Howard,
the
heiress
,
from
that
mad
cousin
who
haunts
her
with
some
love-and-murder
threats
,
and
who
will
positively
some
day
assassinate
her
,
like
the
Miss
Raes
and
Miss
Shuckburghs
of
former
times
.
These
very
good
people
,
like
Granville
,
who
profess
to
be
quite
above
the
world
,
are
all
very
fond
of
money
.
Ten
to
one
,
Granville
marries
Miss
Howard
in
a
month
.
"
"
So
the
young
lady
is
to
be
murdered
first
,
and
married
immediately
afterwards
!
"
said
Marion
,
laughing
to
see
her
brother
's
impetuosity
.
"
The
heroine
of
that
story
is
,
after
all
,
only
my
old
school
companion
,
Caroline
Smythe
.
She
has
been
persecuted
by
this
man
,
she
tells
me
,
ever
since
her
childhood
,
but
now
he
must
be
put
in
confinement
for
life
;
and
—
and
—
as
for
Mr.
Granville
,
—
Patrick
,
—
with
your
leave
,
I
have
a
very
private
and
particular
reason
for
believing
he
is
—
previously
engaged
.
"
A
brilliant
blush
mounted
to
Marion
's
temples
,
while
her
brother
might
have
almost
heard
her
trembling
;
but
a
smile
of
conscious
happiness
played
round
her
mouth
,
while
her
long
eyelashes
drooped
over
her
burning
cheeks
when
she
spoke
these
words
in
an
accent
of
pleased
but
tremulous
emotion
;
and
Sir
Patrick
,
after
gazing
in
her
countenance
for
a
moment
with
an
expression
of
angry
perplexity
,
suddenly
started
on
his
feet
,
crumpling
up
the
newspaper
in
his
hand
,
with
a
fiery
exclamation
of
rage
,
saying
,
"
Speak
again
,
Marion
;
tell
me
what
this
means
.
The
most
uncommon
thing
in
this
world
is
a
direct
answer
;
but
your
blushes
are
like
no
other
person
's
,
for
they
betray
everything
.
Girls
,
from
the
very
beginning
of
time
,
have
always
found
out
the
very
last
man
on
earth
they
ought
to
like
,
and
live
in
a
state
of
romantic
misery
till
they
can
marry
him
.
But
it
shall
never
be
!
I
hate
and
detest
Granville
!
He
has
injured
me
!
He
has
caused
all
my
recent
sufferings
.
He
shall
feel
what
I
have
felt
.
I
have
the
power
now
,
and
the
will
to
be
revenged
.
In
his
sacred
profession
he
dare
not
and
cannot
marry
you
without
my
consent
—
and
never
!
no
never
,
shall
he
have
it
.
Marion
,
you
are
a
mere
child
yet
!
you
do
not
know
your
own
value
,
and
would
let
yourself
go
at
a
mere
pepper-corn
rent
!
Granville
would
become
a
perfect
beggar
if
he
loses
our
law-suit
.
You
ought
to
be
offered
the
first
match
in
Scotland
.
"
"
So
I
am
,
"
replied
Marion
,
in
a
low
and
gentle
voice
.
"
Mr.
Granville
scarcely
has
his
equal
in
the
world
.
"
"
Pshaw
!
nonsense
!
I
have
other
views
for
you
!
Marion
,
you
have
not
an
idea
of
the
sensation
you
make
.
My
friends
are
all
raving
about
you
.
I
never
understood
till
now
why
you
cared
so
little
about
any
of
them
.
Let
Agnes
look
to
her
laurels
,
for
I
am
in
more
than
one
secret
already
that
would
astonish
her
.
Granville
must
be
allowed
to
follow
up
his
adventure
with
the
heiress
.
Never
mention
his
name
to
me
again
.
You
may
depend
upon
it
,
in
a
month
he
will
be
ready
and
willing
to
marry
Miss
Howard
.
"
"
Let
your
consent
depend
upon
Richard
's
constancy
,
and
then
I
shall
be
secure
,
"
answered
Marion
,
with
a
playful
smile
.
"
He
shall
be
at
liberty
to
change
his
mind
on
a
moment
's
notice
;
but
,
in
the
mean
time
,
Patrick
,
I
have
a
great
idea
that
he
will
continue
always
the
same
;
and
be
assured
that
I
certainly
shall
.
"
"
Pshaw
!
nonsense
,
Marion
!
You
never
could
be
satisfied
with
the
stupid
sort
of
happiness
to
be
found
in
a
hum-drum
parsonage
.
Give
me
no
more
of
your
love-in-a-cottage
ideas
,
when
I
know
you
have
a
chance
of
—
of
,
no
matter
who
!
somebody
worth
a
dozen
Mr.
Granvilles
,
and
who
could
buy
him
up
a
hundred
times
over
.
"
"
One
Mr.
Granville
is
quite
enough
,
"
replied
Marion
,
smiling
.
"
If
he
were
like
the
Emperor
of
China
,
cousin-german
to
the
stars
,
and
uncle
to
the
moon
,
I
could
not
think
more
of
him
.
Riches
are
only
to
be
valued
for
the
use
people
make
of
them
,
but
he
is
'
more
bent
to
raise
the
wretched
than
to
rise
.
'
Very
little
is
essential
,
Patrick
,
'
when
humble
happiness
endears
each
scene
;
'
and
nothing
more
is
indispensable
to
me
than
to
be
so
loved
by
one
who
is
deserving
of
my
love
in
return
.
How
much
rather
I
would
live
with
a
poor
man
who
is
liberal
,
than
with
a
rich
man
who
is
avaricious
;
and
Richard
's
wealth
,
though
not
great
,
is
furnished
with
wings
to
fly
away
on
a
thousand
embassies
of
mercy
and
liberality
.
"
"
I
wish
mine
had
wings
to
come
,
instead
of
to
go
;
but
say
what
you
will
,
it
bores
me
to
hear
of
Granville
,
he
is
so
absurdly
different
from
everybody
else
.
"
"
So
much
the
worse
for
everybody
else
,
"
observed
Marion
,
with
a
good-humored
smile
.
"
Is
that
the
blackest
count
in
your
indictment
?
"
"
And
bad
enough
,
too
!
I
'm
told
there
's
not
a
garret
nor
a
dingy
cellar-full
of
misery
in
the
city
,
where
Granville
is
not
upon
visiting
terms
.
He
is
a
perfect
Humane
Society
in
himself
.
I
daresay
he
will
receive
a
public
dinner
and
a
piece
of
plate
from
the
beggars
at
last
.
"
"
Let
me
entreat
,
Marion
,
"
said
Agnes
,
who
had
entered
during
the
discussion
,
"
that
you
will
not
be
running
about
with
those
Granvilles
,
in
search
of
typhus
fever
or
small-pox
.
You
really
ought
to
be
fumigated
every
time
you
return
from
these
houses
,
where
the
people
are
all
dying
of
dirt
.
"
"
When
Lady
Towercliffe
recommended
her
husband
's
old
castle
in
the
country
to
me
once
,
for
the
shooting
,
she
finished
the
catalogue
of
its
many
perfections
,
by
saying
,
'
and
we
have
such
very
pleasant
beggars
!
"
observed
Sir
Patrick
,
laughing
.
"
I
should
certainly
have
been
tempted
to
bag
a
few
brace
of
them
!
The
Irish
fellow
whom
you
may
remember
besetting
my
door
so
long
in
Edinburgh
,
without
extracting
a
sous
,
came
up
to
me
lately
,
in
the
coolest
manner
imaginable
,
and
said
,
'
you
must
find
another
beggar
,
Sir
Patrick
,
for
the
situation
here
is
not
worth
keeping
!
'
I
gave
the
rascal
half
a
sovereign
for
his
humor
,
and
never
saw
his
face
again
.
