composingand
breakfasting
.
She
says
she
has
—
an
idea
.
So
Grantie
and
I
are
going
to
bring
you
lunch
to
the
keeper
's
cottage
at
half-past
one
.
"
"
And
Bertie
?
"
asked
Jack
.
"
Oh
,
you
must
get
Edith
to
tell
you
what
Bertie
's
going
to
do
.
Perhaps
she
'll
want
him
to
turn
over
the
pages
for
her
,
or
give
her
spoonfuls
of
egg
and
bacon
,
while
she
does
her
music
.
He
's
in
the
drawing-room
now
.
Edith
's
appropriated
him
.
She
usually
does
appropriate
somebody
.
We
told
Chesterford
to
get
Bertie
to
come
if
possible
,
but
Edith
's
leave
is
necessary
.
Maud
is
going
to
meet
Mrs.
Vivian
,
who
comes
this
afternoon
,
and
,
as
she
has
some
shopping
to
do
,
she
will
lunch
in
Harchester
,
and
drive
out
afterwards
;
Ledgers
has
had
a
telegram
,
and
has
made
a
blasphemous
departure
for
town
.
He
comes
back
this
evening
.
"
"
Well
,
Dodo
,
"
remarked
Miss
Grantham
,
"
now
let
's
go
on
with
what
we
were
discussing
.
Mr.
Broxton
will
make
a
much
better
umpire
than
the
kitten
.
"
"
Oh
,
shut
up
,
Grantie
,
"
said
Dodo
,
with
fine
candour
,
"
Jack
agrees
with
neither
of
us
.
"
"
Tell
me
what
it
is
,
"
said
Jack
,
"
and
then
I
'll
promise
to
agree
with
somebody
.
"
"
I
do
n't
care
about
your
agreeing
with
me
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
.
"
I
know
I
'm
right
,
so
it
does
n't
signify
what
anybody
else
thinks
.
"
Miss
Grantham
,
it
may
be
noticed
,
showed
some
signs
of
being
ruffled
:
"
Oh
,
now
,
Grantie
's
angry
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
Grantie
,
do
be
amiable
.
Call
her
Grantie
,
Jack
,
"
she
added
with
feeling
.
"
Dodo
,
darling
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
,
"
you
're
really
foolish
,
now
and
then
.
I
'm
perfectly
amiable
.
But
,
you
know
,
if
you
do
n't
care
for
a
man
at
all
,
and
he
does
care
for
you
a
great
deal
,
it
's
sure
to
be
a
failure
.
I
ca
n't
think
of
any
instance
just
now
,
but
I
know
I
'm
right
.
"
Dodo
looked
up
and
caught
Jack
's
eye
for
a
moment
.
Then
she
turned
to
Miss
Grantham
.
"
Dear
Grantie
,
please
shut
up
.
It
's
no
use
trying
to
convince
me
.
I
know
a
case
in
point
just
the
other
way
,
but
I
am
not
at
liberty
to
mention
it
.
Am
I
,
Jack
?
"
"
If
you
mean
the
same
as
the
case
I
'm
thinking
of
,
certainly
not
,
"
said
Jack
.
"
Well
,
I
'm
sure
this
is
very
pleasant
for
me
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
,
in
high
,
cool
tones
.
At
this
moment
a
shrill
voice
called
Dodo
from
the
drawing-room
.
"
Dodo
,
Dodo
,
"
it
cried
,
"
the
man
brought
me
two
tepid
poached
eggs
!
Do
send
me
something
else
.
Is
there
such
a
thing
as
a
grilled
bone
?
"
These
remarks
were
speedily
followed
up
by
the
appearance
of
Miss
Staines
at
the
dining-room
door
.
In
one
hand
she
held
the
despised
eggs
,
in
the
other
a
quire
of
music
paper
.
Behind
her
followed
a
footman
with
her
breakfast-tray
,
in
excusable
ignorance
as
to
what
was
required
of
him
.
"
Dear
Dodo
,
"
she
went
on
,
"
you
know
when
I
'm
composing
a
symphony
I
want
something
more
exciting
than
two
poached
eggs
.
Mr.
Broxton
,
I
know
,
will
take
my
side
.
You
could
n't
eat
poached
eggs
at
a
ball
—
could
you
?
They
might
do
very
well
for
a
funeral
march
or
a
nocturne
,
but
they
wo
n't
do
for
a
symphony
,
especially
for
the
scherzo
.
A
brandy-and-soda
and
a
grilled
bone
is
what
one
really
wants
for
a
scherzo
,
only
that
would
be
quite
out
of
the
question
.
"
Edith
Staines
talked
in
a
loud
,
determined
voice
,
and
emphasised
her
points
with
little
dashes
and
nourishes
of
the
dish
of
poached
eggs
.
At
this
moment
one
of
them
flew
on
to
the
floor
and
exploded
.
But
it
is
an
ill
wind
that
blows
nobody
any
good
,
and
at
any
rate
this
relieved
the
footman
from
his
state
of
indecision
.
His
immediate
mission
was
clearly
to
remove
it
.
Dodo
threw
herself
back
in
her
chair
with
a
peal
of
laughter
.
"
Go
on
,
go
on
,
"
she
cried
,
"
you
are
too
splendid
.
Tell
us
what
you
write
the
presto
on
.
"
"
I
ca
n't
waste
another
moment
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
I
'm
in
the
middle
of
the
most
entrancing
motif
,
which
is
working
out
beautifully
.
Do
you
mind
my
smoking
in
the
drawing-room
?
I
am
awfully
sorry
,
but
it
makes
all
the
difference
to
my
work
.
Burn
a
little
incense
there
afterwards
.
Do
send
me
a
bone
,
Dodo
.
Come
and
hear
me
play
the
scherzo
later
on
.
It
's
the
best
thing
I
've
ever
done
.
Oh
,
by
the
way
,
I
telegraphed
to
Herr
Truffen
to
come
to-morrow
—
he
's
my
conductor
,
you
know
.
You
can
put
him
up
in
the
village
or
the
coal-hole
,
if
you
like
.
He
's
quite
happy
if
he
gets
enough
beer
.
He
's
my
German
conductor
,
you
know
.
I
made
him
entirely
.
I
took
him
to
the
Princess
the
other
day
when
I
was
at
Aix
,
and
we
all
had
beer
together
in
the
verandah
of
the
Beau
Site
.
You
'll
be
amused
with
him
.
"
"
Oh
,
rather
,
"
said
Dodo
;
"
that
will
be
all
right
.
He
can
sleep
in
the
house
.
Will
he
come
early
to-morrow
?
Let
's
see
—
to-morrow
's
Sunday
.
Edith
,
I
've
got
an
idea
.
We
'll
have
a
dear
little
service
in
the
house
—
we
ca
n't
go
to
church
if
it
snows
—
and
you
shall
play
your
Mass
,
and
Herr
What's-his-name
shall
conduct
,
and
Bertie
,
and
Grantie
,
and
you
and
I
will
sing
.
Wo
n't
it
be
lovely
?
You
and
I
will
settle
all
that
this
afternoon
.
Telegraph
to
Truffler
,
or
whatever
his
name
is
,
to
come
by
the
eight-twenty
.
Then
he
'll
be
here
by
twelve
,
and
we
'll
have
the
service
at
a
quarter
past
.
"
"
Dodo
,
that
will
be
grand
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
I
ca
n't
wait
now
.
Good-bye
.
Hurry
up
my
breakfast
—
I
'm
awfully
sharp-set
.
"
Edith
went
back
to
the
drawing-room
,
whistling
in
a
particularly
shrill
manner
.
"
Oh
,
did
you
ever
!
"
said
Dodo
,
who
was
laughing
feebly
in
her
chair
.
"
Edith
really
is
splendid
.
