naturethrust
upon
her
,
but
it
did
not
turn
her
sweet
into
bitter
,
as
might
have
been
the
case
with
a
more
ordinary
mind
.
Notwithstanding
that
this
universal
reward
,
which
in
other
cases
is
,
as
everybody
knows
,
given
so
indiscriminately
,
and
with
such
liberality
,
had
altogether
failed
in
her
case
,
Lucilla
still
resumed
her
way
with
a
beautiful
constancy
,
and
went
forward
in
the
face
of
fate
undaunted
and
with
a
smile
.
It
was
thus
that
she
began
the
second
period
of
her
career
.
Up
to
this
moment
there
had
never
been
a
time
in
which
it
was
not
said
in
Carlingford
that
some
one
was
paying
attention
to
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
but
at
present
no
one
was
paying
attention
to
her
.
There
were
other
marriages
going
on
around
her
,
and
other
preliminaries
of
marriage
,
but
nobody
had
proposed
to
Lucilla
.
Affairs
were
in
this
state
when
she
took
up
her
burden
again
boldly
,
and
set
out
anew
upon
her
way
.
It
was
a
proof
of
magnanimity
and
philanthropy
which
nobody
could
have
asked
from
her
,
if
Lucilla
had
not
been
actuated
by
higher
motives
than
those
that
sway
the
common
crowd
.
Without
any
assistance
but
that
of
her
own
genius
—
without
the
stimulating
applause
of
admirers
,
such
as
a
woman
in
such
circumstances
has
a
right
to
calculate
upon
—
with
no
sympathising
soul
to
fall
back
upon
,
and
nothing
but
a
dull
level
of
ordinary
people
before
her
,
—
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
undaunted
,
put
on
her
harness
and
resumed
her
course
.
The
difficulties
she
had
met
only
made
her
more
friendly
,
more
tender
,
to
those
who
were
weaker
than
herself
,
and
whom
evil
fortune
had
disabled
in
the
way
.
When
Barbara
Lake
got
her
situation
,
and
went
out
for
a
governess
,
and
Rose
's
fears
were
realised
,
and
she
had
with
bitter
tears
to
relinquish
her
Career
,
Lucilla
went
and
sat
whole
afternoons
with
the
little
artist
,
and
gave
her
the
handiest
assistance
,
and
taught
her
a
great
many
things
which
she
never
could
have
learned
at
the
School
of
Design
.
And
the
effect
of
this
self-abnegation
was
,
that
Lucilla
bore
General
Travers
's
decision
,
and
gave
up
all
hope
of
the
officers
,
with
a
stout-heartedness
which
nobody
could
have
looked
for
,
and
did
not
hesitate
to
face
her
position
boldly
,
and
to
erect
her
standard
,
and
to
begin
her
new
campaign
,
unaided
and
unappreciated
as
she
was
.
People
who
know
no
better
may
go
away
upon
marriage
tours
,
or
they
may
fly
off
to
foreign
travel
,
or
go
out
as
governesses
,
when
all
things
do
not
go
just
as
they
wish
.
But
as
for
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
she
stood
bravely
at
her
post
,
and
scorned
to
flinch
or
run
away
.
Thus
commenced
,
amid
mists
of
discouragement
,
and
in
an
entire
absence
of
all
that
was
calculated
to
stimulate
and
exhilarate
,
the
second
grand
period
of
Lucilla
's
life
.
Chapter
XXXVII
It
would
be
vain
to
follow
Lucilla
in
detail
through
her
consistent
and
admirable
career
;
nor
is
it
necessary
to
say
that
she
went
on
steadily
in
face
of
all
her
discouragements
,
with
that
mixture
of
success
and
failure
which
comes
natural
to
all
human
affairs
.
The
singular
thing
about
it
was
,
that
the
years
passed
on
,
and
that
she
was
permitted
by
the
world
in
general
to
fulfil
her
own
promise
and
prophecy
about
remaining
ten
years
at
home
to
be
a
comfort
to
her
dear
papa
.
She
had
been
nineteen
when
she
began
her
career
,
and
she
was
nine-and
twenty
when
that
little
episode
occurred
with
young
Dr
Rider
,
before
he
was
married
to
his
present
wife
.
There
would
have
been
nothing
in
the
least
unsuitable
in
a
marriage
between
Dr
Rider
and
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
though
people
who
were
the
best
informed
never
thought
either
of
them
had
any
serious
meaning
;
but
,
of
course
,
the
general
public
,
having
had
Lucilla
for
a
long
time
before
their
eyes
,
naturally
added
on
seven
or
eight
years
to
her
age
,
and
concluded
her
to
be
a
great
deal
older
than
the
young
doctor
,
though
everybody
allowed
that
it
would
have
been
a
most
advantageous
match
for
him
in
every
possible
point
of
view
.
But
,
however
,
it
did
not
come
to
anything
,
no
more
than
a
great
many
other
nibbles
of
the
same
kind
did
.
The
period
arrived
at
which
Lucilla
had
thought
she
might
perhaps
have
begun
to
go
off
in
her
looks
,
but
still
there
was
no
immediate
appearance
of
any
change
of
name
or
condition
on
her
part
.
Many
people
quite
congratulated
themselves
on
the
fact
,
as
it
was
impossible
to
imagine
what
might
be
the
social
condition
of
Grange
Lane
without
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
but
it
is
doubtful
whether
Lucilla
congratulated
herself
.
She
was
very
comfortable
,
no
doubt
,
in
every
way
,
and
met
with
little
opposition
to
speak
of
,
and
had
things
a
great
deal
more
in
her
own
hands
than
she
might
have
had
,
had
there
been
a
husband
in
the
case
to
satisfy
;
but
notwithstanding
,
she
had
come
to
an
age
when
most
people
have
husbands
,
and
when
an
independent
position
in
the
world
becomes
necessary
to
self-respect
.
To
be
sure
,
Lucilla
was
independent
;
but
then
—
there
is
a
difference
,
as
everybody
knows
.
And
Miss
Marjoribanks
could
not
but
feel
that
the
world
had
not
shown
that
appreciation
of
her
,
to
which
,
in
her
earlier
days
,
she
looked
forward
with
so
little
fear
.
The
ten
years
,
as
they
had
really
gone
by
,
were
very
different
from
the
ten
years
she
had
looked
forward
to
,
when
,
in
the
triumph
of
her
youth
,
she
named
that
period
as
the
time
when
she
might
probably
begin
to
go
off
,
and
would
be
disposed
to
marry
.
By
this
time
the
drawing-room
carpets
and
curtains
had
faded
a
little
,
and
Lucilla
had
found
out
that
the
delicate
pale
green
which
suited
her
complexion
was
not
to
call
a
profitable
colour
;
and
nobody
could
have
thought
or
said
that
to
marry
at
this
period
would
be
in
the
least
degree
to
swindle
the
Doctor
.
Thus
the
moment
had
arrived
to
which
she
looked
forward
,
but
the
man
had
not
arrived
with
it
.
Ten
years
had
passed
,
during
which
she
had
been
at
the
head
of
society
in
Grange
Lane
,
and
a
great
comfort
to
her
dear
papa
;
and
now
,
if
there
remained
another
development
for
Lucilla
's
character
,
it
was
about
time
that
it
should
begin
to
show
itself
.
But
at
the
same
time
,
the
main
element
necessary
for
that
new
development
did
not
seem
at
present
likely
to
be
found
in
Grange
Lane
.
