Hard
Cash
A
matter
of
fact
romance
By
Charles
Reade
,
D.C.L.
PREFACE
“
HARD
CASH
,
”
like
“
The
Cloister
and
the
Hearth
,
”
is
a
matter-of-fact
Romance
—
that
is
,
a
fiction
built
on
truths
;
and
these
truths
have
been
gathered
by
long
,
severe
,
systematic
labour
,
from
a
multitude
of
volumes
,
pamphlets
,
journals
,
reports
,
blue-books
,
manuscript
narratives
,
letters
,
and
living
people
,
whom
I
have
sought
out
,
examined
,
and
cross-examined
,
to
get
at
the
truth
on
each
main
topic
I
have
striven
to
handle
.
The
madhouse
scenes
have
been
picked
out
by
certain
disinterested
gentlemen
,
who
keep
private
asylums
,
and
periodicals
to
puff
them
;
and
have
been
met
with
bold
denials
of
public
facts
,
and
with
timid
personalities
,
and
a
little
easy
cant
about
Sensation
Novelists
;
but
in
reality
those
passages
have
been
written
on
the
same
system
as
the
nautical
,
legal
,
and
other
scenes
:
the
best
evidence
has
been
ransacked
;
and
a
large
portion
of
this
evidence
I
shall
be
happy
to
show
at
my
house
to
any
brother
writer
who
is
disinterested
,
and
really
cares
enough
for
truth
and
humanity
to
walk
or
ride
a
mile
in
pursuit
of
them
.
CHARLES
READE
.
6
BOLTON
ROW
,
MAYFAIR
,
December
5
,
1868.
PROLOGUE
IN
a
snowy
villa
,
with
a
sloping
lawn
,
just
outside
the
great
commercial
seaport
,
Barkington
,
there
lived
a
few
years
ago
a
happy
family
.
A
lady
,
middle-aged
,
but
still
charming
;
two
young
friends
of
hers
;
and
a
periodical
visitor
.
The
lady
was
Mrs.
Dodd
;
her
occasional
visitor
was
her
husband
;
her
friends
were
her
son
Edward
,
aged
twenty
,
and
her
daughter
Julia
,
nineteen
,
the
fruit
of
a
misalliance
.
Mrs.
Dodd
was
originally
Miss
Fountain
,
a
young
lady
well
born
,
high
bred
,
and
a
denizen
of
the
fashionable
world
.
Under
a
strange
concurrence
of
circumstances
she
coolly
married
the
captain
of
an
East
Indiaman
.
The
deed
done
,
and
with
her
eyes
open
,
for
she
was
not
,
to
say
,
in
love
with
him
,
she
took
a
judicious
line
—
and
kept
it
:
no
hankering
after
Mayfair
,
no
talking
about
“
Lord
this
”
and
“
Lady
that
,
”
to
commercial
gentlewomen
;
no
amphibiousness
.
She
accepted
her
place
in
society
,
reserving
the
right
to
embellish
it
with
the
graces
she
had
gathered
in
a
higher
sphere
.
In
her
home
,
and
in
her
person
,
she
was
little
less
elegant
than
a
countess
;
yet
nothing
more
than
a
merchant-captain
's
wife
;
and
she
reared
that
commander
's
children
in
a
suburban
villa
,
with
the
manners
which
adorn
a
palace
.
When
they
happen
to
be
there
.
She
had
a
bugbear
;
Slang
.
Could
not
endure
the
smart
technicalities
current
;
their
multitude
did
not
overpower
her
distaste
;
she
called
them
“
jargon
”
—
“
slang
”
was
too
coarse
a
word
for
her
to
apply
to
slang
:
she
excluded
many
a
good
“
racy
idiom
”
along
with
the
real
offenders
;
and
monosyllables
in
general
ran
some
risk
of
'
having
to
show
their
passports
.
If
this
was
pedantry
,
it
went
no
further
;
she
was
open
,
free
,
and
youthful
with
her
young
pupils
;
and
had
the
art
to
put
herself
on
their
level
:
often
,
when
they
were
quite
young
,
she
would
feign
infantine
ignorance
,
in
order
to
hunt
trite
truth
in
couples
with
them
,
and
detect
,
by
joint
experiment
,
that
rainbows
cannot
,
or
else
will
not
,
be
walked
into
,
nor
Jack-o'-lantern
be
gathered
like
a
cowslip
;
and
that
,
dissect
we
the
vocal
dog
—
whose
hair
is
so
like
a
lamb
's
—
never
so
skilfully
,
no
fragment
of
palpable
bark
,
no
sediment
of
tangible
squeak
,
remains
inside
him
to
bless
the
inquisitive
little
operator
,
etc.
,
etc.
When
they
advanced
from
these
elementary
branches
to
Languages
,
History
,
Tapestry
,
and
“
What
Not
,
”
she
managed
still
to
keep
by
their
side
learning
with
them
,
not
just
hearing
them
lessons
down
from
the
top
of
a
high
tower
of
maternity
.
She
never
checked
their
curiosity
,
but
made
herself
share
it
;
never
gave
them
,
as
so
many
parents
do
,
a
white-lying
answer
;
wooed
their
affections
with
subtle
though
innocent
art
,
thawed
their
reserve
,
obtained
their
love
,
and
retained
their
respect
.
Briefly
,
a
female
Chesterfield
;
her
husband
's
lover
after
marriage
,
though
not
before
;
and
the
mild
monitress
the
elder
sister
,
the
favourite
companion
and
bosom
friend
of
both
her
children
.
They
were
remarkably
dissimilar
;
and
perhaps
I
may
be
allowed
to
preface
the
narrative
of
their
adventures
by
a
delineation
;
as
in
country
churches
an
individual
pipes
the
keynote
,
and
the
tune
comes
raging
after
.
Edward
,
then
,
had
a
great
calm
eye
,
that
was
always
looking
folk
full
in
the
face
,
mildly
;
his
countenance
comely
and
manly
,
but
no
more
;
too
square
for
Apollo
;
but
sufficed
for
John
Bull
.
His
figure
it
was
that
charmed
the
curious
observer
of
male
beauty
.
He
was
five
feet
ten
;
had
square
shoulders
,
a
deep
chest
,
masculine
flank
,
small
foot
,
high
instep
.
To
crown
all
this
,
a
head
,
overflowed
by
ripples
of
dark
brown
hair
,
sat
with
heroic
grace
upon
his
solid
white
throat
,
like
some
glossy
falcon
new
lighted
on
a
Parian
column
.
This
young
gentleman
had
decided
qualities
,
positive
and
negative
.
He
could
walk
up
to
a
five-barred
gate
and
clear
it
,
alighting
on
the
other
side
like
a
fallen
feather
;
could
row
all
day
,
and
then
dance
all
night
;
could
fling
a
cricket
ball
a
hundred
and
six
yards
;
had
a
lathe
and
a
tool-box
,
and
would
make
you
in
a
trice
a
chair
,
a
table
,
a
doll
,
a
nutcracker
,
or
any
other
moveable
,
useful
,
or
the
very
reverse
.
And
could
not
learn
his
lessons
,
to
save
his
life
.
His
sister
Julia
was
not
so
easy
to
describe
.
Her
figure
was
tall
,
lithe
,
and
serpentine
;
her
hair
the
colour
of
a
horse-chestnut
fresh
from
its
pod
;
her
ears
tiny
and
shell-like
,
her
eyelashes
long
and
silky
;
her
mouth
small
when
grave
,
large
when
smiling
;
her
eyes
pure
hazel
by
day
,
and
tinged
with
a
little
violet
by
night
.
But
in
jotting
down
these
details
,
true
as
they
are
,
I
seem
to
myself
to
be
painting
fire
,
with
a
little
snow
and
saffron
mixed
on
a
marble
pallet
.
There
is
a
beauty
too
spiritual
to
be
chained
in
a
string
of
items
;
and
Julia
's
fair
features
were
but
the
china
vessel
that
brimmed
over
with
the
higher
loveliness
of
her
soul
.
