everyday
present
;
but
the
company
were
so
absorbed
in
the
impending
event
that
none
expected
or
required
,
in
the
evenings
,
any
of
the
usual
schemes
or
sources
of
amusement
that
abound
in
country
houses
.
Comments
on
the
morning
,
and
plans
for
the
morrow
,
engrossed
all
thought
and
conversation
,
and
my
lord’s
band
was
just
a
due
accompaniment
that
filled
the
pauses
when
perplexities
arrested
talk
,
or
deftly
blended
with
some
whispered
phrase
almost
as
sweet
or
thrilling
as
the
notes
of
the
cornet-a-piston
.
“
I
owe
my
knighthood
to
you
,
”
said
Prince
Florestan
to
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
as
I
do
everything
in
this
country
that
is
agreeable
.
”
“
You
cannot
be
my
knight
,
”
replied
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
because
I
am
told
I
am
the
sovereign
of
all
the
chivalry
,
but
you
have
my
best
wishes
.
”
“
All
that
I
want
in
life
,
”
said
the
prince
,
“
are
your
good
wishes
.
”
“
I
fear
they
are
barren
.
”
“
No
,
they
are
inspiring
,
”
said
the
prince
with
unusual
feeling
.
“
You
brought
me
good
fortune
.
From
the
moment
I
saw
you
,
light
fell
upon
my
life
.
”
“
Is
not
that
an
exaggerated
phrase
?
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
with
a
smile
,
“
because
I
happened
to
get
you
a
ticket
for
a
masquerade
.
”
“
I
was
thinking
of
something
else
,
”
said
the
prince
pensively
;
“
but
life
is
a
masquerade
;
at
least
mine
has
been
.
”
“
I
think
yours
,
sir
,
is
a
most
interesting
life
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
and
,
were
I
you
,
I
would
not
quarrel
with
my
destiny
.
”
“
My
destiny
is
not
fulfilled
,
”
said
the
prince
.
“
I
have
never
quarrelled
with
it
,
and
am
least
disposed
to
do
so
at
this
moment
.
”
“
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
was
speaking
to
me
very
much
the
other
day
about
your
royal
mother
,
sir
,
Queen
Agrippina
.
She
must
have
been
fascinating
.
”
“
I
like
fascinating
women
,
”
said
the
prince
,
“
but
they
are
rare
.
”
“
Perhaps
it
is
better
it
should
be
so
,
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
“
for
they
are
apt
—
are
they
not
?
—
to
disturb
the
world
.
”
“
I
confess
I
like
to
be
bewitched
,
”
said
the
prince
,
“
and
I
do
not
care
how
much
the
world
is
disturbed
.
”
“
But
is
not
the
world
very
well
as
it
is
?
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
.
“
Why
should
we
not
be
happy
and
enjoy
it
?
”
“
I
do
enjoy
it
,
”
replied
Prince
Florestan
,
“
especially
at
Montfort
Castle
;
I
suppose
there
is
something
in
the
air
that
agrees
with
one
.
But
enjoyment
of
the
present
is
consistent
with
objects
for
the
future
.
”
“
Ah
!
now
you
are
thinking
of
your
great
affairs
—
of
your
kingdom
.
My
woman’s
brain
is
not
equal
to
that
.
”
“
I
think
your
brain
is
quite
equal
to
kingdoms
,
”
said
the
prince
,
with
a
serious
expression
,
and
speaking
in
even
a
lower
voice
,
“
but
I
was
not
thinking
of
my
kingdom
.
I
leave
that
to
fate
;
I
believe
it
is
destined
to
be
mine
,
and
therefore
occasions
me
thought
but
not
anxiety
.
I
was
thinking
of
something
else
than
kingdoms
,
and
of
which
unhappily
I
am
not
so
certain
—
of
which
I
am
most
uncertain
—
of
which
I
fear
I
have
no
chance
—
and
yet
which
is
dearer
to
me
than
even
my
crown
.
”
“
What
can
that
be
?
”
said
Lady
Roehampton
,
with
unaffected
wonderment
.
“
‘Tis
a
secret
of
chivalry
,
”
said
Prince
Florestan
,
“
and
I
must
never
disclose
it
.
”
“
It
is
a
wonderful
scene
,
”
said
Adriana
Neuchatel
to
Endymion
,
who
had
been
for
some
time
conversing
with
her
.
“
I
had
no
idea
that
I
should
be
so
much
amused
by
anything
in
society
.
But
then
,
it
is
so
unlike
anything
one
has
ever
seen
.
”
Mrs.
Neuchatel
had
not
accompanied
her
husband
and
her
daughter
to
the
Montfort
Tournament
.
Mr.
Neuchatel
required
a
long
holiday
,
and
after
the
tournament
he
was
to
take
Adriana
to
Scotland
.
Mrs.
Neuchatel
shut
herself
up
at
Hainault
,
which
it
seemed
she
had
never
enjoyed
before
.
She
could
hardly
believe
it
was
the
same
place
,
freed
from
its
daily
invasions
by
the
House
of
Commons
and
the
Stock
Exchange
.
She
had
never
lived
so
long
without
seeing
an
ambassador
or
a
cabinet
minister
,
and
it
was
quite
a
relief
.
She
wandered
in
the
gardens
,
and
drove
her
pony-chair
in
forest
glades
.
She
missed
Adriana
very
much
,
and
for
a
few
days
always
expected
her
to
enter
the
room
when
the
door
opened
;
and
then
she
sighed
,
and
then
she
flew
to
her
easel
,
or
buried
herself
in
some
sublime
cantata
of
her
favourite
master
,
Beethoven
.
Then
came
the
most
wonderful
performance
of
the
whole
day
,
and
that
was
the
letter
,
never
missed
,
to
Adriana
.
Considering
that
she
lived
in
solitude
,
and
in
a
spot
with
which
her
daughter
was
quite
familiar
,
it
was
really
marvellous
that
the
mother
should
every
day
be
able
to
fill
so
many
interesting
and
impassioned
pages
.
But
Mrs.
Neuchatel
was
a
fine
penwoman
;
her
feelings
were
her
facts
,
and
her
ingenious
observations
of
art
and
nature
were
her
news
.
After
the
first
fever
of
separation
,
reading
was
always
a
resource
to
her
,
for
she
was
a
great
student
.
She
was
surrounded
by
all
the
literary
journals
and
choice
publications
of
Europe
,
and
there
scarcely
was
a
branch
of
science
and
learning
with
which
she
was
not
sufficiently
familiar
to
be
able
to
comprehend
the
stir
and
progress
of
the
European
mind
.
Mrs.
Neuchatel
had
contrived
to
get
rid
of
the
chief
cook
by
sending
him
on
a
visit
to
Paris
,
so
she
could
,
without
cavil
,
dine
off
a
cutlet
and
seltzer-water
in
her
boudoir
.
Sometimes
,
not
merely
for
distraction
,
but
more
from
a
sense
of
duty
,
she
gave
festivals
to
her
schools
;
and
when
she
had
lived
like
a
princely
prisoner
of
state
alone
for
a
month
,
or
rather
like
one
on
a
desert
isle
who
sighs
to
see
a
sail
,
she
would
ask
a
great
geologist
and
his
wife
to
pay
her
a
visit
,
or
some
professor
,
who
,
though
himself
not
worth
a
shilling
,
had
some
new
plans
,
which
really
sounded
quite
practical
,
for
the
more
equal
distribution
of
wealth
.
“
And
who
is
your
knight
?
”
said
Endymion
.
Adriana
looked
distressed
.
“
I
mean
,
whom
do
you
wish
to
win
?
”
“
Oh
,
I
should
like
them
all
to
win
!