"
"
It
is
all
very
well
,
if
beggars
find
us
out
,
to
give
a
trifle
,
and
so
get
rid
of
their
importunity
,
"
said
Agnes
,
in
her
most
benevolent
accent
,
"
but
the
idea
of
setting
out
on
a
crusade
to
find
them
out
,
is
rather
too
amusing
.
I
am
immensely
charitable
,
however
,
in
referring
cases
of
distress
to
my
friends
,
but
benevolence
is
the
most
expensive
of
all
virtues
to
set
up
for
.
"
"
Better
do
too
much
than
too
little
,
"
replied
Marion
.
"
We
must
not
suppose
every
man
in
want
is
either
a
knave
or
a
fool
,
and
no
remembrance
will
last
so
long
in
our
minds
as
the
good
we
have
done
,
or
left
undone
,
for
we
gain
the
highest
happiness
to
ourselves
by
dispensing
it
to
others
.
Yesterday
,
Mr.
Granville
relieved
a
poor
man
from
actual
starvation
,
nearly
ninety
years
old
.
"
"
Was
he
an
orphan
?
"
asked
Sir
Patrick
,
in
a
rallying
tone
.
"
What
could
the
old
fellow
be
doing
in
the
world
so
long
!
but
if
I
might
be
allowed
to
give
an
opinion
,
which
I
never
do
,
it
is
,
that
you
should
avoid
those
dens
of
infection
and
filth
.
"
"
There
is
no
absurd
romance
in
their
benevolence
,
and
Clara
is
never
permitted
by
her
brother
to
visit
anywhere
,
till
he
has
personally
ascertained
that
there
is
no
contagion
of
either
the
scarlet
,
yellow
,
or
typhus
fever
in
the
house
,
"
continued
Marion
;
"
but
we
accompanied
him
last
week
to
see
a
poor
woman
who
was
in
a
darkened
room
,
with
her
face
muffled
up
,
and
yet
I
could
not
but
fancy
the
tone
of
her
voice
familiar
to
me
.
I
was
on
the
point
of
telling
her
so
when
the
door
opened
,
and
who
should
come
in
but
my
uncle
's
clerk
,
Mr.
Howard
,
who
seemed
so
caught
!
One
seldom
can
know
who
are
charitable
and
kind
in
this
world
,
for
I
never
suspected
him
of
being
a
good
Samaritan
.
He
said
it
must
have
been
a
mistake
about
my
ever
having
heard
the
poor
creature
's
voice
before
,
as
to
his
certain
knowledge
she
has
been
bedridden
these
ten
years
;
therefore
,
Clara
and
I
gave
her
all
we
could
spare
and
came
away
.
There
was
only
one
seat
in
the
room
,
and
nothing
else
but
the
naked
walls
!
"
"
How
very
indecent
!
"
said
Sir
Patrick
,
taking
up
the
newspapers
,
"
those
pauvres
honteuses
have
a
sad
life
of
it
!
You
will
positively
draw
tears
from
my
eyes
!
"
"
Nothing
will
do
that
but
a
mouthful
of
mustard
,
"
replied
Marion
,
with
a
brilliant
smile
.
"
It
would
be
more
to
the
purpose
if
I
drew
a
shilling
from
your
purse
!
You
have
no
idea
,
Patrick
,
how
many
starving
people
there
are
in
the
very
houses
that
you
see
from
these
windows
!
"
"
Well
,
really
!
I
wish
everybody
had
£
5
,
000
a
year
,
"
observed
Agnes
,
yawning
.
"
If
we
could
build
an
addition
to
the
world
it
would
be
a
great
convenience
!
There
certainly
are
too
many
of
us
!
"
"
That
is
a
most
original
and
interesting
remark
of
yours
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
,
laughing
.
"
We
have
certainly
more
cats
than
can
kill
mice
.
I
did
hear
that
it
was
very
seriously
debated
at
the
Speculative
Society
lately
whether
the
creation
of
the
world
had
been
on
the
whole
an
advantage
to
Ireland
or
not
!
How
the
question
was
decided
I
forgot
to
ask
!
"
"
No
doubt
the
existence
of
every
living
being
must
be
an
advantage
,
if
rightly
used
,
"
observed
Marion
,
in
a
gentle
,
diffident
voice
,
"
but
if
not
,
then
certainly
it
were
better
never
to
have
been
born
.
"
"
That
is
your
last
new
importation
of
Granville-ism
,
"
said
Agnes
,
satirically
.
"
Well
,
I
would
much
rather
,
Marion
,
that
you
took
the
typhus
fever
,
than
that
you
became
a
methodist
!
—
Pray
do
not
infect
me
with
either
the
one
or
the
other
.
"
"
There
is
always
more
contagion
in
what
is
evil
than
in
what
is
good
,
"
replied
Marion
.
"
Fevers
are
infectious
,
but
health
is
not
.
Most
of
the
illness
I
have
seen
lately
arises
from
bad
food
,
or
rather
from
no
food
at
all
.
"
"
It
occurs
to
me
,
"
said
Sir
Patrick
,
throwing
down
his
newspaper
,
"
that
as
all
rivers
are
formed
of
drinkable
water
,
it
is
most
unlucky
that
the
ground
is
not
formed
of
eatable
bread
!
What
a
world
of
trouble
it
would
save
about
the
corn
laws
!
"
"
But
in
such
a
case
,
"
replied
Marion
,
laughing
,
"
no
man
would
work
,
and
the
stones
on
the
road
might
have
to
break
themselves
!
"
"
If
the
weather
,
too
,
were
permitted
to
be
regulated
by
act
of
Parliament
,
how
droll
it
would
be
to
read
a
petition
from
the
farmers
of
Mid-Lothian
against
the
late
excessive
rains
,
or
from
the
hackney
coachmen
against
a
long
continuance
of
fine
weather
.
How
I
should
like
to
see
the
summer
with
which
any
one
of
my
tenants
would
be
satisfied
!
"
"
Of
course
it
is
their
business
to
complain
,
or
you
would
increase
their
rents
.
If
a
farmer
came
to
your
factor
in
ecstacies
with
his
crops
,
and
wishing
a
renewal
of
his
lease
,
what
terms
would
satisfy
you
?
We
are
all
like
buckets
in
a
well
—
what
raises
one
depresses
another
,
ainsi
va
le
monde
.
"
CHAPTER
XX
.
Marion
was
no
miser
of
happiness
to
hoard
it
all
up
for
her
own
use
,
and
most
willingly
would
she
have
imparted
a
share
of
her
present
joyous
feelings
to
Agnes
,
but
in
vain
did
she
look
for
any
encouragement
to
the
frank
,
confiding
,
and
sociable
nature
of
her
own
disposition
,
from
a
sister
who
had
no
desire
to
share
in
the
hopes
and
fears
,
the
joys
and
sorrows
of
a
disinterested
attachment
,
such
as
she
could
neither
understand
nor
approve
.
"
Perfect
happiness
and
a
hut
in
the
country
!
"
said
Agnes
,
contemptuously
,
while
the
warm
blood
mantled
into
Marion
's
cheek
,
but
instantly
putting
her
features
in
order
to
look
composed
and
indifferent
,
she
turned
the
conversation
to
no
particular
subject
.
Too
happy
to
be
silent
,
Marion
next
selected
for
her
confidante
the
very
last
person
upon
earth
whom
it
would
have
occurred
to
most
young
ladies
to
entrust
with
the
progress
of
a
love
affair
,
while
,
from
Sir
Arthur
,
she
received
the
deepest
and
most
affectionate
interest
in
return
for
all
she
told
him
,
though
he
acted
like
a
perfect
incendiary
,
by
adding
fuel
to
the
flame
,
inviting
Mr.
Granville
to
his
house
whenever
he
could
come
,
and
praising
him
whenever
he
departed
.
