."
What
subject
?
"
she
said
;
"
my
looks
?
I
am
sure
they
ca
n't
be
interesting
to
you
.
You
are
as
hungry
as
ever
you
can
be
,
and
I
can
see
it
in
your
eyes
.
Papa
,
he
is
famishing
,
and
I
do
n't
think
he
can
contain
himself
any
longer
.
Do
take
him
downstairs
,
and
let
him
have
something
to
eat
.
For
myself
,
"
Lucilla
continued
,
in
a
lower
tone
,
"
it
is
my
duty
that
keeps
me
up
.
You
know
it
has
always
been
the
object
of
my
life
to
be
a
comfort
to
papa
.
"
"
Come
along
,
Tom
,
"
said
the
Doctor
.
"
Do
n't
waste
your
time
philandering
when
your
supper
is
ready
.
"
And
Dr
Marjoribanks
led
the
way
downstairs
,
leaving
Tom
,
who
followed
him
,
in
a
state
of
great
curiosity
to
know
what
secret
oppression
it
might
be
under
which
his
cousin
was
supported
by
her
duty
.
Naturally
his
thoughts
reverted
to
a
possible
rival
—
some
one
whom
the
sensible
Doctor
would
have
nothing
to
say
to
;
and
his
very
ears
grew
red
with
excitement
at
this
idea
.
But
,
notwithstanding
,
he
ate
a
very
satisfactory
meal
in
the
library
,
where
he
had
to
answer
all
sorts
of
questions
.
Tom
had
his
tray
at
the
end
of
the
table
,
and
the
Doctor
,
who
had
,
according
to
his
hospitable
old-fashioned
habit
,
taken
a
glass
of
claret
to
"
keep
him
company
,
"
sat
in
his
easy-chair
between
the
fire
and
the
table
,
and
sipped
his
wine
,
and
admired
its
colour
and
purity
in
the
light
,
and
watched
with
satisfaction
the
excellent
meal
his
nephew
was
making
.
He
asked
him
all
about
his
prospects
,
and
what
he
was
doing
,
which
Tom
replied
to
with
the
frankest
confidence
.
He
was
not
very
fond
of
work
,
nor
were
his
abilities
anything
out
of
the
common
;
but
at
the
present
moment
Tom
saw
no
reason
why
he
should
not
gain
the
Woolsack
in
time
;
and
Dr
Marjoribanks
gave
something
like
a
sigh
as
he
listened
,
and
wondered
much
what
Providence
could
be
thinking
of
not
to
give
him
the
boy
.
Lucilla
meantime
was
very
much
occupied
upstairs
.
She
had
the
new
housemaid
up
nominally
to
give
her
instructions
about
Mr
Tom
's
room
,
but
really
to
take
the
covers
off
the
chairs
,
and
see
how
they
looked
when
the
room
was
lighted
up
;
but
the
progress
of
decay
had
gone
too
far
to
stand
that
trial
.
After
all
,
the
chintz
,
though
none
of
the
freshest
,
was
the
best
.
When
the
gentlemen
came
upstairs
,
which
Tom
,
to
the
Doctor
's
disgust
,
insisted
on
doing
,
Lucilla
was
found
in
the
act
of
pacing
the
room
—
pacing
,
not
in
the
sentimental
sense
of
making
a
little
promenade
up
and
down
,
but
in
the
homely
practical
signification
,
with
a
view
of
measuring
,
that
she
might
form
an
idea
how
much
carpet
was
required
.
Lucilla
was
tall
enough
to
go
through
this
process
without
any
great
drawback
in
point
of
grace
—
the
long
step
giving
rather
a
tragedy-queen
effect
to
her
handsome
but
substantial
person
and
long
,
sweeping
dress
.
She
stopped
short
,
however
,
when
she
saw
them
,
and
withdrew
to
the
sofa
,
on
which
she
had
established
her
throne
;
and
there
was
a
little
air
of
conscious
pathos
on
her
face
as
she
sat
down
,
which
impressed
her
companions
.
As
for
Tom
,
he
instinctively
felt
that
it
must
have
something
to
do
with
that
mystery
under
which
Lucilla
was
supported
by
her
duty
;
and
the
irrelevant
young
man
conceived
immediately
a
violent
desire
to
knock
the
fellow
down
;
whereas
there
was
no
fellow
at
all
in
the
case
,
unless
it
might
be
Mr
Holden
,
the
upholsterer
,
whose
visits
Miss
Marjoribanks
would
have
received
with
greater
enthusiasm
at
this
moment
than
those
of
the
most
eligible
eldest
son
in
England
.
And
then
she
gave
a
little
pathetic
sigh
.
"
What
were
you
doing
,
Lucilla
?
"
said
her
father
,
—
"
rehearsing
Lady
Macbeth
,
I
suppose
.
At
least
you
looked
exactly
like
it
when
we
came
into
the
room
.
"
"
No
,
papa
,
"
said
Lucilla
sweetly
;
"
I
was
only
measuring
to
see
how
much
carpet
we
should
want
;
and
that
,
you
know
,
and
Tom
's
coming
,
made
me
think
of
old
times
.
You
are
so
much
downstairs
in
the
library
that
you
do
n't
feel
it
;
but
a
lady
has
to
spend
her
life
in
the
drawing-room
—
and
then
I
always
was
so
domestic
.
It
does
not
matter
what
is
outside
,
I
always
find
my
pleasure
at
home
.
I
cannot
help
if
it
has
a
little
effect
on
my
spirits
now
and
then
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
looking
down
upon
her
handkerchief
,
"
to
be
always
surrounded
with
things
that
have
such
associations
—
—
"
"
What
associations
?
"
said
the
amazed
Doctor
.
To
be
sure
,
he
had
forgotten
his
wife
;
but
it
was
four
years
ago
,
and
he
had
got
used
to
her
absence
from
her
favourite
sofa
;
and
,
on
the
whole
,
in
that
particular
,
had
acquiesced
in
the
arrangements
of
Providence
.
"
Really
,
Lucilla
,
I
do
n't
know
what
you
mean
.
"
"
No
,
papa
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
resignation
.
"
I
know
you
do
n't
,
and
that
is
what
makes
it
so
sad
.
But
talking
of
new
carpets
,
you
know
,
I
had
such
an
adventure
to-day
that
I
must
tell
you
—
quite
one
of
my
adventures
—
the
very
luckiest
thing
.
It
happened
when
I
was
out
walking
;
I
heard
a
voice
out
of
a
house
in
Grove
Street
,
just
the
very
thing
to
go
with
my
voice
.
That
is
not
a
thing
that
happens
every
day
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
"
for
all
the
masters
have
always
told
me
that
my
voice
was
something
quite
by
itself
.
When
I
heard
it
,
though
it
was
in
Grove
Street
,
and
all
the
people
about
,
I
could
have
danced
for
joy
.
"
"
It
was
a
man
's
voice
,
I
suppose
,
"
suggested
Tom
Marjoribanks
,
in
gloomy
tones
;
and
the
Doctor
added
,
in
his
cynical
way
:
"
It
's
a
wonderful
advantage
to
be
so
pleased
about
trifles
.
What
number
was
it
?
For
my
part
,
I
have
not
many
patients
in
Grove
Street
,
"
said
Dr
Marjoribanks
.
"
I
would
find
a
voice
to
suit
you
in
another
quarter
,
if
I
were
you
.
"
"
Dear
papa
,
it
's
such
a
pity
that
you
do
n't
understand
,
"
said
Lucilla
compassionately
.
"
It
turned
out
to
be
Barbara
Lake
;
for
,
of
course
,
I
went
in
directly
,
and
found
out
.
