"He is one of the local supports of the party to which I have the honour to belong.

He represents one great section of our retainers, our host another.

I am glad to see such friendship between the two." And he smiled elaborately from Alice to Lord Manorwater.
Alice was uncomfortable.

She felt she must be sitting beside some very great man, and she was tortured by vain efforts to remember the monosyllable which had stood for his name.

She did not like his voice, and, great man or not, she resented the obvious patronage.