In the first place, the earliest frost of the winter had carried off the aged2 proprietor3 of Hellingsley, that contiguous estate which Lord Monmouth so much coveted4, the possession of which was indeed one of the few objects of his life, and to secure which he was prepared to pay far beyond its intrinsic value, great as that undoubtedly5 was. Yet Lord Monmouth did not become its possessor. Long as his mind had been intent upon the subject, skilful6 as had been his combinations to secure his prey7, and unlimited8 the means which were to achieve his purpose, another stepped in, and without his privity, without even the consolation9 of a struggle, stole away the prize; and this too a man whom he hated, almost the only individual out of his own family that he did hate; a man who had crossed him before in similar enterprises; who was his avowed10 foe11; had lavished12 treasure to oppose him in elections; raised associations against his interest; established journals to assail13 him; denounced him in public; agitated14 against him in private; had declared more than once that he would make ‘the county too hot for him;’ his personal, inveterate15, indomitable foe, Mr. Millbank of Millbank.
The loss of Hellingsley was a bitter disappointment to Lord Monmouth; but the loss of it to such an adversary16 touched him to the quick. He did not seek to control his anger; he could not succeed even in concealing17 his agitation18. He threw upon Rigby that glance so rare with him, but under which men always quailed19; that play of the eye which Lord Monmouth shared in common with Henry VIII., that struck awe20 into the trembling Commons when they had given an obnoxious21 vote, as the King entered the gallery of his palace, and looked around him.
It was a look which implied that dreadful question, ‘Why have I bought you that such things should happen? Why have I unlimited means and unscrupulous agents?’ It made Rigby even feel; even his brazen22 tones were hushed.
To fly from everything disagreeable was the practical philosophy of Lord Monmouth; but he was as brave as he was sensual. He would not shrink before the new proprietor of Hellingsley. He therefore remained at the Castle with an aching heart, and redoubled his hospitalities. An ordinary mind might have been soothed23 by the unceasing consideration and the skilful and delicate flattery that ever surrounded Lord Monmouth; but his sagacious intelligence was never for a moment the dupe of his vanity. He had no self-love, and as he valued no one, there were really no feelings to play upon. He saw through everybody and everything; and when he had detected their purpose, discovered their weakness or their vileness24, he calculated whether they could contribute to his pleasure or his convenience in a degree that counterbalanced the objections which might be urged against their intentions, or their less pleasing and profitable qualities. To be pleased was always a principal object with Lord Monmouth; but when a man wants vengeance25, gay amusement is not exactly a satisfactory substitute.
A month elapsed. Lord Monmouth with a serene26 or smiling visage to his guests, but in private taciturn and morose27, scarcely ever gave a word to Mr. Rigby, but continually bestowed28 on him glances which painfully affected30 the appetite of that gentleman. In a hundred ways it was intimated to Mr. Rigby that he was not a welcome guest, and yet something was continually given him to do which rendered it impossible for him to take his departure. In this state of affairs, another event occurred which changed the current of feeling, and by its possible consequences distracted the Marquess from his brooding meditations31 over his discomfiture32 in the matter of Hellingsley. The Prince Colonna, who, since the steeple-chase, had imbibed33 a morbid34 predilection35 for such amusements, and indeed for every species of rough-riding, was thrown from his horse and killed on the spot.
This calamity36 broke up the party at Coningsby, which was not at the moment very numerous. Mr. Rigby, by command, instantly seized the opportunity of preventing the arrival of other guests who were expected. This catastrophe37 was the cause of Mr. Rigby resuming in a great measure his old position in the Castle. There were a great many things to be done, and all disagreeable; he achieved them all, and studied everybody’s convenience. Coroners’ inquests, funerals especially, weeping women, these were all spectacles which Lord Monmouth could not endure, but he was so high-bred, that he would not for the world that there should be in manner or degree the slightest deficiency in propriety38 or even sympathy. But he wanted somebody to do everything that was proper; to be considerate and consoling and sympathetic. Mr. Rigby did it all; gave evidence at the inquest, was chief mourner at the funeral, and arranged everything so well that not a single emblem39 of death crossed the sight of Lord Monmouth; while Madame Colonna found submission40 in his exhortations41, and the Princess Lucretia, a little more pale and pensive42 than usual, listened with tranquillity43 to his discourse44 on the vanity of all sublunary things.
When the tumult45 had subsided46, and habits and feelings had fallen into their old routine and relapsed into their ancient channels, the Marquess proposed that they should all return to London, and with great formality, though with warmth, begged that Madame Colonna would ever consider his roof as her own. All were glad to quit the Castle, which now presented a scene so different from its former animation47, and Madame Colonna, weeping, accepted the hospitality of her friend, until the impending48 expansion of the spring would permit her to return to Italy. This notice of her return to her own country seemed to occasion the Marquess great disquietude.
