amazement,
gets
him
on
the
outside
of
the
street
door
;
which
is
instantly
slammed
by
the
triumphant
Judy
.
Utterly
confounded
,
Mr.
George
awhile
stands
looking
at
the
knocker
.
Mr.
Bagnet
,
in
a
perfect
abyss
of
gravity
,
walks
up
and
down
before
the
little
parlor
window
,
like
a
sentry
,
and
looks
in
,
every
time
he
passes
;
apparently
revolving
something
in
his
mind
.
“
Come
,
Mat
!
”
says
Mr.
George
,
when
he
has
recovered
himself
,
“
we
must
try
the
lawyer
.
Now
,
what
do
you
think
of
this
rascal
?
”
Mr.
Bagnet
,
stopping
to
take
a
farewell
look
into
the
parlor
,
replies
,
with
one
shake
of
his
head
directed
at
the
interior
,
“
If
my
old
girl
had
been
here
—
I
'd
have
told
him
!
”
Having
so
discharged
himself
of
the
subject
of
his
cogitations
,
he
falls
into
step
,
and
marches
off
with
the
trooper
,
shoulder
to
shoulder
.
When
they
present
themselves
in
Lincoln
's
Inn
Fields
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
is
engaged
,
and
not
to
be
seen
.
He
is
not
at
all
willing
to
see
them
;
for
when
they
have
waited
a
full
hour
,
and
the
clerk
,
on
his
bell
being
rung
,
takes
the
opportunity
of
mentioning
as
much
,
he
brings
forth
no
more
encouraging
message
than
that
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
has
nothing
to
say
to
them
,
and
they
had
better
not
wait
.
They
do
wait
,
however
,
with
the
perseverance
of
military
tactics
;
and
at
last
the
bell
rings
again
,
and
the
client
in
possession
comes
out
of
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
's
room
.
The
client
is
a
handsome
old
lady
;
no
other
than
Mrs.
Rouncewell
,
housekeeper
at
Chesney
Wold
.
She
comes
out
of
the
sanctuary
with
a
fair
old-fashioned
curtsey
,
and
softly
shuts
the
door
.
She
is
treated
with
some
distinction
there
;
for
the
clerk
steps
out
of
his
pew
to
show
her
through
the
outer
office
,
and
to
let
her
out
.
The
old
lady
is
thanking
him
for
his
attention
,
when
she
observes
the
comrades
in
waiting
.
“
I
beg
your
pardon
,
sir
,
but
I
think
those
gentlemen
are
military
?
”
The
clerk
referring
the
question
to
them
with
his
eye
,
and
Mr.
George
not
turning
round
from
the
almanack
over
the
fire-place
,
Mr.
Bagnet
takes
upon
himself
to
reply
,
“
Yes
,
ma'am
.
Formerly
.
”
“
I
thought
so
.
I
was
sure
of
it
.
My
heart
warms
,
gentlemen
,
at
the
sight
of
you
.
It
always
does
at
the
sight
of
such
.
God
bless
you
,
gentlemen
!
You
'll
excuse
an
old
woman
;
but
I
had
a
son
once
who
went
for
a
soldier
.
A
fine
handsome
youth
he
was
,
and
good
in
his
bold
way
,
though
some
people
did
disparage
him
to
his
poor
mother
.
I
ask
your
pardon
for
troubling
you
,
sir
.
God
bless
you
,
gentlemen
!
”
“
Same
to
you
,
ma'am
!
”
returns
Mr.
Bagnet
,
with
right
good
will
.
There
is
something
very
touching
in
the
earnestness
of
the
old
lady
's
voice
,
and
in
the
tremble
that
goes
through
her
quaint
old
figure
.
But
Mr.
George
is
so
occupied
with
the
almanack
over
the
fire-place
(
calculating
the
coming
months
by
it
perhaps
)
,
that
he
does
not
look
round
until
she
has
gone
away
,
and
the
door
is
closed
upon
her
.
“
George
,
”
Mr.
Bagnet
gruffly
whispers
,
when
he
does
turn
from
there
almanack
at
last
.
“
Do
n't
be
cast
down
!
‘Why
soldiers
,
why
—
should
we
be
melancholly
boys
?
’
Cheer
up
,
my
hearty
!
”
The
clerk
having
now
again
gone
in
to
say
that
they
are
still
there
and
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
being
heard
to
return
with
some
irascibility
,
“
Let
'
em
come
in
then
!
”
they
pass
into
the
great
room
with
the
painted
ceiling
,
and
find
him
standing
before
the
fire
.
“
Now
,
you
men
,
what
do
you
want
?
Serjeant
,
I
told
you
the
last
time
I
saw
you
that
I
do
n't
desire
your
company
here
.
”
Serjeant
replies
—
dashed
within
the
last
few
minutes
as
to
his
usual
manner
of
speech
,
and
even
as
to
his
usual
carriage
—
that
he
has
received
this
letter
,
has
been
to
Mr.
Smallweed
about
it
,
and
has
been
referred
there
.
“
I
have
nothing
to
say
to
you
,
”
rejoins
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
.
“
If
you
get
into
debt
,
you
must
pay
your
debts
,
or
take
the
consequences
.
You
have
no
occasion
to
come
here
to
learn
that
,
I
suppose
?
”
Serjeant
is
sorry
to
say
that
he
is
not
prepared
with
the
money
.
“
Very
well
!
Then
the
other
man
—
this
man
,
if
this
is
he
—
must
pay
it
for
you
.
”
Serjeant
is
sorry
to
add
that
the
other
man
is
not
prepared
with
the
money
either
.
“
Very
well
!
Then
you
must
pay
it
between
you
,
or
you
must
both
be
sued
for
it
,
and
both
suffer
.
You
have
had
the
money
and
must
refund
it
.
You
are
not
to
pocket
other
people
's
pounds
,
shillings
,
and
pence
,
and
escape
scot
free
.
”
The
lawyer
sits
down
in
his
easy
chair
and
stirs
the
fire
.
Mr.
George
hopes
he
will
have
the
goodness
to
—
“
I
tell
you
,
Serjeant
,
I
have
nothing
to
say
to
you
.
I
do
n't
like
your
associates
,
and
do
n't
want
you
here
.
This
matter
is
not
at
all
in
my
course
of
practice
,
and
is
not
in
my
office
.
Mr.
Smallweed
is
good
enough
to
offer
these
affairs
to
me
,
but
they
are
not
in
my
way
.
You
must
go
to
Melchisedech
's
in
Clifford
's
Inn
.
”
“
I
must
make
an
apology
to
you
,
sir
,
”
says
Mr.
George
,
“
for
pressing
myself
upon
you
with
so
little
encouragement
—
which
is
almost
as
unpleasant
to
me
as
it
can
be
to
you
;
but
would
you
let
me
say
a
private
word
to
you
?
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
rises
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets
,
and
walks
into
one
of
the
window
recesses
.
“
Now
!
I
have
no
time
to
waste
.
”
In
the
midst
of
his
perfect
assumption
of
indifference
,
he
directs
a
sharp
look
at
the
trooper
;
taking
care
to
stand
with
his
own
back
to
the
light
,
and
to
have
the
other
with
his
face
towards
it
.
“
Well
,
sir
,
”
says
Mr.
George
,
“
this
man
with
me
is
the
other
party
implicated
in
this
unfortunate
affair
—
nominally
,
only
nominally
—
and
my
sole
object
is
to
prevent
his
getting
into
trouble
on
my
account
.
He
is
a
most
respectable
man
with
a
wife
and
family
;
formerly
in
the
Royal
Artillery
—
.
