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           )"EveninthemIamshocked,forthecreditofEnglishmen,tobeconstrainedtoinformyouthatthepartyhasnottriumphedwithoutbeingputtoanenormousexpense.Hundreds,"saysSirLeicester,eyeingthecousinswithincreasingdignityandswellingindignation,"hundredsofthousandsofpounds!"IfVolumniahaveafault,itisthefaultofbeingatrifletooinnocent,seeingthattheinnocencewhichwouldgoextremelywellwithasashandtuckerisalittleoutofkeepingwiththerougeandpearlnecklace.Howbeit,impelledbyinnocence,sheasks,"Whatfor?""Volumnia,"remonstratesSirLeicesterwithhisutmostseverity."Volumnia!""No,no,Idon’tmeanwhatfor,"criesVolumniawithherfavouritelittlescream."HowstupidIam!Imeanwhatapity!""Iamglad,"returnsSirLeicester,"thatyoudomeanwhatapity."Volumniahastenstoexpressheropinionthattheshockingpeopleoughttobetriedastraitorsandmadetosupporttheparty."Iamglad,Volumnia,"repeatsSirLeicester,unmindfulofthesemollifyingsentiments,"thatyoudomeanwhatapity.Itisdisgracefultotheelectors.Butasyou,thoughinadvertentlyandwithoutintendingsounreasonableaquestion,askedme’whatfor?’letmereplytoyou.Fornecessaryexpenses.AndItrusttoyourgoodsense,Volumnia,nottopursuethesubject,hereorelsewhere.

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