upthe
river
,
and
when
Mr.
Palliser
,
on
his
return
,
was
seen
by
Alice
and
Lady
Glencora
,
he
was
alone
.
They
dined
together
,
and
nothing
was
said
.
Together
they
sauntered
out
in
the
evening
,
and
together
came
in
and
drank
their
tea
;
but
still
nothing
was
said
.
At
last
,
Alice
and
her
cousin
took
their
candles
from
Mr.
Palliser
's
hands
and
left
the
sitting-room
for
the
night
.
"
Alice
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
as
soon
as
they
were
in
the
passage
together
,
"
I
have
been
dying
for
this
time
to
come
.
I
could
not
speak
before
,
or
I
should
have
made
blunders
,
and
so
would
you
.
Let
us
go
into
your
room
at
once
.
Who
do
you
think
is
here
,
at
Lucerne
,
in
this
house
,
at
this
very
moment
?
"
Alice
knew
at
once
who
it
was
.
She
knew
,
immediately
,
that
Mr.
Grey
had
followed
her
,
though
no
word
had
been
written
to
her
or
spoken
to
her
on
the
subject
since
that
day
on
which
he
himself
had
told
her
that
they
would
meet
abroad
.
But
though
she
was
quite
sure
,
she
did
not
mention
his
name
.
"
Who
is
it
,
Glencora
?
"
she
asked
,
very
calmly
.
"
Whom
in
all
the
world
would
you
best
like
to
see
?
"
said
Glencora
.
"
My
cousin
Kate
,
certainly
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Then
it
is
not
your
cousin
Kate
.
And
I
do
n't
believe
you
;
—
or
else
you
're
a
fool
.
"
Alice
was
accustomed
to
Lady
Glencora
's
mode
of
talking
,
and
therefore
did
not
think
much
of
this
.
"
Perhaps
I
am
a
fool
,
"
she
said
.
"
Only
I
know
you
are
not
.
But
I
am
not
at
all
so
sure
as
to
your
being
no
hypocrite
.
The
person
I
mean
is
a
gentleman
,
of
course
.
Why
do
n't
you
show
a
little
excitement
,
at
any
rate
?
When
Plantagenet
told
me
,
just
before
dinner
,
I
almost
jumped
out
of
my
shoes
.
He
was
going
to
tell
you
himself
after
dinner
,
in
the
politest
way
in
the
world
,
no
doubt
,
and
just
as
the
servants
were
carrying
away
the
apples
.
I
thought
it
best
to
save
you
from
that
;
but
,
I
declare
,
I
believe
I
might
have
left
him
to
do
it
;
it
would
have
had
no
effect
upon
you
.
Who
is
it
that
has
come
,
do
you
suppose
?
"
"
Of
course
I
know
now
,
"
said
Alice
,
very
calmly
,
"
that
Mr.
John
Grey
has
come
.
"
"
Yes
,
Mr.
John
Grey
has
come
.
He
is
here
in
this
house
at
this
minute
;
—
or
,
more
probably
,
waiting
outside
by
the
lake
till
he
shall
see
a
light
in
your
bedroom
.
"
Then
Lady
Glencora
paused
for
a
moment
,
waiting
that
Alice
might
say
something
.
But
Alice
said
nothing
.
"
Well
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
rising
up
from
her
chair
.
"
Well
?
"
"
Well
?
"
said
Alice
.
"
Have
you
nothing
to
say
?
Is
it
the
same
to
you
as
though
Mr.
Smith
had
come
?
"
"
No
;
not
exactly
the
same
.
I
am
quite
alive
to
the
importance
of
Mr.
Grey
's
arrival
,
and
shall
probably
lie
awake
all
night
thinking
about
it
,
—
if
it
will
do
you
any
good
to
know
that
;
but
I
do
n't
feel
that
I
have
much
to
say
about
it
.
"
"
I
wish
I
had
let
Mr.
Palliser
tell
you
,
in
an
ordinary
way
,
before
all
the
servants
.
I
do
indeed
.
"
"
It
would
not
have
made
much
difference
.
"
"
Not
the
least
,
I
believe
.
I
wonder
whether
you
ever
did
care
for
anybody
in
your
life
,
—
for
him
,
or
for
that
other
one
,
or
for
anybody
.
For
nobody
,
I
believe
;
—
except
your
cousin
Kate
.
Still
waters
,
they
say
,
run
deep
;
and
sometimes
I
think
your
waters
run
too
deep
for
me
to
fathom
.
I
suppose
I
may
go
now
,
if
you
have
got
nothing
more
to
say
?
"
"
What
do
you
want
me
to
say
?
Of
course
I
know
why
he
has
come
here
.
He
told
me
he
should
come
.
"
"
And
you
have
never
said
a
word
about
it
.
"
"
He
told
me
he
should
come
,
and
I
thought
it
better
not
to
say
a
word
about
it
.
He
might
change
his
mind
,
or
anything
might
happen
.
I
told
him
not
to
come
;
and
it
would
have
been
much
better
that
he
should
have
remained
away
.
"
"
Why
;
—
why
;
—
why
would
it
be
better
?
"
"
Because
his
being
here
will
do
no
good
to
any
one
.
"
"
No
good
!
It
seems
to
me
impossible
but
that
it
should
do
all
the
good
in
the
world
.
Look
here
,
Alice
.
If
you
do
not
altogether
make
it
up
with
him
before
to-morrow
evening
,
I
shall
believe
you
to
be
utterly
heartless
.
Had
I
been
you
I
should
have
been
in
his
arms
before
this
.
I
'll
go
now
,
and
leave
you
to
lie
awake
,
as
you
say
you
will
.
"
Then
she
left
the
room
,
but
returned
in
a
moment
to
ask
another
question
.
"
What
is
Plantagenet
to
say
to
him
about
seeing
you
to-morrow
?
Of
course
he
has
asked
permission
to
come
and
call
.
"
"
He
may
come
if
he
pleases
.
You
do
n't
think
I
have
quarrelled
with
him
,
or
would
refuse
to
see
him
!
"
"
And
may
we
ask
him
to
dine
with
us
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
.
"
"
And
make
up
a
picnic
,
and
all
the
rest
of
it
.
In
fact
,
he
is
to
be
regarded
as
only
an
ordinary
person
.
Well
;
—
good
night
.
I
do
n't
understand
you
,
that
's
all
.
"
It
may
be
doubted
whether
Alice
understood
herself
.
As
soon
as
her
friend
was
gone
,
she
put
out
her
candle
and
seated
herself
at
the
open
window
of
her
room
,
looking
out
upon
the
moonlight
as
it
played
upon
the
lake
.
Would
he
be
there
,
thinking
of
her
,
looking
up
,
perhaps
,
as
Glencora
had
hinted
,
to
see
if
he
could
distinguish
her
light
among
the
hundred
that
would
be
flickering
across
the
long
front
of
the
house
.
If
it
were
so
,
at
any
rate
he
should
not
see
her
,
so
she
drew
the
curtain
,
and
sat
there
watching
the
lake
.
It
was
a
pity
that
he
should
have
come
,
and
yet
she
loved
him
dearly
for
coming
.
It
was
a
pity
that
he
should
have
come
,
as
his
coming
could
lead
to
no
good
result
.
Of
this
she
assured
herself
over
and
over
again
,
and
yet
she
hardly
knew
why
she
was
so
sure
of
it
.