She
is
so
dreadfully
sure
of
herself
,
and
she
tells
you
so
.
And
she
does
talk
so
loud
—
it
goes
right
through
your
head
like
a
chirping
canary
.
Chesterford
ca
n't
bear
her
.
"
Jack
laughed
.
"
She
was
giving
him
advice
about
the
management
of
his
kennels
at
dinner
last
night
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
heard
her
say
to
him
impressively
,
as
she
left
the
room
,
'
Try
brimstone
.
'
It
took
Chesterford
at
least
five
minutes
to
recover
.
He
was
dreadfully
depressed
.
"
"
He
must
take
Mrs.
Vivian
in
to-night
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
You
'll
hear
them
talking
about
slums
,
and
over-crowding
,
and
marriage
among
minors
,
and
the
best
cure
for
dipsomaniacs
.
The
other
night
they
were
talking
about
someone
called
'
Charlie
,
'
affectionately
but
gravely
,
and
I
supposed
they
meant
your
brother
,
Jack
,
but
it
was
the
second
laundress
's
young
man
.
Oh
,
they
shook
their
heads
over
him
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
common
people
are
at
all
interesting
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
.
"
They
only
think
about
things
to
eat
,
and
heaven
,
and
three
aces
,
and
funerals
.
"
She
had
by
this
time
finished
her
breakfast
,
and
stood
warming
her
back
in
a
gentlemanly
manner
by
the
fire
.
The
door
opened
and
Lord
Chesterford
came
in
.
"
Morning
,
Jack
,
"
he
said
,
"
what
a
lazy
chap
you
are
.
It
's
half-past
ten
,
and
you
're
still
breakfasting
.
Dodo
,
what
a
beastly
smell
of
smoke
.
"
"
Oh
,
it
's
Edith
,
"
remarked
Dodo
.
"
You
must
n't
mind
her
,
dear
.
You
know
she
's
doing
a
symphony
,
and
she
has
to
smoke
to
keep
the
inspiration
going
.
Dear
old
boy
,
you
are
so
sweet
about
these
things
;
you
've
never
made
a
fuss
since
I
knew
you
first
.
You
look
very
nice
this
morning
.
I
wish
I
could
dress
in
a
homespun
Norfolk
jacket
and
knickerbockers
.
Grantie
and
I
are
going
to
bring
you
lunch
.
What
should
you
like
?
You
'd
better
have
some
champagne
.
Do
n't
step
in
that
egg
,
dear
;
it
will
make
your
nice
brown
boots
all
beastly
.
It
's
awfully
cold
.
You
'd
better
have
two
bottles
.
Tell
Raikes
to
send
you
two
.
Chesterford
,
I
wish
you
'd
tell
Raikes
to
cut
off
the
end
of
his
nose
.
I
'm
always
afraid
he
'll
hit
me
with
it
when
he
hands
things
.
He
might
have
it
grafted
into
his
chin
,
you
know
;
he
has
n't
got
any
chin
.
Jack
,
have
you
finished
?
Yes
,
you
'd
better
start
.
We
'll
meet
you
at
the
bothy
.
I
'll
go
and
ask
Edith
if
she
can
spare
Bertie
.
"
"
What
does
she
want
Bertie
for
?
"
said
Chesterford
.
"
Oh
,
I
expect
she
'll
let
him
come
,
"
remarked
Dodo
;
"
she
's
really
busy
this
morning
.
She
's
been
composing
since
a
quarter
past
eight
.
"
Dodo
went
across
the
hall
and
opened
the
drawing-room
door
.
Edith
was
completely
absorbed
in
her
work
.
The
grilled
bone
lay
untouched
on
a
small
table
by
the
piano
.
Bertie
was
sitting
before
the
fire
.
"
Bertie
,
"
said
Dodo
,
"
are
you
coming
shooting
?
"
This
woke
Edith
up
.
"
Oh
,
it
's
splendid
,
"
she
said
.
"
Dodo
,
listen
to
this
.
"
She
ran
her
hands
over
the
piano
,
and
then
broke
out
into
a
quick
,
rippling
scherzo
.
The
music
flew
on
,
as
if
all
the
winds
of
heaven
were
blowing
it
;
then
it
slowed
down
,
halted
a
moment
,
and
repeated
itself
till
Dodo
burst
out
:
"
Oh
,
Edith
,
it
's
lovely
!
I
want
to
dance
.
"
She
wheeled
a
table
out
of
the
way
,
kicked
a
chair
across
the
room
,
and
began
turning
and
twisting
with
breathless
rapidity
.
Her
graceful
figure
looked
admirable
in
the
quick
movements
of
her
impromptu
dance
.
Bertie
thought
he
had
never
seen
anything
so
deliciously
fresh
.
Dodo
danced
with
peculiar
abandon
.
Every
inch
of
her
moved
in
perfect
time
and
harmony
to
the
music
.
She
had
caught
up
a
thin
,
Indian
shawl
from
one
of
the
sofas
,
and
passed
it
behind
her
back
,
round
her
head
,
this
way
and
that
,
bending
,
till
at
one
moment
it
swept
the
ground
in
front
of
her
,
at
another
flew
in
beautiful
curves
high
above
her
head
,
till
at
last
the
music
stopped
,
and
she
threw
herself
down
exhausted
in
an
arm-chair
.
"
Oh
,
that
was
glorious
,
"
she
panted
.
"
Edith
,
you
are
a
genius
.
I
never
felt
like
that
before
.
I
did
n't
dance
at
all
,
it
was
the
music
that
danced
,
and
pulled
me
along
with
it
.
"
"
That
was
the
best
compliment
my
music
has
ever
received
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
That
scherzo
was
meant
to
make
you
want
to
dance
.
Now
,
Dodo
,
could
I
have
done
that
after
eating
two
poached
eggs
?
"
"
You
may
have
grilled
bones
seven
times
a
day
,
"
said
Dodo
,
"
if
you
'll
compose
another
scherzo
.
"
"
I
wanted
a
name
for
the
symphony
,
"
said
Edith
,
"
and
I
shall
call
it
the
'
Dodo
.
'
That
's
a
great
honour
,
Dodo
.
Now
,
if
you
only
feel
miserable
during
the
'
Andante
,
'
I
shall
be
satisfied
.
But
you
came
about
something
else
,
I
forget
what
.
"
"
Oh
,
about
Bertie
.
Is
he
coming
shooting
?
"
.
"
I
wish
it
was
right
for
women
to
shoot
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
I
do
shoot
when
I
'm
at
home
,
and
there
's
no
one
there
.
Anyhow
I
could
n't
to-day
.
I
must
finish
this
.
Dodo
,
if
you
are
going
to
take
lunch
with
them
,
I
'll
come
with
you
,
if
you
do
n't
go
too
early
.
You
know
this
music
makes
me
perfectly
wild
,
but
it
ca
n't
be
done
on
poached
eggs
.
Now
set
me
down
at
the
Handel
Festival
,
and
I
'll
be
content
with
high
,
tea
—
cold
meat
and
muffins
,
you
know
.
Handel
always
reminds
me
of
high
tea
,
particularly
the
muffins
.
He
must
have
written
the
'
Messiah
'
between
tea
and
dinner
on
Sunday
evening
,
after
an
afternoon
service
in
summer
.
I
've
often
thought
of
taking
the
Salvation
Army
hymn-book
and
working
the
tunes
up
into
fugual
choruses
,
and
publishing
them
as
a
lost
work
of
Handel
's
,
Noah
,
or
Zebedee
's
children
,
or
the
Five
Foolish
Virgins
.
I
do
n't
believe
anyone
would
know
the
difference
.
"
Dodo
was
turning
over
the
leaves
of
Edith
's
score
book
.