I
never
heard
a
voice
that
went
so
well
with
mine
.
"
If
Miss
Marjoribanks
did
not
go
into
raptures
over
the
contralto
on
its
own
merits
,
it
was
not
from
any
jealousy
,
of
which
,
indeed
,
she
was
incapable
,
but
simply
because
its
adaptation
to
her
own
seemed
to
her
by
far
its
most
interesting
quality
,
and
indeed
almost
the
sole
claim
it
had
to
consideration
from
the
world
.
"
Barbara
Lake
?
"
said
the
Doctor
.
"
There
's
something
in
that
.
If
you
can
do
her
any
good
or
get
her
teaching
or
anything
—
I
have
a
regard
for
poor
Lake
,
poor
little
fellow
!
He
's
kept
up
wonderfully
since
his
wife
died
;
and
nobody
expected
it
of
him
,
"
Dr
Marjoribanks
continued
,
with
a
momentary
dreary
recollection
of
the
time
when
the
poor
woman
took
farewell
of
her
children
,
which
indeed
was
the
next
day
after
that
on
which
his
own
wife
,
who
had
nobody
in
particular
to
take
farewell
of
,
faded
out
of
her
useless
life
.
"
Yes
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
"
I
mean
her
to
come
here
and
sing
with
me
;
but
,
then
,
one
needs
to
organise
a
little
first
.
I
am
nineteen
—
how
long
is
it
since
you
were
married
,
papa
?
"
"
Two-and-twenty
years
,
"
said
the
Doctor
abruptly
.
He
did
not
observe
the
strangeness
of
the
question
,
because
he
had
been
thinking
for
the
moment
of
his
wife
,
and
perhaps
his
face
was
a
trifle
graver
than
usual
,
though
neither
of
his
young
companions
thought
of
remarking
it
.
To
be
sure
he
was
not
a
young
man
even
when
he
married
;
but
,
on
the
whole
,
perhaps
something
more
than
this
perfect
comfort
and
respectability
,
and
those
nice
little
dinners
,
had
seemed
to
shine
on
his
horizon
when
he
brought
home
his
incapable
bride
.
"
Two-and-twenty
years
!
"
exclaimed
Lucilla
.
"
I
do
n't
mind
talking
before
Tom
,
for
he
is
one
of
the
family
.
The
things
are
all
the
same
as
they
were
when
mamma
came
home
,
though
,
I
am
sure
,
nobody
would
believe
it
.
I
think
it
is
going
against
Providence
,
for
my
part
.
Nothing
was
ever
intended
to
last
so
long
,
except
the
things
the
Jews
,
poor
souls
!
wore
in
the
desert
,
perhaps
.
Papa
,
if
you
have
no
objection
,
I
should
like
to
choose
the
colours
myself
.
There
is
a
great
deal
in
choosing
colours
that
go
well
with
one
's
complexion
.
People
think
of
that
for
their
dresses
,
but
not
for
their
rooms
,
which
are
of
so
much
more
importance
.
I
should
have
liked
blue
,
but
blue
gets
so
soon
tawdry
.
I
think
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
rising
and
looking
at
herself
seriously
in
the
glass
,
"
that
I
have
enough
complexion
at
present
to
venture
upon
a
pale
spring
green
.
"
This
little
calculation
,
which
a
timid
young
woman
would
have
taken
care
to
do
by
herself
,
Lucilla
did
publicly
,
with
her
usual
discrimination
.
The
Doctor
,
who
had
looked
a
little
grim
at
first
,
could
not
but
laugh
when
he
saw
the
sober
look
of
care
and
thought
with
which
Miss
Marjoribanks
examined
her
capabilities
in
the
glass
.
It
was
not
so
much
the
action
itself
that
amused
her
father
,
as
the
consummate
ability
of
the
young
revolutionary
.
Dr
Marjoribanks
was
Scotch
,
and
had
a
respect
for
"
talent
"
in
every
development
,
as
is
natural
to
his
nation
.
He
did
not
even
give
his
daughter
that
credit
for
sincerity
which
she
deserved
,
but
set
it
all
to
the
score
of
her
genius
,
which
was
complimentary
,
certainly
,
in
one
point
of
view
;
but
the
fact
was
that
Lucilla
was
perfectly
sincere
,
and
that
she
did
what
was
natural
to
her
under
guidance
of
her
genius
,
so
as
always
to
be
in
good
fortune
,
just
as
Tom
Marjoribanks
,
under
the
guidance
of
his
,
brought
discredit
even
upon
those
eternal
ordinances
of
English
government
which
fixed
the
time
of
the
Carlingford
assizes
.
Lucilla
was
quite
in
earnest
in
thinking
that
the
colour
of
the
drawing-room
was
an
important
matter
,
and
that
a
woman
of
sense
had
very
good
reason
for
suiting
it
to
her
complexion
—
an
idea
which
accordingly
she
proceeded
to
develop
and
explain
.
"
For
one
can
change
one
's
dress
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
"
as
often
as
one
likes
—
at
least
as
often
,
you
know
,
as
one
has
dresses
to
change
;
but
the
furniture
remains
the
same
.
I
am
always
a
perfect
guy
,
whatever
I
wear
,
when
I
sit
against
a
red
curtain
.
You
men
say
that
a
woman
always
knows
when
she
's
good-looking
,
but
I
am
happy
to
say
I
know
when
I
look
a
guy
.
What
I
mean
is
a
delicate
pale
green
,
papa
.
For
my
part
,
I
think
it
wears
just
as
well
as
any
other
colour
;
and
all
the
painters
say
it
is
the
very
thing
for
pictures
.
The
carpet
,
of
course
,
would
be
a
darker
shade
;
and
as
for
the
chairs
,
it
is
not
at
all
necessary
to
keep
to
one
colour
.
Both
red
and
violet
go
beautifully
with
green
,
you
know
.
I
am
sure
Mr
Holden
and
I
could
settle
all
about
it
without
giving
you
any
trouble
.
"
"
Who
told
you
,
Lucilla
,
"
said
the
Doctor
,
"
that
I
meant
to
refurnish
the
house
?
"
He
was
even
a
little
angry
at
her
boldness
,
but
at
the
same
time
he
was
so
much
amused
and
pleased
in
his
heart
to
have
so
clever
a
daughter
,
that
all
the
tones
that
could
produce
terror
were
softened
out
of
his
voice
.
"
I
never
heard
that
was
a
sort
of
thing
a
man
had
to
do
for
his
daughter
,
"
said
Dr
Marjoribanks
;
"
and
I
would
like
to
know
what
I
should
do
with
all
that
finery
when
you
get
married
—
as
I
suppose
you
will
by
and
by
—
and
leave
me
alone
in
the
house
?
"
"
Ah
,
that
is
the
important
question
,
"
said
Tom
.
As
usual
,
it
was
Tom
's
luck
;
but
then
,
when
there
did
happen
to
be
a
moment
when
he
ought
to
be
silent
,
the
unfortunate
fellow
could
not
help
but
speak
.
"
Perhaps
I
may
marry
some
time
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
composure
;
"
it
would
be
foolish
,
you
know
,
to
make
any
engagements
;
but
that
will
depend
greatly
upon
how
you
behave
,
and
how
Carlingford
behaves
,
papa
.
I
give
myself
ten
years
here
,
if
you
should
be
very
good
.
By
twenty-nine
I
shall
be
going
off
a
little
,
and
perhaps
it
may
be
tiring
,
for
anything
I
can
tell
.
Ten
years
is
a
long
time
,
and
naturally
,
in
the
meantime
,
I
want
to
look
as
well
as
possible
.
