"An
artist is any man's equal," he said. "I have no prejudice of that sort;
and think that Sir Joshua Reynolds and Doctor Johnson were fit company
for any person, of whatever rank. But a young man whose father may have
had to wait behind me at dinner, should not be brought into my company."
Clive compromises the dispute with a laugh. "First," says he, "I will
wait till I am asked; and then I promise I will not go to dine with Lord
Todmoreton."
CHAPTER XX
Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his Brethren
Clive's amusements, studies, or occupations, such as they were, filled
his day pretty completely, and caused the young gentleman's time to pass
rapidly and pleasantly, his father, it must be owned, had no such
resources, and the good Colonel's idleness hung heavily upon him. He
submitted very kindly to this infliction, however, as he would have done
to any other for Clive's sake; and though he may have wished himself back
with his regiment again, and engaged in the pursuits in which his life
had been spent, he chose to consider these desires as very selfish and
blameable on his part, and sacrificed them resolutely for his son's
welfare.
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