If we succeed, it will be a glorious triumph; the Whigs are violent against us, and they are by far the strongest party.

I depend greatly on your eloquence, Alphingham." "It is yours to the full extent of its power, my good friend; it carries some weight along with it, I believe, and I would gladly use it in a good cause." "Did you speak to-night, Grahame ?" Mr.Hamilton asked, evincing by his animated countenance an interest in politics, which, from his retired life, no one believed that he possessed.

Grahame eagerly entered into the detail of that night's debate, and for a little time the three gentlemen were absorbed in politics alone.

The approach of Caroline and her mother, however, caused Grahame suddenly to break off in his speech.
"A truce with debates, for the present," he gaily exclaimed.

"Hamilton, I never saw Caroline's extraordinary likeness to you till this moment.
What a noble-looking girl she is! Ah, Hamilton, I could pardon you if you were much prouder of your children than you are." An involuntary sigh broke from his lips as he spoke, but checking it, he hastened to Caroline, and amused her with animated discourse, till Lord Alphingham and Eugene St.Eval at the same instant approached, the one to claim, the other to request, Caroline as his partner in the last quadrille before supper.