suit.
It
appears
to
be
all
in
the
Testator
's
handwriting
.
It
is
duly
executed
and
attested
.
And
even
if
intended
to
be
cancelled
,
as
might
possibly
be
supposed
to
be
denoted
by
these
marks
of
fire
,
it
is
not
cancelled
.
Here
it
is
,
a
perfect
instrument
!
”
“
Well
!
”
said
my
guardian
.
“
What
is
that
to
me
?
”
“
Mr.
Guppy
!
”
cried
Mr.
Kenge
,
raising
his
voice
.
—
“
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
”
“
Sir
.
”
“
Mr.
Vholes
of
Symond
's
Inn
.
My
compliments
.
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
.
Glad
to
speak
with
him
.
Mr.
Guppy
disappeared
.
“
You
ask
me
what
is
this
to
you
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
If
you
had
perused
this
document
,
you
would
have
seen
that
it
reduces
your
interest
considerably
,
though
still
leaving
it
a
very
handsome
one
,
still
leaving
it
a
very
handsome
one
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
,
waving
his
hand
persuasively
and
blandly
.
“
You
would
further
have
seen
,
that
the
interests
of
Mr.
Richard
Carstone
,
and
of
Miss
Ada
Clare
,
now
Mrs.
Richard
Carstone
,
are
very
materially
advanced
by
it
.
”
“
Kenge
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
if
all
the
flourishing
wealth
that
the
suit
brought
into
this
vile
court
of
Chancery
could
fall
to
my
two
young
cousins
,
I
should
be
well
contented
.
But
do
you
ask
me
to
believe
that
any
good
is
to
come
of
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
?
”
“
O
really
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
!
Prejudice
,
prejudice
.
My
dear
sir
,
this
is
a
very
great
country
,
a
very
great
country
.
Its
system
of
equity
is
a
very
great
system
,
a
very
great
system
.
Really
,
really
!
”
My
guardian
said
no
more
,
and
Mr.
Vholes
arrived
.
He
was
modestly
impressed
by
Mr.
Kenge
's
professional
eminence
.
“
How
do
you
do
,
Mr.
Vholes
?
Will
you
be
so
good
as
to
take
a
chair
here
by
me
,
and
look
over
this
paper
?
”
Mr.
Vholes
did
as
he
was
asked
,
and
seemed
to
read
it
every
word
.
He
was
not
excited
by
it
;
but
he
was
not
excited
by
anything
.
When
he
had
well
examined
it
,
he
retired
with
Mr.
Kenge
into
a
window
,
and
shading
his
mouth
with
his
black
glove
,
spoke
to
him
at
some
length
.
I
was
not
surprised
to
observe
Mr.
Kenge
inclined
to
dispute
what
he
said
before
he
had
said
much
,
for
I
knew
that
no
two
people
ever
did
agree
about
anything
in
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
.
But
he
seemed
to
get
the
better
of
Mr.
Kenge
too
,
in
a
conversation
that
sounded
as
if
it
were
almost
composed
of
the
words
,
“
Receiver-General
,
”
“
Accountant-General
,
”
“
Report
,
”
“
Estate
,
”
and
“
Costs
.
”
When
they
had
finished
,
they
came
back
to
Mr.
Kenge
's
table
,
and
spoke
aloud
.
“
Well
!
But
this
is
a
very
remarkable
document
,
Mr.
Vholes
?
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
Mr.
Vholes
said
,
“
Very
much
so
.
”
“
And
a
very
important
document
,
Mr.
Vholes
?
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
Again
Mr.
Vholes
said
,
“
Very
much
so
.
”
“
And
as
you
say
,
Mr.
Vholes
,
when
the
Cause
is
in
the
paper
next
Term
,
this
document
will
be
an
unexpected
and
interesting
feature
in
it
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
,
looking
loftily
at
my
guardian
.
Mr.
Vholes
was
gratified
,
as
a
smaller
practitioner
striving
to
keep
respectable
,
to
be
confirmed
in
any
opinion
of
his
own
by
such
an
authority
.
“
And
when
,
”
asked
my
guardian
,
rising
after
a
pause
,
during
which
Mr.
Kenge
had
rattled
his
money
,
and
Mr.
Vholes
had
picked
his
pimples
,
“
when
is
next
Term
?
”
“
Next
Term
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
will
be
next
month
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
Of
course
we
shall
at
once
proceed
to
do
what
is
necessary
with
this
document
,
and
to
collect
the
necessary
evidence
concerning
it
;
and
of
course
you
will
receive
our
usual
notification
of
the
Cause
being
in
the
paper
.
”
“
To
which
I
shall
pay
,
of
course
,
my
usual
attention
.
”
“
Still
bent
,
my
dear
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
,
shewing
us
through
the
outer
office
to
the
door
,
“
still
bent
,
even
with
your
enlarged
mind
,
on
echoing
a
popular
prejudice
?
We
are
a
prosperous
community
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
a
very
prosperous
community
.
We
are
a
great
country
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
we
are
a
very
great
country
.
This
is
a
great
system
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
and
would
you
wish
a
great
country
to
have
a
little
system
?
Now
,
really
,
really
!
”
He
said
this
at
the
stair-head
,
gently
moving
his
right
hand
as
if
it
were
a
silver
trowel
,
with
which
to
spread
the
cement
of
his
words
on
the
structure
of
the
system
,
and
consolidate
it
for
a
thousand
ages
.
CHAPTER
LXIII
.
STEEL
AND
IRON
.
GEORGE
'S
shooting-gallery
is
to
let
,
and
the
stock
is
sold
off
,
and
George
himself
is
at
Chesney
Wold
,
attending
on
Sir
Leicester
in
his
rides
,
and
riding
very
near
his
bridle-rein
,
because
of
the
uncertain
hand
with
which
he
guides
his
horse
.
But
not
to-day
is
George
so
occupied
.
He
is
journeying
to-day
into
the
iron
country
farther
north
,
to
look
about
him
.
As
he
comes
into
the
iron
country
farther
north
,
such
fresh
green
woods
as
those
of
Chesney
Wold
are
left
behind
;
and
coalpits
and
ashes
,
high
chimnies
and
red
bricks
,
blighted
verdure
,
scorching
fires
,
and
a
heavy
never-lightening
cloud
of
smoke
,
become
the
features
of
the
scenery
.
Among
such
objects
rides
the
trooper
,
looking
about
him
,
and
always
looking
for
something
he
has
come
to
find
.
At
last
,
on
the
black
canal
bridge
of
a
busy
town
,
with
a
clang
of
iron
in
it
,
and
more
fires
and
more
smoke
than
he
has
seen
yet
,
the
trooper
,
swart
with
the
dust
of
the
coal
roads
,
checks
his
horse
,
and
asks
a
workman
does
he
know
the
name
of
Rouncewell
thereabouts
?
“
Why
,
master
,
”
quoth
the
workman
,
“
do
I
know
my
own
name
?
”
“
'
Tis
so
well
known
here
,
is
it
,
comrade
?
”
asks
the
trooper
.
“
Rouncewells
?
Ah
!
you
're
right
.
”
“
And
where
might
it
be
now
?
”
asks
the
trooper
,
with
a
glance
before
him
.
“
The
bank
,
the
factory
,
or
the
house
?
”
the
workman
wants
to
know
.
“
Hum
!
Rouncewells
is
so
great
apparently
,
”
mutters
the
trooper
,
stroking
his
chin
,
“
that
I
have
as
good
as
half
a
mind
to
go
back
again
.
Why
,
I
do
n't
know
which
I
want
.
