Lox Beaconsfield, in one of his novels, says that the House of Lords resembles a house of butlers. That may have been true as regards the personal appearance of a noble Lord who died in 1886, On one occasion his Lordship went to pay his wine-merchant's bill, On Jeaving he, was presented with a £10 note. "What is this for" asked his Lordship.
"Oh, it fs what we always allow the butler," was the reply.
'The story go" that his Lordship took the money, and ever after paid his wine bill in' person,
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