Stop
a
minute
;
I
forgot
to
put
down
the
number
of
paces
for
the
length
.
Tom
,
please
to
do
it
over
again
for
me
;
of
course
,
your
steps
are
a
great
deal
longer
than
mine
.
"
"
Tom
is
tired
,
"
said
the
Doctor
;
"
and
there
are
no
new
carpets
coming
out
of
my
pockets
.
Besides
,
he
's
going
to
bed
,
and
I
'm
going
downstairs
to
the
library
.
We
may
as
well
bid
you
good-night
.
"
These
words
,
however
,
were
addressed
to
deaf
ears
.
Tom
,
as
was
natural
,
had
started
immediately
to
obey
Lucilla
,
as
he
was
in
duty
bound
;
and
the
old
Doctor
looked
on
with
a
little
amazement
and
a
little
amusement
,
recognising
,
with
something
of
the
surprise
which
that
discovery
always
gives
to
fathers
and
mothers
,
that
his
visitor
cared
twenty
times
more
for
what
Lucilla
said
than
for
anything
that
his
superior
wisdom
could
suggest
.
He
would
have
gone
off
and
left
them
as
a
couple
of
young
fools
,
if
it
had
not
occurred
to
him
all
at
once
that
since
this
sort
of
thing
had
begun
,
the
last
person
in
the
world
that
he
would
choose
to
see
dancing
attendance
on
his
daughter
was
Tom
Marjoribanks
.
Oddly
enough
,
though
he
had
just
been
finding
fault
with
Providence
for
not
giving
him
a
son
instead
of
a
daughter
,
he
was
not
at
all
delighted
nor
grateful
when
Providence
put
before
him
this
simple
method
of
providing
himself
with
the
son
he
wanted
.
He
took
a
great
deal
too
much
interest
in
Tom
Marjoribanks
to
let
him
do
anything
so
foolish
;
and
as
for
Lucilla
,
the
idea
that
,
after
all
her
accomplishments
,
and
her
expensive
education
,
and
her
year
on
the
Continent
,
she
should
marry
a
man
who
had
nothing
,
disgusted
the
Doctor
.
He
kept
his
seat
accordingly
,
though
he
was
horribly
bored
by
the
drawing-room
and
its
claims
,
and
wanted
very
much
to
return
to
the
library
,
and
get
into
his
slippers
and
his
dressing-gown
.
It
was
rather
a
pretty
picture
,
on
the
whole
,
which
he
was
regarding
.
Lucilla
,
perhaps
,
with
a
view
to
this
discussion
,
had
put
on
green
ribbons
on
the
white
dress
which
she
always
wore
in
the
evening
,
and
her
tawny
curls
and
fresh
complexion
carried
off
triumphantly
that
difficult
colour
.
Perhaps
a
critical
observer
might
have
said
that
her
figure
was
a
little
too
developed
and
substantial
for
these
vestal
robes
;
but
then
Miss
Marjoribanks
was
young
,
and
could
bear
it
.
She
was
standing
by
,
not
far
from
the
fire
,
on
the
other
side
from
the
Doctor
,
looking
on
anxiously
,
while
Tom
measured
the
room
with
his
long
steps
.
"
I
never
said
you
were
to
stride
,
"
said
Lucilla
;
"
take
moderate
steps
,
and
do
n't
be
so
silly
.
I
was
doing
it
myself
famously
if
you
had
not
come
in
and
interrupted
me
.
It
is
frightful
to
belong
to
a
family
where
the
men
are
so
stupid
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
a
sigh
of
real
distress
;
for
,
to
be
sure
,
the
unlucky
Tom
immediately
bethought
himself
to
take
small
steps
like
those
of
a
lady
,
which
all
but
threw
him
on
his
well-formed
though
meaningless
nose
.
Lucilla
shook
her
head
with
an
exasperated
look
,
and
contracted
her
lips
with
disdain
,
as
he
passed
her
on
his
ill-omened
career
.
Of
course
he
came
right
up
against
the
little
table
on
which
she
had
with
her
own
hand
arranged
a
bouquet
of
geraniums
and
mignonette
.
"
It
is
what
he
always
does
,
"
she
said
to
the
Doctor
calmly
,
as
Tom
arrived
at
that
climax
of
his
fate
;
and
the
look
with
which
she
accompanied
these
words
,
as
she
rang
the
bell
smartly
and
promptly
,
mollified
the
Doctor
's
heart
.
"
I
can
tell
you
the
size
of
the
room
,
if
that
is
all
you
want
,
"
said
Dr
Marjoribanks
.
"
I
suppose
you
mean
to
give
parties
,
and
drive
me
out
of
my
senses
with
dancing
and
singing
.
—
No
,
Lucilla
,
you
must
wait
till
you
get
married
—
that
will
never
do
for
me
.
"
"
Dear
papa
,
"
said
Lucilla
sweetly
,
"
it
is
so
dreadful
to
hear
you
say
parties
.
Everybody
knows
that
the
only
thing
I
care
for
in
life
is
to
be
a
comfort
to
you
;
and
as
for
dancing
,
I
saw
at
once
that
was
out
of
the
question
.
Dancing
is
all
very
well
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
thoughtfully
;
"
but
it
implies
quantities
of
young
people
—
and
young
people
can
never
make
what
I
call
society
.
It
is
Evenings
I
mean
to
have
,
papa
.
I
am
sure
you
want
to
go
downstairs
,
and
I
suppose
Tom
would
think
it
civil
to
sit
with
me
,
though
he
is
tired
;
so
I
will
show
you
a
good
example
,
and
Thomas
can
pick
up
the
table
and
the
flowers
at
his
leisure
.
Good-night
,
papa
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
giving
him
her
round
fresh
cheek
to
kiss
.
She
went
out
of
the
room
with
a
certain
triumph
,
feeling
that
she
had
fully
signified
her
intentions
,
which
is
always
an
important
matter
;
and
shook
hands
in
a
condescending
way
with
Tom
,
who
had
broken
his
shins
in
a
headlong
rush
to
open
the
door
.
She
looked
at
him
with
an
expression
of
mild
despair
,
and
shook
her
head
again
as
she
accorded
him
that
sign
of
amity
.
"
If
you
only
would
look
a
little
where
you
are
going
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
—
perhaps
she
meant
the
words
to
convey
an
allegorical
as
well
as
a
positive
meaning
,
as
so
many
people
have
been
found
out
to
do
—
and
then
she
pursued
her
peaceful
way
upstairs
.
As
for
the
Doctor
,
he
went
off
to
his
library
rubbing
his
hands
,
glad
to
be
released
,
and
laughing
softly
at
his
nephew
's
abashed
looks
.
"
She
knows
how
to
put
him
down
at
least
,
"
the
Doctor
said
to
himself
,
well
pleased
;
and
he
was
so
much
amused
by
his
daughter
's
superiority
to
the
vulgar
festivity
of
parties
,
that
he
almost
gave
in
to
the
idea
of
refurnishing
the
drawing-room
to
suit
Lucilla
's
complexion
.
He
rubbed
his
hands
once
more
over
the
fire
,
and
indulged
in
a
little
laugh
all
by
himself
over
that
original
idea
.
"
So
it
is
Evenings
she
means
to
have
?
"
said
the
Doctor
;
and
,
to
be
sure
,
nothing
could
be
more
faded
than
the
curtains
,
and
there
were
bits
of
the
carpet
in
which
the
pattern
was
scarcely
discernible
.
So
that
,
on
the
whole
,
up
to
this
point
there
seemed
to
be
a
reasonable
prospect
that
Lucilla
would
have
everything
her
own
way
.