Should
I
find
Mr.
Rouncewell
at
the
factory
,
do
you
think
?
”
“
'
Tai
n't
easy
to
say
where
you
'd
find
him
—
at
this
time
of
the
day
you
might
find
either
him
or
his
son
there
,
if
he
's
in
town
;
but
his
contracts
take
him
away
.
”
And
which
is
the
factory
?
Why
,
he
sees
those
chimnies
—
the
tallest
ones
!
Yes
,
he
sees
them
.
Well
!
let
him
keep
his
eye
on
those
chimnies
,
going
on
as
straight
as
ever
he
can
,
and
presently
he
'll
see
'
em
down
a
turning
on
the
left
,
shut
in
by
a
great
brick
wall
which
forms
one
side
of
the
street
.
That
's
Rouncewells
.
The
trooper
thanks
his
informant
,
and
rides
slowly
on
,
looking
about
him
.
He
does
not
turn
back
,
but
puts
up
his
horse
(
and
is
much
disposed
to
groom
him
too
)
at
a
public-house
where
some
of
Rouncewell
's
hands
are
dining
,
as
the
ostler
tells
him
.
Some
of
Rouncewell
's
hands
have
just
knocked
off
for
dinner
time
,
and
seem
to
be
invading
the
whole
town
.
They
are
very
sinewy
and
strong
,
are
Rouncewell
's
hands
—
a
little
sooty
too
.
He
comes
to
a
gateway
in
the
brick
wall
,
looks
in
,
and
sees
a
great
perplexity
of
iron
lying
about
,
in
every
stage
,
and
in
a
vast
variety
of
shapes
;
in
bars
,
in
wedges
,
in
sheets
;
in
tanks
,
in
boilers
,
in
axles
,
in
wheels
,
in
cogs
,
in
cranks
,
in
rails
;
twisted
and
wrenched
into
eccentric
and
perverse
forms
,
as
separate
parts
of
machinery
;
mountains
of
it
broken-up
,
and
rusty
in
its
age
;
distant
furnaces
of
it
glowing
and
bubbling
in
its
youth
;
bright
fireworks
of
it
showering
about
,
under
the
blows
of
the
steam
hammer
;
red-hot
iron
,
white-hot
iron
,
cold-black
iron
;
an
iron
taste
,
an
iron
smell
,
and
a
Babel
of
iron
sounds
.
“
This
is
a
place
to
make
a
man
's
head
ache
,
too
!
”
says
the
trooper
,
looking
about
him
for
a
counting-house
.
“
Who
comes
here
?
This
is
very
like
me
before
I
was
set
up
.
This
ought
to
be
my
nephew
,
if
likenesses
run
in
families
.
Your
servant
,
sir
.
”
“
Yours
,
sir
.
Are
you
looking
for
any
one
?
”
“
Excuse
me
.
Young
Mr.
Rouncewell
,
I
believe
?
”
“
Yes
.
”
“
I
was
looking
for
your
father
,
sir
.
I
wished
to
have
a
word
with
him
.
”
The
young
man
,
telling
him
he
is
fortunate
in
his
choice
of
a
time
,
for
his
father
is
there
,
leads
the
way
to
the
office
where
he
is
to
be
found
.
“
Very
like
me
before
I
was
set
up
—
devilish
like
me
!
”
thinks
the
trooper
,
as
he
follows
.
They
come
to
a
building
in
the
yard
;
with
an
office
on
an
upper
floor
.
At
sight
of
the
gentleman
in
the
office
,
Mr.
George
turns
very
red
.
“
What
name
shall
I
say
to
my
father
?
”
asks
the
young
man
.
George
,
full
of
the
idea
of
iron
,
in
desperation
answers
“
Steel
,
”
and
is
so
presented
.
He
is
left
alone
with
the
gentleman
in
the
office
,
who
sits
at
a
table
with
account-books
before
him
,
and
some
sheets
of
paper
,
blotted
with
hosts
of
figures
and
drawings
of
cunning
shapes
.
It
is
a
bare
office
,
with
bare
windows
,
looking
on
the
iron
view
below
.
Tumbled
together
on
the
table
are
some
pieces
of
iron
,
purposely
broken
to
be
tested
,
at
various
period
of
their
service
,
in
various
capacities
.
There
is
iron-dust
on
everything
;
and
the
smoke
is
seen
,
through
the
windows
,
rolling
heavily
out
of
the
tall
chimnies
,
to
mingle
with
the
smoke
from
a
vaporous
Babylon
of
other
chimnies
.
“
I
am
at
your
service
,
Mr.
Steel
,
”
says
the
gentleman
,
when
his
visitor
has
taken
a
rusty
chair
.
“
Well
,
Mr.
Rouncewell
,
”
George
replies
,
leaning
forward
,
with
his
left
arm
on
his
knee
,
and
his
hat
in
his
hand
;
and
very
chary
of
meeting
his
brother
's
eye
;
“
I
am
not
without
my
expectations
,
that
in
the
present
visit
I
may
prove
to
be
more
free
than
welcome
.
I
have
served
as
a
Dragoon
in
my
day
;
and
a
comrade
of
mine
that
I
was
once
rather
partial
to
,
was
,
if
I
do
n't
deceive
myself
,
a
brother
of
yours
.
I
believe
you
had
a
brother
who
gave
his
family
some
trouble
,
and
ran
away
,
and
never
did
any
good
but
in
keeping
away
?
”
“
Are
you
quite
sure
,
”
returns
the
ironmaster
,
in
an
altered
voice
,
“
that
your
name
is
Steel
?
”
The
trooper
falters
,
and
looks
at
him
.
His
brother
starts
up
,
calls
him
by
his
name
,
and
grasps
him
by
both
hands
.
“
You
are
too
quick
for
me
!
”
cries
the
trooper
,
with
the
tears
springing
out
of
his
eyes
.
“
How
do
you
do
,
my
dear
old
fellow
.
I
never
could
have
thought
you
would
have
been
half
so
glad
to
see
me
as
all
this
.
How
do
you
do
,
my
dear
old
fellow
,
how
do
you
do
!
”
They
shake
hands
,
and
embrace
each
other
,
over
and
over
again
;
the
trooper
still
coupling
his
“
How
do
you
do
,
my
dear
old
fellow
!
”
with
his
protestation
that
he
never
thought
his
brother
would
have
been
half
so
glad
to
see
him
as
all
this
!
“
So
far
from
it
,
”
he
declares
,
at
the
end
of
a
full
account
of
what
has
preceded
his
arrival
there
,
“
I
had
very
little
idea
of
making
myself
known
.
I
thought
,
if
you
took
by
any
means
forgivingly
to
my
name
,
I
might
gradually
get
myself
up
to
the
point
of
writing
a
letter
.
But
I
should
not
have
been
surprised
,
brother
,
if
you
had
considered
it
anything
but
welcome
news
to
hear
of
me
.
”
“
We
will
show
you
at
home
what
kind
of
news
we
think
it
,
George
,
”
returns
his
brother
.
“
This
is
a
great
day
at
home
,
and
you
could
not
have
arrived
,
you
bronzed
old
soldier
,
on
a
better
.
I
make
an
agreement
with
my
son
Watt
to-day
,
that
on
this
day
twelvemonth
he
shall
marry
as
pretty
and
as
good
a
girl
as
you
have
seen
in
all
your
travels
.
She
goes
to
Germany
to-morrow
,
with
one
of
your
nieces
,
for
a
little
polishing
up
in
her
education
.
