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M R S . J U L I U S P OL L OC K ,
”
A UTH OR or LISSAD EL .
IN TH R EE V OL U M E S .
VNIL . IIL
ZLCHIDCHS
1876 .
C HAP TE R I .
M ER C H A N T or V EN IC E .
W I L L patientl y an d faithful l y
”
l abo ur for her s aid Harol d , ,
s ol emnl y I am content to
.
—
wait I will d o anything b ut I cannot give ,
You m ust—y ou
”
shal l ! said Sir Peter ,
V OL . III . 1
l e ss man one whose name
,
is s tained by
mercantil e fail ure and who ,
is not and
,
ing words .
Ah I y ou threate
n1 ”
A nd again
’
Z oun ds I can t be c al m I
b ut I
’
now . P ut me to any test can t and
”
I w ont give her u p, s aid Harol d setting ,
’
because I was yo ur boy s tutor that I had ,
I am —
disappointed I tho ught I coul d
tru st y ou ; in yo ur sel fish un derhand con
du ct another del usion has been dis pel l ed .
B ut it is t oo l ate now .
moodil y ) .
”
!
It is my turn now , s aid he speaking ,
gant . I will go ,
b ut onl y on one under
standing— that ou cons ent to our engage
y
ment ,
and that I marry her when I com e
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back ,
if I can show I have an income she
an d I deem sufficient .
Harol d s conditions
’
. He became quite
fatherl y . This propo s ed expatriation wa s
a gods en d— worthy of his acute friend ,
I congratul ate ou —
l this is the very
y
thing -
his tone full of b onhomie . Y ou
”
U nl es s y ou mean to l ock her up, said
Harol d ,
fiercel y and I shal l consid er
anything I may do fair after yo ur treatment
”
of us .
father
’
s sid e .
this .
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9
”
Stay where ou are sir I thundere d
y ,
!
Y ou kno w nothing ab out —
it l wha t
”
s houl d chil dren know l
gl ared at Harol d
. will come to no good !
Give up this fol l y ,
E unice : I can forgive
y ou
y ou are a baby— b ut for him — again
Sir Peter s ’
l —
Sett e d what l ”
— —
That that he to d me that we
l en
el s e !
Sir Peter heard her with a surpris e that
mocks d es cription —he was petrifi e d at
this u nexpecte d reb el l ion of his meek
daughter whom he had ,
al ways cons id ered
to l ack force of character . He co ul d not
wink to make sure that he was awake ,
his
very eyel ashe s refus ing to perform their
office and momentaril y
,
hide his gl aring
vision . It was a pretty thing to be a
parent — to b ring chil dren into the worl d
for this — that she shoul d cul ininate years
of anxieties by figurativel y flying in the face
”
Go abroad ! echoed E unice , and her
”
face bl eached ,
fo r ho w l ong 2
It i s a l ong time ,
s aid she faintl y,
.
”
N o, Sir Peter s aid Harol d resol utel y
, , ,
I wil l not go ,
except on the dis tinct
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keep me al i ve .
!
I don t know what to d o
’
. Sir Peter
never said tr uer words . He l ooked at the
young man in his white heat and thought
,
s hal l b e —
yo urs I do not wis h to b e mer
”
cenar
y .
Yel l ow Fever .
!
Y ou o ught to b e s atisfied
my conc ession s are enormo us . I co ul d not
have bel ieved when y ou came in here that
”
I shoul d have made them .
16 E UNICE .
’
I don t l ike y ou to go far aw ay y ou may
”
never come b ack .
”
yo ur kind words .
”
B ut when y ou are far from b oth ?
You will write to me ,
E unice . I coul d
l ive upon your l etters and s oon I shal l
come b ack sweet and then we will b e
, ,
”
married .
It s o unds s trange ,
sai d s he s adl y ,
!
it
”
wi
ll never come to pass .
B ut y ou l ove me ,
E unice 7 Y ou wi sh
to b e my wife to ? live wi th yo ur Harol d
”
al ways 7 he asked anxio usl y ,
.
s ake ,
E unice anticipations have a trick of
his j oy and ,
his gratitu de . Human heart s
are better school ed by happiness than
misery —genero us and graceful virtu es are
the natural o ffspring of the firs t ,
whil st
bitterness and u nsocial pas sions are
born of wretchedness — he who is capabl e
of happiness is capabl e of virt u e. Harol d
fl
ov er ow e d with gratitude to Sir Peter for
his u nexpected cons ent to their engage
ment ,
and the s entiment re strained his
s el fi s h promptings to u rge a stol en mar
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2— 2
20 E UNICE .
He co ul d nt sl eep
o ,
and went o ut again
to hi s ol d seat u nder her windo w . There
wa s no l ight and he hoped she rested and
, ,
her ,
s aid Harol d al most wringing
,
Lionel s hand ’
off Don t’
l et her
b e w orried . I wil l come back— Death its el f
ul
s ho d not hol d me — to see after her . Be
very gentl e — M oor girl A nd he broke
.
y p
do wn s obbing with great tearl e ss s o bs
, as
”
C ontre fo rtune b on c oeur ,
said Lad y
Grantl ey kin dl y
, . It make me grief to
s ay the —
adie ux I y ou wish l e b on voyage .
”
had h im s el f to u cl a
n s p the cl inging ar ms
22 E UNICE .
verse to which
,
al l in it are subj ect which
continu e s it s great work unceas ingl y nois e ,
Sir Peter s
’
took compl iance at m ore than .
its worth .
—
That goo d natured despot was
cr u el l y perpl exed -
he real l y l iked the
yo ung man and finding , it b eyond him to
breas t the opposition o f two hot -
headed
and hotter hearte d yo ung peopl e he
-
,
fol
to Harol d s wis he s ’
. A b s ence was the onl y
h0pe of overcoming this m ispl aced affection
it wo ul d put a period to incl inations l ikel y ,
raill ery ,
b ut o nl y to be harass ed by a
s trange dream that h aunted him through
the night . E unice
’
s arm s col d and dank
,
y outh and ,
b eauty unguarde d by his care !
Lovers are noto rio usl y o f encro aching
dispo sition and ,
al ready Harol d repented
him o f the p rice he covenanted to pay for
Sir Peter s
’
consent . This two years sepa ’
—
ration coul d it not even now be avoided
—
H is onl y hope s uch a forl orn one he had
—
b een as hamed to mention it was his
m is erl y crabb ed ol d uncl e Matthew
, ,
R eport s aid ,
that the m is er b athed in
—
chance of getting on and s ometimes b e
abl e to go to Grantl ey !
C H A PT E R III .
Go ld ! Go ld ! Go ld ! Go ld !
Bright and y ell ow h ar d and c ol d
, .
l ike
A rich b ea uty w h en her b l oom is l ost ,
”
I s your mas ter at home l he as ke d of
Don t ’
b e s o pressing ,
s aid Harol d his coaxing ,
!
Wel l a s s o b e
, y ou s eem civil s poken
! which no o ne about here bees ) I l l do what ,
’
tis
’
I can ; b ut I mis d oubt me as much as
”
my pl ace is worth .
