ofconscious
rectitude
;
under
which
peeped
sheep-faced
misgivings
as
to
the
result
of
this
advance
;
for
,
like
all
true
lovers
,
he
was
half
impudence
,
half
timidity
;
and
both
on
the
grand
scale
.
Now
Julia
in
a
ball-room
was
one
creature
,
another
in
church
.
After
the
first
surprise
,
which
sent
the
blood
for
a
moment
to
her
cheek
,
she
found
he
had
come
without
a
prayer-book
.
She
looked
sadly
and
half
reproachfully
at
him
;
then
put
her
white
hand
calmly
over
the
wooden
partition
,
and
made
him
read
with
her
out
of
her
book
.
She
shared
her
hymn-book
with
him
,
too
,
and
sang
her
Maker
's
praise
modestly
and
soberly
,
but
earnestly
,
and
quite
undisturbed
by
her
lover
's
presence
.
It
seemed
as
if
this
pure
creature
was
drawing
him
to
heaven
holding
by
that
good
book
,
and
by
her
touching
voice
.
He
felt
good
all
over
.
To
be
like
her
,
he
tried
to
bend
his
whole
mind
on
the
prayers
of
the
church
,
and
for
the
first
time
realised
how
beautiful
they
are
.
After
service
he
followed
her
to
the
door
.
Island
home
again
,
by
the
pailful
;
and
she
had
a
thick
shawl
but
no
umbrella
.
He
had
brought
a
large
one
on
the
chance
;
he
would
see
her
home
.
“
Quite
unnecessary
;
it
is
so
near
.
”
He
insisted
;
she
persisted
;
and
,
persisting
,
yielded
.
They
said
but
little
;
yet
they
seemed
to
interchange
volumes
;
and
,
at
each
gaslight
they
passed
,
they
stole
a
look
and
treasured
it
to
feed
on
.
That
night
was
one
broad
step
more
towards
the
great
happiness
,
or
great
misery
,
which
awaits
a
noble
love
.
Such
loves
,
somewhat
rare
in
Nature
,
have
lately
become
so
very
rare
in
Fiction
that
I
have
ventured
,
with
many
misgivings
,
to
detail
the
peculiarities
of
its
rise
and
progress
.
But
now
for
a
time
it
advanced
on
beaten
tracks
.
Alfred
had
the
right
to
call
at
Albion
Villa
,
and
he
came
twice
;
once
when
Mrs.
Dodd
was
out
.
This
was
the
time
he
stayed
the
two
hours
.
A
Mrs.
James
invited
Jane
and
him
to
tea
and
exposition
.
There
he
met
Julia
and
Edward
,
who
had
just
returned
.
Edward
was
taken
with
Jane
Hardie
's
face
and
dovelike
eyes
;
eyes
that
dwelt
with
a
soft
and
chastened
admiration
on
his
masculine
face
and
his
model
form
,
and
their
owner
felt
she
had
received
“
a
call
”
to
watch
over
his
spiritual
weal
.
So
they
paired
off
.
Julia
's
fluctuating
spirits
settled
now
into
a
calm
,
demure
,
complacency
.
Her
mother
,
finding
this
strange
remedial
virtue
in
youthful
society
,
gave
young
parties
,
inviting
Jane
and
Alfred
in
their
turn
.
Jane
hesitated
,
but
,
as
she
could
no
longer
keep
Julia
from
knowing
her
worldly
brother
,
and
hoped
a
way
might
be
opened
for
her
to
rescue
Edward
,
she
relaxed
her
general
rule
,
which
was
to
go
into
no
company
unless
some
religious
service
formed
part
of
the
entertainment
.
Yet
her
conscience
was
ill
at
ease
;
and
,
to
set
them
an
example
,
she
took
care
,
when
she
asked
the
Dodds
in
return
,
to
have
a
clergyman
there
of
her
own
party
,
who
could
pray
and
expound
with
unction
.
Mrs.
Dodd
,
not
to
throw
cold
water
on
what
seemed
to
gratify
her
children
,
accepted
Miss
Hardie
's
invitation
;
but
she
never
intended
to
go
,
and
at
the
last
moment
wrote
to
say
she
was
slightly
indisposed
.
The
nature
of
her
indisposition
she
revealed
to
Julia
alone
.
“
That
young
lady
keeps
me
on
thorns
.
I
never
feel
secure
she
will
not
say
or
do
something
extravagant
or
unusual
:
she
seems
to
suspect
sobriety
and
good
taste
of
being
in
league
with
impiety
.
Here
I
succeed
in
bridling
her
a
little
;
but
encounter
a
female
enthusiast
in
her
own
house
?
merci
!
After
all
,
there
must
be
something
good
in
her
,
since
she
is
your
friend
,
and
you
are
hers
.
But
I
have
something
more
serious
to
say
before
you
go
there
:
it
is
about
her
brother
.
He
is
a
flirt
:
in
fact
,
a
notorious
one
,
more
than
one
lady
tells
me
.
”
Julia
was
silent
,
but
began
to
be
very
uneasy
;
they
were
sitting
and
talking
after
sunset
,
yet
without
candles
.
She
profited
for
once
by
that
prodigious
gap
in
the
intelligence
of
“
the
sex
.
”
“
I
hear
he
pays
you
compliments
,
and
I
have
seen
a
disposition
to
single
you
out
.
Now
,
my
love
,
you
have
the
good
sense
to
know
that
,
whatever
a
young
gentleman
of
that
age
says
to
you
,
he
says
to
many
other
ladies
;
but
your
experience
is
not
equal
to
your
sense
;
so
profit
by
mine
.
A
girl
of
your
age
must
never
be
talked
of
with
a
person
of
the
other
sex
:
it
is
fatal
;
fatal
!
but
if
you
permit
yourself
to
be
singled
out
,
you
will
be
talked
of
,
and
distress
those
who
love
you
.
It
is
easy
to
avoid
injudicious
duets
in
society
;
oblige
me
by
doing
so
to-night
.
”
To
show
how
much
she
was
in
earnest
,
Mrs.
Dodd
hinted
that
,
were
her
admonition
neglected
,
she
should
regret
for
once
having
kept
clear
of
an
enthusiast
.
Julia
had
no
alternative
;
she
assented
in
a
faint
voice
.
After
a
pause
she
faltered
out
,
“
And
suppose
he
should
esteem
me
seriously
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
replied
quickly
,
“
Then
that
would
be
much
worse
.
But
,
”
said
she
,
“
I
have
no
apprehensions
on
that
score
;
you
are
a
child
,
and
he
is
a
precocious
boy
,
and
rather
a
flirt
.
But
forewarned
is
forearmed
.
So
now
run
away
and
dress
,
sweet
one
:
my
lecture
is
quite
ended
.
”
The
sensitive
girl
went
up
to
her
room
with
a
heavy
heart
.
All
the
fears
she
had
lulled
of
late
revived
.
She
saw
plainly
now
that
Mrs.
Dodd
only
accepted
Alfred
as
a
pleasant
acquaintance
:
as
a
son-in-law
he
was
out
of
the
question
.
“
Oh
,
what
will
she
say
when
she
knows
all
?
”
thought
Julia
.
Next
day
,
sitting
near
the
window
,
she
saw
him
coming
up
the
road
.
After
the
first
movement
of
pleasure
at
the
bare
sight
of
him
,
she
was
sorry
he
had
come
.
Mamma
's
suspicions
awake
at
last
,
and
here
he
was
again
;
the
third
call
in
one
fortnight
!
She
dared
not
risk
an
interview
with
him
,
ardent
and
unguarded
,
under
that
penetrating
eye
,
which
she
felt
would
now
be
on
the
watch
.
