allgrizzly
and
bloodshot
,
baited
by
the
boys
,
who
had
gradually
swelled
in
number
as
he
drew
nearer
the
town
.
Jane
was
shocked
at
their
heathenish
cruelty
,
and
went
off
the
path
to
remonstrate
with
them
.
On
this
,
Maxley
fell
upon
her
,
and
began
beating
her
about
the
head
and
shoulders
with
his
heavy
stick
.
The
miserable
boys
uttered
yells
of
dismay
,
but
did
nothing
.
Julia
uttered
a
violent
scream
,
but
flew
to
her
friend
's
aid
,
and
crying
,
“
Oh
you
wretch
!
you
wretch
!
”
actually
caught
the
man
by
the
throat
and
shook
him
violently
.
He
took
his
hand
off
Jane
Hardie
,
who
instantly
sank
moaning
on
the
ground
,
and
he
cowered
like
a
cur
at
the
voice
and
the
purple
gleaming
eyes
of
the
excited
girl
.
The
air
filled
with
cries
,
and
Edward
ran
out
of
the
house
to
see
what
was
the
matter
;
but
on
the
spot
nobody
was
game
enough
to
come
between
the
furious
man
and
the
fiery
girl
.
The
consequence
was
,
her
impetuous
courage
began
to
flag
and
her
eye
to
waver
;
the
demented
man
found
this
out
by
some
half
animal
instinct
,
and
instantly
caught
her
by
the
shoulder
and
whirled
her
down
on
her
knees
;
then
raised
his
staff
high
to
destroy
her
.
She
screamed
,
and
was
just
putting
up
her
hands
,
womanlike
,
not
to
see
her
death
as
well
as
feel
it
,
when
something
dark
came
past
her
like
a
rushing
wind
—
a
blow
,
that
sounded
exactly
like
that
of
a
paving
ram
,
caught
Maxley
on
the
jaw
:
and
there
was
Edward
Dodd
blowing
like
a
grampus
with
rage
,
and
Maxley
on
his
back
in
the
road
.
But
men
under
cerebral
excitement
are
not
easily
stunned
,
and
know
no
pain
:
he
bounded
off
the
ground
,
and
came
at
Edward
like
a
Spanish
bull
.
Edward
slipped
aside
,
and
caught
him
another
ponderous
blow
that
sent
him
staggering
,
and
his
bludgeon
flew
out
of
his
hand
,
and
Edward
caught
it
.
Lo
!
the
maniac
flew
at
him
again
more
fiercely
than
ever
;
but
the
young
Hercules
had
seen
Jane
bleeding
on
the
ground
:
he
dealt
her
assailant
in
full
career
such
a
murderous
stroke
with
the
bludgeon
,
that
the
people
,
who
were
running
from
all
quarters
,
shrieked
with
dismay
—
not
for
Jane
,
but
for
Maxley
;
and
well
they
might
;
that
awful
stroke
laid
him
senseless
,
motionless
and
mute
,
in
a
pool
of
his
own
blood
.
“
Do
n't
kill
him
,
sir
;
do
n't
kill
the
man
,
”
was
the
cry
.
“
Why
not
?
”
said
Edward
sternly
.
He
then
kneeled
over
his
sweetheart
and
lifted
her
in
his
arms
like
a
child
.
Her
bonnet
was
all
broken
,
her
eyes
were
turned
upwards
and
set
,
and
a
little
blood
trickled
down
her
cheek
;
and
that
cheek
seemed
streaked
white
and
red
.
He
was
terrified
,
agonised
;
yet
he
gasped
out
,
“
You
are
safe
,
dear
;
do
n't
be
frightened
.
”
She
knew
the
voice
.
“
Oh
,
Edward
!
”
she
said
piteously
and
tenderly
,
and
then
moaned
a
little
on
his
broad
bosom
.
He
carried
her
into
the
house
out
of
the
crowd
.
Poor
old
doctor
Phillips
,
coming
in
to
end
his
days
in
the
almshouse
,
had
seen
it
all
:
he
got
out
of
his
cart
and
hobbled
up
.
He
had
been
in
the
army
,
and
had
both
experience
and
skill
.
He
got
her
bonnet
off
,
and
at
sight
of
her
head
looked
very
grave
.
In
a
minute
a
bed
was
laid
in
the
drawing-room
,
and
all
the
windows
and
doors
open
:
and
Edward
,
trembling
now
in
every
limb
,
ran
to
Musgrove
Cottage
,
while
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
loosened
the
poor
girl
's
dress
,
and
bathed
her
wounds
with
tepid
water
(
the
doctor
would
not
allow
cold
)
,
and
put
wine
carefully
to
her
lips
with
a
teaspoon
.
“
Wanted
at
your
house
,
pray
what
for
?
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
superciliously
.
“
Oh
,
sir
,
”
said
Edward
,
“
such
a
calamity
.
Pray
come
directly
.
A
ruffian
has
struck
her
,
has
hurt
her
terribly
,
terribly
.
”
“
Her
!
Who
?
”
asked
Mr.
Hardie
,
beginning
to
be
uneasy
.
“
Who
!
why
Jane
,
your
daughter
,
man
;
and
there
you
sit
chattering
,
instead
of
coming
at
once
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
rose
hurriedly
and
put
on
his
hat
,
and
accompanied
him
,
half
confused
.
Soon
Edward
's
mute
agitation
communicated
itself
to
him
,
and
he
went
striding
and
trembling
by
his
side
.
The
crowd
had
gone
with
insensible
Maxley
to
the
hospital
,
but
the
traces
of
the
terrible
combat
were
there
.
Where
Maxley
fell
the
last
time
,
a
bullock
seemed
to
have
been
slaughtered
at
the
least
.
The
miserable
father
came
on
this
,
and
gave
a
great
scream
like
a
woman
,
and
staggered
back
white
as
a
sheet
.
Edward
laid
his
hand
on
him
,
for
he
seemed
scarce
able
to
stand
.
“
No
,
no
,
no
,
”
he
cried
,
comprehending
the
mistake
at
last
;
“
that
is
not
hers
—
Heaven
forbid
!
That
is
the
madman
's
who
did
it
;
I
knocked
him
down
with
his
own
cudgel
.
”
“
God
bless
you
!
you
've
killed
him
,
I
hope
.
”
“
Oh
,
sir
,
be
more
merciful
,
and
then
perhaps
He
will
be
merciful
to
us
,
and
not
take
this
angel
from
us
.
”
“
No
!
no
!
you
are
right
;
good
young
man
.
I
little
thought
I
had
such
a
friend
in
your
house
.
”
“
Do
n't
deceive
yourself
,
sir
,
”
said
Edward
;
“
it
's
not
you
I
care
for
:
”
then
,
with
a
great
cry
of
anguish
,
“
I
love
her
.
”
At
this
blunt
declaration
,
so
new
and
so
offensive
to
him
,
Mr.
Hardie
winced
,
and
stopped
bewildered
.
But
they
were
at
the
gate
,
and
Edward
hurried
him
on
.
At
the
house
door
he
drew
back
once
more
;
for
he
felt
a
shiver
of
repugnance
at
entering
this
hateful
house
,
of
whose
happiness
he
was
the
destroyer
.
But
enter
it
he
must
;
it
was
his
fate
.
The
wife
of
the
poor
Captain
he
had
driven
mad
met
him
in
the
passage
,
her
motherly
eyes
full
of
tears
for
him
,
and
both
hands
held
out
to
him
like
a
pitying
angel
.
“
Oh
,
Mr.
Hardie
,
”
she
said
in
a
broken
voice
,
and
took
him
,
and
led
him
,
wonder-struck
,
stupefied
,
shivering
with
dark
fears
,
to
the
room
where
his
crushed
daughter
lay
.
