fellow!
I
do
pity
you
,
George
.
"
"
No
,
you
do
n't
;
—
nor
does
Alice
.
I
believe
girls
always
think
that
a
bachelor
in
London
has
the
happiest
of
all
lives
.
It
's
because
they
think
so
that
they
generally
want
to
put
an
end
to
the
man
's
condition
.
"
"
It
's
envy
that
makes
us
want
to
get
married
,
—
not
love
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
It
's
the
devil
in
some
shape
,
as
often
as
not
,
"
said
he
.
"
With
a
man
,
marriage
always
seems
to
him
to
be
an
evil
at
the
instant
.
"
"
Not
always
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Almost
always
;
—
but
he
does
it
,
as
he
takes
physic
,
because
something
worse
will
come
if
he
do
n't
.
A
man
never
likes
having
his
tooth
pulled
out
,
but
all
men
do
have
their
teeth
pulled
out
,
—
and
they
who
delay
it
too
long
suffer
the
very
mischief
.
"
"
I
do
like
George
's
philosophy
,
"
said
Kate
,
getting
up
from
her
chair
as
she
spoke
;
"
it
is
so
sharp
,
and
has
such
a
pleasant
acid
taste
about
it
;
and
then
we
all
know
that
it
means
nothing
.
Alice
,
I
'm
going
up-stairs
to
begin
the
final
packing
.
"
"
I
'll
come
with
you
,
dear
.
"
"
No
,
do
n't
.
To
tell
the
truth
I
'm
only
going
into
that
man
's
room
because
he
wo
n't
put
up
a
single
thing
of
his
own
decently
.
We
'll
do
ours
,
of
course
,
when
we
go
up
to
bed
.
Whatever
you
disarrange
to-night
,
Master
George
,
you
must
rearrange
for
yourself
to-morrow
morning
,
for
I
promise
I
wo
n't
go
into
your
room
at
five
o'clock
.
"
"
How
I
do
hate
that
early
work
,
"
said
George
.
"
I
'll
be
down
again
very
soon
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
Then
we
'll
take
one
turn
on
the
bridge
and
go
to
bed
.
"
Alice
and
George
were
left
together
sitting
in
the
balcony
.
They
had
been
alone
together
before
many
times
since
their
travels
had
commenced
;
but
they
both
of
them
felt
that
there
was
something
to
them
in
the
present
moment
different
from
any
other
period
of
their
journey
.
There
was
something
that
each
felt
to
be
sweet
,
undefinable
,
and
dangerous
.
Alice
had
known
that
it
would
be
better
for
her
to
go
up-stairs
with
Kate
;
but
Kate
's
answer
had
been
of
such
a
nature
that
had
she
gone
she
would
have
shown
that
she
had
some
special
reason
for
going
.
Why
should
she
show
such
a
need
?
Or
why
,
indeed
,
should
she
entertain
it
?
Alice
was
seated
quite
at
the
end
of
the
gallery
,
and
Kate
's
chair
was
at
her
feet
in
the
corner
.
When
Alice
and
Kate
had
seated
themselves
,
the
waiter
had
brought
a
small
table
for
the
coffee-cups
,
and
George
had
placed
his
chair
on
the
other
side
of
that
.
So
that
Alice
was
,
as
it
were
,
a
prisoner
.
She
could
not
slip
away
without
some
special
preparation
for
going
,
and
Kate
had
so
placed
her
chair
in
leaving
,
that
she
must
actually
have
asked
George
to
move
it
before
she
could
escape
.
But
why
should
she
wish
to
escape
?
Nothing
could
be
more
lovely
and
enticing
than
the
scene
before
her
.
The
night
had
come
on
,
with
quick
but
still
unperceived
approach
,
as
it
does
in
those
parts
;
for
the
twilight
there
is
not
prolonged
as
it
is
with
us
more
northern
folk
.
The
night
had
come
on
,
but
there
was
a
rising
moon
,
which
just
sufficed
to
give
a
sheen
to
the
water
beneath
her
.
The
air
was
deliciously
soft
;
—
of
that
softness
which
produces
no
sensation
either
of
warmth
or
cold
,
but
which
just
seems
to
touch
one
with
loving
tenderness
,
as
though
the
unseen
spirits
of
the
air
kissed
one
's
forehead
as
they
passed
on
their
wings
.
The
Rhine
was
running
at
her
feet
,
so
near
,
that
in
the
soft
half
light
it
seemed
as
though
she
might
step
into
its
ripple
.
The
Rhine
was
running
by
with
that
delicious
sound
of
rapidly
moving
waters
,
that
fresh
refreshing
gurgle
of
the
river
,
which
is
so
delicious
to
the
ear
at
all
times
.
If
you
be
talking
,
it
wraps
up
your
speech
,
keeping
it
for
yourselves
,
making
it
difficult
neither
to
her
who
listens
nor
to
him
who
speaks
.
If
you
would
sleep
,
it
is
of
all
lullabies
the
sweetest
.
If
you
are
alone
and
would
think
,
it
aids
all
your
thoughts
.
If
you
are
alone
,
and
,
alas
!
would
not
think
,
—
if
thinking
be
too
painful
,
—
it
will
dispel
your
sorrow
,
and
give
the
comfort
which
music
alone
can
give
.
Alice
felt
that
the
air
kissed
her
,
that
the
river
sang
for
her
its
sweetest
song
,
that
the
moon
shone
for
her
with
its
softest
light
,
—
that
light
which
lends
the
poetry
of
half-developed
beauty
to
everything
that
it
touches
.
Why
should
she
leave
it
?
Nothing
was
said
for
some
minutes
after
Kate
's
departure
,
and
Alice
was
beginning
to
shake
from
her
that
half
feeling
of
danger
which
had
come
over
her
.
Vavasor
had
sat
back
in
his
chair
,
leaning
against
the
house
,
with
his
feet
raised
upon
a
stool
;
his
arms
were
folded
across
his
breast
,
and
he
seemed
to
have
divided
himself
between
his
thoughts
and
his
cigar
.
Alice
was
looking
full
upon
the
river
,
and
her
thoughts
had
strayed
away
to
her
future
home
among
John
Grey
's
flower-beds
and
shrubs
;
but
the
river
,
though
it
sang
to
her
pleasantly
,
seemed
to
sing
a
song
of
other
things
than
such
a
home
as
that
,
—
a
song
full
of
mystery
,
as
are
all
river
songs
when
one
tries
to
understand
their
words
.
"
When
are
you
to
be
married
,
Alice
?
"
said
George
at
last
.
"
Oh
,
George
!
"
said
she
.
"
You
ask
me
a
question
as
though
you
were
putting
a
pistol
to
my
ear
.
"
"
I
'm
sorry
the
question
was
so
unpleasant
.
"
"
I
did
n't
say
that
it
was
unpleasant
;
but
you
asked
it
so
suddenly
!
The
truth
is
,
I
did
n't
expect
you
to
speak
at
all
just
then
.
I
suppose
I
was
thinking
of
something
.
"
"
But
if
it
be
not
unpleasant
,
—
when
are
you
to
be
married
?
"
"
I
do
not
know
.
It
is
not
fixed
.
"
"
But
about
when
,
I
mean
?
This
summer
?
"
"
Certainly
not
this
summer
,
for
the
summer
will
be
over
when
we
reach
home
.
"
"
This
winter
?
Next
spring
?
Next
year
?