"
I
give
it
up
,
"
she
said
at
last
;
"
you
are
such
a
jumble
of
opposites
.
You
sit
down
and
write
a
Sanctus
,
which
makes
one
feel
as
if
one
wants
to
be
a
Roman
Catholic
archbishop
,
and
all
the
time
you
are
smoking
cigarettes
and
eating
grilled
bone
.
"
"
Oh
,
everyone
's
a
jumble
of
opposites
,
"
said
Edith
,
"
when
you
come
to
look
at
them
.
It
's
only
because
my
opposites
are
superficial
,
that
you
notice
them
.
A
Sanctus
is
only
a
form
of
expression
for
thoughts
which
everyone
has
,
even
though
their
tastes
appear
to
lie
in
the
music-hall
line
;
and
music
is
an
intelligible
way
of
expressing
these
thoughts
.
Most
people
are
born
dumb
with
regard
to
their
emotions
,
and
you
therefore
conclude
that
they
have
n't
got
any
,
or
that
they
are
expressed
by
their
ordinary
actions
.
"
"
No
,
it
's
not
that
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
What
I
mean
is
that
your
Sanctus
emphasises
an
emotion
I
should
think
you
felt
very
little
.
"
"
I
!
"
said
Edith
with
surprise
.
"
My
dear
Dodo
,
you
surely
know
me
better
than
that
.
Just
because
I
do
n't
believe
that
grilled
bones
are
necessarily
inconsistent
with
deep
religious
feeling
,
you
assume
that
I
have
n't
got
the
feeling
.
"
Dodo
laughed
.
"
I
suppose
one
associates
the
champions
of
religion
with
proselytising
,
"
she
said
.
"
You
do
n't
proselytise
,
you
know
.
"
"
No
artist
does
,
"
said
Edith
;
"
it
's
their
business
to
produce
—
to
give
the
world
an
opportunity
of
forming
conclusions
,
not
to
preach
their
own
conclusions
to
the
world
.
"
"
Yes
;
but
your
music
is
the
expression
of
your
conclusions
,
is
n't
it
?
"
"
Yes
,
but
I
do
n't
argue
about
it
,
and
try
to
convert
the
world
to
it
.
If
someone
says
to
me
,
'
I
do
n't
know
what
you
mean
!
Handel
seems
to
me
infinitely
more
satisfactory
,
I
can
understand
him
,
'
I
simply
say
,
'
For
Heaven
's
sake
,
then
,
why
do
n't
you
go
to
hear
Handel
?
Why
leave
a
creed
that
satisfies
you
?
'
Music
is
a
conviction
,
but
Handel
's
music
has
nothing
to
do
with
my
convictions
,
nor
mine
with
Handel
's
.
"
Edith
sat
down
sternly
,
and
buried
herself
in
heir
convictions
.
CHAPTER
FIVE
It
was
a
perfect
winter
's
day
,
and
when
,
two
hours
afterwards
,
Dodo
and
the
others
drove
off
to
meet
the
shooting-party
,
the
grass
in
the
shadow
was
still
crisp
with
the
light
,
hoar
frost
,
but
where
the
sun
had
touched
it
,
the
fields
were
covered
with
a
moist
radiance
.
It
had
just
begun
to
melt
the
little
pieces
of
ice
that
hung
from
the
bare
,
pendulous
twigs
of
the
birch-trees
,
and
send
them
,
shivering
to
the
ground
.
Through
the
brown
bracken
you
could
hear
the
startled
scuttle
of
the
rabbit
,
or
the
quick
tapping
of
a
pheasant
,
who
had
realised
that
schemes
were
on
foot
against
him
.
A
night
of
hard
frost
had
turned
the
wheel-ruts
into
little
waves
and
billows
of
frozen
mud
,
which
the
carriage
wheels
levelled
as
they
passed
over
them
.
They
caught
up
the
shooting
party
shortly
before
lunch
,
and
,
as
it
was
cold
,
Edith
and
Dodo
got
out
,
leaving
Miss
Grantham
,
who
preferred
being
cold
to
walking
under
any
circumstances
,
to
gather
up
the
extra
rugs
round
her
.
"
See
that
there
's
a
good
fire
,
Grantie
,
"
called
Dodo
after
her
,
"
and
tell
them
to
have
the
champagne
opened
.
"
The
sight
of
abundant
game
was
too
much
for
Edith
,
and
,
as
Lord
Chesterford
fell
out
of
line
to
join
Dodo
,
she
asked
him
if
she
might
have
a
couple
of
shots
.
The
keeper
's
face
expressed
some
reasonable
surprise
when
he
observed
Edith
snapping
the
cartridges
into
her
gun
with
a
practised
hand
.
His
previous
views
with
regard
to
women
in
connection
with
guns
were
based
upon
the
idea
that
most
women
screamed
,
when
they
saw
a
gun
,
and
considered
it
a
purely
unaccountable
weapon
,
which
might
go
off
without
the
least
encouragement
or
warning
,
and
devastate
the
country
for
miles
round
.
He
was
still
more
surprised
when
he
saw
her
pick
off
a
couple
of
pheasants
with
precision
and
deadliness
of
aim
.
She
gave
her
gun
back
to
Lord
Chesterford
as
they
neared
the
lodge
,
and
volunteered
to
join
them
after
lunch
for
an
hour
,
if
they
did
n't
mind
.
Chesterford
stole
an
appealing
glance
,
at
Dodo
,
who
,
however
,
only
gave
him
a
half-amused
,
half-pitying
look
,
and
nodded
assent
.
"
The
worst
of
it
is
,
"
said
Edith
,
"
I
care
for
such
lots
of
things
.
There
's
my
music
,
and
then
there
's
any
sort
of
game
—
have
you
ever
seen
me
play
tennis
?
—
and
there
is
n't
time
for
everything
.
I
am
a
musician
,
and
a
good
shot
,
and
an
excellent
rider
,
and
a
woman
,
and
heaps
of
other
things
.
It
is
n't
conceit
when
I
say
so
—
I
simply
know
it
.
"
Dodo
laughed
.
"
Well
,
you
know
,
Edith
,
you
're
not
modest
.
Your
worst
enemies
do
n't
accuse
you
of
that
.
I
do
n't
mean
to
say
that
I
am
,
for
that
matter
.
Did
you
ever
play
,
the
game
of
marking
people
for
beauty
,
and
modesty
,
and
cleverness
,
and
so
on
?
We
played
it
here
the
night
before
you
came
,
and
you
did
n't
get
a
single
mark
from
anybody
for
modesty
.
I
only
got
eleven
,
and
five
of
those
were
from
Chesterford
,
and
six
from
myself
.
But
I
do
n't
believe
your
husband
will
ever
give
you
five
.
You
see
,
Bertie
did
n't
give
you
any
,
if
you
're
thinking
of
marrying
him
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
'm
not
going
to
marry
anybody
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
You
know
I
get
frightfully
attached
to
someone
about
three
times
a
week
,
and
after
that
never
think
of
any
of
them
again
.
It
is
n't
that
I
get
tired
of
them
,
but
somebody
else
turns
up
,
and
I
want
to
know
him
too
.
There
are
usually
several
good
points
about
everyone
,
and
they
show
those
to
new
acquaintances
first
;
after
that
,
you
find
something
in
them
you
do
n't
like
,
so
the
best
thing
is
to
try
somebody
else
.
"
"
Oh
,
that
depends
on
the
people
,
"
said
Dodo
,
meditatively
.
"
Some
people
wear
well
,
you
know
,
and
those
improve
on
acquaintance
.
Now
I
do
n't
.
The
first
time
a
man
sees
me
,
he
usually
thinks
I
'm
charming
,
and
sympathetic
,
and
lively
.
Well
,
so
I
am
,
to
do
myself
justice
.
