Their Solicitor-General was advanced a step, and they put Delamayn in his place.

There was an outcry on the part of the older members of the Bar.

The Ministry answered, "We want a man who is listened to in the House, and we have got him." The papers supported the new nomination.

A great debate came off, and the new Solicitor-General justified the Ministry and the papers.

His enemies said, derisively, "He will be Lord Chancellor in a year or two!" His friends made genial jokes in his domestic circle, which pointed to the same conclusion.