'I
once
had
hopes
of
him
!
'
'
If
it
was
not
for
papa
,
I
really
would
turn
back
this
moment
and
fetch
him
,
'
cried
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
starting
forward
.
'
I
'm
sure
it
will
give
offence
.
I
wish
I
had
not
consented
.
'
'
He
ca
n't
be
made
to
see
that
his
presence
is
of
importance
to
any
living
creature
,
'
said
Laura
.
'
What
is
the
reason
of
this
whim
?
'
said
Eveleen
.
'
No
,
Eveleen
,
it
is
not
whim
,
'
said
Laura
;
'
it
is
because
he
thinks
dissipation
makes
him
idle
.
'
'
Then
if
he
is
idle
,
I
wonder
what
the
rest
of
the
world
is
!
'
said
Eveleen
.
'
I
am
sure
we
all
ought
to
stay
at
home
too
.
'
'
I
think
so
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
I
know
I
shall
feel
all
night
as
if
I
was
wrong
to
be
there
.
'
'
I
am
angry
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
;
'
and
yet
I
believe
it
is
a
great
sacrifice
.
'
'
Yes
,
mamma
;
after
all
our
looking
forward
to
it
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
Oh
!
yes
,
'
and
her
voice
lost
its
piteous
tone
,
'
it
is
a
real
sacrifice
.
'
'
If
he
was
not
a
mere
boy
,
I
should
say
a
lover
's
quarrel
was
at
the
bottom
of
it
,
'
said
Eveleen
.
'
Depend
upon
it
,
Laura
,
it
is
all
your
fault
.
You
only
danced
once
with
him
at
our
ball
,
and
all
this
week
you
have
played
for
us
,
as
if
it
was
on
purpose
to
cut
him
.
'
Laura
was
glad
of
the
darkness
,
and
her
mother
,
who
had
a
particular
dislike
to
jokes
of
this
sort
,
went
on
,
—
'
If
it
were
only
ourselves
I
should
not
care
,
but
there
are
so
many
who
will
fancy
it
caprice
,
or
worse
.
'
'
The
only
comfort
is
,
'
said
Amy
,
'
that
it
is
Charlie
's
gain
.
'
'
I
hope
they
will
not
talk
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
.
'
But
Charlie
will
never
hold
his
tongue
.
He
will
grow
excited
,
and
not
sleep
all
night
.
'
Poor
Mrs.
Edmonstone
!
her
trials
did
not
end
here
,
for
when
she
replied
to
her
husband
's
inquiry
for
Guy
,
Mr.
Edmonstone
said
offence
had
already
been
taken
at
his
absence
from
the
dinner
;
he
would
not
have
had
this
happen
for
fifty
pounds
;
she
ought
not
to
have
suffered
it
;
but
it
was
all
her
nonsense
about
Charles
,
and
as
to
not
being
late
,
she
should
have
waited
till
midnight
rather
than
not
have
brought
him
.
In
short
,
he
said
as
much
more
than
he
meant
,
as
a
man
in
a
pet
is
apt
to
say
,
and
nevertheless
Mrs.
Edmonstone
had
to
look
as
amiable
and
smiling
as
if
nothing
was
the
matter
.
The
least
untruthful
answer
she
could
frame
to
the
inquiries
for
Sir
Guy
Morville
was
,
that
young
men
were
apt
to
be
lazy
about
balls
,
and
this
sufficed
for
good-natured
Mrs.
Deane
,
but
Maurice
poured
out
many
exclamations
about
his
ill-behavour
,
and
Philip
contented
himself
with
the
mere
fact
of
his
not
being
there
,
and
made
no
remark
.
Laura
turned
her
eyes
anxiously
on
Philip
.
They
had
not
met
since
the
important
conversation
on
Ashen-down
,
and
she
found
herself
looking
with
more
pride
than
ever
at
his
tall
,
noble
figure
,
as
if
he
was
more
her
own
;
but
the
calmness
of
feeling
was
gone
.
She
could
not
meet
his
eye
,
nor
see
him
turn
towards
her
without
a
start
and
tremor
for
which
she
could
not
render
herself
a
reason
,
and
her
heart
beat
so
much
that
it
was
at
once
a
relief
and
a
disappointment
that
she
was
obliged
to
accept
her
other
cousin
as
her
first
partner
.
Philip
had
already
asked
Lady
Eveleen
,
for
he
neither
wished
to
appear
too
eager
in
claiming
Laura
,
nor
to
let
his
friends
think
he
had
any
dislike
to
the
Irish
girl
.
Eveleen
was
much
pleased
to
have
him
for
her
partner
,
and
told
herself
she
would
be
on
her
good
behaviour
.
It
was
a
polka
,
and
there
was
not
much
talk
,
which
,
perhaps
,
was
all
the
better
for
her
.
She
admired
the
review
,
and
the
luncheon
,
and
spoke
to
Charles
without
any
sauciness
,
and
Philip
was
condescending
and
agreeable
.
'
I
must
indulge
myself
in
abusing
that
stupid
cousin
of
yours
!
'
said
she
.
'
Did
you
ever
know
a
man
of
such
wonderful
crotchets
?
'
'
This
is
a
very
unexpected
one
,
'
said
Philip
.
'
It
came
like
a
thunderclap
.
I
thought
till
the
last
moment
he
was
joking
,
for
he
likes
dancing
so
much
;
he
was
the
life
of
our
ball
,
and
how
could
any
one
suppose
he
would
fly
off
at
the
last
moment
?
'
'
He
seems
rather
to
enjoy
doing
things
suddenly
.
'
'
I
tell
Laura
she
has
affronted
him
,
'
said
Eveleen
,
laughing
.
'
She
has
been
always
busy
of
late
when
we
have
wanted
her
;
and
I
assure
her
his
pride
has
been
piqued
.
Do
n't
you
think
that
is
an
explanation
,
Captain
Morville
?
'
It
was
Captain
Morville
's
belief
,
but
he
would
not
say
so
.
'
Is
n't
Laura
looking
lovely
?
'
Eveleen
went
on
.
'
I
am
sure
she
is
the
beauty
of
the
night
!
'
She
was
pleased
to
see
Captain
Morville
's
attention
gained
.
'
She
is
even
better
dressed
than
at
our
ball
—
those
Venetian
pins
suit
the
form
of
her
head
so
well
.
Her
beauty
is
better
than
almost
any
one
's
,
because
she
has
so
much
countenance
.
'
'
True
,
'
said
Philip
.
'
How
proud
Maurice
looks
of
having
her
on
his
arm
.
Does
not
he
?
Poor
Maurice
!
he
is
desperately
in
love
with
her
!
'
'
As
is
shown
by
his
pining
melancholy
.
'
Eveleen
laughed
with
her
clear
hearty
laugh
.
'
I
see
you
know
what
we
mean
by
being
desperately
in
love
!
No
,
'
she
added
,
more
gravely
,
'
I
am
very
glad
it
is
only
that
kind
of
desperation
.
One
could
not
think
of
Maurice
and
Laura
together
.
He
does
not
know
the
best
part
of
Laura
.
'
Eveleen
was
highly
flattered
by
Captain
Morville
conducting
her
a
second
time
round
the
room
,
instead
of
at
once
restoring
her
to
her
aunt
.
He
secured
Laura
next
,
and
leading
her
away
from
her
own
party
,
said
,
'
Laura
,
have
you
been
overdoing
it
?
'
'
It
is
not
that
,
'
said
Laura
,
wishing
she
could
keep
from
blushing
.
'
It
is
the
only
motive
that
could
excuse
his
extraordinary
behaviour
.