Her
essential
charm
was
,
what
shall
I
say
?
Transparence
.
“
You
would
have
said
her
very
body
thought
.
”
Modesty
,
Intelligence
,
and
,
above
all
,
Enthusiasm
,
shone
through
her
,
and
out
of
her
,
and
made
her
an
airy
,
fiery
,
household
joy
.
Briefly
,
an
incarnate
sunbeam
.
This
one
could
learn
her
lessons
with
unreasonable
rapidity
,
and
until
Edward
went
to
Eton
,
would
insist
upon
learning
his
into
the
bargain
,
partly
with
the
fond
notion
of
coaxing
him
on
,
as
the
company
of
a
swift
horse
incites
a
slow
one
;
partly
because
she
was
determined
to
share
his
every
trouble
,
if
she
could
not
remove
it
.
A
little
choleric
,
and
indeed
downright
prone
to
that
more
generous
indignation
which
fires
at
the
wrongs
of
others
.
When
heated
with
emotion
,
or
sentiment
,
she
lowered
her
voice
,
instead
of
raising
it
like
the
rest
of
us
.
She
called
her
mother
“
Lady
Placid
,
”
and
her
brother
“
Sir
Imperturbable
.
”
And
so
much
for
outlines
.
Mrs.
Dodd
laid
aside
her
personal
ambition
with
her
maiden
name
;
but
she
looked
high
for
her
children
.
Perhaps
she
was
all
the
more
ambitious
for
them
,
that
they
had
no
rival
aspirant
in
Mrs.
Dodd
.
She
educated
Julia
herself
from
first
to
last
:
but
with
true
feminine
distrust
of
her
power
to
mould
a
lordling
of
creation
,
she
sent
Edward
to
Eton
,
at
nine
.
This
was
slackening
her
tortoise
;
for
at
Eton
is
no
female
master
,
to
coax
dry
knowledge
into
a
slow
head
.
However
,
he
made
good
progress
in
two
branches
—
aquatics
and
cricket
.
After
Eton
came
the
choice
of
a
profession
.
His
mother
recognised
but
four
;
and
these
her
discreet
ambition
speedily
sifted
down
to
two
.
For
military
heroes
are
shot
now
and
then
,
however
pacific
the
century
;
and
naval
ones
drowned
.
She
would
never
expose
her
Edward
to
this
class
of
accidents
.
Glory
by
all
means
;
glory
by
the
pail
;
but
safe
glory
,
please
;
or
she
would
none
of
it
.
Remained
the
church
and
the
bar
:
and
,
within
these
reasonable
limits
,
she
left
her
dear
boy
free
as
air
;
and
not
even
hurried
—
there
was
plenty
of
time
to
choose
:
he
must
pass
through
the
university
to
either
.
This
last
essential
had
been
settled
about
a
twelvemonth
,
and
the
very
day
for
his
going
to
Oxford
was
at
hand
,
when
one
morning
Mr.
Edward
formally
cleared
his
throat
:
it
was
an
unusual
act
,
and
drew
the
ladies
'
eyes
upon
him
.
He
followed
the
solemnity
up
by
delivering
calmly
and
ponderously
a
connected
discourse
,
which
astonished
them
by
its
length
and
purport
.
“
Mamma
,
dear
,
let
us
look
the
thing
in
the
face
.
”
(
This
was
his
favourite
expression
,
as
well
as
habit
.
)
“
I
have
been
thinking
it
quietly
over
for
the
last
six
months
.
Why
send
me
to
the
university
?
I
shall
be
out
of
place
there
.
It
will
cost
you
a
lot
of
money
,
and
no
good
.
Now
,
you
take
a
fool
's
advice
;
do
n't
you
waste
your
money
and
papa
's
,
sending
a
dull
fellow
like
me
to
Oxford
.
I
did
bad
enough
at
Eton
.
Make
me
an
engineer
,
or
something
.
If
you
were
not
so
fond
of
me
,
and
I
of
you
,
I
'd
say
send
me
to
Canada
,
with
a
pickaxe
;
you
know
I
have
got
no
headpiece
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
had
sat
aghast
,
casting
Edward
deprecating
looks
at
the
close
of
each
ponderous
sentence
,
but
too
polite
to
interrupt
a
soul
,
even
a
son
talking
nonsense
.
She
now
assured
him
she
could
afford
very
well
to
send
him
to
Oxford
,
and
begged
leave
to
remind
him
that
he
was
too
good
and
too
sensible
to
run
up
bills
there
,
like
the
young
men
who
did
not
really
love
their
parents
.
“
Then
,
as
for
learning
,
why
,
we
must
be
reasonable
in
our
turn
.
Do
the
best
you
can
,
love
.
We
know
you
have
no
great
turn
for
the
classics
;
we
do
not
expect
you
to
take
high
honours
like
young
Mr.
Hardie
;
besides
,
that
might
make
your
head
ache
:
he
has
sad
headaches
,
his
sister
told
Julia
.
But
,
my
dear
,
an
university
education
is
indispensable
Do
but
see
how
the
signs
of
it
follow
a
gentleman
through
life
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
valuable
acquaintances
and
lasting
friendships
he
makes
there
:
even
those
few
distinguished
persons
who
have
risen
in
the
would
without
it
,
have
openly
regretted
the
want
,
and
have
sent
their
children
:
and
that
says
volumes
to
me
.
”
“
Why
,
Edward
,
it
is
the
hall-mark
of
a
gentleman
,
”
said
Julia
eagerly
.
Mrs.
Dodd
caught
a
flash
of
her
daughter
:
“
And
my
silver
shall
never
be
without
it
,
”
said
she
warmly
.
She
added
presently
,
in
her
usual
placid
tone
,
“
I
beg
your
pardon
,
my
dears
,
I
ought
to
have
said
my
gold
.
”
With
this
she
kissed
Edward
tenderly
on
the
brow
,
and
drew
an
embrace
and
a
little
grunt
of
resignation
from
him
.
“
Take
the
dear
boy
and
show
him
our
purchases
,
love
!
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
with
a
little
gentle
accent
of
half
reproach
,
scarce
perceptible
to
a
male
ear
.
“
Oh
,
yes
,
”
and
Julia
rose
and
tripped
to
the
door
.
There
she
stood
a
moment
,
half
turned
,
with
arching
neck
,
colouring
with
innocent
pleasure
.
“
Come
,
darling
.
Oh
,
you
good-for-nothing
thing
.
”
The
pair
found
a
little
room
hard
by
,
paved
with
china
,
crockery
,
glass
,
baths
,
kettles
,
etc.
“
There
,
sir
.
Look
them
in
the
face
;
and
us
,
if
you
can
.
”
“
Well
,
you
know
,
I
had
no
idea
you
had
been
and
bought
a
cart-load
of
things
for
Oxford
.
”
His
eye
brightened
;
he
whipped
out
a
two-foot
rule
,
and
began
to
calculate
the
cubic
contents
.
“
I
'll
turn
to
and
make
the
cases
,
Ju
.
”
The
ladies
had
their
way
;
the
cases
were
made
and
despatched
;
and
one
morning
the
Bus
came
for
Edward
,
and
stopped
at
the
gate
of
Albion
Villa
.
At
this
sight
mother
and
daughter
both
turned
their
heads
quickly
away
by
one
independent
impulse
,
and
set
a
bad
example
.
Apparently
neither
of
them
had
calculated
on
this
paltry
little
detail
;
they
were
game
for
theoretical
departures
;
to
impalpable
universities
:
and
“
an
air-drawn
Bus
,
a
Bus
of
the
mind
,
”
would
not
have
dejected
for
a
moment
their
lofty
Spartan
souls
on
glory
bent
;
safe
glory
.
But
here
was
a
Bus
of
wood
,
and
Edward
going
bodily
away
inside
it
.
