persistentrefusal
to
the
patient
,
on
the
part
of
his
relatives
,
of
the
incalculable
advantage
of
the
authoritative
advice
of
a
competent
physician
accompanied
with
the
safeguards
and
preventives
of
—
—
”
But
ere
the
mellifluous
pleonast
had
done
oiling
his
paradox
with
fresh
polysyllables
,
to
make
it
slip
into
the
banker
's
narrow
understanding
,
he
met
with
a
curious
interruption
.
Jane
Hardie
fluttered
in
to
say
a
man
was
at
the
door
accusing
himself
of
being
deranged
.
“
How
often
this
sort
of
coincidence
occurs
,
”
said
Osmond
philosophically
.
“
Do
not
refuse
him
,
dear
papa
;
it
is
not
for
money
:
he
only
wants
you
to
give
him
an
order
to
go
into
a
lunatic
asylum
.
”
“
Now
,
there
is
a
sensible
man
,
”
said
Dr.
Wycherley
.
“
Well
,
but
,
”
objected
Mr.
Hardie
,
“
if
he
is
a
sensible
man
,
why
does
he
want
to
go
to
an
asylum
?
”
“
Oh
,
they
are
all
sensible
at
times
,
”
observed
Mr.
Osmond
.
“
Singularly
so
,
”
said
Dr.
Wycherley
,
warmly
.
And
he
showed
a
desire
to
examine
this
paragon
,
who
had
the
sense
to
know
he
was
out
of
his
senses
.
“
It
would
be
but
kind
of
you
,
sir
,
”
said
Jane
;
“
poor
,
poor
man
!
”
She
added
,
he
did
not
like
to
come
in
,
and
would
they
mind
just
going
out
to
him
?
“
Oh
no
,
not
in
the
least
:
especially
as
you
seem
interested
in
him
.
”
And
they
all
three
rose
and
went
out
together
,
and
found
the
petitioner
at
the
front
door
.
Who
should
it
be
but
James
Maxley
!
His
beard
was
unshaven
,
his
face
haggard
,
and
everything
about
him
showed
a
man
broken
in
spirit
as
well
as
fortune
:
even
his
voice
had
lost
half
its
vigour
,
and
,
whenever
he
had
uttered
a
consecutive
sentence
or
two
,
his
head
dropped
on
his
breast
pitiably
:
indeed
,
this
sometimes
occurred
in
the
middle
of
a
sentence
,
and
then
the
rest
of
it
died
on
his
lips
.
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
was
not
prepared
to
encounter
one
of
his
unhappy
creditors
thus
publicly
,
and
,
to
shorten
the
annoyance
,
would
have
dismissed
him
roughly
:
but
he
dared
not
;
for
Maxley
was
no
longer
alone
nor
unfriended
.
When
Jane
left
him
to
intercede
for
him
,
a
young
man
joined
him
,
and
was
now
comforting
him
with
kind
words
,
and
trying
to
get
him
to
smoke
a
cigar
;
and
this
good-hearted
young
gentleman
was
the
banker
's
son
in
the
flesh
,
and
his
opposite
in
spirit
,
Mr.
Alfred
Hardie
.
Finding
these
two
in
contact
,
the
Doctors
interchanged
demurest
glances
.
Mr.
Hardie
asked
Maxley
sullenly
what
he
wanted
of
them
.
“
Well
,
sir
,
”
said
Maxley
despondingly
,
“
I
have
been
to
all
the
other
magistrates
in
the
borough
;
for
what
with
losing
my
money
,
and
what
with
losing
my
missus
,
I
think
I
bai
n't
quite
right
in
my
head
;
I
do
see
such
curious
things
,
enough
to
make
a
body
's
skin
creep
at
times
.
”
And
down
went
his
head
on
his
chest
.
“
Well
?
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
,
peevishly
:
“
go
on
:
you
went
to
the
magistrates
,
and
what
then
?
”
Maxley
looked
up
,
and
seemed
to
recover
the
thread
:
“
Why
they
said
'
no
,
'
they
could
n't
send
me
to
the
'
sylum
,
not
from
home
:
I
must
be
a
pauper
first
.
So
then
my
neighbours
they
said
I
had
better
come
to
you
.
”
And
down
went
his
head
again
.
“
Well
,
but
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
,
“
you
cannot
expect
me
to
go
against
the
other
magistrates
.
”
“
Why
not
,
sir
?
You
have
had
a
hatful
o
'
money
of
me
:
the
other
gentlemen
ha
n't
had
a
farthing
.
They
owes
me
no
service
,
but
you
does
:
nine
hundred
pounds
'
worth
,
if
ye
come
to
that
.
”
There
was
no
malice
in
this
;
it
was
a
plain
broken-hearted
man
's
notion
of
give
and
take
;
but
it
was
a
home-thrust
all
the
same
;
and
Mr.
Hardie
was
visibly
discountenanced
,
and
Alfred
more
so
.
Mr.
Osmond
,
to
relieve
a
situation
so
painful
,
asked
Maxley
rather
hastily
what
were
the
curious
things
he
saw
.
Maxley
shuddered
.
“
The
unreasonablest
beasts
,
sir
,
you
ever
saw
or
heard
tell
on
:
mostly
snakes
and
dragons
.
Ca
n't
stoop
my
head
to
do
no
work
for
them
,
sir
.
Bless
your
heart
,
if
I
was
to
leave
you
gentlemen
now
,
and
go
and
dig
for
five
minutes
in
my
garden
,
they
would
come
about
me
as
thick
as
slugs
on
cabbage
.
Why
'
twas
but
yester'en
I
tried
to
hoe
a
bit
,
and
up
come
the
fearfullest
great
fiery
sarpint
:
scared
me
so
I
heaved
my
hoe
and
laid
on
un
'
properly
:
presently
I
seemed
to
come
out
of
a
sort
of
a
kind
of
a
red
mist
into
the
clear
:
and
there
laid
my
poor
missus
's
favourite
hen
;
I
had
been
and
killed
her
for
a
sarpint
!
”
He
sighed
,
then
,
after
a
moment
's
pause
,
lowered
his
voice
to
a
whisper
:
“
Now
suppose
I
was
to
go
and
take
some
poor
Christian
for
one
of
these
gre-at
bloody
dragons
I
do
see
at
odd
times
,
I
might
do
him
a
mischief
,
you
know
,
and
not
mean
him
no
harm
neither
.
Oh
,
dooee
take
and
have
me
locked
up
,
gentlemen
,
dooee
now
:
tellee
I
ai
n't
fit
to
be
about
,
my
poor
head
is
so
mazed
.
”
“
Well
,
well
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
,
“
I
'll
give
you
an
order
for
the
Union
.
”
“
What
,
make
a
pauper
of
me
?
”
“
I
cannot
help
it
,
”
said
the
magistrate
:
“
it
is
the
routine
;
and
it
was
settled
at
a
meeting
of
the
bench
last
month
that
we
must
adhere
to
the
rule
as
strictly
as
possible
;
the
asylum
is
so
full
:
and
you
know
,
Maxley
,
it
is
not
as
if
you
were
dangerous
.
”
“
That
I
be
,
sir
:
I
do
n't
know
what
I
'm
a
looking
at
or
a
doing
.
Would
I
ha
'
gone
and
killed
my
poor
Susan
's
hen
if
I
had
n't
a
been
beside
myself
?
and
she
in
her
grave
,
poor
dear
:
no
,
not
for
untold
gold
:
and
I
be
fond
of
that
too
—
used
to
be
,
however
:
but
now
I
do
n't
seem
to
care
for
money
nor
nothing
else
.
”
And
his
head
dropped
.
