neverbe
discharged
,
even
when
I
have
been
able
to
pay
it
in
the
shape
of
money
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
boy
,
you
have
a
claim
,
"
said
Caleb
,
with
much
feeling
in
his
voice
.
"
The
young
ones
have
always
a
claim
on
the
old
to
help
them
forward
.
I
was
young
myself
once
and
had
to
do
without
much
help
;
but
help
would
have
been
welcome
to
me
,
if
it
had
been
only
for
the
fellow-feeling
's
sake
.
But
I
must
consider
.
Come
to
me
to-morrow
at
the
office
,
at
nine
o'clock
.
At
the
office
,
mind
.
"
Mr.
Garth
would
take
no
important
step
without
consulting
Susan
,
but
it
must
be
confessed
that
before
he
reached
home
he
had
taken
his
resolution
.
With
regard
to
a
large
number
of
matters
about
which
other
men
are
decided
or
obstinate
,
he
was
the
most
easily
manageable
man
in
the
world
.
He
never
knew
what
meat
he
would
choose
,
and
if
Susan
had
said
that
they
ought
to
live
in
a
four-roomed
cottage
,
in
order
to
save
,
he
would
have
said
,
"
Let
us
go
,
"
without
inquiring
into
details
.
But
where
Caleb
's
feeling
and
judgment
strongly
pronounced
,
he
was
a
ruler
;
and
in
spite
of
his
mildness
and
timidity
in
reproving
,
every
one
about
him
knew
that
on
the
exceptional
occasions
when
he
chose
,
he
was
absolute
.
He
never
,
indeed
,
chose
to
be
absolute
except
on
some
one
else
's
behalf
.
On
ninety-nine
points
Mrs.
Garth
decided
,
but
on
the
hundredth
she
was
often
aware
that
she
would
have
to
perform
the
singularly
difficult
task
of
carrying
out
her
own
principle
,
and
to
make
herself
subordinate
.
"
It
is
come
round
as
I
thought
,
Susan
,
"
said
Caleb
,
when
they
were
seated
alone
in
the
evening
.
He
had
already
narrated
the
adventure
which
had
brought
about
Fred
's
sharing
in
his
work
,
but
had
kept
back
the
further
result
.
"
The
children
are
fond
of
each
other
—
I
mean
,
Fred
and
Mary
.
"
Mrs.
Garth
laid
her
work
on
her
knee
,
and
fixed
her
penetrating
eyes
anxiously
on
her
husband
.
"
After
we
'd
done
our
work
,
Fred
poured
it
all
out
to
me
.
He
ca
n't
bear
to
be
a
clergyman
,
and
Mary
says
she
wo
n't
have
him
if
he
is
one
;
and
the
lad
would
like
to
be
under
me
and
give
his
mind
to
business
.
And
I
've
determined
to
take
him
and
make
a
man
of
him
.
"
"
Caleb
!
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
,
in
a
deep
contralto
,
expressive
of
resigned
astonishment
.
"
It
's
a
fine
thing
to
do
,
"
said
Mr.
Garth
,
settling
himself
firmly
against
the
back
of
his
chair
,
and
grasping
the
elbows
.
"
I
shall
have
trouble
with
him
,
but
I
think
I
shall
carry
it
through
.
The
lad
loves
Mary
,
and
a
true
love
for
a
good
woman
is
a
great
thing
,
Susan
.
It
shapes
many
a
rough
fellow
.
"
"
Has
Mary
spoken
to
you
on
the
subject
?
"
said
Mrs
Garth
,
secretly
a
little
hurt
that
she
had
to
be
informed
on
it
herself
.
"
Not
a
word
.
I
asked
her
about
Fred
once
;
I
gave
her
a
bit
of
a
warning
.
But
she
assured
me
she
would
never
marry
an
idle
self-indulgent
man
—
nothing
since
.
But
it
seems
Fred
set
on
Mr.
Farebrother
to
talk
to
her
,
because
she
had
forbidden
him
to
speak
himself
,
and
Mr.
Farebrother
has
found
out
that
she
is
fond
of
Fred
,
but
says
he
must
not
be
a
clergyman
.
Fred
's
heart
is
fixed
on
Mary
,
that
I
can
see
:
it
gives
me
a
good
opinion
of
the
lad
—
and
we
always
liked
him
,
Susan
.
"
"
It
is
a
pity
for
Mary
,
I
think
,
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
.
"
Why
—
a
pity
?
"
"
Because
,
Caleb
,
she
might
have
had
a
man
who
is
worth
twenty
Fred
Vincy
's
.
"
"
Ah
?
"
said
Caleb
,
with
surprise
.
"
I
firmly
believe
that
Mr.
Farebrother
is
attached
to
her
,
and
meant
to
make
her
an
offer
;
but
of
course
,
now
that
Fred
has
used
him
as
an
envoy
,
there
is
an
end
to
that
better
prospect
.
"
There
was
a
severe
precision
in
Mrs.
Garth
's
utterance
.
She
was
vexed
and
disappointed
,
but
she
was
bent
on
abstaining
from
useless
words
.
Caleb
was
silent
a
few
moments
under
a
conflict
of
feelings
.
He
looked
at
the
floor
and
moved
his
head
and
hands
in
accompaniment
to
some
inward
argumentation
.
At
last
he
said
—
"
That
would
have
made
me
very
proud
and
happy
,
Susan
,
and
I
should
have
been
glad
for
your
sake
.
I
've
always
felt
that
your
belongings
have
never
been
on
a
level
with
you
.
But
you
took
me
,
though
I
was
a
plain
man
.
"
"
I
took
the
best
and
cleverest
man
I
had
ever
known
,
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
,
convinced
that
she
would
never
have
loved
any
one
who
came
short
of
that
mark
.
"
Well
,
perhaps
others
thought
you
might
have
done
better
.
But
it
would
have
been
worse
for
me
.
And
that
is
what
touches
me
close
about
Fred
.
The
lad
is
good
at
bottom
,
and
clever
enough
to
do
,
if
he
's
put
in
the
right
way
;
and
he
loves
and
honours
my
daughter
beyond
anything
,
and
she
has
given
him
a
sort
of
promise
according
to
what
he
turns
out
.
I
say
,
that
young
man
's
soul
is
in
my
hand
;
and
I
'll
do
the
best
I
can
for
him
,
so
help
me
God
!
It
's
my
duty
,
Susan
.
"
Mrs.
Garth
was
not
given
to
tears
,
but
there
was
a
large
one
rolling
down
her
face
before
her
husband
had
finished
.
It
came
from
the
pressure
of
various
feelings
,
in
which
there
was
much
affection
and
some
vexation
.
She
wiped
it
away
quickly
,
saying
—
"
Few
men
besides
you
would
think
it
a
duty
to
add
to
their
anxieties
in
that
way
,
Caleb
.
"
"
That
signifies
nothing
—
what
other
men
would
think
.
I
've
got
a
clear
feeling
inside
me
,
and
that
I
shall
follow
;
and
I
hope
your
heart
will
go
with
me
,
Susan
,
in
making
everything
as
light
as
can
be
to
Mary
,
poor
child
.
"
Caleb
,
leaning
back
in
his
chair
,
looked
with
anxious
appeal
towards
his
wife
.
She
rose
and
kissed
him
,
saying
,
"
God
bless
you
,
Caleb
!
Our
children
have
a
good
father
.
"
But
she
went
out
and
had
a
hearty
cry
to
make
up
for
the
suppression
of
her
words
.
She
felt
sure
that
her
husband
's
conduct
would
be
misunderstood
,
and
about
Fred
she
was
rational
and
unhopeful
.
Which
would
turn
out
to
have
the
more
foresight
in
it
—
her
rationality
or
Caleb
's
ardent
generosity
?
When
Fred
went
to
the
office
the
next
morning
,
there
was
a
test
to
be
gone
through
which
he
was
not
prepared
for
.
