givepain
to
such
a
father
and
sister
.
CHAPTER
VIII
.
'
'
Tis
not
enough
that
Greek
or
Roman
page
At
stated
hours
,
his
freakish
thoughts
engage
,
Even
in
his
pastimes
he
requires
a
friend
To
warn
and
teach
him
safely
to
unbend
,
O'er
all
his
pleasures
gently
to
preside
,
Watch
his
emotions
,
and
control
their
tide
.
'
Cowper
.
The
misfortunes
of
that
day
disheartened
and
disconcerted
Etheldred
.
To
do
mischief
where
she
most
wished
to
do
good
,
to
grieve
where
she
longed
to
comfort
,
seemed
to
be
her
fate
;
it
was
vain
to
attempt
any
thing
for
any
one
's
good
,
while
all
her
warm
feelings
and
high
aspirations
were
thwarted
by
the
awkward
ungainly
hands
,
and
heedless
eyes
that
Nature
had
given
her
.
Nor
did
the
following
day
,
Saturday
,
do
much
for
her
comfort
,
by
giving
her
the
company
of
her
brothers
.
That
it
was
Norman
's
sixteenth
birth-day
seemed
only
to
make
it
worse
.
Their
father
had
apparently
forgotten
it
,
and
Norman
stopped
Blanche
,
when
she
was
going
to
put
him
in
mind
of
it
;
stopped
her
by
such
a
look
as
the
child
never
forgot
,
though
there
was
no
anger
in
it
.
In
reply
to
Ethel
's
inquiry
what
he
was
going
to
do
that
morning
,
he
gave
a
yawn
and
stretch
,
and
said
,
dejectedly
,
that
he
had
got
some
Euripides
to
look
over
,
and
some
verses
to
finish
.
'
I
am
sorry
;
this
is
the
first
time
you
ever
have
not
managed
so
as
to
make
a
real
holiday
of
your
Saturday
!
'
'
I
could
not
help
it
,
and
there
's
nothing
to
do
,
'
said
Norman
,
wearily
.
'
I
promised
to
go
and
read
to
Margaret
,
while
Flora
does
her
music
,
'
said
Ethel
;
'
I
shall
come
after
that
and
do
my
Latin
and
Greek
with
you
.
'
Margaret
would
not
keep
her
long
,
saying
she
liked
her
to
be
with
Norman
,
but
she
found
him
with
his
head
sunk
on
his
open
book
,
fast
asleep
.
At
dinner-time
,
Harry
and
Tom
,
rushing
in
,
awoke
him
with
a
violent
start
.
'
Halloo
!
Norman
,
that
was
a
jump
!
'
said
Harry
,
as
his
brother
stretched
and
pinched
himself
.
'
You
'll
jump
out
of
your
skin
some
of
these
days
,
if
you
do
n't
take
care
!
'
'
It
's
enough
to
startle
any
one
to
be
waked
up
with
such
a
noise
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Then
he
ought
to
sleep
at
proper
times
,
'
said
Harry
,
'
and
not
be
waking
me
up
with
tumbling
about
,
and
hallooing
out
,
and
talking
in
his
sleep
half
the
night
.
'
'
Talking
in
his
sleep
;
why
,
just
now
,
you
said
he
did
not
sleep
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Harry
knows
nothing
about
it
,
'
said
Norman
.
'
Do
n't
I
?
well
,
I
only
know
,
if
you
slept
in
school
,
and
were
a
junior
,
you
would
get
a
proper
good
licking
for
going
on
as
you
do
at
night
.
'
'
And
I
think
you
might
chance
to
get
a
proper
good
licking
for
not
holding
your
tongue
,
'
said
Norman
,
which
hint
reduced
Harry
to
silence
.
Dr.
May
was
not
come
home
;
he
had
gone
with
Richard
far
into
the
country
,
and
was
to
return
to
tea
.
He
was
thought
to
be
desirous
of
avoiding
the
family
dinners
that
used
to
be
so
delightful
.
Harry
was
impatient
to
depart
,
and
when
Mary
and
Tom
ran
after
him
,
he
ordered
them
back
.
'
Where
can
he
be
going
?
'
said
Mary
,
as
she
looked
wistfully
after
him
.
'
I
know
,
'
said
Tom
.
'
Where
?
Do
tell
me
.
'
'
Only
do
n't
tell
papa
.
I
went
down
with
him
to
the
play-ground
this
morning
,
and
there
they
settled
it
.
The
Andersons
,
and
Axworthy
,
and
he
,
are
going
to
hire
a
gun
,
and
shoot
pee-wits
on
Cocksmoor
.
'
'
But
they
ought
not
;
should
they
?
'
said
Mary
.
'
Papa
would
be
very
angry
.
'
'
Anderson
said
there
was
no
harm
in
it
,
but
Harry
told
me
not
to
tell
.
Indeed
,
Anderson
would
have
boxed
my
ears
for
hearing
,
when
I
could
not
help
it
.
'
'
But
Harry
would
not
let
him
?
'
'
Aye
.
Harry
is
quite
a
match
for
Harvey
Anderson
,
though
he
is
so
much
younger
;
and
he
said
he
would
not
have
me
bullied
.
'
'
That
's
a
good
Harry
!
But
I
wish
he
would
not
go
out
shooting
!
'
said
Mary
.
'
Mind
,
you
do
n't
tell
.
'
'
And
where
's
Hector
Ernescliffe
?
Would
not
he
go
?
'
'
No
.
I
like
Hector
.
He
did
not
choose
to
go
,
though
Anderson
teazed
him
,
and
said
he
was
a
poor
Scot
,
and
his
brother
did
n't
allow
him
tin
enough
to
buy
powder
and
shot
.
If
Harry
would
have
stayed
at
home
,
he
would
have
come
up
here
,
and
we
might
have
had
some
fun
in
the
garden
.
'
'
I
wish
he
would
.
We
never
have
any
fun
now
,
'
said
Mary
;
'
but
oh
!
there
he
is
;
'
as
she
spied
Hector
peeping
over
the
gate
which
led
,
from
the
field
,
into
the
garden
.
It
was
the
first
time
that
he
had
been
to
Dr.
May
's
since
his
brother
's
departure
,
and
he
was
rather
shy
,
but
the
joyful
welcome
of
Mary
and
Tom
took
off
all
reluctance
,
and
they
claimed
him
for
a
good
game
at
play
in
the
wood
house
.
Mary
ran
up-stairs
to
beg
to
be
excused
the
formal
walk
,
and
,
luckily
for
her
,
Miss
Winter
was
in
Margaret
's
room
.
Margaret
asked
if
it
was
very
wet
and
dirty
,
and
hearing
'
not
very
,
'
gave
gracious
permission
,
and
off
went
Mary
and
Blanche
to
construct
some
curious
specimens
of
pottery
,
under
the
superintendence
of
Hector
and
Tom
.
There
was
a
certain
ditch
where
yellow
mud
was
attainable
,
whereof
the
happy
children
concocted
marbles
and
vases
,
which
underwent
a
preparatory
baking
in
the
boys
'
pockets
,
that
they
might
not
crack
in
the
nursery
fire
.
Margaret
only
stipulated
that
her
sisters
should
be
well
fenced
in
brown
holland
,
and
when
Miss
Winter
looked
grave
,
said
,
'
Poor
things
,
a
little
thorough
play
will
do
them
a
great
deal
of
good
.
