you'd
known
him
!
"
"
I
wish
I
had
,
"
said
Kate
,
—
very
untruly
.
"
I
was
unfortunately
away
when
he
went
to
Vavasor
Hall
.
"
"
Ah
,
yes
;
but
it
was
at
home
,
in
the
domestic
circle
,
that
Greenow
should
have
been
seen
to
be
appreciated
.
I
was
a
happy
woman
,
Kate
,
while
that
lasted
.
"
And
Kate
was
surprised
to
see
that
real
tears
—
one
or
two
on
each
side
—
were
making
their
way
down
her
aunt
's
cheeks
.
But
they
were
soon
checked
with
a
handkerchief
of
the
broadest
hem
and
of
the
finest
cambric
.
"
Dinner
,
ma'am
,
"
said
Jeannette
,
opening
the
door
.
"
Jeannette
,
I
told
you
always
to
say
that
dinner
was
served
.
"
"
Dinner
's
served
then
,
"
said
Jeannette
in
a
tone
of
anger
.
"
Come
,
Kate
,
"
said
her
aunt
.
"
I
've
but
little
appetite
myself
,
but
there
's
no
reason
you
should
n't
eat
your
dinner
.
I
specially
wrote
to
Mrs.
Jones
to
have
some
sweetbread
.
I
do
hope
she
's
got
a
decent
cook
.
It
's
very
little
I
eat
myself
,
but
I
do
like
to
see
things
nice
.
"
The
next
day
was
Sunday
;
and
it
was
beautiful
to
see
how
Mrs.
Greenow
went
to
church
in
all
the
glory
of
widowhood
.
There
had
been
a
great
unpacking
after
that
banquet
on
the
sweetbread
,
and
all
her
funereal
millinery
had
been
displayed
before
Kate
's
wondering
eyes
.
The
charm
of
the
woman
was
in
this
,
—
that
she
was
not
in
the
least
ashamed
of
anything
that
she
did
.
She
turned
over
all
her
wardrobe
of
mourning
,
showing
the
richness
of
each
article
,
the
stiffness
of
the
crape
,
the
fineness
of
the
cambric
,
the
breadth
of
the
frills
,
—
telling
the
price
of
each
to
a
shilling
,
while
she
explained
how
the
whole
had
been
amassed
without
any
consideration
of
expense
.
This
she
did
with
all
the
pride
of
a
young
bride
when
she
shows
the
glories
of
her
trousseau
to
the
friend
of
her
bosom
.
Jeannette
stood
by
the
while
,
removing
one
thing
and
exhibiting
another
.
Now
and
again
through
the
performance
,
Mrs.
Greenow
would
rest
a
while
from
her
employment
,
and
address
the
shade
of
the
departed
one
in
terms
of
most
endearing
affection
.
In
the
midst
of
this
Mrs.
Jones
came
in
;
but
the
widow
was
not
a
whit
abashed
by
the
presence
of
the
stranger
.
"
Peace
be
to
his
manes
!
"
she
said
at
last
,
as
she
carefully
folded
up
a
huge
black
crape
mantilla
.
She
made
,
however
,
but
one
syllable
of
the
classical
word
,
and
Mrs.
Jones
thought
that
her
lodger
had
addressed
herself
to
the
mortal
"
remains
"
of
her
deceased
lord
.
"
He
is
left
her
uncommon
well
off
,
I
suppose
,
"
said
Mrs.
Jones
to
Jeannette
.
"
You
may
say
that
,
ma'am
.
It
's
more
nor
a
hundred
thousand
of
pounds
!
"
"
No
!
"
"
Pounds
of
sterling
,
ma'am
!
Indeed
it
is
;
—
to
my
knowledge
.
"
"
Why
do
n't
she
have
a
carriage
?
"
"
So
she
do
;
—
but
a
lady
ca
n't
bring
her
carriage
down
to
the
sea
when
she
's
only
just
buried
her
husband
as
one
may
say
.
What
'd
folks
say
if
they
saw
her
in
her
own
carriage
?
But
it
ai
n't
because
she
ca
n't
afford
it
,
Mrs.
Jones
.
And
now
we
're
talking
of
it
you
must
order
a
fly
for
church
to-morrow
,
that
'll
look
private
,
you
know
.
She
said
I
was
to
get
a
man
that
had
a
livery
coat
and
gloves
.
"
The
man
with
the
coat
and
gloves
was
procured
;
and
Mrs.
Greenow
's
entry
into
church
made
quite
a
sensation
.
There
was
a
thoughtfulness
about
her
which
alone
showed
that
she
was
a
woman
of
no
ordinary
power
.
She
foresaw
all
necessities
,
and
made
provision
for
all
emergencies
.
Another
would
not
have
secured
an
eligible
sitting
,
and
been
at
home
in
Yarmouth
church
,
till
half
the
period
of
her
sojourn
there
was
over
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
had
done
it
all
.
She
walked
up
the
middle
aisle
with
as
much
self-possession
as
though
the
chancel
had
belonged
to
her
family
for
years
;
and
the
respectable
pew-opener
absolutely
deserted
two
or
three
old
ladies
whom
she
was
attending
,
to
show
Mrs.
Greenow
into
her
seat
.
When
seated
,
she
was
the
cynosure
of
all
eyes
.
Kate
Vavasor
became
immediately
aware
that
a
great
sensation
had
been
occasioned
by
their
entrance
,
and
equally
aware
that
none
of
it
was
due
to
her
.
I
regret
to
say
that
this
feeling
continued
to
show
itself
throughout
the
whole
service
.
How
many
ladies
of
forty
go
to
church
without
attracting
the
least
attention
!
But
it
is
hardly
too
much
to
say
that
every
person
in
that
church
had
looked
at
Mrs.
Greenow
.
I
doubt
if
there
was
present
there
a
single
married
lady
who
,
on
leaving
the
building
,
did
not
speak
to
her
husband
of
the
widow
.
There
had
prevailed
during
the
whole
two
hours
a
general
though
unexpressed
conviction
that
something
worthy
of
remark
had
happened
that
morning
.
It
had
an
effect
even
upon
the
curate
's
reading
;
and
the
incumbent
,
while
preaching
his
sermon
,
could
not
keep
his
eyes
off
that
wonderful
bonnet
and
veil
.
On
the
next
morning
,
before
eleven
,
Mrs.
Greenow
's
name
was
put
down
at
the
Assembly
Room
.
"
I
need
hardly
say
that
in
my
present
condition
I
care
nothing
for
these
things
.
Of
course
I
would
sooner
be
alone
.
But
,
my
dear
Kate
,
I
know
what
I
owe
to
you
.
"
Kate
,
with
less
intelligence
than
might
have
been
expected
from
one
so
clever
,
began
to
assure
her
aunt
that
she
required
no
society
;
and
that
,
coming
thus
with
her
to
the
seaside
in
the
early
days
of
her
widowhood
,
she
had
been
well
aware
that
they
would
live
retired
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
soon
put
her
down
,
and
did
so
without
the
slightest
feeling
of
shame
or
annoyance
on
her
own
part
.
"
My
dear
,
"
she
said
,
"
in
this
matter
you
must
let
me
do
what
I
know
to
be
right
.
I
should
consider
myself
to
be
very
selfish
if
I
allowed
my
grief
to
interfere
with
your
amusements
.
"
"
But
,
aunt
,
I
do
n't
care
for
such
amusements
.
"
"
That
's
nonsense
,
my
dear
.
You
ought
to
care
for
them
.
How
are
you
to
settle
yourself
in
life
if
you
do
n't
care
for
them
?
"
"
My
dear
aunt
,
I
am
settled
.
"
"
Settled
!
