eyes.
'
It
was
wrong
and
cruel
in
me
to
bring
him
home
unprepared
!
and
then
to
leave
it
to
you
.
I
always
forget
other
people
's
feelings
.
Poor
Spencer
!
And
now
,
Ethel
,
you
see
what
manner
of
man
we
have
here
,
and
how
we
ought
to
treat
him
.
'
'
Indeed
I
do
!
'
'
The
most
unselfish
—
the
most
self-sacrificing
—
'
continued
Dr.
May
.
'
And
to
see
what
it
all
turned
on
!
I
happened
to
have
this
place
open
to
me
—
the
very
cause
,
perhaps
,
of
my
having
taken
things
easy
—
and
so
the
old
Professor
threw
opportunities
in
my
way
;
while
Aubrey
Spencer
,
with
every
recommendation
that
man
could
have
,
was
set
aside
,
and
exiled
himself
,
leaving
the
station
,
and
all
he
might
so
easily
have
gained
.
Ah
,
Ethel
,
Sir
Matthew
Fleet
never
came
near
him
in
ability
.
But
not
one
word
to
interfere
with
me
,
would
he
say
,
and
—
how
I
have
longed
to
meet
him
again
,
after
parting
in
my
selfish
,
unfeeling
gladness
;
and
now
I
have
nothing
to
do
for
him
,
but
shew
him
how
little
I
was
to
be
trusted
with
her
.
'
Ethel
never
knew
how
to
deal
with
these
occasional
bursts
of
grief
,
but
she
said
that
she
thought
Dr.
Spencer
was
very
much
pleased
to
have
met
with
him
,
and
delighted
with
the
children
.
'
Ah
!
well
,
you
are
her
children
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
with
his
hand
on
Ethel
's
shoulder
.
So
they
went
down-stairs
,
and
found
Mary
making
tea
;
and
Margaret
,
fearing
Dr.
Spencer
was
overwhelmed
with
his
young
admirers
—
for
Aubrey
and
Gertrude
were
one
on
each
knee
,
and
Blanche
standing
beside
him
,
inflicting
on
him
a
catalogue
of
the
names
and
ages
of
all
the
eleven
.
'
Ethel
has
introduced
you
,
I
see
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
Aye
,
I
assure
you
,
it
was
an
alarming
introduction
.
No
sooner
do
I
enter
your
garden
,
than
I
hear
that
I
am
in
the
midst
of
the
Forty
Thieves
.
I
find
a
young
lady
putting
the
world
to
death
,
after
the
fashion
of
Hamlet
—
and
,
looking
about
to
find
what
I
have
lost
,
I
find
this
urchin
has
robbed
me
of
my
name
—
a
property
I
supposed
was
always
left
to
unfortunate
travellers
,
however
small
they
might
be
chopped
themselves
.
'
'
Well
,
Aubrey
boy
,
will
you
make
restitution
?
'
'
It
is
my
name
,
'
said
Aubrey
,
positively
;
for
,
as
his
father
added
,
'
He
is
not
without
dread
of
the
threat
being
fulfilled
,
and
himself
left
to
be
that
Anon
,
who
,
Blanche
says
,
writes
so
much
poetry
.
'
Aubrey
privately
went
to
Ethel
,
to
ask
her
if
this
were
possible
;
and
she
had
to
reassure
him
,
by
telling
him
that
they
were
'
only
in
fun
.
'
It
was
fun
with
a
much
deeper
current
though
;
for
Dr.
Spencer
was
saying
,
with
a
smile
,
between
gratification
and
sadness
,
'
I
did
not
think
my
name
would
have
been
remembered
here
so
long
.
'
'
We
had
used
up
mine
,
and
the
grandfathers
'
,
and
the
uncles
'
,
and
began
to
think
we
might
look
a
little
further
a-field
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
If
I
had
only
known
where
you
were
,
I
would
have
asked
you
to
be
the
varlet
's
godfather
;
but
I
was
much
afraid
you
were
no
where
in
the
land
of
the
living
.
'
'
I
have
but
one
godson
,
and
he
is
coffee-coloured
!
I
ought
to
have
written
;
but
,
you
see
,
for
seven
years
I
thought
I
was
coming
home
.
'
Aubrey
had
recovered
sufficiently
to
observe
to
Blanche
,
'
that
was
almost
as
bad
as
Ulysses
,
'
which
,
being
overheard
and
repeated
,
led
to
the
information
that
he
was
Ethel
's
pupil
,
whereupon
Dr.
Spencer
began
to
inquire
after
the
school
,
and
to
exclaim
at
his
friend
for
having
deserted
it
in
the
person
of
Tom
.
Dr.
May
looked
convicted
,
but
said
it
was
all
Norman
's
fault
;
and
Dr.
Spencer
,
shaking
his
head
at
Blanche
,
opined
that
the
young
gentleman
was
a
great
innovater
,
and
that
he
was
sure
he
was
at
the
bottom
of
the
pulling
down
the
Market
Cross
,
and
the
stopping
up
Randall
's
Alley
—
iniquities
of
the
"
nasty
people
,
"
of
which
she
already
had
made
him
aware
.
'
Poor
Norman
,
he
suffered
enough
anent
Randall
's
Alley
,
'
said
Dr.
May
;
'
but
as
to
the
Market
Cross
,
that
came
down
a
year
before
he
was
born
.
'
'
It
was
the
Town
Council
!
'
said
Ethel
.
'
One
of
the
ordinary
stultifications
of
Town
Councils
?
'
—
'
Take
care
,
Spencer
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
am
a
Town
Council
man
myself
—
'
'
You
,
Dick
!
'
and
he
turned
with
a
start
of
astonishment
,
and
went
into
a
fit
of
laughing
,
re-echoed
by
all
the
young
ones
,
who
were
especially
tickled
by
hearing
,
from
another
,
the
abreviation
that
had
,
hitherto
,
only
lived
in
the
favourite
expletive
,
'
As
sure
as
my
name
is
Dick
May
.
'
'
Of
course
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
"
'
Dost
thou
not
suspect
my
place
?
Dost
thou
not
suspect
my
years
?
One
that
hath
two
gowns
,
and
everything
handsome
about
him
!
'
"
His
friend
laughed
the
more
,
and
they
betook
themselves
to
the
College
stories
,
of
which
the
quotation
from
Dogberry
seemed
to
have
reminded
them
.
There
was
something
curious
and
affecting
in
their
manner
to
each
other
.
Often
it
was
the
easy
bantering
familiarity
of
the
two
youths
they
had
once
been
together
,
with
somewhat
of
elder
brotherhood
on
Dr.
Spencer
's
side
—
and
of
looking
up
on
Dr.
May
's
—
and
just
as
they
had
recurred
to
these
terms
,
some
allusion
would
bring
back
to
Dr.
Spencer
,
that
the
heedless
,
highs-pirited
"
Dick
,
"
whom
he
had
always
had
much
ado
to
keep
out
of
scrapes
,
was
a
householder
,
a
man
of
weight
and
influence
;
a
light
which
would
at
first
strike
him
as
most
ludicrous
,
and
then
mirth
would
end
in
a
sigh
,
for
there
was
yet
another
aspect
!
After
having
thought
of
him
so
long
as
the
happy
husband
of
Margaret
Mackenzie
,
he
found
her
place
vacant
,
and
the
trace
of
deep
grief
apparent
on
the
countenance
,
once
so
gay
—
the
oppression
of
anxiety
marked
on
the
brow
,
formerly
so
joyous
,
the
merriment
almost
more
touching
than
gravity
would
have
been
,
for
the
former
nature
seemed
rather
shattered
than
altered
.
In
merging
towards
this
side
,
there
was
a
tender
respect
in
Dr.
