[The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookThe Inheritors CHAPTER FIFTEEN 24/39
Well, he sees it at night, and then in the morning the papers undo all my work.
He begins to talk about his seat--which _I_ got for him.
I've been the 'voice of the county' for years now.
Well, it'll soon be a voice without a county....
What is it? 'The old order changeth.' So, I've arranged it that I shall wait until the trembling big-wigs have stuttered their speeches out, and then I'm going to sail down the centre aisle and listen to Churchill with visible signs of approval.
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