CHAPTER
XXXVIII
MR.
HARDIE
found
his
daughter
lying
ashy
pale
on
a
little
bed
in
the
drawing-room
of
Albion
Villa
.
She
was
now
scarce
conscious
.
The
old
doctor
sat
at
her
head
looking
very
grave
;
and
Julia
kneeled
over
her
beloved
friend
,
pale
as
herself
;
with
hands
clasped
convulsively
,
and
great
eyes
of
terror
and
grief
.
That
vivid
young
face
,
full
of
foreboding
and
woe
,
struck
Mr.
Hardie
the
moment
he
entered
,
and
froze
his
very
heart
.
The
strong
man
quivered
and
sank
slowly
like
a
felled
tree
by
the
bedside
;
and
his
face
and
the
poor
girl
's
,
whose
earthly
happiness
he
had
coldly
destroyed
,
nearly
met
over
his
crushed
daughter
.
“
Jane
,
my
child
,
”
he
gasped
;
“
my
poor
little
Jane
!
”
“
Oh
let
me
sleep
,
”
she
moaned
feebly
.
“
Darling
,
it
's
your
own
papa
,
”
said
Julia
softly
.
“
Poor
papa
!
”
said
she
,
turning
rather
to
Julia
than
to
him
.
“
Let
me
sleep
.
”
She
was
in
a
half
lethargic
state
.
Mr.
Hardie
asked
the
doctor
in
an
agitated
whisper
if
he
might
move
her
home
.
The
doctor
shook
his
head
:
“
Not
by
my
advice
;
her
pulse
is
scarce
perceptible
.
We
must
not
move
her
nor
excite
her
,
nor
yet
let
her
sink
into
lethargy
.
She
is
in
great
danger
,
very
great
.
”
At
these
terrible
words
Mr.
Hardie
groaned
:
and
they
all
began
to
speak
below
the
breath
.
“
Edward
,
”
murmured
Mrs.
Dodd
hurriedly
,
“
run
and
put
off
the
auction
:
put
it
off
altogether
;
then
go
to
the
railway
;
nothing
must
come
here
to
make
a
noise
,
and
get
straw
put
down
directly
.
Do
that
first
,
dear
.
”
“
You
are
kinder
to
me
than
I
deserve
,
”
muttered
Mr.
Hardie
humbly
,
quite
cowed
by
the
blow
that
had
fallen
on
him
.
The
words
agitated
Mrs.
Dodd
with
many
thoughts
,
but
she
whispered
as
calmly
as
she
could
,
“
Let
us
think
of
nothing
now
but
this
precious
life
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
begged
to
see
the
extent
of
the
injury
.
Mrs.
Dodd
dissuaded
him
,
but
he
persisted
.
Then
the
doctor
showed
her
poor
head
.
At
that
the
father
uttered
a
scream
and
sat
quivering
.
Julia
buried
her
face
in
the
bed-clothes
directly
,
and
sobbed
vehemently
.
It
passed
faintly
across
the
benumbed
and
shuddering
father
,
“
How
she
loves
my
child
;
they
all
love
her
,
”
but
the
thought
made
little
impression
at
the
time
;
the
mind
was
too
full
of
terror
and
woe
.
The
doctor
now
asked
for
brandy
in
a
whisper
.
Mrs.
Dodd
left
the
room
with
stealthy
foot
,
and
brought
it
.
He
asked
for
a
quill
.
Julia
went
with
swift
,
stealthy
foot
,
and
brought
it
.
With
adroit
and
tender
hands
they
aided
the
doctor
,
and
trickled
stimulants
down
her
throat
.
Then
sat
like
statues
of
grief
about
the
bed
;
only
every
now
and
then
eye
sought
eye
,
and
endeavoured
to
read
what
the
other
thought
.
Was
there
hope
?
Was
there
none
?
And
by-and-bye
,
so
roving
is
the
mind
,
especially
when
the
body
is
still
,
these
statues
began
to
thrill
with
thoughts
of
the
past
as
well
as
the
absorbing
present
.
Ay
,
here
were
met
a
strange
party
;
a
stranger
,
for
its
size
,
methinks
,
never
yet
met
on
earth
,
to
mingle
their
hearts
together
in
one
grief
.
Just
think
!
Of
him
who
sat
there
with
his
face
hidden
in
his
hands
,
and
his
frame
shuddering
,
all
the
others
were
the
victims
.
Yet
the
lady
,
whose
husband
he
had
robbed
and
driven
mad
,
pitied
and
sympathised
with
him
,
and
he
saw
it
;
the
lady
,
whom
he
had
insulted
at
the
altar
and
blighted
her
young
heart
and
life
,
pitied
and
sympathised
with
him
;
the
poor
old
doctor
pitied
and
sympathised
,
and
was
more
like
an
anxious
father
than
a
physician
.
Even
Jane
was
one
of
his
victims
;
for
she
fell
by
the
hand
of
a
man
he
had
dishonestly
ruined
and
driven
out
of
his
senses
.
Thinking
of
all
he
had
done
,
and
this
the
end
of
it
,
he
was
at
once
crushed
and
melted
.
He
saw
with
awe
that
a
mightier
hand
than
man
's
was
upon
him
;
it
had
tossed
him
and
his
daughter
into
the
house
and
the
arms
of
the
injured
Dodds
,
in
defiance
of
all
human
calculation
;
and
he
felt
himself
a
straw
in
that
hand
:
so
he
was
,
and
the
great
globe
itself
.
Oh
,
if
Jane
should
die
!
the
one
creature
he
loved
,
the
one
creature
,
bereaved
of
whom
he
could
get
no
joy
even
from
riches
.
What
would
he
not
give
to
recall
the
past
,
since
all
his
schemes
had
but
ended
in
this
.
Thus
stricken
by
terror
of
the
divine
wrath
,
and
touched
by
the
goodness
and
kindness
of
those
he
had
cruelly
wronged
,
all
the
man
was
broken
with
remorse
.
Then
he
vowed
to
undo
his
own
work
as
far
as
possible
:
he
would
do
anything
,
everything
,
if
Heaven
would
spare
him
his
child
.
Now
it
did
so
happen
that
these
resolves
,
earnest
and
sincere
but
somewhat
vague
,
were
soon
put
to
the
test
;
and
,
as
often
occurs
,
what
he
was
called
on
to
do
first
was
that
which
he
would
rather
have
done
last
.
Thus
it
was
:
about
five
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
Jane
Hardie
opened
her
eyes
and
looked
about
her
.
It
was
a
moment
of
intense
anxiety
.
They
all
made
signals
,
but
held
their
breath
.
She
smiled
at
sight
of
Mr.
Hardie
,
and
said
,
“
Papa
!
dear
papa
!
”
There
was
great
joy
:
silent
on
the
part
of
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Julia
;
but
Mr.
Hardie
,
who
saw
in
this
a
good
omen
,
Heaven
recognising
his
penitence
,
burst
out
:
“
She
knows
me
;
she
speaks
;
she
will
live
.
How
good
God
is
!
Yes
,
my
darling
child
,
it
is
your
own
father
.
You
will
be
brave
and
get
well
,
for
my
sake
.
”
Jane
did
not
seem
to
pay
much
heed
to
these
words
:
she
looked
straight
before
her
like
one
occupied
with
her
own
thought
,
and
said
distinctly
and
solemnly
,
“
Papa
—
send
for
Alfred
.
”
It
fell
on
all
three
like
a
clap
of
thunder
,
those
gentle
but
decided
tones
,
those
simple
natural
words
.
Julia
's
eyes
flashed
into
her
mother
's
,
and
then
sought
the
ground
directly
.
There
was
a
dead
silence
.
Mr.
Hardie
was
the
one
to
speak
“
Why
for
him
,
dear
?
