centretable
of
the
room
,
and
with
her
eyes
fixed
upon
its
surface
.
"
Alice
,
"
he
said
,
walking
up
to
her
very
slowly
.
Her
whole
frame
shuddered
as
she
heard
the
sweetness
of
his
voice
.
Had
I
not
better
tell
the
truth
of
her
at
once
?
Oh
,
if
she
could
only
have
been
his
again
!
What
madness
during
these
last
six
months
had
driven
her
to
such
a
plight
as
this
!
The
old
love
came
back
upon
her
.
Nay
;
it
had
never
gone
.
But
that
trust
in
his
love
returned
to
her
,
—
that
trust
which
told
her
that
such
love
and
such
worth
would
have
sufficed
to
make
her
happy
.
But
this
confidence
in
him
was
worthless
now
!
Even
though
he
should
desire
it
,
she
could
not
change
again
.
"
Alice
,
"
he
said
again
.
And
then
,
as
slowly
she
looked
up
at
him
,
he
asked
her
for
her
hand
.
"
You
may
give
it
me
,
"
he
said
,
"
as
to
an
old
friend
.
"
She
put
her
hand
in
his
hand
,
and
then
,
withdrawing
it
,
felt
that
she
must
never
trust
herself
to
do
so
again
.
"
Alice
,
"
he
continued
,
"
I
do
not
expect
you
to
say
much
to
me
;
but
there
is
a
question
or
two
which
I
think
you
will
answer
.
Has
a
day
been
fixed
for
this
marriage
?
"
"
No
,
"
she
said
.
"
Will
it
be
in
a
month
?
"
"
Oh
,
no
;
—
not
for
a
year
,
"
she
replied
hurriedly
;
—
and
he
knew
at
once
by
her
voice
that
she
already
dreaded
this
new
wedlock
.
Whatever
of
anger
he
might
before
have
felt
for
her
was
banished
.
She
had
brought
herself
by
her
ill-judgement
,
—
by
her
ignorance
,
as
she
had
confessed
,
—
to
a
sad
pass
;
but
he
believed
that
she
was
still
worthy
of
his
love
.
"
And
now
one
other
question
,
Alice
;
—
but
if
you
are
silent
,
I
will
not
ask
it
again
.
Can
you
tell
me
why
you
have
again
accepted
your
cousin
's
offer
?
"
"
Because
—
,
"
she
said
very
quickly
,
looking
up
as
though
she
were
about
to
speak
with
all
her
old
courage
.
"
But
you
would
never
understand
me
,
"
she
said
,
—
"
and
there
can
be
no
reason
why
I
should
dare
to
hope
that
you
should
ever
think
well
of
me
again
.
"
He
knew
that
there
was
no
love
,
—
no
love
for
that
man
to
whom
she
had
pledged
her
hand
.
He
did
not
know
,
on
the
other
hand
,
how
strong
,
how
unchanged
,
how
true
was
her
love
for
himself
.
Indeed
,
of
himself
he
was
thinking
not
at
all
.
He
desired
to
learn
whether
she
would
suffer
,
if
by
any
scheme
he
might
succeed
in
breaking
off
this
marriage
.
When
he
had
asked
her
whether
she
were
to
be
married
at
once
,
she
had
shuddered
at
the
thought
.
When
he
asked
her
why
she
had
accepted
her
cousin
,
she
had
faltered
,
and
hinted
at
some
excuse
which
he
might
fail
to
understand
.
Had
she
loved
George
Vavasor
,
he
could
have
understood
that
well
enough
.
"
Alice
,
"
he
said
,
speaking
still
very
slowly
,
"
nothing
has
ever
yet
been
done
which
need
to
a
certainty
separate
you
and
me
.
I
am
a
persistent
man
,
and
I
do
not
even
yet
give
up
all
hope
.
A
year
is
a
long
time
.
As
you
say
yourself
,
I
do
not
as
yet
quite
understand
you
.
But
,
Alice
,
—
and
I
think
that
the
position
in
which
we
stood
a
few
months
since
justifies
me
in
saying
so
without
offence
,
—
I
love
you
now
as
well
as
ever
,
and
should
things
change
with
you
,
I
cannot
tell
you
with
how
much
joy
and
eagerness
I
should
take
you
back
to
my
bosom
.
My
heart
is
yours
now
as
it
has
been
since
I
knew
you
.
"
Then
he
again
just
touched
her
hand
,
and
left
her
before
she
had
been
able
to
answer
a
word
.
CHAPTER
XXXVII
.
Mr.
Tombe
's
Advice
.
Alice
sat
alone
for
an
hour
without
moving
when
John
Grey
had
left
her
,
and
the
last
words
which
he
had
uttered
were
sounding
in
her
ears
all
the
time
,
"
My
heart
is
still
yours
,
as
it
has
been
since
I
knew
you
.
"
There
had
been
something
in
his
words
which
had
soothed
her
spirits
,
and
had
,
for
the
moment
,
almost
comforted
her
.
At
any
rate
,
he
did
not
despise
her
.
He
could
not
have
spoken
such
words
as
these
to
her
had
he
not
still
held
her
high
in
his
esteem
.
Nay
;
—
had
he
not
even
declared
that
he
would
yet
take
her
as
his
own
if
she
would
come
to
him
?
"
I
cannot
tell
you
with
how
much
joy
I
would
take
you
back
to
my
bosom
!
"
Ah
!
that
might
never
be
.
But
yet
the
assurance
had
been
sweet
to
her
;
—
dangerously
sweet
,
as
she
soon
told
herself
.
She
knew
that
she
had
lost
her
Eden
,
but
it
was
something
to
her
that
the
master
of
the
garden
had
not
himself
driven
her
forth
.
She
sat
there
,
thinking
of
her
fate
,
as
though
it
belonged
to
some
other
one
,
—
not
to
herself
;
as
though
it
were
a
tale
that
she
had
read
.
Herself
she
had
shipwrecked
altogether
;
but
though
she
might
sink
,
she
had
not
been
thrust
from
the
ship
by
hands
which
she
loved
.
But
would
it
not
have
been
better
that
he
should
have
scorned
her
and
reviled
her
?
Had
he
been
able
to
do
so
,
he
at
least
would
have
escaped
the
grief
of
disappointed
love
.
Had
he
learned
to
despise
her
,
he
would
have
ceased
to
regret
her
.
She
had
no
right
to
feel
consolation
in
the
fact
that
his
sufferings
were
equal
to
her
own
.
But
when
she
thought
of
this
,
she
told
herself
that
it
could
not
be
that
it
was
so
.
He
was
a
man
,
she
said
,
not
passionate
by
nature
.
Alas
!
it
was
the
mistake
she
had
ever
made
when
summing
up
the
items
of
his
character
!
He
might
be
persistent
,
she
thought
,
in
still
striving
to
do
that
upon
which
he
had
once
resolved
.
He
had
said
so
,
and
that
which
he
said
was
always
true
to
the
letter
.
But
,
nevertheless
,
when
this
thing
which
he
still
chose
to
pursue
should
have
been
put
absolutely
beyond
his
reach
,
he
would
not
allow
his
calm
bosom
to
be
harassed
by
a
vain
regret
.
He
was
a
man
too
whole
at
every
point
,
—
so
Alice
told
herself
,
—
to
allow
his
happiness
to
be
marred
by
such
an
accident
.
