style,
which
had
the
merit
of
making
everything
so
very
clear
when
the
master
himself
was
,
as
at
present
,
extremely
perplexed
and
confused
.
Jawett
lingered
after
the
other
guests
,
that
he
might
have
the
advantage
of
consulting
the
great
leader
on
the
course
which
he
ought
to
take
in
advocating
a
measure
which
seemed
completely
at
variance
with
all
the
principles
they
had
ever
upheld
.
“
I
do
not
see
your
difficulty
,
”
wound
up
the
host
.
“
Your
case
is
clear
.
You
have
a
principle
which
will
carry
you
through
everything
.
That
is
the
charm
of
a
principle
.
You
have
always
an
answer
ready
.
”
“
But
in
this
case
,
”
somewhat
timidly
inquired
Mr.
Jawett
,
“
what
would
be
the
principle
on
which
I
should
rest
?
”
“
You
must
show
,
”
said
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
,
“
that
democracy
is
aristocracy
in
disguise
;
and
that
aristocracy
is
democracy
in
disguise
.
It
will
carry
you
through
everything
.
”
Even
Jawett
looked
a
little
amazed
.
“
But
”
—
he
was
beginning
,
when
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
arose
.
“
Think
of
what
I
have
said
,
and
if
on
reflection
any
doubt
or
difficulty
remain
in
your
mind
,
call
on
me
to-morrow
before
I
go
to
the
House
.
At
present
,
I
must
pay
my
respects
to
Lady
Beaumaris
.
She
is
the
only
woman
the
Tories
can
boast
of
;
but
she
is
a
first-rate
woman
,
and
is
a
power
which
I
must
secure
.
”
CHAPTER
XXIV
A
month
had
nearly
elapsed
since
the
Montfort
ball
;
the
season
was
over
and
the
session
was
nearly
finished
.
The
pressure
of
parliamentary
life
for
those
in
office
is
extreme
during
this
last
month
,
yet
Endymion
would
have
contrived
,
were
it
only
for
a
day
,
to
have
visited
his
sister
,
had
Lady
Roehampton
much
encouraged
his
appearance
.
Strange
as
it
seemed
to
him
,
she
did
not
,
but
,
on
the
contrary
,
always
assumed
that
the
prorogation
of
parliament
would
alone
bring
them
together
again
.
When
he
proposed
on
one
occasion
to
come
down
for
four-and-twenty
hours
,
she
absolutely
,
though
with
much
affection
,
adjourned
the
fulfilment
of
the
offer
.
It
seemed
that
she
was
not
yet
quite
settled
.
Lady
Montfort
lingered
in
London
even
after
Goodwood
.
She
was
rather
embarrassed
,
as
she
told
Endymion
,
about
her
future
plans
.
Lord
Montfort
was
at
Princedown
,
where
she
wished
to
join
him
,
but
he
did
not
respond
to
her
wishes
;
on
the
contrary
,
while
announcing
that
he
was
indisposed
,
and
meant
to
remain
at
Princedown
for
the
summer
,
he
suggested
that
she
should
avail
herself
of
the
opportunity
,
and
pay
a
long
visit
to
her
family
in
the
north
.
“
I
know
what
he
means
,
”
she
observed
;
“
he
wants
the
world
to
believe
that
we
are
separated
.
He
cannot
repudiate
me
—
he
is
too
great
a
gentleman
to
do
anything
coarsely
unjust
;
but
he
thinks
,
by
tact
and
indirect
means
,
he
may
achieve
our
virtual
separation
.
He
has
had
this
purpose
for
years
,
I
believe
now
ever
since
our
marriage
,
but
hitherto
I
have
baffled
him
.
I
ought
to
be
with
him
;
I
really
believe
he
is
indisposed
,
his
face
has
become
so
pale
of
late
;
but
were
I
to
persist
in
going
to
Princedown
I
should
only
drive
him
away
.
He
would
go
off
into
the
night
without
leaving
his
address
,
and
something
would
happen
—
dreadful
or
absurd
.
What
I
had
best
do
,
I
think
,
is
this
.
You
are
going
at
last
to
pay
your
visit
to
your
sister
;
I
will
write
to
my
lord
and
tell
him
that
as
he
does
not
wish
me
to
go
to
Princedown
,
I
propose
to
go
to
Montfort
Castle
.
When
the
flag
is
flying
at
Montfort
,
I
can
pay
a
visit
of
any
length
to
my
family
.
It
will
only
be
a
neighbouring
visit
from
Montfort
to
them
;
perhaps
,
too
,
they
might
return
it
.
At
any
rate
,
then
they
cannot
say
my
lord
and
I
are
separated
.
We
need
not
live
under
the
same
roof
,
but
so
long
as
I
live
under
his
roof
the
world
considers
us
united
.
It
is
a
pity
to
have
to
scheme
in
this
manner
,
and
rather
degrading
,
particularly
when
one
might
be
so
happy
with
him
.
But
you
know
,
my
dear
Endymion
,
all
about
our
affairs
.
Your
friend
is
not
a
very
happy
woman
,
and
if
not
a
very
unhappy
one
,
it
is
owing
much
to
your
dear
friendship
,
and
a
little
to
my
own
spirit
which
keeps
me
up
under
what
is
frequent
and
sometimes
bitter
mortification
.
And
now
adieu
!
I
suppose
you
cannot
be
away
less
than
a
week
.
Probably
on
your
return
you
will
find
me
here
.
I
cannot
go
to
Montfort
without
his
permission
.
But
he
will
give
it
.
I
observe
that
he
will
always
do
anything
to
gain
his
immediate
object
.
His
immediate
object
is
,
that
I
shall
not
go
to
Princedown
,
and
so
he
will
agree
that
I
shall
go
to
Montfort
.
”
For
the
first
time
in
his
life
,
Endymion
felt
some
constraint
in
the
presence
of
Myra
.
There
was
something
changed
in
her
manner
.
No
diminution
of
affection
,
for
she
threw
her
arms
around
him
and
pressed
him
to
her
heart
;
and
then
she
looked
at
him
anxiously
,
even
sadly
,
and
kissed
both
his
eyes
,
and
then
she
remained
for
some
moments
in
silence
with
her
face
hid
on
his
shoulder
.
Never
since
the
loss
of
Lord
Roehampton
had
she
seemed
so
subdued
.
“
It
is
a
long
separation
,
”
she
at
length
said
,
with
a
voice
and
smile
equally
faint
,
“
and
you
must
be
a
little
wearied
with
your
travelling
.
Come
and
refresh
yourself
,
and
then
I
will
show
you
my
boudoir
I
have
made
here
;
rather
pretty
,
out
of
nothing
.
And
then
we
will
sit
down
and
have
a
long
talk
together
,
for
I
have
much
to
tell
you
,
and
I
want
your
advice
.
”
“
She
is
going
to
marry
Sidney
Wilton
,
”
thought
Endymion
;
“
that
is
clear
.
”
The
boudoir
was
really
pretty
,
“
made
out
of
nothing
;
”
a
gay
chintz
,
some
shelves
of
beautiful
books
,
some
fanciful
chairs
,
and
a
portrait
of
Lord
Roehampton
.
It
was
a
long
interview
,
very
long
,
and
if
one
could
judge
by
the
countenance
of
Endymion
,
when
he
quitted
the
boudoir
and
hastened
to
his
room
,
of
grave
import
.
Sometimes
his
face
was
pale
,
sometimes
scarlet
;
the
changes
were
rapid
,
but
the
expression
was
agitated
rather
than
one
of
gratification
.
He
sent
instantly
for
his
servant
,
and
then
penned
this
telegram
to
Lady
Montfort
:
“
My
visit
here
will
be
short
.
I
am
to
see
you
immediately
.
Nothing
must
prevent
your
being
at
home
when
I
call
to-morrow
,
about
four
o’clock
.
