.That
to
prevent
intimacy
with
all
,
except
with
those
of
whom
she
exactly
approved
,
would
be
impossible
,
if
she
ever
meant
her
daughters
to
enter
the
world
;
and
therefore
she
endeavored
so
to
obtain
their
unrestrained
confidence
and
affection
,
as
to
be
regarded
,
both
now
and
when
they
were
young
women
,
as
their
first
,
best
,
and
truest
friend
;
and
that
end
obtained
,
intimacies
with
their
young
companions
,
however
varied
their
character
,
she
felt
would
do
no
permanent
harm
.
"
Dear
,
dear
mamma
!
"
exclaimed
Emmeline
,
one
morning
about
a
week
after
her
parents
'
return
,
and
dropping
her
work
to
speak
more
eagerly
,
"
you
can
not
think
how
delightful
it
does
seem
to
have
you
at
home
again
;
I
missed
this
hour
of
the
day
so
very
much
;
I
did
not
know
how
much
I
loved
it
when
I
always
had
it
,
but
when
you
were
away
,
every
time
the
hour
came
I
missed
you
,
and
longed
for
you
so
much
that
—
I
am
afraid
you
will
think
me
very
silly
—
I
could
not
help
crying
.
"
"
Why
,
how
Percy
must
have
laughed
at
you
,
Emmy
!
"
"
Indeed
,
he
did
not
,
mamma
;
I
think
he
felt
half
inclined
to
cry
too
,
the
first
day
or
two
that
he
came
home
from
Mr.
Howard
's
,
and
could
not
rush
up
into
your
dressing-room
,
as
he
always
does
.
He
said
it
was
a
very
different
thing
for
you
to
go
from
home
,
than
for
him
to
go
to
London
,
and
he
did
not
like
it
at
all
;
nor
Herbert
,
nor
Caroline
,
neither
;
though
they
did
not
say
so
much
about
it
.
"
"
I
did
not
miss
mamma
after
the
first
,
quite
so
much
as
you
did
,
Emmeline
,
"
replied
her
sister
,
ingenuously
;
"
because
when
Lady
Helen
returned
from
London
,
she
made
me
go
there
so
often
,
and
as
I
know
you
never
refuse
me
that
indulgence
,
mamma
,
and
Miss
Harcourt
did
not
object
,
I
was
glad
to
do
so
.
"
"
I
have
only
one
objection
my
dear
Caroline
,
and
I
think
you
know
what
that
is
.
"
"
That
whenever
I
am
with
Annie
I
think
and
wish
more
about
going
to
London
,
mamma
;
I
am
afraid
I
do
;
but
indeed
I
try
to
think
that
you
must
know
what
is
better
for
me
,
and
try
not
to
be
discontented
,
though
sometimes
I
know
I
do
not
succeed
,
"
and
her
eyes
filled
with
tears
.
"
I
am
satisfied
that
you
endeavor
to
trust
my
experience
,
my
love
;
I
am
quite
aware
of
all
the
difficulties
you
have
to
encounter
in
doing
so
,
and
therefore
your
most
trifling
conquest
of
self
is
a
great
source
of
comfort
to
me
.
I
myself
should
feel
that
the
pain
of
increased
discontent
,
and
so
of
course
increased
difficulty
in
conquering
its
constant
accompaniment
,
ill
temper
,
would
more
than
balance
the
pleasure
of
Annie
's
society
,
and
so
not
indulge
in
the
one
so
often
at
the
expense
of
the
other
;
but
of
that
you
are
yourself
the
best
judge
,
and
you
know
in
such
a
case
I
always
permit
you
to
be
a
free
agent
.
But
what
has
become
of
Mary
,
Emmeline
?
I
begged
Mrs.
Greville
to
let
you
be
as
much
together
as
possible
during
my
absence
;
did
not
her
society
afford
you
some
pleasure
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
mamma
,
a
great
deal
;
but
unfortunately
Mr.
Greville
was
at
home
almost
all
the
time
you
were
away
,
and
poor
Mary
could
not
often
leave
her
mother
,
and
I
do
n't
feel
as
if
it
were
quite
right
for
me
to
go
so
often
there
,
when
he
is
at
home
.
I
am
sure
Mrs.
Greville
and
Mary
must
both
feel
still
more
uncomfortable
when
any
one
is
there
to
see
how
unkind
he
is
,
and
hear
the
cruel
things
he
says
.
Oh
,
how
I
do
wish
I
could
make
poor
Mary
more
happy
!
"
"
She
would
tell
you
that
affection
is
a
great
comfort
to
her
,
Emmy
.
"
"
Yours
and
Herbert
's
may
be
,
mamma
,
because
you
are
both
so
much
better
and
wiser
than
I
am
;
but
I
can
do
so
little
,
so
very
little
.
"
"
You
can
be
and
are
a
great
source
of
interest
to
her
,
my
dear
;
and
when
we
wish
very
much
to
make
another
person
happy
,
you
may
be
quite
sure
that
the
most
trifling
act
gives
pleasure
;
but
Ellen
looks
very
much
as
if
she
would
like
to
know
who
this
Mary
is
,
that
is
so
tried
—
suppose
you
tell
her
.
"
Emmeline
eagerly
obeyed
,
painting
her
friend
in
such
glowing
colors
,
that
Ellen
felt
,
however
tried
she
might
be
,
a
person
so
good
and
holy
must
be
happy
,
notwithstanding
;
besides
,
to
be
loved
so
by
Mrs.
Hamilton
and
Herbert
,
discovered
to
her
mind
such
superior
qualities
,
that
she
almost
wondered
how
Emmeline
could
speak
of
her
so
familiarly
,
and
think
of
her
as
her
own
particular
friend
.
But
the
conversation
on
her
,
and
then
on
other
topics
,
so
interested
her
,
that
she
was
almost
as
sorry
as
her
cousin
,
when
it
was
interrupted
by
a
visit
from
Lady
Helen
Grahame
and
her
daughter
.
"
Returned
at
length
,
dearest
Emmeline
!
"
was
the
former
's
lively
greeting
,
and
evincing
far
more
warmth
of
manner
than
was
usual
to
her
.
"
Do
you
know
,
the
banks
of
the
Dart
have
seemed
so
desolate
without
their
guardian
spirit
,
that
the
very
flowers
have
hung
their
heads
,
and
the
trees
are
withered
?
"
"
I
rather
think
the
change
of
season
,
and
not
my
absence
,
has
been
the
cause
of
these
melancholy
facts
,
"
replied
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
in
the
same
tone
;
"
but
even
London
will
not
change
your
kind
thoughts
for
me
,
Helen
.
"
"
Nay
,
I
must
follow
the
example
of
my
neighbors
,
rich
and
poor
,
whom
you
may
appeal
to
as
to
the
fact
of
your
absence
causing
terrible
lamentation
;
ask
this
naughty
little
girl
too
,
who
scarcely
ever
came
to
see
me
,
because
she
had
so
many
things
to
do
to
please
mamma
;
but
forgive
me
,
"
she
added
,
more
seriously
,
as
she
glanced
on
the
deep
mourning
of
her
friend
,
and
indeed
of
all
the
group
;
"
what
a
cold
,
heartless
being
you
must
believe
me
to
run
on
in
this
way
,
when
there
has
been
so
sad
a
cause
for
your
absence
—
poor
Eleanor
!
"
"
I
trust
we
may
say
happy
Eleanor
,
my
dear
Helen
;
mercy
has
indeed
been
shown
to
her
and
to
me
—
but
we
will
talk
of
this
another
time
.
Annie
,
"
she
continued
,
addressing
Miss
Grahame
,
who
was
already
deep
in
conversation
with
Caroline
,
"
I
have
another
little
girl
to
introduce
to
you
,
whom
I
hope
you
will
be
as
friendly
with
as
with
Caroline
and
Emmeline
.
