inthe
moon
.
Since
her
widowhood
,
she
had
affected
extreme
youth
,
excessive
wealth
,
and
extraordinary
vivacity
,
being
of
opinion
that
liveliness
is
the
most
universally
popular
of
all
qualities
in
the
gay
world
,
and
that
those
who
are
not
gifted
by
nature
with
light
and
joyous
spirits
,
should
assume
them
,
though
,
if
the
exact
degree
of
any
person
's
happiness
were
distinctly
marked
by
a
thermometer
on
their
foreheads
,
the
reality
might
seldom
coincide
with
the
external
appearance
,
and
the
pre-eminence
would
seldom
be
awarded
to
those
who
are
blazing
the
brightest
in
a
crowd
.
The
most
malevolent
persons
could
scarcely
wish
their
worst
enemy
to
lead
that
life
of
anxiety
,
mortification
,
and
misery
,
the
inevitable
doom
of
ladies
who
will
not
consent
with
a
good
grace
to
grow
old
—
who
desire
to
seem
what
they
are
not
,
and
never
can
be
again
—
who
,
instead
of
cheerfully
advancing
to
meet
advancing
years
,
attempt
to
rajeunir
leur
beaute
passee
,
and
who
,
vainly
endeavoring
to
stem
the
tide
of
time
,
catch
at
every
straw
which
affords
a
hope
of
impeding
their
career
into
oblivion
.
If
it
be
indeed
true
,
as
all
who
have
experienced
it
acknowledge
,
that
a
worldly
career
,
decked
with
all
the
glare
and
glitter
of
success
,
is
yet
a
weariness
to
the
spirit
,
what
must
such
a
life
be
to
those
for
whom
it
does
not
even
assume
the
tinsel
of
deceit
.
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
had
appeared
during
nine
successive
seasons
at
Harrowgate
,
where
she
shone
like
a
moving
rainbow
,
dressing
of
course
younger
as
she
became
older
,
and
being
considered
now
quite
a
part
and
parcel
of
the
Granby
establishment
.
Though
it
had
been
remarked
that
she
always
appeared
about
the
same
day
as
Lord
Doncaster
,
yet
her
usual
place
of
habitation
and
means
of
existence
were
perfectly
unknown
;
but
as
,
on
her
arrival
,
she
generally
entered
the
public
room
about
the
same
hour
as
the
post
bag
,
it
became
shrewdly
conjectured
that
she
might
perhaps
condescend
to
travel
per
mail
,
while
,
nevertheless
,
she
boasted
long
and
loudly
of
her
enormous
jointure
.
Sir
Patrick
alleged
,
that
on
a
former
occasion
,
when
the
house
was
crowded
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
ordered
a
bed
to
be
made
up
for
her
on
the
billiard
table
,
and
that
now
she
had
bespoken
one
,
after
the
dancing
was
over
,
in
the
orchestra
,
while
she
gladly
dispensed
with
a
sitting-room
,
as
the
deficiency
formed
an
adequate
pretext
for
constantly
frequenting
the
public
room
,
which
she
greatly
preferred
,
alleging
at
the
same
time
,
in
the
most
emphatic
terms
,
that
saving
six
shillings
a-day
for
the
hire
of
a
parlor
was
not
of
the
slightest
consequence
to
her
,
money
being
"
no
object
,
"
as
poor
Mr.
O'Donoghoe
had
left
her
more
than
she
could
ever
hope
to
spend
.
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
's
name
appeared
regularly
in
the
weekly
printed
list
of
company
at
Harrowgate
,
and
she
was
certainly
by
no
means
a
dead
letter
in
the
brilliant
circle
.
She
sang
a
little
,
played
a
little
,
and
talked
a
great
deal
,
while
no
topic
of
conversation
ever
came
amiss
to
her
.
The
gay
widow
floundered
through
anything
or
everything
,
making
a
thousand
blunders
,
and
adapting
herself
to
each
individual
who
conversed
with
her
in
succession
,
being
ready
and
anxious
for
the
admiration
of
all
.
She
seemed
willing
to
compensate
for
the
want
of
silver
in
her
purse
,
by
having
plenty
on
her
tongue
,
and
apparently
thought
,
if
she
thought
at
all
,
that
conversation
resembled
a
game
at
whist
,
where
each
individual
should
implicitly
follow
his
partner
's
lead
.
In
every
carriage
going
to
races
,
balls
,
pigeon
matches
,
or
steeple
chases
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
generally
manœuvred
to
get
herself
a
place
,
either
inside
or
outside
,
she
seemed
by
no
means
particular
which
;
and
whenever
the
master
of
the
ceremonies
became
perplexed
at
balls
,
by
an
application
for
a
partner
from
some
heavy
elderly
gentleman
in
yellow
gloves
,
who
desired
to
risk
his
tendon
of
Achilles
by
dancing
,
he
was
sure
to
be
rapturously
welcomed
by
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
.
She
had
been
always
hitherto
the
favorite
flirt
of
Lord
Doncaster
;
and
her
bold
bravura
manner
amused
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
who
called
her
"
Fountain
's
Abbey
,
"
on
account
of
her
being
so
picturesque
a
ruin
on
so
very
large
a
scale
.
Though
not
quite
so
"
wither
'd
,
auld
,
and
droll
,
"
as
he
and
some
refractory
officers
had
alleged
,
when
entreated
by
the
master
of
the
ceremonies
to
dance
with
her
,
yet
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
's
best
friends
allowed
she
was
thirty
—
her
enemies
protested
she
was
forty
—
and
the
truth
lay
,
as
usual
,
between
both
extremes
.
Forced
almost
to
acknowledge
at
last
that
she
had
arrived
on
the
debatable
ground
between
youth
and
that
uninteresting
period
,
middle
age
,
too
old
for
dancing
,
too
young
for
cards
,
and
not
quite
beyond
the
excitement
of
love-hunting
,
she
still
eagerly
hoped
to
forget
,
in
a
brilliant
establishment
,
the
blighted
hopes
of
former
years
.
No
unmarried
man
was
too
elderly
or
too
juvenile
for
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
to
try
her
well-practised
fascinations
on
;
and
whether
they
were
majors
or
minor
,
Lord
Wigton
,
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
Sir
Patrick
,
or
the
Marquis
,
she
yet
continued
to
hope
for
their
admiration
.
Still
she
retained
a
firm
conviction
that
every
gentleman
arrived
at
Harrowgate
with
the
full
intention
of
marrying
within
a
month
or
two
—
that
happy
couples
,
at
the
end
of
every
season
,
were
to
be
paired
off
like
pairs
of
gloves
or
shoes
—
and
that
every
gentleman
among
her
numerous
assortment
of
intimate
acquaintances
,
would
at
last
make
his
own
selection
;
but
the
most
sanguine
hope
of
her
sanguine
mind
was
,
that
the
attentions
shown
to
her
during
many
a
successive
season
by
Lord
Doncaster
,
which
had
gone
so
far
as
even
to
excite
some
scandal
,
might
at
last
ripen
into
an
offer
of
his
coronet
;
in
which
very
ardent
expectation
she
had
recently
suspended
her
dancing
propensities
,
and
diligently
exercised
on
the
Marquis
her
talents
for
listening
,
when
his
society
could
be
had
,
or
in
his
absence
,
she
even
tolerated
his
shadow
,
the
Abbe
.
"
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
"
exclaimed
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
throwing
himself
into
a
seat
beside
the
piano
during
the
interval
of
a
quadrille
,
"
only
look
at
your
old
superannuated
admirer
and
Miss
Dunbar
.
People
laugh
at
the
susceptibility
of
seventeen
,
but
that
is
nothing
to
the
susceptibility
of
seventy
.
Your
ears
have
generally
been
the
best
of
listeners
to
Lord
Doncaster
's
prosing
,
but
you
are
fairly
outdone
to-night
.
How
all
you
young
ladies
must
be
tormented
by
that
old
fellow
's
button-holding
propensities
.
"
"
Quite
the
contrary
!