'
Miss
Winter
could
not
see
the
good
of
groping
in
the
dirt
;
and
Margaret
perceived
that
it
would
be
one
of
her
difficulties
to
know
how
to
follow
out
her
mother
's
views
for
the
children
,
without
vexing
the
good
governess
by
not
deferring
to
her
.
In
the
meantime
,
Norman
had
disconsolately
returned
to
his
Euripides
,
and
Ethel
,
who
wanted
to
stay
with
him
and
look
out
his
words
,
was
ordered
out
by
Miss
Winter
,
because
she
had
spent
all
yesterday
in-doors
.
Miss
Winter
was
going
to
stay
with
Margaret
,
and
Ethel
and
Flora
coaxed
Norman
to
come
with
them
,
'
just
one
mile
on
the
turnpike
road
and
back
again
;
he
would
be
much
fresher
for
his
Greek
afterwards
.
'
He
came
,
but
he
did
not
enliven
his
sisters
.
The
three
plodded
on
,
taking
a
diligent
constitutional
walk
,
exchanging
very
few
words
,
and
those
chiefly
between
the
girls
.
Flora
gathered
some
hoary
clematis
,
and
red
berries
,
and
sought
in
the
hedge-sides
for
some
crimson
'
fairy
baths
'
to
carry
home
;
and
,
at
the
sight
of
the
amusement
Margaret
derived
from
the
placing
the
beauteous
little
Pezizas
in
a
saucer
of
damp
green
moss
,
so
as
to
hide
the
brown
sticks
on
which
they
grew
,
Ethel
took
shame
to
herself
for
want
of
perception
of
little
attentions
.
When
she
told
Norman
so
,
he
answered
,
'
There
's
no
one
who
does
see
what
is
the
right
thing
.
How
horrid
the
room
looks
!
Every
thing
is
no
how
!
'
added
he
,
looking
round
at
the
ornaments
and
things
on
the
tables
,
which
had
lost
their
air
of
comfort
and
good
taste
.
It
was
not
disorder
,
and
Ethel
could
not
see
what
he
meant
.
'
What
's
wrong
?
'
said
she
.
'
O
never
mind
—
you
ca
n't
do
it
.
Do
n't
try
—
you
'll
only
make
it
worse
.
It
will
never
be
the
same
as
long
as
we
live
.
'
'
I
wish
you
would
not
be
so
unhappy
!
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Never
mind
,
'
again
said
Norman
,
but
he
put
his
arm
round
her
.
'
Have
you
done
your
Euripides
?
Can
I
help
you
?
Will
you
construe
it
with
me
,
or
shall
I
look
out
your
words
?
'
'
Thank
you
,
I
do
n't
mind
that
.
It
is
the
verses
!
I
want
some
sense
!
'
said
Norman
,
running
his
fingers
through
his
hair
till
it
stood
on
end
.
'
'
Tis
such
a
horrid
subject
,
Coral
Islands
!
As
if
there
was
any
thing
to
be
said
about
them
.
'
'
Dear
me
,
Norman
,
I
could
say
ten
thousand
things
,
only
I
must
not
tell
you
what
mine
are
,
as
yours
are
not
done
.
'
'
No
,
do
n't
,
'
said
,
Norman
,
decidedly
.
'
Did
you
read
the
description
of
them
in
the
Quarterly
?
I
am
sure
you
might
get
some
ideas
there
.
Shall
I
find
it
for
you
?
It
is
in
an
old
number
.
'
'
Well
,
do
;
thank
you
—
'
He
rested
listlessly
on
the
sofa
while
his
sister
rummaged
in
a
chiffoniere
.
At
last
she
found
the
article
,
and
eagerly
read
him
the
description
of
the
strange
forms
of
the
coral
animals
,
and
the
beauties
of
their
flower-like
feelers
and
branching
fabrics
.
It
would
once
have
delighted
him
,
but
his
first
comment
was
,
'
Nasty
little
brutes
!
'
However
,
the
next
minute
he
thanked
her
,
took
the
book
,
and
said
he
could
hammer
something
out
of
it
,
though
it
was
too
bad
to
give
such
an
unclassical
subject
.
At
dusk
he
left
off
,
saying
he
should
get
it
done
at
night
,
his
senses
would
come
then
,
and
he
should
be
glad
to
sit
up
.
'
Only
three
weeks
to
the
holidays
,
'
said
Ethel
,
trying
to
be
cheerful
;
but
his
assent
was
depressing
,
and
she
began
to
fear
that
Christmas
would
only
make
them
more
sad
.
Mary
did
not
keep
Tom
's
secret
so
inviolably
,
but
that
,
while
they
were
dressing
for
tea
,
she
revealed
to
Ethel
where
Harry
was
gone
.
He
was
not
yet
returned
,
though
his
father
and
Richard
were
come
in
,
and
the
sisters
were
at
once
in
some
anxiety
on
his
account
,
and
doubt
whether
they
ought
to
let
papa
know
of
his
disobedience
.
Flora
and
Ethel
,
who
were
the
first
in
the
drawing-room
,
had
a
consultation
.
'
I
should
have
told
mamma
directly
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
He
never
did
so
,
'
sighed
Ethel
,
'
things
never
went
wrong
then
.
'
'
O
yes
,
they
did
;
do
n't
you
remember
how
naughty
Harry
was
about
climbing
the
wall
,
and
making
faces
at
Mrs.
Richardson
's
servants
?
'
'
And
how
ill
I
behaved
the
first
day
of
last
Christmas
holidays
?
'
'
She
knew
,
but
I
do
n't
think
she
told
papa
.
'
'
Not
that
we
knew
of
,
but
I
believe
she
did
tell
him
everything
,
and
I
think
,
Flora
,
he
ought
to
know
everything
,
especially
now
,
I
never
could
bear
the
way
the
Mackenzies
used
to
have
of
thinking
their
parents
must
be
like
enemies
,
and
keeping
secrets
from
them
.
'
'
They
were
always
threatening
each
other
,
"
I
'll
.
tell
mamma
,
"
'
said
Flora
,
'
and
calling
us
tell-tales
because
we
told
our
own
dear
mamma
everything
.
But
it
is
not
like
that
now
—
I
neither
like
to
worry
papa
,
nor
to
bring
Harry
into
disgrace
—
besides
,
Tom
and
Mary
meant
it
for
a
secret
.
'
'
Papa
would
not
be
angry
with
him
if
we
told
him
it
was
a
secret
,
'
said
Ethel
;
'
I
wish
Harry
would
come
in
.
There
's
the
door
—
oh
!
it
is
only
you
.
'
'
Whom
did
you
expect
?
'
said
Richard
,
entering
.
The
sisters
looked
at
each
other
,
and
Ethel
,
after
an
interval
,
explained
their
doubts
about
Harry
.
'
He
is
come
in
,
'
said
Richard
;
'
I
saw
him
running
up
to
his
own
room
,
very
muddy
.
'
'
O
,
I
'm
glad
!
But
do
you
think
papa
ought
to
hear
it
?
I
do
n't
know
what
's
to
be
done
.
'
Tis
the
children
's
secret
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
It
will
never
do
to
have
him
going
out
with
those
boys
continually
,
'
said
Ethel
—
'
Harvey
Anderson
close
by
all
the
holidays
!
'
'
I
'll
try
what
I
can
do
with
him
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
Papa
had
better
not
hear
it
now
,
at
any
rate
.
He
is
very
tired
and
sad
this
evening
!
and
his
arm
is
painful
again
,
so
we
must
not
worry
him
with
histories
of
naughtiness
among
the
children
.