But
must
the
accident
occur
?
Was
there
no
chance
that
he
might
be
saved
,
even
from
such
trouble
as
might
follow
upon
such
a
loss
?
Could
it
not
be
possible
that
he
might
be
gratified
,
—
since
it
would
gratify
him
,
—
and
that
she
might
be
saved
!
Over
and
over
again
she
considered
this
,
—
but
always
as
though
it
were
another
woman
whom
she
would
fain
save
,
and
not
herself
.
But
she
knew
that
her
own
fate
was
fixed
.
She
had
been
mad
when
she
had
done
the
thing
,
but
the
thing
was
not
on
that
account
the
less
done
.
She
had
been
mad
when
she
had
trusted
herself
abroad
with
two
persons
,
both
of
whom
,
as
she
had
well
known
,
were
intent
on
wrenching
her
happiness
from
out
of
her
grasp
.
She
had
been
mad
when
she
had
told
herself
,
whilst
walking
over
the
Westmoreland
fells
,
that
after
all
she
might
as
well
marry
her
cousin
,
since
that
other
marriage
was
then
beyond
her
reach
!
Her
two
cousins
had
succeeded
in
blighting
all
the
hopes
of
her
life
;
—
but
what
could
she
now
think
of
herself
in
that
she
had
been
so
weak
as
to
submit
to
such
usage
from
their
hands
?
Alas
!
—
she
told
herself
,
admitting
in
her
misery
all
her
weakness
,
—
alas
,
she
had
no
mother
.
She
had
gloried
in
her
independence
,
and
this
had
come
of
it
!
She
had
scorned
the
prudence
of
Lady
Macleod
,
and
her
scorn
had
brought
her
to
this
pass
!
Was
she
to
give
herself
bodily
,
—
body
and
soul
,
as
she
said
aloud
in
her
solitary
agony
,
—
to
a
man
whom
she
did
not
love
?
Must
she
submit
to
his
caresses
,
—
lie
on
his
bosom
,
—
turn
herself
warmly
to
his
kisses
?
"
No
,
"
she
said
,
"
no
,
"
—
speaking
audibly
,
as
she
walked
about
the
room
;
"
no
;
—
it
was
not
in
my
bargain
;
I
never
meant
it
.
"
But
if
so
what
had
she
meant
;
—
what
had
been
her
dream
?
Of
what
marriage
had
she
thought
,
when
she
was
writing
that
letter
back
to
George
Vavasor
?
How
am
I
to
analyse
her
mind
,
and
make
her
thoughts
and
feelings
intelligible
to
those
who
may
care
to
trouble
themselves
with
the
study
?
Any
sacrifice
she
would
make
for
her
cousin
which
one
friend
could
make
for
another
.
She
would
fight
his
battles
with
her
money
,
with
her
words
,
with
her
sympathy
.
She
would
sit
with
him
if
he
needed
it
,
and
speak
comfort
to
him
by
the
hour
.
His
disgrace
should
be
her
disgrace
;
—
his
glory
her
glory
;
—
his
pursuits
her
pursuits
.
Was
not
that
the
marriage
to
which
she
had
consented
?
But
he
had
come
to
her
and
asked
her
for
a
kiss
,
and
she
had
shuddered
before
him
,
when
he
made
the
demand
.
Then
that
other
one
had
come
and
had
touched
her
hand
,
and
the
fibres
of
her
body
had
seemed
to
melt
within
her
at
the
touch
,
so
that
she
could
have
fallen
at
his
feet
.
She
had
done
very
wrong
.
She
knew
that
she
had
done
wrong
.
She
knew
that
she
had
sinned
with
that
sin
which
specially
disgraces
a
woman
.
She
had
said
that
she
would
become
the
wife
of
a
man
to
whom
she
could
not
cleave
with
a
wife
's
love
;
and
,
mad
with
a
vile
ambition
,
she
had
given
up
the
man
for
whose
modest
love
her
heart
was
longing
.
She
had
thrown
off
from
her
that
wondrous
aroma
of
precious
delicacy
,
which
is
the
greatest
treasure
of
womanhood
.
She
had
sinned
against
her
sex
;
and
,
in
an
agony
of
despair
,
as
she
crouched
down
upon
the
floor
with
her
head
against
her
chair
,
she
told
herself
that
there
was
no
pardon
for
her
.
She
understood
it
now
,
and
knew
that
she
could
not
forgive
herself
.
But
can
you
forgive
her
,
delicate
reader
?
Or
am
I
asking
the
question
too
early
in
my
story
?
For
myself
,
I
have
forgiven
her
.
The
story
of
the
struggle
has
been
present
to
my
mind
for
many
years
,
—
and
I
have
learned
to
think
that
even
this
offence
against
womanhood
may
,
with
deep
repentance
,
be
forgiven
.
And
you
also
must
forgive
her
before
we
close
the
book
,
or
else
my
story
will
have
been
told
amiss
.
But
let
us
own
that
she
had
sinned
,
—
almost
damnably
,
almost
past
forgiveness
.
What
;
—
think
that
she
knew
what
love
meant
,
and
not
know
which
of
two
she
loved
!
What
;
—
doubt
,
of
two
men
for
whose
arms
she
longed
,
of
which
the
kisses
would
be
sweet
to
bear
;
on
which
side
lay
the
modesty
of
her
maiden
love
!
Faugh
!
She
had
submitted
to
pollution
of
heart
and
feeling
before
she
had
brought
herself
to
such
a
pass
as
this
.
Come
;
—
let
us
see
if
it
be
possible
that
she
may
be
cleansed
by
the
fire
of
her
sorrow
.
"
What
am
I
to
do
?
"
She
passed
that
whole
day
in
asking
herself
that
question
.
She
was
herself
astounded
at
the
rapidity
with
which
the
conviction
had
forced
itself
upon
her
that
a
marriage
with
her
cousin
would
be
to
her
almost
impossible
;
and
could
she
permit
it
to
be
said
of
her
that
she
had
thrice
in
her
career
jilted
a
promised
suitor
,
—
that
three
times
she
would
go
back
from
her
word
because
her
fancy
had
changed
?
Where
could
she
find
the
courage
to
tell
her
father
,
to
tell
Kate
,
to
tell
even
George
himself
,
that
her
purpose
was
again
altered
?
But
she
had
a
year
at
her
disposal
.
If
only
during
that
year
he
would
take
her
money
and
squander
it
,
and
then
require
nothing
further
of
her
hands
,
might
she
not
thus
escape
the
doom
before
her
?
Might
it
not
be
possible
that
the
refusal
should
this
time
come
from
him
?
But
she
succeeded
in
making
one
resolve
.
She
thought
at
least
that
she
succeeded
.
Come
what
might
,
she
would
never
stand
with
him
at
the
altar
.
While
there
was
a
cliff
from
which
she
might
fall
,
water
that
would
cover
her
,
a
death-dealing
grain
that
might
be
mixed
in
her
cup
,
she
could
not
submit
herself
to
be
George
Vavasor
's
wife
.
To
no
ear
could
she
tell
of
this
resolve
.
To
no
friend
could
she
hint
her
purpose
.
She
owed
her
money
to
the
man
after
what
had
passed
between
them
.
It
was
his
right
to
count
upon
such
assistance
as
that
would
give
him
,
and
he
should
have
it
.
