buttypes
.
That
really
was
a
sweet
thing
to
say
!
"
"
My
dear
Betty
,
you
know
no
more
about
the
matter
than
he
does
.
Falling
in
love
does
n't
merely
mean
that
a
man
has
found
a
woman
who
is
dearer
to
him
than
all
other
women
,
but
that
he
has
found
a
woman
who
is
dearer
to
him
than
himself
.
"
Elisabeth
changed
her
ground
.
"
I
admit
that
he
is
n't
what
you
might
call
orthodox
,
"
she
said
—
"
not
the
sort
of
man
who
would
clothe
himself
in
the
rubric
,
tied
on
with
red
tape
;
but
though
he
may
not
be
a
Christian
,
as
we
count
Christianity
,
he
believes
with
all
his
heart
in
an
overruling
Power
which
makes
for
righteousness
.
"
"
That
is
very
generous
of
him
,
"
retorted
Christopher
;
"
still
,
I
can
not
for
the
life
of
me
see
that
the
possession
of
three
or
four
thousand
a
year
,
without
the
trouble
of
earning
it
,
gives
a
man
the
right
to
patronize
the
Almighty
.
"
"
You
are
frightfully
narrow
,
Chris
.
"
"
I
know
I
am
,
and
I
am
thankful
for
it
.
I
had
rather
be
as
narrow
as
a
plumbing-line
than
indulge
in
the
sickly
latitudinarianism
that
such
men
as
Tremaine
nickname
breadth
.
"
"
Oh
!
I
am
tired
of
arguing
with
you
;
you
are
too
stupid
for
anything
.
"
"
But
you
have
n't
been
arguing
—
you
have
only
been
quoting
Tremaine
verbatim
;
and
that
that
may
be
tiring
I
can
well
believe
.
"
"
Well
,
you
can
call
it
what
you
like
;
but
by
any
other
name
it
will
irritate
you
just
as
much
,
because
you
have
such
a
horrid
temper
.
Your
religion
may
be
very
orthodox
,
but
I
can
not
say
much
for
its
improving
qualities
;
it
is
the
crossest
,
nastiest
,
narrowest
,
disagreeablest
sort
of
religion
that
I
ever
came
across
.
"
And
Elisabeth
walked
away
in
high
dudgeon
,
leaving
Christopher
very
angry
with
himself
for
having
been
disagreeable
,
and
still
angrier
with
Tremaine
for
having
been
the
reverse
.
WHIT
MONDAY
Light
shadows
—
hardly
seen
as
such
—
Crept
softly
o'er
the
summer
land
In
mute
caresses
,
like
the
touch
Of
some
familiar
hand
.
"
I
want
to
give
your
work-people
a
treat
,
"
said
Tremaine
to
Elisabeth
,
in
the
early
summer
.
"
That
is
very
nice
of
you
;
but
this
goes
without
saying
,
as
you
are
always
planning
and
doing
something
nice
.
I
shall
be
very
glad
for
our
people
to
have
a
little
pleasure
,
as
at
present
the
annual
tea-meeting
at
East
Lane
Chapel
seems
to
be
their
one
and
only
dissipation
;
and
although
tea-meetings
may
be
very
well
in
their
way
,
they
hardly
seem
to
fulfil
one
's
ideal
of
human
joy
.
"
"
Ah
!
you
have
touched
upon
a
point
to
which
I
was
coming
,
"
said
Alan
earnestly
;
"
it
is
wonderful
how
often
our
minds
jump
together
!
Not
only
am
I
anxious
to
give
the
Osierfield
people
something
more
enjoyable
than
a
tea-meeting
—
I
also
wish
to
eliminate
the
tea-meeting
spirit
from
their
idea
of
enjoyment
.
"
"
How
do
you
mean
?
"
It
was
noteworthy
that
while
Elisabeth
was
always
ready
to
teach
Christopher
,
she
was
equally
willing
to
learn
from
Alan
.
"
I
mean
that
I
want
to
show
people
that
pleasure
and
religion
have
nothing
to
do
with
each
other
.
It
always
seems
to
me
such
a
mistake
that
the
pleasures
of
the
poor
—
the
innocent
pleasures
,
of
course
—
are
generally
inseparable
from
religious
institutions
.
If
they
attend
a
tea-party
,
they
open
it
with
prayer
;
if
they
are
taken
for
a
country
drive
,
they
sing
hymns
by
the
way
.
"
"
Oh
!
but
I
think
they
do
this
because
they
like
it
,
and
not
because
they
are
made
to
do
it
,
"
said
Elisabeth
eagerly
.
"
Not
a
bit
of
it
;
they
do
it
because
they
are
accustomed
to
do
it
,
and
they
feel
that
it
is
expected
of
them
.
Religion
is
as
much
a
part
of
their
dissipation
as
evening
dress
is
of
ours
,
and
just
as
much
a
purely
conventional
part
;
and
I
want
to
teach
them
to
dissociate
the
two
ideas
in
their
own
minds
.
"
"
I
doubt
if
you
will
succeed
,
Mr.
Tremaine
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
shall
;
I
invariably
succeed
.
I
have
never
failed
in
anything
yet
,
and
I
never
mean
to
fail
.
And
I
do
so
want
to
make
the
poor
people
enjoy
themselves
thoroughly
.
Of
course
,
it
is
a
good
thing
to
have
one
's
pills
always
hidden
in
jam
;
but
it
must
be
a
miserable
thing
to
belong
to
a
section
of
society
where
one
's
jam
is
invariably
full
of
pills
.
"
Elisabeth
smiled
,
but
did
not
speak
;
Alan
was
the
one
person
of
her
acquaintance
to
whom
she
would
rather
listen
than
talk
.
"
It
is
a
morbid
and
unhealthy
habit
,
"
he
went
on
,
"
to
introduce
religion
into
everything
,
in
the
way
that
English
people
are
so
fond
of
doing
.
It
decreases
their
pleasures
by
casting
its
shadow
over
purely
human
and
natural
joys
;
and
it
increases
their
sorrow
and
want
by
teaching
them
to
lean
upon
some
hypothetical
Power
,
instead
of
trying
to
do
the
best
that
they
can
for
themselves
.
Also
it
enervates
their
reasoning
faculties
;
for
nothing
is
so
detrimental
to
one
's
intellectual
strength
as
the
habit
of
believing
things
which
one
knows
to
be
impossible
.
"
"
Then
do
n't
you
believe
in
religion
of
any
kind
?
"
"
Most
certainly
I
do
—
in
many
religions
.
I
believe
in
the
religion
of
art
and
of
science
and
of
humanity
,
and
countless
more
;
in
fact
,
the
only
religion
I
do
not
believe
in
is
Christianity
,
because
that
spoils
all
the
rest
by
condemning
art
as
fleshly
,
science
as
untrue
,
and
humanity
as
sinful
.
I
want
to
bring
the
old
Pantheism
to
life
again
,
and
to
teach
our
people
to
worship
beauty
as
the
Greeks
worshipped
it
of
old
;
and
I
want
you
to
help
me
.
"
Elisabeth
gasped
as
Elisha
might
have
gasped
when
Elijah
's
mantle
fell
upon
him
.
She
was
as
yet
too
young
to
beware
of
false
prophets
.
"
I
should
love
to
make
people
happy
,
"
she
said
;
"
there
seems
to
be
so
much
happiness
in
the
world
and
so
few
that
find
it
.
"
"
The
Greeks
found
it
;
therefore
,
why
should
not
the
English
?
I
mean
to
teach
them
to
find
it
,
and
I
shall
begin
with
your
work-people
on
Whit
Monday
.
"
"
What
shall
you
do
?
"
asked
the
girl
,
with
intense
interest
.
