In the café, time flies, and as the conversation between the Viscount of Melbourne and Lady Norton deepens, coupled with Elder supplementing the upper social relations, the blank sheet in front of Arthur is gradually filled with all kinds of information.

Name: George Norton

Social connections: Born in the Norton family, a prominent Tory party, the younger brother of the third Lord Grantley, and his grandfather, the first Lord Grantley, was the Speaker of the House of Commons

Social status: Former Tory Party member of the House of Commons for York constituency, practising lawyer

Political leanings: Tories right-wing conservatives, active supporters of the former Royal Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Tory conservative figure Earl Elden

Education: Graduated from Belliol College, University of Oxford, and Lincoln's Lawyer's Hall, London

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Name: Caroline Elizabeth Norton

Social connections: Born into the Sheridan family, a family of merchants, and his grandfather was Richard Sheridan, a famous British comedy writer.

Note: Richard Sheridan was a member of the House of Commons, a member of the Whig-Fox faction, and served as treasurer of the Admiralty during the 1806-1807 Tory-Whig Fox coalition cabinet

Social Identity: Unknown female writer, member of the Blue Sox Society

Political leanings: Left radical wing of the Whigs

Education: A girls' grammar school in the suburbs of London

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Arthur suddenly stopped writing at this point, and he bit the cap of his pen and muttered: "I didn't expect Mr. George Norton to be the former York District Councillor......"

Elder was bent on prying the oyster shell, and he spoke, "Yes! I thought you knew him, weren't you Yorker? I don't even know the parliamentarians who represent my hometown. ”

Arthur frowned: "I didn't vote for him, I don't even have the right to vote, how do I know who is representing me." You say this as if you know who the MP is in your hometown of Nottingham. ”

"Of course I do." Elder took a sip of oyster juice: "George Bentinck of the Whigs, he just announced his victory in Nottingham. ”

"Who?"

Elder looked at Arthur's confused expression, tilted his head to swallow the oyster, and wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "George Bentinke, the youngest son of the Duke of Portland, a distant relative of Lady Cowper and the Viscount of Melbourne. Even if you don't know him, you should always know about the Bentinck family, the hereditary Duke of Portland, right? They are the Cavendish family of the hereditary Duke of Devonshire, the Spencer-Churchill family of the hereditary Duke of Marlborough, and the three traditional Dukely families of the Whig Party. ”

Arthur nodded, he pinched his chin and said, "I know Churchill, and then he became Prime Minister." ”

"Prime Minister? No, no, no. ”

Elder waved his hand and said: "The Churchill family was at its most beautiful and there was no prime minister at that time, but the power of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was indeed about the same as that of the prime minister. Together with Prince Eugen of the Holy Roman Empire, he beat Louis XIV of France to the ground. ”

Arthur pondered what Elder had said, and then came back to his senses: "Where did I just go, why did I divert the topic from you all of a sudden?" By the way, I mean Mrs. Norton's husband is actually a former member of the Council of York, and when Mr. Mill left, did he say that he was going to go to York this afternoon? ”

When Elder heard this, he couldn't help but pat his thigh and exclaimed, "Alas! How did I forget this? Does Milna know the new parliamentarian who won the election in York? The guy who beat Mr. Norton? ”

Arthur frowned and asked, "Do you have a list of candidates for the Yorkshire Senate Councillor?" ”

"Where do I have it, but if you want it, I'll go to the Admiralty for you after dinner and ask for it."

Seeing that he didn't, Arthur waved his hand and said, "If not, forget it, I'll wait for the next issue of the London Gazette, and the results of the general election should be published, and it won't be too late." ”

The two of them were chatting when suddenly the conversation at the next table stopped.

The Viscount of Melbourne picked up the hat in front of the desk and put it back on his head, and gently comforted Mrs. Norton: "Dear lady, wait for my good news." It so happened that I was meeting with Thierry Henry at the Olmark Club today, and I went to ask him if there was any news of him being the next Lord Chancellor.

Although it is not yet known who will be given this position, I assure you that whoever will be the Lord Chancellor, I will ask him for a place in the office of a judge for the sake of your happy family life, and I will try to place him in London if possible.

By the way, why don't you come with me? When the time comes, I will introduce you to Henry, he is very enthusiastic, and I am sure that he will be willing to help you with this. ”

"I ......" Mrs. Norton's appearance looked a little cramped, "I didn't receive an invitation from the Olmark Club, according to the rules, I shouldn't be allowed to enter that kind of place, right?" Almark has always had strict rules, and I heard that the Duke of Wellington was once locked out because he arrived too late...... Power...... William, you've helped me too much, Allmark or something, you still don't have to......"

The Viscount of Melbourne just smiled and stretched out his hand to Mrs. Norton: "It's okay, my sister is there today." You should know, right? She's one of the seven hostesses councils in Olmark, and let her give you permission to go in. ”

"This ......"

The Viscount of Melbourne saw that she was still hesitating, but just smiled and took her hand and got up: "It's okay, Caroline, be confident." What you have to consider is not whether you are worthy of Olmark, but whether Olmark can be worthy of you. ”

"William ......"