With
daily
increasing
solicitude
,
Marion
's
elderly
confidant
listened
to
all
the
simple
romance
of
her
thoughts
and
feelings
,
delighted
with
the
overflow
of
a
heart
which
had
nothing
to
conceal
.
Neither
overvaluing
nor
undervaluing
the
gifts
of
fortune
,
Sir
Arthur
felt
unspeakable
comfort
in
the
belief
that
Marion
would
now
be
better
protected
and
cared
for
through
life
,
than
could
have
been
hoped
,
from
the
few
years
that
remained
to
himself
,
or
from
the
heedless
indifference
of
her
brother
,
who
had
never
shown
her
much
regard
till
now
,
when
he
testified
his
care
in
the
way
least
acceptable
to
Marion
,
by
an
angry
,
resolute
opposition
to
her
marrying
and
settling
,
as
he
persisted
in
saying
,
"
upon
ninepence
a-day
.
"
The
difficulty
increased
every
week
,
of
joining
that
happy
circle
where
her
most
delightful
hours
had
been
passed
,
and
a
thousand
impediments
were
now
contrived
by
Sir
Patrick
to
prevent
Marion
from
visiting
even
at
Sir
Arthur
's
;
while
the
young
Baronet
filled
his
house
at
St.
John
's
Lodge
with
so
many
of
his
friends
,
that
the
Admiral
laughingly
observed
one
day
,
while
he
seemed
possessed
by
the
very
spirit
of
raillery
and
good
humor
,
"
I
think
,
Marion
,
your
brother
is
actually
laying
siege
to
you
now
—
or
rather
,
it
is
turning
into
a
blockade
!
I
suppose
he
expects
some
of
those
half-witted
blockheads
fluttering
about
the
house
to
eclipse
Granville
,
which
is
of
course
extremely
probable
!
Now
,
for
the
twentieth
time
to-day
,
let
us
discuss
my
nephew
elect
.
He
seems
—
rather
amiable
!
"
"
Seems
!
dear
uncle
Arthur
!
he
is
all
that
he
seems
,
and
a
hundred
times
more
!
He
is
—
need
I
say
what
he
is
?
"
"
No
!
no
!
I
remember
to
have
read
novels
long
ago
,
and
know
all
about
it
!
Marion
,
you
may
well
feel
proud
of
being
admired
and
beloved
by
one
who
is
himself
admired
and
beloved
by
all
!
I
cannot
think
,
"
added
Sir
Arthur
,
with
a
sly
smile
,
"
what
in
all
the
world
Mr.
Granville
sees
to
fancy
in
you
!
"
"
That
is
exactly
what
puzzles
me
!
I
often
wonder
why
he
likes
me
!
"
"
Because
,
I
suppose
,
somehow
or
other
,
he
cannot
help
it
.
Now
,
Marion
,
you
have
the
worst
of
memories
I
know
,
for
what
Mr.
Granville
says
;
but
do
try
if
you
can
recollect
a
few
of
his
last
conversations
to
entertain
me
with
.
You
will
have
so
many
lovers
soon
at
St.
John
's
Lodge
,
that
it
may
perhaps
become
impossible
to
distinguish
Granville
from
the
rest
,
or
one
from
another
!
"
"
No
!
that
can
never
be
!
Patrick
's
friends
are
scarcely
my
acquaintances
,
and
not
at
all
likely
to
become
admirers
.
I
feel
and
fully
appreciate
my
own
happiness
now
in
being
chosen
and
preferred
by
one
whose
thoughts
and
wishes
are
all
such
as
my
own
may
be
ready
and
willing
to
echo
—
who
can
lead
my
thoughts
upwards
as
well
as
onwards
,
whose
attachment
is
founded
on
the
purest
sentiments
—
and
,
not
the
least
of
his
attraction
,
dear
uncle
Arthur
,
who
loves
and
honors
you
as
I
do
!
"
"
Merely
because
I
am
your
uncle
!
Depend
upon
it
,
all
my
great
merits
are
eclipsed
by
that
one
!
Well
!
I
must
put
up
with
it
,
till
he
knows
better
!
I
need
not
send
to
the
circulating
libraries
for
a
romance
now
,
as
there
are
so
many
to
interest
me
at
home
!
"
These
words
of
Sir
Arthur
's
referred
not
merely
to
the
growing
attachment
of
Richard
and
Marion
,
but
Caroline
Smythe
,
who
was
about
soon
to
depart
for
England
,
had
in
the
meantime
become
a
constant
and
prominent
member
of
the
gay
little
circle
at
Seabeach
Cottage
,
where
her
friends
exerted
their
utmost
endeavors
to
restore
the
tone
of
her
nerves
and
spirits
,
which
were
still
much
affected
by
her
recent
alarm
,
and
none
succeeded
so
well
in
diverting
her
thoughts
,
and
beguiling
her
time
as
the
lively
,
animated
Henry
De
Lancey
,
who
became
himself
daily
more
entranced
with
the
happiness
of
being
in
her
society
.
His
preference
for
Caroline
was
testified
in
the
way
most
truly
flattering
,
being
more
betrayed
than
professed
,
yet
his
whole
heart
was
visible
in
every
word
and
action
,
while
he
evidently
became
every
day
twenty
times
more
deeply
in
love
than
at
first
,
and
the
interesting
countenance
of
Caroline
grew
more
interesting
from
the
additional
depth
of
expression
to
be
traced
there
.
Sir
Arthur
,
happy
in
the
happiness
of
others
,
appeared
to
cast
aside
all
care
,
while
sunning
himself
in
the
joyous
smiles
of
those
who
had
so
long
been
the
dearest
objects
of
his
solicitude
,
and
day
after
day
the
intimacy
and
mutual
affection
of
all
parties
appeared
to
be
riveted
by
fetters
which
never
could
be
broken
,
though
it
sometimes
crossed
Marion
's
mind
as
a
cause
of
surprise
that
Sir
Arthur
,
who
did
nothing
without
reflection
,
should
appear
never
once
to
apprehend
the
difficulty
into
which
Henry
's
attachment
would
evidently
plunge
him
.
There
was
something
irresistible
in
the
fascinations
of
young
De
Lancey
's
character
,
the
warmth
of
which
seemed
as
if
it
must
have
been
nurtured
beneath
a
brighter
sun
than
that
of
others
,
while
there
was
an
irresistible
captivation
in
his
joyous
,
youthful
aspect
,
his
frank
and
graceful
carriage
.
Mr.
Granville
,
who
had
a
genius
for
making
society
agreeable
,
as
well
as
improving
,
treated
him
with
the
confidence
and
companionship
of
a
brother
,
almost
insensibly
developing
the
graces
of
a
heart
fitted
to
awaken
the
deepest
interest
,
and
drawing
forth
a
power
of
mind
and
character
in
Henry
,
of
which
he
could
scarcely
before
have
deemed
himself
capable
,
while
leading
him
often
away
from
the
common-place
nothings
of
the
passing
hour
,
to
the
highest
regions
of
thought
and
to
the
brightest
aspirations
after
future
distinction
,
after
immortal
wisdom
and
undying
happiness
.
"
We
must
live
and
act
for
others
,
"
observed
Mr.
Granville
one
day
in
his
usual
tone
of
energetic
animation
.
"
The
miser
who
collects
useless
hoards
which
are
lost
to
him
at
death
,
is
not
more
absurd
in
his
vain
pursuit
,
than
the
mere
philosopher
who
lays
up
stores
of
knowledge
to
perish
with
himself
.
The
good
or
the
evil
which
may
be
done
by
the
most
insignificant
individual
both
now
and
to
generations
yet
unborn
,
is
incalculable
;
and
the
only
important
question
we
can
ask
of
ourselves
,
in
which
no
other
can
be
concerned
,
is
,
'
What
shall
I
do
to
be
saved
?
'
That
,
each
man
must
seek
to
ascertain
for
himself
;
and
who
would
not
say
that
the
greatest
fool
on
earth
is
he
who
forgets
to
ask
it
at
all
,
—
or
who
asks
it
with
indifference
!