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
,
astounded
,
as
though
there
must
have
been
some
hidden
marriage
of
which
she
had
not
heard
.
"
But
that
's
nonsense
.
Of
course
you
're
not
settled
;
and
how
are
you
to
be
,
if
I
allow
you
to
shut
yourself
up
in
such
a
place
as
this
,
—
just
where
a
girl
has
a
chance
?
"
It
was
in
vain
that
Kate
tried
to
stop
her
.
It
was
not
easy
to
stop
Mrs.
Greenow
when
she
was
supported
by
the
full
assurance
of
being
mistress
of
the
place
and
of
the
occasion
.
"
No
,
my
dear
;
I
know
very
well
what
I
owe
to
you
,
and
I
shall
do
my
duty
.
As
I
said
before
,
society
can
have
no
charms
now
for
such
a
one
as
I
am
.
All
that
social
intercourse
could
ever
do
for
me
lies
buried
in
my
darling
's
grave
.
My
heart
is
desolate
,
and
must
remain
so
.
But
I
'm
not
going
to
immolate
you
on
the
altars
of
my
grief
.
I
shall
force
myself
to
go
out
for
your
sake
,
Kate
.
"
"
But
,
dear
aunt
,
the
world
will
think
it
so
odd
,
just
at
present
.
"
"
I
do
n't
care
twopence
for
the
world
.
What
can
the
world
do
to
me
?
I
'm
not
dependent
on
the
world
,
—
thanks
to
the
care
of
that
sainted
lamb
.
I
can
hold
my
own
;
and
as
long
as
I
can
do
that
the
world
wo
n't
hurt
me
.
No
,
Kate
,
if
I
think
a
thing
's
right
I
shall
do
it
.
I
mean
to
make
the
place
pleasant
for
you
if
I
can
,
and
the
world
may
object
if
it
likes
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
was
probably
right
in
her
appreciation
of
the
value
of
her
independence
.
Remarks
may
perhaps
have
been
made
by
the
world
of
Yarmouth
as
to
her
early
return
to
society
.
People
,
no
doubt
,
did
remind
each
other
that
old
Greenow
was
hardly
yet
four
months
buried
.
Mrs.
Jones
and
Jeannette
probably
had
their
little
jokes
down-stairs
.
But
this
did
not
hurt
Mrs.
Greenow
.
What
was
said
,
was
not
said
in
her
hearing
,
Mrs.
Jones
's
bills
were
paid
every
Saturday
with
admirable
punctuality
;
and
as
long
as
this
was
done
everybody
about
the
house
treated
the
lady
with
that
deference
which
was
due
to
the
respectability
of
her
possessions
.
When
a
recently
bereaved
widow
attempts
to
enjoy
her
freedom
without
money
,
then
it
behoves
the
world
to
speak
aloud
;
—
and
the
world
does
its
duty
.
Numerous
people
came
to
call
at
Montpelier
Parade
,
and
Kate
was
astonished
to
find
that
her
aunt
had
so
many
friends
.
She
was
indeed
so
bewildered
by
these
strangers
that
she
could
hardly
ascertain
whom
her
aunt
had
really
known
before
,
and
whom
she
now
saw
for
the
first
time
.
Somebody
had
known
somebody
who
had
known
somebody
else
,
and
that
was
allowed
to
be
a
sufficient
introduction
,
—
always
presuming
that
the
existing
somebody
was
backed
by
some
known
advantages
of
money
or
position
.
Mrs.
Greenow
could
smile
from
beneath
her
widow
's
cap
in
a
most
bewitching
way
.
"
Upon
my
word
then
she
is
really
handsome
,
"
Kate
wrote
one
day
to
Alice
.
But
she
could
also
frown
,
and
knew
well
how
to
put
aside
,
or
,
if
need
be
,
to
reprobate
any
attempt
at
familiarity
from
those
whose
worldly
circumstances
were
supposed
to
be
disadvantageous
.
"
My
dear
aunt
,
"
said
Kate
one
morning
after
their
walk
upon
the
pier
,
"
how
you
did
snub
that
Captain
Bellfield
!
"
"
Captain
Bellfield
,
indeed
!
I
do
n't
believe
he
's
a
captain
at
all
.
At
any
rate
he
has
sold
out
,
and
the
tradesmen
have
had
a
scramble
for
the
money
.
He
was
only
a
lieutenant
when
the
97th
were
in
Manchester
,
and
I
'm
sure
he
's
never
had
a
shilling
to
purchase
since
that
.
"
"
But
everybody
here
seems
to
know
him
.
"
"
Perhaps
they
do
not
know
so
much
of
him
as
I
do
.
The
idea
of
his
having
the
impudence
to
tell
me
I
was
looking
very
well
!
Nothing
can
be
so
mean
as
men
who
go
about
in
that
way
when
they
have
n't
money
enough
in
their
pockets
to
pay
their
washerwomen
.
"
"
But
how
do
you
know
,
aunt
,
that
Captain
Bellfield
has
n't
paid
his
washerwoman
?
"
"
I
know
more
than
you
think
,
my
dear
.
It
's
my
business
.
How
could
I
tell
whose
attentions
you
should
receive
and
whose
you
should
n't
,
if
I
did
n't
inquire
into
these
things
?
"
It
was
in
vain
that
Kate
rebelled
,
or
attempted
to
rebel
against
this
more
than
maternal
care
.
She
told
her
aunt
that
she
was
now
nearly
thirty
,
and
that
she
had
managed
her
own
affairs
,
at
any
rate
with
safety
,
for
the
last
ten
years
;
—
but
it
was
to
no
purpose
.
Kate
would
get
angry
;
but
Mrs.
Greenow
never
became
angry
.
Kate
would
be
quite
in
earnest
;
but
Mrs.
Greenow
would
push
aside
all
that
her
niece
said
as
though
it
were
worth
nothing
.
Kate
was
an
unmarried
woman
with
a
very
small
fortune
,
and
therefore
,
of
course
,
was
desirous
of
being
married
with
as
little
delay
as
possible
.
It
was
natural
that
she
should
deny
that
it
was
so
,
especially
at
this
early
date
in
their
mutual
acquaintance
.
When
the
niece
came
to
know
her
aunt
more
intimately
,
there
might
be
confidence
between
them
,
and
then
they
would
do
better
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
would
spare
neither
herself
nor
her
purse
on
Kate
's
behalf
,
and
she
would
be
a
dragon
of
watchfulness
in
protecting
her
from
the
evil
desires
of
such
useless
men
as
Captain
Bellfield
.
"
I
declare
,
Kate
,
I
do
n't
understand
you
,
"
she
said
one
morning
to
her
niece
as
they
sat
together
over
a
late
breakfast
.
They
had
fallen
into
luxurious
habits
,
and
I
am
afraid
it
was
past
eleven
o'clock
,
although
the
breakfast
things
were
still
on
the
table
.
Kate
would
usually
bathe
before
breakfast
,
but
Mrs.
Greenow
was
never
out
of
her
room
till
half-past
ten
.
"
I
like
the
morning
for
contemplation
,
"
she
once
said
.
"
When
a
woman
has
gone
through
all
that
I
have
suffered
she
has
a
great
deal
to
think
of
.
"
"
And
it
is
so
much
more
comfortable
to
be
a-thinking
when
one
's
in
bed
,
"
said
Jeannette
,
who
was
present
at
the
time
.
"
Child
,
hold
your
tongue
,
"
said
the
widow
.
"
Yes
,
ma'am
,
"
said
Jeannette
.
But
we
'll
return
to
the
scene
at
the
breakfast-table
.
"
What
do
n't
you
understand
,
aunt
?
"
"
You
only
danced
twice
last
night
,
and
once
you
stood
up
with
Captain
Bellfield
.