"
It
is
no
good
taking
away
old
lamps
until
you
are
prepared
to
offer
new
ones
in
their
place
;
therefore
I
shall
not
take
away
the
consolations
(
so
called
)
of
religion
until
I
have
shown
the
people
a
more
excellent
way
.
I
shall
first
show
them
nature
,
and
then
art
—
nature
to
arouse
their
highest
instincts
,
and
art
to
express
the
same
;
and
I
am
convinced
that
after
they
have
once
been
brought
face
to
face
with
the
beautiful
thus
embodied
,
the
old
faiths
will
lose
the
power
to
move
them
.
"
When
Whit
Monday
came
round
,
the
throbbing
heart
of
the
Osierfield
stopped
beating
,
as
it
was
obliged
to
stop
on
a
bank-holiday
;
and
the
workmen
,
with
their
wives
and
sweethearts
,
were
taken
by
Alan
Tremaine
in
large
brakes
to
Pembruge
Castle
,
which
the
owner
had
kindly
thrown
open
to
them
,
at
Alan
's
request
,
for
the
occasion
.
It
was
a
long
drive
and
a
wonderfully
beautiful
one
,
for
the
year
was
at
its
best
.
All
the
trees
had
put
on
their
new
summer
dresses
,
and
never
a
pair
of
them
were
of
the
same
shade
.
The
hedges
were
covered
with
a
wreath
of
white
May-blossom
,
and
seemed
like
interminable
drifts
of
that
snow
in
summer
which
is
as
good
news
from
a
far
country
;
and
the
roads
were
bordered
by
the
feathery
hemlock
,
which
covered
the
face
of
the
land
as
with
a
bridal
veil
.
"
Is
n't
the
world
a
beautiful
place
?
"
said
Elisabeth
,
with
a
sigh
of
content
,
to
Alan
,
who
was
driving
her
in
his
mail-phaeton
.
"
I
do
hope
all
the
people
will
see
and
understand
how
beautiful
it
is
.
"
"
They
can
not
help
seeing
and
understanding
;
beauty
such
as
this
is
its
own
interpreter
.
Surely
such
a
glimpse
of
nature
as
we
are
now
enjoying
does
people
more
good
than
a
hundred
prayer-meetings
in
a
stuffy
chapel
.
"
"
Beauty
slides
into
one
's
soul
on
a
day
like
this
,
just
as
something
—
I
forget
what
—
slid
into
the
soul
of
the
Ancient
Mariner
;
does
n't
it
?
"
"
Of
course
it
does
;
and
you
will
find
that
these
people
—
now
that
they
are
brought
face
to
face
with
it
—
will
be
just
as
ready
to
worship
abstract
beauty
as
ever
the
Greeks
were
.
The
fault
has
not
been
with
the
poor
for
not
having
worshipped
beauty
,
but
with
the
rich
for
not
having
shown
them
sufficient
beauty
to
worship
.
The
rich
have
tried
to
choke
them
off
with
religion
instead
,
because
it
came
cheaper
and
was
less
troublesome
to
produce
.
"
"
Then
do
you
think
that
the
love
of
beauty
will
elevate
these
people
more
and
make
them
happier
than
Christianity
has
done
?
"
"
Most
assuredly
I
do
.
Had
our
climate
been
sunnier
and
the
fight
for
existence
less
bitter
,
I
believe
that
Christianity
would
have
died
out
in
England
years
ago
;
but
the
worship
of
sorrow
will
always
have
its
attractions
for
the
sorrowful
;
and
the
doctrine
of
renunciation
will
never
be
without
its
charm
for
those
unfortunate
ones
to
whom
poverty
and
disease
have
stood
sponsors
,
and
have
renounced
all
life
's
good
things
in
their
name
before
ever
they
saw
the
light
.
Man
makes
his
god
in
his
own
image
;
and
thus
it
comes
to
pass
that
while
the
strong
and
joyous
Greek
adored
Zeus
on
Olympus
,
the
anæmic
and
neurotic
Englishman
worships
Christ
on
Calvary
.
Do
you
tell
me
that
if
people
were
happy
they
would
bow
down
before
a
stricken
and
crucified
God
?
Not
they
.
And
I
want
to
make
them
so
happy
that
they
shall
cease
to
have
any
desire
for
a
suffering
Deity
.
"
"
Well
,
you
have
made
them
happy
enough
for
to-day
,
at
any
rate
,
"
said
Elisabeth
,
as
she
looked
up
at
him
with
gratitude
and
admiration
.
"
I
saw
them
all
when
they
were
starting
,
and
there
was
n't
one
face
among
them
that
had
n't
joy
written
on
every
feature
in
capital
letters
.
"
"
Then
in
that
case
they
wo
n't
be
troubling
their
minds
to-day
about
their
religion
;
they
will
save
it
for
the
gloomy
days
,
as
we
save
narcotics
for
times
of
pain
.
You
may
depend
upon
that
.
"
"
I
'm
not
so
sure
:
their
religion
is
more
of
a
reality
to
them
than
you
think
,
"
Elisabeth
replied
.
While
Alan
was
thus
,
enjoying
himself
in
his
own
fashion
,
his
guests
were
enjoying
themselves
in
theirs
;
and
as
they
drove
through
summer
's
fairyland
,
they
,
too
,
talked
by
the
way
.
"
Eh
!
but
the
May-blossom
's
a
pretty
sight
,
"
exclaimed
Caleb
Bateson
,
as
the
big
wagonettes
rolled
along
the
country
roads
.
"
I
never
saw
it
finer
than
it
is
this
year
—
not
in
all
the
years
I
've
lived
in
Mershire
;
and
Mershire
's
the
land
for
May-blossom
.
"
"
It
do
look
pretty
,
"
agreed
his
wife
.
"
I
only
wish
Lucy
Ellen
was
here
to
see
it
;
she
was
always
a
one
for
the
May-blossom
.
Why
,
when
she
was
ever
such
a
little
girl
she
'd
come
home
carrying
branches
of
it
bigger
than
herself
,
till
she
looked
like
nothing
but
a
walking
May-pole
.
"
"
Poor
thing
!
"
said
Mrs.
Hankey
,
who
happened
to
be
driving
in
the
same
vehicle
as
the
Batesons
,
"
she
'll
be
feeling
sad
and
homesick
to
see
it
all
again
,
I
'll
be
bound
.
"
Lucy
Ellen
's
mother
laughed
contentedly
.
"
Folks
have
n't
time
to
feel
homesick
when
they
've
got
a
husband
to
look
after
;
he
soon
takes
the
place
of
May-blossom
,
bless
you
!
"
"
You
're
in
luck
to
see
all
your
children
married
and
settled
before
the
Lord
has
been
pleased
to
take
you
,
"
remarked
Mrs.
Hankey
,
with
envy
in
her
voice
.
"
Well
,
I
'm
glad
for
the
two
lads
to
have
somebody
to
look
after
them
,
I
'm
bound
to
say
;
I
feel
now
as
they
've
some
one
to
air
their
shirts
when
I
'm
not
there
,
for
you
never
can
trust
a
man
to
look
after
himself
—
never
.
Men
have
no
sense
to
know
what
is
good
for
'
em
and
what
is
bad
for
'
em
,
poor
things
!
But
Lucy
Ellen
is
a
different
thing
.
Of
course
I
'm
pleased
for
her
to
have
a
home
of
her
own
,
and
such
nice
furniture
as
she
's
got
,
too
,
and
in
such
a
good
circuit
;
but
when
your
daughter
is
married
you
do
n't
see
her
as
often
as
you
want
to
,
and
it
is
no
good
pretending
as
you
do
.
"
"
That
's
true
,
"
agreed
Caleb
Bateson
,
with
a
big
sigh
;
"
and
I
never
cease
to
miss
my
little
lass
.
