moreimmediately
connected
with
herself
,
and
more
interesting
still
to
her
thoughts
,
though
rather
a
sinking
in
poetry
,
was
the
consideration
that
there
her
own
brother
had
been
driven
by
his
folly
and
indiscretion
,
and
that
her
father
's
family
,
so
long
respected
in
Scotland
,
seemed
now
about
to
be
finally
extinguished
in
penury
and
disgrace
.
It
was
a
misfortune
without
remedy
,
for
Marion
knew
the
limit
of
her
influence
with
Sir
Patrick
to
be
less
than
nothing
,
and
she
believed
that
not
a
living
being
possessed
more
.
She
had
never
heard
a
surmise
of
his
attachment
to
Clara
,
or
deep
and
unconquerable
as
it
was
,
she
might
have
entertained
some
hope
that
the
love
of
virtue
and
goodness
in
others
,
might
lead
to
a
respect
for
it
in
himself
,
though
none
can
doubt
the
melancholy
truth
,
that
,
as
fevers
are
infectious
,
but
health
is
not
,
so
moral
evil
is
far
more
contagious
than
moral
good
.
After
a
hurried
walk
,
Marion
reached
home
in
some
trepidation
,
lest
she
might
be
too
late
to
dress
for
dinner
,
an
offence
which
Sir
Patrick
always
visited
with
his
utmost
indignation
;
but
on
entering
the
house
,
she
was
alarmed
and
surprised
to
hear
,
from
the
butler
,
that
Agnes
had
been
seized
with
sudden
illness
very
soon
after
her
return
from
Lady
Towercliffe
's
ball
,
and
that
she
was
unable
to
leave
her
bed
.
Marion
flew
,
rather
than
walked
up
stairs
,
and
entered
her
sister
's
room
with
the
most
affectionate
solicitude
,
but
great
was
her
astonishment
to
find
Agnes
stretched
almost
insensible
on
the
bed
,
and
evidently
in
an
agony
of
suffering
,
pale
,
cold
,
and
languid
.
Her
spirits
were
evidently
in
the
lowest
depression
,
and
,
for
the
first
time
in
her
life
,
she
seemed
to
consider
herself
a
mere
mortal
like
other
people
.
Dixon
,
in
the
mean
time
,
watched
over
the
invalid
with
an
air
of
excessive
,
almost
exaggerated
solicitude
,
emitting
a
series
of
very
ostentatious
sighs
,
while
she
kept
her
place
close
beside
the
bed
,
so
as
to
exclude
every
one
else
,
and
made
eager
signs
to
Marion
when
she
entered
,
to
leave
the
room
without
speaking
,
and
not
approach
her
sister
,
or
agitate
her
in
any
way
.
Without
heeding
any
such
signals
,
however
,
Marion
approached
the
bed-side
with
noiseless
steps
,
and
quietly
assuming
the
place
which
had
been
occupied
by
Dixon
,
gently
took
hold
of
Agnes
'
hand
,
which
felt
so
cold
and
clammy
,
that
she
started
with
a
degree
of
alarm
,
greatly
increased
by
the
sight
of
the
invalid
's
altered
aspect
.
"
Have
you
called
in
a
doctor
?
"
said
she
,
anxiously
.
"
Surely
Patrick
does
not
know
how
very
ill
you
are
,
Agnes
?
"
"
Dixon
says
he
thought
nothing
of
it
,
and
recommended
me
to
put
off
my
illness
till
after
the
assembly
:
unfeeling
wretch
!
when
I
shall
perhaps
never
recover
.
Since
then
he
is
gone
hunting
,
"
added
Agnes
,
with
a
peevish
look
at
Marion
,
as
if
it
were
her
fault
,
"
and
he
will
not
return
home
before
night
!
"
"
Who
said
Patrick
had
gone
out
hunting
?
It
is
not
the
case
.
I
met
him
in
the
passage
,
and
he
had
been
told
you
complained
only
of
a
slight
nervous
headache
!
"
said
Marion
,
glancing
at
Dixon
,
whose
countenance
wore
an
expression
so
sinister
and
peculiar
,
that
Marion
felt
the
color
rush
to
her
face
with
surprise
,
but
turned
away
instantly
to
conceal
how
much
she
had
been
startled
by
it
,
though
determined
privately
to
watch
Dixon
's
face
more
narrowly
than
before
,
while
feeling
a
vague
apprehension
of
she
knew
not
what
.
"
Miss
Dunbar
must
be
kept
quiet
,
"
observed
Dixon
,
in
a
harsh
sulky
voice
,
"
she
ought
not
to
speak
.
It
only
fatigues
her
,
and
she
should
see
no
one
!
"
"
Who
ordered
that
?
"
asked
Marion
with
a
scrutinizing
look
at
the
abigail
's
averted
face
.
"
I
shall
remain
here
,
Dixon
,
therefore
leave
the
room
yourself
at
present
.
"
While
she
angrily
and
slowly
prepared
to
obey
this
authoritative
command
,
Agnes
turned
her
pallid
face
towards
Marion
,
saying
,
in
a
faint
voice
,
and
with
a
look
of
extreme
lassitude
,
"
Dixon
says
I
have
been
in
a
delirium
.
She
is
probably
right
,
for
I
could
have
been
certain
that
when
the
shutters
were
closed
,
I
heard
a
voice
in
the
farthest
corner
of
my
room
.
It
sounded
like
muttered
curses
,
and
a
dark
figure
crossed
the
fire-place
.
Could
it
be
a
dream
?
I
was
too
weak
to
move
—
my
hand
trembled
,
so
that
I
could
not
reach
the
bell
,
but
surely
I
heard
a
low
,
strange
,
unearthly
laugh
.
It
was
horrible
!
but
a
moment
afterwards
Dixon
appeared
,
and
she
says
I
was
in
a
deep
sleep
,
evidently
dreaming
some
horrible
dream
!
"
"
It
is
impossible
sometimes
to
distinguish
between
a
dream
and
a
reality
,
especially
when
we
are
ill
,
"
said
Marion
soothingly
,
for
she
was
alarmed
at
the
look
of
terror
and
perplexity
with
which
Agnes
mentioned
these
circumstances
,
and
privately
determined
,
as
soon
as
possible
,
to
communicate
on
the
subject
with
Sir
Patrick
.
"
I
must
be
allowed
,
Agnes
,
to
sleep
in
your
room
to-night
.
"
"
Dixon
maintains
that
this
is
all
mere
fatigue
,
after
the
excitement
of
Lady
Towercliffe
's
,
but
I
was
never
yet
wearied
with
being
flattered
and
admired
!
This
morning
,
however
,
strange
to
say
,
my
spirits
are
dreadfully
depressed
.
Nothing
gives
me
pleasure
.
I
can
scarcely
imagine
any
earthly
thing
that
could
interest
me
.
Though
the
ball
turned
out
pleasanter
than
any
ball
ever
was
before
,
and
Captain
De
Crespigny
seemed
,
as
usual
,
the
most
lover-like
of
men
,
yet
this
morning
,
if
he
proposed
to
you
,
or
even
to
Dixon
,
I
should
scarcely
care
.
Everything
seems
a
blank
.
I
feel
a
sort
of
depression
and
horror
not
to
be
described
or
imagined
.
"
"
I
desired
you
,
Dixon
,
to
leave
the
room
,
"
exclaimed
Marion
,
astonished
to
perceive
her
still
lurking
about
the
bed
.
"
Go
instantly
,
"
added
Marion
in
a
more
peremptory
tone
,
for
there
was
something
that
terrified
her
in
the
woman
's
look
.
"
What
do
you
think
,
my
dear
Agnes
,
can
be
the
cause
of
this
very
sudden
illness
?
Did
you
eat
any
supper
?
"
"
Nothing
;
I
Jephsonized
completely
;
tasted
not
a
morsel
,
and
drank
still
less
!
That
good
creature
,
Dixon
,
brought
me
a
cup
of
tea
from
her
own
breakfast
,
on
my
return
home
,
merely
to
lay
the
dust
in
my
throat
,
but
,
entre
nous
,
I
tossed
the
greater
part
out
of
that
window
clandestinely
,
as
it
had
an
odd
,
disagreeable
taste
,
like
stuff-petticoats
!
