,ma'am
,
'
he
says
,
a
bowing
with
his
tray
like
that
,
'
you
shall
have
a
steak
,
ma'am
,
as
fresh
and
as
juicy
as
yourself
.
'
Now
was
n't
that
pretty
,
my
good
friend
?
"
"
Beautiful
,
Mrs.
Shelfer
.
But
see
about
my
box
.
"
"
Surely
,
surely
,
Miss
Vaughan
.
But
it
was
very
pretty
,
like
a
valentine
,
do
n't
you
think
it
was
now
?
"
"
Where
is
it
?
"
"
Downstairs
,
Miss
,
in
my
little
parlour
.
"
"
Then
send
it
up
at
once
,
by
one
of
the
men
.
"
Presently
Balaam
came
up
,
looking
askance
at
Judy
,
and
with
the
mahogany
box
under
his
right
arm
.
He
touched
his
dirty
hat
,
for
Mrs.
Shelfer
had
filled
him
by
this
time
with
the
wonders
of
my
wealth
,
and
then
he
looked
doubtfully
,
and
with
sorrow
,
at
his
burden
.
"
Put
it
here
if
you
please
,
"
and
I
pointed
to
some
chairs
,
"
the
dog
will
not
touch
you
while
I
am
here
.
Now
what
is
the
amount
of
this
execution
?
"
"
Debt
fifteen
pounds
,
Miss
;
expenses
up
to
five
o'clock
,
four
pound
ten
.
"
"
Here
is
the
money
.
Now
give
me
a
receipt
.
"
"
No
,
Miss
!
You
do
n't
mean
to
pay
all
!
"
"
Of
course
,
I
do
.
"
"
Then
,
Miss
,
I
beg
your
pardon
,
but
I
ca
n't
allow
you
.
I
has
a
duty
to
my
employer
,
and
I
has
a
duty
to
the
public
too
,
not
forgetting
Mrs.
Shelfer
,
and
Charley
an
old
friend
,
and
all
so
handsome
in
the
way
of
victuals
.
And
I
'm
sure
she
would
n't
wish
you
to
be
cheated
,
Miss.
Pay
ten
pounds
for
the
debt
,
Miss
,
and
that
's
a
deal
more
than
it
cost
them
or
they
expects
to
get
.
'
Twixt
you
and
me
,
Miss
,
every
stick
of
this
here
furniture
is
in
a
dozen
bills
of
sale
already
;
and
we
comes
here
more
for
practice
like
,
than
for
anything
else
.
"
In
short
,
I
paid
10
*
l
.
*
for
the
debt
,
and
4
*
l
.
*
for
the
expenses
:
whereupon
Balaam
looked
at
me
with
a
most
impressive
and
confidential
glance
.
"
Now
,
Miss
,
you
wo
n't
think
me
rude
;
but
you
have
come
down
so
handsome
,
I
can
tell
you
something
as
you
may
like
to
know
.
I
've
seed
the
very
moral
of
that
sword
of
yours
before
.
"
"
Are
you
certain
?
Pray
where
was
it
?
"
I
trembled
with
excitement
.
"
It
was
in
a
place
in
Somers-town
,
Miss
;
where
I
made
a
levy
,
some
eight
year
agone
.
"
"
What
was
the
name
of
the
people
?
"
"
Dallyhorse
,
or
Jellycorse
,
or
something
of
the
sort
.
Foreigners
they
was
,
and
they
had
only
just
come
to
this
country
.
But
I
can
tell
you
the
name
more
shipshape
from
the
books
.
Ah
,
the
very
moral
of
it
;
only
there
war
n't
no
serpent
.
"
"
Do
you
know
what
has
become
of
them
?
"
"
No
that
I
do
n't
,
and
do
n't
want
to
come
across
them
again
.
A
mean
set
of
mongrel
parlywoos
;
I
got
starved
amost
.
But
I
did
hear
they
was
riding
the
high
horse
now
,
and
something
about
court
.
"
"
Are
you
quite
sure
that
the
weapon
was
exactly
like
this
?
Look
at
this
again
.
"
"
Miss
,
I
can
take
my
oath
it
was
the
fellow
pea
,
all
but
the
little
snake
,
and
he
ai
n't
a
fixture
,
I
do
n't
believe
.
I
would
have
sworn
it
was
the
very
same
,
only
you
tells
me
not
.
I
noticed
it
most
particular
;
for
I
never
see
one
like
it
,
though
I
have
had
a
sight
of
foreign
weapons
in
my
hands
ere
now
.
And
the
gent
had
got
it
put
away
so
;
we
come
across
it
only
through
a
cat
as
happened
to
be
confined
—
"
"
And
what
became
of
it
?
Did
your
employer
have
it
?
"
"
Not
he
,
Miss.
When
the
gent
found
we
had
got
it
,
he
was
put
out
and
no
mistake
;
though
he
sham
not
.
Away
he
goes
and
gets
the
money
somehow
,
and
has
us
all
away
in
no
time
.
"
"
How
many
were
there
in
the
family
?
"
"
Well
,
let
me
see
.
They
was
only
living
in
lodgings
,
and
had
but
half
the
house
.
There
was
Dallyhorse
himself
,
and
a
queer-looking
lady
,
and
some
children
,
I
do
n't
know
how
many
children
,
for
they
kept
them
out
of
the
way
;
and
a
nice
young
woman
as
did
the
cooking
for
them
,
and
precious
little
it
was
.
"
"
What
was
his
profession
?
And
who
was
his
creditor
?
'
"
I
do
n't
know
.
They
called
him
an
artist
I
think
,
but
he
look
to
me
more
like
a
sailor
.
It
was
a
boarding-house
bill
,
as
I
was
on
him
for
.
Rum-tempered
fellow
.
I
thought
he
would
have
stuck
me
when
I
got
his
sword
thing
.
A
tallish
man
he
was
,
slight
build
,
and
active
,
and
such
black
eyes
.
"
"
Now
,
Balaam
,
if
you
can
trace
that
man
,
and
find
out
where
he
is
living
now
,
I
will
give
you
two
hundred
pounds
.
Here
's
ten
pounds
for
you
as
an
earnest
.
"
Balaam
was
so
amazed
,
that
he
almost
looked
straight
at
me
.
"
Please
,
Miss
,
may
I
tell
Balak
?
I
sha
n't
be
happy
if
I
does
n't
.
We
always
works
together
,
and
it
would
n't
be
on
the
square
like
.
"
"
Was
he
with
you
then
?
And
can
he
keep
a
secret
?
"
"
Yes
,
Miss
,
he
was
with
me
,
and
I
'd
trust
him
with
a
gallows
secret
.
I
ca
n't
do
no
good
without
him
.
"
"
Then
,
certainly
you
may
tell
him
;
but
not
while
in
this
house
.
Here
is
my
country
address
,
that
you
may
know
who
you
act
for
.
Keep
clear
of
the
Police
.
Keep
the
whole
matter
to
yourselves
.
In
two
days
,
I
leave
London
;
if
you
discover
nothing
in
that
time
,
write
to
me
here
,
and
I
will
take
good
care
to
have
the
letters
forwarded
.
Do
nothing
,
but
find
out
that
one
thing
,
and
when
I
have
verified
it
,
I
will
pay
you
the
two
hundred
pounds
.
"
"
Would
you
mind
,
Miss
,
putting
it
on
paper
?
"
"
Yes
:
for
many
reasons
,
I
will
not
write
it
down
.
But
you
are
at
liberty
to
inquire
who
I
am
,
and
whether
I
am
likely
to
disgrace
my
word
.