“
Look
here
,
Maxley
,
old
fellow
,
”
said
Alfred
sarcastically
,
“
you
must
go
to
the
workhouse
,
and
stay
there
till
you
hoe
a
pauper
;
take
him
for
a
crocodile
and
kill
him
;
then
you
will
get
into
an
asylum
whether
the
Barkington
magistrates
like
it
or
not
:
that
is
the
routine
,
I
believe
;
and
as
reasonable
as
most
routine
.
”
Dr.
Wycherley
admired
Alfred
for
this
,
and
whispered
Mr.
Osmond
,
“
How
subtly
they
reason
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
did
not
deign
to
answer
his
son
,
who
indeed
had
spoken
at
him
,
and
not
to
him
.
As
for
poor
Maxley
,
he
was
in
sad
and
sober
earnest
,
and
could
not
relish
nor
even
take
in
Alfred
's
irony
.
He
lifted
his
head
and
looked
Mr.
Hardie
in
the
face
.
“
You
be
a
hard
man
,
”
said
he
,
trembling
with
emotion
.
“
You
robbed
me
and
my
missus
of
our
all
;
you
ha
'
broke
her
heart
,
and
turned
my
head
,
and
if
I
was
to
come
and
kill
you
,
'
twould
only
be
clearing
scores
.
'
Stead
of
that
,
I
comes
to
you
like
a
lamb
,
and
says
give
me
your
name
on
a
bit
of
paper
,
and
put
me
out
of
harm
's
way
.
'
No
,
'
says
you
,
'
go
to
the
workhouse
!
'
Be
you
in
the
workhouse
—
you
that
owes
me
nine
hundred
pounds
and
my
dead
missus
?
”
With
this
he
went
into
a
rage
,
took
a
packet
out
of
his
pocket
,
and
flung
900l
.
of
Mr.
Hardie
's
paper
at
Mr.
Hardie
's
head
before
any
one
could
stop
him
.
But
Alfred
saw
his
game
,
stepped
forward
,
and
caught
it
with
one
hand
,
and
with
the
dexterity
of
a
wicket-keeper
,
within
a
foot
of
his
father
's
nose
.
“
How
's
that
,
Umpire
?
”
said
he
:
then
,
a
little
sternly
,
“
Do
n't
do
that
again
,
Mr.
Maxley
,
or
I
shall
have
to
give
you
a
hiding
—
to
keep
up
appearances
.
”
He
then
put
the
notes
in
his
pocket
,
and
said
quietly
,
“
I
shall
give
you
your
money
for
these
before
the
year
ends
.
”
“
You
wo
n't
be
quite
so
mad
as
that
,
I
hope
,
”
remonstrated
his
father
.
But
he
made
no
reply
:
they
very
seldom
answered
one
another
now
.
“
Oh
,
”
said
Dr.
Wycherley
,
inspecting
him
like
a
human
curiosity
,
“
nullum
magnum
ingenium
sine
mixtura
dementiae
.
”
“
Nec
parvum
sine
mixtura
stultitiae
,
”
retorted
Alfred
in
a
moment
and
met
his
offensive
gaze
with
a
point-blank
look
of
supercilious
disdain
.
Then
having
shut
him
up
,
he
turned
to
Osmond
:
“
Come
,
”
said
he
,
“
prescribe
for
this
poor
fellow
,
who
asks
for
a
hospital
,
so
Routine
gives
him
a
workhouse
.
Come
,
you
know
there
is
no
limit
to
your
skill
and
good
nature
:
you
cured
Spot
of
the
worms
,
cure
poor
old
Maxley
of
his
snakes
:
oblige
me
.
”
“
That
I
will
,
Mr.
Alfred
,
”
said
Osmond
heartily
:
and
wrote
a
prescription
on
a
leaf
of
his
memorandum-book
,
remarking
that
though
a
simple
purgative
,
it
had
made
short
work
of
a
great
many
serpents
and
dragons
,
and
not
a
few
spectres
and
hobgoblins
into
the
bargain
.
The
young
gentleman
thanked
him
graciously
,
and
said
kindly
to
Maxley
,
“
Get
that
made
up
—
here
's
a
guinea
—
and
I
'll
send
somebody
to
see
how
you
are
to-morrow
.
”
The
poor
man
took
the
guinea
,
and
the
prescription
,
and
his
head
drooped
again
,
and
he
slouched
away
.
Dr.
Wycherley
remarked
significantly
that
his
conduct
was
worth
imitating
by
all
persons
similarly
situated
:
and
concluded
oracularly
:
“
Prophylaxis
is
preferable
to
therapeusis
.
”
“
Or
,
as
Porson
would
say
,
'
Prevention
is
better
than
cure
.
'
”
With
this
parting
blow
the
Oxonian
suddenly
sauntered
away
,
unconscious
,
it
seemed
,
of
the
existence
of
his
companions
.
“
I
never
saw
a
plainer
case
of
Incubation
,
”
remarked
Dr.
Wycherley
with
vast
benevolence
of
manner
.
“
Maxley
's
?
”
“
Oh
,
no
;
that
is
parochial
.
It
is
your
profoundly
interesting
son
I
alluded
to
.
Did
you
notice
his
supercilious
departure
?
And
his
morbid
celerity
of
repartee
?
”
Mr.
Hardie
replied
with
some
little
hesitation
,
“
Yes
;
and
,
excuse
me
,
I
thought
he
had
rather
the
best
of
the
battle
with
you
.
”
“
Indubitably
so
,
”
replied
Dr.
Wycherley
:
“
they
always
do
:
at
least
such
is
my
experience
.
If
ever
I
break
a
lance
of
wit
with
an
incubator
!
I
calculate
with
confidence
on
being
unhorsed
with
abnormal
rapidity
,
and
rare
,
indeed
,
are
the
instances
in
which
my
anticipations
are
not
promptly
and
fully
realised
.
By
a
similar
rule
of
progression
the
incubator
is
seldom
a
match
for
the
confirmed
maniac
,
either
in
the
light
play
of
sarcasm
,
the
coruscations
of
wit
or
the
severer
encounters
of
dialectical
ratiocination
.
”
“
Dear
,
dear
,
dear
!
Then
how
is
one
to
know
a
genius
from
a
madman
?
”
inquired
Jane
.
“
By
sending
for
a
psychological
physician
.
”
“
If
I
understand
the
doctor
right
,
the
two
things
are
not
opposed
,
”
remarked
Mr.
Hardie
.
Dr.
Wycherley
assented
,
and
made
a
remarkable
statement
in
confirmation
:
“
One
half
of
the
aggregate
of
the
genius
of
the
country
is
at
present
under
restraint
;
fortunately
for
the
community
;
and
still
more
fortunately
for
itself
.
”
He
then
put
on
his
gloves
,
and
,
with
much
kindness
but
solemnity
,
warned
Mr.
Hardie
not
to
neglect
his
son
's
case
,
nor
to
suppose
that
matters
could
go
on
like
this
without
“
disintegrating
or
disorganising
the
grey
matter
of
the
brain
.
I
admit
”
said
he
,
“
that
in
some
recorded
cases
of
insanity
the
brain
on
dissection
has
revealed
no
signs
of
structural
or
functional
derangement
,
and
,
that
,
on
the
other
hand
,
considerable
encephalic
disorganisation
has
been
shown
to
have
existed
in
other
cases
without
aberration
or
impairment
of
the
reason
:
but
such
phenomena
are
to
be
considered
as
pathological
curiosities
,
with
which
the
empiric
would
fain
endeavour
to
disturb
the
sound
general
conclusions
of
science
.
