" Then he twitted the Government with not having secured
the services of a man so infinitely abler than the majority of their
"items," and excited a good deal of amusement by stating, with some
sarcastic humour, that, should it ever be his lot to occupy the front
Treasury bench, he should certainly make a certain proposal to the
honourable member. After this good-natured badinage, he drifted off into
the consideration of the question under discussion, and Beatrice paid no
further attention to him, but occupied herself in watching Geoffrey drop
back into the same apparent state of cold indifference, from which the
necessity of action had aroused him.
Presently the gentleman who had found her the seat came up and spoke to
her, asking her how she was getting on. Very soon he began to speak of
Geoffrey's speech, saying that it was one of the most brilliant of the
session, if not the most brilliant.
"Then Mr. Bingham is a rising man, I suppose?" Beatrice said.
"Rising? I should think so," he answered. "They will get him into
the Government on the first opportunity after this; he's too good to
neglect.
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