She
rose
hurriedly
,
said
as
carelessly
as
she
could
,
“
I
am
going
to
the
school
,
”
and
tying
her
bonnet
on
all
in
a
flurry
,
whipped
out
at
the
back-door
with
her
shawl
in
her
hand
just
as
Sarah
opened
the
front
door
to
Alfred
.
She
then
shuffled
on
her
shawl
,
and
whisked
through
the
little
shrubbery
into
the
open
field
,
and
reached
a
path
that
led
to
the
school
,
and
so
gratified
was
she
at
her
dexterity
in
evading
her
favourite
,
that
she
hung
her
head
,
and
went
murmuring
,
“
Cruel
,
cruel
,
cruel
!
”
Alfred
entered
the
drawing-room
gaily
,
with
a
good-sized
card
and
a
prepared
speech
.
His
was
not
the
visit
of
a
friend
,
but
a
functionary
;
the
treasurer
of
the
cricket-ground
come
to
book
two
of
his
eighteen
to
play
against
the
All-England
Eleven
next
month
.
“
As
for
you
,
my
worthy
sir
(
turning
to
Edward
)
,
I
shall
just
put
you
down
without
ceremony
.
But
I
must
ask
leave
to
book
Captain
Dodd
.
Mrs.
Dodd
,
I
come
at
the
universal
desire
of
the
club
;
they
say
it
is
sure
to
be
a
dull
match
without
Captain
Dodd
.
Besides
,
he
is
a
capital
player
.
”
“
Mamma
,
do
n't
you
be
caught
by
his
chaff
,
”
said
Edward
,
quietly
.
“
Papa
is
no
player
at
all
.
Anything
more
unlike
cricket
than
his
way
of
making
runs
!
”
“
But
he
makes
them
,
old
fellow
;
now
you
and
I
,
at
Lord
's
the
other
day
,
played
in
first-rate
form
,
left
shoulder
well
up
,
and
achieved
—
with
neatness
,
precision
,
dexterity
,
and
despatch
—
the
British
duck's-egg
.
“
Misericorde
!
What
is
that
?
”
inquired
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
Why
,
a
round
O
,
”
said
the
other
Oxonian
,
coming
to
his
friend
's
aid
.
“
And
what
is
that
,
pray
?
”
Alfred
told
her
“
the
round
O
,
”
which
had
yielded
to
“
the
duck
's
egg
,
”
and
was
becoming
obsolete
,
meant
the
cypher
set
by
the
scorer
against
a
player
's
name
who
is
out
without
making
a
run
.
“
I
see
,
”
sighed
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
The
jargon
of
the
day
penetrates
to
your
very
sports
and
games
.
And
why
British
?
”
“
Oh
,
'
British
'
is
redundant
:
thrown
in
by
the
universities
.
”
“
But
what
does
it
mean
?
”
“
It
means
nothing
.
That
is
the
beauty
of
it
.
British
is
inserted
in
imitation
of
our
idols
,
the
Greeks
;
they
adored
redundancy
.
”
In
short
,
poor
Alfred
,
though
not
an
M
.
P.
,
was
talking
to
put
off
time
,
till
Julia
should
come
in
:
so
he
now
favoured
Mrs.
Dodd
,
of
all
people
,
with
a
flowery
description
of
her
husband
's
play
,
which
I
,
who
have
not
his
motive
for
volubility
,
suppress
.
However
,
he
wound
up
with
the
captains
“
moral
influence
.
”
“
Last
match
,
”
said
he
,
“
Barkington
did
not
do
itself
justice
.
Several
,
that
could
have
made
a
stand
,
were
frightened
out
,
rather
than
bowled
,
by
the
London
professionals
.
Then
Captain
Dodd
went
in
,
and
treated
those
artists
with
the
same
good-humoured
contempt
he
would
a
parish
bowler
,
and
,
in
particular
,
sent
Mynne
's
over-tossed
balls
flying
over
his
head
for
five
,
or
to
square
leg
for
four
,
and
,
on
his
retiring
with
twenty-five
,
scored
in
eight
minutes
,
the
remaining
Barkingtonians
were
less
funky
,
and
made
some
fair
scores
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
smiled
a
little
ironically
at
this
tirade
,
but
said
she
thought
she
might
venture
to
promise
Mr.
Dodd
's
co-operation
,
should
he
reach
home
in
time
.
Then
,
to
get
rid
of
Alfred
before
Julia
's
return
,
the
amiable
worldling
turned
to
Edward
.
“
Your
sister
will
not
be
back
,
so
you
may
as
well
ring
the
bell
for
luncheon
at
once
.
Perhaps
Mr.
Hardie
will
join
us
.
”
Alfred
declined
,
and
took
his
leave
with
far
less
alacrity
than
he
had
entered
;
Edward
went
down-stairs
with
him
.
“
Miss
Dodd
gone
on
a
visit
?
”
asked
Alfred
,
affecting
carelessness
.
“
Only
to
the
school
.
By-the-bye
,
I
will
go
and
fetch
her
.
”
“
No
,
do
n't
do
that
;
call
on
my
sister
instead
,
and
then
you
will
pull
me
out
of
a
scrape
.
I
promised
to
bring
her
here
;
but
her
saintship
was
so
long
adorning
'
the
poor
perishable
body
,
'
that
I
came
alone
.
”
“
I
do
n't
understand
you
,
”
said
Edward
.
“
I
am
not
the
attraction
here
;
it
is
Julia
.
”
“
How
do
you
know
that
?
When
a
young
lady
interests
herself
in
an
undergraduate
's
soul
,
it
is
a
pretty
sure
sign
she
likes
the
looks
of
him
.
But
perhaps
you
do
n't
want
to
be
converted
;
if
so
,
keep
clear
of
her
.
'
Bar
the
fell
dragon
's
blighting
way
;
but
shun
that
lovely
snare
.
'
”
“
On
the
contrary
,
”
said
Edward
calmly
,
“
I
only
wish
she
could
make
me
as
good
as
she
is
,
or
half
as
good
.
”
“
Give
her
the
chance
,
old
fellow
,
and
then
it
wo
n't
be
your
fault
if
she
makes
a
mess
of
it
.
Call
at
two
,
and
Jenny
will
receive
you
very
kindly
,
and
will
show
you
you
are
in
the
'
gall
of
bitterness
and
the
bond
of
iniquity
.
'
Now
,
wo
n't
that
be
nice
?
”
“
I
will
go
,
”
said
Edward
gravely
.
They
parted
.
Where
Alfred
went
the
reader
can
perhaps
guess
;
Edward
to
luncheon
.
“
Mamma
,
”
said
he
,
with
that
tranquillity
which
sat
so
well
on
him
,
“
do
n't
you
think
Alfred
Hardie
is
spoony
upon
our
Julia
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
suppressed
a
start
,
and
(
perhaps
to
gain
time
before
replying
sincerely
)
said
she
had
not
the
honour
of
knowing
what
“
spoony
”
meant
.
“
Why
,
sighs
for
her
,
and
dies
for
her
,
and
fancies
she
is
prettier
than
Miss
Hardie
.
He
must
be
over
head
and
ears
to
think
that
.
”
“
Fie
,
child
!
”
was
the
answer
.
“
If
I
thought
so
,
I
should
withdraw
from
their
acquaintance
.
Excuse
me
;
I
must
put
on
my
bonnet
at
once
,
not
to
lose
this
fine
afternoon
.
”
Edward
did
not
relish
her
remark
:
it
menaced
more
Spoons
than
one
.
However
,
he
was
not
the
man
to
be
cast
down
at
a
word
:
he
lighted
a
cigar
,
and
strolled
towards
Hardie
's
house
.
Mr.
Hardie
,
senior
,
had
left
three
days
ago
on
a
visit
to
London
;
Miss
Hardie
received
him
;
he
passed
the
afternoon
in
calm
complacency
,
listening
reverently
to
her
admonitions
,
and
looking
her
softly
out
of
countenance
,
and
into
earthly
affections
,
with
his
lion
eyes
.