Chapter
VII
Miss
Marjoribanks
had
so
many
things
to
think
of
next
morning
that
she
found
her
cousin
,
who
was
rather
difficult
to
get
rid
of
,
much
in
her
way
:
naturally
the
young
man
was
briefless
,
and
came
on
circuit
for
the
name
of
the
thing
,
and
was
quite
disposed
to
dawdle
the
first
morning
,
and
attach
himself
to
the
active
footsteps
of
Lucilla
;
and
for
her
part
,
she
had
things
to
occupy
her
so
very
much
more
important
.
For
one
thing
,
one
of
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
little
dinner-parties
was
to
take
place
that
evening
,
which
would
be
the
first
under
the
new
régime
,
and
was
naturally
a
matter
of
some
anxiety
to
all
parties
.
"
I
shall
go
down
and
ask
Mrs
Chiley
to
come
with
the
Colonel
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
"
I
have
always
meant
to
do
that
.
We
ca
n't
have
a
full
dinner-party
,
you
know
,
as
long
as
the
house
is
so
shabby
;
but
I
am
sure
Mrs
Chiley
will
come
to
take
care
of
me
.
"
"
To
take
care
of
you
!
—
in
your
father
's
house
!
Do
you
think
they
'll
bite
?
"
said
the
Doctor
grimly
;
but
as
for
Lucilla
,
she
was
quite
prepared
for
that
.
"
I
must
have
a
chaperone
,
you
know
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
do
n't
say
it
is
not
quite
absurd
;
but
then
,
at
first
,
I
always
make
it
a
point
to
give
in
to
the
prejudices
of
society
.
That
is
how
I
have
always
been
so
successful
,
"
said
the
experienced
Lucilla
.
"
I
never
went
in
the
face
of
anybody
's
prejudices
.
Afterwards
,
you
know
,
when
one
is
known
—
—
"
The
Doctor
laughed
,
but
at
the
same
time
he
sighed
.
There
was
nothing
to
be
said
against
Mrs
Chiley
,
who
had
,
on
the
whole
,
as
women
go
,
a
very
superior
training
,
and
knew
what
a
good
dinner
was
;
but
it
was
the
beginning
of
the
revolution
of
which
Dr
Marjoribanks
,
vaguely
oppressed
with
the
idea
of
new
paper
,
new
curtains
,
and
all
that
was
involved
in
the
entrance
of
Mr
Holden
the
upholsterer
into
the
house
,
did
not
see
the
end
.
He
acquiesced
,
of
course
,
since
there
was
nothing
else
for
it
:
but
it
must
be
confessed
that
the
spectre
of
Mrs
Chiley
sitting
at
his
right
hand
clouded
over
for
the
Doctor
the
pleasant
anticipation
of
the
evening
.
If
it
had
been
possible
to
put
her
at
the
head
of
the
table
beside
Lucilla
,
whom
she
was
to
come
to
take
care
of
,
he
could
have
borne
it
better
—
and
to
be
sure
it
would
have
been
a
great
deal
more
reasonable
;
but
then
that
was
absolutely
out
of
the
question
,
and
the
Doctor
gave
in
with
a
sigh
.
Thus
it
was
that
he
began
to
realise
the
more
serious
result
of
that
semi-abdication
into
which
he
had
been
beguiled
.
The
female
element
,
so
long
peacefully
ignored
and
kept
at
a
distance
,
had
come
in
again
in
triumph
and
taken
possession
,
and
the
Doctor
knew
too
well
by
the
experience
of
a
long
life
what
a
restless
and
troublesome
element
it
was
.
He
had
begun
to
feel
that
it
had
ceased
to
be
precisely
amusing
as
he
took
his
place
in
his
brougham
.
It
was
good
sport
to
see
Lucilla
make
an
end
of
Tom
,
and
put
her
bridle
upon
the
stiff
neck
of
Nancy
;
but
when
it
came
to
changing
the
character
of
the
Doctor
's
dinners
,
his
intellect
naturally
got
more
obtuse
,
and
he
did
not
see
the
joke
.
As
for
Tom
,
he
had
to
be
disposed
of
summarily
.
"
Do
go
away
,
"
Miss
Marjoribanks
said
,
in
her
straightforward
way
.
"
You
can
come
back
to
luncheon
if
you
like
;
—
that
is
to
say
,
if
you
can
pick
up
anybody
that
is
very
amusing
,
you
may
bring
him
here
about
half-past
one
,
and
if
any
of
my
friends
have
come
to
call
by
that
time
,
I
will
give
you
lunch
;
but
it
must
be
somebody
very
amusing
,
or
I
will
have
nothing
to
say
to
you
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
And
with
this
dismissal
Tom
Marjoribanks
departed
,
not
more
content
than
the
Doctor
;
for
,
to
be
sure
,
the
last
thing
in
the
world
which
the
poor
fellow
thought
of
was
to
bring
somebody
who
was
amusing
,
to
injure
his
chances
with
Lucilla
.
Tom
,
like
most
other
people
,
was
utterly
incapable
of
fathoming
the
grand
conception
which
inspired
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
When
she
told
him
that
it
was
the
object
of
her
life
to
be
a
comfort
to
papa
,
he
believed
it
to
a
certain
extent
,
but
it
never
occurred
to
him
that
filial
devotion
,
though
beautiful
to
contemplate
,
would
preserve
Lucilla
's
heart
from
the
ordinary
dangers
of
youth
,
or
that
she
was
at
all
in
earnest
in
postponing
all
matrimonial
intentions
until
she
was
nine-and-twenty
,
and
had
begun
to
"
go
off
"
a
little
.
So
he
went
away
disconsolate
enough
,
wavering
between
his
instinct
of
obedience
and
his
desire
of
being
in
Lucilla
's
company
,
and
a
desperate
determination
never
to
be
the
means
of
injuring
himself
by
presenting
to
her
anybody
who
was
very
amusing
.
All
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
monde
,
as
it
happened
,
was
a
little
out
of
humour
that
day
.
She
had
gone
on
so
far
triumphantly
that
it
had
now
come
to
be
necessary
that
she
should
receive
a
little
check
in
her
victorious
career
.
When
Tom
was
disposed
of
,
Miss
Marjoribanks
put
on
her
hat
and
went
down
Grange
Lane
to
carry
her
invitation
to
Mrs
Chiley
,
who
naturally
was
very
much
pleased
to
come
.
"
But
,
my
dear
,
you
must
tell
me
what
to
put
on
,
"
the
old
lady
said
.
"
I
do
n't
think
I
have
had
anything
new
since
you
were
home
last
.
I
have
heard
so
much
about
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
dinners
that
I
feel
a
little
excited
,
as
if
I
was
going
to
be
made
a
freemason
or
something
.
There
is
my
brown
,
you
know
,
that
I
wear
at
home
when
we
have
anybody
—
and
my
black
velvet
;
and
then
there
is
my
French
gray
that
I
got
for
Mary
Chiley
's
marriage
.
"
"
Dear
Mrs
Chiley
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
"
it
does
n't
matter
in
the
least
what
you
wear
;
there
are
only
to
be
gentlemen
,
you
know
,
and
one
never
dresses
for
gentlemen
.
You
must
keep
that
beautiful
black
velvet
for
another
time
.
"
"
Well
,
my
dear
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
,
"
I
am
long
past
that
sort
of
thing
—
but
the
men
think
,
you
know
,
that
it
is
always
for
them
we
dress
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
"
their
vanity
is
something
dreadful
—
but
it
is
one
of
my
principles
never
to
dress
unless
there
are
ladies
.
