;and
you
know
the
very
sight
of
Philip
is
a
warning
that
there
is
danger
in
that
way
!
I
mean
,
'
said
Guy
,
becoming
conscious
that
he
had
been
very
severe
,
'
I
mean
that
I
know
of
old
that
I
am
apt
to
be
worried
by
his
manner
,
and
that
ought
to
make
me
doubly
cautious
.
'
Mrs.
Edmonstone
was
struck
by
the
soberer
manner
in
which
he
spoke
of
his
faults
.
He
was
as
ready
to
take
full
blame
,
but
without
the
vehemence
which
he
used
to
expend
in
raving
at
himself
instead
of
at
the
offender
.
It
seemed
as
if
he
had
brought
himself
to
the
tone
he
used
to
desire
so
earnestly
.
'
I
am
very
glad
to
be
able
to
explain
all
to
Philip
,
'
he
said
.
'
I
will
write
as
soon
as
possible
.
Oh
,
Mrs.
Edmonstone
!
if
you
knew
what
it
is
to
be
brought
back
to
such
unhoped-for
happiness
,
to
sit
here
once
more
,
with
you
,
'
—
his
voice
trembled
,
and
the
tears
were
in
her
eyes
,
—
'
to
have
seen
her
,
to
have
all
overlooked
,
and
return
to
all
I
hoped
last
year
.
I
want
to
look
at
you
all
,
to
believe
that
it
is
true
,
'
he
finished
,
smiling
.
'
You
both
behaved
very
well
this
evening
,
'
said
she
,
laughing
,
because
she
could
do
so
better
than
anything
else
at
that
moment
.
'
You
both
!
'
murmured
Guy
to
himself
.
'
Ah
!
little
Amy
has
been
very
good
this
winter
.
'
He
answered
her
with
a
beautiful
expression
of
his
eyes
,
was
silent
a
little
while
,
and
suddenly
exclaimed
,
in
a
candid
,
expostulating
tone
,
'
But
now
,
seriously
,
do
n't
you
think
it
a
very
bad
thing
for
her
?
'
'
My
dear
Guy
,
'
said
she
,
scarcely
repressing
a
disposition
to
laugh
,
'
I
told
you
last
summer
what
I
thought
of
it
,
and
you
must
settle
the
rest
with
Amy
to-morrow
.
I
hear
the
drawing-room
bell
,
which
is
a
sign
I
must
send
you
to
bed
.
Good
night
!
'
'
Good
night
!
'
repeated
Guy
,
as
he
held
her
hand
.
'
It
is
so
long
since
I
have
had
any
one
to
wish
me
good
night
!
Good
night
,
mamma
!
'
She
pressed
his
hand
,
then
,
as
he
ran
down
to
lend
a
helping
hand
in
carrying
Charles
,
she
,
the
tears
in
her
eyes
,
crossed
the
passage
to
see
how
it
was
with
her
little
Amy
,
and
to
set
her
at
rest
for
the
night
.
Amy
's
candle
was
out
,
and
she
was
in
bed
,
lying
full
in
the
light
of
the
Easter
moon
,
which
poured
in
glorious
whiteness
through
her
window
.
She
started
up
as
the
door
opened
.
'
Oh
,
mamma
!
how
kind
of
you
to
come
!
'
'
I
can
only
stay
a
moment
,
my
dear
;
your
papa
is
coming
up
;
but
I
must
just
tell
you
that
I
have
been
having
such
a
nice
talk
with
dear
Guy
.
He
has
behaved
beautifully
,
and
papa
is
quite
satisfied
.
Now
,
darling
,
I
hope
you
will
not
lie
awake
all
night
,
or
you
wo
n't
be
fit
to
talk
to
him
to-morrow
.
'
Amy
sat
up
in
bed
,
and
put
her
arms
round
her
mother
's
neck
.
'
Then
he
is
happy
again
,
'
she
whispered
.
'
I
should
like
to
hear
all
.
'
'
He
shall
tell
you
himself
to
morrow
,
my
dear
.
Now
,
good
night
!
you
have
been
a
very
good
child
.
Now
,
go
to
sleep
,
my
dear
one
.
'
Amy
lay
down
obediently
.
'
Thank
you
for
coming
to
tell
me
,
dear
mamma
,
'
she
said
.
'
I
am
very
glad
;
good
night
!
'
She
shut
her
eyes
,
and
there
was
something
in
the
sweet
,
obedient
,
placid
look
of
her
face
,
as
the
white
moonlight
shone
upon
it
,
that
made
her
mother
pause
and
gaze
again
with
the
feeling
,
only
tenderer
,
left
by
a
beautiful
poem
.
Amy
looked
up
to
see
why
she
delayed
;
she
gave
her
another
kiss
,
and
left
her
in
the
moonlight
.
Little
Amy
's
instinct
was
to
believe
the
best
,
and
do
as
she
was
bidden
,
and
there
was
a
'
quietness
and
confidence
'
in
the
tone
of
her
mind
which
gave
a
sort
of
serenity
of
its
own
even
to
suspense
.
A
thankful
,
happy
sensation
that
all
was
well
,
mamma
said
so
;
and
Guy
was
there
,
had
taken
possession
of
her
,
and
she
did
not
agitate
herself
to
know
how
or
why
,
for
mamma
had
told
her
to
put
herself
to
sleep
;
so
she
thought
of
all
the
most
thanksgiving
verses
of
her
store
of
poetry
,
and
before
the
moon
had
passed
away
from
her
window
,
Amabel
Edmonstone
was
wrapped
in
a
sleep
dreamless
and
tranquil
as
an
infant
's
.
CHAPTER
IV
.
Hence
,
bashful
cunning
,
And
prompt
me
,
plain
and
holy
innocence
.
I
am
your
wife
if
you
will
mary
me
.
Tempest
.
Amabel
awoke
to
such
a
sense
of
relief
and
repose
that
she
scarcely
liked
to
ask
herself
the
cause
,
lest
it
might
ruffle
her
complete
peace
.
Those
words
'
all
right
,
'
seemed
to
be
enough
to
assure
her
that
the
cloud
was
gone
.
Her
mother
came
in
,
told
her
one
or
two
of
the
main
facts
,
and
took
her
down
under
her
wing
,
only
stopping
by
the
way
for
a
greeting
to
Charles
,
who
could
not
rise
till
after
breakfast
.
He
held
her
fast
,
and
gazed
up
in
her
face
,
but
she
coloured
so
deeply
,
cast
down
her
eyes
,
and
looked
so
meek
and
submissive
,
that
he
let
her
go
,
and
said
nothing
.
The
breakfast
party
were
for
the
most
part
quiet
,
silent
,
and
happy
.
Even
Charlotte
was
hushed
by
the
subdued
feeling
of
the
rest
,
and
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
hilarity
,
though
replied
to
in
turn
by
each
,
failed
to
wake
them
into
mirth
.
Guy
ran
up
and
down
stairs
continually
,
to
wait
upon
Charles
;
and
thus
the
conversation
was
always
interrupted
as
fast
as
it
began
,
so
that
the
only
fact
that
came
out
was
the
cause
of
the
lateness
of
their
arrival
yesterday
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
had
taken
it
for
granted
that
Guy
,
like
Philip
,
would
watch
for
the
right
time
,
and
warn
him
;
while
Guy
,
being
excessively
impatient
,
had
been
so
much
afraid
of
letting
himself
fidget
,
as
to
have
suffered
the
right
moment
to
pass
,
and
then
borne
all
the
blame
.
