balancecompared
to
the
poignancy
of
her
own
and
her
parent
's
sufferings
.
So
she
agreed
to
accompany
the
old
hag
to
the
house
of
the
statuary
in
Leather
Lane
,
Holborn
.
But
first
she
hurried
home
to
see
if
her
father
required
any
thing
—
a
vain
act
of
filial
tenderness
,
for
if
he
did
she
had
nothing
to
give
.
The
old
man
slept
soundly
—
worn
out
with
suffering
,
want
,
and
sorrowful
meditation
;
and
the
landlady
of
the
house
promised
to
attend
to
him
while
Ellen
was
absent
.
The
young
maiden
then
returned
to
the
old
woman
and
they
proceeded
together
to
the
house
of
the
statuary
.
Up
two
flights
of
narrow
and
dark
stairs
,
precipitate
as
ladders
,
did
the
trembling
and
almost
heartbroken
girl
follow
the
hag
.
They
then
entered
a
spacious
depository
of
statues
modelled
in
plaster
of
Paris
.
A
strange
assembly
of
images
was
that
!
Heathen
gods
seemed
to
fraternize
with
angels
,
Madonnas
,
and
Christian
saints
;
Napoleon
and
Wellington
stood
motionless
side
by
side
;
George
the
Fourth
and
Greenacre
occupied
the
same
shelf
;
William
Pitt
and
Cobbett
appeared
to
be
contemplating
each
other
with
silent
admiration
;
Thomas
Paine
elbowed
a
bishop
;
Lord
Castlereagh
seemed
to
be
extending
his
hand
to
welcome
Jack
Ketch
;
Cupid
pointed
his
arrow
at
the
bosom
of
a
pope
;
in
a
word
,
that
strange
pell-mell
of
statues
was
calculated
to
awaken
ideas
of
a
most
wild
and
ludicrous
character
,
in
the
imagination
of
one
whose
thoughts
were
not
otherwise
occupied
.
The
statuary
was
an
Italian
;
and
as
he
spoke
the
English
language
imperfectly
,
he
did
not
waste
much
time
over
the
bargain
.
With
the
cool
criticism
of
a
sportsman
examining
a
horse
or
a
dog
,
the
statuary
gazed
upon
the
young
maiden
;
then
,
taking
a
rule
in
his
hand
,
he
measured
her
head
;
and
with
a
pair
of
blunt
compasses
he
took
the
dimensions
of
her
features
.
Giving
a
nod
of
approval
,
he
consulted
a
large
book
which
lay
open
upon
a
desk
;
and
finding
that
he
had
orders
for
a
queen
,
an
opera-dancer
,
and
a
Madonna
,
he
declared
that
he
would
take
three
casts
of
his
new
model
's
countenance
that
very
morning
.
The
old
woman
whispered
words
of
encouragement
in
Ellen
's
ear
,
as
they
all
three
repaired
to
the
workshop
,
where
upwards
of
twenty
men
were
employed
in
making
statues
.
Some
were
preparing
the
clay
models
over
which
the
plaster
of
Paris
was
to
be
laid
:
others
joined
legs
and
arms
to
trunks
;
—
some
polished
the
features
of
the
countenances
:
others
effaced
the
seams
that
betrayed
the
various
joints
in
the
complete
statues
.
One
fixed
wings
to
angels
'
backs
—
another
swords
to
warriors
'
sides
:
a
third
repaired
a
limb
that
had
been
broken
;
a
fourth
stuck
on
a
new
nose
in
the
place
of
an
old
one
knocked
off
.
Ellen
was
stretched
at
full
length
upon
a
table
;
and
a
wet
cloth
was
placed
over
her
face
.
The
statuary
then
covered
it
with
moist
clay
;
—
and
the
process
was
only
complete
when
she
was
ready
to
faint
through
difficulty
of
breathing
.
She
rested
a
little
while
;
and
then
the
second
cast
was
taken
.
Another
interval
to
recover
breath
—
and
the
third
and
last
mould
was
formed
.
The
statuary
seemed
well
pleased
with
this
trial
of
his
new
model
;
and
placing
a
sovereign
in
the
young
maiden
's
hand
,
he
desired
her
to
return
in
three
days
,
as
he
should
require
her
services
again
.
The
poor
trembling
creature
's
eyes
glistened
with
delight
as
she
balanced
the
gold
in
her
little
hand
;
and
she
took
her
departure
,
accompanied
by
the
hag
,
with
a
heart
comparatively
light
.
"
You
will
have
plenty
to
do
there
,
"
said
the
old
woman
,
as
they
proceeded
homewards
:
"
I
have
introduced
you
to
a
good
thing
.
You
must
therefore
divide
your
first
day
's
earnings
with
me
.
"
Ellen
really
felt
grateful
to
the
selfish
harridan
;
and
having
changed
her
gold
for
silver
coin
at
a
shop
where
she
stopped
to
buy
provisions
,
she
counted
ten
shillings
in
the
withered
and
sinewy
hand
which
the
hag
thrust
forth
.
Thus
for
three
months
did
Ellen
earn
the
means
of
a
comfortable
subsistence
,
by
selling
her
countenance
to
the
statuary
.
And
that
countenance
might
be
seen
belonging
to
the
statues
of
Madonnas
in
catholic
chapels
;
opera
dancers
,
and
actresses
in
theatrical
clubs
;
nymphs
holding
lamps
in
the
halls
of
public
institutions
;
and
queens
in
the
staircase
windows
of
insurance
offices
.
She
never
revealed
to
her
father
the
secret
spring
of
that
improved
condition
which
soon
restored
him
to
health
;
but
assured
him
that
she
had
found
more
needle-work
,
and
was
well
paid
for
it
.
The
old
man
had
too
good
an
opinion
of
his
daughter
to
suspect
her
of
crime
or
frailty
;
and
he
believed
her
innocent
and
well-meant
falsehood
the
more
readily
,
inasmuch
as
he
saw
her
constantly
engaged
with
her
needle
when
he
was
at
home
.
Three
months
passed
away
;
and
already
had
a
little
air
of
comfort
succeeded
to
the
former
dismal
aspect
of
those
two
chambers
which
the
father
and
daughter
occupied
,
when
the
statuary
died
suddenly
.
Ellen
's
occupation
was
once
more
gone
;
and
,
after
vainly
endeavouring
to
obtain
needle-work
—
for
that
which
she
did
in
the
presence
of
her
father
was
merely
a
pretence
to
make
good
her
tale
to
him
—
she
again
repaired
to
the
abode
of
the
old
hag
who
had
introduced
her
to
the
statuary
.
The
aged
female
was
,
if
possible
,
more
wrinkled
and
hideous
than
before
;
the
contrast
between
her
and
her
fair
young
visitant
was
the
more
striking
,
inasmuch
as
the
cheeks
of
the
latter
had
recovered
their
roundness
,
and
her
form
its
plumpness
by
means
of
good
and
sufficient
food
.
"
You
have
come
to
me
again
,
"
said
the
hag
.
"
Doubtless
I
should
have
never
seen
you
more
if
you
had
not
wanted
my
services
.
"
"
The
statuary
is
dead
,
"
returned
Ellen
,
"
and
has
left
behind
him
an
immense
fortune
.
His
son
has
therefore
declined
the
business
,
and
has
discharged
every
one
in
the
employment
of
his
late
father
.
"
"
And
what
would
you
have
me
do
for
you
,
miss
?
"
demanded
the
old
woman
.
"
I
am
not
acquainted
with
another
statuary
.
"
Ellen
heaved
a
deep
sigh
.
The
hag
contemplated
her
for
some
time
in
silence
,
and
then
exclaimed
,
"
Your
appearance
has
improved
;
you
have
a
tinge
of
the
carnation
upon
your
cheeks
;
and
your
eyes
have
recovered
their
brightness
.
