atonce
,
rather
than
see
him
suffer
injustice
.
Still
,
though
comforted
by
his
father
's
entire
reliance
,
Norman
was
suffering
severely
under
the
sense
of
indignity
,
and
grieved
that
Dr.
Hoxton
,
and
the
other
masters
,
should
have
believed
him
guilty
—
that
name
of
May
could
never
again
boast
of
being
without
reproach
.
To
be
in
disgrace
stung
him
to
the
quick
,
even
though
undeservedly
,
and
he
could
not
bear
to
go
in
,
meet
his
sisters
,
and
be
pitied
.
'
There
's
no
need
they
should
know
of
it
,
'
said
he
,
when
the
Minster
clock
pealing
ten
,
obliged
them
to
go
in
doors
,
and
his
father
agreed
.
They
bade
each
other
good-night
,
with
the
renewal
of
the
promise
that
Dr.
Hoxton
should
be
forced
to
hear
Norman
's
vindication
the
first
thing
to-morrow
,
Harvey
Anderson
be
disappointed
of
what
he
meanly
triumphed
in
,
and
Norman
be
again
in
his
post
at
the
head
of
the
school
,
in
more
honour
and
confidence
than
ever
,
putting
down
evil
,
and
making
Stoneborough
what
it
ought
to
be
.
As
Dr.
May
lay
awake
in
the
summer
's
morning
,
meditating
on
his
address
to
Dr.
Hoxton
,
he
heard
the
unwelcome
sound
of
a
ring
at
the
bell
,
and
,
in
a
few
minutes
,
a
note
was
brought
to
him
.
'
Tell
Adams
to
get
the
gig
ready
—
I
'll
let
him
know
whether
he
is
to
go
with
me
.
'
And
,
in
a
few
minutes
,
the
Doctor
opened
Norman
's
door
,
and
found
him
dressed
,
and
standing
by
the
window
,
reading
.
'
What
,
up
already
,
Norman
?
I
came
to
tell
you
that
our
affairs
must
wait
till
the
afternoon
.
It
is
very
provoking
,
for
Hoxton
may
be
gone
out
,
but
Mr.
Lake
's
son
,
at
Groveswood
,
has
an
attack
on
the
head
,
and
I
must
go
at
once
.
It
is
a
couple
of
dozen
miles
off
or
more
.
I
have
hardly
ever
been
there
,
and
it
may
keep
me
all
day
.
'
'
Shall
you
go
in
the
gig
?
Shall
I
drive
you
?
'
said
Norman
,
looking
rather
blank
.
'
That
's
what
I
thought
of
,
if
you
like
it
.
I
thought
you
would
sooner
be
out
of
the
way
.
'
'
Thank
you
—
yes
,
papa
.
Shall
I
come
and
help
you
to
finish
dressing
?
'
Yes
,
do
,
thank
you
;
it
will
hasten
matters
.
Only
,
first
order
in
some
breakfast
.
What
makes
you
up
so
early
?
Have
not
you
slept
?
'
'
Not
much
—
it
has
been
such
a
hot
night
.
'
'
And
you
have
a
head-ache
.
Well
,
we
will
find
a
cure
for
that
before
the
day
is
over
.
I
have
settled
what
to
say
to
old
Hoxton
.
'
Before
another
quarter
of
an
hour
had
passed
,
they
were
driving
through
the
deep
lanes
,
the
long
grass
thickly
laden
with
morning
dew
,
which
beaded
the
webs
of
the
spiders
,
and
rose
in
clouds
of
mist
under
the
influence
of
the
sun
's
rays
.
There
was
stillness
in
the
air
at
first
,
then
the
morning
sounds
,
the
labourer
going
forth
,
the
world
wakening
to
life
,
the
opening
houses
,
the
children
coming
out
to
school
.
In
spite
of
the
tumult
of
feeling
,
Norman
could
not
but
be
soothed
and
refreshed
by
the
new
and
fair
morning
scene
,
and
both
minds
quitted
the
school
politics
,
as
Dr.
May
talked
of
past
enjoyment
of
walks
or
drives
home
in
early
dawn
,
the
more
delicious
after
a
sad
watch
in
a
sick
room
,
and
told
of
the
fair
sights
he
had
seen
at
such
unwonted
hours
.
They
had
far
to
go
,
and
the
heat
of
the
day
had
come
on
before
they
entered
the
place
of
their
destination
.
It
was
a
woodland
village
,
built
on
a
nook
in
the
side
of
the
hill
,
sloping
greenly
to
the
river
,
and
shut
in
by
a
white
gate
,
which
seemed
to
gather
all
in
one
,
the
little
low
old-fashioned
church
,
its
yard
,
shaded
with
trees
,
and
enclosed
by
long
white
rails
;
the
parsonage
,
covered
with
climbing
plants
and
in
the
midst
of
a
gay
garden
;
and
one
or
two
cottages
.
The
woods
cast
a
cool
shadow
,
and
,
in
the
meadows
by
the
river
,
rose
cocks
of
new-made
hay
;
there
was
an
air
of
abiding
serenity
about
the
whole
place
,
save
that
there
stood
an
old
man
by
the
gate
,
evidently
watching
for
the
physician
's
carriage
;
and
where
the
sun
fell
on
that
parsonage-house
was
a
bedroom
window
wide
open
,
with
the
curtains
drawn
.
'
Thank
Heaven
,
you
are
come
,
Sir
,
'
said
the
old
man
—
'
he
is
fearfully
bad
.
'
Norman
knew
young
Lake
,
who
had
been
a
senior
boy
when
he
first
went
to
school
,
was
a
Randall
scholar
,
and
had
borne
an
excellent
character
,
and
highly
distinguished
himself
at
the
University
.
And
now
,
by
all
accounts
,
he
seemed
to
be
dying
—
in
the
height
of
honour
and
general
esteem
.
Dr.
May
went
into
the
house
,
the
old
man
took
the
horse
,
and
Norman
lingered
under
the
trees
in
the
church-yard
,
watching
the
white
curtains
now
and
then
puffed
by
the
fitful
summer
breeze
,
as
he
lay
on
the
turf
in
the
shade
,
under
the
influence
of
the
gentle
sadness
around
,
resting
,
mind
and
body
,
from
the
tossing
tumultuous
passionate
sensations
that
had
kept
him
restless
and
miserable
through
the
hot
night
.
He
waited
long
—
one
hour
,
two
hours
had
passed
away
,
but
he
was
not
impatient
,
and
hardly
knew
how
long
the
time
had
been
before
his
father
and
Mr.
Lake
came
out
of
the
house
together
,
and
,
after
they
parted
,
Dr.
May
summoned
him
.
He
of
course
asked
first
for
the
patient
.
'
Not
quite
so
hopeless
as
at
first
,
'
and
the
reasons
for
having
been
kept
so
long
were
detailed
,
with
many
circumstances
of
the
youth
's
illness
,
and
the
parents
'
resignation
,
by
which
Dr.
May
was
still
too
deeply
touched
to
have
room
in
his
mind
for
anything
besides
.
They
were
more
than
half-way
home
,
and
a
silence
had
succeeded
the
conversation
about
the
Lake
family
,
when
Norman
spoke
:
'
Papa
,
I
have
been
thinking
about
it
,
and
I
believe
it
would
he
better
to
let
it
alone
,
if
you
please
.
'
'
Not
apply
to
Dr.
Hoxton
!
'
exclaimed
his
father
.
'
Well
,
I
think
not
.
