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Perceval was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the whole gang of Pitt's underlings came into place; and the Ministry was consequently composed of Castlereagh, Canning, Liverpool, the Roses and Longs; while, to crown the whole, Sir Vicary Gibbs was appointed Attorney General.
"You shouldn't have let them, Lizzie!" she scolded. "How could I help it? Fay wouldn't let me speak, and Mr. Vicary just flew on to Brendon. Why didn't Babbie take you into Chagmouth?" "She never even suggested it. I don't know which is the meaner, she or Fay!" grumbled Nan.
He brought me up, and gave me such education as I have. It was in his house in the country at Dammarie, near Melun, that I made the acquaintance of your agent, Mr. Vicary, who lay there in hiding, only to fall a victim at the last to a gang of chauffeurs. 'That poor Mr. Vicary! observed my uncle. 'He had been many times in my interests to France, and this was his first failure.
He had followed me. 'She has wisely decided to take a long holiday. Good-bye, my dear. These were the last words he ever spoke to me, though I saw him again. We shook hands in silence, and he left. Nor would the others stay. I had ruined the night. We were all self-conscious, diffident, suspicious. Even Vicary was affected. How thankful I was that my silent lover had not come!
'Shall we go? Frank said, putting a veil of cigarette smoke between us. I trembled. I was once more the young and timid girl. I could not speak. I nodded. In the hall was Vicary, talking to the head-porter. He saw us and started. 'What! Vicary! I murmured, suddenly cooled. 'I want to speak to you, said Vicary. 'Where can we go? 'This way, Frank replied.
The great opponent of the Totteridge Kennel up to some few years ago was unquestionably Mr. Vicary, of Newton Abbot, who laid the foundation of his kennel with Vesuvian, who was by Splinter, out of Kohinor, and from whom came the long line of winners, Venio-Vesuvienne, Vice-Regal, Valuator, Visto, and Veracity.
And, indeed, the Attorney-General of England, Sir Vicary Gibbs, reported against the despotic intentions of Sir James Craig, and, at the suggestion of his secretary, further expressed his official opinion that the paper published in the Canadien, and upon which the proceedings of the Executive Council of Canada had been founded, was not such as to fix upon the publishers, the charge of treasonable practices, and that it was only the apprehensions that had been in Canada entertained, of the effects of the publication of the paper in the Canadien, that might have made it excusable to resort to means, not strictly justifiable in law, for suppressing anticipated mischief.
Vicary Gibbs seemed possessed by the idea that he should call the attention of the Chairman to the use of the word "Judas"; and he singled me out although, of course, he knew that I was only one of many who had used the word.
He brought me up and gave me such education as I have. It was in his house in the country at Dammarie, near Melun, that I made the acquaintance of your agent, Mr. Vicary, who lay there in hiding, only to fall a victim at the last to a gang of chauffeurs." "That poor Mr. Vicary!" observed my uncle. "He had been many times in my interests to France, and this was his first failure.
I shrank under the ordeal; I tried to clutch my clothes about me. The chatter from the other end of the room grew louder. Vicary was gazing critically at his chandeliers. 'Does love bring happiness? I asked Lord Francis, carefully ignoring his remark. 'For forty years, he quavered, 'I made love to every pretty woman I met, in the search for happiness.
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