I
know
an
artist
of
great
repute
,
who
will
be
glad
of
you
as
a
copy
for
his
shepherdesses
,
his
huntresses
,
his
sea-nymphs
,
and
heathen
goddesses
.
Let
us
lose
no
time
in
proceeding
to
his
residence
.
"
This
proposal
was
far
more
agreeable
to
the
maiden
than
the
one
which
had
led
her
into
the
service
of
the
statuary
;
and
she
did
not
for
a
moment
hesitate
to
accompany
the
old
woman
to
the
abode
of
the
artist
.
The
great
painter
was
about
forty
years
of
age
,
and
dwelt
in
a
splendid
house
in
Bloomsbury
Square
.
The
rooms
on
the
third
floor
were
his
studio
,
as
he
required
a
clear
and
good
light
.
He
accepted
the
services
of
Ellen
Monroe
as
a
copy
,
and
remunerated
the
old
woman
out
of
his
own
pocket
,
for
the
introduction
.
But
he
required
the
attendance
of
his
copy
every
day
from
ten
till
four
;
and
she
was
accordingly
compelled
to
tell
her
father
another
story
to
account
for
these
long
intervals
of
absence
.
She
now
assured
him
that
she
was
engaged
to
work
at
the
residence
of
a
family
in
Bloomsbury
Square
;
and
the
old
man
believed
her
.
Her
countenance
having
embellished
statues
,
was
now
transferred
to
canvass
.
Her
Grecian
features
and
classic
head
appeared
surmounted
with
the
crescent
of
Diana
,
the
helmet
of
Minerva
,
and
the
crown
of
Juno
.
The
painter
purchased
dresses
suitable
to
the
characters
which
he
wished
her
to
adopt
;
and
,
although
she
was
frequently
compelled
to
appear
before
him
,
in
a
state
which
at
first
was
strongly
repugnant
to
her
modesty
—
with
naked
bust
,
and
naked
arms
,
and
naked
legs
—
the
feeling
of
shame
gradually
wore
away
.
Thus
,
though
in
body
she
remained
pure
and
chaste
,
yet
in
soul
was
she
gradually
hardened
to
the
sentiments
of
maiden
delicacy
and
female
reserve
!
It
is
true
that
she
retained
her
virtue
—
because
it
was
not
tempted
.
The
artist
saw
not
before
him
a
lovely
creature
of
warm
flesh
and
blood
;
he
beheld
nothing
but
a
beautiful
and
symmetrical
statue
which
served
as
an
original
for
his
heathen
divinities
and
pastoral
heroines
.
And
in
this
light
did
he
treat
her
.
He
paid
her
handsomely
;
and
her
father
and
herself
were
enabled
to
remove
to
better
lodgings
,
and
in
a
more
respectable
neighbourhood
,
than
those
which
had
been
the
scene
of
so
much
misery
in
Golden
Lane
.
The
artist
whom
Ellen
served
was
a
portrait-painter
as
well
as
a
delineator
of
classical
subjects
.
When
he
was
employed
to
paint
the
likeness
of
some
vain
and
conceited
West
End
daughter
of
the
aristocracy
,
it
was
Ellen
's
hand
—
or
Ellen
's
hair
—
or
Ellen
's
eyes
—
or
Ellen
's
bust
—
or
some
feature
or
peculiar
beauty
of
the
young
maiden
,
in
which
the
fashionable
lady
somewhat
resembled
her
,
that
figured
upon
the
canvass
.
Then
when
the
portrait
was
finished
,
the
artist
would
assemble
his
friends
at
the
same
time
that
the
lady
and
her
friends
called
to
see
it
;
and
the
artist
's
friends
—
well
tutored
beforehand
—
would
exclaim
,
one
,
"
How
like
is
the
eye
!
"
another
,
"
The
very
mouth
!
"
a
third
,
"
The
hair
to
the
life
itself
!
"
a
fourth
,
"
The
exact
profile
!
"
—
and
so
on
.
And
all
the
while
it
was
Ellen
's
eye
,
or
Ellen
's
mouth
,
or
Ellen
's
hair
,
or
Ellen
's
profile
,
which
the
enthusiasts
admired
.
Then
the
lady
,
flattering
herself
that
she
alone
was
the
original
,
and
little
suspecting
that
the
charms
of
another
had
been
called
in
to
enhance
the
beauty
of
her
portrait
,
persuaded
her
fond
and
uxorious
husband
to
double
the
amount
of
the
price
bargained
for
,
and
had
the
picture
set
in
a
very
costly
frame
,
to
hang
in
the
most
conspicuous
place
in
her
mansion
.
It
happened
one
day
that
the
artist
obtained
the
favour
of
a
marchioness
of
forty-six
by
introducing
into
her
portrait
the
nose
,
eyes
,
and
mouth
of
that
fair
young
maiden
of
seventeen
.
The
great
lady
recommended
him
to
the
Russian
Ambassador
as
the
greatest
of
English
painters
;
and
the
ambassador
immediately
retained
him
to
proceed
to
St.
Petersburgh
to
transfer
to
canvass
the
physiognomy
of
the
Czar
.
Ellen
thus
lost
her
employment
once
more
;
and
again
did
she
repair
to
the
den
of
the
old
hag
who
had
recommended
her
to
the
statuary
and
the
artist
.
The
step
of
the
maiden
was
less
timid
than
formerly
;
and
her
look
was
more
confident
.
She
was
also
dressed
in
a
style
which
savoured
of
coquetry
,
for
her
occupation
at
the
artist
's
had
taught
her
the
value
of
her
charms
,
and
prompted
her
how
to
enhance
them
.
She
had
imbibed
the
idea
that
her
beauty
was
worth
much
,
and
should
at
least
produce
her
a
comfortable
livelihood
,
even
if
it
did
not
lay
the
foundation
for
a
fortune
.
She
therefore
occupied
all
her
leisure
time
in
studying
how
to
set
it
off
to
the
greatest
advantage
.
Thus
dire
necessity
had
compelled
that
charming
young
creature
to
embrace
occupations
which
awoke
all
the
latent
female
vanity
that
had
slumbered
in
her
bosom
throughout
the
period
of
her
pinching
poverty
,
and
that
now
shone
forth
in
her
manner
—
her
gait
—
her
glance
—
her
speech
—
and
her
attire
.
The
old
hag
observed
this
change
,
and
was
not
surprised
—
for
she
was
a
woman
of
the
world
;
but
she
muttered
to
herself
,
"
A
little
while
,
my
dear
,
and
you
will
suit
my
purposes
altogether
.
"
"
I
am
come
again
,
you
see
,
"
said
Ellen
,
seating
herself
without
waiting
to
be
asked
.
"
My
artist
has
left
England
suddenly
,
and
I
am
once
more
without
occupation
.
"
"
Have
you
any
money
?
"
demanded
the
old
hag
.
"
I
have
three
sovereigns
left
,
"
replied
Ellen
.
"
You
must
give
me
two
,
"
said
the
woman
;
"
and
you
must
promise
me
half
your
first
week
's
earnings
,
for
the
new
introduction
which
I
shall
presently
give
you
.
"
Ellen
placed
two
sovereigns
in
the
hand
of
the
beldame
;
and
the
old
wretch
opened
her
table
drawer
to
search
for
something
which
she
required
.
That
drawer
contained
a
strange
incongruity
of
articles
.
Old
valentine
letters
,
knots
of
faded
riband
,
cards
,
prophetic
almanacs
;
tooth
powder
boxes
,
and
scented
oil
bottles
,
all
alike
empty
;
the
visiting
cards
of
several
noblemen
and
gentlemen
,
play-bills
,
theatrical
journals
,
masquerade
tickets
never
used
,
pieces
of
music
,
magazines
of
fashion
,
a
volume
of
the
"
Memoirs
of
Harriett
Wilson
,
"
immoral
prints
,
a
song
book
,
some
leaves
torn
from
the
"
Newgate
Calendar
,
"
medical
drugs
wrapped
up
in
papers
,
a
child
's
caul
,
pieces
of
poetry
in
manuscript
,
amatory
epistles
on
sheets
of
various
tints
,
writs
from
the
Court
of
Requests
,
summonses
from
police
courts
,
etc.
etc.
