.'
Be
quiet
,
'
she
answered
;
'
what
an
excitable
person
you
are
!
I
have
dined
,
and
do
not
want
anything
except
a
cup
of
tea
,
which
I
will
make
by
and
by
for
both
of
us
.
You
look
tired
,
Rupert
,
where
have
you
been
spending
the
day
?
'
'
Oh
,
I
do
n't
know
,
'
he
replied
;
'
it
matters
not
.
But
are
you
staying
in
town
?
or
how
is
it
you
come
so
suddenly
?
'
'
I
think
you
must
have
your
tea
first
,
'
she
said
,
'
and
then
we
will
talk
about
it
.
At
present
not
a
word
more
.
'
And
she
threw
off
her
cloak
and
began
to
search
for
the
tea
things
.
'
You
must
let
me
help
you
,
'
said
Rupert
,
his
spirits
wonderfully
revived
at
the
beautiful
apparition
.
'
You
cannot
guess
the
geography
of
this
place
.
'
Accordingly
,
they
were
soon
opening
cupboards
,
bringing
out
the
curious
old
bits
of
china
in
which
Rupert
took
a
certain
pride
,
and
,
it
must
be
confessed
,
getting
a
great
deal
in
each
other
's
way
.
At
last
Hippolyta
insisted
on
his
sitting
down
where
she
bade
him
,
and
herself
arranged
the
low
table
in
front
of
the
fire
.
It
was
a
cosy
scene
.
The
light
played
here
and
there
on
the
quaint
cups
and
saucers
,
brought
out
the
gleam
of
the
silver
,
and
showed
pictures
,
statuettes
of
marble
,
heavy
crimson
draperies
,
and
the
confused
mingling
of
carved
woodwork
,
half-theatrical
costumes
,
vases
of
flowers
,
painters
'
lay-figures
,
and
pieces
of
shining
armour
,
which
made
up
the
ensemble
of
Rupert
's
abode
.
Sitting
there
with
the
dark
night
about
them
,
the
rich
folds
of
crimson
drooping
to
the
floor
,
amid
a
stillness
hardly
broken
by
the
far-off
murmur
of
the
London
streets
,
Rupert
and
Hippolyta
might
have
fancied
themselves
in
a
world
from
which
reality
was
shut
out
.
He
said
to
her
,
'
We
have
never
been
so
much
to
ourselves
as
now
.
How
still
the
night
is
!
Can
you
imagine
that
London
is
at
the
door
?
'
'
You
are
right
,
'
said
Hippolyta
.
'
We
were
not
so
much
alone
the
first
evening
I
saw
you
,
when
you
dined
at
Falside
.
Do
you
remember
the
stillness
then
?
But
the
thought
of
an
immense
city
near
heightens
it
.
Ah
,
that
first
meeting
!
I
suppose
you
are
confident
even
now
that
you
cared
for
Hippolyta
as
soon
as
you
set
eyes
on
her
?
'
'
Confident
!
'
cried
Rupert
;
'
I
know
it
,
and
so
do
you
,
although
you
pretend
not
.
'
'
And
what
of
my
feelings
?
'
she
asked
mischievously
.
'
You
would
not
,
of
course
,
allow
them
such
a
capacity
for
enthusiasm
?
You
believe
that
I
waited
until
you
spoke
,
and
then
gracefully
yielded
.
'
'
Why
,
Hippolyta
,
'
he
said
with
emotion
,
'
I
should
never
dream
that
ther
was
anything
in
me
to
call
out
enthusiasm
.
You
must
not
drive
me
wild
with
happiness
.
'
His
countenance
glowed
as
he
reflected
on
what
she
had
suggested
.
She
went
on
.
'
But
you
are
aware
that
I
believe
in
the
equality
of
the
sexes
;
therefore
,
if
I
like
,
I
can
suppose
a
woman
's
love
to
be
as
fervent
and
lasting
as
a
man
's
.
Nay
,
there
may
be
love
at
first
sight
in
us
too
,
weak
as
we
are
.
'
'
Do
you
mean
,
Hippolyta
,
that
when
you
told
me
your
name
at
the
chalet
you
were
as
much
moved
as
I
was
?
'
'
Would
you
scorn
me
if
I
said
so
?
Well
,
Rupert
,
I
want
you
to
be
sure
of
this
—
when
our
eyes
met
for
the
first
time
our
fate
was
decided
.
'
He
looked
at
her
in
great
surprise
,
as
well
as
delight
.
There
was
a
meaning
in
her
words
that
he
had
yet
to
unravel
.
She
spoke
in
clear
firm
tones
,
but
her
eyes
were
fixed
on
the
ground
.
'
You
are
an
extraordinary
woman
,
'
he
said
,
'
and
you
have
your
own
way
of
captivating
a
poor
fellow
.
If
you
did
,
indeed
,
care
for
me
as
much
as
I
did
for
you
from
the
hour
of
our
meeting
,
it
is
plain
that
we
were
intended
for
one
another
.
And
so
we
are
.
Nothing
can
separate
us
.
'
'
Dear
Rupert
,
'
she
said
,
'
you
asked
me
why
I
came
.
Let
me
tell
you
.
But
promise
that
you
will
hear
me
to
the
end
and
express
no
feeling
one
way
or
the
other
till
I
have
said
my
last
word
.
A
woman
's
last
word
,
'
she
went
on
,
smiling
for
a
moment
,
'
you
think
it
will
be
long
in
coming
.
But
no
,
it
is
a
short
story
.
Do
you
promise
?
'
He
did
not
know
what
to
make
of
her
.
'
I
promise
,
surely
,
'
he
said
.
She
folded
her
hands
over
her
knees
in
a
favourite
attitude
of
hers
,
and
lifted
her
eyes
steadily
to
Rupert
's
face
.
He
could
not
help
feeling
excited
,
but
he
kept
still
.
'
I
must
begin
,
'
she
said
,
'
with
what
happened
after
you
left
Trelingham
.
I
could
not
speak
to
you
in
the
Countess
's
hearing
,
or
I
should
have
begged
you
to
wait
another
day
.
It
was
possible
that
my
father
would
wish
to
see
you
.
However
,
you
had
given
me
your
promise
,
and
I
was
not
surprised
on
hearing
that
you
had
gone
.
I
learned
it
only
three
days
after
,
when
my
father
bade
me
farewell
and
I
was
able
to
call
at
Trelingham
.
They
were
three
busy
days
;
and
you
will
perhaps
forgive
me
if
,
in
the
joy
of
seeing
my
father
again
,
I
put
off
,
or
rather
could
find
no
time
to
write
the
note
I
intended
.
We
had
so
many
things
to
settle
.
I
told
him
our
story
.
He
knows
all
about
you
;
likes
you
,
I
think
,
and
said
I
must
please
myself
.
As
for
him
,
the
summons
he
had
been
expecting
for
months
had
come
at
last
.
He
was
allowed
only
the
necessary
time
to
put
his
affairs
in
order
and
to
say
good-bye
.
I
do
not
know
whither
he
has
gone
.
All
I
know
is
that
he
will
have
to
run
the
extremest
risk
.
I
must
be
resigned
,
he
said
,
if
I
never
see
him
again
.
It
is
hard
,
Rupert
,
is
it
not
?
'
She
was
too
much
affected
to
go
on
.
Rupert
looked
at
her
with
pitying
eyes
.
'
Is
there
no
remedy
?
'
he
inquired
.
'
Could
you
not
persuade
your
father
to
renounce
the
enterprise
?
'
'
Oh
,
impossible
,
'
she
said
;
'
I
know
him
too
well
.