Those
who
love
you
best
are
all
here
.
”
“
For
Heaven
's
sake
,
do
n't
thwart
her
,
sir
,
”
said
the
doctor
,
in
alarm
.
“
This
is
no
time
to
refuse
her
anything
in
your
power
.
Sometimes
the
very
expectation
of
a
beloved
person
coming
keeps
them
alive
;
stimulates
the
powers
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
was
sore
perplexed
.
He
recoiled
from
the
sudden
exposure
that
might
take
place
,
if
Alfred
without
any
preparation
or
previous
conciliatory
measures
were
allowed
to
burst
in
upon
them
.
And
while
his
mind
was
whirling
within
him
in
doubt
and
perplexity
,
Jane
spoke
again
;
but
no
longer
calmly
and
connectedly
;
she
was
beginning
to
wander
.
Presently
in
her
wandering
she
spoke
of
Edward
;
called
him
dear
Edward
.
Mrs.
Dodd
rose
hastily
,
and
her
first
impulse
was
to
ask
both
gentlemen
to
retire
:
so
instinctively
does
a
good
woman
protect
her
own
sex
against
the
other
.
But
,
reflecting
that
this
was
the
father
,
she
made
an
excuse
and
retired
herself
instead
,
followed
by
Julia
.
The
doctor
divined
,
and
went
to
the
window
.
The
father
sat
by
the
bed
,
and
soon
gathered
his
daughter
loved
Edward
Dodd
.
The
time
was
gone
by
when
this
would
have
greatly
pained
him
.
He
sighed
like
one
overmatched
by
fate
;
but
said
,
“
You
shall
have
him
,
my
darling
;
he
is
a
good
young
man
,
he
shall
be
your
husband
,
you
shall
be
happy
.
Only
live
for
my
sake
,
for
all
our
sakes
.
”
She
paid
no
attention
and
wandered
on
a
little
;
but
her
mind
gradually
cleared
,
and
by-and-bye
she
asked
quietly
for
a
glass
of
water
.
Mr.
Hardie
gave
it
her
.
She
sipped
,
and
he
took
it
from
her
.
She
looked
at
him
close
,
and
said
distinctly
,
“
Have
you
sent
for
Alfred
?
”
“
No
,
love
,
not
yet
.
”
“
Not
yet
?
There
is
no
time
to
lose
,
”
she
said
gravely
.
Mr.
Hardie
trembled
.
Then
,
being
alone
with
her
,
the
miserable
man
unable
to
say
no
,
unwilling
to
say
yes
,
tried
to
persuade
her
not
to
ask
for
Alfred
.
“
My
dear
,
”
he
whispered
,
“
I
will
not
refuse
you
:
but
I
have
a
secret
to
confide
to
you
.
Will
you
keep
it
?
”
“
Yes
,
papa
,
faithfully
.
”
“
Poor
Alfred
is
not
himself
.
He
has
delusions
:
he
is
partly
insane
.
My
brother
Thomas
has
thought
it
best
for
us
all
to
put
him
under
gentle
restraint
for
a
time
.
It
would
retard
his
cure
to
have
him
down
here
and
subject
him
to
excitement
.
”
“
Papa
,
”
said
Jane
,
“
are
you
deceiving
me
,
or
are
you
imposed
upon
?
Alfred
insane
!
It
is
a
falsehood
.
He
came
to
me
the
night
before
the
wedding
that
was
to
be
.
Oh
,
my
brother
,
my
darling
brother
,
how
dare
they
say
you
are
insane
!
That
letter
you
showed
me
then
was
a
falsehood
?
Oh
,
papa
!
”
“
I
feared
to
frighten
you
,
”
said
Mr.
Hardie
,
and
hung
his
head
.
“
I
see
it
all
,
”
she
cried
“
those
wicked
men
with
their
dark
words
have
imposed
on
you
.
Bring
him
to
me
that
I
may
reconcile
you
all
,
and
end
all
this
misery
ere
I
go
hence
and
be
no
more
seen
.
”
“
Oh
,
my
child
,
do
n't
talk
so
,
”
cried
Mr.
Hardie
,
trembling
.
“
Think
of
your
poor
father
.
”
“
I
do
,
”
she
cried
,
“
I
do
.
Oh
,
papa
,
I
lie
here
between
two
worlds
,
and
see
them
both
so
clear
.
Trust
to
me
:
and
,
if
you
love
me
—
—
”
“
If
I
love
you
,
Jane
?
Better
than
all
the
world
twice
told
.
”
“
Then
do
n't
refuse
me
this
one
favour
:
the
last
,
perhaps
,
I
shall
ever
ask
you
.
I
want
my
brother
here
before
it
is
too
late
.
Tell
him
he
must
come
to
his
little
sister
,
who
loves
him
dearly
,
and
—
is
dying
.
“
Oh
no
!
no
!
no
!
”
cried
the
agonised
father
,
casting
everything
to
the
winds
.
“
I
will
.
He
shall
be
here
in
twelve
hours
.
Only
promise
me
to
bear
up
.
Have
a
strong
will
;
have
courage
.
You
shall
have
Alfred
,
you
shall
have
anything
you
like
on
earth
,
anything
that
money
can
get
you
.
What
am
I
saying
?
I
have
no
money
;
it
is
all
gone
.
But
I
have
a
father
's
heart
.
Madam
,
Mrs.
Dodd
!
”
She
came
directly
.
“
Can
you
give
me
paper
?
No
,
I
wo
n't
trust
to
a
letter
.
I
'll
send
off
a
special
messenger
this
moment
.
It
is
for
my
son
,
madam
.
He
will
be
here
to-morrow
morning
.
God
knows
how
it
will
all
end
.
But
how
can
I
refuse
my
dying
child
?
Oh
,
madam
,
you
are
good
,
kind
,
forgiving
;
keep
my
poor
girl
alive
for
me
:
keep
telling
her
Alfred
is
coming
;
she
cares
more
for
him
than
for
her
poor
heart-broken
father
.
”
And
the
miserable
man
rushed
out
,
leaving
Mrs.
Dodd
in
tears
for
him
.
He
was
no
sooner
gone
than
Julia
came
in
;
and
clasped
her
mother
,
and
trembled
on
her
bosom
.
Then
Mrs.
Dodd
knew
she
had
overheard
Mr.
Hardie
's
last
words
.
Jane
Hardie
,
too
,
though
much
exhausted
by
the
scene
with
her
father
,
put
out
her
hand
to
Julia
,
and
took
hers
,
and
said
feebly
,
but
with
a
sweet
smile
,
“
He
is
coming
,
love
;
all
shall
be
well
.
”
Then
to
herself
as
it
were
,
and
looking
up
with
a
gentle
rapture
in
her
pale
face
—
“
Blessed
are
the
peacemakers
;
for
they
shall
be
called
the
children
of
God
.
”
On
this
thought
she
seemed
to
feed
with
innocent
joy
;
but
for
a
long
time
was
too
weak
to
speak
again
.
Mr.
Hardie
,
rushing
from
the
house
,
found
Edward
at
work
outside
;
he
was
crying
undisguisedly
,
and
with
his
coat
off
,
working
harder
at
spreading
the
straw
than
both
the
two
men
together
he
had
got
to
help
him
.
Mr.
Hardie
took
his
hand
and
wrung
it
,
but
could
not
speak
.
In
half
an
hour
a
trusty
agent
he
had
often
employed
was
at
the
station
waiting
for
the
up
train
,
nearly
due
.
He
came
back
to
Albion
Villa
.
Julia
met
him
on
the
stairs
with
her
fingers
to
her
lips
.
“
She
is
sleeping
;
the
doctor
has
hopes
.
Oh
,
sir
,
let
us
all
pray
for
her
day
and
night
.
”
Mr.