The
victim
kissed
them
,
threw
up
his
portmanteau
and
bag
,
and
departed
serene
as
Italian
skies
;
the
victors
watched
the
pitiless
Bus
quite
out
of
sight
;
then
went
up
to
his
bedroom
,
all
disordered
by
packing
,
and
,
on
the
very
face
of
it
,
vacant
;
and
sat
down
on
his
little
bed
intertwining
and
weeping
.
Edward
was
received
at
Exeter
College
,
as
young
gentlemen
are
received
at
college
;
and
nowhere
else
,
I
hope
,
for
the
credit
of
Christendom
.
They
showed
him
a
hole
in
the
roof
,
and
called
it
an
“
Attic
;
”
grim
pleasantry
!
being
a
puncture
in
the
modern
Athens
.
They
inserted
him
;
told
him
what
hour
at
the
top
of
the
morning
he
must
be
in
chapel
;
and
left
him
to
find
out
his
other
ills
.
His
cases
were
welcomed
like
Christians
,
by
the
whole
staircase
.
These
undergraduates
abused
one
another
's
crockery
as
their
own
:
the
joint
stock
of
breakables
had
just
dwindled
very
low
,
and
Mrs.
Dodd
's
bountiful
contribution
was
a
godsend
.
The
new
comer
soon
found
that
his
views
of
a
learned
university
had
been
narrow
.
Out
of
place
in
it
?
why
,
he
could
not
have
taken
his
wares
to
a
better
market
;
the
modern
Athens
,
like
the
ancient
,
cultivates
muscle
as
well
as
mind
.
The
captain
of
the
university
eleven
saw
a
cricket-ball
thrown
all
across
the
ground
;
he
instantly
sent
a
professional
bowler
to
find
out
who
that
was
;
through
the
same
ambassador
the
thrower
was
invited
to
play
on
club
days
;
and
proving
himself
an
infallible
catch
and
long-stop
,
a
mighty
thrower
,
a
swift
runner
,
and
a
steady
,
though
not
very
brilliant
bat
,
he
was
,
after
one
or
two
repulses
,
actually
adopted
into
the
university
eleven
.
He
communicated
this
ray
of
glory
by
letter
to
his
mother
and
sister
with
genuine
delight
,
coldly
and
clumsily
expressed
;
they
replied
with
feigned
and
fluent
rapture
.
Advancing
steadily
in
that
line
of
academic
study
towards
which
his
genius
lay
,
he
won
a
hurdle
race
,
and
sent
home
a
little
silver
hurdle
;
and
soon
after
brought
a
pewter
pot
,
with
a
Latin
inscription
recording
the
victory
at
“
Fives
”
of
Edward
Dodd
:
but
not
too
arrogantly
;
for
in
the
centre
of
the
pot
was
this
device
,
“
The
Lord
Is
My
Illumination
.
”
The
Curate
of
Sandford
,
who
pulled
number
six
in
the
Exeter
boat
,
left
Sandford
for
Witney
:
on
this
he
felt
he
could
no
longer
do
his
college
justice
by
water
,
and
his
parish
by
land
,
nor
escape
the
charge
of
pluralism
,
preaching
at
Witney
and
rowing
at
Oxford
.
He
fluctuated
,
sighed
,
kept
his
Witney
,
and
laid
down
his
oar
.
Then
Edward
was
solemnly
weighed
in
his
jersey
and
flannel
trousers
,
and
proving
only
eleven
stone
eight
,
whereas
he
had
been
ungenerously
suspected
of
twelve
stone
,
was
elected
to
the
vacant
oar
by
acclamation
.
He
was
a
picture
in
a
boat
;
and
,
“
Oh
!
!
!
well
pulled
,
six
!
!
”
was
a
hearty
ejaculation
constantly
hurled
at
him
from
the
bank
by
many
men
of
other
colleges
,
and
even
by
the
more
genial
among
the
cads
,
as
the
Exeter
glided
at
ease
down
the
river
,
or
shot
up
it
in
a
race
.
He
was
now
as
much
talked
of
in
the
university
as
any
man
of
his
college
,
except
one
.
Singularly
enough
that
one
was
his
townsman
;
but
no
friend
of
his
;
he
was
much
Edward
's
senior
in
standing
,
though
not
in
age
;
and
this
is
a
barrier
the
junior
must
not
step
over
—
without
direct
encouragement
—
at
Oxford
.
Moreover
,
the
college
was
a
large
one
,
and
some
of
“
the
sets
”
very
exclusive
:
young
Hardie
was
Doge
of
a
studious
clique
;
and
careful
to
make
it
understood
that
he
was
a
reading
man
who
boated
and
cricketed
,
to
avoid
the
fatigue
of
lounging
;
not
a
boatman
or
cricketer
who
strayed
into
Aristotle
in
the
intervals
of
Perspiration
.
His
public
running
since
he
left
Harrow
was
as
follows
:
the
prize
poem
in
his
fourth
term
;
the
sculls
in
his
sixth
;
the
Ireland
scholarship
in
his
eighth
(
he
pulled
second
for
it
the
year
before
)
;
Stroke
of
the
Exeter
in
his
tenth
;
and
reckoned
sure
of
a
first
class
to
consummate
his
twofold
career
.
To
this
young
Apollo
,
crowned
with
variegated
laurel
,
Edward
looked
up
from
a
distance
.
The
brilliant
creature
never
bestowed
a
word
on
him
by
land
;
and
by
water
only
such
observations
as
the
following
:
“
Time
,
Six
!
”
“
Well
pulled
,
Six
!
”
“
Very
well
pulled
,
Six
!
”
Except
,
by-the-bye
,
one
race
;
when
he
swore
at
him
like
a
trooper
for
not
being
quicker
at
starting
.
The
excitement
of
nearly
being
bumped
by
Brasenose
in
the
first
hundred
yards
was
an
excuse
.
However
,
Hardie
apologised
as
they
were
dressing
in
the
barge
after
the
race
;
but
the
apology
was
so
stiff
,
it
did
not
pave
the
way
to
an
acquaintance
.
Young
Hardie
,
rising
twenty-one
,
thought
nothing
human
worthy
of
reverence
,
but
Intellect
.
Invited
to
dinner
,
on
the
same
day
,
with
the
Emperor
of
Russia
,
and
with
Voltaire
,
and
with
meek
St.
John
,
he
would
certainly
have
told
the
coachman
to
put
him
down
at
Voltaire
.
His
quick
eye
detected
Edward
's
character
;
but
was
not
attracted
by
it
:
says
he
to
one
of
his
adherents
,
“
What
a
good-natured
spoon
that
Dodd
is
;
Phoebus
,
what
a
name
!
”
Edward
,
on
the
other
hand
,
praised
this
brilliant
in
all
his
letters
,
and
recorded
his
triumphs
and
such
of
his
witty
sayings
as
leaked
through
his
own
set
,
to
reinvigorate
mankind
.
This
roused
Julia
's
ire
.
It
smouldered
through
three
letters
;
but
burst
out
when
there
was
no
letter
;
but
Mrs.
Dodd
,
meaning
,
Heaven
knows
,
no
harm
,
happened
to
say
meekly
,
a
propos
of
Edward
,
“
You
know
,
love
,
we
cannot
all
be
young
Hardies
.
”
“
No
,
and
thank
Heaven
,
”
said
Julia
defiantly
.
“
Yes
,
mamma
,
”
she
continued
,
in
answer
to
Mrs.
Dodd
's
eyebrow
,
which
had
curved
;
“
your
mild
glance
reads
my
soul
;
I
detest
that
boy
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
smiled
:
“
Are
you
sure
you
know
what
the
word
'
detest
'
means
?
And
what
has
young
Mr.
Hardie
done
,
that
you
should
bestow
so
violent
a
sentiment
on
him
?