'
'
No
,
'
said
Ethel
,
decidedly
,
'
I
am
glad
you
were
there
,
Ritchie
;
I
never
should
have
thought
of
one
time
being
better
than
another
.
'
'
Just
like
Ethel
!
'
said
Flora
,
smiling
.
'
Why
should
not
you
learn
?
'
said
Richard
gently
.
'
I
ca
n't
,
'
said
Ethel
,
in
a
desponding
way
.
'
Why
not
?
You
are
much
sharper
than
most
people
,
and
,
if
you
tried
,
you
would
know
those
things
as
much
better
than
I
do
,
as
you
know
how
to
learn
history
.
'
'
It
is
quite
a
different
sort
of
cleverness
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
Recollect
Sir
Isaac
Newton
,
or
Archimedes
.
'
'
Then
you
must
have
both
sorts
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
for
you
can
do
things
nicely
,
and
yet
you
learn
very
fast
.
'
'
Take
care
,
Ethel
,
you
are
singeing
your
frock
!
Well
,
I
really
do
n't
think
you
can
help
those
things
!
'
said
Flora
.
'
Your
short
sight
is
the
reason
of
it
,
and
it
is
of
no
use
to
try
to
mend
it
.
'
'
Do
n't
tell
her
so
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
It
ca
n't
be
all
short
sight
—
it
is
the
not
thinking
.
I
do
believe
that
if
Ethel
would
think
,
no
one
would
do
things
so
well
.
Do
n't
you
remember
the
beautiful
perspective
drawing
she
made
of
this
room
,
for
me
to
take
to
Oxford
?
That
was
very
difficult
,
and
wanted
a
great
deal
of
neatness
and
accuracy
,
so
why
should
she
not
be
neat
and
accurate
in
other
things
?
And
I
know
you
can
read
faces
,
Ethel
—
why
do
n't
you
look
there
before
you
speak
?
'
'
Ah
!
before
instead
of
after
,
when
I
only
see
I
have
said
something
mal-à-propos
,
said
Ethel
.
'
I
must
go
and
see
about
the
children
,
'
said
Flora
;
'
if
the
tea
comes
while
I
am
gone
,
will
you
make
it
,
Ritchie
?
'
'
Flora
despairs
of
me
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
do
n't
'
said
Richard
.
'
Have
you
forgotten
how
to
put
in
a
pin
yet
?
'
'
No
;
I
hope
not
.
'
'
Well
,
then
,
see
if
you
ca
n't
learn
to
make
tea
;
and
,
by-the-by
,
Ethel
,
which
is
the
next
Christening
Sunday
?
'
'
The
one
after
next
,
surely
.
The
first
of
December
is
Monday
—
yes
,
to-morrow
week
is
the
next
.
'
'
Then
I
have
thought
of
something
;
it
would
cost
eighteen-pence
to
hire
Joliffe
's
spring-cart
,
and
we
might
have
Mrs.
Taylor
and
the
twins
brought
to
Church
in
it
.
Should
you
like
to
walk
to
Cocksmoor
and
settle
it
?
'
'
O
yes
,
very
much
indeed
.
What
a
capital
thought
.
Margaret
said
you
would
know
how
to
manage
.
'
'
Then
we
will
go
the
first
fine
day
papa
does
not
want
me
.
'
'
I
wonder
if
I
could
finish
my
purple
frocks
.
But
here
's
the
tea
.
Now
,
Richard
,
do
n't
tell
me
to
make
it
.
I
shall
do
something
wrong
,
and
Flora
will
never
forgive
you
.
'
Richard
would
not
let
her
off
.
He
stood
over
her
,
counted
her
shovelsfull
of
tea
,
and
watched
the
water
into
the
tea-pot
—
he
superintended
her
warming
the
cups
,
and
putting
a
drop
into
each
saucer
.
'
Ah
!
'
said
Ethel
,
with
a
concluding
sigh
,
'
it
makes
one
hotter
than
double
equations
!
'
It
was
all
right
,
as
Flora
allowed
with
a
slightly
superior
smile
.
She
thought
Richard
would
never
succeed
in
making
a
notable
or
elegant
woman
of
Ethel
,
and
it
was
best
that
the
two
sisters
should
take
different
lines
.
Flora
knew
that
,
though
clever
and
with
more
accomplishments
,
she
could
not
surpass
Ethel
in
intellectual
attainments
,
but
she
was
certainly
far
more
valuable
in
the
house
,
and
had
been
proved
to
have
just
the
qualities
in
which
her
sister
was
most
deficient
.
She
did
not
relish
hearing
that
Ethel
wanted
nothing
but
attention
to
be
more
than
her
equal
,
and
she
thought
Richard
mistaken
.
Flora
's
remembrance
of
their
time
of
distress
was
less
unmixedly
wretched
than
it
was
with
the
others
,
for
she
knew
she
had
done
wonders
.
The
next
day
Norman
told
Ethel
that
he
had
got
on
very
well
with
the
verses
,
and
finished
them
off
late
at
night
.
He
showed
them
to
her
before
taking
them
to
school
on
Monday
morning
,
and
Ethel
thought
they
were
the
best
he
had
ever
written
.
There
was
too
much
spirit
and
poetical
beauty
,
for
a
mere
school-boy
task
,
and
she
begged
for
the
foul
copy
,
to
show
it
to
her
father
.
'
I
have
not
got
it
,
'
said
Norman
.
'
The
foul
copy
was
not
like
these
;
but
when
I
was
writing
them
out
quite
late
,
it
was
all
,
I
do
n't
know
how
.
Flora
's
music
was
in
my
ears
,
and
the
room
seemed
to
get
larger
,
and
like
an
ocean
cave
;
and
when
the
candle
flickered
,
'
twas
like
the
green
glowing
light
of
the
sun
through
the
waves
.
'
'
As
it
says
here
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
And
the
words
all
came
to
me
of
themselves
in
beautiful
flowing
Latin
,
just
right
,
as
if
it
was
any
body
but
myself
doing
it
,
and
they
ran
off
my
pen
in
red
and
blue
and
gold
,
and
all
sorts
of
colours
;
and
fine
branching
zig-zagging
stars
,
like
what
the
book
described
,
only
stranger
,
came
dancing
and
radiating
round
my
pen
and
the
candle
.
I
could
hardly
believe
the
verses
would
scan
by
daylight
,
but
I
ca
n't
find
a
mistake
.
Do
you
try
them
again
.
'
Ethel
scanned
.
'
I
see
nothing
wrong
,
'
she
said
,
'
but
it
seems
a
shame
to
begin
scanning
Undine
's
verses
,
they
are
too
pretty
.
I
wish
I
could
copy
them
.
It
must
have
been
half
a
dream
.
'
'
I
believe
it
was
;
they
do
n't
seem
like
my
own
.
'
'
Did
you
dream
afterwards
?
'
He
shivered
.
'
They
had
got
into
my
head
too
much
;
my
ears
sang
like
the
roaring
of
the
sea
,
and
I
thought
my
feet
were
frozen
on
to
an
iceberg
:
then
came
darkness
,
and
sea
monsters
,
and
drowning
—
it
was
too
horrid
!
'
and
his
face
expressed
all
,
and
more
than
all
,
he
said
.
'
But
'
tis
a
quarter
to
seven
—
we
must
go
,
'
said
he
,
with
a
long
yawn
,
and
rubbing
his
eyes
.
