withbooks
and
some
most
alarming-sized
dictionaries
,
which
occupied
the
elder
of
the
two
lads
,
the
embroidery
frame
of
the
elder
girl
,
the
dissected
map
before
her
sister
,
and
two
or
three
books
scattered
round
the
younger
boy
,
the
table
seemed
so
well
filled
that
Miss
Harcourt
had
quietly
ensconced
herself
in
her
own
private
little
corner
,
sufficiently
near
to
take
an
interest
,
and
sometimes
join
in
the
conversation
of
her
youthful
charge
;
but
so
apart
as
to
be
no
restraint
upon
them
,
and
to
enable
her
to
pursue
her
own
occupations
of
either
reading
,
writing
,
or
working
uninterruptedly
.
Could
poor
Mrs.
Fortescue
have
glanced
on
the
happy
group
,
she
certainly
might
have
told
her
sister
,
with
some
show
of
justice
,
that
there
was
such
an
equal
distribution
of
interesting
and
animated
expression
(
which
is
the
great
beauty
of
youth
)
,
that
she
could
not
have
known
the
trial
of
having
such
a
heavy
,
dull
,
unhappy
child
as
Ellen
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
indeed
,
we
rather
think
,
would
not
have
considered
such
a
trial
,
except
as
it
proved
ill-health
and
physical
pain
in
the
little
sufferer
;
and
,
perhaps
her
increased
care
and
tenderness
(
for
such
with
her
would
have
been
the
consequence
of
the
same
cause
which
had
created
her
sister
's
neglect
)
might
have
removed
both
the
depression
of
constant
but
impalpable
illness
,
and
the
expression
of
heaviness
and
gloom
.
Certain
it
is
,
that
her
own
Herbert
had
,
with
regard
to
delicate
health
,
given
her
more
real
and
constant
anxiety
than
Eleanor
had
ever
allowed
herself
to
experience
with
Ellen
;
but
there
was
nothing
in
the
boy
's
peculiarly
interesting
countenance
to
denote
the
physical
suffering
he
very
often
endured
.
Care
and
love
had
so
surrounded
his
path
with
blessings
,
that
he
was
often
heard
to
declare
,
that
he
never
even
wished
to
be
as
strong
as
his
brother
,
or
to
share
his
active
pleasures
,
he
had
so
many
others
equally
delightful
.
Whether
it
was
his
physical
temperament
,
inducing
a
habitude
of
reflection
and
studious
thought
much
beyond
his
years
,
or
whether
the
unusually
gifted
mind
worked
on
the
frame
,
or
the
one
combined
to
form
the
other
,
it
would
be
as
impossible
to
decide
with
regard
to
him
as
with
hundreds
of
others
like
him
;
but
he
certainly
seemed
,
not
only
to
his
parents
,
but
to
their
whole
household
,
and
to
every
one
who
casually
associated
with
him
,
to
have
more
in
him
of
heaven
than
earth
;
as
if
indeed
he
were
only
lent
,
not
given
.
And
often
,
and
often
his
mother
's
heart
ached
with
its
very
intensity
of
love
,
causing
the
unspoken
dread
—
how
might
she
hope
to
retain
one
so
faultless
,
and
yet
so
full
of
every
human
sympathy
and
love
!
The
delicate
complexion
,
beautiful
color
of
his
cheeks
and
lips
,
and
large
soft
,
very
dark
blue
eye
,
with
its
long
black
lash
,
high
,
arched
brow
,
shaded
by
glossy
chestnut
hair
,
were
all
so
lit
up
with
the
rays
of
mind
,
that
though
his
face
returned
again
and
again
to
the
fancy
of
those
who
had
only
once
beheld
it
,
they
could
scarcely
have
recalled
a
single
feature
,
feeling
only
the
almost
angelic
expression
of
the
whole
.
His
brother
,
as
full
of
mirth
and
mischief
,
and
as
noisy
and
laughter-loving
as
Herbert
was
quiet
and
thoughtful
,
made
his
way
at
once
,
winning
regard
by
storm
,
and
retaining
it
by
his
frank
and
generous
qualities
,
which
made
him
a
favorite
with
young
and
old
.
Even
in
his
hours
of
study
,
there
was
not
the
least
evidence
of
reflection
or
soberness
.
As
a
child
he
had
had
much
to
contend
with
,
in
the
way
of
passion
,
pride
,
and
self-will
;
but
his
home
influence
had
been
such
a
judicious
blending
of
indulgence
and
firmness
on
the
part
of
both
his
parents
,
such
a
persevering
inculcation
of
a
strong
sense
of
duty
,
religious
and
moral
,
that
at
fifteen
his
difficulties
had
been
all
nearly
overcome
;
and
,
except
when
occasional
acts
of
thoughtlessness
and
hasty
impulse
lured
him
into
error
and
its
painful
consequences
,
he
was
as
happy
and
as
good
a
lad
as
even
his
anxious
mother
could
desire
.
The
elder
of
his
two
sisters
resembled
him
in
the
bright
,
dark
,
flashing
eye
,
the
straight
intellectual
brow
,
the
rich
dark
brown
hair
and
well-formed
mouth
;
but
the
expression
was
so
different
at
present
,
that
it
was
often
difficult
to
trace
the
likeness
that
actually
existed
.
Haughtiness
,
and
but
too
often
ill-temper
,
threw
a
shade
over
a
countenance
,
which
when
happy
and
animated
was
not
only
attractive
then
,
but
gave
a
fair
promise
of
great
beauty
in
after
years
.
The
disposition
of
Caroline
Hamilton
was
in
fact
naturally
so
similar
to
that
of
her
aunt
,
Mrs.
Fortescue
,
that
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
task
with
her
was
not
only
more
difficult
and
painful
in
the
present
than
with
any
of
the
others
,
but
her
dread
of
the
future
at
times
so
overpowering
,
that
it
required
all
her
husband
's
influence
to
calm
her
,
by
returning
trust
in
Him
,
who
had
promised
to
answer
all
who
called
upon
Him
,
and
would
bless
that
mother
's
toils
which
were
based
on
,
and
looked
up
alone
,
to
His
influence
on
her
child
,
and
guidance
for
herself
.
The
blue-eyed
,
fair-haired
,
graceful
,
little
Emmeline
,
not
only
the
youngest
of
the
family
,
but
,
from
her
slight
figure
,
delicate
,
small
features
,
and
childish
manner
,
appearing
even
much
younger
than
she
was
,
was
indeed
a
source
of
joy
and
love
to
all
,
seeming
as
if
sorrow
,
except
for
others
,
could
not
approach
her
.
She
had
indeed
much
that
required
a
carefully
guiding
hand
,
in
a
yielding
weakness
of
disposition
,
indolent
habit
in
learning
,
an
unrestrained
fancy
,
and
its
general
accompaniment
,
over-sensitiveness
of
feeling
,
but
so
easily
guided
by
affection
,
and
with
a
disposition
so
sweet
and
gentle
,
that
a
word
from
her
mother
was
always
enough
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
little
fears
for
her
,
except
,
indeed
,
as
for
the
vast
capability
of
individual
suffering
which
such
a
disposition
engendered
,
in
those
trials
which
it
was
scarcely
possible
she
might
hope
to
pass
through
life
without
.
There
was
only
one
safeguard
,
one
unfailing
comfort
,
for
a
character
like
hers
,
and
that
was
a
deep
ever-present
sense
of
religion
,
which
untiringly
,
and
yet
more
by
example
than
by
precept
,
her
parents
endeavored
to
instill
.
Greatly
,
indeed
,
would
both
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
have
been
astonished
,
had
they
been
told
that
the
little
girl
,
Ellen
Fortescue
,
who
to
both
was
such
an
enigma
,
and
who
was
seemingly
in
all
things
so
utterly
unlike
their
Emmeline
,
was
in
natural
disposition
exactly
the
same
;
and
that
the
vast
difference
in
present
and
future
character
simply
arose
from
the
fact
,
that
the
early
influences
of
the
one
were
sorrow
and
neglect
,
and
of
the
other
,
happiness
and
love
.
