'
'I can't bear an affected man,' said the second, without looking off his
paper. 'He seems to have made a very fine speech indeed.'
'I should not wonder at his turning out something great,' said the
third.
'I have no doubt of it,' said the second.
'Many of these wild fellows do.'
'He is not so wild as we think,' said the first.
'But he is done up,' said the second.
'Is he indeed?' said the third. 'Perhaps by making a speech he wants a
place?'
'People don't make speeches for nothing,' said the third.
'I shouldn't wonder if he is after a place in the Household,' said the
second.
'Depend upon it, he looks to something more active,' said the first.
'Perhaps he would like to be head of the Admiralty?' said the second.
'Or the Treasury?' said the third.
'That is impossible!' said the first. 'He is too young.'
'He is as old as Pitt,' said the third.
'I hope he will resemble him in nothing but his age, then,' said the
first.
'I look upon Pitt as the first man that ever lived,' said the third.
'What!' said the first. 'The man who worked up the national debt to
nearly eight hundred millions!'
'What of that?' said the third.
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