firehad
only
just
been
lit
.
The
furniture
is
colourless
and
ugly
,
and
,
although
it
is
all
comfortable
and
correct
,
there
are
no
books
about
,
except
"
Romola
"
and
"
Middlemarch
"
and
some
Carlyle
and
John
Stuart
Mill
,
and
I
did
not
feel
that
I
could
do
with
any
of
that
just
then
.
So
there
I
sat
twiddling
my
thumbs
for
more
than
an
hour
,
and
Agnès
did
make
such
a
noise
,
opening
and
shutting
drawers
,
but
at
last
I
remembered
a
box
of
caramels
in
my
dressing-bag
,
and
it
was
better
after
that
.
A
Dull
Hour
Agnès
had
put
out
my
white
cashmere
for
tea
,
and
at
five
I
started
to
find
my
way
to
the
blue
drawing-room
.
The
bannisters
are
so
broad
and
slippery
—
the
very
things
for
sliding
on
.
I
feel
as
if
I
should
start
down
them
one
day
,
just
to
astonish
Adeline
,
only
I
promised
you
I
would
be
good
.
Well
,
when
I
got
to
the
drawing-room
,
the
party
—
about
twelve
—
had
assembled
.
The
old
Earl
had
been
wheeled
in
from
his
rooms
:
he
wears
a
black
velvet
skull-cap
and
a
stock
but
he
has
a
splendid
and
distinguished
old
face
.
If
I
were
he
,
I
would
not
have
such
a
dull
daughter-in-law
to
live
with
me
as
Lady
Carriston
is
,
even
if
my
son
was
dead
.
The
boy
,
Charlie
Carriston
,
was
there
too
;
he
does
look
a
goose
.
He
is
like
those
pictures
in
the
Punch
that
I
was
looking
at
,
where
the
family
is
so
old
that
their
chins
and
foreheads
have
gone
.
He
is
awfully
afraid
of
his
mother
.
There
were
two
or
three
elderly
pepper-and-salt
men
,
and
that
Trench
cousin
,
who
is
a
very
High
Church
curate
(
you
know
Aunt
Mary
told
us
about
him
)
,
and
there
are
a
Sir
Samuel
and
Lady
Garnons
,
with
an
old
maid
daughter
,
and
Adeline
's
German
governess
,
who
has
stayed
on
as
companion
,
and
helped
to
pour
out
the
tea
.
A
Modern
Grandison
The
conversation
was
subdued
;
about
politics
and
Cabinet
Ministers
,
and
pheasants
and
foxes
,
and
things
of
that
kind
,
and
no
one
said
anything
that
meant
anything
else
,
as
they
did
at
Nazeby
,
or
were
witty
like
they
were
at
Tournelle
,
and
the
German
governess
said
"
Ach
"
to
everything
,
and
Lady
Garnons
and
Miss
Garnons
knitted
all
the
time
,
which
gave
their
voices
the
sound
of
"
one-two-three
"
when
they
spoke
,
although
they
did
not
really
count
.
No
one
had
on
tea-gowns
—
just
a
Sunday
sort
of
clothes
.
I
do
n't
know
how
we
should
have
got
through
tea
if
the
coffee-cream
cakes
had
not
been
so
good
.
The
old
Earl
called
me
to
him
when
he
had
finished
,
and
talked
so
beautifully
to
me
;
he
paid
me
some
such
grand
old-fashioned
compliments
,
and
his
voice
sounds
as
if
he
had
learnt
elocution
in
his
youth
.
There
is
not
a
word
of
slang
or
anything
modern
;
one
quite
understands
how
he
was
able
to
wake
up
the
House
of
Lords
before
his
legs
gave
way
.
It
seems
sad
that
such
a
ninny
as
Charlie
should
succeed
him
.
I
feel
proud
of
being
related
to
him
,
but
I
shall
never
think
of
Lady
Carriston
except
as
a
distant
cousin
.
Both
Charlie
and
Adeline
are
so
afraid
of
her
that
they
hardly
speak
.
I
sha
n't
waste
any
of
my
best
frocks
here
,
so
I
made
Agnès
put
me
on
the
old
blue
silk
for
the
evening
.
She
was
disgusted
.
At
dinner
I
sat
between
Charlie
and
one
of
the
pepper-and-salts
—
he
is
a
M.P.
They
are
going
to
shoot
partridges
to-morrow
;
and
I
do
n't
know
what
we
shall
do
,
as
there
has
been
no
suggestion
of
our
going
out
to
lunch
.
After
dinner
we
sat
in
the
yellow
drawing-room
;
Lady
Carriston
and
Lady
Garnons
talked
in
quite
an
animated
way
together
about
using
their
personal
influence
to
suppress
all
signs
of
Romanism
in
the
services
of
the
Church
.
They
seemed
to
think
they
would
have
no
difficulty
in
stopping
it
.
They
are
both
Low
Church
,
Miss
Garnons
told
me
,
but
she
herself
held
quite
different
views
.
Then
she
asked
me
if
I
did
not
think
the
Reverend
Ernest
Trench
had
a
"
soulful
face
,
"
so
pure
and
abstracted
that
merely
looking
at
him
gave
thoughts
of
a
higher
life
.
I
said
No
;
he
reminded
me
of
a
white
ferret
we
had
once
,
and
I
hated
curates
.
She
looked
perfectly
sick
at
me
and
did
not
take
the
trouble
to
talk
any
more
,
but
joined
Adeline
,
who
had
been
winding
silk
with
Fräulein
Schlarbaum
for
a
tie
she
is
knitting
.
So
I
tried
to
read
the
Contemporary
Review
,
but
I
could
not
help
hearing
Lady
Carriston
telling
Lady
Garnons
that
she
had
always
brought
up
Adeline
and
Charlie
so
carefully
that
she
knew
their
inmost
thoughts
.
(
She
did
not
mention
Cyril
,
who
is
still
at
Eton
.
)
"
Yes
,
I
assure
you
,
Georgina
,
"
she
said
,
"
my
dear
children
have
never
had
a
secret
from
me
in
their
innocent
lives
.
"
The
Duke
's
Shirt
When
the
men
came
in
from
the
dining-room
,
one
of
the
old
fellows
came
and
talked
to
me
,
and
I
discovered
he
is
the
Duke
of
Lancashire
.
He
is
ordinary
looking
,
and
his
shirts
fit
so
badly
—
that
nasty
sticking-out
look
at
the
sides
,
and
not
enough
starch
.
I
would
not
have
shirts
that
did
not
fit
if
I
were
a
Duke
,
would
you
?
They
are
all
staying
here
for
the
Conservative
meeting
to-morrow
evening
at
Barchurch
.
These
three
pepper-and-salts
are
shining
lights
in
this
county
,
I
have
gathered
.
Lady
Carriston
seems
very
well
informed
on
every
subject
.
It
does
not
matter
if
she
is
talking
to
Mr.
Haselton
or
Sir
Andrew
Merton
,
(
the
two
M.P.
's
)
,
or
the
Duke
,
who
is
the
M.F.H.
,
or
the
curate
;
she
seems
to
know
much
more
about
politics
,
and
hunting
,
and
religion
than
they
do
.
It
is
no
wonder
she
can
see
her
children
's
thoughts
!
At
half-past
ten
we
all
said
good-night
.
The
dear
old
Earl
does
not
come
in
from
the
dining-room
;
he
is
wheeled
straight
to
his
rooms
,
so
I
did
not
see
him
.
Miss
Garnons
and
Adeline
both
looked
as
if
they
could
hardly
bear
to
part
with
their
curate
,
and
finally
we
got
upstairs
,
and
now
I
must
go
to
bed
.
—
Best
love
,
from
your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
P.S.
