It was now the year eighteen hundred and sixty six.
On a certain day in that year two special items of news appeared in the papers--the news of an elevation to the peerage, and the news of a suicide.
Getting on well at the Bar, Mr.Delamayn got on better still in Parliament.

He became one of the prominent men in the House.

Spoke clearly, sensibly, and modestly, and was never too long.

Held the House, where men of higher abilities "bored" it.

The chiefs of his party said openly, "We must do something for Delamayn," The opportunity offered, and the chiefs kept their word.