We
make
a
feast
of
the
event
,
and
you
will
be
made
the
hero
of
it
.
”
Mr.
George
is
so
entirely
overcome
at
first
by
this
prospect
,
that
he
resists
the
proposed
honor
with
great
earnestness
.
Being
overborne
,
however
,
by
his
brother
and
his
nephew
—
concerning
whom
he
renews
his
protestations
that
he
never
could
have
thought
they
would
have
been
half
so
glad
to
see
him
—
he
is
taken
home
to
an
elegant
house
,
in
all
the
arrangements
of
which
there
is
to
be
observed
a
pleasant
mixture
of
the
originally
simple
habits
of
the
father
and
mother
,
with
such
as
are
suited
to
their
altered
station
and
the
higher
fortunes
of
their
children
.
Here
,
Mr.
George
is
much
dismayed
by
the
graces
and
accomplishments
of
his
nieces
that
are
;
and
by
the
beauty
of
Rosa
,
his
niece
that
is
to
be
;
and
by
the
affectionate
salutations
of
these
young
ladies
,
which
he
receives
in
a
sort
of
dream
.
He
is
sorely
taken
aback
,
too
,
by
the
dutiful
behaviour
of
his
nephew
;
and
has
a
woful
consciousness
upon
him
of
being
a
scapegrace
.
However
,
there
is
great
rejoicing
,
and
a
very
hearty
company
,
and
infinite
enjoyment
;
and
Mr.
George
comes
bluff
and
martial
through
it
all
;
and
his
pledge
to
be
present
at
the
marriage
and
give
away
the
bride
,
is
received
with
universal
favor
.
A
whirling
head
has
Mr.
George
that
night
,
when
he
lies
down
in
the
state-bed
of
his
brother
's
house
,
to
think
of
all
these
things
,
and
to
see
the
images
of
his
nieces
(
awfull
all
the
evening
in
their
floating
muslins
)
,
waltzing
,
after
the
German
manner
,
over
his
counterpane
.
The
brothers
are
closeted
next
morning
in
the
ironmaster
's
room
;
where
the
elder
is
proceeding
,
in
his
clear
sensible
way
,
to
show
how
he
thinks
he
may
best
dispose
of
George
in
his
business
,
when
George
squeezes
his
hand
and
stops
him
.
“
Brother
,
I
thank
you
a
million
times
for
your
more
than
brotherly
welcome
,
and
a
million
times
more
to
that
for
your
more
than
brotherly
intentions
.
But
my
plans
are
made
.
Before
I
say
a
word
as
to
them
,
I
wish
to
consult
you
upon
one
family
point
.
How
,
”
says
the
trooper
,
folding
his
arms
,
and
looking
with
indomitable
firmness
at
his
brother
,
“
how
is
my
mother
to
be
got
to
scratch
me
?
”
“
I
am
not
sure
that
I
understand
you
,
George
,
”
replies
the
ironmaster
.
“
I
say
,
brother
,
how
is
my
mother
to
be
got
to
scratch
me
?
She
must
be
got
to
do
it
,
somehow
.
”
“
Scratch
you
out
of
her
will
,
I
think
you
mean
?
”
“
Of
course
I
do
.
In
short
,
”
says
the
trooper
,
folding
his
arms
more
resolutely
yet
,
“
I
mean
—
to
—
scratch
me
?
”
“
My
dear
George
,
”
returns
his
brother
,
“
is
it
so
indispensable
that
you
should
undergo
that
process
?
”
“
Quite
!
Absolutely
!
I
could
n't
be
guilty
of
the
meanness
of
coming
back
without
it
.
I
should
never
be
safe
not
to
be
off
again
.
I
have
not
sneaked
home
to
rob
your
children
,
if
not
yourself
,
brother
,
of
your
rights
.
I
,
who
forfeited
mine
long
ago
!
If
I
am
to
remain
,
and
hold
up
my
head
,
I
must
be
scratched
.
Come
.
You
are
a
man
of
celebrated
penetration
and
intelligence
,
and
you
can
tell
me
how
it
's
to
be
brought
about
.
”
“
I
can
tell
you
,
George
,
”
replies
the
ironmaster
,
deliberately
,
“
how
it
is
not
to
be
brought
about
,
which
I
hope
may
answer
the
purpose
as
well
.
Look
at
our
mother
,
think
of
her
,
recal
her
emotion
when
she
recovered
you
.
Do
you
believe
there
is
a
consideration
in
the
world
that
would
induce
her
to
take
such
a
step
against
her
favorite
son
?
Do
you
believe
there
is
any
chance
of
her
consent
,
to
balance
against
the
outrage
it
would
be
to
her
(
loving
dear
old
lady
!
)
to
propose
it
?
If
you
do
,
you
are
wrong
.
No
,
George
!
You
must
make
up
your
mind
to
remain
un
scratched
.
I
think
,
”
there
is
an
amused
smile
on
the
ironmaster
's
face
,
as
he
watches
his
brother
,
who
is
pondering
,
deeply
disappointed
,
“
I
think
you
may
manage
almost
as
well
as
if
the
thing
were
done
,
though
.
”
“
How
,
brother
?
”
Being
bent
upon
it
,
you
can
dispose
by
will
of
anything
you
have
the
misfortune
to
inherit
,
in
any
way
you
like
,
you
know
.
”
“
That
's
true
!
”
says
the
trooper
,
pondering
again
.
Then
he
wistfully
asks
,
with
his
hand
on
his
brother
's
,
“
Would
you
mind
mentioning
that
,
brother
,
to
your
wife
and
family
?
”
“
Not
at
all
.
”
“
Thank
you
.
You
would
n't
object
to
say
,
perhaps
,
that
although
an
undoubted
vagabond
,
I
am
a
vagabond
of
the
harum
scarum
order
,
and
not
of
the
mean
sort
?
”
The
ironmaster
,
repressing
his
amused
smile
,
assents
.
“
Thank
you
.
Thank
you
.
It
's
a
weight
off
my
mind
,
”
says
the
trooper
,
with
a
heave
of
his
chest
as
he
unfolds
his
arms
,
and
puts
a
hand
on
each
leg
;
“
though
I
had
set
my
heart
on
being
scratched
,
too
!
”
The
brothers
are
very
like
each
other
,
sitting
face
to
face
;
but
a
certain
massive
simplicity
,
and
absence
of
usage
in
the
ways
of
the
world
,
is
all
on
the
trooper
's
side
.
“
Well
,
”
he
proceeds
,
throwing
off
his
disappointment
,
“
next
and
last
,
those
plans
of
mine
.
You
have
been
so
brotherly
as
to
propose
to
me
to
fall
in
here
,
and
take
my
place
among
the
products
of
your
perseverance
and
sense
.
I
thank
you
heartily
.
It
's
more
than
brotherly
,
as
I
said
before
;
and
I
thank
you
heartily
for
it
,
”
shaking
him
a
long
time
by
the
hand
.
“
But
the
truth
is
,
brother
,
I
am
a
—
I
am
a
kind
of
a
Weed
,
and
it
's
too
late
to
plant
me
in
a
regular
garden
.
”
“
My
dear
George
,
”
returns
the
elder
,
concentrating
his
strong
steady
brow
upon
him
,
and
smiling
confidently
;
“
leave
that
to
me
,
and
let
me
try
.
”
George
shakes
his
head
.
“
You
could
do
it
,
I
have
not
a
doubt
,
if
anybody
could
;
but
it
's
not
to
be
done
.
Not
to
be
done
,
sir
!