Hardie
blessed
her
;
it
seemed
the
face
of
an
angel
,
so
earnest
,
so
lovely
,
so
pious
.
He
went
home
:
and
at
the
door
of
his
own
house
Peggy
met
him
with
anxious
looks
.
He
told
her
what
he
had
done
.
“
Good
Heavens
!
”
said
she
;
“
have
you
forgotten
?
He
says
he
will
kill
you
the
first
day
he
gets
out
.
You
told
me
so
yourself
.
”
“
Yes
,
Baker
said
so
.
I
ca
n't
help
it
.
I
do
n't
care
what
becomes
of
me
;
I
care
only
for
my
child
.
Leave
me
,
Peggy
;
there
,
go
,
go
.
”
He
was
no
sooner
alone
than
he
fell
upon
his
knees
,
and
offered
the
Great
Author
of
life
and
death
—
a
bargain
.
“
O
God
,
”
he
cried
,
“
I
own
my
sins
,
and
I
repent
them
.
Spare
but
my
child
,
who
never
sinned
against
Thee
,
and
I
will
undo
all
I
have
done
amiss
in
Thy
sight
.
I
will
refund
that
money
on
which
Thy
curse
lies
.
I
will
throw
myself
on
their
mercy
.
I
will
set
my
son
free
.
I
will
live
on
a
pittance
.
I
will
part
with
Peggy
.
I
will
serve
Mammon
no
more
.
I
will
attend
Thine
ordinances
.
I
will
live
soberly
,
honestly
,
and
godly
all
the
remainder
of
my
days
;
only
do
Thou
spare
my
child
.
She
is
Thy
servant
,
and
does
Thy
work
on
earth
,
and
there
is
nothing
on
earth
I
love
but
her
.
”
And
now
the
whistle
sounded
,
the
train
moved
,
and
his
messenger
was
flying
fast
to
London
,
with
a
note
to
Dr.
Wycherley
:
“
DEAR
SIR
,
—
My
poor
daughter
lies
dangerously
wounded
,
and
perhaps
at
the
point
of
death
.
She
cries
for
her
brother
.
He
must
come
down
to
us
instantly
with
the
bearer
of
this
.
Send
one
of
your
people
with
him
if
you
like
.
But
it
is
not
necessary
.
I
enclose
a
blank
cheque
,
signed
,
which
please
fill
at
your
discretion
.
—
I
am
,
with
thanks
,
yours
in
deep
distress
,
“
RICHARD
HARDIE
”
CHAPTER
XXXIX
DR.
SHORT
arrived
,
approved
Dr.
Phillips
's
treatment
,
and
said
the
case
was
severe
but
not
hopeless
,
and
he
would
call
again
.
A
bed
was
prepared
in
the
house
for
Mr.
Hardie
:
but
neither
he
nor
any
of
the
Dodds
closed
an
eye
that
sorrowful
night
.
About
midnight
,
after
a
short
slumber
,
the
sufferer
became
uneasy
,
and
begged
to
be
left
with
Julia
.
Julia
was
sent
for
,
and
found
her
a
good
deal
excited
.
She
inquired
more
than
once
if
they
were
quite
alone
,
and
then
asked
for
paper
and
a
pencil
.
She
wrote
a
few
lines
,
and
made
Julia
put
them
in
a
cover
and
seal
them
.
“
Now
,
dear
friend
,
”
she
said
,
“
promise
me
not
to
open
this
,
nor
even
to
let
your
mother
;
it
is
not
for
your
happiness
that
what
I
have
written
should
be
seen
by
her
or
you
;
no
,
no
,
much
better
not
.
Come
;
dear
friend
,
pledge
me
your
honour
.
”
Julia
pledged
her
honour
.
Then
Jane
wrote
on
the
cover
,
“
From
a
dying
sister
.
”
Julia
saw
that
;
and
wept
sore
.
Jane
comforted
her
.
“
Do
not
weep
for
me
,
love
:
I
am
content
to
go
,
or
stay
.
This
is
not
my
doing
;
so
I
know
it
must
be
for
the
best
.
He
is
leading
me
by
a
way
that
I
know
not
.
Oh
,
my
beloved
friend
,
how
sweet
it
is
to
lie
in
His
hands
,
and
know
no
will
but
His
.
Ay
,
I
thank
Him
for
crossing
my
will
,
and
leading
me
to
Himself
by
His
own
good
way
,
and
not
by
poor
blind
,
foolish
mine
.
”
In
this
spirit
of
full
resignation
she
abode
constant
,
and
consoled
her
weeping
friends
from
time
to
time
,
whenever
she
was
quite
herself
.
About
daybreak
,
being
alone
with
her
father
,
she
shed
a
few
tears
at
his
lonely
condition
.
“
I
fear
you
will
miss
me
,
”
said
she
.
“
Take
my
advice
,
dear
;
be
reconciled
with
Alfred
at
once
,
and
let
Julia
be
your
daughter
,
since
I
am
leaving
you
.
She
is
all
humility
and
heart
.
Dying
,
I
prize
her
and
her
affection
more
highly
;
I
seem
to
see
characters
clearer
,
all
things
clearer
,
than
I
did
before
my
summons
came
.
”
The
miserable
father
tried
to
be
playful
and
scold
her
:
“
You
must
not
talk
nor
think
of
death
,
”
he
said
.
“
Your
bridal-day
is
to
come
first
;
I
know
all
;
Edward
Dodd
has
told
me
he
loves
you
.
He
is
a
fine
noble
fellow
;
you
shall
marry
him
:
I
wish
it
.
Now
,
for
his
sake
,
summon
all
your
resolution
,
and
make
up
your
mind
to
live
.
Why
,
at
your
age
,
it
needs
but
to
say
,
'
I
will
live
,
I
will
,
I
will
;
'
and
when
all
the
prospect
is
so
smiling
,
when
love
awaits
you
at
the
altar
,
and
on
every
side
!
If
you
could
leave
your
poor
doting
father
,
do
not
leave
your
lover
:
and
here
he
is
with
his
mother
crying
for
you
.
Let
me
comfort
him
;
let
me
tell
him
you
will
live
for
his
sake
and
mine
.
”
Even
this
could
not
disturb
the
dying
Christian
.
“
Dear
Edward
,
”
she
said
;
“
it
is
sweet
to
know
he
loves
me
.
Ah
,
well
,
he
is
young
;
he
must
live
without
me
till
I
become
but
a
tender
memory
of
his
youth
.
And
oh
,
I
pray
for
him
that
he
may
cherish
the
words
I
have
spoken
to
him
for
his
soul
's
good
far
longer
than
he
can
remember
these
features
that
are
hastening
to
decay
.
”
At
ten
in
the
morning
Mr.
Hardie
's
messenger
returned
without
Alfred
,
and
with
a
note
from
Dr.
Wycherley
to
this
effect
,
that
,
the
order
for
Alfred
's
admission
into
his
asylum
being
signed
by
Mr.
Thomas
Hardie
,
he
could
not
send
him
out
even
for
a
day
except
on
Thomas
Hardie
's
authority
;
it
would
be
a
violation
of
the
law
.
Under
the
circumstances
,
however
,
he
thought
he
might
venture
to
receive
that
order
by
telegraph
.
If
,
then
,
Mr.
Hardie
would
telegraph
Thomas
Hardie
in
Yorkshire
to
telegraph
him
(
Wycherley
)
,
Alfred
should
be
sent
with
two
keepers
wherever
Mr.
T
.
Hardie
should
so
direct
.
Now
Mr.
Hardie
had
already
repented
of
sending
for
Alfred
at
all
.
So
,
instead
of
telegraphing
Yorkshire
,
he
remained
passive
,
and
said
sullenly
to
Mrs.
Dodd
,
“
Alfred
ca
n't
come
,
it
seems
.