'
How
you
must
have
wanted
to
play
the
Harmonious
Blacksmith
,
'
said
Charlotte
.
'
I
caught
myself
going
through
the
motions
twice
,
'
said
Guy
.
Mrs.
Edmonstone
said
to
herself
that
he
might
contest
the
palm
of
temper
with
Amy
even
;
the
difference
being
,
that
hers
was
naturally
sweet
,
his
a
hasty
one
,
so
governed
that
the
result
was
the
same
.
When
breakfast
was
over
,
as
they
were
rising
,
Guy
made
two
steps
towards
Amabel
,
at
whom
he
had
hitherto
scarcely
looked
,
and
said
very
low
,
in
his
straightforward
way
:
'
Can
I
speak
to
you
a
little
while
?
'
Amy
's
face
glowed
as
she
moved
towards
him
,
and
her
mother
said
something
about
the
drawing-room
,
where
the
next
moment
she
found
herself
.
She
did
not
use
any
little
restless
arts
to
play
with
her
embarrassment
;
she
did
not
torment
the
flowers
or
the
chimney
ornaments
,
nor
even
her
own
rings
;
she
stood
with
her
hands
folded
and
her
head
a
little
bent
down
,
like
a
pendant
blossom
,
ready
to
listen
to
whatever
might
be
said
to
her
.
He
did
not
speak
at
first
,
but
moved
uneasily
about
.
At
last
he
came
nearer
,
and
began
speaking
fast
and
nervously
.
'
Amabel
,
I
want
you
to
consider
—
you
really
ought
to
think
whether
this
is
not
a
very
bad
thing
for
you
.
'
The
drooping
head
was
raised
,
the
downcast
lids
lifted
up
,
and
the
blue
eyes
fixed
on
him
with
a
look
at
once
confiding
and
wondering
.
He
proceeded
—
'
I
have
brought
you
nothing
but
unhappiness
already
.
So
far
as
you
have
taken
any
interest
in
me
,
it
could
cause
you
only
pain
,
and
the
more
I
think
of
it
,
the
more
unfit
it
seems
that
one
so
formed
for
light
and
joy
,
and
innocent
mirth
should
have
anything
to
do
with
the
darkness
that
is
round
me
.
Think
well
of
it
.
I
feel
as
if
I
had
done
a
selfish
thing
by
you
,
and
now
,
you
know
,
you
are
not
bound
.
You
are
quite
free
!
No
one
knows
anything
about
it
;
or
if
they
did
,
the
blame
would
rest
entirely
with
me
.
I
would
take
care
it
should
.
So
Amy
,
think
,
and
think
well
,
before
you
risk
your
happiness
.
'
'
As
to
that
,
'
replied
Amy
,
in
a
soft
low
voice
,
with
such
a
look
of
truth
in
her
clear
eyes
,
'
I
must
care
for
whatever
happens
to
you
,
and
I
had
rather
it
was
with
you
,
than
without
you
,
'
she
said
,
casting
them
down
again
.
'
My
Amy
!
—
my
own
!
—
my
Verena
!
'
—
and
he
held
fast
one
of
her
hands
,
as
they
sat
together
on
the
sofa
—
'
I
had
a
feeling
,
that
so
it
might
be
through
the
very
worst
,
yet
I
can
hardly
believe
it
now
.
'
'
Guy
,
'
said
Amy
,
looking
up
with
the
gentle
resolution
that
had
lately
grown
on
her
,
'
you
must
not
take
me
for
more
than
I
am
worth
,
and
I
should
like
to
tell
you
fairly
.
I
did
not
speak
last
time
,
because
it
was
all
so
strange
and
so
delightful
,
and
I
had
not
time
to
think
,
because
I
was
so
confused
.
But
that
is
a
long
time
ago
,
and
this
has
been
a
very
sad
winter
,
and
I
have
thought
a
great
deal
.
I
know
,
and
you
know
.
too
,
that
I
am
a
foolish
little
thing
;
I
have
been
silly
little
Amy
always
;
you
and
Charlie
have
helped
me
to
all
the
sense
I
have
,
and
I
do
n't
think
I
could
ever
be
a
clever
,
strong-minded
woman
,
such
as
one
admires
.
'
'
Heaven
forbid
!
'
ejaculated
Guy
;
moved
,
perhaps
,
by
a
certain
remembrance
of
St.
Mildred
's
.
'
But
,
'
continued
Amy
,
'
I
believe
I
do
really
wish
to
be
good
,
and
I
know
you
have
helped
me
to
wish
it
much
more
,
and
I
have
been
trying
to
learn
to
bear
things
,
and
so
'
—
out
came
something
,
very
like
a
sunny
smile
,
though
some
tears
followed
—
'
so
if
you
do
like
such
a
silly
little
thing
,
it
ca
n't
be
helped
,
and
we
will
try
to
make
the
best
of
her
.
Only
do
n't
say
any
more
about
my
being
happier
without
you
;
for
one
thing
I
am
very
sure
of
,
Guy
,
I
had
rather
bear
anything
with
you
,
than
know
you
were
bearing
it
alone
.
I
am
only
afraid
of
being
foolish
and
weak
,
and
making
things
worse
for
you
.
'
'
So
much
worse
!
But
still
,
'
he
added
,
'
speak
as
you
may
,
my
Amy
,
I
cannot
,
must
not
,
feel
that
I
have
a
right
to
think
of
you
as
my
own
,
till
you
have
heard
all
.
You
ought
to
know
what
my
temper
is
before
you
risk
yourself
in
its
power
.
Amy
my
first
thought
towards
Philip
was
nothing
short
of
murder
.
'
She
raised
her
eyes
,
and
saw
how
far
entirely
he
meant
what
he
said
.
'
The
first
—
not
the
second
,
'
she
murmured
.
'
Yes
,
the
second
—
the
third
.
There
was
a
moment
when
I
could
have
given
my
soul
for
my
revenge
!
'
'
Only
a
moment
!
'
'
Only
a
moment
,
thank
heaven
!
and
I
have
not
done
quite
so
badly
since
.
I
hope
I
have
not
suffered
quite
in
vain
;
but
if
that
shock
could
overthrow
all
my
wonted
guards
,
it
might
,
though
I
pray
Heaven
it
may
not
,
it
might
happen
again
.
'
'
I
think
you
conquered
yourself
then
,
and
that
you
will
again
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
And
suppose
I
was
ever
to
be
mad
enough
to
be
angry
with
you
?
'
Amy
smiled
outright
here
.
'
Of
course
,
I
should
deserve
it
;
but
I
think
the
trouble
would
be
the
comforting
you
afterwards
.
Mamma
said
'
—
she
added
,
after
a
long
silence
,
during
which
Guy
's
feeling
would
not
let
him
speak
—
'
mamma
said
,
and
I
think
,
that
you
are
much
safer
and
better
with
such
a
quick
temper
as
yours
,
because
you
are
always
struggling
and
fighting
with
it
,
on
the
real
true
religious
ground
,
than
a
person
more
even
tempered
by
nature
,
but
not
so
much
in
earnest
in
doing
right
.
'
Yes
,
if
I
did
not
believe
myself
to
be
in
earnest
about
that
,
I
could
never
dare
to
speak
to
you
at
all
.
'
'
We
will
help
each
other
,
'
said
Amy
;
'
you
have
always
helped
me
,
long
before
we
knew
we
cared
for
each
other
!
'
'
And
,
Amy
,
if
you
knew
how
the
thought
of
you
helped
me
last
winter
,
even
when
I
thought
I
had
forfeited
you
for
ever
.