—
Everything
is
kept
up
with
great
state
here
;
there
seems
to
be
a
footman
behind
every
one
's
chair
at
dinner
.
Carriston
Towers
,
28th
October
.
Charlie
's
Dissimulation
Dearest
Mamma
,
—
I
was
so
afraid
of
being
late
for
breakfast
this
morning
that
I
was
down
quite
ten
minutes
too
soon
,
and
when
I
got
into
the
breakfast-room
I
found
Charlie
alone
,
mixing
himself
a
brandy
cocktail
.
He
wanted
to
kiss
me
,
because
he
said
we
were
cousins
,
but
I
did
not
like
the
smell
of
the
brandy
,
so
I
would
not
let
him
.
He
made
me
promise
that
I
would
come
out
with
him
after
breakfast
,
before
they
started
to
shoot
,
to
look
at
his
horses
;
then
we
heard
some
one
coming
,
and
he
whisked
the
cocktail
glass
out
of
sight
in
the
neatest
way
possible
.
At
breakfast
he
just
nibbled
a
bit
of
toast
,
and
drank
a
glass
of
milk
,
and
Lady
Carriston
kept
saying
to
him
,
"
My
dear
,
dear
boy
,
you
have
no
appetite
,
"
and
he
said
,
"
No
,
having
to
read
so
hard
as
he
did
at
night
took
it
away
.
"
The
Duke
seemed
a
little
annoyed
that
there
was
not
a
particular
chutney
in
his
curried
kidneys
,
which
I
thought
very
rude
in
another
person
's
house
;
and
,
as
it
was
Friday
,
the
Reverend
Mr.
Trench
refused
every
dish
in
a
loud
voice
,
and
then
helped
himself
to
a
whole
sole
at
the
side-table
.
The
food
was
lovely
.
Miss
Garnons
did
not
eat
a
thing
,
and
Lady
Garnons
was
not
down
nor
,
of
course
,
the
old
Earl
.
After
breakfast
we
meandered
into
the
hall
.
Smoking
is
not
allowed
anywhere
except
in
the
billiard-room
,
which
is
down
yards
and
yards
of
passages
,
so
as
not
to
let
the
smell
get
into
the
house
.
We
seemed
to
be
standing
about
doing
nothing
,
so
I
said
I
would
go
up
and
get
my
boots
on
,
or
probably
there
would
not
be
time
to
go
with
Charlie
to
see
his
horses
before
they
started
.
You
should
have
seen
the
family
's
three
faces
!
Charlie
's
silly
jaw
dropped
,
Adeline
's
eyebrows
ran
up
to
her
hair
almost
,
while
Lady
Carriston
said
in
an
icy
voice
:
"
We
had
not
thought
of
visiting
the
stables
so
early
.
"
Did
you
ever
hear
of
anything
so
ridiculous
,
Mamma
?
Just
as
though
I
had
said
something
improper
!
I
was
furious
with
Charlie
,
he
had
not
even
the
pluck
to
say
he
had
asked
me
to
go
;
but
I
paid
him
out
.
I
just
said
,
"
I
concluded
you
had
consulted
Lady
Carriston
before
asking
me
to
go
with
you
,
or
naturally
I
should
not
have
suggested
going
to
get
ready
.
"
He
did
look
a
stupid
thing
,
and
bolted
at
once
;
but
Lady
Carriston
saw
I
was
not
going
to
be
snubbed
,
so
she
became
more
polite
,
and
presently
asked
me
to
come
and
see
the
aviary
with
her
.
The
Slip
of
Paper
As
we
walked
down
the
armour
gallery
she
met
a
servant
with
a
telegram
,
and
while
she
stopped
to
read
it
I
looked
out
of
one
of
the
windows
.
The
wall
is
so
thick
they
are
all
in
recesses
,
and
Charlie
passed
underneath
,
his
head
just
level
with
the
open
part
.
The
moment
he
saw
me
he
fished
out
a
scrap
of
paper
from
his
pocket
and
pressed
it
into
my
hand
,
and
said
,
"
Do
n't
be
a
mug
this
time
,
"
and
was
gone
before
I
could
do
anything
.
I
did
not
know
what
to
do
with
the
paper
,
so
I
had
to
slip
it
up
my
sleeve
,
as
with
these
skirts
one
has
n't
a
pocket
,
and
I
did
feel
so
mad
at
having
done
a
thing
in
that
underhand
way
.
The
aviary
is
such
a
wonderful
place
,
there
seem
to
be
birds
of
every
kind
,
and
the
parrakeets
do
make
such
a
noise
.
There
are
lots
of
palms
here
and
seats
,
but
it
is
not
just
an
ideal
place
to
stay
and
talk
in
,
as
every
creature
screams
so
that
you
can
hardly
hear
yourself
speak
.
However
,
Miss
Garnons
and
Mr.
Trench
did
not
seem
to
think
so
,
as
,
while
Lady
Carriston
stopped
to
say
,
"
Didysy
,
woodsie
,
poppsie
,
dicksie
,
"
to
some
canaries
,
I
turned
a
corner
to
see
some
owls
,
and
there
found
them
holding
hands
and
kissing
(
the
White
Ferret
and
Miss
Garnons
I
mean
,
of
course
,
not
the
owls
)
.
The
Mysteries
of
Religion
They
must
have
come
in
at
the
other
door
,
and
the
parrots
'
noises
had
prevented
them
from
hearing
us
coming
.
You
never
saw
two
people
so
taken
aback
.
They
simply
jumped
away
from
one
another
.
Mr.
Trench
got
crimson
up
to
his
white
eyelashes
,
and
coughed
in
a
nervous
way
,
while
poor
Miss
Garnons
at
once
talked
nineteen
to
the
dozen
about
the
"
darling
little
owlies
,
"
and
never
let
go
my
arm
until
she
had
got
me
aside
,
when
she
at
once
began
explaining
that
she
hoped
I
would
not
misinterpret
anything
I
had
seen
;
that
of
course
it
might
look
odd
to
one
who
did
not
understand
the
higher
life
,
but
there
were
mysteries
connected
with
her
religion
,
and
she
hoped
I
would
say
nothing
about
it
.
I
said
she
need
not
worry
herself
.
She
is
quite
twenty-eight
,
you
know
,
Mamma
,
so
I
suppose
she
knows
best
;
but
I
should
hate
a
religion
that
obliged
me
to
kiss
White
Ferret
curates
in
a
parrot-house
,
should
n't
you
?
Lady
Carriston
detests
Mr.
Trench
,
but
as
he
is
a
cousin
she
has
to
be
fairly
civil
to
him
,
and
they
always
get
on
to
ecclesiastical
subjects
and
argue
when
they
speak
;
it
is
the
greatest
fun
to
hear
them
.
They
walked
on
ahead
and
left
me
with
Miss
Garnons
until
we
got
back
to
the
hall
.
By
this
time
the
guns
had
all
started
,
so
we
saw
no
more
of
them
.
Then
Adeline
suggested
that
she
and
I
should
bicycle
in
the
Park
,
which
has
miles
of
lovely
road
(
she
is
not
allowed
out
of
the
gates
by
herself
)
,
so
at
last
I
got
up
to
my
room
,
and
there
,
as
I
was
ringing
the
bell
for
Agnès
,
Charlie
's
piece
of
paper
fell
out
on
the
floor
.
I
had
forgotten
all
about
it
.
Was
n't
it
a
mercy
it
did
not
drop
while
I
was
with
Lady
Carriston
?
This
was
all
it
was
:
"
Come
down
to
tea
half-an-hour
earlier
;
shall
sham
a
hurt
wrist
to
be
back
from
shooting
in
time
.
Charlie
.