Spencer
's
manner
that
was
most
beautiful
,
though
this
evening
such
subjects
were
scrupulously
kept
at
the
utmost
distance
,
by
the
constant
interchange
of
new
and
old
jokes
and
stories
.
Only
when
bed-time
had
come
,
and
Margaret
had
been
carried
off
—
did
a
silence
fall
on
the
two
friends
,
unbroken
till
Dr.
May
rose
and
proposed
going
up-stairs
.
When
he
gave
his
hand
to
wish
good
night
,
Dr.
Spencer
held
it
this
time
most
carefully
,
and
said
,
'
Oh
May
!
I
did
not
expect
this
!
'
'
I
should
have
prepared
you
,
'
said
his
host
,
'
but
I
never
recollected
that
you
knew
nothing
—
'
'
I
had
dwelt
on
your
happiness
!
'
'
There
never
were
two
happier
creatures
for
twenty-two
years
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
his
voice
low
with
emotion
.
'
Sorrow
spared
her
!
Yes
,
think
of
her
always
in
undimmed
brightness
—
always
smiling
as
you
remember
her
—
She
was
happy
.
She
is
,
'
he
concluded
.
His
friend
had
turned
aside
and
hidden
his
face
with
his
hand
,
then
looked
up
for
a
moment
,
'
And
you
,
Dick
,
'
he
said
briefly
.
'
Sorrow
spared
her
,
'
was
Dr.
May
's
first
answer
.
'
And
hers
are
very
good
children
!
'
There
was
a
silence
again
,
ending
in
Dr.
May
's
saying
,
'
What
do
you
think
of
my
poor
girl
?
'
They
discussed
the
nature
of
the
injury
:
Dr.
Spencer
could
not
feel
otherwise
than
that
it
was
a
very
hopeless
matter
.
Her
father
owned
that
he
had
thought
so
from
the
first
,
and
had
wondered
at
Sir
Matthew
Fleet
's
opinion
.
His
subdued
tone
of
patience
and
resignation
,
struck
his
guest
above
all
,
as
changed
from
what
he
had
once
been
.
'
You
have
been
sorely
tried
,
'
he
said
,
when
they
parted
at
his
room
door
.
'
'
I
have
received
much
good
!
'
simply
answered
Dr.
May
.
'
Good
night
!
I
am
glad
to
have
you
here
—
if
you
can
bear
it
.
'
'
Bear
it
?
Dick
!
how
like
that
girl
is
to
you
!
She
is
yourself
!
'
'
Such
a
self
as
I
never
was
!
Good-night
.
'
Ethel
overcame
the
difficulty
of
giving
the
account
of
the
newspaper
alarm
,
with
tolerable
success
,
by
putting
the
story
of
Meta
's
conversation
foremost
.
Margaret
did
not
take
it
to
heart
as
much
as
she
had
feared
,
nor
did
she
appear
to
dwell
on
it
afterwards
.
The
truth
was
perhaps
that
Dr.
Spencer
's
visit
was
to
everyone
more
of
an
excitement
and
amusement
than
it
was
to
Ethel
.
Not
that
she
did
not
like
him
extremely
,
but
after
such
a
week
as
she
had
been
spending
,
the
home-world
seemed
rather
stale
and
unprofitable
.
Miss
Bracy
relapsed
into
a
state
of
"
feelings
,
"
imagining
perhaps
that
Ethel
had
distrusted
her
capabilities
,
and
therefore
returned
;
or
as
Ethel
herself
sometimes
feared
,
there
might
be
an
irritability
in
her
own
manner
that
gave
cause
of
annoyance
.
The
children
were
inclined
to
be
riotous
with
their
new
friend
,
who
made
much
of
them
continually
,
and
especially
patronized
Aubrey
;
Mary
was
proud
of
shewing
how
much
she
had
learnt
to
do
for
Margaret
in
her
sister
's
absence
;
Dr.
May
was
so
much
taken
up
with
his
friend
,
that
Ethel
saw
less
of
him
than
usual
,
and
she
began
to
believe
that
it
had
been
all
a
mistake
that
everyone
was
so
dependant
on
her
,
for
,
in
fact
,
they
did
much
better
without
her
.
Meantime
,
she
heard
of
the
gaieties
which
the
others
were
enjoying
,
and
she
could
not
feel
heroic
when
they
regretted
her
.
At
the
end
of
a
week
,
Meta
Rivers
was
escorted
home
from
Warwick
by
two
servants
,
and
came
to
Stoneborough
,
giving
a
lively
description
of
all
the
concluding
pleasures
,
but
declaring
that
Ethel
's
departure
had
taken
away
the
zest
of
the
whole
,
and
Mr.
Ogilvie
had
been
very
disconsolate
.
Margaret
had
not
been
prepared
to
hear
that
Mr.
Ogilvie
had
been
so
constant
a
companion
,
and
was
struck
by
finding
that
Ethel
had
passed
over
one
who
had
evidently
been
so
great
an
ingredient
in
the
delights
of
the
expedition
.
Meta
had
,
however
,
observed
nothing
—
she
was
a
great
deal
too
simple
and
too
much
engrossed
for
such
notions
to
have
crossed
her
mind
;
but
Margaret
inferred
something
,
and
hoped
to
learn
more
when
she
should
see
Flora
.
This
would
not
be
immediately
.
George
and
his
wife
were
gone
to
London
,
and
thence
intended
to
pay
a
round
of
visits
;
and
Norman
had
accompanied
his
namesake
to
Glenbracken
.
Ethel
fought
hard
with
her
own
petulance
and
sense
of
tedium
at
home
,
which
was
,
as
she
felt
,
particularly
uncalled
for
at
present
;
when
Dr.
Spencer
was
enlivening
them
so
much
.
He
was
never
in
the
way
,
he
was
always
either
busy
in
the
dining
room
in
the
morning
with
books
and
papers
,
or
wandering
about
his
old
school-boy
haunts
in
the
town
,
or
taking
Adams
'
place
,
and
driving
out
Dr.
May
,
or
sometimes
joining
the
children
in
a
walk
,
to
their
supreme
delight
.
His
sketches
,
for
he
drew
most
beautifully
,
were
an
endless
pleasure
to
Margaret
,
with
his
explanations
of
them
—
she
even
tried
to
sit
up
to
copy
them
,
and
he
began
to
teach
Blanche
to
draw
.
The
evenings
,
when
there
was
certain
to
be
some
entertaining
talk
going
on
between
the
two
Doctors
,
were
very
charming
,
and
Margaret
seemed
quite
revived
by
seeing
her
father
so
happy
with
his
friend
.
Ethel
knew
she
ought
to
be
happy
also
,
and
if
attention
could
make
her
so
,
she
had
it
,
for
kind
and
courteous
as
Dr.
Spencer
was
to
all
,
she
seemed
to
have
a
double
charm
for
him
.
It
was
as
if
he
found
united
in
her
the
quaint
brusquerie
,
that
he
had
loved
in
her
father
,
with
somewhat
of
her
mother
;
for
though
Ethel
had
less
personal
resemblance
to
Mrs.
May
than
any
other
of
the
family
,
Dr.
Spencer
transferred
to
her
much
of
the
chivalrous
distant
devotion
,
with
which
he
had
regarded
her
mother
.
Ethel
was
very
little
conscious
of
it
,
but
he
was
certainly
her
sworn
knight
,
and
there
was
an
eagerness
in
his
manner
of
performing
every
little
service
for
her
,
a
deference
in
his
way
of
listening
to
her
,
over
and
above
his
ordinary
polish
of
manner
.
