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Chapter 51

           BrookewishedtoservehiscountrybystandingforParliamentwhich,indeed,mayalsobedoneonprivategrounds,butbeingonceundertakendoesabsolutelydemandsomespeechifying.

           ItwasnotaboutthebeginningofhisspeechthatMr.Brookewasatallanxious;this,hefeltsure,wouldbeallright;heshouldhaveitquitepat,cutoutasneatlyasasetofcoupletsfromPope.Embarkingwouldbeeasy,butthevisionofopenseathatmightcomeafterwasalarming."Andquestions,now,"hintedthedemonjustwakingupinhisstomach,"somebodymayputquestionsabouttheschedules.Ladislaw,"hecontinued,aloud,"justhandmethememorandumoftheschedules."

           WhenMr.Brookepresentedhimselfonthebalcony,thecheerswerequiteloudenoughtocounterbalancetheyells,groans,brayings,andotherexpressionsofadversetheory,whichweresomoderatethatMr.Standish(decidedlyanoldbird)observedintheearnexttohim,"Thislooksdangerous,byGod!Hawleyhasgotsomedeeperplanthanthis."Still,thecheerswereexhilarating,andnocandidatecouldlookmoreamiablethanMr.Brooke,withthememoranduminhisbreast-pocket,hislefthandontherailofthebalcony,andhisrighttriflingwithhiseye-glass.Thestrikingpointsinhisappearancewerehisbuffwaistcoat,short-clippedblondhair,andneutralphysiognomy.Hebeganwithsomeconfidence.

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