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Mandeville last evening. He was in much distress at your absence, and thought you were very undutiful to leave him in his old age without even a parting word."
"Whereas," she said, "we have been given to understand that the Earl of Leicester hath in a very contemptuous sort contrary to our express commandment given unto him by ourself, accepted of an offer of a more absolute government made by the States unto him, than was agreed on between us and their commissioners which kind of contemptible manner of proceeding giveth the world just cause to think that there is not that reverent respect carried towards us by our subjects as in duty appertaineth; especially seeing so notorious a contempt committed by one whom we have raised up and yielded in the eye of the world, even from the beginning of our reign, as great portion of our favour as ever subject enjoyed at any prince's hands; we therefore, holding nothing dearer than our honour, and considering that no one thing could more touch our reputation than to induce so open and public a faction of a prince, and work a greater reproach than contempt at a subject's hand, without reparation of our honour, have found it necessary to send you unto him, as well to charge him with the said contempt, as also to execute such other things as we think meet to be done, for the justifying of ourselves to the world, as the repairing of the indignity cast upon us by his undutiful manner of proceeding towards us. . . . And for that we find ourselves also not well dealt withal by the States, in that they have pressed the said Earl, without our assent or privity, to accept of a more absolute government than was agreed on between us and their commissioners, we have also thought meet that you shall charge them therewith, according to the directions hereafter ensuing.
Selah followed him blindly, in a dazzled fashion, out on to the flagstones of Epsilon Terrace. 'Dear me, dear me, moaned Lady Le Breton, sinking back vacantly once more, with an air of resignation after her efforts, into the easy-chair: 'was there ever a mother so plagued and burdened with unnatural and undutiful sons as I am?
For the Priests in general had found out, since a Becket's death, that they admired him of all things though they had hated him very cordially when he was alive. The Earl of Flanders, who was at the head of the base conspiracy of the King's undutiful sons and their foreign friends, took the opportunity of the King being thus employed at home, to lay siege to Rouen, the capital of Normandy.
Henry White, a young clergyman, with whom he now formed an intimacy, so as to talk to him with great freedom, he mentioned that he could not in general accuse himself of having been an undutiful son. Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful.
Hereupon I took the liberty to write to my father and mother. This, Sir, perhaps you already know: but, as you know not the contents of the disgraced letters, I beseech you to read them both, that you may be a witness for me, that they are not filled with either complaints or expostulations, nor contain any thing undutiful.
There, sir," cried the hag in a rage, catching hold of the tail, and sending it flying out of the casement, which was open "there, sir and now you may follow your tail. D'ye hear? leave the room instantly, or I'll cleave your craven skull. Blind old woman, forsooth undutiful child "
"And yet that old dad of mine swears I've got no fellow-feeling, which I consider a very undutiful thing for him to say. What's the reason, Jacob, that sons be always cleverer than their fathers?" "I didn't know that was the case, Tom." "But it is so now, if it wasn't in olden time.
For myself, I felt so much self-reproach and contrition for my part in what had happened, that nothing would have enabled me to keep back my tears but the fear that Steerforth, who often looked at me, I saw, might think it unfriendly or, I should rather say, considering our relative ages, and the feeling with which I regarded him, undutiful if I showed the emotion which distressed me.
I demand that your son apologize to me for his actions or I shall make a complaint to the authorities." "Hamilton, what does this mean?" demanded Mr. Spink, after perusing the communication several times. "I don't know," answered the undutiful offspring brazenly. "Did you snowball Mr. Felps?" "No. I didn't snowball anybody." "He says you did." "He must be mistaken."
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