A nd beckoning him in ,
they travers ed
some pas s age s which for dirt and darkne ss
m ight b e burro wing u nderground to some
anim al s l air the wind o ws
’
.
,
d im with the
u ndisturb ed cl o ud s of years al l owing o nl y
ob s c urity to penetrate the gl oomy interior .
nes s .
”
To what am I ind ebted for this honour l
said Mr Harnage h al f
.
,
ri sing and with a
how ,
a parchment smil e dis torting the
l eathery texture o f his visage which wore
,
vis itor .
So my
,
fine Oxford nephew come at
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33
P ure affection ,
Il l
’
be sworn ! We l ive in
ciet
y of his affectionate rel atives . B ut y o u
”
vis it l
, of real
pl easure rippl ed over his feature s .
”
to see work performed .
”
and wil l go .
yo ur U ncl e Ral ph s ’
s aid Mr Harnage .
,
”
wo ul d not have dared to s end y ou .
N0 ,
he kne w nothing o f my intention
”
nor shal l I tel l him .
!
Rest awhil e young ,
m an, said the
m is er brus qu el y ;
,
and tel l me what y ou
3 — 2
3 6 E UNICE .
”
! l )
’
Wel l ,
wel l ! impatient y . Don t
ou hear l — tel l me abo ut it ; that can do
y
”
no harm ,
s canty promise in his short tones
and ferrety eyes b ut Harol d needed littl e
enco uragement to pou r o ut the story of the
l ast two months of his l ove his erl ex i
, , p p
ties and his co m ing exil e
,
. He coul d not
have bel ieved that he coul d speak so
s ,
e e o o o
Wr ng hath b ut w r ng and b l am e th d u f bl am e
o o , e e o .
R ICH A RD III .
”
Yes I must go , . I have no opt ion said ,
Harol d d espondingl y, ,
and tou ching his
pockets ,
I have empty h ungry monitors
,
D o I l ook it —this
’
I m rich tel l s l ie s .
— —
house this room this dress ! tearing his
sl eeve s in a s ort of frenz ied sel f dis dain ) -
.
,
’
”
worth He sank back again in the wel l
worn l eathern arm chair exhausted by this
-
Y ou have tol d me a —
story now I wil l tel l
ou one, and we shall be —
quits I
y
al ways discharge my debts —I can t afford ’
sir he snarl ed .
ou u
y .
I am the ,
m emory o f that time is green ,
puppies ,
for whom life had ever been made
easy and pl easant . A doting mother took
care that her branche s were pampered whil e ,
l eer .
”
negl ected , hi s voice changing to a pathos
that spoke considerabl e sel f pity . H ow
”
my ow n fortunes .
had been .
b ut his sympathy ,
his affection were fo r his
d ustry ,
yet j eering me the wh il e for a
money gr ubber a
-
,
m achine for turning out
A bitter ad
n gro wing sense of the inj u stice
of my treatment was a cankerworm eati ng
into my l ife ,
and s undering every year more
and more widel y characters original l y d if
brothers ,
b ut we went our several ways ;
there wa s nothing in common between us .
I w as determ ined to —
rise not to remain
the cru shed worm for my b utterfly brothers
to flaunt their gay col ours by contrast .
N ot for them ,
nor s u ch as they had I toil ed
,
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45
start nephe w
,
-
do y ou think y ou are going
to mo nopoliz e al l the tender p as sion I
concede I do n t l ook m uch l ike l oving
,
’
no w ,
hal f my age ,
b ut I l o v ed her do ubl y ,
and
were engaged ,
b ut I saw her sel dom I was
a b usines s m an, and not my ow n master .
it was the ol d —
story a yo unger Jacob ,
”
have l eaped into his breast ! The pas
’
sionate mal ignity of the m is er s l ook and
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appal l ing .
, ,
v o n IIL 4
5 0 E UNICE .
I known this .
”
as I was I knew she was not happy .
Yes ,
s aid Mr . Harnage ,
gl eeful l y ,
s ol ation .
—
I m ade money my god a divi
nity not wont to p l ay m en fal se . There
w as ex citement in the pursuit a tangibl e ,
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5 1
l in and m is erabl e ,
after he had worried his
”
wife into her grave ,
said Mr Harnage .
,
Harol d ,
m o l l ified by the desire produced ,
’
It is a bonnie face yo u re a l ucky dog !
A s y ou are l ikel y to have the original I can ,
keep this ’
twill serve to remind me o f my
niece el ect ,
p utting the card into his
”
pocket . Y ou can get another .
genero usl y .
”
—
s erve ! col dl y ) Good by Master H a
!
-
.
,
he experienced that ,
u nacknowl edged to
himsel f ,
he had cherished a warm
hope that s omething wo ul d occur to do
away with the necessity for this exil e .
Latterl y Harol d ,
u nder the enervating
infl uence of l ove ,
had been a mere dreamer ;
b ut he pos s essed a determined and energetic
nature and he saw distinctl y that he must
,
rous e himsel f ,
and act and work . It w as
vis itor ,
b ut witho ut experiencingthe sl ightest
her —
he has her eyes I s eemed to see her
again in him Yet there s a l ook of Phil
’
.
,
to o , —
abo ut the mouth and brow shifty ,
And
’
l oo ks firm and honest . he s going a
5 6 E UNICE .
! ’
—
It s al l emptiness it s ’
al l weariness ,
a sol itary cu
p and saucer and a l ittl e dry
toast . I heap up gol d ; b ut who shal l
s catter it Ah ! who 7
C HAP T E R V .
moment .
,
w as
pied aterre
- -
of a co unty magnate s wife s ’ ’
creed
E unice ,
to uched by the transfo rm ing
finger of p assion ,
w as no l onger a chil d
caring onl y for the pl eas ure of the moment
she had become a patient l oving woman ; .
y
-
of one s l ife
’
,
b ut was a convert to the belief
they had their birth in l overs
’
pains she
to l d him everyt hing ,
and they never mi ssed
a mail . Sir Peter chafed ,
b ut in sil ence ;
M eeri ng , C ey l on .
Thanks my ,
ow n dear o ne, for yo ur
l etter ; each one is sweeter dearer than ,
V OL . 111 . 5
66 E UNICE .
Wnice
‘
Eu !
’
t we
:
-
are t oge then
~
is I,
find , the best thing for me now ; and
I am never l ess al one than when al one . I
am getting on fam o usl y with my new novel ,
patience .
!
Will y ou make much of me ,
E unice ,
an
d run away as y ou used to do in the , ol d
days 4
"
9K 9K
D EA R E ST H A R OLD ,
—Y 0u ask me what
I do . I l ead the l az iest l ife . I roam the
garden til l I grow weary and then I read ,
—
Leo w e have o nl y o ne horse now we are ,
to l d me ,
in the dear dingy ol d room that ,
Don t work
’
t oo hard even at the boo k
, .
ir
s
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71
ll —
I have ca ed it Fair Victory may it be ’
an omen of s ucce ss
—
So I tel l ou nothing ab out the
y
l adies here There are no ne s uch my ,
u
p her perfections ,
her no s e was l ike the
74 E UNICE .
bil l o f a hawk .