Glencora
had
called
her
hard
;
but
her
conviction
on
that
matter
had
not
come
from
hardness
.
Now
that
she
was
alone
,
her
heart
was
full
of
love
,
of
the
soft
romance
of
love
towards
this
man
;
and
yet
she
felt
that
she
ought
not
to
marry
him
,
even
though
he
might
still
be
willing
to
take
her
.
That
he
was
still
willing
to
take
her
,
that
he
desired
to
have
her
for
his
wife
in
spite
of
all
the
injury
she
had
done
him
,
there
could
be
no
doubt
.
Why
else
had
he
followed
her
to
Switzerland
?
And
she
remembered
,
now
at
this
moment
,
how
he
had
told
her
at
Cheltenham
that
he
would
never
consider
her
to
be
lost
to
him
,
unless
she
should
,
in
truth
,
become
the
wife
of
another
man
.
Why
,
then
,
should
it
not
be
as
he
wished
it
?
She
asked
herself
the
question
,
and
did
not
answer
it
;
but
still
she
felt
that
it
might
not
be
so
.
She
had
no
right
to
such
happiness
after
the
evil
that
she
had
done
.
She
had
been
driven
by
a
frenzy
to
do
that
which
she
herself
could
not
pardon
;
and
having
done
it
,
she
could
not
bring
herself
to
accept
the
position
which
should
have
been
the
reward
of
good
conduct
.
She
could
not
analyse
the
causes
which
made
her
feel
that
she
must
still
refuse
the
love
that
was
proffered
to
her
;
she
could
not
clearly
read
her
own
thoughts
;
but
the
causes
were
as
I
have
said
,
and
such
was
the
true
reading
of
her
thoughts
.
Had
she
simply
refused
his
hand
after
she
had
once
accepted
it
,
—
had
she
refused
it
,
and
then
again
changed
her
mind
,
she
could
have
brought
herself
to
ask
him
to
forgive
her
.
But
she
had
done
so
much
more
than
this
,
and
so
much
worse
!
She
had
affianced
herself
to
another
man
since
she
had
belonged
to
him
,
—
since
she
had
been
his
,
as
his
future
wife
.
What
must
he
not
think
of
her
,
and
what
not
suspect
?
Then
she
remembered
those
interviews
which
she
had
had
with
her
cousin
since
she
had
written
to
him
,
accepting
his
offer
.
When
he
had
been
with
her
in
Queen
Anne
Street
she
had
shrunk
from
all
outward
signs
of
a
love
which
she
did
not
feel
.
There
had
been
no
caress
between
them
.
She
had
not
allowed
him
to
touch
her
with
his
lips
.
But
it
was
impossible
that
the
nature
of
that
mad
engagement
between
her
and
her
cousin
George
should
ever
be
made
known
to
Mr.
Grey
.
She
sat
there
wiping
the
tears
from
her
eyes
as
she
looked
for
his
figure
among
the
figures
by
the
lake-side
;
but
,
as
she
sat
there
,
she
promised
herself
no
happiness
from
his
coming
.
Oh
!
reader
,
can
you
forgive
her
in
that
she
had
sinned
against
the
softness
of
her
feminine
nature
?
I
think
that
she
may
be
forgiven
,
in
that
she
had
never
brought
herself
to
think
lightly
of
her
own
fault
.
If
he
were
there
,
by
the
lake-side
,
she
did
not
see
him
.
I
think
we
may
say
that
John
Grey
was
not
a
man
to
console
himself
in
his
love
by
looking
up
at
his
lady
's
candle
.
He
was
one
who
was
capable
of
doing
as
much
as
most
men
in
the
pursuit
of
his
love
,
—
as
he
proved
to
be
the
case
when
he
followed
Alice
to
Cheltenham
,
and
again
to
London
,
and
now
again
to
Lucerne
;
but
I
doubt
whether
a
glimmer
from
her
bedroom-window
,
had
it
been
unmistakably
her
own
glimmer
,
and
not
that
of
some
ugly
old
French
woman
who
might
chance
to
sleep
next
to
her
,
would
have
done
him
much
good
.
He
had
come
to
Lucerne
with
a
purpose
,
which
purpose
,
if
it
might
be
possible
,
he
meant
to
carry
out
;
but
I
think
he
was
already
in
bed
,
being
tired
with
long
travel
,
before
Lady
Glencora
had
left
Alice
's
room
.
At
breakfast
the
next
morning
nothing
was
said
for
a
while
about
the
new
arrival
.
At
last
Mr.
Palliser
ventured
to
speak
.
"
Glencora
has
told
you
,
I
think
,
that
Mr.
Grey
is
here
?
Mr.
Grey
is
an
old
friend
of
yours
,
I
believe
?
"
Alice
,
keeping
her
countenance
as
well
as
she
was
able
,
said
Mr.
Grey
had
been
,
and
,
indeed
,
was
,
a
very
dear
friend
of
hers
.
Mr.
Palliser
knew
the
whole
story
,
and
what
was
the
use
of
any
little
attempt
at
dissimulation
?
"
I
shall
be
glad
to
see
him
,
—
if
you
will
allow
me
?
"
she
went
on
to
say
.
"
Glencora
suggests
that
we
should
ask
him
to
dinner
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
;
and
then
that
matter
was
settled
.
But
Mr.
Grey
did
not
wait
till
dinner-time
to
see
Alice
.
Early
in
the
morning
his
card
was
brought
up
,
and
Lady
Glencora
,
as
soon
as
she
saw
the
name
,
immediately
ran
away
.
"
Indeed
you
need
not
go
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Indeed
I
shall
go
,
"
said
her
ladyship
.
"
I
know
what
's
proper
on
these
occasions
,
if
you
do
n't
.
"
So
she
went
,
whisking
herself
along
the
passages
with
a
little
run
;
and
Mr.
Grey
,
as
he
was
shown
into
her
ladyship
's
usual
sitting-room
,
saw
the
skirt
of
her
ladyship
's
dress
as
she
whisked
herself
off
towards
her
husband
.
"
I
told
you
I
should
come
,
"
he
said
,
with
his
ordinary
sweet
smile
.
"
I
told
you
that
I
should
follow
you
,
and
here
I
am
.
"
He
took
her
hand
,
and
held
it
,
pressing
it
warmly
.
She
hardly
knew
with
what
words
first
to
address
him
,
or
how
to
get
her
hand
back
from
him
.
"
I
am
very
glad
to
see
you
,
—
as
an
old
friend
,
"
she
said
;
"
but
I
hope
—
"
"
Well
;
—
you
hope
what
?
"
"
I
hope
you
have
had
some
better
cause
for
travelling
than
a
desire
to
see
me
?
"
"
No
,
dearest
;
no.
I
have
had
no
better
cause
,
and
,
indeed
,
none
other
.
I
have
come
on
purpose
to
see
you
;
and
had
Mr.
Palliser
taken
you
off
to
Asia
or
Africa
,
I
think
I
should
have
felt
myself
compelled
to
follow
him
.
You
know
why
I
follow
you
?
"
"
Hardly
,
"
said
she
,
—
not
finding
at
the
moment
any
other
word
that
she
could
say
.
"
Because
I
love
you
.
You
see
what
a
plain-spoken
John
Bull
I
am
,
and
how
I
come
to
the
point
at
once
.