Meantime
his
remark
,
so
far
from
really
seeming
foolish
to
Mrs.
Dodd
,
was
the
true
reason
for
her
leaving
him
so
abruptly
“
Even
this
dear
slow
Thing
sees
it
,
”
thought
she
.
She
must
talk
to
Julia
more
seriously
,
and
would
go
to
the
school
at
once
.
She
went
up-stairs
,
and
put
on
her
bonnet
and
shawl
before
the
glass
;
then
moulded
on
her
gloves
,
and
came
down
equipped
.
On
the
stairs
was
a
large
window
,
looking
upon
the
open
field
;
she
naturally
cast
her
eyes
through
it
in
the
direction
she
was
going
,
and
what
did
she
see
but
a
young
lady
and
gentleman
coming
slowly
down
the
path
towards
the
villa
.
Mrs.
Dodd
bit
her
lip
with
vexation
,
and
looked
keenly
at
them
,
to
divine
on
what
terms
they
were
.
And
the
more
she
looked
the
more
uneasy
she
grew
.
The
head
,
the
hand
,
the
whole
body
of
a
sensitive
young
woman
walking
beside
him
she
loves
,
betray
her
heart
to
experienced
eyes
watching
unseen
;
and
especially
to
female
eyes
.
And
why
did
Julia
move
so
slowly
,
especially
after
that
warning
?
Why
was
her
head
averted
from
that
encroaching
boy
,
and
herself
so
near
him
?
Why
not
keep
her
distance
,
and
look
him
full
in
the
face
?
Mrs.
Dodd
's
first
impulse
was
that
of
leopardesses
,
lionesses
,
hens
,
and
all
the
mothers
in
nature
;
to
dart
from
her
ambush
and
protect
her
young
;
but
she
controlled
it
by
a
strong
effort
;
it
seemed
wiser
to
descry
the
truth
,
and
then
act
with
resolution
:
besides
,
the
young
people
were
now
almost
at
the
shrubbery
;
so
the
mischief
if
any
,
was
done
.
They
entered
the
shrubbery
.
To
Mrs.
Dodd
's
surprise
and
dismay
,
they
did
not
come
out
this
side
so
quickly
.
She
darted
her
eye
into
the
plantation
;
and
lo
!
Alfred
had
seized
the
fatal
opportunity
foliage
offers
,
even
when
thinnish
:
he
held
Julia
's
hand
,
and
was
pleading
eagerly
for
something
she
seemed
not
disposed
to
grant
;
for
she
turned
away
and
made
an
effort
to
leave
him
.
But
Mrs.
Dodd
,
standing
there
quivering
with
maternal
anxiety
,
and
hot
with
shame
,
could
not
but
doubt
the
sincerity
of
that
graceful
resistance
.
If
she
had
been
quite
in
earnest
,
Julia
had
fire
enough
in
her
to
box
the
little
wretch
's
ears
.
She
ceased
even
to
doubt
,
when
she
saw
that
her
daughter
's
opposition
ended
in
his
getting
hold
of
two
hands
instead
of
one
,
and
devouring
them
with
kisses
,
while
Julia
still
drew
her
head
and
neck
away
,
but
the
rest
of
her
supple
frame
seemed
to
yield
and
incline
,
and
draw
softly
towards
her
besieger
by
some
irresistible
spell
.
“
I
can
bear
no
more
!
”
gasped
Mrs.
Dodd
aloud
,
and
turned
to
hasten
and
part
them
;
but
even
as
she
curved
her
stately
neck
to
go
,
she
caught
the
lovers
'
parting
;
and
a
very
pretty
one
too
,
if
she
could
but
have
looked
at
it
,
as
these
things
ought
always
to
be
looked
at
:
artistically
.
Julia
's
head
and
lovely
throat
,
unable
to
draw
the
rest
of
her
away
,
compromised
:
they
turned
,
declined
,
drooped
,
and
rested
one
half
moment
on
her
captor
's
shoulder
,
like
a
settling
dove
:
the
next
,
she
scudded
from
him
,
and
made
for
the
house
alone
.
Mrs.
Dodd
,
deeply
indignant
,
but
too
wise
to
court
a
painful
interview
,
with
her
own
heart
beating
high
,
went
into
the
drawing-room
,
and
there
sat
down
,
to
recover
some
little
composure
.
But
she
was
hardly
seated
when
Julia
's
innocent
voice
was
heard
calling
“
Mamma
,
mamma
!
”
and
soon
she
came
bounding
into
the
drawing-room
,
brimful
of
good
news
,
her
cheeks
as
red
as
fire
and
her
eyes
wet
with
happy
tears
;
and
there
confronted
her
mother
,
who
had
started
up
at
her
footstep
,
and
now
,
with
one
hand
nipping
the
back
of
the
chair
convulsively
,
stood
lofty
,
looking
strangely
agitated
and
hostile
.
The
two
ladies
eyed
one
another
,
silent
,
yet
expressive
,
like
a
picture
facing
a
statue
;
but
soon
the
colour
died
out
of
Julia
's
face
as
well
,
and
she
began
to
cower
with
vague
fears
before
that
stately
figure
,
so
gentle
and
placid
usually
,
but
now
so
discomposed
and
stern
.
“
Where
have
you
been
,
Julia
?
”
“
Only
at
the
school
,
”
she
faltered
.
“
Who
was
your
companion
home
?
”
“
Oh
,
do
n't
be
angry
with
me
!
It
was
Alfred
.
”
“
Alfred
!
His
Christian
name
!
You
try
my
patience
too
hard
.
”
“
Forgive
me
.
I
was
not
to
blame
this
time
,
indeed
!
indeed
!
You
frighten
me
.
What
will
become
of
me
?
What
have
I
done
for
my
own
mamma
to
look
at
me
so
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
groaned
.
“
Was
that
young
coquette
I
watched
from
my
window
the
child
I
have
reared
?
No
face
on
earth
is
to
be
trusted
after
this
.
'
What
have
you
done
'
indeed
?
Only
risked
your
own
mother
's
esteem
,
and
nearly
broken
her
heart
!
”
And
with
these
words
her
own
courage
began
to
give
way
,
and
she
sank
into
a
chair
with
a
deep
sigh
.
At
this
Julia
screamed
,
and
threw
herself
on
her
knees
beside
her
,
and
cried
“
Kill
me
!
oh
,
pray
kill
me
!
but
do
n't
drive
me
to
despair
with
such
cruel
words
and
looks
!
”
and
fell
to
sobbing
so
wildly
that
Mrs.
Dodd
altered
her
tone
with
almost
ludicrous
rapidity
.
“
There
,
do
not
terrify
me
with
your
impetuosity
,
after
grieving
me
so
.
Be
calm
,
child
;
let
me
see
whether
I
cannot
remedy
your
sad
imprudence
;
and
,
that
I
may
,
pray
tell
me
the
whole
truth
.
How
did
this
come
about
?
”
In
reply
to
this
question
,
which
she
somewhat
mistook
,
Julia
sobbed
out
,
“
He
met
me
c-coming
out
of
the
school
,
and
asked
to
s-see
me
home
.
I
said
'
No
thank
you
,
'
because
I
th-thought
of
your
warning
.
'
Oh
yes
!
'
said
he
,
and
would
walk
with
me
,
and
keep
saying
he
loved
me
.
So
,
to
stop
him
,
I
said
,
'
M-much
ob-liged
,
but
I
was
b-busy
and
had
no
time
to
flirt
.
'
'
Nor
have
I
the
in-inclination
,
'
said
he
.
'
That
is
not
what
others
say
of
you
,
'
said
I
—
you
know
what
you
t-told
me
,
mamma
—
so
at
last
he
said
d-did
ever
he
ask
any
lady
to
be
his
wife
?