Ethel
lighted
up
,
and
enjoyed
herself
when
talking
was
going
on
—
her
periods
of
ennui
were
when
she
had
to
set
about
any
home
employment
—
when
Aubrey
's
lessons
did
not
go
well
—
when
she
wanted
to
speak
to
her
father
,
and
could
not
catch
him
;
and
even
when
she
had
to
go
to
Cocksmoor
.
She
did
not
seem
to
make
any
progress
there
—
the
room
was
very
full
,
and
very
close
,
the
children
were
dull
,
and
she
began
to
believe
she
was
doing
no
good
—
it
was
all
a
weariness
.
But
she
was
so
heartily
ashamed
of
her
feelings
,
that
she
worked
the
more
vehemently
for
them
,
and
the
utmost
shew
that
they
outwardly
made
was
,
that
Margaret
thought
her
less
vivacious
than
her
wont
,
and
she
was
a
little
too
peremptory
at
times
with
Mary
and
Blanche
.
She
had
so
much
disliked
the
display
that
Flora
had
made
about
Cocksmoor
,
that
she
had
imposed
total
silence
on
it
upon
her
younger
sisters
,
and
Dr.
Spencer
had
spent
a
fortnight
at
Stoneborough
without
being
aware
of
their
occupation
;
when
there
occurred
such
an
extremely
sultry
day
,
that
Margaret
remonstrated
with
Ethel
on
her
intention
of
broiling
herself
and
Mary
by
walking
to
Cocksmoor
,
when
the
quicksilver
stood
at
80
°
in
the
shade
.
Ethel
was
much
inclined
to
stay
at
home
,
but
she
did
not
know
whether
this
was
from
heat
or
from
idleness
,
and
her
fretted
spirits
took
the
turn
of
determination
—
so
she
posted
off
at
a
gallopping
pace
,
that
her
brothers
called
her
'
Cocksmoor
speed
,
'
and
Mary
panted
by
her
side
,
humbly
petitioning
for
the
plantation
path
,
when
she
answered
'
that
it
was
as
well
to
be
hot
in
the
sun
as
in
the
shade
.
'
The
school-room
was
unusually
full
,
all
the
haymaking
mothers
made
it
serve
as
an
infant
school
,
and
though
as
much
window
was
opened
as
there
could
be
,
the
effect
was
not
coolness
.
Nevertheless
,
Ethel
sat
down
and
gathered
her
class
round
her
,
and
she
had
just
heard
the
chapter
once
read
,
when
there
was
a
little
confusion
,
a
frightened
cry
of
"
Ethel
!
"
and
before
she
could
rise
to
her
feet
—
a
flump
upon
the
floor
—
poor
Mary
had
absolutely
fainted
dead
away
.
Ethel
was
much
terrified
,
and
very
angry
with
herself
;
Mary
was
no
light
weight
,
but
Mrs.
Elwood
coming
at
their
cry
,
helped
Ethel
to
drag
her
into
the
outer
room
,
where
she
soon
began
to
recover
,
and
to
be
excessively
puzzled
as
to
what
had
happened
to
her
.
She
said
the
sea
was
roaring
,
and
where
was
Harry
?
and
then
she
looked
much
surprised
to
find
herself
lying
on
Mrs.
Elwood
's
damp
flags
—
a
circumstance
extremely
distressing
to
Mrs.
Elwood
,
who
wanted
to
carry
her
up-stairs
into
Cherry
's
room
,
very
clean
and
very
white
,
but
with
such
a
sun
shining
full
into
it
!
Ethel
lavished
all
care
,
and
reproached
herself
greatly
,
though
to
be
sure
nothing
had
ever
been
supposed
capable
of
hurting
Mary
,
and
Mary
herself
protested
that
nothing
at
all
had
ailed
her
till
the
children
's
voices
began
to
sound
funny
,
and
turned
into
the
waves
of
the
sea
,
and
therewith
poor
Mary
burst
into
a
great
flood
of
tears
,
and
asked
whether
Harry
would
ever
come
back
.
The
tears
did
her
a
great
deal
of
good
,
though
not
so
much
as
the
being
petted
by
Ethel
,
and
she
soon
declared
herself
perfectly
well
;
but
Ethel
could
not
think
of
letting
her
walk
home
,
and
sent
off
a
boy
—
who
she
trusted
would
not
faint
—
with
a
note
to
Margaret
,
desiring
her
to
send
the
gig
,
which
fortunately
was
at
home
to-day
.
Mary
had
partaken
of
some
of
Mrs.
Elwood
's
tea
,
which
,
though
extremely
bitter
,
seemed
a
great
cordial
,
and
was
sitting
,
quite
revived
,
in
the
arbour
at
the
door
,
when
the
gig
stopped
,
and
Dr.
Spencer
walked
in
.
'
Well
,
and
how
are
you
?
'
'
Quite
well
now
,
thank
you
.
Was
Margaret
frightened
?
Why
did
you
come
?
'
'
I
thought
it
would
make
her
happier
,
as
your
father
was
not
at
home
.
Here
,
let
me
feel
your
pulse
.
Do
you
think
no
one
is
a
doctor
but
your
papa
?
There
's
not
much
the
matter
with
you
,
however
.
Where
is
Ethel
?
'
'
In
the
school
,
'
and
Mary
opened
the
door
.
Dr.
Spencer
looked
in
,
as
Ethel
came
out
,
and
his
face
put
her
in
mind
of
Norman
's
look
.
'
No
wonder
!
'
was
all
he
said
.
Ethel
was
soon
satisfied
that
he
did
not
think
Mary
ill.
In
fact
,
he
said
fainting
was
the
most
natural
and
justifiable
measure
,
under
the
circumstances
.
'
How
many
human
creatures
do
you
keep
there
?
'
he
asked
.
'
Forty-seven
to-day
,
'
said
Mary
,
proudly
.
'
I
shall
indict
you
for
cruelty
to
animals
!
I
think
I
have
known
it
hotter
at
Poonshedagore
,
but
there
we
had
punkahs
!
'
'
It
was
very
wrong
of
me
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
should
have
thought
of
poor
Mary
,
in
that
sunny
walk
,
but
Mary
never
complains
.
'
'
Oh
,
never
mind
,
'
said
Mary
,
'
it
did
not
hurt
.
'
'
I
'm
not
thinking
of
Mary
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
'
but
of
the
wretched
beings
you
are
leaving
shut
up
there
.
I
wonder
what
the
mercury
would
be
there
.
'
'
We
cannot
help
it
,
'
said
Mary
.
'
We
cannot
get
the
ground
.
'
And
Mary
having
been
voted
into
the
seat
of
honour
and
comfort
,
by
his
side
,
in
the
carriage
,
told
her
version
of
Cocksmoor
and
the
Committee
;
while
Ethel
sat
up
in
the
little
narrow
seat
behind
,
severely
reproaching
herself
for
her
want
of
consideration
towards
one
so
good
and
patient
as
Mary
,
who
proved
to
have
been
suffering
far
more
on
Harry
's
account
than
they
had
guessed
,
and
who
was
so
simple
and
thoroughgoing
in
doing
her
duty
.
This
was
not
being
a
good
elder
sister
,
and
,
when
they
came
home
,
she
confessed
it
,
and
shewed
so
much
remorse
,
that
poor
Mary
was
quite
shocked
,
and
cried
so
bitterly
,
that
it
was
necessary
to
quit
the
subject
.
'
Ethel
,
dearest
,
'
said
Margaret
,
that
night
,
after
they
were
in
bed
,
'
is
there
anything
the
matter
?
'
'
No
,
nothing
,
but
that
Oxford
has
spoilt
me
,
'
said
Ethel
,
resolutely
.
'
I
am
very
cross
and
selfish
!
'
'
It
will
be
better
by-and-by
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
if
only
you
are
sure
you
have
nothing
to
make
you
unhappy
.
