—a
feeling
that
it
all
served
him
right
,
and
that
he
had
better
,
perhaps
,
go
to
the
devil
at
once
,
and
give
nobody
any
more
trouble
.
If
he
loved
no
one
sincerely
,
neither
did
he
hate
any
one
;
and
whenever
he
made
any
self-inquiry
into
his
own
circumstances
,
he
always
told
himself
that
it
was
all
his
own
fault
.
When
he
cursed
his
fate
,
he
only
did
so
because
cursing
is
so
easy
.
George
Vavasor
would
have
ground
his
victims
up
to
powder
if
he
knew
how
;
but
Burgo
Fitzgerald
desired
to
hurt
no
one
.
There
he
stood
till
he
was
cold
,
and
then
,
as
the
plum
did
not
drop
into
his
mouth
,
he
moved
on
.
He
went
up
into
Oxford
Street
,
and
walked
along
it
the
whole
distance
to
the
corner
of
Bond
Street
,
passing
by
Grosvenor
Square
,
to
which
he
intended
to
return
.
At
the
corner
of
Bond
Street
,
a
girl
took
hold
of
him
,
and
looked
up
into
his
face
.
"
Ah
!
"
she
said
,
"
I
saw
you
once
before
.
"
—
"
Then
you
saw
the
most
miserable
devil
alive
,
"
said
Burgo
.
"
You
ca
n't
be
miserable
,
"
said
the
girl
.
"
What
makes
you
miserable
?
You
've
plenty
of
money
.
"
—
"
I
wish
I
had
,
"
said
Burgo
.
"
And
plenty
to
eat
and
drink
,
"
exclaimed
the
girl
;
"
and
you
are
so
handsome
!
I
remember
you
.
You
gave
me
supper
one
night
when
I
was
starving
.
I
ai
n't
hungry
now
.
Will
you
give
me
a
kiss
?
"
—
"
I
'll
give
you
a
shilling
,
and
that
's
better
,
"
said
Burgo
.
"
But
give
me
a
kiss
too
,
"
said
the
girl
.
He
gave
her
first
the
kiss
,
and
then
the
shilling
,
and
after
that
he
left
her
and
passed
on
.
"
I
'm
d
–
–
–
–
d
if
I
would
n't
change
with
her
!
"
he
said
to
himself
.
"
I
wonder
whether
anything
really
ails
him
?
"
thought
the
girl
.
"
He
said
he
was
wretched
before
.
Should
n't
I
like
to
be
good
to
such
a
one
as
him
!
"
Burgo
went
on
,
and
made
his
way
into
the
house
in
Grosvenor
Square
,
by
some
means
probably
unknown
to
his
aunt
,
and
certainly
unknown
to
his
uncle
.
He
emptied
his
pockets
as
he
got
into
bed
,
and
counted
a
roll
of
notes
which
he
had
kept
in
one
of
them
.
There
were
still
a
hundred
and
thirty
pounds
left
.
Lady
Glencora
had
promised
that
she
would
see
him
again
.
She
had
said
as
much
as
that
quite
distinctly
.
But
what
use
would
there
be
in
that
if
all
his
money
should
then
be
gone
?
He
knew
that
the
keeping
of
money
in
his
pocket
was
to
him
quite
an
impossibility
.
Then
he
thought
of
his
aunt
.
What
should
he
say
to
his
aunt
if
he
saw
her
in
the
course
of
the
coming
day
?
Might
it
not
be
as
well
for
him
to
avoid
his
aunt
altogether
?
He
breakfasted
up-stairs
in
his
bedroom
,
—
in
the
bed
,
indeed
,
eating
a
small
paté
de
foie
gras
from
the
supper-table
,
as
he
read
a
French
novel
.
There
he
was
still
reading
his
French
novel
in
bed
when
his
aunt
's
maid
came
to
him
,
saying
that
his
aunt
wished
to
see
him
before
she
went
out
.
"
Tell
me
,
Lucy
,
"
said
he
,
"
how
is
the
old
girl
?
"
"
She
's
as
cross
as
cross
,
Mr.
Burgo
.
Indeed
,
I
sha
n't
;
—
not
a
minute
longer
.
Do
n't
,
now
;
will
you
?
I
tell
you
she
's
waiting
for
me
.
"
From
which
it
may
be
seen
that
Lucy
shared
the
general
feminine
feeling
in
favour
of
poor
Burgo
.
Thus
summoned
Burgo
applied
himself
to
his
toilet
;
but
as
he
did
so
,
he
recruited
his
energies
from
time
to
time
by
a
few
pages
of
the
French
novel
,
and
also
by
small
doses
from
a
bottle
of
curaçoa
which
he
had
in
his
bedroom
.
He
was
utterly
a
pauper
.
There
was
no
pauper
poorer
than
he
in
London
that
day
.
But
,
nevertheless
,
he
breakfasted
on
paté
de
foie
gras
and
curaçoa
,
and
regarded
those
dainties
very
much
as
other
men
regard
bread
and
cheese
and
beer
.
But
though
he
was
dressing
at
the
summons
of
his
aunt
,
he
had
by
no
means
made
up
his
mind
that
he
would
go
to
her
.
Why
should
he
go
to
her
?
What
good
would
it
do
him
?
She
would
not
give
him
more
money
.
She
would
only
scold
him
for
his
misconduct
.
She
might
,
perhaps
,
turn
him
out
of
the
house
if
he
did
not
obey
her
,
—
or
attempt
to
do
so
;
but
she
would
be
much
more
likely
to
do
this
when
he
had
made
her
angry
by
contradicting
her
.
In
neither
case
would
he
leave
the
house
,
even
though
its
further
use
were
positively
forbidden
him
,
because
his
remaining
there
was
convenient
;
but
as
he
could
gain
nothing
by
seeing
"
the
old
girl
,
"
as
he
had
called
her
,
he
resolved
to
escape
to
his
club
without
attending
to
her
summons
.
But
his
aunt
,
who
was
a
better
general
than
he
,
out-manœuvred
him
.
He
crept
down
the
back
stairs
;
but
as
he
could
not
quite
condescend
to
escape
through
the
area
,
he
was
forced
to
emerge
upon
the
hall
,
and
here
his
aunt
pounced
upon
him
,
coming
out
of
the
breakfast-parlour
.
"
Did
not
Lucy
tell
you
that
I
wanted
to
see
you
?
"
Lady
Monk
asked
,
with
severity
in
her
voice
.
Burgo
replied
,
with
perfect
ease
,
that
he
was
going
out
just
to
have
his
hair
washed
and
brushed
.
He
would
have
been
back
in
twenty
minutes
.
There
was
no
energy
about
the
poor
fellow
,
unless
,
perhaps
,
when
he
was
hunting
;
but
he
possessed
a
readiness
which
enabled
him
to
lie
at
a
moment
's
notice
with
the
most
perfect
ease
.
Lady
Monk
did
not
believe
him
;
but
she
could
not
confute
him
,
and
therefore
she
let
the
lie
pass
.
"
Never
mind
your
hair
now
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
want
to
speak
to
you
.
Come
in
here
for
a
few
minutes
.
"
As
there
was
no
way
of
escape
left
to
him
,
he
followed
his
aunt
into
the
breakfast-parlour
.
