They think he's going to set up his son next time--a fool, no doubt, but I have no knowledge of him.

I'm afraid Liversedge isn't the man to stir enthusiasm." "But is there any one to be made enthusiastic on that side ?" asked Lilian.
"Well, it's a town that has changed a good deal of late years.

It used to be only an agricultural market, but about twenty years ago a man started a blanket factory, and since then several other industries have shot up.

There's a huge sugar-refinery, and a place where they make jams.

That kind of thing, you know, affects the spirit of a place.
Manufacturers are generally go-ahead people, and mill-hands don't support high Tory doctrine.