His
conversation
,
though
not
always
perfectly
correct
,
is
,
it
must
be
confessed
,
very
amusing
.
Men
in
general
are
a
queer
set
,
but
I
like
Lord
Doncaster
's
old-fashioned
compliments
—
quite
of
the
vieille
cour
—
one
might
fancy
he
had
lived
some
centuries
ago
!
"
"
I
heartily
wish
he
had
!
I
could
back
old
Doncaster
against
the
world
,
for
being
the
dullest
proser
in
the
United
Kingdoms
of
Great
Britain
and
Ireland
,
with
the
Colonies
besides
.
He
will
die
talking
,
for
he
talks
everybody
else
to
death
!
The
Abbe
,
too
,
has
no
more
mind
than
a
sparrow
.
His
conversation
should
be
filtered
every
evening
to
purify
it
from
bad
taste
of
every
kind
.
He
picks
up
half
a
dozen
stories
every
morning
at
the
ordinary
,
and
retails
them
to
any
wearied
victim
who
can
be
forced
to
listen
at
night
;
when
these
are
done
so
is
he
—
his
barrel
organ
has
run
down
—
and
you
may
know
when
the
Abbe
has
come
to
an
end
,
by
observing
the
hurry
he
is
in
to
be
off
.
"
"
You
are
an
habitual
hater
,
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
and
have
put
on
your
black
cap
to
condemn
us
all
this
evening
;
but
I
will
not
have
our
good
Abbe
hissed
off
the
stage
in
this
way
.
"
"
Good
!
Look
out
that
word
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
in
the
dictionary
to-morrow
,
for
you
cannot
know
its
real
meaning
!
"
"
Your
criticisms
on
his
conversation
are
like
a
shower
of
sleet
this
cold
night
,
but
I
assure
you
the
Abbe
started
a
perfected
new
story
yesterday
,
and
I
have
sometimes
heard
him
say
very
good
things
!
"
"
Then
you
have
the
advantage
of
everybody
else
,
for
I
have
known
him
since
the
time
of
William
the
Conqueror
,
and
who
ever
heard
of
his
saying
or
doing
a
single
good
thing
?
He
cannot
even
understand
one
.
The
whole
pattern
of
his
conversation
is
egotism
in
all
its
branches
,
and
you
must
positively
permit
me
to
enjoy
my
detestation
of
the
Abbe
in
peace
.
"
"
I
allow
that
he
is
in
bad
taste
occasionally
,
"
whispered
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
confidentially
.
"
The
Abbe
can
say
very
shocking
things
without
causing
one
to
feel
shocked
.
If
he
has
any
hypocrisy
,
it
is
in
trying
to
appear
worse
than
he
is
.
"
"
Could
any
one
be
worse
?
That
seems
to
me
impossible
.
No
human
being
would
think
of
calling
me
strict
,
but
of
all
the
odious
,
revolting
sights
I
know
,
none
can
go
beyond
an
irreligious
clergy-man
.
The
Abbe
always
looks
to
me
like
a
person
who
had
something
very
heavy
upon
his
conscience
—
a
guilty
,
suspicious
expression
of
countenance
.
I
have
occasionally
wondered
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
to
see
you
out-laugh
him
at
some
of
his
own
abortive
attempts
to
be
witty
;
but
you
can
do
many
things
that
no
other
person
can
,
and
that
is
one
of
them
.
"
"
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
we
must
now
and
then
laugh
at
other
people
's
jokes
besides
our
own
!
"
"
I
never
laugh
!
I
am
the
gravest
man
in
Europe
.
I
do
sometimes
give
a
bewitching
smile
,
but
never
more
.
"
"
Did
you
ever
try
an
ineffable
look
?
"
"
Perhaps
I
may
some
evening
,
when
anxious
to
cut
out
old
Doncaster
!
Miss
Dunbar
must
find
her
two
hours
'
conversation
with
him
a
serious
grievance
;
but
what
would
a
life-time
be
!
The
ideas
which
proceed
from
the
inside
of
my
uncle
's
wig
are
certainly
not
of
the
most
original
and
amusing
.
Fancy
him
day
after
day
toujours
Doncaster
!
Dunbar
says
he
would
dismiss
the
best
servant
he
ever
had
,
if
the
fellow
so
much
as
admitted
him
to
a
morning
visit
.
If
I
had
an
ill-will
at
you
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
which
is
luckily
not
the
case
,
I
should
certainly
wish
you
were
married
to
my
uncle
!
Ladies
and
gentlemen
may
laugh
;
but
I
can
assure
them
it
would
be
no
laughing
matter
!
"
"
Well
,
say
what
you
will
;
but
I
may
perhaps
think
my
rose-colored
satin
has
done
its
duty
if
I
have
an
offer
from
the
Marquis
of
Doncaster
,
old
as
he
is
!
"
"
Ah
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
!
If
you
had
worn
that
red
satin
when
we
were
first
acquainted
,
there
is
no
saying
what
might
have
happened
.
Another
day
of
it
now
,
and
I
should
be
perfectly
done
for
!
With
a
train
,
you
would
be
fit
to
appear
at
St.
James
's
!
You
alone
,
in
the
whole
world
,
never
alter
!
You
must
have
been
born
a
century
old
,
and
become
younger
every
day
!
"
Though
Mr.
Granville
and
Marion
,
with
the
good-humored
connivance
of
Sir
Arthur
,
now
spent
many
delightful
hours
in
rational
and
animated
intercourse
,
their
happiness
became
gradually
clouded
with
anxiety
respecting
the
lovely
but
fragile
Clara
,
who
evidently
drooped
and
faded
.
Her
mind
was
stronger
than
her
body
;
while
resigned
and
gentle
,
she
never
caused
a
moment
's
distress
to
others
that
could
be
avoided
,
though
the
bright
eye
,
and
brighter
cheek
,
which
might
have
been
mistaken
for
the
glow
of
health
,
were
but
too
evidently
caused
by
fever
;
and
her
brother
's
heart
occasionally
misgave
him
,
on
observing
that
a
vivid
flush
,
and
a
deadly
paleness
,
chased
each
other
on
her
countenance
when
she
spoke
.
There
was
a
nervous
tremor
in
her
manner
,
and
a
deep
sensibility
in
her
smile
,
which
saddened
the
eye
that
looked
on
that
form
of
almost
ethereal
delicacy
,
while
she
tried
,
but
tried
in
vain
,
to
conquer
the
wasting
sorrow
with
which
she
thought
the
vices
and
follies
of
Sir
Patrick
had
forever
divided
them
.
Several
transient
rencontres
with
the
young
Baronet
,
accidental
on
her
part
,
but
preconcerted
on
his
,
had
renewed
the
conflict
of
her
feelings
,
and
unable
to
sustain
the
nearly
frantic
reproaches
of
one
whom
she
loved
only
too
well
,
Clara
became
now
almost
entirely
a
prisoner
in
her
own
apartments
.
It
was
the
power
of
principle
over
feeling
which
caused
her
to
reject
,
with
gentle
sorrow
,
the
expression
of
attachment
once
so
precious
,
and
the
fascination
of
Sir
Patrick
's
manner
to
her
was
such
,
that
his
very
errors
she
could
not
utterly
hate
,
though
day
after
day
,
she
schooled
her
heart
afresh
with
the
remembrance
how
unjustifiably
her
own
best
hopes
of
lasting
peace
would
be
endangered
by
trusting
her
affections
to
the
keeping
of
one
who
had
betrayed
others
,
and
who
would
have
but
too
baneful
an
influence
over
her
own
mind
were
they
united
,
as
he
could
so
little
sympathize
in
the
emotions
,
occupations
,
and
duties
of
the
Christian
life
.
While
she
might
have
said
,
like
the
poet
,
"
I
but
know
that
I
love
thee
whatever
thou
art
,
"
Clara
felt
that
if
her
life
were
to
be
the
sacrifice
,
he
must
be
rejected
;
therefore
,
day
after
day
,
with
pious
resignation
and
fortitude
,
she
endured
the
slow
but
agonizing
martyrdom
of
extinguishing
from
her
memory
one
whom
she
had
so
deeply
loved
.
