,and
every
pore
of
them
is
open
.
"
Darling
Lily
,
come
—
how
proud
they
would
have
been
of
you
—
come
and
kiss
me
in
this
presence
,
and
promise
that
,
whatever
happens
,
none
shall
ever
thrust
cold
hands
between
your
heart
and
mine
.
That
we
will
bear
,
and
trust
,
and
love
;
nor
,
if
a
shadow
steals
between
us
,
blink
it
till
the
substance
follows
,
but
be
frank
and
open
—
the
very
breath
of
friendship
—
and
when
doubt
begins
to
grow
,
for
the
devil
is
sure
to
sow
it
,
have
it
plucked
away
at
once
,
each
by
the
other
's
hand
.
Kiss
me
,
dear
;
your
weakness
is
that
you
are
not
so
outspoken
as
I
am
.
Never
let
me
vex
you
,
without
knowing
it
.
"
The
innocent
creature
kissed
me
,
and
promised
solemnly
.
"
Oh
,
Clara
,
"
she
cried
,
"
how
on
earth
did
you
find
it
out
?
Sometimes
you
have
vexed
me
dreadfully
,
for
you
do
n't
care
much
what
you
say
;
but
I
always
thought
it
was
my
fault
,
and
I
never
told
you
of
it
.
But
it
never
made
me
love
you
a
single
bit
the
less
.
"
"
Yes
,
it
did
for
the
moment
,
though
you
may
soon
have
forgiven
it
.
But
a
love
which
is
always
undergoing
forgiveness
,
is
like
glass
steeped
in
water
,
you
may
cut
it
in
two
with
a
pair
of
common
scissors
.
"
"
Well
,
I
should
like
to
see
the
scissors
that
would
cut
me
away
from
you
.
I
'll
have
a
great
piece
off
your
hair
,
Clara
,
if
you
talk
such
nonsense
.
Now
come
;
my
father
wants
you
.
"
"
Have
you
told
him
?
"
"
Yes
,
everything
about
dear
Conny
and
you
;
and
he
says
you
are
a
noble
girl
,
but
uncommonly
thick-headed
about
your
own
concerns
,
though
as
quick
as
lightning
for
others
.
Now
,
I
wo
n't
have
you
look
so
pale
;
let
us
run
and
get
some
colour
.
See
,
I
'll
get
first
to
that
tree
.
"
"
Will
you
indeed
?
"
I
won
the
race
by
a
yard
,
and
was
glad
that
the
exercise
made
excuse
for
the
quick
rise
of
my
bosom
.
After
all
that
had
happened
,
I
would
not
have
her
imagine
that
I
still
cared
for
her
brother
.
Like
a
girl
all
over
,
she
said
not
another
word
,
determined
that
I
should
begin
it
.
"
Let
us
walk
faster
,
Lily
,
if
my
Uncle
wishes
to
see
me
.
"
"
No
,
there
is
plenty
of
time
.
It
will
do
him
good
to
sleep
a
little
.
"
"
Oh
,
then
it
is
nothing
important
.
I
rather
feared
that
it
might
be
.
"
"
Do
n't
be
at
all
afraid
,
darling
.
He
wants
to
show
you
how
nicely
he
made
the
Chalcedony
Spalla
that
used
to
be
round
my
neck
.
He
made
it
for
my
mother
,
in
remembrance
of
something
.
"
"
Oh
,
nothing
more
than
that
.
I
thought
you
spoke
of
something
—
at
least
you
seemed
to
imply
—
"
"
Nothing
that
you
need
blush
about
,
nor
stammer
either
,
proud
Donna
.
You
know
you
proved
to
me
yesterday
,
when
we
were
in
the
cab
,
that
you
did
not
care
for
Conny
any
more
than
you
did
for
a
flake
of
London
soot
,
which
happened
to
come
in
at
the
window
,
and
fall
upon
your
glove
.
And
you
were
kind
enough
to
compare
him
to
that
individual
smut
.
"
"
Oh
,
Judy
,
Judy
,
"
I
cried
,
as
the
dog
came
bounding
to
meet
us
—
"
darling
Judy
,
you
love
Clara
,
if
nobody
else
has
sense
enough
.
"
And
half
an
hour
ago
,
Lily
and
I
in
dramatic
language
,
vowed
eternal
affection
!
"
Oh
,
Clara
,
darling
Clara
,
do
n't
you
know
that
I
was
in
fun
?
I
thought
you
were
so
clever
.
And
now
to
see
you
sobbing
over
that
great
muff
of
a
dog
!
Judy
,
I
hate
you
,
get
out
of
the
way
"
—
the
judicious
would
not
stir
—
"
take
your
great
hulking
paws
from
cousin
Clara
's
neck
.
There
then
,
make
the
most
of
that
!
Oh
,
I
have
hurt
my
hand
so
,
and
he
is
only
wagging
his
tail
.
But
I
am
so
delighted
,
my
own
pet
,
that
you
love
poor
Conny
still
.
"
"
And
pray
,
who
said
I
did
?
"
"
Nobody
,
only
me
.
All
dear
Papa
said
was
this
,
that
there
was
a
great
mistake
,
and
he
soon
perceived
what
it
was
;
and
I
asked
him
to
take
my
opinion
about
it
,
because
I
was
a
senior
sophist
.
And
he
pretended
not
to
know
what
a
senior
sophist
was
.
And
I
told
him
it
was
my
degree
,
not
from
that
man
,
you
know
,
but
fairly
earned
at
the
College
;
though
they
did
have
the
impudence
to
say
that
the
Professors
were
going
to
pluck
me
,
until
I
gave
them
a
smile
.
"
"
True
enough
,
no
doubt
.
But
I
know
all
that
long
ago
.
What
more
did
my
Uncle
say
?
"
"
That
he
would
tell
you
his
opinion
,
but
he
would
rather
not
talk
about
it
to
me
.
And
he
could
not
bear
me
to
go
out
,
for
fear
I
should
be
stolen
again
.
And
I
do
believe
he
has
had
me
watched
all
the
way
.
Here
I
come
,
Pappy
;
large
as
life
you
see
,
and
three
times
as
natural
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
own
treasure
,
three
times
as
natural
to
me
,
as
my
life
has
been
without
you
.
But
wheel
me
indoors
,
young
maidens
.
No
other
man
in
the
world
has
such
a
pair
of
horses
.
I
want
to
talk
to
Clara
,
in
my
own
room
alone
.
Lily
,
go
to
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
I
ca
n't
have
you
roving
about
so
.
"
Lily
obeyed
him
instantly
.
"
Wait
one
minute
,
Uncle
dear
;
I
want
to
go
and
fetch
something
.
"
I
ran
to
my
own
rooms
,
and
found
the
deed
of
gift
,
which
had
not
been
returned
to
the
lawyers
.
This
I
took
to
his
study
and
placed
it
in
his
hands
.
"
What
is
the
matter
,
Clara
?
Have
you
turned
conveyancer
,
and
detected
some
informality
?
"
"
No
,
dearest
Uncle
.
But
I
want
you
to
cancel
this
.
I
cannot
allow
you
so
to
rob
your
children
.
"
I
will
not
say
what
he
called
me
in
his
surprise
and
delight
.
It
seemed
to
me
quite
uncalled
for
;
I
had
only
done
what
my
conscience
told
me
was
just
.
But
as
for
accepting
my
offer
—
he
would
not
hear
of
it
twice
.
"
Darling
,
it
would
be
wrong
.
It
would
be
downright
robbery
;
and
no
plea
whatever
for
it
,
on
the
score
of
paternal
duty
.
You
are
the
proper
heir
,
the
child
of
the
elder
son
,
the
true
representative
of
our
ancient
family
.
