"I'm sorry for it," said one man. "She's a deal the better fellow of the two."
"She has twice more go in her than Planty Pall," said another.
"Planty is no fool, I can tell you," said Sir Cosmo, coming to the table with his plate full of pie. "We think he's about the most rising man we have." Sir Cosmo was the member for his county, and was a Liberal. He had once, when a much younger man, been at the Treasury, and had since always spoken of the Whig Government as though he himself were in some sort a part of it.
"Burgo, do you hear that Palliser is coming without his wife?" said one man,--a very young man, who hardly knew what had been the circumstances of the case. The others, when they saw Burgo enter, had been silent on the subject of Lady Glencora.

"I'm sorry for it," said one man. "She's the better fellow of the two."
"She has more go in her than Planty Pall," said another.
"Planty is no fool, I can tell you," said Sir Cosmo, coming to the table with his plate full of pie. "He's about the most rising man we have." Sir Cosmo was the member of parliament for his county, and was a Liberal.
"Burgo, do you hear that Palliser is coming without his wife?" said one man, who did not know Burgo's history.
