,and
therefore
illuminated
him
once
in
every
five
minutes
with
a
passing
ray
,
but
the
full
splendour
of
her
light
was
poured
out
upon
Cheesacre
,
as
it
never
had
before
been
poured
.
How
she
did
flatter
him
,
and
with
what
a
capacious
gullet
did
he
swallow
her
flatteries
!
Oileymead
was
the
only
paradise
she
had
ever
seen
.
"
Ah
,
me
;
when
I
think
of
it
sometimes
,
—
but
never
mind
.
"
A
moment
came
to
him
when
he
thought
that
even
yet
he
might
win
the
race
,
and
send
Bellfield
away
howling
into
outer
darkness
.
A
moment
came
to
him
,
and
the
widow
saw
the
moment
well
.
"
I
know
I
have
done
for
the
best
,
"
said
she
,
"
and
therefore
I
shall
never
regret
it
;
at
any
rate
,
it
's
done
now
.
"
"
Not
done
yet
,
"
said
he
plaintively
.
"
Yes
;
done
,
and
done
,
and
done
.
Besides
,
a
man
in
your
position
in
the
county
should
always
marry
a
wife
younger
than
yourself
,
—
a
good
deal
younger
.
"
Cheesacre
did
not
understand
the
argument
,
but
he
liked
the
allusion
to
his
position
in
the
county
,
and
he
perceived
that
it
was
too
late
for
any
changes
in
the
present
arrangements
.
But
he
was
happy
;
and
all
that
feeling
of
animosity
to
Alice
had
vanished
from
his
breast
.
Poor
Alice
!
she
,
at
any
rate
,
was
innocent
.
With
so
much
of
her
own
to
fill
her
mind
,
she
had
been
but
little
able
to
take
her
share
in
the
Greenow
festivities
;
and
we
may
safely
say
,
that
if
Mr.
Cheesacre
's
supremacy
was
on
any
occasion
attacked
,
it
was
not
attacked
by
her
.
His
supremacy
on
this
occasion
was
paramount
,
and
during
the
dinner
,
and
after
the
dinner
,
he
was
allowed
to
give
his
orders
to
Bellfield
in
a
manner
that
must
have
gratified
him
much
.
"
You
must
have
another
glass
of
champagne
with
me
,
my
friend
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
;
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
drank
the
other
glass
of
champagne
.
It
was
not
the
second
nor
the
third
that
he
had
taken
.
After
dinner
they
started
off
for
a
ramble
through
the
fields
,
and
Mrs.
Greenow
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
were
together
.
I
think
that
Charlie
Fairstairs
did
not
go
with
them
at
all
.
I
think
she
went
into
the
house
and
washed
her
face
,
and
brushed
her
hair
,
and
settled
her
muslin
.
I
should
not
wonder
if
she
took
off
her
frock
and
ironed
it
again
.
Captain
Bellfield
,
I
know
,
went
with
Alice
,
and
created
some
astonishment
by
assuring
her
that
he
fully
meant
to
correct
the
error
of
his
ways
.
"
I
know
what
it
is
,
"
he
said
,
"
to
be
connected
with
such
a
family
as
yours
,
Miss
Vavasor
.
"
He
too
had
heard
about
the
future
duchess
,
and
wished
to
be
on
his
best
behaviour
.
Kate
fell
to
the
lot
of
the
parson
.
"
This
is
the
last
time
we
shall
ever
be
together
in
this
way
,
"
said
the
widow
to
her
friend
.
"
Oh
,
no
,
"
said
Cheesacre
;
"
I
hope
not
.
"
"
The
last
time
.
On
Wednesday
I
become
Mrs.
Bellfield
,
and
I
need
hardly
say
that
I
have
many
things
to
think
of
before
that
;
but
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
I
hope
we
are
not
to
be
strangers
hereafter
?
"
Mr.
Cheesacre
said
that
he
hoped
not
.
Oileymead
would
always
be
open
to
Captain
and
Mrs.
Bellfield
.
"
We
all
know
your
hospitality
,
"
said
she
;
"
it
is
not
to-day
nor
to-morrow
that
I
or
my
husband
,
—
that
is
to
be
,
—
will
have
to
learn
that
.
He
always
declares
that
you
are
the
very
beau
ideal
of
an
English
country
gentleman
.
"
"
Merely
a
poor
Norfolk
farmer
,
"
said
Cheesacre
.
"
I
never
want
to
put
myself
beyond
my
own
place
.
There
has
been
some
talk
about
the
Commission
of
the
Peace
,
but
I
do
n't
think
anything
of
it
.
"
"
It
has
been
the
greatest
blessing
in
the
world
for
him
that
he
has
ever
known
you
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
,
still
talking
about
her
future
husband
.
"
I
've
tried
to
be
good-natured
;
that
's
all
.
D
–
–
–
–
me
,
Mrs.
Greenow
,
what
's
the
use
of
living
if
one
does
n't
try
to
be
good-natured
?
There
is
n't
a
better
fellow
than
Bellfield
living
.
He
and
I
ran
for
the
same
plate
,
and
he
has
won
it
.
He
's
a
lucky
fellow
,
and
I
do
n't
begrudge
him
his
luck
.
"
"
That
's
so
manly
of
you
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
!
But
,
indeed
,
the
plate
you
speak
of
was
not
worth
your
running
for
.
"
"
I
may
have
my
own
opinion
about
that
,
you
know
.
"
"
It
was
not
.
Nobody
knows
that
as
well
as
I
do
,
or
could
have
thought
over
the
whole
matter
so
often
.
I
know
very
well
what
my
mission
is
in
life
.
The
mistress
of
your
house
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
should
not
be
any
man
's
widow
.
"
"
She
would
n't
be
a
widow
then
,
you
know
.
"
"
A
virgin
heart
should
be
yours
;
and
a
virgin
heart
may
be
yours
,
if
you
choose
to
accept
it
.
"
"
Oh
,
bother
!
"
"
If
you
choose
to
take
my
solicitude
on
your
behalf
in
that
way
,
of
course
I
have
done
.
You
were
good
enough
to
say
just
now
that
you
wished
to
see
me
and
my
husband
in
your
hospitable
halls
.
After
all
that
has
passed
,
do
you
think
that
I
could
be
a
visitor
at
your
house
unless
there
is
a
mistress
there
?
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
I
think
you
might
.
"
"
No
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
;
certainly
not
.
For
all
our
sakes
,
I
should
decline
.
But
if
you
were
married
—
"
"
You
are
always
wanting
to
marry
me
,
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
"
I
do
,
I
do
.
It
is
the
only
way
in
which
there
can
be
any
friendship
between
us
,
and
not
for
worlds
would
I
lose
that
advantage
for
my
husband
,
—
let
alone
what
I
may
feel
for
myself
.
"
"
Why
did
n't
you
take
me
yourself
,
Mrs.
Greenow
?
"
"
If
you
ca
n't
understand
,
it
is
not
for
me
to
say
anything
more
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
If
you
value
the
warm
affection
of
a
virgin
heart
—
"
"
Why
,
Mrs.
Greenow
,
all
yesterday
she
would
n't
say
a
word
to
me
.
"
"
Not
say
a
word
to
you
?
Is
that
all
you
know
about
it
?
Are
you
so
ignorant
that
you
cannot
see
when
a
girl
's
heart
is
breaking
beneath
her
stays
?
"
This
almost
improper
allusion
had
quite
an
effect
on
Mr.
Cheesacre
's
sensitive
bosom
.
"
Did
you
say
a
word
to
her
yesterday
?
And
if
not
,
why
have
you
said
so
many
words
before
?