”
“
My
friend
,
I
do
n't
care
a
pinch
of
snuff
for
the
whole
Royal
Artillery
establishment
—
officers
,
men
,
tumbrils
,
wagons
,
horses
,
guns
,
and
ammunition
.
”
“
'
Tis
likely
,
sir
.
But
I
care
a
good
deal
for
Bagnet
and
his
wife
and
family
being
injured
on
my
account
.
And
if
I
could
bring
them
through
this
matter
,
I
should
have
no
help
for
it
but
to
give
up
without
any
other
consideration
,
what
you
wanted
of
me
the
other
day
.
”
“
Have
you
got
it
here
?
”
“
I
have
got
it
here
,
sir
.
”
“
Serjeant
,
”
the
lawyer
proceeds
in
his
dry
,
passionless
manner
,
far
more
hopeless
in
the
dealing
with
,
than
any
amount
of
vehemence
,
“
make
up
your
mind
while
I
speak
to
you
,
for
this
is
final
.
After
I
have
finished
speaking
I
have
closed
the
subject
,
and
I
wo
n't
re-open
it
.
Understand
that
.
You
can
leave
here
,
for
a
few
days
,
what
you
say
you
have
brought
here
,
if
you
choose
;
you
can
take
it
away
at
once
,
if
you
choose
.
In
case
you
choose
to
leave
it
here
,
I
can
do
this
for
you
—
I
can
replace
this
matter
on
its
old
footing
,
and
I
can
go
so
far
besides
as
to
give
you
a
written
undertaking
that
this
man
Bagnet
shall
never
be
troubled
in
any
way
until
you
have
been
proceeded
against
to
the
utmost
—
that
your
means
shall
be
exhausted
before
the
creditor
looks
to
his
.
This
is
in
fact
all
but
freeing
him
.
Have
you
decided
?
”
The
trooper
puts
his
hand
into
his
breast
,
and
answers
with
a
long
breath
,
“
I
must
do
it
,
sir
.
”
So
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
putting
on
his
spectacles
,
sits
down
and
writes
the
undertaking
;
which
he
slowly
reads
and
explains
to
Bagnet
,
who
has
all
this
time
been
staring
at
the
ceiling
,
and
who
puts
his
hand
on
his
bald
head
again
,
under
this
new
verbal
shower-bath
,
and
seems
exceedingly
in
need
of
the
old
girl
through
whom
to
express
his
sentiments
.
The
trooper
then
takes
from
his
breast-pocket
a
folded
paper
,
which
he
lays
with
an
unwilling
hand
at
the
lawyer
's
elbow
.
“
'
Tis
only
a
letter
of
instructions
,
sir
.
The
last
I
ever
had
from
him
.
”
Look
at
a
millstone
,
Mr.
George
,
for
some
change
in
its
expression
,
and
you
will
find
it
quite
as
soon
as
in
the
face
of
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
when
he
opens
and
reads
the
letter
!
He
re-folds
it
,
and
lays
it
in
his
desk
,
with
a
countenance
as
imperturbable
as
Death
.
Nor
has
he
anything
more
to
say
or
do
,
but
to
nod
once
in
the
same
frigid
and
discourteous
manner
,
and
to
say
briefly
,
“
You
can
go
.
Show
these
men
out
,
there
!
”
Being
shown
out
,
they
repair
to
Mr.
Bagnet
's
residence
to
dine
.
Boiled
beef
and
greens
constitute
the
day
's
variety
on
the
former
repast
of
boiled
pork
and
greens
;
and
Mrs.
Bagnet
serves
out
the
meal
in
the
same
way
,
and
seasons
it
with
the
best
of
temper
:
being
that
rare
sort
of
old
girl
that
she
receives
Good
to
her
arms
without
a
hint
that
it
might
be
Better
;
and
catches
light
from
any
little
spot
of
darkness
near
her
.
The
spot
on
this
occasion
is
the
darkened
brow
of
Mr.
George
;
he
is
unusually
thoughtful
and
depressed
.
At
first
Mrs.
Bagnet
trusts
to
the
combined
endearments
of
Quebec
and
Malta
to
restore
him
;
but
finding
those
young
ladies
sensible
that
their
existing
Bluffy
is
not
the
Bluffy
of
their
usual
frolicsome
acquaintance
,
she
winks
off
the
light
infantry
,
and
leaves
him
to
deploy
at
leisure
on
the
open
ground
of
the
domestic
hearth
.
But
he
does
not
.
He
remains
in
close
order
,
clouded
and
depressed
.
During
the
lengthy
cleaning
up
and
pattening
process
,
when
he
and
Mr.
Bagnet
are
supplied
with
their
pipes
,
he
is
no
better
than
he
was
at
dinner
.
He
forgets
to
smoke
,
looks
at
the
fire
and
ponders
,
lets
his
pipe
out
,
fills
the
breast
of
Mr.
Bagnet
with
perturbation
and
dismay
,
by
showing
that
he
has
no
enjoyment
of
tobacco
.
Therefore
when
Mrs.
Bagnet
at
last
appears
,
rosy
from
the
invigorating
pail
,
and
sits
down
to
her
work
,
Mr.
Bagnet
growls
“
Old
girl
!
”
and
winks
monitions
to
her
to
find
out
what
's
the
matter
.
“
Why
,
George
!
”
says
Mrs.
Bagnet
,
quietly
threading
her
needle
.
“
How
low
you
are
!
”
“
Am
I
?
Not
good
company
?
Well
,
I
am
afraid
I
am
not
.
”
“
He
ai
n't
at
all
like
Bluffy
,
mother
!
”
cries
little
Malta
.
“
Because
he
ai
n't
well
,
I
think
,
mother
!
”
adds
Quebec
.
“
Sure
that
's
a
bad
sign
not
to
be
like
Bluffy
,
too
!
”
returns
the
trooper
,
kissing
the
young
damsels
.
“
But
it
's
true
,
”
with
a
sigh
—
“
true
,
I
am
afraid
.
These
little
ones
are
always
right
!
”
“
George
,
”
says
Mrs.
Bagnet
,
working
busily
,
“
if
I
thought
you
cross
enough
to
think
of
anything
that
a
shrill
old
soldier
's
wife
—
who
could
have
bitten
her
tongue
off
afterwards
,
and
ought
to
have
done
it
almost
—
said
this
morning
,
I
do
n't
know
what
I
should
n't
say
to
you
now
.
”
“
My
kind
soul
of
a
darling
,
”
returns
the
trooper
.
“
Not
a
morsel
of
it
.
”
“
Because
really
and
truly
,
George
,
what
I
said
and
meant
to
say
,
was
that
I
trusted
Lignum
to
you
,
and
was
sure
you
'd
bring
him
through
it
.
And
you
have
brought
him
through
it
,
noble
!
”
“
Thank'ee
,
my
dear
,
”
says
George
.
“
I
am
glad
of
your
good
opinion
.
”
In
giving
Mrs.
Bagnet
's
hand
,
with
her
work
in
it
,
a
friendly
shake
—
for
she
took
her
seat
beside
him
—
the
trooper
's
attention
is
attracted
to
her
face
.
After
looking
at
it
for
a
little
while
as
she
plies
her
needle
,
he
looks
to
young
Woolwich
,
sitting
on
his
stool
in
the
corner
,
and
beckons
that
fifer
to
him
.
“
See
there
,
my
boy
,
”
says
George
,
very
gently
smoothing
the
mother
's
hair
with
his
hand
,
“
there
's
a
good
loving
forehead
for
you
!
All
bright
with
love
of
you
,
my
boy
.
