011:003,01['  ]| Save$3$ when it happened to$9$ rain$1$ $B$Vanderbank always 
011:003,02['  ]| walked home, but he usually took a hansom when the 
011:003,03['  ]| rain$0$ was moderate and adopted the preference of the 
011:003,04['  ]| philosopher when it was heavy.  On$4$ this occasion$0$ he 
011:003,05['  ]| therefore recognised as the servant opened the door a 
011:003,06['  ]| congruity between the weather and the "four-wheeler"
011:003,07['  ]| that$6#1$, in the empty$2$ street, under the glazed radiance, 
011:003,08['  ]| waited and trickled and blackly glittered.  The butler 
011:003,09['  ]| mentioned it as 
011:003,09@o   | on$4$ such a wild night the only
011:003,10@o   | thing they could get,
011:003,11['  ]| and $B$Vanderbank, having replied 
011:003,12['  ]| that$3$ 
011:003,12@b   | it was exactly what$6#1$ would do best, 
011:003,12['  ]| prepared in 
011:003,13['  ]| the doorway to$9$ put up his umbrella and dash down$5$ 
011:003,14['  ]| to$4$ it.  At this moment he heard his name$0$ pronounced 
011:003,15['  ]| from behind and on$4$ turning$1$ found himself joined by$4$ 
011:003,16['  ]| the elderly fellow guest with whom$6#1$ he had talked after$4$ 
011:003,17['  ]| dinner and about$4$ whom$6#1$ later on$5$ upstairs he had 
011:003,18['  ]| sounded his hostess.  It was at present$0#1$ a clear$2$ question$0$ 
011:003,19['  ]| of how this amiable, this apparently unassertive person 
011:003,20['  ]| should get home ~ of the possibility of the other 
011:003,21['  ]| cab for$4$ which$6#1$ even$5$ now one of the footmen, with a 
011:003,22['  ]| whistle to$4$ his lips, craned out$5$ his head$0$ and listened 
011:003,23['  ]| through$4$ the storm$0$.  $L$Mr%*Longdon wondered to$4$ $B$Vanderbank 
011:003,24@l   | if their course$0$ might by$4$ any chance$0$ be the 
011:003,25@l   | same; 
011:003,25['  ]| which$6#1$ led our young friend immediately to$9$ 
011:003,26['  ]| express$1$ 
011:003,26@b   | a readiness to$9$ see him safely in any direction 
011:003,27@b   | that$6#1$ should accommodate him. 
011:003,27['  ]| As the footman's 
011:004,01['  ]| whistle spent itself in vain they got together into the 
011:004,02['  ]| four-wheeler, where at the end$0$ of a few moments more 
011:004,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank became conscious of having proposed 
011:004,04['  ]| his own$2$ rooms as a wind-up to$4$ their drive$0$. 
011:004,04@b   | Would not 
011:004,05@b   | that$6#2$ be a better$9$ finish$0$ of the evening than just$9$ separating 
011:004,06@b   | in the wet$0$? 
011:004,06['  ]| He liked his new acquaintance, who$6#1$ 
011:004,07['  ]| struck him as in a manner clinging to$4$ him, who$6#1$ was 
011:004,08['  ]| staying at an hotel presumably at that$6#2$ hour dismal, 
011:004,09['  ]| and who$6#1$, confessing with easy humility to$4$ a connexion 
011:004,10['  ]| positively timid with a club at which$6#1$ one could not 
011:004,11['  ]| have a visitor, accepted his invitation under pressure. 
011:004,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, when they arrived, was amused at the 
011:004,13['  ]| air of added extravagance with which$6#1$ he said he 
011:004,14['  ]| would keep the cab:  he so$5#1$ clearly enjoyed to$4$ that$6#2$ 
011:004,15['  ]| extent the sense of making a night of it. 
011:004,16[L  ]| "You young men, I believe, keep them for$4$ hours, 
011:004,17[L  ]| eh?  At least they did in my time," 
011:004,17['  ]| he laughed ~ 
011:004,17[L  ]| "the 
011:004,18[L  ]| wild ones!  But I think of them as all wild then.  I 
011:004,19[L  ]| dare$1#2$ say that$3$ when one settles in town one learns how 
011:004,20[L  ]| to$9$ manage; only I am afraid, you know, that$3$ I have got 
011:004,21[L  ]| completely out$8$ of it.  I do feel really quite mouldy. 
011:004,22[L  ]| It is a matter of thirty years ~!" 
011:004,23[B  ]| "Since you have been in London?" 
011:004,24[L  ]| "For$4$ more than a few days at a time, upon my 
011:004,25[L  ]| honour$0$.  You will$1$ not understand that$6#2$ ~ any more, 
011:004,26[L  ]| I dare$1#2$ say, than I myself quite understand how at the 
011:004,27[L  ]| end$0$ of all I have accepted this queer view$0$ of the doom 
011:004,28[L  ]| of coming back$5$.  But I do not doubt$1$ I shall ask you, 
011:004,29[L  ]| if you will$1$ be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ let me, for$4$ the help$0$ of a hint$0$ 
011:004,30[L  ]| or two: as to$4$ how to$9$ do, do not you know? and not 
011:004,31[L  ]| to$9$ ~ what$6#2$ do you fellows call$1$ it? ~ \be\ done.  Now 
011:004,32[L  ]| about$4$ one of \these\ things ~!"
011:005,01['  ]| One of these things was the lift in which$6#1$, at no$2$ great 
011:005,02['  ]| pace$0$ and with much rumbling and creaking, the
011:005,03['  ]| porter conveyed the two gentlemen to$4$ 
011:005,03@l   | the alarming 
011:005,04@l   | eminence, 
011:005,04['  ]| as $L$Mr%*Longdon measured their flight, 
011:005,04@l   | at 
011:005,05@l   | which$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank perched. 
011:005,05['  ]| The impression made 
011:005,06['  ]| on$4$ him by$4$ this contrivance showed him as unsophisticated, 
011:005,07['  ]| yet when his companion, at the top, ushering 
011:005,08['  ]| him in, gave a touch$0$ to$4$ the quick$2$ light$0$ and, in the 
011:005,09['  ]| pleasant ruddy room, all convenience and character, 
011:005,10['  ]| had before$4$ the fire$0$ another look$0$ at him, it was not to$9$ 
011:005,11['  ]| catch$1$ in him any protrusive angle. 
011:005,11@b   | $L$Mr%*Longdon was 
011:005,12@b   | slight$2$ and neat, delicate of body and both keen and 
011:005,13@b   | kind$2$ of face$0$, with black brows finely marked and
011:005,14@b   | thick smooth$2$ hair in which$6#1$ the silver had deep shadows. 
011:005,15@b   | He wore neither whisker nor moustache and 
011:005,16@b   | seemed to$9$ carry in the flicker of his quick$2$ brown eyes 
011:005,17@b   | and the positive sun-play of his smile$0$ even$5$ more than 
011:005,18@b   | the equivalent of what$6#1$ might, superficially or stupidly, 
011:005,19@b   | elsewhere be missed in him; which$6#1$ was mass, substance, 
011:005,20@b   | presence ~ what$6#1$ is vulgarly called importance. 
011:005,21@b   | He had indeed no$2$ presence but had somehow 
011:005,22@b   | an effect$0$.  He might almost have been a priest if 
011:005,23@b   | priests, 
011:005,23['  ]| as it occurred to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, 
011:005,23@b   | were ever such 
011:005,24@b   | dandies.  He had at all events conclusively doubled 
011:005,25@b   | the Cape of the years ~ he would never again see 
011:005,26@b   | fifty-five: 
011:005,26['  ]| to$4$ the warning light$0$ of that$6#2$ bleak headland 
011:005,27['  ]| he presented a back$0$ sufficiently conscious.  Yet though 
011:005,28['  ]| to$4$ $B$Vanderbank he could not look$1$ young he came near$9$ 
011:005,29['  ]| ~ strikingly and amusingly ~ looking new: this after$4$ 
011:005,30['  ]| a minute$0$ appeared 
011:005,30@b   | mainly perhaps indeed in the perfection 
011:005,31@b   | of his evening dress$0$ and the special smartness 
011:005,32@b   | of the sleeveless overcoat he had evidently had 
011:006,01@b   | made to$9$ wear with it and might even$5$ actually be wearing 
011:006,02@b   | for$4$ the first time. 
011:006,02['  ]| He had talked to$4$ $B$Vanderbank 
011:006,03['  ]| at $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's about$4$ Beccles and Suffolk; 
011:006,04['  ]| but it was not at Beccles nor anywhere in the county 
011:006,05['  ]| that$3$ these ornaments had been designed.  His action 
011:006,06['  ]| had already been, with however little purpose, to$9$
011:006,07['  ]| present$1$ the region to$4$ his interlocutor in a favourable 
011:006,08['  ]| light$0$.  $B$Vanderbank, for$4$ that$6#2$ matter, had the kind$0$ of 
011:006,09['  ]| imagination that$6#1$ likes to$9$ \place$1$\ an object$0$, even$5$ to$4$ the 
011:006,10['  ]| point$0$ of losing sight of it in the conditions; 
011:006,10@b   | he already 
011:006,11@b   | saw the nice old nook it must have taken to$9$ keep 
011:006,12@b   | a man of intelligence so$5#1$ fresh while$9$ suffering him to$9$ 
011:006,13@b   | remain so$5#1$ fine.  The product of Beccles accepted at all 
011:006,14@b   | events a cigarette ~ still$5$ much as a joke and an adventure 
011:006,15@b   | ~ and looked about$4$ him as if even$5$ more pleased 
011:006,16@b   | than he expected$1$. 
011:006,16['  ]| Then he broke, through$4$ his double$2$ 
011:006,17['  ]| eye-glass, into an exclamation that$6#1$ was like$9$ a passing$2$ 
011:006,18['  ]| pang of envy$0$ and regret$0$. 
011:006,18[L  ]| "You young men, you young 
011:006,19[L  ]| men ~!" 
011:006,20[B  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$ about$4$ us?" 
011:006,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's tone encouraged 
011:006,21['  ]| the courtesy of the reference. 
011:006,21[B  ]| "I am not so$5#1$ 
011:006,22[B  ]| young moreover as that$6#2$ comes to$4$." 
011:006,23[L  ]| "How old are you then, pray?" 
011:006,24[B  ]| "Why I am thirty-four." 
011:006,25[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ that$6#2$?  I am a hundred and 
011:006,26[L  ]| three!" 
011:006,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon at all events took out$5$ his watch$0$. 
011:006,27[L  ]| "It is only a quarter$0#1$ past$9$ eleven." 
011:006,27['  ]| Then with a quick$2$ 
011:006,28['  ]| change$0$ of interest$0$, 
011:006,28[L  ]| "What$6#2$ did you say is your public$2$ 
011:006,29[L  ]| office?" 
011:006,29['  ]| he enquired. 
011:006,30[B  ]| "The General*Audit.  I am Deputy*Chairman." 
011:006,31[L  ]| "Dear$7$!" 
011:006,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked at him as if he had 
011:006,32['  ]| had fifty windows. 
011:006,32[L  ]| "What$7$ a head$0$ you must have!"
011:007,01[B  ]| "Oh yes ~ our head is $ZD$Sir*Digby*Dence." 
011:007,02[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ do we do for$4$ you?" 
011:007,03[B  ]| "Well$7$, you gild the pill ~ though not perhaps very
011:007,04[B  ]| thick.  But it is a decent berth." 
011:007,05[L  ]| "A thing a good many fellows would give a pound 
011:007,06[L  ]| of their flesh for$4$?" 
011:007,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's visitor appeared so$5#1$ to$9$ deprecate too$5#1$ 
011:007,08['  ]| faint$2$ a picture$0$ that$3$ he dropped all scruples. 
011:007,08[B  ]| "I am the 
011:007,09[B  ]| most envied man I know ~ so$3$ that$3$ if I were a shade 
011:007,10[B  ]| less amiable I should be one of the most hated." 
011:007,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon laughed, yet not quite as if they were 
011:007,12['  ]| joking. 
011:007,12[L  ]| "I see.  Your pleasant way carries it off." 
011:007,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was, however, not serious$2$. 
011:007,13[B  ]| "Would not 
011:007,14[B  ]| it carry off anything?" 
011:007,15['  ]| Again his friend, through$4$ the \9pince-nez\, appeared to$9$ 
011:007,16['  ]| crown$1$ him with a Whitehall cornice. 
011:007,16[L  ]| "I think I ought 
011:007,17[L  ]| to$9$ let you know I am studying you.  It is really fair to$9$ 
011:007,18[L  ]| tell you," 
011:007,18['  ]| he continued with an earnestness not discomposed 
011:007,19['  ]| by$4$ the indulgence in $B$Vanderbank's face$0$. 
011:007,20[L  ]| "It is all right$8$ ~ all right$8$!" 
011:007,20['  ]| he reassuringly added, 
011:007,21['  ]| having meanwhile stopped before$4$ a photograph suspended 
011:007,22['  ]| on$4$ the wall. 
011:007,22[L  ]| "That is your mother!" 
011:007,22['  ]| he 
011:007,23['  ]| brought out$5$ with something of the elation of a child 
011:007,24['  ]| making a discovery or guessing a riddle. 
011:007,24[L  ]| "I do not 
011:007,25[L  ]| make$1$ you out$5$ in her yet ~ in my recollection of her, 
011:007,26[L  ]| which$6#1$, as I told you, is perfect$2$; but I dare$1#2$ say I soon 
011:007,27[L  ]| shall." 
011:007,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was more and more aware that$3$ 
011:007,28@b   | the 
011:007,29@b   | kind$0$ of amusement he excited would never in the least 
011:007,30@b   | be a bar to$4$ affection. 
011:007,30[B  ]| "Please take all your time." 
011:007,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked at his watch$0$ again. 
011:007,31[L  ]| "Do 
011:007,32[L  ]| you think I \had\ better$9$ keep it?" 
011:008,01[B  ]| "The cab?" 
011:008,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank liked him so$5#2$, found in 
011:008,02['  ]| him such a promise$0$ of pleasant things, that$3$ he was 
011:008,03['  ]| almost tempted to$9$ say: 
011:008,03@b   | "Dear$2#1$ and delightful sir, 
011:008,04@b   | do not weigh that$6#2$ question$0$; I will$1$ pay$1$, myself, for$4$ the 
011:008,05@b   | man's whole$2$ night!" 
011:008,05['  ]| His approval at all events was 
011:008,06['  ]| complete$2$. 
011:008,06[B  ]| "Most certainly.  That is the only way not 
011:008,07[B  ]| to$9$ think of it." 
011:008,08[L  ]| "Oh you young men, you young men!" 
011:008,08['  ]| his guest 
011:008,09['  ]| again murmured.  He had passed on$5$ to$4$ the photograph 
011:008,10['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank had many, too$5#1$ many photographs 
011:008,11['  ]| ~ of some other relation, and stood wiping 
011:008,12['  ]| the gold-mounted glasses through$4$ which$6#1$ he had been 
011:008,13['  ]| darting admirations and catching side-lights for$4$ 
011:008,14['  ]| shocks. 
011:008,14[L  ]| "Do not talk$1$ nonsense," 
011:008,14['  ]| he continued as his 
011:008,15['  ]| friend attempted once more to$9$ throw$1$ in a protest; 
011:008,15[L  ]| "I 
011:008,16[L  ]| belong to$4$ a different period of history.  There have 
011:008,17[L  ]| been things this evening that$6#1$ have made me feel as if 
011:008,18[L  ]| I had been disinterred ~ literally dug up from a long$9$ 
011:008,19[L  ]| sleep$0$.  I assure you there have!" 
011:008,19['  ]| he really pressed 
011:008,20['  ]| the point$0$.
011:008,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered a moment 
011:008,21@b   | what$6#1$ things in 
011:008,22@b   | particular these might be; 
011:008,22['  ]| he found himself wanting 
011:008,23['  ]| to$9$ get at everything his visitor represented, to$9$ enter 
011:008,24['  ]| into his consciousness and feel, as it were, on$4$ his side$0$. 
011:008,25['  ]| He glanced with an intention freely sarcastic at an 
011:008,26['  ]| easy possibility. 
011:008,26[B  ]| "The extraordinary vitality of $C$Brookenham?" 
