toMary
Greville
,
and
had
looked
forward
himself
to
spending
a
morning
with
her
.
Edward
,
delighted
at
being
selected
as
his
aunt
's
companion
,
prepared
with
haste
and
glee
for
his
excursion
.
Robert
was
,
however
,
unfortunately
not
at
hand
to
give
him
a
clean
pair
of
shoes
(
he
had
already
spoiled
two
pair
that
morning
by
going
into
the
stream
which
ran
through
the
park
to
sail
a
newly-rigged
frigate
)
,
and
angry
at
the
delay
,
fearing
that
his
aunt
would
not
wait
for
him
,
he
worked
himself
into
such
a
violent
passion
,
that
when
Robert
did
appear
he
gave
vent
to
more
abusive
language
than
he
had
ever
yet
ventured
to
use
,
concluding
by
hurling
both
his
discarded
shoes
at
the
domestic
,
who
only
escaped
a
severe
blow
by
starting
aside
,
and
permitting
them
to
go
through
the
window
.
"
Robert
,
leave
the
room
:
I
desire
that
you
will
not
again
give
your
assistance
to
Master
Fortescue
till
he
knows
how
to
ask
it
,
"
was
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
most
unexpected
interference
,
and
Edward
so
started
at
her
voice
and
look
,
that
his
passion
was
suddenly
calmed
.
"
Finish
your
toilet
,
and
when
you
have
found
your
shoes
and
put
them
away
,
you
may
join
me
in
the
breakfast-room
,
Edward
.
I
only
wait
your
pleasure
.
"
And
never
did
Edward
leave
her
presence
more
gladly
.
Shame
had
suddenly
conquered
anger
;
and
though
his
chest
still
heaved
and
his
cheeks
were
still
flushed
,
he
did
not
utter
another
word
till
nearly
a
quarter
of
a
mile
on
their
walk
.
Twice
he
had
looked
up
in
his
aunt
's
face
as
if
about
to
speak
,
but
the
expression
was
so
very
grave
,
that
he
felt
strangely
afraid
to
proceed
.
At
length
he
exclaimed
—
"
You
are
displeased
with
me
,
dear
aunt
;
but
indeed
I
could
not
help
feeling
angry
.
"
"
I
am
still
more
sorry
than
displeased
,
Edward
;
I
had
hoped
you
were
learning
more
control
,
and
to
know
your
duty
to
a
domestic
better
.
Your
uncle
—
"
"
Oh
,
pray
do
not
tell
him
!
"
implored
Edward
,
"
and
I
will
ask
Robert
's
pardon
the
moment
I
go
home
.
"
"
I
certainly
shall
not
complain
of
you
to
him
,
Edward
,
if
my
arguments
can
convince
you
of
your
error
;
but
if
you
are
only
to
ask
Robert
's
pardon
for
fear
of
your
uncle
,
I
would
rather
you
should
not
do
so
.
Tell
me
the
truth
;
if
you
were
quite
sure
your
uncle
would
know
nothing
about
it
,
would
you
still
ask
Robert
's
pardon
?
"
Edward
unhesitatingly
answered
"
No
!
"
"
And
why
not
?
"
"
Because
I
think
he
ought
to
ask
mine
for
keeping
me
waiting
as
he
did
,
and
for
being
insolent
first
to
me
.
"
"
He
did
not
keep
you
waiting
above
five
minutes
,
and
that
was
my
fault
not
his
,
as
I
was
employing
him
;
and
as
for
insolence
,
can
you
tell
me
what
he
said
?
"
Edward
hesitated
.
"
I
do
not
remember
the
exact
words
,
but
I
know
he
called
me
impatient
,
and
if
I
were
,
he
had
no
right
to
tell
me
so
.
"
"
Nor
did
he
.
I
heard
all
that
passed
,
and
I
could
not
help
thinking
how
very
far
superior
was
Robert
,
a
poor
country
youth
,
to
the
young
gentleman
who
abused
him
.
"
The
color
rose
to
Edward
's
temples
,
but
he
set
his
teeth
and
clenched
his
hand
,
to
prevent
any
farther
display
of
anger
;
and
his
aunt
,
after
attentively
observing
him
,
continued
—
"
He
said
that
his
young
master
Percy
never
required
impossibilities
,
and
though
often
impatient
never
abused
him
.
You
heard
the
word
,
and
feeling
you
had
been
so
,
believed
he
applied
it
to
yourself
.
"
"
But
in
what
can
he
be
my
superior
?
"
asked
Edward
,
in
a
low
voice
,
as
if
still
afraid
his
passion
would
regain
ascendency
.
"
I
will
answer
your
question
by
another
,
Edward
.
Suppose
any
one
had
used
abusive
terms
toward
you
,
and
contemptuously
desired
you
to
get
out
of
their
sight
,
how
would
you
have
answered
?
"
"
I
would
have
struck
him
to
the
earth
,
"
replied
Edward
,
passionately
,
and
quite
forgetting
his
wished
for
control
.
"
Neither
equal
nor
superior
should
dare
speak
so
to
me
again
.
"
"
And
what
prevented
Robert
acting
in
the
same
manner
?
Do
you
think
he
has
no
feeling
?
—
that
he
is
incapable
of
such
emotions
as
pain
or
anger
?
"
Edward
stood
for
a
minute
quite
still
and
silent
.
"
I
did
not
think
any
thing
about
it
,
"
he
said
,
at
length
;
"
but
I
certainly
supposed
I
had
a
right
to
say
what
I
pleased
to
one
so
far
beneath
me
.
"
"
And
in
what
is
Robert
so
far
beneath
you
?
"
"
He
is
a
servant
,
and
I
am
a
gentleman
in
birth
,
rank
—
"
"
Stop
,
Edward
!
did
you
make
yourself
a
gentleman
?
Is
it
any
credit
to
you
,
individually
,
to
be
higher
in
the
world
,
and
receive
a
better
education
than
Robert
?
"
Edward
was
again
silent
,
and
his
aunt
continued
to
talk
to
him
so
kindly
yet
so
earnestly
,
that
at
length
he
exclaimed
—
"
I
feel
I
have
indeed
been
wrong
,
dear
aunt
;
but
what
can
I
do
to
prove
to
Robert
I
am
really
sorry
for
having
treated
him
so
ill
?
"
"
Are
you
really
sorry
,
Edward
,
or
do
you
only
say
this
for
fear
of
your
uncle
's
displeasure
?
"
"
Indeed
,
I
had
quite
forgotten
him
,
"
replied
Edward
,
earnestly
;
"
I
deserve
his
anger
,
and
would
willingly
expose
myself
to
it
,
if
it
would
redeem
my
fault
.
"
"
I
would
rather
see
you
endeavor
earnestly
to
restrain
your
passions
my
dear
boy
,
than
inflict
any
such
pain
upon
you
.
It
will
be
a
great
pleasure
to
me
if
you
can
really
so
conquer
yourself
as
to
apologize
to
Robert
;
and
I
think
the
pain
of
so
doing
will
enable
you
more
easily
to
remember
all
we
have
been
saying
,
than
if
you
weakly
shrink
from
it
.
The
life
you
have
chosen
makes
me
even
more
anxious
that
you
should
become
less
passionate
—
than
were
you
to
remain
longer
with
me
;
I
fear
you
will
so
often
suffer
seriously
from
it
.
"
"
I
very
often
make
resolutions
never
to
be
in
a
passion
again
,
"
returned
Edward
,
sorrowfully
;
"
but
whenever
any
thing
provokes
me
,
something
seems
to
come
in
my
throat
,
and
I
am
compelled
to
give
way
.
"
"
You
will
not
be
able
to
conquer
your
fault
,
my
dear
Edward
,
without
great
perseverance
;
but
remember
,
the
more
difficult
the
task
,
the
greater
the
reward
;
and
that
you
can
control
anger
I
have
,
even
during
our
walk
,
had
a
proof
.