’
I here cut his el oqu ence
short and hope that
,
his highl y col oured-
!
The scenery is enchanting when the rain ,
sweet . It is l ate ,
and I wo ul d rest and
dream o f y ou . S l eep consol es me I dream
.
The li on is not so rc
fie e as pai nted .
A nd when in d u e —
time hi wil l a brief
s
,
b usiness l ike
- —
doc ument w as read to the ,
may be imagined ,
b ut no t described ,
d
an
’
exit . Sir Peter s fatherl y affection was
al ready unbounded ,
b ut E unice had changed
rel e s a s by magic the s uppl iant
,
o f yester
day was become the godde ss of to day with
-
,
’
s econd to her hu sb and s she knew the
famil y embarra ssments and h ail ed the pros
peet o f more pecunious times ; she al s o
cherished a kindness for Harol d and woman ,
run .
ceiv ed a repl y ,
he mus t remain a week or
two to finish the work he undertook and ,
”
and wind and tide woul d bring him .
u .
’
for a l over . N ot in E unice s Opinion ; she
thought it extremel y sensibl e and carried ,
,
she
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,
undertook to
keep his cl ient in ignorance from whence
V OL . 111 . 6
82 E UNICE .
and wa s th ankful .
T he se lf am h av n
-s e e e
frowns o n m e, l k adl y up n h i m
oo s s o .
SH A K SPEAR E .
com
panim ent for the b right hope s that
kept E unice warm not a foreb od ing chill ed
her .
—
6 2
84 E UNICE .
ding around u s al l .
”
N icey ? is it dead ? inquired A drian ,
Look at Rip ,
cried A drian . Oh ,
Pl ease yo ursel f ,
and y ou pl eas e me ,
s aid Lionel ,
indifferentl y .
un heard -
of extent . Gravel was thrown at
him he wa s envel oped in a tabl ecl oth ; and
’
”
Harol d to the l ist of his accomp l ishments .
”
I am fond of every one, said E unice ,
—
I l ove the whol e univers e I lik e even
”
Rip and I will ki s s
,
him . A nd in pur
’
tip me a first -
rate mount ; my o ld Sambo
is not up to my weight . Say you ll do it ’
for a fel l ow
Il l
’
give ou nothing — not even a new
y
raven .
constitution by yo ur experiment s ! Be
quick with the coffee here s the Gov ’
!
A nd the post ,
said Eunice ,
her father
entering the room bearing a handful of
!
N o l etter s for — —
me not one it is too
”
one anything one wants to know ,
said
E unice ,
appropriating the sheet in which
centres the l adie s pol itic s and s eeking the
’
”
Lord Errington s
’
marriage i s in, I see ,
said E unice ,
po unci ng on the one oasis of
interest her l iterat ure presented . He
is real l y married to Miss Raikes hard and ,
onl y answer .
”
Al batross . Perhaps it has been signal l ed ,
ectant —
heart the chances were s o smal l
p
there wo ul d be mention of the s hip .
to —
contempl ate pol itics and murder l ove ,
—
The Al batross he fal tered .
Yes yes —
speak speak — wil l ou ? ”
, , y
she gasped .
l ips
very trem ul o us and crushing the paper ,
in his hands .
He no dde d
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93
Giv e it to me ,
s aid she desperatel y
, .
”
I m ust s ee it !
Ye s read it my chil d
, , y ou m us t know ,
and he m ay be saved .
STEA M ER
’
P . O . CO M P A N Y S A L B A TR OSS
BY FI R E .
am hip A l batr s d tr y ed b y fir n th
T he ste s o s es o e o e
l 0th f D ec mb r
o T w b a t l ft h r ; one nl y ha
e e . o o s e e o s
b n pick ed u p w i th si m n ab ar d ; th ir c mpani o ns
ee ,
x e o e o
o f thi i nt l l ig nc
s e T h r cu ed m en w i l l arriv at
e e
. e es e
o s e o
r ach land
e .
”
SH A LL go —
mad I sh al l die
,
in ful l
possession Of her sens e s rather they
became unnat ural l y ac ute The miser
.
”
abl e have no other medicine ,
b ut onl y hope .
ril l the ,
,
o .
VOL . 111 . 7
98 E UN JC E .
give u
p the hope that he l ived tho u gh the ,
—
her) she wished to pay the attention to
one who was quite by far the most proper
j e une A ngl ais she had known . As for Sir
Peter he reall y sorrowed as his
, ,
furrowed
Th en b lack d e pair s ,
T he sha d w f a tar l
o o s nigh t w a thr o wn
ess ,
s
Over t he w or l d in w hich I m v d a l ne
o e o .
w ard l
y she was cal m and resigned b ut she
murmured and repined in secret that he
had no grave that he rested in no
, conse
merit ,
or to its being a posthumous work ,
the —
season an u ndoubted hit .
nage
’
s l etters ,
t oo, sho ul d have hel ped to
co nsol e they were written to his Ol d friend
Sir Peter Grantl ey in the most fatherl y
to ne Of regret and abandonment to feeling
”
on !
their common l oss .
!
N ever was
there a young man who co ul d be l es s
l egacy as heir -
at -
l aw , a state of things
that was a moral on the way poor human
nature s prej udices and intentions are Often
’
w hom f — ah ! w hom
”
from the !
Ar eth u sa Mine and other
specul ations .
—
thro ugh not quietl y b ut with the écl at in ,
. u
ud ence, —
with a sl eight Of hand and speed
p
-
shame .
Mr R al ph Harnage did
. not forget the
Grantl eys . True he did ,
not was te m uch
thought upon them he had said the right
thing and there the matter woul d have
,
banks when ,
rt chanced that a fe w days ’
—
stil l preserv ed flat t ering Opinions Of their
visitor which he did ,
not at once reciprocate .
”
Who wo ul d cal l this girl a beauty ?
o usl
y . This pal e girl with her l i stl ess
,
gait ,
ill -
arranged hair ,
and downcast eyes
Wait u ntil y ou see those drooping lids
—
physical organiz ation was perfect have an
irresistibl e tendency to vanquish the ill s of
l ife Harol d s dreadful death had wrought
’
.
al l
’
mu ch change in her . In E unice s eyes
nature had been beautiful ,
l ife a meas ure
l ess good ; and in proportio n as all had
been un ul d y bril l iant and desirabl e now ,
stal e ,
and u nprofitabl e for it is the san
sphere ,
l eaving a l arge personal ty to c om
right ,
and then mel ted s ensibl y un der the
warm praise . She l ooked at him kindl y
with her so ft eyes ,
un til Mr Harnage . re
tal isman
To h w an unf l t rr w i an office
s o e so o s ,
Fi na l r uin fi rc ly d ri
e e v es
H er pl ough hare
s o er
’
cr ea ti on. —Y OUN G .
