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SIR JOHN HENNIKER HEATON

and so popular being removed. But he persisted: said he was at peace with all men and quite happy. So one day he was seen standing at the Speaker's chair as the last Parliament was about to dissolve, with wistful eyes, taking his final look at the place of which he had been an essential part for more than twenty-five years.