"
"
I
am
more
and
more
convinced
,
"
said
Henry
,
"
that
religion
is
the
greatest
support
in
life
,
and
the
only
one
in
death
.
On
our
hearts
it
is
like
the
calm
serene
light
given
by
the
moon
when
she
soars
vividly
along
the
heavens
amidst
clouds
and
darkness
,
pouring
celestial
light
upon
the
earth
in
pure
and
holy
splendor
,
beautiful
and
sublime
,
yet
often
how
melancholy
and
solemnizing
,
'
Thoughts
of
immortal
beauty
spring
to
birth
,
And
waft
the
soul
beyond
the
dreams
of
earth
.
'
"
Henry
scarcely
ventured
to
tell
his
own
heart
how
deeply
and
engrossingly
he
had
become
attached
to
Caroline
,
while
in
secret
he
remembered
every
word
or
look
which
had
endeared
her
to
him
,
with
a
pleasure
and
emotion
till
now
unknown
,
and
which
could
not
but
be
most
painful
in
his
solitary
hours
of
reflection
,
when
he
considered
the
uncertain
tenure
of
his
own
situation
in
life
,
and
his
ignorance
respecting
that
of
Miss
Smythe
,
though
he
felt
soothed
and
comforted
by
the
consciousness
,
that
to
her
he
was
evidently
not
indifferent
,
and
that
Sir
Arthur
either
seemed
blind
to
their
increasing
preference
,
or
pleased
to
witness
it
.
Henry
had
seated
himself
one
morning
in
a
small
ante-room
,
repairing
his
fishing
tackle
,
and
though
voices
became
audible
in
the
drawing-room
,
in
animated
conversation
,
he
continued
perfectly
heedless
of
what
was
passing
,
till
at
length
his
own
name
,
spoken
in
accents
always
dear
to
him
,
irresistibly
enchained
his
attention
.
Sir
Arthur
was
requesting
Caroline
to
sing
one
of
his
favorite
melodies
,
and
she
gayly
resisted
his
entreaties
,
saying
,
in
her
liveliest
accents
,
"
No
!
no
!
wait
patiently
till
the
evening
.
That
was
copied
for
me
by
Mr.
De
Lancey
,
and
I
promised
he
should
be
present
the
first
time
it
was
performed
.
I
can
refuse
you
nothing
,
Sir
Arthur
,
so
I
must
seek
safety
by
flight
!
"
Nodding
and
smiling
,
with
one
of
her
archest
looks
,
Caroline
tripped
lightly
into
the
room
,
where
Henry
sat
,
so
shaded
by
the
window-curtain
,
that
he
was
perfectly
invisible
,
when
a
moment
afterwards
she
was
followed
by
Mrs.
Smythe
,
who
said
in
an
excited
tone
of
angry
remonstrance
,
"
Is
there
no
end
,
Caroline
,
to
this
extraordinary
intimacy
of
yours
with
young
De
Lancey
!
It
really
is
becoming
absurd
!
Sir
Arthur
is
very
much
to
blame
in
giving
it
any
encouragement
!
A
youth
without
prospects
!
without
so
much
as
a
name
!
"
"
With
no
seat
in
Parliament
!
no
diplomatic
appointment
!
no
family
living
!
no
title
!
"
pursued
Caroline
,
laughing
.
"
You
know
,
my
dear
aunt
,
I
never
centered
all
good
in
birth
and
station
!
"
"
Neither
did
I
suppose
you
would
dispense
with
both
!
"
replied
Mrs.
Smythe
,
in
a
tone
of
increasing
bitterness
,
and
hurrying
towards
the
door
,
evidently
so
irritated
,
that
she
dared
not
trust
herself
to
remain
.
"
Rather
than
have
my
niece
united
to
a
nameless
outcast
,
living
upon
the
bounty
of
Sir
Arthur
Dunbar
,
or
of
connections
who
are
probably
disgraced
by
his
existence
,
I
would
prefer
seeing
you
married
to
the
Twopenny
Postman
,
for
he
at
least
is
independent
,
and
has
something
.
"
A
glow
like
fire
rushed
through
Henry
's
frame
at
these
words
,
and
before
Mrs.
Smythe
had
closed
the
door
,
the
hot
blood
seemed
boiling
in
his
veins
with
agonized
shame
and
sorrow
.
Pale
and
red
by
turns
,
he
leaned
his
head
on
his
hands
in
solitary
desolation
,
and
quivered
in
every
nerve
with
grief
and
self-reproach
.
The
whole
harvest
of
his
happiness
seemed
blasted
at
a
single
breath
;
his
mind
was
a
wild
chaos
of
conflicting
emotions
;
and
one
only
thought
rose
paramount
to
all
,
that
he
had
been
held
up
to
ridicule
and
contempt
,
perhaps
deservedly
,
in
the
eyes
of
that
one
beloved
being
,
the
object
of
his
dearest
,
first
,
and
only
attachment
,
He
wreathed
his
hands
together
,
and
bent
his
head
in
a
tempest
of
emotion
,
while
the
whole
rich
treasure
of
his
affections
and
hopes
lay
mouldered
into
rubbish
at
his
feet
;
for
he
felt
and
knew
that
all
Mrs.
Smythe
had
said
,
was
but
too
painfully
true
.
A
dark
extinguisher
had
fallen
over
every
earth-born
wish
.
He
felt
that
it
had
been
unpardonable
even
to
desire
that
the
happiness
of
another
should
be
linked
with
his
uncertain
fate
;
and
he
struggled
long
,
though
vainly
,
for
composure
,
while
contemplating
the
destruction
of
that
one
hope
which
had
contained
the
sum
of
all
his
earthly
wishes
.
"
I
will
yet
deserve
her
or
die
!
"
thought
Henry
,
overleaping
impossibilities
,
or
,
with
the
sanguine
feelings
of
a
young
and
ardent
mind
,
not
even
seeing
them
.
"
My
pleasing
dream
has
ended
for
the
present
;
and
how
could
I
ever
expect
it
should
be
otherwise
!
but
I
cannot
and
will
not
blot
out
from
the
picture
of
my
future
life
,
that
form
which
embellished
every
hope
of
my
existence
!
Days
and
nights
of
laborious
exertion
shall
be
as
nothing
,
if
I
can
but
prove
myself
worthy
of
Caroline
,
—
if
I
can
but
,
at
the
remotest
period
of
time
,
call
her
my
own
.
Were
it
not
for
such
a
prospect
I
should
become
indifferent
even
to
myself
!
"
Henry
's
musings
were
disturbed
by
a
slight
noise
near
him
,
and
when
,
with
a
flashing
eye
,
he
started
and
looked
up
,
the
very
object
of
all
his
thoughts
,
hopes
,
and
regrets
was
beside
him
,
and
he
beheld
Caroline
,
her
cheeks
suffused
with
the
deepest
emotion
,
and
her
downcast
eyelashes
sparkling
with
tears
,
while
in
hurried
accents
of
extreme
agitation
,
she
spoke
to
him
almost
inaudibly
:
"
Is
it
the
affairs
of
the
nation
you
are
so
deeply
meditating
on
,
Mr.
De
Lancey
,
or
your
own
affairs
?
"
"
My
affairs
!
"
exclaimed
Henry
,
in
a
tone
of
deep
depression
,
while
his
dark
lustrous
eyes
became
dim
and
glassy
with
emotion
.
"
I
have
no
affairs
!
a
creature
of
charity
,
—
of
the
most
generous
and
noble-minded
benevolence
,
—
but
still
a
dependent
on
the
bounty
of
others
!
In
your
presence
I
could
forget
the
mystery
and
bitterness
of
my
lot
,
—
but
I
forget
it
too
much
!