A
white
frock
,
high
in
the
neck
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
sweet
simplicity
—
"
as
for
anything
else
,
it
would
be
bad
style
.
"
Mrs
Chiley
gave
her
young
visitor
a
very
cordial
kiss
when
she
went
away
.
"
The
sense
she
has
!
"
said
the
old
lady
;
but
at
the
same
time
the
Colonel
's
wife
was
so
old-fashioned
that
this
contemptuous
way
of
treating
"
The
Gentlemen
"
puzzled
her
unprogressive
intelligence
.
She
thought
it
was
superhuman
virtue
on
Lucilla
's
part
,
nearly
incredible
,
and
yet
established
by
proofs
so
incontestable
that
it
would
be
a
shame
to
doubt
it
;
and
she
felt
ashamed
of
herself
—
she
who
might
have
been
a
grandmother
,
had
such
been
the
will
of
Providence
—
for
lingering
five
minutes
undecided
between
her
two
best
caps
.
"
I
dare
say
Lucilla
does
not
spend
so
much
time
on
such
vanity
,
and
she
only
nineteen
,
"
said
the
penitent
old
lady
.
As
for
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
she
returned
up
Grange
Lane
with
a
mind
at
ease
,
and
that
consciousness
of
superior
endowments
which
gives
amiability
and
expansion
even
to
the
countenance
.
She
did
not
give
any
money
to
the
beggar
who
at
that
period
infested
Grange
Lane
with
her
six
children
,
for
that
was
contrary
to
those
principles
of
political
economy
which
she
had
studied
with
such
success
at
Mount
Pleasant
;
but
she
stopped
and
asked
her
name
,
and
where
she
lived
,
and
promised
to
inquire
into
her
case
.
"
If
you
are
honest
and
want
to
work
,
I
will
try
to
find
you
something
to
do
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
;
which
,
to
be
sure
,
was
a
threat
appalling
enough
to
keep
her
free
from
any
further
molestation
on
the
part
of
that
interesting
family
.
But
Lucilla
,
to
do
her
justice
,
felt
it
equally
natural
that
beneficence
should
issue
from
her
in
this
manner
as
in
that
other
mode
of
feeding
the
hungry
which
she
was
willing
to
adopt
at
half-past
one
,
and
had
solemnly
engaged
herself
to
fulfil
at
seven
o'clock
.
She
went
up
after
that
to
Mr
Holden
's
,
and
had
a
most
interesting
conversation
,
and
found
among
his
stores
a
delicious
damask
,
softly
,
spiritually
green
,
of
which
,
to
his
great
astonishment
,
she
tried
the
effect
in
one
of
the
great
mirrors
which
ornamented
the
shop
.
"
It
is
just
the
tint
I
want
,
"
Lucilla
said
,
when
she
had
applied
that
unusual
test
;
and
she
left
the
fashionable
upholsterer
of
Carlingford
in
a
state
of
some
uncertainty
whether
it
was
curtains
or
dresses
that
Miss
Marjoribanks
meant
to
have
made
.
Perhaps
this
confusion
arose
from
the
fact
that
Lucilla
's
mind
was
occupied
in
discussing
the
question
whether
she
should
not
go
round
by
Grove
Street
,
and
try
that
duet
again
with
Barbara
,
and
invite
her
to
Grange
Lane
in
the
evening
to
electrify
the
little
company
;
or
whether
,
in
case
this
latter
idea
might
not
be
practicable
,
she
should
bring
Barbara
with
her
to
lunch
by
way
of
occupying
Tom
Marjoribanks
.
Lucilla
stood
at
Mr
Holden
's
door
for
five
seconds
at
least
balancing
the
matter
;
but
finally
she
gave
her
curls
a
little
shake
,
and
took
a
quick
step
forward
,
and
without
any
more
deliberation
returned
towards
Grange
Lane
;
for
,
on
the
whole
,
it
was
better
not
to
burst
in
full
triumph
all
at
once
upon
her
constituency
,
and
exhaust
her
forces
at
the
beginning
.
If
she
condescended
to
sing
something
herself
,
it
would
indeed
be
a
greater
honour
than
her
father
's
dinner-party
,
in
strict
justice
,
was
entitled
to
;
and
as
for
the
second
question
,
though
Miss
Marjoribanks
was
too
happy
in
the
confidence
of
her
own
powers
to
fear
any
rivals
,
and
though
her
cousin
's
devotion
bored
her
,
still
she
felt
doubtful
how
far
it
was
good
policy
to
produce
Barbara
at
luncheon
for
the
purpose
of
occupying
Tom
.
Other
people
might
see
her
besides
Tom
,
and
her
own
grand
coup
might
be
forestalled
for
anything
she
could
tell
;
and
then
Tom
had
some
title
to
consideration
on
his
own
merits
,
though
he
was
the
unlucky
member
of
the
family
.
He
might
even
,
if
he
were
so
far
left
to
himself
(
though
Miss
Marjoribanks
smiled
at
the
idea
)
,
fall
in
love
with
Barbara
;
or
,
what
was
more
likely
,
driven
to
despair
by
Lucilla
's
indifference
,
he
might
pretend
to
fall
in
love
;
and
Lucilla
reflected
,
that
if
anything
happened
she
could
never
forgive
herself
.
This
was
the
point
she
had
arrived
at
when
she
shook
her
tawny
curls
and
set
out
suddenly
on
her
return
home
.
It
was
now
nearly
one
o'clock
,
and
it
was
quite
possible
that
Tom
,
as
well
as
herself
,
might
be
on
the
way
to
Grange
Lane
;
but
Lucilla
,
who
,
as
she
said
,
made
a
point
of
never
going
against
the
prejudices
of
society
,
made
up
her
mind
to
remain
sweetly
unconscious
of
the
hour
of
luncheon
,
unless
some
lady
came
to
keep
her
company
.
But
then
Miss
Marjoribanks
was
always
lucky
,
as
she
said
.
A
quarter
of
an
hour
before
Tom
applied
for
admission
,
Miss
Bury
came
to
pay
Lucilla
a
visit
.
She
had
been
visiting
in
her
district
all
the
morning
,
and
was
very
easily
persuaded
to
repose
herself
a
little
;
and
then
,
naturally
,
she
was
anxious
about
her
young
friend
's
spiritual
condition
,
and
the
effect
upon
her
mind
of
a
year
's
residence
abroad
.
She
was
asking
whether
Lucilla
had
not
seen
something
soul-degrading
and
dishonouring
to
religion
in
all
the
mummeries
of
Popery
;
and
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
who
was
perfectly
orthodox
,
had
replied
to
the
question
in
the
most
satisfactory
manner
;
when
Tom
made
his
appearance
,
looking
rather
sheepish
and
reluctant
,
and
followed
by
the
"
somebody
amusing
"
whom
Lucilla
had
commissioned
him
to
bring
.
He
had
struggled
against
his
fate
,
poor
fellow
!
but
when
it
happens
to
be
a
man
's
instinct
to
do
what
he
is
told
,
he
can
no
more
resist
it
than
if
it
was
a
criminal
impulse
.
Tom
entered
with
his
amusing
companion
,
who
had
been
chosen
with
care
,
and
was
very
uninviting
to
look
at
;
and
by
and
by
Miss
Bury
,
with
the
most
puzzled
looks
,
found
herself
listening
to
gossip
about
the
theatres
and
all
kinds
of
profane
subjects
.
"
I
think
they
are
going
to
hang
that
fellow
that
killed
the
tailor
,
"
said
the
amusing
man
;
"
that
will
stir
you
up
a
little
in
Carlingford
,
I
should
suppose
.
It
is
as
good
as
a
play
for
a
country
town
.