"
The
young
lady
turned
round
at
the
words
,
but
her
sole
notice
of
Ellen
,
who
had
come
timidly
forward
,
was
a
haughty
stare
,
a
fashionable
courtesy
,
and
a
few
unintelligible
words
,
which
caused
Emmeline
to
feel
so
indignant
,
that
it
was
with
difficulty
she
kept
silence
,
and
made
Ellen
so
uncomfortable
,
that
it
was
with
even
more
than
her
usual
shyness
,
she
received
Lady
Helen
's
proffered
hand
.
"
And
why
not
introduce
her
to
me
too
,
Emmeline
?
I
knew
your
mother
when
she
was
little
older
than
you
are
,
my
dear
;
so
I
hope
you
will
learn
to
know
and
to
like
me
as
fast
as
you
can
.
"
Ellen
might
have
found
courage
to
reply
for
there
was
an
interest
attached
to
all
who
had
known
her
mother
;
but
as
she
raised
her
eyes
to
speak
,
she
again
encountered
Annie
's
rude
and
disagreeable
stare
,
and
the
words
died
on
her
lips
.
The
young
party
were
,
however
,
soon
all
in
the
garden
,
for
Mrs.
Hamilton
never
made
any
scruple
in
dismissing
her
children
,
when
she
wished
to
speak
on
subjects
she
did
not
choose
them
to
hear
;
and
she
was
anxious
so
to
relate
Eleanor
's
illness
and
change
of
sentiment
,
as
to
remove
the
impressions
which
her
early
career
had
left
on
Lady
Helen
's
memory
.
"
It
must
be
nearly
time
for
my
brothers
to
be
returning
;
shall
we
go
and
look
for
them
,
Ellen
?
I
dare
say
Edward
will
have
a
great
deal
to
tell
you
,
"
was
Emmeline
's
affectionate
address
,
as
Annie
and
Caroline
turned
in
a
different
direction
;
and
generally
judging
others
by
herself
,
she
thought
that
being
Edward
's
first
day
of
regular
attendance
on
Mr.
Howard
,
Ellen
would
like
to
know
all
about
it
as
soon
as
possible
,
and
they
proceeded
accordingly
.
"
Well
,
how
do
you
like
your
new
cousins
,
what
are
they
like
?
"
inquired
Miss
Grahame
,
the
moment
she
had
Caroline
entirely
to
herself
.
"
Edward
I
think
I
may
like
very
much
;
he
is
so
affectionate
and
so
good-natured
,
and
as
merry
and
full
of
fun
as
Percy
.
And
he
is
so
handsome
,
Annie
,
I
think
even
you
would
admire
him
.
"
"
Then
altogether
he
must
be
very
unlike
his
sister
.
I
never
saw
a
girl
so
plain
,
and
I
am
sure
she
looks
as
if
no
fun
could
exist
near
her
.
"
"
Mamma
says
we
must
remember
how
short
a
time
has
elapsed
since
poor
aunt
's
death
,
and
also
that
Ellen
is
not
strong
enough
to
be
very
lively
.
"
"
That
does
not
at
all
account
for
her
looking
cross
.
I
am
sure
she
has
nothing
to
be
ill-tempered
about
;
there
are
few
girls
in
her
situation
who
would
have
made
one
of
your
family
,
as
she
will
be
.
Mamma
said
it
would
be
a
very
anxious
thing
for
Mrs.
Hamilton
.
"
"
Mamma
did
seem
to
think
so
,
"
replied
Caroline
,
thoughtfully
;
"
but
I
fancy
you
are
wrong
,
Annie
.
Ellen
has
not
yet
given
any
proof
of
ill-temper
.
"
"
She
has
had
no
time
,
my
dear
;
but
no
one
can
be
deceived
by
such
a
face
.
My
cousin
,
Lady
Adelaide
Maldon
,
told
me
she
could
always
judge
people
by
their
faces
.
But
do
you
like
her
as
well
as
her
brother
,
Caroline
?
"
"
Ask
me
that
question
this
day
month
,
my
dear
Annie
;
I
can
not
answer
you
now
,
for
I
really
do
not
know
.
I
certainly
do
not
see
any
thing
particularly
striking
in
her
yet
—
I
do
not
understand
her
;
she
is
so
dreadfully
shy
or
timid
,
and
so
very
inanimate
,
one
can
not
tell
whether
she
is
pleased
or
sorry
.
To
tell
you
the
real
truth
,
I
am
afraid
I
shall
not
like
her
.
"
"
Why
afraid
?
"
"
Because
mamma
would
be
so
sorry
were
she
to
know
it
.
I
know
she
wishes
us
to
love
one
another
.
"
"
Nonsense
,
Caroline
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
can
not
be
so
unreasonable
as
to
expect
you
to
love
every
body
alike
.
"
"
Mamma
is
never
unreasonable
,
"
replied
Caroline
,
with
spirit
;
"
and
I
do
wish
,
Annie
,
you
would
treat
Ellen
exactly
as
you
do
us
.
"
"
Indeed
,
I
shall
not
.
What
is
Colonel
Fortescue
's
daughter
to
me
?
Now
do
n't
be
angry
,
Caroline
,
you
and
I
are
too
old
friends
to
quarrel
for
nothing
:
I
shall
certainly
hate
Ellen
altogether
,
if
she
is
to
be
a
subject
of
dispute
.
Come
,
look
kind
again
;
"
and
the
caress
with
which
she
concluded
restored
Caroline
's
serenity
,
and
other
subjects
were
discussed
between
them
.
Annie
Grahame
was
a
few
months
younger
than
Caroline
Hamilton
(
who
was
nearly
thirteen
,
)
but
from
having
been
emancipated
from
the
nursery
and
school-room
at
a
very
early
age
,
and
made
her
mother
's
companion
and
confidant
in
all
her
home
vexations
—
very
pretty
and
engaging
—
she
was
very
much
noticed
,
and
her
visits
to
her
titled
relations
in
London
,
by
causing
her
to
imitate
their
fashionable
manners
,
terms
of
speech
,
thoughts
on
dress
,
and
rank
,
etc.
,
made
her
a
woman
many
years
before
her
time
;
and
though
to
Lady
Helen
's
family
and
to
Lady
Helen
herself
this
made
her
still
more
agreeable
,
from
becoming
so
very
companionable
;
to
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
and
to
all
,
in
fact
,
who
loved
childhood
for
childhood
's
sake
,
it
was
a
source
of
real
regret
,
as
banishing
all
the
freshness
and
artlessness
and
warmth
which
ought
to
have
been
the
characteristics
of
her
age
.
Her
father
was
the
only
one
of
her
own
family
who
did
not
admire
—
and
so
tried
to
check
—
this
assumption
of
fine
ladyism
,
on
the
part
of
his
daughter
;
but
it
was
not
likely
he
could
succeed
,
and
he
only
estranged
from
him
the
affections
of
his
child
.
Annie
Grahame
had
a
great
many
fashionable
acquaintances
in
London
,
but
she
still
regarded
Caroline
Hamilton
as
her
favorite
friend
.
Why
,
she
could
not
exactly
tell
,
except
that
it
was
so
very
,
very
delightful
to
have
some
one
in
the
country
to
whom
she
could
dilate
on
all
the
pleasures
of
London
,
display
her
new
dresses
,
new
music
,
drawings
,
work
,
etc.
(
not
however
considering
it
at
all
necessary
to
mention
that
her
work
and
drawings
were
only
half
her
own
,
and
Caroline
was
much
too
truthful
herself
to
imagine
it
,
and
her
mother
too
anxious
to
retain
that
guileless
simplicity
to
enlighten
her
,
as
she
was
well
capable
of
doing
)
.