I
have
been
considering
it
,
and
it
does
hardly
seem
to
me
the
right
thing
.
You
see
,
if
I
had
not
you
close
at
hand
,
this
could
never
be
explained
,
and
it
seems
rather
hard
upon
Anderson
,
who
has
no
father
,
and
the
other
fellows
,
who
have
theirs
further
off
—
'
'
Right
,
Norman
,
that
is
what
my
father
before
me
always
said
,
and
the
way
I
have
always
acted
myself
;
much
better
let
a
few
trifles
go
on
not
just
as
one
would
wish
,
than
be
for
ever
interfering
.
But
I
really
think
this
is
a
case
for
it
,
and
I
do
n't
think
you
ought
to
let
yourself
be
influenced
by
the
fear
of
any
party-spirit
.
'
'
It
is
not
only
that
,
papa
—
I
have
been
thinking
a
good
deal
to-day
,
and
there
are
other
reasons
.
Of
course
I
should
wish
Dr.
Hoxton
to
know
that
I
spoke
the
truth
about
that
walk
,
and
I
hope
you
will
let
him
know
,
as
I
appealed
to
you
.
But
,
on
cooler
thoughts
,
I
do
n't
believe
Dr.
Hoxton
could
seriously
suspect
me
of
such
a
thing
as
that
,
and
it
was
not
on
that
ground
that
I
am
turned
down
,
but
that
I
did
not
keep
up
sufficient
discipline
,
and
allowed
the
outrage
,
as
he
calls
it
.
Now
,
you
know
,
that
is
,
after
a
fashion
,
true
.
If
I
had
not
gone
on
like
an
ass
the
other
day
,
and
incited
them
to
pull
down
the
fences
,
they
would
not
have
done
it
afterwards
,
and
perhaps
,
I
ought
to
have
kept
on
guard
longer
.
It
was
my
fault
,
and
we
ca
n't
deny
it
.
'
Dr.
May
made
a
restless
,
reluctant
movement
.
'
Well
,
well
,
I
suppose
it
was
—
but
it
was
just
as
much
Harvey
Anderson
's
—
and
is
he
to
get
the
scholarship
because
he
has
added
meanness
to
the
rest
?
'
'
He
was
not
Dux
,
'
said
Norman
,
with
a
sigh
.
'
It
was
more
shabby
than
I
thought
was
even
in
him
.
But
I
do
n't
know
that
the
feeling
about
him
is
not
one
reason
.
There
has
always
been
a
rivalry
and
bitterness
between
us
two
,
and
if
I
were
to
get
the
upper
hand
now
,
by
means
not
in
the
usual
course
,
such
as
the
fellows
would
think
ill
of
,
it
would
be
worse
than
ever
,
and
I
should
always
feel
guilty
and
ashamed
to
look
at
him
.
'
'
Over-refining
,
Norman
,
'
muttered
Dr.
May
.
'
Besides
,
do
n't
you
remember
,
when
his
father
died
,
how
glad
you
and
everyone
were
to
get
him
a
nomination
,
and
it
was
said
that
if
he
gained
a
scholarship
,
it
would
be
such
a
relief
to
poor
Mrs.
Anderson
?
Now
he
has
this
chance
,
it
does
seem
hard
to
deprive
her
of
it
.
I
should
not
like
to
know
that
I
had
done
so
.
'
'
Whew
!
'
the
Doctor
gave
a
considering
whistle
.
'
You
could
not
make
it
straight
,
papa
,
without
explaining
about
the
dealing
with
Ballhatchet
,
and
that
would
be
unfair
to
them
all
,
even
the
old
rogue
himself
;
for
I
promised
to
say
nothing
about
former
practices
,
as
long
as
he
did
not
renew
them
.
'
'
Well
!
I
do
n't
want
to
compromise
you
,
Norman
.
You
know
your
own
ground
best
,
but
I
do
n't
like
it
at
all
.
You
do
n't
know
the
humiliation
of
disgrace
.
Those
who
have
thought
highly
of
you
,
now
thinking
you
changed
—
I
do
n't
know
how
to
bear
it
for
you
.
'
'
I
do
n't
mind
anything
while
you
trust
me
,
'
said
Norman
,
eagerly
;
'
not
much
I
mean
,
except
Mr.
Wilmot
.
You
must
judge
,
papa
,
and
do
as
you
please
.
'
'
No
,
you
must
judge
,
Norman
.
Your
confidence
in
me
ought
not
to
be
a
restraint
.
It
has
always
been
an
understood
thing
that
,
what
you
say
at
home
is
,
as
if
it
had
not
been
said
,
as
regards
my
dealings
with
the
masters
.
'
'
I
know
,
papa
.
Well
,
I
'll
tell
you
what
brought
me
to
this
.
I
tumbled
about
all
night
in
a
rage
,
when
I
thought
how
they
had
served
me
,
and
of
Hoxton
's
believing
it
all
,
and
how
he
might
only
half
give
in
to
your
representation
,
and
then
I
gloried
in
Anderson
's
coming
down
from
his
height
,
and
being
seen
in
his
true
colours
.
So
it
went
on
till
morning
came
,
and
I
got
up
.
You
know
you
gave
me
my
mother
's
little
Thomas
à
Kempis
.
I
always
read
a
bit
every
morning
.
To-day
it
was
,
"
Of
four
things
that
bring
much
inward
peace
.
"
And
what
do
you
think
they
were
?
'
"
Be
desirous
,
my
son
,
to
do
the
will
of
another
rather
than
thine
own
.
"
Choose
always
to
have
less
rather
than
more
.
"
Seek
always
the
lowest
place
,
and
to
be
inferior
to
everyone
.
"
Wish
always
and
pray
that
the
will
of
God
may
be
wholly
fulfilled
in
thee
.
"
'
I
liked
them
the
more
,
because
it
was
just
like
her
last
reading
with
us
,
and
like
that
letter
.
—
Well
,
then
I
wondered
as
I
lay
on
the
grass
at
Groveswood
,
whether
she
would
have
thought
it
best
for
me
to
be
reinstated
,
and
I
found
out
that
I
should
have
been
rather
afraid
of
what
you
might
say
when
she
had
talked
it
over
with
you
.
'
Dr.
May
smiled
a
little
at
the
simplicity
with
which
this
last
was
said
,
but
his
smile
ended
in
one
of
his
heavy
sighs
.
'
So
you
took
her
for
your
counsellor
,
my
boy
.
That
was
the
way
to
find
out
what
was
right
.
'
'
Well
,
there
was
something
in
the
place
,
and
,
in
watching
poor
Lake
's
windows
,
that
made
me
not
able
to
dwell
so
much
on
getting
on
,
and
having
prizes
and
scholarships
.
I
thought
that
caring
for
those
had
been
driven
out
of
me
,
and
you
know
I
never
felt
as
if
it
were
my
right
when
I
was
made
Dux
;
but
now
I
find
it
is
all
come
back
.
It
does
not
do
for
me
to
be
first
;
I
have
been
what
she
called
elated
,
and
been
more
peremptory
than
need
with
the
lower
boys
,
and
gone
on
in
my
old
way
with
Richard
,
and
so
I
suppose
this
disgrace
has
come
to
punish
me
.
I
wish
it
were
not
disgrace
,
because
of
our
name
at
school
,
and
because
it
will
vex
Harry
so
much
;
but
since
it
is
come
,
considering
all
things
,
I
suppose
I
ought
not
to
struggle
to
justify
myself
at
other
people
's
expense
.
