wife—
he
who
of
all
men
ought
to
have
kept
himself
free
from
such
troubles
.
Oh
,
he
has
been
so
good
!
It
is
almost
impossible
to
make
any
one
understand
it
.
If
you
could
know
how
he
has
longed
for
this
office
;
—
how
he
has
worked
for
it
day
and
night
,
wearing
his
eyes
out
with
figures
when
everybody
else
has
been
asleep
,
shutting
himself
up
with
such
creatures
as
Mr.
Bott
when
other
men
have
been
shooting
and
hunting
and
flirting
and
spending
their
money
.
He
has
been
a
slave
to
it
for
years
,
—
all
his
life
I
believe
,
—
in
order
that
he
might
sit
in
the
Cabinet
,
and
be
a
minister
and
a
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
.
He
has
hoped
and
feared
,
and
has
been
,
I
believe
,
sometimes
half-mad
with
expectation
.
This
has
been
his
excitement
,
—
what
racing
and
gambling
are
to
other
men
.
At
last
,
the
place
was
there
,
ready
for
him
,
and
they
offered
it
to
him
.
They
begged
him
to
take
it
,
almost
on
their
knees
.
The
Duke
of
St.
Bungay
was
here
all
one
morning
about
it
;
but
Mr.
Palliser
sent
him
away
,
and
refused
the
place
.
It
's
all
over
now
,
and
the
other
man
,
whom
they
all
hate
so
much
,
is
to
remain
in
.
"
"
But
why
did
he
refuse
it
?
"
"
I
keep
on
telling
you
—
because
of
me
.
He
found
that
I
wanted
looking
after
,
and
that
Mrs.
Marsham
and
Mr.
Bott
between
them
could
n't
do
it
.
"
"
Oh
,
Cora
!
how
can
you
talk
in
that
way
?
"
"
If
you
knew
all
,
you
might
well
ask
how
I
could
.
You
remember
about
Lady
Monk
's
ball
,
that
you
would
not
go
to
,
—
as
you
ought
to
have
done
.
If
you
had
gone
,
Mr.
Palliser
would
have
been
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
at
this
minute
;
he
would
,
indeed
.
Only
think
of
that
!
But
though
you
did
not
go
,
other
people
did
who
ought
to
have
remained
at
home
.
I
went
for
one
,
—
and
you
know
who
was
there
for
another
.
"
"
What
difference
could
that
make
to
you
?
"
said
Alice
,
angrily
.
"
It
might
have
made
a
great
deal
of
difference
.
And
,
for
the
matter
of
that
,
so
it
did
.
Mr.
Palliser
was
there
too
,
but
,
of
course
,
he
went
away
immediately
.
I
ca
n't
tell
you
all
the
trouble
there
had
been
about
Mrs.
Marsham
,
—
whether
I
was
to
take
her
with
me
or
not
.
However
,
I
would
n't
take
her
,
and
did
n't
take
her
.
The
carriage
went
for
her
first
,
and
there
she
was
when
we
got
there
;
and
Mr.
Bott
was
there
too
.
I
wonder
whether
I
shall
ever
make
you
understand
it
all
.
"
"
There
are
some
things
I
do
n't
want
to
understand
.
"
"
There
they
both
were
watching
me
,
—
looking
at
me
the
whole
evening
;
and
,
of
course
,
I
resolved
that
I
would
not
be
put
down
by
them
.
"
"
I
think
,
if
I
had
been
you
,
I
would
not
have
allowed
their
presence
to
make
any
difference
to
me
.
"
"
That
is
very
easily
said
,
my
dear
,
but
by
no
means
so
easily
done
.
You
ca
n't
make
yourself
unconscious
of
eyes
that
are
always
looking
at
you
.
I
dared
them
,
at
any
rate
,
to
do
their
worst
,
for
I
stood
up
to
dance
with
Burgo
Fitzgerald
.
"
"
Oh
,
Cora
!
"
"
Why
should
n't
I
?
At
any
rate
I
did
;
and
I
waltzed
with
him
for
half
an
hour
.
Alice
,
I
never
will
waltz
again
;
—
never
.
I
have
done
with
dancing
now
.
I
do
n't
think
,
even
in
my
maddest
days
,
I
ever
kept
it
up
so
long
as
I
did
then
.
And
I
knew
that
everybody
was
looking
at
me
.
It
was
not
only
Mrs.
Marsham
and
Mr.
Bott
,
but
everybody
there
.
I
felt
myself
to
be
desperate
,
—
mad
,
like
a
wild
woman
.
There
I
was
,
going
round
and
round
and
round
with
the
only
man
for
whom
I
ever
cared
two
straws
.
It
seemed
as
though
everything
had
been
a
dream
since
the
old
days
.
Ah
!
how
well
I
remember
the
first
time
I
danced
with
him
,
—
at
his
aunt
's
house
in
Cavendish
Square
.
They
had
only
just
brought
me
out
in
London
then
,
and
I
thought
that
he
was
a
god
.
"
"
Cora
!
I
cannot
bear
to
hear
you
talk
like
that
.
"
"
I
know
well
enough
that
he
is
no
god
now
;
some
people
say
that
he
is
a
devil
,
but
he
was
like
Apollo
to
me
then
.
Did
you
ever
see
anyone
so
beautiful
as
he
is
?
"
"
I
never
saw
him
at
all
.
"
"
I
wish
you
could
have
seen
him
;
but
you
will
some
day
.
I
do
n't
know
whether
you
care
for
men
being
handsome
.
"
Alice
thought
of
John
Grey
,
who
was
the
handsomest
man
that
she
knew
,
but
she
made
no
answer
.
"
I
do
;
or
,
rather
,
I
used
to
do
,
"
continued
Lady
Glencora
.
"
I
do
n't
think
I
care
much
about
anything
now
;
but
I
do
n't
see
why
handsome
men
should
not
be
run
after
as
much
as
handsome
women
.
"
"
But
you
would
n't
have
a
girl
run
after
any
man
,
would
you
;
whether
handsome
or
ugly
?
"
"
But
they
do
,
you
know
.
When
I
saw
him
the
other
night
he
was
just
as
handsome
as
ever
;
—
the
same
look
,
half
wild
and
half
tame
,
like
an
animal
you
cannot
catch
,
but
which
you
think
would
love
you
so
if
you
could
catch
him
.
In
a
little
while
it
was
just
like
the
old
time
,
and
I
had
made
up
my
mind
to
care
nothing
for
the
people
looking
at
me
.
"
"
And
you
think
that
was
right
?
"
"
No
,
I
do
n't
.
Yes
,
I
do
;
that
is
.
It
was
n't
right
to
care
about
dancing
with
him
,
but
it
was
right
to
disregard
all
the
people
gaping
round
.
What
was
it
to
them
?
Why
should
they
care
who
I
danced
with
?
"
"
That
is
nonsense
,
dear
,
and
you
must
know
that
it
is
so
.
If
you
were
to
see
a
woman
misbehaving
herself
in
public
,
would
not
you
look
on
and
make
your
comments
?
Could
you
help
doing
so
if
you
were
to
try
?
"
"
You
are
very
severe
,
Alice
.
Misbehaving
in
public
!
"
"
Yes
,
Cora
.
I
am
only
taking
your
own
story
.
According
to
that
,
you
were
misbehaving
in
public
.