Only
as
his
betrothed
she
could
give
it
him
,
for
she
understood
well
that
if
there
were
any
breach
between
them
,
his
accepting
of
such
aid
would
be
impossible
.
He
should
have
her
money
,
and
then
,
when
the
day
came
,
some
escape
should
be
found
.
In
the
afternoon
her
father
came
to
her
,
and
it
may
be
as
well
to
explain
that
Mr.
Grey
had
seen
him
again
that
day
.
Mr.
Grey
,
when
he
left
Queen
Anne
Street
,
had
gone
to
his
lawyer
,
and
from
thence
had
made
his
way
to
Mr.
Vavasor
.
It
was
between
five
and
six
when
Mr.
Vavasor
came
back
to
his
house
,
and
he
then
found
his
daughter
sitting
over
the
drawing-room
fire
,
without
lights
,
in
the
gloom
of
the
evening
.
Mr.
Vavasor
had
returned
with
Grey
to
the
lawyer
's
chambers
,
and
had
from
thence
come
direct
to
his
own
house
.
He
had
been
startled
at
the
precision
with
which
all
the
circumstances
of
his
daughter
's
position
had
been
explained
to
a
mild-eyed
old
gentleman
,
with
a
bald
head
,
who
carried
on
his
business
in
a
narrow
,
dark
,
clean
street
,
behind
Doctors
'
Commons
.
Mr.
Tombe
was
his
name
.
"
No
;
"
Mr.
Grey
had
said
,
when
Mr.
Vavasor
had
asked
as
to
the
peculiar
nature
of
Mr.
Tombe
's
business
;
"
he
is
not
specially
an
ecclesiastical
lawyer
.
He
had
a
partner
at
Ely
,
and
was
always
employed
by
my
father
,
and
by
most
of
the
clergy
there
.
"
Mr.
Tombe
had
evinced
no
surprise
,
no
dismay
,
and
certainly
no
mock
delicacy
,
when
the
whole
affair
was
under
discussion
.
George
Vavasor
was
to
get
present
moneys
,
but
,
—
if
it
could
be
so
arranged
—
from
John
Grey
's
stores
rather
than
from
those
belonging
to
Alice
.
Mr.
Tombe
could
probably
arrange
that
with
Mr.
Vavasor
's
lawyer
,
who
would
no
doubt
be
able
to
make
difficulty
as
to
raising
ready
money
.
Mr.
Tombe
would
be
able
to
raise
ready
money
without
difficulty
.
And
then
,
at
last
,
George
Vavasor
was
to
be
made
to
surrender
his
bride
,
taking
or
having
taken
the
price
of
his
bargain
.
John
Vavasor
sat
by
in
silence
as
the
arrangement
was
being
made
,
not
knowing
how
to
speak
.
He
had
no
money
with
which
to
give
assistance
.
"
I
wish
you
to
understand
from
the
lady
's
father
,
"
Grey
said
to
the
lawyer
,
"
that
the
marriage
would
be
regarded
by
him
with
as
much
dismay
as
by
myself
.
"
"
Certainly
;
—
it
would
be
ruinous
,
"
Mr.
Vavasor
had
answered
.
"
And
you
see
,
Mr.
Tombe
,
"
Mr.
Grey
went
on
,
"
we
only
wish
to
try
the
man
.
If
he
be
not
such
as
we
believe
him
to
be
,
he
can
prove
it
by
his
conduct
.
If
he
is
worthy
of
her
,
he
can
then
take
her
.
"
"
You
merely
wish
to
open
her
eyes
,
Mr.
Grey
,
"
said
the
mild-eyed
lawyer
.
"
I
wish
that
he
should
have
what
money
he
wants
,
and
then
we
shall
find
what
it
is
he
really
wishes
.
"
"
Yes
;
we
shall
know
our
man
,
"
said
the
lawyer
.
"
He
shall
have
the
money
,
Mr.
Grey
,
"
and
so
the
interview
had
been
ended
.
Mr.
Vavasor
,
when
he
entered
the
drawing-room
,
addressed
his
daughter
in
a
cheery
voice
.
"
What
;
all
in
the
dark
?
"
"
Yes
,
papa
.
Why
should
I
have
candles
when
I
am
doing
nothing
?
I
did
not
expect
you
.
"
"
No
;
I
suppose
not
.
I
came
here
because
I
want
to
say
a
few
words
to
you
about
business
.
"
"
What
business
,
papa
?
"
Alice
well
understood
the
tone
of
her
father
's
voice
.
He
was
desirous
of
propitiating
her
;
but
was
at
the
same
time
desirous
of
carrying
some
point
in
which
he
thought
it
probable
that
she
would
oppose
him
.
"
Well
;
my
love
,
if
I
understood
you
rightly
,
your
cousin
George
wants
some
money
.
"
"
I
did
not
say
that
he
wants
it
now
;
but
I
think
he
will
want
it
before
the
time
for
the
election
comes
.
"
"
If
so
,
he
will
want
it
at
once
.
He
has
not
asked
you
for
it
yet
?
"
"
No
;
he
has
merely
said
that
should
he
be
in
need
he
would
take
me
at
my
word
.
"
"
I
think
there
is
no
doubt
that
he
wants
it
.
Indeed
,
I
believe
that
he
is
almost
entirely
without
present
means
of
his
own
.
"
"
I
can
hardly
think
so
;
but
I
have
no
knowledge
about
it
.
I
can
only
say
that
he
has
not
asked
me
yet
,
and
that
I
should
wish
to
oblige
him
whenever
he
may
do
so
.
"
"
To
what
extent
,
Alice
?
"
"
I
do
n't
know
what
I
have
.
I
get
about
four
hundred
a
year
,
but
I
do
not
know
what
it
is
worth
,
or
how
far
it
can
all
be
turned
into
money
.
I
should
wish
to
keep
a
hundred
a
year
and
let
him
have
the
rest
.
"
"
What
;
eight
thousand
pounds
!
"
said
the
father
who
in
spite
of
his
wish
not
to
oppose
her
,
could
not
but
express
his
dismay
.
"
I
do
not
imagine
that
he
will
want
so
much
;
but
if
he
should
,
I
wish
that
he
should
have
it
.
"
"
Heaven
and
earth
!
"
said
John
Vavasor
.
"
Of
course
we
should
have
to
give
up
the
house
.
"
He
could
not
suppress
his
trouble
,
or
refrain
from
bursting
out
in
agony
at
the
prospect
of
such
a
loss
.
"
But
he
has
asked
me
for
nothing
yet
,
papa
.
"
"
No
,
exactly
;
and
perhaps
he
may
not
;
but
I
wish
to
know
what
to
do
when
the
demand
is
made
.
I
am
not
going
to
oppose
you
now
;
your
money
is
your
own
,
and
you
have
a
right
to
do
with
it
as
you
please
;
—
but
would
you
gratify
me
in
one
thing
?
"
"
What
is
it
,
papa
?
"
"
When
he
does
apply
,
let
the
amount
be
raised
through
me
?
"
"
How
through
you
?
"
"
Come
to
me
;
I
mean
,
so
that
I
may
see
the
lawyer
,
and
have
the
arrangements
made
.
"
Then
he
explained
to
her
that
in
dealing
with
large
sums
of
money
,
it
could
not
be
right
that
she
should
do
so
without
his
knowledge
,
even
though
the
property
was
her
own
.