'
'
Nothing
,
'
said
Ethel
.
She
was
becoming
too
much
ashamed
of
her
fancy
to
breathe
one
word
about
it
,
and
she
had
spoken
the
truth
.
Pleasure
had
spoilt
her
.
'
If
only
we
could
do
something
for
Cocksmoor
!
'
she
sighed
,
presently
,
'
with
that
one
hundred
and
fifty
pounds
lying
idle
.
'
Margaret
was
very
glad
that
her
thoughts
were
taking
this
channel
,
but
it
was
not
a
promising
one
,
for
there
seemed
to
be
nothing
practicable
,
present
or
future
.
The
ground
could
not
be
had
—
the
pig
would
not
get
over
the
stile
—
the
old
woman
could
not
get
home
to-night
.
Cocksmoor
must
put
up
with
its
present
school
,
and
Mary
must
not
be
walked
to
death
.
Or
,
as
Ethel
drew
her
own
moral
,
sacrifice
must
not
be
selfish
.
One
great
resolution
that
has
been
costly
,
must
not
blunt
us
in
the
daily
details
of
life
.
CHAPTER
XI
.
'
If
to
do
were
as
easy
as
to
know
what
were
good
to
do
,
Chapels
has
been
Churches
,
and
poor
men
's
cottages
,
princes
'
palaces
.
'
Merchant
of
Venice
.
'
Dick
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
as
the
friends
sat
together
in
the
evening
,
after
Mary
's
swoon
,
'
you
seem
to
have
found
an
expedient
for
making
havoc
among
your
daughters
.
'
'
It
does
not
hurt
them
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
carelessly
.
'
Pretty
well
,
after
the
specimen
of
to-day
.
'
'
That
was
chance
.
'
'
If
you
like
it
,
I
have
no
more
to
say
;
but
I
should
like
to
make
you
sit
for
two
hours
in
such
a
temperature
.
If
they
were
mine
—
'
'
Very
fine
talking
,
but
I
would
not
take
the
responsibility
of
hindering
the
only
pains
that
have
ever
been
taken
with
that
unlucky
place
.
You
do
n't
know
that
girl
Ethel
.
She
began
at
fifteen
,
entirely
of
her
own
accord
,
and
has
never
faltered
.
If
any
of
the
children
there
are
saved
from
perdition
,
it
is
owing
to
her
,
and
I
am
not
going
to
be
the
man
to
stop
her
.
They
are
strong
,
healthy
girls
,
and
I
cannot
see
that
it
does
them
any
harm
—
rather
good
.
'
'
Have
you
any
special
predilection
for
a
room
eight
feet
by
nine
?
'
'
Ca
n't
be
helped
.
What
would
you
have
said
if
you
had
seen
the
last
?
'
'
What
is
this
about
one
hundred
and
fifty
pounds
in
hand
?
'
'
The
ladies
here
chose
to
have
a
fancy
fair
,
the
only
result
of
which
,
hitherto
,
has
been
the
taking
away
my
Flora
.
There
is
the
money
,
but
the
land
ca
n't
be
had
.
'
'
Why
not
?
'
'
Tied
up
between
the
Drydale
Estate
and
—
College
,
and
in
the
hands
of
the
quarry
master
,
Nicolson
.
There
was
an
application
made
to
the
College
,
but
they
did
not
begin
at
the
right
end
.
'
'
Upon
my
word
,
Dick
,
you
take
it
easy
!
'
cried
his
friend
,
rather
in
dignantly
.
'
I
own
I
have
not
stirred
in
the
matter
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
knew
nothing
would
come
to
good
under
the
pack
of
silly
women
that
our
schools
are
ridden
with
—
'
and
,
as
he
heard
a
sound
a
little
like
'
pish
!
'
he
continued
,
'
and
that
old
Ramsden
,
it
is
absolutely
useless
to
work
with
such
a
head
—
or
no
head
.
There
's
nothing
for
it
,
but
to
wait
for
better
times
,
instead
of
setting
up
independant
,
insubordinate
action
.
'
'
You
are
the
man
to
leave
venerable
abuses
undisturbed
!
'
'
The
cure
is
worse
than
the
disease
!
'
'
There
spoke
the
Corporation
!
'
'
Ah
!
it
was
not
the
way
you
set
to
work
in
Poonshedagore
.
'
'
Why
,
really
,
when
the
venerable
abuses
consisted
of
Hindoos
praying
to
their
own
three-legged
stools
,
and
keeping
sacred
monkeys
in
honour
of
the
ape
Hanyuman
,
it
was
a
question
whether
one
could
be
a
Christian
oneself
,
and
suffer
it
undisturbed
.
It
was
coming
it
too
strong
,
when
I
was
requested
to
lend
my
own
step-ladder
for
the
convenience
of
an
exhibition
of
a
devotee
,
swinging
on
hooks
in
in
his
sides
.
Dr.
Spencer
had
,
in
fact
,
never
rested
till
he
had
established
a
mission
in
his
former
remote
station
;
and
his
brown
godson
,
once
a
Brahmin
,
now
an
exemplary
Clergyman
,
traced
his
conversion
to
the
friendship
,
and
example
,
of
the
English
physician
.
'
Well
,
I
have
lashed
about
me
at
abuses
,
in
my
time
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
dare
say
you
have
,
Dick
!
'
and
they
both
laughed
—
the
inconsiderate
way
was
so
well
delineated
.
'
Just
so
,
'
replied
Dr.
May
;
'
and
I
made
enemies
enough
to
fetter
me
now
.
I
do
not
mean
that
I
have
done
right
—
I
have
not
;
but
there
is
a
good
deal
on
my
hands
,
and
I
do
n't
write
easily
.
I
have
been
slower
to
take
up
new
matters
than
I
ought
to
have
been
.
'
'
I
see
,
I
see
!
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
rather
sorry
for
his
implied
reproach
,
'
but
must
Cocksmoor
be
left
to
its
fate
,
and
your
gallant
daughter
to
hers
?
'
'
The
Vicar
wo
n't
stir
.
He
is
indolent
enough
by
nature
,
and
worse
with
gout
;
and
I
do
not
see
what
good
I
could
do
.
I
once
offended
the
tenant
,
Nicolson
,
by
fining
him
,
for
cheating
his
unhappy
labourers
,
on
the
abominable
truck
system
;
and
he
had
rather
poison
me
,
than
do
anything
to
oblige
me
.
And
,
as
to
the
copyholder
,
he
is
a
fine
gentleman
,
who
never
comes
near
the
place
,
nor
does
anything
for
it
.
'
'
Who
is
he
?
'
'
Sir
Henry
Walkinghame
.
'
'
Sir
Henry
Walkinghame
!
I
know
the
man
.
I
found
him
in
one
of
the
caves
at
Thebes
,
among
the
mummies
,
laid
up
with
a
fever
,
nearly
ready
to
be
a
mummy
himself
!
I
remember
bleeding
him
—
irregular
,
was
not
it
?
but
one
does
not
stand
on
ceremony
in
Pharaoh
's
tomb
.
I
got
him
through
with
it
;
we
came
up
the
Nile
together
,
and
the
last
I
saw
of
him
was
at
Alexandria
.
He
is
your
man
!
something
might
be
done
with
him
!
'
I
believe
Flora
promises
to
ask
him
if
she
should
ever
meet
him
in
London
,
but
he
is
always
away
.
If
ever
we
should
be
happy
enough
to
get
an
active
incumbent
,
we
shall
have
a
chance
.
'
Two
days
after
,
Ethel
came
down
equipped
for
Cocksmoor
.
