hishurried
intervals
of
teaching
used
to
come
softly
in
and
sit
softly
down
,
with
a
face
of
loving
anxiety
for
Caddy
and
the
very
little
child
.
Whatever
Caddy
's
condition
really
was
,
she
never
failed
to
declare
to
Prince
that
she
was
all
but
well
—
which
I
,
Heaven
forgive
me
,
never
failed
to
confirm
.
This
would
put
Prince
in
such
good
spirits
,
that
he
would
sometimes
take
the
kit
from
his
pocket
and
play
a
chord
or
two
to
astonish
the
baby
—
which
I
never
knew
it
to
do
in
the
least
degree
,
for
my
tiny
namesake
never
noticed
it
at
all
.
Then
there
was
Mrs.
Jellyby
.
She
would
come
occasionally
,
with
her
usual
distraught
manner
,
and
sit
calmly
looking
miles
beyond
her
grandchild
,
as
if
her
attention
were
absorbed
by
a
young
Borrioboolan
on
its
native
shores
.
As
bright-eyed
as
ever
,
as
serene
,
and
as
untidy
,
she
would
say
,
“
Well
,
Caddy
,
child
,
and
how
do
you
do
to-day
?
”
And
then
would
sit
amiably
smiling
,
and
taking
no
notice
of
the
reply
;
or
would
sweetly
glide
off
into
a
calculation
of
the
number
of
letters
she
had
lately
received
and
answered
,
or
of
the
coffee-bearing
power
of
Borrioboola
Gha
.
This
she
would
always
do
with
a
serene
contempt
for
our
limited
sphere
of
action
,
not
to
be
disguised
.
Then
there
was
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
who
was
from
morning
to
night
and
from
night
to
morning
the
subject
of
innumerable
precautions
.
If
the
baby
cried
,
it
was
nearly
stifled
lest
the
noise
should
make
him
uncomfortable
.
If
the
fire
wanted
stirring
in
the
night
,
it
was
surreptitiously
done
lest
his
rest
should
be
broken
.
If
Caddy
required
any
little
comfort
that
the
house
contained
,
she
first
carefully
discussed
whether
he
was
likely
to
require
it
too
.
In
return
for
this
consideration
,
he
would
come
into
the
room
once
a
day
,
all
but
blessing
it
—
showing
a
condescension
,
and
a
patronage
,
and
a
grace
of
manner
,
in
dispensing
the
light
of
his
high-shouldered
presence
,
from
which
I
might
have
supposed
him
(
if
I
had
not
known
better
)
to
have
been
the
benefactor
of
Caddy
's
life
.
“
My
Caroline
,
”
he
would
say
,
making
the
nearest
approach
that
he
could
to
bending
over
her
.
“
Tell
me
that
you
are
better
to-day
.
”
“
O
much
better
,
thank
you
,
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
”
Caddy
would
reply
.
“
Delighted
!
Enchanted
!
And
our
dear
Miss
Summerson
.
She
is
not
quite
prostrated
by
fatigue
?
”
Here
he
would
crease
up
his
eyelids
,
and
kiss
his
fingers
to
me
;
though
I
am
happy
to
say
he
had
ceased
to
be
particular
in
his
attentions
,
since
I
had
been
so
altered
.
“
Not
at
all
,
”
I
would
assure
him
.
“
Charming
!
We
must
take
care
of
our
dear
Caroline
,
Miss
Summerson
.
We
must
spare
nothing
that
will
restore
her
.
We
must
nourish
her
.
My
dear
Caroline
;
”
he
would
turn
to
his
daughter-in-law
with
infinite
generosity
and
protection
;
“
want
for
nothing
,
my
love
.
Frame
a
wish
and
gratify
it
,
my
daughter
.
Everything
this
house
contains
,
everything
my
room
contains
,
is
at
your
service
,
my
dear
.
Do
not
,
”
he
would
sometimes
add
,
in
a
burst
of
Deportment
,
“
even
allow
my
simple
requirements
to
be
considered
,
if
they
should
at
any
time
interfere
with
your
own
,
my
Caroline
.
Your
necessities
are
greater
than
mine
.
”
He
had
established
such
a
long
prescriptive
right
to
this
Deportment
(
his
son
's
inheritance
from
his
mother
)
,
that
I
several
times
knew
both
Caddy
and
her
husband
to
be
melted
to
tears
by
these
affectionate
self-sacrifices
.
“
Nay
,
my
dears
,
”
he
would
remonstrate
;
and
when
I
saw
Caddy
's
thin
arm
about
his
fat
neck
as
he
said
it
,
I
would
be
melted
too
,
though
not
by
the
same
process
;
“
Nay
,
nay
!
I
have
promised
never
to
leave
ye
.
Be
dutiful
and
affectionate
towards
me
,
and
I
ask
no
other
return
.
Now
,
bless
ye
!
I
am
going
to
the
Park
.
”
He
would
take
the
air
there
,
presently
,
and
get
an
appetite
for
his
hotel
dinner
.
I
hope
I
do
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
no
wrong
;
but
I
never
saw
any
better
traits
in
him
than
these
I
faithfully
record
,
except
that
he
certainly
conceived
a
liking
for
Peepy
,
and
would
take
the
child
out
walking
with
great
pomp
—
always
,
on
those
occasions
,
sending
him
home
before
he
went
to
dinner
himself
,
and
occasionally
with
a
halfpenny
in
his
pocket
.
But
,
even
this
disinterestedness
was
attended
with
no
inconsiderable
cost
,
to
my
knowledge
;
for
before
Peepy
was
sufficiently
decorated
to
walk
hand
in
hand
with
the
professor
of
Deportment
,
he
had
to
be
newly
dressed
,
at
the
expence
of
Caddy
and
her
husband
,
from
top
to
toe
.
Last
of
our
visitors
,
there
was
Mr.
Jellyby
.
Really
when
he
used
to
come
in
of
an
evening
,
and
ask
Caddy
in
his
meek
voice
how
she
was
,
and
then
sit
down
with
his
head
against
the
wall
,
and
make
no
attempt
to
say
anything
more
,
I
liked
him
very
much
.
If
he
found
me
bustling
about
,
doing
any
little
thing
,
he
sometimes
half
took
his
coat
off
,
as
if
with
an
intention
of
helping
by
a
great
exertion
;
but
he
never
got
any
further
.
His
sole
occupation
was
to
sit
with
his
head
against
the
wall
,
looking
hard
at
the
thoughtful
baby
;
and
I
could
not
quite
divest
my
mind
of
a
fancy
that
they
understood
one
another
.
I
have
not
counted
Mr.
Woodcourt
among
our
visitors
,
because
he
was
now
Caddy
's
regular
attendant
.
She
soon
began
to
improve
under
his
care
;
but
he
was
so
gentle
,
so
skilful
,
so
unwearying
in
the
pains
he
took
,
that
it
is
not
to
be
wondered
at
,
I
am
sure
.
I
saw
a
good
deal
of
Mr.
Woodcourt
during
this
time
,
though
not
so
much
as
might
be
supposed
;
for
,
knowing
Caddy
to
be
safe
in
his
hands
,
I
often
slipped
home
at
about
the
hours
when
he
was
expected
.
We
frequently
met
,
notwithstanding
.
I
was
quite
reconciled
to
myself
now
;
but
I
still
felt
glad
to
think
that
he
was
sorry
for
me
,
and
he
still
was
sorry
for
me
I
believed
.
He
helped
Mr.