'
Their
talk
only
ceased
when
,
at
one
o'clock
,
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
who
had
pronounced
in
the
dressing-room
that
three
hours
was
enough
for
them
at
once
,
came
in
,
and
asked
Guy
to
go
and
help
to
carry
Charles
down
stairs
.
He
went
,
and
Amy
nestled
up
to
her
mother
,
raising
her
face
to
be
kissed
.
'
It
is
very
nice
!
'
she
whispered
;
and
then
arranged
her
brother
's
sofa
,
as
she
heard
his
progress
down
stairs
beginning
.
He
was
so
light
and
thin
as
to
be
very
easily
carried
,
and
was
brought
in
between
Guy
and
one
of
the
servants
.
When
he
was
settled
on
the
sofa
,
he
began
thus
,
—
'
There
was
a
grand
opportunity
lost
last
winter
.
I
was
continually
rehearsing
the
scene
,
and
thinking
what
waste
it
was
to
go
through
such
a
variety
of
torture
without
the
dignity
of
danger
.
If
I
could
but
have
got
up
ever
so
small
an
alarm
,
I
would
have
conjured
my
father
to
send
for
Guy
,
entreated
pathetically
that
the
reconciliation
might
be
effected
,
and
have
drawn
my
last
breath
clasping
their
hands
,
thus
!
The
curtain
falls
!
'
He
made
a
feint
of
joining
their
hands
,
put
his
head
back
,
and
shut
his
eyes
with
an
air
and
a
grace
that
put
Charlotte
into
an
ecstasy
,
and
made
even
Amy
laugh
,
as
she
quitted
the
room
,
blushing
.
'
But
if
it
had
been
your
last
breath
,
'
said
Charlotte
,
'
you
would
not
have
been
much
the
wiser
.
'
'
I
would
have
come
to
life
again
in
time
to
enjoy
the
coup
de
théâtre
.
I
had
some
thoughts
of
trying
an
overdose
of
opium
;
but
I
thought
Dr.
Mayerne
would
have
found
me
out
.
I
tell
you
,
because
it
is
fair
I
should
have
the
credit
;
for
,
Guy
,
if
you
knew
what
she
was
to
me
all
the
winter
,
you
would
perceive
my
superhuman
generosity
in
not
receiving
you
as
my
greatest
enemy
.
'
'
I
shall
soon
cease
to
be
surprised
at
any
superhuman
generosity
,
'
said
Guy
.
'
But
how
thin
you
are
,
Charlie
;
you
are
a
very
feather
to
carry
;
I
had
no
notion
it
had
been
such
a
severe
business
.
'
'
Most
uncommon
!
'
said
Charles
,
shaking
his
head
,
with
a
mock
solemnity
.
'
It
was
the
worst
of
all
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
;
'
six
weeks
of
constant
pain
.
'
'
How
very
sorry
Philip
must
have
been
!
'
exclaimed
Guy
.
'
Philip
?
'
said
Charlotte
.
'
Why
,
was
it
not
owing
to
him
?
Surely
your
father
told
me
so
?
Did
not
he
let
you
fall
on
the
stairs
?
'
'
My
dear
father
!
'
exclaimed
Charles
,
laughing
;
'
every
disaster
that
happens
for
the
next
twelvemonth
will
be
imputed
to
Philip
.
'
'
How
was
it
,
then
?
'
said
Guy
.
'
The
fact
was
this
,
'
said
Charles
,
'
it
was
in
the
thick
of
the
persecution
of
you
,
and
I
was
obliged
to
let
Philip
drag
me
up
stairs
,
because
I
was
in
a
hurry
.
He
took
the
opportunity
of
giving
me
some
impertinent
advice
,
which
I
could
not
stand
.
I
let
go
his
arm
,
forgetting
what
a
dependent
mortal
I
am
,
and
down
I
should
assuredly
have
gone
,
if
he
had
not
caught
me
,
and
carried
me
off
,
as
a
fox
does
a
goose
.
So
it
was
his
fault
,
as
one
may
say
,
in
a
moral
,
though
not
in
a
physical
,
sense
.
'
'
Then
,
'
said
his
mother
,
'
you
do
think
your
illness
was
owing
to
that
accident
?
'
'
I
suppose
the
damage
was
brewing
,
and
that
the
shake
brought
it
into
an
active
state
.
There
's
a
medical
opinion
for
you
!
'
'
Well
,
I
never
knew
what
you
thought
of
it
before
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
.
'
Why
,
when
I
had
a
condor
to
pick
on
Guy
's
account
with
Philip
,
I
was
not
going
to
pick
a
crow
on
my
own
,
'
said
Charles
.
'
Oh
!
is
luncheon
ready
;
and
you
all
going
?
I
never
see
anybody
now
.
I
want
the
story
of
the
shipwreck
,
though
,
of
course
,
Ben
What's-his-name
was
the
hero
,
and
Sir
Guy
Morville
not
a
bit
of
it
.
'
Laura
wanted
to
walk
to
East
Hill
,
and
the
other
young
people
agreed
to
go
thither
too
.
'
It
will
be
nice
to
go
to
church
there
to
day
,
'
said
Amy
,
in
a
half
whisper
,
heard
only
by
Guy
,
and
answered
by
a
look
that
showed
how
well
he
understood
and
sympathized
.
'
Another
thing
,
'
said
Amy
,
colouring
a
good
deal
;
'
shall
you
mind
my
telling
Mary
?
I
behaved
so
oddly
last
night
,
and
she
was
so
kind
to
me
,
that
I
think
I
ought
.
'
Mary
had
seen
enough
last
night
to
be
very
curious
to-day
,
though
hardly
expecting
her
curiosity
to
be
gratified
.
However
,
as
she
was
putting
on
her
bonnet
for
church
,
she
looked
out
of
her
window
,
and
saw
the
four
coming
across
the
fields
from
Holywell
.
Guy
and
Amy
did
not
walk
into
the
village
arm-in-arm
;
but
,
as
they
came
under
the
church
porch
,
Guy
,
unseen
by
all
,
held
out
his
hand
,
sought
hers
,
and
,
for
one
moment
,
pressed
it
fervently
.
Amy
knew
he
felt
this
like
their
betrothal
.
After
the
service
,
they
stood
talking
with
Mr.
Ross
and
Mary
,
for
some
little
time
.
Amy
held
apart
,
and
Mary
saw
how
it
was
.
As
they
were
about
to
turn
homewards
,
Amy
said
quickly
,
'
Come
and
walk
a
little
way
home
with
me
.
'
She
went
on
with
Mary
before
the
rest
;
and
when
out
of
sight
of
them
all
,
said
,
'
Mary
!
'
and
then
stopped
short
.
'
I
guess
something
,
Amy
,
'
said
Mary
.
'
Do
n't
tell
any
one
but
Mr.
Ross
.
'
'
Then
I
have
guessed
right
.
My
dear
little
Amy
,
I
am
very
glad
!
So
that
was
the
reason
you
flew
out
of
the
room
last
evening
,
and
looked
so
bright
and
glowing
!
'
'
It
was
so
good
of
you
to
ask
no
questions
!
'
'
I
do
n't
think
I
need
ask
any
now
,
Amy
;
for
I
see
in
your
face
how
right
and
happy
it
all
is
.
'
'
I
ca
n't
tell
you
all
,
Mary
,
but
I
must
one
thing
that
the
whole
terrible
story
arose
from
his
helping
a
person
in
distress
.
I
like
you
to
know
that
.
'
'
Papa
was
always
sure
that
he
had
not
been
to
blame
,
'
said
Mary
.