'
'
Surely
you
know
he
says
that
he
is
growing
unsettled
.
It
is
part
of
his
rule
of
self-discipline
.
'
'
Absurd
!
—
exaggerated
!
—
incredible
!
This
is
the
same
story
as
there
was
about
the
horse
.
It
is
either
caprice
or
temper
,
and
I
am
convinced
that
some
change
in
your
manner
—
nay
,
I
say
unconscious
,
and
am
far
from
blaming
you
—
is
the
cause
.
Why
else
did
he
devote
himself
to
Charles
,
and
leave
you
all
on
my
uncle
's
hands
in
the
crowd
?
'
'
We
could
shift
for
ourselves
much
better
than
Charlie
.
'
'
This
confirms
my
belief
that
my
warning
was
not
mistimed
.
I
wish
it
could
have
been
done
without
decidedly
mortifying
him
and
rousing
his
temper
,
because
I
am
sorry
others
should
be
slighted
;
but
if
he
takes
your
drawing
back
so
much
to
heart
,
it
shows
that
it
was
time
you
should
do
so
.
'
'
If
I
thought
I
had
!
'
'
It
was
visible
to
others
—
to
another
,
I
should
say
.
'
'
O
,
that
is
only
Eveleen
's
nonsense
!
The
only
difference
,
I
am
conscious
of
having
made
,
was
keeping
more
up
stairs
,
and
not
trying
to
persuade
him
to
come
here
to-night
.
'
'
I
have
no
doubt
it
was
this
that
turned
the
scale
.
He
only
waited
for
persuasion
,
and
you
acted
very
wisely
in
not
flattering
his
self-love
.
'
'
Did
I
?
—
I
did
not
know
it
.
'
'
A
woman
's
instinct
is
often
better
than
reasoning
,
Laura
;
to
do
the
right
thing
without
knowing
why
.
But
come
,
I
suppose
we
must
play
our
part
in
the
pageant
of
the
night
.
'
For
that
evening
,
Laura
,
contrary
to
the
evidence
of
her
senses
,
was
persuaded
by
her
own
lover
that
Guy
was
falling
in
love
with
her
;
and
after
musing
all
through
the
dance
she
said
,
'
What
do
you
think
of
the
scheme
that
has
been
started
for
my
going
to
Ireland
with
papa
?
'
'
Your
going
to
Ireland
?
'
'
Yes
;
you
know
none
of
us
,
except
papa
,
have
seen
grandmamma
since
Charles
began
to
be
ill
,
and
there
is
some
talk
of
his
taking
me
with
him
when
he
goes
this
summer
.
'
'
I
knew
he
was
going
,
but
I
thought
it
was
not
to
be
till
later
in
the
year
—
not
till
after
the
long
vacation
.
'
'
So
he
intended
,
but
he
finds
he
must
be
at
home
before
the
end
of
October
,
and
it
would
suit
him
best
to
go
in
August
.
'
'
Then
what
becomes
of
Guy
?
'
'
He
stays
at
Hollywell
.
It
will
be
much
better
for
Charles
to
have
him
there
while
papa
is
away
.
I
thought
when
the
plan
was
first
mentioned
I
should
be
sorry
,
except
that
it
is
quite
right
to
go
to
grandmamma
;
but
if
it
is
so
,
about
Guy
,
this
absence
would
be
a
good
thing
—
it
would
make
a
break
,
and
I
could
begin
again
on
different
terms
.
'
'
Wisely
judged
,
Laura
.
Yes
,
on
that
account
it
would
be
very
desirable
,
though
it
will
be
a
great
loss
to
me
,
and
I
can
hardly
hope
to
be
so
near
you
on
your
return
.
'
'
Ah
!
yes
,
so
I
feard
!
'
sighed
Laura
.
'
But
we
must
give
up
something
;
and
for
Guy
's
own
sake
,
poor
fellow
,
it
will
be
better
to
make
a
break
,
as
you
say
.
It
will
save
him
pain
by-and
by
.
'
'
I
dare
say
papa
will
consult
you
about
when
his
journey
is
to
be
.
His
only
doubt
was
whether
it
would
do
to
leave
Guy
so
long
alone
;
and
if
you
say
it
would
be
safe
,
it
would
decide
him
at
once
.
'
'
I
see
little
chance
of
mischief
.
Guy
has
few
temptations
here
,
and
a
strong
sense
of
honour
;
besides
,
I
shall
be
at
hand
.
Taking
all
things
into
consideration
,
Laura
,
I
think
that
,
whatever
the
sacrifice
to
ourselves
,
it
is
expedient
to
recommend
his
going
at
once
,
and
your
accompanying
him
.
'
All
the
remainder
of
the
evening
Philip
was
occupied
with
attentions
to
the
rest
of
the
world
,
but
Laura
's
eyes
followed
him
everywhere
,
and
though
she
neither
expected
nor
desired
him
to
bestow
more
time
on
her
,
she
underwent
a
strange
restlessness
and
impatience
of
feeling
.
Her
numerous
partners
teased
her
by
hindering
her
from
watching
him
moving
about
the
room
,
catching
his
tones
,
and
guessing
what
he
was
talking
of
;
—
not
that
she
wanted
to
meet
his
eye
,
for
she
did
not
like
to
blush
,
nor
did
she
think
it
pleased
him
to
see
her
do
so
,
for
he
either
looked
away
immediately
or
conveyed
a
glance
which
she
understood
as
monitory
.
She
kept
better
note
of
his
countenance
than
of
her
own
partner
's
.
Mr.
Thorndale
,
meanwhile
,
kept
aloof
from
Lady
Eveleen
de
Courcy
,
but
Captain
Morville
perceived
that
his
eyes
were
often
turned
towards
her
,
and
well
knew
it
was
principle
,
and
not
inclination
,
that
held
him
at
a
distance
.
He
did
indeed
once
ask
her
to
dance
,
but
she
was
engaged
,
and
he
did
not
ask
her
to
reserve
a
future
dance
for
him
,
but
contented
himself
with
little
Amy
.
Amy
was
doing
her
best
to
enjoy
herself
,
because
she
thought
it
ungrateful
not
to
receive
pleasure
from
those
who
wished
to
give
it
,
but
to
her
it
wanted
the
zest
and
animation
of
Lady
Kilcoran
's
ball
.
Besides
,
she
knew
she
had
been
as
idle
as
Guy
,
or
still
more
so
,
and
she
thought
it
wrong
she
should
have
pleasure
while
he
was
doing
penance
.
It
was
on
her
mind
,
and
damped
her
spirits
,
and
though
she
smiled
,
and
talked
,
and
admired
,
and
danced
lightly
and
gaily
,
there
was
a
sensation
of
weariness
throughout
,
and
no
one
but
Eveleen
was
sorry
when
Mrs.
Edmonstone
sent
Maurice
to
see
for
the
carriage
.
Philip
was
one
of
the
gentlemen
who
came
to
shawl
them
.
As
he
put
Laura
's
cloak
round
her
shoulders
he
was
able
to
whisper
,
'
Take
care
;
you
must
be
cautious
—
self-command
.
'
Laura
,
though
blushing
and
shrinking
the
moment
before
,
was
braced
by
his
words
and
tone
to
attempt
all
he
wished
.
She
looked
up
in
what
she
meant
to
be
an
indifferent
manner
,
and
made
some
observation
in
a
careless
tone
—
anything
rather
than
let
Philip
think
her
silly
.
After
what
he
had
said
,
was
she
not
bound
more
than
ever
to
exert
herself
to
the
utmost
,
that
he
might
not
be
disappointed
in
her
?
