arebound
never
to
fly
out
of
the
nest
;
or
else
have
the
Bible
flung
at
'
em
.
She
do
go
on
about
God
's
will
:
seems
to
me
'
tis
His
will
the
world
should
be
peopled
by
body
and
beast
—
which
they
are
both
His
creatures
—
and
,
by
the
same
toaken
,
if
they
do
n't
marry
they
does
wus
.
Certainly
whilst
a
young
man
bides
at
home
,
it
behoves
him
to
be
dutiful
;
but
that
ai
n't
to
say
he
is
to
bide
at
home
for
ever
.
Master
Alfred
's
time
is
come
to
leave
we
,
and
be
master
in
a
house
of
his
own
,
as
his
father
done
before
him
,
which
he
forgets
that
now
;
he
is
grown
to
man
's
estate
,
and
got
his
mother
's
money
,
and
no
more
bound
to
our
master
than
I
be
.
”
She
said
,
too
,
that
“
parting
blights
more
quarrels
than
it
breeds
:
”
and
she
constantly
invited
Peggy
to
speak
up
,
and
gainsay
her
.
But
Peggy
was
a
young
woman
with
white
eyelashes
,
and
given
to
looking
down
,
and
not
to
speaking
up
:
she
was
always
watching
Mr.
Hardie
in
company
,
like
a
cat
cream
;
and
hovering
about
him
when
alone
.
Betty
went
so
far
as
to
accuse
her
of
colloguing
with
him
against
Alfred
,
and
of
“
setting
her
cap
at
master
,
”
which
accusation
elicited
no
direct
reply
,
but
stinging
innuendoes
hours
after
.
Now
,
if
one
looks
into
the
thing
,
the
elements
of
discord
had
attacked
Albion
Villa
quite
as
powerfully
as
Musgrove
Cottage
;
but
had
hitherto
failed
signally
:
the
mutual
affection
of
the
Dodds
was
so
complete
,
and
no
unprincipled
person
among
them
to
split
the
good
.
And
,
now
that
the
wedding
drew
near
,
there
was
but
one
joyful
heart
within
the
walls
,
though
the
others
were
too
kind
and
unselfish
to
throw
cold
water
.
Mrs.
Dodd
's
own
wedding
had
ended
in
a
piteous
separation
,
and
now
to
part
with
her
darling
child
and
launch
her
on
the
uncertain
waves
of
matrimony
!
She
heaved
many
a
sigh
when
alone
:
but
as
there
were
no
bounds
to
her
maternal
love
,
so
there
were
no
exceptions
to
her
politeness
:
over
her
aching
heart
she
forced
on
a
wedding
face
,
subdued
,
but
hopeful
,
for
her
daughter
,
as
she
would
for
any
other
young
lady
about
to
be
married
beneath
her
roof
.
It
wanted
but
six
days
,
when
one
morning
after
breakfast
the
bereaved
wife
,
and
mother
about
to
be
deserted
,
addressed
her
son
and
Viceroy
thus
:
“
Edward
,
we
must
borrow
fifty
pounds
.
”
“
Fifty
pounds
!
what
for
?
who
wants
that
?
”
“
Why
,
I
want
it
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
stoutly
.
“
Oh
,
if
you
want
it
—
what
to
do
,
please
?
”
“
Why
,
to
buy
her
wedding
clothes
,
dear
.
”
“
I
thought
what
her
'
I
'
would
come
to
,
”
said
Julia
reproachfully
.
Edward
shook
his
head
,
and
said
,
“
He
who
goes
a
borrowing
goes
a
sorrowing
.
'
“
But
she
is
not
a
he
,
”
objected
Mrs.
Dodd
with
the
subtlety
of
a
schoolman
:
“
and
who
ever
heard
of
a
young
lady
being
married
without
some
things
to
be
married
in
?
”
“
Well
,
I
've
heard
Nudity
is
not
the
cheese
on
public
occasions
:
but
why
not
go
dressed
like
a
lady
as
she
always
does
,
only
with
white
gloves
;
and
be
married
without
any
bother
and
nonsense
.
”
“
You
talk
like
a
boy
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
I
could
not
bear
it
.
My
poor
child
!
”
and
she
cast
a
look
of
tenderest
pity
on
the
proposed
victim
.
“
Well
,
suppose
we
make
the
poor
child
the
judge
,
”
suggested
Edward
.
He
then
put
it
to
Julia
whether
,
under
the
circumstances
,
she
would
wish
them
to
run
in
debt
,
buying
her
finery
to
wear
for
a
day
.
“
It
was
not
fair
to
ask
her
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
with
a
sigh
.
Julia
blushed
and
hesitated
,
and
said
she
would
be
candid
;
and
then
stopped
.
“
Ugh
!
”
ejaculated
Edward
.
“
This
is
a
bad
beginning
.
Girl
's
candour
!
Now
for
a
masterpiece
of
duplicity
.
”
Julia
inquired
how
he
dared
;
and
Mrs.
Dodd
said
warmly
that
Julia
was
not
like
other
people
,
she
could
be
candid
;
had
actually
done
it
,
more
than
once
,
within
her
recollection
.
The
young
lady
justified
the
exception
as
follows
:
“
If
I
was
going
to
be
married
to
myself
,
or
to
some
gentleman
I
did
not
care
for
,
I
would
not
spend
a
shilling
.
But
I
am
going
to
marry
him
;
and
so
—
oh
,
Edward
,
think
of
them
saying
,
'
What
has
he
married
?
a
dowdy
:
why
she
had
n't
new
things
on
to
go
to
church
with
him
:
no
bonnet
,
no
wreath
,
no
new
white
dress
!
'
To
mortify
him
the
very
first
day
of
our
—
—
”
The
sentence
remained
unfinished
,
but
two
lovely
eyes
filled
to
the
very
brim
without
running
over
,
and
completed
the
sense
,
and
did
the
Viceroy
's
business
,
though
a
brother
.
“
Why
you
dear
little
goose
,
”
said
he
:
“
of
course
,
I
do
n't
mean
that
.
I
have
as
good
as
got
the
things
we
must
buy
;
and
those
are
a
new
bonnet
—
—
”
“
Ah
!
”
“
A
wreath
of
orange
blossoms
—
—
”
“
Oh
you
good
boy
!
”
“
Four
pair
of
gloves
:
two
white
—
one
is
safe
to
break
—
two
dark
;
very
dark
:
invisible
green
,
or
visible
black
;
last
the
honeymoon
.
All
the
rest
you
must
find
in
the
house
.
”
“
What
,
fit
her
out
with
a
parcel
of
old
things
?
so
cruel
,
so
unreasonable
,
dear
Edward
?
”
“
Old
things
!
Why
,
where
is
all
your
gorgeous
attire
from
Oriental
climes
?
I
see
the
splendiferous
articles
arrive
,
and
then
they
vanish
for
ever
.
”
“
Now
,
shawls
and
Indian
muslins
!
pray
what
use
are
they
to
a
bride
?
”
“
Why
,
what
looks
nicer
than
a
white
muslin
dress
?
”
“
Married
in
muslin
?
The
very
idea
makes
me
shiver
.
”
“
Well
,
clap
her
on
another
petticoat
.
”
“
How
can
you
be
so
childish
?
Muslin
is
not
the
the
thing
.
”
“
No
more
is
running
in
debt
.
”
He
then
suggested
that
a
white
shawl
or
two
should
be
cut
into
a
bridal
dress
.
At
this
both
ladies
'
fair
throats
opened
on
him
with
ridicule
:
cut
fifty
guinea
shawls
into
ten-pound
dresses
;
that
was
male
economy
!
was
it
?
Total
,
a
wedding
was
a
wedding
:
new
things
always
had
had
to
be
bought
for
a
wedding
,
and
always
would
in
secula
seculorum
.
