Місіс Деллоуей

           ”whichRichardthoughtallstuffingandbunkum,butnoharminit,ofcourse,andHughwentondraftingsentimentsinalphabeticalorderofthehighestnobility,brushingthecigarashfromhiswaistcoat,andsummingupnowandthentheprogresstheyhadmadeuntil,finally,hereadoutthedraftofaletterwhichLadyBrutonfeltcertainwasamasterpiece.Couldherownmeaningsoundlikethat?

           Hughcouldnotguaranteethattheeditorwouldputitin;buthewouldbemeetingsomebodyatluncheon.

           WhereuponLadyBruton,whoseldomdidagracefulthing,stuffedallHugh’scarnationsintothefrontofherdress,andflingingherhandsoutcalledhim“MyPrimeMinister!”Whatshewouldhavedonewithoutthembothshedidnotknow.Theyrose.AndRichardDallowaystrolledoffasusualtohavealookattheGeneral’sportrait,becausehemeant,wheneverhehadamomentofleisure,towriteahistoryofLadyBruton’sfamily.

           AndMillicentBrutonwasveryproudofherfamily.Buttheycouldwait,theycouldwait,shesaid,lookingatthepicture;meaningthatherfamily,ofmilitarymen,administrators,admirals,hadbeenmenofaction,whohaddonetheirduty;andRichard’sfirstdutywastohiscountry,butitwasafineface,shesaid;andallthepaperswerereadyforRicharddownatAldmixtonwheneverthetimecame;theLabourGovernmentshemeant.“Ah,thenewsfromIndia!”shecried.