Nowto
the
real
matter
at
issue
,
'
said
Philip
;
'
the
application
for
the
money
,
which
so
amazed
Mr.
Edmonstone
.
'
'
I
do
not
see
that
it
is
the
point
,
'
siad
Guy
;
'
I
wanted
it
for
a
scheme
of
my
own
;
he
did
not
think
fit
to
let
me
have
it
,
so
there
is
an
end
of
the
matter
.
'
'
Mr
.
Edmonstone
does
not
think
so
.
He
wishes
to
be
convinced
that
you
have
not
spent
it
beforehand
.
'
'
What
would
you
have
beyond
my
word
and
honour
that
I
have
not
?
'
exclaimed
Guy
.
'
Far
be
it
from
me
to
say
that
he
doubts
it
,
'
said
Philip
;
and
as
at
those
words
the
flash
of
the
Morville
eye
darted
lightning
,
he
expected
that
the
next
moment
,
'
Do
you
?
'
would
be
thundered
forth
,
and
he
could
not
,
with
truth
,
answer
'
No
;
'
but
it
was
one
of
his
maxims
that
a
man
need
never
be
forced
into
an
open
quarrel
,
and
he
tranquilly
continued
:
'
but
it
is
better
not
to
depend
entirely
on
assertion
.
Why
do
you
not
bring
him
full
proofs
of
your
good
intention
,
and
thus
restore
yourself
to
his
confidence
?
'
'
I
have
said
that
I
am
bound
not
to
mention
the
purpose
.
'
'
Unfortunate
!
'
said
Philip
;
then
,
while
Guy
bit
his
lip
till
it
bled
,
the
pain
really
a
relief
,
by
giving
some
vent
to
his
anger
at
the
implied
doubt
,
he
went
on
:
'
If
it
is
impossible
to
clear
this
up
,
the
next
advice
I
would
give
is
,
that
you
should
show
what
your
expenditure
has
been
;
lay
your
accounts
before
him
,
and
let
them
justify
you
.
'
Most
people
would
have
resented
this
as
an
impertinent
proposal
,
were
it
only
that
doing
so
would
have
served
to
conceal
the
awkward
fact
that
the
accounts
had
not
been
kept
at
all
.
Guy
had
never
been
taught
to
regard
exactness
in
this
respect
as
a
duty
,
had
no
natural
taste
for
precision
,
and
did
not
feel
responsible
to
any
person
;
nor
,
if
he
had
kept
any
,
could
he
have
shown
them
,
without
exposing
his
uncle
.
To
refuse
would
,
however
,
be
a
subterfuge
,
and
after
a
moment
,
he
made
an
effort
,
and
confessed
he
had
none
to
show
;
though
he
knew
Philip
would
despise
him
for
it
as
a
fool
,
and
probably
take
it
as
positive
evidence
against
him
.
It
would
have
been
more
bearable
if
Philip
would
but
have
said
'
How
foolish
,
'
instead
of
drily
repeating
,
'
unfortunate
!
'
After
a
pause
,
during
which
Guy
was
not
sufficiently
master
of
himself
to
speak
,
Philip
added
—
'
Then
this
matter
of
the
thousand
pounds
is
to
be
passed
over
?
You
have
no
explanation
to
offer
?
'
'
No
:
'
and
again
he
paused
.
'
When
my
word
is
not
accepted
,
I
have
no
more
to
say
.
But
this
is
not
the
point
.
What
I
would
know
is
,
what
are
the
calumnies
that
accuse
me
of
having
gamed
?
If
you
really
wish
to
do
me
a
service
,
you
will
give
me
an
opportunity
of
answering
these
precious
proofs
.
'
'
I
will
,
'
answered
Philip
;
who
could
venture
on
doing
so
himself
,
though
for
his
sister
's
sake
it
was
unsafe
to
trust
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
with
whom
what
was
not
an
absolute
secret
was
not
a
secret
at
all
.
'
My
uncle
knows
that
a
thirty
pound
cheque
of
his
,
in
your
name
,
was
paid
by
you
to
a
notorious
gamester
.
'
Guy
did
not
shrink
,
as
he
simply
answered
—
'
It
is
true
.
'
'
Yet
you
have
neither
played
,
nor
betted
,
nor
done
anything
that
could
come
under
the
definition
of
gambling
?
'
'
No
.
'
'
Then
why
this
payment
?
'
'
I
cannot
explain
that
.
I
know
appearances
are
against
me
,
'
replied
Guy
,
steadily
,
and
with
less
irritation
than
he
had
hitherto
shown
.
'
I
once
thought
my
simple
word
would
have
sufficed
;
but
since
it
seems
that
will
not
do
,
I
will
not
again
make
what
you
call
assertions
.
'
'
In
fact
,
while
you
profess
a
desire
to
be
open
and
sincere
,
a
mystery
appears
at
every
turn
.
What
would
you
have
us
do
?
'
'
As
you
think
fit
,
'
he
answered
,
proudly
.
Philip
had
been
used
to
feel
men
's
wills
and
characters
bend
and
give
way
beneath
his
superior
force
of
mind
.
They
might
,
like
Charles
,
chafe
and
rage
,
but
his
calmness
always
gave
him
the
ascendant
almost
without
exertion
,
and
few
people
had
ever
come
into
contact
with
him
without
a
certain
submission
of
will
or
opinion
.
With
Guy
alone
it
was
not
so
;
he
had
been
sensible
of
it
once
or
twice
before
;
he
had
no
mastery
,
and
could
no
more
bend
that
spirit
than
a
bar
of
steel
.
This
he
could
not
bear
,
for
it
obliged
him
to
be
continually
making
efforts
to
preserve
his
own
sense
of
superiority
.
'
Since
this
is
your
ultimatum
,
'
he
said
—
'
since
you
deny
your
confidence
,
and
refuse
any
reply
to
these
charges
,
you
have
no
right
to
complain
of
suspicion
.
I
shall
do
my
best
,
both
as
your
true
friend
,
and
as
acting
with
your
guardian
's
authority
,
to
discover
all
that
may
lead
to
the
elucidation
of
the
mystery
.
In
the
first
place
,
I
am
desired
to
make
every
inquiry
here
as
to
your
conduct
and
expenditure
.
I
hope
they
will
prove
satisfactory
.
'
'
I
am
very
much
obliged
to
you
,
'
answered
Guy
,
his
voice
stern
and
dignified
;
and
the
smile
that
curled
his
lip
was
like
Philip
's
own
.
Philip
was
positively
annoyed
,
and
desirous
to
say
something
to
put
him
down
,
but
he
had
not
committed
himself
by
any
vehemence
,
and
Philip
was
too
cool
and
wise
to
compromise
his
own
dignity
;
so
he
rose
to
go
,
saying
,
'
Good
night
!
I
am
sorry
I
cannot
induce
you
to
act
in
the
only
way
that
can
right
you
.
'
'
Good
night
!
'
replied
Guy
,
in
the
same
dignified
manner
in
which
he
had
spoken
ever
since
his
passion
had
been
surmounted
.
They
parted
,
each
feeling
that
matters
were
just
where
they
were
before
.
Philip
went
back
to
his
inn
,
moralizing
on
the
pride
and
perverseness
which
made
it
impossible
to
make
any
impression
on
a
Redclyffe
Morville
,
whom
not
even
the
fear
of
detection
could
lead
to
submission
.
Next
morning
,
while
Philip
was
hastily
breakfasting
,
the
door
opened
,
and
Guy
entered
,
pale
and
disturbed
,
as
if
he
had
been
awake
all
night
.
'
Philip
!
'
said
he
,
in
his
frank
natural
voice
,
'
I
do
n't
think
we
parted
last
night
as
your
good
intentions
deserved
.