“
New
things
?
Yes
,
”
said
the
pertinacious
wretch
;
“
but
they
need
not
be
new-bought
things
.
You
ladies
go
and
confound
the
world
's
eyes
with
your
own
in
the
drollest
way
:
If
Gorgeous
Attire
has
lain
long
in
your
drawers
,
you
fancy
the
world
will
detect
on
its
glossy
surface
how
long
you
had
it
,
and
gloated
over
it
,
and
made
it
stale
to
your
eye
,
before
you
could
bring
your
mind
to
wear
it
.
That
is
your
delusion
,
that
and
the
itch
for
going
out
shopping
;
oh
,
I
'm
down
on
you
.
Mamma
dear
,
you
open
that
gigantic
wardrobe
of
yours
;
and
I
'll
oil
my
hair
,
white-wash
my
mug
(
a
little
moan
from
Mrs.
D
.
)
and
do
the
counterjumping
business
to
the
life
;
hand
the
things
down
to
you
,
unrol
'
em
,
grin
,
charge
you
100
per
cent
over
value
,
note
them
down
in
a
penny
memorandum-book
,
sing
out
'
Caesh
!
Caesh
!
'
etc.
etc.
:
and
so
we
shall
get
all
Julia
wants
,
and
go
through
the
ritual
of
shopping
without
the
substantial
disgrace
of
running
in
debt
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
smiled
admiringly
,
as
ladies
generally
do
at
the
sauciness
of
a
young
male
;
but
proposed
an
amendment
.
She
would
open
her
wardrobe
,
and
look
out
all
the
contents
for
Edward
's
inspection
;
and
,
if
the
mere
sight
of
them
did
not
convince
him
they
were
inappropriate
to
a
bride
,
why
then
she
would
coincide
with
his
views
,
and
resign
her
own
.
“
All
right
!
”
said
he
.
“
That
will
take
a
jolly
time
,
I
know
;
so
I
'll
go
to
my
governor
first
for
the
bonnet
and
wreath
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
drew
in
at
this
last
slang
word
;
she
had
heard
young
gentlemen
apply
it
to
their
fathers
.
Edward
,
she
felt
sure
,
would
not
so
sully
that
sacred
relation
;
still
the
word
was
obnoxious
for
its
past
offences
;
and
she
froze
at
it
:
“
I
have
not
the
honour
to
know
who
the
personage
is
you
so
describe
,
”
said
she
formally
.
Edward
replied
very
carelessly
that
it
was
an
upholsterer
at
the
north
end
of
the
town
.
“
Ah
,
a
tradesman
you
patronise
.
”
“
Humph
!
Well
,
yes
,
that
is
the
word
,
mamma
,
haw
!
haw
!
I
have
been
making
the
bloke
a
lot
of
oak
candlesticks
,
and
human
heads
with
sparkling
eyes
,
for
walking-sticks
,
etc.
And
now
I
'll
go
and
draw
my
—
protege
's
—
blunt
.
”
The
lady
's
hands
were
uplifted
towards
pitying
Heaven
with
one
impulse
.
The
young
workman
grinned
:
“
Soyons
de
notre
siecle
,
”
said
he
,
and
departed
whistling
in
the
tenor
clef
.
He
had
the
mellowest
whistle
.
After
a
few
minutes
well
spent
in
deploring
the
fall
of
her
Oxonian
,
and
gently
denouncing
his
motto
,
and
his
century
,
its
ways
,
and
above
all
its
words
,
Mrs.
Dodd
took
Julia
to
her
bedroom
,
and
unlocked
drawers
and
doors
in
her
wardrobe
;
and
straightway
Sarah
,
who
was
hurriedly
flogging
the
chairs
with
a
duster
,
relaxed
,
and
began
to
work
on
a
cheval-glass
as
slowly
as
if
she
was
drawing
Nelson
's
lions
at
a
thousand
pounds
the
tail
.
Mrs.
Dodd
opened
a
drawer
and
took
out
three
pieces
of
worked
Indian
muslin
,
a
little
discoloured
by
hoarding
:
“
There
,
that
must
be
bleached
and
make
you
some
wrappers
for
the
honeymoon
,
if
the
weather
is
at
all
fine
;
and
petticoats
to
match
;
”
next
an
envelope
consisting
of
two
foolscap
sheets
tacked
:
this
,
carefully
undone
upon
the
bed
revealed
a
Brussels
lace
flounce
and
a
veil
:
“
It
was
my
own
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
softly
.
“
I
saved
it
for
you
;
see
here
is
your
name
written
on
it
seventeen
years
ago
.
I
thought
'
this
dear
little
toddler
will
have
wings
some
day
,
and
then
she
will
leave
me
.
'
But
now
I
am
almost
afraid
to
let
you
wear
it
;
it
might
bring
you
misfortune
:
suppose
after
years
of
wedded
love
you
should
be
bereaved
of
—
—
”
Mrs.
Dodd
choked
,
and
Julia
's
arms
were
round
her
neck
in
a
moment
.
“
I
'll
risk
it
,
”
cried
she
impetuously
.
“
If
it
but
makes
me
as
beloved
as
you
are
,
I
'll
wear
it
,
come
weal
come
woe
!
And
then
I
shall
feel
it
over
me
at
the
altar
like
my
guardian
angel
's
wings
,
my
own
sweet
,
darling
mamma
.
Oh
what
an
idiot
,
what
a
wretch
I
am
,
to
leave
you
at
all
.
”
This
unfortunate
,
unexpected
burst
,
interrupted
business
sadly
.
Mrs.
Dodd
sank
down
directly
on
the
bed
and
wept
;
Julia
cried
over
her
,
and
Sarah
plumped
herself
down
in
a
chair
and
blubbered
.
But
wedding
flowers
are
generally
well
watered
in
the
private
apartments
.
Patient
Mrs.
Dodd
soon
recovered
herself
:
“
This
is
childish
of
me
.
When
I
think
that
there
are
mothers
who
see
their
children
go
from
the
house
corpses
,
not
brides
,
I
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
myself
.
Come
!
a
l'oeuvre
.
Ah
,
here
is
something
.
”
And
she
produced
a
white
China
crape
shawl
.
“
Oh
,
how
sweet
,
”
said
Julia
;
“
why
have
you
never
worn
it
?
”
“
Dear
me
,
child
,
what
use
would
things
be
to
those
I
love
,
if
I
went
and
wore
them
?
”
The
next
article
she
laid
her
hand
on
was
a
roll
of
white
poplin
,
and
drew
an
exclamation
from
Mrs.
Dodd
herself
:
“
If
I
had
not
forgotten
this
,
and
it
is
the
very
thing
.
Your
dear
papa
bought
me
this
in
London
,
and
I
remonstrated
with
him
well
for
buying
me
such
a
delicate
thing
,
only
once
wear
.
I
kissed
it
and
put
it
away
,
and
forgot
it
.
They
say
if
you
keep
a
thing
seven
years
.
It
is
just
seven
years
since
he
gave
it
to
me
.
Really
,
the
dear
boy
is
a
witch
:
this
is
your
wedding
dress
,
my
precious
precious
.
”
She
unrolled
a
few
yards
on
the
bed
to
show
it
;
and
asked
the
gloating
Sarah
with
a
great
appearance
of
consideration
whether
they
were
not
detaining
her
from
her
occupations
?
“
Oh
no
,
mum
.
This
glass
have
got
so
dull
;
I
'm
just
polishing
of
it
a
bit
.
I
sha
n't
be
a
minute
now
,
mum
.
”
From
silver
tissue
paper
,
Mrs.
Dodd
evolved
a
dress
(
unmade
)
of
white
crape
embroidered
in
true
lover's-knots
of
violet
silk
,
and
ears
of
wheat
in
gold
.