'
Yes
;
so
Charlie
told
me
,
and
that
is
the
reason
I
wanted
you
to
know
.
'
'
Then
,
Amy
,
something
of
this
had
begun
last
summer
?
'
'
Yes
;
but
not
as
it
is
now
.
I
did
not
half
know
what
it
was
then
.
'
'
Poor
dear
little
Amy
,
'
said
Mary
,
'
what
a
very
sad
winter
it
must
have
been
for
you
!
'
'
Oh
very
!
'
said
Amy
;
'
but
it
was
worse
for
him
,
because
he
was
quite
alone
;
and
here
every
one
was
so
kind
to
me
.
Mamma
and
Laura
,
and
poor
Charlie
,
through
all
his
illness
and
pain
,
he
was
so
very
kind
.
And
do
you
know
,
Mary
,
now
it
is
all
over
,
I
am
very
glad
of
this
dismal
time
;
for
I
think
that
it
has
taught
me
how
to
bear
things
better
.
'
She
looked
very
happy
.
Yet
it
struck
Mary
that
it
was
strange
to
hear
that
the
first
thought
of
a
newlybetrothed
maiden
was
how
to
brace
herself
in
endurance
.
She
wondered
,
however
,
whether
it
was
not
a
more
truly
happy
and
safe
frame
than
that
of
most
girls
,
looking
forward
to
a
life
of
unclouded
happiness
,
such
as
could
never
be
realized
.
At
least
,
so
it
struck
Mary
,
though
she
owned
to
herself
that
her
experience
of
lovers
was
limited
.
Mary
walked
with
Amy
almost
to
the
borders
of
Hollywell-garden
;
and
when
the
rest
came
up
with
them
,
though
no
word
passed
,
there
was
a
great
deal
of
congratulation
in
her
warm
shake
of
Guy
's
hand
,
and
no
lack
of
reply
in
his
proud
smile
and
reddening
cheek
.
Charlotte
could
not
help
turning
and
going
back
with
her
a
little
way
,
to
say
,
'
Are
not
you
delighted
,
Mary
?
Is
not
Amy
the
dearest
thing
in
the
world
?
And
you
do
n't
know
,
for
it
is
a
secret
,
and
I
know
it
,
how
very
noble
Guy
has
been
,
while
they
would
suspect
him
.
'
'
I
am
very
,
very
glad
,
indeed
!
It
is
everything
delightful
!
'
'
I
never
was
so
happy
in
my
life
,
'
said
Charlotte
;
'
nor
Charlie
,
either
.
Only
think
of
having
Guy
for
our
brother
;
and
he
is
going
to
send
for
Bustle
to-morrow
.
'
Mary
laughed
,
and
parted
with
Charlotte
,
speculating
on
the
cause
of
Laura
's
graver
looks
.
Were
they
caused
by
the
fear
of
losing
her
sister
,
or
by
a
want
of
confidence
in
Guy
?
That
evening
,
how
happy
was
the
party
at
Hollywell
,
when
Charles
put
Guy
through
a
cross-examination
on
the
shipwreck
,
from
the
first
puff
of
wind
to
the
last
drop
of
rain
;
and
Guy
submitted
very
patiently
,
since
he
was
allowed
the
solace
of
praising
his
Redclyffe
fishermen
.
Indeed
,
this
time
was
full
of
tranquil
,
serene
happiness
.
It
was
like
the
lovely
weather
only
to
be
met
with
in
the
spring
,
and
then
but
rarely
,
when
the
sky
is
cloudless
,
and
intensely
blue
,
—
the
sunshine
one
glow
of
clearness
without
burning
,
—
not
a
breath
of
wind
checks
the
silent
growth
of
the
expanding
buds
of
light
exquisite
green
.
Such
days
as
these
shone
on
Guy
and
Amabel
,
looking
little
to
the
future
,
or
if
they
did
so
at
all
,
with
a
grave
,
peaceful
awe
,
reposing
in
the
present
,
and
resuming
old
habits
,
—
singing
,
reading
,
gardening
,
walking
as
of
old
,
and
that
intercourse
with
each
other
that
was
so
much
more
than
ever
before
.
It
was
more
,
but
it
was
not
quite
the
same
;
for
Guy
was
a
very
chivalrous
lover
;
the
polish
and
courtesy
that
sat
so
well
on
his
frank
,
truthful
manners
were
even
more
remarkable
in
his
courtship
.
His
ways
with
Amy
had
less
of
easy
familiarity
than
in
the
time
of
their
brother-and-sister-like
intimacy
,
so
that
a
stranger
might
have
imagined
her
wooed
,
not
won
.
It
was
as
if
he
hardly
dared
to
believe
that
she
could
really
be
his
own
,
and
treated
her
with
a
sort
of
reverential
love
and
gentleness
,
while
she
looked
up
to
him
with
ever-increasing
honour
.
She
was
better
able
to
understand
him
now
than
in
her
more
childish
days
last
summer
;
and
she
did
not
merely
see
,
as
before
,
that
she
was
looking
at
the
upper
surface
of
a
mystery
.
He
had
,
at
the
same
time
,
grown
in
character
;
his
excitability
and
over-sensitiveness
seemed
to
have
been
smoothed
away
,
and
to
have
given
place
to
a
calmness
of
tone
,
that
was
by
no
means
impassibility
.
When
alone
with
Amy
,
he
was
generally
very
grave
,
often
silent
and
meditative
,
or
else
their
talk
was
deep
and
serious
;
and
even
with
the
family
,
he
was
less
merry
and
more
thoughtful
than
of
old
,
though
very
bright
and
animated
,
and
showing
full
,
free
affection
to
them
all
,
as
entirely
accepted
and
owned
as
one
of
them
.
So
,
indeed
,
he
was
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
with
his
intense
delight
in
lovers
,
patronized
them
,
and
made
common-place
jokes
,
which
they
soon
learnt
to
bear
without
much
discomposure
.
Mrs.
Edmonstone
was
all
that
her
constant
appellation
of
'
mamma
'
betokened
,
delighting
in
Guy
's
having
learnt
to
call
her
so
.
Charles
enjoyed
the
restoration
of
his
friend
,
the
sight
of
Amy
's
happiness
,
and
the
victory
over
Philip
,
and
was
growing
better
every
day
.
Charlotte
was
supremely
happy
,
watching
the
first
love
affair
ever
conducted
in
her
sight
,
and
little
less
so
in
the
return
of
Bustle
,
who
resumed
his
old
habits
as
regularly
as
if
he
had
only
left
Hollywell
yesterday
.
Laura
alone
was
unhappy
.
She
did
not
understand
her
own
feelings
;
but
sad
at
heart
she
was
,
with
only
one
who
could
sympathize
with
her
,
and
he
far
away
,
and
the
current
of
feeling
setting
against
him
.
She
could
not
conceal
her
depression
,
and
was
obliged
to
allow
it
to
be
attributed
to
the
grief
that
one
sister
must
feel
in
parting
with
another
;
and
as
her
compassion
for
her
little
Amy
,
coupled
with
her
dread
of
her
latent
jealousy
,
made
her
particularly
tender
and
affectionate
,
it
gave
even
more
probability
to
the
supposition
.
This
made
Guy
,
who
felt
as
if
he
was
committing
a
robbery
on
them
all
,
particularly
kind
to
her
,
as
if
he
wished
to
atone
for
the
injury
of
taking
away
her
sister
;
and
his
kindness
gave
her
additional
pain
at
entertaining
such
hard
thoughts
of
him
.
