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"We've got no pipes, Duchess, at any rate," said Lady Glencora; and Alice, as she sat listening, thought she discerned in Lady Glencora's pronunciation of the word pipes an almost hidden imitation of the Duchess's whistle.
After that she introduced them, and Jeffrey Palliser stood opposite to Alice, talking to her, till dinner was announced. Dinner at Matching Priory Alice found herself seated near to Lady Glencora's end of the table, and, in spite of her resolution to like Mr Palliser, she was not sorry that such an arrangement had been made.
This resolve was caused by a very urgent letter from Mr Grey, and by another, almost equally urgent, from Lady Glencora. If the marriage did not take place in September she would not be present at it. The gods of the world, of Lady Glencora's world, had met together and come to a great decision.
Lady Eustace did go to Lady Glencora's evening party, in spite of Mr. Camperdown and all her difficulties. Lady Chiltern had been quite right in saying that Lizzie was not the woman to show the white feather. She went, knowing that she would meet Lord Fawn, and she did wear the diamonds.
"Mr Palliser in his present mood would think nothing too much to do for you. If you were to ask him to go among the Kurds, he'd go at once; or on to Crim Tartary, if you made a point of it." But as both Lady Glencora's servants spoke French, and as her own did not, Alice trusted herself in that respect to her cousin. "You shall have one all to yourself," said Lady Glencora.
It was probable, therefore, that that special phrase had been used in some discussion among Mr Palliser's party as to Glencora's foibles. So thought Alice as the remembrance of the word came upon her. "She is not younger than when Mr Palliser married her," Alice said. "You mean that if a man marries a young wife he must put up with the trouble. That is a matter of course.
Alice Vavasor was still with them; and the reader will therefore understand that that quarrel about Lady Glencora's wickedness had been settled without any rupture.
The gentlemen did not return to the drawing-room that evening, having, no doubt, joint work to do in arranging the great financial calculations of the nation; and, at an early hour, Alice was taken home in Lady Glencora's brougham, leaving her cousin still in the hands of Mrs Marsham. The Election for the Chelsea Districts March came, and still the Chancellor of the Exchequer held his position.
"Nothing particular, I hope," said the Prime Minister, with an inward trepidation, for gradually there had crept upon him a fear that his wife was making a mistake. "I thought it was going to be very particular." "It's Glencora's doing." "I don't doubt but that her Grace is right. Don't suppose that I am criticizing your hospitality. We are to be at Gatherum ourselves about the end of the month.
She was made to sparkle, to be bright with outside garniture, to shine and glitter, and be rich in apparel. The only doubt might be whether paste diamonds might not better suit her character. But these were not paste, and she did shine and glitter and was very rich. It must not be brought as an accusation against Lady Glencora's guests that they pressed round to look at the necklace.
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