All
the
rest
is
a
quibble
and
quirk
,
of
which
,
even
without
your
countless
benefits
,
I
never
intended
to
take
advantage
.
And
my
children
are
,
by
the
mother
's
side
,
of
a
family
older
even
than
ours
—
so
far
as
that
nonsense
goes
—
and
are
heirs
to
wealth
compared
to
which
—
if
it
only
be
rightly
worked
—
these
Vaughan
estates
are
nothing
.
All
I
ask
you
is
to
do
a
thing
which
I
am
sure
you
would
do
without
asking
—
to
assist
them
,
if
what
I
have
left
them
is
spent
before
they
prove
their
claims
.
Here
is
a
letter
to
Count
Gaffori
;
that
excellent
man
is
still
alive
;
and
here
are
the
certificates
,
and
my
own
brief
deposition
,
which
I
have
begged
a
neighbouring
magistrate
to
come
to-day
and
attest
;
here
is
my
Lily
's
Spalla
,
and
perhaps
other
relics
are
in
my
son
's
possession
.
Lastly
,
here
are
two
more
letters
,
one
to
my
old
friend
Peter
Green
,
who
has
now
much
influence
in
that
part
of
Corsica
,
the
other
to
James
McGregor
,
once
my
messmate
at
Lincoln
's
Inn
,
now
an
acute
and
rising
Counsel
,
and
a
leading
authority
upon
municipal
law
.
Take
all
these
,
my
darling
,
if
you
will
so
far
oblige
me
;
for
I
fear
my
lovely
daughter
—
is
n't
she
lovely
,
Clara
?
"
"
The
loveliest
girl
in
all
the
world
;
and
what
is
far
more
important
,
the
sweetest
,
and
the
best
.
"
"
Yes
,
if
you
had
searched
the
kingdom
,
you
could
not
have
brought
me
such
another
love
.
But
ah
!
you
should
have
seen
her
mother
!
However
,
I
fear
the
sweet
pet
is
a
little
careless
and
random
,
as
her
father
used
to
be
.
At
any
rate
,
I
prefer
entrusting
this
great
budget
to
your
brave
and
honest
hands
;
at
least
until
my
son
comes
here
to
claim
it
.
The
deposition
you
shall
have
,
when
attested
.
"
"
But
,
Uncle
,
surely
you
had
better
keep
it
all
yourself
.
No
fear
of
Mrs.
Daldy
now
.
"
"
No
,
my
darling
;
but
these
things
must
not
be
buried
with
me
.
"
There
was
something
in
his
eyes
which
made
me
start
with
terror
.
But
he
smiled
so
sweetly
that
my
terror
fled
.
"
And
now
,
my
child
,
about
yourself
.
Though
you
have
found
me
another
daughter
,
I
look
upon
you
as
the
eldest
;
and
I
venture
to
speak
to
you
,
as
a
father
would
.
Is
it
as
my
Lily
tells
me
?
Is
it
true
—
God
grant
it
may
be
—
that
you
love
my
son
,
my
Lily
's
son
,
Henry
Conrad
?
Why
do
n't
you
answer
me
,
darling
?
Tell
the
truth
like
a
real
Vaughan
.
Surely
you
are
not
ashamed
of
him
.
"
And
he
laid
his
hand
on
my
head
.
My
tears
fell
fast
;
and
my
heart
was
in
a
tempest
.
"
Yes
,
Uncle
,
"
at
last
I
answered
,
frightened
for
his
suspense
,
and
looking
him
full
in
the
face
,
"
Yes
,
Uncle
,
I
do
—
I
mean
at
least
I
did
—
love
him
very
much
at
one
time
.
"
"
With
all
your
heart
,
as
we
Vaughans
love
;
with
all
your
heart
,
poor
darling
?
"
"
Yes
,
Uncle
,
"
I
sobbed
,
in
bitter
humiliation
;
"
none
of
my
heart
is
left
me
.
"
"
Thank
God
!
what
blest
news
for
his
mother
!
My
Harry
is
the
happiest
fellow
alive
.
"
"
But
,
Uncle
,
he
does
not
think
so
,
he
—
he
—
does
n't
perceive
his
blessedness
.
"
A
flash
of
my
old
self-irony
came
even
through
my
anguish
.
"
Oh
,
I
have
heard
all
that
.
But
surely
you
know
the
absurd
mistake
he
made
.
"
"
Indeed
,
I
cannot
guess
it
.
Is
it
my
place
to
do
that
?
"
"
Of
course
it
is
;
when
you
are
in
the
light
,
and
he
is
all
in
the
dark
.
Whom
did
that
kidnapper
believe
himself
to
have
murdered
?
"
"
You
,
Uncle
,
of
course
.
"
"
And
whose
child
then
does
he
suppose
you
to
be
;
if
he
heard
of
your
existence
,
as
he
is
sure
to
have
done
?
"
"
Merciful
God
,
I
see
it
all
!
And
how
bitterly
I
have
wronged
him
,
my
own
noble
Conrad
!
"
My
poor
weak
Uncle
had
to
manage
me
,
all
by
himself
,
in
my
terrible
hysterics
.
Frightened
as
he
was
,
for
he
never
before
had
to
deal
in
that
way
with
a
nature
resembling
mine
,
he
would
not
even
ring
for
help
,
lest
I
should
betray
my
secret
to
other
ears
than
his
own
.
When
at
last
I
came
to
myself
,
he
kissed
me
tenderly
,
and
said
:
"
My
poor
dear
child
,
remember
—
when
you
may
be
glad
to
think
of
it
—
that
whether
I
see
my
noble
boy
or
not
,
I
shall
die
now
in
perfect
happiness
.
Noble
he
must
be
,
or
Clara
could
not
love
him
.
It
would
have
been
the
pet
scheme
of
my
heart
,
if
I
could
have
had
a
voice
in
it
.
And
here
it
is
done
without
me
!
How
often
have
I
longed
and
yearned
that
he
could
only
see
you
,
as
you
waited
day
and
night
by
my
pestilential
bed
,
that
he
could
only
know
the
tale
of
your
troubles
and
devotion
.
At
my
death
,
the
generation
so
visited
from
heaven
expires
;
and
you
three
darlings
start
anew
,
with
all
things
in
your
favour
.
Now
mind
that
the
good
old
Signor
's
directions
are
complied
with
,
and
that
Harry
,
if
he
lives
here
,
abandons
the
Corsican
property
to
his
sister
Lily
.
Promise
me
this
,
my
Clara
.
"
"
Of
course
I
will
,
dear
Uncle
—
I
mean
,
so
far
as
my
influence
goes
.
And
he
will
then
be
bound
to
do
so
under
the
deed-poll
,
if
I
understood
you
aright
.
But
perhaps
he
has
quite
forgotten
me
now
.
"
"
Of
course
he
thinks
himself
bound
to
avoid
you
.
But
I
have
written
to
set
him
right
,
and
to
bring
him
as
soon
as
possible
.
And
now
about
—
about
that
horrible
—
"
"
Ah
,
yes
.
If
I
had
the
right
,
I
would
even
let
him
go
.
My
feeling
has
changed
from
fierce
hatred
to
utter
contempt
.
And
surely
his
vengeance
is
satisfied
now
.
"
"
No
,
Clara
.
It
will
flame
more
wildly
than
ever
the
moment
he
learns
his
mistake
,
and
my
final
triumph
over
him
.
Has
he
any
idea
where
our
Lily
is
?
"
"
As
yet
,
he
can
have
none
.
If
old
Cora
went
to
Albert
Street
last
evening
,
she
would
learn
nothing
from
Mrs.
Shelfer
,
I
took
care
of
that
,
except
that
Lily
had
been
there
,
and
was
gone
again
.