Then
there
was
a
scream
at
the
glass
,
and
Sarah
seen
in
it
with
ten
claws
in
the
air
very
wide
apart
:
she
had
slily
turned
the
mirror
and
was
devouring
the
reflexion
of
the
finery
,
and
this
last
Indian
fabric
overpowered
her
.
Her
exclamation
was
instantly
followed
by
much
polishing
;
but
Mrs.
Dodd
replied
to
it
after
the
manner
of
her
sex
:
“
Well
it
is
lovely
,
”
said
she
to
Julia
:
“
but
where
is
the
one
with
beetle
wings
?
Oh
here
.
”
“
Real
beetles
'
wings
,
mamma
?
”
inquired
Julia
.
“
Yes
,
love
.
”
“
So
they
are
,
and
how
wicked
!
and
what
a
lovely
green
!
I
will
never
wear
them
:
they
are
prismatic
:
now
,
if
ever
I
am
to
be
a
Christian
,
I
had
better
begin
:
everything
has
a
beginning
.
Oh
vanity
of
women
,
you
stick
at
nothing
.
A
thousand
innocent
lives
stolen
to
make
one
dress
!
”
And
she
put
one
hand
before
her
eyes
,
and
with
the
other
ordered
the
dress
back
into
the
wardrobe
with
genuine
agitation
.
“
My
dear
,
what
expressions
!
And
you
need
not
wear
it
;
indeed
neither
of
them
is
fit
for
that
purpose
.
But
you
must
have
a
pretty
thing
or
two
about
you
.
I
have
hoarded
these
a
good
many
years
;
now
it
is
your
turn
to
have
them
by
you
.
And
let
me
see
;
you
want
a
travelling
cloak
:
but
the
dear
boy
will
not
let
us
;
so
choose
a
warm
shawl
.
”
A
rich
but
modest
one
was
soon
found
,
and
Julia
tried
it
on
,
arching
her
supple
neck
,
and
looking
down
over
her
shoulder
to
see
the
effect
behind
,
in
which
attitude
oh
for
an
immortal
brush
to
paint
her
,
or
anything
half
as
bright
,
supple
,
graceful
,
and
every
inch
a
woman
.
At
this
moment
Mrs.
Dodd
threw
a
lovely
blue
Indian
shawl
on
the
bed
,
galvanising
Sarah
so
that
up
went
her
hands
again
,
and
the
door
opened
softly
and
a
handsome
head
in
a
paper
cap
peeped
on
the
scene
,
inquiring
with
mock
timidity
“
May
'
The
British
Workman
'
come
in
?
”
He
was
invited
warmly
;
Julia
whipped
his
cap
off
,
and
tore
it
in
two
,
reddening
,
and
Mrs.
Dodd
,
intending
to
compliment
his
foresight
,
showed
him
the
bed
laden
with
the
treasures
they
had
disinterred
from
vanity
's
mahogany
tomb
.
“
Well
,
mother
,
”
said
he
,
“
you
were
right
,
and
I
was
wrong
:
they
are
inappropriate
enough
,
the
whole
lot
.
”
The
ladies
looked
at
one
another
,
and
Sarah
permitted
herself
a
species
of
snort
.
“
Do
we
want
Sarah
?
”
he
asked
quietly
.
She
retired
bridling
.
“
Inappropriate
?
”
exclaimed
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
There
is
nothing
here
unfit
for
a
bride
's
trousseau
.
”
“
Good
Heavens
!
Would
you
trick
her
out
like
a
Princess
?
”
“
We
must
.
We
are
too
poor
to
dress
her
like
a
lady
.
”
“
Cinderella
;
at
your
service
,
”
observed
Julia
complacently
,
and
pirouetted
before
him
in
her
new
shawl
.
Ideas
rejected
peremptorily
at
the
time
often
rankle
,
and
bear
fruit
by-and-bye
.
Mrs.
Dodd
took
up
the
blue
shawl
,
and
said
she
would
make
Julia
a
peignoir
of
it
;
and
the
border
,
being
narrowish
,
would
do
for
the
bottom
.
“
That
was
a
good
notion
,
of
yours
,
darling
,
”
said
she
,
bestowing
a
sweet
smile
on
Edward
.
He
grunted
.
Then
she
took
out
a
bundle
of
lace
:
“
Oh
,
for
pity
's
sake
,
no
more
,
”
cried
the
“
British
Workman
.
”
“
Now
,
dearest
,
you
have
interfered
once
in
feminine
affairs
,
and
we
submitted
.
But
,
if
you
say
another
word
,
I
will
trim
her
poplin
with
Honiton
two
feet
deep
.
”
“
Quarter
!
quarter
!
”
cried
Edward
.
“
I
'm
dumb
;
grant
me
but
this
;
have
nothing
made
up
for
her
out
of
the
house
:
you
know
there
is
no
dressmaker
in
Barkington
can
cut
like
you
:
and
then
that
will
put
some
limit
to
our
inconsistency
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
agreed
;
but
she
must
have
a
woman
in
to
sew
.
Edward
grunted
at
this
,
and
said
:
“
I
wish
I
could
turn
you
these
gowns
with
my
lathe
;
what
a
deal
of
time
and
bother
it
would
save
.
However
,
if
you
want
any
stuffing
,
come
to
me
;
I
'll
lend
you
lots
of
shavings
;
make
the
silk
rustle
.
Oh
,
here
is
my
governor
's
contribution
.
”
And
he
produced
7
,
l
.
10s
.
“
Now
,
look
there
,
”
said
Julia
sorrowfully
,
“
it
is
money
.
And
I
thought
you
were
going
to
bring
me
the
very
bonnet
yourself
.
Then
I
should
have
valued
it
.
”
“
Oh
yes
,
”
replied
the
young
gentleman
ironically
;
“
can
I
choose
a
bonnet
to
satisfy
such
swells
as
you
and
mamma
?
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
'll
do
;
I
'll
go
with
you
and
look
as
wise
as
Solomon
,
all
the
time
you
are
choosing
it
.
”
“
A
capital
plan
,
”
said
Julia
.
Edward
then
shook
his
fist
at
the
finery
:
and
retired
to
work
again
for
his
governor
:
“
Flowers
,
”
he
observed
,
“
are
indispensable
,
at
a
wedding
breakfast
;
I
hear
too
it
is
considered
the
right
cheese
to
add
something
in
the
shape
of
grub
.
”
Exit
whistling
in
the
tenor
clef
;
and
keeping
their
hearts
up
,
like
a
man
.
So
now
there
were
two
workshops
in
Albion
Villa
.
Ned
's
study
,
as
he
called
it
,
and
the
drawing-room
.
In
the
former
shavings
flew
,
and
settled
at
their
ease
,
and
the
whirr
of
the
lathe
slept
not
;
the
latter
was
all
patterns
,
tapes
,
hooks
and
eyes
,
whalebone
,
cuttings
of
muslin
,
poplin
and
paper
;
clouds
of
lining-muslin
,
snakes
of
piping
;
skeins
,
shreds
;
and
the
floor
literally
sown
with
pins
,
escaped
from
the
fingers
of
the
fair
,
those
taper
fingers
so
typical
of
the
minds
of
their
owners
:
or
they
have
softness
,
suppleness
,
nimbleness
,
adroitness
,
and
“
a
plentiful
lack
”
of
tenacity
.
The
days
passed
in
hard
work
,
and
the
evenings
in
wooing
,
never
sweeter
than
when
it
has
been
so
earned
:
and
at
last
came
the
wedding
eve
.
Dr.
Sampson
,
who
was
to
give
the
bride
away
,
arrived
just
before
dinner-time
:
the
party
,
including
Alfred
,
sat
down
to
a
charming
little
dinner
;
they
ate
beetles
'
wings
,
and
drank
Indian
muslin
fifteen
years
in
the
wood
.
