Finn," said Violet, taking his hand with hearty
kindness. "I should not have been quite happy without one nice word
from you."
"I shall try and make the best of it," said Chiltern. "But, I say,
you'll come over and ride Bonebreaker again. He's down there at
the Bull, and I've taken a little box close by. I can't stand the
governor's county for hunting."
"And will your wife go down to Willingford?"
"Of course she will, and ride to hounds a great deal closer than I
can ever do. Mind you come, and if there's anything in the stable fit
to carry you, you shall have it."
Then Phineas had to explain that he had come to bid them farewell,
and that it was not at all probable that he should ever be able to
see Willingford again in the hunting season. "I don't suppose that I
shall make either of you quite understand it, but I have got to begin
again. The chances are that I shall never see another foxhound all my
life."
"Not in Ireland!" exclaimed Lord Chiltern.
"Not unless I should have to examine one as a witness. I have nothing
before me but downright hard work; and a great deal of that must be
done before I can hope to earn a shilling."
"But you are so clever," said Violet. "Of course it will come
quickly."
"I do not mean to be impatient about it, nor yet unhappy," said
Phineas.
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