A
little
touched
by
the
sun
and
the
weather
through
following
your
father
about
and
taking
care
of
you
,
but
as
fresh
and
wholesome
as
a
ripe
apple
on
a
tree
.
”
Mr.
Bagnet
's
face
expresses
,
so
far
as
in
its
wooden
material
lies
,
the
highest
approbation
and
acquiescence
.
“
The
time
will
come
,
my
boy
,
”
pursues
the
trooper
,
“
when
this
hair
of
your
mother
's
will
be
grey
,
and
this
forehead
all
crossed
and
re-crossed
with
wrinkles
—
and
a
fine
old
lady
she
'll
be
then
.
Take
care
,
while
you
are
young
,
that
you
can
think
in
those
days
,
‘
I
never
whitened
a
hair
of
her
dear
head
,
I
never
marked
a
sorrowful
line
in
her
face
!
’
For
of
all
the
many
things
that
you
can
think
of
when
you
are
a
man
,
you
had
better
have
that
by
you
,
Woolwich
!
”
Mr.
George
concludes
by
rising
from
his
chair
,
seating
the
boy
beside
his
mother
in
it
,
and
saying
,
with
something
of
a
hurry
about
him
,
that
he
'll
smoke
his
pipe
in
the
street
a
bit
.
CHAPTER
XXXV
.
ESTHER
'S
NARRATIVE
.
I
LAY
ill
through
several
weeks
,
and
the
usual
tenor
of
my
life
became
like
an
old
remembrance
.
But
,
this
was
not
the
effect
of
time
,
so
much
as
of
the
change
in
all
my
habits
,
made
by
the
helplessness
and
inaction
of
a
sick
room
.
Before
I
had
been
confined
to
it
many
days
,
everything
else
seemed
to
have
retired
into
a
remote
distance
,
where
there
was
little
or
no
separation
between
the
various
stages
of
my
life
which
had
been
really
divided
by
years
.
In
falling
ill
,
I
seemed
to
have
crossed
a
dark
lake
,
and
to
have
left
all
my
experiences
,
mingled
together
by
the
great
distance
,
on
the
healthy
shore
.
My
housekeeping
duties
,
though
at
first
it
caused
me
great
anxiety
to
think
that
they
were
unperformed
,
were
soon
as
far
off
as
the
oldest
of
the
old
duties
at
Greenleaf
,
or
the
summer
afternoons
when
I
went
home
from
school
with
my
portfolio
under
my
arm
,
and
my
childish
shadow
at
my
side
,
to
my
godmother
's
house
.
I
had
never
known
before
how
short
life
really
was
,
and
into
how
small
a
space
the
mind
could
put
it
.
While
I
was
very
ill
,
the
way
in
which
these
divisions
of
time
became
confused
with
one
another
,
distressed
my
mind
exceedingly
.
At
once
a
child
,
an
elder
girl
,
and
the
little
woman
I
had
been
so
happy
as
,
I
was
not
only
oppressed
by
cares
and
difficulties
adapted
to
each
station
,
but
by
the
great
perplexity
of
endlessly
trying
to
reconcile
them
.
I
suppose
that
few
who
have
not
been
in
such
a
condition
can
quite
understand
what
I
mean
,
or
what
painful
unrest
arose
from
this
source
.
For
the
same
reason
I
am
almost
afraid
to
hint
at
that
time
in
my
disorder
—
it
seemed
one
long
night
,
but
I
believe
there
were
both
nights
and
days
in
it
—
when
I
laboured
up
colossal
staircases
,
ever
striving
to
reach
the
top
,
and
ever
turned
,
as
I
have
seen
a
worm
in
a
garden
path
,
by
some
obstruction
,
and
labouring
again
.
I
knew
perfectly
at
intervals
,
and
I
think
vaguely
at
most
times
,
that
I
was
in
my
bed
;
and
I
talked
with
Charley
,
and
felt
her
touch
,
and
knew
her
very
well
;
yet
I
would
find
myself
complaining
“
O
more
of
these
never-ending
stairs
,
Charley
,
—
more
and
more
—
piled
up
to
the
sky
,
I
think
!
”
and
labouring
on
again
.
Dare
I
hint
at
that
worse
time
when
,
strung
together
somewhere
in
great
black
space
,
there
was
a
flaming
necklace
,
or
ring
,
or
starry
circle
of
some
kind
,
of
which
I
was
one
of
the
beads
!
And
when
my
only
prayer
was
to
be
taken
off
from
the
rest
,
and
when
it
was
such
inexplicable
agony
and
misery
to
be
a
part
of
the
dreadful
thing
?
Perhaps
the
less
I
say
of
these
sick
experiences
,
the
less
tedious
and
the
more
intelligible
I
shall
be
.
I
do
not
recal
them
to
make
others
unhappy
,
or
because
I
am
now
the
least
unhappy
in
remembering
them
.
It
may
be
that
if
we
knew
more
of
such
strange
afflictions
,
we
might
be
better
able
to
alleviate
their
intensity
.
The
repose
that
succeeded
,
the
long
delicious
sleep
,
the
blissful
rest
,
when
in
my
weakness
I
was
too
calm
to
have
any
care
for
myself
,
and
could
have
heard
(
or
so
I
think
now
)
that
I
was
dying
;
with
no
other
emotion
than
with
a
pitying
love
for
those
I
left
behind
—
this
state
can
be
perhaps
more
widely
understood
.
I
was
in
this
state
when
I
first
shrunk
from
the
light
as
it
twinkled
on
me
once
more
,
and
knew
with
a
boundless
joy
for
which
no
words
are
rapturous
enough
,
that
I
should
see
again
.
I
had
heard
my
Ada
crying
at
the
door
,
day
and
night
;
I
had
heard
her
calling
to
me
that
I
was
cruel
and
did
not
love
her
;
I
had
heard
her
praying
and
imploring
to
be
let
in
to
nurse
and
comfort
me
,
and
to
leave
my
bedside
no
more
;
but
I
had
only
said
,
when
I
could
speak
,
“
Never
,
my
sweet
girl
,
never
!
”
and
I
had
over
and
over
again
reminded
Charley
that
she
was
to
keep
my
darling
from
the
room
,
whether
I
lived
or
died
.
Charley
had
been
true
to
me
in
that
time
of
need
,
and
with
her
little
hand
and
her
great
heart
had
kept
the
door
fast
.
But
now
,
my
sight
strengthening
,
and
the
glorious
light
coming
every
day
more
fully
and
brightly
on
me
,
I
could
read
the
letters
that
my
dear
wrote
to
me
every
morning
and
evening
,
and
could
put
them
to
my
lips
and
lay
my
cheek
upon
them
with
no
fear
of
hurting
her
.
I
could
see
my
little
maid
,
so
tender
and
so
careful
,
going
about
the
two
rooms
setting
every
thing
in
order
,
and
speaking
cheerfully
to
Ada
from
the
open
window
again
.
I
could
understand
the
stillness
in
the
house
,
and
the
thoughtfulness
it
expressed
on
the
part
of
all
those
who
had
always
been
so
good
to
me
.
I
could
weep
in
the
exquisite
felicity
of
my
heart
,
and
be
as
happy
in
my
weakness
as
ever
I
had
been
in
my
strength
.
By
and
by
,
my
strength
began
to
be
restored
.
Instead
of
lying
,
with
so
strange
a
calmness
,
watching
what
was
done
for
me
,
as
if
it
were
done
for
some
one
else
whom
I
was
quietly
sorry
for
,
I
helped
it
a
little
,
and
so
on
to
a
little
more
and
much
more
,
until
I
became
useful
to
myself
,
and
interested
,
and
attached
to
life
again
.