"
Now
Fred
,
"
said
Caleb
,
"
you
will
have
some
desk-work
.
I
have
always
done
a
good
deal
of
writing
myself
,
but
I
ca
n't
do
without
help
,
and
as
I
want
you
to
understand
the
accounts
and
get
the
values
into
your
head
,
I
mean
to
do
without
another
clerk
.
So
you
must
buckle
to
.
How
are
you
at
writing
and
arithmetic
?
"
Fred
felt
an
awkward
movement
of
the
heart
;
he
had
not
thought
of
desk-work
;
but
he
was
in
a
resolute
mood
,
and
not
going
to
shrink
.
"
I
'm
not
afraid
of
arithmetic
,
Mr.
Garth
:
it
always
came
easily
to
me
.
I
think
you
know
my
writing
.
"
"
Let
us
see
,
"
said
Caleb
,
taking
up
a
pen
,
examining
it
carefully
and
handing
it
,
well
dipped
,
to
Fred
with
a
sheet
of
ruled
paper
.
"
Copy
me
a
line
or
two
of
that
valuation
,
with
the
figures
at
the
end
.
"
At
that
time
the
opinion
existed
that
it
was
beneath
a
gentleman
to
write
legibly
,
or
with
a
hand
in
the
least
suitable
to
a
clerk
.
Fred
wrote
the
lines
demanded
in
a
hand
as
gentlemanly
as
that
of
any
viscount
or
bishop
of
the
day
:
the
vowels
were
all
alike
and
the
consonants
only
distinguishable
as
turning
up
or
down
,
the
strokes
had
a
blotted
solidity
and
the
letters
disdained
to
keep
the
line
—
in
short
,
it
was
a
manuscript
of
that
venerable
kind
easy
to
interpret
when
you
know
beforehand
what
the
writer
means
.
As
Caleb
looked
on
,
his
visage
showed
a
growing
depression
,
but
when
Fred
handed
him
the
paper
he
gave
something
like
a
snarl
,
and
rapped
the
paper
passionately
with
the
back
of
his
hand
.
Bad
work
like
this
dispelled
all
Caleb
's
mildness
.
"
The
deuce
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
snarlingly
.
"
To
think
that
this
is
a
country
where
a
man
's
education
may
cost
hundreds
and
hundreds
,
and
it
turns
you
out
this
!
"
Then
in
a
more
pathetic
tone
,
pushing
up
his
spectacles
and
looking
at
the
unfortunate
scribe
,
"
The
Lord
have
mercy
on
us
,
Fred
,
I
ca
n't
put
up
with
this
!
"
"
What
can
I
do
,
Mr.
Garth
?
"
said
Fred
,
whose
spirits
had
sunk
very
low
,
not
only
at
the
estimate
of
his
handwriting
,
but
at
the
vision
of
himself
as
liable
to
be
ranked
with
office
clerks
.
"
Do
?
Why
,
you
must
learn
to
form
your
letters
and
keep
the
line
.
What
's
the
use
of
writing
at
all
if
nobody
can
understand
it
?
"
asked
Caleb
,
energetically
,
quite
preoccupied
with
the
bad
quality
of
the
work
.
"
Is
there
so
little
business
in
the
world
that
you
must
be
sending
puzzles
over
the
country
?
But
that
's
the
way
people
are
brought
up
.
I
should
lose
no
end
of
time
with
the
letters
some
people
send
me
,
if
Susan
did
not
make
them
out
for
me
.
It
's
disgusting
.
"
Here
Caleb
tossed
the
paper
from
him
.
Any
stranger
peeping
into
the
office
at
that
moment
might
have
wondered
what
was
the
drama
between
the
indignant
man
of
business
,
and
the
fine-looking
young
fellow
whose
blond
complexion
was
getting
rather
patchy
as
he
bit
his
lip
with
mortification
.
Fred
was
struggling
with
many
thoughts
.
Mr.
Garth
had
been
so
kind
and
encouraging
at
the
beginning
of
their
interview
,
that
gratitude
and
hopefulness
had
been
at
a
high
pitch
,
and
the
downfall
was
proportionate
.
He
had
not
thought
of
desk-work
—
in
fact
,
like
the
majority
of
young
gentlemen
,
he
wanted
an
occupation
which
should
be
free
from
disagreeables
.
I
cannot
tell
what
might
have
been
the
consequences
if
he
had
not
distinctly
promised
himself
that
he
would
go
to
Lowick
to
see
Mary
and
tell
her
that
he
was
engaged
to
work
under
her
father
.
He
did
not
like
to
disappoint
himself
there
.
"
I
am
very
sorry
,
"
were
all
the
words
that
he
could
muster
.
But
Mr.
Garth
was
already
relenting
.
"
We
must
make
the
best
of
it
,
Fred
,
"
he
began
,
with
a
return
to
his
usual
quiet
tone
.
"
Every
man
can
learn
to
write
.
I
taught
myself
.
Go
at
it
with
a
will
,
and
sit
up
at
night
if
the
day-time
is
n't
enough
.
We
'll
be
patient
,
my
boy
.
Callum
shall
go
on
with
the
books
for
a
bit
,
while
you
are
learning
.
But
now
I
must
be
off
,
"
said
Caleb
,
rising
.
"
You
must
let
your
father
know
our
agreement
.
You
'll
save
me
Callum
's
salary
,
you
know
,
when
you
can
write
;
and
I
can
afford
to
give
you
eighty
pounds
for
the
first
year
,
and
more
after
.
"
When
Fred
made
the
necessary
disclosure
to
his
parents
,
the
relative
effect
on
the
two
was
a
surprise
which
entered
very
deeply
into
his
memory
.
He
went
straight
from
Mr.
Garth
's
office
to
the
warehouse
,
rightly
feeling
that
the
most
respectful
way
in
which
he
could
behave
to
his
father
was
to
make
the
painful
communication
as
gravely
and
formally
as
possible
.
Moreover
,
the
decision
would
be
more
certainly
understood
to
be
final
,
if
the
interview
took
place
in
his
father
's
gravest
hours
,
which
were
always
those
spent
in
his
private
room
at
the
warehouse
.
Fred
entered
on
the
subject
directly
,
and
declared
briefly
what
he
had
done
and
was
resolved
to
do
,
expressing
at
the
end
his
regret
that
he
should
be
the
cause
of
disappointment
to
his
father
,
and
taking
the
blame
on
his
own
deficiencies
.
The
regret
was
genuine
,
and
inspired
Fred
with
strong
,
simple
words
.
Mr.
Vincy
listened
in
profound
surprise
without
uttering
even
an
exclamation
,
a
silence
which
in
his
impatient
temperament
was
a
sign
of
unusual
emotion
.
He
had
not
been
in
good
spirits
about
trade
that
morning
,
and
the
slight
bitterness
in
his
lips
grew
intense
as
he
listened
.
When
Fred
had
ended
,
there
was
a
pause
of
nearly
a
minute
,
during
which
Mr.
Vincy
replaced
a
book
in
his
desk
and
turned
the
key
emphatically
.
Then
he
looked
at
his
son
steadily
,
and
said
—
"
So
you
've
made
up
your
mind
at
last
,
sir
?
"
"
Yes
,
father
.
"
"
Very
well
;
stick
to
it
.
I
've
no
more
to
say
.
You
've
thrown
away
your
education
,
and
gone
down
a
step
in
life
,
when
I
had
given
you
the
means
of
rising
,
that
's
all
.
"
"
I
am
very
sorry
that
we
differ
,
father
.
I
think
I
can
be
quite
as
much
of
a
gentleman
at
the
work
I
have
undertaken
,
as
if
I
had
been
a
curate
.
But
I
am
grateful
to
you
for
wishing
to
do
the
best
for
me
.
"
"
Very
well
;
I
have
no
more
to
say
.
I
wash
my
hands
of
you
.
