youtell
papa
?
It
is
such
a
terrible
thing
!
'
'
So
it
is
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
but
we
have
nothing
positive
or
tangible
to
accuse
Tom
of
;
we
do
n't
know
what
he
does
,
and
have
never
caught
him
out
.
'
'
I
am
sure
he
must
have
found
out
the
meaning
of
that
oppositum
in
some
wrong
way
—
if
he
had
looked
it
out
,
he
would
only
have
found
opposite
.
Nothing
but
opponor
could
have
shown
him
the
rendering
which
he
made
.
'
'
That
's
like
what
I
have
said
almost
every
day
,
'
said
Richard
,
'
but
there
we
are
—
I
ca
n't
get
any
further
.
'
'
Perhaps
he
guesses
by
the
context
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
It
would
be
impossible
to
do
so
always
,
'
said
both
the
Latin
scholars
at
once
.
'
Well
,
I
ca
n't
think
how
you
can
take
it
so
quietly
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
would
have
told
papa
the
first
moment
,
and
put
a
stop
to
it
.
I
have
a
great
mind
to
do
so
,
if
you
wo
n't
.
'
Ethel
,
Ethel
,
that
would
never
do
!
'
exclaimed
Margaret
,
'
pray
do
n't
.
Papa
would
be
so
dreadfully
grieved
and
angry
with
poor
Tom
.
'
'
Well
,
so
he
deserves
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
You
do
n't
know
what
it
is
to
see
papa
angry
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
Dear
me
,
Richard
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
who
thought
she
knew
pretty
well
what
his
sharp
words
were
.
'
I
'm
sure
papa
never
was
angry
with
me
,
without
making
me
love
him
more
,
and
,
at
least
,
want
to
be
better
.
'
'
You
are
a
girl
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
You
are
higher
spirited
,
and
shake
off
things
faster
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
Why
,
what
do
you
think
he
would
do
to
Tom
?
'
'
I
think
he
would
be
so
very
angry
,
that
Tom
,
who
,
you
know
,
is
timid
and
meek
,
would
be
dreadfully
frightened
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
That
's
just
what
he
ought
to
be
,
frightened
out
of
these
tricks
.
'
'
I
am
afraid
it
would
frighten
him
into
them
still
more
,
'
said
Richard
,
'
and
perhaps
give
him
such
a
dread
of
my
father
as
would
prevent
him
from
ever
being
open
with
him
.
'
'
Besides
,
it
would
make
papa
so
very
unhappy
,
'
added
Margaret
.
'
Of
course
,
if
poor
dear
Tom
had
been
found
out
in
any
positive
deceit
,
we
ought
to
mention
it
at
once
,
and
let
him
be
punished
;
but
while
it
is
all
vague
suspicion
,
and
of
what
papa
has
such
a
horror
of
,
it
would
only
grieve
him
,
and
make
him
constantly
anxious
,
without
,
perhaps
,
doing
Tom
any
good
.
'
'
I
think
all
that
is
expediency
,
'
said
Ethel
,
in
her
bluff
,
abrupt
way
.
'
Besides
,
'
said
Richard
,
'
we
have
nothing
positive
to
accuse
him
of
,
and
if
we
had
,
it
would
be
of
no
use
.
He
will
be
at
school
in
three
weeks
,
and
there
he
would
be
sure
to
shirk
,
even
if
he
left
it
off
here
.
Everyone
does
,
and
thinks
nothing
of
it
.
'
'
Richard
!
'
cried
both
sisters
,
shocked
.
'
You
never
did
?
'
'
No
,
we
did
n't
,
but
most
others
do
,
and
not
bad
fellows
either
.
It
is
not
the
way
of
boys
to
think
much
of
those
things
.
'
'
It
is
mean
—
it
is
dishonourable
—
it
is
deceitful
!
'
cried
Ethel
.
'
I
know
it
is
very
wrong
,
but
you
'll
never
get
the
general
run
of
boys
to
think
so
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
Then
Tom
ought
not
to
go
to
school
at
all
till
he
is
well
armed
against
it
,
'
said
Ethel
.
That
ca
n't
be
helped
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
He
will
get
clear
of
it
in
time
,
when
he
knows
better
.
'
'
I
will
talk
to
him
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
and
,
indeed
,
I
think
it
would
be
better
than
worrying
papa
.
'
'
Well
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
of
course
I
sha
n't
tell
,
because
it
is
not
my
business
,
but
I
think
papa
ought
to
know
everything
about
us
,
and
I
do
n't
like
your
keeping
anything
back
.
It
is
being
almost
as
bad
as
Tom
himself
.
'
With
which
words
,
as
Flora
entered
,
Ethel
marched
out
of
the
room
in
displeasure
,
and
went
down
,
resolved
to
settle
Jane
Sparks
by
herself
.
'
Ethel
is
out
of
sorts
to-day
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
What
's
the
matter
?
'
'
We
have
had
a
discussion
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
She
has
been
terribly
shocked
by
finding
out
what
we
have
often
thought
about
poor
little
Tom
,
and
she
thinks
we
ought
to
tell
papa
.
Her
principle
is
quite
right
,
but
I
doubt
—
'
'
I
know
exactly
how
Ethel
would
do
it
!
'
cried
Flora
;
'
blurt
out
all
on
a
sudden
,
"
Papa
,
Tom
cheats
at
his
lessons
!
"
then
there
would
be
a
tremendous
uproar
,
papa
would
scold
Tom
till
he
almost
frightened
him
out
of
his
wits
,
and
then
find
out
it
was
only
suspicion
.
'
And
never
have
any
comfort
again
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
He
would
always
dread
that
Tom
was
deceiving
him
,
and
then
think
it
was
all
for
want
of
—
O
no
,
it
will
never
do
to
speak
of
it
,
unless
we
find
out
some
positive
piece
of
misbehaviour
.
'
'
Certainly
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
And
it
would
do
Tom
no
good
to
make
him
afraid
of
papa
,
'
said
Richard
.
'
Ethel
's
rule
is
right
in
principle
,
'
said
Margaret
,
thoughtfully
,
that
papa
ought
to
know
all
without
reserve
,
and
yet
it
will
hardly
do
in
practice
.
One
must
use
discretion
,
and
not
tease
him
about
every
little
thing
.
He
takes
them
so
much
to
heart
,
that
he
would
be
almost
distracted
;
and
,
with
so
much
business
abroad
,
I
think
,
at
home
he
should
have
nothing
but
rest
,
and
,
as
far
as
we
can
,
freedom
from
care
and
worry
.
Anything
wrong
about
the
children
brings
on
the
grief
so
much
,
that
I
cannot
bear
to
mention
it
.
'
Richard
and
Flora
agreed
with
her
,
admiring
the
spirit
which
made
her
,
in
her
weakness
and
helplessness
,
bear
the
whole
burthen
of
family
cares
alone
,
and
devote
herself
entirely
to
spare
her
father
.
He
was
,
indeed
,
her
first
object
,
and
she
would
have
sacrificed
anything
to
give
him
ease
of
mind
;
but
,
perhaps
,
she
regarded
him
more
as
a
charge
of
her
own
,
than
as
,
in
very
truth
,
the
head
of
the
family
.
She
had
the
government
in
her
hands
,
and
had
never
been
used
to
see
him
exercise
it
much
in
detail
(
she
did
not
know
how
much
her
mother
had
referred
to
him
in
private
)
,
and
had
succeeded
to
her
authority
at
a
time
when
his
health
and
spirits
were
in
such
a
state
as
to
make
it
doubly
needful
to
spare
him
.
