helpI
will
mend
it
,
if
it
be
possible
.
"
But
he
was
a
slow
man
,
and
he
did
not
go
off
instantly
to
the
Duke
.
He
had
given
himself
to
eight
o'clock
,
and
he
took
the
full
time
.
He
could
not
go
down
to
the
House
of
Commons
because
men
would
make
inquiries
of
him
which
he
would
find
it
difficult
to
answer
.
So
he
dined
at
home
,
alone
.
He
had
told
his
wife
that
he
would
see
her
at
nine
,
and
before
that
hour
he
would
not
go
to
her
.
He
sat
alone
till
it
was
time
for
him
to
get
into
his
brougham
,
and
thought
it
all
over
.
That
seat
in
the
Cabinet
and
Chancellorship
of
the
Exchequer
,
which
he
had
so
infinitely
desired
,
were
already
done
with
.
There
was
no
doubt
about
that
.
It
might
have
been
better
for
him
not
to
have
married
;
but
now
that
he
was
married
,
and
that
things
had
brought
him
untowardly
to
this
pass
,
he
knew
that
his
wife
's
safety
was
his
first
duty
.
"
We
will
go
through
Switzerland
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
"
to
Baden
,
and
then
we
will
get
on
to
Florence
and
to
Rome
.
She
has
seen
nothing
of
all
these
things
yet
,
and
the
new
life
will
make
a
change
in
her
.
She
shall
have
her
own
friend
with
her
.
"
Then
he
went
down
to
the
House
of
Lords
,
and
saw
the
Duke
.
"
Well
,
Palliser
,
"
said
the
Duke
,
when
he
had
listened
to
him
,
"
of
course
I
cannot
argue
it
with
you
any
more
.
I
can
only
say
that
I
am
very
sorry
;
—
more
sorry
than
perhaps
you
will
believe
.
Indeed
,
it
half
breaks
my
heart
.
"
The
Duke
's
voice
was
very
sad
,
and
it
might
almost
have
been
thought
that
he
was
going
to
shed
a
tear
.
In
truth
he
disliked
Mr.
Finespun
with
the
strongest
political
feeling
of
which
he
was
capable
,
and
had
attached
himself
to
Mr.
Palliser
almost
as
strongly
.
It
was
a
thousand
pities
!
How
hard
had
he
not
worked
to
bring
about
this
arrangement
,
which
was
now
to
be
upset
because
a
woman
had
been
foolish
!
"
I
never
above
half
liked
her
,
"
said
the
Duke
to
himself
,
thinking
perhaps
a
little
of
the
Duchess
's
complaints
of
her
.
"
I
must
go
to
Brock
at
once
,
"
he
said
aloud
,
"
and
tell
him
.
God
knows
what
we
must
do
now
.
Goodbye
!
good-bye
!
No
;
I
'm
not
angry
.
There
shall
be
no
quarrel
.
But
I
am
very
sorry
.
"
In
this
way
the
two
politicians
parted
.
We
may
as
well
follow
this
political
movement
to
its
end
.
The
Duke
saw
Lord
Brock
that
night
,
and
then
those
two
ministers
sent
for
another
minister
,
—
another
noble
Lord
,
a
man
of
great
experience
in
Cabinets
.
These
three
discussed
the
matter
together
,
and
on
the
following
day
Lord
Brock
got
up
in
the
House
,
and
made
a
strong
speech
in
defence
of
his
colleague
,
Mr.
Finespun
.
To
the
end
of
the
Session
,
at
any
rate
,
Mr.
Finespun
kept
his
position
,
and
held
the
seals
of
the
Exchequer
while
all
the
quidnuncs
of
the
nation
,
shaking
their
heads
,
spoke
of
the
wonderful
power
of
Mr.
Finespun
,
and
declared
that
Lord
Brock
did
not
dare
to
face
the
Opposition
without
him
.
In
the
meantime
Mr.
Palliser
had
returned
to
his
wife
,
and
told
her
of
his
resolution
with
reference
to
their
tour
abroad
.
"
We
may
as
well
make
up
our
minds
to
start
at
once
,
"
said
he
.
"
At
any
rate
,
there
is
nothing
on
my
side
to
hinder
us
.
"
CHAPTER
LX
.
Alice
Vavasor
's
Name
Gets
into
the
Money
Market
.
Some
ten
or
twelve
days
after
George
Vavasor
's
return
to
London
from
Westmoreland
he
appeared
at
Mr.
Scruby
's
offices
with
four
small
slips
of
paper
in
his
hand
.
Mr.
Scruby
,
as
usual
,
was
pressing
for
money
.
The
third
election
was
coming
on
,
and
money
was
already
being
spent
very
freely
among
the
men
of
the
River
Bank
.
So
,
at
least
,
Mr.
Scruby
declared
.
Mr.
Grimes
,
of
the
"
Handsome
Man
,
"
had
shown
signs
of
returning
allegiance
.
But
Mr.
Grimes
could
not
afford
to
be
loyal
without
money
.
He
had
his
little
family
to
protect
.
Mr.
Scruby
,
too
,
had
his
little
family
,
and
was
not
ashamed
to
use
it
on
this
occasion
.
"
I
'm
a
family
man
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
and
therefore
I
never
run
any
risks
.
I
never
go
a
yard
further
than
I
can
see
my
way
back
.
"
This
he
had
said
in
answer
to
a
proposition
that
he
should
take
George
's
note
of
hand
for
the
expenses
of
the
next
election
,
payable
in
three
months
'
time
.
"
It
is
so
very
hard
to
realize
,
"
said
George
,
"
immediately
upon
a
death
,
when
all
the
property
left
is
real
property
.
"
"
Very
hard
indeed
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
,
who
had
heard
with
accuracy
all
the
particulars
of
the
old
Squire
's
will
.
Vavasor
understood
the
lawyer
,
cursed
him
inwardly
,
and
suggested
to
himself
that
some
day
he
might
murder
Mr.
Scruby
as
well
as
John
Grey
,
—
and
perhaps
also
a
few
more
of
his
enemies
.
Two
days
after
the
interview
in
which
his
own
note
of
hand
had
been
refused
,
he
again
called
in
Great
Marlborough
Street
.
Upon
this
occasion
he
tendered
to
Mr.
Scruby
for
his
approval
the
four
slips
of
paper
which
have
been
mentioned
.
Mr.
Scruby
regarded
them
with
attention
,
looking
first
at
one
side
horizontally
,
and
then
at
the
other
side
perpendicularly
.
But
before
we
learn
the
judgement
pronounced
by
Mr.
Scruby
as
to
these
four
slips
of
paper
,
we
must
go
back
to
their
earlier
history
.
As
they
were
still
in
their
infancy
,
we
shall
not
have
to
go
back
far
.
One
morning
,
at
about
eleven
o'clock
the
parlour-maid
came
up
to
Alice
,
as
she
sat
alone
in
the
drawing-room
in
Queen
Anne
Street
,
and
told
her
there
was
a
"
gentleman
"
in
the
hall
waiting
to
be
seen
by
her
.
We
all
know
the
tone
in
which
servants
announce
a
gentleman
when
they
know
that
the
gentleman
is
not
a
gentleman
.
"
A
gentleman
wanting
to
see
me
!
What
sort
of
a
gentleman
?
"
"
Well
,
miss
,
I
do
n't
think
he
's
just
of
our
sort
;
but
he
's
decent
to
look
at
.
"
Alice
Vavasor
had
no
desire
to
deny
herself
to
any
person
but
one
.