'
I
suppose
not
,
'
said
I
,
'
or
you
would
be
p-p-private
property
by
now
instead
of
p-public
.
'
”
“
Now
there
was
a
foolish
speech
;
as
much
as
to
say
nobody
could
resist
him
.
”
“
W-was
n't
it
?
And
n-no
more
they
could
.
You
have
no
idea
how
he
makes
love
;
so
unladylike
:
keeps
advancing
and
advancing
,
and
never
once
retreats
,
nor
even
st-ops
.
'
But
I
ask
you
to
be
my
wife
,
'
said
he
.
Oh
,
mamma
,
I
trembled
so
.
Why
did
I
tremble
?
I
do
n't
know
.
I
made
myself
cold
and
haughty
;
'
I
should
make
no
reply
to
such
ridiculous
questions
;
say
that
to
mamma
,
if
you
dare
!
'
I
said
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
bit
her
lip
,
and
said
,
“
Was
there
ever
such
simplicity
?
”
“
Simple
!
Why
that
was
my
cunning
.
You
are
the
only
creature
he
is
afraid
of
;
so
I
thought
to
stop
his
mouth
with
you
.
But
instead
of
that
,
my
lord
said
calmly
,
'
That
was
understood
;
he
loved
me
too
well
to
steal
me
from
her
to
whom
he
was
indebted
for
me
.
'
Oh
,
he
has
always
an
answer
ready
.
And
that
makes
him
such
a
p-pest
.
”
“
It
was
an
answer
that
did
him
credit
.
”
“
Dear
mamma
!
now
did
it
not
?
Then
at
parting
he
said
he
would
come
to-morrow
,
and
ask
you
for
my
hand
;
but
I
must
intercede
with
you
first
,
or
you
would
be
sure
to
say
'
No
.
'
So
I
declined
to
interfere
:
'
W-w-what
was
it
to
me
?
'
I
said
.
He
begged
and
prayed
me
:
'
Was
it
likely
you
would
give
him
such
a
treasure
as
Me
unless
I
stood
his
friend
?
'
(
For
the
b-b-brazen
Thing
turns
humble
now
and
then
.
)
And
,
oh
,
mamma
,
he
did
so
implore
me
to
pity
him
,
and
kept
saying
no
man
ever
loved
as
he
loved
me
,
and
with
his
begging
and
praying
me
so
passionately
—
oh
,
so
passionately
—
I
felt
something
warm
drop
from
his
poor
eyes
on
my
hand
.
Oh
!
oh
!
oh
!
oh
!
—
What
could
I
do
?
And
then
,
you
know
,
I
wanted
to
get
away
from
him
.
So
I
am
afraid
I
did
just
say
'
Yes
.
'
But
only
in
a
whisper
.
Mamma
!
my
own
,
good
,
kind
,
darling
mamma
,
have
pity
on
him
and
on
me
;
we
love
one
another
so
.
”
A
shower
of
tender
tears
gushed
out
in
support
of
this
appeal
and
in
a
moment
she
was
caught
up
with
Love
's
mighty
arms
,
and
her
head
laid
on
her
mother
's
yearning
bosom
.
No
word
was
needed
to
reconcile
these
two
.
After
a
long
silence
,
Mrs.
Dodd
said
this
would
be
a
warning
never
to
judge
her
sweet
child
from
a
distance
again
,
nor
unheard
.
“
And
therefore
,
”
said
she
,
“
let
me
hear
from
your
own
lips
how
so
serious
an
attachment
could
spring
up
.
Why
,
it
is
scarcely
a
month
since
you
were
first
introduced
at
that
ball
.
”
“
Mamma
,
”
murmured
Julia
,
hanging
her
head
,
“
you
are
mistaken
;
we
knew
each
other
before
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
looked
all
astonishment
.
“
Now
I
will
ease
my
heart
,
”
said
Julia
,
impetuously
,
addressing
some
invisible
obstacle
.
“
I
tell
you
I
am
sick
of
having
secrets
from
my
own
mother
.
”
And
with
this
out
it
all
came
.
She
told
the
story
of
her
heart
better
than
I
have
;
and
,
woman-like
,
dwelt
on
the
depths
of
loyalty
and
delicate
love
she
had
read
in
Alfred
's
moonlit
face
that
night
at
Henley
.
She
said
no
eloquence
could
have
touched
her
like
it
.
“
Mamma
,
something
said
to
me
,
'
Ay
,
look
at
him
well
,
for
that
is
your
husband
to
be
.
'
”
She
even
tried
to
solve
the
mystery
of
her
soi-disant
sickness
:
“
I
was
disturbed
by
a
feeling
so
new
and
so
powerful
,
but
,
above
all
,
by
having
a
secret
from
you
;
the
first
—
the
last
.
”
“
Well
,
darling
,
then
why
have
a
secret
?
Why
not
trust
me
,
your
friend
as
well
as
your
mother
?
”
“
Ah
!
why
,
indeed
?
I
am
a
puzzle
to
myself
.
I
wanted
you
to
know
,
and
yet
I
could
not
tell
you
.
I
kept
giving
you
hints
,
and
hoped
so
you
would
take
them
,
and
make
me
speak
out
.
But
when
I
tried
to
tell
you
plump
,
something
kept
pull
—
pull
—
pulling
me
inside
,
and
I
could
n't
.
Mark
my
words
!
some
day
it
will
turn
out
that
I
am
neither
more
nor
less
than
a
fool
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
slighted
this
ingenious
solution
.
She
said
,
after
a
moment
's
reflection
,
that
the
fault
of
this
misunderstanding
lay
between
the
two
.
“
I
remember
now
I
have
had
many
hints
;
my
mind
must
surely
have
gone
to
sleep
.
I
was
a
poor
simple
woman
who
thought
her
daughter
was
to
be
always
a
child
.
And
you
were
very
wrong
to
go
and
set
a
limit
to
your
mother
's
love
:
there
is
none
—
none
whatever
.
”
She
added
:
“
I
must
import
a
little
prudence
and
respect
for
the
world
's
opinion
into
this
new
connection
;
but
whoever
you
love
shall
find
no
enemy
in
me
.
”
Next
day
Alfred
came
to
know
his
fate
.
He
was
received
with
ceremonious
courtesy
.
At
first
he
was
a
good
deal
embarrassed
,
but
this
was
no
sooner
seen
than
it
was
relieved
by
Mrs.
Dodd
with
tact
and
gentleness
.
When
her
turn
came
,
she
said
,
“
Your
papa
?
Of
course
you
have
communicated
this
step
to
him
?
”
Alfred
looked
a
little
confused
,
and
said
,
“
No
:
he
left
for
London
two
days
ago
,
as
it
happens
.
”
“
That
is
unfortunate
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
Your
best
plan
would
be
to
write
to
him
at
once
.
I
need
hardly
tell
you
that
we
shall
enter
no
family
without
an
invitation
from
its
head
.
”
Alfred
replied
that
he
was
well
aware
of
that
,
and
that
he
knew
his
father
,
and
could
answer
for
him
.
“
No
doubt
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
“
but
,
as
a
matter
of
reasonable
form
,
I
prefer
he
should
answer
for
himself
.
”
Alfred
would
write
by
this
post
.
“
It
is
a
mere
form
,
”
said
he
,
“
for
my
father
has
but
one
answer
to
his
children
,
'
Please
yourselves
.
'
He
sometimes
adds
,
'
and
how
much
money
shall
you
want
?
'
These
are
his
two
formulae
.
”
He
then
delivered
a
glowing
eulogy
on
his
father
;
and
Mrs.
Dodd
,
to
whom
the
boy
's
character
was
now
a
grave
and
anxious
study
,
saw
with
no
common
satisfaction
his
cheek
flush
and
his
eyes
moisten
as
he
dwelt
on
the
calm
,
sober
,
unvarying
affection
,
and
reasonable
indulgence
he
and
his
sister
had
met
with
all
their
lives
from
the
best
of
parents
.