She
loved
him
only
the
better
for
what
others
might
have
deemed
a
stern
coldness
of
manner
,
for
it
made
the
contrast
of
his
real
warmth
of
affection
more
precious
.
She
mused
over
it
,
as
much
as
her
companions
'
conversation
would
allow
,
on
the
road
home
.
They
arrived
,
Mrs.
Edmonstone
peeped
into
Charles
's
room
,
announced
that
he
was
quietly
asleep
,
and
they
all
bade
each
other
good
night
,
or
good
morning
,
and
parted
.
CHAPTER
X
.
Yet
often
with
respect
he
speaks
of
thee
.
Thou
meanest
with
forbearance
,
prudent
,
subtle
,
'
Tis
that
annoys
me
,
for
he
knows
to
use
Language
so
smooth
and
so
conditional
,
That
seeming
praise
,
from
him
,
is
actual
blame
.
Goethe
's
Tasso
.
When
the
Hollywell
party
met
at
breakfast
,
Charles
showed
himself
by
no
means
the
worse
for
his
yesterday
's
experiment
.
He
said
he
had
gone
to
sleep
in
reasonable
time
,
lulled
by
some
poetry
,
he
knew
not
what
,
of
which
Guy
's
voice
had
made
very
pretty
music
,
and
he
was
now
full
of
talk
about
the
amusement
he
had
enjoyed
yesterday
,
which
seemed
likely
to
afford
food
for
conversation
for
many
a
week
to
come
.
After
all
the
care
Guy
had
taken
of
him
,
Mrs.
Edmonstone
could
not
find
it
in
her
heart
to
scold
,
and
her
husband
having
spent
his
vexation
upon
her
,
had
none
left
to
bestow
on
the
real
culprit
.
So
when
Guy
,
with
his
bright
morning
face
,
and
his
hair
hanging
shining
and
wet
round
it
,
opened
the
dining-room
door
,
on
his
return
from
bathing
in
the
river
,
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
salutation
only
conveyed
that
humorous
anger
that
no
one
cares
for
.
'
Good
morning
to
you
,
Sir
Guy
Morville
!
I
wonder
what
you
have
to
say
for
yourself
.
'
'
Nothing
,
'
said
Guy
,
smiling
;
then
,
as
he
took
his
place
by
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
'
I
hope
you
are
not
tired
after
your
hard
day
's
work
?
'
'
Not
at
all
,
thank
you
.
'
'
Amy
,
can
you
tell
me
the
name
of
this
flower
?
'
'
Oh
!
have
you
really
found
the
arrow-head
!
How
beautiful
!
Where
did
you
get
it
?
I
did
n't
know
it
grew
in
our
river
.
'
'
There
is
plenty
of
it
in
that
reedy
place
beyond
the
turn
.
I
thought
it
looked
like
something
out
of
the
common
way
.
'
'
Yes
!
What
a
purple
eye
it
has
!
I
must
draw
it
.
O
,
thank
you
!
'
'
And
,
Charlotte
,
Bustle
has
found
you
a
moorhen
's
nest
.
'
'
How
delightful
!
Is
it
where
I
can
go
and
see
the
dear
little
things
?
'
'
It
is
rather
a
swamp
;
but
I
have
been
putting
down
stepping-stones
for
you
,
and
I
dare
say
I
can
jump
you
across
.
It
was
that
which
made
me
so
late
,
for
which
I
ought
to
have
asked
pardon
,
'
said
he
to
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
with
his
look
of
courtesy
.
Never
did
man
look
less
like
an
offended
lover
,
or
like
a
morose
self-tormentor
.
'
There
are
others
later
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
looking
at
Lady
Eveleen
's
empty
chair
.
'
So
you
think
that
is
all
you
have
to
ask
pardon
for
,
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
I
advise
you
to
study
your
apologies
,
for
you
are
in
pretty
tolerable
disgrace
.
'
'
Indeed
,
I
am
very
sorry
,
'
said
Guy
,
with
such
a
change
of
countenance
that
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
good
nature
could
not
bear
to
see
it
.
'
Oh
,
'
tis
no
concern
of
mine
!
It
would
be
going
rather
the
wrong
way
,
indeed
,
for
you
to
be
begging
my
pardon
for
all
the
care
you
've
been
taking
of
Charlie
;
but
you
had
better
consider
what
you
have
to
say
for
yourself
before
you
show
your
face
at
Broadstone
.
'
'
No
?
'
said
Guy
,
puzzled
for
a
moment
,
but
quickly
looking
relieved
,
and
laughing
,
'
What
!
Broadstone
in
despair
for
want
of
me
?
'
'
And
we
perfectly
exhausted
with
answering
questions
as
to
what
was
become
of
Sir
Guy
.
'
'
Dreadful
,
'
said
Guy
,
now
laughing
heartily
,
in
the
persuasion
that
it
was
all
a
joke
.
'
O
,
Lady
Eveleen
,
good
morning
;
you
are
come
in
good
time
to
give
me
the
story
of
the
ball
,
for
no
one
else
tells
me
one
word
about
it
.
'
'
Because
you
do
n't
deserve
it
,
'
said
she
.
'
I
hope
you
have
repented
by
this
time
.
'
'
If
you
want
to
make
me
repent
,
you
should
give
me
a
very
alluring
description
.
'
'
I
sha'
n't
say
one
word
about
it
;
I
shall
send
you
to
Coventry
,
as
Maurice
and
all
the
regiment
mean
to
do
,
'
said
Eveleen
,
turning
away
from
him
with
a
very
droll
arch
manner
of
offended
dignity
.
'
Hear
,
hear
!
Eveleen
send
any
one
to
Coventry
!
'
cried
Charles
.
'
See
what
the
regiment
say
to
you
.
'
'
Ay
,
when
I
am
sent
to
Coventry
?
'
'
O
!
Paddy
,
Paddy
!
'
cried
Charles
,
and
there
was
a
general
laugh
.
'
Laura
seems
to
be
doing
it
in
good
earnest
without
announcing
it
,
'
added
Charles
,
when
the
laugh
was
over
,
'
which
is
the
worst
sign
of
all
.
'
'
Nonsense
,
Charles
,
'
said
Laura
,
hastily
,
then
afraid
she
had
owned
to
annoyance
,
she
blushed
,
and
was
angry
with
herself
for
blushing
.
'
Well
,
Laura
,
do
tell
me
who
your
partners
were
.
'
Very
provoking
,
thought
Laura
,
that
I
cannot
say
what
is
so
perfectly
natural
and
ordinary
without
my
foolish
cheeks
tingling
.
He
may
think
it
is
because
he
is
speaking
to
me
.
So
she
hurried
on
;
'
Maurice
first
,
then
Philip
,
'
and
then
showed
,
what
Amy
and
Eveleen
thought
,
strange
oblivion
of
the
rest
of
the
partners
.
They
proceeded
into
the
history
of
the
ball
;
and
Guy
thought
no
more
of
his
offences
till
the
following
day
,
when
he
went
to
Broadstone
.
Coming
back
,
he
found
the
drawing-room
full
of
visitors
,
and
was
obliged
to
sit
down
and
join
in
the
conversation
;
but
Mrs.
Edmonstone
saw
he
was
inwardly
chafing
,
as
he
betrayed
by
his
inability
to
remain
still
,
the
twitchings
of
his
forehead
and
lip
,
and
a
tripping
and
stumbling
of
the
words
on
his
tongue
.
She
was
sure
he
wanted
to
talk
to
her
,
and
longed
to
get
rid
of
Mrs.