The
contents
of
that
filthy
drawer
furnished
a
complete
history
of
that
old
hag
's
former
life
.
The
object
of
the
old
woman
's
search
was
a
card
,
which
,
having
found
it
,
she
handed
to
the
young
maiden
,
saying
,
"
Here
is
the
address
of
an
eminent
sculptor
:
he
requires
a
model
of
a
bust
for
the
statue
of
a
great
lady
who
may
be
said
to
have
no
bust
at
all
.
You
will
suit
him
.
"
Ellen
received
the
card
,
and
hastened
to
Halkin
Street
,
Belgrave
Square
,
where
the
sculptor
resided
.
She
was
shown
first
into
a
parlour
upon
the
ground
floor
,
then
,
when
the
object
of
her
visit
was
made
known
,
she
was
requested
to
walk
up
stairs
to
the
studio
of
the
great
man
.
She
found
him
contemplating
with
profound
satisfaction
a
head
which
he
had
already
cut
from
the
top
part
of
a
block
of
marble
.
He
was
an
old
man
of
sixty
,
and
he
stooped
in
his
gait
;
but
his
eyes
were
dark
and
piercing
.
A
bargain
between
the
sculptor
and
Ellen
was
soon
terminated
;
and
the
next
morning
she
entered
upon
her
new
employment
.
Stripped
to
the
waist
,
she
had
to
stand
in
a
certain
position
,
for
several
hours
each
day
,
in
the
presence
of
the
sculptor
.
The
old
man
laboured
diligently
at
his
statue
,
and
allowed
her
little
rest
;
but
he
paid
her
munificently
,
and
she
was
contented
.
The
lady
,
whose
statue
was
thus
supposed
to
be
in
progress
,
called
daily
,
and
remained
at
the
sculptor
's
house
for
hours
.
She
always
came
alone
,
and
sate
in
the
studio
the
whole
time
during
which
her
call
lasted
:
it
was
therefore
imagined
by
all
her
friends
that
she
really
formed
the
model
of
the
statue
which
was
to
bear
her
name
.
But
Ellen
's
neck
—
and
Ellen
's
shoulders
—
and
Ellen
's
bosom
—
and
Ellen
's
arms
were
in
truth
the
pattern
of
the
bust
of
that
statue
which
was
to
be
a
great
sculptor
's
masterpiece
,
and
to
hand
down
the
name
of
a
great
lady
to
posterity
!
The
very
day
upon
which
Ellen
was
to
leave
the
sculptor
's
employment
,
her
services
as
a
model
being
no
longer
required
,
this
great
lady
happened
to
observe
that
she
was
in
want
of
a
nursery
governess
for
her
two
young
daughters
.
Ellen
ventured
to
offer
herself
as
a
candidate
for
the
situation
.
The
lady
raised
her
eyes
and
hands
to
heaven
in
astonishment
,
exclaiming
,
"
You
,
miss
,
a
companion
for
my
children
!
a
girl
who
gets
her
livelihood
by
standing
half
naked
in
the
presence
of
any
body
,
as
a
model
!
"
And
the
lady
was
compelled
to
have
recourse
to
her
scent-bottle
to
save
herself
from
fainting
.
She
forgot
that
she
would
have
herself
stood
to
the
sculptor
if
she
had
possessed
a
good
bust
!
The
answer
and
the
behaviour
of
this
lady
opened
the
eyes
of
Ellen
to
the
nature
of
the
opinion
which
the
world
must
now
form
of
her
.
She
suddenly
comprehended
the
real
position
which
she
occupied
in
society
—
about
one
remove
above
the
unfortunate
girls
who
were
the
avowed
daughters
of
crime
.
Were
she
now
to
speak
to
the
world
of
her
virtue
,
that
world
would
laugh
insultingly
in
her
face
.
Thus
the
dire
necessity
which
had
urged
her
upon
this
career
,
began
by
destroying
her
sense
of
female
delicacy
and
shame
:
it
now
destroyed
,
in
her
estimation
,
every
inducement
to
pursue
a
virtuous
career
.
Again
she
sought
the
dwelling
of
the
old
hag
:
for
the
fourth
time
she
demanded
the
assistance
of
the
beldame
.
"
It
seems
,
my
child
,
"
said
the
old
woman
,
"
that
my
advice
has
produced
beneficial
consequences
.
Each
time
that
you
cross
my
threshold
I
observe
that
you
are
freer
and
lighter
in
step
,
and
more
choice
in
your
apparel
.
"
"
You
know
that
I
am
not
detestably
ugly
,
mother
,
"
answered
Ellen
,
with
a
smile
of
complacence
;
"
and
surely
it
is
as
cheap
to
have
a
gown
well
made
as
badly
made
,
and
a
becoming
bonnet
as
one
altogether
out
of
date
.
"
"
Ah
!
I
see
that
you
study
the
fashions
,
"
exclaimed
the
old
woman
with
a
sigh
—
for
she
recalled
to
mind
the
pleasures
and
pursuits
of
her
own
youthful
days
,
over
which
she
retrospected
with
regret
:
—
then
,
after
a
pause
,
she
said
,
"
How
old
are
you
?
"
"
Eighteen
and
a
half
,
"
replied
Ellen
.
"
And
,
with
all
that
beauty
,
is
your
heart
still
unoccupied
by
the
image
of
some
favoured
suitor
?
"
"
Oh
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
,
laughing
heartily
,
so
as
to
display
her
brilliant
teeth
,
"
I
have
not
thought
of
that
yet
.
I
have
lately
read
a
great
deal
about
love
in
novels
and
romances
—
for
I
never
do
any
needle-work
now
,
—
but
I
have
not
experienced
the
passion
.
I
dare
say
my
time
will
come
sooner
or
later
;
"
—
and
again
she
laughed
.
"
But
,
hasten
,
mother
—
I
am
losing
my
time
:
tell
me
,
do
you
know
of
farther
employment
for
me
?
"
"
I
am
acquainted
with
a
French
gentleman
of
science
at
the
West
End
,
"
answered
the
hag
,
"
who
has
invented
a
means
of
taking
likenesses
by
the
aid
of
the
sun
.
I
do
not
know
what
the
process
is
:
all
that
concerns
me
and
you
is
that
the
Frenchman
requires
a
beautiful
woman
to
serve
as
a
pattern
for
his
experiments
.
"
"
Give
me
his
address
,
"
said
Ellen
,
"
and
if
he
engages
me
I
will
pay
you
liberally
.
You
know
that
you
can
rely
upon
me
.
"
The
old
woman
once
more
had
recourse
to
her
filthy
drawer
,
in
which
her
present
memoranda
were
mingled
with
the
relics
of
the
luxury
of
former
days
;
and
taking
thence
a
letter
which
she
had
only
received
that
same
morning
,
she
tore
off
the
address
for
the
use
of
the
young
maiden
.
Ellen
,
who
a
few
months
previously
had
been
accustomed
to
work
for
seventeen
or
eighteen
hours
without
ceasing
,
now
took
a
cab
to
proceed
from
the
neighbourhood
of
St.
Luke
's
to
Leicester
Square
.
The
French
scientific
experimentalist
was
at
home
;
and
Ellen
was
conducted
up
four
flights
of
stairs
to
a
species
of
belvidere
,
or
glass
cabinet
,
built
upon
the
roof
of
the
house
.
The
windows
of
this
belvidere
,
and
the
paper
with
which
the
wood-work
of
the
interior
was
covered
,
were
of
a
dark
blue
,
in
order
to
mitigate
the
strength
of
the
sun
's
rays
.
Within
this
belvidere
the
Frenchman
was
at
work
.