Annie
's
quick
eye
discovered
that
at
such
times
Caroline
certainly
envied
her
,
and
she
imagined
she
must
be
a
person
of
infinite
consequence
to
excite
such
a
feeling
,
and
this
was
such
a
pleasant
sensation
,
that
she
sought
Caroline
as
much
as
possible
during
their
stay
at
Moorlands
.
Of
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
indeed
,
she
stood
in
such
uncomfortable
awe
,
though
that
lady
never
addressed
her
except
in
kindness
,
that
as
she
grew
older
,
it
actually
became
dislike
;
but
this
only
increased
her
intimacy
with
Caroline
,
whom
she
had
determined
should
be
as
unlike
her
mother
as
possible
;
and
as
this
friendship
was
the
only
one
of
his
daughter
's
sentiments
which
gave
Mr.
Grahame
unmixed
satisfaction
,
he
encouraged
it
by
bringing
them
together
as
often
as
he
could
.
Emmeline
and
Ellen
,
meanwhile
,
had
pursued
their
walk
in
silence
,
both
engrossed
with
their
own
thoughts
(
for
that
children
of
eleven
years
,
indeed
,
of
any
age
,
do
not
think
,
because
when
asked
what
they
are
thinking
about
,
their
answer
is
invariably
"
Nothing
,
"
is
one
of
those
mistaken
notions
which
modern
education
is
,
we
hope
,
exploding
)
.
Emmeline
was
so
indignant
with
Annie
that
she
felt
more
sure
than
ever
that
she
did
not
and
could
never
like
her
.
"
She
is
always
talking
of
things
mamma
says
are
of
such
little
consequence
,
and
is
so
proud
and
contemptuous
,
and
I
am
afraid
she
does
not
always
tell
the
exact
truth
.
I
wonder
if
it
is
wrong
to
feel
so
toward
her
;
one
day
when
I
am
quite
alone
with
mamma
,
I
will
ask
her
,
"
was
the
tenor
of
her
meditations
.
But
Ellen
,
though
Annie
's
greeting
had
caused
her
to
shrink
still
more
into
herself
,
and
so
produced
pain
,
was
not
thinking
only
of
her
.
The
whole
of
that
hour
's
intimate
association
with
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
puzzled
her
;
she
had
doted
on
her
father
—
she
was
sure
she
loved
her
aunt
almost
as
dearly
,
but
could
she
ever
have
given
words
to
that
affection
as
Emmeline
had
done
,
and
as
Edward
always
did
?
and
so
,
perhaps
,
after
all
,
she
did
not
feel
as
they
did
,
though
the
wish
was
so
strong
to
caress
her
aunt
,
and
sit
as
close
and
lovingly
by
her
as
Herbert
and
Emmeline
and
even
Edward
did
,
that
its
very
indulgence
seemed
to
give
her
pain
.
Then
Caroline
's
confession
too
—
could
she
ever
have
had
courage
to
confess
the
indulgence
of
a
feeling
which
she
knew
to
be
wrong
—
and
all
her
aunt
had
said
both
to
Caroline
and
Emmeline
so
fastened
on
her
mind
as
to
make
her
head
ache
,
and
she
quite
started
when
a
loud
shout
sounded
near
them
.
"
It
is
only
Percy
,
"
said
Emmeline
laughing
;
"
I
dare
say
he
and
Edward
are
running
a
race
or
having
some
sort
of
fun
.
"
And
so
they
were
;
laughing
,
shouting
,
panting
,
they
came
full
speed
,
darting
in
and
out
the
trees
in
every
variety
of
mathematical
figures
their
ingenuity
could
frame
;
but
as
soon
as
Percy
's
restless
eye
discovered
Emmeline
,
he
directed
his
course
toward
her
,
exclaiming
,
"
Holla
,
Edward
,
stop
running
for
to-day
:
come
here
,
and
let
us
be
sober
.
Why
,
Tiny
,
what
brings
you
and
Ellen
out
now
?
It
is
not
your
usual
time
.
"
"
Ellen
,
Ellen
,
I
have
had
such
a
happy
day
;
I
like
Mr.
Howard
more
than
ever
(
he
had
only
seen
him
twice
before
.
)
I
am
sure
I
shall
get
on
with
him
,
and
he
will
teach
me
astronomy
and
navigation
too
,
so
I
shall
not
be
ashamed
to
go
to
sea
next
year
;
I
shall
learn
so
much
first
.
"
"
Let
me
walk
home
with
you
,
dear
Edward
,
and
do
tell
me
every
thing
you
have
done
and
are
going
to
do
,
"
asked
Ellen
,
clinging
to
his
arm
,
and
looking
in
his
face
with
such
an
expression
that
there
was
little
trace
of
ill-temper
.
Emmeline
meanwhile
had
made
her
brother
a
party
in
her
indignation
against
Annie
's
pride
,
which
he
termed
insolence
,
vowing
he
would
make
her
feel
it
.
And
as
they
came
in
sight
of
her
and
Caroline
,
he
called
out
to
Ellen
,
who
,
all
her
timidity
returning
,
tried
to
draw
Edward
into
another
walk
.
"
Not
there
,
not
there
,
Miss
Nelly
,
you
are
not
going
to
cut
me
in
that
fashion
.
You
have
talked
quite
enough
to
Edward
and
must
now
come
to
me
.
Edward
,
there
's
mamma
;
off
with
you
to
tell
your
tale
of
delight
to
her
.
"
And
Edward
did
not
wait
a
second
bidding
,
leaving
Ellen
to
Percy
,
who
threw
his
arm
affectionately
round
her
,
and
began
talking
to
her
so
amusingly
that
she
could
not
help
laughing
,
and
so
devoted
did
he
appear
to
her
,
that
he
had
only
time
to
greet
Miss
Grahame
,
with
a
very
marked
and
polite
bow
,
and
passed
on
.
He
wished
to
provoke
,
and
he
succeeded
,
for
Annie
was
always
particularly
pleased
when
the
handsome
,
spirited
Percy
Hamilton
paid
her
any
attention
,
and
that
he
should
be
so
devoted
to
his
little
pale
,
disagreeable-looking
cousin
,
as
not
even
to
give
her
a
word
,
annoyed
her
as
much
as
he
desired
.
Edward
's
hasty
progress
to
his
aunt
was
slightly
checked
at
seeing
a
stranger
with
her
,
but
when
he
was
introduced
he
made
his
bow
with
so
much
of
his
mother
's
grace
,
that
,
combined
with
the
extraordinary
likeness
,
and
her
feelings
already
interested
in
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
account
of
her
sister
's
sufferings
and
death
,
Lady
Helen
could
not
for
the
moment
speak
except
to
exclaim
,
"
Oh
,
how
that
look
recalls
the
past
!
I
could
almost
fancy
poor
Eleanor
herself
stood
before
me
.
"
"
Did
you
—
did
you
know
my
mother
madam
?
"
said
Edward
,
with
so
much
eagerness
that
his
cheeks
crimsoned
and
his
voice
trembled
.
—
"
Were
you
one
of
mamma
's
"
—
but
he
could
not
finish
the
sentence
,
and
leaning
his
head
against
his
aunt
,
he
burst
into
tears
.
"
Poor
child
!
"
said
Lady
Helen
pityingly
,
as
Mrs.
Hamilton
pressed
him
closer
to
her
,
and
stooped
down
to
kiss
his
forehead
without
speaking
;
and
that
sudden
and
unexpected
display
of
feeling
contrasted
with
Ellen
's
painful
shyness
,
stamped
at
once
and
indelibly
Lady
Helen
's
opinion
of
the
two
orphans
.
CHAPTER
IV
.
VARIETIES
.
A
few
days
more
brought
Mrs.