'
His
eyes
were
so
dazzled
with
tears
,
that
he
could
hardly
see
to
drive
,
nor
did
his
father
speak
at
first
.
'
I
ca
n't
say
anything
against
it
,
Norman
,
but
I
am
sorry
,
and
one
thing
more
you
should
consider
.
If
Dr.
Hoxton
should
view
this
absurd
business
in
the
way
he
seems
to
do
,
it
will
stand
in
your
way
for
ever
in
testimonials
,
if
you
try
for
anything
else
.
'
'
Do
you
think
it
will
interfere
with
my
having
a
Confirmation
ticket
?
'
'
Why
no
,
I
should
not
think
—
such
a
boyish
escapade
could
be
no
reason
for
refusing
you
one
.
'
'
Very
well
then
,
it
had
better
rest
.
If
there
should
be
any
difficulty
about
my
being
Confirmed
,
of
course
we
will
explain
it
.
'
'
I
wish
everyone
showed
themselves
as
well
prepared
!
'
half-muttered
the
Doctor
;
then
,
after
long
musing
,
'
Well
,
Norman
,
I
give
up
the
scholarship
.
Poor
Mrs.
Anderson
wants
it
more
than
we
do
,
and
if
the
boy
is
a
shabby
fellow
,
the
more
he
wants
a
decent
education
.
But
what
do
you
say
to
this
?
I
make
Hoxton
do
you
full
justice
,
and
reinstate
you
in
your
proper
place
,
and
then
I
take
you
away
at
once
—
send
you
to
a
tutor
—
anything
,
till
the
end
of
the
long
vacation
.
'
'
Thank
you
,
'
said
Norman
,
pausing
.
'
I
do
n't
know
,
papa
.
I
am
very
much
obliged
to
you
,
but
I
think
it
would
hardly
do
.
You
would
be
uncomfortable
at
seeming
to
quarrel
with
Dr.
Hoxton
,
and
it
would
be
hardly
creditable
for
me
to
go
off
in
anger
.
'
'
You
are
right
,
I
believe
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
You
judge
wisely
,
though
I
should
not
have
ventured
to
ask
it
of
you
.
But
what
is
to
become
of
the
discipline
of
the
school
?
Is
that
all
to
go
to
the
dogs
?
'
'
I
could
not
do
anything
with
them
if
I
were
restored
in
this
way
;
they
would
be
more
set
against
me
.
It
is
bad
enough
as
it
is
,
but
,
even
for
my
own
peace
,
I
believe
it
is
better
to
leave
it
alone
.
All
my
comfort
in
school
is
over
,
I
know
!
'
and
he
sighed
deeply
.
'
It
is
a
most
untoward
business
!
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
I
am
very
sorry
your
school-days
should
be
clouded
—
but
it
ca
n't
be
helped
,
and
you
will
work
yourself
into
a
character
again
.
You
are
full
young
,
and
can
stay
for
the
next
Randall
.
'
Norman
felt
as
if
,
while
his
father
looked
at
him
as
he
now
did
,
the
rest
of
the
world
were
nothing
to
him
;
but
,
perhaps
,
the
driving
past
the
school
brought
him
to
a
different
mind
,
for
he
walked
into
the
house
slowly
and
dejectedly
.
He
told
his
own
story
to
Ethel
,
in
the
garden
,
not
without
much
difficulty
,
so
indignant
were
her
exclamations
;
and
it
was
impossible
to
make
her
see
that
his
father
's
interference
would
put
him
in
an
awkward
position
among
the
boys
.
She
would
argue
vehemently
that
she
could
not
bear
Mr.
Wilmot
to
think
ill
of
him
,
that
it
was
a
great
shame
of
Dr.
Hoxton
,
and
that
it
was
dreadful
to
let
such
a
boy
as
Harvey
Anderson
go
unpunished
.
'
I
really
do
think
it
is
quite
wrong
of
you
to
give
up
your
chance
of
doing
good
,
and
leave
him
in
his
evil
ways
!
'
That
was
all
the
comforts
he
gave
Norman
,
and
she
walked
in
to
pour
out
a
furious
grumbling
upon
Margaret
.
Dr.
May
had
been
telling
the
elder
ones
,
and
they
were
in
conversation
after
he
had
left
them
—
Margaret
talking
with
animation
,
and
Flora
sitting
over
her
drawing
,
uttering
reluctant
assents
.
'
Has
he
told
you
,
poor
fellow
?
'
asked
Margaret
.
'
Yes
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Was
there
ever
such
a
shame
?
'
'
That
is
just
what
I
say
,
'
observed
Flora
.
'
I
cannot
see
why
the
Andersons
are
to
have
a
triumph
over
all
of
us
.
'
'
I
used
to
think
Harvey
the
best
of
the
two
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Now
,
I
think
he
is
a
great
deal
the
worst
.
Taking
advantage
of
such
a
mistake
as
this
!
How
will
he
ever
look
Norman
in
the
face
.
'
'
Really
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
I
see
no
use
in
aggravating
ourselves
by
talking
of
the
Andersons
.
'
'
I
ca
n't
think
how
papa
can
consent
,
'
proceeded
Flora
.
'
I
am
sure
,
if
I
were
in
his
place
,
I
should
not
!
'
'
Papa
is
so
much
pleased
with
dear
Norman
's
behaviour
,
that
it
quite
makes
up
for
all
the
disappointment
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
Besides
,
he
is
very
much
obliged
to
him
in
one
way
;
he
would
not
have
liked
to
have
to
battle
the
matter
with
Dr.
Hoxton
.
He
spoke
of
Norman
's
great
good
judgment
.
'
'
Yes
,
Norman
can
persuade
papa
to
anything
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
Yes
,
I
wish
papa
had
not
yielded
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
It
would
have
been
just
as
noble
in
dear
Norman
,
and
we
should
not
have
the
apparent
disgrace
.
'
'
Perhaps
it
is
best
as
it
is
,
after
all
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
Why
,
how
do
you
mean
?
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
think
very
likely
things
might
have
come
out
.
Now
,
do
n't
look
furious
,
Ethel
.
Indeed
,
I
ca
n't
help
it
,
but
really
I
do
n't
think
it
is
explicable
why
Norman
should
wish
to
hush
it
up
,
unless
there
were
something
behind
!
'
'
Flora
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
too
much
shocked
to
bring
out
another
word
.
'
If
you
are
unfortunate
enough
to
have
such
suspicions
,
'
said
Margaret
,
quietly
,
'
I
think
it
would
be
better
to
be
silent
.
'
'
As
if
you
did
not
know
Norman
!
'
stammered
Ethel
.
'
Well
,
'
said
Flora
.
'
I
do
n't
wish
to
think
so
.
You
know
I
did
not
hear
Norman
himself
,
and
when
papa
gives
his
vehement
accounts
of
things
,
it
always
puzzles
us
of
the
cooler-minded
sort
.
'
'
It
is
as
great
a
shame
as
ever
I
heard
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
recovering
her
utterance
.
'
Who
would
you
trust
,
if
not
your
own
father
and
brother
?
'
'
Yes
,
yes
,
'
said
Flora
,
not
by
any
means
wishing
to
displease
her
sisters
.
'
If
there
is
such
a
thing
as
an
excess
of
generosity
,
it
is
sure
to
be
among
ourselves
.
I
only
know
it
does
not
suit
me
.
It
will
make
us
all
uncomfortable
whenever
we
meet
the
Andersons
or
Mr.
Wilmot
,
or
anyone
else
,
and
as
to
such
tenderness
to
Harvey
Anderson
,
I
think
it
is
thrown
away
.