"
I
will
promise
you
that
I
will
not
oppose
your
wishes
,
"
he
said
.
Then
Alice
undertook
that
when
such
case
should
arise
the
money
should
be
raised
through
his
means
.
The
day
but
one
following
this
she
received
a
letter
from
Lady
Glencora
,
who
was
still
at
Matching
Priory
.
It
was
a
light-spirited
,
chatty
,
amusing
letter
,
intended
to
be
happy
in
its
tone
,
—
intended
to
have
a
flavour
of
happiness
,
but
just
failing
through
the
too
apparent
meaning
of
a
word
here
and
there
.
"
You
will
see
that
I
am
at
Matching
,
"
the
letter
said
,
"
whereas
you
will
remember
that
I
was
to
have
been
at
Monkshade
.
I
escaped
at
last
by
a
violent
effort
,
and
am
now
passing
my
time
innocently
,
—
I
fear
not
so
profitably
as
she
would
induce
me
to
do
,
—
with
Iphy
Palliser
.
You
remember
Iphy
.
She
is
a
good
creature
,
and
would
fain
turn
even
me
to
profit
,
if
it
were
possible
.
I
own
that
I
am
thinking
of
them
all
at
Monkshade
,
and
am
in
truth
delighted
that
I
am
not
there
.
My
absence
is
entirely
laid
upon
your
shoulders
.
That
wicked
evening
amidst
the
ruins
!
Poor
ruins
.
I
go
there
alone
sometimes
and
fancy
that
I
hear
such
voices
from
the
walls
,
and
see
such
faces
through
the
broken
windows
!
All
the
old
Pallisers
come
and
frown
at
me
,
and
tell
me
that
I
am
not
good
enough
to
belong
to
them
.
There
is
a
particular
window
to
which
Sir
Guy
comes
and
makes
faces
at
me
.
I
told
Iphy
the
other
day
,
and
she
answered
me
very
gravely
,
that
I
might
,
if
I
chose
,
make
myself
good
enough
for
the
Pallisers
.
Even
for
the
Pallisers
!
Is
n't
that
beautiful
?
"
Then
Lady
Glencora
went
on
to
say
,
that
her
husband
intended
to
come
up
to
London
early
in
the
session
,
and
that
she
would
accompany
him
.
"
That
is
,
"
added
Lady
Glencora
,
"
if
I
am
still
good
enough
for
the
Pallisers
at
that
time
.
"
CHAPTER
XXXVIII
.
The
Inn
at
Shap
.
When
George
Vavasor
left
Mr.
Scruby
's
office
—
the
attentive
reader
will
remember
that
he
did
call
upon
Mr.
Scruby
,
the
Parliamentary
lawyer
,
and
there
recognised
the
necessity
of
putting
himself
in
possession
of
a
small
sum
of
money
with
as
little
delay
as
possible
;
—
when
he
left
the
attorney
's
office
,
he
was
well
aware
that
the
work
to
be
done
was
still
before
him
.
And
he
knew
also
that
the
job
to
be
undertaken
was
a
very
disagreeable
job
.
He
did
not
like
the
task
of
borrowing
his
cousin
Alice
's
money
.
We
all
of
us
know
that
swindlers
and
rogues
do
very
dirty
tricks
,
and
we
are
apt
to
picture
to
ourselves
a
certain
amount
of
gusto
and
delight
on
the
part
of
the
swindlers
in
the
doing
of
them
.
In
this
,
I
think
we
are
wrong
.
The
poor
,
broken
,
semi-genteel
beggar
,
who
borrows
half-sovereigns
apiece
from
all
his
old
acquaintances
,
knowing
that
they
know
that
he
will
never
repay
them
,
suffers
a
separate
little
agony
with
each
petition
that
he
makes
.
He
does
not
enjoy
pleasant
sailing
in
this
journey
which
he
is
making
.
To
be
refused
is
painful
to
him
.
To
get
his
half
sovereign
with
scorn
is
painful
.
To
get
it
with
apparent
confidence
in
his
honour
is
almost
more
painful
.
"
D
–
–
–
–
it
,
"
he
says
to
himself
on
such
rare
occasions
,
"
I
will
pay
that
fellow
;
"
and
yet
,
as
he
says
it
,
he
knows
that
he
never
will
pay
even
that
fellow
.
It
is
a
comfortless
unsatisfying
trade
,
that
of
living
upon
other
people
's
money
.
How
was
George
Vavasor
to
make
his
first
step
towards
getting
his
hand
into
his
cousin
's
purse
?
He
had
gone
to
her
asking
for
her
love
,
and
she
had
shuddered
when
he
asked
her
.
That
had
been
the
commencement
of
their
life
under
their
new
engagement
.
He
knew
very
well
that
the
money
would
be
forthcoming
when
he
demanded
it
,
—
but
under
their
present
joint
circumstances
,
how
was
he
to
make
the
demand
?
If
he
wrote
to
her
,
should
he
simply
ask
for
money
,
and
make
no
allusion
to
his
love
?
If
he
went
to
her
in
person
,
should
he
make
his
visit
a
mere
visit
of
business
,
—
as
he
might
call
on
his
banker
?
He
resolved
at
last
that
Kate
should
do
the
work
for
him
.
Indeed
,
he
had
felt
all
along
that
it
would
be
well
that
Kate
should
act
as
ambassador
between
him
and
Alice
in
money
matters
,
as
she
had
long
done
in
other
things
.
He
could
talk
to
Kate
as
he
could
not
talk
to
Alice
;
—
and
then
,
between
the
women
,
those
hard
money
necessities
would
be
softened
down
by
a
romantic
phraseology
which
he
would
not
himself
know
how
to
use
with
any
effect
.
He
made
up
his
mind
to
see
Kate
,
and
with
this
view
he
went
down
to
Westmoreland
;
and
took
himself
to
a
small
wayside
inn
at
Shap
among
the
fells
,
which
had
been
known
to
him
of
old
.
He
gave
his
sister
notice
that
he
would
be
there
,
and
begged
her
to
come
over
to
him
as
early
as
she
might
find
it
possible
on
the
morning
after
his
arrival
.
He
himself
reached
the
place
late
in
the
evening
by
train
from
London
.
There
is
a
station
at
Shap
,
by
which
the
railway
company
no
doubt
conceives
that
it
has
conferred
on
that
somewhat
rough
and
remote
locality
all
the
advantages
of
a
refined
civilization
;
but
I
doubt
whether
the
Shappites
have
been
thankful
for
the
favour
.
The
landlord
at
the
inn
,
for
one
,
is
not
thankful
.
Shap
had
been
a
place
owing
all
such
life
as
it
had
possessed
to
coaching
and
posting
.
It
had
been
a
stage
on
the
high
road
from
Lancaster
to
Carlisle
,
and
though
it
lay
high
and
bleak
among
the
fells
,
and
was
a
cold
,
windy
,
thinly-populated
place
,
—
filling
all
travellers
with
thankfulness
that
they
had
not
been
made
Shappites
,
nevertheless
,
it
had
had
its
glory
in
its
coaching
and
posting
.
I
have
no
doubt
that
there
are
men
and
women
who
look
back
with
a
fond
regret
to
the
palmy
days
of
Shap
.
Vavasor
reached
the
little
inn
about
nine
in
the
evening
on
a
night
that
was
pitchy
dark
,
and
in
a
wind
which
made
it
necessary
for
him
to
hold
his
hat
on
to
his
head
.