When
he
decides
that
a
duty
lies
before
him
he
will
go
through
fire
and
water
;
there
is
no
holding
him
back
.
I
did
not
venture
on
a
word
of
dissuasion
;
but
I
said
,
as
he
was
going
,
"
And
so
,
father
,
you
leave
me
alone
in
the
world
.
"
I
could
not
forbear
saying
that
.
But
he
kissed
me
,
and
answered
,
"
You
will
not
be
alone
if
Mr.
Glanville
is
true
,
"
and
without
a
word
more
he
left
me
.
Hush
,
you
are
going
to
speak
and
to
violate
your
pledge
.
No
,
Rupert
,
wait
.
This
is
not
the
end
of
my
story
.
'
I
felt
miserable
indeed
when
he
was
gone
.
Towards
evening
the
cottage
looked
so
desolate
that
I
resolved
to
avail
myself
of
Lord
Trelingham
's
hospitality
,
and
occupy
the
room
which
he
calls
mine
,
the
dear
old
man
.
It
was
dark
when
I
arrived
,
and
the
place
looked
strangely
quiet
after
the
brilliant
spectacle
of
the
birthday
festivities
,
the
dress
ball
,
and
the
tableaux
vivants
.
The
music
of
the
dance
had
been
ringing
in
my
ears
incessantly
till
I
entered
the
vestibule
;
but
there
,
under
the
sudden
conviction
that
it
was
all
over
,
that
it
had
gone
like
a
vision
of
the
night
,
it
seemed
to
stop
.
I
felt
that
you
were
gone
.
Would
not
an
instinct
have
drawn
you
from
your
upper
chamber
,
brought
you
from
the
chalet
,
had
you
been
there
and
Hippolyta
at
the
door
?
Ah
yes
,
Rupert
,
you
love
this
poor
foolish
maiden
,
and
she
loves
you
,
I
think
.
So
they
came
out
and
made
me
welcome
,
and
told
me
of
the
pleasures
I
had
missed
by
going
home
;
and
that
you
,
to
their
astonishment
,
had
not
stayed
out
the
festivities
,
but
had
been
hurried
away
on
they
knew
not
what
business
to
London
.
And
then
they
praised
the
tableaux
,
and
we
were
deep
all
that
evening
in
questions
of
Celtic
poetry
and
the
significance
of
the
San
Greal
.
Lord
Trelingham
asked
me
when
my
father
would
come
again
.
I
told
him
I
did
not
know
;
that
all
was
uncertain
with
him
and
consequently
with
me
,
but
,
as
the
truth
was
,
that
he
had
been
pleased
on
hearing
of
my
new
life
among
these
kind
friends
,
and
especially
that
I
had
witnessed
the
glories
of
the
coming
of
age
.
'
The
change
and
stir
were
good
for
me
.
I
could
not
have
borne
the
solitude
of
Falside
.
But
I
was
haunted
by
a
vague
suspicion
that
Lady
May
,
who
is
the
least
friendly
of
them
all
,
had
looked
at
me
askance
,
perhaps
because
she
imputed
to
my
interference
your
leaving
the
Court
.
I
could
not
tell
,
and
I
did
not
think
much
of
it
.
Next
morning
,
as
I
was
sitting
by
the
window
where
you
found
me
that
day
,
—
you
have
not
forgotten
?
—
it
struck
me
as
extraordinary
that
there
was
not
one
of
the
family
to
be
seen
.
Where
could
they
all
be
?
They
had
left
me
after
breakfast
and
scattered
as
usual
;
but
the
long
absence
from
the
morning-room
was
not
usual
,
at
least
when
I
happened
to
be
staying
in
the
house
.
I
began
to
think
what
it
might
mean
.
Towards
one
o'clock
,
however
,
the
Countess
ran
hastily
in
,
and
—
you
know
her
way
—
without
preface
or
preliminary
,
threw
her
arms
about
my
neck
,
kissed
me
in
a
sort
of
rapture
,
and
cried
out
,
"
Wish
me
joy
,
my
dear
,
she
has
refused
him
.
"
I
was
bewildered
.
"
She
—
who
?
"
I
asked
.
"
Refused
whom
?
"
The
Countess
did
not
leave
me
in
doubt
.
"
May
has
refused
my
Cousin
Tom
,
"
she
said
,
and
danced
down
the
room
in
wild
excitement
.
'
Rupert
gave
an
exclamation
of
surprise
.
He
remembered
the
fragment
of
conversation
he
had
heard
,
when
walking
on
the
front
terrace
,
between
the
Countess
and
Lady
May
.
The
words
came
back
to
him
as
they
had
been
uttered
by
Karina
,
'
Well
,
then
,
if
you
do
not
care
for
him
,
you
ought
to
refuse
him
.
'
Had
Tom
Davenant
proposed
to
the
Earl
's
daughter
?
He
put
the
question
to
Hippolyta
.
'
You
shall
hear
,
'
she
answered
.
'
When
I
could
get
the
Countess
to
be
still
and
sit
down
like
a
reasonable
creature
,
she
began
,
without
pressing
,
to
explain
the
events
of
the
morning
.
She
had
been
aware
,
for
some
time
,
that
a
crisis
was
at
hand
.
Every
one
knows
,
and
indeed
she
is
not
by
way
of
making
it
a
secret
,
that
she
wishes
to
marry
Mr.
Davenant
.
She
told
me
as
much
herself
at
the
outset
.
But
it
appears
that
Mr.
Davenant
some
two
years
ago
made
a
formal
offer
of
marriage
to
Lady
May
through
her
father
.
The
Earl
did
not
consider
it
necessary
to
tell
his
daughter
then
,
and
insisted
on
her
cousin
's
silence
till
he
came
of
age
.
But
the
young
man
adhered
to
his
resolution
.
At
the
earliest
moment
he
could
,
when
all
the
guests
,
including
his
mother
,
had
left
Trelingham
,
he
went
to
the
Earl
and
renewed
his
proposal
.
What
passed
between
them
nobody
of
course
can
tell
.
Karina
,
who
never
quitted
her
Cousin
Tom
's
footsteps
during
those
days
,
saw
him
enter
the
library
,
and
half
an
hour
afterwards
heard
Lord
Trelingham
ring
his
bell
.
She
was
still
watching
when
the
servant
who
answered
it
went
off
again
to
Lady
May
's
room
,
and
the
latter
came
downstairs
—
looking
very
much
concerned
,
said
Karina
—
and
knocked
at
the
library
door
.
It
opened
,
Lady
May
went
in
;
and
the
Countess
,
steady
at
her
post
,
heard
a
murmur
of
voices
,
one
of
which
by
degrees
became
loud
and
firm
.
The
conference
lasted
not
very
long
;
and
Karina
,
fearful
of
what
might
happen
if
she
were
discovered
lingering
so
near
,
walked
down
the
hall
and
stood
by
the
entrance
,
pretending
,
as
she
told
me
,
to
be
looking
at
the
weather
.
She
heard
the
door
open
again
,
and
Lady
May
came
with
hasty
footsteps
along
the
hall
.
Karina
turned
as
she
drew
near
.
Her
cousin
's
face
was
hot
and
flushed
;
she
looked
angry
.
On
seeing
the
Countess
she
paused
,
hesitated
,
and
struck
,
as
it
would
appear
,
with
a
sudden
inspiration
,
walked
over
to
her
,
and
said
,
"
Karina
,
you
may
marry
Tom
when
you
like
.
I
will
never
marry
him
.
"
These
were
her
very
words
.
"
Have
you
told
him
so
?
"
the
Countess
inquired
.