I
want
you
to
be
my
wife
;
and
they
say
that
perseverance
is
the
best
way
when
a
man
has
such
a
want
as
that
.
"
"
You
ought
not
to
want
it
,
"
she
said
,
whispering
the
words
as
though
she
were
unable
to
speak
them
out
loud
.
"
But
I
do
,
you
see
.
And
why
should
I
not
want
it
?
"
"
I
am
not
fit
to
be
your
wife
.
"
"
I
am
the
best
judge
of
that
,
Alice
.
You
have
to
make
up
your
mind
whether
I
am
fit
to
be
your
husband
.
"
"
You
would
be
disgraced
if
you
were
to
take
me
,
after
all
that
has
passed
;
—
after
what
I
have
done
.
What
would
other
men
say
of
you
when
they
knew
the
story
?
"
"
Other
men
,
I
hope
,
would
be
just
enough
to
say
,
that
when
I
had
made
up
my
mind
,
I
was
tolerably
constant
in
keeping
to
it
.
I
do
not
think
they
could
say
much
worse
of
me
than
that
.
"
"
They
would
say
that
you
had
been
jilted
,
and
had
forgiven
the
jilt
.
"
"
As
far
as
the
forgiveness
goes
,
they
would
tell
the
truth
.
But
,
indeed
,
Alice
,
I
do
n't
very
much
care
what
men
do
say
of
me
.
"
"
But
I
care
,
Mr.
Grey
;
—
and
though
you
may
forgive
me
,
I
cannot
forgive
myself
.
Indeed
I
know
now
,
as
I
have
known
all
along
,
that
I
am
not
fit
to
be
your
wife
.
I
am
not
good
enough
.
And
I
have
done
that
which
makes
me
feel
that
I
have
no
right
to
marry
anyone
.
"
These
words
she
said
,
jerking
out
the
different
sentences
almost
in
convulsions
;
and
when
she
had
come
to
the
end
of
them
,
the
tears
were
streaming
down
her
cheeks
.
"
I
have
thought
about
it
,
and
I
will
not
.
I
will
not
.
After
what
has
passed
,
I
know
that
it
will
be
better
,
—
more
seemly
,
that
I
should
remain
as
I
am
.
"
Soon
after
that
she
left
him
,
not
,
however
,
till
she
had
told
him
that
she
would
meet
him
again
at
dinner
,
and
had
begged
him
to
treat
her
simply
as
a
friend
.
"
In
spite
of
everything
,
I
hope
that
we
may
always
be
friends
,
—
dear
friends
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
hope
we
may
,
"
he
answered
;
—
"
the
very
dearest
.
"
And
then
he
left
her
.
In
the
afternoon
he
again
encountered
Mr.
Palliser
,
and
having
thought
over
the
matter
since
his
interview
with
Alice
,
he
resolved
to
tell
his
whole
story
to
his
new
acquaintance
,
—
not
in
order
that
he
might
ask
for
counsel
from
him
,
for
in
this
matter
he
wanted
no
man
's
advice
,
—
but
that
he
might
get
some
assistance
.
So
the
two
men
walked
off
together
,
up
the
banks
of
the
clear-flowing
Reuss
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
felt
the
comfort
of
having
a
companion
.
"
I
have
always
liked
her
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
"
though
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
I
have
twice
been
very
angry
with
her
.
"
"
I
have
never
been
angry
with
her
,
"
said
the
lover
.
"
And
my
anger
was
in
both
instances
unjust
.
You
may
imagine
how
great
is
my
confidence
in
her
,
when
I
have
thought
she
was
the
best
companion
my
wife
could
have
for
a
long
journey
,
taken
under
circumstances
that
were
—
that
were
—
;
but
I
need
not
trouble
you
with
that
.
"
So
great
had
been
the
desolation
of
Mr.
Palliser
's
life
since
his
banishment
from
London
that
he
almost
felt
tempted
to
tell
the
story
of
his
troubles
to
this
absolute
stranger
.
But
he
bethought
himself
of
the
blood
of
the
Pallisers
,
and
refrained
.
There
are
comforts
which
royalty
may
never
enjoy
,
and
luxuries
in
which
such
men
as
Plantagenet
Palliser
may
not
permit
themselves
to
indulge
.
"
About
her
and
her
character
I
have
no
doubt
in
the
world
,
"
said
Grey
.
"
In
all
that
she
has
done
I
think
that
I
have
seen
her
motives
;
and
though
I
have
not
approved
of
them
,
I
have
always
known
them
to
be
pure
and
unselfish
.
She
has
done
nothing
that
I
did
not
forgive
as
soon
as
it
was
done
.
Had
she
married
that
man
,
I
should
have
forgiven
her
even
that
,
—
though
I
should
have
known
that
all
her
future
life
was
destroyed
,
and
much
of
mine
also
.
I
think
I
can
make
her
happy
if
she
will
marry
me
,
but
she
must
first
be
taught
to
forgive
herself
.
Living
as
she
is
with
you
,
and
with
your
wife
,
she
may
,
perhaps
,
just
now
be
more
under
your
influence
and
your
wife
's
than
she
can
possibly
be
under
mine
.
"
Whereupon
,
Mr.
Palliser
promised
that
he
would
do
what
he
could
.
"
I
think
she
loves
me
,
"
said
Mr.
Grey
.
Mr.
Palliser
said
that
he
was
sure
she
did
,
though
what
ground
he
had
for
such
assurance
I
am
quite
unable
to
surmise
.
He
was
probably
desirous
of
saying
the
most
civil
thing
which
occurred
to
him
.
The
little
dinner-party
that
evening
was
pleasant
enough
,
and
nothing
more
was
said
about
love
.
Lady
Glencora
talked
nonsense
to
Mr.
Grey
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
contradicted
all
the
nonsense
which
his
wife
talked
.
But
this
was
all
done
in
such
a
way
that
the
evening
passed
away
pleasantly
.
It
was
tacitly
admitted
among
them
that
Mr.
Grey
was
to
be
allowed
to
come
among
them
as
a
friend
,
and
Lady
Glencora
managed
to
say
one
word
to
him
aside
,
in
which
she
promised
to
give
him
her
most
cordial
cooperation
.
CHAPTER
LXXI
.
Showing
How
George
Vavasor
Received
a
Visit
.
We
must
go
back
for
a
few
pages
to
scenes
which
happened
in
London
during
this
summer
,
so
that
the
reader
may
understand
Mr.
Grey
's
position
when
he
reached
Lucerne
.
He
had
undergone
another
quarrel
with
George
Vavasor
,
and
something
of
the
circumstances
of
that
quarrel
must
be
told
.
It
has
been
already
said
that
George
Vavasor
lost
his
election
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
,
after
all
the
money
which
he
had
spent
,
—
money
which
he
had
been
so
ill
able
to
spend
,
and
on
which
he
had
laid
his
hands
in
a
manner
so
disreputable
!
He
had
received
two
thousand
pounds
from
the
bills
which
Alice
had
executed
on
his
behalf
,
—
or
rather
,
had
received
the
full
value
of
three
out
of
the
four
bills
,
and
a
part
of
the
value
of
the
fourth
,
on
which
he
had
been
driven
to
raise
what
immediate
money
he
had
wanted
by
means
of
a
Jew
bill-discounter
.
One
thousand
pounds
he
had
paid
over
at
once
into
the
hands
of
Mr.