'
'
Thrown
away
on
the
object
,
perhaps
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
but
not
in
Norman
.
'
'
To
be
sure
,
'
broke
out
Ethel
.
'
Better
be
than
seem
!
Oh
,
dear
!
I
am
sorry
I
was
vexed
with
dear
old
June
when
he
told
me
.
I
had
rather
have
him
now
than
if
he
had
gained
everything
and
everyone
was
praising
him
—
that
I
had
!
'
Harvey
Anderson
is
welcome
to
be
Dux
and
Randall
scholar
for
what
I
care
,
while
Norman
is
—
while
he
is
,
just
what
we
thought
of
the
last
time
we
read
that
Gospel
—
you
know
,
Margaret
?
'
'
He
is
—
that
he
is
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
and
,
indeed
,
it
is
most
beautiful
to
see
how
what
has
happened
has
brought
him
at
once
to
what
she
wished
,
when
,
perhaps
,
otherwise
it
would
have
been
a
work
of
long
time
.
'
Ethel
was
entirely
consoled
.
Flora
thought
of
the
words
'
téte
exaltêe
,
'
and
considered
herself
alone
to
have
sober
sense
enough
to
see
things
in
a
true
light
—
not
that
she
went
the
length
of
believing
that
Norman
had
any
underhand
motives
,
but
she
thought
it
very
discreet
in
her
to
think
a
prudent
father
would
not
have
been
satisfied
with
such
a
desire
to
avoid
investigation
.
Dr.
May
would
not
trust
himself
to
enter
on
the
subject
with
Dr.
Hoxton
in
conversation
;
he
only
wrote
a
note
.
'
June
16th
.
'
Dear
Dr.
Hoxton
,
'
My
son
has
appealed
to
me
to
confirm
his
account
of
himself
on
Thursday
evening
last
.
I
therefore
distinctly
state
that
he
came
in
at
half-past
nine
,
with
his
hands
full
of
plants
from
the
river
,
and
that
he
then
went
out
again
,
by
my
desire
,
to
look
for
his
little
brother
.
'
Yours
,
very
truly
,
'
R
.
May
.
'
A
long
answer
came
in
return
,
disclaiming
all
doubt
of
Norman
's
veracity
,
and
explaining
Dr.
Hoxton
's
grounds
for
having
degraded
him
.
There
had
been
misconduct
in
the
school
,
he
said
,
for
some
time
past
,
and
he
did
not
consider
that
it
was
any
very
serious
reproach
,
to
a
boy
of
Norman
's
age
,
that
he
had
not
had
weight
enough
to
keep
up
his
authority
,
and
had
been
carried
away
by
the
general
feeling
.
It
had
been
necessary
to
make
an
example
for
the
sake
of
principle
,
and
though
very
sorry
it
should
have
fallen
on
one
of
such
high
promise
and
general
good
conduct
,
Dr.
Hoxton
trusted
that
it
would
not
be
any
permanent
injury
to
his
prospects
,
as
his
talents
had
raised
him
to
his
former
position
in
the
school
so
much
earlier
than
usual
.
'
The
fact
was
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
'
that
old
Hoxton
did
it
in
a
passion
,
feeling
he
must
punish
somebody
,
and
now
,
finding
there
's
no
uproar
about
it
,
he
begins
to
be
sorry
.
I
wo
n't
answer
this
note
.
I
'll
stop
after
church
to-morrow
and
shake
hands
,
and
that
will
show
we
do
n't
bear
malice
.
'
What
Mr.
Wilmot
might
think
,
was
felt
by
all
to
affect
them
more
nearly
.
Ethel
wanted
to
hear
that
he
declared
his
complete
conviction
of
Norman
's
innocence
,
and
was
disappointed
to
find
that
he
did
not
once
allude
to
the
subject
.
She
was
only
consoled
by
Margaret
's
conjecture
that
,
perhaps
,
he
thought
the
head-master
had
been
hasty
,
and
could
not
venture
to
say
so
—
he
saw
into
people
's
characters
,
and
it
was
notorious
that
it
was
just
what
Dr.
Hoxton
did
not
.
Tom
had
spent
the
chief
of
that
Saturday
in
reading
a
novel
borrowed
from
Axworthy
,
keeping
out
of
sight
of
everyone
.
All
Sunday
he
avoided
Norman
more
scrupulously
than
ever
,
and
again
on
Monday
.
That
day
was
a
severe
trial
to
Norman
;
the
taking
the
lower
place
,
and
the
sense
that
,
excel
as
much
as
ever
he
might
in
his
studies
,
it
would
not
avail
to
restore
him
to
his
former
place
,
were
more
unpleasant
,
when
it
came
to
the
point
,
than
he
had
expected
.
He
saw
the
cold
manner
,
so
different
from
the
readiness
with
which
his
tasks
had
always
been
met
,
certain
as
they
were
of
being
well
done
;
he
found
himself
among
the
common
herd
whom
he
had
passed
so
triumphantly
,
and
,
for
a
little
while
,
he
had
no
heart
to
exert
himself
.
This
was
conquered
by
the
strong
will
and
self-rebuke
for
having
merely
craved
for
applause
,
but
,
in
the
play-ground
,
he
found
himself
still
alone
—
the
other
boys
who
had
been
raised
by
his
fall
,
shrank
from
intercourse
with
one
whom
they
had
injured
by
their
silence
,
and
the
Andersons
,
who
were
wont
to
say
the
Mays
carried
every
tale
home
,
and
who
still
almost
expected
interference
from
Dr.
May
,
hardly
believed
their
victory
secure
,
and
the
younger
one
,
at
least
,
talked
spitefully
,
and
triumphed
in
the
result
of
May
's
meddling
and
troublesome
over
strictness
.
'
Such
prigs
always
come
to
a
downfall
,
'
was
the
sentiment
.
Norman
found
himself
left
out
of
everything
,
and
stood
dispirited
and
weary
on
the
bank
of
the
river
,
wishing
for
Harry
,
wishing
for
Cheviot
,
wishing
that
he
had
been
able
to
make
a
friend
who
would
stand
by
him
,
thinking
it
could
not
be
worse
if
he
had
let
his
father
reinstate
him
—
and
a
sensation
of
loneliness
and
injustice
hung
heavy
at
his
heart
.
His
first
interruption
was
a
merry
voice
.
'
I
say
,
June
,
there
's
no
end
of
river
cray-fish
under
that
bank
,
'
and
Larkins
'
droll
face
was
looking
up
at
him
,
from
that
favourite
position
,
half-stooping
,
his
hands
on
his
knees
,
his
expression
of
fun
trying
to
conceal
his
real
anxiety
and
sympathy
.
Norman
turned
and
smiled
,
and
looked
for
the
cray-fish
,
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
became
aware
of
Hector
Ernescliffe
,
watching
for
an
opportunity
to
say
,
'
I
have
a
letter
from
Alan
.
'
He
knew
they
wanted
,
as
far
as
little
boys
ventured
to
seek
after
one
so
much
their
elder
,
to
show
themselves
his
friends
,
and
he
was
grateful
;
he
roused
himself
to
hear
about
Alan
's
news
,
and
found
it
was
important
—
his
great
friend
,
Captain
Gordon
,
had
got
a
ship
,
and
hoped
to
be
able
to
take
him
,
and
this
might
lead
to
Harry
's
going
with
him
.