Sir
Patrick
contrived
to
testify
by
a
thousand
indescribable
assiduities
,
only
too
gratifying
to
her
nature
,
how
constantly
she
was
the
object
of
his
solicitude
.
Every
morning
Clara
's
sitting
room
was
adorned
with
flowers
from
an
unknown
hand
,
which
she
felt
and
knew
must
be
sent
by
Sir
Patrick
,
though
it
was
an
attention
he
had
never
shown
to
any
other
;
and
the
rarest
fruit
was
frequently
produced
at
her
solitary
dinner
,
though
the
waiter
neither
could
nor
would
give
any
clear
account
of
whence
it
came
,
while
not
a
day
passed
that
Clara
did
not
see
Sir
Patrick
's
graceful
figure
lounging
beneath
her
windows
,
conversing
in
an
animated
tone
,
with
everybody
except
herself
,
or
throwing
himself
on
horseback
,
and
galloping
almost
madly
out
of
sight
.
Every
evening
Mr.
Granville
urged
upon
his
sister
the
importance
of
her
being
speedily
conveyed
to
the
continent
;
but
every
morning
Clara
postponed
their
preparations
,
feeling
too
much
enfeebled
for
the
journey
,
and
unwilling
to
lose
the
delightful
fascination
of
Marion
's
society
,
who
sat
beside
her
couch
all
day
,
and
every
day
,
making
hours
seem
like
moments
while
they
conversed
together
.
Clara
knew
nothing
of
ennui
,
and
never
had
occasion
to
kill
time
,
for
she
valued
it
as
time
ought
to
be
valued
,
at
an
inestimable
price
.
She
had
no
weariness
to
dissipate
,
as
every
hour
was
occupied
in
improving
her
own
mind
and
heart
,
while
she
exerted
herself
for
the
happiness
of
others
,
and
never
laid
her
head
on
the
pillow
at
night
without
an
anxious
examination
whether
she
had
done
all
in
her
power
for
the
real
advantage
of
herself
and
others
.
It
was
the
opinion
of
Mr.
Granville
,
frequently
expressed
,
that
the
very
essence
of
earthly
happiness
is
found
in
exertion
,
—
that
"
while
a
right
discharge
of
religious
duty
is
in
itself
the
greatest
of
all
exertions
,
even
the
trifles
or
the
essentials
of
life
must
all
be
gained
by
making
existence
one
great
struggle
against
nature
.
Study
,
integrity
,
good-humor
,
benevolence
,
early
rising
,
and
moderation
are
all
exertions
that
must
be
made
upon
principle
,
—
a
principle
of
Christian
obedience
;
and
,
as
difficulty
is
the
condition
of
success
,
our
frame
is
strengthened
by
exertion
,
our
skill
by
practice
,
our
reasoning
powers
by
opposition
,
and
he
who
wrestles
most
will
wrestle
best
.
"
end
of
volume
second
CHAPTER
XXXII
.
Little
of
what
is
really
going
on
in
society
can
be
traced
on
its
gay
,
sparkling
surface
,
where
,
amidst
laughter
,
music
,
jesting
,
and
smiles
,
a
deep
current
may
be
flowing
on
of
anger
,
envy
,
mortification
,
and
disappointment
.
Agnes
had
lately
allowed
herself
to
suspect
that
her
preference
for
Captain
De
Crespigny
was
by
no
means
mutual
;
and
though
it
still
lingered
in
her
mind
,
out-living
all
that
coldness
and
caprice
which
had
superseded
the
persevering
ardor
with
which
he
once
endeavored
to
engross
her
attention
,
the
indignation
of
her
feelings
drove
her
now
to
seek
relief
in
any
counter-irritation
,
and
especially
in
cultivating
,
beside
Lord
Doncaster
,
the
society
where
he
was
most
depreciated
,
and
where
she
heard
many
a
story
of
him
from
the
Abbe
,
which
filled
her
with
angry
misgivings
.
Captain
De
Crespigny
now
perceived
,
with
almost
bewildered
astonishment
,
that
the
beautiful
Agnes
remained
stationary
the
whole
evening
with
Lord
Doncaster
,
wishing
,
he
conjectured
,
to
propitiate
the
uncle
as
a
preliminary
to
securing
the
nephew
,
and
that
she
actually
made
him
a
secondary
object
in
society
,
while
it
was
evident
the
Marquis
observed
and
enjoyed
this
very
visible
alteration
.
It
became
particularly
conspicuous
at
last
,
when
Captain
De
Crespigny
having
spoken
,
one
evening
,
a
few
words
to
Agnes
,
strolled
away
in
momentary
pique
at
the
careless
inattention
of
her
reply
,
after
which
the
vacant
chair
,
beside
her
and
Lord
Doncaster
,
was
immediately
occupied
by
the
Abbe
,
who
talked
down
both
his
companions
,
while
a
long
discussion
ensued
,
of
evidently
deepening
interest
,
during
which
the
eyes
of
all
three
were
frequently
directed
towards
Captain
De
Crespigny
.
Those
of
Agnes
now
assumed
an
almost
unnatural
brightness
,
and
her
cheek
became
dyed
with
a
hectic
flush
of
excitement
.
Then
,
for
the
first
time
,
he
perceived
the
gold
crucifix
which
she
held
carelessly
in
her
hand
,
while
the
Abbe
spoke
with
an
air
of
artful
and
subdued
earnestness
,
and
Lord
Doncaster
,
looking
like
winter
beside
spring
,
watched
,
with
evident
admiration
,
the
changes
of
color
and
expression
which
flitted
like
an
aurora
borealis
on
her
beautiful
features
.
It
occurred
to
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
that
his
uncle
,
believing
,
perhaps
,
in
some
degree
,
the
report
of
his
marriage
to
Agnes
,
and
being
an
enthusiastic
admirer
of
beauty
,
might
wish
the
Abbe
first
to
convert
the
young
lady
to
his
own
faith
,
before
bestowing
him
upon
her
,
and
as
the
idea
flitted
through
his
mind
,
he
smiled
inwardly
to
think
how
they
would
all
be
disappointed
.
Still
the
ceaseless
conversation
continued
,
and
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
apprehending
it
might
never
come
to
any
particular
end
,
resolved
,
for
his
own
amusement
,
coute
qui
coute
,
to
break
up
the
coterie
.
"
Miss
Dunbar
,
"
said
he
,
advancing
,
and
in
a
matter-of-course
way
offering
his
arm
,
"
allow
me
the
pleasure
of
this
quadrille
with
you
!
"
Agnes
seemed
almost
to
awaken
from
a
dream
at
these
words
,
but
,
after
a
moment
's
evident
perplexity
,
during
which
she
assumed
an
air
of
dignified
indecision
,
Lord
Doncaster
having
turned
away
to
converse
with
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
she
slowly
rose
,
and
silently
took
her
place
in
the
dance
.
Captain
De
Crespigny
had
hitherto
been
to
Agnes
like
the
sun
to
the
dial
,
causing
the
lights
and
shadows
of
joy
or
anxiety
to
flit
over
her
countenance
according
to
his
own
pleasure
,
but
now
he
became
piqued
and
astonished
to
perceive
that
he
could
not
even
command
her
most
transient
attention
,
and
with
a
satirical
glance
at
her
absent
countenance
,
he
emphatically
exclaimed
,
"
A
delightful
party
this
!
"
"
Yes
,
delightful
!
"
echoed
Agnes
,
mechanically
.
"
And
delightful
music
too
!
"
added
he
,
observing
with
increased
surprise
the
total
absence
of
her
thoughts
.
"
Delightful
,
indeed
!
"
repeated
Agnes
,
in
an
almost
dreaming
tone
.
"
And
what
a
delightful
partner
I
have
secured
!
"
added
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
with
some
asperity
of
tone
,
while
gazing
more
and
more
curiously
into
her
countenance
.