Scruby
,
his
Parliamentary
election
agent
,
towards
the
expenses
of
his
election
;
and
when
the
day
of
polling
arrived
had
exactly
in
his
hands
the
sum
of
five
hundred
pounds
.
Where
he
was
to
get
more
when
this
was
gone
he
did
not
know
.
If
he
were
successful
,
—
if
the
enlightened
constituents
of
the
Chelsea
Districts
,
contented
with
his
efforts
on
behalf
of
the
River
Bank
,
should
again
send
him
to
Parliament
,
he
thought
that
he
might
still
carry
on
the
war
.
A
sum
of
ready
money
he
would
have
in
hand
;
and
,
as
to
his
debts
,
he
would
be
grandly
indifferent
to
any
consideration
of
them
.
Then
there
might
be
pickings
in
the
way
of
a
Member
of
Parliament
of
his
calibre
.
Companies
,
—
mercantile
companies
,
—
would
be
glad
to
have
him
as
a
director
,
paying
him
a
guinea
a
day
,
or
perhaps
more
,
for
his
hour
's
attendance
.
Railways
in
want
of
vice-chairmen
might
bid
for
his
services
;
and
in
the
City
he
might
turn
that
"
M.P.
"
which
belonged
to
him
to
good
account
in
various
ways
.
With
such
a
knowledge
of
the
City
world
as
he
possessed
,
he
thought
that
he
could
pick
up
a
living
in
London
,
if
only
he
could
retain
his
seat
in
Parliament
.
But
what
was
he
to
do
if
he
could
not
retain
it
?
No
sooner
had
Mr.
Scruby
got
the
thousand
pounds
into
his
clutches
than
he
pressed
for
still
more
money
.
George
Vavasor
,
with
some
show
of
justice
on
his
side
,
pointed
out
to
this
all-devouring
agent
that
the
sum
demanded
had
already
been
paid
.
This
Mr.
Scruby
admitted
,
declaring
that
he
was
quite
prepared
to
go
on
without
any
further
immediate
remittance
,
although
by
doing
so
might
subject
himself
to
considerable
risk
.
But
another
five
hundred
pounds
,
paid
at
once
,
would
add
greatly
to
the
safety
of
the
seat
;
whereas
eight
hundred
judiciously
thrown
in
at
the
present
moment
would
make
the
thing
quite
secure
.
But
Vavasor
swore
to
himself
that
he
would
not
part
with
another
shilling
.
Never
had
he
felt
such
love
for
money
as
he
did
for
that
five
hundred
pounds
which
he
now
held
in
his
pocket
.
"
It
's
no
use
,
"
he
said
to
Mr.
Scruby
.
"
I
have
done
what
you
asked
,
and
would
have
done
more
had
you
asked
for
more
at
that
time
.
As
it
is
,
I
cannot
make
another
payment
before
the
election
.
"
Mr.
Scruby
shrugged
his
shoulders
,
and
said
that
he
would
do
his
best
.
But
George
Vavasor
soon
knew
that
the
man
was
not
doing
his
best
,
—
that
the
man
had
,
in
truth
,
abandoned
his
cause
.
The
landlord
of
the
"
Handsome
Man
"
jeered
him
when
he
went
there
canvassing
.
"
Laws
,
Mr.
Vavasor
!
"
said
the
landlord
of
the
"
Handsome
Man
,
"
"
you
're
not
at
all
the
fellow
for
us
chaps
along
the
river
,
—
you
ai
n't
.
You
're
afraid
to
come
down
with
the
stumpy
,
—
that
's
what
you
are
.
"
George
put
his
hand
upon
his
purse
,
and
acknowledged
to
himself
that
he
had
been
afraid
to
come
down
with
the
stumpy
.
For
the
last
five
days
of
the
affair
George
Vavasor
knew
that
his
chance
was
gone
.
Mr.
Scruby
's
face
,
manner
,
and
words
,
told
the
result
of
the
election
as
plainly
as
any
subsequent
figures
could
do
.
He
would
be
absent
when
Vavasor
called
,
or
the
clerk
would
say
that
he
was
absent
.
He
would
answer
in
very
few
words
,
constantly
shrugging
his
shoulders
.
He
would
even
go
away
and
leave
the
anxious
candidate
while
he
was
in
the
middle
of
some
discussion
as
to
his
plans
.
It
was
easy
to
see
that
Mr.
Scruby
no
longer
regarded
him
as
a
successful
man
,
and
the
day
of
the
poll
showed
very
plainly
how
right
Mr.
Scruby
had
been
.
George
Vavasor
was
rejected
,
but
he
still
had
his
five
hundred
pounds
in
his
pocket
.
Of
course
he
was
subject
to
that
mortification
which
a
man
feels
when
he
reflects
that
some
little
additional
outlay
would
have
secured
his
object
.
Whether
it
might
have
been
so
,
or
not
,
who
can
say
?
But
there
he
was
,
with
the
gateway
between
the
lamps
barred
against
him
,
ex-Member
of
Parliament
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
,
with
five
hundred
pounds
in
his
pocket
,
and
little
or
nothing
else
that
he
could
call
his
own
.
What
was
he
to
do
with
himself
?
After
trying
to
make
himself
heard
upon
the
hustings
when
he
was
rejected
,
and
pledging
himself
to
stand
again
at
the
next
election
,
he
went
home
to
his
lodgings
in
Cecil
Street
,
and
endeavoured
to
consider
calmly
his
position
in
the
world
.
He
had
lost
his
inheritance
.
He
had
abandoned
one
profession
after
another
,
and
was
now
beyond
the
pale
of
another
chance
in
that
direction
.
His
ambition
had
betrayed
him
,
and
there
were
no
longer
possible
to
him
any
hopes
of
political
activity
.
He
had
estranged
from
himself
every
friend
that
he
had
ever
possessed
.
He
had
driven
from
him
with
violence
the
devotion
even
of
his
sister
.
He
had
robbed
the
girl
whom
he
intended
to
marry
of
her
money
,
and
had
so
insulted
her
that
no
feeling
of
amity
between
them
was
any
longer
possible
.
He
had
nothing
now
but
himself
and
that
five
hundred
pounds
,
which
he
still
held
in
his
pocket
.
What
should
he
do
with
himself
and
his
money
?
He
thought
over
it
all
with
outer
calmness
for
awhile
,
as
he
sat
there
in
his
arm-chair
.
From
the
moment
in
which
he
had
first
become
convinced
that
the
election
would
go
against
him
,
and
that
he
was
therefore
ruined
on
all
sides
,
he
had
resolved
that
he
would
be
calm
amidst
his
ruin
.
Sometimes
he
assumed
a
little
smile
,
as
though
he
were
laughing
at
his
own
position
.
Mr.
Bott
's
day
of
rejection
had
come
before
his
own
,
and
he
had
written
to
Mr.
Bott
a
drolling
note
of
consolation
and
mock
sympathy
.
He
had
shaken
hands
with
Mr.
Scruby
,
and
had
poked
his
fun
at
the
agent
,
bidding
him
be
sure
to
send
in
his
little
bill
soon
.
To
all
who
accosted
him
,
he
replied
in
a
subrisive
tone
;
and
he
bantered
Calder
Jones
,
whose
seat
was
quite
sure
,
till
Calder
Jones
began
to
have
fears
that
were
quite
unnecessary
.
