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"You go in for fancy farlance over the columns of the "Trumpet" "That's your

hobby, and you don't ht thefor

Parliament," said Mrs Cadwallader "They said the last unsuccessful

candidate at Middlemarch--Giles, wasn't his name?--spent ten thousand

pounds and failed because he did not bribe enough What a bitter

reflection for a man!"

"Soly, "that East Retford

was nothing to Middle of the kind," said Mr Brooke "The Tories bribe, you know:

Hawley and his set bribe with treating, hot codlings, and that sort of

thing; and they bring the voters drunk to the poll But they are not

going to have it their oay in future--not in future, you know

Middlemarch is a little backward, I admit--the freemen are a little

backward But we shall educate the them on, you

know The best people there are on our side"

"Hawley says you have men on your side ill do you harm," remarked

Sir James "He says Bulstrode the banker will do you harot pelted," interposed Mrs Cadwallader, "half the

rotten eggs would mean hatred of your committee-man Good heavens!