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The incident burned into her mind, and she retched with the ano respect for her rejected lover began to rise in her heart The first of his s which she attended had impressed her with his skill in his own vocation He had held those people interested He had spoken bluntly, strongly, honestly To feouish the subtle shades of sincerity in speech, and to the rule Alice was no exception The rhetoric and the cheers which followed had roused the speaker to a new life His face became keen, almost attractive, without question full of power He was an orator beyond doubt, and when he concluded in a riot of applause, Alice sat with sht He had spoken the main articles of her creed, but hat force and freshness! She was convinced, satisfied, delighted; though soht lurked her old dislike of the man and the ht she went to hear Lewis in Gledsentle a fearless young woman, and consequently found herself in the very back of the hall crowded ain with, was not unkind Leas greeted with applause, and at the first heard with patience But his speech was vague, incoherent, and tactless To her unquiet eyes he seeuarded with a proviso, and "possiblys" bristled in every sentence The politicians at the back grew restless, and Alice was co criticis was hopelessly out of hand Men rose and rudely marched to the door Catcalls were frequent froressive The girl had sat hite, pained face, understanding little save that Leas talking nonsense and losing all grip on his hearers In spite of herself she was contrasting this fiasco with the pithy words of Mr Stocks When thebecame unruly she looked for some display of character, some proof of power Mr Stocks would have fiercely cowed the opposition, or at least have spoken the last word in any quarrel Lewis's conduct was different He shrugged his shoulders,remark to a friend on the platfor if they wished to hear any ned enthusiasm, but a malcontent at Alice's side rose and stamped to the door "I came to hear sense," he cried, "and no this bairn's-blethers!"