"
Edward
looked
up
surprised
.
"
Did
you
not
feel
very
angry
when
I
said
Robert
was
your
superior
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Edward
,
blushing
deeply
.
"
And
yet
you
successfully
checked
your
rising
passion
,
for
fear
of
offending
me
.
I
can
not
be
always
near
you
;
but
,
my
dear
boy
,
you
must
endeavor
to
remember
that
lesson
I
have
tried
to
teach
you
so
often
—
that
you
are
never
alone
.
You
can
not
even
think
an
angry
thought
,
much
less
speak
an
abusive
word
and
commit
the
most
trifling
act
of
passion
,
without
offending
God
.
If
you
would
but
ask
for
His
help
,
and
recollect
that
to
offend
Him
is
far
more
terrible
than
to
incur
the
displeasure
of
either
your
uncle
or
myself
,
I
think
you
would
find
your
task
much
easier
,
than
if
you
attempted
it
,
trusting
in
your
own
strength
alone
,
and
only
for
fear
of
man
.
"
Edward
did
not
make
any
reply
,
but
his
countenance
expressed
such
earnest
thought
and
softened
feeling
,
that
Mrs.
Hamilton
determined
on
not
interrupting
it
by
calling
at
Moorlands
as
she
had
intended
,
and
so
turned
in
the
direction
of
Greville
Manor
.
They
walked
on
for
some
little
time
in
silence
,
gradually
ascending
one
of
those
steep
and
narrow
but
green
and
flowery
lanes
peculiar
to
Devonshire
;
and
on
reaching
the
summit
of
the
hill
,
and
pausing
a
moment
by
the
little
gate
that
opened
on
a
rich
meadow
,
through
which
their
path
lay
,
an
exclamation
of
"
How
beautiful
!
"
burst
from
Edward
.
Fields
of
alternate
red
and
green
sloped
down
to
the
river
's
edge
,
the
green
bearing
the
glistening
color
peculiar
to
May
,
the
red
from
the
full
rich
soil
betraying
that
the
plow
had
but
lately
been
there
,
and
both
contrasting
beautifully
with
the
limpid
waters
,
whose
deep
azure
seemed
to
mock
the
very
heavens
.
The
Dart
from
that
point
seemed
no
longer
a
meandering
river
:
it
was
so
encompassed
by
thick
woods
and
fertile
hills
that
it
resembled
a
lake
,
to
which
there
was
neither
outlet
nor
inlet
,
save
from
the
land
.
The
trees
all
presented
that
exquisite
variety
of
green
peculiar
to
May
,
and
so
lofty
was
the
slope
on
which
they
grew
,
that
some
seemed
to
touch
the
very
sky
,
while
others
bent
gracefully
over
the
water
,
which
their
thick
branches
nearly
touched
.
The
hills
themselves
presented
a
complete
mosaic
of
red
and
green
;
the
fields
divided
by
high
hedges
,
from
which
the
oak
and
elm
and
beech
and
ash
would
start
up
,
of
growth
so
superb
as
to
have
the
semblance
of
a
cultivated
park
,
not
of
natural
woodland
.
Greville
Manor
,
an
Elizabethan
building
,
stood
on
their
right
,
surrounded
by
its
ancient
woods
,
which
,
though
lovely
still
,
Mr.
Greville
's
excesses
had
already
shorn
off
some
of
their
finest
timber
.
Some
parts
of
the
river
were
in
complete
shade
from
the
overhanging
branches
,
while
beyond
them
would
stretch
the
bright
blue
of
heaven
:
in
other
parts
,
a
stray
sunbeam
would
dart
through
an
opening
in
the
thick
branches
,
and
shine
like
a
bright
spot
in
the
surrounding
darkness
;
and
farther
on
,
the
cloudless
sun
so
flung
down
his
full
refulgence
,
that
the
moving
waters
flashed
and
sparkled
like
burning
gems
.
"
Is
it
not
beautiful
,
dear
aunt
?
Sometimes
I
feel
as
if
I
were
not
half
so
passionate
in
the
open
air
as
in
the
house
;
can
you
tell
me
why
?
"
"
Not
exactly
,
Edward
,
"
she
replied
,
smiling
;
"
but
I
am
very
pleased
to
hear
you
say
so
,
and
to
find
that
you
can
admire
such
a
lovely
scene
as
this
.
To
my
feelings
,
the
presence
of
a
loving
God
is
so
impressed
upon
his
works
—
we
can
so
distinctly
trace
goodness
,
and
love
,
and
power
,
in
the
gift
of
such
a
bountiful
world
,
that
I
feel
still
more
how
wrong
it
is
to
indulge
in
vexation
,
or
care
,
or
anxiety
,
when
in
the
midst
of
a
beautiful
country
,
than
when
at
home
;
and
perhaps
it
is
something
of
the
same
feeling
working
in
you
,
though
you
do
not
know
how
to
define
it
.
"
"
But
you
can
never
do
or
feel
any
thing
wrong
,
dear
aunt
,
"
said
Edward
,
looking
with
surprised
inquiry
in
her
face
.
"
Indeed
,
my
dear
boy
,
I
know
that
I
very
often
have
wrong
thoughts
and
feelings
;
and
that
only
my
Father
in
Heaven
's
infinite
mercy
enables
me
to
overcome
them
.
It
would
be
very
sad
,
if
I
were
as
faulty
,
and
as
easily
led
into
error
,
as
you
and
your
cousins
may
be
,
when
I
have
had
so
many
more
years
to
think
and
try
to
improve
in
;
but
just
in
the
same
way
as
you
have
duties
to
perform
and
feelings
to
overcome
,
so
have
I
;
and
if
I
fail
in
the
endeavor
to
lead
you
all
in
the
better
and
happier
path
—
or
feel
too
much
anxiety
,
or
shrink
from
giving
myself
pain
,
when
compelled
to
correct
a
fault
in
either
of
you
,
I
am
just
as
likely
to
incur
the
displeasure
of
our
Father
in
Heaven
,
as
you
are
when
you
are
passionate
or
angry
;
and
perhaps
still
more
so
,
for
the
more
capable
we
are
of
knowing
and
doing
our
duty
,
the
more
wrong
we
are
when
we
fail
in
it
,
even
in
thought
.
"
There
was
so
much
in
this
reply
to
surprise
Edward
,
it
seemed
so
to
fill
his
mind
with
new
ideas
,
that
he
continued
his
walk
in
absolute
silence
.
That
his
aunt
could
ever
fail
,
as
she
seemed
to
say
she
had
and
did
,
and
even
still
at
times
found
it
difficult
to
do
right
,
was
very
strange
;
but
yet
somehow
it
seemed
to
comfort
him
,
and
to
inspire
him
with
a
sort
of
courage
to
emulate
her
,
and
conquer
his
difficulties
.
He
had
fancied
that
she
could
not
possibly
understand
how
difficult
it
was
for
him
always
to
be
good
;
but
when
he
found
that
she
could
do
so
even
from
her
own
experience
,
her
words
appeared
endowed
with
double
force
,
and
he
loved
her
,
and
looked
up
to
her
more
than
ever
.
Ten
minutes
more
brought
them
to
the
Gothic
lodge
of
the
Manor
,
and
instead
of
seeking
the
front
entrance
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
led
the
way
to
the
flower-garden
,
on
which
Mrs.
Greville
's
usual
morning-room
opened
by
a
glass
door
.
"
Herbert
was
to
tell
Mary
of
our
intended
visit
;
I
wonder
she
is
not
watching
for
me
as
usual
,
"
observed
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
somewhat
anxiously
;
and
her
anxiety
increased
,
as
on
nearing
the
half
open
door
she
saw
poor
Mary
,
her
head
leaning
against
Herbert
,
deluged
in
tears
.