"
"
She
ai
n't
no
little
lass
now
,
Mr.
Bateson
,
"
argued
Mrs.
Hankey
;
"
Lucy
Ellen
must
be
forty
,
if
she
's
a
day
.
"
"
So
she
be
,
Mrs.
Hankey
—
so
she
be
;
but
she
is
my
little
lass
to
me
,
all
the
same
,
and
always
will
be
.
The
children
never
grow
up
to
them
as
loves
'
em
.
They
are
always
our
children
,
just
as
we
are
always
the
Lord
's
children
;
and
we
never
leave
off
a-screening
and
a-sheltering
o
'
them
,
any
more
than
He
ever
leaves
off
a-screening
and
a-sheltering
of
us
.
"
"
I
'm
glad
to
hear
as
Lucy
Ellen
has
married
into
a
good
circuit
.
Unless
the
Lord
build
the
house
we
know
how
they
labour
in
vain
that
build
it
;
and
the
Lord
ca
n't
do
much
unless
He
has
a
good
minister
to
help
Him
.
I
do
n't
deny
as
He
may
work
through
local
preachers
;
but
I
like
a
regular
superintendent
myself
,
with
one
or
more
ministers
under
him
.
"
"
Oh
!
Lucy
Ellen
lives
in
one
of
the
best
circuits
in
the
Connexion
,
"
said
Mrs.
Bateson
proudly
;
"
they
have
an
ex-president
as
superintendent
,
and
three
ministers
under
him
,
and
a
supernumerary
as
well
.
They
never
hear
the
same
preached
more
than
once
a
month
;
it
's
something
grand
!
"
"
Eh
!
it
's
a
fine
place
is
Craychester
,
"
added
Caleb
;
"
they
held
Conference
there
two
years
ago
.
"
"
It
must
be
a
grand
thing
to
live
in
a
place
where
they
hold
Conference
,
"
remarked
Mrs.
Hankey
.
"
It
is
indeed
,
"
agreed
Mrs.
Bateson
;
"
Lucy
Ellen
said
it
seemed
for
all
the
world
like
heaven
,
to
see
so
many
ministers
about
,
all
in
their
black
coats
and
white
neckcloths
.
And
then
such
preaching
as
they
heard
!
It
is
n't
often
young
folks
enjoy
such
privileges
,
and
so
I
told
her
.
"
"
When
all
's
said
and
done
,
there
's
nothing
like
a
good
sermon
for
giving
folks
real
pleasure
.
Nothing
in
this
world
comes
up
to
it
,
and
I
doubt
if
there
'll
be
anything
much
better
in
the
next
,
"
said
Caleb
;
"
I
do
n't
see
as
how
there
can
be
.
"
His
friends
all
agreed
with
him
,
and
continued
,
for
the
rest
of
the
drive
,
to
discuss
the
respective
merits
of
various
discourses
they
had
been
privileged
to
hear
.
It
was
a
glorious
day
.
The
sky
was
blue
,
with
just
enough
white
clouds
flitting
about
to
show
how
blue
the
blue
part
really
was
;
and
the
varying
shadows
kept
passing
,
like
the
caress
of
some
unseen
yet
ever-protecting
Hand
,
over
the
green
nearnesses
and
the
violet
distances
of
a
country
whose
foundations
seemed
to
be
of
emerald
and
amethyst
,
and
its
walls
and
gateways
of
pearl
.
The
large
company
from
the
Osierfield
drove
across
the
breezy
common
at
the
foot
of
Sedgehill
Ridge
,
and
then
plunged
into
a
network
of
lanes
which
led
them
,
by
sweet
and
mysterious
ways
,
to
the
great
highway
from
the
Midlands
to
the
coast
of
the
western
sea
.
On
they
went
,
past
the
little
hamlet
where
the
Danes
and
the
Saxons
fought
a
great
fight
more
than
a
thousand
years
ago
,
and
which
is
still
called
by
a
strange
Saxon
name
,
meaning
"
the
burying-place
of
the
slain
"
;
and
the
little
hamlet
smiled
in
the
summer
sunshine
,
as
if
with
kindly
memories
of
those
old
warriors
whose
warfare
had
been
accomplished
so
many
centuries
ago
,
and
who
lie
together
,
beneath
the
white
blossom
,
in
the
arms
of
the
great
peacemaker
called
Death
,
waiting
for
the
resurrection
morning
which
that
blossom
is
sent
to
foretell
.
On
,
between
man
's
walls
of
gray
stone
,
till
they
came
to
God
's
walls
of
red
sandstone
;
and
then
up
a
steep
hill
to
another
common
,
where
the
sweet-scented
gorse
made
a
golden
pavement
,
and
where
there
suddenly
burst
upon
their
sight
a
view
so
wide
and
so
wonderful
that
those
who
look
upon
it
with
the
seeing
eye
and
the
understanding
heart
catch
glimpses
of
the
King
in
His
beauty
through
the
fairness
of
the
land
that
is
very
far
off
.
On
past
the
mossy
stone
,
like
an
overgrown
and
illiterate
milestone
,
which
marks
the
boundary
between
Mershire
and
Salopshire
;
and
then
through
a
typical
English
village
,
noteworthy
because
the
rites
of
Mayday
,
with
May-queen
and
May-pole
to
boot
,
are
still
celebrated
there
exactly
as
they
were
celebrated
some
three
hundred
years
ago
.
At
last
they
came
to
a
picturesque
wall
and
gateway
,
built
of
the
red
stone
which
belongs
to
that
part
of
the
country
,
and
which
has
a
trick
of
growing
so
much
redder
at
evening-time
that
it
looks
as
if
the
cold
stone
were
blushing
with
pleasure
at
being
kissed
Good-night
by
the
sun
;
and
then
through
a
wood
sloping
on
the
left
side
down
to
a
little
stream
,
which
was
so
busy
talking
to
itself
about
its
own
concerns
that
it
had
not
time
to
leap
and
sparkle
for
the
amusement
of
passers-by
;
until
they
drew
up
in
front
of
a
quaint
old
castle
,
built
of
the
same
stone
as
the
outer
walls
and
gateway
.
The
family
were
away
from
home
,
so
the
whole
of
the
castle
was
at
the
disposal
of
Alan
and
his
party
,
and
they
had
permission
to
go
wherever
they
liked
.
The
state-rooms
were
in
front
of
the
building
and
led
out
of
each
other
,
so
that
when
all
the
doors
were
open
any
one
could
see
right
from
one
end
of
the
castle
to
the
other
.
Dinner
was
to
be
served
in
the
large
saloon
at
the
back
,
built
over
what
was
once
the
courtyard
;
and
while
his
servants
were
laying
the
tables
with
the
cold
viands
which
they
had
brought
with
them
,
Alan
took
his
guests
through
the
state-rooms
to
see
the
pictures
,
and
endeavoured
to
carry
out
his
plan
of
educating
them
by
pointing
out
to
them
some
of
the
finer
works
of
art
.
"
This
,
"
he
said
,
stopping
in
front
of
a
portrait
,
"
is
a
picture
of
Lady
Mary
Wortley-Montagu
,
who
was
born
here
,
painted
by
one
of
the
first
portrait-painters
of
her
day
.
I
want
you
to
look
at
her
hands
,
and
to
notice
how
exquisitely
they
are
painted
.
Also
I
wish
to
call
your
attention
to
the
expression
of
her
face
.
You
know
that
it
is
the
duty
of
art
to
interpret
nature
—
that
is
to
say
,
to
show
to
ordinary
people
those
hidden
beauties
and
underlying
meanings
of
common
things
which
they
would
never
be
able
to
find
out
for
themselves
;
and
I
think
that
in
the
expression
on
this
woman
's
face
the
artist
has
shown
forth
,
in
a
most
wonderful
way
,
the
dissatisfaction
and
bitterness
of
her
heart
.