"
Burgo
,
"
she
said
,
when
she
had
seated
herself
,
and
had
made
him
sit
in
a
chair
opposite
to
her
,
"
I
do
n't
think
you
will
ever
do
any
good
.
"
"
I
do
n't
much
think
I
shall
,
aunt
.
"
"
What
do
you
mean
,
then
,
to
do
with
yourself
?
"
"
Oh
,
—
I
do
n't
know
.
I
have
n't
thought
much
about
it
.
"
"
You
ca
n't
stay
here
in
this
house
.
Sir
Cosmo
was
speaking
to
me
about
you
only
yesterday
morning
.
"
"
I
shall
be
quite
willing
to
go
down
to
Monkshade
,
if
Sir
Cosmo
likes
it
better
;
—
that
is
,
when
the
season
is
a
little
more
through
.
"
"
He
wo
n't
have
you
at
Monkshade
.
He
wo
n't
let
you
go
there
again
.
And
he
wo
n't
have
you
here
.
You
know
that
you
are
turning
what
I
say
into
joke
.
"
"
No
,
indeed
,
aunt
,
"
"
Yes
,
you
are
;
—
you
know
you
are
.
You
are
the
most
ungrateful
,
heartless
creature
I
ever
met
.
You
must
make
up
your
mind
to
leave
this
house
at
once
.
"
"
Where
does
Sir
Cosmo
mean
that
I
should
go
,
then
?
"
"
To
the
workhouse
,
if
you
like
.
He
does
n't
care
.
"
"
I
do
n't
suppose
he
does
;
—
the
least
in
the
world
,
"
said
Burgo
,
opening
his
eyes
,
and
stretching
his
nostrils
,
and
looking
into
his
aunt
's
face
as
though
he
had
great
ground
for
indignation
.
But
the
turning
of
Burgo
out
of
the
house
was
not
Lady
Monk
's
immediate
purpose
.
She
knew
that
he
would
hang
on
there
till
the
season
was
over
.
After
that
he
must
not
be
allowed
to
return
again
,
unless
he
should
have
succeeded
in
a
certain
enterprise
.
She
had
now
caught
him
in
order
that
she
might
learn
whether
there
was
any
possible
remaining
chance
of
success
as
to
that
enterprise
.
So
she
received
his
indignation
in
silence
,
and
began
upon
another
subject
.
"
What
a
fool
you
made
of
yourself
last
night
,
Burgo
!
"
"
Did
I
;
—
more
of
a
fool
than
usual
?
"
"
I
believe
that
you
will
never
be
serious
about
anything
.
Why
did
you
go
on
waltzing
in
that
way
when
every
pair
of
eyes
in
the
room
was
watching
you
?
"
"
I
could
n't
help
going
on
,
if
she
liked
it
.
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
—
say
it
was
her
fault
.
That
's
so
like
a
man
!
"
"
Look
here
,
aunt
,
I
'm
not
going
to
sit
here
and
be
abused
.
I
could
n't
take
her
in
my
arms
,
and
fly
away
with
her
out
of
a
crowd
.
"
"
Who
wants
you
to
fly
away
with
her
?
"
"
For
the
matter
of
that
,
I
suppose
that
you
do
.
"
"
No
,
I
do
n't
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
I
do
.
"
"
You
!
you
have
n't
spirit
to
do
that
,
or
anything
else
.
You
are
like
a
child
that
is
just
able
to
amuse
itself
for
the
moment
,
and
never
can
think
of
anything
further
.
You
simply
disgraced
yourself
last
night
,
and
me
too
,
—
and
her
;
but
,
of
course
,
you
care
nothing
about
that
.
"
"
I
had
a
plan
all
ready
;
—
only
he
came
back
.
"
"
Of
course
he
came
back
.
Of
course
he
came
back
,
when
they
sent
him
word
how
you
and
she
were
going
on
.
And
now
he
will
have
forgiven
her
,
and
after
that
,
of
course
,
the
thing
will
be
all
over
.
"
"
I
tell
you
what
,
aunt
;
she
would
go
if
she
knew
how
.
When
I
was
forced
to
leave
her
last
night
,
she
promised
to
see
me
again
.
And
as
for
being
idle
,
and
not
doing
anything
;
—
why
,
I
was
out
in
Park
Lane
last
night
,
after
you
were
in
bed
.
"
"
What
good
did
that
do
?
"
"
It
did
n't
do
any
good
,
as
it
happened
.
But
a
fellow
can
only
try
.
I
believe
,
after
all
,
it
would
be
easier
down
in
the
country
,
—
especially
now
that
he
has
taken
it
into
his
head
to
look
after
her
.
"
Lady
Monk
sat
silent
for
a
few
moments
,
and
then
she
said
in
a
low
voice
,
"
What
did
she
say
to
you
when
you
were
parting
?
What
were
her
exact
words
?
"
She
,
at
any
rate
,
was
not
deficient
in
energy
.
She
was
anxious
enough
to
see
her
purpose
accomplished
.
She
would
have
conducted
the
matter
with
discretion
,
if
the
running
away
with
Mr.
Palliser
's
wife
could
,
in
very
fact
,
have
been
done
by
herself
.
"
She
said
she
would
see
me
again
.
She
promised
it
twice
.
"
"
And
was
that
all
?
"
"
What
could
she
say
more
,
when
she
was
forced
to
go
away
?
"
"
Had
she
said
that
she
would
go
with
you
?
"
"
I
had
asked
her
,
—
half
a
dozen
times
,
and
she
did
not
once
refuse
.
I
know
she
means
it
,
if
she
knew
how
to
get
away
.
She
hates
him
;
—
I
'm
sure
of
it
.
A
woman
,
you
know
,
would
n't
absolutely
say
that
she
would
go
,
till
she
was
gone
.
"
"
If
she
really
meant
it
,
she
would
tell
you
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
she
could
have
told
me
plainer
.
She
said
she
would
see
me
again
.
She
said
that
twice
over
.
"
Again
Lady
Monk
sat
silent
.
She
had
a
plan
in
her
head
,
—
a
plan
that
might
,
as
she
thought
,
give
to
her
nephew
one
more
chance
.
But
she
hesitated
before
she
could
bring
herself
to
explain
it
in
detail
.
At
first
she
had
lent
a
little
aid
to
this
desired
abduction
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
wife
,
but
in
lending
it
had
said
no
word
upon
the
subject
.
During
the
last
season
she
had
succeeded
in
getting
Lady
Glencora
to
her
house
in
London
,
and
had
taken
care
that
Burgo
should
meet
her
there
.
Then
a
hint
or
two
had
been
spoken
,
and
Lady
Glencora
had
been
asked
to
Monkshade
.
Lady
Glencora
,
as
we
know
,
did
not
go
to
Monkshade
,
and
Lady
Monk
had
then
been
baffled
.
But
she
did
not
therefore
give
up
the
game
.
Having
now
thought
of
it
so
much
,
she
began
to
speak
of
it
more
boldly
,
and
had
procured
money
for
her
nephew
that
he
might
thereby
be
enabled
to
carry
off
the
woman
.
But
though
this
had
been
well
understood
between
them
,
though
words
had
been
spoken
which
were
sufficiently
explicit
,
the
plan
had
not
been
openly
discussed
.
Lady
Monk
had
known
nothing
of
the
mode
in
which
Lady
Glencora
was
to
have
been
carried
off
after
her
party
,
nor
whither
she
was
to
have
been
taken
.
