It will be necessary that we should go back in our story for a very short period in order that the reader may be told that Phineas Finn was duly re-elected at Loughton after his appointment at the Treasury Board. There was some little trouble at Loughton, and something more of expense than he had before encountered. Mr Quintus Slide absolutely came down, and was proposed by Mr Vellum for the borough. Mr Vellum being a gentleman learned in the law, and hostile to the interests of the noble owner of Saulsby, was able to raise a little trouble against our hero. Mr Slide was proposed by Mr Vellum, and seconded by Mr Vellum’s clerk — though, as it afterwards appeared, Mr Vellum’s clerk was not in truth an elector —(👊) and went to the poll like a man. He received three votes, and at twelve o’clock withdrew. This in itself could hardly have afforded compensation for the expense which Mr Slide or his backers must have encountered — but he had an opportunity of making a speech, every word of which was reported in the People’s Banner; and if the speech was made in the language given in the report, Mr Slide was really possessed of some oratorical power. Most of those who read the speech in the columns of the People’s Banner were probably not aware how favourable an opportunity of retouching his sentences in type had been given to Mr Slide by the fact of his connection with the newspaper. The speech had been very severe upon our hero; and though the speaker had been so hooted and pelted at Loughton as to have been altogether inaudible — so maltreated that in point of fact he had not been able to speak above a tenth part of his speech at all —(🏒) nevertheless the speech did give Phineas a certain amount of pain. Why Phineas should have read it who can tell? But who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself? 拾,早(zǎo )点(diǎn )休息(xī(🆓) )吧(ba ),明(míng )早(🌬)(zǎo ),我(😴)还(🚾)(hái )得起(🌀)早(👙)赶头班(👥)(bān )车(chē ),去(qù )城(ché(🚭)ng )里(📒)卖鸡(🐌)蛋呐(nà )!” 两女(🌰)就这时(shí )倒(dǎ(♟)o )也是(🈴)难(nán )得的(de )异口(kǒu )同(tóng )声(🤟)(shē(🗻)ng )地(dì )问(wè(🥕)n )道(dào ),而(ér )欧(🐼)阳(yáng )心(♋)(xī(🤮)n )则(zé )更是(🚁)东张(zhāng )西(xī(➰) )望(wàng )地寻(🆓)(xú(🏻)n )找(👚)(zhǎo )着(🔢)(zhe )。 “我(wǒ )还想早(⛰)一点(🦊)(diǎ(✔)n )见面,不然(rán )会忘(wàng )了难得(💴)体(tǐ )验(⛓)到女(🕘)人(🐩)(rén )的欣(xīn )喜(🍑)(xǐ )。” 他(tā )们直接选了(🍬)一(🥛)套(👒)(tào )。 虞(😉)(yú )诗雅(🎹)涨红(hó(⏱)ng )着一(🦖)张脸,像(🦃)是羞(❇)(xiū )愤(fè(⛏)n )至(😐)极(jí(🍋) )。 “穷(🐿)(qióng )的只(zhī(🐐) )能(néng )吃土(tǔ )豆还(há(🚧)i )硬(🔡)(yìng )要(yà(🗞)o )装(🌆)(zhuāng )逼(bī )给(📗)过(guò(🗺) )小(🆘)(xiǎo )费,你以(😭)为(💃)这里是(shì )酒(🗓)(jiǔ(😌) )吧(ba )歌厅呀!” “唔(é(📠)n )…(😶)唔…唔…唔(én )…,噢(ō )噢(🤲)(ō(🏏) )噢(ō(🖍) )噢(❓),弟(🦅)弟(dì ),美死(🤜)了,弟(dì )弟干(🏨)(gàn )的(de )姐姐(🚤)好(🆔)(hǎo )棒(bà(🐪)ng ),姐(jiě )姐(🧛)好(hǎ(🎟)o )爽(shuǎ(👚)ng )了,弟弟(dì ),再(zài )用(yòng )力(🕣)一(🕘)些,姐(📲)姐(🆗)感受到(dà(⛪)o )了(🌝),感(👂)受到(🐺)(dào )身体(tǐ(🚖) )的(de )感(🥃)觉(〽)了(🌰),要(yà(🚨)o )飞(fēi )了,弟(dì )弟(🌐),姐姐要(🔃)(yào )飞(😽)了,再用力(🏘)(lì )一(yī )些,Q深一些,干(gà(👵)n )烂(👸)(là(🗓)n )姐(jiě )姐(jiě )的(🔵)(de )小嫩屄(bī(🅿) )吧(ba ),唔(🎆)…唔…唔(🦋),呀(ya ),终(zhō(🔏)ng )于(🧦)来了(le ),好美(🐇),好美(🏭)(měi ),弟(🔲)(dì )弟,姐(🏚)(jiě )姐(jiě )要到(🤤)(dào )了(🍔)(le )!” “草,东(dōng )哥(📍)(gē ),你(🔃)抓(zhuā )我(🏙)(wǒ )干毛线(xiàn ),都说了(le )等(děng )老(😲)(lǎo )子(zǐ )恢复一(🌪)下(xià )体(🍪)(tǐ )力(lì(📺) )的再说(shuō )。”