As
you
look
at
her
face
you
seem
to
see
right
into
her
soul
,
and
to
understand
how
she
was
foredoomed
by
nature
and
temperament
to
ask
too
much
of
life
and
to
receive
too
little
.
"
"
Well
,
to
be
sure
!
"
remarked
Mrs.
Bateson
,
in
an
undertone
,
to
her
lord
and
master
;
"
she
is
a
bit
like
our
superintendent
's
wife
,
only
not
so
stout
.
And
what
a
gown
she
has
got
on
!
I
should
say
that
satin
is
worth
five-and-six
a
yard
if
it
is
worth
a
penny
.
And
I
call
it
a
sin
and
a
shame
to
have
a
dirty
green
parrot
sitting
on
your
shoulder
when
you
're
wearing
satin
like
that
.
If
she
'd
had
any
sense
she
'd
have
fed
the
animals
before
she
put
her
best
gown
on
.
"
"
I
never
could
abide
parrots
,
"
joined
in
Mrs.
Hankey
;
"
they
smell
so
.
"
"
And
as
for
her
looking
dissatisfied
and
all
that
,
"
continued
Mrs.
Bateson
,
"
I
for
one
ca
n't
see
it
.
But
if
she
did
,
it
was
all
a
pack
of
rubbish
.
What
had
she
to
grumble
at
,
I
should
like
to
know
,
with
a
satin
gown
on
at
five-and-six
a
yard
?
"
By
this
time
Alan
had
moved
on
to
another
picture
.
"
This
represents
an
unhappy
marriage
,
"
he
explained
.
"
At
first
sight
you
see
nothing
but
two
well-dressed
people
sitting
at
table
;
but
as
you
look
into
the
picture
you
perceive
the
misery
in
the
woman
's
face
and
the
cruelty
in
the
man
's
,
and
you
realize
all
that
they
mean
.
"
"
Well
,
I
see
nothing
more
at
second
sight
,
"
whispered
Mrs.
Hankey
;
"
except
that
the
tablecloth
might
have
been
cleaner
.
There
's
another
of
your
grumbling
fine
ladies
!
Now
for
sure
she
'd
nothing
to
grumble
at
,
sitting
so
grand
at
table
with
a
glass
of
sherry-wine
to
drink
.
"
"
The
husband
looks
a
cantankerous
chap
,
"
remarked
Caleb
.
"
Poor
thing
!
it
's
his
liver
,
"
said
Mrs.
Bateson
,
taking
up
the
cudgels
as
usual
on
behalf
of
the
bilious
and
oppressed
.
"
You
can
see
from
his
complexion
that
he
is
out
of
order
,
and
that
all
that
rich
dinner
will
do
him
no
good
.
It
was
his
wife
's
duty
to
see
that
he
had
something
plain
to
eat
,
with
none
of
them
sauces
and
fal-lals
,
instead
of
playing
the
fine
lady
and
making
troubles
out
of
nothing
.
I
've
no
patience
with
her
!
"
"
Still
,
he
do
look
as
if
he
'd
a
temper
,
"
persisted
Mr.
Bateson
.
"
And
if
he
do
,
Caleb
,
what
of
that
?
If
a
man
in
his
own
house
has
n't
the
right
to
show
a
bit
of
temper
,
I
should
like
to
know
who
has
?
I
've
no
patience
with
the
women
that
will
get
married
and
have
a
man
of
their
own
;
and
then
cry
their
eyes
out
because
the
man
is
n't
an
old
woman
.
If
they
want
meekness
and
obedience
,
let
'
em
remain
single
and
keep
lapdogs
and
canaries
;
and
leave
the
husbands
for
those
as
can
manage
'
em
and
enjoy
'
em
,
for
there
ai
n't
enough
to
go
round
as
it
is
.
"
And
Mrs.
Bateson
waxed
quite
indignant
.
Here
Tremaine
took
up
his
parable
.
"
This
weird
figure
,
clothed
in
skins
,
and
feeding
upon
nothing
more
satisfying
than
locusts
and
wild
honey
,
is
a
type
of
all
those
who
are
set
apart
for
the
difficult
and
unsatisfactory
lot
of
heralds
and
forerunners
.
They
see
the
good
time
coming
,
and
make
ready
the
way
for
it
,
knowing
all
the
while
that
its
fuller
light
and
wider
freedom
are
not
for
them
;
they
lead
their
fellows
to
the
very
borders
of
the
promised
land
,
conscious
that
their
own
graves
are
already
dug
in
the
wilderness
.
No
great
social
or
political
movement
has
ever
been
carried
on
without
their
aid
;
and
they
have
never
reaped
the
benefits
of
those
reforms
which
they
lived
and
died
to
compass
.
Perhaps
there
are
no
sadder
sights
on
the
page
of
history
than
those
solitary
figures
,
of
all
nations
and
all
times
,
who
have
foretold
the
coming
of
the
dawn
and
yet
died
before
it
was
yet
day
.
"
'
"
Did
you
ever
?
"
exclaimed
Mrs.
Bateson
sotto
voce
;
"
a
grown
man
like
that
,
and
not
to
know
John
the
Baptist
when
he
sees
him
!
Forerunners
and
heralds
indeed
!
Why
,
it
's
John
the
Baptist
as
large
as
life
,
and
those
as
do
n't
recognise
him
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
theirselves
.
"
"
Lucy
Ellen
would
have
known
who
it
was
when
she
was
three
years
old
,
"
said
Caleb
proudly
.
"
And
so
she
ought
;
I
'd
have
slapped
her
if
she
had
n't
,
and
richly
she
'd
have
deserved
it
.
"
"
It
's
a
comfort
as
Mr.
Tremaine
's
mother
is
in
her
grave
,
"
remarked
Mrs.
Hankey
,
not
a
whit
behind
the
others
as
regards
shocked
sensibilities
;
"
this
would
have
been
a
sad
day
for
her
if
she
had
been
alive
.
"
"
And
it
would
!
"
agreed
Mrs.
Bateson
warmly
.
"
I
know
if
one
of
my
children
had
n't
known
John
the
Baptist
by
sight
,
I
should
have
been
that
ashamed
I
should
never
have
held
up
my
head
again
in
this
world
—
never
!
"
Mr.
Bateson
endeavoured
to
take
a
charitable
view
of
the
situation
.
"
I
expect
as
the
poor
lad
's
schooling
was
neglected
through
having
lost
his
parents
;
and
there
's
some
things
as
you
never
seem
to
master
at
all
except
you
master
'
em
when
you
're
young
—
the
Books
of
the
Bible
being
one
of
them
.
"
"
My
lads
could
say
the
Books
of
the
Bible
through
,
without
stopping
to
take
breath
,
when
they
were
six
,
and
Lucy
Ellen
when
she
was
five
and
a
half
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
Kezia
,
you
should
be
all
the
more
ready
to
take
pity
on
them
poor
orphans
as
have
n't
had
the
advantages
as
our
children
have
had
.
"
"
So
I
am
,
Caleb
;
and
if
it
had
been
one
of
the
minor
prophets
I
should
n't
have
said
a
word
—
I
ca
n't
always
tell
Jonah
myself
unless
there
's
a
whale
somewhere
at
the
back
;
but
John
the
Baptist
—
—
!
"
When
the
inspection
of
the
pictures
had
been
accomplished
,
the
company
sat
down
to
dinner
in
the
large
saloon
;
and
Alan
was
slightly
disconcerted
when
they
opened
the
proceedings
by
singing
,
at
the
top
of
their
voices
,
"
Be
present
at
our
table
,
Lord
.