"
I
am
so
well
pleased
,
that
really
it
was
fortunate
I
did
not
shoot
or
drown
myself
yesterday
!
We
are
excelling
ourselves
to-night
,
Miss
Dunbar
!
I
never
saw
you
so
agreeable
,
so
particularly
facetious
!
Your
spirits
are
perfectly
turbulent
!
"
"
That
is
the
more
surprising
,
as
I
have
done
nothing
this
evening
but
yawn
and
be
yawned
at
,
"
replied
Agnes
,
resuming
her
gay
,
bantering
tone
.
"
I
have
been
plastered
to
the
wall
like
Warren
's
Japan
blacking
,
looking
as
grave
as
an
old
gate-post
,
while
you
were
generally
so
far
off
,
that
I
borrowed
a
good
telescope
at
last
,
to
try
whether
it
might
be
possible
to
see
you
!
"
"
I
could
not
approach
within
a
mile
,
you
were
so
barricaded
with
Abbes
and
Marquises
,
but
you
of
course
occupied
all
my
thoughts
.
Shall
I
ever
forget
my
vexation
on
beholding
my
fossil
specimen
of
an
uncle
depositing
his
bones
in
the
very
seat
I
intended
for
myself
.
He
is
really
becoming
a
formidable
rival
!
"
"
Very
true
!
"
replied
Agnes
,
forcing
a
laugh
.
"
Lord
Doncaster
is
so
agreeable
,
that
I
am
all
but
captivated
,
and
if
this
were
leap
year
I
might
,
perhaps
,
use
the
lady
's
privilege
and
propose
!
"
"
Take
care
,
or
I
shall
tell
him
so
!
"
"
Pray
do
!
It
will
save
time
,
and
he
has
but
little
to
spare
!
"
"
I
am
very
certain
,
if
the
old
boy
were
ninety
years
younger
,
he
would
make
you
an
offer
!
But
certainly
marriage
is
a
juvenile
indiscretion
,
only
for
young
people
like
us
!
"
"
Lord
Doncaster
says
,
he
is
any
age
I
like
,
and
pledges
himself
always
to
continue
so
!
"
replied
Agnes
,
laughing
,
though
she
became
agitated
to
the
very
tips
of
her
fingers
,
while
,
trying
not
to
seem
embarrassed
,
she
hastily
drew
her
gloves
on
and
off
,
adjusted
her
necklace
,
and
betrayed
,
by
other
nervous
manœuvres
,
that
her
mind
was
not
quite
at
ease
under
the
observant
eye
of
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
who
looked
at
her
with
satirical
surprise
,
and
at
last
exclaimed
,
in
accents
of
wonder
,
"
May
my
bridle
be
too
long
,
and
my
stirrup
too
short
,
Miss
Dunbar
,
if
I
ever
dreamed
of
jesting
with
you
in
earnest
,
about
the
old
veteran
amateur
in
flirtations
,
my
uncle
!
That
is
rather
beyond
a
joke
,
—
and
as
for
the
Abbe
,
you
ought
to
put
him
down
in
your
private
list
of
detestables
,
being
a
bad
and
dangerous
man
for
young
ladies
to
form
an
intimacy
with
.
Let
me
be
your
father
confessor
to-night
,
Miss
Dunbar
,
and
tell
me
when
,
under
his
auspices
,
you
mean
to
take
the
veil
!
"
Seeing
Agnes
become
more
and
more
embarrassed
,
Captain
De
Crespigny
's
politeness
now
induced
him
to
change
the
subject
,
though
still
unable
to
conjecture
any
probable
cause
for
her
confusion
;
therefore
assuming
his
usual
tone
of
careless
conceit
,
he
added
,
"
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
tells
me
there
are
two
singularly
handsome
officers
in
the
room
to-night
;
but
I
cannot
see
the
second
.
We
can
be
at
no
loss
for
No.
1.
There
is
a
strange-looking
mortal
opposite
in
black
!
He
skips
about
in
the
quadrille
like
an
industrious
flea
!
Does
it
not
seem
like
a
frightful
dream
,
that
we
are
expected
to
find
steps
for
such
music
as
this
?
What
would
Monsieur
D'Egville
say
,
if
he
saw
me
,
his
favorite
pupil
,
blundering
through
the
figure
to
such
discord
?
"
"
He
would
still
be
proud
of
his
scholar
!
I
mistook
you
for
Duvernay
last
night
when
you
danced
with
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
at
the
Crown
ball
.
Her
dancing-master
must
have
been
St.
Vitus
!
She
was
as
light
as
—
—
"
"
As
a
cork
flying
from
a
bottle
of
champagne
!
You
seem
perplexed
for
once
to
find
a
simile
!
"
"
And
you
are
not
particularly
happy
in
yours
!
I
have
been
puzzling
my
head
for
the
last
two
seconds
who
that
gold
man
is
opposite
in
uniform
.
He
looks
like
a
clever
caricature
of
an
officer
on
leave
!
"
"
That
is
Charleville
of
ours
!
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
considers
him
the
first
of
men
!
almost
superhuman
!
because
,
as
she
said
to
me
yesterday
,
'
he
is
quite
the
thing
!
drives
a
tandem
—
rides
races
in
a
bonnet
and
habit
—
can
back
his
horse
down
the
steepest
hill
in
Low
Harrowgate
—
writes
occasionally
in
the
Sporting
Magazine
—
and
smokes
more
cigars
in
a
day
than
the
whole
regiment
in
a
week
!
'
"
"
There
is
an
officer
of
that
description
in
every
regiment
,
who
is
generally
called
'
Jack
'
or
'
Tom
.
'
I
detest
these
hunting
,
racing
,
smoking
,
and
betting
men
;
but
you
may
introduce
him
to
me
when
the
quadrille
is
over
.
"
"
That
is
a
ceremony
I
never
perform
,
and
never
undergo
!
It
is
too
solemn
an
affair
for
me
to
engage
in
!
I
never
mean
,
as
long
as
I
live
,
to
be
introduced
to
any
one
—
never
!
"
"
Then
if
your
present
list
of
friends
is
to
last
for
life
,
I
hope
it
musters
pretty
strong
?
"
"
Pardon
me
!
We
are
not
so
particular
at
an
ordinary
as
in
an
opera-box
!
There
are
ways
and
means
of
becoming
acquainted
without
my
making
people
conceited
,
by
asking
to
be
introduced
!
I
tread
on
a
lady
's
gown
in
passing
,
look
shocked
,
beg
her
pardon
,
receive
the
very
sweetest
of
smiles
,
enter
into
conversation
,
and
am
intimate
in
a
moment
!
"
"
Very
easy
and
convenient
!
I
never
could
imagine
till
now
why
officers
had
all
become
so
awkward
at
parties
lately
,
in
tearing
my
dress
with
their
spurs
!
"
"
Believe
me
,
nobody
is
ever
introduced
to
anybody
now
,
and
ladies
have
become
equally
ingenious
with
myself
in
picking
up
acquaintances
.
At
Almacks
last
season
,
Lady
Sarah
Wyvell
,
having
the
good
fortune
to
be
next
me
in
a
quadrille
,
though
we
were
not
acquainted
,
asked
,
with
a
modest
diffident
air
,
if
I
could
possibly
tell
her
the
hour
.
I
politely
took
the
trouble
of
answering
her
,
and
mentioned
,
that
the
key
of
my
watch
had
been
for
some
time
mislaid
,
and
therefore
it
was
not
wound
up
;
but
next
evening
,
when
we
met
at
the
Russian
Ambassador
's
fete
,
would
you
believe
it
,
she
walked
up
to
me
,
and
,
with
a
fascinating
smile
,
begged
my
acceptance
of
a
watch-key
,
beautifully
set
in
turquoises
!
"
"
Which
fitted
exactly
,
of
course
!
"
added
Agnes
,
laughing
.
"
I
like
a
round
unvarnished
tale
,
and
admire
a
ready
invention
,
especially
when
the
story
is
perfectly
credible
,
and
betrays
no
personal
conceit
whatever
.