It
was
no
wonder
that
she
sometimes
carried
her
consideration
beyond
what
was
strictly
right
,
and
forgot
that
he
was
the
real
authority
,
more
especially
as
his
impulsive
nature
sometimes
carried
him
away
,
and
his
sound
judgment
was
not
certain
to
come
into
play
at
the
first
moment
,
so
that
it
required
some
moral
courage
to
excite
displeasure
,
so
easy
of
manifestation
;
and
of
such
courage
there
was
,
perhaps
,
a
deficiency
in
her
character
.
Nor
had
she
yet
detected
her
own
satisfaction
in
being
the
first
with
everyone
in
the
family
.
Ethel
was
put
out
,
as
Flora
had
discovered
,
and
when
she
was
down
stairs
she
found
it
out
,
and
accused
herself
of
having
been
cross
to
Margaret
,
and
unkind
to
Tom
—
of
wishing
to
be
a
tell-tale
.
But
still
,
though
displeased
with
herself
,
she
was
dissatisfied
with
Margaret
;
it
might
be
right
,
but
it
did
not
agree
with
her
notions
.
She
wanted
to
see
everyone
uncompromising
,
as
girls
of
fifteen
generally
do
;
she
had
an
intense
disgust
and
loathing
of
underhand
ways
,
could
not
bear
to
think
of
Tom
's
carrying
them
on
,
and
going
to
a
place
of
temptation
with
them
uncorrected
;
and
she
looked
up
to
her
father
with
the
reverence
and
enthusiasm
of
one
like
minded
.
She
was
vexed
on
another
score
.
Norman
came
home
from
Abbotstoke
Grange
without
having
seen
Miss
Rivers
,
but
with
a
fresh
basket
of
choice
flowers
,
rapturous
descriptions
of
Mr.
River
's
prints
,
and
a
present
of
an
engraving
,
in
shading
,
such
as
to
give
the
effect
of
a
cast
,
of
a
very
fine
head
of
Alexander
.
Nothing
was
to
be
thought
of
but
a
frame
for
this
—
olive
,
bay
,
laurel
,
everything
appropriate
to
the
conqueror
.
Margaret
and
Norman
were
engrossed
in
the
subject
,
and
,
to
Ethel
,
who
had
no
toleration
for
fancy
work
,
who
expected
everything
to
be
either
useful
or
intellectual
,
this
seemed
very
frivolous
.
She
heard
her
father
say
how
glad
he
was
to
see
Norman
interested
and
occupied
,
and
certainly
,
though
it
was
only
in
leather
leaves
,
it
was
better
than
drooping
and
attending
to
nothing
.
She
knew
,
too
,
that
Margaret
did
it
for
his
sake
,
but
,
said
Ethel
to
herself
,
'
It
was
very
odd
that
people
should
find
amusement
in
such
things
.
Margaret
always
had
a
turn
for
them
,
but
it
was
very
strange
in
Norman
.
'
Then
came
the
pang
of
finding
out
that
this
was
aggravated
by
the
neglect
of
herself
;
she
called
it
all
selfishness
,
and
felt
that
she
had
had
an
uncomfortable
,
unsatisfactory
day
,
with
everything
going
wrong
.
CHAPTER
XVII
.
'
Gently
supported
by
the
ready
aid
Of
loving
hands
,
whose
little
work
of
toil
Her
grateful
prodigality
repaid
With
all
the
benediction
of
her
smile
,
She
turned
her
failing
feet
To
the
softly
cushioned
seat
,
Dispensing
kindly
greetings
all
the
time
.
'
R
.
M
.
Milnes
.
Three
great
events
signalized
the
month
of
January
.
The
first
was
,
the
opening
of
the
school
at
Cocksmoor
,
whither
a
cart
transported
half-a-dozen
forms
,
various
books
,
and
three
dozen
plumbuns
,
Margaret
's
contribution
,
in
order
that
the
school
might
begin
with
éclat
.
There
walked
Mr.
Wilmot
,
Richard
,
and
Flora
,
with
Mary
,
in
a
jumping
capering
state
of
delight
,
and
Ethel
,
not
knowing
whether
she
rejoiced
.
She
kept
apart
from
the
rest
,
and
hardly
spoke
,
for
this
long
probation
had
impressed
her
with
a
sense
of
responsibility
,
and
she
knew
that
it
was
a
great
work
to
which
she
had
set
her
hand
—
a
work
in
which
she
must
persevere
,
and
in
which
she
could
not
succeed
in
her
own
strength
.
She
took
hold
of
Flora
's
hand
,
and
squeezed
it
hard
,
in
a
fit
of
shyness
,
when
they
came
upon
the
hamlet
,
and
saw
the
children
watching
for
them
;
and
when
they
reached
the
house
,
she
would
fain
have
shrank
into
nothing
;
there
was
a
swelling
of
heart
that
seemed
to
ovewhelm
and
stifle
her
,
and
the
effect
of
which
was
to
keep
her
standing
unhelpful
,
when
the
others
were
busy
bringing
in
the
benches
and
settling
the
room
.
It
was
a
tidy
room
,
but
it
seemed
very
small
when
they
ranged
the
benches
,
and
opened
the
door
to
the
seven-and-twenty
children
,
and
the
four
or
five
women
who
stood
waiting
.
Ethel
felt
some
dismay
when
they
all
came
pushing
in
,
without
order
or
civility
,
and
would
have
been
utterly
at
a
loss
what
to
do
with
her
scholars
now
she
had
got
them
,
if
Richard
and
Flora
had
not
marshalled
them
to
the
benches
.
Rough
heads
,
torn
garments
,
staring
vacant
eyes
,
and
mouths
gaping
in
shy
rudeness
—
it
was
a
sight
to
disenchant
her
of
visions
of
pleasure
in
the
work
she
had
set
herself
.
It
was
well
that
she
had
not
to
take
the
initiative
.
Mr.
Wilmot
said
a
few
simple
words
to
the
mothers
about
the
wish
to
teach
their
children
what
was
right
,
and
to
do
the
best
at
present
practicable
;
and
then
told
the
children
that
he
hoped
they
would
take
pains
to
be
good
,
and
mind
what
they
were
taught
.
Then
he
desired
all
to
kneel
down
;
he
said
the
Collect
,
'
Prevent
us
,
O
Lord
,
in
all
our
doings
—
'
and
then
the
Lord
's
Prayer
.
Ethel
felt
as
if
she
could
bear
it
better
,
and
was
more
up
to
the
work
after
this
.
Next
,
the
children
were
desired
to
stand
round
the
room
,
and
Mr.
Wilmot
tried
who
could
say
the
Catechism
—
the
two
biggest
,
a
boy
and
a
girl
,
had
not
an
idea
of
it
,
and
the
boy
looked
foolish
,
and
grinned
at
being
asked
what
was
his
name
.
One
child
was
tolerably
perfect
,
and
about
half-a-dozen
had
some
dim
notions
.
Three
were
entirely
ignorant
of
the
Lord
's
Prayer
,
and
many
of
the
others
did
not
by
any
means
pronounce
the
words
of
it
.
Jane
and
Fanny
Taylor
,
Rebekah
Watts
,
and
Mrs.
Green
's
little
boy
,
were
the
only
ones
who
,
by
their
own
account
,
used
morning
and
evening
prayers
,
though
,
on
further
examination
,
it
appeared
that
Polly
and
Jenny
Hall
,
and
some
others
,
were
accustomed
to
repeat
the
old
rhyme
about
'
Matthew
,
Mark
,
Luke
,
and
John
,
'
and
Una
M'Carthy
and
her
little
brother
Fergus
said
something
that
nobody
could
make
out
,
but
which
Mr.