"
"
Oh
,
Mrs.
Greenow
;
come
!
"
"
It
is
,
oh
,
Mrs.
Greenow
.
But
it
is
time
that
we
should
go
back
to
them
.
"
They
had
been
sitting
all
this
time
on
a
bank
,
under
a
hedge
.
"
We
will
have
our
tea
,
and
you
shall
have
your
pipe
and
brandy-and-water
,
and
Charlie
shall
bring
it
to
you
.
Shall
she
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
?
"
"
If
she
likes
she
shall
,
of
course
.
"
"
Do
you
ask
her
,
and
she
'll
like
it
it
quick
enough
.
But
remember
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
I
'm
quite
serious
in
what
I
say
about
your
having
a
mistress
for
your
house
.
Only
think
what
an
age
you
'll
be
when
your
children
grow
up
,
if
you
do
n't
marry
soon
now
.
"
They
returned
to
the
field
in
which
they
had
dined
,
and
found
Charlie
under
the
trees
,
with
her
muslin
looking
very
fresh
.
"
What
,
all
a-mort
?
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
Charlie
did
not
quite
understand
this
,
but
replied
that
she
preferred
being
alone
.
"
I
have
told
him
that
you
should
fill
his
pipe
for
him
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
He
does
n't
care
for
ladies
to
fill
his
pipe
for
him
,
"
said
Charlie
.
"
Do
you
try
,
"
said
the
widow
,
"
while
I
go
indoors
and
order
the
tea
.
"
It
had
been
necessary
to
put
the
bait
very
close
before
Cheesacre
's
eyes
,
or
there
would
have
been
no
hope
that
he
might
take
it
.
The
bait
had
been
put
so
very
close
that
we
must
feel
sure
that
he
saw
the
hook
.
But
there
are
fish
so
silly
that
they
will
take
the
bait
although
they
know
the
hook
is
there
.
Cheesacre
understood
it
all
.
Many
things
he
could
not
see
,
but
he
could
see
that
Mrs.
Greenow
was
trying
to
catch
him
as
a
husband
for
Charlie
Fairstairs
;
and
he
knew
also
that
he
had
always
despised
Charlie
,
and
that
no
worldly
advantage
whatever
would
accrue
to
him
by
a
marriage
with
such
a
girl
.
But
there
she
was
,
and
he
did
n't
quite
know
how
to
avoid
it
.
She
did
look
rather
nice
in
her
clear-starched
muslin
frock
,
and
he
felt
that
he
should
like
to
kiss
her
.
He
need
n't
marry
her
because
he
kissed
her
.
The
champagne
which
had
created
the
desire
also
gave
him
the
audacity
.
He
gave
one
glance
around
him
to
see
that
he
was
not
observed
,
and
then
he
did
kiss
Charlie
Fairstairs
under
the
trees
.
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
said
Charlie
.
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
echoed
a
laughing
voice
;
and
poor
Cheesacre
,
looking
round
,
saw
that
Mrs.
Greenow
,
who
ought
to
have
been
inside
the
house
looking
after
the
boiling
water
,
was
moving
about
for
some
unknown
reason
within
sight
of
the
spot
which
he
had
chosen
for
his
dalliance
.
"
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
"
said
Charlie
sobbing
,
"
how
dare
you
do
that
?
—
and
where
all
the
world
could
see
you
?
"
"
It
was
only
Mrs.
Greenow
,
"
said
Cheesacre
.
"
And
what
will
she
think
of
me
?
"
"
Lord
bless
you
—
she
wo
n't
think
anything
about
it
.
"
"
But
I
do
;
—
I
think
a
great
deal
about
it
.
I
do
n't
know
what
to
do
,
I
do
n't
;
—
I
do
n't
.
"
Whereupon
Charlie
got
up
from
her
seat
under
the
trees
and
began
to
move
away
slowly
.
Cheesacre
thought
about
it
for
a
moment
or
two
.
Should
he
follow
her
or
should
he
not
?
He
knew
that
he
had
better
not
follow
her
.
He
knew
that
she
was
bait
with
a
very
visible
hook
.
He
knew
that
he
was
a
big
fish
for
whom
these
two
women
were
angling
.
But
after
all
,
perhaps
it
would
n't
do
him
much
harm
to
be
caught
.
So
he
got
up
and
followed
her
.
I
do
n't
suppose
she
meant
to
take
the
way
towards
the
woods
,
—
towards
the
little
path
leading
to
the
old
summer-house
up
in
the
trees
.
She
was
too
much
beside
herself
to
know
where
she
was
going
,
no
doubt
.
But
that
was
the
path
she
did
take
,
and
before
long
she
and
Cheesacre
were
in
the
summerhouse
together
.
"
Do
n't
,
Sam
,
do
n't
!
Somebody
really
will
be
coming
.
Well
,
then
,
there
.
Now
I
wo
n't
do
it
again
.
"
'
Twas
thus
she
spoke
when
the
last
kiss
was
given
on
this
occasion
;
—
unless
there
may
have
been
one
or
two
later
in
the
evening
,
to
which
it
is
not
necessary
more
especially
to
allude
here
.
But
on
the
occasion
of
that
last
kiss
in
the
summer-house
Miss
Fairstairs
was
perfectly
justified
by
circumstances
,
for
she
was
then
the
promised
bride
of
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
But
how
was
he
to
get
down
again
among
his
friends
?
That
consideration
troubled
Mr.
Cheesacre
as
he
rose
from
his
happy
seat
after
that
last
embrace
.
He
had
promised
Charlie
,
and
perhaps
he
would
keep
his
promise
,
but
it
might
be
as
well
not
to
make
it
all
too
public
at
once
.
But
Charlie
was
n't
going
to
be
thrown
over
;
—
not
if
she
knew
it
,
as
she
said
to
herself
.
She
returned
therefore
triumphantly
among
them
all
,
—
blushing
indeed
,
and
with
her
eyes
turned
away
,
and
her
hand
now
remained
upon
her
lover
's
arm
;
—
but
still
so
close
to
him
that
there
could
be
no
mistake
.
"
Goodness
,
gracious
,
Charlie
!
where
have
you
and
Mr.
Cheesacre
been
?
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
We
got
up
into
the
woods
and
lost
ourselves
,
"
said
Charlie
.
"
Oh
,
indeed
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
It
would
be
too
long
to
tell
now
,
in
these
last
pages
of
our
story
,
how
Cheesacre
strove
to
escape
,
and
with
what
skill
Mrs.
Greenow
kept
him
to
his
bargain
.
I
hope
that
Charlie
Fairstairs
was
duly
grateful
.
Before
that
evening
was
over
,
under
the
comfortable
influence
of
a
glass
of
hot
brandy-and-water
,
—
the
widow
had
,
I
think
,
herself
mixed
the
second
glass
for
Mr.
Cheesacre
,
before
the
influence
became
sufficiently
comfortable
,
—
he
was
forced
to
own
that
he
had
made
himself
the
happy
possessor
of
Charlie
Fairstairs
'
heart
and
hand
.
"
And
you
are
a
lucky
man
,
"
said
the
widow
with
enthusiasm
;
"
and
I
congratulate
you
with
all
my
heart
.
Do
n't
let
there
be
any
delay
now
,
because
a
good
thing
ca
n't
be
done
too
soon
.
"
And
indeed
,
before
that
night
was
over
,
Mrs.
Greenow
had
the
pair
together
in
her
own
presence
,
and
then
fixed
the
day
.
"
A
fellow
ought
to
be
allowed
to
turn
himself
,
"
Cheesacre
said
to
her
,
pleading
for
himself
in
a
whisper
.