Most
,
most
important
.
”
CHAPTER
XXV
“
Well
,
something
has
happened
at
last
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
with
a
wondering
countenance
;
“
it
is
too
marvellous
.
”
“
She
goes
to
Osborne
to-day
,
”
continued
Endymion
,
“
and
I
suppose
after
that
,
in
due
course
,
it
will
be
generally
known
.
I
should
think
the
formal
announcement
would
be
made
abroad
.
It
has
been
kept
wonderfully
close
.
She
wished
you
to
know
it
first
,
at
least
from
her
.
I
do
not
think
she
ever
hesitated
about
accepting
him
.
There
was
delay
from
various
causes
;
whether
there
should
be
a
marriage
by
proxy
first
in
this
country
,
and
other
points
;
about
religion
,
for
example
.
”
“
Well
?
”
“
She
enters
the
Catholic
Church
,
the
Archbishop
of
Tyre
has
received
her
.
There
is
no
difficulty
and
no
great
ceremonies
in
such
matters
.
She
was
re-baptized
,
but
only
by
way
of
precaution
.
It
was
not
necessary
,
for
our
baptism
,
you
know
,
is
recognised
by
Rome
.
”
“
And
that
was
all
!
”
“
All
,
with
a
first
communion
and
confession
.
It
is
all
consummated
now
;
as
you
say
,
‘It
is
too
wonderful.’
A
first
confession
,
and
to
Nigel
Penruddock
,
who
says
life
is
flat
and
insipid
!
”
“
I
shall
write
to
her
:
I
must
write
to
her
.
I
wonder
if
I
shall
see
her
before
she
departs
.
”
“
That
is
certain
if
you
wish
it
;
she
wishes
it
.
”
“
And
when
does
she
go
?
And
who
goes
with
her
?
”
“
She
will
be
under
my
charge
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
It
is
fortunate
that
it
should
happen
at
a
time
when
I
am
free
.
I
am
personally
to
deliver
her
to
the
king
.
The
Duke
of
St.
Angelo
,
Baron
Sergius
,
and
the
archbishop
accompany
her
,
and
Waldershare
,
at
the
particular
request
of
his
Majesty
.
”
“
And
no
lady
?
”
“
She
takes
Adriana
with
her
.
”
“
Adriana
!
”
repeated
Lady
Montfort
,
and
a
cloud
passed
over
her
brow
.
There
was
a
momentary
pause
,
and
then
Lady
Montfort
said
,
“
I
wish
she
would
take
me
.
”
“
That
would
be
delightful
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
and
most
becoming
—
to
have
for
a
companion
the
greatest
lady
of
our
court
.
”
“
She
will
not
take
me
with
her
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
,
sorrowfully
but
decisively
,
and
shaking
her
head
.
“
Dear
woman
!
I
loved
her
always
,
often
most
when
I
seemed
least
affectionate
—
but
there
was
between
us
something
”
—
and
she
hesitated
.
“
Heigho
!
I
may
be
the
greatest
lady
of
our
court
,
but
I
am
a
very
unhappy
woman
,
Endymion
,
and
what
annoys
and
dispirits
me
most
,
sometimes
quite
breaks
me
down
,
is
that
I
cannot
see
that
I
deserve
my
lot
.
”
It
happened
as
Endymion
foresaw
;
the
first
announcement
came
from
abroad
.
King
Florestan
suddenly
sent
a
message
to
his
parliament
,
that
his
Majesty
was
about
to
present
them
with
a
queen
.
She
was
not
the
daughter
of
a
reigning
house
,
but
she
came
from
the
land
of
freedom
and
political
wisdom
,
and
from
the
purest
and
most
powerful
court
in
Europe
.
His
subjects
soon
learnt
that
she
was
the
most
beautiful
of
women
,
for
the
portrait
of
the
Countess
of
Roehampton
,
as
it
were
by
magic
,
seemed
suddenly
to
fill
every
window
in
every
shop
in
the
teeming
and
brilliant
capital
where
she
was
about
to
reign
.
It
was
convenient
that
these
great
events
should
occur
when
everybody
was
out
of
town
.
Lady
Montfort
alone
remained
,
the
frequent
,
if
not
constant
,
companion
of
the
new
sovereign
.
Berengaria
soon
recovered
her
high
spirits
.
There
was
much
to
do
and
prepare
in
which
her
hints
and
advice
were
invaluable
.
Though
she
was
not
to
have
the
honour
of
attending
Myra
to
her
new
home
,
which
,
considering
her
high
place
in
the
English
court
,
was
perhaps
hardly
consistent
with
etiquette
,
for
so
she
now
cleverly
put
it
,
she
was
to
pay
her
Majesty
a
visit
in
due
time
.
The
momentary
despondency
that
had
clouded
her
brilliant
countenance
had
not
only
disappeared
,
but
she
had
quite
forgotten
,
and
certainly
would
not
admit
,
that
she
was
anything
but
the
most
sanguine
and
energetic
of
beings
,
and
rallied
Endymion
unmercifully
for
his
careworn
countenance
and
too
frequent
air
of
depression
.
The
truth
is
,
the
great
change
that
was
impending
was
one
which
might
well
make
him
serious
,
and
sometimes
sad
.
The
withdrawal
of
a
female
influence
,
so
potent
on
his
life
as
that
of
his
sister
,
was
itself
a
great
event
.
There
had
been
between
them
from
the
cradle
,
which
,
it
may
be
said
,
they
had
shared
,
a
strong
and
perfect
sympathy
.
They
had
experienced
together
vast
and
strange
vicissitudes
of
life
.
Though
much
separated
in
his
early
youth
,
there
had
still
been
a
constant
interchange
of
thought
and
feeling
between
them
.
For
the
last
twelve
years
or
so
,
ever
since
Myra
had
become
acquainted
with
the
Neuchatel
family
,
they
may
be
said
never
to
have
separated
—
at
least
they
had
maintained
a
constant
communication
,
and
generally
a
personal
one
.
She
had
in
a
great
degree
moulded
his
life
.
Her
unfaltering
,
though
often
unseen
,
influence
had
created
his
advancement
.
Her
will
was
more
powerful
than
his
.
He
was
more
prudent
and
plastic
.
He
felt
this
keenly
.
He
was
conscious
that
,
left
to
himself
,
he
would
probably
have
achieved
much
less
.
He
remembered
her
words
when
they
parted
for
the
first
time
at
Hurstley
,
“
Women
will
be
your
best
friends
in
life
.
”
And
that
brought
his
thoughts
to
the
only
subject
on
which
they
had
ever
differed
—
her
wished-for
union
between
himself
and
Adriana
.
He
felt
he
had
crossed
her
there
—
that
he
had
prevented
the
fulfilment
of
her
deeply-matured
plans
.
Perhaps
,
had
that
marriage
taken
place
,
she
would
never
have
quitted
England
.
Perhaps
;
but
was
that
desirable
?
Was
it
not
fitter
that
so
lofty
a
spirit
should
find
a
seat
as
exalted
as
her
capacity
?
Myra
was
a
sovereign
!
In
this
age
of
strange
events
,
not
the
least
strange
.
No
petty
cares
and
griefs
must
obtrude
themselves
in
such
majestic
associations
.
And
yet
the
days
at
Hainault
were
very
happy
,
and
the
bright
visits
to
Gaydene
,
and
her
own
pleasant
though
stately
home
.
His
heart
was
agitated
,
and
his
eyes
were
often
moistened
with
emotion
.
He
seemed
to
think
that
all
the
thrones
of
Christendom
could
be
no
compensation
for
the
loss
of
this
beloved
genius
of
his
life
,
whom
he
might
never
see
again
.