The
only
safe
mode
of
reasoning
on
matters
so
delicate
and
profound
is
a
priori
:
and
,
as
it
may
safely
be
assumed
as
a
self-evident
proposition
,
that
disturbed
intelligence
bears
the
same
relation
to
the
brain
as
disordered
respiration
does
to
the
lungs
,
it
is
not
logical
,
reasoning
a
priori
,
to
assume
the
possibility
that
the
studious
or
other
mental
habits
of
a
Kephalalgic
,
and
gifted
youth
,
can
be
reversed
,
and
erotic
monomania
germinate
,
with
all
the
morbid
phenomena
of
isolation
,
dejection
of
the
spirits
,
and
abnormal
exaltation
of
the
powers
of
wit
and
ratiocination
,
without
some
considerable
impairment
,
derangement
,
disturbance
,
or
modification
,
of
the
psychical
,
motorial
,
and
sensorial
functions
of
the
great
cerebral
ganglion
.
But
it
would
be
equally
absurd
to
presuppose
that
these
several
functions
can
be
disarranged
for
months
,
without
more
or
less
disorganisation
of
the
medullary
,
or
even
of
the
cineritious
,
matter
of
the
encephialon
.
Therefore
—
dissection
of
your
talented
son
would
doubtless
reveal
at
this
moment
either
steatonatous
or
atheromatous
deposits
in
the
cerebral
blood-vessels
,
or
an
encysted
abscess
,
probably
of
no
very
recent
origin
,
or
,
at
the
least
,
considerable
inspissation
,
and
opacity
,
of
the
membranes
of
the
encephalon
,
or
more
or
less
pulpy
disorganisation
of
one
or
other
of
the
hemispheres
of
the
brain
:
good
morning
!
!
”
“
Good
morning
,
sir
:
and
a
thousand
thanks
for
your
friemidly
interest
in
my
unhappy
boy
.
”
The
Psycho-cerebrals
“
took
their
departure
”
(
Psycho-cerebral
for
“
went
away
”
)
,
and
left
Jane
Hardie
brimful
of
anxiety
.
Alfred
was
not
there
to
dispose
of
the
tirade
in
two
words
“
Petitio
principii
,
”
and
so
smoke
on
;
and
,
not
being
an
university
woman
,
she
could
not
keep
her
eye
on
the
original
assumption
while
following
the
series
of
inferences
the
learned
doctor
built
so
neatly
,
story
by
story
,
on
the
foundation
of
the
quicksand
of
a
loose
conjecture
.
So
poor
Argan
,
when
Fleurant
enumerates
the
consequences
of
his
omitting
a
single
—
dose
shall
I
say
?
—
is
terrified
by
the
threatened
disorders
,
which
succeed
to
each
other
logically
enough
:
all
the
absurdity
being
in
the
first
link
of
the
chain
;
and
from
that
his
mind
is
diverted
.
—
—
“
Now
not
a
word
of
this
to
Alfred
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
.
“
I
shall
propose
him
a
little
foreign
tour
,
to
amuse
his
mind
.
”
“
Yes
,
but
papa
,
if
some
serious
change
is
really
going
on
inside
his
poor
head
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
smiled
sarcastically
.
“
Do
n't
you
see
that
if
the
mind
can
wound
the
brain
,
the
mind
can
cure
it
?
”
Then
,
after
a
while
,
he
said
parentally
,
“
My
child
,
I
must
give
you
a
lesson
:
men
of
the
world
use
enthusiasts
—
like
those
two
I
have
just
been
drawing
out
—
for
their
tools
;
we
do
n't
let
them
make
tools
of
us
.
Osmond
,
you
know
,
is
jackal
to
an
asylum
in
London
;
Dr.
Wycherley
,
I
have
heard
,
keeps
two
or
three
such
establishments
by
himself
or
his
agents
:
blinded
by
self-interest
and
that
of
their
clique
—
what
an
egotistical
world
it
is
,
to
be
sure
!
—
they
would
confine
a
melancholy
youth
in
a
gloomy
house
,
among
afflicted
persons
,
and
give
him
nothing
to
do
but
brood
;
and
so
turn
the
scale
against
his
reason
.
But
I
have
my
children
's
interest
at
heart
more
than
my
own
:
I
shall
send
him
abroad
,
and
so
amuse
his
mind
with
fresh
objects
,
break
off
sad
associations
,
and
restore
him
to
a
brilliant
career
.
I
count
on
you
to
second
me
in
my
little
scheme
for
his
good
.
”
“
That
I
will
,
papa
.
”
“
Somehow
,
I
do
n't
know
why
,
he
is
coolish
to
me
.
”
“
He
does
not
understand
you
as
I
do
,
my
own
papa
.
”
“
But
he
is
affectionate
with
you
,
I
think
.
”
“
Oh
yes
,
more
than
ever
:
trouble
has
drawn
us
closer
.
Papa
,
in
the
midst
of
our
sorrow
,
how
much
we
have
to
be
thankful
for
to
the
Giver
of
all
good
things
!
”
“
Yes
,
little
angel
:
and
you
must
improve
Heaven
's
goodness
by
working
on
your
brother
's
affection
,
and
persuading
him
to
this
continental
tour
.
”
Thus
appealed
to
,
Jane
promised
warmly
:
and
the
man
of
the
world
,
finding
he
had
a
blind
and
willing
instrument
in
the
one
creature
he
loved
,
kissed
her
on
the
forehead
,
and
told
her
to
run
away
,
for
here
was
Mr.
Skinner
,
who
no
doubt
wanted
to
speak
on
business
.
Skinner
,
who
had
in
fact
been
holding
respectfully
aloof
for
some
time
,
came
forward
on
Jane
's
retiring
,
and
in
a
very
obsequious
tone
requested
a
private
interview
.
Mr.
Hardie
led
the
way
into
the
little
dining-room
.
They
were
no
sooner
alone
than
Skinner
left
off
fawning
,
very
abruptly
;
and
put
on
a
rugged
resolute
manner
that
was
new
to
him
:
“
I
am
come
for
my
commission
,
”
said
he
sturdily
.
Mr.
Hardie
looked
an
inquiry
.
“
Oh
,
you
do
n't
know
what
I
mean
,
of
course
,
”
said
the
little
clerk
almost
brutally
:
“
I
've
waited
,
and
waited
,
to
see
if
you
would
have
the
decency
,
and
the
gratitude
,
and
the
honesty
,
to
offer
me
a
trifle
out
of
It
;
but
I
see
I
might
wait
till
dooms-day
before
you
would
ever
think
of
thinking
of
anybody
but
yourself
.
So
now
shell
out
without
more
words
or
I
'll
blow
the
gaff
”
The
little
wretch
raised
his
voice
louder
and
louder
at
every
sentence
.
“
Hush
!
hush
!
Skinner
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
anxiously
,
“
you
are
under
some
delusion
.
When
did
ever
I
decline
to
recognise
your
services
?
I
always
intended
to
make
you
a
present
,
a
handsome
present
.
”
“
Then
why
did
n't
ye
do
it
without
being
forced
?
Come
,
sir
,
you
ca
n't
draw
the
wool
over
Noah
Skinner
's
eyes
.
I
have
had
you
watched
,
and
you
are
looking
towards
the
U
.
S.
,
and
that
is
too
big
a
country
for
me
to
hunt
you
in
.
I
'm
not
to
be
trifled
with
:
I
'm
not
to
be
palavered
:
give
me
a
thousand
pounds
of
It
this
moment
or
I
'll
blow
the
whole
concern
and
you
along
with
it
.
”
“
A
thousand
pounds
!
”
“
Now
look
at
that
!
”
shrieked
Skinner
.
“
Serves
me
right
for
not
saying
seven
thousand
.
What
right
have
you
to
a
shilling
of
it
more
than
I
have
?
If
I
had
the
luck
to
be
a
burglar
's
pal
instead
of
a
banker
's
,
I
should
have
half
.
Give
it
me
this
moment
,
or
I
'll
go
to
Albion
Villa
and
have
you
took
up
for
a
thief
;
as
you
are
.