The
old
woman
does
not
speak
English
enough
to
attempt
to
cross-examine
.
She
loves
poor
Lily
,
I
know
,
but
will
be
satisfied
with
the
belief
that
the
child
had
gone
to
her
brother
's
.
And
as
for
that
monster
,
even
if
he
relents
,
he
will
be
too
proud
to
inquire
.
"
"
What
had
my
poor
child
done
,
that
the
brute
turned
her
out
,
and
struck
her
?
"
"
Nothing
,
I
believe
,
beyond
defending
her
brother
Conrad
,
as
she
always
did
.
I
suppose
I
may
call
him
'
Conrad
,
'
Uncle
?
"
"
Yes
,
my
dear
,
it
is
his
true
name
,
chosen
by
his
mother
.
Where
are
you
going
so
hastily
?
"
"
To
London
at
once
.
For
your
sake
,
Uncle
dear
,
I
must
not
think
of
sparing
him
.
I
must
have
him
in
custody
to-night
.
I
would
have
avoided
it
,
if
I
could
for
a
thousand
reasons
;
but
there
is
no
alternative
.
"
"
Yes
there
is
.
In
two
days
I
shall
be
beyond
his
reach
.
Do
n't
ask
me
what
I
mean
.
To-day
is
Thursday
.
Promise
only
to
let
him
go
free
till
Saturday
.
"
"
I
will
.
But
I
must
go
to
London
.
I
cannot
rest
quiet
here
.
"
My
Uncle
's
face
brightened
beautifully
.
And
he
took
my
hand
in
his
.
"
I
know
what
you
mean
,
my
darling
.
You
intend
to
discover
my
Harry
,
for
fear
of
any
mishap
.
I
will
let
you
go
,
dear
;
though
the
house
seems
empty
without
you
,
its
truthful
and
graceful
mistress
.
But
you
must
not
go
alone
.
It
is
not
right
for
a
beautiful
girl
,
however
self-possessed
and
dignified
,
especially
one
of
your
station
,
to
rove
about
unattended
.
"
"
Only
one
man
ever
insulted
me
,
Uncle
,
I
mean
in
a
serious
way
,
and
he
never
did
it
again
.
"
"
It
does
not
matter
.
The
example
is
bad
,
and
all
men
are
not
gentlemen
.
Mrs.
Fletcher
shall
go
with
you
,
and
our
pretty
Lily
keep
house
.
But
I
have
an
especial
reason
,
and
a
most
powerful
one
,
for
wishing
that
you
should
be
here
.
Do
n't
go
till
to-morrow
,
my
darling
;
I
am
so
well
to-day
,
and
I
must
see
you
once
at
your
own
table
,
with
my
daughter
and
me
for
your
guests
.
"
"
Oh
,
Uncle
,
I
hope
so
a
thousand
times
.
I
will
stop
till
the
morning
,
if
you
have
set
your
heart
upon
it
.
"
"
I
have
indeed
.
You
may
go
in
the
morning
by
the
first
train
,
and
be
back
to-morrow
night
.
Will
you
promise
?
"
Though
I
could
not
understand
his
motive
,
and
he
was
pleased
to
conceal
it
,
I
promised
all
he
asked
.
Then
I
told
him
all
the
story
of
Conrad
and
the
accident
,
how
he
saved
my
mother
's
life
and
mine
,
with
the
courage
and
skill
of
a
true-born
mountaineer
.
My
Uncle
was
moved
to
tears
,
not
only
at
the
gallantry
of
his
son
,
but
also
by
the
joy
of
discovering
that
all
the
obligations
lay
not
upon
one
side
.
I
also
wept
at
finding
that
Lily
had
never
heard
of
it
.
Conrad
's
lofty
nature
scorned
to
narrate
its
own
achievements
.
When
,
after
that
adventure
,
he
discovered
who
we
were
,
he
avoided
us
because
he
believed
that
his
father
had
slain
mine
.
It
was
not
till
a
later
date
,
when
he
became
of
age
—
as
the
Corsicans
reckon
manhood
—
that
Lepardo
Della
Croce
told
him
all
he
knew
of
his
history
,
dwelt
on
the
foul
shame
wrought
to
the
Della
Croce
by
his
bigamist
father
,
and
tried
in
vain
to
force
on
him
the
awful
oath
of
Vendetta
.
The
youth
had
too
much
English
blood
in
his
heart
to
accept
the
black
inheritance
.
Thenceforth
he
could
not
bear
the
sight
of
the
man
who
had
killed
,
as
they
both
supposed
,
his
father
,
although
,
in
his
wrath
for
his
mother
's
wrongs
and
his
own
,
he
would
not
resent
the
deed
.
What
marvel
then
that
he
spurned
me
,
and
was
maddened
with
himself
,
at
finding
that
he
,
the
illegitimate
,
was
in
love
with
me
,
his
legitimate
sister
?
But
now
,
we
are
only
half-cousins
,
and
nature
has
never
misled
us
.
All
that
evening
,
my
Uncle
was
in
the
most
glorious
spirits
,
and
I
am
not
sure
that
Lily
and
I
were
very
far
behind
him
.
He
played
us
all
sorts
of
boyish
tricks
,
and
we
made
reprisals
with
girlish
ones
,
till
Lily
's
joyous
laughter
rang
halfway
clown
the
corridor
.
I
had
dressed
her
with
especial
care
,
and
she
did
look
such
a
love
!
But
it
was
all
too
sudden
,
and
far
too
sweet
to
last
.
My
Uncle
indeed
seemed
quite
beside
himself
,
more
gladsome
than
nature
allows
us
to
be
with
impunity
.
Then
the
vein
dried
all
of
a
sudden
,
and
the
mind
flowed
the
opposite
way
.
He
made
his
beautiful
daughter
,
who
,
though
not
much
of
a
sophist
,
had
a
soul
that
thrilled
to
music
,
he
made
her
play
the
soft
Corsican
airs
,
that
seem
to
weep
as
they
breathe
,
and
which
she
had
learned
from
old
Cora
.
He
knew
them
all
;
how
well
he
knew
them
,
his
face
turned
from
the
light
betrayed
.
The
depth
of
melodious
sadness
,
the
touch
of
some
nervine
chord
,
which
knew
not
its
own
existence
,
and
starts
to
be
known
and
appreciated
,
as
might
an
unconscious
poet
,
and
more
than
all
the
trembling
spread
of
the
feelers
of
the
heart
,
these
are
the
proofs
of
nature
's
presence
in
music
or
in
poetry
.
Then
he
begged
me
to
play
some
of
the
sweet
and
simple
melodies
of
Wales
.
These
he
declared
,
and
I
had
already
perceived
it
,
these
were
born
of
the
self-same
spirit
,
though
not
so
highly
intensified
,
as
the
Corsican
romances
.
Finally
,
he
told
us
many
a
moving
tale
of
his
Lily
;
tales
a
man
is
loth
to
tell
to
those
with
whom
he
expects
to
live
.
How
she
was
loved
,
and
how
she
seemed
to
love
everybody
,
and
pretty
answers
she
made
to
those
who
praised
her
beauty
,
and
more
than
words
or
kisses
,
the
loving
things
she
did
,
the
elegance
of
self-denial
,
and
the
innocence
of
merit
.
That
night
,
that
memorable
night
,
we
stayed
up
more
than
two
hours
over
his
proper
time
for
going
to
bed
.
He
seemed
so
sad
to
part
,
that
I
could
not
bear
to
hurry
him
.
One
thing
he
told
me
which
I
was
glad
to
hear
.
"
Clara
,
darling
,
I
have
taken
a
liberty
with
your
house
.