How
false
she
felt
when
she
was
pitied
!
and
how
she
hated
the
congratulations
,
of
which
she
had
the
full
share
!
She
thought
,
however
,
that
she
should
be
able
to
rejoice
when
she
had
heard
Philip
's
opinion
;
and
how
delightful
it
would
be
for
him
to
declare
himself
satisfied
with
Guy
's
exculpation
.
CHAPTER
V.
I
forgave
thee
all
the
blame
,
I
could
not
forgive
the
praise
.
Tennyson
.
If
ever
there
was
a
meddlesome
coxcomb
on
this
earth
!
'
Such
was
the
exclamation
that
greeted
the
ears
of
Guy
as
he
supported
Charles
into
the
breakfast-room
;
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
Mr.
Edmonstone
tossed
a
letter
into
Guy
's
plate
,
saying
,
—
'
There
's
something
for
you
to
read
.
'
Guy
began
;
his
lips
were
tightly
pressed
together
;
his
brows
made
one
black
line
across
his
forehead
,
and
his
eye
sparkled
,
even
through
his
bent
down
eyelashes
;
but
this
lasted
only
a
few
moments
;
the
forehead
smoothed
again
,
and
there
was
a
kind
of
deliberate
restraint
and
force
upon
himself
,
which
had
so
much
power
that
no
one
spoke
till
he
had
finished
,
folded
it
up
with
a
sort
of
extra
care
,
and
returned
it
,
only
saying
,
—
'
You
should
not
show
one
such
letters
,
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
'
Does
not
it
beat
everything
?
'
cried
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
If
that
is
not
impertinence
,
I
should
like
to
know
what
is
!
But
he
has
played
my
Lord
Paramount
rather
too
long
,
as
I
can
tell
him
!
I
ask
his
consent
,
forsooth
!
Probation
,
indeed
!
You
might
marry
her
to-morrow
,
and
welcome
.
There
,
give
it
to
mamma
.
See
if
she
does
not
say
the
same
.
Mere
spite
and
malice
all
along
.
'
Poor
Laura
!
would
no
one
refute
such
cruel
injustice
?
Yes
;
Guy
spoke
,
eagerly
,
—
'
No
,
no
;
that
it
never
was
.
He
was
quite
right
under
his
belief
.
'
'
Do
n't
tell
me
!
Not
a
word
in
his
favour
will
I
hear
!
'
stormed
on
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
Mere
envy
and
ill
will
.
'
'
I
always
told
him
so
,
'
said
Charles
.
'
Pure
malignity
!
'
'
Nonsense
,
Charlie
!
'
said
Guy
,
sharply
;
'
there
is
no
such
thing
about
him
.
'
'
Come
,
Guy
,
I
ca
n't
stand
this
,
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
I
wont
have
him
defended
;
I
never
thought
to
be
so
deceived
;
but
you
all
worshipped
the
boy
as
if
every
word
that
came
out
of
his
mouth
was
Gospel
truth
,
and
you
've
set
him
up
till
he
would
not
condescend
to
take
an
advice
of
his
own
father
,
who
little
thought
what
an
upstart
sprig
he
was
rearing
;
but
I
tell
him
he
has
come
to
the
wrong
shop
for
domineering
—
eh
,
mamma
?
'
'
Well
!
'
cried
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
who
had
read
till
near
the
end
with
tolerable
equanimity
;
'
this
really
is
too
bad
!
'
Mamma
and
all
!
thought
poor
Laura
,
while
her
mother
continued
,
—
'
It
is
wilful
prejudice
,
to
say
the
least
,
—
I
never
could
have
believed
him
capable
of
it
!
'
Charles
next
had
the
letter
,
and
was
commenting
on
it
in
a
style
of
mingled
sarcasm
and
fury
,
while
Laura
longed
to
see
it
justify
itself
,
as
she
was
sure
it
would
.
'
Read
it
,
all
of
you
—
every
bit
,
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
'
that
you
may
see
this
paragon
of
yours
!
'
'
I
had
rather
not
,
'
said
Amy
,
shrinking
as
it
came
towards
her
.
'
I
should
like
you
to
do
so
,
if
you
do
n't
dislike
it
very
much
,
'
said
Guy
.
She
read
in
silence
;
and
then
came
the
turn
of
Laura
,
who
marvelled
at
the
general
injustice
as
she
read
.
Cork
,
April
8th
.
My
dear
Uncle
,
—
I
am
much
obliged
to
you
for
the
communication
of
your
intention
with
regard
to
Amabel
,
but
,
indeed
,
I
must
say
I
am
a
good
deal
surprised
that
you
should
have
so
hastily
resolved
on
so
important
a
step
,
and
have
been
satisfied
with
so
incomplete
an
explanation
of
circumstances
which
appeared
to
you
,
as
well
as
to
myself
,
to
show
that
Guy
's
character
was
yet
quite
unsettled
,
and
his
conduct
such
as
to
create
considerable
apprehension
that
he
was
habitually
extremely
imprudent
,
to
say
the
least
of
it
,
in
the
management
of
his
own
affairs
.
How
much
more
unfit
,
therefore
,
to
have
the
happiness
of
another
intrusted
to
him
?
I
believe
,
indeed
,
I
understood
you
to
have
declared
to
me
that
you
were
resolved
never
to
allow
the
engagement
to
be
renewed
,
unless
he
should
,
with
the
deference
which
is
only
due
to
you
as
his
guardian
,
consent
to
clear
up
the
mystery
with
which
he
has
thought
fit
to
invest
all
his
pecuniary
transactions
;
and
this
,
it
appears
,
he
refuses
,
as
he
persists
in
denying
all
explanation
of
his
demand
for
that
large
sum
of
money
.
As
to
the
cheque
,
which
certainly
was
applied
to
discreditable
uses
,
though
I
will
not
suffer
myself
to
suppose
that
Guy
was
in
collusion
with
his
uncle
,
yet
it
is
not
at
all
improbable
that
Dixon
,
not
being
a
very
scrupulous
person
,
may
,
on
hearing
of
the
difficulties
in
which
his
nephew
has
been
placed
,
come
forward
to
relieve
him
from
his
embarrassment
,
in
the
hope
of
further
profit
,
by
thus
establishing
a
claim
on
his
gratitude
.
In
fact
,
this
proof
of
secretly
renewed
intercourse
with
Dixon
rather
tends
to
increase
the
presumption
that
there
is
something
wrong
.
I
am
not
writing
this
in
the
expectation
that
the
connexion
should
be
entirely
broken
off
,
for
that
,
indeed
,
would
be
out
of
the
question
as
things
stand
at
present
,
but
for
my
little
cousin
's
sake
,
as
well
as
his
own
,
I
entreat
of
you
to
pause
.
They
are
both
extremely
young
,
so
young
,
that
if
there
was
no
other
ground
,
many
persons
would
think
it
advisable
to
wait
a
few
years
;
and
why
not
wait
until
the
time
fixed
by
his
grandfather
for
his
coming
into
possession
of
his
property
?
If
the
character
of
his
attachment
to
Amabel
is
firm
and
true
,
the
probation
may
be
of
infinite
service
to
him
,
as
keeping
before
him
,
during
the
most
critical
period
of
his
life
,
a
powerful
motive
for
restraining
the
natural
impetuosity
of
his
disposition
;
while
,
on
the
other
hand
,
if
this
should
prove
to
have
been
a
mere
passing
fancy
for
the
first
young
lady
into
whose
society
he
has
been
thrown
on
terms
of
easy
familiar
intercourse
,
you
will
then
have
the
satisfaction
of
reflecting
that
your
care
and
caution
have
preserved
your
daughter
from
a
life
of
misery
.