"
I
could
not
help
laughing
,
although
I
was
cross
at
his
impertinence
—
in
taking
for
granted
that
I
would
be
quite
ready
to
do
whatever
he
wished
.
I
threw
it
in
the
fire
,
and
,
of
course
,
I
sha
n't
go
down
a
moment
before
five
.
Adeline
has
just
been
in
to
see
why
I
am
so
long
getting
ready
.
—
Good-bye
,
dear
Mamma
,
love
from
your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
Carriston
Towers
,
Saturday
.
An
Anchor
in
Life
Dear
Mamma
,
—
Oh
!
what
a
long
day
this
has
been
!
But
I
always
get
so
muddled
if
I
do
n't
go
straight
on
,
that
I
had
better
finish
telling
you
about
Friday
first
.
Well
,
while
Adeline
and
I
were
bicycling
,
she
told
me
she
thought
I
should
grow
quite
pretty
if
only
my
hair
was
arranged
more
like
hers
—
she
has
a
jug-handle
chignon
—
and
if
I
had
less
of
that
French
look
.
But
she
supposed
I
could
not
help
it
,
having
had
to
spend
so
much
time
abroad
.
She
said
I
should
find
life
was
full
of
temptations
,
if
I
had
not
an
anchor
.
I
asked
her
what
that
was
,
and
she
said
it
was
something
on
which
to
cast
one
's
soul
.
I
do
n't
see
how
that
could
be
an
anchor
—
do
you
,
Mamma
?
because
it
is
the
anchor
that
gets
cast
,
is
n't
it
?
However
,
she
assured
me
that
it
was
,
so
I
asked
her
if
she
had
one
herself
,
and
she
said
she
had
,
and
it
was
her
great
reverence
for
Mr.
Trench
,
and
they
were
secretly
engaged
!
and
she
hoped
I
would
not
mention
it
to
anybody
;
and
presently
,
when
he
joined
us
,
would
I
mind
riding
on
,
as
she
had
so
few
chances
to
talk
to
him
?
That
she
would
not
for
the
world
deceive
her
mother
,
but
there
were
mysteries
connected
with
her
religion
which
Lady
Carriston
could
not
understand
,
being
only
Low
Church
.
But
when
they
saw
a
prospect
of
getting
married
they
would
tell
her
about
it
;
if
they
did
it
now
,
she
would
persuade
the
Duke
not
to
give
Mr.
Trench
the
Bellestoke
living
,
which
he
has
half
promised
him
,
and
so
make
it
impossible
for
them
to
marry
.
I
asked
her
if
Mr.
Trench
was
Miss
Garnons
'
anchor
too
?
and
she
seemed
quite
annoyed
,
so
I
suppose
their
religion
has
heaps
of
different
mysteries
;
but
I
do
n't
see
what
all
that
has
got
to
do
with
telling
her
mother
,
do
you
?
And
I
should
rather
turn
Low
Church
than
have
to
kiss
Mr.
Trench
,
anyway
.
He
came
from
a
side
path
and
joined
us
,
and
as
soon
as
I
could
I
left
them
;
but
they
picked
me
up
again
by
the
inner
gate
,
just
as
I
was
going
in
to
lunch
,
after
having
had
a
beautiful
ride
.
The
Park
is
magnificent
.
Putting
on
the
Clock
At
lunch
I
sat
by
the
old
Earl
.
He
said
my
hair
was
a
sunbeam
's
home
,
and
that
my
nose
was
fit
for
a
cameo
;
he
is
perfectly
charming
.
Afterwards
we
went
en
bloc
to
the
library
,
and
the
Garnons
began
to
knit
again
.
Nobody
says
a
word
about
clothes
;
they
talked
about
the
Girls
'
Friendly
Society
,
and
the
Idiot
Asylum
,
and
the
Flannel
Union
,
and
Higher
Education
,
and
whenever
Lady
Garnons
mentions
any
one
that
Lady
Carriston
does
not
know
all
about
,
she
always
says
,
"
Oh
!
and
who
was
she
?
"
And
then
,
after
thoroughly
sifting
it
,
if
she
finds
that
the
person
in
question
does
not
belong
to
any
of
the
branches
of
the
family
that
she
is
acquainted
with
,
she
says
"
Society
is
getting
very
mixed
now
.
"
Presently
about
six
more
people
arrived
.
There
seems
to
be
nothing
but
these
ghastly
three
o'clock
trains
here
.
All
the
new
lot
were
affected
by
it
,
just
as
I
was
.
There
were
endless
pauses
.
I
would
much
rather
scream
at
Aunt
Maria
for
a
whole
afternoon
than
have
to
spend
it
with
Lady
Carriston
.
I
am
sure
she
and
Godmamma
would
be
the
greatest
friends
if
they
could
meet
.
When
I
got
up
to
my
room
I
was
astonished
to
find
it
was
so
late
.
I
had
not
even
scrambled
into
my
clothes
when
the
clock
struck
five
.
I
had
forgotten
all
about
Charlie
and
his
scrap
of
paper
,
but
when
I
got
into
the
blue
drawing-room
,
there
he
was
,
with
his
wrist
bandaged
up
,
and
no
signs
of
tea
about
.
What
do
you
think
the
horrid
boy
had
done
,
Mamma
?
Actually
had
the
big
gold
clock
in
my
room
put
on
!
There
were
ten
chances
to
one
,
he
said
,
against
my
looking
at
my
watch
,
and
he
knew
I
would
not
come
down
unless
I
thought
it
was
five
.
I
was
so
cross
that
I
wanted
to
go
upstairs
again
,
but
he
would
not
let
me
;
he
stood
in
front
of
the
door
,
and
there
was
no
good
making
a
fuss
,
so
I
sat
down
by
the
fire
.
He
said
he
had
seen
last
night
how
struck
his
Grandfather
had
been
with
me
,
and
he
did
want
me
to
get
round
him
,
as
he
had
got
into
an
awful
mess
,
and
had
not
an
idea
how
he
was
going
to
get
out
of
it
,
unless
I
helped
him
.
I
said
I
was
sorry
,
but
I
really
did
not
see
how
I
could
do
anything
,
and
that
he
had
better
tell
his
Mother
,
as
she
adored
him
.
Cora
's
Necklace
He
simply
jumped
with
horror
at
the
idea
of
telling
his
Mother
.
"
Good
Lord
!
"
he
said
,
"
the
old
girl
would
murder
me
,
"
which
I
did
not
think
very
respectful
of
him
.
Then
he
fidgeted
,
and
humm
'd
and
haw
'd
for
such
a
time
that
tea
had
begun
to
come
in
before
I
could
understand
the
least
bit
what
the
mess
was
;
but
it
was
something
about
a
Cora
de
la
Haye
,
who
dances
at
the
Empire
,
and
a
diamond
necklace
,
and
how
he
was
madly
in
love
with
her
,
and
intended
to
marry
her
,
but
he
had
lost
such
a
lot
of
money
at
Goodwood
,
that
no
one
knew
about
,
as
he
was
supposed
not
to
have
been
there
,
that
he
could
not
pay
for
the
necklace
unless
his
grandfather
gave
him
a
lump
sum
to
pay
his
debts
at
Oxford
with
,
and
that
what
he
wanted
was
for
me
to
get
round
the
old
Earl
to
give
him
this
money
,
and
then
he
could
pay
for
Cora
de
la
Haye
's
necklace
.
He
showed
me
her
photo
,
which
he
keeps
in
his
pocket
.
It
is
just
like
the
ones
in
the
shops
in
the
Rue
de
Rivoli
that
Mademoiselle
never
would
let
me
stop
and
look
at
in
Paris
.
I
am
sure
Lady
Carriston
ca
n't
have
been
having
second
sight
into
her
children
's
thoughts
lately
!
