"
"Resign that too?" she said in a tone of chagrin.
"The chances are, I think, that there will be another dissolution. If
they hold their own against Mr. Monk's motion, then they will pass an
Irish Reform Bill. After that I think they must dissolve."
"And you will not come forward again?"
"I cannot afford it."
"Psha! Some five hundred pounds or so!"
"And, besides that, I am well aware that my only chance at my old
profession is to give up all idea of Parliament. The two things are
not compatible for a beginner at the law. I know it now, and have
bought my knowledge by a bitter experience."
"And where will you live?"
"In Dublin, probably."
"And you will do,--will do what?"
"Anything honest in a barrister's way that may be brought to me. I
hope that I may never descend below that."
"You will stand up for all the blackguards, and try to make out that
the thieves did not steal?"
"It may be that that sort of work may come in my way."
"And you will wear a wig and try to look wise?"
"The wig is not universal in Ireland, Madame Goesler."
"And you will wrangle, as though your very soul were in it, for
somebody's twenty pounds?"
"Exactly."
"You have already made a name in the greatest senate in the world,
and have governed other countries larger than your own--"
"No;--I have not done that.
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