My
opinion
has
never
altered
respecting
him
,
that
he
is
brave
and
generous
,
with
good
feelings
and
impulses
,
manners
peculiarly
attractive
,
and
altogether
a
character
calculated
to
inspire
affection
,
but
impetuous
and
unsteady
,
easily
led
into
temptation
,
yet
obstinate
in
reserve
,
and
his
temper
of
unchecked
violence
.
I
wish
him
happiness
of
every
kind
;
and
,
as
you
well
know
,
would
do
my
utmost
for
his
welfare
;
but
my
affection
for
your
whole
family
,
and
my
own
conscientious
conviction
,
make
me
feel
it
my
duty
to
offer
this
remonstrance
,
which
I
hope
will
be
regarded
as
by
no
means
the
result
of
any
ill
will
,
but
simply
of
a
sincere
desire
for
the
good
of
all
parties
,
such
as
can
only
be
evinced
by
plain
speaking
.
—
Yours
affectionately
,
P.
Morville
.
All
the
time
Laura
was
reading
,
Guy
was
defending
Philip
against
the
exaggerated
abuse
that
Mr.
Edmonstone
and
Charles
were
pouring
out
,
till
at
last
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
getting
out
of
patience
,
said
,
—
'
My
dear
Guy
,
if
we
did
not
know
you
so
well
,
we
should
almost
accuse
you
of
affectation
.
'
'
Then
I
shall
go
away
,
'
said
Guy
,
laughing
,
as
he
rose
.
'
Can
you
come
out
with
me
?
'
said
he
,
in
a
lower
tone
,
leaning
over
the
back
of
Amy
's
chair
.
'
No
;
wait
a
bit
,
'
interposed
Mr.
Edmonstone
;
do
n't
take
her
out
,
or
you
wont
be
to
be
found
anywhere
,
and
I
want
to
speak
to
you
before
I
write
my
letter
,
and
go
to
the
Union
Meeting
.
I
want
to
tell
Master
Philip
,
on
the
spot
,
that
the
day
is
fixed
,
and
we
snap
our
fingers
at
him
and
his
probation
.
Wait
till
twentyfive
!
I
daresay
!
'
At
'
I
want
to
speak
to
you
,
'
the
ladies
had
made
the
first
move
towards
departure
,
but
they
were
not
out
of
hearing
at
the
conclusion
.
Guy
looked
after
Amy
,
but
she
would
not
look
round
,
and
Charles
lay
twisting
Bustle
's
curls
round
his
fingers
,
and
smiling
to
himself
at
the
manner
in
which
the
letter
was
working
by
contraries
.
The
overthrow
of
Philip
's
influence
was
a
great
triumph
for
him
,
apart
from
the
way
in
which
it
affected
his
friend
and
his
sister
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
was
disappointed
that
Guy
would
not
set
about
fixing
the
day
,
in
time
for
him
to
announce
it
in
a
letter
to
be
written
in
the
course
of
an
hour
.
Guy
said
,
he
had
not
begun
on
the
subject
with
Amy
,
and
it
would
never
do
to
hurry
her
.
Indeed
,
it
was
a
new
light
to
himself
that
Mr.
Edmonstone
would
like
it
to
take
place
so
soon
.
'
Pray
when
did
you
think
it
was
to
be
?
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
Upon
my
word
,
I
never
in
all
my
days
saw
a
lover
like
you
,
Guy
!
'
'
I
was
too
happy
to
think
about
the
future
;
besides
,
I
did
not
know
whether
you
had
sufficient
confidence
in
me
.
'
'
Confidence
,
nonsense
!
I
tell
you
,
if
I
had
a
dozen
daughters
I
would
trust
them
all
to
you
.
'
Guy
smiled
,
and
was
infected
by
Charles
's
burst
of
laughing
,
but
Mr.
Edmonstone
went
on
unheeding
—
'
I
have
the
most
absolute
confidence
in
you
!
I
am
going
to
write
to
Philip
this
minute
,
to
tell
him
he
has
played
three-tailed
Bashaw
rather
too
long
.
I
shall
tell
him
it
is
to
be
very
soon
,
at
any
rate
,
and
that
if
he
wishes
to
see
how
I
value
his
pragmatical
advice
,
he
may
come
and
dance
at
the
wedding
.
I
declare
,
your
mamma
and
that
colonel
of
his
have
perfectly
spoilt
him
with
their
flattery
!
I
knew
what
would
come
of
it
;
you
all
would
make
a
prodigy
of
him
,
till
he
's
so
puffed
up
that
he
entirely
forgets
who
he
is
!
'
'
Not
I
,
'
said
Charles
;
'
that
ca
n't
be
laid
to
my
door
.
'
'
But
I
'll
write
him
such
a
letter
this
instant
as
shall
make
him
remember
what
he
is
,
and
show
him
who
he
has
to
deal
with
.
Eh
,
Charlie
?
'
'
Do
n't
you
think
,
'
said
Guy
,
preparing
to
go
,
'
that
it
might
be
better
to
wait
a
day
or
two
,
till
we
see
our
way
clearer
,
and
are
a
little
cooler
?
'
'
I
tell
you
,
Guy
,
there
is
no
one
that
puts
me
out
of
patience
now
,
but
yourself
.
You
are
as
bad
as
Philip
himself
.
Cool
?
I
am
coolness
itself
,
all
but
what
's
proper
spirit
for
a
man
to
show
when
his
family
is
affronted
and
himself
dictated
to
by
a
meddling
young
Jackanapes
.
I
'll
serve
him
out
properly
!
'
A
message
called
him
away
.
Guy
stood
looking
perplexed
and
sorrowful
.
'
Never
mind
,
'
said
Charles
,
'
I
'll
take
care
the
letter
is
moderate
.
Besides
,
it
is
only
Philip
,
and
he
knows
that
letter
writing
is
not
his
forte
.
'
'
I
am
afraid
things
will
be
said
in
irritation
,
which
you
will
both
regret
.
There
are
justice
and
reason
in
the
letter
.
'
'
There
shall
be
more
in
the
answer
,
as
you
will
see
.
'
'
No
,
I
will
not
see
.
It
is
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
concern
,
not
mine
.
I
am
the
last
person
who
should
have
anything
to
do
with
it
.
'
'
Just
what
the
individual
in
question
would
not
have
said
.
'
'
Would
you
do
one
thing
to
oblige
me
,
Charlie
?
'
'
Anything
but
not
speaking
my
mind
to
,
or
of
,
the
captain
.
'
'
That
is
the
very
thing
,
unluckily
.
Try
to
get
the
answer
put
off
till
to-morrow
,
and
that
will
give
time
to
look
at
this
letter
candidly
.
'
'
All
the
candour
in
the
world
will
not
make
me
think
otherwise
than
that
he
is
disappointed
at
being
no
longer
able
to
make
us
the
puppets
of
his
malevolence
.
Do
n't
answer
,
or
if
you
do
,
tell
me
what
you
say
in
favour
of
that
delicate
insinuation
of
his
.
'
Guy
made
a
step
towards
the
window
,
and
a
step
back
again
.
'
'
Tis
not
fair
to
ask
such
questions
,
'
he
replied
,
after
a
moment
.
'
It
is
throwing
oil
on
the
fire
.
I
was
trying
to
forget
it
.
He
neither
knows
my
uncle
nor
the
circumstances
.