Greville
and
Mary
to
welcome
their
friends
,
and
Ellen
had
again
the
pain
of
being
introduced
to
strangers
;
but
this
time
it
was
only
the
pain
of
her
own
shyness
,
for
could
she
have
overcome
that
feeling
,
she
might
have
felt
even
pleasure
.
As
it
was
,
the
gentle
voice
and
manner
with
which
Mrs.
Greville
addressed
her
,
and
the
timid
yet
expressive
glance
of
Mary
,
told
of
such
sympathy
and
kindness
,
that
she
felt
attracted
toward
both
,
and
could
quite
enter
into
Emmeline
's
enthusiastic
admiration
of
her
friend
;
not
,
however
,
believing
it
possible
that
she
herself
could
ever
be
worthy
to
win
Mary
's
regard
.
Taught
from
such
a
very
early
age
to
believe
herself
so
far
inferior
to
Edward
,
such
characters
as
Herbert
and
Mary
appeared
to
her
so
exalted
,
that
it
was
quite
impossible
they
could
ever
think
of
her
;
the
constant
little
acts
of
unobtrusive
kindness
that
her
cousin
showed
her
,
she
attributed
to
his
extreme
goodness
,
not
from
the
most
trifling
merit
in
herself
.
She
did
indeed
love
him
very
dearly
,
the
best
next
to
her
aunt
;
but
so
much
of
reverence
mingled
with
it
,
that
she
was
almost
more
reserved
with
him
than
with
the
others
.
But
Herbert
was
naturally
reserved
himself
in
words
,
and
so
he
did
not
think
any
thing
about
it
,
except
to
wish
and
endeavor
to
make
his
little
cousin
happier
than
she
seemed
.
When
contrasting
Mary
Greville
with
Annie
Grahame
,
as
she
was
rather
fond
of
doing
,
Emmeline
became
so
afraid
she
was
disliking
the
latter
more
than
she
ought
to
do
,
that
she
never
rested
till
she
made
an
opportunity
to
confess
all
her
feelings
to
her
mother
,
and
beg
her
to
tell
her
if
they
were
very
wrong
,
and
if
she
ought
to
like
her
.
"
I
am
not
so
unconscionable
as
to
expect
you
to
like
every
one
with
whom
you
associate
,
my
dear
little
girl
,
"
replied
her
mother
,
fondly
,
for
there
was
something
in
Emmeline
's
guileless
confidence
irresistibly
claiming
love
.
"
All
we
have
to
do
when
we
find
nothing
that
exactly
sympathizes
with
our
own
feelings
,
or
our
own
ideas
of
right
and
wrong
,
is
to
try
and
find
out
some
reason
for
their
being
so
different
;
some
circumstance
that
may
have
exposed
them
to
greater
temptations
and
trials
,
for
you
know
I
have
often
told
you
pleasure
and
amusements
,
if
too
much
indulged
in
,
are
a
much
greater
trial
to
some
than
sorrow
and
pain
.
Now
Annie
has
had
a
great
many
more
temptations
of
this
kind
than
you
or
Mary
,
and
we
can
not
expect
one
so
very
young
entirely
to
resist
them
.
"
"
Do
you
mean
,
mamma
,
her
going
out
so
much
in
London
?
"
"
Yes
,
love
;
she
is
very
much
noticed
,
and
so
perhaps
thinks
a
little
more
of
appearance
and
dress
and
pleasure
than
is
quite
necessary
.
"
"
But
Lady
Helen
need
not
take
her
out
so
much
,
if
she
did
not
like
.
Do
you
think
she
is
quite
right
to
do
so
?
"
asked
Emmeline
,
very
thoughtfully
.
"
We
must
never
pronounce
judgment
on
other
people
's
actions
,
my
little
girl
.
I
think
it
better
not
to
interrupt
your
present
quiet
and
I
hope
happy
life
,
and
therefore
I
do
not
take
you
or
Caroline
to
London
;
but
Mr.
Grahame
is
obliged
to
be
there
for
several
months
,
and
Lady
Helen
very
naturally
would
not
like
to
be
separated
either
from
him
or
her
children
.
And
then
she
has
such
a
large
family
,
and
Annie
so
many
young
relations
,
that
you
see
Lady
Helen
could
not
keep
her
children
quite
as
free
from
temptation
as
I
do
mine
,
and
we
should
be
more
sorry
for
Annie
than
blame
her
individually
,
however
we
may
not
like
her
faults
.
Do
you
understand
me
,
my
dear
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
mamma
,
and
I
am
so
glad
I
took
courage
to
tell
you
all
I
felt
.
I
am
afraid
I
have
encouraged
many
unkind
thoughts
about
her
,
and
I
am
quite
sorry
now
,
for
I
see
she
can
not
help
them
as
much
as
I
thought
she
could
.
I
do
not
think
I
could
ever
make
her
my
friend
,
but
I
will
try
very
much
not
to
dislike
and
avoid
her
.
"
"
And
that
is
all
that
is
required
of
you
,
my
love
.
When
I
tell
you
that
our
Father
in
Heaven
commands
us
to
love
one
another
,
and
to
avoid
all
unkindness
in
thought
and
deed
,
I
do
not
mean
that
He
desires
us
to
love
all
alike
,
because
He
knew
it
would
be
neither
for
our
happiness
nor
good
that
it
should
be
so
,
but
only
to
prevent
the
too
great
influence
of
prejudice
and
dislike
.
We
might
think
such
feelings
can
do
no
harm
,
because
only
confined
to
our
own
minds
,
but
they
would
be
sure
gradually
to
lead
us
to
taking
pleasure
in
listening
to
their
dispraise
,
and
joining
in
it
,
and
to
seeing
and
talking
only
of
their
faults
,
forgetting
that
if
we
had
been
circumstanced
exactly
as
they
are
,
we
might
have
been
just
the
same
:
and
this
is
the
feeling
David
condemns
in
one
of
the
Psalms
we
read
this
morning
.
Are
you
tired
of
listening
to
me
,
dearest
,
or
shall
we
read
it
over
again
together
?
"
Emmeline
's
only
answer
was
to
run
eagerly
for
her
little
Bible
,
and
with
glowing
cheeks
and
sparkling
eyes
listen
to
her
mother
,
as
she
turned
to
the
fifteenth
Psalm
,
and
reading
it
through
,
particularly
pointed
out
the
third
verse
,
and
so
explained
it
,
as
easily
and
happily
to
satisfy
her
child
as
to
the
Divine
authority
for
all
that
she
had
said
,
and
to
stamp
them
still
more
forcibly
on
her
memory
.
"
And
now
I
do
not
mean
to
talk
to
you
any
more
,
my
darling
,
"
she
said
,
kissing
the
little
earnest
face
upturned
to
hers
.
"
You
have
heard
quite
enough
to
think
about
,
and
I
am
sure
you
will
not
forget
it
,
so
go
and
play
;
Ellen
must
be
wondering
what
has
become
of
you
.
"
And
again
full
of
glee
,
the
happy
child
bounded
away
,
exclaiming
,
as
she
did
so
,
"
Poor
Annie
,
I
am
glad
I
am
not
exposed
to
such
temptations
,
for
I
am
sure
I
should
not
be
able
to
resist
them
either
.
"
But
though
any
one
who
had
seen
her
the
next
half
hour
might
have
fancied
that
a
serious
thought
or
sober
task
could
not
approach
her
,
neither
the
conversation
nor
the
Psalm
was
forgotten
;
with
Herbert
's
explanatory
assistance
,
she
not
only
found
the
Psalm
,
but
committed
it
to
memory
;
and
the
second
Sunday
after
her
conversation
with
her
mother
,
repeated
it
so
correctly
and
prettily
to
her
father
,
as
to
give
her
the
delight
of
his
caressing
approbation
.
Learning
correctly
by
rote
was
always
her
greatest
trial
,
for
her
vivid
fancy
and
very
versatile
powers
occasioned
her
actual
lessons
to
be
considered
such
drudgery
,
as
to
require
a
great
effort
on
her
part
to
retain
them
.