"
I
wonder
whether
mamma
and
papa
will
really
come
home
to-night
;
"
observed
Caroline
,
after
several
minutes
of
unbroken
silence
,
all
seemingly
so
engrossed
in
their
own
occupations
as
to
have
no
inclination
to
speak
.
"
And
if
they
do
,
I
wish
we
could
know
the
exact
time
,
I
do
so
hate
expecting
and
being
disappointed
.
"
"
Then
neither
wonder
nor
expect
,
my
sage
sister
,
"
replied
Percy
,
without
,
however
,
raising
his
head
or
interrupting
his
writing
;
"
and
I
will
give
you
two
capital
reasons
for
my
advice
.
Firstly
,
wonder
is
the
offspring
of
ignorance
,
and
has
two
opposite
effects
on
my
sex
and
on
yours
.
With
us
it
is
closely
connected
with
philosophy
,
for
we
are
told
in
'
wonder
all
philosophy
begins
,
in
wonder
it
ends
,
and
adoration
fills
up
the
interspace
;
'
but
with
you
,
poor
weak
creatures
,
the
only
effect
it
produces
is
increased
curiosity
,
of
which
you
have
naturally
a
more
than
adequate
supply
.
Secondly
,
if
you
begin
to
wonder
and
expect
,
and
speculate
as
to
the
ayes
and
noes
of
a
contingency
to-night
,
you
will
not
cease
talking
till
mamma
really
does
appear
;
and
then
good-by
to
my
theme
,
for
to
write
while
your
tongue
is
running
,
is
impossible
.
So
pray
,
take
my
advice
,
on
consideration
that
you
have
had
as
good
a
sermon
from
me
as
my
reverend
brother
Herbert
can
ever
hope
to
give
.
"
"
I
do
not
think
mamma
and
papa
will
be
quite
satisfied
if
he
do
not
give
us
a
much
better
one
,
even
the
very
first
time
he
attempts
it
;
"
rejoined
Emmeline
,
with
a
very
arch
look
at
her
brother
.
"
What
,
you
against
me
,
Miss
Emmy
!
and
beginning
to
talk
too
.
You
forget
what
an
important
personage
I
am
,
during
papa
's
absence
especially
;
and
that
as
such
,
I
am
not
to
be
insulted
with
impunity
.
So
here
goes
—
as
a
fresh
exercise
for
your
patience
!
"
And
he
mingled
all
the
fixed
and
unfixed
parts
of
her
map
in
most
bewildering
confusion
,
regardless
of
her
laughing
entreaty
to
let
them
alone
.
"
You
have
tried
a
very
bad
way
to
keep
me
quiet
,
Percy
,
"
continued
Caroline
;
"
you
must
either
explain
why
wonder
may
not
equally
have
the
same
good
effect
on
us
as
on
you
,
or
retract
your
words
entirely
.
You
know
you
would
not
have
expressed
such
a
contemptuous
opinion
,
if
mamma
had
been
present
.
"
"
My
mother
is
such
a
very
superior
person
,
that
when
she
is
present
her
superiority
extends
over
her
whole
sex
,
Caroline
;
even
you
are
safe
,
because
,
as
her
child
,
it
is
to
be
hoped
that
one
of
these
days
you
may
be
something
like
her
:
exactly
,
I
do
not
expect
—
two
such
woman
as
my
mother
can
not
exist
.
"
"
As
if
your
opinion
were
of
such
importance
,
Percy
,
"
replied
Caroline
haughtily
;
"
it
really
is
very
little
consequence
to
me
whether
you
think
me
like
mamma
or
not
.
"
"
It
is
to
me
,
though
,
"
rejoined
Emmeline
,
earnestly
;
"
I
would
rather
be
like
mamma
than
like
any
body
else
,
and
I
should
like
Percy
to
think
I
was
,
because
then
he
would
love
me
still
more
.
"
"
Bravo
,
my
little
Em
.
;
spoken
almost
as
well
as
I
could
myself
,
and
,
as
a
reward
,
as
soon
as
this
most
annoying
piece
of
erudition
is
accomplished
,
I
will
help
you
with
your
map
why
,
you
silly
little
thing
,
you
have
put
Kamschatka
as
the
terra
firma
of
South
America
;
no
doubt
that
ice
and
snow
would
be
very
welcome
there
,
but
how
the
Americans
would
stare
to
see
the
fur-clad
Kamschatkans
such
near
neighbors
.
That
's
it
,
go
on
,
puzzle
away
till
I
can
help
you
.
And
you
Miss
Caroline
,
retain
your
contempt
of
my
opinion
,
and
may
you
never
repent
it
.
"
"
I
thought
you
told
me
not
to
talk
,
Percy
,
"
replied
his
sister
;
"
and
I
should
like
to
know
who
is
talking
the
most
,
you
or
I
?
You
will
not
finish
what
you
are
doing
before
the
bell
rings
for
prayers
,
if
you
go
on
in
this
way
.
"
"
That
proves
how
little
you
know
the
extent
of
my
powers
.
I
have
only
to
make
a
clean
copy
of
these
learned
reflections
.
Why
,
in
the
name
of
all
the
gods
,
were
there
such
provokingly
clever
people
as
Seneca
,
Cicero
,
Pliny
,
and
a
host
of
others
!
or
,
if
they
must
be
wise
,
why
did
they
not
burn
all
the
written
wisdom
,
instead
of
leaving
it
as
a
means
of
torture
in
the
hands
of
learned
pedagogues
,
yclept
schoolmasters
,
and
as
a
curse
on
those
poor
unfortunates
whose
noddles
are
not
wise
enough
to
contain
it
.
"
"
I
should
be
very
sorry
if
all
the
ancient
authors
were
thus
annihilated
,
"
observed
Herbert
,
looking
up
from
his
book
with
a
bright
smile
.
"
I
should
lose
a
great
deal
of
enjoyment
even
now
,
and
still
more
by-and-by
,
when
I
know
more
.
"
"
Ay
,
but
my
dear
fellow
,
your
head
is
not
quite
so
like
a
sieve
as
mine
.
Yours
receives
,
contains
,
digests
,
and
sends
forth
the
matter
improved
by
your
own
ideas
;
but
as
for
mine
,
the
matter
undoubtedly
enters
,
but
runs
out
again
,
and
only
leaves
behind
that
which
is
too
large
and
gross
to
pass
through
.
No
,
no
,
Bertie
,
your
head
and
mine
are
not
related
even
in
the
twentieth
degree
of
consanguinity
,
however
nearly
connected
their
masters
may
be
.
Hush
!
not
a
word
;
I
have
only
one
line
more
;
what
a
wise
man
that
was
to
be
sure
,
who
said
'
Otiosum
esse
quam
nihil
agere
'
—
better
to
be
idle
than
doing
nothing
.
Do
n't
shake
your
head
and
laugh
,
Emmy
.
Vale
:
never
did
I
say
good-by
so
willingly
.
Hurrah
!
mamma
and
papa
may
come
home
when
they
like
now
.
Cast
your
eyes
over
it
Herbert
;
just
tell
me
if
it
look
correct
,
and
then
vale
books
—
vale
pens
—
vale
desk
for
to-night
!
"
He
placed
his
writing
on
his
brother
's
open
bunk
,
threw
his
dictionary
and
grammar
high
in
air
,
and
dexterously
caught
them
as
they
fell
,
piled
up
his
books
,
closed
his
desk
,
and
then
,
with
a
comical
sigh
of
relief
,
flung
himself
full
length
on
a
sofa
.
"
Now
that
you
have
finished
your
task
,
Percy
,
perhaps
you
will
have
the
kindness
to
inform
us
why
at
this
time
of
the
evening
you
have
been
writing
Latin
?
