cannotbe
disguised
.
There
are
,
at
Chesney
Wold
this
January
week
,
some
ladies
and
gentlemen
of
the
newest
fashion
,
who
have
set
up
a
Dandyism
—
in
Religion
,
for
instance
.
Who
,
in
mere
lackadaisical
want
of
an
emotion
,
have
agreed
upon
a
little
dandy
talk
about
the
Vulgar
wanting
faith
in
things
in
general
;
meaning
,
in
the
things
that
have
been
tried
and
found
wanting
,
as
though
a
low
fellow
should
unaccountably
lose
faith
in
a
bad
shilling
,
after
finding
it
out
!
Who
would
make
the
Vulgar
very
picturesque
and
faithful
,
by
putting
back
the
hands
upon
the
Clock
of
Time
,
and
cancelling
a
few
hundred
years
of
history
.
There
are
also
ladies
and
gentlemen
of
another
fashion
,
not
so
new
,
but
very
elegant
,
who
have
agreed
to
put
a
smooth
glaze
on
the
world
,
and
to
keep
down
all
its
realities
.
For
whom
everything
must
be
languid
and
pretty
.
Who
have
found
out
the
perpetual
stoppage
.
Who
are
to
rejoice
at
nothing
,
and
be
sorry
for
nothing
.
Who
are
not
to
be
disturbed
by
ideas
.
On
whom
even
the
Fine
Arts
,
attending
in
powder
and
walking
backward
like
the
Lord
Chamberlain
,
must
array
themselves
in
the
milliners
'
and
tailors
'
patterns
of
past
generations
,
and
be
particularly
careful
not
to
be
in
earnest
,
or
to
receive
any
impress
from
the
moving
age
.
Then
there
is
my
Lord
Boodle
,
of
considerable
reputation
with
his
party
,
who
has
known
what
office
is
,
and
who
tells
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
with
much
gravity
,
after
dinner
,
that
he
really
does
not
see
to
what
the
present
age
is
tending
.
A
debate
is
not
what
a
debate
used
to
be
;
the
House
is
not
what
the
House
used
to
be
;
even
a
Cabinet
is
not
what
it
formerly
was
.
He
perceives
with
astonishment
,
that
supposing
the
present
Government
to
be
overthrown
,
the
limited
choice
of
the
Crown
,
in
the
formation
of
a
new
Ministry
,
would
lie
between
Lord
Coodle
and
Sir
Thomas
Doodle
—
supposing
it
to
be
impossible
for
the
Duke
of
Foodle
to
act
with
Goodle
,
which
may
be
assumed
to
be
the
case
in
consequence
of
the
breach
arising
out
of
that
affair
with
Hoodle
.
Then
,
giving
the
Home
Department
and
the
Leadership
of
the
House
of
Commons
to
Joodle
,
the
Exchequer
to
Koodle
,
the
Colonies
to
Loodle
,
and
the
Foreign
Office
to
Moodle
,
what
are
you
to
do
with
Noodle
?
You
ca
n't
offer
him
the
Presidency
of
the
Council
;
that
is
reserved
for
Poodle
.
You
ca
n't
put
him
in
the
Woods
and
Forests
;
that
is
hardly
good
enough
for
Quoodle
.
What
follows
?
That
the
country
is
shipwrecked
,
lost
,
and
gone
to
pieces
(
as
is
made
manifest
to
the
patriotism
of
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
)
,
because
you
ca
n't
provide
for
Noodle
!
On
the
other
hand
,
the
Right
Honorable
William
Buffy
,
M.P.
,
contends
across
the
table
with
some
one
else
,
that
the
shipwreck
of
the
country
—
about
which
there
is
no
doubt
;
it
is
only
the
manner
of
it
that
is
in
question
—
is
attributable
to
Cuffy
.
If
you
had
done
with
Cuffy
what
you
ought
to
have
done
when
he
first
came
into
Parliament
,
and
had
prevented
him
from
going
over
to
Duffy
,
you
would
have
got
him
into
alliance
with
Fuffy
,
you
would
have
had
with
you
the
weight
attaching
as
a
smart
debater
to
Guffy
,
you
would
have
brought
to
bear
upon
the
elections
the
wealth
of
Huffy
,
you
would
have
got
in
for
three
counties
Juffy
,
Kuffy
,
and
Luffy
;
and
you
would
have
strengthened
your
administration
by
the
official
knowledge
and
the
business
habits
of
Muffy
.
All
this
,
instead
of
being
,
as
you
now
are
,
dependent
on
the
mere
caprice
of
Puffy
!
As
to
this
point
,
and
as
to
some
minor
topics
,
there
are
differences
of
opinion
;
but
it
is
perfectly
clear
to
the
brilliant
and
distinguished
circle
,
all
round
,
that
nobody
is
in
question
but
Boodle
and
his
retinue
,
and
Buffy
and
his
retinue
.
These
are
the
great
actors
for
whom
the
stage
is
reserved
.
A
People
there
are
,
no
doubt
—
a
certain
large
number
of
supernumeraries
,
who
are
to
be
occasionally
addressed
,
and
relied
upon
for
shouts
and
choruses
,
as
on
the
theatrical
stage
;
but
Boodle
and
Buffy
,
their
followers
and
families
,
their
heirs
,
executors
,
administrators
,
and
assigns
,
are
the
born
first-actors
,
managers
,
and
leaders
,
and
no
others
can
appear
upon
the
scene
for
ever
and
ever
.
In
this
,
too
,
there
is
perhaps
more
dandyism
at
Chesney
Wold
than
the
brilliant
and
distinguished
circle
will
find
good
for
itself
in
the
long
run
.
For
it
is
,
even
with
the
stillest
and
politest
circles
,
as
with
the
circle
the
necromancer
draws
around
him
—
very
strange
appearances
may
be
seen
in
active
motion
outside
.
With
this
difference
;
that
,
being
realities
and
not
phantoms
,
there
is
the
greater
danger
of
their
breaking
in
.
Chesney
Wold
is
quite
full
,
anyhow
;
so
full
,
that
a
burning
sense
of
injury
arises
in
the
breasts
of
ill-lodged
ladies
'
maids
,
and
is
not
to
be
extinguished
.
Only
one
room
is
empty
.
It
is
a
turret
chamber
of
the
third
order
of
merit
,
plainly
but
comfortably
furnished
,
and
having
an
old-fashioned
business
air
.
It
is
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
's
room
,
and
is
never
bestowed
on
anybody
else
,
for
he
may
come
at
any
time
.
He
is
not
come
yet
.
It
is
his
quiet
habit
to
walk
across
the
park
from
the
village
,
in
fine
weather
;
to
drop
into
this
room
,
as
if
he
had
never
been
out
of
it
since
he
was
last
seen
there
;
to
request
a
servant
to
inform
Sir
Leicester
that
he
is
arrived
,
in
case
he
should
be
wanted
;
and
to
appear
ten
minutes
before
dinner
,
in
the
shadow
of
the
library
door
.
He
sleeps
in
his
turret
,
with
a
complaining
flag-staff
over
his
head
;
and
has
some
leads
outside
,
on
which
,
any
fine
morning
when
he
is
down
here
,
his
black
figure
may
be
seen
walking
before
breakfast
like
a
larger
species
of
rook
.
Every
day
before
dinner
,
my
Lady
looks
for
him
in
the
dusk
of
the
library
,
but
he
is
not
there
.
Every
day
at
dinner
,
my
Lady
glances
down
the
table
for
the
vacant
place
,
that
would
be
waiting
to
receive
him
if
he
had
just
arrived
;
but
there
is
no
vacant
place
.