011:008,27[B  ]| 
011:008,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, with nippers in place$0$ again, fixed on$4$ 
011:008,29['  ]| him a gravity that$6#1$ failed to$9$ prevent his discovering 
011:008,30['  ]| in the eyes behind them a shy reflexion of his irony. 
011:008,31[L  ]| "Oh $C$Brookenham!  You must tell me all about$4$ $C$Brookenham."
011:008,32[L  ]| 
011:009,01[B  ]| "I see that is not what$6#1$ you mean$1$." 
011:009,02['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon forbore to$9$ deny it. 
011:009,02[L  ]| "I wonder$1$ if you will$1$ 
011:009,03[L  ]| understand what$6#1$ I mean$1$." 
011:009,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank bristled with 
011:009,04['  ]| the wish$0$ to$9$ be put to$4$ the test, but was checked before$3$ 
011:009,05['  ]| he could say so$5#2$. 
011:009,05[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ is \his\ place$0$ ~ $C$Brookenham's?" 
011:009,06[L  ]| 
011:009,07[B  ]| "Oh Rivers*and*Lakes ~ an awfully good thing.
011:009,08[B  ]| He got it last$2$ year." 
011:009,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ but not too$5#1$ grossly ~ wondered. 
011:009,10[L  ]| "How did he get it?" 
011:009,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed. 
011:009,11[B  ]| "Well$7$, \she\ got it." 
011:009,12['  ]| His friend remained grave$2$. 
011:009,12[L  ]| "And about$4$ how much 
011:009,13[L  ]| now ~?" 
011:009,14[B  ]| "Oh twelve hundred ~ and lots of allowances and 
011:009,15[B  ]| boats and things.  To$9$ do the work$0$!" 
011:009,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, 
011:009,16['  ]| still$5$ with a certain levity, added. 
011:009,17[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ \is\ the work$0$?" 
011:009,18['  ]| The young man had a pause$0$. 
011:009,18[B  ]| "Ask \him\.  He will$1$ like$1$ 
011:009,19[B  ]| to$9$ tell you." 
011:009,20[L  ]| "Yet he seemed to$9$ have but little to$9$ say." 
011:009,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
011:009,21['  ]| exactly measured it again. 
011:009,22[B  ]| "Ah not about$4$ that$6#2$.  Try him." 
011:009,23['  ]| He looked more sharply at his host, as if vaguely 
011:009,24['  ]| suspicious of a trap; then not less vaguely he sighed. 
011:009,25[L  ]| "Well$7$, it is what$6#1$ I came up for$4$ ~ to$9$ try you all.  But 
011:009,26[L  ]| do they live on$4$ that$6#2$?" 
011:009,26['  ]| he continued. 
011:009,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank once more debated. 
011:009,27[B  ]| "One does not 
011:009,28[B  ]| quite know what$6#1$ they live on$4$.  But they have means$0$ 
011:009,29[B  ]| ~ for$3$ it was just$9$ that$6#2$ fact, I remember, that$6#1$ showed 
011:009,30[B  ]| $C$Brookenham's getting the place$0$ was not a job.  It was 
011:009,31[B  ]| given, I mean$1$, not to$4$ his mere domestic$2$ need$0$, but to$4$ 
011:009,32[B  ]| his notorious efficiency.  He has a property ~ an ugly 
011:010,01[B  ]| little place$0$ in Gloucestershire ~ which$6#1$ they sometimes 
011:010,02[B  ]| let.  His elder brother has the better$9$ one, but 
011:010,03[B  ]| they make$1$ up an income." 
011:010,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon for$4$ an instant$0$ lost himself. 
011:010,04[L  ]| "Yes, I 
011:010,05[L  ]| remember ~ one heard of those things at the time. 
011:010,06[L  ]| And \she\ must have had something." 
011:010,07[B  ]| "Yes indeed, she had something ~ and she always 
011:010,08[B  ]| has her intense cleverness.  She knows thoroughly 
011:010,09[B  ]| how.  They do it tremendously well$9$." 
011:010,10[L  ]| "Tremendously well$9$," 
011:010,10['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon intelligently 
011:010,11['  ]| echoed. 
011:010,11[L  ]| "But a house in Buckingham*Crescent, with 
011:010,12[L  ]| the way they seem to$9$ have built through$5$ to$4$ all sorts 
011:010,13[L  ]| of other places$0$ ~?" 
011:010,14[B  ]| "Oh they are all right$8$," 
011:010,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank soothingly 
011:010,15['  ]| dropped. 
011:010,16[L  ]| "One likes to$9$ feel that$6#2$ of people with whom$6#1$ one 
011:010,17[L  ]| has dined.  There are four children?" 
011:010,17['  ]| his friend went 
011:010,18['  ]| on$5$. 
011:010,19[B  ]| "The older boy, whom$6#1$ you saw and who$6#1$ in his way 
011:010,20[B  ]| is a wonder$0$, the older girl, whom$6#1$ you must see, and 
011:010,21[B  ]| two youngsters, male and female$2$, whom$6#1$ you must not." 
011:010,22['  ]| There might by$4$ this time, in the growing interest$0$ of 
011:010,23['  ]| their talk$0$, have been almost nothing too$5#1$ uncanny for$4$ 
011:010,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon to$9$ fear$1$ it. 
011:010,24[L  ]| "You mean$1$ the youngsters 
011:010,25[L  ]| are ~ unfortunate?" 
011:010,26[B  ]| "No$7$ ~ they are only, like$9$ all the modern young, I
011:010,27[B  ]| think, mysteries, terrible little baffling mysteries." 
011:010,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had found amusement again ~ 
011:010,28@b   | it flickered 
011:010,29@b   | so$5#2$ from his friend's face$0$ that$3$, really at moments 
011:010,30@b   | to$4$ the point$0$ of alarm$0$, his explanations deepened darkness. 
011:010,31['  ]| Then with more interest$0$ he harked back$5$. 
011:010,31[B  ]| "I 
011:010,32[B  ]| know the thing you just$9$ mentioned ~ the thing that$6#1$ 
011:011,01[B  ]| strikes you as odd." 
011:011,01['  ]| He produced his knowledge 
011:011,02['  ]| quite with elation. 
011:011,02[B  ]| "The talk$0$." 
011:011,02['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon on$4$ this 
011:011,03['  ]| only looked at him in silence$0$ and harder, but he went 
011:011,04['  ]| on$5$ with assurance: 
011:011,04[B  ]| "Yes, the talk$0$ ~ for$3$ we do talk$1$, 
011:011,05[B  ]| I think." 
011:011,05['  ]| Still$5$ his guest left$1$ him without relief, 
011:011,06['  ]| only fixing him and his suggestion with a suspended 
011:011,07['  ]| judgement.  Whatever the old man was on$4$ the point$0$ 
011:011,08['  ]| of saying, however, he disposed of in a curtailed 
011:011,09['  ]| murmur; he had already turned afresh to$4$ the series 
011:011,10['  ]| of portraits, and as he glanced at another $B$Vanderbank 
011:011,11['  ]| spoke afresh. 
011:011,11[B  ]| "It was very interesting to$4$ me to$9$ hear 
011:011,12[B  ]| from you there, when the ladies had left$1$ us, how many 
011:011,13[B  ]| old threads you were prepared to$9$ pick up." 
011:011,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had paused. 
011:011,14[L  ]| "I am an old boy who$6#1$ 
011:011,15[L  ]| remembers the mothers," 
011:011,15['  ]| he at last$0$ replied. 
011:011,16[B  ]| "Yes, you told me how well$9$ you remember $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's." 
011:011,17[B  ]| 
011:011,18[L  ]| "Oh, oh!" 
011:011,18['  ]| ~ and he arrived at a new subject$0$. 
011:011,19[L  ]| "This must be your sister $ZQ$Mary." 
011:011,20[B  ]| "Yes; it is very bad, but as she is dead ~" 
011:011,21[L  ]| "Dead?  Dear$7$, dear$7$!" 
011:011,22[B  ]| "Oh long$9$ ago" 
011:011,22['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank eased him off. 
011:011,23[B  ]| "It is delightful of you," 
011:011,23['  ]| this informant went on$5$, 
011:011,23[B  ]| "to$9$ 
011:011,24[B  ]| have known also such a lot of \my\ people." 
011:011,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon turned from his contemplation with 
011:011,26['  ]| a visible effort. 
011:011,26[L  ]| "I feel obliged to$4$ you for$4$ taking it 
011:011,27[L  ]| so$5#2$; it might not ~ one never knows ~ have amused 
011:011,28[L  ]| you.  As I told you there, the first thing I did was to$9$ 
011:011,29[L  ]| ask $D$Fernanda about$4$ the company; and when she 
011:011,30[L  ]| mentioned your name$0$ I immediately said:  ""Would 
011:011,31[L  ]| he like$1$ me to$9$ speak to$4$ him?""" 
011:011,32[B  ]| "And what$6#2$ did $D$Fernanda say?" 
011:012,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared. 
011:012,01[L  ]| "Do \you\ call$1$ her $D$Fernanda?" 
011:012,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank felt ever so$5#1$ much more guilty than he 
011:012,03['  ]| would have expected$1$. 
011:012,03[B  ]| "You think it too$5#1$ much in the 
011:012,04[B  ]| manner we just$9$ mentioned?" 
011:012,05['  ]| His friend hesitated; then with a smile$0$ a trifle$5$ 
011:012,06['  ]| strange: 
011:012,06[L  ]| "Pardon$1$ me; \I\ did not mention$1$ ~" 
011:012,07[B  ]| "No$7$, you did not; and your scruple$0$ was magnificent. 
011:012,08[B  ]| In point$0$ of fact," 
011:012,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank pursued, 
011:012,08[B  ]| "I 
011:012,09[B  ]| \do not\ call$1$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham by$4$ her Christian name$0$." 
011:012,10['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's clear$2$ eyes were searching. 
011:012,10[L  ]| "Unless 
011:012,11[L  ]| in speaking of her to$4$ others?" 
011:012,11['  ]| He seemed really to$9$ 
011:012,12['  ]| wish$1$ to$9$ know. 
011:012,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was but too$5#1$ ready to$9$ satisfy him. 
011:012,13[B  ]| "I 
011:012,14[B  ]| dare$1#2$ say we seem to$4$ you a vulgar lot of people.  That is 
011:012,15[B  ]| not the way, I can see, you speak of ladies at Beccles." 
011:012,16[L  ]| "Oh if you laugh$1$ at me ~! 
011:012,16['  ]| And his visitor turned 
011:012,17['  ]| off. 
011:012,18[B  ]| "Do not threaten me," 
011:012,18['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
011:012,18[B  ]| "or I \will$1$\ 
011:012,19[B  ]| send away the cab.  Of course$8$ I know what$6#1$ you mean$1$. 
011:012,20[B  ]| It will$1$ be tremendously interesting to$9$ hear how the 
011:012,21[B  ]| sort of thing we have fallen into ~ oh we \have\ fallen 
011:012,22[B  ]| in! ~ strikes your fresh, your uncorrupted ear.  Do 
011:012,23[B  ]| have another cigarette.  Sunk as I must appear to$4$ 
011:012,24[B  ]| you it sometimes strikes even$5$ mine$6$.  But I am not 
011:012,25[B  ]| sure as regards$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, whom$6#1$ I have known 
011:012,26[B  ]| a long$9$ time." 
011:012,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon again took him up. 
011:012,27[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you 
011:012,28[L  ]| people call$1$ a long$9$ time?" 
011:012,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank considered. 
011:012,29[B  ]| "Ah there you are!  And 
011:012,30[B  ]| now we are ""we people""!  That is right$2#1$ ~ give it to$4$ us. 
011:012,31[B  ]| I am sure that$3$ in one way or another it is all earned. 
011:012,32[B  ]| Well$7$, I have known her ten years.  But awfully well$9$." 
011:013,01[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ awfully well$9$?" 
011:013,02[B  ]| "We people?" 
011:013,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's enquirer, with his 
011:013,03['  ]| continued restless observation, moving nearer, the 
011:013,04['  ]| young man had laid on$4$ his shoulder the lightest of 
011:013,05['  ]| friendly hands. 
011:013,05[B  ]| "Do not you perhaps ask too$5#1$ much? 
011:013,06[B  ]| But no$7$," 
011:013,06['  ]| he added quickly and gaily, 
011:013,06[B  ]| "of course$8$ you 
011:013,07[B  ]| do not: if I do not look$1$ out$5$ I shall have exactly the 
011:013,08[B  ]| effect$0$ on$4$ you I do not want$1$.  I dare$1#2$ say I do not know 
011:013,09[B  ]| \how\ well$9$ I know $D$Mrs%*Brookenham.  Must not that$6#2$ 
011:013,10[B  ]| sort of thing be put in a manner to$4$ the proof? 
011:013,11[B  ]| What$6#1$ I meant to$9$ say just$9$ now was that$3$ I would not 
011:013,12[B  ]| ~ at least I hope$1$ I should not ~ have named her as 
011:013,13[B  ]| I did save$3$ to$4$ an old friend." 
011:013,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked promptly satisfied$2$ and reassured. 
011:013,15[L  ]| "You probably heard me address$1$ her myself." 
011:013,16[B  ]| "I did, but you have your rights, and that$6#2$ would not 
011:013,17[B  ]| excuse$1$ me.  The only thing is that$3$ I go to$9$ see her every 
011:013,18[B  ]| Sunday."
011:013,19['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon pondered and then, a little to$4$ $B$Vanderbank's 
011:013,20['  ]| surprise$0$, at any rate$0$ to$4$ his deeper amusement,
011:013,21['  ]| candidly asked:
011:013,21[L  ]| "Only $D$Fernanda?  No$2$ other 
011:013,22[L  ]| lady?" 
011:013,23[B  ]| "Oh yes, several other ladies." 
011:013,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon appeared to$9$ hear this with pleasure. 
011:013,25[L  ]| "You are quite right$2#1$.  We do not make$1$ enough of 
011:013,26[L  ]| Sunday at Beccles." 
011:013,27[B  ]| "Oh we make$1$ plenty of it in London!" 
011:013,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
011:013,28['  ]| said. 
011:013,28[B  ]| "And I think it is rather in my interest$0$ 
011:013,29[B  ]| I should mention$1$ that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham calls$1$ \me\ ~" 
011:013,30['  ]| His visitor covered him now with an attention that$6#1$ 
011:013,31['  ]| just$9$ operated as a check$0$.
011:013,31[L  ]| "By$4$ your Christian name$0$?" 
011:013,32['  ]| Before$3$ $B$Vanderbank could in any degree attenuate, 
011:014,01[L  ]| "What$6#2$ \is\ your Christian name$0$?" 
011:014,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
011:014,02['  ]| asked. 
011:014,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank felt of a sudden$8$ almost guilty ~ as if 
011:014,04['  ]| his answer$0$ could only impute extravagance to$4$ the 
011:014,05['  ]| lady. 
011:014,05[B  ]| "My Christian name$0$" 
011:014,05['  ]| ~ he blushed it out$5$ ~ 
011:014,06[B  ]| "is $B$Gustavus." 
011:014,07['  ]| His friend took a droll conscious leap. 
011:014,07[L  ]| "And she 
011:014,08[L  ]| calls$1$ you $B$Gussy?" 
011:014,09[B  ]| "No$7$, not even$5$ $B$Gussy.  But I scarcely think I ought 
011:014,10[B  ]| to$9$ tell you," 
011:014,10['  ]| he pursued, 
011:014,10[B  ]| "if she herself gave you no$2$ 
011:014,11[B  ]| glimpse of the fact.  Any implication that$6#1$ she consciously 
011:014,12[B  ]| avoided it might make$1$ you see deeper depths." 
011:014,13['  ]| He spoke with pointed$2$ levity, but his companion 
011:014,14['  ]| showed him after$4$ an instant$0$ a face$0$ just$9$ covered ~ 
011:014,15['  ]| and a little painfully ~ with the vision of the possibility 
011:014,16['  ]| brushed away by$4$ the joke. 
011:014,16[L  ]| "Oh I am not so$5#1$ bad as 
011:014,17[L  ]| that$6#2$!" 
011:014,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon modestly ejaculated. 
