27/35 He's going to marry the Earl de Courcy's niece; for they say he's very rich--this tailor's son--only they do say also that he doesn't much like to spend his money. He's going to marry Lord de Courcy's niece, and Lord de Courcy wishes that his nephew should be in Parliament. There, that's the claim which Mr Moffat has here on the people of Barchester. He's Lord de Courcy's nominee, and those who feel themselves bound hand and foot, heart and soul, to Lord de Courcy, had better vote for him. If there are enough of such at Barchester to send him to Parliament, the city in which I was born must be very much altered since I was a young man." And so finishing his speech, Sir Roger retired within, and recruited himself in the usual manner. |