I
only
hope
,
when
you
have
a
son
of
your
own
he
will
make
a
better
return
for
the
pains
you
spend
on
him
.
"
This
was
very
cutting
to
Fred
.
His
father
was
using
that
unfair
advantage
possessed
by
us
all
when
we
are
in
a
pathetic
situation
and
see
our
own
past
as
if
it
were
simply
part
of
the
pathos
.
In
reality
,
Mr.
Vincy
's
wishes
about
his
son
had
had
a
great
deal
of
pride
,
inconsiderateness
,
and
egoistic
folly
in
them
.
But
still
the
disappointed
father
held
a
strong
lever
;
and
Fred
felt
as
if
he
were
being
banished
with
a
malediction
.
"
I
hope
you
will
not
object
to
my
remaining
at
home
,
sir
?
"
he
said
,
after
rising
to
go
;
"
I
shall
have
a
sufficient
salary
to
pay
for
my
board
,
as
of
course
I
should
wish
to
do
.
"
"
Board
be
hanged
!
"
said
Mr.
Vincy
,
recovering
himself
in
his
disgust
at
the
notion
that
Fred
's
keep
would
be
missed
at
his
table
.
"
Of
course
your
mother
will
want
you
to
stay
.
But
I
shall
keep
no
horse
for
you
,
you
understand
;
and
you
will
pay
your
own
tailor
.
You
will
do
with
a
suit
or
two
less
,
I
fancy
,
when
you
have
to
pay
for
'
em
.
"
Fred
lingered
;
there
was
still
something
to
be
said
.
At
last
it
came
.
"
I
hope
you
will
shake
hands
with
me
,
father
,
and
forgive
me
the
vexation
I
have
caused
you
.
"
Mr.
Vincy
from
his
chair
threw
a
quick
glance
upward
at
his
son
,
who
had
advanced
near
to
him
,
and
then
gave
his
hand
,
saying
hurriedly
,
"
Yes
,
yes
,
let
us
say
no
more
.
"
Fred
went
through
much
more
narrative
and
explanation
with
his
mother
,
but
she
was
inconsolable
,
having
before
her
eyes
what
perhaps
her
husband
had
never
thought
of
,
the
certainty
that
Fred
would
marry
Mary
Garth
,
that
her
life
would
henceforth
be
spoiled
by
a
perpetual
infusion
of
Garths
and
their
ways
,
and
that
her
darling
boy
,
with
his
beautiful
face
and
stylish
air
"
beyond
anybody
else
's
son
in
Middlemarch
,
"
would
be
sure
to
get
like
that
family
in
plainness
of
appearance
and
carelessness
about
his
clothes
.
To
her
it
seemed
that
there
was
a
Garth
conspiracy
to
get
possession
of
the
desirable
Fred
,
but
she
dared
not
enlarge
on
this
opinion
,
because
a
slight
hint
of
it
had
made
him
"
fly
out
"
at
her
as
he
had
never
done
before
.
Her
temper
was
too
sweet
for
her
to
show
any
anger
,
but
she
felt
that
her
happiness
had
received
a
bruise
,
and
for
several
days
merely
to
look
at
Fred
made
her
cry
a
little
as
if
he
were
the
subject
of
some
baleful
prophecy
.
Perhaps
she
was
the
slower
to
recover
her
usual
cheerfulness
because
Fred
had
warned
her
that
she
must
not
reopen
the
sore
question
with
his
father
,
who
had
accepted
his
decision
and
forgiven
him
.
If
her
husband
had
been
vehement
against
Fred
,
she
would
have
been
urged
into
defence
of
her
darling
.
It
was
the
end
of
the
fourth
day
when
Mr.
Vincy
said
to
her
—
"
Come
,
Lucy
,
my
dear
,
do
n't
be
so
down-hearted
.
You
always
have
spoiled
the
boy
,
and
you
must
go
on
spoiling
him
.
"
"
Nothing
ever
did
cut
me
so
before
,
Vincy
,
"
said
the
wife
,
her
fair
throat
and
chin
beginning
to
tremble
again
,
"
only
his
illness
.
"
"
Pooh
,
pooh
,
never
mind
!
We
must
expect
to
have
trouble
with
our
children
.
Do
n't
make
it
worse
by
letting
me
see
you
out
of
spirits
.
"
"
Well
,
I
wo
n't
,
"
said
Mrs.
Vincy
,
roused
by
this
appeal
and
adjusting
herself
with
a
little
shake
as
of
a
bird
which
lays
down
its
ruffled
plumage
.
"
It
wo
n't
do
to
begin
making
a
fuss
about
one
,
"
said
Mr.
Vincy
,
wishing
to
combine
a
little
grumbling
with
domestic
cheerfulness
.
"
There
's
Rosamond
as
well
as
Fred
.
"
"
Yes
,
poor
thing
.
I
'm
sure
I
felt
for
her
being
disappointed
of
her
baby
;
but
she
got
over
it
nicely
.
"
"
Baby
,
pooh
!
I
can
see
Lydgate
is
making
a
mess
of
his
practice
,
and
getting
into
debt
too
,
by
what
I
hear
.
I
shall
have
Rosamond
coming
to
me
with
a
pretty
tale
one
of
these
days
.
But
they
'll
get
no
money
from
me
,
I
know
.
Let
his
family
help
him
.
I
never
did
like
that
marriage
.
But
it
's
no
use
talking
.
Ring
the
bell
for
lemons
,
and
do
n't
look
dull
any
more
,
Lucy
.
I
'll
drive
you
and
Louisa
to
Riverston
to-morrow
.
"
CHAPTER
LVII
.
They
numbered
scarce
eight
summers
when
a
name
Rose
on
their
souls
and
stirred
such
motions
there
As
thrill
the
buds
and
shape
their
hidden
frame
At
penetration
of
the
quickening
air
:
His
name
who
told
of
loyal
Evan
Dhu
,
Of
quaint
Bradwardine
,
and
Vich
Ian
Vor
,
Making
the
little
world
their
childhood
knew
Large
with
a
land
of
mountain
lake
and
scaur
,
And
larger
yet
with
wonder
,
love
,
belief
Toward
Walter
Scott
who
living
far
away
Sent
them
this
wealth
of
joy
and
noble
grief
.
The
book
and
they
must
part
,
but
day
by
day
,
In
lines
that
thwart
like
portly
spiders
ran
They
wrote
the
tale
,
from
Tully
Veolan
.
The
evening
that
Fred
Vincy
walked
to
Lowick
parsonage
(
he
had
begun
to
see
that
this
was
a
world
in
which
even
a
spirited
young
man
must
sometimes
walk
for
want
of
a
horse
to
carry
him
)
he
set
out
at
five
o'clock
and
called
on
Mrs.
Garth
by
the
way
,
wishing
to
assure
himself
that
she
accepted
their
new
relations
willingly
.
He
found
the
family
group
,
dogs
and
cats
included
,
under
the
great
apple-tree
in
the
orchard
.
It
was
a
festival
with
Mrs.
Garth
,
for
her
eldest
son
,
Christy
,
her
peculiar
joy
and
pride
,
had
come
home
for
a
short
holiday
—
Christy
,
who
held
it
the
most
desirable
thing
in
the
world
to
be
a
tutor
,
to
study
all
literatures
and
be
a
regenerate
Porson
,
and
who
was
an
incorporate
criticism
on
poor
Fred
,
a
sort
of
object-lesson
given
to
him
by
the
educational
mother
.
Christy
himself
,
a
square-browed
,
broad-shouldered
masculine
edition
of
his
mother
not
much
higher
than
Fred
's
shoulder
—
which
made
it
the
harder
that
he
should
be
held
superior
—
was
always
as
simple
as
possible
,
and
thought
no
more
of
Fred
's
disinclination
to
scholarship
than
of
a
giraffe
's
,
wishing
that
he
himself
were
more
of
the
same
height
.