Every
night
,
my
Lady
casually
asks
her
maid
:
“
Is
Mr
Tulkinghorn
come
?
”
Every
night
the
answer
is
,
“
No
,
my
Lady
,
not
yet
.
”
One
night
,
while
having
her
hair
undressed
,
my
Lady
loses
herself
in
deep
thought
after
this
reply
,
until
she
sees
her
own
brooding
face
in
the
opposite
glass
,
and
a
pair
of
black
eyes
curiously
observing
her
.
“
Be
so
good
as
to
attend
,
”
says
my
Lady
then
,
addressing
the
reflection
of
Hortense
,
“
to
your
business
.
You
can
contemplate
your
beauty
at
another
time
.
”
“
Pardon
!
It
was
your
Ladyship
's
beauty
.
”
“
That
,
”
says
my
Lady
,
“
you
need
n't
contemplate
at
all
.
”
At
length
,
one
afternoon
a
little
before
sunset
,
when
the
bright
groups
of
figures
,
which
have
for
the
last
hour
or
two
enlivened
the
Ghost
's
Walk
,
are
all
dispersed
,
and
only
Sir
Leicester
and
my
Lady
remain
upon
the
terrace
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
appears
.
He
comes
towards
them
at
his
usual
methodical
pace
,
which
is
never
quickened
,
never
slackened
.
He
wears
his
usual
expressionless
mask
—
if
it
be
a
mask
—
and
carries
family
secrets
in
every
limb
of
his
body
,
and
every
crease
of
his
dress
.
Whether
his
whole
soul
is
devoted
to
the
great
,
or
whether
he
yields
them
nothing
beyond
the
services
he
sells
,
is
his
personal
secret
.
He
keeps
it
,
as
he
keeps
the
secrets
of
his
clients
;
he
is
his
own
client
in
that
matter
,
and
will
never
betray
himself
.
“
How
do
you
do
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
?
”
says
Sir
Leicester
,
giving
him
his
hand
.
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
is
quite
well
.
Sir
Leicester
is
quite
well
.
My
Lady
is
quite
well
.
All
highly
satisfactory
.
The
lawyer
,
with
his
hands
behind
him
,
walks
,
at
Sir
Leicester
's
side
,
along
the
terrace
.
My
Lady
walks
upon
the
other
side
.
“
We
expected
you
before
,
”
says
Sir
Leicester
.
A
gracious
observation
.
As
much
as
to
say
,
“
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
we
remember
your
existence
when
you
are
not
here
to
remind
us
of
it
by
your
presence
.
We
bestow
a
fragment
of
our
minds
upon
you
,
sir
,
you
see
!
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
comprehending
it
,
inclines
his
head
,
and
says
he
is
much
obliged
.
“
I
should
have
come
down
sooner
,
”
he
explains
,
“
but
that
I
have
been
much
engaged
with
those
matters
in
the
several
suits
between
yourself
and
Boythorn
.
”
“
A
man
of
a
very
ill-regulated
mind
,
”
observes
Sir
Leicester
,
with
severity
.
“
An
extremely
dangerous
person
in
any
community
.
A
man
of
a
very
low
character
of
mind
.
”
“
He
is
obstinate
,
”
says
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
.
“
It
is
natural
to
such
a
man
to
be
so
,
”
says
Sir
Leicester
,
looking
most
profoundly
obstinate
himself
.
“
I
am
not
at
all
surprised
to
hear
it
.
”
“
The
only
question
is
,
”
pursues
the
lawyer
,
“
whether
you
will
give
up
anything
.
”
“
No
,
sir
,
”
replies
Sir
Leicester
.
“
Nothing
.
I
give
up
?
”
“
I
do
n't
mean
anything
of
importance
.
That
,
of
course
,
I
know
you
would
not
abandon
.
I
mean
any
minor
point
.
”
“
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
”
returns
Sir
Leicester
,
“
there
can
be
no
minor
point
between
myself
and
Mr.
Boythorn
.
If
I
go
farther
,
and
observe
that
I
cannot
readily
conceive
how
any
right
of
mine
can
be
a
minor
point
,
I
speak
not
so
much
in
reference
to
myself
as
an
individual
,
as
in
reference
to
the
family
position
I
have
it
in
charge
to
maintain
.
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
inclines
his
head
again
.
“
I
have
now
my
instructions
,
”
he
says
.
“
Mr.
Boythorn
will
give
us
a
good
deal
of
trouble
—
”
“
It
is
the
character
of
such
a
mind
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
”
Sir
Leicester
interrupts
him
,
“
to
give
trouble
.
An
exceedingly
ill-conditioned
,
levelling
person
.
A
person
who
,
fifty
years
ago
,
would
probably
have
been
tried
at
the
Old
Bailey
for
some
demagogue
proceeding
,
and
severely
punished
—
if
not
,
”
adds
Sir
Leicester
,
after
a
moment
's
pause
,
“
if
not
hanged
,
drawn
,
and
quartered
.
”
Sir
Leicester
appears
to
discharge
his
stately
breast
of
a
burden
,
in
passing
this
capital
sentence
;
as
if
it
were
the
next
satisfactory
thing
to
having
the
sentence
executed
.
“
But
night
is
coming
on
,
”
says
he
,
“
and
my
Lady
will
take
cold
.
My
dear
,
let
us
go
in
.
”
As
they
turn
towards
the
hall-door
,
Lady
Dedlock
addresses
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
for
the
first
time
.
“
You
sent
me
a
message
respecting
the
person
whose
writing
I
happened
to
inquire
about
.
It
was
like
you
to
remember
the
circumstance
;
I
had
quite
forgotten
it
.
Your
message
reminded
me
of
it
again
.
I
ca
n't
imagine
what
association
I
had
,
with
a
hand
like
that
;
but
I
surely
had
some
.
”
“
You
had
some
?
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
repeats
.
“
O
yes
!
”
returns
my
Lady
,
carelessly
.
“
I
think
I
must
have
had
some
.
And
did
you
really
take
the
trouble
to
find
out
the
writer
of
that
actual
thing
—
what
is
it
!
—
Affidavit
?
”
“
Yes
.
”
“
How
very
odd
!
”
They
pass
into
a
sombre
breakfast-room
on
the
ground-floor
,
lighted
in
the
day
by
two
deep
windows
.
It
is
now
twilight
.
The
fire
glows
brightly
on
the
panelled
wall
,
and
palely
on
the
window-glass
,
where
,
through
the
cold
reflection
of
the
blaze
,
the
colder
landscape
shudders
in
the
wind
,
and
a
grey
mist
creeps
along
:
the
only
traveller
besides
the
waste
of
clouds
.
My
Lady
lounges
in
a
great
chair
in
the
chimney-corner
,
and
Sir
Leicester
takes
another
great
chair
opposite
.
The
lawyer
stands
before
the
fire
,
with
his
hand
out
at
arm
's
length
,
shading
his
face
.
He
looks
across
his
arm
at
my
Lady
.
“
Yes
,
”
he
says
,
“
I
inquired
about
the
man
,
and
found
him
.
And
,
what
is
very
strange
,
I
found
him
—
”
“
Not
to
be
any
out-of-the-way
person
,
I
am
afraid
!
”
Lady
Dedlock
languidly
anticipates
.
“
I
found
him
dead
.
”
“
O
dear
me
!
”
remonstrated
Sir
Leicester
.
Not
so
much
shocked
by
the
fact
,
as
by
the
fact
of
the
fact
being
mentioned
.
“
I
was
directed
to
his
lodging
—
a
miserable
,
poverty-stricken
place
—
and
I
found
him
dead
.
”
“
You
will
excuse
me
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
”
observes
Sir
Leicester
.
