Some one must break away from this musty
routine of Party politics. The people will be heard, Mr. Henslow.
Their voice has dominated the fate of every nation in time, and it will
be so with ours."
Mr. Henslow was silent for a few minutes. This young man who would
not drink champagne, or be hail-fellow-well-met, and who was in such
deadly earnest, was a nuisance.
"I tell you what I'll do," he said at last. "I'll have a few words with
Sir Henry, and see you tomorrow at what time you like."
"Certainly," Brooks answered, rising. "If you will allow me to make a
suggestion, Mr. Henslow, I would ask you to run through in your memory
all your speeches and go through your pledges one by one. Let Sir Henry
understand that your constituents will not be trifled with, for it is
not a question of another candidate, it is a question of another party.
You have set the ball rolling, and I can assure you that the next Member
whom Medchester sends here, whether it be you or any one else, will come
fully pledged to a certain measure of Protection."
Mr. Henslow nodded.
"Very well," he said, gloomily.
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