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Mr Brooke, seeing Mrs Cadwallader's merits from a different point of

vieinced a little when her na alone

"I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here," she said, seating herself

co a thin but well-built

figure "I suspect you and he are brewing so so ainst

you: remember you are both suspicious characters since you took Peel's

side about the Catholic Bill I shall tell everybody that you are

going to put up for Middlens, and that Casaubon is going to help you in an underhandto bribe the voters with pamphlets, and throw open the

public-houses to distribute the of the sort," said Mr Brooke, s a little at the impeachment

"Casaubon and I don't talk politics much He doesn't care s; punish

He only cares about Church questions That is not my line of action,

you know"

"Ra-a-ther too s Who was

it that sold his bit of land to the Papists at Middleht it on purpose You are a perfect Guy Faux See if you are

not burnt in effigy this 5th of Nove Humphrey would not

coood I was prepared to be persecuted for not persecuting--not

persecuting, you know"

"There you go! That is a piece of clap-trap you have got ready for the