verspread the margin, with a rich and golden
light, that put me excessively in mind of the Duke of--'s livery.

When I descended at the gate, the servants, who stood arranged in an
order so long that it almost startled me, received me with a visible
gladness and animation, which shewed me, at one glance, the old
fashioned tastes of their master. Who, in these days, ever inspires his
servants with a single sentiment of regard or interest for himself or
his whole race? That tribe one never, indeed, considers as possessing
a life separate from their services to us: beyond that purpose of
existence, we know not even if they exist. As Providence made the stars
for the benefit of earth, so it made servants for the use of gentlemen;
and, as neither stars nor servants appear except when we want them, so
I suppose they are in a sort of suspense from being, except at those
important and happy moments.

To return--for if I have any fault, it is too great a love for abstruse
speculation and reflection--I was formally ushered through a great hall,
hung round with huge antlers and rusty armour, through a lesser one,
supported by large stone columns, and without any other adornment
than the arms of the family; then through an anti-room, covered with
tapestry, representing the gallantries of King Solomon to the Queen of
Sheba; and lastly, into the apartment honoured by the august presence
of Lord Glenmorris. That personage was dividing the sofa with three
spaniels and a setter; he rose hastily when I was announced, and then
checking the first impulse which hurried him, perhaps, into an unseemly
warmth of salutation, held out his hand with a pompous air of kindly
protection, and while he pressed mine, surveyed me from head to foot to
see how far my appearance justified his condescension.

Having, at last, satisfied himself, he proceeded to inquire after the
state of my appetite. He smiled benignantly when I confessed that I was
excessively well prepared to testify its capacities (the first idea of
all kind-hearted, old-fashioned people, is to stuff you), and, silently
motioning to the grey-headed servant who stood in attendance, till
receiving the expected sign, he withdrew, Lord Glenmorris informed me
that dinner was over for every one but myself, that for me it would be
prepared in an instant, that Mr. Toolington had expired four days since,
that my mother was, at that moment, canvassing for me, and that my
own electioneering qualit