Poor
Dixon
would
be
mortified
if
she
knew
what
I
thought
of
her
'
delicious
mixture
'
at
,
probably
,
3s
.
6d
.
the
pound
.
It
is
a
pleasure
to
see
any
human
being
so
attached
as
she
is
to
me
.
"
Marion
's
color
deepened
at
the
tone
of
reproach
in
which
these
last
words
were
spoken
.
It
was
impossible
,
she
thought
,
that
they
could
be
seriously
considered
applicable
to
her
,
and
yet
both
the
look
and
accent
seemed
to
say
so
,
and
the
ready
color
flushed
her
cheek
when
she
felt
that
no
attachment
could
have
equalled
her
own
,
had
she
dared
to
express
it
either
in
word
or
deed
.
As
Agnes
declined
sending
for
a
doctor
,
and
seemed
already
better
,
though
unable
for
more
exertion
,
Marion
took
up
a
book
,
and
remained
silently
by
her
side
,
watching
,
with
anxious
solicitude
,
every
variation
of
her
countenance
,
and
,
with
affectionate
ingenuity
,
anticipating
all
her
many
wants
,
the
most
troublesome
of
which
appeared
to
be
a
craving
and
intolerable
thirst
.
After
some
time
the
door
opened
,
and
Dixon
was
about
to
enter
with
a
tray
containing
Agnes
'
dinner
,
but
on
seeing
Marion
still
there
,
she
started
and
seemed
about
hastily
to
withdraw
.
"
Come
in
,
"
said
Marion
,
looking
with
astonishment
at
the
abigail
's
countenance
,
which
was
flushed
and
inflamed
,
as
if
she
had
been
intoxicated
.
"
Come
in
.
"
"
When
Miss
Dunbar
is
ill
,
she
always
likes
her
dinner
alone
,
"
said
Dixon
,
pertly
.
"
This
is
only
a
plain
pudding
,
so
I
shall
keep
it
warm
below
.
"
"
My
sister
will
not
like
it
the
less
for
my
helping
her
,
"
said
Marion
,
affectionately
turning
to
Agnes
.
"
You
may
leave
it
with
me
,
Dixon
.
"
Marion
was
surprised
to
see
the
woman
visibly
change
color
when
she
said
this
.
The
abigail
instantly
compressed
her
lips
as
if
to
prevent
their
quivering
,
fixed
her
wild
glaring
eyes
on
Agnes
,
and
then
gave
an
anxious
glance
at
the
dinner
tray
.
"
This
pudding
seems
excellent
,
"
continued
Marion
,
helping
Agnes
;
"
but
surely
there
is
rather
too
much
sugar
scattered
on
the
top
!
Sugar
!
"
added
Marion
in
accents
of
astonishment
,
when
she
had
put
it
to
her
lips
;
"
this
is
not
sugar
!
stop
,
Agnes
!
stop
!
I
charge
you
not
to
taste
it
!
"
exclaimed
Marion
,
hastily
dashing
the
spoon
out
of
her
sister
's
hand
,
as
she
was
raising
it
to
her
mouth
.
"
What
can
this
mean
?
There
is
something
here
I
do
not
understand
.
It
must
be
explained
!
"
Bewildered
and
amazed
,
Marion
looked
round
,
and
beheld
a
dark
scowl
of
rage
and
fear
,
like
insanity
itself
,
never
afterwards
to
be
forgotten
,
which
disturbed
the
countenance
of
Dixon
for
a
moment
,
and
then
she
became
of
a
livid
,
unnatural
whiteness
,
when
,
in
a
low
,
subdued
voice
,
she
uttered
,
"
I
know
nothing
about
it
;
the
cook
seasons
Miss
Dunbar
's
dinner
;
if
this
is
not
to
her
taste
,
I
can
take
it
away
.
"
"
Marion
,
what
is
the
matter
?
I
hate
all
this
fuss
.
Pray
do
not
make
a
scene
when
I
am
so
ill.
Dixon
manages
for
me
without
half
this
trouble
.
The
pudding
seems
good
enough
.
"
Marion
trembled
visibly
as
she
got
up
,
but
without
saying
another
word
she
rang
three
times
for
the
cook
,
who
expressed
the
greatest
astonishment
when
the
pudding
was
shown
to
her
,
saying
,
in
a
tone
of
pique
,
as
she
supposed
her
skill
was
in
question
,
"
I
put
none
of
that
there
powdering
on
;
sure
it
be
something
very
queer
;
neither
sugar
,
salt
,
nor
mustard
!
It
would
be
of
little
use
in
a
kitchen
,
with
no
taste
?
I
declare
,
"
added
she
,
suddenly
changing
color
,
"
to
my
thinking
,
it
be
nothing
better
nor
worse
than
arsenic
!
"
A
stifled
cry
of
astonishment
and
consternation
escaped
from
Marion
at
these
words
,
while
she
hurriedly
exclaimed
,
"
Stop
Dixon
;
do
not
let
Dixon
leave
the
house
!
Send
for
an
apothecary
.
Where
is
Patrick
?
"
The
powder
,
on
being
analyzed
,
proved
,
indeed
,
to
be
arsenic
,
which
Dixon
bought
on
the
previous
evening
,
on
the
usual
pretext
of
poisoning
rats
;
but
while
Marion
was
raising
an
alarm
,
the
culprit
herself
absconded
,
carrying
off
all
Agnes
'
trinkets
and
money
,
which
she
must
previously
have
secreted
;
and
notice
of
the
robbery
was
immediately
sent
to
the
police
.
Among
her
valuable
collection
of
jewelry
,
Agnes
bestowed
the
most
audible
lamentations
on
a
splendid
locket
set
in
diamonds
with
her
brother
's
hair
;
but
her
secret
regrets
were
the
deepest
for
a
crystal
scent-bottle
,
with
a
gold
top
set
in
turquoises
,
which
Captain
De
Crespigny
had
presented
on
the
previous
evening
,
pretending
he
had
lost
it
to
her
in
a
bet
.
"
One
would
fancy
,
"
said
Agnes
,
in
her
usual
rallying
tone
,
the
first
time
she
saw
Captain
De
Crespigny
after
her
recovery
,
"
that
Dixon
had
been
some
old
admirer
of
yours
.
Not
a
vestige
is
left
of
anything
I
ever
received
from
you
!
The
last
year
's
annual
which
you
gave
me
,
the
music
which
you
copied
for
me
,
even
my
withered
bouquet
of
the
night
before
,
all
gone
at
one
fell
swoop
,
leaving
not
a
wreck
behind
!
"
Captain
De
Crespigny
colored
violently
,
and
strode
to
the
window
in
evident
confusion
,
which
Marion
could
not
but
remark
with
astonishment
and
perplexity
;
but
Agnes
,
quite
unconscious
of
his
agitation
,
rattled
on
with
increasing
animation
.
"
I
always
now
put
my
money
and
everything
valuable
in
the
most
conspicuous
part
of
my
room
,
to
save
anybody
the
trouble
of
murdering
me
for
them
.
I
have
a
perfect
horror
of
being
murdered
!
It
never
occurred
to
me
,
however
,
that
the
treasures
which
for
certain
reasons
I
value
most
,
were
in
any
danger
,
being
of
no
intrinsic
value
to
other
people
.
I
really
would
have
died
in
defence
of
my
little
scent-bottle
.
"
Captain
De
Crespigny
had
recourse
now
to
the
poker
,
an
inestimable
refuge
in
all
cases
where
the
concealment
of
emotion
is
an
object
,
as
his
heightened
color
could
excite
no
reasonable
surprise
after
the
exertion
of
lifting
it
,
and
the
noise
he
made
afterwards
seemed
equivalent
to
a
reply
.
"
It
was
,
after
all
,
a
most
terrifying
escape
!
"
continued
Agnes
,
rather
delighted
than
otherwise
by
the
importance
she
had
acquired
by
this
adventure
,
and
holding
it
up
continually
in
every
light
that
she
could
.
