CHAPTER VI.
Youth Full of Beauty and Promise.
There was no man of greater note in England than the late Royston Carruthers, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Rutsford.

He was one of the ablest statesmen and finest orators in England.

He had been returned for the Borough of Rutsford for many years, without opposition.

To hear him make a speech was a decided treat; a handsome man of stately presence, he invested every word with new dignity.

The grand volume of sound rolled on in one continuous stream; the ideas he expressed were noble, the sentiments patriotic and exalted; his gestures were full of animation and grace.
Royston Carruthers had done great service to his country in his time.