Unless
,
indeed
,
it
might
happen
to
be
found
in
the
person
of
Mr
Ashburton
,
who
was
so
often
in
Carlingford
that
he
might
be
said
to
form
a
part
of
society
there
.
It
was
he
who
was
related
to
the
Richmonds
,
who
were
a
family
much
respected
in
the
county
.
He
had
been
at
the
bar
,
and
even
begun
to
distinguish
himself
,
before
old
Miss
Penrhyn
died
and
left
him
the
Firs
.
He
had
begun
to
distinguish
himself
,
but
he
had
not
,
it
appeared
,
gone
so
far
as
to
prevent
him
from
coming
down
to
his
new
property
and
settling
upon
it
,
and
taking
his
place
as
a
local
notability
.
He
was
not
a
man
who
could
be
expected
to
care
for
evening
parties
in
a
provincial
town
;
but
he
never
refused
to
dine
with
Dr
Marjoribanks
,
and
was
generally
popular
upstairs
,
where
he
always
paid
a
little
attention
to
Lucilla
,
though
nothing
very
marked
and
noticeable
.
Mr
Ashburton
was
not
like
Mr
Cavendish
,
for
instance
(
if
anybody
remembered
Mr
Cavendish
)
,
a
man
whose
money
might
be
in
the
Funds
,
but
who
more
probably
speculated
.
Everybody
knew
everything
about
him
,
which
was
an
ease
to
the
public
mind
.
The
Firs
was
as
well
known
as
Carlingford
steeple
,
and
how
much
it
was
worth
a
year
,
and
everything
about
it
;
and
so
was
the
proprietor
's
pedigree
,
which
could
be
traced
to
a
semi-mythical
personage
known
as
old
Penrhyn
,
whose
daughter
was
Sir
John
Richmond
's
grandmother
.
The
Firs
,
it
is
true
,
had
descended
in
the
female
line
,
but
still
it
is
something
to
know
where
a
man
comes
from
,
even
on
one
side
.
Mr
Ashburton
made
himself
very
agreeable
in
the
neighbourhood
,
and
was
never
above
enlightening
anybody
on
a
point
of
law
.
He
used
to
say
that
it
was
kind
to
give
him
something
to
do
,
which
was
an
opinion
endorsed
practically
by
a
great
many
people
.
It
is
true
that
some
of
his
neighbours
wondered
much
to
see
his
patience
,
and
could
not
make
out
why
he
chose
to
rusticate
at
the
Firs
at
his
age
,
and
with
his
abilities
.
But
either
he
never
heard
these
wonderings
,
or
at
least
he
never
took
any
notice
of
them
.
He
lived
as
if
he
liked
it
,
and
settled
down
,
and
presented
to
all
men
an
aspect
of
serene
contentment
with
his
sphere
.
And
it
would
be
difficult
to
say
what
suggestion
or
association
it
was
which
brought
him
all
of
a
sudden
into
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
head
,
one
day
,
when
,
seeing
a
little
commotion
in
Masters
's
shop
,
she
went
in
to
hear
what
it
was
about
.
The
cause
of
the
commotion
was
an
event
which
had
been
long
expected
,
and
which
,
indeed
,
ten
years
before
,
had
been
looked
on
as
a
possible
thing
to
happen
any
day
.
The
wonder
was
,
not
that
old
Mr
Chiltern
should
die
,
but
that
he
should
have
lived
so
long
.
The
ladies
in
Masters
's
cried
,
"
Poor
dear
old
man
!
"
and
said
to
each
other
that
however
long
it
might
have
been
expected
,
a
death
always
seemed
sudden
at
the
last
.
But
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
the
stir
made
by
this
death
was
rather
pleasant
than
sad
.
People
thought
,
not
of
the
career
which
was
ended
,
but
of
the
one
which
must
now
begin
,
and
of
the
excitement
of
an
election
,
which
was
agreeable
to
look
forward
to
.
As
for
Lucilla
,
when
she
too
had
heard
the
news
,
and
had
gone
upon
her
way
,
it
would
be
vain
to
assert
that
a
regretful
recollection
of
the
time
when
Mr
Cavendish
was
thought
a
likely
man
to
succeed
Mr
Chiltern
did
not
occur
to
her
.
But
when
Miss
Marjoribanks
had
dismissed
that
transitory
thought
,
Mr
Ashburton
suddenly
came
into
her
head
by
one
of
those
intuitions
which
have
such
an
effect
upon
the
mind
that
receives
them
.
Lucilla
was
not
of
very
marked
political
opinions
,
and
perhaps
was
not
quite
aware
what
Mr
Ashburton
's
views
were
on
the
Irish
Church
question
,
or
upon
parliamentary
reform
;
but
she
said
after
,
that
it
came
into
her
mind
in
a
moment
,
like
a
flash
of
lightning
,
that
he
was
the
man
.
The
idea
was
so
new
and
so
striking
,
that
she
turned
back
and
went
,
in
the
excitement
of
the
moment
,
to
suggest
it
to
Mrs
Chiley
,
and
see
what
her
old
friend
and
the
Colonel
would
say
.
Of
course
,
if
such
a
thing
was
practicable
,
there
was
no
time
to
lose
.
She
turned
round
quickly
,
according
to
her
prompt
nature
;
and
such
was
her
absorbed
interest
in
the
idea
of
Mr
Ashburton
,
that
she
did
not
know
until
she
had
almost
done
it
,
that
she
was
walking
straight
into
her
hero
's
arms
.
"
Oh
,
Mr
Ashburton
!
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
a
little
scream
,
"
is
it
you
?
My
mind
was
quite
full
of
you
.
I
could
not
see
you
for
thinking
.
Do
come
back
with
me
,
for
I
have
something
very
particular
to
say
—
—
"
"
To
me
?
"
said
Mr
Ashburton
,
looking
at
her
with
a
smile
and
a
sudden
look
of
interest
;
for
it
is
always
slightly
exciting
to
the
most
philosophical
mortal
to
know
that
somebody
else
's
mind
is
full
of
him
.
"
What
you
have
said
already
is
so
flattering
—
—
"
"
I
did
not
mean
anything
absurd
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
"
Do
n't
talk
any
nonsense
,
please
.
Mr
Ashburton
,
do
you
know
that
old
Mr
Chiltern
is
dead
?
"
Lucilla
put
the
question
solemnly
,
and
her
companion
grew
a
little
red
as
he
looked
at
her
.
"
It
is
not
my
fault
,
"
he
said
,
though
he
still
smiled
;
and
then
he
grew
redder
and
redder
,
though
he
ought
to
have
been
above
showing
such
signs
of
emotion
;
and
looked
at
her
curiously
,
as
if
he
would
seize
what
she
was
going
to
say
out
of
her
eyes
or
her
lips
before
it
was
said
.
"
It
is
not
anything
to
laugh
about
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
"
He
was
a
very
nice
old
man
;
but
he
is
dead
,
and
somebody
else
must
be
Member
for
Carlingford
:
that
was
why
I
told
you
that
my
mind
was
full
of
you
.
I
am
not
in
the
least
superstitious
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
solemnly
;
"
but
when
I
stood
there
—
there
,
just
in
front
of
Mr
Holden
's
—
you
came
into
my
mind
like
a
flash
of
lightning
.
I
was
not
thinking
of
you
in
the
least
,
and
you
came
into
my
mind
like
—
like
Minerva
,
you
know
.
If
it
was
not
an
intimation
,
I
do
n't
know
what
it
was
.
And
that
was
why
I
ran
against
you
,
and
did
not
see
you
were
there
.