"
That
horrid
Dixon
!
she
always
had
a
half-crazed
look
!
You
must
remember
my
telling
you
so
,
Marion
?
"
"
I
remember
it
perfectly
it
was
I
who
said
so
to
you
!
"
replied
her
sister
,
laughing
,
"
Ah
!
that
is
exactly
the
same
thing
!
"
"
Not
in
the
least
,
"
persisted
Marion
,
good-humoredly
smiling
.
"
All
great
discoveries
occasion
disputes
about
the
originators
.
Watt
and
Bell
about
steam
,
and
you
and
I
about
this
poisoning
affair
!
"
"
Well
,
it
was
clever
of
you
,
Marion
!
I
shall
do
as
much
for
you
another
time
.
That
ungrateful
creature
!
The
arsenic
would
probably
,
at
the
very
least
,
have
spoiled
my
teeth
,
and
perhaps
made
my
hair
grow
grey
!
That
I
never
could
have
survived
!
"
"
The
strangest
thing
of
all
is
,
that
there
seems
to
have
been
so
much
malice
in
the
whole
business
,
"
continued
Marion
.
"
She
might
easily
have
carried
off
all
the
plate
,
or
Patrick
's
gold
dressing-case
!
What
could
ail
Dixon
at
you
,
Agnes
?
You
were
kindness
itself
to
her
.
"
"
This
is
an
odd
world
,
and
very
remarkable
things
happen
in
it
,
"
observed
Sir
Patrick
,
with
a
yawn
.
"
But
you
may
talk
till
you
are
both
in
your
coffins
,
without
making
anything
new
of
this
business
.
Your
affair
has
been
the
wonder
of
the
house
for
two
entire
days
,
Agnes
,
without
a
single
new
fact
having
come
out
,
and
there
is
De
Crespigny
strolled
into
the
garden
to
escape
being
wearied
to
death
.
I
really
think
two
days
long
enough
to
discuss
any
one
subject
,
and
the
less
you
annoy
yourselves
about
it
the
better
.
If
the
culprit
is
above
ground
,
the
police
will
ferret
her
out
;
and
my
advice
to
both
of
you
is
,
to
eat
your
puddings
for
the
next
month
without
sugar
!
"
Agnes
assumed
a
look
of
majestic
ire
at
this
very
cavalier
allusion
to
her
adventure
,
and
threw
herself
back
in
her
arm-chair
,
with
an
exceedingly
ill-used
aspect
,
heaving
a
succession
of
indignant
sighs
,
which
continued
most
provokingly
unnoticed
till
they
amounted
at
last
almost
to
groans
of
suppressed
anger
,
while
Sir
Patrick
,
taking
up
the
"
Times
,
"
concluded
,
by
saying
,
in
a
tone
of
absent
,
careless
indifference
,
"
One
has
no
leisure
now
to
be
happy
and
sorry
about
everything
that
occurs
.
I
remember
once
seeing
a
very
impudent
,
forward-looking
actress
perform
Juliet
at
Covent-Garden
,
when
De
Crespigny
whispered
to
me
,
in
his
droll
way
,
'
Depend
upon
it
,
this
is
not
the
first
lover
whom
that
young
lady
has
met
on
a
balcony
!
'
and
you
may
depend
upon
it
,
Agnes
,
this
is
not
the
first
poisoning
experiment
your
abigail
has
attempted
:
I
hope
she
will
never
try
her
skill
on
me
!
What
would
you
say
if
she
were
to
administer
a
dose
of
zinc
some
day
,
and
turn
you
blue
!
I
often
wonder
that
no
jealous
woman
ever
wreaked
her
vengeance
in
that
way
!
It
would
be
a
capital
joke
!
"
Agnes
had
been
greatly
flattered
,
and
if
any
attention
to
herself
could
have
surprised
her
,
she
might
have
been
astonished
at
the
intense
interest
almost
inadvertently
betrayed
by
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
in
the
mysterious
circumstances
of
her
lately
discovered
danger
.
When
the
particulars
were
first
mentioned
,
he
turned
as
pale
as
death
,
and
asked
with
startling
eagerness
,
for
a
minute
description
of
the
abigail
's
appearance
,
to
which
he
listened
with
almost
breathless
attention
.
From
that
moment
he
became
indefatigable
in
his
efforts
to
trace
out
the
fugitive
,
in
which
he
seemed
most
truly
and
heartily
in
earnest
,
writing
advertisements
himself
for
the
newspapers
,
to
offer
a
reward
for
her
apprehension
,
and
never
seeming
to
tire
of
hearing
all
that
could
be
remembered
or
related
,
respecting
the
period
of
her
being
first
engaged
by
Agnes
,
her
dress
,
manner
,
age
,
and
appearance
,
while
his
color
varied
visibly
from
red
to
pale
several
times
during
the
narration
.
"
It
is
altogether
most
flattering
to
me
!
"
observed
Agnes
next
day
,
when
pointing
all
this
out
to
Sir
Patrick
.
"
Captain
De
Crespigny
has
been
sometimes
most
maliciously
accused
of
insincerity
towards
young
ladies
;
but
when
he
is
in
earnest
you
see
how
very
much
in
earnest
he
is
!
It
would
be
impossible
for
him
to
be
more
deeply
interested
and
agitated
on
the
occasion
,
if
his
own
life
,
instead
of
mine
,
had
been
endangered
.
I
wish
everybody
else
had
shown
as
much
feeling
!
"
added
she
,
glancing
angrily
at
Sir
Patrick
,
who
was
carelessly
whistling
a
tune
,
and
beating
time
with
a
riding
whip
on
his
boot
.
"
Well
!
"
exclaimed
Agnes
,
getting
more
and
more
irritated
,
"
if
I
did
not
see
that
one
person
at
least
cares
more
for
me
in
the
world
than
you
do
,
I
would
be
ready
yet
,
without
giving
Dixon
the
trouble
,
to
poison
myself
!
I
would
spend
my
last
shilling
on
a
dose
of
arsenic
!
"
"
I
am
not
sure
that
poisoning
in
such
a
case
would
be
the
best
plan
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
,
describing
circles
on
the
carpet
with
his
whip
,
and
speaking
in
a
tone
of
most
provoking
nonchalance
.
"
In
the
first
place
,
if
people
are
so
very
indifferent
,
it
might
be
no
great
punishment
to
them
;
and
besides
,
I
do
not
exactly
see
how
poisoning
would
improve
your
own
prospects
,
either
in
this
world
or
the
next
!
In
respect
to
my
friend
De
Crespigny
,
it
is
quite
a
catch
for
any
idle
man
like
him
,
when
something
occurs
that
he
can
be
interested
in
,
for
he
was
dying
of
too
much
leisure
;
but
as
for
his
ever
falling
seriously
in
love
with
any
young
lady
in
the
creation
,
let
me
warn
you
,
Agnes
,
once
for
all
,
that
there
cannot
be
a
more
hopeless
hope
invented
or
dreamed
of
.
"
CHAPTER
XVI
.
Marion
found
it
more
and
more
difficult
every
day
,
to
account
for
the
bitter
,
angry
contempt
with
which
Agnes
spoke
of
Clara
Granville
,
her
dislike
to
whom
never
seemed
for
an
hour
to
lie
dormant
,
as
she
was
perpetually
making
allusions
to
her
,
which
caused
very
frequent
irritation
between
herself
and
Sir
Patrick
,
who
sometimes
angrily
left
the
room
,
and
yet
occasionally
joined
in
her
invectives
against
the
whole
Granville
family
,
in
a
tone
of
reckless
,
angry
derision
,
which
was
to
Marion
completely
perplexing
and
unaccountable
.