”
“
But
I
have
n't
got
it
on
me
.
”
“
That
's
a
lie
:
you
carry
it
where
he
did
;
close
to
your
heart
:
I
can
see
it
bulge
:
there
,
Job
was
a
patient
man
,
but
his
patience
went
at
last
.
”
With
this
he
ran
to
the
window
and
threw
it
open
.
Hardie
entreated
him
to
be
calm
.
“
I
'll
give
it
you
,
Skinner
,
”
said
he
,
“
and
with
pleasure
,
if
you
will
give
me
some
security
that
you
will
not
turn
round
,
as
soon
as
you
have
got
it
,
and
be
my
enemy
.
”
“
Enemy
of
a
gent
that
pays
me
a
thousand
pounds
?
Nonsense
!
Why
should
I
?
We
are
in
the
same
boat
:
behave
like
a
man
,
and
you
know
you
have
nothing
to
fear
from
me
:
but
I
will
—
not
—
go
halves
in
a
theft
for
nothing
:
would
you
?
Come
,
how
is
it
to
be
,
peace
or
war
?
Will
you
be
content
with
thirteen
thousand
pounds
that
do
n't
belong
to
you
,
not
a
shilling
of
it
,
or
will
you
go
to
jail
a
felon
,
and
lose
it
every
penny
?
”
Mr.
Hardie
groaned
aloud
,
but
there
was
no
help
for
it
.
Skinner
was
on
sale
:
and
must
be
bought
.
He
took
out
two
notes
for
five
hundred
pounds
each
,
and
laid
them
on
the
table
,
after
taking
their
numbers
.
Skinner
's
eyes
glistened
:
“
Thank
you
,
sir
,
”
said
he
.
He
put
them
in
his
pocket
.
Then
he
said
quietly
,
“
Now
you
have
taken
the
numbers
,
sir
;
so
I
'll
trouble
you
for
a
line
to
make
me
safe
against
the
criminal
law
.
You
are
a
deep
one
;
you
might
say
I
robbed
you
.
”
“
That
is
a
very
unworthy
suspicion
,
Skinner
,
and
a
childish
one
.
”
“
Oh
,
it
is
diamond
cut
diamond
.
A
single
line
,
sir
,
just
to
say
that
in
return
for
his
faithful
services
,
you
have
given
Noah
Skinner
two
notes
for
500
,
l
.
Nos.
1084
and
85.
”
“
With
all
my
heart
—
on
your
giving
me
a
receipt
for
them
.
”
It
was
Skinner
's
turn
to
hesitate
.
After
reflecting
,
however
,
on
all
the
possible
consequences
,
he
saw
nothing
to
fear
;
so
he
consented
.
The
business
completed
,
a
magic
change
took
place
in
the
little
clerk
.
“
Now
we
are
friends
again
,
sir
:
and
I
'll
give
you
a
piece
of
advice
.
Mind
your
eye
with
Mr.
Alfred
:
he
is
down
on
us
.
”
“
What
do
you
mean
?
”
inquired
Mr.
Hardie
with
ill-disguised
anxiety
.
“
I
'll
tell
you
,
sir
.
He
met
me
this
morning
:
and
says
he
to
me
,
'
Skinner
,
old
boy
,
I
want
to
speak
a
word
to
you
.
'
He
puts
his
hands
on
my
shoulder
,
and
turns
me
round
,
and
says
he
all
at
one
time
,
'
The
fourteen
thousand
pounds
!
'
You
might
have
knocked
me
down
with
a
feather
.
And
he
looked
me
through
like
a
gimlet
mind
ye
.
'
Come
now
,
'
says
he
,
'
you
see
I
know
all
;
make
a
clean
breast
of
it
.
'
So
then
I
saw
he
did
n't
know
all
,
and
I
brazened
up
a
bit
:
told
him
I
had
n't
a
notion
what
he
meant
.
'
Oh
yes
,
I
did
,
'
he
said
,
'
Captain
Dodd
's
fourteen
thousand
pounds
!
It
had
passed
through
my
hands
.
'
Then
I
began
to
funk
again
at
his
knowing
that
:
perhaps
he
only
guessed
it
after
all
:
but
at
the
time
I
thought
he
knew
it
;
I
was
flustered
,
ye
see
.
But
I
said
,
'
I
'd
look
at
the
books
;
but
I
did
n't
think
his
deposit
was
anything
like
that
.
'
'
You
little
equivocating
humbug
,
'
says
he
:
'
and
which
was
better
,
to
tell
the
truths
at
once
and
let
Captain
Dodd
,
who
never
did
me
any
harm
,
have
his
own
,
or
to
hear
it
told
me
in
the
felon
's
dock
?
'
Those
were
his
words
,
sir
:
and
they
made
my
blood
run
cold
;
and
if
he
had
gone
on
at
me
like
that
,
I
should
have
split
,
I
know
I
should
:
but
he
just
said
,
'
There
,
your
face
has
given
your
tongue
the
lie
:
you
have
n't
brains
enough
to
play
the
rogue
.
'
Oh
,
and
another
thing
—
he
said
he
would
n't
talk
to
the
sparrow-hawk
any
more
,
when
there
was
the
kite
hard
by
:
so
by
that
I
guess
your
turn
is
coming
,
sir
;
so
mind
your
eye
.
And
then
he
turned
his
back
on
me
with
a
look
as
if
I
was
so
much
dirt
.
But
I
did
n't
mind
that
;
I
was
glad
to
be
shut
of
him
at
any
price
.
”
This
intelligence
discomposed
Mr.
Hardie
terribly
;
it
did
away
with
all
hope
that
Alfred
meant
to
keep
his
suspicions
to
himself
.
“
Why
did
you
not
tell
me
this
before
?
”
said
he
reproachfully
.
Skinner
's
sharp
visage
seemed
to
sharpen
as
he
replied
,
“
Because
I
wanted
a
thousand
pounds
first
.
”
“
Curse
your
low
cunning
!
”
Skinner
laughed
.
“
Good-bye
,
sir
:
take
care
of
yourself
and
I
'll
take
care
of
mine
.
I
'm
afraid
of
Mr.
Alfred
and
the
stone
jug
,
so
I
'm
off
to
London
,
and
there
I
'll
un-Skinner
myself
into
Mr.
Something
or
other
,
and
make
my
thousand
pounds
breed
ten
.
”
And
he
whipped
out
,
leaving
his
master
filled
with
rage
and
dismay
.
“
Outwitted
even
by
this
little
wretch
!
”
He
was
now
accountable
for
fourteen
thousand
pounds
,
and
had
only
thirteen
thousand
left
,
if
forced
to
reimburse
;
so
that
it
was
quite
on
the
cards
for
him
to
lose
a
thousand
pounds
by
robbing
his
neighbour
and
risking
his
own
immortal
jewel
.
This
galled
him
to
the
quick
;
and
altogether
his
equable
temper
began
to
give
way
;
it
had
already
survived
half
the
iron
of
his
nerves
.
He
walked
up
and
down
the
parlour
chafing
like
an
irritated
lion
.
In
which
state
of
his
mind
the
one
enemy
he
now
feared
and
hated
walked
quietly
into
the
room
,
and
begged
for
a
little
serious
conversation
with
him
.
“
It
is
like
your
effrontery
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
:
“
I
wonder
you
are
not
ashamed
to
look
your
father
in
the
face
.
”
“
Having
wronged
nobody
I
can
look
anybody
in
the
face
,
”
replied
Alfred
,
looking
him
in
the
face
point-blank
.
At
this
swift
rejoinder
,
Mr.
Hardie
felt
like
a
too
confident
swordsman
,
who
,
attacking
in
a
passion
suddenly
receives
a
prick
that
shows
him
his
antagonist
is
not
one
to
be
trifled
with
.
