As I understood his project, which didn't commend itself very much to me, Hardwick had no intention of making a bargain, but simply proposed to hand over the document, and ask the Foreign Office man to give the _Bugle_ its fair share in what was going." "Do you mean to say that the official in question is the man to whom I am to give this letter ?" "Yes." "Oh, my prophetic soul, my uncle! Why, that is Sir James Cardiff, the elder brother of my mother; he is a dear old chap, but I can well understand an outsider thinking him gruff and uncivil.

If the editor really means what he says, then there will be no difficulty and no disappointment.

If all that is needed is the winning over of old Jimmy to be civil to Hardwick, I can guarantee that.

I am the especial _protege_ of my uncle.

Everything I know I have learned from him.
He cannot understand why the British Government does not appoint me immediately Ambassador to France; Jimmy would do it to-morrow if he had the power.