I
am
not
answerable
for
my
feelings
,
but
I
am
for
my
actions
;
and
I
must
leave
you
for
ever
!
I
can
never
know
the
rapture
of
a
requited
attachment
;
but
why
should
I
not
acknowledge
the
feelings
of
admiration
that
must
be
common
to
all
in
your
presence
.
I
am
a
nameless
outcast
;
but
pardon
my
folly
and
infatuation
in
having
loved
you
,
without
a
hope
of
return
.
My
mother
perished
,
as
you
know
,
under
fearful
circumstances
;
and
who
can
tell
whether
my
father
may
not
have
died
like
a
felon
!
My
worst
enemy
can
say
,
or
suspect
nothing
worse
than
I
sometimes
fear
;
and
I
deserve
all
I
suffer
for
having
one
moment
forgotten
the
dark
mystery
of
my
lot
.
"
"
You
were
here
,
then
,
Mr.
De
Lancey
,
some
moments
ago
,
"
said
Caroline
,
in
hurried
accents
!
"
You
overheard
all
that
my
aunt
so
imprudently
said
!
you
!
you
!
—
you
—
what
must
you
think
!
"
"
I
dare
not
trust
my
lips
with
the
expression
of
half
what
I
think
and
feel
,
"
replied
Henry
,
in
a
low
,
deep
,
broken
voice
,
and
fixing
his
troubled
eye
on
Caroline
.
"
Let
me
speak
for
once
to
you
on
that
subject
which
another
began
!
Let
me
for
once
relieve
my
heart
,
by
saying
how
entirely
,
—
how
unchangeably
I
love
you
.
What
bright
visions
of
hope
have
flitted
before
my
fancy
,
all
blighted
now
for
ever
!
I
know
the
utter
despair
that
ought
to
attend
my
attachment
.
Love
,
to
others
a
blessing
,
must
ever
be
to
me
a
curse
;
yet
I
would
rather
love
you
without
a
hope
of
return
,
than
gain
the
hearts
of
a
thousand
others
.
I
neither
ask
nor
expect
encouragement
;
only
believe
and
pity
me
!
In
the
long
absence
which
awaits
me
from
home
,
let
me
be
consoled
by
thinking
,
that
I
am
not
utterly
despised
and
forgotten
,
—
that
when
time
and
distance
have
separated
us
,
I
may
still
preserve
a
place
in
your
memory
,
though
not
perhaps
remembered
,
as
I
shall
remember
you
.
"
Caroline
listened
with
deep
delight
to
this
renewed
confession
of
Henry
's
long-cherished
attachment
.
It
seemed
as
if
she
could
have
listened
for
ever
,
but
was
unable
to
reply
during
several
minutes
of
agitated
silence
,
till
at
length
,
with
a
strong
effort
,
she
said
in
faltering
accents
,
yet
with
some
of
her
usual
vivacity
—
"
You
said
this
once
before
,
and
I
never
forgot
it
.
You
were
very
dull
not
to
read
my
heart
long
ago
.
If
I
felt
less
I
could
say
more
.
Be
constant
for
two
long
years
,
and
we
may
be
happy
!
I
need
then
consult
no
one
's
wishes
but
my
own
.
Sir
Arthur
knows
all
.
He
has
been
entrusted
with
my
thoughts
from
the
first
moment
,
when
you
told
me
that
—
that
our
attachment
was
reciprocal
!
"
"
Can
it
be
!
"
exclaimed
young
De
Lancey
,
in
accents
of
the
wildest
joy
,
while
,
in
a
transport
of
emotion
,
he
clasped
her
hand
in
his
own
,
and
those
words
were
at
last
spoken
between
them
,
which
pledged
Henry
and
Caroline
to
each
other
for
ever
.
"
I
am
not
then
doomed
to
pass
through
life
alone
and
uncared
for
.
You
will
accept
a
heart
that
never
has
loved
,
and
never
can
love
another
!
I
am
now
afraid
only
of
being
too
happy
!
The
tide
of
my
whole
existence
is
changed
!
The
two
years
you
bid
me
wait
shall
not
be
wasted
.
For
your
sake
I
shall
strenuously
seek
to
become
the
architect
of
my
own
fortunes
,
to
throw
off
the
trammels
of
obscurity
,
to
carve
out
for
myself
a
name
which
you
shall
not
be
ashamed
to
hear
.
The
world
is
before
me
,
where
,
with
buoyant
hopes
and
resolute
will
,
surely
I
may
achieve
something
,
when
my
ardent
aim
and
eager
hope
shall
be
to
enjoy
honor
first
,
and
love
hereafter
.
For
years
I
have
not
known
a
moment
of
solitude
,
as
your
image
has
been
my
perpetual
companion
,
and
now
there
is
no
futurity
of
life
to
either
of
us
,
in
which
we
shall
not
both
be
interested
,
for
,
believe
me
,
no
one
on
earth
was
ever
loved
with
greater
depth
and
constancy
of
attachment
than
yourself
.
"
The
feelings
of
a
lifetime
are
sometimes
concentrated
in
a
single
hour
,
and
so
it
was
with
Henry
and
Caroline
,
who
talked
of
the
past
and
of
the
future
with
buoyant
hopes
and
entire
affection
,
but
not
yet
with
an
entire
confidence
;
for
it
was
evident
that
Miss
Smythe
,
in
speaking
of
her
own
connexions
and
prospects
,
became
agitated
and
reserved
,
while
she
concluded
the
conversation
abruptly
,
by
saying
,
"
I
shall
feel
proud
and
happy
to
think
that
the
motive
for
all
your
exertions
is
derived
from
a
generous
and
disinterested
attachment
to
myself
;
and
whether
success
or
failure
be
the
consequence
,
we
shall
at
last
share
it
together
,
for
better
or
for
worse
.
All
real
happiness
must
spring
from
the
heart
.
I
care
neither
for
splendor
nor
amusement
—
they
are
the
mere
outside
crust
visible
to
the
vulgar
eye
;
but
friendship
and
—
and
attachment
,
founded
on
religion
,
these
are
the
jewel
in
the
casket
,
outweighing
all
else
.
"
"
Without
them
,
none
can
know
the
greatest
joys
or
the
greatest
sorrows
of
this
world
,
"
said
Henry
,
with
emotion
.
"
For
your
sake
I
have
now
a
thousand
ambitious
desires
that
never
would
have
occurred
to
me
for
myself
alone
.
If
there
be
anything
in
me
deserving
your
regard
,
I
wish
it
were
ten
times
redoubled
,
and
that
,
besides
,
I
had
fortune
,
talents
,
estates
,
and
friends
,
beyond
the
utmost
desires
of
all
your
connexions
.
"
"
Then
,
"
replied
Caroline
,
with
a
penetrating
look
at
Henry
,
but
in
a
careless
,
off-hand
tone
,
"
if
we
are
to
suppose
a
shower
of
fairy
gifts
called
down
upon
us
by
our
own
wishes
,
I
shall
,
perhaps
,
ask
to
become
,
for
your
sake
,
very
beautiful
,
very
fascinating
,
and
,
above
all
,
very
rich
.
"
"
You
have
everything
already
,
except
the
wealth
,
"
said
Henry
,
warmly
;
"
and
I
should
abhor
an
heiress
!
I
would
not
sacrifice
my
independence
in
life
to
any
woman
—
scarcely
even
to
you
!
A
man
's
office
is
to
confer
,
not
to
receive
.
"
"
Men
of
even
very
large
fortune
seem
,
in
these
days
,
to
feel
otherwise
,
"
observed
Caroline
,
smiling
.
"
They
have
a
sort
of
mercantile
idea
on
the
subject
of
marrying
,
that
it
would
be
very
presumptuous
in
a
young
lady
,
without
sufficient
capital
,
to
expect
a
partnership
in
their
house
.
"
"
I
have
little
,
indeed
,
to
offer
,
and
even
that
little
based
upon
a
mysterious
uncertainty
,
"
replied
Henry
.
