”

“I dare say he will be in parliament soon. When Sir Thomas comes, I dare say he will be in for some borough, but there has been nobody to put him in the way of doing anything yet.”

“Sir Thomas is to achieve many mighty things when he comes home,” said Mary, after a pause.

“Do you remember Hawkins Browne's 'Address to Tobacco,' in imitation of Pope? —

Blest leaf! whose aromatic gales dispense

To Templars modesty, to Parsons sense.

I will parody them —

Blest Knight! whose dictatorial looks dispense

To Children affluence, to Rushworth sense.