The
world
certainly
grows
more
ridiculous
every
day
!
"
"
You
never
said
a
truer
thing
!
It
is
a
good
plan
in
conversation
always
to
say
what
nobody
can
contradict
!
Never
certainly
was
there
a
more
ludicrous
medley
of
people
shuffled
together
,
than
here
at
this
moment
!
Nothing
but
old
Doncaster
's
whim
could
have
brought
me
to
such
a
snobbery
and
tag-raggery
!
Harrowgate
is
like
death
itself
for
levelling
all
distinctions
!
You
may
glance
down
the
dinner-table
,
containing
a
hundred
and
thirty
odd-looking
guests
,
and
each
individual
has
the
same
quiet
,
little
,
unpretending
bottle
of
sherry
placed
at
his
elbow
,
and
labelled
with
his
name
.
Even
the
great
millionaire
,
Mr.
Crawford
,
who
might
,
if
he
chose
,
drink
liquid
gold
,
fares
no
better
,
though
he
has
brought
home
the
sort
of
nabob
fortune
people
used
to
make
long
ago
.
The
art
is
lost
now
!
"
"
You
might
find
it
,
I
dare
say
,
in
some
of
the
Useful
Knowledge
books
.
"
"
Yes
!
but
I
manage
still
better
,
by
spending
a
fortune
without
possessing
one
,
which
does
quite
as
well
,
and
gives
me
less
trouble
.
The
hat
is
his
who
wears
it
,
and
the
world
is
his
who
enjoys
it
.
"
"
What
a
pity
that
very
good
people
like
the
Crawfords
are
so
often
atrociously
disagreeable
,
"
observed
Agnes
,
listlessly
.
"
We
must
allow
,
that
in
this
world
rogues
are
the
majority
;
and
as
their
good
opinion
is
the
most
easily
gained
,
and
the
most
easily
kept
,
I
wonder
less
every
day
that
some
men
are
satisfied
to
secure
that
,
and
live
upon
it
.
"
"
I
wish
I
had
either
!
"
said
Sir
Patrick
,
laughing
.
"
The
whole
tribe
of
Crawfords
are
,
in
my
opinion
,
seriously
unpleasant
,
with
their
airs
of
condescending
stiffness
and
ineffable
superiority
,
"
said
Agnes
,
"
never
vouchsafing
to
appear
,
except
at
dinner
,
and
huddling
out
of
sight
the
instant
we
rise
.
Those
who
desire
to
be
exclusive
should
take
private
lodgings
,
and
not
spoil
a
place
like
this
by
any
purseproud
finery
!
They
almost
live
with
Marion
and
the
Granvilles
;
but
I
abhor
that
whole
set
!
"
"
So
I
do
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
.
"
I
hate
their
very
parrot
!
He
sits
in
a
golden
cage
at
the
window
,
looking
over
his
nose
at
one
in
the
most
exclusive
manner
imaginable
.
Old
Crawford
was
a
shop-boy
in
some
green-grocer
's
once
,
I
believe
;
therefore
,
it
really
amused
me
yesterday
to
hear
him
in
the
loud
authoritative
tone
of
a
connoisseur
,
finding
fault
with
the
sherry
.
I
never
pronounce
upon
any
wine
till
I
have
drunk
a
few
dozen
of
it
;
but
it
is
credibly
reported
,
that
the
Crawfords
at
home
indulge
in
nothing
but
Cape
Madeira
and
water
.
We
,
who
have
been
brought
up
upon
claret
,
conform
to
custom
with
a
better
grace
.
I
should
never
think
of
putting
the
cellars
here
out
of
fashion
,
by
saying
what
I
really
think
of
them
;
but
entre
nous
,
the
whole
contents
are
perfect
poison
.
Of
the
two
,
I
would
rather
drink
the
Harrowgate
waters
,
because
they
have
at
least
the
one
merit
of
being
wholesome
.
"
"
Lord
Doncaster
seems
to
find
the
sherry
drinkable
,
"
said
Agnes
dryly
;
"
and
,
as
you
say
,
'
he
has
cracked
a
bottle
or
two
in
his
time
.
'
"
"
Very
true
!
a
really
aristocratic
man
is
so
accustomed
to
everything
of
the
best
,
that
he
tolerates
or
enjoys
the
inconveniences
of
an
inn
or
a
steamboat
as
an
amusing
variety
,
"
said
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
.
"
Besides
which
,
Miss
Dunbar
,
between
you
and
me
and
the
post
,
Lord
Doncaster
is
old
,
and
somewhat
passee
.
You
and
he
made
quite
a
tableau
together
this
evening
;
but
take
my
word
for
it
,
Lord
Doncaster
is
no
chicken
!
"
"
I
need
not
take
anybody
's
word
for
that
!
I
have
my
eyes
in
my
head
like
others
!
"
replied
Agnes
,
rather
sharply
,
and
glancing
towards
a
distant
corner
of
the
room
where
Lord
Doncaster
was
seated
,
with
his
eye
at
the
moment
fixed
on
herself
.
"
We
may
all
see
that
he
is
not
the
youngest
man
in
the
world
;
but
he
is
certainly
one
of
the
most
agreeable
!
"
"
Well
!
old
or
young
,
"
continued
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
resuming
her
habitual
smile
,
"
Lord
Doncaster
is
my
very
particular
friend
,
and
if
I
meet
him
ten
times
in
a
day
,
he
shakes
me
by
the
hand
as
cordially
the
last
time
as
the
first
.
"
"
Tiresome
old
bore
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
;
"
I
would
put
my
hand
in
my
pocket
the
second
time
,
and
tell
him
,
once
a-day
must
do
!
"
"
Instead
of
putting
it
into
an
empty
pocket
,
Sir
Patrick
,
offer
it
to
one
of
the
two
Miss
Crawfords
,
"
said
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
rolling
her
eyes
affectedly
round
,
like
the
wire-drawn
eyes
of
a
wax
doll
.
"
The
old
nabob
is
so
rich
,
that
it
took
five
India
ships
to
carry
home
his
fortune
,
and
he
has
settled
his
whole
countless
rupees
on
the
young
ladies
.
What
do
you
say
,
gentlemen
?
—
one
each
?
That
tall
may-pole
,
the
eldest
,
who
looks
as
if
she
could
eat
her
own
shoulders
off
,
will
be
a
great
catch
.
"
"
She
has
proposed
to
me
twenty
times
,
"
replied
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
"
but
I
am
not
to
be
had
!
It
would
be
necessary
for
me
to
hang
all
her
relations
,
they
are
so
vulgar
!
The
second
looks
as
fat
and
round
as
from
yesterday
till
next
year
;
but
if
she
were
less
like
a
turbot
standing
on
end
,
more
like
the
person
I
admire
most
in
the
world
,
and
several
years
younger
,
possibly
I
might
propose
.
"
"
If
you
thought
she
would
have
you
,
"
replied
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
laughing
,
"
you
would
propose
without
minding
the
years
.
If
a
girl
had
eighteen
pence
,
you
would
propose
instantly
,
for
fear
she
might
spend
a
shilling
of
it
!
"
"
I
am
told
Miss
Crawford
was
born
in
diamond
ear-rings
,
"
said
Agnes
.
"
She
looks
as
if
it
had
rained
precious
stones
on
her
ever
since
,
—
as
if
she
had
been
pelted
at
the
Carnival
with
diamonds
instead
of
sugar-plums
!
The
price
of
blonde
and
feathers
is
raised
in
every
town
where
the
Miss
Crawfords
arrive
!
—
—
"
"
The
Miss
Crawfords
must
not
be
ridiculed
,
"
interrupted
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
looking
very
magnanimous
,
"
at
least
by
any
one
except
myself
!
They
are
my
preserve
!
They
both
dress
in
the
last
extreme
of
jewellery
to
please
me
;
and
I
am
pleased
.
