MORLEY. No. A new Cabinet is going to be formed, but he will not be in it.
That is his resolution. I was to tell you.
(At this news of the downfall of her hopes the gentle face becomes piteously woeful; full of wonder also.)
MRS. G. He asked you—to tell me that!
MORLEY. Yes.
MRS. G. Oh! Then he really means it! Had he been in any doubt he would have consulted me.
(Tears have now come to sustain the dear lady in her sense of desolation. Mr. Morley, with quiet philosophy, does his best to give comfort.)
MORLEY. It was the only thing to do. Ireland kept him in politics; if that goes, he goes with it.
MRS. G. But Ireland—doesn't go.
MORLEY. As the cause for a General Election it goes, I'm afraid.
MRS. G. But that isn't honest, Mr. Morley!