"
"
On
purpose
to
ask
after
that
poor
woman
who
washes
his
clothes
without
getting
paid
for
it
.
"
"
Nonsense
,
Kate
;
you
did
n't
ask
him
anything
of
the
kind
,
I
'm
sure
.
It
's
very
provoking
.
It
is
indeed
.
"
"
But
what
harm
can
Captain
Bellfield
do
me
?
"
"
What
good
can
he
do
you
?
That
's
the
question
.
You
see
,
my
dear
,
years
will
go
by
.
I
do
n't
mean
to
say
you
ai
n't
quite
as
young
as
ever
you
were
,
and
nothing
can
be
nicer
and
fresher
than
you
are
;
—
especially
since
you
took
to
bathing
.
"
"
Oh
,
aunt
,
do
n't
!
"
"
My
dear
,
the
truth
must
be
spoken
.
I
declare
I
do
n't
think
I
ever
saw
a
young
woman
so
improvident
as
you
are
.
When
are
you
to
begin
to
think
about
getting
married
if
you
do
n't
do
it
now
?
"
"
I
shall
never
begin
to
think
about
it
,
till
I
buy
my
wedding
clothes
.
"
"
That
's
nonsense
,
—
sheer
nonsense
.
How
are
you
to
get
wedding
clothes
if
you
have
never
thought
about
getting
a
husband
?
Did
n't
I
see
Mr
.
.
Cheesacre
ask
you
for
a
dance
last
night
?
"
"
Yes
,
he
did
;
while
you
were
talking
to
Captain
Bellfield
yourself
,
aunt
.
"
"
Captain
Bellfield
ca
n't
hurt
me
,
my
dear
.
And
why
did
n't
you
dance
with
Mr.
Cheesacre
?
"
"
He
's
a
fat
Norfolk
farmer
,
with
not
an
idea
beyond
the
virtues
of
stall-feeding
.
"
"
My
dear
,
every
acre
of
it
is
his
own
land
,
—
every
acre
!
And
he
bought
another
farm
for
thirteen
thousand
pounds
only
last
autumn
.
They
're
better
than
the
squires
,
—
some
of
those
gentlemen
farmers
;
they
are
indeed
.
And
of
all
men
in
the
world
they
're
the
easiest
managed
.
"
"
That
's
a
recommendation
,
no
doubt
.
"
"
Of
course
it
is
;
—
a
great
recommendation
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
had
no
idea
of
joking
when
her
mind
was
intent
on
serious
things
.
"
He
's
to
take
us
to
the
picnic
to-morrow
,
and
I
do
hope
you
'll
manage
to
let
him
sit
beside
you
.
It
'll
be
the
place
of
honour
,
because
he
gives
all
the
wine
.
He
's
picked
up
with
that
man
Bellfield
,
and
he
's
to
be
there
;
but
if
you
allow
your
name
to
be
once
mixed
up
with
his
,
it
will
be
all
over
with
you
as
far
as
Yarmouth
is
concerned
.
"
"
I
do
n't
at
all
want
to
be
mixed
up
with
Captain
Bellfield
,
as
you
call
it
,
"
said
Kate
.
Then
she
subsided
into
her
novel
,
while
Mrs.
Greenow
busied
herself
about
the
good
things
for
the
picnic
.
In
truth
,
the
aunt
did
not
understand
the
niece
.
Whatsoever
might
be
the
faults
of
Kate
Vavasor
,
an
unmaidenly
desire
of
catching
a
husband
for
herself
was
certainly
not
one
of
them
.
CHAPTER
VIII
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
Yarmouth
is
not
a
happy
place
for
a
picnic
.
A
picnic
should
be
held
among
green
things
.
Green
turf
is
absolutely
an
essential
.
There
should
be
trees
,
broken
ground
,
small
paths
,
thickets
,
and
hidden
recesses
.
There
should
,
if
possible
,
be
rocks
,
old
timber
,
moss
,
and
brambles
.
There
should
certainly
be
hills
and
dales
,
—
on
a
small
scale
;
and
above
all
,
there
should
be
running
water
.
There
should
be
no
expanse
.
Jones
should
not
be
able
to
see
all
Greene
's
movements
,
nor
should
Augusta
always
have
her
eye
upon
her
sister
Jane
.
But
the
spot
chosen
for
Mr.
Cheesacre
's
picnic
at
Yarmouth
had
none
of
the
virtues
above
described
.
It
was
on
the
seashore
.
Nothing
was
visible
from
the
site
but
sand
and
sea
.
There
were
no
trees
there
and
nothing
green
;
—
neither
was
there
any
running
water
.
But
there
was
a
long
,
dry
,
flat
strand
;
there
was
an
old
boat
half
turned
over
,
under
which
it
was
proposed
to
dine
;
and
in
addition
to
this
,
benches
,
boards
,
and
some
amount
of
canvas
for
shelter
were
provided
by
the
liberality
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
Therefore
it
was
called
Mr.
Cheesacre
's
picnic
.
But
it
was
to
be
a
marine
picnic
,
and
therefore
the
essential
attributes
of
other
picnics
were
not
required
.
The
idea
had
come
from
some
boating
expeditions
,
in
which
mackerel
had
been
caught
,
and
during
which
food
had
been
eaten
,
not
altogether
comfortably
,
in
the
boats
.
Then
a
thought
had
suggested
itself
to
Captain
Bellfield
that
they
might
land
and
eat
their
food
,
and
his
friend
Mr.
Cheesacre
had
promised
his
substantial
aid
.
A
lady
had
surmised
that
Ormesby
sands
would
be
the
very
place
for
dancing
in
the
cool
of
the
evening
.
They
might
"
Dance
on
the
sand
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
yet
no
footing
seen
.
"
And
so
the
thing
had
progressed
,
and
the
picnic
been
inaugurated
.
It
was
Mr.
Cheesacre
's
picnic
undoubtedly
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
was
to
supply
the
boats
,
the
wine
,
the
cigars
,
the
music
,
and
the
carpenter
's
work
necessary
for
the
turning
of
the
old
boat
into
a
banqueting
saloon
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
had
promised
to
provide
the
eatables
,
and
enjoyed
as
much
of
the
éclat
as
the
master
of
the
festival
.
She
had
known
Mr.
Cheesacre
now
for
ten
days
and
was
quite
intimate
with
him
.
He
was
a
stout
,
florid
man
,
of
about
forty-five
,
a
bachelor
,
apparently
much
attached
to
ladies
'
society
,
bearing
no
sign
of
age
except
that
he
was
rather
bald
,
and
that
grey
hairs
had
mixed
themselves
with
his
whiskers
,
very
fond
of
his
farming
,
and
yet
somewhat
ashamed
of
it
when
he
found
himself
in
what
he
considered
to
be
polite
circles
.
And
he
was
,
moreover
,
a
little
inclined
to
seek
the
honour
which
comes
from
a
well-filled
and
liberally-opened
purse
.
He
liked
to
give
a
man
a
dinner
and
then
to
boast
of
the
dinner
he
had
given
.
He
was
very
proud
when
he
could
talk
of
having
mounted
,
for
a
day
's
hunting
,
any
man
who
might
be
supposed
to
be
of
higher
rank
than
himself
.
"
I
had
Grimsby
with
me
the
other
day
,
—
the
son
of
old
Grimsby
of
Hatherwick
,
you
know
.
Blessed
if
he
did
n't
stake
my
bay
mare
.
But
what
matters
?
I
mounted
him
again
the
next
day
just
the
same
.
"
Some
people
thought
he
was
soft
,
for
it
was
very
well
known
throughout
Norfolk
that
young
Grimsby
would
take
a
mount
wherever
he
could
get
it
.