"
inquired
Caroline
.
"
And
open
my
wound
afresh
!
However
,
it
is
quite
right
that
Miss
Harcourt
should
know
that
,
if
I
am
ill
from
over-study
to-morrow
,
it
is
her
doing
.
"
"
Mine
!
"
answered
Miss
Harcourt
,
laughing
;
"
pray
explain
yourself
,
young
man
,
for
I
am
so
perfectly
innocent
as
not
even
to
understand
you
.
"
"
Did
you
not
this
morning
give
me
a
message
to
Lady
Helen
Grahame
?
"
"
I
did
;
you
passed
her
house
on
your
way
to
Mr.
Howard
's
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
if
you
had
not
given
me
the
message
,
much
as
I
felt
disinclined
to
pore
over
musty
books
and
foolscap
paper
,
from
the
extreme
loveliness
of
the
morning
,
I
should
have
nerved
myself
to
go
straight
on
to
the
Rectory
.
Lady
Helen
was
not
visible
,
so
I
tarried
,
believing
your
message
of
vital
importance
,
and
Annie
came
to
me
—
by-the-by
,
what
a
little
woman
that
child
is
;
Emmeline
,
you
are
a
baby
to
her
.
I
wonder
she
condescends
to
associate
with
you
.
"
"
I
do
not
think
she
is
at
all
fond
of
me
—
Caroline
is
her
friend
,
"
replied
Emmeline
;
"
but
what
can
Annie
have
to
do
with
your
Latin
?
"
"
A
great
deal
—
for
she
talked
and
we
walked
,
and
time
walked
too
,
and
by
the
time
I
had
seen
Lady
Helen
,
it
was
two
hours
later
than
I
ought
to
have
been
with
Mr.
Howard
.
On
I
went
,
feeling
not
particularly
comfortable
;
but
though
it
is
clear
logic
that
if
Miss
Harcourt
had
not
sent
me
to
Lady
Helen
's
I
should
not
have
been
led
into
temptation
,
I
was
magnanimous
enough
not
to
mention
her
,
but
to
lay
the
whole
blame
of
my
non-appearance
,
on
my
own
disinclination
for
any
study
but
that
of
nature
.
Mr.
Howard
looked
grave
and
sorrowful
—
I
wish
to
heaven
he
was
more
like
any
other
schoolmaster
;
that
look
and
tone
of
his
are
worse
than
any
rod
!
—
and
to
redeem
my
lost
time
in
the
morning
,
I
was
desired
to
write
a
Latin
theme
on
a
letter
of
Pliny
's
this
evening
.
And
now
that
I
have
satisfied
all
your
inquiries
,
please
satisfy
mine
.
Is
there
any
chance
of
mamma
's
coming
home
to-night
?
"
"
Every
probability
,
"
replied
Miss
Harcourt
.
"
It
only
depends
on
your
cousin
,
who
is
so
very
delicate
,
that
if
she
were
too
fatigued
,
Mr.
Hamilton
would
remain
at
Exeter
to-night
,
and
proceed
here
early
to-morrow
.
"
"
Well
,
my
little
cousin
,
though
I
have
not
the
pleasure
of
knowing
you
,
I
hope
you
will
be
so
kind
as
to
let
mamma
come
on
to-night
,
for
we
have
been
too
long
without
her
,
and
I
long
to
resign
to
papa
his
robes
of
office
,
for
they
sit
mightily
like
borrowed
plumes
upon
me
.
Mamma
writes
of
Ellen
and
Edward
—
I
wonder
what
they
are
like
!
Come
,
Tiny
,
paint
them
for
me
—
your
fertile
fancy
generally
fills
up
the
shadow
of
a
name
.
"
"
I
can
not
,
Percy
,
for
I
am
afraid
my
pictures
would
not
be
agreeable
.
"
"
Not
agreeable
!
"
repeated
Percy
and
Miss
Harcourt
together
.
"
Why
not
?
"
Emmeline
hesitated
,
then
answered
ingenuously
,
"
We
are
so
very
,
very
happy
together
,
that
I
do
not
feel
quite
sure
that
I
am
glad
my
cousins
are
going
to
live
with
us
.
"
"
What
!
are
you
afraid
I
shall
love
Ellen
more
than
you
,
Emmy
?
"
exclaimed
her
brother
,
starting
up
and
sitting
on
her
chair
;
"
do
not
be
alarmed
,
Tiny
;
no
cousin
shall
take
your
place
.
"
"
Indeed
I
am
not
afraid
of
that
,
Percy
,
dear
,
"
she
replied
,
looking
so
fondly
in
his
face
,
that
he
gave
her
a
hearty
kiss
.
"
I
can
not
tell
why
I
should
feel
half
sorry
that
they
are
coming
,
but
I
am
quite
sure
I
will
do
all
I
can
to
make
them
happy
.
"
"
You
could
not
do
otherwise
if
you
were
to
try
,
Tiny
.
Come
,
Caroline
,
what
say
you
?
We
have
all
been
thinking
about
them
,
so
we
may
as
well
give
each
other
the
benefit
of
our
thoughts
.
"
"
Suppose
I
do
not
feel
inclined
to
do
so
?
"
"
Why
we
must
all
believe
you
are
ashamed
of
them
,
"
replied
Percy
quickly
,
"
and
if
you
are
,
I
know
who
has
made
you
so
.
I
would
lay
any
wager
,
the
whole
time
you
have
been
with
Lady
Helen
Grahame
,
since
mamma
has
been
away
,
she
has
been
talking
of
nothing
else
—
look
,
look
,
she
is
blushing
—
I
am
right
.
"
"
And
if
she
did
,
"
replied
Caroline
,
very
much
provoked
,
"
she
said
nothing
that
I
am
ashamed
of
repeating
.
She
knew
my
aunt
before
she
went
to
India
,
and
I
am
sure
if
her
children
are
like
her
,
they
will
be
no
agreeable
additions
to
our
family
.
"
"
Bravo
,
Caroline
!
you
really
are
an
apt
pupil
;
Lady
Helen
's
words
and
manner
completely
!
but
you
may
have
one
comfort
;
children
are
not
always
like
their
parents
,
and
if
they
are
as
unlike
Lady
Helen
's
description
of
my
poor
aunt
(
which
by
the
way
she
had
no
right
to
give
,
nor
you
to
listen
to
)
as
you
are
at
this
moment
unlike
mamma
,
we
shall
get
on
capitally
,
and
need
have
no
fears
about
them
.
"
"
Percy
you
are
intolerably
disagreeable
!
"
"
Because
I
speak
the
sad
,
sober
truth
?
Caroline
,
do
pray
,
get
rid
of
that
dawning
ill
temper
,
before
mamma
comes
;
it
will
not
be
a
pleasant
welcome
home
.
"
"
I
am
not
ill-tempered
,
Percy
:
I
suppose
I
may
have
my
own
opinion
of
Ellen
and
Edward
,
as
well
as
all
of
you
,
"
replied
his
sister
angrily
.
"
But
do
not
let
it
be
an
unkind
one
,
without
knowing
them
,
dear
Caroline
,
"
observed
Herbert
gently
;
"
it
is
so
very
difficult
to
get
rid
of
a
prejudice
when
once
it
has
entered
our
minds
,
even
when
we
know
and
feel
that
it
is
a
wrong
one
.
I
am
sure
if
we
only
thought
how
sad
it
is
that
they
have
neither
father
nor
mother
to
love
them
,
and
are
coming
all
among
strangers
—
born
in
a
strange
land
too
—
we
should
find
quite
enough
to
think
kindly
about
,
and
leave
all
wonder
as
to
what
they
will
be
like
,
till
we
know
them
.
I
dare
say
we
shall
often
have
to
bear
and
forbear
,
but
that
we
have
to
do
with
each
other
,
and
it
will
only
be
one
brother
and
sister
more
.
