But you are getting a nice reputation elsewhere.

When I read some of your sayings, I laughed of course, but I thought ruefully of your chances." It was a penitent and desponding man who followed Wratislaw into the snuggery at Etterick.

But light and food, the gleam of silver and vellum and the sweet fragrance of tobacco consoled him; for in most matters he was half-hearted, and politics sat lightly on his affections.
II To Alice the weeks of the contest were filled with dire unpleasantness.
Lewis, naturally, kept far from Glenavelin, while of Mr.Stocks she was never free.

She followed Lady Manorwater's lead and canvassed vigorously, hoping to find distraction in the excitement of the fight.
But her efforts did not prosper.

On one occasion she found herself in a cottage on the Gledsmuir road, her hands filled with election literature.