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'Your father talks of sending it, to see if Sir Miles does not think it might tell well in one of the Reviews. 'I hope not. I should lose all my faith in anonymous criticism, if they admitted such a crude undergraduate's omnium gatherum! Besides, what an immense task to make it presentable! 'Is that the root of your humility? 'Possibly.
But I do not intend to make these letters a mere omnium gatherum of recollections.
None but pure Romans, how to be discovered from the colluviet omnium gentium deposited upon the Seven Hills by centuries of immigration he does not clearly say, should be chosen to revive the fallen majesty of the Republic. In other words, he aims at a narrow Popolo, a pura cittadinanza, in the sense of Cacciaguida Par. xvi. In some places we find as many as twelve Consuls.
How he did love you!" "His Grace was very good to me." "It would have done no great harm, after all, if he had made you Duchess of Omnium." "Very great harm to me, Lady Glen. As it is I got a friend that I loved dearly, and a husband that I love dearly too. In the other case I should have had neither.
It was magnificent, indeed; being decorated with many-coloured marbles, and hung round with various trophies of the house of Omnium; banners were there, and armour; the sculptured busts of many noble progenitors; full-length figures in marble of those who had been especially prominent; and every monument of glory that wealth, long years, and great achievements could bring together.
This question was asked of her husband by a lady with whom perhaps the readers of this volume may have already formed some acquaintance. Chronicles of her early life have been written, at any rate copiously. The lady was the Duchess of Omnium, and her husband was of course the Duke.
"He would not," he said, "lose the opportunity of waiting upon her in person which the presentation of the little gift might afford him." It would be a great success to have the Duke of Omnium at her house, but to what would the success reach? What was her definite object, or had she any? In what way could she make herself happy? She could not say that she was happy yet.
"But you did not always use to be Prime Minister. It is only for such a time as this that such a house as Gatherum is serviceable." He was silent for a moment, thinking about it, and then gave way without another word. She was probably right. There was the huge pile of magnificent buildings; and somebody, at any rate, had thought that it behoved a Duke of Omnium to live in such a palace.
He thought no doubt that "Omnium manibus res humanæ egent: paucorum capita sufficiunt." "Human affairs require the hands of all, whilst the heads of few are sufficient."
Then without allowing her a moment in which to answer him, he marched back to his own room. But even here his spirit was not as yet at rest. That Major must not go unpunished. Though he hated all fuss and noise he must do something. So he wrote as follows to the Major: The Duke of Omnium trusts that Major Pountney will not find it inconvenient to leave Gatherum Castle shortly.
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