Chapter 2
THE HECKLING OF HENSLOW "The long and short of it is, then, Mr. Henslow, that you decline to fulfil your pledges given at the last election?" Brooks asked, coldly. "Nothing of the sort," Mr. Henslow declared, testily. "You have no right to suggest anything of the sort." "No right!" "Certainly not. You are my agent, and you ought to work with me instead--" "I have already told you," Brooks interrupted, '"that I am nothing of the sort. I should not dream of acting for you again, and if you think a formal resignation necessary, I will post you one to-morrow. I am one of your constituents, nothing more or less. But as I am in some measure responsible for your presence here, I consider myself within my rights in asking you these questions." "I'm not going to be hectored!" Mr. Henslow decl
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