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n the much´read ;Quarterly;  article察declaring their belief to be that it was a clergyman's  baby born out of wedlock。

Madame Novikoff's political influence察which he recognized to the  full察he treated in the same mocking spirit。  She is at Berlin察 received by Bismarck察he hopes that though the great man may not  eradicate her Slavophile heresies察he may manifest the weakness of  embroiling nations on mere ethnological grounds。  ;Are even nearer  relationships so delightful拭would you walk across the street for a  third or fourth cousin拭then why for a millionth cousin拭─ Madame  Novikoff kindly sends to me an ;Imaginary Conversation; between  herself and Gortschakoff察constructed by Kinglake during her stay  in St。 Petersburg in 1879。

;G。  Well ´ you really have done good service to your country and  your Czar by dividing and confusing these absurd English察and  getting us out of the scrape we were in in that ´ Balkan Peninsula。

;MISS O。  Well察certainly I did my best察but I fear I have ruined  the political reputation of my English partizans察for in order to  make them 'beloved of the Slave' I of course had to make them察 poor souls go against their own country察and their country察stupid  as it is察has now I fear found them out。

;G。  TANT PIS POUR EUX  ENTRE NOUS察if I had been Gladstone察I  should have preferred the love of my own country to the love of  these ´ Slaves of yours。  But察tell me察how did you get hold of  Gladstone

;MISS O。  RIEN DE PLUS SIMPLE  Four or five years ago I asked what  was his weak point察and was told that he had two察'Effervescence'  and 'Theology。'  With that knowledge I found it all child's play to  manage him。  I just sent him to Munich察and there boiled him up in  a weak decoction of 'Filioque' then kept him ready for use察and  impatiently awaited the moment when our plans for getting up the  'Bulgarian atrocities' should be mature。  I say 'impatiently' for察 Heavens察how slow you all were at least so it strikes a woman。   The arrangement of the 'atrocities' was begun by our people in  1871察and yet till 1876察though I had Gladstone ready in 1875察 nothing really was done  I assure you察Prince察it is a trying  thing to a woman to be kept waiting for promised atrocities such an  unconscionable time。

;G。  That brother´in´law of yours was partly the cause of our  slowness。  He was always wanting to have the orders for fire and  blood in neat formal despatches察signed by me察and copied by  clerks。  However察I hope you are satisfied now察with the butcheries  and the flames察and the ´ 

;MISS O。  POUR LE MOMENT 

She is absent during the sudden dissolution of Parliament in 1874。   ;London woke yesterday morning and found that your friend Gladstone  had made a COUP´D'ETAT。  He has dissolved Parliament at a moment  when no human being expected it察and my impression is that he has  made a good hit察and that the renovated Parliament will give him a  great majority。; The impression was wildly wrong察and he found a  cause for the Conservative majority in Gladstone's tame foreign  policy察and especially in the pusillanimity his government showed  when insulted by Gortschakoff。  He always does justice to her  influence with Gladstone察his great majority at the polls in 1880  is HER victory and HER triumph察but his Turkophobia is no less her  creation此 England is stricken with incapacity because you have  stirred up the seething caldron that boils under Gladstone's skull察 putting in diabolical charms and poisons of theology to overturn  the structure of English polity此─she will be able察he thinks察to  tell her government that Gladstone is doing his best to break up  the British Empire。

He quotes with approbation the newspaper comparison of her to the  Princess Lieven。  She disparages the famous ambassadress察he sets  her right。  Let her read the ;Correspondence察─by his friend Mr。  Guy Le Strange察and she will see how large a part the Princess  played in keeping England quiet during the war of 1828´29。  She did  not convert her austere admirer察Lord Grey察to approval of the  Russian designs察nor overcome the uneasiness with which the Duke of  Wellington regarded her intrigues察but the Foreign Minister察Lord  Aberdeen察was apparently a fool in her hands察and察whoever had the  merit察the neutrality of England continued。  That was察he repeats  more than once察a most critical time for Russia察it was an object  almost of life and death to the Czar to keep England dawdling in a  state of actual though not avowed neutrality。  It is察he argued察a  matter of fact察that precisely this result was attained察and ;I  shall be slow to believe that Madame de Lieven did not deserve a  great share of the glory as you would think it of making England  act weakly under such circumstances察more especially since we know  that the Duke did not like the great lady察and may be supposed to  have distinctly traced his painful embarrassment to her power。;  So  the letters go察interspersed with news察with criticisms of notable  persons察with comments enlightening or cynical on passing political  events此with personal matters only now and then察as when he notes  the loss of his two sisters察dwells with unwonted feeling on the  death of his eldest nephew by consumption察condoles with her on her  husband's illness察gives council察wise or playful察as to the  education of her son。  ;I am glad to hear that he is good at Greek察 Latin察and Mathematics察for that shows his cleverness察glad also to  hear that he is occasionally naughty察for that shows his force。  I  advise you to claim and exercise as much control as possible察 because I am certain that a woman ´ especially so gifted a one as  you ´ knows more察or rather feels more察about the right way of  bringing up a boy than any mere man。;