—
or
in
ten
years
'
time
?
"
"
Before
the
expiration
of
the
ten
years
,
I
suppose
.
Anything
more
exact
than
that
I
ca
n't
say
.
"
"
I
suppose
you
like
it
?
"
he
then
said
.
"
What
,
being
married
?
You
see
I
've
never
tried
yet
.
"
"
The
idea
of
it
,
—
the
anticipation
,
You
look
forward
with
satisfaction
to
the
kind
of
life
you
will
lead
at
Nethercoats
?
Do
n't
suppose
I
am
saying
anything
against
it
,
for
I
have
no
conception
what
sort
of
a
place
Nethercoats
is
.
On
the
whole
I
do
n't
know
that
there
is
any
kind
of
life
better
than
that
of
an
English
country
gentleman
in
his
own
place
;
—
that
is
,
if
he
can
keep
it
up
,
and
not
live
as
the
old
squire
does
,
in
a
state
of
chronic
poverty
.
"
"
Mr.
Grey
's
place
does
n't
entitle
him
to
be
called
a
country
gentleman
.
"
"
But
you
like
the
prospect
of
it
?
"
"
Oh
,
George
,
how
you
do
cross-question
one
!
Of
course
I
like
it
,
or
I
should
n't
have
accepted
it
.
"
"
That
does
not
follow
.
But
I
quite
acknowledge
that
I
have
no
right
to
cross-question
you
.
If
I
ever
had
such
right
on
the
score
of
cousinship
,
I
have
lost
it
on
the
score
of
—
;
but
we
wo
n't
mind
that
,
will
we
,
Alice
?
"
To
this
she
at
first
made
no
answer
,
but
he
repeated
the
question
.
"
Will
we
,
Alice
?
"
"
Will
we
what
?
"
"
Recur
to
the
old
days
.
"
"
Why
should
we
recur
to
them
?
They
are
passed
,
and
as
we
are
again
friends
and
dear
cousins
the
sting
of
them
is
gone
.
"
"
Ah
,
yes
!
The
sting
of
them
is
gone
.
It
is
for
that
reason
,
because
it
is
so
,
that
we
may
at
last
recur
to
them
without
danger
.
If
we
regret
nothing
,
—
if
neither
of
us
has
anything
to
regret
,
why
not
recur
to
them
,
and
talk
of
them
freely
?
"
"
No
,
George
;
that
would
not
do
.
"
"
By
heavens
,
no
!
It
would
drive
me
mad
;
and
if
I
know
aught
of
you
,
it
would
hardly
leave
you
as
calm
as
you
are
at
present
.
"
"
As
I
would
wish
to
be
left
calm
—
"
"
Would
you
?
Then
I
suppose
I
ought
to
hold
my
tongue
.
But
,
Alice
,
I
shall
never
have
the
power
of
speaking
to
you
again
as
I
speak
now
.
Since
we
have
been
out
together
,
we
have
been
dear
friends
;
is
it
not
so
?
"
"
And
shall
we
not
always
be
dear
friends
?
"
"
No
,
certainly
not
.
How
will
it
be
possible
?
Think
of
it
.
How
can
I
really
be
your
friend
when
you
are
the
mistress
of
that
man
's
house
in
Cambridgeshire
?
"
"
George
!
"
"
I
mean
nothing
disrespectful
.
I
truly
beg
your
pardon
if
it
has
seemed
so
.
Let
me
say
that
gentleman
's
house
;
—
for
he
is
a
gentleman
.
"
"
That
he
certainly
is
.
"
"
You
could
not
have
accepted
him
were
he
not
so
.
But
how
can
I
be
your
friend
when
you
are
his
wife
?
I
may
still
call
you
cousin
Alice
,
and
pat
your
children
on
the
head
if
I
chance
to
see
them
;
and
shall
stop
in
the
streets
and
shake
hands
with
him
if
I
meet
him
;
—
that
is
if
my
untoward
fate
does
not
induce
him
to
cut
my
acquaintance
;
—
but
as
for
friendship
,
that
will
be
over
when
you
and
I
shall
have
parted
next
Thursday
evening
at
London
Bridge
.
"
"
Oh
,
George
,
do
n't
say
so
!
"
"
But
I
do
.
"
"
And
why
on
Thursday
?
Do
you
mean
that
you
wo
n't
come
to
Queen
Anne
Street
any
more
?
"
"
Yes
,
that
is
what
I
do
mean
.
This
trip
of
ours
has
been
very
successful
,
Kate
says
.
Perhaps
Kate
knows
nothing
about
it
.
"
"
It
has
been
very
pleasant
,
—
at
least
to
me
.
"
"
And
the
pleasure
has
had
no
drawback
?
"
"
None
to
me
.
"
"
It
has
been
very
pleasant
to
me
,
also
;
—
but
the
pleasure
has
had
its
alloy
.
Alice
,
I
have
nothing
to
ask
from
you
,
—
nothing
.
"
"
Anything
that
you
should
ask
,
I
would
do
for
you
.
"
"
I
have
nothing
to
ask
;
—
nothing
.
But
I
have
one
word
to
say
.
"
"
George
,
do
not
say
it
.
Let
me
go
up-stairs
.
Let
me
go
to
Kate
.
"
"
Certainly
;
if
you
wish
it
you
shall
go
.
"
He
still
held
his
foot
against
the
chair
which
barred
her
passage
,
and
did
not
attempt
to
rise
as
he
must
have
done
to
make
way
for
her
passage
out
.
"
Certainly
you
shall
go
to
Kate
,
if
you
refuse
to
hear
me
.
But
after
all
that
has
passed
between
us
,
after
these
six
weeks
of
intimate
companionship
,
I
think
you
ought
to
listen
to
me
.
I
tell
you
that
I
have
nothing
to
ask
.
I
am
not
going
to
make
love
to
you
.
"
Alice
had
commenced
some
attempt
to
rise
,
but
she
had
again
settled
herself
in
her
chair
.
And
now
,
when
he
paused
for
a
moment
,
she
made
no
further
sign
that
she
wished
to
escape
,
nor
did
she
say
a
word
to
intimate
her
further
wish
that
he
should
be
silent
.
"
I
am
not
going
to
make
love
to
you
,
"
he
said
again
.
"
As
for
making
love
,
as
the
word
goes
,
that
must
be
over
between
you
and
me
.
It
has
been
made
and
marred
,
and
cannot
be
remade
.
It
may
exist
,
or
it
may
have
been
expelled
;
but
where
it
does
not
exist
,
it
will
never
be
brought
back
again
.
"
"
It
should
not
be
spoken
of
between
you
and
me
.
"
"
So
,
no
doubt
,
any
proper-going
duenna
would
say
,
and
so
,
too
,
little
children
should
be
told
;
but
between
you
and
me
there
can
be
no
necessity
for
falsehood
.
We
have
grown
beyond
our
sugar-toothed
ages
,
and
are
now
men
and
women
.
I
perfectly
understood
your
breaking
away
from
me
.
I
understood
you
,
and
in
spite
of
my
sorrow
knew
that
you
were
right
.
I
am
not
going
to
accuse
or
to
defend
myself
;
but
I
knew
that
you
were
right
.
"
"
Then
let
there
be
no
more
about
it
.
"
"
Yes
;
there
must
be
more
about
it
.
I
did
not
understand
you
when
you
accepted
Mr.
Grey
.
Against
him
I
have
not
a
whisper
to
make
.