"
Elisabeth
,
on
seeing
the
expression
of
his
face
,
sorely
wanted
to
laugh
;
but
she
stifled
this
desire
,
as
she
had
learned
by
experience
that
humour
was
not
one
of
Alan
's
strong
points
.
Now
Christopher
could
generally
see
when
a
thing
was
funny
,
even
when
the
joke
was
at
his
own
expense
;
but
Alan
took
life
more
seriously
,
which
—
as
Elisabeth
assured
herself
—
showed
what
a
much
more
earnest
man
than
Christopher
he
was
,
in
spite
of
his
less
orthodox
opinions
.
So
she
made
up
her
mind
that
she
would
not
catch
Christopher
's
eye
on
the
present
occasion
,
as
she
usually
did
when
anything
amused
her
,
because
it
was
cruel
to
laugh
at
the
frustration
of
poor
Alan
's
high-flown
plans
;
and
then
naturally
she
looked
straight
at
the
spot
where
Chris
was
presiding
over
a
table
,
and
returned
his
smile
of
perfect
comprehension
.
It
was
one
of
Elisabeth
's
peculiarities
that
she
invariably
did
the
thing
which
she
had
definitely
made
up
her
mind
not
to
do
.
After
dinner
the
party
broke
up
and
wandered
about
,
in
small
detachments
,
over
the
park
and
through
the
woods
and
by
the
mere
,
until
it
was
tea-time
.
Alan
spent
most
of
his
afternoon
in
explaining
to
Elisabeth
the
more
excellent
ways
whereby
the
poor
may
be
enabled
to
share
the
pleasures
of
the
rich
;
and
Christopher
spent
most
of
his
in
carrying
Johnnie
Stubbs
to
the
mere
and
taking
him
for
a
row
,
and
so
helping
the
crippled
youth
to
forget
for
a
short
time
that
he
was
not
as
other
men
are
,
and
that
it
was
out
of
pity
that
he
,
who
never
worked
,
had
been
permitted
to
take
the
holiday
which
he
could
not
earn
.
After
tea
Alan
and
Elisabeth
were
standing
on
the
steps
leading
from
the
saloon
to
the
garden
.
"
What
a
magnificent
fellow
that
is
!
"
exclaimed
Alan
,
pointing
to
the
huge
figure
of
Caleb
Bateson
,
who
was
talking
to
Jemima
Stubbs
on
the
far
side
of
the
lawn
.
Caleb
certainly
justified
this
admiration
,
for
he
was
a
fine
specimen
of
a
Mershire
puddler
—
and
there
is
no
finer
race
of
men
to
be
found
anywhere
than
the
puddlers
of
Mershire
.
Elisabeth
's
eyes
twinkled
.
"
That
is
one
of
your
anæmic
and
neurotic
Christians
,
"
she
remarked
demurely
.
Displeasure
settled
on
Alan
's
brow
;
he
greatly
objected
to
Elisabeth
's
habit
of
making
fun
of
things
,
and
had
tried
his
best
to
cure
her
of
it
.
To
a
great
extent
he
had
succeeded
(
for
the
time
being
)
;
but
even
yet
the
cloven
foot
of
Elisabeth
's
levity
now
and
then
showed
itself
,
much
to
his
regret
.
"
Exceptions
do
not
disprove
rules
,
"
he
replied
coldly
.
"
Moreover
,
Bateson
is
probably
religious
rather
from
the
force
of
convention
than
of
conviction
.
"
Tremaine
never
failed
to
enjoy
his
own
rounded
sentences
,
and
this
one
pleased
him
so
much
that
it
almost
succeeded
in
dispelling
the
cloud
which
Elisabeth
's
ill-timed
gibe
had
created
.
"
He
is
a
class-leader
and
a
local
preacher
,
"
she
added
.
"
Those
terms
convey
no
meaning
to
my
mind
.
"
"
Do
n't
they
?
Well
,
they
mean
that
Caleb
not
only
loyally
supports
the
government
of
Providence
,
but
is
prepared
to
take
office
under
it
,
"
Elisabeth
explained
.
Alan
never
quarrelled
with
people
;
he
always
reproved
them
.
"
You
make
a
great
mistake
—
and
an
extremely
feminine
one
—
Miss
Farringdon
,
in
invariably
deducting
general
rules
from
individual
instances
.
Believe
me
,
this
is
a
most
illogical
form
of
reasoning
,
and
leads
to
erroneous
,
and
sometimes
dangerous
,
conclusions
.
"
Elisabeth
tossed
her
head
;
she
did
not
like
to
be
reproved
,
even
by
Alan
Tremaine
.
"
My
conclusions
are
nearly
always
correct
,
anyhow
,
"
she
retorted
;
"
and
if
you
get
to
the
right
place
,
I
do
n't
see
that
it
matters
how
you
go
there
.
I
never
bother
my
head
about
the
'
rolling
stock
'
or
the
'
permanent
way
'
of
my
intuitions
;
I
know
they
'll
bring
me
to
the
right
conclusion
,
and
I
leave
them
to
work
out
their
Bradshaw
for
themselves
.
"
In
the
meantime
Jemima
Stubbs
was
pouring
out
a
recital
of
her
grievances
into
the
ever-sympathetic
ear
of
Caleb
Bateson
.
"
You
do
n't
seem
to
be
enjoying
yourself
,
my
lass
,
"
he
had
said
in
his
cheery
voice
,
laying
a
big
hand
in
tender
caress
upon
the
girl
's
narrow
shoulders
.
"
And
how
should
I
,
Mr.
Bateson
,
not
having
a
beau
nor
nobody
to
talk
to
?
"
she
replied
in
her
quavering
treble
.
"
What
with
havin
'
first
mother
to
nurse
when
I
was
a
little
gell
,
and
then
havin
'
Johnnie
to
look
after
,
I
've
never
had
time
to
make
myself
look
pretty
and
to
get
a
beau
,
like
other
gells
.
And
now
I
'm
too
old
for
that
sort
of
thing
,
and
yet
I
've
never
had
my
chance
,
as
you
may
say
.
"
"
Poor
lass
!
It
's
a
hard
life
as
you
've
had
,
and
no
mistake
.
"
"
That
it
is
,
Mr.
Bateson
.
Men
wants
gells
as
look
pretty
and
make
'
em
laugh
;
they
do
n't
care
for
the
dull
,
dowdy
ones
,
such
as
me
;
and
yet
how
can
a
gell
be
light-hearted
and
gay
,
I
should
like
to
know
,
when
it
's
work
,
work
,
work
,
all
the
day
,
and
nurse
,
nurse
,
nurse
,
all
the
night
?
Yet
the
men
do
n't
make
no
allowance
for
that
—
not
they
.
They
just
see
as
a
gell
is
plain
and
stupid
,
and
then
they
has
nothing
more
to
do
with
her
,
and
she
can
go
to
Jericho
for
all
they
cares
.
"
"
You
've
had
a
hard
time
of
it
,
my
lass
,
"
repeated
Bateson
,
in
his
full
,
deep
voice
.
"
Right
you
are
,
Mr.
Bateson
;
and
it
's
made
my
hair
gray
,
and
my
face
all
wrinkles
,
and
my
hands
a
sight
o
'
roughness
and
ugliness
,
till
I
'm
a
regular
old
woman
and
a
fright
at
that
.
And
I
'm
but
thirty-five
now
,
though
no
one
'
ud
believe
it
to
look
at
me
.
"
"
Thirty-five
,
are
you
?
B'ai
n't
you
more
than
that
,
Jemima
,
for
surely
you
look
more
?