”
“
That
is
good-natured
,
but
then
there
would
be
no
distinction
.
I
know
who
is
going
to
wear
your
colours
—
the
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
.
”
“
I
hope
nothing
of
that
kind
will
happen
,
”
said
Adriana
,
agitated
.
“
I
know
that
some
of
the
knights
are
going
to
wear
ladies’
colours
,
but
I
trust
no
one
will
think
of
wearing
mine
.
I
know
the
Black
Knight
wears
Lady
Montfort’s
.
”
“
He
cannot
,
”
said
Endymion
hastily
.
“
She
is
first
lady
to
the
Queen
of
Beauty
;
no
knight
can
wear
the
colours
of
the
Queen
.
I
asked
Sir
Morte
d’Arthur
himself
,
and
he
told
me
there
was
no
doubt
about
it
,
and
that
he
had
consulted
Garter
before
he
came
down
.
”
“
Well
,
all
I
know
is
that
the
Count
of
Ferroll
told
me
so
,
”
said
Adriana
;
“
I
sate
next
to
him
at
dinner
.
”
“
He
shall
not
wear
her
colours
,
”
said
Endymion
quite
angrily
.
“
I
will
speak
to
the
King
of
the
Tournament
about
it
directly
.
”
“
Why
,
what
does
it
signify
?
”
said
Adriana
.
“
You
thought
it
signified
when
I
told
you
Regy
Sutton
was
going
to
wear
your
colours
.
”
“
Ah
!
that
is
quite
a
different
business
,
”
said
Adriana
,
with
a
sigh
.
Reginald
Sutton
was
a
professed
admirer
of
Adriana
,
rode
with
her
whenever
he
could
,
and
danced
with
her
immensely
.
She
gave
him
cold
encouragement
,
though
he
was
the
best-looking
and
best-dressed
youth
in
England
;
but
he
was
a
determined
young
hero
,
not
gifted
with
too
sensitive
nerves
,
and
was
a
votary
of
the
great
theory
that
all
in
life
was
an
affair
of
will
,
and
that
endowed
with
sufficient
energy
he
might
marry
whom
he
liked
.
He
accounted
for
his
slow
advance
in
London
by
the
inimical
presence
of
Mrs.
Neuchatel
,
who
he
felt
,
or
fancied
,
did
not
sympathise
with
him
;
while
,
on
the
contrary
,
he
got
on
very
well
with
the
father
,
and
so
he
was
determined
to
seize
the
present
opportunity
.
The
mother
was
absent
,
and
he
himself
in
a
commanding
position
,
being
one
of
the
knights
to
whose
exploits
the
eyes
of
all
England
were
attracted
.
Lord
Roehampton
was
seated
between
an
ambassadress
and
Berengaria
,
indulging
in
gentle
and
sweet-voiced
raillery
;
the
Count
of
Ferroll
was
standing
beside
Lady
Montfort
,
and
Mr.
Wilton
was
opposite
to
the
group
.
The
Count
of
Ferroll
rarely
spoke
,
but
listened
to
Lady
Montfort
with
what
she
called
one
of
his
dark
smiles
.
“
All
I
know
is
,
she
will
never
pardon
you
for
not
asking
her
,
”
said
Lord
Roehampton
.
“
I
saw
Bicester
the
day
I
left
town
,
and
he
was
very
grumpy
.
He
said
that
Lady
Bicester
was
the
only
person
who
understood
tournaments
.
She
had
studied
the
subject
.
”
“
I
suppose
she
wanted
to
be
the
Queen
of
Beauty
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
“
You
are
too
severe
,
my
dear
lady
.
I
think
she
would
have
been
contented
with
a
knight
wearing
her
colours
.
”
“
Well
,
I
cannot
help
it
,
”
said
Berengaria
,
but
somewhat
doubtingly
.
And
then
,
after
a
moment’s
pause
,
“
She
is
too
ugly
.
”
“
Why
,
she
came
to
my
fancy
ball
,
and
it
is
not
five
years
ago
,
as
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
!
”
“
That
must
have
been
after
the
Queen’s
decapitation
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
“
I
wonder
you
did
not
ask
Zenobia
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
.
“
Of
course
I
asked
her
,
but
I
knew
she
would
not
come
.
She
is
in
one
of
her
hatreds
now
.
She
said
she
would
have
come
,
only
she
had
half-promised
to
give
a
ball
to
the
tenants
at
Merrington
about
that
time
,
and
she
did
not
like
to
disappoint
them
.
Quite
touching
,
was
it
not
?
”
“
A
touch
beyond
the
reach
of
art
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
;
“
almost
worthy
of
yourself
,
Lady
Montfort
.
”
“
And
what
do
you
think
of
all
this
?
”
asked
Lord
Montfort
of
Nigel
Penruddock
,
who
,
in
a
cassock
that
swept
the
ground
,
had
been
stalking
about
the
glittering
salons
like
a
prophet
who
had
been
ordained
in
Mayfair
,
but
who
had
now
seated
himself
by
his
host
.
“
I
am
thinking
of
what
is
beneath
all
this
,
”
replied
Nigel
.
“
A
great
revivication
.
Chivalry
is
the
child
of
the
Church
;
it
is
the
distinctive
feature
of
Christian
Europe
.
Had
it
not
been
for
the
revival
of
Church
principles
,
this
glorious
pageant
would
never
have
occurred
.
But
it
is
a
pageant
only
to
the
uninitiated
.
There
is
not
a
ceremony
,
a
form
,
a
phrase
,
a
costume
,
which
is
not
symbolic
of
a
great
truth
or
a
high
purpose
.
”
“
I
do
not
think
Lady
Montfort
is
aware
of
all
this
,
”
said
her
lord
.
“
Oh
yes
!
”
said
Nigel
.
“
Lady
Montfort
is
a
great
woman
—
a
woman
who
could
inspire
crusades
and
create
churches
.
She
might
,
and
she
will
,
I
trust
,
rank
with
the
Helenas
and
the
Matildas
.
”
Lord
Montfort
gave
a
little
sound
,
but
so
gentle
that
it
was
heard
probably
but
by
himself
,
which
in
common
language
would
be
styled
a
whistle
—
an
articulate
modulation
of
the
breath
which
in
this
instance
expressed
a
sly
sentiment
of
humorous
amazement
.
“
Well
,
Mr.
Ferrars
,
”
said
Mr.
Neuchatel
,
with
a
laughing
eye
,
to
that
young
gentleman
,
as
he
encountered
Endymion
passing
by
,
“
and
how
are
you
getting
on
?
Are
we
to
see
you
to-morrow
in
a
Milanese
suit
?
”
“
I
am
only
a
page
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Well
,
well
,
the
old
Italian
saying
is
,
‘A
page
beats
a
knight
,
’
at
least
with
the
ladies
.
”
“
Do
you
not
think
it
very
absurd
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
that
the
Count
of
Ferroll
says
he
shall
wear
Lady
Montfort’s
colours
?
Lady
Montfort
is
only
the
first
lady
of
the
Queen
of
Beauty
,
and
she
can
wear
no
colours
except
the
Queen’s
.
Do
not
you
think
somebody
ought
to
interfere
?
”
“
Hem
!
The
Count
of
Ferroll
is
a
man
who
seldom
makes
a
mistake
,
”
said
Mr.
Neuchatel
.
“
So
everybody
says
,
”
said
Endymion
rather
testily
;
“
but
I
do
not
see
that
.
”
“
Now
,
you
are
a
very
young
man
,
”
said
Mr.
Neuchatel
,
“
and
I
hope
you
will
some
day
be
a
statesman
.
