"Leaving Elgin and all
its beauties! And I dare say you won't think of them once
again till you get back!"
"I hope I shall not be so busy as that, Miss Filkin."
"Oh, no, I'm sure Mr Murchison won't forget his native
town altogether," said Mrs Milburn, "though perhaps he
won't like it so well after seeing dear old England!"
"I expect," said Lorne simply, "to like it better."
"Well, of course, we shall all be pleased if you say
that, Mr Murchison," Mrs Milburn replied graciously. "We
shall feel quite complimented. But I'm afraid you will
find a great deal to criticize when you come back--that
is, if you go at all into society over there. I always
say there can be nothing like good English society."
"I want to attend a sitting of the House," Lorne said.
"I hope I shall have time for that. I want to see those
fellows handling their public business. I don't believe
I shall find our men so far behind, for point of view
and grasp and dispatch. Of course there's always Wallingham
to make a standard for us all. But they haven't got so
many Wallinghams."
"Wasn't it Wallingham, Louisa, that Mr Milburn was saying
at breakfast was such a dangerous man? So able, he said,
but dangerous. Something to do with the tariff."
"Oh?" said Lorne, and he said no more, for at that moment
Dora came in.
Pages:
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157