For
the
lathe
and
the
chisel
proved
insufficient
,
and
Julia
having
really
denied
herself
,
as
an
aspirant
to
Christianity
,
that
assassin
's
robe
,
Mrs.
Dodd
sold
it
under
the
rose
to
a
fat
old
dowager
—
for
whom
nothing
was
too
fine
—
and
so
kept
up
appearances
.
Julia
and
Alfred
were
profoundly
happy
at
bottom
;
yet
their
union
was
attended
with
too
many
drawbacks
for
boisterous
gaiety
,
and
Alfred
,
up
to
this
time
,
had
shown
a
seriousness
and
sobriety
of
bliss
,
that
won
Mrs.
Dodd
's
gratitude
:
it
was
the
demeanour
of
a
delicate
mind
;
it
became
his
own
position
,
at
odds
with
his
own
flesh
and
blood
for
Julia
's
sake
;
it
became
him
as
the
son-in-law
of
a
poor
woman
so
lately
bereaved
of
her
husband
,
and
reduced
to
poverty
by
one
bearing
the
name
of
Hardie
.
But
now
Dr.
Sampson
introduced
a
gayer
element
.
He
had
seen
a
great
deal
of
Life
;
i.e.
,
of
death
and
trouble
.
This
had
not
hardened
him
,
but
,
encountering
a
sturdy
,
valiant
,
self-protecting
nature
,
had
made
him
terribly
tough
and
elastic
;
it
was
now
his
way
never
to
go
forward
or
backward
a
single
step
after
sorrow
.
He
seldom
mentioned
a
dead
friend
or
relation
;
and
,
if
others
forced
the
dreary
topic
on
him
,
they
could
never
hold
him
to
it
;
he
was
away
directly
to
something
pleasant
or
useful
,
like
a
grasshopper
skipping
off
a
grave
into
the
green
grass
.
He
had
felt
keenly
about
David
while
there
was
anything
to
be
done
:
but
now
his
poor
friend
was
in
a
madhouse
,
thanks
to
the
lancet
:
and
there
was
an
end
of
him
.
Thinking
about
him
would
do
him
no
good
.
The
present
only
is
irresistible
;
past
and
future
ills
the
mind
can
bar
out
by
a
resolute
effort
.
The
bride
will
very
likely
die
of
her
first
child
!
Well
then
,
forget
that
just
now
.
Her
father
is
in
an
asylum
!
Well
then
,
do
n't
remember
him
at
the
wrong
time
:
there
sit
female
beauty
and
virtue
ready
to
wed
manly
wit
and
comeliness
,
seated
opposite
;
see
their
sweet
stolen
glances
;
a
few
hours
only
between
them
and
wedded
rapture
:
and
I
'm
here
to
give
the
lovely
virgin
away
:
fill
the
bumper
high
!
dum
vivimus
vivamus
.
In
this
glorious
spirit
he
rattled
on
,
and
soon
drew
the
young
people
out
,
and
silvery
peals
of
laughter
rang
round
the
genial
board
.
This
jarred
on
Mrs.
Dodd
.
She
bore
it
in
silence
some
time
;
but
with
the
grief
it
revived
and
sharpened
by
contrast
,
and
the
polite
effort
to
hide
her
distress
,
found
herself
becoming
hysterical
:
then
she
made
the
usual
signal
to
Julia
,
and
beat
an
early
retreat
.
She
left
Julia
in
the
drawing-room
,
and
went
and
locked
herself
in
her
own
room
.
“
Oh
,
how
can
they
be
so
cruel
as
to
laugh
and
giggle
in
my
David
's
house
!
”
She
wept
sadly
,
and
for
the
first
time
felt
herself
quite
lonely
in
the
world
:
for
what
companionship
between
the
gay
and
the
sad
hearted
?
Poor
thing
,
she
lived
to
reproach
herself
even
with
this
,
the
nearest
approach
she
ever
made
to
selfishness
.
Ere
long
she
crept
into
Julia
's
room
and
humbly
busied
herself
packing
her
trunks
for
the
wedding
tour
.
The
tears
fell
fast
on
her
white
hands
.
She
would
not
have
been
left
alone
a
minute
if
Julia
's
mind
had
not
been
occupied
just
then
with
an
affectionate
and
amiable
anxiety
:
she
earnestly
desired
to
reconcile
her
Alfred
and
his
sister
before
the
wedding
;
and
she
sat
in
the
drawing-room
thinking
whether
it
could
be
done
,
and
how
.
At
last
she
sat
down
blushing
,
and
wrote
a
little
note
,
and
rang
the
bell
for
Sarah
,
and
sent
it
courageously
into
the
dining-room
.
Sarah
very
prudently
listened
at
the
keyhole
before
entering
,
for
she
said
to
herself
,
“
If
they
are
talking
free
,
I
sha
n't
go
in
till
it
's
over
.
”
The
persons
so
generously
suspected
were
discussing
a
parchment
Alfred
had
produced
,
and
wanted
signed
:
“
You
are
our
trustee
,
my
boy
,
”
said
he
to
Edward
:
“
so
just
write
your
name
here
,
and
mine
comes
here
,
and
the
witness
's
there
:
the
Doctor
and
Sarah
will
do
.
Send
for
a
pen
.
”
“
Let
's
read
it
first
,
please
.
”
“
Read
it
!
What
for
?
”
“
Catch
me
signing
a
paper
without
reading
it
,
my
boy
.
”
“
What
,
ca
n't
you
trust
me
?
”
inquired
Alfred
,
hurt
.
“
Oh
yes
.
And
ca
n't
you
trust
me
?
”
“
There
's
a
question
:
why
I
have
appointed
you
my
Trusty
in
the
Deed
;
he
,
he
.
”
“
Well
then
trust
me
without
my
signing
,
and
I
'll
trust
you
without
reading
.
”
Sampson
laughed
at
this
retort
,
and
Alfred
reddened
;
he
did
not
want
the
Deed
read
.
But
while
he
hesitated
,
Sarah
came
in
with
Julia
's
note
,
asking
him
to
come
to
her
for
a
minute
.
This
sweet
summons
made
him
indifferent
to
prosaic
things
.
“
Well
,
read
away
,
”
said
he
:
“
one
comfort
,
you
will
be
no
wiser
.
”
“
What
,
is
it
in
Latin
?
”
asked
Edward
with
a
wry
face
.
“
No
such
luck
.
Deeds
used
to
be
in
Latin
;
but
Latin
could
not
be
made
obscure
enough
.
So
now
Dark
Deeds
are
written
in
an
unknown
tongue
called
'
Lawyerish
,
'
where
the
sense
is
'
as
one
grain
of
wheat
in
two
bushels
of
chaff
,
'
pick
it
out
if
you
can
.
“
Whatever
man
has
done
man
may
do
,
”
said
Dr.
Sampson
stoutly
.
“
You
have
rid
it
,
and
yet
understood
it
:
so
why
may
n't
we
,
ye
monster
o
'
conceit
?
”
“
Read
it
?
”
said
Alfred
.
“
I
never
read
it
:
would
not
read
it
for
a
great
deal
of
money
.
The
moment
I
saw
what
a
senseless
rigmarole
it
was
,
I
flung
it
down
and
insisted
on
the
battological
author
furnishing
me
with
an
English
translation
.
He
complied
:
the
crib
occupies
just
twenty
lines
;
the
original
three
folio
pages
,
as
you
see
.
That
crib
,
gentlemen
,
”
added
he
severely
,
“
is
now
in
my
waistcoat
pocket
;
and
you
shall
never
see
it
—
for
your
impudence
.
No
,
seat
yourself
by
that
pool
of
parchment
(
sedet
eternumque
sedebit
,
etc.
