyship are great friends, I believe, Miss Vavasor." "She is my cousin," said Alice. "Ah! yes; that is so pleasant.
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