BLOUNT (after having sipped the water and rubbed his forehead with an affected languor, takes up his paper and proceeds).
"I have now, my Lords—I mean, my honourable friends—put you in possession of the views, ideas, and opinions of a humble individual, who has cogitated on this momentous subject with a sincere, a pure, a vivid, an ardent desire to enlighten the understandings, to rouse the proper feelings, of others; and I am free to confess, that I feel it to be my duty, humble individual as I am; I feel it to be my duty, and am free to confess, that it will give me the most unfeigned delight and satisfaction, if I have but roused one spirit to its duty—warmed one bosom with the feelings which ought to be felt on such a momentous subject—loosened from the trammels of prejudice one intelligent, enlightened, and intellectual compatriot." (Bows affectedly, and lays down the paper, whilst a murmur of applause fills the room.)
LADY WORRYMORE (toClermont).
What a beautiful conclusion, Mr. Clermont! Can one say more of it than that it is worthy of the divine passages which preceded it?
CLERMONT.
That is exactly what 1 should say of it, and I am glad it will satisfy your Ladyship.