"
What
a
beastly
country
to
live
in
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
resolving
that
he
would
certainly
sell
Vavasor
Hall
in
spite
of
all
family
associations
,
if
ever
the
power
to
do
so
should
be
his
.
"
What
trash
it
is
,
"
he
said
,
"
hanging
on
to
such
a
place
as
that
without
the
means
of
living
like
a
gentleman
,
simply
because
one
's
ancestors
have
done
so
.
"
And
then
he
expressed
a
doubt
to
himself
whether
all
the
world
contained
a
more
ignorant
,
opinionated
,
useless
old
man
than
his
grandfather
,
—
or
,
in
short
,
a
greater
fool
.
"
Well
,
Mr.
George
,
"
said
the
landlord
as
soon
as
he
saw
him
,
"
a
sight
of
you
's
guid
for
sair
een
.
It
's
o'er
lang
since
you
've
been
doon
amang
the
fells
.
"
But
George
did
not
want
to
converse
with
the
innkeeper
,
or
to
explain
how
it
was
that
he
did
not
visit
Vavasor
Hall
.
The
innkeeper
,
no
doubt
,
knew
all
about
it
,
—
knew
that
the
grandfather
had
quarrelled
with
his
grandson
,
and
knew
the
reason
why
;
but
George
,
if
he
suspected
such
knowledge
,
did
not
choose
to
refer
to
it
.
So
he
simply
grunted
something
in
reply
,
and
getting
himself
in
before
a
spark
of
fire
which
hardly
was
burning
in
a
public
room
with
a
sandy
floor
,
begged
that
the
little
sitting-room
up-stairs
might
be
got
ready
for
him
.
There
he
passed
the
evening
in
solitude
,
giving
no
encouragement
to
the
landlord
,
who
,
nevertheless
,
looked
him
up
three
or
four
times
,
—
till
at
last
George
said
that
his
head
ached
,
and
that
he
would
wish
to
be
alone
.
"
He
was
always
one
of
them
cankery
chiels
as
never
have
a
kindly
word
for
man
nor
beast
,
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
Seems
as
though
that
raw
slash
in
his
face
had
gone
right
through
into
his
heart
.
"
After
that
George
was
left
alone
,
and
sat
thinking
whether
it
would
not
be
better
to
ask
Alice
for
two
thousand
pounds
at
once
,
—
so
as
to
save
him
from
the
disagreeable
necessity
of
a
second
borrowing
before
their
marriage
.
He
was
very
uneasy
in
his
mind
.
He
had
flattered
himself
through
it
all
that
his
cousin
had
loved
him
.
He
had
felt
sure
that
such
was
the
case
while
they
were
together
in
Switzerland
.
When
she
had
determined
to
give
up
John
Grey
,
of
course
he
had
told
himself
the
same
thing
.
When
she
had
at
once
answered
his
first
subsequent
overture
with
an
assent
,
he
had
of
course
been
certain
that
it
was
so
.
Dark
,
selfish
,
and
even
dishonest
as
he
was
,
he
had
,
nevertheless
,
enjoyed
something
of
a
lover
's
true
pleasure
in
believing
that
Alice
had
still
loved
him
through
all
their
mischances
.
But
his
joy
had
in
a
moment
been
turned
into
gall
during
that
interview
in
Queen
Anne
Street
.
He
had
read
the
truth
at
a
glance
.
A
man
must
be
very
vain
,
or
else
very
little
used
to
such
matters
,
who
at
George
Vavasor
's
age
cannot
understand
the
feelings
with
which
a
woman
receives
him
.
When
Alice
contrived
as
she
had
done
to
escape
the
embrace
he
was
so
well
justified
in
asking
,
he
knew
the
whole
truth
.
He
was
sore
at
heart
,
and
very
angry
withal
.
He
could
have
readily
spurned
her
from
him
,
and
rejected
her
who
had
once
rejected
him
.
He
would
have
done
so
had
not
his
need
for
her
money
restrained
him
.
He
was
not
a
man
who
could
deceive
himself
in
such
matters
.
He
knew
that
this
was
so
,
and
he
told
himself
that
he
was
a
rascal
.
Vavasor
Hall
was
,
by
the
road
,
about
five
miles
from
Shap
,
and
it
was
not
altogether
an
easy
task
for
Kate
to
get
over
to
the
village
without
informing
her
grandfather
that
the
visit
was
to
be
made
,
and
what
was
its
purport
.
She
could
,
indeed
,
walk
,
and
the
walk
would
not
be
so
long
as
that
she
had
taken
with
Alice
to
Swindale
fell
;
—
but
walking
to
an
inn
on
a
high
road
,
is
not
the
same
thing
as
walking
to
a
point
on
a
hill
side
over
a
lake
.
Had
she
been
dirty
,
draggled
,
and
wet
through
on
Swindale
fell
,
it
would
have
simply
been
matter
for
mirth
;
but
her
brother
she
knew
would
not
have
liked
to
see
her
enter
the
Lowther
Arms
at
Shap
in
such
a
condition
.
It
,
therefore
,
became
necessary
that
she
should
ask
her
grandfather
to
lend
her
the
jaunting
car
.
"
Where
do
you
want
to
go
?
"
he
asked
sharply
.
In
such
establishments
as
that
at
Vavasor
Hall
the
family
horse
is
generally
used
for
double
duties
.
Though
he
draws
the
lady
of
the
house
one
day
,
he
is
not
too
proud
to
draw
manure
on
the
next
.
And
it
will
always
be
found
that
the
master
of
the
house
gives
a
great
preference
to
the
manure
over
the
lady
.
The
squire
at
Vavasor
had
come
to
do
so
to
such
an
extent
that
he
regarded
any
application
for
the
animal
's
services
as
an
encroachment
.
"
Only
to
Shap
,
grandpapa
.
"
"
To
Shap
!
what
on
earth
can
take
you
to
Shap
?
There
are
no
shops
at
Shap
.
"
"
I
am
not
going
to
do
shopping
.
I
want
to
see
some
one
there
.
"
"
Whom
can
you
want
to
see
at
Shap
?
"
Then
it
occurred
to
Kate
on
the
spur
of
the
moment
that
she
might
as
well
tell
her
grandfather
the
fact
.
"
My
brother
has
come
down
,
"
she
said
;
"
and
is
at
the
inn
there
.
I
had
not
intended
to
tell
you
,
as
I
did
not
wish
to
mention
his
name
till
you
had
consented
to
receive
him
here
.
"
"
And
he
expects
to
come
here
now
;
—
does
he
?
"
said
the
squire
.
"
Oh
,
no
,
sir
.
I
think
he
has
no
expectation
of
the
kind
.
He
has
come
down
simply
to
see
me
;
—
about
business
I
believe
.
"
"
Business
!
what
business
?
I
suppose
he
wants
to
get
your
money
from
you
?
"
"
I
think
it
is
with
reference
to
his
marriage
.
I
think
he
wants
me
to
use
my
influence
with
Alice
that
it
may
not
be
delayed
.
"
"
Look
here
,
Kate
;
if
ever
you
lend
him
your
money
,
or
any
of
it
,
—
that
is
,
of
the
principal
I
mean
,
—
I
will
never
speak
to
him
again
under
any
circumstance
.
And
more
than
that
!
Look
here
,
Kate
.