Brownlow
;
but
the
door
was
no
sooner
shut
on
the
visitors
than
Mr.
Edmonstone
came
in
,
with
a
long
letter
for
her
to
read
and
comment
upon
.
Guy
took
himself
out
of
the
way
of
the
consultation
,
and
began
to
hurry
up
and
down
the
terrace
,
until
,
seeing
Amabel
crossing
the
field
towards
the
little
gate
into
the
garden
,
he
went
to
open
it
for
her
.
She
looked
up
at
him
,
and
exclaimed
—
'
Is
anything
the
matter
?
'
'
Nothing
to
signify
,
'
he
said
;
'
I
was
only
waiting
for
your
mother
.
I
have
got
into
a
mess
,
that
is
all
.
'
'
I
am
sorry
,
'
began
Amy
,
there
resting
in
the
doubt
whether
she
might
inquire
further
,
and
intending
not
to
burthen
him
with
her
company
any
longer
than
till
she
reached
the
house
door
;
but
Guy
went
on
,
—
'
No
,
you
have
no
occasion
to
be
sorry
;
it
is
all
my
own
fault
;
at
least
,
if
I
was
clear
how
it
is
my
fault
,
I
should
not
mind
it
so
much
.
It
is
that
ball
.
I
am
sure
I
had
not
the
least
notion
any
one
would
care
whether
I
was
there
or
not
.
'
'
I
am
sure
we
missed
you
very
much
.
'
'
You
are
all
so
kind
;
beside
,
I
belong
in
a
manner
to
you
;
but
what
could
it
signify
to
any
one
else
?
And
here
I
find
that
I
have
vexed
every
one
.
'
'
Ah
!
'
said
Amy
,
'
mamma
said
she
was
afraid
it
would
give
offence
.
'
'
I
ought
to
have
attended
to
her
.
It
was
a
fit
of
self-will
in
managing
myself
,
'
said
Guy
,
murmuring
low
,
as
if
trying
to
find
the
real
indictment
;
'
yet
I
thought
it
a
positive
duty
;
—
wrong
every
way
.
'
'
What
has
happened
?
'
said
Amy
,
turning
back
with
him
,
though
she
had
reached
the
door
.
'
Why
,
the
first
person
I
met
was
Mr.
Gordon
;
and
he
spoke
,
like
your
father
,
half
in
joke
,
and
I
thought
entirely
so
;
he
said
something
about
all
the
world
being
in
such
a
rage
,
that
I
was
a
bold
man
to
venture
into
Broadstone
.
Then
,
while
I
was
at
Mr.
Lascelles
'
,
in
came
Dr.
Mayerne
.
'
We
missed
you
at
the
dinner
,
'
he
said
;
'
and
I
hear
you
shirked
the
ball
too
.
'
I
told
him
how
it
was
,
and
he
said
he
was
glad
that
was
all
,
and
advised
me
to
go
and
call
on
Colonel
Deane
and
explain
.
I
thought
that
the
best
way
—
indeed
,
I
meant
it
before
,
and
was
walking
to
his
lodgings
when
Maurice
de
Courcy
met
me
.
'
Ha
!
'
he
cries
out
,
'
Morville
!
I
thought
at
least
you
would
have
been
laid
up
for
a
month
with
the
typhus
fever
!
As
a
friend
,
I
advise
you
to
go
home
and
catch
something
,
for
it
is
the
only
excuse
that
will
serve
you
.
I
am
not
quite
sure
that
it
will
not
be
high
treason
for
me
to
be
seen
speaking
to
you
.
'
I
tried
to
get
at
the
rights
of
it
,
but
he
is
such
a
harum-scarum
fellow
there
was
no
succeeding
.
Next
I
met
Thorndale
,
who
only
bowed
and
passed
on
the
other
side
of
the
street
—
sign
enough
how
it
was
with
Philip
;
so
I
thought
it
best
to
go
at
once
to
the
Captain
,
and
get
a
rational
account
of
what
was
the
matter
.
'
'
Did
you
?
'
said
Amy
,
who
,
though
concerned
and
rather
alarmed
,
had
been
smiling
at
the
humorous
and
expressive
tones
with
which
he
could
not
help
giving
effect
to
his
narration
.
'
Yes
.
Philip
was
at
home
,
and
very
—
very
—
'
'
Gracious
?
'
suggested
Amy
,
as
he
hesitated
for
a
word
.
'
Just
so
.
Only
the
vexatious
thing
was
,
that
we
never
could
succeed
in
coming
to
an
understanding
.
He
was
ready
to
forgive
;
but
I
could
not
disabuse
him
of
an
idea
—
where
he
picked
it
up
I
cannot
guess
—
that
I
had
stayed
away
out
of
pique
.
He
would
not
even
tell
me
what
he
thought
had
affronted
me
,
though
I
asked
him
over
and
over
again
to
be
only
straightforward
;
he
declared
I
knew
.
'
'
How
excessively
provoking
!
'
cried
Amy
.
'
You
cannot
guess
what
he
meant
?
'
'
Not
the
least
in
the
world
.
I
have
not
the
most
distant
suspicion
.
It
was
of
no
use
to
declare
I
was
not
offended
with
any
one
;
he
only
looked
in
that
way
of
his
,
as
if
he
knew
much
better
than
I
did
myself
,
and
told
me
he
could
make
allowances
.
'
'
Worse
than
all
!
How
horrid
of
him
.
'
'
No
,
do
n't
spoil
me
.
No
doubt
he
thinks
he
has
grounds
,
and
my
irritation
was
unjustifiable
.
Yes
,
I
got
into
my
old
way
.
He
cautioned
me
,
and
nearly
made
me
mad
!
I
never
was
nearer
coming
to
a
regular
outbreak
.
Always
the
same
!
Fool
that
I
am
.
'
'
Now
,
Guy
,
that
is
always
your
way
;
when
other
people
are
provoking
,
you
abuse
yourself
.
I
am
sure
Philip
was
so
,
with
his
calm
assertion
of
being
right
.
'
'
The
more
provoking
,
the
more
trial
for
me
.
'
'
But
you
endured
it
.
You
say
it
was
only
nearly
an
outbreak
.
You
parted
friends
?
I
am
sure
of
that
.
'
'
Yes
,
it
would
have
been
rather
too
bad
not
to
do
that
.
'
'
Then
why
do
you
scold
yourself
,
when
you
really
had
the
victory
?
'
'
The
victory
will
be
if
the
inward
feeling
as
well
as
the
outward
token
is
ever
subdued
.
'
'
O
,
that
must
be
in
time
,
of
course
.
Only
let
me
hear
how
you
got
on
with
Colonel
Deane
.
'
'
He
was
very
good-natured
,
and
would
have
laughed
it
off
,
but
Philip
went
with
me
,
and
looked
grand
,
and
begged
in
a
solemn
way
that
no
more
might
be
said
.
I
could
have
got
on
better
alone
;
but
Philip
was
very
kind
,
or
as
you
say
,
gracious
.
'
'
And
provoking
,
'
added
Amy
,
'
only
I
believe
you
do
not
like
me
to
say
so
.
'
'
It
is
more
agreeable
to
hear
you
call
him
so
at
this
moment
than
is
good
for
me
.
I
have
no
right
to
complain
,
since
I
gave
the
offence
.
'
'
The
offence
?
'
'
The
absenting
myself
.
'
'
Oh
!
that
you
did
because
you
thought
it
right
.
'
'
I
want
to
be
clear
that
it
was
right
.
'
'
What
do
you
mean
?
'
cried
she
,
astonished
.
'
It
was
a
great
piece
of
selfdenial
,
and
I
only
felt
it
wrong
not
to
be
doing
the
same
.