I
do
not
see
why
you
should
not
,
if
you
are
industrious
and
stick
to
your
master
,
for
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
is
a
man
who
will
always
rise
;
but
,
if
I
were
you
,
I
would
keep
my
eyes
very
much
on
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
for
,
depend
on
it
,
he
is
one
of
those
men
who
sooner
or
later
will
make
a
noise
in
the
world
.
”
Adriana
came
up
at
this
moment
,
leaning
on
the
arm
of
the
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
,
better
known
as
Regy
Sutton
.
They
came
from
the
tea-room
.
Endymion
moved
away
with
a
cloud
on
his
brow
,
murmuring
to
himself
,
“
I
am
quite
sick
of
the
name
of
the
Count
of
Ferroll
.
”
The
jousting-ground
was
about
a
mile
from
the
castle
,
and
though
it
was
nearly
encircled
by
vast
and
lofty
galleries
,
it
was
impossible
that
accommodation
could
be
afforded
on
this
spot
to
the
thousands
who
had
repaired
from
many
parts
of
the
kingdom
to
the
Montfort
Tournament
.
But
even
a
hundred
thousand
people
could
witness
the
procession
from
the
castle
to
the
scene
of
action
.
That
was
superb
.
The
sun
shone
,
and
not
one
of
the
breathless
multitude
was
disappointed
.
There
came
a
long
line
of
men-at-arms
and
musicians
and
trumpeters
and
banner-bearers
of
the
Lord
of
the
Tournament
,
and
heralds
in
tabards
,
and
pursuivants
,
and
then
the
Herald
of
the
Tournament
by
himself
,
whom
the
people
at
first
mistook
for
the
Lord
Mayor
.
Then
came
the
Knight
Marshal
on
a
caparisoned
steed
,
himself
in
a
suit
of
gilt
armour
,
and
in
a
richly
embroidered
surcoat
.
A
band
of
halberdiers
preceded
the
King
of
the
Tournament
,
also
on
a
steed
richly
caparisoned
,
and
himself
clad
in
robes
of
velvet
and
ermine
,
and
wearing
a
golden
crown
.
Then
on
a
barded
Arab
,
herself
dressed
in
cloth
of
gold
,
parti-coloured
with
violet
and
crimson
,
came
,
amidst
tremendous
cheering
,
the
Queen
of
Beauty
herself
.
Twelve
attendants
bore
aloft
a
silken
canopy
,
which
did
not
conceal
from
the
enraptured
multitude
the
lustre
of
her
matchless
loveliness
.
Lady
Montfort
,
Adriana
,
and
four
other
attendant
ladies
,
followed
her
majesty
,
two
by
two
,
each
in
gorgeous
attire
,
and
on
a
charger
that
vied
in
splendour
with
its
mistress
.
Six
pages
followed
next
,
in
violet
and
silver
.
The
bells
of
a
barded
mule
announced
the
Jester
,
who
waved
his
sceptre
with
unceasing
authority
,
and
pelted
the
people
with
admirably
prepared
impromptus
.
Some
in
the
crowd
tried
to
enter
into
a
competition
of
banter
,
but
they
were
always
vanquished
.
Soon
a
large
army
of
men-at-arms
and
the
sounds
of
most
triumphant
music
stopped
the
general
laughter
,
and
all
became
again
hushed
in
curious
suspense
.
The
tallest
and
the
stoutest
of
the
Border
men
bore
the
gonfalon
of
the
Lord
of
the
Tournament
.
That
should
have
been
Lord
Montfort
himself
;
but
he
had
deputed
the
office
to
his
cousin
and
presumptive
heir
.
Lord
Montfort
was
well
represented
,
and
the
people
cheered
his
cousin
Odo
heartily
,
as
in
his
suit
of
golden
armour
richly
chased
,
and
bending
on
his
steed
,
caparisoned
in
blue
and
gold
,
he
acknowledged
their
fealty
with
a
proud
reverence
.
The
other
knights
followed
in
order
,
all
attended
by
their
esquires
and
their
grooms
.
Each
knight
was
greatly
applauded
,
and
it
was
really
a
grand
sight
to
see
them
on
their
barded
chargers
and
in
their
panoply
;
some
in
suits
of
engraved
Milanese
armour
,
some
in
German
suits
of
fluted
polished
steel
;
some
in
steel
armour
engraved
and
inlaid
with
gold
.
The
Black
Knight
was
much
cheered
,
but
no
one
commanded
more
admiration
than
Prince
Florestan
,
in
a
suit
of
blue
damascened
armour
,
and
inlaid
with
silver
roses
.
Every
procession
must
end
.
It
is
a
pity
,
for
there
is
nothing
so
popular
with
mankind
.
The
splendid
part
of
the
pageant
had
passed
,
but
still
the
people
gazed
and
looked
as
if
they
would
have
gazed
for
ever
.
The
visitors
at
the
castle
,
all
in
ancient
costume
,
attracted
much
notice
.
Companies
of
swordsmen
and
bowmen
followed
,
till
at
last
the
seneschal
of
the
castle
,
with
his
chamberlains
and
servitors
,
closed
the
spell-bound
scene
.
CHAPTER
LX
The
jousting
was
very
successful
;
though
some
were
necessarily
discomfited
,
almost
every
one
contrived
to
obtain
some
distinction
.
But
the
two
knights
who
excelled
and
vanquished
every
one
except
themselves
were
the
Black
Knight
and
the
Knight
of
the
White
Rose
.
Their
exploits
were
equal
at
the
close
of
the
first
day
,
and
on
the
second
they
were
to
contend
for
the
principal
prize
of
the
tournament
,
for
which
none
else
were
entitled
to
be
competitors
.
This
was
a
golden
helm
,
to
be
placed
upon
the
victor’s
brow
by
the
Queen
of
Beauty
.
There
was
both
a
banquet
and
a
ball
on
this
day
,
and
the
excitement
between
the
adventures
of
the
morning
and
the
prospects
of
the
morrow
was
great
.
The
knights
,
freed
from
their
armour
,
appeared
in
fanciful
dresses
of
many-coloured
velvets
.
All
who
had
taken
part
in
the
pageant
retained
their
costumes
,
and
the
ordinary
guests
,
if
they
yielded
to
mediaeval
splendour
,
successfully
asserted
the
taste
of
Paris
and
its
sparkling
grace
,
in
their
exquisite
robes
,
and
wreaths
and
garlands
of
fantastic
loveliness
.
Berengaria
,
full
of
the
inspiration
of
success
,
received
the
smiling
congratulations
of
everybody
,
and
repaid
them
with
happy
suggestions
,
which
she
poured
forth
with
inexhaustible
yet
graceful
energy
.
The
only
person
who
had
a
gloomy
air
was
Endymion
.
She
rallied
him
.
“
I
shall
call
you
the
Knight
of
the
Woeful
Countenance
if
you
approach
me
with
such
a
visage
.
What
can
be
the
matter
with
you
?
”
“
Nothing
,
”
repeated
Endymion
,
looking
rather
away
.
The
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
came
up
and
said
,
“
This
is
a
critical
affair
to-morrow
,
my
dear
Lady
Montfort
.
If
the
Count
Ferroll
is
discomfited
by
the
prince
,
it
may
be
a
casus
belli
.
You
ought
to
get
Lord
Roehampton
to
interfere
and
prevent
the
encounter
.
”
“
The
Count
of
Ferroll
will
not
be
discomfited
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
.
“
He
is
one
of
those
men
who
never
fail
.
”
“
Well
,
I
do
not
know
,
”
said
the
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
musingly
.
“
The
prince
has
a
stout
lance
,
and
I
have
felt
it
.
”
“
He
had
the
best
of
it
this
morning
,
”
said
Endymion
rather
bitterly
.
“
Every
one
thought
so
,
and
that
it
was
very
fortunate
for
the
Count
of
Ferroll
that
the
heralds
closed
the
lists
.