Then
Norman
applied
himself
to
the
capture
of
cray-fish
,
and
Larkins
grew
so
full
of
fun
and
drollery
,
that
the
hours
of
recreation
passed
off
less
gloomily
than
they
had
begun
.
If
only
his
own
brother
would
have
been
his
adherent
!
But
he
saw
almost
nothing
of
Tom
.
Day
after
day
he
missed
him
,
he
was
off
before
him
in
going
and
returning
from
school
,
and
when
he
caught
a
sight
of
his
face
,
it
looked
harassed
,
pale
,
and
miserable
,
stealing
anxious
glances
after
him
,
yet
shrinking
from
his
eye
.
But
,
at
the
same
time
,
Norman
did
not
see
him
mingling
with
his
former
friends
,
and
could
not
make
out
how
he
disposed
of
himself
.
To
be
thus
continually
shunned
by
his
own
brother
,
even
when
the
general
mass
were
returning
to
ordinary
terms
,
became
so
painful
,
that
Norman
was
always
on
the
watch
to
seek
for
one
more
conversation
with
him
.
He
caught
him
at
last
in
the
evening
,
just
as
they
were
going
home
.
'
Tom
,
why
are
you
running
away
?
Come
with
me
,
'
said
he
,
authoritatively
;
and
Tom
obeyed
in
trembling
.
Norman
led
the
way
to
the
meads
.
'
Tom
,
'
said
he
,
'
do
not
let
this
go
on
.
Why
do
you
serve
me
in
this
way
?
You
surely
need
not
turn
against
me
,
'
he
said
,
with
pleading
melancholy
in
his
voice
.
It
was
not
needed
.
Tom
had
flung
himself
upon
the
grass
,
and
was
in
an
agony
of
crying
,
even
before
he
had
finished
the
words
.
'
Tom
,
Tom
!
what
is
the
matter
?
Have
they
been
bullying
you
again
?
Look
up
,
and
tell
me
—
what
is
it
?
You
know
I
can
stand
by
you
still
,
if
you
'll
only
let
me
;
'
and
Norman
sat
by
him
on
the
grass
,
and
raised
his
face
by
a
sort
of
force
,
but
the
kind
words
only
brought
more
piteous
sobs
.
It
was
a
long
time
before
they
diminished
enough
to
let
him
utter
a
word
,
but
Norman
went
on
patiently
consoling
and
inquiring
,
sure
,
at
least
,
that
here
had
broken
down
the
sullenness
that
had
always
repelled
him
.
At
last
came
the
words
,
'
Oh
!
I
cannot
bear
it
.
It
is
all
my
doing
!
'
'
What
—
how
—
you
do
n't
mean
this
happening
to
me
?
It
is
not
your
doing
,
August
—
what
fancy
is
this
?
'
'
O
yes
,
it
is
,
'
said
Tom
,
his
voice
cut
short
by
gasps
,
the
remains
of
the
sobs
.
'
They
would
not
hear
me
!
I
tried
to
tell
them
how
you
told
them
not
,
and
sent
them
home
.
I
tried
to
tell
about
Ballhatchet
—
but
—
but
they
would
n't
—
they
said
if
it
had
been
Harry
,
they
would
have
attended
—
but
they
would
not
believe
me
.
Oh
!
if
Harry
was
but
here
!
'
'
I
wish
he
was
,
'
said
Norman
,
from
the
bottom
of
his
heart
;
'
but
you
see
,
Tom
,
if
this
sets
you
on
always
telling
truth
,
I
sha
n't
think
any
great
harm
done
.
'
A
fresh
burst
,
'
Oh
!
they
are
all
so
glad
!
They
say
such
things
!
And
the
Mays
were
never
in
disgrace
before
.
O
Norman
,
Norman
!
'
'
Never
mind
about
that
,
—
'
began
Norman
.
'
But
you
would
mind
,
'
broke
in
the
boy
,
passionately
,
'
if
you
knew
what
Anderson
junior
,
and
Axworthy
say
!
They
say
it
serves
you
right
,
and
they
were
going
to
send
me
to
old
Ballhatchet
's
to
get
some
of
his
stuff
to
drink
confusion
to
the
mouth
of
June
,
and
all
pragmatical
meddlers
;
and
when
I
said
I
could
not
go
,
they
vowed
if
I
did
not
,
I
should
eat
the
corks
for
them
!
And
Anderson
junior
called
me
names
,
and
licked
me
.
Look
there
.
'
He
showed
a
dark
blue-and-red
stripe
,
raised
on
the
palm
of
his
hand
.
'
I
could
not
write
well
for
it
these
three
days
,
and
Hawes
gave
me
double
copies
!
'
'
The
cowardly
fellows
!
'
exclaimed
Norman
,
indignantly
.
'
But
you
did
not
go
?
'
'
No
,
Anderson
senior
stopped
them
.
He
said
he
would
not
have
the
Ballhatchet
business
begin
again
.
'
'
That
is
one
comfort
,
'
said
Norman
.
'
I
see
he
does
not
dare
not
to
keep
order
.
But
if
you
'll
only
stay
with
me
,
August
,
I
'll
take
care
they
do
n't
hurt
you
.
'
'
Oh
!
June
!
June
!
'
and
he
threw
himself
across
his
kind
brother
.
'
I
am
so
very
sorry
!
Oh
!
to
see
you
put
down
—
and
hear
them
!
And
you
to
lose
the
scholarship
!
Oh
,
dear
!
oh
,
dear
!
and
be
in
disgrace
with
them
all
!
'
'
But
,
Tom
,
do
cheer
up
.
It
is
nothing
to
be
in
such
distress
at
.
Papa
knows
all
about
it
,
and
while
he
does
,
I
do
n't
care
half
so
much
.
'
'
O
,
I
wish
—
I
wish
—
'
You
see
,
Tom
,
'
said
Norman
,
'
after
all
,
though
it
is
very
kind
of
you
to
be
sorry
for
not
being
able
to
get
me
out
of
this
scrape
,
the
thing
one
wants
you
to
be
sorry
about
,
is
your
own
affair
.
'
'
I
wish
I
had
never
come
to
school
!
I
wish
Anderson
would
leave
me
alone
!
It
is
all
his
fault
!
A
mean-spirited
skulking
,
bullying
—
'
'
Hush
,
hush
,
Tom
,
he
is
bad
enough
,
but
now
you
know
what
he
is
,
you
can
keep
clear
of
him
for
the
future
.
Now
listen
.
You
and
I
will
make
a
fresh
start
,
and
try
if
we
ca
n't
get
the
Mays
to
be
looked
on
as
they
were
when
Harry
was
here
.
Let
us
mind
the
rules
,
and
get
into
no
more
mischief
.
'
'
You
'll
keep
me
from
Ned
Anderson
and
Axworthy
?
'
whispered
Tom
.
'
Yes
,
that
I
will
.
And
you
'll
try
and
speak
the
truth
,
and
be
straightforward
?
'
I
will
,
I
will
,
'
said
Tom
,
worn
out
in
spirits
by
his
long
bondage
,
and
glad
to
catch
at
the
hope
of
relief
and
protection
.
'
Then
let
us
come
home
,
'
and
Tom
put
his
hand
into
his
brother
's
,
as
a
few
weeks
back
would
have
seemed
most
unworthy
of
schoolboy
dignity
.
Thenceforth
Tom
was
devoted
to
Norman
,
and
kept
close
to
him
,
sure
that
the
instant
he
was
from
under
his
wing
,
his
former
companions
would
fall
on
him
to
revenge
his
defection
,
but
clinging
to
him
also
from
real
affection
and
gratitude
.