In
these
days
Mrs.
Greenow
had
become
intimate
with
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
and
had
already
learned
that
he
was
the
undoubted
owner
of
his
own
acres
.
"
It
would
n't
do
for
me
,
"
she
had
said
to
him
,
"
to
be
putting
myself
forward
,
as
if
I
were
giving
a
party
myself
,
or
anything
of
that
sort
;
—
would
it
now
?
"
"
Well
,
perhaps
not
.
But
you
might
come
with
us
.
"
"
So
I
will
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
for
that
dear
girl
's
sake
.
I
should
never
forgive
myself
if
I
debarred
her
from
all
the
pleasures
of
youth
,
because
of
my
sorrows
.
I
need
hardly
say
that
at
such
a
time
as
this
nothing
of
that
sort
can
give
me
any
pleasure
.
"
"
I
suppose
not
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
with
solemn
look
.
"
Quite
out
of
the
question
.
"
And
Mrs.
Greenow
wiped
away
her
tears
.
"
For
though
as
regards
age
I
might
dance
on
the
sands
as
merrily
as
the
best
of
them
—
"
"
That
I
'm
sure
you
could
,
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
"
How
's
a
woman
to
enjoy
herself
if
her
heart
lies
buried
?
"
"
But
it
wo
n't
be
so
always
,
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
shook
her
head
to
show
that
she
hardly
knew
how
to
answer
such
a
question
.
Probably
it
would
be
so
always
;
—
but
she
did
not
wish
to
put
a
damper
on
the
present
occasion
by
making
so
sad
a
declaration
.
"
But
as
I
was
saying
,
"
continued
she
—
"
if
you
and
I
do
it
between
us
wo
n't
that
be
the
surest
way
of
having
it
come
off
nicely
?
"
Mr.
Cheesacre
thought
that
it
would
be
the
best
way
.
"
Exactly
so
;
—
I
'll
do
the
meat
and
pastry
and
fruit
,
and
you
shall
do
the
boats
and
the
wine
.
"
"
And
the
music
,
"
said
Cheesacre
,
"
and
the
expenses
at
the
place
.
"
He
did
not
choose
that
any
part
of
his
outlay
should
go
unnoticed
.
"
I
'll
go
halves
in
all
that
if
you
like
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
But
Mr
.
.
Cheesacre
had
declined
this
.
He
did
not
begrudge
the
expense
,
but
only
wished
that
it
should
be
recognised
.
"
And
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
continued
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
I
did
mean
to
send
the
music
;
I
did
,
indeed
.
"
"
I
could
n't
hear
of
it
,
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
"
But
I
mention
it
now
,
because
I
was
thinking
of
getting
Blowehard
to
come
.
That
other
man
,
Flutey
,
would
n't
do
at
all
out
in
the
open
air
.
"
"
It
shall
be
Blowehard
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
;
and
it
was
Blowehard
.
Mrs.
Greenow
liked
to
have
her
own
way
in
these
little
things
,
though
her
heart
did
lie
buried
.
On
the
morning
of
the
picnic
Mr.
Cheesacre
came
down
to
Montpelier
Parade
with
Captain
Bellfield
,
whose
linen
on
that
occasion
certainly
gave
no
outward
sign
of
any
quarrel
between
him
and
his
washerwoman
.
He
was
got
up
wonderfully
,
and
was
prepared
at
all
points
for
the
day
's
work
.
He
had
on
a
pseudo-sailor
's
jacket
,
very
liberally
ornamented
with
brass
buttons
,
which
displayed
with
great
judgement
the
exquisite
shapes
of
his
pseudo-sailor
's
duck
trousers
.
Beneath
them
there
was
a
pair
of
very
shiny
patent-leather
shoes
,
well
adapted
for
dancing
on
the
sand
,
presuming
him
to
be
anxious
of
doing
so
,
as
Venus
offered
to
do
,
without
leaving
any
footmarks
.
His
waistcoat
was
of
a
delicate
white
fabric
,
ornamented
with
very
many
gilt
buttons
.
He
had
bejewelled
studs
in
his
shirt
,
and
yellow
kid
gloves
on
his
hands
;
having
,
of
course
,
another
pair
in
his
pocket
for
the
necessities
of
the
evening
.
His
array
was
quite
perfect
,
and
had
stricken
dismay
into
the
heart
of
his
friend
Cheesacre
,
when
he
joined
that
gentleman
.
He
was
a
well-made
man
,
nearly
six
feet
high
,
with
dark
hair
,
dark
whiskers
,
and
dark
moustache
,
nearly
black
,
but
of
that
suspicious
hue
which
to
the
observant
beholder
seems
always
to
tell
a
tale
of
the
hairdresser
's
shop
.
He
was
handsome
,
too
,
with
well-arranged
features
,
—
but
carrying
,
perhaps
,
in
his
nose
some
first
symptoms
of
the
effects
of
midnight
amusements
.
Upon
the
whole
,
however
,
he
was
a
nice
man
to
look
at
—
for
those
who
like
to
look
on
nice
men
of
that
kind
.
Cheesacre
,
too
,
had
adopted
something
of
a
sailor
's
garb
.
He
had
on
a
jacket
of
a
rougher
sort
,
coming
down
much
lower
than
that
of
the
captain
,
being
much
looser
,
and
perhaps
somewhat
more
like
a
garment
which
a
possible
seaman
might
possibly
wear
.
But
he
was
disgusted
with
himself
the
moment
that
he
saw
Bellfield
.
His
heart
had
been
faint
,
and
he
had
not
dared
to
ornament
himself
boldly
as
his
friend
had
done
.
"
I
say
,
Guss
,
you
are
a
swell
,
"
he
exclaimed
.
It
may
be
explained
that
Captain
Bellfield
had
been
christened
Gustavus
.
"
I
do
n't
know
much
about
that
,
"
said
the
captain
;
"
my
fellow
sent
me
this
toggery
,
and
said
that
it
was
the
sort
of
thing
.
I
'll
change
with
you
if
you
like
it
.
"
But
Cheesacre
could
not
have
worn
that
jacket
,
and
he
walked
on
,
hating
himself
.
It
will
be
remembered
that
Mrs.
Greenow
had
spoken
with
considerable
severity
of
Captain
Bellfield
's
pretensions
when
discussing
his
character
with
her
niece
;
but
,
nevertheless
,
on
the
present
occasion
she
received
him
with
most
gracious
smiles
.
It
may
be
that
her
estimate
of
his
character
had
been
altered
,
or
that
she
was
making
sacrifice
of
her
own
feelings
in
consideration
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
who
was
known
to
be
the
captain
's
intimate
friend
.
But
she
had
smiles
for
both
of
them
.
She
had
a
wondrous
power
of
smiling
;
and
could
,
upon
occasion
,
give
signs
of
peculiar
favour
to
half
a
dozen
different
gentlemen
in
as
many
minutes
.
They
found
her
in
the
midst
of
hampers
which
were
not
yet
wholly
packed
,
while
Mrs.
Jones
,
Jeannette
,
and
the
cook
of
the
household
moved
around
her
,
on
the
outside
of
the
circle
,
ministering
to
her
wants
.
She
had
in
her
hand
an
outspread
clean
napkin
,
and
she
wore
fastened
round
her
dress
a
huge
coarse
apron
,
that
she
might
thus
be
protected
from
some
possible
ebullition
of
gravy
,
or
escape
of
salad
mixture
,
or
cream
;
but
in
other
respects
she
was
clothed
in
the
fullest
honours
of
widowhood
.
She
had
not
mitigated
her
weeds
by
half
an
inch
.
She
had
scorned
to
make
any
compromise
between
the
world
of
pleasure
and
the
world
of
woe
.