Wilmot
thought
had
once
been
an
'
Ave
Maria
.
'
Some
few
of
the
children
could
read
,
and
several
more
knew
their
letters
.
The
least
ignorant
were
selected
to
form
a
first-class
,
and
Mr.
Wilmot
promised
a
Prayer-book
to
the
first
who
should
be
able
to
repeat
the
Catechism
without
a
mistake
,
and
a
Bible
to
the
first
who
could
read
a
chapter
in
it
.
Then
followed
a
setting
of
tasks
,
varying
from
a
verse
of
a
Psalm
,
or
the
first
answer
in
the
Catechism
,
down
to
the
distinction
between
A
,
B
,
and
C
;
all
to
be
ready
by
next
Tuesday
,
when
,
weather
permitting
,
a
second
lesson
was
to
be
given
.
Afterwards
,
a
piece
of
advice
of
Margaret
's
was
followed
,
and
Flora
read
aloud
to
the
assembly
the
story
of
'
Margaret
Fletcher
.
'
To
some
this
seemed
to
give
great
satisfaction
,
especially
to
Una
,
but
Ethel
was
surprised
to
see
that
many
,
and
those
not
only
little
ones
,
talked
and
yawned
.
They
had
no
power
of
attention
even
to
a
story
,
and
the
stillness
was
irksome
to
such
wild
colts
.
It
was
plain
that
it
was
time
to
leave
off
,
and
there
was
no
capacity
there
which
did
not
find
the
conclusion
agreeable
,
when
the
basket
was
opened
,
and
Ethel
and
Mary
distributed
the
buns
,
with
instructions
to
say
'
thank
you
.
'
The
next
Tuesday
,
some
of
the
lessons
were
learnt
,
Una
's
perfectly
;
the
big
ignorant
boy
came
no
more
;
and
some
of
the
children
had
learnt
to
behave
better
,
while
others
behaved
worse
;
Ethel
began
to
know
what
she
was
about
;
Richard
's
gentleness
was
eminently
successful
with
the
little
girls
,
impressing
good
manners
on
them
in
a
marvellous
way
;
and
Mary
's
importance
and
happiness
with
alphabet
scholars
,
some
bigger
than
herself
,
were
edifying
.
Cocksmoor
was
fairly
launched
.
The
next
memorable
day
was
that
of
Margaret
's
being
first
carried
down-stairs
.
She
had
been
willing
to
put
it
off
as
long
as
she
could
,
dreading
to
witness
the
change
below-stairs
,
and
feeling
,
too
,
that
in
entering
on
the
family
room
,
without
power
of
leaving
it
,
she
was
losing
all
quiet
and
solitude
,
as
well
as
giving
up
that
monopoly
of
her
father
in
his
evenings
,
which
had
been
her
great
privilege
.
However
,
she
tried
to
talk
herself
into
liking
it
;
and
was
rewarded
by
the
happy
commotion
it
caused
,
though
Dr.
May
was
in
a
state
of
excitement
and
nervousness
at
the
prospect
of
seeing
her
on
the
stairs
,
and
his
attempts
to
conceal
it
only
made
it
worse
,
till
Margaret
knew
she
should
be
nervous
herself
,
and
wished
him
out
of
sight
and
out
of
the
house
till
it
was
over
,
for
without
him
she
had
full
confidence
in
the
coolness
and
steadiness
of
Richard
,
and
by
him
it
was
safely
and
quietly
accomplished
.
She
was
landed
on
the
sofa
,
Richard
and
Flora
settling
her
,
and
the
others
crowding
round
and
exclaiming
,
while
the
newness
of
the
scene
and
the
change
gave
her
a
sense
of
confusion
,
and
she
shut
her
eyes
to
recover
her
thoughts
,
but
opened
them
the
next
instant
at
her
father
's
exclamation
that
she
was
overcome
,
smiled
to
reassure
him
,
and
declared
herself
not
tired
,
and
to
be
very
glad
to
be
among
them
again
.
But
the
bustle
was
oppressive
,
and
her
cheerful
manner
was
an
effort
;
she
longed
to
see
them
all
gone
,
and
Flora
found
it
out
,
sent
the
children
for
their
walk
,
and
carried
off
Ethel
and
the
brothers
.
Dr.
May
was
called
out
of
the
room
at
the
same
time
,
and
she
was
left
alone
.
She
gazed
round
her
,
at
the
room
where
,
four
months
before
,
she
had
seen
her
mother
with
the
babe
in
her
arms
,
the
children
clustered
round
her
,
her
father
exulting
in
his
hen-and-chicken
daisies
,
herself
full
of
bright
undefined
hope
,
radiant
with
health
and
activity
,
and
her
one
trouble
such
that
she
now
knew
the
force
of
her
mother
's
words
,
that
it
only
proved
her
happiness
.
It
was
not
till
that
moment
that
Margaret
realized
the
change
;
she
found
her
eyes
filling
with
tears
,
as
she
looked
round
,
and
saw
the
familiar
furniture
and
ornaments
.
They
were
instantly
checked
as
she
heard
her
father
returning
,
but
not
so
that
he
did
not
perceive
them
,
and
exclaim
that
it
had
been
too
much
for
her
.
'
O
no
—
it
was
only
the
first
time
,
'
said
Margaret
,
losing
the
sense
of
the
painful
vacancy
in
her
absorbing
desire
not
to
distress
her
father
,
and
thinking
only
of
him
as
she
watched
him
standing
for
some
minutes
leaning
on
the
mantel-shelf
,
with
his
hand
shading
his
forehead
.
She
began
to
speak
as
soon
as
she
thought
he
was
ready
to
have
his
mind
turned
away
:
'
How
nicely
Ritchie
managed
!
He
carried
me
so
comfortably
and
easily
.
It
is
enough
to
spoil
me
to
be
so
deftly
waited
on
.
'
'
I
'm
glad
of
it
,
'
said
Dr.
May
;
'
I
am
sure
the
change
is
better
for
you
;
'
but
he
came
and
looked
at
her
still
with
great
solicitude
.
'
Ritchie
can
take
excellent
care
of
me
,
'
she
continued
,
most
anxious
to
divert
his
thoughts
.
'
You
see
it
will
do
very
well
indeed
for
you
to
take
Harry
to
school
.
'
'
I
should
like
to
do
so
.
I
should
like
to
see
his
master
,
and
to
take
Norman
with
me
,
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
It
would
be
just
the
thing
for
him
now
—
we
would
show
him
the
dockyard
,
and
all
those
matters
,
and
such
a
thorough
holiday
would
set
him
up
again
.
'
'
He
is
very
much
better
.
'
'
Much
better
—
he
is
recovering
spirits
and
tone
very
fast
.
That
leaf-work
of
yours
came
at
a
lucky
time
.
I
like
to
see
him
looking
out
for
a
curious
fern
in
the
hedge-rows
—
the
pursuit
has
quite
brightened
him
up
.
'
'
And
he
does
it
so
thoroughly
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
Ethel
fancies
it
is
rather
frivolous
of
him
,
I
believe
;
but
it
amuses
me
to
see
how
men
give
dignity
to
what
women
make
trifling
.
He
will
know
everything
about
the
leaves
,
hunts
up
my
botany
books
,
and
has
taught
me
a
hundred
times
more
of
the
construction
and
wonders
of
them
than
I
ever
learnt
.