Mrs.
Greville
was
not
there
,
though
the
books
,
work
,
and
maps
upon
the
table
told
of
their
morning
's
employment
having
been
the
same
as
usual
.
Herbert
was
earnestly
endeavoring
to
speak
comfort
,
but
evidently
without
success
;
and
Mary
was
in
general
so
controlled
,
that
her
present
grief
betrayed
some
very
much
heavier
trial
than
usual
.
"
Is
your
mother
ill
,
my
dear
Mary
?
What
can
have
happened
to
agitate
you
so
painfully
?
"
she
inquired
,
as
at
the
first
sound
of
her
voice
the
poor
girl
sprung
toward
her
,
and
tried
to
say
how
very
glad
she
was
that
she
had
come
just
then
;
but
the
words
were
inarticulate
from
sobs
;
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
desiring
Edward
to
amuse
himself
in
the
garden
,
made
her
sit
down
by
her
,
and
told
her
not
to
attempt
to
check
her
tears
,
but
to
let
them
have
free
vent
a
few
minutes
,
and
then
to
try
and
tell
her
what
had
occurred
.
It
was
a
very
sad
tale
for
a
child
to
tell
,
and
as
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
previous
knowledge
enabled
her
to
gather
more
from
it
than
Mary
's
broken
narrative
permitted
,
we
will
give
it
in
our
own
words
.
Mr.
Greville
had
been
at
home
for
a
month
,
a
quarter
of
which
time
the
good
humor
which
some
unusually
successful
bets
had
excited
,
lasted
;
but
no
longer
.
His
amusement
then
consisted
,
as
usual
,
in
trying
every
method
to
annoy
and
irritate
his
wife
,
and
in
endeavoring
to
make
his
son
exactly
like
himself
.
Young
as
the
boy
was
—
scarcely
twelve
—
he
took
him
to
scenes
of
riot
and
feasting
,
which
the
society
of
some
boon
companions
,
unhappily
near
neighbors
,
permitted
;
and
though
Alfred
's
cheek
became
pale
,
his
eye
haggard
,
and
his
temper
uneven
,
his
initiation
was
fraught
with
such
a
new
species
of
excitement
and
pleasure
,
that
it
rejoiced
and
encouraged
his
father
in
the
same
measure
as
it
agonized
his
mother
,
and
,
for
her
sake
,
poor
Mary
.
That
morning
Alfred
had
declared
his
intention
of
visiting
a
large
fair
,
which
,
with
some
races
of
but
ill
repute
,
from
the
bad
company
they
collected
,
was
to
be
held
at
a
neighboring
town
,
and
told
his
father
to
prepare
for
a
large
demand
on
his
cash
,
as
he
meant
to
try
his
hand
at
all
the
varieties
of
gaming
which
the
scene
presented
.
Mr.
Greville
laughed
heartily
at
what
he
called
the
boy
's
right
spirit
,
and
promised
him
all
he
required
;
but
there
was
a
quivering
on
her
mother
's
lip
,
a
deadly
paleness
on
her
cheek
,
that
spoke
volumes
of
suffering
to
the
heart
of
the
observant
Mary
,
who
sat
trembling
beside
her
.
Still
Mrs.
Greville
did
not
speak
till
her
husband
left
the
room
;
but
then
,
as
Alfred
was
about
to
follow
him
,
she
caught
hold
of
his
hand
,
and
implored
him
,
with
such
a
tone
and
look
of
agony
,
only
to
listen
to
her
,
for
her
sake
to
give
up
his
intended
pleasure
;
that
,
almost
frightened
by
an
emotion
which
in
his
gentle
mother
he
had
scarcely
ever
seen
,
and
suddenly
remembering
that
he
had
lately
been
indeed
most
unkind
and
neglectful
to
her
,
he
threw
his
arms
round
her
neck
,
and
promised
with
tears
that
if
it
gave
her
so
much
pain
,
he
would
not
go
;
and
so
sincere
was
his
feeling
at
the
moment
that
,
had
there
been
no
tempter
near
,
he
would
,
in
all
probability
,
have
kept
his
word
.
But
the
moment
Mr.
Greville
heard
from
his
son
his
change
of
intention
and
its
cause
,
he
so
laughed
at
his
ridiculous
folly
,
so
sneered
at
his
want
of
spirit
in
preferring
his
mother
's
whims
to
his
father
's
pleasures
,
that
,
as
could
not
fail
to
be
the
case
,
every
better
feeling
fled
.
This
ought
to
have
been
enough
;
but
it
was
too
good
an
opportunity
to
vent
his
ill-temper
on
his
wife
,
to
be
neglected
.
He
sought
her
,
where
she
was
superintending
Mary
's
lessons
,
and
for
nearly
an
hour
poured
upon
her
the
most
fearful
abuse
and
cutting
taunts
,
ending
by
declaring
that
all
the
good
she
had
done
by
her
saintly
eloquence
was
to
banish
her
son
from
her
presence
,
whenever
he
left
home
,
as
in
future
Alfred
should
be
his
companion
;
and
that
he
should
begin
that
very
day
.
Mrs.
Greville
neither
moved
nor
spoke
in
reply
;
and
the
expression
of
her
countenance
was
so
sternly
calm
,
that
poor
Mary
felt
as
if
she
dared
not
give
way
to
the
emotion
with
which
her
heart
was
bursting
.
Mr.
Greville
left
the
room
,
and
they
heard
him
peremptorily
desire
the
housekeeper
to
put
up
some
of
Master
Alfred
's
clothes
.
In
a
perfectly
composed
voice
Mrs.
Greville
desired
Mary
to
proceed
with
the
exercise
she
was
writing
,
and
emulating
her
firmness
,
she
tried
to
obey
.
Fortunately
her
task
was
writing
,
for
to
have
spoken
or
read
aloud
would
,
she
felt
,
have
been
impossible
.
So
full
half
an
hour
passed
,
and
then
hasty
footsteps
were
heard
in
the
hall
,
and
the
joyous
voice
of
Alfred
exclaiming
—
"
Let
me
wish
mamma
and
Mary
good-by
,
papa
.
"
"
I
have
not
another
moment
to
spare
,
"
was
the
reply
.
"
You
have
kept
me
long
enough
,
and
must
be
quicker
next
time
;
come
along
,
my
boy
.
"
The
rapid
tread
of
horses
'
hoofs
speedily
followed
the
sullen
clang
with
which
the
hall-door
closed
,
and
as
rapidly
faded
away
in
the
distance
.
With
an
irresistible
impulse
,
Mary
raised
her
eyes
to
her
mother
's
face
;
a
bright
red
flush
had
risen
to
her
temples
,
but
her
lips
were
perfectly
colorless
,
and
her
hand
tightly
pressed
her
heart
;
but
this
only
lasted
a
minute
,
for
the
next
she
had
fallen
quite
senseless
on
the
floor
.
Her
poor
child
hung
over
her
almost
paralyzed
with
terror
,
and
so
long
did
the
faint
last
,
that
she
was
conveyed
to
her
own
room
,
partially
undressed
,
and
laid
on
her
bed
before
she
at
all
recovered
.
A
brief
while
she
had
clasped
Mary
to
her
bosom
,
as
if
in
her
was
indeed
her
only
earthly
comfort
,
and
then
in
a
faint
voice
desired
to
be
left
quite
alone
.
Mary
had
flung
herself
on
the
neck
of
the
sympathizing
Herbert
Hamilton
(
who
had
arrived
just
in
the
confusion
attendant
on
Mrs.
Greville
's
unusual
illness
)
,
and
wept
there
in
all
the
uncontrolled
violence
of
early
sorrow
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
remained
some
time
with
her
afflicted
friend
,
for
so
truly
could
she
sympathize
with
her
,
that
her
society
brought
with
it
the
only
solace
Mrs.