)
and
fish
for
Lawyer
Crawford
's
ideas
,
rari
nantes
in
gurgite
vasto
.
”
And
with
this
he
flew
up-stairs
on
the
wings
of
love
.
Julia
met
him
in
the
middle
of
the
room
all
in
a
flutter
:
“
It
is
to
ask
you
a
favour
.
I
am
unhappy
—
about
one
thing
.
”
She
then
leaned
one
hand
softly
on
his
shoulder
,
and
curving
her
lovely
supple
neck
looked
round
into
his
face
and
watched
it
as
she
preferred
her
petition
:
“
It
is
about
Jane
and
you
.
I
cannot
bear
to
part
you
two
in
this
way
:
only
think
six
days
you
have
not
spoken
,
and
I
am
the
cause
.
”
“
Not
the
only
cause
,
love
.
”
“
I
do
n't
know
,
darling
.
But
it
is
very
cruel
.
I
have
got
my
dear
mother
and
Edward
;
you
have
nobody
—
but
Me
.
Alfred
,
”
said
she
with
gentle
impetuosity
,
“
now
is
your
time
;
your
papa
is
away
.
”
“
Oh
,
is
he
?
”
said
Alfred
carelessly
.
“
Yes
.
Sarah
says
Betty
says
he
is
gone
to
Uncle
Thomas
.
So
I
know
you
wo
n't
refuse
me
,
my
own
Alfred
:
it
is
to
go
to
your
sister
this
minute
and
make
it
up
.
”
“
What
,
and
leave
you
?
”
objected
Alfred
ruefully
.
“
No
,
no
;
you
are
with
the
gentlemen
,
you
know
:
you
are
not
here
,
in
reality
,
till
tea
.
Make
them
an
excuse
:
say
the
truth
;
say
it
is
Me
;
and
come
back
to
me
with
good
news
.
”
He
consented
on
these
terms
.
Then
she
armed
him
with
advice
:
“
You
go
to
make
peace
;
it
is
our
last
chance
;
now
remember
,
you
must
be
very
generous
,
very
sweet-tempered
.
Guard
against
your
impetuosity
.
Do
take
warning
by
me
;
see
how
impetuous
I
am
.
And
then
,
you
know
,
after
all
,
she
is
only
a
lady
,
and
a
great
creature
like
you
ought
not
to
be
ruffled
by
anything
so
small
as
a
lady
's
tongue
:
the
idea
!
And
,
dearest
,
do
n't
go
trusting
to
your
logic
,
but
do
descend
to
the
arts
of
persuasion
,
because
they
are
far
more
convincing
somehow
:
please
try
them
.
”
“
Yes
.
Enumerate
them
.
”
“
Why
,
kissing
and
coaxing
,
and
—
do
n't
ask
me
.
”
“
Will
you
bestow
a
specimen
of
those
arts
on
me
if
I
succeed
?
”
“
Try
me
,
”
said
she
:
and
looked
him
earnestly
in
the
face
;
but
lowered
her
long
lashes
slowly
and
shyly
,
as
she
realised
to
what
her
Impetuosity
was
pledging
itself
.
Alfred
got
his
hat
and
ran
to
Musgrove
Cottage
.
A
man
stepped
out
of
the
shadow
of
a
hedge
opposite
Albion
Villa
,
and
followed
him
,
keeping
in
shadow
as
much
as
possible
.
The
door
of
Musgrove
Cottage
was
opened
to
him
by
old
Betty
with
a
joyful
start
!
“
Mr.
Alfred
,
I
de
clare
!
Come
in
;
there
's
only
me
and
Miss.
Master
is
in
Yorkshire
,
and
that
there
crocodile
,
Peggy
,
she
is
turned
away
—
for
sauce
—
and
a
good
riddance
of
bad
rubbish
:
Miss
is
in
the
parlour
.
”
She
ushered
him
triumphantly
in
.
Jane
was
seated
reading
:
she
dropped
her
book
,
and
ran
and
kissed
him
with
a
cry
of
joy
.
So
warm
a
reception
surprised
him
agreeably
,
and
simplified
his
task
.
He
told
her
he
was
come
to
try
and
make
it
up
with
her
before
the
wedding
:
“
We
lose
your
presence
,
dear
Jenny
,
”
said
he
,
“
and
that
is
a
great
grief
to
us
,
valuing
you
as
we
do
:
do
n't
refuse
us
your
good
wishes
to-morrow
.
”
“
Dearest
Alfred
,
”
said
she
,
“
can
you
think
it
?
I
pray
for
you
day
and
night
.
And
I
have
begun
to
blame
myself
for
being
so
sure
you
were
in
the
wrong
and
poor
papa
faultless
.
What
you
sent
me
half
in
jest
,
I
take
in
earnest
'
Judge
not
that
ye
be
not
judged
.
'
”
“
Why
,
Jenny
,
”
said
Alfred
,
“
how
red
your
eyes
are
.
”
At
this
observation
the
young
saint
laid
her
head
on
her
brother
's
shoulder
and
had
a
good
cry
like
any
other
girl
.
When
she
recovered
a
little
she
told
him
,
yes
,
she
had
been
very
unhappy
:
that
he
had
always
been
a
dear
good
brother
to
her
,
and
the
only
one
she
had
;
and
that
it
cut
her
to
the
heart
not
to
be
at
his
wedding
;
it
seemed
so
unkind
.
Alfred
set
her
on
his
knee
—
she
had
more
soul
than
body
—
and
kissed
her
and
comforted
her
:
and
,
in
this
happy
revival
of
natural
affection
,
his
heart
opened
,
he
was
off
his
guard
,
and
told
her
all
:
gave
her
the
several
proofs
their
father
had
got
the
14
,
000l
.
.
Jane
,
arrested
by
the
skill
and
logical
clearness
with
which
he
marshalled
the
proofs
,
listened
in
silence
;
and
presently
a
keen
shudder
ran
through
her
frame
,
and
reminded
him
he
was
setting
a
daughter
against
her
father
.
“
There
,
”
said
he
,
“
I
always
said
I
would
never
tell
you
,
and
now
I
've
done
it
.
Well
,
at
least
you
will
see
with
what
consideration
,
and
unheard-of
leniency
,
the
Dodds
for
our
sake
are
treating
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
.
Just
compare
their
conduct
to
him
with
his
to
them
.
And
which
is
most
to
his
advantage
?
that
I
should
marry
Julia
,
and
give
Mrs.
Dodd
the
life
interest
in
my
ten
thousand
pounds
,
to
balance
his
dishonesty
,
or
for
him
to
be
indicted
as
a
thief
?
Ned
Dodd
told
us
plainly
he
would
have
set
the
police
on
him
,
had
any
other
but
his
son
been
the
informant
.
”
“
Did
he
say
that
?
Oh
,
Alfred
,
this
is
a
miserable
world
.
”
“
I
ca
n't
see
that
:
it
is
the
jolliest
world
in
the
world
:
everything
is
bright
and
lovely
,
and
everybody
is
happy
except
a
few
sick
people
,
and
a
few
peevish
ones
that
run
to
meet
trouble
.
To-morrow
I
marry
my
sweet
Julia
;
Richard
Hardie
will
find
we
two
do
n't
molest
him
,
nor
trouble
our
heads
about
him
.
He
will
get
used
to
us
;
and
one
fine
day
we
shall
say
to
him
,
'
Now
,
we
know
all
about
the
L
.
14
,
000
:
just
leave
it
by
will
to
dear
Jenny
,
and
let
my
friend
Dodd
marry
her
,
and
you
can
enjoy
it
unmolested
for
your
lifetime
.
'
He
will
consent
:
and
you
will
marry
Ned
,
and
then
you
'll
find
the
world
has
been
wickedly
slandered
by
dishonest
men
and
dismal
dogs
.
