6/22 No unknown person, although wearing the externals of a foreign ambassador, was ever admitted unceremoniously to the presence of Lord Mount Severn. Years of duns had taught the servants caution. It is Mr.Carlyle, of West Lynne." "Mr.Carlyle, of West Lynne," groaned the earl, whose foot just then had an awful twinge, "what does he want? He was a very tall man of seven and twenty, of remarkably noble presence. He was somewhat given to stooping his head when he spoke to any one shorter than himself; it was a peculiar habit, almost to be called a bowing habit, and his father had possessed it before him. |