She
was
well
aware
that
the
gentleman
in
the
hall
could
not
be
her
cousin
George
,
and
therefore
she
did
not
refuse
to
see
him
.
"
Let
him
come
up
,
"
she
said
.
"
But
I
think
,
Jane
,
you
ought
to
ask
him
his
name
.
"
Jane
did
ask
him
his
name
,
and
came
back
immediately
,
announcing
Mr.
Levy
.
This
occurred
immediately
after
the
return
of
Mr.
John
Vavasor
from
Westmoreland
.
He
had
reached
home
late
on
the
preceding
evening
,
and
at
the
moment
of
Mr.
Levy
's
call
was
in
his
dressing-room
.
Alice
got
up
to
receive
her
visitor
,
and
at
once
understood
the
tone
of
her
maid
's
voice
.
Mr.
Levy
was
certainly
not
a
gentleman
of
the
sort
to
which
she
had
been
most
accustomed
.
He
was
a
little
dark
man
,
with
sharp
eyes
,
set
very
near
to
each
other
in
his
head
,
with
a
beaked
nose
,
thick
at
the
bridge
,
and
a
black
moustache
,
but
no
other
beard
.
Alice
did
not
at
all
like
the
look
of
Mr.
Levy
,
but
she
stood
up
to
receive
him
,
made
him
a
little
bow
,
and
asked
him
to
sit
down
.
"
Is
papa
dressed
yet
?
"
Alice
asked
the
servant
.
"
Well
,
miss
,
I
do
n't
think
he
is
,
—
not
to
say
dressed
.
"
Alice
had
thought
it
might
be
as
well
that
Mr.
Levy
should
know
that
there
was
a
gentleman
in
the
house
with
her
.
"
I
've
called
about
a
little
bit
of
business
,
miss
,
"
said
Mr.
Levy
,
when
they
were
alone
.
"
Nothing
as
you
need
disturb
yourself
about
.
You
'll
find
it
all
square
,
I
think
.
"
Then
he
took
a
case
out
of
his
breast-pocket
,
and
produced
a
note
,
which
he
handed
to
her
.
Alice
took
the
note
,
and
saw
immediately
that
it
was
addressed
to
her
by
her
cousin
George
.
"
Yes
,
Mr.
George
Vavasor
,
"
said
Mr.
Levy
.
"
I
dare
say
you
never
saw
me
before
,
miss
?
"
"
No
,
sir
;
I
think
not
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
I
am
your
cousin
's
clerk
.
"
"
Oh
,
you
're
Mr.
Vavasor
's
clerk
.
I
'll
read
his
letter
,
if
you
please
,
sir
.
"
"
If
you
please
,
miss.
"
George
Vavasor
's
letter
to
his
cousin
was
as
follows
:
—
Dear
Alice
,
After
what
passed
between
us
when
I
last
saw
you
I
thought
that
on
my
return
from
Westmoreland
I
should
learn
that
you
had
paid
in
at
my
bankers
'
the
money
that
I
require
.
But
I
find
that
this
is
not
so
;
and
of
course
I
excuse
you
,
because
women
so
seldom
know
when
or
how
to
do
that
which
business
demands
of
them
.
You
have
,
no
doubt
,
heard
the
injustice
which
my
grandfather
has
done
me
,
and
will
probably
feel
as
indignant
as
I
do
.
I
only
mention
this
now
,
because
the
nature
of
his
will
makes
it
more
than
ever
incumbent
on
you
that
you
should
be
true
to
your
pledge
to
me
.
Till
there
shall
be
some
ground
for
a
better
understanding
between
us
,
—
and
this
I
do
not
doubt
will
come
,
—
I
think
it
wiser
not
to
call
,
myself
,
at
Queen
Anne
Street
.
I
therefore
send
my
confidential
clerk
with
four
bills
,
each
of
five
hundred
pounds
,
drawn
at
fourteen
days
'
date
,
across
which
I
will
get
you
to
write
your
name
.
Mr.
Levy
will
show
you
the
way
in
which
this
should
be
done
.
Your
name
must
come
under
the
word
"
accepted
,
"
and
just
above
the
name
of
Messrs.
Drummonds
,
where
the
money
must
be
lying
ready
,
at
any
rate
,
not
later
than
Monday
fortnight
.
Indeed
,
the
money
must
be
there
some
time
on
the
Saturday
.
They
know
you
so
well
at
Drummonds
'
that
you
will
not
object
to
call
on
the
Saturday
afternoon
,
and
ask
if
it
is
all
right
.
I
have
certainly
been
inconvenienced
by
not
finding
the
money
as
I
expected
on
my
return
to
town
.
If
these
bills
are
not
properly
provided
for
,
the
result
will
be
very
disastrous
to
me
.
I
feel
,
however
,
sure
that
this
will
be
done
,
both
for
your
own
sake
and
for
mine
.
Affectionately
yours
,
George
Vavasor
.
The
unparalleled
impudence
of
this
letter
had
the
effect
which
the
writer
had
intended
.
It
made
Alice
think
immediately
of
her
own
remissness
,
—
if
she
had
been
remiss
,
—
rather
than
of
the
enormity
of
his
claim
upon
her
.
The
decision
with
which
he
asked
for
her
money
,
without
any
pretence
at
an
excuse
on
his
part
,
did
for
the
time
induce
her
to
believe
that
she
had
no
alternative
but
to
give
it
to
him
,
and
that
she
had
been
wrong
in
delaying
it
.
She
had
told
him
that
he
should
have
it
,
and
she
ought
to
have
been
as
good
as
her
word
.
She
should
not
have
forced
upon
him
the
necessity
of
demanding
it
.
But
the
idea
of
signing
four
bills
was
terrible
to
her
,
and
she
felt
sure
that
she
ought
not
to
put
her
name
to
orders
for
so
large
an
amount
and
then
intrust
them
to
such
a
man
as
Mr.
Levy
.
Her
father
was
in
the
house
,
and
she
might
have
asked
him
.
The
thought
that
she
would
do
so
of
course
occurred
to
her
.
But
then
it
occurred
to
her
also
that
were
she
to
speak
to
her
father
as
to
this
advancing
of
money
to
her
cousin
,
—
to
this
giving
of
money
,
for
she
now
well
understood
that
it
would
be
a
gift
;
—
were
she
to
consult
her
father
in
any
way
about
it
,
he
would
hinder
her
,
not
only
from
signing
the
bills
for
Mr.
Levy
,
but
,
as
far
as
he
could
do
so
,
from
keeping
the
promise
made
to
her
cousin
.
She
was
resolved
that
George
should
have
the
money
,
and
she
knew
that
she
could
give
it
to
him
in
spite
of
her
father
.
But
her
father
might
probably
be
able
to
delay
the
gift
,
and
thus
rob
it
of
its
chief
value
.
If
she
were
to
sign
the
bills
,
the
money
must
be
made
to
be
forthcoming
.
So
much
she
understood
.
Mr.
Levy
had
taken
out
the
four
bills
from
the
same
case
,
and
had
placed
them
on
the
table
before
him
.
"
Mr.
Vavasor
has
explained
,
I
believe
,
miss
,
what
it
is
you
have
to
do
?
"
he
said
.
"
Yes
,
sir
;
my
cousin
has
explained
.
"
"
And
there
is
nothing
else
to
trouble
you
with
,
I
believe
.
If
you
will
just
write
your
name
across
them
,
here
,
I
need
not
detain
you
by
staying
any
longer
.
"
Mr.
Levy
was
very
anxious
to
make
his
visit
as
short
as
possible
,
since
he
had
heard
that
Mr.