There
she
was
,
a
widow
,
declared
by
herself
to
be
of
four
months
'
standing
,
with
a
buried
heart
,
making
ready
a
dainty
banquet
with
skill
and
liberality
.
She
was
ready
on
the
instant
to
sit
down
upon
the
baskets
in
which
the
grouse
pie
had
been
just
carefully
inhumed
,
and
talked
about
her
sainted
lamb
with
a
deluge
of
tears
.
If
anybody
did
n't
like
it
,
that
person
—
might
do
the
other
thing
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
and
Captain
Bellfield
thought
that
they
did
like
it
.
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
if
you
have
n't
caught
me
before
I
've
half
done
!
Captain
Bellfield
,
I
hope
you
think
my
apron
becoming
.
"
"
Everything
that
you
wear
,
Mrs.
Greenow
,
is
always
becoming
.
"
"
Do
n't
talk
in
that
way
when
you
know
—
;
but
never
mind
—
we
will
think
of
nothing
sad
to-day
if
we
can
help
it
.
Will
we
,
Mr
.
.
Cheesacre
?
"
"
Oh
dear
no
;
I
should
think
not
;
—
unless
it
should
come
on
to
rain
.
"
"
It
wo
n't
rain
—
we
wo
n't
think
of
such
a
thing
.
But
,
by
the
by
,
Captain
Bellfield
,
I
and
my
niece
do
mean
to
send
out
a
few
things
,
just
in
a
bag
you
know
,
so
that
we
may
tidy
ourselves
up
a
little
after
the
sea
.
I
do
n't
want
it
mentioned
,
because
if
it
gets
about
among
the
other
ladies
,
they
'd
think
we
wanted
to
make
a
dressing
of
it
;
—
and
there
would
n't
be
room
for
them
all
;
would
there
?
"
"
No
;
there
would
n't
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
who
had
been
out
on
the
previous
evening
,
inspecting
,
and
perhaps
limiting
,
the
carpenters
in
their
work
.
"
That
's
just
it
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
But
there
wo
n't
be
any
harm
,
will
there
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
in
Jeanette
's
going
out
with
our
things
?
She
'll
ride
in
the
cart
,
you
know
,
with
the
eatables
.
I
know
Jeannette
's
a
friend
of
yours
.
"
"
We
shall
be
delighted
to
have
Jeanette
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
"
Thank
ye
,
sir
,
"
said
Jeannette
,
with
a
curtsey
.
"
Jeannette
,
do
n't
you
let
Mr.
Cheesacre
turn
your
head
;
and
mind
you
behave
yourself
and
be
useful
.
Well
;
let
me
see
;
—
what
else
is
there
?
Mrs.
Jones
,
you
might
as
well
give
me
that
ham
now
.
Captain
Bellfield
,
hand
it
over
.
Do
n't
you
put
it
into
the
basket
,
because
you
'd
turn
it
the
wrong
side
down
.
There
now
,
if
you
have
n't
nearly
made
me
upset
the
apricot
pie
.
"
Then
,
in
the
transfer
of
the
dishes
between
the
captain
and
the
widow
,
there
occurred
some
little
innocent
by-play
,
which
seemed
to
give
offence
to
Mr.
Cheesacre
;
so
that
that
gentleman
turned
his
back
upon
the
hampers
and
took
a
step
away
towards
the
door
.
Mrs.
Greenow
saw
the
thing
at
a
glance
,
and
immediately
applied
herself
to
cure
the
wound
.
"
What
do
you
think
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
said
she
,
"
Kate
would
n't
come
down
because
she
did
n't
choose
that
you
should
see
her
with
an
apron
on
over
her
frock
!
"
"
I
'm
sure
I
do
n't
know
why
Miss
Vavasor
should
care
about
my
seeing
her
.
"
"
Nor
I
either
.
That
's
just
what
I
said
.
Do
step
up
into
the
drawing-room
;
you
'll
find
her
there
,
and
you
can
make
her
answer
for
herself
.
"
"
She
would
n't
come
down
for
me
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
But
he
did
n't
stir
.
Perhaps
he
was
n't
willing
to
leave
his
friend
with
the
widow
.
At
length
the
last
of
the
dishes
was
packed
and
Mrs.
Greenow
went
up-stairs
with
the
two
gentlemen
.
There
they
found
Kate
and
two
or
three
other
ladies
who
had
promised
to
embark
under
the
protection
of
Mrs.
Greenow
's
wings
.
There
were
the
two
Miss
Fairstairs
,
whom
Mrs.
Greenow
had
especially
patronized
,
and
who
repaid
that
lady
for
her
kindness
by
an
amount
of
outspoken
eulogy
which
startled
Kate
by
its
audacity
.
"
Your
dear
aunt
!
"
Fanny
Fairstairs
had
said
on
coming
into
the
room
.
"
I
do
n't
think
I
ever
came
across
a
woman
with
such
genuine
milk
of
human
kindness
!
"
"
Nor
with
so
much
true
wit
,
"
said
her
sister
Charlotte
,
—
who
had
been
called
Charlie
on
the
sands
of
Yarmouth
for
the
last
twelve
years
.
When
the
widow
came
into
the
room
,
they
flew
at
her
and
devoured
her
with
kisses
,
and
swore
that
they
had
never
seen
her
looking
so
well
.
But
as
the
bright
new
gloves
which
both
the
girls
wore
had
been
presents
from
Mrs.
Greenow
,
they
certainly
did
owe
her
some
affection
.
There
are
not
many
ladies
who
would
venture
to
bestow
such
gifts
upon
their
friends
after
so
very
short
an
acquaintance
;
but
Mrs.
Greenow
had
a
power
that
was
quite
her
own
in
such
matters
.
She
was
already
on
a
very
confidential
footing
with
the
Miss
Fairstairs
,
and
had
given
them
much
useful
advice
as
to
their
future
prospects
.
And
then
was
there
a
Mrs.
Green
,
whose
husband
was
first-lieutenant
on
board
a
man-of-war
on
the
West
Indian
Station
.
Mrs.
Green
was
a
quiet
,
ladylike
little
woman
,
rather
pretty
,
very
silent
,
and
,
as
one
would
have
thought
,
hardly
adapted
for
the
special
intimacy
of
Mrs.
Greenow
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
had
found
out
that
she
was
alone
,
not
very
rich
,
and
in
want
of
the
solace
of
society
.
Therefore
she
had
,
from
sheer
good-nature
,
forced
herself
upon
Mrs.
Green
,
and
Mrs.
Green
,
with
much
trepidation
,
had
consented
to
be
taken
to
the
picnic
.
"
I
know
your
husband
would
like
it
,
"
Mrs.
Greenow
had
said
,
"
and
I
hope
I
may
live
to
tell
him
that
I
made
you
go
.
"
There
came
in
also
a
brother
of
the
Fairstairs
girls
,
Joe
Fairstairs
,
a
lanky
,
useless
,
idle
young
man
,
younger
than
them
,
who
was
supposed
to
earn
his
bread
in
an
attorney
's
office
at
Norwich
,
or
rather
to
be
preparing
to
earn
it
at
some
future
time
,
and
who
was
a
heavy
burden
upon
all
his
friends
.
"
We
told
Joe
to
come
to
the
house
,
"
said
Fanny
to
the
widow
,
apologetically
,
"
because
we
thought
he
might
be
useful
in
carrying
down
the
cloaks
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
smiled
graciously
upon
Joe
,
and
assured
him
that
she
was
charmed
to
see
him
,
without
any
reference
to
such
services
as
those
mentioned
.
And
then
they
started
.
When
they
got
to
the
door
both
Cheesacre
and
the
captain
made
an
attempt
to
get
possession
of
the
widow
's
arm
.