'
'
Aye
,
'
said
the
Doctor
,
'
he
has
been
talking
a
good
deal
to
me
about
vegetable
chemistry
.
He
would
make
a
good
scientific
botanist
,
if
he
were
to
be
nothing
else
.
I
should
be
glad
if
he
sticks
to
it
as
a
pursuit
—
'
tis
pretty
work
,
and
I
should
like
to
have
gone
further
with
it
,
if
I
had
ever
had
time
for
it
.
'
'
I
dare
say
he
will
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
It
will
be
very
pleasant
if
he
can
go
with
you
.
How
he
would
enjoy
the
British
Museum
,
if
there
was
time
for
him
to
see
it
!
Have
you
said
anything
to
him
yet
?
'
'
No
;
I
waited
to
see
how
you
were
,
as
it
all
depends
on
that
.
'
'
I
think
it
depends
still
more
on
something
else
;
whether
Norman
is
as
fit
to
take
care
of
you
as
Richard
is
.
'
'
That
's
another
point
.
There
's
nothing
but
what
he
could
manage
now
,
but
I
do
n't
like
saying
anything
to
him
.
I
know
he
would
undertake
anything
I
wished
,
without
a
word
,
and
then
,
perhaps
,
dwell
on
it
in
fancy
,
and
force
himself
,
till
it
would
turn
to
a
perfect
misery
,
and
upset
his
nerves
again
.
I
'm
sorry
for
it
.
I
meant
him
to
have
followed
my
trade
,
but
he
'll
never
do
for
that
.
However
,
he
has
wits
enough
to
make
himself
what
he
pleases
,
and
I
dare
say
he
will
keep
at
the
head
of
the
school
after
all
.
'
'
How
very
good
he
has
been
in
refraining
from
restlessness
!
'
'
It
's
beautiful
!
'
said
Dr.
May
,
with
strong
emotion
.
'
Poor
boy
!
I
trust
he
'll
not
be
disappointed
,
and
I
do
n't
think
he
will
;
but
I
've
promised
him
I
wo
n't
be
annoyed
if
he
should
lose
his
place
—
so
we
must
take
especial
care
not
to
show
any
anxiety
.
However
,
for
this
matter
,
Margaret
,
I
wish
you
would
sound
him
,
and
see
whether
it
would
be
more
pleasure
or
pain
.
Only
mind
you
do
n't
let
him
think
that
I
shall
be
vexed
,
if
he
feels
that
he
ca
n't
make
up
his
mind
;
I
would
not
have
him
fancy
that
,
for
more
than
I
can
tell
.
'
This
consultation
revived
the
spirits
of
both
;
and
the
others
returning
,
found
Margaret
quite
disposed
for
companionship
.
If
to
her
the
evening
was
sad
and
strange
,
like
a
visit
in
a
dream
to
some
old
familiar
haunt
,
finding
all
unnatural
,
to
the
rest
it
was
delightful
.
The
room
was
no
longer
dreary
,
now
that
there
was
a
centre
for
care
and
attentions
,
and
the
party
was
no
longer
broken
up
—
the
sense
of
comfort
,
cheerfulness
,
and
home-gathering
had
returned
,
and
the
pleasant
evening
household
gossip
went
round
the
table
almost
as
it
used
to
do
.
Dr.
May
resumed
his
old
habit
of
skimming
a
club
book
,
and
imparting
the
cream
to
the
listeners
;
and
Flora
gave
them
some
music
,
a
great
treat
to
Margaret
,
who
had
long
only
heard
its
distant
sounds
.
Margaret
found
an
opportunity
of
talking
to
Norman
,
and
judged
favourably
.
He
was
much
pleased
at
the
prospect
of
the
journey
,
and
of
seeing
a
ship
,
so
as
to
have
a
clearer
notion
of
the
scene
where
Harry
's
life
was
to
be
spent
,
and
though
the
charge
of
the
arm
was
a
drawback
,
he
did
not
treat
it
as
insurmountable
.
A
few
days
'
attendance
in
his
father
's
room
gave
him
confidence
in
taking
Richard
's
place
,
and
,
accordingly
,
the
third
important
measure
was
decided
on
,
namely
,
that
he
and
his
father
should
accompany
Harry
to
the
naval
school
,
and
be
absent
three
nights
.
Some
relations
would
be
glad
to
receive
them
in
London
,
and
Alan
Ernescliffe
,
who
was
studying
steam
navigation
at
Woolwich
,
volunteered
to
meet
them
,
and
go
with
them
to
Portsmouth
.
It
was
a
wonderful
event
;
Norman
and
Harry
had
never
been
beyond
Whitford
in
their
lives
,
and
none
of
the
young
ones
could
recollect
their
papa
's
ever
going
from
home
for
more
than
one
night
.
Dr.
May
laughed
at
Margaret
for
her
anxiety
and
excitement
on
the
subject
,
and
was
more
amused
at
overhearing
Richard
's
precise
directions
to
Norman
over
the
packing
up
.
'
Aye
,
Ritchie
,
'
said
the
Doctor
,
as
he
saw
his
portmanteau
locked
,
and
the
key
given
to
Norman
,
'
you
may
well
look
grave
upon
it
.
You
wo
n't
see
it
look
so
tidy
when
it
comes
back
again
,
and
I
believe
you
are
thinking
it
will
be
lucky
if
you
see
it
at
all
.
'
There
was
a
very
affectionate
leave-taking
of
Harry
,
who
,
growing
rather
soft-hearted
,
thought
it
needful
to
be
disdainful
,
scolded
Mary
and
Blanche
for
'
lugging
off
his
figure-head
,
'
and
assured
them
they
made
as
much
work
about
it
as
if
he
was
going
to
sea
at
once
.
Then
,
to
put
an
end
to
any
more
embraces
,
he
marched
off
to
the
station
with
Tom
,
and
nearly
caused
the
others
to
be
too
late
,
by
the
search
for
him
that
ensued
.
In
due
time
,
Dr.
May
and
Norman
returned
,
looking
the
better
for
the
journey
.
There
was
,
first
,
to
tell
of
Harry
's
school
and
its
master
,
and
Alan
Ernescliffe
's
introduction
of
him
to
a
nice-looking
boy
of
his
own
age
;
then
they
were
eloquent
on
the
wonders
of
the
dockyard
,
the
Victory
,
the
block
machinery
.
And
London
—
while
Dr.
May
went
to
transact
some
business
,
Norman
had
been
with
Alan
at
the
British
Museum
,
and
though
he
had
intended
to
see
half
London
besides
,
there
was
no
tearing
him
away
from
the
Elgin
marbles
;
and
nothing
would
serve
him
,
but
bringing
Dr.
May
the
next
morning
to
visit
the
Ninevite
bulls
.
Norman
further
said
,
that
whereas
papa
could
never
go
out
of
his
house
without
meeting
people
who
had
something
to
say
to
him
,
it
was
the
same
elsewhere
.
Six
acquaintances
he
had
met
unexpectedly
in
London
,
and
two
at
Portsmouth
.
So
the
conversation
went
on
all
the
evening
,
to
the
great
delight
of
all
.
It
was
more
about
things
than
people
,
though
Flora
inquired
after
Mr.
Ernescliffe
,
and
was
told
he
had
met
them
at
the
station
,
had
been
everywhere
with
them
,
and
had
dined
at
the
Mackenzies
'
each
day
.
'
How
was
he
looking
?