“
I
think
the
less
said
—
”
“
Pray
,
Sir
Leicester
,
let
me
hear
the
story
out
;
”
(
it
is
my
Lady
speaking
)
.
“
It
is
quite
a
story
for
twilight
.
How
very
shocking
!
Dead
?
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
re-asserts
it
by
another
inclination
of
his
head
.
“
Whether
by
his
own
hand
—
”
“
Upon
my
honor
!
”
cries
Sir
Leicester
.
“
Really
!
”
“
Do
let
me
hear
the
story
!
”
says
my
Lady
.
“
Whatever
you
desire
,
my
dear
.
But
,
I
must
say
—
”
“
No
,
you
must
n't
say
!
Go
on
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
.
”
Sir
Leicester
's
gallantry
concedes
the
point
;
though
he
still
feels
that
to
bring
this
sort
of
squalor
among
the
upper
classes
is
really
—
really
—
“
I
was
about
to
say
,
”
resumes
the
lawyer
,
with
undisturbed
calmness
,
“
that
whether
he
had
died
by
his
own
hand
or
not
,
it
was
beyond
my
power
to
tell
you
.
I
should
amend
that
phrase
,
however
,
by
saying
that
he
had
unquestionably
died
of
his
own
act
;
though
whether
by
his
own
deliberate
intention
,
or
by
mischance
,
can
never
certainly
be
known
.
The
coroner
's
jury
found
that
he
took
the
poison
accidentally
.
”
“
And
what
kind
of
man
,
”
my
Lady
asks
,
“
was
this
deplorable
creature
?
”
“
Very
difficult
to
say
,
”
returns
the
lawyer
,
shaking
his
head
.
“
He
had
lived
so
wretchedly
,
and
was
so
neglected
,
with
his
gipsy
color
,
and
his
wild
black
hair
and
beard
,
that
I
should
have
considered
him
the
commonest
of
the
common
.
The
surgeon
had
a
notion
that
he
had
once
been
something
better
,
both
in
appearance
and
condition
.
”
“
What
did
they
call
the
wretched
being
?
”
“
They
called
him
what
he
had
called
himself
,
but
no
one
knew
his
name
.
”
“
Not
even
any
one
who
had
attended
on
him
?
”
“
No
one
had
attended
on
him
.
He
was
found
dead
.
In
fact
,
I
found
him
.
”
“
Without
any
clue
to
anything
more
?
”
“
Without
any
;
there
was
,
”
says
the
lawyer
,
meditatively
,
“
an
old
portmanteau
;
but
—
No
,
there
were
no
papers
.
”
During
the
utterance
of
every
word
of
this
short
dialogue
,
Lady
Dedlock
and
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
without
any
other
alteration
in
their
customary
deportment
,
have
looked
very
steadily
at
one
another
—
as
was
natural
,
perhaps
,
in
the
discussion
of
so
unusual
a
subject
.
Sir
Leicester
has
looked
at
the
fire
,
with
the
general
expression
of
the
Dedlock
on
the
staircase
.
The
story
being
told
,
he
renews
his
stately
protest
,
saying
,
that
as
it
is
quite
clear
that
no
association
in
my
Lady
's
mind
can
possibly
be
traceable
to
this
poor
wretch
(
unless
he
was
a
begging-letter
writer
)
,
he
trusts
to
hear
no
more
about
a
subject
so
far
removed
from
my
Lady
's
station
.
“
Certainly
,
a
collection
of
horrors
,
”
says
my
Lady
,
gathering
up
her
mantles
and
furs
;
“
but
they
interest
one
for
the
moment
!
Have
the
kindness
,
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
,
to
open
the
door
for
me
.
”
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
does
so
with
deference
,
and
holds
it
open
while
she
passes
out
.
She
passes
close
to
him
,
with
her
usual
fatigued
manner
,
and
insolent
grace
.
They
meet
again
at
dinner
—
again
,
next
day
—
again
,
for
many
days
in
succession
.
Lady
Dedlock
is
always
the
same
exhausted
deity
,
surrounded
by
worshippers
,
and
terribly
liable
to
be
bored
to
death
,
even
while
presiding
at
her
own
shrine
.
Mr.
Tulkinghorn
is
always
the
same
speechless
repository
of
noble
confidences
:
so
oddly
out
of
place
,
and
yet
so
perfectly
at
home
.
They
appear
to
take
as
little
note
of
one
another
,
as
any
two
people
,
enclosed
within
the
same
walls
,
could
.
But
,
whether
each
evermore
watches
and
suspects
the
other
,
evermore
mistrustful
of
some
great
reservation
;
whether
each
is
evermore
prepared
at
all
points
for
the
other
,
and
never
to
be
taken
unawares
;
what
each
would
give
to
know
how
much
the
other
knows
—
all
this
is
hidden
,
for
the
time
,
in
their
own
hearts
.
CHAPTER
XIII
.
ESTHER
'S
NARRATIVE
.
WE
held
many
consultations
about
what
Richard
was
to
be
;
first
,
without
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
as
he
had
requested
,
and
afterwards
with
him
;
but
it
was
a
long
time
before
we
seemed
to
make
progress
.
Richard
said
he
was
ready
for
anything
.
When
Mr.
Jarndyce
doubted
whether
he
might
not
already
be
too
old
to
enter
the
Navy
,
Richard
said
he
had
thought
of
that
,
and
perhaps
he
was
.
When
Mr.
Jarndyce
asked
him
what
he
thought
of
the
Army
,
Richard
said
he
had
thought
of
that
,
too
,
and
it
was
n't
a
bad
idea
.
When
Mr.
Jarndyce
advised
him
to
try
and
decide
within
himself
,
whether
his
old
preference
for
the
sea
was
an
ordinary
boyish
inclination
,
or
a
strong
impulse
,
Richard
answered
,
Well
,
he
really
had
tried
very
often
,
and
he
could
n't
make
out
.
“
How
much
of
this
indecision
of
character
,
”
Mr.
Jarndyce
said
to
me
“
is
chargeable
on
that
incomprehensible
heap
of
uncertainty
and
procrastination
on
which
he
has
been
thrown
from
his
birth
,
I
do
n't
pretend
to
say
;
but
that
Chancery
,
among
its
other
sins
,
is
responsible
for
some
of
it
,
I
can
plainly
see
.
It
has
engendered
or
confirmed
in
him
a
habit
of
putting
off
—
and
trusting
to
this
,
that
,
and
the
other
chance
,
without
knowing
what
chance
—
and
dismissing
everything
as
unsettled
,
uncertain
,
and
confused
.
The
character
of
much
older
and
steadier
people
may
be
even
changed
by
the
circumstances
surrounding
them
.
It
would
be
too
much
to
expect
that
a
boy
's
,
in
its
formation
,
should
be
the
subject
of
such
influences
,
and
escape
them
.
”
I
felt
this
to
be
true
;
though
,
if
I
may
venture
to
mention
what
I
thought
besides
,
I
thought
it
much
to
be
regretted
that
Richard
's
education
had
not
counteracted
those
influences
,
or
directed
his
character
.
He
had
been
eight
years
at
a
public
school
,
and
had
learnt
,
I
understood
,
to
make
Latin
Verses
of
several
sorts
,
in
the
most
admirable
manner
.
But
I
never
heard
that
it
had
been
anybody
's
business
to
find
out
what
his
natural
bent
was
,
or
where
his
failings
lay
,
or
to
adapt
any
kind
of
knowledge
to
him
.
He
had
been
adapted
to
the
Verses
,
and
had
learnt
the
art
of
making
them
to
such
perfection
,
that
if
he
had
remained
at
school
until
he
was
of
age
,
I
suppose
he
could
only
have
gone
on
making
them
over
and
over
again
,
unless
he
had
enlarged
his
education
by
forgetting
how
to
do
it
.