"
I
have
told
him
in
my
father
's
presence
;
and
now
I
hope
there
will
be
an
end
of
this
.
"
Karina
stayed
to
hear
no
more
.
She
came
on
the
instant
to
find
me
,
whom
she
supposed
to
be
in
the
morning-room
;
for
,
as
she
said
,
a
joy
that
one
cannot
communicate
is
not
worth
having
.
And
besides
—
.
'
Hippolyta
looked
about
and
stopped
in
her
embarrassment
.
She
did
not
see
her
way
to
continue
.
'
Yes
,
'
said
Rupert
,
'
and
besides
?
What
other
reason
had
she
?
'
Hippolyta
heaved
a
sigh
.
'
These
are
curious
confessions
to
make
,
'
she
said
.
'
You
must
know
then
,
Rupert
,
that
the
Countess
wanted
to
thank
me
for
my
share
in
the
transaction
.
My
share
?
I
asked
her
what
it
had
been
,
and
she
told
me
.
I
felt
ashamed
while
she
spoke
.
That
Russian
lady
was
born
to
make
mischief
,
as
you
will
grant
when
I
tell
you
about
her
.
'
'
I
grant
it
already
,
'
said
the
artist
;
'
she
is
cunning
and
unprincipled
.
'
'
Cunning
,
certainly
,
'
replied
Hippolyta
;
and
she
rehearsed
the
conversation
which
had
taken
place
at
Falside
between
herself
and
Madame
de
Lutenieff
,
delivering
,
as
she
judged
to
be
expedient
,
a
round
unvarnished
tale
.
Rupert
was
very
angry
;
he
saw
now
that
his
suspicions
had
been
well
founded
.
This
woman
would
have
set
Hippolyta
and
Lady
May
at
daggers
drawn
to
achieve
her
purpose
.
'
She
came
to
thank
me
,
'
said
Hippolyta
,
almost
in
tears
,
'
for
the
admirable
way
in
which
I
had
played
my
part
and
stirred
Lady
May
to
jealousy
,
not
only
during
the
week
before
the
ball
,
but
on
that
evening
.
My
sudden
departure
,
followed
by
yours
next
day
,
she
called
a
master-stroke
.
I
could
hardly
find
words
,
but
I
assured
her
that
it
was
pure
accident
which
recalled
me
to
Falside
.
"
Accident
or
design
,
"
she
replied
,
"
it
could
not
have
happened
better
.
My
Cousin
May
has
been
ever
since
in
a
state
of
the
deepest
melancholy
,
and
all
idea
of
rewarding
Mr.
Davenant
for
his
great
kindness
in
proposing
is
at
an
end
.
"
I
had
nothing
to
remark
on
that
point
,
and
was
silent
.
But
she
would
not
let
me
alone
.
She
congratulated
me
on
my
philosophy
,
wished
she
were
as
detached
from
the
world
herself
,
and
assured
me
I
had
done
an
excellent
thing
in
helping
Lady
May
to
follow
the
path
of
affection
.
Her
conclusion
was
,
"
She
will
now
marry
Mr.
Glanville
,
and
they
will
live
happy
ever
after
.
And
,
my
dear
Hippolyta
,
it
will
have
been
all
your
doing
.
"
Oh
,
how
can
one
woman
stab
another
in
this
deliberate
way
!
'
'
Women
of
the
world
,
as
you
call
them
,
Hippolyta
,
are
capable
of
everything
,
'
said
Rupert
;
'
they
have
no
heart
,
or
have
gambled
it
away
.
And
so
,
May
Davenant
is
to
marry
me
,
whether
I
like
it
or
no.
I
wonder
what
that
lady
herself
thinks
about
it
.
'
'
You
will
not
wonder
long
;
I
am
coming
to
that
,
'
she
answered
very
seriously
.
'
Karina
had
only
just
finished
speaking
when
Lady
May
came
in
.
I
had
often
thought
her
a
person
of
violent
temper
,
but
she
was
now
in
a
state
of
excitement
such
as
I
had
never
witnessed
.
Her
eyes
blazed
.
"
Karina
,
"
she
said
,
"
this
is
a
matter
on
which
the
less
secrecy
is
kept
the
better
.
"
And
with
that
she
turned
to
where
I
was
sitting
.
"
I
daresay
you
have
heard
,
Miss
Valence
,
from
my
cousin
here
what
has
just
taken
place
?
"
I
murmured
assent
.
"
Yes
,
"
she
said
,
"
it
is
true
.
I
have
refused
Mr
Davenant
once
and
for
all
.
It
is
not
,
it
shall
not
be
a
secret
.
You
may
mention
it
to
whom
you
please
.
Mrs.
Davenant
will
hear
,
no
doubt
,
that
the
offer
has
been
made
,
and
then
all
the
world
will
know
of
it
.
"
Karina
interrupted
her
.
"
If
it
depends
on
Tom
,
"
she
said
,
"
Mrs.
Davenant
will
not
be
any
the
wiser
.
I
am
sure
he
will
not
tell
her
.
"
—
"
Well
,
it
is
all
one
to
me
,
"
said
Lady
May
;
"
my
cousin
means
well
,
but
I
am
not
going
to
be
importuned
.
I
will
not
stand
in
your
way
,
"
she
said
to
the
Countess
with
a
forced
laugh
.
"
Thank
you
so
much
,
"
answered
Karina
in
her
mocking
tone
.
"
As
I
was
telling
Miss
Valence
,
we
shall
read
one
of
these
days
that
a
marriage
has
been
arranged
and
will
shortly
take
place
between
Lady
May
Davenant
,
only
daughter
of
the
Earl
of
Trelingham
,
and
the
distinguished
artist
,
Mr.
Rupert
Glanville
.
"
"
'
You
have
been
telling
Miss
Valence
that
?
"
exclaimed
her
cousin
,
drawing
a
step
nearer
.
The
Countess
shrank
away
.
"
Well
,
why
not
?
"
she
asked
,
still
bent
on
making
mischief
.
The
reply
seemed
to
stagger
Lady
May
.
"
Why
not
?
"
she
echoed
absently
.
And
then
recovering
herself
,
she
looked
straight
into
my
eyes
.
"
Would
it
make
any
difference
to
you
,
Miss
Valence
,
if
I
did
?
"
she
asked
in
her
loftiest
manner
.
My
heart
sank
within
me
.
"
You
are
the
best
judge
of
your
own
actions
,
"
I
replied
,
showing
as
little
feeling
as
I
could
.
"
Then
you
are
not
in
love
with
Mr.
Glanville
?
"
was
her
question
,
full
of
mockery
and
malice
.
Karina
looked
on
,
amused
.
I
rose
;
I
would
not
wait
to
be
further
questioned
.
"
Make
my
excuses
,
please
,
to
Lord
Trelingham
,
"
I
said
,
"
and
allow
me
to
wish
you
good-morning
.
This
is
the
last
time
I
shall
trouble
you
,
Lady
May
.
"
I
was
going
to
the
door
when
the
Countess
interposed
.
She
begged
me
not
to
take
offence
;
it
was
her
fault
,
her
cousin
meant
nothing
.
Lady
May
stood
perfectly
silent
,
and
I
thought
would
not
speak
.
But
she
felt
,
I
suppose
,
that
she
had
been
guilty
of
a
breach
of
good
manners
,
and
that
it
was
due
to
herself
to
tender
an
apology
.
When
she
saw
I
was
bent
on
going
,
she
stepped
forward
and
begged
my
pardon
.
She
had
not
meant
to
be
rude
.
She
was
excited
;
would
I
forgive
her
?
