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sition. Why, it is freedom against slavery, fire against clay, movement against stagnation! The very inaccuracy which is permitted to opposition is in itself a charm worth more than all the patronage and all the prestige of ministerial power. You'll try them both, and then say if you do not agree with me. Give me the full swing of the benches below the gangway, where I needed to care for no one, and could always enjoy myself on my legs as long as I felt that I was true to those who sent me there! That is all over now. They have got me into harness, and my shoulders are sore. The oats, however, are of the best, and the hay is unexceptionable." CHAPTER XV Donald Bean's Pony Phineas liked being told that the pleasures of opposition and the pleasures of office were both open to him,--and he liked also to be the chosen receptacle of Mr. Monk's confidence. He had come to understand that he was expected to remain ten days at Loughlinter, and that then there was to be a general movement. Since the first day he had seen but little of Mr. Kennedy, but he had found himself very frequently with Lady Laura. And then had come up the question of his projected trip to Paris with Lord Chiltern. He had received a letter from Lord Chiltern. DEAR FINN, Are you going to Paris with me? Yours, C. There had been not a word beyond this, and before he answered it he made up his mind to tell Lady Laura the truth. He could not go to Paris because he had no money. "I've just got that from your brother," said he. "How like Oswald. He writes to me perhaps three times in the year, and his letters are just the same. You will go I hope?" "Well;--no." "I am sorry for that." "I wonder whether I may tell you the real reason, Lady Laura." "Nay;--I cannot answer that; but unless it be some political secret between you and Mr. Monk, I should think you might." "I cannot afford to go to Paris this autumn. It seems to be a shocking admission to make,--though I don't know why it should be." "Nor I;--but, Mr. Finn, I like you all the better for making it. I am very sorry, for Oswald's sake. It's so hard to find any companion for him whom he would like and whom we,--that is I,--should think altogether--; you know what I mean, Mr. Finn." "Your wish that I should go with him is a great compliment, and I thoroughly wish that I could do it. As it is, I must go to Killaloe and retrieve my finances. I daresay, La
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