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Melood news that day,-- good news as he would regard it, even though, when told to him, it should be accompanied by all the extraneous additions hich Marie had co to hie could now be brought about He, too, had cause for vexation, if not for anger If Marie had consented a fortnight since he ht by this tiht be,--irl and the villainy of Sir Felix Carbury Were he once the father-in-law of the eldest son of a h soht coust circuainst a Mehter was married to the heir of the Marquis of Auld Reekie! So many persons would then be concerned! Of course his vexation with Marie had been great Of course his wrath against Sir Felix was unbounded The seat for Westminster was his He was to be seen to occupy it before all the world on this very day But he had not as yet heard that his daughter had yielded in reference to Lord Nidderdale

There was considerable uneasiness felt in some circles as to the manner in which Melmotte should take his seat When he was put forward as the Conservative candidate for the borough a good deal of fuss had beenpoliticians It had been the manifest intention of the party that his return, if he were returned, should be hailed as a great Conservative triuth and the breadth of the land He was returned,--but the trumpets had not as yet been sounded loudly On a sudden, within the space of forty-eight hours, the party had become ashamed of their man And, noas to introduce hi of sha another class that Melht become as it were a Conservative tribune of the people,--that he ht be the realization of that hitherto hazy yism, of which we have lately heard from a politicalus that progress can only be expected from those whose declared purpose is to stand still The new farthing newspaper, 'The Mob,' was already putting Mel with reference to his conitude in affairs is a valid defence for certain irregularities A Napoleon, though heout his projects, cannot be judged by the sa lieutenant who ht that a good deal should be overlooked in a Melns should be allowed to cover a multitude of sins I do not know that the theory was ever so plainly put forward as it was done by the ingenious and courageous writer in 'The Mob'; but in practice it has coent minds