That
remains
all
through
.
But
it
turns
out
that
I
've
got
a
bad
temper
,
that
I
smoke
and
swear
,
and
only
amuse
myself
.
Then
they
begin
to
think
they
rated
me
too
high
at
first
,
and
if
they
happen
to
be
people
who
wear
well
themselves
,
it
is
just
then
that
you
begin
to
like
them
,
which
is
annoying
.
So
one
goes
on
,
disgusting
the
people
one
wants
to
like
,
and
pleasing
people
whom
one
does
n't
like
at
all
.
It
's
fate
,
I
suppose
.
"
Dodo
plucked
a
piece
of
dead
bracken
,
and
pulled
it
to
bits
with
a
somewhat
serious
air
.
"
You
ought
n't
to
complain
,
Dodo
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
You
're
married
to
a
man
who
,
I
am
sure
,
wears
well
,
as
you
call
it
,
though
it
's
a
dreadfully
coarse
expression
,
and
he
does
n't
seem
to
get
tired
of
you
.
I
always
wonder
if
it
's
really
worth
while
trotting
oneself
out
or
analysing
one
's
nature
in
this
way
.
I
do
n't
think
it
is
.
It
makes
one
feel
small
and
stupid
.
"
"
Ah
,
but
it
's
better
to
do
it
yourself
,
than
to
feel
that
other
people
think
you
small
and
stupid
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
That
's
disagreeable
,
if
you
like
.
Wait
till
Mrs.
Vivian
comes
,
and
she
'll
do
it
for
you
.
She
's
the
only
person
who
makes
me
feel
really
cheap
—
about
three-halfpence
a
dozen
,
including
the
box
.
"
"
Oh
,
but
she
wo
n't
make
me
feel
small
,
"
said
Edith
coolly
,
"
because
I
'm
not
small
really
.
It
's
only
myself
that
makes
me
feel
small
.
"
"
I
do
n't
think
I
should
call
you
morbidly
modest
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
But
here
's
the
keeper
's
cottage
.
I
'm
awfully
hungry
.
I
hope
they
've
brought
some
pâté
,
Do
n't
you
like
pâté
?
Of
course
one
's
very
sorry
for
the
poor
,
diseased
goose
with
a
bad
inside
,
but
there
are
so
many
other
things
to
think
about
besides
diseased
geese
,
that
it
does
n't
signify
much
.
Come
on
,
Chesterford
,
they
can
count
the
dead
things
afterwards
.
Grantie
's
waiting
.
Jack
,
pick
up
that
pheasant
by
you
.
Have
you
shot
well
?
Look
at
the
sun
through
those
fir-trees
—
is
n't
it
lovely
?
Edith
,
why
are
n't
we
two
nice
,
little
simple
painters
who
could
sit
down
,
and
be
happy
to
paint
that
,
instead
of
turning
ourselves
inside
out
?
But
,
after
all
,
you
know
,
one
is
much
more
interesting
than
anybody
or
anything
else
,
at
least
I
am
.
Are
n't
you
?
What
a
blessing
it
is
one
did
n't
happen
to
be
born
a
fool
!
"
Dodo
was
sitting
alone
late
in
the
afternoon
.
The
shooting-party
had
come
back
,
and
dispersed
to
their
rooms
to
wash
and
dress
.
"
You
all
look
remarkably
dirty
and
funny
,
"
Dodo
had
said
when
they
came
in
,
"
and
you
had
better
have
tea
sent
up
to
you
.
Does
shooting
bring
on
the
inspiration
,
Edith
?
Take
a
bath
.
"
Edith
had
gone
up
to
her
room
,
after
insisting
on
having
two
of
Dodo
's
bottles
of
eau-de-cologne
in
her
hot
bath
.
"
There
is
nothing
so
refreshing
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
you
come
out
feeling
like
a
goddess
.
"
Certainly
Edith
looked
anything
but
a
goddess
just
now
.
Her
hat
was
pushed
rakishly
on
to
the
side
of
her
head
,
there
was
a
suggestion
of
missing
hair-pins
about
her
hair
;
she
wafted
with
her
about
the
room
a
fine
odour
of
tobacco
and
gunpowder
;
she
had
burned
her
dress
with
a
fusee
head
that
had
fallen
off
;
her
boots
were
large
and
unlaced
,
and
curiously
dirty
,
and
her
hands
were
black
with
smoke
and
oil
,
and
had
a
sort
of
trimming
in
the
way
of
small
feathers
and
little
patches
of
blood
.
Decidedly
,
if
she
came
out
feeling
or
looking
like
a
goddess
,
the
prescription
ought
to
want
no
more
convincing
testimonial
.
But
she
insisted
she
had
never
enjoyed
herself
so
much
,
she
talked
,
and
screamed
,
and
laughed
as
if
nothing
serious
had
occurred
since
breakfast
.
As
Dodo
sat
in
the
drawing-room
,
opening
a
few
letters
and
skipping
all
except
the
shortest
paragraphs
in
the
Times
,
she
heard
the
noise
of
wheels
outside
,
and
hurried
into
the
hall
to
meet
Mrs.
Vivian
.
Somehow
she
looked
forward
to
Mrs.
Vivian
's
coming
with
a
good
deal
of
pleasure
and
interest
.
She
was
aware
that
another
strain
in
the
house
might
be
advisable
.
Bertie
and
Jack
,
and
Miss
Grantham
and
Edith
,
were
all
somewhat
on
the
same
lines
.
Personally
,
she
very
much
preferred
those
lines
;
and
it
was
chiefly
for
her
husband
's
sake
that
she
wanted
the
new
arrival
.
Lord
Chesterford
had
done
his
duty
nobly
,
but
Dodo
's
observant
eye
saw
how
great
an
effort
it
was
to
him
;
at
lunch
he
had
been
silent
,
at
tea
even
more
so
.
Dodo
acknowledged
that
Edith
had
relieved
the
party
from
any
sense
of
the
necessity
of
supporting
conversation
,
but
it
was
obvious
to
her
that
Chesterford
was
hopelessly
out
of
his
element
,
and
she
felt
a
keen
desire
to
please
him
.
She
had
sat
by
him
after
lunch
,
as
they
smoked
and
talked
,
before
resuming
the
shooting
,
and
Dodo
had
patted
his
hand
and
called
him
a
"
dear
old
darling
"
when
nobody
happened
to
be
listening
,
but
she
had
a
distinct
sense
of
effort
all
day
in
attending
to
him
,
and
enjoying
the
company
of
the
others
as
much
as
she
wished
.
There
was
certainly
a
want
of
balance
in
the
party
,
and
Mrs.
Vivian
's
weight
would
tend
to
keep
things
even
.
Dodo
had
even
aroused
herself
to
a
spasmodic
interest
in
the
new
curate
,
but
Lord
Chesterford
had
exhibited
such
unmistakable
surprise
at
this
new
departure
,
that
she
at
once
fell
back
on
the
easier
and
simpler
expedient
of
blowing
smoke
rings
at
him
,
and
drinking
out
of
the
same
glass
by
mistake
.
Mrs.
Vivian
was
extremely
gracious
,
and
apparently
very
much
pleased
to
see
Dodo
.
She
kissed
her
on
both
cheeks
,
and
shook
both
her
hands
,
and
said
what
a
pleasant
drive
she
had
had
with
dear
Maud
,
and
she
hoped
Lord
Chesterford
was
as
well
and
happy
as
Dodo
appeared
to
be
,
and
they
both
deserved
to
be
.
"
And
you
must
have
a
great
talk
with
me
,
Dodo
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
tell
me
all
about
your
honeymoon
.
"
Dodo
was
pleased
and
rather
flattered
.
Apparently
Mrs.