Badger
in
his
professional
engagements
,
which
were
numerous
;
and
had
as
yet
no
settled
projects
for
the
future
.
It
was
when
Caddy
began
to
recover
,
that
I
began
to
notice
a
change
in
my
dear
girl
.
I
cannot
say
how
it
first
presented
itself
to
me
;
because
I
observed
it
in
many
slight
particulars
,
which
were
nothing
in
themselves
,
and
only
became
something
when
they
were
pieced
together
.
But
I
made
out
,
by
putting
them
together
,
that
Ada
was
not
so
frankly
cheerful
with
me
as
she
used
to
be
.
Her
tenderness
for
me
was
as
loving
and
true
as
ever
;
I
did
not
for
a
moment
doubt
that
;
but
there
was
a
quiet
sorrow
about
her
which
she
did
not
confide
to
me
,
and
in
which
I
traced
some
hidden
regret
.
Now
I
could
not
understand
this
;
and
I
was
so
anxious
for
the
happiness
of
my
own
pet
,
that
it
caused
me
some
uneasiness
,
and
set
me
thinking
often
.
At
length
,
feeling
sure
that
Ada
suppressed
this
something
from
me
,
lest
it
should
make
me
unhappy
too
,
it
came
into
my
head
that
she
was
a
little
grieved
—
for
me
—
by
what
I
had
told
her
about
Bleak
House
.
How
I
persuaded
myself
that
this
was
likely
,
I
do
n't
know
.
I
had
no
idea
that
there
was
any
selfish
reference
in
my
doing
so
.
I
was
not
grieved
for
myself
:
I
was
quite
contented
and
quite
happy
.
Still
,
that
Ada
might
be
thinking
—
for
me
,
though
I
had
abandoned
all
such
thoughts
—
of
what
once
was
,
but
was
now
all
changed
,
seemed
so
easy
to
believe
,
that
I
believed
it
.
What
could
I
do
to
reassure
my
darling
(
I
considered
then
)
and
show
her
that
I
had
no
such
feelings
?
Well
!
I
could
only
be
as
brisk
and
busy
as
possible
;
and
that
,
I
had
tried
to
be
all
along
.
However
,
as
Caddy
's
illness
had
certainly
interfered
,
more
or
less
,
with
my
home
duties
—
though
I
had
always
been
there
in
the
morning
to
make
my
guardian
's
breakfast
,
and
he
had
a
hundred
times
laughed
,
and
said
there
must
be
two
little
women
,
for
his
little
woman
was
never
missing
—
I
resolved
to
be
doubly
diligent
and
gay
.
So
I
went
about
the
house
,
humming
all
the
tunes
I
knew
;
and
I
sat
working
and
working
in
a
desperate
manner
,
and
I
talked
and
talked
,
morning
noon
and
night
.
And
still
there
was
the
same
shade
between
me
and
my
darling
.
“
So
,
Dame
Trot
,
”
observed
my
guardian
shutting
up
his
book
,
one
night
when
we
were
all
three
together
;
“
so
,
Woodcourt
has
restored
Caddy
Jellyby
to
the
full
enjoyment
of
life
again
?
”
“
Yes
,
”
I
said
;
“
and
to
be
repaid
by
such
gratitude
as
hers
,
is
to
be
made
rich
,
guardian
.
”
“
I
wish
it
was
,
”
he
returned
,
“
with
all
my
heart
.
”
So
did
I
too
,
for
that
matter
.
I
said
so
.
“
Aye
!
We
would
make
him
as
rich
as
a
Jew
,
if
we
knew
how
.
Would
we
not
,
little
woman
?
”
I
laughed
as
I
worked
,
and
replied
that
I
was
not
sure
about
that
,
for
it
might
spoil
him
,
and
he
might
not
be
so
useful
,
and
there
might
be
many
who
could
ill
spare
him
.
As
,
Miss
Flite
,
and
Caddy
herself
,
and
many
others
.
“
True
,
”
said
my
guardian
.
“
I
had
forgotten
that
.
But
we
would
agree
to
make
him
rich
enough
to
live
,
I
suppose
?
Rich
enough
to
work
with
tolerable
peace
of
mind
?
Rich
enough
to
have
his
own
happy
home
,
and
his
own
household
gods
—
and
household
goddess
too
,
perhaps
?
”
That
was
quite
another
thing
,
I
said
.
We
must
all
agree
in
that
.
“
To
be
sure
,
”
said
my
guardian
.
“
All
of
us
.
I
have
a
great
regard
for
Woodcourt
,
a
high
esteem
for
him
;
and
I
have
been
sounding
him
delicately
about
his
plans
.
It
is
difficult
to
offer
aid
to
an
independent
man
,
with
that
just
kind
of
pride
which
he
possesses
.
And
yet
I
would
be
glad
to
do
it
if
I
might
,
or
if
I
knew
how
.
He
seems
half
inclined
for
another
voyage
.
But
that
appears
like
casting
such
a
man
away
.
”
“
It
might
open
a
new
world
to
him
,
”
said
I
.
“
So
it
might
,
little
woman
,
”
my
guardian
assented
.
“
I
doubt
if
he
expects
much
of
the
old
world
.
Do
you
know
I
have
fancied
that
he
sometimes
feels
some
particular
disappointment
,
or
misfortune
,
encountered
in
it
.
You
never
heard
of
anything
of
that
sort
?
”
I
shook
my
head
.
“
Humph
,
”
said
my
guardian
.
“
I
am
mistaken
,
I
dare
say
.
”
As
there
was
a
little
pause
here
,
which
I
thought
,
for
my
dear
girl
's
satisfaction
,
had
better
be
filled
up
,
I
hummed
an
air
as
I
worked
which
was
a
favorite
with
my
guardian
.
“
And
do
you
think
Mr.
Woodcourt
will
make
another
voyage
?
”
I
asked
him
,
when
I
had
hummed
it
quietly
all
through
.
“
I
do
n't
quite
know
what
to
think
,
my
dear
,
but
I
should
say
it
was
likely
at
present
that
he
will
give
a
long
trial
to
another
country
.
”
“
I
am
sure
he
will
take
the
best
wishes
of
all
our
hearts
with
him
wherever
he
goes
,
”
said
I
;
“
and
though
they
are
not
riches
,
he
will
never
be
the
poorer
for
them
,
guardian
,
at
least
.
”
“
Never
,
little
woman
,
”
he
replied
.
I
was
sitting
in
my
usual
place
,
which
was
now
beside
my
guardian
's
chair
.
That
had
not
been
my
usual
place
before
the
letter
,
but
it
was
now
.
I
looked
up
at
Ada
,
who
was
sitting
opposite
;
and
I
saw
,
as
she
looked
at
me
,
that
her
eyes
were
filled
with
tears
,
and
that
tears
were
falling
down
her
face
.
I
felt
that
I
had
only
to
be
placid
and
merry
,
once
for
all
to
undeceive
my
dear
,
and
set
her
loving
heart
at
rest
.
I
really
was
so
,
and
I
had
nothing
to
do
but
to
be
myself
.
So
I
made
my
sweet
girl
lean
upon
my
shoulder
—
how
little
thinking
what
was
heavy
on
her
mind
!
—
and
I
said
she
was
not
quite
well
,
and
put
my
arm
about
her
,
and
took
her
up-stairs
.
When
we
were
in
our
own
room
,
and
when
she
might
perhaps
have
told
me
what
I
was
so
unprepared
to
hear
,
I
gave
her
no
encouragement
to
confide
in
me
;
I
never
thought
she
stood
in
need
of
it
.