He
may
be
perfect
for
aught
I
know
.
But
,
knowing
you
as
I
thought
I
did
,
I
could
not
understand
your
loving
such
a
man
as
him
.
It
was
as
though
one
who
had
lived
on
brandy
should
take
himself
suddenly
to
a
milk
diet
,
—
and
enjoy
the
change
!
A
milk
diet
is
no
doubt
the
best
.
But
men
who
have
lived
on
brandy
ca
n't
make
those
changes
very
suddenly
.
They
perish
in
the
attempt
.
"
"
Not
always
,
George
.
"
"
It
may
be
done
with
months
of
agony
;
—
but
there
was
no
such
agony
with
you
.
"
"
Who
can
tell
?
"
"
But
you
will
tell
me
the
cure
was
made
.
I
thought
so
,
and
therefore
thought
that
I
should
find
you
changed
.
I
thought
that
you
,
who
had
been
all
fire
,
would
now
have
turned
yourself
into
soft-flowing
milk
and
honey
,
and
have
become
fit
for
the
life
in
store
for
you
.
With
such
a
one
I
might
have
travelled
from
Moscow
to
Malta
without
danger
.
The
woman
fit
to
be
John
Grey
's
wife
would
certainly
do
me
no
harm
,
—
could
not
touch
my
happiness
.
I
might
have
loved
her
once
,
—
might
still
love
the
memory
of
what
she
had
been
;
but
her
,
in
her
new
form
,
after
her
new
birth
,
—
such
a
one
as
that
,
Alice
,
could
be
nothing
to
me
.
Do
n't
mistake
me
.
I
have
enough
of
wisdom
in
me
to
know
how
much
better
,
ay
,
and
happier
a
woman
she
might
be
.
It
was
not
that
I
thought
you
had
descended
in
the
scale
;
but
I
gave
you
credit
for
virtues
which
you
have
not
acquired
.
Alice
,
that
wholesome
diet
of
which
I
spoke
is
not
your
diet
.
You
would
starve
on
it
,
and
perish
.
"
He
had
spoken
with
great
energy
,
but
still
in
a
low
voice
,
having
turned
full
round
upon
the
table
,
with
both
his
arms
upon
it
,
and
his
face
stretched
out
far
over
towards
her
.
She
was
looking
full
at
him
;
and
,
as
I
have
said
before
,
that
scar
and
his
gloomy
eyes
and
thick
eyebrows
seemed
to
make
up
the
whole
of
his
face
.
But
the
scar
had
never
been
ugly
to
her
.
She
knew
the
story
,
and
when
he
was
her
lover
she
had
taken
pride
in
the
mark
of
the
wound
.
She
looked
at
him
,
but
though
he
paused
she
did
not
speak
.
The
music
of
the
river
was
still
in
her
ears
,
and
there
came
upon
her
a
struggle
as
though
she
were
striving
to
understand
its
song
.
Were
the
waters
also
telling
her
of
the
mistake
she
had
made
in
accepting
Mr.
Grey
as
her
husband
?
What
her
cousin
was
now
telling
her
,
—
was
it
not
a
repetition
of
words
which
she
had
spoken
to
herself
hundreds
of
times
during
the
last
two
months
?
Was
she
not
telling
herself
daily
,
—
hourly
,
—
always
,
—
in
every
thought
of
her
life
,
that
in
accepting
Mr.
Grey
she
had
assumed
herself
to
be
mistress
of
virtues
which
she
did
not
possess
?
Had
she
not
,
in
truth
,
rioted
upon
brandy
,
till
the
innocence
of
milk
was
unfitted
for
her
?
This
man
now
came
and
rudely
told
her
all
this
,
—
but
did
he
not
tell
her
the
truth
?
She
sat
silent
and
convicted
;
only
gazing
into
his
face
when
his
speech
was
done
.
"
I
have
learned
this
since
we
have
been
again
together
,
Alice
;
and
finding
you
,
not
the
angel
I
had
supposed
,
finding
you
to
be
the
same
woman
I
had
once
loved
,
—
the
safety
that
I
anticipated
has
not
fallen
to
my
lot
.
That
's
all
.
Here
's
Kate
,
and
now
we
'll
go
for
our
walk
.
"
CHAPTER
VI
.
The
Bridge
over
the
Rhine
.
"
George
,
"
said
Kate
,
speaking
before
she
quite
got
up
to
them
,
"
will
you
tell
me
whether
you
have
been
preparing
all
your
things
for
an
open
sale
by
auction
?
"
Then
she
stole
a
look
at
Alice
,
and
having
learned
from
that
glance
that
something
had
occurred
which
prevented
Alice
from
joining
her
in
her
raillery
,
she
went
on
with
it
herself
rapidly
,
as
though
to
cover
Alice
's
confusion
,
and
give
her
time
to
rally
before
they
should
all
move
.
"
Would
you
believe
it
?
he
had
three
razors
laid
out
on
his
table
—
"
"
A
man
must
shave
,
—
even
at
Basle
.
"
"
But
not
with
three
razors
at
once
;
and
three
hair-brushes
,
and
half
a
dozen
toothbrushes
,
and
a
small
collection
of
combs
,
and
four
or
five
little
glass
bottles
,
looking
as
though
they
contained
poison
,
—
all
with
silver
tops
.
I
can
only
suppose
you
desired
to
startle
the
weak
mind
of
the
chambermaid
.
I
have
put
them
all
up
;
but
remember
this
,
if
they
are
taken
out
again
you
are
responsible
.
And
I
will
not
put
up
your
boots
,
George
.
What
can
you
have
wanted
with
three
pairs
of
boots
at
Basle
?
"
"
When
you
have
completed
the
list
of
my
wardrobe
we
'll
go
out
upon
the
bridge
.
That
is
,
if
Alice
likes
it
.
"
"
Oh
,
yes
;
I
shall
like
it
.
"
"
Come
along
then
,
"
said
Kate
.
And
so
they
moved
away
.
When
they
got
upon
the
bridge
Alice
and
Kate
were
together
,
while
George
strolled
behind
them
,
close
to
them
,
but
not
taking
any
part
in
their
conversation
,
—
as
though
he
had
merely
gone
with
them
as
an
escort
.
Kate
seemed
to
be
perfectly
content
with
this
arrangement
,
chattering
to
Alice
,
so
that
she
might
show
that
there
was
nothing
serious
on
the
minds
of
any
of
them
.
It
need
hardly
be
said
that
Alice
at
this
time
made
no
appeal
to
George
to
join
them
.
He
followed
them
at
their
heels
,
with
his
hands
behind
his
back
,
looking
down
upon
the
pavement
and
simply
waiting
upon
their
pleasure
.
"
Do
you
know
,
"
said
Kate
,
"
I
have
a
very
great
mind
to
run
away
.
"
"
Where
do
you
want
to
run
to
?
"
"
Well
;
—
that
would
n't
much
signify
.
Perhaps
I
'd
go
to
the
little
inn
at
Handek
.
It
's
a
lonely
place
,
where
nobody
would
hear
of
me
,
—
and
I
should
have
the
waterfall
.
I
'm
afraid
they
'd
want
to
have
their
bill
paid
.
That
would
be
the
worst
of
it
.
"
"
But
why
run
away
just
now
?
"
"
I
wo
n't
,
because
you
would
n't
like
going
home
with
George
alone
,
—
and
I
suppose
he
'd
be
bound
to
look
after
me
,
as
he
's
doing
now
.