Grantl ey s thin
’
l ips when she
first met Mr Harnage then was quickl y
.
,
Mr Harnage on
. his part co ul d not pre
vent a sl ight start and
,
his wel l -
marked
brows were l ifted in evident s urpris e .
”
m ab and cnne,
’
La force m uttered L ady
Grantl ey ,
and casting an appeal ing gl ance
at Mr Harnage
. .
— —
I thi nk I met yo ur wife abro ad ,
”
Grantl ey ; many years ago , said Mr .
Harnag e ,
sl owl y .
!
Oh ! in A rd eche . Did y ou know her
mother Madame De V a uban
,
a sarcastic gl ance .
to disc us s —
bygo nes I have some bu siness
”
matters ,
and with the sigh that word
al ways invoked he l eft the ro om .
ly
usuar pl eased l ook on his hands ome
features .
!
I am enchanted to see y ou,
VOL . III . 8
1 14 E UNICE .
A m orett ou are ar
avir— quite l ike ol d
:
y
day s . B ut how is it I find y ou here
?
’
m arried I tho ught Hymen s bonds were
”
opposed to yo ur principl e s His manner .
was intimate ,
b ut the veneer o f deference
he general l y ass umed to cover th
e spirit of
His o
com
panron fel t it to be so .
!
Make not your j ests at me s aid she , ,
? Leave
’ 7
me .
Y ou —
me reproach y ou man cruel and ,
E UIVI CE . 11
5
”
Trop de bontés ,
said she, u neasil y .
”
And yo ur l ittl e history ? s aid he ,
!
And y ou co ul d not refuse him the
honour . V ery right . I sho ul d have done
”
the s ame in yo ur pl ace ! softl y cl apping
his han ds) B ut I al ways said y ou were
.
—
8 2
1 16 E UNICE .
Bont e divine ! v cu s m
’
im patient ez .
”
She is a charm ing girl ,
said Mr Har .
Ah if I had o nl y twenty -
fiv e years
Mais v cu s ne l es avez pas . C
’
est
”
dommage po ur el l e ! ironical l y) .
!
Vat y ou mean ? I will have nothing
to do in it . N evare wil l y ou be the l over
”
o f Eunice !
A nd why I pray , y o u ?
He took t hi s bl ow easil y .
”
!
A nd I
f re use it ! s aid Lady Grantl ey ,
Y ou do me t OO mu ch honour . To l eave
he answered ,
his col d s m il e worthy of
Satan .
!
I shall onl y seek from the b us
been smal l .
Happil y for me ,
it is not the fashion in
this chill country for the fair sex to be
—
armed except with charms ,
”
s aid he in a
,
nom de C iel
How devo ut we have become ! he
sn eere d
His l aughing heartl essnes s go aded the
woman al mo s t to madness .
1 22 E UNICE .
”
nobl e et d ésintére s s e .
Yes I am ,
t OO Ol d to change ; and we
men cannot compete with y ou for acting .
— I shoul d say my l ad y ,
. A defect in my
constitution will not al l ow my sens e Of p ast
fav ours to o utweigh my l onging for those
to come .
!
Scél érat ! gredin ! she hiss ed ,
sa
! u el l e indignit é Vat y ou t ak e me
for
”
Park ,
he repl ied smoothl y ,
.
! ue d eviendraij
e -
s e h asked wearil y,
.
E UN JC E . 1 23
Di s moi
- — N on ,
non What w o ul d I
dO— interroger cet homme quickl y inter
rupting hers el f .
!
We have strayed s ome way from the
”
b usiness in hand ,
said Mr Harnage tired .
,
! ue —
faire qu e dire ! Ah! s ave me
from the shame to bl ush at the eyes of my
”
h usband . It will him kil l .
O C iel ! j
’
Ou b l ie l e pauvre enfant
Forget him no l onger . C onsider the
poor chil d and ,
his bl ighted name . Y ou
l ov e your chil d
!
Love him ?— l ove my A drien ? C
’
est
comme la manne du d esert a m on c oeur
aride ! Vat y ou wis h me to do A nd
”
matrimony I l ove Eunice !
”
You l ov e !
”
C
’
est m on bienfaiteur .
view .
C HAP T E R XII .
EFT al one ,
Lady Grantl ey stoo d
rooted to the spot gaz ing at the ,
appearance .
think of a , p i
ot po urr o f sel ect French and
E ngl i s h terms f
O opprobrium . Enfin il
est —
parti Je suis seul e ! Am I mad ? ”
, et
is a fire—je —
b rfil e I not ab l e to think .
NO ,
I wil l not . I care not for mys e l f
my h
c d
il — Sare Petare — al l are in his
”
spec ul ations . Mais ,
cl asping her hands as
thou gh addre ss ing a j udge ’
et ait d ab ord
’
,
c
1 28 E UNICE .
, ,
q uiet honoured
,
l ife at Grantl ey and she ,
will ing h
s e mi ht b e probabl y her power
g
,
’
Ral ph H arnage s s entiment for Eunice
his c o ol j
u dgment and hab it of s teadil y
ob s tacl e s ,
and attained hi s ends . He
argued that the ,
first natural em b arrass
ment over ,
E unice wo ul d admit him to a
iendship
fr she woul d not dream of accor d
ing to a yo unger man . N or did he draw
this deduction without reason ; though if
E unice had suspected the source o f his
attentions she woul d have revol ted ;
,
b ut
‘
man .
9 — 2
1 32 E UNICE .
cc -
Operation ,
l eft his al l y to prepare the
ground b efore his speedy reappearance .
mother ,
kindl y . Y ou yo urself sho ul d
”
res ign to the will Of Heaven .
”
Oh ! cant Of c omfort ,
said E unice ,
”
petite ?
”
Why do y ou as k ?
!
And l eave me on yo ur hands ! It is a
heavy b urthen that y ou mus t hear. I am
”
s orry for y ou , b ut it cannot be hel ped
She spoke b itterl y .
!
Mais ,
ma petite ,
I wo ul d s ee y ou
”
happy .
f
’
the thread o her stepmother s el oquence
s hort . However the ice had b een broken
, ,
m ight b e .
C HAP T E R X III .
ho wever ,
of forcing peopl e into matrim ony .
thr
ows courag e and firmnes s to the winds
when it stoop s to the l ow dominion o f
rid icul e .
cacy o f un cea
sing taunt s on fidelity to a
shadow— to a l over l ong dead ; the re
failing heal th ,
caused by anxiety . And
she tried ,
b ut with smal l succe ss to gain ,
against it .
gras p ,
b ut there was l ittl e l over -l ike s oft
E UNICE . 1 39
of Sir
’
not a chance Peter s being abl e to
rais e the sum . The next hour s aw him
in Mr . D odsw el l
’
s —
private room the next
train l anded him at Trenton .