'
Ethel
asked
;
and
was
told
pretty
much
the
same
as
when
he
went
away
;
and
,
on
a
further
query
from
Flora
,
it
appeared
that
an
old
naval
friend
of
his
father
's
had
hopes
of
a
ship
,
and
had
promised
to
have
him
with
him
,
and
thereupon
warm
hopes
were
expressed
that
Harry
might
have
a
berth
in
the
same
.
'
And
when
is
he
coming
here
again
,
papa
?
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Eh
!
oh
!
I
ca
n't
tell
.
I
say
,
is
n't
it
high
time
to
ring
?
'
When
they
went
up
at
night
,
everyone
felt
that
half
the
say
had
not
been
said
,
and
there
were
fresh
beginnings
on
the
stairs
.
Norman
triumphantly
gave
the
key
to
Richard
,
and
then
called
to
Ethel
:
I
say
,
wo
n't
you
come
into
my
room
while
I
unpack
?
'
'
O
yes
,
I
should
like
it
very
much
.
'
Ethel
sat
on
the
bed
,
rolled
up
in
a
cloak
,
while
Norman
undid
his
bag
,
announcing
at
the
same
time
:
'
Well
,
Ethel
,
papa
says
I
may
get
to
my
Euripides
to-morrow
,
if
I
please
,
and
only
work
an
hour
at
a
time
!
'
'
O
I
am
so
glad
.
Then
he
thinks
you
quite
well
?
'
'
Yes
,
I
am
quite
well
.
I
hope
I
've
done
with
nonsense
.
'
'
And
how
did
you
get
on
with
his
arm
?
'
'
Very
well
—
he
was
so
patient
,
and
told
me
how
to
manage
.
You
heard
that
Sir
Matthew
said
it
had
got
much
better
in
these
few
weeks
.
O
here
it
is
!
There
's
a
present
for
you
.
'
'
O
,
thank
you
.
From
you
,
or
from
papa
?
'
'
This
is
mine
.
Papa
has
a
present
for
everyone
in
his
bag
.
He
said
,
at
last
,
that
a
man
with
eleven
children
had
n't
need
go
to
London
very
often
.
'
'
And
you
got
this
beautiful
Lyra
Innocentium
for
me
.
How
very
kind
of
you
,
Norman
.
It
is
just
what
I
wished
for
.
Such
lovely
binding
—
and
those
embossed
edges
to
the
leaves
.
Oh
!
they
make
a
pattern
as
they
open
!
I
never
saw
anything
like
it
.
'
'
I
saw
such
a
one
on
Miss
Rivers
's
table
,
and
asked
Ernescliffe
where
to
get
one
like
it
.
See
here
's
what
my
father
gave
me
.
'
'
Bishop
Ken
's
Manual
.
That
is
in
readiness
for
the
Confirmation
.
'
'
Look
.
I
begged
him
to
put
my
name
,
though
he
said
it
was
a
pity
to
do
it
with
his
left
hand
;
I
did
n't
like
to
wait
,
so
I
asked
him
at
least
to
write
N
.
W
.
May
,
and
the
date
.
'
'
And
he
has
added
Prov
.
xxiii
.
24
,
25.
Let
me
look
it
out
.
'
She
did
so
,
and
instead
of
reading
it
aloud
,
looked
at
Norman
full
of
congratulation
.
'
How
it
ought
to
make
one
—
'
and
there
Norman
broke
off
from
the
fulness
of
his
heart
.
'
I
'm
glad
he
put
both
verses
,
'
said
Ethel
,
presently
.
'
How
pleased
with
you
he
must
be
!
'
A
silence
while
brother
and
sister
both
gazed
intently
at
the
crooked
characters
,
till
at
last
Ethel
,
with
a
long
breath
,
resumed
her
ordinary
tone
,
and
said
,
'
How
well
he
has
come
to
write
with
his
left
hand
now
.
'
'
Yes
.
Did
you
know
that
he
wrote
himself
to
tell
Ernescliffe
Sir
Matthew
's
opinion
of
Margaret
?
'
'
No
:
did
he
?
'
'
Do
you
know
,
Ethel
,
'
said
Norman
,
as
he
knelt
on
the
floor
,
and
tumbled
miscellaneous
articles
out
of
his
bag
,
'
it
is
my
belief
that
Ernescliffe
is
in
love
with
her
,
and
that
papa
thinks
so
.
'
'
Dear
me
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
starting
up
.
'
That
is
famous
.
We
should
always
have
Margaret
at
home
when
he
goes
to
sea
!
'
'
But
mind
,
Ethel
,
for
your
life
you
must
not
say
one
word
to
any
living
creature
.
'
'
O
no
,
I
promise
you
I
wo
n't
,
Norman
,
if
you
'll
only
tell
me
how
you
found
it
out
.
'
'
What
first
put
it
in
my
head
was
the
first
evening
,
while
I
was
undoing
the
portmanteau
;
my
father
leant
on
the
mantel-shelf
,
and
sighed
and
muttered
,
'
Poor
Ernescliffe
!
I
wish
it
may
end
well
.
'
I
thought
he
forgot
that
I
was
there
,
so
I
would
not
seem
to
notice
,
but
I
soon
saw
it
was
that
he
meant
.
'
'
How
?
'
cried
Ethel
,
eagerly
.
'
O
,
I
do
n't
know
—
by
Alan
's
way
.
'
'
Tell
me
—
I
want
to
know
what
people
do
when
they
are
in
love
.
'
'
Nothing
particular
,
'
said
Norman
,
smiling
.
'
Did
you
hear
him
inquire
for
her
?
How
did
he
look
?
'
'
I
ca
n't
tell
.
That
was
when
he
met
us
at
the
station
before
I
thought
of
it
,
and
I
had
to
see
to
the
luggage
.
But
I
'll
tell
you
one
thing
,
Ethel
;
when
papa
was
talking
of
her
to
Mrs.
Mackenzie
,
at
the
other
end
of
the
room
,
all
his
attention
went
away
in
an
instant
from
what
he
was
saying
.
And
once
,
when
Harry
said
something
to
me
about
her
,
he
started
,
and
looked
round
so
earnestly
.
'
'
O
yes
—
that
's
like
people
in
books
.
And
did
he
colour
?
'
'
No
;
I
do
n't
recollect
that
he
did
,
'
said
Norman
;
'
but
I
observed
he
never
asked
directly
after
her
if
he
could
help
it
,
but
always
was
trying
to
lead
,
in
some
round-about
way
,
to
hearing
what
she
was
doing
.
'
'
Did
he
call
her
Margaret
?
'
'
I
watched
;
but
to
me
he
always
said
,
"
Your
sister
,
"
and
if
he
had
to
speak
of
her
to
papa
,
he
said
,
"
Miss
May
.
"
And
then
you
should
have
seen
his
attention
to
papa
.
I
could
hardly
get
a
chance
of
doing
anything
for
papa
.
'
'
O
I
am
sure
of
it
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
clasping
her
hands
.
'
But
,
poor
man
,
how
unhappy
he
must
have
been
at
having
to
go
away
when
she
was
so
ill
!
'
'
Aye
,
the
last
time
he
saw
her
was
when
he
carried
her
up-stairs
.
'
'
O
dear
!
I
hope
he
will
soon
come
here
again
!
'
'
I
do
n't
suppose
he
will
.
Papa
did
not
ask
him
.
'
'
Dear
me
,
Norman
!
Why
not
?
Is
n't
papa
very
fond
of
him
?
Why
should
n't
he
come
?
'
'
Do
n't
you
see
,
Ethel
,
that
would
be
of
no
use
while
poor
Margaret
is
no
better
.
