If the loss of Calais unloosed such fury
in him, I tremble to think what the possible loss of the election might
entail."
"All that happened when he was eight; he's older now and knows better."
"Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow
older; they merely know more."
"Nonsense. He will enjoy the fun of the election, and in any case he'll
be tired out by the time the poll is declared, and the new sailor suit
that I've had made for him is just in the right shade of blue for our
election colours, and it will exactly match the blue of his eyes. He
will be a perfectly charming note of colour."
"There is such a thing as letting one's aesthetic sense override one's
moral sense," said Mrs. Panstreppon. "I believe you would have condoned
the South Sea Bubble and the persecution of the Albigenses if they had
been carried out in effective colour schemes. However, if anything
unfortunate should happen down at Luffbridge, don't say it wasn't
foreseen by one member of the family."
The election was keenly but decorously contested. The newly-appointed
Colonial Secretary was personally popular, while the Government to which
he adhered was distinctly unpopular, and there was some expectancy that
the majority of four hundred, obtained at the last election, would be
altogether wiped out.
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