Of
course
,
there
will
be
a
party
that
will
get
up
a
memorial
,
and
prove
that
a
man
so
kind-hearted
never
existed
out
of
paradise
;
and
there
will
be
another
party
who
will
prove
him
to
be
insane
;
and
then
at
the
end
all
the
blackguards
within
a
hundred
miles
will
crowd
into
Carlingford
,
and
the
fellow
will
be
hanged
,
as
he
deserves
to
be
;
but
I
assure
you
it
's
a
famous
amusement
for
a
country
town
.
"
"
Sir
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
,
with
a
tremulous
voice
,
for
her
feelings
had
overcome
her
,
"
when
you
speak
of
amusement
,
does
it
ever
occur
to
you
what
will
become
of
his
miserable
soul
?
"
"
I
assure
you
,
wretches
of
that
description
have
no
souls
,
"
said
the
young
barrister
,
"
or
else
,
of
course
,
I
would
not
permit
myself
to
speak
so
freely
.
It
is
a
conclusion
I
have
come
to
not
rashly
,
but
after
many
opportunities
of
observing
,
"
the
young
man
went
on
with
solemnity
;
"
on
the
whole
,
my
opinion
is
,
that
this
is
the
great
difference
between
one
portion
of
mankind
and
the
other
:
that
description
of
being
,
you
may
take
my
word
for
it
,
has
no
soul
.
"
"
I
never
take
anybody
's
word
for
what
is
so
plainly
stated
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
;
"
I
never
heard
any
one
utter
such
a
terrible
idea
.
I
am
sure
I
do
n't
want
to
defend
a
—
a
murderer
,
"
cried
the
Rector
's
sister
,
with
agitation
;
"
but
I
have
heard
of
persons
in
that
unfortunate
position
coming
to
a
heavenly
frame
of
mind
,
and
giving
every
evidence
of
being
truly
converted
.
The
law
may
take
their
lives
,
but
it
is
an
awful
thing
—
a
truly
dreadful
thing
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
,
trembling
all
over
,
"
to
try
to
take
away
their
soul
.
"
"
Oh
,
nonsense
,
Lucilla
.
By
Jove
!
he
does
not
mean
that
,
you
know
,
"
said
Tom
,
interposing
to
relieve
his
friend
.
"
Do
you
believe
in
Jove
,
Mr
Thomas
Marjoribanks
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
,
looking
him
in
an
alarming
manner
full
in
the
face
.
The
unfortunate
Tom
grew
red
and
then
he
grew
green
under
this
question
and
that
awful
look
.
"
No
,
Miss
Bury
,
I
ca
n't
say
I
do
,
"
he
answered
humbly
;
and
the
amusing
man
was
so
much
less
brotherly
than
Tom
that
he
burst
into
unsympathetic
laughter
.
As
for
Lucilla
,
it
was
the
first
real
check
she
had
sustained
in
the
beginning
of
her
career
.
There
could
not
have
been
a
more
unfortunate
contretemps
,
and
there
is
no
telling
how
disastrous
the
effect
might
have
been
,
had
not
her
courage
and
coolness
,
not
to
say
her
orthodoxy
,
been
equal
to
the
occasion
.
She
gave
her
cousin
a
look
which
was
still
more
terrible
than
Miss
Bury
's
,
and
then
she
took
affairs
into
her
own
hands
.
"
It
is
dreadful
sometimes
to
see
what
straits
people
are
put
to
,
to
keep
up
the
conversation
,
"
said
Lucilla
;
"
Tom
in
particular
,
for
I
think
he
has
a
pleasure
in
talking
nonsense
.
But
you
must
not
suppose
I
am
of
that
opinion
.
I
remember
quite
well
there
was
a
dreadful
man
once
here
in
jail
for
something
,
and
Mr
Bury
made
him
the
most
beautiful
character
!
Every
creature
has
a
soul
.
I
am
sure
we
say
so
in
the
Creed
every
day
of
our
lives
,
and
especially
in
that
long
creed
where
so
many
people
perish
everlastingly
.
So
far
from
laughing
,
it
is
quite
dreadful
to
think
of
it
,
"
said
Lucilla
.
"
It
is
one
of
my
principles
never
to
laugh
about
anything
that
has
to
do
with
religion
.
I
always
think
it
my
duty
to
speak
with
respect
.
It
has
such
a
bad
effect
upon
some
minds
.
Miss
Bury
,
if
you
will
not
take
anything
more
,
I
think
we
had
better
go
upstairs
.
"
To
think
that
Tom
,
whose
luck
,
as
usual
,
had
betrayed
him
to
such
an
unlooked-for
extent
,
should
have
been
on
the
point
of
following
to
the
drawing-room
,
was
more
than
Miss
Marjoribanks
could
comprehend
;
but
fortunately
his
companion
had
more
sense
,
and
took
his
leave
,
taking
his
conductor
with
him
.
Miss
Bury
went
upstairs
in
silence
,
sighing
heavily
from
time
to
time
.
The
good
woman
was
troubled
in
her
spirit
at
the
evident
depravity
of
the
young
men
with
whom
circumstances
had
constrained
her
to
sit
down
at
table
,
and
she
was
sadly
afraid
that
such
companionship
must
have
a
debasing
effect
upon
the
mind
of
that
lamb
of
the
flock
now
standing
before
her
.
Miss
Bury
bethought
herself
of
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
profane
jokes
,
and
the
indifference
he
had
shown
to
many
things
in
which
it
was
his
duty
to
have
interested
himself
,
and
she
could
not
but
look
with
tender
pity
in
her
young
friend
's
face
.
"
Poor
dear
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
,
"
it
is
dreadful
indeed
if
this
is
the
sort
of
society
you
are
subjected
to
.
I
could
recommend
to
Dr
Marjoribanks
a
most
admirable
woman
,
a
true
Christian
,
who
would
take
charge
of
things
and
be
your
companion
,
Lucilla
.
It
is
not
at
all
nice
for
you
,
at
your
age
,
to
be
obliged
to
receive
young
men
like
these
alone
.
"
"
I
had
you
!
"
said
Lucilla
,
taking
both
Miss
Bury
's
hands
.
"
I
felt
it
was
such
a
blessing
.
I
would
not
have
let
Tom
stay
for
luncheon
if
you
had
not
been
there
;
and
now
I
am
so
glad
,
because
it
has
shown
me
the
danger
of
letting
him
bring
people
.
I
am
quite
sure
it
was
a
special
providence
that
made
you
think
of
coming
here
to-day
.
"
"
Well
,
my
dear
,
"
said
Miss
Bury
,
who
was
naturally
mollified
by
this
statement
of
the
question
,
"
I
am
very
glad
to
have
been
of
use
to
you
.
If
there
is
anything
I
desire
in
this
life
,
it
is
to
be
useful
to
my
fellow-creatures
,
and
to
do
my
work
while
it
is
called
day
.
I
should
not
think
the
time
lost
,
my
dear
Lucilla
,
if
I
could
only
hope
that
I
had
impressed
upon
your
mind
that
an
account
must
be
given
of
every
careless
word
—
—
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
"
that
is
so
true
;
and
besides
,
it
is
quite
against
my
principles
.
I
make
it
a
point
never
to
speak
of
anything
about
religion
except
with
the
greatest
respect
;
and
I
am
quite
sure
it
was
a
special
providence
that
I
had
you
.
"
Miss
Bury
took
her
farewell
very
affectionately
,
not
to
say
effusively
,
after
this
,
with
her
heart
melting
over
the
ingenuous
young
creature
who
was
so
thankful
for
her
protection
;
but
at
the
same
time
she
left
Miss
Marjoribanks
a
prey
to
the
horrible
sensation
of
having
made
a
failure
.