”
d eares t privil ege to assis t rel ations . Then
he adverte d warm l y to his affection for
rets for —
Harol d were keenest when the
g
knowl edge Of
’
the young man s generous ,
True ,
it was desirabl e that Eunice s houl d
marry ; tru e al s o that a very j eremi ad
, ,
whom he wou
l d have chosen . B ut Eunice
He tol d her al l ,
and l eft it for her
d ecis ion .
to al l o f us It is a weary worl d b ut we
.
,
”
for his l iving .
bl es and her
,
tears fell , too and , m ingl ed
E UNICE '
. 1 43
with his ,
as she l aid her face on his
s houl der ,
and fal tered that ,
he co ul d
count u pon her doing in this and in al l
”
things according to his desire .
of famil y affection ,
Eunice b ro ught hers el f
to contempl ate an un ion from which she
had recoil ed with what she deemed an
u nconqu erabl e rep ugnance and came to ,
”
NO H
’
and said to Mr . arnage s s uit b ut
phil osophy ,
on which she had decl ined ,
it was passed ,
or into what c us tody she
gave it . The beauty of her life had de
p arted she was thrust
’
,
ou t from the garden
of Ed en , and woul d be a wanderer until
she died ; as wel l give the dregs Of her
j aded life to this one as to another she no
l onger hop ed for happiness in a worl d
E UNICE . 1 45
for Harol d s
’
cared boyhood that he was to,
V OL . III.
1 46 E UN Z CE .
ow n cond emnation ! A —
sound an omen
to s tartl e us into vigil ance to aro us e
,
o ur
10— 2
C HAP T E R XI V .
B ew ar f d p rate
e o es
’
p T h d ark t d ay
st e s. e es ,
L ive t i ll t m rr w
o- o o ,
wi l l have pa d a w ay
sse .
AM O ff presentl y to C hesney ,
V ery wel l ,
repl ied E unice .
”
Exactl y .
Then l et me go ,
sai d Eunice ; b ut
spite her b est efforts the reques t spoke
l ittl e O f the energy of d esire .
rubbis h .
It is of no consequence ,
s aid his wife ,
”
m ine, s aid Mr H arnage who tho ught
.
,
it
”
know , s neered Ral ph . C rying again !
Why the woman s a ,
’
l iving watering pot ;
-
”
!
A cl imax indeed ! s aid
, Eunice , ironi
cal l y .
s ex s accompl is hment
’
of shedding tears at
”
will in s uch perfection .
”
A pity ,
s aid Eunice , tersel y y ou
True ,
I m ight ; b ut the connexion gave
”
an air o f d el icacy to the trans action .
s pl endid equipage s ,
obseq uious s ervants
if her husban d were a trifle negl ectful it
certainl y did not form one o f her griefs ,
for
to her dismay ,
she found that she hail ed
his depart ure with rel ief— his com ing with
a sinking heart— that a dislik e unaccount
,
admirabl e patience ,
had b es t foll ow St .
’
Paul s ad vice .
Mr Harnage
. had s ome groun ds for com
’
Mr . H arnage s connubial sentiment s were
compris ed in the two small word s in and
out . He had b een in l ove with Eunice b efore
marriage an d ,
out of l ove three month
s
after and s o thorough was the c ure that
,
—
divine one hol y tend er constant wid e , , ,
Mr . H arnage s
’
passion had too compl etel y
died out for him to b e capabl e o f j eal ousy ,
E unice
’
yet he resented s fidelity to the
memory of a former l over whil e her ,
ind iffe
n
re ce to his frequ ent ab s ence s from home
1
5 6 E UNICE .
to him ,
b ut was abandoned ; she cared not
’
for —
thes e l ux uries ergo the ,
z est for de
priv in
g her of them perforce expired In
the nineteenth century hus ban ds of the
h umbl er grad es have the advantage ; with
i
the f endl y ever
r -
to -
hand poker and the ,
rr r ! w ha t h ath he p erceived ?
O te o s
0j
o
y ! w h at d th he l k n? o s oo o
”
Square .
Wait ,
s aid he j umping l ightl y
, from
the hansom ; !
I shal l be onl y here a
few minutes I w ant to go . On to the
—
South We s tern s tation .
All ig
r ht yer honour
,
. The cabman s ’
”
Is Mr Harnage at home
.
? he asked
of the yo ung footman who at l as t answered
the door !the butl er was round the corner
as us ual ) .
inquired for ,
repl ied in the affirmative .
”
What name sir ,
?
chef d oeuvre
-
’
on the ceil ing . Don t ’
l ike
nay more ,
l ay her in the dust from which
she wo ul d n ev er ris e .
!
Harol d ! not d ead ! she cried with a ,
He had —
not time to think why had he
found her here ! he onl y caught the ex
pres sion o f bewil derment al mo s t ,
fe ar— it s
quick tran sition to certainty and delight .
him ,
an d bore her to the s ofa s he had
j ust quitted : his firs t emotio ns were j oy
and wonder ,
b ut the won d er w as s wal l owed
in the j oy .
1 1— 2
1 64 E UNICE .
—
he woul d make it a happy one atone for
the sorrow she had s uffered thro ugh him ;
yet more .
She ma
de an imperceptibl e move
ment .
UNICE
'
E . 1 65
”
Sp eak to me .
”
Wont y ou speak to me ? s aid he ,
fel t that
she shivere d great Heaven . A nd —
— —
was that coul d it b e a groan !
Startl ed he with drew his s upporting arm ;
,
Despair ,
l ike j oy takes no heed
,
of tim e .
Harol d speak to me
, . Don t go with ’
”
out a word y ou will kill me . She stood
up, p al e and trembl ing the s obs that had ,
'
Ha r l —
o d stay ; hear me ,
her dry l ip s
E UNIC E . 1 69
How Who m ad e y o u he as ke d in ,
Al l of them ,
s he ans wered dis tract ,
”
my d ear my onl y l ove
, ,
ext nding her arms
e
”
fo r I am mo st wretche d
I may pard on , b ut I cannot forget
—
honour m y uncl e A ny pure s oul ed girl
-
H is dangers ,
his trial s ,
his l ove -
dreams ,
his
l ongings after happines s were ended they ,
—
had come to this and it was her hand
that pierced him there wa s the pain for ,
”
me that y ou were saved ? she as ked ,
I c ul
o d not write B ut I forget ou
.
, y
know nothing . I floated away on a spar ,
s aid he bitterl y ,
.
Stay ! o nl y hear me ,
Harol d dear ,
ful l y .
!
O h ! why did y ou do it his
v orce ful l of anguish
E UN Z CE . 173
Forgive me Harol d , ,
s tretching her
arms toward s him . Y ou tol d me that he
had b een good and kind to y ou . Oh ! I
am the mo s t unh appy woman breathing !
What wo ul d y ou have me d o ,
E unice
Why do y ou s mil e ,
E unice
"
3 H ow
can y ou
Becaus e I am s o gl ad .
”
So gl ad !
Yes I am s o gl ad
, y ou are al ive . I
have had su ch dreams that , y ou were l ying
at the bottom of the sea s urround ed by ,
H appy — witho ut ou
y
This house is yours is it not ,
said
she sl owl y and — everything
,
”
He no dded I suppo s e so .
