Letter from London

The Money in Our Pockets

The polls closed at nine o’clock. At one minute to ten the first result came in—Billericay, a marginal seat, and the Conservatives had held it well. By midnight the Labor Party’s campaign manager was admitting that the results were “not very promising,” and Mr. Macmillan allowed himself a modest expression of satisfaction. At 12:57 Mr. Gaitskell conceded.