If
I
have
a
weakness
in
the
world
,
it
is
for
dress
;
and
,
in
my
opinion
,
ladies
ought
all
to
shine
like
glow-worms
every
night
.
Look
at
this
indefinite
article
of
a
man
approaching
!
Tall
,
and
covered
with
orders
,
he
looks
like
a
house
insured
!
Who
can
he
be
?
"
"
Never
distress
yourself
about
who
people
are
,
"
said
Agnes
.
"
Somebody
's
son
,
I
believe
,
—
and
somebody
's
nephew
or
cousin
,
with
estates
in
all
the
disturbed
districts
of
Ireland
.
"
"
Very
accurate
and
satisfactory
!
Watering-place
imaginations
are
apt
to
be
a
little
inventive
;
like
Cuvier
,
who
described
the
whole
history
and
formation
of
any
animal
from
seeing
merely
a
single
tooth
!
With
that
bottle-green
coat
and
all
that
light
hair
on
the
roof
his
head
,
he
looks
like
a
bottle
of
porter
newly
drawn
,
and
foaming
at
the
top
.
It
makes
me
thirsty
to
see
him
.
"
"
I
excel
particularly
in
biography
,
"
added
Agnes
,
laughing
.
"
That
tigerish-looking
man
you
are
inquiring
about
,
with
all
the
little
stars
and
bits
of
ribbon
,
had
a
whole
regiment
of
horses
killed
under
him
at
Waterloo
!
He
saw
sixteen
colonels
of
cavalry
lose
their
heads
that
day
in
battle
,
and
he
received
fifteen
mortal
wounds
himself
,
before
he
left
the
field
!
"
"
Agnes
,
your
stories
would
be
as
difficult
to
bolt
as
the
American
oyster
,
which
it
took
three
men
to
swallow
whole
!
You
remind
me
of
the
man
who
contrived
to
place
a
fly
's
eye
so
that
he
could
see
through
it
,
and
he
found
that
it
multiplied
everything
,
till
a
single
officer
appeared
like
a
whole
army
.
I
never
saw
a
man
ride
as
that
stranger
did
this
morning
!
His
horse
is
a
mere
spider
,
and
he
jumped
up
and
down
in
the
saddle
like
a
cup
and
ball
?
"
said
Sir
Patrick
,
laughing
;
"
but
the
climax
of
all
his
atrocities
was
,
five
minutes
ago
,
when
Marion
re-entered
the
room
,
I
heard
him
request
that
the
master
of
the
ceremonies
would
introduce
him
to
one
of
my
sisters
!
I
am
at
a
loss
to
guess
which
,
but
here
he
comes
,
drawing
on
a
splendid
pair
of
gloves
!
"
"
Pray
do
not
let
me
be
the
victim
!
"
said
Agnes
,
shrinking
back
with
a
contemptuous
toss
of
the
head
.
"
I
have
no
turn
for
teaching
a
bear
to
dance
!
and
I
will
not
be
made
ridiculous
by
having
such
a
partner
!
The
ugliest
man
I
ever
saw
for
nothing
!
Is
he
a
human
being
?
"
"
For
my
part
,
I
do
not
feel
that
being
ridiculous
or
otherwise
depends
on
any
one
but
myself
,
"
said
Marion
good-humoredly
;
"
and
if
it
will
make
a
man
,
all
ribbons
and
orders
of
merit
,
happy
,
to
perform
a
quadrille
,
I
have
not
the
least
objection
to
be
his
partner
,
especially
when
he
wears
such
very
clean
gloves
!
"
"
Miss
Dunbar
!
"
said
the
master
of
the
ceremonies
,
approaching
Marion
in
his
most
pompous
manner
,
"
allow
me
to
introduce
the
Duke
of
Kinross
!
"
Marion
accepted
his
Grace
's
offered
arm
,
looking
by
no
means
so
much
petrified
at
the
unexpected
rank
of
her
partner
as
Agnes
did
,
who
started
,
and
colored
with
evident
vexation
,
at
having
even
in
thought
rejected
the
greatest
man
in
Harrowgate
,
the
hero
of
all
her
castles
in
the
air
,
and
one
who
was
considered
as
eminent
for
ability
as
for
rank
.
"
Well
,
Agnes
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
,
in
a
bantering
tone
,
"
for
the
first
time
in
a
long
life
you
have
made
a
blunder
.
You
who
never
,
even
at
chess
,
would
play
a
pawn
,
if
you
could
move
a
knight
or
a
bishop
,
to
have
actually
rejected
a
ducal
coronet
.
I
thought
that
in
general
you
could
draw
out
people
's
whole
histories
and
characters
like
an
opera-glass
,
and
see
through
them
in
a
minute
.
You
generally
know
everybody
's
peculiarities
and
everybody
's
value
,
who
everybody
is
,
and
what
everybody
does
,
with
notes
and
annotations
of
your
own
,
all
original
and
authentic
,
—
who
have
elder
brothers
to
impoverish
them
,
and
rich
uncles
to
give
them
hopes
,
—
in
short
,
their
whole
biography
better
than
they
know
it
themselves
!
"
"
To
be
sure
!
I
am
an
inestimable
cicerone
,
'
honest
,
civil
,
obliging
,
and
thoroughly
to
be
depended
on
!
'
Where
other
people
have
only
two
eyes
,
I
have
three
,
and
I
make
it
my
duty
to
ascertain
who
brings
a
footman
or
an
abigail
,
what
carriages
people
travel
in
,
what
stay
they
intend
to
make
here
,
whether
they
hire
a
sitting-room
,
or
lounge
,
like
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
in
the
public
saloon
!
I
do
believe
the
well-informed
visitors
at
Harrowgate
know
exactly
how
much
silver
we
carry
in
our
purses
every
day
,
and
what
our
washing-bills
amount
to
!
"
"
Not
much
in
some
cases
!
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
fixing
his
satirical
,
mischievous
glance
on
a
shabby-genteel
stranger
who
seemed
to
be
lurking
near
and
watching
the
lively
party
with
an
evil
eye
.
"
Look
at
this
dark
figure
leaning
against
the
door
in
a
sort
of
Italian
bandit
attitude
,
trying
to
look
romantic
with
his
arms
stuck
on
like
crooked
pins
,
his
neckcloth
perfectly
strangling
him
,
and
his
scarlet
waistcoat
like
a
robin-red-breast
!
"
"
Is
there
a
man
in
a
waistcoat
!
!
where
?
"
asked
Agnes
eagerly
.
"
Another
Duke
,
I
suppose
.
He
seems
like
the
picture
of
a
robber
in
some
sixpenny
story
book
.
But
how
he
stares
at
you
,
Captain
De
Crespigny
!
I
declare
that
look
would
pin
me
to
the
wall
!
"
"
It
is
rather
odd
!
Surely
I
have
seen
that
man
somewhere
before
!
He
must
have
dressed
my
hair
at
Brighton
,
or
measured
me
for
a
coat
at
Dodd
's
.
He
is
probably
now
the
sort
of
£
200
a-year
man
who
wears
a
gold
chain
and
vagabondizes
about
perpetually
from
one
watering
place
to
another
!
He
seems
by
his
look
inclined
to
pick
a
quarrel
with
me
;
and
,
if
he
does
so
,
I
feel
pretty
certain
he
ought
already
to
be
sent
among
the
velvets
below
stairs
,
which
he
certainly
shall
be
without
much
ceremony
.
What
can
the
fellow
mean
by
looking
such
daggers
at
me
in
particular
?
"
"
One
addition
is
expected
to
the
Crawford
party
to-night
,
which
will
puzzle
you
all
!
"
said
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
.
"
That
enchanting
suite
of
rooms
next
the
garden
has
been
bespoken
during
the
last
three
weeks
,
by
some
person
whose
name
is
quite
unguessable
!
The
landlady
says
that
Mr.
Crawford
has
made
her
solemnly
promise
never
to
divulge
it
!
Now
!
there
is
something
worth
knowing
!
—
a
dark
unfathomable
mystery
in
a
place
like
this
,
is
perfectly
inestimable
!