"
"
Brother
and
sister
!
I
am
sure
I
shall
not
think
of
them
so
,
Herbert
,
however
you
may
.
My
father
might
have
been
a
nobleman
,
and
who
knows
any
thing
of
theirs
?
"
"
Caroline
,
how
can
you
be
so
ridiculous
!
"
exclaimed
Percy
,
with
a
most
provoking
fit
of
laughter
.
"
Their
father
served
and
died
for
his
king
—
as
our
grandfather
did
;
and
had
he
lived
might
have
been
offered
a
title
too
—
and
their
mother
—
really
I
think
you
are
very
insulting
to
mamma
:
her
sister
's
children
I
should
imagine
quite
as
high
in
rank
as
ourselves
!
"
"
And
even
if
they
were
not
—
what
would
it
signify
?
"
rejoined
Herbert
.
"
Dear
Caroline
,
pray
do
not
talk
or
think
so
;
it
makes
me
feel
so
sorry
,
for
I
know
how
wrong
it
is
—
we
might
have
been
in
their
place
.
"
"
I
really
can
not
fancy
any
thing
so
utterly
impossible
,
"
interrupted
Caroline
,
"
so
you
may
spare
the
supposition
,
Herbert
.
"
"
It
is
no
use
,
Bertie
;
you
must
bring
the
antipodes
together
,
before
you
and
Caroline
will
think
alike
,
"
interposed
Percy
,
perceiving
with
regret
the
expression
of
pain
on
his
brother
's
face
,
and
always
ready
to
guard
him
either
from
physical
or
mental
suffering
,
feeling
instinctively
that
,
from
his
extraordinary
mind
and
vivid
sense
of
duty
,
he
was
liable
to
the
latter
,
from
many
causes
which
other
natures
would
pass
unnoticed
.
Miss
Harcourt
did
not
join
the
conversation
.
It
had
always
been
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
wish
that
in
their
intercourse
with
each
other
,
her
children
should
be
as
unrestrained
as
if
they
had
been
alone
.
Had
Caroline
's
sentiments
received
encouragement
,
she
would
have
interfered
;
but
the
raillery
of
Percy
and
the
earnestness
of
Herbert
,
she
knew
were
more
likely
to
produce
an
effect
than
any
thing
like
a
rebuke
from
herself
,
which
would
only
have
caused
restraint
before
her
in
future
.
It
was
through
this
perfect
unrestraint
that
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
become
so
thoroughly
acquainted
with
the
several
characters
of
her
children
.
That
Caroline
's
sentiments
caused
her
often
real
pain
was
true
,
but
it
was
far
better
to
know
them
,
and
endeavor
to
correct
and
remove
them
,
by
causing
education
to
bear
upon
the
faults
they
revealed
,
than
to
find
them
concealed
from
her
by
the
constant
fear
of
words
of
reproof
.
To
remove
Herbert
's
unusual
seriousness
,
Percy
continued
,
laughingly
—
"
Miss
Harcourt
,
what
are
your
thoughts
on
this
momentous
subject
?
It
is
no
use
asking
Herbert
's
,
we
all
know
them
without
his
telling
us
;
but
you
are
almost
the
principally
concerned
of
the
present
party
,
for
Ellen
will
bring
you
the
trouble
of
another
pupil
.
"
"
I
shall
not
regret
it
,
Percy
;
but
only
shall
rejoice
if
I
can
in
any
way
lessen
your
mother
's
increased
charge
.
As
for
what
your
cousins
will
be
like
,
I
candidly
tell
you
,
I
have
scarcely
thought
about
it
.
I
have
no
doubt
we
shall
find
them
strange
and
shy
at
first
;
but
we
must
do
all
we
can
to
make
them
feel
they
are
no
strangers
.
"
"
And
now
,
then
,
it
only
remains
for
the
right
honorable
me
to
speak
;
and
really
Emmy
and
Herbert
and
you
have
told
my
story
,
and
left
me
nothing
.
I
do
not
know
whether
I
am
pleased
or
not
,
but
I
am
very
sorry
for
them
;
and
it
will
be
capital
if
this
Master
Edward
turns
out
a
lad
of
spirit
and
mischief
,
and
not
over-learned
or
too
fond
of
study
—
one
,
in
fact
,
that
I
can
associate
with
,
without
feeling
such
a
painful
sensation
of
inferiority
as
I
do
when
in
company
with
my
right
reverend
brother
.
"
"
Dear
Percy
,
do
not
call
me
reverend
,
"
said
Herbert
,
appealingly
:
"
I
feel
it
almost
a
mockery
now
,
when
I
am
so
very
far
from
being
worthy
to
become
a
clergyman
.
"
"
You
are
a
good
fellow
,
Bertie
;
and
I
will
not
tease
you
,
if
I
can
help
it
—
but
really
I
do
not
mean
it
for
mockery
;
you
know
,
or
ought
to
know
,
that
you
are
better
now
than
half
the
clergymen
who
have
taken
orders
,
and
as
much
superior
to
me
in
goodness
as
in
talent
.
"
"
Indeed
I
know
no
such
thing
,
Percy
;
I
am
not
nearly
so
strong
in
health
as
you
are
,
and
am
therefore
,
naturally
more
fond
of
quiet
pleasures
:
and
as
for
talent
,
if
you
were
as
fond
of
application
as
of
frolic
,
you
would
leave
me
far
behind
.
"
"
Wrong
,
Bertie
,
quite
wrong
!
but
think
of
yourself
as
you
please
,
I
know
what
every
body
thinks
of
you
.
Hush
!
is
that
the
sound
of
a
carriage
,
or
only
the
wind
making
love
to
the
old
oaks
?
"
"
The
wind
making
love
,
Percy
!
"
repeated
Emmeline
,
laughing
;
"
I
neither
hear
that
,
nor
the
carriage
wheels
kissing
the
ground
.
"
"
Well
done
,
Tiny
!
my
poetry
is
beaten
hollow
;
but
there
—
there
—
I
am
sure
it
is
a
carriage
!
"
and
Percy
bounded
from
the
table
so
impetuously
as
nearly
to
upset
it
,
flung
back
the
curtain
,
and
looked
eagerly
from
the
window
.
Herbert
closed
his
book
to
listen
;
Emmeline
left
her
nearly-completed
map
,
and
joined
Percy
;
Caroline
evidently
tried
to
resume
serenity
,
but
,
too
proud
to
evince
it
,
industriously
pursued
her
work
,
breaking
the
thread
almost
every
time
that
she
drew
out
the
needle
.
"
It
is
nothing
,
Percy
;
how
could
you
disappoint
us
so
?
"
said
Herbert
,
in
a
tone
of
regret
.
"
My
good
fellow
,
you
must
be
deaf
—
listen
!
nearer
and
louder
—
and
,
look
there
,
Emmeline
,
through
those
trees
,
do
n't
you
see
something
glimmering
?
that
must
be
the
lamp
of
the
carriage
.
"
"
Nonsense
,
Percy
,
it
is
a
glowworm
.
"
"
A
glowworm
!
why
,
Em
.
,
the
thought
of
seeing
mamma
has
blinded
you
.
What
glowworm
ever
came
so
steadily
forward
?
No
!
there
is
no
mistake
now
.
Hurrah
,
it
is
the
carriage
;
here
Robert
,
Morris
,
Ellis
,
all
of
you
to
the
hall
!
to
the
hall
!
The
carriage
is
coming
down
the
avenue
.
"
And
with
noisy
impatience
,
the
young
gentleman
ran
into
the
hall
,
assembled
all
the
servants
he
had
named
,
and
others
too
,
all
eager
to
welcome
the
travelers
;
flung
wide
back
the
massive
door
,
and
he
and
Herbert
both
were
on
the
steps
several
minutes
before
the
carriage
came
in
sight
.
CHAPTER
II
.