He
was
lying
on
the
ground
now
by
his
mother
's
chair
,
with
his
straw
hat
laid
flat
over
his
eyes
,
while
Jim
on
the
other
side
was
reading
aloud
from
that
beloved
writer
who
has
made
a
chief
part
in
the
happiness
of
many
young
lives
.
The
volume
was
"
Ivanhoe
,
"
and
Jim
was
in
the
great
archery
scene
at
the
tournament
,
but
suffered
much
interruption
from
Ben
,
who
had
fetched
his
own
old
bow
and
arrows
,
and
was
making
himself
dreadfully
disagreeable
,
Letty
thought
,
by
begging
all
present
to
observe
his
random
shots
,
which
no
one
wished
to
do
except
Brownie
,
the
active-minded
but
probably
shallow
mongrel
,
while
the
grizzled
Newfoundland
lying
in
the
sun
looked
on
with
the
dull-eyed
neutrality
of
extreme
old
age
.
Letty
herself
,
showing
as
to
her
mouth
and
pinafore
some
slight
signs
that
she
had
been
assisting
at
the
gathering
of
the
cherries
which
stood
in
a
coral-heap
on
the
tea-table
,
was
now
seated
on
the
grass
,
listening
open-eyed
to
the
reading
.
But
the
centre
of
interest
was
changed
for
all
by
the
arrival
of
Fred
Vincy
.
When
,
seating
himself
on
a
garden-stool
,
he
said
that
he
was
on
his
way
to
Lowick
Parsonage
,
Ben
,
who
had
thrown
down
his
bow
,
and
snatched
up
a
reluctant
half-grown
kitten
instead
,
strode
across
Fred
's
outstretched
leg
,
and
said
"
Take
me
!
"
"
Oh
,
and
me
too
,
"
said
Letty
.
"
You
ca
n't
keep
up
with
Fred
and
me
,
"
said
Ben
.
"
Yes
,
I
can
.
Mother
,
please
say
that
I
am
to
go
,
"
urged
Letty
,
whose
life
was
much
checkered
by
resistance
to
her
depreciation
as
a
girl
.
"
I
shall
stay
with
Christy
,
"
observed
Jim
;
as
much
as
to
say
that
he
had
the
advantage
of
those
simpletons
;
whereupon
Letty
put
her
hand
up
to
her
head
and
looked
with
jealous
indecision
from
the
one
to
the
other
.
"
Let
us
all
go
and
see
Mary
,
"
said
Christy
,
opening
his
arms
.
"
No
,
my
dear
child
,
we
must
not
go
in
a
swarm
to
the
parsonage
.
And
that
old
Glasgow
suit
of
yours
would
never
do
.
Besides
,
your
father
will
come
home
.
We
must
let
Fred
go
alone
.
He
can
tell
Mary
that
you
are
here
,
and
she
will
come
back
to-morrow
.
"
Christy
glanced
at
his
own
threadbare
knees
,
and
then
at
Fred
's
beautiful
white
trousers
.
Certainly
Fred
's
tailoring
suggested
the
advantages
of
an
English
university
,
and
he
had
a
graceful
way
even
of
looking
warm
and
of
pushing
his
hair
back
with
his
handkerchief
.
"
Children
,
run
away
,
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
;
"
it
is
too
warm
to
hang
about
your
friends
.
Take
your
brother
and
show
him
the
rabbits
.
"
The
eldest
understood
,
and
led
off
the
children
immediately
.
Fred
felt
that
Mrs.
Garth
wished
to
give
him
an
opportunity
of
saying
anything
he
had
to
say
,
but
he
could
only
begin
by
observing
—
"
How
glad
you
must
be
to
have
Christy
here
!
"
"
Yes
;
he
has
come
sooner
than
I
expected
.
He
got
down
from
the
coach
at
nine
o'clock
,
just
after
his
father
went
out
.
I
am
longing
for
Caleb
to
come
and
hear
what
wonderful
progress
Christy
is
making
.
He
has
paid
his
expenses
for
the
last
year
by
giving
lessons
,
carrying
on
hard
study
at
the
same
time
.
He
hopes
soon
to
get
a
private
tutorship
and
go
abroad
.
"
"
He
is
a
great
fellow
,
"
said
Fred
,
to
whom
these
cheerful
truths
had
a
medicinal
taste
,
"
and
no
trouble
to
anybody
.
"
After
a
slight
pause
,
he
added
,
"
But
I
fear
you
will
think
that
I
am
going
to
be
a
great
deal
of
trouble
to
Mr.
Garth
.
"
"
Caleb
likes
taking
trouble
:
he
is
one
of
those
men
who
always
do
more
than
any
one
would
have
thought
of
asking
them
to
do
,
"
answered
Mrs.
Garth
.
She
was
knitting
,
and
could
either
look
at
Fred
or
not
,
as
she
chose
—
always
an
advantage
when
one
is
bent
on
loading
speech
with
salutary
meaning
;
and
though
Mrs.
Garth
intended
to
be
duly
reserved
,
she
did
wish
to
say
something
that
Fred
might
be
the
better
for
.
"
I
know
you
think
me
very
undeserving
,
Mrs.
Garth
,
and
with
good
reason
,
"
said
Fred
,
his
spirit
rising
a
little
at
the
perception
of
something
like
a
disposition
to
lecture
him
.
"
I
happen
to
have
behaved
just
the
worst
to
the
people
I
ca
n't
help
wishing
for
the
most
from
.
But
while
two
men
like
Mr.
Garth
and
Mr.
Farebrother
have
not
given
me
up
,
I
do
n't
see
why
I
should
give
myself
up
.
"
Fred
thought
it
might
be
well
to
suggest
these
masculine
examples
to
Mrs.
Garth
.
"
Assuredly
,
"
said
she
,
with
gathering
emphasis
.
"
A
young
man
for
whom
two
such
elders
had
devoted
themselves
would
indeed
be
culpable
if
he
threw
himself
away
and
made
their
sacrifices
vain
.
"
Fred
wondered
a
little
at
this
strong
language
,
but
only
said
,
"
I
hope
it
will
not
be
so
with
me
,
Mrs.
Garth
,
since
I
have
some
encouragement
to
believe
that
I
may
win
Mary
.
Mr.
Garth
has
told
you
about
that
?
You
were
not
surprised
,
I
dare
say
?
"
Fred
ended
,
innocently
referring
only
to
his
own
love
as
probably
evident
enough
.
"
Not
surprised
that
Mary
has
given
you
encouragement
?
"
returned
Mrs.
Garth
,
who
thought
it
would
be
well
for
Fred
to
be
more
alive
to
the
fact
that
Mary
's
friends
could
not
possibly
have
wished
this
beforehand
,
whatever
the
Vincys
might
suppose
.
"
Yes
,
I
confess
I
was
surprised
.
"
"
She
never
did
give
me
any
—
not
the
least
in
the
world
,
when
I
talked
to
her
myself
,
"
said
Fred
,
eager
to
vindicate
Mary
.
"
But
when
I
asked
Mr.
Farebrother
to
speak
for
me
,
she
allowed
him
to
tell
me
there
was
a
hope
.
"
The
power
of
admonition
which
had
begun
to
stir
in
Mrs.
Garth
had
not
yet
discharged
itself
.
It
was
a
little
too
provoking
even
for
her
self-control
that
this
blooming
youngster
should
flourish
on
the
disappointments
of
sadder
and
wiser
people
—
making
a
meal
of
a
nightingale
and
never
knowing
it
—
and
that
all
the
while
his
family
should
suppose
that
hers
was
in
eager
need
of
this
sprig
;
and
her
vexation
had
fermented
the
more
actively
because
of
its
total
repression
towards
her
husband
.
Exemplary
wives
will
sometimes
find
scapegoats
in
this
way
.
