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Updated: May 16, 2025
But the grace o' God shows up quick, mostly. 'Tis its nature to be hard at wark. Ye'll no put barm into a batch o' flour, and ha'e it lying idle. And the kingdom o' Heaven is like unto leaven: it maun wark. Ay, who shall let it?" "Is Mr Liversedge well liked, Sam?" I asked, when I had thought a little.
Liversedge made a report of local affairs as they concerned the political outlook; he saw every reason for hope. "Welwyn-Baker," he said, "is quite set up again, and I am told he has no inclination to retire in favour of his son, or any one else. An obstinate old fellow and may his obstinacy increase!
"Probably not." The solicitor bent still more and tapped his friend's knee. "Glazzard, here is your moment. Here is your chance of getting what you want. Liversedge is reluctant to stand; I know that for certain. To a more promising man he'll yield with pleasure. St! st! listen to me! you are that man. Go down; see Toby; see the wiseacres and wire-pullers; get your name in vogue!
We have probably several months before us. You'll have to live here a good deal." As the rain had ceased, they presently went out into the garden and strolled aimlessly about. No sooner had Mr. Liversedge become aware of his brother-in-law's promise to appear on the platform, than he despatched a note to Mr. Wykes, recommending exceptional industry in spreading the announcement.
"Then wait till we know something definite," growled Mr. Vawdrey. "All I can say is that if this Mr. Quarrier is going in for extreme views about women, I'll have nothing to do with him." "What do you mean by 'extreme views'?" screeched a thin man in dirty clothing. Thereupon began a furious controversy, lasting half an hour. Mr. Liversedge had gone to work like a man of decision.
Seeing him thus at the end of his table, one would not have thought Mr. Liversedge a likely man to stand forth on political platforms and appeal to the populace of the borough for their electoral favour. He looked modest and reticent; his person was the reverse of commanding.
His brother would be far more likely, wouldn't he, Denzil?" "What, Eustace Glazzard?" replied Quarrier. "He regards Parliament and everything connected with it with supreme contempt. Suggest the thing when he comes this evening, and watch his face." "What is he doing?" Mr. Liversedge asked. "Collecting pictures, playing the fiddle, gazing at sunflowers, and so on. He'll never do anything else."
"I tell you what, my good Sir, you are on the way to preach your church empty. The pews have no souls to be saved, I believe," and Ambrose chuckled over his little joke. "What of the souls of the absent congregation?" asked Mr Liversedge. "Oh, they'll have to get saved elsewhere," answered Ambrose. "Then, if they do get saved, what reason shall I have to regret their absence?
The second week that Mr Liversedge was here, he stopped the anthem. Up started the singers, and told him they would not stand it. It wasn't worth their while coming just for the psalms.
We have had great fires everywhere for more than a fortnight. As for the snow and frost, you are pretty well used to that, no doubt." Painfully on the alert, Lilian of course understood this allusion to the Northern land she was supposed to have quitted recently. "Even at Stockholm," she replied, with a smile, "there is summer, you know." "And in Russia, too, I have heard," laughed Mr. Liversedge.
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