“
O
my
dear
good
Esther
,
”
said
Ada
,
“
if
I
could
only
make
up
my
mind
to
speak
to
you
and
my
cousin
John
,
when
you
are
together
!
”
“
Why
,
my
love
!
”
I
remonstrated
.
“
Ada
?
why
should
you
not
speak
to
us
!
”
Ada
only
drooped
her
head
and
pressed
me
closer
to
her
heart
.
“
You
surely
do
n't
forget
,
my
beauty
,
”
said
I
,
smiling
,
“
what
quiet
old-fashioned
people
we
are
,
and
how
I
have
settled
down
to
be
the
discreetest
of
dames
?
You
do
n't
forget
how
happily
and
peacefully
my
life
is
all
marked
out
for
me
,
and
by
whom
?
I
am
certain
that
you
do
n't
forget
by
what
a
noble
character
,
Ada
.
That
can
never
be
.
”
“
No
,
never
,
Esther
.
”
“
Why
,
then
,
my
dear
,
”
said
I
,
“
there
can
be
nothing
amiss
—
and
why
should
you
not
speak
to
us
!
”
“
Nothing
amiss
,
Esther
?
”
returned
Ada
.
“
O
when
I
think
of
all
these
years
,
and
of
his
fatherly
care
and
kindness
,
and
of
the
old
relations
among
us
,
and
of
you
,
what
shall
I
do
,
what
shall
I
do
!
”
I
looked
at
my
child
in
some
wonder
,
but
I
thought
it
better
not
to
answer
,
otherwise
than
by
cheering
her
;
and
so
I
turned
off
into
many
little
recollections
of
our
life
together
,
and
prevented
her
from
saying
more
.
When
she
lay
down
to
sleep
,
and
not
before
,
I
returned
to
my
guardian
to
say
good
night
;
and
then
I
came
back
to
Ada
,
and
sat
near
her
for
a
little
while
.
She
was
asleep
,
and
I
thought
as
I
looked
at
her
that
she
was
a
little
changed
.
I
had
thought
so
,
more
than
once
lately
.
I
could
not
decide
,
even
looking
at
her
while
she
was
unconscious
,
how
she
was
changed
;
but
something
in
the
familiar
beauty
of
her
face
looked
different
to
me
.
My
guardian
's
old
hopes
of
her
and
Richard
arose
sorrowfully
in
my
mind
,
and
I
said
to
myself
,
“
she
has
been
anxious
about
him
,
”
and
I
wondered
how
that
love
would
end
.
When
I
had
come
home
from
Caddy
's
while
she
was
ill
,
I
had
often
found
Ada
at
work
,
and
she
had
always
put
her
work
away
,
and
I
had
never
known
what
it
was
.
Some
of
it
now
lay
in
a
drawer
near
her
,
which
was
not
quite
closed
.
I
did
not
open
the
drawer
;
but
I
still
rather
wondered
what
the
work
could
be
,
for
it
was
evidently
nothing
for
herself
.
And
I
noticed
as
I
kissed
my
dear
,
that
she
lay
with
one
hand
under
her
pillow
so
that
it
was
hidden
.
How
much
less
amiable
I
must
have
been
than
they
thought
me
,
how
much
less
amiable
than
I
thought
myself
,
to
be
so
preoccupied
with
my
own
cheerfulness
and
contentment
,
as
to
think
that
it
only
rested
with
me
to
put
my
dear
girl
right
,
and
set
her
mind
at
peace
!
But
I
lay
down
,
self-deceived
,
in
that
belief
.
And
I
awoke
in
it
next
day
,
to
find
that
there
was
still
the
same
shade
between
me
and
my
darling
.
CHAPTER
LI
.
ENLIGHTENED
.
WHEN
Mr.
Woodcourt
arrived
in
London
,
he
went
,
that
very
same
day
,
to
Mr.
Vholes
's
in
Symond
's
Inn
.
For
he
never
once
,
from
the
moment
when
I
entreated
him
to
be
a
friend
to
Richard
,
neglected
or
forgot
his
promise
.
He
had
told
me
that
he
accepted
the
charge
as
a
sacred
trust
,
and
he
was
ever
true
to
it
in
that
spirit
.
He
found
Mr.
Vholes
in
his
office
,
and
informed
Mr.
Vholes
of
his
agreement
with
Richard
,
that
he
should
call
there
to
learn
his
address
.
“
Just
so
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
.
“
Mr.
C
's
address
is
not
a
hundred
miles
from
here
,
sir
,
Mr.
C
's
address
is
not
a
hundred
miles
from
here
.
Would
you
take
a
seat
,
sir
.
”
Mr.
Woodcourt
thanked
Mr.
Vholes
,
but
he
had
no
business
with
him
beyond
what
he
had
mentioned
.
“
Just
so
,
sir
.
I
believe
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
,
still
quietly
insisting
on
the
seat
by
not
giving
the
address
,
“
that
you
have
influence
with
Mr.
C
.
Indeed
I
am
aware
that
you
have
.
”
“
I
was
not
aware
of
it
myself
,
”
returned
Mr.
Woodcourt
;
“
but
I
suppose
you
know
best
.
”
“
Sir
,
”
rejoined
Mr.
Vholes
,
self-contained
,
as
usual
,
voice
and
all
,
“
it
is
a
part
of
my
professional
duty
to
know
best
.
It
is
a
part
of
my
professional
duty
,
to
study
and
to
understand
a
gentleman
who
confides
his
interests
to
me
.
In
my
professional
duty
I
shall
not
be
wanting
,
sir
,
if
I
know
it
.
I
may
,
with
the
best
intentions
,
be
wanting
in
it
without
knowing
it
;
but
not
if
I
know
it
,
sir
.
”
Mr.
Woodcourt
again
mentioned
the
address
.
“
Give
me
leave
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
.
“
Bear
with
me
for
a
moment
.
Sir
,
Mr.
C
is
playing
for
a
considerable
stake
,
and
cannot
play
without
—
need
I
say
what
?
”
“
Money
,
I
presume
?
”
“
Sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
,
“
to
be
honest
with
you
(
honesty
being
my
golden
rule
,
whether
I
gain
by
it
or
lose
,
and
I
find
that
I
generally
lose
)
,
money
is
the
word
.
Now
,
sir
upon
the
chances
of
Mr.
C
's
game
I
express
to
you
no
opinion
,
no
opinion
.
It
might
be
highly
impolitic
in
Mr.
C
,
after
playing
so
long
and
so
high
,
to
leave
off
;
it
might
be
the
reverse
.
I
say
nothing
.
No
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
,
bringing
his
hand
flat
down
upon
his
desk
,
in
a
positive
manner
,
“
nothing
.
”
“
You
seem
to
forget
,
”
returned
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
“
that
I
ask
you
to
say
nothing
,
and
have
no
interest
in
anything
you
say
.
”
“
Pardon
me
,
sir
!
”
retorted
Mr.
Vholes
,
“
you
do
yourself
an
injustice
.
No
,
sir
!
Pardon
me
!
You
shall
not
—
shall
not
in
my
office
,
if
I
know
it
—
do
yourself
an
injustice
.
You
are
interested
in
anything
,
and
in
everything
,
that
relates
to
your
friend
.
I
know
human
nature
much
better
,
sir
,
than
to
admit
for
an
instant
that
a
gentleman
of
your
appearance
is
not
interested
in
whatever
concerns
his
friend
.
”
“
Well
,
”
replied
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
“
that
may
be
.
I
am
particularly
interested
in
his
address
.