After they had remained about a month in London, Madame Colonna sent for Mr. Rigby one morning to tell him how very painful it was to her feelings to remain under the roof of Monmouth House without the sanction of a husband; that the circumstance of being a foreigner, under such unusual affliction, might have excused, though not authorised, the step at first, and for a moment; but that the continuance of such a course was quite out of the question; that she owed it to herself, to her step-child, no longer to trespass49 on this friendly hospitality, which, if persisted in, might be liable to misconstruction. Mr. Rigby listened with great attention to this statement, and never in the least interrupted Madame Colonna; and then offered to do that which he was convinced the lady desired, namely, to make the Marquess acquainted with the painful state of her feelings. This he did according to his fashion, and with sufficient dexterity50. Mr. Rigby himself was anxious to know which way the wind blew, and the mission with which he had been entrusted51, fell in precisely52 with his inclinations53 and necessities. The Marquess listened to the communication and sighed, then turned gently round and surveyed himself in the mirror and sighed again, then said to Rigby,
‘You understand exactly what I mean, Rigby. It is quite ridiculous their going, and infinitely54 distressing55 to me. They must stay.’
Rigby repaired to the Princess full of mysterious bustle56, and with a face beaming with importance and satisfaction. He made much of the two sighs; fully29 justified57 the confidence of the Marquess in his comprehension of unexplained intentions; prevailed on Madame Colonna to have some regard for the feelings of one so devoted58; expatiated59 on the insignificance60 of worldly misconstructions, when replied to by such honourable61 intentions; and fully succeeded in his mission. They did stay. Month after month rolled on, and still they stayed; every month all the family becoming more resigned or more content, and more cheerful. As for the Marquess himself, Mr. Rigby never remembered him more serene and even joyous62. His Lordship scarcely ever entered general society. The Colonna family remained in strict seclusion63; and he preferred the company of these accomplished64 and congenial friends to the mob of the great world.
Between Madame Colonna and Mr. Rigby there had always subsisted65 considerable confidence. Now, that gentleman seemed to have achieved fresh and greater claims to her regard. In the pleasure with which he looked forward to her approaching alliance with his patron, he reminded her of the readiness with which he had embraced her suggestions for the marriage of her daughter with Coningsby. Always obliging, she was never wearied of chanting his praises to her noble admirer, who was apparently66 much gratified she should have bestowed her esteem67 on one of whom she would necessarily in after-life see so much. It is seldom the lot of husbands that their confidential68 friends gain the regards of their brides.
‘I am glad you all like Rigby,’ said Lord Monmouth, ‘as you will see so much of him.’
The remembrance of the Hellingsley failure seemed to be erased69 from the memory of the Marquess. Rigby never recollected70 him more cordial and confidential, and more equable in his manner. He told Rigby one day, that he wished that Monmouth House should possess the most sumptuous71 and the most fanciful boudoir in London or Paris. What a hint for Rigby! That gentleman consulted the first artists, and gave them some hints in return; his researches on domestic decoration ranged through all ages; he even meditated72 a rapid tour to mature his inventions; but his confidence in his native taste and genius ultimately convinced him that this movement was unnecessary.
The summer advanced; the death of the King occurred; the dissolution summoned Rigby to Coningsby and the borough73 of Darlford. His success was marked certain in the secret books of Tadpole74 and Taper75. A manufacturing town, enfranchised76 under the Reform Act, already gained by the Conservative cause! Here was reaction; here influence of property! Influence of character, too; for no one was so popular as Lord Monmouth; a most distinguished77 nobleman of strict Conservative principles, who, if he carried the county and the manufacturing borough also, merited the strawberry-leaf.
‘There will be no holding Rigby,’ said Taper; ‘I’m afraid he will be looking for something very high.’
‘The higher the better,’ rejoined Tadpole, ‘and then he will not interfere78 with us. I like your high-flyers; it is your plodders I detest79, wearing old hats and high-lows, speaking in committee, and thinking they are men of business: d——n them!’
Rigby went down, and made some impressive speeches; at least they read very well in some of his second-rate journals, where all the uproar80 figured as loud cheering, and the interruption of a cabbage-stalk was represented as a question from some intelligent individual in the crowd. The fact is, Rigby bored his audience too much with history, especially with the French Revolution, which he fancied was his ‘forte,’ so that the people at last, whenever he made any allusion81 to the subject, were almost as much terrified as if they had seen the guillotine.
Rigby had as yet one great advantage; he had no opponent; and without personal opposition82, no contest can be very bitter. It was for some days Rigby versus83 Liberal principles; and Rigby had much the best of it; for he abused Liberal principles roundly in his harangues84, who, not being represented on the occasion, made no reply; while plenty of ale, and some capital songs by Lucian Gay, who went down express, gave the right cue to the mob, who declared in chorus, beneath the windows of Rigby’s hotel, that he was ‘a fine old English gentleman!’
But there was to be a contest; no question about that, and a sharp one, although Rigby was to win, and well. The Liberal party had been so fastidious about their new candidate, that they had none ready though several biting. Jawster Sharp thought at one time that sheer necessity would give him another chance still; but even Rigby was preferable to Jawster Sharp, who, finding it would not do, published his long-prepared valedictory85 address, in which he told his constituents86, that having long sacrificed his health to their interests, he was now obliged to retire into the bosom87 of his family. And a very well-provided-for family, too.