"
After
taking
his
address
,
"
Balaam
Levison
,
Dove
Court
,
Chancery
Lane
,
"
I
allowed
him
to
depart
,
and
heard
him
pause
on
every
stair
,
to
ponder
this
strange
matter
.
Presently
Mr.
Shelfer
came
home
,
and
was
delighted
to
see
the
bailiffs
;
and
the
pleasure
being
mutual
,
and
my
cash
burning
to
be
quenched
,
a
most
hilarious
evening
was
the
natural
result
.
My
health
was
drunk
,
as
I
could
hear
too
plainly
,
to
unfathomable
depths
:
and
comic
songs
from
three
loud
organs
,
provided
with
patent
nasal
stops
,
with
even
Patty
's
treble
pipe
audible
in
the
chorus
,
broke
from
time
to
time
the
tenour
of
my
sad
and
lonely
thoughts
.
CHAPTER
IV
.
The
bailiff
's
discovery
,
and
the
pursuit
commenced
thereon
,
appeared
to
me
so
important
,
that
in
reply
to
the
message
received
the
next
morning
—
that
my
uncle
was
much
the
same
,
and
longing
for
my
return
—
I
sent
word
that
my
journey
was
put
off
until
the
day
after
the
morrow
.
This
allowed
me
one
day
more
for
tidings
from
my
new
scouts
,
as
to
the
success
of
their
efforts
.
I
was
very
sorry
to
disappoint
my
poor
sick
uncle
,
but
it
seemed
still
worse
to
run
away
all
in
the
dark
.
The
next
thing
I
did
was
to
arrange
with
Mrs.
Shelfer
about
the
money
I
had
paid
for
her
.
It
was
not
the
money
I
cared
for
,
but
I
had
other
views
.
Although
she
was
politely
thankful
,
I
perceived
that
she
thought
it
a
very
bad
job
indeed
,
and
a
most
romantic
transaction
.
Thirty
per
cent
.
was
the
very
largest
dividend
she
had
ever
intended
to
pay
.
But
the
plan
which
I
proposed
was
so
much
for
her
benefit
,
while
it
suited
me
,
who
otherwise
must
have
lost
the
money
,
that
it
almost
recovered
her
from
the
shock
of
having
paid
a
debt
.
The
plan
was
simply
this
,
that
she
should
reserve
my
rooms
for
me
,
airing
and
cleaning
them
duly
,
and
always
keeping
the
bed
in
a
fit
state
to
be
slept
on
at
an
hour
's
notice
.
My
previous
rent
had
been
twelve
shillings
a
week
,
the
utmost
I
could
afford
out
of
my
narrow
income
;
attendance
,
and
linen
,
and
other
troubles
being
now
dispensed
with
,
I
thought
it
fair
to
allow
her
ten
shillings
off
her
debt
to
me
,
for
every
week
I
should
so
retain
the
rooms
.
The
4
*
l
.
*
for
the
expenses
of
the
execution
I
forgave
her
altogether
;
inasmuch
as
I
had
paid
without
consulting
her
.
Directly
my
payment
should
be
exhausted
,
to
wit
in
twenty
weeks
,
I
would
send
her
a
further
sum
,
if
I
still
required
the
rooms
.
She
was
delighted
with
this
arrangement
,
which
in
fact
enabled
her
to
have
her
"
sticks
"
all
to
herself
,
to
pet
them
and
talk
to
them
every
day
,
and
even
to
clean
them
,
if
such
a
freak
of
destruction
ever
should
enter
her
brain
.
She
could
use
the
sitting-room
for
her
own
pleasure
and
pride
,
as
much
as
ever
she
chose
,
so
long
as
it
always
was
ready
for
me
;
and
already
visions
were
passing
before
her
mind
's
eye
,
of
letting
the
parlour
downstairs
with
the
onion-room
for
its
dormitory
.
To
me
the
arrangement
was
very
convenient
,
as
affording
a
fixed
and
familiar
resort
in
London
,
and
a
pivot
of
ready
communication
.
Nor
was
it
a
small
consolation
to
feel
that
I
still
retained
a
stronghold
in
the
neighbourhood
of
dear
friends
.
All
this
being
comfortably
settled
,
Giudice
and
I
went
forth
to
pay
our
visit
in
Lucas
Street
.
The
whole
of
that
street
we
found
so
utterly
changed
in
appearance
by
a
vigorous
onset
of
painters
,
grainers
,
and
decorators
,
that
it
was
not
easy
to
know
the
house
we
were
in
quest
of
.
Even
the
numbers
on
the
doors
,
which
had
been
illegible
,
or
very
nearly
so
,
had
now
been
re-arranged
and
painted
over
again
upon
the
fashionable
and
very
sensible
mode
of
marking
odd
numerals
on
one
side
,
and
even
ones
on
the
other
.
Finding
myself
in
a
difficulty
,
and
the
houses
all
alike
as
the
central
peas
of
a
pod
,
I
trusted
to
Judy
's
delicate
nose
,
and
rang
the
bell
of
the
door
at
which
he
halted
.
Then
he
drew
back
,
and
trembled
,
and
crouched
upon
the
pavement
,
to
wait
for
my
return
.
As
I
heard
the
tinkle
,
my
heart
began
to
flutter
:
who
could
tell
what
new
phase
of
my
life
might
begin
with
that
little
pull
?
After
some
delay
,
poor
old
Cora
came
,
looking
as
weird
and
woebegone
as
ever
—
fierce
would
have
been
that
look
to
any
one
but
me
.
I
knew
that
I
held
her
by
my
magic
gordit
,
like
the
slave
of
the
lamp
.
After
imploring
in
some
mumbled
words
(
which
I
interpreted
only
by
knowledge
of
her
desire
)
gracious
leave
to
kiss
that
potent
charm
,
she
led
me
into
the
breakfast-parlour
,
where
I
found
sweet
Isola
in
a
passionate
flood
of
tears
.
At
sight
of
me
,
her
beautiful
smile
broke
through
them
,
and
her
quick
deep
sobs
spent
themselves
in
kisses
.
"
Oh
,
I
am
so
gug-gug-glad
,
my
own
dear
Cla-Cla-Clara
;
and
I
wo
n't
cuc-cuc-cry
one
bit
more
,
the
moment
I
can
stop
.
"
She
put
her
arms
around
me
,
and
her
head
upon
my
breast
,
as
if
I
had
been
,
at
the
very
least
,
her
brother
.
"
My
pretty
dear
,
what
is
it
all
about
?
"
I
had
never
seen
her
look
so
lovely
as
now
,
her
violet
eyes
brimming
with
liquid
brightness
,
the
velvet
of
her
cheeks
deepened
to
rich
carmine
,
and
the
only
thing
that
sweet
face
ever
wanted
,
the
expression
of
earnest
feeling
,
now
radiant
through
the
whole
.
"
Why
,
dear
,
I
ought
not
to
tell
you
;
but
I
must
tell
somebody
,
or
my
heart
will
break
.
"
Here
she
pressed
her
little
hand
on
that
pure
unfissured
casket
,
where
sorrow
was
as
yet
an
undreamed-of
robber
.
"
You
know
,
dear
,
it
's
all
about
papa
and
my
darling
Conny
.
The
only
trouble
I
ever
have
,
but
a
very
great
one
,
big
enough
and
too
big
for
two
little
folk
of
my
size
.
Half
an
hour
ago
,
I
went
in
suddenly
to
get
a
book
upon
the
politico-economical
science
,
the
very
one
papa
is
lecturing
about
so
beautifully
;
and
I
did
not
even
know
that
Conny
was
in
the
house
.