'
'
Nay
,
how
should
such
creatures
as
you
need
the
same
discipline
as
I
?
'
She
exclaimed
to
herself
how
far
from
his
equal
she
was
—
how
weak
,
idle
,
and
self-pleasing
she
felt
herself
to
be
;
but
she
could
not
say
so
—
the
words
would
not
come
—
and
she
only
drooped
her
little
head
,
humbled
by
his
treating
her
as
better
than
himself
.
He
proceeded
:
—
'
Something
wrong
I
have
done
,
and
I
want
the
clue
.
Was
it
self-will
in
choosing
discipline
contrary
to
your
mother
's
judgment
?
Yet
she
could
not
know
all
.
I
thought
it
her
kindness
in
not
liking
me
to
lose
the
pleasure
.
Besides
,
one
must
act
for
oneself
,
and
this
was
only
my
own
personal
amusement
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Amy
,
timidly
hesitating
.
'
Well
?
'
said
he
,
with
the
gentle
,
deferential
tone
,
that
contrasted
with
his
hasty
,
vehement
self-accusations
.
'
Well
?
'
and
he
waited
,
though
not
so
as
to
hurry
or
frighten
her
,
but
to
encourage
by
showing
her
words
had
weight
.
'
I
was
thinking
of
one
thing
,
'
said
Amy
;
'
is
it
not
sometimes
right
to
consider
whether
we
ought
to
disappoint
people
who
want
us
to
be
pleased
?
'
'
There
it
is
,
I
believe
,
'
said
Guy
,
stopping
and
considering
;
then
going
on
with
a
better
satisfied
air
,
'
that
is
a
real
rule
.
Not
to
be
so
bent
on
myself
as
to
sacrifice
other
people
's
feelings
to
what
seems
best
for
me
.
But
I
do
n't
see
whose
pleasure
I
interfered
with
.
'
Amy
could
have
answered
'
Mine
;
'
but
the
maidenly
feeling
checked
her
again
,
and
she
said
,
'
We
all
thought
you
would
like
it
.
'
'
And
I
had
no
right
to
sacrifice
your
pleasure
!
I
see
,
I
see
.
The
pleasure
of
giving
pleasure
to
others
is
so
much
the
best
there
is
on
earth
,
that
one
ought
to
be
passive
rather
than
interfere
with
it
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Amy
,
'
just
as
I
have
seen
Mary
Ross
let
herself
be
swung
till
she
was
giddy
,
rather
than
disappoint
Charlotte
and
Helen
,
who
thought
she
liked
it
.
'
'
If
one
could
get
to
look
at
everything
with
as
much
indifference
as
the
swinging
!
But
it
is
all
selfishness
.
It
is
as
easy
to
be
selfish
for
one
's
own
good
as
for
one
's
own
pleasure
;
and
I
daresay
,
the
first
is
as
bad
as
the
other
.
'
'
I
was
thinking
of
something
else
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
I
should
think
it
more
like
the
holly
tree
in
Southey
.
Do
n't
you
know
it
?
The
young
leaves
are
sharp
and
prickly
,
because
they
have
so
much
to
defend
themselves
from
,
but
as
the
tree
grows
older
,
it
leaves
off
the
spears
,
after
it
has
won
the
victory
.
'
'
Very
kind
of
you
,
and
very
pretty
,
Amy
,
'
said
he
,
smiling
;
'
but
in
the
meantime
,
it
is
surely
wrong
to
be
more
prickly
than
is
unavoidable
,
and
there
is
the
perplexity
.
Selfish
!
selfish
!
selfish
!
Oneself
the
first
object
.
That
is
the
root
.
'
'
Guy
,
if
it
is
not
impertinent
to
ask
,
I
do
wish
you
would
tell
me
one
thing
.
Why
did
you
think
it
wrong
to
go
to
that
ball
?
'
said
Amy
,
timidly
.
'
I
do
n't
know
that
I
thought
it
wrong
to
go
to
that
individual
ball
,
'
said
Guy
;
'
but
my
notion
was
that
altogether
I
was
getting
into
a
rattling
idle
way
,
never
doing
my
proper
quantity
of
work
,
or
doing
it
properly
,
and
talking
a
lot
of
nonsense
sometimes
.
I
thought
,
last
Sunday
,
it
was
time
to
make
a
short
turn
somewhere
and
bring
myself
up
.
I
could
not
,
or
did
not
get
out
of
the
pleasant
talks
as
Laura
does
,
so
I
thought
giving
up
this
ball
would
punish
me
at
once
,
and
set
me
on
a
new
tack
of
behaving
like
a
reasonable
creature
.
'
'
Do
n't
call
yourself
too
many
names
,
or
you
wont
be
civil
to
us
.
We
all
,
except
Laura
,
have
been
quite
as
bad
.
'
'
Yes
;
but
you
had
not
so
much
to
do
.
'
'
We
ought
,
'
said
Amy
;
'
but
I
meant
to
be
reasonable
when
Eveleen
is
gone
.
'
'
Perhaps
I
ought
to
have
waited
till
then
,
but
I
do
n't
know
.
Lady
Eveleen
is
so
amusing
that
it
leads
to
farther
dawdling
,
and
it
would
not
to
do
to
wait
to
resist
the
temptation
till
it
is
out
of
the
way
.
'
As
he
spoke
,
they
saw
Mrs.
Edmonstone
coming
out
,
and
went
to
meet
her
.
Guy
told
her
his
trouble
,
detailing
it
more
calmly
than
before
he
had
found
out
his
mistake
.
She
agreed
with
him
that
this
had
been
in
forgetting
that
his
attending
the
ball
did
not
concern
only
himself
,
but
he
then
returned
to
say
that
he
could
not
see
what
difference
it
made
except
to
their
own
immediate
circle
.
'
If
it
was
not
you
,
Guy
,
who
made
that
speech
,
I
should
call
it
fishing
for
a
compliment
.
You
forget
that
rank
and
station
make
people
sought
after
.
'
'
I
suppose
there
is
something
in
that
,
'
said
Guy
,
thoughtfully
;
'
at
any
rate
,
it
is
no
bad
thing
to
think
so
,
it
is
so
humiliating
.
'
'
That
is
not
the
way
most
people
would
take
it
.
'
'
No
?
Does
not
it
prevent
one
from
taking
any
attention
as
paid
to
one
's
real
self
?
The
real
flattering
thing
would
be
to
be
made
as
much
of
,
as
Philip
is
,
for
one
's
own
merits
,
and
not
for
the
handle
to
one
's
name
.
'
'
Yes
,
I
think
so
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
Well
,
then
,
'
as
if
he
wished
to
gather
the
whole
conversation
into
one
resolve
,
'
the
point
is
to
consider
whether
abstaining
from
innocent
things
that
may
be
dangerous
to
oneself
mortifies
other
people
.
If
so
,
the
vexing
them
is
a
certain
wrong
,
whereas
the
mischief
of
taking
the
pleasure
is
only
a
possible
contingency
.
But
then
,
one
must
take
it
out
of
oneself
some
other
way
,
or
it
becomes
an
excuse
for
self-indulgence
.
'
'
Hardly
with
you
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
smiling
.
'
Because
I
had
rather
go
at
it
at
once
,
and
forget
all
about
other
people
.
You
must
teach
me
consideration
,
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
and
in
the
meantime
,
will
you
tell
me
what
you
think
I
had
better
do
about
this
scrape
?
'
'
Let
it
alone
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
.
'
You
have
begged
every
one
's
pardon
,
and
it
had
better
be
forgotten
as
fast
as
possible
.