'
You
are
sure
they
are
right
,
Ethel
?
Harry
,
come
along
.
'
Ethel
thought
those
verses
ought
to
make
a
sensation
,
but
all
that
came
of
them
was
a
Quam
optimè
,
and
when
she
asked
Norman
if
no
special
notice
had
been
taken
of
them
,
he
said
,
in
his
languid
way
,
'
No
;
only
Dr.
Hoxton
said
they
were
better
than
usual
.
'
Ethel
did
not
even
have
the
satisfaction
of
hearing
that
Mr.
Wilmot
,
happening
to
meet
Dr.
May
,
said
to
him
,
'
Your
boy
has
more
of
a
poet
in
him
than
any
that
has
come
in
my
way
.
He
really
sometimes
makes
very
striking
verses
.
'
Richard
watched
for
an
opportunity
of
speaking
to
Harry
,
which
did
not
at
once
occur
,
as
the
boy
spent
very
little
of
his
time
at
home
,
and
,
as
if
by
tacit
consent
,
he
and
Norman
came
in
later
every
evening
.
At
last
,
on
Thursday
,
in
the
additional
two
hours
'
leisure
allowed
to
the
boys
,
when
the
studious
prepared
their
tasks
,
and
the
idle
had
some
special
diversion
,
Richard
encountered
him
running
up
to
his
own
room
to
fetch
a
newly-invented
instrument
for
projecting
stones
.
'
I
'll
walk
back
to
school
with
you
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
I
mean
to
run
,
'
returned
Harry
.
'
Is
there
so
much
hurry
?
'
said
Richard
.
'
I
am
sorry
for
it
,
for
I
wanted
to
speak
to
you
,
Harry
;
I
have
something
to
show
you
.
'
His
manner
conveyed
that
it
related
to
their
mother
,
and
the
sobering
effect
was
instantaneous
.
'
Very
well
,
'
said
he
,
forgetting
his
haste
.
'
I
'll
come
into
your
room
.
'
The
awe-struck
,
shy
,
yet
sorrowful
look
on
his
rosy
face
,
showed
preparation
enough
,
and
Richard
's
only
preface
was
to
say
,
'
It
is
a
bit
of
a
letter
that
she
was
in
course
of
writing
to
aunt
Flora
,
a
description
of
us
all
.
The
letter
itself
is
gone
,
but
here
is
a
copy
of
it
.
I
thought
you
would
like
to
read
what
relates
to
yourself
.
'
Richard
laid
before
him
the
sheet
of
note
paper
on
which
this
portion
of
the
letter
was
written
,
and
left
him
alone
with
it
,
while
he
set
out
on
the
promised
walk
with
Ethel
.
They
found
the
old
woman
,
Granny
Hall
,
looking
like
another
creature
,
smoke-dried
and
withered
indeed
,
but
all
briskness
and
animation
.
'
Well
!
be
it
you
,
Sir
,
and
the
young
lady
?
'
'
Yes
;
here
we
are
come
to
see
you
again
,
'
said
Richard
.
I
hope
you
are
not
disappointed
that
I
've
brought
my
sister
this
time
instead
of
the
Doctor
.
'
'
No
,
no
,
Sir
;
I
've
done
with
the
Doctor
for
this
while
,
'
said
the
old
woman
,
to
Ethel
's
great
amusement
.
'
He
have
done
me
a
power
of
good
,
and
thank
him
for
it
heartily
;
but
the
young
lady
is
right
welcome
here
—
but
'
tis
a
dirty
walk
for
her
.
'
'
Never
mind
that
,
'
said
Ethel
,
a
little
shyly
,
'
I
came
—
where
are
your
grandchildren
?
'
'
O
somewhere
out
among
the
blocks
.
They
gets
out
with
the
other
children
;
I
ca
n't
be
always
after
them
.
'
'
I
wanted
to
know
if
these
would
fit
them
,
'
said
Ethel
,
beginning
to
undo
her
basket
.
'
Well
,
'
pon
my
word
!
If
ever
I
see
!
Here
!
'
stepping
out
to
the
door
,
'
Polly
—
Jenny
!
come
in
,
I
say
,
this
moment
!
Come
in
,
ye
bad
girls
,
or
I
'll
give
you
the
stick
;
I
'll
break
every
bone
of
you
,
that
I
will
!
'
all
which
threats
were
bawled
out
in
such
a
good-natured
,
natured
,
triumphant
voice
,
and
with
such
a
delighted
air
,
that
Richard
and
Ethel
could
not
help
laughing
.
After
a
few
moments
,
Polly
and
Jenny
made
their
appearance
,
extremely
rough
and
ragged
,
but
compelled
by
their
grandmother
to
duck
down
,
by
way
of
courtesies
,
and
,
with
finger
in
mouth
,
they
stood
,
too
shy
to
show
their
delight
,
as
the
garments
were
unfolded
;
Granny
talking
so
fast
that
Ethel
would
never
have
brought
in
the
stipulation
,
that
the
frocks
should
be
worn
to
school
and
Church
,
if
Richard
,
in
his
mild
,
but
steady
way
,
had
not
brought
the
old
woman
to
listen
to
it
.
She
was
full
of
asseverations
that
they
should
go
;
she
took
them
to
Church
sometimes
herself
,
when
it
was
fine
weather
and
they
had
clothes
,
and
they
could
say
their
catechiz
as
well
anybody
already
;
yes
,
they
should
come
,
that
they
should
,
and
next
Sunday
.
Ethel
promised
to
be
there
to
introduce
them
to
the
chief
lady
,
the
president
of
the
Committee
,
Mrs.
Ledwich
,
and
,
with
a
profusion
of
thanks
,
they
took
leave
.
They
found
John
Taylor
,
just
come
out
of
the
hospital
,
looking
weak
and
ill
,
as
he
smoked
his
pipe
over
the
fire
,
his
wife
bustling
about
at
a
great
rate
,
and
one
of
the
infants
crying
.
It
seemed
to
be
a
great
relief
that
they
were
not
come
to
complain
of
Lucy
,
and
there
were
many
looks
of
surprise
on
hearing
what
their
business
really
was
.
Mrs.
Taylor
thanked
,
and
appeared
not
to
know
whether
she
was
glad
or
sorry
;
and
her
husband
,
pipe
in
hand
,
gazed
at
the
young
gentleman
as
if
he
did
not
comprehend
the
species
,
since
he
could
not
be
old
enough
to
be
a
Clergyman
.
Richard
hoped
they
would
find
sponsors
by
that
time
;
and
there
Mrs.
Taylor
gave
little
hope
;
it
was
a
bad
lot
—
there
was
no
one
she
liked
to
ask
to
stand
,
she
said
,
in
a
dismal
voice
;
but
there
her
husband
put
in
,
'
I
'll
find
some
one
,
if
that
's
all
;
my
missus
always
thinks
nobody
ca
n't
do
nothing
.
'
'
To
be
sure
,
'
said
the
lamentable
Mrs.
Taylor
,
'
all
the
elder
ones
was
took
to
Church
,
and
I
'm
loth
the
little
ones
should
n't
;
but
you
see
,
Sir
,
we
are
poor
people
,
and
it
's
a
long
way
,
and
they
was
set
down
in
the
gentleman
's
register
book
.
'
'
But
you
know
that
is
not
the
same
,
Mrs.
Taylor
.
Surely
Lucy
could
have
told
you
that
,
when
she
went
to
school
.