He
was
on
his
guard
directly
,
and
said
coldly
,
“
You
have
been
belying
me
to
my
very
clerk
.
”
“
No
,
sir
:
you
are
mistaken
;
I
have
never
mentioned
your
name
to
your
clerk
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
reflected
on
what
Skinner
had
told
him
,
and
found
he
had
made
another
false
move
.
He
tried
again
:
“
Nor
to
the
Dodds
?
”
with
an
incredulous
sneer
.
“
Nor
to
the
Dodds
,
”
replied
Alfred
calmly
.
“
What
,
not
to
Miss
Julia
Dodd
?
”
“
No
,
sir
,
I
have
seen
her
but
once
,
since
—
I
discovered
about
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
.
”
“
What
fourteen
thousand
pounds
?
”
inquired
Mr.
Hardie
innocently
.
“
What
fourteen
thousand
pounds
!
”
repeated
the
young
man
disdainfully
.
Then
suddenly
turning
on
his
father
,
with
red
brow
and
flashing
eyes
:
“
The
fourteen
thousand
pounds
Captain
Dodd
brought
home
from
India
:
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
I
heard
him
claim
of
you
with
curses
:
ay
,
miserable
son
,
and
miserable
man
,
that
I
am
,
I
heard
my
own
father
called
a
villain
;
and
what
did
my
father
reply
?
Did
you
hurl
the
words
back
into
your
accuser
's
throat
?
No
:
you
whispered
,
'
Hush
!
hush
!
I
'll
bring
it
you
down
.
'
Oh
,
what
a
hell
Shame
is
!
”
Mr.
Hardie
turned
pale
,
and
almost
sick
:
with
these
words
of
Alfred
's
fled
all
hope
of
ever
deceiving
him
.
“
There
,
there
,
”
said
the
young
man
,
lowering
his
voice
from
rage
to
profound
sorrow
:
“
I
do
n't
come
here
to
quarrel
with
my
father
,
nor
to
insult
him
,
God
knows
:
and
I
entreat
you
for
both
our
sakes
not
to
try
my
temper
too
hard
by
these
childish
attempts
to
blind
me
:
and
,
sir
,
pray
dismiss
from
your
mind
the
notion
that
I
have
disclosed
to
any
living
soul
my
knowledge
of
this
horrible
secret
:
on
the
contrary
,
I
have
kept
it
gnawing
my
heart
and
almost
maddening
me
at
times
.
For
my
own
personal
satisfaction
I
have
applied
a
test
both
to
you
and
Skinner
;
but
that
is
all
I
have
done
:
I
have
not
told
dear
Julia
,
nor
any
of
her
family
;
and
now
,
if
you
will
only
listen
to
me
,
and
do
what
I
entreat
you
to
do
,
she
shall
never
know
;
oh
,
never
.
”
“
Oho
!
”
thought
Mr.
Hardie
,
“
he
comes
with
a
proposal
:
I
'll
hear
it
,
anyway
.
”
He
then
took
a
line
well
known
to
artful
men
:
he
encouraged
Alfred
to
show
his
hand
;
maintaining
a
complete
reserve
as
to
his
own
;
“
You
say
you
did
not
communicate
your
illusion
about
this
fourteen
thousand
pounds
to
Julia
Dodd
that
night
:
May
I
ask
then
(
without
indiscretion
)
what
did
pass
between
you
two
?
”
“
I
will
tell
you
,
sir
.
She
saw
me
standing
there
,
and
asked
me
in
her
own
soft
angel
voice
if
I
was
unhappy
.
I
told
her
I
must
be
a
poor
creature
if
I
could
be
happy
.
Then
she
asked
me
,
with
some
hesitation
I
thought
,
why
I
was
unhappy
.
I
said
,
because
I
could
not
see
the
path
of
honour
and
duty
clear
:
that
at
least
was
the
purport
.
Then
she
told
me
that
in
all
difficulties
she
had
found
the
best
way
was
to
pray
to
God
to
guide
her
;
and
she
begged
me
to
lay
my
care
before
Him
and
ask
His
counsel
.
And
then
I
thanked
her
;
and
bade
her
good-night
,
and
she
me
;
and
that
was
all
that
passed
between
us
two
unhappy
lovers
,
whom
you
have
made
miserable
;
and
even
cool
to
one
another
;
but
not
hostile
to
you
.
And
you
played
the
spy
on
us
,
sir
;
and
misunderstood
us
,
as
spies
generally
do
.
Ah
,
sir
!
a
few
months
ago
you
would
not
have
condescended
to
that
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
coloured
,
but
did
not
reply
.
He
had
passed
from
the
irritable
into
the
quietly
vindictive
stage
.
Alfred
then
deprecated
further
discussion
of
what
was
past
,
and
said
abruptly
,
“
I
have
an
offer
to
make
you
:
in
a
very
short
time
I
shall
have
ten
thousand
pounds
;
I
will
not
resign
my
whole
fortune
;
that
would
be
unjust
to
myself
,
and
my
wife
;
and
I
loathe
and
despise
Injustice
in
all
its
forms
,
however
romantic
or
plausible
.
But
,
if
you
will
give
the
Dodds
their
14
,
000
,
l
.
I
will
share
my
little
fortune
equally
with
you
:
and
thank
you
,
and
bless
you
.
Consider
,
sir
,
with
your
abilities
and
experience
five
thousand
pounds
may
yet
be
the
nucleus
of
a
fortune
;
a
fortune
built
on
an
honourable
foundation
.
I
know
you
will
thrive
with
my
five
thousand
pounds
ten
times
more
than
with
their
fourteen
thousand
;
and
enjoy
the
blessing
of
blessings
,
a
clear
conscience
.
”
Now
this
offer
was
no
sooner
made
than
Mr.
Hardie
shut
his
face
,
and
went
to
mental
arithmetic
,
like
one
doing
a
sum
behind
a
thick
door
.
He
would
have
taken
ten
thousand
:
but
five
thousand
did
not
much
tempt
him
:
besides
,
would
it
be
five
thousand
clear
?
He
already
owed
Alfred
two
thousand
five
hundred
.
It
flashed
through
him
that
a
young
man
who
loathed
and
despised
Injustice
—
even
to
himself
—
would
not
consent
to
be
diddled
by
him
out
of
one
sum
while
making
him
a
present
of
another
:
and
then
there
was
Skinner
's
thousand
to
be
reimbursed
.
He
therefore
declined
in
these
terms
:
“
This
offer
shows
me
you
are
sincere
in
these
strange
notions
you
have
taken
up
.
I
am
sorry
for
it
:
it
looks
like
insanity
.
These
nocturnal
illusions
,
these
imaginary
sights
and
sounds
,
come
of
brooding
on
a
single
idea
,
and
often
usher
in
a
calamity
one
trembles
to
think
of
.
You
have
made
me
a
proposal
:
I
make
you
one
:
take
a
couple
of
hundred
pounds
(
I
'll
get
it
from
your
trustees
)
and
travel
the
Continent
for
four
months
;
enlarge
and
amuse
your
mind
with
the
contemplation
of
nature
and
manners
and
customs
;
and
if
that
does
not
clear
this
phantom
14
,
000l
.
out
of
your
head
,
I
am
much
mistaken
.
”
Alfred
replied
that
foreign
travel
was
his
dream
:
but
he
could
not
leave
Barkington
while
there
was
an
act
of
justice
to
be
done
.
“
Then
do
me
justice
,
boy
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
,
with
wonderful
dignity
,
all
things
considered
.
