tospeak
of
his
own
sorrows
;
he
was
so
shy
a
man
even
with
his
own
child
.
"
Oh
,
papa
,
do
tell
me
what
it
is
;
I
know
it
is
about
the
hospital
,
and
what
they
are
doing
up
in
London
,
and
what
that
cruel
newspaper
has
said
;
but
if
there
be
such
cause
for
sorrow
,
let
us
be
sorrowful
together
;
we
are
all
in
all
to
each
other
now
:
dear
,
dear
papa
,
do
speak
to
me
.
"
Mr.
Harding
could
not
well
speak
now
,
for
the
warm
tears
were
running
down
his
cheeks
like
rain
in
May
,
but
he
held
his
child
close
to
his
heart
,
and
squeezed
her
hand
as
a
lover
might
,
and
she
kissed
his
forehead
and
his
wet
cheeks
,
and
lay
upon
his
bosom
,
and
comforted
him
as
a
woman
only
can
do
.
"
My
own
child
,
"
he
said
,
as
soon
as
his
tears
would
let
him
speak
;
"
my
own
,
own
child
,
why
should
you
too
be
unhappy
before
it
is
necessary
:
it
may
come
to
that
,
that
we
must
leave
this
place
,
but
till
that
time
comes
,
why
should
your
young
days
be
clouded
?
"
"
And
is
that
all
,
papa
?
If
that
be
all
,
let
us
leave
it
,
and
have
light
hearts
elsewhere
:
if
that
be
all
,
let
us
go
.
Oh
,
papa
,
you
and
I
could
be
happy
if
we
had
only
bread
to
eat
,
so
long
as
our
hearts
were
light
.
"
And
Eleanor
's
face
was
lighted
up
with
enthusiasm
as
she
told
her
father
how
he
might
banish
all
his
care
;
and
a
gleam
of
joy
shot
across
his
brow
as
this
idea
of
escape
again
presented
itself
,
and
he
again
fancied
for
a
moment
that
he
could
spurn
away
from
him
the
income
which
the
world
envied
him
;
that
he
could
give
the
lie
to
that
wielder
of
the
tomahawk
who
had
dared
to
write
such
things
of
him
in
the
Jupiter
.
That
he
could
leave
Sir
Abraham
,
and
the
archdeacon
,
and
Bold
,
and
the
rest
of
them
with
their
lawsuit
among
them
,
and
wipe
his
hands
altogether
of
so
sorrow-stirring
a
concern
.
Ah
,
what
happiness
might
there
be
in
the
distance
,
with
Eleanor
and
him
in
some
small
cottage
,
and
nothing
left
of
their
former
grandeur
but
their
music
!
Yes
,
they
would
walk
forth
with
their
music
books
,
and
their
instruments
,
and
shaking
the
dust
from
off
their
feet
as
they
went
,
leave
the
ungrateful
place
.
Never
did
a
poor
clergyman
sigh
for
a
warm
benefice
more
anxiously
than
our
warden
did
now
to
be
rid
of
his
.
"
Give
it
up
,
papa
,
"
she
said
again
,
jumping
from
his
knees
and
standing
on
her
feet
before
him
,
looking
boldly
into
his
face
;
"
give
it
up
,
papa
.
"
Oh
,
it
was
sad
to
see
how
that
momentary
gleam
of
joy
passed
away
;
how
the
look
of
hope
was
dispersed
from
that
sorrowful
face
,
as
the
remembrance
of
the
archdeacon
came
back
upon
our
poor
warden
,
and
he
reflected
that
he
could
not
stir
from
his
now
hated
post
.
He
was
as
a
man
bound
with
iron
,
fettered
with
adamant
:
he
was
in
no
respect
a
free
agent
;
he
had
no
choice
.
"
Give
it
up
!
"
oh
if
he
only
could
:
what
an
easy
way
that
were
out
of
all
his
troubles
!
"
Papa
do
n't
doubt
about
it
,
"
she
continued
,
thinking
that
his
hesitation
arose
from
his
unwillingness
to
abandon
so
comfortable
a
home
;
"
is
it
on
my
account
that
you
would
stay
here
?
Do
you
think
that
I
cannot
be
happy
without
a
pony-carriage
and
a
fine
drawing-room
?
Papa
,
I
never
can
be
happy
here
,
as
long
as
there
is
a
question
as
to
your
honour
in
staying
here
;
but
I
could
be
gay
as
the
day
is
long
in
the
smallest
tiny
little
cottage
,
if
I
could
see
you
come
in
and
go
out
with
a
light
heart
.
Oh
!
papa
,
your
face
tells
so
much
;
though
you
wo
n't
speak
to
me
with
your
voice
,
I
know
how
it
is
with
you
every
time
I
look
at
you
.
"
How
he
pressed
her
to
his
heart
again
with
almost
a
spasmodic
pressure
!
how
he
kissed
her
as
the
tears
fell
like
rain
from
his
old
eyes
!
how
he
blessed
her
,
and
called
her
by
a
hundred
soft
sweet
names
which
now
came
new
to
his
lips
!
how
he
chid
himself
for
ever
having
been
unhappy
with
such
a
treasure
in
his
house
,
such
a
jewel
on
his
bosom
,
with
so
sweet
a
flower
in
the
choice
garden
of
his
heart
!
and
then
the
flood-gates
of
his
tongue
were
loosed
,
and
,
at
length
,
with
unsparing
detail
of
circumstances
,
he
told
her
all
that
he
wished
,
and
all
that
he
could
not
do
.
He
repeated
those
arguments
of
the
archdeacon
,
not
agreeing
in
their
truth
,
but
explaining
his
inability
to
escape
from
them
;
how
it
had
been
declared
to
him
that
he
was
bound
to
remain
where
he
was
by
the
interests
of
his
order
,
by
gratitude
to
the
bishop
,
by
the
wishes
of
his
friends
,
by
a
sense
of
duty
,
which
,
though
he
could
not
understand
it
,
he
was
fain
to
acknowledge
.
He
told
her
how
he
had
been
accused
of
cowardice
,
and
though
he
was
not
a
man
to
make
much
of
such
a
charge
before
the
world
,
now
in
the
full
candour
of
his
heart
,
he
explained
to
her
that
such
an
accusation
was
grievous
to
him
;
that
he
did
think
it
would
be
unmanly
to
desert
his
post
,
merely
to
escape
his
present
sufferings
,
and
that
,
therefore
,
he
must
bear
as
best
he
might
the
misery
which
was
prepared
for
him
.
And
did
she
find
these
details
tedious
?
Oh
,
no
—
she
encouraged
him
to
dilate
on
every
feeling
he
expressed
,
till
he
laid
bare
the
inmost
corners
of
his
heart
to
her
.
They
spoke
together
of
the
archdeacon
,
as
two
children
might
of
a
stern
,
unpopular
,
but
still
respected
schoolmaster
,
and
of
the
bishop
as
a
parent
kind
as
kind
could
be
,
but
powerless
against
an
omnipotent
pedagogue
.
And
then
,
when
they
had
discussed
all
this
,
when
the
father
had
told
all
to
the
child
,
she
could
not
be
less
confiding
than
he
had
been
;
and
as
John
Bold
's
name
was
mentioned
between
them
,
she
owned
how
well
she
had
learned
to
love
him
,
—
"
had
loved
him
once
,
"
she
said
,
"
but
she
would
not
,
could
not
do
so
now
—
no
,
even
had
her
troth
been
plighted
to
him
,
she
would
have
taken
it
back
again
—
had
she
sworn
to
love
him
as
his
wife
,
she
would
have
discarded
him
and
not
felt
herself
forsworn
,
when
he
proved
himself
the
enemy
of
her
father
.