Sometimes
,
when
he
paid
his
daily
visit
to
Berengaria
,
she
who
knew
him
by
heart
,
who
studied
every
expression
of
his
countenance
and
every
tone
of
his
voice
,
would
say
to
him
,
after
a
few
minutes
of
desultory
and
feeble
conversation
,
“
You
are
thinking
of
your
sister
,
Endymion
?
”
He
did
not
reply
,
but
gave
a
sort
of
faint
mournful
smile
.
“
This
separation
is
a
trial
,
a
severe
one
,
and
I
knew
you
would
feel
it
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
I
feel
it
;
I
loved
your
sister
,
but
she
did
not
love
me
.
Nobody
that
I
love
ever
does
love
me
.
”
“
Oh
!
do
not
say
that
,
Lady
Montfort
.
”
“
It
is
what
I
feel
.
I
cannot
console
you
.
There
is
nothing
I
can
do
for
you
.
My
friendship
,
if
you
value
it
,
which
I
will
not
doubt
you
do
,
you
fully
possessed
before
your
sister
was
a
Queen
.
So
that
goes
for
nothing
.
”
“
I
must
say
,
I
feel
sometimes
most
miserable
.
”
“
Nonsense
,
Endymion
;
if
anything
could
annoy
your
sister
more
than
another
,
it
would
be
to
hear
of
such
feelings
on
your
part
.
I
must
say
she
has
courage
.
She
has
found
her
fitting
place
.
Her
brother
ought
to
do
the
same
.
You
have
a
great
object
in
life
,
at
least
you
had
,
but
I
have
no
faith
in
sentimentalists
.
If
I
had
been
sentimental
,
I
should
have
gone
into
a
convent
long
ago
.
”
“
If
to
feel
is
to
be
sentimental
,
I
cannot
help
it
.
”
“
All
feeling
which
has
no
object
to
attain
is
morbid
and
maudlin
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
You
say
you
are
very
miserable
,
and
at
the
same
time
you
do
not
know
what
you
want
.
Would
you
have
your
sister
dethroned
?
And
if
you
would
,
could
you
accomplish
your
purpose
?
Well
,
then
,
what
nonsense
to
think
about
her
except
to
feel
proud
of
her
elevation
,
and
prouder
still
that
she
is
equal
to
it
!
”
“
You
always
have
the
best
of
every
argument
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Of
course
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
What
I
want
you
to
do
is
to
exert
yourself
.
You
have
now
a
strong
social
position
,
for
Sidney
Wilton
tells
me
the
Queen
has
relinquished
to
you
her
mansion
and
the
whole
of
her
income
,
which
is
no
mean
one
.
You
must
collect
your
friends
about
you
.
Our
government
is
not
too
strong
,
I
can
tell
you
.
We
must
brush
up
in
the
recess
.
What
with
Mr.
Bertie
Tremaine
and
his
friends
joining
the
Protectionists
,
and
the
ultra-Radicals
wanting
,
as
they
always
do
,
something
impossible
,
I
see
seeds
of
discomfiture
unless
they
are
met
with
energy
.
You
stand
high
,
and
are
well
spoken
of
even
by
our
opponents
.
Whether
we
stand
or
fall
,
it
is
a
moment
for
you
to
increase
your
personal
influence
.
That
is
the
element
now
to
encourage
in
your
career
,
because
you
are
not
like
the
old
fogies
in
the
cabinet
,
who
,
if
they
go
out
,
will
never
enter
another
again
.
You
have
a
future
,
and
though
you
may
not
be
an
emperor
,
you
may
be
what
I
esteem
more
,
prime
minister
of
this
country
.
”
“
You
are
always
so
sanguine
.
”
“
Not
more
sanguine
than
your
sister
.
Often
we
have
talked
of
this
.
I
wish
she
were
here
to
help
us
,
but
I
will
do
my
part
.
At
present
let
us
go
to
luncheon
.
”
CHAPTER
XXVI
There
was
a
splendid
royal
yacht
,
though
not
one
belonging
to
our
gracious
Sovereign
,
lying
in
one
of
Her
Majesty’s
southern
ports
,
and
the
yacht
was
convoyed
by
a
smart
frigate
.
The
crews
were
much
ashore
,
and
were
very
popular
,
for
they
spent
a
great
deal
of
money
.
Everybody
knew
what
was
the
purpose
of
their
bright
craft
,
and
every
one
was
interested
in
it
.
A
beautiful
Englishwoman
had
been
selected
to
fill
a
foreign
and
brilliant
throne
occupied
by
a
prince
,
who
had
been
educated
in
our
own
country
,
who
ever
avowed
his
sympathies
with
“
the
inviolate
island
of
the
sage
and
free
.
”
So
in
fact
there
was
some
basis
for
the
enthusiasm
which
was
felt
on
this
occasion
by
the
inhabitants
of
Nethampton
.
What
every
one
wanted
to
know
was
when
she
would
sail
.
Ah
!
that
was
a
secret
that
could
hardly
be
kept
for
the
eight-and-forty
hours
preceding
her
departure
,
and
therefore
,
one
day
,
with
no
formal
notice
,
all
the
inhabitants
of
Nethampton
were
in
gala
;
streets
and
ships
dressed
out
with
the
flags
of
all
nations
;
the
church
bells
ringing
;
and
busy
little
girls
running
about
with
huge
bouquets
.
At
the
very
instant
expected
,
the
special
train
was
signalled
,
and
drove
into
the
crimson
station
amid
the
thunder
of
artillery
,
the
blare
of
trumpets
,
the
beating
of
drums
,
and
cheers
from
thousands
even
louder
and
longer
than
the
voices
of
the
cannon
.
Leaning
on
the
arm
of
her
brother
,
and
attended
by
the
Princess
of
Montserrat
,
and
the
Honourable
Adriana
Neuchatel
,
Baron
Sergius
,
the
Duke
of
St.
Angelo
,
the
Archbishop
of
Tyre
,
and
Lord
Waldershare
,
the
daughter
of
William
Ferrars
,
gracious
,
yet
looking
as
if
she
were
born
to
empire
,
received
the
congratulatory
address
of
the
mayor
and
corporation
and
citizens
of
Nethampton
,
and
permitted
her
hand
to
be
kissed
,
not
only
by
his
worship
,
but
by
at
least
two
aldermen
.
They
were
on
the
waters
,
and
the
shores
of
Albion
,
fast
fading
away
,
had
diminished
to
a
speck
.
It
is
a
melancholy
and
tender
moment
,
and
Myra
was
in
her
ample
and
splendid
cabin
and
alone
.
“
It
is
a
trial
,
”
she
felt
,
“
but
all
that
I
love
and
value
in
this
world
are
in
this
vessel
,
”
and
she
thought
of
Endymion
and
Adriana
.
The
gentlemen
were
on
deck
,
chiefly
smoking
or
reconnoitring
their
convoy
through
their
telescopes
.
“
I
must
say
,
”
said
Waldershare
,
“
it
was
a
grand
idea
of
our
kings
making
themselves
sovereigns
of
the
sea
.
The
greater
portion
of
this
planet
is
water
;
so
we
at
once
became
a
first-rate
power
.
We
owe
our
navy
entirely
to
the
Stuarts
.
King
James
the
Second
was
the
true
founder
and
hero
of
the
British
navy
.
He
was
the
worthy
son
of
his
admirable
father
,
that
blessed
martyr
,
the
restorer
at
least
,
if
not
the
inventor
,
of
ship
money
;
the
most
patriotic
and
popular
tax
that
ever
was
devised
by
man
.
The
Nonconformists
thought
themselves
so
wise
in
resisting
it
,
and
they
have
got
the
naval
estimates
instead
!
”
The
voyage
was
propitious
,
the
weather
delightful
,
and
when
they
had
entered
the
southern
waters
Waldershare
confessed
that
he
felt
the
deliciousness
of
life
.