"
Lady
Glencora
got
up
from
her
chair
near
the
window
,
on
which
she
had
been
crouching
close
to
Alice
's
knees
,
and
walked
away
towards
the
fireplace
.
"
What
am
I
to
say
to
you
,
or
how
am
I
to
talk
to
you
?
"
said
Alice
.
"
You
would
not
have
me
tell
you
a
lie
?
"
"
Of
all
things
in
the
world
,
I
hate
a
prude
the
most
,
"
said
Lady
Glencora
.
"
Cora
,
look
here
.
If
you
consider
it
prudery
on
my
part
to
disapprove
of
your
waltzing
with
Mr.
Fitzgerald
in
the
manner
you
have
described
,
—
or
,
indeed
,
in
any
other
manner
,
—
you
and
I
must
differ
so
totally
about
the
meaning
of
words
and
the
nature
of
things
that
we
had
better
part
.
"
"
Alice
,
you
are
the
unkindest
creature
that
ever
lived
.
You
are
as
cold
as
stone
.
I
sometimes
think
that
you
can
have
no
heart
.
"
"
I
do
n't
mind
your
saying
that
.
Whether
I
have
a
heart
or
not
I
will
leave
you
to
find
out
for
yourself
;
but
I
wo
n't
be
called
a
prude
by
you
.
You
know
you
were
wrong
to
dance
with
that
man
.
What
has
come
of
it
?
What
have
you
told
me
yourself
this
morning
?
In
order
to
preserve
you
from
misery
and
destruction
,
Mr.
Palliser
has
given
up
all
his
dearest
hopes
.
He
has
had
to
sacrifice
himself
that
he
might
save
you
.
That
,
I
take
it
,
is
about
the
truth
of
it
,
—
and
yet
you
tell
me
that
you
have
done
no
wrong
.
"
"
I
never
said
so
.
"
Now
she
had
come
back
to
her
chair
by
the
window
,
and
was
again
sitting
in
that
crouching
form
.
"
I
never
said
that
I
was
not
wrong
.
Of
course
I
was
wrong
.
I
have
been
so
wrong
throughout
that
I
have
never
been
right
yet
.
Let
me
tell
it
on
to
the
end
,
and
then
you
can
go
away
if
you
like
,
and
tell
me
that
I
am
too
wicked
for
your
friendship
.
"
"
Have
I
ever
said
anything
like
that
,
Cora
?
"
"
But
you
will
,
I
dare
say
,
when
I
have
done
.
Well
;
what
do
you
think
my
senior
duenna
did
,
—
the
female
one
,
I
mean
?
She
took
my
own
carriage
,
and
posted
off
after
Mr.
Palliser
as
hard
as
ever
she
could
,
leaving
the
male
duenna
on
the
watch
.
I
was
dancing
as
hard
as
I
could
,
but
I
knew
what
was
going
on
all
the
time
as
well
as
though
I
had
heard
them
talking
.
Of
course
Mr.
Palliser
came
after
me
.
I
do
n't
know
what
else
he
could
do
,
unless
,
indeed
,
he
had
left
me
to
my
fate
.
He
came
there
,
and
behaved
so
well
,
—
so
much
like
a
perfect
gentleman
.
Of
course
I
went
home
,
and
I
was
prepared
to
tell
him
everything
,
if
he
spoke
a
word
to
me
,
—
that
I
intended
to
leave
him
,
and
that
cart-ropes
should
not
hold
me
!
"
"
To
leave
him
,
Cora
!
"
"
Yes
,
and
go
with
that
other
man
whose
name
you
wo
n't
let
me
mention
.
I
had
a
letter
from
him
in
my
pocket
asking
me
to
go
.
He
asked
me
a
dozen
times
that
night
.
I
cannot
think
how
it
was
that
I
did
not
consent
.
"
"
That
you
did
not
consent
to
your
own
ruin
and
disgrace
?
"
"
That
I
did
not
consent
to
go
off
with
him
,
—
anywhere
.
Of
course
it
would
have
been
my
own
destruction
.
I
'm
not
such
a
fool
as
not
to
know
that
.
Do
you
suppose
I
have
never
thought
of
it
;
—
what
it
would
be
to
be
a
man
's
mistress
instead
of
his
wife
.
If
I
had
not
I
should
be
a
thing
to
be
hated
and
despised
.
When
once
I
had
done
it
I
should
hate
and
despise
myself
.
I
should
feel
myself
to
be
loathsome
,
and
,
as
it
were
,
a
beast
among
women
.
But
why
did
they
not
let
me
marry
him
,
instead
of
driving
me
to
this
?
And
though
I
might
have
destroyed
myself
,
I
should
have
saved
the
man
who
is
still
my
husband
.
Do
you
know
,
I
told
him
all
that
,
—
told
him
that
if
I
had
gone
away
with
Burgo
Fitzgerald
he
would
have
another
wife
,
and
would
have
children
,
and
would
—
?
"
"
You
told
your
husband
that
you
had
thought
of
leaving
him
?
"
"
Yes
;
I
told
him
everything
.
I
told
him
that
I
dearly
loved
that
poor
fellow
,
for
whom
,
as
I
believe
,
nobody
else
on
earth
cares
a
single
straw
.
"
"
And
what
did
he
say
?
"
"
I
cannot
tell
you
what
he
said
,
only
that
we
are
all
to
go
to
Baden
together
,
and
then
to
Italy
.
But
he
did
not
seem
a
bit
angry
;
he
very
seldom
is
angry
,
unless
at
some
trumpery
thing
,
as
when
he
threw
the
book
away
.
And
when
I
told
him
that
he
might
have
another
wife
and
a
child
,
he
put
his
arm
round
me
and
whispered
to
me
that
he
did
not
care
so
much
about
it
as
I
had
imagined
.
I
felt
more
like
loving
him
at
that
moment
than
I
had
ever
done
before
.
"
"
He
must
be
fit
to
be
an
angel
.
"
"
He
's
fit
to
be
a
cabinet
minister
,
which
,
I
'm
quite
sure
,
he
'd
like
much
better
.
And
now
you
know
everything
;
but
no
,
—
there
is
one
thing
you
do
n't
know
yet
.
When
I
tell
you
that
,
you
'll
want
to
make
him
an
archangel
or
a
prime
minister
.
'
We
'll
go
abroad
,
'
he
said
,
—
and
remember
,
this
was
his
own
proposition
,
made
long
before
I
was
able
to
speak
a
word
;
—
'
We
'll
go
abroad
,
and
you
shall
get
your
cousin
Alice
to
go
with
us
.
'
That
touched
me
more
than
anything
.
Only
think
if
he
had
proposed
Mrs.
Marsham
!
"
"
But
yet
he
does
not
like
me
.
"
"
You
're
wrong
there
,
Alice
.
There
has
been
no
question
of
liking
or
of
disliking
.
He
thought
you
would
be
a
kind
of
Mrs.
Marsham
,
and
when
you
were
not
,
but
went
out
flirting
among
the
ruins
with
Jeffrey
Palliser
,
instead
—
"
"
I
never
went
out
flirting
with
Jeffrey
Palliser
.
"
"
He
did
with
you
,
which
is
all
the
same
thing
.
And
when
Plantagenet
knew
of
that
,
—
for
,
of
course
,
Mr.
Bott
told
him
—
"
"
Mr.
Bott
ca
n't
see
everything
.
"
"
Those
men
do
.
The
worst
is
,
they
see
more
than
everything
.