If
Agnes
felt
dull
or
out
of
spirits
,
she
complained
of
being
excessively
Granville-ish
;
or
if
Sir
Patrick
were
observed
for
a
wonder
,
in
any
single
instance
,
to
economise
,
she
called
him
a
Granville-ist
;
but
if
her
brother
either
laughed
,
or
flung
himself
out
of
the
room
,
according
to
the
humor
he
was
in
,
it
was
in
a
fit
of
Granville-ism
;
and
Marion
became
surprised
to
perceive
that
the
mention
of
that
name
was
never
,
even
by
chance
,
like
that
of
any
other
name
,
a
subject
of
indifference
;
and
conscious
that
some
secret
was
connected
with
it
,
not
imparted
to
her
,
she
carefully
avoided
all
allusion
to
Clara
.
Agnes
one
day
jestingly
announced
to
Sir
Patrick
that
the
Granvilles
had
taken
out
perpetual
tickets
at
the
Charitable
Soup
Kitchen
,
and
meant
to
dine
there
every
day
on
broth
;
and
the
next
morning
she
rather
inconsistently
found
fault
with
them
,
because
at
least
twenty
poor
people
assembled
at
their
lodgings
every
day
,
to
be
fed
,
as
if
it
were
a
House
of
Refuge
.
Marion
observed
that
all
the
innumerable
books
for
charitable
subscriptions
,
which
were
circulated
from
door
to
door
,
Agnes
liked
to
examine
,
for
the
gossiping
amusement
of
ascertaining
how
much
was
given
by
each
or
her
friends
,
though
never
for
the
purpose
of
adding
her
own
name
,
as
her
purse
was
a
complete
valetudinarian
,
always
complaining
of
exhaustion
,
yet
always
capable
of
any
exertion
dictated
by
inclination
;
and
Sir
Patrick
also
,
though
he
generally
swore
an
impatient
oath
or
two
,
when
he
saw
the
succession
of
dingy
looking
books
brought
into
the
drawing-room
,
sometimes
amused
himself
with
a
supercilious
glance
at
the
contents
.
Whenever
the
object
was
judicious
,
the
Reverend
Richard
Granville
's
name
,
and
that
of
his
sister
,
appeared
for
a
small
sum
,
such
as
they
might
be
able
to
afford
;
and
Marion
felt
convinced
there
was
much
single-hearted
goodness
,
and
courageous
disregard
of
mere
appearances
,
when
beneath
the
pompous
£
5
5s
.
,
of
Lady
Towercliffe
,
she
saw
the
modest
unobtrusive
ten
shillings
,
or
half-a-crown
of
Miss
Granville
.
It
was
probably
all
Clara
could
give
,
and
she
did
not
feel
ashamed
to
proclaim
the
very
small
amount
,
though
Agnes
,
like
most
persons
who
are
mean
themselves
,
in
respect
to
giving
,
was
splendid
in
her
notions
for
others
,
and
exclaimed
outrageously
against
the
absurdity
of
bestowing
a
paltry
trifle
at
all
.
"
Five
shillings
to
the
Infirmary
!
did
ever
anybody
hear
such
nonsense
!
as
if
an
Infirmary
could
be
supported
on
five
shillings
!
It
is
so
like
Clara
Granville
's
trumpery
ideas
!
I
daresay
she
thought
the
fortune
of
the
institution
made
by
such
a
donation
!
It
will
scarcely
buy
a
packet
of
James
'
powders
for
one
of
the
invalids
!
"
"
But
when
Clara
spares
five
shillings
,
are
we
to
give
nothing
!
"
asked
Marion
,
seeing
Sir
Patrick
's
pompous
butler
,
as
usual
,
carrying
away
the
book
untouched
.
"
Better
give
nothing
than
make
ourselves
ridiculous
,
like
the
Granvilles
.
Nobody
will
guess
that
this
book
was
brought
here
!
I
wish
Clara
had
given
her
superfluous
money
towards
the
better
equipment
of
their
own
one
solitary
man-servant
,
—
the
merest
attempt
at
a
footman
I
ever
beheld
,
with
such
a
lodging-house
look
!
Like
the
waiter
from
some
second-rate
inn
!
Did
you
ever
see
anything
so
ugly
,
and
out
of
taste
,
as
that
little
yellow
cottage
of
the
Granvilles
'
,
standing
close
to
the
old
palace
,
like
a
kippered
salmon
nailed
to
the
wall
!
"
An
angry
flush
burned
upon
the
cheek
of
Sir
Patrick
,
who
did
not
trust
his
temper
with
a
reply
to
Agnes
'
tirade
;
and
Marion
hastily
withdrew
her
eyes
from
his
countenance
,
on
perceiving
that
he
had
bit
his
lip
till
the
blood
seemed
ready
to
spring
,
while
his
eyes
flashed
fire
.
In
a
moment
afterwards
,
he
whistled
half
a
tune
,
threw
open
the
window
,
and
finally
hurried
out
of
the
room
,
while
Agnes
looked
mysteriously
at
Marion
,
and
said
nothing
,
though
the
expression
of
her
eye
plainly
told
that
something
was
wrong
.
Sir
Patrick
never
entered
a
church
;
but
Sunday
being
a
day
of
impunity
,
when
he
might
go
to
his
club
,
and
become
a
gentleman-at-large
,
without
the
possibility
of
being
arrested
,
he
invited
a
weekly
supper
party
to
meet
him
at
Douglass
'
Hotel
,
every
Saturday
night
,
punctually
at
twelve
o'clock
,
which
held
together
till
so
late
an
hour
on
Sunday
mornings
,
that
once
having
carried
a
candle
to
the
door
,
when
letting
out
Captain
De
Crespigny
,
the
day-light
flashed
in
upon
them
,
and
they
saw
the
congregations
passing
along
every
street
to
church
.
Sir
Patrick
's
life
had
now
become
one
continual
subterfuge
.
'
Il
jurait
bien
,
mais
il
payait
mal
;
'
and
he
was
heard
frequently
to
declare
,
that
he
could
not
but
fancy
it
might
be
,
to
an
old
experienced
fox
,
a
great
amusement
,
when
he
afforded
a
good
day
's
hunting
to
sportsmen
,
from
the
strange
delight
he
felt
himself
in
baffling
duns
and
teasing
bailiffs
.
He
cared
for
nothing
,
not
even
for
his
debts
and
creditors
,
but
over-reached
everybody
,
paid
nobody
,
and
treated
all
mankind
in
different
styles
of
insolence
;
but
his
favorite
diversion
was
,
nearly
to
out-stay
the
hour
of
twelve
on
Sunday
night
,
knowing
that
his
ill-treated
creditors
had
offered
a
reward
of
£
500
for
his
capture
,
and
that
the
whole
way
along
the
High
Street
,
emissaries
were
ambuscaded
,
in
the
eager
hope
that
some
fortunate
night
the
clock
might
strike
Monday
morning
before
he
was
safely
sheltered
within
the
sanctuary
.
Once
Sir
Patrick
had
indeed
lingered
several
minutes
too
late
;
and
when
he
approached
the
ditch
,
forming
a
line
of
demarcation
between
the
debtor
's
refuge
and
the
world
in
general
,
a
rope
was
drawn
completely
across
the
street
,
while
two
men
like
constables
,
in
large
loose
duffle
coats
,
and
hats
slouched
over
their
faces
,
had
taken
their
station
,
each
holding
it
resolutely
at
opposite
ends
,
in
the
certain
expectation
of
entrapping
him
,
though
the
courage
of
both
seemed
for
a
moment
to
waver
,
when
they
saw
the
tall
,
well-knit
,
and
finely-proportioned
figure
of
Sir
Patrick
,
as
he
strode
onwards
,
with
his
usual
military
bearing
and
commanding
aspect
.
After
exchanging
a
look
,
however
,
they
tightened
the
rope
,
and
were
about
,
with
a
rapid
manœuvre
,
to
coil
it
round
him
,
when
Sir
Patrick
,
seeing
their
intention
,
rushed
forward
on
the
nearest
,
and
levelled
him
to
the
ground
with
a
single
blow
,
saying
,
"
You
dastardly
rascals
!
do
you
suppose
that
a
dozen
such
fellows
could
be
a
match
for
any
gentleman
!
"
"
I
'm
a
better
gen'lemen
than
you
,
Sir
!
"
said
the
other
,
in
an
insolent
blustering
tone
.