But
now
,
—
now
she
must
arrange
it
herself
,
and
have
a
scheme
of
her
own
,
or
else
the
thing
must
fail
absolutely
.
Even
she
was
almost
reluctant
to
speak
out
plainly
to
her
nephew
on
such
a
subject
.
What
if
he
should
be
false
to
her
,
and
tell
of
her
?
But
when
a
woman
has
made
such
schemes
,
nothing
distresses
her
so
sadly
as
their
failure
.
She
would
risk
all
rather
than
that
Mr.
Palliser
should
keep
his
wife
.
"
I
will
try
and
help
you
,
"
she
said
at
last
,
speaking
hoarsely
,
almost
in
a
whisper
,
"
if
you
have
courage
to
make
an
attempt
yourself
.
"
"
Courage
!
"
said
he
"
What
is
it
you
think
I
am
afraid
of
?
Mr.
Palliser
?
I
'd
fight
him
,
—
or
all
the
Pallisers
,
one
after
another
,
if
it
would
do
any
good
.
"
"
Fighting
!
There
's
no
fighting
wanted
,
as
you
know
well
enough
.
Men
do
n't
fight
nowadays
.
Look
here
!
If
you
can
get
her
to
call
here
some
day
,
—
say
on
Thursday
,
at
three
o'clock
,
—
I
will
be
here
to
receive
her
;
and
instead
of
going
back
into
her
carriage
,
you
can
have
a
cab
for
her
somewhere
near
.
She
can
come
,
as
it
were
,
to
make
a
morning
call
.
"
"
A
cab
!
"
"
Yes
;
a
cab
wo
n't
kill
her
,
and
it
is
less
easily
followed
than
a
carriage
.
"
"
And
where
shall
we
go
?
"
"
There
is
a
train
to
Southampton
at
four
,
and
the
boat
sails
for
Jersey
at
half-past
six
;
you
will
be
in
Jersey
the
next
morning
,
and
there
is
a
boat
goes
on
to
St.
Malo
,
almost
at
once
.
You
can
go
direct
from
one
boat
to
the
other
,
—
that
is
,
if
she
has
strength
and
courage
.
"
After
that
,
who
will
say
that
Lady
Monk
was
not
a
devoted
aunt
?
"
That
would
do
excellently
well
,
"
said
the
enraptured
Burgo
.
"
She
will
have
difficulty
in
getting
away
from
me
,
out
of
the
house
.
Of
course
I
shall
say
nothing
about
it
,
and
shall
know
nothing
about
it
.
She
had
better
tell
her
coachman
to
drive
somewhere
to
pick
some
one
up
,
and
to
return
;
—
out
somewhere
to
Tyburnia
,
or
down
to
Pimlico
.
Then
she
can
leave
me
,
and
go
out
on
foot
,
to
where
you
have
the
cab
.
She
can
tell
the
hall-porter
that
she
will
walk
to
her
carriage
.
Do
you
understand
?
"
Burgo
declared
that
he
did
understand
.
"
You
must
call
on
her
,
and
make
your
way
in
,
and
see
her
,
and
arrange
all
this
.
It
must
be
a
Thursday
,
because
of
the
boats
.
"
Then
she
made
inquiry
about
his
money
,
and
took
from
him
the
notes
which
he
had
,
promising
to
return
them
,
with
something
added
,
on
the
Thursday
morning
;
but
he
asked
,
with
a
little
whine
,
for
a
five-pound
note
,
and
got
it
.
Burgo
then
told
her
about
the
travelling-bags
and
the
stockings
,
and
they
were
quite
pleasant
and
confidential
.
"
Bid
her
come
in
a
stout
travelling-dress
,
"
said
Lady
Monk
.
"
She
can
wear
some
lace
or
something
over
it
,
so
that
the
servants
wo
n't
observe
it
.
I
will
take
no
notice
of
it
.
"
Was
there
ever
such
an
aunt
?
After
this
,
Burgo
left
his
aunt
,
and
went
away
to
his
club
,
in
a
state
of
most
happy
excitement
.
CHAPTER
LXVII
.
The
Last
Kiss
.
Alice
,
on
her
return
from
Westmoreland
,
went
direct
to
Park
Lane
,
whither
Lady
Glencora
and
Mr.
Palliser
had
also
returned
before
her
.
She
was
to
remain
with
them
in
London
one
entire
day
,
and
on
the
morning
after
that
they
were
to
start
for
Paris
.
She
found
Mr.
Palliser
in
close
attendance
upon
his
wife
.
Not
that
there
was
anything
in
his
manner
which
at
all
implied
that
he
was
keeping
watch
over
her
,
or
that
he
was
more
with
her
,
or
closer
to
her
than
a
loving
husband
might
wish
to
be
with
a
young
wife
;
but
the
mode
of
life
was
very
different
from
that
which
Alice
had
seen
at
Matching
Priory
!
On
her
arrival
Mr.
Palliser
himself
received
her
in
the
hall
,
and
took
her
up
to
his
wife
before
she
had
taken
off
her
travelling
hat
.
"
We
are
so
much
obliged
to
you
,
Miss
Vavasor
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
feel
it
quite
as
deeply
as
Glencora
.
"
"
Oh
,
no
,
"
she
said
;
"
it
is
I
that
am
under
obligation
to
you
for
taking
me
.
"
He
merely
smiled
,
and
shook
his
head
,
and
then
took
her
up-stairs
.
On
the
stairs
he
said
one
other
word
to
her
:
"
You
must
forgive
me
if
I
was
cross
to
you
that
night
she
went
out
among
the
ruins
.
"
Alice
muttered
something
,
—
some
little
fib
of
courtesy
as
to
the
matter
having
been
forgotten
,
or
never
borne
in
mind
;
and
then
they
went
on
to
Lady
Glencora
's
room
.
It
seemed
to
Alice
that
he
was
not
so
big
or
so
much
to
be
dreaded
as
when
she
had
seen
him
at
Matching
.
His
descent
from
an
expectant
,
or
more
than
an
expectant
,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
down
to
a
simple
,
attentive
husband
,
seemed
to
affect
his
gait
,
his
voice
,
and
all
his
demeanour
.
When
he
received
Alice
at
the
Priory
he
certainly
loomed
before
her
as
something
great
,
whereas
now
his
greatness
seemed
to
have
fallen
from
him
.
We
must
own
that
this
was
hard
upon
him
,
seeing
that
the
deed
by
which
he
had
divested
himself
of
his
greatness
had
been
so
pure
and
good
!
"
Dear
Alice
,
this
is
so
good
of
you
!
I
am
all
in
the
midst
of
packing
,
and
Plantagenet
is
helping
me
.
"
Plantagenet
winced
a
little
under
this
,
as
the
hero
of
old
must
have
winced
when
he
was
found
with
the
distaff
.
Mr.
Palliser
had
relinquished
his
sword
of
state
for
the
distaff
which
he
had
assumed
,
and
could
take
no
glory
in
the
change
.
There
was
,
too
,
in
his
wife
's
voice
the
slightest
hint
of
mockery
,
which
,
slight
as
it
was
,
he
perhaps
thought
she
might
have
spared
.
"
You
have
nothing
left
to
pack
,
"
continued
Glencora
,
"
and
I
do
n't
know
what
you
can
do
to
amuse
yourself
.