THREE
ENGLISH
HOMES
,
AND
THEIR
INMATES
.
If
more
than
the
preceding
conversation
were
needed
to
reveal
the
confidence
and
love
with
which
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
were
regarded
by
their
children
,
the
delight
,
the
unrestrained
expressions
of
affection
,
with
which
by
every
one
of
the
young
party
they
were
received
,
would
have
evinced
it
still
more
clearly
.
Herbert
was
very
speedily
on
his
favorite
seat
,
a
low
stool
at
his
mother
's
feet
.
Emmeline
,
for
that
one
half
hour
at
least
,
assumed
her
still
unresigned
privilege
,
as
the
youngest
and
tiniest
,
to
quietly
slip
in
her
lap
;
Percy
was
talking
to
his
father
,
making
Edward
perfectly
at
home
,
saying
many
kind
words
to
Ellen
,
and
caressing
his
mother
,
all
almost
at
the
same
moment
.
Caroline
was
close
to
her
father
,
with
her
arm
round
his
neck
;
and
Miss
Harcourt
was
kindly
disrobing
Ellen
from
her
many
wraps
,
and
making
her
lie
quietly
on
a
sofa
near
her
aunt
;
who
,
even
in
that
moment
of
delightful
reunion
with
her
own
,
had
yet
time
and
thought
,
by
a
few
judicious
words
,
to
remove
the
undefinable
,
but
painful
sensation
of
loneliness
,
which
was
creeping
over
the
poor
child
as
she
gazed
on
her
bright
,
happy-looking
cousins
;
and
thought
if
to
her
own
mother
Edward
's
beauty
and
happiness
had
made
him
so
much
more
beloved
than
herself
,
what
claim
could
she
have
on
her
aunt
?
Ellen
could
not
have
said
that
such
were
the
thoughts
that
filled
her
eyes
with
tears
,
and
made
her
heart
so
heavy
;
she
only
knew
that
much
as
she
had
loved
her
aunt
during
the
journey
,
her
kiss
and
kind
words
at
that
moment
made
her
love
her
more
than
ever
.
Never
had
there
been
a
happier
meal
at
Oakwood
than
the
substantial
tea
which
was
speedily
ready
for
the
travelers
.
So
much
was
there
to
hear
and
tell
:
Percy
's
wild
sallies
;
Caroline
's
animated
replies
(
she
had
now
quite
recovered
her
temper
)
;
Herbert
's
gentle
care
of
Ellen
,
by
whom
he
had
stationed
himself
(
even
giving
up
to
her
his
usual
seat
by
his
mother
)
;
Emmeline
's
half
shy
,
half
eager
,
efforts
to
talk
to
her
cousins
;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
earnest
interest
,
all
combined
,
long
before
the
meal
was
concluded
,
to
make
Edward
feel
perfectly
at
his
ease
,
and
very
happy
,
and
greatly
to
remove
Ellen
's
unacknowledged
dread
.
The
time
passed
so
quickly
,
that
there
was
a
general
start
when
the
prayer
bell
sounded
,
though
it
was
nearly
two
hours
after
the
usual
time
.
"
Are
you
prepared
for
to-night
,
my
boy
?
"
Mr.
Hamilton
asked
of
Herbert
,
as
they
rose
to
adjourn
to
the
library
,
where
,
morning
and
evening
,
it
had
been
the
custom
of
the
Hamilton
family
for
many
generations
,
to
assemble
their
whole
household
for
family
devotion
.
"
Yes
,
papa
;
I
was
not
quite
sure
whether
you
would
arrive
to-night
.
"
"
Then
I
will
not
resume
my
office
till
to-morrow
,
Herbert
,
that
I
may
have
the
gratification
of
hearing
you
officiate
,
"
replied
his
father
,
linking
his
son
's
arm
in
his
,
and
affectionately
glancing
on
the
bright
blush
that
rose
to
the
boy
's
cheek
.
There
was
a
peculiar
sweetness
in
Herbert
Hamilton
's
voice
,
even
in
speaking
;
and
as
he
read
the
service
of
the
lessons
for
the
evening
,
adding
one
or
two
brief
explanations
when
necessary
,
and
more
especially
when
reading
,
or
rather
praying
,
the
beautiful
petitions
appropriated
to
family
worship
,
there
was
an
earnest
solemnity
of
tone
and
manner
,
presenting
a
strange
contrast
,
yet
beautiful
,
combining
with
the
boyish
form
and
youthful
face
,
on
which
the
lamp
,
suspended
over
the
reading-desk
shed
such
a
soft
and
holy
light
.
The
occasional
prayer
which
was
added
to
the
usual
evening
service
,
was
always
chosen
by
the
reader
;
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
were
surprised
and
affected
at
the
earnestness
with
which
their
almost
angel
boy
selected
and
read
over
one
peculiarly
bearing
on
the
events
of
that
evening
;
the
introduction
of
their
orphan
relatives
,
for
compassion
and
blessing
on
them
,
and
grace
for
increased
kindness
and
forbearance
in
their
intercourse
with
one
another
—
Miss
Harcourt
,
his
brother
and
sisters
,
knew
well
to
what
he
alluded
,
and
all
but
one
responded
with
earnestness
and
truth
.
Caroline
could
not
enter
into
Herbert
's
feelings
even
at
that
moment
:
it
was
a
great
effort
to
prevent
a
feeling
of
irritation
,
believing
that
he
directly
pointed
at
her
,
and
determining
that
as
neither
he
nor
any
one
else
had
any
right
to
interfere
with
her
private
thoughts
,
and
that
they
could
do
harm
to
none
while
confined
to
her
own
breast
,
she
resolved
not
to
overcome
them
,
and
so
could
not
join
with
any
fervor
in
the
prayer
.
To
Edward
all
was
strange
.
While
the
graces
of
his
body
and
mind
had
been
most
sedulously
cultivated
,
he
had
never
been
taught
even
the
public
ordinances
of
religion
,
much
less
its
inward
spirit
.
His
mother
had
often
and
often
felt
a
pang
of
reproach
,
at
thus
neglecting
that
which
an
inward
voice
would
whisper
was
most
essential
;
but
she
was
wont
to
silence
the
pang
by
the
determined
idea
,
that
she
was
neither
worthy
nor
able
to
give
him
such
solemn
lessons
,
and
that
it
would
come
by
instinct
to
him
in
after
years
.
There
was
time
enough
for
him
to
think
of
such
things
.
He
had
been
now
and
then
to
church
,
but
it
was
a
mere
form
,
regarded
as
a
weary
duty
,
from
which
he
escaped
whenever
he
could
.
The
present
scene
,
then
,
completely
bewildered
him
.
He
had
always
fancied
himself
superior
to
any
of
the
boys
he
had
associated
with
;
but
as
he
looked
at
and
listened
to
Herbert
,
who
seemed
at
most
only
two
years
older
than
himself
,
he
became
sensible
of
a
very
strange
and
disagreeable
,
but
a
very
decided
feeling
of
inferiority
:
and
then
,
too
,
it
was
so
incomprehensible
the
servants
all
joining
them
,
a
class
of
people
whom
in
India
he
had
been
taught
so
to
consider
his
inferiors
,
that
even
to
speak
with
them
was
a
species
of
degradation
;
and
he
was
destined
to
be
still
more
surprised
,
for
before
they
left
the
library
,
he
heard
his
aunt
and
uncle
address
them
all
,
and
say
a
few
kind
words
,
and
make
inquiries
after
their
families
to
each
.
To
Ellen
that
evening
service
recalled
some
of
Mr.
Myrvin
's
instructions
,
and
seemed
to
help
her
to
realize
those
new
thoughts
and
feelings
,
which
she
had
learned
,
for
the
first
time
,
in
Wales
.