But
,
at
any
rate
,
Mr.
Palliser
has
got
over
all
that
now
.
Come
,
Alice
;
the
fact
of
the
offer
having
come
from
himself
should
disarm
you
of
any
such
objection
as
that
.
As
he
has
held
out
his
hand
to
you
,
you
have
no
alternative
but
to
take
it
.
"
"
I
will
take
his
hand
willingly
.
"
"
And
for
my
sake
you
will
go
with
us
?
He
understands
himself
that
I
am
not
fit
to
be
his
companion
,
and
to
have
no
companion
but
him
.
Now
there
is
a
spirit
of
wisdom
about
you
that
will
do
for
him
,
and
a
spirit
of
folly
that
will
suit
me
.
I
can
manage
to
put
myself
on
a
par
with
a
girl
who
has
played
such
a
wild
game
with
her
lovers
as
you
have
done
.
"
Alice
would
give
no
promise
then
.
Her
first
objection
was
that
she
had
undertaken
to
go
down
to
Westmoreland
and
comfort
Kate
in
the
affliction
of
her
broken
arm
.
"
And
I
must
go
,
"
said
Alice
,
remembering
how
necessary
it
was
that
she
should
plead
her
own
cause
with
George
Vavasor
's
sister
.
But
she
acknowledged
that
she
had
not
intended
to
stay
long
in
Westmoreland
,
probably
not
more
than
a
week
,
and
it
was
at
last
decided
that
the
Pallisers
should
postpone
their
journey
for
four
or
five
days
,
and
that
Alice
should
go
with
them
immediately
upon
her
return
from
Vavasor
Hall
.
"
I
have
no
objection
;
"
said
her
father
,
speaking
with
that
voice
of
resignation
which
men
use
when
they
are
resolved
to
consider
themselves
injured
whatever
may
be
done
.
"
I
can
get
along
in
lodgings
.
I
suppose
we
had
better
leave
the
house
,
as
you
have
given
away
so
much
of
your
own
fortune
?
"
Alice
did
not
think
it
worth
her
while
to
point
out
to
him
,
in
answer
to
this
,
that
her
contribution
to
their
joint
housekeeping
should
still
remain
the
same
as
ever
.
Such
,
however
,
she
knew
would
be
the
fact
,
and
she
knew
also
that
she
would
find
her
father
in
the
old
house
when
she
returned
from
her
travels
.
To
her
,
in
her
own
great
troubles
,
the
absence
from
London
would
be
as
serviceable
as
it
could
be
to
Lady
Glencora
.
Indeed
,
she
had
already
begun
to
feel
the
impossibility
of
staying
quietly
at
home
.
She
could
lecture
her
cousin
,
whose
faults
were
open
,
easy
to
be
defined
,
and
almost
loud
in
their
nature
;
but
she
was
not
on
that
account
the
less
aware
of
her
own
.
She
knew
that
she
too
had
cause
to
be
ashamed
of
herself
.
She
was
half
afraid
to
show
her
face
among
her
friends
,
and
wept
grievously
over
her
own
follies
.
Those
cruel
words
of
her
father
rang
in
her
ears
constantly
:
—
"
Things
of
that
sort
are
so
often
over
with
you
.
"
The
reproach
,
though
cruel
,
was
true
,
and
what
reproach
more
galling
could
be
uttered
to
an
unmarried
girl
such
as
was
Alice
Vavasor
?
She
had
felt
from
the
first
moment
in
which
the
proposition
was
made
to
her
,
that
it
would
be
well
that
she
should
for
a
while
leave
her
home
,
and
especially
that
drawing-room
in
Queen
Anne
Street
,
which
told
her
so
many
tales
that
she
would
fain
forget
,
if
it
were
possible
.
Mr.
Palliser
would
not
allow
his
wife
to
remain
in
London
for
the
ten
or
twelve
days
which
must
yet
elapse
before
they
started
,
nor
could
he
send
her
into
the
country
alone
.
He
took
her
down
to
Matching
Priory
,
having
obtained
leave
to
be
absent
from
the
House
for
the
remainder
of
the
Session
,
and
remained
with
her
there
till
within
two
days
of
their
departure
.
That
week
down
at
Matching
,
as
she
afterwards
told
Alice
,
was
very
terrible
.
He
never
spoke
a
word
to
rebuke
her
.
He
never
hinted
that
there
had
been
aught
in
her
conduct
of
which
he
had
cause
to
complain
.
He
treated
her
with
a
respect
that
was
perfect
,
and
indeed
with
more
outward
signs
of
affection
than
had
ever
been
customary
with
him
.
"
But
,
"
as
Lady
Glencora
afterwards
expressed
it
,
"
he
was
always
looking
after
me
.
I
believe
he
thought
that
Burgo
Fitzgerald
had
hidden
himself
among
the
ruins
,
"
she
said
once
to
Alice
.
"
He
never
suspected
me
,
I
am
sure
of
that
;
but
he
thought
that
he
ought
to
look
after
me
.
"
And
Lady
Glencora
in
this
had
very
nearly
hit
the
truth
.
Mr.
Palliser
had
resolved
,
from
that
hour
in
which
he
had
walked
out
among
the
elms
in
Kensington
Gardens
,
that
he
would
neither
suspect
his
wife
,
nor
treat
her
as
though
he
suspected
her
.
The
blame
had
been
his
,
perhaps
,
more
than
it
had
been
hers
.
So
much
he
had
acknowledged
to
himself
,
thinking
of
the
confession
she
had
made
to
him
before
their
marriage
.
But
it
was
manifestly
his
imperative
duty
,
—
his
duty
of
duties
,
—
to
save
her
from
that
pitfall
into
which
,
as
she
herself
had
told
him
,
she
had
been
so
ready
to
fall
.
For
her
sake
and
for
his
this
must
be
done
.
It
was
a
duty
so
imperative
,
that
in
its
performance
he
had
found
himself
forced
to
abandon
his
ambition
.
To
have
his
wife
taken
from
him
would
be
terrible
,
but
the
having
it
said
all
over
the
world
that
such
a
misfortune
had
come
upon
him
would
be
almost
more
terrible
even
than
that
.
So
he
went
with
his
wife
hither
and
thither
,
down
at
Matching
,
allowing
himself
to
be
driven
about
behind
Dandy
and
Flirt
.
He
himself
proposed
these
little
excursions
.
They
were
tedious
to
him
,
but
doubly
tedious
to
his
wife
,
who
now
found
it
more
difficult
than
ever
to
talk
to
him
.
She
struggled
to
talk
,
and
he
struggled
to
talk
,
but
the
very
struggles
themselves
made
the
thing
impossible
.
He
sat
with
her
in
the
mornings
,
and
he
sat
with
her
in
the
evenings
;
he
breakfasted
with
her
,
lunched
with
her
,
and
dined
with
her
.
He
went
to
bed
early
,
having
no
figures
which
now
claimed
his
attention
.
And
so
the
week
at
last
wore
itself
away
.
"
I
saw
him
yawning
sometimes
,
"
Lady
Glencora
said
afterwards
,
"
as
though
he
would
fall
in
pieces
.
"
CHAPTER
LXIII
.
Mr.
John
Grey
in
Queen
Anne
Street
.
Alice
was
resolved
that
she
would
keep
her
promise
to
Kate
,
and
pay
her
visit
to
Westmoreland
before
she
started
with
the
Pallisers
.