And
now
,
as
he
sat
himself
down
,
intending
to
come
to
some
final
decision
as
to
what
he
would
do
,
he
maintained
the
same
calmness
.
He
smiled
in
the
same
way
,
though
there
was
no
one
there
to
see
the
smile
.
He
laughed
even
audibly
once
or
twice
,
as
he
vainly
endeavoured
to
persuade
himself
that
he
was
able
to
regard
the
world
and
all
that
belonged
to
it
as
a
bubble
.
There
came
to
him
a
moment
in
which
he
laughed
out
very
audibly
.
"
Ha
!
ha
!
"
he
shouted
,
rising
up
from
his
chair
,
and
he
walked
about
the
room
,
holding
a
large
paper-knife
in
his
hand
.
"
Ha
!
ha
!
"
Then
he
threw
the
knife
away
from
him
,
and
thrusting
his
hands
into
his
trousers-pockets
,
laughed
again
—
"
Ha
!
ha
!
"
He
stood
still
in
the
centre
of
the
room
,
and
the
laughter
was
very
plainly
visible
on
his
face
,
had
there
been
anybody
there
to
see
it
.
But
suddenly
there
was
a
change
upon
his
face
,
as
he
stood
there
all
alone
,
and
his
eyes
became
fierce
,
and
the
cicatrice
that
marred
his
countenance
grew
to
be
red
and
ghastly
,
and
he
grinned
with
his
teeth
,
and
he
clenched
his
fists
as
he
still
held
them
within
his
pockets
.
"
Curse
him
!
"
he
said
out
loud
.
"
Curse
him
,
now
and
for
ever
!
"
He
had
broken
down
in
his
calmness
,
when
he
thought
of
that
old
man
who
had
opposed
him
during
his
life
,
and
had
ruined
him
at
his
death
.
"
May
all
the
evils
which
the
dead
can
feel
cling
to
him
for
ever
and
ever
!
"
His
laughter
was
all
gone
,
and
his
assumed
tranquillity
had
deserted
him
.
Walking
across
the
room
,
he
struck
his
foot
against
a
chair
;
upon
this
,
he
took
the
chair
in
his
hands
,
and
threw
it
across
the
room
.
But
he
hardly
arrested
the
torrent
of
his
maledictions
as
he
did
so
.
What
good
was
it
that
he
should
lie
to
himself
by
that
mock
tranquillity
,
or
that
false
laughter
?
He
lied
to
himself
no
longer
,
but
uttered
a
song
of
despair
that
was
true
enough
.
What
should
he
do
?
Where
should
he
go
?
From
what
fountain
should
he
attempt
to
draw
such
small
draughts
of
the
water
of
comfort
as
might
support
him
at
the
present
moment
?
Unless
a
man
have
some
such
fountain
to
which
he
can
turn
,
the
burden
of
life
cannot
be
borne
.
For
the
moment
,
Vavasor
tried
to
find
such
fountain
in
a
bottle
of
brandy
which
stood
near
him
.
He
half
filled
a
tumbler
,
and
then
,
dashing
some
water
on
it
,
swallowed
it
greedily
.
"
By
–
–
–
–
!
"
he
said
,
"
I
believe
it
is
the
best
thing
a
man
can
do
.
"
But
where
was
he
to
go
?
to
whom
was
he
to
turn
himself
?
He
went
to
a
high
desk
which
stood
in
one
corner
of
the
room
,
and
unlocking
it
,
took
out
a
revolving
pistol
,
and
for
a
while
carried
it
about
with
him
in
his
hand
.
He
turned
it
up
,
and
looked
at
it
,
and
tried
the
lock
,
and
snapped
it
without
caps
,
to
see
that
the
barrel
went
round
fairly
.
"
It
's
a
beggarly
thing
to
do
,
"
he
said
,
and
then
he
turned
the
pistol
down
again
;
"
and
if
I
do
do
it
,
I
'll
use
it
first
for
another
purpose
.
"
Then
he
poured
out
for
himself
more
brandy-and-water
,
and
having
drunk
it
,
he
threw
himself
upon
the
sofa
,
and
seemed
to
sleep
.
But
he
did
not
sleep
,
and
by-and-by
there
came
a
slight
single
knock
at
the
door
,
which
he
instantly
answered
.
But
he
did
not
answer
it
in
the
usual
way
by
bidding
the
comer
to
come
in
.
"
Who
's
there
?
"
he
said
.
Then
the
comer
attempted
to
enter
,
turning
the
handle
of
the
door
.
But
the
door
had
been
locked
,
and
the
key
was
on
Vavasor
's
side
.
"
Who
's
there
?
"
he
asked
again
,
speaking
out
loudly
,
but
in
an
angry
voice
.
"
It
is
I
,
"
said
a
woman
's
voice
.
"
D
–
–
–
–
ation
!
"
said
George
Vavasor
.
The
woman
heard
him
,
but
she
made
no
sign
of
having
heard
him
.
She
simply
remained
standing
where
she
was
till
something
further
should
be
done
within
.
She
knew
the
man
well
,
and
knew
that
she
must
bide
his
time
.
She
was
very
patient
,
—
and
for
the
time
was
meek
,
though
it
might
be
that
there
would
come
an
end
to
her
meekness
.
Vavasor
,
when
he
had
heard
her
voice
,
and
knew
who
was
there
,
had
again
thrown
himself
on
the
sofa
.
There
flashed
across
his
mind
another
thought
or
two
as
to
his
future
career
,
—
another
idea
about
the
pistol
,
which
still
lay
upon
the
table
.
Why
should
he
let
the
intruder
in
,
and
undergo
the
nuisance
of
a
disagreeable
interview
,
if
the
end
of
all
things
might
come
in
time
to
save
him
from
such
trouble
?
There
he
lay
for
ten
minutes
thinking
,
and
then
the
low
single
knock
was
heard
again
.
He
jumped
upon
his
feet
,
and
his
eyes
were
full
of
fire
.
He
knew
that
it
was
useless
to
bid
her
go
and
leave
him
.
She
would
sit
there
,
if
it
were
through
the
whole
night
.
Should
he
open
the
door
and
strangle
her
,
and
pass
out
over
her
with
the
pistol
in
his
hand
,
so
that
he
might
make
that
other
reckoning
which
he
desired
to
accomplish
,
and
then
never
come
back
any
more
?
He
took
a
turn
through
the
room
,
and
then
walked
gently
up
to
the
door
,
and
undid
the
lock
.
He
did
not
open
the
door
,
nor
did
he
bid
his
visitor
enter
,
but
having
made
the
way
easy
for
her
if
she
chose
to
come
in
,
he
walked
back
to
the
sofa
and
threw
himself
on
it
again
.
As
he
did
so
,
he
passed
his
hand
across
the
table
so
as
to
bring
the
pistol
near
to
himself
at
the
place
where
he
would
be
lying
.
She
paused
a
moment
after
she
had
heard
the
sound
of
the
key
,
and
then
she
made
her
way
into
the
room
.
He
did
not
at
first
speak
to
her
.
She
closed
the
door
very
gently
,
and
then
,
looking
around
,
came
up
to
the
foot
of
the
sofa
.
She
paused
a
moment
,
waiting
for
him
to
address
her
;
but
as
he
said
nothing
,
but
lay
there
looking
at
her
,
she
was
the
first
to
speak
.