Vivian
had
left
off
thinking
she
was
very
small
.
Anyhow
,
it
was
a
good
thing
to
have
her
.
Lord
Chesterford
would
be
pleased
to
see
her
,
and
he
was
building
some
charming
almshouses
for
old
women
,
who
appeared
to
Dodo
to
be
supremely
uninteresting
and
very
ugly
.
Dodo
had
a
deep-rooted
dislike
for
ugly
things
,
unless
they
amused
her
very
much
.
She
could
not
bear
babies
.
Babies
had
no
profiles
,
which
seemed
to
her
a
very
lamentable
deficiency
,
and
they
were
not
nearly
so
nice
to
play
with
as
kittens
,
and
they
always
howled
,
unless
they
were
eating
or
sleeping
.
But
Mrs.
Vivian
seemed
to
revel
in
ugly
things
.
She
was
always
talking
to
drunken
cabmen
,
or
workhouse
people
,
or
dirty
little
boys
who
played
in
the
gutter
.
Dodo
's
cometic
interest
in
the
East
End
had
been
entirely
due
to
her
.
That
lady
had
a
masterly
and
efficient
way
of
managing
,
that
won
Dodo
's
immediate
admiration
,
and
had
overcome
for
the
moment
her
distaste
for
the
necessary
ugliness
.
Anything
masterly
always
found
a
sympathetic
audience
in
Dodo
.
Success
was
of
such
paramount
importance
in
her
eyes
,
that
even
a
successful
organiser
of
days
in
the
country
for
match-girls
was
to
be
admired
,
and
even
copied
,
provided
the
other
circumstances
of
success
were
not
too
expensive
.
Mrs.
Vivian
was
a
complete
and
immediate
success
on
this
occasion
.
Dodo
made
a
quantity
of
mental
notes
on
the
best
way
to
behave
,
when
you
have
the
misfortune
to
become
middle-aged
and
rather
plain
.
Everyone
who
already
knew
her
seemed
to
consider
her
arrival
as
the
last
drop
in
their
cup
of
happiness
.
Lord
Chesterford
,
on
entering
the
room
,
had
said
,
"
My
dear
Mrs.
Vivian
,
this
is
too
delightful
of
you
.
We
are
all
charmed
to
see
you
,
"
and
he
had
sat
down
by
her
,
and
quite
seemed
to
forget
that
Dodo
was
sitting
on
the
other
side
of
the
fire
.
Jack
also
had
,
so
to
speak
,
flown
into
her
arms
.
Dodo
immediately
resolved
to
make
a
friend
of
her
;
a
person
who
could
be
as
popular
among
the
aristocracy
as
she
was
among
cabmen
was
distinctly
a
person
to
cultivate
.
She
decidedly
wanted
the
receipt
.
"
It
is
so
good
of
you
,
Dodo
,
to
ask
me
like
this
,
"
said
Mrs.
Vivian
,
when
Dodo
went
and
sat
by
her
.
"
It
always
seems
to
me
a
great
compliment
to
ask
people
quietly
to
your
house
when
only
a
few
friends
are
there
.
If
you
have
a
great
houseful
of
people
,
it
does
not
matter
much
whom
you
ask
,
but
I
mean
to
take
this
as
a
sign
that
you
consider
me
an
old
friend
.
"
Dodo
was
always
quick
at
seeing
what
was
required
of
her
.
"
Of
course
I
do
,
"
she
answered
.
"
Who
are
my
old
friends
if
you
are
not
?
"
"
That
is
so
nice
of
you
,
"
said
Mrs.
Vivian
.
"
I
want
to
have
a
long
talk
with
you
,
and
learn
all
about
you
.
I
am
going
to
stay
with
your
mother
next
week
,
and
she
will
never
forgive
me
unless
I
give
a
full
and
satisfactory
account
of
you
.
Satisfactory
it
cannot
help
being
.
"
She
looked
across
to
Lord
Chesterford
,
who
was
talking
to
Miss
Grantham
,
and
laughing
politely
at
her
apostolic
jokes
.
"
Oh
,
Dodo
,
you
ought
to
be
very
happy
!
"
Dodo
felt
that
this
was
rather
like
the
ten
minutes
before
dinner
.
She
had
a
vague
idea
of
telling
Chesterford
to
sound
the
gong
,
but
she
was
skilled
at
glances
with
meaning
,
and
she
resorted
to
this
method
.
"
Lord
Chesterford
tells
me
you
have
Miss
Staines
with
you
,
"
continued
Mrs.
Vivian
.
"
I
am
so
anxious
to
meet
her
.
She
has
a
wonderful
gift
for
music
,
I
hear
.
"
At
this
moment
the
sound
of
hurrying
feet
was
heard
in
the
hall
.
The
drawing-room
door
flew
open
and
Edith
entered
.
Dodo
laughed
inwardly
and
hopelessly
.
Edith
began
to
talk
at
the
top
of
her
voice
,
before
,
she
was
fairly
inside
the
room
.
"
Dodo
,
Dodo
,
"
she
screamed
,
"
we
must
settle
about
the
service
at
once
.
I
have
heard
from
Herr
Truffen
,
and
he
,
will
be
here
by
twelve
;
and
we
must
have
everything
ready
,
and
we
'd
better
do
my
Mass
in
G
flat
;
on
the
whole
it
's
the
easiest
.
I
suppose
you
could
n't
hire
four
or
five
French
horns
in
the
village
.
If
you
could
,
we
might
do
the
one
in
A
;
but
we
must
have
them
for
the
Gloria
.
We
must
have
a
practice
to-night
.
Have
you
got
any
musical
footmen
or
housemaids
?
"
"
Mrs.
Vivian
,
Miss
Edith
Staines
,
"
remarked
Dodo
sweetly
.
There
was
a
moment
's
silence
,
and
then
Dodo
broke
down
.
"
Oh
,
Edith
,
you
are
a
good
chap
;
is
n't
she
,
Mrs.
Vivian
?
Mrs.
Vivian
was
just
talking
about
you
,
and
you
came
in
so
opportunely
that
,
until
you
began
talking
about
Masses
,
I
really
thought
you
must
be
the
other
thing
.
Oh
,
Chesterford
,
I
have
n't
told
you
.
We
're
going
to
have
a
delicious
little
service
in
the
drawing-room
to-morrow
morning
,
and
we
are
going
to
sing
a
Mass.
Grantie
ca
n't
possibly
go
to
church
in
this
weather
,
and
Jack
and
Bertie
are
not
as
good
about
it
as
they
might
be
,
so
you
see
it
would
be
really
removing
the
temptation
of
not
going
to
church
if
we
have
church
here
,
and
can
you
sing
,
Mrs.
Vivian
?
Will
you
come
,
Chesterford
?
You
might
go
to
church
first
,
and
then
come
in
here
afterwards
;
that
will
be
two
services
.
How
dreadfully
unbearably
conceited
you
will
be
all
the
afternoon
.
You
might
read
the
second
lesson
for
us
;
no
,
I
think
I
shall
read
both
.
Yes
,
Edith
,
I
'll
come
in
a
few
minutes
.
I
do
n't
know
of
any
musical
footmen
.
You
might
have
them
up
one
by
one
and
make
them
sing
scales
,
and
Jack
can
try
the
housemaids
'
voices
.
I
'm
awfully
glad
Herr
Truffen
is
coming
.
He
's
a
tremendous
German
swell
,
Mrs.
Vivian
,
and
conducts
at
the
Crystal
Palace
,
and
St.
James
's
,
and
St.
Paul
's
and
everywhere
.
"
"
That
will
be
charming
,
"
said
Mrs.
Vivian
.
"
I
shall
certainly
avail
myself
of
it
,
Dodo
,
if
I
may
,
only
I
think
I
shall
go
to
church
first
with
Lord
Chesterford
.