”
“
It
might
have
been
fortunate
for
others
,
”
rejoined
Lady
Montfort
.
“
What
is
the
general
opinion
?
”
she
added
,
addressing
the
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
.
“
Do
not
go
away
,
Mr.
Ferrars
.
I
want
to
give
you
some
directions
about
to-morrow
.
”
“
I
do
not
think
I
shall
be
at
the
place
to-morrow
,
”
muttered
Endymion
.
“
What
!
”
exclaimed
Berengaria
;
but
at
this
moment
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
came
up
and
said
,
“
I
have
been
looking
at
the
golden
helm
.
It
is
entrusted
to
my
care
as
King
of
the
Tournament
.
It
is
really
so
beautiful
,
that
I
think
I
shall
usurp
it
.
”
“
You
will
have
to
settle
that
with
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
“
The
betting
is
about
equal
,
”
said
the
Knight
of
the
Dolphin
.
“
Well
,
we
must
have
some
gloves
upon
it
,
”
said
Berengaria
.
Endymion
walked
away
.
He
walked
away
,
and
the
first
persons
that
met
his
eye
were
the
prince
and
the
Count
of
Ferroll
in
conversation
.
It
was
sickening
.
They
seemed
quite
gay
,
and
occasionally
examined
together
a
paper
which
the
prince
held
in
his
hand
,
and
which
was
an
official
report
by
the
heralds
of
the
day’s
jousting
.
This
friendly
conversation
might
apparently
have
gone
on
for
ever
had
not
the
music
ceased
and
the
count
been
obliged
to
seek
his
partner
for
the
coming
dance
.
“
I
wonder
you
can
speak
to
him
,
”
said
Endymion
,
going
up
to
the
prince
.
“
If
the
heralds
had
not
—
many
think
,
too
hastily
—
closed
the
lists
this
morning
,
you
would
have
been
the
victor
of
the
day
.
”
“
My
dear
child
!
what
can
you
mean
?
”
said
the
prince
.
“
I
believe
everything
was
closed
quite
properly
,
and
as
for
myself
,
I
am
entirely
satisfied
with
my
share
of
the
day’s
success
.
”
“
If
you
had
thrown
him
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
he
could
not
with
decency
have
contended
for
the
golden
helm
.
”
“
Oh
!
that
is
what
you
deplore
,
”
said
the
prince
.
“
The
Count
of
Ferroll
and
I
shall
have
to
contend
for
many
things
more
precious
than
golden
helms
before
we
die
.
”
“
I
believe
he
is
a
very
overrated
man
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Why
?
”
said
the
prince
.
“
I
detest
him
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
That
is
certainly
a
reason
why
you
should
not
overrate
him
,
”
said
the
prince
.
“
There
seems
a
general
conspiracy
to
run
him
up
,
”
said
Endymion
with
pique
.
“
The
Count
of
Ferroll
is
the
man
of
the
future
,
”
said
the
prince
calmly
.
“
That
is
what
Mr.
Neuchatel
said
to
me
yesterday
.
I
suppose
he
caught
it
from
you
.
”
“
It
is
an
advantage
,
a
great
advantage
,
for
me
to
observe
the
Count
of
Ferroll
in
this
intimate
society
,
”
said
the
prince
,
speaking
slowly
,
“
perhaps
even
to
fathom
him
.
But
I
am
not
come
to
that
yet
.
He
is
a
man
neither
to
love
nor
to
detest
.
He
has
himself
an
intelligence
superior
to
all
passion
,
I
might
say
all
feeling
;
and
if
,
in
dealing
with
such
a
being
,
we
ourselves
have
either
,
we
give
him
an
advantage
.
”
“
Well
,
all
the
same
,
I
hope
you
will
win
the
golden
helm
to-morrow
,
”
said
Endymion
,
looking
a
little
perplexed
.
“
The
golden
casque
that
I
am
ordained
to
win
,
”
said
the
prince
,
“
is
not
at
Montfort
Castle
.
This
,
after
all
,
is
but
Mambrino’s
helmet
.
”
A
knot
of
young
dandies
were
discussing
the
chances
of
the
morrow
as
Endymion
was
passing
by
,
and
as
he
knew
most
of
them
he
joined
the
group
.
“
I
hope
to
heaven
,
”
said
one
,
“
that
the
Count
of
Ferroll
will
beat
that
foreign
chap
to-morrow
;
I
hate
foreigners
.
”
“
So
do
I
,
”
said
a
second
,
and
there
was
a
general
murmur
of
assent
.
“
The
Count
of
Ferroll
is
as
much
a
foreigner
as
the
prince
,
”
said
Endymion
rather
sharply
.
“
Oh
!
I
don’t
call
him
a
foreigner
at
all
,
”
said
the
first
speaker
.
“
He
is
a
great
favourite
at
White’s
;
no
one
rides
cross
country
like
him
,
and
he
is
a
deuced
fine
shot
in
the
bargain
.
”
“
I
will
back
Prince
Florestan
against
him
either
in
field
or
cover
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Well
,
I
don’t
know
your
friend
,
”
said
the
young
gentleman
contemptuously
,
“
so
I
cannot
bet
.
”
“
I
am
sure
your
friend
,
Lady
Montfort
,
my
dear
Dymy
,
will
back
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
”
lisped
a
third
young
gentleman
.
This
completed
the
programme
of
mortification
,
and
Endymion
,
hot
and
then
cold
,
and
then
both
at
the
same
time
,
bereft
of
repartee
,
and
wishing
the
earth
would
open
and
Montfort
Castle
disappear
in
its
convulsed
bosom
,
stole
silently
away
as
soon
as
practicable
,
and
wandered
as
far
as
possible
from
the
music
and
the
bursts
of
revelry
.
These
conversations
had
taken
place
in
the
chief
saloon
,
which
was
contiguous
to
the
ball-room
,
and
which
was
nearly
as
full
of
guests
.
Endymion
,
moving
in
the
opposite
direction
,
entered
another
drawing-room
,
where
the
population
was
sparse
.
It
consisted
of
couples
apparently
deeply
interested
in
each
other
.
Some
faces
were
radiant
,
and
some
pensive
and
a
little
agitated
,
but
they
all
agreed
in
one
expression
,
that
they
took
no
interest
whatever
in
the
solitary
Endymion
.
Even
their
whispered
words
were
hushed
as
he
passed
by
,
and
they
seemed
,
with
their
stony
,
unsympathising
glance
,
to
look
upon
him
as
upon
some
inferior
being
who
had
intruded
into
their
paradise
.
In
short
,
Endymion
felt
all
that
embarrassment
,
mingled
with
a
certain
portion
of
self
contempt
,
which
attends
the
conviction
that
we
are
what
is
delicately
called
de
trop
.
He
advanced
and
took
refuge
in
another
room
,
where
there
was
only
a
single
,
and
still
more
engrossed
pair
;
but
this
was
even
more
intolerable
to
him
.
Shrinking
from
a
return
to
the
hostile
chamber
he
had
just
left
,
he
made
a
frantic
rush
forward
with
affected
ease
and
alacrity
,
and
found
himself
alone
in
the
favourite
morning
room
of
Lady
Montfort
.
He
threw
himself
on
a
sofa
,
and
hid
his
face
in
his
hand
,
and
gave
a
sigh
,
which
was
almost
a
groan
.
He
was
sick
at
heart
;
his
extremities
were
cold
,
his
brain
was
feeble
.
All
hope
,
and
truly
all
thought
of
the
future
,
deserted
him
.
He
remembered
only
the
sorrowful
,
or
the
humiliating
,
chapters
in
his
life
.
He
wished
he
had
never
left
Hurstley
.