He
was
a
short
,
middle-aged
,
sallow-faced
,
sharp-featured
person
—
entirely
devoted
to
matters
of
science
,
and
having
no
soul
for
love
,
pleasure
,
politics
,
or
any
kind
of
excitement
save
his
learned
pursuits
.
He
was
now
busily
employed
at
a
table
covered
with
copper
plates
coated
with
silver
,
phials
of
nitric
acid
,
cotton
wool
,
pounce
,
a
camera
obscura
,
several
boxes
,
each
of
about
two
feet
square
,
and
other
materials
necessary
for
photography
.
The
Frenchman
spoke
English
tolerably
well
;
and
eyeing
his
fair
visitant
from
head
to
foot
,
he
expressed
himself
infinitely
obliged
to
the
person
who
had
sent
her
.
He
then
entered
into
particulars
;
and
Ellen
found
,
to
her
surprise
,
that
the
photographer
was
desirous
of
taking
full-length
female
portraits
in
a
state
of
nudity
.
She
drew
her
veil
over
her
countenance
,
and
was
about
to
retire
in
disgust
and
indignation
,
when
the
Frenchman
,
who
was
examining
a
plate
as
he
spoke
,
and
therefore
did
not
observe
the
effect
his
words
had
produced
upon
her
,
mentioned
the
price
which
he
proposed
to
pay
her
.
Now
the
artist
paid
better
than
the
statuary
;
the
sculptor
better
than
the
artist
;
and
the
photographer
better
than
the
sculptor
.
She
therefore
hesitated
no
longer
;
but
entered
the
service
of
the
man
of
science
.
We
shall
not
proceed
to
any
details
connected
with
this
new
avocation
to
which
that
lovely
maiden
lent
herself
.
Suffice
it
to
say
,
that
having
sold
her
countenance
to
the
statuary
,
her
likeness
to
the
artist
,
and
her
bust
to
the
sculptor
,
she
disposed
of
her
whole
body
to
the
photographer
.
Thus
her
head
embellished
images
white
and
bronzed
;
her
features
and
her
figure
were
perpetuated
in
divers
paintings
;
her
bust
was
immortalized
in
a
splendid
statue
;
and
her
entire
form
is
preserved
,
in
all
attitudes
,
and
on
many
plates
,
in
the
private
cabinet
of
a
photographer
at
one
of
the
metropolitan
Galleries
of
Practical
Science
.
At
length
the
photographer
was
satisfied
with
the
results
of
his
experiments
regarding
the
action
of
light
upon
every
part
of
the
human
frame
;
and
Ellen
's
occupation
was
again
gone
.
A
tainted
soul
now
resided
in
a
pure
body
.
Every
remaining
sentiment
of
decency
and
delicacy
was
crushed
—
obliterated
—
destroyed
by
this
last
service
.
Pure
souls
have
frequently
resided
in
tainted
bodies
:
witness
Lucretia
after
the
outrage
perpetrated
upon
her
:
—
but
here
was
essentially
a
foul
soul
in
a
chaste
and
virgin
form
.
And
what
dread
cause
had
consummated
this
sad
result
?
Not
the
will
of
the
poor
girl
;
for
when
we
first
saw
her
in
her
cold
and
cheerless
chamber
,
her
mind
was
spotless
at
the
Alpine
snow
.
But
dire
necessity
—
that
necessity
which
became
an
instrument
in
the
old
hag
's
hands
to
model
the
young
maiden
to
her
purposes
.
For
it
was
with
ulterior
views
that
the
designing
harridan
had
introduced
the
poor
girl
to
that
career
which
,
without
being
actually
criminal
,
led
step
by
step
towards
criminality
.
The
wretch
knew
the
world
well
,
and
was
enabled
to
calculate
the
influence
of
exterior
circumstances
upon
the
mind
and
the
passions
.
After
the
first
conversation
which
she
had
with
Ellen
,
she
perceived
that
the
purity
of
the
virgin
was
not
to
be
undermined
by
specious
representations
,
nor
by
dazzling
theories
,
nor
by
delusive
sophistry
:
and
the
hag
accordingly
placed
the
confiding
girl
upon
a
path
which
,
while
it
supplied
her
with
the
necessaries
of
life
,
gradually
presented
to
her
mind
scenes
which
were
calculated
to
destroy
her
purity
of
thought
and
chastity
of
feeling
for
ever
!
When
Ellen
left
the
service
of
the
photographer
,
she
repaired
for
the
fifth
time
to
the
dwelling
of
the
hag
.
The
old
woman
was
seated
as
usual
at
her
work
;
and
she
was
humming
to
herself
an
opera
air
,
which
she
remembered
to
have
heard
many
—
many
years
back
.
"
The
Frenchman
requires
my
services
no
longer
,
"
said
Ellen
.
"
What
next
can
you
do
for
me
?
"
"
Alas
!
my
poor
child
,
"
answered
the
old
woman
,
"
the
times
were
never
so
bad
as
they
are
at
present
!
What
is
to
become
of
us
?
what
is
to
become
of
us
?
"
And
the
hag
rocked
herself
backwards
and
forwards
in
her
chair
,
as
if
overcome
by
painful
reflections
.
"
You
can
,
then
,
do
nothing
for
me
?
"
observed
Ellen
,
interrogatively
.
"
That
is
a
pity
!
for
I
have
not
a
shilling
left
in
the
world
.
We
have
lived
up
to
the
income
which
my
occupations
produced
.
My
poor
old
father
fancies
up
to
the
present
moment
that
I
have
been
working
at
dress-making
and
embroidery
at
the
houses
of
great
families
;
and
he
will
wonder
how
all
my
engagements
should
so
suddenly
cease
.
Think
,
mother
:
are
you
not
acquainted
with
another
artist
or
sculptor
?
"
"
Why
,
my
child
,
do
you
pitch
upon
the
artist
and
the
sculptor
?
"
inquired
the
hag
,
regarding
Ellen
fixedly
in
the
face
.
"
Oh
!
"
answered
the
young
maiden
,
lightly
,
"
because
I
do
not
like
to
have
my
countenance
handled
about
by
the
dirty
fingers
of
the
statuary
;
and
you
cannot
suppose
that
out
of
the
four
services
I
should
voluntarily
prefer
that
of
the
photographer
?
"
The
old
woman
looked
disappointed
,
and
muttered
to
herself
,
"
Not
quite
yet
!
not
quite
yet
!
"
"
What
did
you
say
,
mother
?
"
inquired
Ellen
.
"
I
say
,
"
replied
the
hag
,
assuming
a
tone
of
kindness
and
conciliation
,
"
that
you
must
come
back
to
me
in
ten
days
;
and
in
the
mean
time
I
will
see
what
is
to
be
done
for
you
.
"
"
In
ten
days
,
"
observed
Ellen
:
"
be
it
so
!
"
And
she
took
her
departure
,
downcast
and
disappointed
,
from
the
old
hag
's
abode
.
CHAPTER
LVII
.
THE
LAST
RESOURCE
.
POVERTY
once
again
returned
—
with
all
its
hideous
escort
of
miseries
—
to
the
abode
of
Monroe
and
his
daughter
.
The
articles
of
comfort
which
they
had
lately
collected
around
them
were
sent
to
the
pawnbroker
:
necessaries
then
followed
to
the
same
destination
.
Ellen
no
longer
sought
for
needle-work
:
she
had
for
some
time
past
led
a
life
which
incapacitated
her
for
close
application
to
monotonous
toil
;
and
she
confidently
reposed
upon
the
hope
that
the
old
woman
would
procure
her
more
employment
with
an
artist
or
a
sculptor
.
But
at
the
expiration
of
the
ten
days
,
the
hag
put
her
off
for
ten
days
more
;
and
then
again
for
another
ten
days
.
Thus
a
month
passed
away
in
idleness
for
both
father
and
daughter
,
neither
of
whom
earned
a
shilling
.