Still
,
although
I
had
no
doubt
that
they
were
very
beautiful
,
and
very
improving
,
and
very
sufficient
for
a
great
many
purposes
of
life
,
and
always
remembered
all
through
life
,
I
did
doubt
whether
Richard
would
not
have
profited
by
some
one
studying
him
a
little
,
instead
of
his
studying
them
quite
so
much
.
To
be
sure
,
I
knew
nothing
of
the
subject
,
and
do
not
even
now
know
whether
the
young
gentlemen
of
classic
Rome
or
Greece
made
verses
to
the
same
extent
—
or
whether
the
young
gentlemen
of
any
country
ever
did
.
“
I
have
n't
the
least
idea
,
”
said
Richard
,
musing
,
“
what
I
had
better
be
.
Except
that
I
am
quite
sure
I
do
n't
want
to
go
into
the
Church
,
it
's
a
toss-up
.
”
“
You
have
no
inclination
in
Mr.
Kenge
's
way
?
”
suggested
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
I
do
n't
know
that
,
sir
!
”
replied
Richard
.
“
I
am
fond
of
boating
.
Articled
clerks
go
a
good
deal
on
the
water
.
It
's
a
capital
profession
!
”
“
Surgeon
—
”
suggested
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
That
's
the
thing
,
sir
!
”
cried
Richard
.
I
doubt
if
he
had
ever
once
thought
of
it
before
.
“
That
's
the
thing
,
sir
!
”
repeated
Richard
,
with
the
greatest
enthusiasm
.
“
We
have
got
it
at
last
.
M.R.C.S.
!
”
He
was
not
to
be
laughed
out
of
it
,
though
he
laughed
at
it
heartily
.
He
said
he
had
chosen
his
profession
,
and
the
more
he
thought
of
it
,
the
more
he
felt
that
his
destiny
was
clear
;
the
art
of
healing
was
the
art
of
all
others
for
him
.
Mistrusting
that
he
only
came
to
this
conclusion
,
because
having
never
had
much
chance
of
finding
out
for
himself
what
he
was
fitted
for
,
and
having
never
been
guided
to
the
discovery
,
he
was
taken
by
the
newest
idea
,
and
was
glad
to
get
rid
of
the
trouble
of
consideration
,
I
wondered
whether
the
Latin
Verses
often
ended
in
this
,
or
whether
Richard
's
was
a
solitary
case
.
Mr.
Jarndyce
took
great
pains
to
talk
with
him
,
seriously
,
and
to
put
it
to
his
good
sense
not
to
deceive
himself
in
so
important
a
matter
.
Richard
was
a
little
grave
after
these
interviews
;
but
invariably
told
Ada
and
me
“
that
it
was
all
right
,
”
and
then
began
to
talk
about
something
else
.
“
By
Heaven
!
”
cried
Mr.
Boythorn
,
who
interested
himself
strongly
in
the
subject
—
though
I
need
not
say
that
,
for
he
could
do
nothing
weakly
;
“
I
rejoice
to
find
a
young
gentleman
of
spirit
and
gallantry
devoting
himself
to
that
noble
profession
!
The
more
spirit
there
is
in
it
,
the
better
for
mankind
,
and
the
worse
for
those
mercenary
taskmasters
and
low
tricksters
who
delight
in
putting
that
illustrious
art
at
a
disadvantage
in
the
world
.
By
all
that
is
base
and
despicable
,
”
cried
Mr.
Boythorn
,
“
the
treatment
of
Surgeons
aboard
ship
is
such
,
that
I
would
submit
the
legs
—
both
legs
—
of
every
member
of
the
Admiralty
Board
to
a
compound
fracture
,
and
render
it
a
transportable
offence
in
any
qualified
practitioner
to
set
them
,
if
the
system
were
not
wholly
changed
in
eight-and-forty
hours
!
”
“
Would
n't
you
give
them
a
week
?
”
asked
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
No
!
”
cried
Mr.
Boythorn
,
firmly
.
“
Not
on
any
consideration
!
Eight-and-forty
hours
!
As
to
Corporations
,
Parishes
,
Vestry-Boards
,
and
similar
gatherings
of
jolter-headed
clods
,
who
assemble
to
exchange
such
speeches
that
,
by
Heaven
!
they
ought
to
be
worked
in
quicksilver
mines
for
the
short
remainder
of
their
miserable
existence
,
if
it
were
only
to
prevent
their
detestable
English
from
contaminating
a
language
spoken
in
the
presence
of
the
Sun
—
as
to
those
fellows
,
who
meanly
take
advantage
of
the
ardor
of
gentlemen
in
the
pursuit
of
knowledge
,
to
recompense
the
inestimable
services
of
the
best
years
of
their
lives
,
their
long
study
,
and
their
expensive
education
,
with
pittances
too
small
for
the
acceptance
of
clerks
,
I
would
have
the
necks
of
every
one
of
them
wrung
,
and
their
skulls
arranged
in
Surgeons
'
Hall
for
the
contemplation
of
the
whole
profession
—
in
order
that
its
younger
members
might
understand
from
actual
measurement
,
in
early
life
,
how
thick
skulls
may
become
!
”
He
wound
up
this
vehement
declaration
by
looking
round
upon
us
with
a
most
agreeable
smile
,
and
suddenly
thundering
,
Ha
,
ha
,
ha
!
over
and
over
again
,
until
anybody
else
might
have
been
expected
to
be
quite
subdued
by
the
exertion
.
As
Richard
still
continued
to
say
that
he
was
fixed
in
his
choice
,
after
repeated
periods
for
consideration
had
been
recommended
by
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
and
had
expired
;
and
as
he
still
continued
to
assure
Ada
and
me
,
in
the
same
final
manner
,
that
it
was
“
all
right
;
”
it
became
advisable
to
take
Mr.
Kenge
into
council
.
Mr.
Kenge
,
therefore
,
came
down
to
dinner
one
day
,
and
leaned
back
in
his
chair
,
and
turned
his
eye-glasses
over
and
over
,
and
spoke
in
a
sonorous
voice
,
and
did
exactly
what
I
remembered
to
have
seen
him
do
when
I
was
a
little
girl
.
“
Ah
!
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
Yes
.
Well
!
A
very
good
profession
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
;
a
very
good
profession
.
”
“
The
course
of
study
and
preparation
requires
to
be
diligently
pursued
,
”
observed
my
Guardian
,
with
a
glance
at
Richard
.
“
O
,
no
doubt
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
Diligently
.
”
“
But
that
being
the
case
,
more
or
less
,
with
all
pursuits
that
are
worth
much
,
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
“
it
is
not
a
special
consideration
which
another
choice
would
be
likely
to
escape
.
”
“
Truly
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
And
Mr.
Richard
Carstone
,
who
has
so
meritoriously
acquitted
himself
in
the
—
shall
I
say
the
classic
shades
?
—
in
which
his
youth
had
been
passed
,
will
,
no
doubt
,
apply
the
habits
,
if
not
the
principles
and
practice
,
of
versification
in
that
tongue
in
which
a
poet
was
said
(
unless
I
mistake
)
to
be
born
,
not
made
,
to
the
more
eminently
practical
field
of
action
on
which
he
enters
.
”
“
You
may
rely
upon
it
,
”
said
Richard
,
in
his
off-hand
manner
,
“
that
I
shall
go
at
it
,
and
do
my
best
.
”
“
Very
well
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
!
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
,
gently
nodding
his
head
.
“
Really
,
when
we
are
assured
by
Mr.