"
"
I
will
help
you
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
But
we
have
so
very
nearly
done
.
I
think
we
shall
have
to
pull
all
the
things
out
,
and
put
them
up
again
,
or
we
shall
never
get
through
to-morrow
.
We
could
n't
start
to-morrow
;
—
could
we
,
Plantagenet
?
"
"
Not
very
well
,
as
your
rooms
are
ordered
in
Paris
for
the
next
day
.
"
"
As
if
we
could
n't
find
rooms
at
every
inn
on
the
road
.
Men
are
so
particular
.
Now
in
travelling
I
should
like
never
to
order
rooms
,
—
never
to
know
where
I
was
going
or
when
I
was
going
,
and
to
carry
everything
I
wanted
in
a
market-basket
.
"
Alice
,
who
by
this
time
had
followed
her
friend
along
the
passage
to
her
bedroom
,
and
had
seen
how
widely
the
packages
were
spread
about
,
bethought
herself
that
the
market-basket
should
be
a
large
one
.
"
And
I
would
never
travel
among
Christians
.
Christians
are
so
slow
,
and
they
wear
chimney-pot
hats
everywhere
.
The
further
one
goes
from
London
among
Christians
,
the
more
they
wear
chimney-pot
hats
.
I
want
Plantagenet
to
take
us
to
see
the
Kurds
,
but
he
wo
n't
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
that
would
be
fair
to
Miss
Vavasor
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
who
had
followed
them
.
"
Do
n't
put
the
blame
on
her
head
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Women
have
always
pluck
for
anything
.
Would
n't
you
like
to
see
a
live
Kurd
,
Alice
?
"
"
I
do
n't
exactly
know
where
they
live
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Nor
I
.
I
have
not
the
remotest
idea
of
the
way
to
the
Kurds
.
You
see
my
joke
,
do
n't
you
,
though
Plantagenet
does
n't
?
But
one
knows
that
they
are
Eastern
,
and
the
East
is
such
a
grand
idea
!
"
"
I
think
we
'll
content
ourselves
with
Rome
,
or
perhaps
Naples
,
on
this
occasion
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
The
notion
of
Lady
Glencora
packing
anything
for
herself
was
as
good
a
joke
as
that
other
one
of
the
Kurds
and
whey
.
But
she
went
flitting
about
from
room
to
room
,
declaring
that
this
thing
must
be
taken
,
and
that
other
,
till
the
market-basket
would
have
become
very
large
indeed
.
Alice
was
astonished
at
the
extent
of
the
preparations
,
and
the
sort
of
equipage
with
which
they
were
about
to
travel
.
Lady
Glencora
was
taking
her
own
carriage
.
"
Not
that
I
shall
ever
use
it
,
"
she
said
to
Alice
,
"
but
he
insists
upon
it
,
to
show
that
I
am
not
supposed
to
be
taken
away
in
disgrace
.
He
is
so
good
;
—
is
n't
he
?
"
"
Very
good
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
I
know
no
one
better
.
"
"
And
so
dull
!
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
But
I
fancy
that
all
husbands
are
dull
from
the
nature
of
their
position
.
If
I
were
a
young
woman
's
husband
,
I
should
n't
know
what
to
say
to
her
that
was
n't
dull
.
"
Two
women
and
two
men
servants
were
to
be
taken
.
Alice
had
received
permission
to
bring
her
own
maid
—
"
or
a
dozen
,
if
you
want
them
,
"
Lady
Glencora
had
said
.
"
Mr.
Palliser
in
his
present
mood
would
think
nothing
too
much
to
do
for
you
.
If
you
were
to
ask
him
to
go
among
the
Kurds
,
he
'd
go
at
once
;
—
or
on
to
Crim
Tartary
,
if
you
made
a
point
of
it
.
"
But
as
both
Lady
Glencora
's
servants
spoke
French
,
and
as
her
own
did
not
,
Alice
trusted
herself
in
that
respect
to
her
cousin
.
"
You
shall
have
one
all
to
yourself
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
only
take
two
for
the
same
reason
that
I
take
the
carriage
,
—
just
as
you
let
a
child
go
out
in
her
best
frock
,
for
a
treat
,
after
you
've
scolded
her
.
"
When
Alice
asked
why
it
was
supposed
that
Mr.
Palliser
was
so
specially
devoted
to
her
,
the
thing
was
explained
to
her
.
"
You
see
,
my
dear
,
I
have
told
him
everything
.
I
always
do
tell
everything
.
Nobody
can
say
I
am
not
candid
.
He
knows
about
your
not
letting
me
come
to
your
house
in
the
old
days
.
Oh
,
Alice
!
—
you
were
wrong
then
;
I
shall
always
say
that
.
But
it
's
done
and
gone
;
and
things
that
are
done
and
gone
shall
be
done
and
gone
for
me
.
And
I
told
him
all
that
you
said
,
—
about
you
know
what
.
I
have
had
nothing
else
to
do
but
make
confessions
for
the
last
ten
days
,
and
when
a
woman
once
begins
,
the
more
she
confesses
the
better
.
And
I
told
him
that
you
refused
Jeffrey
.
"
"
You
did
n't
?
"
"
I
did
indeed
,
and
he
likes
you
the
better
for
that
.
I
think
he
'd
let
Jeffrey
marry
you
now
if
you
both
wished
it
;
—
and
then
,
oh
dear
!
—
supposing
that
you
had
a
son
and
that
we
adopted
it
?
"
"
Cora
,
if
you
go
on
in
that
way
I
will
not
remain
with
you
.
"
"
But
you
must
,
my
dear
.
You
ca
n't
escape
now
.
At
any
rate
,
you
ca
n't
when
we
once
get
to
Paris
.
Oh
dear
!
you
should
n't
grudge
me
my
little
naughtinesses
.
I
have
been
so
proper
for
the
last
ten
days
.
Do
you
know
I
got
into
a
way
of
driving
Dandy
and
Flirt
at
the
rate
of
six
miles
an
hour
,
till
I
'm
sure
the
poor
beasts
thought
they
were
always
going
to
a
funeral
.
Poor
Dandy
and
poor
Flirt
!
I
sha
n't
see
them
now
for
another
year
.
"
On
the
following
morning
they
breakfasted
early
,
because
Mr.
Palliser
had
got
into
an
early
habit
.
He
had
said
that
early
hours
would
be
good
for
them
.
"
But
he
never
tells
me
why
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
think
it
is
pleasant
when
people
are
travelling
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
It
is
n't
that
,
"
her
cousin
answered
;
"
but
we
are
all
to
be
such
particularly
good
children
.
It
's
hardly
fair
,
because
he
went
to
sleep
last
night
after
dinner
while
you
and
I
kept
ourselves
awake
:
but
we
need
n't
do
that
another
night
,
to
be
sure
.
"
After
breakfast
they
all
three
went
to
work
to
do
nothing
.
It
was
ludicrous
and
almost
painful
to
see
Mr.
Palliser
wandering
about
and
counting
the
boxes
,
as
though
he
could
do
any
good
by
that
.
At
this
special
crisis
of
his
life
he
hated
his
papers
and
figures
and
statistics
,
and
could
not
apply
himself
to
them
.
He
,
whose
application
had
been
so
unremitting
,
could
apply
himself
now
to
nothing
.