"
"
I
know
I
does
,
but
I
ai
n't
;
and
lots
o
'
women
—
them
as
has
had
easy
times
and
their
way
made
smooth
for
them
—
look
little
more
than
gells
when
they
are
thirty-five
;
and
the
men
run
after
'
em
as
fast
as
if
they
was
only
twenty
.
But
I
'm
an
old
woman
,
I
am
,
and
I
've
never
had
time
to
be
a
young
one
,
and
I
've
never
had
a
beau
nor
nothing
.
"
"
It
seems
now
,
Jemima
,
as
if
the
Lord
was
dealing
a
bit
hard
with
you
;
but
never
you
fret
yourself
;
He
'll
explain
it
all
and
make
it
all
up
to
you
in
His
own
good
time
.
"
"
I
only
hope
He
may
,
Mr.
Bateson
.
"
"
My
lass
,
do
you
remember
how
Saint
Paul
said
,
'
From
henceforth
let
no
man
trouble
me
,
for
I
bear
in
my
body
the
marks
of
the
Lord
Jesus
'
?
Now
it
seems
to
me
that
all
the
gray
hairs
and
the
wrinkles
and
the
roughness
that
come
to
us
when
we
are
working
for
others
and
doing
our
duty
,
are
nothing
more
nor
less
than
the
marks
of
the
Lord
Jesus
.
"
"
That
's
a
comfortin
'
view
of
the
matter
,
I
do
n't
deny
.
"
"
There
are
lots
o
'
men
in
this
world
,
Jemima
,
and
still
more
women
,
who
grow
old
before
their
time
working
for
other
people
;
and
I
take
it
that
when
folks
talk
o
'
their
wrinkles
,
the
Lord
says
,
'
My
Name
shall
be
in
their
foreheads
'
;
and
when
folks
talk
o
'
their
gray
hairs
,
He
says
,
'
They
shall
walk
with
Me
in
white
:
for
they
are
worthy
.
'
And
why
do
we
mark
the
things
that
belong
to
us
?
Why
,
so
as
we
can
know
'
em
again
and
can
claim
'
em
as
our
own
afore
the
whole
world
.
And
that
's
just
why
the
Lord
marks
us
:
so
as
all
the
world
shall
know
as
we
are
His
,
and
so
as
no
man
shall
ever
pluck
us
out
of
His
Hand
.
"
Jemima
looked
gratefully
up
at
the
kindly
prophet
who
was
trying
to
comfort
her
.
"
Law
!
Mr.
Bateson
,
that
's
a
consolin
'
way
of
looking
at
things
,
and
I
only
hope
as
you
're
right
.
But
all
the
same
,
I
'd
have
liked
to
have
had
a
beau
of
my
own
just
for
onst
,
like
other
gells
.
I
dessay
it
's
very
wicked
o
'
me
to
feel
like
this
,
and
it
's
enough
to
make
the
Lord
angry
with
me
;
but
it
do
n't
seem
to
me
as
there
's
anything
in
religion
that
quite
makes
up
for
never
havin
'
had
a
beau
o
'
your
own
.
"
"
The
Lord
wo
n't
be
angry
with
you
,
my
lass
;
do
n't
you
fear
.
He
made
women
and
He
understands
'
em
,
and
He
ai
n't
the
one
to
blame
'
em
for
being
as
He
Himself
made
'
em
.
Remember
the
Book
says
,
'
as
one
whom
his
mother
comforteth
'
;
and
I
hold
that
means
as
He
understands
women
and
their
troubles
better
than
the
kindest
father
ever
could
.
And
He
wo
n't
let
His
children
give
up
things
for
His
sake
without
paying
them
back
some
thirty
,
some
sixty
,
and
some
an
hundred
fold
;
and
do
n't
you
ever
get
thinking
that
He
will
.
"
"
As
Jemima
says
,
yours
is
a
comfortable
doctrine
,
Bateson
,
but
I
am
afraid
you
have
no
real
foundation
for
your
consoling
belief
,
"
exclaimed
Alan
Tremaine
,
coming
up
and
interrupting
the
conversation
.
"
Eh
!
but
I
have
,
sir
,
saving
your
presence
;
I
know
in
Whom
I
have
believed
;
and
what
a
man
has
once
known
for
certain
,
he
can
never
not
know
again
as
long
as
he
lives
.
"
"
But
Christianity
is
a
myth
,
a
fable
.
You
may
imagine
and
pretend
that
it
is
true
,
but
you
can
not
know
that
it
is
.
"
"
But
I
do
know
,
sir
,
begging
your
pardon
,
as
well
as
I
know
you
are
standing
here
and
the
sun
is
shining
over
yonder
.
"
Alan
smiled
rather
scornfully
:
how
credulous
were
the
lower
classes
,
he
thought
in
his
pride
of
intellectual
superiority
.
"
I
do
not
understand
how
you
can
know
a
thing
that
has
never
been
proved
,
"
he
said
.
The
giant
turned
and
looked
on
his
fragile
frame
with
eyes
full
of
a
great
pity
.
"
You
do
not
understand
,
you
say
,
sir
that
's
just
it
;
and
I
am
too
foolish
and
ignorant
to
be
able
to
explain
things
rightly
to
a
gentleman
like
you
;
but
the
Lord
will
explain
it
to
you
when
He
thinks
fit
.
You
are
young
yet
,
sir
,
and
the
way
stretches
long
before
you
,
and
the
mysteries
of
God
are
hidden
from
your
eyes
.
But
when
you
have
loved
and
cherished
a
woman
as
your
own
flesh
,
and
when
you
have
had
little
children
clinging
round
your
knees
,
you
'll
understand
rightly
enough
then
without
needing
any
man
to
teach
you
.
"
"
My
good
man
,
do
you
suppose
a
wife
and
children
would
teach
me
more
than
the
collected
wisdom
of
the
ages
?
"
"
A
sight
more
,
Mr.
Tremaine
—
a
sight
more
.
Folks
do
n't
learn
the
best
things
from
books
,
sir
.
Why
,
when
the
Lord
Himself
wrote
the
law
on
tables
of
stone
,
they
got
broken
;
but
when
He
writes
it
on
the
fleshly
tables
of
our
hearts
,
it
lives
forever
.
And
His
Handwriting
is
the
love
we
bear
for
our
fellow-creatures
,
and
—
through
them
—
for
Him
;
at
least
,
so
it
seems
to
me
.
"
"
That
is
pure
imagination
and
sentiment
,
Bateson
.
Very
pretty
and
poetic
,
no
doubt
;
but
it
wo
n't
hold
water
.
"
Caleb
smiled
indulgently
.
"
Wait
till
you
've
got
a
little
lass
of
your
own
,
like
my
Lucy
Ellen
,
sir
.
Not
that
you
'll
ever
have
one
quite
as
good
as
her
,
bless
her
!
for
her
equal
never
has
been
seen
in
this
world
,
and
never
will
.
But
when
you
've
got
a
little
lass
of
your
own
,
and
know
as
you
'd
be
tortured
to
death
quite
cheerful-like
just
to
save
her
a
minute
's
pain
,
you
'll
laugh
at
all
the
nonsense
that
's
written
in
books
,
and
feel
you
know
a
sight
better
than
all
of
'
em
put
together
.
"
"
I
do
n't
quite
see
why
.
"
"
Well
,
you
see
,
sir
,
it
's
like
this
.
When
the
dove
came
back
to
the
ark
with
the
olive
leaf
in
her
mouth
,
Noah
did
n't
begin
sayin
'
how
wonderful
it
was
for
a
leaf
to
have
grown
out
of
nothing
all
of
a
sudden
,
as
some
folks
are
so
fond
of
saying
.
Not
he
;
he
'd
too
much
sense
.
He
says
to
his
sons
,
'
Look
here
:
a
leaf
here
means
a
tree
somewhere
,
and
the
sooner
we
make
for
that
tree
the
better
!