"
Yet
unless
I
could
bestow
something
besides
myself
,
and
something
more
than
I
ask
in
return
,
I
never
would
marry
.
It
is
a
mean
,
degrading
position
,
for
any
man
to
be
a
pensioner
on
his
wife
,
when
even
the
very
gifts
which
his
affection
might
induce
him
to
give
her
must
be
purchased
with
her
own
money
.
No
!
dearest
Caroline
,
we
shall
be
contented
on
very
little
,
and
we
might
be
miserable
on
a
great
deal
.
Your
happiness
shall
be
my
first
,
almost
my
only
consideration
.
Our
affection
will
be
riveted
by
the
sacrifices
we
daily
make
for
each
other
,
till
it
becomes
woven
into
our
very
being
;
while
,
come
what
may
,
we
are
above
adversity
,
and
equal
to
prosperity
,
strong
in
mutual
attachment
,
and
in
one
common
hope
for
time
and
for
eternity
.
"
"
May
we
live
to
realize
all
you
say
,
"
replied
Caroline
,
with
tears
starting
to
her
eyes
,
while
a
smile
was
on
her
cheek
.
"
The
picture
is
drawn
by
a
masterly
hand
.
In
this
world
the
sun
itself
has
many
dark
spots
,
and
I
do
not
expect
or
hope
that
we
shall
be
without
our
share
of
difficulties
and
sorrows
;
but
our
happiness
is
rooted
in
a
soil
that
cannot
fail
,
for
we
shall
advance
together
,
in
social
and
unlimited
confidence
,
through
the
land
of
fleeting
shadows
,
to
the
land
of
bright
and
permanent
realities
,
of
unimaginable
and
unceasing
enjoyment
.
"
"
How
different
is
the
happiness
of
the
Christian
from
that
described
by
the
poet
,
"
said
Henry
.
"
My
hope
,
that
never
grew
to
certainty
,
—
My
youth
,
that
perish
'd
in
its
vain
desire
;
My
fond
ambition
,
crush
'd
e'er
it
could
be
Aught
save
a
self-consuming
,
wasted
fire
!
"
CHAPTER
XXI
.
Captain
De
Crespigny
continued
to
visit
at
St.
John
's
Lodge
almost
daily
,
having
now
adopted
a
quite-at-home
style
,
dropping
in
at
all
hours
of
the
morning
or
evening
,
partly
in
the
character
of
a
cousin
,
partly
as
a
convivial
friend
of
Sir
Patrick
's
,
and
solely
,
in
the
estimation
of
Agnes
,
as
her
devoted
admirer
;
but
not
one
of
the
motives
which
ostensibly
brought
him
there
was
the
real
one
.
He
kept
up
long
,
animated
,
horse-and-dog
conversations
with
Sir
Patrick
,
and
love-and-nonsense
conversations
with
Agnes
;
but
his
whole
thoughts
and
attention
were
secretly
devoted
to
Marion
,
to
so
engrossing
an
extent
,
that
he
became
astonished
even
at
himself
.
She
was
always
exceedingly
busy
about
something
when
he
called
—
more
frequently
out
of
the
room
than
in
it
,
while
he
staid
,
and
so
constantly
sat
down
to
write
letters
or
notes
while
he
talked
to
Sir
Patrick
,
that
one
day
,
in
a
tone
of
pique
,
he
said
,
writing
at
such
a
rate
,
she
would
soon
be
several
volumes
a-head
of
Sir
Walter
Scott
;
but
still
Marion
continued
as
much
pre-occupied
in
his
presence
,
and
as
good-humoredly
indifferent
as
before
.
She
treated
him
,
as
the
friend
of
Sir
Patrick
,
almost
like
a
brother
,
and
was
not
in
the
slightest
degree
agitated
,
when
he
flew
,
with
fascinating
empressement
,
to
light
the
taper
for
her
,
to
open
the
door
,
or
to
pay
any
of
the
ten
thousand
little
attentions
with
which
he
was
accustomed
to
dazzle
and
delight
the
hundred
and
one
other
young
ladies
among
whom
he
had
hitherto
divided
himself
.
It
was
absolutely
insufferable
to
see
her
so
perfectly
self-possessed
and
conversible
,
without
a
thought
of
being
admired
,
always
ready
with
a
reply
when
he
spoke
to
her
,
and
amused
with
his
jests
,
but
not
sufficiently
interested
by
his
presence
,
to
attempt
being
either
attractive
or
repulsive
.
Seeing
him
approach
the
table
one
day
several
times
while
she
was
writing
,
Marion
said
at
last
,
"
Is
there
anything
here
I
can
give
you
?
anything
you
want
?
"
"
Yes
!
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
in
a
low
,
agitated
voice
.
"
I
do
want
more
than
I
dare
ask
;
more
than
I
shall
perhaps
ever
obtain
.
"
Marion
at
these
words
glanced
with
astonishment
towards
Agnes
,
and
privately
thought
her
sister
's
lover
must
require
very
great
encouragement
indeed
,
if
he
were
not
satisfied
with
all
he
got
;
but
unwilling
to
interfere
in
any
differences
that
might
have
arisen
between
them
,
she
calmly
resumed
her
employment
,
unconscious
that
the
eyes
of
Captain
De
Crespigny
were
fixed
upon
her
with
a
look
of
disappointment
and
pique
,
because
she
had
not
so
much
as
favored
him
with
a
conscious
blush
.
Nothing
surprised
and
amused
the
young
mind
of
Marion
half
so
much
,
as
the
light
raillery
and
gay
persiflage
,
which
continually
passed
between
her
brother
and
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
whose
conversation
was
enlivened
with
sallies
of
good-humored
malice
against
each
other
,
and
lively
satire
,
which
sometimes
approached
the
verge
,
and
often
even
passed
the
verge
of
civility
,
while
each
seemed
to
have
conferred
on
his
friend
the
royal
privilege
of
saying
or
doing
no
wrong
,
so
that
the
pointed
arrows
they
levelled
at
each
other
became
feathers
before
they
reached
their
aim
.
"
I
must
give
the
Abbey
people
a
ball
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
one
day
,
after
whistling
for
some
time
with
his
back
to
the
fire
.
"
The
Children
of
the
Abbey
,
as
we
gentlemen
in
difficulties
are
called
!
A
dance
of
ruined
people
!
What
a
capital
hit
!
"
"
Like
Holbein
's
dance
of
death
!
"
observed
Marion
.
"
Our
creditors
would
all
come
,
I
suppose
,
and
take
out
a
dividend
in
cakes
and
ices
!
You
are
,
of
course
,
not
serious
,
Patrick
!
"
"
Why
not
?
You
are
always
ready
with
an
opinion
,
like
a
lawyer
expecting
a
fee
;
but
remember
,
Marion
,
the
attorney
waits
at
least
till
he
is
asked
!
I
am
as
serious
now
as
I
ever
am
about
anything
.
Let
me
make
the
neighbors
and
the
neighborhood
expire
with
envy
and
admiration
!
You
know
the
last
kick
of
a
dying
horse
is
always
the
strongest
.
Agnes
,
fetch
your
visiting
book
,
and
we
shall
get
up
a
splendid
impromptu
,
to
be
paid
for
with
my
surplus
income
!
Ah
!
here
comes
De
Crespigny
,
as
he
always
does
,
at
the
very
moment
we
were
wishing
for
him
.
"
"
Because
there
is
never
a
moment
,
I
suppose
,
that
you
are
not
wishing
for
me
!
"
replied
he
,
fixing
his
expostulating
eye
on
Sir
Patrick
.
"
I
owe
myself
to
society
,
and
make
a
duty
of
paying
visits
from
pure
benevolence
,
because
in
every
house
I
find
people
perfectly
dying
for
my
arrival
.