”
“
(
The
number
,
sir
,
”
)
said
Mr.
Vholes
,
parenthetically
,
(
“
I
believe
I
have
already
mentioned
.
)
If
Mr.
C
is
to
continue
to
play
for
this
considerable
stake
,
sir
,
he
must
have
funds
.
Understand
me
!
There
are
funds
in
hand
at
present
.
I
ask
for
nothing
;
there
are
funds
in
hand
.
But
,
for
the
onward
play
,
more
funds
must
be
provided
;
unless
Mr.
C
is
to
throw
away
what
he
has
already
ventured
—
which
is
wholly
and
solely
a
point
for
his
consideration
.
This
,
sir
,
I
take
the
opportunity
of
stating
openly
to
you
,
as
the
friend
of
Mr.
C
.
Without
funds
,
I
shall
always
be
happy
to
appear
and
act
for
Mr.
C
,
to
the
extent
of
all
such
costs
as
are
safe
to
be
allowed
out
of
the
estate
:
not
beyond
that
.
I
could
not
go
beyond
that
,
sir
,
without
wronging
some
one
.
I
must
either
wrong
my
three
dear
girls
;
or
my
venerable
father
,
who
is
entirely
dependent
on
me
—
in
the
Vale
of
Taunton
;
or
some
one
.
Whereas
,
sir
,
my
resolution
is
(
call
it
weakness
or
folly
if
you
please
)
to
wrong
no
one
.
”
Mr.
Woodcourt
rather
sternly
rejoined
that
he
was
glad
to
hear
it
.
“
I
wish
,
sir
,
”
said
Mr.
Vholes
,
“
to
leave
a
good
name
behind
me
.
Therefore
,
I
take
every
opportunity
of
openly
stating
to
a
friend
of
Mr.
C
,
how
Mr.
C
is
situated
.
As
to
myself
,
sir
,
the
labourer
is
worthy
of
his
hire
.
If
I
undertake
to
put
my
shoulder
to
the
wheel
,
I
do
it
,
and
I
earn
what
I
get
.
I
am
here
for
that
purpose
.
My
name
is
painted
on
the
door
outside
,
with
that
object
.
”
“
And
Mr.
Carstone
's
address
,
Mr.
Vholes
?
”
“
Sir
,
”
returned
Mr.
Vholes
,
“
as
I
believe
I
have
already
mentioned
,
it
is
next
door
.
On
the
second
story
you
will
find
Mr.
C
's
apartments
.
Mr.
C
desires
to
be
near
his
professional
adviser
;
and
I
am
far
from
objecting
,
for
I
court
inquiry
.
”
Upon
this
,
Mr.
Woodcourt
wished
Mr.
Vholes
good
day
,
and
went
in
search
of
Richard
,
the
change
in
whose
appearance
he
began
to
understand
now
but
too
well
.
He
found
him
in
a
dull
room
,
fadedly
furnished
;
much
as
I
had
found
him
in
his
barrack-room
but
a
little
while
before
,
except
that
he
was
not
writing
,
but
was
sitting
with
a
book
before
him
,
from
which
his
eyes
and
thoughts
were
far
astray
.
As
the
door
chanced
to
be
standing
open
,
Mr.
Woodcourt
was
in
his
presence
for
some
moments
without
being
perceived
;
and
he
told
me
that
he
never
could
forget
the
haggardness
of
his
face
,
and
the
dejection
of
his
manner
,
before
he
was
aroused
from
his
dream
.
“
Woodcourt
,
my
dear
fellow
!
”
cried
Richard
,
starting
up
with
extended
hands
,
“
you
come
upon
my
vision
like
a
ghost
.
”
“
A
friendly
one
,
”
he
replied
,
“
and
only
waiting
,
as
they
say
ghosts
do
,
to
be
addressed
.
How
does
the
mortal
world
go
?
”
They
were
seated
now
,
near
together
.
“
Badly
enough
,
and
slowly
enough
,
”
said
Richard
;
“
speaking
at
least
for
my
part
of
it
.
”
“
What
part
is
that
?
”
“
The
Chancery
part
.
”
“
I
never
heard
,
”
returned
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
shaking
his
head
,
“
of
its
going
well
yet
.
”
“
Nor
I
,
”
said
Richard
,
moodily
.
“
Who
ever
did
?
”
He
brightened
again
in
a
moment
,
and
said
,
with
his
natural
openness
:
“
Woodcourt
,
I
should
be
sorry
to
be
misunderstood
by
you
,
even
if
I
gained
by
it
in
your
estimation
.
You
must
know
that
I
have
done
no
good
this
long
time
.
I
have
not
intended
to
do
much
harm
,
but
I
seem
to
have
been
capable
of
nothing
else
.
It
may
be
that
I
should
have
done
better
by
keeping
out
of
the
net
into
which
my
destiny
has
worked
me
;
but
I
think
not
,
though
I
dare
say
you
will
soon
hear
,
if
you
have
not
already
heard
,
a
very
different
opinion
.
To
make
short
of
a
long
story
,
I
am
afraid
I
have
wanted
an
object
;
but
I
have
an
object
now
—
or
it
has
me
—
and
it
is
too
late
to
discuss
it
.
Take
me
as
I
am
,
and
make
the
best
of
me
.
”
“
A
bargain
,
”
said
Mr.
Woodcourt
.
“
Do
as
much
by
me
in
return
.
”
“
Oh
!
You
,
”
returned
Richard
,
“
you
can
pursue
your
art
for
its
own
sake
;
and
can
put
your
hand
upon
the
plough
,
and
never
turn
;
and
can
strike
a
purpose
out
of
anything
.
You
,
and
I
,
are
very
different
creatures
.
”
He
spoke
regretfully
,
and
lapsed
for
a
moment
into
his
weary
condition
.
“
Well
,
well
!
”
he
cried
,
shaking
it
off
,
“
everything
has
an
end
.
We
shall
see
!
So
you
will
take
me
as
I
am
,
and
make
the
best
of
me
?
”
“
Aye
!
indeed
I
will
.
”
They
shook
hands
upon
it
laughingly
,
but
in
deep
earnestness
.
I
can
answer
,
for
one
of
them
,
with
my
heart
of
hearts
.
“
You
come
as
a
godsend
,
”
said
Richard
,
“
for
I
have
seen
nobody
here
yet
but
Vholes
.
Woodcourt
,
there
is
one
subject
I
should
like
to
mention
,
for
once
and
for
all
,
in
the
beginning
of
our
treaty
.
You
can
hardly
make
the
best
of
me
if
I
do
n't
.
You
know
,
I
dare
say
,
that
I
have
an
attachment
to
my
cousin
Ada
?
”
Mr.
Woodcourt
replied
that
I
had
hinted
as
much
to
him
.
“
Now
pray
,
”
returned
Richard
,
“
do
n't
think
me
a
heap
of
selfishness
.
Do
n't
suppose
that
I
am
splitting
my
head
and
half
breaking
my
heart
over
this
miserable
Chancery
suit
,
for
my
own
rights
and
interests
alone
.
Ada
's
are
bound
up
with
mine
;
they
ca
n't
be
separated
;
Vholes
works
for
both
of
us
.
Do
think
of
that
!
”
He
was
so
very
solicitous
on
this
head
,
that
Mr.
Woodcourt
gave
him
the
strongest
assurances
that
he
did
him
no
injustice
.