They
could
no
longer
retain
the
lodgings
which
they
had
occupied
for
some
time
in
a
respectable
neighbourhood
;
and
now
behold
them
returning
to
the
very
same
cold
,
miserable
,
and
cheerless
rooms
which
we
saw
them
occupying
in
the
first
instance
,
in
the
court
leading
out
of
Golden
Lane
!
What
ups
and
downs
constitute
existence
!
Two
years
had
now
passed
away
since
we
first
introduced
the
reader
to
that
destitute
lodging
in
Golden
Lane
.
We
have
therefore
brought
up
this
portion
of
our
narrative
,
as
well
as
all
the
other
parts
of
it
,
to
the
close
of
the
year
1838.
Misery
,
more
grinding
,
more
pinching
,
and
more
acute
than
any
which
they
had
yet
known
,
now
surrounded
the
father
and
daughter
.
They
had
parted
with
every
thing
which
would
produce
the
wherewith
to
purchase
food
.
They
lay
upon
straw
at
night
;
and
for
days
and
days
they
had
not
a
spark
of
fire
in
the
grate
.
They
often
went
six-and-thirty
hours
together
without
tasting
a
morsel
of
food
.
They
could
not
even
pay
the
pittance
of
rent
which
was
claimed
for
their
two
chambers
:
and
if
it
had
not
been
for
their
compassionate
neighbours
they
must
have
starved
altogether
.
Monroe
could
obtain
no
employment
in
the
City
.
When
he
had
failed
,
during
the
time
of
Richard
Markham
's
imprisonment
,
he
lost
all
his
friends
,
because
they
took
no
account
of
his
misfortunes
,
and
looked
only
to
the
fact
that
he
had
been
compelled
to
give
up
business
.
Had
he
passed
through
the
Bankruptcy
Court
,
and
then
opened
his
counting-house
again
to
commence
affairs
upon
credit
,
he
would
have
found
admirers
and
supporters
.
But
as
he
had
paid
his
creditors
every
farthing
,
left
himself
a
beggar
,
and
spurned
the
idea
of
entering
upon
business
without
capital
of
his
own
,
he
had
not
a
friend
to
whom
he
could
apply
for
a
shilling
.
At
length
the
day
came
when
the
misery
of
the
father
and
the
daughter
arrived
at
an
extreme
when
it
became
no
longer
tolerable
.
They
had
fasted
for
forty-eight
hours
;
and
their
landlady
threatened
to
turn
them
out
of
their
empty
rooms
into
the
street
,
unless
they
paid
her
the
arrears
of
rent
which
they
owed
.
They
had
not
an
article
upon
which
they
could
raise
the
price
of
a
loaf
:
—
it
was
the
depth
of
a
cold
and
severe
winter
,
and
Ellen
had
already
parted
with
all
her
under-garments
.
"
My
dear
child
,
"
said
the
heart-broken
father
,
embracing
his
daughter
affectionately
,
on
the
morning
when
their
misery
thus
reached
its
utmost
limit
,
"
I
have
one
resource
left
—
a
resource
to
which
I
should
never
fly
save
in
an
extreme
like
this
!
"
"
What
mean
you
?
"
inquired
the
daughter
,
anxiously
glancing
in
the
pale
and
haggard
countenance
of
her
sire
.
"
I
mean
that
I
will
apply
to
Richard
Markham
,
"
said
the
old
man
.
"
He
does
not
suspect
our
appalling
state
of
destitution
,
or
he
would
seek
us
out
—
he
would
fly
to
our
succour
.
"
"
And
you
will
apply
to
him
who
has
already
suffered
so
much
by
you
?
"
said
the
daughter
,
shaking
her
head
.
"
Alas
!
he
will
refuse
you
the
succour
you
require
!
"
"
No
—
no
—
not
he
!
"
ejaculated
the
old
man
.
"
Be
of
good
cheer
,
Ellen
—
I
shall
not
be
long
absent
;
and
on
my
return
thou
shalt
have
food
,
and
fire
,
and
clothes
!
"
"
God
grant
that
it
may
be
so
!
"
cried
Ellen
,
clasping
her
hands
together
.
"
I
have
moreover
a
piece
of
news
relative
to
that
villain
Montague
to
communicate
to
him
,
"
added
Monroe
;
"
and
for
that
reason
—
if
for
none
other
—
should
I
have
called
at
his
residence
to-day
.
While
I
was
roving
about
in
the
City
yesterday
to
endeavour
to
procure
employment
,
I
accidentally
learnt
that
Montague
is
pursuing
his
old
game
,
at
the
West
End
,
under
the
name
of
Greenwood
.
"
"
Ah
!
why
do
you
not
rather
call
upon
this
man
,
"
cried
Ellen
,
"
and
represent
to
him
the
misery
to
which
his
villany
has
reduced
us
?
He
is
doubtless
wealthy
,
and
might
be
inclined
to
give
a
few
pounds
to
one
whom
he
robbed
of
thousands
.
"
"
Alas
!
my
dear
Ellen
,
you
do
not
know
the
world
as
I
know
it
!
I
have
no
means
of
convincing
Montague
,
or
Greenwood
,
that
I
lost
money
by
him
.
He
only
knew
Allen
in
the
entire
transaction
:
he
never
saw
me
in
his
life
—
nor
I
him
,
—
at
least
to
my
knowledge
.
Allen
is
dead
;
—
how
then
can
I
present
myself
to
this
man
,
whom
villany
has
no
doubt
rendered
hard-hearted
and
selfish
,
with
mere
assertions
of
losses
through
his
instrumentality
?
He
would
eject
me
ignominiously
from
his
abode
!
No
—
I
shall
repair
to
Richard
Markham
;
he
is
my
last
and
only
hope
!
"
With
these
words
the
old
man
embraced
his
daughter
affectionately
,
and
left
the
room
.
The
moment
he
was
gone
Ellen
said
to
herself
,
"
My
father
has
undertaken
a
hopeless
task
!
It
is
not
probable
that
Markham
,
whom
he
has
reduced
to
a
miserable
pittance
,
will
spare
from
that
pittance
aught
to
relieve
our
necessities
.
What
is
to
be
done
?
There
are
no
more
artists
or
sculptors
who
require
my
services
—
no
more
statuaries
or
photographers
who
need
my
aid
.
And
yet
we
cannot
starve
!
When
I
last
saw
the
old
woman
,
she
spoke
out
plainly
—
her
meaning
could
not
be
misunderstood
.
I
rushed
away
from
her
presence
,
as
if
she
were
a
venomous
reptile
!
Fool
that
I
was
.
Starvation
is
undermining
those
charms
which
I
have
learnt
to
value
:
hunger
is
defacing
that
beauty
which
gave
me
bread
for
nearly
two
years
,
and
which
may
give
me
bread
again
in
the
same
way
.
I
am
clothed
in
rags
,
and
shiver
with
the
cold
!
My
hands
,
once
so
white
,
are
becoming
red
:
my
form
,
lately
so
round
and
plump
,
is
losing
its
fulness
and
its
freshness
;
my
cheeks
grow
thin
and
hollow
.
And
in
a
few
hours
my
poor
old
father
will
return
home
,
wasted
with
fatigue
,
and
overwhelmed
with
famine
and
disappointment
.
O
my
God
!
"
she
continued
,
clasping
her
hands
together
in
an
ebullition
of
intense
agony
;
"
pardon
—
pardon
—
I
can
hesitate
no
longer
!
"
And
straightway
she
proceeded
to
the
dwelling
of
the
old
hag
.
It
was
about
two
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
when
Mr.
Monroe
returned
to
the
court
in
Golden
Lane
.
His
countenance
was
animated
with
an
expression
of
joy
,
as
he
encountered
the
landlady
upon
the
threshold
of
the
house
in
which
he
resided
.
"
Miss
Monroe
is
not
come
in
yet
,
"
said
the
woman
roughly
.
"
Here
is
the
key
of
your
lodgings
—
not
that
I
think
there
is
much
worth
the
locking
up
.
