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Sketches In The House (1893)

CHAPTER XL
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Mr.Chamberlain was not ashamed to join in those hoarse and disorderly shouts; and it was in this temper that the different sides walked slowly, silently, and frowningly to the division lobbies.
The moment the division was over, the storm which had been stilled broke forth again, and with wilder fury.

Lord Randolph Churchill, as I have several times remarked, is not the man he was.

I remember the time when in such a scene he would have been perfectly at home; self-restrained, vigilant, and effective.

But on this night it was nothing above mere inarticulateness--hoarse and ineffective fury--an almost painful exhibition.

Sometimes his lisp became so strong that he was scarcely able to utter the words he desired to bring out.


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