If
he
gained
her
affections
,
it
would
only
make
her
unhappy
.
'
'
O
,
but
she
is
much
better
.
She
can
raise
herself
up
now
without
help
,
and
sat
up
ever
so
long
this
morning
,
without
leaning
back
on
her
cushions
.
She
is
getting
well
—
you
know
Sir
Matthew
said
she
would
.
'
'
Yes
;
but
I
suppose
papa
thinks
they
had
better
say
nothing
till
she
is
quite
well
.
'
'
And
when
she
is
!
How
famous
it
will
be
!
'
'
Then
there
's
another
thing
;
he
is
very
poor
,
you
know
.
'
'
I
am
sure
papa
does
n't
care
about
people
being
rich
.
'
'
I
suppose
Alan
thinks
he
ought
not
to
marry
,
unless
he
could
make
his
wife
comfortable
.
'
'
Look
here
—
it
would
be
all
very
easy
:
she
should
stay
with
us
,
and
be
comfortable
here
,
and
he
go
to
sea
,
and
get
lots
of
prize
money
.
'
'
And
that
's
what
you
call
domestic
felicity
!
'
said
Norman
,
laughing
.
'
He
might
have
her
when
he
was
at
home
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
No
,
no
;
that
would
never
do
,
'
said
Norman
.
'
Do
you
think
Ernescliffe
is
a
man
that
would
marry
a
wife
for
her
father
to
maintain
her
?
'
'
Why
,
papa
would
like
it
very
much
.
He
is
not
a
mercenary
father
in
a
book
.
'
'
Hey
!
what
's
that
?
'
said
a
voice
,
Ethel
little
expected
.
'
Contraband
talk
at
contraband
times
?
What
's
this
!
'
'
Did
you
hear
,
papa
?
'
said
Ethel
,
looking
down
.
'
Only
your
last
words
,
as
I
came
up
to
ask
Norman
what
he
had
done
with
my
pocket
book
.
Mind
,
I
ask
no
impertinent
questions
;
but
,
if
you
have
no
objection
,
I
should
like
to
know
what
gained
me
the
honour
of
that
compliment
.
'
'
Norman
?
'
said
Ethel
,
interrogatively
,
and
blushing
in
emulation
of
her
brother
,
who
was
crimson
.
'
I
'll
find
it
,
'
said
he
,
rushing
off
with
a
sort
of
nod
and
sign
,
that
conveyed
to
Ethel
that
there
was
no
help
for
it
.
So
,
with
much
confusion
,
she
whispered
into
her
papa
's
ear
that
Norman
had
been
telling
her
something
he
guessed
about
Mr.
Ernescliffe
.
Her
father
at
first
smiled
,
a
pleased
amused
smile
.
'
Ah
!
ha
!
so
Master
June
has
his
eyes
and
ears
open
,
has
he
?
A
fine
bit
of
gossip
to
regale
you
with
on
his
return
!
'
'
He
told
me
to
say
not
one
word
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Right
—
mind
you
do
n't
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
and
Ethel
was
surprised
to
see
how
sorrowful
his
face
became
.
At
the
same
moment
Norman
returned
,
still
very
red
,
and
said
,
'
I
've
put
out
the
pocket-book
,
papa
.
I
think
I
should
tell
you
I
repeated
what
,
perhaps
,
you
did
not
mean
me
to
hear
—
you
talked
to
yourself
something
of
pitying
Ernescliffe
.
'
The
Doctor
smiled
again
at
the
boy
's
high-minded
openness
,
which
must
have
cost
an
effort
of
self-humiliation
.
'
I
ca
n't
say
little
pitchers
have
long
ears
,
to
a
May-pole
like
you
,
Norman
,
'
said
he
;
'
I
think
I
ought
rather
to
apologize
for
having
inadvertently
tumbled
in
among
your
secrets
;
I
assure
you
I
did
not
come
to
spy
you
.
'
'
O
,
no
,
no
,
no
,
no
!
'
repeated
Ethel
,
vehemently
.
'
Then
you
did
n't
mind
our
talking
about
it
?
'
'
Of
course
not
,
as
long
as
it
goes
no
further
.
It
is
the
use
of
sisters
to
tell
them
one
's
private
sentiments
.
Is
not
it
,
Norman
?
'
'
And
do
you
really
think
it
is
so
,
papa
?
'
Ethel
could
not
help
whispering
.
'
I
'm
afraid
it
is
!
'
said
Dr.
May
,
sighing
;
then
,
as
he
caught
her
earnest
eyes
;
'
The
more
I
see
of
Alan
,
the
finer
fellow
I
think
him
,
and
the
more
sorry
I
am
for
him
.
It
seems
presumptuous
,
almost
wrong
,
to
think
of
the
matter
at
all
while
my
poor
Margaret
is
in
this
state
;
and
,
if
she
were
well
,
there
are
other
difficulties
which
would
,
perhaps
,
prevent
his
speaking
,
or
lead
to
long
years
of
waiting
and
wearing
out
hope
.
'
'
Money
?
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Aye
!
Though
I
so
far
deserve
your
compliment
,
Miss
,
that
I
should
be
foolish
enough
,
if
she
were
but
well
,
to
give
my
consent
to-morrow
,
because
I
could
not
help
it
;
yet
one
ca
n't
live
forty-six
years
in
this
world
without
seeing
it
is
wrong
to
marry
without
a
reasonable
dependance
—
and
there
wo
n't
be
much
among
eleven
of
you
.
It
makes
my
heart
ache
to
think
of
it
,
come
what
may
,
as
far
as
I
can
see
,
and
without
her
to
judge
.
The
only
comfort
is
,
that
poor
Margaret
herself
knows
nothing
of
it
,
and
is
at
peace
so
far
.
It
will
be
ordered
for
them
,
anyhow
.
Good
night
,
my
dear
.
'
Ethel
sought
her
room
,
with
graver
,
deeper
thoughts
of
life
than
she
had
carried
up
stairs
.
CHAPTER
XVIII
.
'
Saw
ye
never
in
the
meadows
,
Where
your
little
feet
did
pass
,
Down
below
,
the
sweet
white
daisies
Growing
in
the
long
green
grass
?
Saw
you
never
lilac
blossoms
,
Or
acacia
white
and
red
,
Waving
brightly
in
the
sunshine
,
On
the
tall
trees
over
head
!
'
Hymns
for
Children
,
C
.
F
.
A
.
My
dear
child
,
what
a
storm
you
have
had
!
how
wet
you
must
be
!
'
exclaimed
Mrs.
Larpent
,
as
Meta
Rivers
came
bounding
up
the
broad
staircase
at
Abbotstoke
Grange
.
'
Oh
,
no
;
I
am
quite
dry
;
feel
.
'
'
Are
you
sure
?
'
said
Mrs.
Larpent
,
drawing
her
darling
into
a
luxurious
bed-room
,
lighted
up
by
a
glowing
fire
,
and
full
of
pretty
things
.
'
Here
,
come
and
take
off
your
wet
things
,
my
dear
,
and
Bellairs
shall
bring
you
some
tea
.
'
'
I
'm
dry
;
I
'm
warm
,
'
said
Meta
,
tossing
off
her
plumy
hat
,
as
she
established
herself
,
with
her
feet
on
the
fender
.
'
But
where
do
you
think
I
have
been
?
You
have
so
much
to
hear
;
but
first
—
three
guesses
where
we
were
in
the
rain
?
'
'
In
the
Stoneborough
Cloisters
,
that
you
wanted
to
see
?