'
'
Well
,
I
am
glad
there
is
a
point
on
which
you
ca
n't
even
pretend
to
stand
up
for
him
,
or
I
should
have
thought
you
crazed
with
Quixotism
.
But
I
am
keeping
you
when
you
want
to
be
off
to
Amy
.
Never
mind
Mr.
Ready-to-halt
;
I
shall
wait
till
my
father
comes
back
.
If
you
want
the
letter
put
off
,
you
had
better
give
some
hopes
of
—
Oh
,
he
is
gone
;
and
disinterested
advice
it
is
of
mine
,
for
what
is
to
become
of
me
without
Amy
remains
to
be
proved
.
Laura
,
poor
thing
,
looks
like
Patience
on
a
monument
.
I
wonder
whether
Philip
's
disgrace
has
anything
to
do
with
it
.
Hum
?
If
mamma
's
old
idea
was
right
,
the
captain
has
been
more
like
moth
and
candle
than
consistent
with
his
prudence
,
unless
he
thought
it
à
toute
épreuve
.
I
wonder
what
came
to
pass
last
autumn
,
when
I
was
ill
,
and
mamma
's
head
full
of
me
.
He
may
not
intend
it
,
and
she
may
not
know
it
,
but
I
would
by
no
means
answer
for
Cupid
's
being
guiltless
of
that
harassed
look
she
has
had
ever
since
that
ball-going
summer
.
Oh
!
there
go
that
pretty
study
,
Amy
and
her
true
knight
.
As
to
Guy
,
he
is
more
incomprehensible
than
ever
;
yet
there
is
no
avoiding
obeying
him
,
on
the
principle
on
which
that
child
in
the
'
Moorland
cottage
'
said
she
should
obey
Don
Quixote
.
'
So
when
his
father
came
in
,
Charles
wiled
him
into
deferring
the
letter
till
the
next
day
,
by
giving
him
an
indistinct
hope
that
some
notion
,
when
the
marriage
would
be
,
might
be
arrived
at
by
that
time
.
He
consented
the
more
readily
,
because
he
was
in
haste
to
investigate
a
complaint
that
had
just
been
made
of
the
union
doctor
;
but
his
last
words
to
his
wife
and
son
before
he
went
,
were
—
'
Of
course
,
they
must
marry
directly
;
there
is
nothing
on
earth
to
wait
for
.
Live
at
Redclyffe
alone
?
Not
to
be
thought
of
.
No
;
I
'll
see
little
Amy
my
Lady
Morville
,
before
Philip
goes
abroad
,
if
only
to
show
him
I
am
not
a
man
to
be
dictated
to
.
'
Mrs.
Edmonstone
sighed
;
but
when
he
was
gone
,
she
agreed
with
Charles
that
there
was
nothing
to
wait
for
,
and
that
it
would
be
better
for
Guy
to
take
his
wife
at
once
with
him
,
when
he
settled
at
Redclyffe
.
So
it
must
be
whenever
Amy
could
make
up
her
mind
to
it
;
and
thereupon
they
made
plans
for
future
meetings
,
Charles
announcing
that
the
Prince
of
the
Black
Isles
would
become
locomotive
,
and
Charlotte
forming
grand
designs
upon
Shag
Island
.
In
the
meantime
,
Guy
and
Amy
were
walking
in
the
path
through
the
wood
,
where
he
began
:
'
I
would
not
have
asked
you
to
do
anything
so
unpleasant
as
reading
that
letter
,
but
I
thought
you
ought
to
consider
of
it
.
'
'
It
was
just
like
himself
!
How
could
he
?
'
said
Amy
,
indignantly
.
'
I
wonder
whether
he
will
ever
see
his
own
harshness
?
'
said
Guy
.
'
It
is
very
strange
,
that
with
all
his
excellence
and
real
kindness
,
there
should
be
some
distortion
in
his
view
of
all
that
concerns
me
.
I
cannot
understand
it
.
'
'
You
must
let
me
call
it
prejudice
,
Guy
,
in
spite
of
your
protest
.
It
is
a
relief
to
say
something
against
him
.
'
'
Amy
,
do
n't
be
venomous
!
'
said
Guy
,
in
a
playful
tone
of
reproach
.
'
Yes
;
but
you
know
it
is
not
me
whom
he
has
been
abusing
.
'
'
Well
,
'
said
Guy
,
musingly
,
'
I
suppose
it
is
right
there
should
be
this
cloud
,
or
it
would
be
too
bright
for
earth
.
It
has
been
one
of
my
chief
wishes
to
have
things
straight
with
Philip
,
ever
since
the
time
he
stayed
at
Redclyffe
,
as
a
boy
.
I
saw
his
superiority
then
;
but
it
fretted
me
,
and
I
never
could
make
a
companion
of
him
.
Ever
since
,
I
have
looked
to
his
approval
as
one
of
the
best
things
to
be
won
.
It
shows
his
ascendency
of
character
;
yet
,
do
what
I
will
,
the
mist
has
gone
on
thickening
between
us
;
and
with
reason
,
for
I
have
never
been
able
to
give
him
the
confidence
he
required
,
and
his
conduct
about
my
uncle
has
so
tried
my
patience
,
that
I
never
have
been
quite
sure
whether
I
ought
to
avoid
him
or
not
.
'
'
And
now
you
are
the
only
person
who
will
speak
for
him
.
I
do
n't
wonder
papa
is
provoked
with
you
,
'
said
she
,
pretending
to
be
wilful
.
'
I
only
hope
you
do
n't
want
to
make
me
do
the
same
.
I
could
bear
anything
better
than
his
old
saying
about
your
attractive
manners
and
good
impulses
,
and
his
opinion
that
has
never
altered
.
O
Guy
,
he
is
the
most
provoking
person
in
all
the
world
.
Do
n't
try
to
make
me
admire
him
,
nor
be
sorry
for
him
.
'
'
Not
when
you
remember
how
he
was
looked
on
here
?
and
how
,
without
doing
anything
worthy
of
blame
,
nay
,
from
his
acting
unsparingly
,
as
he
thought
right
,
every
one
has
turned
against
him
?
even
mamma
,
who
used
to
be
so
fond
of
him
.
'
'
Not
Laura
.
'
'
No
,
not
Laura
,
and
I
am
thankful
to
her
for
it
;
for
all
this
makes
me
feel
as
if
I
had
supplanted
him
.
'
'
Yes
,
yes
,
yes
,
it
is
like
you
;
but
do
n't
ask
me
to
feel
that
yet
,
'
said
Amy
,
with
tears
in
her
eyes
,
'
or
I
shall
be
obliged
to
tell
you
what
you
wont
like
to
hear
,
about
his
tone
of
triumph
that
terrible
time
last
year
.
It
was
so
very
different
,
I
do
n't
think
I
could
ever
forgive
him
,
if
it
had
not
made
me
so
miserable
too
.
'
Guy
pressed
her
arm
.
'
Yes
;
but
he
thought
himself
right
.
He
meant
to
do
the
kindest
thing
by
you
,
'
said
he
,
so
entirely
without
effort
,
that
no
one
could
doubt
it
came
straight
from
his
heart
.
'
So
he
thinks
still
,
Amy
;
there
is
fairness
,
justice
,
good
sense
in
his
letter
,
and
we
must
not
blind
our
eyes
to
it
,
though
there
is
injustice
,
at
least
,
harshness
.
I
did
fail
egregiously
in
my
first
trial
.
'
'
Fail
!
'
'
In
temper
.
'
'
Oh
!
'
'
And
,
Amy
,
I
wanted
to
ask
what
you
think
about
the
four
years
he
speaks
of
.