'
And
so
it
is
with
us
.
When
we
feel
that
all
at
onst
there
's
somebody
that
matters
more
to
us
than
ourselves
,
we
know
that
this
wonderful
feelin
'
has
n't
sprung
out
of
the
selfishness
that
filled
our
hearts
before
,
but
is
just
a
leaf
off
a
great
Tree
which
is
a
shadow
and
resting-place
for
the
whole
world
.
"
Tremaine
looked
thoughtful
;
Caleb
's
childlike
faith
and
extensive
vocabulary
were
alike
puzzles
to
him
.
He
did
not
understand
that
in
homes
—
however
simple
—
where
the
Bible
is
studied
until
it
becomes
as
household
words
,
the
children
are
accustomed
to
a
"
well
of
English
undefiled
"
;
and
so
,
unconsciously
,
mould
their
style
upon
and
borrow
their
expressions
from
the
Book
which
,
even
when
taken
only
from
a
literary
standpoint
,
is
the
finest
Book
ever
read
by
man
.
After
a
minute
's
silence
he
said
:
"
I
have
been
wondering
whether
it
really
is
any
pleasure
to
the
poor
to
see
the
homes
of
the
rich
,
or
whether
it
only
makes
them
dissatisfied
.
Now
,
what
do
you
think
,
Bateson
?
"
"
Well
,
sir
,
if
it
makes
'
em
dissatisfied
it
did
n't
ought
to
.
"
"
Perhaps
not
.
Still
,
I
have
a
good
deal
of
sympathy
with
socialism
myself
;
and
I
know
I
should
feel
it
very
hard
if
I
were
poor
,
while
other
men
,
not
a
whit
better
and
probably
worse
than
myself
,
were
rich
.
"
"
And
so
it
would
be
hard
,
sir
,
if
this
was
the
end
of
everything
,
and
it
was
all
haphazard
,
as
it
were
;
so
hard
that
no
sensible
man
could
see
it
without
going
clean
off
his
head
altogether
.
But
when
you
rightly
understand
as
it
's
all
the
Master
's
doing
,
and
that
He
knows
what
He
's
about
a
sight
better
than
we
could
teach
Him
,
it
makes
a
wonderful
difference
.
Whether
we
're
rich
or
poor
,
happy
or
sorrowful
,
is
His
business
and
He
can
attend
to
that
;
but
whether
we
serve
Him
rightly
in
the
place
where
He
has
put
us
,
is
our
business
,
and
it
'll
take
us
all
our
time
to
look
after
it
without
trying
to
do
His
work
as
well
.
"
Tremaine
merely
smiled
,
and
Bateson
went
on
—
"
You
see
,
sir
,
there
's
work
in
the
world
of
all
kinds
for
all
sorts
;
and
whether
they
be
lords
and
ladies
,
or
just
poor
folks
like
we
,
they
've
got
to
do
the
work
that
the
Lord
has
set
them
to
do
,
and
not
to
go
hankering
after
each
other
's
.
Why
,
Mr.
Tremaine
,
if
at
our
place
the
puddlers
wanted
to
do
the
work
of
the
shinglers
,
and
the
shinglers
wanted
to
do
the
work
of
the
rollers
,
and
the
rollers
wanted
to
do
the
work
of
the
masters
,
the
Osierfield
would
n't
be
for
long
the
biggest
ironworks
in
Mershire
.
Not
it
!
You
have
to
use
your
common
sense
in
religion
as
in
everything
else
.
"
"
You
think
that
religion
is
the
only
thing
to
make
people
contented
and
happy
?
So
do
I
;
but
I
do
n't
think
that
the
religion
to
do
this
effectually
is
Christianity
.
"
"
No
more
do
I
,
sir
;
that
's
where
you
make
a
mistake
,
begging
your
pardon
;
you
go
confusing
principles
with
persons
.
It
is
n't
my
love
for
my
wife
that
lights
the
fire
and
cooks
the
dinner
and
makes
my
little
home
like
heaven
to
me
—
it
's
my
wife
herself
;
it
was
n't
my
children
's
faith
in
their
daddy
that
fed
'
em
and
clothed
'
em
when
they
were
too
little
to
work
for
themselves
—
it
was
me
myself
;
and
it
is
n't
the
religion
of
Christ
that
keeps
us
straight
in
this
world
and
makes
us
ready
for
the
next
—
it
is
Christ
Himself
.
"
Thus
the
rich
man
and
the
poor
man
talked
together
,
moving
along
parallel
lines
,
neither
understanding
,
and
each
looking
down
upon
the
other
—
Alan
with
the
scornful
pity
of
the
scholar
who
has
delved
in
the
dust
of
dreary
negatives
which
generations
of
doubters
have
gradually
heaped
up
;
and
Caleb
with
the
pitiful
scorn
of
one
who
has
been
into
the
sanctuary
of
God
,
and
so
learned
to
understand
the
end
of
these
men
.
Late
that
night
,
when
all
the
merrymakers
had
gone
to
their
homes
,
Tremaine
sat
smoking
in
the
moonlight
on
the
terrace
of
the
Moat
House
.
"
It
is
strange
,
"
he
said
to
himself
,
"
what
a
hold
the
Christian
myth
has
taken
upon
the
minds
of
the
English
people
,
and
especially
of
the
working
classes
.
I
can
see
how
its
pathos
might
appeal
to
those
whose
health
was
spoiled
and
whose
physique
was
stunted
by
poverty
and
misery
;
but
it
puzzles
me
to
find
a
magnificent
giant
such
as
Bateson
,
a
man
too
strong
to
have
nerves
and
too
healthy
to
have
delusions
,
as
thoroughly
imbued
with
its
traditions
as
any
one
.
I
fail
to
understand
the
secret
of
its
power
.
"
At
that
very
moment
Caleb
was
closing
the
day
,
as
was
his
custom
,
with
family
prayer
,
and
his
prayer
ran
thus
—
"
We
beseech
Thee
,
O
Lord
,
look
kindly
upon
the
stranger
who
has
this
day
shown
such
favour
unto
Thy
servants
;
pay
back
all
that
he
has
given
us
sevenfold
into
his
bosom
.
He
is
very
young
,
Lord
,
and
very
ignorant
and
very
foolish
;
his
eyes
are
holden
so
that
he
can
not
see
the
operations
of
Thy
Hands
;
but
he
is
not
very
far
from
Thy
Kingdom
.
Lead
him
,
Heavenly
Father
,
in
the
way
that
he
should
go
;
open
his
eyes
that
he
may
behold
the
hidden
things
of
Thy
Law
;
look
upon
him
and
love
him
,
as
Thou
didst
aforetime
another
young
man
who
had
great
possessions
.
Lord
,
tell
him
that
this
earth
is
only
Thy
footstool
;
show
him
that
the
beauty
he
sees
all
around
him
is
the
hem
of
Thy
garment
;
and
teach
him
that
the
wisdom
of
this
world
is
but
foolishness
with
Thee
.
And
this
we
beg
,
O
Lord
,
for
Christ
's
sake
.
Amen
.
"
Thus
Caleb
prayed
,
and
Alan
could
not
hear
him
,
and
could
not
have
understood
him
even
if
he
had
heard
.
But
there
was
One
who
heard
,
and
understood
.
BROADER
VIEWS
He
proved
that
Man
is
nothing
more
Than
educated
sod
,
Forgetting
that
the
schoolmen
's
lore
Is
foolishness
with
God
.
"
Do
you
know
what
I
mean
to
do
as
soon
as
Cousin
Maria
will
let
me
?
"
Elisabeth
asked
of
Christopher
,
as
the
two
were
walking
together
—
as
they
walked
not
unfrequently
—
in
Badgering
Woods
.