There
papa
was
,
white
as
death
with
passion
;
and
Conrad
with
his
eyes
like
coals
of
sparkling
fire
;
and
what
do
you
suppose
my
papa
called
his
own
son
Conny
?
"
"
Do
n't
tell
me
,
if
it
's
anything
bad
.
I
ca
n't
bear
it
,
Isola
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
knew
you
were
fond
of
him
,
and
I
am
so
glad
!
"
This
she
said
in
such
an
artless
way
—
as
if
Conrad
and
I
were
two
dolls
which
she
meant
to
put
in
one
doll
's
house
—
that
instead
of
colouring
,
I
actually
laughed
.
"
Oh
,
but
I
must
tell
you
,
Clara
:
it
's
right
for
you
to
know
;
one
of
the
leading
principles
of
political
economy
—
"
"
Do
n't
talk
to
me
of
that
stuff
.
"
"
Well
,
I
wo
n't
;
because
I
see
that
you
do
n't
understand
it
.
But
he
actually
called
him
—
and
his
voice
came
from
a
depth
,
like
an
Artesian
well
—
he
called
our
darling
Conny
—
"
"
What
?
"
And
in
my
passion
,
I
flung
off
her
hand
,
and
stood
up
.
"
A
low
bastard
,
a
renegade
hound
,
a
scandal
to
his
country
—
and
then
he
even
said
Rimbecco
.
"
She
pronounced
the
last
word
almost
with
a
scream
,
as
an
insult
beyond
forgiveness
.
What
it
meant
I
did
not
ask
,
I
had
heard
enough
already
.
"
I
must
leave
this
house
.
Where
is
your
brother
Conrad
?
"
"
Gone
,
I
believe
,
to
inquire
for
you
.
Nothing
but
that
composes
him
.
I
wish
he
would
never
come
here
.
And
he
was
ordered
not
to
.
But
it
is
about
some
business
.
Oh
,
he
never
will
come
again
.
"
And
she
began
to
cry
at
the
thought
of
the
very
thing
she
had
wished
for
.
"
Neither
will
I
come
again
.
Where
is
your
father
now
?
"
"
Up
at
his
lumbering
cabinet
,
where
he
always
consoles
himself
,
whenever
he
is
put
out
.
But
if
you
are
going
,
dear
child
,
do
let
me
come
with
you
.
I
shall
cry
till
I
die
here
,
all
by
myself
:
and
Pappy
never
cares
about
me
,
when
he
is
in
his
black
dudgeon
.
"
In
a
few
minutes
we
left
the
rude
unpleasant
house
,
and
even
Judy
seemed
relieved
to
get
away
from
the
door
.
By
the
time
we
reached
Mrs.
Shelfer
's
,
Idols
was
in
capital
spirits
again
,
and
pressed
me
for
some
account
of
the
wonderful
wealth
,
and
the
grand
house
she
had
heard
of
.
No
doubt
this
rumour
had
found
its
way
through
Ann
Maples
.
"
And
the
great
Lord
—
what
's
his
name
,
dear
Donna
?
I
would
n't
believe
a
word
of
it
;
though
I
'm
sure
you
are
a
deal
too
good
for
all
the
house
of
peers
.
But
Conny
did
;
and
was
n't
he
in
a
way
?
But
he
ought
to
be
very
glad
you
know
—
wish
you
every
blessing
,
as
they
say
in
the
plays
;
and
a
peer
is
the
very
highest
blessing
to
an
Englishwoman
.
But
one
thing
I
am
quite
resolved
on
:
Judy
belongs
to
me
now
,
do
n't
you
,
lovely
Judy
?
"
"
No
,
"
said
the
judicious
,
"
I
belong
to
Clara
.
"
"
Though
Conny
pretends
,
since
he
was
left
at
your
place
,
that
he
belongs
to
him
.
Now
I
will
give
him
to
you
;
and
so
will
Conny
too
.
You
can
afford
to
keep
him
now
,
and
I
ca
n't
,
he
does
eat
such
a
lot
;
and
he
does
not
care
a
pin
for
me
,
but
he
loves
you
with
all
his
heart
.
"
"
How
do
you
know
he
does
?
"
I
was
not
attending
much
,
but
thinking
of
some
one
else
.
"
Why
,
ca
n't
you
see
that
he
does
,
how
he
wags
his
tail
every
time
you
even
look
at
him
?
But
I
hope
poor
Conny
is
here
.
I
should
think
he
would
stop
,
when
he
finds
darling
Clara
come
back
.
"
I
had
jumped
to
that
hope
long
ago
,
before
we
even
left
Lucas
Street
,
and
that
had
something
to
do
with
my
walking
so
fast
.
No
,
he
was
not
there
,
he
had
not
been
there
to-day
.
It
was
my
turn
now
to
cry
;
what
might
he
not
have
done
,
after
that
fearful
insult
,
and
from
his
own
father
too
?
The
tears
,
which
I
confided
to
no
one
except
the
wooden-legged
blackbird
—
for
Giudice
would
have
made
such
a
fuss
about
them
—
were
still
upon
my
cheeks
,
when
I
heard
the
well-known
step
—
not
half
so
elastic
as
usual
.
I
fled
into
my
bedroom
,
and
pushed
the
boxes
about
,
to
make
a
goodly
noise
,
and
to
account
for
the
colour
in
my
face
.
Then
out
I
came
at
the
side-door
,
and
ran
downstairs
perversely
,
though
I
knew
that
Conrad
and
Isola
were
in
my
sitting-room
.
But
this
first-rate
manoeuvre
only
outwitted
its
author
,
for
Isola
ran
down
after
me
,
and
sent
me
upstairs
alone
.
All
my
little
nonsense
vanished
the
moment
I
looked
in
Conrad
's
face
.
His
healthy
brown
complexion
was
faded
to
an
opal
white
;
beneath
his
eyes
such
dark
blue
rims
,
that
I
thought
he
had
spectacles
on
;
and
on
either
cheek
a
round
red
spot
was
burning
.
So
shocked
I
was
,
that
when
he
took
my
hand
,
I
turned
my
face
away
and
smothered
down
a
sob
.
I
felt
that
I
had
no
right
to
be
so
fresh
and
blooming
.
Nor
was
it
only
in
health
that
the
contrast
between
us
lay
.
I
was
dressed
with
unusual
care
,
having
fidgeted
all
the
morning
,
and
with
my
utmost
taste
.
Poor
Conrad
was
in
his
working
clothes
,
full
of
marble
dust
,
tumbled
,
threadbare
,
and
even
in
need
of
mending
;
his
hair
swept
anyhow
,
and
his
hands
not
over-lately
washed
.
Yet
,
for
all
that
,
he
was
as
clearly
a
gentleman
,
as
I
was
a
lady
.
Not
so
would
he
have
been
arrayed
,
I
fancy
,
had
he
thought
to
see
neat
Clara
.
And
yet
,
who
knows
?
"
I
trust
that
you
will
excuse
me
,
"
he
began
to
say
,
"
but
such
things
have
happened
lately
—
you
will
not
account
me
rude
—
I
had
no
sense
at
all
of
this
great
pleasure
.
"
"
I
fear
you
have
not
been
very
happy
.
"
I
knew
not
what
to
say
,
or
how
to
keep
my
voice
clear
.
"
Yes
,
"
he
replied
,
"
as
happy
as
I
deserve
.
It
serves
me
aright
for
esteeming
so
much
of
myself
,
before
that
I
do
anything
.
But
I
will
win
my
way
"
—
and
his
own
proud
glance
flashed
out
—
"
and
we
shall
see
how
many
will
scorn
me
then
.