011:014,18[B  ]| "Well$7$, she does not do it always," 
011:014,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
011:014,19['  ]| laughed, 
011:014,19[B  ]| "and it is nothing moreover to$4$ what$6#1$ some 
011:014,20[B  ]| people are called.  Why, there was a fellow there ~"
011:014,21['  ]| He pulled up, however, and, thinking better$9$ of it, 
011:014,22['  ]| selected another instance$0$. 
011:014,22[B  ]| "The $I$Duchess ~ were not 
011:014,23[B  ]| you introduced to$4$ the $I$Duchess? ~ never calls$1$ me 
011:014,24[B  ]| anything but ""$B$Vanderbank"" unless she calls$1$ me ""\8caro*mio\."" 
011:014,25[B  ]| It would not have taken much to$9$ make$1$ her 
011:014,26[B  ]| appeal to$4$ \you\ with an ""I say, $L$Longdon!"" I can quite 
011:014,27[B  ]| hear her." 
011:014,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, focussing the effect$0$ of the sketch, 
011:014,29['  ]| pointed$1$ its moral with an indulgent: 
011:014,30[L  ]| "Oh well$7$, a 
011:014,30[L  ]| \foreign\ duchess!" 
011:014,30['  ]| He could make$1$ his distinctions. 
011:014,31[B  ]| "Yes, she is invidiously, cruelly foreign," 
011:014,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
011:014,32['  ]| agreed: 
011:014,32[B  ]| "I have never indeed seen a woman avail 
011:015,01[B  ]| herself so$5#1$ cleverly, to$9$ make$1$ up for$4$ the obloquy of that$6#2$ 
011:015,02[B  ]| state$0$, of the benefits and immunities it brings with it. 
011:015,03[B  ]| She has bloomed in the hot-house of her widowhood 
011:015,04[B  ]| ~ she is a Neapolitan hatched by$4$ an incubator." 
011:015,05[L  ]| "A Neapolitan?" 
011:015,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon seemed all civilly 
011:015,06['  ]| to$9$ wish$1$ he had only known it. 
011:015,07[B  ]| "Her husband was one; but I believe that$3$ dukes at 
011:015,08[B  ]| Naples are as thick as princes at Petersburg.  He is 
011:015,09[B  ]| dead, at any rate$0$, poor man, and she has come back$5$ 
011:015,10[B  ]| here to$9$ live." 
011:015,11[L  ]| "Gloomily, I should think ~ after$4$ Naples?" 
011:015,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
011:015,12['  ]| threw out$5$. 
011:015,13[B  ]| "Oh it would take more than even$5$ a Neapolitan 
011:015,14[B  ]| past$0$ ~!  However" 
011:015,14['  ]| and the young man caught 
011:015,15['  ]| himself up ~ 
011:015,15[B  ]| "she lives$1$ not in what$6#1$ is behind her, 
011:015,16[B  ]| but in what$6#1$ is before$5$ ~ she lives$1$ in her precious little 
011:015,17[B  ]| $J$Aggie."
011:015,18[L  ]| "Little $J$Aggie?" 
011:015,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon risked a cautious 
011:015,19['  ]| interest$0$. 
011:015,20[B  ]| "I do not take a liberty there," 
011:015,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank smiled: 
011:015,21[B  ]| "I speak only of the young $J$Agnesina, a little girl, the 
011:015,22[B  ]| $I$Duchess's niece, or rather I believe her husband's, 
011:015,23[B  ]| whom$6#1$ she has adopted ~ in the place$0$ of a daughter 
011:015,24[B  ]| early lost ~ and has brought to$4$ England to$9$ marry." 
011:015,25[L  ]| "Ah to$4$ some great man of course$8$!" 
011:015,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank thought$1$. 
011:015,26[B  ]| "I do not know." 
011:015,26['  ]| He gave 
011:015,27['  ]| a vague but expressive sigh$0$. 
011:015,27[B  ]| "She is rather lovely, 
011:015,28[B  ]| little $J$Aggie." 
011:015,29['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked conspicuously subtle. 
011:015,29[L  ]| "Then 
011:015,30[L  ]| perhaps \you\ are the man ~!" 
011:015,31[B  ]| "Do I look$1$ like$9$ a ""great"" one?" 
011:015,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank broke 
011:015,32['  ]| in. 
011:016,01['  ]| His visitor, turning$1$ away from him, again embraced 
011:016,02['  ]| the room. 
011:016,02[L  ]| "Oh dear$7$, yes!" 
011:016,03[B  ]| "Well$7$ then, to$9$ show$1$ how right$2#1$ you are, there is the 
011:016,04[B  ]| young lady." 
011:016,04['  ]| He pointed$1$ to$4$ an object$0$ on$4$ one of the 
011:016,05['  ]| tables, a small photograph with a very wide border 
011:016,06['  ]| of something that$6#1$ looked like$9$ crimson fur. 
011:016,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon took up the picture$0$; he was serious$2$ 
011:016,08['  ]| now. 
011:016,08[L  ]| "She is very beautiful ~ but she is not a little 
011:016,09[L  ]| girl." 
011:016,10[B  ]| "At Naples they develop early.  She is only seventeen 
011:016,11[B  ]| or eighteen, I suppose; but I never know how 
011:016,12[B  ]| old ~ or at least how young ~ girls are, and I am not 
011:016,13[B  ]| sure.  An aunt, at any rate$0$, has of course$8$ nothing to$9$ 
011:016,14[B  ]| conceal.  She \is\ extremely pretty$2$ ~ with extraordinary 
011:016,15[B  ]| red hair and a complexion to$9$ match$1$; great rarities 
011:016,16[B  ]| I believe, in that$6#2$ race and latitude.  She gave me the 
011:016,17[B  ]| portrait ~ frame and all.  The frame is Neapolitan 
011:016,18[B  ]| enough and little $J$Aggie is charming." 
011:016,18['  ]| Then $B$Vanderbank
011:016,19['  ]| subjoined: 
011:016,19[B  ]| "But not so$5#1$ charming as little 
011:016,20[B  ]| $A$Nanda." 
011:016,21[L  ]| "Little $A$Nanda? ~ have you got \her\?" 
011:016,21['  ]| The old 
011:016,22['  ]| man was all eagerness. 
011:016,23[B  ]| "She is over there beside$4$ the lamp ~ also a present$0#2$ 
011:016,24[B  ]| from the original." 
012:017,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had gone to$4$ the place$0$ ~ little $A$Nanda 
012:017,02['  ]| was in glazed white wood.  He took her up and held 
012:017,03['  ]| her out$5$; for$4$ a moment he said nothing, but presently, 
012:017,04['  ]| over his glasses, rested on$4$ his host a look$0$ intenser even$5$ 
012:017,05['  ]| than his scrutiny of the faded image. 
012:017,05[L  ]| "Do they give 
012:017,06[L  ]| their portraits now?" 
012:017,07[B  ]| "Little girls ~ innocent lambs? ~ Surely ~ to$4$ old 
012:017,08[B  ]| friends.  Did not they in your time?" 
012:017,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon studied the portrait again; after$4$ 
012:017,10['  ]| which$6#1$, with an exhalation of something between 
012:017,11['  ]| superiority and regret$0$, 
012:017,11[L  ]| "They never did to$4$ me," 
012:017,11['  ]| he 
012:017,12['  ]| returned. 
012:017,13[B  ]| "Well$7$, you can have all you want$1$ now!" 
012:017,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
012:017,14['  ]| laughed. 
012:017,15['  ]| His friend gave a slow droll headshake. 
012:017,15[L  ]| "I do not 
012:017,16[L  ]| want$1$ them ""now""!" 
012:017,17[B  ]| "You could do with them, my dear$2#1$ sir, still$5$," 
012:017,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued in the same manner, 
012:017,18[B  ]| "every 
012:017,19[B  ]| bit \I\ do!" 
012:017,20[L  ]| "I am sure you do nothing you ought not." 
012:017,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:017,21['  ]| kept the photograph and continued to$9$ look$1$ 
012:017,22['  ]| at it. 
012:017,22[L  ]| "Her mother told me about$4$ her ~ promised me 
012:017,23[L  ]| I should see her next time." 
012:017,24[B  ]| "You must ~ she is a great friend of mine$6$." 
012:017,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon was really deep in it. 
012:017,25[L  ]| "Is she clever?" 
012:017,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank turned it over. 
012:017,26[B  ]| "Well$7$, you will$1$ tell me 
012:017,27[B  ]| if you think so$5#2$." 
012:018,01[L  ]| "Ah with a child of seventeen ~!" 
012:018,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:018,02['  ]| murmured it as if in dread$0$ of having to$9$ pronounce. 
012:018,03[L  ]| "This one too$5#2$ \is\ seventeen?" 
012:018,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank again considered. 
012:018,04[B  ]| "Eighteen." 
012:018,04['  ]| He 
012:018,05['  ]| just$9$ hung fire$0$ once more, then brought out$5$: 
012:018,05[B  ]| "Well$7$, 
012:018,06[B  ]| call$1$ it nearly nineteen.  I have kept her birthdays," 
012:018,06['  ]| he 
012:018,07['  ]| laughed. 
012:018,08['  ]| His companion caught at the idea. 
012:018,08[L  ]| "Upon my 
012:018,09[L  ]| honour$0$ \I\ should like$1$ to$9$!  When is the next?" 
012:018,10[B  ]| "You have plenty of time ~ the fifteenth of June." 
012:018,11[L  ]| "I am only too$5#1$ sorry to$9$ wait." 
012:018,11['  ]| Laying down$5$ the 
012:018,12['  ]| object$0$ he had been examining $L$Mr%*Longdon took 
012:018,13['  ]| another turn$0$ about$4$ the room, and his manner was such 
012:018,14['  ]| an appeal to$4$ his host to$9$ accept his restlessness that$3$ 
012:018,15['  ]| as he circulated the latter watched him with encouragement. 
012:018,16[L  ]| "I said to$4$ you just$9$ now that$3$ I knew the 
012:018,17[L  ]| mothers, but it would have been more to$4$ the point$0$ 
012:018,18[L  ]| to$9$ say the grandmothers." 
012:018,18['  ]| He stopped before$4$ his 
012:018,19['  ]| young friend, then nodded at the image of $A$Nanda. 
012:018,20[L  ]| "I knew \hers\.  She put it at something less." 
012:018,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank rather failed to$9$ understand. 
012:018,21[B  ]| "The 
012:018,22[B  ]| old lady?  Put what$6#2$?" 
012:018,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's face$0$ showed him as for$4$ a moment 
012:018,24['  ]| feeling$1$ his way. 
012:018,24[L  ]| "I am speaking of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham. 
012:018,25[L  ]| She spoke of her daughter as only sixteen." 
012:018,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's amusement at the tone of this broke 
012:018,27['  ]| out$5$. 
012:018,27[B  ]| "She usually does!  She has done so$5#2$, I think, 
012:018,28[B  ]| for$4$ the last$2$ year or two." 
012:018,29['  ]| His visitor dropped upon his sofa as with the 
012:018,30['  ]| weight of something sudden$2$ and fresh; then from 
012:018,31['  ]| this place$0$, with a sharp little movement, tossed into 
012:018,32['  ]| the fire$0$ the end$0$ of a cigarette.  $B$Vanderbank offered 
012:019,01['  ]| him another, and as he accepted it and took a light$0$ 
012:019,02['  ]| he said: 
012:019,02[L  ]| "I do not know what$6#1$ you are doing with me ~ 
012:019,03[L  ]| I never at home smoke so$5#1$ much!" 
012:019,03['  ]| But he puffed 
012:019,04['  ]| away and, seated near$9$, laid his hand on$4$ $B$Vanderbank's 
012:019,05['  ]| arm$0$ as to$9$ help$1$ himself to$9$ utter$1$ something too$5#1$ delicate 
012:019,06['  ]| not to$9$ be guarded and yet too$5#1$ important not to$9$ be 
012:019,07['  ]| risked. 
012:019,07[L  ]| "Now that is the sort of thing I did mean$1$ 
012:019,08[L  ]| ~ as one of my impressions." 
012:019,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued 
012:019,09['  ]| at a loss and he went on$5$: 
012:019,09[L  ]| "I refer ~ if you do not 
012:019,10[L  ]| mind$1$ my saying so$5#2$ ~ to$4$ what$6#1$ you said just$9$ now." 
012:019,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was conscious of a deep desire$0$ to$9$ draw 
012:019,12['  ]| from him whatever might come; so$5#1$ sensible$2#1$ was it 
012:019,13['  ]| somehow that$3$ whatever in him was good was also 
012:019,14['  ]| thoroughly personal.  But our young friend had to$9$ 
012:019,15['  ]| think a minute$0$. 
012:019,15[B  ]| "I see, I see.  Nothing is more probable 
012:019,16[B  ]| than that$3$ I have said something nasty; but which$6#2$ 
012:019,17[B  ]| of my particular horrors?" 
012:019,18[L  ]| "Well$7$ then, your conveying that$3$ she makes her 
012:019,19[L  ]| daughter out$5$ younger ~!" 
012:019,20[B  ]| "To$9$ make$1$ herself out$5$ the same?" 
012:019,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
012:019,21['  ]| took him straight up. 
012:019,21[B  ]| "It was nasty my doing that$6#2$? 
012:019,22[B  ]| I see, I see.  Yes, yes:  I rather gave her away, and 
012:019,23[B  ]| you are struck by$4$ it ~ as is most delightful you \should\ 
012:019,24[B  ]| be ~ because you are in every way of a better$9$ tradition 
012:019,25[B  ]| and, knowing $D$Mrs%*Brookenham is my friend, can not 
012:019,26[B  ]| conceive of one's playing on$4$ a friend a trick$0$ so$5#1$ vulgar 
012:019,27[B  ]| and odious.  It strikes you also probably as the kind$0$ 
012:019,28[B  ]| of thing we must be constantly doing; it strikes you 
012:019,29[B  ]| that$3$ right*and*left, probably, we keep giving each 
012:019,30[B  ]| other away.  Well$7$, I dare$1#2$ say we do.  Yes, ""come to$9$ 
012:019,31[B  ]| think of it,"" as they say in America, we do.  But what$6#2$ 
012:019,32[B  ]| shall I tell you?  Practically we all know it and allow 
012:020,01[B  ]| for$4$ it and it is as broad as it is long$9$.  What$6#2$ is London 
012:020,02[B  ]| life after$4$ all?  It is tit*for*tat!" 
012:020,03[L  ]| "Ah but what$6#2$ becomes of friendship?" 
012:020,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:020,04['  ]| earnestly and pleadingly asked, while$9$ he still$5$ 
012:020,05['  ]| held $B$Vanderbank's arm$0$ as if under the spell of the 
012:020,06['  ]| vivid explanation supplied him. 
012:020,07['  ]| The young man met his eyes only the more sociably. 
012:020,08[B  ]| "Friendship?" 
012:020,09[L  ]| "Friendship." 
012:020,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon maintained the full 
012:020,10['  ]| value$0$ of the word. 
012:020,11[B  ]| "Well$7$," 
012:020,11['  ]| his companion risked, 
012:020,11[B  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say it is not 
012:020,12[B  ]| in London by$4$ any means$0$ what$6#1$ it is at Beccles.  I quite 
012:020,13[B  ]| literally mean$1$ that$6#2$," 
012:020,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank reassuringly added; 
012:020,14[B  ]| "I never really have believed in the existence of friendship 
012:020,15[B  ]| in big societies ~ in great towns and great 
012:020,16[B  ]| crowds.  It is a plant that$6#1$ takes time and space and 
012:020,17[B  ]| air; and London society is a huge ""squash,"" as we 
012:020,18[B  ]| elegantly call$1$ it ~ an elbowing pushing perspiring 
012:020,19[B  ]| chattering mob." 
012:020,20[L  ]| "Ah I do not say \that$6#2$\ of you!" 
012:020,20['  ]| the visitor murmured 
012:020,21['  ]| with a withdrawal of his hand and a visible 
012:020,22['  ]| scruple$0$ for$4$ the sweeping concession he had evoked. 
012:020,23[B  ]| "Do say it then ~ for$4$ God's sake; let some one 
012:020,24[B  ]| say it, so$3$ that$3$ something or other, whatever it may$1$ 
012:020,25[B  ]| be, may$1$ come of it!  It is impossible to$9$ say too$5#1$ much 
012:020,26[B  ]| ~ it is impossible to$9$ say enough.  There is not anything 
012:020,27[B  ]| any*one can say that$6#1$ I will$1$ not agree to$4$." 