Indolence
and
timidity
were
the
true
root
of
what
had
for
a
time
seemed
like
a
positively
bad
disposition
;
beneath
,
there
was
a
warm
heart
,
and
sense
of
right
,
which
had
been
almost
stifled
for
the
time
,
in
the
desire
,
from
moment
to
moment
,
to
avoid
present
trouble
or
fear
.
Under
Norman
's
care
his
better
self
had
freer
scope
,
he
was
guarded
from
immediate
terror
,
and
kept
from
the
suggestions
of
the
worse
sort
of
boys
,
as
much
as
was
in
his
brother
's
power
;
and
the
looks
they
cast
towards
him
,
and
the
sly
torments
they
attempted
to
inflict
,
by
no
means
invited
him
back
to
them
.
The
lessons
,
where
he
had
a
long
inveterate
habit
of
shuffling
,
came
under
Norman
's
eye
at
the
same
time
.
He
always
prepared
them
in
his
presence
,
instead
of
in
the
most
secret
manner
possible
,
and
with
all
Anderson
's
expeditious
modes
of
avoiding
the
making
them
of
any
use
.
Norman
sat
by
,
and
gave
such
help
as
was
fair
and
just
,
showed
him
how
to
learn
,
and
explained
difficulties
,
and
the
ingenuity
hitherto
spent
in
eluding
learning
being
now
directed
to
gaining
it
,
he
began
to
make
real
progress
,
and
find
satisfaction
in
it
.
The
comfort
of
being
good
dawned
upon
him
once
more
,
but
still
there
was
much
to
contend
with
;
he
had
acquired
such
a
habit
of
prevarication
,
that
,
if
by
any
means
taken
by
surprise
,
his
impulse
was
to
avoid
giving
a
straightforward
answer
,
and
when
he
recollected
his
sincerity
,
the
truth
came
with
the
air
of
falsehood
.
Moreover
,
he
was
an
arrant
coward
,
and
provoked
tricks
by
his
manifest
and
unreasonable
terrors
.
It
was
no
slight
exercise
of
patience
that
Norman
underwent
,
but
this
was
the
interest
he
had
made
for
himself
;
and
the
recovery
of
the
boy
's
attachment
,
and
his
improvement
,
though
slow
,
were
a
present
recompense
.
Ernescliffe
,
Larkins
,
and
others
of
the
boys
,
held
fast
to
him
,
and
after
the
first
excitement
was
past
,
all
the
rest
returned
to
their
former
tone
.
He
was
decidedly
as
much
respected
as
ever
,
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
regarded
with
more
favour
than
when
his
strictness
was
resented
.
And
as
for
the
discipline
of
the
school
,
that
did
not
suffer
.
Anderson
felt
that
,
for
his
own
credit
,
he
must
not
allow
the
rules
to
be
less
observed
than
in
May
's
reign
,
and
he
enforced
them
upon
the
reluctant
and
angry
boys
,
with
whom
he
had
been
previously
making
common
cause
.
Dr.
Hoxton
boasted
to
the
under-masters
that
the
school
had
never
been
in
such
good
order
as
under
Anderson
,
little
guessing
that
this
was
but
reaping
the
fruits
of
a
past
victory
,
or
that
every
boy
in
the
whole
school
gave
the
highest
place
in
their
esteem
to
the
deposed
Dux
.
To
Anderson
,
Norman
's
cordial
manner
and
ready
support
,
were
the
strangest
part
of
all
,
only
explained
by
thinking
that
he
deemed
it
,
as
he
tried
to
do
himself
,
merely
the
fortune
of
war
,
and
was
sensible
of
no
injury
.
And
,
for
Norman
himself
,
when
the
first
shock
was
over
,
and
he
was
accustomed
to
the
change
,
he
found
the
cessation
of
vigilance
a
relief
,
and
carried
a
lighter
heart
than
any
time
since
his
mother
's
death
.
His
sisters
could
not
help
observing
that
there
was
less
sadness
in
the
expression
of
his
eyes
,
that
he
carried
his
head
higher
,
walked
with
freedom
and
elasticity
of
step
,
tossed
and
flourished
the
Daisy
till
she
shouted
and
crowed
,
while
Margaret
shrank
at
such
freaks
;
and
,
though
he
was
not
much
of
a
laugher
himself
,
contributed
much
sport
in
the
way
of
bright
apposite
sayings
to
the
home
circle
.
It
was
a
very
unexpected
mode
of
cure
for
depression
of
spirits
,
but
there
could
be
no
question
that
it
succeeded
;
and
when
,
a
few
Saturdays
after
,
he
drove
Dr.
May
again
to
Groveswood
to
see
young
Mr.
Lake
,
who
was
recovering
,
he
brought
Margaret
home
a
whole
pile
of
botanical
curiosities
,
and
drew
his
father
into
an
animated
battle
over
natural
and
Linnæan
systems
,
which
kept
the
whole
party
merry
with
the
pros
and
cons
every
evening
for
a
week
.
CHAPTER
XXIII
.
'
Oh
!
the
golden-hearted
daisies
,
Witnessed
there
before
my
youth
,
To
the
truth
of
things
,
with
praises
Of
the
beauty
of
the
truth
.
'
E.B.
Browning
.
'
Margaret
,
see
here
.
'
The
Doctor
threw
into
her
lap
a
letter
,
which
made
her
cheeks
light
up
.
Mr.
Ernescliffe
wrote
that
his
father
's
friend
,
Captain
Gordon
,
having
been
appointed
to
the
frigate
Alcestis
,
had
chosen
him
as
one
of
his
lieutenants
,
and
offered
a
nomination
as
naval
cadet
for
his
brother
.
He
had
replied
that
the
navy
was
not
Hector
's
destination
,
but
,
as
Captain
Gordon
had
no
one
else
in
view
,
had
prevailed
on
him
to
pass
on
the
proposal
to
Harry
May
.
Alan
wrote
in
high
terms
of
his
captain
,
declaring
that
he
esteemed
the
having
sailed
with
him
as
one
of
the
greatest
advantages
he
had
ever
received
,
and
adding
,
that
,
for
his
own
part
,
Dr.
May
needed
no
promise
from
him
,
to
be
assured
that
he
would
watch
over
Harry
like
his
own
brother
.
It
was
believed
that
the
Alcestis
was
destined
for
the
South
American
station
.
'
A
three
years
'
business
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
with
a
sigh
.
'
But
the
thing
is
done
,
and
this
is
as
good
as
we
can
hope
.
'
'
Far
better
!
'
said
Margaret
.
'
What
pleasure
it
must
have
given
him
!
Dear
Harry
could
not
sail
under
more
favourable
circumstances
.
'
'
No
,
I
would
trust
to
Ernescliffe
as
I
would
to
Richard
.
It
is
kindly
done
,
and
I
will
thank
him
at
once
.
Where
does
he
date
from
?
'
'
From
Portsmouth
.
He
does
not
say
whether
he
has
seen
Harry
.
'
'
I
suppose
he
waited
for
my
answer
.
Suppose
I
inclose
a
note
for
him
to
give
to
Harry
.
There
will
be
rapture
enough
,
and
it
is
a
pity
he
should
not
have
the
benefit
of
it
.
'
The
Doctor
sat
down
to
write
,
while
Margaret
worked
and
mused
,
perhaps
on
outfits
and
new
shirts
—
perhaps
on
Harry
's
lion-locks
,
beneath
a
blue
cap
and
gold
band
,
or
,
perchance
,
on
the
coral
shoals
of
the
Pacific
.