It
was
as
hot
as
ever
,
and
Mary
was
ordered
to
stay
at
home
,
being
somewhat
pacified
by
a
promise
that
she
should
go
again
as
soon
as
the
weather
was
fit
for
anything
but
a
salamander
.
Dr.
Spencer
was
in
the
hall
,
with
his
bamboo
,
his
great
Panama
hat
,
and
grey
loose
coat
,
for
he
entirely
avoided
,
except
on
Sundays
,
the
medical
suit
of
black
.
He
offered
to
relieve
Ethel
of
her
bag
of
books
.
'
No
thank
you
.
'
(
He
had
them
by
this
time
)
.
'
But
I
am
going
to
Cocksmoor
.
'
'
Will
you
allow
me
to
be
your
companion
?
'
'
I
shall
be
very
glad
of
the
pleasure
of
your
company
,
but
I
am
not
in
the
least
afraid
of
going
alone
,
'
said
she
,
smiling
,
however
,
so
as
to
shew
she
was
glad
of
such
pleasant
company
.
'
I
forewarn
you
though
that
I
have
business
there
.
'
'
I
will
find
occupation
.
'
'
And
you
must
promise
not
to
turn
against
me
.
I
have
undergone
a
great
deal
already
about
that
place
.
Norman
was
always
preaching
against
it
,
and
now
that
he
has
become
reasonable
,
I
ca
n't
have
papa
set
against
it
again
—
besides
,
he
would
mind
you
more
.
'
Dr.
Spencer
promised
to
do
nothing
but
what
was
quite
reasonable
.
Ethel
believed
that
he
accompanied
her
merely
because
his
gallantry
would
not
suffer
her
to
go
unescorted
,
and
she
was
not
sorry
,
for
it
was
too
long
a
walk
for
solitude
to
be
very
agreeable
,
when
strange
waggoners
might
be
on
the
road
,
though
she
had
never
let
them
be
"
lions
in
the
path
.
"
The
walk
was
as
pleasant
as
a
scorching
sun
would
allow
,
and
by
the
time
they
arrived
at
the
scattered
cottages
,
Ethel
had
been
drawn
into
explaining
many
of
her
Cocksmoor
perplexities
.
'
If
you
could
get
the
land
granted
,
where
should
you
choose
to
have
it
?
'
he
asked
.
'
You
know
it
will
not
do
to
go
and
say
,
"
Be
pleased
to
give
me
a
piece
of
land
,
"
without
specifying
what
,
or
you
might
chance
to
have
one
at
the
Land
's
End
.
'
'
I
see
,
that
was
one
of
the
blunders
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
But
I
had
often
thought
of
this
nice
little
square
place
,
between
two
gardens
,
and
sheltered
by
the
old
quarry
.
'
'
Ha
!
hardly
space
enough
,
I
should
say
,
'
replied
Dr.
Spencer
,
stepping
it
out
.
'
No
,
that
wo
n't
do
,
so
confined
by
the
quarry
.
Let
us
look
further
.
'
A
surmise
crossed
Ethel
.
Could
he
be
going
to
take
the
work
on
himself
,
but
that
was
too
wild
a
supposition
—
she
knew
he
had
nothing
of
his
own
,
only
a
moderate
pension
from
the
East
India
Company
.
'
What
do
you
think
of
this
?
'
he
said
,
coming
to
the
slope
of
a
knoll
,
commanding
a
pretty
view
of
the
Abbotstoke
woods
,
clear
from
houses
,
and
yet
not
remote
from
the
hamlet
.
She
agreed
that
it
would
do
well
,
and
he
kicked
up
a
bit
of
turf
,
and
pryed
into
the
soil
,
pronouncing
it
dry
,
and
fit
for
a
good
foundation
.
Then
he
began
to
step
it
out
,
making
a
circuit
that
amazed
her
,
but
he
said
,
'
It
is
of
no
use
to
do
it
at
twice
.
Your
school
can
be
only
the
first
step
towards
a
Church
,
and
you
had
better
have
room
enough
at
once
.
It
will
serve
as
an
endowment
in
the
meantime
.
'
He
would
not
let
her
remain
in
the
sun
,
and
she
went
into
school
.
She
found
him
,
when
she
came
out
,
sitting
in
the
arbour
,
smoking
a
cigar
—
rather
a
shock
to
her
feelings
,
though
he
threw
it
away
the
instant
she
appeared
,
and
she
excused
him
for
his
foreign
habits
.
In
the
evening
,
he
brought
down
a
traveller
's
case
of
instruments
,
and
proceeded
to
draw
a
beautiful
little
map
of
Cocksmoor
,
where
it
seemed
that
he
had
taken
all
his
measurements
,
whilst
she
was
in
school
.
He
ended
by
an
imaginary
plan
and
elevation
for
the
school
,
with
a
pretty
oriel
window
and
bell-gable
,
that
made
Ethel
sigh
with
delight
at
the
bare
idea
.
Next
day
,
he
vanished
after
dinner
,
but
this
he
often
did
;
he
used
to
say
he
must
go
and
have
a
holiday
of
smoking
—
he
could
not
bear
too
much
civilized
society
.
He
came
back
for
tea
,
however
,
and
had
not
sat
down
long
before
he
said
,
'
Now
,
I
know
all
about
it
.
I
shall
pack
up
my
goods
,
and
be
off
for
Vienna
to-morrow
.
'
'
To
Vienna
!
'
was
the
general
and
dolorous
outcry
,
and
Gertrude
laid
hold
of
him
and
said
he
should
not
go
.
'
I
am
coming
back
,
'
he
said
,
'
if
you
will
have
me
.
The
College
holds
a
Court
at
Fordholm
,
on
the
3rd
,
and
,
on
the
last
of
this
month
,
I
hope
to
return
.
'
'
College
!
Court
!
What
are
you
going
to
do
at
Vienna
?
Where
have
you
left
your
senses
?
'
asked
Dr.
May
.
'
I
find
Sir
Henry
Walkinghame
is
there
.
I
have
been
on
an
exploring
expedition
to
Drydale
,
found
out
his
man
of
business
,
and
where
he
is
to
be
written
to
.
The
College
holds
a
Court
at
Fordholm
,
and
I
hope
to
have
our
business
settled
.
'
Ethel
was
too
much
confounded
to
speak
.
Her
father
was
exclaiming
on
the
shortness
of
the
time
.
'
Plenty
of
time
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
demonstrating
that
he
should
be
able
to
travel
comfortably
,
and
have
four
days
to
spare
at
Vienna
—
a
journey
,
which
he
seemed
to
think
less
of
,
than
did
Dr.
May
of
going
to
London
.
As
to
checking
him
,
of
that
there
was
no
possibility
,
nor
,
indeed
,
notion
,
though
Ethel
did
not
quite
know
how
to
believe
in
it
,
nor
that
the
plan
could
come
to
good
.
Ethel
was
much
better
by
this
time
:
by
her
vigorous
efforts
,
she
had
recovered
her
tone
of
mind
and
interest
in
what
was
passing
;
and
though
,
now
and
then
Norman
's
letters
,
carrying
sentences
of
remembrance
,
made
her
glow
a
little
,
she
was
so
steady
to
her
resolution
that
she
averted
all
traffic
in
messages
through
her
brother
's
correspondence
,
and
,
in
that
fear
,
allowed
it
to
lapse
into
Margaret
's
hands
more
than
she
had
ever
done
.
Indeed
,
no
one
greatly
liked
writing
from
home
,
it
was
heartless
work
to
say
always
,
'
No
news
from
the
Alcestis
,
'
and
yet
they
all
declared
they
were
not
anxious
.
Hector
Ernescliffe
knelt
a
great
while
beside
Margaret
's
sofa
,
on
the
first
evening
of
his
holidays
,
and
there
was
a
long
low-voiced
talk
between
them
.