If
the
scene
and
the
impending
events
,
and
their
own
fair
thoughts
,
had
not
been
adequate
to
interest
them
,
there
were
ample
resources
at
their
command
;
all
the
ladies
were
skilled
musicians
,
their
concerts
commenced
at
sunset
,
and
the
sweetness
of
their
voices
long
lingered
over
the
moonlit
waters
.
Adriana
,
one
evening
,
bending
over
the
bulwarks
of
the
yacht
,
was
watching
the
track
of
phosphoric
light
,
struck
into
brilliancy
from
the
dark
blue
waters
by
the
prow
of
their
rapid
vessel
.
“
It
is
a
fascinating
sight
,
Miss
Neuchatel
,
and
it
seems
one
might
gaze
on
it
for
ever
.
”
“
Ah
!
Lord
Waldershare
,
you
caught
me
in
a
reverie
.
”
“
What
more
sweet
?
”
“
Well
,
that
depends
on
its
subject
.
To
tell
the
truth
,
I
was
thinking
that
these
lights
resembled
a
little
your
conversation
;
all
the
wondrous
things
you
are
always
saying
or
telling
us
.
”
The
archbishop
was
a
man
who
never
recurred
to
the
past
.
One
could
never
suppose
that
Endymion
and
himself
had
been
companions
in
their
early
youth
,
or
,
so
far
as
their
intercourse
was
concerned
,
that
there
was
such
a
place
in
the
world
as
Hurstley
.
One
night
,
however
,
as
they
were
pacing
the
deck
together
,
he
took
the
arm
of
Endymion
,
and
said
,
“
I
trace
the
hand
of
Providence
in
every
incident
of
your
sister’s
life
.
What
we
deemed
misfortunes
,
sorrows
,
even
calamities
,
were
forming
a
character
originally
endowed
with
supreme
will
,
and
destined
for
the
highest
purposes
.
There
was
a
moment
at
Hurstley
when
I
myself
was
crushed
to
the
earth
,
and
cared
not
to
live
;
vain
,
short-sighted
mortal
!
Our
great
Master
was
at
that
moment
shaping
everything
to
His
ends
,
and
preparing
for
the
entrance
into
His
Church
of
a
woman
who
may
be
,
who
will
be
,
I
believe
,
another
St.
Helena
.
”
“
We
have
not
spoken
of
this
subject
before
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
and
I
should
not
have
cared
had
our
silence
continued
,
but
I
must
now
tell
you
frankly
,
the
secession
of
my
sister
from
the
Church
of
her
fathers
was
to
me
by
no
means
a
matter
of
unmixed
satisfaction
.
”
“
The
time
will
come
when
you
will
recognise
it
as
the
consummation
of
a
Divine
plan
,
”
said
the
archbishop
.
“
I
feel
great
confidence
that
my
sister
will
never
be
the
slave
of
superstition
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Her
mind
is
too
masculine
for
that
;
she
will
remember
that
the
throne
she
fills
has
been
already
once
lost
by
the
fatal
influence
of
the
Jesuits
.
”
“
The
influence
of
the
Jesuits
is
the
influence
of
Divine
truth
,
”
said
his
companion
.
“
And
how
is
it
possible
for
such
influence
not
to
prevail
?
What
you
treat
as
defeats
,
discomfitures
,
are
events
which
you
do
not
comprehend
.
They
are
incidents
all
leading
to
one
great
end
—
the
triumph
of
the
Church
—
that
is
,
the
triumph
of
God
.
”
“
I
will
not
decide
what
are
great
ends
;
I
am
content
to
ascertain
what
is
wise
conduct
.
And
it
would
not
be
wise
conduct
,
in
my
opinion
,
for
the
King
to
rest
upon
the
Jesuits
.
”
“
The
Jesuits
never
fell
except
from
conspiracy
against
them
.
It
is
never
the
public
voice
that
demands
their
expulsion
or
the
public
effort
that
accomplishes
it
.
It
is
always
the
affair
of
sovereigns
and
statesmen
,
of
politicians
,
of
men
,
in
short
,
who
feel
that
there
is
a
power
at
work
,
and
that
power
one
not
favourable
to
their
schemes
or
objects
of
government
.
”
“
Well
,
we
shall
see
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
I
candidly
tell
you
,
I
hope
the
Jesuits
will
have
as
little
influence
in
my
brother-in-law’s
kingdom
as
in
my
own
country
.
”
“
As
little
!
”
said
Nigel
,
somewhat
sarcastically
;
“
I
should
be
almost
content
if
the
holy
order
in
every
country
had
as
much
influence
as
they
now
have
in
England
.
”
“
I
think
your
Grace
exaggerates
.
”
“
Before
two
years
are
past
,
”
said
the
archbishop
,
speaking
very
slowly
,
“
I
foresee
that
the
Jesuits
will
be
privileged
in
England
,
and
the
hierarchy
of
our
Church
recognised
.
”
It
was
a
delicious
afternoon
;
it
had
been
sultry
,
but
the
sun
had
now
greatly
declined
,
when
the
captain
of
the
yacht
came
down
to
announce
to
the
Queen
that
they
were
in
sight
of
her
new
country
,
and
she
hastened
on
deck
to
behold
the
rapidly
nearing
shore
.
A
squadron
of
ships
of
war
had
stood
out
to
meet
her
,
and
in
due
time
the
towers
and
spires
of
a
beautiful
city
appeared
,
which
was
the
port
of
the
capital
,
and
itself
almost
worthy
of
being
one
.
A
royal
barge
,
propelled
by
four-and-twenty
rowers
,
and
bearing
the
lord
chamberlain
,
awaited
the
queen
,
and
the
moment
her
Majesty
and
the
Princess
of
Montserrat
had
taken
their
seats
,
salutes
thundered
from
every
ship
of
war
,
responded
to
by
fort
and
battery
ashore
.
When
they
landed
,
they
were
conducted
by
chief
officers
of
the
court
to
a
pavilion
which
faced
the
western
sky
,
now
glowing
like
an
opal
with
every
shade
of
the
iris
,
and
then
becoming
of
a
light
green
colour
varied
only
by
some
slight
clouds
burnished
with
gold
.
A
troop
of
maidens
brought
flowers
as
bright
as
themselves
,
and
then
a
company
of
pages
advanced
,
and
kneeling
,
offered
to
the
Queen
chocolate
in
a
crystal
cup
.
According
to
the
programme
drawn
up
by
the
heralds
,
and
every
tittle
of
it
founded
on
precedents
,
the
King
and
the
royal
carriages
were
to
have
met
the
travellers
on
their
arrival
at
the
metropolis
;
but
there
are
feelings
which
heralds
do
not
comprehend
,
and
which
defy
precedents
.
Suddenly
there
was
a
shout
,
a
loud
cheer
,
and
a
louder
salute
.
Some
one
had
arrived
unexpectedly
.
A
young
man
,
stately
but
pale
,
moved
through
the
swiftly
receding
crowd
,
alone
and
unattended
,
entered
the
pavilion
,
advanced
to
the
Queen
,
kissed
her
hand
,
and
then
both
her
cheeks
,
just
murmuring
,
“
My
best
beloved
,
this
,
this
indeed
is
joy
.
”
The
capital
was
fortified
,
and
the
station
was
without
the
walls
;
here
the
royal
carriages
awaited
them
.
The
crowd
was
immense
;
the
ramparts
on
this
occasion
were
covered
with
people
.
It
was
an
almost
sultry
night
,
with
every
star
visible
,
and
clear
and
warm
and
sweet
.
As
the
royal
carriage
crossed
the
drawbridge
and
entered
the
chief
gates
,
the
whole
city
was
in
an
instant
suddenly
illuminated
—
in
a
flash
.