John
Vavasor
was
in
the
house
.
But
Alice
hesitated
.
Two
thousand
pounds
is
a
very
serious
sum
of
money
.
She
had
heard
much
of
sharpers
,
and
thought
that
she
ought
to
be
cautious
.
What
if
this
man
,
of
whom
she
had
never
before
heard
,
should
steal
the
bills
after
she
had
signed
them
?
She
looked
again
at
her
cousin
's
letter
,
chiefly
with
the
object
of
gaining
time
.
"
It
's
all
right
,
miss
,
"
said
Mr.
Levy
.
"
Could
you
not
leave
them
with
me
,
sir
?
"
said
Alice
.
"
Well
;
not
very
well
,
miss.
No
doubt
Mr.
Vavasor
has
explained
it
all
;
but
the
fact
is
,
he
must
have
them
this
afternoon
.
He
has
got
a
heavy
sum
to
put
down
on
the
nail
about
this
here
election
,
and
if
it
ai
n't
down
to-day
,
them
on
whom
he
has
to
depend
will
be
all
abroad
.
"
"
But
,
sir
,
the
money
will
not
be
payable
to-day
.
If
I
understand
it
,
they
are
not
cheques
.
"
"
No
,
miss
,
no
;
they
are
not
cheques
.
But
your
name
,
miss
,
at
fourteen
days
,
is
the
same
as
ready
money
;
—
just
the
same
.
"
She
paused
,
and
while
she
paused
,
he
reached
a
pen
for
her
from
the
writing-table
,
and
then
she
signed
the
four
bills
as
he
held
them
before
her
.
She
was
quick
enough
at
doing
this
when
she
had
once
commenced
the
work
.
Her
object
,
then
,
was
that
the
man
should
be
gone
from
the
house
before
her
father
could
meet
him
.
These
were
the
four
bits
of
paper
which
George
Vavasor
tendered
to
Mr.
Scruby
's
notice
on
the
occasion
which
we
have
now
in
hand
.
In
doing
so
,
he
made
use
of
them
after
the
manner
of
a
grand
capitalist
,
who
knows
that
he
may
assume
certain
airs
as
he
allows
the
odours
of
the
sweetness
of
his
wealth
to
drop
from
him
.
"
You
insisted
on
ready
money
,
with
your
d
–
–
–
–
suspicions
,
"
said
he
;
"
and
there
it
is
.
You
're
not
afraid
of
fourteen
days
,
I
dare
say
.
"
"
Fourteen
days
is
neither
here
nor
there
,
"
said
Mr.
Scruby
.
"
We
can
let
our
payments
stand
over
as
long
as
that
,
without
doing
any
harm
.
I
'll
send
one
of
my
men
down
to
Grimes
,
and
tell
him
I
ca
n't
see
him
,
till
,
—
let
me
see
,
"
and
he
looked
at
one
of
the
bills
,
"
till
the
15th
.
"
But
this
was
not
exactly
what
George
Vavasor
wanted
.
He
was
desirous
that
the
bills
should
be
immediately
turned
into
money
,
so
that
the
necessity
of
forcing
payments
from
Alice
,
should
due
provision
for
the
bills
not
be
made
,
might
fall
into
other
hands
than
his
.
"
We
can
wait
till
the
15th
,
"
said
Scruby
,
as
he
handed
the
bits
of
paper
back
to
his
customer
.
"
You
will
want
a
thousand
,
you
say
?
"
said
George
.
"
A
thousand
to
begin
with
.
Certainly
not
less
.
"
"
Then
you
had
better
keep
two
of
them
.
"
"
Well
—
no
!
I
do
n't
see
the
use
of
that
.
You
had
better
collect
them
through
your
own
banker
,
and
let
me
have
a
cheque
on
the
15th
or
16th
.
"
"
How
cursed
suspicious
you
are
,
Scruby
.
"
"
No
,
I
ai
n't
.
I
'm
not
a
bit
suspicious
.
I
do
n't
deal
in
such
articles
;
that
's
all
!
"
"
What
doubt
can
there
be
about
such
bills
as
those
?
Everybody
knows
that
my
cousin
has
a
considerable
fortune
,
altogether
at
her
own
disposal
.
"
"
The
truth
is
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
that
bills
with
ladies
'
names
on
them
,
—
ladies
who
are
no
way
connected
with
business
,
—
ai
n't
just
the
paper
that
people
like
.
"
"
Nothing
on
earth
can
be
surer
.
"
"
You
take
them
into
the
City
for
discount
,
and
see
if
the
bankers
do
n't
tell
you
the
same
.
They
may
be
done
,
of
course
,
upon
your
name
.
I
say
nothing
about
that
.
"
"
I
can
explain
to
you
the
nature
of
the
family
arrangement
,
but
I
ca
n't
do
that
to
a
stranger
.
However
,
I
do
n't
mind
.
"
"
Of
course
not
.
The
time
is
so
short
that
it
does
not
signify
.
Have
them
collected
through
your
own
bankers
,
and
then
,
if
it
do
n't
suit
you
to
call
,
send
me
a
cheque
for
a
thousand
pounds
when
the
time
is
up
.
"
Then
Mr.
Scruby
turned
to
some
papers
on
his
right
hand
,
as
though
the
interview
had
been
long
enough
.
Vavasor
looked
at
him
angrily
,
opening
his
wound
at
him
and
cursing
him
inwardly
.
Mr.
Scruby
went
on
with
his
paper
,
by
no
means
regarding
either
the
wound
or
the
unspoken
curses
.
Thereupon
Vavasor
got
up
and
went
away
without
any
word
of
farewell
.
As
he
walked
along
Great
Marlborough
Street
,
and
through
those
unalluring
streets
which
surround
the
Soho
district
,
and
so
on
to
the
Strand
and
his
own
lodgings
,
he
still
continued
to
think
of
some
wide
scheme
of
revenge
,
—
of
some
scheme
in
which
Mr.
Scruby
might
be
included
.
There
had
appeared
something
latterly
in
Mr.
Scruby
's
manner
to
him
,
something
of
mingled
impatience
and
familiarity
,
which
made
him
feel
that
he
had
fallen
in
the
attorney
's
estimation
.
It
was
not
that
the
lawyer
thought
him
to
be
less
honourable
,
or
less
clever
,
than
he
had
before
thought
him
;
but
that
the
man
was
like
a
rat
,
and
knew
a
falling
house
by
the
instinct
that
was
in
him
.
So
George
Vavasor
cursed
Mr.
Scruby
,
and
calculated
some
method
of
murdering
him
without
detection
.
The
reader
is
not
to
suppose
that
the
Member
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
had
,
in
truth
,
resolved
to
gratify
his
revenge
by
murder
,
—
by
murdering
any
of
those
persons
whom
he
hated
so
vigorously
.
He
did
not
,
himself
,
think
it
probable
that
he
would
become
a
murderer
.
But
he
received
some
secret
satisfaction
in
allowing
his
mind
to
dwell
upon
the
subject
,
and
in
making
those
calculations
.
He
reflected
that
it
would
not
do
to
take
off
Scruby
and
John
Grey
at
the
same
time
,
as
it
would
be
known
that
he
was
connected
with
both
of
them
;
unless
,
indeed
,
he
was
to
take
off
a
third
person
at
the
same
time
,
—
a
third
person
,
as
to
the
expediency
of
ending
whose
career
he
made
his
calculations
quite
as
often
as
he
did
in
regard
to
any
of
those
persons
whom
he
cursed
so
often
.