”
“
Mamma
,
I
am
Edward
's
sister
,
”
was
the
tragic
reply
;
then
,
kicking
off
the
buskin
pretty
nimbly
,
“
There
!
he
beats
our
boy
at
everything
,
and
ours
sits
quietly
down
and
admires
him
for
it
:
oh
!
how
can
a
man
let
anybody
or
anything
beat
him
!
I
would
n't
;
without
a
desperate
struggle
.
”
She
clenched
her
white
teeth
and
imagined
the
struggle
.
To
be
sure
,
she
owned
she
had
never
seen
this
Mr.
Hardie
;
but
after
all
it
was
only
Jane
Hardie
's
brother
,
as
Edward
was
hers
;
“
And
would
I
sit
down
and
let
Jane
beat
me
at
Things
?
Never
!
never
!
never
!
I
could
n't
.
”
“
Your
friend
to
the
death
,
dear
;
was
not
that
your
expression
?
”
“
Oh
,
that
was
a
slip
of
the
tongue
,
dear
mamma
;
I
was
off
my
guard
.
I
generally
am
,
by
the
way
.
But
now
I
am
on
it
,
and
propose
an
amendment
.
Now
I
second
it
.
Now
I
carry
it
.
”
“
And
now
let
me
hear
it
.
”
“
She
is
my
friend
till
death
—
or
Eclipse
;
and
that
means
until
she
eclipses
me
,
of
course
.
”
But
she
added
softly
,
and
with
sudden
gravity
:
“
Ah
!
Jane
Hardie
has
a
fault
which
will
always
prevent
her
from
eclipsing
your
humble
servant
in
this
wicked
world
.
”
“
What
is
that
?
”
“
She
is
too
good
.
Much
.
”
“
Par
exemple
?
”
“
Too
religious
.
”
“
Oh
,
that
is
another
matter
.
”
“
For
shame
,
mamma
!
I
am
glad
to
hear
it
:
for
I
scorn
a
life
of
frivolity
;
but
then
,
again
,
I
should
not
like
to
give
up
everything
,
you
know
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
looked
a
little
staggered
,
too
,
at
so
vast
a
scheme
of
capitulation
.
But
“
everything
”
was
soon
explained
to
mean
balls
,
concerts
,
dinner-parties
in
general
,
tea-parties
without
exposition
of
Scripture
,
races
,
and
operas
,
cards
,
charades
,
and
whatever
else
amuses
society
without
perceptibly
sanctifying
it
.
All
these
,
by
Julia
's
account
,
Miss
Hardie
had
renounced
,
and
was
now
denouncing
(
with
the
young
the
latter
verb
treads
on
the
very
heels
of
the
former
)
.
“
And
,
you
know
,
she
is
a
district
visitor
.
”
This
climax
delivered
,
Julia
stopped
short
,
and
awaited
the
result
.
Mrs.
Dodd
heard
it
all
with
quiet
disapproval
and
cool
incredulity
.
She
had
seen
so
many
young
ladies
healed
of
many
young
enthusiasms
by
a
wedding
ring
.
But
,
while
she
was
searching
diligently
in
her
mine
of
ladylike
English
—
mine
with
plenty
of
water
in
it
,
begging
her
pardon
—
for
expressions
to
convey
inoffensively
,
and
roundabout
,
her
conviction
that
Miss
Hardie
was
a
little
,
furious
simpleton
,
the
post
came
and
swept
the
subject
away
in
a
moment
.
Two
letters
;
one
from
Calcutta
,
one
from
Oxford
.
They
came
quietly
in
upon
one
salver
,
and
were
opened
and
read
with
pleasurable
interest
,
but
without
surprise
,
or
misgiving
;
and
without
the
slightest
foretaste
of
their
grave
amid
singular
consequences
.
Rivers
deep
and
broad
start
from
such
little
springs
.
David
's
letter
was
of
unusual
length
for
him
.
The
main
topics
were
,
first
,
the
date
and
manner
of
his
return
home
.
His
ship
,
a
very
old
one
,
had
been
condemned
in
port
:
and
he
was
to
sail
a
fine
new
teak-built
vessel
,
the
Agra
,
as
far
as
the
Cape
;
where
her
captain
,
just
recovered
from
a
severe
illness
,
would
come
on
board
,
and
convey
her
and
him
to
England
.
In
future
,
Dodd
was
to
command
one
of
the
Company
's
large
steamers
to
Alexandria
and
back
.
“
It
is
rather
a
come-down
for
a
sailor
,
to
go
straight
ahead
like
a
wheelbarrow
in
all
weathers
with
a
steam-pot
and
a
crew
of
coalheavers
.
But
then
I
shall
not
be
parted
from
my
sweetheart
such
long
dreary
spells
as
I
have
been
thus
twenty
years
,
my
dear
love
:
so
is
it
for
me
to
complain
?
”
The
second
topic
was
pecuniary
;
the
transfer
of
their
savings
from
India
,
where
interest
was
higher
than
at
home
,
but
the
capital
not
so
secure
.
And
the
third
was
ardent
and
tender
expressions
of
affection
for
the
wife
and
children
he
adored
.
These
effusions
of
the
heart
had
no
separate
place
,
except
in
my
somewhat
arbitrary
analysis
of
the
honest
sailor
's
letter
;
they
were
the
under
current
.
Mrs.
Dodd
read
part
of
it
out
to
Julia
;
in
fact
all
but
the
money
matter
:
that
concerned
the
heads
of
the
family
more
immediately
;
and
Cash
was
a
topic
her
daughter
did
not
understand
,
nor
care
about
.
And
when
Mrs.
Dodd
had
read
it
with
glistening
eyes
,
she
kissed
it
tenderly
,
and
read
it
all
over
again
to
herself
,
and
then
put
it
into
her
bosom
as
naively
as
a
milkmaid
in
love
.
Edward
's
letter
was
short
enough
,
and
Mrs.
Dodd
allowed
Julia
to
read
it
to
her
,
which
she
did
with
panting
breath
,
and
glowing
cheeks
,
and
a
running
fire
of
comments
.
“
'
Dear
Mamma
,
I
hope
you
and
Ju
are
quite
well
—
—
'
”
“
Ju
,
”
murmured
Mrs.
Dodd
plaintively
.
“
'
And
that
there
is
good
news
about
papa
coming
home
.
As
for
me
,
I
have
plenty
on
my
hands
just
now
;
all
this
term
I
have
been
(
'
training
'
scratched
out
,
and
another
word
put
in
:
C
—
R
—
oh
,
I
know
)
'
cramming
.
'
”
“
'
Cramming
,
'
love
?
”
“
Yes
,
that
is
the
Oxfordish
for
studying
.
”
“
'
—
For
smalls
.
'
”
Mrs.
Dodd
contrived
to
sigh
interrogatively
.
Julia
,
who
understood
her
every
accent
,
reminded
her
that
“
smalls
”
was
the
new
word
for
“
little
go
.
”
“
'
—
Cramming
for
smalls
;
and
now
I
am
in
two
races
at
Henley
,
and
that
rather
puts
the
snaffie
on
reading
and
gooseberry
pie
'
(
Goodness
me
)
,
'
and
adds
to
my
chance
of
being
ploughed
for
smalls
.
'
”
“
What
does
it
all
mean
?
”
inquired
mamma
,
“
'
gooseberry
pie
'
?
and
'
the
snaffle
'
?
and
'
ploughed
'
?
”
“
Well
,
the
gooseberry
pie
is
really
too
deep
for
me
:
but
'
ploughed
'
is
the
new
Oxfordish
for
'
plucked
.
'
O
mamma
,
have
you
forgotten
that
?
'
Plucked
'
was
vulgar
,
so
now
they
are
'
ploughed
.
'
'
For
smalls
;
but
I
hope
I
shall
not
be
,
to
vex
you
and
Puss
.
'
”
“
Heaven
forbid
he
should
be
so
disgraced
!
But
what
has
the
cat
to
do
with
it
?
”
“
Nothing
on
earth
.