Her
father
had
,
indeed
,
the
last
year
of
his
life
tried
to
give
her
some
ideas
of
religion
;
but
having
only
so
very
lately
begun
to
think
seriously
himself
,
he
felt
diffident
and
uncertain
of
his
own
powers
,
and
so
left
an
impression
more
of
awe
toward
the
subject
than
of
love
,
which
to
a
disposition
such
as
Ellen
's
was
unfortunate
.
A
very
short
time
sufficed
for
Percy
and
Emmeline
to
introduce
their
cousins
to
all
the
delights
and
mysteries
of
their
dear
old
home
:
and
Oakwood
Hall
was
really
a
place
for
imagination
to
revel
in
.
It
was
a
large
castelated
mansion
,
fraught
with
both
the
associations
of
the
past
,
and
the
comforts
of
the
present
.
The
injuries
which
the
original
mansion
had
received
during
the
civil
war
of
Charles
I
.
,
had
,
when
the
family
returned
at
the
Restoration
,
caused
much
of
the
old
house
to
be
pulled
down
,
and
replaced
with
larger
rooms
,
and
greater
conveniences
for
a
modern
dwelling-house
,
retaining
,
however
,
quite
sufficient
of
the
past
to
throw
interest
around
it
.
The
wings
were
still
flanked
with
turrets
,
which
were
Percy
's
and
Emmeline
's
delight
;
and
the
many
stair-cases
,
leading
into
all
sorts
of
nooks
and
corners
—
and
the
small
and
most
uncomfortable
rooms
,
because
some
of
them
happened
to
be
hung
with
tapestry
,
and
had
those
small
narrow
windows
sunk
in
deep
recesses
—
were
pronounced
by
both
far
more
enjoyable
than
the
beautiful
suite
of
rooms
forming
the
center
of
the
mansion
,
and
the
dwelling
of
the
family
.
These
were
only
saved
from
being
disagreeably
modern
—
Percy
would
declare
—
by
their
beautiful
richly-polished
oaken
panels
,
and
by
the
recesses
which
the
large
windows
still
formed
,
making
almost
a
room
by
themselves
.
The
hall
,
too
,
with
its
superb
sweep
of
staircase
and
broad
carved
oaken
balustrade
,
leading
to
a
gallery
above
,
which
opened
on
the
several
sleeping
apartments
,
and
thus
permitting
the
full
height
of
the
mansion
,
from
base
to
roof
,
to
be
visible
from
the
hall
.
Tho
doors
visible
in
the
gallery
opened
mostly
on
dressing-rooms
,
or
private
sitting-rooms
,
which
led
to
the
large
,
airy
sleeping-rooms
,
to
which
the
servants
had
access
by
back
stair-cases
leading
from
their
hall
;
and
so
leaving
the
oaken
staircase
and
gallery
entirely
to
the
use
of
the
family
,
and
of
many
a
game
of
noisy
play
had
that
gallery
been
the
scene
.
There
had
been
a
beautiful
little
chapel
adjoining
the
mansion
,
but
it
was
mercilessly
burned
to
the
ground
by
the
infatuated
Puritans
,
and
never
restored
;
the
venerable
old
church
of
the
village
henceforth
serving
the
family
of
the
hall
.
Situated
on
the
banks
of
the
Dart
,
whose
serpentine
windings
gave
it
the
appearance
of
a
succession
of
most
lovely
lakes
,
Nature
had
been
so
lavish
of
her
beauties
in
the
garden
and
park
,
especially
in
the
magnificent
growth
of
the
superb
oaks
,
from
which
the
estate
took
its
name
,
that
it
was
not
much
wonder
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
always
an
intense
lover
of
nature
,
should
have
become
so
attached
to
her
home
,
as
never
to
feel
the
least
inclination
to
leave
it
.
She
did
not
wish
her
girls
to
visit
London
till
a
few
months
before
Caroline
was
old
enough
to
be
introduced
,
to
give
them
then
finishing
masters
;
and
to
that
time
she
of
course
always
looked
,
as
demanding
from
her
part
of
the
year
to
be
spent
in
town
.
The
career
of
Eleanor
,
the
recollections
of
the
frivolity
and
error
into
which
her
own
early
youth
had
been
thrown
,
had
given
her
not
only
a
distaste
,
but
an
actual
dread
of
London
for
her
girls
,
till
such
principles
and
associations
had
been
instilled
which
would
enable
them
to
pass
through
the
ordeal
of
successive
seasons
without
any
change
of
character
or
feeling
.
Her
sons
,
since
their
tenth
year
,
had
more
than
once
accompanied
their
father
to
the
metropolis
;
but
though
these
visits
were
always
sources
of
enjoyment
,
especially
to
Percy
,
they
never
failed
to
return
with
unabated
affection
to
their
home
,
and
to
declare
there
was
no
place
in
England
like
it
.
Mr.
Hamilton
,
though
in
neither
profession
nor
business
,
was
far
from
being
an
idle
man
.
His
own
estate
was
sufficiently
large
,
and
contained
a
sufficient
number
of
dependents
,
for
whose
mortal
and
immortal
welfare
he
was
responsible
,
to
give
him
much
employment
;
and
in
addition
to
this
,
the
home
interests
and
various
aspects
of
his
country
were
so
strongly
entwined
with
his
very
being
—
that
,
though
always
refusing
to
enter
Parliament
,
he
was
the
prompter
and
encourager
of
many
a
political
movement
,
having
for
its
object
amelioration
of
the
poor
,
and
improvement
of
the
whole
social
system
;
closely
connected
with
which
,
as
he
was
,
they
gave
him
neither
public
fame
nor
private
emolument
.
He
acted
in
all
things
from
the
same
single-hearted
integrity
and
high
honor
which
caused
him
to
refuse
the
title
proffered
to
his
father
.
Her
husband
's
connection
with
many
celebrated
characters
,
and
her
own
correspondence
,
and
occasional
visits
from
her
friends
to
Oakwood
,
prevented
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
interest
from
too
complete
concentration
in
her
home
,
as
,
in
her
first
retirement
,
many
feared
.
She
had
,
too
,
some
friends
near
her
,
whose
society
gave
her
both
pleasure
and
interest
;
and
many
acquaintances
who
would
have
visited
more
than
she
felt
any
inclination
for
,
had
she
not
had
the
happy
power
of
quietly
pursuing
her
own
path
,
and
yet
conciliating
all
.
The
Rev.
William
Howard
had
accepted
Mr.
Hamilton
's
eagerly-proffered
invitation
to
become
his
rector
,
and
undertake
the
education
of
his
boys
,
from
very
peculiar
circumstances
.
He
had
been
minister
of
a
favorite
church
in
one
of
the
southern
towns
,
and
master
of
an
establishment
for
youths
of
high
rank
,
in
both
which
capacities
he
had
given
universal
satisfaction
.
The
reprehensible
conduct
of
some
of
his
pupils
,
carried
on
at
first
so
secretly
as
to
elude
his
knowledge
,
at
length
became
so
notorious
as
to
demand
examination
.
He
had
at
first
refused
all
credence
,
but
when
proved
,
by
the
confused
replies
of
all
,
and
half
confession
of
some
,
he
briefly
and
emphatically
laid
before
them
the
enormity
of
their
conduct
,
and
declared
that
,
as
confidence
was
entirely
broken
between
them
,
he
would
resign
the
honor
of
their
education
,
refusing
to
admit
them
any
longer
as
members
of
his
establishment
.
In
vain
the
young
men
implored
him
to
spare
them
the
disgrace
of
such
an
expulsion
;
he
was
inexorable
.
This
conduct
,
in
itself
so
upright
,
was
painted
by
the
smarting
offenders
in
such
colors
,
that
Mr.
Howard
gradually
but
surely
found
his
school
abandoned
,
and
himself
so
misrepresented
,
that
a
spirit
less
self-possessed
and
secure
in
its
own
integrity
must
have
sunk
beneath
it
.