My
dear
,
you
did
not
keep
your
papa
in
the
cold
there
?
'
'
No
,
no
;
we
never
got
there
at
all
;
guess
again
.
'
'
At
Mr.
Edward
Wilmot
's
?
'
'
No
!
'
'
Could
it
have
been
at
Dr.
May
's
?
Really
,
then
,
you
must
tell
me
.
'
'
There
!
you
deserve
a
good
long
story
;
beginning
at
the
beginning
,
'
said
Meta
,
clapping
her
hands
,
'
was
n't
it
curious
?
as
we
were
coming
up
the
last
hill
,
we
met
some
girls
in
deep
mourning
,
with
a
lady
,
who
looked
like
their
governess
.
I
wondered
whether
they
could
be
Dr.
May
's
daughters
,
and
so
it
turned
out
they
were
.
Presently
there
began
to
fall
little
square
lumps
,
neither
hail
,
nor
snow
,
nor
rain
;
it
grew
very
cold
,
and
rain
came
on
.
It
would
have
been
great
fun
,
if
I
had
not
been
afraid
papa
would
catch
cold
,
and
he
said
we
would
canter
on
to
the
inn
.
But
,
luckily
,
there
was
Dr.
May
walking
up
the
street
,
and
he
begged
us
to
come
into
his
house
.
I
was
so
glad
!
We
were
tolerably
wet
,
and
Dr.
May
said
something
about
hoping
the
girls
were
at
home
;
well
,
when
he
opened
the
drawing-room
door
,
there
was
the
poor
daughter
lying
on
the
sofa
.
'
'
Poor
girl
!
tell
me
of
her
.
'
'
Oh
!
you
must
go
and
see
her
;
you
wo
n't
look
at
her
without
losing
your
heart
.
Papa
liked
her
so
much
—
see
if
he
does
not
talk
of
her
all
the
evening
.
She
looks
the
picture
of
goodness
and
sweetness
.
Only
think
of
her
having
some
of
the
Maidenhair
and
Cape
Jessamine
still
in
water
,
that
we
sent
her
so
long
ago
.
She
shall
have
some
flowers
every
three
days
.
Well
,
Dr.
May
said
,
"
There
is
one
at
least
,
that
is
sure
to
be
at
home
.
"
She
felt
my
habit
,
and
said
I
must
go
and
change
it
,
and
she
called
to
a
little
thing
of
six
,
telling
her
to
show
me
the
way
to
Flora
.
She
smiled
,
and
said
she
wished
she
could
go
herself
,
but
Flora
would
take
care
of
me
.
Little
Blanche
came
and
took
hold
of
my
hand
,
chattering
away
,
up
we
went
,
up
two
staircases
,
and
at
the
top
of
the
last
stood
a
girl
about
seventeen
,
so
pretty
!
such
deep
blue
eyes
,
and
such
a
complexion
!
"
That
's
Flora
,
"
little
Blanche
said
;
"
Flora
,
this
is
Miss
Rivers
,
and
she
's
wet
,
and
Margaret
says
you
are
to
take
care
of
her
.
"
'
'
So
that
was
your
introduction
?
'
'
Yes
;
we
got
acquainted
in
a
minute
.
She
took
me
into
her
room
—
such
a
room
!
I
believe
Bellairs
would
be
angry
if
she
had
such
an
one
;
all
up
in
the
roof
,
no
fire
,
no
carpet
,
except
little
strips
by
the
beds
;
there
were
three
beds
.
Flora
used
to
sleep
there
till
Miss
May
was
ill
,
and
now
she
dresses
there
.
Yet
I
am
sure
they
are
as
much
ladies
as
I
am
.
'
'
You
are
an
only
daughter
,
my
dear
,
and
a
petted
one
,
'
said
Mrs.
Larpent
,
smiling
.
'
There
are
too
many
of
them
to
make
much
of
,
as
we
do
of
our
Meta
.
'
'
I
suppose
so
;
but
I
did
not
know
gentlewomen
lived
in
such
a
way
,
'
said
Meta
.
'
There
were
nice
things
about
,
a
beautiful
inlaid
work-box
of
Flora
's
,
and
a
rosewood
desk
,
and
plenty
of
books
,
and
a
Greek
book
and
dictionary
were
spread
open
.
I
asked
Flora
if
they
were
hers
,
and
she
laughed
and
said
no
;
and
that
Ethel
would
be
much
discomposed
that
I
had
seen
them
.
Ethel
keeps
up
with
her
brother
Norman
—
only
fancy
!
and
he
at
the
head
of
the
school
.
How
clever
she
must
be
!
'
'
But
,
my
dear
,
were
you
standing
in
your
wet
things
all
this
time
!
'
'
No
;
I
was
trying
on
their
frocks
,
but
they
trailed
on
the
ground
upon
me
,
so
she
asked
if
I
would
come
and
sit
by
the
nursery
fire
till
my
habit
was
dry
;
and
there
was
the
dear
little
good-humoured
baby
,
so
fair
and
pretty
.
She
is
not
a
bit
shy
,
will
go
to
anybody
,
but
,
they
say
,
she
likes
no
one
so
well
as
her
brother
Norman
.
'
'
So
you
had
a
regular
treat
of
baby
nursing
.
'
'
That
I
had
;
I
could
not
part
with
her
,
the
darling
.
Flora
thought
we
might
take
her
down
,
and
I
liked
playing
with
her
in
the
drawing-room
and
talking
to
Miss
May
,
till
the
fly
came
to
take
us
home
.
I
wanted
to
have
seen
Ethel
;
but
,
only
think
,
papa
has
asked
Dr.
May
to
bring
Flora
some
day
;
how
I
hope
he
will
!
'
Little
Meta
having
told
her
story
,
and
received
plenty
of
sympathy
,
proceeded
to
dress
,
and
,
while
her
maid
braided
her
hair
,
a
musing
fit
fell
upon
her
.
'
I
have
seen
something
of
life
to-day
,
'
thought
she
.
'
I
had
thought
of
the
great
difference
between
us
and
the
poor
,
but
I
did
not
know
ladies
lived
in
such
different
ways
.
I
should
be
very
miserable
without
Bellairs
,
or
without
a
fire
in
my
room
.
I
do
n't
know
what
I
should
do
if
I
had
to
live
in
that
cold
,
shabby
den
,
and
do
my
own
hair
,
yet
they
think
nothing
of
it
,
and
they
are
cultivated
and
lady-like
!
Is
it
all
fancy
,
and
being
brought
up
to
it
?
I
wonder
if
it
is
right
?
Yet
dear
papa
likes
me
to
have
these
things
,
and
can
afford
them
.
I
never
knew
I
was
luxurious
before
,
and
yet
I
think
I
must
be
!
One
thing
I
do
wish
,
and
that
is
,
that
I
was
of
as
much
use
as
those
girls
.
I
ought
to
be
.
I
am
a
motherless
girl
like
them
,
and
I
ought
to
be
everything
to
papa
,
just
as
Miss
May
is
,
even
lying
on
the
sofa
there
,
and
only
two
years
older
than
I
am
.
I
do
n't
think
I
am
of
any
use
at
all
;
he
is
fond
of
me
,
of
course
,
dear
papa
;
and
if
I
died
,
I
do
n't
know
what
would
become
of
him
,
but
that
's
only
because
I
am
his
daughter
—
he
has
only
George
besides
to
care
for
.
But
,
really
and
truly
,
he
would
get
on
as
well
without
me
.
