“If it was n't that I'm expecting the usher's place in the Court, I 'd have resigned long ago.”
“His Lordship's pleasant temper, however, makes up for everything, Fenton, eh?”
“Yes, sir, that's true;” and they both laughed heartily at the pleasant conceit; and in this merry humor they went their several ways to bed.
CHAPTER XXXII. MORNING AT THE PRIORY
Sewell was awoke from a sound and heavy sleep by the Chief Baron's valet asking if it was his pleasure to see his Lordship before he went down to Court, in which case there was not much time to be lost.
“How soon does he go?” asked Sewell, curtly.
“He likes to be on the Bench by eleven exactly, sir, and he has always some business in Chamber first.”
“All that tells me nothing, my good friend. How much time have I now to catch him in before he starts?”
“Half an hour, sir. Forty minutes, at most.”