This
afternoon
,
I
wrote
by
the
London
post
,
for
Annie
Franks
to
come
back
again
to-morrow
,
if
she
will
,
as
an
especial
favour
to
me
.
"
I
was
rather
surprised
;
but
answered
him
warmly
,
and
in
all
truth
:
"
Dear
Uncle
,
you
know
that
I
love
her
;
and
I
cannot
see
too
much
of
the
few
whom
I
really
love
.
"
Then
,
as
I
was
to
start
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
he
wished
me
"
Good
bye
,
"
in
a
solemn
manner
,
which
seemed
to
me
quite
uncalled
for
.
He
drew
my
young
face
to
his
own
,
so
marked
by
sorrow
and
illness
,
looked
into
my
eyes
as
if
I
were
to
remember
something
,
then
held
me
in
his
trembling
embrace
,
and
kissed
me
long
and
fondly
.
"
God
in
heaven
bless
you
,
darling
,
for
all
you
have
done
to
me
and
mine
.
"
"
Mine
,
you
should
say
,
dear
Uncle
.
I
count
them
now
my
own
.
"
His
daughter
took
him
away
,
with
her
white
arms
thrown
around
him
.
For
now
she
slept
in
the
closet
next
to
his
room
,
where
I
had
so
long
been
quartered
.
CHAPTER
VII
.
In
the
early
morning
,
I
was
off
for
London
,
taking
Mrs.
Fletcher
with
me
,
much
against
my
will
,
because
she
seemed
to
cumber
me
both
in
thought
and
action
.
Between
the
door
and
the
avenue
,
I
looked
from
the
open
carriage
—
I
hate
to
be
shut
up
in
summer
—
at
the
dear
old
house
.
Lily
had
got
up
to
breakfast
with
me
,
in
spite
of
my
prohibition
;
and
she
was
going
with
us
as
far
as
the
lodge
,
to
have
a
nice
walk
back
.
To
my
great
surprise
I
saw
my
poor
Uncle
,
standing
at
his
open
window
,
wrapped
in
a
dressing-gown
.
He
kissed
his
hand
and
waved
me
his
last
farewell
.
I
leaped
on
the
seat
to
reply
,
and
then
scolded
him
with
my
glove
.
Half
in
play
and
half
in
sorrow
,
he
mocked
my
lively
gestures
,
and
the
morning
breeze
lifted
his
silver
hair
,
as
he
wafted
me
the
last
kiss
.
I
told
Lily
to
scold
him
well
,
with
my
very
best
love
,
and
she
asked
me
in
the
most
ladylike
manner
,
if
I
saw
any
green
in
her
eye
.
The
girl
had
picked
up
a
great
deal
of
slang
among
the
fair
collegians
.
Mrs.
Fletcher
looked
sadly
shocked
;
so
I
said
,
to
reassure
her
:
"
You
know
,
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
we
must
make
allowances
for
young
ladies
who
come
from
college
.
"
"
To
be
sure
,
Miss
Vaughan
,
to
be
sure
we
must
,
"
she
replied
with
her
most
sagacious
air
:
and
at
Gloucester
she
whispered
to
the
coachman
,
"
John
,
the
villain
that
stole
Miss
Lily
sent
her
to
Oxford
,
in
a
young
gentleman
's
clothes
,
and
she
took
a
very
high
degree
:
but
do
n't
say
a
word
about
it
.
"
"
Not
by
any
means
,
ma'am
,
"
answered
John
,
with
a
grin
.
Nevertheless
,
it
found
its
way
over
the
house
,
and
the
result
was
that
all
the
girls
came
to
Lily
about
their
sweethearts
.
I
mention
this
trifling
incident
only
to
show
how
little
I
thought
that
I
then
saw
the
last
of
my
Uncle
.
At
Paddington
we
met
Annie
Franks
taking
her
ticket
for
Gloucester
,
and
looking
most
bright
and
blooming
,
with
a
grand
pocket
in
her
cloak
,
made
to
hold
a
three-volumed
novel
.
I
had
only
time
for
a
few
words
with
her
,
in
which
I
commended
my
Uncle
to
her
especial
attention
,
as
she
had
ten
times
my
cousin
's
experience
.
Then
I
went
with
her
to
the
down-platform
,
and
saw
her
get
into
the
carriage
,
and
gave
her
the
last
of
my
sandwiches
,
while
a
cruel
guard
made
her
turn
out
her
new
pocket
,
insisting
that
she
must
have
a
little
dog
concealed
there
.
I
laughed
at
the
poor
little
dear
,
as
crimson
with
mortification
she
showed
before
all
the
gentlemen
the
triple
fluted
bulk
,
and
the
guard
read
out
,
more
in
amazement
than
rudeness
,
"
Sir
Ingomar
of
the
Red
Hand
;
or
,
The
Knight
of
St.
Valentine
,
and
the
Paynim
Lady
.
"
The
gentlemen
were
gentlemen
,
and
tried
very
hard
not
to
smile
;
but
the
way
the
guard
scratched
his
head
was
a
great
deal
too
much
for
them
.
"
Dog
's
ears
,
anyhow
,
"
cried
he
,
trying
to
escape
with
a
joke
.
I
drew
her
out
of
the
carriage
,
with
tears
in
her
soft
gray
eyes
,
and
put
her
into
another
,
where
Sir
Ingomar
was
unknown
,
and
might
spur
on
at
pleasure
.
Then
the
smiles
returned
to
her
shy
and
innocent
face
,
and
she
put
her
head
to
the
window
,
and
whispered
gently
to
me
:
"
Any
strawberries
left
,
dear
?
"
"
I
should
think
so
,
Annie
.
The
best
of
them
all
,
the
British
Queens
,
are
just
coming
in
.
And
such
a
crop
of
grapes
!
"
Annie
's
conception
of
perfect
bliss
was
to
sit
upon
a
shady
bank
,
"
the
breeze
just
fanning
her
delicate
cheek
,
"
with
a
cabbage-leaf
full
of
strawberries
by
her
,
and
a
cut-and-thrust
novel
upon
her
lap
.
Off
she
went
with
a
lovely
smile
,
foreseeing
all
these
delights
.
From
Paddington
we
drove
straightway
to
the
lodgings
of
Conrad
Vaughan
.
As
we
jolted
along
the
New-road
,
which
always
has
more
holes
in
it
than
any
other
street
in
London
,
I
lost
my
wits
in
a
tumult
of
thick
tempestuous
thought
.
What
would
Conny
say
to
see
me
,
me
the
haughty
Clara
,
coming
all
impatiently
even
in
quest
of
him
?
Would
it
not
have
been
far
better
,
far
more
like
an
English
maiden
,
to
wait
,
and
wait
,
and
wear
the
soul
out
,
rather
than
to
run
the
risk
of
mis-interpretation
?
True
,
it
was
for
his
father
's
sake
,
to
save
him
from
deadly
peril
,
and
to
make
his
happiness
complete
;
but
might
not
all
have
been
done
by
messenger
,
as
well
as
by
me
in
person
?
So
at
least
might
fancy
those
who
did
not
know
our
enemy
.
Worst
of
all
,
and
cloudiest
thought
,
that
filled
the
eyes
every
time
it
came
,
—
would
he
love
me
still
?
Would
not
the
strong
revulsion
,
that
must
have
torn
him
in
two
,
when
he
dashed
his
hand
on
his
forehead
,
and
forgot
even
man
's
forbearance
,
would
not
,
must
not
this
have
snapped
all
the
delicate
roots
of
love
?
I
could
not
tell
.
Of
man
's
heart
I
know
nothing
;
but
I
felt
that
with
me
,
a
woman
,
such
a
horrible
thing
would
create
only
longing
to
make
amends
.
"
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
how
is
my
hair
?
