CHAPTER XII. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INFAMOUS DR. SHRAPNEL
CHAPTER XIII. A SUPERFINE CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XIV. THE LEADING ARTICLE AND MR. TIMOTHY TURBOT
CHAPTER XV. CECILIA HALKETT
CHAPTER XVI. A PARTIAL DISPLAY OF BEAUCHAMP IN HIS COLOURS
CHAPTER XVII. HIS FRIEND AND FOE
CHAPTER XVIII. CONCERNING THE ACT OF CANVASSING
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In the High street of the ancient and famous town and port of Bevisham, Rosamund met the military governor of a neighbouring fortress, General Sherwin, once colonel of her husband's regiment in India; and by him, as it happened, she was assisted in finding the whereabout of the young Liberal candidate, without the degrading recourse of an application at the newspaper-office of his party. The General was leisurely walking to a place of appointment to fetch his daughter home from a visit to an old school-friend, a Miss Jenny Denham, no other than a ward, or a niece, or an adoption of Dr. Shrapnel's: 'A nice girl; a great favourite of mine,' the General said. Shrapnel he knew by reputation only as a wrong-headed politician; but he spoke of Miss Denham pleasantly two or three times, praising her accomplishments and her winning manners. His hearer suspected that it might be done to dissociate the idea of her from the ruffling agitator. 'Is she pretty?' was a question that sprang. from Rosamund's intimate reflections. The answer was, 'Yes.'
'Very pretty?'
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'Oh! I know him, when once his mind is set on anything,' said Rosamund.
'Is it not too early to begin to—canvass, I think, is the word?'