"
But
the
warden
declared
that
Bold
was
no
enemy
of
his
,
and
encouraged
her
love
;
and
gently
rebuked
,
as
he
kissed
her
,
the
stern
resolve
she
had
made
to
cast
him
off
;
and
then
he
spoke
to
her
of
happier
days
when
their
trials
would
all
be
over
;
and
declared
that
her
young
heart
should
not
be
torn
asunder
to
please
either
priest
or
prelate
,
dean
or
archdeacon
.
No
,
not
if
all
Oxford
were
to
convocate
together
,
and
agree
as
to
the
necessity
of
the
sacrifice
.
And
so
they
greatly
comforted
each
other
—
and
in
what
sorrow
will
not
such
mutual
confidence
give
consolation
!
—
and
with
a
last
expression
of
tender
love
they
parted
,
and
went
comparatively
happy
to
their
rooms
.
CHAP
.
XI
.
IPHIGENIA
.
When
Eleanor
laid
her
head
on
her
pillow
that
night
,
her
mind
was
anxiously
intent
on
some
plan
by
which
she
might
extricate
her
father
from
his
misery
;
and
,
in
her
warm-hearted
enthusiasm
,
self-sacrifice
was
decided
on
as
the
means
to
be
adopted
.
Was
not
so
good
an
Agamemnon
worthy
of
an
Iphigenia
?
She
would
herself
personally
implore
John
Bold
to
desist
from
his
undertaking
;
she
would
explain
to
him
her
father
's
sorrows
,
the
cruel
misery
of
his
position
;
she
would
tell
him
how
her
father
would
die
if
he
were
thus
dragged
before
the
public
and
exposed
to
such
unmerited
ignominy
;
she
would
appeal
to
his
old
friendship
,
to
his
generosity
,
to
his
manliness
,
to
his
mercy
;
if
need
were
she
would
kneel
to
him
for
the
favour
she
would
ask
;
but
before
she
did
this
,
the
idea
of
love
must
be
banished
.
There
must
be
no
bargain
in
the
matter
.
To
his
mercy
,
to
his
generosity
,
she
could
appeal
;
but
as
a
pure
maiden
,
hitherto
even
unsolicited
,
she
could
not
appeal
to
his
love
,
nor
under
such
circumstances
could
she
allow
him
to
do
so
.
Of
course
when
so
provoked
,
he
would
declare
his
passion
;
that
was
to
be
expected
;
there
had
been
enough
between
them
to
make
such
a
fact
sure
;
but
it
was
equally
certain
that
he
must
be
rejected
.
She
could
not
be
understood
as
saying
,
Make
my
father
free
and
I
am
the
reward
.
There
would
be
no
sacrifice
in
that
—
not
so
had
Jephthah
's
daughter
saved
her
father
—
not
so
could
she
show
to
that
kindest
,
dearest
of
parents
how
much
she
was
able
to
bear
for
his
good
.
No
;
to
one
resolve
must
her
whole
soul
be
bound
;
and
so
resolving
,
she
felt
that
she
could
make
her
great
request
to
Bold
with
as
much
self-assured
confidence
as
she
could
have
done
to
his
grandfather
.
And
now
I
own
I
have
fears
for
my
heroine
:
not
as
to
the
upshot
of
her
mission
—
not
in
the
least
as
to
that
;
as
to
the
full
success
of
her
generous
scheme
,
and
the
ultimate
result
of
such
a
project
,
no
one
conversant
with
human
nature
and
novels
can
have
a
doubt
;
but
as
to
the
amount
of
sympathy
she
may
receive
from
those
of
her
own
sex
.
Girls
below
twenty
and
old
ladies
above
sixty
will
do
her
justice
;
for
in
the
female
heart
the
soft
springs
of
sweet
romance
reopen
after
many
years
,
and
again
gush
out
with
waters
pure
as
in
earlier
days
,
and
greatly
refresh
the
path
that
leads
downwards
to
the
grave
.
But
I
fear
that
the
majority
of
those
between
these
two
eras
will
not
approve
of
Eleanor
's
plan
.
I
fear
that
unmarried
ladies
of
thirty-five
will
declare
that
there
can
be
no
probability
of
so
absurd
a
project
being
carried
through
;
that
young
women
on
their
knees
before
their
lovers
are
sure
to
get
kissed
,
and
that
they
would
not
put
themselves
in
such
a
position
did
they
not
expect
it
;
that
Eleanor
is
going
to
Bold
,
only
because
circumstances
prevent
Bold
from
coming
to
her
;
that
she
is
certainly
a
little
fool
,
or
a
little
schemer
,
but
that
in
all
probability
she
is
thinking
a
good
deal
more
about
herself
than
her
father
.
Dear
ladies
,
you
are
right
as
to
your
appreciation
of
the
circumstances
,
but
very
wrong
as
to
Miss
Harding
's
character
.
Miss
Harding
was
much
younger
than
you
are
,
and
could
not
,
therefore
,
know
,
as
you
may
do
,
to
what
dangers
such
an
encounter
might
expose
her
.
She
may
get
kissed
;
I
think
it
very
probable
that
she
will
;
but
I
give
my
solemn
word
and
positive
assurance
,
that
the
remotest
idea
of
such
a
catastrophe
never
occurred
to
her
,
as
she
made
the
great
resolve
now
alluded
to
.
And
then
she
slept
;
and
then
she
rose
refreshed
,
and
met
her
father
with
her
kindest
embrace
and
most
loving
smiles
;
and
on
the
whole
their
breakfast
was
by
no
means
so
triste
as
had
been
their
dinner
the
day
before
;
and
then
,
making
some
excuse
to
her
father
for
so
soon
leaving
him
,
she
started
on
the
commencement
of
her
operations
.
She
knew
that
John
Bold
was
in
London
,
and
that
,
therefore
,
the
scene
itself
could
not
be
enacted
to-day
;
but
she
also
knew
that
he
was
soon
to
be
home
,
probably
on
the
next
day
,
and
it
was
necessary
that
some
little
plan
for
meeting
him
should
be
concerted
with
his
sister
Mary
.
When
she
got
up
to
the
house
,
she
went
as
usual
into
the
morning
sitting-room
,
and
was
startled
by
perceiving
,
by
a
stick
,
a
great
coat
,
and
sundry
parcels
which
were
lying
about
,
that
Bold
must
already
have
returned
.
"
John
has
come
back
so
suddenly
,
"
said
Mary
,
coming
into
the
room
;
"
he
has
been
travelling
all
night
.
"
"
Then
I
'll
come
up
again
some
other
time
,
"
said
Eleanor
,
about
to
beat
a
retreat
in
her
sudden
dismay
.
"
He
's
out
now
,
and
will
be
for
the
next
two
hours
,
"
said
the
other
;
"
he
's
with
that
horrid
Finney
;
he
only
came
to
see
him
,
and
he
returns
by
the
mail
train
to-night
.
"
Returns
by
the
mail
train
to-night
,
thought
Eleanor
to
herself
,
as
she
strove
to
screw
up
her
courage
—
away
again
to-night
—
then
it
must
be
now
or
never
;
and
she
again
sat
down
,
having
risen
to
go
.
She
wished
the
ordeal
could
have
been
postponed
:
she
had
fully
made
up
her
mind
to
do
the
deed
,
but
she
had
not
made
up
her
mind
to
do
it
this
very
day
;
and
now
she
felt
ill
at
ease
,
astray
,
and
in
difficulty
.
"
Mary
,
"
she
began
,
"
I
must
see
your
brother
before
he
goes
back
.