"
"
Lovely
,
my
pretty
child
"
—
she
always
called
me
so
from
habit
when
no
one
else
was
present
—
"
you
look
your
very
best
;
and
I
'd
like
to
see
them
that
could
—
talk
to
me
of
Lilies
indeed
,
when
our
Miss
Clara
—
"
"
No
smuts
on
my
nose
,
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
I
hope
?
I
never
feel
sure
,
in
London
.
You
do
n't
know
London
,
you
see
.
"
"
No
,
my
pretty
,
as
clean
as
a
whistle
,
and
as
clear
as
the
voice
of
a
May-bird
,
every
atom
of
you
.
There
's
no
such
complexion
nowhere
out
of
Gloshire
or
in
it
:
and
its
all
along
of
the
brimstone
and
treacle
I
give
you
,
when
you
was
small
.
Talk
to
me
of
Lilies
—
why
I
see
three
great
butter
spots
,
as
big
as
the
point
of
a
needle
,
and
I
know
by
the
make
of
her
boot
that
her
little
toe
turn
over
;
and
what
's
more
than
that
—
"
"
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
I
wo
n't
hear
a
word
of
it
.
As
to
her
little
toe
,
I
can
most
solemnly
declare
that
you
are
wrong
altogether
;
for
I
have
seen
her
naked
foot
,
and
a
lovelier
one
never
was
—
"
"
Take
yours
out
of
the
way
,
Miss.
But
—
"
"
But
—
here
we
are
;
and
you
have
made
my
cheeks
quite
red
!
I
shall
be
ashamed
to
be
seen
.
"
However
,
it
did
not
matter
;
for
there
was
no
one
there
to
see
me
.
Conrad
was
gone
to
Paris
;
he
had
quitted
London
quite
suddenly
,
and
there
was
a
letter
left
for
his
sister
,
which
the
girl
forgot
to
post
,
till
she
thought
it
was
too
late
.
And
he
said
very
likely
he
should
go
on
to
Italy
;
and
they
were
not
to
keep
the
rooms
,
if
they
had
a
chance
of
letting
them
,
only
to
put
away
the
things
he
had
left
,
in
the
cupboard
.
So
I
took
the
letter
,
directed
"
Miss
Isola
Ross
,
"
but
I
did
not
dare
to
open
it
,
much
as
I
longed
to
do
so
.
Having
enclosed
it
in
a
new
envelope
,
and
posted
it
in
the
nearest
letter-box
,
with
a
heavy
heart
I
re-entered
the
cab
,
and
went
on
to
Mrs.
Shelfer
's
.
Mrs.
Shelfer
was
of
course
surprised
to
see
me
so
soon
again
.
Nevertheless
she
was
all
kindness
and
hospitality
,
as
usual
.
The
residue
of
her
little
debt
had
been
long
ago
released
,
and
now
I
paid
full
rent
,
for
I
could
easily
afford
it
.
In
answer
to
my
eager
inquiries
as
to
what
had
occurred
since
Wednesday
,
the
little
woman
said
shortly
:
"
Nothing
at
all
,
Miss
,
of
any
account
,
I
thank
you
.
Only
Charley
threw
double
size
,
three
times
running
,
and
won
—
"
"
I
do
n't
mean
that
,
Mrs.
Shelfer
;
I
mean
,
what
has
happened
for
me
?
"
"
Nothing
,
Miss
Vaughan
;
no
,
nothing
to
concern
a
great
lady
like
you
:
only
such
a
queer
lot
come
,
and
they
seemed
to
be
friends
of
yours
.
They
ai
n't
gone
from
here
more
than
half
an
hour
ago
.
"
"
Tell
me
all
about
them
.
"
"
They
come
and
ringed
the
bell
,
as
modest
as
could
be
;
and
when
I
went
to
the
door
,
says
they
,
'
If
you
please
,
where
be
Miss
Clara
,
ma'am
?
'
'
Miss
Clara
!
'
says
I
,
'
a
set
of
dressed
up
trollops
like
you
,
come
and
ask
for
Miss
Clara
!
She
'd
Miss
Clara
you
,
pretty
quick
time
,
I
doubt
,
if
she
was
only
here
.
'
'
Us
humbly
hopes
no
offence
,
ma'am
,
'
says
the
great
big
man
,
the
biggest
man
as
ever
I
see
without
paying
,
'
only
us
has
come
up
from
the
country
,
ma'am
.
'
'
Up
from
the
country
!
'
says
I
,
'
need
n't
tell
me
that
,
my
good
giant
;
any
fool
can
see
that
.
And
if
you
take
my
advice
,
you
'll
clap
your
hat
on
,
and
go
down
again
,
and
thank
God
for
it
.
'
You
see
,
Miss
,
he
had
got
his
hat
off
,
and
he
standing
out
of
doors
,
on
the
shady
side
of
the
street
!
So
what
I
said
seemed
to
stop
him
altogether
,
and
he
looked
as
if
he
wanted
to
think
about
it
;
and
I
was
just
a
slapping
the
door
in
their
faces
,
when
the
other
man
,
the
queerest
guy
I
ever
see
,
a
hanging
in
his
clothes
like
a
skiver
in
a
dish-clout
,
he
look
full
in
my
face
as
grave
as
a
heretic
parson
,
and
stretch
out
his
skinny
arm
,
and
keep
time
with
one
foot
,
while
he
say
or
sing
,
"
'
Ma'am
,
us
be
here
now
in
this
Lunnon
town
,
And
it
bai
n't
likely
as
we
be
going
down
,
Till
us
see
every
mortal
thing
as
there
be
for
to
see
,
And
take
all
the
change
out
in
a
thorough-going
spree
.
'
Then
the
big
man
laugh
and
clap
him
on
the
back
;
and
the
little
one
wink
both
his
eyes
,
and
look
to
see
what
I
think
of
it
.
Then
when
he
see
me
laugh
,
he
make
me
such
a
coorous
bow
,
that
what
with
his
—
what
do
they
call
the
plaister
,
Miss
?
"
"
Diachylon
,
perhaps
you
mean
,
Mrs.
Shelfer
?
"
"
Ah
,
that
's
the
word
.
What
with
his
strange
diaculum
,
and
his
dancing
altitude
,
I
declare
I
was
a
most
a
going
to
invite
them
in
:
but
I
recollects
,
no
,
no
:
If
Charley
gets
along
of
such
Reginalds
as
these
,
I
may
stand
at
the
bed-room
door
and
whistle
for
a
week
.
There
's
nothing
Charley
loves
so
much
as
a
downright
Reginald
.
"
Poor
simple-minded
woman
;
how
little
she
perceived
that
she
of
all
the
number
was
by
far
the
most
original
!
And
,
like
most
of
those
who
are
truly
so
,
she
would
have
taken
the
imputation
as
an
outrageous
insult
.
Only
the
sham
original
glories
in
being
thought
queer
.
"
Well
,
Mrs.
Shelfer
,
I
want
to
hear
the
end
of
it
.
"
"
Just
what
I
say
,
Miss.
Yes
,
yes
,
no
time
to
spare
,
and
the
pudding
boiling
.
So
I
says
,
quite
sharp
,
'
What
name
,
my
good
sir
,
and
will
you
leave
a
message
?
Miss
Vaughan
is
out
of
town
.
'
'
Wull
,
'
says
he
,
just
as
I
tell
you
,
Miss
,
'
ony
plase
you
say
,
ma'am
,
as
Jan
Uxtable
,
and
Beany
Dawe
,
and
the
two
beggest
of
the
chillers
has
doed
theirselves
the
honour
of
coming
to
lave
their
dooty
.
'
Then
the
little
girl
look
up
and
she
flash
her
ribbons
and
say
,
'
Mr
.