“
Instead
of
brooding
on
your
one
fantastical
idea
,
and
shutting
out
all
rational
evidence
to
the
contrary
,
take
the
trouble
to
look
through
my
books
:
and
they
will
reveal
to
you
a
fortune
,
not
of
fourteen
thousand
,
but
of
eighty
thousand
pounds
,
honourably
sacrificed
in
the
vain
struggle
to
fulfil
my
engagements
:
who
,
do
you
think
,
will
believe
,
against
such
evidence
,
the
preposterous
tale
you
have
concocted
against
your
poor
father
?
Already
the
tide
is
turning
,
and
all
who
have
seen
the
accounts
of
the
Bank
pity
me
;
they
will
pity
me
still
more
if
ever
they
hear
my
own
flesh
and
blood
insults
me
in
the
moment
of
my
fall
;
sees
me
ruined
by
my
honesty
and
living
in
a
hovel
,
yet
comes
into
that
poor
but
honest
abode
,
and
stabs
me
to
the
heart
by
accusing
me
of
stealing
fourteen
thousand
pounds
:
a
sum
that
would
have
saved
me
,
if
I
could
only
have
laid
my
hands
on
it
.
”
He
hid
his
face
,
to
conceal
its
incongruous
expression
:
and
heaved
a
deep
sigh
.
Alfred
turned
his
head
away
and
groaned
.
After
a
while
he
rose
from
his
seat
and
went
to
the
door
;
but
seemed
reluctant
to
go
:
he
cast
a
longing
,
lingering
look
on
his
father
,
and
said
beseechingly
:
“
Oh
think
!
you
are
not
my
flesh
and
blood
more
than
I
am
yours
;
is
all
the
love
to
be
on
my
side
?
Have
I
no
influence
even
when
right
is
on
my
side
?
”
Then
he
suddenly
turned
and
threw
himself
impetuously
on
his
knees
:
“
Your
father
was
the
soul
of
honour
;
your
son
loathed
fraud
and
injustice
from
his
cradle
;
you
stand
between
two
generations
of
Hardies
,
and
belong
to
neither
;
do
but
reflect
one
moment
how
bright
a
thing
honour
is
,
how
short
and
uncertain
a
thing
life
is
,
how
sure
a
thing
retribution
is
,
in
this
world
or
the
next
:
it
is
your
guardian
angel
that
kneels
before
you
now
,
and
not
your
son
:
oh
,
for
Christ
's
sake
,
for
my
mother
's
sake
,
listen
to
my
last
appeal
.
You
do
n't
know
me
:
I
cannot
compound
with
injustice
.
Pity
me
,
pity
her
I
love
,
pity
yourself
!
”
“
You
young
viper
!
”
cried
the
father
,
stung
with
remorse
,
but
not
touched
with
penitence
.
“
Get
away
,
you
amorous
young
hypocrite
;
get
out
of
my
house
,
get
out
of
my
sight
,
or
I
shall
spurn
you
and
curse
you
at
my
feet
.
”
“
Enough
!
”
said
Alfred
,
rising
and
turning
suddenly
calm
as
a
statue
:
“
let
us
be
gentlemen
,
if
you
please
,
even
though
we
must
be
enemies
.
Good-bye
,
my
father
that
was
.
”
And
he
walked
gently
out
of
the
room
,
and
,
as
he
passed
the
window
Mr.
Hardie
heard
his
great
heart
sob
.
He
wiped
his
forehead
with
his
handkerchief
.
“
A
hard
tussle
,
”
thought
he
,
“
and
with
my
own
unnatural
,
ungrateful
flesh
and
blood
,
but
I
have
won
it
:
he
has
n't
told
the
Dodds
;
he
never
will
;
and
,
if
he
did
,
who
would
believe
him
,
or
them
?
”
At
dinner
there
was
no
Alfred
;
but
after
dinner
a
note
to
Jane
informing
her
he
had
taken
lodgings
in
the
town
,
and
requesting
her
to
send
his
books
and
clothes
in
the
evening
.
Jane
handed
the
note
to
her
father
:
and
sighed
deeply
.
Watching
his
face
as
he
read
it
,
she
saw
him
turn
rather
pale
,
and
look
more
furrowed
than
ever
.
“
Papa
!
”
said
she
,
“
what
does
it
all
mean
!
”
“
I
am
thinking
.
”
Then
,
after
a
long
pause
,
he
ground
his
teeth
and
said
,
“
It
means
—
War
:
War
between
my
own
son
and
me
.
”
CHAPTER
XXVI
LONG
before
this
open
rupture
Jane
Hardie
had
asked
her
father
sorrowfully
,
whether
she
was
to
discontinue
her
intimacy
with
the
Dodds
:
she
thought
of
course
he
would
say
“
Yes
;
”
and
it
cost
her
a
hard
struggle
between
inclination
and
filial
duty
to
raise
the
question
.
But
Mr.
Hardie
was
anxious
her
friendship
with
that
family
should
continue
;
it
furnished
a
channel
of
news
,
and
in
case
of
detection
might
be
useful
to
avert
or
soften
hostilities
;
so
he
answered
rather
sharply
,
“
On
no
account
:
the
Dodds
are
an
estimable
family
:
pray
be
as
friendly
with
them
as
ever
you
can
.
”
Jane
coloured
with
pleasure
at
this
most
unexpected
reply
;
but
her
wakeful
conscience
reminded
her
,
this
answer
was
given
in
ignorance
of
her
attachment
to
Edward
Dodd
,
and
urged
her
to
confession
.
But
at
that
Nature
recoiled
:
Edward
had
not
openly
declared
his
love
to
her
;
so
modest
pride
,
as
well
as
modest
shame
,
combined
with
female
cowardice
to
hold
back
the
avowal
.
So
then
Miss
Tender
Conscience
tormented
herself
;
and
recorded
the
struggle
in
her
diary
;
but
briefly
,
and
in
terms
vague
and
typical
;
not
a
word
about
“
a
young
man
”
—
or
“
crossed
in
love
”
—
but
one
obscure
and
hasty
slap
at
the
carnal
affections
,
and
a
good
deal
about
“
the
saints
in
prison
,
”
and
“
the
battle
of
Armageddon
.
”
Yet
,
to
do
her
justice
,
laxity
of
expression
did
not
act
upon
her
conduct
and
warp
that
as
it
does
most
mystical
speakers
.
To
obey
her
father
to
the
letter
,
she
maintained
a
friendly
correspondence
with
Julia
Dodd
,
exchanging
letters
daily
;
but
,
not
to
disobey
him
in
the
spirit
,
she
ceased
to
visit
Albion
Villa
.
Thus
she
avoided
Edward
,
and
extracted
from
the
situation
the
utmost
self-denial
,
and
the
least
possible
amount
of
“
carnal
pleasure
,
”
as
she
naively
denominated
an
interchange
of
worldly
affection
,
however
distant
and
respectful
.
One
day
she
happened
to
mention
her
diary
,
and
say
it
was
a
present
comfort
to
her
,
and
instructive
to
review
.
Julia
,
catching
at
every
straw
of
consolation
,
said
she
would
keep
one
too
,
and
asked
a
sight
of
Jane
's
for
a
model
.
“
No
,
dear
friend
,
”
said
Jane
:
“
a
diary
should
be
one
's
self
on
paper
.
”
This
was
fortunate
:
it
precluded
that
servile
imitation
,
in
which
her
sex
excels
even
mine
;
and
consequently
the
two
records
reflect
two
good
girls
,
instead
of
one
in
two
skins
;
and
may
be
trusted
to
conduct
this
narrative
forward
,
and
relieve
its
monotony
a
little
:
only
,
of
course
,
the
reader
must
not
expect
to
see
the
plot
of
a
story
carried
minutely
out
in
two
crude
compositions
written
with
an
object
so
distinct
:
he
must
watch
for
glimpses
and
make
the
most
of
indications
.