”
In
this
strain
he
continued
till
he
made
her
blush
a
good
deal
and
smile
a
little
;
a
sad
smile
.
But
at
last
she
said
,
“
If
I
was
sure
all
this
is
true
,
I
think
I
should
go
—
with
a
heavy
heart
—
to
your
wedding
.
If
I
do
n't
,
the
best
part
of
me
will
be
there
,
my
prayers
,
and
my
warm
,
warm
wishes
for
you
both
.
Kiss
her
for
me
,
and
tell
her
so
;
and
that
I
hope
we
shall
meet
round
His
throne
soon
,
if
we
cannot
meet
at
His
altar
to-morrow
.
”
Brother
and
sister
then
kissed
one
another
affectionately
;
and
Alfred
ran
back
like
the
wind
to
Albion
Cottage
.
Julia
was
not
in
the
drawing-room
,
and
some
coolish
tea
was
.
After
waiting
half
an
hour
he
got
impatient
,
and
sent
Sarah
to
say
he
had
a
message
for
her
.
Sarah
went
upstairs
to
Mrs.
Dodd
's
room
,
and
was
instantly
absorbed
.
After
waiting
again
for
a
long
time
,
Alfred
persuaded
Edward
to
try
his
luck
.
Edward
went
up
to
Mrs.
Dodd
's
room
,
and
was
absorbed
.
The
wedding
dress
was
being
solemnly
tried
on
.
A
clean
linen
sheet
was
on
the
floor
,
and
the
bride
stood
on
it
,
receiving
the
last
touches
of
the
milliner
's
art
.
With
this
and
her
white
poplin
and
lace
veil
she
seemed
framed
in
white
,
and
her
cheeks
bloomed
so
,
and
her
eyes
beamed
,
with
excitement
and
innocent
vanity
,
that
altogether
she
was
supernaturally
lovely
.
Once
enter
the
room
enchanted
by
this
snow-chad
rose
,
and
—
Vestigia
nulla
retrorsum
.
However
,
Edward
escaped
at
last
and
told
Alfred
what
was
on
foot
,
and
drew
a
picture
of
the
Bride
with
white
above
and
white
below
.
“
Oh
,
let
me
see
her
,
”
implored
the
lover
.
Edward
must
ask
mamma
about
that
.
He
did
,
and
mamma
said
“
Certainly
not
;
the
last
person
in
the
world
that
shall
see
her
in
her
wedding
dress
.
”
But
she
should
come
down
to
him
in
half
an
hour
.
It
seemed
a
very
long
half-hour
.
However
,
by
way
of
compensation
,
he
was
alone
when
she
did
come
.
“
Good
news
?
”
she
asked
eagerly
.
“
Capital
:
we
are
the
best
of
friends
.
Why
she
is
half
inclined
to
come
.
”
“
Then
—
oh
how
good
you
are
:
oh
,
how
I
love
you
.
”
And
she
flung
a
tender
arm
round
his
neck
,
like
a
young
goddess
making
love
;
and
her
sweet
face
came
so
near
his
,
he
had
only
to
stoop
a
little
,
and
their
lips
met
in
a
long
blissful
kiss
.
That
kiss
was
an
era
in
her
life
.
Innocence
itself
,
she
had
put
up
her
delicious
lips
to
her
lover
in
pure
,
though
earnest
affection
;
but
the
male
fire
with
which
his
met
them
,
made
her
blush
as
well
as
thrill
,
and
she
drew
back
a
little
,
ashamed
and
half
scared
,
and
nestled
on
his
shoulder
,
hiding
a
face
that
grew
redder
and
redder
.
He
bent
his
graceful
head
,
and
murmured
down
to
her
,
“
Are
you
afraid
of
me
,
sweetest
?
”
“
Oh
no
,
no
!
Yes
,
a
little
.
I
do
n't
know
.
I
was
afraid
I
had
made
too
free
with
my
Treasure
;
you
do
n't
quite
belong
to
me
yet
,
you
know
.
”
“
Oh
yes
,
I
do
;
and
,
what
is
more
,
you
belong
to
me
.
Do
n't
you
,
sweet
rebel
?
”
“
Ah
,
that
I
do
,
heart
and
soul
,
my
own
,
own
,
own
.
”
A
few
more
soft
delicious
murmurs
,
and
then
Julia
was
summoned
to
more
rites
of
vanity
,
and
the
lovers
parted
with
tender
reluctance
for
those
few
hours
.
Alfred
went
home
to
his
lodgings
.
He
had
not
been
there
above
ten
minutes
,
when
he
came
out
hastily
,
and
walked
quickly
to
the
“
White
Lion
,
”
the
principal
inn
in
Barkington
.
He
went
into
the
stable-yard
,
and
said
a
few
words
to
the
ostler
:
then
returned
to
his
lodgings
.
The
man
followed
him
at
a
distance
from
Albion
Terrace
;
watched
him
home
;
dogged
him
to
the
“
White
Lion
;
”
and
,
by-and-bye
,
entered
the
yard
and
offered
the
ostler
a
glass
of
ale
at
the
tap
.
At
Albion
Villa
they
were
working
on
Julia
's
dresses
till
past
midnight
:
and
then
Mrs.
Dodd
insisted
on
her
going
to
bed
.
She
obeyed
;
but
when
the
house
was
all
quiet
,
came
stealing
out
to
her
mother
,
and
begged
to
sleep
with
her
:
the
sad
mother
strained
her
in
a
tearful
embrace
:
and
so
they
passed
the
night
;
clinging
to
one
another
more
as
the
parting
drew
near
.
Edward
arranged
the
wedding
breakfast
for
after
the
ceremony
;
and
sent
the
ladies
up
a
cup
of
coffee
,
and
a
bit
of
toast
apiece
.
They
could
hardly
find
appetite
even
for
this
;
or
indeed
time
;
there
was
so
much
still
to
do
.
At
ten
o'clock
Julia
was
still
in
the
height
of
dressing
,
delayed
by
contretemps
upon
contretemps
.
Sarah
and
her
sister
did
her
hair
up
too
loose
,
and
,
being
a
glorious
mass
,
it
threatened
all
to
come
down
and
,
meantime
,
a
hair-pin
quietly
but
persistently
bored
her
cream-white
poll
.
“
Oh
,
run
for
mamma
!
”
she
cried
.
Mamma
came
half
dressed
,
had
the
hair
all
down
again
,
and
did
it
up
with
adroit
and
loving
hand
,
and
put
on
the
orange
wreath
,
kissed
her
admiringly
,
and
retired
to
her
own
toilet
;
and
the
girls
began
to
lace
the
bride
's
body
.
Bump
came
Edward
's
foot
against
the
door
,
making
them
all
shriek
.
“
Now
I
do
n't
want
to
hurry
you
;
but
Dr.
Sampson
is
come
.
”
The
handmaids
,
flustered
,
tried
to
go
faster
;
and
,
when
the
work
was
done
,
Julia
took
her
little
handglass
and
inspected
her
back
:
“
Oh
,
”
she
screamed
,
“
I
am
crooked
.
There
,
go
for
mamma
!
”
Mamma
soon
came
,
and
the
poor
bride
held
out
imploring
hands
,
“
I
'm
all
awry
;
I
'm
as
crooked
as
a
ram
's
horn
.
”
“
La
,
miss
,
”
said
Sarah
,
“
it
's
only
behind
;
nobody
will
notice
it
.
”
“
How
can
they
help
it
?
Mamma
!
am
I
deformed
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
smiled
superior
and
bade
her
be
calm
:
“
It
is
the
lacing
,
dear
.
No
,
Sarah
,
it
is
no
use
your
pulling
it
;
all
the
pulling
in
the
world
will
not
straighten
it
.
I
thought
so
:
you
have
missed
the
second
top
hole
.