Huxtable
,
if
you
please
,
ma'am
,
and
Mr.
Ebenezer
Dawe
,
and
Miss
Huxtable
,
and
Master
John
,
has
called
.
'
'
Had
n't
you
better
write
it
down
,
Miss
?
'
says
I
,
as
innocent
as
possible
.
'
Do
you
suppose
I
ca
n't
then
?
'
says
she
,
with
such
a
spitting
out
of
her
eyes
,
and
she
swinging
a
new
parry
sole
.
'
Just
give
me
a
sheet
of
papper
,
if
you
keep
such
a
thing
in
the
house
.
'
'
Plase
to
excuse
the
little
wanch
,
ma'am
,
'
says
the
big
man
,
quite
humble
,
'
us
ca
n't
hardly
make
head
nor
tail
of
her
,
since
her
come
to
this
here
Lunnon
.
If
I
had
only
knowed
it
I
'd
have
had
her
mother
along
of
me
,
that
I
would
ees
fai
,
and
the
coo
be
her
own
midwaife
.
But
ony
plase
you
say
Jan
Uxtable
come
if
they
count
it
dacent
hereaway
.
Threescore
acres
and
five
,
ma'am
,
without
reckon
the
Cleeve
,
and
no
man
have
a
call
,
to
my
mind
,
to
christen
himself
"
Mister
"
on
less
than
a
hundred
acres
,
in
Lunnon
or
out
of
it
.
'
'
Very
well
,
sir
,
'
I
says
,
for
I
took
to
the
big
man
somehow
,
'
I
will
deliver
your
message
.
Miss
Vaughan
only
went
from
here
of
middle
day
on
Wednesday
.
'
'
And
tell
her
please
,
if
she
do
come
back
,
'
says
spirity
Miss
Parrysole
,
with
the
tears
in
her
great
blue
eyes
,
'
that
Sally
Huxtable
leave
her
very
best
love
and
duty
,
and
hope
so
much
Miss
Clara
will
come
to
see
the
great
wrestling
to-morrow
,
twelve
o'clock
,
and
be
early
.
And
they
be
betting
now
two
to
one
on
the
other
man
,
ma'am
.
But
he
have
no
chance
,
no
more
than
Tim
Badcock
with
father
.
'
'
I
be
much
afeared
,
ma'am
,
'
says
the
deep-voiced
man
,
as
soft
as
any
bell
,
'
I
be
afeared
our
Sally
will
be
begger
by
a
lanyard
nor
ever
her
daddy
or
her
mammy
was
.
But
likely
it
be
all
for
the
best
.
'
And
with
that
all
four
of
them
crooked
their
legs
to
me
most
polite
,
and
went
on
round
the
corner
;
and
after
them
went
a
score
of
boys
,
that
seemed
to
follow
them
everywhere
.
The
boys
knew
all
about
it
,
and
so
did
I
at
last
,
that
it
was
the
great
champion
wrestling
,
that
is
to
be
to-morrow
.
Charley
have
been
mad
about
it
going
on
now
two
months
.
And
can
you
please
to
tell
him
,
Miss
,
which
way
to
lay
his
money
?
"
"
To
be
sure
,
I
can
.
Let
him
take
every
offer
of
two
to
one
against
the
Devonshire
champion
;
and
if
he
loses
I
will
make
it
good
to
him
,
upon
condition
that
he
gives
you
everything
he
wins
.
Now
please
to
let
me
have
a
cup
of
strong
tea
.
"
Having
thus
got
rid
of
my
most
talkative
friend
,
and
Mrs.
Fletcher
having
started
off
to
buy
something
,
I
had
time
to
think
a
little
.
It
was
nearly
two
o'clock
on
the
Friday
afternoon
.
Nothing
more
could
be
done
at
present
towards
recovering
Conrad
,
for
he
had
not
even
left
at
his
lodgings
any
Continental
address
.
Possibly
his
place
of
sojourn
might
be
revealed
in
the
letter
to
his
sister
,
posted
by
my
hand
:
but
it
was
far
more
likely
that
he
himself
knew
not
,
at
the
time
of
writing
,
where
he
should
find
quarters
.
I
must
have
been
beside
myself
with
worry
and
disappointment
,
when
I
dropped
that
letter
into
Her
Majesty
's
box
;
for
if
I
returned
,
as
had
been
arranged
,
by
the
express
at
five
o'clock
,
several
hours
would
be
saved
in
the
delivery
of
its
tidings
.
And
,
as
yet
,
I
little
dreamed
where
I
should
be
at
five
P.M.
In
that
little
room
,
whose
walls
were
more
relieved
than
decorated
by
certain
daubs
of
mine
,
which
even
in
my
narrowest
straits
I
could
not
bear
to
part
with
,
because
an
indulgent
critic
had
found
merit
in
them
—
a
discovery
requiring
much
acumen
—
here
I
now
sat
,
gazing
fondly
,
dreaming
hazily
,
yearning
strongly
for
the
days
gone
by
,
yet
only
three
months
old
,
when
I
had
not
a
crust
or
dress
till
I
earned
it
by
my
labour
.
How
that
pinch
enlarged
my
heart
,
God
only
knows
,
not
I
.
Ah
,
then
I
was
a
happy
girl
,
though
I
never
guessed
it
.
How
proudly
I
walked
down
the
Square
,
with
my
black
straw
bonnet
on
—
which
Idols
called
the
Dowdy
,
—
and
my
dark
plaid
shawl
around
me
,
the
plainest
of
the
plain
,
yet
not
prepared
to
confess
myself
so
quotidian
as
my
dress
.
Who
could
tell
,
in
those
happy
days
,
who
might
come
,
or
round
what
corner
,
and
who
could
say
whether
of
the
twain
would
look
the
more
accidental
?
And
then
the
doubt
—
shall
I
look
or
not
,
better
perhaps
be
intent
on
the
fire-plug
,
and
make
him
come
round
again
?
But
now
.
Ah
me
,
they
have
heaped
up
riches
for
me
,
and
who
shall
come
to
enjoy
them
?
Just
as
I
was
warming
to
this
subject
,
gushing
along
in
a
fine
vein
of
that
compassion
which
alone
of
soft
emotions
we
find
it
no
duty
to
wrestle
with
,
I
mean
of
course
self-pity
—
in
came
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
suddenly
,
and
in
anger
.
"
Well
,
Miss
Clara
,
"
she
exclaimed
,
throwing
down
her
parcel
,
"
so
this
is
London
,
is
it
?
"
"
To
be
sure
,
Mrs.
Fletcher
.
What
objection
have
you
to
make
to
it
?
"
"
No
objection
,
Miss
,
only
this
,
that
if
ever
I
seen
a
set
of
countrified
folk
,
the
Londoners
are
them
.
Why
the
commonest
of
our
kitchen-maids
would
be
ashamed
to
talk
so
broad
,
and
to
dress
so
contemptuous
.
And
here
I
went
half
a
mile
to
buy
boots
,
real
London-made
;
and
trees
all
along
by
the
side
of
the
road
,
and
pots
on
the
shelves
of
the
windows
.
I
never
,
if
Gloucester
do
n't
look
much
more
like
a
town
.
"
As
Mrs.
Fletcher
did
not
tell
a
story
with
the
Herodotean
vivacity
of
Tim
Badcock
,
I
will
render
her
facts
in
my
own
unpretending
version
,
premising
only
that
she
had
taken
the
farmer
and
Sally
for
specimens
of
the
true
Cockney
;
a
bit
of
saltatory
reasoning
of
which
she
has
not
heard
(
and
perhaps
never
will
hear
)
the
last
.
