He called on the Noes; and scarcely a voice was heard.

He was forced to declare that the Ayes had it.

A man of spirit would have given up the ghost with remorse and shame; and the unutterable ignominy of that moment left its mark even on the callous heart and brazen forehead of Trevor.

Had he returned to the House on the following day, he would have had to put the question on a motion for his own expulsion.

He therefore pleaded illness, and shut himself up in his bedroom.