Whereas
it
so
falls
out
,
on
the
other
hand
,
that
I
am
able
to
be
of
some
trifle
of
use
to
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
since
his
illness
—
brought
on
by
family
sorrows
;
and
that
he
would
rather
have
that
help
from
our
mother
's
son
than
from
anybody
else
.
”
“
Well
,
my
dear
George
,
”
returns
the
other
,
with
a
very
slight
shade
upon
his
open
face
,
“
if
you
prefer
to
serve
in
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
's
household
brigade
—
”
“
There
it
is
,
brother
!
”
cries
the
trooper
,
checking
him
,
with
his
hand
upon
his
knee
again
:
“
there
it
is
!
You
do
n't
take
kindly
to
that
idea
;
I
do
n't
mind
it
.
You
are
not
used
to
being
officered
;
I
am
.
Everything
about
you
is
in
perfect
order
and
discipline
;
everything
about
me
requires
to
be
kept
so
.
We
are
not
accustomed
to
carry
things
with
the
same
hand
,
or
to
look
at
'
em
from
the
same
point
.
I
do
n't
say
much
about
my
garrison
manners
,
because
I
found
myself
pretty
well
at
my
ease
last
night
,
and
they
would
n't
be
noticed
here
,
I
dare
say
,
once
and
away
.
But
I
shall
get
on
best
at
Chesney
Wold
—
where
there
's
more
room
for
a
Weed
than
there
is
here
;
and
the
dear
old
lady
will
be
made
happy
besides
.
Therefore
I
accept
of
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
's
proposals
.
When
I
come
over
next
year
to
give
away
the
bride
,
or
whenever
I
come
,
I
shall
have
the
sense
to
keep
the
household
brigade
in
ambuscade
and
not
to
manoeuvre
it
on
your
ground
.
I
thank
you
heartily
again
,
and
am
proud
to
think
of
the
Rouncewells
as
they
'll
be
founded
by
you
.
”
“
You
know
yourself
,
George
,
”
says
the
elder
brother
,
returning
the
grip
of
his
hand
,
“
and
perhaps
you
know
me
better
than
I
know
myself
.
Take
your
way
.
So
that
we
do
n't
quite
lose
one
another
again
,
take
your
way
.
”
“
No
fear
of
that
!
”
returns
the
trooper
.
“
Now
,
before
I
turn
my
horse
's
head
homeards
,
brother
,
I
will
ask
you
—
if
you
'll
be
so
good
—
to
look
over
a
letter
for
me
.
I
brought
it
with
me
to
send
from
these
parts
,
as
Chesney
Wold
might
be
a
painful
name
just
now
to
the
person
it
's
written
to
.
I
am
not
much
accustomed
to
correspondence
myself
,
and
I
am
particular
respecting
this
present
letter
,
because
I
want
it
to
be
both
straightforward
and
delicate
.
”
Herewith
he
hands
a
letter
,
closely
written
in
somewhat
pale
ink
but
in
a
neat
round
hand
,
to
the
ironmaster
,
who
reads
as
follows
:
“
MISS
ESTHER
SUMMERSON
,
“
A
communication
having
been
made
to
me
by
Inspector
Bucket
of
a
letter
to
myself
being
found
among
the
papers
of
a
certain
person
,
I
take
the
liberty
to
make
known
to
you
that
it
was
but
a
few
lines
of
instruction
from
abroad
,
when
,
where
,
and
how
to
deliver
an
enclosed
letter
to
a
young
and
beautiful
lady
,
then
unmarried
in
England
.
I
duly
observed
the
same
.
“
I
further
take
the
liberty
to
make
known
to
you
,
that
it
was
got
from
me
as
a
proof
of
hand-writing
only
,
and
that
otherwise
I
would
not
have
given
it
up
as
appearing
to
be
the
most
harmless
in
my
possession
,
without
being
previously
shot
through
the
heart
.
“
I
further
take
the
liberty
to
mention
,
that
if
I
could
have
supposed
a
certain
unfortunate
gentleman
to
have
been
in
existence
,
I
never
could
and
never
would
have
rested
until
I
had
discovered
his
retreat
,
and
shared
my
last
farthing
with
him
,
as
my
duty
and
my
inclination
would
have
equally
been
.
But
he
was
(
officially
)
reported
drowned
,
and
assuredly
went
over
the
side
of
a
transport-ship
at
night
in
an
Irish
harbor
,
within
a
few
hours
of
her
arrival
from
the
West
Indies
,
as
I
have
myself
heard
both
from
officers
and
men
on
board
,
and
know
to
have
been
(
officially
)
confirmed
.
“
I
further
take
the
liberty
to
state
that
in
my
humble
quality
as
one
of
the
rank
and
file
,
I
am
,
and
shall
ever
continue
to
be
,
your
thoroughly
devoted
and
admiring
servant
,
and
that
I
esteem
the
qualities
you
possess
above
all
others
,
far
beyond
the
limits
of
the
present
dispatch
.
“
I
have
the
honor
to
be
,
“
GEORGE
.
”
“
A
little
formal
,
”
observes
the
elder
brother
,
refolding
it
with
a
puzzled
face
.
“
But
nothing
that
might
not
be
sent
to
a
pattern
young
lady
?
”
asks
the
younger
.
“
Nothing
at
all
.
”
Therefore
it
is
sealed
,
and
deposited
for
posting
among
the
iron
correspondence
of
the
day
.
This
done
,
Mr.
George
takes
a
hearty
farewell
of
the
family
party
,
and
prepares
to
saddle
and
mount
.
His
brother
,
however
,
unwilling
to
part
with
him
so
soon
,
proposes
to
ride
with
him
in
a
light
open
carriage
to
the
place
where
he
will
bait
for
the
night
,
and
there
remain
with
him
until
morning
:
a
servant
riding
,
for
so
much
of
the
journey
,
on
the
thorough-bred
old
grey
from
Chesney
Wold
.
The
offer
being
gladly
accepted
,
is
followed
by
a
pleasant
ride
,
a
pleasant
dinner
,
and
a
pleasant
breakfast
all
in
brotherly
communion
.
Then
they
once
more
shake
hands
long
and
heartily
,
and
part
;
the
ironmaster
turning
his
face
to
the
smoke
and
fires
,
and
the
trooper
to
the
green
country
.
Early
in
the
afternoon
,
the
subdued
sound
of
his
heavy
military
trot
is
heard
on
the
turf
in
the
avenue
,
as
he
rides
on
with
imaginary
clank
and
jingle
of
accoutrements
under
the
old
elm
trees
.
CHAPTER
LXIV
.
ESTHER
'S
NARRATIVE
.
SOON
after
I
had
had
that
conversation
with
my
guardian
,
he
put
a
sealed
paper
in
my
hand
one
morning
,
and
said
,
“
This
is
for
next
month
,
my
dear
.
”
I
found
in
it
two
hundred
pounds
.
I
now
began
very
quietly
to
make
such
preparations
as
I
thought
were
necessary
.
Regulating
my
purchases
by
my
guardian
's
taste
,
which
I
knew
very
well
of
course
,
I
arranged
my
wardrobe
to
please
him
,
and
hoped
I
should
be
highly
successful
.
I
did
it
all
so
quietly
,
because
I
was
not
quite
free
from
my
old
apprehension
that
Ada
would
be
rather
sorry
,
and
because
my
guardian
was
so
quiet
himself
.
I
had
no
doubt
that
under
all
the
circumstances
we
should
be
married
in
the
most
private
and
simple
manner
.
