Here had Alaric spent by far too many of the hours of his married life, and had become well known and popular.

At the time of his conviction, the summer was far advanced; it was then August; but Parliament was still sitting, and there were sufficient club men remaining in London to create a daily gathering at the Downing.
On the day following that on which the verdict was found, Undy convened a special committee of the club, in order that he might submit to it a proposition which he thought it indispensable should come from him; so, at least, he declared.

The committee did assemble, and when Undy met it, he saw among the faces before him not a few with whom he would willingly have dispensed.
However, he had come there to exercise his cheek; no one there should cow him; the wig of Mr.Chaffanbrass was, at any rate, absent.
And so he submitted his proposition.

I need not trouble my readers with the neat little speech in which it was made.

Undy was true to himself, and the speech was neat.