Elder and Arthur pressed their hats down, their necks tucked into their collars.

Under the gaze of two pairs of dark eyes, the Viscount of Melbourne left the café with Mrs. Norton and got into the black carriage parked outside the door.

When Elder saw them go out, he jerked his head out of his collar, took off his hat and threw it on the table, and sighed with a sigh of relief: "That's it!" Although I didn't see Mr. Bentham today, it wasn't for nothing, but we watched a realistic family ethics play for free that was not in the Old Vic Theater. ”

But Arthur, who was sitting opposite, was obviously not in a good mood with Elder, he put one hand on his brow and his expression was cloudy.

What is the office of a judge?

Still in London?

What a coincidence, he just knew one that met the criteria.

Arthur's hand slipped, and he couldn't help but grab the hair on his sideburns, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn! ”

"What's wrong?" Elder asked.

Arthur pursed his lips and replied, "Eld, something is wrong. The magistrate in Westminster has just retired, and if George Norton fills his vacancy, I'm afraid I won't have to fight Director Rowan, I'd better resign. ”

Elder scratched his head: "Is it that serious?" ”

Arthur scolded in a low voice, "Of course! Have you forgotten? George Norton was a supporter of the former Lord Chancellor, Earl Elden, who had advocated the enactment of six special laws to suppress the subsequent labor movement in the aftermath of the Peterloo massacre.

During the French Revolution, he also led the crackdown on political gatherings and censorship of publications in the Pitt Jr. cabinet, and he also opposed the emancipation of Catholics, the abolition of the slave trade, and the revision of the Bloody Laws, and I have never seen him agree to anything in my life.

In order to make him relieved of the matter of amending the Bloody Bill, Sir Peel defended him every day in the House of Commons and in the newspapers, and said good things about him everywhere, which made the old man happy and made him agree to sign the resolution.

Now that the Tories are down, and the Earl of Elden is with them, I thought it would be easier to pass some bills in the future, but who would have thought that if I sent Earl Elden away, I would have to face his die-hard supporter, George Norton, directly in the magistrate's court.

To make matters worse, I had planned to recruit some capable prosecuting students from the University of London to fill the police force. What is the attitude of the Tory die-hards towards the University of London? They wouldn't even give us a royal charter, and if our people were in the bench, would the Tory die-hard judge give us a good look? ”

It's okay that Arthur didn't say it, but when he said this, Held's heart suddenly cooled: "This doesn't seem to be very good!" ”

He turned his head to look at the Viscount of Melbourne, who had already gone out, slapped his thigh and said, "Alas! Your Excellency, you are confused! Is it a Whig who wants to seek a judgeship for a die-hard Tory party that he is carried away by love? ”

Arthur hurriedly picked up the coat that was on the back of the chair, and put on the coat with a flick of his arm: "I don't care if he is carried away by something, but I have to follow up to find out the follow-up." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Almark, of course." Arthur said, "Didn't you listen to the Viscount of Melbourne?" They're going there. ”

Elder pursed his lips, hooked his thumb and middle finger in a circle, and flicked the small black pearl next to the oyster shell far away in disgust: "But do you have permission to admit?" Olmark is not for everyone. ”

Arthur didn't bother with him, and directly grabbed Elder by the collar and lifted him up: "You don't care if you have it or not, you listen to me when you get to the place, I can enter if I can enter." ”

Elder shrugged his shoulders and looked skeptical: "Huh? Arthur, although I have always looked down on you, and I know that you are good at swordsmanship, but I advise you not to think about killing you, because the guards in that place are very tight. On top of that, the guys who were in charge of the guards there were equipped with flintlock pistols. Arthur, listen to me, don't lose your life for the sake of face. However, this kind of thing is generally not my turn to persuade you, you should carry it yourself. Alas...... By the way, you dare to propose that, don't you ......?"

Elder slapped his face and pointed at Arthur, "By the way, I almost forgot about your part-time job." LPS, you're engaged in intelligence work, do you want to play stealth, or do you have already arranged an internal response in the Olmark club? ”

Arthur looked at him with idiot eyes, but the situation was urgent, and he didn't care what was in Eld's head.

Arthur dragged him out the door: "When you get to the place, you listen to me, don't talk nonsense, don't do anything, you can do whatever I tell you to do, don't ask why and don't give me any reason." As long as you can promise me to do that, I'm sure I'll be able to take you to the Olmark Club today. ”

Hearing this, Elder reached out and knocked off Arthur's hand on his collar, he straightened his clothes, and said righteously: "It's not that Olmark is not Olmark, it's mainly our old friendship." Arthur, for you, buddy fought this time! ”

After that, Elder lowered his head again and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you can really go in?" ”

Arthur didn't say much, he reached out and stopped a public carriage, stepped onto it, and slammed the door shut: "Olmark Club, thank you." ”

Then, under Elder's stunned gaze, the carriage took a splash and flew away.

After a long while, Elder reacted: "Hey! I haven't gotten in the car yet! ”

(End of chapter)