To
be
sure
,
there
was
time
to
recover
herself
in
the
evening
,
which
was
,
so
to
speak
,
her
first
formal
appearance
before
the
public
of
Carlingford
.
Tom
was
so
ill-advised
as
to
come
in
when
she
was
having
her
cup
of
tea
before
dinner
to
fortify
her
for
her
exertions
;
and
the
reception
he
met
with
may
be
left
to
the
imagination
.
But
,
after
all
,
there
was
little
satisfaction
in
demolishing
Tom
;
and
then
Lucilla
had
known
from
the
beginning
that
the
success
of
her
undertaking
depended
entirely
on
herself
.
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VIII
The
evening
passed
off
in
a
way
which
,
if
Miss
Marjoribanks
had
been
an
ordinary
woman
,
would
have
altogether
obliterated
from
her
mind
all
recollection
of
the
failure
at
lunch
.
To
speak
first
of
the
most
important
particular
,
the
dinner
was
perfect
.
As
for
the
benighted
men
who
had
doubted
Lucilla
,
they
were
covered
with
shame
,
and
,
at
the
same
time
,
with
delight
.
If
there
had
been
a
fault
in
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
table
under
the
ancient
régime
,
it
lay
in
a
certain
want
of
variety
,
and
occasional
over-abundance
,
which
wounded
the
feelings
of
young
Mr
Cavendish
,
who
was
a
person
of
refinement
.
To-night
,
as
that
accomplished
critic
remarked
,
there
was
a
certain
air
of
feminine
grace
diffused
over
everything
—
and
an
amount
of
doubt
and
expectation
,
unknown
to
the
composed
feastings
of
old
,
gave
interest
to
the
meal
.
As
for
the
Doctor
,
he
found
Mrs
Chiley
,
at
his
right
hand
,
not
so
great
a
bore
as
he
expected
.
She
was
a
woman
capable
of
appreciating
the
triumphs
of
art
that
were
set
before
her
;
and
had
indeed
been
trained
to
as
high
a
pitch
of
culture
in
this
respect
as
perhaps
is
possible
to
the
female
intelligence
;
and
then
her
pride
and
delight
in
being
admitted
to
a
participation
in
those
sacred
mysteries
was
beyond
expression
.
"
My
dear
Lucilla
,
I
feel
exactly
as
if
I
was
going
to
be
made
a
freemason
;
and
as
if
your
dear
good
papa
had
to
blindfold
me
,
and
make
me
swear
all
sorts
of
things
before
he
took
me
downstairs
,
"
she
said
,
as
they
sat
together
waiting
for
the
commencement
of
the
ceremony
;
and
when
the
two
ladies
returned
to
the
drawing-room
,
Mrs
Chiley
took
Lucilla
in
her
arms
and
gave
her
a
kiss
,
as
the
only
way
of
expressing
adequately
her
enthusiasm
.
"
My
love
,
"
said
the
Colonel
's
wife
,
"
I
never
realised
before
what
it
was
to
have
a
genius
.
You
should
be
very
thankful
to
Providence
for
giving
you
such
a
gift
.
I
have
given
dinners
all
my
life
—
that
is
,
all
my
married
life
,
my
dear
,
which
comes
to
almost
the
same
thing
,
for
I
was
only
a
baby
—
but
I
never
could
come
up
to
anything
like
that
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
,
with
tears
in
her
eyes
.
As
for
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
she
was
so
satisfied
with
her
success
that
she
felt
at
liberty
to
tranquillise
her
old
friend
.
"
I
am
sure
you
always
give
very
nice
dinners
,
"
she
said
;
"
and
then
,
you
know
,
the
Colonel
has
his
favourite
dishes
—
whereas
,
I
must
say
for
papa
,
he
is
very
reasonable
for
a
man
.
I
am
so
glad
you
are
pleased
.
It
is
very
kind
of
you
to
say
it
is
genius
,
but
I
do
n't
pretend
to
anything
but
paying
great
attention
and
studying
the
combinations
.
There
is
nothing
one
cannot
manage
if
one
only
takes
the
trouble
.
Come
here
to
this
nice
easy-chair
—
it
is
so
comfortable
.
It
is
so
nice
to
have
a
little
moment
to
ourselves
before
they
come
upstairs
.
"
"
That
is
what
I
always
say
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
;
"
but
there
are
not
many
girls
so
sensible
as
you
,
Lucilla
.
I
hear
them
all
saying
it
is
so
much
better
French
fashion
.
Of
course
,
I
am
an
old
woman
,
and
like
things
in
the
old
style
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
it
is
because
I
am
more
sensible
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
with
modesty
.
"
I
do
n't
pretend
to
be
better
than
other
people
.
It
is
because
I
have
thought
it
all
over
,
you
know
—
and
then
I
went
through
a
course
of
political
economy
when
I
was
at
Mount
Pleasant
,
"
Lucilla
said
tranquilly
,
with
an
air
of
having
explained
the
whole
matter
,
which
much
impressed
her
hearer
.
"
But
for
all
that
,
something
dreadful
happened
to-day
.
Tom
brought
in
one
of
his
friends
with
him
,
you
know
,
and
Miss
Bury
was
here
,
and
they
talked
—
I
want
to
tell
you
,
in
case
she
should
say
something
,
and
then
you
will
know
what
to
believe
.
I
never
felt
so
dreadfully
ashamed
in
my
life
—
they
talked
—
—
"
"
My
dear
!
not
anything
improper
,
I
hope
,
"
cried
the
old
lady
,
in
dismay
.
"
Oh
,
no
,
"
said
Lucilla
;
"
but
they
began
laughing
about
some
people
having
no
souls
,
you
know
—
as
if
there
could
be
anybody
without
a
soul
—
and
poor
Miss
Bury
nearly
fainted
.
You
may
think
what
a
dreadful
thing
it
was
for
me
.
"
"
My
dear
child
,
if
that
was
all
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
,
reassured
—
"
as
for
everybody
having
a
soul
,
I
am
sure
I
cannot
say
.
You
never
were
in
India
,
to
be
sure
;
but
Miss
Bury
should
have
known
better
than
to
faint
at
a
young
man
's
talk
,
and
frighten
you
,
my
poor
dear
.
She
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
herself
,
at
her
age
.
Do
you
think
Tom
has
turned
out
clever
?
"
the
old
lady
continued
,
not
without
a
little
finesse
,
and
watching
Lucilla
with
a
curious
eye
.
"
Not
in
the
very
least
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
calmly
;
"
he
is
just
as
awkward
as
he
used
to
be
.
It
is
dreadful
to
have
him
here
just
now
,
when
I
have
so
many
things
to
do
—
and
then
he
would
follow
me
about
everywhere
if
I
would
let
him
.
A
cousin
of
that
sort
is
always
in
the
way
.
"
"
I
am
always
afraid
of
a
cousin
,
for
my
part
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
;
"
and
talking
of
that
,
what
do
you
think
of
Mr
Cavendish
,
Lucilla
?
He
is
very
nice
in
himself
,
and
he
has
a
nice
property
;
and
some
people
say
he
has
a
very
good
chance
to
be
member
for
Carlingford
when
there
is
an
election
.
I
think
that
is
just
what
would
suit
you
.
"
"
I
could
not
see
him
for
the
lamp
,
"
said
Lucilla
;
"
it
was
right
between
us
,
you
know
—
but
it
is
no
use
talking
of
that
sort
of
thing
just
now
.