“
You
see
,
”
said
Richard
,
with
something
pathetic
in
his
manner
of
lingering
on
the
point
,
though
it
was
off-hand
and
unstudied
,
“
to
an
upright
fellow
like
you
,
bringing
a
friendly
face
like
yours
here
,
I
cannot
bear
the
thought
of
appearing
selfish
and
mean
.
I
want
to
see
Ada
righted
,
Woodcourt
,
as
well
as
myself
;
I
want
to
do
my
utmost
to
right
her
,
as
well
as
myself
;
I
venture
what
I
can
scrape
together
to
extricate
her
,
as
well
as
myself
.
Do
,
I
beseech
you
,
think
of
that
!
”
Afterwards
,
when
Mr.
Woodcourt
came
to
reflect
on
what
had
passed
,
he
was
so
very
much
impressed
by
the
strength
of
Richard
's
anxiety
on
this
point
,
that
in
telling
me
generally
of
his
first
visit
to
Symond
's
Inn
,
he
particularly
dwelt
upon
it
.
It
revived
a
fear
I
had
had
before
,
that
my
dear
girl
's
little
property
would
be
absorbed
by
Mr.
Vholes
,
and
that
Richard
's
justification
to
himself
would
be
sincerely
this
.
It
was
just
as
I
began
to
take
care
of
Caddy
,
that
the
interview
took
place
;
and
I
now
return
to
the
time
when
Caddy
had
recovered
,
and
the
shade
was
still
between
me
and
my
darling
.
I
proposed
to
Ada
,
that
morning
,
that
we
should
go
and
see
Richard
.
It
a
little
surprised
me
to
find
that
she
hesitated
,
and
was
not
so
radiantly
willing
as
I
had
expected
.
“
My
dear
,
”
said
I
,
“
you
have
not
had
any
difference
with
Richard
since
I
have
been
so
much
away
?
”
“
No
,
Esther
.
”
“
Not
heard
of
him
,
perhaps
?
”
said
I
.
“
Yes
,
I
have
heard
of
him
,
”
said
Ada
.
Such
tears
in
her
eyes
,
and
such
love
in
her
face
.
I
could
not
make
my
darling
out
.
Should
I
go
to
Richard
's
by
myself
,
I
said
?
No
,
Ada
thought
I
had
better
not
go
by
myself
.
Would
she
go
with
me
?
Yes
,
Ada
thought
she
had
better
go
with
me
.
Should
we
go
now
?
Yes
,
let
us
go
now
.
Well
,
I
could
not
understand
my
darling
,
with
the
tears
in
her
eyes
and
the
love
in
her
face
!
We
were
soon
equipped
,
and
went
out
.
It
was
a
sombre
day
,
and
drops
of
chill
rain
fell
at
intervals
.
It
was
one
of
those
colorless
days
when
everything
looks
heavy
and
harsh
.
The
houses
frowned
at
us
,
the
dust
rose
at
us
,
the
smoke
swooped
at
us
,
nothing
made
any
compromise
about
itself
,
or
wore
a
softened
aspect
.
I
fancied
my
beautiful
girl
quite
out
of
place
in
the
rugged
streets
;
and
I
thought
there
were
more
funerals
passing
along
the
dismal
pavements
,
than
I
had
ever
seen
before
.
We
had
first
to
find
out
Symond
's
Inn
.
We
were
going
to
inquire
in
a
shop
,
when
Ada
said
she
thought
it
was
near
Chancery
Lane
.
“
We
are
not
likely
to
be
far
out
,
my
love
,
if
we
go
in
that
direction
,
”
said
I
.
So
to
Chancery
Lane
we
went
;
and
there
,
sure
enough
,
we
saw
it
written
up
.
Symond
's
Inn
.
We
had
next
to
find
out
the
number
.
“
Or
Mr.
Vholes
's
office
will
do
,
”
I
recollected
,
“
for
Mr.
Vholes
's
office
is
next
door
.
”
Upon
which
Ada
said
,
perhaps
that
was
Mr.
Vholes
's
office
in
the
corner
there
.
And
it
really
was
.
Then
came
the
question
,
which
of
the
two
next
doors
?
I
was
for
going
to
the
one
,
and
my
darling
was
for
going
to
the
other
;
and
my
darling
was
right
again
.
So
,
up
we
went
to
the
second
story
,
where
we
came
to
Richard
's
name
in
great
white
letters
on
a
hearse-like
panel
.
I
should
have
knocked
,
but
Ada
said
perhaps
we
had
better
turn
the
handle
and
go
in
.
Thus
we
came
to
Richard
,
poring
over
a
table
covered
with
dusty
bundles
of
papers
which
seemed
to
me
like
dusty
mirrors
reflecting
his
own
mind
.
Wherever
I
looked
,
I
saw
the
ominous
words
that
ran
in
it
,
repeated
.
Jarndyce
and
Jarndyce
.
He
received
us
very
affectionately
,
and
we
sat
down
.
“
If
you
had
come
a
little
earlier
,
”
he
said
,
“
you
would
have
found
Woodcourt
here
.
There
never
was
such
a
good
fellow
as
Woodcourt
is
.
He
finds
time
to
look
in
between
whiles
,
when
anybody
else
with
half
his
work
to
do
would
be
thinking
about
not
being
able
to
come
.
And
he
is
so
cheery
,
so
fresh
,
so
sensible
,
so
earnest
,
so
—
everything
that
I
am
not
,
that
the
place
brightens
whenever
he
comes
,
and
darkens
whenever
he
goes
again
.
”
“
God
bless
him
,
”
I
thought
,
“
for
his
truth
to
me
!
”
“
He
is
not
so
sanguine
,
Ada
,
”
continued
Richard
,
casting
his
dejected
look
over
the
bundles
of
papers
,
“
as
Vholes
and
I
are
usually
;
but
he
is
only
an
outsider
,
and
is
not
in
the
mysteries
.
We
have
gone
into
them
,
and
he
has
not
.
He
ca
n't
be
expected
to
know
much
of
such
a
labyrinth
.
”
As
his
look
wandered
over
the
papers
again
,
and
he
passed
his
two
hands
over
his
head
,
I
noticed
how
sunken
and
how
large
his
eyes
appeared
,
how
dry
his
lips
were
,
and
how
his
finger-nails
were
all
bitten
away
.
“
Is
this
a
healthy
place
to
live
in
,
Richard
,
do
you
think
?
”
said
I
.
“
Why
,
my
dear
Minerva
,
”
answered
Richard
,
with
his
old
gay
laugh
,
“
it
is
neither
a
rural
nor
a
cheerful
place
;
and
when
the
sun
shines
here
,
you
may
lay
a
pretty
heavy
wager
that
it
is
shining
brightly
in
an
open
spot
.
But
it
's
well
enough
for
the
time
.
It
's
near
the
offices
,
and
near
Vholes
.
“
Perhaps
,
”
I
hinted
,
“
a
change
from
both
—
”
“
—
Might
do
me
good
?
”
said
Richard
,
forcing
a
laugh
as
he
finished
the
sentence
.
“
I
should
n't
wonder
!
But
it
can
only
come
in
one
way
now
—
in
one
of
two
ways
,
I
should
rather
say
.
Either
the
suit
must
be
ended
,
Esther
,
or
the
suitor
.
But
it
shall
be
the
suit
,
the
suit
,
my
dear
girl
!
”
These
latter
words
were
addressed
to
Ada
,
who
was
sitting
nearest
to
him
.
Her
face
being
turned
away
from
me
and
towards
him
,
I
could
not
see
it
.
“
We
are
doing
very
well
,
”
pursued
Richard
.