”
Thus
Routine
kept
the
brother
from
his
dying
sister
.
They
told
Jane
,
with
aching
hearts
,
there
was
reason
to
fear
Alfred
could
not
arrive
that
day
.
She
only
gave
a
meaning
look
at
Julia
,
about
the
paper
;
and
then
she
said
with
a
little
sigh
,
“
God
's
will
be
done
.
”
This
was
the
last
disappointment
Heaven
allowed
Earth
to
inflict
on
her
;
and
the
shield
of
Faith
turned
its
edge
.
One
hour
of
pain
,
another
of
delirium
,
and
now
the
clouds
that
darken
this
mortal
life
seemed
to
part
and
pass
,
and
Heaven
to
open
full
upon
her
.
She
spoke
of
her
coming
change
no
longer
with
resignation
;
it
was
with
rapture
.
“
Oh
!
”
she
cried
,
“
to
think
that
from
this
very
day
I
shall
never
sin
again
,
shall
never
again
offend
Him
by
unholy
temper
,
by
un-Christ-like
behaviour
!
”
The
strong
and
healthy
wept
and
groaned
aloud
;
but
she
they
sorrowed
for
was
all
celestial
bliss
.
In
her
lifetime
she
had
her
ups
and
downs
of
religious
fervour
;
was
not
without
feverish
heats
,
and
cold
misgivings
and
depression
;
but
all
these
fled
at
that
dread
hour
when
the
wicked
are
a
prey
to
dark
misgivings
,
or
escape
into
apathy
.
This
timid
girl
that
would
have
screamed
at
a
scratch
,
met
the
King
of
Terrors
with
smiles
and
triumph
.
For
her
the
grave
was
Jordan
,
and
death
was
but
the
iron
gate
of
life
everlasting
.
Mors
janua
vitae
.
Yet
once
or
twice
she
took
herself
to
task
:
but
only
to
show
she
knew
what
the
All-Pure
had
forgiven
her
.
“
I
often
was
wanting
in
humility
,
”
she
said
;
“
I
almost
think
that
if
I
were
to
be
sent
back
again
into
this
world
of
sin
and
sorrow
I
am
leaving
behind
,
I
should
grow
a
little
in
humility
;
for
I
know
the
ripe
Christian
is
like
the
ripe
corn
,
holds
his
head
lower
than
when
he
was
green
;
and
the
grave
it
seems
to
be
ripening
me
.
But
what
does
it
matter
?
since
He
who
died
for
me
is
content
to
take
me
as
I
am
.
Come
quickly
,
Lord
Jesus
,
oh
,
come
quickly
!
Relieve
Thy
servant
from
the
burden
of
the
flesh
,
and
of
the
sins
and
foibles
that
cling
to
it
and
keep
her
these
many
years
from
Thee
.
”
This
prayer
was
granted
;
the
body
failed
more
and
more
;
she
could
not
swallow
even
a
drop
of
wine
;
she
could
not
even
praise
her
Redeemer
;
that
is
to
say
,
she
could
not
speak
.
Yet
she
lay
and
triumphed
.
With
hands
put
together
in
prayer
,
and
eyes
full
of
praise
and
joy
unspeakable
,
she
climbed
fast
to
God
.
While
she
so
mounted
in
the
spirit
,
her
breath
came
at
intervals
unusually
long
,
and
all
were
sent
for
to
see
Death
conquer
the
body
and
be
conquered
by
the
soul
.
At
last
,
after
an
unnaturally
long
interval
,
she
drew
a
breath
like
a
sigh
.
They
waited
for
another
;
waited
,
waited
in
vain
.
She
had
calmly
ceased
to
live
.
The
old
doctor
laid
down
her
hand
reverently
,
and
said
“
She
is
with
us
no
more
.
”
Then
with
many
tears
,
“
Oh
,
may
we
all
meet
where
she
is
now
,
and
may
I
go
to
her
the
first
.
”
Richard
Hardie
was
led
from
the
room
in
a
stupor
.
Immediately
after
death
all
the
disfiguring
effect
of
pain
retired
,
and
the
happy
soul
seemed
to
have
stamped
its
own
celestial
rapture
on
the
countenance
at
the
moment
of
leaving
it
;
a
rapture
so
wonderful
,
so
divine
,
so
more
than
mortal
calm
,
irradiated
the
dead
face
.
The
good
Christians
she
left
behind
her
looked
on
and
feared
to
weep
,
lest
they
should
offend
Him
,
who
had
taken
her
to
Himself
,
and
set
a
visible
seal
upon
the
house
of
clay
that
had
held
her
.
“
Oh
,
mamma
,
”
cried
Julia
with
fervour
,
“
look
!
look
!
Can
we
,
dare
we
,
wish
that
angel
back
to
this
world
of
misery
and
sin
?
”
And
it
was
some
hours
before
she
cooled
,
and
began
to
hang
on
Edward
's
neck
and
weep
his
loss
and
hers
,
as
weep
we
mortals
must
,
though
the
angels
of
Heaven
are
rejoicing
.
Thus
died
in
the
flower
of
her
youth
,
and
by
what
we
call
a
violent
death
,
the
one
child
Richard
Hardie
loved
;
member
of
a
religious
party
whose
diction
now
and
then
offends
one
to
the
soul
:
but
the
root
of
the
matter
is
in
them
;
allowance
made
for
those
passions
,
foibles
,
and
infirmities
of
the
flesh
,
even
you
and
I
are
not
entirely
free
from
,
they
live
fearing
God
,
and
die
loving
Him
.
There
was
an
inquest
next
day
,
followed
in
due
course
by
a
public
trial
of
James
Maxley
.
But
these
are
matters
which
,
though
rather
curious
and
interesting
,
must
be
omitted
,
or
touched
hereafter
and
briefly
.
The
effect
of
Jane
's
death
on
Richard
Hardie
was
deplorable
.
He
saw
the
hand
of
Heaven
;
but
did
not
bow
to
it
:
so
it
filled
him
with
rage
,
rebellion
,
and
despair
.
He
got
his
daughter
away
and
hid
himself
in
the
room
with
her
;
scarce
stirring
out
by
night
or
day
.
He
spoke
to
no
one
;
he
shunned
the
Dodds
:
he
hated
them
.
He
said
it
was
through
visiting
their
house
she
had
met
her
death
,
and
at
their
door
.
He
would
not
let
himself
see
it
was
he
who
had
sent
her
there
with
his
lie
.
He
loathed
Alfred
,
calling
him
the
cause
of
all
.
He
asked
nobody
to
the
funeral
:
and
,
when
Edward
begged
permission
to
come
,
he
gave
a
snarl
like
a
wild
beast
and
went
raging
from
him
.
But
Edward
would
go
:
and
at
the
graveside
pitying
Heaven
relieved
the
young
fellow
's
choking
heart
with
tears
.
But
no
such
dew
came
to
that
parched
old
man
,
who
stood
on
its
other
side
like
the
withered
Archangel
,
his
eyes
gloomy
and
wild
,
his
white
cheek
ploughed
deep
with
care
and
crime
and
anguish
,
his
lofty
figure
bowed
by
his
long
warfare
,
his
soul
burning
and
sickening
by
turns
,
with
hatred
and
rebellion
,
with
desolation
and
despair
.
He
went
home
and
made
his
will
;
for
he
felt
life
hang
on
him
like
lead
,
and
that
any
moment
he
might
kill
himself
to
be
rid
of
it
.
Strange
to
say
,
he
left
a
sum
of
money
to
Edward
Dodd
.
A
moment
before
,
he
did
n't
know
he
was
going
to
do
it
:
a
moment
after
,
he
was
half
surprised
he
had
done
it
,
and
minded
to
undo
it
;
but
would
not
take
the
trouble
.