"
No
;
please
tell
me
.
"
"
I
mean
to
go
up
to
the
Slade
School
,
and
study
there
,
and
learn
to
be
a
great
artist
.
"
"
It
is
sometimes
a
difficult
lesson
to
learn
to
be
great
.
"
"
Nevertheless
,
I
mean
to
learn
it
.
"
The
possibility
of
failure
never
occurred
to
Elisabeth
.
"
There
is
so
much
I
want
to
teach
the
world
,
and
I
feel
I
can
only
do
it
through
my
pictures
;
and
I
want
to
begin
at
once
,
for
fear
I
should
n't
get
it
all
in
before
I
die
.
There
is
plenty
of
time
,
of
course
;
I
'm
only
twenty-one
now
,
so
that
gives
me
forty-nine
years
at
the
least
;
but
forty-nine
years
will
be
none
too
much
in
which
to
teach
the
world
all
that
I
want
to
teach
it
.
"
"
And
what
time
shall
you
reserve
for
learning
all
that
the
world
has
to
teach
you
?
"
"
I
never
thought
of
that
.
I
'm
afraid
I
sha'
n't
have
much
time
for
learning
.
"
"
Then
I
am
afraid
you
wo
n't
do
much
good
by
teaching
.
"
Elisabeth
laughed
in
all
the
arrogance
of
youth
.
"
Yes
,
I
shall
;
the
things
you
teach
best
are
the
things
you
know
,
and
not
the
things
you
have
learned
.
"
"
I
am
not
so
sure
of
that
.
"
"
Surely
genius
does
greater
things
than
culture
.
"
"
I
grant
you
that
culture
without
genius
does
no
great
things
;
neither
,
I
think
,
does
genius
without
culture
.
Untrained
genius
is
a
terrible
waste
of
power
.
So
many
people
seem
to
think
that
if
they
have
a
spark
of
genius
they
can
do
without
culture
;
while
really
it
is
because
they
have
a
spark
of
genius
that
they
ought
to
be
,
and
are
worthy
to
be
,
cultivated
to
the
highest
point
.
"
"
Well
,
anyway
—
culture
or
no
culture
—
I
mean
to
set
the
Thames
on
fire
some
day
.
"
"
You
do
,
do
you
?
Well
,
it
is
a
laudable
and
not
uncommon
ambition
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
do
;
and
you
must
n't
look
so
doubtful
on
the
subject
,
as
it
is
n't
pretty
manners
.
"
"
Did
I
look
doubtful
?
I
'm
very
sorry
.
"
"
Horribly
so
.
I
know
exactly
what
you
will
do
,
you
are
so
shockingly
matter-of-fact
.
First
you
will
prove
to
a
demonstration
that
it
is
utterly
impossible
for
such
an
inferior
being
as
a
woman
to
set
the
Thames
on
fire
at
all
.
Then
—
when
I
've
done
it
and
London
is
illuminated
—
you
will
write
to
the
papers
to
show
that
the
'
flash-point
'
of
the
river
is
decidedly
too
low
,
or
else
such
an
unlooked-for
catastrophe
could
never
have
occurred
.
Then
you
will
get
the
Government
to
take
the
matter
up
,
and
to
bring
a
charge
of
arson
against
the
New
Woman
.
And
,
finally
,
you
will
have
notices
put
up
all
along
the
banks
from
Goring
to
Greenwich
,
'
Ladies
are
requested
not
to
bring
inflammatory
articles
near
the
river
;
the
right
of
setting
the
Thames
on
fire
is
now
—
as
formerly
—
reserved
specially
for
men
.
'
And
then
you
will
try
to
set
it
on
fire
yourself
.
"
"
A
most
characteristic
programme
,
I
must
confess
.
But
now
tell
me
;
when
you
have
set
your
Thames
on
fire
,
and
covered
yourself
with
laurels
,
and
generally
turned
the
world
upside
down
,
sha'
n't
you
allow
some
humble
and
devoted
beggarman
to
share
your
kingdom
with
you
?
You
might
find
it
a
little
dull
alone
in
your
glory
,
as
you
are
such
a
sociable
person
.
"
"
Well
,
if
I
do
,
of
course
I
shall
let
some
nice
man
share
it
with
me
.
"
"
I
see
.
You
will
stoop
from
your
solitary
splendour
and
say
to
the
devoted
beggarman
,
'
Allow
me
to
offer
you
the
post
of
King
Consort
;
it
is
a
mere
sinecure
,
and
confers
only
the
semblance
and
not
the
reality
of
power
;
but
I
hope
you
will
accept
it
,
as
I
have
nothing
better
to
give
you
,
and
if
you
are
submissive
and
obedient
I
will
make
you
as
comfortable
as
I
can
under
the
circumstances
.
'
"
"
Good
gracious
!
I
hope
I
am
too
wise
ever
to
talk
to
a
man
in
that
way
.
No
,
no
,
Chris
;
I
shall
find
some
nice
man
,
who
has
seen
through
me
all
the
time
and
who
has
n't
been
taken
in
by
me
,
as
the
world
has
;
and
I
shall
say
to
him
,
'
By
the
way
,
here
is
a
small
fire
and
a
few
laurel
leaves
;
please
warm
your
hands
at
the
one
and
wear
the
others
in
your
button-hole
.
'
That
is
the
proper
way
in
which
a
woman
should
treat
fame
—
merely
as
a
decoration
for
the
man
whom
she
has
chosen
.
"
"
O
noble
judge
!
O
excellent
young
woman
!
"
exclaimed
Christopher
.
"
But
what
are
some
of
the
wonderful
things
which
you
are
so
anxious
to
teach
?
"
Elisabeth
's
mood
changed
at
once
,
and
her
face
grew
serious
.
"
I
want
to
teach
people
that
they
were
sent
into
the
world
to
be
happy
,
and
not
to
be
miserable
;
and
that
there
is
no
virtue
in
turning
their
backs
to
the
sunshine
and
choosing
to
walk
in
the
shade
.
I
want
to
teach
people
that
the
world
is
beautiful
,
and
that
it
is
only
a
superficial
view
that
finds
it
common
and
unclean
.
I
want
to
teach
people
that
human
nature
is
good
and
not
evil
,
and
that
life
is
a
glorious
battlefield
and
not
a
sordid
struggle
.
In
short
,
I
want
to
teach
people
the
dignity
of
themselves
;
and
there
is
no
grander
lesson
.
"
"
Except
,
perhaps
,
the
unworthiness
of
themselves
,
"
suggested
Christopher
.
"
No
,
no
,
Chris
;
you
are
wrong
to
be
so
hard
and
cynical
.
Ca
n't
you
understand
how
I
am
longing
to
help
the
men
and
women
I
see
around
me
,
who
are
dying
for
want
of
joy
and
beauty
in
their
lives
?
It
is
the
old
struggle
between
Hellenism
and
Hebraism
—
between
happiness
and
righteousness
.
We
are
sorely
in
need
,
here
in
England
to-day
,
of
the
Greek
spirit
of
Pantheism
,
which
found
God
in
life
and
art
and
nature
,
'
as
well
as
in
sorrow
and
renunciation
and
death
.
"
"
But
it
is
in
sorrow
and
renunciation
and
death
that
we
need
Him
;
and
you
,
who
have
always
had
everything
you
want
,
can
not
understand
this
:
no
more
could
the
Pagans
and
the
Royalists
;
but
the
early
Christians
and
the
persecuted
Puritans
could
.
"
"
Puritanism
has
much
to
answer
for
in
England
,
"
said
Elisabeth
;
"
we
have
to
thank
Puritanism
for
teaching
men
that
only
by
hurting
themselves
can
they
please
their
Maker
,
and
that
