When Sir John Gorst accused him of slighting somebody--I don't know who; and, really, it doesn't matter, for Sir John Gorst knew very well that the charge was entirely unfounded--when, I say, Sir John did this, up jumped honest Mr.Mundella to indignantly deny that he had ever done anything of the kind.

Of course, he hadn't, and Sir John Gorst knew that as well as Mr.Mundella.But then, ten minutes were wasted in the encounter; and even ten minutes are not despised by Jimmy and his compeers.
[Sidenote: T.W.

Russell.] At last, this was got over, and the time came for T.W.Russell.

There are few men in the House of Commons who excite such violent dislike on Liberal and Irish Benches as this pre-eminently disagreeable personality.

The dislike is well founded.