Benjamin Disraeli

Name: Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day
Author: Benjamin Disraeli

Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

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“Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day”, published in 1847, is a work by Benjamin Disraeli. It explores elements such as Montacute, Lord Eskdale and Leander.

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ If anything can save the aristocracy in this levelling age, it is an appreciation of men of genius. Certainly it would have been very gratifying to Leander if his Grace had only sent him a message, or if Lord Montacute had expressed a wish to see him. He had been long musing over some dish à la Montacute for this very day. The young lord was reputed to have talent; this dish might touch his fancy; the homage of a great artist flatters youth; this offering of genius might colour his destiny. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ That then was the reason he was brought down to Bellamont Castle; because some of the greatest personages in England, who never had eaten a proper dinner in their lives, would have an opportunity, for the first time, of witnessing art. What could the praise of the Duke of Clanronald, or Lord Hampshire, or Lord Hull, signify to one who had shared the confidence of a Lord Monmouth, and whom Sir Alexander Grant, the first judge in Europe, had declared the only man of genius of the age? Leander erred too in supposing that his achievements had been lost upon the guests at Bellamont. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ Leander had a mission to perform.
'If I were you, I would exert myself, Leander,' said Lord Eskdale.
'Ah! my lord, if all men were like you! If artists were only sure of being appreciated; if we were but understood, a dinner would become a sacrifice to the gods, and a kitchen would be Paradise.'
In the meantime, the mayor and town-councillors of Montacute, in their robes of office, and preceded by their bedels and their mace-bearer, have entered the gates of the castle. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ The late lord Monmouth would have sent for Leander the very evening, or have written to him a beautiful letter, which would have been preserved in his family; M. de Sidonia would have sent him a tankard from his table. These things in themselves are nothing; but they prove to a man of genius that he is understood. Had Leander been in the Imperial kitchen, or even with the Emperor of Russia, he would have been decorated!'
'Where is he?' said Lord Eskdale. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ They pass into the great hall, the most ancient part of the building, with its open roof of Spanish chestnut, its screen and gallery and dais, its painted windows and marble floor. Ascending the dais, they are ushered into an antechamber, the first of that suite of state apartments that opens on the terrace. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ They had come over from Bellamont Friars, and their son had asked the steward to give him the care of the pavilion of that village, in order that he might look after his friends. Never was a family who esteemed themselves so fortunate or felt so happy. ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ I have heard say the Queen never had anything like it. You won't be able to see it for the first quarter of an hour, there will be such a blaze of fire and rockets; but when it does come, they say it's like heaven opening ”

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Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred — Chapter VI. A Festal Day (1847)

“ There! Do you hear that? That's the signal gun. They are leaving the town-hall at this same moment. Now, in three-quarters of an hour's time or so, the duke and duchess, and the young markiss, and all of them, will come on the terrace. So you be alive, and draw near, and get a good place. I must look after these people.'
About the same time that the cannon announced that the corporation had quitted the town-hall, some one tapped at the chamber-door of Lord Eskdale, who was sealing a letter in his private room. ”

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