Greville
was
capable
of
realizing
from
human
companionship
.
"
It
is
not
for
myself
I
murmur
,
"
were
the
only
words
that
in
that
painful
interview
might
have
even
seemed
like
complaint
;
"
but
for
my
poor
child
.
How
is
her
fragile
frame
and
gentle
spirit
to
endure
through
trials
such
as
these
;
oh
,
Emmeline
,
to
lose
both
,
and
through
their
father
!
"
And
difficult
indeed
did
it
seem
to
realize
the
cause
of
such
a
terrible
dispensation
;
but
happily
for
Mrs.
Greville
,
she
could
still
look
up
in
love
and
trust
,
even
when
below
all
of
comfort
as
of
joy
seemed
departed
;
and
in
a
few
days
she
was
enabled
to
resume
her
usual
avocations
,
and
,
by
an
assumption
of
cheerfulness
and
constant
employment
,
to
restore
some
degree
of
peace
and
happiness
to
her
child
.
Neither
Herbert
nor
Edward
seemed
inclined
to
converse
on
their
walk
home
,
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
was
so
engrossed
in
thought
for
Mrs.
Greville
,
that
she
did
not
feel
disposed
to
speak
either
.
Herbert
was
contrasting
his
father
with
Mary
's
,
and
with
such
a
vivid
sense
of
his
own
happier
lot
,
that
he
felt
almost
oppressed
with
the
thought
,
he
was
not
,
he
never
could
be
,
grateful
enough
;
for
,
what
had
he
done
to
be
so
much
more
blessed
?
And
when
Mr.
Hamilton
,
who
,
wondering
at
their
long
absence
,
had
come
out
to
meet
them
,
put
his
arm
affectionately
round
him
,
and
asked
him
what
could
possibly
make
him
look
so
pale
and
pensive
,
the
boy
's
excited
feelings
completely
overpowered
him
.
He
buried
his
face
on
his
father
's
shoulder
,
and
burst
into
tears
;
and
then
leaving
his
mother
to
explain
it
,
for
he
felt
quite
sure
she
could
,
without
his
telling
her
,
darted
away
and
never
stopped
till
he
found
himself
in
the
sanctuary
of
his
own
room
;
and
there
he
remained
,
trying
to
calm
himself
by
earnest
thought
and
almost
unconscious
prayer
,
till
the
dinner-bell
summoned
him
to
rejoin
his
family
,
which
he
did
,
quiet
and
gentle
,
but
cheerful
,
as
usual
.
Edward
did
not
forget
the
thoughts
of
the
morning
,
but
the
struggles
so
to
subdue
his
pride
as
to
apologize
to
Robert
,
seemed
very
much
more
difficult
when
he
was
no
longer
hearing
his
aunt
's
earnest
words
;
but
he
did
conquer
himself
,
and
the
fond
approving
look
,
with
which
he
was
rewarded
,
gave
him
such
a
glowing
feeling
of
pleasure
,
as
almost
to
lessen
the
pain
of
his
humiliation
.
CHAPTER
VI
.
CECIL
GRAHAME
'S
PHILOSOPHY
.
—
AN
ERROR
AND
ITS
CONSEQUENCES
.
—
A
MYSTERY
AND
A
CONFIDENCE
.
A
few
days
after
the
events
of
the
last
chapter
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
accompanied
by
Percy
,
called
at
Moorlands
.
Cecil
Grahame
was
playing
in
the
garden
,
and
Percy
remained
with
him
,
his
good-nature
often
making
him
a
companion
,
though
there
was
nearly
six
years
'
difference
in
their
age
.
"
Are
you
going
to
T
—
on
Thursday
,
Percy
?
There
will
be
such
fine
doings
.
Races
and
the
county
fair
,
and
wild
beasts
and
shows
,
and
every
thing
delightful
;
of
course
,
you
will
go
?
"
"
I
do
not
think
it
at
all
likely
,
"
replied
young
Hamilton
.
"
No
!
"
repeated
Cecil
,
much
astonished
.
"
Why
,
I
was
only
saying
the
other
day
how
much
I
should
like
to
be
as
old
as
you
are
;
it
must
be
so
delightful
to
be
one
's
own
master
.
"
"
I
do
not
consider
myself
my
own
master
yet
,
Cecil
.
Sometimes
I
wish
I
were
;
at
others
,
I
think
I
am
much
better
as
I
am
.
And
,
as
for
this
fair
,
Mr.
Howard
will
be
back
to-morrow
,
so
there
is
no
chance
of
my
going
.
"
"
Why
is
there
no
such
thing
as
the
possibility
of
a
holiday
,
Percy
?
"
replied
Cecil
,
with
great
glee
;
"
or
perhaps
,
"
he
added
,
laughing
,
"
your
papa
is
like
mine
,
and
does
not
allow
such
freaks
;
thinks
it
wrong
to
go
to
such
places
,
acting
against
morality
,
and
such
out
of
the
way
ideas
.
"
"
Are
these
Mr.
Grahame
's
opinions
?
"
inquired
Percy
,
almost
sternly
.
"
Why
ye
—
yes
—
why
do
you
look
at
me
so
,
Percy
?
I
am
sure
I
said
no
harm
;
I
only
repeated
what
I
have
heard
mamma
say
continually
.
"
"
That
is
not
the
very
least
excuse
for
your
disrespect
to
your
father
;
and
if
he
think
thus
,
I
wonder
you
should
talk
of
going
to
the
races
;
you
can
not
have
his
permission
.
"
"
Oh
,
but
mamma
has
promised
if
I
am
a
good
boy
till
then
and
she
can
manage
it
,
I
shall
go
;
for
she
can
not
see
any
harm
in
it
.
And
as
for
waiting
for
papa
's
permission
—
if
I
did
,
I
should
never
go
any
where
.
He
is
so
unkind
,
that
I
am
always
afraid
of
speaking
or
even
playing
,
when
he
is
in
the
room
.
"
"
You
are
a
silly
boy
,
Cecil
,
"
replied
young
Hamilton
;
"
Believe
me
,
you
do
not
know
your
best
friend
.
I
should
be
very
sorry
to
feel
thus
toward
my
father
.
"
"
Oh
!
but
yours
and
mine
are
very
different
sort
of
people
.
Your
papa
never
punishes
you
,
or
refuses
you
his
permission
,
when
you
wish
particularly
to
do
any
thing
,
or
go
any
where
.
"
"
If
papa
thinks
my
wishes
foolish
,
or
liable
to
lead
me
into
error
,
he
does
refuse
me
without
scruple
,
Cecil
.
And
though
I
am
old
enough
now
,
I
hope
,
so
to
conduct
myself
as
to
avoid
actual
punishment
:
when
I
was
as
young
as
you
are
,
papa
very
frequently
punished
me
,
both
for
my
violence
and
pride
.
"
"
But
then
he
was
kind
to
you
afterward
.
Now
I
should
not
so
much
mind
papa
's
severity
when
I
am
naughty
,
if
he
would
only
be
kind
,
or
take
some
notice
of
me
when
I
am
good
.
But
has
Mr.
Hamilton
told
you
not
to
go
to
the
races
?
"
"
Not
exactly
:
he
has
merely
said
he
thinks
it
a
day
most
unprofitably
wasted
;
and
that
the
gambling
and
excesses
,
always
the
attendant
of
races
,
are
not
fit
scenes
for
young
persons
.
Were
I
to
take
my
horse
and
go
,
he
would
not
,
perhaps
,
be
actually
displeased
,
as
I
am
old
enough
now
,
he
says
,
in
some
things
,
to
judge
for
myself
;
but
I
should
be
acting
against
his
principles
,
which
,
just
now
,
I
am
not
inclined
to
do
,
for
I
am
sure
to
suffer
from
it
afterward
.
