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In fact, I've said I would be, and I think it likely I shall keep my word. My name will be Mrs. Dalmaine. Don't you remember Mr. Egremont speaking of Mr. Dalmaine and calling him names? From that moment I made up my mind that he must be a very nice man, and when we made his acquaintance I found that I wasn't so far wrong. You see, poor Mr.
She was guided up to the first floor; she entered a room, and found Egremont standing in the midst of packing-cases. He affected to be in no way surprised at the visit, and shook hands naturally. 'You find me in a state of disorder, Mrs. Dalmaine, he said. 'Pray excuse it; I start on a long journey to-morrow morning. Paula murmured phrases.
Walter, on the other hand, viewed the politician's personality with something more than contempt. Dalmaine embodied those forces of philistinism, that essence of the vulgar creed, which Egremont had undertaken to attack, and which, as he already felt, were likely to yield as little before his efforts as a stone wall under the blow of a naked hand. Two such would do well to keep apart.
He was interested in all that concerns the industrial population of Great Britain; he was making that subject his speciality; he meant to link his name with factory Acts, with education Acts, with Acts for the better housing of the work-folk, with what not of the kind. And the single working man for whom he veritably cared one jot was Mr. James Dalmaine.
'So you followed me? 'I followed you. It is not exactly usual, I believe, for young married ladies to visit men in their rooms; if I have misunderstood the social rules in this matter, you will of course correct me. Mr. Dalmaine was to the core a politician.
Pray give faith to what I say; if any one knows you, I think it is I. He kept silence. Mrs. Ormonde continued: 'I hear that the Tyrrells have made the acquaintance of Mr. Dalmaine. Paula mentions him in a letter. 'Ha! With enthusiasm probably? 'No. They met him somewhere in Switzerland. He gave them the benefit of his experience on the education question. 'Of course.
An enemy speaking of me now Dalmaine for example, if he chose to tell the truth would say that a business life in America has taken a great deal of the humbug out of me.
'Then I suppose that settles the matter. I went to his place once, but could hear nothing of him, and since then I have just waited till the muddy water should strain itself clear again. 'But I am in ignorance yet of the state of things in Lambeth, said Mrs. Ormonde. 'Do you know anything about the library? 'Dalmaine keeps our world supplied with the latest information, Mr.
In the meanwhile the boat was drawn up and the chain locked. The girls walked on in advance; Egremont continued to speak of Mr. Dalmaine, a rising politician, whose acquaintance he had made on the voyage home from New York. 'One of the few sincere things I ever heard from his lips was a remark he made on trade-unions. "Let them combine by all means," he said; "it's a fair fight."
To-day, among other questions, he asked, with a meaning smile: 'What of young Egremont's lectures? Has he recommenced? 'The first of the new course is to-night, replied Mr. Tasker, who sat bending a paper-cutter over his leg. Mr. Dalmaine, knowing his secretary, encouraged him to be on easy terms. In truth, he had a liking for Tasker.
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