"
"
Oh
yes
,
of
course
,
"
said
the
other
;
"
I
know
he
'll
be
delighted
to
see
you
;
"
and
she
tried
to
treat
it
as
a
matter
of
course
,
but
she
was
not
the
less
surprised
;
for
Mary
and
Eleanor
had
daily
talked
over
John
Bold
and
his
conduct
,
and
his
love
,
and
Mary
would
insist
on
calling
Eleanor
her
sister
,
and
would
scold
her
for
not
calling
Bold
by
his
christian
name
;
and
Eleanor
would
half
confess
her
love
,
but
like
a
modest
maiden
would
protest
against
such
familiarities
even
with
the
name
of
her
lover
:
and
so
they
talked
hour
after
hour
,
and
Mary
Bold
,
who
was
much
the
elder
,
looked
forward
with
happy
confidence
to
the
day
when
Eleanor
would
not
be
ashamed
to
call
her
,
her
sister
.
She
was
,
however
,
fully
sure
that
just
at
present
Eleanor
would
be
much
more
likely
to
avoid
her
brother
than
to
seek
him
.
"
Mary
,
I
must
see
your
brother
,
now
,
to-day
,
and
beg
from
him
a
great
favour
,
"
and
she
spoke
with
a
solemn
air
,
not
at
all
usual
to
her
;
and
then
she
went
on
,
and
opened
to
her
friend
all
her
plan
,
her
well-weighed
scheme
for
saving
her
father
from
a
sorrow
which
would
,
she
said
,
if
it
lasted
,
bring
him
to
his
grave
.
"
But
Mary
,
"
she
continued
,
"
you
must
now
,
you
know
,
cease
any
joking
about
me
and
Mr.
Bold
;
you
must
now
say
no
more
about
that
;
I
am
not
ashamed
to
beg
this
favour
from
your
brother
,
but
when
I
have
done
so
,
there
can
never
be
anything
further
between
us
;
"
and
this
she
said
with
a
staid
and
solemn
air
,
quite
worthy
of
Jephthah
's
daughter
or
of
Iphigenia
either
.
It
was
quite
clear
that
Mary
Bold
did
not
follow
the
argument
:
that
Eleanor
Harding
should
appeal
,
on
behalf
of
her
father
,
to
Bold
's
better
feelings
,
seemed
to
Mary
quite
natural
;
it
seemed
quite
natural
that
he
should
relent
,
overcome
by
such
filial
tears
,
and
by
so
much
beauty
;
but
,
to
her
thinking
,
it
was
at
any
rate
equally
natural
,
that
having
relented
,
John
should
put
his
arm
round
his
mistress
's
waist
,
and
say
,
'
Now
having
settled
that
,
let
us
be
man
and
wife
,
and
all
will
end
happily
!
'
Why
him
good
nature
should
not
be
rewarded
,
when
such
reward
would
operate
to
the
disadvantage
of
none
,
Mary
,
who
had
more
sense
than
romance
,
could
not
understand
;
and
she
said
as
much
.
Eleanor
,
however
,
was
firm
,
and
made
quite
an
eloquent
speech
to
support
her
own
view
of
the
question
:
she
could
not
condescend
,
she
said
,
to
ask
such
a
favour
on
any
other
terms
than
those
proposed
.
Mary
might
,
perhaps
,
think
her
high-flown
,
but
she
had
her
own
ideas
,
and
she
could
not
submit
to
sacrifice
her
self-respect
.
"
But
I
am
sure
you
love
him
,
—
do
n't
you
?
"
pleaded
Mary
;
"
and
I
am
sure
he
loves
you
better
than
anything
in
the
world
.
"
Eleanor
was
going
to
make
another
speech
,
but
a
tear
came
to
each
eye
,
and
she
could
not
;
so
she
pretended
to
blow
her
nose
,
and
walked
to
the
window
,
and
made
a
little
inward
call
on
her
own
courage
,
and
finding
herself
somewhat
sustained
,
said
sententiously
,
—
"
Mary
,
this
is
nonsense
.
"
"
But
you
do
love
him
,
"
said
Mary
,
who
had
followed
her
friend
to
the
window
,
and
now
spoke
with
her
arms
close
wound
round
the
other
's
waist
.
"
You
do
love
him
with
all
your
heart
,
—
you
know
you
do
;
I
defy
you
to
deny
it
.
"
"
I
"
commenced
Eleanor
,
turning
sharply
round
to
refute
the
charge
;
but
the
intended
falsehood
stuck
in
her
throat
,
and
never
came
to
utterance
.
She
could
not
deny
her
love
,
so
she
took
plentifully
to
tears
,
and
leant
upon
her
friend
's
bosom
and
sobbed
there
,
and
protested
that
,
love
or
no
love
,
it
would
make
no
difference
in
her
resolve
,
and
called
Mary
,
a
thousand
times
,
the
most
cruel
of
girls
,
and
swore
her
to
secrecy
by
a
hundred
oaths
,
and
ended
by
declaring
that
the
girl
who
could
betray
her
friend
's
love
,
even
to
a
brother
,
would
be
as
black
a
traitor
as
a
soldier
in
a
garrison
who
should
open
the
city
gates
to
the
enemy
.
While
they
were
yet
discussing
the
matter
,
Bold
returned
,
and
Eleanor
was
forced
into
sudden
action
:
she
had
either
to
accomplish
or
abandon
her
plan
;
and
having
slipped
into
her
friend
's
bedroom
,
as
the
gentleman
closed
the
hall
door
,
she
washed
the
marks
of
tears
from
her
eyes
,
and
resolved
within
herself
to
go
through
with
it
.
"
Tell
him
I
am
here
,
"
said
she
,
"
and
coming
in
;
and
mind
,
whatever
you
do
,
do
n't
leave
us
.
"
So
Mary
informed
her
brother
,
with
a
somewhat
sombre
air
,
that
Miss
Harding
was
in
the
next
room
,
and
was
coming
to
speak
to
him
.
Eleanor
was
certainly
thinking
more
of
her
father
than
herself
,
as
she
arranged
her
hair
before
the
glass
,
and
removed
the
traces
of
sorrow
from
her
face
,
and
yet
I
should
be
untrue
if
I
said
that
she
was
not
anxious
to
appear
well
before
her
lover
:
why
else
was
she
so
sedulous
with
that
stubborn
curl
that
would
rebel
against
her
hand
,
and
why
did
she
smooth
so
eagerly
her
ruffled
ribands
?
why
else
did
she
damp
her
eyes
to
dispel
the
redness
,
and
bite
her
pretty
lips
to
bring
back
the
colour
?
Of
course
she
was
anxious
to
look
her
best
,
for
she
was
but
a
mortal
angel
after
all
.
But
had
she
been
immortal
,
had
she
flitted
back
to
the
sitting
room
on
a
cherub
's
wings
,
she
could
not
have
had
a
more
faithful
heart
,
or
a
truer
wish
to
save
her
father
at
any
cost
to
herself
.
John
Bold
had
not
met
her
since
the
day
when
she
left
him
in
dudgeon
in
the
cathedral
close
.
Since
that
his
whole
time
had
been
occupied
in
promoting
the
cause
against
her
father
,
and
not
unsuccessfully
.
He
had
often
thought
of
her
,
and
turned
over
in
his
mind
a
hundred
schemes
for
showing
her
how
disinterested
was
his
love
.
He
would
write
to
her
and
beseech
her
not
to
allow
the
performance
of
a
public
duty
to
injure
him
in
her
estimation
;
he
would
write
to
Mr.