He
went
up
to
London
,
and
dashed
into
speculation
as
some
in
their
despair
take
to
drink
.
For
this
man
had
but
two
passions
;
avarice
,
and
his
love
for
his
daughter
.
Bereaved
of
her
,
he
must
either
die
,
or
live
for
gain
.
He
sought
the
very
cave
of
Mammon
;
he
plunged
into
the
Stock
Exchange
.
When
Mr.
Hardie
said
,
“
Alfred
ca
n't
come
,
it
seems
,
”
Mrs.
Dodd
misunderstood
him
,
naturally
enough
.
She
thought
the
heartless
young
man
had
sent
some
excuse
:
had
chosen
to
let
his
sister
die
neglected
rather
than
face
Julia
:
“
As
if
she
would
leave
her
own
room
while
he
was
in
my
house
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
with
sovereign
contempt
.
From
this
moment
she
conceived
a
horror
of
the
young
man
.
Edward
shared
it
fully
,
and
the
pair
always
spoke
of
him
under
the
title
of
“
the
Wretch
:
”
this
was
when
Julia
was
not
by
.
In
her
presence
he
was
never
mentioned
.
By
this
means
she
would
in
time
forget
him
,
or
else
see
him
as
they
saw
him
.
And
as
,
after
all
,
they
knew
little
to
Mr.
Hardie
's
disadvantage
,
except
what
had
come
out
of
“
the
Wretch
's
”
mouth
,
and
as
moreover
their
hearts
were
softened
towards
the
father
by
his
bereavement
,
and
their
sight
of
his
misery
,
and
also
by
his
grateful
words
,
they
quite
acquitted
him
of
having
robbed
them
,
and
felt
sure
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
was
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
.
They
were
a
little
surprised
that
Mr.
Hardie
never
spoke
nor
wrote
to
them
again
;
but
being
high-minded
and
sweet
tempered
,
they
set
it
down
to
all-absorbing
grief
,
and
would
not
feel
sore
about
it
.
And
now
they
must
leave
the
little
villa
where
they
had
been
so
happy
and
so
unhappy
.
The
scanty
furniture
went
first
;
Mrs.
Dodd
followed
,
and
arranged
it
in
their
apartments
.
Julia
would
stay
behind
to
comfort
Edward
,
inconsolable
herself
.
The
auction
came
off
.
Most
of
the
things
went
for
cruelly
little
money
compared
to
their
value
:
and
with
the
balance
the
sad
young
pair
came
up
to
London
,
and
were
clasped
in
their
mother
's
arms
.
The
tears
were
in
her
tender
eyes
.
“
It
is
a
poor
place
to
receive
my
treasures
,
”
she
said
:
Edward
looked
round
astonished
:
“
It
was
a
poor
place
,
”
said
he
,
“
but
you
have
made
a
little
palace
of
it
,
somehow
or
another
.
”
“
My
children
's
love
can
alone
do
that
,
”
replied
Mrs.
Dodd
,
kissing
them
both
again
.
Next
day
they
consulted
together
how
they
were
to
live
.
Edward
wished
to
try
and
get
his
father
into
a
public
asylum
;
then
his
mother
would
have
a
balance
to
live
upon
out
of
her
income
.
But
Mrs.
Dodd
rejected
this
proposal
with
astonishment
.
In
vain
Edward
cited
the
'
Tiser
that
public
asylums
are
patterns
of
comfort
,
and
cure
twice
as
many
patients
as
the
private
ones
do
.
She
was
deaf
alike
to
the
'
Tiser
and
to
statistics
.
“
Do
not
argue
me
out
of
my
common
sense
,
”
said
she
.
“
My
husband
,
your
father
,
in
a
public
asylum
,
where
anybody
can
go
and
stare
at
my
darling
!
”
She
then
informed
them
she
had
written
to
her
Aunt
Bazalgette
and
her
Uncle
Fountain
,
and
invited
them
to
contribute
something
towards
David
's
maintenance
.
Edward
was
almost
angry
at
this
.
“
Fancy
asking
favours
of
them
,
”
said
he
.
“
Oh
,
I
must
not
sacrifice
my
family
to
false
pride
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
;
“
besides
they
are
entitled
to
know
.
”
While
waiting
for
their
answers
,
a
word
about
the
parties
and
their
niece
.
Our
Mrs.
Dodd
,
born
Lucy
Fountain
,
was
left
at
nineteen
to
the
care
of
two
guardians
:
1
,
her
Uncle
Fountain
,
an
old
bachelor
,
who
loved
comfort
,
pedigree
,
and
his
own
way
;
2
,
her
Aunt
Bazalgette
,
who
loved
flirting
,
dressing
,
and
her
own
way
;
both
charming
people
,
when
they
got
their
own
way
;
verjuice
,
when
they
did
n't
:
and
,
to
conclude
,
egotists
deep
as
ocean
.
From
guardians
they
grew
match-makers
and
rivals
by
proxy
:
uncle
schemed
to
graft
Lucy
on
to
a
stick
called
Talboys
,
that
came
in
with
the
Revocation
of
the
Edict
of
Nantes
,
known
in
pedigrees
as
“
the
Norman
Conquest
.
”
Aunt
,
wife
of
a
merchant
of
no
Descent
,
except
from
a
high
stool
,
devoted
her
to
Richard
Hardie
.
An
unlooked-for
obstacle
encountered
both
:
Lucy
was
not
amorous
.
She
loved
these
two
egotists
and
their
quadrupeds
;
but
there
she
stopped
dead
short
.
They
persisted
;
and
,
while
they
pulled
her
to
and
fro
and
ruffled
her
native
calm
,
David
Dodd
,
first
mate
of
the
Something
or
other
East
Indiaman
—
brown
cheek
,
honest
speech
,
heart
of
gold
—
fell
deep
in
love
and
worshipped
her
at
a
distance
.
His
timidity
and
social
insignificance
made
him
harmless
;
so
egotist
Fountain
had
him
in
to
dessert
to
spin
yarns
;
egotist
Bazalgette
invited
him
to
her
house
to
flirt
with
.
At
this
latter
place
he
found
Hardie
and
Talboys
both
courting
Lucy
;
this
drove
him
mad
,
and
in
his
fury
he
popped
.
Lucy
declined
him
secundum
artem
:
he
went
away
blessing
her
,
with
a
manly
sob
or
two
.
Lucy
cried
a
little
and
took
a
feminine
spite
against
his
rivals
,
who
remained
to
pester
her
.
Now
Talboys
,
spurred
by
uncle
,
had
often
all
but
popped
;
only
some
let
,
hindrance
,
or
just
impediment
had
still
interposed
:
once
her
pony
kept
prancing
at
each
effort
he
made
towards
Hymen
;
they
do
say
the
subtle
virgin
kept
probing
the
brute
with
a
hair
pin
,
and
made
him
caracole
and
spill
the
treacle
as
fast
as
it
came
her
way
.
However
,
now
Talboys
elected
to
pop
by
sea
.
It
was
the
element
his
ancestors
had
invaded
fair
England
by
;
and
on
its
tranquil
bosom
a
lover
is
safe
from
prancing
steeds
,
and
the
myriad
anti-pops
of
terra
firma
.
Miss
Lucy
consented
to
the
water
excursion
demurely
,
designing
to
bring
her
sickly
wooer
to
the
point
and
so
get
rid
of
him
for
ever
and
ever
.
Plot
and
counter-plot
were
baffled
by
the
elements
:
there
came
an
anti-pop
out
of
the
south-west
called
a
gale
.
Talboys
boated
so
skilfully
that
he
and
his
intended
would
have
been
united
without
ceremony
by
Father
Nep
,
at
the
bottom
of
the
British
Channel
,
but
for
David
Dodd
,
who
was
hovering
near
in
jealous
anguish
and
a
cutter
.