However
,
this
key
you
do
n't
have
again
till
my
rent
is
paid
.
"
"
Here
—
pay
yourself
—
pay
yourself
!
"
cried
the
old
man
,
taking
a
handful
of
gold
and
silver
from
his
pocket
.
The
woman
's
manner
instantly
changed
into
cringing
politeness
.
She
was
not
now
pressed
for
the
rent
.
She
could
wait
till
it
was
convenient
.
She
always
knew
that
she
had
to
deal
with
a
gentleman
.
What
did
it
matter
to
her
when
she
was
paid
,
since
she
felt
convinced
the
money
was
safe
?
Monroe
cut
short
her
compliments
by
settling
the
arrears
due
,
and
sending
the
landlady
out
to
purchase
some
food
.
The
old
man
was
determined
to
be
extravagant
that
day
—
he
was
so
happy
!
Markham
had
declared
that
he
and
his
daughter
should
never
know
want
again
;
—
and
then
—
he
had
such
a
surprise
for
Ellen
.
They
were
to
proceed
next
day
to
take
up
their
abode
with
Richard
:
the
young
man
had
insisted
upon
it
—
Whittingham
had
supported
the
proposal
;
—
and
so
it
was
all
resolved
upon
.
No
more
poverty
—
no
more
cold
—
no
more
hunger
!
It
was
for
this
that
the
old
gentleman
was
resolved
to
be
extravagant
.
He
was
anxious
to
provide
a
delicate
little
treat
for
his
daughter
;
—
and
he
was
glad
that
she
was
not
at
home
when
he
returned
.
He
felt
convinced
that
she
had
gone
out
to
seek
for
work
,
and
hoped
that
she
would
not
be
long
ere
she
returned
.
By
means
of
the
landlady
he
procured
a
cold
fowl
,
a
piece
of
ham
,
and
a
bottle
of
cheap
wine
;
and
his
own
thin
and
meagre
hands
spread
the
dainties
upon
the
table
,
while
the
landlady
lighted
a
fire
in
the
grate
.
When
these
arrangements
were
complete
,
Monroe
dispatched
the
now
obsequious
mistress
of
the
house
to
redeem
from
pledge
the
various
articles
which
had
been
pawned
during
this
latter
period
of
destitution
;
and
when
she
returned
,
laden
with
the
necessaries
and
the
comforts
which
had
thus
been
temporarily
disposed
of
,
Monroe
felt
pleasure
in
arranging
them
in
such
a
way
that
they
might
strike
Ellen
's
eyes
the
moment
she
should
return
.
The
poor
old
man
was
so
joyful
—
so
happy
,
as
he
executed
his
task
,
that
he
did
not
observe
the
lapse
of
time
.
Six
o'clock
struck
,
and
the
candle
had
been
burning
for
some
time
upon
the
mantelpiece
,
ere
Monroe
began
to
wonder
what
could
keep
his
daughter
so
long
away
.
Another
half-hour
passed
;
and
her
well-known
step
was
heard
ascending
the
staircase
.
The
door
opened
;
and
Ellen
rushed
into
the
room
,
exclaiming
,
"
My
dear
father
,
here
is
gold
!
here
is
gold
!
"
"
This
then
appears
to
be
a
day
of
good
fortune
,
"
said
the
old
man
,
glancing
triumphantly
around
him
.
"
I
also
have
gold
—
and
these
are
the
fruits
of
the
first
use
which
I
have
made
of
it
!
"
"
What
!
"
exclaimed
Ellen
,
gazing
wildly
upon
the
well-spread
table
and
the
various
articles
redeemed
from
the
pawnbroker
;
"
Richard
Markham
—
—
"
"
Is
an
angel
!
"
cried
Monroe
.
"
He
never
will
let
us
know
want
again
!
"
"
Oh
!
my
God
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
,
throwing
herself
upon
a
chair
,
and
burying
her
face
in
her
hands
:
"
why
did
I
not
wait
a
few
hours
?
why
did
I
not
have
patience
and
hope
until
your
return
?
"
"
Ellen
,
what
mean
those
words
?
"
demanded
the
old
man
:
"
speak
—
tell
me
—
—
"
"
Simply
,
my
dear
father
,
"
she
answered
,
raising
her
head
,
and
at
the
same
time
exercising
an
almost
superhuman
control
over
her
inward
emotions
,
"
that
I
have
consented
to
receive
work
at
a
price
which
will
scarcely
find
us
in
bread
;
and
—
—
"
"
You
shall
not
hold
to
your
bargain
,
dearest
,
"
interrupted
Monroe
.
"
The
money
which
you
may
have
received
in
advance
,
—
for
you
said
,
I
think
,
that
you
had
money
,
—
shall
be
returned
to
those
who
would
condemn
you
to
a
slavery
more
atrocious
than
that
endured
by
the
negroes
in
the
West
Indies
!
Take
courage
my
beloved
Ellen
—
take
courage
:
a
brighter
day
will
yet
dawn
upon
us
.
"
Ellen
made
no
reply
:
but
her
countenance
wore
so
singular
an
expression
,
that
her
father
was
alarmed
.
"
My
dearest
daughter
,
"
he
exclaimed
,
"
you
have
no
longer
any
hope
!
I
see
by
your
looks
that
you
despair
!
God
knows
that
we
have
encountered
enough
to
teach
us
to
place
but
little
reliance
upon
the
smiles
of
fortune
:
nevertheless
,
let
us
not
banish
hope
altogether
from
our
bosoms
!
To-morrow
we
shall
leave
this
dismal
abode
,
and
repair
to
the
house
of
our
young
benefactor
,
Markham
.
"
"
Markham
!
"
cried
Ellen
,
the
very
name
appearing
to
arouse
agonizing
emotions
in
her
mind
:
"
have
you
promised
Mr.
Richard
Markham
that
we
will
reside
with
him
?
"
"
Yes
,
dearest
Ellen
;
and
in
so
doing
I
had
hoped
to
give
thee
pleasure
.
You
have
known
each
other
from
infancy
.
Methinks
I
see
thee
now
,
a
little
child
,
climbing
up
that
hill
in
company
with
Richard
and
his
brother
—
—
"
"
His
brother
!
"
repeated
Ellen
,
a
cold
shudder
passing
over
her
entire
frame
.
"
My
dearest
girl
,
you
are
not
well
,
"
said
the
old
man
;
and
,
pouring
some
wine
into
a
glass
,
he
added
,
"
drink
this
,
Ellen
;
it
will
revive
thee
.
"
The
young
lady
partook
of
the
exhilarating
beverage
,
and
appeared
refreshed
.
Her
father
and
herself
then
seated
themselves
at
the
table
,
and
partook
of
the
meal
.
Ellen
ate
but
little
.
She
was
pensive
and
melancholy
;
and
every
now
and
then
her
countenance
wore
an
expression
of
supreme
horror
,
which
denoted
intense
agony
of
feeling
within
her
bosom
.
She
,
however
,
contrived
to
veil
from
her
father
's
eyes
much
of
the
anguish
which
she
thus
experienced
;
and
the
old
man
's
features
were
animated
with
a
gleam
of
joy
,
as
he
sate
by
the
cheerful
fire
and
talked
to
his
daughter
of
brighter
prospects
and
happier
days
.
On
the
following
morning
they
took
leave
of
those
rooms
in
which
they
had
experienced
so
much
misery
,
and
repaired
to
the
dwelling
of
Richard
Markham
.
CHAPTER
LVIII
.
NEW
YEAR
'S
DAY
.
IT
was
the
1st
of
January
,
1839.
The
weather
was
cold
and
inclement
;
—
Nature
in
nakedness
appeared
to
recline
upon
the
turfless
grave
of
summer
.
The
ancient
river
which
intersects
the
mightiest
city
upon
the
surface
of
the
earth
,
was
swollen
;
and
in
the
country
through
which
it
wound
its
way
,
the
fields
were
flooded
in
many
parts
.