In
spite
of
all
that
has
past
and
gone
,
the
property
will
become
his
for
his
life
when
I
die
,
—
unless
I
change
my
will
.
If
he
gets
your
money
from
you
,
I
will
change
it
,
and
he
shall
not
be
a
shilling
richer
at
my
death
than
he
is
now
.
You
can
have
the
horse
to
go
to
Shap
.
"
What
unlucky
chance
had
it
been
which
had
put
this
idea
into
the
old
squire
's
head
on
this
especial
morning
?
Kate
had
resolved
that
she
would
entreat
her
brother
to
make
use
of
her
little
fortune
.
She
feared
that
he
was
now
coming
with
some
reference
to
his
cousin
's
money
,
—
that
something
was
to
be
done
to
enable
him
to
avail
himself
of
his
cousin
's
offer
;
and
Kate
,
almost
blushing
in
the
solitude
of
her
chamber
at
the
thought
,
was
determined
that
her
brother
must
be
saved
from
such
temptation
.
She
knew
that
money
was
necessary
to
him
.
She
knew
that
he
could
not
stand
a
second
contest
without
assistance
.
With
all
their
confidences
,
he
had
never
told
her
much
of
his
pecuniary
circumstances
in
the
world
,
but
she
was
almost
sure
that
he
was
a
poor
man
.
He
had
said
as
much
as
that
to
her
,
and
in
his
letter
desiring
her
to
come
to
him
at
Shap
,
he
had
inserted
a
word
or
two
purposely
intended
to
prepare
her
mind
for
monetary
considerations
.
As
she
was
jogged
along
over
the
rough
road
to
Shap
,
she
made
up
her
mind
that
Aunt
Greenow
would
be
the
proper
person
to
defray
the
expense
of
the
coming
election
.
To
give
Kate
her
due
she
would
have
given
up
every
shilling
of
her
own
money
without
a
moment
's
hesitation
,
or
any
feeling
that
her
brother
would
be
wrong
to
accept
it
.
Nor
would
she
,
perhaps
,
have
been
unalterably
opposed
to
his
taking
Alice
's
money
,
had
Alice
simply
been
his
cousin
.
She
felt
that
as
Vavasors
they
were
bound
to
stand
by
the
future
head
of
the
family
in
an
attempt
which
was
to
be
made
,
as
she
felt
,
for
the
general
Vavasor
interest
.
But
she
could
not
endure
to
think
that
her
brother
should
take
the
money
of
the
girl
whom
he
was
engaged
to
marry
.
Aunt
Greenow
's
money
she
thought
was
fair
game
.
Aunt
Greenow
herself
had
made
various
liberal
offers
to
herself
which
Kate
had
declined
,
not
caring
to
be
under
pecuniary
obligations
even
to
Aunt
Greenow
without
necessity
;
but
she
felt
that
for
such
a
purpose
as
her
brother
's
contest
,
she
need
not
hesitate
to
ask
for
assistance
,
and
she
thought
also
that
such
assistance
would
be
forthcoming
.
"
Grandpapa
knows
that
you
are
here
,
George
,
"
said
Kate
,
when
their
first
greeting
was
over
.
"
The
deuce
he
does
!
and
why
did
you
tell
him
?
"
"
I
could
not
get
the
car
to
come
in
without
letting
him
know
why
I
wanted
it
.
"
"
What
nonsense
!
as
if
you
could
n't
have
made
any
excuse
!
I
was
particularly
anxious
that
he
should
not
guess
that
I
am
here
.
"
"
I
do
n't
see
that
it
can
make
any
difference
,
George
.
"
"
But
I
see
that
it
can
,
—
a
very
great
difference
.
It
may
prevent
my
ever
being
able
to
get
near
him
again
before
he
dies
.
What
did
he
say
about
my
coming
?
"
"
He
did
n't
say
much
.
"
"
He
made
no
offer
as
to
my
going
there
?
"
"
No.
"
"
I
should
not
have
gone
if
he
had
.
I
do
n't
know
now
that
I
ever
shall
go
.
To
be
there
to
do
any
good
,
—
so
as
to
make
him
alter
his
will
,
and
leave
me
in
the
position
which
I
have
a
right
to
expect
,
would
take
more
time
than
the
whole
property
is
worth
.
And
he
would
endeavour
to
tie
me
down
in
some
way
I
could
not
stand
;
—
perhaps
ask
me
to
give
up
my
notion
for
going
into
Parliament
.
"
"
He
might
ask
you
,
but
he
would
not
make
it
ground
for
another
quarrel
,
if
you
refused
.
"
"
He
is
so
unreasonable
and
ignorant
that
I
am
better
away
from
him
.
But
,
Kate
,
you
have
not
congratulated
me
on
my
matrimonial
prospects
.
"
"
Indeed
I
did
,
George
,
when
I
wrote
to
you
.
"
"
Did
you
?
well
;
I
had
forgotten
.
I
do
n't
know
that
any
very
strong
congratulatory
tone
is
necessary
.
As
things
go
,
perhaps
it
may
be
as
well
for
all
of
us
,
and
that
's
about
the
best
that
can
be
said
for
it
.
"
"
Oh
,
George
!
"
"
You
see
I
'm
not
romantic
,
Kate
,
as
you
are
.
Half
a
dozen
children
with
a
small
income
do
not
generally
present
themselves
as
being
desirable
to
men
who
wish
to
push
their
way
in
the
world
.
"
"
You
know
you
have
always
longed
to
make
her
your
wife
.
"
"
I
do
n't
know
anything
of
the
kind
.
You
have
always
been
under
a
match-making
hallucination
on
that
point
.
But
in
this
case
you
have
been
so
far
successful
,
and
are
entitled
to
your
triumph
.
"
"
I
do
n't
want
any
triumph
;
you
ought
to
know
that
.
"
"
But
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
do
want
,
Kate
.
I
want
some
money
.
"
Then
he
paused
,
but
as
she
did
not
answer
immediately
,
he
was
obliged
to
go
on
speaking
.
"
I
'm
not
at
all
sure
that
I
have
not
been
wrong
in
making
this
attempt
to
get
into
Parliament
,
—
that
I
'm
not
struggling
to
pick
fruit
which
is
above
my
reach
.
"
"
Do
n't
say
that
,
George
.
"
"
Ah
,
but
I
ca
n't
help
feeling
it
.
I
need
hardly
tell
you
that
I
am
ready
to
risk
anything
of
my
own
.
If
I
know
myself
I
would
toss
up
to-morrow
,
or
for
the
matter
of
that
to-day
,
between
the
gallows
and
a
seat
in
the
House
.
But
I
cannot
go
on
with
this
contest
by
risking
what
is
merely
my
own
.
Money
,
for
immediate
use
,
I
have
none
left
,
and
my
neck
,
though
I
were
ever
so
willing
to
risk
it
,
is
of
no
service
.
"
"
Whatever
I
have
can
be
yours
to-morrow
,
"
said
Kate
,
in
a
hesitating
voice
,
which
too
plainly
pronounced
her
misery
as
she
made
the
offer
.
She
could
not
refrain
herself
from
making
it
.
Though
her
grandfather
's
threat
was
ringing
in
her
ears
,
—
though
she
knew
that
she
might
be
ruining
her
brother
by
proposing
such
a
loan
,
she
had
no
alternative
.