But
no
;
Mrs.
Greenow
would
give
him
no
such
mercy
.
She
knew
to
what
a
man
turning
himself
might
probably
lead
.
She
was
a
woman
who
was
quite
in
earnest
when
she
went
to
work
,
and
I
hope
that
Miss
Fairstairs
was
grateful
.
Then
,
in
that
presence
,
was
in
truth
the
last
kiss
given
on
that
eventful
evening
.
"
Come
,
Charlie
,
be
good-natured
to
him
.
He
's
as
good
as
your
own
now
,
"
said
the
widow
.
And
Charlie
was
good-natured
.
"
It
's
to
be
as
soon
as
ever
we
come
back
from
our
trip
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
to
Kate
,
the
next
day
,
"
and
I
'm
lending
her
money
to
get
all
her
things
at
once
.
He
shall
come
to
the
scratch
,
though
I
go
all
the
way
to
Norfolk
by
myself
and
fetch
him
by
his
ears
.
He
shall
come
,
as
sure
as
my
name
's
Greenow
,
—
or
Bellfield
,
as
it
will
be
then
,
you
know
.
"
"
And
I
should
n't
wonder
if
she
did
have
to
go
to
Norfolk
,
"
said
Kate
to
her
cousin
.
That
event
,
however
,
cannot
be
absolutely
concluded
in
these
pages
.
I
can
only
say
that
,
when
I
think
of
Mrs.
Greenow
's
force
of
character
and
warmth
of
friendship
,
I
feel
that
Miss
Fairstairs
'
prospects
stand
on
good
ground
.
Mrs.
Greenow
's
own
marriage
was
completed
with
perfect
success
.
She
took
Captain
Bellfield
for
better
or
for
worse
,
with
a
thorough
determination
to
make
the
best
of
his
worst
,
and
to
put
him
on
his
legs
,
if
any
such
putting
might
be
possible
.
He
,
at
any
rate
,
had
been
in
luck
.
If
any
possible
stroke
of
fortune
could
do
him
good
,
he
had
found
that
stroke
.
He
had
found
a
wife
who
could
forgive
all
his
past
offences
,
—
and
also
,
if
necessary
,
some
future
offences
;
who
had
money
enough
for
all
his
wants
,
and
kindness
enough
to
gratify
them
,
and
who
had
,
moreover
,
—
which
for
the
Captain
was
the
most
important
,
—
strength
enough
to
keep
from
him
the
power
of
ruining
them
both
.
Reader
,
let
us
wish
a
happy
married
life
to
Captain
and
Mrs.
Bellfield
!
The
day
after
the
ceremony
Alice
Vavasor
and
Kate
Vavasor
started
for
Matching
Priory
.
CHAPTER
LXXIX
.
Diamonds
Are
Diamonds
.
Kate
and
Alice
,
as
they
drew
near
to
their
journey
's
end
,
were
both
a
little
flurried
,
and
I
cannot
but
own
that
there
was
cause
for
nervousness
.
Kate
Vavasor
was
to
meet
Mr.
Grey
for
the
first
time
.
Mr.
Grey
was
now
staying
at
Matching
and
was
to
remain
there
until
a
week
of
his
marriage
.
He
was
then
to
return
to
Cambridgeshire
for
a
day
or
two
,
and
after
that
was
to
become
a
guest
at
the
rector
's
house
at
Matching
the
evening
before
the
ceremony
.
"
Why
not
let
him
come
here
at
once
?
"
Lady
Glencora
had
said
to
her
husband
.
"
It
is
such
nonsense
,
you
know
.
"
But
Mr.
Palliser
would
not
hear
of
it
.
Mr.
Palliser
,
though
a
Radical
in
public
life
,
would
not
for
worlds
transgress
the
social
laws
of
his
ancestors
;
and
so
the
matter
was
settled
.
Kate
on
this
very
day
of
her
arrival
at
Matching
would
thus
see
Mr.
Grey
for
the
first
time
,
and
she
could
not
but
feel
that
she
had
been
the
means
of
doing
Mr.
Grey
much
injury
.
She
had
moreover
something
,
—
not
much
indeed
,
but
still
something
,
—
of
that
feeling
which
made
the
Pallisers
terrible
to
the
imagination
,
because
of
their
rank
and
wealth
.
She
was
a
little
afraid
of
the
Pallisers
,
but
of
Mr.
Grey
she
was
very
much
afraid
.
And
Alice
also
was
not
at
her
ease
.
She
would
fain
have
prevented
so
very
quick
a
marriage
had
she
not
felt
that
now
,
—
after
all
the
trouble
that
she
had
caused
,
—
there
was
nothing
left
for
her
but
to
do
as
others
wished
.
When
a
day
had
been
named
she
had
hardly
dared
to
demur
,
and
had
allowed
Lady
Glencora
to
settle
everything
as
she
had
wished
.
But
it
was
not
only
the
suddenness
of
her
marriage
which
dismayed
her
.
Its
nature
and
attributes
were
terrible
to
her
.
Both
Lady
Midlothian
and
the
Marchioness
of
Auld
Reekie
were
coming
.
When
this
was
told
to
her
by
letter
she
had
no
means
of
escape
.
"
Lady
Macleod
is
right
in
nearly
all
that
she
says
,
"
Lady
Glencora
had
written
to
her
.
"
At
any
rate
,
you
need
n't
be
such
a
fool
as
to
run
away
from
your
cousins
,
simply
because
they
have
handles
to
their
names
.
You
must
take
the
thing
as
it
comes
.
"
Lady
Glencora
,
moreover
,
had
settled
for
her
the
list
of
bridesmaids
.
Alice
had
made
a
petition
that
she
might
be
allowed
to
go
through
the
ceremony
with
only
one
,
—
with
none
but
Kate
to
back
her
.
But
she
ought
to
have
known
that
when
she
consented
to
be
married
at
Matching
,
—
and
indeed
she
had
had
very
little
power
of
resisting
that
proposition
,
—
all
such
questions
would
be
decided
for
her
.
Two
daughters
therefore
of
Lady
Midlothian
were
to
act
,
Lady
Jane
and
Lady
Mary
,
and
the
one
daughter
of
the
Marchioness
,
who
was
also
a
Lady
Jane
,
and
there
were
to
be
two
Miss
Howards
down
from
London
,
—
girls
who
were
known
both
to
Alice
and
to
Lady
Glencora
,
and
who
were
in
some
distant
way
connected
with
them
both
.
A
great
attempt
was
made
to
induce
the
two
Miss
Pallisers
to
join
the
bevy
,
but
they
had
frankly
pleaded
their
age
.
"
No
woman
should
stand
up
as
a
bridesmaid
,
"
said
the
strong-minded
Sophy
,
"
who
does
n't
mean
to
get
married
if
she
can
.
Now
I
do
n't
mean
to
get
married
,
and
I
wo
n't
put
myself
among
the
young
people
.
"
Lady
Glencora
was
therefore
obliged
to
submit
to
do
the
work
with
only
six
.
But
she
swore
that
they
should
be
very
smart
.
She
was
to
give
all
the
dresses
,
and
Mr.
Palliser
was
to
give
a
brooch
and
an
armlet
to
each
.
"
She
is
the
only
person
in
the
world
I
want
to
pet
,
except
yourself
,
"
Lady
Glencora
had
said
to
her
husband
,
and
he
had
answered
by
giving
her
carte
blanche
as
regards
expense
.
All
this
was
very
terrible
to
Kate
,
who
had
not
much
feminine
taste
for
finery
.