But
she
had
it
all
arranged
.
Captain
Bellfield
found
himself
constrained
to
attend
to
Mrs.
Green
,
while
Mr.
Cheesacre
walked
down
to
the
beach
beside
Kate
Vavasor
.
"
I
'll
take
your
arm
,
Mr.
Joe
,
"
said
the
widow
,
"
and
the
girls
shall
come
with
us
.
"
But
when
they
got
to
the
boats
,
round
which
the
other
comers
to
the
picnic
were
already
assembled
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
—
although
both
the
boats
were
for
the
day
his
own
,
—
found
himself
separated
from
the
widow
.
He
got
into
that
which
contained
Kate
Vavasor
,
and
was
shoved
off
from
the
beach
while
he
saw
Captain
Bellfield
arranging
Mrs.
Greenow
's
drapery
.
He
had
declared
to
himself
that
it
should
be
otherwise
;
and
that
as
he
had
to
pay
the
piper
,
the
piper
should
play
as
he
liked
it
.
But
Mrs.
Greenow
with
a
word
or
two
had
settled
it
all
,
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
had
found
himself
to
be
powerless
.
"
How
absurd
Bellfield
looks
in
that
jacket
,
does
n't
he
?
"
he
said
to
Kate
,
as
he
took
his
seat
in
the
boat
.
"
Do
you
think
so
?
I
thought
it
was
so
very
pretty
and
becoming
for
the
occasion
.
"
Mr.
Cheesacre
hated
Captain
Bellfield
,
and
regretted
more
than
ever
that
he
had
not
done
something
for
his
own
personal
adornment
.
He
could
not
endure
to
think
that
his
friend
,
who
paid
for
nothing
,
should
carry
away
the
honours
of
the
morning
and
defraud
him
of
the
delights
which
should
justly
belong
to
him
,
"
It
may
be
becoming
,
"
said
Cheesacre
;
"
but
do
n't
you
think
it
's
awfully
extravagant
?
"
"
As
to
that
I
ca
n't
tell
.
You
see
I
do
n't
at
all
know
what
is
the
price
of
a
jacket
covered
all
over
with
little
brass
buttons
.
"
"
And
the
waistcoat
,
Miss
Vavasor
!
"
said
Cheesacre
,
almost
solemnly
.
"
The
waistcoat
I
should
think
must
have
been
expensive
.
"
"
Oh
,
dreadful
!
and
he
's
got
nothing
,
Miss
Vavasor
;
literally
nothing
.
Do
you
know
,
"
—
and
he
reduced
his
voice
to
a
whisper
as
he
made
this
communication
,
—
"
I
lent
him
twenty
pounds
the
day
before
yesterday
;
I
did
indeed
.
You
wo
n't
mention
it
again
,
of
course
.
I
tell
you
,
because
,
as
you
are
seeing
a
good
deal
of
him
just
now
,
I
think
it
right
that
you
should
know
on
what
sort
of
a
footing
he
stands
.
"
It
's
all
fair
,
they
say
,
in
love
and
war
,
and
this
small
breach
of
confidence
was
,
we
must
presume
,
a
love
stratagem
on
the
part
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
He
was
at
this
time
smitten
with
the
charms
both
of
the
widow
and
of
the
niece
,
and
he
constantly
found
that
the
captain
was
interfering
with
him
on
whichever
side
he
turned
himself
.
On
the
present
occasion
he
had
desired
to
take
the
widow
for
his
share
,
and
was
,
upon
the
whole
,
inclined
to
think
that
the
widow
was
the
more
worthy
of
his
attentions
.
He
had
made
certain
little
inquiries
within
the
last
day
or
two
,
the
answers
to
which
had
been
satisfactory
.
These
he
had
by
no
means
communicated
to
his
friend
,
to
whom
,
indeed
,
he
had
expressed
an
opinion
that
Mrs.
Greenow
was
after
all
only
a
flash
in
the
pan
.
"
She
does
very
well
pour
passer
le
temps
,
"
the
captain
had
answered
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
had
not
quite
understood
the
exact
gist
of
the
captain
's
meaning
,
but
had
felt
certain
that
his
friend
was
playing
him
false
.
"
I
do
n't
want
it
to
be
mentioned
again
,
Miss
Vavasor
,
"
he
continued
.
"
Such
things
should
not
be
mentioned
at
all
,
"
Kate
replied
,
having
been
angered
at
the
insinuation
that
the
nature
of
Captain
Bellfield
's
footing
could
be
a
matter
of
any
moment
to
her
.
"
No
,
they
should
n't
;
and
therefore
I
know
that
I
'm
quite
safe
with
you
,
Miss
Vavasor
.
He
's
a
very
pleasant
fellow
,
very
;
and
has
seen
the
world
,
—
uncommon
;
but
he
's
better
for
eating
and
drinking
with
than
he
is
for
buying
and
selling
with
,
as
we
say
in
Norfolk
.
Do
you
like
Norfolk
,
Miss
Vavasor
?
"
"
I
never
was
in
it
before
,
and
now
I
've
only
seen
Yarmouth
.
"
"
A
nice
place
,
Yarmouth
,
very
;
but
you
should
come
up
and
see
our
lands
.
I
suppose
you
do
n't
know
that
we
feed
one-third
of
England
during
the
winter
months
.
"
"
Dear
me
!
"
"
We
do
,
though
;
nobody
knows
what
a
county
Norfolk
is
.
Taking
it
altogether
,
including
the
game
you
know
,
and
Lord
Nelson
,
and
its
watering-places
and
the
rest
of
it
,
I
do
n't
think
there
's
a
county
in
England
to
beat
it
.
Fancy
feeding
one-third
of
all
England
and
Wales
!
"
"
With
bread
and
cheese
,
do
you
mean
,
and
those
sort
of
things
?
"
"
Beef
!
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
and
in
his
patriotic
energy
he
repeated
the
word
aloud
.
"
Beef
!
Yes
indeed
;
but
if
you
were
to
tell
them
that
in
London
they
would
n't
believe
you
.
Ah
!
you
should
certainly
come
down
and
see
our
lands
.
The
7.45
a.m.
train
would
take
you
through
Norwich
to
my
door
,
as
one
may
say
,
and
you
would
be
back
by
the
6.22
p.m.
"
In
this
way
he
brought
himself
back
again
into
good-humour
,
feeling
,
that
in
the
absence
of
the
widow
,
he
could
not
do
better
than
make
progress
with
the
niece
.
In
the
mean
time
Mrs.
Greenow
and
the
captain
were
getting
on
very
comfortably
in
the
other
boat
.
"
Take
an
oar
,
Captain
,
"
one
of
the
men
had
said
to
him
as
soon
as
he
had
placed
the
ladies
.
"
Not
to-day
,
Jack
,
"
he
had
answered
.
"
I
'll
content
myself
with
being
bo'san
this
morning
.
"
"
The
best
thing
as
the
bo'san
does
is
to
pipe
all
hands
to
grog
,
"
said
the
man
.
"
I
wo
n't
be
behind
in
that
either
,
"
said
the
captain
;
and
so
they
all
went
on
swimmingly
.
"
What
a
fine
generous
fellow
your
friend
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
is
!
"
said
the
widow
.
"
Yes
,
he
is
;
he
's
a
capital
fellow
in
his
way
.
Some
of
these
Norfolk
farmers
are
no
end
of
good
fellows
.
"
"
And
I
suppose
he
's
something
more
than
a
common
farmer
.
He
's
visited
by
the
people
about
where
he
lives
,
is
n't
he
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
in
a
sort
of
a
way
.
The
county
people
,
you
know
,
keep
themselves
very
much
to
themselves
.
"
"
That
's
of
course
.