'
'
No
,
sir
,
'
tis
not
the
same
—
I
knows
that
;
but
this
is
a
bad
place
to
live
in
—
'
'
Always
the
old
song
,
Missus
!
'
exclaimed
her
husband
.
'
Thank
you
,
kindly
,
Sir
—
you
have
been
a
good
friend
to
us
,
and
so
was
Dr.
May
,
when
I
was
up
to
the
hospital
,
through
the
thick
of
his
own
troubles
.
I
believe
you
are
in
the
right
of
it
,
Sir
,
and
thank
you
.
The
children
shall
be
ready
,
and
little
Jack
too
,
and
I
'll
find
gossips
,
and
let
'
em
be
Christened
on
Sunday
.
'
'
I
believe
you
will
be
glad
of
it
,
'
said
Richard
;
and
he
went
on
to
speak
of
the
elder
children
coming
to
school
,
on
Sunday
,
thus
causing
another
whining
from
the
wife
about
distance
and
bad
weather
,
and
no
one
else
going
that
way
.
He
said
the
little
Halls
were
coming
,
but
Mrs.
Taylor
began
saying
she
disliked
their
company
for
the
children
—
granny
let
them
get
about
so
much
,
and
they
said
bad
words
.
The
father
again
interfered
.
Perhaps
Mr.
Wilmot
,
who
acted
as
chaplain
at
the
hospital
,
had
been
talking
to
him
,
for
he
declared
at
once
that
they
should
come
;
and
Richard
suggested
that
he
might
see
them
home
when
he
came
from
Church
;
then
,
turning
to
the
boy
and
girl
,
told
them
they
would
meet
their
sister
Lucy
,
and
asked
them
if
they
would
not
like
that
.
On
the
whole
,
the
beginning
was
not
inauspicious
,
though
there
might
be
a
doubt
whether
old
Mrs.
Hall
would
keep
all
her
promises
.
Ethel
was
so
much
diverted
and
pleased
as
to
be
convinced
she
would
;
Richard
was
a
little
doubtful
as
to
her
power
over
the
wild
girls
.
There
could
not
be
any
doubt
that
John
Taylor
was
in
earnest
,
and
had
been
worked
upon
just
at
the
right
moment
;
but
there
was
danger
that
the
impression
would
not
last
.
'
And
his
wife
is
such
a
horrible
whining
dawdle
!
'
said
Ethel
—
'
there
will
be
no
good
to
be
done
if
it
depends
on
her
.
'
Richard
made
no
answer
,
and
Ethel
presently
felt
remorseful
for
her
harsh
speech
about
a
poor
ignorant
woman
,
overwhelmed
with
poverty
,
children
,
and
weak
health
.
'
I
have
been
thinking
a
great
deal
about
what
you
said
last
time
we
took
this
walk
,
'
said
Richard
,
after
a
considerable
interval
.
'
O
have
you
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
eagerly
;
and
the
black
peaty
pond
she
was
looking
at
,
seemed
to
sparkle
with
sunlight
.
'
Do
you
really
mean
it
?
'
said
Richard
,
deliberately
.
'
Yes
,
to
be
sure
;
'
she
said
,
with
some
indignation
.
'
Because
I
think
I
see
a
way
to
make
a
beginning
,
but
you
must
make
up
you
mind
to
a
great
deal
of
trouble
,
and
dirty
walks
,
and
you
must
really
learn
not
to
draggle
your
frock
.
'
'
Well
,
well
;
but
tell
me
.
'
'
This
is
what
I
was
thinking
.
I
do
n't
think
I
can
go
back
to
Oxford
after
Christmas
.
It
is
not
fit
to
leave
you
while
papa
is
so
disabled
.
'
'
O
no
,
he
could
not
get
on
at
all
.
I
heard
him
tell
Mr.
Wilmot
the
other
day
that
you
were
his
right
hand
.
'
Ethel
was
glad
she
had
repeated
this
,
for
there
was
a
deepening
colour
and
smiling
glow
of
pleasure
on
her
brother
's
face
,
such
as
she
had
seldom
seen
on
his
delicate
,
but
somewhat
impassive
features
.
'
He
is
very
kind
!
'
he
said
,
warmly
.
'
No
,
I
am
sure
I
cannot
be
spared
till
he
is
better
able
to
use
his
arm
,
and
I
do
n't
see
any
chance
of
that
just
yet
.
Then
if
I
stay
at
home
,
Friday
is
always
at
my
own
disposal
,
while
papa
is
at
the
hospital
meeting
.
'
'
Yes
,
yes
,
and
we
could
go
to
Cocksmoor
,
and
set
up
a
school
.
How
delightful
!
'
'
I
do
n't
think
you
would
find
it
quite
as
delightful
as
you
fancy
,
'
said
Richard
;
'
the
children
will
be
very
wild
and
ignorant
,
and
you
do
n't
like
that
at
the
National
School
.
'
'
O
but
they
are
in
such
need
,
besides
there
will
be
no
Mrs.
Ledwich
over
me
.
It
is
just
right
,
—
I
sha
n't
mind
anything
.
You
are
a
capital
Ritchie
,
for
having
thought
of
it
!
'
'
I
do
n't
think
—
if
I
am
ever
to
be
what
I
wish
,
that
is
,
if
I
can
get
through
at
Oxford
—
I
do
n't
think
it
can
be
wrong
to
begin
this
,
if
Mr.
Ramsden
does
not
object
.
'
'
O
Mr.
Ramsden
never
objects
to
anything
.
'
'
And
if
Mr.
Wilmot
will
come
and
set
us
off
.
You
know
we
cannot
begin
without
that
,
or
without
my
father
's
fully
liking
it
.
'
'
Oh
!
there
can
be
no
doubt
of
that
!
'
'
This
one
thing
,
Ethel
,
I
must
stipulate
.
Do
n't
you
go
and
tell
it
all
out
at
once
to
him
.
I
cannot
have
him
worried
about
our
concerns
.
'
'
But
how
—
no
one
can
question
that
this
is
right
.
I
am
sure
he
wo
n't
object
.
'
'
Stop
,
Ethel
,
do
n't
you
see
,
it
ca
n't
be
done
for
nothing
?
If
we
undertake
it
,
we
must
go
on
with
it
,
and
when
I
am
away
,
it
will
fall
on
you
and
Flora
.
Well
,
then
,
it
ought
to
be
considered
whether
you
are
old
enough
and
steady
enough
;
and
if
it
can
be
managed
for
you
to
go
continually
all
this
way
,
in
this
wild
place
.
There
will
be
expense
too
.
'
Ethel
looked
wild
with
impatience
,
but
could
not
gainsay
these
scruples
,
otherwise
than
by
declaring
they
ought
not
to
weigh
against
the
good
of
Cocksmoor
.
'
It
will
worry
him
to
have
to
consider
all
this
,
'
said
Richard
,
'
and
it
must
not
be
pressed
upon
him
.
'
'
No
,
'
said
Ethel
,
sorrowfully
;
'
but
you
do
n't
mean
to
give
it
up
.
'
'
You
are
always
in
extremes
,
Ethel
.
All
I
want
is
to
find
a
good
time
for
proposing
it
.
'
She
fidgetted
and
gave
a
long
sigh
.
'
Mind
,
'
said
Richard
,
stopping
short
,
'
I
'll
have
nothing
to
do
with
it
except
on
condition
you
are
patient
,
and
hold
your
tongue
about
it
.