“
Vholes
will
tell
you
so
.
We
are
really
spinning
along
.
Ask
Vholes
.
We
are
giving
them
no
rest
.
Vholes
knows
all
their
windings
and
turnings
,
and
we
are
upon
them
everywhere
.
We
have
astonished
them
already
.
We
shall
rouse
up
that
nest
of
sleepers
,
mark
my
words
!
”
His
hopefulness
had
long
been
more
painful
to
me
than
his
despondency
;
it
was
so
unlike
hopefulness
,
had
something
so
fierce
in
its
determination
to
be
it
,
was
so
hungry
and
eager
,
and
yet
so
conscious
of
being
forced
and
unsustainable
,
that
it
had
long
touched
me
to
the
heart
.
But
the
commentary
upon
it
now
indelibly
written
in
his
handsome
face
,
made
it
far
more
distressing
than
it
used
to
be
.
I
say
indelibly
;
for
I
felt
persuaded
that
if
the
fatal
cause
could
have
been
for
ever
terminated
,
according
to
his
brightest
visions
,
in
that
same
hour
,
the
traces
of
the
premature
anxiety
,
self-reproach
,
and
disappointment
it
had
occasioned
him
,
would
have
remained
upon
his
features
to
the
hour
of
his
death
.
“
The
sight
of
our
dear
little
woman
,
”
said
Richard
:
Ada
still
remaining
silent
and
quiet
:
“
is
so
natural
to
me
,
and
her
compassionate
face
is
so
like
the
face
of
old
days
—
”
Ah
!
No
,
no.
I
smiled
and
shook
my
head
.
“
—
So
exactly
like
the
face
of
old
days
,
”
said
Richard
in
his
cordial
voice
,
and
taking
my
hand
with
the
brotherly
regard
which
nothing
ever
changed
,
“
that
I
ca
n't
make
pretences
with
her
.
I
fluctuate
a
little
;
that
's
the
truth
.
Sometimes
I
hope
,
my
dear
,
and
sometimes
I
—
do
n't
quite
despair
,
but
nearly
.
I
get
,
”
said
Richard
,
relinquishing
my
hand
gently
,
and
walking
across
the
room
,
“
so
tired
!
”
He
took
a
few
turns
up
and
down
,
and
sunk
upon
the
sofa
.
“
I
get
,
”
he
repeated
gloomily
,
“
so
tired
.
It
is
such
weary
weary
work
!
”
He
was
leaning
on
his
arm
,
saying
these
words
in
a
meditative
voice
,
and
looking
at
the
ground
,
when
my
darling
rose
,
put
off
her
bonnet
,
kneeled
down
beside
him
with
her
golden
hair
falling
like
sunlight
on
his
head
,
clasped
her
two
arms
round
his
neck
,
and
turned
her
face
to
me
.
O
,
what
a
loving
and
devoted
face
I
saw
!
“
Esther
,
dear
,
”
she
said
very
quietly
,
“
I
am
not
going
home
again
.
”
A
light
shone
in
upon
me
all
at
once
.
“
Never
any
more
.
I
am
going
to
stay
with
my
dear
husband
.
We
have
been
married
above
two
months
.
Go
home
without
me
,
my
own
Esther
;
I
shall
never
go
home
any
more
!
”
With
those
words
my
darling
drew
his
head
down
on
her
breast
,
and
held
it
there
.
And
if
ever
in
my
life
I
saw
a
love
that
nothing
but
death
could
change
,
I
saw
it
then
before
me
.
“
Speak
to
Esther
,
my
dearest
,
”
said
Richard
,
breaking
the
silence
presently
.
“
Tell
her
how
it
was
.
”
I
met
her
before
she
could
come
to
me
,
and
folded
her
in
my
arms
.
We
neither
of
us
spoke
;
but
with
her
cheek
against
my
own
,
I
wanted
to
hear
nothing
.
“
My
pet
,
”
said
I
.
“
My
love
.
My
poor
,
poor
girl
!
”
I
pitied
her
so
much
.
I
was
very
fond
of
Richard
,
but
the
impulse
that
I
had
upon
me
was
to
pity
her
so
much
.
“
Esther
,
will
you
forgive
me
?
Will
my
cousin
John
forgive
me
?
”
“
My
dear
,
”
said
I
,
“
to
doubt
it
for
a
moment
,
is
to
do
him
a
great
wrong
.
And
as
to
me
!
”
—
why
,
as
to
me
,
what
had
I
to
forgive
!
I
dried
my
sobbing
darling
's
eyes
,
and
sat
beside
her
on
the
sofa
,
and
Richard
sat
on
my
other
side
;
and
while
I
was
reminded
of
that
so
different
night
when
they
had
first
taken
me
into
their
confidence
and
had
gone
on
in
their
own
wild
happy
way
,
they
told
me
between
them
how
it
was
.
“
All
I
had
,
was
Richard
's
,
”
Ada
said
;
“
and
Richard
would
not
take
it
,
Esther
,
and
what
could
I
do
but
be
his
wife
when
I
loved
him
dearly
!
”
“
And
you
were
so
fully
and
so
kindly
occupied
,
excellent
Dame
Durden
,
”
said
Richard
,
“
that
how
could
we
speak
to
you
at
such
a
time
!
And
besides
,
it
was
not
a
long-considered
step
.
We
went
out
one
morning
,
and
were
married
.
”
“
And
when
it
was
done
,
Esther
,
”
said
my
darling
,
“
I
was
always
thinking
how
to
tell
you
,
and
what
to
do
for
the
best
.
And
sometimes
I
thought
you
ought
to
know
it
directly
;
and
sometimes
I
thought
you
ought
not
to
know
it
,
and
keep
it
from
my
cousin
John
;
and
I
could
not
tell
what
to
do
,
and
I
fretted
very
much
.
How
selfish
I
must
have
been
,
not
to
have
thought
of
this
before
!
I
do
n't
know
what
I
said
now
.
I
was
so
sorry
,
and
yet
I
was
so
fond
of
them
,
and
so
glad
that
they
were
fond
of
me
;
I
pitied
them
so
much
,
and
yet
I
felt
a
kind
of
pride
in
their
loving
one
another
.
I
never
had
experienced
such
painful
and
pleasurable
emotion
at
one
time
;
and
in
my
own
heart
I
did
not
know
which
predominated
.
But
I
was
not
there
to
darken
their
way
;
I
did
not
do
that
.
When
I
was
less
foolish
and
more
composed
,
my
darling
took
her
wedding
ring
from
her
bosom
,
and
kissed
it
,
and
put
it
on
.
Then
I
remembered
last
night
,
and
told
Richard
that
ever
since
her
marriage
she
had
worn
it
at
night
when
there
was
no
one
to
see
.
Then
Ada
blushingly
asked
me
how
did
I
know
that
,
my
dear
?
Then
I
told
Ada
how
I
had
seen
her
hand
concealed
under
her
pillow
,
and
had
little
thought
why
,
my
dear
.
Then
they
began
telling
me
how
it
was
,
all
over
again
;
and
I
began
to
be
sorry
and
glad
again
,
and
foolish
again
,
and
to
hide
my
plain
old
face
as
much
as
I
could
,
lest
I
should
put
them
out
of
heart
.
Thus
the
time
went
on
,
until
it
became
necessary
for
me
to
think
of
returning
.
When
that
time
arrived
it
was
the
worst
of
all
,
for
then
my
darling
completely
broke
down
.
She
clung
round
my
neck
,
calling
me
by
every
dear
name
she
could
think
of
,
and
saying
what
should
she
do
without
me
!