Richard
that
he
means
to
go
at
it
,
and
to
do
his
best
,
”
nodding
feelingly
and
smoothly
over
those
expressions
;
“
I
would
submit
to
you
,
that
we
have
only
to
inquire
into
the
best
mode
of
carrying
out
the
object
of
his
ambition
.
Now
,
with
reference
to
placing
Mr.
Richard
with
some
sufficiently
eminent
practitioner
.
Is
there
any
one
in
view
at
present
?
”
“
No
one
,
Rick
,
I
think
?
”
said
my
Guardian
.
“
No
one
,
sir
,
”
said
Richard
,
“
Quite
so
!
”
observed
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
As
to
situation
,
now
.
Is
there
any
particular
feeling
on
that
head
?
”
“
N
—
no
,
”
said
Richard
.
“
Quite
so
!
”
observed
Mr.
Kenge
again
.
“
I
should
like
a
little
variety
,
”
said
Richard
;
“
—
I
mean
a
good
range
of
experience
.
”
“
Very
requisite
,
no
doubt
,
”
returned
Mr.
Kenge
.
“
I
think
this
may
be
easily
arranged
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
?
We
have
only
,
in
the
first
place
,
to
discover
a
sufficiently
eligible
practitioner
;
and
,
as
soon
as
we
make
our
want
—
and
,
shall
I
add
,
our
ability
to
pay
a
premium
?
—
know
,
our
only
difficulty
will
be
in
the
selection
of
one
from
a
large
number
.
We
have
only
,
in
the
second
place
,
to
observe
those
little
formalities
which
are
rendered
necessary
by
our
time
of
life
,
and
our
being
under
the
guardianship
of
the
Court
.
We
shall
soon
be
—
shall
I
say
,
in
Mr.
Richard
's
own
light-hearted
manner
,
‘going
at
it’
—
to
our
heart
's
content
.
It
is
a
coincidence
,
”
said
Mr.
Kenge
,
with
a
tinge
of
melancholy
in
his
smile
,
“
one
of
those
coincidences
which
may
or
may
not
require
an
explanation
beyond
our
present
limited
faculties
,
that
I
have
a
cousin
in
the
medical
profession
.
He
might
be
deemed
eligible
by
you
,
and
might
be
disposed
to
respond
to
this
proposal
.
I
can
answer
for
him
as
little
as
for
you
;
but
he
might
!
”
As
this
was
an
opening
in
the
prospect
,
it
was
arranged
that
Mr.
Kenge
should
see
his
cousin
.
And
as
Mr.
Jarndyce
had
before
proposed
to
take
us
to
London
for
a
few
weeks
,
it
was
settled
next
day
that
we
should
make
our
visit
at
once
,
and
combine
Richard
's
business
with
it
.
Mr.
Boythorn
leaving
us
within
a
week
,
we
took
up
our
abode
at
a
cheerful
lodging
near
Oxford
Street
,
over
an
upholsterer
's
shop
.
London
was
a
great
wonder
to
us
,
and
we
were
out
for
hours
and
hours
at
a
time
,
seeing
the
sights
;
which
appeared
to
be
less
capable
of
exhaustion
than
we
were
.
We
made
the
round
of
the
principal
theatres
,
too
,
with
great
delight
,
and
saw
all
the
plays
that
were
worth
seeing
.
I
mention
this
,
because
it
was
at
the
theatre
that
I
began
to
be
made
uncomfortable
again
,
by
Mr.
Guppy
.
I
was
sitting
in
front
of
the
box
one
night
with
Ada
;
and
Richard
was
in
the
place
he
liked
best
,
behind
Ada
's
chair
;
when
,
happening
to
look
down
into
the
pit
,
I
saw
Mr.
Guppy
,
with
his
hair
flattened
down
upon
his
head
,
and
woe
depicted
in
his
face
,
looking
up
at
me
.
I
felt
,
all
through
the
performance
,
that
he
never
looked
at
the
actors
,
but
constantly
looked
at
me
,
and
always
with
a
carefully
prepared
expression
of
the
deepest
misery
and
the
profoundest
dejection
.
It
quite
spoiled
my
pleasure
for
that
night
,
because
it
was
so
very
embarrassing
and
so
very
ridiculous
.
But
,
from
that
time
forth
,
we
never
went
to
the
play
,
without
my
seeing
Mr.
Guppy
in
the
pit
—
always
with
his
hair
straight
and
flat
,
his
shirt-collar
turned
down
,
and
a
general
feebleness
about
him
.
If
he
were
not
there
when
we
went
in
,
and
I
began
to
hope
he
would
not
come
,
and
yielded
myself
for
a
little
while
to
the
interest
of
the
scene
,
I
was
certain
to
encounter
his
languishing
eyes
when
I
least
expected
it
,
and
,
from
that
time
,
to
be
quite
sure
that
they
were
fixed
upon
me
all
the
evening
.
I
really
cannot
express
how
uneasy
this
made
me
.
If
he
would
only
have
brushed
up
his
hair
,
or
turned
up
his
collar
,
it
would
have
been
bad
enough
;
but
to
know
that
that
absurd
figure
was
always
gazing
at
me
,
and
always
in
that
demonstrative
state
of
despondency
,
put
such
a
constraint
upon
me
that
I
did
not
like
to
laugh
at
the
play
,
or
to
cry
at
it
,
or
to
move
,
or
to
speak
.
I
seemed
able
to
do
nothing
naturally
.
As
to
escaping
Mr.
Guppy
by
going
to
the
back
of
the
box
,
I
could
not
bear
to
do
that
;
because
I
knew
Richard
and
Ada
relied
on
having
me
next
them
,
and
that
they
could
never
have
talked
together
so
happily
if
any
body
else
had
been
in
my
place
.
So
there
I
sat
,
not
knowing
where
to
look
—
for
wherever
I
looked
,
I
knew
Mr.
Guppy
's
eyes
were
following
me
—
and
thinking
of
the
dreadful
expense
to
which
this
young
man
was
putting
himself
,
on
my
account
.
Sometimes
I
thought
of
telling
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
Then
I
feared
that
the
young
man
would
lose
his
situation
,
and
that
I
might
ruin
him
.
Sometimes
,
I
thought
of
confiding
in
Richard
;
but
was
deterred
by
the
possibility
of
his
fighting
Mr.
Guppy
,
and
giving
him
black
eyes
.
Sometimes
,
I
thought
,
should
I
frown
at
him
,
or
shake
my
head
.
Then
I
felt
I
could
not
do
it
.
Sometimes
,
I
considered
whether
I
should
write
to
his
mother
,
but
that
ended
in
my
being
convinced
that
to
open
a
correspondence
would
be
to
make
the
matter
worse
.
I
always
came
to
the
conclusion
,
finally
,
that
I
could
do
nothing
.
Mr.
Guppy
's
perseverance
,
all
this
time
,
not
only
produced
him
regularly
at
any
theatre
to
which
we
went
,
but
caused
him
to
appear
in
the
crowd
as
we
were
coming
out
,
and
even
to
get
up
behind
our
fly
—
where
I
am
sure
I
saw
him
,
two
or
three
times
,
struggling
among
the
most
dreadful
spikes
.
After
we
got
home
,
he
haunted
a
post
opposite
our
house
.
The
upholsterer
's
where
we
lodged
,
being
at
the
corner
of
two
streets
,
and
my
bedroom
window
being
opposite
the
post
,
I
was
afraid
to
go
near
the
window
when
I
went
upstairs
,
lest
I
should
see
him
(
as
I
did
one
moonlight
night
)
leaning
against
the
post
,
and
evidently
catching
cold
.
If
Mr.
