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THE MASTER OF HOUNDS 



Le Marchant's biography, speaks more conclusively 

 than I can write. These are Lord Althorp's words : 

 " I retire from political life from my own inclination 

 only. But it is satisfactory to me firmly to believe, and 

 to be convinced, that by so doing I give myself greater 

 facilities to become a religious man." Lord Lyttleton 

 wrote in regard to Lord Althorp's retirement from 

 political life that " he told my father it was the cessation 

 of acute pain to him." 



