to defeat the plots of an old Republican in Bevisham--some doctor there;
and I believe he went to London to look out for a second Tory candidate
to oppose to the Liberals. Our present Member is quite safe, of course.
Nevil, this makes me unhappy. Do you not feel that it is playing traitor
to one's class to join those men?'

Such was the Tory way of thinking, Nevil Beauchamp said: the Tories
upheld their Toryism in the place of patriotism.

'But do we not owe the grandeur of the country to the Tories?' she said,
with a lovely air of conviction. 'Papa has told me how false the Whigs
played the Duke in the Peninsula: ruining his supplies, writing him down,
declaring, all the time he was fighting his first hard battles, that his
cause was hopeless--that resistance to Napoleon was impossible. The Duke
never, never had loyal support but from the Tory Government. The Whigs,
papa says, absolutely preached submission to Napoleon! The Whigs, I
hear, were the Liberals of those days. The two Pitts were Tories. The
greatness of England has been built up by the Tories. I do and will
defend them: it is the fashion to decry them now. They have the honour
and safety of the country at heart. They do not play disgracefully at
reductions of taxes, as the Liberals do. They have given us all our
heroes. Non fu mai gloria senza invidia. They have done service enough
to despise the envious mob. They never condescend to supplicate brute
force for aid to crush their opponents. You feel in all they do that the
instincts of gentlemen are active.'

Beauchamp bowed.

'Do I speak too warmly?' she asked. 'Papa and I have talked over it
often, and especially of late. You will find him your delighted host