Nor
was
Richard
much
better
;
and
as
for
me
I
should
have
been
the
worst
of
the
three
,
if
I
had
not
severely
said
to
myself
,
“
Now
,
Esther
,
if
you
do
,
I
'll
never
speak
to
you
again
!
”
“
Why
,
I
declare
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
never
saw
such
a
wife
.
I
do
n't
think
she
loves
her
husband
at
all
.
Here
,
Richard
,
take
my
child
,
for
goodness
'
sake
.
”
But
I
held
her
tight
all
the
while
,
and
could
have
wept
over
her
I
do
n't
know
how
long
.
“
I
give
this
dear
young
couple
notice
,
”
said
I
,
“
that
I
am
only
going
away
to
come
back
to-morrow
;
and
that
I
shall
be
always
coming
backwards
and
forwards
,
until
Symond
's
Inn
is
tired
of
the
sight
of
me
.
So
I
shall
not
say
good
bye
,
Richard
.
For
what
would
be
the
use
of
that
,
you
know
,
when
I
am
coming
back
so
soon
!
”
I
had
given
my
darling
to
him
now
,
and
I
meant
to
go
;
but
I
lingered
for
one
more
look
of
the
precious
face
,
which
it
seemed
to
rive
my
heart
to
turn
from
.
So
I
said
(
in
a
merry
,
bustling
manner
)
that
unless
they
gave
me
some
encouragement
to
come
back
,
I
was
not
sure
that
I
could
take
that
liberty
;
upon
which
my
dear
girl
looked
up
,
faintly
smiling
through
her
tears
,
and
I
folded
her
lovely
face
between
my
hands
,
and
gave
it
one
last
kiss
,
and
laughed
,
and
ran
away
.
And
when
I
got
down-stairs
,
O
how
I
cried
!
It
almost
seemed
to
me
that
I
had
lost
my
Ada
for
ever
.
I
was
so
lonely
,
and
so
blank
without
her
,
and
it
was
so
desolate
to
be
going
home
with
no
hope
of
seeing
her
there
,
that
I
could
get
no
comfort
for
a
little
while
,
as
I
walked
up
and
down
in
a
dim
corner
,
sobbing
and
crying
.
I
came
to
myself
by-and-by
,
after
a
little
scolding
,
and
took
a
coach
home
.
The
poor
boy
whom
I
had
found
at
St.
Albans
had
reappeared
a
short
time
before
,
and
was
lying
at
the
point
of
death
;
indeed
,
was
then
dead
,
though
I
did
not
know
it
.
My
guardian
had
gone
out
to
inquire
about
him
,
and
did
not
return
to
dinner
.
Being
quite
alone
,
I
cried
a
little
again
;
though
,
on
the
whole
,
I
do
n't
think
I
behaved
so
very
,
very
ill.
It
was
only
natural
that
I
should
not
be
quite
accustomed
to
the
loss
of
my
darling
yet
.
Three
or
four
hours
were
not
a
long
time
,
after
years
.
But
my
mind
dwelt
so
much
upon
the
uncongenial
scene
in
which
I
had
left
her
,
and
I
pictured
it
as
such
an
overshadowed
stony-hearted
one
,
and
I
so
longed
to
be
near
her
,
and
taking
some
sort
of
care
of
her
,
that
I
determined
to
go
back
in
the
evening
,
only
to
look
up
at
her
windows
.
It
was
foolish
,
I
dare
say
;
but
it
did
not
then
seem
at
all
so
to
me
,
and
it
does
not
seem
quite
so
even
now
.
I
took
Charley
into
my
confidence
,
and
we
went
out
at
dusk
.
It
was
dark
when
we
came
to
the
new
strange
home
of
my
dear
girl
,
and
there
was
a
light
behind
the
yellow
blinds
.
We
walked
past
cautiously
three
or
four
times
,
looking
up
;
and
narrowly
missed
encountering
Mr.
Vholes
,
who
came
out
of
his
office
while
we
were
there
,
and
turned
his
head
to
look
up
too
before
going
home
.
The
sight
of
his
lank
black
figure
,
and
the
lonesome
air
of
that
nook
in
the
dark
,
were
favourable
to
the
state
of
my
mind
.
I
thought
of
the
youth
and
love
and
beauty
of
my
dear
girl
,
shut
up
in
such
an
ill-assorted
refuge
,
almost
as
if
it
were
a
cruel
place
.
It
was
very
solitary
and
very
dull
,
and
I
did
not
doubt
that
I
might
safely
steal
up-stairs
.
I
left
Charley
below
,
and
went
up
with
a
light
foot
,
not
distressed
by
any
glare
from
the
feeble
oil
lanterns
on
the
way
.
I
listened
for
a
few
moments
;
and
in
the
musty
rotting
silence
of
the
house
,
believed
that
I
could
hear
the
murmur
of
their
young
voices
.
I
put
my
lips
to
the
hearse-like
panel
of
the
door
,
as
a
kiss
for
my
dear
,
and
came
quietly
down
again
,
thinking
that
one
of
these
days
I
would
confess
to
the
visit
.
And
it
really
did
me
good
;
for
,
though
nobody
but
Charley
and
I
knew
anything
about
it
,
I
somehow
felt
as
if
it
had
diminished
the
separation
between
Ada
and
me
,
and
had
brought
us
together
again
for
those
moments
.
I
went
back
,
not
quite
accustomed
yet
to
the
change
,
but
all
the
better
for
that
hovering
about
my
darling
.
My
guardian
had
come
home
,
and
was
standing
thoughtfully
by
the
dark
window
.
When
I
went
in
,
his
face
cleared
and
he
came
to
his
seat
;
but
he
caught
the
light
upon
my
face
,
as
I
took
mine
.
“
Little
woman
,
”
said
he
.
“
You
have
been
crying
.
”
“
Why
,
yes
,
guardian
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
am
afraid
I
have
been
,
a
little
.
Ada
has
been
in
such
distress
,
and
is
so
very
sorry
,
guardian
.
”
I
put
my
arm
on
the
back
of
his
chair
;
and
I
saw
in
his
glance
that
my
words
,
and
my
look
at
her
empty
place
,
had
prepared
him
.
“
Is
she
married
,
my
dear
?
”
I
told
him
all
about
it
,
and
how
her
first
entreaties
had
referred
to
his
forgiveness
.
“
She
has
no
need
of
it
,
”
said
he
.
“
Heaven
bless
her
,
and
her
husband
!
”
But
just
as
my
first
impulse
had
been
to
pity
her
,
so
was
his
.
“
Poor
girl
,
poor
girl
!
Poor
Rick
!
Poor
Ada
!
”
Neither
of
us
spoke
after
that
;
until
he
said
,
with
a
sigh
,
“
Well
,
well
,
my
dear
!
Bleak
House
is
thinning
fast
.
”
“
But
its
mistress
remains
,
guardian
.
”
Though
I
was
timid
about
saying
it
,
I
ventured
because
of
the
sorrowful
tone
in
which
he
had
spoken
.
“
She
will
do
all
she
can
to
make
it
happy
,
”
said
I
.
“
She
will
succeed
,
my
love
!
”
The
letter
had
made
no
difference
between
us
,
except
that
the
seat
by
his
side
had
come
to
be
mine
;
it
made
none
now
.
He
turned
his
old
bright
fatherly
look
upon
me
,
laid
his
hand
on
my
hand
in
his
old
way
,
and
said
again
,
“
She
will
succeed
,
my
dear
.