”
Julia
's
little
foot
began
to
beat
a
tattoo
on
the
floor
:
“
There
is
not
a
soul
in
the
house
but
you
can
do
the
simplest
thing
.
Eyes
and
no
eyes
!
Fingers
and
no
fingers
!
I
never
did
.
”
“
Hush
,
love
,
we
all
do
our
best
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
am
sure
of
that
;
poor
things
.
”
“
Nobody
can
lace
you
if
you
fidget
about
love
,
”
objected
Mrs.
Dodd
.
(
Bump
)
!
“
Now
I
do
n't
want
to
hurry
any
man
's
cattle
:
but
the
bridesmaids
are
come
.
”
“
Oh
dear
,
I
shall
never
be
ready
in
time
,
”
said
Julia
;
and
the
tattoo
recommenced
.
“
Plenty
of
time
,
love
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
quietly
lacing
:
“
not
half-past
ten
yet
.
Sarah
,
go
and
see
if
the
bridegroom
has
arrived
.
”
Sarah
returned
with
the
reassuring
tidings
that
the
bridegroom
had
not
yet
arrived
;
though
the
carriages
had
.
“
Oh
,
thank
Heaven
,
he
is
not
come
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
If
I
keep
him
waiting
to-day
,
he
might
say
—
'
Oho
!
'
”
Under
dread
of
a
comment
so
significant
she
was
ready
at
last
,
and
said
majestically
he
might
come
now
whenever
he
liked
.
Meantime
,
down
stairs
an
uneasiness
of
the
opposite
kind
was
growing
.
Ten
minutes
past
the
appointed
time
,
and
the
bridegroom
not
there
.
So
while
Julia
,
now
full
dressed
,
and
easy
in
her
mind
,
was
directing
Sarah
's
sister
to
lay
out
her
plain
travelling
dress
,
bonnet
and
gloves
on
the
bed
,
Mrs.
Dodd
was
summoned
downstairs
.
She
came
down
with
Julia
's
white
gloves
in
her
hand
,
and
a
needle
and
thread
,
the
button
sewed
on
by
trade
's
fair
hand
having
flown
at
the
first
strain
.
Edward
met
her
on
the
stairs
:
“
What
had
we
better
do
,
mother
?
”
said
he
,
sotto
voce
:
“
there
must
be
some
mistake
.
Can
you
remember
?
Was
n't
he
to
call
for
me
on
the
way
to
the
church
?
”
“
I
really
do
not
know
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
.
“
Is
he
at
the
church
,
do
you
think
?
”
“
No
,
no
,
either
he
was
to
call
for
me
here
,
or
I
for
him
.
I
'll
go
to
the
church
,
though
:
it
is
only
a
step
.
”
He
ran
off
,
and
in
a
little
more
than
five
minutes
came
into
the
drawing-room
.
“
No
,
he
is
not
there
.
I
must
go
to
his
lodgings
.
Confound
him
,
he
has
got
reading
Aristotle
,
I
suppose
.
”
This
passed
before
the
whole
party
,
Julia
excepted
.
Sampson
looked
at
his
watch
,
and
said
he
could
conduct
the
ladies
to
the
church
while
Edward
went
for
Alfred
.
“
Division
of
labour
,
”
said
he
gallantly
,
“
and
mine
the
delightful
half
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
demurred
to
the
plan
.
She
was
for
waiting
quietly
in
one
place
.
“
Well
,
but
”
said
Edward
,
“
we
may
overdo
that
;
here
it
is
a
quarter-past
eleven
,
and
you
know
they
ca
n't
be
married
after
twelve
.
No
,
I
really
think
you
had
better
all
go
with
the
doctor
.
I
dare
say
we
shall
be
there
as
soon
as
you
will
.
”
This
was
agreed
on
after
some
discussion
.
Edward
,
however
,
to
provide
against
all
contingencies
,
begged
Sampson
not
to
wait
for
him
should
Alfred
reach
the
church
by
some
other
road
:
“
I
'm
only
groomsman
,
you
know
,
”
said
he
.
He
ran
off
at
a
racing
pace
.
The
bride
was
then
summoned
,
admired
,
and
handed
into
one
carriage
with
her
two
bridesmaids
,
Miss
Bosanquet
and
Miss
Darton
.
Sampson
and
Mrs.
Dodd
went
in
the
other
;
and
by
half-past
eleven
they
were
all
safe
in
the
church
.
A
good
many
people
,
high
and
low
,
were
about
the
door
and
in
the
pews
,
waiting
to
see
the
beautiful
Miss
Dodd
married
to
the
son
of
a
personage
once
so
popular
as
Mr.
Hardie
:
it
had
even
transpired
that
Mr.
Hardie
disapproved
the
match
.
They
had
been
waiting
a
long
time
,
and
were
beginning
to
wonder
what
was
the
matter
,
when
,
at
last
the
bride
's
party
walked
up
the
aisle
with
a
bright
April
sun
shining
on
them
through
the
broad
old
windows
.
The
bride
's
rare
beauty
,
and
stag-like
carriage
of
her
head
,
imperial
in
its
loveliness
and
orange
wreath
,
drew
a
hum
of
admiration
.
The
party
stood
a
minute
or
two
at
the
east
end
of
the
church
,
and
then
the
clergyman
came
out
and
invited
them
into
the
vestry
.
Their
reappearance
was
eagerly
expected
;
in
silence
at
first
,
but
presently
in
loud
and
multitudinous
whispers
.
At
this
moment
a
young
lady
,
with
almost
perfect
features
and
sylph-like
figure
,
modestly
dressed
in
dove-coloured
silk
,
but
with
a
new
chip
bonnet
and
white
gloves
,
entered
a
pew
near
the
west
door
,
and
said
a
little
prayer
;
then
proceeded
up
the
aisle
,
and
exchanged
a
word
with
the
clerk
,
then
into
the
vestry
.
“
Cheep
!
cheep
!
cheep
!
”
went
fifty
female
tongues
,
and
the
arrival
of
the
bridegroom
's
sister
became
public
news
.
The
bride
welcomed
her
in
the
vestry
with
a
sweet
guttural
of
surprise
and
delight
,
and
they
kissed
one
another
like
little
tigers
.
“
Oh
,
my
darling
Jane
,
how
kind
of
you
!
have
I
got
you
back
to
make
my
happiness
complete
?
”
Now
none
of
her
own
party
had
thought
it
wise
to
tell
Julia
there
was
any
hitch
:
but
Miss
Hardie
blurted
out
naturally
enough
,
“
But
where
's
Alfred
?
”
“
I
do
n't
know
,
dear
,
”
said
Julia
innocently
.
“
Are
not
he
and
Edward
in
another
part
of
the
church
?
I
thought
we
were
waiting
till
twelve
o'clock
,
perhaps
.
Mamma
dear
,
you
know
everything
;
I
suppose
this
is
all
right
?
”
Then
,
looking
round
at
her
friends
'
faces
,
she
saw
in
a
moment
that
it
was
all
wrong
.
Sampson
's
,
in
particular
,
was
burning
with
manly
indignation
,
and
even
her
mother
's
discomposed
,
and
trying
to
smile
.
When
the
innocent
saw
this
,
she
suspected
her
beloved
was
treating
her
cavalierly
,
and
her
poor
little
mouth
began
to
work
,
and
she
had
much
ado
not
to
whimper
.
Mrs.
Dodd
,
to
encourage
her
,
told
her
not
to
be
put
out
:
it
had
been
arranged
all
along
that
Edward
should
go
for
him
:
“
Unfortunately
we
had
an
impression
it
was
the
other
way
:
but
now
Edward
is
gone
to
his
lodgings
.
”
“
No
,
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
;
“
Alfred
was
to
call
for
Edward
;
because
our
house
was
on
the
way
.
”
“
Are
you
sure
,
my
child
?