I
wonder
what
he
thinks
of
having
to
walk
over
the
bridge
after
us
girls
.
I
suppose
he
'd
be
in
that
place
down
there
drinking
beer
,
if
we
were
n't
here
.
"
"
If
he
wanted
to
go
,
I
dare
say
he
would
,
in
spite
of
us
.
"
"
That
's
ungrateful
of
you
,
for
I
'm
sure
we
've
never
been
kept
in
a
moment
by
his
failing
us
.
But
as
I
was
saying
,
I
do
dread
going
home
.
You
are
going
to
John
Grey
,
which
may
be
pleasant
enough
;
but
I
'm
going
—
to
Aunt
Greenow
.
"
"
It
's
your
own
choice
.
"
"
No
,
it
's
not
.
I
have
n't
any
choice
in
the
matter
.
Of
course
I
might
refuse
to
speak
to
Aunt
Greenow
,
and
nobody
could
make
me
;
—
but
practically
I
have
n't
any
choice
in
the
matter
.
Fancy
a
month
at
Yarmouth
with
no
companion
but
such
a
woman
as
that
!
"
"
I
should
n't
mind
it
.
Aunt
Greenow
always
seems
to
me
to
be
a
very
good
sort
of
woman
.
"
"
She
may
be
a
good
woman
,
but
I
must
say
I
think
she
's
of
a
bad
sort
.
You
've
never
heard
her
talk
about
her
husband
?
"
"
No
,
never
;
I
think
she
did
cry
a
little
the
first
day
she
came
to
Queen
Anne
Street
,
but
that
was
n't
unnatural
.
"
"
He
was
thirty
years
older
than
herself
.
"
"
But
still
he
was
her
husband
.
And
even
if
her
tears
are
assumed
,
what
of
that
?
What
's
a
woman
to
do
?
Of
course
she
was
wrong
to
marry
him
.
She
was
thirty-five
,
and
had
nothing
,
while
he
was
sixty-five
,
and
was
very
rich
.
According
to
all
accounts
she
made
him
a
very
good
wife
,
and
now
that
she
's
got
all
his
money
,
you
would
n't
have
her
go
about
laughing
within
three
months
of
his
death
.
"
"
No
;
I
would
n't
have
her
laugh
;
but
neither
would
I
have
her
cry
.
And
she
's
quite
right
to
wear
weeds
;
but
she
need
n't
be
so
very
outrageous
in
the
depth
of
her
hems
,
or
so
very
careful
that
her
caps
are
becoming
.
Her
eyes
will
be
worn
out
by
their
double
service
.
They
are
always
red
with
weeping
,
and
yet
she
is
ready
every
minute
with
a
full
battery
of
execution
for
any
man
that
she
sees
.
"
"
Then
why
have
you
consented
to
go
to
Yarmouth
with
her
?
"
"
Just
because
she
's
got
forty
thousand
pounds
.
If
Mr.
Greenow
had
left
her
with
a
bare
maintenance
I
do
n't
suppose
I
should
ever
have
held
out
my
hand
to
her
.
"
"
Then
you
're
as
bad
as
she
is
.
"
"
Quite
as
bad
;
—
and
that
's
what
makes
me
want
to
run
away
.
But
it
is
n't
my
own
fault
altogether
.
It
's
the
fault
of
the
world
at
large
.
Does
anybody
ever
drop
their
rich
relatives
?
When
she
proposed
to
take
me
to
Yarmouth
,
was
n't
it
natural
that
the
squire
should
ask
me
to
go
?
When
I
told
George
,
was
n't
it
natural
that
he
should
say
,
'
Oh
,
go
by
all
means
.
She
's
got
forty
thousand
pounds
!
'
One
ca
n't
pretend
to
be
wiser
or
better
than
one
's
relatives
.
And
after
all
what
can
I
expect
from
her
money
?
"
"
Nothing
,
I
should
say
.
"
"
Not
a
halfpenny
.
I
'm
nearly
thirty
and
she
's
only
forty
,
and
of
course
she
'll
marry
again
.
I
will
say
of
myself
,
too
,
that
no
person
living
cares
less
for
money
.
"
"
I
should
think
no
one
.
"
"
Yet
one
sticks
to
one
's
rich
relatives
.
It
's
the
way
of
the
world
.
"
Then
she
paused
a
moment
.
"
But
shall
I
tell
you
,
Alice
,
why
I
do
stick
to
her
?
Perhaps
you
'll
think
the
object
as
mean
as
though
I
wanted
her
money
myself
.
"
"
Why
is
it
?
"
"
Because
it
is
on
the
cards
that
she
may
help
George
in
his
career
.
I
do
not
want
money
,
but
he
may
.
And
for
such
purposes
as
his
,
I
think
it
fair
that
all
the
family
should
contribute
.
I
feel
sure
that
he
would
make
a
name
for
himself
in
Parliament
;
and
if
I
had
my
way
I
would
spend
every
shilling
of
Vavasor
money
in
putting
him
there
.
When
I
told
the
squire
so
I
thought
he
would
have
eaten
me
.
I
really
did
think
he
would
have
turned
me
out
of
the
house
.
"
"
And
serve
you
right
too
after
what
had
happened
.
"
"
I
did
n't
care
.
Let
him
turn
me
out
.
I
was
determined
he
should
know
what
I
thought
.
He
swore
at
me
;
and
then
he
was
so
unhappy
at
what
he
had
done
that
he
came
and
kissed
me
that
night
in
my
bedroom
,
and
gave
me
a
ten-pound
note
.
What
do
you
think
I
did
with
it
?
I
sent
it
as
a
contribution
to
the
next
election
and
George
has
it
now
locked
up
in
a
box
.
Do
n't
you
tell
him
that
I
told
you
.
"
Then
they
stopped
and
leaned
for
a
while
over
the
parapet
of
the
bridge
.
"
Come
here
,
George
,
"
said
Kate
;
and
she
made
room
for
him
between
herself
and
Alice
.
"
Would
n't
you
like
to
be
swimming
down
there
as
those
boys
were
doing
when
we
went
out
into
the
balcony
?
The
water
looks
so
enticing
.
"
"
I
ca
n't
say
I
should
;
—
unless
it
might
be
a
pleasant
way
of
swimming
into
the
next
world
.
"
"
I
should
so
like
to
feel
myself
going
with
the
stream
,
"
said
Kate
;
"
particularly
by
this
light
.
I
ca
n't
fancy
in
the
least
that
I
should
be
drowned
.
"
"
I
ca
n't
fancy
anything
else
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
It
would
be
so
pleasant
to
feel
the
water
gliding
along
one
's
limbs
,
and
to
be
carried
away
headlong
,
—
knowing
that
you
were
on
the
direct
road
to
Rotterdam
.
"
"
And
so
arrive
there
without
your
clothes
,
"
said
George
.
"
They
would
be
brought
after
in
a
boat
.
Did
n't
you
see
that
those
boys
had
a
boat
with
them
?
But
if
I
lived
here
,
I
'd
never
do
it
except
by
moonlight
.
The
water
looks
so
clear
and
bright
now
,
and
the
rushing
sound
of
it
is
so
soft
!
The
sea
at
Yarmouth
wo
n't
be
anything
like
that
I
suppose
.