Nor
is
this
an
excessive
demand
upon
his
intelligence
;
for
,
if
he
cannot
do
this
with
a
book
,
how
will
he
do
it
in
real
life
,
where
male
and
female
characters
reveal
their
true
selves
by
glimpses
only
,
and
the
gravest
and
most
dramatic
events
give
the
diviner
so
few
and
faint
signs
of
their
coming
?
Extracts
from
Julia
Dodd
's
Diary
.
“
Dec.
5th
.
—
It
is
all
over
;
they
have
taken
papa
away
to
an
asylum
:
and
the
house
is
like
a
grave
,
but
for
our
outbursts
of
sorrow
.
Just
before
he
went
away
the
medal
came
—
oh
no
,
I
cannot
.
Poor
,
poor
mamma
!
“
8
P.
M
.
In
the
midst
of
our
affliction
Heaven
sent
us
a
ray
of
comfort
:
the
kindest
letter
from
a
lady
,
a
perfect
stranger
.
It
came
yesterday
;
but
now
I
have
got
it
to
copy
:
oh
,
bless
it
;
and
the
good
,
kind
writer
.
”
“
'
DEAR
MADAM
,
—
I
scarcely
know
whether
to
hope
or
to
fear
that
your
good
husband
may
have
mentioned
my
name
to
you
:
however
,
he
is
just
the
man
to
pass
over
both
my
misbehaviour
and
his
own
gallantry
;
so
I
beg
permission
to
introduce
myself
.
I
and
my
little
boy
were
passengers
by
the
Agra
;
I
was
spoiled
by
a
long
residence
in
India
,
and
gave
your
husband
sore
trouble
by
resisting
discipline
,
refusing
to
put
out
my
light
at
nine
o'clock
,
and
in
short
by
being
an
unreasonable
woman
,
or
rather
a
spoiled
child
.
Well
,
all
my
little
attempts
at
a
feud
failed
;
Captain
Dodd
did
his
duty
,
and
kept
his
temper
provokingly
;
the
only
revenge
he
took
was
a
noble
one
;
he
jumped
into
the
sea
after
my
darling
Freddy
,
and
saved
him
from
a
watery
grave
,
and
his
mother
from
madness
or
death
;
yet
he
was
himself
hardly
recovered
from
a
wound
he
had
received
in
defending
us
all
against
pirates
.
Need
I
say
more
to
one
who
is
herself
a
mother
?
You
will
know
how
our
little
misunderstanding
ended
after
that
.
As
soon
as
we
were
friends
I
made
him
talk
of
his
family
;
yourself
,
Edward
,
Julia
,
I
seem
to
know
you
all
.
“
'
When
the
ruffian
,
who
succeeded
our
good
captain
,
had
wrecked
poor
us
,
and
then
deserted
us
,
your
husband
resumed
the
command
,
and
saved
Freddy
and
me
once
more
by
his
courage
,
his
wonderful
coolness
,
and
his
skill
.
Since
then
the
mouse
has
been
at
work
for
the
lion
:
I
despair
of
conveying
any
pleasure
by
it
to
a
character
so
elevated
as
Captain
Dodd
;
his
reward
must
be
his
own
conscience
;
but
we
poor
little
women
like
external
shows
,
do
we
not
?
and
so
I
thought
a
medal
of
the
Humane
Society
might
give
some
pleasure
to
you
and
Miss
Dodd
.
Never
did
medal
nor
order
repose
on
a
nobler
heart
.
The
case
was
so
strong
,
and
so
well
supported
,
that
the
society
did
not
hesitate
:
and
you
will
receive
it
very
soon
after
this
.
“
'
You
will
be
surprised
,
dear
madam
,
at
all
this
from
a
stranger
to
yourself
,
and
will
perhaps
set
it
down
to
a
wish
to
intrude
on
your
acquaintance
.
Well
,
then
,
dear
madam
,
you
will
not
be
far
wrong
.
I
should
like
much
to
know
one
,
whose
character
I
already
seem
acquainted
with
;
and
to
convey
personally
my
gratitude
and
admiration
of
your
husband
:
I
could
pour
it
out
more
freely
to
you
,
you
know
,
than
to
him
.
—
I
am
,
dear
Madam
,
Yours
very
faithfully
,
“
'
LOUISA
BERESFORD
.
'
”
“
And
the
medal
came
about
an
hour
before
the
fly
to
take
him
away
.
His
dear
name
was
on
it
and
his
brave
courageous
acts
.
“
Oh
,
shall
I
ever
be
old
enough
and
hard
enough
to
speak
of
this
without
stopping
to
cry
?
“
We
fastened
it
round
his
dear
neck
with
a
ribbon
.
Mamma
would
put
it
inside
his
clothes
for
fear
the
silver
should
tempt
some
wretch
;
I
should
never
have
thought
of
that
:
is
there
a
creature
so
base
?
And
we
told
the
men
how
he
had
gained
it
(
they
were
servants
of
the
asylum
)
,
and
we
showed
them
how
brave
and
good
he
was
,
and
would
be
again
if
they
would
be
kind
to
him
and
cure
him
.
And
mamma
bribed
them
with
money
to
use
him
kindly
:
I
thought
they
would
be
offended
and
refuse
it
:
but
they
took
it
,
and
their
faces
showed
she
was
wiser
than
I
am
.
He
keeps
away
from
us
too
.
It
is
nearly
a
fortnight
now
.
”
“
Dec.
7th
.
—
Aunt
Eve
left
to-day
.
Mamma
kept
her
room
and
could
not
speak
to
her
;
cannot
forgive
her
interfering
between
papa
and
her
.
It
does
seem
strange
that
any
one
but
mamma
should
be
able
to
send
papa
out
of
the
house
,
and
to
such
a
place
;
but
it
is
the
law
:
and
Edward
,
who
is
all
good
sense
,
says
it
was
necessary
.
He
says
mamma
is
unjust
;
grief
makes
her
unreasonable
.
I
do
n't
know
who
is
in
the
right
:
and
I
do
n't
much
care
;
but
I
know
I
am
sorry
for
Aunt
Eve
,
and
very
,
very
sorry
for
mamma
.
”
“
Dec.
8th
.
—
I
am
an
egotist
:
found
myself
out
this
morning
;
and
it
is
a
good
thing
to
keep
a
diary
.
It
was
overpowered
at
first
by
grief
for
mamma
:
but
now
the
house
is
sad
and
quiet
I
am
always
thinking
of
him
;
and
that
is
egotism
.
“
Why
does
he
stay
away
so
?
I
almost
wish
I
could
think
it
was
coldness
or
diminished
affection
;
for
I
fear
something
worse
;
something
to
make
him
wretched
.
Those
dreadful
words
papa
spoke
before
he
was
afflicted
!
words
I
will
never
put
on
paper
;
but
they
ring
in
my
ears
still
;
they
appal
me
:
and
then
found
at
their
very
door
!
Ah
!
and
I
knew
I
should
find
him
near
that
house
.
And
now
he
keeps
away
.
”
“
Dec.
9th
.
—
All
day
trying
to
comfort
mamma
.
She
made
a
great
effort
and
wrote
to
Mrs.
Beresford
.
”
POOR
MAMMA
'S
LETTER
“
DEAR
MADAM
,
—
Your
kind
and
valued
letter
reached
us
in
deep
affliction
;
and
I
am
little
able
to
reply
to
you
as
you
deserve
.
My
poor
husband
is
very
ill
;
so
ill
that
he
no
longer
remembers
the
past
,
neither
the
brave
acts
that
have
won
him
your
esteem
,
nor
even
the
face
of
his
loving
and
unhappy
wife
,
who
now
thanks
you
with
many
tears
for
your
sweet
letter
.
Heart-broken
as
my
children
and
I
are
,
we
yet
derive
some
consolation
from
it
.
