CHAPTER I. THE MEMBER AND THE CONSTITUENCY 11

II. WOOING OF THE ELECTORS 20

III. A NEW PARLIAMENT IN THE MAKING 33

IV. THE COUNTRY’S VERDICT 53

V. TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE M.P. 66

VI. THE FASCINATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 80

VII. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER 88

VIII. ASSEMBLING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT 103

IX. TAKING THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 115

X. MR. SPEAKER 122

XI. “ORDER, ORDER!” 130

XII. HOW A GOVERNMENT IS MADE 141

XIII. DISAPPOINTED HOPES 154

XIV. THE KING AND HIS MINISTERS AND THE COUNTRY 166

XV. OFFICE AND ITS SPOILS 175

XVI. PENSIONS FOR MINISTERS 187

XVII. THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE 201

XVIII. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS TO THE KING 218

XIX. THE SERJEANT-AT-ARMS 225

XX. A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 235

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