"It has been ordered otherwise," said Mr. Palliser, not knowing what to say.
"Yes; it has been ordered, with a vengeance! It seems to have been ordered that I'm to go to the devil; but I don't know who gave the orders, and I don't know why."
Mr. Palliser had not time to explain to his friend that the orders had been given, in a very peremptory way, by himself, as he was anxious to bring back the conversation to his own point. He wished to give some serviceable, and, if possible, permanent aid to the poor ne'er-do-well; but he did not wish to talk more than could be helped about his own wife.
"There is an old saying, which you will remember well," said he, "that the way to good manners is never too late."
"That's nonsense," said Burgo. "It's too late when the man feels the knot round his neck at the Old Bailey."

"It has been ordered otherwise," said Mr. Palliser, not knowing what to say.
"Yes; it seems to have been ordered that I'm to go to the devil; but I don't know who gave the orders, and I don't know why."
Mr. Palliser did not wish to talk more than could be helped about his own wife.