But
he
had
some
true
friends
,
and
none
more
active
and
earnest
than
Mr.
Hamilton
.
A
very
brief
residence
at
Oakwood
Rectory
removed
even
the
recollection
of
the
injustice
he
had
experienced
;
and
he
himself
,
as
pastor
and
friend
,
proved
a
treasure
to
high
and
low
.
Ten
other
youths
,
sons
of
the
neighboring
gentry
,
became
his
pupils
,
their
fathers
gladly
following
in
Mr.
Hamilton
's
lead
.
About
a
mile
and
a
half
across
the
park
was
Moorlands
,
the
residence
of
Lady
Helen
Grahame
,
whose
name
had
been
so
often
mentioned
by
the
young
Hamiltons
.
Her
husband
Montrose
Grahame
,
had
been
Arthur
Hamilton
's
earliest
friend
,
at
home
,
at
college
,
and
in
manhood
.
Lady
Helen
the
youngest
daughter
of
a
marquis
,
had
been
intimate
with
Emmeline
and
Eleanor
Manvers
from
childhood
,
and
had
always
admired
and
wished
to
resemble
the
former
,
but
always
failed
,
she
believed
,
from
being
constituted
so
differently
;
others
might
have
thought
from
her
utter
want
of
energy
and
mental
strength
.
The
marriage
at
first
appeared
likely
to
be
a
happy
one
,
but
it
was
too
soon
proved
the
contrary
.
Grahame
was
a
man
of
strict
,
perhaps
severe
principles
;
his
wife
,
though
she
never
did
any
thing
morally
wrong
,
scarcely
knew
the
meaning
of
the
word
.
Provoked
with
himself
for
his
want
of
discrimination
,
in
imagining
Lady
Helen
so
different
to
the
being
she
really
was
;
more
than
once
discovering
she
did
not
speak
the
exact
truth
,
or
act
with
the
steady
uprightness
he
demanded
,
his
manner
became
almost
austere
;
and
,
in
consequence
,
becoming
more
and
more
afraid
of
him
,
Lady
Helen
sunk
lower
and
lower
in
his
esteem
.
Two
girls
and
a
boy
were
the
fruits
of
this
union
.
Lady
Helen
had
made
a
great
many
excellent
resolutions
with
regard
to
their
rearing
and
education
,
which
she
eagerly
confided
to
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
but
when
the
time
of
trial
came
,
weakness
and
false
indulgence
so
predominated
,
that
Grahame
,
to
counteract
these
evil
influences
,
adopted
a
contrary
extreme
,
and
,
by
a
system
of
constant
reserve
and
severity
,
became
an
object
of
as
much
terror
to
his
children
as
he
was
to
his
wife
.
But
he
did
not
pursue
this
conduct
without
pain
,
and
never
did
he
visit
Oakwood
without
bitter
regret
that
his
home
was
not
the
same
.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
often
tried
to
alter
the
aspect
of
affairs
at
Moorlands
;
the
former
,
by
entreating
Grahame
to
be
less
severe
;
the
latter
,
by
urging
Lady
Helen
to
a
firmer
mode
of
conduct
.
But
those
friendly
efforts
were
as
yet
entirely
useless
.
Grahame
became
a
member
of
Parliament
,
which
took
his
family
to
London
for
five
or
six
months
in
the
year
—
a
particularly
agreeable
change
to
Lady
Helen
,
who
then
associated
with
her
sisters
,
whose
families
were
conducted
much
on
the
same
fashion
as
her
own
,
but
unfortunately
only
increasing
the
discomfort
of
Moorlands
when
they
returned
to
it
.
And
this
was
the
more
to
be
regretted
,
from
the
fact
that
both
Grahame
and
his
wife
were
full
of
good
intentions
,
and
had
the
one
been
more
yielding
,
and
the
other
more
firm
,
there
might
have
been
no
small
share
of
happiness
for
both
.
But
heavy
as
Lady
Helen
thought
her
trial
in
the
want
of
her
husband
's
confidence
and
love
,
and
which
she
had
greatly
brought
upon
herself
,
it
was
light
in
comparison
with
that
of
Mrs.
Greville
,
another
near
neighbor
and
valued
friend
of
Mrs.
Hamilton
.
She
had
loved
and
married
a
man
whose
winning
manners
and
appearance
,
and
an
ever-varying
flow
of
intelligent
conversation
,
had
completely
concealed
,
till
too
late
,
his
real
character
.
Left
at
a
very
early
age
his
own
master
,
with
a
capital
estate
and
large
fortune
;
educated
at
a
very
large
public
school
,
at
which
he
learned
literally
nothing
but
vice
,
and
how
effectually
to
conceal
it
;
courted
and
flattered
wherever
he
went
,
he
became
vain
,
overbearing
,
and
extravagant
;
with
no
pursuit
but
that
of
gambling
in
all
its
varieties
,
even
hunting
and
shooting
could
not
be
thoroughly
enjoyed
without
some
large
bets
depending
on
the
day
's
sport
:
his
thoughts
from
boyhood
were
so
completely
centered
in
self
,
that
he
had
affection
for
nothing
else
.
He
had
indeed
fancied
he
loved
Jessie
Summers
,
when
he
had
so
successfully
wooed
her
;
but
the
illusion
was
speedily
dispelled
,
and
repeatedly
he
cursed
his
folly
for
plaguing
himself
with
a
wife
.
His
first
child
,
too
,
was
a
girl
and
that
annoyed
him
still
more
;
and
when
,
the
next
year
,
a
boy
was
granted
,
he
certainly
rejoiced
,
but
it
was
such
rejoicing
as
to
fill
his
wife
's
heart
with
an
agony
of
dread
;
for
he
swore
he
would
make
his
boy
as
jovial
a
spirit
as
himself
,
and
that
her
namby-pamby
ideas
should
have
nothing
to
do
with
him
.
It
was
indeed
a
difficult
and
painful
task
Mrs.
Greville
had
to
perform
.
Though
her
husband
would
spend
weeks
and
even
months
at
a
time
away
,
the
impressions
she
so
earnestly
and
prayerfully
sought
to
instill
into
her
son
's
heart
were
,
or
appeared
to
be
,
completely
destroyed
by
her
husband
's
interference
the
whole
time
of
his
sojourn
at
his
home
.
It
was
his
pleasure
to
thwart
her
every
plan
,
laugh
at
her
fine
notions
,
make
a
mockery
of
all
that
was
good
,
and
holy
,
and
self
denying
;
and
all
in
the
presence
of
his
children
;
succeeding
in
making
Alfred
frequently
guilty
of
disrespect
and
unkindness
,
but
failing
entirely
with
Mary
,
who
,
though
of
such
a
fragile
frame
and
gentle
spirit
that
her
father
's
visits
almost
always
caused
her
a
fit
of
illness
,
so
idolized
her
suffering
but
never
murmuring
mother
,
that
she
only
redoubled
her
attention
and
respect
whenever
she
saw
her
more
tried
than
usual
.
This
conduct
,
of
course
,
only
made
her
an
object
,
equally
with
her
mother
,
of
her
father
's
sneers
and
taunts
,
but
she
bore
it
with
the
true
spirit
of
a
martyr
.
Suffering
was
doing
for
her
what
Herbert
Hamilton
was
naturally
—
making
her
spiritual
and
thoughtful
far
beyond
her
years
,
and
drawing
her
and
Herbert
together
with
such
a
bond
of
mutual
reverence
and
sympathy
,
that
to
talk
to
him
was
her
greatest
consolation
,
and
to
endeavor
to
lessen
her
sorrows
one
of
his
dearest
pleasures
.
Alfred
was
not
naturally
an
evil-disposed
boy
,
and
when
his
father
was
from
home
seldom
failed
either
in
respect
or
obedience
.
Mrs.