How
well
I
remember
the
pleasant
afternoon
when
I
was
raised
in
bed
with
pillows
for
the
first
time
,
to
enjoy
a
great
tea-drinking
with
Charley
!
The
little
creature
—
sent
into
the
world
,
surely
,
to
minister
to
the
weak
and
sick
—
was
so
happy
,
and
so
busy
,
and
stopped
so
often
in
her
preparations
to
lay
her
head
upon
my
bosom
,
and
fondle
me
,
and
cry
with
joyful
tears
she
was
so
glad
,
she
was
so
glad
!
that
I
was
obliged
to
say
,
“
Charley
,
if
you
go
on
in
this
way
,
I
must
lie
down
again
,
my
darling
,
for
I
am
weaker
than
I
thought
I
was
!
”
So
Charley
became
as
quiet
as
a
mouse
,
and
took
her
bright
face
here
and
there
,
across
and
across
the
two
rooms
,
out
of
the
shade
into
the
divine
sunshine
,
and
out
of
the
sunshine
into
the
shade
,
while
I
watched
her
peacefully
.
When
all
her
preparations
were
concluded
and
the
pretty
tea-table
with
its
little
delicacies
to
tempt
me
,
and
its
white
cloth
,
and
its
flowers
,
and
everything
so
lovingly
and
beautifully
arranged
for
me
by
Ada
down-stairs
,
was
ready
at
the
bed-side
,
I
felt
sure
I
was
steady
enough
to
say
something
to
Charley
that
was
not
new
to
my
thoughts
.
First
,
I
complimented
Charley
on
the
room
;
and
indeed
,
it
was
so
fresh
and
airy
,
so
spotless
and
neat
,
that
I
could
scarce
believe
I
had
been
lying
there
so
long
.
This
delighted
Charley
,
and
her
face
was
brighter
than
before
.
“
Yet
,
Charley
,
”
said
I
looking
round
,
“
I
miss
something
,
surely
,
that
I
am
accustomed
to
?
”
Poor
little
Charley
looked
round
too
,
and
pretended
to
shake
her
head
,
as
if
there
were
nothing
absent
.
“
Are
the
pictures
all
as
they
used
to
be
?
”
I
asked
her
.
“
Every
one
of
them
,
miss
,
”
said
Charley
.
“
And
the
furniture
,
Charley
?
”
“
Except
where
I
have
moved
it
about
,
to
make
more
room
,
miss.
”
“
And
yet
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
miss
some
familiar
object
.
Ah
,
I
know
what
it
is
,
Charley
!
It
's
the
looking-glass
.
”
Charley
got
up
from
the
table
,
making
as
if
she
had
forgotten
something
,
and
went
into
the
next
room
;
and
I
heard
her
sob
there
.
I
had
thought
of
this
very
often
.
I
was
now
certain
of
it
.
I
could
thank
God
that
it
was
not
a
shock
to
me
now
.
I
called
Charley
back
;
and
when
she
came
—
at
first
pretending
to
smile
,
but
as
she
drew
nearer
to
me
,
looking
grieved
—
I
took
her
in
my
arms
,
and
said
,
“
It
matters
very
little
,
Charley
.
I
hope
I
can
do
without
my
old
face
very
well
.
I
was
presently
so
far
advanced
as
to
be
able
to
sit
up
in
a
great
chair
,
and
even
giddily
to
walk
into
the
adjoining
room
,
leaning
on
Charley
.
The
mirror
was
gone
from
its
usual
place
in
that
room
too
;
but
what
I
had
to
bear
,
was
none
the
harder
to
bear
for
that
.
My
guardian
had
throughout
been
earnest
to
visit
me
,
and
there
was
now
no
good
reason
why
I
should
deny
myself
that
happiness
.
He
came
one
morning
;
and
when
he
first
came
in
,
could
only
hold
me
in
his
embrace
,
and
say
,
“
My
dear
,
dear
girl
!
”
I
had
long
known
—
who
could
know
better
!
—
what
a
deep
fountain
of
affection
and
generosity
his
heart
was
;
and
was
it
not
worth
my
trivial
suffering
and
change
to
fill
such
a
place
in
it
?
“
O
yes
!
”
I
thought
.
“
He
has
seen
me
,
and
he
loves
me
better
than
he
did
;
he
has
seen
me
,
and
is
even
fonder
of
me
than
he
was
before
;
and
what
have
I
to
mourn
for
!
”
He
sat
down
by
me
on
the
sofa
,
supporting
me
with
his
arm
.
For
a
little
while
he
sat
with
his
hand
over
his
face
,
but
when
he
removed
it
,
fell
into
his
usual
manner
.
There
never
can
have
been
,
there
never
can
be
,
a
pleasanter
manner
.
“
My
little
woman
,
”
said
he
,
“
what
a
sad
time
this
has
been
.
Such
an
inflexible
little
woman
,
too
,
through
all
!
”
“
Only
for
the
best
,
guardian
,
”
said
I
.
“
For
the
best
?
”
he
repeated
,
tenderly
.
“
Of
course
,
for
the
best
.
But
here
have
Ada
and
I
been
perfectly
forlorn
and
miserable
;
here
has
your
friend
Caddy
been
coming
and
going
late
and
early
;
here
has
everyone
about
the
house
been
utterly
lost
and
dejected
;
here
has
even
poor
Rick
been
writing
—
to
me
too
—
in
his
anxiety
for
you
!
”
I
had
read
of
Caddy
in
Ada
's
letters
,
but
not
of
Richard
.
I
told
him
so
.
“
Why
no
,
my
dear
,
”
he
replied
.
“
I
have
thought
it
better
not
to
mention
it
to
her
.
”
“
And
you
speak
of
his
writing
to
you
,
”
said
I
,
repeating
his
emphasis
.
“
As
if
it
were
not
natural
for
him
to
do
so
,
guardian
;
as
if
he
could
write
to
a
better
friend
!
”
“
He
thinks
he
could
,
my
love
,
”
returned
my
guardian
,
“
and
to
many
a
better
.
The
truth
is
,
he
wrote
to
me
under
a
sort
of
protest
,
while
unable
to
write
to
you
with
any
hope
of
an
answer
—
wrote
coldly
,
haughtily
,
distantly
,
resentfully
.
Well
,
dearest
little
woman
,
we
must
look
forbearingly
on
it
.
He
is
not
to
blame
.
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
has
warped
him
out
of
himself
,
and
perverted
me
in
his
eyes
.
I
have
known
it
do
as
bad
deeds
,
and
worse
,
many
a
time
.
If
two
angels
could
be
concerned
in
it
,
I
believe
it
would
change
their
nature
.
”
“
It
has
not
changed
yours
,
guardian
.
”
“
Oh
yes
,
it
has
,
my
dear
,
”
he
said
,
laughingly
.
“
It
has
made
the
south
wind
easterly
,
I
do
n't
know
how
often
.
Rick
mistrusts
and
suspects
me
—
goes
to
lawyers
,
and
is
taught
to
mistrust
and
suspect
me
.
Hears
I
have
conflicting
interests
;
claims
clashing
against
his
,
and
what
not
.
Whereas
,
Heaven
knows
,
that
if
I
could
get
out
of
the
mountains
of
Wiglomeration
on
which
my
unfortunate
name
has
been
so
long
bestowed
(
which
I
ca
n't
)
,
or
could
level
them
by
the
extinction
of
my
own
original
right
(
which
I
ca
n't
,
either
,
and
no
human
power
ever
can
,
anyhow
,
I
believe
,
to
such
a
pass
have
we
got
)
,
I
would
do
it
this
hour
.