"
Every
guinea
in
your
pocket
,
Sir
,
there
's
ten
men
in
the
world
have
a
better
right
to
than
you
have
!
I
think
a
gen'leman
born
means
a
gen'leman
as
pays
his
debts
!
"
"
Then
here
is
what
I
owe
to
you
!
"
replied
Sir
Patrick
,
flinging
him
almost
across
the
street
,
with
a
violent
blow
on
the
head
.
"
Only
dare
to
stand
in
my
way
again
,
and
every
joint
or
bone
in
that
miserable
carcass
of
yours
shall
be
fit
for
the
surgeons
.
I
intend
to
keep
this
rope
till
the
day
you
are
hanged
!
"
Agnes
made
her
Sundays
literally
a
day
of
rest
,
by
remaining
most
of
the
morning
in
bed
,
to
recover
the
fatigues
of
the
previous
week
;
and
even
in
the
afternoon
,
a
"
Sunday
shower
"
often
kept
her
at
home
.
She
had
been
taught
at
Mrs.
Penfold
's
,
to
consider
the
most
superficial
attention
to
religion
,
as
being
little
short
of
angelic
,
and
to
believe
that
the
utmost
extreme
of
rational
devotion
,
if
she
wished
to
be
inordinately
pious
,
would
consist
in
going
once
every
Sunday
to
a
pew
in
some
fashionable
chapel
,
where
the
stream
of
the
preacher
's
eloquence
might
be
permitted
to
flow
in
at
one
ear
,
and
out
at
the
other
,
without
there
being
any
occasion
for
her
to
analyse
or
understand
what
he
said
,
satisfied
that
her
duty
was
more
than
done
by
appearing
there
at
all
,
—
besides
which
,
she
occasionally
read
prayers
at
home
,
in
a
careless
mechanical
way
,
which
was
anything
but
praying
—
she
had
a
magnificently
bound
bible
on
her
toilette
,
more
for
ornament
than
for
use
—
she
wore
all
her
dresses
for
the
first
time
at
chapel
,
dined
on
roast
beef
every
Sunday
,
and
spent
the
evening
in
writing
letters
or
in
reading
,
or
rather
in
sleeping
over
some
volume
of
religious
poetry
or
tales
—
what
Sir
Patrick
laughingly
called
"
a
half-good
book
.
"
Both
Agnes
and
her
brother
spoke
with
unmitigated
and
indiscriminating
reprobation
of
Methodists
,
Roman
Catholics
,
Unitarians
,
Independents
,
or
any
other
sect
of
whom
they
knew
the
name
,
because
,
having
always
belonged
nominally
to
an
orthodox
chapel
,
they
considered
it
a
matter
of
course
,
when
thinking
about
the
matter
at
all
,
that
they
must
be
orthodox
too
;
though
,
if
Agnes
had
been
obliged
to
give
a
summary
of
her
own
doctrines
,
it
would
have
been
a
confused
medley
,
containing
many
of
the
heresies
she
reprobated
by
name
,
without
knowing
their
nature
.
Thus
sailing
down
on
the
stream
of
her
own
inclinations
,
without
effort
or
reflection
,
Agnes
would
have
been
indignant
and
astonished
beyond
measure
to
be
told
,
that
she
was
not
performing
in
a
most
commendable
manner
"
The
Whole
Duty
of
Man
,
"
or
at
least
more
than
the
whole
duty
of
woman
,
while
she
looked
upon
all
those
who
evinced
a
greater
reverence
for
religion
as
mean
hypocrites
or
fanatical
enthusiasts
—
being
very
much
of
opinion
with
the
divine
,
who
said
that
orthodox
meant
his
own
opinion
,
and
paradox
other
people
's
.
Marion
silently
,
and
very
unobtrusively
,
pursued
the
even
tenor
of
her
own
way
,
with
that
deep
and
ardent
devotion
of
spirit
which
had
first
been
awakened
to
life
by
the
happy
instrumentality
of
Clara
,
whose
apparent
estrangement
from
her
family
now
she
deeply
deplored
,
while
many
an
anxious
conjecture
frequently
crossed
her
mind
,
whether
she
,
along
with
her
brother
and
Agnes
,
must
share
in
that
alienation
which
she
could
neither
fully
understand
nor
in
any
degree
diminish
;
and
on
the
Sunday
morning
after
her
arrival
at
St.
John
's
Lodge
,
before
setting
out
for
chapel
,
she
had
been
surprised
and
mortified
to
observe
,
that
Agnes
'
occupation
in
bed
consisted
in
tearing
up
,
to
make
matches
,
a
numerous
collection
of
notes
from
Miss
Granville
,
all
containing
apologies
for
not
accepting
various
invitations
to
St.
John
's
Lodge
.
"
What
can
this
all
mean
?
"
thought
Marion
,
in
agitated
perplexity
,
as
she
pursued
her
way
to
chapel
.
"
It
is
very
unlike
Clara
to
be
so
repulsive
!
and
equally
unlike
Agnes
to
be
importunate
!
I
fear
something
is
greatly
wrong
;
but
Clara
is
too
just
and
too
good
to
mingle
me
in
any
quarrel
of
which
I
do
not
so
much
as
know
the
cause
.
When
we
meet
I
shall
at
once
ask
Clara
for
an
explanation
.
We
must
all
yet
be
reconciled
and
happy
,
as
in
former
days
.
"
There
is
nothing
which
extravagant
people
grudge
so
much
as
paying
for
a
pew
in
church
;
and
those
often
who
squander
money
upon
everything
else
,
meanly
evade
subscribing
this
just
and
necessary
tribute
for
the
maintenance
of
religion
and
good
order
in
society
.
It
is
astonishing
how
many
who
pay
their
way
with
lavish
liberality
during
the
interval
to
concerts
and
balls
,
will
stand
,
week
after
week
,
like
paupers
,
in
a
chapel-aisle
,
begging
for
a
seat
,
rather
than
hire
one
for
the
season
;
and
on
this
occasion
Marion
,
finding
that
neither
Sir
Patrick
nor
Agnes
had
ever
imagined
any
necessity
for
providing
themselves
with
a
local
habitation
of
their
own
,
followed
a
stream
of
people
into
chapel
,
and
stood
for
some
time
near
the
door
,
in
that
most
awkward
and
conspicuous
of
all
situations
,
waiting
for
the
chance
of
being
shown
into
a
seat
by
some
compassionate
pew-opener
.
The
street
had
been
crowded
by
a
dense
mass
of
carriages
,
while
Marion
felt
almost
bewildered
by
the
loud
crash
of
equipages
driving
up
and
driving
off
,
breaking
the
line
and
backing
out
,
as
if
they
had
been
assembled
on
the
benefit
night
of
some
popular
actor
,
while
a
flood
of
pedestrians
crowded
along
the
foot-path
,
as
if
their
lives
depended
on
being
first
.
She
was
astonished
also
at
the
unprecedented
concourse
of
people
already
assembled
in
chapel
,
with
looks
of
eager
excitement
and
flushed
expectation
.
Every
aisle
appeared
filled
to
excess
,
and
the
staircase
seemed
one
solid
mosaic
of
faces
,
while
the
congregation
were
all
crushing
,
elbowing
,
and
pushing
forward
,
in
impatient
haste
.
Voices
were
heard
,
at
length
,
speaking
aloud
,
in
angry
contention
,
for
places
—
a
sound
which
grated
strangely
and
startlingly
on
the
ear
in
a
sacred
edifice
;
and
when
at
length
the
heat
became
unbearably
intense
,
a
loud
crash
was
heard
,
of
persons
breaking
the
window
for
air
.
Marion
,
intimidated
at
having
ventured
alone
into
so
dense
a
crowd
,
and
at
a
loss
to
guess
what
could
occasion
so
much
excitement
,
would
have
made
her
way
out
;
but
the
pressure
behind
rendered
it
as
impossible
to
retreat
as
to
advance
.