Perhaps
I
should
only
have
to
say
to
Ada
,
“
Would
you
like
to
come
and
see
me
married
to-morrow
,
my
pet
?
”
Perhaps
our
wedding
might
even
be
as
unpretending
as
her
own
,
and
I
might
not
find
it
necessary
to
say
anything
about
it
until
it
was
over
.
I
thought
that
if
I
were
to
choose
,
I
would
like
this
best
.
The
only
exception
I
made
was
Mrs.
Woodcourt
.
I
told
her
that
I
was
going
to
be
married
to
my
guardian
,
and
that
we
had
been
engaged
some
time
.
She
highly
approved
.
She
could
never
do
enough
for
me
;
and
was
remarkably
softened
now
,
in
comparison
with
what
she
had
been
when
we
first
knew
her
.
There
was
no
trouble
she
would
not
have
taken
to
have
been
of
use
to
me
;
but
I
need
hardly
say
that
I
only
allowed
her
to
take
as
little
,
as
gratified
her
kindness
without
tasking
it
.
Of
course
this
was
not
a
time
to
neglect
my
guardian
;
and
of
course
it
was
not
a
time
for
neglecting
my
darling
.
So
I
had
plenty
of
occupation
—
which
I
was
glad
of
;
and
as
to
Charley
,
she
was
absolutely
not
to
be
seen
for
needlework
.
To
surround
herself
with
great
heaps
of
it
—
baskets
full
and
tables
full
—
and
do
a
little
,
and
spend
a
great
deal
of
time
in
staring
with
her
round
eyes
at
what
there
was
to
do
,
and
persuade
herself
that
she
was
going
to
do
it
,
were
Charley
's
great
dignities
and
delights
.
Meanwhile
,
I
must
say
,
I
could
not
agree
with
my
guardian
on
the
subject
of
the
Will
,
and
I
had
some
sanguine
hopes
of
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
.
Which
of
us
was
right
will
soon
appear
,
but
I
certainly
did
encourage
expectations
.
In
Richard
,
the
discovery
gave
occasion
for
a
burst
of
business
and
agitation
that
buoyed
him
up
for
a
little
time
;
but
he
had
lost
the
elasticity
even
of
hope
now
,
and
seemed
to
me
to
retain
only
its
feverish
anxieties
.
From
something
my
guardian
said
one
day
,
when
we
were
talking
about
this
,
I
understood
that
my
marriage
would
not
take
place
until
after
the
Term-time
we
had
been
told
to
look
forward
to
;
and
I
thought
the
more
,
for
that
,
how
rejoiced
I
should
be
if
I
could
be
married
when
Richard
and
Ada
were
a
little
more
prosperous
.
The
Term
was
very
near
indeed
,
when
my
guardian
was
called
out
of
town
,
and
went
down
into
Yorkshire
on
Mr.
Woodcourt
's
business
.
He
had
told
me
beforehand
that
his
presence
there
would
be
necessary
.
I
had
just
come
in
one
night
from
my
dear
girl
's
,
and
was
sitting
in
the
midst
of
all
my
new
clothes
,
looking
at
them
all
around
me
,
and
thinking
,
when
a
letter
from
my
guardian
was
brought
to
me
.
It
asked
me
to
join
him
in
the
country
;
and
mentioned
by
what
stage-coach
my
place
was
taken
,
and
at
what
time
in
the
morning
I
should
have
to
leave
town
.
It
added
in
a
postscript
that
I
would
not
be
many
hours
from
Ada
.
I
expected
few
things
less
than
a
journey
at
that
time
,
but
I
was
ready
for
it
in
half-an-hour
,
and
set
off
as
appointed
early
next
morning
.
I
travelled
all
day
,
wondering
all
day
what
I
could
be
wanted
for
at
such
a
distance
;
now
I
thought
it
might
be
for
this
purpose
,
and
now
I
thought
it
might
be
for
that
purpose
;
but
I
was
never
,
never
,
never
near
the
truth
.
It
was
night
when
I
came
to
my
journey
's
end
,
and
found
my
guardian
waiting
for
me
.
This
was
a
great
relief
,
for
towards
evening
I
had
begun
to
fear
(
the
more
so
as
his
letter
was
a
very
short
one
)
that
he
might
be
ill.
However
,
there
he
was
,
as
well
as
it
was
possible
to
be
;
and
when
I
saw
his
genial
face
again
at
its
brightest
and
best
,
I
said
to
myself
he
has
been
doing
some
other
great
kindness
.
Not
that
it
required
much
penetration
to
say
that
,
because
I
knew
that
his
being
there
at
all
was
an
act
of
kindness
.
Supper
was
ready
at
the
hotel
,
and
when
we
were
alone
at
table
he
said
:
“
Full
of
curiosity
,
no
doubt
,
little
woman
,
to
know
why
I
have
brought
you
here
?
”
“
Well
,
guardian
,
”
said
I
,
“
without
thinking
myself
a
Fatima
,
or
you
a
Blue
Beard
,
I
am
a
little
curious
about
it
.
”
“
Then
to
ensure
your
night
's
rest
,
my
love
,
”
he
returned
,
gaily
,
“
I
wo
n't
wait
until
to-morrow
to
tell
you
.
I
have
very
much
wished
to
express
to
Woodcourt
,
somehow
,
my
sense
of
his
humanity
to
poor
unfortunate
Jo
,
his
inestimable
services
to
my
young
cousins
,
and
his
value
to
us
all
.
When
it
was
decided
that
he
should
settle
here
,
it
came
into
my
head
that
I
might
ask
his
acceptance
of
some
unpretending
and
suitable
little
place
,
to
lay
his
own
head
in
.
I
therefore
caused
such
a
place
to
be
looked
out
for
,
and
such
a
place
was
found
on
very
easy
terms
,
and
I
have
been
touching
it
up
for
him
and
making
it
habitable
.
However
,
when
I
walked
over
it
the
day
before
yesterday
,
and
it
was
reported
ready
,
I
found
that
I
was
not
housekeeper
enough
to
know
whether
things
were
all
as
they
ought
to
be
.
So
I
sent
off
for
the
best
little
housekeeper
that
could
possibly
be
got
,
to
come
and
give
me
her
advice
and
opinion
.
And
here
she
is
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
laughing
and
crying
both
together
!
”
Because
he
was
so
dear
,
so
good
,
so
admirable
.
I
tried
to
tell
him
what
I
thought
of
him
,
but
I
could
not
articulate
a
word
.
“
Tut
,
tut
!
”
said
my
guardian
.
“
You
make
too
much
of
it
,
little
woman
.
Why
how
you
sob
,
Dame
Durden
how
you
sob
!
”
“
It
is
with
exquisite
pleasure
,
guardian
—
with
a
heart
full
of
thanks
.
”
“
Well
,
well
,
”
said
he
.
“
I
am
delighted
that
you
approve
.
I
thought
you
would
.
I
meant
it
as
a
pleasant
surprise
for
the
little
mistress
of
Bleak
House
.
”
I
kissed
him
,
and
dried
my
eyes
.
“
I
know
now
!
”
said
I
.
“
I
have
seen
this
in
your
face
a
long
while
.
”
“
No
;
have
you
really
,
my
dear
?
”
said
he
.
“
What
a
Dame
Durden
it
is
to
read
a
face
!
”
He
was
so
quaintly
cheerful
that
I
could
not
long
be
otherwise
,
and
was
almost
ashamed
of
having
been
otherwise
at
all
.
When
I
went
to
bed
,
I
cried
.