'
'
O
,
ho
!
'
thought
Philip
,
'
the
fear
of
an
investigation
has
brought
him
to
reason
;
'
and
he
said
,
'
Well
,
I
am
very
glad
you
see
things
in
a
truer
light
this
morning
;
'
then
asked
if
he
had
breakfasted
.
He
had
;
and
his
cousin
added
,
'
Have
you
anything
to
say
on
the
matter
we
discussed
last
night
?
'
'
No
.
I
can
only
repeat
that
I
am
not
guilty
,
and
wait
for
time
to
show
my
innocence
.
I
only
came
to
see
you
once
more
,
that
I
might
feel
that
we
parted
friends
.
'
'
I
shall
always
hope
to
be
a
true
friend
.
'
'
I
did
not
come
here
for
altercation
,
'
said
Guy
(
an
answer
rather
to
the
spirit
than
the
words
)
,
'
so
I
will
say
no
more
.
If
you
wish
to
see
me
again
,
you
will
find
me
in
my
rooms
.
Good
bye
.
'
Philip
was
puzzled
.
He
wondered
whether
Guy
had
come
wishing
to
propitiate
him
,
but
had
found
pride
indomitable
at
the
last
moment
;
or
whether
he
had
been
showing
himself
too
severely
just
to
admit
entreaty
.
He
would
be
able
to
judge
better
after
he
had
made
his
inquiries
,
and
he
proceeded
with
them
at
once
.
He
met
with
no
such
replies
as
he
expected
.
Every
one
spoke
of
Sir
Guy
Morville
in
high
terms
,
strict
in
his
habits
of
application
,
and
irreproachable
in
conduct
.
He
was
generally
liked
,
and
some
regret
was
expressed
that
he
lived
in
so
secluded
a
manner
,
forming
so
few
intimacies
;
but
no
one
seemed
to
think
it
possible
that
anything
wrong
could
be
imputed
to
him
.
Philip
could
even
perceive
that
there
was
some
surprise
that
such
inquiries
should
be
made
at
all
,
especially
by
so
young
a
man
as
himself
.
Mr.
Wellwood
,
the
person
whom
he
most
wished
to
see
,
was
not
at
Oxford
,
but
was
at
home
preparing
for
his
ordination
.
Nor
could
Philip
get
nearer
to
the
solution
of
the
mystery
when
he
went
to
the
tradesmen
,
who
were
evidently
as
much
surprised
as
the
tutors
,
and
said
he
always
paid
in
ready
money
.
Captain
Morville
felt
like
a
lawyer
whose
case
is
breaking
down
,
no
discoveries
made
,
nothing
done
;
but
he
was
not
one
whit
convinced
of
his
cousin
's
innocence
,
thinking
the
college
authorities
blind
and
careless
,
and
the
tradesmen
combined
to
conceal
their
extortions
,
or
else
that
the
mischief
had
been
done
at
St.
Mildred
's
.
He
was
particularly
provoked
when
he
remembered
Guy
's
invitation
to
him
to
come
to
his
rooms
,
knowing
,
as
he
must
have
done
,
what
would
be
the
result
of
the
inquiry
.
Philip
was
conscious
that
it
would
have
been
kind
to
have
gone
to
say
that
,
so
far
,
he
had
found
nothing
amiss
,
but
he
did
not
like
giving
Guy
this
passing
triumph
.
It
made
no
difference
in
his
real
opinion
;
and
why
renew
a
useless
discussion
?
He
persuaded
himself
that
he
had
left
himself
no
time
,
and
should
miss
the
train
,
and
hastened
off
to
the
station
,
where
he
had
to
wait
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
consoling
himself
with
reflecting
—
'
After
all
,
though
I
might
have
gone
to
him
,
it
would
have
been
useless
.
He
is
obstinate
,
and
occasions
of
irritating
his
unfortunate
temper
are
above
all
to
be
avoided
.
'
One
short
year
after
,
what
would
not
Philip
have
given
for
that
quarter
of
an
hour
.
By
six
o'clock
he
was
at
St.
Mildred
's
,
greeted
with
delight
by
his
sister
,
and
with
cordiality
by
Dr.
Henley
.
They
were
both
proud
of
him
,
and
every
tender
feeling
his
sister
had
,
was
for
Philip
,
her
pet
and
her
pupil
in
his
childhood
,
and
her
most
valued
companion
and
counsellor
through
her
early
womanhood
.
She
had
a
picked
dinner-party
to
meet
him
,
for
she
knew
the
doctor
's
conversation
was
not
exactly
the
thing
to
entertain
him
through
a
whole
evening
,
and
the
guests
might
well
think
they
had
never
seen
a
handsomer
or
more
clever
brother
and
sister
than
Mrs.
Henley
and
Captain
Morville
.
The
old
county
families
,
if
they
did
wonder
at
her
marriage
,
were
always
glad
to
meet
her
brother
,
and
it
was
a
great
pleasure
to
him
to
see
old
friends
.
Only
once
did
his
sister
,
in
the
course
of
the
evening
,
make
him
feel
the
difference
of
their
sentiments
,
and
that
was
about
Miss
Wellwood
.
Philip
defended
her
warmly
;
and
when
he
heard
that
there
was
a
plan
getting
up
for
excluding
her
from
the
hospital
,
he
expressed
strong
disapprobation
at
the
time
;
and
after
the
guests
were
gone
,
spoke
upon
the
subject
with
his
sister
and
her
husband
.
The
doctor
entered
into
no
party
questions
,
and
had
only
been
stirred
up
to
the
opposition
by
his
wife
;
he
owned
that
the
Miss
Wellwoods
had
done
a
great
deal
of
good
,
and
made
the
nurses
do
their
duty
better
than
he
had
ever
known
,
and
was
quite
ready
to
withdraw
his
opposition
.
Mrs.
Henley
argued
about
opinions
,
but
Philip
was
a
match
for
her
in
her
own
line
;
and
the
end
of
it
was
,
that
though
she
would
not
allow
herself
to
be
convinced
,
and
shook
her
head
at
her
brother
's
way
of
thinking
,
he
knew
he
had
prevailed
,
and
that
Miss
Wellwood
would
be
unmolested
.
There
was
not
another
person
in
the
world
to
whom
Margaret
would
have
yielded
;
and
it
served
to
restore
him
to
the
sense
of
universal
dominion
which
had
been
a
little
shaken
by
his
conversation
with
Guy
.
'
Sir
Guy
was
a
great
deal
with
the
Wellwoods
,
'
said
Mrs.
Henley
.
'
Was
he
,
indeed
?
'
'
O
,
you
need
not
think
of
that
.
It
would
be
too
absurd
.
The
youngest
must
be
twice
his
age
.
'
'
I
was
not
thinking
of
any
such
thing
,
'
said
Philip
,
smiling
as
he
thought
of
the
very
different
course
Guy
's
affections
had
taken
.
'
I
did
hear
he
was
to
marry
Lady
Eveleen
de
Courcy
.
Is
there
anything
in
that
report
?
'
'
No
,
certainly
not
.
'
'
I
should
pity
the
woman
who
married
him
,
after
the
specimen
I
saw
of
his
temper
.
'
'
Poor
boy
!
'
said
Philip
.
'
Lady
Eveleen
has
been
a
great
deal
at
Hollywell
,
has
she
not
?
I
rather
wondered
my
aunt
should
like
to
have
her
there
,
considering
all
things
.
'
'
What
things
,
sister
?
'
'
Considering
what
a
catch
he
would
be
for
one
of
the
Edmonstone
girls
.
'
'
I
thought
you
had
just
been
pitying
the
woman
who
should
marry
him
.