"
"
Well
,
all
I
can
say
,
is
,
that
when
I
am
as
old
as
you
are
,
Percy
,
I
shall
certainly
consider
myself
under
no
one
.
I
hope
I
shall
be
at
Eton
by
that
time
,
and
then
we
shall
see
if
Cecil
Grahame
has
not
some
spirit
in
him
.
I
would
not
be
tied
down
to
Oakwood
,
and
to
Mr.
Howard
's
humdrum
lessons
,
as
you
are
,
Percy
,
for
worlds
.
"
"
Take
care
that
Cecil
Grahame
's
spirit
does
not
effervesce
so
much
,
as
to
make
him
,
when
at
Eton
,
wish
himself
back
at
Moorlands
,
"
replied
Percy
,
laughing
heartily
at
his
young
companion
's
grotesque
attempts
at
self-consequence
,
by
placing
his
cap
dandily
on
his
head
,
flourishing
his
cane
,
and
trying
to
make
himself
look
taller
.
Cecil
took
his
laugh
,
however
,
in
good
part
,
and
they
continued
in
amicable
conversation
till
Mrs.
Hamilton
summoned
Percy
to
attend
her
home
.
Our
readers
have
,
perhaps
,
discovered
that
Percy
,
this
day
was
not
quite
as
lively
as
usual
.
If
they
have
not
his
mother
did
;
for
,
strange
to
say
,
he
walked
by
her
side
silent
and
dispirited
.
His
thoughtlessness
very
often
led
him
into
error
and
its
disagreeable
consequences
;
and
,
fearing
this
had
again
been
the
case
,
she
playfully
inquired
the
cause
of
his
most
unusual
abstraction
.
He
colored
,
but
evaded
the
question
,
and
successfully
roused
himself
to
talk
.
His
mother
was
not
anxious
,
for
she
had
such
perfect
confidence
in
him
,
that
she
know
if
he
had
committed
error
,
he
would
redeem
it
,
and
that
his
own
good
feelings
and
high
principles
would
prevent
its
recurrence
.
It
so
happened
,
however
,
that
young
Hamilton
,
by
a
series
of
rather
imprudent
actions
,
had
plunged
himself
into
such
a
very
unusual
and
disagreeable
position
,
as
not
very
well
to
know
how
to
extricate
himself
from
it
,
without
a
full
confession
to
his
father
;
which
,
daringly
brave
as
in
general
he
was
,
he
felt
almost
as
if
he
really
had
not
the
courage
to
make
.
One
of
Mr.
Hamilton
's
most
imperative
commands
was
,
that
his
sons
should
never
incur
a
debt
,
and
,
to
prevent
the
temptation
,
their
monthly
allowance
was
an
ample
one
,
and
fully
permitted
any
recreative
indulgences
they
might
desire
.
Now
Percy
was
rather
inclined
to
extravagance
,
from
thoughtlessness
and
a
profuse
generosity
,
which
had
often
caused
him
such
annoyance
as
to
make
him
resolve
again
and
again
to
follow
his
father
's
advice
,
and
keep
some
accounts
of
his
expenditure
,
as
a
slight
check
on
himself
.
The
admiration
for
beauty
in
the
fine
arts
,
which
his
mother
had
so
sedulously
cultivated
,
had
had
only
one
bad
effect
;
and
that
was
that
his
passion
for
prints
and
paintings
,
and
illustrated
and
richly-bound
volumes
,
sometimes
carried
him
beyond
bounds
,
and
very
often
occasioned
regret
,
that
he
had
not
examined
the
letter-press
of
such
works
,
as
well
as
their
engravings
and
bindings
.
He
had
given
orders
to
Mr.
Harris
,
a
large
fancy
stationer
,
librarian
,
and
publisher
of
T
—
,
to
procure
for
him
a
set
of
engravings
,
whose
very
interesting
subjects
and
beautiful
workmanship
,
Mr.
Grahame
had
so
vividly
described
to
him
,
that
young
Hamilton
felt
to
do
without
them
till
his
father
or
he
himself
should
visit
the
metropolis
,
and
so
judge
of
their
worth
themselves
,
was
quite
impossible
.
The
order
was
given
without
the
least
regard
to
price
.
They
arrived
at
the
end
of
the
month
,
and
the
young
gentleman
,
to
his
extreme
astonishment
,
discovered
that
his
month
's
allowance
had
been
so
expended
,
as
not
to
leave
him
a
half-quarter
of
the
necessary
sum
.
What
to
do
he
did
not
very
well
know
.
Mr.
Harris
had
had
great
difficulty
in
procuring
the
prints
,
and
of
course
he
was
bound
in
honor
to
take
them
.
If
he
waited
till
he
could
pay
for
them
,
he
must
sacrifice
the
whole
of
one
month
's
allowance
,
and
then
how
could
he
keep
free
from
debt
till
the
next
?
As
for
applying
to
his
father
,
he
shrank
from
it
with
actual
pain
.
How
could
he
ask
his
ever
kind
and
indulgent
parent
to
discharge
a
debt
incurred
by
such
a
thoughtless
act
of
unnecessary
extravagance
?
Mr.
Harris
made
very
light
of
it
,
declaring
that
,
if
Mr.
Percy
did
not
pay
him
for
a
twelvemonth
,
it
was
of
no
consequence
;
he
would
trust
him
for
any
sum
or
any
time
he
liked
.
But
to
make
no
attempt
to
liquidate
his
debt
was
as
impossible
as
to
speak
to
his
father
.
No
,
after
a
violent
struggle
with
his
pride
,
which
did
not
at
all
like
the
idea
of
betraying
his
inability
to
pay
the
whole
,
or
of
asking
a
favor
of
Mr.
Harris
,
he
agreed
to
pay
his
debt
by
installments
,
and
so
in
two
or
three
months
,
at
the
very
latest
,
discharge
the
whole
.
One
week
afterward
he
received
his
month
's
allowance
,
and
riding
over
directly
to
the
town
relieved
his
conscience
of
half
its
load
.
To
have
only
half
his
usual
sum
,
however
,
for
monthly
expenditure
caused
him
so
many
checks
and
annoyances
as
to
make
him
hate
the
very
sight
of
the
prints
whose
possession
he
had
so
coveted
,
but
he
looked
forward
to
the
next
month
to
be
free
at
least
of
Mr.
Harris
.
The
idea
of
disobedience
to
his
father
in
incurring
a
debt
at
all
,
causing
him
more
annoyance
than
all
the
rest
.
Again
the
first
day
of
the
month
came
round
,
and
putting
the
full
sum
required
in
his
purse
,
he
set
off
,
but
on
his
way
encountered
such
a
scene
of
distress
,
that
every
thought
fled
from
his
mind
,
except
how
to
relieve
it
.
He
accompanied
the
miserable
half-famished
man
to
a
hut
in
which
lay
a
seemingly
dying
woman
with
a
new-born
babe
,
and
two
or
three
small
half-starved
,
half-naked
children
—
listened
to
their
story
,
which
was
really
one
of
truth
and
misfortune
,
not
of
whining
deceit
,
poured
the
whole
contents
of
his
purse
into
their
laps
,
and
rode
off
to
T
—
,
to
find
not
Mr.
Harris
but
Mr.
Maitland
,
and
implore
him
to
see
what
his
skill
would
do
for
the
poor
woman
.
He
encountered
that
gentleman
at
the
outskirts
of
the
town
,
told
his
story
,
and
was
so
delighted
at
Mr.
Maitland
's
willing
promise
to
go
directly
,
and
also
to
report
the
case
to
those
who
would
relieve
it
,
that
he
never
thought
of
any
thing
else
till
he
found
himself
directly
opposite
Mr.