The
trees
were
stripped
of
their
verdure
:
the
singing
of
birds
had
ceased
.
Gloomy
and
mournful
was
the
face
of
nature
;
sombre
and
lowering
the
aspect
of
the
proud
city
.
So
pale
—
so
faint
were
the
beams
of
the
mid-day
sun
,
that
the
summit
of
St.
Paul
's
,
which
a
few
months
back
was
wont
to
glitter
as
if
it
were
crowned
with
a
diadem
of
gold
,
was
now
veiled
in
a
murky
cloud
;
and
the
myriad
pinnacles
of
the
modern
Babylon
,
which
erst
were
each
tipped
as
with
a
star
,
pointed
upwards
to
a
sky
ominous
and
foreboding
.
Nevertheless
,
the
ingenuity
and
wonderous
perseverance
of
man
had
adopted
all
precautions
to
expel
the
cold
from
the
palaces
of
the
rich
and
powerful
,
and
to
surround
the
lordly
owners
of
those
splendid
mansions
with
the
most
delicious
wines
and
the
most
luxurious
food
,
in
doors
,
to
induce
them
to
forget
that
winter
reigned
without
.
Soft
carpets
,
thick
curtains
—
satin
,
and
velvet
,
and
silk
,
—
downy
beds
beneath
gorgeous
canopies
,
—
warm
clothing
,
and
cheerful
fires
,
combined
to
defy
the
approach
of
winter
,
and
to
render
the
absence
of
genial
summer
a
matter
of
small
regret
.
Then
,
when
the
occupants
of
these
palaces
went
abroad
,
there
was
no
bold
exertion
required
for
them
to
face
the
nipping
cold
,
for
they
stepped
from
their
thresholds
into
carriages
thickly
lined
with
wool
,
and
supplied
with
cushions
,
soft
,
luxurious
,
and
warm
.
But
that
cold
which
was
thus
expelled
from
the
palaces
of
the
rich
took
refuge
in
the
dwellings
of
the
poor
;
and
there
it
remained
,
sharp
as
a
razor
,
pitiless
as
an
executioner
,
inexorable
as
a
judge
,
and
keen
as
the
north-western
wind
that
blows
from
the
ice-bound
coasts
of
Labrador
.
No
silks
,
nor
satins
,
nor
velvets
,
nor
carpets
,
nor
canopies
,
nor
curtains
,
had
the
dwellings
of
the
poor
to
defy
,
or
even
mitigate
the
freezing
malignity
of
that
chill
which
,
engendered
in
the
arctic
regions
of
eternal
snow
,
and
having
swept
over
the
frozen
rivers
and
the
mighty
forests
of
America
,
had
come
to
vent
its
collected
spite
upon
the
islands
of
Europe
.
Shivering
,
starving
,
in
their
miserable
hovels
,
the
industrious
many
,
by
the
sweat
of
whose
brow
the
indolent
few
were
supplied
with
their
silks
,
and
their
satins
,
and
their
velvets
,
wept
bitter
—
bitter
tears
over
their
suffering
and
famished
children
,
and
cursed
the
day
on
which
their
little
ones
were
born
.
For
the
winter
was
a
very
hard
one
;
and
bread
—
bread
was
very
dear
!
Yes
—
bread
,
which
thou
,
Almighty
God
!
hast
given
to
feed
those
whom
thou
didst
create
after
thine
own
image
,
—
even
bread
was
too
dear
for
the
starving
poor
to
buy
!
How
long
,
O
Lord
!
wilt
thou
permit
the
few
to
wrest
every
thing
from
the
many
—
to
monopolize
,
accumulate
,
gripe
,
snatch
,
drag
forth
,
cling
to
,
the
fruits
of
the
earth
,
for
their
own
behoof
alone
?
How
long
shall
there
exist
such
spells
in
the
privilege
of
birth
?
how
long
must
all
happiness
and
all
misery
be
summed
up
in
the
words
—
WEALTH
.
|
POVERTY
.
We
said
that
it
was
New
Year
's
Day
,
1839.
In
the
palaces
of
the
great
were
rejoicings
,
and
music
,
and
festivity
;
and
diamonds
glittered
—
and
feathers
waved
—
and
silks
rustled
;
—
the
elastic
floors
bent
beneath
the
steps
of
the
dancers
;
the
wine
flowed
in
crystal
cups
;
and
the
fruits
of
summer
were
amongst
the
dainties
spread
to
tempt
the
appetite
of
the
aristocracy
.
Ah
!
there
was
happiness
indeed
,
in
thus
welcoming
the
new
year
;
for
those
who
there
greeted
its
presence
,
were
well
assured
that
it
would
teem
with
the
joys
and
blandishments
which
had
characterized
the
one
that
had
just
sunk
into
the
grave
of
Time
!
And
how
was
it
with
the
poor
of
this
mighty
metropolis
—
the
imperial
city
,
to
whose
marts
whole
navies
waft
the
commerce
of
the
world
!
The
granaries
were
full
;
the
pastures
had
surrendered
up
fat
oxen
to
commemorate
the
season
;
the
provision-shops
teemed
with
food
of
the
most
luxurious
and
of
the
humblest
kinds
alike
.
A
stranger
walking
through
this
great
city
would
have
wondered
where
the
mouths
were
that
could
consume
such
vast
quantities
of
food
.
And
yet
thousands
famished
for
want
of
the
merest
necessaries
of
life
.
The
hovels
of
the
poor
echoed
not
to
the
sounds
of
mirth
and
music
—
but
to
the
wail
of
hunger
and
the
cry
of
misery
.
In
those
sad
abodes
there
was
no
joviality
to
welcome
a
new
year
;
—
for
a
new
year
was
a
curse
—
a
mere
prolongation
of
the
acute
and
poignant
horrors
of
the
one
gone
by
.
Alas
!
that
New
Year
's
Day
was
one
of
strange
contrasts
in
the
social
sphere
of
London
.
And
as
London
is
the
heart
of
this
empire
,
the
disease
which
prevails
in
the
core
is
conveyed
through
every
vein
and
artery
over
the
entire
national
frame
.
The
country
that
contains
the
greatest
wealth
of
all
the
territories
of
the
universe
,
is
that
which
also
knows
the
greatest
amount
of
hideous
,
revolting
,
heart-rending
misery
.
In
England
men
and
women
die
of
starvation
in
the
streets
.
In
England
women
murder
their
children
to
save
them
from
a
lingering
death
by
famine
.
In
England
the
poor
commit
crimes
to
obtain
an
asylum
in
a
gaol
.
In
England
aged
females
die
by
their
own
hands
,
in
order
to
avoid
the
workhouse
.
There
is
one
cause
of
all
these
miseries
and
horrors
—
one
fatal
scourge
invented
by
the
rich
to
torture
the
poor
—
one
infernal
principle
of
mischief
and
of
woe
,
which
has
taken
root
in
the
land
—
one
element
of
a
cruelty
so
keen
and
so
refined
,
that
it
outdoes
the
agonies
endured
in
the
Inquisition
of
the
olden
time
.
And
this
fertile
source
of
misery
,
and
murder
,
and
suicide
,
and
crime
,
is
—
THE
TREATMENT
OF
THE
WORKHOUSE
.
Alas
!
when
the
bees
have
made
the
honey
,
the
apiarist
comes
and
takes
all
away
,
begrudging
the
industrious
insects
even
a
morsel
of
the
wax
!
Let
us
examine
for
a
moment
the
social
scale
of
these
realms
:
The
lowest
step
in
the
ladder
is
occupied
by
the
class
which
is
the
most
numerous
,
the
most
useful
and
which
ought
to
be
the
most
influential
.
The
average
annual
incomes
of
the
individuals
of
each
class
are
as
follows
:
—
Is
this
reasonable
?
is
this
just
?
is
this
even
consistent
with
common
sense
?
It
was
New
Year
's
Day
,
1839.