Of
course
,
if
I
had
liked
,
I
never
need
have
come
home
at
all
,
"
Miss
Marjoribanks
added
,
with
composure
;
"
and
,
now
I
have
come
home
,
I
have
got
other
things
to
think
of
.
If
papa
is
good
,
I
will
not
think
of
leaving
him
for
ten
years
.
"
"
Oh
,
yes
;
I
have
heard
girls
say
that
before
,
"
said
Mrs
Chiley
;
"
but
they
always
changed
their
minds
.
You
would
not
like
to
be
an
old
maid
,
Lucilla
;
and
in
ten
years
—
—
"
"
I
should
have
begun
to
go
off
a
little
,
no
doubt
,
"
said
Miss
Marjoribanks
.
"
No
,
I
ca
n't
say
I
wish
to
be
an
old
maid
.
Can
they
be
coming
upstairs
already
,
do
you
think
?
Oh
,
it
is
Tom
,
I
suppose
,
"
said
Lucilla
,
with
a
little
indignation
.
But
when
They
did
make
their
appearance
,
which
was
at
a
tolerably
early
period
—
for
a
return
to
the
drawing-room
was
quite
a
novelty
for
Dr
Marjoribanks
's
friends
,
and
tempted
them
accordingly
—
Miss
Marjoribanks
was
quite
ready
to
receive
them
.
And
just
before
ten
o'clock
,
when
Mrs
Chiley
began
to
think
of
going
home
,
Lucilla
,
without
being
asked
,
and
without
indeed
a
word
of
preface
,
suddenly
went
to
the
piano
,
and
before
anybody
knew
,
had
commenced
to
sing
.
She
was
a
great
deal
too
sensible
to
go
into
high
art
on
this
occasion
,
or
to
electrify
her
father
's
friends
with
her
newly-acquired
Italian
,
or
even
with
German
,
as
some
young
ladies
do
.
She
sang
them
a
ballad
out
of
one
of
those
treasures
of
resuscitated
ballads
which
the
new
generation
had
then
begun
to
dig
out
of
the
bowels
of
the
earth
.
There
was
not
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
a
great
deal
of
music
in
it
,
which
proved
Lucilla
's
disinterestedness
.
"
I
only
sang
it
to
amuse
you
,
"
she
said
,
when
all
the
world
crowded
to
the
piano
;
and
for
that
night
she
was
not
to
be
persuaded
to
further
exertions
.
Thus
Miss
Marjoribanks
proved
to
her
little
public
that
power
of
subordinating
her
personal
tastes
and
even
her
vanity
to
her
great
object
,
which
more
than
anything
else
demonstrates
a
mind
made
to
rule
.
"
I
hope
next
time
you
will
be
more
charitable
,
and
not
tantalise
us
in
this
way
,
"
Mr
Cavendish
said
,
as
he
took
his
leave
;
and
Lucilla
retired
from
the
scene
of
her
triumph
,
conscious
of
having
achieved
entire
success
in
her
first
appearance
in
Carlingford
.
She
laid
her
head
upon
her
pillow
with
that
sweet
sense
of
an
approving
conscience
which
accompanies
the
footsteps
of
the
benefactors
of
their
kind
.
But
even
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
satisfaction
was
not
without
its
drawbacks
.
She
could
not
get
out
of
her
mind
that
unhappy
abortive
luncheon
and
all
its
horrors
;
not
to
speak
of
the
possibility
of
her
religious
principles
being
impugned
,
which
was
dreadful
in
itself
(
"
for
people
can
stand
a
man
being
sceptical
,
you
know
,
"
Miss
Marjoribanks
justly
observed
,
"
but
everybody
knows
how
unbecoming
it
is
in
a
woman
—
and
me
who
have
such
a
respect
for
religion
!
"
)
;
there
remained
the
still
more
alarming
chance
that
Miss
Bury
,
who
was
so
narrow-minded
,
might
see
something
improper
in
the
presence
of
the
two
young
men
at
Lucilla
's
maidenly
table
;
for
,
to
be
sure
,
the
Rector
's
sister
was
altogether
incapable
of
grasping
the
idea
that
young
men
,
like
old
men
and
the
other
less
interesting
members
of
the
human
family
,
were
simple
material
for
Miss
Marjoribanks
's
genius
,
out
of
which
she
had
a
great
result
to
produce
.
This
was
the
dread
that
overshadowed
the
mind
of
Lucilla
as
she
composed
herself
to
rest
after
her
fatigues
.
When
she
slept
the
sleep
of
the
innocent
,
it
still
pursued
her
into
her
dreams
.
She
dreamed
that
she
stood
at
the
altar
by
the
side
of
the
member
for
Carlingford
,
and
that
Mr
Bury
,
with
inflexible
cruelty
,
insisted
upon
marrying
her
to
Tom
Marjoribanks
instead
;
and
then
the
scene
changed
,
and
instead
of
receiving
the
salutations
of
Mr
Cavendish
as
M.P.
for
the
borough
,
it
was
the
amusing
man
,
in
the
character
of
the
defeated
candidate
,
who
grinned
and
nodded
at
her
,
and
said
from
the
hustings
that
he
would
never
forget
the
luncheon
that
had
been
his
first
introduction
to
Carlingford
.
Such
was
the
nightmare
that
pursued
Lucilla
even
into
the
sphere
of
dreams
.
When
such
a
presentiment
takes
possession
of
a
well-balanced
mind
like
that
of
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
it
may
be
accepted
as
certain
that
something
is
likely
to
follow
.
Lucilla
did
her
best
to
disarm
fate
,
not
only
by
the
sweetest
submission
and
dutifulness
to
the
Doctor
and
his
wishes
,
but
by
a
severe
disregard
of
Tom
,
which
drove
that
unhappy
young
man
nearly
desperate
.
Far
from
saying
anything
about
luncheon
,
she
even
ignored
his
presence
at
breakfast
,
and
remained
calmly
unconscious
of
his
empty
cup
,
until
he
had
to
ask
for
some
coffee
in
an
injured
and
pathetic
voice
,
which
amused
Dr
Marjoribanks
beyond
description
.
But
even
this
did
not
prove
sufficient
to
propitiate
the
Fates
.
When
They
were
gone
—
and
it
may
be
well
to
say
that
Lucilla
used
this
pronoun
to
signify
the
gentlemen
,
in
greater
or
smaller
number
as
it
might
happen
—
and
she
had
finished
all
her
arrangements
,
Miss
Marjoribanks
decided
upon
going
to
Grove
Street
to
pay
Barbara
Lake
a
visit
,
and
practise
some
duets
,
which
was
certainly
as
innocent
an
occupation
for
her
leisure
as
could
be
desired
.
She
was
putting
on
her
hat
with
this
object
when
the
bell
in
the
garden
rang
solemnly
,
and
Lucilla
,
whose
curiosity
conquered
her
good
manners
for
the
moment
,
hastening
to
the
window
,
saw
Mr
Bury
himself
enter
the
garden
,
accompanied
by
a
black
figure
in
deep
and
shabby
mourning
.
All
the
tremors
of
the
night
rushed
back
upon
her
mind
at
the
sight
.
She
felt
that
the
moment
had
arrived
for
a
trial
of
her
courage
very
different
from
the
exertions
which
had
hitherto
sufficed
her
.
Nothing
but
the
most
solemn
intentions
could
have
supported
the
Rector
in
that
severe
pose
of
his
figure
and
features
,
every
line
in
which
revealed
an
intention
of
being
"
faithful
"
;
and
the
accompanying
mute
in
black
,
whose
office
the
culprit
could
not
divine
,
had
a
veil
over
her
face
,
and
wore
a
widow
's
dress
.
Miss
Marjoribanks
,
it
is
true
,