It
need
hardly
be
explained
to
the
reader
that
this
third
person
was
the
sitting
Member
for
the
Chelsea
Districts
.
As
he
was
himself
in
want
of
instant
ready
money
Mr.
Scruby
's
proposition
that
he
should
leave
the
four
bills
at
his
own
bankers
'
,
to
be
collected
when
they
came
to
maturity
,
did
not
suit
him
.
He
doubted
much
,
also
,
whether
at
the
end
of
the
fourteen
days
the
money
would
be
forthcoming
.
Alice
would
be
driven
to
tell
her
father
,
in
order
that
the
money
might
be
procured
,
and
John
Vavasor
would
probably
succeed
in
putting
impediments
in
the
way
of
the
payment
.
He
must
take
the
bills
into
the
City
,
and
do
the
best
there
that
he
could
with
them
.
He
was
too
late
for
this
to-day
,
and
therefore
he
went
to
his
lodgings
,
and
then
down
to
the
House
.
In
the
House
he
sat
all
the
night
with
his
hat
over
his
eyes
,
making
those
little
calculations
of
which
I
have
spoken
.
"
You
have
heard
the
news
;
have
n't
you
?
"
said
Mr.
Bott
to
him
,
whispering
in
his
ear
.
"
News
;
no.
I
have
n't
heard
any
news
.
"
"
Finespun
has
resigned
,
and
Palliser
is
at
this
moment
with
the
Duke
of
St.
Bungay
in
the
Lords
'
library
.
"
"
They
may
both
be
at
the
bottom
of
the
Lords
'
fishpond
,
for
what
I
care
,
"
said
Vavasor
.
"
That
's
nonsense
,
you
know
,
"
said
Bott
.
"
Still
,
you
know
Palliser
is
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
at
this
moment
.
What
a
lucky
fellow
you
are
to
have
such
a
chance
come
to
you
directly
you
get
in
.
As
soon
as
he
takes
his
seat
down
there
,
of
course
we
shall
go
up
behind
him
.
"
"
We
shall
have
another
election
in
a
month
's
time
,
"
said
George
.
"
I
'm
safe
enough
,
"
said
Bott
.
"
It
never
hurts
a
man
at
elections
to
be
closely
connected
with
the
Government
.
"
George
Vavasor
was
in
the
City
by
times
the
next
morning
,
but
he
found
that
the
City
did
not
look
with
favourable
eyes
on
his
four
bills
.
The
City
took
them
up
,
first
horizontally
,
and
then
,
with
a
twist
of
its
hand
,
perpendicularly
,
and
looked
at
them
with
distrustful
eyes
.
The
City
repeated
the
name
,
Alice
Vavasor
,
as
though
it
were
not
esteemed
a
good
name
on
Change
.
The
City
suggested
that
as
the
time
was
so
short
,
the
holder
of
the
bills
would
be
wise
to
hold
them
till
he
could
collect
the
amount
.
It
was
very
clear
that
the
City
suspected
something
wrong
in
the
transaction
.
The
City
,
by
one
of
its
mouths
,
asserted
plainly
that
ladies
'
bills
never
meant
business
.
George
Vavasor
cursed
the
City
,
and
made
his
calculation
about
murdering
it
.
Might
not
a
river
of
strychnine
be
turned
on
round
the
Exchange
about
luncheon
time
?
Three
of
the
bills
he
left
at
last
with
his
own
bankers
for
collection
,
and
retained
the
fourth
in
his
breast-pocket
,
intending
on
the
morrow
to
descend
with
it
into
those
lower
depths
of
the
money
market
which
he
had
not
as
yet
visited
.
Again
,
on
the
next
day
,
he
went
to
work
and
succeeded
to
some
extent
.
Among
those
lower
depths
he
found
a
capitalist
who
was
willing
to
advance
him
two
hundred
pounds
,
keeping
that
fourth
bill
in
his
possession
as
security
.
The
capitalist
was
to
have
forty
pounds
for
the
transaction
,
and
George
cursed
him
as
he
took
his
cheque
.
George
Vavasor
knew
quite
enough
of
the
commercial
world
to
enable
him
to
understand
that
a
man
must
be
in
a
very
bad
condition
when
he
consents
to
pay
forty
pounds
for
the
use
of
two
hundred
for
fourteen
days
.
He
cursed
the
City
.
He
cursed
the
House
of
Commons
.
He
cursed
his
cousin
Alice
and
his
sister
Kate
.
He
cursed
the
memory
of
his
grandfather
.
And
he
cursed
himself
.
Mr.
Levy
had
hardly
left
the
house
in
Queen
Anne
Street
,
before
Alice
had
told
her
father
what
she
had
done
.
"
The
money
must
be
forthcoming
,
"
said
Alice
.
To
this
her
father
made
no
immediate
reply
,
but
turning
himself
in
his
chair
away
from
her
with
a
sudden
start
,
sat
looking
at
the
fire
and
shaking
his
head
.
"
The
money
must
be
made
to
be
forthcoming
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Papa
,
will
you
see
that
it
is
done
?
"
This
was
very
hard
upon
poor
John
Vavasor
,
and
so
he
felt
it
to
be
.
"
Papa
,
if
you
will
not
promise
,
I
must
go
to
Mr.
Round
about
it
myself
,
and
must
find
out
a
broker
to
sell
out
for
me
.
You
would
not
wish
that
my
name
should
be
dishonoured
.
"
"
You
will
be
ruined
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
for
such
a
rascal
as
that
!
"
"
Never
mind
whether
he
is
a
rascal
or
not
,
papa
.
You
must
acknowledge
that
he
has
been
treated
harshly
by
his
grandfather
.
"
"
I
think
that
will
was
the
wisest
thing
my
father
ever
did
.
Had
he
left
the
estate
to
George
,
there
would
n't
have
been
an
acre
of
it
left
in
the
family
in
six
months
'
time
.
"
"
But
the
life
interest
,
papa
!
"
"
He
would
have
raised
all
he
could
upon
that
,
and
it
would
have
done
him
no
good
.
"
"
At
any
rate
,
papa
,
he
must
have
this
two
thousand
pounds
.
You
must
promise
me
that
.
"
"
And
then
he
will
want
more
.
"
"
No
;
I
do
not
think
he
will
ask
for
more
.
At
any
rate
,
I
do
not
think
that
I
am
bound
to
give
him
all
that
I
have
.
"
"
I
should
think
not
.
I
should
like
to
know
how
you
can
be
bound
to
give
him
anything
?
"
"
Because
I
promised
it
.
I
have
signed
the
bills
now
,
and
it
must
be
done
.
"
Still
Mr.
Vavasor
made
no
promise
.
"
Papa
,
if
you
will
not
say
that
you
will
do
it
,
I
must
go
down
to
Mr.
Round
at
once
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
that
I
can
do
it
.
I
do
n't
know
that
Mr.
Round
can
do
it
.
Your
money
is
chiefly
on
mortgage
.
"
Then
there
was
a
pause
for
a
moment
in
the
conversation
.
"
Upon
my
word
,
I
never
heard
of
such
a
thing
in
my
life
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
;
"
I
never
did
.
Four
thousand
pounds
given
away
to
such
a
man
as
that
,
in
three
months
!
Four
thousand
pounds
!
And
you
say
you
do
not
intend
to
marry
him
.
"
"
Certainly
not
;
all
that
is
over
.
"
"
And
does
he
know
that
it
is
over
?
"
"
I
suppose
he
does
.
"
"
You
suppose
so
!
