But men, as a rule, don't like to be shut up.

How they reconcile it to their conscience,--that's what I can't understand." Such was the wisdom, and such were the fears of Mr.Ratler.

Mr.
Bonteen, however, could not bring himself to believe that the Arch-enemy would on this occasion be successful.

"It mayn't be too hot for him," said Mr.Bonteen, when he reviewed the whole matter, "but I think it'll be too heavy." They who had mounted higher than Mr.Ratler and Mr.Bonteen on the political ladder, but who had mounted on the same side, were no less astonished than their inferiors; and, perhaps, were equally disgusted, though they did not allow themselves to express their disgust as plainly.

Mr.Gresham was staying in the country with his friend, Lord Cantrip, when the tidings reached them of Mr.Daubeny's speech to the electors of East Barsetshire.