The
rich
man
sate
down
to
a
table
crowded
with
every
luxury
:
the
pauper
in
the
workhouse
had
not
enough
to
eat
.
The
contrast
may
thus
be
represented
:
—
And
this
was
New
Year
's
Day
,
1839
!
But
to
proceed
.
It
was
five
o'clock
in
the
evening
.
Three
persons
were
conversing
together
on
Constitution
Hill
,
beneath
the
wall
of
the
Palace
Gardens
.
Two
of
them
,
who
were
wrapped
up
in
warm
pilot
coats
,
are
well
known
to
our
readers
:
the
third
was
a
young
lad
of
about
sixteen
or
seventeen
,
and
very
short
in
stature
.
He
was
dressed
in
a
blue
jacket
,
dark
waistcoat
of
coarse
materials
,
and
corduroy
trousers
.
His
countenance
was
effeminate
and
by
no
means
bad-looking
;
his
eyes
were
dark
and
intelligent
;
his
teeth
good
.
The
name
of
this
youth
was
Henry
Holford
.
"
Well
,
my
boy
,
"
said
the
Resurrection
Man
,
for
he
was
one
of
the
lad
's
companions
,
the
other
being
the
redoubtable
Cracksman
,
—
"
well
,
my
boy
,
do
you
feel
equal
to
this
undertaking
?
"
"
Quite
,
"
answered
Holford
in
a
decided
tone
.
"
If
we
succeed
,
you
know
,
"
observed
the
Cracksman
,
"
it
will
be
a
jolly
good
thing
for
you
;
and
if
you
happen
to
get
nabbed
,
why
—
all
the
beaks
can
do
to
you
will
be
to
send
you
for
a
month
or
two
upon
the
stepper
.
In
that
there
case
Tony
and
me
will
take
care
on
you
when
you
come
out
—
wo
n't
we
,
Tony
?
"
"
Certainly
,
"
replied
the
Resurrection
Man
.
—
"
But
if
you
get
scented
,
Harry
,
"
he
continued
,
addressing
himself
to
the
lad
,
"
as
you
approach
the
big
house
,
you
must
have
a
run
for
it
,
and
we
shall
stay
here
and
leave
the
rope
over
the
wall
for
two
hours
.
If
you
do
n't
come
back
by
that
time
,
we
shall
suppose
that
you
've
either
got
into
some
quiet
corner
of
the
palace
,
or
that
you
're
taken
;
and
then
,
whichever
happens
of
these
two
events
,
we
sha
n't
be
of
any
service
to
you
.
"
"
One
thing
I
should
like
you
to
bear
in
mind
,
youngster
,
"
said
the
Cracksman
,
"
and
that
is
,
that
if
you
do
n't
pluck
up
your
courage
well
,
and
prepare
for
all
kinds
of
dangers
and
difficulties
,
you
'd
much
better
give
up
the
thing
at
once
.
We
do
n't
want
you
to
run
neck
and
heels
into
a
business
that
you
are
afeard
on
.
"
"
Afraid
!
"
exclaimed
the
youth
,
contemptuously
:
"
I
shall
not
fail
for
want
of
courage
.
I
have
made
up
my
mind
to
risk
the
venture
;
and
let
the
result
be
what
it
will
,
I
shall
go
through
with
it
.
"
"
That
's
what
I
call
speaking
like
a
man
,
"
said
the
burglar
,
"
though
you
are
but
a
boy
.
Take
a
drop
of
brandy
before
you
begin
.
"
"
Not
a
drop
,
"
answered
Holford
:
"
I
require
a
clear
head
and
a
quick
eye
,
and
dare
not
drink
.
"
"
Well
,
as
you
will
,
"
said
the
Cracksman
;
and
he
took
a
tolerably
long
draught
from
a
case-bottle
which
he
had
produced
from
his
pocket
.
He
then
handed
the
bottle
to
the
Resurrection
Man
,
who
also
paid
his
respects
to
it
with
a
hearty
goodwill
.
"
I
am
ready
,
"
said
Holford
;
"
there
is
no
use
in
delay
.
"
"
Not
a
bit
,
"
observed
the
Cracksman
.
"
Tony
and
me
will
help
you
over
the
wall
in
a
jiffey
.
"
By
the
aid
of
the
Resurrection
Man
and
the
burglar
,
the
youth
scaled
the
wall
of
the
Palace
Gardens
,
and
ere
he
dropped
upon
the
inner
side
,
he
said
in
a
low
but
firm
tone
,
"
Good
night
.
"
Holford
was
now
within
the
enclosure
of
the
royal
demesne
.
The
evening
was
very
dark
;
but
at
a
distance
the
windows
of
the
palace
shone
with
effulgence
.
Thitherward
did
he
proceed
,
advancing
cautiously
along
,
for
he
knew
that
there
was
a
piece
of
water
in
the
pleasure-grounds
.
This
small
lake
he
soon
left
on
his
right
hand
;
and
he
was
shortly
within
fifty
yards
of
the
back
part
of
Buckingham
Palace
.
At
that
moment
he
was
suddenly
startled
by
hearing
voices
close
to
him
.
He
stood
still
,
and
listened
.
Steps
approached
,
and
he
heard
a
gardener
issue
some
instructions
to
a
subordinate
.
There
was
a
tuft
of
trees
near
at
hand
:
Holford
had
not
a
moment
to
lose
;
—
he
darted
into
the
thicket
of
evergreens
,
where
he
concealed-himself
.
"
What
was
that
?
"
said
the
gardener
,
stopping
short
.
"
I
heard
nothing
,
"
answered
the
man
.
"
Yes
—
there
was
a
rustling
of
those
trees
.
"
"
A
cat
,
perhaps
.
"
"
Or
one
of
the
aquatic
birds
.
"
All
was
still
,
and
the
gardener
,
accompanied
by
his
man
,
proceeded
on
his
way
.
The
sounds
of
their
footsteps
were
soon
lost
in
the
distance
;
and
Holford
emerged
from
his
hiding-place
.
Without
any
farther
alarm
he
reached
the
back
premises
of
the
palace
.
He
now
became
involved
in
a
maze
of
out-houses
and
offices
,
and
was
at
a
loss
which
direction
to
take
.
He
was
going
cautiously
along
the
wall
of
one
of
those
buildings
,
when
he
suddenly
ran
against
a
man
who
was
advancing
rapidly
in
a
contrary
direction
.
"
Holloa
!
who
the
devil
is
this
?
"
cried
the
man
;
and
clutching
hold
of
Holford
's
collar
,
he
dragged
him
a
few
paces
,
until
he
brought
him
beneath
a
window
whence
streamed
a
powerful
light
.
"
I
suppose
you
're
the
new
boy
that
the
head-gardener
hired
this
morning
?
"
"
Yes
,
sir
,
"
answered
Holford
,
gladly
availing
himself
of
an
excuse
thus
so
conveniently
suggested
by
the
error
of
the
man
who
had
collared
him
.
"
Then
mind
which
way
you
go
in
future
,
young
brocoli-sprout
,
"
exclaimed
the
other
;
and
,
dismissing
the
youth
with
a
slight
cuff
on
the
head
,
he
passed
on
.
Holford
hastened
away
from
the
light
of
the
window
;
and
,
crossing
a
small
court
,
reached
a
glass
door
opening
into
the
back
part
of
the
palace
.
The
adventurous
lad
laid
his
hand
upon
the
latch
:
the
door
was
not
locked
;
and
he
hesitated
not
a
moment
to
enter
the
royal
abode
.
He
was
now
in
a
low
vestibule
,
well
lighted
,
and
at
the
extremity
of
which
there
was
a
staircase
.
In
one
corner
of
the
vestibule
was
a
marble
table
,
on
which
lay
several
cloaks
,
the
skirts
of
which
hung
down
to
the
ground
.
This
circumstance
was
particularly
fortunate
for
the
safety
of
the
intruder
,
inasmuch
as
he
had
scarcely
entered
the