Kate
had
written
to
her
three
lines
with
her
left
hand
,
begging
her
to
come
,
and
those
three
lines
had
been
more
eloquent
than
anything
she
could
have
written
had
her
right
arm
been
uninjured
.
Alice
had
learned
something
of
the
truth
as
to
the
accident
from
her
father
;
or
,
rather
,
had
heard
her
father
's
surmises
on
the
subject
.
She
had
heard
,
too
,
how
her
cousin
George
had
borne
himself
when
the
will
was
read
,
and
how
he
had
afterwards
disappeared
,
never
showing
himself
again
at
the
hall
.
After
all
that
had
passed
she
felt
that
she
owed
Kate
some
sympathy
.
Sympathy
may
,
no
doubt
,
be
conveyed
by
letter
;
but
there
are
things
on
which
it
is
almost
impossible
for
any
writer
to
express
himself
with
adequate
feeling
;
and
there
are
things
,
too
,
which
can
be
spoken
,
but
which
cannot
be
written
.
Therefore
,
though
the
journey
must
be
a
hurried
one
,
Alice
sent
word
down
to
Westmoreland
that
she
was
to
be
expected
there
in
a
day
or
two
.
On
her
return
she
was
to
go
at
once
to
Park
Lane
,
and
sleep
there
for
the
two
nights
which
would
intervene
before
the
departure
of
the
Pallisers
.
On
the
day
before
she
started
for
Westmoreland
her
father
came
to
her
in
the
middle
of
the
day
,
and
told
her
that
John
Grey
was
going
to
dine
with
him
in
Queen
Anne
Street
on
that
evening
.
"
To-day
,
papa
?
"
she
asked
.
"
Yes
,
to-day
.
Why
not
?
No
man
is
less
particular
as
to
what
he
eats
than
Grey
.
"
"
I
was
not
thinking
of
that
,
papa
,
"
she
said
.
To
this
Mr.
Vavasor
made
no
reply
,
but
stood
for
some
minutes
looking
out
of
the
window
.
Then
he
prepared
to
leave
the
room
,
getting
himself
first
as
far
as
the
table
,
where
he
lifted
a
book
,
and
then
on
half-way
to
the
door
before
Alice
arrested
him
.
"
Perhaps
,
papa
,
you
and
Mr.
Grey
had
better
dine
alone
.
"
"
What
do
you
mean
by
alone
?
"
"
I
meant
without
me
,
—
as
two
men
generally
like
to
do
.
"
"
If
I
wanted
that
I
should
have
asked
him
to
dine
at
the
club
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
,
and
then
he
again
attempted
to
go
.
"
But
,
papa
—
"
"
Well
,
my
dear
!
If
you
mean
to
say
that
because
of
what
has
passed
you
object
to
meet
Mr.
Grey
,
I
can
only
tell
you
it
's
nonsense
,
—
confounded
nonsense
.
If
he
chooses
to
come
there
can
be
no
reason
why
you
should
n't
receive
him
.
"
"
It
will
look
as
though
—
"
"
Look
what
?
"
"
As
though
he
were
asked
as
my
guest
.
"
"
That
's
nonsense
.
I
saw
him
yesterday
,
and
I
asked
him
to
come
.
I
saw
him
again
to-day
,
and
he
said
he
would
come
.
He
's
not
such
a
fool
as
to
suppose
after
that
,
that
you
asked
him
.
"
"
No
;
not
that
I
asked
him
.
"
"
And
if
you
run
away
you
'll
only
make
more
of
the
thing
than
it
's
worth
.
Of
course
I
ca
n't
make
you
dine
with
me
if
you
do
n't
like
.
"
Alice
did
not
like
it
,
but
,
after
some
consideration
,
she
thought
that
she
might
be
open
to
the
imputation
of
having
made
more
of
the
thing
than
it
was
worth
if
she
ran
away
,
as
her
father
called
it
.
She
was
going
to
leave
the
country
for
some
six
or
eight
months
,
—
perhaps
for
a
longer
time
than
that
,
and
it
might
be
as
well
that
she
should
have
an
opportunity
of
telling
her
plans
to
Mr.
Grey
.
She
could
do
it
,
she
thought
,
in
such
a
way
as
to
make
him
understand
that
her
last
quarrel
with
George
Vavasor
was
not
supposed
to
alter
the
footing
on
which
she
stood
with
him
.
She
did
not
doubt
that
her
father
had
told
everything
to
Mr.
Grey
.
She
knew
well
enough
what
her
father
's
wishes
still
were
.
It
was
not
odd
that
he
should
be
asking
John
Grey
to
his
house
,
though
such
exercises
of
domestic
hospitality
were
very
unusual
with
him
.
But
,
—
so
she
declared
to
herself
,
—
such
little
attempts
on
his
part
would
be
altogether
thrown
away
.
It
was
a
pity
that
he
had
not
yet
learned
to
know
her
better
.
She
would
receive
Mr.
Grey
as
the
mistress
of
her
father
's
house
now
,
for
the
last
time
;
and
then
,
on
her
return
in
the
following
year
,
he
would
be
at
Nethercoats
,
and
the
whole
thing
would
be
over
.
She
dressed
herself
very
plainly
,
simply
changing
one
black
frock
for
another
,
and
then
sat
herself
in
her
drawing-room
awaiting
the
two
gentlemen
.
It
was
already
past
the
hour
of
dinner
before
her
father
came
up-stairs
.
She
knew
that
he
was
in
the
house
,
and
in
her
heart
she
accused
him
of
keeping
out
of
the
way
,
in
order
that
John
Grey
might
be
alone
with
her
.
Whether
or
no
she
were
right
in
her
suspicions
John
Grey
did
not
take
advantage
of
the
opportunity
offered
to
him
.
Her
father
came
up
first
,
and
had
seated
himself
silently
in
his
arm-chair
before
the
visitor
was
announced
.
As
Mr.
Grey
entered
the
room
Alice
knew
that
she
was
flurried
,
but
still
she
managed
to
carry
herself
with
some
dignity
.
His
bearing
was
perfect
.
But
then
,
as
she
declared
to
herself
afterwards
,
no
possible
position
in
life
would
put
him
beside
himself
.
He
came
up
to
her
with
his
usual
quiet
smile
,
—
a
smile
that
was
genial
even
in
its
quietness
,
and
took
her
hand
.
He
took
it
fairly
and
fully
into
his
;
but
there
was
no
squeezing
,
no
special
pressure
,
no
love-making
.
And
when
he
spoke
to
her
he
called
her
Alice
,
as
though
his
doing
so
was
of
all
things
the
most
simply
a
matter
of
course
.
There
was
no
tell-tale
hesitation
in
his
voice
.
When
did
he
ever
hesitate
at
anything
?
"
I
hear
you
are
going
abroad
,
"
he
said
,
"
with
your
cousin
,
Lady
Glencora
Palliser
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
Alice
;
"
I
am
going
with
them
for
a
long
tour
.
We
shall
not
return
,
I
fancy
,
till
the
end
of
next
winter
.
"
"
Plans
of
that
sort
are
as
easily
broken
as
they
are
made
,
"
said
her
father
.
"
You
wo
n't
be
your
own
mistress
;
and
I
advise
you
not
to
count
too
surely
upon
getting
further
than
Baden
.
"
"
If
Mr.