I want to as k y ou s omething .
What is it
Will ou give —
me a cottage anywhere
y
— where I can hide mysel f till I die ? I
”
’
can t go home ! s he shivered . Lady
Grantl ey is cruel ; s he mad e me marry
him . I sho ul d not mind b eing ind ebted
”
to y ou for a hom e .
E UN Z CE . 1 75
”
A s y ou pl eas e ,
she an s wered meekl y , .
—
I do not think he is not s ince he fo un d
that I did not l ike him . He is hard ; he
”
is not a g ood man though he is you r uncl e
, ,
m urderous .
!
I will come in the morning , and see
D still ,
daz ed by the bl ow
that had fal l en on him ,
passe d
o ut into the pl acid every day l ife -
.
l oo Station
Harol d sighed a sigh that ,
w as more
V OL . 111
. 12
1 78 E UNICE ’
.
nearl y a groan as ,
if he woul d remove s ome
crushing weight from his chest .
”
N o, thank y ou no need .
b e recall ed or ,
in a hurry f
o del ight to ex
amine in some s ecl ud ed corner the extent
to which he had b een so u nexpectedl y en
riched .
cast ,
thought Harol d bitterl y , . A dark
ne s s of night was u pon him the castl e he ,
w rongs .
tiger had
, one vul nerabl e point ; and he
shoul d find some one pitil e ss a s hims el f .
”
an d !
tal king to herself haw ful A t fir s t
—
reas oning wil l reass ert it s powers inquir
,
—
frenz ied at the pre s ent at what was to
Oh ! l et me die — l et me die !
”
h
s e
b arrassm ents ,
the sacrifice made onl y evil ,
b rought a great j oy .
—
Mad ame est servie Mad ame n a pas .
’
her m is tress s
’
e nduran ce by prol onged
negl ect of the two mo s t important duties
in l ife .
—
from the room s he mus t try to hide her
heavy cro ss .
C HAPT E R X VII .
H AR N A G E S f m ind
’
s tate o
fo un d .
her small ,
white face and gl e am ing eyes .
He on
l y wished Heaven ! ! or rather histo
in a shower b ath -
o f her tears and ,
his
natural l y fine s p irits had b een unnatural l y
depre ss ed since the il l -
omened day of their
uni on .
cientl him
’
—
He rememb ered the m is er his spoil ed
life ; his mother wooed from another o nl y
to b e negl ected ; his E unice b etrayed an d
wretched and his heart w as as ic
e an d ,
his
reproaches sharp arrows that did not mis s
thei r mark — they shot home . The cul prit
cowered b eneath the fiery s hower of words
his character was reveal ed to him s el f in it s
”
his money .
”
I will go away ; it will avoid dis turbance .
”
Y ou wil l be wis e .
ance ; and it
’
s my b el ief she s dying ’
for
”
y ou
Mr Harnage paus ed
. Are y ou attend
”
ing t o me ? I onl y see yo ur b ack .
”
I hear y ou , aid Harol d
s ,
l aco nical l y .
”
and it will come right .
uncl e steadfastl y .
Mr Harnage
.
—
nodded an uneasy nod .
”
Y ou know that I coul d not m arrv her !
Harol d burs t o ut .
!
A nd y ou couns el me
to bring dis grace and ruin on the woman I
l ove b etter than my l ife H is tone s were
raised : and he wal ked acro ss the room ;
Ral ph
’
s face was dyed with the dusky
19 2 E UNICE .
property ,
his one trump card ,
and he
mus t pl ay her to the be s t advantage .
!
No fear ; y ou s hall not tro ubl e her ,
This is o ur —
l ast meeting G od wil l ing I ,
wil l never s ee y ou —
again al l neces sary
b usiness can be transacted thro ugh my
l awyer . I request y ou to l eave Engl and
conditions or attempt,
in any way t o mol e st
your w if e by l etters or otherwise , y ou w il l
”
further wrong . And he l eft the room
wi thout bestowing another gl ance on the
wretched man .
E UN ]C E
'
. 19 5
s ibl e fri —
end the onl y hel p she had the
right to l ong for
.
C H A PT ER XV III .
L es vive c s o ul e ur s
’ '
s efl acent , el l e l angui t ll , e e se
so u t enir —FE N EL ON
. .
exil e ,
that he wo ul d be rel ieved from
seeing her wretche d l ittl e white face .
meeting .
—
She wondered and waited the
19 8 E ! IN ! CE .
s
u ual rol e o f womankind— and a prey ,
to
his ncl e s
’
ro u sed and strengt hened by u
b as e hint s ,
-
and he woul d not s ee her
again until he had endu ed his mind with
the fact that she coul d never b e anything
more to him than a d ear friend And he ,
”
N ot gone out this fine afternoon ? s aid
Harol d ,
l ightl y, meeting her with a hand
sh ake and apparentl y not noticing
,
the
”
ou might call she an s wered faintl y
y , , .
”
I have been very busy s aid he sitting , ,
meekl y .
.
,
an d he as ke d me to dine at his cl ub . I
for Aul d l ang
’
acce pted syne .
Eunice s
’
The r eady t ears started to
eyes .
E UNICE . 2 01
”
and to your father .
am sure 7
”
fo un d d ead on Lionel s grave ’
.
al s dis po sition wa s
’
I ways s aid Rip
constanc
y. I give him all p rais e ; we
s houl d think highl y of nattainabl e
u
”
B ut tell m e, said she eagerl y , . Tel l
me al l — every particul ar .
He st oo ped his he ad ,
an d put
N ot if it is too painful ,
she continued ,
N o, no ,
said he with an effort , . I
will tell y ou— y o u hav e a right to hear ;
near ,
al l owed the sail ors to catch them ,
d um
r ming o f the p addl e wheel s
-
and then
u l —
a s dden w d cry Fire Fire !
i the ‘
‘
The fire is raging in the s towage hol d ,
’
’
originate d .
fortunate —
creature s some grasp ing the
crackl ing bul warks s ome dis appearing
with arm s thrown high catching , conv ul
siv el
y at air . N one attempted a res cue .
his recital .
!
B ut the other b oats h
s e asked ,
in
”
of the horrors surrounding them .
pal e as marbl e .
to s ecure a life -
b el t ; and y ou shal l hear
what a friend it proved to me . O nl y the
captain a pass enger and mysel f remained
, ,!
moment the ,
l urid gl ow of the A l batross
floated away ,
u nheeded me ss engers of our
in d eepest ,
tenderest pity .
—
they were devil s that the dissol ution of
”
H ow dreadful ! said E unice ,
and I
—
did not know I o nl y fel t that y ou l ived .
Y ou can imagine ,
Eunice , what I suf
buil d a boat ,
o ne s tronger and more cal cu
, ,
b reez e p
s rung up, and I set my tiny s ail .
2 16 E UNICE .
my cours e as wel l ,
as I coul d make it out
’
”
me on boar d B ut ,
with a quick change
of tone ou must be tired of l is tening to
, y
my story . I have made it l onger than I
intende d .
