"He's the man who saved England," said Papa.
"What's the good of that if he can't save himself? Where does he expect to go to with the hats he wears?"
"Where does Emilius expect to go to," Uncle Victor said, "when his John
Bright and his Gladstone get their way?"
Suddenly Aunt Charlotte left off smiling.
"Emilius," she said, "do you uphold Gladstone?"
"Of course I uphold Gladstone. There's nobody in this country fit to black his boots."
"I know nothing about his boots. But he's an infidel. He wants to pull down the Church. I thought you were a Churchman?"
"So I am," Papa said. "I've too good an opinion of the Church to imagine that it can't stand alone."
"You're a nice one to talk about opinions."
"At any rate I know what I'm talking about."