"
George
,
"
she
said
,
"
what
am
I
to
do
?
"
She
was
a
woman
of
about
thirty
years
of
age
,
dressed
poorly
,
in
old
garments
,
but
still
with
decency
,
and
with
some
attempt
at
feminine
prettiness
.
There
were
flowers
in
the
bonnet
on
her
head
,
though
the
bonnet
had
that
unmistakable
look
of
age
which
is
quite
as
distressing
to
bonnets
as
it
is
to
women
,
and
the
flowers
themselves
were
battered
and
faded
.
She
had
long
black
ringlets
on
each
cheek
,
hanging
down
much
below
her
face
,
and
brought
forward
so
as
to
hide
in
some
degree
the
hollowness
of
her
jaws
.
Her
eyes
had
a
peculiar
brightness
,
but
now
they
left
on
those
who
looked
at
her
cursorily
no
special
impression
as
to
their
colour
.
They
had
been
blue
,
—
that
dark
violet
blue
,
which
is
so
rare
,
but
is
sometimes
so
lovely
.
Her
forehead
was
narrow
,
her
mouth
was
small
,
and
her
lips
were
thin
;
but
her
nose
was
perfect
in
its
shape
,
and
,
by
the
delicacy
of
its
modelling
,
had
given
a
peculiar
grace
to
her
face
in
the
days
when
things
had
gone
well
with
her
,
when
her
cheeks
had
been
full
with
youth
and
good
living
,
and
had
been
dimpled
by
the
softness
of
love
and
mirth
.
There
were
no
dimples
there
now
,
and
all
the
softness
which
still
remained
was
that
softness
which
sorrow
and
continual
melancholy
give
to
suffering
women
.
On
her
shoulders
she
wore
a
light
shawl
,
which
was
fastened
to
her
bosom
with
a
large
clasp
brooch
.
Her
faded
dress
was
supported
by
a
wide
crinoline
,
but
the
under
garment
had
lost
all
the
grace
of
its
ancient
shape
,
and
now
told
that
woman
's
tale
of
poverty
and
taste
for
dress
which
is
to
be
read
in
the
outward
garb
of
so
many
of
Eve
's
daughters
.
The
whole
story
was
told
so
that
those
who
ran
might
read
it
.
When
she
had
left
her
home
this
afternoon
,
she
had
struggled
hard
to
dress
herself
so
that
something
of
the
charm
of
apparel
might
be
left
to
her
;
but
she
had
known
of
her
own
failure
at
every
twist
that
she
had
given
to
her
gown
,
and
at
every
jerk
with
which
she
had
settled
her
shawl
.
She
had
despaired
at
every
push
she
had
given
to
her
old
flowers
,
vainly
striving
to
bring
them
back
to
their
old
forms
;
but
still
she
had
persevered
.
With
long
tedious
care
she
had
mended
the
old
gloves
which
would
hardly
hold
her
fingers
.
She
had
carefully
hidden
the
rags
of
her
sleeves
.
She
had
washed
her
little
shrivelled
collar
,
and
had
smoothed
it
out
painfully
.
It
had
been
a
separate
grief
to
her
that
she
could
find
no
cuffs
to
put
round
her
wrists
;
—
and
yet
she
knew
that
no
cuffs
could
have
availed
her
anything
.
Nothing
could
avail
her
now
.
She
expected
nothing
from
her
visit
;
yet
she
had
come
forth
anxiously
,
and
would
have
waited
there
throughout
the
whole
night
had
access
to
his
room
been
debarred
to
her
.
"
George
,
"
she
said
,
standing
at
the
bottom
of
the
sofa
,
"
what
am
I
to
do
?
"
As
he
lay
there
with
his
face
turned
towards
her
,
the
windows
were
at
her
back
,
and
he
could
see
her
very
plainly
.
He
saw
and
appreciated
the
little
struggles
she
had
made
to
create
by
her
appearance
some
reminiscence
of
her
former
self
.
He
saw
the
shining
coarseness
of
the
long
ringlets
which
had
once
been
softer
than
silk
.
He
saw
the
sixpenny
brooch
on
her
bosom
where
he
had
once
placed
a
jewel
,
the
price
of
which
would
now
have
been
important
to
him
.
He
saw
it
all
,
and
lay
there
for
a
while
,
silently
reading
it
.
"
Do
n't
let
me
stand
here
,
"
she
said
,
"
without
speaking
a
word
to
me
.
"
"
I
do
n't
want
you
to
stand
there
,
"
he
said
.
"
That
's
all
very
well
,
George
.
I
know
you
do
n't
want
me
to
stand
here
.
I
know
you
do
n't
want
to
see
me
ever
again
.
"
"
Never
.
"
"
I
know
it
.
Of
course
I
know
it
.
But
what
am
I
to
do
?
Where
am
I
to
go
for
money
?
Even
you
would
not
wish
that
I
should
starve
?
"
"
That
's
true
,
too
.
I
certainly
would
not
wish
it
.
I
should
be
delighted
to
hear
that
you
had
plenty
to
eat
and
plenty
to
drink
,
and
plenty
of
clothes
to
wear
.
I
believe
that
's
what
you
care
for
the
most
,
after
all
.
"
"
It
was
only
for
your
sake
,
—
because
you
liked
it
.
"
"
Well
;
—
I
did
like
it
;
but
that
has
come
to
an
end
,
as
have
all
my
other
likings
.
You
know
very
well
that
I
can
do
nothing
more
for
you
.
What
good
do
you
do
yourself
by
coming
here
to
annoy
me
?
Have
I
not
told
you
over
and
over
again
that
you
were
never
to
look
for
me
here
?
Is
it
likely
that
I
should
give
you
money
now
,
simply
because
you
have
disobeyed
me
!
"
"
Where
else
was
I
to
find
you
?
"
"
Why
should
you
have
found
me
at
all
?
I
do
n't
want
you
to
find
me
.
I
shall
give
you
nothing
;
—
not
a
penny
.
You
know
very
well
that
we
've
had
all
that
out
before
.
When
I
put
you
into
business
I
told
you
that
we
were
to
see
no
more
of
each
other
.
"
"
Business
!
"
she
said
.
"
I
never
could
make
enough
out
of
the
shop
to
feed
a
bird
.
"
"
That
was
n't
my
fault
.
Putting
you
there
cost
me
over
a
hundred
pounds
,
and
you
consented
to
take
the
place
.
"
"
I
did
n't
consent
.
I
was
obliged
to
go
there
because
you
took
my
other
home
away
from
me
.
"
"
Have
it
as
you
like
,
my
dear
.
That
was
all
I
could
do
for
you
;
—
and
more
than
most
men
would
have
done
,
when
all
things
are
considered
.
"
Then
he
got
up
from
the
sofa
,
and
stood
himself
on
the
hearthrug
,
with
his
back
to
the
fireplace
.
"
At
any
rate
,
you
may
be
sure
of
this
,
Jane
;
—
that
I
shall
do
nothing
more
.
You
have
come
here
to
torment
me
,
but
you
shall
get
nothing
by
it
.
"
"
I
have
come
here
because
I
am
starving
.
"
"
I
have
nothing
for
you
.
Now
go
;
"
and
he
pointed
to
the
door
.
Nevertheless
,
for
more
than
three
years
of
his
life
this
woman
had
been
his
closest
companion
,
his
nearest
friend
,
the
being
with
whom
he
was
most
familiar
.