Things
of
that
sort
are
so
often
over
with
you
!
"
This
was
very
cruel
.
Perhaps
she
had
deserved
the
reproach
,
but
still
it
was
very
cruel
.
The
blow
struck
her
with
such
force
that
she
staggered
under
it
.
Tears
came
into
her
eyes
,
and
she
could
hardly
speak
lest
she
should
betray
herself
by
sobbing
.
"
I
know
that
I
have
behaved
badly
,
"
she
said
at
last
;
"
but
I
am
punished
,
and
you
might
spare
me
now
!
"
"
I
did
n't
want
to
punish
you
,
"
he
said
,
getting
up
from
his
chair
and
walking
about
the
room
.
"
I
do
n't
want
to
punish
you
.
But
,
I
do
n't
want
to
see
you
ruined
!
"
"
I
must
go
to
Mr.
Round
then
,
myself
.
"
Mr.
Vavasor
went
on
walking
about
the
room
,
jingling
the
money
in
his
trousers-pockets
,
and
pushing
the
chairs
about
as
he
chanced
to
meet
them
.
At
last
,
he
made
a
compromise
with
her
.
He
would
take
a
day
to
think
whether
he
would
assist
her
in
getting
the
money
,
and
communicate
his
decision
to
her
on
the
following
morning
.
CHAPTER
LXI
.
The
Bills
Are
Made
All
Right
.
Mr.
Vavasor
was
at
his
wits
'
end
about
his
daughter
.
She
had
put
her
name
to
four
bills
for
five
hundred
pounds
each
,
and
had
demanded
from
him
,
almost
without
an
apology
,
his
aid
in
obtaining
money
to
meet
them
.
And
she
might
put
her
name
to
any
other
number
of
bills
,
and
for
any
amount
!
There
was
no
knowing
how
a
man
ought
to
behave
to
such
a
daughter
.
"
I
do
n't
want
her
money
,
"
the
father
said
to
himself
;
"
and
if
she
had
got
none
of
her
own
,
I
would
make
her
as
comfortable
as
I
could
with
my
own
income
.
But
to
see
her
throw
her
money
away
in
such
a
fashion
as
this
is
enough
to
break
a
man
's
heart
.
"
Mr.
Vavasor
went
to
his
office
in
Chancery
Lane
,
but
he
did
not
go
to
the
chambers
of
Mr.
Round
,
the
lawyer
.
Instead
of
calling
on
Mr.
Round
he
sent
a
note
by
a
messenger
to
Suffolk
Street
,
and
the
answer
to
the
note
came
in
the
person
of
Mr.
Grey
.
John
Grey
was
living
in
town
in
these
days
,
and
was
in
the
habit
of
seeing
Mr.
Vavasor
frequently
.
Indeed
,
he
had
not
left
London
since
the
memorable
occasion
on
which
he
had
pitched
his
rival
down
the
tailor
's
stairs
at
his
lodgings
.
He
had
made
himself
pretty
well
conversant
with
George
Vavasor
's
career
,
and
had
often
shuddered
as
he
thought
what
might
be
the
fate
of
any
girl
who
might
trust
herself
to
marry
such
a
man
as
that
.
He
had
been
at
home
when
Mr.
Vavasor
's
note
had
reached
his
lodgings
,
and
had
instantly
walked
off
towards
Chancery
Lane
.
He
knew
his
way
to
Mr.
Vavasor
's
signing-office
very
accurately
,
for
he
had
acquired
a
habit
of
calling
there
,
and
of
talking
to
the
father
about
his
daughter
.
He
was
a
patient
,
persevering
man
,
confident
in
himself
,
and
apt
to
trust
that
he
would
accomplish
those
things
which
he
attempted
,
though
he
was
hardly
himself
aware
of
any
such
aptitude
.
He
had
never
despaired
as
to
Alice
.
And
though
he
had
openly
acknowledged
to
himself
that
she
had
been
very
foolish
,
—
or
rather
,
that
her
judgement
had
failed
her
,
—
he
had
never
in
truth
been
angry
with
her
.
He
had
looked
upon
her
rejection
of
himself
,
and
her
subsequent
promise
to
her
cousin
,
as
the
effects
of
a
mental
hallucination
,
very
much
to
be
lamented
,
—
to
be
wept
for
,
perhaps
,
through
a
whole
life
,
as
a
source
of
terrible
sorrow
to
himself
and
to
her
.
But
he
regarded
it
all
as
a
disease
,
of
which
the
cure
was
yet
possible
,
—
as
a
disease
which
,
though
it
might
never
leave
the
patient
as
strong
as
she
was
before
,
might
still
leave
her
altogether
.
And
as
he
would
still
have
clung
to
his
love
had
she
been
attacked
by
any
of
those
illnesses
for
which
doctors
have
well-known
names
,
so
would
he
cling
to
her
now
that
she
was
attacked
by
a
malady
for
which
no
name
was
known
.
He
had
already
heard
from
Mr.
Vavasor
that
Alice
had
discovered
how
impossible
it
was
that
she
should
marry
her
cousin
,
and
,
in
his
quiet
,
patient
,
enduring
way
,
was
beginning
to
feel
confident
that
he
would
,
at
last
,
carry
his
mistress
off
with
him
to
Nethercoats
.
It
was
certainly
a
melancholy
place
,
that
signing-office
,
in
which
Mr.
John
Vavasor
was
doomed
to
spend
twelve
hours
a
week
,
during
every
term
time
,
of
his
existence
.
Whether
any
man
could
really
pass
an
existence
of
work
in
such
a
workshop
,
and
not
have
gone
mad
,
—
could
have
endured
to
work
there
for
seven
hours
a
day
,
every
week-day
of
his
life
,
I
am
not
prepared
to
say
.
I
doubt
much
whether
any
victims
are
so
doomed
.
I
have
so
often
wandered
through
those
gloomy
passages
without
finding
a
sign
of
humanity
there
,
—
without
hearing
any
slightest
tick
of
the
hammer
of
labour
,
that
I
am
disposed
to
think
that
Lord
Chancellors
have
been
anxious
to
save
their
subordinates
from
suicide
,
and
have
mercifully
decreed
that
the
whole
staff
of
labourers
,
down
to
the
very
message
boys
of
the
office
,
should
be
sent
away
to
green
fields
or
palatial
clubs
during
,
at
any
rate
,
a
moiety
of
their
existence
.
The
dismal
set
of
chambers
,
in
which
the
most
dismal
room
had
been
assigned
to
Mr.
Vavasor
,
was
not
actually
in
Chancery
Lane
.
Opening
off
from
Chancery
Lane
are
various
other
small
lanes
,
quiet
,
dingy
nooks
,
some
of
them
in
the
guise
of
streets
going
no
whither
,
some
being
thoroughfares
to
other
dingy
streets
beyond
,
in
which
sponging-houses
abound
,
and
others
existing
as
the
entrances
to
so-called
Inns
of
Court
,
—
inns
of
which
all
knowledge
has
for
years
been
lost
to
the
outer
world
of
the
laity
,
and
,
as
I
believe
,
lost
almost
equally
to
the
inner
world
of
the
legal
profession
.
Who
has
ever
heard
of
Symonds
'
Inn
?
But
an
ancestral
Symonds
,
celebrated
,
no
doubt
,
in
his
time
,
did
found
an
inn
,
and
there
it
is
to
this
day
.
Of
Staples
'
Inn
,
who
knows
the
purposes
or
use
?
Who
are
its
members
,
and
what
do
they
do
as
such
?