Puss
?
that
is
me
.
How
dare
he
?
Did
I
not
forbid
all
these
nicknames
and
all
this
Oxfordish
,
by
proclamation
,
last
Long
.
”
“
Last
Long
?
”
“
Hem
!
last
protracted
vacation
.
”
“
'
—
Dear
mamma
,
sometimes
I
cannot
help
being
down
in
the
mouth
,
'
(
why
,
it
is
a
string
of
pearls
)
'
to
think
you
have
not
got
a
son
like
Hardie
.
'
”
At
this
unfortunate
reflection
it
was
Julia
's
turn
to
suffer
.
She
deposited
the
letter
in
her
lap
,
and
fired
up
.
“
Now
,
have
not
I
cause
to
hate
,
and
scorn
,
and
despise
le
petit
Hardie
?
”
“
Julia
!
”
“
I
mean
to
dislike
with
propriety
,
and
gently
to
abominate
—
Mr.
Hardie
,
junior
.
”
“
'
—
Dear
mamma
,
do
come
to
Henley
on
the
tenth
,
you
and
Ju
.
The
university
eights
will
not
be
there
,
but
the
head
boats
of
the
Oxford
and
Cambridge
river
will
;
and
the
Oxford
head
boat
is
Exeter
,
you
know
;
and
I
pull
Six
.
'
”
“
Then
I
am
truly
sorry
to
hear
it
;
my
poor
boy
will
overtask
his
strength
;
and
how
unfair
of
the
other
young
gentlemen
;
it
seems
ungenerous
;
unreasonable
;
my
poor
child
against
so
many
.
”
“
'
—
And
I
am
entered
for
the
sculls
as
well
,
and
if
you
and
“
the
Impetuosity
”
'
(
Vengeance
!
)
'
were
looking
on
from
the
bank
,
I
do
think
I
should
be
lucky
this
time
.
Henley
is
a
long
way
from
Barkington
,
but
it
is
a
pretty
place
;
all
the
ladies
admire
it
,
and
like
to
see
both
the
universities
out
and
a
stunning
race
.
'
Oh
,
well
,
there
is
an
epithet
.
One
would
think
thunder
was
going
to
race
lightning
,
instead
of
Oxford
Cambridge
.
”
“
'
—
If
you
can
come
,
please
write
,
and
I
will
get
you
nice
lodgings
;
I
will
not
let
you
go
to
a
noisy
inn
.
Love
to
Julia
and
no
end
of
kisses
to
my
pretty
mamma
.
—
From
your
affectionate
Son
,
“
'
EDWARD
DODD
.
'
”
They
wrote
off
a
cordial
assent
,
and
reached
Henley
in
time
to
see
the
dullest
town
in
Europe
;
and
also
to
see
it
turn
one
of
the
gayest
in
an
hour
or
two
;
so
impetuously
came
both
the
universities
pouring
into
it
—
in
all
known
vehicles
that
could
go
their
pace
—
by
land
and
water
.
CHAPTER
I
IT
was
a
bright
hot
day
in
June
.
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
sat
half
reclining
,
with
their
parasols
up
,
in
an
open
carriage
,
by
the
brink
of
the
Thames
at
one
of
its
loveliest
bends
.
About
a
furlong
up
stream
a
silvery
stone
bridge
,
just
mellowed
by
time
,
spanned
the
river
with
many
fair
arches
.
Through
these
the
coming
river
peeped
sparkling
a
long
way
above
,
then
came
meandering
and
shining
down
;
loitered
cool
and
sombre
under
the
dark
vaults
,
then
glistened
on
again
crookedly
to
the
spot
where
sat
its
two
fairest
visitors
that
day
;
but
at
that
very
point
flung
off
its
serpentine
habits
,
and
shot
straight
away
in
a
broad
stream
of
scintillating
water
a
mile
long
,
down
to
an
island
in
mid-stream
:
a
little
fairy
island
with
old
trees
,
and
a
white
temple
.
To
curl
round
this
fairy
isle
the
broad
current
parted
,
and
both
silver
streams
turned
purple
in
the
shade
of
the
grove
;
then
winded
and
melted
from
the
sight
.
This
noble
and
rare
passage
of
the
silvery
Thames
was
the
Henley
racecourse
.
The
starting-place
was
down
at
the
island
,
and
the
goal
was
up
at
a
point
in
the
river
below
the
bridge
,
but
above
the
bend
where
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
sat
,
unruffled
by
the
racing
,
and
enjoying
luxuriously
the
glorious
stream
,
the
mellow
bridge
crowded
with
carriages
—
whose
fair
occupants
stretched
a
broad
band
of
bright
colour
above
the
dark
figures
clustering
on
the
battlements
—
and
the
green
meadows
opposite
with
the
motley
crowd
streaming
up
and
down
.
Nor
was
that
sense
,
which
seems
especially
keen
and
delicate
in
women
,
left
unregaled
in
the
general
bounty
of
the
time
.
The
green
meadows
on
the
opposite
bank
,
and
the
gardens
at
the
back
of
our
fair
friends
,
flung
their
sweet
fresh
odours
at
their
liquid
benefactor
gliding
by
;
and
the
sun
himself
seemed
to
burn
perfumes
,
and
the
air
to
scatter
them
,
over
the
motley
merry
crowd
,
that
bright
,
hot
,
smiling
,
airy
day
in
June
.
Thus
tuned
to
gentle
enjoyment
,
the
fair
mother
and
her
lovely
daughter
leaned
back
in
a
delicious
languor
proper
to
their
sex
,
and
eyed
with
unflagging
though
demure
interest
,
and
furtive
curiosity
,
the
wealth
of
youth
,
beauty
,
stature
,
agility
,
gaiety
,
and
good
temper
,
the
two
great
universities
had
poured
out
upon
those
obscure
banks
;
all
dressed
in
neat
but
easy-fitting
clothes
,
cut
in
the
height
of
'
the
fashion
;
or
else
in
jerseys
white
or
striped
,
and
flannel
trousers
,
and
straw
hats
,
or
cloth
caps
of
bright
and
various
hues
;
betting
,
strolling
,
laughing
,
chaffing
,
larking
,
and
whirling
stunted
bludgeons
at
Aunt
Sally
.
But
as
for
the
sport
itself
they
were
there
to
see
,
the
center
of
all
these
bright
accessories
,
“
The
Racing
,
”
my
ladies
did
not
understand
it
,
nor
try
,
nor
care
a
hook-and-eye
about
it
.
But
this
mild
dignified
indifference
to
the
main
event
received
a
shock
at
2
p.
m
.
:
for
then
the
first
heat
for
the
cup
came
on
,
and
Edward
was
in
it
.
So
then
Racing
became
all
in
a
moment
a
most
interesting
pastime
—
an
appendage
to
Loving
.
He
left
to
join
his
crew
.
And
,
soon
after
,
the
Exeter
glided
down
the
river
before
their
eyes
,
with
the
beloved
one
rowing
quietly
in
it
:
his
jersey
revealed
not
only
the
working
power
of
his
arms
,
as
sunburnt
below
the
elbow
as
a
gipsy
's
,
and
as
corded
above
as
a
blacksmith
's
,
but
also
the
play
of
the
great
muscles
across
his
broad
and
deeply
indented
chest
:
his
oar
entered
the
water
smoothly
,
gripped
it
severely
,
then
came
out
clean
,
and
feathered
clear
and
tunably
on
the
ringing
rowlock
:
the
boat
jumped
and
then
glided
,
at
each
neat
,
easy
,
powerful
stroke
.
“
Oh
,
how
beautiful
and
strong
he
is
!
”
cried
Julia
.
“
I
had
no
idea
.
”
Presently
the
competitor
for
this
heat
came
down
:
the
Cambridge
boat
,
rowed
by
a
fine
crew
in
broad-striped
jerseys
.
“
Oh
,
dear
”
said
Julia
,
“
they
are
odious
and
strong
in
this
boat
too
.