I
would
rather
restore
to
poor
Rick
his
proper
nature
,
than
be
endowed
with
all
the
money
that
dead
suitors
,
broken
,
heart
and
soul
,
upon
the
wheel
of
Chancery
,
have
left
unclaimed
with
the
Accountant-General
—
and
that
's
money
enough
,
my
dear
,
to
be
cast
into
a
pyramid
,
in
memory
of
Chancery
's
transcendant
wickedness
.
”
“
Is
it
possible
,
guardian
,
”
I
asked
,
amazed
,
“
that
Richard
can
be
suspicious
of
you
?
”
“
Ah
,
my
love
,
my
love
,
”
he
said
,
“
it
is
in
the
subtle
poison
of
such
abuses
to
breed
such
diseases
.
His
blood
is
infected
,
and
objects
lose
their
natural
aspects
in
his
sight
.
It
is
not
his
fault
.
”
“
But
it
is
a
terrible
misfortune
,
guardian
.
”
“
It
is
a
terrible
misfortune
,
little
woman
,
to
be
ever
drawn
within
the
influences
of
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
.
I
know
none
greater
.
By
little
and
little
he
has
been
induced
to
trust
in
that
rotten
reed
,
and
it
communicates
some
portion
of
its
rottenness
to
everything
around
him
.
But
again
,
I
say
,
with
all
my
soul
,
we
must
be
patient
with
poor
Rick
,
and
not
blame
him
.
What
a
troop
of
fine
fresh
hearts
,
like
his
,
have
I
seen
in
my
time
turned
by
the
same
means
!
”
I
could
not
help
expressing
something
of
my
wonder
and
regret
that
his
benevolent
disinterested
intentions
had
prospered
so
little
.
“
We
must
not
say
so
,
Dame
Durden
,
”
he
cheerfully
replied
;
“
Ada
is
the
happier
,
I
hope
;
and
that
is
much
.
I
did
think
that
I
and
both
these
young
creatures
might
be
friends
,
instead
of
distrustful
foes
,
and
that
we
might
so
far
counteract
the
suit
,
and
prove
too
strong
for
it
.
But
it
was
too
much
to
expect
.
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
was
the
curtain
of
Rick
's
cradle
.
”
“
But
,
guardian
,
may
we
not
hope
that
a
little
experience
will
teach
him
what
a
false
and
wretched
thing
it
is
?
”
“
We
will
hope
so
,
my
Esther
,
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
“
and
that
it
may
not
teach
him
so
too
late
.
In
any
case
we
must
not
be
hard
on
him
.
There
are
not
many
grown
and
matured
men
living
while
we
speak
,
good
men
too
,
who
,
if
they
were
thrown
into
this
same
court
as
suitors
,
would
not
be
vitally
changed
and
depreciated
within
three
years
—
within
two
—
within
one
.
How
can
we
stand
amazed
at
poor
Rick
?
A
young
man
so
unfortunate
,
”
here
he
fell
into
a
lower
tone
,
as
if
he
were
thinking
aloud
,
“
cannot
at
first
believe
(
who
could
?
)
that
Chancery
is
what
it
is
.
He
looks
to
it
,
flushed
and
fitfully
,
to
do
something
with
his
interests
,
and
bring
them
to
some
settlement
.
It
procrastinates
,
disappoints
,
tries
,
tortures
him
;
wears
out
his
sanguine
hopes
and
patience
,
thread
by
thread
;
but
he
still
looks
to
it
,
and
hankers
after
it
,
and
finds
his
whole
world
treacherous
and
hollow
.
Well
,
well
,
well
!
Enough
of
this
,
my
dear
!
”
He
had
supported
me
,
as
at
first
,
all
this
time
;
and
his
tenderness
was
so
precious
to
me
,
that
I
leaned
my
head
upon
his
shoulder
and
loved
him
as
if
he
had
been
my
father
.
I
resolved
in
my
own
mind
in
this
little
pause
,
by
some
means
,
to
see
Richard
when
I
grew
strong
,
and
try
to
set
him
right
.
“
There
are
better
subjects
than
these
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
for
such
a
joyful
time
as
the
time
of
our
dear
girl
's
recovery
.
And
I
had
a
commission
to
broach
one
of
them
,
as
soon
as
I
should
begin
to
talk
.
When
shall
Ada
come
to
see
you
,
my
love
?
”
I
had
been
thinking
of
that
too
.
A
little
in
connexion
with
the
absent
mirrors
,
but
not
much
;
for
I
knew
my
loving
girl
would
be
changed
by
no
change
in
my
looks
.
“
Dear
guardian
,
”
said
I
,
“
as
I
have
shut
her
out
so
long
—
though
indeed
,
indeed
,
she
is
like
the
light
to
me
—
—
”
“
I
know
it
well
,
Dame
Durden
,
well
.
”
He
was
so
good
,
his
touch
expressed
such
endearing
compassion
and
affection
,
and
the
tone
of
his
voice
carried
such
comfort
into
my
heart
,
that
I
stopped
for
a
little
while
,
quite
unable
to
go
on
.
“
Yes
,
yes
,
you
are
tired
,
”
said
he
.
“
Rest
a
little
.
”
“
As
I
have
kept
Ada
out
so
long
,
”
I
began
afresh
after
a
short
while
,
“
I
think
I
should
like
to
have
my
own
way
a
little
longer
,
guardian
.
It
would
be
best
to
be
away
from
here
before
I
see
her
.
If
Charley
and
I
were
to
go
to
some
country
lodging
as
soon
as
I
can
move
,
and
if
I
had
a
week
there
,
in
which
to
grow
stronger
and
to
be
revived
by
the
sweet
air
,
and
to
look
forward
to
the
happiness
of
having
Ada
with
me
again
,
I
think
it
would
be
better
for
us
.
”
I
hope
it
was
not
a
poor
thing
in
me
to
wish
to
be
a
little
more
used
to
my
altered
self
,
before
I
met
the
eyes
of
the
dear
girl
I
longed
so
ardently
to
see
;
but
it
is
the
truth
.
I
did
.
He
understood
me
,
I
was
sure
;
but
I
was
not
afraid
of
that
.
If
it
were
a
poor
thing
,
I
knew
he
would
pass
it
over
.
“
Our
spoilt
little
woman
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
shall
have
her
own
way
even
in
her
inflexibility
,
though
at
the
price
,
I
know
,
of
tears
down-stairs
.
And
see
here
!
Here
is
Boythorn
,
heart
of
chivalry
,
breathing
such
ferocious
vows
as
never
were
breathed
on
paper
before
,
that
if
you
do
n't
go
and
occupy
his
whole
house
,
he
having
already
turned
out
of
it
expressly
for
that
purpose
,
by
Heaven
and
by
earth
he
'll
pull
it
down
,
and
not
leave
one
brick
standing
on
another
!
”
And
my
guardian
put
a
letter
in
my
hand
;
without
any
ordinary
beginning
such
as
“
My
dear
Jarndyce
,
”
but
rushing
at
once
into
the
words
,
“
I
swear
if
Miss
Summerson
do
not
come
down
and
take
possession
of
my
house
,
which
I
vacate
for
her
this
day
at
one
o'clock
,
p.m.
,
”
and
then
with
the
utmost
seriousness
,
and
in
the
most
emphatic
terms
,
going
on
to
make
the
extraordinary
declaration
he
had
quoted
.
We
did
not
appreciate
the
writer
the
less
,
for
laughing
heartily
over
it
;
and
we
settled
that
I
should
send
him
a
letter
of
thanks
on
the
morrow
,
and
accept
his
offer
.