He
has
promised
to
show
me
all
his
schemes
for
the
village
.
I
think
Maud
means
to
go
too
.
But
if
you
will
let
me
,
I
will
go
to
my
room
,
and
write
a
few
letters
,
and
then
you
will
be
free
to
practise
.
It
will
be
a
great
pleasure
to
hear
your
Mass
,
Miss
Staines
;
I
am
very
fortunate
in
coming
just
in
time
.
"
"
Really
,
Dodo
,
"
said
Edith
,
"
you
ought
to
cultivate
the
musical
talents
of
your
establishment
.
Last
winter
I
was
in
the
Pyrenees
,
and
there
was
only
an
old
sexton
,
who
was
also
a
charcoal
burner
,
and
my
maid
,
and
Charlie
and
his
valet
and
his
wife
,
but
we
had
magnificent
music
,
and
a
midnight
service
on
New
Year
's
Eve
.
Charlie
took
tenor
,
and
Sybil
treble
,
and
I
alto
,
and
the
sexton
bass
.
You
have
no
idea
of
the
trouble
it
was
to
get
the
sexton
to
learn
his
part
.
I
had
to
hunt
him
up
in
those
little
brutal
sheds
,
and
thrust
the
book
into
his
hand
,
and
forbid
him
to
eat
chestnuts
,
and
force
him
to
drink
porter
and
Spanish
liquorice
.
Come
on
;
let
's
begin
.
"
The
practice
went
off
satisfactorily
,
and
Edith
expressed
herself
as
pleased
.
She
and
Dodo
then
had
a
talk
to
arrange
what
Dodo
called
the
"
Play-bill
.
"
Dodo
had
arranged
to
read
the
lessons
,
and
wished
to
make
a
small
selection
of
prayers
,
but
there
Edith
put
her
foot
down
.
"
No
,
Dodo
,
"
she
said
,
"
you
're
taking
a
wrong
idea
of
it
.
I
do
n't
believe
you
're
serious
.
Now
I
am
.
I
want
to
do
this
Mass
because
I
believe
we
can
do
it
well
,
but
I
have
n't
the
least
confidence
in
your
reading
prayers
well
,
or
caring
at
all
about
them
.
I
am
rather
in
doubt
about
the
lessons
,
but
I
suppose
we
can
have
those
.
"
It
was
distinctly
news
to
Dodo
that
Edith
was
serious
.
For
herself
she
had
only
wished
to
have
a
nice
little
amusement
for
Sunday
morning
,
which
,
in
Dodo
's
experience
,
was
rather
a
tiresome
time
if
you
stopped
at
home
,
but
on
the
whole
preferable
there
than
at
a
country
church
.
But
Edith
was
really
in
earnest
whatever
she
did
,
whether
it
was
shooting
,
or
music
,
or
playing
lawn-tennis
.
Frivolity
,
was
the
one
charge
she
could
not
brook
for
a
moment
.
Her
amusements
might
,
indeed
,
be
frivolous
,
but
she
did
them
with
all
her
heart
.
So
the
service
was
arranged
to
consist
of
a
lesson
,
a
Mass
,
and
another
lesson
.
The
choice
of
lessons
was
left
to
Dodo
.
Accordingly
,
next
morning
Lord
Chesterford
and
Mrs.
Vivian
drove
off
with
Maud
to
eleven
o'clock
church
,
leaving
the
others
still
at
breakfast
.
After
that
meal
was
over
Dodo
announced
she
was
going
to
get
the
drawing-room
ready
.
"
We
must
move
all
the
sofas
out
of
the
room
,
because
they
do
n't
look
religious
,
"
she
said
;
"
and
I
shall
cover
up
the
picture
of
Venus
and
Adonis
.
I
have
got
the
sweetest
little
praying-table
upstairs
,
and
a
skull
.
Do
you
think
we
'd
better
have
the
skull
,
Edith
?
I
think
it
makes
one
feel
Sunday-like
.
I
shall
put
the
praying-table
in
the
window
,
and
shall
read
the
lessons
from
there
.
Perhaps
the
skull
might
frighten
old
Truffler
.
I
have
found
two
dreadfully
nice
lessons
.
I
quite
forgot
the
Bible
was
such
a
good
book
.
I
think
I
shall
go
on
with
it
.
One
of
them
is
about
the
bones
in
Ezekiel
,
which
were
very
dry
—
you
know
it
—
and
the
other
is
out
of
the
Revelation
.
I
think
—
—
"
"
Dodo
,
"
broke
in
Edith
,
"
I
do
n't
believe
you
're
a
bit
serious
.
You
think
it
will
be
rather
amusing
,
and
that
's
all
.
If
you
're
not
serious
I
sha'
n't
come
.
"
"
Dear
Edith
,
"
said
Dodo
demurely
,
"
I
'm
perfectly
serious
.
I
want
it
all
to
be
just
as
nice
as
it
can
be
.
Do
you
think
I
should
take
all
the
trouble
with
the
praying-table
and
so
on
,
if
I
was
n't
?
"
"
You
want
to
make
it
dramatic
,
"
said
Edith
decidedly
.
"
Now
,
I
mean
to
be
religious
.
You
are
rather
too
dramatic
at
times
,
you
know
,
and
this
is
n't
an
occasion
for
it
.
You
can
be
dramatic
afterwards
,
if
you
like
.
Herr
Truffen
is
awfully
religious
.
I
used
to
go
with
him
to
Roman
Catholic
services
,
and
once
to
confession
.
I
nearly
became
a
Roman
Catholic
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
should
like
to
be
a
nice
little
nun
,
"
said
Dodo
;
"
those
black
and
white
dresses
are
awfully
becoming
,
with
a
dear
trotty
rosary
,
you
know
,
on
one
side
,
and
a
twisty
cord
round
one
's
waist
,
and
an
alms-box
.
But
I
must
go
and
arrange
the
drawing-room
.
Tell
me
when
your
conductor
comes
.
I
hope
he
is
n't
awfully
German
.
Would
he
like
some
beer
first
?
I
think
the
piano
is
in
tune
.
I
suppose
he
'll
play
,
wo
n't
he
?
Make
him
play
a
voluntary
,
when
we
come
in
.
I
'm
afraid
we
ca
n't
have
a
procession
though
.
That
's
a
pity
.
Oh
,
I
'm
sorry
,
Edith
.
I
'm
really
going
to
be
quite
serious
.
I
think
it
will
be
charming
.
"
Dodo
completed
her
arrangements
in
good
time
,
and
forebore
to
make
any
more
frivolous
allusions
to
the
service
.
She
was
sitting
in
the
drawing-room
,
regarding
her
preparations
with
a
satisfied
air
,
when
Herr
Truffen
was
announced
.
Dodo
greeted
him
in
the
hall
as
if
it
was
the
most
natural
thing
in
the
world
that
he
should
be
called
upon
to
accompany
Edith
's
Mass.
"
We
're
going
to
have
service
directly
,
if
you
're
ready
.
We
want
you
to
accompany
Miss
Staines
's
Mass
in
G
flat
,
but
you
must
n't
take
the
Kyrie
too
quick
,
if
you
do
n't
mind
.
Bertie
Arbuthnot
's
singing
tenor
,
and
he
's
not
very
quick
—
are
you
,
Bertie
?
Oh
,
by
the
way
,
this
is
Bertie
.
His
other
name
is
Mr.
Arbuthnot
.
"
Herr
Truffen
was
most
gratified
by
so
charming
an
arrangement
,
and
so
great
a
musical
treat
.
When
Edith
came
down
she
greeted
him
effusively
.
"
My
dear
Professor
,
this
is
delightful
,
"
she
said
.
"
It
's
quite
like
old
times
,
is
n't
it
?
