We let him have his own way as far as we
could in February. We had failed last summer, and if he could get
along he was welcome. But he could not get along."
"I must say I think he was right to dissolve," said Lady Laura.
"And we are right to force the consequences upon him as quickly as
we can. He practically lost nine seats by his dissolution. Look at
Loughshane."
"Yes; look at Loughshane," said Miss Fitzgibbon. "The country at any
rate has gained something there."
"It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, Mr. Finn," said the
Earl.
"What on earth is to become of poor George?" said Mr. Fitzgibbon. "I
wonder whether any one knows where he is. George wasn't a bad sort of
fellow."
"Roby used to think that he was a very bad fellow," said Mr. Bonteen.
"Roby used to swear that it was hopeless trying to catch him." It may
be as well to explain that Mr. Roby was a Conservative gentleman of
great fame who had for years acted as Whip under Mr. Daubeny, and who
now filled the high office of Patronage Secretary to the Treasury. "I
believe in my heart," continued Mr. Bonteen, "that Roby is rejoiced
that poor George Morris should be out in the cold."
"If seats were halveable, he should share mine, for the sake of auld
lang syne," said Laurence Fitzgibbon.
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