"
"
I
undertake
to
solve
it
in
twenty-four
hours
!
"
exclaimed
Sir
Patrick
,
with
animation
.
"
When
there
is
a
real
undeniable
secret
to
be
ferreted
out
,
I
am
wider
awake
than
most
people
!
I
can
do
everything
but
what
is
impossible
!
If
I
fail
,
then
,
as
the
lawyer
once
pathetically
exclaimed
,
'
may
my
head
forget
the
wig
that
covers
it
!
'
What
will
you
bet
that
I
succeed
?
Here
is
my
betting-book
to
register
our
agreement
;
I
never
stir
without
it
!
"
"
I
have
no
turn
for
betting
my
head
off
my
shoulders
;
but
you
shall
have
the
Pigot
diamond
for
your
trouble
!
"
replied
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
.
"
I
have
been
busy
about
it
for
three
weeks
in
vain
,
going
about
investigating
,
with
my
glass
at
my
eye
,
like
Paul
Pry
,
but
the
maids
pretend
to
know
nothing
,
and
the
landlady
looks
bursting
with
mysterious
importance
whenever
she
speaks
of
her
coming
guests
!
"
"
Then
I
am
twice
a
man
when
there
is
anything
to
be
found
out
!
"
continued
Sir
Patrick
.
"
If
I
had
lived
in
the
days
of
the
Iron
mask
,
that
affair
would
have
been
probed
to
the
bottom
,
and
laid
open
.
I
have
quite
a
genius
for
unravelling
mysteries
!
"
"
If
so
,
I
allow
you
three
days
for
scrutinizing
the
expected
incognito
,
after
which
,
do
you
promise
and
engage
to
furnish
me
with
their
numbers
,
names
,
professions
,
ages
,
fortunes
—
—
"
"
And
expectations
!
certainly
!
Also
to
disclose
why
they
came
here
,
and
when
they
go
away
.
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
I
delight
in
difficulties
,
and
glory
in
conquering
them
!
I
abhor
everything
easy
!
Even
if
you
were
easily
pleased
,
I
should
have
less
pleasure
in
fascinating
you
.
"
At
this
moment
,
a
plain
travelling
carriage
suddenly
swept
round
the
road
leading
towards
the
Granby
,
while
in
the
clear
moonlight
it
could
only
be
discerned
that
two
footmen
sat
behind
,
and
two
lady
's
maids
were
mounted
on
the
dickey
;
but
before
the
rush
of
gentlemen
towards
the
lobby
,
which
usually
takes
place
on
such
occasions
,
could
be
successfully
achieved
,
the
chariot
stopped
at
a
garden-gate
beyond
the
usual
entrance
,
while
in
the
dusky
obscurity
the
most
penetrating
eye
could
not
discover
who
or
what
alighted
.
A
torrent
of
waiters
streamed
along
the
passages
,
a
noisy
outcry
was
heard
summoning
the
landlady
,
every
bell
in
the
house
seemed
ringing
simultaneously
,
and
Captain
De
Crespigny
was
surprised
to
observe
the
dark
,
stern-looking
stranger
standing
near
the
door
,
as
if
he
belonged
to
the
party
,
and
yet
did
not
wish
to
be
seen
.
A
procession
of
four
wax
candles
,
and
a
tea
tray
proceeding
afterwards
towards
the
newly
occupied
sitting-room
,
was
all
that
the
most
enterprising
observers
could
discover
;
and
as
there
were
but
three
cups
,
and
Mr.
Crawford
was
known
to
have
joined
the
party
,
it
became
very
plausibly
conjectured
by
Sir
Patrick
that
there
were
but
two
new
arrivals
.
The
supper-bell
had
been
rung
that
evening
about
ten
minutes
,
and
a
numerous
bevy
of
gentlemen
collected
round
it
,
varied
by
a
scanty
sprinkling
of
ladies
.
The
table
was
covered
with
wine
glasses
and
crystal
decanters
enough
to
fill
a
glass
shop
,
with
not
a
drop
of
anything
visible
to
drink
,
except
cold
spring
water
;
each
gentleman
had
half
a
pigeon
on
his
plate
,
and
each
lady
a
glass
of
jelly
before
her
.
The
uproar
of
waiters
,
plates
,
and
tongues
,
and
glasses
had
subsided
,
and
the
conversation
was
at
so
low
an
ebb
,
that
there
seemed
every
probability
of
the
whole
party
being
found
asleep
in
their
chairs
next
morning
,
when
suddenly
their
attention
was
roused
by
the
door
being
hurriedly
opened
by
the
soi-disant
gentleman
entering
,
who
had
already
excited
the
notice
of
Captain
De
Crespigny
.
Besides
the
eager
curiosity
felt
in
every
small
community
,
to
see
every
one
recently
added
to
their
number
,
this
was
a
gentleman
whom
few
of
the
company
had
seen
before
,
and
such
a
gentleman
as
is
seldom
seen
anywhere
.
His
dark
hair
hung
in
wild
profusion
over
his
head
.
There
was
an
extraordinary
wildness
,
almost
amounting
to
ferocity
,
in
his
eyes
,
which
had
the
restless
glare
of
a
wild
beast
's
,
as
he
quickly
glanced
round
the
table
,
while
his
pale
haggard
features
,
and
the
strong
compression
of
his
upper
lip
,
gave
him
an
air
of
irritable
melancholy
,
along
with
a
look
of
flustered
,
anxious
suspicion
quite
unaccountable
.
He
seemed
annoyed
at
having
attracted
any
observation
,
while
,
if
Banquo
's
ghost
had
appeared
,
the
apparition
could
scarcely
have
awakened
more
attention
,
as
the
party
had
little
to
do
,
and
nothing
else
to
think
of
.
"
One
would
fancy
a
kangaroo
had
come
in
to
supper
!
"
muttered
he
,
angrily
,
glancing
round
with
a
look
of
scorching
hatred
at
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
and
drawing
his
chair
near
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
who
was
almost
the
only
lady
still
remaining
.
He
then
cut
himself
a
supply
of
cold
veal
,
that
might
have
dined
a
couple
of
grouse-shooters
,
with
ham
in
proportion
,
not
at
all
carved
on
the
Vauxhall
pattern
,
and
glancing
at
all
the
observant
eyes
around
the
table
,
he
added
,
endeavoring
to
look
in
a
more
amiable
mood
,
while
a
most
unpleasing
attempt
at
a
smile
for
a
moment
disturbed
his
features
;
"
I
see
,
gentlemen
,
you
are
somewhat
amazed
at
my
powers
of
mastication
!
I
am
not
Dando
;
but
let
me
tell
you
I
could
finish
all
we
see
,
and
pick
the
bones
of
that
turkey
besides
.
What
man
in
his
senses
would
profess
to
be
hungry
,
and
sit
down
to
half
a
pigeon
!
You
seem
to
be
quite
a
Temperance
Society
here
!
Fifteen
jugs
of
water
in
regimental
order
round
the
table
!
The
waiters
must
have
bottled
off
the
Thames
!
"
A
suppressed
whisper
ran
round
the
table
,
circulating
many
wondering
conjectures
who
the
stranger
could
possibly
be
,
for
there
appeared
a
vehemence
in
his
tone
,
and
an
irritability
in
his
eye
most
repulsive
and
peculiar
.
"
That
man
looks
as
if
he
had
stepped
forth
ready
made
,
from
one
of
Mrs.
Radcliffe
's
romances
,
"
exclaimed
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
in
an
apprehensive
tone
,
as
she
strolled
away
from
the
table
.
"
Who
can
he
be
?
"
"
One
of
the
swell
mob
!
I
remember
his
picking
my
pocket
in
Bond
Street
,
last
spring
,
"
replied
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
confidentially
.
"
Did
you
not
observe
his
bunch
of
skeleton
keys
.
"
"
You
are
quite
mistaken
,
"
interposed
Sir
Patrick
.
"
He
is
one
of
the
garden-room
party
.