I
am
bound
to
confess
that
I
cried
;
but
I
hope
it
was
with
pleasure
,
though
I
am
not
quite
sure
it
was
with
pleasure
.
I
repeated
every
word
of
the
letter
twice
over
.
A
most
beautiful
summer
morning
succeeded
;
and
after
breakfast
we
went
out
arm
in
arm
,
to
see
the
house
of
which
I
was
to
give
my
mighty
housekeeping
opinion
.
We
entered
a
flower-garden
by
a
gate
in
a
side
wall
,
of
which
he
had
the
key
;
and
the
first
thing
I
saw
,
was
,
that
the
beds
and
flowers
were
all
laid
out
according
to
the
manner
of
my
beds
and
flowers
at
home
.
“
You
see
,
my
dear
,
”
observed
my
guardian
,
standing
still
,
with
a
delighted
face
,
to
watch
my
looks
;
“
knowing
there
could
be
no
better
plan
,
I
borrowed
yours
.
”
We
went
on
by
a
pretty
little
orchard
,
where
the
cherries
were
nestling
among
the
green
leaves
,
and
the
shadows
of
the
apple-trees
were
sporting
on
the
grass
,
to
the
house
itself
,
—
a
cottage
,
quite
a
rustic
cottage
of
doll
's
rooms
;
but
such
a
lovely
place
,
so
tranquil
and
so
beautiful
,
with
such
a
rich
and
smiling
country
spread
around
it
;
with
water
sparkling
away
into
the
distance
,
here
all
overhung
with
summer-growth
,
there
turning
a
humming
mill
;
at
its
nearest
point
glancing
through
a
meadow
by
the
cheerful
town
,
where
cricket-players
were
assembling
in
bright
groups
,
and
a
flag
was
flying
from
a
white
tent
that
rippled
in
the
sweet
west
wind
.
And
still
,
as
we
went
through
the
pretty
rooms
,
out
at
the
little
rustic
verandah
doors
,
and
underneath
the
tiny
wooden
colonnades
,
garlanded
with
woodbine
,
jasmine
,
and
honeysuckle
,
I
saw
,
in
the
papering
on
the
walls
,
in
the
colors
of
the
furniture
,
in
the
arrangement
of
all
the
pretty
objects
,
my
little
tastes
and
fancies
,
my
little
methods
and
inventions
which
they
used
to
laugh
at
while
they
praised
them
,
my
odd
ways
everywhere
.
I
could
not
say
enough
in
admiration
of
what
was
all
so
beautiful
,
but
one
secret
doubt
arose
in
my
mind
,
when
I
saw
this
.
I
thought
,
O
would
he
be
the
happier
for
it
!
Would
it
not
have
been
better
for
his
peace
that
I
should
not
have
been
so
brought
before
him
?
Because
,
although
I
was
not
what
he
thought
me
,
still
he
loved
me
very
dearly
,
and
it
might
remind
him
mournfully
of
what
he
believed
he
had
lost
.
I
did
not
wish
him
to
forget
me
,
—
perhaps
he
might
not
have
done
so
,
without
these
aids
to
his
memory
,
—
but
my
way
was
easier
than
his
,
and
I
could
have
reconciled
myself
even
to
that
,
so
that
he
had
been
the
happier
for
it
.
“
And
now
,
little
woman
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
whom
I
had
never
seen
so
proud
and
joyful
as
in
showing
me
these
things
,
and
watching
my
appreciation
of
them
,
“
now
,
last
of
all
,
for
the
name
of
this
house
.
”
“
What
is
it
called
,
dear
guardian
?
”
“
My
child
,
”
said
he
,
“
come
and
see
.
”
He
took
me
to
the
porch
,
which
he
had
hitherto
avoided
,
and
said
,
pausing
before
we
went
out
:
“
My
dear
child
,
do
n't
you
guess
the
name
?
”
“
No
!
”
said
I
.
We
went
out
of
the
porch
;
and
he
showed
me
written
over
it
,
BLEAK
HOUSE
.
He
led
me
to
a
seat
among
the
leaves
close
by
,
and
sitting
down
beside
me
,
and
taking
my
hand
in
his
,
spoke
to
me
thus
:
“
My
darling
girl
,
in
what
there
has
been
between
us
,
I
have
,
I
hope
,
been
really
solicitous
for
your
happiness
.
When
I
wrote
you
the
letter
to
which
you
brought
the
answer
,
”
smiling
as
he
referred
to
it
,
“
I
had
my
own
too
much
in
view
;
but
I
had
yours
too
.
Whether
,
under
different
circumstances
,
I
might
ever
have
renewed
the
old
dream
I
sometimes
dreamed
when
you
were
very
young
,
of
making
you
my
wife
one
day
,
I
need
not
ask
myself
.
I
did
renew
it
,
and
I
wrote
my
letter
,
and
you
brought
your
answer
.
You
are
following
what
I
say
,
my
child
?
”
I
was
cold
,
and
I
trembled
violently
;
but
not
a
word
he
uttered
was
lost
.
As
I
sat
looking
fixedly
at
him
,
and
the
sun
's
rays
descended
,
softly
shining
through
the
leaves
,
upon
his
bare
head
,
I
felt
as
if
the
brightness
on
him
must
be
like
the
brightness
of
the
Angels
.
“
Hear
me
,
my
love
,
but
do
not
speak
.
It
is
for
me
to
speak
now
.
When
it
was
that
I
began
to
doubt
whether
what
I
had
done
would
really
make
you
happy
,
is
no
matter
.
Woodcourt
came
home
,
and
I
soon
had
no
doubt
at
all
.
”
I
clasped
him
round
the
neck
,
and
hung
my
head
upon
his
breast
,
and
wept
.
“
Lie
lightly
,
confidently
,
here
,
my
child
,
”
said
he
,
pressing
me
gently
to
him
.
“
I
am
your
guardian
and
your
father
now
.
Rest
confidently
here
.
”
Soothingly
,
like
the
gentle
rustling
of
the
leaves
;
and
genially
,
like
the
ripening
weather
;
and
radiantly
and
beneficently
,
like
the
sunshine
;
he
went
on
.
“
Understand
me
,
my
dear
girl
.
I
had
no
doubt
of
your
being
contented
and
happy
with
me
,
being
so
dutiful
and
so
devoted
;
but
I
saw
with
whom
you
would
be
happier
.
That
I
penetrated
his
secret
when
Dame
Durden
was
blind
to
it
,
is
no
wonder
;
for
I
knew
the
good
that
could
never
change
in
her
,
better
far
than
she
did
.
Well
!
I
have
long
been
in
Allan
Woodcourt
's
confidence
,
although
he
was
not
,
until
yesterday
,
a
few
hours
before
you
came
here
,
in
mine
.
But
I
would
not
have
my
Esther
's
bright
example
lost
;
I
would
not
have
a
jot
of
my
dear
girl
's
virtues
unobserved
and
unhonored
;
I
would
not
have
her
admitted
on
sufferance
into
the
line
of
Morgan
ap
Kerrig
,
no
,
not
for
the
weight
in
gold
of
all
the
mountains
in
Wales
!
”
He
stopped
to
kiss
me
on
the
forehead
,
and
I
sobbed
and
wept
afresh
.
For
I
felt
as
if
I
could
not
bear
the
painful
delight
of
his
praise
.
“
Hush
,
little
woman
!
Do
n't
cry
;
this
is
to
be
a
day
of
joy
.
I
have
looked
forward
to
it
,
”
he
said
,
exultingly
,
“
for
months
on
months
!
A
few
words
more
,
Dame
Trot
,
and
I
have
said
my
say
.