Palliser
changes
his
mind
of
course
I
shall
come
home
,
"
said
Alice
,
with
a
little
attempt
at
a
smile
.
"
I
should
think
him
a
man
not
prone
to
changes
,
"
said
Grey
.
"
But
all
London
is
talking
about
his
change
of
mind
at
this
moment
.
They
say
at
the
clubs
that
he
might
have
been
in
the
Cabinet
if
he
would
,
but
that
he
has
taken
up
this
idea
of
going
abroad
at
the
moment
when
he
was
wanted
.
"
"
It
's
his
wife
's
doing
,
I
take
it
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
.
"
That
's
the
worst
of
being
in
Parliament
,
"
said
Grey
.
"
A
man
ca
n't
do
anything
without
giving
a
reason
for
it
.
There
must
be
men
for
public
life
,
of
course
;
but
,
upon
my
word
,
I
think
we
ought
to
be
very
much
obliged
to
them
.
"
Alice
,
as
she
took
her
old
lover
's
arm
,
and
walked
down
with
him
to
dinner
,
thought
of
all
her
former
quarrels
with
him
on
this
very
subject
.
On
this
very
point
she
had
left
him
.
He
had
never
argued
the
matter
with
her
.
He
had
never
asked
her
to
argue
with
him
.
He
had
not
condescended
so
far
as
that
.
Had
he
done
so
,
she
thought
that
she
would
have
brought
herself
to
think
as
he
thought
.
She
would
have
striven
,
at
any
rate
,
to
do
so
.
But
she
could
not
become
unambitious
,
tranquil
,
fond
of
retirement
,
and
philosophic
,
without
an
argument
on
the
matter
,
—
without
being
allowed
even
the
poor
grace
of
owning
herself
to
be
convinced
.
If
a
man
takes
a
dog
with
him
from
the
country
up
to
town
,
the
dog
must
live
a
town
life
without
knowing
the
reason
why
;
—
must
live
a
town
life
or
die
a
town
death
.
But
a
woman
should
not
be
treated
like
a
dog
.
"
Had
he
deigned
to
discuss
it
with
me
!
"
Alice
had
so
often
said
.
"
But
,
no
;
he
will
read
his
books
,
and
I
am
to
go
there
to
fetch
him
his
slippers
,
and
make
his
tea
for
him
.
"
All
this
came
upon
her
again
as
she
walked
down-stairs
by
his
side
;
and
with
it
there
came
a
consciousness
that
she
had
been
driven
by
this
usage
into
the
terrible
engagement
which
she
had
made
with
her
cousin
.
That
,
no
doubt
,
was
now
over
.
There
was
no
longer
to
her
any
question
of
her
marrying
George
Vavasor
.
But
the
fact
that
she
had
been
mad
enough
to
think
and
talk
of
such
a
marriage
,
had
of
itself
been
enough
to
ruin
her
.
"
Things
of
that
sort
are
so
often
over
with
you
!
"
After
such
a
speech
as
that
to
her
from
her
father
,
Alice
told
herself
that
there
could
be
no
more
"
things
of
that
sort
"
for
her
.
But
all
her
misery
had
been
brought
about
by
this
scornful
superiority
to
the
ordinary
pursuits
of
the
world
,
—
this
looking
down
upon
humanity
.
"
It
seems
to
me
,
"
she
said
,
very
quietly
,
while
her
hand
was
yet
upon
his
arm
,
"
that
your
pity
is
hardly
needed
.
I
should
think
that
no
persons
can
be
happier
than
those
whom
you
call
our
public
men
.
"
"
Ah
!
"
said
he
,
"
that
is
our
old
quarrel
.
"
He
said
it
as
though
the
quarrel
had
simply
been
an
argument
between
them
,
or
a
dozen
arguments
,
—
as
arguments
do
come
up
between
friends
;
not
as
though
it
had
served
to
separate
for
life
two
persons
who
had
loved
each
other
dearly
.
"
It
's
the
old
story
of
the
town
mouse
and
the
country
mouse
,
—
as
old
as
the
hills
.
Mice
may
be
civil
for
a
while
,
and
compliment
each
other
;
but
when
they
come
to
speak
their
minds
freely
,
each
likes
his
own
life
best
.
"
She
said
nothing
more
at
the
moment
,
and
the
three
sat
down
to
their
small
dinner-table
.
It
was
astonishing
to
Alice
that
he
should
be
able
to
talk
in
this
way
,
to
hint
at
such
things
,
to
allude
to
their
former
hopes
and
present
condition
,
without
a
quiver
in
his
voice
,
or
,
as
far
as
she
could
perceive
,
without
any
feeling
in
his
heart
.
"
Alice
,
"
said
her
father
,
"
I
ca
n't
compliment
your
cook
upon
her
soup
.
"
"
You
do
n't
encourage
her
,
papa
,
by
eating
it
often
enough
.
And
then
you
only
told
me
at
two
o'clock
to-day
.
"
"
If
a
cook
ca
n't
make
soup
between
two
and
seven
,
she
ca
n't
make
it
in
a
week
.
"
"
I
hope
Mr.
Grey
will
excuse
it
,
"
said
Alice
.
"
Is
n't
it
good
?
"
said
he
.
"
I
wo
n't
say
that
it
is
,
because
I
should
be
pretending
to
have
an
opinion
;
but
I
should
not
have
found
out
anything
against
it
of
myself
.
"
"
Where
do
you
dine
usually
,
now
you
are
in
London
?
"
Mr.
Vavasor
asked
.
"
At
the
old
club
,
at
the
corner
of
Suffolk
Street
.
It
's
the
oldest
club
in
London
,
I
believe
.
I
never
belonged
to
any
other
,
and
therefore
ca
n't
compare
them
;
but
I
ca
n't
imagine
anything
much
nicer
.
"
"
They
give
you
better
soup
than
ours
?
"
said
Alice
.
"
You
've
an
excellent
cook
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
,
with
great
gravity
;
"
one
of
the
best
second-class
cooks
in
London
.
We
were
very
nearly
getting
him
,
but
you
nicked
him
just
in
time
.
I
know
him
well
.
"
"
It
's
a
great
deal
more
than
I
do
,
or
hope
to
do
.
There
's
another
branch
of
public
life
for
which
I
'm
quite
unfitted
.
I
'd
as
soon
be
called
on
to
choose
a
Prime
Minister
for
the
country
,
as
I
would
a
cook
for
a
club
.
"
"
Of
course
you
would
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
.
"
There
may
be
as
many
as
a
dozen
cooks
about
London
to
be
looked
up
,
but
there
are
never
more
than
two
possible
Prime
Ministers
about
.
And
as
one
of
them
must
be
going
out
when
the
other
is
coming
in
,
I
do
n't
see
that
there
can
be
any
difficulty
.
Moreover
,
now-a-days
,
people
do
their
politics
for
themselves
,
but
they
expect
to
have
their
dinners
cooked
for
them
.
"
The
little
dinner
went
on
quietly
and
very
easily
.
Mr.
Vavasor
found
fault
with
nearly
everything
.
But
as
,
on
this
occasion
,
the
meat
and
the
drink
,
with
the
manner
of
the
eating
and
drinking
,
did
not
constitute
the
difficulty
,
Alice
was
indifferent
to
her
father
's
censures
.
The
thing
needed
was
that
she
and
Mr.
Grey
should
be
able
to
sit
together
at
the
same
table
without
apparent
consciousness
of
their
former
ties
.