I
never
do
anything
for
him
,
but
now
and
then
playing
to
him
in
the
evening
,
and
that
not
always
,
I
am
afraid
,
when
I
want
to
be
about
anything
else
.
He
is
always
petting
me
,
and
giving
me
all
I
want
,
but
I
never
do
anything
but
my
lessons
,
and
going
to
the
school
,
and
the
poor
people
,
and
that
is
all
pleasure
.
I
have
so
much
that
I
never
miss
what
I
give
away
.
I
wonder
whether
it
is
all
right
.
Leonora
and
Agatha
have
not
so
much
money
to
do
as
they
please
with
—
they
are
not
so
idolized
.
George
said
,
when
he
was
angry
,
that
papa
idolizes
me
;
but
they
have
all
these
comforts
and
luxuries
,
and
never
think
of
anything
but
doing
what
they
like
.
They
never
made
me
consider
as
these
Mays
do
.
I
should
like
to
know
them
more
.
I
do
so
much
want
a
friend
of
my
own
age
.
It
is
the
only
want
I
have
.
I
have
tried
to
make
a
friend
of
Leonora
,
but
I
cannot
;
she
never
cares
for
what
I
do
.
If
she
saw
these
Mays
she
would
look
down
on
them
.
Dear
Mrs.
Larpent
is
better
than
anyone
,
but
then
she
is
so
much
older
.
Flora
May
shall
be
my
friend
.
I
'll
make
her
call
me
Meta
as
soon
as
she
comes
.
When
will
it
be
?
They
day
after
to-morrow
?
'
But
little
Meta
watched
in
vain
.
Dr.
May
always
came
with
either
Richard
or
the
groom
,
to
drive
him
,
and
if
Meta
met
him
and
hoped
he
would
bring
Flora
next
time
,
he
only
answered
that
Flora
would
like
it
very
much
,
and
he
hoped
soon
to
do
so
.
The
truth
was
,
it
was
no
such
every
day
matter
as
Meta
imagined
.
The
larger
carriage
had
been
broken
,
and
the
only
vehicle
held
only
the
doctor
—
his
charioteer
—
and
in
a
very
minute
appendage
behind
,
a
small
son
of
the
gardener
,
to
open
gates
,
and
hold
the
horse
.
The
proposal
had
been
one
of
those
general
invitations
to
be
fulfilled
at
any
time
,
and
therefore
easily
set
aside
;
and
Dr.
May
,
though
continually
thinking
he
should
like
to
take
his
girls
to
Abbotstoke
,
never
saw
the
definite
time
for
so
doing
;
and
Flora
herself
,
though
charmed
with
Miss
Rivers
,
and
delighted
with
the
prospect
of
visiting
her
,
only
viewed
it
as
a
distant
prospect
.
There
was
plenty
of
immediate
interest
to
occupy
them
at
home
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
increasing
employment
that
Cocksmoor
gave
to
thoughts
,
legs
,
and
needles
.
There
was
the
commencement
of
the
half-year
,
when
Tom
's
school-boy
life
was
to
begin
,
and
when
it
would
be
proved
whether
Norman
were
able
to
retain
his
elevation
.
Margaret
had
much
anxiety
respecting
the
little
boy
about
to
be
sent
into
a
scene
of
temptation
.
Her
great
confidence
was
in
Richard
,
who
told
her
that
boys
did
many
more
wrong
things
than
were
known
at
home
,
and
yet
turned
out
very
well
,
and
that
Tom
would
be
sure
to
right
himself
in
the
end
.
Richard
had
been
blameless
in
his
whole
school
course
,
but
though
never
partaking
of
the
other
boy
's
evil
practices
,
he
could
not
form
an
independent
estimate
of
character
,
and
his
tone
had
been
a
little
hurt
,
by
sharing
the
school
public
opinion
of
morality
.
He
thought
Stoneborough
,
and
its
temptations
,
inevitable
,
and
only
wished
to
make
the
best
of
it
.
Margaret
was
afraid
to
harass
her
father
,
by
laying
the
case
before
him
.
All
her
brothers
had
gone
safely
through
the
school
,
and
it
never
occurred
to
her
that
it
was
possible
that
,
if
her
father
knew
the
bias
of
Tom
's
disposition
,
he
might
choose
,
for
the
present
;
at
least
,
some
other
mode
of
education
.
She
talked
earnestly
to
Tom
,
and
he
listened
impatiently
.
There
is
an
age
when
boys
rebel
against
female
rule
,
and
are
not
yet
softened
by
the
chivalry
of
manhood
,
and
Tom
was
at
this
time
of
life
.
He
did
not
like
to
be
lectured
by
a
sister
,
secretly
disputed
her
right
,
and
,
proud
of
becoming
a
schoolboy
,
had
not
the
generous
deference
for
her
weakness
felt
by
his
elder
brothers
;
he
was
all
the
time
peeling
a
stick
,
as
if
to
show
that
he
was
not
attending
,
and
he
raised
up
his
shoulder
pettishly
whenever
she
came
to
a
mention
of
the
religious
duty
of
sincerity
.
She
did
not
long
continue
her
advice
,
and
,
much
disappointed
and
concerned
,
tried
to
console
herself
with
hoping
that
he
might
have
heeded
more
than
he
seemed
to
do
.
He
was
placed
tolerably
high
in
the
school
,
and
Norman
,
who
had
the
first
choice
of
fags
,
took
him
instead
of
Hector
Ernescliffe
,
who
had
just
passed
beyond
the
part
of
the
school
liable
to
be
fagged
.
He
said
he
liked
school
,
looked
bright
when
he
came
home
in
the
evenings
,
and
the
sisters
hoped
all
was
right
.
Everyone
was
just
now
anxiously
watching
Norman
,
especially
his
father
,
who
strove
in
vain
to
keep
back
all
manifestation
of
his
earnest
desire
to
see
him
retain
his
post
.
Resolutely
did
the
Doctor
refrain
from
asking
any
questions
when
the
boys
came
in
,
but
he
could
not
keep
his
eyes
from
studying
the
face
,
to
see
whether
it
bore
marks
of
mental
fatigue
,
and
from
following
him
about
the
room
,
to
discover
whether
he
found
it
necessary
,
as
he
had
done
last
autumn
,
to
spend
the
evening
in
study
.
It
was
no
small
pleasure
to
see
him
come
in
with
his
hand
full
of
horse-chesnut
and
hazel-buds
,
and
proceed
to
fetch
the
microscope
and
botany
books
,
throwing
himself
eagerly
into
the
study
of
the
wonders
of
their
infant
forms
,
searching
deeply
into
them
with
Margaret
,
and
talking
them
over
with
his
father
,
who
was
very
glad
to
promote
the
pursuit
—
one
in
which
he
had
always
taken
great
interest
.
Another
night
Dr.
May
was
for
a
moment
disturbed
by
seeing
the
school-books
put
out
,
but
Norman
had
only
some
notes
to
compare
,
and
while
he
did
so
,
he
was
remarking
on
Flora
's
music
,
and
joining
in
the
conversation
so
freely
as
to
prove
it
was
no
labour
to
him
.
In
truth
,
he
was
evidently
quite
recovered
,
entirely
himself
again
,
except
that
he
was
less
boyish
.
He
had
been
very
lively
and
full
of
merry
nonsense
;
but
his
ardour
for
play
had
gone
off
with
his
high
spirits
,
and
there
was
a
manliness
of
manner
,
and
tone
of
mind
,
that
made
him
appear
above
his
real
age
.
At
the
end
of
a
fortnight