It
was
a
most
agreeable
one
to
me
;
for
of
all
the
places
I
could
have
thought
of
,
I
should
have
liked
to
go
to
none
so
well
as
Chesney
Wold
.
“
Now
,
little
housewife
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
looking
at
his
watch
,
“
I
was
strictly
timed
before
I
came
up-stairs
,
for
you
must
not
be
tired
too
soon
;
and
my
time
has
waned
away
to
the
last
minute
.
I
have
one
other
petition
.
Little
Miss
Flite
,
hearing
a
rumour
that
you
were
ill
,
made
nothing
of
walking
down
here
—
twenty
miles
,
poor
soul
,
in
a
pair
of
dancing
shoes
—
to
inquire
.
It
was
Heaven
's
mercy
we
were
at
home
,
or
she
would
have
walked
back
again
.
”
The
old
conspiracy
to
make
me
happy
!
Everybody
seemed
to
be
in
it
!
“
Now
,
pet
,
”
said
my
guardian
,
“
if
it
would
not
be
irksome
to
you
to
admit
the
harmless
little
creature
one
afternoon
,
before
you
save
Boythorn
's
otherwise
devoted
house
from
demolition
,
I
believe
you
would
make
her
prouder
and
better
pleased
with
herself
than
I
—
though
my
eminent
name
is
Jarndyce
—
could
do
in
a
lifetime
.
”
I
have
no
doubt
he
knew
there
would
be
something
in
the
simple
image
of
the
poor
afflicted
creature
,
that
would
fall
like
a
gentle
lesson
on
my
mind
at
that
time
.
I
felt
it
as
he
spoke
to
me
.
I
could
not
tell
him
heartily
enough
how
ready
I
was
to
receive
her
.
I
had
always
pitied
her
;
never
so
much
as
now
.
I
had
always
been
glad
of
my
little
power
to
soothe
her
under
her
calamity
;
but
never
,
never
,
half
so
glad
before
.
We
arranged
a
time
for
Miss
Flite
to
come
out
by
the
coach
,
and
share
my
early
dinner
.
When
my
guardian
left
me
,
I
turned
my
face
away
upon
my
couch
,
and
prayed
to
be
forgiven
if
I
,
surrounded
by
such
blessings
,
had
magnified
to
myself
the
little
trial
that
I
had
to
undergo
.
The
childish
prayer
of
that
old
birthday
,
when
I
had
aspired
to
be
industrious
,
contented
,
and
true-hearted
,
and
to
do
some
good
to
some
one
,
and
win
some
love
to
myself
if
I
could
,
came
back
into
my
mind
with
a
reproachful
sense
of
all
the
happiness
I
had
since
enjoyed
,
and
all
the
affectionate
hearts
that
had
been
turned
towards
me
.
If
I
were
weak
now
,
what
had
I
profited
by
those
mercies
?
I
repeated
the
old
childish
prayer
in
its
old
childish
words
,
and
found
that
its
old
peace
had
not
departed
from
it
.
My
guardian
now
came
every
day
.
In
a
week
or
so
more
,
I
could
walk
about
our
rooms
,
and
hold
long
talks
with
Ada
from
behind
the
window-curtain
.
Yet
I
never
saw
her
;
for
I
had
not
as
yet
the
courage
to
look
at
the
dear
face
,
though
I
could
have
done
so
easily
without
her
seeing
me
.
On
the
appointed
day
Miss
Flite
arrived
.
The
poor
little
creature
ran
into
my
room
quite
forgetful
of
her
usual
dignity
,
and
,
crying
from
her
very
heart
of
hearts
,
“
My
dear
Fitz
Jarndyce
!
”
fell
upon
my
neck
and
kissed
me
twenty
times
.
“
Dear
me
!
”
said
she
,
putting
her
hand
into
her
reticule
,
“
I
have
nothing
here
but
documents
,
my
dear
Fitz
Jarndyce
;
I
must
borrow
a
pocket-handkerchief
.
”
Charley
gave
her
one
,
and
the
good
creature
certainly
made
use
of
it
,
for
she
held
it
to
her
eyes
with
both
hands
,
and
sat
so
shedding
tears
for
the
next
ten
minutes
.
“
With
pleasure
,
my
dear
Fitz
Jarndyce
,
”
she
was
careful
to
explain
.
“
Not
the
least
pain
.
Pleasure
to
see
you
well
again
.
Pleasure
at
having
the
honor
of
being
admitted
to
see
you
.
I
am
so
much
fonder
of
you
,
my
love
,
than
of
the
Chancellor
.
Though
I
do
attend
court
regularly
.
By
the
by
,
my
dear
,
mentioning
pocket-handkerchiefs
—
—
”
Miss
Flite
here
looked
at
Charley
,
who
had
been
to
meet
her
at
the
place
where
the
coach
stopped
.
Charley
glanced
at
me
,
and
looked
unwilling
to
pursue
the
suggestion
.
“
Ve-ry
right
!
”
said
Miss
Flite
,
“
ve-ry
correct
.
Truly
!
Highly
indiscreet
of
me
to
mention
it
;
but
my
dear
Miss
Fitz
Jarndyce
,
I
am
afraid
I
am
at
times
(
between
ourselves
,
you
would
n't
think
it
)
a
little
—
rambling
you
know
,
”
said
Miss
Flite
,
touching
her
forehead
.
“
Nothing
more
.
”
“
What
were
you
going
to
tell
me
?
”
said
I
,
smiling
,
for
I
saw
she
wanted
to
go
on
.
“
You
have
roused
my
curiosity
,
and
now
you
must
gratify
it
.
”
Miss
Flite
looked
to
Charley
for
advice
in
this
important
crisis
,
who
said
,
“
If
you
please
,
ma'am
,
you
had
better
tell
then
,
”
and
therein
gratified
Miss
Flite
beyond
measure
.
“
So
sagacious
,
our
young
friend
,
”
said
she
to
me
,
in
her
mysterious
way
.
“
Diminutive
.
But
ve-ry
sagacious
!
Well
,
my
dear
,
it
's
a
pretty
anecdote
.
Nothing
more
.
Still
I
think
it
charming
.
Who
should
follow
us
down
the
road
from
the
coach
,
my
dear
,
but
a
poor
person
in
a
very
ungenteel
bonnet
—
—
”
“
Jenny
,
if
you
please
,
miss
,
”
said
Charley
.
“
Just
so
!
”
Miss
Flite
acquiesced
with
the
greatest
suavity
.
“
Jenny
.
Ye-es
!
And
what
does
she
tell
our
young
friend
,
but
that
there
has
been
a
lady
with
a
veil
inquiring
at
her
cottage
after
my
dear
Fitz
Jarndyce
's
health
,
and
taking
a
handkerchief
away
with
her
as
a
little
keepsake
,
merely
because
it
was
my
amiable
Fitz
Jarndyce
's
!
Now
,
you
know
,
so
very
prepossessing
in
the
lady
with
the
veil
!
”
“
If
you
please
,
miss
,
”
said
Charley
,
to
whom
I
looked
in
some
astonishment
,
“
Jenny
says
that
when
her
baby
died
,
you
left
a
handkerchief
there
,
and
that
she
put
it
away
and
kept
it
with
the
baby
's
little
things
.
I
think
,
if
you
please
,
partly
because
it
was
yours
,
miss
,
and
partly
because
it
had
covered
the
baby
.
”
“
Diminutive
,
”
whispered
Miss
Flite
,
making
a
variety
of
motions
about
her
own
forehead
to
express
intellect
in
Charley
.
