He hoped to be able to inform the House at the afternoon
sitting, what was the nature of the commands with which Her Majesty
might honour him.
"What do you think of that?" Phineas asked Mr. Monk as they left the
House together.
"I think that our Chatham of to-day is but a very poor copy of him
who misbehaved a century ago."
"Does not the whole thing distress you?"
"Not particularly. I have always felt that there has been a mistake
about Mr. Daubeny. By many he has been accounted as a statesman,
whereas to me he has always been a political Cagliostro. Now a
conjuror is I think a very pleasant fellow to have among us, if we
know that he is a conjuror;--but a conjuror who is believed to do his
tricks without sleight of hand is a dangerous man. It is essential
that such a one should be found out and known to be a conjuror,--and
I hope that such knowledge may have been communicated to some men
this afternoon."
"He was very great," said Ratler to Bonteen. "Did you not think so?"
"Yes, I did,--very powerful indeed.
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