The
architectural
lines
of
the
city
walls
,
and
of
every
street
,
were
indicated
,
and
along
the
ramparts
at
not
distant
intervals
were
tripods
,
each
crowned
with
a
silver
flame
,
which
cast
around
the
radiance
of
day
.
He
held
and
pressed
her
hand
as
in
silence
she
beheld
the
wondrous
scene
.
They
had
to
make
a
progress
of
some
miles
;
the
way
was
kept
throughout
by
soldiery
and
civic
guards
,
while
beyond
them
was
an
infinite
population
,
all
cheering
and
many
of
them
waving
torches
.
They
passed
through
many
streets
,
and
squares
with
marvellous
fountains
,
until
they
arrived
at
the
chief
and
royal
street
,
which
has
no
equal
in
the
world
.
It
is
more
than
a
mile
long
,
never
swerving
from
a
straight
line
,
broad
,
yet
the
houses
so
elevated
that
they
generally
furnish
the
shade
this
ardent
clime
requires
.
The
architecture
of
this
street
is
so
varied
that
it
never
becomes
monotonous
,
some
beautiful
church
,
or
palace
,
or
ministerial
hotel
perpetually
varying
the
effect
.
All
the
windows
were
full
on
this
occasion
,
and
even
the
roofs
were
crowded
.
Every
house
was
covered
with
tapestry
,
and
the
line
of
every
building
was
marked
out
by
artificial
light
.
The
moon
rose
,
but
she
was
not
wanted
;
it
was
as
light
as
day
.
They
were
considerate
enough
not
to
move
too
rapidly
through
this
heart
of
the
metropolis
,
and
even
halted
at
some
stations
,
where
bands
of
music
and
choirs
of
singers
welcomed
and
celebrated
them
.
They
moved
on
more
quickly
afterwards
,
made
their
way
through
a
pretty
suburb
,
and
then
entered
a
park
.
At
the
termination
of
a
long
avenue
was
the
illumined
and
beautiful
palace
of
the
Prince
of
Montserrat
,
where
Myra
was
to
reside
and
repose
until
the
momentous
morrow
,
when
King
Florestan
was
publicly
to
place
on
the
brow
of
his
affianced
bride
the
crown
which
to
his
joy
she
had
consented
to
share
.
CHAPTER
XXVII
There
are
very
few
temperaments
that
can
resist
an
universal
and
unceasing
festival
in
a
vast
and
beautiful
metropolis
.
It
is
inebriating
,
and
the
most
wonderful
of
all
its
accidents
is
how
the
population
can
ever
calm
and
recur
to
the
monotony
of
ordinary
life
.
When
all
this
happens
,
too
,
in
a
capital
blessed
with
purple
skies
,
where
the
moonlight
is
equal
to
our
sunshine
,
and
where
half
the
population
sleep
in
the
open
air
and
wish
for
no
roof
but
the
heavens
,
existence
is
a
dream
of
phantasy
and
perpetual
loveliness
,
and
one
is
at
last
forced
to
believe
that
there
is
some
miraculous
and
supernatural
agency
that
provides
the
ever-enduring
excitement
and
ceaseless
incidents
of
grace
and
beauty
.
After
the
great
ceremony
of
the
morrow
in
the
cathedral
,
and
when
Myra
,
kneeling
at
the
altar
with
her
husband
,
received
,
under
a
canopy
of
silver
brocade
,
the
blessings
of
a
cardinal
and
her
people
,
day
followed
day
with
court
balls
and
municipal
banquets
,
state
visits
to
operas
,
and
reviews
of
sumptuous
troops
.
At
length
the
end
of
all
this
pageantry
and
enthusiasm
approached
,
and
amid
a
blaze
of
fireworks
,
the
picturesque
population
of
this
fascinating
city
tried
to
return
to
ordinary
feeling
and
to
common
sense
.
If
amid
this
graceful
hubbub
and
this
glittering
riot
any
one
could
have
found
time
to
remark
the
carriage
and
conduct
of
an
individual
,
one
might
have
observed
,
and
perhaps
been
surprised
at
,
the
change
in
those
of
Miss
Neuchatel
.
That
air
of
pensive
resignation
which
distinguished
her
seemed
to
have
vanished
.
She
never
wore
that
doleful
look
for
which
she
was
too
remarkable
in
London
saloons
,
and
which
marred
a
countenance
favoured
by
nature
and
a
form
intended
for
gaiety
and
grace
.
Perhaps
it
was
the
influence
of
the
climate
,
perhaps
the
excitement
of
the
scene
,
perhaps
some
rapture
with
the
wondrous
fortunes
of
the
friend
whom
she
adored
,
but
Adriana
seemed
suddenly
to
sympathise
with
everybody
and
to
appreciate
everything
;
her
face
was
radiant
,
she
was
in
every
dance
,
and
visited
churches
and
museums
,
and
palaces
and
galleries
,
with
keen
delight
.
With
many
charms
,
the
intimate
friend
of
their
sovereign
,
and
herself
known
to
be
noble
and
immensely
rich
,
Adriana
became
the
fashion
,
and
a
crowd
of
princes
were
ever
watching
her
smiles
,
and
sometimes
offering
her
their
sighs
.
“
I
think
you
enjoy
our
visit
more
than
any
one
of
us
,
”
said
Endymion
to
her
one
day
,
with
some
feeling
of
surprise
.
“
Well
,
one
cannot
mope
for
ever
,
”
said
Miss
Neuchatel
;
“
I
have
passed
my
life
in
thinking
of
one
subject
,
and
I
feel
now
it
made
me
very
stupid
.
”
Endymion
felt
embarrassed
,
and
,
though
generally
ready
,
had
no
repartee
at
command
.
Lord
Waldershare
,
however
,
came
to
his
relief
,
and
claimed
Adriana
for
the
impending
dance
.
This
wondrous
marriage
was
a
grand
subject
for
“
our
own
correspondents
,
”
and
they
abounded
.
Among
them
were
Jawett
and
St.
Barbe
.
St.
Barbe
hated
Jawett
,
as
indeed
he
did
all
his
brethren
,
but
his
appointment
in
this
instance
he
denounced
as
an
infamous
job
.
“
Merely
to
allow
him
to
travel
in
foreign
parts
,
which
he
has
never
done
,
without
a
single
qualification
for
the
office
!
However
,
it
will
ruin
his
paper
,
that
is
some
consolation
.
Fancy
sending
here
a
man
who
has
never
used
his
pen
except
about
those
dismal
statistics
,
and
what
he
calls
first
principles
!
I
hate
his
style
,
so
neat
and
frigid
.
No
colour
,
sir
.
I
hate
his
short
sentences
,
like
a
dog
barking
;
we
want
a
word-painter
here
,
sir
.
My
description
of
the
wedding
sold
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
,
and
it
is
selling
now
.
If
the
proprietors
were
gentlemen
,
they
would
have
sent
me
an
unlimited
credit
,
instead
of
their
paltry
fifty
pounds
a
day
and
my
expenses
;
but
you
never
meet
a
liberal
man
now
,
—
no
such
animal
known
.
What
I
want
you
to
do
for
me
,
Lord
Waldershare
,
is
to
get
me
invited
to
the
Villa
Aurea
when
the
court
moves
there
.
It
will
be
private
life
there
,
and
that
is
the
article
the
British
public
want
now
.
They
are
satiated
with
ceremonies
and
festivals
.
They
want
to
know
what
the
royal
pair
have
for
dinner
when
they
are
alone
,
how
they
pass
their
evenings
,
and
whether
the
queen
drives
ponies
.
”
“
So
far
as
I
am
concerned
,
”
said
Waldershare
,
“
they
shall
remain
state
secrets
.
”
“
I
have
received
no
special
favours
here
,
”
rejoined
St.
Barbe
,
“
though
,
with
my
claims
,
I
might
have
counted
on
the
uttermost
.