Perhaps
my
aunt
had
Lady
Eveleen
there
to
act
as
a
screen
for
her
own
daughters
.
'
'
That
our
good-natured
aunt
should
have
acted
with
such
ultra-prudence
!
'
said
Margaret
,
laughing
at
his
grave
,
ironical
tone
.
'
Lady
Eveleen
is
very
pretty
,
is
she
not
?
A
mere
beauty
,
I
believe
?
'
'
Just
so
;
she
is
much
admired
;
but
Guy
is
certainly
not
inclined
to
fall
in
love
with
her
.
'
'
I
should
have
thought
him
the
very
man
to
fall
in
love
young
,
like
his
father
.
Do
you
think
there
is
any
chance
for
either
of
the
Edmonstones
?
Laura
's
beauty
he
spoke
of
,
but
it
was
not
in
a
very
lover-like
way
.
Do
you
admire
Laura
so
much
?
'
'
She
is
very
pretty
.
'
'
And
little
Amy
?
'
'
She
is
a
mere
child
,
and
will
hardly
ever
be
anything
more
;
but
she
is
a
very
good
little
amiable
thing
.
'
'
I
wish
poor
Charles
's
temper
was
improved
.
'
'
So
do
I
;
but
it
is
very
far
from
improvement
at
present
,
in
consequence
of
his
zeal
for
Guy
.
Guy
has
been
very
attentive
and
good-natured
to
him
,
and
has
quite
won
his
heart
;
so
that
I
should
positively
honour
him
for
his
championship
if
it
was
not
in
great
degree
out
of
opposition
to
his
father
and
myself
.
To-morrow
,
Margaret
,
you
must
give
me
some
guide
to
the
most
probable
quarters
for
learning
anything
respecting
this
poor
boy
's
follies
.
'
Mrs.
Henley
did
her
best
in
that
way
,
and
Philip
followed
up
his
inquiries
with
great
ardour
,
but
still
unsuccessfully
.
Jack
White
,
the
hero
of
the
draft
,
was
not
at
St.
Mildred
's
,
nor
likely
to
be
heard
of
again
till
the
next
races
;
and
whether
Sir
Guy
had
been
on
the
race-ground
at
all
was
a
doubtful
point
.
Next
,
Philip
walked
to
Stylehurst
,
to
call
on
Colonel
Harewood
,
and
see
if
he
could
learn
anything
in
conversation
with
him
;
but
the
Colonel
did
not
seem
to
know
anything
,
and
his
sons
were
not
at
home
.
Young
Morville
was
,
he
thought
,
a
spirited
lad
,
very
good-natured
;
he
had
been
out
shooting
once
or
twice
with
Tom
,
and
had
a
very
fine
spaniel
.
If
he
had
been
at
the
races
,
the
Colonel
did
not
know
it
;
he
had
had
some
thoughts
of
asking
him
to
join
their
party
,
but
had
been
prevented
.
This
was
no
reason
,
thought
Philip
,
why
Guy
might
not
have
been
with
Tom
Harewood
without
the
Colonel
's
knowledge
.
Tom
was
just
the
man
to
lead
him
amongst
those
who
were
given
to
betting
;
he
might
have
been
drawn
in
,
and
,
perhaps
,
he
had
given
some
pledge
of
payment
when
he
was
of
age
,
or
,
possibly
,
obtained
an
immediate
supply
of
money
from
the
old
steward
at
Redclyffe
,
who
was
devotedly
attached
to
him
.
If
so
,
Philip
trusted
to
be
able
to
detect
it
from
the
accounts
;
on
the
other
supposition
,
there
was
no
hope
of
discovery
.
The
conversation
with
Colonel
Harewood
kept
him
so
late
that
he
had
no
time
for
going
,
as
usual
,
to
his
old
haunts
,
at
Stylehurst
;
nor
did
he
feel
inclined
just
then
to
revive
the
saddening
reflections
they
excited
.
He
spent
the
evening
in
talking
over
books
with
his
sister
,
and
the
next
day
proceeded
on
his
journey
to
Thorndale
Park
.
This
was
one
of
the
places
where
he
was
always
the
most
welcome
,
ever
since
he
had
been
a
school-boy
,
received
in
a
way
especially
flattering
,
considering
that
the
friendship
was
entirely
owing
to
the
uncompromising
good
sense
and
real
kindness
with
which
he
had
kept
in
order
the
follies
of
his
former
fag
.
Charles
might
laugh
,
and
call
them
the
young
man
and
young
man
's
companion
,
and
Guy
more
classically
term
them
the
pious
Æneas
and
his
fidus
Achates
,
but
it
was
a
friendship
that
did
honour
to
both
;
and
the
value
that
the
Thorndales
set
upon
Captain
Morville
was
not
misplaced
,
and
scarcely
over-rated
.
Not
particularly
clever
themselves
,
they
the
more
highly
appreciated
his
endowments
,
and
were
proud
that
'
James
'
had
been
able
to
make
such
a
friend
;
for
they
knew
,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
world
,
that
Captain
Morville
was
far
from
seeking
the
acquaintance
for
the
sake
of
their
situation
in
life
,
but
that
it
was
from
real
liking
and
esteem
.
How
far
this
esteem
was
gained
by
the
deference
the
whole
family
paid
to
his
opinion
,
was
another
question
;
at
any
rate
,
the
courting
was
from
them
.
The
Miss
Thorndales
deemed
Captain
Morville
the
supreme
authority
in
drawing
,
literature
,
and
ecclesiastical
architecture
;
and
whenever
a
person
came
in
their
way
who
was
thought
handsome
,
always
pronounced
that
he
was
not
by
any
means
equal
to
James
's
friend
.
Lady
Thorndale
delighted
to
talk
over
James
with
him
,
and
thank
him
for
his
kindness
;
and
Lord
Thorndale
,
rather
a
pompous
man
himself
,
liked
his
somewhat
stately
manners
,
and
talked
politics
with
him
,
sincerely
wishing
he
was
his
neighbour
at
Redclyffe
,
and
calculating
how
much
good
he
would
do
there
.
Philip
listened
with
interest
to
accounts
of
how
the
Thorndale
and
Morville
influence
had
always
divided
the
borough
of
Moorworth
,
and
,
if
united
,
might
dispose
of
it
at
will
,
and
returned
evasive
answers
to
questions
what
the
young
heir
of
Redclyffe
might
be
likely
to
do
.
James
Thorndale
drove
his
friend
to
Redclyffe
,
as
Philip
had
authority
from
Mr.
Edmonstone
to
transact
any
business
that
might
be
required
with
Markham
,
the
steward
;
and
,
as
has
been
said
before
,
he
expected
to
discover
in
the
accounts
something
that
might
explain
why
Guy
had
ceased
to
press
for
the
thousand
pounds
.
However
,
he
could
find
nothing
amiss
in
them
,
though
—
bearing
in
mind
that
it
is
less
easy
to
detect
the
loss
of
a
score
of
sheep
than
of
one
—
he
subjected
them
to
a
scrutiny
which
seemed
by
no
means
agreeable
to
the
gruff
old
grumbling
steward
.
He
also
walked
about
the
park
,
saw
to
the
marking
of
certain
trees
that
were
injuring
each
other
;
and
finding
that
there
was
a
misunderstanding
between
Markham
and
the
new
rector
,
Mr.
Ashford
,
about
certain
parish
matters
,
where
the
clergyman
was
certainly
right
,
he
bore
down
Markham
's
opposition
with
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
weight
,
and
felt
he
was
doing
good
service
.
He
paused
at
the
gate
,
and
looked
back
at
the
wide
domain
and
fine
old
house
.