I
wish
I
was
in
it
—
with
a
gimlet
;
he
should
win
,
poor
boy
.
”
Which
corkscrew
staircase
to
Honour
being
inaccessible
,
the
race
had
to
be
decided
by
two
unfeminine
trifles
called
“
Speed
”
and
“
Bottom
.
”
Few
things
in
this
vale
of
tears
are
more
worthy
a
pen
of
fire
than
an
English
boat-race
is
,
as
seen
by
the
runners
;
of
whom
I
have
often
been
one
.
But
this
race
I
am
bound
to
indicate
,
not
describe
;
I
mean
,
to
show
how
it
appeared
to
two
ladies
seated
on
the
Henley
side
of
the
Thames
,
nearly
opposite
the
winning-post
.
These
fair
novices
then
looked
all
down
the
river
,
and
could
just
discern
two
whitish
streaks
on
the
water
,
one
on
each
side
the
little
fairy
isle
,
and
a
great
black
patch
on
the
Berkshire
bank
.
The
threatening
streaks
were
the
two
racing
boats
:
the
black
patch
was
about
a
hundred
Cambridge
and
Oxford
men
,
ready
to
run
and
hallo
with
the
boats
all
the
way
,
or
at
least
till
the
last
puff
of
wind
should
be
run
plus
halloed
out
of
their
young
bodies
.
Others
less
fleet
and
enduring
,
but
equally
clamorous
,
stood
in
knots
at
various
distances
,
ripe
for
a
shorter
yell
and
run
when
the
boats
should
come
up
to
them
.
Of
the
natives
and
country
visitors
,
those
who
were
not
nailed
down
by
bounteous
Fate
ebbed
and
flowed
up
and
down
the
bank
,
with
no
settled
idea
but
of
getting
in
the
way
as
much
as
possible
,
and
of
getting
knocked
into
the
Thames
as
little
as
might
be
.
There
was
a
long
uneasy
suspense
.
At
last
a
puff
of
smoke
issued
from
a
pistol
down
at
the
island
;
two
oars
seemed
to
splash
into
the
water
from
each
white
streak
;
and
the
black
patch
was
moving
;
so
were
the
threatening
streaks
.
Presently
was
heard
a
faint
,
continuous
,
distant
murmur
,
and
the
streaks
began
to
get
larger
,
and
larger
,
and
larger
;
and
the
eight
splashing
oars
looked
four
instead
of
two
.
Every
head
was
now
turned
down
the
river
.
Groups
hung
craning
over
it
like
nodding
bulrushes
.
Next
the
runners
were
swelled
by
the
stragglers
they
picked
up
;
so
were
their
voices
;
and
on
came
the
splashing
oars
and
roaring
lungs
.
Now
the
colours
of
the
racing
jerseys
peeped
distinct
.
The
oarsmen
's
heads
and
bodies
came
swinging
back
like
one
,
and
the
oars
seemed
to
lash
the
water
savagely
,
like
a
connected
row
of
swords
,
and
the
spray
squirted
at
each
vicious
stroke
.
The
boats
leaped
and
darted
side
by
side
,
and
,
looking
at
them
in
front
,
Julia
could
not
say
which
was
ahead
.
On
they
came
nearer
and
nearer
,
with
hundreds
of
voices
vociferating
“
Go
it
,
Cambridge
”
“
Well
pulled
,
Oxford
!
”
“
You
are
gaining
,
hurrah
!
”
“
Well
pulled
Trinity
!
”
“
Hurrah
!
”
“
Oxford
!
”
“
Cambridge
!
”
“
Now
is
your
time
,
Hardie
;
pick
her
up
!
”
“
Oh
,
well
pulled
,
Six
!
”
“
Well
pulled
,
Stroke
!
”
“
Up
,
up
!
lift
her
a
bit
!
”
“
Cambridge
!
”
“
Oxford
!
”
“
Hurrah
!
”
At
this
Julia
turned
red
and
pale
by
turns
.
“
O
mamma
!
”
said
she
,
clasping
her
hands
and
colouring
high
,
“
would
it
be
very
wrong
if
I
was
to
pray
for
Oxford
to
win
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
had
a
monitory
finger
;
it
was
on
her
left
hand
;
she
raised
it
;
and
that
moment
,
as
if
she
had
given
a
signal
,
the
boats
,
fore-shortened
no
longer
,
shot
out
to
treble
the
length
they
had
looked
hitherto
,
and
came
broadside
past
our
palpitating
fair
,
the
elastic
rowers
stretched
like
greyhounds
in
a
chase
,
darting
forward
at
each
stroke
so
boldly
they
seemed
flying
out
of
the
boats
,
and
surging
back
as
superbly
,
an
eightfold
human
wave
:
their
nostrils
all
open
,
the
lips
of
some
pale
and
glutinous
,
their
white
teeth
all
clenched
grimly
,
their
young
eyes
all
glowing
,
their
supple
bodies
swelling
,
the
muscles
writhing
beneath
their
jerseys
,
and
the
sinews
starting
on
each
bare
brown
arm
;
their
little
shrill
coxswains
shouting
imperiously
at
the
young
giants
,
and
working
to
and
fro
with
them
,
like
jockeys
at
a
finish
;
nine
souls
and
bodies
flung
whole
into
each
magnificent
effort
;
water
foaming
and
flying
,
rowlocks
ringing
,
crowd
running
,
tumbling
,
and
howling
like
mad
;
and
Cambridge
a
boat
's
nose
ahead
.
They
had
scarcely
passed
our
two
spectators
,
when
Oxford
put
on
a
furious
spurt
,
and
got
fully
even
with
the
leading
boat
.
There
was
a
louder
roar
than
ever
from
the
bank
.
Cambridge
spurted
desperately
in
turn
,
and
stole
those
few
feet
back
;
and
so
they
went
fighting
every
inch
of
water
.
Bang
!
A
cannon
on
the
bank
sent
its
smoke
over
both
competitors
;
it
dispersed
in
a
moment
,
and
the
boats
were
seen
pulling
slowly
towards
the
bridge
—
Cambridge
with
four
oars
,
Oxford
with
six
,
as
if
that
gum
had
winged
them
both
.
The
race
was
over
.
But
who
had
won
our
party
could
not
see
,
and
must
wait
to
learn
.
A
youth
,
adorned
with
a
blue
and
yellow
rosette
,
cried
out
,
in
the
hearing
of
Mrs.
Dodd
,
“
I
say
,
they
are
properly
pumped
,
both
crews
are
:
”
then
,
jumping
on
to
a
spoke
of
her
carriage-wheel
,
with
a
slight
apology
,
he
announced
that
two
or
three
were
shut
up
in
the
Exeter
.
The
exact
meaning
of
these
two
verbs
passive
was
not
clear
to
Mrs.
Dodd
;
but
their
intensity
was
.
She
fluttered
,
and
wanted
to
go
to
her
boy
and
nurse
him
,
and
turned
two
most
imploring
eyes
on
Julia
,
and
Julia
straightway
kissed
her
with
gentle
vehemence
,
and
offered
to
ruin
and
see
.
“
What
,
amongst
all
those
young
gentlemen
,
love
?
I
fear
that
would
not
be
proper
.
See
,
all
the
ladies
remain
apart
.
”
So
they
kept
quiet
and
miserable
,
after
the
manner
of
females
.
Meantime
the
Cantab
's
quick
eye
had
not
deceived
him
;
in
each
racing
boat
were
two
young
gentlemen
leaning
collapsed
over
their
oars
;
and
two
more
,
who
were
in
a
cloud
,
and
not
at
all
clear
whether
they
were
in
this
world
still
,
or
in
their
zeal
had
pulled
into
a
better
.
