"But can't we have our things?"
"In about half an hour," pleaded Mr. Palliser.
"I suppose we must bear it, Alice?" said Lady Glencora as she got into the carriage that was waiting for her.
Alice thought of the last time in which she had been in that room,--when George and Kate had been with her,--and the two girls had been quite content to wait patiently while their trunks were being examined. But Alice was now travelling with great people,--with people who never spoke of their wealth, or seemed ever to think of it, but who showed their consciousness of it at every turn of their lives. "After all," Alice had said to herself more than once, "I doubt whether the burden is not greater than the pleasure."

Alice thought of the last time in which she had been in that waiting-room, when George and Kate had been with her. But she was now travelling with great people, who never spoke of their wealth, but who showed their consciousness of it at every turn of their lives.
"After all," she said to herself, "I wonder whether the burden is not greater than the pleasure."
