Camperdown thought that the property should be given up."
"Oh yes; that's the man's name; a horrid man. I am told that he was really
most cruel to her. And then, because a lot of thieves had got about her--
after the diamonds, you know, like flies round a honeypot--and took first
her necklace and then her money, they were impudent enough to say that she
had stolen her own things!"
"I don't think they quite said that, Lady Glencora."
"Something very much like it, Lord Fawn. I have no doubt in my own mind
who did steal all the things."
"Who was it?"
"Oh, one mustn't mention names in such an affair without evidence. At any
rate she has been very badly treated, and I shall take her up. If I were
you I would go and call upon her. I would indeed. I think you owe it to
her. Well, duke, what do you think of Plantagenet's penny now? Will it
ever be worth two half-pence?" This question was asked of the Duke of St.
Bungay, a great nobleman whom all Liberals loved, and a member of the
Cabinet. He had come in since dinner, and had been asking a question or
two as to what had been decided.
"Well, yes; if properly invested I think it will.
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