While
then
the
worthy
housekeeper
was
driving
a
slow
but
shrewd
bargain
,
in
a
smart
shop
by
the
Broadway
,
taking
the
boots
to
the
sunshine
,
to
pick
clever
holes
in
the
stitching
,
she
observed
a
diminutive
boy
,
of
the
genuine
shoe-black
order
,
encamping
in
a
bight
or
back-eddy
of
pavement
,
just
at
the
side
of
the
door
.
This
little
fellow
was
uniformed
,
or
rather
multi-coloured
,
in
gold
,
and
red
,
and
green
.
His
cap
was
scarlet
,
and
edged
with
gold
twist
;
his
tunic
red
,
and
his
apron
of
very
bright
green
baize
.
On
his
cap
,
and
on
one
shoulder
,
appeared
his
number
,
32
,
in
figures
of
brass
,
an
inch
and
a
half
in
length
.
Strapped
on
his
back
he
carried
an
oblong
block
of
wood
,
like
a
great
club-foot
,
and
nearly
as
large
as
himself
.
This
he
deposited
,
with
elaborate
fuss
,
on
the
curb
of
the
inner
pavement
,
which
terraced
some
inches
above
the
true
thoroughfare
.
A
blacking-jar
hung
at
one
end
of
his
block
;
from
a
drawer
below
he
pulled
out
three
well-worn
brushes
,
and
began
to
hiss
and
to
work
away
,
in
double
quick
time
,
with
both
hands
,
at
some
boot
projected
towards
him
on
the
delicate
foot
of
fancy
.
As
he
grew
warm
at
his
work
,
with
one
sharp
eye
all
the
while
looking
out
for
a
genial
passenger
,
there
slowly
came
straggling
towards
him
a
bevy
quite
fresh
from
Arcadia
.
First
,
in
treble
importance
walked
,
impressively
rolling
and
leering
around
,
Hermes
,
Pan
,
and
the
owl
of
Pallas
,
combined
in
one
Ebenezer
Dawe
.
His
eyes
,
never
too
co-operative
,
roved
away
upon
either
side
,
in
quest
of
intelligence
,
which
they
received
with
a
blink
that
meant
,
"
Pooh
,
do
n't
I
know
it
?
"
With
occasional
jerks
of
his
lank
right
arm
,
he
was
dragging
along
,
like
a
saw
through
a
knot
,
the
sturdy
,
tight-buttoned
,
and
close-pronged
form
of
our
little
Jack
.
Jack
was
arrayed
in
a
black
wide-awake
,
with
blue
ribbons
,
and
a
bran-new
suit
of
broad-furrowed
corduroy
,
made
of
nights
by
his
mother
and
Suke
,
and
turned
out
with
countless
pockets
,
each
having
three
broad
buttons
,
to
foil
the
London
thieves
.
In
one
of
these
pockets
,
the
trouser
one
I
do
believe
,
in
spite
of
all
Sally
had
taught
him
,
he
was
now
chinking
,
to
the
creak
of
the
corduroys
,
his
last-abiding
halfpence
,
and
lagging
heavily
on
the
poet
's
arm
,
he
cast
fond
glances
at
a
pile
of
glorious
peg-tops
.
Sticking
her
toes
into
little
Jack
's
heels
,
to
kick
anybody
that
dared
to
steal
him
,
came
my
little
Sally
,
all
fire
,
and
wonder
,
and
self-assertion
,
towing
her
mighty
father
along
,
like
a
grasshopper
leading
an
ox
.
At
times
she
strove
to
drag
him
towards
the
finery
of
the
windows
,
and
paid
very
little
heed
to
his
placid
protestations
.
"
Walk
fitty
,
my
dear
;
walk
as
you
ought
to
do
,
my
dear
.
Oh
fai
!
oh
fai
!
Whatever
wull
they
Lunnoners
think
of
Davonsheer
,
if
they
zees
you
agooin
on
laike
this
here
?
There
,
dang
that
Beany
Dawe
;
blest
if
I
baint
a
toornin
Poüt
too
.
Coomth
of
larnin
to
wraite
,
I
reckon
.
"
The
farmer
's
pockets
were
crammed
with
circulars
,
handbills
,
and
puffs
of
every
description
,
which
he
received
from
all
who
offered
,
and
was
saving
them
all
for
his
wife
.
"
Clean
your
boots
,
my
gentleman
,
"
cried
a
little
shrill
voice
;
"
clean
both
your
boots
for
a
halfpenny
.
Never
say
die
,
Sir
;
polish
'
em
bright
till
the
cat
at
home
wo
n't
know
them
.
Three-fardings-worth
of
blacking
,
and
a
penny
in
skill
and
labour
,
and
all
for
the
laughable
sum
of
one
half-penny
.
Pure
satisfaction
guaranteed
,
or
the
whole
of
the
money
returned
.
Up
with
your
foot
,
my
gentleman
!
"
The
farmer
pulled
up
suddenly
,
for
fear
of
walking
over
him
,
as
the
boy
,
despising
Beany
Dawe
,
had
dashed
in
between
Jack
and
Sally
,
and
danced
before
Mr.
Huxtable
.
His
brushes
were
whisking
about
,
like
bumble-bees
roughly
disturbed
,
and
already
menaced
the
drab
of
the
Sunday
fustian
gaiters
.
"
Zober
now
,
"
cried
the
farmer
,
who
could
not
believe
that
he
was
addressed
,
having
never
dreamed
,
in
his
most
ambitious
moments
(
if
any
such
he
had
)
,
of
ever
being
called
a
gentleman
,
"
zober
now
,
wull'e
.
Where
bee'st
gooin
to
,
thou
little
hosebird
;
be
they
your
Lunnon-town
manners
?
Lat
alo-un
,
I
zay
;
lat
alo-un
now
,
wull
'
e
?
"
—
as
the
boy
got
more
and
more
tentative
—
"
Heart
alaive
,
cant
e
zee
,
they
be
my
Zunday
gaiters
?
Oh
,
if
my
missus
wor
here
!
And
'
e
bai
n't
more
nor
naine
year
old
!
Wull
,
wull
,
where
ever
do
'
e
goo
to
schoüll
?
"
"
Hinstitooshun
66.
No
children
or
females
admitted
.
Up
with
your
foot
,
old
bloke
!
Do
the
young
uns
and
tootor
half-price
.
Just
two
minutes
to
spare
,
till
the
Dook
of
Cambridge
's
turn
.
Great
Exhibition
polish
,
and
all
to
encourage
the
fine
arts
.
"
The
good
farmer
was
lost
beyond
hope
,
in
the
multitude
of
subjects
pressed
all
of
a
pulp
on
his
slow
understanding
;
nevertheless
,
he
had
presence
of
mind
to
feel
first
for
his
watch
and
his
money
,
and
then
for
the
best
pocket-handkerchief
stitched
into
the
crown
of
his
hat
;
meanwhile
the
boy
got
hold
of
one
foot
,
and
began
to
turn
up
his
gaiters
.
Then
Sally
and
little
Jack
rushed
to
the
rescue
,
and
Jack
punched
the
boy
in
the
face
,
while
Beany
Dawe
looked
on
with
a
grin
of
broad
experience
.
But
in
spite
of
all
aid
,
the
farmer
began
to
collapse
before
his
mosquito
enemy
;
when
luckily
three
giant
Life-guards
(
for
a
crowd
was
now
collected
)
opened
their
mouths
,
like
the
ends
of
a
monkey-fur
muff
,
in
a
round
and
loud
guffaw
,
with
a
very
coarse
sneer
at
poor
Sally
.
The
farmer
looked
at
them
in
much
amazement
;
then
his
perplexity
went
like
a
cloud
,
and
his
face
shone
with
something
to
do
,
as
he
gave
Sally
his
hat
to
hold
.
Till
now
all
the
mockers
had
been
too
small
for
him
anyhow
to
fall
foul
of
.