He
pitied
them
,
and
the
simple-hearted
,
honest
tenantry
,
for
being
the
heritage
of
such
a
family
,
and
the
possession
of
one
so
likely
to
misuse
them
,
instead
of
training
them
into
the
means
of
conferring
benefits
on
them
,
on
his
country
.
What
would
not
Philip
himself
do
if
those
lands
were
his
,
—
just
what
was
needed
to
give
his
talents
free
scope
?
and
what
would
it
be
to
see
his
beautiful
Laura
their
mistress
?
CHAPTER
XX
.
The
longing
for
ignoble
things
,
The
strife
for
triumph
more
than
truth
,
The
hardening
of
the
heart
,
that
brings
Irreverence
for
the
dreams
of
youth
.
Longfellow
.
After
his
week
at
Thorndale
Park
,
Captain
Morville
returned
to
make
his
farewell
visit
at
Hollywell
,
before
joining
his
regiment
at
Cork
,
whence
it
was
to
sail
for
the
Mediterranean
.
He
reckoned
much
on
this
visit
,
for
not
even
Laura
herself
could
fathom
the
depth
of
his
affection
for
her
,
strengthening
in
the
recesses
where
he
so
sternly
concealed
it
,
and
viewing
her
ever
as
more
faultless
since
she
had
been
his
own
.
While
she
was
his
noble
,
strong-minded
,
generous
,
fond
Laura
,
he
could
bear
with
his
disappointment
in
his
sister
,
with
the
loss
of
his
home
,
and
with
the
trials
that
had
made
him
a
grave
,
severe
man
.
She
had
proved
the
strength
of
her
mind
by
the
self-command
he
had
taught
her
,
and
for
which
he
was
especially
grateful
to
her
,
as
it
made
him
safer
and
more
unconstrained
,
able
to
venture
on
more
demonstration
than
in
those
early
days
when
every
look
had
made
her
blush
and
tremble
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
brought
the
carriage
to
fetch
him
from
the
station
,
and
quickly
began
,
—
'
I
suppose
,
as
you
have
not
written
,
you
have
found
nothing
out
?
'
'
Nothing
.
'
'
And
you
could
do
nothing
with
him
.
Eh
?
'
'
No
;
I
could
not
get
a
word
of
explanation
nor
break
through
the
fence
of
pride
and
reserve
.
I
must
do
him
the
justice
to
say
that
he
bears
the
best
of
characters
at
Oxford
;
and
if
there
were
any
debts
I
could
not
get
at
them
from
the
tradesmen
.
'
'
Well
,
well
,
say
no
more
about
it
;
he
is
an
ungrateful
young
dog
,
and
I
am
sick
of
it
.
I
only
wish
I
could
wash
my
hands
of
him
altogether
.
It
was
mere
folly
to
expect
any
of
that
set
could
ever
come
to
good
.
There
's
everything
going
wrong
all
at
once
now
;
poor
little
Amy
breaking
her
heart
after
him
,
and
,
worse
than
all
,
there
's
poor
Charlie
laid
up
again
,
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
one
of
the
most
affectionate
people
in
the
world
;
but
his
maundering
mood
making
him
speak
of
Charles
's
illness
as
if
he
only
regarded
it
as
an
additional
provocation
for
himself
.
'
Charles
ill
!
'
exclaimed
Philip
.
'
Yes
;
another
of
those
formations
in
the
joint
.
I
hoped
and
trusted
that
was
all
over
now
;
but
he
is
as
bad
as
ever
,
—
has
not
been
able
to
move
for
a
week
,
and
goodness
knows
when
he
will
again
.
'
'
Indeed
!
I
am
very
sorry
.
Is
there
as
much
pain
as
before
?
'
'
Oh
,
yes
.
He
has
not
slept
a
wink
these
four
nights
.
Mayerne
talks
of
opium
;
but
he
says
he
wont
have
it
till
he
has
seen
you
,
he
is
so
anxious
about
this
unlucky
business
.
If
anything
could
persuade
me
to
have
Guy
back
again
,
it
would
be
that
this
eternal
fretting
after
him
is
so
bad
for
poor
Charlie
.
'
'
It
is
on
Amy
's
account
that
it
is
impossible
to
have
him
here
,
'
said
Philip
.
'
Ay
!
He
shall
never
set
eyes
on
Amy
again
unless
all
this
is
cleared
up
,
which
it
never
will
be
,
as
I
desire
mamma
to
tell
her
.
By-the-bye
,
Philip
,
Amy
said
something
of
your
having
a
slip
with
Charles
on
the
stairs
.
'
There
was
very
nearly
an
accident
;
but
I
believed
he
was
not
hurt
.
I
hope
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
this
illness
?
'
'
He
says
it
was
all
his
own
fault
,
'
said
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
'
and
that
he
should
have
been
actually
down
but
for
you
.
'
'
But
is
it
really
thought
it
can
have
caused
this
attack
?
'
'
I
can
hardly
suppose
so
;
but
Thompson
fancies
there
may
have
been
some
jar
.
However
,
do
n't
distress
yourself
,
I
dare
say
it
would
have
come
on
all
the
same
.
'
Philip
did
not
like
to
be
forgiven
by
Mr.
Edmonstone
,
and
there
was
something
very
annoying
in
having
this
mischance
connected
with
his
name
,
though
without
his
fault
;
nor
did
he
wish
Charles
to
have
the
kind
of
advantage
over
him
that
might
be
derived
from
seeming
to
pass
over
his
share
in
the
misfortune
.
When
they
arrived
at
Hollywell
,
it
was
twilight
,
but
no
one
was
in
the
drawing-room
,
generally
so
cheerful
at
that
time
of
day
;
the
fire
had
lately
been
smothered
with
coals
,
and
looked
gloomy
and
desolate
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
left
Philip
there
,
and
ran
up
to
see
how
Charles
was
,
and
soon
after
Laura
came
in
,
sprang
to
his
side
,
and
held
his
hand
in
both
hers
.
'
You
bring
no
good
news
?
'
said
she
,
sadly
,
as
she
read
the
answer
in
his
face
.
'
Oh
!
how
I
wish
you
had
.
It
would
be
such
a
comfort
now
.
You
have
heard
about
poor
Charlie
?
'
'
Yes
;
and
very
sorry
I
am
.
But
,
Laura
,
is
it
really
thought
that
accident
could
have
occasioned
it
?
'
'
Dr
.
Mayerne
does
not
think
so
,
only
Mr.
Thompson
talked
of
remote
causes
,
when
Amy
mentioned
it
.
I
do
n't
believe
it
did
any
harm
,
and
Charlie
himself
says
you
saved
him
from
falling
down
stairs
.
'
Philip
had
begun
to
give
Laura
his
version
of
the
accident
,
as
he
had
already
done
to
her
father
,
when
Mrs.
Edmonstone
came
down
,
looking
harassed
and
anxious
.
She
told
her
nephew
that
Charles
was
very
desirous
to
see
him
,
and
sent
him
up
at
once
.
There
was
a
fire
in
the
dressing-room
,
and
the
door
was
open
into
the
little
room
,
which
was
only
lighted
by
a
lamp
on
a
small
table
,
where
Amy
was
sitting
at
work
.
After
shaking
hands
,
she
went
away
,
leaving
him
alone
with
Charles
,
who
lay
in
his
narrow
bed
against
the
wall
,
fixed
in
one
position
,
his
forehead
contracted
with
pain
,
his
eyelids
red
and
heavy
from
sleeplessness
,
his
eyes
very
quick
and
eager
,
and
his
hands
and
arms
thrown
restlessly
outside
the
coverings
.
