“I think I recollect you used to talk politics when you were a midshipman,” she said. “You headed the aristocracy, did you not?”
“The aristocracy wants a head,” said Beauchamp.
“Parliament, in my opinion, is the best of occupations for idle men,” said she.
“It shows that it is a little too full of them.”
“Surely the country can go on very well without so much speech-making?”
“It can go on very well for the rich.”
Miss Halkett tapped with her foot.
“I should expect a Radical to talk in that way, Nevil.”
“Take me for one.”
“I would not even imagine it.”