“
But
ex-ceedingly
sagacious
!
And
so
clear
!
My
love
,
she
's
clearer
than
any
Counsel
I
ever
heard
!
”
“
Yes
,
Charley
,
”
I
returned
.
“
I
remember
it
.
Well
?
”
“
Well
,
miss
,
”
said
Charley
,
“
and
that
's
the
handkerchief
the
lady
took
.
And
Jenny
wants
you
to
know
that
she
would
n't
have
made
away
with
it
herself
for
a
heap
of
money
,
but
that
the
lady
took
it
,
and
left
some
money
instead
.
Jenny
do
n't
know
her
at
all
,
if
you
please
,
miss
?
”
“
Why
,
who
can
she
be
?
”
said
I
.
“
My
love
,
”
Miss
Flite
suggested
,
advancing
her
lips
to
my
ear
,
with
her
most
mysterious
look
,
“
in
my
opinion
—
do
n't
mention
this
to
our
diminutive
friend
—
she
's
the
Lord
Chancellor
's
wife
.
He
's
married
,
you
know
.
And
I
understand
she
leads
him
a
terrible
life
.
Throws
his
lordship
's
papers
into
the
fire
,
my
dear
,
if
he
wo
n't
pay
the
jeweller
!
”
I
did
not
think
very
much
about
this
lady
then
,
for
I
had
an
impression
that
it
might
be
Caddy
.
Besides
,
my
attention
was
diverted
by
my
visitor
,
who
was
cold
after
her
ride
,
and
looked
hungry
;
and
who
,
our
dinner
being
brought
in
,
required
some
little
assistance
in
arraying
herself
with
great
satisfaction
in
a
pitiable
old
scarf
and
a
much-worn
and
often-mended
pair
of
gloves
,
which
she
had
brought
down
in
a
paper
parcel
.
I
had
to
preside
,
too
,
over
the
entertainment
,
consisting
of
a
dish
of
fish
,
a
roast
fowl
,
a
sweetbread
,
vegetables
,
pudding
,
and
Madeira
;
and
it
was
so
pleasant
to
see
how
she
enjoyed
it
,
and
with
what
state
and
ceremony
she
did
honor
to
it
,
that
I
was
soon
thinking
of
nothing
else
.
When
we
had
finished
,
and
had
our
little
dessert
before
us
,
embellished
by
the
hands
of
my
dear
,
who
would
yield
the
superintendence
of
everything
prepared
for
me
to
no
one
;
Miss
Flite
was
so
very
chatty
and
happy
,
that
I
thought
I
would
lead
her
to
her
own
history
,
as
she
was
always
pleased
to
talk
about
herself
.
I
began
by
saying
“
You
have
attended
on
the
Lord
Chancellor
many
years
,
Miss
Flite
?
”
“
O
many
,
many
,
many
years
,
my
dear
.
But
I
expect
a
judgment
.
Shortly
.
”
There
was
an
anxiety
even
in
her
hopefulness
,
that
made
me
doubtful
if
I
had
done
right
in
approaching
the
subject
.
I
thought
I
would
say
no
more
about
it
.
“
My
father
expected
a
Judgment
,
”
said
Miss
Flite
.
“
My
brother
.
My
sister
.
They
all
expected
a
Judgment
.
The
same
that
I
expect
.
”
“
They
are
all
—
—
”
“
Ye-es
.
Dead
of
course
,
my
dear
,
”
said
she
.
As
I
saw
she
would
go
on
,
I
thought
it
best
to
try
to
be
serviceable
to
her
by
meeting
the
theme
,
rather
than
avoiding
it
.
“
Would
it
not
be
wiser
,
”
said
I
,
“
to
expect
this
Judgment
no
more
?
”
“
Why
,
my
dear
,
”
she
answered
promptly
,
“
of
course
it
would
!
”
“
And
to
attend
the
court
no
more
?
”
“
Equally
of
course
,
”
said
she
.
“
Very
wearing
to
be
always
in
expectation
of
what
never
comes
,
my
dear
Fitz
Jarndyce
!
Wearing
,
I
assure
you
,
to
the
bone
!
”
She
slightly
showed
me
her
arm
,
and
it
was
fearfully
thin
indeed
.
“
But
,
my
dear
,
”
she
went
on
,
in
her
mysterious
way
,
“
there
's
a
dreadful
attraction
in
the
place
.
Hush
!
Do
n't
mention
it
to
our
diminutive
friend
,
when
she
comes
in
.
Or
it
may
frighten
her
.
With
good
reason
.
There
's
a
cruel
attraction
in
the
place
.
You
ca
n't
leave
it
.
And
you
must
expect
.
”
I
tried
to
assure
her
that
this
was
not
so
.
She
heard
me
patiently
and
smilingly
,
but
was
ready
with
her
own
answer
.
“
Aye
,
aye
,
aye
!
You
think
so
,
because
I
am
a
little
rambling
.
Ve-ry
absurd
,
to
be
a
little
rambling
,
is
it
not
?
Ve-ry
confusing
,
too
.
To
the
head
.
I
find
it
so
.
But
,
my
dear
,
I
have
been
there
many
years
,
and
I
have
noticed
.
It
's
the
Mace
and
Seal
upon
the
table
.
”
What
could
they
do
,
did
she
think
?
I
mildly
asked
her
.
“
Draw
,
”
returned
Miss
Flite
.
“
Draw
people
on
,
my
dear
.
Draw
peace
out
of
them
.
Sense
out
of
them
.
Good
looks
out
of
them
.
Good
qualities
out
of
them
.
I
have
felt
them
even
drawing
my
rest
away
in
the
night
.
Cold
and
glittering
devils
!
”
She
tapped
me
several
times
upon
the
arm
,
and
nodded
good-humouredly
,
as
if
she
were
anxious
I
should
understand
that
I
had
no
cause
to
fear
her
,
though
she
spoke
so
gloomily
,
and
confided
these
awful
secrets
to
me
.
“
Let
me
see
,
”
said
she
.
“
I
'll
tell
you
my
own
case
.
Before
they
ever
drew
me
—
before
I
had
ever
seen
them
—
what
was
it
I
used
to
do
?
Tambourine
playing
?
No.
Tambour
work
.
I
and
my
sister
worked
at
tambour
work
.
Our
father
and
our
brother
had
a
builder
's
business
.
We
all
lived
together
.
Ve-ry
respectably
,
my
dear
!
First
,
our
father
was
drawn
—
slowly
.
Home
was
drawn
with
him
.
In
a
few
years
,
he
was
a
fierce
,
sour
,
angry
bankrupt
,
without
a
kind
word
or
a
kind
look
for
any
one
.
He
had
been
so
different
,
Fitz
Jarndyce
.
He
was
drawn
to
a
debtor
's
prison
.
There
he
died
.
Then
our
brother
was
drawn
—
swiftly
—
to
drunkenness
.
And
rags
.
And
death
.
Then
my
sister
was
drawn
.
Hush
!
Never
ask
to
what
!
Then
I
was
ill
,
and
in
misery
;
and
heard
,
as
I
had
often
heard
before
,
that
this
was
all
the
work
of
Chancery
.
When
I
got
better
,
I
went
to
look
at
the
Monster
.
And
then
I
found
out
how
it
was
,
and
I
was
drawn
to
stay
there
.
”
Having
got
over
her
own
short
narrative
,
in
the
delivery
of
which
she
had
spoken
in
a
low
,
strained
voice
,
as
if
the
shock
were
fresh
upon
her
,
she
gradually
resumed
her
usual
air
of
amiable
importance
.
“
You
do
n't
quite
credit
me
,
my
dear
!
