Paul had found his gift again, and his anger soon lost itself completely in the joy of the artist.

The House is always generous to performance.

There was something novel in the spectacle of this young man, who had come there under a cloud, standing like a fearless young Hermes before them, in the ring of his beautiful voice, in the instinctive picturesqueness of phrase, in the winning charm of his personality.

It was but a little point in a Government Bill that he had to deal with, and he dealt with it shortly.
But he dealt with it in an unexpected, dramatic way, and he sat down amid comforting applause and circumambient smiles and nods.

The old government hand who rose to reply complimented him gracefully and proceeded of course to tear his argument to tatters.