We
're
going
to
do
the
Mass
in
G
flat
.
I
wanted
the
one
in
A
,
only
there
are
no
French
horns
in
the
village
—
is
n't
that
benighted
?
And
would
you
believe
it
,
Lady
Chesterford
has
positively
got
not
one
musical
footman
.
"
Herr
Truffen
was
a
large
,
spectacled
German
,
who
made
everyone
else
look
unnecessarily
undersized
.
He
laughed
and
fitted
his
fingers
together
with
great
nicety
.
"
Are
we
to
begin
at
once
?
"
he
asked
.
"
The
congregation
—
haf
they
arrived
?
"
"
Oh
,
there
's
no
congregation
,
"
explained
Dodo
;
"
we
are
all
performers
.
It
is
only
a
substitute
for
going
to
church
.
I
hope
you
are
n't
shocked
;
it
was
such
a
disgusting
morning
.
"
"
Lady
Chesterford
is
surely
a
congregation
in
herself
,
"
remarked
Herr
Truffen
,
with
elephantine
elegance
.
"
Lord
Chesterford
is
coming
by-and-by
,
"
continued
Dodo
.
"
He
has
gone
to
church
.
I
do
n't
know
whether
he
will
be
in
time
for
the
Mass.
"
"
Then
you
haf
all
the
service
in
a
little
chapel
here
,
no
doubt
,
"
said
the
Professor
.
"
Oh
,
no
,
"
said
Dodo
;
"
we
're
going
to
have
two
lessons
and
the
Mass
,
and
there
is
n't
a
chapel
,
it
's
only
in
the
drawing-room
.
I
'm
going
to
read
the
lessons
.
"
Herr
Truffen
bowed
with
undiminished
composure
,
and
Dodo
led
the
way
back
into
the
drawing-room
.
Miss
Grantham
and
Jack
were
introduced
,
and
Dodo
took
her
place
at
the
praying-table
,
and
Herr
Truffen
at
the
piano
.
Dodo
gave
out
the
lesson
,
and
read
the
chapter
through
.
.
"
Oh
,
it
is
nice
!
"
she
exclaimed
.
"
Sha'
n't
I
go
on
to
the
next
chapter
?
No
,
I
think
I
wo
n't
.
"
"
It
would
spoil
the
delightful
impression
of
the
very
dry
bones
?
"
interrogated
Herr
Truffen
from
the
piano
.
"
Ah
,
that
is
splendid
;
but
you
should
hear
it
in
the
Fatherland
tongue
.
"
"
Now
,
Dodo
,
come
here
,
"
said
Edith
.
"
We
must
go
on
with
this
.
You
can
discuss
it
afterwards
.
On
the
third
beat
.
Will
you
give
us
the
time
,
Professor
?
"
The
Mass
had
scarcely
begun
when
Lord
Chesterford
came
in
,
followed
by
Mrs.
Vivian
and
Maud
.
The
Professor
,
who
evidently
did
not
quite
understand
that
he
was
merely
a
sort
of
organist
,
got
up
and
shook
hands
all
round
with
laboured
cordiality
.
Edith
grew
impatient
.
"
Come
,
"
she
said
,
"
you
must
n't
do
that
.
Remember
you
are
practically
in
church
,
Professor
.
Please
begin
again
.
"
"
Ah
,
I
forgot
for
the
moment
,
"
remarked
the
Professor
;
"
this
beautiful
room
made
me
not
remember
.
Come
—
one
,
two
.
We
must
begin
better
than
that
.
Now
,
please
.
"
This
time
the
start
was
made
in
real
earnest
.
Edith
's
magnificent
voice
,
and
the
Professor
's
playing
,
would
alone
have
been
sufficient
to
make
it
effective
.
The
four
performers
knew
their
parts
well
,
and
when
it
was
finished
,
there
followed
that
silence
which
is
so
much
more
appreciative
than
applause
.
Then
Herr
Truffen
turned
to
Edith
.
"
Ah
,
how
you
have
improved
,
"
he
said
.
"
Who
taught
you
this
?
It
is
beyond
me
.
Perhaps
you
prayed
and
fasted
,
and
then
it
came
to
you
.
"
As
Edith
had
chiefly
written
the
Mass
while
smoking
cigarettes
after
a
hearty
breakfast
she
merely
said
,
—
"
How
does
anything
come
to
anyone
?
It
is
part
of
oneself
,
as
much
as
one
's
arms
and
legs
.
But
the
service
is
not
over
yet
.
"
Dodo
meanwhile
had
gone
back
to
the
praying-table
.
"
I
ca
n't
find
it
,
"
she
said
,
in
a
distracted
whisper
.
"
It
's
a
chapter
in
the
Revelation
about
a
grey
horse
and
a
white
horse
.
"
"
Dodo
,
"
said
Edith
,
in
an
awful
voice
.
"
Yes
,
dear
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
Ah
,
here
it
is
.
"
Dodo
read
the
chapter
with
infinite
feeling
in
her
beautiful
clear
,
full
voice
.
Chesterford
was
charmed
.
He
had
not
seen
this
side
of
Dodo
before
.
After
she
had
finished
,
he
came
and
sat
by
her
side
,
while
the
others
got
up
and
began
talking
among
themselves
.
"
Dodo
,
"
he
said
,
"
I
never
knew
you
cared
about
these
things
.
What
an
unsympathetic
brute
I
must
seem
to
you
.
I
never
talked
to
you
about
such
things
,
because
I
thought
you
did
not
care
.
Will
you
forgive
me
?
"
"
I
do
n't
think
you
need
forgiveness
much
,
"
said
Dodo
softly
.
"
If
you
only
knew
—
—
"
She
stopped
and
finished
her
sentence
by
a
smile
.
"
Dodo
,
"
he
said
again
,
"
I
've
often
wanted
to
suggest
something
to
you
,
but
I
did
n't
quite
like
to
.
Why
do
n't
we
have
family
prayers
here
?
I
might
build
a
little
chapel
.
"
Dodo
felt
a
sudden
inclination
to
laugh
.
Her
æsthetic
pleasure
in
the
chapter
of
Revelation
was
gone
.
She
felt
annoyed
and
amused
at
this
simple-minded
man
,
who
thought
her
so
perfect
,
and
ascribed
such
fatiguingly
high
interpretations
to
all
her
actions
.
He
really
was
a
little
stupid
and
tiresome
.
He
had
broken
up
all
her
little
pleasant
thoughts
.
"
Oh
,
family
prayers
always
strike
me
as
rather
ridiculous
,
"
she
said
,
with
a
half
yawn
.
"
A
row
of
gaping
servants
is
not
conducive
to
the
emotions
.
"
She
got
up
and
joined
the
other
groups
,
and
then
suddenly
became
aware
that
,
for
the
first
time
,
she
had
failed
in
her
part
.
Jack
was
watching
her
,
and
saw
what
had
happened
.
Chesterford
had
remained
,
seated
at
the
window
,
pulling
his
long
,
brown
moustache
,
with
a
very
perceptible
shade
of
annoyance
on
his
face
.
Dodo
felt
a
sudden
impulse
of
anger
with
herself
at
her
stupidity
.
She
went
back
to
Chesterford
.
"
Dear
old
boy
,
"
she
said
,
"
I
do
n't
know
why
I
said
that
.
I
was
thinking
of
something
else
.
I
do
n't
know
that
I
like
family
prayers
very
much
.
We
used
to
have
them
at
home
,
when
my
father
was
with
us
,
and
it
really
was
a
trial
to
hear
him
read
the
Litany
.
I
suppose
it
is
that
which
has
made
me
rather
tired
of
them
.
Come
and
talk
to
the
Professor
.
"
Then
she
went
across
to
Jack
.