The
sense
,
indeed
,
if
she
understood
it
,
she
learned
quickly
enough
;
but
she
preferred
her
own
language
to
any
one
's
else
,
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
had
some
difficulty
in
making
her
understand
that
in
time
of
study
she
required
correctness
,
and
not
fancy
;
and
that
the
attention
which
was
necessary
to
conquer
the
words
as
well
as
the
sense
of
the
lesson
,
was
much
more
important
and
valuable
,
however
disagreeable
it
might
seem
,
than
the
facility
of
changing
the
language
to
something
prettier
than
the
original
.
When
,
therefore
,
as
in
the
present
case
,
she
voluntarily
undertook
,
and
conquered
really
a
difficult
task
for
a
little
lively
girl
,
her
parents
had
no
scruple
in
giving
the
only
reward
she
cared
for
—
their
approbation
.
It
was
in
the
bestowal
of
praise
Mrs.
Hamilton
was
compelled
to
be
almost
painfully
guarded
.
She
found
that
the
least
expression
of
unusual
approbation
caused
Caroline
to
relax
in
her
efforts
,
thinking
she
had
done
quite
enough
,
and
perniciously
increasing
her
already
too
exalted
ideas
of
herself
.
While
to
Emmeline
it
was
the
most
powerful
incentive
to
a
continuance
in
improvement
,
and
determined
conquest
of
her
faults
.
There
was
constantly
a
dread
on
the
mother
's
heart
,
that
Caroline
would
one
day
accuse
her
of
partiality
,
from
the
different
measure
of
her
approbation
which
she
was
compelled
to
bestow
;
and
yet
painful
as
it
was
to
persevere
under
such
an
impression
,
the
future
welfare
of
both
was
too
precious
to
be
risked
for
the
gratification
of
the
present
.
She
was
watching
with
delight
Emmeline
's
unrestrained
enjoyment
of
her
father
's
caresses
and
lively
conversation
,
in
which
Percy
as
usual
joined
—
for
Tiny
,
as
he
chose
to
call
her
,
was
his
especial
pet
and
plaything
—
when
she
was
startled
by
a
low
and
evidently
suppressed
sob
near
her
;
Ellen
was
bending
over
a
book
of
Bible-stories
which
Herbert
had
lent
her
,
and
her
long
ringlets
completely
concealed
her
face
;
Miss
Harcourt
and
Caroline
both
looked
up
surprised
,
but
a
rapid
sign
from
Mrs.
Hamilton
prevented
their
making
any
remark
.
Herbert
fixed
his
eyes
pityingly
on
his
little
cousin
as
if
wishing
but
not
liking
to
address
her
.
Edward
was
the
only
one
of
the
party
who
moved
.
He
was
busily
engaged
in
examining
a
large
Noah
's
ark
,
and
speculating
as
to
its
resemblance
to
a
ship
,
and
its
powers
of
floating
,
but
after
a
few
minutes
'
apparent
thought
he
left
it
,
and
sitting
down
on
Ellen
's
chair
,
put
his
arm
round
her
,
and
begged
her
to
find
a
picture
of
Noah
's
ark
,
and
see
if
it
were
at
all
like
the
toy
.
Cheered
by
his
affection
,
she
conquered
with
a
strong
effort
the
choking
in
her
throat
,
and
turned
to
the
page
,
and
tried
to
sympathize
in
his
wonder
if
it
really
were
like
the
vessel
in
which
Noah
was
saved
,
and
where
he
could
have
put
all
the
animals
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
joined
them
,
and
without
taking
more
notice
of
Ellen
's
very
pale
cheeks
and
heavy
eyes
,
than
gently
to
put
back
the
thick
tresses
that
seemed
to
annoy
her
by
their
weight
,
gave
them
so
much
interesting
information
on
the
subject
,
and
so
delighted
Edward
with
allowing
him
to
drag
down
several
books
from
the
library
to
find
out
all
they
said
about
it
,
that
two
hours
slipped
away
quite
unconsciously
;
and
Ellen
's
very
painful
feeling
had
been
so
soothed
,
that
she
could
smile
,
and
join
Emmeline
in
making
all
the
animals
walk
in
grand
procession
to
their
temporary
dwelling
.
But
Mrs.
Hamilton
did
not
forget
the
child
's
involuntary
evidence
of
suffering
,
and
vainly
tried
to
imagine
what
at
that
moment
could
have
caused
it
.
Herbert
seemed
to
think
about
it
,
too
,
for
the
next
day
she
heard
him
ask
Edward
—
"
If
he
knew
why
his
sister
always
looked
so
sad
?
if
he
thought
it
was
because
she
was
not
yet
reconciled
to
Oakwood
?
"
"
It
is
not
that
,
"
was
Edward
's
reply
:
"
she
has
always
looked
and
seemed
sad
,
as
long
as
I
can
remember
her
.
One
reason
may
be
,
she
was
always
ill
in
India
,
and
papa
was
often
telling
me
how
very
much
she
suffered
,
and
how
patiently
she
bore
it
;
and
then
,
too
,
she
knew
I
was
poor
mamma
's
favorite
,
(
his
voice
trembled
)
,
and
that
used
to
make
her
very
unhappy
;
but
I
do
not
know
why
she
is
so
very
sad
now
,
unless
she
is
ill
again
,
and
that
no
one
can
tell
,
for
she
never
will
complain
.
"
"
Was
your
sister
such
a
constant
sufferer
then
?
"
inquired
his
aunt
.
"
Come
here
,
and
tell
me
all
you
can
about
her
Edward
.
I
wish
I
could
know
more
about
both
your
lives
in
India
.
"
Edward
,
with
eager
willingness
,
communicated
all
he
knew
,
though
,
from
his
being
so
constantly
with
his
mother
,
and
Ellen
so
much
left
with
her
father
and
herself
,
that
all
was
little
enough
;
adding
,
however
,
that
after
her
very
dangerous
illness
,
when
she
was
eight
years
old
,
he
perfectly
well
remembered
hearing
some
celebrated
physician
say
to
his
father
she
would
probably
feel
the
effects
of
it
all
her
life
.
"
It
was
a
very
long
time
before
mamma
permitted
me
to
see
her
,
"
added
Edward
,
"
and
when
I
did
,
I
remember
being
almost
frightened
,
she
was
so
altered
,
so
pale
,
and
thin
,
and
weak
;
and
then
she
was
very
ill
after
poor
papa
's
death
;
but
since
then
she
has
never
complained
,
and
never
kept
her
bed
;
but
I
know
she
is
often
in
pain
,
for
when
I
have
touched
her
forehead
sometimes
,
it
has
burnt
my
hand
like
fire
.
"
This
childish
explanation
certainly
told
Mrs.
Hamilton
more
than
she
had
known
before
;
but
that
Ellen
had
witnessed
the
fearful
scene
of
her
father
's
death
was
still
concealed
.
Edward
,
as
he
grew
older
,
though
he
did
not
know
why
,
seemed
to
shrink
from
the
subject
,
particularly
that
he
had
been
at
a
ball
the
same
awful
night
.
A
few
days
afterward
,
as
Mrs.
Hamilton
was
crossing
the
large
hall
on
her
way
to
the
school-room
—
for
so
,
spite
of
Percy
's
determination
that
it
should
receive
the
more
learned
and
refined
appellation
of
studio
,
it
was
still
called
—
she
overheard
Caroline
's
voice
,
exclaiming
in
angry
impatience
—
"
Indeed
,
I
shall
not
,
I
have
enough
to
do
with
my
own
lessons
,
without
attending
to
other
people
's
.
It
is
your
idleness
,
Ellen
,
not
the
difficulty
of
your
lesson
;
for
I
am
sure
it
is
easy
enough
.