I
thought
of
the
Earl
,
who
had
been
so
kind
to
me
,
and
how
my
departure
at
that
moment
would
make
a
reconciliation
between
the
families
more
impossible
than
ever
.
And
if
I
went
,
would
it
not
seem
a
confession
that
you
and
I
—
?
In
short
,
I
did
violence
to
myself
and
answered
meekly
.
But
I
could
not
stay
,
as
they
wished
me
,
beyond
the
next
few
hours
.
My
head
ached
,
and
I
was
,
you
may
imagine
how
wretched
.
Mr.
Davenant
did
not
appear
at
luncheon
.
He
was
busy
,
the
Earl
said
,
preparing
for
his
journey
to
Foxholme
,
where
he
had
to
meet
the
tenantry
next
day
.
The
Countess
was
radiant
,
Lord
Trelingham
serious
,
Lady
May
sullen
,
like
one
that
cannot
forgive
herself
for
seeming
lowered
in
the
eyes
of
a
friend
.
I
was
glad
to
get
home
.
I
shall
never
,
never
visit
Trelingham
again
.
'
'
Nor
I
,
'
said
Glanville
;
'
I
will
acquaint
Lord
Trelingham
by
the
next
post
that
our
engagement
is
ended
.
My
poor
darling
,
how
you
must
have
suffered
!
'
He
would
have
taken
her
hand
;
but
Hippolyta
,
who
had
drawn
closer
to
him
in
the
excitement
of
her
narrative
,
stood
up
,
and
walking
towards
the
fireplace
,
said
,
with
her
eyes
averted
:
'
But
why
did
I
not
remain
at
home
?
You
do
not
ask
me
that
.
Oh
,
no
,
'
she
exclaimed
suddenly
,
'
give
up
your
engagement
at
Trelingham
you
must
not
.
Honour
is
honour
.
'
'
It
will
be
only
paying
a
forfeit
which
I
can
well
afford
,
'
said
Rupert
,
'
and
I
cannot
look
Lady
May
in
the
face
again
after
her
atrocious
behaviour
.
'
'
Yes
,
you
can
,
'
said
Hippolyta
,
speaking
in
a
wonderfully
quiet
tone
.
'
How
is
it
possible
?
'
he
asked
.
'
Do
you
think
I
could
go
on
living
at
the
Court
while
you
were
in
a
kind
a
exile
at
Falside
?
'
'
I
shall
not
go
back
to
Falside
,
'
was
her
reply
.
'
What
!
'
said
Rupert
,
astonished
;
'
not
go
back
?
Have
you
any
other
plan
?
What
is
it
?
tell
me
.
'
'
Then
be
quiet
,
as
you
promised
,
'
she
said
;
and
with
great
seriousness
,
always
keeping
her
eyes
averted
,
she
went
on
,
'
Why
do
you
think
I
came
here
tonight
?
To
inform
you
that
Lady
May
had
hurt
my
feelings
?
No
,
not
exactly
.
When
a
girl
like
me
has
lost
father
and
mother
,
when
she
is
her
own
mistress
,
alone
in
the
world
,
without
any
one
to
look
to
for
light
or
guidance
except
the
man
she
loves
,
what
do
you
suppose
she
ought
to
do
?
'
Her
voice
sank
to
a
whisper
as
she
ended
.
Rupert
sprang
from
his
chair
.
'
My
darling
Hippolyta
,
'
he
cried
,
'
do
you
mean
to
say
that
you
will
marry
me
at
once
?
'
'
I
mean
,
'
she
said
,
as
he
took
her
to
his
bosom
,
'
that
I
am
yours
in
life
and
in
death
.
'
CHAPTER
XXI
THE
ORDINANCES
OF
THE
GODS
There
was
silence
in
the
room
.
They
could
neither
of
them
speak
or
move
in
the
flood
of
happiness
which
came
over
them
.
Hippolyta
was
the
first
to
release
herself
,
and
go
back
to
her
former
attitude
by
the
fire
.
She
waited
for
him
to
take
up
the
conversation
.
'
Then
,
'
said
Rupert
with
a
pleasant
laugh
,
sinking
back
into
the
chair
by
the
easel
,
'
I
must
get
a
special
license
as
early
as
I
can
—
to-morrow
morning
,
if
possible
.
'
Hippolyta
gave
him
a
curious
smiling
look
.
'
Who
grants
you
the
special
license
?
'
she
asked
.
'
I
do
n't
know
,
I
am
sure
,
'
he
answered
.
'
I
am
not
learned
in
these
things
.
I
fancy
it
is
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
.
'
'
Do
you
believe
in
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
?
'
she
inquired
,
still
smiling
.
He
,
too
,
smiled
at
the
question
on
her
lips
at
such
a
time
.
'
Not
a
great
deal
,
'
he
said
;
'
but
he
is
an
institution
,
a
piece
of
antiquity
.
And
we
cannot
be
married
without
him
.
'
'
Can
we
not
?
'
she
said
.
'
What
a
strange
thing
that
would
be
!
No
,
Rupert
,
we
do
not
want
the
Archbishop
's
license
,
or
any
one
else
's
.
'
The
words
sounded
strangely
on
her
lover
's
ear
.
'
You
are
excited
,
Hippolyta
,
'
he
said
,
'
and
it
makes
you
talk
in
a
fanciful
way
.
I
care
nothing
for
the
license
.
We
can
be
married
by
banns
,
in
the
old
fashion
,
if
you
like
;
but
it
will
take
more
time
,
and
you
will
have
to
be
called
by
Mr.
Truscombe
in
Trelingham
Church
.
'
'
Not
in
any
church
,
'
was
her
firm
reply
.
'
Listen
,
Rupert
,
I
see
you
do
not
understand
me
yet
.
I
love
you
with
my
whole
heart
,
but
I
have
not
ceased
to
be
Hippolyta
Valence
.
Do
you
know
how
I
have
been
brought
up
?
I
am
not
a
Christian
;
I
have
no
religion
,
except
to
follow
my
conscience
;
to
live
the
highest
life
and
help
towards
realising
the
noblest
ideas
.
My
father
has
taught
me
that
all
religions
debase
them
.
And
do
you
imagine
it
would
become
my
father
's
daughter
,
at
the
very
moment
he
is
staking
his
life
in
the
battle
for
the
future
,
to
stand
at
a
Christian
altar
and
submit
to
institutions
which
he
and
I
have
renounced
?
I
will
never
do
such
a
thing
.
'
'
But
my
dear
,
dear
Hippolyta
,
'
he
cried
in
amazement
,
'
it
is
only
a
ceremony
.
It
can
do
you
no
harm
.
'
'
Yes
,
it
can
do
me
this
harm
—
that
I
shall
be
acting
a
falsehood
.
I
have
neither
regard
for
the
Christian
ceremonies
nor
belief
in
the
creed
they
express
.
'
'
But
surely
you
believe
in
the
sacredness
of
wedlock
.
'
'
I
believe
in
the
sacredness
of
love
,
but
I
will
have
no
priest
to
utter
his
superstitious
formulas
over
my
head
,
or
recite
legends
to
which
I
must
hearken
while
despising
them
,
or
pretend
that
you
and
I
may
not
consecrate
our
hearts
to
one
another
without
his
leave
.
Nor
will
I
submit
to
any
civil
ordinance
.
To
bind
myself
before
man
would
be
more
foolish
even
than
to
take
an
oath
in
the
presence
of
a
God
I
do
not
believe
in
.
Why
should
you
care
,
Rupert
?
You
think
really
as
I
do
;
and
yet
you
are
the
slave
of
old
customs
.