'
'
I
think
I
can
,
if
I
may
talk
to
Margaret
.
'
'
O
yes
,
to
Margaret
of
course
.
We
could
not
settle
anything
without
her
help
.
'
'
And
I
know
what
she
will
say
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
O
I
am
so
glad
,
'
and
she
jumped
over
three
puddles
in
succession
.
'
And
,
Ethel
,
you
must
learn
to
keep
your
frock
out
of
the
dirt
.
'
'
I
'll
do
anything
,
if
you
'll
help
me
at
Cocksmoor
.
'
CHAPTER
IX
.
'
For
the
structure
that
we
raise
,
Time
is
with
materials
filled
;
Our
to-days
and
yesterdays
,
Are
the
blocks
with
which
we
build
.
Truly
shape
and
fashion
these
,
Leave
no
yawning
gaps
between
;
Think
not
,
because
no
man
sees
,
Such
things
will
remain
unseen
.
'
—
Longfellow
.
When
Ethel
came
home
,
burning
with
the
tidings
of
the
newly-excited
hopes
for
Cocksmoor
,
they
were
at
once
stopped
by
Margaret
eagerly
saying
,
'
Is
Richard
come
in
?
pray
call
him
;
'
then
on
his
entrance
,
'
O
,
Richard
,
would
you
be
so
kind
as
to
take
this
to
the
Bank
.
I
do
n't
like
to
send
it
by
any
one
else
—
it
is
so
much
;
'
and
she
took
from
under
her
pillows
a
velvet
bag
,
so
heavy
,
that
it
weighed
down
her
slender
white
hand
.
'
What
,
he
has
given
you
the
care
of
his
money
?
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Yes
;
I
saw
him
turning
something
out
of
his
waistcoat-pocket
into
the
drawer
of
the
looking-glass
,
and
sighing
in
that
very
sad
way
.
He
said
his
fees
had
come
to
such
an
accumulation
,
that
he
must
see
about
sending
them
to
the
Bank
;
and
then
he
told
me
of
the
delight
of
throwing
his
first
fee
into
dear
mamma
's
lap
,
when
they
were
just
married
,
and
his
old
uncle
had
given
up
to
him
,
and
how
he
had
brought
them
to
her
ever
since
;
he
said
she
had
spoiled
him
,
by
taking
all
trouble
off
his
hands
.
He
looked
at
it
,
as
if
it
was
so
sorrowful
to
him
to
have
to
dispose
of
it
,
that
I
begged
him
not
to
plague
himself
any
more
,
but
let
me
see
about
it
,
as
dear
mamma
used
to
do
;
so
he
said
I
was
spoiling
him
too
,
but
he
brought
me
the
drawer
,
and
emptied
it
out
here
:
when
he
was
gone
,
I
packed
it
up
,
and
I
have
been
waiting
to
ask
Richard
to
take
it
all
to
the
Bank
,
out
of
his
sight
.
'
'
You
counted
it
?
'
said
Richard
.
'
Yes
—
there
's
fifty
—
I
kept
seventeen
towards
the
week
's
expenses
.
Just
see
that
it
is
right
,
'
said
Margaret
,
showing
her
neat
packets
.
'
Oh
,
Ritchie
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
what
can
expense
signify
,
when
all
that
has
been
kicking
about
loose
in
an
open
drawer
?
What
would
not
one
of
those
rolls
do
?
'
I
think
I
had
better
take
them
out
of
your
way
,
'
said
Richard
,
quietly
.
'
Am
I
to
bring
back
the
book
to
you
,
Margaret
?
'
'
Yes
,
do
,
'
said
Margaret
;
'
pray
do
not
teaze
him
with
it
.
'
And
as
her
brother
left
the
room
,
she
continued
,
'
I
wish
he
was
better
.
I
think
he
is
more
oppressed
now
than
even
at
first
.
The
pain
of
his
arm
,
going
on
so
long
,
seems
to
me
to
have
pulled
him
down
;
it
does
not
let
him
sleep
,
and
,
by
the
end
of
the
day
,
he
gets
worn
and
fagged
,
by
seeing
so
many
people
,
and
exerting
himself
to
talk
and
think
;
and
often
,
when
there
is
something
that
must
be
asked
,
I
do
n't
know
how
to
begin
,
for
it
seems
as
if
a
little
more
would
be
too
much
for
him
.
'
'
Yes
,
Richard
is
right
,
'
said
Ethel
,
mournfully
;
'
it
will
not
do
to
press
him
about
our
concerns
;
but
do
you
think
him
worse
to-day
?
'
'
He
did
not
sleep
last
night
,
and
he
is
always
worse
when
he
does
not
drive
out
into
the
country
;
the
fresh
air
,
and
being
alone
with
Richard
,
are
a
rest
for
him
.
To-day
is
especially
trying
;
he
does
not
think
poor
old
Mr.
Southern
will
get
through
the
evening
,
and
he
is
so
sorry
for
the
daughter
.
'
'
Is
he
there
now
?
'
'
Yes
;
he
thought
of
something
that
might
be
an
alleviation
,
and
he
would
go
,
though
he
was
tired
.
I
am
afraid
the
poor
daughter
will
detain
him
,
and
he
is
not
fit
to
go
through
such
things
now
.
'
'
No
,
I
hope
he
will
soon
come
;
perhaps
Richard
will
meet
him
.
But
,
O
Margaret
,
what
do
you
think
Richard
and
I
have
been
talking
of
?
'
and
,
without
perception
of
fit
times
and
seasons
,
Ethel
would
have
told
her
story
,
but
Margaret
,
too
anxious
to
attend
to
her
,
said
,
'
Hark
!
was
not
that
his
step
?
'
and
Dr.
May
came
in
,
looking
mournful
and
fatigued
.
'
Well
,
'
said
he
,
'
I
was
just
too
late
.
He
died
as
I
got
there
,
and
I
could
not
leave
the
daughter
till
old
Mrs.
Bowers
came
.
'
'
Poor
thing
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
He
was
a
good
old
man
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
sitting
wearily
down
,
and
speaking
in
a
worn-out
voice
.
'
One
ca
n't
lightly
part
with
a
man
one
has
seen
at
Church
every
Sunday
of
one
's
life
,
and
exchanged
so
many
friendly
words
with
over
his
counter
.
'
Tis
a
strong
bond
of
neighbourliness
in
a
small
place
like
this
,
and
,
as
one
grows
old
,
changes
come
heavier
—
"
the
clouds
return
again
after
the
rain
.
"
Thank
you
,
my
dear
,
'
as
Ethel
fetched
his
slippers
,
and
placed
a
stool
for
his
feet
,
feeling
somewhat
ashamed
of
thinking
it
an
achievement
to
have
,
unbidden
,
performed
a
small
act
of
attention
which
would
have
come
naturally
from
any
of
the
others
.
'
Papa
,
you
will
give
me
the
treat
of
drinking
tea
with
me
?
'
said
Margaret
,
who
saw
the
quiet
of
her
room
would
suit
him
better
than
the
bustle
of
the
children
down
stairs
.
'
Thank
you
,
'
as
he
gave
a
smile
of
assent
.
That
Margaret
could
not
be
made
to
listen
this
evening
was
plain
,
and
all
that
Ethel
could
do
,
was
to
search
for
some
books
on
schools
.
In
seeking
for
them
,
she
displayed
such
confusion
in
the
chiffoniere
,
that
Flora
exclaimed
,
'
Oh
,
Ethel
,
how
could
you
leave
it
so
?