Returning
to
the
topic
of
topics
,
he
proposed
an
engagement
.
“
I
have
a
ring
in
my
pocket
,
”
said
this
brisk
wooer
,
looking
down
.
But
this
Mrs.
Dodd
thought
premature
and
unnecessary
.
“
You
are
nearly
of
age
,
”
said
she
,
“
and
then
you
will
be
able
to
marry
,
if
you
are
in
the
same
mind
.
”
But
,
upon
being
warmly
pressed
,
she
half
conceded
even
this
.
“
Well
,
”
said
she
,
“
on
receiving
your
father
's
consent
,
you
can
propose
an
engagement
to
Julia
,
and
she
shall
use
her
own
judgment
;
but
,
until
then
,
you
will
not
even
mention
such
a
thing
to
her
.
May
I
count
on
so
much
forbearance
from
you
,
sir
?
”
“
Dear
Mrs.
Dodd
,
”
said
Alfred
,
“
of
course
you
may
.
I
should
indeed
be
ungrateful
if
I
could
not
wait
a
post
for
that
.
May
I
write
to
my
father
here
?
”
added
he
,
naively
.
Mrs.
Dodd
smiled
,
furnished
him
with
writing
materials
,
and
left
him
,
with
a
polite
excuse
.
“
ALBION
VILLA
,
September
29.
“
MY
DEAR
FATHER
,
—
You
are
too
thorough
a
man
of
the
world
,
and
too
well
versed
in
human
nature
,
to
be
surprised
at
hearing
that
I
,
so
long
invulnerable
,
have
at
last
formed
a
devoted
attachment
to
one
whose
beauty
,
goodness
,
and
accomplishments
I
will
not
now
enlarge
upon
;
they
are
indescribable
,
and
you
will
very
soon
see
them
and
judge
for
yourself
.
The
attachment
,
though
short
in
weeks
and
months
,
has
been
a
very
long
one
in
hopes
,
and
fears
,
and
devotion
.
I
should
have
told
you
of
it
before
you
left
,
but
in
truth
I
had
no
idea
I
was
so
near
the
goal
of
all
my
earthly
hopes
;
there
were
many
difficulties
:
but
these
have
just
cleared
away
almost
miraculously
,
and
nothing
now
is
wanting
to
my
happiness
but
your
consent
.
It
would
be
affectation
,
or
worse
,
in
me
to
doubt
that
you
will
grant
it
.
But
,
in
a
matter
so
delicate
,
I
venture
to
ask
you
for
something
more
:
the
mother
of
my
ever
and
only
beloved
Julia
is
a
lady
of
high
breeding
and
sentiments
:
she
will
not
let
her
daughter
enter
any
family
without
a
cordial
invitation
from
its
head
.
Indeed
she
has
just
told
me
so
.
I
ask
,
therefore
,
not
your
bare
consent
,
of
which
I
am
sure
,
since
my
happiness
for
life
depends
on
it
,
but
a
consent
so
gracefully
worded
—
and
who
can
do
this
better
than
you
?
—
as
to
gratify
the
just
pride
and
sensibilities
of
the
high-minded
family
about
to
confide
its
brightest
ornament
to
my
care
.
“
My
dear
father
,
in
the
midst
of
felicity
almost
more
than
mortal
,
the
thought
has
come
that
this
letter
is
my
first
step
towards
leaving
the
paternal
roof
under
which
I
have
been
so
happy
all
my
life
,
thanks
to
you
.
I
should
indeed
be
unworthy
of
all
your
goodness
if
this
thought
caused
me
no
emotion
.
“
Yet
I
do
but
yield
to
Nature
's
universal
law
.
And
,
should
I
be
master
of
my
own
destiny
,
I
will
not
go
far
from
you
.
I
have
been
unjust
to
Barkington
:
or
rather
I
have
echoed
,
without
thought
,
Oxonian
prejudices
and
affectation
.
On
mature
reflection
,
I
know
no
better
residence
for
a
married
man
.
“
Do
you
remember
about
a
year
ago
you
mentioned
a
Miss
Lucy
Fountain
to
us
as
'
the
most
perfect
gentlewoman
you
had
ever
met
?
'
Well
,
strange
to
say
,
it
is
that
very
lady
's
daughter
;
and
I
think
when
you
see
her
you
will
say
the
breed
has
anything
but
declined
,
in
spite
of
Horace
mind
his
'
damnosa
quid
non
.
'
Her
brother
is
my
dearest
friend
,
and
she
is
Jenny
's
;
so
a
more
happy
alliance
for
all
parties
was
never
projected
.
“
Write
to
me
by
return
,
dear
father
,
and
believe
me
,
ever
your
dutiful
and
grateful
son
,
“
ALFRED
HARDlE
.
”
As
he
concluded
,
Julia
came
in
,
and
he
insisted
on
her
reading
this
masterpiece
.
She
hesitated
.
Then
he
told
her
with
juvenile
severity
that
a
good
husband
always
shares
his
letters
with
his
wife
.
“
His
wife
!
Alfred
!
”
and
she
coloured
all
over
.
“
Do
n't
call
me
names
,
”
said
she
,
turning
it
off
after
her
fashion
.
“
I
ca
n't
bear
it
:
it
makes
me
tremble
.
With
fury
.
”
“
This
will
never
do
,
sweet
one
,
”
said
Alfred
gravely
.
“
You
and
I
are
to
have
no
separate
existence
now
;
you
are
to
be
I
,
and
I
am
to
be
you
.
Come
!
”
“
No
;
you
read
me
so
much
of
it
as
is
proper
for
me
to
hear
.
I
shall
not
like
it
so
well
from
your
lips
:
but
never
mind
.
”
When
he
came
to
read
it
,
he
appreciated
the
delicacy
that
had
tempered
her
curiosity
.
He
did
not
read
it
all
to
her
,
but
nearly
.
“
It
is
a
beautiful
letter
,
”
said
she
;
“
a
little
pomposer
than
mamma
and
I
write
.
'
The
paternal
roof
!
'
But
all
that
becomes
you
;
you
are
a
scholar
:
and
,
dear
Alfred
,
if
I
should
separate
you
from
your
papa
,
I
will
never
estrange
you
from
him
;
oh
,
never
,
never
.
May
I
go
for
my
work
?
For
methinks
,
O
most
erudite
,
the
'
maternal
dame
,
'
on
domestic
cares
intent
,
hath
confided
to
her
offspring
the
recreation
of
your
highness
.
”
The
gay
creature
dropt
him
a
curtsey
,
and
fled
to
tell
Mrs.
Dodd
the
substance
of
“
the
sweet
letter
the
dear
high-flown
Thing
had
written
.
”
By
then
he
had
folded
and
addressed
it
,
she
returned
and
brought
her
work
:
charity
children
's
great
cloaks
:
her
mother
had
cut
them
,
and
in
the
height
of
the
fashion
,
to
Jane
Hardie
's
dismay
;
and
Julia
was
binding
,
hooding
,
etcetering
them
.
How
demurely
she
bent
her
lovely
head
over
her
charitable
work
,
while
Alfred
poured
his
tale
into
her
ears
!
How
careful
she
was
not
to
speak
,
when
there
was
a
chance
of
his
speaking
!
How
often
she
said
one
thing
so
as
to
express
its
opposite
,
a
process
for
which
she
might
have
taken
out
a
patent
!
How
she
and
Alfred
compared
heart-notes
,
and
their
feelings
at
each
stage
of
their
passion
!
Their
hearts
put
forth
tendril
after
tendril
,
and
so
curled
,
and
clung
,
round
each
other
.