He
had
loved
her
according
to
his
fashion
of
loving
,
and
certainly
she
had
loved
him
.
"
Go
,
"
he
said
repeating
the
word
very
angrily
.
"
Do
as
I
bid
you
,
or
it
will
be
the
worse
for
you
.
"
"
Will
you
give
me
a
sovereign
?
"
"
No
;
—
I
will
give
you
nothing
.
I
have
desired
you
not
to
come
to
me
here
,
and
I
will
not
pay
for
you
coming
.
"
"
Then
I
will
not
go
;
"
and
the
woman
sat
down
upon
a
chair
at
the
foot
of
the
table
.
"
I
will
not
go
till
you
have
given
me
something
to
buy
food
.
You
may
put
me
out
of
the
room
if
you
can
,
but
I
will
lie
at
the
door
of
the
stairs
.
And
if
you
get
me
out
of
the
house
,
I
will
sit
upon
the
door-step
.
"
"
If
you
play
that
game
,
my
poor
girl
,
the
police
will
take
you
.
"
"
Let
them
.
It
has
come
to
that
with
me
,
that
I
care
for
nothing
.
Out
of
this
I
will
not
go
till
you
give
me
money
—
unless
I
am
put
out
.
"
And
for
this
she
had
dressed
herself
with
so
much
care
,
mending
her
gloves
,
and
darning
her
little
fragments
of
finery
!
He
stood
looking
at
her
,
with
his
hands
thrust
deep
into
his
pockets
,
—
looking
at
her
and
thinking
what
he
had
better
do
to
rid
himself
of
her
presence
.
If
he
even
quite
resolved
to
take
that
little
final
journey
of
which
we
have
spoken
,
with
the
pistol
in
his
hand
,
why
should
he
not
go
and
leave
her
there
?
Or
,
for
the
matter
of
that
,
why
should
he
not
make
her
his
heir
to
all
remainder
of
his
wealth
?
What
he
still
had
left
was
sufficient
to
place
her
in
a
seventh
heaven
of
the
earth
.
He
cared
but
little
for
her
,
and
was
at
this
moment
angry
with
her
;
but
there
was
no
one
for
whom
he
cared
more
,
and
no
friend
with
whom
he
was
less
angry
.
But
then
his
mind
was
not
quite
made
up
as
to
that
final
journey
.
Therefore
he
desired
to
rid
himself
and
his
room
of
the
nuisance
of
her
presence
.
"
Jane
,
"
he
said
,
looking
at
her
again
with
that
assumed
tranquillity
of
which
I
have
spoken
,
"
you
talk
of
starving
and
of
being
ruined
,
—
"
"
I
am
starving
.
I
have
not
a
shilling
in
the
world
.
"
"
Perhaps
it
may
be
a
comfort
to
you
in
your
troubles
to
know
that
I
am
,
at
any
rate
,
as
badly
off
as
you
are
?
I
wo
n't
say
that
I
am
starving
,
because
I
could
get
food
to
eat
at
this
moment
if
I
wanted
it
;
but
I
am
utterly
ruined
.
My
property
,
—
what
should
have
been
mine
,
—
has
been
left
away
from
me
.
I
have
lost
the
trumpery
seat
in
Parliament
for
which
I
have
paid
so
much
.
All
my
relations
have
turned
their
backs
upon
me
—
"
"
Are
you
not
going
to
be
married
?
"
she
said
,
rising
quickly
from
her
chair
and
coming
close
to
him
.
"
Married
!
No
;
—
but
I
am
going
to
blow
my
brains
out
.
Look
at
that
pistol
,
my
girl
.
Of
course
you
wo
n't
think
that
I
am
in
earnest
,
—
but
I
am
.
"
She
looked
up
into
his
face
piteously
.
"
Oh
!
George
,
"
she
said
,
"
you
wo
n't
do
that
?
"
"
But
I
shall
do
that
.
There
is
nothing
else
left
for
me
to
do
.
You
talk
to
me
about
starving
.
I
tell
you
that
I
should
have
no
objection
to
be
starved
,
and
so
be
put
an
end
to
in
that
way
.
It
's
not
so
bad
as
some
other
ways
when
it
comes
gradually
.
You
and
I
,
Jane
,
have
not
played
our
cards
very
well
.
We
have
staked
all
that
we
had
,
and
we
've
been
beaten
.
It
's
no
good
whimpering
after
what
's
lost
.
We
'd
better
go
somewhere
else
and
begin
a
new
game
.
"
"
Go
where
?
"
said
she
.
"
Ah
!
—
that
's
just
what
I
ca
n't
tell
you
.
"
"
George
,
"
she
said
,
"
I
'll
go
anywhere
with
you
.
If
what
you
say
is
true
,
—
if
you
're
not
going
to
be
married
,
and
will
let
me
come
to
you
,
I
will
work
for
you
like
a
slave
.
I
will
indeed
.
I
know
I
'm
poorly
looking
now
—
"
"
My
girl
,
where
I
'm
going
,
I
shall
not
want
any
slave
;
and
as
for
your
looks
—
when
you
go
there
too
,
—
they
'll
be
of
no
matter
,
as
far
as
I
am
able
to
judge
.
"
"
But
,
George
,
where
are
you
going
?
"
"
Wherever
people
do
go
when
their
brains
are
knocked
out
of
them
;
or
,
rather
,
when
they
have
knocked
out
their
own
brains
,
—
if
that
makes
any
difference
.
"
"
George
,
"
—
she
came
up
to
him
now
,
and
took
hold
of
him
by
the
front
of
his
coat
,
and
for
the
moment
he
allowed
her
to
do
so
,
—
"
George
,
you
frighten
me
.
Do
not
do
that
.
Say
that
you
will
not
do
that
!
"
"
But
I
am
just
saying
that
I
shall
.
"
"
Are
you
not
afraid
of
God
's
anger
?
You
and
I
have
been
very
wicked
.
"
"
I
have
,
my
poor
girl
.
I
do
n't
know
much
about
your
wickedness
.
I
've
been
like
Topsy
;
—
indeed
I
am
a
kind
of
second
Topsy
myself
.
But
what
's
the
good
of
whimpering
when
it
's
over
?
"
"
It
is
n't
over
;
it
is
n't
over
,
—
at
any
rate
for
you
.
"
"
I
wish
I
knew
how
I
could
begin
again
.
But
all
this
is
nonsense
,
Jane
,
and
you
must
go
.
"
"
You
must
tell
me
,
first
,
that
you
are
not
going
to
—
kill
yourself
.
"
"
I
do
n't
suppose
I
shall
do
it
to-night
,
—
or
,
perhaps
,
not
to-morrow
.
Very
probably
I
may
allow
myself
a
week
,
so
that
your
staying
here
can
do
no
good
.
I
merely
wanted
to
make
you
understand
that
you
are
not
the
only
person
who
has
come
to
grief
.
"
"
And
you
are
not
going
to
be
married
?
"
"
No
;
I
'm
not
going
to
be
married
,
certainly
.
"
"
And
I
must
go
now
?
"
"
Yes
;
I
think
you
'd
better
go
now
.
"
Then
she
rose
and
went
,
and
he
let
her
leave
the
room
without
giving
her
a
shilling
!
His
bantering
tone
,
in
speaking
of
his
own
position
,
had
been
successful
.
