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George Bertram said that he would ; and from that moment his studies were at an end . This occurred on the Monday . The invitation was for the following Wednesday . Sir Henry explained that from some special cause he would be relieved from parliamentary attendance , at any rate till ten o'clock ; that at the quiet dinner there would be no other guests except Mr. and Mrs. Stistick , and Baron Brawl , whose wife and family were not yet in town . `` You 'll like the baron , '' said Harcourt ; `` he 's loud and arrogant , no doubt ; but he 's not loud and arrogant about nothing , as some men are . Stistick is a bore . Of course you know him .