Guppy
had
not
been
,
fortunately
for
me
,
engaged
in
the
day-time
,
I
really
should
have
had
no
rest
from
him
.
While
we
were
making
this
round
of
gaieties
in
which
Mr.
Guppy
so
extraordinarily
participated
,
the
business
which
had
helped
to
bring
us
to
town
was
not
neglected
.
Mr.
Kenge
's
cousin
was
a
Mr.
Bayham
Badger
,
who
had
a
good
practice
at
Chelsea
,
and
attended
a
large
public
Institution
besides
.
He
was
quite
willing
to
receive
Richard
into
his
house
,
and
to
superintend
his
studies
;
and
as
it
seemed
that
those
could
be
pursued
advantageously
under
Mr.
Badger
's
roof
,
and
as
Mr.
Badger
liked
Richard
,
and
as
Richard
said
he
liked
Mr.
Badger
“
well
enough
,
”
an
agreement
was
made
,
the
Lord
Chancellor
's
consent
was
obtained
,
and
it
was
all
settled
.
On
the
day
when
matters
were
concluded
between
Richard
and
Mr.
Badger
,
we
were
all
under
engagement
to
dine
at
Mr.
Badger
's
house
.
We
were
to
be
“
merely
a
family
party
,
”
Mrs.
Badger
's
note
said
;
and
we
found
no
lady
there
but
Mrs.
Badger
herself
.
She
was
surrounded
in
the
drawing-room
by
various
objects
,
indicative
of
her
painting
a
little
,
playing
the
piano
a
little
,
playing
the
guitar
a
little
,
playing
the
harp
a
little
,
singing
a
little
,
working
a
little
,
reading
a
little
,
writing
poetry
a
little
,
and
botanising
a
little
.
She
was
a
lady
of
about
fifty
,
I
should
think
,
youthfully
dressed
,
and
of
a
very
fine
complexion
.
If
I
add
,
to
the
little
list
of
her
accomplishments
,
that
she
rouged
a
little
,
I
do
not
mean
that
there
was
any
harm
in
it
.
Mr.
Bayham
Badger
himself
was
a
pink
,
fresh-faced
,
crisp-looking
gentleman
,
with
a
weak
voice
,
white
teeth
,
light
hair
,
and
surprised
eyes
:
some
years
younger
,
I
should
say
,
than
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
.
He
admired
her
exceedingly
,
but
principally
,
and
to
begin
with
,
on
the
curious
ground
(
as
it
seemed
to
us
)
of
her
having
had
three
husbands
.
We
had
barely
taken
our
seats
,
when
he
said
to
Mr.
Jarndyce
quite
triumphantly
,
“
You
would
hardly
suppose
that
I
am
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
's
third
!
”
“
Indeed
?
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
Her
third
!
”
said
Mr.
Badger
.
“
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
has
not
the
appearance
,
Miss
Summerson
,
of
a
lady
who
has
had
two
former
husbands
?
”
I
said
“
Not
at
all
!
”
“
And
most
remarkable
men
!
”
said
Mr.
Badger
,
in
a
tone
of
confidence
.
“
Captain
Swosser
of
the
Royal
Navy
,
who
was
Mrs.
Badger
's
first
husband
,
was
a
very
distinguished
officer
indeed
.
The
name
of
Professor
Dingo
,
my
immediate
predecessor
,
is
one
of
European
reputation
.
”
Mrs.
Badger
overheard
him
,
and
smiled
.
“
Yes
,
my
dear
!
”
Mr.
Badger
replied
to
the
smile
,
“
I
was
observing
to
Mr.
Jarndyce
and
Miss
Summerson
,
that
you
had
had
two
former
husbands
—
both
very
distinguished
men
.
And
they
found
it
,
as
people
generally
do
,
difficult
to
believe
.
”
“
I
was
barely
twenty
,
”
said
Mrs.
Badger
,
“
when
I
married
Captain
Swosser
of
the
Royal
Navy
.
I
was
in
the
Mediterranean
with
him
;
I
am
quite
a
Sailor
.
On
the
twelfth
anniversary
of
my
wedding-day
,
I
became
the
wife
of
Professor
Dingo
.
”
(
“
Of
European
reputation
,
”
added
Mr.
Badger
in
an
under
tone
.
)
“
And
when
Mr.
Badger
and
myself
were
married
,
”
pursued
Mrs.
Badger
,
“
we
were
married
on
the
same
day
of
the
year
.
I
had
become
attached
to
the
day
.
”
“
So
that
Mrs.
Badger
has
been
married
to
three
husbands
—
two
of
them
highly
distinguished
men
,
”
said
Mr.
Badger
,
summing
up
the
facts
;
“
and
,
each
time
,
upon
the
twenty-first
of
March
at
Eleven
in
the
forenoon
!
”
We
all
expressed
our
admiration
.
“
But
for
Mr.
Badger
's
modesty
,
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
“
I
would
take
leave
to
correct
him
,
and
say
three
distinguished
men
.
”
“
Thank
you
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
!
What
I
always
tell
him
!
”
observed
Mrs.
Badger
.
“
And
,
my
dear
,
”
said
Mr.
Badger
,
“
what
do
I
always
tell
you
?
That
without
any
affectation
of
disparaging
such
professional
distinction
as
I
may
have
attained
(
which
our
friend
Mr.
Carstone
will
have
many
opportunities
of
estimating
)
,
I
am
not
so
weak
—
no
,
really
,
”
said
Mr.
Badger
to
us
generally
,
“
so
unreasonable
—
as
to
put
my
reputation
on
the
same
footing
with
such
first-rate
men
as
Captain
Swosser
and
Professor
Dingo
.
Perhaps
you
may
be
interested
,
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
”
continued
Mr.
Bayham
Badger
,
leading
the
way
into
the
next
drawing-room
,
“
in
this
portrait
of
Captain
Swosser
.
It
was
taken
on
his
return
home
from
the
African
Station
,
where
he
had
suffered
from
the
fever
of
the
country
.
Mrs.
Badger
considers
it
too
yellow
.
But
it
's
a
very
fine
head
.
A
very
fine
head
!
”
We
all
echoed
“
A
very
fine
head
!
”
“
I
feel
when
I
look
at
it
,
”
said
Mr.
Badger
,
“
‘that
's
a
man
I
should
like
to
have
seen
!
’
It
strikingly
bespeaks
the
first-class
man
that
Captain
Swosser
pre-eminently
was
.
On
the
other
side
,
Professor
Dingo
.
I
knew
him
well
—
attended
him
in
his
last
illness
—
a
speaking
likeness
!
Over
the
piano
,
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
when
Mrs.
Swosser
.
Over
the
sofa
,
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
when
Mrs.
Dingo
.
Of
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
in
esse
,
I
possess
the
original
,
and
have
no
copy
.
”
Dinner
was
now
announced
,
and
we
went
down
stairs
.
It
was
a
very
genteel
entertainment
,
very
handsomely
served
.
But
the
Captain
and
the
Professor
still
ran
in
Mr.
Badger
's
head
,
and
,
as
Ada
and
I
had
the
honour
of
being
under
his
particular
care
,
we
had
the
full
benefit
of
them
.
“
Water
,
Miss
Summerson
?
Allow
me
!
Not
in
that
tumbler
,
pray
.
Bring
me
the
Professor
's
goblet
,
James
!
”
Ada
very
much
admired
some
artificial
flowers
,
under
a
glass
.
“
Astonishing
how
they
keep
!
”
said
Mr.
Badger
.
“
They
were
presented
to
Mrs.
Bayham
Badger
when
she
was
in
the
Mediterranean
.
”
He
invited
Mr.
Jarndyce
to
take
a
glass
of
claret
.