Just
then
Lady
Garnons
and
some
of
the
new
people
came
in
,
and
he
was
obliged
to
stop
.
We
had
a
kind
of
high
tea
,
as
the
Conservative
meeting
was
to
be
at
eight
,
and
it
is
three-quarters
of
an
hour
's
drive
into
Barchurch
,
and
there
was
to
be
a
big
supper
after
.
Lady
Carriston
did
make
such
a
fuss
over
Charlie
's
wrist
.
She
wanted
to
know
was
it
badly
sprained
,
and
did
it
ache
much
,
and
was
it
swollen
,
and
he
had
the
impudence
to
let
her
almost
cry
over
him
,
and
pretended
to
wince
when
she
touched
it
!
As
we
were
driving
in
to
the
meeting
he
sat
next
me
in
the
omnibus
,
and
kept
squeezing
my
arm
all
the
time
under
the
rug
,
which
did
annoy
me
so
,
that
at
last
I
gave
his
ankle
a
nasty
kick
,
and
then
he
left
off
for
a
little
.
He
has
not
the
ways
of
a
gentleman
,
and
I
think
he
had
better
marry
his
Cora
,
and
settle
down
into
a
class
more
suited
to
him
than
ours
;
but
I
sha
n't
help
him
with
his
Grandfather
.
Politics
and
Principle
Have
you
ever
been
to
a
political
meeting
,
dear
Mamma
?
It
is
funny
!
All
these
old
gentlemen
sit
up
on
a
platform
and
talk
such
a
lot
.
The
Duke
put
in
"
buts
"
and
"
ifs
"
and
"
thats
"
over
and
over
again
when
he
could
not
think
of
a
word
,
and
you
were
n't
a
bit
the
wiser
when
he
had
finished
,
except
that
it
was
awfully
wrong
to
put
up
barbed
wire
;
but
I
ca
n't
see
what
that
has
to
do
with
politics
,
can
you
?
One
of
the
pepper-and-salts
did
speak
nicely
,
and
so
did
one
of
the
new
people
—
quite
a
youngish
person
;
but
they
all
had
such
a
lot
of
words
,
when
it
would
have
done
just
as
well
if
they
had
simply
said
that
of
course
our
side
was
the
right
one
—
because
trade
was
good
when
we
were
in
,
and
that
there
are
much
better
people
Conservatives
than
Radicals
.
Anyway
,
no
one
stays
a
Radical
when
he
gets
to
be
his
own
father
,
as
it
would
be
absurd
to
cut
off
one
's
nose
to
spite
one
's
face
—
do
n't
you
think
so
,
Mamma
?
So
it
is
nonsense
talking
so
much
.
One
or
two
rude
people
in
the
back
called
out
things
,
but
no
one
paid
any
attention
;
and
at
last
,
after
lots
of
cheering
,
we
got
into
the
omnibus
again
.
I
was
hungry
.
At
supper
we
sat
more
or
less
anyhow
,
and
I
happened
to
be
next
the
youngish
person
who
spoke
.
I
do
n't
know
his
name
,
but
I
know
he
was
n't
any
one
very
grand
,
as
Lady
Carriston
said
,
before
they
arrived
in
the
afternoon
,
that
things
were
changing
dreadfully
;
that
even
the
Conservative
party
was
being
invaded
by
people
of
no
family
;
and
she
gave
him
two
fingers
when
she
said
"
How
d'ye
do
?
"
But
if
he
is
nobody
,
I
call
it
very
nice
of
him
to
be
a
Conservative
,
and
then
he
wo
n't
have
to
change
afterwards
when
he
gets
high
up
.
The
old
Earl
asked
me
what
I
thought
of
it
all
,
so
I
told
him
;
and
he
said
that
it
was
a
great
pity
they
could
not
have
me
at
the
head
of
affairs
,
and
then
things
would
be
arranged
on
a
really
simple
and
satisfactory
basis
.
After
breakfast
this
morning
most
of
the
new
people
went
,
and
the
Duke
and
the
pepper-and-salts
;
Lady
Carriston
drove
Lady
Garnons
over
to
see
her
Idiot
Asylum
.
They
were
to
lunch
near
there
,
so
we
had
our
food
in
peace
without
them
,
and
you
would
not
believe
the
difference
there
was
!
Everyone
woke
up
:
Old
Sir
Samuel
Garnons
,
who
had
not
spoken
once
that
I
heard
since
I
came
,
joked
with
Fräulein
Schlarbaum
.
Charlie
had
two
brandies-and-sodas
instead
of
his
usual
glass
of
milk
,
and
Adeline
and
Miss
Garnons
were
able
to
gaze
at
their
anchor
without
fear
.
This
afternoon
I
have
been
for
a
ride
with
Charlie
,
and
do
you
know
,
Mamma
,
I
believe
he
is
trying
to
make
love
to
me
,
but
it
is
all
in
such
horrid
slang
that
I
am
not
quite
sure
.
I
must
stop
now
.
—
With
love
,
from
your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
A
Good
Protestant
P.S.
—
Sunday
.
I
missed
the
post
last
night
.
We
did
spend
a
boring
evening
doing
nothing
,
not
even
dummy
whist
,
like
at
Aunt
Maria
's
,
and
I
was
so
tired
hearing
the
two
old
ladies
talking
over
the
idiots
they
had
seen
at
the
Asylum
,
that
I
was
thankful
when
half-past
ten
came
.
As
for
to-day
,
I
am
glad
it
is
the
last
one
I
shall
spend
here
.
There
is
a
settled
gloom
over
everything
,
a
sort
of
Sunday
feeling
that
makes
one
eat
too
much
lunch
.
Mr.
Trench
had
been
allowed
to
conduct
the
service
in
the
chapel
this
morning
,
and
Lady
Carriston
kept
tapping
her
foot
all
the
time
with
annoyance
at
all
his
little
tricks
,
and
once
or
twice
,
when
he
was
extra
go-ahead
,
I
heard
her
murmuring
to
herself
"
Ridiculous
!
"
and
"
Scandalous
!
"
What
will
she
do
when
he
is
her
son-in-law
?
Adeline
and
Miss
Garnons
knelt
whenever
they
could
,
and
as
long
as
they
could
,
and
took
off
their
gloves
and
folded
their
hands
.
I
think
Adeline
hates
Miss
Garnons
,
because
she
is
allowed
to
cross
herself
;
and
of
course
Adeline
dare
n't
,
with
her
mother
there
.
After
tea
Charlie
managed
to
get
up
quite
close
to
me
in
a
corner
,
and
he
said
in
a
low
voice
that
I
was
"
a
stunner
,
"
and
that
if
I
would
just
"
give
him
the
tip
,
"
he
'd
"
chuck
Cora
to-morrow
;
"
that
I
"
could
give
her
fits
!
"
And
if
that
is
an
English
proposal
,
Mamma
,
I
would
much
rather
have
the
Vicomte
's
or
the
Marquis
's
.
We
are
coming
by
the
evening
train
to-morrow
;
so
till
then
good-bye
.
—
Your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
CHEVENIX
CASTLE
Chevenix
Castle
,
8th
November
.
Chevenix
Castle
Dearest
Mamma
,
—
I
am
sure
I
shall
enjoy
myself
here
.
The
train
was
so
late
,
and
only
two
other
people
were
coming
by
it
besides
me
,
so
we
all
drove
up
in
the
omnibus
together
.
One
was
a
man
,
and
the
other
a
woman
,
and
she
glared
at
me
,
and
fussed
her
maid
so
about
her
dressing-bag
,
and
it
was
such
a
gorgeous
affair
,
and
they
had
such
quantities
of
luggage
,
and
the
only
thing
they
said
on
the
drive
up
was
how
cold
it
was
,
and
they
wondered
when
we
should
get
there
.