When
her
brother
told
her
of
his
want
of
money
,
she
could
not
abstain
from
tendering
to
him
the
use
of
what
was
her
own
.
"
No
;
"
said
he
.
"
I
shall
not
take
your
money
.
"
"
You
would
not
scruple
,
if
you
knew
how
welcome
you
are
.
"
"
At
any
rate
,
I
shall
not
take
it
.
I
should
not
think
it
right
.
All
that
you
have
would
only
just
suffice
for
my
present
wants
,
and
I
should
not
choose
to
make
you
a
beggar
.
There
would
,
moreover
,
be
a
difficulty
about
readjusting
the
payment
.
"
"
There
would
be
no
difficulty
,
because
no
one
need
be
consulted
but
us
two
.
"
"
I
should
not
think
it
right
,
and
therefore
let
there
be
an
end
of
it
,
"
said
George
in
a
tone
of
voice
which
had
in
it
something
of
magniloquence
.
"
What
is
it
you
wish
then
?
"
said
Kate
,
who
knew
too
well
what
he
did
wish
.
"
I
will
explain
to
you
.
When
Alice
and
I
are
married
,
of
course
there
will
be
a
settlement
made
on
her
,
and
as
we
are
both
the
grandchildren
of
the
old
squire
I
shall
propose
that
the
Vavasor
property
shall
be
hers
for
life
in
the
event
of
her
outliving
me
.
"
"
Well
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
And
if
this
be
done
,
there
can
be
no
harm
in
my
forestalling
some
of
her
property
,
which
,
under
the
circumstances
of
such
a
settlement
,
would
of
course
become
mine
when
we
are
married
.
"
"
But
the
squire
might
leave
the
property
to
whom
he
pleases
.
"
"
We
know
very
well
that
he
wo
n't
,
at
any
rate
,
leave
it
out
of
the
family
.
In
fact
,
he
would
only
be
too
glad
to
consent
to
such
an
agreement
as
that
I
have
proposed
,
because
he
would
thereby
rob
me
of
all
power
in
the
matter
.
"
"
But
that
could
not
be
done
till
you
are
married
.
"
"
Look
here
,
Kate
;
—
do
n't
you
make
difficulties
.
"
And
now
,
as
he
looked
at
her
,
the
cicature
on
his
face
seemed
to
open
and
yawn
at
her
.
"
If
you
mean
to
say
that
you
wo
n't
help
me
,
do
say
so
,
and
I
will
go
back
to
London
.
"
"
I
would
do
anything
in
my
power
to
help
you
,
—
that
was
not
wrong
!
"
"
Yes
;
anybody
could
say
as
much
as
that
.
That
is
not
much
of
an
offer
if
you
are
to
keep
to
yourself
the
power
of
deciding
what
is
wrong
.
Will
you
write
to
Alice
,
—
or
better
still
,
go
to
her
,
and
explain
that
I
want
the
money
.
"
"
How
can
I
go
to
London
now
?
"
"
You
can
do
it
very
well
,
if
you
choose
.
But
if
that
be
too
much
,
then
write
to
her
.
It
will
come
much
better
from
you
than
from
me
;
write
to
her
,
and
explain
that
I
must
pay
in
advance
the
expenses
of
this
contest
,
and
that
I
cannot
look
for
success
unless
I
do
so
.
I
did
not
think
that
the
demand
would
come
so
quick
on
me
;
but
they
know
that
I
am
not
a
man
of
capital
,
and
therefore
I
cannot
expect
them
to
carry
on
the
fight
for
me
,
unless
they
know
that
the
money
is
sure
.
Scruby
has
been
bitten
two
or
three
times
by
these
metropolitan
fellows
,
and
he
is
determined
that
he
will
not
be
bitten
again
.
"
Then
he
paused
for
Kate
to
speak
.
"
George
,
"
she
said
,
slowly
.
"
Well
.
"
"
I
wish
you
would
try
any
other
scheme
but
that
.
"
"
There
is
no
other
scheme
!
That
's
so
like
a
woman
;
—
to
quarrel
with
the
only
plan
that
is
practicable
.
"
"
I
do
not
think
you
ought
to
take
Alice
's
money
.
"
"
My
dear
Kate
,
you
must
allow
me
to
be
the
best
judge
of
what
I
ought
to
do
,
and
what
I
ought
not
to
do
.
Alice
herself
understands
the
matter
perfectly
.
She
knows
that
I
cannot
obtain
this
position
,
which
is
as
desirable
for
her
as
it
is
for
me
—
"
"
And
for
me
as
much
as
for
either
,
"
said
Kate
,
interrupting
him
.
"
Very
well
.
Alice
,
I
say
,
knows
that
I
cannot
do
this
without
money
,
and
has
offered
the
assistance
which
I
want
.
I
would
rather
that
you
should
tell
her
how
much
I
want
,
and
that
I
want
it
now
,
than
that
I
should
do
so
.
That
is
all
.
If
you
are
half
the
woman
that
I
take
you
to
be
,
you
will
understand
this
well
enough
.
"
Kate
did
understand
it
well
enough
.
She
was
quite
awake
to
the
fact
that
her
brother
was
ashamed
of
the
thing
he
was
about
to
do
,
—
so
much
ashamed
of
it
that
he
was
desirous
of
using
her
voice
instead
of
his
own
.
"
I
want
you
to
write
to
her
quite
at
once
,
"
he
continued
;
"
since
you
seem
to
think
that
it
is
not
worth
while
to
take
the
trouble
of
a
journey
to
London
.
"
"
There
is
no
question
about
the
trouble
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
I
would
walk
to
London
to
get
the
money
for
you
,
if
that
were
all
.
"
"
Do
you
think
that
Alice
will
refuse
to
lend
it
me
?
"
said
he
,
looking
into
her
face
.
"
I
am
sure
that
she
would
not
,
but
I
think
that
you
ought
not
to
take
it
from
her
.
There
seems
to
me
to
be
something
sacred
about
property
that
belongs
to
the
girl
you
are
going
to
marry
.
"
"
If
there
is
anything
on
earth
I
hate
,
"
said
George
,
walking
about
the
room
,
"
it
is
romance
.
If
you
keep
it
for
reading
in
your
bedroom
,
it
's
all
very
well
for
those
who
like
it
,
but
when
it
comes
to
be
mixed
up
with
one
's
business
it
plays
the
devil
.
If
you
would
only
sift
what
you
have
said
,
you
would
see
what
nonsense
it
is
.
Alice
and
I
are
to
be
man
and
wife
.
All
our
interests
,
and
all
our
money
,
and
our
station
in
life
,
whatever
it
may
be
,
are
to
be
joint
property
.
And
yet
she
is
the
last
person
in
the
world
to
whom
I
ought
to
go
for
money
to
improve
her
prospects
as
well
as
my
own
.
That
's
what
you
call
delicacy
.
I
call
it
infernal
nonsense
.
"
"
I
tell
you
what
I
'll
do
,
George
.
I
'll
ask
Aunt
Greenow
to
lend
you
the
money
,
—
or
to
lend
it
to
me
.
"
"
I
do
n't
believe
she
'd
give
me
a
shilling
.
Moreover
,
I
want
it
quite
immediately
,
and
the
time
taken
up
in
letter-writing
and
negotiations
would
be
fatal
to
me
.
If
you
wo
n't
apply
to
Alice
,
I
must
.
I
want
you
to
tell
me
whether
you
will
oblige
me
in
this
matter
.