"
"
No
one
in
the
world
can
scorn
you
,
"
I
said
very
softly
,
and
my
voice
thrilled
through
him
.
"
Ah
,
you
are
always
kind
and
gentle
:
"
—
am
I
though
,
thought
I
—
"
but
I
will
no
more
fatigue
you
with
my
different
lot
in
life
.
I
am
told
that
some
great
nobleman
has
won
you
for
his
own
.
Perhaps
you
will
give
me
an
order
.
"
His
throat
was
swelling
with
these
bitter
words
,
and
he
looked
at
his
dusty
clothes
.
Somewhat
rude
I
thought
him
,
but
I
knew
not
half
his
troubles
.
"
Whoever
told
you
that
,
has
made
a
great
mistake
.
I
am
engaged
to
no
one
.
Your
sister
knows
me
better
.
"
And
I
turned
away
to
the
window
.
For
a
minute
he
said
nothing
;
but
I
could
hear
his
heart
beat
.
Stedfastly
I
looked
at
the
cheesemonger
's
shop
.
Oh
for
a
flower
,
or
something
on
the
balcony
!
Presently
he
came
round
the
corner
of
the
sofa
.
Without
being
rude
,
I
could
not
help
turning
round
.
His
face
was
much
,
much
,
brighter
,
and
his
eyes
more
kind
.
"
Have
I
said
any
harm
—
I
would
not
for
the
world
—
I
knew
not
it
was
harm
.
"
"
No
harm
,
"
I
said
,
"
to
think
so
ill
of
me
!
To
believe
,
for
a
single
moment
,
that
because
I
am
not
so
poor
,
I
would
go
and
forsake
—
at
least
,
I
mean
,
forget
—
any
one
I
cared
for
!
"
"
Can
I
ever
hope
,
if
I
serve
you
all
my
life
,
that
you
will
ever
care
for
me
?
"
"
Do
n't
you
know
I
do
?
"
And
I
burst
into
my
violent
flood
.
When
I
came
to
myself
,
both
his
arms
were
round
me
,
and
I
was
looking
up
at
his
poor
sick
face
,
my
hair
quite
full
of
marble
chips
,
and
he
was
telling
me
with
glad
tears
in
his
eyes
,
which
he
never
took
from
mine
,
how
he
cared
for
nothing
now
,
not
for
all
the
world
,
not
for
glory
or
fur
shame
,
so
long
as
I
only
loved
him
.
"
With
all
my
heart
and
soul
,
"
I
whispered
,
"
him
and
no
one
else
whatever
,
whether
in
life
or
death
.
"
All
the
folly
we
went
through
I
am
not
going
to
repeat
,
though
I
remember
well
every
atom
of
it
.
Let
the
wise
their
wisdom
keep
,
we
are
babes
and
sucklings
.
Neither
of
us
had
ever
loved
before
,
or
ever
meant
to
love
again
,
except
of
course
each
other
,
and
that
should
be
for
ever
.
"
One
thing
I
must
tell
you
,
my
own
sweet
love
,
and
yet
I
fear
to
do
it
.
But
you
are
not
like
other
girls
.
There
is
no
one
like
you
,
nor
has
there
ever
been
.
I
think
you
will
not
scorn
me
for
another
's
fault
.
"
"
Of
course
I
wo
n't
,
my
own
pet
Conny
.
What
is
this
awful
thing
?
"
"
I
am
an
illegitimate
son
.
"
One
moment
I
sprang
from
him
;
the
next
I
despised
myself
.
But
in
spite
of
all
my
troubles
,
there
still
lurked
in
my
heart
the
narrow
pride
of
birth
.
Down
to
the
earth
it
fell
beneath
the
foot
of
true
love
,
and
I
kissed
away
from
his
eyes
the
mingled
reproach
and
sorrow
,
assuring
him
that
at
least
he
should
have
a
legitimate
wife
.
To
make
amends
,
I
leaned
upon
him
one
moment
,
and
put
my
hand
on
his
shoulder
,
and
let
him
play
awhile
with
the
dark
shower
of
my
hair
.
"
Darling
Conny
,
you
have
told
me
yours
,
now
you
shall
hear
my
secret
.
Only
promise
me
you
will
give
tit
for
tat
.
You
say
you
loved
me
ever
since
you
saw
me
first
;
then
you
must
have
loved
your
Clara
when
you
saved
her
life
.
"
"
What
do
you
mean
,
my
Clara
?
Those
low
ruffians
in
the
Park
were
not
going
to
kill
you
.
"
"
No
,
dearest
;
I
do
n't
mean
that
at
all
.
But
there
's
a
kiss
for
that
,
I
have
owed
it
you
ever
since
.
But
what
I
mean
no
kisses
can
repay
;
no
,
nor
a
life
of
love
.
You
saved
a
life
worth
fifty
of
my
own
.
"
Some
dark
alarm
was
growing
in
his
eyes
,
on
which
I
gazed
with
vague
increasing
terror
.
"
Why
,
dearest
,
it
is
nothing
.
Only
your
own
Clara
is
not
Clara
Valence
;
you
must
call
her
'
Clara
Vaughan
.
'
"
With
actual
violence
he
thrust
me
from
his
arms
,
and
stood
staring
at
me
,
while
I
trembled
from
head
to
foot
;
his
face
was
one
scarlet
flame
.
"
And
pray
,
Sir
,
what
harm
have
I
done
?
Am
I
to
suppose
that
you
"
—
special
emphasis
meant
for
illegitimacy
—
"
that
you
are
ashamed
of
my
father
and
me
?
"
"
Yes
,
I
am
.
Accursed
low
licentious
race
!
If
you
knew
what
you
have
done
,
you
would
tear
your
heart
out
rather
than
give
it
to
me
.
"
"
Thank
you
—
I
feel
obliged
—
my
heart
indeed
—
to
a
bastard
.
Take
back
your
ring
if
you
please
;
kindly
restore
me
mine
.
May
I
trouble
you
for
room
enough
to
go
by
?
"
And
I
swept
out
of
the
room
,
and
through
the
side-door
into
my
bed-room
,
where
I
crouched
in
a
corner
,
with
both
hands
on
my
heart
,
and
the
whole
world
gone
away
.
"
Mad
!
"
I
heard
him
cry
,
"
yes
,
I
must
go
mad
at
last
!
"
Away
he
rushed
from
the
house
,
and
I
fell
upon
the
bed
,
and
lay
in
fits
till
midnight
.
CHAPTER
V.
I
believe
that
my
heart
would
have
burst
,
if
they
had
not
cut
my
stays
;
and
how
I
wished
it
had
.
When
I
came
back
to
my
unlucky
self
,
there
was
something
shivery
cold
in
the
forehead
wave
of
my
hair
.
Was
it
Conrad
's
finger
?
I
put
up
my
hand
to
dash
it
away
,
and
caught
a
fine
fat
leech
.
Dr.
Franks
was
sitting
by
me
,
holding
a
basin
and
a
sponge
.
"
That
's
the
last
of
them
,
my
dear
child
.
Do
n't
disturb
him
.
He
is
doing
his
duty
by
you
.
"
"
His
duty
!
Was
it
his
duty
to
say
such
fearful
things
?
To
break
my
heart
with
every
word
!
Ashamed
of
me
—
ashamed
of
my
darling
father
!
Low
and
licentious
!
What
have
I
done
?
what
have
I
done
?
Oh
,
it
I
only
knew
what
harm
I
have
ever
done
!
"
"
No
harm
,
my
poor
dear
,
no
harm
in
the
world
;
let
me
bathe
your
pretty
face
.