However
,
it
is
always
so
.
I
must
depend
on
my
own
resources
.
I
have
a
retainer
,
I
can
tell
you
,
my
lord
,
from
the
‘Rigdum
Funidos
,
’
in
my
pocket
,
and
it
is
in
my
power
to
keep
up
such
a
crackling
of
jokes
and
sarcasms
that
a
very
different
view
would
soon
be
entertained
in
Europe
of
what
is
going
on
here
than
is
now
the
fashion
.
The
‘Rigdum
Funidos’
is
on
the
breakfast-table
of
all
England
,
and
sells
thousands
in
every
capital
of
the
world
.
You
do
not
appreciate
its
power
;
you
will
now
feel
it
.
”
“
I
also
am
a
subscriber
to
the
‘Rigdum
Funidos
,
’
”
said
Waldershare
,
“
and
tell
you
frankly
,
Mr.
St.
Barbe
,
that
if
I
see
in
its
columns
the
slightest
allusion
to
any
persons
or
incident
in
this
country
,
I
will
take
care
that
you
be
instantly
consigned
to
the
galleys
;
and
,
this
being
a
liberal
government
,
I
can
do
that
without
even
the
ceremony
of
a
primary
inquiry
.
”
“
You
do
not
mean
that
?
”
said
St.
Barbe
;
“
of
course
,
I
was
only
jesting
.
It
is
not
likely
that
I
should
say
or
do
anything
disagreeable
to
those
whom
I
look
upon
as
my
patrons
—
I
may
say
friends
—
through
life
.
It
makes
me
almost
weep
when
I
remember
my
early
connection
with
Mr.
Ferrars
,
now
an
under-secretary
of
state
,
and
who
will
mount
higher
.
I
never
had
a
chance
of
being
a
minister
,
though
I
suppose
I
am
not
more
incapable
than
others
who
get
the
silver
spoon
into
their
mouths
.
And
then
his
divine
sister
!
Quite
an
heroic
character
!
I
never
had
a
sister
,
and
so
I
never
had
even
a
chance
of
being
nearly
related
to
royalty
.
But
so
it
has
been
throughout
my
life
.
No
luck
,
my
lord
;
no
luck
.
And
then
they
say
one
is
misanthropical
.
Hang
it
!
who
can
help
being
misanthropical
when
he
finds
everybody
getting
on
in
life
except
himself
?
”
The
court
moved
to
their
favourite
summer
residence
,
a
Palladian
palace
on
a
blue
lake
,
its
banks
clothed
with
forests
abounding
with
every
species
of
game
,
and
beyond
them
loftier
mountains
.
The
king
was
devoted
to
sport
,
and
Endymion
was
always
among
his
companions
.
Waldershare
rather
attached
himself
to
the
ladies
,
who
made
gay
parties
floating
in
gondolas
,
and
refreshed
themselves
with
picnics
in
sylvan
retreats
.
It
was
supposed
Lord
Waldershare
was
a
great
admirer
of
the
Princess
of
Montserrat
,
who
in
return
referred
to
him
as
that
“
lovable
eccentricity
.
”
As
the
autumn
advanced
,
parties
of
guests
of
high
distinction
,
carefully
arranged
,
periodically
arrived
.
Now
,
there
was
more
ceremony
,
and
every
evening
the
circle
was
formed
,
while
the
king
and
queen
exchanged
words
,
and
sometimes
ideas
,
with
those
who
were
so
fortunate
as
to
be
under
their
roof
.
Frequently
there
were
dramatic
performances
,
and
sometimes
a
dance
.
The
Princess
of
Montserrat
was
invaluable
in
these
scenes
;
vivacious
,
imaginative
,
a
consummate
mimic
,
her
countenance
,
though
not
beautiful
,
was
full
of
charm
.
What
was
strange
,
Adriana
took
a
great
fancy
to
her
Highness
,
and
they
were
seldom
separated
.
The
only
cloud
for
Endymion
in
this
happy
life
was
,
that
every
day
the
necessity
of
his
return
to
England
was
more
urgent
,
and
every
day
the
days
vanished
more
quickly
.
That
return
to
England
,
once
counted
by
weeks
,
would
soon
be
counted
by
hours
.
He
had
conferred
once
or
twice
with
Waldershare
on
the
subject
,
who
always
turned
the
conversation
;
at
last
Endymion
reminded
him
that
the
time
of
his
departure
was
at
hand
,
and
that
,
originally
,
it
had
been
agreed
they
should
return
together
.
“
Yes
,
my
dear
Ferrars
,
we
did
so
agree
,
but
the
agreement
was
permissive
,
not
compulsory
.
My
views
are
changed
.
Perhaps
I
shall
never
return
to
England
again
;
I
think
of
being
naturalised
here
.
”
The
queen
was
depressed
at
the
prospect
of
being
separated
from
her
brother
.
Sometimes
she
remonstrated
with
him
for
his
devotion
to
sport
which
deprived
her
of
his
society
;
frequently
in
a
morning
she
sent
for
him
to
her
boudoir
,
that
they
might
talk
together
as
in
old
times
.
“
The
king
has
invited
Lord
and
Lady
Beaumaris
to
pay
us
a
visit
,
and
they
are
coming
at
once
.
I
had
hoped
the
dear
Hainaults
might
have
visited
us
here
.
I
think
she
would
have
liked
it
.
However
,
they
will
certainly
pass
the
winter
with
us
.
It
is
some
consolation
to
me
not
to
lose
Adriana
.
”
“
The
greatest
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
and
she
seems
so
happy
here
.
She
seems
quite
changed
.
”
“
I
hope
she
is
happier
,
”
said
the
queen
,
“
but
I
trust
she
is
not
changed
.
I
think
her
nearly
perfection
.
So
pure
,
even
so
exalted
a
mind
,
joined
with
so
sweet
a
temper
,
I
have
never
met
.
And
she
is
very
much
admired
too
,
I
can
tell
you
.
The
Prince
of
Arragon
would
be
on
his
knees
to
her
to-morrow
,
if
she
would
only
give
a
single
smile
.
But
she
smiles
enough
with
the
Princess
of
Montserrat
.
I
heard
her
the
other
day
absolutely
in
uncontrollable
laughter
.
That
is
a
strange
friendship
;
it
amuses
me
.
”
“
The
princess
has
immense
resource
.
”
The
queen
suddenly
rose
from
her
seat
;
her
countenance
was
disturbed
.
“
Why
do
we
talk
of
her
,
or
of
any
other
trifler
of
the
court
,
when
there
hangs
over
us
so
great
a
sorrow
,
Endymion
,
as
our
separation
?
Endymion
,
my
best
beloved
,
”
and
she
threw
her
arms
round
his
neck
,
“
my
heart
!
my
life
!
Is
it
possible
that
you
can
leave
me
,
and
so
miserable
as
I
am
?
”
“
Miserable
!
”
“
Yes
!
miserable
when
I
think
of
your
position
—
and
even
my
own
.
Mine
own
has
risen
like
a
palace
in
a
dream
,
and
may
vanish
like
one
.
But
that
would
not
be
a
calamity
if
you
were
safe
.
If
I
quitted
this
world
to-morrow
,
where
would
you
be
?
It
gives
me
sleepless
nights
and
anxious
days
.
If
you
really
loved
me
as
you
say
,
you
would
save
me
this
.
I
am
haunted
with
the
perpetual
thought
that
all
this
glittering
prosperity
will
vanish
as
it
did
with
our
father
.
God
forbid
that
,
under
any
circumstances
,
it
should
lead
to
such
an
end
—
but
who
knows
?
Fate
is
terribly
stern
;
ironically
just
.