Alice
felt
that
she
was
succeeding
indifferently
well
while
she
was
putting
in
little
mock
defences
for
the
cook
.
And
as
for
John
Grey
,
he
succeeded
so
well
that
his
success
almost
made
Alice
angry
with
him
.
It
required
no
effort
with
him
at
all
to
be
successful
in
this
matter
.
"
If
he
can
forget
all
that
has
passed
,
so
much
the
better
,
"
said
Alice
to
herself
when
she
got
up
into
the
drawing-room
.
Then
she
sat
herself
down
on
the
sofa
,
and
cried
.
Oh
!
what
had
she
not
lost
!
Had
any
woman
ever
been
so
mad
,
so
reckless
,
so
heartless
as
she
had
been
!
And
she
had
done
it
,
knowing
that
she
loved
him
!
She
cried
bitterly
,
and
then
went
away
to
wash
her
eyes
,
that
she
might
be
ready
to
give
him
his
coffee
when
he
should
come
up-stairs
.
"
She
does
not
look
well
,
"
said
Grey
as
soon
as
she
had
left
the
room
.
"
Well
;
—
no
:
how
can
she
look
well
after
what
she
has
gone
through
?
I
sometimes
think
,
that
of
all
the
people
I
ever
knew
,
she
has
been
the
most
foolish
.
But
,
of
course
,
it
is
not
for
me
to
say
anything
against
my
own
child
;
and
,
of
all
people
,
not
to
you
.
"
"
Nothing
that
you
could
say
against
her
would
make
any
difference
to
me
.
I
sometimes
fancy
that
I
know
her
better
than
you
do
.
"
"
And
you
think
that
she
'll
still
come
round
again
?
"
"
I
cannot
say
that
I
think
so
.
No
one
can
venture
to
say
whether
or
not
such
wounds
as
hers
may
be
cured
.
There
are
hearts
and
bodies
so
organized
,
that
in
them
severe
wounds
are
incurable
,
whereas
in
others
no
injury
seems
to
be
fatal
.
But
I
can
say
that
if
she
be
not
cured
it
shall
not
be
from
want
of
perseverance
on
my
part
.
"
"
Upon
my
word
,
Grey
,
I
do
n't
know
how
to
thank
you
enough
.
I
do
n't
,
indeed
.
"
"
It
does
n't
seem
to
me
to
be
a
case
for
thanking
.
"
"
Of
course
it
is
n't
.
I
know
that
well
enough
.
And
in
the
ordinary
way
of
the
world
no
father
would
think
of
thanking
a
man
for
wanting
to
marry
his
daughter
.
But
things
have
come
to
such
a
pass
with
us
,
that
,
by
George
!
I
do
n't
feel
like
any
other
father
.
I
do
n't
mind
saying
anything
to
you
,
you
know
.
That
claret
is
n't
very
good
,
but
you
might
as
well
take
another
glass
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
I
will
.
I
should
have
said
that
that
was
rather
good
wine
,
now
.
"
"
It
's
not
just
the
thing
.
What
's
the
use
of
my
having
good
wine
here
,
when
nobody
comes
to
drink
it
?
But
,
as
I
was
saying
about
Alice
,
of
course
I
've
felt
all
this
thing
very
much
.
I
feel
as
though
I
were
responsible
,
and
yet
what
could
I
do
?
She
's
her
own
mistress
through
it
all
.
When
she
told
me
she
was
going
to
marry
that
horrible
miscreant
,
my
nephew
,
what
could
I
do
?
"
"
That
's
over
now
,
and
we
need
not
talk
about
it
.
"
"
It
's
very
kind
of
you
to
say
so
,
—
very
.
I
believe
she
's
a
good
girl
.
I
do
,
indeed
,
in
spite
of
it
all
.
"
"
I
've
no
doubt
of
her
being
what
you
call
a
good
girl
,
—
none
in
the
least
.
What
she
has
done
to
me
does
not
impair
her
goodness
.
I
do
n't
think
you
have
ever
understood
how
much
all
this
has
been
a
matter
of
conscience
with
her
.
"
"
Conscience
!
"
said
the
angry
father
.
"
I
hate
such
conscience
.
I
like
the
conscience
that
makes
a
girl
keep
her
word
,
and
not
bring
disgrace
upon
those
she
belongs
to
.
"
"
I
shall
not
think
that
I
am
disgraced
,
"
said
Grey
,
quietly
,
"
if
she
will
come
and
be
my
wife
.
She
has
meant
to
do
right
,
and
has
endeavoured
to
take
care
of
the
happiness
of
other
people
rather
than
her
own
.
"
"
She
has
taken
very
little
care
of
mine
,
"
said
Mr.
Vavasor
.
"
I
shall
not
be
at
all
afraid
to
trust
mine
to
her
,
—
if
she
will
let
me
do
so
.
But
she
has
been
wounded
sorely
,
and
it
must
take
time
.
"
"
And
,
in
the
meantime
,
what
are
we
to
do
when
she
tells
us
that
Mr.
George
Vavasor
wants
another
remittance
?
Two
thousand
pounds
a
quarter
comes
heavy
,
you
know
!
"
"
Let
us
hope
that
he
has
had
enough
.
"
"
Enough
!
Did
such
a
man
ever
have
enough
?
"
"
Let
us
hope
,
then
,
that
she
thinks
he
has
had
enough
.
Come
;
—
may
I
go
up-stairs
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
.
I
'll
follow
you
.
She
'll
think
that
I
mean
something
if
I
leave
you
together
.
"
From
all
this
it
will
be
seen
that
Alice
's
father
and
her
lover
still
stood
together
on
confidential
terms
.
Not
easily
had
Mr.
Vavasor
brought
himself
to
speak
of
his
daughter
to
John
Grey
,
in
such
language
as
he
had
now
used
;
but
he
had
been
forced
by
adverse
circumstances
to
pass
the
Rubicon
of
parental
delicacy
;
he
had
been
driven
to
tell
his
wished-for
son-in-law
that
he
did
wish
to
have
him
as
a
son-in-law
;
he
had
been
compelled
to
lay
aside
those
little
airs
of
reserve
with
which
a
father
generally
speaks
of
his
daughter
,
—
and
now
all
was
open
between
them
.
"
And
you
really
start
to-morrow
?
"
said
Grey
,
as
he
stood
close
over
Alice
's
work-table
.
Mr.
Vavasor
had
followed
him
into
the
drawing-room
,
but
had
seated
himself
in
an
easy-chair
on
the
other
side
of
the
fire
.
There
was
no
tone
of
whispering
in
Grey
's
voice
,
but
yet
he
spoke
in
a
manner
which
showed
that
he
did
not
intend
to
be
audible
on
the
other
side
of
the
room
.
"
I
start
for
Westmoreland
to-morrow
.
We
do
not
leave
London
for
the
continent
till
the
latter
end
of
next
week
.
"
"
But
you
will
not
be
here
again
?
"
"
No
;
I
shall
not
come
back
to
Queen
Anne
Street
.
"
"
And
you
will
be
away
for
many
months
?
"
"
Mr.
Palliser
talked
of
next
Easter
as
the
term
of
his
return
.
He
mentioned
Easter
to
Lady
Glencora
.
I
have
not
seen
him
myself
since
I
agreed
to
go
with
him
.
"
"
What
should
you
say
if
you
met
me
somewhere
in
your
travels
?
