New Voters 36 New Voters-- Yatton Tenants 23 _Quaint Club_ 109 Accessibles 70 Others 21 --- --- 130 129 Tenants 92 Accessibles 35 --- 257 Now, of the class of _accessibles_, twenty remained yet unpledged, and open to conviction; and, moreover, both parties had good ground for believing that they would _all_ be convinced _one way_--_i. e._ towards either Mr. Titmouse or Mr. Delamere. Now, if the Quaint Club could be in any way detached from Mr. Titmouse, it would leave him with a majority of _seventeen_, only, over Mr. Delamere; and then, if by any means the twenty accessibles could be secured for Mr. Delamere, he would be placed in a majority of three over his opponent. Whichever way _they_ went, however, it was plain that the Quaint Club held the election in their own hands, and intended to keep it so. Gammon's calculations differed but slightly from those of Crafty; and thenceforth both directed their best energies towards the same point, the Quaint Club--going on all the while with undiminished vigor and assiduity with their canvass, as the best mode of diverting attention from their important movements, and satisfying the public that the only weapons with which the fight was to be won were--bows, smiles, civil speeches, placards, squibs, banners, and bands of music. Mr. Crafty had received a splendid sum for his services from Lord De la Zouch; but on the first distinct and peremptory intimation from his Lordship, being conveyed to him through Mr. Delamere, that there was to be, _bonâ fide_, no bribery--and that the only funds placed at his disposal were those sufficient for the _legitimate_ expenses of the election--he smiled rather bitterly, and sent off a secret express to Fotheringham, to ascertain _for what_ his services had been engaged--since what was the use of going to Waterloo _without powder_?--The answer he received was laconic enough, and verbatim as follows:-- "No intimidation; no treating; no bribery; _manœuvre_ as skilfully as you can; _and watch the enemy night and day_, so that the close of the poll may not be the close of the election, nor the victor there, the sitting member."