Come
now
,
you
sha
n't
cry
another
drop
.
What
is
to
become
of
the
beautiful
eyes
I
was
so
proud
of
saving
?
"
"
Oh
,
I
wish
you
had
n't
,
how
I
wish
you
had
n't
.
Dr.
Franks
,
I
have
no
father
,
and
no
mother
,
and
no
one
in
all
the
world
to
love
me
,
and
I
was
just
getting
so
nice
and
happy
again
,
so
proud
of
myself
,
and
so
much
prouder
of
him
,
and
I
began
to
think
how
glad
my
own
dear
father
would
be
;
and
,
Dr.
Franks
,
I
did
love
him
so
,
with
all
my
heart
,
perhaps
it
's
not
very
large
,
but
with
every
morsel
and
atom
of
my
heart
—
and
now
,
now
I
must
hate
him
as
much
as
ever
I
can
.
Oh
let
me
go
home
,
do
let
me
go
home
,
where
my
father
and
mother
are
buried
.
"
And
I
rose
in
the
bed
to
start
,
and
the
candles
glimmered
in
my
eyes
.
"
Please
to
go
out
of
the
room
,
every
one
please
to
go
;
and
do
n't
let
Isola
come
.
I
ca
n't
bear
the
sight
of
her
now
.
It
wo
n't
take
me
long
to
dress
,
and
I
do
n't
want
any
luggage
;
and
,
Mrs.
Shelfer
,
please
to
go
for
a
cab
:
and
I
sha
n't
want
the
rooms
any
more
,
and
it
does
not
matter
a
bit
about
any
letters
.
I
'll
tell
my
father
everything
when
I
see
him
,
and
then
perhaps
he
'll
tell
me
what
harm
it
is
I
have
done
.
Why
do
n't
you
go
,
when
you
see
I
want
to
get
up
?
'
"
Do
n't
you
see
,
my
dear
child
,
we
are
going
?
Only
you
must
take
this
glass
of
wine
first
,
to
prepare
you
for
your
long
journey
.
Will
you
take
it
now
,
while
we
fetch
the
cab
?
"
"
Yes
,
anything
,
anything
:
I
do
n't
care
what
it
is
.
Only
let
me
get
ready
.
"
And
I
drank
,
without
even
tasting
it
,
a
glass
of
some
dark
liquid
,
which
saved
me
from
wandering
further
either
in
mind
or
body
.
When
I
awoke
,
it
was
broad
noon
once
more
,
and
Dr.
Franks
was
sitting
by
me
with
one
of
my
hands
in
his
.
"
Magnificent
constitution
,
"
I
thought
I
heard
him
mutter
,
"
glorious
constitution
.
"
What
good
was
it
to
me
?
At
the
foot
of
the
bed
,
sat
Isola
crying
terribly
.
Slowly
I
remembered
all
my
great
disaster
,
but
saw
it
only
through
a
dull
gray
veil
.
The
power
of
the
opiate
was
still
upon
my
brain
.
But
a
cold
dead
pain
lay
heavy
on
my
heart
,
and
always
seemed
to
want
a
heavy
hand
upon
it
.
After
he
had
given
me
a
reviving
draught
,
Dr.
Franks
perceived
that
I
wished
to
speak
to
Isola
,
and
accordingly
withdrew
.
Poor
Isola
came
slowly
and
sat
beside
my
pillow
,
doubting
whether
she
should
dare
to
take
my
hand
.
Therefore
I
took
hers
,
drew
her
face
towards
me
,
and
covered
it
with
kisses
.
Isola
had
done
no
harm
to
me
whatever
,
and
I
felt
it
something
to
have
even
her
to
love
.
She
was
overcome
with
affectionate
surprise
.
"
Oh
,
Clara
dearest
,
I
am
so
very
glad
to
find
you
love
me
still
.
I
feared
that
you
would
never
care
for
me
again
.
What
is
it
all
about
,
dear
,
if
you
are
well
enough
to
tell
me
,
what
is
all
this
dreadful
misery
about
?
"
"
That
is
the
very
thing
I
want
to
learn
from
you
,
dear
.
Surely
you
must
know
better
far
than
I
do
.
"
I
would
not
even
ask
her
what
had
become
of
Conrad
.
"
No
,
I
do
n't
dear
.
I
do
n't
know
at
all
.
All
I
know
is
there
must
have
been
some
dreadful
quarrel
between
you
and
Conrad
.
I
must
tell
you
,
dear
,
I
was
so
anxious
about
something
you
can
guess
,
that
I
stole
up
to
the
door
soon
after
he
came
in
;
and
you
were
so
intent
upon
the
window
,
that
you
never
even
saw
me
put
the
door
ajar
;
and
then
I
heard
him
tell
you
how
very
much
he
loved
you
,
and
I
was
so
glad
.
And
then
I
thought
it
was
not
quite
fair
of
me
,
and
I
knew
all
I
wanted
,
so
I
ran
downstairs
again
.
And
the
next
thing
I
heard
was
your
bedroom
door
bang
and
then
Conny
dashed
out
the
house
,
and
Judy
came
down
to
me
looking
very
sorrowful
.
And
I
ran
up
to
you
,
and
here
I
found
you
shrieking
so
,
and
rolling
,
and
clutching
at
the
bedclothes
,
and
I
was
so
frightened
I
could
not
even
move
.
And
then
Judy
came
and
made
such
a
dreadful
howling
,
and
Mrs.
Shelfer
ran
straight
off
for
the
doctor
,
and
I
poured
the
water
in
the
decanter
over
you
,
and
I
ca
n't
tell
any
more
.
"
"
But
surely
,
darling
,
you
have
been
home
since
that
?
"
"
Oh
yes
;
when
Dr.
Franks
came
,
and
you
were
a
little
better
,
he
would
make
me
go
home
,
because
he
did
not
want
two
patients
,
he
said
;
and
his
eldest
daughter
,
such
a
nice
girl
,
came
with
me
;
and
my
papa
did
n't
even
know
that
I
had
been
out
of
the
house
.
He
was
still
upstairs
,
brooding
over
his
relics
,
and
all
the
sixth
form
at
the
College
had
to
go
to
dinner
without
their
lectures
;
but
I
do
believe
the
stupid
girls
were
glad
.
"
"
And
did
you
hear
—
no
,
it
does
n't
matter
.
"
"
No
,
I
never
heard
what
became
of
Conrad
.
No
doubt
he
went
back
to
his
favourite
chip
,
chipping
.
He
has
got
a
splendid
thing
he
is
full
of
now
,
and
it
prevents
his
sleeping
;
something
or
other
very
horrible
from
Dante
,
and
the
leading
figure
is
modelled
after
you
.
I
have
seen
the
drawings
,
and
he
has
got
you
exactly
.
"
"
How
gratifying
to
be
sure
!
I
will
ask
you
no
more
questions
.
Pray
let
me
know
when
I
am
for
sale
;
though
I
should
call
it
a
work
of
illegitimate
art
.
"
My
eyes
were
on
her
face
,
but
she
showed
no
consciousness
whatever
,
which
she
must
have
done
had
she
known
the
fact
referred
to
,
for
she
was
quick
of
perception
,
and
open
as
the
day
.
I
was
angry
with
myself
for
the
low
and
bootless
sneer
,
which
was
pretty
certain
to
be
conveyed
to
her
brother
.
"
Now
I
will
delay
no
longer
.
Let
me
speak
to
Dr.
Franks
.
I
shall
go
this
afternoon
.