"
Jack
,
"
she
said
,
in
a
low
voice
,
"
do
n't
look
as
if
you
thought
you
were
right
.
"
CHAPTER
SIX
The
same
afternoon
Chesterford
took
Mrs.
Vivian
off
to
see
"
almshouses
and
drunkards
,
"
as
Dodo
expressed
it
to
Jack
.
She
also
told
him
that
Edith
and
her
Herr
were
playing
a
sort
of
chopsticks
together
in
the
drawing-room
.
Maud
had
,
as
usual
,
effaced
herself
,
and
Bertie
was
consuming
an
alarming
number
of
cigarettes
in
the
smoking-room
,
and
pretending
to
write
letters
.
It
was
natural
,
therefore
,
that
when
Jack
strolled
into
the
hall
,
to
see
what
was
going
on
,
he
should
find
Dodo
there
with
her
toes
on
the
fender
of
the
great
fireplace
,
having
banished
the
collie
to
find
other
quarters
for
himself
.
Dodo
was
making
an
effort
to
read
,
but
she
was
not
being
very
successful
,
and
hailed
Jack
's
entrance
with
evident
pleasure
.
"
Come
along
,
"
she
said
;
"
I
sent
the
dog
off
,
but
I
can
find
room
for
you
.
Sit
here
,
Jack
.
"
She
moved
her
chair
a
little
aside
,
and
let
him
pass
.
"
I
ca
n't
think
why
a
merciful
providence
sends
us
a
day
like
this
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
want
to
know
whom
it
benefits
to
have
a
thick
snowfall
.
Listen
at
that
,
too
,
"
she
added
,
as
a
great
gust
of
wind
swept
round
the
corner
of
the
house
,
and
made
a
deep
,
roaring
sound
up
in
the
heart
of
the
chimney
.
"
It
makes
it
all
the
more
creditable
in
Chesterford
and
Mrs.
Vivian
to
go
to
see
the
drunkards
,
"
remarked
Jack
.
"
Oh
,
but
that
's
no
credit
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
They
like
doing
it
,
it
gives
them
real
pleasure
.
I
do
n't
see
why
that
should
be
any
better
,
morally
speaking
,
than
sitting
here
and
talking
.
They
are
made
that
way
,
you
and
I
are
made
this
.
We
were
n't
consulted
,
and
we
both
follow
our
inclinations
.
Besides
,
they
will
have
their
reward
,
for
they
will
have
immense
appetites
at
tea
.
"
"
And
will
give
us
something
to
talk
about
now
,
"
remarked
Jack
lazily
.
"
Do
n't
you
like
Grantie
,
Jack
?
"
asked
Dodo
presently
.
"
She
and
Ledgers
are
talking
about
life
and
being
in
my
room
.
I
went
to
get
a
book
from
here
,
and
the
fire
was
so
nice
that
I
stopped
.
"
"
I
wish
Ledgers
would
n't
treat
her
like
a
menagerie
,
and
put
her
through
her
tricks
,
"
said
Jack
.
"
I
think
she
is
very
attractive
,
but
she
belongs
too
much
to
a
class
.
"
"
What
class
?
"
demanded
Dodo
.
"
Oh
,
the
class
that
prides
itself
on
not
being
of
any
class
—
the
all
things
to
all
men
class
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
belong
to
that
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
No
,
you
do
n't
,
"
said
he
.
"
You
are
all
things
to
some
men
,
I
grant
,
but
not
to
all
.
"
"
Oh
,
Jack
,
that
's
a
bad
joke
,
"
said
Dodo
,
reprovingly
.
"
It
's
quite
serious
all
the
same
,
"
said
he
.
"
I
'm
all
things
to
the
only
man
to
whom
it
matters
that
I
should
be
,
"
said
Dodo
complacently
.
Jack
felt
rather
disgusted
.
"
I
wish
you
would
not
state
things
in
that
cold-blooded
way
,
"
he
said
.
"
Your
very
frankness
to
me
about
it
shows
you
know
that
it
is
an
effort
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
she
said
,
"
it
is
an
effort
sometimes
,
but
I
do
n't
think
I
want
to
talk
about
it
.
You
take
things
too
ponderously
.
Do
n't
be
ponderous
;
it
does
n't
suit
you
in
the
least
.
Besides
,
there
is
nothing
to
be
ponderous
about
.
"
Dodo
turned
in
her
chair
and
looked
Jack
full
in
the
face
.
Her
face
had
a
kind
of
triumph
about
it
.
"
I
want
to
say
something
more
,
"
said
Jack
.
"
Well
,
I
'm
magnanimous
to-day
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
Go
on
.
"
"
All
you
are
doing
,
"
said
he
gravely
,
"
is
to
keep
up
the
original
illusion
he
had
about
you
.
It
is
not
any
good
keeping
up
an
illusion
,
and
thinking
you
're
doing
your
whole
duty
.
"
"
Jack
,
that
's
enough
,
"
said
Dodo
,
with
a
certain
finality
in
her
tone
.
"
If
you
go
on
,
you
may
make
me
distrust
myself
.
I
do
not
mean
that
as
a
compliment
to
your
powers
,
but
as
a
confession
to
a
stupid
superstitious
weakness
in
myself
.
I
am
afraid
of
omens
.
"
They
sat
silent
a
minute
or
two
,
until
a
door
at
the
far
end
of
the
hall
opened
and
Miss
Grantham
came
through
,
with
her
showman
in
tow
.
"
Lord
Ledgers
and
I
were
boring
each
other
so
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
,
"
that
we
came
to
bore
someone
else
.
When
you
are
boring
people
you
may
as
well
do
it
wholesale
.
What
a
pity
it
is
that
one
has
n't
got
a
tail
like
a
dog
,
that
cannot
help
wagging
if
the
owner
is
pleased
,
and
which
stops
wagging
when
he
is
n't
.
"
"
I
shall
certainly
buy
a
tail
,
"
said
Dodo
,
with
grave
consideration
.
"
One
or
two
,
in
case
the
first
gets
out
of
order
.
Must
you
wag
it
whenever
you
are
pleased
,
Grantie
?
Is
it
to
be
an
honest
tail
?
Suppose
you
only
think
you
are
pleased
,
when
you
are
not
really
,
what
does
the
tail
do
then
?
Oh
,
it
's
very
complicated
.
"
"
The
tail
shares
the
same
illusions
as
the
dog
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
.
"
Jack
and
I
were
talking
about
illusions
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
I
'm
going
to
get
a
quantity
of
illusions
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
.
"
In
any
case
,
what
did
you
find
to
say
about
them
?
"
"
Jack
said
it
was
a
bad
thing
to
keep
an
illusion
up
,
"
said
Dodo
,
broadly
.
Miss
Grantham
was
staring
pensively
at
the
fire
.
"
I
saw
two
boys
sitting
on
a
gate
yesterday
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
they
pushed
each
other
off
,
and
each
time
they
both
roared
with
laughter
.
I
'm
sure
it
was
an
illusion
that
they
were
amused
.
I
would
go
and
sit
on
a
gate
with
pleasure
and
get
my
maid
to
push
me
off
,
if
I
thought
it
would
amuse
either
of
us
.
Mr.
Broxton
,
would
you
like
me
to
push
you
off
a
gate
?
"
"
Oh
,
I
'm
certain
that
the
people
with
many
illusions
are
the
happiest
,
"
said
Dodo
.
"
Consequently
,
I
would
n't
willingly
destroy
any
illusion
anyone
held
about
anything
.
"
"
What
a
lot
of
anys
,
"
said
Miss
Grantham
.
Lord
Ledgers
was
leaning
back
in
his
chair
with
a
sense
of
pleased
proprietorship
.
It
really
was
a
very
intelligent
animal
.