"
"
For
shame
,
Caroline
!
"
was
Emmeline
's
indignant
reply
"
She
is
not
idle
,
and
I
am
sure
her
lesson
is
not
so
easy
;
I
wish
I
could
explain
it
properly
.
"
"
You
know
Miss
Harcourt
herself
said
she
was
careless
or
idle
to-day
,
and
she
must
know
.
I
am
not
going
to
lose
my
hour
of
recreation
to
help
those
who
wo
n't
help
themselves
.
"
"
How
can
you
be
so
ill-natured
,
so
unkind
!
"
began
Emmeline
;
but
Ellen
's
beseeching
voice
interrupted
her
—
"
Do
not
quarrel
with
your
sister
on
my
account
,
dearest
Emmeline
;
I
dare
say
I
am
very
stupid
,
but
my
head
does
feel
confused
to-day
;
pray
do
not
mind
me
,
dear
Emmy
;
go
with
Caroline
,
aunt
Emmeline
will
not
like
your
remaining
in
.
"
Caroline
had
already
quitted
the
room
,
and
in
her
haste
ran
against
her
mother
,
who
she
instantly
perceived
had
heard
all
she
said
.
With
a
deep
blush
,
she
turned
as
to
re-enter
the
school-room
,
but
Mrs.
Hamilton
stopped
her
—
"
No
,
"
she
said
,
gravely
,
"
if
you
are
only
to
act
kindly
for
fear
of
my
reproof
,
it
will
do
no
good
either
to
yourself
or
Ellen
.
I
could
scarcely
have
believed
it
possible
you
should
so
have
spoken
,
had
I
not
heard
it
.
Go
and
amuse
yourself
as
you
intended
;
I
rather
think
had
you
given
up
a
little
of
your
time
to
help
your
cousin
,
you
would
have
experienced
more
real
pleasure
than
you
will
now
feel
all
day
.
"
"
Dear
mamma
,
will
you
help
Ellen
?
"
asked
Emmeline
,
very
timidly
,
for
though
at
Ellen
's
reiterated
entreaty
she
had
left
her
,
she
felt
it
almost
disrespect
to
run
across
the
hall
while
her
mother
was
speaking
;
and
the
thought
suddenly
crossed
her
that
,
as
she
was
quite
sure
Ellen
was
not
idle
though
Miss
Harcourt
thought
she
was
,
her
mother
,
by
assisting
her
,
might
save
her
from
increased
displeasure
.
"
Yes
,
dearest
,
if
necessary
;
I
have
heard
enough
to
satisfy
me
that
you
would
if
you
could
;
and
so
I
will
,
for
your
sake
.
"
And
Emmeline
ran
away
,
quite
happy
,
to
try
all
she
could
to
soothe
Caroline
,
whose
self-reproach
had
as
usual
terminated
in
a
fit
of
ill-temper
and
anger
against
Ellen
,
instead
of
against
herself
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
entered
the
school-room
,
and
stood
by
Ellen
so
quietly
that
the
child
did
not
perceive
her
.
Her
attention
was
completely
absorbed
in
her
book
;
but
after
a
few
minutes
she
suddenly
pushed
it
from
her
,
and
exclaiming
almost
passionately
:
"
I
can
not
learn
it
,
try
all
I
can
!
and
Miss
Harcourt
will
be
so
very
,
very
angry
"
—
and
she
gave
way
,
for
the
first
time
since
her
arrival
at
Oakwood
,
to
a
violent
burst
of
tears
.
"
What
is
this
very
,
very
difficult
lesson
,
my
little
Ellen
!
"
inquired
her
aunt
,
kindly
taking
one
hand
from
her
face
.
"
Tell
me
,
and
we
shall
be
able
to
learn
it
together
,
perhaps
.
"
"
Oh
,
no
,
no
!
it
is
because
I
am
so
very
stupid
;
Miss
Harcourt
has
explained
it
to
me
twice
,
and
I
know
,
I
know
,
I
ought
to
understand
it
—
but
—
"
"
Well
,
then
,
never
mind
it
to-day
.
We
can
all
learn
much
better
some
days
than
others
,
you
know
;
and
I
dare
say
to-morrow
you
will
be
able
to
conquer
it
.
"
"
But
Miss
Harcourt
is
already
displeased
,
and
she
will
be
still
more
so
,
if
I
leave
it
without
her
permission
,
"
replied
the
sobbing
girl
,
longing
,
but
not
daring
,
to
throw
her
arms
round
her
aunt
's
neck
,
and
lean
her
aching
head
against
her
bosom
.
"
Not
if
I
beg
a
reprieve
,
"
replied
her
aunt
,
smiling
;
"
but
you
must
not
let
it
make
you
so
very
unhappy
,
Ellen
.
I
am
afraid
it
is
not
only
your
lesson
,
but
that
you
are
ill
,
or
unhappy
about
something
else
.
Tell
me
,
dearest
,
what
can
I
do
to
make
you
more
happy
,
more
at
home
?
"
"
Oh
,
nothing
,
nothing
!
"
replied
Ellen
,
struggling
with
her
tears
.
"
Indeed
I
am
happier
than
I
ever
thought
I
could
be
;
I
must
be
very
ungrateful
to
make
you
think
I
am
unhappy
,
when
you
are
so
good
and
so
kind
.
My
head
ached
to-day
,
and
that
always
makes
me
feel
a
wish
to
cry
;
but
indeed
I
am
not
unhappy
,
and
never
when
you
kiss
me
and
call
me
your
Ellen
,
whatever
I
may
feel
when
you
are
not
by
;
"
and
,
as
if
frightened
at
her
own
confession
,
she
hid
her
face
in
her
aunt
's
dress
.
Mrs.
Hamilton
lifted
her
into
her
lap
,
and
kissed
her
without
speaking
.
"
You
must
learn
to
love
me
more
and
more
then
,
my
Ellen
,
"
she
said
,
after
a
pause
,
"
and
when
you
are
feeling
ill
or
in
pain
,
you
must
not
be
afraid
to
tell
me
,
or
I
shall
think
that
you
only
fancy
you
love
me
.
"
"
Oh
,
no
,
it
is
not
fancy
;
I
never
loved
any
one
as
I
do
you
—
except
papa
—
my
own
darling
,
good
papa
!
"
the
word
was
almost
choked
with
sobs
.
"
He
used
to
fondle
me
and
praise
me
,
and
call
me
his
darling
Ellen
,
as
uncle
Hamilton
did
Emmeline
last
Sunday
;
and
when
I
was
ill
,
so
ill
they
said
I
should
die
,
he
never
left
me
,
except
when
his
military
duties
called
him
away
;
and
he
used
to
nurse
me
,
and
try
to
amuse
me
,
that
I
might
forget
pain
and
weakness
.
Oh
,
I
shall
never
,
never
forget
that
dreadful
night
!
"
and
she
closed
her
eyes
and
shuddered
,
as
the
horrid
scene
of
blood
and
death
flashed
before
her
.
"
What
dreadful
night
my
poor
child
?
"
inquired
Mrs.
Hamilton
,
soothingly
,
after
doubting
whether
or
not
it
would
be
better
for
Ellen
to
pursue
such
an
evidently
painful
theme
,
and
no
longer
requiring
an
explanation
of
her
emotion
the
previous
Sabbath
.
"
The
night
poor
papa
was
killed
;
—
oh
,
there
were
so
many
horrid
forms
on
the
grass
,
the
natives
and
poor
papa
's
own
men
,
and
they
looked
so
ghastly
in
the
moonlight
,
and
the
grass
was
covered
with
blood
and
limbs
and
heads
that
had
been
shot
off
;
and
there
were
such
cries
and
groans
of
pain
—
I
see
it
,
I
hear
it
all
again
so
often
before
I
go
to
sleep
,
and
when
my
head
feels
as
it
does
to-day
,
and
fancy
I
hear
poor
papa
's
last
words
and
feel
his
kiss
as
he
lay
bleeding
,
bleeding
slowly
to
death
and
his
voice
was
so
strange
,
and
his
lips
so
cold
!