Nevertheless
,
Bleak
House
is
thinning
fast
,
O
little
woman
!
”
I
was
sorry
presently
that
this
was
all
we
said
about
that
.
I
was
rather
disappointed
.
I
feared
I
might
not
quite
have
been
all
I
had
meant
to
be
,
since
the
letter
and
the
answer
.
CHAPTER
LII
.
OBSTINACY
.
BUT
one
other
day
had
intervened
,
when
,
early
in
the
morning
as
we
were
going
to
breakfast
,
Mr.
Woodcourt
came
in
haste
with
the
astounding
news
that
a
terrible
murder
had
been
committed
,
for
which
Mr.
George
had
been
apprehended
and
was
in
custody
.
When
he
told
us
that
a
large
reward
was
offered
by
Sir
Leicester
Dedlock
for
the
murderer
's
apprehension
,
I
did
not
in
my
first
consternation
understand
why
;
but
a
few
more
words
explained
to
me
that
the
murdered
person
was
Sir
Leicester
's
lawyer
,
and
immediately
my
mother
's
dread
of
him
rushed
into
my
remembrance
.
This
unforeseen
and
violent
removal
of
one
whom
she
had
long
watched
and
distrusted
,
and
who
had
long
watched
and
distrusted
her
;
one
for
whom
she
could
have
had
few
intervals
of
kindness
,
always
dreading
in
him
a
dangerous
and
secret
enemy
;
appeared
so
awful
,
that
my
first
thoughts
were
of
her
.
How
appalling
to
hear
of
such
a
death
,
and
be
able
to
feel
no
pity
!
How
dreadful
to
remember
,
perhaps
,
that
she
had
sometimes
even
wished
the
old
man
away
,
who
was
so
swiftly
hurried
out
of
life
!
Such
crowding
reflections
,
increasing
the
distress
and
fear
I
always
felt
when
the
name
was
mentioned
,
made
me
so
agitated
that
I
could
scarcely
hold
my
place
at
the
table
.
I
was
quite
unable
to
follow
the
conversation
,
until
I
had
had
a
little
time
to
recover
.
But
when
I
came
to
myself
,
and
saw
how
shocked
my
guardian
was
;
and
found
that
they
were
earnestly
speaking
of
the
suspected
man
,
and
recalling
every
favorable
impression
we
had
formed
of
him
,
out
of
the
good
we
had
known
of
him
;
my
interest
and
my
fears
were
so
strongly
aroused
in
his
behalf
that
I
was
quite
set
up
again
.
“
Guardian
,
you
do
n't
think
it
possible
that
he
is
justly
accused
?
”
“
My
dear
,
I
ca
n't
think
so
.
This
man
whom
we
have
seen
so
open-hearted
and
compassionate
;
who
,
with
the
might
of
a
giant
,
has
the
gentleness
of
a
child
;
who
looks
as
brave
a
fellow
as
ever
lived
,
and
is
so
simple
and
quiet
with
it
;
this
man
justly
accused
of
such
a
crime
?
I
ca
n't
believe
it
.
It
's
not
that
I
do
n't
or
I
wo
n't
.
I
ca
n't
!
’
“
And
I
ca
n't
,
”
said
Mr.
Woodcourt
.
“
Still
,
whatever
we
believe
or
know
of
him
,
we
had
better
not
forget
that
some
appearances
are
against
him
.
He
bore
an
animosity
towards
the
deceased
gentleman
.
He
has
openly
mentioned
it
in
many
places
.
He
is
said
to
have
expressed
himself
violently
towards
him
,
and
he
certainly
did
about
him
,
to
my
knowledge
.
He
admits
that
he
was
alone
,
on
the
scene
of
the
murder
,
within
a
few
minutes
of
its
commission
.
I
sincerely
believe
him
to
be
as
innocent
of
any
participation
in
it
,
as
I
am
;
but
these
are
all
reasons
for
suspicion
falling
upon
him
.
”
“
True
,
”
said
my
guardian
;
and
he
added
,
turning
to
me
,
“
it
would
be
doing
him
a
very
bad
service
,
my
dear
,
to
shut
our
eyes
to
the
truth
in
any
of
these
respects
.
”
I
felt
,
of
course
,
that
we
must
admit
,
not
only
to
ourselves
but
to
others
,
the
full
force
of
the
circumstances
against
him
.
Yet
I
knew
withal
(
I
could
not
help
saying
)
that
their
weight
would
not
induce
us
to
desert
him
in
his
need
.
“
Heaven
forbid
!
”
returned
my
guardian
.
“
We
will
stand
by
him
,
as
he
himself
stood
by
the
two
poor
creatures
who
are
gone
.
”
He
meant
Mr.
Gridley
and
the
boy
,
to
both
of
whom
Mr.
George
had
given
shelter
.
Mr.
Woodcourt
then
told
us
that
the
trooper
's
man
had
been
with
him
before
day
,
after
wandering
about
the
streets
all
night
like
a
distracted
creature
.
That
one
of
the
trooper
's
first
anxieties
was
that
we
should
not
suppose
him
guilty
.
That
he
had
charged
his
messenger
to
represent
his
perfect
innocence
,
with
every
solemn
assurance
he
could
send
us
.
That
Mr.
Woodcourt
had
only
quieted
the
man
by
undertaking
to
come
to
our
house
very
early
in
the
morning
,
with
these
representations
.
He
added
that
he
was
now
upon
his
way
to
see
the
prisoner
himself
.
My
guardian
said
,
directly
,
he
would
go
too
.
Now
,
besides
that
I
liked
the
retired
soldier
very
much
,
and
that
he
liked
me
,
I
had
that
secret
interest
in
what
had
happened
,
which
was
only
known
to
my
guardian
.
I
felt
as
if
it
came
close
and
near
to
me
.
It
seemed
to
become
personally
important
to
myself
that
the
truth
should
be
discovered
,
and
that
no
innocent
people
should
be
suspected
;
for
suspicion
,
once
run
wild
,
might
run
wilder
.
In
a
word
,
I
felt
as
if
it
were
my
duty
and
obligation
to
go
with
them
.
My
guardian
did
not
seek
to
dissuade
me
,
and
I
went
.
It
was
a
large
prison
,
with
many
courts
and
passages
so
like
one
another
,
and
so
uniformly
paved
,
that
I
seemed
to
gain
a
new
comprehension
,
as
I
passed
along
,
of
the
fondness
that
solitary
prisoners
,
shut
up
among
the
same
staring
walls
from
year
to
year
,
have
had
—
as
I
have
read
—
for
a
weed
,
or
a
stray
blade
of
grass
.
In
an
arched
room
by
himself
,
like
a
cellar
up-stairs
:
with
walls
so
glaringly
white
,
that
they
made
the
massive
iron
window-bars
and
iron-bound
door
even
more
profoundly
black
than
they
were
:
we
found
the
trooper
standing
in
a
corner
.
He
had
been
sitting
on
a
bench
there
,
and
had
risen
when
he
heard
the
locks
and
bolts
turn
.
When
he
saw
us
,
he
came
forward
a
step
with
his
usual
heavy
tread
,
and
there
stopped
and
made
a
slight
bow
.
But
as
I
still
advanced
,
putting
out
my
hand
to
him
,
he
understood
us
in
a
moment
.
“
This
is
a
load
off
my
mind
,
I
do
assure
you
,
miss
and
gentlemen
,
”
said
he
,
saluting
us
with
great
heartiness
,
and
drawing
a
long
breath
.
“
And