And
Staples
'
Inn
is
an
inn
with
pretensions
,
having
a
chapel
of
its
own
,
or
,
at
any
rate
,
a
building
which
,
in
its
external
dimensions
,
is
ecclesiastical
,
having
a
garden
and
architectural
proportions
;
and
a
façade
towards
Holborn
,
somewhat
dingy
,
but
respectable
,
with
an
old
gateway
,
and
with
a
decided
character
of
its
own
.
The
building
in
which
Mr.
John
Vavasor
had
a
room
and
a
desk
was
located
in
one
of
these
side
streets
,
and
had
,
in
its
infantine
days
,
been
regarded
with
complacency
by
its
founder
.
It
was
stone-faced
,
and
strong
,
and
though
very
ugly
,
had
about
it
that
air
of
importance
which
justifies
a
building
in
assuming
a
special
name
of
itself
.
This
building
was
called
the
Accountant-General
's
Record
Office
,
and
very
probably
,
in
the
gloom
of
its
dark
cellars
,
may
lie
to
this
day
the
records
of
the
expenditure
of
many
a
fair
property
which
has
gotten
itself
into
Chancery
,
and
has
never
gotten
itself
out
again
.
It
was
entered
by
a
dark
hall
,
the
door
of
which
was
never
closed
;
and
which
,
having
another
door
at
its
further
end
leading
into
another
lane
,
had
become
itself
a
thoroughfare
.
But
the
passers
through
it
were
few
in
number
.
Now
and
then
a
boy
might
be
seen
there
carrying
on
his
head
or
shoulders
a
huge
mass
of
papers
which
you
would
presume
to
be
accounts
,
or
some
clerk
employed
in
the
purlieus
of
Chancery
Lane
who
would
know
the
shortest
possible
way
from
the
chambers
of
some
one
attorney
to
those
of
some
other
.
But
this
hall
,
though
open
at
both
ends
,
was
as
dark
as
Erebus
;
and
any
who
lingered
in
it
would
soon
find
themselves
to
be
growing
damp
,
and
would
smell
mildew
,
and
would
become
naturally
affected
by
the
exhalations
arising
from
those
Chancery
records
beneath
their
feet
.
Up
the
stone
stairs
,
from
this
hall
,
John
Grey
passed
to
Mr.
Vavasor
's
signing-room
.
The
stairs
were
broad
,
and
almost
of
noble
proportions
,
but
the
darkness
and
gloom
which
hung
about
the
hall
,
hung
also
about
them
,
—
a
melancholy
set
of
stairs
,
up
and
down
which
no
man
can
walk
with
cheerful
feet
.
Here
he
came
upon
a
long
,
broad
passage
,
in
which
no
sound
was
,
at
first
,
to
be
heard
.
There
was
no
busy
noise
of
doors
slamming
,
no
rapid
sound
of
shoes
,
no
passing
to
and
fro
of
men
intent
on
their
daily
bread
.
Pausing
for
a
moment
,
that
he
might
look
round
about
him
and
realize
the
deathlike
stillness
of
the
whole
,
John
Grey
could
just
distinguish
the
heavy
breathing
of
a
man
,
thereby
learning
that
there
was
a
captive
in
,
at
any
rate
,
one
of
those
prisons
on
each
side
of
him
.
As
he
drew
near
to
the
door
of
Mr.
Vavasor
's
chamber
he
knew
that
the
breathing
came
from
thence
.
On
the
door
there
were
words
inscribed
,
which
were
just
legible
in
the
gloom
—
"
Signing
Room
.
Mr.
Vavasor
.
"
How
John
Vavasor
did
hate
those
words
!
It
seemed
to
him
that
they
had
been
placed
there
with
the
express
object
of
declaring
his
degradation
aloud
to
the
world
.
Since
his
grandfather
's
will
had
been
read
to
him
he
had
almost
made
up
his
mind
to
go
down
those
melancholy
stairs
for
the
last
time
,
to
shake
the
dust
off
his
feet
as
he
left
the
Accountant-General
's
Record
Office
for
ever
,
and
content
himself
with
half
his
official
income
.
But
how
could
he
give
up
so
many
hundreds
a
year
while
his
daughter
was
persisting
in
throwing
away
thousands
as
fast
as
,
or
faster
than
,
she
could
lay
her
hands
on
them
?
John
Grey
entered
the
room
and
found
Mr.
Vavasor
sitting
all
alone
in
an
arm-chair
over
the
fire
.
I
rather
think
that
that
breathing
had
been
the
breathing
of
a
man
asleep
.
He
was
resting
himself
amidst
the
labours
of
his
signing
.
It
was
a
large
,
dull
room
,
which
could
not
have
been
painted
,
I
should
think
,
within
the
memory
of
man
,
looking
out
backwards
into
some
court
.
The
black
wall
of
another
building
seemed
to
stand
up
close
to
the
window
,
—
so
close
that
no
direct
ray
of
the
sun
ever
interrupted
the
signing-clerk
at
his
work
.
In
the
middle
of
the
room
there
was
a
large
mahogany-table
,
on
which
lay
a
pile
of
huge
papers
.
Across
the
top
of
them
there
was
placed
a
bit
of
blotting-paper
,
with
a
quill
pen
,
the
two
only
tools
which
were
necessary
to
the
performance
of
the
signing-clerk
's
work
.
On
the
table
there
stood
a
row
of
official
books
,
placed
lengthways
on
their
edges
:
the
"
Post-Office
Directory
,
"
the
"
Court
Circular
,
"
a
"
Directory
to
the
Inns
of
Court
,
"
a
dusty
volume
of
Acts
of
Parliament
,
which
had
reference
to
Chancery
accounts
,
—
a
volume
which
Mr.
Vavasor
never
opened
;
and
there
were
some
others
;
but
there
was
no
book
there
in
which
any
Christian
man
or
woman
could
take
delight
,
either
for
amusement
or
for
recreation
.
There
were
three
or
four
chairs
round
the
wall
,
and
there
was
the
one
arm-chair
which
the
occupant
of
the
chamber
had
dragged
away
from
its
sacred
place
to
the
hearth-rug
.
There
was
also
an
old
Turkey
carpet
on
the
floor
.
Other
furniture
there
was
none
.
Can
it
be
a
matter
of
surprise
to
any
one
that
Mr.
Vavasor
preferred
his
club
to
his
place
of
business
?
He
was
not
left
quite
alone
in
this
deathlike
dungeon
.
Attached
to
his
own
large
room
there
was
a
small
closet
,
in
which
sat
the
signing-clerk
's
clerk
,
—
a
lad
of
perhaps
seventeen
years
of
age
,
who
spent
the
greatest
part
of
his
time
playing
tit-tat-to
by
himself
upon
official
blotting-paper
.
Had
I
been
Mr.
Vavasor
I
should
have
sworn
a
bosom
friendship
with
that
lad
,
have
told
him
all
my
secrets
,
and
joined
his
youthful
games
.
"
Come
in
!
"
Mr.
Vavasor
had
cried
when
John
Grey
disturbed
his
slumber
by
knocking
at
the
door
.
"
I
'm
glad
to
see
you
,
—
very
.
Sit
down
;
wo
n't
you
?
Did
you
ever
see
such
a
wretched
fire
?
The
coals
they
give
you
in
this
place
are
the
worst
in
all
London
.
Did
you
ever
see
such
coals
?
"
And
he
gave
a
wicked
poke
at
the
fire
.
It
was
now
the
1st
of
May
,
and
Grey
,
who
had
walked
from
Suffolk
Street
,
was
quite
warm
.