Of
the
dress
she
had
heard
,
—
of
the
dress
which
was
waiting
at
Matching
to
be
made
up
after
her
arrival
,
—
though
as
yet
she
knew
nothing
of
the
trinkets
.
There
are
many
girls
who
could
submit
themselves
at
a
moment
to
the
kindness
of
such
a
woman
as
Lady
Glencora
.
Perhaps
most
girls
would
do
so
,
for
of
all
such
women
in
the
world
,
Lady
Glencora
was
the
least
inclined
to
patronize
or
to
be
condescending
in
her
kindnesses
.
But
Kate
Vavasor
was
one
to
whom
such
submission
would
not
come
easily
.
"
I
wish
I
was
out
of
this
boat
,
"
she
said
to
Alice
in
the
train
.
"
So
that
I
might
be
shipwrecked
alone
!
"
"
No
;
there
can
be
no
shipwreck
to
you
.
When
the
day
of
action
comes
you
will
be
taken
away
,
up
to
heaven
,
upon
the
clouds
.
But
what
are
they
to
do
with
me
?
"
"
You
'll
find
that
Glencora
will
not
desert
you
.
You
ca
n't
conceive
what
taste
she
has
.
"
"
I
'd
sooner
be
bridesmaid
to
Charlie
Fairstairs
.
I
would
indeed
.
My
place
in
the
world
is
not
among
Cabinet
Ministers
and
old
countesses
.
"
"
Nor
mine
.
"
"
Yes
;
it
seems
that
yours
is
to
be
there
.
They
are
your
cousins
,
and
you
have
made
at
any
rate
one
great
friend
among
them
,
—
one
who
is
to
be
the
biggest
of
them
all
.
"
"
And
you
are
going
to
throw
me
over
,
Kate
?
"
"
To
tell
the
truth
,
Alice
,
I
sometimes
think
you
had
better
throw
me
over
.
I
know
it
would
be
sad
,
—
sad
for
both
,
but
perhaps
it
would
be
better
.
I
have
done
you
much
harm
and
no
good
;
and
now
where
I
am
going
I
shall
disgrace
you
.
"
She
talked
even
of
getting
out
at
some
station
and
returning
,
and
would
have
done
so
had
not
Alice
made
it
impossible
.
As
it
was
,
the
evening
found
her
and
Alice
together
entering
the
park-gate
at
Matching
,
in
Lady
Glencora
's
carriage
.
Lady
Glencora
had
sent
a
note
to
the
station
.
"
She
could
not
come
herself
,
"
she
said
,
"
because
Mr.
Palliser
was
a
little
fussy
.
You
'll
understand
,
dear
,
but
do
n't
say
a
word
.
"
Alice
did
n't
say
a
word
,
having
been
very
anxious
not
to
lower
Mr.
Palliser
in
her
cousin
's
respect
.
None
of
the
Lady
Janes
and
Lady
Marys
were
at
Matching
when
they
arrived
.
Indeed
,
there
was
no
guest
there
but
Mr.
Grey
,
for
which
Kate
felt
herself
to
be
extremely
grateful
.
Mr.
Grey
came
into
the
hall
,
standing
behind
Mr.
Palliser
,
who
stood
behind
his
wife
.
Alice
passed
by
them
both
,
and
was
at
once
in
her
lover
's
arms
.
"
Then
I
must
introduce
myself
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
to
Kate
,
"
and
my
husband
also
.
"
This
she
did
,
and
no
woman
in
England
could
have
excelled
her
in
the
manner
of
doing
it
.
"
I
have
heard
so
much
about
you
,
"
said
she
,
still
keeping
Kate
's
hand
,
"
and
I
know
how
good
you
've
been
;
—
and
how
wicked
you
have
been
,
"
she
added
in
a
whisper
.
Then
Mr.
Grey
was
brought
up
to
her
,
and
they
were
introduced
.
It
was
not
till
some
days
had
passed
over
them
that
she
felt
herself
at
all
at
her
ease
with
Mr.
Grey
,
and
I
doubt
whether
she
ever
reached
that
point
with
Mr.
Palliser
;
but
Lady
Glencora
she
knew
,
and
liked
,
and
almost
loved
,
from
the
first
moment
of
their
meeting
.
"
Have
you
heard
the
news
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
to
Alice
,
the
first
minute
that
they
were
alone
.
Alice
,
of
course
,
had
not
heard
the
news
.
"
Mr.
Bott
is
going
to
marry
Mrs.
Marsham
.
There
is
such
a
row
about
it
.
Plantagenet
is
nearly
mad
.
I
never
knew
him
so
disgusted
in
my
life
.
Of
course
I
do
n't
dare
to
tell
him
so
,
but
I
am
so
heartily
rejoiced
.
You
know
how
I
love
them
both
,
and
I
could
not
possibly
wish
any
better
reward
for
either
.
"
Alice
,
who
had
personally
known
more
of
Mr.
Bott
than
of
Mrs.
Marsham
,
said
that
she
could
n't
but
be
sorry
for
the
lady
.
"
She
's
old
enough
to
be
his
mother
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
otherwise
I
really
do
n't
know
any
people
better
suited
to
each
other
.
The
best
is
,
that
Mr.
Bott
is
doing
it
to
regain
his
footing
with
Mr.
Palliser
!
I
am
sure
of
that
;
—
and
Plantagenet
will
never
speak
to
him
again
.
But
,
Alice
,
there
is
other
news
.
"
"
What
other
news
?
"
"
It
is
hardly
news
yet
,
and
of
course
I
am
very
wicked
to
tell
you
.
But
I
feel
sure
Mr.
Grey
knows
all
about
it
,
and
if
I
did
n't
tell
,
he
would
.
"
"
He
has
n't
told
me
anything
yet
.
"
"
He
has
n't
had
time
;
and
when
he
does
,
you
must
n't
pretend
to
know
.
I
believe
Mr.
Palliser
will
certainly
be
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
before
next
month
,
and
,
if
so
,
he
'll
never
come
in
for
Silverbridge
again
.
"
"
But
he
'll
be
in
Parliament
;
will
he
not
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
;
he
'll
be
in
Parliament
.
I
do
n't
understand
all
about
it
.
There
is
a
man
going
out
for
the
county
,
—
for
Barsetshire
,
—
some
man
whom
the
Duke
used
to
favour
,
and
he
wants
Plantagenet
to
come
in
for
that
.
I
ca
n't
understand
what
difference
it
makes
.
"
"
But
he
will
be
in
the
Cabinet
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
.
But
who
do
you
suppose
is
to
be
the
new
Member
for
Silverbridge
?
"
"
I
ca
n't
guess
,
"
said
Alice
.
Though
,
of
course
,
she
did
guess
.
"
Mind
,
I
do
n't
know
it
.
He
has
never
told
me
.
But
he
told
me
that
he
had
been
with
the
Duke
,
and
asked
the
Duke
to
let
Jeffrey
have
the
seat
.
The
Duke
became
as
black
as
thunder
,
and
said
that
Jeffrey
had
no
fortune
.
In
short
,
he
would
n't
hear
of
it
.
Poor
Jeffrey
!
we
must
try
to
do
something
for
him
,
but
I
really
do
n't
know
how
.
Then
the
Duke
said
,
that
Plantagenet
should
put
in
for
Silverbridge
some
friend
who
would
support
himself
;
and
I
fancy
,
—
mind
it
's
only
fancy
,
—
but
I
fancy
that
Plantagenet
mentioned
to
his
Grace
—
one
Mr.
Grey
.
"
"
Oh
,
Glencora
!