And
when
we
did
arrive
,
there
was
only
just
time
to
rush
up
and
dress
for
dinner
;
all
the
other
people
had
come
by
an
earlier
train
.
I
left
them
both
in
the
care
of
the
groom
of
the
chambers
,
as
even
Cousin
Octavia
had
gone
upstairs
,
and
there
was
not
a
soul
about
,
but
she
had
left
a
message
for
me
;
and
while
Agnès
was
clawing
the
things
out
of
the
trunks
,
I
went
to
her
room
.
She
was
just
having
her
hair
done
,
but
she
did
not
mind
a
bit
,
and
was
awfully
glad
to
see
me
.
She
is
a
dear
.
Her
hair
is
as
dark
as
anything
underneath
,
but
all
the
outside
is
a
bright
red
.
She
says
it
is
much
more
attractive
like
that
,
but
it
does
look
odd
before
the
front
thing
is
on
,
and
that
is
a
fuzzy
bit
in
a
net
,
like
what
Royalties
have
.
And
then
she
has
lots
of
twist-things
round
at
the
back
,
and
although
it
does
n't
look
at
all
bad
when
the
diamond
stick-ups
are
in
and
she
is
all
arranged
.
She
went
on
talking
all
the
time
while
her
maid
was
fixing
it
,
just
as
if
we
were
alone
in
the
room
.
She
told
me
I
had
grown
six
inches
since
she
was
with
us
at
Arcachon
three
years
ago
,
and
that
I
was
quite
good-looking
.
She
said
they
had
a
huge
party
for
the
balls
,
some
rather
nice
people
,
and
Lady
Doraine
and
one
or
two
others
she
hated
.
I
said
why
did
she
have
people
she
hated
—
that
I
would
not
if
I
were
a
Countess
like
her
;
so
she
said
those
were
often
the
very
ones
one
was
obliged
to
have
,
because
the
nice
men
would
n't
come
without
them
.
The
Test
of
a
Gentleman
She
hoped
I
had
some
decent
clothes
,
as
she
had
got
a
tame
millionaire
for
me
.
So
I
said
if
it
was
Mr.
Wertz
she
need
not
bother
because
I
knew
him
;
and
,
besides
,
I
only
intended
to
marry
a
gentleman
,
unless
,
of
course
,
I
should
get
past
twenty
and
passé
,
and
then
,
goodness
knows
what
I
might
take
.
She
laughed
,
and
said
it
was
ridiculous
to
be
so
particular
,
but
that
anyway
that
would
be
no
difficulty
,
as
every
one
was
a
gentleman
now
who
paid
for
things
.
Then
she
sent
me
off
to
dress
,
just
as
she
began
to
put
some
red
stuff
on
her
lips
.
It
is
wonderful
how
nice
she
looks
when
everything
is
done
,
even
though
she
has
quite
a
different
coloured
chest
to
the
top
bit
that
shows
above
her
pearl
collar
,
which
is
brickish-red
from
hunting
.
So
is
her
face
,
but
she
is
such
a
dear
that
one
admires
even
her
great
big
nose
and
little
black
eyes
,
which
one
would
think
hideous
in
other
people
.
I
met
Tom
just
going
into
her
room
as
I
came
out
;
he
said
he
had
come
to
borrow
some
scent
from
her
.
He
looks
younger
than
she
does
,
but
they
were
the
same
age
when
they
got
married
,
were
n't
they
?
He
kissed
me
and
said
I
was
a
dear
little
cousin
,
and
had
I
been
boxing
any
one
's
ears
lately
.
Before
I
could
box
his
for
talking
so
,
Octavia
called
out
to
him
to
let
me
go
,
or
I
should
be
late
,
and
had
I
not
to
scurry
just
?
Agnès
fortunately
had
everything
ready
,
but
I
fussed
so
that
my
face
was
crimson
when
I
got
downstairs
,
and
every
one
was
already
there
.
There
seemed
to
be
dozens
of
people
.
You
will
see
in
the
list
in
the
Morning
Post
to-morrow
what
a
number
of
the
Nazeby
set
there
are
here
.
Lord
Valmond
is
here
,
but
he
did
not
see
me
until
we
were
at
dinner
.
I
went
in
with
Mr.
Hodgkinson
,
who
is
contesting
this
Division
;
he
is
quite
young
and
wears
an
eyeglass
,
which
he
keeps
dropping
.
He
really
looks
silly
,
but
they
say
he
says
some
clever
things
if
you
give
him
time
,
and
that
he
will
be
a
great
acquisition
to
the
party
he
has
joined
now
,
as
it
is
much
easier
to
get
made
a
peer
by
the
Radicals
;
and
that
is
what
he
wants
,
as
his
father
made
a
huge
fortune
in
bones
and
glue
.
He
did
not
talk
to
me
at
all
,
but
eat
his
dinner
at
first
,
and
then
said
:
"
I
do
n't
believe
in
talking
before
the
fish
,
do
you
?
"
So
I
said
:
"
No
,
nor
till
after
the
ices
,
unless
one
has
something
to
say
.
"
He
was
so
surprised
that
his
eyeglass
dropped
,
and
he
had
to
fumble
to
find
it
,
so
by
that
time
I
had
begun
to
talk
to
old
Colonel
Blake
,
who
was
at
the
other
side
of
me
.
The
Game
of
Bridge
Lady
Doraine
was
looking
so
pretty
;
her
hair
has
grown
much
fairer
and
nicer
than
it
was
at
Nazeby
.
Lord
Doraine
is
here
too
;
his
eyes
are
so
close
together
!
He
plays
a
game
called
"
Bridge
"
with
Mr.
Wertz
and
Mr.
Hodgkinson
and
Tom
all
the
time
—
I
mean
in
the
afternoon
before
dinner
—
so
Mr.
Hodgkinson
told
me
when
we
got
to
dessert
.
I
suppose
it
was
the
first
thing
he
had
found
to
say
!
I
asked
him
if
it
was
a
kind
of
leapfrog
;
because
do
n't
you
remember
we
called
it
"
Bridge
"
when
you
had
to
jump
two
?
He
said
No
;
that
it
was
a
game
of
cards
,
and
much
more
profitable
if
one
had
the
luck
of
Lord
Doraine
,
who
had
won
heaps
of
money
from
Mr.
Wertz
.
Afterwards
,
in
the
drawing-room
,
Lady
Doraine
came
up
to
me
and
asked
me
where
I
had
been
hiding
since
the
Nazeby
visit
,
and
when
she
heard
I
had
been
in
France
,
she
talked
a
lot
about
the
fashions
.
She
has
such
a
splendid
new
rope
of
pearls
,
and
such
lovely
clothes
.
The
Rooses
are
here
too
,
and
Jane
has
a
cold
in
her
head
.
She
says
she
heard
by
this
evening
's
post
that
Miss
La
Touche
is
going
to
be
married
to
old
Lord
Kidminster
,
and
that
he
is
"
too
deaf
to
have
heard
everything
,
so
it
is
just
as
well
.
"
I
ca
n't
see
why
,
as
Miss
La
Touche
is
so
nice
,
and
never
talks
rubbish
;
so
I
think
it
a
pity
he
ca
n't
hear
all
she
says
,
do
n't
you
?
Lady
Doraine
calls
Octavia
"
darling
!
"
She
stood
fiddling
with
her
diamond
chain
and
purring
over
her
frock
,
so
I
suppose
she
is
fond
of
her
in
spite
of
Octavia
hating
her
.
An
Englishman
's
Views
After
dinner
Lord
Valmond
came
up
to
me
at
once
.
I
felt
in
such
a
good
temper
,
it
was
hard
to
be
very
stiff
,
he
seemed
so
awfully
glad
to
see
me
.
