" It is taken up with quiet
earnestness by others.]
SIGSBY Shaping it! Nice sort of shape it will be by the time that
lot [with a gesture, including the crowd, LADY MOGTON & Co.] have
done knocking it about. Wouldn't be any next generation to be
surprised at anything if some of them had their way.
ST. HERBERT The housebreakers come first--not a class of work
demanding much intelligence; the builders come later. Have you
seen Chilvers?
LAMB I left him at the House. He couldn't get away.
SIGSBY There's your object-lesson for you. We don't need to go
far. A man's whole career ruined by the wife he nourishes.
ST. HERBERT How do you mean, "ruined?"
SIGSBY So it is. If she wins the election and claims the seat.
Do you think the Cabinet will want him? Their latest addition
compelled to appeal to the House of Commons to fight for him
against his own womenfolk. [Grunts.] He'll be the laughing-stock
of the whole country.
ST. HERBERT Do you know for certain that they mean to claim the
seat?
SIGSBY "Wait and see" is their answer.
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