012:020,28[L  ]| "That$6#2$ shows$1$ you really do not care$1$," 
012:020,28['  ]| the old man 
012:020,29['  ]| returned with acuteness. 
012:020,30[B  ]| "Oh we are past$9$ saving, if that is what$6#1$ you mean$1$!" 
012:020,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed. 
012:020,32[L  ]| "You do not care$1$, you do not care$1$!" 
012:020,32['  ]| his guest repeated, 
012:021,01[L  ]| "and ~ if I may$1$ be frank$2$ with you ~ I 
012:021,02[L  ]| should not wonder$1$ if it were rather a pity$0$." 
012:021,03[B  ]| "A pity$0$ I do not care$1$?" 
012:021,04[L  ]| "You ought to$9$, you ought to$9$." 
012:021,04['  ]| And $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:021,05['  ]| paused. 
012:021,05[L  ]| "May$1$ I say all I think?" 
012:021,06[B  ]| "I assure you \I\ shall!  You are awfully interesting." 
012:021,07[L  ]| "So$5#2$ are you, if you come to$4$ that$6#2$.  It is just$9$ what$6#1$ I have 
012:021,08[L  ]| had in my head$0$.  There is something I seem to$9$ make$1$ 
012:021,09[L  ]| out$5$ in you ~!" 
012:021,09['  ]| He abruptly dropped this, however, 
012:021,10['  ]| going on$5$ in another way. 
012:021,10[L  ]| "I remember the rest$0#1$ of you, 
012:021,11[L  ]| but why did I never see \you?\" 
012:021,12[B  ]| "I must have been at school ~ at college.  Perhaps 
012:021,13[B  ]| you did know my brothers, elder and younger." 
012:021,14[L  ]| "There was a boy with your mother at Malvern. 
012:021,15[L  ]| I was near$4$ her there for$4$ three months in ~ what$6#2$ \was\ 
012:021,16[L  ]| the year?" 
012:021,17[B  ]| "Yes, I know," 
012:021,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank replied while$9$ his guest 
012:021,18['  ]| tried to$9$ fix the date. 
012:021,18[B  ]| "It was my brother $ZR$Miles.  He 
012:021,19[B  ]| was awfully clever, but had no$2$ health, poor chap, and 
012:021,20[B  ]| we lost him at seventeen.  She used$1#2$ to$9$ take houses at 
012:021,21[B  ]| such places$0$ with him ~ it was supposed to$9$ be for$4$ his 
012:021,22[B  ]| benefit." 
012:021,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon listened with a visible recovery. 
012:021,23[L  ]| "He 
012:021,24[L  ]| used$1#2$ to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ me ~ I remember he asked me questions 
012:021,25[L  ]| I could not answer$1$ and made me dreadfully 
012:021,26[L  ]| ashamed.  But I lent him books ~ partly, upon my 
012:021,27[L  ]| honour$0$, to$9$ make$1$ him think that$3$ as I had them I did 
012:021,28[L  ]| know something.  He read everything and had a lot 
012:021,29[L  ]| to$9$ say about$4$ it.  I used$1#2$ to$9$ tell your mother he had a 
012:021,30[L  ]| great future." 
012:021,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank shook his head$0$ sadly and kindly. 
012:021,31[B  ]| "So$5#2$ 
012:021,32[B  ]| he had.  And you remember, $ZP$Nancy, who$6#1$ was handsome 
012:022,01[B  ]| and who$6#1$ was usually with them?" 
012:022,01['  ]| he went 
012:022,02['  ]| on$5$. 
012:022,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked so$5#1$ uncertain that$3$ he explained 
012:022,04['  ]| he meant his other sister; on$4$ which$6#1$ his companion 
012:022,05['  ]| said: 
012:022,05[L  ]| "Oh her?  Yes, she was charming ~ she evidently 
012:022,06[L  ]| had a future too$5#2$." 
012:022,07[B  ]| "Well$7$, she is in the midst of her future now.  She is 
012:022,08[B  ]| married." 
012:022,09[L  ]| "And whom$6#2$ did she marry?" 
012:022,10[B  ]| "A fellow called $ZO$Toovey.  A man in the City." 
012:022,11[L  ]| "Oh!" 
012:022,11['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon a little blankly.  Then 
012:022,12['  ]| as if to$9$ retrieve his blankness: 
012:022,12[L  ]| "But why do you call$1$ 
012:022,13[L  ]| her $ZP$Nancy?  Was not her name$0$ $ZP$Blanche?" 
012:022,14[B  ]| "Exactly ~ $ZP$Blanche*Bertha*Vanderbank." 
012:022,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked half-mystified and half-distressed. 
012:022,16[L  ]| "And now she is $ZP$Nancy*Toovey?" 
012:022,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank broke into laughter at his dismay. 
012:022,18[B  ]| "That is what$6#1$ every*one calls$1$ her." 
012:022,19[L  ]| "But why?" 
012:022,20[B  ]| "Nobody knows.  You see you were right$2#1$ about$4$ 
012:022,21[B  ]| her future." 
012:022,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon gave another of his soft smothered 
012:022,23['  ]| sighs; he had turned back$5$ again to$4$ the first photograph, 
012:022,24['  ]| which$6#1$ he looked at for$4$ a longer time. 
012:022,24[L  ]| "Well$7$, 
012:022,25[L  ]| it was not \her\ way." 
012:022,26[B  ]| "My mother's?  No$7$ indeed.  Oh my mother's 
012:022,27[B  ]| way ~!" 
012:022,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank waited, then added gravely: 
012:022,28[B  ]| "She was taken in time." 
012:022,29['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon turned half-round as to$9$ reply$1$ to$4$ 
012:022,30['  ]| this, but instead of replying proceeded afresh to$4$ an 
012:022,31['  ]| examination of the expressive oval in the red 
012:022,32['  ]| plush frame.  He took up little $J$Aggie, who$6#1$ appeared 
012:023,01['  ]| to$9$ interest$1$ him, and abruptly observed: 
012:023,01[L  ]| "$A$Nanda 
012:023,02[L  ]| is not so$5#1$ pretty$2$." 
012:023,03[B  ]| "No$7$, not nearly.  There is a great question$0$ whether 
012:023,04[B  ]| $A$Nanda is pretty$2$ at all." 
012:023,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon continued to$9$ inspect her more favoured 
012:023,06['  ]| friend; which$6#1$ led him after$4$ a moment to$9$ bring out$5$: 
012:023,07[L  ]| "She ought to$9$ be, you know.  Her grandmother was." 
012:023,08[B  ]| "Oh and her mother," 
012:023,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank threw in. 
012:023,09[B  ]| "Do not you think $D$Mrs%*Brookenham lovely?" 
012:023,10['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon kept him waiting a little. 
012:023,10[L  ]| "Not 
012:023,11[L  ]| so$5#1$ lovely as $ZI$Lady*Julia.  $ZI$Lady*Julia had ~!" 
012:023,11['  ]| He 
012:023,12['  ]| faltered; then, as if there were too$5#1$ much to$9$ say, 
012:023,13['  ]| disposed of the question$0$. 
012:023,13[L  ]| "$ZI$Lady*Julia had everything." 
012:023,14[L  ]| 
012:023,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank gathered hence an impression that$6#1$ 
012:023,16['  ]| determined$1$ him more and more to$4$ diplomacy. 
012:023,16[B  ]| "But 
012:023,17[B  ]| is not that$6#2$ just$9$ what$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham has?" 
012:023,18['  ]| This time the old man was prompt$2$. 
012:023,18[L  ]| "Yes, she is 
012:023,19[L  ]| very brilliant, but it is a totally different thing." 
012:023,19['  ]| He 
012:023,20['  ]| laid little $J$Aggie down$5$ and moved away as without 
012:023,21['  ]| a purpose; but his friend presently perceived his purpose 
012:023,22['  ]| to$9$ be another glance$0$ at the other young lady. 
012:023,23['  ]| As if all accidentally and absently he bent again over 
012:023,24['  ]| the portrait of $A$Nanda. 
012:023,24[L  ]| "$ZI$Lady*Julia was exquisite 
012:023,25[L  ]| and this child is exactly like$9$ her." 
012:023,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, more and more conscious of something 
012:023,27['  ]| working in him, was more and more interested. 
012:023,28[B  ]| "If $A$Nanda is so$5#1$ like$9$ her, \was\ she so$5#1$ exquisite?" 
012:023,29[L  ]| "Oh yes; every*one was agreed about$4$ that$6#2$." 
012:023,29['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:023,30['  ]| kept his eyes on$4$ the face$0$, trying$1$ a little, 
012:023,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank even$5$ thought$1$, to$9$ conceal his own$2$. 
012:023,31[L  ]| "She 
012:023,32[L  ]| was one of the greatest beauties of her day." 
012:024,01[B  ]| "Then \is\ $A$Nanda so$5#1$ like$9$ her?" 
012:024,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank persisted, 
012:024,02['  ]| amused at his friend's transparency. 
012:024,03[L  ]| "Extraordinarily.  Her mother told me all about$4$ 
012:024,04[L  ]| her." 
012:024,05[B  ]| "Told you she is as beautiful as her grandmother?" 
012:024,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon turned it over. 
012:024,06[L  ]| "Well$7$, that$3$ she has 
012:024,07[L  ]| just$9$ $ZI$Lady*Julia's expression.  She absolutely \has\ it ~ 
012:024,08[L  ]| I see it here." 
012:024,08['  ]| He was delightfully positive. 
012:024,08[L  ]| "She is 
012:024,09[L  ]| much more like$9$ the dead than like$9$ the living$0#1$." 
012:024,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank saw in this too$5#1$ many deep things not 
012:024,11['  ]| to$9$ follow them up.  One of these was, to$9$ begin with, 
012:024,12['  ]| that$3$ his guest had not more than half-succumbed to$4$ 
012:024,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's attraction, if indeed he had by$4$ 
012:024,14['  ]| a fine originality not resisted it altogether.  That$6#2$ in 
012:024,15['  ]| itself, for$4$ an observer deeply versed in this lady, 
012:024,16['  ]| was attaching and beguiling.  Another indication was 
012:024,17['  ]| that$3$ he found himself, in spite$8$ of such a break in the 
012:024,18['  ]| chain, distinctly predisposed to$4$ $A$Nanda. 
012:024,18[B  ]| "If she reproduces 
012:024,19[B  ]| then so$5#1$ vividly $ZI$Lady*Julia," 
012:024,19['  ]| the young man 
012:024,20['  ]| threw out$5$, 
012:024,20[B  ]| "why does she strike you as so$5#1$ much less 
012:024,21[B  ]| pretty$2$ than her foreign friend there, who$6#1$ is after$4$ all 
012:024,22[B  ]| by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ a prodigy?" 
012:024,23['  ]| The subject$0$ of this address$0$, with one of the photographs 
012:024,24['  ]| in his hand, glanced, while$9$ he reflected, at the 
012:024,25['  ]| other.  Then with a subtlety that$6#1$ matched itself for$4$ 
012:024,26['  ]| the moment with $B$Vanderbank's: 
012:024,26[L  ]| "You just$9$ told me 
012:024,27[L  ]| yourself that$3$ the little foreign person ~" 
012:024,28[B  ]| "Is ever so$5#1$ much the lovelier of the two?  So$5#2$ I did. 
012:024,29[B  ]| But you have promptly recognised it.  It is the first 
012:024,30[B  ]| time," 
012:024,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$, to$9$ let him down$5$ more 
012:024,31['  ]| gently, 
012:024,31[B  ]| "that$3$ I have heard $D$Mrs%*Brookenham admit the 
012:024,32[B  ]| girl's good looks$0$." 
012:025,01[L  ]| "Her own$2$ girl's?  ""Admit"" them?" 
012:025,02[B  ]| "I mean$1$ grant them to$9$ be even$5$ as good as they are. 
012:025,03[B  ]| I myself, I must tell you, extremely like$1$ $A$Nanda's 
012:025,04[B  ]| appearance.  I think $ZI$Lady*Julia's granddaughter has 
012:025,05[B  ]| in her face$0$, in spite$8$ of everything ~!" 
012:025,06[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ everything?" 
012:025,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
012:025,07['  ]| broke in with such an approach$0$ to$4$ resentment that$3$ his 
012:025,08['  ]| host's gaiety overflowed. 
012:025,09[B  ]| "You will$1$ see ~ when you do see.  She has no$2$ features. 
012:025,10[B  ]| No$7$, not one," 
012:025,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank inexorably pursued; 
012:025,11[B  ]| "unless indeed you put it that$3$ she has two or 
012:025,12[B  ]| three too$5#1$ many.  What$6#1$ I was going to$9$ say was that$3$ 
012:025,13[B  ]| she has in her expression all that is charming in her 
012:025,14[B  ]| nature.  But beauty, in London" 
012:025,14['  ]| ~ and feeling$1$ that$3$ 
012:025,15['  ]| he held his visitor's attention he gave himself the 
012:025,16['  ]| pleasure of freely presenting his idea ~ 
012:025,16[B  ]| "staring 
012:025,17[B  ]| glaring obvious knock-down beauty, as plain as a 
012:025,18[B  ]| poster on$4$ a wall, an advertisement of soap or whiskey, 
012:025,19[B  ]| something that$6#1$ speaks to$4$ the crowd and crosses the 
012:025,20[B  ]| footlights, fetches such a price in the market that$3$ the 
012:025,21[B  ]| absence of it, for$4$ a woman with a girl to$9$ marry, inspires 
012:025,22[B  ]| endless terrors and constitutes for$4$ the wretched 
012:025,23[B  ]| pair$0$ (to$9$ speak of mother and daughter alone) a sort 
012:025,24[B  ]| of social bankruptcy.  London does not love$1$ the 
012:025,25[B  ]| latent or the lurking, has neither time nor taste nor 
012:025,26[B  ]| sense for$4$ anything less discernible than the red flag 
012:025,27[B  ]| in front$0$ of the steam-roller.  It wants$1$ cash over the 
012:025,28[B  ]| counter and letters ten feet high.  Therefore you see 
012:025,29[B  ]| it is all as yet rather a dark$2$ question$0$ for$4$ poor $A$Nanda 
012:025,30[B  ]| ~ a question$0$ that$6#1$ in a way quite occupies the foreground 
012:025,31[B  ]| of her mother's earnest little life.  How \will$1$\ 
012:025,32[B  ]| she look$1$, what$6#2$ will$1$ be thought$1$ of her and what$6#2$ will$1$ 
012:026,01[B  ]| she be able to$9$ do for$4$ herself?  She is at the age when 
012:026,02[B  ]| the whole$2$ thing ~ speaking of her ""attractions,"" her 
012:026,03[B  ]| possible share$0$ of good looks$0$ ~ is still$5$ to$4$ a degree in 
012:026,04[B  ]| a fog.  But everything depends on$4$ it." 
012:026,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had by$4$ this time come back$5$ to$4$ him. 
012:026,06[L  ]| "Excuse$1$ my asking it again ~ for$3$ you take such 
012:026,07[L  ]| jumps:  what$6#2$, once more, do you mean$1$ by$4$ everything?"
012:026,08[L  ]| 
012:026,09[B  ]| "Why naturally her marrying.  Above$4$ all her marrying 
012:026,10[B  ]| early." 
012:026,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stood before$4$ the sofa. 
012:026,11[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you 
012:026,12[L  ]| mean$1$ by$4$ early?" 
012:026,13[B  ]| "Well$7$, we do doubtless get up later than at Beccles; 
012:026,14[B  ]| but that$6#2$ gives us, you see, shorter days.  I mean$1$ in 
012:026,15[B  ]| a couple of seasons.  Soon enough," 
012:026,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank developed, 
012:026,16[B  ]| "to$9$ limit the strain ~!" 
012:026,16['  ]| He was moved to$4$ 
012:026,17['  ]| higher gaiety by$4$ his friend's expression. 
012:026,18[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ the strain?" 
012:026,19[B  ]| "Well$7$, the complication of her being$1$ there." 
012:026,20[L  ]| "Being$1$ where?" 
012:026,21[B  ]| "You do put one through$5$!" 
012:026,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed. 
012:026,22['  ]| But he showed himself perfectly prepared. 