But
their
malady
was
not
a
rare
one
in
racing
boats
,
and
the
remedy
always
at
hand
:
it
combined
the
rival
systems
;
Thames
was
sprinkled
in
their
faces
—
Homoeopathy
:
and
brandy
in
a
teaspoon
trickled
down
their
throats
—
Allopathy
:
youth
and
spirits
soon
did
the
rest
;
and
,
the
moment
their
eyes
opened
,
their
mouths
opened
;
and
,
the
moment
their
mouths
opened
,
they
fell
a
chaffing
.
Mrs.
Dodd
's
anxiety
and
Julia
's
were
relieved
by
the
appearance
of
Mr.
Edward
,
in
a
tweed
shooting-jacket
sauntering
down
to
them
,
hands
in
his
pockets
,
and
a
cigar
in
his
mouth
,
placidly
unconscious
of
their
solicitude
on
his
account
.
He
was
received
with
a
little
guttural
cry
of
delight
;
the
misery
they
had
been
in
about
him
was
duly
concealed
from
him
by
both
,
and
Julia
asked
him
warmly
who
had
won
.
“
Oh
,
Cambridge
.
”
“
Cambridge
!
Why
,
then
you
are
beaten
?
”
“
Rather
.
”
(
Puff
.
)
“
And
you
can
come
here
with
that
horrible
calm
,
and
cigar
,
owning
defeat
,
and
puffing
tranquillity
,
with
the
same
mouth
.
Mamma
,
we
are
beaten
.
Beaten
!
actually
.
”
“
Never
mind
,
”
said
Edward
kindly
;
“
you
have
seen
a
capital
race
,
the
closest
ever
known
on
this
river
;
and
one
side
or
other
must
lose
.
”
“
And
if
they
did
not
quite
win
,
they
very
nearly
did
,
”
observed
Mrs.
Dodd
composedly
;
then
,
with
heartfelt
content
,
“
He
is
not
hurt
,
and
that
is
the
main
thing
.
”
“
Well
,
my
Lady
Placid
,
and
Mr.
Imperturbable
,
I
am
glad
neither
of
your
equanimities
is
disturbed
;
but
defeat
is
a
Bitter
Pill
to
me
.
”
Julia
said
this
in
her
earnest
voice
,
and
drawing
her
scarf
suddenly
round
her
,
so
as
almost
to
make
it
speak
,
digested
her
Bitter
Pill
in
silence
.
During
which
process
several
Exeter
men
caught
sight
of
Edward
,
and
came
round
him
,
and
an
animated
discussion
took
place
.
They
began
with
asking
him
how
it
had
happened
,
and
,
as
he
never
spoke
in
a
hurry
,
supplied
him
with
the
answers
.
A
stretcher
had
broken
in
the
Exeter
?
No
,
but
the
Cambridge
was
a
much
better
built
boat
,
and
her
bottom
cleaner
.
The
bow
oar
of
the
Exeter
was
ill
,
and
not
fit
for
work
.
Each
of
these
solutions
was
advanced
and
combated
in
turn
,
and
then
all
together
.
At
last
the
Babel
lulled
,
and
Edward
was
once
more
appealed
to
.
“
Well
,
I
will
tell
you
the
real
truth
,
”
said
he
,
“
how
it
happened
.
”
(
Puff
.
)
There
was
a
pause
of
expectation
,
for
the
young
man
's
tone
was
that
of
conviction
,
knowledge
,
and
authority
.
“
The
Cambridge
men
pulled
faster
than
we
did
.
”
(
Puff
.
)
The
hearers
stared
and
then
laughed
.
“
Come
,
old
fellows
,
”
said
Edward
,
“
never
win
a
boat-race
on
dry
land
!
That
is
such
a
plain
thing
to
do
;
gives
the
other
side
the
laugh
as
well
as
the
race
.
I
have
heard
a
stretcher
or
two
told
,
but
I
saw
none
broken
.
(
Puff
.
)
Their
boat
is
the
worst
I
ever
saw
;
it
dips
every
stroke
.
(
Puff
.
)
Their
strength
lies
in
the
crew
.
It
was
a
good
race
and
a
fair
one
.
Cambridge
got
a
lead
and
kept
it
.
(
Puff
.
)
They
beat
us
a
yard
or
two
at
rowing
;
but
hang
it
all
,
do
n't
let
them
beat
us
at
telling
the
truth
,
not
by
an
inch
.
”
(
Puff
.
)
“
All
right
,
old
fellow
!
”
was
now
the
cry
.
One
observed
,
however
,
that
Stroke
did
not
take
the
matter
so
coolly
as
Six
;
for
he
had
shed
a
tear
getting
out
of
the
boat
.
“
Shed
a
fiddlestick
!
”
squeaked
a
little
sceptic
.
“
No
”
said
another
,
“
he
did
n't
quite
shed
it
;
his
pride
would
n't
let
him
.
”
“
So
he
decanted
it
,
and
put
it
by
for
supper
,
suggested
Edward
,
and
puffed
.
“
None
of
your
chaff
,
Six
.
He
had
a
gulp
or
two
,
and
swallowed
the
rest
by
main
force
.
”
“
Do
n't
you
talk
:
you
can
swallow
anything
,
it
seems
.
”
(
Puff
.
)
“
Well
,
I
believe
it
,
”
said
one
of
Hardie
's
own
set
.
“
Dodd
does
n't
know
him
as
we
do
.
Taff
Hardie
ca
n't
bear
to
be
beat
.
”
When
they
were
gone
,
Mrs.
Dodd
observed
,
“
Dear
me
!
what
if
the
young
gentleman
did
cry
a
little
,
it
was
very
excusable
;
after
such
great
exertions
it
was
disappointing
,
mortifying
.
I
pity
him
for
one
,
and
wish
he
had
his
mother
alive
and
here
,
to
dry
them
.
”
“
Mamma
,
it
is
you
for
reading
us
,
”
cried
Edward
,
slapping
his
thigh
.
“
Well
,
then
,
since
you
can
feel
for
a
fellow
,
Hardie
was
a
good
deal
cut
up
.
You
know
the
university
was
in
a
manner
beaten
,
and
he
took
the
blame
.
He
never
cried
;
that
was
a
cracker
of
those
fellows
.
But
he
did
give
one
great
sob
,
that
was
all
,
and
hung
his
head
on
one
side
a
moment
.
But
then
he
fought
out
of
it
directly
,
like
a
man
;
and
there
was
an
end
of
it
,
or
ought
to
have
been
.
Hang
chatterboxes
!
”
“
And
what
did
you
say
to
console
him
,
Edward
?
”
inquired
Julia
warmly
.
“
What
—
me
?
Console
my
senior
,
and
my
Stroke
?
No
,
thank
you
.
”
At
this
thunderbolt
of
etiquette
both
ladies
kept
their
countenances
this
was
their
muscular
feat
that
day
—
and
the
racing
for
the
sculls
came
on
:
six
competitors
,
two
Cambridge
,
three
Oxford
,
one
London
.
The
three
heats
furnished
but
one
good
race
,
a
sharp
contest
between
a
Cambridge
man
and
Hardie
,
ending
in
favour
of
the
latter
;
the
Londoner
walked
away
from
his
opponent
;
Sir
Imperturbable
's
competitor
was
impetuous
,
and
ran
into
him
in
the
first
hundred
yards
;
Sir
I
.
consenting
calmly
.
The
umpire
,
appealed
to
on
the
spot
,
decided
that
it
was
a
foul
,
Mr.
Dodd
being
in
his
own
water
.
He
walked
over
the
course
,
and
explained
the
matter
to
his
sister
,
who
delivered
her
mind
thus
—
“
Oh
!
if
races
are
to
be
won
by
going
slower
than
the
other
,
we
may
shine
yet
:
only
,
I
call
it
Cheating
,
not
Racing
.
”
He
smiled
unmoved
;
she
gave
her
scarf
the
irony
twist
,
and
they
all
went
to
dinner
.
The
business
recommenced
with
a
race
between
a
London
boat
and
the
winner
'
of
yesterday
's
heat
,
Cambridge
.
