[Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay by George Otto Trevelyan]@TWC D-Link bookLife and Letters of Lord Macaulay CHAPTER IV 42/204
His voice from cold and over-excitement got quite into a scream towards the last part.
A person told him that he had not heard such speaking since Fox.
'You have not heard such screaming since Fox,' he said. "March 24, 1831 .-- By Tom's account, there never was such a scene of agitation as the House of Commons presented at the passing of the second reading of the Reform Bill the day before yesterday, or rather yesterday, for they did not divide till three or four in the morning. When dear Tom came the next day he was still very much excited, which I found to my cost, for when I went out to walk with him he walked so very fast that I could scarcely keep up with him at all.
With sparkling eyes he described the whole scene of the preceding evening in the most graphic manner. "'I suppose the Ministers are all in high spirits,' said Mamma.
'In spirits, Ma'am? I'm sure I don't know.
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