2/3 Shall I disclose myself? I will act to him, not like a Father, not like a Guardian, not like a Friend--but like a Philosopher!" With these words, Sir Edward entered the Committee Room. "Sir Edward, there are fears of a division in the House, and the Prime Minister has sent for you." "I will be there," said Sir Edward, as he placed his hand on his chest and uttered a hollow cough! No one who heard the Baronet that night, in his sarcastic and withering speech on the Drainage and Sewerage Bill, would have recognized the lover of the Ideal and the Philosopher of the Beautiful. No one who listened to his eloquence would have dreamed of the Spartan resolution this iron man had taken in regard to the Lost Boy--his own beloved Lionel. |