CHAPTER XXII.
"Purity of morals, Finn" Mr.Quintus Slide was now, as formerly, the editor of the _People's Banner_, but a change had come over the spirit of his dream.

His newspaper was still the _People's Banner_, and Mr.Slide still professed to protect the existing rights of the people, and to demand new rights for the people.

But he did so as a Conservative.

He had watched the progress of things, and had perceived that duty called upon him to be the organ of Mr.Daubeny.This duty he performed with great zeal, and with an assumption of consistency and infallibility which was charming.

No doubt the somewhat difficult task of veering round without inconsistency, and without flaw to his infallibility, was eased by Mr.Daubeny's newly-declared views on Church matters.
_The People's Banner_ could still be a genuine _People's Banner_ in reference to ecclesiastical policy.