Mr
Ashburton
,
it
is
you
who
must
be
the
man
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
It
was
not
a
thing
to
speak
lightly
about
,
and
for
her
part
she
spoke
very
solemnly
;
and
as
for
Mr
Ashburton
,
his
face
flushed
deeper
and
deeper
.
He
stood
quite
still
in
the
excitement
of
the
moment
,
as
if
she
had
given
him
a
blow
.
"
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
I
do
n't
know
how
to
answer
you
,
"
he
cried
;
and
then
he
put
out
his
hand
in
an
agitated
way
and
grasped
her
hand
.
"
You
are
the
only
creature
in
Carlingford
,
man
or
woman
,
that
has
divined
me
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
trembling
voice
.
It
was
a
little
public
at
the
top
of
Grange
Lane
,
where
people
were
liable
to
pass
at
every
moment
;
but
still
Miss
Marjoribanks
accepted
the
pressure
of
the
hand
,
which
,
to
be
sure
,
had
nothing
whatever
to
do
with
love-making
.
She
was
more
shy
of
such
demonstrations
than
she
had
been
in
her
confident
youth
,
knowing
that
in
most
cases
they
never
came
to
anything
,
and
at
the
same
time
that
the
spectators
kept
a
vivid
recollection
of
them
;
but
still
,
in
the
excitement
of
the
moment
,
Miss
Marjoribanks
accepted
and
returned
in
a
womanly
way
the
pressure
of
Mr
Ashburton
's
hand
.
"
Come
in
and
let
us
talk
it
over
,
"
Lucilla
said
,
feeling
that
no
time
was
to
be
lost
.
It
was
a
conference
very
different
from
that
which
,
had
Mr
Chiltern
been
so
well
advised
as
to
die
ten
years
before
,
might
have
been
held
in
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
drawing-room
over
his
successor
's
prospects
;
but
at
the
same
time
there
was
something
satisfactory
to
the
personal
sentiments
of
both
in
the
way
in
which
this
conversation
had
come
about
.
When
Lucilla
took
off
her
hat
and
sat
down
to
give
him
all
her
attention
,
Mr
Ashburton
could
not
but
feel
the
flattering
character
of
the
interest
she
was
taking
in
him
.
She
was
a
woman
,
and
young
(
comparatively
speaking
)
,
and
was
by
no
means
without
admirers
,
and
unquestionably
took
the
lead
in
society
;
and
to
be
divined
by
such
a
person
was
perhaps
,
on
the
whole
,
sweeter
to
the
heart
of
the
aspirant
than
if
Colonel
Chiley
had
found
out
his
secret
,
or
Dr
Marjoribanks
,
or
even
the
Rector
:
and
Lucilla
for
her
part
had
all
that
natural
pleasure
in
being
the
first
to
embrace
a
new
interest
which
was
natural
under
the
circumstances
.
"
Let
us
talk
it
all
over
,
"
she
said
,
giving
Mr
Ashburton
a
chair
near
her
own
.
"
If
I
believed
in
spirit-rapping
,
you
know
,
I
should
be
sure
that
was
what
it
meant
.
I
was
not
thinking
of
you
in
the
least
,
and
all
at
once
,
like
a
flash
of
lightning
—
Mr
Ashburton
sit
down
and
tell
me
—
what
is
the
first
thing
that
must
be
done
?
"
"
If
I
could
ask
you
to
be
on
my
committee
,
that
would
be
the
first
thing
to
be
done
,
"
said
Mr
Ashburton
,
"
but
unfortunately
I
ca
n't
do
that
.
Let
me
tell
you
in
the
first
place
how
very
much
I
am
obliged
—
—
"
"
Do
n't
say
that
,
please
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
her
usual
good
sense
,
"
for
I
have
done
nothing
.
But
papa
can
be
on
the
committee
,
and
old
Colonel
Chiley
,
who
is
such
a
one
for
politics
;
and
of
course
Sir
John
—
that
will
be
a
very
good
beginning
;
and
after
that
—
—
"
"
My
dear
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
"
Mr
Ashburton
said
,
with
a
smile
,
and
a
little
hesitation
,
"
Sir
John
takes
exactly
the
other
side
in
politics
;
and
I
am
afraid
the
Doctor
and
the
Colonel
are
not
of
the
same
way
of
thinking
;
and
then
my
opinions
—
—
"
"
If
they
are
not
of
the
same
way
of
thinking
we
must
make
them
,
"
said
Lucilla
:
"
after
having
such
an
intimation
,
I
am
not
going
to
be
put
off
for
a
trifle
;
and
besides
,
what
does
it
matter
about
opinions
?
I
am
sure
I
have
heard
you
all
saying
over
and
over
that
the
thing
was
to
have
a
good
man
.
Do
n't
go
and
make
speeches
about
opinions
.
If
you
begin
with
that
,
there
is
no
end
to
it
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
"
I
know
what
you
gentlemen
are
.
But
if
you
just
say
distinctly
that
you
are
the
best
man
—
—
"
"
It
would
be
an
odd
thing
to
say
for
oneself
,
"
said
Mr
Ashburton
,
and
he
laughed
;
but
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
he
was
not
a
man
of
very
quick
understanding
,
and
at
the
first
outset
of
the
thing
he
did
not
understand
Lucilla
;
and
he
was
a
little
—
just
a
very
little
—
disappointed
.
She
had
divined
him
,
which
was
a
wonderful
proof
of
her
genius
;
but
yet
at
the
bottom
she
was
only
an
ignorant
woman
after
all
.
"
I
see
it
all
quite
clear
what
to
do
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
"
You
must
have
the
Colonel
and
Sir
John
,
and
everybody
.
I
would
not
pay
the
least
attention
to
Tories
or
Whigs
,
or
anything
of
the
sort
.
For
my
part
I
do
n't
see
any
difference
.
All
that
has
to
be
said
about
it
is
simply
that
you
are
the
right
man
.
Papa
might
object
to
one
thing
and
the
Colonel
might
object
to
another
,
and
then
if
Sir
John
,
as
you
say
,
is
of
quite
another
way
of
thinking
—
—
But
you
are
the
man
for
Carlingford
all
the
same
;
and
none
of
them
can
say
a
word
against
that
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
energy
.
She
stopped
short
,
with
her
colour
rising
and
her
eyes
brightening
.
She
felt
herself
inspired
,
which
was
a
new
sensation
,
and
very
pleasant
;
and
then
the
idea
of
such
a
coming
struggle
was
sweet
to
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
and
the
conviction
burst
upon
her
that
she
was
striking
out
a
perfectly
new
and
original
line
.
As
for
her
candidate
,
he
smiled
,
and
hesitated
,
and
paid
her
pretty
little
compliments
for
a
few
minutes
longer
,
and
said
it
was
very
good
of
her
to
interest
herself
in
his
fortunes
.
All
which
Lucilla
listened
to
with
great
impatience
,
feeling
that
it
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
matter
in
hand
.
But
then
after
these
few
minutes
had
elapsed
the
meaning
of
his
fair
adviser
,
as
he
called
her
,
began
to
dawn
upon
Mr
Ashburton
's
mind
.
He
began
to
prick
up
his
mental
ears
,
so
to
speak
,
and
see
that
it
was
not
womanish
ignorance
,
but
an
actual
suggestion
.
For
,
after
all
,
so
long
as
he
was
the
Man
for
Carlingford
,
all
the
rest
was
of
little
importance
.
He
took
something
out
of
his
pocket
,
which
was
his
address
to
the
constituency
of
Carlingford
(
for
being
anxious
on
the
subject
,
he
had
heard
of
Mr
Chiltern
's
death
an
hour
or
two
before
anybody
else
)
,
and
choke-full
of
political
sentiments
.