"
"
They
've
been
talking
together
till
sometimes
I
think
Mr.
Grey
is
worse
than
Plantagenet
.
When
Mr.
Grey
began
to
say
something
the
other
night
in
the
drawing-room
about
sugar
,
I
knew
it
was
all
up
with
you
.
He
'll
be
a
financial
Secretary
;
you
see
if
he
is
n't
;
or
a
lord
of
something
,
or
an
under-somebody
of
State
;
and
then
some
day
he
'll
go
mad
,
either
because
he
does
or
because
he
does
n't
get
into
the
Cabinet
.
"
Lady
Glencora
,
as
she
said
all
this
,
knew
well
that
the
news
she
was
giving
would
please
her
cousin
better
than
any
other
tidings
that
could
be
told
.
By
degrees
the
guests
came
.
The
two
Miss
Howards
were
the
first
,
and
they
expressed
themselves
as
delighted
with
Lady
Glencora
's
taste
and
with
Mr.
Palliser
's
munificence
,
—
for
at
that
time
the
brooches
and
armlets
had
been
produced
.
Kate
had
said
very
little
about
these
matters
,
but
the
Miss
Howards
were
loud
in
their
thanks
.
But
they
were
good-humoured
,
merry
girls
,
and
the
house
was
pleasanter
after
their
arrival
than
it
had
been
before
.
Then
came
the
dreaded
personage
,
—
the
guest
,
—
Lady
Midlothian
!
On
the
subject
of
Lady
Midlothian
Kate
had
really
become
curious
.
She
had
a
real
desire
to
see
the
face
and
gait
of
the
woman
,
and
to
hear
her
voice
.
Lady
Midlothian
came
,
and
with
her
came
Lady
Jane
and
Lady
Mary
.
I
am
by
no
means
sure
that
Lady
Jane
and
Lady
Mary
were
not
nearly
as
old
as
the
two
Miss
Pallisers
;
but
they
were
not
probably
so
fully
resolved
as
to
the
condition
of
their
future
modes
of
living
as
were
those
two
ladies
,
and
if
so
,
they
were
not
wrong
to
shine
as
bridesmaids
.
With
them
Alice
had
made
some
slight
acquaintance
during
the
last
spring
in
London
,
and
as
they
were
now
to
attend
upon
her
as
the
bride
they
were
sufficiently
gracious
.
To
Kate
,
too
,
they
were
civil
enough
,
and
things
,
in
public
,
went
on
very
pleasantly
at
Matching
.
A
scene
there
was
,
of
course
,
between
Alice
and
Lady
Midlothian
;
—
a
scene
in
private
.
"
You
must
go
through
it
,
"
Lady
Glencora
had
said
,
with
jocose
mournfulness
;
"
and
why
should
you
not
let
her
jump
upon
you
a
little
?
It
ca
n't
hurt
you
now
.
"
"
But
I
do
n't
like
people
to
jump
upon
me
,
"
Alice
said
.
"
And
why
are
you
to
have
everything
just
as
you
like
it
?
You
are
so
unreasonable
.
Think
how
I
've
been
jumped
on
!
Think
what
I
have
borne
from
them
!
If
you
knew
the
things
she
used
to
say
to
me
,
you
would
not
be
such
a
coward
.
I
was
sent
down
to
her
for
a
week
,
and
had
no
power
of
helping
myself
.
And
the
Marchioness
used
to
be
sent
for
to
look
at
me
,
for
she
never
talks
.
She
used
to
look
at
me
,
and
groan
,
and
hold
up
her
hands
till
I
hated
her
the
worst
of
the
two
.
Think
what
they
did
to
me
,
and
yet
they
are
my
dear
friends
now
.
Why
should
you
escape
altogether
?
"
Alice
could
not
escape
altogether
,
and
therefore
was
closeted
with
Lady
Midlothian
for
the
best
part
of
an
hour
.
"
Did
Lady
Macleod
read
to
you
what
I
wrote
?
"
the
Countess
asked
.
"
Yes
,
—
that
is
,
she
gave
me
the
letter
to
read
.
"
"
And
I
hope
you
understand
me
,
Alice
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
,
I
suppose
so
.
"
"
You
suppose
so
,
my
dear
!
If
you
only
suppose
so
I
shall
not
be
contented
.
I
want
you
to
appreciate
my
feelings
towards
you
thoroughly
.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
am
most
anxious
as
to
your
future
life
,
and
that
I
am
thoroughly
satisfied
with
the
step
you
are
now
taking
.
"
The
Countess
paused
,
but
Alice
said
nothing
.
Her
tongue
was
itching
to
tell
the
old
woman
that
she
cared
nothing
for
this
expression
of
satisfaction
;
but
she
was
aware
that
she
had
done
much
that
was
deserving
of
punishment
,
and
resolved
to
take
this
as
part
of
her
penance
.
She
was
being
jumped
upon
,
and
it
was
unpleasant
;
but
,
after
all
that
had
happened
,
it
was
only
fitting
that
she
should
undergo
much
unpleasantness
.
"
Thoroughly
satisfied
,
"
continued
the
Countess
;
"
and
now
,
I
only
wish
to
refer
,
in
the
slightest
manner
possible
,
to
what
took
place
between
us
when
we
were
both
of
us
under
this
roof
last
winter
.
"
"
Why
refer
to
it
at
all
,
Lady
Midlothian
?
"
"
Because
I
think
it
may
do
good
,
and
because
I
cannot
make
you
understand
that
I
have
thoroughly
forgiven
everything
,
unless
I
tell
you
that
I
have
forgiven
that
also
.
On
that
occasion
I
had
come
all
the
way
from
Scotland
on
purpose
to
say
a
few
words
to
you
.
"
"
I
am
so
sorry
that
you
should
have
had
the
trouble
.
"
"
I
do
not
regret
it
,
Alice
.
I
never
do
regret
doing
anything
which
I
believe
to
have
been
my
duty
.
There
is
no
knowing
how
far
what
I
said
then
may
have
operated
for
good
.
"
Alice
thought
that
she
knew
very
well
,
but
she
said
nothing
.
"
I
must
confess
that
what
I
then
understood
to
be
your
obstinacy
,
—
and
I
must
say
also
,
if
I
tell
the
truth
,
your
indifference
to
—
to
—
to
all
prudential
considerations
whatever
,
not
to
talk
of
appearances
and
decorum
,
and
I
might
say
,
anything
like
a
high
line
of
duty
or
moral
conduct
,
—
shocked
me
very
much
.
It
did
,
indeed
,
my
dear
.
Taking
it
altogether
,
I
do
n't
know
that
I
was
ever
more
shocked
in
my
life
.
The
thing
was
so
inscrutable
!
"
Here
Lady
Midlothian
held
up
one
hand
in
a
manner
that
was
truly
imposing
;
"
so
inscrutable
!
But
that
is
all
over
now
.
What
was
personally
offensive
to
myself
I
could
easily
forgive
,
and
I
do
forgive
it
.
I
shall
never
think
of
it
any
more
.
"
Here
Lady
Midlothian
put
up
both
her
hands
gently
,
as
though
wafting
the
injury
away
into
the
air
.
"
But
what
I
wish
specially
to
say
to
you
is
this
;
your
own
conduct
is
forgiven
also
!
"
Here
she
paused
again
,
and
Alice
winced
.
Who
was
this
dreadful
old
Countess
;
—
what
was
the
Countess
to
her
,
that
she
should
be
thus
tormented
with
the
old
woman
's
forgiveness
?
John
Grey
had
forgiven
her
,
and
of
external
forgiveness
that
was
enough
.