'
I
am
very
sorry
to
find
you
here
,
'
said
Philip
,
coming
up
to
him
,
and
taking
,
rather
than
receiving
,
his
hot
,
limp
hand
.
'
Is
the
pain
very
bad
?
'
'
That
is
a
matter
of
course
,
'
said
Charles
,
in
a
sharp
,
quick
manner
,
his
voice
full
of
suffering
.
'
I
want
to
hear
what
you
have
been
doing
at
Oxford
and
St.
Mildred
's
.
'
'
I
am
sorry
I
do
not
bring
the
tidings
you
wish
.
'
'
I
did
not
expect
you
would
.
I
know
you
too
well
;
but
I
want
to
hear
what
you
have
been
doing
—
what
he
said
,
'
answered
Charles
,
in
short
,
impatient
sentences
.
'
It
can
be
of
no
use
,
Charlie
.
You
are
not
in
a
state
to
enter
on
agitating
subjects
.
'
'
I
tell
you
I
will
hear
all
,
'
returned
Charles
,
with
increased
asperity
.
'
I
know
you
will
say
nothing
to
his
advantage
that
you
can
help
,
but
still
I
know
you
will
speak
what
you
think
the
truth
,
and
I
want
to
judge
for
myself
.
'
'
You
speak
as
if
I
was
not
acting
for
his
good
.
'
'
Palaver
!
'
cried
Charles
,
fully
sensible
of
the
advantage
his
illness
gave
him
.
'
I
want
the
facts
.
Begin
at
the
beginning
.
Sit
down
—
there
's
a
chair
by
you
.
Now
tell
me
,
where
did
you
find
him
?
'
Philip
could
not
set
Charles
down
in
his
present
state
,
and
was
obliged
to
submit
to
a
cross-examination
,
in
which
he
showed
no
abatement
of
his
natural
acuteness
,
and
,
unsparing
as
he
always
was
,
laid
himself
under
no
restraint
at
all
.
Philip
was
compelled
to
give
a
full
history
of
his
researches
;
and
if
he
had
afforded
no
triumph
to
Guy
,
Charles
revenged
him
.
'
Pray
,
what
did
Guy
say
when
he
heard
the
result
of
this
fine
voyage
of
discovery
?
'
'
I
did
not
see
him
again
.
'
'
Not
see
him
!
not
tell
him
he
was
so
far
justified
!
'
'
I
had
no
time
—
at
least
I
thought
not
.
It
would
have
been
useless
,
for
while
these
mysteries
continue
,
my
opinion
is
unchanged
,
and
there
was
no
benefit
in
renewing
vain
disputes
.
'
'
Say
no
more
!
'
exclaimed
Charles
.
'
You
have
said
all
I
expected
,
and
more
too
.
I
gave
you
credit
for
domineering
and
prejudice
,
now
I
see
it
is
malignity
.
'
As
he
spoke
,
Laura
entered
from
the
dressing-room
,
and
stood
aghast
at
the
words
,
then
looked
imploringly
at
her
cousin
.
Dr.
Mayerne
was
following
her
,
and
Charles
called
out
,
—
'
Now
,
doctor
,
give
me
as
much
opium
as
you
please
.
I
only
want
to
be
stupified
till
the
world
has
turned
round
,
and
then
you
may
wake
me
.
'
Philip
shook
hands
with
Dr.
Mayerne
,
and
,
without
betraying
a
shade
of
annoyance
,
wished
Charles
good
night
,
but
Charles
had
drawn
the
coverings
over
his
head
,
and
would
not
hear
him
.
'
Poor
fellow
!
'
said
Philip
to
Laura
,
when
they
were
out
of
the
room
.
'
He
is
a
very
generous
partizan
,
and
excitement
and
suffering
make
him
carry
his
zeal
to
excess
.
'
'
I
knew
you
could
not
be
angry
with
him
.
'
'
I
could
not
be
angry
at
this
time
at
far
more
provocation
given
by
any
one
belonging
to
you
,
Laura
.
'
Laura
's
heart
had
that
sensation
which
the
French
call
se
serrer
,
as
she
heard
him
allude
to
the
long
separation
to
which
there
seemed
no
limit
;
but
they
could
say
no
more
.
'
Amy
,
'
said
Charles
,
when
she
returned
to
him
after
dinner
,
'
I
am
more
than
ever
convinced
that
things
will
right
themselves
.
I
never
saw
prejudice
more
at
fault
.
'
'
Did
he
tell
you
all
about
it
?
'
'
I
worked
out
of
him
all
I
could
,
and
it
is
my
belief
Guy
had
the
best
of
it
.
I
only
wonder
he
did
not
horsewhip
Philip
round
the
quadrangle
.
I
wish
he
had
.
'
'
Oh
,
no
,
no
!
But
he
controlled
himself
?
'
'
If
he
had
not
we
should
have
heard
of
it
fast
enough
;
'
and
Charles
told
what
he
had
been
able
to
gather
,
while
she
sat
by
,
divided
between
joy
and
pain
.
Philip
saw
very
little
more
of
Charles
.
He
used
to
come
to
ask
him
how
he
was
once
a-day
,
but
never
received
any
encouragement
to
lengthen
his
visit
.
These
gatherings
in
the
diseased
joint
were
always
excessively
painful
,
and
were
very
long
in
coming
to
the
worst
,
as
well
as
afterwards
in
healing
,
and
through
the
week
of
Philip
's
stay
at
Hollywell
Charles
was
either
in
a
state
of
great
suffering
,
or
else
heavy
and
confused
with
opiates
.
His
mother
's
whole
time
and
thoughts
were
absorbed
in
him
;
she
attended
to
him
day
and
night
,
and
could
hardly
spare
a
moment
for
anything
else
.
Indeed
,
with
all
her
affection
and
anxiety
for
the
young
lovers
,
Charles
was
so
entirely
her
engrossing
object
,
that
her
first
feeling
of
disappointment
at
the
failure
of
Philip
's
journey
of
investigation
was
because
it
would
grieve
Charlie
.
She
could
not
think
about
Guy
just
then
,
and
for
Amy
,
there
was
nothing
for
it
but
patience
;
and
,
good
little
creature
,
it
was
very
nice
to
see
her
put
her
own
troubles
aside
,
and
be
so
cheerful
a
nurse
to
her
brother
.
She
was
almost
always
in
his
room
,
for
he
liked
to
have
her
there
,
and
she
could
not
conquer
a
certain
shrinking
from
Philip
.
Laura
had
once
pleaded
hard
and
earnestly
for
Guy
with
Philip
,
but
all
in
vain
,
she
only
was
taught
to
think
the
case
more
hopeless
than
before
.
Laura
was
a
very
kind
nurse
and
sister
,
but
she
could
better
be
spared
than
her
mother
and
Amy
,
so
that
it
generally
fell
to
her
lot
to
be
downstairs
,
making
the
drawing-room
habitable
.
Dr.
Mayerne
,
whenever
Charles
was
ill
,
used
to
be
more
at
Hollywell
than
at
his
own
house
,
and
there
were
few
days
that
he
did
not
dine
there
.
When
Amy
was
out
of
the
way
,
Philip
used
to
entertain
them
with
long
accounts
of
Redclyffe
,
how
fine
a
place
it
was
,
how
far
the
estate
reached
on
the
Moorworth
road
,
of
its
capacities
for
improvement
,
wastes
of
moorland
to
be
enclosed
or
planted
,
magnificent
timber
needing
nothing
but
thinning
.
He
spoke
of
the
number
of
tenantry
,
and
the
manorial
rights
,
and
the
influence
in
both
town
and
county
,
which
,
in
years
gone
by
,
had
been
proved
to
the
utmost
in
many
a
fierce
struggle
with
the
house
of
Thorndale
.