She
now
said
with
energetic
decision
,
"
You
made
a
great
mistake
,
Fred
,
in
asking
Mr.
Farebrother
to
speak
for
you
.
"
"
Did
I
?
"
said
Fred
,
reddening
instantaneously
.
He
was
alarmed
,
but
at
a
loss
to
know
what
Mrs.
Garth
meant
,
and
added
,
in
an
apologetic
tone
,
"
Mr.
Farebrother
has
always
been
such
a
friend
of
ours
;
and
Mary
,
I
knew
,
would
listen
to
him
gravely
;
and
he
took
it
on
himself
quite
readily
.
"
"
Yes
,
young
people
are
usually
blind
to
everything
but
their
own
wishes
,
and
seldom
imagine
how
much
those
wishes
cost
others
,
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
.
She
did
not
mean
to
go
beyond
this
salutary
general
doctrine
,
and
threw
her
indignation
into
a
needless
unwinding
of
her
worsted
,
knitting
her
brow
at
it
with
a
grand
air
.
"
I
cannot
conceive
how
it
could
be
any
pain
to
Mr.
Farebrother
,
"
said
Fred
,
who
nevertheless
felt
that
surprising
conceptions
were
beginning
to
form
themselves
.
"
Precisely
;
you
cannot
conceive
,
"
said
Mrs.
Garth
,
cutting
her
words
as
neatly
as
possible
.
For
a
moment
Fred
looked
at
the
horizon
with
a
dismayed
anxiety
,
and
then
turning
with
a
quick
movement
said
almost
sharply
—
"
Do
you
mean
to
say
,
Mrs.
Garth
,
that
Mr.
Farebrother
is
in
love
with
Mary
?
"
"
And
if
it
were
so
,
Fred
,
I
think
you
are
the
last
person
who
ought
to
be
surprised
,
"
returned
Mrs.
Garth
,
laying
her
knitting
down
beside
her
and
folding
her
arms
.
It
was
an
unwonted
sign
of
emotion
in
her
that
she
should
put
her
work
out
of
her
hands
.
In
fact
her
feelings
were
divided
between
the
satisfaction
of
giving
Fred
his
discipline
and
the
sense
of
having
gone
a
little
too
far
.
Fred
took
his
hat
and
stick
and
rose
quickly
.
"
Then
you
think
I
am
standing
in
his
way
,
and
in
Mary
's
too
?
"
he
said
,
in
a
tone
which
seemed
to
demand
an
answer
.
Mrs.
Garth
could
not
speak
immediately
.
She
had
brought
herself
into
the
unpleasant
position
of
being
called
on
to
say
what
she
really
felt
,
yet
what
she
knew
there
were
strong
reasons
for
concealing
.
And
to
her
the
consciousness
of
having
exceeded
in
words
was
peculiarly
mortifying
.
Besides
,
Fred
had
given
out
unexpected
electricity
,
and
he
now
added
,
"
Mr.
Garth
seemed
pleased
that
Mary
should
be
attached
to
me
.
He
could
not
have
known
anything
of
this
.
"
Mrs.
Garth
felt
a
severe
twinge
at
this
mention
of
her
husband
,
the
fear
that
Caleb
might
think
her
in
the
wrong
not
being
easily
endurable
.
She
answered
,
wanting
to
check
unintended
consequences
—
"
I
spoke
from
inference
only
.
I
am
not
aware
that
Mary
knows
anything
of
the
matter
.
"
But
she
hesitated
to
beg
that
he
would
keep
entire
silence
on
a
subject
which
she
had
herself
unnecessarily
mentioned
,
not
being
used
to
stoop
in
that
way
;
and
while
she
was
hesitating
there
was
already
a
rush
of
unintended
consequences
under
the
apple-tree
where
the
tea-things
stood
.
Ben
,
bouncing
across
the
grass
with
Brownie
at
his
heels
,
and
seeing
the
kitten
dragging
the
knitting
by
a
lengthening
line
of
wool
,
shouted
and
clapped
his
hands
;
Brownie
barked
,
the
kitten
,
desperate
,
jumped
on
the
tea-table
and
upset
the
milk
,
then
jumped
down
again
and
swept
half
the
cherries
with
it
;
and
Ben
,
snatching
up
the
half-knitted
sock-top
,
fitted
it
over
the
kitten
's
head
as
a
new
source
of
madness
,
while
Letty
arriving
cried
out
to
her
mother
against
this
cruelty
—
it
was
a
history
as
full
of
sensation
as
"
This
is
the
house
that
Jack
built
.
"
Mrs.
Garth
was
obliged
to
interfere
,
the
other
young
ones
came
up
and
the
tete-a-tete
with
Fred
was
ended
.
He
got
away
as
soon
as
he
could
,
and
Mrs.
Garth
could
only
imply
some
retractation
of
her
severity
by
saying
"
God
bless
you
"
when
she
shook
hands
with
him
.
She
was
unpleasantly
conscious
that
she
had
been
on
the
verge
of
speaking
as
"
one
of
the
foolish
women
speaketh
"
—
telling
first
and
entreating
silence
after
.
But
she
had
not
entreated
silence
,
and
to
prevent
Caleb
's
blame
she
determined
to
blame
herself
and
confess
all
to
him
that
very
night
.
It
was
curious
what
an
awful
tribunal
the
mild
Caleb
's
was
to
her
,
whenever
he
set
it
up
.
But
she
meant
to
point
out
to
him
that
the
revelation
might
do
Fred
Vincy
a
great
deal
of
good
.
No
doubt
it
was
having
a
strong
effect
on
him
as
he
walked
to
Lowick
.
Fred
's
light
hopeful
nature
had
perhaps
never
had
so
much
of
a
bruise
as
from
this
suggestion
that
if
he
had
been
out
of
the
way
Mary
might
have
made
a
thoroughly
good
match
.
Also
he
was
piqued
that
he
had
been
what
he
called
such
a
stupid
lout
as
to
ask
that
intervention
from
Mr.
Farebrother
.
But
it
was
not
in
a
lover
's
nature
—
it
was
not
in
Fred
's
,
that
the
new
anxiety
raised
about
Mary
's
feeling
should
not
surmount
every
other
.
Notwithstanding
his
trust
in
Mr.
Farebrother
's
generosity
,
notwithstanding
what
Mary
had
said
to
him
,
Fred
could
not
help
feeling
that
he
had
a
rival
:
it
was
a
new
consciousness
,
and
he
objected
to
it
extremely
,
not
being
in
the
least
ready
to
give
up
Mary
for
her
good
,
being
ready
rather
to
fight
for
her
with
any
man
whatsoever
.
But
the
fighting
with
Mr.
Farebrother
must
be
of
a
metaphorical
kind
,
which
was
much
more
difficult
to
Fred
than
the
muscular
.
Certainly
this
experience
was
a
discipline
for
Fred
hardly
less
sharp
than
his
disappointment
about
his
uncle
's
will
.
The
iron
had
not
entered
into
his
soul
,
but
he
had
begun
to
imagine
what
the
sharp
edge
would
be
.
It
did
not
once
occur
to
Fred
that
Mrs.
Garth
might
be
mistaken
about
Mr.
Farebrother
,
but
he
suspected
that
she
might
be
wrong
about
Mary
.
Mary
had
been
staying
at
the
parsonage
lately
,
and
her
mother
might
know
very
little
of
what
had
been
passing
in
her
mind
.
He
did
not
feel
easier
when
he
found
her
looking
cheerful
with
the
three
ladies
in
the
drawing-room
.
They
were
in
animated
discussion
on
some
subject
which
was
dropped
when
he
entered
,
and
Mary
was
copying
the
labels
from
a
heap
of
shallow
cabinet
drawers
,
in
a
minute
handwriting
which
she
was
skilled
in
.
Mr.
