So much depends upon the result of this visit! That he will be offered a place I have not the least doubt.
He will refuse a Lordship of the Treasury, a Lordship of the Admiralty, or the Mastership of the Ordnance.

He will accept the Secretaryship of the Board of Control, but will not thank them for it; and would not accept that, but that he thinks it will be a place of importance during the approaching discussions on the East Indian monopoly.
"If he gets a sufficient salary, Hannah and I shall most likely live with him.

Can I possibly look forward to anything happier?
I cannot imagine a course of life that would suit him better than thus to enjoy the pleasures of domestic life without its restraints; with sufficient business, but not, I hope, too much.
"At one o'clock he came.

I went out to meet him.

'I have nothing to tell you.Nothing.Lord Grey sent for me to speak about a matter of importance, which must be strictly private.' "November 27 .-- I am just returned from a long walk, during which the conversation turned entirely on one subject.