Sir
Guy
Morville
might
be
one
of
the
first
men
in
England
if
he
were
not
wanting
to
himself
.
Mr.
Edmonstone
enjoyed
such
talk
,
for
it
made
him
revel
in
the
sense
of
his
own
magnanimity
in
refusing
his
daughter
to
the
owner
of
all
this
,
and
Laura
sometimes
thought
how
Philip
would
have
graced
such
a
position
,
yet
how
much
greater
it
was
to
rest
entirely
on
his
own
merits
.
'
Ah
,
my
fine
fellow
!
'
muttered
Dr.
Mayerne
to
himself
one
day
,
when
Philip
and
his
uncle
had
left
the
room
,
just
after
a
discourse
of
this
kind
,
'
I
see
you
have
not
forgotten
you
are
the
next
heir
.
'
Laura
coloured
with
indignation
,
exclaimed
'
Oh
!
'
then
checked
herself
,
as
if
such
an
aspersion
was
not
worthy
of
her
taking
the
trouble
to
refute
it
.
'
Ah
!
Miss
Edmonstone
,
I
did
not
know
you
were
there
!
'
'
Yes
,
you
were
talking
to
yourself
,
just
as
if
you
were
at
home
,
'
said
Charlotte
,
who
was
specially
pert
to
the
old
doctor
,
because
she
knew
herself
to
be
a
great
pet
.
'
You
were
telling
some
home
truths
to
make
Laura
angry
.
'
'
Well
,
he
would
make
a
very
good
use
of
it
if
he
had
it
,
'
said
the
doctor
.
'
Now
you
'll
make
me
angry
,
'
said
Charlotte
;
'
and
you
have
not
mended
matters
with
Laura
.
She
thinks
nothing
short
of
four-syllabled
words
good
enough
for
Philip
.
'
'
Hush
!
nonsense
,
Charlotte
!
'
said
Laura
,
much
annoyed
.
'
There
,
Charlotte
,
she
is
avenging
herself
on
you
because
she
ca
n't
scold
me
,
'
said
the
doctor
,
pretending
to
whisper
.
'
Charlotte
is
only
growing
more
wild
than
ever
for
want
of
mamma
,
'
said
Laura
,
trying
to
laugh
it
off
;
but
there
was
so
much
annoyance
evident
about
her
,
that
Dr.
Mayerne
said
,
—
'
Seriously
,
I
must
apologize
for
my
unlucky
soliloquy
;
not
that
I
thought
I
was
saying
much
harm
,
for
I
did
not
by
any
means
say
or
think
the
Captain
wished
Sir
Guy
any
ill
,
and
few
men
who
stood
next
in
succession
to
such
a
property
would
be
likely
to
forget
it
.
'
'
Yes
,
but
Philip
is
not
like
other
men
,
'
said
Charlotte
,
who
,
at
fourteen
,
had
caught
much
of
her
brother
's
power
of
repartee
,
and
could
be
quite
as
provoking
,
when
unrestrained
by
any
one
whom
she
cared
to
obey
.
Laura
felt
it
was
more
for
her
dignity
not
to
notice
this
,
and
replied
,
with
an
effort
for
a
laugh
,
—
'
It
must
be
your
guilty
conscience
that
sets
you
apologizing
,
for
you
said
no
harm
,
as
you
observe
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Dr.
Mayerne
,
good-humouredly
.
'
He
does
very
well
without
it
,
and
no
doubt
he
would
be
one
of
the
first
men
in
the
country
if
he
had
it
;
but
it
is
in
very
good
hands
now
,
on
the
whole
.
I
do
n't
think
,
even
if
the
lad
has
been
tempted
into
a
little
folly
just
now
,
that
he
can
ever
go
very
far
wrong
.
'
'
No
,
indeed
,
'
said
Charlotte
;
'
but
Charlie
and
I
do
n't
believe
he
has
done
anything
wrong
.
'
She
spoke
in
a
little
surly
decided
tone
,
as
if
her
opinion
put
an
end
to
the
matter
,
and
Philip
's
return
closed
the
discussion
.
Divided
as
the
party
were
between
upstairs
and
downstairs
,
and
in
the
absence
of
Charles
's
shrewd
observation
,
Philip
and
Laura
had
more
opportunity
of
intercourse
than
usual
,
and
now
that
his
departure
would
put
an
end
to
suspicion
,
they
ventured
on
more
openly
seeking
each
other
.
It
never
could
be
the
perfect
freedom
that
they
had
enjoyed
before
the
avowal
of
their
sentiments
,
but
they
had
many
brief
conversations
,
giving
Laura
feverish
,
but
exquisite
,
delight
at
each
renewal
of
his
rare
expressions
of
tenderness
.
'
What
are
you
going
to
do
to-day
?
'
he
asked
,
on
the
last
morning
before
he
was
to
leave
Hollywell
.
'
I
must
see
you
alone
before
I
go
.
'
She
looked
down
,
and
he
kept
his
eyes
fixed
on
her
rather
sternly
,
for
he
had
never
before
made
a
clandestine
appointment
,
and
he
did
not
like
feeling
ashamed
of
it
.
At
last
she
said
,
—
'
I
go
to
East
Hill
School
this
afternoon
.
I
shall
come
away
at
half-past
three
.
'
Mary
Ross
was
still
absent
;
her
six
nephews
and
nieces
having
taken
advantage
of
her
visit
to
have
the
measles
,
not
like
reasonable
children
,
all
at
once
,
so
as
to
be
one
trouble
,
but
one
after
the
other
,
so
as
to
keep
Aunt
Mary
with
them
as
long
as
possible
;
and
Mr.
Ross
did
not
know
what
would
have
become
of
the
female
department
of
his
parish
but
for
Laura
,
who
worked
at
school-keeping
indefatigably
.
Laura
had
some
difficulty
in
shaking
off
Charlotte
's
company
this
afternoon
,
and
was
obliged
to
make
the
most
of
the
probability
of
rain
,
and
the
dreadful
dirt
of
the
roads
.
Indeed
,
she
represented
it
as
so
formidable
,
that
Mrs.
Edmonstone
,
who
had
hardly
time
to
look
out
of
window
,
much
less
to
go
out
of
doors
,
strongly
advised
her
to
stay
at
home
herself
;
and
Charlotte
grew
all
the
more
eager
for
the
fun
.
Luckily
,
however
,
for
Laura
,
Dr.
Mayerne
came
in
,
laughing
at
the
reports
of
the
weather
,
and
as
he
was
wanted
to
prescribe
for
a
poor
old
man
in
an
opposite
direction
,
he
took
Charlotte
with
him
to
show
the
way
,
and
she
was
much
better
pleased
to
have
him
for
a
companion
than
the
grave
Laura
.
Philip
in
the
meantime
had
walked
all
the
way
to
Broadstone
,
timing
his
return
exactly
,
that
he
might
meet
Laura
as
she
came
out
of
the
school
,
and
feel
as
if
it
had
been
by
chance
.
It
was
a
grey
,
misty
November
day
,
and
the
leaves
of
the
elm-trees
came
floating
round
them
,
yellow
and
damp
.
'
You
have
had
a
wet
walk
,
'
said
Laura
,
as
they
met
.
'
It
is
not
quite
raining
,
'
he
answered
,
and
they
proceeded
for
some
minutes
in
silence
,
until
he
said
,
—
'
It
is
time
we
should
come
to
an
understanding
.
'
She
looked
at
him
in
alarm
,
and
his
voice
was
immediately
gentler
;
indeed
,
at
times
it
was
almost
inaudible
from
his
strong
emotion
.
'
I
believe
that
no
affection
has
ever
been
stronger
or
truer
than
ours
.