They
have
made
more
fuss
already
than
it
is
worth
.
Do
n't
torment
yourself
about
it
any
more
;
for
,
if
you
have
made
a
mistake
,
it
is
on
the
right
side
;
and
on
the
first
opportunity
,
I
'll
go
and
call
on
Mrs.
Deane
,
and
see
if
she
is
very
implacable
.
'
The
dressing-bell
rang
,
and
Amy
ran
up
stairs
,
stopping
at
Laura
's
door
,
to
ask
how
she
prospered
in
the
drive
she
had
been
taking
with
Charles
and
Eveleen
.
Amy
told
her
of
Guy
's
trouble
,
and
oh
!
awkward
question
,
inquired
if
she
could
guess
what
it
could
be
that
Philip
imagined
that
Guy
had
been
offended
at
.
'
Ca
n't
he
guess
?
'
said
poor
Laura
,
to
gain
time
,
and
brushing
her
hair
over
her
face
.
'
No
,
he
has
no
idea
,
though
Philip
protested
that
he
knew
,
and
would
not
tell
him
.
Philip
must
have
been
most
tiresome
.
'
'
What
?
Has
Guy
been
complaining
?
'
No
,
only
angry
with
himself
for
being
vexed
.
I
ca
n't
think
how
Philip
can
go
on
so
!
'
'
Hush
!
hush
,
Amy
,
you
know
nothing
about
it
.
He
has
reasons
—
'
'
I
know
,
'
said
Amy
,
indignantly
;
'
but
what
right
has
he
to
go
on
mistrusting
?
If
people
are
to
be
judged
by
their
deeds
,
no
one
is
so
good
as
Guy
,
and
it
is
too
bad
to
reckon
up
against
him
all
his
ancestors
have
done
.
It
is
wolf
and
lamb
,
indeed
.
'
'
He
does
not
!
'
cried
Laura
.
'
He
never
is
unjust
!
How
can
you
say
so
,
Amy
?
'
'
Then
why
does
he
impute
motives
,
and
not
straight-forwardly
tell
what
he
means
?
'
'
It
is
impossible
in
this
case
,
'
said
Laura
.
'
Do
you
know
what
it
is
?
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Laura
,
perfectly
truthful
,
and
feeling
herself
in
a
dreadful
predicament
.
'
And
you
ca
n't
tell
me
?
'
'
I
do
n't
think
I
can
.
'
'
Nor
Guy
?
'
'
Not
for
worlds
,
'
cried
Laura
,
in
horror
.
'
Ca
n't
you
get
Philip
to
tell
him
?
'
'
Oh
no
,
no
!
I
ca
n't
explain
it
,
Amy
:
and
all
that
can
be
done
is
to
let
it
die
away
as
fast
as
possible
.
It
is
only
the
rout
about
it
that
is
of
consequence
.
'
'
It
is
very
odd
,
'
said
Amy
,
'
but
I
must
dress
,
'
and
away
she
ran
,
much
puzzled
,
but
with
no
desire
to
look
into
Philip
's
secrets
.
Laura
rested
her
head
on
her
hand
,
sighed
,
and
wondered
why
it
was
so
hard
to
answer
.
She
almost
wished
she
had
said
Philip
had
been
advising
her
to
discourage
any
attachment
on
Guy
's
part
;
but
then
Amy
might
have
laughed
,
and
asked
why
.
No
!
no
!
Philip
's
confidence
was
in
her
keeping
,
and
,
cost
her
what
it
might
,
she
would
be
faithful
to
the
trust
.
There
was
now
a
change
.
The
evenings
were
merry
,
but
the
mornings
were
occupied
.
Guy
went
off
to
his
room
,
as
he
used
to
do
last
winter
;
Laura
commenced
some
complicated
perspective
,
or
read
a
German
book
with
a
great
deal
of
dictionary
;
Amy
had
a
book
of
history
,
and
practised
her
music
diligently
;
even
Charles
read
more
to
himself
,
and
resumed
the
study
with
Guy
and
Amy
;
Lady
Eveleen
joined
in
every
one
's
pursuits
,
enjoyed
them
,
and
lamented
to
Laura
that
it
was
impossible
to
be
rational
at
her
own
home
.
Laura
tried
to
persuade
her
that
there
was
no
need
that
she
should
be
on
the
level
of
the
society
round
her
,
and
it
ended
in
her
spending
an
hour
in
diligent
study
every
morning
,
promising
to
continue
it
when
she
went
home
,
while
Laura
made
such
sensible
comments
that
Eveleen
admired
her
more
than
ever
;
and
she
,
knowing
that
some
were
second-hand
from
Philip
,
others
arising
from
his
suggestions
,
gave
him
all
the
homage
paid
to
herself
,
as
a
tribute
to
him
who
reigned
over
her
whole
being
.
Yet
she
was
far
from
happy
.
Her
reserve
towards
Guy
made
her
feel
stiff
and
guarded
;
she
had
a
craving
for
Philip
's
presence
,
with
a
dread
of
showing
it
which
made
her
uncomfortable
.
She
wondered
he
had
not
been
at
Hollywell
since
the
ball
,
for
he
must
know
that
she
was
going
to
Ireland
in
a
fortnight
,
and
was
not
likely
to
return
till
his
regiment
had
left
Broadstone
.
An
interval
passed
long
enough
for
her
not
to
be
alone
in
her
surprise
at
his
absenting
himself
before
he
at
length
made
his
appearance
,
just
before
luncheon
,
so
as
to
miss
the
unconstrained
morning
hours
he
used
so
much
to
enjoy
.
He
found
Guy
,
Charles
,
and
Amy
,
deep
in
Butler
's
Analogy
.
'
Are
you
making
poor
little
Amy
read
that
?
'
said
he
.
'
Bravo
!
'
cried
Charles
;
'
he
is
so
disappointed
that
it
is
not
Pickwick
that
he
does
not
know
what
else
to
say
.
'
'
I
do
n't
suppose
I
take
much
in
,
'
said
Amy
;
'
but
I
like
to
be
told
what
it
means
.
'
'
Do
n't
imagine
I
can
do
that
,
'
said
Guy
.
'
I
never
spent
much
time
over
it
,
'
said
Philip
;
'
but
I
should
think
you
were
out
of
your
depth
.
'
'
Very
well
,
'
said
Charles
,
'
we
will
return
to
Dickens
to
oblige
you
.
'
'
It
is
your
pleasure
to
wrest
my
words
,
'
replied
Philip
,
in
his
own
calm
manner
,
though
he
actually
felt
hurt
,
which
he
had
never
done
before
.
His
complacency
was
less
secure
,
so
that
there
was
more
need
for
self-assertion
.
'
Where
are
the
rest
?
'
he
asked
.
'
Laura
and
Eveleen
are
making
a
dictation
lesson
agreeable
to
Charlotte
,
'
said
Amy
;
'
I
found
Eva
making
mistakes
on
purpose
.
'
'
How
much
longer
does
she
stay
?
'
'
Till
Tuesday
.
Lord
Kilcoran
is
coming
to
fetch
her
.
'
Charlotte
entered
,
and
immediately
ran
up
stairs
to
announce
her
cousin
's
arrival
.
Laura
was
glad
of
this
previous
notice
,
and
hoped
her
blush
and
tremor
were
not
observed
.
It
was
a
struggle
,
through
luncheon
time
,
to
keep
her
colour
and
confusion
within
bounds
,
but
she
succeeded
better
than
she
fancied
she
did
,
and
Philip
gave
her
as
much
help
as
he
could
,
by
not
looking
at
her
.