He
saved
them
both
,
but
in
the
doing
of
it
missed
his
ship
,
and
professional
ruin
faced
him
.
Then
good-hearted
Lucy
was
miserable
,
and
appealed
to
Mr.
Bazalgette
,
and
he
managed
somehow
to
get
David
made
captain
of
the
Rajah
.
The
poor
girl
thought
she
had
squared
the
account
with
David
;
but
he
refused
the
ship
unless
she
would
go
halves
,
and
while
her
egotists
bullied
and
vexed
her
,
he
wrought
so
upon
her
pity
,
and
teased
her
so
,
that
to
get
rid
of
his
importunity
she
married
him
.
In
time
she
learned
to
love
him
ten
times
better
than
if
she
had
begun
all
flames
.
Uncle
and
aunt
cut
her
tolerably
dead
for
some
years
.
Uncle
came
round
the
first
;
some
antiquarian
showed
him
that
Dodd
was
a
much
more
ancient
family
than
Talboys
.
“
Why
,
sir
,
they
were
lords
of
sixteen
manors
under
the
Heptarchy
,
and
hold
some
of
them
to
this
day
.
”
Mrs.
Bazalgette
,
too
,
had
long
corresponded
with
her
periodically
,
and
on
friendly
terms
.
The
answers
came
on
the
same
day
,
curiously
enough
.
Uncle
Fountain
,
ruined
by
railway
speculation
,
was
living
on
an
allowance
from
creditors
;
but
his
house
was
at
their
service
,
if
they
liked
to
live
with
him
—
and
board
themselves
.
Mrs.
Bazalgette
's
was
the
letter
of
a
smooth
woman
,
who
has
hoarded
imperishable
spite
.
She
reminded
her
niece
after
all
these
years
,
that
her
marriage
with
David
was
an
act
of
disobedience
and
ingratitude
.
She
then
enumerated
her
own
heavy
expenses
,
all
but
the
400l
.
a
year
she
spent
in
bedizening
her
carcass
,
and
finally
,
amidst
a
multitude
of
petty
insults
,
she
offered
to
relieve
Mrs.
Dodd
of
—
Julia
.
Now
Poetry
has
reconciled
us
to
an
asp
in
a
basket
of
figs
;
but
here
was
a
scorpion
in
a
bundle
of
nettles
.
Poor
Mrs.
Dodd
could
not
speak
after
reading
it
.
She
handed
it
to
Edward
,
and
laid
her
white
forehead
wearily
in
her
hand
.
Edward
put
the
letter
in
an
envelope
and
sent
it
back
with
a
line
in
his
own
hand
declining
all
further
correspondence
with
the
writer
.
“
Now
then
,
ladies
,
”
said
he
,
“
do
n't
you
be
cast
down
.
Let
this
be
a
warning
to
us
,
never
to
ask
favours
of
anybody
.
Let
us
look
the
thing
in
the
face
;
we
must
work
or
starve
:
and
all
the
better
for
us
.
Hard
work
suits
heavy
hearts
.
Come
,
have
you
any
plan
?
”
“
To
be
sure
we
have
,
”
said
Julia
eagerly
.
“
I
mean
to
go
for
a
governess
,
and
then
I
shall
cost
mamma
nothing
,
and
besides
I
can
send
her
the
money
the
people
give
me
.
”
“
A
pretty
plan
!
”
said
Edward
sadly
;
“
what
!
we
three
part
company
?
Do
n't
you
feel
lonely
enough
without
that
?
I
do
then
.
How
can
we
bear
our
burdens
at
all
,
if
we
are
not
to
be
all
together
to
cheer
one
another
along
the
weary
road
?
What
!
are
we
to
break
up
?
Is
it
not
enough
to
be
bereaved
?
”
He
could
say
no
more
for
the
emotion
his
own
words
caused
him
;
thinking
of
Jane
,
he
broke
down
altogether
,
and
ran
out
of
the
room
.
However
,
he
came
back
in
an
hour
with
his
eyes
red
,
but
his
heart
indomitable
;
determined
to
play
a
man
's
part
for
all
their
sakes
.
“
You
ladies
,
”
said
he
,
with
something
of
his
old
genial
way
,
that
sounded
so
strange
to
one
looking
at
his
red
eyes
,
and
inspired
a
desire
to
hug
him
,
“
are
full
of
talent
,
but
empty
of
invention
.
The
moment
you
are
ruined
or
that
sort
of
thing
,
it
is
,
go
for
a
governess
,
go
for
a
companion
,
go
here
,
go
there
,
in
search
of
what
?
Independence
?
No
;
dependence
.
Besides
all
this
going
is
bosh
.
Families
are
strong
if
they
stick
together
,
and
if
they
go
to
pieces
they
are
weak
.
I
learned
one
bit
of
sense
out
of
that
mass
of
folly
they
call
antiquity
;
and
that
was
the
story
of
the
old
bloke
with
his
twelve
sons
,
and
fagot
to
match
.
'
Break
'
em
apart
,
'
he
said
,
and
each
son
broke
his
stick
as
easy
as
shelling
peas
.
'
Now
break
the
twelve
all
tied
together
:
'
devil
a
bit
could
the
duffers
break
it
then
.
Now
we
are
not
twelve
,
we
are
but
three
:
easy
to
break
one
or
two
of
us
apart
,
but
not
the
lot
together
.
No
;
nothing
but
death
shall
break
this
fagot
,
for
nothing
less
shall
part
us
three
.
”
He
stood
like
a
colossus
,
and
held
out
his
hand
to
them
;
they
clung
round
his
neck
in
a
moment
,
as
if
to
illustrate
his
words
;
clung
tight
,
and
blessed
him
for
standing
so
firm
and
forbidding
them
to
part
.
Mrs.
Dodd
sighed
,
after
the
first
burst
of
enthusiastic
affection
,
and
said
:
“
If
he
would
only
go
a
step
further
and
tell
us
what
to
do
in
company
.
”
“
Ay
,
there
it
is
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
Begin
with
me
.
What
can
I
do
?
”
“
Why
,
paint
.
”
“
What
,
to
sell
?
Oh
dear
,
my
daubs
are
not
good
enough
for
that
.
”
“
Stuff
!
Nothing
is
too
bad
to
sell
.
”
“
I
really
think
you
might
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
“
and
I
will
help
you
.
”
“
No
,
no
,
mamma
,
I
want
you
for
something
better
than
the
fine
arts
.
You
must
go
in
one
of
the
great
grooves
:
Female
vanity
:
you
must
be
a
dressmaker
;
you
are
a
genius
at
it
.
”
“
My
mamma
a
dressmaker
,
”
cried
Julia
;
“
oh
Edward
,
how
can
you
.
How
dare
you
.
Poor
,
poor
mamma
!
”
“
Do
not
be
so
impetuous
,
dear
.
I
think
he
is
right
:
yes
,
it
is
all
I
am
fit
for
.
If
ever
there
was
a
Heaven-born
dressmaker
,
it
's
me
.
”
“
As
for
myself
,
”
said
Edward
,
“
I
shall
look
out
for
some
business
in
which
physical
strength
goes
further
than
intellectual
attainments
.
Luckily
there
are
plenty
such
.
Breaking
stones
is
one
.
But
I
shall
try
a
few
others
first
.
”
It
is
easy
to
settle
on
a
business
,
hard
to
get
a
footing
in
one
.
Edward
convinced
that
the
dressmaking
was
their
best
card
,
searched
that
mine
of
various
knowledge
,
the
'
Tiser
,
for
an
opening
:
but
none
came
.
At
last
one
of
those
great
miscellaneous
houses
in
the
City
advertised
for
a
lady
to
cut
cloaks
.