He
wished
he
had
been
apprenticed
to
Farmer
Thornberry
,
that
he
had
never
quitted
his
desk
at
Somerset
House
,
and
never
known
more
of
life
than
Joe’s
and
the
Divan
.
All
was
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
.
He
contemplated
finishing
his
days
in
the
neighbouring
stream
,
in
which
,
but
a
few
days
ago
,
he
was
bathing
in
health
and
joy
.
Time
flew
on
;
he
was
unconscious
of
its
course
;
no
one
entered
the
room
,
and
he
wished
never
to
see
a
human
face
again
,
when
a
voice
sounded
,
and
he
heard
his
name
.
“
Endymion
!
”
He
looked
up
;
it
was
Lady
Montfort
.
He
did
not
speak
,
but
gave
her
,
perhaps
unconsciously
,
a
glance
of
reproach
and
despair
.
“
What
is
the
matter
with
you
?
”
she
said
.
“
Nothing
.
”
“
That
is
nonsense
.
Something
must
have
happened
.
I
have
missed
you
so
long
,
but
was
determined
to
find
you
.
Have
you
a
headache
?
”
“
No.
”
“
Come
back
;
come
back
with
me
.
It
is
so
odd
.
My
lord
has
asked
for
you
twice
.
”
“
I
want
to
see
no
one
.
”
“
Oh
!
but
this
is
absurd
—
and
on
a
day
like
this
,
when
every
thing
has
been
so
successful
,
and
every
one
is
so
happy
.
”
“
I
am
not
happy
,
and
I
am
not
successful
.
”
“
You
perfectly
astonish
me
,
”
said
Lady
Montfort
;
“
I
shall
begin
to
believe
that
you
have
not
so
sweet
a
temper
as
I
always
supposed
.
”
“
It
matters
not
what
my
temper
is
.
”
“
I
think
it
matters
a
great
deal
.
I
like
,
above
all
things
,
to
live
with
good-tempered
people
.
”
“
I
hope
you
may
not
be
disappointed
.
My
temper
is
my
own
affair
,
and
I
am
content
always
to
be
alone
.
”
“
Why
!
you
are
talking
nonsense
,
Endymion
.
”
“
Probably
;
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
gifted
.
I
am
not
one
of
those
gentlemen
who
cannot
fail
.
I
am
not
the
man
of
the
future
.
”
“
Well
!
I
never
was
so
surprised
in
my
life
,
”
exclaimed
Lady
Montfort
.
“
I
never
will
pretend
to
form
an
opinion
of
human
character
again
.
Now
,
my
dear
Endymion
,
rouse
yourself
,
and
come
back
with
me
.
Give
me
your
arm
.
I
cannot
stay
another
moment
;
I
dare
say
I
have
already
been
wanted
a
thousand
times
.
”
“
I
cannot
go
back
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
I
never
wish
to
see
anybody
again
.
If
you
want
an
arm
,
there
is
the
Count
of
Ferroll
,
and
I
hope
you
may
find
he
has
a
sweeter
temper
than
I
have
.
”
Lady
Montfort
looked
at
him
with
a
strange
and
startled
glance
.
It
was
a
mixture
of
surprise
,
a
little
disdain
,
some
affection
blended
with
mockery
.
And
then
exclaiming
“
Silly
boy
!
”
she
swept
out
of
the
room
.
CHAPTER
LXI
“
I
do
not
like
the
prospect
of
affairs
,
”
said
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
to
Endymion
as
they
were
posting
up
to
London
from
Montfort
Castle
;
a
long
journey
,
but
softened
in
those
days
by
many
luxuries
,
and
they
had
much
to
talk
about
.
“
The
decline
of
the
revenue
is
not
fitful
;
it
is
regular
.
Our
people
are
too
apt
to
look
at
the
state
of
the
revenue
merely
in
a
financial
point
of
view
.
If
a
surplus
,
take
off
taxes
;
if
a
deficiency
,
put
them
on
.
But
the
state
of
the
revenue
should
also
be
considered
as
the
index
of
the
condition
of
the
population
.
According
to
my
impression
,
the
condition
of
the
people
is
declining
;
and
why
?
because
they
are
less
employed
.
If
this
spreads
,
they
will
become
discontented
and
disaffected
,
and
I
cannot
help
remembering
that
,
if
they
become
troublesome
,
it
is
our
office
that
will
have
to
deal
with
them
.
”
“
This
bad
harvest
is
a
great
misfortune
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Yes
,
but
a
bad
harvest
,
though
unquestionably
a
great
,
perhaps
the
greatest
,
misfortune
for
this
country
,
is
not
the
entire
solution
of
our
difficulties
—
I
would
say
,
our
coming
difficulties
.
A
bad
harvest
touches
the
whole
of
our
commercial
system
:
it
brings
us
face
to
face
with
the
corn
laws
.
I
wish
our
chief
would
give
his
mind
to
that
subject
.
I
believe
a
moderate
fixed
duty
of
about
twelve
shillings
a
quarter
would
satisfy
every
one
,
and
nothing
then
could
shake
this
country
.
”
Endymion
listened
with
interest
to
other
views
of
his
master
,
who
descanted
on
them
at
much
length
.
Private
secretaries
know
everything
about
their
chiefs
,
and
Endymion
was
not
ignorant
that
among
many
of
the
great
houses
of
the
Whig
party
,
and
indeed
among
the
bulk
of
what
was
called
“
the
Liberal
”
party
generally
,
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
was
looked
upon
,
so
far
as
economical
questions
were
concerned
,
as
very
crotchety
,
indeed
a
dangerous
character
.
Lord
Montfort
was
the
only
magnate
who
was
entirely
opposed
to
the
corn
laws
,
but
then
,
as
Berengaria
would
remark
,
“
Simon
is
against
all
laws
;
he
is
not
a
practical
man
.
”
Mr.
Sidney
Wilton
reverted
to
these
views
more
than
once
in
the
course
of
their
journey
.
“
I
was
not
alarmed
about
the
Chartists
last
year
.
Political
trouble
in
this
country
never
frightens
me
.
Insurrections
and
riots
strengthen
an
English
government
;
they
gave
a
new
lease
even
to
Lord
Liverpool
when
his
ministry
was
most
feeble
and
unpopular
;
but
economical
discontent
is
quite
another
thing
.
The
moment
sedition
arises
from
taxation
,
or
want
of
employment
,
it
is
more
dangerous
and
more
difficult
to
deal
with
in
this
country
than
any
other
.
”
“
Lord
Roehampton
seemed
to
take
rather
a
sanguine
view
of
the
situation
after
the
Bed-Chamber
business
in
the
spring
,
”
observed
Endymion
,
rather
in
an
inquiring
than
a
dogmatic
spirit
.
“
Lord
Roehampton
has
other
things
to
think
of
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
.
“
He
is
absorbed
,
and
naturally
absorbed
,
in
his
department
,
the
most
important
in
the
state
,
and
of
which
he
is
master
.
But
I
am
obliged
to
look
at
affairs
nearer
home
.
Now
,
this
Anti-Corn-Law
League
,
which
they
established
last
year
at
Manchester
,
and
which
begins
to
be
very
busy
,
though
nobody
at
present
talks
of
it
,
is
,
in
my
mind
,
a
movement
which
ought
to
be
watched
.
I
tell
you
what
;
it
occurred
to
me
more
than
once
during
that
wondrous
pageant
,
that
we
have
just
now
been
taking
part
in
,
the
government
wants
better
information
than
they
have
as
to
the
state
of
the
country
,
the
real
feelings
and
condition
of
the
bulk
of
the
population
.
