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Mercia is the soul which the other never had ! '' Lady Rossland 's reception for the New Shoreham candidate on the evening preceding the nomination day was a thing of note . For the space of ten hours , Britton had been out among his constituents with Lord Rossland , Ainsworth , and Trascott , who had come down from his London work to witness the honors bestowed upon his friend . At seven o'clock , Rex returned alone to Britton Hall , the curate and the lawyer having gone on with Rossland to his country-seat , where the function was to be held . The strain of canvassing had been more wearisome than a day of Yukon mushing , but dinner and a bath refreshed him . Upstairs , he called his wife 's maid . `` At what time has your mistress ordered the carriage ? ''