I
saw
him
waiting
for
them
in
the
passage
;
people
of
prodigious
fortune
I
assure
you
!
Their
names
are
—
no
matter
what
!
but
they
have
estates
in
—
I
do
n't
know
how
many
counties
!
"
"
He
has
rather
an
aristocratic
look
!
"
added
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
.
"
The
sort
of
arbitrary
air
,
as
if
he
were
accustomed
to
command
a
regiment
!
"
"
More
like
an
unengaged
actor
from
one
of
the
minor
theatres
,
or
a
travelling
dancing
master
.
They
are
very
well
got
up
sometimes
,
and
he
is
exactly
according
to
the
last
'
gentleman
's
fashions
for
the
month
,
'
"
said
Captain
De
Crespigny
.
"
But
certainly
in
some
shape
or
other
,
a
strolling
gentleman-beggar
;
probably
,
like
the
dustman
's
dog
,
he
answers
to
any
name
.
"
"
Perhaps
,
"
added
Sir
Patrick
,
laughing
,
"
one
of
those
innumerable
lecturers
on
astronomy
,
who
are
constantly
tormenting
me
with
prospectuses
.
If
any
man
whatever
is
in
distress
,
he
puts
on
a
decent
coat
,
and
announces
a
popular
course
of
lectures
,
in
which
he
makes
the
comets
ten
times
hotter
than
ever
,
and
the
stars
as
many
millions
of
miles
distant
as
he
pleases
,
shows
plenty
of
diagrams
,
talks
big
about
Sir
Isaac
Newton
,
gives
a
dissertation
on
the
political
economy
of
the
moon
;
tells
a
few
anecdotes
,
hazards
a
few
conjectures
,
doubts
what
everybody
believes
,
or
believes
what
everybody
doubts
,
and
his
bread
is
baked
.
I
mean
to
try
the
plan
myself
some
day
!
"
"
Depend
upon
it
,
he
is
a
peer
of
the
realm
,
"
added
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
more
imperatively
than
before
.
"
I
heard
that
Lord
Wakefield
was
expected
to-day
.
His
sister
,
Lady
Jane
,
whom
I
saw
once
at
a
Spitalfields
ball
,
was
thin
,
with
dark
hair
,
exactly
in
that
style
.
"
"
I
have
no
doubt
he
is
an
Earl
one
day
,
and
a
Duke
the
next
,
as
it
happens
to
suit
his
fancy
;
and
if
you
look
well
at
him
,
Mrs.
O'Donoghoe
,
he
has
a
coronet
tattooed
on
his
forehead
,
"
whispered
Captain
De
Crespigny
.
"
That
is
the
very
last
new
fashion
for
peers
.
"
"
Coronets
are
falling
into
great
disuse
now
;
so
I
am
glad
they
are
to
be
displayed
any
where
,
"
replied
Agnes
.
"
Lady
Towercliffe
's
eldest
son
,
Lord
St.
Abbe
,
used
to
have
one
embroidered
on
his
pinafore
;
but
the
coronet
on
Lord
Doncaster
's
chariot
now
is
almost
invisible
,
and
not
larger
than
you
would
use
for
the
seal
of
a
note
.
"
"
I
know
whose
taste
ought
to
be
paramount
in
ordering
the
next
carriage
bearing
the
Doncaster
arms
,
"
whispered
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
throwing
a
world
of
arch
expression
into
his
countenance
.
"
How
exceedingly
well
our
shield
would
look
quartered
with
the
lion
rampant
,
and
the
eight
roses
of
the
Dunbars
!
"
Agnes
did
not
,
as
she
would
have
done
formerly
,
on
hearing
so
broad
an
insinuation
,
look
down
and
blush
,
or
attempt
to
blush
;
but
she
fixed
a
long
and
searching
look
on
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
during
which
her
large
lustrous
eyes
betrayed
an
inward
struggle
between
the
interest
with
which
she
would
once
have
gathered
up
every
expression
of
her
voice
,
and
the
lurking
angry
suspicion
she
now
felt
of
his
sincerity
;
but
her
confidence
was
in
some
degree
restored
,
when
,
keeping
up
a
lively
dialogue
till
the
last
moment
,
he
assumed
his
most
becoming
looks
,
and
escorted
her
to
the
door
.
"
Pray
,
Miss
Dunbar
,
"
said
he
gravely
,
"
will
you
give
me
a
very
serious
answer
to
a
very
serious
question
?
"
"
Perhaps
I
may
,
"
replied
Agnes
,
looking
rather
startled
.
"
Then
,
whether
do
you
think
ladies
or
gentlemen
are
the
greatest
humbugs
?
"
"
Gentlemen
,
certainly
;
for
they
often
pretend
to
feel
what
they
do
not
,
but
ladies
conceal
what
they
do
.
"
CHAPTER
XXXIII
.
Marion
and
Sir
Arthur
were
engaged
next
morning
to
meet
the
Granvilles
at
breakfast
in
the
private
parlor
of
Mrs.
Crawford
,
and
they
had
advanced
considerably
in
the
consumption
of
their
muffin
and
first
cup
of
tea
,
when
a
very
plainly
dressed
young
lady
glided
into
the
room
with
a
timid
,
agitated
step
,
and
giving
a
slight
nod
to
the
party
,
silently
seated
herself
beside
Marion
,
who
,
in
compassion
to
her
apparent
shyness
,
averted
her
eyes
.
She
seemed
recently
recovered
from
an
illness
,
being
thin
and
emaciated
to
excess
,
while
it
appeared
as
if
her
hair
had
been
entirely
shaved
off
,
as
she
wore
a
cap
fitting
close
to
her
face
,
and
neither
curl
nor
braid
to
vary
the
almost
spectral
whiteness
of
her
whole
aspect
.
Marion
ventured
a
second
glance
at
the
interesting
invalid
,
and
observed
a
smile
quivering
about
her
mouth
,
which
she
seemed
vainly
endeavoring
to
suppress
,
and
a
sly
glance
towards
herself
,
which
enlightened
her
in
a
moment
,
for
,
with
an
exclamation
of
joy
,
she
sprang
from
her
seat
and
was
instantly
embraced
,
with
laughing
delight
,
by
her
old
friend
Caroline
,
whom
she
had
lately
learned
to
know
as
Miss
Howard
,
the
heiress
of
countless
thousands
,
—
not
the
more
,
nor
the
less
dear
to
her
on
that
account
,
but
still
the
beloved
companion
of
all
her
early
frolics
and
school
enjoyments
.
"
I
wished
to
try
your
powers
of
recognition
,
and
Sir
Arthur
's
,
"
said
Caroline
,
with
tears
of
laughing
and
almost
hysterical
joy
.
"
I
am
changed
—
greatly
changed
,
so
that
my
best
friends
could
scarcely
recognise
me
,
and
if
my
enemies
were
also
deceived
it
would
be
well
.
Dear
Marion
!
I
am
still
pursued
and
persecuted
by
that
wretched
madman
,
the
terror
of
our
school
days
,
the
horror
of
all
my
subsequent
life
!
My
aunt
finds
her
nerves
so
shattered
with
the
whole
affair
,
that
our
kind
friends
here
have
undertaken
me
for
a
week
or
two
,
and
it
is
thought
that
,
amidst
the
crowd
collected
at
Harrowgate
,
I
may
be
in
comparative
safety
.
My
life
has
been
rendered
almost
a
burden
to
me
in
the
country
,
where
not
a
corner
of
the
earth
seemed
safe
from
that
wretched
creature
's
intrusions
,
and
it
is
thought
that
he
must
bribe
some
of
our
servants
to
betray
all
my
plans
;
yet
,
among
them
all
,
I
scarcely
know
whom
to
suspect
or
whom
to
trust
!
Remember
,
dear
Marion
,
that
here
I
am
to
be
treated
as
some
humble
cousin
of
Mr.
Crawford
's
,
and
on
no
account
let
your
brother
,
or
a
living
soul
in
the
house
,
suspect
that
you
ever
saw
me
before
.
Agnes