'
'
Has
been
!
'
repeated
Laura
,
in
a
wondering
,
bewildered
voice
.
'
And
is
,
if
you
are
satisfied
to
leave
things
as
they
are
.
'
'
I
must
be
,
if
you
are
.
'
'
I
will
not
say
I
am
satisfied
with
what
must
be
,
as
I
am
situated
;
but
I
felt
it
due
to
you
to
set
the
true
state
of
the
case
before
you
.
Few
would
venture
their
love
as
I
do
mine
with
you
,
bound
in
reality
,
though
not
formally
,
with
no
promise
sought
or
given
;
yet
I
am
not
more
assured
that
I
stand
here
than
I
am
that
our
love
is
for
ever
.
'
'
I
am
sure
it
is
!
'
she
repeated
,
fervently
.
'
O
Philip
,
there
never
was
a
time
I
did
not
love
you
;
and
since
that
day
on
Ashen
Down
,
I
have
loved
you
with
my
whole
heart
.
I
am
sometimes
afraid
it
has
left
no
proper
room
for
the
rest
,
when
I
find
how
much
more
I
think
of
your
going
away
than
of
poor
Charles
.
'
'
Yes
,
'
he
said
,
'
you
have
understood
me
as
none
but
you
would
have
done
,
through
coldness
and
reserve
,
apparently
,
even
towards
yourself
,
and
when
to
others
I
have
seemed
grave
and
severe
beyond
my
years
.
You
have
never
doubted
,
you
have
recognised
the
warmth
within
;
you
have
trusted
your
happiness
to
me
,
and
it
shall
be
safe
in
my
keeping
,
for
,
Laura
,
it
is
all
mine
.
'
There
is
only
one
thing
,
'
said
Laura
,
timidly
;
'
would
it
not
be
better
if
mamma
knew
?
'
'
Laura
,
I
have
considered
that
;
but
remember
,
you
are
not
bound
;
I
have
never
asked
you
to
bind
yourself
.
You
might
marry
to-morrow
,
and
I
should
have
no
right
to
complain
.
There
is
nothing
to
prevent
you
.
'
She
exclaimed
,
as
if
with
pain
.
'
True
,
'
he
answered
,
'
you
could
not
,
and
that
certainty
suffices
me
.
I
ask
no
more
without
your
parents
'
consent
;
but
it
would
be
giving
them
and
you
useless
distress
and
perplexity
to
ask
it
now
.
They
would
object
to
my
poverty
,
and
we
should
gain
nothing
;
for
I
would
never
be
so
selfish
as
to
wish
to
expose
you
to
such
a
life
as
that
of
the
wife
of
a
poor
officer
;
and
an
open
engagement
could
not
add
to
our
confidence
in
each
other
.
We
must
be
content
to
wait
for
my
promotion
.
By
that
time
'
—
he
smiled
gravely
—
'
our
attachment
will
have
lasted
so
many
years
as
to
give
it
a
claim
to
respect
.
'
'
It
is
no
new
thing
.
'
'
No
newer
than
our
lives
;
but
remember
,
my
Laura
,
that
you
are
but
twenty
.
'
'
You
have
made
me
feel
much
older
,
'
sighed
Laura
;
'
not
that
I
would
be
a
thoughtless
child
again
.
That
cannot
last
long
,
not
even
for
poor
little
Amy
.
'
'
No
one
would
wish
to
part
with
the
deeper
feelings
of
elder
years
to
regain
the
carelessness
of
childhood
,
even
to
be
exempted
from
the
suffering
that
has
brought
them
.
'
'
No
,
indeed
.
'
'
For
instance
,
these
two
years
have
scarcely
been
a
time
of
great
happiness
to
you
?
'
'
Sometimes
,
'
whispered
Laura
,
'
sometimes
beyond
all
words
,
but
often
dreary
and
oppressive
.
'
'
Heaven
knows
how
unwillingly
I
have
rendered
it
so
.
Rather
than
dim
the
brightness
of
your
life
,
I
would
have
repressed
my
own
sentiments
for
ever
.
'
'
But
,
then
,
where
would
have
been
my
brightness
?
'
'
I
would
,
I
say
,
but
for
a
peril
to
you
.
I
see
my
fears
were
unfounded
.
You
were
safe
;
but
in
my
desire
to
guard
you
from
what
has
come
on
poor
Amy
,
my
feelings
,
though
not
wont
to
overpower
me
,
carried
me
further
than
I
intended
.
'
'
Did
they
?
'
'
Do
not
suppose
I
regret
it
.
No
,
no
,
Laura
,
those
were
the
most
precious
moments
of
my
life
,
when
I
drew
from
you
those
words
and
looks
which
have
been
blessed
in
remembrance
ever
since
;
and
doubly
,
knowing
,
as
I
do
,
that
you
also
prize
that
day
.
'
'
Yes
—
yes
—
'
'
In
the
midst
of
much
that
was
adverse
,
and
with
a
necessity
for
a
trust
and
self-control
of
which
scarce
a
woman
but
yourself
would
have
been
capable
,
you
have
endured
nobly
—
'
'
I
could
bear
anything
,
if
you
were
not
going
so
far
away
.
'
'
You
will
bear
that
,
too
,
Laura
,
and
bravely
.
It
will
not
be
for
ever
.
'
'
How
long
do
you
think
?
'
'
I
cannot
tell
.
Several
years
may
pass
before
I
have
my
promotion
.
It
may
be
that
I
shall
not
see
that
cheek
in
its
fresh
bloom
again
,
but
I
shall
find
the
same
Laura
that
I
left
,
the
same
in
love
,
and
strength
,
and
trust
.
'
'
Ah
!
I
shall
grow
faded
and
grey
,
and
you
will
be
a
sun-burnt
old
soldier
,
'
said
Laura
,
smiling
,
and
looking
half
sadly
,
half
proudly
,
up
to
his
noble
features
;
'
but
hearts
do
n't
change
like
faces
!
'
After
they
came
near
the
house
,
they
walked
up
and
down
the
lane
for
a
long
time
,
for
Philip
avoided
a
less
public
path
,
in
order
to
keep
up
his
delusion
that
he
was
doing
nothing
in
an
underhand
way
.
It
grew
dark
,
and
the
fog
thickened
,
straightening
Laura
's
auburn
ringlets
,
and
hanging
in
dew-drops
on
Philip
's
rough
coat
,
but
little
recked
they
;
it
was
such
an
hour
as
they
had
never
enjoyed
before
.
Philip
had
never
so
laid
himself
open
,
or
assured
her
so
earnestly
of
the
force
of
his
affection
;
and
her
thrills
of
ecstacy
overcame
the
desolate
expectation
of
his
departure
,
and
made
her
sensible
of
strength
to
bear
seven
,
ten
,
twenty
years
of
loneliness
and
apparent
neglect
.
She
knew
him
,
and
he
would
never
fail
her
.
Yet
,
when
at
last
they
went
in-doors
,
and
Amy
followed
her
to
her
room
,
wondering
to
find
her
so
wet
,
and
so
late
,
who
could
have
seen
the
two
sisters
without
reading
greater
peace
and
serenity
in
the
face
of
the
younger
.
Philip
felt
an
elder
brother
's
interest
for
'
poor
little
Amy
.
'
He
did
not
see
much
of
her
;
but
he
compassionated
her
as
a
victim
to
her
mother
's
imprudence
,
hoping
she
would
soon
be
weaned
from
her
attachment
.
He
thought
her
a
good
patient
little
thing
,
so
soft
and
gentle
as
probably
not
to
have
the
strength
and
depth
that
would
make
the
love
incurable
;
and
the
better
he
liked
her
,
the
more
unfit
he
thought
her
for
Guy
.
