So my father has been here?"
"Yes;--he was here for a day or two."
"Violet has just been telling me. You and he are as good friends as
ever?"
"I trust we are."
"He never heard of that little affair?" And Lord Chiltern nodded his
head, intending to indicate the direction of Blankenberg.
"I do not think he has yet."
"So Violet tells me. Of course you know that she has heard all about
it."
"I have reason to suppose as much."
"And so does Laura."
"I told her myself," said Phineas.
"The deuce you did! But I daresay it was for the best. It's a pity
you had not proclaimed it at Charing Cross, and then nobody would
have believed a word about it. Of course my father will hear it some
day."
"You are going to Saulsby, I hope, Chiltern?"
"That question is easier asked than answered. It is quite true that
the great difficulty has been got over. Laura has had her money. And
if my father will only acknowledge that he has wronged me throughout,
from beginning to end, I will go to Saulsby to-morrow;--and would cut
you out at Loughton the next day, only that Loughton is not Loughton
any longer."
"You cannot expect your father to do that."
"No;--and therefore there is a difficulty. So you've had that awfully
ponderous Duke here.
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