Ere
the
echo
of
laughter
was
over
,
the
three
dandy
Lifeguards
lay
on
their
backs
in
the
mud
,
with
their
striped
legs
erect
in
the
air
,
like
the
rods
of
a
railway
surveyor
.
The
crowd
fell
back
headlong
,
as
if
from
a
plunging
horse
,
then
laughed
at
the
fallen
and
with
the
conqueror
.
Even
the
boy
was
humility
multiplied
into
servility
.
"
Wutt
be
up
to
,
arl
on
'
e
?
"
asked
the
farmer
,
replacing
his
hat
;
"
cas'n
none
on
'
e
lat
a
pacible
chap
alo-un
?
And
wutt
will
they
chillers
think
as
coom
here
to
get
example
?
Why
,
Beany
,
if
us
had
knowed
this
,
us
would
have
brought
Bill
constable
with
us
,
ees
fai
.
Now
'
e
do
n't
know
nothing
about
it
"
—
he
remonstrated
with
the
admiring
multitude
—
"
one
o
'
them
dree
wor
n't
throw
handsome
laike
,
ony
dree
pins
,
I
tull
'
e
.
But
us
'll
do
it
over
again
,
if
he
claimeth
it
.
Ca
n't
do
nothing
vitty
,
zin
I
laved
my
missus
at
home
.
But
her
wad
n't
coom
,
God
knows
.
"
These
last
two
remarks
were
addressed
to
himself
,
but
the
crowd
had
full
benefit
of
them
.
"
Wor
n't
'
e
axing
of
lave
,
two
or
dree
minutes
agone
,
little
chap
with
the
brisk
there
,
to
tend
my
butts
,
and
tuk
it
amost
wiout
axing
?
Us
be
bound
laike
to
stap
here
now
till
us
zees
if
them
'
lisher
men
feels
up
for
any
moor
plai
.
Do
as
'
e
plase
,
little
chap
,
zoon
as
Sally
hath
toorned
my
best
gaiters
up
,
if
her
bai
n't
too
grand
in
Lunnon
.
"
With
bright
ribbons
fluttering
and
finery
flapping
about
her
,
poor
Sally
knelt
down
in
a
moment
to
work
at
the
muddy
fustian
:
but
her
father
would
not
allow
it
,
he
had
only
wished
to
try
her
;
so
he
caught
her
up
with
one
hand
,
and
kissed
her
,
and
I
think
,
from
what
Mrs.
Fletcher
said
,
he
must
have
given
her
sixpence
at
least
.
It
is
needless
to
say
that
,
although
the
boy
worked
with
both
hands
in
the
most
conscientious
manner
,
the
farmer
's
boots
defied
him
.
Neats'-foot
oil
,
and
tallow
,
and
beeswax
held
their
own
against
Day
and
Martin
.
"
Coom
,
little
chap
,
"
said
Mr.
Huxtable
,
kindly
,
"
thee
hast
dooed
thy
very
best
,
but
our
Zuke
will
have
the
laugh
of
thee
.
Tache
thee
perhaps
it
wull
to
be
zoberer
next
taime
,
and
not
be
quite
so
peart
to
do
a
dale
more
nor
thee
can
do
.
But
thee
hast
used
more
ink
than
ai
wud
over
two
copies
.
Here
be
a
groat
for
the
Exhibition
polish
.
"
In
this
little
episode
,
as
will
be
manifest
,
Sally
has
helped
me
more
than
Mrs.
Fletcher
.
But
now
,
to
return
to
my
narrative
.
Almost
directly
after
the
housekeeper
left
me
,
Patty
came
trotting
in
with
a
large
white
breakfast-cup
full
of
most
powerful
tea
.
I
cannot
help
thinking
that
the
little
woman
put
some
brandy
in
it
,
or
allowed
Mrs.
Fletcher
,
who
trusted
much
in
that
cordial
,
to
do
so
;
but
they
stoutly
deny
the
charge
,
and
declare
that
there
was
only
a
pinch
of
gunpowder
.
Whatever
it
was
,
being
parched
with
thirst
,
I
swallowed
without
tasting
it
,
and
the
effect
upon
my
jaded
brain
was
immediate
and
amazing
.
All
self-pity
was
gone
;
and
self-admiration
,
and
haughty
courage
succeeded
.
Was
I
,
Clara
Vaughan
,
who
had
groped
and
grubbed
for
years
to
find
the
hole
of
a
blasting
snake
,
and
had
now
got
my
hand
upon
it
,
was
I
to
start
back
and
turn
pale
at
his
hiss
,
and
say
,
"
God
speed
you
and
polish
your
skin
.
Give
me
your
slough
for
a
keepsake
?
"
Would
I
not
rather
seize
the
incarnate
devil
,
trample
his
spine
,
and
make
his
tongue
sputter
in
dust
?
In
a
moment
my
cloak
and
hat
were
on
again
;
I
scarcely
looked
at
the
glass
,
but
felt
the
hot
flush
on
my
cheeks
,
as
I
lightly
skipped
down
the
stairs
,
and
silently
left
the
house
.
What
to
do
next
I
knew
not
,
nor
asked
,
but
flew
headlong
before
the
impulse
,
to
lift
and
confront
—
as
is
my
nature
—
the
danger
that
lay
before
me
.
As
I
glided
along
,
I
was
conscious
of
one
thing
,
the
people
in
the
street
turned
in
surprise
to
watch
me
.
As
if
by
instinct
,
I
hurried
straight
to
Lucas
Street
,
my
courage
mounting
higher
and
higher
as
I
neared
the
accursed
threshold
.
Balaam
and
Balak
stood
at
the
bar
of
a
tavern
which
commanded
a
view
of
the
street
,
but
were
much
too
busy
with
beer
to
see
me
passing
so
swiftly
.
Loudly
I
rang
the
bell
of
No.
37
;
the
figures
were
bright
on
the
door
,
and
looking
narrowly
,
I
perceived
the
old
No.
19
,
more
by
the
lines
than
the
colour
.
Old
Cora
came
as
usual
;
but
started
at
seeing
me
,
and
turned
as
pale
as
death
.
"
Is
your
master
within
?
"
I
could
not
use
his
false
name
.
"
Yes
,
Meesa
,
but
you
not
see
him
now
.
"
"
Dare
you
to
disobey
Our
Lady
's
heart
?
"
And
I
held
my
gordit
before
her
.
She
cowered
with
one
knee
on
the
mat
and
kissed
it
;
then
led
me
into
the
presence
of
Lepardo
Della
Croce
.
CHAPTER
VIII
.
It
was
a
dark
and
gloomy
room
,
with
three
high
,
narrow
windows
.
Cora
departed
hastily
,
frightened
at
what
she
had
done
.
In
a
recess
at
the
farther
end
,
before
a
chest
of
black
bog-oak
,
sat
the
man
I
sought
.
The
crowning
moment
of
my
life
was
come
.
All
rehearsals
went
for
nothing
:
the
strongest
feeling
of
my
heart
was
scorn
,
cold
,
unfathomable
scorn
.
To
show
myself
well
,
I
took
off
my
hat
,
and
advanced
in
my
haughtiest
manner
.
As
he
turned
his
head
,
I
saw
that
his
mood
was
blacker
than
the
oak
before
him
.
Some
dark
memorials
perhaps
were
there
;
hastily
and
heavily
he
flung
down
the
lid
,
as
I
walked
with
even
steps
towards
him
.
"
Ah
!
Miss
Valence
!
The
young
lady
that
paints
.
I
feared
that
you
were
lost
to
London
;
for
now-a-days
the
pursuit
of
the
fine
arts
requires
either
genius
,
or
fashion
,
at
any