"
One
hardly
wants
a
fire
at
all
,
such
weather
as
this
,
"
he
said
.
"
Oh
;
do
n't
you
?
"
said
the
signing-clerk
.
"
If
you
had
to
sit
here
all
day
,
you
'd
see
if
you
did
n't
want
a
fire
.
It
's
the
coldest
building
I
ever
put
my
foot
in
.
Sometimes
in
winter
I
have
to
sit
here
the
whole
day
in
a
great-coat
.
I
only
wish
I
could
shut
old
Sugden
up
here
for
a
week
or
two
,
after
Christmas
.
"
The
great
lawyer
whom
he
had
named
was
the
man
whom
he
supposed
to
have
inflicted
on
him
the
terrible
injury
of
his
life
,
and
he
was
continually
invoking
small
misfortunes
on
the
head
of
that
tyrant
.
"
How
is
Alice
?
"
said
Grey
,
desiring
to
turn
the
subject
from
the
ten-times-told
tale
of
his
friend
's
wrongs
.
Mr.
Vavasor
sighed
.
"
She
is
well
enough
,
I
believe
,
"
he
said
.
"
Is
anything
the
matter
in
Queen
Anne
Street
?
"
"
You
'll
hardly
believe
it
when
I
tell
you
;
and
,
indeed
,
I
hardly
know
whether
I
ought
to
tell
you
or
not
.
"
"
As
you
and
I
have
gone
so
far
together
,
I
think
that
you
ought
to
tell
me
anything
that
concerns
her
nearly
.
"
"
That
's
just
it
.
It
's
about
her
money
.
Do
you
know
,
Grey
,
I
'm
beginning
to
think
that
I
've
been
wrong
in
allowing
you
to
advance
what
you
have
done
on
her
account
?
"
"
Why
wrong
?
"
"
Because
I
foresee
there
'll
be
a
difficulty
about
it
.
How
are
we
to
manage
about
the
repayment
?
"
"
If
she
becomes
my
wife
there
will
be
no
management
wanted
.
"
"
But
how
if
she
never
becomes
your
wife
?
I
'm
beginning
to
think
she
'll
never
do
anything
like
any
other
woman
.
"
"
I
'm
not
quite
sure
that
you
understand
her
,
"
said
Grey
;
"
though
of
course
you
ought
to
do
so
better
than
any
one
else
.
"
"
Nobody
can
understand
her
,
"
said
the
angry
father
.
"
She
told
me
the
other
day
,
as
you
know
,
that
she
was
going
to
have
nothing
more
to
do
with
her
cousin
—
"
"
Has
she
—
has
she
become
friends
with
him
again
?
"
said
Grey
.
As
he
asked
the
question
there
came
a
red
spot
on
each
cheek
,
showing
the
strong
mental
anxiety
which
had
prompted
it
.
"
No
;
I
believe
not
;
—
that
is
,
certainly
not
in
the
way
you
mean
.
I
think
that
she
is
beginning
to
know
that
he
is
a
rascal
.
"
"
It
is
a
great
blessing
that
she
has
learned
the
truth
before
it
was
too
late
.
"
"
But
would
you
believe
it
;
—
she
has
given
him
her
name
to
bills
for
two
thousand
pounds
,
payable
at
two
weeks
'
sight
?
He
sent
to
her
only
this
morning
a
fellow
that
he
called
his
clerk
,
and
she
has
been
fool
enough
to
accept
them
.
Two
thousand
pounds
!
That
comes
of
leaving
money
at
a
young
woman
's
own
disposal
.
"
"
But
we
expected
that
,
you
know
,
"
said
Grey
,
who
seemed
to
take
the
news
with
much
composure
.
"
Expected
it
?
"
"
Of
course
we
did
.
You
yourself
did
not
suppose
that
what
he
had
before
would
have
been
the
last
.
"
"
But
after
she
had
quarrelled
with
him
!
"
"
That
would
make
no
difference
with
her
.
She
had
promised
him
her
money
,
and
as
it
seems
that
he
will
be
content
with
that
,
let
her
keep
her
promise
.
"
"
And
give
him
everything
!
Not
if
I
can
help
it
.
I
'll
expose
him
.
I
will
indeed
.
Such
a
pitiful
rascal
as
he
is
!
"
"
You
will
do
nothing
,
Mr.
Vavasor
,
that
will
injure
your
daughter
.
I
'm
very
sure
of
that
.
"
"
But
,
by
heavens
—
.
Such
sheer
robbery
as
that
!
Two
thousand
pounds
more
in
fourteen
days
!
"
The
shortness
of
the
date
at
which
the
bills
were
drawn
seemed
to
afflict
Mr.
Vavasor
almost
as
keenly
as
the
amount
.
Then
he
described
the
whole
transaction
as
accurately
as
he
could
do
so
,
and
also
told
how
Alice
had
declared
her
purpose
of
going
to
Mr.
Round
the
lawyer
,
if
her
father
would
not
undertake
to
procure
the
money
for
her
by
the
time
the
bills
should
become
due
.
"
Mr.
Round
,
you
know
,
has
heard
nothing
about
it
,
"
he
continued
.
"
He
does
n't
dream
of
any
such
thing
.
If
she
would
take
my
advice
,
she
would
leave
the
bills
,
and
let
them
be
dishonoured
.
As
it
is
,
I
think
I
shall
call
at
Drummonds
'
,
and
explain
the
whole
transaction
.
"
"
You
must
not
do
that
,
"
said
Grey
.
"
I
will
call
at
Drummonds
'
,
instead
,
and
see
that
the
money
is
all
right
for
the
bills
.
As
far
as
they
go
,
let
him
have
his
plunder
.
"
"
And
if
she
wo
n't
take
you
,
at
last
,
Grey
?
Upon
my
word
,
I
do
n't
think
she
ever
will
.
My
belief
is
she
'll
never
get
married
.
She
'll
never
do
anything
like
any
other
woman
.
"
"
The
money
wo
n't
be
missed
by
me
if
I
never
get
married
,
"
said
Grey
,
with
a
smile
.
"
If
she
does
marry
me
,
of
course
I
shall
make
her
pay
me
.
"
"
No
,
by
George
!
that
wo
n't
do
,
"
said
Vavasor
.
"
If
she
were
your
daughter
you
'd
know
that
she
could
not
take
a
man
's
money
in
that
way
.
"
"
And
I
know
it
now
,
though
she
is
not
my
daughter
.
I
was
only
joking
.
As
soon
as
I
am
certain
,
—
finally
certain
,
—
that
she
can
never
become
my
wife
,
I
will
take
back
my
money
.
You
need
not
be
afraid
.
The
nature
of
the
arrangement
we
have
made
shall
then
be
explained
to
her
.
"
In
this
way
it
was
settled
;
and
on
the
following
morning
the
father
informed
the
daughter
that
he
had
done
her
bidding
,
and
that
the
money
would
be
placed
to
her
credit
at
the
bankers
'
before
the
bills
came
due
.
On
that
Saturday
,
the
day
which
her
cousin
had
named
in
his
letter
,
she
trudged
down
to
Drummonds
'
,
and
was
informed
by
a
very
courteous
senior
clerk
in
that
establishment
,
that
due
preparation
for
the
bills
had
been
made
.
So
far
,
I
think
we
may
say
that
Mr.
George
Vavasor
was
not
unfortunate
.
CHAPTER
LXII
.
Going
Abroad
.