“
Not
that
claret
!
”
he
said
.
“
Excuse
me
!
This
is
an
occasion
,
and
on
an
occasion
I
produce
some
very
special
claret
I
happen
to
have
.
(
James
,
Captain
Swosser
's
wine
!
)
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
this
is
a
wine
that
was
imported
by
the
Captain
,
we
will
not
say
how
many
years
ago
.
You
will
find
it
very
curious
.
My
dear
,
I
shall
be
happy
to
take
some
of
this
wine
with
you
.
(
Captain
Swosser
's
claret
to
your
mistress
,
James
!
)
My
love
,
your
health
!
”
After
dinner
,
when
we
ladies
retired
,
we
took
Mrs.
Badger
's
first
and
second
husband
with
us
.
Mrs.
Badger
gave
us
,
in
the
drawing-room
,
a
Biographical
sketch
of
the
life
and
services
of
Captain
Swosser
before
his
marriage
,
and
a
more
minute
account
of
him
dating
from
the
time
when
he
fell
in
love
with
her
,
at
a
ball
on
board
the
Crippler
,
given
to
the
officers
of
that
ship
when
she
lay
in
Plymouth
Harbor
.
“
The
dear
old
Crippler
!
”
said
Mrs.
Badger
,
shaking
her
head
.
“
She
was
a
noble
vessel
.
Trim
,
ship-shape
,
all
a
taunto
,
as
Captain
Swosser
used
to
say
.
You
must
excuse
me
if
I
occasionally
introduce
a
nautical
expression
;
I
was
quite
a
sailor
once
.
Captain
Swosser
loved
that
craft
for
my
sake
.
When
she
was
no
longer
in
commission
,
he
frequently
said
that
if
he
were
rich
enough
to
buy
her
old
hulk
,
he
would
have
an
inscription
let
into
the
timbers
of
the
quarter-deck
where
we
stood
as
partners
in
the
dance
,
to
mark
the
spot
where
he
fell
—
raked
fore
and
aft
(
Captain
Swosser
used
to
say
)
by
the
fire
from
my
tops
.
It
was
his
naval
way
of
mentioning
my
eyes
.
”
Mrs.
Badger
shook
her
head
,
sighed
,
and
looked
in
the
glass
.
“
It
was
a
great
change
from
Captain
Swosser
to
Professor
Dingo
,
”
she
resumed
,
with
a
plaintive
smile
.
“
I
felt
it
a
good
deal
at
first
.
Such
an
entire
revolution
in
my
mode
of
life
!
But
custom
,
combined
with
science
—
particularly
science
—
inured
me
to
it
.
Being
the
Professor
's
sole
companion
in
his
botanical
excursions
,
I
almost
forgot
that
I
had
ever
been
afloat
,
and
became
quite
learned
.
It
is
singular
that
the
Professor
was
the
Antipodes
of
Captain
Swosser
,
and
that
Mr.
Badger
is
not
in
the
least
like
either
!
”
We
then
passed
into
a
narrative
of
the
deaths
of
Captain
Swosser
and
Professor
Dingo
,
both
of
whom
seemed
to
have
had
very
bad
complaints
.
In
the
course
of
it
,
Mrs.
Badger
signified
to
us
that
she
had
never
madly
loved
but
once
;
and
that
the
object
of
that
wild
affection
,
never
to
be
recalled
in
its
fresh
enthusiasm
,
was
Captain
Swosser
.
The
Professor
was
yet
dying
by
inches
in
the
most
dismal
manner
,
and
Mrs.
Badger
was
giving
us
imitations
of
his
way
of
saying
,
with
great
difficulty
,
“
Where
is
Laura
?
Let
Laura
give
me
my
toast
and
water
!
”
when
the
entrance
of
the
gentlemen
consigned
him
to
the
tomb
.
Now
,
I
observed
that
evening
,
as
I
had
observed
for
some
days
past
,
that
Ada
and
Richard
were
more
than
ever
attached
to
each
other
's
society
;
which
was
but
natural
,
seeing
that
they
were
going
to
be
separated
so
soon
.
I
was
therefore
not
very
much
surprised
,
when
we
got
home
,
and
Ada
and
I
retired
upstairs
,
to
find
Ada
more
silent
than
usual
;
though
I
was
not
quite
prepared
for
her
coming
into
my
arms
,
and
beginning
to
speak
to
me
,
with
her
face
hidden
.
“
My
darling
Esther
!
”
murmured
Ada
.
“
I
have
a
great
secret
to
tell
you
!
”
A
mighty
secret
,
my
pretty
one
,
no
doubt
!
“
What
is
it
,
Ada
?
”
“
O
Esther
,
you
would
never
guess
!
”
“
Shall
I
try
to
guess
?
”
said
I
.
“
O
no
!
Do
n't
!
Pray
,
do
n't
!
”
cried
Ada
,
very
much
startled
by
the
idea
of
my
doing
so
.
“
Now
,
I
wonder
who
it
can
be
about
?
”
said
I
,
pretending
to
consider
.
“
It
's
about
,
”
said
Ada
,
in
a
whisper
.
“
It
's
about
—
my
cousin
Richard
!
”
“
Well
,
my
own
!
”
said
I
,
kissing
her
bright
hair
,
which
was
all
I
could
see
.
“
And
what
about
him
?
”
“
O
,
Esther
,
you
would
never
guess
!
”
It
was
so
pretty
to
have
her
clinging
to
me
in
that
way
,
hiding
her
face
;
and
to
know
that
she
was
not
crying
in
sorrow
,
but
in
a
little
glow
of
joy
,
and
pride
,
and
hope
;
that
I
would
not
help
her
just
yet
.
“
He
says
—
I
know
it
's
very
foolish
,
we
are
both
so
young
—
but
he
says
,
”
with
a
burst
of
tears
,
“
that
he
loves
me
dearly
,
Esther
.
”
“
Does
he
indeed
?
”
said
I
.
“
I
never
heard
of
such
a
thing
!
Why
,
my
pet
of
pets
,
I
could
have
told
you
that
,
weeks
and
weeks
ago
!
”
To
see
Ada
lift
up
her
flushed
face
in
joyful
surprise
,
and
hold
me
round
the
neck
,
and
laugh
,
and
cry
,
and
blush
,
and
laugh
,
was
so
pleasant
!
“
Why
,
my
darling
!
”
said
I
,
“
what
a
goose
you
must
take
me
for
!
Your
cousin
Richard
has
been
loving
you
as
plainly
as
he
could
,
for
I
do
n't
know
how
long
!
”
“
And
yet
you
never
said
a
word
about
it
!
”
cried
Ada
,
kissing
me
.
“
No
,
my
love
,
”
said
I
.
“
I
waited
to
be
told
.
”
“
But
now
I
have
told
you
,
you
do
n't
think
it
wrong
of
me
;
do
you
?
”
returned
Ada
.
She
might
have
coaxed
me
to
say
No
,
if
I
had
been
the
hardest-hearted
Duenna
in
the
world
.
Not
being
that
yet
,
I
said
No
,
very
freely
.
“
And
now
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
know
the
worst
of
it
.
”
“
O
,
that
's
not
quite
the
worst
of
it
,
Esther
dear
!
”
cried
Ada
,
holding
me
tighter
,
and
laying
down
her
face
again
upon
my
breast
.
“
No
?
”
said
I
.
“
Not
even
that
?
”
“
No
,
not
even
that
!
”
said
Ada
,
shaking
her
head
.
“
Why
,
you
never
mean
to
say
—
!
”
I
was
beginning
in
joke
.
But
Ada
,
looking
up
,
and
smiling
through
her
tears
,
cried
,
“
Yes
,
I
do
!