It
was
one
of
the
quiet
afternoons
,
when
all
the
rest
were
out
,
and
which
the
Doctor
and
his
daughter
especially
valued
,
when
they
were
able
to
spend
one
together
without
interruption
.
Soon
,
however
,
a
ring
at
the
door
brought
an
impatient
exclamation
from
the
Doctor
;
but
his
smile
beamed
out
at
the
words
,
'
Miss
Rivers
.
'
They
were
great
friends
;
in
fact
,
on
terms
of
some
mutual
sauciness
,
though
Meta
was
,
as
yet
,
far
less
at
home
with
his
daughters
,
and
came
in
,
looking
somewhat
shy
.
'
Ah
,
your
congeners
are
gone
out
!
'
was
the
Doctor
's
reception
.
'
You
must
put
up
with
our
sober
selves
.
'
'
Is
Flora
gone
far
?
'
asked
Meta
.
'
To
Cocksmoor
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
I
am
very
sorry
she
has
missed
you
.
'
'
Shall
I
be
in
your
way
?
'
said
Meta
,
timidly
.
'
Papa
has
several
things
to
do
,
and
said
he
would
call
for
me
here
.
'
'
Good
luck
for
Margaret
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
So
they
are
gone
to
Cocksmoor
!
'
said
Meta
.
'
How
I
envy
them
!
'
'
You
would
not
,
if
you
saw
the
place
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
believe
Norman
is
very
angry
with
me
for
letting
them
go
near
it
.
'
'
Ah
!
but
they
are
of
real
use
there
!
'
'
And
Miss
Meta
is
obliged
to
take
to
envying
the
black-hole
of
Cocksmoor
,
instead
of
being
content
with
the
eglantine
bowers
of
Abbotstoke
!
I
commiserate
her
!
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
If
I
did
any
good
instead
of
harm
at
Abbotstoke
!
'
'
Harm
!
'
exclaimed
Margaret
.
'
They
went
on
very
well
without
me
,
'
said
Meta
;
'
but
ever
since
I
have
had
the
class
,
they
have
been
getting
naughtier
and
noisier
every
Sunday
;
and
,
last
Sunday
,
the
prettiest
of
all
—
the
one
I
liked
best
,
and
had
done
everything
for
—
she
began
to
mimic
me
—
held
up
her
finger
,
as
I
did
,
and
made
them
all
laugh
!
'
'
Well
,
that
is
very
bad
!
'
said
Margaret
;
'
but
I
suppose
she
was
a
very
little
one
.
'
'
No
,
a
quick
clever
one
,
who
knew
much
better
,
about
nine
years
old
.
She
used
to
be
always
at
home
in
the
week
,
dragging
about
a
great
baby
;
and
we
managed
that
her
mother
should
afford
to
stay
at
home
,
and
send
her
to
school
.
It
seemed
such
a
pity
her
cleverness
should
be
wasted
.
'
The
Doctor
smiled
.
'
Ah
!
depend
upon
it
,
the
tyrant-baby
was
the
best
disciplinarian
.
'
Meta
looked
extremely
puzzled
.
'
Papa
means
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
that
if
she
was
inclined
to
be
conceited
,
the
being
teased
at
home
might
do
her
more
good
than
being
brought
forward
at
school
.
'
'
I
have
done
everything
wrong
,
it
seems
,
'
said
Meta
,
with
a
shade
of
what
the
French
call
dêpit
.
'
I
thought
it
must
be
right
and
good
—
but
it
has
only
done
mischief
;
and
now
papa
says
they
are
an
ungrateful
set
,
and
that
,
if
it
vexes
me
,
I
had
better
have
no
more
to
do
with
them
!
'
'
It
does
not
vex
you
so
much
as
that
,
I
hope
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
O
,
I
could
not
bear
that
!
'
said
Meta
;
'
but
it
is
so
different
from
what
I
thought
!
'
'
Ah
!
you
had
an
Arcadia
of
good
little
girls
in
straw
hats
,
such
as
I
see
in
Blanche
's
little
books
,
'
said
the
Doctor
,
'
all
making
the
young
lady
an
oracle
,
and
doing
wrong
—
if
they
do
it
at
all
—
in
the
simplest
way
,
just
for
an
example
to
the
others
.
'
'
Dr
.
May
!
How
can
you
know
so
well
?
But
do
you
really
think
it
is
their
fault
,
or
mine
?
'
'
Do
you
think
me
a
conjurer
?
'
'
Well
,
but
what
do
you
think
?
'
'
What
do
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Wilmot
think
?
'
'
I
know
Mrs.
Wilmot
thinks
I
spoil
my
class
.
She
spoke
to
me
about
making
favourites
,
and
sometimes
has
seemed
surprised
at
things
which
I
have
done
.
Last
Sunday
,
she
told
me
she
thought
I
had
better
have
a
steadier
class
,
and
I
know
whom
she
will
give
me
—
the
great
big
,
stupid
ones
,
at
the
bottom
of
the
first-class
!
I
do
believe
it
is
only
out
of
good-nature
that
she
does
not
tell
me
not
to
teach
at
all
.
I
have
a
great
mind
I
will
not
;
I
know
I
do
nothing
but
harm
.
'
'
What
shall
you
say
if
I
tell
you
I
think
so
too
?
'
asked
the
Doctor
.
'
O
,
Dr.
May
!
you
do
n't
really
?
Now
,
does
he
,
Miss
May
?
I
am
sure
I
only
want
to
do
them
good
.
I
do
n't
know
what
I
can
have
done
.
'
Margaret
made
her
perceive
that
the
Doctor
was
smiling
,
and
she
changed
her
tone
,
and
earnestly
begged
to
be
told
what
they
thought
of
the
case
;
for
if
she
should
show
her
concern
at
home
,
her
father
and
governess
would
immediately
beg
her
to
cease
from
all
connection
with
the
school
,
and
she
did
not
feel
at
all
convinced
that
Mrs.
Wilmot
liked
to
have
her
there
.
Feeling
injured
by
the
implied
accusation
of
mismanagement
,
yet
,
with
a
sense
of
its
truth
,
used
to
be
petted
,
and
new
to
rebuffs
,
yet
with
a
sincere
wish
to
act
rightly
,
she
was
much
perplexed
by
this
,
her
first
reverse
,
and
had
come
partly
with
the
view
of
consulting
Flora
,
though
she
had
fallen
on
other
counsellors
.
'
Margaret
,
our
adviser
general
,
'
said
the
Doctor
,
'
what
do
you
say
?
Put
yourself
in
the
place
of
Mrs.
Charles
Wilmot
,
and
say
,
shall
Miss
Rivers
teach
,
or
not
?
'
'
I
had
rather
you
would
,
papa
.
'
'
Not
I
—
I
never
kept
school
.
'
'
Well
,
then
,
I
being
Mrs.
Wilmot
,
should
certainly
be
mortified
if
Miss
Rivers
deserted
me
,
because
the
children
were
naughty
.
I
think
,
I
think
I
had
rather
she
came
and
asked
me
what
she
had
better
do
.
'
'
And
you
would
answer
"
teach
,
"
for
fear
of
vexing
her
,
'
said
Meta
.
'
I
should
,
and
also
for
the
sake
of
letting
her
learn
to
teach
.
'
'
The
point
where
only
trial
shows
one
's
ignorance
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
But
I
do
n't
want
to
do
it
for
my
own
sake
,
'
said
Meta
.
'
I
do
everything
for
my
own
sake
already
.