Ethel
wished
that
she
had
warned
him
off
,
for
Margaret
looked
much
more
harassed
and
anxious
,
after
having
heard
the
outpouring
of
all
that
was
on
his
mind
.
Dr.
Spencer
thought
her
looking
worse
,
when
he
came
,
as
come
he
did
,
on
the
appointed
day
.
He
had
brought
Sir
Henry
Walkinghame
's
full
consent
to
the
surrender
of
the
land
;
drawn
up
in
such
form
as
could
be
acted
upon
,
and
a
letter
to
his
man
of
business
.
But
Nicolson
!
He
was
a
worse
dragon
nearer
home
,
hating
all
schools
,
especially
hating
Dr.
May
.
However
,
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
in
eastern
form
,
'
Have
I
encountered
Rajahs
,
and
smoked
pipes
with
three-tailed
Pachas
,
that
I
should
dread
the
face
of
the
father
of
quarrymen
.
'
What
he
did
with
the
father
of
quarrymen
was
not
known
,
whether
he
talked
him
over
,
or
bought
him
off
—
Margaret
hoped
the
former
;
Dr.
May
feared
the
latter
;
the
results
were
certain
;
Mr.
Nicolson
had
agreed
that
the
land
should
be
given
up
.
The
triumphant
Dr.
Spencer
sat
down
to
write
a
statement
to
be
shewn
to
the
College
authorities
,
when
they
should
come
to
hold
their
court
.
'
The
land
must
be
put
into
the
hands
of
trustees
,
'
he
said
,
'
The
incumbent
of
course
?
'
'
Then
yourself
;
and
we
must
have
another
.
Your
son-in-law
?
'
'
You
,
I
should
think
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
!
Why
,
I
am
going
.
'
'
Going
,
but
not
gone
,
'
said
his
friend
.
'
I
must
go
!
I
tell
you
,
Dick
;
I
must
have
a
place
of
my
own
to
smoke
my
pipe
in
.
'
'
Is
that
all
?
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
I
think
you
might
be
accommodated
here
,
unless
you
wished
to
be
near
your
sister
.
'
'
My
sister
is
always
resorting
to
watering-places
.
My
nieces
do
nothing
but
play
on
the
piano
.
No
,
I
shall
perhaps
go
off
to
America
,
the
only
place
I
have
not
seen
yet
,
and
I
more
than
half
engaged
to
go
and
help
at
Poonshedagore
.
'
'
Better
order
your
coffin
then
,
'
muttered
Dr.
May
.
'
I
shall
try
lodgings
in
London
,
near
the
old
Hospital
,
perhaps
—
and
go
and
turn
over
the
British
Museum
library
.
'
'
Look
you
here
,
Spencer
,
I
have
a
much
better
plan
.
Do
you
know
that
scrap
of
a
house
of
mine
,
by
the
back
gate
,
just
big
enough
for
you
and
your
pipe
?
Set
up
your
staff
there
.
Ethel
will
never
get
her
school
built
without
you
.
'
'
Oh
!
that
would
be
capital
!
'
cried
Ethel
.
'
It
would
be
the
best
speculation
for
me
.
You
would
pay
rent
,
and
the
last
old
woman
never
did
,
'
continued
Dr.
May
.
'
A
garden
the
length
of
this
one
—
'
'
But
I
say
—
I
want
to
be
near
the
British
Museum
.
'
'
Take
a
season-ticket
,
and
run
up
once
a
week
.
'
'
I
shall
teach
your
boys
to
smoke
!
'
'
I
'll
see
to
that
!
'
'
You
have
given
Cocksmoor
one
lift
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
and
it
will
never
go
on
without
you
.
'
'
It
is
such
a
nice
house
!
'
added
the
children
,
in
chorus
;
'
it
would
be
such
fun
to
have
you
there
.
'
'
Daisy
will
never
be
able
to
spare
her
other
Doctor
,
'
said
Margaret
,
smiling
.
'
Run
to
Mrs.
Adams
,
Tom
,
and
get
the
key
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
There
was
a
putting
on
of
hats
and
bonnets
,
and
the
whole
party
walked
down
the
garden
to
inspect
the
house
—
a
matter
of
curiosity
to
some
—
for
it
was
where
the
old
lady
had
resided
on
whom
Harry
had
played
so
many
tricks
,
and
the
subject
of
many
myths
hatched
between
him
and
George
Larkins
.
It
was
an
odd
,
little
narrow
slip
of
a
house
,
four
stories
,
of
two
rooms
all
the
way
up
,
each
with
a
large
window
,
with
a
marked
white
eye-brow
.
Dr.
May
eagerly
pointed
out
all
the
conveniences
,
parlour
,
museum
,
smoking
den
,
while
Dr.
Spencer
listened
,
and
answered
doubtfully
;
and
the
children
's
clamorous
anxiety
seemed
to
render
him
the
more
silent
.
Hector
Ernescliffe
discovered
a
jack-daw
's
nest
in
the
chimney
,
whereupon
the
whole
train
rushed
off
to
investigate
,
leaving
the
two
Doctors
and
Ethel
standing
together
in
the
empty
parlour
,
Dr.
May
pressing
,
Dr.
Spencer
raising
desultory
objections
;
but
so
evidently
against
his
own
wishes
,
that
Ethel
said
,
'
Now
,
indeed
,
you
must
not
disappoint
us
all
.
'
'
No
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
'
it
is
a
settled
thing
.
'
'
No
,
no
,
thanks
,
thanks
to
you
all
,
but
it
cannot
be
.
Let
me
go
—
'
and
he
spoke
with
emotion
.
'
You
are
very
kind
,
but
it
is
not
to
be
thought
of
.
'
'
Why
not
?
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
Spencer
,
stay
with
me
—
'
and
he
spoke
with
a
pleading
,
almost
dependant
air
,
'
Why
should
you
go
?
'
'
It
is
of
no
use
to
talk
about
it
.
You
are
very
kind
,
but
it
will
not
do
to
encumber
you
with
a
lone
man
,
growing
old
.
'
'
We
have
been
young
together
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
And
you
must
not
leave
papa
,
'
added
Ethel
.
'
No
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
Trouble
may
be
at
hand
.
Help
us
through
with
it
.
Remember
,
these
children
have
no
uncles
.
'
'
You
will
stay
?
'
said
Ethel
.
He
made
a
sign
of
assent
—
he
could
do
no
more
,
and
,
just
then
,
Gertrude
came
trotting
back
,
so
exceedingly
smutty
,
as
to
call
everyone
's
attention
.
Hector
had
been
shoving
Tom
half-way
up
the
chimney
,
in
hopes
of
reaching
the
nest
;
and
the
consequences
of
this
amateur
chimney-sweeping
had
been
a
plentiful
bespattering
of
all
the
spectators
with
soot
,
that
so
greatly
distressed
the
young
ladies
,
that
Mary
and
Blanche
had
fled
away
from
public
view
.
Dr.
Spencer
's
first
act
of
possession
was
,
to
threaten
to
pull
Tom
down
by
the
heels
,
for
disturbing
his
jackdaws
,
whereupon
there
was
a
general
acclamation
;
and
Dr.
May
began
to
talk
of
marauding
times
,
when
the
jackdaws
in
the
Minster
tower
had
been
harried
'
Ah
!
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
as
Tom
emerged
,
blacker
than
the
outraged
jackdaws
,
and
half
choked
,
'
what
do
you
know
about
jackdaws
'
nests
?
You
that
are
no
Whichcote
scholars
.
'
'
Do
n't
we
?
'
cried
Hector
,
'
when
there
is
a
jackdaw
's
nest
in
Eton
Chapel
,
twenty
feet
high
.