We
used
to
sneer
at
the
Tories
for
their
ignorance
of
these
matters
,
but
after
all
,
we
,
like
them
,
are
mainly
dependent
on
quarter
sessions
;
on
the
judgment
of
a
lord-lieutenant
and
the
statistics
of
a
bench
of
magistrates
.
It
is
true
we
have
introduced
into
our
subordinate
administration
at
Whitehall
some
persons
who
have
obtained
the
reputation
of
distinguished
economists
,
and
we
allow
them
to
guide
us
.
But
though
ingenious
men
,
no
doubt
,
they
are
chiefly
bankrupt
tradesmen
,
who
,
not
having
been
able
to
manage
their
own
affairs
,
have
taken
upon
themselves
to
advise
on
the
conduct
of
the
country
—
pedants
and
prigs
at
the
best
,
and
sometimes
impostors
.
No
;
this
won’t
do
.
It
is
useless
to
speak
to
the
chief
;
I
did
about
the
Anti-Corn-Law
League
;
he
shrugged
his
shoulders
and
said
it
was
a
madness
that
would
pass
.
I
have
made
up
my
mind
to
send
somebody
,
quite
privately
,
to
the
great
scenes
of
national
labour
.
He
must
be
somebody
whom
nobody
knows
,
and
nobody
suspects
of
being
connected
with
the
administration
,
or
we
shall
never
get
the
truth
—
and
the
person
I
have
fixed
upon
is
yourself
.
”
“
But
am
I
equal
to
such
a
task
?
”
said
Endymion
modestly
,
but
sincerely
.
“
I
think
so
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
,
“
or
,
of
course
,
I
would
not
have
fixed
upon
you
.
I
want
a
fresh
and
virgin
intelligence
to
observe
and
consider
the
country
.
It
must
be
a
mind
free
from
prejudice
,
yet
fairly
informed
on
the
great
questions
involved
in
the
wealth
of
nations
.
I
know
you
have
read
Adam
Smith
,
and
not
lightly
.
Well
,
he
is
the
best
guide
,
though
of
course
we
must
adapt
his
principles
to
the
circumstances
with
which
we
have
to
deal
.
You
have
good
judgment
,
great
industry
,
a
fairly
quick
perception
,
little
passion
—
perhaps
hardly
enough
;
but
that
is
probably
the
consequence
of
the
sorrows
and
troubles
of
early
life
.
But
,
after
all
,
there
is
no
education
like
adversity
.
”
“
If
it
will
only
cease
at
the
right
time
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Well
,
in
that
respect
,
I
do
not
think
you
have
anything
to
complain
of
,
”
said
Mr.
Wilton
.
“
The
world
is
all
before
you
,
and
I
mistake
if
you
do
not
rise
.
Perseverance
and
tact
are
the
two
qualities
most
valuable
for
all
men
who
would
mount
,
but
especially
for
those
who
have
to
step
out
of
the
crowd
.
I
am
sure
no
one
can
say
you
are
not
assiduous
,
but
I
am
glad
always
to
observe
that
you
have
tact
.
Without
tact
you
can
learn
nothing
.
Tact
teaches
you
when
to
be
silent
.
Inquirers
who
are
always
inquiring
never
learn
anything
.
”
CHAPTER
LXII
Lancashire
was
not
so
wonderful
a
place
forty
years
ago
as
it
is
at
present
,
but
,
compared
then
with
the
rest
of
England
,
it
was
infinitely
more
striking
.
For
a
youth
like
Endymion
,
born
and
bred
in
our
southern
counties
,
the
Berkshire
downs
varied
by
the
bustle
of
Pall-Mall
and
the
Strand
—
Lancashire
,
with
its
teeming
and
toiling
cities
,
its
colossal
manufactories
and
its
gigantic
chimneys
,
its
roaring
engines
and
its
flaming
furnaces
,
its
tramroads
and
its
railroads
,
its
coal
and
its
cotton
,
offered
a
far
greater
contrast
to
the
scenes
in
which
he
had
hitherto
lived
,
than
could
be
furnished
by
almost
any
country
of
the
European
continent
.
Endymion
felt
it
was
rather
a
crisis
in
his
life
,
and
that
his
future
might
much
depend
on
the
fulfilment
of
the
confidential
office
which
had
been
entrusted
to
him
by
his
chief
.
He
summoned
all
his
energies
,
concentrated
his
intelligence
on
the
one
subject
,
and
devoted
to
its
study
and
comprehension
every
moment
of
his
thought
and
time
.
After
a
while
,
he
had
made
Manchester
his
head-quarters
.
It
was
even
then
the
centre
of
a
network
of
railways
,
and
gave
him
an
easy
command
of
the
contiguous
districts
.
Endymion
had
more
than
once
inquired
after
the
Anti-Corn-Law
League
,
but
had
not
as
yet
been
so
fortunate
as
to
attend
any
of
their
meetings
.
They
were
rarer
than
they
afterwards
soon
became
,
and
the
great
manufacturers
did
not
encourage
them
.
“
I
do
not
like
extreme
views
,
”
said
one
of
the
most
eminent
one
day
to
Endymion
.
“
In
my
opinion
,
we
should
always
avoid
extremes
;
”
and
he
paused
and
looked
around
,
as
if
he
had
enunciated
a
heaven-born
truth
,
and
for
the
first
time
.
“
I
am
a
Liberal
;
so
we
all
are
here
.
I
supported
Lord
Grey
,
and
I
support
Lord
Melbourne
,
and
I
am
,
in
everything
,
for
a
liberal
policy
.
I
don’t
like
extremes
.
A
wise
minister
should
take
off
the
duty
on
cotton
wool
.
That
is
what
the
country
really
wants
,
and
then
everybody
would
be
satisfied
.
No
;
I
know
nothing
about
this
League
you
ask
about
,
and
I
do
not
know
any
one
—
that
is
to
say
,
any
one
respectable
—
who
does
.
They
came
to
me
to
lend
my
name
.
‘No
,
’
I
said
,
‘gentlemen
;
I
feel
much
honoured
,
but
I
do
not
like
extremes
;
’
and
they
went
away
.
They
are
making
a
little
more
noise
now
,
because
they
have
got
a
man
who
has
the
gift
of
the
gab
,
and
the
people
like
to
go
and
hear
him
speak
.
But
as
I
said
to
a
friend
of
mine
,
who
seemed
half
inclined
to
join
them
,
‘Well
;
if
I
did
anything
of
that
sort
,
I
would
be
led
by
a
Lancashire
lad
.
They
have
got
a
foreigner
to
lead
them
,
a
fellow
out
of
Berkshire
;
an
agitator
—
and
only
a
print-work
after
all
.
No
;
that
will
never
do.’
”
Notwithstanding
these
views
,
which
Endymion
found
very
generally
entertained
by
the
new
world
in
which
he
mixed
,
he
resolved
to
take
the
earliest
opportunity
of
attending
the
meeting
of
the
League
,
and
it
soon
arrived
.
It
was
an
evening
meeting
,
so
that
workmen
—
or
the
operatives
,
as
they
were
styled
in
this
part
of
the
kingdom
—
should
be
able
to
attend
.
The
assembly
took
place
in
a
large
but
temporary
building
;
very
well
adapted
to
the
human
voice
,
and
able
to
contain
even
thousands
.
It
was
fairly
full
to-night
;
and
the
platform
,
on
which
those
who
took
a
part
in
the
proceedings
,
or
who
,
by
their
comparatively
influential
presence
,
it
was
supposed
,
might
assist
the
cause
,
was
almost
crowded
.
“
He
is
going
to
speak
to-night
,
”
said
an
operative
to
Endymion
.
“
That
is
why
there
is
such
an
attendance
.
”
Remembering
Mr.
