The Parliamentary
report proved significant reading, and confirmed the fears that he
had been trying to shake off. Mr. Ap Dave, the Chancellor, whose
lively controversial style endeared him to his supporters and
embittered him, politically speaking, to his opponents, had risen
in his place to make an unprovoked apology for having alluded in a
recent speech to certain protesting taxpayers as "skulkers." He
had realized on reflection that they were in all probability
perfectly honest in their inability to understand certain legal
technicalities of the new finance laws. The House had scarcely
recovered from this sensation when Lord Hugo Sizzle caused a
further flutter of astonishment by going out of his way to indulge
in an outspoken appreciation of the fairness, loyalty, and
straightforwardness not only of the Chancellor, but of all the
members of the Cabinet. A wit had gravely suggested moving the
adjournment of the House in view of the unexpected circumstances
that had arisen.
Belturbet anxiously skimmed over a further item of news printed
immediately below the Parliamentary report: "Wild cat found in an
exhausted condition in Palace Yard.
Pages:
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244