His
world
had
been
brought
to
an
abrupt
end
,
and
he
was
awkward
at
making
a
new
beginning
.
I
believe
that
they
all
three
were
reading
novels
before
one
o'clock
.
Lady
Glencora
and
Alice
had
determined
that
they
would
not
leave
the
house
throughout
the
day
.
"
Nothing
has
been
said
about
it
,
but
I
regard
it
as
part
of
the
bond
that
I
'm
not
to
go
out
anywhere
.
Who
knows
but
what
I
might
be
found
in
Gloucester
Square
?
"
There
was
,
however
,
no
absolute
necessity
that
Mr.
Palliser
should
remain
with
them
;
and
,
at
about
three
,
he
prepared
himself
for
a
solitary
walk
.
He
would
not
go
down
to
the
House
.
All
interest
in
the
House
was
over
with
him
for
the
present
.
He
had
the
Speaker
's
leave
to
absent
himself
for
the
season
.
Nor
would
he
call
on
anyone
.
All
his
friends
knew
,
or
believed
they
knew
,
that
he
had
left
town
.
His
death
and
burial
had
been
already
chronicled
,
and
were
he
now
to
reappear
,
he
could
reappear
only
as
a
ghost
.
He
was
being
talked
of
as
the
departed
one
;
—
or
rather
,
such
talk
on
all
sides
had
now
come
nearly
to
an
end
.
The
poor
Duke
of
St.
Bungay
still
thought
of
him
with
regret
when
more
than
ordinarily
annoyed
by
some
special
grievance
coming
to
him
from
Mr.
Finespun
;
but
even
the
Duke
had
become
almost
reconciled
to
the
present
order
of
things
.
Mr.
Palliser
knew
better
than
to
disturb
all
this
by
showing
himself
again
in
public
;
and
prepared
himself
,
therefore
,
to
take
another
walk
under
the
elms
in
Kensington
Gardens
.
He
had
his
hat
on
his
head
in
the
hall
,
and
was
in
the
act
of
putting
on
his
gloves
,
when
there
came
a
knock
at
the
front
door
.
The
hall-porter
was
there
,
a
stout
,
plethoric
personage
,
not
given
to
many
words
,
who
was
at
this
moment
standing
with
his
master
's
umbrella
in
his
hand
,
looking
as
though
he
would
fain
be
of
some
use
to
somebody
,
if
any
such
utility
were
compatible
with
the
purposes
of
his
existence
.
Now
had
come
this
knock
at
the
door
,
while
the
umbrella
was
still
in
his
hand
,
and
the
nature
of
his
visage
changed
,
and
it
was
easy
to
see
that
he
was
oppressed
by
the
temporary
multiplicity
of
his
duties
.
"
Give
me
the
umbrella
,
John
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
John
gave
up
the
umbrella
,
and
opening
the
door
disclosed
Burgo
Fitzgerald
standing
upon
the
door-step
.
"
Is
Lady
Glencora
at
home
?
"
asked
Burgo
,
before
he
had
seen
the
husband
.
John
turned
a
dismayed
face
upon
his
master
,
as
though
he
knew
that
the
comer
ought
not
to
be
making
a
morning
call
at
that
house
,
—
as
no
doubt
he
did
know
very
well
,
—
and
made
no
instant
reply
.
"
I
am
not
sure
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
making
his
way
out
as
he
had
originally
purposed
.
"
The
servant
will
find
out
for
you
.
"
Then
he
went
on
his
way
across
Park
Lane
and
into
the
Park
,
never
once
turning
back
his
face
to
see
whether
Burgo
had
effected
an
entrance
into
the
house
.
Nor
did
he
return
a
minute
earlier
than
he
would
otherwise
have
done
.
After
all
,
there
was
something
chivalrous
about
the
man
.
"
Yes
;
Lady
Glencora
was
at
home
,
"
said
the
porter
,
not
stirring
to
make
any
further
inquiry
.
It
was
no
business
of
his
if
Mr.
Palliser
chose
to
receive
such
a
guest
.
He
had
not
been
desired
to
say
that
her
ladyship
was
not
at
home
.
Burgo
was
therefore
admitted
and
shown
direct
up
into
the
room
in
which
Lady
Glencora
was
sitting
.
As
chance
would
have
it
,
she
was
alone
.
Alice
had
left
her
and
was
in
her
own
chamber
,
and
Lady
Glencora
was
sitting
at
the
window
of
the
small
room
up-stairs
that
overlooked
the
Park
.
She
was
seated
on
a
footstool
with
her
face
between
her
hands
when
Burgo
was
admitted
,
thinking
of
him
,
and
of
what
the
world
might
have
been
to
her
had
"
they
left
her
alone
,
"
as
she
was
in
the
habit
of
saying
to
Alice
and
to
herself
.
She
rose
quickly
,
so
that
he
saw
her
only
as
she
was
rising
.
"
Ask
Miss
Vavasor
to
come
to
me
,
"
she
said
,
as
the
servant
left
the
room
;
and
then
she
came
forward
to
greet
her
lover
.
"
Cora
,
"
he
said
,
dashing
at
once
into
his
subject
—
hopelessly
,
but
still
with
a
resolve
to
do
as
he
had
said
that
he
would
do
.
"
Cora
,
I
have
come
to
you
,
to
ask
you
to
go
with
me
.
"
"
I
will
not
go
with
you
,
"
said
she
.
"
Do
not
answer
me
in
that
way
,
without
a
moment
's
thought
.
Everything
is
arranged
—
"
"
Yes
,
everything
is
arranged
,
"
she
said
.
"
Mr.
Fitzgerald
,
let
me
ask
you
to
leave
me
alone
,
and
to
behave
to
me
with
generosity
.
Everything
is
arranged
.
You
can
see
that
my
boxes
are
all
prepared
for
going
.
Mr.
Palliser
and
I
,
and
my
friend
,
are
starting
to-morrow
.
Wish
me
God-speed
and
go
,
and
be
generous
.
"
"
And
is
this
to
be
the
end
of
everything
?
"
He
was
standing
close
to
her
,
but
hitherto
he
had
only
touched
her
hand
at
greeting
her
.
"
Give
me
your
hand
,
Cora
,
"
he
said
.
"
No
;
—
I
will
never
give
you
my
hand
again
.
You
should
be
generous
to
me
and
go
.
This
is
to
be
the
end
of
everything
,
—
of
everything
that
is
common
to
you
and
to
me
.
Go
,
when
I
ask
you
.
"
"
Cora
;
did
you
ever
love
me
?
"
"
Yes
;
I
did
love
you
.
But
we
were
separated
,
and
there
was
no
room
for
love
left
between
us
.
"
"
You
are
as
dear
to
me
now
,
—
dearer
than
ever
you
were
.
Do
not
look
at
me
like
that
.
Did
you
not
tell
me
when
we
last
parted
that
I
might
come
to
you
again
?
Are
we
children
,
that
others
should
come
between
us
and
separate
us
like
that
?
"
"
Yes
,
Burgo
;
we
are
children
.
Here
is
my
cousin
coming
.
You
must
leave
me
now
.
"
As
she
spoke
the
door
was
opened
and
Alice
entered
the
room
.
"
Miss
Vavasor
,
Mr.
Fitzgerald
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
have
told
him
to
go
and
leave
me
.