—
here to this ho us e
That is very simpl e and easil y tol d .
no more an d came,
on here at once . Y ou
”
kno w the res t .
—
Becaus e b ecaus e ,
N
trying to speak
firm l y in sp ite o f a choking s ob
I cannot ,
s tay here .
—
I have no right to d o so no
”
cl aim upon y ou .
E UNICE . 219
I w il l , Eunice , m y He checke d
abruptl y forbidd en word s that ro s e to his
l ip s . I m us t go no w . Good bye an d
-
,
”
take care of yours el f .
”
!
An d y ou will come ag ain s oon ? she
pers ist ed wistful l y, .
”
B etter not expect me till y ou s ee me .
”
visit pays where fortune smil es ,
as b y a
s im il arity which he fancied to exis t b e
his o wn
’
tween and Harol d s blighted l ove
22 !
pro spect s .
! The widow had thrown him
over at the l as t moment in favour of a
cous in in shameful fashion tho ugh he never ,
Ye s there ,
is an unappreciated treasure
”
of affection in this breas t said Mr Mo styn , .
,
”
!
I am b usy , said Harol d !
I am
2 22 E UN Z C E .
Al one
Al one .
yo u re’
l ike a gho s t among the l iving By .
proval . My friend ,
I am s orry for y ou .
’
Harol d s dark eye s shot inexpress ibl e
dis dain .
What cases
m ind his visitor
’
Don t me , answere d ,
”
and all her money s ettl ed on hers el f .
”
Did her marriage turn out wel l ?
”
and s o forth
B ut the l ady o f the d ol l ars is equall y
in the condition of Hecuba . What s she ’
”
for her ? s aid Harol d b itterl y ,
.
The V erscho
yl es s ay that she is seriously
’
p
e ris wi th y ou ,
’
s aid Mo s tyn resol ve d to,
”
Seriousl y ,
I am much flattered
Y ou must either travel or many , said
Mo styn with a degree
,
of contempl ation
E UNICE . 22
5
I think I have .
—
Yo ur advantages are so great a fell ow ,
!
I am not needy and she ,
is artificial ,
N ature is o ut o f fashion ,
s aid Mostyn ,
No ,
no ; ris ky . H ow is Mrs Har.
stiffly .
s o re
”
t uned ,
continued Mostyn who as , m o uth
piece o f society w as b ent up on gaining food
fo r its con sum ing c uriosity if possibl e .
Peopl e do —
say b ut no , ,
I wont dis tres s
E UNICE . 22 7
’
by s ociety s gaudy ,
u nthinking b utterfly ,
He was here ,
there ,
and e v erywhere .
’
Society at its wit s end did
, ,
not know
w here to have him ,
b ut perpetual l y
s tu mbl ed u pon him when l east expected .
driving ,
or w al king ; rapid l ocomotion ap
l ife ,
which ro und the angul ar l ines
things forbidden .
C H A PT E R XX .
H ad w e ne evrl ov
’
d sae kindl y ,
H ad w e n ver l
e ov
’
d sae b l i ndl y ,
v r m t r ne r par t d
Ne e e ,
o ve e ,
W ha d ne r b n b r k en h ear ted
e
’
e ee o .
OL D S ON G .
!
she were gaz ing with the eye s of her soul
after vanished happiness striving to recover ,
No ,
s aid E unice , her lips quivering ,
I wear it fo r my l o s t happine ss .
to -
day he asked with an abrupt change
,
o f tone .
No .
”
When did y ou go ou t l ast 7
I don t ’
remember— some days
s he answered vagu el y ,
.
m al she whispered .
2 36 E UNICE .
What do y ou mean
Do not be s o hard u pon me ,
said she ,
piteousl y .
1)
ou
y .
!
Yes strangers , ,
she repeated despair ,
”
ingl y ; quite strangers s ince , y ou say so .
'
tio n
,
un til her ret urn in the daintiest l i ttl e
grey bo nnet into which Mam sel l e B l anche
,
’
’
down near the keeper s cottage and dul y ,
the
’
They were not ten minu te s wal k from
centre of London dissipation ,
and yet it
woul d be difficul t for two peop l e to be mo re
real l y al one .
y ou l ook at me , E unice
s aid harshl y
,
.
E UNICE . 23 9
N0 ? s aid she ,
inquiringl y and ,
her
eyes st ill l ifted to his face .
”
No it tempts me in a short sharp
!
, ,
”
Yes ,
said she simp l y and
, ,
not rais ing
her eyes .
!
My Em iice— yes m ine said he in
,
—
me for y ou are mine and I am yo urs , .
”
”
!
Eunice, forgive me ,
said he in the ,
”
N ever 7 . s aid Eunice incredul ous of her
,
”
Y ou are right Harol d , ,
s aid she ,
l iveries ,
with high -
stepping b l ack horses ,
erschoy l es
’
There is the V carriag e !
s aid Harol d hastil y . Good bye
- —I will
,
, y es
Say , w ha r
t emai ns w h en h o pe is fl ed ?
She answ er ed ,
Endl ess w eepi ng
—
tenants the l e ss on that every l aw o f the
uni verse demonstrates u ntiringl y ; l ight
hi
"
Eu nice —
was a fair weather flower ; like a
sens itive pl ant she shrunk up, withered
under the chil l ing bl as t that m ight have
invigorated a more rob ust character . A
respect .
! Haro l d had managed to intim ate
that it was desirabl e to show her al l con
of existence : eat ,
drank ,
and put her
H arnage
’
s ow n man . The respectabl e
housekeeper continued to d ischarge her
functions ,
and E unice was troubl ed by no
bil l s . O f course she knew who was
l ooking after her and ,
in a way it pl eas ed
her to be dependent upon him , tho ugh had
he given her bread and water she woul d ,
He o d
w ul no t even tel l her ,
b ut l eft her to
the indifferent .
went by ,
b ut he gave no sign of his ex is
tence . A co untry ir
g , l j ust introd uced
’
H
’
to s ome o f Mr . arnage s set , Eunice s
—
acquaintance s were few fliend s she had
E UN Z C E .
no ne !
A nd she had not written of her
t ro ub l es t o Grantl ey it coul d do no good
t he idea her other s fal s e
’
of st e rri com
p
mi seration was abhorrent and her father ,
cib l
y as she rose to greet him ,
her principal
c are to hide that she had been crying .
!
E unice — ou are ill —I am sure o f
y
it ,
he excl aimed retaining her hand in
,
his
anx iety .
N o no ; it is nothing
!
,
—
I am quite .
.
!
dark face .
Real l y — ou what
Yo ur engagement to Mis s Warne .
go s sip mongers
-
. B ut l et us tal k Of yo ur
”
se lf Why do y ou l ook so il l ?
2
54 E UN ICE .
”
N O, said she hastil y , ,
I cannot g
o
—
there I wil l never go there again .
”
d aresay ,
co ul d accompany y ou .