012:026,22[B  ]| "Out$8$ of 
012:026,23[B  ]| the school-room and where she is now.  In her 
012:026,24[B  ]| mother's drawing-room.  At her mother's fireside." 
012:026,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared. 
012:026,25[L  ]| "But where else should she 
012:026,26[L  ]| be?" 
012:026,27[B  ]| "At her husband's, do not you see?" 
012:026,28['  ]| He looked as if he quite saw, yet was nevertheless 
012:026,29['  ]| not to$9$ be put off from his original challenge. 
012:026,29[L  ]| "Ah 
012:026,30[L  ]| certainly; but not as if she had been pushed down$4$ 
012:026,31[L  ]| the chimney.  All in good time." 
012:026,32[B  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ good time?" 
012:027,01[L  ]| "Why time to$9$ make$1$ herself loved." 
012:027,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered. 
012:027,02[B  ]| "By$4$ the men who$6#1$ come to$4$ 
012:027,03[B  ]| the house?" 
012:027,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon slightly attenuated this way of putting 
012:027,05['  ]| it. 
012:027,05[L  ]| "Yes ~ and in the home circle.  Where is the 
012:027,06[L  ]| ""strain"" ~ of her being$1$ suffered to$9$ be a member of 
012:027,07[L  ]| it?" 
013:028,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank at this left$1$ his corner of the sofa and, 
013:028,02['  ]| with his hands in his pockets and a manner so$5#1$ amused 
013:028,03['  ]| that$3$ it might have passed for$4$ excited, took several 
013:028,04['  ]| paces about$4$ the room while$9$ his interlocutor, watching 
013:028,05['  ]| him, waited from his response.  That$6#2$ gentleman, as this 
013:028,06['  ]| response for$4$ a minute$0$ hung fire$0$, took his turn$0$ at sitting$1$ 
013:028,07['  ]| down$5$, and then $B$Vanderbank stopped before$4$ him with 
013:028,08['  ]| a face$0$ in which$6#1$ something had been still$5$ more brightly 
013:028,09['  ]| kindled. 
013:028,09[B  ]| "You ask me more than I think you suspect. 
013:028,10[B  ]| You must come and see me again ~ you must let 
013:028,11[B  ]| me come and see you.  You raise the most interesting 
013:028,12[B  ]| questions and we must sooner or later have them all 
013:028,13[B  ]| out$5$." 
013:028,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked happy in such a prospect, but 
013:028,15['  ]| once more took out$5$ his watch$0$. 
013:028,15[L  ]| "It wants$1$ five minutes 
013:028,16[L  ]| to$4$ midnight.  Which$6#1$ means$1$ that$3$ I must go now." 
013:028,17[B  ]| "Not in the least.  There are satisfactions you too$5#2$ 
013:028,18[B  ]| must give." 
013:028,18['  ]| His host, with an irresistible hand, 
013:028,19['  ]| confirmed him in his position and pressed upon him 
013:028,20['  ]| another cigarette.  His resistance rang hollow ~ it was 
013:028,21['  ]| clearly, he judged, such an occasion$0$ for$4$ sacrifices. 
013:028,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's view$0$ of it meanwhile was quite as 
013:028,23['  ]| marked. 
013:028,23[B  ]| "You see there is ever so$5#1$ much more you 
013:028,24[B  ]| must in common$2$ kindness tell me." 
013:028,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon sat there like$9$ a shy singer invited 
013:028,26['  ]| to$9$ strike up. 
013:028,27[L  ]| "I told you everything at $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's.
013:029,01[L  ]| It comes over me now how I dropped 
013:029,02[L  ]| on$4$ you." 
013:029,03[B  ]| "What$6#1$ you told me," 
013:029,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank returned, 
013:029,03[B  ]| "was 
013:029,04[B  ]| excellent so$5#1$ far as it went; but it was only after$4$ all 
013:029,05[B  ]| that, having caught my name$0$, you had asked of our 
013:029,06[B  ]| friend if I belonged to$4$ people you had known years 
013:029,07[B  ]| before$5$, and then, from what$6#1$ she had said, had ~ 
013:029,08[B  ]| with what$6#1$ you were so$5#1$ good as to$9$ call$1$ great pleasure 
013:029,09[B  ]| ~ made out$5$ that$3$ I did.  You came round$9$ to$4$ me 
013:029,10[B  ]| on$4$ this, after$4$ dinner, and gave me a pleasure still$5$ 
013:029,11[B  ]| greater.  But that$6#2$ only takes us part$0$ of the way." 
013:029,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
013:029,12['  ]| said nothing, but there was something appreciative 
013:029,13['  ]| in his conscious lapses; they were a tribute 
013:029,14['  ]| to$4$ his young friend's frequent felicity.  This personage 
013:029,15['  ]| indeed appeared more and more to$9$ take them for$4$ 
013:029,16['  ]| that$6#2$ ~ which$6#1$ was not without its effect$0$ on$4$ his spirits. 
013:029,17['  ]| At last$0$, with a flight of some freedom, he brought their 
013:029,18['  ]| pause$0$ to$4$ a close$0$. 
013:029,18[B  ]| "You loved $ZI$Lady*Julia." 
013:029,18['  ]| Then as 
013:029,19['  ]| the attitude of his guest, who$6#1$ serenely met his eyes, 
013:029,20['  ]| was practically a contribution to$4$ the subject$0$, he went 
013:029,21['  ]| on$5$ with a feeling$0$ that$3$ he had positively pleased. 
013:029,22[B  ]| "You lost her ~ and you are unmarried." 
013:029,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's smile$0$ was beautiful ~ it supplied 
013:029,24['  ]| so$5#1$ many meanings that$3$ when presently he spoke he 
013:029,25['  ]| seemed already to$9$ have told half his story. 
013:029,25[L  ]| "Well$7$, 
013:029,26[L  ]| my life took a form$0$.  It had to$9$, or I do not know what$6#1$ 
013:029,27[L  ]| would have become of me, and several things that$6#1$ all 
013:029,28[L  ]| happened at once helped me out$5$.  My father died ~ 
013:029,29[L  ]| I came into the little place$0$ in Suffolk.  My sister, my 
013:029,30[L  ]| only one, who$6#1$ had married and was older than I, lost 
013:029,31[L  ]| within a year or two both her husband and her little 
013:029,32[L  ]| boy.  I offered her, in the country, a home, for$3$ her 
013:030,01[L  ]| trouble$0$ was greater than any trouble$0$ of mine$6$.  She 
013:030,02[L  ]| came, she stayed; it went on$5$ and on$5$ and we lived 
013:030,03[L  ]| there together.  We were sorry for$4$ each other and it 
013:030,04[L  ]| somehow suited us.  But she died two years ago." 
013:030,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took all this in, only wishing to$9$ show$1$ 
013:030,06['  ]| ~ wishing by$4$ this time quite tenderly ~ that$3$ he even$5$ 
013:030,07['  ]| read into it deeply enough all the unsaid.  He filled 
013:030,08['  ]| out$5$ another of his friend's gaps. 
013:030,08[B  ]| "And here you are." 
013:030,09['  ]| Then he invited $L$Mr%*Longdon himself to$9$ make$1$ the 
013:030,10['  ]| stride. 
013:030,10[B  ]| "Well$7$, you will$1$ be a great success." 
013:030,11[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ that$6#2$?" 
013:030,12[B  ]| "Why, that$3$ we shall be so$5#1$ infatuated with you that$3$ 
013:030,13[B  ]| we shall make$1$ your life a burden to$4$ you.  You will$1$ see 
013:030,14[B  ]| soon enough what$6#1$ I mean$1$ by$4$ it." 
013:030,15[L  ]| "Possibly," 
013:030,15['  ]| the old man said; 
013:030,15[L  ]| "to$9$ understand 
013:030,16[L  ]| you I shall have to$9$.  You speak of something that$6#1$ 
013:030,17[L  ]| as yet ~ with my race practically run$1$ ~ I know 
013:030,18[L  ]| nothing about$4$.  I was no$2$ success as a young man. 
013:030,19[L  ]| I mean$1$ of the sort that$6#1$ would have made most difference. 
013:030,20[L  ]| People would not look$1$ at me." 
013:030,21[B  ]| "Well$7$, \we\ shall look$1$ at you," 
013:030,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank declared. 
013:030,22['  ]| Then he added: 
013:030,22[B  ]| "What$6#2$ people do you mean$1$?" 
013:030,22['  ]| And 
013:030,23['  ]| before$3$ his friend could reply$1$: 
013:030,23[B  ]| "$ZI$Lady*Julia?" 
013:030,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's assent was mute. 
013:030,24[L  ]| "Ah she was not 
013:030,25[L  ]| the worst!  I mean$1$ that$3$ what$6#1$ made it so$5#1$ bad," 
013:030,25['  ]| he 
013:030,26['  ]| continued, 
013:030,26[L  ]| "was that$3$ they all really liked me.  Your 
013:030,27[L  ]| mother, I think ~ as to$4$ \that$6#2$\, the dreadful consolatory 
013:030,28[L  ]| ""liking"" ~ even$5$ more than the others." 
013:030,29[B  ]| "My mother?" 
013:030,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was surprised. 
013:030,30[B  ]| "You mean$1$ there was a question$0$ ~?" 
013:030,31[L  ]| "Oh for$4$ but half a minute$0$!  It did not take her 
013:030,32[L  ]| long$9$.  It was five years after$4$ your father's death." 
013:031,01['  ]| This explanation was very delicately made. 
013:031,01[L  ]| "She 
013:031,02[L  ]| \could\ marry again." 
013:031,03[B  ]| "And I suppose you know she did," 
013:031,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
013:031,04['  ]| returned. 
013:031,05[L  ]| "I knew it soon enough!" 
013:031,05['  ]| With this, abruptly, 
013:031,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon pulled himself forward$5$. 
013:031,06[L  ]| "Good-night, 
013:031,07[L  ]| good-night." 
013:031,08[B  ]| "Good-night," 
013:031,08['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank. 
013:031,08[B  ]| "But was not 
013:031,09[B  ]| that$6#2$ \after$4$\ $ZI$Lady*Julia?" 
013:031,10['  ]| On$4$ the edge of the sofa, his hands supporting him, 
013:031,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked straight. 
013:031,11[L  ]| "There was nothing 
013:031,12[L  ]| after$4$ $ZI$Lady*Julia." 
013:031,13[B  ]| "I see." 
013:031,13['  ]| His companion smiled. 
013:031,13[B  ]| "My mother was 
013:031,14[B  ]| earlier." 
013:031,15[L  ]| "She was extremely good to$4$ me.  I am not speaking 
013:031,16[L  ]| of that$6#2$ time at Malvern ~ that$6#2$ came later." 
013:031,17[B  ]| "Precisely ~ I understand.  You are speaking of the 
013:031,18[B  ]| first years of her widowhood." 
013:031,19['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon just$9$ faltered. 
013:031,19[L  ]| "I should call$1$ them 
013:031,20[L  ]| rather the last$0$.  Six months later came her second$2$ 
013:031,21[L  ]| marriage." 
013:031,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's interest$0$ visibly improved. 
013:031,22[B  ]| "Ah it 
013:031,23[B  ]| was \then?\  That$6#2$ was about$4$ my seventh year." 
013:031,23['  ]| He 
013:031,24['  ]| called things back$5$ and pieced them together. 
013:031,24[B  ]| "But 
013:031,25[B  ]| she must have been older than you." 
013:031,26[L  ]| "Yes ~ a little.  She was kindness itself to$4$ me at all 
013:031,27[L  ]| events, then and afterwards.  That$6#2$ was the charm$0$ of 
013:031,28[L  ]| the weeks at Malvern." 
013:031,29[B  ]| "I see," 
013:031,29['  ]| the young man laughed. 
013:031,29[B  ]| "The charm$0$ was 
013:031,30[B  ]| that$3$ you had recovered." 
013:031,31[L  ]| "Oh dear$7$, no$7$!" 
013:031,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, rather to$4$ his mystification,
013:031,32['  ]| exclaimed. 
013:031,32[L  ]| "I am afraid I had not recovered 
013:032,01[L  ]| at all ~ had not, if that is what$6#1$ you mean$1$, got over 
013:032,02[L  ]| my misery and my melancholy$0$.  She knew I had not 
013:032,03[L  ]| ~ and that$6#2$ was what$6#1$ was nice of her.  She was a 
013:032,04[L  ]| person with whom$6#1$ I could talk$1$ about$4$ her." 
013:032,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took a moment to$9$ clear$1$ up the ambiguity. 
013:032,06[B  ]| "Oh you mean$1$ you could talk$1$ about$4$ the 
013:032,07[B  ]| \other\.  You had not got over $ZI$Lady*Julia." 
013:032,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon sadly smiled at him. 
013:032,08[L  ]| "I have not got 
013:032,09[L  ]| over her yet!" 
013:032,09['  ]| Then, however, as if not to$9$ look$1$ morbid, 
013:032,10['  ]| he took pains to$9$ be clear$2$. 
013:032,10[L  ]| "The first wound$0$ was 
013:032,11[L  ]| bad ~ but from that$6#2$ one always comes round$9$.  Your 
013:032,12[L  ]| mother, dear$2#1$ woman, had known how to$9$ help$1$ me. 
013:032,13[L  ]| $ZI$Lady*Julia was at that$6#2$ time her intimate$2$ friend ~ it 
013:032,14[L  ]| was she who$6#1$ introduced me there.  She could not help$1$ 
013:032,15[L  ]| what$6#1$ happened ~ she did her best.  What$6#1$ I meant 
013:032,16[L  ]| just$9$ now was that$3$ in the aftertime, when opportunity 
013:032,17[L  ]| occurred, she was the one person with whom$6#1$ I could 
013:032,18[L  ]| always talk$1$ and who$6#1$ always understood." 
013:032,18['  ]| He lost 
013:032,19['  ]| himself an instant$0$ in the deep memories to$9$ attest 
013:032,20['  ]| which$6#1$ he had survived alone; then he sighed out$5$ as 
013:032,21['  ]| if the taste of it all came back$5$ to$4$ him with a faint$2$ 
013:032,22['  ]| sweetness: 
013:032,22[L  ]| "I think they must both have been good 
013:032,23[L  ]| to$4$ me.  At the Malvern time, the particular time I 
013:032,24[L  ]| just$9$ mentioned to$4$ you, $ZI$Lady*Julia was already married, 
013:032,25[L  ]| and during those first years she had been whirled 
013:032,26[L  ]| out$5$ of my ken.  Then her own$2$ life took a quieter 
013:032,27[L  ]| turn$0$; we met again; I went for$4$ a good while$0$ often to$4$ 
013:032,28[L  ]| her house.  I think she rather liked the state$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ 
013:032,29[L  ]| she had reduced me, though she did not, you know, 
013:032,30[L  ]| in the least presume on$4$ it.  The better$9$ a woman is 
013:032,31[L  ]| ~ it has often struck me ~ the more she enjoys in 
013:032,32[L  ]| a quiet$2$ way some fellow's having been rather bad, 
013:033,01[L  ]| rather dark$2$ and desperate, about$4$ her ~ for$4$ her.  I 
013:033,02[L  ]| dare$1#2$ say, I mean$1$, that$3$ though $ZI$Lady*Julia insisted 
013:033,03[L  ]| I ought to$9$ marry she would not really have liked it 
013:033,04[L  ]| much if I had.  At any rate$0$ it was in those years I saw 
013:033,05[L  ]| her daughter just$9$ cease to$9$ be a child ~ the little girl 
013:033,06[L  ]| who$6#1$ was to$9$ be transformed by$4$ time into the so$5#1$ different 
013:033,07[L  ]| person with whom$6#1$ we dined to-night.  That$6#2$ comes 
013:033,08[L  ]| back$5$ to$4$ me when I hear you speak of the growing up, 
013:033,09[L  ]| in turn$0$, of that$6#2$ person's own$2$ daughter." 
013:033,10[B  ]| "I follow you with sympathy ~!" 
013:033,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
013:033,11['  ]| replied. 
013:033,11[B  ]| "The situation is reproduced." 
013:033,12[L  ]| "Ah partly ~ not altogether.  The things that$6#1$ are 
013:033,13[L  ]| unlike ~ well$7$, are so$5#1$ \very\ unlike." 