He
proposed
to
his
mother
to
go
with
him
.
She
shrank
from
encountering
strangers
.
No
,
she
would
go
to
a
fashionable
dressmaker
she
had
employed
some
years
,
and
ask
her
advice
.
Perhaps
Madame
Blanch
would
find
her
something
to
do
.
“
I
have
more
faith
in
the
'
Tiser
,
”
said
Edward
,
clinging
to
his
idol
.
Mrs.
Dodd
found
Madame
Blanch
occupied
in
trying
to
suit
one
of
those
heart-breaking
idiots
,
to
whom
dress
is
the
one
great
thing
,
and
all
things
else
,
sin
included
,
the
little
ones
.
She
had
tried
on
a
scarf
three
times
;
and
it
discontented
her
when
on
,
and
spoilt
all
else
when
off
.
Mrs.
Dodd
saw
,
and
said
obligingly
,
“
Perhaps
were
I
to
put
it
on
,
you
could
better
judge
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
,
you
must
know
,
had
an
admirable
art
of
putting
on
a
shawl
or
scarf
.
With
apparent
nonchalance
she
settled
the
scarf
on
her
shapely
shoulders
so
happily
that
the
fish
bit
,
and
the
scarf
went
into
its
carriage
;
forty
guineas
,
or
so
.
Madame
cast
a
rapid
but
ardent
glance
of
gratitude
Dodd-wards
.
The
customer
began
to
go
,
and
after
fidgeting
to
the
door
and
back
for
twenty
minutes
actually
went
somehow
.
Then
madame
turned
round
,
and
said
,
“
I
'm
sure
,
ma'am
,
I
am
much
obliged
to
you
;
you
sold
me
the
scarf
:
and
it
is
a
pity
we
could
n't
put
her
on
your
bust
and
shoulders
,
ma'am
,
then
perhaps
a
scarf
might
please
her
.
What
can
I
do
for
you
,
ma'am
?
”
Mrs.
Dodd
blushed
,
and
with
subdued
agitation
told
Madame
Blanch
that
this
time
she
was
come
not
to
purchase
but
to
ask
a
favour
.
Misfortune
was
heavy
on
her
;
and
,
though
not
penniless
,
she
was
so
reduced
by
her
husband
's
illness
and
the
loss
of
14
,
000l
.
by
shipwreck
,
that
she
must
employ
what
little
talents
she
had
to
support
her
family
.
The
woman
explored
her
from
head
to
foot
to
find
the
change
of
fortune
in
some
corner
of
her
raiment
:
but
her
customer
was
as
well
,
though
plainly
dressed
as
ever
,
and
still
looked
an
easy-going
duchess
.
“
Could
Madame
Blanch
find
her
employment
in
her
own
line
?
What
talent
I
have
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
humbly
,
“
lies
in
that
way
.
I
could
not
cut
as
well
as
yourself
,
of
course
;
but
I
think
I
can
as
well
as
some
of
your
people
.
”
“
That
I
'll
be
bound
you
can
,
”
said
Madame
Blanch
drily
.
“
But
dear
,
dear
,
to
think
of
your
having
come
down
so
.
Have
a
glass
of
wine
to
cheer
you
a
bit
;
do
now
,
that
is
a
good
soul
.
”
“
Oh
no
,
madam
.
I
thank
you
;
but
wine
cannot
cheer
me
:
a
little
bit
of
good
news
to
take
back
to
my
anxious
children
,
that
would
cheer
me
,
madam
.
Will
you
be
so
good
?
”
The
dressmaker
coloured
and
hesitated
;
she
felt
the
fascination
of
Dignity
donning
Humility
,
and
speaking
Music
:
but
she
resisted
.
“
It
wo
n't
do
,
at
least
here
.
I
should
n't
be
mistress
in
my
own
place
.
I
could
n't
drive
you
like
I
am
forced
to
do
the
rest
;
and
,
then
,
I
should
be
sure
to
favour
you
,
being
a
real
lady
,
which
is
my
taste
,
and
you
always
will
be
,
rich
or
poor
;
and
then
all
my
ladies
would
be
on
the
bile
with
jealousy
.
”
“
Ah
,
madam
,
”
sighed
Mrs.
Dodd
,
“
you
treat
me
like
a
child
;
you
give
me
sweetmeats
,
and
refuse
me
food
for
my
family
.
”
“
No
,
no
,
”
said
the
woman
hastily
,
“
I
do
n't
say
I
might
n't
send
you
out
some
work
to
do
at
home
.
”
“
Oh
,
thank
you
,
madam
.
”
N.B.
The
dressmaker
had
dropped
the
Madam
,
so
the
lady
used
it
now
at
every
word
.
“
Now
stop
a
bit
,
”
said
Madame
Blanch
.
“
I
know
a
firm
that
's
in
want
.
Theirs
is
easy
work
by
mine
,
and
they
cut
up
a
piece
of
stuff
every
two
or
three
days
.
”
She
then
wrote
on
one
of
her
own
cards
,
Messrs.
Cross
,
Fitchett
,
Copland
,
and
Tylee
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
and
14
,
Primrose
Lane
,
City
.
“
Say
,
I
recommend
you
.
To
tell
the
truth
,
an
old
hand
of
my
own
was
to
come
here
this
very
morning
about
it
,
but
she
has
n't
kept
her
time
;
so
this
will
learn
her
business
does
n't
stand
still
for
lie-a-beds
to
catch
it
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
put
the
card
in
her
bosom
and
pressed
the
hand
extended
to
her
by
Madame
Zaire
Blanch
;
whose
name
was
Sally
White
,
spinster
.
She
went
back
to
her
children
and
showed
them
the
card
,
and
sank
gracefully
into
a
chair
,
exhausted
as
much
by
the
agitation
of
asking
favours
as
by
the
walk
.
“
Cross
,
Fitchett
,
Copland
?
Why
they
were
in
the
'
Tiser
yesterday
,
”
said
Edward
:
“
look
at
this
;
a
day
lost
by
being
wiser
than
the
'
Tiser
.
”
“
I
'll
waste
no
more
then
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
rising
quietly
from
the
chair
.
They
begged
her
to
rest
herself
first
.
No
,
she
would
not
.
“
I
saw
this
lost
by
half
an
hour
,
”
said
she
.
“
Succeed
or
fail
,
I
will
have
no
remissness
to
reproach
myself
with
.
”
And
she
glided
off
in
her
quiet
way
,
to
encounter
Cross
,
Fitchett
,
Copland
and
Tylee
,
in
the
lane
where
a
primrose
was
caught
growing
—
six
hundred
years
ago
.
She
declined
Edward
's
company
rather
peremptorily
.
“
Stay
and
comfort
your
sister
,
”
said
she
.
But
that
was
a
blind
;
the
truth
was
,
she
could
not
bear
her
children
to
mingle
in
what
she
was
doing
.
No
,
her
ambition
was
to
ply
the
scissors
and
thimble
vigorously
,
and
so
enable
them
to
be
ladies
and
gentlemen
at
large
.
She
being
gone
,
Julia
made
a
parcel
of
water-colour
drawings
,
and
sallied
forth
all
on
fire
to
sell
them
.
But
,
while
she
was
dressing
,
Edward
started
on
a
cruise
in
search
of
employment
.
He
failed
entirely
.
They
met
in
the
evening
,
Mrs.
Dodd
resigned
,
Edward
dogged
,
Julia
rather
excited
.
“
Now
,
let
us
tell
our
adventures
,
”
she
said
.
“
As
for
me
,
shop
after
shop
declined
my
poor
sketches
.
They
all
wanted
something
about
as
good
,
only
a
little
different
:
nobody
complained
of
the
grand
fault
,
and
that
is
,
their
utter
badness
.
At
last
,
one
old
gentleman
examined
them
,
and