In
it
he
described
to
the
electors
what
he
would
do
if
they
sent
him
to
Parliament
,
as
carefully
as
if
their
election
could
make
him
Prime
Minister
at
least
;
and
naturally
a
man
does
not
like
to
sacrifice
such
a
confession
of
faith
.
"
I
should
like
to
read
it
to
you
,
"
he
said
,
spreading
it
out
with
affectionate
care
:
but
Lucilla
had
already
arranged
her
plans
,
and
knew
better
than
that
.
"
If
you
were
to
read
it
to
me
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
"
I
should
be
sure
to
be
convinced
that
you
were
quite
right
,
and
to
go
in
with
you
for
everything
;
and
then
I
should
be
no
good
,
you
know
.
If
it
were
to
drive
papa
and
Sir
John
and
the
Colonel
all
to
their
own
ways
of
thinking
,
we
never
should
make
any
progress
.
I
would
never
mind
about
anybody
's
ways
of
thinking
,
if
I
were
you
.
After
all
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
fine
satire
,
of
which
she
was
unconscious
,
"
what
does
it
matter
what
people
think
?
I
suppose
when
it
comes
to
doing
anything
,
the
Whigs
and
the
Tories
are
just
the
same
.
Mr
Ashburton
,
it
is
the
Man
that
is
wanted
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
all
the
warmth
of
sudden
conviction
.
She
felt
a
little
like
Joan
of
Arc
as
she
spoke
.
When
an
army
has
the
aid
of
a
sacred
maiden
to
bring
inspiration
to
its
counsels
,
the
idea
of
going
on
in
the
old
formal
way
is
no
longer
to
be
tolerated
.
And
such
was
the
force
of
Lucilla
's
conviction
,
that
Mr
Ashburton
,
though
he
felt
a
little
affronted
,
and
could
not
but
look
with
fond
and
compunctious
regret
upon
his
address
,
yet
began
more
and
more
to
feel
that
there
was
justice
in
what
she
said
.
"
I
will
think
over
what
you
say
,
"
he
said
,
rather
stiffly
,
and
put
up
his
address
—
for
it
was
natural
,
when
he
had
done
her
such
an
honour
as
to
offer
to
read
it
to
her
,
that
he
should
be
affronted
by
her
refusal
.
It
was
a
bold
experiment
on
Lucilla
's
part
,
but
then
she
was
carried
out
of
herself
at
the
moment
by
this
singular
flash
of
inspiration
.
"
I
will
think
over
what
you
say
,
"
Mr
Ashburton
continued
;
"
and
if
my
judgment
approves
—
—
At
all
events
I
shall
not
issue
this
till
I
have
thought
it
all
over
.
I
am
sure
I
am
extremely
obliged
to
you
for
your
interest
.
"
And
here
he
stopped
short
,
and
looked
as
if
he
were
going
to
get
up
and
go
away
,
which
would
have
spoiled
all
.
"
You
are
going
to
stop
to
lunch
,
"
said
Lucilla
;
"
somebody
is
sure
to
come
in
.
And
you
know
you
must
not
lose
any
opportunity
of
seeing
people
.
I
am
so
glad
to-night
is
Thursday
.
Tell
me
just
one
thing
,
Mr
Ashburton
,
before
any
one
comes
.
There
is
one
thing
that
is
really
important
,
and
must
be
fixed
upon
.
If
we
were
to
make
any
mistake
,
you
know
—
—
"
"
What
?
"
said
the
candidate
eagerly
—
"
about
Reform
?
I
have
expressed
myself
very
clearly
—
—
"
Lucilla
smiled
compassionately
,
and
with
the
gentlest
tolerance
,
at
this
wild
suggestion
.
"
I
was
not
thinking
of
Reform
,
"
she
said
,
with
that
meekness
which
people
assume
when
it
is
of
no
use
being
impatient
.
"
I
was
thinking
what
your
colours
were
to
be
.
I
would
not
have
anything
to
do
with
the
old
colours
,
for
my
part
—
they
would
be
as
bad
as
opinions
,
you
know
.
You
may
laugh
,
but
I
am
quite
in
earnest
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
As
for
Mr
Ashburton
,
he
did
not
begin
to
laugh
until
he
had
fixed
upon
her
that
gaze
of
utter
amazement
and
doubt
with
which
on
many
similar
occasions
ordinary
people
had
regarded
Lucilla
—
thinking
she
was
joking
,
or
acting
,
or
doing
something
quite
different
from
the
severe
sincerity
which
was
her
leading
principle
.
She
was
so
used
to
it
,
that
she
waited
with
perfect
patience
till
her
companion
's
explosion
of
amusement
was
over
.
He
was
thinking
to
himself
what
a
fool
she
was
,
or
what
a
fool
he
was
to
think
of
taking
a
woman
into
his
counsels
,
or
what
curious
unintelligible
creatures
women
were
,
made
up
of
sense
and
folly
;
and
all
the
time
he
laughed
,
which
was
a
relief
to
his
feelings
.
Miss
Marjoribanks
laughed
a
little
too
,
to
keep
him
in
countenance
,
for
she
was
always
the
soul
of
good
nature
;
and
then
she
repeated
,
"
Now
you
must
tell
me
what
our
colours
are
to
be
—
—
"
"
I
am
sure
I
do
n't
know
anything
about
colours
,
"
said
the
candidate
,
"
any
more
than
you
do
about
opinions
.
I
think
they
are
equally
unimportant
,
to
say
the
least
.
I
shall
adopt
the
colours
of
my
fair
counsellor
,
"
Mr
Ashburton
added
,
laughing
,
and
making
a
mock
bow
to
her
,
and
getting
his
hat
as
he
did
so
—
for
he
had
naturally
calmed
down
a
little
from
the
first
enthusiasm
with
which
he
had
hailed
the
woman
who
divined
him
,
and
he
did
not
mean
to
stay
.
"
Blue
and
yellow
are
the
old
colours
,
"
said
Lucilla
thoughtfully
,
"
and
you
are
the
new
man
,
you
know
,
and
we
must
not
meddle
with
these
antiquated
things
.
Do
you
think
this
would
do
?
"
As
she
spoke
she
took
up
a
handful
of
ribbons
which
were
lying
by
,
and
put
them
up
to
her
face
with
an
air
of
serious
deliberation
which
once
more
disturbed
Mr
Ashburton
's
gravity
.
And
yet
,
when
a
young
woman
who
is
not
at
all
bad-looking
puts
up
a
rustling
,
gleaming
knot
of
ribbons
to
her
hair
and
asks
a
man
's
opinion
of
the
same
,
the
man
must
be
a
philosopher
or
a
wretch
indeed
who
does
not
give
a
glance
to
see
the
effect
.
The
candidate
for
Carlingford
looked
and
approached
,
and
even
,
in
the
temptation
of
the
moment
,
took
some
of
the
long
streamers
in
his
hand
.
And
he
began
to
think
Miss
Marjoribanks
was
very
clever
,
and
the
most
amusing
companion
he
had
met
with
for
a
long
time
.
And
her
interest
in
him
touched
his
heart
;
and
,
after
all
,
it
is
no
drawback
to
a
woman
to
be
absurd
by
moments
.
His
voice
grew
quite
soft
and
caressing
as
he
took
the
end
of
ribbon
into
his
hand
.