Harding
,
explain
all
his
views
,
and
boldly
claim
the
warden
's
daughter
,
urging
that
the
untoward
circumstances
between
them
need
be
no
bar
to
their
ancient
friendship
,
or
to
a
closer
tie
;
he
would
throw
himself
on
his
knees
before
his
mistress
;
he
would
wait
and
marry
the
daughter
when
the
father
had
lost
his
home
and
his
income
;
he
would
give
up
the
lawsuit
and
go
to
Australia
,
with
her
of
course
,
leaving
the
Jupiter
and
Mr.
Finney
to
complete
the
case
between
them
.
Sometimes
as
he
woke
in
the
morning
fevered
and
impatient
,
he
would
blow
out
his
brains
and
have
done
with
all
his
cares
—
but
this
idea
was
generally
consequent
on
an
imprudent
supper
enjoyed
in
company
with
Tom
Towers
.
How
beautiful
Eleanor
appeared
to
him
as
she
slowly
walked
into
the
room
!
Not
for
nothing
had
all
those
little
cares
been
taken
.
Though
her
sister
,
the
archdeacon
's
wife
,
had
spoken
slightingly
of
her
charms
,
Eleanor
was
very
beautiful
when
seen
aright
.
Hers
was
not
of
those
impassive
faces
,
which
have
the
beauty
of
a
marble
bust
;
finely
chiselled
features
,
perfect
in
every
line
,
true
to
the
rules
of
symmetry
,
as
lovely
to
a
stranger
as
to
a
friend
,
unvarying
unless
in
sickness
,
or
as
age
affects
them
.
She
had
no
startling
brilliancy
of
beauty
,
no
pearly
whiteness
,
no
radiant
carnation
:
she
had
not
the
majestic
contour
that
rivets
attention
,
demands
instant
wonder
,
and
then
disappoints
by
the
coldness
of
its
charms
.
You
might
pass
Eleanor
Harding
in
the
street
without
notice
,
but
you
could
hardly
pass
an
evening
with
her
and
not
lose
your
heart
.
She
had
never
appeared
more
lovely
to
her
lover
than
she
now
did
.
Her
face
was
animated
though
it
was
serious
,
and
her
full
dark
lustrous
eyes
shone
with
anxious
energy
;
her
hand
trembled
as
she
took
his
,
and
she
could
hardly
pronounce
his
name
,
when
she
addressed
him
.
Bold
wished
with
all
his
heart
that
the
Australian
scheme
was
in
the
act
of
realisation
,
and
that
he
and
Eleanor
were
away
together
,
never
to
hear
further
of
the
lawsuit
.
He
began
to
talk
,
asked
after
her
health
—
said
something
about
London
being
very
stupid
,
and
more
about
Barchester
being
very
pleasant
:
declared
the
weather
to
be
very
hot
,
and
then
inquired
after
Mr.
Harding
.
"
My
father
is
not
very
well
,
"
said
Eleanor
.
John
Bold
was
very
sorry
,
so
sorry
:
he
hoped
it
was
nothing
serious
,
and
put
on
the
unmeaningly
solemn
face
,
which
people
usually
use
on
such
occasions
.
"
I
especially
want
to
speak
to
you
about
my
father
,
Mr.
Bold
;
indeed
,
I
am
now
here
on
purpose
to
do
so
.
Papa
is
very
unhappy
,
very
unhappy
indeed
,
about
this
affair
of
the
hospital
:
you
would
pity
him
,
Mr.
Bold
,
if
you
could
see
how
wretched
it
has
made
him
.
"
"
Oh
Miss
Harding
!
"
"
Indeed
you
would
,
—
any
one
would
pity
him
:
but
a
friend
,
an
old
friend
as
you
are
—
indeed
you
would
.
He
is
an
altered
man
;
his
cheerfulness
has
all
gone
,
and
his
sweet
temper
,
and
his
kind
happy
tone
of
voice
;
you
would
hardly
know
him
if
you
saw
him
,
Mr.
Bold
,
he
is
so
much
altered
;
and
—
and
—
if
this
goes
on
,
he
will
die
.
"
Here
Eleanor
had
recourse
to
her
handkerchief
,
and
so
also
had
her
auditors
;
but
she
plucked
up
her
courage
and
went
on
with
her
tale
.
"
He
will
break
his
heart
,
and
die
.
I
am
sure
,
Mr.
Bold
,
it
was
not
you
who
wrote
those
cruel
things
in
the
newspaper
—
"
John
Bold
eagerly
protested
that
it
was
not
,
but
his
heart
smote
him
as
to
his
intimate
alliance
with
Tom
Towers
.
"
No
,
I
am
sure
it
was
not
;
and
papa
has
not
for
a
moment
thought
so
;
you
would
not
be
so
cruel
—
but
it
has
nearly
killed
him
.
Papa
cannot
bear
to
think
that
people
should
so
speak
of
him
,
and
that
every
body
should
hear
him
so
spoken
of
:
—
they
have
called
him
avaricious
,
and
dishonest
,
and
they
say
he
is
robbing
the
old
men
,
and
taking
the
money
of
the
hospital
for
nothing
.
"
"
I
have
never
said
so
,
Miss
Harding
.
I
—
"
"
No
,
"
continued
Eleanor
,
interrupting
him
,
for
she
was
now
in
the
full
flood
tide
of
her
eloquence
;
"
no
,
I
am
sure
you
have
not
,
but
others
have
said
so
;
and
if
this
goes
on
,
if
such
things
are
written
again
,
it
will
kill
papa
.
Oh
!
Mr.
Bold
,
if
you
only
knew
the
state
he
is
in
!
Now
papa
does
not
care
much
about
money
.
"
Both
her
auditors
,
brother
and
sister
,
assented
to
this
,
and
declared
on
their
own
knowledge
that
no
man
lived
less
addicted
to
filthy
lucre
than
the
warden
.
"
Oh
!
it
's
so
kind
of
you
to
say
so
,
Mary
,
and
of
you
too
,
Mr.
Bold
.
I
could
n't
bear
that
people
should
think
unjustly
of
papa
.
Do
you
know
he
would
give
up
the
hospital
altogether
,
only
he
cannot
.
The
archdeacon
says
it
would
be
cowardly
,
and
that
he
would
be
deserting
his
order
,
and
injuring
the
church
.
Whatever
may
happen
,
papa
will
not
do
that
:
he
would
leave
the
place
tomorrow
willingly
,
and
give
up
his
house
,
and
the
income
and
all
,
if
the
archdeacon
—
"
Eleanor
was
going
to
say
"
would
let
him
,
"
but
she
stopped
herself
before
she
had
compromised
her
father
's
dignity
;
and
giving
a
long
sigh
,
she
added
—
"
Oh
,
I
do
so
wish
he
would
.
"
"
No
one
who
knows
Mr.
Harding
personally
,
accuses
him
for
a
moment
,
"
said
Bold
.
"
It
is
he
that
has
to
bear
the
punishment
;
it
is
he
that
suffers
,
"
said
Eleanor
;
"
and
what
for
?
what
has
he
done
wrong
?
how
has
he
deserved
this
persecution
?
he
that
never
had
an
unkind
thought
in
his
life
,
he
that
never
said
an
unkind
word
!
"
and
here
she
broke
down
,
and
the
violence
of
her
sobs
stopped
her
utterance
.
Bold
,
for
the
fifth
or
sixth
time
,
declared
that
neither
he
nor
any
of
his
friends
imputed
any
blame
personally
to
Mr.
Harding
.
"
Then
why
should
he
be
persecuted
?
"
ejaculated
Eleanor
through
her
tears
,
forgetting
in
her
eagerness
that
her
intention
had
been
to
humble
herself
as
a
suppliant
before
John
Bold
—
"
why
should
he
be
singled
out
for
scorn
and
disgrace
?
why
should
he
be
made
so
wretched
?
Oh
!
Mr.