013:033,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon for$4$ 
013:033,14['  ]| a moment, on$4$ this, fixed his companion with eyes that$6#1$ 
013:033,15['  ]| betrayed one of the restless little jumps of his mind$0$. 
013:033,16[L  ]| "I told you just$9$ now that$3$ there is something I seem 
013:033,17[L  ]| to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ in you." 
013:033,18[B  ]| "Yes, that$6#1$ was meant for$4$ better$9$ things?" 
013:033,18['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank 
013:033,19['  ]| frankly took him up. 
013:033,19[B  ]| "There \is\ something, 
013:033,20[B  ]| I really believe ~ meant for$4$ ever so$5#1$ much better$9$ 
013:033,21[B  ]| ones.  Those are just$9$ the sort I like$1$ to$9$ be supposed 
013:033,22[B  ]| to$9$ have a real affinity with.  Help$1$ me to$4$ them, $L$Mr%*Longdon;
013:033,23[B  ]| help$1$ me to$4$ them, and I do not know what$6#1$ 
013:033,24[B  ]| I will$1$ not do for$4$ you!" 
013:033,25[L  ]| "Then after$4$ all" 
013:033,25['  ]| ~ and his friend made the point$0$ 
013:033,26['  ]| with innocent sharpness ~ 
013:033,26[L  ]| "you are \not\ past$9$ saving!" 
013:033,27[L  ]| 
013:033,28[B  ]| "Well$7$, I individually ~ how shall I put it to$4$ you? 
013:033,29[B  ]| If I tell you," 
013:033,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$, 
013:033,30[B  ]| "that$3$ I have that$6#2$ 
013:033,30[B  ]| sort of fulcrum for$4$ salvation which$6#1$ consists at least 
013:033,31[B  ]| in a deep consciousness and the absence of a rag of 
013:033,32[B  ]| illusion, I shall appear to$9$ say I am wholly different 
013:034,01[B  ]| from the world I live in and to$4$ that$6#2$ extent present$1$ 
013:034,02[B  ]| myself as superior$2$ and fatuous.  Try me at any rate$0$. 
013:034,03[B  ]| Let me try myself.  Do not abandon me.  See what$6#1$ 
013:034,04[B  ]| can be done with me.  Perhaps I am after$4$ all a case. 
013:034,05[B  ]| I shall certainly cling to$4$ you." 
013:034,06[L  ]| "You are too$5#1$ clever ~ you are too$5#1$ clever: that is 
013:034,07[L  ]| what$6#1$ is the matter with you all!" 
013:034,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
013:034,08['  ]| sighed. 
013:034,09[B  ]| "With us \all?\" 
013:034,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank echoed. 
013:034,09[B  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
013:034,10[B  ]| it is the first time I have heard it.  If you 
013:034,11[B  ]| should say the matter with \me\ in particular, why 
013:034,12[B  ]| there might be something in it.  What$6#1$ you mean$1$ 
013:034,13[B  ]| at any rate$0$ ~ I see where you come out$5$ ~ is that$3$ 
013:034,14[B  ]| we are cold$2$ and sarcastic and cynical, without the 
013:034,15[B  ]| soft human spot.  I think you flatter us even$5$ while$9$ 
013:034,16[B  ]| you attempt$1$ to$9$ warn; but what$6#1$ is extremely interesting 
013:034,17[B  ]| at all events is that$3$, as I gather, we made on$4$ you 
013:034,18[B  ]| this evening, in a particular way, a collective impression 
013:034,19[B  ]| ~ something in which$6#1$ our trifling varieties are 
013:034,20[B  ]| merged." 
013:034,20['  ]| His visitor's face$0$, at this, appeared to$9$ 
013:034,21['  ]| acknowledge his putting the case in perfection, so$3$ 
013:034,22['  ]| that$3$ he was encouraged to$9$ go on$5$. 
013:034,22[B  ]| "There was something 
013:034,23[B  ]| particular with which$6#1$ you were not altogether 
013:034,24[B  ]| pleasantly struck." 
013:034,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$ decidedly changed colour easily, 
013:034,26['  ]| showed in his clear$2$ cheek the effect$0$ at once of feeling$1$ 
013:034,27['  ]| a finger on$4$ his fault and of admiring his companion's 
013:034,28['  ]| insight.  But he accepted the situation. 
013:034,28[L  ]| "I could not 
013:034,29[L  ]| help$1$ noticing your tone." 
013:034,30[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ its being$1$ so$5#1$ low?" 
013:034,31['  ]| He had smiled at first but looked grave$2$ now. 
013:034,31[L  ]| "Do 
013:034,32[L  ]| you really want$1$ to$9$ know?" 
013:035,01[B  ]| "Just$9$ how you were affected?  I assure you there is 
013:035,02[B  ]| at this moment nothing I desire$1$ nearly so$5#1$ much." 
013:035,03[L  ]| "I am no$2$ judge$0$ then," 
013:035,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon began; 
013:035,03[L  ]| "I am 
013:035,04[L  ]| no$2$ critic; I am no$2$ talker myself.  I am old-fashioned 
013:035,05[L  ]| and narrow and ignorant.  I have lived for$4$ years in 
013:035,06[L  ]| a hole.  I am not a man of the world." 
013:035,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank considered him with a benevolence, a 
013:035,08['  ]| geniality of approval, that$3$ he literally had to$9$ hold$1$ in 
013:035,09['  ]| check$0$ for$4$ fear$0$ of seeming to$9$ patronise. 
013:035,09[B  ]| "There is not 
013:035,10[B  ]| one of us who$6#1$ can touch$1$ you.  You are delightful, 
013:035,11[B  ]| you are wonderful, and I am intensely curious to$9$ hear 
013:035,12[B  ]| you," 
013:035,12['  ]| the young man pursued. 
013:035,12[B  ]| "Were we absolutely 
013:035,13[B  ]| odious?" 
013:035,13['  ]| Before$4$ his guest's puzzled, finally almost 
013:035,14['  ]| pained face$0$, such an air of appreciating so$5#1$ much 
013:035,15['  ]| candour, yet of looking askance at so$5#1$ much freedom, 
013:035,16['  ]| he could only try to$9$ smooth$1$ the way and light$1$ the subject$0$. 
013:035,17[B  ]| "You see we do not in the least know where we 
013:035,18[B  ]| are.  We are lost ~ and you find us." 
013:035,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
013:035,19['  ]| as he spoke, had prepared at last$0$ really to$9$ go, reaching 
013:035,20['  ]| the door with a manner that$6#1$ denoted, however, 
013:035,21['  ]| by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ so$5#1$ much satiety as an attention that$6#1$ 
013:035,22['  ]| felt itself positively too$5#1$ agitated.  $B$Vanderbank had 
013:035,23['  ]| helped him on$5$ with the Inverness cape and for$4$ an instant$0$ 
013:035,24['  ]| detained him by$4$ it. 
013:035,24[B  ]| "Just$9$ tell me as a kindness. 
013:035,25[B  ]| \Do\ we talk$1$ ~" 
013:035,26[L  ]| "Too$5#1$ freely?" 
013:035,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, with his clear$2$ eyes so$5#1$ 
013:035,27['  ]| untouched by$4$ time, speculatively murmured. 
013:035,28[B  ]| "Too$5#1$ outrageously.  I want$1$ the truth." 
013:035,29['  ]| The truth evidently for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon was difficult 
013:035,30['  ]| to$9$ tell. 
013:035,30[L  ]| "Well$7$ ~ it was certainly different." 
013:035,31[B  ]| "From you and $ZI$Lady*Julia?  I see.  Well$7$, of course$8$ 
013:035,32[B  ]| with time \some\ change$0$ is natural$2$, is not it?  But so$5#1$ 
013:036,01[B  ]| different," 
013:036,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank pressed, 
013:036,01[B  ]| "that$3$ you were really 
013:036,02[B  ]| shocked?" 
013:036,03['  ]| His visitor smiled at this, but the smile$0$ somehow 
013:036,04['  ]| made the face$0$ graver. 
013:036,04[L  ]| "I think I was rather frightened. 
013:036,05[L  ]| Good-night." 
021:039,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham stopped on$4$ the threshold with the 
021:039,02['  ]| sharp surprise$0$ of the sight of her son, and there was 
021:039,03['  ]| disappointment, though rather of the afflicted than 
021:039,04['  ]| of the irritated sort, in the question$0$ that$6#1$, slowly 
021:039,05['  ]| advancing, she launched at him. 
021:039,05[D  ]| "If you are still$5$ 
021:039,06[D  ]| lolling about$5$ why did you tell me two hours ago that$3$ 
021:039,07[D  ]| you were leaving immediately?" 
021:039,08['  ]| Deep in a large brocaded chair with his little legs 
021:039,09['  ]| stuck out$5$ to$4$ the fire$0$, he was so$5#1$ much at his ease$0$ that$3$ 
021:039,10['  ]| he was almost flat on$4$ his back$0$.  She had evidently 
021:039,11['  ]| roused him from sleep$0$, and it took him a couple of 
021:039,12['  ]| minutes ~ during which$6#1$, without again looking at 
021:039,13['  ]| him, she directly approached a beautiful old French 
021:039,14['  ]| secretary, a fine piece of the period of $Z1$Louis*Seize 
021:039,15['  ]| ~ to$9$ justify his presence. 
021:039,15[E  ]| "I changed my mind$0$. 
021:039,16[E  ]| I could not get off." 
021:039,17[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ to$9$ say you are not going?" 
021:039,18[E  ]| "Well$7$, I am thinking it over.  What$6#2$ is a fellow 
021:039,19[E  ]| to$9$ do?" 
021:039,19['  ]| He sat up a little, staring with conscious 
021:039,20['  ]| solemnity at the fire$0$, and if it had been ~ as it was 
021:039,21['  ]| not ~ one of the annoyances she in general$0$ expected$1$ 
021:039,22['  ]| from him, she might have received the impression 
021:039,23['  ]| that$3$ his flush was the heat$0$ of liquor. 
021:039,24[D  ]| "He is to$9$ keep out$8$ of the way," 
021:039,24['  ]| she returned ~ 
021:039,25[D  ]| "when he has led one so$5#1$ deeply to$9$ hope$1$ it." 
021:039,25['  ]| There 
021:039,26['  ]| had been a bunch of keys dangling from the secretary, 
021:039,27['  ]| of which$6#1$ as she said these words $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
021:040,01['  ]| took possession.  Her air on$4$ observing them had 
021:040,02['  ]| promptly become that$6#2$ of having been in search$0$ of 
021:040,03['  ]| them, and a moment after$3$ she had passed across$4$ the 
021:040,04['  ]| room they were in her pocket. 
021:040,04[D  ]| "If you do not go what$6#2$ 
021:040,05[D  ]| excuse$0$ will$1$ you give?" 
021:040,06[E  ]| "Do you mean$1$ to$4$ \you\, mummy?" 
021:040,07['  ]| She stood before$4$ him and now dismally looked at 
021:040,08['  ]| him. 
021:040,08[D  ]| "What$6#2$ is the matter with you?  What$7$ an extraordinary 
021:040,09[D  ]| time to$9$ take a nap!" 
021:040,10['  ]| He had fallen back$5$ in the chair, from the depths 
021:040,11['  ]| of which$6#1$ he met her eyes. 
021:040,11[E  ]| "Why it is just$9$ \the\ time, 
021:040,12[E  ]| mummy.  I did it on$4$ purpose.  I can always go to$9$ 
021:040,13[E  ]| sleep$1$ when I like$1$.  I assure you it sees one through$4$ 
021:040,14[E  ]| things!" 
021:040,15['  ]| She turned away with impatience and, glancing 
021:040,16['  ]| about$4$ the room, perceived on$4$ a small table of the same 
021:040,17['  ]| type as the secretary a somewhat massive book with 
021:040,18['  ]| the label of a circulating library, which$6#1$ she proceeded 
021:040,19['  ]| to$9$ pick up as for$4$ refuge from the impression made on$4$ 
021:040,20['  ]| her by$4$ her boy.  He watched her do this and watched 
021:040,21['  ]| her then slightly pause$1$ at the wide window that$6#1$, in 
021:040,22['  ]| Buckingham*Crescent, commanded the prospect they 
021:040,23['  ]| had ramified rearward to$9$ enjoy; a medley of smoky 
021:040,24['  ]| brick and spotty stucco, of other undressed backs, of 
021:040,25['  ]| glass invidiously opaque, of roofs and chimney-pots 
021:040,26['  ]| and stables unnaturally near$9$ ~ one of the private$2$ 
021:040,27['  ]| pictures that$6#1$ in London, in select situations, run$1$ up, 
021:040,28['  ]| as the phrase is, the rent.  There was no$2$ indication 
021:040,29['  ]| of value$0$ now, however, in the character conferred on$4$ 
021:040,30['  ]| the scene by$4$ a cold$2$ spring$2$ rain$0$.  The place$0$ had moreover 
021:040,31['  ]| a confessed out-of-season vacancy.  She appeared 
021:040,32['  ]| to$9$ have determined$1$ on$4$ silence$0$ for$4$ the present$9$ mark$0$ of 
021:041,01['  ]| her relation with $E$Harold, yet she soon failed to$9$ resist 
021:041,02['  ]| a sufficiently poor reason$0$ for$4$ breaking it. 
021:041,02[D  ]| "Be so$5#1$ 
021:041,03[D  ]| good as to$9$ get out$8$ of my chair." 
021:041,04[E  ]| "What$6#2$ will$1$ you do for$4$ me," 
021:041,04['  ]| he asked, 
021:041,04[E  ]| "if I oblige 
021:041,05[E  ]| you?" 
021:041,06['  ]| He never moved ~ but as if only the more directly 
021:041,07['  ]| and intimately to$9$ meet$1$ her ~ and she stood again 
021:041,08['  ]| before$4$ the fire$0$ and sounded his strange little face$0$. 
021:041,09[D  ]| "I do not know what$6#1$ it is, but you give me sometimes 
021:041,10[D  ]| a kind$0$ of terror." 
021:041,11[E  ]| "A terror, mamma?" 
021:041,12['  ]| She found another place$0$, sinking sadly down$5$ and 
021:041,13['  ]| opening her book, and the next moment he got up and 
021:041,14['  ]| came over to$9$ kiss$1$ her, on$4$ which$6#1$ she drew her cheek 
021:041,15['  ]| wearily aside. 
021:041,15[D  ]| "You bore$1#2$ me quite to$4$ death," 
021:041,15['  ]| she 
021:041,16['  ]| coldly said, 
021:041,16[D  ]| "and I give you up to$4$ your fate." 
021:041,17[E  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ my fate?" 
021:041,18[D  ]| "Oh something dreadful ~ if only by$4$ its being$1$ 
021:041,19[D  ]| publicly ridiculous." 
021:041,19['  ]| She turned vaguely the pages 
021:041,20['  ]| of her book. 
021:041,20[D  ]| "You are too$5#1$ selfish ~ too$5#1$ sickening." 
021:041,21[E  ]| "Oh dear$7$, dear$7$!" 
021:041,21['  ]| he wonderingly whistled while$9$ 
021:041,22['  ]| he wandered back$5$ to$4$ the hearth-rug, on$4$ which$6#1$, with 
021:041,23['  ]| his hands behind him, he lingered a while$0$.  He was 
021:041,24['  ]| small and had a slight$2$ stoop which$6#1$ somehow gave 
021:041,25['  ]| him character ~ character of the insidious sort carried 
021:041,26['  ]| out$5$ in the acuteness, difficult to$9$ trace to$4$ a source, 
021:041,27['  ]| of his smooth$2$ fair face$0$, where the lines were all curves 
021:041,28['  ]| and the expression all needles.  He had the voice of 
021:041,29['  ]| a man of forty and was dressed ~ as if markedly not 
021:041,30['  ]| for$4$ London ~ with an air of experience$0$ that$6#1$ seemed 
021:041,31['  ]| to$9$ match$1$ it.  He pulled down$5$ his waistcoat, smoothing 
021:041,32['  ]| himself, feeling$1$ his neat hair and looking at his shoes. 
021:042,01[E  ]| "I took your five pounds.  Also two of the sovereigns," 
021:042,02['  ]| he went on$5$. 
021:042,02[E  ]| "I left$1$ you two pound ten." 