Farebrother
was
somewhere
in
the
village
,
and
the
three
ladies
knew
nothing
of
Fred
's
peculiar
relation
to
Mary
:
it
was
impossible
for
either
of
them
to
propose
that
they
should
walk
round
the
garden
,
and
Fred
predicted
to
himself
that
he
should
have
to
go
away
without
saying
a
word
to
her
in
private
.
He
told
her
first
of
Christy
's
arrival
and
then
of
his
own
engagement
with
her
father
;
and
he
was
comforted
by
seeing
that
this
latter
news
touched
her
keenly
.
She
said
hurriedly
,
"
I
am
so
glad
,
"
and
then
bent
over
her
writing
to
hinder
any
one
from
noticing
her
face
.
But
here
was
a
subject
which
Mrs.
Farebrother
could
not
let
pass
.
"
You
do
n't
mean
,
my
dear
Miss
Garth
,
that
you
are
glad
to
hear
of
a
young
man
giving
up
the
Church
for
which
he
was
educated
:
you
only
mean
that
things
being
so
,
you
are
glad
that
he
should
be
under
an
excellent
man
like
your
father
.
"
"
No
,
really
,
Mrs.
Farebrother
,
I
am
glad
of
both
,
I
fear
,
"
said
Mary
,
cleverly
getting
rid
of
one
rebellious
tear
.
"
I
have
a
dreadfully
secular
mind
.
I
never
liked
any
clergyman
except
the
Vicar
of
Wakefield
and
Mr.
Farebrother
.
"
"
Now
why
,
my
dear
?
"
said
Mrs.
Farebrother
,
pausing
on
her
large
wooden
knitting-needles
and
looking
at
Mary
.
"
You
have
always
a
good
reason
for
your
opinions
,
but
this
astonishes
me
.
Of
course
I
put
out
of
the
question
those
who
preach
new
doctrine
.
But
why
should
you
dislike
clergymen
?
"
"
Oh
dear
,
"
said
Mary
,
her
face
breaking
into
merriment
as
she
seemed
to
consider
a
moment
,
"
I
do
n't
like
their
neckcloths
.
"
"
Why
,
you
do
n't
like
Camden
's
,
then
,
"
said
Miss
Winifred
,
in
some
anxiety
.
"
Yes
,
I
do
,
"
said
Mary
.
"
I
do
n't
like
the
other
clergymen
's
neckcloths
,
because
it
is
they
who
wear
them
.
"
"
How
very
puzzling
!
"
said
Miss
Noble
,
feeling
that
her
own
intellect
was
probably
deficient
.
"
My
dear
,
you
are
joking
.
You
would
have
better
reasons
than
these
for
slighting
so
respectable
a
class
of
men
,
"
said
Mrs.
Farebrother
,
majestically
.
"
Miss
Garth
has
such
severe
notions
of
what
people
should
be
that
it
is
difficult
to
satisfy
her
,
"
said
Fred
.
"
Well
,
I
am
glad
at
least
that
she
makes
an
exception
in
favour
of
my
son
,
"
said
the
old
lady
.
Mary
was
wondering
at
Fred
's
piqued
tone
,
when
Mr.
Farebrother
came
in
and
had
to
hear
the
news
about
the
engagement
under
Mr.
Garth
.
At
the
end
he
said
with
quiet
satisfaction
,
"
That
is
right
;
"
and
then
bent
to
look
at
Mary
's
labels
and
praise
her
handwriting
.
Fred
felt
horribly
jealous
—
was
glad
,
of
course
,
that
Mr.
Farebrother
was
so
estimable
,
but
wished
that
he
had
been
ugly
and
fat
as
men
at
forty
sometimes
are
.
It
was
clear
what
the
end
would
be
,
since
Mary
openly
placed
Farebrother
above
everybody
,
and
these
women
were
all
evidently
encouraging
the
affair
.
He
was
feeling
sure
that
he
should
have
no
chance
of
speaking
to
Mary
,
when
Mr.
Farebrother
said
—
"
Fred
,
help
me
to
carry
these
drawers
back
into
my
study
—
you
have
never
seen
my
fine
new
study
.
Pray
come
too
,
Miss
Garth
.
I
want
you
to
see
a
stupendous
spider
I
found
this
morning
.
"
Mary
at
once
saw
the
Vicar
's
intention
.
He
had
never
since
the
memorable
evening
deviated
from
his
old
pastoral
kindness
towards
her
,
and
her
momentary
wonder
and
doubt
had
quite
gone
to
sleep
.
Mary
was
accustomed
to
think
rather
rigorously
of
what
was
probable
,
and
if
a
belief
flattered
her
vanity
she
felt
warned
to
dismiss
it
as
ridiculous
,
having
early
had
much
exercise
in
such
dismissals
.
It
was
as
she
had
foreseen
:
when
Fred
had
been
asked
to
admire
the
fittings
of
the
study
,
and
she
had
been
asked
to
admire
the
spider
,
Mr.
Farebrother
said
—
"
Wait
here
a
minute
or
two
.
I
am
going
to
look
out
an
engraving
which
Fred
is
tall
enough
to
hang
for
me
.
I
shall
be
back
in
a
few
minutes
.
"
And
then
he
went
out
.
Nevertheless
,
the
first
word
Fred
said
to
Mary
was
—
"
It
is
of
no
use
,
whatever
I
do
,
Mary
.
You
are
sure
to
marry
Farebrother
at
last
.
"
There
was
some
rage
in
his
tone
.
"
What
do
you
mean
,
Fred
?
"
Mary
exclaimed
indignantly
,
blushing
deeply
,
and
surprised
out
of
all
her
readiness
in
reply
.
"
It
is
impossible
that
you
should
not
see
it
all
clearly
enough
—
you
who
see
everything
.
"
"
I
only
see
that
you
are
behaving
very
ill
,
Fred
,
in
speaking
so
of
Mr.
Farebrother
after
he
has
pleaded
your
cause
in
every
way
.
How
can
you
have
taken
up
such
an
idea
?
"
Fred
was
rather
deep
,
in
spite
of
his
irritation
.
If
Mary
had
really
been
unsuspicious
,
there
was
no
good
in
telling
her
what
Mrs.
Garth
had
said
.
"
It
follows
as
a
matter
of
course
,
"
he
replied
.
"
When
you
are
continually
seeing
a
man
who
beats
me
in
everything
,
and
whom
you
set
up
above
everybody
,
I
can
have
no
fair
chance
.
"
"
You
are
very
ungrateful
,
Fred
,
"
said
Mary
.
"
I
wish
I
had
never
told
Mr.
Farebrother
that
I
cared
for
you
in
the
least
.
"
"
No
,
I
am
not
ungrateful
;
I
should
be
the
happiest
fellow
in
the
world
if
it
were
not
for
this
.
I
told
your
father
everything
,
and
he
was
very
kind
;
he
treated
me
as
if
I
were
his
son
.
I
could
go
at
the
work
with
a
will
,
writing
and
everything
,
if
it
were
not
for
this
.
"
"
For
this
?
for
what
?
"
said
Mary
,
imagining
now
that
something
specific
must
have
been
said
or
done
.
"
This
dreadful
certainty
that
I
shall
be
bowled
out
by
Farebrother
.
"
Mary
was
appeased
by
her
inclination
to
laugh
.
"
Fred
,
"
she
said
,
peeping
round
to
catch
his
eyes
,
which
were
sulkily
turned
away
from
her
,
"
you
are
too
delightfully
ridiculous
.
If
you
were
not
such
a
charming
simpleton
,
what
a
temptation
this
would
be
to
play
the
wicked
coquette
,
and
let
you
suppose
that
somebody
besides
you
has
made
love
to
me
.
"
"
Do
you
really
like
me
best
,
Mary
?
"
said
Fred
,
turning
eyes
full
of
affection
on
her
,
and
trying
to
take
her
hand
.
"
I
do
n't
like
you
at
all
at
this
moment
,
"
said
Mary
,
retreating
,
and
putting
her
hands
behind
her
.
