"Lady Glencora could put it all right."
"I'll tell Lady Glencora, of course," said Madame Max. "It seems so odd in this country that the owner of a property does not seem at all to have any exclusive right to it. I suppose the Duke could shut up the wood if he liked."
"But they poisoned the hounds."
"Nobody supposes the Duke did that,—or even the Duke's servants, I should think. But Lord Chiltern will hear us if we don't take care."
"I've heard every word you've been saying," exclaimed Lord Chiltern.
"Has it been traced to any one?"
"No,—not traced, I suppose."
"What then, Lord Chiltern? You may speak out to me. When I'm wrong I like to be told so."
"Then you're wrong now," said Lord Chiltern, "if you take the part of the Duke or of any of his people. He is bound to find foxes for the Brake hunt. It is almost a part of his title deeds. Instead of doing so he has had them destroyed."
"It's as bad as voting against the Church establishment," said Madame Goesler.