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Lord Dufferin's successor in the office of governor-general was the Duke of Argyll, at that time Marquess of Lorne, who spent five interesting and, as the duke himself said more than once, pleasant years in the Dominion. The personal relations between him and the prime minister were always of the most agreeable description.
These breaches of the constitution excited, it is true, some murmurs among the moderate Tories, and were not unanimously approved even by the King's ministers. Halifax in particular, now a Marquess and Lord Privy Seal, had, from the very day on which the Tories had by his help gained the ascendant, begun to turn Whig.
"Miss Grant, the librarian," murmured the Inspector; and Mr. Jacobs bowed politely. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Miss Grant," he said. "Wish it were in happier circumstances. How is the Marquess now?" "Still the same," replied Celia. "He is not yet conscious." "Dear me; dear me!" murmured Mr. Jacobs, sympathetically.
On the day which was to be concluded with the ball at Knaresdean, Lord Vargrave went before the rest of the Merton party, for he was engaged to dine with the marquess.
Disregarding his injunctions with a kind of contempt, she advanced and addressed herself to the terror-stricken valet. "What is it, Simcox?" she asked. "I heard you say " "Yes, my lady, it's true," faltered Simcox, wiping the sweat from his face. "I helped Jenkins carry the Marquess into his bedroom. If his lordship isn't dead, he's as good as dead."
It is only due to the characters of courtiers, who are so often reproached with ingratitude to their patrons, to record that the Private Secretary, in the most delicate manner, placed at the disposal of his former employer, the Marquess Moustache, the important office of Agent for the Indemnity Claims of the original Inhabitants of the Island; the post being a sinecure, the income being considerable, and local attendance being unnecessary, the noble Lord, in a manner equally delicate, appointed himself.
What a terrible tangle it was; what a mockery that he should be sitting here at Thexford Hall, while the real owner was living in poverty in London! His thoughts were almost too bitter to be borne, and the so-called Marquess crouched in his chair and stifled a groan. Thinking he was dozing, Miriam went straight to the piano and began to play.
Clendon assured him calmly. The Marquess sighed heavily. "Then you must let me how shall I put it? provide for you, take care of your future. You must want money. Oh, it's absurd; it drives me mad! To think that nearly every penny I possess is yours. But tell me what I'm to do, Wilfred." "Nothing for me that is directly," said Mr. Clendon. "Don't say any more about myself.
I love the man: but as you say, Cleveland, ministers have short memories, and Canning's; that was Antilles that just passed us; apropos to whom, I quite rejoice that the Marquess has determined to take such a decided course on the West India Question." "Oh, yes! curse your East India sugar." "To be sure; slavery and sweetmeats forever!"
"I have been thinking that this is a somewhat rash step of the Marquess; this throwing himself into the arms of his former bitterest enemy, Cleveland." "You really think so?" "Why, Mrs. Lorraine, does it appear to you to be the most prudent course of action which could have been conceived?" "Certainly not."
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