O
Endymion
!
if
you
really
love
me
,
your
twin
,
half
of
your
blood
and
life
,
who
have
laboured
for
you
so
much
,
and
thought
for
you
so
much
,
and
prayed
for
you
so
much
—
and
yet
I
sometimes
feel
have
done
so
little
—
O
Endymion
!
my
adored
,
my
own
Endymion
,
if
you
wish
to
preserve
my
life
—
if
you
wish
me
not
only
to
live
,
but
really
to
be
happy
as
I
ought
to
be
and
could
be
,
but
for
one
dark
thought
,
help
me
,
aid
me
,
save
me
—
you
can
,
and
by
one
single
act
.
”
“
One
single
act
!
”
“
Yes
!
marry
Adriana
.
”
“
Ah
!
”
and
he
sighed
.
“
Yes
,
Adriana
,
to
whom
we
both
of
us
owe
everything
.
Were
it
not
for
Adriana
,
you
would
not
be
here
,
you
would
be
nothing
,
”
and
she
whispered
some
words
which
made
him
start
,
and
alternately
blush
and
look
pale
.
“
Is
it
possible
?
”
he
exclaimed
.
“
My
sister
,
my
beloved
sister
,
I
have
tried
to
keep
my
brain
cool
in
many
trials
.
But
I
feel
,
as
it
were
,
as
if
life
were
too
much
for
me
.
You
counsel
me
to
that
which
we
should
all
repent
.
”
“
Yes
,
I
know
it
;
you
may
for
a
moment
think
it
a
sacrifice
,
but
believe
me
,
that
is
all
phantasy
.
I
know
you
think
your
heart
belongs
to
another
.
I
will
grant
everything
,
willingly
grant
everything
you
could
say
of
her
.
Yes
,
I
admit
,
she
is
beautiful
,
she
has
many
charms
,
has
been
to
you
a
faithful
friend
,
you
delight
in
her
society
;
such
things
have
happened
before
to
many
men
,
to
every
man
they
say
they
happen
,
but
that
has
not
prevented
them
from
being
wise
,
and
very
happy
too
.
Your
present
position
,
if
you
persist
in
it
,
is
one
most
perilous
.
You
have
no
root
in
the
country
;
but
for
an
accident
you
could
not
maintain
the
public
position
you
have
nobly
gained
.
As
for
the
great
crowning
consummation
of
your
life
,
which
we
dreamed
over
at
unhappy
Hurstley
,
which
I
have
sometimes
dared
to
prophesy
,
that
must
be
surrendered
.
The
country
at
the
best
will
look
upon
you
only
as
a
reputable
adventurer
to
be
endured
,
even
trusted
and
supported
,
in
some
secondary
post
,
but
nothing
more
.
I
touch
on
this
,
for
I
see
it
is
useless
to
speak
of
myself
and
my
own
fate
and
feelings
;
only
remember
,
Endymion
,
I
have
never
deceived
you
.
I
cannot
endure
any
longer
this
state
of
affairs
.
When
in
a
few
days
we
part
,
we
shall
never
meet
again
.
And
all
the
devotion
of
Myra
will
end
in
your
destroying
her
.
”
“
My
own
,
my
beloved
Myra
,
do
with
me
what
you
like
.
If
—
—
”
At
this
moment
there
was
a
gentle
tap
at
the
door
,
and
the
king
entered
.
“
My
angel
,
”
he
said
,
“
and
you
too
,
my
dear
Endymion
.
I
have
some
news
from
England
which
I
fear
may
distress
you
.
Lord
Montfort
is
dead
.
”
CHAPTER
XXVIII
There
was
ever
,
when
separated
,
an
uninterrupted
correspondence
between
Berengaria
and
Endymion
.
They
wrote
to
each
other
every
day
,
so
that
when
they
met
again
there
was
no
void
in
their
lives
and
mutual
experience
,
and
each
was
acquainted
with
almost
every
feeling
and
incident
that
had
been
proved
,
or
had
occurred
,
since
they
parted
.
The
startling
news
,
however
,
communicated
by
the
king
had
not
previously
reached
Endymion
,
because
he
was
on
the
eve
of
his
return
to
England
,
and
his
correspondents
had
been
requested
to
direct
their
future
letters
to
his
residence
in
London
.
His
voyage
home
was
an
agitated
one
,
and
not
sanguine
or
inspiriting
.
There
was
a
terrible
uncertainty
in
the
future
.
What
were
the
feelings
of
Lady
Montfort
towards
himself
?
Friendly
,
kind
,
affectionate
,
in
a
certain
sense
,
even
devoted
,
no
doubt
;
but
all
consistent
with
a
deep
and
determined
friendship
which
sought
and
wished
for
no
return
more
ardent
.
But
now
she
was
free
.
Yes
,
but
would
she
again
forfeit
her
freedom
?
And
if
she
did
,
would
it
not
be
to
attain
some
great
end
,
probably
the
great
end
of
her
life
?
Lady
Montfort
was
a
woman
of
far-reaching
ambition
.
In
a
certain
degree
,
she
had
married
to
secure
her
lofty
aims
;
and
yet
it
was
only
by
her
singular
energy
,
and
the
playfulness
and
high
spirit
of
her
temperament
,
that
the
sacrifice
had
not
proved
a
failure
;
her
success
,
however
,
was
limited
,
for
the
ally
on
who
she
had
counted
rarely
assisted
and
never
sympathised
with
her
.
It
was
true
she
admired
and
even
loved
her
husband
;
her
vanity
,
which
was
not
slight
,
was
gratified
by
her
conquest
of
one
whom
it
had
seemed
no
one
could
subdue
,
and
who
apparently
placed
at
her
feet
all
the
power
and
magnificence
which
she
appreciated
.
Poor
Endymion
,
who
loved
her
passionately
,
over
whom
she
exercised
the
influence
of
a
divinity
,
who
would
do
nothing
without
consulting
her
,
and
who
was
moulded
,
and
who
wished
to
be
moulded
,
by
her
inspiring
will
,
was
also
a
shrewd
man
of
the
world
,
and
did
not
permit
his
sentiment
to
cloud
his
perception
of
life
and
its
doings
.
He
felt
that
Lady
Montfort
had
fallen
from
a
lofty
position
,
and
she
was
not
of
a
temperament
that
would
quietly
brook
her
fate
.
Instead
of
being
the
mistress
of
castles
and
palaces
,
with
princely
means
,
and
all
the
splendid
accidents
of
life
at
her
command
,
she
was
now
a
dowager
with
a
jointure
!
Still
young
,
with
her
charms
unimpaired
,
heightened
even
by
the
maturity
of
her
fascinating
qualities
,
would
she
endure
this
?
She
might
retain
her
friendship
for
one
who
,
as
his
sister
ever
impressed
upon
him
,
had
no
root
in
the
land
,
and
even
that
friendship
,
he
felt
conscious
,
must
yield
much
of
its
entireness
and
intimacy
to
the
influence
of
new
ties
;
but
for
their
lives
ever
being
joined
together
,
as
had
sometimes
been
his
wild
dreams
,
his
cheek
,
though
alone
,
burned
with
the
consciousness
of
his
folly
and
self-deception
.
“
He
is
one
of
our
rising
statesmen
,
”
whispered
the
captain
of
the
vessel
to
a
passenger
,
as
Endymion
,
silent
,
lonely
,
and
absorbed
,
walked
,
as
was
his
daily
custom
,
the
quarterdeck
.
“
I
daresay
he
has
a
good
load
on
his
mind
.
Do
you
know
,
I
would
sooner
be
a
captain
of
a
ship
than
a
minister
of
state
?
”
Poor
Endymion
!
Yes
,
he
bore
his
burthen
,
but
it
was
not
secrets
of
state
that
overwhelmed
him
.
If
his
mind
for
a
moment
quitted
the
contemplation
of
Lady
Montfort
,
it
was
only
to
encounter
the
recollection
of
a
heart-rending
separation
from
his
sister
,
and
his
strange
and
now
perplexing
relations
with
Adriana
.
