BULLER.
Pause for a moment, sir,—here comes Seward.
NORTH.
Seward! Is he not with us? Surely he was, all hour or two ago—but I never missed him—your conversation has been so interesting and instructive. Seward! why you are all the world like a drowned rat?
SEWARD.
Rat I am none—but a stanch Conservative. Would I had had a Protectionist with me to keep me right on the Navigation Laws.
NORTH.
What do you mean? What's the matter?
SEWARD.
Why, your description of the Pools in Cladich-Cleugh inspired me with a passion for one of the Naïads.