Now
that
you
have
come
,
Alice
,
he
will
perhaps
obey
me
.
"
Alice
was
dumbfounded
,
and
knew
not
how
to
speak
either
to
him
or
to
her
;
but
she
stood
with
her
eyes
riveted
on
the
face
of
the
man
of
whom
she
had
heard
so
much
.
Yes
;
certainly
he
was
very
beautiful
.
She
had
never
before
seen
man
's
beauty
such
as
that
.
She
found
it
quite
impossible
to
speak
a
word
to
him
then
—
at
the
spur
of
the
moment
,
but
she
acknowledged
the
introduction
with
a
slight
inclination
of
the
head
,
and
then
stood
silent
,
as
though
she
were
waiting
for
him
to
go
.
"
Mr.
Fitzgerald
,
why
do
you
not
leave
me
and
go
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
Poor
Burgo
also
found
it
difficult
enough
to
speak
.
What
could
he
say
?
His
cause
was
one
which
certainly
did
not
admit
of
being
pleaded
in
the
presence
of
a
strange
lady
;
and
he
might
have
known
from
the
moment
in
which
he
heard
Glencora
's
request
that
a
third
person
should
be
summoned
to
their
meeting
—
and
probably
did
know
,
that
there
was
no
longer
any
hope
for
him
.
It
was
not
on
the
cards
that
he
should
win
.
But
there
remained
one
thing
that
he
must
do
.
He
must
get
himself
out
of
that
room
;
and
how
was
he
to
effect
that
?
"
I
had
hoped
,
"
said
he
,
looking
at
Alice
,
though
he
addressed
Lady
Glencora
—
"
I
had
hoped
to
be
allowed
to
speak
to
you
alone
for
a
few
minutes
.
"
"
No
,
Mr.
Fitzgerald
;
it
cannot
be
so
.
Alice
do
not
go
.
I
sent
for
my
cousin
when
I
saw
you
,
because
I
did
not
choose
to
be
alone
with
you
.
I
have
asked
you
to
go
—
"
"
You
perhaps
have
not
understood
me
?
"
"
I
understand
you
well
enough
.
"
"
Then
,
Mr.
Fitzgerald
,
"
said
Alice
,
"
why
do
you
not
do
as
Lady
Glencora
has
asked
you
?
You
know
—
you
must
know
,
that
you
ought
not
to
be
here
.
"
"
I
know
nothing
of
the
kind
,
"
said
he
,
still
standing
his
ground
.
"
Alice
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
we
will
leave
Mr.
Fitzgerald
here
,
since
he
drives
us
from
the
room
.
"
In
such
contests
,
a
woman
has
ever
the
best
of
it
at
all
points
.
The
man
plays
with
a
button
to
his
foil
,
while
the
woman
uses
a
weapon
that
can
really
wound
.
Burgo
knew
that
he
must
go
,
—
felt
that
he
must
skulk
away
as
best
he
might
,
and
perhaps
hear
a
low
titter
of
half-suppressed
laughter
as
he
went
.
Even
that
might
be
possible
.
"
No
,
Lady
Glencora
,
"
he
said
,
"
I
will
not
drive
you
from
the
room
.
As
one
must
be
driven
out
,
it
shall
be
I
.
I
own
I
did
think
that
you
would
at
any
rate
have
been
—
less
hard
to
me
.
"
He
then
turned
to
go
,
bowing
again
very
slightly
to
Miss
Vavasor
.
He
was
on
the
threshold
of
the
door
before
Glencora
's
voice
recalled
him
.
"
Oh
my
God
!
"
she
said
,
"
I
am
hard
,
—
harder
than
flint
.
I
am
cruel
.
Burgo
!
"
And
he
was
back
with
her
in
a
moment
,
and
had
taken
her
by
the
hand
.
"
Glencora
,
"
said
Alice
,
"
pray
,
—
pray
let
him
go
.
Mr.
Fitzgerald
,
if
you
are
a
man
,
do
not
take
advantage
of
her
folly
.
"
"
I
will
speak
to
him
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
will
speak
to
him
,
and
then
he
shall
leave
me
.
"
She
was
holding
him
by
the
hand
now
and
turning
to
him
,
away
from
Alice
,
who
had
taken
her
by
the
arm
.
"
Burgo
,
"
she
said
,
repeating
his
name
twice
again
,
with
all
the
passion
that
she
could
throw
into
the
word
,
—
"
Burgo
,
no
good
can
come
of
this
.
Now
,
you
must
leave
me
.
You
must
go
.
I
shall
stay
with
my
husband
as
I
am
bound
to
do
.
Because
I
have
wronged
you
,
I
will
not
wrong
him
also
.
I
loved
you
;
—
you
know
I
loved
you
.
"
She
still
held
him
by
the
hand
,
and
was
now
gazing
up
into
his
face
,
while
the
tears
were
streaming
from
her
eyes
.
"
Sir
,
"
said
Alice
,
"
you
have
heard
from
her
all
that
you
can
care
to
hear
.
If
you
have
any
feeling
of
honour
in
you
,
you
will
leave
her
.
"
"
I
will
never
leave
her
,
while
she
tells
me
that
she
loves
me
!
"
"
Yes
,
Burgo
,
you
will
;
—
you
must
!
I
shall
never
tell
you
that
again
,
never
.
Do
as
she
bids
you
.
Go
,
and
leave
us
;
—
but
I
could
not
bear
that
you
should
tell
me
that
I
was
hard
.
"
"
You
are
hard
;
—
hard
and
cruel
,
as
you
said
,
yourself
.
"
"
Am
I
?
May
God
forgive
you
for
saying
that
of
me
!
"
"
Then
why
do
you
send
me
away
?
"
"
Because
I
am
a
man
's
wife
,
and
because
I
care
for
his
honour
,
if
not
for
my
own
.
Alice
,
let
us
go
.
"
He
still
held
her
,
but
she
would
have
been
gone
from
him
had
he
not
stooped
over
her
,
and
put
his
arm
round
her
waist
.
In
doing
this
,
I
doubt
whether
he
was
quicker
than
she
would
have
been
had
she
chosen
to
resist
him
.
As
it
was
,
he
pressed
her
to
his
bosom
,
and
,
stooping
over
her
,
kissed
her
lips
.
Then
he
left
her
,
and
making
his
way
out
of
the
room
,
and
down
the
stairs
,
got
himself
out
into
the
street
.
"
Thank
God
,
that
he
is
gone
!
"
said
Alice
.
"
You
may
say
so
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
for
you
have
lost
nothing
!
"
"
And
you
have
gained
everything
!
"
"
Have
I
?
I
did
not
know
that
I
had
ever
gained
anything
,
as
yet
.
The
only
human
being
to
whom
I
have
ever
yet
given
my
whole
heart
,
—
the
only
thing
that
I
have
ever
really
loved
,
has
just
gone
from
me
for
ever
,
and
you
bid
me
thank
God
that
I
have
lost
him
.
There
is
no
room
for
thankfulness
in
any
of
it
;
—
either
in
the
love
or
in
the
loss
.
It
is
all
wretchedness
from
first
to
last
!
"
"
At
any
rate
,
he
understands
now
that
you
meant
it
when
you
told
him
to
leave
you
.
"
"
Of
course
I
meant
it
.
I
am
beginning
to
know
myself
by
degrees
.
