23/23 There is the Duke, who is the most incompetent man in England; there is Monk, who is the most unfit; and there is Gresham, who is the most unpopular. I can't conceive it possible to find a worse Prime Minister than either of the three;--but the country affords no other." "And which would Mildmay name ?" "All of them,--one after the other, so as to make the embarrassment the greater." That was Mr.Fitzgibbon's description of the crisis; but then it was understood that Mr.Fitzgibbon was given to romancing.. |