Bold
,
"
—
and
she
turned
towards
him
as
though
the
kneeling
scene
were
about
to
be
commenced
—
"
oh
!
Mr.
Bold
,
why
did
you
begin
all
this
?
you
whom
we
all
so
—
so
—
valued
!
"
To
speak
the
truth
,
the
reformer
's
punishment
was
certainly
come
upon
him
,
for
his
present
plight
was
not
enviable
;
he
had
nothing
for
it
but
to
excuse
himself
by
platitudes
about
public
duty
,
which
it
is
by
no
means
worth
while
to
repeat
,
and
to
reiterate
his
eulogy
on
Mr.
Harding
's
character
.
His
position
was
certainly
a
cruel
one
:
had
any
gentlemen
called
upon
him
on
behalf
of
Mr.
Harding
he
could
of
course
have
declined
to
enter
upon
the
subject
;
but
how
could
he
do
so
with
a
beautiful
girl
,
with
the
daughter
of
the
man
whom
he
had
injured
,
with
his
own
love
?
In
the
meantime
Eleanor
recollected
herself
,
and
again
summoned
up
her
energies
.
"
Mr.
Bold
,
"
said
she
,
"
I
have
come
here
to
implore
you
to
abandon
this
proceeding
.
"
He
stood
up
from
his
seat
,
and
looked
beyond
measure
distressed
.
"
To
implore
you
to
abandon
it
,
to
implore
you
to
spare
my
father
,
to
spare
either
his
life
or
his
reason
,
for
one
or
the
other
will
pay
the
forfeit
if
this
goes
on
.
I
know
how
much
I
am
asking
,
and
how
little
right
I
have
to
ask
anything
;
but
I
think
you
will
listen
to
me
as
it
is
for
my
father
.
Oh
,
Mr.
Bold
,
pray
,
pray
do
this
for
us
—
pray
do
not
drive
to
distraction
a
man
who
has
loved
you
so
well
.
"
She
did
not
absolutely
kneel
to
him
,
but
she
followed
him
as
he
moved
from
his
chair
,
and
laid
her
soft
hands
imploringly
upon
his
arm
.
Ah
!
at
any
other
time
how
exquisitely
valuable
would
have
been
that
touch
!
but
now
he
was
distraught
,
dumbfounded
,
and
unmanned
.
What
could
he
say
to
that
sweet
suppliant
;
how
explain
to
her
that
the
matter
now
was
probably
beyond
his
control
;
how
tell
her
that
he
could
not
quell
the
storm
which
he
had
raised
?
"
Surely
,
surely
,
John
,
you
cannot
refuse
her
,
"
said
his
sister
.
"
I
would
give
her
my
soul
,
"
said
he
,
"
if
it
would
serve
her
.
"
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Bold
,
"
said
Eleanor
,
"
do
not
speak
so
;
I
ask
nothing
for
myself
;
and
what
I
ask
for
my
father
,
it
cannot
harm
you
to
grant
.
"
"
I
would
give
her
my
soul
,
if
it
would
serve
her
,
"
said
Bold
,
still
addressing
his
sister
;
"
everything
I
have
is
hers
,
if
she
will
accept
it
;
my
house
,
my
heart
,
my
all
;
every
hope
of
my
breast
is
centred
in
her
:
her
smiles
are
sweeter
to
me
than
the
sun
,
and
when
I
see
her
in
sorrow
as
she
now
is
,
every
nerve
in
my
body
suffers
.
No
man
can
love
better
than
I
love
her
.
"
"
No
,
no
,
no
,
"
ejaculated
Eleanor
,
"
there
can
be
no
talk
of
love
between
us
;
will
you
protect
my
father
from
the
evil
you
have
brought
upon
him
?
"
"
Oh
,
Eleanor
,
I
will
do
anything
;
let
me
tell
you
how
I
love
you
!
"
"
No
,
no
,
no
,
"
she
almost
screamed
;
"
this
is
unmanly
of
you
,
Mr.
Bold
.
Will
you
,
will
you
,
will
you
leave
my
father
to
die
in
peace
in
his
quiet
home
?
"
and
seizing
him
by
his
arm
and
hand
,
she
followed
him
across
the
room
towards
the
door
.
"
I
will
not
leave
you
till
you
promise
me
;
I
'll
cling
to
you
in
the
street
;
I
'll
kneel
to
you
before
all
the
people
.
You
shall
promise
me
this
,
you
shall
promise
me
this
,
you
shall
—
"
And
she
clung
to
him
with
fixed
tenacity
,
and
reiterated
her
resolve
with
hysterical
passion
.
"
Speak
to
her
,
John
;
answer
her
,
"
said
Mary
,
bewildered
by
the
unexpected
vehemence
of
Eleanor
's
manner
;
"
you
cannot
have
the
cruelty
to
refuse
her
.
"
"
Promise
me
,
promise
me
,
"
said
Eleanor
;
"
say
that
my
father
is
safe
—
one
word
will
do
.
I
know
how
true
you
are
;
say
one
word
,
and
I
will
let
you
go
.
"
She
still
held
him
,
and
looked
eagerly
into
his
face
,
with
her
hair
dishevelled
,
and
her
eyes
all
bloodshot
.
She
had
no
thought
now
of
herself
,
no
care
now
for
her
appearance
,
and
yet
he
thought
he
had
never
seen
her
half
so
lovely
;
he
was
amazed
at
the
intensity
of
her
beauty
,
and
could
hardly
believe
that
it
was
she
whom
he
had
dared
to
love
.
"
Promise
me
,
"
said
she
;
"
I
will
not
leave
you
till
you
have
promised
me
.
"
"
I
will
,
"
said
he
at
length
,
"
I
do
—
all
I
can
do
,
I
will
do
.
"
"
Then
may
God
Almighty
bless
you
for
ever
and
ever
!
"
said
Eleanor
;
and
falling
on
her
knees
with
her
face
on
Mary
's
lap
,
she
wept
and
sobbed
like
a
child
:
her
strength
had
carried
her
through
her
allotted
task
,
but
now
it
was
well
nigh
exhausted
.
In
a
while
she
was
partly
recovered
,
and
got
up
to
go
,
and
would
have
gone
,
had
not
Bold
made
her
understand
that
it
was
necessary
for
him
to
explain
to
her
how
far
it
was
in
his
power
to
put
an
end
to
the
proceedings
which
had
been
taken
against
Mr.
Harding
.
Had
he
spoken
on
any
other
subject
,
she
would
have
vanished
,
but
on
that
she
was
bound
to
hear
him
;
and
now
the
danger
of
her
position
commenced
.
While
she
had
an
active
part
to
play
,
while
she
clung
to
him
as
a
suppliant
,
it
was
easy
enough
for
her
to
reject
his
proffered
love
,
and
cast
from
her
his
caressing
words
;
but
now
—
now
that
he
had
yielded
,
and
was
talking
to
her
calmly
and
kindly
as
to
her
father
's
welfare
,
it
was
hard
enough
for
her
to
do
so
.
Then
Mary
Bold
assisted
her
,
but
now
she
was
quite
on
her
brother
's
side
.
Mary
said
but
little
,
but
every
word
she
did
say
gave
some
direct
and
deadly
blow
.
The
first
thing
she
did
was
to
make
room
for
her
brother
between
herself
and
Eleanor
on
the
sofa
:
as
the
sofa
was
full
large
for
three
,
Eleanor
could
not
resent
this
,
nor
could
she
show
suspicion
by
taking
another
seat
;
but
she
felt
it
to
be
a
most
unkind
proceeding
.
