Down in Barsetshire, as well as up in London, there was some little difference of opinion in this matter.

The people of Silverbridge declared that they would prefer to have a Conservative member, as indeed they had one for the last Session.

They had loyally returned the Duke himself while he was a commoner, but they had returned him as being part and parcel of the Omnium appendages.

That was all over now.

As a constituency they were not endowed with advanced views, and thought that a Conservative would suit them best.