She
had
not
forgiven
herself
,
—
would
never
forgive
herself
altogether
;
and
the
pardon
of
no
old
woman
in
England
could
assist
her
in
doing
so
.
She
had
sinned
,
but
she
had
not
sinned
against
Lady
Midlothian
.
"
Let
her
jump
upon
you
,
and
have
done
with
it
,
"
Lady
Glencora
had
said
.
She
had
resolved
that
it
should
be
so
,
but
it
was
very
hard
to
keep
her
resolution
.
"
The
Marchioness
and
I
have
talked
it
over
,
"
continued
Lady
Midlothian
,
"
and
she
has
asked
me
to
speak
for
both
her
and
myself
.
"
There
is
comfort
at
any
rate
in
that
,
thought
Alice
,
who
had
never
yet
seen
the
Marchioness
.
"
We
have
resolved
that
all
those
little
mistakes
should
be
as
though
they
had
never
been
committed
.
We
shall
both
be
most
happy
to
receive
you
and
your
husband
,
who
is
,
I
must
say
,
one
of
the
most
gentlemanlike
looking
men
I
ever
saw
.
It
seems
that
he
and
Mr.
Palliser
are
on
most
friendly
,
—
I
may
say
,
most
confidential
terms
,
and
that
must
be
quite
a
pleasure
to
you
.
"
"
It
's
a
pleasure
to
him
,
which
is
more
to
the
purpose
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Exactly
so
.
And
now
,
my
dear
,
everything
is
forgiven
and
shall
be
forgotten
.
Come
and
give
me
a
kiss
,
and
let
me
wish
you
joy
.
"
Alice
did
as
she
was
bidden
,
and
accepted
the
kiss
and
the
congratulations
,
and
a
little
box
of
jewellery
which
Lady
Midlothian
produced
from
out
of
her
pocket
.
"
The
diamonds
are
from
the
Marchioness
,
my
dear
,
whose
means
,
as
you
doubtless
are
aware
,
greatly
exceed
my
own
.
The
garnets
are
from
me
.
I
hope
they
may
both
be
worn
long
and
happily
.
"
I
hardly
know
which
was
the
worst
,
the
lecture
,
the
kiss
,
or
the
present
.
The
latter
she
would
have
declined
,
had
it
been
possible
;
but
it
was
not
possible
.
When
she
had
agreed
to
be
married
at
Matching
she
had
not
calculated
the
amount
of
punishment
which
would
thereby
be
inflicted
on
her
.
But
I
think
that
,
though
she
bore
it
impatiently
,
she
was
aware
that
she
had
deserved
it
.
Although
she
fretted
herself
greatly
under
the
infliction
of
Lady
Midlothian
,
she
acknowledged
to
herself
,
even
at
the
time
,
that
she
deserved
all
the
lashes
she
received
.
She
had
made
a
fool
of
herself
in
her
vain
attempt
to
be
greater
and
grander
than
other
girls
,
and
it
was
only
fair
that
her
folly
should
be
in
some
sort
punished
before
it
was
fully
pardoned
.
John
Grey
punished
it
after
one
fashion
;
by
declining
to
allude
to
it
,
or
to
think
of
it
,
or
to
take
any
account
of
it
.
And
now
Lady
Midlothian
had
punished
it
after
another
fashion
,
and
Alice
went
out
of
the
Countess
's
presence
with
sundry
inward
exclamations
of
"
mea
culpa
,
"
and
with
many
unseen
beatings
of
the
breast
.
Two
days
before
the
ceremony
came
the
Marchioness
and
her
august
daughter
.
Her
Lady
Jane
was
much
more
august
than
the
other
Lady
Jane
;
—
very
much
more
august
indeed
.
She
had
very
long
flaxen
hair
,
and
very
light
blue
eyes
,
which
she
did
not
move
frequently
,
and
she
spoke
very
little
,
—
one
may
almost
say
not
at
all
,
and
she
never
seemed
to
do
anything
.
But
she
was
very
august
,
and
was
,
as
all
the
world
knew
,
engaged
to
marry
the
Duke
of
Dumfriesshire
,
who
,
though
twice
her
own
age
,
was
as
yet
childless
,
as
soon
as
he
should
have
completed
his
mourning
for
his
first
wife
.
Kate
told
her
cousin
that
she
did
not
at
all
know
how
she
should
ever
stand
up
as
one
in
a
group
with
so
august
a
person
as
this
Lady
Jane
,
and
Alice
herself
felt
that
such
an
attendant
would
quite
obliterate
her
.
But
Lady
Jane
and
her
mother
were
both
harmless
.
The
Marchioness
never
spoke
to
Kate
and
hardly
spoke
to
Alice
,
and
the
Marchioness
's
Lady
Jane
was
quite
as
silent
as
her
mother
.
On
the
morning
of
this
day
,
—
the
day
on
which
these
very
august
people
came
,
—
a
telegram
arrived
at
the
Priory
calling
for
Mr.
Palliser
's
immediate
presence
in
London
.
He
came
to
Alice
full
of
regret
,
and
behaved
himself
very
nicely
.
Alice
now
regarded
him
quite
as
a
friend
.
"
Of
course
I
understand
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
I
know
that
the
business
which
takes
you
up
to
London
pleases
you
.
"
"
Well
;
yes
;
—
it
does
please
me
.
I
am
glad
,
—
I
do
n't
mind
saying
so
to
you
.
But
it
does
not
please
me
to
think
that
I
shall
be
away
at
your
marriage
.
Pray
make
your
father
understand
that
it
was
absolutely
unavoidable
.
But
I
shall
see
him
,
of
course
,
when
I
come
back
.
And
I
shall
see
you
too
before
very
long
.
"
"
Shall
you
?
"
"
Oh
yes
.
"
"
And
why
so
?
"
"
Because
Mr.
Grey
must
be
at
Silverbridge
for
his
election
.
—
But
perhaps
I
ought
not
tell
you
his
secrets
.
"
Then
he
took
her
into
the
breakfast-parlour
and
showed
her
his
present
.
It
was
a
service
of
Sèvres
china
,
—
very
precious
and
beautiful
.
"
I
got
you
these
things
because
Grey
likes
china
.
"
"
So
do
I
like
china
,
"
said
she
,
with
her
face
brighter
than
he
had
ever
yet
seen
it
.
"
I
thought
you
would
like
them
best
,
"
said
he
.
Alice
looking
up
at
him
with
her
eyes
full
of
tears
told
him
that
she
did
like
them
best
;
and
then
,
as
he
wished
her
all
happiness
,
and
as
he
was
stooping
over
her
to
kiss
her
,
Lady
Glencora
came
in
.
"
I
beg
pardon
,
"
said
she
,
"
I
was
just
one
minute
too
soon
;
was
I
not
?
"
"
She
would
have
them
sent
here
and
unpacked
,
"
said
Mr.
Palliser
,
"
though
I
told
her
it
was
foolish
.
"
"
Of
course
I
would
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Everything
shall
be
unpacked
and
shown
.
It
's
easy
to
get
somebody
to
pack
them
again
.
"
Much
of
the
wedding
tribute
had
already
been
deposited
with
the
china
,
and
among
other
things
there
were
the
jewels
that
Lady
Midlothian
had
brought
.
"
Upon
my
word
,
her
ladyship
's
diamonds
are
not
to
be
sneezed
at
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
do
n't
care
for
diamonds
,
"
said
Alice
.
Then
Lady
Glencora
took
up
the
Countess
's
trinkets
,
and
shook
her
head
and
turned
up
her
nose
.