"
If
they
are
your
colours
they
shall
be
mine
,
"
he
said
,
with
a
sense
of
patronage
and
protection
which
was
very
delightful
;
and
the
two
were
still
talking
and
laughing
over
the
silken
link
thus
formed
between
them
,
when
the
people
came
in
whom
Lucilla
was
expecting
to
lunch
,
and
who
were
naturally
full
of
Mr
Chiltern
's
death
,
which
,
poor
old
man
!
was
so
sudden
at
the
last
.
Mr
Ashburton
stayed
,
though
he
had
not
intended
it
,
and
made
himself
very
pleasant
.
And
Lucilla
took
no
pains
to
conceal
her
opinion
that
the
thing
was
neither
to
consider
Whigs
nor
Tories
,
but
a
good
Man
.
And
Major
Brown
,
who
had
come
with
his
daughters
,
echoed
this
sentiment
so
warmly
that
Mr
Ashburton
was
entirely
convinced
of
the
justice
of
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
ideas
.
"
We
ca
n't
have
a
tip-topper
,
you
know
,
"
Major
Brown
said
,
who
was
not
very
refined
in
his
expressions
;
"
and
what
I
should
like
to
see
is
a
man
that
knows
the
place
and
would
look
after
Carlingford
.
That
's
what
we
're
all
looking
for
.
"
Mr
Ashburton
did
not
declare
himself
to
Major
Brown
,
but
he
dashed
off
his
new
address
ten
minutes
after
he
had
taken
leave
of
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
and
put
the
other
one
in
the
fire
like
a
Christian
,
and
telegraphed
for
his
agent
to
town
.
Lucilla
,
for
her
part
,
made
an
effort
equally
great
and
uncompromising
.
She
took
the
ribbon
Mr
Ashburton
had
played
with
,
and
cut
it
up
into
cockades
of
all
descriptions
.
It
was
an
early
moment
,
but
still
there
was
no
time
to
be
lost
in
a
matter
of
such
importance
.
And
she
wore
one
on
her
breast
and
one
in
her
hair
when
Mr
Ashburton
's
address
was
published
,
and
all
the
world
was
discussing
the
new
candidate
.
"
Of
course
they
are
his
colours
—
that
is
why
I
wear
them
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
"
I
shall
always
think
there
was
something
very
strange
in
it
.
Just
after
I
had
heard
of
poor
old
Mr
Chiltern
's
death
,
as
I
was
passing
Holden
's
—
when
I
was
not
in
the
least
thinking
of
him
—
he
came
into
my
mind
like
a
flash
of
lightning
,
you
know
.
If
I
had
been
very
intimate
with
poor
old
Mr
Chiltern
,
or
if
I
believed
in
spirit-rapping
,
I
should
think
that
was
it
.
He
came
into
my
head
without
my
even
thinking
of
him
,
all
in
a
moment
,
with
his
very
hat
on
and
his
umbrella
,
like
Minerva
—
was
n't
it
Minerva
?
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
And
she
took
up
Mr
Ashburton
's
cause
openly
,
and
unfurled
his
standard
,
and
did
not
even
ask
her
father
's
opinion
.
"
Papa
knows
about
politics
,
but
he
has
not
had
an
intimation
,
as
I
have
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
And
,
naturally
,
she
threw
all
the
younger
portion
of
Grange
Lane
,
which
was
acquainted
with
Mr
Ashburton
,
and
looked
forward
eagerly
to
a
little
excitement
,
and
liked
the
idea
of
wearing
a
violet-and-green
cockade
,
into
a
flutter
of
excitement
.
Among
these
rash
young
people
there
were
even
a
few
individuals
who
took
Lucilla
's
word
for
it
,
and
knew
that
Mr
Ashburton
was
very
nice
,
and
did
not
see
that
anything
more
was
necessary
.
To
be
sure
,
these
enthusiasts
were
chiefly
women
,
and
in
no
cases
had
votes
;
but
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
instinctive
correctness
of
judgment
,
decided
that
there
were
more
things
to
be
thought
of
than
the
electors
.
And
she
had
the
satisfaction
of
seeing
with
her
own
eyes
and
hearing
with
her
own
ears
the
success
of
that
suggestion
of
her
genius
.
Carlingford
had
rarely
been
more
excited
by
any
public
event
than
it
was
by
the
address
of
the
new
candidate
,
who
was
in
the
field
before
anybody
else
,
and
who
had
the
boldness
to
come
before
them
without
uttering
any
political
creed
.
"
The
enlightened
electors
of
Carlingford
do
not
demand
,
like
other
less
educated
constituencies
,
a
system
of
political
doctrines
cut
and
dry
,
or
a
representative
bound
to
give
up
his
own
judgment
,
and
act
according
to
arbitrary
promises
,
"
said
the
daring
candidate
:
"
what
they
want
is
an
honest
man
,
resolved
to
do
his
duty
by
his
country
,
his
borough
,
and
his
constituency
;
and
it
is
this
idea
alone
which
has
induced
me
to
solicit
your
suffrages
.
"
This
was
what
Mr
Ashburton
said
in
his
address
,
though
at
that
moment
he
had
still
his
other
address
in
his
pocket
,
in
which
he
had
entered
at
some
length
into
his
distinctive
personal
views
.
It
was
thus
that
an
independent
candidate
,
unconnected
with
party
,
took
the
field
in
Carlingford
,
with
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
like
another
Joan
of
Arc
,
wearing
a
knot
of
ribbons
,
violet
and
green
,
in
her
hair
,
to
inspire
and
lead
him
on
.
Chapter
XXXVIII
Life
with
most
people
is
little
more
than
a
succession
of
high
and
low
tides
.
There
are
times
when
the
stream
runs
low
,
and
when
there
is
nothing
to
be
seen
but
the
dull
sandbanks
,
or
even
mud-banks
,
for
months
,
or
even
years
together
;
and
then
all
at
once
the
waters
swell
,
and
come
rushing
twice
a
day
like
the
sea
,
carrying
life
and
movement
with
them
.
Miss
Marjoribanks
had
been
subject
to
the
eaux
mortes
for
a
long
time
:
but
now
the
spring-tides
had
rushed
back
.
A
day
or
two
after
Mr
Ashburton
had
been
revealed
to
her
as
the
predestined
member
,
something
occurred
,
not
in
itself
exciting
,
but
which
was
not
without
its
ultimate
weight
upon
the
course
of
affairs
.
It
was
the
day
when
Aunt
Jemima
was
expected
in
Grange
Lane
.
She
was
Aunt
Jemima
to
Lucilla
;
but
the
Doctor
called
her
Mrs
John
,
and
was
never
known
to
address
her
by
any
more
familiar
title
.
She
was
,
as
she
herself
described
it
,
a
widow
lady
,
and
wore
the
dress
of
her
order
,
and
was
the
mother
of
Tom
Marjoribanks
.
She
was
not
a
frequent
visitor
at
Carlingford
,
for
she
and
her
brother-in-law
had
various
points
on
which
they
were
not
of
accord
.
The
Doctor
,
for
his
part
,
could
not
but
feel
perennially
injured
that
the
boy
had
fallen
to
the
lot
of
Mrs
John
,
while
he
had
only
a
girl
—
even
though
that
girl
was
Lucilla
;
and
Aunt
Jemima
could
not
forgive
him
for
the
rude
way
in
which
he
treated
her
health
,
which
was
so
delicate
,
and
his
want
of
sympathy
for
many
other
people
who
were
delicate
too
.
Even
when
she
arrived
,
and
was
being
entertained
with
the
usual
cup
of
tea
,
fears
of
her
brother-in-law
's
robustness
and
unsympathetic
ways
had
begun
to
overpower
her
.