Lord
Montfort
had
passed
the
summer
,
as
he
had
announced
,
at
Princedown
,
and
alone
;
that
is
to
say
,
without
Lady
Montfort
.
She
wrote
to
him
frequently
,
and
if
she
omitted
doing
so
for
a
longer
interval
than
usual
,
he
would
indite
to
her
a
little
note
,
always
courteous
,
sometimes
even
almost
kind
,
reminding
her
that
her
letters
amused
him
,
and
that
of
late
they
had
been
rarer
than
he
wished
.
Lady
Montfort
herself
made
Montfort
Castle
her
home
,
paying
sometimes
a
visit
to
her
family
in
the
neighbourhood
,
and
sometimes
receiving
them
and
other
guests
.
Lord
Montfort
himself
did
not
live
in
absolute
solitude
.
He
had
society
always
at
command
.
He
always
had
a
court
about
him
;
equerries
,
and
secretaries
,
and
doctors
,
and
odd
and
amusing
men
whom
they
found
out
for
him
,
and
who
were
well
pleased
to
find
themselves
in
his
beautiful
and
magnificent
Princedown
,
wandering
in
woods
and
parks
and
pleasaunces
,
devouring
his
choice
entrees
,
and
quaffing
his
curious
wines
.
Sometimes
he
dined
with
them
,
sometimes
a
few
dined
with
him
,
sometimes
he
was
not
seen
for
weeks
;
but
whether
he
were
visible
or
not
,
he
was
the
subject
of
constant
thought
and
conversation
by
all
under
his
roof
.
Lord
Montfort
,
it
may
be
remembered
,
was
a
great
fisherman
.
It
was
the
only
sport
which
retained
a
hold
upon
him
.
The
solitude
,
the
charming
scenery
,
and
the
requisite
skill
,
combined
to
please
him
.
He
had
a
love
for
nature
,
and
he
gratified
it
in
this
pursuit
.
His
domain
abounded
in
those
bright
chalky
streams
which
the
trout
love
.
He
liked
to
watch
the
moor-hens
,
too
,
and
especially
a
kingfisher
.
Lord
Montfort
came
home
late
one
day
after
much
wading
.
It
had
been
a
fine
day
for
anglers
,
soft
and
not
too
bright
,
and
he
had
been
tempted
to
remain
long
in
the
water
.
He
drove
home
rapidly
,
but
it
was
in
an
open
carriage
,
and
when
the
sun
set
there
was
a
cold
autumnal
breeze
.
He
complained
at
night
,
and
said
he
had
been
chilled
.
There
was
always
a
doctor
under
the
roof
,
who
felt
his
patient’s
pulse
,
ordered
the
usual
remedies
,
and
encouraged
him
.
Lord
Montfort
passed
a
bad
night
,
and
his
physician
in
the
morning
found
fever
,
and
feared
there
were
symptoms
of
pleurisy
.
He
prescribed
accordingly
,
but
summoned
from
town
two
great
authorities
.
The
great
authorities
did
not
arrive
until
the
next
day
.
They
approved
of
everything
that
had
been
done
,
but
shook
their
heads
.
“
No
immediate
danger
,
but
serious
.
”
Four-and-twenty
hours
afterwards
they
inquired
of
Lord
Montfort
whether
they
should
send
for
his
wife
.
“
On
no
account
whatever
,
”
he
replied
.
“
My
orders
on
this
head
are
absolute
.
”
Nevertheless
,
they
did
send
for
Lady
Montfort
,
and
as
there
was
even
then
a
telegraph
to
the
north
,
Berengaria
,
who
departed
from
her
castle
instantly
,
and
travelled
all
night
,
arrived
in
eight-and-forty
hours
at
Princedown
.
The
state
of
Lord
Montfort
then
was
critical
.
It
was
broken
to
Lord
Montfort
that
his
wife
had
arrived
.
“
I
perceive
then
,
”
he
replied
,
“
that
I
am
going
to
die
,
because
I
am
disobeyed
.
”
These
were
the
last
words
he
uttered
.
He
turned
in
his
bed
as
it
were
to
conceal
his
countenance
,
and
expired
without
a
sigh
or
sound
.
There
was
not
a
single
person
at
Princedown
in
whom
Lady
Montfort
could
confide
.
She
had
summoned
the
family
solicitor
,
but
he
could
not
arrive
until
the
next
day
,
and
until
he
came
she
insisted
that
none
of
her
late
lord’s
papers
should
be
touched
.
She
at
first
thought
he
had
made
a
will
,
because
otherwise
all
his
property
would
go
to
his
cousin
,
whom
he
particularly
hated
,
and
yet
on
reflection
she
could
hardly
fancy
his
making
a
will
.
It
was
a
trouble
to
him
—
a
disagreeable
trouble
;
and
there
was
nobody
she
knew
whom
he
would
care
to
benefit
.
He
was
not
a
man
who
would
leave
anything
to
hospitals
and
charities
.
Therefore
,
on
the
whole
,
she
arrived
at
the
conclusion
he
had
not
made
a
will
,
though
all
the
guests
at
Princedown
were
of
a
different
opinion
,
and
each
was
calculating
the
amount
of
his
own
legacy
.
At
last
the
lawyer
arrived
,
and
he
brought
the
will
with
him
.
It
was
very
short
,
and
not
very
recent
.
Everything
he
had
in
the
world
except
the
settled
estates
,
Montfort
Castle
and
Montfort
House
,
he
bequeathed
to
his
wife
.
It
was
a
vast
inheritance
;
not
only
Princedown
,
but
great
accumulations
of
personal
property
,
for
Lord
Montfort
was
fond
of
amassing
,
and
admired
the
sweet
simplicity
of
the
three
per
cents
.
CHAPTER
XXIX
When
Endymion
arrived
in
London
he
found
among
his
letters
two
brief
notes
from
Lady
Montfort
;
one
hurriedly
written
at
Montfort
Castle
at
the
moment
of
her
departure
,
and
another
from
Princedown
,
with
these
words
only
,
“
All
is
over
.
”
More
than
a
week
had
elapsed
since
the
last
was
written
,
and
he
had
already
learnt
from
the
newspapers
that
the
funeral
had
taken
place
.
It
was
a
painful
but
still
necessary
duty
to
fulfil
,
to
write
to
her
,
which
he
did
,
but
he
received
no
answer
to
his
letter
of
sympathy
,
and
to
a
certain
degree
,
of
condolence
.
Time
flew
on
,
but
he
could
not
venture
to
write
again
,
and
without
any
absolute
cause
for
his
discomfort
,
he
felt
harassed
and
unhappy
.
He
had
been
so
accustomed
all
his
life
to
exist
under
the
genial
influence
of
women
that
his
present
days
seemed
lone
and
dark
.
His
sister
and
Berengaria
,
two
of
the
most
gifted
and
charming
beings
in
the
world
,
had
seemed
to
agree
that
their
first
duty
had
ever
been
to
sympathise
with
his
fortunes
and
to
aid
them
.
Even
his
correspondence
with
Myra
was
changed
.
There
was
a
tone
of
constraint
in
their
communications
;
perhaps
it
was
the
great
alteration
in
her
position
that
occasioned
it
?
His
heart
assured
him
that
such
was
not
the
case
.
He
felt
deeply
and
acutely
what
was
the
cause
.
The
subject
most
interesting
to
both
of
them
could
not
be
touched
on
.
And
then
he
thought
of
Adriana
,
and
contrasted
his
dull
and
solitary
home
in
Hill
Street
with
what
it
might
have
been
,
graced
by
her
presence
,
animated
by
her
devotion
,
and
softened
by
the
sweetness
of
her
temper
.
Endymion
began
to
feel
that
the
run
of
his
good
fortune
was