'
'
Old
Grey
made
that
!
'
said
Tom
,
who
usually
acted
the
part
of
esprit
fort
to
Hector
's
credulity
.
'
Why
,
there
is
a
picture
of
it
in
Jesse
's
book
,
'
said
Hector
.
'
But
may
not
we
get
up
on
the
roof
,
to
see
if
we
can
get
at
the
nest
,
papa
?
'
said
Tom
.
'
You
must
ask
Dr.
Spencer
.
It
is
his
house
.
'
Dr.
Spencer
did
not
gainsay
it
,
and
proceeded
even
to
shew
the
old
Whichcote
spirit
,
by
leading
the
assault
,
and
promising
to
take
care
of
Aubrey
,
while
Ethel
retained
Gertrude
,
and
her
father
too
;
for
Dr.
May
had
such
a
great
inclination
to
scramble
up
the
ladder
after
them
,
that
she
,
thinking
it
a
dangerous
experiment
for
so
helpless
an
arm
,
was
obliged
to
assure
him
that
it
would
create
a
sensation
among
the
gossiphood
of
Stoneborough
,
if
their
physician
were
seen
disporting
himself
on
the
top
of
the
house
.
'
Ah
!
I
'm
not
a
physician
unattached
,
like
him
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
laughing
.
'
Hollo
!
have
you
got
up
,
Tom
?
There
's
a
door
up
there
.
I
'll
show
you
—
'
'
No
,
do
n't
papa
.
Think
of
Mrs.
Ledwich
;
and
asking
her
to
see
two
trustees
up
there
!
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Ah
!
Mrs.
Ledwich
;
what
is
to
be
done
with
her
,
Ethel
?
'
'
I
am
sure
I
ca
n't
tell
.
If
Flora
were
but
at
home
,
she
would
manage
it
.
'
'
Spencer
can
manage
anything
!
'
was
the
answer
.
'
That
was
the
happiest
chance
imaginable
that
you
came
home
with
me
,
and
so
we
came
to
go
by
the
same
train
.
'
Ethel
was
only
afraid
that
time
was
being
cruelly
wasted
;
but
the
best
men
,
and
it
is
emphatically
the
best
that
generally
are
so
—
have
the
boy
strong
enough
,
on
one
side
or
other
of
their
natures
,
to
be
a
great
provocation
to
womankind
;
and
Dr.
Spencer
did
not
rest
from
his
pursuit
till
the
brood
of
the
jackdaws
had
been
discovered
,
and
two
grey-headed
nestlings
kidnapped
,
which
were
destined
to
a
wicker
cage
,
and
education
.
Little
Aubrey
was
beyond
measure
proud
,
and
was
suggesting
all
sorts
of
outrageous
classical
names
for
them
,
till
politely
told
by
Tom
that
he
would
make
them
as
great
prigs
as
himself
,
and
that
their
names
should
be
nothing
but
Jack
and
Jill
.
'
There
's
nothing
for
it
but
for
Aubrey
to
go
to
school
,
'
cried
Tom
,
sententiously
turning
round
to
Ethel
.
'
Aye
,
to
Stoneborough
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
.
Tom
coloured
,
as
if
sorry
for
his
movement
,
and
hastened
away
to
make
himself
sufficiently
clean
to
go
in
quest
of
a
prison
for
his
captives
.
Dr.
Spencer
began
to
bethink
him
of
the
paper
that
he
had
been
so
eagerly
drawing
up
,
and
looking
at
his
own
begrimed
hands
,
asked
Ethel
whether
she
would
have
him
for
a
trustee
.
'
Will
the
other
eight
ladies
?
'
said
Ethel
,
'
that
's
the
point
.
'
'
Ha
,
Spencer
!
you
did
not
know
what
you
were
undertaking
.
Do
you
wish
to
be
let
off
?
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
Not
I
,
'
said
the
undaunted
Doctor
.
'
Come
,
Ethel
,
let
us
hear
what
should
be
done
.
'
'
There
's
no
time
,
'
said
Ethel
,
bewildered
.
'
The
Court
will
be
only
on
the
day
after
to-morrow
.
"
'
Ample
time
!
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
,
who
seemed
ready
to
throw
himself
into
it
with
all
his
might
.
'
What
we
have
to
do
is
this
.
The
ladies
to
be
propitiated
are
—
'
'
Nine
Muses
,
to
whom
you
will
have
to
act
Apollo
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
who
,
having
put
his
friend
into
the
situation
,
had
a
mischievous
delight
in
laughing
at
him
,
and
watching
what
he
would
do
.
'
One
and
two
,
Ethel
,
and
Mrs.
Rivers
!
'
'
Rather
eight
and
nine
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
though
Flora
may
be
somebody
now
.
'
'
Seven
then
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
.
'
Well
then
,
Ethel
,
suppose
we
set
out
on
our
travels
this
afternoon
.
Visit
these
ladies
,
get
them
to
call
a
meeting
to-morrow
,
and
sanction
their
three
trustees
.
'
'
You
little
know
what
a
work
it
is
to
call
a
meeting
,
or
how
many
notes
Miss
Rich
sends
out
before
one
can
be
accomplished
.
'
'
Faint
heart
—
you
know
the
proverb
,
Ethel
,
Allons
.
I
'll
call
on
Mrs.
Ledwich
—
'
'
Stay
,
'
said
Dr.
May
.
'
Let
Ethel
do
that
,
and
ask
her
to
tea
,
and
we
will
shew
her
your
drawing
of
the
school
.
'
So
the
remaining
ladies
were
divided
—
Ethel
was
to
visit
Miss
Anderson
,
Miss
Boulder
,
and
Mrs.
Ledwich
;
Dr.
Spencer
,
the
rest
,
and
a
meeting
,
if
possible
,
be
appointed
for
the
next
day
.
Ethel
did
as
she
was
told
,
though
rather
against
the
grain
,
and
her
short
,
abrupt
manner
,
was
excused
the
more
readily
,
that
Dr.
Spencer
had
been
a
subject
of
much
mysterious
speculation
in
Stoneborough
,
and
to
gain
any
intelligence
respecting
him
,
was
a
great
object
;
so
that
she
was
extremely
welcome
,
wherever
she
called
.
Mrs.
Ledwich
promised
to
come
to
tea
,
and
instantly
prepared
to
walk
to
Miss
Rich
,
and
authorize
her
to
send
out
the
notes
of
summons
to
the
morrow
's
meeting
.
Ethel
offered
to
walk
with
her
,
and
found
Mrs.
and
Miss
Rich
in
a
flutter
,
after
Dr.
Spencer
's
call
;
the
daughter
just
going
to
put
on
her
bonnet
and
consult
Mrs.
Ledwich
,
and
both
extremely
enchanted
with
Dr.
Spencer
,
who
'
would
be
such
an
acquisition
.
'
The
hour
was
fixed
and
the
notes
sent
out
,
and
Ethel
met
Dr.
Spencer
at
the
garden
gate
.
'
Well
!
'
he
said
,
smiling
,
'
I
think
we
have
fixed
them
off
—
have
not
we
?
'
'
Yes
;
but
is
it
not
heartless
that
everything
should
be
done
through
so
much
nonsense
?
'
'
Did
you
ever
hear
why
the
spire
of
Ulm
Cathedral
was
never
finished
?
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
.
'
No
;
why
not
?
'
'
Because
the
citizens
would
accept
no
help
from
their
neighbours
.
'
'
I
am
glad
enough
of
help
when
it
comes
in
the
right
way
,
and
from
good
motives
.
'
'
There
are
more
good
motives
in
the
world
than
you
give
people
credit
for
,
Ethel
.