"
"
But
how
came
you
in
such
a
dreadful
scene
,
my
poor
Ellen
?
who
could
have
permitted
such
a
little
child
to
be
there
?
"
"
Because
I
wished
it
so
very
much
;
I
knew
he
would
die
before
they
could
bring
him
to
me
,
and
I
did
so
want
to
feel
his
kiss
and
hear
his
voice
once
more
.
Oh
,
aunt
Emmeline
!
shall
I
never
see
him
again
?
I
know
he
can
not
come
to
me
;
but
shall
I
,
oh
,
shall
I
ever
be
good
enough
to
go
to
him
?
"
And
she
looked
up
in
her
aunt
's
face
with
such
a
countenance
of
beseeching
entreaty
,
that
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
eyes
filled
with
tears
,
and
it
was
a
full
minute
before
she
could
speak
;
but
when
she
did
,
Ellen
felt
more
relieved
and
comforted
,
than
on
the
subject
of
her
father
's
death
she
had
ever
felt
before
.
From
her
mother
not
being
able
to
bear
the
subject
even
partially
alluded
to
,
and
from
having
no
one
to
whom
she
could
speak
of
it
,
it
had
taken
a
still
stronger
hold
of
her
imagination
;
and
whenever
she
was
unusually
weak
,
and
her
head
aching
and
confused
,
it
became
still
more
vivid
.
The
very
visible
sympathy
and
interest
of
her
aunt
,
and
the
gentle
words
in
which
she
tried
to
turn
the
child
's
thoughts
from
that
scene
of
horror
to
the
happiness
of
her
father
in
Heaven
,
and
an
assurance
that
,
if
she
tried
to
do
her
duty
,
and
to
love
and
serve
God
,
and
trust
in
His
mercy
to
render
her
efforts
acceptable
,
she
would
rejoin
him
,
seemed
to
remove
the
mass
of
tangled
thought
within
her
young
mind
.
Her
head
,
indeed
,
still
ached
very
painfully
,
and
her
eyes
seemed
as
if
they
would
close
,
notwithstanding
all
her
efforts
to
keep
them
open
;
but
when
she
awoke
from
a
long
quiet
sleep
,
on
the
sofa
in
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
dressing-room
,
where
her
aunt
had
laid
her
,
and
found
that
kind
friend
still
watching
over
her
,
the
little
heart
and
temples
had
ceased
to
throb
so
quickly
,
and
she
felt
better
and
happier
.
Mr.
Maitland
,
the
medical
friend
of
the
family
,
confirmed
the
opinion
which
Edward
had
said
their
physician
in
India
had
given
of
his
sister
's
state
of
health
.
He
did
not
,
he
said
,
consider
her
liable
to
serious
illness
,
or
of
a
constitution
that
would
not
endure
;
but
that
he
feared
it
would
be
some
years
before
she
knew
the
blessing
of
really
good
health
,
and
be
constantly
subject
to
that
lassitude
,
severe
headache
,
and
the
depression
of
the
whole
system
thence
proceeding
,
which
must
prevent
the
liveliness
and
quickness
of
acquirement
natural
to
most
children
.
He
thought
the
evil
had
been
very
greatly
increased
by
want
of
sufficient
care
in
early
years
,
and
the
unwholesome
climate
in
which
she
had
so
long
lived
,
that
he
wondered
her
mother
had
not
been
advised
to
send
her
over
to
England
,
adding
,
with
a
smile
,
he
was
quite
sure
Mrs.
Hamilton
would
not
have
refused
the
charge
,
anxious
as
it
might
have
been
.
And
earnestly
,
not
only
on
account
of
the
child
's
physical
but
mental
health
,
did
Mrs.
Hamilton
wish
that
such
had
been
the
case
,
and
that
she
had
had
the
care
of
her
niece
from
earliest
infancy
;
and
how
much
more
would
she
have
wished
this
,
had
she
known
that
Mrs.
Fortescue
had
really
been
advised
to
do
with
Ellen
as
Mr.
Maitland
had
said
,
but
that
believing
it
merely
an
idle
fancy
,
and
persisting
,
too
,
in
her
own
headstrong
idea
,
that
it
was
ill-temper
,
not
illness
,
which
rendered
Ellen
so
disagreeable
,
she
would
not
stoop
so
to
conquer
her
unfortunate
pride
as
to
ask
such
a
favor
of
her
relatives
,
and
to
whom
else
could
she
appeal
?
Colonel
Fortescue
had
none
but
distant
cousins
.
She
did
satisfy
a
qualm
of
conscience
by
once
suggesting
to
her
husband
—
as
her
own
idea
,
however
,
not
as
that
of
an
experienced
physician
—
that
as
he
fancied
Ellen
was
always
ill
,
she
might
be
better
in
England
;
but
,
as
she
expected
,
not
only
his
intense
love
for
his
little
girl
rose
up
against
the
idea
of
separation
,
but
his
pride
revolted
from
sending
her
to
claim
the
pity
of
relatives
who
had
so
completely
cast
off
her
parents
:
yet
had
he
been
told
it
was
absolutely
necessary
for
her
health
and
so
greatly
for
her
happiness
,
he
would
not
have
hesitated
to
sacrifice
every
thought
of
self
.
But
Eleanor
,
satisfied
that
she
had
done
her
duty
,
and
delighted
that
in
one
respect
he
was
quite
as
proud
as
she
was
,
never
again
referred
to
the
subject
,
and
the
physician
who
had
thus
advised
,
from
his
constant
removals
,
he
never
chanced
to
meet
.
Great
,
indeed
,
was
the
amount
of
childish
suffering
which
this
selfish
decision
,
on
the
part
of
her
mother
,
occasioned
Ellen
.
We
do
not
mean
the
pain
of
constant
languor
itself
,
though
that
in
its
full
amount
our
happy
healthful
young
readers
can
not
have
the
least
idea
of
:
they
,
perhaps
,
think
it
almost
a
pleasant
change
,
the
care
,
and
petting
,
and
presents
so
often
lavished
on
a
brief
decided
illness
:
but
that
is
a
very
different
thing
to
that
kind
of
suffering
which
only
so
affects
them
as
to
be
dull
and
heavy
,
they
do
not
know
why
,
and
to
make
it
such
a
very
difficult
task
to
learn
the
lessons
others
find
so
easy
;
and
such
a
pain
sometimes
to
move
,
that
they
are
thought
slow
and
unwilling
,
and
perhaps
even
idle
,
when
they
would
gladly
run
,
and
help
,
and
work
as
others
;
and
so
weak
sometimes
,
that
tears
start
at
the
first
harsh
or
unkind
word
,
and
they
are
thought
cross
,
when
they
do
not
in
the
least
feel
so
;
and
this
,
not
for
a
few
weeks
,
but
,
with
few
exceptions
,
the
trial
of
months
and
even
years
.
And
this
was
Ellen
's
—
which
not
even
the
tenderest
and
most
unfailing
care
of
her
aunt
could
entirely
guard
her
from
.
It
is
a
most
difficult
thing
for
those
who
are
strong
and
healthy
themselves
to
understand
and
always
bear
with
physical
suffering
in
others
.
Miss
Harcourt
,
though
in
general
free
from
any
thing
like
prejudice
,
and
ardently
desirous
to
follow
up
her
own
and
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
ideas
of
right
and
wrong
,
could
not
so
govern
her
affections
as
to
feel
the
same
toward
Ellen
as
she
did
toward
Edward
and
the
children
she
had
lived
with
and
taught
so
long
.
