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But when they were gone, and when the judge, radiant with fun and happiness, hastened to fill his claret beaker, then Bertram by degrees thawed, and began to feel that after all the world was perhaps not yet dead around him. "Well, Mr. Stistick," said the baron; "if Sir Henry will allow us, we'll drink Lord Boanerges." "With all my heart," said Mr. Stistick. "He is a man of whom it may be said "
Lady Harcourt felt herself by no means inclined to enter into the joke on either side; so she said, with her gravest smile, "I'm sure Mr. Stistick understands very well what he's talking about." "What do you say, ma'am?" said the judge, turning round to the lady on his left. "Mr. Stistick is always right on such matters," said the lady. "See what it is to have a character.
Stistick, pursuing some wondrous line of argument, as Bertram turned himself towards the fire. "What a fine national family!" said the baron. "And how ashamed I feel when I bethink myself that only one of them is mine!" "Dinner is served," said the butler. "Mrs. Stistick, will you allow me?" said Sir Henry.
"Well, I suppose they must be boys; at least the most of them." "They are all from nine to twelve, I say," continued Mr. Stistick, completely bewildered. "Oh, that alters the question," said the judge. "Not at all," said Mr. Stistick. "There is accommodation for only " "Well, we'll ask Lady Harcourt. What do you say, Lady Harcourt?"
"Oh h h! male children! Ah h h! Now I see the difference; I beg your pardon, Mr. Stistick, but I really was very stupid. And you mean to explain all this to Lord John in the present session?" "But, Stistick, who is the one man?" said Sir Henry. "The one man is Lord Boanerges. He, I believe, is the only man living who really understands the social wants of this kingdom."
"I can tell you about the one," said the baron, as Sir Henry began his grace. "An odd thousand is nothing," said Mr. Stistick, pausing for a second till the grace was over. The judge and Mr. Stistick sat at Lady Harcourt's right and left, so that Bertram was not called upon to say much to her during dinner.
And so the battle was kept up between them, and George Bertram and Lady Harcourt sat by and listened; or more probably, perhaps, sat by and did not listen. But when her ladyship and Mrs. Stistick had retreated Oh, my readers, fancy what that next hour must have been to Caroline Harcourt! How Gothic, how barbarous are we still in our habits, in that we devote our wives to such wretchedness as that!
But I doubt whether public opinion, as now existing, will admit of hero-worship." "Public opinion is the best safeguard for a great man's great name," said Mr. Stistick, with intense reliance on the civilization of his own era. "Quite true, sir; quite true," said the baron, "for the space of twenty-four hours." Then followed a calm, and then coffee.
"You'll like the baron," said Harcourt; "he's loud and arrogant, no doubt; but he's not loud and arrogant about nothing, as some men are. Stistick is a bore. Of course you know him. He's member for Peterloo, and goes with us on condition that somebody listens to him about once a week. But the baron will put him down." "And Mrs. Stistick?" said George.
"As long as the matter is left in the hands of the parents, nothing on earth will be done," said Mr. Stistick. "That's what I have always said to Lady Brawl," said the judge. "And it's what I have said to Lord John; and what I intend to say to him again. Lord John is all very well " "Thank you, Stistick. I am glad, at any rate, to get as much as that from you," said the solicitor.
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