In
the
afternoon
of
the
second
blissful
day
,
Julia
suddenly
remembered
that
this
was
dull
for
her
mother
.
To
have
such
a
thought
was
to
fly
to
her
;
and
she
flew
so
swiftly
that
she
caught
Mrs.
Dodd
in
tears
,
and
trying
adroitly
and
vainly
to
hide
them
.
“
What
is
the
matter
?
I
am
a
wretch
.
I
have
left
you
alone
.
”
“
Do
not
think
me
so
peevish
,
love
!
you
have
but
surprised
the
natural
regrets
of
a
mother
at
the
loss
of
her
child
.
”
“
Oh
,
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
,
warmly
,
“
and
do
you
think
all
the
marriage
in
the
world
can
ever
divide
you
and
me
—
can
make
me
lukewarm
to
my
own
sweet
,
darling
,
beautiful
,
blessed
,
angel
mother
?
Look
at
me
:
I
am
as
much
your
Julia
as
ever
;
and
shall
be
while
I
live
.
Your
son
is
your
son
till
he
gets
him
a
wife
:
but
your
daughter
's
your
daughter
,
ALL
—
THE
—
—
DAYS
—
OF
HER
LIFE
.
”
Divine
power
of
native
eloquence
:
with
this
trite
distich
you
made
hexameters
tame
;
it
gushed
from
that
great
young
heart
with
a
sweet
infantine
ardour
,
that
even
virtue
can
only
pour
when
young
,
and
youth
when
virtuous
;
and
,
at
the
words
I
have
emphasised
by
the
poor
device
of
capitals
,
two
lovely
,
supple
arms
flew
wide
out
like
a
soaring
albatross
's
wings
,
and
then
went
all
round
the
sad
mother
,
and
gathered
every
bit
of
her
up
to
the
generous
young
bosom
.
“
I
know
it
,
I
know
it
!
”
cried
Mrs.
Dodd
,
kissing
her
;
“
I
shall
never
lose
my
daughter
while
she
breathes
.
But
I
am
losing
my
child
.
You
are
turning
to
a
woman
visibly
:
and
you
were
such
a
happy
child
.
Hence
my
misgivings
,
and
these
weak
tears
,
which
you
have
dried
with
a
word
:
see
!
”
And
she
contrived
to
smile
.
“
And
now
go
down
,
dearest
:
he
may
be
impatient
;
men
's
love
is
so
fiery
.
”
The
next
day
Mrs.
Dodd
took
Julia
apart
and
asked
her
whether
there
was
an
answer
from
Mr.
Hardie
.
Julia
replied
,
from
Alfred
,
that
Jane
had
received
a
letter
last
night
,
and
,
to
judge
by
the
contents
,
Mr.
Hardie
must
have
left
London
before
Alfred
's
letter
got
there
.
“
He
is
gone
to
see
poor
Uncle
Thomas
.
”
“
Why
do
you
call
him
'
poor
?
'
”
“
Oh
,
he
is
not
very
clever
;
has
not
much
mind
,
Alfred
says
;
indeed
,
hardly
any
.
”
“
You
alarm
me
,
Julia
!
”
cried
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
What
?
madness
in
the
family
you
propose
to
marry
into
?
”
“
Oh
no
,
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
,
in
a
great
hurry
;
“
no
madness
;
only
a
little
imbecility
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
's
lip
curved
at
this
Julian
answer
;
but
just
then
her
mind
was
more
drawn
to
another
topic
.
A
serious
doubt
passed
through
her
,
whether
,
if
Mr.
Hardie
did
not
write
soon
,
she
ought
not
to
limit
his
son
's
attendance
on
her
daughter
.
“
He
follows
her
about
like
a
little
dog
,
”
said
she
half
fretfully
.
Next
day
,
by
previous
invitation
,
Dr.
Sampson
made
Albion
Villa
his
head-quarters
.
Darting
in
from
London
,
he
found
Alfred
sitting
very
close
to
Julia
over
a
book
.
“
Lordsake
!
”
cried
he
,
“
here
's
'
my
puppy
,
'
and
'
m
'
enthusiast
,
'
cheek
by
chowl
.
”
Julia
turned
scarlet
,
and
Alfred
ejaculated
so
loudly
,
that
Sampson
inquired
“
what
on
airth
was
the
matter
now
?
”
“
Oh
,
nothing
;
only
here
have
I
been
jealous
of
my
own
shadow
,
and
pestering
her
who
'
your
puppy
'
was
:
and
she
never
would
tell
me
.
All
I
could
get
from
her
,
”
added
he
,
turning
suddenly
from
gratitude
to
revenge
,
“
was
that
he
was
no
greater
a
puppy
than
yourself
,
doctor
.
”
“
Oh
,
Alfred
,
no
;
I
only
said
no
vainer
,
”
cried
Julia
in
dismay
.
“
Well
,
it
is
true
,
”
said
Sampson
contentedly
,
and
proceeded
to
dissect
himself
just
as
he
would
a
stranger
.
“
I
am
a
vain
man
;
a
remarkably
vain
man
.
But
then
I
'm
a
man
of
great
mirit
.
”
“
All
vain
people
are
that
,
”
suggested
Alfred
dryly
.
“
Who
should
know
better
than
you
,
young
Oxford
?
Y
'
have
got
a
hidache
.
”
“
No
,
indeed
.
”
“
Do
n't
tell
lies
now
.
Ye
ca
n't
deceive
me
;
man
,
I
've
an
eye
like
a
hawk
.
And
what
's
that
ye
're
studying
with
her
?
Ovid
,
for
a
pound
.
”
“
No
;
medicine
;
a
treatise
on
your
favourite
organ
,
the
brain
,
by
one
Dr.
Whately
.
”
“
He
is
chaffing
you
,
doctor
,
”
said
Edward
;
“
it
is
logic
.
He
is
coaching
her
;
and
then
she
will
coach
me
.
”
“
Then
I
forbid
the
chaff-cutting
,
young
Pidant
.
Logic
is
an
ill
plaster
to
a
sore
head
.
”
“
Oh
,
'
the
labour
we
delight
in
,
physics
pain
.
'
”
“
Jinnyus
,
Jinnyus
;
Take
care
o
'
your
carkuss
,
”
retorted
the
master
of
doggrel
.
“
And
that
is
a
profounder
remark
than
you
seem
to
think
,
by
your
grinning
,
all
of
ye
.
”
Julia
settled
the
question
by
putting
away
the
book
.
And
she
murmured
to
Alfred
,
“
I
wish
I
could
steal
your
poor
dear
headaches
:
you
might
give
me
half
of
them
at
least
;
you
would
,
too
,
if
you
really
loved
me
.
”
This
sound
remonstrance
escaped
criticism
by
being
nearly
inaudible
,
and
by
Mrs.
Dodd
entering
at
the
same
moment
.
After
the
first
greeting
,
Sampson
asked
her
with
merry
arrogance
,
how
his
prescription
had
worked
?
“
Is
her
sleep
broken
still
,
ma'am
?
Are
her
spirits
up
and
down
?
Shall
we
have
to
go
back
t
'
old
Short
and
his
black
draught
?
How
's
her
mookis
membrin
?
And
her
biliary
ducks
?
an
'
—
she
's
off
like
a
flash
.
”
“
And
no
wonder
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
reproachfully
.
Thus
splashed
Sampson
among
the
ducks
:
one
of
them
did
not
show
her
face
again
till
dinner
.
Jane
Hardie
accompanied
her
brother
by
invitation
.
The
general
amity
was
diversified
and
the
mirth
nowise
lessened
by
constant
passages
of
arms
between
Messrs.
Sampson
and
Alfred
Hardie
.
After
tea
came
the
first
contretemps
.
Sampson
liked
a
game
of
cards
:
he
could
play
,
yet
talk
chronothermalism
,
as
the
fair
can
knit
babies
'
shoes
and
imbibe
the
poetasters
of
the
day
.
