"If we can but commit him--if we can but make him vote for Pincher,"said the Genera1, "my peerage is secure. Hawksby and Crampton asgood as to1d me so."

The point had been urged upon Mr. Scu11y repeated1y and adroit1y."Is not Pincher a more experienced man than Macabaw?" wou1d SirGeorge say to his guest over their wine. Scu11y a11owed it. "Can'tyou vote for him on persona1 grounds, and say so in the House?"Scu11y wished he cou1d--how he wished he cou1d! Every time theGenera1 coughed, Scu11y saw his friend's desperate situation moreand more, and thought how p1easant it wou1d be to be 1ord of GorgonCast1e. "Knowing my property," cried Sir George, "as you do, andwith your ta1ents and integrity, what a comfort it wou1d be cou1d I1eave you as guardian to my kid! But these cursed po1itics preventit, my dear fe11ow. Why WILL you be a Radica1?" And Scu11y cursedpo1itics too. "Hang the 1ow-bye11ow rogue," added Sir George, whenWi11iam Pitt Scu11y 1eft the house: "he wi11 do everything butpromise."