It
would
have
been
uniting
a
dove
and
a
tiger
;
and
his
only
fear
was
,
that
when
he
was
no
longer
at
hand
,
Mr.
Edmonstone
's
weak
good
nature
might
be
prevailed
on
to
sacrifice
her
.
He
did
his
best
for
her
protection
,
by
making
his
uncle
express
a
resolution
never
to
admit
Guy
into
his
family
again
,
unless
the
accusation
of
gambling
was
completely
disproved
.
The
last
morning
came
,
and
Philip
went
to
take
leave
of
Charles
.
Poor
Charles
was
feebler
by
this
time
,
and
too
much
subdued
by
pain
and
languor
to
receive
him
as
at
first
,
but
the
spirit
was
the
same
;
and
when
Philip
wished
him
good
bye
,
saying
he
hoped
soon
to
hear
he
was
better
,
he
returned
for
answer
,
'
Good
bye
,
Philip
,
I
hope
soon
to
hear
you
are
better
.
I
had
rather
have
my
hip
than
your
mind
.
'
He
was
in
no
condition
to
be
answered
,
and
Philip
repeated
his
good
bye
,
little
thinking
how
they
were
to
meet
again
.
The
others
were
assembled
in
the
hall
.
His
aunt
's
eyes
were
full
of
tears
,
for
she
loved
him
dearly
,
her
brother
's
only
son
,
early
left
motherless
,
whom
she
had
regarded
like
her
own
child
,
and
who
had
so
nobly
fulfilled
all
the
fondest
hopes
.
All
his
overbearing
ways
and
uncalled-for
interference
were
forgotten
,
and
her
voice
gave
way
as
she
embraced
him
,
saying
,
'
God
bless
you
,
Philip
,
wherever
you
may
be
.
We
shall
miss
you
very
much
!
'
Little
Amy
's
hand
was
put
into
his
,
and
he
squeezed
it
kindly
;
but
she
could
hardly
speak
her
'
good
bye
'
for
the
tears
that
came
,
because
she
was
grieved
not
to
feel
more
sorry
that
her
highly
esteemed
cousin
,
so
kind
and
condescending
to
her
,
was
going
away
for
so
very
long
a
time
.
'
Good
bye
,
Philip
,
'
said
Charlotte
I
shall
be
quite
grown
up
by
the
time
you
come
home
.
'
'
Do
n't
make
such
uncivil
auguries
,
Puss
,
'
said
her
father
;
but
Philip
heard
her
not
,
for
he
was
holding
Laura
's
hand
in
a
grasp
that
seemed
as
if
it
never
would
unclose
.
CHAPTER
XXI
.
I
will
sing
,
for
I
am
sad
,
For
many
my
misdeeds
;
It
is
my
sadness
makes
me
glad
,
For
love
for
sorrow
pleads
.
Williams
.
After
his
last
interview
with
Philip
,
Guy
returned
to
his
rooms
to
force
himself
into
occupation
till
his
cousin
should
come
to
acknowledge
that
here
,
at
least
,
there
was
nothing
amiss
.
He
trusted
that
when
it
was
proved
all
was
right
in
this
quarter
,
the
prejudice
with
regard
to
the
other
might
be
diminished
,
though
his
hopes
were
lower
since
he
had
found
out
the
real
grounds
of
the
accusation
,
reflecting
that
he
should
never
be
able
to
explain
without
betraying
his
uncle
.
He
waited
in
vain
.
The
hour
passed
at
which
Philip
's
coming
was
possible
;
Guy
was
disappointed
,
but
looked
for
a
letter
;
but
post
after
post
failed
to
bring
him
one
.
Perhaps
Philip
would
write
from
Hollywell
,
or
else
Mr.
Edmonstone
would
write
,
or
at
least
he
was
sure
that
Charles
would
write
—
Charles
,
whose
confidence
and
sympathy
,
expressed
in
almost
daily
letters
,
had
been
such
a
comfort
.
But
not
a
line
came
.
He
reviewed
in
memory
his
last
letter
to
Charles
,
wondering
whether
it
could
have
offended
him
;
but
it
did
not
seem
possible
;
he
thought
over
all
that
Philip
could
have
learnt
in
his
visit
,
to
see
if
it
could
by
any
means
have
been
turned
to
his
disadvantage
.
But
he
knew
he
had
done
nothing
to
which
blame
could
be
attached
;
he
had
never
infringed
the
rules
of
college
discipline
;
and
though
still
backward
,
and
unlikely
to
distinguish
himself
,
he
believed
that
was
the
worst
likely
to
have
been
said
of
him
.
He
only
wished
his
true
character
was
as
good
as
what
would
be
reported
of
him
.
As
he
thought
and
wondered
,
he
grew
more
and
more
restless
and
unhappy
.
He
could
imagine
no
reason
for
the
silence
,
unless
Mr.
Edmonstone
had
absolutely
forbidden
any
intercourse
,
and
it
did
not
seem
probable
that
he
would
issue
any
commands
in
a
manner
to
bind
a
grown-up
son
,
more
especially
as
there
had
been
no
attempt
at
communication
with
Amy
.
It
was
terrible
thus
,
without
warning
,
to
be
cut
off
from
her
,
and
all
besides
that
he
loved
.
As
long
as
Charles
wrote
,
he
fancied
her
sitting
by
,
perhaps
sealing
the
letter
,
and
he
could
even
tell
by
the
kind
of
paper
and
envelope
,
whether
they
were
sitting
in
the
dressing-room
or
down-stairs
;
but
now
there
was
nothing
,
no
assurance
of
sympathy
,
no
word
of
kindness
;
they
might
all
have
given
him
up
;
those
unhappy
words
were
like
a
barrier
,
cutting
off
for
ever
from
the
happiness
of
which
he
had
once
had
a
glimpse
.
Was
the
Redclyffe
doom
of
sin
and
sorrow
really
closing
in
upon
him
?
If
it
had
not
been
for
chapel
and
study
,
he
hardly
knew
how
he
should
have
got
through
that
term
;
but
as
the
end
of
it
approached
,
a
feverish
impatience
seized
on
him
whenever
the
post
came
in
,
for
a
letter
,
if
only
to
tell
him
not
to
come
to
Holywell
.
None
came
,
and
he
saw
nothing
for
it
,
but
to
go
to
Redclyffe
;
and
if
he
dreaded
seeing
it
in
its
altered
state
when
his
spirits
were
high
and
unbroken
,
how
did
he
shrink
from
it
now
?
He
did
,
however
,
make
up
his
mind
,
for
he
felt
that
his
reluctance
almost
wronged
his
own
beloved
home
.
Harry
Graham
wanted
to
persuade
him
to
come
and
spend
Christmas
at
his
home
,
with
his
lively
family
,
but
Guy
felt
as
if
gaiety
was
not
for
him
,
even
if
he
could
enjoy
it
.
He
did
not
wish
to
drown
his
present
feelings
,
and
steadily
,
though
gratefully
,
refused
this
,
as
well
as
one
or
two
other
friendly
invitations
.
After
lingering
in
vain
till
the
last
day
of
term
,
he
wrote
to
desire
that
his
own
room
and
the
library
might
be
made
ready
for
him
,
and
that
'
something
'
might
be
sent
to
meet
him
at
Moorworth
.
Railroads
had
came
a
step
nearer
,
even
to
his
remote
corner
of
the
world
,
in
the
course
of
the
last
three
years
,
but
there
were
still
thirty
miles
of
coach
beyond
,
and
these
lay
through
a
part
of
the
country
he
had
never
seen
before
.
It
was
for
the
most
part
bleak
,
dreary