'
'
I
was
in
a
hurry
,
looking
for
something
for
Norman
.
I
'll
set
it
to
rights
,
'
said
Ethel
,
gulping
down
her
dislike
to
being
reproved
by
Flora
,
with
the
thought
that
mamma
would
have
said
the
same
.
'
My
dear
!
'
cried
Flora
presently
,
jumping
up
,
'
what
are
you
doing
?
piling
up
those
heavy
books
on
the
top
of
the
little
ones
;
how
do
you
think
they
will
ever
stand
?
let
me
do
it
.
'
'
No
,
no
,
Flora
;
'
and
Richard
,
in
a
low
voice
,
gave
Ethel
some
advice
,
which
she
received
,
seated
on
the
floor
,
in
a
mood
between
temper
and
despair
.
'
He
is
going
to
teach
her
to
do
it
on
the
principles
of
gravitation
,
'
said
Flora
.
Richard
did
not
do
it
himself
,
but
,
by
his
means
Ethel
,
without
being
in
the
least
irritated
,
gave
the
chiffoniere
a
thorough
dusting
and
setting-to-rights
,
sorting
magazines
,
burning
old
catalogues
,
and
finding
her
own
long-lost
'
Undine
,
'
at
which
she
was
so
delighted
,
that
she
would
have
forgotten
all
;
in
proceeding
to
read
it
,
curled
up
on
the
floor
amongst
the
heaps
of
pamphlets
,
if
another
gentle
hint
from
Richard
had
not
made
her
finish
her
task
so
well
,
as
to
make
Flora
declare
it
was
a
pleasure
to
look
in
,
and
Harry
pronounce
it
to
be
all
neat
and
ship-shape
.
There
was
no
speaking
to
Margaret
the
next
morning
—
it
was
French
day
—
and
Ethel
had
made
strong
resolutions
to
behave
better
;
and
whether
there
were
fewer
idioms
,
or
that
she
was
trying
to
understand
,
instead
of
carping
at
the
master
's
explanations
,
they
came
to
no
battle
;
Flora
led
the
conversation
,
and
she
sustained
her
part
with
credit
,
and
gained
an
excellent
mark
.
Flora
said
afterwards
to
Margaret
,
'
I
managed
nicely
for
her
.
I
would
not
let
M
.
Ballompré
blunder
upon
any
of
the
subjects
Ethel
feels
too
deeply
to
talk
of
in
good
French
,
and
really
Ethel
has
a
great
talent
for
languages
.
How
fast
she
gets
on
with
Italian
!
'
'
That
she
does
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
Suppose
you
send
her
up
,
Flora
—
you
must
want
to
go
and
draw
or
practice
,
and
she
may
do
her
arithmetic
here
,
or
read
to
me
.
'
It
was
the
second
time
Margaret
had
made
this
proposal
,
and
it
did
not
please
Flora
,
who
had
learnt
to
think
herself
necessary
to
her
sister
,
and
liked
to
be
the
one
to
do
everything
for
her
.
She
was
within
six
weeks
of
seventeen
,
and
surely
she
need
not
be
sent
down
again
to
the
school-room
,
when
she
had
been
so
good
a
manager
of
the
whole
family
.
She
was
fond
of
study
and
of
accomplishments
,
but
she
thought
she
might
be
emancipated
from
Miss
Winter
;
and
it
was
not
pleasant
to
her
that
a
sister
,
only
eighteen
months
older
,
and
almost
dependant
on
her
,
should
have
authority
to
dispose
of
her
time
.
'
I
practise
in
the
evening
,
'
she
said
,
'
and
I
could
draw
here
,
if
I
wished
,
but
I
have
some
music
to
copy
.
'
Margaret
was
concerned
at
the
dissatisfaction
,
though
not
understanding
the
whole
of
it
;
'
You
know
,
dear
Flora
,
'
she
said
,
'
'
I
need
not
take
up
all
your
time
now
.
'
'
Do
n't
regret
that
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
I
like
nothing
so
well
as
waiting
on
you
,
and
I
can
attend
to
my
own
affairs
very
well
here
.
'
'
I
'll
tell
you
why
I
proposed
it
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
I
think
it
would
be
a
relief
to
Ethel
to
escape
from
Miss
Winter
's
beloved
Friday
questions
.
'
'
Great
nonsense
they
are
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
Why
do
n't
you
tell
Miss
Winter
they
are
of
no
use
?
'
'
Mamma
never
interfered
with
them
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
She
only
kept
Ethel
in
her
own
hands
,
and
if
you
would
be
so
kind
as
to
change
sometimes
and
sit
in
the
school-room
,
we
could
spare
Ethel
,
without
hurting
Miss
Winter
's
feelings
.
'
'
Well
,
I
'll
call
Ethel
,
if
you
like
,
but
I
shall
go
and
practise
in
the
drawing-room
.
The
old
school-room
piano
is
fit
for
nothing
but
Mary
to
hammer
upon
.
'
Flora
went
away
,
evidently
annoyed
,
and
Margaret
's
conjectures
on
the
cause
of
it
,
were
cut
short
,
by
Ethel
running
in
with
a
slate
in
one
hand
,
and
two
books
in
the
other
,
the
rest
having
all
tumbled
down
on
the
stairs
.
'
O
,
Margaret
,
I
am
so
glad
to
come
to
you
.
Miss
Winter
has
set
Mary
to
read
"
To
be
,
or
not
to
be
,
"
and
it
would
have
driven
me
distracted
to
have
stayed
there
.
I
have
got
a
most
beautiful
sum
in
Compound
Proportion
,
about
a
lion
,
a
wolf
,
and
a
bear
eating
up
a
carcase
,
and
as
soon
as
they
have
done
it
,
you
shall
hear
me
say
my
ancient
geography
,
and
then
we
will
do
a
nice
bit
of
Tasso
;
and
if
we
have
any
time
after
that
,
I
have
got
such
a
thing
to
tell
you
—
only
I
must
not
tell
you
now
,
or
I
shall
go
on
talking
and
not
finish
my
lessons
.
'
It
was
not
till
all
were
done
,
that
Ethel
felt
free
to
exclaim
,
'
Now
for
what
I
have
been
longing
to
tell
you
—
Richard
is
going
to
—
'
But
the
fates
were
unpropitious
.
Aubrey
trotted
in
,
expecting
to
be
amused
;
next
came
Norman
,
and
Ethel
gave
up
in
despair
;
and
,
after
having
affronted
Flora
in
the
morning
,
Margaret
was
afraid
of
renewing
the
offence
,
by
attempting
to
secure
Ethel
as
her
companion
for
the
afternoon
;
so
not
till
after
the
walk
,
could
Margaret
contrive
to
claim
the
promised
communication
,
telling
Ethel
to
come
and
settle
herself
cosily
by
her
.
'
I
should
have
been
very
glad
of
you
last
evening
,
'
said
she
,
'
for
papa
went
to
sleep
,
and
my
book
was
out
of
reach
.
'
'
O
,
I
am
sorry
;
how
I
pity
you
,
poor
Margaret
!
'
'
I
suppose
I
have
grown
lazy
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
for
I
do
n't
mind
those
things
now
.
I
am
never
sorry
for
a
quiet
time
to
recollect
and
consider
.
'
'
It
must
be
like
the
waiting
in
the
dark
between
the
slides
of
a
magic
lantern
,
'
said
Ethel
;
'
I
never
like
to
be
quiet
.