Harris
's
shop
,
and
his
bounding
heart
sunk
suddenly
down
,
as
impelled
by
a
weight
of
lead
.
The
conviction
flashed
upon
him
that
he
had
been
giving
away
money
which
was
actually
not
his
own
;
and
the
deed
which
had
been
productive
of
so
much
internal
happiness
,
now
seemed
to
reproach
and
condemn
him
.
He
rode
back
without
even
seeking
Mr.
Harris
,
for
what
could
he
tell
him
as
the
reason
of
his
non-payment
?
Certainly
not
his
having
given
it
away
.
The
first
of
May
,
which
was
his
birthday
,
he
had
been
long
engaged
to
spend
with
some
young
men
and
lads
who
were
to
have
a
grand
game
of
cricket
,
a
jovial
dinner
,
an
adjournment
to
some
evening
amusement
,
and
,
to
conclude
the
day
,
a
gay
supper
,
with
glees
and
songs
.
Mr.
Hamilton
had
rather
wished
Percy
to
leave
the
party
after
dinner
,
and
had
told
him
so
,
merely
,
however
,
as
a
preference
,
not
a
command
,
but
giving
him
permission
to
use
his
own
discretion
.
Percy
knew
there
would
be
several
expenses
attendant
on
the
day
,
but
still
he
had
promised
so
long
to
be
one
of
the
party
,
which
all
had
declared
would
be
nothing
without
him
,
and
his
own
inclinations
so
urged
him
to
join
it
,
that
it
seemed
to
him
utterly
impossible
to
draw
back
,
especially
as
he
could
give
no
excuse
for
doing
so
.
How
could
he
say
that
he
could
not
afford
it
?
when
he
was
,
or
ought
to
have
been
,
nearly
the
richest
of
the
party
;
and
what
would
his
father
think
?
He
went
.
The
day
was
thoroughly
delightful
,
and
so
exciting
,
that
though
he
had
started
from
home
with
the
intention
of
leaving
them
after
dinner
,
he
could
not
resist
the
pleadings
of
his
companions
and
his
own
wishes
,
and
remained
.
At
supper
alone
excitement
and
revelry
seemed
to
have
gained
the
upper
hand
,
and
Percy
,
though
steady
in
entirely
abstaining
from
all
excess
,
was
not
quite
so
guarded
as
usual
.
A
clergyman
had
lately
appeared
at
T
—
,
whose
appearance
,
manners
,
and
opinions
had
given
more
than
usual
food
for
gossip
,
and
much
uncharitableness
.
His
cloth
indeed
ought
to
have
protected
him
,
but
it
rather
increased
the
satire
,
sarcasm
,
and
laughter
which
he
excited
.
He
was
brought
forward
by
the
thoughtless
youths
of
Percy
's
party
,
quizzed
unmercifully
,
made
the
object
of
some
clever
caricatures
and
satires
,
and
though
young
Hamilton
at
first
kept
aloof
,
he
could
not
resist
the
contagion
.
He
dashed
off
about
half-a-dozen
verses
of
such
remarkably
witty
and
clever
point
,
that
they
were
received
with
roars
of
applause
,
and
an
unanimous
request
for
distribution
;
but
this
he
positively
refused
,
and
put
them
up
with
one
or
two
other
poems
of
more
innocent
wit
,
in
which
he
was
fond
of
indulging
,
into
his
pocket
.
The
day
closed
,
and
the
next
morning
brought
with
it
so
many
regrets
,
and
such
a
confused
recollection
of
the
very
unusual
excitement
of
the
previous
evening
,
that
he
was
glad
to
dismiss
the
subject
from
his
mind
,
and
threw
his
satire
,
as
he
believed
,
into
the
fire
.
In
fact
,
he
was
so
absorbed
with
the
disagreeable
conviction
that
he
could
only
pay
Mr.
Harris
a
third
of
his
remaining
debt
,
trifling
as
in
reality
it
was
,
that
he
thought
of
nothing
else
.
Now
Mr.
Harris
was
the
editor
and
publisher
of
rather
a
clever
weekly
paper
,
and
Percy
happened
to
be
in
his
parlor
waiting
to
speak
to
him
,
while
he
was
paying
a
contribution
.
"
I
wish
my
head
were
clever
enough
to
get
out
of
your
debt
in
that
comfortable
way
,
"
he
said
,
half
laughing
,
as
the
gentleman
left
them
together
.
"
I
wish
all
my
customers
were
as
desirous
of
paying
their
large
debts
as
you
are
your
small
ones
,
"
was
Mr.
Harris
's
reply
.
"
But
I
have
heard
something
of
your
clever
verses
,
Mr.
Percy
;
if
you
will
let
me
see
some
,
I
really
may
be
able
to
oblige
you
,
as
you
seem
so
very
anxious
to
have
nothing
more
to
do
with
me
—
"
"
In
the
way
of
debt
,
not
of
purchases
,
Mr.
Harris
;
and
I
assure
you
,
I
am
not
thinking
so
much
about
you
,
as
of
my
own
disobedience
.
I
will
lend
you
my
papers
,
only
you
must
give
me
your
word
not
to
publish
them
with
my
name
.
"
"
They
will
not
be
worth
so
much
,
"
replied
Mr.
Harris
,
smiling
.
"
Only
let
me
feel
they
have
helped
to
discharge
my
debt
,
or
at
least
let
me
know
how
much
more
is
wanted
to
do
so
,
and
I
will
worship
the
muses
henceforth
,
"
replied
Percy
,
with
almost
his
natural
gayety
,
for
he
felt
he
wrote
better
verses
than
those
Mr.
Harris
had
been
so
liberally
paying
for
;
and
the
idea
of
feeling
free
again
was
so
very
delightful
,
that
,
after
receiving
Mr.
Harris
's
solemn
promise
not
to
betray
his
authorship
,
he
galloped
home
,
more
happy
than
he
had
been
for
some
days
.
Mr.
Harris
had
said
he
must
have
them
that
evening
,
and
Robert
was
leaving
for
the
town
,
as
his
young
master
entered
the
house
.
He
hastily
put
up
his
portfolio
,
and
sent
it
off
.
His
conscience
was
so
perfectly
free
from
keeping
any
thing
that
he
afterward
had
cause
to
regret
,
that
he
did
not
think
of
looking
them
over
,
and
great
was
his
delight
,
when
a
few
lines
arrived
from
Mr.
Harris
,
speaking
in
the
highest
terms
of
his
talent
,
and
saying
,
that
the
set
of
verses
he
had
selected
,
even
without
the
attraction
of
his
name
,
would
entirely
liquidate
his
trifling
debt
.
For
the
next
few
days
Percy
trod
on
air
.
He
had
resolved
on
waiting
till
the
poem
appeared
,
and
then
,
as
he
really
had
discharged
his
debt
,
take
courage
and
confess
the
whole
to
his
father
,
for
his
idea
of
truth
made
him
shrink
from
any
farther
concealment
.
He
hoped
and
believed
that
his
father
would
regard
the
pain
and
constant
annoyance
he
had
been
enduring
so
long
,
as
sufficient
penalty
for
his
disobedience
,
and
after
a
time
give
him
back
the
confidence
,
which
he
feared
must
at
his
first
confession
be
withdrawn
.
What
,
then
,
was
his
grief
,
his
vexation
,
almost
his
despair
,
when
he
recognized
in
the
poem
selected
,
the
verses
he
thought
and
believed
he
had
burned
the
morning
after
they
were
written
;
and
which
in
print
,
and
read
by
his
sober
self
,
seemed
such
a
heartless
,
glaring
,
cruel
insult
,
not
only
on
a
fellow-creature
,
but
a
minister
of
God
,
that
he
felt
almost
overwhelmed
.