You
have
a
good
father
,
good
sense
,
and
a
good
education
;
and
you
have
some
perception
of
the
system
by
which
things
like
this
should
be
done
.
Unfortunately
,
the
system
is
in
bad
hands
here
,
and
these
good
ladies
have
been
left
to
work
for
themselves
,
and
it
is
no
wonder
that
there
is
plenty
of
little
self-importance
,
nonsense
,
and
the
like
,
among
them
;
but
for
their
own
sakes
we
should
rather
shew
them
the
way
,
than
throw
them
overboard
.
'
'
If
they
will
be
shown
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
I
ca
n't
say
they
seemed
to
me
so
very
formidable
,
'
said
Dr.
Spencer
.
'
Gentle
little
women
.
'
'
Oh
!
it
is
only
Mrs.
Ledwich
that
stirs
them
up
.
I
hope
you
are
prepared
for
that
encounter
.
'
Mrs.
Ledwich
came
to
tea
,
sparkling
with
black
bugles
,
and
was
very
patronizing
and
amiable
.
Her
visits
were
generally
subjects
of
great
dread
,
for
she
talked
unceasingly
,
laid
down
the
law
,
and
overwhelmed
Margaret
with
remedies
;
but
to-night
Dr.
Spencer
took
her
in
hand
.
It
was
not
that
he
went
out
of
his
ordinary
self
,
he
was
always
the
same
simple
mannered
,
polished
gentleman
;
but
it
was
this
that
told
—
she
was
evidently
somewhat
in
awe
of
him
—
the
refinement
kept
her
in
check
.
She
behaved
very
quietly
all
the
evening
,
admired
the
plans
,
consented
to
everything
,
and
was
scarcely
Mrs.
Ledwich
!
'
You
will
get
on
now
,
Ethel
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
afterwards
.
'
Never
fear
but
that
he
will
get
the
Ladies
'
Committee
well
in
hand
.
'
'
Why
do
you
think
so
,
papa
?
'
'
Never
you
fear
—
'
That
was
all
she
could
extract
from
him
,
though
he
looked
very
arch
.
The
Ladies
'
Committee
accepted
of
their
representatives
with
full
consent
;
and
the
indefatigable
Dr.
Spencer
next
had
to
hunt
up
the
fellow
trustee
.
He
finally
contrived
to
collect
everyone
he
wanted
at
Fordholm
,
the
case
was
laid
before
the
College
—
the
College
was
propitious
,
and
,
by
four
o'clock
in
the
evening
,
Dr.
Spencer
laid
before
Ethel
the
promise
of
the
piece
of
land
.
Mary
's
joy
was
unbounded
,
and
Ethel
blushed
,
and
tried
to
thank
.
This
would
have
been
the
summit
of
felicity
a
year
ago
,
and
she
was
vexed
with
herself
for
feeling
that
though
land
and
money
were
both
in
such
safe
hands
,
she
could
not
care
sufficiently
to
feel
the
ecstacy
the
attainment
of
her
object
would
once
have
given
to
her
.
Then
she
would
have
been
frantic
with
excitement
,
and
heedless
of
everything
;
now
she
took
it
so
composedly
as
to
annoy
herself
.
'
To
think
of
that
one
week
at
Oxford
having
so
entirely
turned
this
head
of
mine
!
'
Perhaps
it
was
the
less
at
home
,
because
she
had
just
heard
that
George
and
Flora
had
accepted
an
invitation
to
Glenbracken
,
but
though
the
zest
of
Cocksmoor
might
be
somewhat
gone
,
she
called
herself
to
order
,
and
gave
her
full
attention
to
all
that
was
planned
by
her
champion
.
Never
did
man
plunge
into
business
more
thoroughly
than
he
,
when
he
had
once
undertaken
it
.
He
was
one
of
those
men
who
,
from
gathering
particulars
of
every
practical
matter
that
comes
under
their
notice
,
are
able
to
accomplish
well
whatever
they
set
their
hand
to
;
and
building
was
not
new
to
him
,
though
his
former
subjects
—
a
Church
and
Mission
station
in
India
—
bore
little
remembrance
to
the
present
.
He
bought
a
little
round
dumpling
of
a
white
pony
,
and
trotted
all
over
the
country
in
search
of
building
materials
and
builders
,
he
discovered
trees
in
distant
timber-yards
,
he
brought
home
specimens
of
stone
,
one
in
each
pocket
,
to
compare
and
analyze
,
he
went
to
London
to
look
at
model
schools
,
he
drew
plans
each
more
neat
and
beautiful
than
the
last
,
he
compared
builders
'
estimates
,
and
wrote
letters
to
the
National
Society
,
so
as
to
be
able
to
begin
in
the
spring
.
In
the
meantime
he
was
settling
himself
,
furnishing
his
new
house
with
great
precision
and
taste
.
He
would
have
no
assistance
in
his
choice
,
either
of
servants
or
furniture
,
but
made
numerous
journeys
of
inspection
to
Whitford
,
to
Malvern
,
and
to
London
,
and
these
seemed
to
make
him
the
more
content
with
Stoneborough
.
Sir
Matthew
Fleet
had
evidently
chilled
him
,
and
as
he
found
his
own
few
remaining
relations
uncongenial
,
he
became
the
more
ready
to
find
a
resting
place
in
the
grey
old
town
,
the
scene
of
his
school
life
,
beside
the
friend
of
his
youth
,
and
the
children
of
her
,
for
whose
sake
he
had
never
sought
a
home
of
his
own
.
Though
he
now
and
then
talked
of
seeing
America
,
or
of
going
back
to
India
,
in
hopes
of
assisting
his
beloved
mission
at
Poonshedagore
;
these
plans
were
fast
dying
away
,
as
he
formed
habits
and
attachments
,
and
perceived
the
sphere
of
usefulness
open
to
him
.
It
was
a
great
step
when
his
packages
arrived
,
and
his
beautiful
Indian
curiosities
were
arranged
,
making
his
drawing-room
as
pretty
a
room
as
could
anywhere
be
seen
;
in
readiness
,
as
he
used
to
tell
Ethel
,
for
a
grand
tea-party
for
all
the
Ladies
'
Committee
,
when
he
should
borrow
her
and
the
best
silver
tea-pot
to
preside
.
Moreover
he
had
a
chemical
apparatus
,
a
telescope
,
and
microscope
,
of
great
power
,
wherewith
he
tried
experiments
that
were
the
height
of
felicity
to
Tom
and
Ethel
,
and
much
interested
their
father
.
He
made
it
his
business
to
have
full
occupation
for
himself
,
with
plans
,
books
,
or
correspondence
,
so
as
not
to
be
a
charge
on
the
hands
of
the
May
family
,
with
whom
he
never
spent
an
evening
without
special
and
earnest
invitation
.
He
gave
attendance
at
the
hospital
on
alternate
days
,
as
well
as
taking
off
Dr.
May
's
hands
such
of
his
gratuitous
patients
as
were
not
averse
to
quit
their
old
Doctor
,
and
could
believe
in
a
physician
in
shepherd
's
plaid
,
and
Panama
hat
.
Exceedingly
sociable
,
he
soon
visited
every
one
far
and
wide
,
and
went
to
every
sort
of
party
,
from
the
grand
dinners
of
the
"
county
families
,
"
to
the
tea
drinkings
of
the
Stoneborough
ladies
,
a
welcome
guest
at
all
,
and
enjoying
each
in
his
own
way
.
English
life
was
so
new
to
him
that
he
entered
into
the
little
accessories
with
the
zest
of
a
youth
;
and
there
seemed
to
be
a
curious
change
between
the
two
old
fellow
students
,
the
elder
and
more
staid
of
former
days
having
come
back
with
unencumbered
freshness
to
enliven
his
friend
,