On
few
occasions
do
people
betray
so
great
a
want
of
kind
consideration
,
and
even
of
hospitality
,
as
when
comfortably
ensconced
in
an
extensive
pew
at
church
,
occupying
room
enough
for
three
or
four
others
,
and
carelessly
staring
at
those
who
are
vainly
waiting
,
with
hesitation
and
confusion
such
as
Marion
's
,
in
hopes
of
being
obligingly
accommodated
with
a
place
.
Her
color
deepening
every
moment
,
and
her
veil
drawn
closer
,
Marion
shrank
from
notice
,
while
one
person
after
another
elbowed
his
way
forward
,
and
closed
the
door
of
his
pew
,
with
the
authoritative
,
self-satisfied
air
of
a
proprietor
,
heedless
how
others
might
be
situated
;
and
still
Marion
anxiously
glanced
around
her
in
vain
,
for
the
obscurest
nook
in
which
to
subside
unseen
.
At
length
,
when
the
first
loud
peal
of
the
organ
had
sent
forth
its
solemn
tones
,
summoning
every
heart
to
devout
attention
,
Marion
felt
a
gentle
touch
given
to
her
arm
,
and
on
looking
round
,
her
hand
was
clasped
for
a
moment
with
a
look
of
heartfelt
affection
by
Clara
Granville
,
who
silently
led
her
to
the
seat
,
at
some
distance
,
from
which
she
had
followed
her
,
and
giving
one
more
affectionate
pressure
of
the
hand
to
Marion
,
she
composed
herself
into
a
look
of
devout
and
fervent
attention
,
forgetful
evidently
of
all
but
the
important
services
of
the
hour
,
while
Marion
's
heart
beat
with
rapture
to
find
herself
once
more
beside
her
most
beloved
friend
,
and
that
friend
unchanged
.
The
prayers
were
not
merely
read
,
but
prayed
—
not
in
the
every
day
matter-of-course
tone
,
so
common
in
the
pulpit
,
nor
in
a
pompous
,
self-sufficient
,
commanding
voice
,
but
with
deep
thrilling
solemnity
,
and
in
a
manner
calm
,
graceful
,
and
dignified
,
by
a
young
clergyman
of
most
intelligent
and
serious
aspect
,
who
evidently
felt
all
he
said
,
and
became
so
utterly
absorbed
in
his
duty
,
that
it
appeared
as
if
he
almost
imagined
himself
alone
,
and
visibly
present
with
the
Divine
Being
whom
he
addressed
.
The
young
preacher
's
appearance
was
singularly
striking
and
prepossessing
.
His
dark
Spanish-looking
complexion
,
and
rather
foreign
features
,
were
animated
by
an
expression
of
the
brightest
intelligence
,
while
in
his
eye
might
be
traced
the
calm
dignity
of
a
highly
cultivated
intellect
,
and
the
benevolence
of
a
Christian
who
hoped
all
things
and
believed
all
things
,
judging
others
as
he
would
himself
be
judged
.
In
preaching
,
he
avoided
the
arena
of
controversy
,
but
his
arguments
were
clear
and
comprehensive
,
his
eloquence
irresistible
,
as
much
by
the
fire
and
splendor
of
his
genius
,
as
by
the
depth
and
solemnity
of
his
reflections
,
while
the
attention
was
enthralled
,
the
judgment
convinced
,
the
heart
awakened
,
and
the
inward
feelings
touched
in
their
most
secret
recesses
.
Without
a
thought
of
affectation
,
he
was
simple
,
dignified
,
full
of
earnestness
,
self-conviction
,
and
fervent
devotion
,
while
there
were
passages
of
grandeur
when
he
alluded
to
the
solemn
mysteries
,
and
higher
truths
of
revelation
,
which
might
have
made
a
mere
philosopher
feel
as
if
the
wing
of
his
imagination
had
been
broken
in
attempting
to
follow
;
and
yet
there
were
thoughts
and
illustrations
so
clear
and
comprehensible
,
that
any
ignorant
child
from
a
charity
school
might
have
understood
them
.
Amidst
the
brighter
scintillations
of
his
genius
,
it
was
evident
that
he
understood
the
whole
alchemy
of
human
nature
,
and
while
almost
insensibly
revealing
the
magnificent
proportions
of
his
own
mind
,
he
understood
and
sympathised
with
all
the
trials
,
temptations
,
and
sorrows
of
human
nature
,
and
considered
the
whole
art
of
happiness
for
man
to
consist
in
unreserved
and
heartfelt
submission
of
his
own
will
,
his
own
hopes
,
wishes
,
and
affections
to
the
will
of
his
Maker
,
desiring
to
have
nothing
,
to
be
nothing
,
to
do
nothing
,
and
to
expect
nothing
,
but
according
to
His
wise
and
holy
decrees
—
to
let
the
stream
of
events
run
on
,
seeking
to
extract
the
best
happiness
from
them
as
they
occurred
,
without
one
rebellious
wish
that
they
had
been
otherwise
,
but
only
with
a
fervent
prayer
that
they
may
,
and
a
firm
belief
that
they
shall
,
carry
him
forward
,
though
the
course
be
rough
and
perilous
,
to
a
calm
,
bright
haven
of
ceaseless
and
unutterable
joy
.
When
the
congregation
had
dispersed
,
with
a
degree
of
silence
and
solemnity
very
different
from
their
noisy
and
irreverent
entrance
,
Marion
walked
for
some
time
,
leaning
on
the
arm
of
Miss
Granville
,
but
so
entranced
that
she
was
unable
yet
to
break
the
chain
which
had
carried
her
mind
and
feelings
captive
to
another
and
a
better
world
.
She
had
never
before
felt
so
deeply
impressed
with
the
transitory
nature
of
all
around
her
,
the
insignificance
of
those
joys
and
sorrows
with
which
she
was
encompassed
,
and
it
seemed
to
her
but
a
day
or
an
hour
,
till
the
curtain
of
eternity
should
rise
,
and
the
glories
of
a
great
hereafter
become
visible
to
her
sight
.
"
You
have
been
deeply
interested
by
all
we
have
heard
?
"
said
Clara
,
in
an
accent
of
gentle
interrogation
,
but
with
an
expression
of
peculiar
meaning
in
her
countenance
,
which
Marion
was
at
a
loss
how
exactly
to
interpret
.
"
Interested
!
"
exclaimed
Marion
,
with
youthful
enthusiasm
.
"
If
all
the
sermons
I
ever
heard
were
compressed
into
one
,
they
could
scarcely
equal
what
has
been
said
to-day
!
"
"
Do
you
remember
the
preacher
?
"
asked
Clara
,
coloring
and
smiling
.
"
But
no
!
how
could
that
be
possible
,
when
you
never
met
before
!
Here
he
comes
!
Allow
me
to
introduce
you
,
then
,
to
my
very
dear
brother
Richard
.
You
know
each
other
already
,
by
the
description
of
one
who
loves
you
both
!
"
Mr.
Granville
advanced
to
Marion
with
frank
and
prepossessing
kindness
,
but
though
his
manner
was
most
ingratiating
,
his
countenance
wore
an
expression
of
pre-occupation
and
fatigue
,
while
he
walked
hurriedly
past
,
after
cordially
shaking
Marion
by
the
hand
,
who
observed
to
Clara
with
surprise
,
that
his
hand
felt
as
cold
as
ice
.
"
That
is
always
the
case
with
Richard
after
preaching
,
"
replied
Miss
Granville
.
"
The
solemn
feeling
of
responsibility
which
he
has
on
entering
the
pulpit
,
often
agitates
and
overawes
him
to
a
degree
you
would
scarcely
credit
.
The
extravagant
enthusiasm
with
which
he
has
lately
been
followed
,
makes
him
still
more
anxious
to
use
rightly
while
it
lasts
his
influence
with
others
,
though
,
as
he
says
,
nothing
is
so
transient
in
this
transitory
world
as
the
popularity
of
a
preacher
,
and
his
chief
solicitude
is
to
remind
men
that
it
is
the
word
preached
,
and
not
the
preacher
,
which
they
are
come
to
hear
,
and
always
to
preserve
the
simplicity
of
his
own
mind
,
unadulterated
by
any
inordinate
wish
for
applause
.