"
Poor
Isola
turned
pale
;
she
had
looked
upon
the
occurrence
as
only
a
lover
's
quarrel
,
sure
to
be
set
right
in
a
day
or
two
.
She
could
not
harbour
any
great
resentment
long
,
and
forgot
that
I
could
.
"
Do
n't
talk
so
,
dear
;
and
you
so
very
weak
!
it
would
be
sure
to
kill
you
.
And
what
will
Conny
think
?
You
must
not
go
,
at
any
rate
,
till
you
have
been
to
see
him
.
"
"
I
go
to
him
!
I
hope
to
see
him
never
more
until
I
charge
him
in
another
world
with
this
bitter
wrong
.
No
,
no
more
if
you
please
;
I
will
not
hear
his
name
again
.
How
can
he
be
your
brother
?
Darling
Idols
,
I
never
shall
forget
you
.
Take
this
,
my
pet
,
and
think
of
me
sometimes
,
for
you
will
never
see
me
more
.
"
I
gave
her
an
emerald
ring
,
set
with
lovely
pearls
,
small
types
of
herself
.
It
was
not
the
one
I
had
reclaimed
from
her
brother
,
that
was
a
plain
keeper
.
"
Oh
Clara
,
Clara
,
do
n't
say
that
,
whatever
you
do
,
because
I
know
you
will
keep
to
it
,
you
are
so
shamefully
obstinate
.
And
I
never
loved
any
one
in
the
world
like
you
;
no
,
not
even
Conny
.
"
"
And
not
even
your
father
or
mother
?
"
"
No
,
not
half
so
much
.
I
like
Pappy
very
well
when
he
is
good
and
kind
,
but
that
is
not
very
often
now
"
—
the
poor
little
thing
's
eyes
filled
again
with
tears
,
—
"
and
as
for
my
mother
,
I
never
even
saw
her
;
she
died
when
I
was
born
.
"
"
And
I
love
you
too
,
my
sweet
,
best
of
all
the
world
—
now
.
Nevertheless
,
we
must
part
.
"
"
And
never
see
each
other
?
I
do
n't
call
that
loving
.
Tell
me
why
:
do
tell
me
why
.
There
seems
some
horrid
mystery
about
every
one
I
love
.
"
And
she
was
overcome
with
grief
.
She
had
not
been
,
like
me
,
apprenticed
young
to
trouble
.
"
Darling
,
I
will
write
to
you
sometimes
.
You
can
come
here
for
the
letters
.
I
will
have
no
secrets
any
more
from
you
;
but
you
must
never
attempt
to
write
to
me
—
only
send
your
name
on
a
bit
of
paper
when
my
letters
go
.
"
"
But
why
on
earth
may
n't
I
write
to
you
,
Clara
dear
?
"
"
I
ca
n't
tell
you
why
.
Only
I
cannot
bear
it
.
"
The
truth
was
I
could
never
have
borne
to
read
about
her
brother
.
So
all
that
was
settled
,
and
I
said
good-bye
with
plenty
of
bitter
crying
.
As
for
Balaam
and
Balak
,
from
whom
I
expected
tidings
,
and
George
Cutting
,
whom
I
had
thought
it
right
to
send
for
—
I
had
not
the
heart
to
attend
to
any
of
them
.
Dr.
Franks
had
done
his
utmost
to
oppose
my
sudden
journey
,
but
I
told
him
truly
that
I
should
go
mad
if
I
stopped
there
any
longer
.
I
could
not
bear
the
mere
sight
of
the
room
where
I
had
been
,
in
the
height
of
delicious
joy
,
so
trampled
upon
and
outraged
.
My
brain
was
burning
,
and
my
heart
was
aching
for
the
only
spot
on
earth
where
true
love
could
be
found
,
the
spot
where
lay
my
father
and
my
mother
.
Seeing
how
the
fever
of
the
mind
was
kindling
,
the
doctor
,
like
a
good
physician
,
knew
that
the
best
plan
was
to
indulge
,
and
so
allay
it
.
Yet
he
begged
me
,
if
I
had
any
regard
for
him
,
not
to
travel
all
alone
while
in
that
dangerous
state
.
With
most
unlooked-for
and
unmerited
kindness
,
he
even
sent
his
eldest
daughter
,
at
an
hour
's
notice
,
to
see
me
home
in
safety
.
The
last
farewell
was
said
to
Judy
,
whom
I
would
not
take
away
,
greatly
as
I
loved
him
still
;
and
he
received
most
stringent
orders
first
to
conduct
dear
Isola
home
,
and
then
to
go
to
his
old
quarters
at
the
livery
stables
.
Apparently
he
acquiesced
,
though
with
wistful
glances
;
but
at
Paddington
,
as
I
was
getting
the
tickets
,
to
my
amazement
in
he
rushed
,
upset
a
couple
of
porters
,
and
demanded
his
ticket
too
.
Under
the
circumstances
there
was
nothing
for
it
,
except
to
let
him
go
with
us
,
or
to
lose
the
train
.
So
his
ticket
was
taken
,
and
he
dashed
into
the
dog-box
with
an
enthusiasm
which
earned
him
a
hard
knock
on
the
head
.
CHAPTER
VI
.
Annie
Franks
was
exactly
as
Isola
had
described
her
,
"
such
a
nice
girl
.
"
Kind-hearted
like
her
father
,
truthful
,
ladylike
,
and
sensitive
;
retiring
too
,
and
humble-minded
,
with
a
well
of
mute
romance
in
the
shadow
of
her
heart
,
a
wave
of
which
she
would
not
for
the
world
display
.
The
only
vent
she
ever
allowed
this
most
expansive
element
was
novel-reading
,
or
a
little
quiet
hero-worship
.
Her
greatest
happiness
was
to
sit
upon
a
lonely
bank
,
and
read
a
slashing
curtel-axe
and
gramercy
romance
,
with
lots
of
high-born
ladies
in
it
,
and
lots
of
moonlight
love
.
If
history
got
hard
thumps
among
them
,
and
chronology
,
like
an
unwound
clock
,
was
right
but
twice
in
twenty-four
,
simple
Annie
smiled
no
less
,
so
long
as
the
summer
sun
flashed
duly
on
pennon
,
helm
,
and
gonfalon
,
and
she
could
see
bright
cavalcades
winding
through
the
greenwood
shade
.
In
"
coat
and
waistcoat
"
novels
her
soul
took
no
delight
.
Not
a
shilling
would
she
squeeze
from
her
little
beaded
purse
for
all
the
quicksilver
of
Dickens
,
or
the
frosted
gold
of
Thackeray
.
Yet
she
was
not
by
any
means
what
fast
young
ladies
call
a
"
spooney
;
"
she
had
plenty
of
common
sense
upon
the
things
of
daily
life
,
plenty
of
general
information
,
and
no
lack
of
gentle
self-respect
.
Now
she
was
wending
through
an
upland
meet
for
gray-clad
reverie
,
where
she
might
dream
for
days
and
days
,
and
none
but
silly
deer
intrude
.
As
we
passed
along
in
the
gloaming
of
the
May
,
through
bosomed
lawn
and
bosky
dell
,
with
lilac
plumes
for
cavaliers
,
and
hawthorn
sweeps
for
ladies
'
trains
,
the
soft
gray
eyes
of
Annie
ceased
at
last
to
watch
me
,
and
her
thoughts
were
in
costume
of
Chevy
Chase
or
Crecy
.
By
reason
of
the
message
sent
the
day
before
,
no
one
in
the
house
expected
me
;
so
we
stole
in
quietly
,
lest
my
uncle
should
be
alarmed
,
and
I
requested
Gregory
,
tipsy
Bob
's
successor
,
to
bring
Jane
to
meet
us
,
in
my
own
little
room
.