As
for
running
away
with
him
,
I
have
not
the
courage
to
do
it
.
I
can
think
of
it
,
scheme
for
it
,
wish
for
it
;
—
but
as
for
doing
it
,
that
is
beyond
me
.
Mr.
Palliser
is
quite
safe
.
He
need
not
try
to
coax
me
to
remain
.
"
Alice
knew
that
it
was
useless
to
argue
with
her
,
so
she
came
and
sat
over
her
,
—
for
Lady
Glencora
had
again
placed
herself
on
the
stool
by
the
window
,
—
and
tried
to
sooth
her
by
smoothing
her
hair
,
and
nursing
her
like
a
child
.
"
Of
course
I
know
that
I
ought
to
stay
where
I
am
,
"
she
said
,
breaking
out
,
almost
with
rage
,
and
speaking
with
quick
,
eager
voice
.
"
I
am
not
such
a
fool
as
to
mistake
what
I
should
be
if
I
left
my
husband
,
and
went
to
live
with
that
man
as
his
mistress
.
You
do
n't
suppose
that
I
should
think
that
sort
of
life
very
blessed
.
But
why
have
I
been
brought
to
such
a
pass
as
this
?
And
,
as
for
female
purity
!
Ah
!
What
was
their
idea
of
purity
when
they
forced
me
,
like
ogres
,
to
marry
a
man
for
whom
they
knew
I
never
cared
?
Had
I
gone
with
him
,
—
had
I
now
eloped
with
that
man
who
ought
to
have
been
my
husband
,
—
whom
would
a
just
God
have
punished
worst
,
—
me
,
or
those
two
old
women
and
my
uncle
,
who
tortured
me
into
this
marriage
?
"
"
Come
,
Cora
,
—
be
silent
.
"
"
I
wo
n't
be
silent
!
You
have
had
the
making
of
your
own
lot
.
You
have
done
what
you
liked
,
and
no
one
has
interfered
with
you
.
You
have
suffered
,
too
;
but
you
,
at
any
rate
,
can
respect
yourself
.
"
"
And
so
can
you
,
Cora
,
—
thoroughly
,
now
.
"
"
How
;
—
when
he
kissed
me
,
and
I
could
hardly
restrain
myself
from
giving
him
back
his
kiss
tenfold
,
could
I
respect
myself
?
But
it
is
all
sin
.
I
sin
towards
my
husband
,
feigning
that
I
love
him
;
and
I
sin
in
loving
that
other
man
,
who
should
have
been
my
husband
.
There
;
—
I
hear
Mr.
Palliser
at
the
door
.
Come
away
with
me
;
or
rather
,
stay
,
for
he
will
come
up
here
,
and
you
can
keep
him
in
talk
while
I
try
to
recover
myself
.
"
Mr.
Palliser
did
at
once
as
his
wife
had
said
,
and
came
up-stairs
to
the
little
front
room
,
as
soon
as
he
had
deposited
his
hat
in
the
hall
.
Alice
was
,
in
fact
,
in
doubt
what
she
should
do
,
as
to
mentioning
,
or
omitting
to
mention
,
Mr.
Fitzgerald
's
name
.
In
an
ordinary
way
,
it
would
be
natural
that
she
should
name
any
visitor
who
had
called
,
and
she
specially
disliked
the
idea
of
remaining
silent
because
that
visitor
had
come
as
the
lover
of
her
host
's
wife
.
But
,
on
the
other
hand
,
she
owed
much
to
Lady
Glencora
;
and
there
was
no
imperative
reason
,
as
things
had
gone
,
why
she
should
make
mischief
.
There
was
no
further
danger
to
be
apprehended
.
But
Mr.
Palliser
at
once
put
an
end
to
her
doubts
.
"
You
have
had
a
visitor
here
?
"
said
he
.
"
Yes
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
I
saw
him
as
I
went
out
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
"
Indeed
,
I
met
him
at
the
hall
door
.
He
,
of
course
,
was
wrong
to
come
here
;
—
so
wrong
,
that
he
deserves
punishment
,
if
there
were
any
punishment
for
such
offences
.
"
"
He
has
been
punished
,
I
think
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
But
as
for
Glencora
,
"
continued
Mr.
Palliser
,
without
any
apparent
notice
of
what
Alice
had
said
,
"
I
thought
it
better
that
she
should
see
him
or
not
,
as
she
should
herself
decide
.
"
"
She
had
no
choice
in
the
matter
.
As
it
turned
out
,
he
was
shown
up
here
at
once
.
She
sent
for
me
,
and
I
think
she
was
right
to
do
that
.
"
"
Glencora
was
alone
when
he
came
in
?
"
"
For
a
minute
or
two
,
—
till
I
could
get
to
her
.
"
"
I
have
no
questions
to
ask
about
it
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
after
waiting
for
a
few
moments
.
He
had
probably
thought
that
Alice
would
say
something
further
.
"
I
am
very
glad
that
you
were
within
reach
of
her
,
as
otherwise
her
position
might
have
been
painful
.
For
her
,
and
for
me
perhaps
,
it
may
be
as
well
that
he
has
been
here
.
As
for
him
,
I
can
only
say
,
that
I
am
forced
to
suppose
him
to
be
a
villain
.
What
a
man
does
when
driven
by
passion
,
I
can
forgive
;
but
that
he
should
deliberately
plan
schemes
to
ruin
both
her
and
me
,
is
what
I
can
hardly
understand
.
"
As
he
made
this
little
speech
I
wonder
whether
his
conscience
said
anything
to
him
about
Lady
Dumbello
,
and
a
certain
evening
in
his
own
life
,
on
which
he
had
ventured
to
call
that
lady
,
Griselda
.
The
little
party
of
three
dined
together
very
quietly
,
and
after
dinner
they
all
went
to
work
with
their
novels
.
Before
long
Alice
saw
that
Mr.
Palliser
was
yawning
,
and
she
began
to
understand
how
much
he
had
given
up
in
order
that
his
wife
might
be
secure
.
It
was
then
,
when
he
had
left
the
room
for
a
few
minutes
,
in
order
that
he
might
wake
himself
by
walking
about
the
house
,
that
Glencora
told
Alice
of
his
yawning
down
at
Matching
.
"
I
used
to
think
that
he
would
fall
in
pieces
.
What
are
we
to
do
about
it
?
"
"
Do
n't
seem
to
notice
it
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
That
's
all
very
well
,
"
said
the
other
;
"
but
he
'll
set
us
off
yawning
as
bad
as
himself
,
and
then
he
'll
notice
it
.
He
has
given
himself
up
to
politics
,
till
nothing
else
has
any
salt
in
it
left
for
him
.
I
cannot
think
why
such
a
man
as
that
wanted
a
wife
at
all
.
"
"
You
are
very
hard
upon
him
,
Cora
.
"
"
I
wish
you
were
his
wife
,
with
all
my
heart
.
But
,
of
course
,
I
know
why
he
got
married
.
And
I
ought
to
feel
for
him
as
he
has
been
so
grievously
disappointed
.
"
Then
Mr.
Palliser
having
walked
off
his
sleep
,
returned
to
the
room
,
and
the
remainder
of
the
evening
was
passed
in
absolute
tranquillity
.
Burgo
Fitzgerald
,
when
he
left
the
house
,
turned
back
into
Grosvenor
Square
,
not
knowing
,
at
first
,
whither
he
was
going
.