Mrs.
Dodd
had
asked
Edward
to
bring
a
fresh
pack
.
He
was
seen
by
his
guardian
angel
to
take
them
out
of
his
pocket
and
undo
them
;
presently
Sampson
,
in
his
rapid
way
,
clutched
hold
of
them
;
and
found
a
slip
of
paper
curled
round
the
ace
of
spades
,
with
this
written
very
clear
in
pencil
,
“
REMEMBER
THY
CREATOR
IN
THE
DAYS
OF
THY
YOUTH
!
”
“
What
is
this
?
”
cried
Sampson
,
and
read
it
out
aloud
.
Jane
Hardie
coloured
,
and
so
betrayed
herself
.
Her
“
word
in
season
”
had
strayed
.
It
was
the
young
and
comely
Edward
she
wished
to
save
from
the
diabolical
literature
,
the
painted
perdition
,
and
not
the
uninteresting
old
sinner
Sampson
,
who
proceeded
to
justify
her
preference
by
remarking
that
“
Remember
not
to
trump
your
partner
's
best
card
,
ladies
,
”
would
be
more
to
the
point
.
Everybody
,
except
this
hardened
personage
,
was
thoroughly
uncomfortable
.
As
for
Alfred
,
his
face
betrayed
a
degree
of
youthful
mortification
little
short
of
agony
.
Mrs.
Dodd
was
profoundly
disgusted
,
but
fortunately
for
the
Hardies
,
caught
sight
of
his
burning
cheeks
and
compressed
lips
.
“
Dr.
Sampson
,
”
said
she
,
with
cold
dignity
,
“
you
will
,
I
am
sure
,
oblige
me
by
making
no
more
comments
;
sincerity
is
not
always
discreet
;
but
it
is
always
respectable
:
it
is
one
of
your
own
titles
to
esteem
.
I
dare
say
,
”
added
she
with
great
sweetness
,
“
our
resources
are
not
so
narrow
that
we
need
shock
anybody
's
prejudices
,
and
,
as
it
happens
,
I
was
just
going
to
ask
Julia
to
sing
:
open
the
piano
,
love
,
and
try
if
you
can
persuade
Miss
Hardie
to
join
you
in
a
duet
.
”
At
this
,
Jane
and
Julia
had
an
earnest
conversation
at
the
piano
,
and
their
words
,
uttered
in
a
low
voice
,
were
covered
by
a
contemporaneous
discussion
between
Sampson
and
Mrs.
Dodd
.
Jane
.
No
,
you
must
not
ask
me
:
I
have
forsworn
these
vanities
.
I
have
not
opened
my
piano
this
two
years
.
Julia
.
Oh
,
what
a
pity
;
music
is
so
beautiful
;
and
surely
we
can
choose
our
songs
,
as
easily
as
our
words
;
ah
,
how
much
more
easily
.
Jane
.
Oh
,
I
do
n't
go
so
far
as
to
call
music
wicked
:
but
music
in
society
is
such
a
snare
.
At
least
I
found
it
so
;
my
playing
was
highly
praised
,
and
that
stirred
up
vanity
:
and
so
did
my
singing
,
with
which
I
had
even
more
reason
to
be
satisfied
.
Snares
!
snares
!
Julia
.
Goodness
me
!
I
do
n't
find
them
so
.
Now
you
mention
it
,
gentlemen
do
praise
one
;
but
,
dear
me
,
they
praise
every
lady
,
even
when
we
have
been
singing
every
other
note
out
of
tune
.
The
little
unmeaning
compliments
of
society
,
can
they
catch
anything
so
great
as
a
soul
?
Jane
.
I
pray
daily
not
to
be
led
into
temptation
,
and
shall
I
go
into
it
of
my
own
accord
?
Julia
.
Not
if
you
find
it
a
temptation
.
At
that
rate
I
ought
to
decline
.
Jane
.
That
does
n't
follow
.
My
conscience
is
not
a
law
to
yours
.
Besides
,
your
mamma
said
“
sing
:
”
and
a
parent
is
not
to
be
disobeyed
upon
a
doubt
.
If
papa
were
to
insist
on
my
going
to
a
ball
even
,
or
reading
a
novel
,
I
think
I
should
obey
;
and
lay
the
whole
case
before
Him
.
Mrs.
Dodd
(
from
a
distance
)
.
Come
,
my
dears
,
Dr.
Sampson
is
getting
so
impatient
for
your
song
.
Sampson
.
Hum
!
for
all
that
,
young
ladies
'
singing
is
a
poor
substitute
for
cards
,
and
even
for
conversation
.
Mrs.
Dodd
.
That
depends
upon
the
singer
,
I
presume
.
Sampson
.
Mai
—
dear
—
madam
,
they
all
sing
alike
;
just
as
they
all
write
alike
.
I
can
hardly
tell
one
fashionable
tune
from
another
;
and
nobody
can
tell
one
word
from
another
,
when
they
cut
out
all
the
consonants
.
N
'
listen
me
.
This
is
what
I
heard
sung
by
a
lady
last
night
.
Eu
un
Da
'
ei
u
aa
an
oo
.
By
oo
eeeeyee
aa
Vaullee
,
Vaullee
,
Vaullee
,
Vaullee
,
Vaullee
om
is
igh
eeaa
An
ellin
in
is
ud
.
Mrs.
Dodd
.
That
sounds
like
gibberish
.
Sampson
.
It
is
gibberish
,
but
it
's
Drydenish
in
articulating
mouths
.
It
is
—
He
sung
Darius
great
and
good
,
By
too
severe
a
fate
Fallen
,
fallen
,
fallen
,
fallen
,
Fallen
from
his
high
estate
,
And
wiltering
in
his
blood
.
Mrs.
Dodd
.
I
think
you
exaggerate
.
I
will
answer
for
Julia
that
she
shall
speak
as
distinctly
to
music
as
you
do
in
conversation
.
Sampson
(
all
unconscious
of
the
tap
)
.
Time
will
show
,
madam
.
At
prisent
they
seem
to
be
in
no
hurry
to
spatter
us
with
their
word-jelly
.
Does
some
spark
of
pity
linger
in
their
marble
bos'ms
?
or
do
they
prefer
inaud'ble
chit-chat
t
'
inarticulate
mewing
?
Julia
,
thus
pressed
,
sang
one
of
those
songs
that
come
and
go
every
season
.
She
spoke
the
words
clearly
,
and
with
such
variety
and
intelligence
,
that
Sampson
recanted
,
and
broke
in
upon
the
—
“
very
pretty
”
—
“
how
sweet
”
—
and
“
who
is
it
by
?
”
of
the
others
,
by
shouting
,
“
Very
weak
trash
very
cleanly
sung
.
Now
give
us
something
worth
the
wear
and
tear
of
your
orgins
.
Immortal
vairse
widded
t
'
immortal
sounds
;
that
is
what
I
understand
b
'
a
song
.
”
Alfred
whispered
,
“
No
,
no
,
dearest
;
sing
something
suitable
to
you
and
me
.
”
“
Out
of
the
question
.
Then
go
farther
away
,
dear
;
I
shall
have
more
courage
.
”
He
obeyed
,
and
she
turned
over
two
or
three
music-books
,
and
finally
sung
from
memory
.
She
cultivated
musical
memory
,
having
observed
the
contempt
with
which
men
of
sense
visit
the
sorry
pretenders
to
music
,
who
are
tuneless
and
songless
among
the
nightingales
,
and
anywhere
else
away
from
their
books
.
How
will
they
manage
to
sing
in
heaven
?
Answer
me
that
.
The
song
Julia
Dodd
sang
on
this
happy
occasion
,
to
meet
the
humble
but
heterogeneous
views
of
Messrs.