"
"
I
am
sure
his
words
and
thoughts
have
all
the
force
of
genuine
feeling
,
"
said
Marion
,
earnestly
.
"
He
preaches
from
heart
to
heart
,
which
is
the
only
way
to
strike
a
light
between
them
.
It
seemed
to-day
,
as
if
he
were
steering
us
through
an
ocean
of
immeasurable
thought
.
"
"
But
,
"
replied
Clara
,
"
Richard
is
deeply
impressed
with
the
danger
to
a
preacher
himself
,
arising
from
the
adulation
with
which
he
is
followed
by
crowds
in
search
of
novelty
,
who
give
that
respect
to
the
mere
ambassador
delivering
his
message
,
which
he
wishes
to
claim
solely
and
entirely
for
his
Divine
Master
.
He
quoted
to
me
yesterday
a
quaint
old
author
,
who
says
that
God
humbles
men
in
this
life
,
that
He
may
exalt
them
forever
;
but
Satan
exalts
men
in
this
life
,
that
he
may
cast
them
down
for
eternity
.
It
is
a
solemn
truth
,
and
Richard
feels
the
danger
as
he
ought
.
"
"
Then
it
is
a
danger
no
longer
,
if
seen
and
rightly
avoided
,
"
replied
Marion
.
"
He
already
lives
,
I
have
heard
,
in
a
better
world
,
while
he
acts
in
this
,
but
so
much
applause
must
be
apt
sometimes
to
draw
down
your
brother
's
thoughts
from
heaven
to
earth
,
if
he
hears
all
that
is
said
and
thought
.
Lady
Towercliffe
remarked
,
as
we
came
out
,
that
his
eloquence
does
him
immortal
honor
.
"
"
Yes
!
as
Richard
himself
once
observed
,
'
immortal
honor
for
twenty-four
hours
,
or
perhaps
a
week
;
'
but
that
is
no
object
of
legitimate
ambition
to
a
preacher
of
immortality
.
My
brother
is
blessed
with
one
Christian
attainment
almost
in
perfection
,
and
that
is
an
actual
dread
of
worldly
applause
.
No
penny
trumpet
could
be
more
insignificant
in
his
estimation
than
the
enthusiasm
of
a
few
excitable
young
ladies
,
and
I
have
seen
him
often
carefully
avoiding
those
,
who
would
be
'
frothing
him
,
'
as
he
calls
it
,
with
preposterous
praise
.
He
compares
popularity
to
the
sails
of
a
windmill
,
raised
to
the
clouds
one
minute
,
and
down
below
zero
the
next
;
but
fashionable
notoriety
has
no
attraction
for
one
who
aims
at
real
usefulness
.
If
he
did
not
despise
it
,
he
would
despise
himself
.
He
is
engrossed
with
the
fervent
,
heartfelt
hope
of
doing
good
according
to
his
opportunity
,
and
in
perfect
simplicity
performing
his
duty
to
God
and
man
.
"
"
How
mean
and
low
in
comparison
do
those
appear
who
are
living
only
for
the
opinions
of
men
,
and
the
trumpery
tinsel
of
this
world
,
yet
how
difficult
it
must
be
to
rise
above
earthly
ambition
,
"
said
Marion
.
"
No
patent
of
nobility
could
confer
half
the
distinction
on
your
brother
that
he
enjoyed
to-day
,
surrounded
by
a
multitude
all
aroused
to
enthusiasm
by
his
words
.
A
mere
author
writes
in
solitude
,
and
never
knows
the
full
influence
of
what
he
has
written
;
but
an
orator
reaps
an
immediate
harvest
of
honor
,
and
sees
it
before
his
eyes
,
which
must
be
ten
thousand
times
more
apt
to
intoxicate
him
with
success
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Clara
,
"
no
enthusiasm
can
rival
what
is
felt
at
the
moment
for
a
popular
preacher
.
His
eloquence
rouses
feelings
stronger
than
in
any
nature
,
while
men
become
conscious
that
it
would
be
their
highest
honor
and
best
safety
to
encourage
such
thoughts
as
he
suggests
.
You
would
smile
sometimes
to
see
how
Richard
's
steps
are
beset
as
he
leaves
the
chapel
,
by
crowds
anxious
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
his
countenance
,
to
request
an
introduction
,
to
express
their
warmest
thanks
,
to
entreat
he
will
print
his
last
sermon
,
or
to
beg
for
an
autograph
.
"
"
It
is
taking
pains
to
destroy
what
they
most
admire
,
when
people
throw
such
temptations
to
vanity
in
a
clergyman
's
way
,
"
said
Marion
.
"
Even
I
could
not
but
perceive
,
as
he
passed
,
the
reverential
glances
,
and
the
whispered
announcement
of
his
name
on
every
side
,
as
he
hurried
onward
,
looking
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left
;
but
he
sets
an
example
of
what
he
teaches
,
to
live
for
high
and
holy
purposes
.
It
is
only
by
carrying
a
light
himself
,
that
a
clergyman
can
give
light
to
others
.
"
"
Yes
,
Marion
!
it
was
not
in
mere
words
,
of
course
,
or
of
sacrilegious
presumption
,
that
Richard
declared
,
on
being
ordained
,
his
own
solemn
conviction
that
he
was
specially
called
to
be
a
minister
of
the
church
.
Unlike
the
Jews
,
who
had
Christ
in
their
Bibles
,
but
not
in
their
hearts
,
his
whole
spirit
was
imbued
with
the
pure
holy
faith
and
morality
of
the
everlasting
Gospel
,
and
he
considered
it
the
highest
of
earthly
honors
to
be
consecrated
for
that
solemn
office
.
"
"
I
was
often
told
formerly
,
"
said
Marion
,
"
that
your
brother
had
talents
which
would
have
raised
him
to
eminence
—
or
rather
to
pre-eminence
—
at
the
bar
,
and
in
the
House
of
Commons
—
or
,
as
Pat
has
always
said
,
meaning
the
greatest
compliment
of
all
—
on
the
stage
;
but
,
dear
Clara
,
how
different
,
and
how
greatly
superior
,
to
feel
,
as
he
must
do
,
with
an
approving
conscience
,
that
all
his
abilities
,
time
,
and
strength
,
are
consecrated
to
an
object
,
which
his
heart
,
without
one
momentary
feeling
of
doubt
or
self-reproach
,
may
delight
in
—
that
all
his
studies
,
duties
,
and
occupations
increase
his
own
fitness
to
be
happy
for
ever
;
while
,
at
the
same
time
,
they
are
for
the
good
of
all
mankind
,
and
for
the
glory
of
God
.
Your
brother
most
truly
said
to-day
,
that
a
sinner
is
'
the
drudge
of
Satan
;
'
but
if
there
be
real
greatness
upon
earth
,
I
think
it
is
that
of
an
honored
and
useful
minister
in
the
Church
of
Christ
,
whose
character
is
modelled
upon
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
as
some
insects
take
their
hue
from
the
leaf
on
which
they
feed
.
"
"
True
,
Marion
!
Richard
's
profession
is
,
indeed
,
in
the
way
he
fulfils
it
,
'
twice
bless
'd
,
'
as
a
means
of
both
giving
and
receiving
happiness
.
It
is
with
him
a
labor
of
love
,
in
which
every
duty
is
a
pleasure
,
and
his
object
is
,
to
keep
us
in
mind
of
our
individual
importance
in
being
believers
;
for
as
the
glory
of
the
sun
is
reflected
in
a
single
drop
of
dew
,
so
may
the
character
of
Christ
be
represented
in
that
of
the
humblest
Christian
;
and
like
a
stone
in
an
arch
,
each
atom
has
a
place
to
fill
,
which
must
be
conscientiously
kept
,
whether
more
or
less
important
and
conspicuous
,
with
unswerving
steadiness
,
for
in
no
other
can
it
be
so
advantageously
situated
.
"
"
I
am
entirely
convinced
of
that
,
"
said
Marion
.
"
As
your
brother
said
to-day
,
Christians
must
never
feel
themselves
raised
above
the
homely
duties
of
every-day
life
,
nor
give
mere
moralists
occasion
to
say
that
their
faith
is
not
evidenced
by
their
works
.
