We were afraid that
Chiltern would have thrown it up, and then I don't know where we
should have been. England would not have been England any longer, to
my thinking, if we hadn't won the day. It'd have been just like a
French revolution. Nobody would have known what was coming or where
he was going."
That Mr. Spooner should be enthusiastic on any hunting question was a
matter of course; but still it seemed to be odd that he should have
driven himself over from Spoon Hall to pour his feelings into Lady
Chiltern's ear. "We shall go on very nicely now, I don't doubt," said
she; "and I'm sure that Lord Chiltern will be glad to find that you
are pleased."
"I am very much pleased, I can tell you." Then he paused, and the
tone of his voice was changed altogether when he spoke again. "But I
didn't come over only about that, Lady Chiltern. Miss Palliser has
not come back with you, Lady Chiltern?"
"We left Miss Palliser at Matching. You know she is the Duke's
cousin."
"I wish she wasn't, with all my heart."
"Why should you want to rob her of her relations, Mr.
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