He will never sit for Medchester again."
"He was at the hotel the other day, wasn't he?" Mary asked, "with you
and uncle? What has he to say for himself?"
"Well, he shelters himself behind the old fudge about duty to his
Party," Brooks answered. "You see the Liberals only just scraped in
last election because of the war scandals, and their majority is too
small for them to care about any of the rank and file introducing any
disputative measures. Still that scarcely affects the question. He won
his seat on certain definite pledges, and if he persists in his present
attitude, we shall ask him at once to resign."
You still keep up your interest in Medchester, then?"
"Why, yes!" he answered. "Between ourselves, if I could choose, I would
rather, when the time comes, stand for Medchester than anywhere."
"I am glad! I should like to see you Member for Medchester. Do you
know, even now, although I am so happy, I cannot think about the last
few months there without a shudder. It seemed to me that things were
getting worse and worse. The people's faces haunt me sometimes.
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