Are
we
not
alone
in
the
world
,
simply
given
into
each
other
's
hands
by
nature
and
destiny
?
Can
a
priest
bid
you
cease
to
love
me
,
or
change
our
feelings
?
Here
is
the
marriage
of
true
minds
.
Can
he
allege
an
impediment
against
it
?
'
Her
beauty
and
eloquence
of
attitude
while
she
spoke
were
extraordinary
.
Rupert
could
not
take
his
eyes
off
her
.
A
deep
crimson
dyed
his
cheeks
;
there
seemed
to
be
a
singing
in
his
ears
,
and
a
tremor
of
emotion
ran
through
him
which
all
his
efforts
were
powerless
to
control
.
He
felt
himself
choking
.
What
,
what
demon
,
at
once
persuasive
and
malignant
,
had
thrust
Hippolyta
into
this
frightful
danger
?
How
,
good
heavens
,
had
she
been
so
foolish
,
so
innocent
,
as
to
confide
herself
,
at
such
a
time
,
under
such
circumstances
,
to
a
man
who
was
passionately
in
love
with
her
,
casting
away
like
an
unsuspecting
child
the
protection
with
which
society
girds
about
maiden
honour
?
'
Oh
,
'
he
murmured
,
sighing
heavily
and
turning
away
his
eyes
with
a
violent
effort
,
while
he
set
his
teeth
and
grasped
the
arm
of
the
chair
into
which
he
had
flung
himself
,
'
oh
,
to
pluck
this
rose
,
this
sweet
,
pale
rose
,
breathing
out
love
and
passion
!
Oh
,
pale
,
sweet
rose
,
to
be
trampled
in
the
mire
,
its
leaves
rent
,
its
fragrance
gone
,
and
I
to
be
such
a
villain
!
'
He
would
not
look
into
those
kindling
eyes
again
.
But
the
fire
in
his
heart
,
how
it
surged
,
how
it
ran
through
his
veins
!
It
was
the
hot
lava
fire
of
temptation
.
No
,
no
,
he
must
not
yield
.
'
How
did
you
dare
to
come
,
you
mad
,
impulsive
child
?
'
he
cried
,
still
choked
with
emotion
.
'
Dare
to
come
?
'
was
her
quiet
answer
.
'
Dare
,
Rupert
?
Not
come
to
you
because
I
dare
not
?
Why
,
what
risk
am
I
running
?
Rupert
will
not
harm
me
.
'
Her
voice
was
low
and
clear
;
it
never
trembled
.
'
Not
Rupert
,
'
he
said
huskily
,
putting
down
his
rebellious
spirit
with
a
firm
hand
;
'
not
Rupert
,
but
the
wildness
in
him
,
the
passion
you
have
so
cruelly
,
so
thoughtlessly
—
'
He
would
not
continue
.
Better
not
dwell
on
it
.
One
moment
of
weakness
and
they
were
lost
.
He
must
be
calm
,
find
arguments
against
his
own
tumultuous
feelings
,
against
her
innocent
but
most
fatal
delusion
.
But
what
reasoning
could
avail
?
She
did
not
comprehend
what
she
had
been
saying
,
what
her
principles
meant
,
into
what
a
net
she
had
cast
herself
.
To
her
the
world
was
utterly
unknown
.
He
could
not
reason
as
with
one
who
would
understand
his
half-words
.
Could
he
urge
the
example
of
society
?
She
would
laugh
it
to
scorn
.
Custom
,
usage
,
respectability
,
how
was
he
to
make
them
avail
where
education
had
taken
their
value
from
them
?
There
was
no
argument
there
.
At
last
he
exclaimed
:
'
But
,
Hippolyta
,
for
my
sake
,
darling
;
to
please
me
,
will
you
not
do
like
the
rest
of
the
world
?
You
shall
be
free
as
air
afterwards
.
I
have
never
given
a
thought
to
your
religious
views
.
You
learnt
them
from
your
father
,
and
it
is
not
for
me
to
say
I
know
more
about
such
things
than
he
does
.
I
was
brought
up
in
the
ordinary
way
;
I
took
my
own
line
when
I
became
a
man
,
as
you
know
.
My
friends
would
tell
you
,
very
likely
,
that
I
had
not
much
of
the
Christian
left
in
me
,
nor
do
I
suppose
I
have
.
But
some
points
we
must
observe
till
the
world
changes
.
'
'
My
world
has
changed
already
,
'
was
her
rejoinder
;
'
it
has
ceased
to
be
the
world
of
lying
conventions
and
foolish
worn-out
antiquities
.
It
is
the
world
of
truth
and
honour
and
love
.
If
I
could
not
promise
to
be
faithful
,
if
I
were
not
sure
of
my
own
heart
and
of
yours
—
'
'
How
can
you
be
sure
if
we
are
not
married
,
Hippolyta
?
'
His
voice
trembled
again
.
He
could
hardly
continue
.
'
Might
I
not
do
as
other
men
have
done
—
be
a
scoundrel
and
desert
the
woman
I
had
pretended
to
love
?
Where
would
be
her
remedy
?
'
He
shook
with
excitement
and
the
effort
to
keep
it
down
.
Hippolyta
fairly
laughed
.
'
And
do
you
think
the
Archbishop
's
license
would
give
her
a
remedy
?
What
a
charm
for
broken
hearts
!
Why
,
it
would
be
a
more
powerful
love-philter
than
Tristram
and
Iseult
drank
together
on
their
fatal
voyage
.
'
A
slight
pang
of
jealousy
shot
through
her
;
she
could
not
forget
the
tableau
in
which
Rupert
and
Lady
May
pledged
their
love
on
the
evening
of
the
ball
.
'
My
dear
child
,
'
said
Rupert
,
in
his
exasperation
,
'
you
argue
like
a
woman
.
It
is
not
a
question
of
feelings
but
of
rights
.
'
'
I
argue
like
my
father
,
who
has
often
told
me
that
the
great
wrong
on
which
all
modern
institutions
are
founded
is
the
divorce
between
feeling
and
right
.
'
'
But
he
married
Lady
Alice
.
He
submitted
to
the
social
ordinances
.
'
'
He
was
young
then
,
and
his
principles
were
not
fixed
as
they
afterwards
became
.
'
'
And
your
mother
?
a
man
that
marries
twice
must
surely
believe
in
matrimony
.
'
'
I
cannot
tell
,
'
said
Hippolyta
,
musing
,
but
not
,
as
it
would
seem
,
convinced
.
'
There
was
in
the
union
of
my
father
and
mother
all
the
sacredness
which
you
,
and
I
no
less
than
you
,
prize
in
wedlock
.
But
whether
they
went
through
civil
or
religious
forms
I
never
learnt
.
I
do
not
think
they
did
.
'
Rupert
,
in
spite
of
his
large-mindedness
,
felt
the
shock
.
'
And
is
it
possible
,
then
,
that
your
mother
was
not
married
?
'
he
exclaimed
,
with
growing
indignation
against
Colonel
Valence
.
'
Quite
possible
,
'
she
answered
in
a
tranquil
voice
;
not
married
as
men
speak
who
cling
to
the
conventional
.
But
she
loved
my
father
,
and
had
no
eyes
for
any
one
but
him
till
the
day
she
died
.
'
'
I
see
,
I
feel
,
'
he
said
,
being
utterly
baffled
,
'
what
an
influence
education
has
had
on
you
.
I
am
at
a
loss
what
to
say
.
You
are
in
the
wrong
;
you
do
injustice
to
that
highest
nature
you
hold
in
veneration
;
and
still
,
these
principles
are
so
novel
I
do
not
know
how
to
cope
with
them
.