"
I
hope
your
papa
does
not
ask
too
much
from
you
,
Lucilla
,
"
she
said
,
as
she
sat
in
her
easy-chair
,
and
took
her
tea
by
the
fire
in
the
cosy
room
which
had
been
prepared
for
her
.
"
I
hope
he
does
not
make
you
do
too
much
,
for
I
am
sure
you
are
not
strong
,
my
dear
.
Your
poor
mamma
,
you
know
—
—
"
and
Mrs
John
looked
with
a
certain
pathos
at
her
niece
,
as
though
she
saw
signs
of
evil
in
Lucilla
's
fresh
complexion
and
substantial
frame
.
"
I
am
pretty
well
,
thank
you
,
Aunt
Jemima
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
"
and
papa
lets
me
do
pretty
much
what
I
like
:
I
am
too
old
now
,
you
know
,
to
be
told
what
to
do
.
"
"
Do
n't
call
yourself
old
,
my
dear
,
"
said
Aunt
Jemima
,
with
a
passing
gleam
of
worldly
wisdom
—
"
one
gets
old
quite
soon
enough
.
Are
you
subject
to
headaches
,
Lucilla
,
or
pains
in
the
limbs
?
Your
poor
mamma
—
—
"
"
Dear
Aunt
Jemima
,
I
am
as
well
as
ever
I
can
be
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
"
Tell
me
when
you
heard
from
Tom
,
and
what
he
is
doing
.
Let
me
see
,
it
is
ten
years
since
he
went
away
.
I
used
to
write
to
him
,
but
he
did
not
answer
my
letters
—
not
as
he
ought
,
you
know
.
I
suppose
he
has
found
friends
among
the
Calcutta
ladies
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
a
slight
but
not
unapparent
sigh
.
"
He
never
says
anything
to
me
about
Calcutta
ladies
,
"
said
Tom
's
mother
;
"
to
tell
the
truth
,
I
always
thought
before
he
went
away
that
he
was
fond
of
you
—
I
must
have
been
mistaken
,
as
he
never
said
anything
;
and
that
was
very
fortunate
at
all
events
.
"
"
I
am
sure
I
am
very
thankful
he
was
not
fond
of
me
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
a
little
natural
irritation
,
"
for
I
never
could
have
returned
it
.
But
I
should
like
to
know
why
that
was
so
fortunate
.
I
ca
n't
see
that
it
would
have
been
such
a
very
bad
thing
for
him
,
for
my
part
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
dear
,
"
said
Aunt
Jemima
,
placidly
,
"
it
would
have
been
a
very
bad
thing
;
for
you
know
,
Lucilla
,
though
you
get
on
very
nicely
here
,
you
never
could
have
done
for
a
poor
man
's
wife
.
"
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
bosom
swelled
when
she
heard
these
words
—
it
swelled
with
that
profound
sense
of
being
unappreciated
and
misunderstood
,
which
is
one
of
the
hardest
trials
in
the
way
of
genius
;
but
naturally
she
was
not
going
to
let
her
aunt
see
her
mortification
.
"
I
do
n't
mean
to
be
any
man
's
wife
just
now
,
"
she
said
,
making
a
gulp
of
it
—
"
I
am
too
busy
electioneering
;
we
are
going
to
have
a
new
member
in
dear
old
Mr
Chiltern
's
place
.
Perhaps
he
will
come
in
this
evening
to
talk
things
over
,
and
you
shall
see
him
,
"
Lucilla
added
,
graciously
.
She
was
a
little
excited
about
the
candidate
,
as
was
not
unnatural
—
more
excited
,
perhaps
,
than
she
would
have
been
ten
years
ago
,
when
life
was
young
;
and
then
it
was
not
to
be
expected
that
she
could
be
pleased
with
Aunt
Jemima
for
thinking
it
was
so
fortunate
;
though
even
that
touch
of
wounded
pride
did
not
lead
Miss
Marjoribanks
to
glorify
herself
by
betraying
Tom
.
"
My
brother-in-law
used
to
be
a
dreadful
Radical
,
"
said
Aunt
Jemima
;
"
I
hope
it
is
not
one
of
those
revolutionary
men
;
I
have
seen
your
poor
uncle
sit
up
arguing
with
him
till
I
thought
they
never
would
be
done
.
If
that
is
the
kind
of
thing
,
I
hope
you
will
not
associate
yourself
with
it
,
Lucilla
.
Your
papa
should
have
more
sense
than
to
let
you
.
I
should
never
have
permitted
it
if
you
had
been
my
daughter
,
"
added
Mrs
John
,
with
a
little
heat
—
for
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
she
too
felt
a
slight
vexation
on
her
part
that
the
Doctor
had
the
girl
—
even
though
not
for
twenty
girls
would
she
have
given
up
Tom
.
Miss
Marjoribanks
looked
upon
the
weak
woman
who
thus
ventured
to
address
her
with
indescribable
feelings
;
but
after
all
she
was
not
so
much
angry
as
amused
and
compassionate
.
She
could
not
help
thinking
to
herself
,
if
she
had
been
Mrs
John
's
daughter
,
how
perfectly
docile
Aunt
Jemima
would
have
been
by
this
time
,
and
how
little
she
would
have
really
ventured
to
interfere
.
"
It
would
have
been
very
nice
,
"
she
said
,
with
a
meditative
realisation
of
the
possibility
—
"
though
it
is
very
odd
to
think
how
one
could
have
been
one
's
own
cousin
—
I
should
have
taken
very
good
care
of
you
,
I
am
sure
.
"
"
You
would
have
done
no
such
thing
,
"
said
Mrs
John
;
"
you
would
have
gone
off
and
married
;
I
know
how
girls
do
.
You
have
not
married
now
,
because
you
have
been
too
comfortable
,
Lucilla
.
You
have
had
everything
your
own
way
,
and
all
that
you
wanted
,
without
any
of
the
bother
.
It
is
very
strange
how
differently
people
's
lots
are
ordered
.
I
was
married
at
seventeen
—
and
I
am
sure
I
have
not
known
what
it
was
to
have
a
day
's
health
—
—
"
"
Dear
Aunt
Jemima
!
"
said
her
affectionate
niece
,
kissing
her
,
"
but
papa
shall
see
if
he
cannot
give
you
something
,
and
we
will
take
such
care
of
you
while
you
are
here
.
"
Mrs
John
was
softened
in
spite
of
herself
;
but
still
she
shook
her
head
.
"
It
is
very
nice
of
you
to
say
so
,
my
dear
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
it
's
pleasant
to
feel
that
one
has
somebody
belonging
to
one
;
but
I
have
not
much
confidence
in
your
papa
.
He
never
understood
my
complaints
.
I
used
to
be
very
sorry
for
your
poor
mamma
.
He
never
showed
that
sympathy
—
but
I
did
not
mean
to
blame
him
to
you
,
Lucilla
.
I
am
sure
he
is
a
very
good
father
to
you
.
"
"
He
has
been
a
perfect
old
angel
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
and
then
the
conversation
came
to
a
pause
,
as
it
was
time
to
dress
for
dinner
.
Mrs
John
Marjoribanks
had
a
very
nice
room
,
and
everything
that
was
adapted
to
make
her
comfortable
;
but
she
too
had
something
to
think
of
when
the
door
closed
upon
Lucilla
,
and
she
was
left
with
her
maid
and
her
hot
water
and
her
black
velvet
gown
.