Seeing
that
he
dreaded
nothing
so
much
as
her
exciting
suspicion
,
she
was
at
once
braced
and
alarmed
.
Her
father
was
very
glad
to
see
him
,
and
reproached
him
for
making
himself
a
stranger
,
while
her
sisters
counted
up
the
days
of
his
absence
.
'
There
was
the
time
,
to
be
sure
,
when
we
met
you
on
Ashen-down
,
but
that
was
a
regular
cheat
.
Laura
had
you
all
to
herself
.
'
Laura
bent
down
to
feed
Bustle
,
and
Philip
felt
his
colour
deepening
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
went
on
to
ask
him
to
come
and
stay
at
Hollywell
for
a
week
,
vowing
he
would
take
no
refusal
.
'
A
week
was
out
of
the
question
,
'
said
Philip
,
'
but
he
could
come
for
two
nights
.
'
Amabel
hinted
that
there
was
to
be
a
dinner
party
on
Thursday
,
thinking
it
fair
to
give
him
warning
of
what
he
disliked
,
but
he
immediately
chose
that
very
day
.
Again
he
disconcerted
all
expectations
,
when
it
was
time
to
go
out
.
Mrs.
Edmonstone
and
Charles
were
going
to
drive
,
the
young
ladies
and
Guy
to
walk
,
but
Philip
disposed
himself
to
accompany
his
uncle
in
a
survey
of
the
wheat
.
Laura
perceived
that
he
would
not
risk
taking
another
walk
with
her
when
they
might
be
observed
.
It
showed
implicit
turst
to
leave
her
to
his
rival
,
but
she
was
sorry
to
find
that
caution
must
put
an
end
to
the
freedom
of
their
intercourse
,
and
would
have
stayed
at
home
,
but
that
Eveleen
was
so
wild
and
unguarded
that
Mrs.
Edmonstone
did
not
like
her
to
be
without
Laura
as
a
check
on
her
,
especially
when
Guy
was
of
the
party
.
There
was
some
comfort
in
that
warm
pressure
of
her
hand
when
she
bade
Philip
good
bye
,
and
on
that
she
lived
for
a
long
time
.
He
stood
at
the
window
watching
them
till
they
were
out
of
sight
,
then
moved
towards
his
aunt
,
who
,
with
her
bonnet
on
,
was
writing
an
invitation
for
Thursday
,
to
Mr.
Thorndale
.
'
I
was
thinking
,
'
said
he
,
in
a
low
voice
,
'
if
it
would
not
be
as
well
,
if
you
liked
,
to
ask
Thorndale
here
for
those
two
days
?
'
'
If
you
think
so
,
'
returned
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
looking
at
him
more
inquiringly
than
he
could
well
bear
.
'
You
know
how
he
enjoys
being
here
,
and
I
owe
them
all
so
much
kindness
.
'
'
Certainly
;
I
will
speak
to
your
uncle
,
'
said
she
,
going
in
search
of
him
.
She
presently
returned
,
saying
they
should
be
very
glad
to
see
Mr.
Thorndale
,
asking
him
at
the
same
time
,
in
her
kind
tones
of
interest
,
after
an
old
servant
for
whom
he
had
been
spending
much
thought
and
pains
.
The
kindness
cut
him
to
the
heart
,
for
it
evidently
arose
from
a
perception
that
he
was
ill
at
ease
,
and
his
conscience
smote
him
.
He
answered
shortly
,
and
was
glad
when
the
carriage
came
;
he
lifted
Charles
into
it
,
and
stood
with
folded
arms
as
they
drove
away
.
'
The
air
is
stormy
,
'
said
Charles
,
looking
back
at
him
.
'
You
thought
so
too
?
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
eagerly
.
'
You
did
!
'
'
I
have
wondered
for
some
time
past
.
'
'
It
was
very
decided
to-day
—
that
long
absence
—
and
there
was
no
provoking
him
to
be
sententious
.
His
bringing
his
young
man
might
be
only
to
keep
him
in
due
subjection
;
but
his
choosing
the
day
of
the
party
,
and
above
all
,
not
walking
with
the
young
ladies
.
'
'
It
is
not
like
himself
,
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
in
a
leading
tone
.
'
Either
the
sweet
youth
is
in
love
or
in
the
course
of
some
strange
transformation
.
'
'
In
love
!
'
she
exclaimed
.
'
Have
you
any
reason
for
thinking
so
?
'
Only
as
a
solution
of
phenomena
;
but
you
look
as
if
I
had
hit
on
the
truth
.
'
'
I
hope
it
is
no
such
thing
;
yet
—
'
'
Yet
?
'
repeated
Charles
,
seriously
.
'
I
think
he
has
discovered
the
danger
.
'
'
The
danger
of
falling
in
love
with
Laura
?
Well
,
it
would
be
odd
if
he
was
not
satisfied
with
his
own
work
.
But
he
must
know
how
preposterous
that
would
be
.
'
'
And
you
think
that
would
prevent
it
?
'
said
his
mother
,
smiling
.
'
He
is
just
the
man
to
plume
himself
on
making
his
judgment
conquer
his
inclination
,
setting
novels
at
defiance
.
How
magnanimously
he
would
resolve
to
stifle
a
hopeless
attachment
!
'
'
That
is
exactly
what
I
think
he
is
doing
.
I
think
he
has
found
out
the
state
of
his
feelings
,
and
is
doing
all
in
his
power
to
check
them
by
avoiding
her
,
especially
in
tête-à-têtes
,
and
an
unconstrained
family
party
.
I
am
nearly
convinced
that
is
his
reason
for
bringing
Mr.
Thorndale
and
fixing
on
the
day
of
the
dinner
.
Poor
fellow
,
it
must
cost
him
a
great
deal
,
and
I
long
to
tell
him
how
I
thank
him
.
'
'
How
!
I
do
n't
think
it
unlikely
,
'
said
Charles
.
'
It
agrees
with
what
happened
the
evening
of
the
Kilcoran
ball
,
when
he
was
ready
to
eat
me
up
for
saying
something
he
fancied
was
a
hint
of
a
liking
of
Guy
's
for
Laura
.
It
was
a
wild
mistake
,
from
something
I
said
about
Petrarch
,
forgetting
that
Petrarch
suggested
Laura
;
but
it
put
him
out
to
a
degree
,
and
he
made
all
manner
of
denunciations
on
the
horror
of
Guy
's
falling
in
love
with
her
.
Now
,
as
far
as
I
see
,
Guy
is
much
more
in
love
with
you
,
or
with
Deloraine
,
and
the
idea
argues
far
more
that
the
Captain
himself
is
touched
.
'
'
Depend
upon
it
,
Charlie
,
it
was
this
that
led
to
his
detecting
the
true
state
of
the
case
.
Ever
since
that
he
has
kept
away
.
It
is
noble
!
'
'
And
what
do
you
think
about
Laura
?
'
'
Poor
child
!
I
doubt
if
it
was
well
to
allow
so
much
intimacy
;
yet
I
do
n't
see
how
it
could
have
been
helped
.
'
'
So
you
think
she
is
in
for
it
?
I
hope
not
;
but
she
has
not
been
herself
of
late
.
'
'
I
think
she
misses
what
she
has
been
used
to
from
him
,
and
thinks
him
estranged
,
but
I
trust
it
goes
no
further
.
I
see
she
is
out
of
spirits
;
I
wish
I
could
help
her
,
dear
girl
,
but
the
worst
of
all
would
be
to
let
her
guess
the
real
name
and
meaning
of
all
this
,
so
I
ca
n't
venture
to
say
a
word
.