What
could
he
do
?
Mr.
Harris
was
not
to
blame
,
for
he
had
made
no
reservation
as
to
the
contents
of
his
portfolio
.
His
name
,
indeed
,
was
not
to
them
,
and
only
having
been
read
lightly
once
to
his
companions
of
that
hateful
supper
—
for
so
he
now
felt
it
—
almost
all
of
whom
were
not
perfectly
sober
,
there
was
a
chance
of
their
never
being
recognized
as
his
,
and
as
their
subject
did
not
live
near
any
town
where
the
paper
was
likely
to
circulate
,
might
never
meet
his
eye
.
But
all
this
was
poor
comfort
.
The
paper
was
very
seldom
seen
at
Oakwood
,
but
its
contents
were
often
spoken
of
before
his
parents
,
and
how
could
he
endure
a
reference
to
those
verses
,
how
bear
this
accumulation
of
concealment
,
and
,
as
he
felt
,
deceit
,
and
all
sprung
from
the
one
thoughtless
act
of
ordering
an
expensive
and
unnecessary
indulgence
,
without
sufficient
consideration
how
it
was
to
be
paid
.
To
tell
his
father
,
avow
himself
the
author
of
such
a
satire
,
and
on
such
a
subject
,
he
could
not
.
Could
he
tell
his
mother
,
and
implore
her
intercession
?
that
seemed
like
a
want
of
confidence
in
his
father
—
no
—
if
he
ever
could
gain
courage
to
confess
it
,
it
should
be
to
Mr.
Hamilton
alone
;
but
the
more
he
thought
,
the
more
,
for
the
first
time
,
his
courage
failed
.
It
was
only
the
day
before
his
visit
to
Lady
Helen
's
that
he
had
discovered
this
accumulation
of
misfortune
,
and
therefore
it
was
not
much
wonder
he
was
so
dispirited
.
Two
days
afterward
Herbert
,
with
a
blushing
cheek
and
very
timid
voice
,
asked
his
father
to
grant
him
a
great
favor
.
He
was
almost
afraid
to
ask
it
,
he
said
,
but
he
hoped
and
believed
his
parent
would
trust
his
assurance
that
it
was
for
nothing
improper
.
It
was
that
he
might
be
from
home
next
day
unattended
for
several
hours
.
He
should
go
on
horseback
,
but
he
was
so
accustomed
to
ride
,
and
his
horse
was
so
steady
,
he
hoped
he
might
be
allowed
to
go
alone
.
Mr.
Hamilton
looked
very
much
surprised
,
as
did
all
present
.
That
the
quiet
,
studious
Herbert
should
wish
to
give
up
his
favorite
pursuits
,
so
soon
too
after
Mr.
Howard
's
return
,
and
go
on
what
appeared
such
a
mysterious
excursion
,
was
something
so
extraordinary
,
that
various
expressions
of
surprise
broke
from
his
sisters
and
Edward
.
Percy
did
look
up
but
made
no
observation
.
Mr.
Hamilton
only
paused
,
however
,
to
consult
his
wife
's
face
and
then
replied
—
"
You
certainly
have
mystified
us
,
my
dear
boy
;
but
I
freely
grant
you
my
consent
,
and
if
I
can
read
your
mother
's
face
aright
,
hers
is
not
far
distant
.
You
are
now
nearly
fifteen
,
and
never
once
from
your
birth
has
your
conduct
given
me
an
hour
's
pain
or
uneasiness
;
I
have
therefore
quite
sufficient
confidence
in
your
integrity
and
steadiness
to
trust
you
,
as
you
wish
,
alone
.
I
will
not
even
ask
your
intentions
,
for
I
am
sure
they
will
not
lead
you
into
wrong
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
again
and
again
,
my
own
dear
father
.
I
hope
I
shall
never
do
any
thing
to
forfeit
your
confidence
,
"
replied
Herbert
,
so
eagerly
that
his
cheeks
flushed
still
deeper
,
and
his
eyes
glistened
;
then
throwing
himself
on
the
stool
at
his
mother
's
feet
,
he
said
,
pleadingly
,
"
Will
you
,
too
,
trust
me
,
dearest
mother
,
and
promise
me
not
to
be
anxious
,
if
I
do
not
appear
till
after
our
dinner-hour
?
—
promise
me
this
,
or
I
shall
have
no
pleasure
in
my
expedition
.
"
"
Most
faithfully
,
"
replied
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
fondly
.
"
I
trust
my
Herbert
almost
as
I
would
his
father
;
I
do
not
say
as
much
for
this
young
man
,
nor
for
that
,
"
she
added
,
playfully
laying
her
hand
on
Percy
's
shoulder
,
and
laughing
at
Edward
,
who
was
so
excessively
amused
at
the
sage
Herbert
's
turning
truant
,
that
he
was
giving
vent
to
a
variety
of
most
grotesque
antics
of
surprise
.
Percy
sighed
so
heavily
that
his
mother
was
startled
.
"
I
did
not
intend
to
call
such
a
very
heavy
sigh
,
my
boy
,
"
she
said
.
"
In
an
emergency
I
would
trust
you
quite
as
implicitly
as
Herbert
;
but
you
have
often
yourself
wished
you
had
his
steadiness
.
"
"
Indeed
I
do
,
mother
;
I
wish
I
were
more
like
him
in
every
thing
,
"
exclaimed
Percy
,
far
more
despondingly
than
usual
.
"
You
will
be
steady
all
in
time
,
my
boy
,
I
have
not
the
very
slightest
fear
;
and
as
I
like
variety
,
even
in
my
sons
,
I
would
rather
retain
my
Percy
,
with
all
his
boyish
errors
,
than
have
even
another
Herbert
.
So
pray
do
not
look
so
sad
,
or
I
shall
fancy
I
have
given
you
pain
,
when
I
only
spoke
in
jest
.
"
Percy
threw
his
arm
round
her
waist
,
and
kissed
her
two
or
three
times
,
without
saying
a
word
,
and
when
he
started
up
and
,
said
,
in
his
usual
gay
tone
,
that
as
he
was
not
going
to
turn
truant
the
next
day
,
he
must
go
and
finish
some
work
,
she
saw
tears
in
his
eyes
.
That
something
was
wrong
,
she
felt
certain
,
but
still
she
trusted
in
his
candor
and
integrity
,
and
did
not
express
her
fears
even
to
her
husband
.
The
morrow
came
.
Percy
and
Edward
went
to
Mr.
Howard
's
,
and
Herbert
at
half-past
nine
mounted
his
quiet
horse
,
and
after
affectionately
embracing
his
mother
,
and
again
promising
care
and
steadiness
,
departed
.
He
had
risen
at
five
this
morning
,
and
studied
till
breakfast
so
earnestly
that
a
double
portion
was
prepared
for
the
next
day
.
He
had
said
,
as
he
was
starting
,
that
,
if
he
might
remain
out
so
long
,
he
should
like
to
call
at
Greville
Manor
on
his
way
back
,
take
tea
there
,
and
return
home
in
the
cool
of
the
evening
.
"
Your
next
request
,
my
very
modest
son
,
will
be
,
I
suppose
,
to
stay
out
all
night
,
"
replied
Mrs.
Hamilton
;
"
and
that
certainly
will
be
refused
.
This
is
the
last
to
which
I
shall
consent
—
off
with
you
,
my
boy
,
and
enjoy
yourself
.
"
But
Herbert
did
not
expect
to
enjoy
himself
half
as
much
as
if
he
had
gone
to
Mr.
Howard
's
as
usual
.
He
did
not
like
to
mention
his
real
object
,
for
it
appeared
as
if
the
chances
were
so
much
against
its
attainment
,
and
if
it
were
fulfilled
,
to
speak
about
it
would
be
equally
painful
,
from
its
having
been
an
act
of
kindness
.