Oh
,
'
he
cried
,
in
a
tone
of
vehement
desire
,
'
I
wish
Ivor
Mardol
were
here
.
You
could
not
resist
him
.
'
'
I
do
not
believe
he
would
take
your
side
,
'
she
answered
;
'
the
side
,
I
mean
,
which
you
are
in
vain
attempting
to
defend
.
He
is
no
disbeliever
in
the
golden
age
.
'
'
Am
I
,
then
?
'
asked
Rupert
.
'
It
would
seem
so
.
You
cannot
imagine
that
two
hearts
,
the
most
attachable
that
ever
were
,
will
be
true
to
one
another
unless
society
—
and
such
society
!
—
clamps
them
together
with
iron
bands
.
Ivor
Mardol
would
rebuke
your
want
of
faith
,
not
my
trust
in
you
.
Come
,
Rupert
,
dear
,
'
she
went
on
,
facing
him
now
with
her
sweet
and
frank
expression
,
'
let
the
soul
of
the
artist
within
you
burst
these
conventions
,
and
float
with
me
into
a
happier
air
.
The
old
world
is
dying
;
it
is
nearly
dead
.
Cannot
you
hear
the
rattle
in
its
throat
;
these
inarticulate
gaspings
of
rites
and
ceremonies
,
the
meaning
of
which
was
emptied
away
before
you
and
I
saw
the
light
?
We
are
young
;
we
have
learnt
how
much
of
what
people
say
they
believe
,
and
only
say
it
,
is
false
to
the
heart
's
core
.
What
concern
have
we
with
effete
aristocracies
,
obsolete
religions
,
childish
betrothals
with
ring
and
book
in
the
sight
of
the
profane
multitude
?
The
infinite
expanse
of
the
future
lies
before
us
,
the
possibilities
of
to-morrow
.
It
has
taken
many
a
brave
life
to
win
this
fair
inheritance
—
the
poets
,
the
dreamers
,
the
wise
men
and
women
who
have
not
dreamt
merely
,
but
have
begun
to
realise
what
they
dreamt
.
On
which
side
will
you
take
your
stand
,
—
with
the
old
,
tyrannical
,
foolish
,
helplessly
cruel
past
,
or
with
men
like
Ivor
Mardol
and
Colonel
Valence
,
with
women
like
—
yes
,
I
dare
to
say
it
—
like
Hippolyta
?
You
do
not
know
the
consequences
of
one
false
step
in
a
girl
brought
up
as
I
have
been
to
act
and
speak
the
perfect
truth
.
Were
I
to
do
as
you
bid
me
,
to
go
with
you
before
priest
or
registrar
,
I
should
degrade
myself
beyond
redemption
.
This
,
Rupert
,
is
the
woman
's
protest
against
the
old
bad
order
,
her
martyrdom
if
you
will
.
It
is
for
man
to
renounce
honours
,
wealth
,
glory
,
the
power
which
involves
dominion
over
the
weak
,
and
is
founded
on
their
weakness
.
What
can
a
maiden
renounce
?
I
will
tell
you
.
Do
not
shrink
if
I
say
it
,
conscious
of
the
unsullied
life
I
have
led
and
the
innocent
love
that
is
beating
in
my
heart
.
Rupert
,
she
can
renounce
respectability
.
'
He
had
listened
like
one
amazed
.
She
spoke
with
burning
eloquence
,
and
her
eyes
were
bright
and
clear
as
she
stood
before
him
,
her
countenance
glowing
with
enthusiasm
,
while
with
the
fervent
words
her
bosom
heaved
and
fell
.
Rupert
,
in
a
taking
of
love
and
anger
,
was
almost
beside
himself
.
'
Good
heavens
,
Hippolyta
,
'
he
burst
out
,
'
do
you
want
to
drive
me
distracted
?
Was
ever
such
a
situation
?
You
do
not
in
the
least
understand
your
danger
or
mine
.
Child
,
child
,
'
he
said
,
his
face
darkening
,
'
why
have
you
dared
to
put
yourself
thus
in
the
power
of
another
,
even
though
that
other
be
Rupert
?
I
will
not
harm
you
.
God
forbid
.
But
see
to
it
that
you
tempt
me
no
further
.
Go
,
my
dear
,
forget
these
wild
and
hurtling
words
.
Let
me
take
you
to
your
hotel
.
'
he
looked
round
as
he
spoke
for
his
hat
and
overcoat
.
She
laughed
,
no
whit
displeased
.
'
You
must
find
my
hotel
first
,
'
she
said
.
'
I
have
no
hotel
.
'
'
Where
is
your
luggage
then
?
'
he
inquired
.
'
I
brought
harldly
any
,
'
she
replied
;
'
what
there
is
I
left
at
the
railway
station
.
I
came
here
direct
.
'
'
Well
,
well
,
'
he
said
uneasily
,
'
there
is
no
harm
done
;
we
can
call
for
it
,
and
then
drive
you
to
some
hotel
.
'
She
did
not
stir
from
her
place
.
With
a
long
,
earnest
look
she
examined
the
expression
of
Rupert
's
countenance
,
where
he
stood
by
the
door
.
He
was
impatient
;
he
could
think
only
that
she
ought
to
have
an
address
in
London
and
not
be
wandering
about
like
this
.
He
would
devise
some
means
of
persuading
her
to
be
reasonable
to-morrow
,
when
she
had
got
over
the
excitemtnt
of
the
discussion
.
While
he
was
in
this
mental
confusion
,
she
walked
slowly
across
the
hearth
and
came
to
him
.
He
turned
round
.
They
were
again
face
to
face
.
'
Rupert
,
'
she
said
,
'
I
am
here
.
I
am
your
wife
.
We
have
acknowledged
our
mutual
love
,
which
has
no
rival
nor
can
have
a
successor
.
Take
me
as
I
am
.
I
love
you
.
I
do
not
fear
you
at
all
.
'
She
looked
marvellously
beautiful
as
she
stood
before
him
waiting
.
'
I
will
not
,
'
he
cried
,
'
so
help
me
God
.
I
am
willing
,
nay
,
eager
as
love
can
make
me
,
to
marry
you
.
But
,
Hippolyta
,
have
pity
on
yourself
,
have
pity
on
me
,
'
he
said
in
an
imploring
voice
;
'
see
,
I
go
down
on
my
knees
to
you
,
'
and
he
fell
sobbing
at
her
feet
.
She
stooped
and
touched
his
cheek
with
her
ungloved
hand
.
'
No
,
Rupert
,
'
she
answered
,
weeping
;
'
I
have
my
code
of
honour
as
you
have
yours
.
We
will
be
married
my
way
or
no
way
.
You
must
choose
.
'
'
Then
,
'
he
said
,
rising
with
a
groan
that
tore
his
heart
,
'
it
shall
be
no
way
.
I
cannot
,
I
will
not
dishonour
you
.
'
He
did
not
dare
to
lift
his
eyes
to
her
face
.
'
It
is
all
over
then
,
'
she
said
in
a
faint
whisper
.
'
Good-bye
,
Rupert
.
I
have
staked
and
lost
.
No
matter
,
no
matter
.
Let
me
go
.
'
'
Go
where
?
'
he
said
,
detaining
her
.
'
You
shall
not
walk
alone
at
this
time
of
night
through
the
London
streets
.
I
will
accompany
you
as
I
proposed
.
'
Her
look
had
a
strange
meaning
in
it
.
'
Let
me
go
,
'
she
murmured
;
'
I
am
not
afraid
of
the
streets
.