'
'
She
is
very
innocent
of
novels
,
'
said
Charles
,
'
and
that
is
well
.
It
would
be
an
unlucky
business
to
have
our
poor
beauty
either
sitting
'
like
Patience
on
a
monument
,
'
'
or
cockit
up
on
a
baggage
wagon
.
'
But
that
will
never
be
.
Philip
is
not
the
man
to
have
a
wife
in
barracks
.
He
would
have
her
like
his
books
,
in
morocco
,
or
not
at
all
.
'
'
He
would
never
involve
her
in
discomforts
.
He
may
be
entirely
trusted
,
and
as
long
as
he
goes
on
as
he
has
begun
,
there
is
no
harm
done
;
Laura
will
cheer
up
,
will
only
consider
him
as
her
cousin
and
friend
,
and
never
know
he
has
felt
more
for
her
.
'
'
Her
going
to
Ireland
is
very
fortunate
.
'
'
It
has
made
me
still
more
glad
that
the
plan
should
take
place
at
once
.
'
'
And
you
say
'
nothing
to
nobody
?
'
'
'
Of
course
not
.
We
must
not
let
him
guess
we
have
observed
anything
;
there
is
no
need
to
make
your
father
uncomfortable
,
and
such
things
need
not
dawn
on
Amy
's
imagination
.
'
It
may
be
wondered
at
that
Mrs.
Edmonstone
should
confide
such
a
subject
to
her
son
,
but
she
knew
that
in
a
case
really
affecting
his
sister
,
and
thus
introduced
,
his
silence
was
secure
.
In
fact
,
confidence
was
the
only
way
to
prevent
the
shrewd
,
unscrupulous
raillery
which
would
have
caused
great
distress
,
and
perhaps
led
to
the
very
disclosure
to
be
deprecated
.
Of
late
,
too
,
there
had
been
such
a
decrease
of
petulance
in
Charles
,
as
justified
her
in
trusting
him
;
and
,
lastly
,
it
must
be
observed
that
she
was
one
of
those
openhearted
people
who
cannot
make
a
discovery
nor
endure
an
anxiety
without
imparting
it
.
Her
tact
,
indeed
,
led
her
to
make
a
prudent
choice
of
confidants
,
and
,
in
this
case
her
son
was
by
far
the
best
,
though
she
had
spoken
without
premeditation
.
Her
nature
would
never
have
allowed
her
to
act
as
her
daughter
was
doing
;
she
would
have
been
without
the
strength
to
conceal
her
feelings
,
especially
when
deprived
of
the
safety-valve
of
free
intercourse
with
their
object
.
The
visit
took
place
as
arranged
,
and
very
uncomfortable
it
was
to
all
who
looked
deeper
than
the
surface
.
In
the
first
place
,
Philip
found
there
the
last
person
he
wished
his
friend
to
meet
—
Lady
Eveleen
,
who
had
been
persuaded
to
stay
for
the
dinner
party
;
but
Mr.
Thorndale
was
,
as
Charles
would
have
said
,
on
his
good
behaviour
,
and
,
ashamed
of
the
fascination
her
manners
exercised
over
him
,
was
resolved
to
resist
it
,
answered
her
gay
remarks
with
brief
sentences
and
stiff
smiles
,
and
consorted
chiefly
with
the
gentlemen
.
Laura
was
grave
and
silent
,
trying
to
appear
unconscious
,
and
only
succeeding
in
being
visibly
constrained
.
Philip
was
anxious
and
stern
in
his
attempts
to
appear
unconcerned
,
and
even
Guy
was
not
quite
as
bright
and
free
as
usual
,
being
puzzled
as
to
how
far
he
was
forgiven
about
the
ball
.
Amabel
could
not
think
what
had
come
to
every
one
,
and
tried
in
vain
to
make
them
sociable
.
In
the
evening
they
had
recourse
to
a
game
,
said
to
be
for
Charlotte
's
amusement
,
but
in
reality
to
obviate
some
of
the
stiffness
and
constraint
;
yet
even
this
led
to
awkward
situations
.
Each
person
was
to
set
down
his
or
her
favourite
character
in
history
and
fiction
,
flower
,
virtue
,
and
time
at
which
to
have
lived
,
and
these
were
all
to
be
appropriated
to
the
writers
.
The
first
read
was
—
'
Lily
of
the
valley
—
truth
—
Joan
of
Arc
—
Padre
Cristoforo
—
the
present
time
.
'
'
Amy
!
'
exclaimed
Guy
.
'
I
see
you
are
right
,
'
said
Charles
;
'
but
tell
me
your
grounds
?
'
'
Padre
Cristoforo
,
'
was
the
answer
.
'
Fancy
little
Amy
choosing
Joan
of
Arc
,
'
said
Eveleen
,
'
she
who
is
afraid
of
a
tolerable
sized
grasshopper
.
'
'
I
should
like
to
have
been
Joan
's
sister
,
and
heard
her
tell
about
her
visions
,
'
said
Amy
.
'
You
would
have
taught
her
to
believe
them
,
'
said
Philip
.
'
Taught
her
!
'
cried
Guy
.
'
Surely
you
take
the
high
view
of
her
.
'
'
I
think
,
'
said
Philip
,
'
that
she
is
a
much
injured
person
,
as
much
by
her
friends
as
her
enemies
;
but
I
do
n't
pretend
to
enter
either
enthusiastically
or
philosophically
into
her
character
.
'
What
was
it
that
made
Guy
's
brow
contract
,
as
he
began
to
strip
the
feather
of
a
pen
,
till
,
recollecting
himself
,
he
threw
it
from
him
with
a
dash
,
betraying
some
irritation
,
and
folded
his
hands
.
'
Lavender
,
'
read
Charlotte
.
'
What
should
make
any
one
choose
that
?
'
cried
Eveleen
.
'
I
know
!
'
said
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
looking
up
.
'
I
shall
never
forget
the
tufts
of
lavender
round
the
kitchen
garden
at
Stylehurst
.
'
Philip
smiled
.
Charlotte
proceeded
,
and
Charles
saw
Laura
's
colour
deepening
as
she
bent
over
her
work
.
'
Lavender
—
steadfastness
—
Strafford
—
Cordelia
,
in
'
King
Lear
'
—
the
late
war
.
'
How
funny
!
'
cried
Charlotte
.
'
For
hear
the
next
;
'
Honeysuckle
—
steadfastness
—
Lord
Strafford
—
Cordelia
—
the
present
time
.
'
Why
,
Laura
,
you
must
have
copied
it
from
Philip
's
.
'
Laura
neither
looked
nor
spoke
.
Philip
could
hardly
command
his
countenance
as
Eveleen
laughed
,
and
told
him
he
was
much
flattered
by
those
becoming
blushes
.
But
here
Charles
broke
in
,
—
'
Come
,
make
haste
,
Charlotte
,
do
n't
be
all
night
about
it
;
'
and
as
Charlotte
paused
,
as
if
to
make
some
dangerous
remark
,
he
caught
the
paper
,
and
read
the
next
himself
.
Nothing
so
startled
Philip
as
this
desire
to
cover
their
confusion
.
Laura
was
only
sensible
of
the
relief
of
having
attention
drawn
from
her
by
the
laugh
that
followed
.
'
A
shamrock
—
Captain
Rock
—
the
tailor
that
was
'
blue
moulded
for
want
of
a
bating
'
—
Pat
Riotism
—
the
time
of
Malachy
with
the
collar
of
gold
.
'
'
Eva
!
'
cried
Charlotte
.
'
Nonsense
,
'
said
Eveleen
;
'