021:042,02['  ]| His mother 
021:042,03['  ]| jerked up her head$0$ at this, facing him in dismay, and, 
021:042,04['  ]| immediately on$4$ her feet, passed back$5$ to$4$ the secretary. 
021:042,05[E  ]| "It is quite as I say," 
021:042,05['  ]| he insisted; 
021:042,05[E  ]| "you should have 
021:042,06[E  ]| locked it \before$5$\, do not you know?  It grinned at me 
021:042,07[E  ]| there with all its charming brasses, and what$6#2$ was I to$9$ 
021:042,08[E  ]| do?  Darling mummy, I \could not\ start$1$ ~ that$6#2$ was 
021:042,09[E  ]| the truth.  I thought$1$ I should find something ~ I had 
021:042,10[E  ]| noticed; and I do hope$1$ you will$1$ let me keep it, because 
021:042,11[E  ]| if you do not it is all up with me.  I stopped over on$4$ 
021:042,12[E  ]| purpose ~ on$4$ purpose, I mean$1$, to$9$ tell you what$6#1$ I have 
021:042,13[E  ]| done.  Do not you call$1$ that$6#2$ a sense of honour$0$?  And 
021:042,14[E  ]| now you only stand$1$ and glower at me." 
021:042,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham was, in her forty-first year, still$5$ 
021:042,16['  ]| charmingly pretty$2$, and the nearest approach$0$ she made 
021:042,17['  ]| at this moment to$4$ meeting$9$ her son's description of her 
021:042,18['  ]| was by$4$ looking beautifully desperate.  She had about$4$ 
021:042,19['  ]| her the pure light$0$ of youth ~ would always have it; 
021:042,20['  ]| her head$0$, her figure, her flexibility, her flickering colour, 
021:042,21['  ]| her lovely silly eyes, her natural$2$ quavering tone, 
021:042,22['  ]| all played together toward this effect$0$ by$4$ some trick$0$ 
021:042,23['  ]| that$6#1$ had never yet been exposed.  It was at the same 
021:042,24['  ]| time remarkable that$3$ ~ at least in the bosom of her 
021:042,25['  ]| family ~ she rarely wore an appearance of gaiety less 
021:042,26['  ]| qualified than at the present$9$ juncture; she suggested 
021:042,27['  ]| for$4$ the most part$0$ the luxury, the novelty of woe, the 
021:042,28['  ]| excitement of strange sorrows and the cultivation of 
021:042,29['  ]| fine indifferences.  This was her special sign ~ an 
021:042,30['  ]| innocence dimly tragic.  It gave immense effect$0$ to$4$ 
021:042,31['  ]| her other resources.  She opened the secretary with 
 01;042,32['  ]| the key she had quickly found, then with the aid of 
021:043,01['  ]| another rattled out$5$ a small drawer; after$4$ which$6#1$ she 
021:043,02['  ]| pushed the drawer back$5$, closing the whole$2$ thing. 
021:043,03[D  ]| "You terrify me ~ you terrify me," 
021:043,03['  ]| she again said. 
021:043,04[E  ]| "How can you say that$6#2$ when you showed me just$9$ 
021:043,05[E  ]| now how well$9$ you know me?  Was not it just$9$ on$4$ 
021:043,06[E  ]| account$0$ of what$6#1$ you thought$1$ I might do that$3$ you 
021:043,07[E  ]| took out$5$ the keys as soon as you came in?" 
021:043,07['  ]| $E$Harold's 
021:043,08['  ]| manner had a way of clearing up whenever he could 
021:043,09['  ]| talk$1$ of himself. 
021:043,10[D  ]| "You are too$5#1$ utterly disgusting ~ I shall speak to$4$ 
021:043,11[D  ]| your father:" 
021:043,11['  ]| with which$6#1$, going to$4$ the chair he had 
021:043,12['  ]| given up, his mother sank down$5$ again with her heavy 
021:043,13['  ]| book.  There was no$2$ anger$0$, however, in her voice, and 
021:043,14['  ]| not even$5$ a harsh plaint; only a detached accepted disenchantment. 
021:043,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's supreme rebellion 
021:043,16['  ]| against fate was just$9$ to$9$ show$1$ with the last$2$ frankness 
021:043,17['  ]| how much she was bored. 
021:043,18[E  ]| "No$7$, darling mummy, you will$1$ not speak to$4$ my 
021:043,19[E  ]| father ~ you will$1$ do anything in the world rather than 
021:043,20[E  ]| that$6#2$," 
021:043,20['  ]| $E$Harold replied, quite as if he were kindly explaining 
021:043,21['  ]| her to$4$ herself. 
021:043,21[E  ]| "I thank you immensely for$4$ 
021:043,22[E  ]| the charming way you take what$6#1$ I have done; it was 
021:043,23[E  ]| because I had a conviction of that$6#2$ that$3$ I waited for$4$ 
021:043,24[E  ]| you to$9$ know it.  It was all very well$9$ to$9$ tell you I would 
021:043,25[E  ]| start$1$ on$4$ my visit$0$ ~ but how the deuce was I to$9$ start$1$ 
021:043,26[E  ]| without a penny in the world?  Do not you see that$3$ if 
021:043,27[E  ]| you want$1$ me to$9$ go about$5$ you must really enter into 
021:043,28[E  ]| my needs?" 
021:043,29[D  ]| "I wish$1$ to$4$ heaven you would leave$1$ me ~ I wish$1$ to$4$ 
021:043,30[D  ]| heaven you would get out$8$ of the house," 
021:043,30['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
021:043,31['  ]| went on$5$ without looking up. 
021:043,32['  ]| $E$Harold took out$5$ his watch$0$. 
021:043,32[E  ]| "Well$7$, mamma, now 
021:044,01[E  ]| I \am\ ready:  I was not in the least before$5$.  But it will$1$ 
021:044,02[E  ]| be going forth, you know, quite to$9$ seek my fortune. 
021:044,03[E  ]| For$3$ do you really think ~ I must have from you 
021:044,04[E  ]| what$6#1$ you do think ~ that$3$ it will$1$ be all right$8$ for$4$ me?" 
021:044,05['  ]| She fixed him at last$0$ with her pretty$2$ pathos. 
021:044,05[D  ]| "You 
021:044,06[D  ]| mean$1$ for$4$ you to$9$ go to$4$ Brander?" 
021:044,07[E  ]| "You know," 
021:044,07['  ]| he answered with his manner as of 
021:044,08['  ]| letting her see her own$2$ attitude, 
021:044,08[E  ]| "you know you try to$9$ 
021:044,09[E  ]| make$1$ me do things you would not at all do yourself. 
021:044,10[E  ]| At least I hope$1$ you would not.  And do not you see that$3$ 
021:044,11[E  ]| if I so$5#1$ far oblige you I must at least be paid for$4$ it?" 
021:044,12['  ]| His mother leaned back$5$ in her chair, gazed for$4$ a 
021:044,13['  ]| moment at the ceiling and then closed her eyes. 
021:044,13[D  ]| "You 
021:044,14[D  ]| \are\ frightful," 
021:044,14['  ]| she said. 
021:044,14[D  ]| "You are appalling." 
021:044,15[E  ]| "You are always wanting to$9$ get me out$8$ of the 
021:044,16[E  ]| house," 
021:044,16['  ]| he continued; 
021:044,16[E  ]| "I think you want$1$ to$9$ get us \all\ 
021:044,17[E  ]| out$5$, for$3$ you manage to$9$ keep $A$Nanda from showing 
021:044,18[E  ]| even$5$ more than you do me.  Do not you think your 
021:044,19[E  ]| children good \enough\, mummy dear$2#1$?  At any rate$0$ it is 
021:044,20[E  ]| as plain as possible that$3$ if you do not keep us at home 
021:044,21[E  ]| you must keep us in other places$0$.  One can not live 
021:044,22[E  ]| anywhere for$4$ nothing ~ it is all bosh that$3$ a fellow 
021:044,23[E  ]| saves by$4$ staying with people.  I do not know how it is 
021:044,24[E  ]| for$4$ a lady, but a man is practically let in ~" 
021:044,25[D  ]| "Do you know you kill me, $E$Harold?" 
021:044,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
021:044,26['  ]| woefully interposed.  But it was with the 
021:044,27['  ]| same remote melancholy$0$ that$3$ she asked in the next 
021:044,28['  ]| breath: 
021:044,28[D  ]| "It was not an \invitation\ ~ to$4$ Brander?" 
021:044,29[E  ]| "It is as I told you.  She said she would write, fixing 
021:044,30[E  ]| a time; but she never did write." 
021:044,31[D  ]| "But if \you\ wrote ~" 
021:044,32[E  ]| "It comes to$4$ the same thing?  \Does\ it? ~ that is 
021:045,01[E  ]| the question$0$.  If on$4$ my note$0$ she did not write ~ that is 
021:045,02[E  ]| what$6#1$ I mean$1$.  Should one simply take it that$3$ one is 
021:045,03[E  ]| wanted?  I like$1$ to$9$ have these things \from\ you, mother. 
021:045,04[E  ]| I do, I believe, everything you say; but to$9$ feel safe 
021:045,05[E  ]| and right$2#1$ I must just$9$ \have\ them.  Any*one \would\ 
021:045,06[E  ]| want$1$ me, eh?" 
021:045,07['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had opened her eyes, but she 
021:045,08['  ]| still$5$ attached them to$4$ the cornice. 
021:045,08[D  ]| "If she had not 
021:045,09[D  ]| wanted you she would have written to$9$ keep you off.  In 
021:045,10[D  ]| a great house like$9$ that$6#2$ there is always room." 
021:045,11['  ]| The young man watched her a moment. 
021:045,11[E  ]| "How you 
021:045,12[E  ]| \do\ like$1$ to$9$ tuck us in and then sit up yourself!  What$6#2$ 
021:045,13[E  ]| do you want$1$ to$9$ do, anyway?  What$6#2$ \are\ you up to$4$, 
021:045,14[E  ]| mummy?" 
021:045,15['  ]| She rose$1$ at this, turning$1$ her eyes about$4$ the room as 
021:045,16['  ]| if from the extremity of martyrdom or the wistfulness 
021:045,17['  ]| of some deep thought$0$.  Yet when she spoke it was with 
021:045,18['  ]| a different expression, an expression that$6#1$ would have 
021:045,19['  ]| served for an observer as a marked illustration of that$6#2$ 
021:045,20['  ]| disconnectedness of her parts which$6#1$ frequently was 
021:045,21['  ]| laughable even$5$ to$4$ the degree of contributing to$4$ her 
021:045,22['  ]| social success. 
021:045,22[D  ]| "You have spent then more than four 
021:045,23[D  ]| pounds in five days.  It was on$4$ Friday I gave them to$4$ 
021:045,24[D  ]| you.  What$6#2$ in the world do you suppose is going to$9$ 
021:045,25[D  ]| become of me?" 
021:045,26['  ]| $E$Harold continued to$9$ look$1$ at her as if the question$0$ 
021:045,27['  ]| demanded some answer$0$ really helpful. 
021:045,27[E  ]| "Do we live 
021:045,28[E  ]| beyond$4$ our means$0$?" 
021:045,29['  ]| She now moved her gaze to$4$ the floor. 
021:045,29[D  ]| "Will$1$ you 
021:045,30[D  ]| \please\ get away?" 
021:045,31[E  ]| "Anything to$9$ assist you.  Only, if I \should\ find 
021:045,32[E  ]| I am not wanted ~?" 
021:046,01['  ]| She met his look$0$ after$4$ an instant$0$, and the wan loveliness 
021:046,02['  ]| and vagueness of her own$2$ had never been 
021:046,03['  ]| greater. 
021:046,03[D  ]| "\Be\ wanted, and you will$1$ not find it.  You are 
021:046,04[D  ]| odious, but you are not a fool." 
021:046,05['  ]| He put his arms about$4$ her now for$4$ farewell, and she 
021:046,06['  ]| submitted as if it was absolutely indifferent to$4$ her to$4$ 
021:046,07['  ]| whose$6#1$ bosom she was pressed. 
021:046,07[E  ]| "You do, dearest," 
021:046,07['  ]| he 
021:046,08['  ]| laughed, 
021:046,08[E  ]| "say such sweet things!" 
021:046,08['  ]| And with that$6#2$ he 
021:046,09['  ]| reached the door, on$4$ opening which$6#1$ he pulled up at 
021:046,10['  ]| a sound$0$ from below. 
021:046,10[E  ]| "The $I$Duchess!  She is coming 
021:046,11[E  ]| up." 
021:046,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham looked quickly round$4$ the room, 
021:046,13['  ]| but she spoke with utter$2$ detachment. 
021:046,13[D  ]| "Well$7$, let her 
021:046,14[D  ]| come." 
021:046,15[E  ]| "As I would let her go.  I take it as a happy sign \she\ 
021:046,16[E  ]| will$1$ not be at Brander." 
021:046,16['  ]| He stood with his hand on$4$ 
021:046,17['  ]| the knob; he had another quick$2$ appeal. 
021:046,17[E  ]| "But after$4$ 
021:046,18[E  ]| Tuesday?" 
021:046,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had passed half round$4$ the room 
021:046,20['  ]| with the glide that$6#1$ looked languid but that$6#1$ was really 
021:046,21['  ]| a remarkable form$0$ of activity, and had given a transforming 
021:046,22['  ]| touch$0$, on$4$ sofa and chairs, to$4$ three or four 
021:046,23['  ]| crushed cushions.  It was all with the hanging$2$ head$0$ of 
021:046,24['  ]| a broken lily. 
021:046,24[D  ]| "You are to$9$ stay$1$ till the twelfth." 
021:046,25[E  ]| "But if I \am\ kicked out$5$?" 
021:046,26['  ]| It was as a broken lily that$3$ she considered it. 
021:046,26[D  ]| "Then 
021:046,27[D  ]| go to$4$ the $ZJ$Mangers." 
021:046,28[E  ]| "Happy thought$0$!  And shall I write?" 
021:046,29['  ]| His mother raised a little more a window-blind. 
021:046,30[D  ]| "No$7$ ~ I will$1$." 
021:046,31[E  ]| "Delicious mummy!" 
021:046,31['  ]| And $E$Harold blew her a kiss$0$. 
021:046,32[D  ]| "Yes, rather" 
021:046,32['  ]| ~ she corrected herself. 
021:046,32[D  ]| "Do 
021:047,01[D  ]| write ~ from Brander.  It is the sort of thing for$4$ the 
021:047,02[D  ]| $ZJ$Mangers.  Or even$5$ wire." 
021:047,03[E  ]| "Both?" 
021:047,03['  ]| the young man laughed. 
021:047,03[E  ]| "Oh you 
021:047,04[E  ]| duck!" 
021:047,04['  ]| he cried. 
021:047,04[E  ]| "And from where will$1$ \you\ let 
021:047,05[E  ]| them have it?" 
021:047,06[D  ]| "From Pewbury," 
021:047,06['  ]| she replied without wincing. 
021:047,07[D  ]| "I will$1$ write on$4$ Sunday." 
021:047,08[E  ]| "Good.  How d'ye do, $I$Duchess?" 
021:047,08['  ]| and $E$Harold, 
021:047,09['  ]| before$3$ he disappeared, greeted with a rapid concentration 
021:047,10['  ]| of all the shades of familiarity a large high 
021:047,11['  ]| lady, the visitor he had announced, who$6#1$ rose$1$ in the 
021:047,12['  ]| doorway with the manner of a person used$1#2$ to$4$ arriving 
021:047,13['  ]| on$4$ thresholds very much as people arrive at stations 
021:047,14['  ]| ~ with the expectation of being$1$ ""met."" 
022:048,01[D  ]| "Good-bye.  He is off," 
022:048,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, who$6#1$ had 
022:048,02['  ]| remained quite on$4$ her own$2$ side$0$ of the room, explained 
022:048,03['  ]| to$4$ her friend. 
022:048,04[I  ]| "Where is he off to$4$?" 
022:048,04['  ]| this friend enquired with a 
022:048,05['  ]| casual advance$0$ and a look$0$ not so$5#1$ much at her hostess 
022:048,06['  ]| as at the cushions just$9$ rearranged. 
022:048,07[D  ]| "Oh to$4$ some places$0$.  To$4$ Brander to-day." 
022:048,08[I  ]| "How he does run$1$ about$5$!" 