I
know
my
way
.
'
'
But
you
said
you
had
no
hotel
.
'
He
was
resolved
to
go
with
her
.
'
I
shall
not
need
an
hotel
,
'
was
the
answer
she
made
.
She
drew
her
cloak
about
her
shoulders
and
attempted
to
pass
him
.
Rupert
had
drawn
the
curtain
aside
which
hung
over
the
door
,
but
he
held
the
handle
fast
.
'
What
are
you
going
to
do
?
'
he
said
.
'
Do
you
imagine
,
'
she
replied
,
'
that
I
have
spent
all
my
resources
in
asking
you
to
accept
my
love
?
When
I
left
Falside
I
had
reckoned
with
the
contingencies
of
our
situation
.
I
knew
what
I
was
risking
.
My
reputation
—
as
you
call
it
,
—
has
not
a
visit
like
this
,
under
these
circumstances
,
blown
it
to
the
four
winds
?
'
'
Who
saw
you
come
in
?
'
he
said
eagerly
.
He
felt
the
force
of
her
words
.
'
Your
servant
and
her
children
,
'
she
said
.
'
I
gave
no
name
,
but
my
veil
was
up
.
They
will
be
able
to
describe
me
.
'
'
I
can
trust
old
Martha
,
'
he
answered
,
'
if
there
was
nobody
else
.
'
'
But
you
cannot
trust
me
,
'
replied
Hippolyta
.
'
I
have
put
myself
into
your
hands
,
and
my
character
is
dead
.
I
have
killed
the
Miss
Valence
who
was
,
or
might
have
been
,
a
respectable
member
of
society
.
Can
I
be
the
same
to
you
as
if
this
had
not
taken
place
?
'
He
thought
she
was
relenting
.
'
You
can
,
you
can
,
'
he
exclaimed
with
a
feeling
of
relief
.
'
It
matters
nothing
what
you
have
said
or
done
to-night
.
Let
us
forget
it
,
darling
;
forget
it
,
my
own
worshipped
Hippolyta
.
'
'
You
mistake
me
still
,
'
she
said
.
'
I
am
not
come
to
act
a
play
.
What
I
have
done
is
a
part
of
myself
.
If
you
take
me
with
it
you
renounce
the
social
ordinances
which
,
instead
of
uniting
,
have
almost
separated
us
.
But
if
you
do
not
—
'
There
was
a
long
pause
,
or
else
the
minutes
stretched
out
in
this
spiritual
agony
.
'
And
if
I
do
not
?
'
Rupert
said
slowly
,
as
if
coming
to
himself
out
of
a
sleep
.
'
In
that
case
,
to-night
will
be
the
last
of
Hippolyta
Valence
,
'
she
answered
.
'
Do
you
mean
that
you
will
—
?
'
He
could
not
finish
the
sentence
.
'
I
mean
,
'
she
said
under
her
breath
,
'
that
I
know
my
way
to
the
river
.
I
will
go
whither
so
many
of
my
poor
sisters
have
gone
before
me
;
and
neither
you
nor
any
man
shall
hinder
it
.
'
And
again
she
endeavoured
to
pass
him
.
'
Stand
back
,
'
he
cried
out
;
'
you
shall
not
go
.
You
have
lost
your
senses
.
'
And
even
as
he
spoke
the
thought
of
uttering
such
harsh
language
to
the
woman
he
loved
smote
upon
him
.
'
Dear
,
sweet
Hippolyta
,
'
he
said
,
taking
her
hand
,
'
forgive
me
.
It
is
I
that
am
mad
.
But
do
not
be
angry
.
Give
up
these
wild
thoughts
.
Be
persuaded
.
I
will
do
anything
.
'
'
Anything
but
what
I
ask
,
'
she
said
.
'
Oh
,
I
do
not
mind
your
hard
words
.
But
enough
.
We
have
seen
the
last
of
each
other
.
We
must
go
our
several
ways
.
'
She
was
calm
and
resolute
.
Her
eyes
had
gathered
a
brilliant
light
in
them
during
the
moments
of
their
altercation
;
and
Rupert
,
as
he
looked
at
her
,
thought
she
was
the
woman
to
do
as
she
had
said
.
If
he
let
her
go
the
river
would
be
her
restingplace
ere
morning
.
Then
began
a
fresh
scene
of
earnest
,
impassioned
pleading
on
his
part
and
resistance
on
hers
.
He
begged
,
he
entreated
,
he
grew
angry
and
gentle
by
turns
,
he
employed
the
most
caressing
language
and
all
the
resources
of
the
lover
's
art
,
not
as
many
a
lover
has
done
,
to
overcome
the
scruples
of
modesty
,
but
to
save
this
high
and
noble
spirit
,
noble
in
its
very
aberrations
,
from
shipwreck
.
He
might
as
well
have
poured
out
his
eloquence
to
the
stones
of
the
street
.
Hippolyta
heard
it
all
unmoved
.
She
said
once
,
'
I
do
not
scorn
you
for
trying
to
change
me
,
but
I
should
scorn
myself
if
I
yielded
.
Tell
me
that
you
cannot
love
me
unless
I
submit
to
this
mockery
and
I
shall
understand
.
But
,
even
then
,
I
will
not
give
in
to
you
.
Can
you
tell
me
so
?
'
'
No
,
Hippolyta
,
'
he
answered
,
'
it
would
not
be
true
.
This
is
no
question
of
love
.
Whatever
you
become
I
shall
feel
the
same
towards
you
that
I
did
when
you
dawned
upon
me
like
a
heavenly
apparition
in
the
Hermitage
.
'
'
If
our
love
remains
,
'
she
said
,
'
what
can
the
rest
signify
?
'
and
the
contest
broke
out
again
.
But
it
was
not
equal
.
Hippolyta
,
as
she
truly
said
,
had
thought
over
the
contingencies
of
that
strange
situation
,
and
was
prepared
for
the
worst
.
Her
life
,
spent
with
those
who
were
ever
exposing
themselves
in
the
field
or
ready
to
mount
the
scaffold
,
had
familiarised
her
with
the
idea
not
only
of
self-sacrifice
,
but
of
failure
which
has
death
for
its
price
.
The
risk
,
she
said
,
must
have
been
undertaken
some
day
,
why
not
now
?
To
persuade
Rupert
in
cold
blood
,
or
by
the
use
of
arguments
,
was
,
she
knew
,
impossible
.
One
weapon
which
not
even
he
could
pluck
from
her
hand
,
one
last
resource
there
was
which
left
the
man
and
woman
unequally
matched
—
and
the
man
inferior
.
She
told
him
plainly
.
'
Do
not
be
a
tyrant
,
'
she
said
,
'
and
compel
me
to
die
.
But
this
be
sure
of
,
only
by
yielding
to
my
wish
can
you
persuade
me
to
live
.
Make
the
trial
.
Open
the
door
and
let
me
go
,
or
quit
me
and
do
not
return
.
In
twenty-four
hours
you
will
hear
news
of
me
.
'
What
could
avail
against
such
resolution
?
Rupert
said
to
her
at
last
,
'
Will
you
stay
here
and
do
yourself
no
harm
to-night
,
if
I
leave
you
?
Give
me
time
to
reflect
.
You
may
have
changed
your
mind
in
the
morning
.
'
'
I
shall
not
change
my
mind
,
'
she
said
.
'
But
I
will
stay
here
on
these
conditions
.
Promise
me
to
come
back
as
early
as
you
can
to-morrow
and
to
look
upon
me
henceforth
as
your
wife
.