"
Neither
of
them
any
longer
answered
her
,
and
yet
she
went
on
talking
about
the
river
,
and
their
aunt
,
and
her
prospects
at
Yarmouth
.
Neither
of
them
answered
her
,
and
yet
it
seemed
that
they
had
not
a
word
to
say
to
each
other
.
But
still
they
stood
there
looking
down
upon
the
river
,
and
every
now
and
then
Kate
's
voice
was
to
be
heard
,
preventing
the
feeling
which
might
otherwise
have
arisen
that
their
hearts
were
too
full
for
speech
.
At
last
Alice
seemed
to
shiver
.
There
was
a
slight
trembling
in
her
arms
,
which
George
felt
rather
than
saw
.
"
You
are
cold
,
"
he
said
.
"
No
indeed
.
"
"
If
you
are
let
us
go
in
.
I
thought
you
shivered
with
the
night
air
.
"
"
It
was
n't
that
.
I
was
thinking
of
something
.
Do
n't
you
ever
think
of
things
that
make
you
shiver
?
"
"
Indeed
I
do
,
very
often
;
—
so
often
that
I
have
to
do
my
shiverings
inwardly
.
Otherwise
people
would
think
I
had
the
palsy
.
"
"
I
do
n't
mean
things
of
moment
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Little
bits
of
things
make
me
do
it
;
—
perhaps
a
word
that
I
said
and
ought
not
to
have
said
ten
years
ago
;
—
the
most
ordinary
little
mistakes
,
even
my
own
past
thoughts
to
myself
about
the
merest
trifles
.
They
are
always
making
me
shiver
.
"
"
It
's
not
because
you
have
committed
any
murder
then
.
"
"
No
;
but
it
's
my
conscience
all
the
same
,
I
suppose
.
"
"
Ah
!
I
'm
not
so
good
as
you
.
I
doubt
it
's
not
my
conscience
at
all
.
When
I
think
of
a
chance
I
've
let
go
by
,
as
I
have
thousands
,
then
it
is
that
I
shiver
.
But
,
as
I
tell
you
,
I
shiver
inwardly
.
I
've
been
in
one
long
shiver
ever
since
we
came
out
because
of
one
chance
that
I
let
go
by
.
Come
,
we
'll
go
in
.
We
've
to
be
up
at
five
o'clock
,
and
now
it
's
eleven
.
I
'll
do
the
rest
of
my
shivering
in
bed
.
"
"
Are
you
tired
of
being
out
?
"
said
Kate
,
when
the
other
two
began
to
move
.
"
Not
tired
of
being
out
,
but
George
reminds
me
that
we
have
to
be
up
at
five
.
"
"
I
wish
George
would
hold
his
tongue
.
We
ca
n't
come
to
the
bridge
at
Basle
every
night
in
our
lives
.
If
one
found
oneself
at
the
top
of
Sinai
I
'm
afraid
the
first
feeling
would
be
one
of
fear
lest
one
would
n't
be
down
in
time
to
dress
for
dinner
.
Are
you
aware
,
George
,
that
the
king
of
rivers
is
running
beneath
your
feet
,
and
that
the
moon
is
shining
with
a
brilliance
you
never
see
at
home
?
"
"
I
'll
stay
here
all
night
if
you
'll
put
off
going
to-morrow
,
"
said
George
.
"
Our
money
would
n't
hold
out
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
Do
n't
talk
about
Sinai
any
more
after
that
,
"
said
he
,
"
but
let
's
go
in
to
bed
.
"
They
walked
across
the
bridge
back
to
the
hotel
in
the
same
manner
as
before
,
the
two
girls
going
together
with
the
young
man
after
them
,
and
so
they
went
up
the
front
steps
of
the
hotel
,
through
the
hall
,
and
on
to
the
stairs
.
Here
George
handed
Alice
her
candle
,
and
as
he
did
so
he
whispered
a
few
words
to
her
.
"
My
shivering
fit
has
to
come
yet
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
will
last
me
the
whole
night
.
"
She
would
have
given
much
to
be
able
to
answer
him
lightly
,
as
though
what
he
had
said
had
meant
nothing
;
—
but
she
could
n't
do
it
;
the
light
speech
would
not
come
to
her
.
She
was
conscious
of
all
this
,
and
went
away
to
her
own
room
without
answering
him
at
all
.
Here
she
sat
down
at
the
window
looking
out
upon
the
river
till
Kate
should
join
her
.
Their
rooms
opened
through
from
one
to
the
other
,
and
she
would
not
begin
her
packing
till
her
cousin
should
come
.
But
Kate
had
gone
with
her
brother
,
promising
,
as
she
did
so
,
that
she
would
be
back
in
half
a
minute
.
That
half
minute
was
protracted
beyond
half
an
hour
.
"
If
you
'll
take
my
advice
,
"
said
Kate
,
at
last
,
standing
up
with
her
candle
in
her
hand
,
"
you
'll
ask
her
in
plain
words
to
give
you
another
chance
.
Do
it
to-morrow
at
Strasbourg
;
you
'll
never
have
a
better
opportunity
.
"
"
And
bid
her
throw
John
Grey
over
!
"
"
Do
n't
say
anything
about
John
Grey
;
leave
her
to
settle
that
matter
with
herself
.
Believe
me
that
she
has
quite
courage
enough
to
dispose
of
John
Grey
,
if
she
has
courage
enough
to
accept
your
offer
.
"
"
Kate
,
you
women
never
understand
each
other
.
If
I
were
to
do
that
,
all
her
most
powerful
feelings
would
be
arrayed
in
arms
against
me
.
I
must
leave
her
to
find
out
first
that
she
wishes
to
be
rid
of
her
engagement
.
"
"
She
has
found
that
out
long
ago
.
Do
you
think
I
do
n't
know
what
she
wishes
?
But
if
you
ca
n't
bring
yourself
to
speak
to
her
,
she
'll
marry
him
in
spite
of
her
wishes
.
"
"
Bring
myself
!
I
've
never
been
very
slow
in
bringing
myself
to
speak
to
any
one
when
there
was
need
.
It
is
n't
very
pleasant
sometimes
,
but
I
do
it
,
if
I
find
occasion
.
"
"
But
surely
it
must
be
pleasant
with
her
.
You
must
be
glad
to
find
that
she
still
loves
you
.
You
still
love
her
,
I
suppose
?
"
"
Upon
my
word
I
do
n't
know
.
"
"
Do
n't
provoke
me
,
George
.
I
'm
moving
heaven
and
earth
to
bring
you
two
together
;
but
if
I
did
n't
think
you
loved
her
,
I
'd
go
to
her
at
once
and
bid
her
never
see
you
again
.
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
Kate
,
I
sometimes
think
it
would
be
better
if
you
'd
leave
heaven
and
earth
alone
.
"
"
Then
I
will
.
But
of
all
human
beings
,
surely
you
're
the
most
ungrateful
.
"
"
Why
should
n't
she
marry
John
Grey
if
she
likes
him
?
"
"
But
she
does
n't
like
him
.
And
I
hate
him
.
I
hate
the
sound
of
his
voice
,
and
the
turn
of
his
eye
,
and
that
slow
,
steady
movement
of
his
,
—
as
though
he
was
always
bethinking
himself
that
he
would
n't
wear
out
his
clothes
.
"
"
I
do
n't
see
that
your
hating
him
ought
to
have
anything
to
do
with
it
.
"
"
If
you
're
going
to
preach
morals
,
I
'll
leave
you
.