"
I
only
said
that
no
mortal
ever
made
love
to
me
besides
you
.
And
that
is
no
argument
that
a
very
wise
man
ever
will
,
"
she
ended
,
merrily
.
"
I
wish
you
would
tell
me
that
you
could
not
possibly
ever
think
of
him
,
"
said
Fred
.
"
Never
dare
to
mention
this
any
more
to
me
,
Fred
,
"
said
Mary
,
getting
serious
again
.
"
I
do
n't
know
whether
it
is
more
stupid
or
ungenerous
in
you
not
to
see
that
Mr.
Farebrother
has
left
us
together
on
purpose
that
we
might
speak
freely
.
I
am
disappointed
that
you
should
be
so
blind
to
his
delicate
feeling
.
"
There
was
no
time
to
say
any
more
before
Mr.
Farebrother
came
back
with
the
engraving
;
and
Fred
had
to
return
to
the
drawing-room
still
with
a
jealous
dread
in
his
heart
,
but
yet
with
comforting
arguments
from
Mary
's
words
and
manner
.
The
result
of
the
conversation
was
on
the
whole
more
painful
to
Mary
:
inevitably
her
attention
had
taken
a
new
attitude
,
and
she
saw
the
possibility
of
new
interpretations
.
She
was
in
a
position
in
which
she
seemed
to
herself
to
be
slighting
Mr.
Farebrother
,
and
this
,
in
relation
to
a
man
who
is
much
honoured
,
is
always
dangerous
to
the
firmness
of
a
grateful
woman
.
To
have
a
reason
for
going
home
the
next
day
was
a
relief
,
for
Mary
earnestly
desired
to
be
always
clear
that
she
loved
Fred
best
.
When
a
tender
affection
has
been
storing
itself
in
us
through
many
of
our
years
,
the
idea
that
we
could
accept
any
exchange
for
it
seems
to
be
a
cheapening
of
our
lives
.
And
we
can
set
a
watch
over
our
affections
and
our
constancy
as
we
can
over
other
treasures
.
"
Fred
has
lost
all
his
other
expectations
;
he
must
keep
this
,
"
Mary
said
to
herself
,
with
a
smile
curling
her
lips
.
It
was
impossible
to
help
fleeting
visions
of
another
kind
—
new
dignities
and
an
acknowledged
value
of
which
she
had
often
felt
the
absence
.
But
these
things
with
Fred
outside
them
,
Fred
forsaken
and
looking
sad
for
the
want
of
her
,
could
never
tempt
her
deliberate
thought
.
CHAPTER
LVIII
.
"
For
there
can
live
no
hatred
in
thine
eye
,
Therefore
in
that
I
cannot
know
thy
change
:
In
many
's
looks
the
false
heart
's
history
Is
writ
in
moods
and
frowns
and
wrinkles
strange
:
But
Heaven
in
thy
creation
did
decree
That
in
thy
face
sweet
love
should
ever
dwell
:
Whate'er
thy
thoughts
or
thy
heart
's
workings
be
Thy
looks
should
nothing
thence
but
sweetness
tell
.
"
—
SHAKESPEARE
:
Sonnets
.
At
the
time
when
Mr.
Vincy
uttered
that
presentiment
about
Rosamond
,
she
herself
had
never
had
the
idea
that
she
should
be
driven
to
make
the
sort
of
appeal
which
he
foresaw
.
She
had
not
yet
had
any
anxiety
about
ways
and
means
,
although
her
domestic
life
had
been
expensive
as
well
as
eventful
.
Her
baby
had
been
born
prematurely
,
and
all
the
embroidered
robes
and
caps
had
to
be
laid
by
in
darkness
.
This
misfortune
was
attributed
entirely
to
her
having
persisted
in
going
out
on
horseback
one
day
when
her
husband
had
desired
her
not
to
do
so
;
but
it
must
not
be
supposed
that
she
had
shown
temper
on
the
occasion
,
or
rudely
told
him
that
she
would
do
as
she
liked
.
What
led
her
particularly
to
desire
horse-exercise
was
a
visit
from
Captain
Lydgate
,
the
baronet
's
third
son
,
who
,
I
am
sorry
to
say
,
was
detested
by
our
Tertius
of
that
name
as
a
vapid
fop
"
parting
his
hair
from
brow
to
nape
in
a
despicable
fashion
"
(
not
followed
by
Tertius
himself
)
,
and
showing
an
ignorant
security
that
he
knew
the
proper
thing
to
say
on
every
topic
.
Lydgate
inwardly
cursed
his
own
folly
that
he
had
drawn
down
this
visit
by
consenting
to
go
to
his
uncle
's
on
the
wedding-tour
,
and
he
made
himself
rather
disagreeable
to
Rosamond
by
saying
so
in
private
.
For
to
Rosamond
this
visit
was
a
source
of
unprecedented
but
gracefully
concealed
exultation
.
She
was
so
intensely
conscious
of
having
a
cousin
who
was
a
baronet
's
son
staying
in
the
house
,
that
she
imagined
the
knowledge
of
what
was
implied
by
his
presence
to
be
diffused
through
all
other
minds
;
and
when
she
introduced
Captain
Lydgate
to
her
guests
,
she
had
a
placid
sense
that
his
rank
penetrated
them
as
if
it
had
been
an
odor
.
The
satisfaction
was
enough
for
the
time
to
melt
away
some
disappointment
in
the
conditions
of
marriage
with
a
medical
man
even
of
good
birth
:
it
seemed
now
that
her
marriage
was
visibly
as
well
as
ideally
floating
her
above
the
Middlemarch
level
,
and
the
future
looked
bright
with
letters
and
visits
to
and
from
Quallingham
,
and
vague
advancement
in
consequence
for
Tertius
.
Especially
as
,
probably
at
the
Captain
's
suggestion
,
his
married
sister
,
Mrs.
Mengan
,
had
come
with
her
maid
,
and
stayed
two
nights
on
her
way
from
town
.
Hence
it
was
clearly
worth
while
for
Rosamond
to
take
pains
with
her
music
and
the
careful
selection
of
her
lace
.
As
to
Captain
Lydgate
himself
,
his
low
brow
,
his
aquiline
nose
bent
on
one
side
,
and
his
rather
heavy
utterance
,
might
have
been
disadvantageous
in
any
young
gentleman
who
had
not
a
military
bearing
and
mustache
to
give
him
what
is
doted
on
by
some
flower-like
blond
heads
as
"
style
.
"
He
had
,
moreover
,
that
sort
of
high-breeding
which
consists
in
being
free
from
the
petty
solicitudes
of
middle-class
gentility
,
and
he
was
a
great
critic
of
feminine
charms
.
Rosamond
delighted
in
his
admiration
now
even
more
than
she
had
done
at
Quallingham
,
and
he
found
it
easy
to
spend
several
hours
of
the
day
in
flirting
with
her
.
The
visit
altogether
was
one
of
the
pleasantest
larks
he
had
ever
had
,
not
the
less
so
perhaps
because
he
suspected
that
his
queer
cousin
Tertius
wished
him
away
:
though
Lydgate
,
who
would
rather
(
hyperbolically
speaking
)
have
died
than
have
failed
in
polite
hospitality
,
suppressed
his
dislike
,
and
only
pretended
generally
not
to
hear
what
the
gallant
officer
said
,
consigning
the
task
of
answering
him
to
Rosamond
.
For
he
was
not
at
all
a
jealous
husband
,
and
preferred
leaving
a
feather-headed
young
gentleman
alone
with
his
wife
to
bearing
him
company
.
"
I
wish
you
would
talk
more
to
the
Captain
at
dinner
,
Tertius
,
"
said
Rosamond
,
one
evening
when
the
important
guest
was
gone
to
Loamford
to
see
some
brother
officers
stationed
there
.