You
know
,
you
know
I
do
!
”
and
then
sobbed
out
,
“
With
all
my
heart
I
do
!
With
all
my
whole
heart
,
Esther
!
”
I
told
her
,
laughing
,
why
I
had
known
that
,
too
,
just
as
well
as
I
had
known
the
other
!
And
we
sat
before
the
fire
,
and
I
had
all
the
talking
to
myself
for
a
little
while
(
though
there
was
not
much
of
it
)
;
and
Ada
was
soon
quiet
and
happy
.
“
Do
you
think
my
cousin
John
knows
,
dear
Dame
Durden
?
”
she
asked
.
“
Unless
my
cousin
John
is
blind
,
my
pet
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
should
think
my
cousin
John
knows
pretty
well
as
much
as
we
know
.
”
“
We
want
to
speak
to
him
before
Richard
goes
,
”
said
Ada
,
timidly
,
“
and
we
wanted
you
to
advise
us
,
and
to
tell
him
so
.
Perhaps
you
would
n't
mind
Richard
's
coming
in
,
Dame
Durden
?
”
“
O
!
Richard
is
outside
,
is
he
,
my
dear
?
”
said
I
.
“
I
am
not
quite
certain
,
”
returned
Ada
,
with
a
bashful
simplicity
that
would
have
won
my
heart
,
if
she
had
not
won
it
long
before
;
“
but
I
think
he
's
waiting
at
the
door
.
”
There
he
was
,
of
course
.
They
brought
a
chair
on
either
side
of
me
,
and
put
me
between
them
,
and
really
seemed
to
have
fallen
in
love
with
me
,
instead
of
one
another
;
they
were
so
confiding
,
and
so
trustful
,
and
so
fond
of
me
.
They
went
on
in
their
own
wild
way
for
a
little
while
—
I
never
stopped
them
;
I
enjoyed
it
too
much
myself
—
and
then
we
gradually
fell
to
considering
how
young
they
were
,
and
how
there
must
be
a
lapse
of
several
years
before
this
early
love
could
come
to
anything
,
and
how
it
could
come
to
happiness
only
if
it
were
real
and
lasting
,
and
inspired
them
with
a
steady
resolution
to
do
their
duty
to
each
other
,
with
constancy
,
fortitude
,
and
perseverance
:
each
always
for
the
other
's
sake
.
Well
!
Richard
said
that
he
would
work
his
fingers
to
the
bone
for
Ada
,
and
Ada
said
that
she
would
work
her
fingers
to
the
bone
for
Richard
,
and
they
called
me
all
sorts
of
endearing
and
sensible
names
,
and
we
sat
there
,
advising
and
talking
,
half
the
night
.
Finally
,
before
we
parted
,
I
gave
them
my
promise
to
speak
to
their
cousin
John
to-morrow
.
So
,
when
to-morrow
came
,
I
went
to
my
Guardian
after
breakfast
,
in
the
room
that
was
our
town-substitute
for
the
Growlery
,
and
told
him
that
I
had
it
in
trust
to
tell
him
something
.
“
Well
,
little
woman
,
”
said
he
,
shutting
up
his
book
,
“
if
you
have
accepted
the
trust
,
there
can
be
no
harm
in
it
.
”
“
I
hope
not
,
Guardian
,
”
said
I
.
“
I
can
guarantee
that
there
is
no
secresy
in
it
.
For
it
only
happened
yesterday
.
”
“
Aye
?
And
what
is
it
,
Esther
?
”
“
Guardian
,
”
said
I
,
“
you
remember
the
happy
night
when
we
first
came
down
to
Bleak
House
?
When
Ada
was
singing
in
the
dark
room
?
”
I
wished
to
recall
to
his
remembrance
the
look
he
had
given
me
then
.
Unless
I
am
much
mistaken
,
I
saw
that
I
did
so
.
“
Because
,
”
said
I
,
with
a
little
hesitation
.
“
Yes
,
my
dear
!
”
said
he
.
“
Do
n't
hurry
.
”
“
Because
,
”
said
I
,
“
Ada
and
Richard
have
fallen
in
love
.
And
have
told
each
other
so
.
”
“
Already
?
”
cried
my
Guardian
,
quite
astonished
.
“
Yes
!
”
said
I
,
“
and
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
Guardian
,
I
rather
expected
it
.
”
“
The
deuce
you
did
!
”
said
he
.
He
sat
considering
for
a
minute
or
two
;
with
his
smile
,
at
once
so
handsome
and
so
kind
,
upon
his
changing
face
;
and
then
requested
me
to
let
them
know
that
he
wished
to
see
them
.
When
they
came
,
he
encircled
Ada
with
one
arm
,
in
his
fatherly
way
,
and
addressed
himself
to
Richard
with
a
cheerful
gravity
.
“
Rick
,
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
“
I
am
glad
to
have
won
your
confidence
.
I
hope
to
preserve
it
.
When
I
contemplated
these
relations
between
us
four
which
have
so
brightened
my
life
,
and
so
invested
it
with
new
interests
and
pleasures
,
I
certainly
did
contemplate
,
afar
off
,
the
possibility
of
you
and
your
pretty
cousin
here
(
do
n't
be
shy
,
Ada
,
do
n't
be
shy
,
my
dear
!
)
being
in
a
mind
to
go
through
life
together
.
I
saw
,
and
do
see
,
many
reasons
to
make
it
desirable
.
But
that
was
afar
off
,
Rick
,
afar
off
!
”
“
We
look
afar
off
,
sir
,
”
returned
Richard
.
“
Well
!
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
That
's
rational
.
Now
,
hear
me
,
my
dears
!
I
might
tell
you
that
you
do
n't
know
your
own
minds
yet
;
that
a
thousand
things
may
happen
to
divert
you
from
one
another
;
that
it
is
well
this
chain
of
flowers
you
have
taken
up
is
very
easily
broken
,
or
it
might
become
a
chain
of
lead
.
But
I
will
not
do
that
.
Such
wisdom
will
come
soon
enough
,
I
dare
say
,
if
it
is
to
come
at
all
.
I
will
assume
that
,
a
few
years
hence
,
you
will
be
in
your
hearts
to
one
another
,
what
you
are
to-day
.
All
I
say
before
speaking
to
you
according
to
that
assumption
is
,
if
you
do
change
—
if
you
do
come
to
find
that
you
are
more
commonplace
cousins
to
each
other
as
man
and
woman
,
than
you
were
as
boy
and
girl
(
your
manhood
will
excuse
me
,
Rick
!
)
—
do
n't
be
ashamed
still
to
confide
in
me
,
for
there
will
be
nothing
monstrous
or
uncommon
in
it
.
I
am
only
your
friend
and
distant
kinsman
.
I
have
no
power
over
you
whatever
.
But
I
wish
and
hope
to
retain
your
confidence
,
if
I
do
nothing
to
forfeit
it
.
”
“
I
am
very
sure
,
sir
,
”
returned
Richard
,
“
that
I
speak
for
Ada
,
too
,
when
I
say
that
you
have
the
strongest
power
over
us
both
—
rooted
in
respect
,
gratitude
,
and
affection
—
strengthening
every
day
.
”
“
Dear
cousin
John
,
”
said
Ada
,
on
his
shoulder
,
“
my
father
's
place
can
never
be
empty
again
.
All
the
love
and
duty
I
could
ever
have
rendered
to
him
,
is
transferred
to
you
.
”
“
Come
!
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
Now
for
our
assumption
.
Now
we
lift
our
eyes
up
,
and
look
hopefully
at
the
distance
!
Rick
,
the
world
is
before
you
;
and
it
is
most