And
then
Mary
would
talk
as
though
they
three
were
joined
in
some
close
peculiar
bond
together
;
as
though
they
were
in
future
always
to
wish
together
,
contrive
together
,
and
act
together
;
and
Eleanor
could
not
gainsay
this
;
she
could
not
make
another
speech
,
and
say
,
"
Mr.
Bold
and
I
are
mere
strangers
,
Mary
,
and
are
always
to
remain
so
!
"
He
explained
to
her
that
,
though
undoubtedly
the
proceeding
against
the
hospital
had
commenced
solely
with
himself
,
many
others
were
now
interested
in
the
matter
,
some
of
whom
were
much
more
influential
than
himself
:
that
it
was
to
him
alone
,
however
,
that
the
lawyers
looked
for
instruction
as
to
their
doings
,
and
,
more
important
still
,
for
the
payment
of
their
bills
;
and
he
promised
that
he
would
at
once
give
them
notice
that
it
was
his
intention
to
abandon
the
cause
.
He
thought
,
he
said
,
that
it
was
not
probable
that
any
active
steps
would
be
taken
after
he
had
seceded
from
the
matter
,
though
it
was
possible
that
some
passing
allusion
might
still
be
made
to
the
hospital
in
the
daily
Jupiter
.
He
promised
,
however
,
that
he
would
use
his
best
influence
to
prevent
any
further
personal
allusion
being
made
to
Mr.
Harding
.
He
then
suggested
that
he
would
on
that
afternoon
ride
over
himself
to
Dr.
Grantly
,
and
inform
him
of
his
altered
intentions
on
the
subject
,
and
with
this
view
,
he
postponed
his
immediate
return
to
London
.
This
was
all
very
pleasant
,
and
Eleanor
did
enjoy
a
sort
of
triumph
in
the
feeling
that
she
had
attained
the
object
for
which
she
had
sought
this
interview
;
but
still
the
part
of
Iphigenia
was
to
be
played
out
.
The
gods
had
heard
her
prayer
,
granted
her
request
,
and
were
they
not
to
have
their
promised
sacrifice
?
Eleanor
was
not
a
girl
to
defraud
them
wilfully
;
so
,
as
soon
as
she
decently
could
,
she
got
up
for
her
bonnet
.
"
Are
you
going
so
soon
?
"
said
Bold
,
who
half-an-hour
since
would
have
given
a
hundred
pounds
that
he
was
in
London
,
and
she
still
at
Barchester
.
"
Oh
yes
!
"
said
she
.
"
I
am
so
much
obliged
to
you
;
papa
will
feel
this
to
be
so
kind
"
(
she
did
not
,
quite
appreciate
all
her
father
's
feelings
)
;
"
of
course
I
must
tell
him
,
and
I
will
say
that
you
will
see
the
archdeacon
.
"
"
But
may
I
not
say
one
word
for
myself
?
"
said
Bold
.
"
I
'll
fetch
you
your
bonnet
,
Eleanor
,
"
said
Mary
,
in
the
act
of
leaving
the
room
.
"
Mary
,
Mary
,
"
said
she
,
getting
up
and
catching
her
by
her
dress
,
"
do
n't
go
,
I
'll
get
my
bonnet
myself
;
"
but
Mary
,
the
traitress
,
stood
fast
by
the
door
,
and
permitted
no
such
retreat
.
Poor
Iphigenia
!
And
with
a
volley
of
impassioned
love
,
John
Bold
poured
forth
the
feelings
of
his
heart
,
swearing
,
as
men
do
,
some
truths
and
many
falsehoods
;
and
Eleanor
repeated
with
every
shade
of
vehemence
the
"
No
,
no
,
no
,
"
which
had
had
a
short
time
since
so
much
effect
;
but
now
,
alas
!
its
strength
was
gone
.
Let
her
be
never
so
vehement
,
her
vehemence
was
not
respected
;
all
her
"
No
,
no
,
no
's
"
were
met
with
counter
asseverations
,
and
at
last
were
overpowered
.
The
ground
was
cut
from
under
her
on
every
side
:
she
was
pressed
to
say
whether
her
father
would
object
;
whether
she
herself
had
any
aversion
(
aversion
!
God
help
her
,
poor
girl
!
the
word
nearly
made
her
jump
into
his
arms
)
;
any
other
preference
(
this
she
loudly
disclaimed
)
;
whether
it
was
impossible
that
she
should
love
him
(
Eleanor
could
not
say
that
it
was
impossible
)
:
and
so
at
last
,
all
her
defences
demolished
,
all
her
maiden
barriers
swept
away
,
she
capitulated
,
or
rather
marched
out
with
the
honours
of
war
,
vanquished
evidently
,
palpably
vanquished
,
but
still
not
reduced
to
the
necessity
of
confessing
it
.
And
so
the
altar
on
the
shore
of
the
modern
Aulis
reeked
with
no
sacrifice
.
CHAP
.
XII
.
MR.
BOLD
'S
VISIT
TO
PLUMSTEAD
Whether
or
no
the
ill-natured
prediction
made
by
certain
ladies
in
the
beginning
of
the
last
chapter
,
was
or
was
not
carried
out
to
the
letter
,
I
am
not
in
a
position
to
state
;
Eleanor
,
however
,
certainly
did
feel
herself
to
have
been
baffled
,
as
she
returned
home
with
all
her
news
to
her
father
.
Certainly
she
had
been
victorious
,
certainly
she
had
achieved
her
object
,
certainly
she
was
not
unhappy
,
and
yet
she
did
not
feel
herself
triumphant
.
Everything
would
run
smooth
now
.
Eleanor
was
not
at
all
addicted
to
the
Lydian
school
of
romance
;
she
by
no
means
objected
to
her
lover
because
he
came
in
at
the
door
under
the
name
of
Absolute
,
instead
of
pulling
her
out
of
a
window
under
the
name
of
Beverley
;
and
yet
she
felt
that
she
had
been
imposed
upon
,
and
could
hardly
think
of
Mary
Bold
with
sisterly
charity
.
"
I
did
think
I
could
have
trusted
Mary
,
"
she
said
to
herself
over
and
over
again
.
"
Oh
that
she
should
have
dared
to
keep
me
in
the
room
when
I
tried
to
get
out
!
"
Eleanor
,
however
,
felt
that
the
game
was
up
,
and
that
she
had
now
nothing
further
to
do
,
but
to
add
to
the
budget
of
news
which
was
prepared
for
her
father
,
that
John
Bold
was
her
accepted
lover
.
We
will
,
however
,
now
leave
her
on
her
way
,
and
go
with
John
Bold
to
Plumstead
Episcopi
,
merely
premising
that
Eleanor
on
reaching
home
will
not
find
things
so
smooth
as
she
fondly
expected
;
two
messengers
had
come
,
one
to
her
father
,
and
the
other
to
the
archdeacon
,
and
each
of
them
much
opposed
to
her
quiet
mode
of
solving
all
their
difficulties
;
the
one
in
the
shape
of
a
number
of
the
Jupiter
,
and
the
other
in
that
of
a
further
opinion
from
Sir
Abraham
Haphazard
.
John
Bold
got
on
his
horse
and
rode
off
to
Plumstead
Episcopi
;
not
briskly
and
with
eager
spur
,
as
men
do
ride
when
self-satisfied
with
their
own
intentions
,
but
slowly
,
modestly
,
thoughtfully
,
and
somewhat
in
dread
of
the
coming
interview
.
Now
and
again
he
would
recur
to
the
scene
which
was
just
over
,
support
himself
by
the
remembrance
of
the
silence
that
gives
consent
,
and
exult
as
a
happy
lover
;
but
even
this
feeling
was
not
without
a
shade
of
remorse
.
Had
he
not
shown
himself
childishly
weak
thus
to
yield
up
the
resolve
of
many
hours
of
thought
to
the
tears
of
a
pretty
girl
?
