Chamberlain is strongly moved, and wishes to
drive home some fierce thrust, there is a deep swell in his otherwise
even voice, and there is the same in the voice of the son. Then there is
the same crisp, terse succession of sentences--altogether the likeness
is wonderful.
[Sidenote: Mr. Chamberlain pleased.]
It was pleasant, even to those who do not love Mr. Chamberlain either
personally or politically, to watch him during this episode. When the
son first stood up, the pallor of the face, the unsteadiness of the
voice, the broken and stumbling accents, told of the high state of
nervous strain through which he was passing, and it was easy to see that
the emotions of the son had communicated themselves to the father. Mr.
Chamberlain had his hat low down on his forehead so as to conceal his
face and its tell-tale excitement as much as possible. But it turned out
that he need not have been in the least alarmed. The speech of young Mr.
Chamberlain, for a maiden speech, was really wonderful. It was lucid,
well knit, pointed, cogent. Its delivery was almost perfect; it had the
true House of Commons air and manner. This young man will go far.
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