"
Kate
was
still
hesitating
as
to
her
answer
,
when
there
came
a
knock
at
the
door
,
and
a
little
crumpled
note
was
brought
up
to
her
.
A
boy
had
just
come
with
it
across
the
fell
from
Vavasor
Hall
,
and
Kate
,
as
soon
as
she
saw
her
name
on
the
outside
,
knew
that
it
was
from
her
grandfather
.
It
was
as
follows
:
—
"
If
George
wishes
to
come
to
the
Hall
,
let
him
come
.
If
he
chooses
to
tell
me
that
he
regrets
his
conduct
to
me
,
I
will
see
him
.
"
"
What
is
it
?
"
said
George
.
Then
Kate
put
the
note
into
her
brother
's
hand
.
"
I
'll
do
nothing
of
the
kind
,
"
he
said
.
"
What
good
should
I
get
by
going
to
the
old
man
's
house
?
"
"
Every
good
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
If
you
do
n't
go
now
you
never
can
do
so
.
"
"
Never
till
it
's
my
own
,
"
said
George
.
"
If
you
show
him
that
you
are
determined
to
be
at
variance
with
him
,
it
never
will
be
your
own
;
—
unless
,
indeed
,
it
should
some
day
come
to
you
as
part
of
Alice
's
fortune
.
Think
of
it
,
George
;
you
would
not
like
to
receive
everything
from
her
.
"
He
walked
about
the
room
,
muttering
maledictions
between
his
teeth
and
balancing
,
as
best
he
was
able
at
such
a
moment
,
his
pride
against
his
profit
.
"
You
have
n't
answered
my
question
,
"
said
he
.
"
If
I
go
to
the
Hall
,
will
you
write
to
Alice
?
"
"
No
,
George
;
I
cannot
write
to
Alice
asking
her
for
the
money
.
"
"
You
wo
n't
?
"
"
I
could
not
bring
myself
to
do
it
.
"
"
Then
,
Kate
,
you
and
my
grandfather
may
work
together
for
the
future
.
You
may
get
him
to
leave
you
the
place
if
you
have
skill
enough
.
"
"
That
is
as
undeserved
a
reproach
as
any
woman
ever
encountered
,
"
said
Kate
,
standing
her
ground
boldly
before
him
.
"
If
you
have
either
heart
or
conscience
,
you
will
feel
that
it
is
so
.
"
"
I
'm
not
much
troubled
with
either
one
or
the
other
,
I
fancy
.
Things
are
being
brought
to
such
a
pass
with
me
that
I
am
better
without
them
.
"
"
Will
you
take
my
money
,
George
;
just
for
the
present
?
"
"
No.
I
have
n't
much
conscience
;
but
I
have
a
little
left
.
"
"
Will
you
let
me
write
to
Mrs.
Greenow
?
"
"
I
have
not
the
slightest
objection
;
but
it
will
be
of
no
use
whatsoever
.
"
"
I
will
do
so
,
at
any
rate
.
And
now
will
you
come
to
the
Hall
?
"
"
To
beg
that
old
fool
's
pardon
?
No
;
I
wo
n't
.
In
the
mood
I
am
in
at
present
,
I
could
n't
do
it
.
I
should
only
anger
him
worse
than
ever
.
Tell
him
that
I
've
business
which
calls
me
back
to
London
at
once
.
"
"
It
is
a
thousand
pities
.
"
"
It
ca
n't
be
helped
.
"
"
It
may
make
so
great
a
difference
to
you
for
your
whole
life
!
"
urged
Kate
.
"
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
'll
do
,
"
said
George
.
"
I
'll
go
to
Vavasor
and
put
up
with
the
old
squire
's
insolence
,
if
you
'll
make
this
application
for
me
to
Alice
.
"
I
wonder
whether
it
occurred
to
him
that
his
sister
desired
his
presence
at
the
Hall
solely
on
his
own
behalf
.
The
same
idea
certainly
did
not
occur
to
Kate
.
She
hesitated
,
feeling
that
she
would
almost
do
anything
to
achieve
a
reconciliation
between
her
grandfather
and
her
brother
.
"
But
you
'll
let
me
write
to
Aunt
Greenow
first
,
"
said
she
.
"
It
will
take
only
two
days
,
—
or
at
the
most
three
?
"
To
this
George
consented
as
though
he
were
yielding
a
great
deal
;
and
Kate
,
with
a
sore
conscience
,
with
a
full
knowledge
that
she
was
undertaking
to
do
wrong
,
promised
that
she
would
apply
to
Alice
for
her
money
,
if
sufficient
funds
should
not
be
forthcoming
from
Mrs.
Greenow
.
Thereupon
,
George
graciously
consented
to
proceed
to
his
bedroom
,
and
put
together
his
clothes
with
a
view
to
his
visit
to
the
Hall
.
"
I
thank
Providence
,
Kate
,
that
circumstances
make
it
impossible
for
me
to
stay
above
two
days
.
I
have
not
linen
to
last
me
longer
.
"
"
We
'll
manage
that
for
you
at
the
Hall
.
"
"
Indeed
you
wo
n't
do
anything
of
the
kind
.
And
look
,
Kate
,
when
I
make
that
excuse
do
n't
you
offer
to
do
so
.
I
will
stay
there
over
to-morrow
night
,
and
shall
go
into
Kendal
early
,
so
as
to
catch
the
express
train
up
on
Thursday
morning
.
Do
n't
you
throw
me
over
by
any
counter
proposition
.
"
Then
they
started
together
in
the
car
,
and
very
few
words
were
said
till
they
reached
the
old
lodge
,
which
stood
at
the
entrance
to
the
place
.
"
Eh
,
Mr.
George
;
be
that
you
?
"
said
the
old
woman
,
who
came
out
to
swing
back
for
them
the
broken
gate
.
"
A
sight
of
you
is
good
for
sair
een
.
"
It
was
the
same
welcome
that
the
inn-keeper
had
given
him
,
and
equally
sincere
.
George
had
never
made
himself
popular
about
the
place
,
but
he
was
the
heir
.
"
I
suppose
you
had
better
go
into
the
drawing-room
,
"
said
Kate
;
"
while
I
go
to
my
grandfather
.
You
wo
n't
find
a
fire
there
.
"
"
Manage
it
how
you
please
;
but
do
n't
keep
me
in
the
cold
very
long
.
Heavens
,
what
a
country
house
!
The
middle
of
January
,
and
no
fires
in
the
room
.
"
"
And
remember
,
George
,
when
you
see
him
you
must
say
that
you
regret
that
you
ever
displeased
him
.
Now
that
you
are
here
,
do
n't
let
there
be
any
further
misunderstanding
.
"
"
I
think
it
very
probable
that
there
will
be
,
"
said
George
.
"
I
only
hope
he
'll
let
me
have
the
old
horse
to
take
me
back
to
Shap
if
there
is
.
There
he
is
at
the
front
door
,
so
I
sha
n't
have
to
go
into
the
room
without
a
fire
.
"
The
old
man
was
standing
at
the
hall
steps
when
the
car
drove
up
,
as
though
to
welcome
his
grandson
.
He
put
out
his
hand
to
help
Kate
down
the
steps
,
keeping
his
eye
all
the
time
on
George
's
face
.
"
So
you
've
come
back
,
"
the
squire
said
to
him
.