Yes ,
perhap s she might ,
ass ented
Eunice indiflerentl y b ut I wo ul d rather
’
”
stay here I l ike it best
. .
Wo ul d y ou — l ike — me to —
s end for him
”
for Ral ph ? he continu ed after a paus e ,
.
E UN]CE . 25 5
Y ou gave me a fright ; b ut ,
pl eas e never ,
mention it again .
”
V ery wel l ,
sai d he s oothingl y
, . B ut
no t ill
’
!
I am . Don t think of me . I
am a troubl e to y ou , to every one . I wish
I coul d hel p it — that I co ul d hel p mysel f ,
”
ment .
—
To to Chesney suddenl y
, s aid he ,
”
Will it be o ut soon ?
Al most immediatel y .
i —
good to have s ometh ng to do it prevents
”
C an I do anything in engaging rooms ?
”
O h no Mrs Grey wil l arrange that . .
her heal th .
Yes ,
s aid she mechanicall y
,
.
A nd then he went .
V OL . III .
C H A PT E R XXII .
e c x d ing mal l ;
ee s
T h u gh w i th pa ti nc e H
o ta nd w ai ti ng w i th e ac t
e e s s
,
x
n gri nd H al l —L ON G FEL L OW
ess s e . .
17— 2
2 60 E UNICE .
men s wards ’
she co ul d not bear to s ee the
gaunt unshaven face s o f the stricken bread
winners and she foll owed a S is ter hurriedl y
,
”
Ye s .
I am gl ad y ou have come ,
said S is ter
Prudentia . Yo ung Robinson is so anx ious
to see and to thank y ou for yo ur kin dness ,
How gl ad
!
his wi fe and chil dren w il l
”
be I knew them wel l at Grantl ey .
2 62 E UIV I C E .
—
face how u nl ik el y that she shoul d be
recognised .
brow ,
and skin hanging l oosel y on the
m uscl es ,
and l arge gau nt hands cl utching at
the bedcl othes — Morel l Pyke
She went up to him .
”
Y ou know me ? he asked .
”
I am dying ! he s aid in a broken ,
’
v oice ; !
d ying a d og s d eath in th is d og s ’
E UN JCE . 2 63
spreading ,
gnawing ,
devo uring agony ,
said E unice ,
gentl y . Have y ou no
”
friend s ?
I ot —
into troubl e o v er there the worst
g
mess I w as ev er in and
— I was fix ed to
2 64 E UN Z C E .
”
s tiver and I worked my way over
,
. He
pl ucked continual l y at the bedcl othes as if ,
s oon —”
and he l ay back exhausted on the
pil l ow .
— —
N ever never I do —
not wi sh it .
—
Life is He l apsed into a sem i uncon
-
i
sc ousness, paral ysed by pain .
A hopel e ss cas e ,
whispered the S ister ;
it can b e onl y a matter o f days .
remedy .
etful ness
g .
C H A PT E R XXIII .
Al one —t ha t w orn o ut w or d -
,
SO i d l y sp ok en and so c o l d l y
,
h ar d ; e
O f h p e l ai d w a te k n ll s in tha t w r d — Al ne !
o s s ,
e o o
B ULWER L YTT ON .
him ,
hoping in their gay converse to banis h
the pal e face that haunted him . Then
with thinl y veil ed excus es he as abru ptl y ,
This inheritance ,
for which her peopl e sol d
—
her into a bondage worse than death how
he hated it ! A tithe a twentieth part
,
,
2
70 E UrV I C E .
bl oom ,
w as for him ahead y withered and
worthl ess as a dead l eaf . This mockery of
W
as she ill ? He remembered her for
no urished in secrecy ,
its sweetness had
turned to ashes bet w een his teeth it had
withered before ever it came to maturity .
,
beautiful ,
full of
her ,
and l et her s ee the truth that she
w as al l in al l to him as in the ol d days .
,
o
pen ed it and
gaz ed on the message .
Fro nt
~ D r H al l , E aton S quare, L ond on, to H arol d
.
gr ea t d ang r e C om at nc Sh a
e k s fo r ou
y o e e s .
—
18 2
C HAPT E R XXI V .
C hi am a, q u al chi m u r o e,
N on ha d a gire al ci l d al m nd a l tr
e o o
’
al e.
M IC H A EL AN GEL O .
D eath and lv
o e are the tw o w i ng s w hich b ear m an
from h to h eaven
eart .
RO SE ,
pearl l ike tint crept over
-
the east ,
cha sing the grey
shad ow s that s till l ingered in
the we stern sky when Harol d entered
London . That brief s ummer s ’
night had
b een l ong with agony ; he tried repeatedl y
to short en the minute s by prayer ,
b ut a
fearful tightness acros s his chest prevented
cons ecutive tho ught .
”
Ye s .
B ut there is hOpe
—
I am s orry to say none she cannot
po ssibl y ral l y . She has evidentl y been
un happy and in my Opinion
, , ,
dis tre s s of
mind has l owered the system and s apped
its recuperative powers . Her de s ire to s ee
y ou has al one kept her al ive till now .
2 7s B OW G I E .
E unice l ay ,
—
p al e and wasted her l arge ,
s unken eyes
fol l owing the s ervant s movements ’
as she
wal ked softl y about the room . The s heets
were scarcel y whiter than her face and her ,
it kil l s me ! —
Live l ive for my sake !
I l ove ou more than —
ever I cannot l ive
y
”
without y ou ! A nd he bent over her ,
—
agoniz ed his pall id comp l exion l ending a
darker sh ad e to his eyes wil d with mis ery
, .
”
Cl oser ,
she whis pere d .
H arol d s
’
p uts her arms round neck .
”
that I might die m yo ur arms .
”
Do not cry dearest s aid she presentl y
, , , ,
were ;pa
ons
l t
y jy
o remained the dearer ,
Y ou will l eave me ,
E unice I mu st
”
part with y ou ? hi s words were the em
bo diment of sad hopel essnes s .
”
to die is rest and peace ,
she murm ured .
exhausted voice .
”
Say that y ou wil l .
—
He forced a smil e s uch a smil e ! I
w oul d do anyt h ing y ou asked of me . I
s ee that I have been revengef ul , ill adv ised
-
.
”
NO ,
my dearest it ,
IS al l for the best ,
’
said she faintl y ,
. Don t grieve dearest , ,
when I am so happy .
Happy to l eave me ,
Eunice said he ,
feebl y .
l ong ,
nev er taking his eye s fl om the dear
face that l ay on his sho ul der every ,
line im
sa d minutes .
—
There meet me there Harol d Opening , ,
”
she said ,
G od for ever bl e s s y ou Heaven
”
t ake my soul .
w as over .
He was al o ne
The wandere r had reached the have n of
happiness — the re stl ess had found res t .
N o t as m an sees, seet hG o d ;
N o t as m an lv
o l v th H
es, o e e
W h en the e s s d r g tai n d l ip
-
e s are fai l i ng ,
D aw ns eterni ty .
TH E EN D .