"
"
No
,
"
replied
Clara
,
"
let
the
ravens
croak
while
the
eagle
pursues
his
steady
flight
towards
the
sun
,
heedless
of
all
but
his
high
destination
.
Yet
,
as
Richard
says
,
Christian
mothers
should
instruct
their
own
children
,
wives
should
find
their
first
earthly
duty
in
associating
with
their
husbands
,
the
heads
of
houses
should
watch
conscientiously
over
the
belief
and
conduct
of
their
servants
,
a
clergyman
's
vocation
is
within
his
own
parish
,
and
every
family
should
be
a
little
kingdom
in
itself
,
ruled
and
governed
by
the
law
and
the
Gospel
of
Christ
,
so
that
,
as
benighted
wanderers
in
the
dark
are
often
cheered
and
guided
by
seeing
,
as
they
hurry
onwards
,
the
light
and
warmth
gleaming
round
the
hearth
of
a
stranger
,
the
sinner
,
also
,
in
his
dark
and
dreary
course
,
when
he
beholds
a
passing
glimpse
of
that
peace
and
joy
which
are
to
be
found
in
a
Christian
household
,
and
there
only
,
might
be
tempted
and
encouraged
to
go
home
and
do
likewise
.
"
"
I
wish
it
were
so
oftener
,
"
said
Marion
,
while
her
thoughts
reverted
sorrowfully
to
St.
John
's
Lodge
.
"
It
is
in
speaking
with
single-hearted
simplicity
of
home
duties
and
home
affections
,
that
Richard
always
excels
himself
,
"
continued
Clara
,
warmly
.
"
There
he
preaches
as
he
practices
,
for
he
cultivates
happiness
to
diffuse
it
all
around
him
,
and
he
is
,
in
reality
,
all
that
other
men
wish
to
appear
.
He
deprecates
,
in
general
,
pulpit
oratory
,
as
men
are
often
apt
to
mistake
mere
excited
feeling
for
true
devotion
;
and
he
considers
that
attention
in
church
at
most
to
be
depended
on
that
which
does
not
require
to
be
pampered
with
novelty
.
Eloquence
has
so
often
been
perverted
to
such
evil
purposes
,
both
moral
and
political
,
that
Richard
sometimes
tells
me
,
he
thinks
,
on
the
whole
,
this
world
would
have
been
a
better
world
without
oratory
at
all
,
because
brilliant
talents
and
enthusiastic
tempers
usurp
so
often
the
place
due
only
to
principle
.
"
"
It
often
occurs
to
me
,
"
said
Marion
,
"
that
half
the
actual
history
of
our
own
lives
is
unknown
to
us
now
,
but
will
be
probably
revealed
hereafter
;
—
in
what
respect
,
for
instance
,
our
circumstances
in
life
would
have
been
altered
,
had
we
on
various
occasions
acted
differently
—
how
near
we
may
have
been
to
meeting
with
great
events
which
never
actually
occurred
—
what
impression
has
been
made
on
others
by
our
conduct
and
actions
—
who
really
loved
us
,
and
what
is
the
extent
of
good
or
evil
which
our
conversation
or
our
writings
may
have
done
in
the
world
.
To
your
brother
how
many
interesting
discoveries
would
such
revelation
probably
disclose
!
"
"
Richard
's
own
endeavor
is
generally
to
maintain
a
calm
,
rational
,
and
argumentative
style
of
reasoning
with
his
congregation
,
and
yet
he
is
carried
away
irresistibly
by
his
feelings
,
sometimes
into
such
a
burst
of
eloquence
as
we
heard
to-day
,
"
added
Clara
;
"
you
would
sometimes
fancy
,
even
in
conversation
,
that
Richard
's
mind
,
like
some
great
volcano
,
was
undergoing
an
overwhelming
eruption
,
while
he
pours
forth
in
resistless
torrents
,
the
burning
lava
of
his
thoughts
and
feelings
.
"
Marion
listened
with
increasing
interest
to
Clara
's
remarks
,
and
watched
with
affectionate
sympathy
,
the
kindling
brightness
of
her
friend
's
expressive
eyes
when
she
spoke
of
that
brother
so
tenderly
beloved
,
and
so
unspeakably
respected
,
of
whom
,
from
his
earliest
boyhood
,
she
had
heard
nothing
but
praise
,
for
none
had
ever
measured
the
stature
of
his
mind
without
finding
it
higher
than
they
anticipated
.
Marion
felt
an
unenvying
happiness
in
the
happiness
of
Clara
,
and
yet
a
tear
suddenly
started
into
her
eyes
,
and
a
pang
of
unutterable
sorrow
struck
upon
her
heart
when
she
reflected
,
that
,
not
many
years
ago
,
her
own
brother
,
Patrick
,
had
been
the
friend
and
companion
of
this
highly-gifted
man
,
but
that
now
they
were
friends
no
more
,
and
becoming
every
day
less
suited
to
be
companions
.
CHAPTER
XVII
.
From
that
memorable
Sunday
when
Marion
first
renewed
her
friendship
and
intimacy
with
Clara
,
her
fair
young
countenance
brightened
into
its
sunniest
smiles
,
while
day
after
day
she
carried
her
work
to
the
little
"
cottage
of
contentment
,
"
where
Clara
generally
received
her
in
what
she
called
her
summer
drawing-room
,
a
small
bowling-green
in
the
garden
,
bright
and
shining
as
an
emerald
,
beneath
a
grove
of
overhanging
lilacs
and
laburnums
.
There
Mr.
Granville
frequently
brought
out
books
,
which
he
read
aloud
and
discussed
,
developing
the
lofty
aspirations
of
a
mind
fitted
to
be
high
among
the
highest
in
learning
and
intellect
,
while
his
thoughts
were
like
a
well-tuned
instrument
,
from
which
every
chord
sounded
to
the
praise
of
their
Divine
maker
,
and
his
conversation
was
,
as
Pascal
said
of
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
even
more
addressed
to
the
heart
than
to
the
head
.
When
reading
aloud
,
Mr.
Granville
evinced
so
much
interest
,
with
so
quick
a
consciousness
of
the
author
's
meaning
,
and
so
true
a
sympathy
in
his
sentiments
,
that
it
seemed
as
if
he
must
himself
have
composed
every
line
;
and
when
he
occasionally
lent
Marion
any
volume
that
she
particularly
liked
,
she
found
his
favorite
passages
marked
,
and
the
margin
enriched
by
so
many
interesting
notes
,
that
she
followed
with
delight
the
course
of
his
mind
,
while
at
the
same
time
storing
her
own
memory
with
high
thoughts
and
refined
sentiments
.
There
was
a
degree
of
soul
and
spirit
in
the
countenance
of
Mr.
Granville
,
which
marked
him
as
no
ordinary
man
,
and
an
indefinite
charm
in
his
grave
and
courteous
manner
,
suited
to
his
holy
profession
,
and
displaying
the
calmness
and
polish
of
one
accustomed
to
good
society
.
He
had
an
energy
of
expression
irresistibly
influential
,
while
illustrating
with
an
eloquence
peculiarly
his
own
,
all
the
highest
and
holiest
principles
which
can
occupy
the
human
heart
.
His
master
mind
conversed
of
Milton
,
Spenser
,
Cowper
,
Montgomery
,
and
of
all
the
pious
authors
dear
to
every
lover
of
nature
and
of
highly-wrought
genius
and
devotion
,
while
the
most
phlegmatic
must
have
been
roused
,
and
the
most
passionate
become
subdued
,
by
the
indisputable
dominion
of
a
great
mind
,
for
his
genius
appeared
to
look
upon
the
trifles
of
existence
with
the
passing
glance
of
an
eagle
in
its
lofty
ascent
.
Marion
and
Clara
were
often
entertained
by
Mr.
Granville
when
he
related
characteristic
anecdotes
of
pious
and
literary
men
with
whom
he
had
associated
,
enlivened
by
original
remarks
,
shewing
strong
powers
of
observation
,
and
displaying