Annie
being
installed
there
,
to
her
great
delight
,
and
allowed
free
boot
of
"
Marry
,
Sir
knight
,
"
and
"
Now
by
my
halidame
,
"
I
went
to
see
my
poor
dear
uncle
,
who
by
this
time
was
prepared
for
my
visit
.
Very
weak
he
seemed
,
and
nervous
,
and
more
rejoiced
at
my
return
than
even
I
had
expected
.
To
me
also
it
was
warm
comfort
in
my
cold
pride-ailment
to
be
with
one
of
my
own
kin
,
whom
none
could
well
disparage
.
There
was
a
dignity
about
him
,
an
air
of
lofty
birth
,
which
my
own
darling
father
had
been
too
genial
to
support
.
Soon
I
perceived
from
my
uncle
's
manner
,
that
something
had
happened
since
my
departure
to
add
to
his
uneasiness
.
But
he
offered
no
explanation
and
I
did
not
like
to
ask
him
.
He
in
turn
perceived
the
heavy
dark
despondency
,
which
,
in
spite
of
all
my
efforts
,
would
at
times
betray
itself
.
Pride
and
indignation
supported
me
,
when
I
began
to
think
,
but
then
I
could
not
always
think
,
whereas
I
could
always
feel
.
Moreover
,
pride
and
indignation
are
,
in
almost
every
case
,
props
that
carry
barbs
.
In
a
word
,
though
I
would
scorn
the
love-lorn
maiden
's
part
,
it
was
sad
for
me
to
know
that
I
could
never
love
again
.
With
a
father
's
tenderness
,
he
feebly
drew
my
head
to
his
trembling
breast
,
and
asked
me
in
a
tearful
whisper
what
had
happened
to
me
.
But
I
was
too
proud
to
tell
him
.
Oh
that
I
had
not
been
!
What
misery
might
have
been
spared
to
many
.
But
all
the
time
my
head
lay
there
,
I
was
on
fire
with
shame
and
agony
,
thinking
of
the
breast
on
which
my
hair
had
last
been
shed
.
"
Now
,
good
nurse
Clara
,
"
he
said
at
last
with
a
poor
attempt
at
playfulness
,
"
I
shall
have
no
more
confidence
in
your
professional
skill
,
unless
you
wheel
me
forth
to-morrow
with
a
cheerful
face
.
You
are
tired
to-night
,
my
love
,
and
so
should
I
have
been
,
if
you
had
not
come
home
.
To-morrow
you
shall
tell
me
why
you
came
so
suddenly
and
saved
me
a
day
of
longing
.
And
to-morrow
,
if
I
am
strong
enough
,
I
will
tell
you
a
little
history
,
which
may
be
lost
,
like
many
a
great
one
,
unless
it
is
quickly
told
.
Stop
—
one
cup
of
tea
,
dear
,
and
how
proud
I
am
to
pour
it
out
for
you
—
and
then
I
will
not
keep
you
from
a
livelier
friend
.
To-morrow
,
you
must
introduce
me
.
I
still
like
pretty
girls
,
and
you
should
have
brought
that
lovely
Isola
with
you
.
I
ca
n't
think
why
you
did
n't
.
She
would
have
been
most
welcome
.
"
"
Come
,
uncle
,
I
shall
be
jealous
.
The
young
lady
I
have
brought
is
quite
pretty
enough
for
you
.
"
He
sighed
at
some
remembrance
,
and
then
asked
abruptly
,
"
Do
you
mean
to
sleep
,
my
darling
,
in
the
little
room
to-night
?
"
His
voice
shook
so
,
while
he
asked
this
question
,
that
I
was
quite
certain
something
had
alarmed
him
.
The
little
room
was
the
one
I
had
occupied
between
the
main
corridor
and
his
present
bedroom
.
It
was
meant
for
an
ante-room
,
not
a
sleeping
chamber
;
but
I
had
brought
my
little
iron
bedstead
thither
.
"
To
be
sure
I
do
,
dear
uncle
;
do
you
suppose
,
because
I
have
been
off
duty
,
that
I
mean
to
be
cashiered
?
Only
one
thing
I
must
tell
you
;
I
have
brought
home
with
me
one
of
the
very
best
friends
I
ever
had
.
You
have
heard
me
talk
of
Giudice
.
I
cannot
bear
the
thought
of
parting
with
him
to-night
,
he
will
cry
so
dreadfully
in
the
strange
stables
;
and
in
London
he
always
slept
on
the
mat
outside
my
door
.
May
I
have
him
in
the
lobby
,
uncle
,
you
will
never
hear
him
move
,
and
he
never
snores
except
just
after
dinner
?
"
"
To
be
sure
,
my
pet
;
I
would
not
part
you
for
the
world
.
God
bless
you
,
my
own
child
,
and
keep
your
true
heart
lighter
.
"
If
I
had
been
really
his
own
child
,
he
could
not
have
been
more
loving
to
me
,
than
he
had
now
become
.
After
giving
Annie
Franks
her
tea
,
which
she
was
far
too
deep
in
tournament
to
drink
,
I
paid
a
visit
to
Mrs.
Fletcher
's
room
,
and
learned
from
her
that
nothing
,
so
far
as
she
knew
,
had
happened
to
disturb
my
uncle
:
Mrs.
Daldy
had
not
been
near
the
house
,
and
there
was
a
rumour
afloat
that
she
had
been
called
to
take
part
in
a
revival
meeting
near
Swansea
.
So
after
introducing
Judy
,
who
was
a
dreadful
dog
for
jam
,
and
having
him
admired
almost
as
much
as
he
ought
to
be
,
I
returned
to
Annie
,
and
found
her
in
high
delight
with
everything
and
everybody
,
and
most
of
all
with
her
tapestry-writer
.
Leaving
her
at
last
under
Tilly
's
care
,
Judy
and
I
were
making
off
for
our
sleeping
quarters
,
when
truant
Matilda
followed
me
down
the
passage
hastily
.
"
Oh
,
Miss
,
please
,
Miss
,
I
want
to
tell
you
something
,
and
I
did
not
like
to
name
it
before
that
nice
young
lady
,
because
I
am
sure
she
is
timid
like
.
"
Matilda
looked
not
timid
like
,
but
terrified
exceedingly
,
as
she
stared
on
every
side
with
her
candle
guttering
.
"
Hold
your
candle
up
,
Matilda
;
and
tell
me
what
it
is
.
"
By
this
time
we
were
in
the
main
passage
,
"
corridor
"
they
called
it
,
and
could
see
all
down
it
by
the
faint
light
of
some
oil-lamps
,
to
the
oriel
window
at
the
farther
end
,
whereon
the
moon
(
now
nearly
full
again
)
was
shining
.
"
Why
,
Miss
,
the
ghost
was
walking
last
night
,
and
the
night
before
.
"
"
Nonsense
,
Matilda
.
Do
n't
be
so
absurd
.
"
"
It
's
true
,
Miss.
True
as
you
stand
there
.
Pale
gray
it
is
this
time
,
and
so
tall
,
and
the
face
as
white
as
ashes
.
"
And
a
shiver
ran
through
Tilly
,
at
her
own
description
—
"
You
know
,
Miss
,
it
's
the
time
of
year
,
and
she
always
walks
three
nights
together
,
from
the
big
east
window
to
this
end
and
back
again
.
So
please
to
lock
your
door
,
Miss
,
and
bolt
it
too
inside
.
"
"
Well
done
,
Tilly
!