Here
the
truth
of
Edward
's
remark
appeared
.
The
Cambridge
boat
was
too
light
for
the
men
,
and
kept
burying
her
hose
;
the
London
craft
,
under
a
heavy
crew
,
floated
like
a
cork
.
The
Londoners
soon
found
out
their
advantage
,
and
,
overrating
it
,
steered
into
their
opponents
water
prematurely
,
in
spite
of
a
warning
voice
from
the
bank
.
Cambridge
saw
,
and
cracked
on
for
a
foul
;
and
for
about
a
minute
it
was
anybody
's
race
.
But
the
Londoners
pulled
gallantly
,
and
just
scraped
clear
ahead
.
This
peril
escaped
,
they
kept
their
backs
straight
and
a
clear
lead
to
the
finish
.
Cambridge
followed
a
few
feet
in
their
wake
,
pulling
wonderfully
fast
to
the
end
,
but
a
trifle
out
of
form
,
and
much
distressed
.
At
this
both
universities
looked
blue
,
their
humble
aspiration
being
,
first
to
beat
off
all
the
external
world
,
and
then
tackle
each
other
for
the
prize
.
Just
before
Edward
left
his
friends
for
“
the
sculls
,
”
the
final
heat
,
a
note
was
brought
to
him
.
He
ran
his
eye
over
it
,
and
threw
it
open
into
his
sister
's
lap
.
The
ladies
read
it
.
Its
writer
had
won
a
prize
poem
,
and
so
now
is
our
time
to
get
a
hint
for
composition
:
“
DEAR
SIR
,
—
Oxford
must
win
something
.
Suppose
we
go
in
for
these
sculls
.
You
are
a
horse
that
can
stay
;
Silcock
is
hot
for
the
lead
at
starting
,
I
hear
;
so
I
mean
to
work
him
out
of
wind
;
then
you
can
wait
on
us
,
and
pick
up
the
race
.
My
head
is
not
well
enough
to-day
to
win
,
but
I
am
good
to
pump
the
Cockney
;
he
is
quick
,
but
a
little
stale
—
Yours
truly
,
“
ALFRED
HARDIE
”
Mrs.
Dodd
remarked
that
the
language
was
sadly
figurative
;
but
she
hoped
Edward
might
be
successful
in
spite
of
his
correspondent
's
style
.
Julia
said
she
did
not
dare
hope
it
.
“
The
race
is
not
always
to
the
slowest
and
the
dearest
.
”
This
was
in
allusion
to
yesterday
's
“
foul
.
”
The
skiffs
started
down
at
the
island
,
and
,
as
they
were
longer
coming
up
than
the
eight
oars
,
she
was
in
a
fever
for
nearly
ten
minutes
.
At
last
,
near
the
opposite
bank
,
up
came
the
two
leading
skiffs
struggling
,
both
men
visibly
exhausted
—
Silcock
ahead
,
but
his
rudder
overlapped
by
Hardie
's
bow
;
each
in
his
own
water
.
“
We
are
third
,
”
sighed
Julia
,
and
turned
her
head
away
from
the
river
sorrowfully
.
But
only
for
a
moment
,
for
she
felt
Mrs.
Dodd
start
and
press
her
arm
;
and
lo
!
Edward
's
skiff
was
shooting
swiftly
across
from
their
side
of
the
river
.
He
was
pulling
just
within
himself
,
in
beautiful
form
,
and
with
far
more
elasticity
than
the
other
two
had
got
left
.
As
he
passed
his
mother
and
sister
,
his
eyes
seemed
to
strike
fire
,
and
he
laid
out
all
his
powers
,
and
went
at
the
leading
skiffs
hand
over
head
.
There
was
a
yell
of
astonishment
and
delight
from
both
sides
of
the
Thames
.
He
passed
Hardie
,
who
upon
that
relaxed
his
speed
.
In
thirty
seconds
more
he
was
even
with
Silcock
.
Then
came
a
keen
struggle
:
but
the
new
comer
was
“
the
horse
that
could
stay
:
”
he
drew
steadily
ahead
,
and
the
stern
of
his
boat
was
in
a
line
with
Silcock
's
person
when
the
gun
fired
;
and
a
fearful
roar
from
the
bridge
,
the
river
,
and
the
banks
,
announced
that
the
favourite
university
had
picked
up
the
sculls
in
the
person
of
Dodd
of
Exeter
.
In
due
course
he
brought
the
little
silver
sculls
,
and
pinned
them
on
his
mother
.
While
she
and
Julia
were
telling
him
how
proud
they
were
,
and
how
happy
they
should
be
,
but
for
their
fears
that
he
would
hurt
himself
,
beating
gentlemen
ever
so
much
older
than
himself
,
came
two
Exeter
men
with
wild
looks
hunting
for
him
.
“
Oh
,
Dodd
!
Hardie
wants
you
directly
.
”
“
Do
n't
you
go
,
Edward
,
”
whispered
Julia
;
“
why
should
you
be
at
Mr.
Hardie
's
beck
and
call
?
I
never
heard
of
such
a
thing
.
That
youth
will
make
me
hate
him
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
think
I
had
better
just
go
and
see
what
it
is
about
,
”
replied
Edward
:
“
I
shall
be
back
directly
.
”
And
on
this
understanding
he
went
off
with
the
men
.
Half-an-hour
passed
;
an
hour
;
two
hours
,
and
he
did
not
return
.
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
sat
wondering
what
had
become
of
him
,
and
were
looking
all
around
,
and
getting
uneasy
,
when
at
last
they
did
hear
something
about
him
,
but
indirectly
,
and
from
an
unexpected
quarter
.
A
tall
young
man
in
a
jersey
and
flannel
trousers
,
and
a
little
straw
hat
,
with
a
purple
rosette
,
came
away
from
the
bustle
to
the
more
secluded
part
where
they
sat
,
and
made
eagerly
for
the
Thames
as
if
he
was
a
duck
,
and
going
in
.
But
at
the
brink
he
flung
himself
into
a
sitting
posture
,
and
dipped
his
white
handkerchief
into
the
stream
,
then
tied
it
viciously
round
his
brow
,
doubled
himself
up
with
his
head
in
his
hands
,
and
rocked
himself
like
an
old
woman
—
minus
the
patience
,
of
course
.
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
,
sitting
but
a
few
paces
behind
him
,
interchanged
,
a
look
of
intelligence
.
The
young
gentleman
was
a
stranger
;
but
they
had
recognised
a
faithful
old
acquaintance
at
the
bottom
of
his
pantomime
.
They
discovered
,
too
,
that
the
afflicted
one
was
a
personage
:
for
he
had
not
sat
there
long
when
quite
a
little
band
of
men
came
after
him
.
Observing
his
semi-circularity
and
general
condition
,
they
hesitated
a
moment
;
and
then
one
of
them
remonstrated
eagerly
.
:
“
For
Heaven
's
sake
come
back
to
the
boat
!
There
is
a
crowd
of
all
the
colleges
come
round
us
;
and
they
all
say
Oxford
is
being
sold
.
We
had
a
chance
for
the
four-oared
race
,
and
you
are
throwing
it
away
.
”
“
What
do
I
care
what
they
all
say
?
”
was
the
answer
,
delivered
with
a
kind
of
plaintive
snarl
.
“
But
we
care
.
”
“
Care
then
!
I
pity
you
.
”
And
he
turned
his
back
fiercely
on
them
,
and
then
groaned
by
way
of
half
apology
.
Another
tried
him
:
“
Come
,
give
us
a
civil
answer
,
please
.
”
“
People
that
intrude
upon
a
man
's
privacy
,
racked
with
pain
,
have
no
right
to
demand
civility
,
”
replied
the
sufferer
,
more
gently
,
but
sullenly
enough
.
“
Do
you
call
this
privacy
?
”
“
It
was
,
a
minute
ago
.
Do
you
think
I
left