One
morning
,
early
in
May
,
a
full
week
before
Alice
's
visit
to
the
bankers
'
at
Charing
Cross
,
a
servant
in
grand
livery
,
six
feet
high
,
got
out
of
a
cab
at
the
door
in
Queen
Anne
Street
,
and
sent
up
a
note
for
Miss
Vavasor
,
declaring
that
he
would
wait
in
the
cab
for
her
answer
.
He
had
come
from
Lady
Glencora
,
and
had
been
specially
ordered
to
go
in
a
cab
and
come
back
in
a
cab
,
and
make
himself
as
like
a
Mercury
,
with
wings
to
his
feet
,
as
may
be
possible
to
a
London
footman
.
Mr.
Palliser
had
arranged
his
plans
with
his
wife
that
morning
,
—
or
,
I
should
more
correctly
say
,
had
given
her
his
orders
,
and
she
,
in
consequence
,
had
sent
away
her
Mercury
in
hot
pressing
haste
to
Queen
Anne
Street
.
"
Do
come
;
—
instantly
if
you
can
,
"
the
note
said
.
"
I
have
so
much
to
tell
you
,
and
so
much
to
ask
of
you
.
If
you
ca
n't
come
,
when
shall
I
find
you
,
and
where
?
"
Alice
sent
back
a
note
,
saying
that
she
would
be
in
Park
Lane
as
soon
as
she
could
put
on
her
bonnet
and
walk
down
;
and
then
the
Mercury
went
home
in
his
cab
.
Alice
found
her
friend
in
the
small
breakfast-room
up-stairs
,
sitting
close
by
the
window
.
They
had
not
as
yet
met
since
the
evening
of
Lady
Monk
's
party
,
nor
had
Lady
Glencora
seen
Alice
in
the
mourning
which
she
now
wore
for
her
grandfather
.
"
Oh
,
dear
,
what
a
change
it
makes
in
you
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
never
thought
of
your
being
in
black
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
what
it
is
you
want
,
but
sha
n't
I
do
in
mourning
as
well
as
I
would
in
colours
?
"
"
You
'll
do
in
anything
,
dear
.
But
I
have
so
much
to
tell
you
,
and
I
do
n't
know
how
to
begin
.
And
I
've
so
much
to
ask
of
you
,
and
I
'm
so
afraid
you
wo
n't
do
it
.
"
"
You
generally
find
me
very
complaisant
.
"
"
No
I
do
n't
,
dear
.
It
is
very
seldom
you
will
do
anything
for
me
.
But
I
must
tell
you
everything
first
.
Do
take
your
bonnet
off
,
for
I
shall
be
hours
in
doing
it
.
"
"
Hours
in
telling
me
!
"
"
Yes
;
and
in
getting
your
consent
to
what
I
want
you
to
do
.
But
I
think
I
'll
tell
you
that
first
.
I
'm
to
be
taken
abroad
immediately
.
"
"
Who
is
to
take
you
?
"
"
Ah
,
you
may
well
ask
that
.
If
you
could
know
what
questions
I
have
asked
myself
on
that
head
!
I
sometimes
say
things
to
myself
as
though
they
were
the
most
proper
and
reasonable
things
in
the
world
,
and
then
within
an
hour
or
two
I
hate
myself
for
having
thought
of
them
.
"
"
But
why
do
n't
you
answer
me
?
Who
is
going
abroad
with
you
?
"
"
Well
;
you
are
to
be
one
of
the
party
.
"
"
I
!
"
"
Yes
;
you
.
When
I
have
named
so
very
respectable
a
chaperon
for
my
youth
,
of
course
you
will
understand
that
my
husband
is
to
take
us
.
"
"
But
Mr.
Palliser
ca
n't
leave
London
at
this
time
of
the
year
?
"
"
That
's
just
it
.
He
is
to
leave
London
at
this
time
of
the
year
.
Do
n't
look
in
that
way
,
for
it
's
all
settled
.
Whether
you
go
with
me
or
not
,
I
've
got
to
go
.
To-day
is
Tuesday
.
We
are
to
be
off
next
Tuesday
night
,
if
you
can
make
yourself
ready
.
We
shall
breakfast
in
Paris
on
Wednesday
morning
,
and
then
it
will
be
to
us
all
just
as
if
we
were
in
a
new
world
.
Mr.
Palliser
will
walk
up
and
down
the
new
court
of
the
Louvre
,
and
you
will
be
on
his
left
arm
,
and
I
shall
be
on
his
right
,
—
just
like
English
people
,
—
and
it
will
be
the
most
proper
thing
that
ever
was
seen
in
life
.
Then
we
shall
go
on
to
Basle
"
—
Alice
shuddered
as
Basle
was
mentioned
,
thinking
of
the
balcony
over
the
river
—
"
and
so
to
Lucerne
—
.
But
no
;
that
was
the
first
plan
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
altered
it
.
He
spent
a
whole
day
up
here
with
maps
and
Bradshaw
's
and
Murray
's
guide-books
,
and
he
scolded
me
so
because
I
did
n't
care
whether
we
went
first
to
Baden
or
to
some
other
place
.
How
could
I
care
?
I
told
him
I
would
go
anywhere
he
chose
to
take
me
.
Then
he
told
me
I
was
heartless
;
—
and
I
acknowledged
that
I
was
heartless
.
'
I
am
heartless
,
'
I
said
.
'
Tell
me
something
I
do
n't
know
.
'
"
"
Oh
,
Cora
,
why
did
you
say
that
?
"
"
I
did
n't
choose
to
contradict
my
husband
.
Besides
,
it
's
true
.
Then
he
threw
the
Bradshaw
away
,
and
all
the
maps
flew
about
.
So
I
picked
them
up
again
,
and
said
we
'd
go
to
Switzerland
first
.
I
knew
that
would
settle
it
,
and
of
course
he
decided
on
stopping
at
Baden
.
If
he
had
said
Jericho
,
it
would
have
been
the
same
thing
to
me
.
Would
n't
you
like
to
go
to
Jericho
?
"
"
I
should
have
no
special
objection
to
Jericho
.
"
"
But
you
are
to
go
to
Baden
instead
.
"
"
I
've
said
nothing
about
that
yet
.
But
you
have
not
told
me
half
your
story
.
Why
is
Mr.
Palliser
going
abroad
in
the
middle
of
Parliament
in
this
way
?
"
"
Ah
;
now
I
must
go
back
to
the
beginning
.
And
indeed
,
Alice
,
I
hardly
know
how
to
tell
you
;
not
that
I
mind
you
knowing
it
,
only
there
are
some
things
that
wo
n't
get
themselves
told
.
You
can
hardly
guess
what
it
is
that
he
is
giving
up
.
You
must
swear
that
you
wo
n't
repeat
what
I
'm
going
to
tell
you
now
?
"
"
I
'm
not
a
person
apt
to
tell
secrets
,
but
I
sha
n't
swear
anything
.
"
"
What
a
woman
you
are
for
discretion
!
it
is
you
that
ought
to
be
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
;
you
are
so
wise
.
Only
you
have
n't
brought
your
own
pigs
to
the
best
market
,
after
all
.
"
"
Never
mind
my
own
pigs
now
,
Cora
.
"
"
I
do
mind
them
,
very
much
.
But
the
secret
is
this
.
They
have
asked
Mr.
Palliser
to
be
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
he
has
—
refused
.
Think
of
that
!
"
"
But
why
?
"
"
Because
of
me
,
—
of
me
,
and
my
folly
,
and
wickedness
,
and
abominations
.
Because
he
has
been
fool
enough
to
plague
himself
with
a