He
said
I
might
have
let
him
know
what
day
it
was
that
I
crossed
over
to
France
after
leaving
Hazeldene
Court
—
he
would
have
taken
such
care
of
me
.
I
said
I
was
quite
able
to
take
care
of
myself
.
Then
he
asked
me
if
the
people
were
nice
in
France
?
and
when
I
said
perfectly
charming
,
he
said
some
Frenchwomen
were
n't
bad
but
the
men
were
monkeys
.
I
said
it
showed
how
little
he
knew
about
them
,
I
had
found
them
delightful
,
always
polite
and
respectful
and
amusing
,
quite
a
contrast
to
some
English
people
one
was
obliged
to
meet
.
His
eyes
blazed
like
two
bits
of
blue
fire
,
and
when
he
looked
like
that
,
it
made
my
heart
beat
,
Mamma
,
I
do
n't
know
why
.
He
is
so
nice-looking
,
of
course
no
Frenchman
could
compare
to
him
,
but
I
was
obliged
to
go
on
praising
them
because
it
annoyed
him
so
.
He
said
I
must
have
stayed
there
ages
,
he
had
been
wondering
and
wondering
when
he
was
to
see
me
again
.
He
said
Mr.
Hodgkinson
was
an
ass
,
and
he
had
been
watching
us
at
dinner
.
Then
Lord
Doraine
came
up
and
Lady
Doraine
introduced
him
to
me
,
and
he
said
a
number
of
nice
things
,
and
he
has
a
charming
voice
;
and
Mr.
Wertz
came
up
too
,
and
spoke
to
me
;
and
then
Lady
Doraine
called
Lord
Valmond
to
come
and
sit
on
the
little
sofa
by
her
,
and
she
looked
at
him
so
fondly
that
I
thought
perhaps
Lord
Doraine
might
not
like
it
.
He
tried
not
to
see
,
but
Mr.
Wertz
did
,
and
I
think
he
must
have
a
kind
heart
,
because
he
fidgeted
so
,
and
almost
at
once
went
and
joined
them
to
break
up
the
tête-à-tête
,
so
that
Lord
Doraine
might
not
be
teased
any
more
,
I
suppose
.
And
every
one
went
to
bed
rather
early
,
because
of
the
ball
and
shoot
to-morrow
,
and
I
must
jump
in
too
,
as
I
am
sleepy
,
so
good-night
,
dearest
Mamma
.
—
Your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
Chevenix
Castle
,
9th
November
.
The
Peers
'
Sad
Case
Dearest
Mamma
,
—
Such
a
lot
to
tell
you
,
and
no
time
,
as
I
must
go
down
to
tea
.
We
passed
rather
a
boring
morning
after
the
men
had
started
for
their
shoot
.
Only
a
few
people
were
down
for
breakfast
,
and
none
of
the
men
who
were
n't
guns
.
I
suppose
they
were
asleep
.
But
Lady
Grace
Fenton
was
as
cross
as
a
bear
because
she
wanted
to
go
and
shoot
too
.
She
is
just
like
a
man
,
and
does
look
so
odd
and
almost
improper
in
the
evening
in
female
dress
.
And
Tom
wo
n't
have
women
out
shooting
,
except
for
lunch
.
Lady
Doraine
and
Lady
Greswold
talked
by
the
fire
while
they
smoked
,
and
Lady
Greswold
said
she
really
did
not
know
where
the
peers
were
to
turn
to
now
to
make
an
honest
penny
,
their
names
being
no
more
good
in
the
City
,
and
that
it
was
abominably
hard
that
now
,
she
had
heard
,
they
would
have
to
understand
business
and
work
just
like
ordinary
Stock
Exchange
people
if
they
wanted
to
get
on
,
and
she
did
not
know
what
things
were
coming
to
.
At
lunch
,
in
the
châlet
in
the
wood
,
it
was
rather
fun
.
Mr.
Hodgkinson
and
Lord
Doraine
sat
on
either
side
of
me
.
Lord
Valmond
came
up
with
the
last
guns
,
rather
late
,
and
he
looked
round
the
table
and
frowned
.
He
seems
quite
grumpy
now
,
not
half
so
good-tempered
as
he
used
to
be
.
I
expect
it
is
because
Mrs.
Smith
is
n't
here
.
Mr.
Wertz
was
so
beautifully
turned
out
in
the
newest
clothes
and
the
loveliest
stockings
,
and
he
had
two
loaders
and
three
guns
,
and
Lord
Doraine
told
me
that
he
had
killed
three
pheasants
,
but
the
ground
was
knee-deep
in
cartridges
round
him
,
and
Tom
was
furious
,
as
he
likes
an
enormous
bag
.
So
I
asked
why
,
if
Mr.
Wertz
was
not
a
sportsman
,
had
he
taken
the
huge
Quickham
shoot
in
Norfolk
?
Then
Mr.
Hodgkinson
chimed
in
:
"
Oh
!
to
entertain
Royalty
and
the
husbands
of
his
charming
lady
friends
!
"
and
he
fixed
his
eyeglass
and
looked
round
the
corner
of
it
at
Lord
Doraine
,
who
drank
a
glass
of
peach
brandy
.
After
lunch
the
men
had
to
start
quickly
,
as
we
had
dawdled
so
,
and
so
we
turned
to
go
back
to
the
house
.
Octavia
put
her
arm
through
mine
,
and
we
were
walking
on
,
when
Lady
Doraine
joined
us
,
with
the
woman
who
had
glared
at
me
in
the
omnibus
.
She
looked
as
if
she
hated
walking
.
She
is
not
actually
stout
,
but
everything
is
as
tight
as
possible
,
and
it
does
make
her
puff
.
She
was
awfully
smart
,
and
had
the
thinnest
boots
on
.
Lady
Doraine
was
being
so
lovely
to
her
,
and
Octavia
was
in
one
of
her
moods
when
she
talks
over
people
's
heads
,
so
we
had
not
a
very
pleasant
walk
,
until
we
came
to
the
stable
gate
,
when
Octavia
and
I
went
that
way
to
see
her
new
hunters
.
We
had
hardly
got
out
of
hearing
when
she
said
—
"
Really
,
Elizabeth
,
how
I
dislike
women
!
"
The
Millionaires
So
I
asked
her
who
the
puffing
lady
was
,
and
she
said
a
Mrs.
Pike
,
the
new
Colonial
millionairess
.
"
Horrid
creature
,
as
unnecessary
as
can
be
!
"
So
I
asked
her
why
she
had
invited
her
,
then
.
And
she
said
her
sister-in-law
,
Carry
,
had
got
round
Tom
and
made
a
point
of
it
,
as
she
was
running
them
,
and
now
Carry
had
got
the
measles
and
could
not
come
to
look
after
the
creature
herself
;
and
it
would
serve
her
right
if
Folly
Doraine
took
them
out
of
her
hands
.
And
so
you
see
,
Mamma
,
everything
has
changed
from
your
days
,
because
this
is
n't
a
person
you
would
dream
of
knowing
.
I
do
n't
quite
understand
what
"
running
them
"
means
,
and
as
Octavia
was
a
little
out
of
temper
,
I
did
not
like
to
ask
her
;
but
Jane
Roose
is
sure
to
know
,
so
I
will
find
out
and
tell
you
.
I
went
and
played
with
the
children
when
we
got
in
.
They
are
such
ducks
,
and
we
had
a
splendid
romp
.
Little
Tom
is
enormous
for
five
,
and
so
clever
,
and
Gwynnie
is
the
image
of
Octavia
when
her
hair
was
dark
.
Now
I
must
go
down
to
tea
.
Teaching
Patience
7.30
.
—
I
was
so
late
.