The
day
passed
quietly
,
and
a
full
hour
before
prayers
,
Herbert
was
seen
riding
through
the
grounds
,
and
when
he
entered
the
usual
sitting-room
,
he
looked
so
happy
,
so
animated
that
,
if
his
parents
had
felt
any
anxiety
—
which
they
had
not
—
it
would
have
vanished
at
once
.
But
though
they
were
contented
not
to
ask
him
any
questions
,
the
young
party
were
not
,
and
,
except
by
Percy
(
who
seemed
intently
engaged
with
a
drawing
)
,
he
was
attacked
on
all
sides
,
and
,
to
add
to
their
mirth
,
Mr.
Hamilton
took
the
part
of
the
curious
,
his
wife
that
of
her
son
.
"
Ah
,
mamma
may
well
take
Herbert
's
part
,
"
exclaimed
the
little
joyous
Emmeline
;
"
for
of
course
she
knows
all
about
it
;
Herbert
would
never
keep
it
from
her
.
"
"
Indeed
I
do
not
!
"
and
"
Indeed
I
have
not
even
told
mamma
!
"
was
the
reply
from
both
at
the
same
moment
,
but
the
denial
was
useless
;
and
the
prayer-bell
rung
,
before
any
satisfaction
for
the
curious
could
be
obtained
,
except
that
from
half-past
six
Herbert
had
been
very
quietly
at
Mrs.
Greville
's
.
That
night
,
as
Percy
sat
in
gloomy
meditation
in
his
own
room
,
before
he
retired
to
bed
,
he
felt
a
hand
laid
gently
on
his
shoulder
,
and
looking
up
,
beheld
his
brother
—
"
Have
you
lost
all
interest
in
me
,
Percy
?
"
asked
Herbert
,
with
almost
melancholy
reproach
.
"
If
you
had
expressed
one
word
of
inquiry
as
to
my
proceedings
,
I
should
have
told
you
all
without
the
slightest
reserve
.
You
have
never
before
been
so
little
concerned
for
me
,
and
indeed
I
do
not
like
it
.
"
"
I
could
not
ask
your
confidence
,
my
dear
Herbert
,
when
for
the
last
three
months
I
have
been
wanting
in
openness
to
you
.
Indeed
,
annoyed
as
I
am
with
my
own
folly
,
I
was
as
deeply
interested
as
all
the
rest
in
your
expedition
,
though
I
guessed
its
object
could
be
nothing
but
kindness
;
but
how
could
I
ask
your
secret
when
I
was
so
reserved
with
you
.
"
"
Then
do
not
let
us
have
secrets
from
each
other
any
longer
,
dearest
Percy
,
"
pleaded
Herbert
,
twining
his
arm
round
his
neck
,
and
looking
with
affectionate
confidence
in
his
face
.
"
I
do
not
at
all
see
why
my
secret
must
comprise
more
worth
and
kindness
than
yours
.
You
talk
of
folly
,
and
I
have
fancied
for
some
days
that
you
are
not
quite
happy
;
but
you
often
blame
yourself
so
much
more
than
you
deserve
,
that
you
do
not
frighten
me
in
the
least
.
You
said
,
last
night
,
you
wished
you
were
more
like
me
;
but
,
indeed
,
if
you
were
,
I
should
be
very
sorry
.
What
would
become
of
me
without
your
mirth
and
liveliness
,
and
your
strength
and
ever-working
care
to
protect
me
from
any
thing
like
pain
,
either
mentally
or
bodily
?
I
should
not
like
my
own
self
for
my
brother
at
all
.
"
"
Nor
I
myself
for
mine
,
"
replied
Percy
,
so
strangely
cheered
,
that
he
almost
laughed
at
Herbert
's
very
novel
idea
,
and
after
listening
with
earnest
interest
to
his
story
,
took
courage
and
told
his
own
.
Herbert
in
this
instance
,
however
,
could
not
comfort
him
as
successfully
as
usual
.
The
satire
was
the
terrible
thing
;
every
thing
else
but
that
,
even
the
disobedience
of
the
debt
,
he
thought
might
be
easily
remedied
by
an
open
confession
to
his
father
;
but
that
unfortunate
oversight
in
not
looking
over
his
papers
before
he
sent
them
to
Mr.
Harris
,
the
seeming
utter
impossibility
to
stop
their
circulation
,
was
to
both
these
single-hearted
,
high-principled
lads
something
almost
overwhelming
.
It
did
not
in
the
least
signify
to
either
that
Percy
might
never
be
known
as
their
author
.
Herbert
could
not
tell
him
what
to
do
,
except
that
,
if
he
could
but
get
sufficient
courage
to
tell
their
father
,
even
if
he
could
not
help
them
,
he
was
sure
it
would
be
a
great
weight
off
his
mind
,
and
then
he
gently
reproached
him
for
not
coming
to
him
to
help
him
discharge
his
debt
;
it
was
surely
much
better
to
owe
a
trifle
to
his
brother
than
to
Mr.
Harris
.
"
And
,
to
gratify
my
extravagance
,
deprive
you
of
some
much
purer
and
better
pleasure
!
"
replied
Percy
,
indignantly
.
"
No
,
no
,
Bertie
;
never
expect
me
to
do
any
such
thing
;
I
would
rather
suffer
the
penalty
of
my
own
faults
fifty
times
over
!
I
wish
to
heaven
I
were
a
child
again
,
"
he
added
with
almost
comic
ruefulness
,
"
and
had
mamma
to
come
to
me
every
night
,
as
she
used
to
do
,
before
I
went
to
sleep
.
It
was
so
easy
then
to
tell
her
all
I
had
done
wrong
in
the
course
of
the
day
,
and
then
one
error
never
grew
into
so
many
:
but
now
—
it
must
be
out
before
Sunday
,
I
suppose
—
I
never
can
talk
to
my
father
as
I
do
on
that
day
,
unless
it
is
;
—
but
go
to
bed
,
dear
Herbert
;
I
shall
have
your
pale
cheeks
upon
my
conscience
to-morrow
,
too
!
"
CHAPTER
VII
.
MR.
MORTON
'S
STORY
.
—
A
CONFESSION
.
—
A
YOUNG
PLEADER
.
—
GENEROSITY
NOT
ALWAYS
JUSTICE
.
"
Do
you
remember
,
Emmeline
,
a
Mr.
Morton
,
who
officiated
for
Mr.
Howard
at
Aveling
,
five
or
six
weeks
ago
?
"
asked
Mr.
Hamilton
of
his
wife
,
on
the
Saturday
morning
after
Herbert
's
mysterious
excursion
.
The
family
had
not
yet
left
the
breakfast-table
.
"
Perfectly
well
,
"
was
the
reply
;
"
poor
young
man
!
his
appearance
and
painful
weakness
of
voice
called
for
commiseration
too
deeply
not
to
be
remembered
.
"
"
Is
he
not
deformed
?
"
inquired
Miss
Harcourt
;
"
there
was
something
particularly
painful
about
his
manner
as
he
stood
in
the
pulpit
.
"
"
He
is
slightly
deformed
now
;
but
not
five
years
ago
he
had
a
graceful
,
almost
elegant
figure
,
though
always
apparently
too
delicate
for
the
fatiguing
mental
duties
in
which
he
indulged
.
He
was
of
good
family
,
but
his
parents
were
suddenly
much
reduced
,
and
compelled
to
undergo
many
privations
to
enable
him
to
go
to
Oxford
.
There
he
allowed
himself
neither
relaxation
nor
pleasure
of
the
most
trifling
and
most
harmless
kind
;
his
only
wish
seemed
to
be
to
repay
his
parents
in
some
degree
the
heavy
debt
of
gratitude
which
he
felt
he
owed
them
.
His
persevering
study