”
asked
Mrs.
Dodd
very
gravely
.
“
Oh
yes
,
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
,
beginning
to
tremble
;
“
at
a
quarter
before
eleven
:
I
heard
them
settle
it
.
”
The
matter
was
terribly
serious
now
;
indeed
,
it
began
to
look
hopeless
.
Weather
overclouded
:
rain-drops
falling
;
and
hard
upon
twelve
o'clock
.
They
all
looked
at
one
another
in
despair
.
Suddenly
there
was
a
loud
,
long
buzzing
heard
outside
,
and
the
house
of
God
turned
into
a
gossiping
fair
.
“
Talk
of
money
changers
,
”
said
Satan
that
day
,
“
give
me
the
exchangers
of
small
talk
.
”
“
Thank
Heaven
they
are
come
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
.
But
,
having
thus
relieved
her
mind
,
she
drew
herself
up
and
prepared
a
freezing
reception
for
the
defaulter
.
A
whisper
reached
their
excited
ears
:
“
It
is
young
Mr.
Dodd
”
and
next
moment
Edward
came
into
the
vestry
—
alone
:
the
sight
of
him
was
enough
;
his
brow
wet
with
perspiration
,
his
face
black
and
white
with
bitter
wrath
.
“
Come
home
,
my
people
,
”
he
said
sternly
:
“
there
will
be
no
wedding
here
to-day
!
”
The
bridesmaids
cackled
questions
at
him
;
he
turned
his
back
on
them
.
Mrs.
Dodd
knew
her
son
's
face
too
well
to
waste
inquiries
.
“
Give
me
my
child
!
”
she
cried
,
in
such
a
burst
of
mother
's
anguish
long
restrained
,
that
even
the
insult
to
the
bride
was
forgotten
for
one
moment
,
till
she
was
seen
tottering
into
her
mother
's
arms
and
cringing
and
trying
to
hide
bodily
in
her
:
“
Oh
,
throw
a
shawl
over
me
,
”
she
moaned
;
“
hide
all
this
.
”
Well
,
they
all
did
what
they
could
.
Jane
hung
round
her
neck
and
sobbed
,
and
said
,
“
I
've
a
sister
now
,
and
no
brother
.
”
The
bridesmaids
cried
.
The
young
curate
ran
and
got
the
fly
to
the
vestry-door
:
“
Get
into
it
,
”
he
said
,
“
and
you
will
at
least
escape
the
curious
crowd
.
”
“
God
bless
you
,
Mr.
Hurd
,
”
said
Edward
,
half
choked
.
He
hurried
the
insulted
bride
and
her
mother
in
;
Julia
huddled
and
shrank
into
a
corner
under
Mrs.
Dodd
's
shawl
:
Mrs.
Dodd
had
all
the
blinds
down
in
a
moment
;
and
they
went
home
as
from
a
funeral
.
Ay
,
and
a
funeral
it
was
;
for
the
sweetest
girl
in
England
buried
her
hopes
,
her
laugh
,
her
May
of
youth
,
in
that
church
that
day
.
When
she
got
to
Albion
Villa
,
she
cast
a
wild
look
all
around
for
fear
she
should
be
seen
in
her
wedding
clothes
,
and
darted
moaning
into
the
house
.
Sarah
met
her
in
the
hall
,
smirking
;
and
saying
,
“
Wish
you
j
—
—
”
The
poor
bride
screamed
fearfully
at
the
mocking
words
,
and
cut
the
conventional
phrase
in
two
as
with
a
razor
;
then
fled
to
her
own
room
and
tore
off
her
wreath
,
her
veil
,
her
pearls
,
and
had
already
strewed
the
room
,
when
Mrs.
Dodd
,
with
a
foot
quickened
by
affection
,
burst
in
and
caught
her
half
fainting
,
and
laid
her
weary
as
old
age
,
and
cold
as
a
stone
,
upon
her
mother
's
bosom
,
and
rocked
her
as
in
the
days
of
happy
childhood
never
to
return
,
and
bedewed
the
pale
face
with
her
own
tears
.
Sampson
took
the
bridesmaids
each
to
her
residence
,
on
purpose
to
leave
Edward
free
.
He
came
home
,
washed
his
face
,
and
,
sick
at
heart
,
but
more
master
of
himself
,
knocked
timidly
at
Julia
's
door
.
“
Come
in
,
my
son
,
”
said
a
broken
voice
.
He
crept
in
,
and
saw
a
sorry
sight
.
The
travelling
dress
and
bonnet
were
waiting
still
on
the
bed
;
the
bridal
wreath
and
veil
lay
on
the
floor
;
and
so
did
half
the
necklace
,
and
the
rest
of
the
pearls
all
about
the
floor
;
and
Julia
,
with
all
her
hair
loose
and
hanging
below
her
waist
,
lay
faintly
quivering
in
her
mother
's
arms
.
Edward
stood
and
looked
,
and
groaned
.
Mrs.
Dodd
whispered
to
him
over
Julia
:
“
Not
a
tear
!
not
a
tear
!
”
“
Dead
,
or
false
?
”
moaned
the
girl
:
“
dead
,
or
false
?
Oh
that
I
could
believe
he
was
false
;
no
,
no
,
he
is
dead
,
dead
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
whispered
again
over
her
girl
.
“
Tell
her
something
:
give
us
tears
—
the
world
for
one
tear
!
”
“
What
shall
I
say
?
”
gasped
Edward
.
“
Tell
her
the
truth
,
and
trust
to
God
,
whose
child
she
is
.
”
Edward
knelt
on
the
floor
and
took
her
hand
—
“
My
poor
little
Ju
,
”
he
said
,
in
a
voice
broken
with
pity
and
emotion
,
“
would
you
rather
have
him
dead
,
or
false
to
you
?
”
“
'
Why
false
,
a
thousand
times
.
It
's
Edward
.
Bless
your
sweet
face
,
my
own
,
own
brother
;
tell
me
he
is
false
,
and
not
come
to
deadly
harm
.
”
“
You
shall
judge
for
yourself
,
”
he
groaned
.
“
I
went
to
his
lodgings
.
He
had
left
the
town
.
The
woman
told
me
a
letter
came
for
him
last
night
.
A
letter
in
—
a
female
hand
.
The
scoundrel
came
in
from
us
;
got
this
letter
;
packed
up
his
things
directly
;
paid
his
lodging
;
and
went
off
in
a
two-horse
fly
at
eight
o'clock
in
the
morning
.
”
CHAPTER
XXX
AT
these
plain
proofs
of
Alfred
's
infidelity
,
Julia
's
sweet
throat
began
to
swell
hysterically
,
and
then
her
bosom
to
heave
and
pant
:
and
,
after
a
piteous
struggle
,
came
a
passion
of
sobs
and
tears
so
wild
,
so
heart-broken
,
that
Edward
blamed
himself
bitterly
for
telling
her
.
But
Mrs.
Dodd
sobbed
“
No
,
no
,
I
would
rather
have
her
so
;
only
leave
her
with
me
now
:
bless
you
,
darling
:
leave
us
quickly
.
”
She
rocked
and
nursed
her
deserted
child
hours
and
hours
:
and
so
the
miserable
day
crawled
to
its
close
.
Downstairs
the
house
looked
strange
and
gloomy
:
she
,
who
had
brightened
it
all
,
was
darkened
herself
.
The
wedding
breakfast
and
flowers
remained
in
bitter
mockery
.
Sarah
cleared
half
the
table
,
and
Sampson
and
Edward
dined
in
moody
silence
.
Presently
Sampson
's
eye
fell
upon
the
Deed
:
it
lay
on
a
small
table
with
a
pen
beside
it
,
to
sign
on
their
return
from
church
.
Sampson
got
hold
of
it
and
dived
in
the
verbiage
.
He
came