If
I
had
three
hands
to
shake
,
I
would
divide
them
equally
amongst
you
;
but
I
have
only
one
to
offer
,
"
added
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
with
lively
emphasis
,
as
he
extended
his
to
Agnes
,
who
stood
nearest
him
.
"
You
belong
,
I
believe
,
to
the
Modest
Assurance
Company
,
"
said
she
,
with
a
blush
and
a
smile
.
"
But
after
this
little
outbreak
of
vanity
,
we
really
do
want
your
advice
.
"
"
That
is
a
thing
I
never
either
give
or
take
.
The
word
should
be
drummed
out
of
the
English
language
.
"
"
Then
,
"
added
Sir
Patrick
,
"
pray
lend
us
your
opinion
.
"
"
No
,
Dunbar
!
I
lend
you
nothing
!
Remember
our
agreement
.
Ca
n't
afford
bad
debts
!
Better
give
you
half-a-crown
than
lend
you
a
shilling
.
"
"
De
Crespigny
,
your
wit
is
as
sharp
to-day
as
that
American
scythe
,
the
shadow
of
which
cut
a
man
's
leg
off
!
I
owe
you
one
for
the
last
hit
!
"
"
Ten
to
one
you
never
pay
me
!
I
have
serious
thoughts
of
taking
rooms
in
the
sanctuary
myself
soon
,
because
it
displays
beauties
and
attractions
beyond
any
other
part
of
the
world
.
Positively
,
I
see
no
place
like
it
,
and
no
people
like
its
inhabitants
.
"
Sir
Patrick
's
hearty
laugh
rang
through
the
room
,
while
Agnes
smiled
with
conscious
triumph
;
and
Marion
,
who
had
been
for
several
minutes
planning
an
escape
to
the
Granvilles
,
thought
this
a
favorable
opportunity
to
steal
off
unobserved
,
and
had
safely
reached
the
door
,
when
Sir
Patrick
hastily
summoned
her
back
.
"
Marion
!
where
are
you
shying
off
to
so
hastily
?
Are
you
under
a
vow
of
solitude
?
There
is
no
keeping
you
in
the
room
for
a
minute
now
.
"
"
Never
mind
me
!
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
assuming
a
tone
of
good-humored
conceit
,
to
disguise
a
great
deal
of
real
pique
.
"
I
am
not
so
bad
as
I
look
.
"
"
No
!
"
replied
Agnes
,
laughing
.
"
That
is
exactly
what
the
keeper
at
the
Zoological
Gardens
says
of
the
ourang
outang
!
"
"
Do
n't
be
put
out
of
countenance
by
her
,
De
Crespigny
!
you
'll
do
,
"
said
Sir
Patrick
.
"
I
've
seen
worse
looking
people
in
the
world
!
I
knew
a
gentleman
once
,
much
plainer
than
you
are
,
who
got
on
very
well
!
"
"
Sir
Patrick
Dunbar
,
for
instance
,
or
some
other
,
with
no
pretensions
whatever
!
Really
,
old
fellow
!
I
am
much
the
best
looking
of
the
two
,
if
people
would
only
think
so
.
It
is
astonishing
the
sort
of
men
who
pass
themselves
off
upon
the
world
for
being
handsome
—
quite
an
imposition
.
"
"
Quite
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
,
and
the
two
gentlemen
laughingly
glanced
at
each
other
.
"
I
am
quite
obliged
to
you
for
that
remark
;
but
as
I
see
the
watch
of
your
wit
is
wound
up
for
a
reply
,
pray
let
it
strike
.
"
"
No
,
I
am
not
revengeful
!
As
somebody
said
to
somebody
,
some
day
when
they
were
talking
about
something
,
I
have
'
a
soul
above
buttons
.
'
But
positively
,
"
continued
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
gazing
around
,
as
if
he
had
made
a
sudden
discovery
,
and
letting
his
eye
rest
upon
Marion
,
"
to
do
ourselves
justice
,
Dunbar
,
we
in
this
room
are
a
remarkably
good
looking
party
.
"
"
To
be
sure
we
are
!
You
never
said
a
truer
thing
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
.
"
So
obvious
,
indeed
,
that
it
was
scarcely
worth
remarking
.
I
remember
the
time
,
De
Crespigny
,
when
you
used
to
copy
me
—
to
imitate
the
inimitable
;
and
positively
,
with
such
tolerable
success
,
that
I
very
nearly
bowed
to
myself
one
day
for
you
.
"
"
Well
,
Patrick
!
"
said
Agnes
,
"
I
do
think
you
are
like
nobody
else
,
and
like
nothing
human
I
ever
saw
;
and
yet
I
have
a
great
turn
for
finding
out
resemblances
.
How
very
like
Wednesdays
are
to
Thursdays
!
"
"
Astonishingly
so
!
"
replied
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
adding
,
with
one
of
his
most
indescribable
looks
,
"
but
I
see
not
the
slightest
resemblance
between
your
sister
and
you
.
"
Agnes
smiled
one
of
her
brightest
smiles
at
what
must
,
she
thought
,
be
intended
most
unquestionably
as
a
compliment
;
but
though
the
difference
appeared
obvious
enough
,
the
superiority
,
judging
from
the
direction
and
the
expression
of
Captain
De
Crespigny
's
eyes
,
was
not
by
any
means
so
decided
a
point
as
Agnes
seemed
willing
to
believe
.
"
De
Crespigny
!
"
said
Sir
Patrick
,
with
one
of
his
most
satirical
looks
.
"
Do
you
really
now
,
in
serious
earnest
,
call
yourself
dressed
?
It
is
very
well
as
a
joke
;
but
you
are
surely
not
got
up
in
that
style
for
the
day
?
In
the
name
of
all
that
is
hideous
,
who
is
your
tailor
,
that
I
may
avoid
him
?
Does
he
call
that
thing
you
wear
a
coat
?
"
"
No
!
"
"
Then
,
pray
,
what
does
he
call
it
?
"
"
A
surtout
!
and
such
a
one
as
you
never
had
since
you
wore
a
cap
and
cockade
!
It
is
a
real
original
Dodds
!
I
could
bet
the
amount
of
your
bill
,
whatever
that
may
be
,
probably
with
several
years
'
interest
—
a
few
hundreds
—
that
you
will
never
be
half
so
well
fitted
.
If
you
want
a
coat
—
a
real
undeniable
,
irreproachable
coat
,
fit
for
a
gentleman
to
be
seen
in
—
employ
my
tailor
in
St.
James
'
street
;
he
will
make
a
man
of
you
!
"
"
From
a
certain
cut
of
tigerism
in
the
collar
,
I
guessed
he
lived
in
Cheapside
or
the
Strand
!
Never
employ
him
again
!
I
would
not
allow
him
to
dress
me
if
he
offered
to
do
it
for
nothing
!
Have
more
regard
for
yourself
,
De
Crespigny
,
and
never
be
betrayed
into
trusting
him
again
.
He
is
totally
incapable
of
his
business
!
You
might
as
well
expect
a
Whig
Ministry
to
form
a
tolerable
Administration
.
The
thing
is
not
upon
the
cards
!
"
"
Pray
,
attend
now
to
my
cards
!
"
interrupted
Agnes
.
"
If
you
are
got
upon
politics
,
there
will
be
no
slipping
in
a
word
edgewise
about
my
ball
;
and
the
joy
of
planning
it
quite
turns
my
head
.
"
"
You
turn
every
other
head
,
so
it
is
but
fair
that
your
own
should
share
the
same
fate
!
"
observed
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
with
a
light
and
careless
laugh
;
but
what
he
said
was
neither
lightly
nor
carelessly
received
by
Agnes
;
for
the
color
rushed
in
vivid
brilliancy
to
her
cheek
,
while
she
bent
her
head
to
conceal
a
smile
of
pleasure
;
yet
when
Marion
looked
up
suddenly
from
her
drawing
,
the
eyes
of
Captain
De
Crespigny
were
again
fixed
on
herself
,
as
he
added
,
"
I
wish
those
I
admire
the
most
had
a
few
imperfections
to
make
them
human
.
