Was it not Lord Palmerston, by the way, who once made that capital classic hit at the versatile chief of the Adullamites in Parliament during a debate on the budget, when he said--"Atra cura post _equitem_ sedet ?" Care should not sit behind _me_, however; or, in front of me, either! I wasn't going to be a martyr to it, I promise you.
I would soon see Min again; and, in the meantime, I could wait for her and love her, in spite of all the stern mammas in creation, and notwithstanding that my tongue might be tied for awhile.
As long as I knew that she loved me in return, whom or what had I to fear?
I was, at all events, emperor of my own thoughts;--and, she was mine, _there_!.