Her
task
with
Ellen
required
more
patience
and
forbearance
and
care
than
with
either
of
the
others
,
and
sometimes
she
could
not
help
believing
and
acting
toward
her
as
if
it
were
willful
idleness
and
carelessness
,
not
the
languor
of
disease
.
With
the
recollection
and
evidence
of
Herbert
,
who
had
been
delicate
from
his
birth
,
and
who
was
yet
of
such
a
remarkably
gifted
mind
,
and
so
bright
in
aspect
,
so
sweet
in
temper
,
that
illness
seemed
to
have
spiritualized
instead
of
deadened
every
faculty
,
she
could
not
understand
,
as
Mrs.
Hamilton
did
,
the
force
of
circumstances
in
producing
from
nearly
the
same
cause
two
much
different
effects
,
nor
how
it
was
that
complete
neglect
had
engendered
more
evils
than
indiscreet
indulgence
;
but
that
it
appeared
to
have
done
so
,
was
unhappily
only
too
evident
not
only
to
Miss
Harcourt
but
to
Mrs.
Hamilton
.
It
seemed
almost
surprising
,
and
certainly
a
proof
of
a
remarkably
good
disposition
,
that
Edward
appeared
so
free
from
great
faults
,
and
of
such
a
warm
,
generous
,
frank
,
and
seemingly
unselfish
nature
,
so
open
to
conviction
and
to
all
good
impressions
,
that
,
except
occasional
fits
of
violent
passion
,
there
really
was
,
as
far
as
his
aunt
and
uncle
could
perceive
,
nothing
to
complain
of
.
They
did
not
know
that
he
stood
in
such
awe
of
Mr.
Hamilton
,
from
his
mother
's
lessons
of
his
exceeding
sternness
,
that
he
exercised
the
greatest
control
over
himself
;
and
he
was
so
excessively
fond
of
Mr.
Howard
,
and
his
days
glided
by
in
such
varied
and
delightful
employment
,
that
there
was
no
temptation
to
do
wrong
,
except
certain
acts
of
trifling
disobedience
,
of
more
consequence
from
the
self-will
they
betrayed
than
the
acts
themselves
,
but
which
might
have
been
sources
of
anxiety
to
his
aunt
,
and
lessened
her
confidence
in
him
had
she
known
them
;
but
she
did
not
,
for
Ellen
not
only
constantly
concealed
,
but
she
was
the
sufferer
for
him
,
and
so
brought
reproof
and
suspicion
on
herself
,
which
,
could
the
truth
have
been
known
,
might
have
been
averted
.
But
truth
of
act
as
well
as
word
had
never
been
impressed
on
Edward
;
and
,
therefore
,
though
he
was
constitutionally
too
brave
to
utter
a
falsehood
,
too
honorable
to
shield
himself
at
the
expense
of
another
,
if
he
knew
that
other
suffered
,
he
had
been
too
long
taught
to
believe
that
Ellen
was
his
inferior
,
and
must
always
give
up
to
him
,
to
imagine
that
he
was
even
acting
deceitfully
or
unmanfully
in
permitting
her
to
conceal
his
acts
of
disobedience
.
There
was
so
much
to
love
and
admire
in
Edward
,
that
neither
Mr.
nor
Mrs.
Hamilton
imagined
the
real
weakness
of
his
character
—
that
those
lovable
qualities
all
sprung
from
natural
impulse
,
unsustained
by
any
thing
like
principle
.
The
quickness
and
apparent
fervor
with
which
he
received
the
religious
impressions
they
and
Mr.
Howard
sought
so
earnestly
to
instill
in
the
short
time
that
was
allowed
them
before
he
entered
the
navy
,
they
augured
so
hopefully
from
,
that
not
only
his
preceptor
and
uncle
,
but
his
ever
anxious
aunt
,
looked
forward
to
his
career
with
scarcely
a
doubt
as
to
its
probity
and
honor
.
Ellen
caused
her
infinitely
more
anxiety
.
There
was
a
disregard
to
truth
,
a
want
of
openness
and
candor
,
which
,
though
Mrs.
Hamilton
believed
the
effects
of
neglect
and
extreme
timidity
,
both
her
husband
and
Miss
Harcourt
feared
were
natural
.
Much
,
indeed
,
sprung
from
the
poor
child
's
mistaken
idea
of
the
nature
and
solemnity
of
the
promise
she
had
made
her
mother
,
and
her
constant
watchfulness
and
determination
to
shield
Edward
.
For
the
disregard
to
truth
,
her
mother
had
,
indeed
,
alone
been
answerable
.
Ellen
's
naturally
very
timid
character
required
the
inculcation
of
a
high
,
firm
principle
,
to
enable
her
so
to
conquer
herself
as
to
speak
the
truth
,
even
if
she
suffered
from
it
.
It
was
only
,
indeed
,
in
extreme
cases
of
fear
—
and
never
to
her
father
that
she
had
ever
spoken
falsely
;
but
to
Mrs.
Hamilton
's
high
principles
,
which
by
extreme
diligence
and
care
she
had
so
successfully
imparted
to
her
own
children
,
even
concealment
was
often
an
acted
untruth
,
and
of
this
fault
and
equivocation
Ellen
was
but
too
often
guilty
;
exciting
Miss
Harcourt
's
and
Caroline
's
prejudices
yet
more
against
her
.
The
latter
,
with
all
her
faults
,
never
swerved
from
the
rigid
truth
,
and
had
a
strong
contempt
and
dislike
toward
all
those
who
did
—
except
her
friend
Annie
,
who
,
as
she
always
took
care
to
speak
the
truth
to
her
,
she
did
not
suspect
of
being
less
careful
than
herself
.
Emmeline
,
who
had
had
some
difficulty
in
restraining
her
love
of
exaggeration
,
and
also
in
so
conquering
her
own
timidity
and
fear
as
always
to
speak
the
truth
,
only
pitied
Ellen
,
but
did
not
love
her
the
less
.
Of
course
,
it
was
not
till
some
months
had
passed
that
these
lights
and
shadows
of
character
in
the
orphans
,
and
in
the
opinions
they
culled
forth
in
those
around
them
,
could
be
discovered
;
but
notwithstanding
she
stood
almost
alone
in
her
opinion
,
notwithstanding
there
was
very
little
outward
evidence
that
she
was
correct
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
believed
there
was
a
great
deal
more
in
her
niece
than
was
discernible
.
She
seemed
to
possess
a
strength
,
almost
an
intensity
,
of
feeling
and
warmth
of
affection
,
which
,
if
properly
guided
,
would
effectually
aid
in
removing
the
childish
errors
engendered
by
neglect
;
and
it
was
this
belief
which
not
only
enabled
her
to
bear
calmly
the
anxiety
and
care
,
and
often
pain
,
which
those
faults
and
their
compelled
correction
occasioned
,
but
actually
to
love
her
niece
,
if
possible
,
still
more
than
Edward
,
and
very
nearly
with
the
same
amount
of
quiet
but
intense
affection
which
she
felt
for
her
own
children
.
CHAPTER
V.
A
YOUNG
GENTLEMAN
IN
A
PASSION
.
—
A
WALK
.
—
A
SCENE
OF
DISTRESS
.
One
very
fine
morning
in
May
,
Mrs.
Hamilton
invited
Edward
to
join
her
in
a
walk
,
intending
also
to
call
at
Moorlands
and
Greville
Manor
on
their
way
.
The
lads
were
released
for
a
few
days
from
their
attendance
on
Mr.
Howard
,
that
gentleman
having
been
summoned
on
some
clerical
business
to
Exeter
.
Percy
was
to
accompany
his
father
on
an
equestrian
excursion
;
Herbert
had
been
commissioned
by
Emmeline
some
days
before
to
take
some
books