Greville
possessed
the
rather
rare
combination
of
extreme
submissiveness
with
a
natural
dignity
and
firmness
,
which
enabled
her
to
retain
the
reverence
and
sympathy
of
her
friends
and
her
household
,
without
once
stooping
to
receive
their
pity
.
It
was
generally
supposed
by
those
who
did
not
know
her
personally
,
that
she
was
one
of
those
too
soft
and
self-denying
characters
who
bring
on
themselves
the
evils
they
deplore
;
but
this
in
Mrs.
Greville
's
case
was
a
very
great
mistake
.
It
was
impossible
to
associate
even
casually
with
her
,
without
feeling
intuitively
that
she
suffered
deeply
,
but
the
emotion
such
conviction
called
was
respect
alone
.
As
anxious
and
as
earnest
a
parent
as
Mrs.
Hamilton
herself
,
Mrs.
Greville
failed
not
to
inculcate
the
good
in
both
her
children
,
and
still
more
forcibly
,
when
they
became
old
enough
to
observe
,
by
example
than
by
precept
.
But
with
Alfred
there
must
have
been
an
utter
hopelessness
as
to
the
fruit
of
her
anxious
labors
,
had
she
not
possessed
that
clinging
,
single-hearted
trust
which
taught
her
that
no
difficulty
should
deter
from
a
simple
duty
,
and
that
nothing
was
too
hard
for
Him
who
—
if
He
saw
that
she
shrunk
not
from
the
charge
and
responsibility
which
,
in
permitting
her
to
become
a
mother
,
he
had
given
,
and
did
all
she
could
to
counteract
those
evil
influences
,
for
the
removal
of
which
she
had
no
power
—
would
,
in
His
own
good
time
,
reward
,
if
not
on
earth
—
with
Him
in
Heaven
;
and
so
untiringly
,
as
unmurmuringly
,
she
struggled
on
.
CHAPTER
III
.
HOME
SCENE
.
—
VISITORS
.
—
CHILDISH
MEDITATIONS
.
The
part
of
the
day
which
to
Emmeline
Hamilton
was
the
happiest
of
all
,
was
that
in
which
she
and
Caroline
,
and
now
,
of
course
,
Ellen
,
were
with
their
mother
alone
.
Not
that
she
particularly
liked
the
very
quiet
employment
of
plain
work
,
which
was
then
their
usual
occupation
,
but
that
she
could
talk
without
the
least
restraint
,
either
about
her
lessons
,
or
her
pleasures
,
or
her
thoughts
,
and
the
stories
or
histories
she
had
been
reading
,
and
if
she
thought
wrong
no
one
ever
corrected
her
so
delightfully
so
impressively
as
"
mamma
.
"
The
mornings
,
from
three
to
four
hours
,
according
as
their
age
and
studies
required
,
were
always
under
the
control
of
Miss
Harcourt
,
with
such
visits
from
Mrs.
Hamilton
as
gave
an
increased
interest
to
exertion
,
and
such
interruption
only
as
permitted
their
practice
and
lessons
in
music
,
which
three
times
a
week
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
as
yet
herself
bestowed
.
The
dressing-bell
always
rung
at
half-past
three
,
and
dinner
was
at
four
,
to
allow
the
lads
return
from
Mr.
Howard
's
,
whose
daily
lessons
commenced
at
nine
and
concluded
at
three
.
From
half-past
one
to
half-past
three
,
in
the
very
short
days
,
was
devoted
to
recreation
,
walking
,
or
driving
,
and
in
the
longer
,
to
Emmeline
's
favorite
time
—
an
hour
at
work
with
her
mother
,
and
the
remainder
to
the
preparation
of
lessons
and
exercises
for
the
next
day
,
which
in
the
winter
occupied
from
five
to
six
.
From
six
to
seven
in
the
same
generally
gloomy
season
they
read
aloud
some
entertaining
book
with
their
mother
and
Miss
Harcourt
,
and
seven
was
the
delightful
hour
of
a
general
reunion
at
tea
,
and
signal
for
such
recreation
till
nine
as
they
felt
inclined
for
;
their
brothers
having
been
employed
for
Mr.
Howard
part
of
the
time
between
dinner
and
tea
,
with
sufficient
earnestness
to
enjoy
the
rest
and
recreation
afterward
,
quite
as
buoyantly
and
gladly
as
their
sisters
;
and
many
a
merry
dance
enlivened
their
winter
evenings
.
In
the
summer
,
of
course
,
this
daily
routine
was
frequently
varied
by
most
delightful
excursions
in
the
country
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
earnestly
longing
to
implant
a
love
of
Nature
and
all
its
fresh
,
pure
associations
in
the
minds
of
her
children
while
yet
young
,
knowing
that
once
obtained
,
the
pleasures
of
the
world
would
be
far
less
likely
to
obtain
too
powerful
dominion
.
That
which
the
world
often
terms
romance
,
she
felt
to
be
a
high
,
pure
sense
of
poetry
in
the
Universe
and
in
Man
,
which
she
was
quite
as
anxious
to
instill
as
many
mothers
to
root
out
.
She
did
not
believe
that
to
cultivate
the
spiritual
needed
the
banishment
of
the
matter
of
fact
;
but
she
believed
,
that
to
infuse
the
latter
with
the
former
would
be
their
best
and
surest
preventive
against
all
that
was
low
and
mean
;
their
best
help
in
the
realization
of
a
constant
unfailing
piety
.
For
the
same
reason
she
cultivated
a
taste
for
the
beautiful
,
not
only
in
her
girls
,
but
in
her
boys
—
and
beauty
,
not
in
arts
and
nature
alone
,
but
in
character
.
She
did
not
allude
to
beauty
of
merely
the
high
and
striking
kind
,
but
to
the
lowly
virtues
,
struggles
,
faith
,
and
heroism
in
the
poor
—
their
forbearance
and
kindness
to
one
another
—
marking
something
to
admire
,
even
in
the
most
rugged
and
surly
,
that
at
first
sight
would
seem
so
little
worthy
of
notice
.
It
was
gradually
,
and
almost
unconsciously
,
to
accustom
her
daughters
to
such
a
train
of
thought
and
sentiment
,
that
she
so
particularly
laid
aside
one
part
of
the
day
to
have
them
with
her
alone
;
ostensibly
,
it
was
to
give
part
of
their
day
to
working
for
the
many
poor
,
to
whom
gifts
of
ready-made
clothing
are
sometimes
much
more
valuable
than
money
;
but
the
education
of
that
one
hour
she
knew
might
,
for
the
right
cultivation
of
the
heart
,
do
more
than
the
mere
teaching
of
five
or
six
,
and
that
education
,
much
as
she
loved
and
valued
Miss
Harcourt
,
she
had
from
the
first
resolved
should
come
from
her
alone
.
To
Emmeline
this
mode
of
life
was
so
happy
,
she
could
not
imagine
any
thing
happier
.
But
Caroline
often
and
often
envied
her
great
friend
Annie
Grahame
,
and
believed
that
occasional
visits
to
London
would
make
her
much
happier
than
remaining
all
the
year
round
at
Oakwood
,
and
only
with
her
own
family
.
She
knew
the
expression
of
such
sentiments
would
meet
no
sympathy
at
home
,
and
certainly
not
obtain
their
gratification
,
so
she
tried
to
check
them
,
except
when
in
company
with
Annie
and
Lady
Helen
;
but
her
mother
knew
them
,
and
,
from
the
discontent
and
unhappiness
they
so
often
engendered
in
her
child
,
caused
her
both
pain
and
uneasiness
.
But
she
did
not
waver
in
her
plans
,
because
only
in
Emmeline
they
seemed
to
succeed
:
nor
did
she
,
as
perhaps
some
over-scrupulous
mothers
would
have
done
,
check
Caroline
's
association
with
Miss
Grahame
.
She
knew
that
those
principles
must
be
indeed
of
little
worth
,
which
could
only
actuate
in
retirement
,
and
when
free
from
temptation