How
was
he
to
meet
his
lawyer
?
How
was
he
to
back
out
of
a
matter
in
which
his
name
was
already
so
publicly
concerned
?
What
,
oh
what
!
was
he
to
say
to
Tom
Towers
?
While
meditating
these
painful
things
he
reached
the
lodge
leading
up
to
the
archdeacon
's
glebe
,
and
for
the
first
time
in
his
life
found
himself
within
the
sacred
precincts
.
All
the
doctor
's
children
were
together
on
the
slope
of
the
lawn
close
to
the
road
,
as
Bold
rode
up
to
the
hall
door
.
They
were
there
holding
high
debate
on
matters
evidently
of
deep
interest
at
Plumstead
Episcopi
,
and
the
voices
of
the
boys
had
been
heard
before
the
lodge
gate
was
closed
.
Florinda
and
Grizzel
,
frightened
at
the
sight
of
so
well-known
an
enemy
to
the
family
,
fled
on
the
first
appearance
of
the
horseman
,
and
ran
in
terror
to
their
mother
's
arms
;
not
for
them
was
it
,
tender
branches
,
to
resent
injuries
,
or
as
members
of
a
church
militant
to
put
on
armour
against
its
enemies
:
but
the
boys
stood
their
ground
like
heroes
,
and
boldly
demanded
the
business
of
the
intruder
.
"
Do
you
want
to
see
anybody
here
,
sir
?
"
said
Henry
,
with
a
defiant
eye
and
a
hostile
tone
,
which
plainly
said
that
at
any
rate
no
one
there
wanted
to
see
the
person
so
addressed
;
and
as
he
spoke
he
brandished
aloft
his
garden
water-pot
,
holding
it
by
the
spout
,
ready
for
the
braining
of
any
one
.
"
Henry
,
"
said
Charles
James
slowly
,
and
with
a
certain
dignity
of
diction
,
"
Mr.
Bold
of
course
would
not
have
come
without
wanting
to
see
some
one
;
if
Mr.
Bold
has
a
proper
ground
for
wanting
to
see
some
person
here
,
of
course
he
has
a
right
to
come
.
"
But
Samuel
stepped
lightly
up
to
the
horse
's
head
,
and
offered
his
services
.
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Bold
,
"
said
he
,
"
papa
,
I
'm
sure
,
will
be
glad
to
see
you
;
I
suppose
you
want
to
see
papa
.
Shall
I
hold
your
horse
for
you
?
Oh
,
what
a
very
pretty
horse
!
"
and
he
turned
his
head
and
winked
funnily
at
his
brother
;
"
papa
has
heard
such
good
news
about
the
old
hospital
today
.
We
know
you
'll
be
glad
to
hear
it
,
because
you
're
such
a
friend
of
grandpapa
Harding
,
and
so
much
in
love
with
aunt
Nelly
!
"
"
How
d'ye
do
,
lads
?
"
said
Bold
,
dismounting
;
"
I
want
to
see
your
father
if
he
's
at
home
.
"
"
Lads
!
"
said
Henry
,
turning
on
his
heel
and
addressing
himself
to
his
brother
,
but
loud
enough
to
be
heard
by
Bold
;
"
lads
,
indeed
!
if
we
're
lads
,
what
does
he
call
himself
?
"
Charles
James
condescended
to
say
nothing
further
,
but
cocked
his
hat
with
much
precision
,
and
left
the
visitor
to
the
care
of
his
youngest
brother
.
Samuel
stayed
till
the
servant
came
,
chatting
and
patting
the
horse
;
but
as
soon
as
Bold
had
disappeared
through
the
front
door
,
he
stuck
a
switch
under
the
animal
's
tail
to
make
him
kick
,
if
possible
.
The
church
reformer
soon
found
himself
tête
à
tête
with
the
archdeacon
in
that
same
room
,
in
that
sanctum
sanctorum
of
the
rectory
,
to
which
we
have
already
been
introduced
.
As
he
entered
he
heard
the
click
of
a
certain
patent
lock
,
but
it
struck
him
with
no
surprise
:
the
worthy
clergyman
was
no
doubt
hiding
from
eyes
profane
his
last
much-studied
sermon
,
for
the
archdeacon
,
though
he
preached
but
seldom
,
was
famous
for
his
sermons
.
No
room
,
Bold
thought
,
could
have
been
more
becoming
for
a
dignitary
of
the
church
;
each
wall
was
loaded
with
theology
;
over
each
separate
book-case
was
printed
in
small
gold
letters
the
names
of
those
great
divines
whose
works
were
ranged
beneath
:
beginning
from
the
early
fathers
in
due
chronological
order
,
there
were
to
be
found
the
precious
labours
of
the
chosen
servants
of
the
church
down
to
the
last
pamphlet
written
in
opposition
to
the
consecration
of
Dr.
Hampden
;
and
raised
above
this
were
to
be
seen
the
busts
of
the
greatest
among
the
great
:
Chrysostom
,
St.
Augustine
,
Thomas
à
Becket
,
Cardinal
Wolsey
,
Archbishop
Laud
,
and
Dr.
Philpotts
.
Every
appliance
that
could
make
study
pleasant
and
give
ease
to
the
over-toiled
brain
was
there
:
chairs
made
to
relieve
each
limb
and
muscle
;
reading-desks
and
writing-desks
to
suit
every
attitude
;
lamps
and
candles
mechanically
contrived
to
throw
their
light
on
any
favoured
spot
,
as
the
student
might
desire
;
a
shoal
of
newspapers
to
amuse
the
few
leisure
moments
which
might
be
stolen
from
the
labours
of
the
day
;
and
then
from
the
window
a
view
right
through
a
bosky
vista
along
which
ran
a
broad
green
path
from
the
rectory
to
the
church
,
at
the
end
of
which
the
tawny-tinted
fine
old
tower
was
seen
with
all
its
variegated
pinnacles
and
parapets
.
Few
parish
churches
in
England
are
in
better
repair
,
or
better
worth
keeping
so
,
than
that
at
Plumstead
Episcopi
;
and
yet
it
is
built
in
a
faulty
style
:
the
body
of
the
church
is
low
—
so
low
,
that
the
nearly
flat
leaden
roof
would
be
visible
from
the
churchyard
,
were
it
not
for
the
carved
parapet
with
which
it
is
surrounded
.
It
is
cruciform
,
though
the
transepts
are
irregular
,
one
being
larger
than
the
other
;
and
the
tower
is
much
too
high
in
proportion
to
the
church
:
but
the
colour
of
the
building
is
perfect
;
it
is
that
rich
yellow
grey
which
one
finds
nowhere
but
in
the
south
and
west
of
England
,
and
which
is
so
strong
a
characteristic
of
most
of
our
old
houses
of
Tudor
architecture
.
The
stone
work
also
is
beautiful
;
the
mullions
of
the
windows
and
the
thick
tracery
of
the
Gothic
workmanship
is
as
rich
as
fancy
can
desire
;
and
though
in
gazing
on
such
a
structure
,
one
knows
by
rule
that
the
old
priests
who
built
it
,
built
it
wrong
,
one
cannot
bring
oneself
to
wish
that
they
should
have
made
it
other
than
it
is
.
When
Bold
was
ushered
into
the
book-room
,
he
found
its
owner
standing
with
his
back
to
the
empty
fire-place
ready
to
receive
him
,
and
he
could
not
but
perceive
that
that
expansive
brow
was
elated
with
triumph
,
and
that
those
full
heavy
lips
bore
more
prominently
than
usual
an
appearance
of
arrogant
success
.
"
Well
,
Mr.