Determined
not
to
throw
away
one
atom
of
my
Esther
's
worth
,
I
took
Mrs.
Woodcourt
into
a
separate
confidence
.
‘Now
madam
,
’
said
I
,
‘I
clearly
perceive
—
and
indeed
I
know
,
to
boot
—
that
your
son
loves
my
ward
.
I
am
further
very
sure
that
my
ward
loves
your
son
,
but
will
sacrifice
her
love
to
a
sense
of
duty
and
affection
,
and
will
sacrifice
it
so
completely
,
so
entirely
,
so
religiously
,
that
you
should
never
suspect
it
,
though
you
watched
her
night
and
day.’
Then
I
told
her
all
our
story
—
ours
—
yours
and
mine
.
‘Now
,
madam
,
’
said
I
,
‘come
you
,
knowing
this
,
and
live
with
us
.
Come
you
,
and
see
my
child
from
hour
to
hour
;
set
what
you
see
,
against
her
pedigree
,
which
is
this
,
and
this’
—
for
I
scorned
to
mince
it
—
‘and
tell
me
what
is
the
true
legitimacy
,
when
you
shall
have
quite
made
up
your
mind
on
that
subject.’
Why
,
honor
to
her
old
Welch
blood
,
my
dear
!
”
cried
my
guardian
,
with
enthusiasm
,
“
I
believe
the
heart
it
animates
beats
no
less
warmly
,
no
less
admiringly
,
no
less
lovingly
,
towards
Dame
Durden
,
than
my
own
!
”
He
tenderly
raised
my
head
,
and
as
I
clung
to
him
,
kissed
me
in
his
old
fatherly
way
again
and
again
.
What
a
light
,
now
,
on
the
protecting
manner
I
had
thought
about
!
“
One
more
last
word
.
When
Allan
Woodcourt
spoke
to
you
,
my
dear
,
he
spoke
with
my
knowledge
and
consent
—
but
I
gave
him
no
encouragement
,
not
I
,
for
these
surprises
were
my
great
reward
,
and
I
was
too
miserly
to
part
with
a
scrap
of
it
.
He
was
to
come
,
and
tell
me
all
that
passed
;
and
he
did
.
I
have
no
more
to
say
.
My
dearest
,
Allan
Woodcourt
stood
beside
your
father
when
he
lay
dead
—
stood
beside
your
mother
.
This
is
Bleak
House
.
This
day
I
give
this
house
its
little
mistress
;
and
before
God
,
it
is
the
brightest
day
in
all
my
life
!
”
He
rose
,
and
raised
me
with
him
.
We
were
no
longer
alone
.
My
husband
—
I
have
called
him
by
that
name
full
seven
happy
years
now
—
stood
at
my
side
.
“
Allan
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
take
from
me
,
a
willing
gift
,
the
best
wife
that
ever
a
man
had
.
What
more
can
I
say
for
you
,
than
that
I
know
you
deserve
her
!
Take
with
her
the
little
home
she
brings
you
.
You
know
what
she
will
make
it
,
Allan
;
you
know
what
she
has
made
its
namesake
.
Let
me
share
its
felicity
sometimes
,
and
what
do
I
sacrifice
?
Nothing
,
nothing
.
”
He
kissed
me
once
again
;
and
now
the
tears
were
in
his
eyes
,
as
he
said
more
softly
:
“
Esther
,
my
dearest
,
after
so
many
years
,
there
is
a
kind
of
parting
in
this
too
.
I
know
that
my
mistake
has
caused
you
some
distress
.
Forgive
your
old
guardian
,
in
restoring
him
to
his
old
place
in
your
affections
;
and
blot
it
out
of
your
memory
.
Allan
,
take
my
dear
!
”
He
moved
away
from
under
the
green
roof
of
leaves
,
and
stopping
in
the
sunlight
outside
,
and
turning
cheerfully
towards
us
,
said
:
“
I
shall
be
found
about
here
somewhere
.
It
's
a
West
wind
,
little
woman
,
due
West
!
Let
no
one
thank
me
any
more
;
for
I
am
going
to
revert
to
my
bachelor
habits
,
and
if
anybody
disregards
this
warning
,
I
'll
run
away
,
and
never
come
back
!
”
What
happiness
was
our
's
that
day
,
what
joy
,
what
rest
,
what
hope
,
what
gratitude
,
what
bliss
!
We
were
to
be
married
before
the
month
was
out
;
but
when
we
were
to
come
and
take
possession
of
our
own
house
,
was
to
depend
on
Richard
and
Ada
.
We
all
three
went
home
together
next
day
.
As
soon
as
we
arrived
in
town
Allan
went
straight
to
see
Richard
,
and
to
carry
our
joyful
news
to
him
and
my
darling
.
Late
as
it
was
,
I
meant
to
go
to
her
for
a
few
minutes
before
lying
down
to
sleep
:
but
I
went
home
with
my
guardian
first
,
to
make
his
tea
for
him
,
and
to
occupy
the
old
chair
by
his
side
;
for
I
did
not
like
to
think
of
its
being
empty
so
soon
.
When
we
came
home
,
we
found
that
a
young
man
had
called
three
times
in
the
course
of
that
one
day
,
to
see
me
;
and
that
,
having
been
told
,
on
the
occasion
of
his
third
call
,
that
I
was
not
expected
to
return
before
ten
o'clock
at
night
,
he
had
left
word
,
“
that
he
would
call
about
then
.
”
He
had
left
his
card
three
times
.
MR.
GUPPY
.
As
I
naturally
speculated
on
the
object
of
these
visits
,
and
as
I
always
associated
something
ludicrous
with
the
visitor
,
it
fell
out
that
in
laughing
about
Mr.
Guppy
I
told
my
guardian
of
his
old
proposal
,
and
his
subsequent
retractation
.
“
After
that
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
we
will
certainly
receive
this
hero
.
”
So
,
instructions
were
given
that
Mr.
Guppy
should
be
shown
in
,
when
he
came
again
;
and
they
were
scarcely
given
when
he
did
come
again
.
He
was
embarrassed
when
he
found
my
guardian
with
me
,
but
recovered
himself
,
and
said
,
“
How
de
do
,
sir
?
”
“
How
do
you
do
,
sir
?
”
returned
my
guardian
.
“
Thank
you
,
sir
,
I
am
tolerable
,
”
returned
Mr.
Guppy
.
“
Will
you
allow
me
to
introduce
my
mother
,
Mrs.
Guppy
of
the
Old
Street
Road
,
and
my
particular
friend
,
Mr.
Weevle
.
That
is
to
say
,
my
friend
has
gone
by
the
name
of
Weevle
,
but
his
name
is
really
and
truly
Jobling
.
”
My
guardian
begged
them
to
be
seated
,
and
they
all
sat
down
.
“
Tony
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
to
his
friend
,
after
an
awkward
silence
.
“
Will
you
open
the
case
?
”
“
Do
it
yourself
,
”
returned
the
friend
,
rather
tartly
.
“
Well
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
sir
,
”
Mr.
Guppy
,
after
a
moment
's
consideration
,
began
;
to
the
great
diversion
of
his
mother
,
which
she
displayed
by
nudging
Mr.
Jobling
with
her
elbow
,
and
winking
at
me
in
a
most
remarkable
manner
;
“
I
had
an
idea
that
I
should
see
Miss
Summerson
by
herself
,
and
was
not
quite
prepared
for
your
esteemed
presence
.
But
Miss
Summerson
has
mentioned
to
you
,
perhaps
,
that
something
has
passed
between
us
on
former
occasions
?
