Sir Orlando remembered the old Duke, and suddenly found that the uncle and nephew were very like each other.

But it does not become the Leader of the House of Commons to be afraid of any one.

"Don't you think," continued Sir Orlando, "we should try and arrange among ourselves something of a policy?
I am not quite sure that a ministry without a distinct course of action before it can long enjoy the confidence of the country.
Take the last half century.

There have been various policies, commanding more or less of general assent; free trade--." Here Sir Orlando gave a kindly wave of his hand, showing that on behalf of his companion he was willing to place at the head of the list a policy which had not always commanded his own assent;--"continued reform in Parliament, to which I have, with my whole heart, given my poor assistance." The Duke remembered how the bathers' clothes were stolen, and that Sir Orlando had been one of the most nimble-fingered of the thieves.

"No popery, Irish grievances, the ballot, retrenchment, efficiency of the public service, all have had their time." "Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do." "Just so;--no doubt.