When he returned home that night his mother wondered why his eyes were so bright and his voice so cheerful.
"Have you heard good news, my boy?" she asked.
"I feel that I'm going to win, mother," was his reply, and his words meant a great deal more to him than to her.
CHAPTER X
THE NEW MEMBER FOR BRUNFORD
The day following the meeting at the railway station Paul saw Miss Bolitho in the streets of Brunford and to his delight she greeted him with a frank smile.
"Have you begun your work of canvassing?" he said, with a laugh.
"Not yet," she replied. "Indeed, I doubt whether I shall take any part in this contest. I have been engaged in a far more feminine occupation!"
"Shopping?" asked Paul.