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Updated: June 25, 2025
IT happened that that evening Maltravers had, for the first time, accepted one of many invitations with which Lord Saxingham had honoured him. His lordship and Maltravers were of different political parties, nor were they in other respects adapted to each other. Lord Saxingham was a clever man in his way, but worldly even to a proverb among worldly people.
Oh, I would sooner a thousand times that Flory had taken a fancy to you." Lumley Ferrers bowed his head but said nothing. He fell into a reverie, and Lord Saxingham took up his official red box, became deep in its contents, and forgot all about the marriage of his daughter. Lumley pulled the check-string as the carriage entered Pall Mall, and desired to be set down at "The Travellers."
Lord Saxingham at last returned busy, bustling, important, and good-humoured as usual. "Well, Flory, well? glad to see you quite blooming, I declare, never saw you with such a colour monstrous like me, certainly. We always had fine complexions and fine eyes in our family. But I'm rather late first bell rung we ci-devant jeunes hommes are rather long dressing, and you are not dressed yet, I see."
He concluded by offering to Vargrave, in the most cordial and flattering terms, the very seat in the Cabinet which Lord Saxingham had vacated, with an apology for its inadequacy to his lordship's merits, and a distinct and definite promise of the refusal of the gorgeous viceroyalty of India, which would be vacant next year by the return of the present governor-general.
"I could not have conceived that England boasted any one half so beautiful." "She certainly is handsome, my dear Lumley, the Lascelles cast of countenance," replied Lord Saxingham," and so gifted!
While this interesting discussion was going on, Ferrers drew aside his cousin, and pressing her hand affectionately, said, in a soft and tender voice: "My dear Florence for in such a time permit me to be familiar I understand from Lord Saxingham, whom I met in London, that you are engaged to Maltravers.
She turned the conversation, however, into general channels, and she talked of Italian poetry with a warmth and eloquence worthy of the theme. While they thus conversed, a new guest had arrived, who, from the spot where he stood, engaged with Lord Saxingham, fixed a steady and scrutinising gaze upon the pair. "Lady Florence has indeed improved," said this new guest.
There was something in Lumley's intrigue to oust the government with which he served that had an appearance of cunning and baseness, of which Lord Saxingham, whose personal character was high, by no means approved. But Vargrave talked him over with consummate address, and when they parted, the earl carried his head two inches higher, he was preparing himself for his rise in life.
I will not resign; the king is with us; our strength shall be known. These haughty imbeciles shall fall into the trap they have dug for us." Lumley spoke warmly, and with the confidence of a mind firmly assured of success. Lord Saxingham was moved; bright visions flashed across him, the premiership, a dukedom. Yet he was old and childless, and his honours would die with the last lord of Saxingham!
"But," added Lumley, quickly, and as if afraid he had said too much, "Lord Saxingham is looking out for me to make up his whist-table. I go to-morrow when shall you be in town?" "In the course of the week," said poor Florence mechanically; and Lumley walked away. In another moment, Maltravers, who had been more observant than he seemed, joined her where she sat.
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