It
had
caused
her
to
take
herself
off
quietly
.
She
knew
enough
of
his
usual
manner
to
be
aware
that
his
threats
of
self
destruction
were
probably
unreal
;
but
,
nevertheless
,
what
he
had
said
had
created
some
feeling
in
her
heart
which
had
induced
her
to
yield
to
him
,
and
go
away
in
peace
.
CHAPTER
LXXII
.
Showing
How
George
Vavasor
Paid
a
Visit
.
It
was
nearly
seven
o'clock
in
the
evening
,
—
a
hot
,
July
evening
,
—
when
the
woman
went
from
Vavasor
's
room
,
and
left
him
there
alone
.
It
was
necessary
that
he
should
immediately
do
something
.
In
the
first
place
he
must
dine
,
unless
he
meant
to
carry
out
his
threat
,
and
shoot
himself
at
once
.
But
he
had
no
such
intention
as
that
,
although
he
stood
for
some
minutes
with
the
pistol
in
his
hand
.
He
was
thinking
then
of
shooting
some
one
else
.
But
he
resolved
that
,
if
he
did
so
at
all
,
he
would
not
do
it
on
that
evening
,
and
he
locked
up
the
pistol
again
in
the
standing
desk
.
After
that
,
he
took
up
some
papers
,
referring
to
steam
packets
,
which
were
lying
on
his
table
.
They
contained
the
programmes
of
different
companies
,
and
showed
how
one
vessel
went
on
one
day
to
New
York
,
and
another
on
another
day
would
take
out
a
load
of
emigrants
for
New
Zealand
and
Australia
.
"
That
's
a
good
line
,
"
said
he
,
as
he
read
a
certain
prospectus
.
"
They
generally
go
to
the
bottom
,
and
save
a
man
from
any
further
trouble
on
his
own
account
.
"
Then
he
dressed
himself
,
putting
on
his
boots
and
coat
,
and
went
out
to
his
club
for
his
dinner
.
London
was
still
fairly
full
,
—
that
is
to
say
,
the
West
End
was
not
deserted
,
although
Parliament
had
been
broken
up
two
months
earlier
than
usual
,
in
preparation
for
the
new
elections
.
Many
men
who
had
gone
down
into
the
country
were
now
back
again
in
town
,
and
the
dining-room
at
the
club
was
crowded
.
Men
came
up
to
him
condoling
with
him
,
telling
him
that
he
was
well
rid
of
a
great
nuisance
,
that
the
present
Members
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
would
not
sit
long
,
or
that
there
would
be
another
general
election
in
a
year
or
two
.
To
all
these
little
speeches
he
made
cheerful
replies
,
and
was
declared
by
his
acquaintance
to
bear
his
disappointment
well
.
Calder
Jones
came
to
him
and
talked
hunting
talk
,
and
Vavasor
expressed
his
intention
of
being
at
Roebury
in
November
.
"
You
had
better
join
our
club
,
"
said
Calder
Jones
.
In
answer
to
which
Vavasor
said
that
he
thought
he
would
join
the
club
.
He
remained
in
the
smoking-room
till
nearly
eleven
;
then
he
took
himself
home
,
and
remained
up
half
the
night
destroying
papers
.
Every
written
document
on
which
he
could
lay
his
hands
he
destroyed
.
All
the
pigeon-holes
of
his
desk
were
emptied
out
,
and
their
contents
thrown
into
the
flames
.
At
first
he
looked
at
the
papers
before
he
burned
them
;
but
the
trouble
of
doing
so
soon
tired
him
,
and
he
condemned
them
all
,
as
he
came
to
them
,
without
examination
.
Then
he
selected
a
considerable
amount
of
his
clothes
,
and
packed
up
two
portmanteaus
,
folding
his
coats
with
care
,
and
inspecting
his
boots
narrowly
,
so
that
he
might
see
which
,
out
of
the
large
number
before
him
,
it
might
be
best
worth
his
while
to
take
with
him
.
When
that
was
done
,
he
took
from
his
desk
a
bag
of
sovereigns
,
and
,
pouring
them
out
upon
the
table
,
he
counted
them
out
into
parcels
of
twenty-five
each
,
and
made
them
up
carefully
into
rouleaus
with
paper
.
These
,
when
complete
,
he
divided
among
the
two
portmanteaus
and
a
dressing-bag
which
he
also
packed
and
a
travelling
desk
,
which
he
filled
with
papers
,
pens
,
and
the
like
.
But
he
put
into
it
no
written
document
.
He
carefully
looked
through
his
linen
,
and
anything
that
had
been
marked
with
more
than
his
initials
he
rejected
.
Then
he
took
out
a
bundle
of
printed
cards
,
and
furnished
a
card-case
with
them
.
On
these
cards
was
inscribed
the
name
of
Gregory
Vance
.
When
all
was
finished
,
he
stood
for
awhile
with
his
back
to
the
fireplace
contemplating
his
work
.
"
After
all
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
"
I
know
that
I
shall
never
start
;
and
,
if
I
do
,
nobody
can
hinder
me
,
and
my
own
name
would
be
as
good
as
any
other
.
As
for
a
man
with
such
a
face
as
mine
not
being
known
,
that
is
out
of
the
question
.
"
But
still
he
liked
the
arrangements
which
he
had
made
,
and
when
he
had
looked
at
them
for
awhile
he
went
to
bed
.
He
was
up
early
the
next
morning
,
and
had
some
coffee
brought
to
him
by
the
servant
of
the
house
,
and
as
he
drank
it
he
had
an
interview
with
his
landlady
.
"
He
was
going
,
"
he
said
;
—
"
going
that
very
day
.
"
It
might
be
possible
that
he
would
change
his
mind
;
but
as
he
would
desire
to
start
without
delay
,
if
he
did
go
,
he
would
pay
her
then
what
he
owed
her
,
and
what
would
be
due
for
her
lodgings
under
a
week
's
notice
.
The
woman
stared
,
and
curtseyed
,
and
took
her
money
.
Vavasor
,
though
he
had
lately
been
much
pressed
for
money
,
had
never
been
so
foolish
as
to
owe
debts
where
he
lived
.
"
There
will
be
some
things
left
about
,
Mrs.
Bunsby
,
"
he
said
,
"
and
I
will
get
you
to
keep
them
till
I
call
or
send
.
"
Mrs.
Bunsby
said
that
she
would
,
and
then
looked
her
last
at
him
.
After
that
interview
she
never
saw
him
again
.
When
he
was
left
alone
he
put
on
a
rough
morning
coat
,
and
taking
up
the
pistol
,
placed
it
carefully
in
his
pocket
,
and
sallied
forth
.
It
was
manifest
enough
that
he
had
some
decided
scheme
in
his
head
,
for
he
turned
quickly
towards
the
West
when
he
reached
the
Strand
,
went
across
Trafalgar
Square
to
Pall
Mall
East
,
and
then
turned
up
Suffolk
Street
.
Just
as
he
reached
the
club-house
at
the
corner
he
paused
and
looked
back
,
facing
first
one
way
and
then
the
other
.
"
The
chances
are
that
I
shall
never
see
anything
of
it
again
,
"
he
said
to
himself
.
Then
he
laughed
in
his
own
silent
way
,
shook
his
head
slightly
,
and
turning
again
quickly
on
his
heel
