Incredible, everybody would say who didn't know Mr.Chamberlain, and wasn't told by the evidence of eyes and ears that the words had actually been uttered.

The Irish members were not slow to seize the point, and to shout aloud at this revelation of Mr.
Chamberlain's nature; and even his Tory friends shuddered at such a manifestation of the real kind of man that lies hidden under Mr.
Chamberlain's oily and smooth exterior.

At first, he seemed surprised at the visible shock and tremor and involuntary sense of repulsion which this odious suggestion awakened on all sides--then he slowly realized that he had made a mistake; and, for once, this readiest of debaters was nonplussed, and even a little abashed.
[Sidenote: The Irish Members and the Bill.] Mr.MacCarthy followed Mr.Chamberlain; he spoke just from ten to fifteen minutes--plainly, simply, to the point, and what he had to say was that he and his friends did look on this Bill as a final settlement, which Ireland would be honourably pledged to carry out.

Unselfish, straightforward, unpretentious, kindly, Mr.MacCarthy brought into more vivid contrast the personal venom--the ruthless hunger for vengeance and the humiliation of his enemies--which came out with almost painful vividness from the speech to which we had just ceased to listen.

Mr.
Gladstone, sitting opposite, attentive and watchful, was evidently much pleased at the heartiness of Mr.MacCarthy's acceptance of his great measure.
[Sidenote: Sir George Trevelyan.] The night wound up with the very best speech I have ever heard Sir George Trevelyan deliver.