Every
one
was
there
when
I
got
down
in
such
gorgeous
tea-gowns
;
I
wore
my
white
mousseline
delaine
frock
.
The
Rooses
have
the
look
of
using
out
their
summer
best
dresses
.
Jane
's
cold
is
worse
.
The
guns
had
got
back
,
and
came
straggling
in
one
by
one
,
as
they
dressed
,
quickly
or
slowly
;
and
Lord
Doraine
had
such
a
lovely
velvet
suit
on
,
and
he
said
such
nice
things
to
me
;
and
Lord
Valmond
sat
at
the
other
side
,
and
seemed
more
ill-tempered
than
ever
.
I
ca
n't
think
what
is
the
matter
with
him
.
At
last
he
asked
me
to
play
Patience
with
him
;
so
I
said
that
was
a
game
one
played
by
oneself
,
and
he
said
he
knew
quite
a
new
one
which
he
was
sure
I
would
like
to
learn
;
but
I
did
not
particularly
want
to
just
then
.
Lady
Doraine
was
showing
Mr.
Wertz
her
new
one
at
the
other
side
of
the
hall
.
There
are
some
cosy
little
tables
arranged
for
playing
cards
,
with
nice
screens
near
,
so
that
the
other
people
's
counting
,
etc.
,
may
not
put
one
out
.
Mrs.
Pike
was
too
splendid
for
words
,
in
petunia
satin
,
and
sable
,
and
quantities
of
pearl
chains
;
and
Tom
was
trying
to
talk
to
her
.
Nobody
worries
about
Mr.
Pike
much
;
but
Lord
Doraine
took
him
off
to
the
billiard-room
,
after
collecting
Mr.
Wertz
,
to
play
"
Bridge
"
—
everybody
plays
"
Bridge
,
"
I
find
—
and
then
Lady
Doraine
came
and
joined
Lord
Valmond
and
me
on
the
big
sofa
.
Lord
Valmond
hardly
spoke
after
that
,
and
she
teased
him
and
said
:
"
Harry
,
what
a
child
you
are
!
"
and
she
looked
as
sweetly
malicious
as
the
tortoise-shell
cat
at
home
does
when
it
is
going
to
scratch
while
it
is
purring
.
And
presently
Dolly
Tenterdown
came
over
to
us
(
he
is
in
Cousin
Jack
's
battalion
of
the
Coldstreams
,
and
he
looks
about
fifteen
,
but
he
behaves
very
"
grown
up
"
)
,
and
he
asked
Lady
Doraine
to
come
and
teach
him
her
new
"
Patience
"
;
and
they
went
to
one
of
the
screen
tables
,
and
Lord
Valmond
said
he
was
a
charming
fellow
,
but
I
thought
he
looked
silly
,
and
I
do
wonder
what
she
found
to
say
to
him
.
She
must
be
quite
ten
years
older
than
he
is
,
and
Jane
Roose
says
it
is
an
awful
sign
of
age
when
people
play
with
boys
.
Lord
Valmond
asked
me
to
keep
him
some
dances
to-night
,
but
I
said
I
really
did
not
know
what
I
should
do
until
it
began
,
as
I
had
never
been
at
a
ball
before
.
I
have
n't
forgiven
him
a
bit
,
so
he
need
not
think
I
have
.
Now
I
must
stop
.
Oh
!
I
am
longing
to
put
on
my
white
tulle
,
and
I
do
feel
excited
.
—
Your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
P.S.
—
I
asked
Jane
Roose
what
"
running
them
"
means
,
and
it
's
being
put
on
to
things
in
the
City
,
and
having
all
your
bills
paid
if
you
introduce
them
to
people
;
only
you
sometimes
have
to
write
their
letters
for
them
to
prevent
them
putting
the
whole
grand
address
,
etc.
,
that
is
in
the
Peerage
;
and
she
says
it
is
quite
a
profession
now
,
and
done
by
the
best
people
,
which
of
course
must
be
true
,
as
Carry
is
Tom
's
sister
.
E
.
Chevenix
Castle
,
10th
November
.
A
Modern
Industry
Dearest
Mamma
,
—
Oh
!
it
was
too
,
too
lovely
,
last
night
.
I
am
having
my
breakfast
in
bed
to-day
,
just
like
the
other
grown-up
people
,
and
it
really
feels
so
grand
to
be
writing
to
you
between
sips
of
tea
and
nibbles
of
toast
and
strawberry
jam
!
Well
,
to
tell
you
about
the
ball
.
First
my
white
tulle
was
a
dream
.
Octavia
said
it
was
by
far
the
prettiest
débutante
frock
she
had
ever
seen
;
and
when
I
was
dressed
she
sent
for
me
to
her
room
,
and
Tom
was
there
too
,
and
she
took
out
of
a
duck
of
a
white
satin
case
a
lovely
string
of
pearls
and
put
it
round
my
throat
,
and
said
it
was
their
present
to
me
for
my
first
ball
!
Was
n't
it
angelic
of
them
?
I
hugged
and
kissed
them
both
,
and
almost
squashed
Tom
's
buttonhole
into
his
pink
coat
,
I
was
so
pleased
,
but
he
said
he
did
n't
mind
;
and
then
we
all
went
down
together
,
and
no
one
else
was
ready
,
so
we
looked
through
the
rooms
.
The
dancing
,
of
course
,
was
to
be
in
the
picture
gallery
,
and
the
flowers
were
so
splendid
everywhere
,
and
Octavia
was
quite
satisfied
.
It
is
a
mercy
it
is
such
a
big
house
,
for
we
were
n't
put
out
a
bit
beforehand
by
the
preparations
.
I
do
n't
know
if
you
were
ever
like
that
,
Mamma
,
but
I
felt
as
if
I
must
jump
about
and
sing
,
and
my
cheeks
were
burning
.
Octavia
sat
down
and
played
a
valse
,
and
Tom
and
I
opened
the
ball
by
ourselves
in
the
empty
room
,
and
it
was
fun
,
and
then
we
saw
Lord
Valmond
peeping
in
at
the
door
,
and
he
came
up
and
said
Tom
was
not
to
be
greedy
,
and
so
I
danced
the
two
last
rounds
with
him
,
and
he
had
such
a
strange
look
in
his
eyes
,
a
little
bit
like
Jean
when
he
had
the
fit
,
and
he
never
said
one
word
until
we
stopped
.
Forgiveness
Then
Octavia
went
out
of
the
other
door
,
and
I
do
n't
know
where
Tom
went
,
but
we
were
alone
,
and
so
he
said
,
would
I
forgive
him
for
everything
and
be
friends
,
that
he
had
never
been
so
sorry
for
anything
in
his
life
as
having
offended
me
.
He
really
seemed
so
penitent
,
and
he
does
dance
so
beautifully
,
and
he
is
so
tall
and
nice
in
his
pink
coat
;
and
,
besides
,
I
remembered
his
dinner
with
Aunt
Maria
,
and
how
nasty
I
had
been
to
him
at
Hazeldene
!
So
I
said
,
all
right
I
would
try
,
if
he
would
promise
never
to
be
horrid
again
;
and
he
said
he
would
n't
;
and
then
we
shook
hands
,
and
he
said
I
looked
lovely
,
and
that
my
frock
was
perfect
;
and
then
Tom
came
back
and
we
went
into
the
hall
,
and
everybody
was
down
,
and
they
had
drawn
for
partners
to
go
in
to
dinner
while
we
were
in
the
ballroom
.
Tom
had
made
Octavia
arrange
that
we
should
draw
,
as
he
said
he
could
not
stand
Lady
Greswold
two
nights
running
.