But
his
house
;
—
he
has
a
good
sort
of
place
,
has
n't
he
?
"
"
Yes
,
yes
;
—
a
very
good
house
;
—
a
little
too
near
to
the
horse-pond
for
my
taste
.
But
when
a
man
gets
his
money
out
of
the
till
,
he
must
n't
be
ashamed
of
the
counter
;
—
must
he
,
Mrs.
Greenow
?
"
"
But
he
could
live
like
a
gentleman
if
he
let
his
own
land
,
could
n't
he
?
"
"
That
depends
upon
how
a
gentleman
wishes
to
live
.
"
Here
the
privacy
of
their
conversation
was
interrupted
by
an
exclamation
from
a
young
lady
to
the
effect
that
Charlie
Fairstairs
was
becoming
sick
.
This
Charlie
stoutly
denied
,
and
proved
the
truth
of
her
assertion
by
her
behaviour
.
Soon
after
this
they
completed
their
marine
adventures
,
and
prepared
to
land
close
to
the
spot
at
which
the
banquet
was
prepared
.
CHAPTER
IX
.
The
Rivals
.
There
had
been
a
pretence
of
fishing
,
but
no
fish
had
been
caught
.
It
was
soon
found
that
such
an
amusement
would
interfere
with
the
ladies
'
dresses
,
and
the
affairs
had
become
too
serious
to
allow
of
any
trivial
interruption
.
"
I
really
think
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
an
anxious
mother
had
said
,
"
that
you
'd
better
give
it
up
.
The
water
off
the
nasty
cord
has
got
all
over
Maria
's
dress
,
already
.
"
Maria
made
a
faint
protest
that
it
did
not
signify
in
the
least
;
but
the
fishing
was
given
up
,
—
not
without
an
inward
feeling
on
the
part
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
that
if
Maria
chose
to
come
out
with
him
in
his
boat
,
having
been
invited
especially
to
fish
,
she
ought
to
have
put
up
with
the
natural
results
.
"
There
are
people
who
like
to
take
everything
and
never
like
to
give
anything
,
"
he
said
to
Kate
afterwards
,
as
he
was
walking
up
with
her
to
the
picnic
dinner
.
But
he
was
unreasonable
and
unjust
.
The
girls
had
graced
his
party
with
their
best
hats
and
freshest
muslins
,
not
that
they
might
see
him
catch
a
mackerel
,
but
that
they
might
flirt
and
dance
to
the
best
advantage
.
"
You
ca
n't
suppose
that
any
girl
will
like
to
be
drenched
with
sea-water
when
she
has
taken
so
much
trouble
with
her
starch
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
Then
she
should
n't
come
fishing
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
"
I
hate
such
airs
.
"
But
when
they
arrived
at
the
old
boat
,
Mrs.
Greenow
shone
forth
pre-eminently
as
the
mistress
of
the
occasion
,
altogether
overshadowing
Mr.
Cheesacre
by
the
extent
of
her
authority
.
There
was
a
little
contest
for
supremacy
between
them
,
invisible
to
the
eyes
of
the
multitude
;
but
Mr.
Cheesacre
in
such
a
matter
had
not
a
chance
against
Mrs.
Greenow
.
I
am
disposed
to
think
that
she
would
have
reigned
even
though
she
had
not
contributed
to
the
eatables
;
but
with
that
point
in
her
favour
,
she
was
able
to
make
herself
supreme
.
Jeannette
,
too
,
was
her
servant
,
which
was
a
great
thing
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
soon
gave
way
;
and
though
he
bustled
about
and
was
conspicuous
,
he
bustled
about
in
obedience
to
orders
received
,
and
became
a
head
servant
.
Captain
Bellfield
also
made
himself
useful
,
but
he
drove
Mr.
Cheesacre
into
paroxysms
of
suppressed
anger
by
giving
directions
,
and
by
having
those
directions
obeyed
.
A
man
to
whom
he
had
lent
twenty
pounds
the
day
before
yesterday
,
and
who
had
not
contributed
so
much
as
a
bottle
of
champagne
!
"
We
're
to
dine
at
four
,
and
now
it
's
half-past
three
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
,
addressing
herself
to
the
multitude
.
"
And
to
begin
to
dance
at
six
,
"
said
an
eager
young
lady
.
"
Maria
,
hold
your
tongue
,
"
said
the
young
lady
's
mother
.
"
Yes
,
we
'll
dine
at
four
,
"
said
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
"
And
as
for
the
music
,
I
've
ordered
it
to
be
here
punctual
at
half-past
five
.
We
're
to
have
three
horns
,
cymbals
,
triangle
,
and
a
drum
.
"
"
How
very
nice
;
is
n't
it
,
Mrs.
Greenow
?
"
said
Charlie
Fairstairs
.
"
And
now
suppose
we
begin
to
unpack
,
"
said
Captain
Bellfield
.
"
Half
the
fun
is
in
arranging
the
things
.
"
"
Oh
,
dear
,
yes
;
more
than
half
,
"
said
Fanny
Fairstairs
.
"
Bellfield
,
do
n't
mind
about
the
hampers
,
"
said
Cheesacre
.
"
Wine
is
a
ticklish
thing
to
handle
,
and
there
's
my
man
there
to
manage
it
.
"
"
It
's
odd
if
I
do
n't
know
more
about
wine
than
the
boots
from
the
hotel
,
"
said
Bellfield
.
This
allusion
to
the
boots
almost
cowed
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
and
made
him
turn
away
,
leaving
Bellfield
with
the
widow
.
There
was
a
great
unpacking
,
during
which
Captain
Bellfield
and
Mrs.
Greenow
constantly
had
their
heads
in
the
same
hamper
.
I
by
no
means
intend
to
insinuate
that
there
was
anything
wrong
in
this
.
People
engaged
together
in
unpacking
pies
and
cold
chickens
must
have
their
heads
in
the
same
hamper
.
But
a
great
intimacy
was
thereby
produced
,
and
the
widow
seemed
to
have
laid
aside
altogether
that
prejudice
of
hers
with
reference
to
the
washerwoman
.
There
was
a
long
table
placed
on
the
sand
,
sheltered
by
the
upturned
boat
from
the
land
side
,
but
open
towards
the
sea
,
and
over
this
,
supported
on
poles
,
there
was
an
awning
.
Upon
the
whole
the
arrangement
was
not
an
uncomfortable
one
for
people
who
had
selected
so
very
uncomfortable
a
dining-room
as
the
sand
of
the
sea-shore
.
Much
was
certainly
due
to
Mr.
Cheesacre
for
the
expenditure
he
had
incurred
,
—
and
something
perhaps
to
Captain
Bellfield
for
his
ingenuity
in
having
suggested
it
.
Now
came
the
placing
of
the
guests
for
dinner
,
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
made
another
great
effort
.
"
I
'll
tell
you
what
,
"
he
said
,
aloud
,
"
Bellfield
and
I
will
take
the
two
ends
of
the
table
,
and
Mrs.
Greenow
shall
sit
at
my
right
hand
.
"
This
was
not
only
boldly
done
,
but
there
was
a
propriety
in
it
which
at
first
sight
seemed
to
be
irresistible
.
Much
as
he
had
hated
and
did
hate
the
captain
,
he
had
skilfully
made
the
proposition
in
such
a
way
as
to
flatter
him
,
and
it
seemed
for
a
few
moments
as
though
he
were
going
to
have
it
all
his
own
way
.
But
Captain
Bellfield
was
not
a
man
to
submit
to
defeat
in
such
a
matter
as
this
without
an
effort
.
"
I
do
n't
think
that
will
do
,
"
said
he
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
gives
the
dinner
,
and
Cheesacre
gives
the
wine
.