"
He
had
now
gently
seated
himself
on
the
sofa
beside
her
;
—
not
so
close
to
her
as
to
give
her
just
cause
to
move
away
,
but
yet
so
near
as
to
make
his
conversation
with
her
quite
private
.
"
I
do
n't
think
that
will
be
very
likely
,
"
she
replied
,
not
knowing
what
to
say
.
"
I
think
it
is
very
likely
.
For
myself
,
I
hate
surprises
.
I
could
not
bring
myself
to
fall
in
upon
your
track
unawares
.
I
shall
go
abroad
,
but
it
will
not
be
till
the
late
autumn
,
when
the
summer
heats
are
gone
,
—
and
I
shall
endeavour
to
find
you
.
"
"
To
find
me
,
Mr.
Grey
!
"
There
was
a
quivering
in
her
voice
,
as
she
spoke
,
which
she
could
not
prevent
,
though
she
would
have
given
worlds
to
prevent
it
.
"
I
do
not
think
that
will
be
quite
fair
.
"
"
It
will
not
be
unfair
,
I
think
,
if
I
give
you
notice
of
my
approach
.
I
will
not
fall
upon
you
and
your
friends
unawares
.
"
"
I
was
not
thinking
of
them
.
They
would
be
glad
to
know
you
,
of
course
.
"
"
And
equally
,
of
course
!
or
,
rather
,
much
more
of
course
,
you
will
not
be
glad
to
see
me
?
That
's
what
you
mean
?
"
"
I
mean
that
we
had
better
not
meet
more
than
we
can
help
.
"
"
I
think
differently
,
Alice
,
—
quite
differently
.
The
more
we
meet
the
better
,
—
that
is
what
I
think
.
But
I
will
not
stop
to
trouble
you
now
.
Good
night
!
"
Then
he
got
up
and
went
away
,
and
her
father
went
with
him
.
Mr.
Vavasor
,
as
he
rose
from
his
chair
,
declared
that
he
would
just
walk
through
a
couple
of
streets
;
but
Alice
knew
that
he
was
gone
to
his
club
.
CHAPTER
LXIV
.
The
Rocks
and
Valleys
.
During
these
days
Mrs.
Greenow
was
mistress
of
the
old
Hall
down
in
Westmoreland
,
and
was
nursing
Kate
assiduously
through
the
calamity
of
her
broken
arm
.
There
had
come
to
be
a
considerable
amount
of
confidence
between
the
aunt
and
the
niece
.
Kate
had
acknowledged
to
her
aunt
that
her
brother
had
behaved
badly
,
—
very
badly
;
and
the
aunt
had
confessed
to
the
niece
that
she
regarded
Captain
Bellfield
as
a
fit
subject
for
compassion
.
"
And
he
was
violent
to
you
,
and
broke
your
arm
?
I
always
knew
it
was
so
,
"
Mrs.
Greenow
had
said
,
speaking
with
reference
to
her
nephew
.
But
this
Kate
had
denied
.
"
No
,
"
said
she
;
"
that
was
an
accident
.
When
he
went
away
and
left
me
,
he
knew
nothing
about
it
.
And
if
he
had
broken
both
my
arms
I
should
not
have
cared
much
.
I
could
have
forgiven
him
that
.
"
But
that
which
Kate
could
not
forgive
him
was
the
fault
which
she
had
herself
committed
.
For
his
sake
she
had
done
her
best
to
separate
Alice
and
John
Grey
,
and
George
had
shown
himself
to
be
unworthy
of
the
kindness
of
her
treachery
.
"
I
would
give
all
I
have
in
the
world
to
bring
them
together
again
,
"
Kate
said
.
"
They
'll
come
together
fast
enough
if
they
like
each
other
,
"
said
Mrs.
Greenow
.
"
Alice
is
young
still
,
and
they
tell
me
she
's
as
good
looking
as
ever
.
A
girl
with
her
money
wo
n't
have
far
to
seek
for
a
husband
,
even
if
this
paragon
from
Cambridgeshire
should
not
turn
up
again
.
"
"
You
do
n't
know
Alice
,
aunt
.
"
"
No
,
I
do
n't
.
But
I
know
what
young
women
are
,
and
I
know
what
young
men
are
.
All
this
nonsense
about
her
cousin
George
,
—
what
difference
will
it
make
?
A
man
like
Mr.
Grey
wo
n't
care
about
that
,
—
especially
not
if
she
tells
him
all
about
it
.
My
belief
is
that
a
girl
can
have
anything
forgiven
her
,
if
she
'll
only
tell
it
herself
.
"
But
Kate
preferred
the
other
subject
,
and
so
,
I
think
,
did
Mrs.
Greenow
herself
.
"
Of
course
,
my
dear
,
"
she
would
say
,
"
marriage
with
me
,
if
I
should
marry
again
,
would
be
a
very
different
thing
to
your
marriage
,
or
that
of
any
other
young
person
.
As
for
love
,
that
has
been
all
over
for
me
since
poor
Greenow
died
.
I
have
known
nothing
of
the
softness
of
affection
since
I
laid
him
in
his
cold
grave
,
and
never
can
again
.
'
Captain
Bellfield
,
'
I
said
to
him
,
'
if
you
were
to
kneel
at
my
feet
for
years
,
it
would
not
make
me
care
for
you
in
the
way
of
love
.
'
"
"
And
what
did
he
say
to
that
?
"
"
How
am
I
to
tell
you
what
he
said
?
He
talked
nonsense
about
my
beauty
,
as
all
the
men
do
.
If
a
woman
were
hump-backed
,
and
had
only
one
eye
,
they
would
n't
be
ashamed
to
tell
her
she
was
a
Venus
.
"
"
But
,
aunt
,
you
are
a
handsome
woman
,
you
know
.
"
"
Laws
,
my
dear
,
as
if
I
did
n't
understand
all
about
it
;
as
if
I
did
n't
know
what
makes
a
woman
run
after
?
It
is
n't
beauty
,
—
and
it
is
n't
money
altogether
.
I
've
seen
women
who
had
plenty
of
both
,
and
not
a
man
would
come
nigh
them
.
They
did
n't
dare
.
There
are
some
of
them
,
a
man
would
as
soon
think
of
putting
his
arm
round
a
poplar
tree
,
they
are
so
hard
and
so
stiff
.
You
know
you
're
a
little
that
way
yourself
,
Kate
,
and
I
've
always
told
you
it
wo
n't
do
.
"
"
I
'm
afraid
I
'm
too
old
to
mend
,
aunt
.
"
"
Not
at
all
,
if
you
'll
only
set
your
wits
to
work
and
try
.
You
've
plenty
of
money
now
,
and
you
're
good-looking
enough
,
too
,
when
you
take
the
trouble
to
get
yourself
up
.
But
,
as
I
said
before
,
it
is
n't
that
that
's
wanted
.
There
's
a
stand-off
about
some
women
,
—
what
the
men
call
a
'
nollimy
tangere
,
'
that
a
man
must
be
quite
a
furious
Orlando
to
attempt
to
get
the
better
of
it
.
They
look
as
though
matrimony
itself
were
improper
,
and
as
if
they
believed
that
little
babies
were
found
about
in
the
hedges
and
ditches
.
They
talk
of
women
being
forward
!
There
are
some
of
them
a
deal
too
backward
,
according
to
my
way
of
thinking
.