We
have
tied
the
medal
round
his
neck
,
madam
,
and
thank
you
far
more
than
we
can
find
words
to
express
.
“
In
conclusion
,
I
pray
Heaven
that
,
in
your
bitterest
hour
,
you
may
find
the
consolation
you
have
administered
to
us
:
no
,
no
,
I
pray
you
may
never
,
never
stand
in
such
need
of
comfort
—
I
am
dear
madam
,
yours
gratefully
and
sincerely
,
“
LUCY
DODD
.
”
“
Dec.
10th
,
Sunday
.
—
At
St.
Anne
's
in
the
morning
.
Tried
hard
to
apply
the
sermon
.
He
spoke
of
griefs
,
but
so
coldly
;
surely
he
never
felt
one
;
he
was
not
there
.
Mem
.
:
always
pray
against
wandering
thoughts
on
entering
church
.
”
“
Dec.
11th
.
—
A
diary
is
a
dreadful
thing
.
Everything
must
go
down
now
,
and
,
amongst
the
rest
that
the
poor
are
selfish
.
I
could
not
interest
one
of
mine
in
mamma
's
sorrows
;
no
,
they
must
run
back
to
their
own
little
sordid
troubles
,
about
money
and
things
.
I
was
so
provoked
with
Mrs.
Jackson
(
she
owes
mamma
so
much
)
that
I
left
her
hastily
;
and
that
was
Impatience
.
I
had
a
mind
to
go
back
to
her
;
but
would
not
;
and
that
was
Pride
.
Where
is
my
Christianity
?
“
A
kind
letter
from
Jane
Hardie
.
But
no
word
of
him
.
”
“
Dec.
12th
.
—
To-day
Edward
told
me
plump
I
must
not
go
on
taking
things
out
of
the
house
for
the
poor
:
mamma
gave
me
the
reason
.
'
We
are
poor
ourselves
,
thanks
to
—
—
'
And
then
she
stopped
.
Does
she
suspect
?
How
can
she
?
She
did
hear
not
those
two
dreadful
words
of
papa
's
?
They
are
like
two
arrows
in
my
heart
.
And
so
we
are
poor
:
she
says
we
have
scarcely
anything
to
live
upon
after
paying
the
two
hundred
and
fifty
pounds
a
year
for
papa
.
”
“
Dec.
13th
.
—
A
comforting
letter
from
Jane
.
She
sends
me
Hebrews
xii
.
11
,
and
says
,
'
Let
us
take
a
part
of
the
Bible
,
and
read
two
chapters
prayerfully
at
the
same
hour
of
the
day
:
will
ten
o'clock
in
the
morning
suit
you
?
and
,
if
so
,
will
you
choose
where
to
begin
?
'
I
will
,
sweet
friend
,
I
will
;
and
then
,
though
some
cruel
mystery
keeps
us
apart
,
our
souls
will
be
together
over
the
sacred
page
,
as
I
hope
they
will
one
day
be
together
in
heaven
;
yours
will
,
at
any
rate
.
Wrote
back
,
yes
,
and
a
thousand
thanks
,
and
should
like
to
begin
with
the
Psalms
;
they
are
sorrowful
,
and
so
are
we
.
And
I
must
pray
not
to
think
too
much
of
him
.
“
If
everything
is
to
be
put
down
one
does
,
I
cried
long
and
bitterly
to
find
I
had
written
that
I
must
pray
to
God
against
him
.
”
“
Dec.
14th
.
—
It
is
plain
he
never
means
to
come
again
.
Mamma
says
nothing
,
but
that
is
out
of
pity
for
me
:
I
have
not
read
her
dear
face
all
these
years
for
nothing
.
She
is
beginning
to
think
him
unworthy
,
when
she
thinks
of
him
at
all
.
”
“
There
is
a
mystery
;
a
dreadful
mystery
;
may
he
not
be
as
mystified
,
too
,
and
perhaps
tortured
like
me
with
doubts
and
suspicions
?
They
say
he
is
pale
and
dejected
.
Poor
thing
!
“
But
then
,
oh
why
not
come
to
me
and
say
so
?
Shall
I
write
to
him
?
No
,
I
will
cut
my
hand
off
sooner
.
”
“
Dec.
16th
.
—
A
blessed
letter
from
Jane
.
She
says
,
'
Letter
writing
on
ordinary
subjects
is
a
sad
waste
of
time
and
very
unpardonable
among
His
people
.
'
And
so
it
is
;
and
my
weak
hope
,
daily
disappointed
,
that
there
may
be
something
in
her
letter
,
only
shows
how
inferior
I
am
to
my
beloved
friend
.
She
says
,
'
I
should
like
to
fix
another
hour
for
us
two
to
meet
at
the
Throne
together
:
will
five
o'clock
suit
you
?
We
dine
at
six
;
but
I
am
never
more
than
half
an
hour
dressing
.
'
“
The
friendship
of
this
saint
,
and
her
bright
example
,
is
what
Heaven
sends
me
in
infinite
mercy
and
goodness
to
sooth
my
aching
heart
a
little
:
for
him
I
shall
never
see
again
.
“
I
have
seen
him
this
very
evening
.
”
“
It
was
a
beautiful
night
:
I
went
to
look
at
—
the
world
to
come
I
call
it
—
for
I
believe
the
redeemed
are
to
inhabit
those
very
stars
hereafter
,
and
visit
them
all
in
turn
—
and
this
world
I
now
find
is
a
world
of
sorrow
and
disappointment
—
so
I
went
on
the
balcony
to
look
at
a
better
one
:
and
oh
it
seemed
so
holy
,
so
calm
,
so
pure
,
that
heavenly
world
I
gazed
and
stretched
my
hands
towards
it
for
ever
so
little
of
its
holiness
and
purity
;
and
,
that
moment
I
heard
a
sigh
.
I
looked
,
and
there
stood
a
gentleman
just
outside
our
gate
,
and
it
was
him
.
I
nearly
screamed
,
and
my
heart
beat
so
.
He
did
not
see
me
:
for
I
had
come
out
softly
,
and
his
poor
head
was
down
,
down
upon
his
breast
;
and
he
used
to
carry
it
so
high
,
a
little
,
little
,
while
ago
—
too
high
some
said
;
but
not
I
.
I
looked
,
and
my
misgivings
melted
away
,
it
flashed
on
me
as
if
one
of
those
stars
had
written
it
with
its
own
light
in
my
heart
—
'
There
stands
Grief
;
not
Guilt
.
'
And
before
I
knew
what
I
was
about
I
had
whispered
'
Alfred
!
'
The
poor
boy
started
and
ran
towards
me
:
but
stopped
short
and
sighed
again
.
My
heart
yearned
;
but
it
was
not
for
me
to
make
advances
to
him
,
after
his
unkindness
:
so
I
spoke
to
him
as
coldly
as
ever
I
could
,
and
I
said
,
'
You
are
unhappy
.
'
“
He
looked
up
to
me
,
and
then
I
saw
even
by
that
light
that
he
is
enduring
a
bitter
,
bitter
struggle
:
so
pale
,
so
worn
,
so
dragged
!
—
Now
how
many
times
have
I
cried
,
this
last
month
?
more
than
in
all
the
rest
of
my
life
a
great
deal
.
—
'
Unhappy
!
'
he
said
;
'
I
must
be
a
contemptible
thing
if
I
was
not
unhappy
.
'
And
then
he
asked
me
should
not
I
despise
him
if
he
was
happy
.
I
did
not
answer
that
:
but
I
asked
him
why
he
was
unhappy
.
And
when
I
had
,
I
was
half
frightened
;
for
he
never
evades
a
question
the
least
bit
.
“
He
held
his
head
higher
still
,