Does
any
one
intend
to
wait
up
for
the
ghost
?
What
time
does
it
come
?
"
"
One
o'clock
,
Miss
,
as
punctual
as
a
time-piece
.
But
could
you
suppose
,
Miss
,
any
one
would
dare
to
wait
up
and
see
it
?
"
"
Then
how
have
they
seen
it
,
in
the
name
of
folly
?
"
"
Why
,
Miss
,
I
'll
tell
you
.
One
of
the
carriage-horses
got
an
inflammation
in
his
eyes
,
and
the
farrier
give
orders
to
have
it
sponged
never
more
than
three
hours
between
,
and
so
William
Edwards
,
the
head-groom
if
you
please
,
Miss
"
—
Tilly
curtseyed
here
,
because
this
was
her
legitimate
sweetheart
—
"
he
stops
up
till
one
o'clock
to
see
to
it
,
and
then
Job
Leyson
goes
instead
.
So
William
come
in
,
Miss
,
on
Monday
night
,
to
go
to
bed
,
please
,
Miss
,
and
he
took
the
short
cut
,
not
that
he
were
allowed
,
Miss
,
or
would
think
of
taking
a
liberty
on
no
account
whatever
,
but
he
were
that
sleepy
he
did
n't
know
the
way
to
bed
,
so
he
went
across
the
corridor
for
the
short
cut
from
the
kitchen
gallery
to
the
servants
'
passage
;
and
there
he
saw
—
he
had
n't
any
light
,
Miss
,
and
the
lamps
all
out
—
Goodness
me
!
Whatever
was
that
?
Did
you
hear
it
,
Miss
?
"
"
Yes
,
and
see
it
,
Tilly
;
it
's
a
daddy
in
your
candle
.
Go
on
,
Tilly
,
will
you
.
Am
I
to
stop
here
all
night
and
get
as
bad
as
you
are
?
"
"
There
William
Edwards
,
a
man
who
never
swears
or
drinks
,
there
he
saw
all
in
the
dark
,
coming
so
stately
down
the
corridor
,
as
if
it
had
n't
room
enough
,
with
one
arm
up
like
this
,
a
tall
pale
melancholy
ghost
,
and
he
knew
it
was
the
lady
who
was
wronged
and
killed
,
when
the
great
wars
was
,
Miss
,
two
hundred
year
agone
.
"
"
Well
,
Tilly
,
and
did
he
speak
to
it
?
"
"
He
was
that
frightened
,
Miss
,
he
could
not
move
or
speak
;
but
he
fell
again
the
wall
in
the
side-passage
,
with
his
eyes
coming
out
of
his
head
,
and
his
hair
up
like
my
wicker-broom
.
And
then
she
vanished
away
,
and
he
got
to
bed
,
and
did
perspire
so
,
they
was
forced
to
wring
the
blankets
.
"
"
Capital
,
Tilly
!
And
who
saw
her
the
next
night
?
"
"
Why
that
nincompoop
Job
Leyson
,
Miss.
Our
William
was
a
deal
too
wise
to
go
that
way
any
more
,
but
he
tell
Job
Leyson
,
and
he
a
foolish
empty
fellow
,
perhaps
you
know
,
Miss.
'
Ho
,
'
says
Job
,
'
I
often
hear
tell
of
her
,
to-night
I
'll
have
a
peep
.
'
So
last
night
when
William
went
to
bed
on
the
servants
'
side
,
down
comes
Job
and
takes
the
front
way
,
pretty
impudent
of
him
I
think
.
And
,
Miss
,
I
do
n't
know
what
he
see
,
I
never
says
much
to
him
;
but
there
they
found
him
in
the
saddle-room
,
at
five
o'clock
this
morning
,
with
his
heels
up
on
a
rack
,
and
his
head
down
in
the
bucket
,
and
never
a
bit
of
sponge
had
come
near
the
poor
mare
's
eye
.
"
"
Oh
,
thank
you
,
Tilly
.
Perhaps
you
had
better
snuff
your
candle
.
No
ghost
will
have
much
chance
that
comes
near
my
Judy
.
"
And
with
that
I
went
to
bed
,
tired
of
such
nonsense
.
An
hour
of
deep
sleep
from
pure
weariness
both
of
mind
and
body
,
and
I
awoke
with
every
fibre
full
of
nervous
life
.
The
moon
was
high
in
the
south-east
,
and
three
narrow
stripes
of
lozenged
light
fell
upon
the
old
oak
floor
.
Although
my
uncle
had
left
the
gable
where
the
windows
faced
the
setting
sun
,
he
still
kept
to
the
western
wing
.
The
house
,
which
was
built
in
the
reign
of
Henry
the
Eighth
,
covered
the
site
and
in
some
parts
embodied
the
relics
of
a
much
more
ancient
structure
.
The
plan
was
very
simple
,
at
least
as
regarded
the
upstair
rooms
.
From
east
to
west
ran
one
long
corridor
,
crossed
at
right
angles
,
in
the
centre
and
near
the
ends
,
by
three
gable
passages
.
Although
there
were
so
many
servants
,
not
half
the
rooms
were
occupied
:
all
the
best
bedrooms
had
been
empty
many
a
year
.
No
festivities
had
filled
them
since
my
father
's
days
.
Gloom
and
terror
still
hung
over
the
eastern
part
,
where
he
had
been
so
foully
murdered
.
In
most
of
the
downstair
windows
along
the
front
of
the
house
,
the
rickety
lattice
of
diamond
panes
had
been
replaced
by
clear
plate-glass
,
but
the
old
hall
,
and
the
corridor
,
and
some
of
the
gable
windows
still
retained
their
gorgeous
tints
and
heraldry
.
As
the
shadows
of
the
mullions
stole
upon
my
counterpane
,
there
began
to
creep
across
my
mind
uneasy
inklings
of
the
ghost
.
A
less
imaginative
man
than
William
Edwards
,
I
who
had
often
enjoyed
his
escort
,
knew
well
there
could
not
be
.
As
for
Job
Leyson
I
could
not
tell
with
what
creative
powers
his
mind
might
be
endowed
;
but
—
to
judge
from
physiognomy
—
a
light
ring
snaffle
would
hold
them
.
Thinking
,
with
less
and
less
complacence
,
of
this
apparition
story
,
and
the
red
legend
which
lay
beneath
it
,
for
the
spectral
lady
was
believed
to
be
a
certain
Beatrice
Vaughan
,
daughter
of
the
Cavalier
who
perceived
the
moss-light
,
and
heiress
of
the
house
200
years
ago
—
thinking
of
this
,
I
say
,
with
more
and
more
of
flutter
,
I
sat
up
in
the
bed
and
listened
.
My
uncle
's
thick
irregular
breathing
,
the
play
of
an
ivy-leaf
on
the
mullion
,
the
half-hour
struck
by
the
turret-clock
,
were
all
the
sounds
I
heard
;
except
that
my
heart
,
so
listless
and
desponding
,
was
re-asserting
some
right
to
throb
for
its
own
safety
.
With
my
hand
upon
it
,
I
listened
for
another
minute
,
resolving
if
I
heard
nothing
more
to
make
a
great
nest
in
the
pillows
—
I
always
want
three
at
least
—
and
shut
both
ears
to
destiny
.
But
there
came
,
before
the
minute
passed
,
a
low
,
long
,
hollow
sound
,
an
echo
of
trembling
expectation
.
In
a
moment
I
leaped
from
the
bed
;
though
I
had
never
heard
it
before
,
I
knew
it
could
only
be
the
bloodhound
's
cautious
warning
.
I
flung