Do
you
think
,
as
he
says
,
my
habits
might
be
more
fixed
,
and
altogether
you
might
have
more
confidence
?
'
'
I
do
n't
look
on
you
quite
as
he
does
now
,
'
said
Amy
,
with
a
very
pretty
smile
.
'
Do
you
think
his
opinion
of
you
will
ever
alter
?
'
'
But
what
do
you
think
?
Is
there
not
some
reason
in
what
he
says
?
'
'
The
only
use
I
can
see
is
,
that
perhaps
I
should
be
wiser
at
twenty-four
,
and
fitter
to
take
care
of
such
a
great
house
;
but
then
you
have
been
always
helping
me
to
grow
wiser
,
and
I
am
not
much
afraid
but
that
you
will
be
patient
with
me
.
Indeed
,
Guy
,
I
do
n't
know
whether
it
is
a
thing
I
ought
to
say
,
'
she
added
,
blushing
,
'
but
I
think
it
would
be
dismal
for
you
to
go
and
live
all
alone
at
Redclyffe
.
'
'
Honestly
,
Amy
,
'
replied
he
,
after
a
little
pause
,
'
if
you
feel
so
,
and
your
father
approves
,
I
do
n't
think
it
will
be
better
to
wait
.
I
know
your
presence
is
a
safe-guard
,
and
if
the
right
motives
did
not
suffice
to
keep
me
straight
,
and
I
was
only
apparently
so
from
hopes
of
you
,
why
then
I
should
be
so
utterly
good
for
nothing
at
the
bottom
,
if
not
on
the
surface
,
that
you
had
better
have
nothing
to
say
to
me
.
'
Amy
laughed
incredulously
.
'
That
being
settled
,
'
proceeded
Guy
,
'
did
you
hear
what
your
father
said
as
you
left
the
breakfast-room
?
'
She
coloured
all
over
,
and
there
was
silence
.
'
What
did
you
answer
?
'
said
she
,
at
length
.
'
I
said
,
whatever
happened
,
you
must
not
be
taken
by
surprise
in
having
to
decide
quickly
.
Do
you
wish
to
have
time
to
think
?
I
'll
go
in
and
leave
you
to
consider
,
if
you
like
.
'
'
I
only
want
to
know
what
you
wish
,
'
said
Amy
,
not
parting
with
his
arm
.
'
I
had
rather
you
did
just
as
suits
you
best
.
Of
course
,
you
know
what
my
wish
must
be
.
'
Amy
walked
on
a
little
way
in
silence
.
'
Very
well
,
'
said
she
,
presently
,
'
I
think
you
and
mamma
had
better
settle
it
.
The
worst
'
—
she
had
tears
in
her
eyes
—
'
the
going
away
—
Mamma
—
Charlie
—
all
that
will
be
as
bad
at
one
time
as
at
another
.
'
The
tears
flowed
faster
.
'
It
had
better
be
as
you
all
like
best
.
'
'
O
Amy
!
I
wonder
at
myself
for
daring
to
ask
you
to
exchange
your
bright
cheerful
home
for
my
gloomy
old
house
.
'
'
No
,
your
home
,
'
said
Amy
,
softly
.
'
I
used
to
wonder
why
it
was
called
gloomy
;
but
it
will
be
so
no
more
when
you
are
there
.
Yet
there
is
a
shadow
hanging
over
it
,
which
makes
it
sometimes
seem
too
strange
that
you
and
it
should
be
brought
together
.
'
'
I
have
read
somewhere
that
there
is
no
real
gloom
but
what
people
raise
for
themselves
.
'
'
True
.
Gloom
is
in
sin
,
not
sorrow
.
Yes
,
there
would
be
no
comfort
if
I
were
not
sure
that
if
aught
of
grief
or
pain
should
come
to
you
through
me
,
it
will
not
,
cannot
really
hurt
you
,
my
Amy
.
'
'
No
,
unless
by
my
own
fault
,
and
you
will
help
me
to
meet
it
.
Hark
!
was
that
a
nightingale
?
'
'
Yes
,
the
first
!
How
beautiful
!
There
—
do
n't
you
see
it
?
Look
on
that
hazel
,
you
may
see
its
throat
moving
.
Well
!
'
when
they
had
listened
for
a
long
time
,
—
'
after
all
,
that
creature
and
the
sea
will
hardly
let
one
speak
of
gloom
,
even
in
this
world
,
to
say
nothing
of
other
things
.
'
'
The
sea
!
I
am
glad
I
have
never
seen
it
,
because
now
you
will
show
it
to
me
for
the
first
time
.
'
'
You
will
never
,
can
never
imagine
it
,
Amy
!
'
and
he
sung
,
—
'
With
all
tones
of
waters
blending
,
Glorious
is
the
breaking
deep
,
Glorious
,
beauteous
,
without
ending
,
Songs
of
ocean
never
sleep
.
'
A
silence
followed
,
only
broken
by
the
notes
of
the
birds
,
and
presently
by
the
strokes
of
the
great
clock
.
Guy
looked
at
his
watch
.
'
Eleven
,
Amy
!
I
must
go
to
my
reading
,
or
you
will
have
to
be
very
much
ashamed
of
me
.
'
For
,
after
the
first
few
days
,
Guy
had
returned
to
study
regularly
every
day
.
He
said
it
was
a
matter
of
necessity
,
not
at
all
of
merit
,
for
though
he
did
not
mean
to
try
for
honours
,
Amy
must
not
marry
a
plucked
man
.
His
whole
career
at
Oxford
had
been
such
a
struggle
with
the
disadvantages
of
his
education
,
that
all
his
diligence
had
,
he
thought
,
hardly
raised
him
to
a
level
with
his
contemporaries
.
Moreover
,
courtship
was
not
the
best
preparation
for
the
schools
,
so
that
,
though
he
knew
he
had
done
his
best
,
he
expected
no
more
than
to
pass
respectably
,
and
told
Amy
it
was
very
good
of
her
to
be
contented
with
a
dunce
,
whereat
she
laughed
merrily
.
But
she
knew
him
too
well
to
try
to
keep
him
lingering
in
the
April
sunshine
,
and
in
they
went
,
Guy
to
his
Greek
,
and
Amy
to
her
mother
.
Charlotte
's
lessons
had
been
in
abeyance
,
or
turned
over
to
Laura
of
late
,
and
Mrs.
Edmonstone
and
her
dressing-room
were
always
ready
for
the
confidences
of
the
family
,
who
sought
her
there
in
turn
—
all
but
one
,
and
that
the
one
whose
need
was
the
sorest
.
Amy
and
her
mother
comforted
themselves
with
a
good
quiet
cry
,
that
was
not
exactly
sorrowful
,
and
came
to
the
conclusion
that
Guy
was
the
most
considerate
person
in
the
world
,
and
they
would
do
whatever
best
suited
him
and
papa
.
So
,
when
Mr.
Edmonstone
came
home
,
he
was
rewarded
for
putting
off
the
letter
by
finding
every
one
willing
to
let
the
marriage
take
place
whenever
he
pleased
.
There
were
various
conferences
in
the
dressing-room
,
and
Guy
and
Amy
both
had
burning
faces
when
they
came
down
to
dinner
.
Laura
beheld
them
with
a
throbbing
heart
,
while
she
mechanically
talked
to
Dr.
Mayerne
,
as
if
nothing
was
going
on
.
She
was
glad
there
was
no
singing
that
evening
,
for
she
felt
incapable
of
joining
;
and
when
at
night
Charles
and
his
father
talked
of
sitting
up
to
write