"
"
Yours
is
a
comfortable
doctrine
,
aunt
.
"
"
That
's
just
what
I
want
it
to
be
.
I
want
things
to
be
comfortable
.
Why
should
n't
things
be
nice
about
one
when
one
's
got
the
means
?
Nobody
can
say
it
's
a
pleasant
thing
to
live
alone
.
I
always
thought
that
man
in
the
song
hit
it
off
properly
.
You
remember
what
he
says
?
'
The
poker
and
tongs
to
each
other
belongs
.
'
So
they
do
,
and
that
should
be
the
way
with
men
and
women
.
"
"
But
the
poker
and
tongs
have
but
a
bad
life
of
it
sometimes
.
"
"
Not
so
often
as
the
people
say
,
my
dear
.
Men
and
women
ai
n't
like
lumps
of
sugar
.
They
do
n't
melt
because
the
water
is
sometimes
warm
.
Now
,
if
I
do
take
Bellfield
,
—
and
I
really
think
I
shall
;
but
if
I
do
he
'll
give
me
a
deal
of
trouble
.
I
know
he
will
.
He
'll
always
be
wanting
my
money
,
and
,
of
course
,
he
'll
get
more
than
he
ought
.
I
'm
not
a
Solomon
,
nor
yet
a
Queen
of
Sheba
,
no
more
than
anybody
else
.
And
he
'll
smoke
too
many
cigars
,
and
perhaps
drink
more
brandy-and-water
than
he
ought
.
And
he
'll
be
making
eyes
,
too
,
at
some
of
the
girls
who
'll
be
fools
enough
to
let
him
.
"
"
Dear
me
,
aunt
,
if
I
thought
all
that
ill
of
him
,
I
'm
sure
I
would
n't
marry
him
;
—
especially
as
you
say
you
do
n't
love
him
.
"
"
As
for
love
,
my
dear
,
that
's
gone
,
—
clear
gone
!
"
Whereupon
Mrs.
Greenow
put
up
her
handkerchief
to
her
eyes
.
"
Some
women
can
love
twice
,
but
I
am
not
one
of
them
.
I
wish
I
could
,
—
I
wish
I
could
!
"
These
last
words
were
spoken
in
a
tone
of
solemn
regret
,
which
,
however
,
she
contrived
to
change
as
quickly
as
she
had
adopted
it
.
"
But
my
dear
,
marriage
is
a
comfortable
thing
.
And
then
,
though
the
Captain
may
be
a
little
free
,
I
do
n't
doubt
but
what
I
shall
get
the
upper
hand
with
him
at
last
.
I
sha
n't
stop
his
cigars
and
brandy-and-water
you
know
.
Why
should
n't
a
man
smoke
and
have
a
glass
,
if
he
do
n't
make
a
beast
of
himself
?
I
like
to
see
a
man
enjoy
himself
.
And
then
,
"
she
added
,
speaking
tenderly
of
her
absent
lover
,
"
I
do
think
he
's
fond
of
me
,
—
I
do
,
indeed
.
"
"
So
is
Mr.
Cheesacre
for
the
matter
of
that
.
"
"
Poor
Cheesy
!
I
believe
he
was
,
though
he
did
talk
so
much
about
money
.
I
always
like
to
believe
the
best
I
can
of
them
.
But
then
there
was
no
poetry
about
Cheesy
.
I
do
n't
care
about
saying
it
now
,
as
you
've
quite
made
up
your
mind
not
to
have
him
.
"
"
Quite
,
aunt
.
"
"
Your
grandfather
's
will
does
make
a
difference
,
you
know
.
But
,
as
I
was
saying
,
I
do
like
a
little
romance
about
them
,
—
just
a
sniff
,
as
I
call
it
,
of
the
rocks
and
valleys
.
One
knows
that
it
does
n't
mean
much
;
but
it
's
like
artificial
flowers
,
—
it
gives
a
little
colour
,
and
takes
off
the
dowdiness
.
Of
course
,
bread-and-cheese
is
the
real
thing
.
The
rocks
and
valleys
are
no
good
at
all
,
if
you
have
n't
got
that
,
But
enough
is
as
good
as
a
feast
.
Thanks
to
dear
Greenow
,
"
—
here
the
handkerchief
was
again
used
—
"
Thanks
to
dear
Greenow
,
I
shall
never
want
.
Of
course
I
sha
n't
let
any
of
the
money
go
into
his
hands
,
—
the
Captain
's
,
I
mean
.
I
know
a
trick
worth
two
of
that
,
my
dear
.
But
,
lord
love
you
!
I
've
enough
for
him
and
me
.
What
's
the
good
of
a
woman
's
wanting
to
keep
it
all
to
herself
?
"
"
And
you
think
you
'll
really
take
him
,
aunt
,
and
pay
his
washerwoman
's
bills
for
him
?
You
remember
what
you
told
me
when
I
first
saw
him
?
"
"
Oh
,
yes
;
I
remember
.
And
if
he
ca
n't
pay
his
own
washerwoman
,
is
n't
that
so
much
more
of
a
reason
that
I
should
do
it
for
him
?
Well
;
yes
;
I
think
I
will
take
him
.
That
is
,
if
he
lets
me
take
him
just
as
I
choose
.
Beggars
must
n't
be
choosers
,
my
dear
.
"
In
this
way
the
aunt
and
niece
became
very
confidential
,
and
Mrs.
Greenow
whispered
into
Kate
's
ears
her
belief
that
Captain
Bellfield
might
possibly
make
his
way
across
the
country
to
Westmoreland
.
"
There
would
be
no
harm
in
offering
him
a
bed
,
would
there
?
"
Mrs.
Greenow
asked
.
"
You
see
the
inn
at
Shap
is
a
long
way
off
for
morning
calls
.
"
Kate
could
not
take
upon
herself
to
say
that
there
would
be
any
harm
,
but
she
did
not
like
the
idea
of
having
Captain
Bellfield
as
a
visitor
.
"
After
all
,
perhaps
he
may
n't
come
,
"
said
the
widow
.
"
I
do
n't
see
where
he
is
to
raise
the
money
for
such
a
journey
,
now
that
he
has
quarrelled
with
Mr.
Cheesacre
.
"
"
If
Captain
Bellfield
must
come
to
Vavasor
Hall
,
at
any
rate
let
him
not
come
till
Alice
's
visit
had
been
completed
.
"
That
was
Kate
's
present
wish
,
and
so
much
she
ventured
to
confide
to
her
aunt
.
But
there
seemed
to
be
no
way
of
stopping
him
.
"
I
do
n't
in
the
least
know
where
he
is
,
my
dear
,
and
as
for
writing
to
him
,
I
never
did
such
a
thing
in
my
life
,
and
I
should
n't
know
how
to
begin
.
"
Mrs.
Greenow
declared
that
she
had
not
positively
invited
the
Captain
;
but
on
this
point
Kate
hardly
gave
full
credit
to
her
aunt
's
statement
.
Alice
arrived
,
and
,
for
a
day
or
two
,
the
three
ladies
lived
very
pleasantly
together
.
Kate
still
wore
her
arm
in
a
sling
;
but
she
was
able
to
walk
out
,
and
would
take
long
walks
in
spite
of
the
doctor
's
prohibition
.
Of
course
,
they
went
up
on
the
mountains
.
Indeed
,
all
the
walks
from
Vavasor
Hall