Well
well
!
You
will
,
some
day
.
I
am
a
little
rambling
.
But
I
have
noticed
.
I
have
seen
many
new
faces
come
,
unsuspicious
,
within
the
influence
of
the
Mace
and
Seal
,
in
these
many
years
.
As
my
father
's
came
there
.
As
my
brother
's
.
As
my
sister
's
.
As
my
own
.
I
hear
Conversation
Kenge
,
and
the
rest
of
them
,
say
to
the
new
faces
,
‘Here
's
little
Miss
Flite
.
O
you
are
new
here
;
and
you
must
come
and
be
presented
to
little
Miss
Flite
!
’
Ve-ry
good
.
Proud
I
am
sure
to
have
the
honor
!
And
we
all
laugh
.
But
,
Fitz
Jarndyce
,
I
know
what
will
happen
.
I
know
,
far
better
than
they
do
,
when
the
attraction
has
begun
.
I
know
the
signs
,
my
dear
.
I
saw
them
begin
in
Gridley
.
And
I
saw
them
end
.
Fitz
Jarndyce
,
my
love
,
”
speaking
low
again
,
“
I
saw
them
beginning
in
our
friend
the
Ward
in
Jarndyce
.
Let
some
one
hold
him
back
.
Or
he
'll
be
drawn
to
ruin
.
”
She
looked
at
me
in
silence
for
some
moments
,
with
her
face
gradually
softening
into
a
smile
.
Seeming
to
fear
that
she
had
been
too
gloomy
,
and
seeming
also
to
lose
the
connexion
in
her
mind
,
she
said
,
politely
,
as
she
sipped
her
glass
of
wine
,
“
Yes
,
my
dear
,
as
I
was
saying
,
I
expect
a
Judgment
.
Shortly
.
Then
I
shall
release
my
birds
,
you
know
,
and
confer
estates
.
”
I
was
much
impressed
by
her
allusion
to
Richard
,
and
by
the
sad
meaning
,
so
sadly
illustrated
in
her
poor
pinched
form
,
that
made
its
way
through
all
her
incoherence
.
But
happily
for
her
,
she
was
quite
complacent
again
now
,
and
beamed
with
nods
and
smiles
.
“
But
,
my
dear
,
”
she
said
,
gaily
,
reaching
another
hand
to
put
it
upon
mine
.
“
You
have
not
congratulated
me
on
my
physician
.
Positively
not
once
,
yet
!
”
I
was
obliged
to
confess
that
I
did
not
quite
know
what
she
meant
.
“
My
physician
,
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
my
dear
,
who
was
so
exceedingly
attentive
to
me
.
Though
his
services
were
rendered
quite
gratuitously
.
Until
the
Day
of
Judgment
.
I
mean
the
judgment
that
will
dissolve
the
spell
upon
me
of
the
Mace
and
Seal
.
”
“
Mr.
Woodcourt
is
so
far
away
,
now
,
”
said
I
,
“
that
I
thought
the
time
for
such
congratulation
was
past
,
Miss
Flite
.
”
“
But
,
my
child
,
”
she
returned
,
“
is
it
possible
that
you
do
n't
know
what
has
happened
?
”
“
No
,
”
said
I
.
“
Not
what
everybody
has
been
talking
of
,
my
beloved
Fitz
Jarndyce
?
”
“
No
,
”
said
I
.
“
You
forget
how
long
I
have
been
here
.
”
“
True
!
My
dear
,
for
the
moment
—
true
.
I
blame
myself
.
But
my
memory
has
been
drawn
out
of
me
,
with
everything
else
,
by
what
I
mentioned
.
Ve-ry
strong
influence
,
is
it
not
?
Well
,
my
dear
,
there
has
been
a
terrible
shipwreck
over
in
those
East-Indian
seas
.
”
“
Mr.
Woodcourt
shipwrecked
!
”
“
Do
n't
be
agitated
,
my
dear
.
He
is
safe
.
An
awful
scene
.
Death
in
all
shapes
.
Hundreds
of
dead
and
dying
.
Fire
,
storm
,
and
darkness
.
Numbers
of
the
drowning
thrown
upon
a
rock
.
There
,
and
through
it
all
,
my
dear
physician
was
a
hero
.
Calm
and
brave
,
through
everything
.
Saved
many
lives
,
never
complained
in
hunger
and
thirst
,
wrapped
naked
people
in
his
spare
clothes
,
took
the
lead
,
showed
them
what
to
do
,
governed
them
,
tended
the
sick
,
buried
the
dead
,
and
brought
the
poor
survivors
safely
off
at
last
!
My
dear
,
the
poor
emaciated
creatures
all
but
worshipped
him
.
They
fell
down
at
his
feet
,
when
they
got
to
the
land
,
and
blessed
him
.
The
whole
country
rings
with
it
.
Stay
!
Where
's
my
bag
of
documents
?
I
have
got
it
there
,
and
you
shall
read
it
,
you
shall
read
it
!
”
And
I
did
read
all
the
noble
history
;
though
very
slowly
and
imperfectly
then
,
for
my
eyes
were
so
dimmed
that
I
could
not
see
the
words
,
and
I
cried
so
much
that
I
was
many
times
obliged
to
lay
down
the
long
account
she
had
cut
out
of
the
newspaper
.
I
felt
so
triumphant
ever
to
have
known
the
man
who
had
done
such
generous
and
gallant
deeds
;
I
felt
such
glowing
exultation
in
his
renown
;
I
so
admired
and
loved
what
he
had
done
;
that
I
envied
the
storm-worn
people
who
had
fallen
at
his
feet
and
blessed
him
as
their
preserver
.
I
could
myself
have
kneeled
down
then
,
so
far
away
,
and
blessed
him
,
in
my
rapture
that
he
should
be
so
truly
good
and
brave
.
I
felt
that
no
one
—
mother
,
sister
,
wife
—
could
honor
him
more
than
I
.
I
did
,
indeed
!
My
poor
little
visitor
made
me
a
present
of
the
account
,
and
when
,
as
the
evening
began
to
close
in
,
she
rose
to
take
her
leave
,
lest
she
should
miss
the
coach
by
which
she
was
to
return
,
she
was
still
full
of
the
ship-wreck
,
which
I
had
not
yet
sufficiently
composed
myself
to
understand
in
all
its
details
.
“
My
dear
,
”
said
she
,
as
she
carefully
folded
up
her
scarf
and
gloves
,
“
my
brave
physician
ought
to
have
a
Title
bestowed
upon
him
.
And
no
doubt
he
will
.
You
are
of
that
opinion
?
”
That
he
well
deserved
one
,
yes
.
That
he
would
ever
have
one
,
no.
“
Why
not
,
Fitz
Jarndyce
?
”
she
asked
,
rather
sharply
.
I
said
it
was
not
the
custom
in
England
to
confer
titles
on
men
distinguished
by
peaceful
services
,
however
good
and
great
;
unless
occasionally
,
when
they
consisted
of
the
accumulation
of
some
very
large
amount
of
money
.
“
Why
,
good
gracious
,
”
said
Miss
Flite
,
“
how
can
you
say
that
?
Surely
you
know
,
my
dear
,
that
all
the
greatest
ornaments
of
England
,
in
knowledge
,
imagination
,
active
humanity
,
and
improvement
of
every
sort
,
are
added
to
its
nobility
!
Look
round
you
,
my
dear
,
and
consider
.
You
must
be
rambling
a
little
now
,
I
think
,
if
you
do
n't
know
that
this
is
the
great
reason
why
titles
will
always
last
in
the
land
!
”
I
am