Promise
,
Rupert
,
and
I
will
wait
quietly
.
But
if
you
do
not
return
,
or
still
insist
on
what
I
cannot
yield
,
—
you
know
the
rest
.
My
dear
,
'
she
said
softly
,
'
you
have
to
deal
with
a
loving
woman
.
Trust
me
and
let
us
be
happy
together
.
Do
you
promise
?
'
'
I
promise
,
'
he
answered
in
a
low
voice
.
It
was
like
consenting
to
death
.
The
room
swam
before
him
.
But
when
Hippolyta
heard
the
words
her
countenance
lightened
wonderfully
.
She
became
a
naive
child
instead
of
the
resolute
woman
that
had
been
pleading
in
that
desperate
and
unparalleled
cause
.
'
Now
go
,
'
she
said
,
offering
him
her
cheek
to
kiss
.
He
touched
it
with
his
lips
,
almost
shudderingly
.
She
held
the
door
open
.
He
bethought
himself
for
a
moment
before
going
,
and
said
,
'
You
will
find
the
means
of
making
a
fire
in
the
morning
,
and
getting
a
morsel
to
eat
.
Lock
the
door
.
Do
n't
answer
any
one
till
I
come
.
I
will
look
in
at
the
lodge
as
I
go
past
and
tell
Martha
she
need
not
trouble
about
the
place
;
that
I
have
left
it
safe
,
and
do
not
want
it
disturbed
at
present
.
You
must
not
be
surprised
,
Hippolyta
,
if
I
am
delayed
till
towards
noon
.
There
will
be
many
things
to
see
to
.
And
—
and
you
will
not
do
anything
I
am
away
?
'
'
Keep
your
word
,
'
she
answered
,
'
and
I
will
keep
mine
.
'
He
fled
down
the
steps
and
along
the
gardenpath
.
He
heard
the
key
turn
in
the
lock
.
He
did
not
venture
even
to
glance
back
,
but
ran
straight
on
,
gave
a
quick
,
brief
message
to
the
woman
who
came
out
as
he
passed
,
and
with
head
down
and
rapid
step
took
the
road
towards
London
.
More
agitated
he
could
not
have
been
had
he
left
a
murdered
body
in
his
studio
.
It
was
worse
,
he
said
to
himself
;
he
had
murdered
a
soul
.
'
And
yet
not
I
,
not
I
,
'
he
murmured
repeatedly
,
'
it
is
her
father
that
has
ruined
her
with
his
principles
.
'
He
walked
on
and
on
.
The
winds
were
still
up
,
driving
the
clouds
through
a
beautiful
stormy
sky
in
which
the
moon
shone
bright
at
intervals
.
It
had
ceased
raining
and
the
streets
were
dry
underfoot
for
the
most
part
,
though
here
and
there
a
pool
of
water
gleamed
on
the
roadway
,
and
all
the
scene
reminded
one
of
a
chill
March
night
rather
than
the
end
of
May
.
There
was
a
high-strung
feeling
in
the
atmosphere
which
harmonised
with
Rupert
's
excited
mood
,
and
gave
him
a
vivid
sense
as
though
in
comparison
he
had
never
lived
till
now
.
What
had
he
promised
?
Was
there
any
retreat
from
it
compatible
with
honour
,
nay
,
with
the
existence
of
Hippolyta
?
And
this
,
then
,
was
the
realising
of
all
his
hopes
!
Oh
,
bitter
mockery
!
He
went
over
the
debate
again
and
again
.
Why
had
he
not
urged
this
,
why
forgotten
that
?
He
had
been
too
tame
,
too
yielding
;
he
might
have
pleaded
more
earnestly
for
himself
.
Hippolyta
was
generous
,
and
if
he
had
insisted
on
the
injury
to
his
own
sense
of
rectitude
,
to
his
reputation
,
which
had
never
endured
a
stain
,
to
his
happiness
,
which
must
be
sacrificed
if
they
were
to
live
in
concealment
or
come
forth
with
shameless
foreheads
before
the
world
,
—
but
what
did
it
avail
?
The
hour
was
past
and
his
word
given
.
To-morrow
?
It
wanted
how
few
moments
of
the
day
when
he
and
Hippolyta
should
become
outcasts
from
the
world
in
which
he
had
been
brought
up
?
And
he
was
helpless
,
bound
hand
and
foot
by
the
devilish
teaching
of
Colonel
Valence
.
Who
would
have
believed
yesterday
that
the
dreams
of
a
revolutionist
were
henceforth
to
shape
his
life
for
Rupert
Glanville
?
He
had
been
content
to
dwell
in
the
regions
of
the
ideal
;
to
put
aside
these
questions
,
tossed
to
and
fro
by
politicians
and
reformers
,
as
vulgar
,
unworthy
of
the
artist
's
consideration
,
fit
only
for
debating
clubs
.
And
they
had
broken
into
his
retreat
and
were
clustering
about
his
hearthstone
.
On
him
—
him
—
Rupert
Glanville
,
the
crisis
of
the
modern
world
had
fallen
.
'
Why
should
it
not
?
'
he
said
with
a
bitter
laugh
as
he
hurried
along
.
'
Am
I
so
unlike
the
rest
of
men
?
Valence
was
right
.
The
world
is
a
universal
shipwreck
,
and
my
turn
has
come
to
be
thrown
out
on
the
waters
.
Every
one
must
cling
to
his
own
spar
.
But
how
strangely
,
good
God
,
how
strangely
it
has
come
about
!
Hippolyta
,
so
young
,
so
innocent
,
incapable
of
hurting
the
tenderest
thing
,
—
all
feeling
,
purity
,
and
affection
,
—
must
Hippolyta
be
lost
,
and
I
be
the
instrument
of
her
undoing
?
It
is
too
much
.
'
He
stopped
and
gazed
up
and
down
the
silent
road
,
bewildered
to
such
a
degree
that
he
knew
not
whether
to
turn
back
and
try
to
persuade
Hippolyta
,
or
to
leave
it
all
to
chance
and
depart
by
the
next
mail
for
the
Continent
.
He
could
be
ready
in
a
few
hours
.
He
was
now
nearing
home
,
and
terribly
fatigued
with
the
excitement
and
exhaustion
of
the
day
,
for
he
had
eaten
nothing
since
noon
.
To
pack
a
portmanteau
,
write
a
farewell
note
,
telling
Hippolyta
that
a
bad
promise
ought
to
be
broken
and
he
could
not
bring
himself
to
do
her
wrong
,
then
to
drive
to
Charing
Cross
and
catch
the
Dover
train
,
—
all
this
was
still
possible
.
He
had
almost
resolved
on
it
,
but
for
the
memory
of
her
resolute
pale
face
and
her
steady
words
,
which
assured
him
that
she
had
not
been
acting
a
part
.
What
should
he
feel
if
she
carried
her
threat
into
execution
,
and
he
learned
in
Florence
or
Dresden
that
her
body
had
been
found
defiled
in
the
mud
of
the
Thames
,
her
sweet
eyes
closed
for
ever
?
No
,
he
dared
not
risk
it
.
Even
death
would
not
save
her
now
;
after
spending
a
night
in
that
fatal
studio
she
was
to
the
world
at
large
dishonoured
.
She
had
spoken
the
truth
;
in
paying
such
a
visit
her
character
was
blown
to
the
four
winds
.
The
falling
snow
was
not
more
stainless
,
and
yet
she
must
bear
about
with
her
the
penalty
of
guilt
.
His
thoughts
,
as
he
wandered
aimlessly
under
the
fitful
moon
and
the
wild
clouds
,
took
a
fresh
turn
.