Unbrokenly the correspondence continues此the intimacy added charm察 interest察fragrance to his life察brought out in him all that was  genial察playful察humorous。  He fights the admonitions of coming  weakness察goes to Sidmouth with a sore throat察but takes his papers  and his books。  It is察he says察a deserted little sea´coast place。   ;Mrs。 Grundy has a small house there察but she does not know me by  sight。  If Madame Novikoff were to come察the astonished little  town察dazzled first by her察would find itself invaded by  theologians察bishops察ambassadors of deceased emperors察and an ex´ Prime´Minister。;  But as time goes on he speaks more often of his  suffering throat察of gout察increasing deafness察only half a voice此 his last letter is written in July察1890察to condole with his  friend upon her husband's death。  In October his nurse takes the  pen察Madame Novikoff comes back hurriedly from Scotland to find him  in his last illness。  ;It is very nice察─he told his nurse察 to see  dear Madame Novikoff again察but I am going down hill fast察and  cannot hope to be well enough to see much of her。;  This is in  November察1890察on New Year's Eve came the inexorable察 Terminator  of delights and Separator of friends。;



CHAPTER VI ´ LATER DAYS察AND DEATH



FOR twenty years Kinglake lived in Hyde Park Place察in bright  cheerful rooms looking in one direction across the Park察but on  another side into a churchyard。  The churchyard察Lady Gregory tells  us察gave him pause on first seeing the rooms。  ;I should not like  to live here察I should be afraid of ghosts。;  ;Oh no察sir察there is  always a policeman round the corner。; 24  ;Pleaceman X。; has not察 perhaps察before been revered as the Shade´compelling son of Maia


;Tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus察VIRGAQUE LEVEM COERCES AUREA TURBAM。;


Here he worked through the morning察the afternoon took him to the  ;Travellers察─where his friends察Sir Henry Bunbury and Mr。 Chenery察 usually expected him察then at eight o'clock察if not察as Shylock  says察bid forth察he went to dine at the Athenaeum。  His dinner seat  was in the left´hand corner of the coffee´room察where察in the  thirties察Theodore Hook had been wont to sit察gathering near him so  many listeners to his talk察that at Hook's death in 1841 the  receipts for the club dinners fell off to a large amount。  Here察in  the ;Corner察─as they called it察round Kinglake would be Hayward察 Drummond Wolff察Massey察Oliphant察Edward Twisleton察Strzelecki察 Storks察Venables察Wyke察Bunbury察Gregory察American Ticknor察and a  few more察Sir W。 Stirling Maxwell察when in Scotland察sending  hampers of pheasants to the company。  ;Hurried to the Athenaeum for  dinner察─says Ticknor in 1857察 and there found Kinglake and Sir  Henry Rawlinson察to whom were soon added Hayward and Stirling。  We  pushed our tables together and had a jolly dinner。 。 。 。 To the  Athenaeum察and having dined pleasantly with Merivale察Kinglake察and  Stirling察I hurried off to the House。;  In later years察when his  voice grew low and his hearing difficult察he preferred that the  diners should resolve themselves into little groups察assigning to  himself a TETE´A´TETE察with whom at his ease he could unfold  himself。

No man ever fought more gallantly the encroachments of old age ´ ON  SUT ETRE JEUNE JUSQUE DANS SES VIEUX JOURS。  At seventy´four years  old察staying with a friend at Brighton察he insisted on riding over  to Rottingdean察where Sir Frederick Polloc

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