We
must
have
them
at
the
two
ends
of
the
table
.
I
am
sure
Mrs.
Greenow
wo
n't
refuse
to
allow
me
to
hand
her
to
the
place
which
belongs
to
her
.
I
will
sit
at
her
right
hand
and
be
her
minister
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
did
not
refuse
,
—
and
so
the
matter
was
adjusted
.
Mr.
Cheesacre
took
his
seat
in
despair
.
It
was
nothing
to
him
that
he
had
Kate
Vavasor
at
his
left
hand
.
He
liked
talking
to
Kate
very
well
,
but
he
could
not
enjoy
that
pleasure
while
Captain
Bellfield
was
in
the
very
act
of
making
progress
with
the
widow
.
"
One
would
think
that
he
had
given
it
himself
;
would
n't
you
?
"
he
said
to
Maria
's
mother
,
who
sat
at
his
right
hand
.
The
lady
did
not
in
the
least
understand
him
.
"
Given
what
?
"
said
she
.
"
Why
,
the
music
and
the
wine
and
all
the
rest
of
it
.
There
are
some
people
full
of
that
kind
of
impudence
.
How
they
manage
to
carry
it
on
without
ever
paying
a
shilling
,
I
never
could
tell
.
I
know
I
have
to
pay
my
way
,
and
something
over
and
beyond
generally
.
"
Maria
's
mother
said
,
"
Yes
,
indeed
.
"
She
had
other
daughters
there
besides
Maria
,
and
was
looking
down
the
table
to
see
whether
they
were
judiciously
placed
.
Her
beauty
,
her
youngest
one
,
Ophelia
,
was
sitting
next
to
that
ne'er-do-well
Joe
Fairstairs
,
and
this
made
her
unhappy
.
"
Ophelia
,
my
dear
,
you
are
dreadfully
in
the
draught
;
there
's
a
seat
up
here
,
just
opposite
,
where
you
'll
be
more
comfortable
.
"
"
There
's
no
draught
here
,
mamma
,
"
said
Ophelia
,
without
the
slightest
sign
of
moving
.
Perhaps
Ophelia
liked
the
society
of
that
lanky
,
idle
,
useless
young
man
.
The
mirth
of
the
table
certainly
came
from
Mrs.
Greenow
's
end
.
The
widow
had
hardly
taken
her
place
before
she
got
up
again
and
changed
with
the
captain
.
It
was
found
that
the
captain
could
better
carve
the
great
grouse
pie
from
the
end
than
from
the
side
.
Cheesacre
,
when
he
saw
this
,
absolutely
threw
down
his
knife
and
fork
violently
upon
the
table
.
"
Is
anything
the
matter
?
"
said
Maria
's
mother
.
"
Matter
!
"
said
he
.
Then
he
shook
his
head
in
grief
of
heart
and
vexation
of
spirit
,
and
resumed
his
knife
and
fork
.
Kate
watched
it
all
,
and
was
greatly
amused
.
"
I
never
saw
a
man
so
nearly
broken-hearted
,
"
she
said
,
in
her
letter
to
Alice
the
next
day
.
"
Eleven
,
thirteen
,
eighteen
,
twenty-one
,
"
said
Cheesacre
to
himself
,
reckoning
up
in
his
misery
the
number
of
pounds
sterling
which
he
would
have
to
pay
for
being
ill-treated
in
this
way
.
"
Ladies
and
gentlemen
,
"
said
Captain
Bellfield
,
as
soon
as
the
eating
was
over
,
"
if
I
may
be
permitted
to
get
upon
my
legs
for
two
minutes
,
I
am
going
to
propose
a
toast
to
you
.
"
The
real
patron
of
the
feast
had
actually
not
yet
swallowed
his
last
bit
of
cheese
.
The
thing
was
indecent
in
the
violence
of
its
injustice
.
"
If
you
please
,
Captain
Bellfield
,
"
said
the
patron
,
indifferent
to
the
cheese
in
his
throat
,
"
I
'll
propose
the
toast
.
"
"
Nothing
on
earth
could
be
better
,
my
dear
fellow
,
"
said
the
captain
,
"
and
I
'm
sure
I
should
be
the
last
man
in
the
world
to
take
the
job
out
of
the
hands
of
one
who
would
do
it
so
much
better
than
I
can
;
but
as
it
's
your
health
that
we
're
going
to
drink
,
I
really
do
n't
see
how
you
are
to
do
it
.
"
Cheesacre
grunted
and
sat
down
.
He
certainly
could
not
propose
his
own
health
,
nor
did
he
complain
of
the
honour
that
was
to
be
done
him
.
It
was
very
proper
that
his
health
should
be
drunk
,
and
he
had
now
to
think
of
the
words
in
which
he
would
return
thanks
.
But
the
extent
of
his
horror
may
be
imagined
when
Bellfield
got
up
and
made
a
most
brilliant
speech
in
praise
of
Mrs.
Greenow
.
For
full
five
minutes
he
went
on
without
mentioning
the
name
of
Cheesacre
.
Yarmouth
,
he
said
,
had
never
in
his
days
been
so
blessed
as
it
had
been
this
year
by
the
presence
of
the
lady
who
was
now
with
them
.
She
had
come
among
them
,
he
declared
,
forgetful
of
herself
and
of
her
great
sorrows
,
with
the
sole
desire
of
adding
something
to
the
happiness
of
others
.
Then
Mrs.
Greenow
had
taken
out
her
pocket-handkerchief
,
sweeping
back
the
broad
ribbons
of
her
cap
over
her
shoulders
.
Altogether
the
scene
was
very
affecting
,
and
Cheesacre
was
driven
to
madness
.
They
were
the
very
words
that
he
had
intended
to
speak
himself
.
"
I
hate
all
this
kind
of
thing
,
"
he
said
to
Kate
.
"
It
's
so
fulsome
.
"
"
After-dinner
speeches
never
mean
anything
,
"
said
Kate
.
At
last
,
when
Bellfield
had
come
to
an
end
of
praising
Mrs.
Greenow
,
he
told
the
guests
that
he
wished
to
join
his
friend
Mr.
Cheesacre
in
the
toast
,
the
more
so
as
it
could
hardly
be
hoped
that
Mrs.
Greenow
would
herself
rise
to
return
thanks
.
There
was
no
better
fellow
than
his
friend
Cheesacre
,
whom
he
had
known
for
he
would
not
say
how
many
years
.
He
was
quite
sure
they
would
all
have
the
most
sincere
pleasure
in
joining
the
health
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
with
that
of
Mrs.
Greenow
.
Then
there
was
a
clattering
of
glasses
and
a
murmuring
of
healths
,
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
slowly
got
upon
his
legs
.
"
I
'm
very
much
obliged
to
this
company
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
to
my
friend
Bellfield
,
who
really
is
,
—
but
perhaps
that
does
n't
signify
now
.
I
've
had
the
greatest
pleasure
in
getting
up
this
little
thing
,
and
I
'd
made
up
my
mind
to
propose
Mrs.
Greenow
's
health
;
but
,
h
'm
,
ha
,
no
doubt
it
has
been
in
better
hands
.
Perhaps
,
considering
all
things
,
Bellfield
might
have
waited
.
"
"
With
such
a
subject
on
my
hands
,
I
could
n't
wait
a
moment
.
"
"
I
did
n't
interrupt
you
,
Captain
Bellfield
,
and
perhaps
you
'll
let
me
go
on
without
interrupting
me
.
We
've
all
drunk
Mrs.
Greenow
's
health
,
and
I
'm
sure
she
's
very
much
obliged
.
So
am
I
for
the
honour
you
've
done
me
.
I
have
taken
some
trouble
in
getting
up