Wilton’s
hint
about
not
asking
unnecessary
questions
which
often
arrest
information
,
Endymion
did
not
inquire
who
“
he
”
was
;
and
to
promote
communication
merely
observed
,
“
A
fine
speaker
,
then
,
I
conclude
?
”
“
Well
,
he
is
in
a
way
,
”
said
the
operative
.
“
He
has
not
got
Hollaballoo’s
voice
,
but
he
knows
what
he
is
talking
about
.
I
doubt
their
getting
what
they
are
after
;
they
have
not
the
working
classes
with
them
.
If
they
went
against
truck
,
it
would
be
something
.
”
The
chairman
opened
the
proceedings
;
but
was
coldly
received
,
though
he
spoke
sensibly
and
at
some
length
.
He
then
introduced
a
gentleman
,
who
was
absolutely
an
alderman
,
to
move
a
resolution
condemnatory
of
the
corn
laws
.
The
august
position
of
the
speaker
atoned
for
his
halting
rhetoric
,
and
a
city
which
had
only
just
for
the
first
time
been
invested
with
municipal
privileges
was
hushed
before
a
man
who
might
in
time
even
become
a
mayor
.
Then
the
seconder
advanced
,
and
there
was
a
general
burst
of
applause
.
“
There
he
is
,
”
said
the
operative
to
Endymion
;
“
you
see
they
like
him
.
Oh
,
Job
knows
how
to
do
it
!
”
Endymion
listened
with
interest
,
soon
with
delight
,
soon
with
a
feeling
of
exciting
and
not
unpleasing
perplexity
,
to
the
orator
;
for
he
was
an
orator
,
though
then
unrecognised
,
and
known
only
in
his
district
.
He
was
a
pale
and
slender
man
,
with
a
fine
brow
and
an
eye
that
occasionally
flashed
with
the
fire
of
a
creative
mind
.
His
voice
certainly
was
not
like
Hollaballoo’s
.
It
was
rather
thin
,
but
singularly
clear
.
There
was
nothing
clearer
except
his
meaning
.
Endymion
never
heard
a
case
stated
with
such
pellucid
art
;
facts
marshalled
with
such
vivid
simplicity
,
and
inferences
so
natural
and
spontaneous
and
irresistible
,
that
they
seemed
,
as
it
were
,
borrowed
from
his
audience
,
though
none
of
that
audience
had
arrived
at
them
before
.
The
meeting
was
hushed
,
was
rapt
in
intellectual
delight
,
for
they
did
not
give
the
speaker
the
enthusiasm
of
their
sympathy
.
That
was
not
shared
,
perhaps
,
by
the
moiety
of
those
who
listened
to
him
.
When
his
case
was
fairly
before
them
,
the
speaker
dealt
with
his
opponents
—
some
in
the
press
,
some
in
parliament
—
with
much
power
of
sarcasm
,
but
this
power
was
evidently
rather
repressed
than
allowed
to
run
riot
.
What
impressed
Endymion
as
the
chief
quality
of
this
remarkable
speaker
was
his
persuasiveness
,
and
he
had
the
air
of
being
too
prudent
to
offend
even
an
opponent
unnecessarily
.
His
language
,
though
natural
and
easy
,
was
choice
and
refined
.
He
was
evidently
a
man
who
had
read
,
and
not
a
little
;
and
there
was
no
taint
of
vulgarity
,
scarcely
a
provincialism
,
in
his
pronunciation
.
He
spoke
for
rather
more
than
an
hour
;
and
frequently
during
this
time
,
Endymion
,
notwithstanding
his
keen
interest
in
what
was
taking
place
,
was
troubled
,
it
might
be
disturbed
,
by
pictures
and
memories
of
the
past
that
he
endeavoured
in
vain
to
drive
away
.
When
the
orator
concluded
,
amid
cheering
much
louder
than
that
which
had
first
greeted
him
,
Endymion
,
in
a
rather
agitated
voice
,
whispered
to
his
neighbour
,
“
Tell
me
—
is
his
name
Thornberry
?
”
“
That
is
your
time
of
day
,
”
said
the
operative
.
“
Job
Thornberry
is
his
name
,
and
I
am
on
his
works
.
”
“
And
yet
you
do
not
agree
with
him
?
”
“
Well
;
I
go
as
far
as
he
goes
,
but
he
does
not
go
so
far
as
I
go
;
that’s
it
.
”
“
I
do
not
see
how
a
man
can
go
much
farther
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
Where
are
his
works
?
I
knew
your
master
when
he
was
in
the
south
of
England
,
and
I
should
like
to
call
on
him
.
”
“
My
employer
,
”
said
the
operative
.
“
They
call
themselves
masters
,
but
we
do
not
.
I
will
tell
you
.
His
works
are
a
mile
out
of
town
;
but
it
seems
only
a
step
,
for
there
are
houses
all
the
way
.
Job
Thornberry
+
Co.‘s
Print-works
,
Pendleton
Road
—
any
one
can
guide
you
—
and
when
you
get
there
,
you
can
ask
for
me
,
if
you
like
.
I
am
his
overlooker
,
and
my
name
is
ENOCH
CRAGGS
.
”
CHAPTER
LXIII
“
You
are
not
much
altered
,
”
said
Thornberry
,
as
he
retained
Endymion’s
hand
,
and
he
looked
at
him
earnestly
;
“
and
yet
you
have
become
a
man
.
I
suppose
I
am
ten
years
your
senior
.
I
have
never
been
back
to
the
old
place
,
and
yet
I
sometimes
think
I
should
like
to
be
buried
there
.
The
old
man
has
been
here
,
and
more
than
once
,
and
liked
it
well
enough
;
at
least
,
I
hope
so
.
He
told
me
a
good
deal
about
you
all
;
some
sorrows
,
and
,
I
hope
,
some
joys
.
I
heard
of
Miss
Myra’s
marriage
;
she
was
a
sweet
young
lady
;
the
gravest
person
I
ever
knew
;
I
never
knew
her
smile
.
I
remember
they
thought
her
proud
,
but
I
always
had
a
fancy
for
her
.
Well
;
she
has
married
a
topsawyer
—
I
believe
the
ablest
of
them
all
,
and
probably
the
most
unprincipled
;
though
I
ought
not
to
say
that
to
you
.
However
,
public
men
are
spoken
freely
of
.
I
wish
to
Heaven
you
would
get
him
to
leave
off
tinkering
those
commercial
treaties
that
he
is
always
making
such
a
fuss
about
.
More
pernicious
nonsense
was
never
devised
by
man
than
treaties
of
commerce
.
However
,
their
precious
most
favoured
nation
clause
will
break
down
the
whole
concern
yet
.
But
you
wish
to
see
the
works
;
I
will
show
them
to
you
myself
.
There
is
not
much
going
on
now
,
and
the
stagnation
increases
daily
.
And
then
,
if
you
are
willing
,
we
will
go
home
and
have
a
bit
of
lunch
—
I
live
hard
by
.
My
best
works
are
my
wife
and
children
:
I
have
made
that
joke
before
,
as
you
can
well
fancy
.
”
This
was
the
greeting
,
sincere
but
not
unkind
,
of
Job
Thornberry
to
Endymion
on
the
day
after
the
meeting
of
the
Anti-Corn-Law
League
.
To
Endymion
it
was
an
interesting
,
and
,
as
he
believed
it
would
prove
,
a
useful
encounter
.
The
print-works
were
among
the
most
considerable
of
their
kind
at
Manchester
,
but
they
were
working
now
with
reduced
numbers
and
at
half-time
.
It
was
the
energy
and
the
taste
and
invention
of
Thornberry
that
had
given
them
their
reputation
,
and
secured
them
extensive
markets
.