It
's
the
darling
wish
of
my
heart
that
she
should
be
your
wife
.
If
you
ever
loved
anybody
,
—
and
I
sometimes
doubt
whether
you
ever
did
,
—
but
if
you
did
,
you
loved
her
.
"
"
Did
and
do
are
different
things
.
"
"
Very
well
,
George
;
then
I
have
done
.
It
has
been
the
same
in
every
twist
and
turn
of
my
life
.
In
everything
that
I
have
striven
to
do
for
you
,
you
have
thrown
yourself
over
,
in
order
that
I
might
be
thrown
over
too
.
But
I
believe
you
say
this
merely
to
vex
me
.
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
Kate
,
I
think
you
'd
better
go
to
bed
.
"
"
But
not
till
I
've
told
her
everything
.
I
wo
n't
leave
her
to
be
deceived
and
ill-used
again
.
"
"
Who
is
ill-using
her
now
?
Is
it
not
the
worst
of
ill-usage
,
trying
to
separate
her
from
that
man
?
"
"
No
;
—
if
I
thought
so
,
I
would
have
no
hand
in
doing
it
.
She
would
be
miserable
with
him
,
and
make
him
miserable
as
well
.
She
does
not
really
love
him
.
He
loves
her
,
but
I
've
nothing
to
do
with
that
.
It
's
nothing
to
me
if
he
breaks
his
heart
.
"
"
I
shall
break
mine
if
you
do
n't
let
me
go
to
bed
.
"
With
that
she
went
away
and
hurried
along
the
corridor
,
till
she
came
to
her
cousin
's
room
.
She
found
Alice
still
seated
at
the
window
,
or
rather
kneeling
on
the
chair
,
with
her
head
out
through
the
lattice
.
"
Why
,
you
lazy
creature
,
"
said
Kate
;
"
I
declare
you
have
n't
touched
a
thing
.
"
"
You
said
we
'd
do
it
together
.
"
"
But
he
has
kept
me
.
Oh
,
what
a
man
he
is
!
If
he
ever
does
get
married
,
what
will
his
wife
do
with
him
?
"
"
I
do
n't
think
he
ever
will
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Do
n't
you
?
I
dare
say
you
understand
him
better
than
I
do
.
Sometimes
I
think
that
the
only
thing
wanting
to
make
him
thoroughly
good
,
is
a
wife
.
But
it
is
n't
every
woman
that
would
do
for
him
.
And
the
woman
who
marries
him
should
have
high
courage
.
There
are
moments
with
him
when
he
is
very
wild
;
but
he
never
is
cruel
and
never
hard
.
Is
Mr
.
.
Grey
ever
hard
?
"
"
Never
;
nor
yet
wild
.
"
"
Oh
,
certainly
not
that
.
I
'm
quite
sure
he
's
never
wild
.
"
"
When
you
say
that
,
Kate
,
I
know
that
you
mean
to
abuse
him
.
"
"
No
;
upon
my
word
.
What
's
the
good
of
abusing
him
to
you
?
I
like
a
man
to
be
wild
,
—
wild
in
my
sense
.
You
knew
that
before
.
"
"
I
wonder
whether
you
'd
like
a
wild
man
for
yourself
?
"
"
Ah
!
that
's
a
question
I
've
never
asked
myself
.
I
've
been
often
curious
to
consider
what
sort
of
husband
would
suit
you
,
but
I
've
had
very
few
thoughts
about
a
husband
for
myself
.
The
truth
is
,
I
'm
married
to
George
.
Ever
since
—
"
"
Ever
since
what
?
"
"
Since
you
and
he
were
parted
,
I
've
had
nothing
to
do
in
life
but
to
stick
to
him
.
And
I
shall
do
so
to
the
end
,
—
unless
one
thing
should
happen
.
"
"
And
what
's
that
?
"
"
Unless
you
should
become
his
wife
after
all
.
He
will
never
marry
anybody
else
.
"
"
Kate
,
you
should
n't
allude
to
such
a
thing
now
.
You
know
that
it
's
impossible
.
"
"
Well
,
perhaps
so
.
As
far
as
I
'm
concerned
,
it
is
all
the
better
for
me
.
If
George
ever
married
,
I
should
have
nothing
to
do
in
the
world
;
—
literally
nothing
—
nothing
—
nothing
—
nothing
!
"
"
Kate
,
do
n't
talk
in
that
way
,
"
and
Alice
came
up
to
her
and
embraced
her
.
"
Go
away
,
"
said
she
.
"
Go
,
Alice
;
you
and
I
must
part
.
I
cannot
bear
it
any
longer
.
You
must
know
it
all
.
When
you
are
married
to
John
Grey
,
our
friendship
must
be
over
.
If
you
became
George
's
wife
I
should
become
nobody
.
I
've
nothing
else
in
the
world
.
You
and
he
would
be
so
all-sufficient
for
each
other
,
that
I
should
drop
away
from
you
like
an
old
garment
.
But
I
'd
give
up
all
,
everything
,
every
hope
I
have
,
to
see
you
become
George
's
wife
.
I
know
myself
not
to
be
good
.
I
know
myself
to
be
very
bad
,
and
yet
I
care
nothing
for
myself
.
Do
n't
Alice
,
do
n't
;
I
do
n't
want
your
caresses
.
Caress
him
,
and
I
'll
kneel
at
your
feet
and
cover
them
with
kisses
.
"
She
had
now
thrown
herself
upon
a
sofa
,
and
had
turned
her
face
away
to
the
wall
.
"
Kate
,
you
should
n't
speak
in
that
way
.
"
"
Of
course
I
should
n't
,
—
but
I
do
.
"
"
You
,
who
know
everything
,
must
know
that
I
cannot
marry
your
brother
,
—
even
if
he
wished
it
.
"
"
He
does
wish
it
.
"
"
Not
though
I
were
under
no
other
engagement
.
"
"
And
why
not
?
"
said
Kate
,
again
starting
up
.
"
What
is
there
to
separate
you
from
George
now
,
but
that
unfortunate
affair
,
that
will
end
in
the
misery
of
you
all
.
Do
you
think
I
ca
n't
see
?
Do
n't
I
know
which
of
the
two
men
you
like
best
?
"
"
You
are
making
me
sorry
,
Kate
,
that
I
have
ventured
to
come
here
in
your
brother
's
company
.
It
is
not
only
unkind
of
you
to
talk
to
me
in
this
way
,
but
worse
than
that
—
it
is
indelicate
.
"
"
Oh
,
indelicate
!
How
I
do
hate
that
word
.
If
any
word
in
the
language
reminds
me
of
a
whited
sepulchre
it
is
that
;
—
all
clean
and
polished
outside
with
filth
and
rottenness
within
.
Are
your
thoughts
delicate
?
that
's
the
thing
.
You
are
engaged
to
marry
John
Grey
.
That
may
be
delicate
enough
if
you
love
him
truly
,
and
feel
yourself
fitted
to
be
his
wife
;
but
it
's
about
the
most
indelicate
thing
you
can
do
,
if
you
love
any
one
better
than
him
.
Delicacy
with
many
women
is
like
their
cleanliness
.
Nothing
can
be
nicer
than
the
whole
outside
get-up
,
but
you
would
n't
wish
to
answer
for
anything
beneath
.
"
"
If
you
think
ill
of
me
like
that
—
"
"
No
;
I
do
n't
think
ill
of
you
.
