The Liberals, desiring to drive the old Tory from his lair, sent down a strong candidate to Morebury.

There was a fierce battle, into which Paul threw himself, heart and soul.

He discovered he could speak.

When he first found himself holding a couple of hundred villagers in the grip of his impassioned utterance he felt that the awakening of England had begun.
It was a delicious moment.

As a canvasser he performed prodigies of cajolery.