He
had
worked
with
borrowed
capital
,
but
had
paid
off
his
debt
,
and
his
establishment
was
now
his
own
;
but
,
stimulated
by
his
success
,
he
had
made
a
consignment
of
large
amount
to
the
United
States
,
where
it
arrived
only
to
be
welcomed
by
what
was
called
the
American
crash
.
Turning
from
the
high
road
,
a
walk
of
half
a
mile
brought
them
to
a
little
world
of
villas
;
varying
in
style
and
size
,
but
all
pretty
,
and
each
in
its
garden
.
“
And
this
is
my
home
,
”
said
Thornberry
,
opening
the
wicket
,
“
and
here
is
my
mistress
and
the
young
folks
”
—
pointing
to
a
pretty
woman
,
but
with
an
expression
of
no
inconsiderable
self-confidence
,
and
with
several
children
clinging
to
her
dress
and
hiding
their
faces
at
the
unexpected
sight
of
a
stranger
.
“
My
eldest
is
a
boy
,
but
he
is
at
school
,
”
said
Thornberry
.
“
I
have
named
him
,
after
one
of
the
greatest
men
that
ever
lived
,
John
Hampden
.
”
“
He
was
a
landed
proprietor
,
”
observed
Endymion
rather
drily
;
“
and
a
considerable
one
.
”
“
I
have
brought
an
old
friend
to
take
cheer
with
us
,
”
continued
Thornberry
;
“
one
whom
I
knew
before
any
here
present
;
so
show
your
faces
,
little
people
;
”
and
he
caught
up
one
of
the
children
,
a
fair
child
like
its
mother
,
long-haired
and
blushing
like
a
Worcestershire
orchard
before
harvest
time
.
“
Tell
the
gentleman
what
you
are
.
”
“
A
free-trader
,
”
murmured
the
infant
.
Within
the
house
were
several
shelves
of
books
well
selected
,
and
the
walls
were
adorned
with
capital
prints
of
famous
works
of
art
.
“
They
are
chiefly
what
are
called
books
of
reference
,
”
said
Thornberry
,
as
Endymion
was
noticing
his
volumes
;
“
but
I
have
not
much
room
,
and
,
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
they
are
not
merely
books
of
reference
to
me
—
I
like
reading
encyclopaedia
.
The
‘Dictionary
of
Dates’
is
a
favourite
book
of
mine
.
The
mind
sometimes
wants
tone
,
and
then
I
read
Milton
.
He
is
the
only
poet
I
read
—
he
is
complete
,
and
is
enough
.
I
have
got
his
prose
works
too
.
Milton
was
the
greatest
of
Englishmen
.
”
The
repast
was
simple
,
but
plenteous
,
and
nothing
could
be
neater
than
the
manner
in
which
it
was
served
.
“
We
are
teetotallers
,
”
said
Thornberry
;
“
but
we
can
give
you
a
good
cup
of
coffee
.
”
“
I
am
a
teetotaller
too
at
this
time
of
the
day
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
but
a
good
cup
of
coffee
is
,
they
say
,
the
most
delicious
and
the
rarest
beverage
in
the
world
.
”
“
Well
,
”
continued
Thornberry
;
“
it
is
a
long
time
since
we
met
,
Mr.
Ferrars
—
ten
years
.
I
used
to
think
that
in
ten
years
one
might
do
anything
;
and
a
year
ago
,
I
really
thought
I
had
done
it
;
but
the
accursed
laws
of
this
blessed
country
,
as
it
calls
itself
,
have
nearly
broken
me
,
as
they
have
broken
many
a
better
man
before
me
.
”
“
I
am
sorry
to
hear
this
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
I
trust
it
is
but
a
passing
cloud
.
”
“
It
is
not
a
cloud
,
”
said
Thornberry
;
“
it
is
a
storm
,
a
tempest
,
a
wreck
—
but
not
only
for
me
.
Your
great
relative
,
my
Lord
Roehampton
,
must
look
to
it
,
I
can
tell
you
that
.
What
is
happening
in
this
country
,
and
is
about
to
happen
,
will
not
be
cured
or
averted
by
commercial
treaties
—
mark
my
words
.
”
“
But
what
would
cure
it
?
”
said
Endymion
.
“
There
is
only
one
thing
that
can
cure
this
country
,
and
it
will
soon
be
too
late
for
that
.
We
must
have
free
exchange
.
”
“
Free
exchange
!
”
murmured
Endymion
thoughtfully
.
“
Why
,
look
at
this
,
”
said
Thornberry
.
“
I
had
been
driving
a
capital
trade
with
the
States
for
nearly
five
years
.
I
began
with
nothing
,
as
you
know
.
I
had
paid
off
all
my
borrowed
capital
;
my
works
were
my
own
,
and
this
house
is
a
freehold
.
A
year
ago
I
sent
to
my
correspondent
at
New
York
the
largest
consignment
of
goods
I
had
ever
made
and
the
best
,
and
I
cannot
get
the
slightest
return
for
them
.
My
correspondent
writes
to
me
that
there
is
no
end
of
corn
and
bread-stuffs
which
he
could
send
,
if
we
could
only
receive
them
;
but
he
knows
very
well
he
might
as
well
try
and
send
them
to
the
moon
.
The
people
here
are
starving
and
want
these
bread-stuffs
,
and
they
are
ready
to
pay
for
them
by
the
products
of
their
labour
—
and
your
blessed
laws
prevent
them
!
”
“
But
these
laws
did
not
prevent
your
carrying
on
a
thriving
trade
with
America
for
five
years
,
according
to
your
own
account
,
”
said
Endymion
.
“
I
do
not
question
what
you
say
;
I
am
asking
only
for
information
.
”
“
What
you
say
is
fairly
said
,
and
it
has
been
said
before
,
”
replied
Thornberry
;
“
but
there
is
nothing
in
it
.
We
had
a
trade
,
and
a
thriving
trade
,
with
the
States
;
though
,
to
be
sure
,
it
was
always
fitful
and
ought
to
have
been
ten
times
as
much
,
even
during
those
five
years
.
But
the
fact
is
,
the
state
of
affairs
in
America
was
then
exceptional
.
They
were
embarked
in
great
public
works
in
which
every
one
was
investing
his
capital
;
shares
and
stocks
abounded
,
and
they
paid
us
for
our
goods
with
them
.
”
“
Then
it
would
rather
seem
that
they
have
no
capital
now
to
spare
to
purchase
our
goods
?
”
“
Not
so
,
”
said
Thornberry
sharply
,
“
as
I
have
shown
;
but
were
it
so
,
it
does
not
affect
my
principle
.
If
there
were
free
exchange
,
we
should
find
employment
and
compensation
in
other
countries
,
even
if
the
States
were
logged
,
which
I
don’t
believe
thirty
millions
of
people
with
boundless
territory
ever
can
be
.
”
“
But
after
all
,
”
said
Endymion
,
“
America
is
as
little
in
favour
of
free
exchange
as
we
are
.
She
may
send
us
her
bread-stuffs
;
but
her
laws
will
not
admit
our
goods
,
except
on
the
payment
of
enormous
duties
.
”
“
Pish
!
”
said
Thornberry
;
“
I
do
not
care
this
for
their
enormous
duties
.
Let
me
have
free
imports
,
and
I
will
soon
settle
their
duties
.
”
“
To
fight
hostile
tariffs
with
free
imports
,
”
said
Endymion
;
“
is
not
that
fighting
against
odds
?
”
“
Not
a
bit
.
This
country
has
nothing
to
do
but
to
consider
its
imports
.
Foreigners
will
not
give
us
their
products
for
nothing
;
but
as
for
their
tariffs
,
if
we
were
wise
men
,
and
looked
to
our
real
interests
,
their
hostile
tariffs