How
can
I
think
ill
of
you
when
I
know
that
all
your
difficulties
have
come
from
him
?
It
has
n't
been
your
fault
;
it
has
been
his
throughout
.
It
is
he
who
has
driven
you
to
sacrifice
yourself
on
this
altar
.
If
we
can
,
both
of
us
,
manage
to
lay
aside
all
delicacy
and
pretence
,
and
dare
to
speak
the
truth
,
we
shall
acknowledge
that
it
is
so
.
Had
Mr.
Grey
come
to
you
while
things
were
smooth
between
you
and
George
,
would
you
have
thought
it
possible
that
he
could
be
George
's
rival
in
your
estimation
?
It
is
Hyperion
to
Satyr
.
"
"
And
which
is
the
Satyr
?
"
"
I
'll
leave
your
heart
to
tell
you
.
You
know
what
is
the
darling
wish
of
my
heart
.
But
,
Alice
,
if
I
thought
that
Mr.
Grey
was
to
you
Hyperion
,
—
if
I
thought
that
you
could
marry
him
with
that
sort
of
worshipping
,
idolatrous
love
which
makes
a
girl
proud
as
well
as
happy
in
her
marriage
,
I
would
n't
raise
a
little
finger
to
prevent
it
.
"
To
this
Alice
made
no
answer
,
and
then
Kate
allowed
the
matter
to
drop
.
Alice
made
no
answer
,
though
she
felt
that
she
was
allowing
judgement
to
go
against
her
by
default
in
not
doing
so
.
She
had
intended
to
fight
bravely
,
and
to
have
maintained
the
excellence
of
her
present
position
as
the
affianced
bride
of
Mr.
Grey
,
but
she
felt
that
she
had
failed
.
She
felt
that
she
had
,
in
some
sort
,
acknowledged
that
the
match
was
one
to
be
deplored
;
—
that
her
words
in
her
own
defence
would
by
no
means
have
satisfied
Mr.
Grey
,
if
Mr
.
.
Grey
could
have
heard
them
;
—
that
they
would
have
induced
him
to
offer
her
back
her
troth
rather
than
have
made
him
happy
as
a
lover
.
But
she
had
nothing
further
to
say
.
She
could
do
something
.
She
would
hurry
home
and
bid
him
name
the
earliest
day
he
pleased
.
After
that
her
cousin
would
cease
to
disturb
her
in
her
career
.
It
was
nearly
one
o'clock
before
the
two
girls
began
to
prepare
for
their
morning
start
,
and
Alice
,
when
they
had
finished
their
packing
,
seemed
to
be
worn
out
with
fatigue
.
"
If
you
are
tired
,
dear
,
we
'll
put
it
off
,
"
said
Kate
.
"
Not
for
worlds
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
For
half
a
word
we
'll
do
it
,
"
continued
Kate
.
"
I
'll
slip
out
to
George
and
tell
him
,
and
there
's
nothing
he
'd
like
so
much
.
"
But
Alice
would
not
consent
.
About
two
they
got
into
bed
,
and
punctually
at
six
they
were
at
the
railway
station
.
"
Do
n't
speak
to
me
,
"
said
George
,
when
he
met
them
at
their
door
in
the
passage
.
"
I
shall
only
yawn
in
your
face
.
"
However
,
they
were
in
time
,
—
which
means
abroad
that
they
were
at
the
station
half
an
hour
before
their
train
started
,
—
and
they
went
on
upon
their
journey
to
Strasbourg
.
There
is
nothing
further
to
be
told
of
their
tour
.
They
were
but
two
days
and
nights
on
the
road
from
Basle
to
London
;
and
during
those
two
days
and
nights
neither
George
nor
Kate
spoke
a
word
to
Alice
of
her
marriage
,
nor
was
any
allusion
made
to
the
balcony
at
the
inn
,
or
to
the
bridge
over
the
river
.
CHAPTER
VII
.
Aunt
Greenow
.
Kate
Vavasor
remained
only
three
days
in
London
before
she
started
for
Yarmouth
;
and
during
those
three
days
she
was
not
much
with
her
cousin
.
"
I
'm
my
aunt
's
,
body
and
soul
,
for
the
next
six
weeks
,
"
she
said
to
Alice
,
when
she
did
come
to
Queen
Anne
Street
on
the
morning
after
her
arrival
.
"
And
she
is
exigeant
in
a
manner
I
ca
n't
at
all
explain
to
you
.
You
must
n't
be
surprised
if
I
do
n't
even
write
a
line
.
I
've
escaped
by
stealth
now
.
She
went
up-stairs
to
try
on
some
new
weeds
for
the
seaside
,
and
then
I
bolted
.
"
She
did
not
say
a
word
about
George
;
nor
during
those
three
days
,
nor
for
some
days
afterwards
,
did
George
show
himself
.
As
it
turned
out
afterwards
,
he
had
gone
off
to
Scotland
,
and
had
remained
a
week
among
the
grouse
.
Thus
,
at
least
,
he
had
accounted
for
himself
and
his
movements
;
but
all
George
Vavasor
's
friends
knew
that
his
goings
out
and
comings
in
were
seldom
accounted
for
openly
like
those
of
other
men
.
It
will
perhaps
be
as
well
to
say
a
few
words
about
Mrs.
Greenow
before
we
go
with
her
to
Yarmouth
.
Mrs.
Greenow
was
the
only
daughter
and
the
youngest
child
of
the
old
squire
at
Vavasor
Hall
.
She
was
just
ten
years
younger
than
her
brother
John
,
and
I
am
inclined
to
think
that
she
was
almost
justified
in
her
repeated
assertion
that
the
difference
was
much
greater
than
ten
years
,
by
the
freshness
of
her
colour
,
and
by
the
general
juvenility
of
her
appearance
.
She
certainly
did
not
look
forty
,
and
who
can
expect
a
woman
to
proclaim
herself
to
be
older
than
her
looks
?
In
early
life
she
had
been
taken
from
her
father
's
house
,
and
had
lived
with
relatives
in
one
of
the
large
towns
in
the
north
of
England
.
It
is
certain
she
had
not
been
quite
successful
as
a
girl
.
Though
she
had
enjoyed
the
name
of
being
a
beauty
,
she
had
not
the
usual
success
which
comes
from
such
repute
.
At
thirty-four
she
was
still
unmarried
.
She
had
,
moreover
,
acquired
the
character
of
being
a
flirt
;
and
I
fear
that
the
stories
which
were
told
of
her
,
though
doubtless
more
than
half
false
,
had
in
them
sufficient
of
truth
to
justify
the
character
.
Now
this
was
very
sad
,
seeing
that
Arabella
Vavasor
had
no
fortune
,
and
that
she
had
offended
her
father
and
brothers
by
declining
to
comply
with
their
advice
at
certain
periods
of
her
career
.
There
was
,
indeed
,
considerable
trouble
in
the
minds
of
the
various
male
Vavasors
with
reference
to
Arabella
,
when
tidings
suddenly
reached
the
Hall
that
she
was
going
to
be
married
to
an
old
man
.
She
was
married
to
the
old
man
;
and
the
marriage
fortunately
turned
out
satisfactorily
,
at
any
rate
for
the
old
man
and
for
her
family
.
The
Vavasors
were
relieved
from
all
further
trouble
,
and
were
as
much
surprised
as
gratified
when
they
heard
that
she
did
her
duty
well
in
her
new
position
.