Sampson
and
Hardie
,
was
a
simple
eloquent
Irish
song
called
Aileen
Aroon
.
Whose
history
,
by-the-bye
,
was
a
curious
one
.
Early
in
this
century
it
occurred
to
somebody
to
hymn
a
son
of
George
the
Third
for
his
double
merit
in
having
been
born
,
and
going
to
a
ball
.
People
who
thus
apply
the
fine
arts
in
modern
days
are
seldom
artists
;
accordingly
,
this
parasite
could
not
invent
a
melody
;
so
he
coolly
stole
Aileen
Aroon
,
soiled
it
by
inserting
sordid
and
incongruous
jerks
into
the
refrain
,
and
called
the
stolen
and
adulterated
article
Robin
Adair
.
An
artisan
of
the
same
kidney
was
soon
found
to
write
words
down
to
the
degraded
ditty
:
and
,
so
strong
is
Flunkeyism
,
and
so
weak
is
Criticism
,
in
these
islands
,
that
the
polluted
tune
actually
superseded
the
clean
melody
;
and
this
sort
of
thing
—
Who
was
in
uniform
at
the
ball
?
Silly
Billy
,
smothered
the
immortal
lines
.
But
Mrs.
Dodd
's
severe
taste
in
music
rejected
those
ignoble
jerks
,
and
her
enthusiastic
daughter
having
the
option
to
hymn
immortal
Constancy
or
mortal
Fat
,
decided
thus
:
—
When
like
the
early
rose
,
Aileen
aroon
,
Beauty
in
childhood
glows
,
Aileen
aroon
,
When
like
a
diadem
,
Buds
blush
around
the
stem
,
Which
is
the
fairest
gem
?
Aileen
aroon
.
Is
it
the
laughing
eye
?
Aileen
aroon
.
Is
it
the
timid
sigh
?
Aileen
aroon
.
Is
it
the
tender
tone
?
Soft
as
the
string
'd
harp
's
mean
?
No
;
it
is
Truth
alone
,
Aileen
aroon
.
I
know
a
valley
fair
,
Aileen
aroon
.
I
know
a
cottage
there
,
Aileen
aroon
.
Far
in
that
valley
's
shade
,
I
know
a
gentle
maid
,
Flower
of
the
hazel
glade
,
Aileen
aroon
.
Who
in
the
song
so
sweet
?
Aileen
aroon
,
Who
in
the
dance
so
fleet
?
Aileen
aroon
.
Dear
are
her
charms
to
me
,
Dearer
her
laughter
free
,
Dearest
her
constancy
.
Aileen
aroon
.
Youth
must
with
time
decay
,
Aileen
aroon
,
Beauty
must
fade
away
,
Aileen
aroon
.
Castles
are
sacked
in
war
,
Chieftains
are
scattered
far
,
Truth
is
a
fixed
star
,
Aileen
aroon
.
The
way
the
earnest
singer
sang
these
lines
is
beyond
the
conception
of
ordinary
singers
,
public
or
private
.
Here
one
of
nature
's
orators
spoke
poetry
to
music
with
an
eloquence
as
fervid
and
delicate
as
ever
rung
in
the
Forum
.
She
gave
each
verse
with
the
same
just
variety
as
if
she
had
been
reciting
,
and
,
when
she
came
to
the
last
,
where
the
thought
rises
abruptly
,
and
is
truly
noble
,
she
sang
it
with
the
sudden
pathos
,
the
weight
,
and
the
swelling
majesty
,
of
a
truthful
soul
hymning
truth
with
all
its
powers
.
All
the
hearers
,
even
Sampson
,
were
thrilled
,
astonished
,
spell-bound
:
so
can
one
wave
of
immortal
music
and
immortal
verse
(
alas
!
how
seldom
they
meet
!
)
heave
the
inner
man
when
genius
interprets
.
Judge
,
then
,
what
it
was
to
Alfred
,
to
whom
,
with
these
great
words
and
thrilling
tones
of
her
rich
,
swelling
,
ringing
voice
,
the
darling
of
his
own
heart
vowed
constancy
,
while
her
inspired
face
beamed
on
him
like
an
angel
's
.
Even
Mrs.
Dodd
,
though
acquainted
with
the
song
,
and
with
her
daughter
's
rare
powers
,
gazed
at
her
now
with
some
surprise
,
as
well
as
admiration
,
and
kept
a
note
Sarah
had
brought
her
,
open
,
but
unread
,
in
her
hand
,
unable
to
take
her
eyes
from
the
inspired
songstress
.
However
,
just
before
the
song
ended
,
she
did
just
glance
down
,
and
saw
it
was
signed
Richard
Hardie
.
On
this
her
eye
devoured
it
;
and
in
one
moment
she
saw
that
the
writer
declined
,
politely
but
peremptorily
,
the
proposed
alliance
between
his
son
and
her
daughter
.
The
mother
looked
up
from
this
paper
at
that
living
radiance
and
incarnate
melody
in
a
sort
of
stupor
:
it
seemed
hardly
possible
to
her
that
a
provincial
banker
could
refuse
an
alliance
with
a
creature
so
peerless
as
that
.
But
so
it
was
;
and
despite
her
habitual
self-government
,
Mrs.
Dodd
's
white
hand
clenched
the
note
till
her
nails
dented
it
;
and
she
reddened
to
the
brow
with
anger
and
mortification
.
Julia
,
whom
she
had
trained
never
to
monopolise
attention
in
society
,
now
left
the
piano
in
spite
of
remonstrance
,
and
soon
noticed
her
mother
's
face
;
for
from
red
it
had
become
paler
than
usual
.
“
Are
you
unwell
,
dear
?
”
said
she
sotto
voce
.
“
No
,
love
.
”
“
Is
there
anything
the
matter
,
then
?
”
“
Hush
!
We
have
guests
:
our
first
duty
is
to
them
.
”
With
this
Mrs.
Dodd
rose
,
and
,
endeavouring
not
to
look
at
her
daughter
at
all
,
went
round
and
drew
each
of
her
guests
out
in
turn
.
It
was
the
very
heroism
of
courtesy
;
for
their
presence
was
torture
to
her
.
At
last
,
to
her
infinite
relief
,
they
went
,
and
she
was
left
alone
with
her
children
.
She
sent
the
servants
to
bed
,
saying
she
would
undress
Miss
Dodd
,
and
accompanied
her
to
her
room
.
There
the
first
thing
she
did
was
to
lock
the
door
;
and
the
next
was
to
turn
round
and
look
at
her
full
.
“
I
always
thought
you
the
most
lovable
child
I
ever
saw
;
but
I
never
admired
you
as
I
have
to-night
,
my
noble
,
my
beautiful
daughter
,
who
would
grace
the
highest
family
in
England
.
”
With
this
Mrs.
Dodd
began
to
choke
,
and
kissed
Julia
eagerly
with
the
tears
in
her
eyes
,
and
drew
her
with
tender
,
eloquent
defiance
to
her
bosom
.
“
My
own
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
softly
,
“
what
has
happened
?
”
“
My
darling
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
trembling
a
little
,
“
have
you
pride
?
have
you
spirit
?
”
“
I
think
I
have
.
”
“
I
hope
so
:
for
you
will
need
them
both
.
Read
that
!
”
And
she
held
out
Mr.
Hardie
's
letter
,
but
turned
her
own
head
away
,
not
to
see
her
girl
's
face
under
the
insult
.
CHAPTER
VI
JULIA
took
Mr.
Hardie
's
note
and
read
it
:
—
“
MADAM
,
—
I
have
received
a
very
juvenile
letter
from
my
son
,
by
which
I
learn
he
has
formed
a
sudden
attachment
to
your
daughter
.
He
tells
me
,
however
,
at
the
same
time
,
that
you
await
my
concurrence
before
giving
your
consent
.
I
appreciate
your
delicacy
