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Halifax and Nottingham had long been friends; and Lord Eland, now Halifax's only son, had been affianced to the Lady Mary Finch, Nottingham's daughter.
Halifax therefore often incurred Burnet's indignant censure; and Burnet was often the butt of Halifax's keen and polished pleasantry. Yet they were drawn to each other by a mutual attraction, liked each other's conversation, appreciated each other's abilities, interchanged opinions freely, and interchanged also good offices in perilous times.
Halifax's orders, and has planted lots o' flower-roots and evergreens." "Yes, I know." And when she had put all her little ones to bed we, wondering where the mother was, went out towards the little churchyard, and found her quietly sitting there. We were very happy at Enderley. Muriel brightened up before she had been there many days.
Many readers are doubtless familiar with Halifax's remark when Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, was removed from the post of First Lord of the Treasury and installed in that of Lord President. "I have seen people kicked downstairs," remarked the great Trimmer, "but my Lord Rochester is the first person that I ever saw kicked up-stairs."
Sherlock took the oaths, and speedily published, in justification of his conduct, a pamphlet entitled The Case of Allegiance to Sovereign Powers stated. The sensation produced by this work was immense. Dryden's Hind and Panther had not raised so great an uproar. Halifax's Letter to a Dissenter had not called forth so many answers.
It brought a large packet all our letters of this year sent back again, directed in a strange hand, to "John Halifax, Esquire, Beechwood," with the annotation, "By Mr. Guy Halifax's desire."
I therefore wait to hear Mr. Halifax's nomination. Sir, your candidate is, I hope, no democrat?" "His political opinions differ from mine, but he is the only gentleman whom I in this emergency can name; and is one whom myself, and I believe all my neighbours, will be heartily glad to see once more in Parliament. I beg to nominate Mr. Herbert Oldtower."
Halifax's position could mix such heterogeneous elements towns-people and country-people, dissenters and church-folk, professional men and men of business. John dared to do it and did it.
"Or, perhaps though I can hardly hope anything so fortunate perhaps this failure will not affect you at all?" He waited as did many others, for Mr. Halifax's reply; which was long in coming. However, since all seemed to expect it, it did come at last; but grave and sad as if it were the announcement of some great misfortune. "No, Sir Herbert; it will not affect me at all."
Perhaps it would not, even into mine, for I shared the family faith in its best-beloved Guy; but for Mrs. Halifax's so entirely ignoring the idea that any consent except her son's and his parents' was necessary to this marriage. "It will not part him from us so very much, you see, Phineas," she said, evidently trying to view the bright side "and she has no relatives living not one.
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