25/33 I confess I do not like a deserter." "Phineas will be all right," said Barrington Erle. "But if I understand your object, it is chiefly the maintenance of the old-established political power of the Whigs. You believe in families ?" "I do believe in the patriotism of certain families. I believe that the Mildmays, FitzHowards, and Pallisers have for some centuries brought up their children to regard the well-being of their country as their highest personal interest, and that such teaching has been generally efficacious. |