Perhaps
it
was
a
little
inconsistent
to
wear
a
black
velvet
gown
with
her
widow
's
cap
;
it
was
a
question
which
she
had
long
debated
in
her
mind
before
she
resigned
herself
to
the
temptation
—
but
then
it
always
looked
so
well
,
and
was
so
very
profitable
!
and
Mrs
John
felt
that
it
was
incumbent
upon
her
to
keep
up
a
respectable
appearance
for
Tom
's
sake
.
Tom
was
very
much
in
her
mind
at
that
moment
,
as
indeed
he
always
was
;
for
though
it
was
a
long
time
ago
,
she
could
not
get
the
idea
out
of
her
head
that
he
must
have
said
something
to
Lucilla
before
he
went
off
to
India
;
and
he
had
a
way
of
asking
about
his
cousin
in
his
letters
;
and
though
she
would
have
done
anything
to
secure
her
boy
's
happiness
,
and
was
on
the
whole
rather
fond
of
her
niece
,
yet
the
idea
of
the
objections
her
brother-in-law
would
have
to
such
a
match
,
excited
to
the
uttermost
the
smouldering
pride
which
existed
in
Aunt
Jemima
's
heart
.
He
was
better
off
,
and
had
always
been
better
off
,
than
her
poor
John
—
and
he
had
robust
health
and
an
awful
scorn
of
the
coddling
,
to
which
,
as
he
said
,
she
had
subjected
his
brother
;
and
he
had
money
enough
to
keep
his
child
luxuriously
,
and
make
her
the
leader
of
Carlingford
society
,
while
her
poor
boy
had
to
go
to
India
and
put
himself
in
the
way
of
all
kinds
of
unknown
diseases
and
troubles
.
Mrs
John
was
profoundly
anxious
to
promote
her
son
's
happiness
,
and
would
gladly
have
given
every
penny
she
had
to
get
him
married
to
Lucilla
,
"
if
that
was
what
he
wanted
,
"
as
she
justly
said
;
but
to
have
her
brother-in-law
object
to
him
,
and
suggest
that
he
was
not
good
enough
,
was
the
one
thing
she
could
not
bear
.
She
was
thinking
about
this
,
and
whether
Tom
really
had
not
said
anything
,
and
whether
Lucilla
cared
for
him
,
and
what
amid
all
these
perplexities
she
should
do
,
while
she
dressed
for
dinner
;
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
she
felt
her
palpitation
worse
than
usual
,
and
knew
Dr
Marjoribanks
would
smile
his
grim
smile
if
she
complained
,
so
that
her
visit
to
Grange
Lane
,
though
Lucilla
meant
to
take
good
care
of
her
,
was
not
altogether
unmingled
delight
to
Mrs
John
.
But
,
nevertheless
,
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
dinner-table
was
always
a
cheerful
sight
,
even
when
it
was
only
a
dinner-party
of
three
;
for
then
naturally
they
used
the
round
table
,
and
were
as
snug
as
possible
.
Lucilla
wore
her
knot
of
green
and
violet
ribbons
on
her
white
dress
,
to
her
aunt
's
great
amazement
,
and
the
Doctor
had
all
the
air
of
a
man
who
had
been
out
in
the
world
all
day
and
returned
in
the
evening
with
something
to
tell
—
which
is
a
thing
which
gives
great
animation
to
a
family
party
.
Mrs
John
Marjoribanks
had
been
out
of
all
that
sort
of
thing
for
a
long
time
.
She
had
been
living
quite
alone
in
a
widowed
,
forlorn
way
,
and
had
half
forgotten
how
pleasant
it
was
to
have
somebody
coming
in
with
a
breath
of
fresh
air
about
him
and
the
day
's
budget
of
news
—
and
it
had
an
animating
effect
upon
her
,
even
though
she
was
not
fond
of
her
brother-in-law
.
Dr
Marjoribanks
inquired
about
Tom
in
the
most
fatherly
way
,
and
what
he
was
about
,
and
how
things
were
looking
for
him
,
and
whether
he
intended
to
come
home
.
"
Much
better
not
,
"
the
Doctor
said
,
—
"
I
should
certainly
advise
him
not
,
if
he
asked
me
.
He
has
got
over
all
the
worst
of
it
,
and
now
is
his
time
to
do
something
worth
while
.
"
"
Tom
is
not
one
to
think
merely
of
worldly
advantages
,
"
said
his
mother
,
with
a
fine
instinct
of
opposition
.
"
I
do
n't
think
he
would
care
to
waste
all
the
best
part
of
his
life
making
money
.
I
'd
rather
see
him
come
home
and
be
happy
,
for
my
part
,
even
if
he
were
not
so
rich
—
—
"
"
If
all
men
were
happy
that
came
home
,
"
said
the
Doctor
,
and
then
he
gave
a
rather
grim
chuckle
.
"
Somebody
has
come
home
that
you
did
not
reckon
on
,
Lucilla
.
I
am
sorry
to
spoil
sport
;
but
I
do
n't
see
how
you
are
to
get
out
of
it
.
There
is
another
address
on
the
walls
to-day
besides
that
one
of
yours
—
—
"
"
Oh
,
I
hope
there
will
be
six
addresses
!
"
cried
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
"
if
we
had
it
all
our
own
way
it
would
be
no
fun
;
—
a
Tory
,
and
a
Whig
,
and
a
—
did
you
say
Radical
,
Aunt
Jemima
?
And
then
,
what
is
a
Conservative
?
"
asked
Lucilla
,
though
certainly
she
had
a
very
much
better
notion
of
political
matters
than
Aunt
Jemima
had
,
to
say
the
least
.
"
I
wonder
how
you
can
encourage
any
poor
man
to
go
into
Parliament
,
"
said
Mrs
John
;
"
so
trying
for
the
health
as
it
must
be
,
and
an
end
to
everything
like
domestic
life
.
If
it
was
my
Tom
I
would
almost
rather
he
stayed
in
India
.
He
looks
strong
,
but
there
is
never
any
confidence
to
be
put
in
young
men
looking
strong
.
Oh
,
I
know
you
do
not
agree
with
me
,
Doctor
;
but
I
have
had
sad
reason
for
my
way
of
thinking
,
"
said
the
poor
lady
.
As
for
the
Doctor
,
he
did
not
accept
the
challenge
thus
thrown
to
him
.
Tom
Marjoribanks
was
not
the
foremost
figure
in
the
world
in
his
eyes
,
as
the
absent
wanderer
was
in
that
of
his
mother
;
and
he
had
not
yet
unburdened
himself
of
what
he
had
to
say
.
"
I
am
not
saying
anything
in
favour
of
going
into
Parliament
,
"
said
the
Doctor
.
"
I
'd
sooner
be
a
barge-man
on
the
canal
,
if
it
was
me
.
I
am
only
telling
Lucilla
what
she
has
before
her
.
I
do
n't
know
when
I
have
been
more
surprised
.
Of
course
you
were
not
looking
for
that
,
"
said
Dr
Marjoribanks
.
He
had
kept
back
until
the
things
were
taken
off
the
table
,
for
he
had
a
benevolent
disinclination
to
spoil
anybody
's
dinner
.
Now
,
when
all
the
serious
part
of
the
meal
was
over
,
he
tossed
the
Carlingford
Gazette
across
the
table
,
folded
so
that
she
could
not
miss
what
he
wanted
her
to
see
.
Lucilla
took
it
up
lightly
between
her
finger
and
thumb
;
for
the
Carlingford
papers
were
inky
and
badly
printed
,
and
soiled
a
lady
's
hand
.