"
You
really
look
so
absent
sometimes
—
you
seem
to
be
seeing
through
his
head
into
something
behind
it
,
instead
of
looking
at
him
.
"
"
My
dear
Rosy
,
you
do
n't
expect
me
to
talk
much
to
such
a
conceited
ass
as
that
,
I
hope
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
brusquely
.
"
If
he
got
his
head
broken
,
I
might
look
at
it
with
interest
,
not
before
.
"
"
I
cannot
conceive
why
you
should
speak
of
your
cousin
so
contemptuously
,
"
said
Rosamond
,
her
fingers
moving
at
her
work
while
she
spoke
with
a
mild
gravity
which
had
a
touch
of
disdain
in
it
.
"
Ask
Ladislaw
if
he
does
n't
think
your
Captain
the
greatest
bore
he
ever
met
with
.
Ladislaw
has
almost
forsaken
the
house
since
he
came
.
"
Rosamond
thought
she
knew
perfectly
well
why
Mr.
Ladislaw
disliked
the
Captain
:
he
was
jealous
,
and
she
liked
his
being
jealous
.
"
It
is
impossible
to
say
what
will
suit
eccentric
persons
,
"
she
answered
,
"
but
in
my
opinion
Captain
Lydgate
is
a
thorough
gentleman
,
and
I
think
you
ought
not
,
out
of
respect
to
Sir
Godwin
,
to
treat
him
with
neglect
.
"
"
No
,
dear
;
but
we
have
had
dinners
for
him
.
And
he
comes
in
and
goes
out
as
he
likes
.
He
does
n't
want
me
.
"
"
Still
,
when
he
is
in
the
room
,
you
might
show
him
more
attention
.
He
may
not
be
a
phoenix
of
cleverness
in
your
sense
;
his
profession
is
different
;
but
it
would
be
all
the
better
for
you
to
talk
a
little
on
his
subjects
.
I
think
his
conversation
is
quite
agreeable
.
And
he
is
anything
but
an
unprincipled
man
.
"
"
The
fact
is
,
you
would
wish
me
to
be
a
little
more
like
him
,
Rosy
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
in
a
sort
of
resigned
murmur
,
with
a
smile
which
was
not
exactly
tender
,
and
certainly
not
merry
.
Rosamond
was
silent
and
did
not
smile
again
;
but
the
lovely
curves
of
her
face
looked
good-tempered
enough
without
smiling
.
Those
words
of
Lydgate
's
were
like
a
sad
milestone
marking
how
far
he
had
travelled
from
his
old
dreamland
,
in
which
Rosamond
Vincy
appeared
to
be
that
perfect
piece
of
womanhood
who
would
reverence
her
husband
's
mind
after
the
fashion
of
an
accomplished
mermaid
,
using
her
comb
and
looking-glass
and
singing
her
song
for
the
relaxation
of
his
adored
wisdom
alone
.
He
had
begun
to
distinguish
between
that
imagined
adoration
and
the
attraction
towards
a
man
's
talent
because
it
gives
him
prestige
,
and
is
like
an
order
in
his
button-hole
or
an
honourable
before
his
name
.
It
might
have
been
supposed
that
Rosamond
had
travelled
too
,
since
she
had
found
the
pointless
conversation
of
Mr.
Ned
Plymdale
perfectly
wearisome
;
but
to
most
mortals
there
is
a
stupidity
which
is
unendurable
and
a
stupidity
which
is
altogether
acceptable
—
else
,
indeed
,
what
would
become
of
social
bonds
?
Captain
Lydgate
's
stupidity
was
delicately
scented
,
carried
itself
with
"
style
,
"
talked
with
a
good
accent
,
and
was
closely
related
to
Sir
Godwin
.
Rosamond
found
it
quite
agreeable
and
caught
many
of
its
phrases
.
Therefore
since
Rosamond
,
as
we
know
,
was
fond
of
horseback
,
there
were
plenty
of
reasons
why
she
should
be
tempted
to
resume
her
riding
when
Captain
Lydgate
,
who
had
ordered
his
man
with
two
horses
to
follow
him
and
put
up
at
the
"
Green
Dragon
,
"
begged
her
to
go
out
on
the
gray
which
he
warranted
to
be
gentle
and
trained
to
carry
a
lady
—
indeed
,
he
had
bought
it
for
his
sister
,
and
was
taking
it
to
Quallingham
.
Rosamond
went
out
the
first
time
without
telling
her
husband
,
and
came
back
before
his
return
;
but
the
ride
had
been
so
thorough
a
success
,
and
she
declared
herself
so
much
the
better
in
consequence
,
that
he
was
informed
of
it
with
full
reliance
on
his
consent
that
she
should
go
riding
again
.
On
the
contrary
Lydgate
was
more
than
hurt
—
he
was
utterly
confounded
that
she
had
risked
herself
on
a
strange
horse
without
referring
the
matter
to
his
wish
.
After
the
first
almost
thundering
exclamations
of
astonishment
,
which
sufficiently
warned
Rosamond
of
what
was
coming
,
he
was
silent
for
some
moments
.
"
However
,
you
have
come
back
safely
,
"
he
said
,
at
last
,
in
a
decisive
tone
.
"
You
will
not
go
again
,
Rosy
;
that
is
understood
.
If
it
were
the
quietest
,
most
familiar
horse
in
the
world
,
there
would
always
be
the
chance
of
accident
.
And
you
know
very
well
that
I
wished
you
to
give
up
riding
the
roan
on
that
account
.
"
"
But
there
is
the
chance
of
accident
indoors
,
Tertius
.
"
"
My
darling
,
do
n't
talk
nonsense
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
in
an
imploring
tone
;
"
surely
I
am
the
person
to
judge
for
you
.
I
think
it
is
enough
that
I
say
you
are
not
to
go
again
.
"
Rosamond
was
arranging
her
hair
before
dinner
,
and
the
reflection
of
her
head
in
the
glass
showed
no
change
in
its
loveliness
except
a
little
turning
aside
of
the
long
neck
.
Lydgate
had
been
moving
about
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets
,
and
now
paused
near
her
,
as
if
he
awaited
some
assurance
.
"
I
wish
you
would
fasten
up
my
plaits
,
dear
,
"
said
Rosamond
,
letting
her
arms
fall
with
a
little
sigh
,
so
as
to
make
a
husband
ashamed
of
standing
there
like
a
brute
.
Lydgate
had
often
fastened
the
plaits
before
,
being
among
the
deftest
of
men
with
his
large
finely
formed
fingers
.
He
swept
up
the
soft
festoons
of
plaits
and
fastened
in
the
tall
comb
(
to
such
uses
do
men
come
!
)
;
and
what
could
he
do
then
but
kiss
the
exquisite
nape
which
was
shown
in
all
its
delicate
curves
?
But
when
we
do
what
we
have
done
before
,
it
is
often
with
a
difference
.
Lydgate
was
still
angry
,
and
had
not
forgotten
his
point
.
"
I
shall
tell
the
Captain
that
he
ought
to
have
known
better
than
offer
you
his
horse
,
"
he
said
,
as
he
moved
away
.
"
I
beg
you
will
not
do
anything
of
the
kind
,
Tertius
,
"
said
Rosamond
,
looking
at
him
with
something
more
marked
than
usual
in
her
speech
.
"
It
will
be
treating
me
as
if
I
were
a
child
.
Promise
that
you
will
leave
the
subject
to
me
.
"
There
did
seem
to
be
some
truth
in
her
objection
.
Lydgate
said
,
"
Very
well
,
"
with
a
surly
obedience
,
and
thus
the
discussion
ended
with
his
promising
Rosamond
,
and
not
with
her
promising
him
.
In
fact
,
she
had
been
determined
not
to
promise
.
Rosamond
had
that
victorious
obstinacy
which
never
wastes
its
energy
in
impetuous
resistance
.
What
she
liked
to
do
was
to
her
the