"
"
I
should
not
think
any
one
thoroughly
liked
me
who
saw
them
,
"
observed
Agnes
,
in
a
tone
of
gratified
vanity
.
"
And
now
for
business
,
Pat
!
Here
is
a
correct
list
of
our
acquaintances
!
"
"
But
I
want
an
incorrect
one
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
,
jocularly
seizing
the
catalogue
of
names
.
"
I
hate
anything
correct
!
Let
me
see
!
Here
are
some
tolerable
people
enough
!
This
is
not
a
bad
world
,
after
all
,
if
one
could
pick
out
those
who
are
ornamental
,
and
pass
an
act
of
extermination
upon
all
who
are
objectionable
in
manner
,
appearance
,
circumstances
,
or
disposition
.
In
such
a
case
,
it
might
really
become
fit
for
a
gentleman
to
live
in
!
"
Agnes
'
visiting-book
was
now
carefully
revised
,
while
the
party
seemed
to
think
they
had
met
only
to
pass
sentence
on
all
their
acquaintances
.
No
subject
appeared
so
exhaustless
as
the
faults
and
follies
of
their
particular
friends
;
their
poverty
,
wealth
,
avarice
,
or
extravagance
;
while
the
liveliness
of
their
conversation
,
instead
of
emanating
,
like
that
of
the
Granvilles
,
from
the
gay
fancies
and
spontaneous
sparklings
of
their
own
minds
,
was
almost
entirely
derived
from
the
follies
and
personal
defects
of
others
;
and
Marion
could
not
but
remember
with
a
smile
the
country
clergyman
,
who
said
once
from
the
pulpit
,
that
"
people
should
never
speak
ill
of
their
neighbors
,
—
except
among
a
few
friends
!
"
"
Let
us
invite
only
the
tolerable-looking
girls
in
each
family
,
and
no
chaperons
with
turbans
and
large
caps
to
overshadow
the
room
,
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
drawing
a
broad
dash
of
his
pen
through
the
name
of
Lady
Towercliffe
.
"
Her
large
,
featureless
face
,
looks
like
a
wax
doll
which
had
been
put
before
the
fire
till
it
melted
;
and
she
is
as
dull
as
a
dormouse
.
"
"
We
did
enough
for
her
in
going
to
that
heavy
turn-out
of
a
ball
,
"
added
Sir
Patrick
.
"
I
very
nearly
'
struck
work
,
'
on
finding
myself
expected
to
dance
with
one
of
those
plain
,
elderly
daughters
.
Lady
Charlotte
is
quite
a
laide
ideal
.
"
"
I
was
pressed
into
the
service
,
too
!
"
continued
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
in
an
injured
tone
,
"
and
did
not
recover
the
annoyance
till
—
till
my
last
quadrille
!
"
added
he
,
glancing
expressively
at
Marion
.
"
If
one
must
dance
with
plain
girls
at
their
own
parties
,
I
wish
they
would
wear
veils
.
"
"
Poor
Lady
Charlotte
's
figure
is
a
perfect
pyramid
,
narrow
at
the
shoulders
,
and
becoming
thicker
to
the
ankles
,
"
observed
Agnes
,
laughing
.
"
She
got
no
partner
the
first
half
of
the
night
,
but
being
very
fond
of
dancing
,
she
stood
near
the
corner
of
every
dance
,
and
was
turned
sometimes
by
mistake
!
"
"
Very
good
for
an
impromptu
,
Agnes
!
The
old
girl
gets
a
partner
once
a-year
,
I
believe
,
"
added
Sir
Patrick
.
"
If
people
will
not
be
beauties
,
I
ca
n't
help
it
;
but
I
wonder
at
any
one
who
had
such
a
foot
as
Lady
Charlotte
's
,
would
wish
to
live
.
It
is
so
enormous
that
the
eye
cannot
take
it
in
all
at
once
!
The
gout
is
nothing
in
comparison
!
De
Crespigny
,
if
you
are
ever
shipwrecked
at
sea
,
you
could
desire
no
better
boat
than
one
of
her
shoes
,
and
a
paddle
!
"
"
Her
hand
,
too
!
"
exclaimed
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
shrugging
his
shoulders
,
and
admiring
his
nails
.
"
Mine
is
ashamed
to
look
so
insignificant
beside
it
!
Positively
I
awoke
one
forenoon
,
after
my
hand
had
been
stung
by
a
wasp
,
and
seeing
something
so
large
,
red
,
and
swelled
,
I
never
recognized
my
own
,
but
seized
hold
of
it
in
the
most
friendly
manner
,
saying
,
'
Ah
,
Lady
Charlotte
Malcolm
!
—
—
'
"
"
I
have
heard
,
"
observed
Marion
,
"
that
the
celebrated
Hogarth
often
lamented
how
completely
his
sense
of
the
ridiculous
had
destroyed
his
sense
of
the
beautiful
;
so
that
even
in
the
face
of
an
angel
he
could
not
avoid
observing
something
to
caricature
;
and
I
think
some
of
us
,
if
we
do
not
take
care
,
will
soon
be
in
danger
of
a
similar
calamity
.
"
"
Well
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
,
eagerly
,
"
Let
me
enjoy
a
jest
to-day
,
even
if
I
were
to
die
for
it
to-morrow
.
"
"
You
,
gentlemen
,
are
both
too
bad
!
"
said
Agnes
,
lazily
extending
her
own
beautiful
foot
on
a
footstool
.
"
Charlotte
Malcolm
has
already
a
whole
tier
of
double
chins
;
her
throat
must
have
once
belonged
to
a
flamingo
,
and
her
complexion
is
like
the
models
we
see
from
abroad
in
terra
cotta
;
but
then
,
to
do
her
justice
,
she
dresses
to
perfect
desperation
;
and
,
"
added
Agnes
,
in
her
most
amiable
voice
,
for
she
always
assumed
the
affectation
of
extreme
candor
in
discussing
other
young
ladies
,
"
I
am
told
Charlotte
is
very
good
tempered
;
at
least
so
Lady
Towercliffe
says
.
"
"
And
pray
,
what
does
that
signify
to
me
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
,
contemptuously
.
"
If
there
is
nothing
better
to
be
said
for
your
friend
,
then
,
Agnes
,
for
ever
hold
your
tongue
.
Amiable
qualities
are
quite
at
a
discount
in
general
society
!
What
does
it
matter
to
a
man
dancing
a
quadrille
with
any
girl
,
that
she
is
miraculously
amiable
,
if
she
be
miraculously
ugly
too
!
She
may
be
a
perfect
termagant
at
home
,
for
anything
I
care
,
provided
she
bring
plenty
of
small
talk
into
the
ball-room
;
and
I
would
not
give
a
single
sous
to
know
whether
her
milliner
's
bills
be
paid
,
provided
only
she
is
well
dressed
.
I
would
not
take
such
a
looking
girl
as
Lady
Charlotte
Malcolm
for
my
fifth
wife
!
"
"
You
have
quite
burned
her
in
effigy
,
now
,
"
observed
Marion
,
looking
up
from
her
work
.
"
Suppose
we
start
some
person
,
for
variety
,
whom
everybody
must
admire
and
praise
!
"
"
That
should
be
yourself
,
then
!
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
.
"
Who
else
could
answer
the
description
?
"
"
I
remember
visiting
at
old
Vivian
's
last
summer
,
where
the
girls
were
all
terrifyingly
plain
;
their
faces
,
like
the
dairy-maid
,
and
their
figures
like
the
churn
,
"
said
Sir
Patrick
.
"
One
day
I
could
not
resist
asking
their
old
governess
,
in
confidence
,
what
could
be
the