”
“
Miss
Summerson
,
”
returned
my
guardian
smiling
,
“
has
made
a
communication
to
that
effect
to
me
.
”
“
That
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
,
“
makes
matters
easier
.
Sir
,
I
have
come
out
of
my
articles
at
Kenge
and
Carboy
's
,
and
I
believe
with
satisfaction
to
all
parties
.
I
am
now
admitted
(
after
undergoing
an
examination
that
's
enough
to
badger
a
man
blue
,
touching
a
pack
of
nonsense
that
he
do
n't
want
to
know
)
on
the
roll
of
attornies
,
and
have
taken
out
my
certificate
,
if
it
would
be
any
satisfaction
to
you
to
see
it
.
”
“
Thank
you
,
Mr.
Guppy
,
”
returned
my
guardian
.
“
I
am
quite
willing
—
I
believe
I
use
a
legal
phrase
—
to
admit
the
certificate
.
”
Mr.
Guppy
therefore
desisted
from
taking
something
out
of
his
pocket
,
and
proceeded
without
it
.
“
I
have
no
capital
myself
,
but
my
mother
has
a
little
property
which
takes
the
form
of
an
annuity
;
”
here
Mr.
Guppy
's
mother
rolled
her
head
as
if
she
never
could
sufficiently
enjoy
the
observation
,
and
put
her
handkerchief
to
her
mouth
,
and
again
winked
at
me
;
“
and
a
few
pounds
for
expences
out
of
pocket
in
conducting
business
,
will
never
be
wanting
,
free
of
interest
.
Which
is
an
advantage
,
you
know
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
,
feelingly
.
“
Certainly
an
advantage
,
”
returned
my
guardian
.
“
I
have
some
connexion
,
”
pursued
Mr.
Guppy
,
“
and
it
lays
in
the
direction
of
Walcot
Square
,
Lambeth
.
I
have
therefore
taken
a
ouse
in
that
locality
,
which
,
in
the
opinion
of
my
friends
,
is
a
hollow
bargain
(
taxes
ridiculous
,
and
use
of
fixtures
included
in
the
rent
)
,
and
intend
setting
up
professionally
for
myself
there
,
forthwith
.
”
Here
Mr.
Guppy
's
mother
fell
into
an
extraordinary
passion
of
rolling
her
head
,
and
smiling
waggishly
at
anybody
who
would
look
at
her
.
“
It
's
a
six
roomer
,
exclusive
of
kitchens
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
,
“
and
in
the
opinion
of
my
friends
,
a
commodious
tenement
.
When
I
mention
my
friends
,
I
refer
principally
to
my
friend
Jobling
,
who
I
believe
has
known
me
,
”
Mr.
Guppy
looked
at
him
with
a
sentimental
air
,
“
from
boyhood
's
hour
?
”
Mr.
Jobling
confirmed
this
,
with
a
sliding
movement
of
his
legs
.
“
My
friend
Jobling
will
render
me
his
assistance
in
the
capacity
of
clerk
,
and
will
live
in
the
ouse
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
.
“
My
mother
will
likewise
live
in
the
ouse
,
when
her
present
quarter
in
the
Old
Street
Road
shall
have
ceased
and
expired
;
and
consequently
there
will
be
no
want
of
society
.
My
friend
Jobling
is
naturally
aristocratic
by
taste
;
and
besides
being
acquainted
with
the
movements
of
the
upper
circles
,
fully
backs
me
in
the
intentions
I
am
now
developing
.
”
Mr.
Jobling
said
“
certainly
,
”
and
withdrew
a
little
from
the
elbow
of
Mr.
Guppy
's
mother
.
“
Now
,
I
have
no
occasion
to
mention
to
you
,
sir
,
you
being
in
the
confidence
of
Miss
Summerson
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
“
(
mother
,
I
wish
you
'd
be
so
good
as
to
keep
still
)
,
that
Miss
Summerson
's
image
was
formerly
imprinted
on
my
art
,
and
that
I
made
her
a
proposal
of
marriage
.
”
“
That
I
have
heard
,
”
returned
my
guardian
.
“
Circumstances
,
”
pursued
Mr.
Guppy
,
“
over
which
I
had
no
control
,
but
quite
the
contrary
,
weakened
the
impression
of
that
image
for
a
time
.
At
which
time
,
Miss
Summerson
's
conduct
was
highly
genteel
;
I
may
even
add
,
magnanimous
.
”
My
guardian
patted
me
on
the
shoulder
,
and
seemed
much
amused
.
“
Now
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
,
“
I
have
got
into
that
state
of
mind
myself
,
that
I
wish
for
a
reciprocity
of
magnanimous
behaviour
.
I
wish
to
prove
to
Miss
Summerson
that
I
can
rise
to
a
heighth
,
of
which
perhaps
she
hardly
thought
me
capable
.
I
find
that
the
image
which
I
did
suppose
had
been
eradicated
from
my
art
,
is
not
eradicated
.
Its
influence
over
me
is
still
tremenjous
;
and
yielding
to
it
I
am
willing
to
overlook
the
circumstances
over
which
none
of
us
have
had
any
control
,
and
to
renew
those
proposals
to
Miss
Summerson
which
I
had
the
honor
to
make
at
a
former
period
.
I
beg
to
lay
the
ouse
in
Walcot
Square
,
the
business
,
and
myself
,
before
Miss
Summerson
for
her
acceptance
.
”
“
Very
magnanimous
,
indeed
,
sir
,
”
observed
my
guardian
.
“
Well
,
sir
,
”
returned
Mr.
Guppy
,
with
candor
,
“
my
wish
is
to
be
magnanimous
.
I
do
not
consider
that
in
making
this
offer
to
Miss
Summerson
,
I
am
by
any
means
throwing
myself
away
;
neither
is
that
the
opinion
of
my
friends
.
Still
there
are
circumstances
which
I
submit
may
be
taken
into
account
as
a
set-off
against
any
little
drawbacks
of
mine
,
and
so
a
fair
and
equitable
balance
arrived
at
.
”
“
I
take
upon
myself
,
sir
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
laughing
as
he
rang
the
bell
,
“
to
reply
to
your
proposals
on
behalf
of
Miss
Summerson
.
She
is
very
sensible
of
your
handsome
intentions
,
and
wishes
you
good
evening
,
and
wishes
you
well
.
”
“
Oh
!
”
said
Mr.
Guppy
,
with
a
blank
look
.
“
Is
that
tantamount
,
sir
,
to
acceptance
,
or
rejection
,
or
consideration
?
”
“
To
decided
rejection
,
if
you
please
,
”
returned
my
guardian
.
Mr.
Guppy
looked
incredulously
at
his
friend
,
and
at
his
mother
who
suddenly
turned
very
angry
,
and
at
the
floor
,
and
at
the
ceiling
.
“
Indeed
?
”
said
he
.
“
Then
,
Jobling
,
if
you
was
the
friend
you
represent
yourself
,
I
should
think
you
might
hand
my
mother
out
of
the
gangway
,
instead
of
allowing
her
to
remain
where
she
ai
n't
wanted
.
”
But
Mrs.
Guppy
positively
refused
to
come
out
of
the
gangway
.
She
would
n't
hear
of
it
.
“
Why
,
get
along
with
you
,
”
said
she
to
my
guardian
,
“
what
do
you
mean
?
Ai
n't
my
son
good
enough
for
you
?
You
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
yourself
.
Get
out
with
you
!
”
“
My
good
lady
,
”
returned
my
guardian