Bold
,
"
said
he
,
—
"
well
,
what
can
I
do
for
you
?
Very
happy
,
I
can
assure
you
,
to
do
anything
for
such
a
friend
of
my
father-in-law
.
"
"
I
hope
you
'll
excuse
my
calling
,
Dr.
Grantly
.
"
"
Certainly
,
certainly
,
"
said
the
archdeacon
;
"
I
can
assure
you
,
no
apology
is
necessary
from
Mr.
Bold
;
only
let
me
know
what
I
can
do
for
him
.
"
Dr.
Grantly
was
standing
himself
,
and
he
did
not
ask
Bold
to
sit
,
and
therefore
he
had
to
tell
his
tale
standing
,
leaning
on
the
table
,
with
his
hat
in
his
hand
.
He
did
,
however
,
manage
to
tell
it
;
and
as
the
archdeacon
never
once
interrupted
him
,
or
even
encouraged
him
by
a
single
word
,
he
was
not
long
in
coming
to
the
end
of
it
.
"
And
so
,
Mr.
Bold
,
I
'm
to
understand
,
I
believe
,
that
you
are
desirous
of
abandoning
this
attack
upon
Mr.
Harding
.
"
"
Oh
,
Dr.
Grantly
,
there
has
been
no
attack
,
I
can
assure
you
—
"
"
Well
,
well
,
we
wo
n't
quarrel
about
words
;
I
should
call
it
an
attack
—
most
men
would
so
call
an
endeavour
to
take
away
from
a
man
every
shilling
of
income
that
he
has
to
live
upon
;
but
it
sha
n't
be
an
attack
,
if
you
do
n't
like
it
;
you
wish
to
abandon
this
—
this
little
game
of
back-gammon
you
've
begun
to
play
.
"
"
I
intend
to
put
an
end
to
the
legal
proceedings
which
I
have
commenced
.
"
"
I
understand
,
"
said
the
archdeacon
.
"
You
've
already
had
enough
of
it
;
well
,
I
ca
n't
say
that
I
am
surprised
;
carrying
on
a
losing
lawsuit
where
one
has
nothing
to
gain
,
but
everything
to
pay
,
is
not
pleasant
.
"
Bold
turned
very
red
in
the
face
.
"
You
misinterpret
my
motives
,
"
said
he
;
"
but
,
however
,
that
is
of
little
consequence
.
I
did
not
come
to
trouble
you
with
my
motives
,
but
to
tell
you
a
matter
of
fact
.
Good
morning
,
Dr.
Grantly
.
"
"
One
moment
—
one
moment
,
"
said
the
other
.
"
I
do
n't
exactly
appreciate
the
taste
which
induced
you
to
make
any
personal
communication
to
me
on
the
subject
;
but
I
dare
say
I
'm
wrong
,
I
dare
say
your
judgment
is
the
better
of
the
two
;
but
as
you
have
done
me
the
honour
—
as
you
have
,
as
it
were
,
forced
me
into
a
certain
amount
of
conversation
on
a
subject
which
had
better
,
perhaps
,
have
been
left
to
our
lawyers
,
you
will
excuse
me
if
I
ask
you
to
hear
my
reply
to
your
communication
.
"
"
I
am
in
no
hurry
,
Dr.
Grantly
.
"
"
Well
,
I
am
,
Mr.
Bold
;
my
time
is
not
exactly
leisure
time
,
and
,
therefore
,
if
you
please
,
we
'll
go
to
the
point
at
once
—
you
're
going
to
abandon
this
lawsuit
?
"
—
and
he
paused
for
a
reply
.
"
Yes
,
Dr.
Grantly
,
I
am
.
"
"
Having
exposed
a
gentleman
who
was
one
of
your
father
's
warmest
friends
,
to
all
the
ignominy
and
insolence
which
the
press
could
heap
upon
his
name
;
having
somewhat
ostentatiously
declared
that
it
was
your
duty
as
a
man
of
high
public
virtue
to
protect
those
poor
old
fools
whom
you
have
humbugged
there
at
the
hospital
,
you
now
find
that
the
game
costs
more
than
it
's
worth
,
and
so
you
make
up
your
mind
to
have
done
with
it
.
A
prudent
resolution
,
Mr.
Bold
;
but
it
is
a
pity
you
should
have
been
so
long
coming
to
it
.
Has
it
struck
you
that
we
may
not
now
choose
to
give
over
?
that
we
may
find
it
necessary
to
punish
the
injury
you
have
done
to
us
?
Are
you
aware
,
sir
,
that
we
have
gone
to
enormous
expense
to
resist
this
iniquitous
attempt
of
yours
?
"
Bold
's
face
was
now
furiously
red
,
and
he
nearly
crushed
his
hat
between
his
hands
;
but
he
said
nothing
.
"
We
have
found
it
necessary
to
employ
the
best
advice
that
money
could
procure
.
Are
you
aware
,
sir
,
what
may
be
the
probable
cost
of
securing
the
services
of
the
attorney-general
?
"
"
Not
in
the
least
,
Dr.
Grantly
.
"
"
I
dare
say
not
,
sir
.
When
you
recklessly
put
this
affair
into
the
hands
of
your
friend
Mr.
Finney
,
whose
six
and
eightpences
and
thirteen
and
fourpences
may
,
probably
,
not
amount
to
a
large
sum
,
you
were
indifferent
as
to
the
cost
and
suffering
which
such
a
proceeding
might
entail
on
others
;
but
are
you
aware
,
sir
,
that
these
crushing
costs
must
now
come
out
of
your
own
pocket
?
"
"
Any
demand
of
such
a
nature
which
Mr.
Harding
's
lawyer
may
have
to
make
,
will
doubtless
be
made
to
my
lawyer
.
"
"
Mr.
Harding
's
lawyer
and
my
lawyer
!
Did
you
come
here
merely
to
refer
me
to
the
lawyers
?
Upon
my
word
I
think
the
honour
of
your
visit
might
have
been
spared
!
And
now
,
sir
,
I
'll
tell
you
what
my
opinion
is
—
my
opinion
is
,
that
we
shall
not
allow
you
to
withdraw
this
matter
from
the
courts
.
"
"
You
can
do
as
you
please
,
Dr.
Grantly
;
good
morning
.
"
"
Hear
me
out
,
sir
,
"
said
the
archdeacon
;
"
I
have
here
in
my
hands
the
last
opinion
given
in
this
matter
by
Sir
Abraham
Haphazard
.
I
dare
say
you
have
already
heard
of
this
—
I
dare
say
it
has
had
something
to
do
with
your
visit
here
to-day
.
"
"
I
know
nothing
whatever
of
Sir
Abraham
Haphazard
or
his
opinion
.
"
"
Be
that
as
it
may
,
here
it
is
;
he
declares
most
explicitly
that
under
no
phasis
of
the
affair
whatever
have
you
a
leg
to
stand
upon
;
that
Mr.
Harding
is
as
safe
in
his
hospital
as
I
am
here
in
my
rectory
;
that
a
more
futile
attempt
to
destroy
a
man
was
never
made
,
than
this
which
you
have
made
to
ruin
Mr.
Harding
.
Here
,
"
and
he
slapped
the
paper
on
the
table
,
"
I
have
this
opinion
from
the
very
first
lawyer
in
the
land
;
and
under
these
circumstances
you
expect
me
to
make
you
a
low
bow
for
your
kind
offer
to
release
Mr.
Harding
from
the
toils
of
your
net
!
Sir
,
your
net
is
not
strong
enough
to
hold
him
;
sir
,
your
net
has
fallen
to
pieces
,
and
you
knew
that
well
enough
before
I
told
you
—
and
now
,
sir
,
I
