on was certain to profit
by it in some degree. Sir John Pynsent had always known that he was not
likely to possess the management of it for long, and the next best thing
was that it should be utilized for a member of the Conservative party,
one of his own special connection, whose future career he should be able
to watch over and promote. Campion must clearly understand that he owed
his position and prospects to the Pynsents. He was apt to be somewhat
off-hand and independent, but he would improve with a little judicious
coaching. A man cannot be independent who owes his seat to the
Oligarchy, his introduction in Parliament to individual favor, and his
private fortune to the daughter of a house which had always been devoted
to the interests of a particular party. This was Campion's position, and
Sir John felt that his brother-in-law would soon fall into line.

Sydney was made the proprietor of the London house in which they were to
live--the house at Vanebury was let for the present; but the whole of
the domestic charges were to be borne by his wife. His professional
income would be at his own disposal; and by special arrangement the sum
of twenty thousand pounds was set apart as a fund to be drawn upon from
time to time, by their joint consent, for the advancement of his purely
political interests, in such a manner as might be deemed most expedient.

This was a better arrangement than Sydney had allowed himself to
anticipate, and he was naturally elated by his success. He was so
grateful to Nan for the good things she had brought him that he studied
her tastes and consulted her inclinations in a way quite new to him. No
doubt there was selfishness even in the repression of self which this
compliance with her habits imposed upon him; but the daily repression
was a gain to him.

And Nan recompensed his considerate behavior by giving him that incense
of love and esteem and intellectual deference which is desired by every
man; and by convincing him that his ambitions--as she knew them--had in
her the most complete sympathy, and the most valuable aid. This she did
for him, and satisfied all the wishes of his heart.

They had a delightful honeymoon in the Tyrol, and returned to town late
in October. The house in Thurloe Square, where they were to reside, had
been newly decorated and furnished for them, and was pronounced by
critics to be a marvel of luxury and beauty. Sydney, though he did not
pretend to be well acquainte