There
was
a
wonderfully
comic
expression
on
her
face
as
she
did
so
.
"
To
me
they
are
just
as
good
as
the
others
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
To
me
they
are
not
,
then
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Diamonds
are
diamonds
,
and
garnets
are
garnets
;
and
I
am
not
so
romantic
but
what
I
know
the
difference
.
"
On
the
evening
before
the
marriage
Alice
and
Lady
Glencora
walked
for
the
last
time
through
the
Priory
ruins
.
It
was
now
September
,
and
the
evenings
were
still
long
,
so
that
the
ladies
could
get
out
upon
the
lawn
after
dinner
.
Whether
Lady
Glencora
would
have
been
allowed
to
walk
through
the
ruins
so
late
as
half-past
eight
in
the
evening
if
her
husband
had
been
there
may
be
doubtful
,
but
her
husband
was
away
and
she
took
this
advantage
of
his
absence
.
"
Do
you
remember
that
night
we
were
here
?
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
When
shall
I
forget
it
;
or
how
is
it
possible
that
such
a
night
should
ever
be
forgotten
?
"
"
No
;
I
shall
never
forget
it
.
Oh
dear
,
what
wonderful
things
have
happened
since
that
!
Do
you
ever
think
of
Jeffrey
?
"
"
Yes
;
—
of
course
I
think
of
him
.
I
did
like
him
so
much
.
I
hope
I
shall
see
him
some
day
.
"
"
And
he
liked
you
too
,
young
woman
;
and
,
what
was
more
,
young
woman
,
I
thought
at
one
time
that
,
perhaps
,
you
were
going
to
like
him
in
earnest
.
"
"
Not
in
that
way
,
certainly
.
"
"
You
've
done
much
better
,
of
course
;
especially
as
poor
Jeffrey
's
chance
of
promotion
does
n't
look
so
good
now
.
If
I
have
a
boy
,
I
wonder
whether
he
'll
hate
me
?
"
"
Why
should
he
hate
you
?
"
"
I
ca
n't
help
it
,
you
know
,
if
he
does
.
Only
think
what
it
is
to
Plantagenet
.
Have
you
seen
the
difference
it
makes
in
him
already
?
"
"
Of
course
it
makes
a
difference
;
—
the
greatest
difference
in
the
world
.
"
"
And
think
what
it
will
be
to
me
,
Alice
.
I
used
to
lie
in
bed
and
wish
myself
dead
,
and
make
up
my
mind
to
drown
myself
,
—
if
I
could
only
dare
.
I
sha
n't
think
any
more
of
that
poor
fellow
now
.
"
Then
she
told
Alice
what
had
been
done
for
Burgo
;
how
his
uncle
had
paid
his
bills
once
again
,
and
had
agreed
to
give
him
a
small
income
.
"
Poor
fellow
!
"
said
Lady
Glencora
,
"
it
wo
n't
do
more
than
buy
him
gloves
,
you
know
.
"
The
marriage
was
magnificent
,
greatly
to
the
dismay
of
Alice
and
to
the
discomfort
of
Mr.
Vavasor
,
who
came
down
on
the
eve
of
the
ceremony
,
—
arriving
while
his
daughter
and
Lady
Glencora
were
in
the
ruins
.
Mr.
Grey
seemed
to
take
it
all
very
easily
,
and
,
as
Lady
Glencora
said
,
played
his
part
exactly
as
though
he
were
in
the
habit
of
being
married
,
at
any
rate
,
once
a
year
.
"
Nothing
on
earth
will
ever
put
him
out
,
so
you
need
not
try
,
my
dear
,
"
she
said
,
as
Alice
stood
with
her
a
moment
alone
in
the
dressing-room
up-stairs
before
her
departure
.
"
I
know
that
,
"
said
Alice
,
"
and
therefore
I
shall
never
try
.
"
CHAPTER
LXXX
.
The
Story
Is
Finished
Within
the
Halls
of
the
Duke
of
Omnium
.
Mr.
Grey
and
wife
were
duly
carried
away
from
Matching
Priory
by
post
horses
,
and
did
their
honeymoon
,
we
may
be
quite
sure
,
with
much
satisfaction
.
When
Alice
was
first
asked
where
she
would
go
,
she
simply
suggested
that
it
should
not
be
to
Switzerland
.
They
did
,
in
truth
,
go
by
slow
stages
to
Italy
,
to
Venice
,
Florence
,
and
on
to
Rome
;
but
such
had
not
been
their
intention
when
they
first
started
on
their
journey
.
At
that
time
Mr.
Grey
believed
that
he
would
be
wanted
again
in
England
,
down
at
Silverbridge
in
Barsetshire
,
very
shortly
.
But
before
he
had
married
a
week
he
learned
that
all
that
was
to
be
postponed
.
The
cup
of
fruition
had
not
yet
reached
Mr.
Palliser
's
lips
.
"
There
will
be
no
vacancy
either
in
the
county
or
in
the
borough
till
Parliament
meets
.
"
That
had
been
the
message
sent
by
Mr.
Palliser
to
Mr.
Grey
.
Lady
Glencora
's
message
to
Alice
had
been
rather
more
full
,
having
occupied
three
pages
of
note
paper
,
the
last
of
which
had
been
crossed
,
but
I
do
not
know
that
it
was
more
explicit
.
She
had
abused
Lord
Brock
,
had
abused
Mr.
Finespun
,
and
had
abused
all
public
things
and
institutions
,
because
the
arrangements
as
now
proposed
would
be
very
comfortable
to
Alice
,
but
would
not
,
as
she
was
pleased
to
think
,
be
very
comfortable
to
herself
.
"
You
can
go
to
Rome
and
see
everything
and
enjoy
yourself
,
which
I
was
not
allowed
to
do
;
and
all
this
noise
and
bother
,
and
crowd
of
electioneering
,
will
take
place
down
in
Barsetshire
just
when
I
am
in
the
middle
of
all
my
trouble
.
"
There
were
many
very
long
letters
came
from
Lady
Glencora
to
Rome
during
the
winter
,
—
letters
which
Alice
enjoyed
thoroughly
,
but
which
she
could
not
but
regard
as
being
very
indiscreet
.
The
Duke
was
at
the
Castle
during
the
Christmas
week
,
and
the
descriptions
of
the
Duke
and
of
his
solicitude
as
to
his
heir
were
very
comic
.
"
He
comes
and
bends
over
me
on
the
sofa
in
the
most
stupendous
way
,
as
though
a
woman
to
be
the
mother
of
his
heir
must
be
a
miracle
in
nature
.
He
is
quite
awful
when
he
says
a
word
or
two
,
and
more
awful
in
his
silence
.
The
devil
prompted
me
the
other
day
,
and
I
said
I
hoped
it
would
be
a
girl
.
There
was
a
look
came
over
his
face
which
nearly
frightened
me
.
If
it
should
be
,
I
believe
he
will
turn
me
out
of
the
house
;
but
how
can
I
help
it
?
I
wish
you
were
going
to
have
a
baby
at
the
same
time
.
Then
,
if
yours
was
a
boy
and
mine
a
girl
,
we
'd
make
a
change
.
"
This
was
very
indiscreet
.
Lady
Glencora
would
write
indiscreet
letters
like
this
,
which
Alice
could
not
show
to
her
husband
.
It
was
a
thousand
pities
.
But
December
and
January
wore
themselves
away
,
and
the
time
came
in
which
the
Greys
were
bound
to
return
to
England
.
The
husband
had
very
fully
discussed
with
his
wife
that
matter
of
his
parliamentary
ambition
,
and
found
in
her
a
very
ready
listener
.