All this time the Liberal deputation from Darlford, two aldermen, three town-councillors, and the Secretary of the Reform Association, were walking about London like mad things, eating luncheons88 and looking for a candidate. They called at the Reform Club twenty times in the morning, badgered whips and red-tapers; were introduced to candidates, badgered candidates; examined would-be members as if they were at a cattle-show, listened to political pedigrees, dictated89 political pledges, referred to Hansard to see how men had voted, inquired whether men had spoken, finally discussed terms. But they never could hit the right man. If the principles were right, there was no money; and if money were ready, money would not take pledges. In fact, they wanted a Phoenix90: a very rich man, who would do exactly as they liked, with extremely low opinions and with very high connections.
‘If he would go for the ballot91 and had a handle to his name, it would have the best effect,’ said the secretary of the Reform Association, ‘because you see we are fighting against a Right Honourable, and you have no idea how that takes with the mob.’
The deputation had been three days in town, and urged by despatches by every train to bring affairs to a conclusion; jaded92, perplexed93, confused, they were ready to fall into the hands of the first jobber94 or bold adventurer. They discussed over their dinner at a Strand95 coffee-house the claims of the various candidates who had presented themselves. Mr. Donald Macpherson Macfarlane, who would only pay the legal expenses; he was soon despatched. Mr. Gingerly Browne, of Jermyn Street, the younger son of a baronet, who would go as far as 1000l. provided the seat was secured. Mr. Juggins, a distiller, 2000l. man; but would not agree to any annual subscriptions96. Sir Baptist Placid97, vague about expenditure98, but repeatedly declaring that ‘there could be no difficulty on that head.’ He however had a moral objection to subscribing99 to the races, and that was a great point at Darlford. Sir Baptist would subscribe100 a guinea per annum to the infirmary, and the same to all religious societies without any distinction of sects101; but races, it was not the sum, 100l. per annum, but the principle. He had a moral objection.
In short, the deputation began to suspect, what was the truth, that they were a day after the fair, and that all the electioneering rips that swarm102 in the purlieus of political clubs during an impending dissolution of Parliament, men who become political characters in their small circle because they have been talked of as once having an intention to stand for places for which they never offered themselves, or for having stood for places where they never could by any circumstance have succeeded, were in fact nibbling103 at their dainty morsel104.
At this moment of despair, a ray of hope was imparted to them by a confidential note from a secretary of the Treasury105, who wished to see them at the Reform Club on the morrow. You may be sure they were punctual to their appointment. The secretary received them with great consideration. He had got them a candidate, and one of high mark, the son of a Peer, and connected with the highest Whig houses. Their eyes sparkled. A real honourable. If they liked he would introduce them immediately to the Honourable Alberic de Crecy. He had only to introduce them, as there was no difficulty either as to means or opinions, expenses or pledges.
The secretary returned with a young gentleman, whose diminutive107 stature108 would seem, from his smooth and singularly puerile109 countenance110, to be merely the consequence of his very tender years; but Mr. De Crecy was really of age, or at least would be by nomination111-day. He did not say a word, but looked like the rosebud112 which dangled113 in the button-hole of his frock-coat. The aldermen and town-councillors were what is sometimes emphatically styled flabbergasted; they were speechless from bewilderment. ‘Mr. De Crecy will go for the ballot,’ said the secretary of the Treasury, with an audacious eye and a demure114 look, ‘and for Total and Immediate106, if you press him hard; but don’t, if you can help it, because he has an uncle, an old county member, who has prejudices, and might disinherit him. However, we answer for him. And I am very happy that I have been the means of bringing about an arrangement which, I feel, will be mutually advantageous115.’ And so saying, the secretary effected his escape.
Circumstances, however, retarded116 for a season the political career of the Honourable Alberic de Crecy. While the Liberal party at Darlford were suffering under the daily inflictions of Mr. Rigby’s slashing117 style, and the post brought them very unsatisfactory prospects118 of a champion, one offered himself, and in an address which intimated that he was no man of straw, likely to recede119 from any contest in which he chose to embark120. The town was suddenly placarded with a letter to the Independent Electors from Mr. Millbank, the new proprietor of Hellingsley.
He expressed himself as one not anxious to obtrude121 himself on their attention, and founding no claim to their confidence on his recent acquisition; but at the same time as one resolved that the free and enlightened community, with which he must necessarily hereafter be much connected, should not become the nomination borough of any Peer of the realm without a struggle, if they chose to make one. And so he offered himself if they could not find a better candidate, without waiting for the ceremony of a requisition. He was exactly the man they wanted; and though he had ‘no handle to his name,’ and was somewhat impracticable about pledges, his fortune was so great, and his character so high, that it might be hoped that the people would be almost as content as if they were appealed to by some obscure scion122 of factitious nobility, subscribing to political engagements which he could not comprehend, and which, in general, are vomited123 with as much facility as they are swallowed.
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rosebud
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