Arabella
had
long
been
a
thorn
in
their
side
,
never
having
really
done
anything
which
they
could
pronounce
to
be
absolutely
wrong
,
but
always
giving
them
cause
for
fear
.
Now
they
feared
no
longer
.
Her
husband
was
a
retired
merchant
,
very
rich
,
not
very
strong
in
health
,
and
devoted
to
his
bride
.
Rumours
soon
made
their
way
to
Vavasor
Hall
,
and
to
Queen
Anne
Street
,
that
Mrs.
Greenow
was
quite
a
pattern
wife
,
and
that
Mr.
Greenow
considered
himself
to
be
the
happiest
old
man
in
Lancashire
.
And
now
in
her
prosperity
she
quite
forgave
the
former
slights
which
had
been
put
upon
her
by
her
relatives
.
She
wrote
to
her
dear
niece
Alice
,
and
to
her
dearest
niece
Kate
,
and
sent
little
presents
to
her
father
.
On
one
occasion
she
took
her
husband
to
Vavasor
Hall
,
and
there
was
a
regular
renewal
of
all
the
old
family
feelings
.
Arabella
's
husband
was
an
old
man
,
and
was
very
old
for
his
age
;
but
the
whole
thing
was
quite
respectable
,
and
there
was
,
at
any
rate
,
no
doubt
about
the
money
.
Then
Mr.
Greenow
died
;
and
the
widow
,
having
proved
the
will
,
came
up
to
London
and
claimed
the
commiseration
of
her
nieces
.
"
Why
not
go
to
Yarmouth
with
her
for
a
month
?
"
George
had
said
to
Kate
.
"
Of
course
it
will
be
a
bore
.
But
an
aunt
with
forty
thousand
pounds
has
a
right
to
claim
attention
.
"
Kate
acknowledged
the
truth
of
the
argument
and
agreed
to
go
to
Yarmouth
for
a
month
.
"
Your
aunt
Arabella
has
shown
herself
to
be
a
very
sensible
woman
,
"
the
old
squire
had
written
;
"
much
more
sensible
than
anybody
thought
her
before
her
marriage
.
Of
course
you
should
go
with
her
if
she
asks
you
.
"
What
aunt
,
uncle
,
or
cousin
,
in
the
uncontrolled
possession
of
forty
thousand
pounds
was
ever
unpopular
in
the
family
?
Yarmouth
is
not
a
very
prepossessing
place
to
the
eye
.
To
my
eye
,
at
any
rate
,
it
is
not
so
.
There
is
an
old
town
with
which
summer
visitors
have
little
or
nothing
to
do
;
and
there
are
the
new
houses
down
by
the
sea-side
,
to
which
,
at
any
rate
,
belongs
the
full
advantage
of
sea
air
.
A
kind
of
esplanade
runs
for
nearly
a
mile
along
the
sands
,
and
there
are
built
,
or
in
the
course
of
building
,
rows
of
houses
appropriated
to
summer
visitors
all
looking
out
upon
the
sea
.
There
is
no
beauty
unless
the
yellow
sandy
sea
can
be
called
beautiful
.
The
coast
is
low
and
straight
,
and
the
east
wind
blows
full
upon
it
.
But
the
place
is
healthy
;
and
Mrs.
Greenow
was
probably
right
in
thinking
that
she
might
there
revive
some
portion
of
the
health
which
she
had
lost
in
watching
beside
the
couch
of
her
departing
lord
.
"
Omnibus
;
—
no
,
indeed
.
Jeannette
,
get
me
a
fly
.
"
These
were
the
first
words
Mrs.
Greenow
spoke
as
she
put
her
foot
upon
the
platform
at
the
Yarmouth
station
.
Her
maid
's
name
was
Jenny
;
but
Kate
had
already
found
,
somewhat
to
her
dismay
,
that
orders
had
been
issued
before
they
left
London
that
the
girl
was
henceforth
to
be
called
Jeannette
.
Kate
had
also
already
found
that
her
aunt
could
be
imperious
;
but
this
taste
for
masterdom
had
not
shown
itself
so
plainly
in
London
as
it
did
from
the
moment
that
the
train
had
left
the
station
at
Shoreditch
.
In
London
Mrs.
Greenow
had
been
among
Londoners
,
and
her
career
had
hitherto
been
provincial
.
Her
spirit
,
no
doubt
,
had
been
somewhat
cowed
by
the
novelty
of
her
position
.
But
when
she
felt
herself
to
be
once
beyond
the
stones
as
the
saying
used
to
be
,
she
was
herself
again
;
and
at
Ipswich
she
had
ordered
Jeannette
to
get
her
a
glass
of
sherry
with
an
air
which
had
created
a
good
deal
of
attention
among
the
guards
and
porters
.
The
fly
was
procured
;
and
with
considerable
exertion
all
Mrs.
Greenow
's
boxes
,
together
with
the
more
moderate
belongings
of
her
niece
and
maid
,
were
stowed
on
the
top
of
it
,
round
upon
the
driver
's
body
on
the
coach
box
,
on
the
maid
's
lap
,
and
I
fear
in
Kate
's
also
,
and
upon
the
vacant
seat
.
"
The
large
house
in
Montpelier
Parade
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
They
is
all
large
,
ma'am
,
"
said
the
driver
.
"
The
largest
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
They
're
much
of
a
muchness
,
"
said
the
driver
.
"
Then
Mrs.
Jones
's
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
But
I
was
particularly
told
it
was
the
largest
in
the
row
.
"
"
I
know
Mrs.
Jones
's
well
,
"
said
the
driver
,
and
away
they
went
.
Mrs.
Jones
's
house
was
handsome
and
comfortable
;
but
I
fear
Mrs.
Greenow
's
satisfaction
in
this
respect
was
impaired
by
her
disappointment
in
finding
that
it
was
not
perceptibly
bigger
than
those
to
the
right
and
left
of
her
.
Her
ambition
in
this
and
in
other
similar
matters
would
have
amused
Kate
greatly
had
she
been
a
bystander
,
and
not
one
of
her
aunt
's
party
.
Mrs.
Greenow
was
good-natured
,
liberal
,
and
not
by
nature
selfish
;
but
she
was
determined
not
to
waste
the
good
things
which
fortune
had
given
,
and
desired
that
all
the
world
should
see
that
she
had
forty
thousand
pounds
of
her
own
.
And
in
doing
this
she
was
repressed
by
no
feeling
of
false
shame
.
She
never
hesitated
in
her
demands
through
bashfulness
.
She
called
aloud
for
such
comfort
and
grandeur
as
Yarmouth
could
afford
her
,
and
was
well
pleased
that
all
around
should
hear
her
calling
.
Joined
to
all
this
was
her
uncontrolled
grief
for
her
husband
's
death
.
"
Dear
Greenow
!
sweet
lamb
!
Oh
,
Kate
,
if
you
'd
only
known
that
man
!
"
When
she
said
this
she
was
sitting
in
the
best
of
Mrs.
Jones
's
sitting-rooms
,
waiting
to
have
dinner
announced
.
She
had
taken
a
drawing-room
and
dining-room
,
"
because
,
"
as
she
had
said
,
"
she
did
n't
see
why
people
should
be
stuffy
when
they
went
to
the
seaside
;
—
not
if
they
had
means
to
make
themselves
comfortable
.
"
"
Oh
,
Kate
,
I
do
wish