I
get
so
unhappy
.
'
'
I
am
glad
of
resting
and
recollecting
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
It
has
all
been
so
like
a
dream
,
that
merry
morning
,
and
then
,
slowly
waking
to
find
myself
here
in
dear
mamma
's
place
,
and
papa
,
watching
over
me
.
Sometimes
I
think
I
have
not
half
understood
what
it
really
is
,
and
that
I
do
n't
realize
,
that
if
I
was
up
and
about
,
I
should
find
the
house
without
her
.
'
'
Yes
;
that
is
the
aching
part
!
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
am
happy
,
sitting
on
her
bed
here
with
you
.
You
are
a
little
of
her
,
besides
being
my
own
dear
Peg-top
!
You
are
very
lucky
to
miss
the
mealtimes
and
the
evenings
.
'
'
That
is
the
reason
I
do
n't
feel
it
wrong
to
like
to
have
papa
sitting
with
me
all
the
evening
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
though
it
may
make
it
worse
for
you
to
have
him
away
.
I
do
n't
think
it
selfish
in
me
to
keep
him
.
He
wants
quiet
so
much
,
or
to
talk
a
little
when
it
suits
him
;
we
are
too
many
now
,
when
he
is
tired
.
'
'
O
,
it
is
best
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Nothing
that
you
do
is
selfish
—
dont
talk
of
it
,
'
dear
Margaret
.
'
It
will
be
something
like
old
times
when
you
come
down
again
.
'
'
But
all
this
time
you
are
not
telling
me
what
I
want
so
much
to
hear
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
about
Cocksmoor
.
I
am
so
glad
Richard
has
taken
it
up
.
'
'
That
he
has
.
We
are
to
go
every
Friday
,
and
hire
a
room
,
and
teach
the
children
.
Once
a
week
will
do
a
great
deal
,
if
we
can
but
make
them
wish
to
learn
.
It
is
a
much
better
plan
than
mine
;
for
if
they
care
about
it
,
they
can
come
to
school
here
on
Sunday
.
'
'
It
is
excellent
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
and
if
he
is
at
home
till
Easter
,
it
will
give
it
a
start
,
and
put
you
in
the
way
of
it
,
and
get
you
through
the
short
days
and
dark
evenings
,
when
you
could
not
so
well
walk
home
without
him
.
'
'
Yes
,
and
then
we
can
all
teach
;
Flora
,
and
Mary
,
and
you
,
when
you
are
well
again
.
Richard
says
it
will
be
disagreeable
,
but
I
do
n't
think
so
—
they
are
such
unsophisticated
people
.
That
Granny
Hall
is
such
a
funny
old
woman
;
and
the
whole
place
wants
nothing
but
a
little
care
,
to
do
very
well
.
'
'
You
must
prepare
for
disappointments
,
dear
Ethel
.
'
'
I
know
;
I
know
nothing
is
done
without
draw-backs
;
but
I
am
so
glad
to
make
some
beginning
.
'
'
So
am
I
.
Do
you
know
,
mamma
and
I
were
one
day
talking
over
those
kind
of
things
,
and
she
said
she
had
always
regretted
that
she
had
so
many
duties
at
home
,
that
she
could
not
attend
as
much
to
the
poor
as
she
would
like
;
but
she
hoped
now
we
girls
were
growing
up
,
we
should
be
able
to
do
more
.
'
Did
she
?
'
was
all
Ethel
said
,
but
she
was
deeply
gratified
.
'
I
've
been
wanting
to
tell
you
.
I
knew
you
would
like
to
hear
it
,
It
seems
to
set
us
to
work
so
happily
.
'
'
I
only
wish
we
could
begin
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
but
Richard
is
so
slow
!
Of
course
we
ca
n't
act
without
papa
's
consent
and
Mr.
Wilmot
's
help
,
and
he
says
papa
must
not
be
worried
about
it
,
and
he
must
watch
for
his
own
time
to
speak
about
it
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
I
know
—
I
would
not
have
it
otherwise
;
but
what
is
tiresome
is
this
.
Richard
is
very
good
,
but
he
is
so
dreadfully
hard
to
stir
up
,
and
what
's
worse
,
so
very
much
afraid
of
papa
,
that
while
he
is
thinking
about
opportunities
,
they
will
all
go
by
,
and
then
it
will
be
Easter
,
and
nothing
done
!
'
'
He
is
not
so
much
afraid
of
papa
as
he
was
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
He
has
felt
himself
useful
and
a
comfort
,
and
papa
is
gentler
;
and
that
has
cheered
him
out
of
the
desponding
way
that
kept
him
back
from
proposing
anything
.
'
'
Perhaps
,
'
said
Ethel
;
'
but
I
wish
it
was
you
.
Ca
n't
you
?
you
always
know
how
to
manage
.
'
'
No
;
it
is
Richard
's
affair
,
and
he
must
do
as
he
thinks
fit
.
Do
n't
sigh
,
dear
Ethel
—
perhaps
he
may
soon
speak
,
and
,
if
not
,
you
can
be
preparing
in
a
quiet
way
all
the
time
.
Do
n't
you
remember
how
dear
mamma
used
to
tell
us
that
things
,
hastily
begun
,
never
turn
out
well
?
'
'
But
this
is
not
hasty
.
I
've
been
thinking
about
it
these
six
weeks
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
If
one
does
nothing
but
think
,
it
is
all
no
better
than
a
vision
.
I
want
to
be
doing
.
'
'
Well
,
you
can
be
doing
—
laying
a
sound
foundation
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
The
more
you
consider
,
and
the
wiser
you
make
yourself
,
the
better
it
will
be
when
you
do
set
to
work
.
'
'
You
mean
by
curing
myself
of
my
slovenly
ways
,
and
impatient
temper
?
'
'
I
do
n't
know
that
I
was
exactly
thinking
of
that
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
but
that
ought
to
be
the
way
.
If
we
are
not
just
the
thing
in
our
niche
at
home
,
I
do
n't
think
we
can
do
much
real
good
elsewhere
.
'
'
It
would
be
hollow
,
show-goodness
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Yes
,
that
is
true
;
and
it
comes
across
me
now
,
and
then
what
a
horrid
wretch
I
am
,
to
be
wanting
to
undertake
so
much
,
when
I
leave
so
much
undone
.
But
,
do
you
know
,
Margaret
,
there
's
no
one
such
a
help
in
those
ways
as
Richard
.
Though
he
is
so
precise
,
he
is
never
tiresome
.
He
makes
me
see
things
,
and
do
them
neatly
,
without
plaguing
me
,
and
putting
me
in
a
rage
.
I
'm
not
ready
to
bite
off
my
own
fingers
,
or
kick
all
the
rattle-traps
over
and
leave
them
,
as
I
am
,
when
Miss
Winter
scolds
me
,
or
nurse
,
or
even
Flora
sometimes
;
but
it
is
as
if
I
was
gratifying
him
,
and
his
funny
little
old
bachelor
tidyisms
divert
me
;
besides
,
he
teaches
me
the
theory
,
and
never
lays
hold
of
my
poor
fingers
,
and
,
when
they
wo
n't
bend
the
wrong
way
,
calls
them
frogs
.
'
'
He
is
a
capital
master
for
you
,
'
said
Margaret
,
much
amused
and
pleased
,
for
Richard
was
her
especial
darling
,
and
she
triumphed
in
any
eulogy
from
those
who
ordinarily
were
too
apt
to
regard
his
dullness
with