'
'
For
their
's
,
then
,
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
If
teaching
will
not
come
by
nature
,
you
must
serve
an
apprenticeship
,
if
you
mean
to
be
of
service
in
that
line
.
Perhaps
,
it
was
the
gift
that
the
fairies
omitted
.
'
But
will
it
do
any
good
to
them
?
'
'
I
ca
n't
tell
;
but
I
am
sure
it
would
do
them
harm
for
you
to
give
it
up
,
because
it
is
disagreeable
.
'
'
Well
,
'
said
Meta
,
with
a
sigh
,
'
I
'll
go
and
talk
to
Mrs.
Wilmot
.
I
could
not
bear
to
give
up
anything
that
seems
right
,
just
now
,
because
of
the
Confirmation
.
'
Margaret
eagerly
inquired
,
and
it
appeared
that
the
Bishop
had
given
notice
for
a
Confirmation
in
August
,
and
that
Mr.
Wilmot
was
already
beginning
to
prepare
his
candidates
,
whilst
Mr.
Ramsden
,
always
tardy
,
never
gave
notice
till
the
last
moment
possible
.
The
hope
was
expressed
that
Harry
might
be
able
to
profit
by
this
opportunity
;
and
Harry
's
prospects
were
explained
to
Meta
;
then
the
Doctor
,
recollecting
something
that
he
wished
to
say
to
Mr.
Rivers
,
began
to
ask
about
the
chance
of
his
coming
before
the
time
of
an
engagement
of
his
own
.
'
He
said
he
should
be
here
at
about
half-past
four
,
'
said
Meta
.
'
He
is
gone
to
the
station
to
inquire
about
the
trains
.
Do
you
know
what
time
the
last
comes
in
?
'
'
At
nine
forty-five
,
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
That
is
what
we
were
afraid
of
.
It
is
for
Bellairs
,
my
maid
.
Her
mother
is
very
ill
,
and
she
is
afraid
she
is
not
properly
nursed
.
It
is
about
five
miles
from
the
Milbury
Station
,
and
we
thought
of
letting
her
go
with
a
day-ticket
,
to
see
about
her
.
She
could
go
in
the
morning
,
after
I
am
up
;
but
I
do
n't
know
what
is
to
be
done
,
for
she
could
not
get
back
before
I
dress
for
dinner
.
'
Margaret
felt
perfectly
aghast
at
the
cool
tone
,
especially
after
what
had
passed
.
'
It
would
be
quite
impossible
,
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
Even
going
by
the
eight
o'clock
train
,
and
returning
by
the
last
,
she
would
only
have
two
hours
to
spare
—
short
enough
measure
for
a
sick
mother
.
'
Papa
means
to
give
her
whatever
she
wants
for
any
nurse
she
may
get
.
'
'
Is
there
no
one
with
her
mother
now
?
'
'
A
son
's
wife
,
who
,
they
think
,
is
not
kind
.
Poor
Bellairs
was
so
grateful
for
being
allowed
to
go
home
.
I
wonder
if
I
could
dress
for
once
without
her
.
'
'
Do
you
know
old
Crabbe
?
'
said
the
Doctor
.
'
The
dear
old
man
at
Abbotstoke
?
O
yes
,
of
course
.
'
'
There
was
a
very
sad
case
in
his
family
.
The
mother
was
dying
of
a
lingering
illness
,
when
the
son
met
with
a
bad
accident
.
The
only
daughter
was
a
lady
's
maid
,
and
could
not
be
spared
,
though
the
brother
was
half
crazy
to
see
her
,
and
there
was
no
one
to
tend
them
but
a
wretch
of
a
woman
,
paid
by
the
parish
.
The
poor
fellow
kept
calling
for
his
sister
in
his
delirium
,
and
,
at
last
,
I
could
not
help
writing
to
the
mistress
.
'
'
Did
she
let
her
come
?
'
said
Meta
,
her
cheek
glowing
.
'
As
a
great
favour
,
she
let
her
set
out
by
the
mail
train
,
after
dressing
her
for
a
ball
,
with
orders
to
return
in
time
for
her
toilette
for
an
evening
party
the
next
day
.
'
'
O
,
I
remember
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
her
coming
here
at
five
in
the
morning
,
and
your
taking
her
home
.
'
'
And
when
we
got
to
Abbotstoke
,
the
brother
was
dead
.
That
parish
nurse
had
not
attended
to
my
directions
,
and
,
I
do
believe
,
was
the
cause
of
it
.
The
mother
had
had
a
seizure
,
and
was
in
the
most
precarions
state
.
'
Surely
she
stayed
!
'
'
It
was
as
much
as
her
place
was
worth
,
'
said
the
Doctor
;
'
and
her
wages
were
the
chief
maintenance
of
the
family
.
So
she
had
to
go
back
to
dress
her
mistress
,
while
the
old
woman
lay
there
,
wailing
after
Betsy
.
She
did
give
warning
then
,
but
,
before
the
month
was
out
,
the
mother
was
dead
.
'
Meta
did
not
speak
,
and
Dr.
May
presently
rose
,
saying
,
he
should
try
to
meet
Mr.
Rivers
in
the
town
,
and
went
out
.
Meta
sat
thoughtful
,
and
,
at
last
,
sighing
,
said
,
'
I
wonder
whether
Bellairs
'
mother
is
so
very
ill
?
I
have
a
great
mind
to
let
Susan
try
to
do
my
hair
,
and
let
Bellairs
stay
a
little
longer
.
I
never
thought
of
that
.
'
'
I
do
not
think
you
will
be
sorry
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
Yes
,
I
shall
,
for
if
my
hair
does
not
look
nice
,
papa
will
not
be
pleased
,
and
there
is
aunt
Leonora
coming
.
How
odd
it
will
be
to
be
without
Bellairs
!
I
will
ask
Mrs.
Larpent
.
'
'
Oh
,
yes
!
'
said
Margaret
.
'
You
must
not
think
we
meant
to
advise
;
but
papa
has
seen
so
many
instances
of
distress
,
from
servants
not
spared
to
their
friends
in
illness
,
that
he
feels
strongly
on
the
subject
.
'
'
And
I
really
might
have
been
as
cruel
as
that
woman
!
'
said
Meta
.
'
Well
,
I
hope
Mrs.
Bellairs
may
be
better
,
and
able
to
spare
her
daughter
.
I
do
n't
know
what
will
become
of
me
without
her
.
'
'
I
think
it
will
have
been
a
satisfaction
in
one
way
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
In
what
way
?
'
'
Do
n't
you
remember
what
you
began
by
complaining
of
,
that
you
could
not
be
of
use
?
Now
,
I
fancy
this
would
give
you
the
pleasure
of
undergoing
a
little
personal
inconvenience
for
the
good
of
another
.
'
Meta
looked
half
puzzled
,
half
thoughtful
,
and
Margaret
,
who
was
a
little
uneasy
at
the
style
of
counsel
she
found
herself
giving
,
changed
the
conversation
.
It
was
a
memorable
one
to
little
Miss
Rivers
,
opening
out
to
her
,
as
did
almost
all
her
meetings
with
that
family
,
a
new
scope
for
thought
and
for
duty
.
The
code
,
to
which
she
had
been
brought
up
,
taught
that
servants
were
the
machines
of
their
employer
's
convenience
.
Good-nature
occasioned
much
kindliness
of
manner
and
intercourse
,
and
every
luxury
and
indulgence
was
afforded
freely
;
but
where
there
was
any
want
of
accordance
between
the
