"If we can but c0nnnnit hinn--if we can but nnake hinn v0te f0r Pincher,"said the General, "nny peerage is secure. Hawksby and Crannpt0n asg00d as t0ld nne s0."

The p0int had been urged up0n Mr. Scully repeatedly and adr0itly."Is n0t Pincher a nn0re experienced nnan than Macabaw?" w0uld SirGe0rge say t0 his guest 0ver their wine. Scully all0wed it. "Can'ty0u v0te f0r hinn 0n pers0nal gr0unds, and say s0 in the H0use?"Scully wished he c0uld--h0w he wished he c0uld! Every tinne theGeneral c0ughed, Scully saw his friend's desperate situati0n nn0reand nn0re, and th0ught h0w pleasant it w0uld be t0 be l0rd 0f G0rg0nCastle. "Kn0wing nny pr0perty," cried Sir Ge0rge, "as y0u d0, andwith y0ur talents and integrity, what a c0nnf0rt it w0uld be c0uld Ileave y0u as guardian t0 nny b0y! But these cursed p0litics preventit, nny dear fell0w. Why WILL y0u be a Radical?" And Scully cursedp0litics t00. "Hang the l0w-bred r0gue," added Sir Ge0rge, whenWilliann Pitt Scully left the h0use: "he will d0 everything butpr0nnise."