She
took
it
up
delicately
without
either
alarm
or
surprise
,
knowing
very
well
that
the
Blues
and
the
Yellows
were
not
likely
without
a
struggle
to
give
up
to
the
new
standard
,
which
was
violet
and
green
.
But
what
she
saw
on
that
inky
broadsheet
overwhelmed
in
an
instant
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
self-possession
.
She
turned
pale
,
though
her
complexion
was
,
if
possible
,
fresher
than
ever
,
and
even
shivered
in
her
chair
,
though
her
nerves
were
so
steady
.
Could
it
be
a
trick
to
thwart
and
startle
her
?
or
could
it
be
true
?
She
lifted
her
eyes
to
her
father
with
a
look
of
horror-stricken
inquiry
,
but
all
that
she
met
in
return
was
a
certain
air
of
amusement
and
triumph
,
which
struck
her
at
the
tenderest
point
.
He
was
not
sorry
nor
sympathetic
,
nor
did
he
care
at
all
for
the
sudden
shock
she
had
sustained
.
On
the
contrary
,
he
was
laughing
within
himself
at
the
utterly
unexpected
complication
.
It
was
cruel
,
but
it
was
salutary
,
and
restored
her
self-command
in
a
moment
.
She
might
have
given
way
under
kindness
,
but
this
look
of
satisfaction
over
her
discomfiture
brought
Lucilla
to
herself
.
"
Yes
,
I
thought
you
would
be
surprised
,
"
said
Dr
Marjoribanks
dryly
;
and
he
took
his
first
glass
of
claret
with
a
slow
relish
and
enjoyment
,
which
roused
every
sentiment
of
self-respect
and
spark
of
temper
existing
in
his
daughter
's
mind
.
"
If
you
had
kept
your
own
place
it
would
not
have
mattered
;
but
I
do
n't
see
how
you
are
to
get
out
of
it
.
You
see
young
ladies
should
let
these
sort
of
things
alone
,
Lucilla
.
"
This
was
all
the
feeling
he
showed
for
her
in
her
unexpected
dilemma
.
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
heart
gave
one
throb
,
which
made
the
green
and
violet
ribbons
jump
and
thrill
;
and
then
she
came
to
herself
,
and
recognised
,
as
she
had
so
often
done
before
,
that
she
had
to
fight
her
way
by
herself
,
and
had
nobody
to
look
to
.
Such
a
thought
is
dreary
enough
sometimes
,
and
there
are
minds
that
sink
under
it
;
but
at
other
times
it
is
like
the
touch
of
the
mother
earth
which
gave
the
giant
back
its
strength
;
and
Lucilla
was
of
the
latter
class
of
intelligence
.
When
she
saw
the
triumph
with
which
her
embarrassment
was
received
and
that
she
had
no
sympathy
nor
aid
to
look
for
,
she
recovered
herself
as
if
by
magic
.
Let
what
would
come
in
the
way
,
nothing
could
alter
her
certainty
that
Mr
Ashburton
was
the
man
for
Carlingford
;
and
that
determination
not
to
be
beaten
,
which
is
the
soul
of
British
valour
,
sprang
up
in
an
instant
in
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
mind
.
There
was
not
even
the
alternative
of
victory
or
Westminster
Abbey
for
Lucilla
.
If
she
was
ever
to
hold
up
her
head
again
,
or
have
any
real
respect
for
herself
,
she
must
win
.
All
this
passed
through
her
head
in
the
one
bewildering
moment
,
while
her
father
's
words
were
still
making
her
ears
tingle
,
and
that
name
,
printed
in
big
inky
letters
,
seemed
to
flutter
in
all
the
air
round
her
.
It
was
hard
to
believe
the
intelligence
thus
conveyed
,
and
harder
still
to
go
on
in
the
face
of
old
friendships
and
the
traditions
of
her
youth
;
but
still
duty
was
dearer
than
tradition
,
and
it
was
now
a
necessity
to
fight
the
battle
to
the
last
,
and
at
all
risks
to
win
.
"
Thank
you
all
the
same
,
papa
,
for
bringing
me
the
paper
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
"
It
would
have
been
a
great
deal
worse
if
I
had
not
known
of
it
before
I
saw
him
.
I
am
sure
I
am
very
glad
for
one
thing
.
He
ca
n't
be
married
or
dead
,
as
people
used
to
say
.
I
am
quite
ashamed
to
keep
you
so
long
downstairs
,
Aunt
Jemima
,
when
I
know
you
must
be
longing
for
a
cup
of
tea
—
but
it
is
somebody
come
back
whom
nobody
expected
.
Tell
him
I
shall
be
so
glad
to
see
him
,
papa
;
though
I
have
no
reason
to
be
glad
,
for
he
was
one
of
my
young
friends
,
you
know
,
and
he
is
sure
to
think
I
have
gone
off
.
"
As
she
spoke
,
Lucilla
turned
Aunt
Jemima
,
to
whom
she
had
given
her
arm
,
quite
round
,
that
she
might
look
into
the
great
glass
over
the
mantelpiece
:
"
I
do
n't
think
I
am
quite
so
much
gone
off
as
I
expected
to
be
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
candid
impartiality
;
"
though
of
course
he
will
think
me
stouter
—
but
it
does
not
make
any
difference
about
Mr
Ashburton
being
the
right
man
for
Carlingford
.
"
She
said
the
words
with
a
certain
solemnity
,
and
turned
Mrs
John
,
who
was
so
much
surprised
as
to
be
speechless
,
round
again
,
and
led
her
upstairs
.
It
was
as
if
they
were
walking
in
a
procession
of
those
martyrs
and
renouncers
of
self
,
who
build
up
the
foundations
of
society
;
and
it
would
not
be
too
much
to
say
that
under
her
present
circumstances
,
and
in
the
excitement
of
this
singular
and
unexpected
event
,
such
was
the
painful
but
sublime
consciousness
which
animated
Lucilla
's
breast
.
As
for
Dr
Marjoribanks
,
his
triumph
was
taken
out
of
him
by
that
spectacle
.
He
closed
the
door
after
the
ladies
had
gone
,
and
came
back
to
his
easy-chair
by
the
side
of
the
fire
,
and
could
not
but
feel
that
he
had
had
the
worst
of
it
.
It
was
actually
Mr
Cavendish
who
had
come
home
,
and
whose
address
to
the
electors
of
Carlingford
,
dated
from
Dover
on
his
return
to
England
,
the
Doctor
had
just
put
into
his
daughter
's
hand
.
But
wonderful
and
unlooked-for
as
was
the
event
,
Lucilla
,
though
taken
unawares
,
had
not
given
in
,
nor
shown
any
signs
of
weakness
.
And
the
effect
upon
her
father
of
her
last
utterance
and
confession
was
such
that
he
took
up
the
paper
again
and
read
both
addresses
,
which
were
printed
side
by
side
.
In
other
days
Mr
Cavendish
had
been
the
chosen
candidate
of
Grange
Lane
;
and
the
views
which
he
expressed
(
and
he
expressed
his
views
very
freely
)
were
precisely
those
of
Dr
Marjoribanks
.
Yet
when
the
Doctor
turned
to
Mr
Ashburton
's
expression
of
his
conviction
that
he
was
the
right
man
for
Carlingford
,
it
cannot
be
denied
that
the
force
of
that
simple
statement
had
a
wonderful
effect
upon
his
mind
—
an
effect
all
the
greater
,
perhaps
,
in
comparison
with
the
political
exposition
made
by
the
other
unexpected
candidate
.