Octavia
said
she
had
drawn
for
Lord
Valmond
because
he
was
n't
there
,
and
that
his
slip
of
paper
was
me
,
and
he
said
on
our
way
into
the
dining-room
that
Octavia
was
a
brick
.
We
had
such
fun
at
dinner
.
Now
that
I
have
forgiven
him
,
and
have
not
to
be
thinking
all
the
time
of
how
nasty
I
can
be
,
we
get
on
splendidly
.
The
Ball
Mr.
Wertz
was
at
the
other
side
of
me
with
Mrs.
Pike
;
but
as
he
is
n't
"
running
"
them
he
had
not
to
bother
to
talk
to
her
,
and
he
is
really
very
intelligent
,
and
we
three
had
such
an
amusing
time
.
Lord
Valmond
was
in
a
lovely
temper
.
Jane
Roose
said
afterwards
in
the
drawing-room
that
it
was
because
Mrs.
Smith
was
coming
with
the
Courceys
to
the
ball
.
Lady
Doraine
had
drawn
Mr.
Pike
,
who
is
melancholy-looking
,
with
a
long
Jew
nose
;
but
she
woke
him
up
and
got
him
quite
animated
by
dessert
,
and
Mrs.
Pike
did
not
like
it
one
bit
.
I
overheard
her
speaking
to
him
about
it
afterwards
,
and
he
said
so
roughly
,
"
You
mind
your
own
climbing
,
Mary
;
you
ought
to
be
glad
as
it
's
a
titled
lady
!
"
Well
,
then
,
by
the
time
we
were
all
assembled
in
the
hall
,
every
one
began
to
arrive
.
Oh
,
it
was
so
,
so
lovely
!
Every
one
looked
at
me
as
I
stood
beside
Octavia
at
first
,
because
they
all
knew
the
ball
was
given
for
me
,
and
then
for
the
first
dance
I
danced
with
Tom
,
and
after
that
I
had
heaps
of
partners
,
and
I
ca
n't
tell
you
about
each
dance
,
but
it
was
all
heavenly
.
I
tried
to
remember
what
you
said
and
not
dance
more
than
three
times
with
the
same
person
,
but
,
somehow
,
Lord
Valmond
got
four
,
and
another
—
but
that
was
an
extra
.
Mrs.
Smith
did
come
with
the
Courceys
,
and
she
was
looking
so
smart
with
a
beautiful
gown
on
,
and
Jane
Roose
said
it
was
a
mercy
Valmond
was
so
rich
;
but
I
do
n't
see
what
that
had
to
do
with
it
.
I
saw
him
dancing
with
her
once
,
but
he
looked
as
cross
as
two
sticks
,
perhaps
because
she
was
rather
late
.
Do
you
know
,
Mamma
,
a
lot
of
the
beauties
we
are
always
reading
about
in
the
papers
as
having
walked
in
the
Park
looking
perfectly
lovely
were
there
,
and
some
of
them
are
quite
,
quite
old
—
much
older
than
you
—
and
all
trimmed
up
!
Are
n't
you
astonished
?
And
one
has
a
grown-up
son
and
daughter
,
and
she
danced
all
the
time
with
Dolly
Tenterdown
,
who
was
her
son
's
fag
at
Eton
,
Lord
Doraine
told
me
.
Is
n't
it
odd
?
And
another
was
the
lady
that
Sir
Charles
Helmsford
was
with
on
the
promenade
at
Nice
,
when
you
would
not
let
me
bow
to
him
,
do
you
remember
?
And
she
is
as
old
as
the
other
!
Lord
Doraine
was
rather
a
bother
,
he
wanted
to
dance
with
me
so
often
;
so
at
last
I
said
to
Octavia
I
really
was
not
at
my
first
ball
to
dance
with
old
men
(
he
is
quite
forty
)
,
and
what
was
I
to
do
?
And
she
was
so
cross
with
him
,
and
I
could
see
her
talking
to
him
about
it
when
she
danced
with
him
herself
next
dance
;
and
after
that
till
supper
he
disappeared
—
into
the
smoking-room
,
I
suppose
,
to
play
"
Bridge
.
"
At
Supper
I
went
in
to
supper
first
with
the
Duke
of
Meath
—
he
had
just
finished
taking
in
Octavia
—
he
is
such
a
nice
boy
;
and
then
,
as
we
were
coming
out
,
we
went
down
a
corridor
,
and
there
in
a
window-seat
were
Lord
Valmond
and
Mrs.
Smith
,
and
he
was
still
gloomy
,
and
she
had
the
same
green-rhubarb-juice
look
she
had
the
last
night
at
Nazeby
.
He
jumped
up
at
once
,
and
said
to
me
he
hoped
I
had
not
forgotten
I
had
promised
to
go
in
to
supper
with
him
,
so
I
said
I
had
just
come
from
supper
;
and
while
we
were
speaking
Mrs.
Smith
had
got
the
Duke
to
sit
down
beside
her
,
and
so
I
had
to
go
off
with
Lord
Valmond
,
and
he
seemed
so
odd
and
nervous
,
and
as
if
he
were
apologising
about
something
;
but
I
do
n't
know
what
it
could
have
been
,
as
he
had
not
asked
me
before
to
go
in
to
supper
with
him
.
He
seemed
to
cheer
up
presently
,
and
persuaded
me
to
go
back
into
the
supper-room
,
as
he
said
he
was
so
hungry
,
and
we
found
a
dear
little
table
,
with
big
flower
things
on
it
,
in
a
corner
;
but
when
we
got
there
he
only
played
with
an
ortolan
and
drank
some
champagne
,
but
he
did
take
such
a
while
about
it
;
and
each
time
I
said
I
was
sure
the
next
dance
was
beginning
he
said
he
was
still
hungry
.
I
have
never
seen
any
one
have
so
much
on
his
plate
and
eat
so
little
.
At
last
I
insisted
on
going
back
,
and
when
we
got
to
the
ballroom
an
extra
was
on
,
and
he
said
I
had
promised
him
that
,
but
I
had
n't
.
However
,
we
danced
,
and
after
that
,
having
been
so
long
away
at
supper
,
and
one
thing
and
another
,
my
engagements
seemed
to
get
mixed
,
and
I
danced
with
all
sorts
of
people
I
had
n't
promised
to
in
the
beginning
.
At
last
it
came
to
an
end
,
and
when
the
last
carriage
had
driven
away
,
we
all
went
and
had
another
hot
supper
.
End
of
the
Ball
Mr.
Pike
would
sit
next
to
Lady
Doraine
,
and
he
was
as
gay
as
a
blackbird
,
and
I
heard
Octavia
saying
to
Lady
Greswold
that
Carry
had
better
hurry
up
and
get
that
house
in
Park
Street
,
or
Lady
Doraine
would
have
it
instead
.
Then
we
all
went
to
bed
,
and
Lord
Valmond
squeezed
my
hand
and
looked
as
silly
as
anything
,
and
Jane
Roose
,
who
saw
,
said
I
had
better
be
careful
,
as
he
was
playing
me
off
against
Mrs.
Smith
.
It
was
great
impertinence
of
her
,
I
think
—
do
n't
you
?
—
especially
as
Mrs.
Smith
had
gone
,
so
I
ca
n't
see
the
point
.
—
Now
I
am
going
to
get
up
.
Your
affectionate
daughter
,
Elizabeth
.
Chevenix
Castle
,
13th
November
.
Tableaux
Dearest
Mamma
,
—
I
enjoyed
my
self
last
night
quite
as
much
as
at
the
ball
here
;
but
first
,
I
must
tell
you
about
Thursday
and
yesterday
.
The
morning
after
the
ball
here
no
one
came
down
till
lunch
,
and
in
the
afternoon
Lady
Doraine
suggested
we
should
have
some
tableaux
in
the
evening
,