He
took
himself
as
far
as
his
uncle
's
door
,
and
then
,
having
paused
there
for
a
moment
,
hurried
on
.
For
half
an
hour
,
or
thereabouts
,
something
like
true
feeling
was
at
work
within
his
heart
.
He
had
once
more
pressed
to
his
bosom
the
woman
he
had
,
at
any
rate
,
thought
that
he
had
loved
.
He
had
had
his
arm
round
her
,
and
had
kissed
her
,
and
the
tone
with
which
she
had
called
him
by
his
name
was
still
ringing
in
his
ears
,
"
Burgo
!
"
He
repeated
his
own
name
audibly
to
himself
,
as
though
in
this
way
he
could
recall
her
voice
.
He
comforted
himself
for
a
minute
with
the
conviction
that
she
loved
him
.
He
felt
,
—
for
a
moment
,
—
that
he
could
live
on
such
consolation
as
that
!
But
among
mortals
there
could
,
in
truth
,
hardly
be
one
with
whom
such
consolation
would
go
a
shorter
way
.
He
was
a
man
who
required
to
have
such
comfort
backed
by
patés
and
curaçoa
to
a
very
large
extent
,
and
now
it
might
be
doubted
whether
the
amount
of
patés
and
curaçoa
at
his
command
would
last
him
much
longer
.
He
would
not
go
in
and
tell
his
aunt
at
once
of
his
failure
,
as
he
could
gain
nothing
by
doing
so
.
Indeed
,
he
thought
that
he
would
not
tell
his
aunt
at
all
.
So
he
turned
back
from
Grosvenor
Square
,
and
went
down
to
his
club
in
St.
James
's
Street
,
feeling
that
billiards
and
brandy-and-water
might
,
for
the
present
,
be
the
best
restorative
.
But
,
as
he
went
back
,
he
blamed
himself
very
greatly
in
the
matter
of
those
bank-notes
which
he
had
allowed
Lady
Monk
to
take
from
him
.
How
had
it
come
to
pass
that
he
had
been
such
a
dupe
in
her
hands
?
When
he
entered
his
club
in
St.
James
's
Street
his
mind
had
left
Lady
Glencora
,
and
was
hard
at
work
considering
how
he
might
best
contrive
to
get
that
spoil
out
of
his
aunt
's
possession
.
CHAPTER
LXVIII
.
From
London
to
Baden
.
On
the
following
morning
everybody
was
stirring
by
times
at
Mr.
Palliser
's
house
in
Park
Lane
,
and
the
master
of
that
house
yawned
no
more
.
There
is
some
life
in
starting
for
a
long
journey
,
and
the
life
is
the
stronger
and
the
fuller
if
the
things
and
people
to
be
carried
are
numerous
and
troublesome
.
Lady
Glencora
was
a
little
troublesome
,
and
would
not
come
down
to
breakfast
in
time
.
When
rebuked
on
account
of
this
manifest
breach
of
engagement
,
she
asserted
that
the
next
train
would
do
just
as
well
;
and
when
Mr.
Palliser
proved
to
her
,
with
much
trouble
,
that
the
next
train
could
not
enable
them
to
reach
Paris
on
that
day
,
she
declared
that
it
would
be
much
more
comfortable
to
take
a
week
in
going
than
to
hurry
over
the
ground
in
one
day
.
There
was
nothing
she
wanted
so
much
as
to
see
Folkestone
.
"
If
that
is
the
case
,
why
did
not
you
tell
me
so
before
?
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
in
his
gravest
voice
.
"
Richard
and
the
carriage
went
down
yesterday
,
and
are
already
on
board
the
packet
.
"
"
If
Richard
and
the
carriage
are
already
on
board
the
packet
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
of
course
we
must
follow
them
,
and
we
must
put
off
the
glories
of
Folkestone
till
we
come
back
.
Alice
,
have
n't
you
observed
that
,
in
travelling
,
you
are
always
driven
on
by
some
Richard
or
some
carriage
,
till
you
feel
that
you
are
a
slave
?
"
All
this
was
trying
to
Mr.
Palliser
;
but
I
think
that
he
enjoyed
it
,
nevertheless
,
and
that
he
was
happy
when
he
found
that
he
did
get
his
freight
off
from
the
Pimlico
Station
in
the
proper
train
.
Of
course
Lady
Glencora
and
Alice
were
very
ill
crossing
the
Channel
;
of
course
the
two
maids
were
worse
than
their
mistresses
;
of
course
the
men
kept
out
of
their
master
's
way
when
they
were
wanted
,
and
drank
brandy-and-water
with
the
steward
down-stairs
;
and
of
course
Lady
Glencora
declared
that
she
would
not
allow
herself
to
be
carried
beyond
Boulogne
that
day
;
—
but
,
nevertheless
,
they
did
get
on
to
Paris
.
Had
Mr.
Palliser
become
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
as
he
had
once
hoped
,
he
could
hardly
have
worked
harder
than
he
did
work
.
It
was
he
who
found
out
which
carriage
had
been
taken
for
them
,
and
who
put
,
with
his
own
hands
,
the
ladies
'
dressing-cases
and
cloaks
on
to
the
seats
,
—
who
laid
out
the
novels
,
which
,
of
course
,
were
not
read
by
the
road
,
—
and
made
preparations
as
though
this
stage
of
their
journey
was
to
take
them
a
week
,
instead
of
five
hours
and
a
half
.
"
Oh
,
dear
!
how
I
have
slept
!
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
as
they
came
near
to
Paris
.
"
I
think
you
've
been
tolerably
comfortable
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
joyfully
.
"
Since
we
got
out
of
that
horrid
boat
I
have
done
pretty
well
.
Why
do
they
make
the
boats
so
nasty
?
I
'm
sure
they
do
it
on
purpose
.
"
"
It
would
be
difficult
to
make
them
nice
,
I
suppose
?
"
said
Alice
.
"
It
is
the
sea
that
makes
them
uncomfortable
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
.
"
Never
mind
;
we
sha
n't
have
any
more
of
it
for
twelve
months
,
at
any
rate
.
We
can
get
to
the
Kurds
,
Alice
,
without
getting
into
a
packet
again
.
That
,
to
my
way
of
thinking
,
is
the
great
comfort
of
the
Continent
.
One
can
go
everywhere
without
being
seasick
.
"
Mr.
Palliser
said
nothing
,
but
he
sighed
as
he
thought
of
being
absent
for
a
whole
year
.
He
had
said
that
such
was
his
intention
,
and
would
not
at
once
go
back
from
what
he
himself
had
said
.
But
how
was
he
to
live
for
twelve
months
out
of
the
House
of
Commons
?
What
was
he
to
do
with
himself
,
with
his
intellect
and
his
energy
,
during
all
these
coming
dreary
days
?
And
then
,
—
he
might
have
been
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
!
He
might
even
now
,
at
this
very
moment
,
have
been
upon
his
legs
,
making
a
financial
statement
of
six
hours
'
duration
,
to
the
delight
of
one-half
of
the
House
,
and
bewilderment
of
the
other
,
instead
of
dragging
cloaks
across
that
dingy
,
dull
,
dirty
waiting-room
at
the
Paris
Station
,
in
which
British
subjects
are
kept
in
prison
while
their
boxes
are
being
tumbled