Having
made
up
his
mind
to
do
this
thing
,
he
was
resolved
to
do
it
thoroughly
,
and
was
becoming
almost
as
full
of
politics
,
almost
as
much
devoted
to
sugar
,
as
Mr.
Palliser
himself
.
He
at
any
rate
could
not
complain
that
his
wife
would
not
interest
herself
in
his
pursuits
.
Then
,
as
they
returned
,
came
letters
from
Lady
Glencora
,
written
as
her
troubles
grew
nigh
.
The
Duke
had
gone
,
of
course
;
but
he
was
to
be
there
at
the
appointed
time
.
"
Oh
,
I
do
so
wish
he
would
have
a
fit
of
the
gout
in
London
,
—
or
at
Timbuctoo
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
When
they
reached
London
they
first
heard
the
news
from
Mr.
Vavasor
,
who
on
this
occasion
condescended
to
meet
them
at
the
railway
.
"
The
Duke
has
got
an
heir
,
"
he
said
,
before
the
carriage-door
was
open
;
—
"
born
this
morning
!
"
One
might
have
supposed
that
it
was
the
Duke
's
baby
,
and
not
the
baby
of
Lady
Glencora
and
Mr.
Palliser
.
There
was
a
note
from
Mr.
Palliser
to
Mr.
Grey
.
"
Thank
God
!
"
said
the
note
,
"
Lady
Glencora
and
the
boy
"
—
Mr
.
Palliser
had
scorned
to
use
the
word
child
—
"
Lady
Glencora
and
the
boy
are
quite
as
well
as
can
be
expected
.
Both
the
new
writs
were
moved
for
last
night
.
"
Mr.
Palliser
's
honours
,
as
will
be
seen
,
came
rushing
upon
him
all
at
once
.
Wondrous
little
baby
,
—
purpureo
genitus
!
What
have
the
gods
not
done
for
thee
,
if
thou
canst
only
manage
to
live
till
thy
good
things
are
all
thine
own
,
—
to
live
through
all
the
terrible
solicitude
with
which
they
will
envelope
thee
!
Better
than
royal
rank
will
be
thine
,
with
influence
more
than
royal
,
and
power
of
action
fettered
by
no
royalty
.
Royal
wealth
which
will
be
really
thine
own
,
to
do
with
it
as
it
beseemeth
thee
.
Thou
wilt
be
at
the
top
of
an
aristocracy
in
a
country
where
aristocrats
need
gird
themselves
with
no
buckram
.
All
that
the
world
can
give
will
be
thine
;
and
yet
when
we
talk
of
thee
religiously
,
philosophically
,
or
politico-economically
,
we
are
wont
to
declare
that
thy
chances
of
happiness
are
no
better
,
—
no
better
,
if
they
be
no
worse
,
—
than
are
those
of
thine
infant
neighbour
just
born
,
in
that
farmyard
cradle
.
Who
shall
say
that
they
are
better
or
that
they
are
worse
?
Or
if
they
be
better
,
or
if
they
be
worse
,
how
shall
we
reconcile
to
ourselves
that
seeming
injustice
?
And
now
we
will
pay
a
little
visit
to
the
small
one
born
in
the
purple
,
and
the
story
of
that
visit
shall
be
the
end
of
our
history
.
It
was
early
in
April
,
quite
early
in
April
,
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Grey
were
both
at
Gatherum
Castle
.
Mrs.
Grey
was
there
at
the
moment
of
which
we
write
,
but
Mr.
Grey
was
absent
at
Silverbridge
with
Mr.
Palliser
.
This
was
the
day
of
the
Silverbridge
election
,
and
Mr.
Grey
had
gone
to
that
ancient
borough
,
to
offer
himself
as
a
candidate
to
the
electors
,
backed
by
the
presence
and
aid
of
a
very
powerful
member
of
the
Cabinet
.
Lady
Glencora
and
Alice
were
sitting
up-stairs
with
the
small
,
purple-born
one
in
their
presence
,
and
the
small
,
purple-born
one
was
lying
in
Alice
's
lap
.
"
It
is
such
a
comfort
that
it
is
over
,
"
said
the
mother
.
"
You
are
the
most
ungrateful
of
women
.
"
"
Oh
,
Alice
,
—
if
you
could
have
known
!
Your
baby
may
come
just
as
it
pleases
.
You
wo
n't
lie
awake
trembling
how
on
earth
you
will
bear
your
disgrace
if
one
of
the
vile
weaker
sex
should
come
to
disturb
the
hopes
of
your
lords
and
masters
;
—
for
I
had
two
,
which
made
it
so
much
more
terrible
.
"
"
I
'm
sure
Mr.
Palliser
would
not
have
said
a
word
.
"
"
No
,
he
would
have
said
nothing
,
—
nor
would
the
Duke
.
The
Duke
would
simply
have
gone
away
instantly
,
and
never
have
seen
me
again
till
the
next
chance
comes
,
—
if
it
ever
does
come
.
And
Mr.
Palliser
would
have
been
as
gentle
as
a
dove
;
—
much
more
gentle
than
he
is
now
,
for
men
are
rarely
gentle
in
their
triumph
.
But
I
should
have
known
what
they
both
thought
and
felt
.
"
"
It
's
all
right
now
,
dear
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
bonny
boy
,
—
you
have
made
it
all
right
for
me
;
—
have
you
not
?
"
And
Lady
Glencora
took
her
baby
into
her
own
arms
.
"
You
have
made
everything
right
,
my
little
man
.
But
oh
,
Alice
,
if
you
had
seen
the
Duke
's
long
face
through
those
three
days
;
if
you
had
heard
the
tones
of
the
people
's
voices
as
they
whispered
about
me
;
if
you
had
encountered
the
oppressive
cheerfulness
of
those
two
London
doctors
,
—
doctors
are
such
bad
actors
,
—
you
would
have
thought
it
impossible
for
any
woman
to
live
throughout
.
There
's
one
comfort
;
—
if
my
mannikin
lives
,
I
ca
n't
have
another
eldest
.
He
looks
like
living
;
—
do
n't
he
,
Alice
?
"
Then
were
perpetrated
various
mysterious
ceremonies
of
feminine
idolatry
which
were
continued
till
there
came
a
grandly
dressed
old
lady
,
who
called
herself
the
nurse
,
and
who
took
the
idol
away
.
In
the
course
of
that
afternoon
Lady
Glencora
took
Alice
all
over
the
house
.
It
was
a
castle
of
enormous
size
,
quite
new
,
—
having
been
built
by
the
present
proprietor
,
—
very
cold
,
very
handsome
,
and
very
dull
.
"
What
an
immense
place
!
"
said
Alice
,
as
she
stood
looking
round
her
in
the
grand
hall
,
which
was
never
used
as
an
entrance
except
on
very
grand
occasions
.
"
Is
it
not
?
And
it
cost
—
oh
,
I
ca
n't
tell
you
how
much
it
cost
.
A
hundred
thousand
pounds
or
more
.
Well
;
—
that
would
be
nothing
,
as
the
Duke
no
doubt
had
the
money
in
his
pocket
to
do
what
he
liked
with
at
the
time
.
But
the
joke
is
,
nobody
ever
thinks
of
living
here
.
Who
'd
live
in
such
a
great
,
overgrown
place
such
as
this
,
if
they
could
get
a
comfortable
house
like
Matching
?
Do
you
remember
Longroyston
and
the
hot-water
pipes
?
I
always
think
of
the
poor
Duchess
when
I
come
through
here
.
Nobody
ever
lives
