The New Member for Silverbridge Lord Silverbridge was informed that it would be right that he should go down to Silverbridge a few days before the election, to make himself known to the electors.

As the day for the election drew near it was understood that there would be no other candidate.
The Conservative side was the popular side among the tradesmen of Silverbridge.

Silverbridge had been proud to be honoured by the services of the heir of the house of Omnium, even while that heir had been a Liberal,--had regarded it as so much a matter of course that the borough should be at his disposal that no question as to politics had ever arisen while he retained the seat.

And had the Duke chosen to continue to send them Liberals, one after another, when he went into the House of Lords, there would have been no question as to the fitness of the man or men so sent.

Silverbridge had been supposed to be a Liberal as a matter of course,--because the Pallisers were Liberals.