022:048,08['  ]| And the $I$Duchess, still$5$ 
022:048,09['  ]| with a glance$0$ hither and yon, sank upon the sofa to$4$ 
022:048,10['  ]| which$6#1$ she had made her way unaided.  $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:048,11['  ]| knew perfectly the meaning$0$ of this glance$0$: 
022:048,12['  ]| she had but three or four comparatively good pieces, 
022:048,13['  ]| whereas the $I$Duchess, rich with the spoils of Italy, had 
022:048,14['  ]| but three or four comparatively bad.  This was the 
022:048,15['  ]| relation, as between intimate$2$ friends, that$6#1$ the $I$Duchess 
022:048,16['  ]| visibly preferred, and it was quite groundless, 
022:048,17['  ]| in Buckingham*Crescent, ever to$9$ enter the drawing-room 
022:048,18['  ]| with an expression suspicious of disloyalty. 
022:048,19['  ]| The $I$Duchess was a woman who$6#1$ so$5#1$ cultivated her 
022:048,20['  ]| passions that$3$ she would have regarded it as disloyal 
022:048,21['  ]| to$9$ introduce there a new piece of furniture in an 
022:048,22['  ]| underhand way ~ that$3$ is without a full appeal to$4$ 
022:048,23['  ]| herself, the highest authority, and the consequent 
022:048,24['  ]| bestowal of opportunity to$9$ nip the mistake$0$ in the 
022:048,25['  ]| bud.  $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had repeatedly asked herself 
022:048,26@d   | where in the world she might have found the money 
022:048,27@d   | to$9$ be disloyal.  The $I$Duchess's standard was of a 
022:049,01@d   | height ~!  It matched for$4$ that$6#2$ matter her other 
022:049,02@d   | elements, which$6#1$ were wontedly conspicuous as usual 
022:049,03@d   | as she sat there suggestive of early tea. 
022:049,03['  ]| She always 
022:049,04['  ]| suggested tea before$4$ the hour, and her friend always, 
022:049,05['  ]| but with so$5#1$ different a wistfulness, rang for$4$ it. 
022:049,06[I  ]| "Who$6#2$ is to$9$ be at Brander?" 
022:049,06['  ]| she asked. 
022:049,07[D  ]| "I have not the least idea ~ he did not tell me.  But 
022:049,08[D  ]| they have always a lot of people." 
022:049,09[I  ]| "Oh I know ~ extraordinary mixtures.  Has he
022:049,10[I  ]| been there before$5$?" 
022:049,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham thought$1$. 
022:049,11[D  ]| "Oh yes ~ if I remember 
022:049,12[D  ]| ~ more than once.  In fact her note$0$ ~ which$6#1$ 
022:049,13[D  ]| he showed me, but which$6#1$ only mentioned ""some 
022:049,14[D  ]| friends"" ~ was a sort of appeal on$4$ the ground of 
022:049,15[D  ]| something or other that$6#1$ had happened the last$2$ 
022:049,16[D  ]| time." 
022:049,17['  ]| The $I$Duchess dealt with it. 
022:049,17[I  ]| "She writes the most 
022:049,18[I  ]| extraordinary notes." 
022:049,19[D  ]| "Well$7$, this was nice, I thought$1$," 
022:049,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:049,20['  ]| said ~ 
022:049,20[D  ]| "from a woman of her age and her immense 
022:049,21[D  ]| position to$4$ so$5#1$ young a man." 
022:049,22['  ]| Again the $I$Duchess reflected. 
022:049,22[I  ]| "My dear$2#1$, she is not 
022:049,23[I  ]| an American and she is not on$4$ the stage$0#2$.  Are not those 
022:049,24[I  ]| what$6#1$ you call$1$ positions in this country?  And she is 
022:049,25[I  ]| also not a hundred." 
022:049,26[D  ]| "Yes, but $E$Harold is a mere baby." 
022:049,27[I  ]| "Then he does not seem to$9$ want$1$ for$4$ nurses!" 
022:049,27['  ]| the 
022:049,28['  ]| $I$Duchess replied.  She smiled at her hostess. 
022:049,28[I  ]| "Your 
022:049,29[I  ]| children are like$9$ their mother ~ they are eternally 
022:049,30[I  ]| young." 
022:049,31[D  ]| "Well$7$, \I\'m not a hundred!" 
022:049,31['  ]| moaned $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:049,32['  ]| as if she wished with dim perversity she were. 
022:050,01[D  ]| "Every*one is at any rate$0$ awfully kind$2$ to$4$ $E$Harold." 
022:050,02['  ]| She waited a moment to$9$ give her visitor the chance$0$ 
022:050,03['  ]| to$9$ pronounce that$6#2$ eminently natural$2$, but no$2$ pronouncement 
022:050,04['  ]| came ~ nothing but the footman who$6#1$ 
022:050,05['  ]| had answered her ring$0$ and of whom$6#1$ she ordered tea. 
022:050,06[D  ]| "And where did you say \you are\ going?" 
022:050,06['  ]| she enquired 
022:050,07['  ]| after$4$ this. 
022:050,08[I  ]| "For$4$ Easter?" 
022:050,08['  ]| The $I$Duchess achieved a direct$2$ 
022:050,09['  ]| encounter with her charming eyes ~ which$6#1$ was not 
022:050,10['  ]| in general$0$ an easy feat. 
022:050,10[I  ]| "I did not say I was going 
022:050,11[I  ]| anywhere.  I have not of a sudden$8$ changed my habits. 
022:050,12[I  ]| You know whether I leave$1$ my child ~ except in the 
022:050,13[I  ]| sense of having left$1$ her an hour ago at $ZF$Mr%*Garlick's 
022:050,14[I  ]| class$0$ in Modern*Light*Literature.  I confess I am 
022:050,15[I  ]| a little nervous about$4$ the subjects and am going for$4$ 
022:050,16[I  ]| her at five." 
022:050,17[D  ]| "And then where do you take her?" 
022:050,18[I  ]| "Home to$4$ her tea.  Where should you think?" 
022:050,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham declined, in connexion with the 
022:050,20['  ]| matter, any responsibility of thought$0$; she did indeed 
022:050,21['  ]| much better$9$ by$4$ saying after$4$ a moment: 
022:050,21[D  ]| "You \are\ 
022:050,22[D  ]| devoted!" 
022:050,23[I  ]| "$ZK$Miss%Merriman has her afternoon ~ I can not imagine 
022:050,24[I  ]| what$6#1$ they do with their afternoons," 
022:050,24['  ]| the $I$Duchess 
022:050,25['  ]| went on$5$. 
022:050,25[I  ]| "But she is to$9$ be back$5$ in the school-room at 
022:050,26[I  ]| seven." 
022:050,27[D  ]| "And you have $J$Aggie till then?" 
022:050,28[I  ]| "Till then," 
022:050,28['  ]| said the $I$Duchess cheerfully. 
022:050,28[I  ]| "You are 
022:050,29[I  ]| off for$4$ Easter to$4$ ~ where is it?" 
022:050,29['  ]| she continued. 
022:050,30['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had received with no$2$ flush of 
022:050,31['  ]| betrayal the various discriminations thus conveyed by$4$ 
022:050,32['  ]| her visitor, and her only revenge for$4$ the moment was 
022:051,01['  ]| to$9$ look$1$ as sweetly resigned as if she really saw what$6#1$ 
022:051,02['  ]| was in them. 
022:051,02@d   | Where were they going for$4$ Easter? 
022:051,02['  ]| She 
022:051,03['  ]| had to$9$ think an instant$0$, but she brought it out$5$. 
022:051,03[D  ]| "Oh 
022:051,04[D  ]| to$4$ Pewbury ~ we have been engaged so$5#1$ long$9$ that$3$ I had 
022:051,05[D  ]| forgotten.  We go once a year ~ one does it for$4$ 
022:051,06[D  ]| $C$Edward." 
022:051,07[I  ]| "Ah you spoil him!" 
022:051,07['  ]| smiled the $I$Duchess. 
022:051,07[I  ]| "Who$6#2$ is 
022:051,08[I  ]| to$9$ be there?" 
022:051,09[D  ]| "Oh the usual thing, I suppose.  A lot of my lord's 
022:051,10[D  ]| tiresome supporters." 
022:051,11[I  ]| "To$9$ pay$1$ his debt?  Then why are you poor things 
022:051,12[I  ]| asked?" 
022:051,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham looked, on$4$ this, quite adorably ~ 
022:051,14['  ]| that$6#2$ is most wonderingly ~ grave$2$. 
022:051,14[D  ]| "How do I know, 
022:051,15[D  ]| my dear$2#1$ $I$Jane, why in the world we are ever asked 
022:051,16[D  ]| anywhere?  Fancy$1$ people wanting $C$Edward!" 
022:051,16['  ]| she 
022:051,17['  ]| exhaled with stupefaction. 
022:051,17[D  ]| "Yet we can never get 
022:051,18[D  ]| off Pewbury." 
022:051,19[I  ]| "You are better$9$ for$4$ getting on$5$, \8cara*mia\, than for$4$ 
022:051,20[I  ]| getting off!" 
022:051,20['  ]| the $I$Duchess blandly returned.  She was 
022:051,21['  ]| a person of no$2$ small presence, filling her place$0$, however, 
022:051,22['  ]| without ponderosity, with a massiveness indeed 
022:051,23['  ]| rather artfully kept in bounds.  Her head$0$, her chin, 
022:051,24['  ]| her shoulders were well$9$ aloft, but she had not abandoned 
022:051,25['  ]| the cultivation of a "figure" or any of the 
022:051,26['  ]| distinctively finer reasons for$4$ passing$1$ as a handsome 
022:051,27['  ]| woman.  She was secretly at war moreover, in this 
022:051,28['  ]| endeavour$0$, with a lurking no$2$ less than with a public$2$ 
022:051,29['  ]| foe, and thoroughly aware that$3$ if she did not look$1$ well$9$ 
022:051,30['  ]| she might at times only, and quite dreadfully, look$1$ 
022:051,31['  ]| good.  There were definite ways of escape$0$, none of 
022:051,32['  ]| which$6#1$ she neglected and from the total of which$6#1$, as 
022:052,01['  ]| she flattered herself, the air of distinction almost mathematically 
022:052,02['  ]| resulted.  This air corresponded superficially 
022:052,03['  ]| with her acquired Calabrian sonorities, from 
022:052,04['  ]| her voluminous title down$5$, but the colourless hair, the 
022:052,05['  ]| passionless forehead, the mild cheek and long$9$ lip of 
022:052,06['  ]| the British matron, the type that$6#1$ had set$1$ its trap for$4$ 
022:052,07['  ]| her earlier than any other, were elements difficult to$9$ 
022:052,08['  ]| deal$1$ with and were at moments all a sharp observer 
022:052,09['  ]| saw.  The battle-ground then was the haunting danger 
022:052,10['  ]| of the bourgeois.  She gave $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:052,11['  ]| no$2$ time to$9$ resent her last$2$ note$0$ before$4$ enquiring if 
022:052,12['  ]| $A$Nanda were to$9$ accompany the couple. 
022:052,13[D  ]| "Mercy mercy, no$7$ ~ she is not asked." 
022:052,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, 
022:052,14['  ]| on$4$ $A$Nanda's behalf, fairly radiated obscurity. 
022:052,15[D  ]| "My children do not go where they are not 
022:052,16[D  ]| asked." 
022:052,17[I  ]| "I never said they did, love$0#1$," 
022:052,17['  ]| the $I$Duchess returned. 
022:052,18[I  ]| "But what$6#2$ then do you do with her?" 
022:052,19[D  ]| "If you mean$1$ socially" 
022:052,19['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham looked 
022:052,20['  ]| as if there might be in some distant sphere, for$4$ which$6#1$ 
022:052,21['  ]| she almost yearned, a maternal opportunity very different 
022:052,22['  ]| from that$6#2$ ~ 
022:052,22[D  ]| "if you mean$1$ socially, I do not do 
022:052,23[D  ]| anything at all.  I have never pretended to$9$ do anything. 
022:052,24[D  ]| You know as well$9$ as I do, dear$2#1$ $I$Jane, that$3$ I have not 
022:052,25[D  ]| begun yet." 
022:052,25['  ]| $I$Jane's hostess now spoke as simply as an 
022:052,26['  ]| earnest anxious child.  She gave a vague patient sigh$0$. 
022:052,27[D  ]| "I suppose I must begin!" 
022:052,28['  ]| The $I$Duchess remained for$4$ a little rather grimly 
022:052,29['  ]| silent. 
022:052,29[I  ]| "How old is she ~ twenty?" 
022:052,30[D  ]| "Thirty!" 
022:052,30['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brookenham with distilled 
022:052,31['  ]| sweetness.  Then with no$2$ transition of tone: 
022:052,31[D  ]| "She has 
022:052,32[D  ]| gone for$4$ a few days to$4$ $K$Tishy*Grendon." 
022:053,01[I  ]| "In the country?" 
022:053,02[D  ]| "She stays with her to-night in Hill*Street.  They 
022:053,03[D  ]| go down$5$ together to-morrow.  Why has not $J$Aggie 
022:053,04[D  ]| been?" 
022:053,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham went on$5$. 
022:053,05['  ]| The $I$Duchess handsomely stared. 
022:053,05[I  ]| "Been where?" 
022:053,06[D  ]| "Why here, to$9$ see $A$Nanda." 
022:053,07[I  ]| "Here?" 
022:053,07['  ]| the $I$Duchess echoed, fairly looking again 
022:053,08['  ]| about$4$ the room. 
022:053,08[I  ]| "When is $A$Nanda ever here?" 
022:053,09[D  ]| "Ah you know I have given her a room of her own$2$ ~ 
022:053,10[D  ]| the sweetest little room in the world." 
022:053,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:053,11['  ]| never looked so$5#1$ comparatively hopeful as when 
022:053,12['  ]| obliged to$9$ explain. 
022:053,12[D  ]| "She has everything there a girl 
022:053,13[D  ]| can want$1$." 
022:053,14[I  ]| "My dear$2#1$ woman," 
022:053,14['  ]| asked the $I$Duchess, 
022:053,14[I  ]| "has she 
022:053,15[I  ]| sometimes her own$2$ mother?" 
022:053,16['  ]| The men had now come in to$9$ place$1$ the tea-table, 
022:053,17['  ]| and it was the movements of the red-haired footman 
022:053,18['  ]| that$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham followed. 
022:053,18[D  ]| "You had better$9$ 
022:053,19[D  ]| ask my child herself." 
022:053,20['  ]| The $I$Duchess was frank$2$ and jovial. 
022:053,20[I  ]| "I would, I 
022:053,21[I  ]| promise$1$ you, if I could get at her!  But is not that$6#2$ 
022:053,22[I  ]| woman always with her?" 
022:053,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham smoothed the little embroidered 
022:053,24['  ]| tea-cloth. 
022:053,24[D  ]| "Do you call$1$ $K$Tishy*Grendon a woman?" 
022:053,25['  ]| Again the $I$Duchess had one of her pauses, which$6#1$ 
022:053,26['  ]| were indeed so$5#1$ frequent in her talks with this intimate$0$ 
022:053,27['  ]| that$3$ an auditor could sometimes wonder$1$ what$6#1$ particular 
022:053,28['  ]| form$0$ of relief they represented.  They might 
022:053,29['  ]| have been a habit proceeding from the fear$0$ of undue 
022:053,30['  ]| impatience.  If the $I$Duchess had been as impatient 
022:053,31['  ]| with $D$Mrs%*Brookenham as she would possibly have 
022:053,32['  ]| seemed without them her frequent visits in the face$0$ 
022:054,01['  ]| of irritation would have had to$9$ be accounted for$5$. 
022:054,02[I  ]| "What$6#2$ do \you\ call$1$ her?" 
022:054,02['  ]| she demanded. 
022:054,03[D  ]| "Why $A$Nanda's best friend ~ if not her only one. 
022:054,04[D  ]| That is the place$0$ I \should\ have liked for$4$ $J$Aggie," 
022:054,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:054,05['  ]| ever so$5#1$ graciously smiled. 
022:054,06['  ]| The $I$Duchess hereupon, going beyond$4$ her, gave 
022:054,07['  ]| way to$4$ free mirth. 
022:054,07[I  ]| "My dear$2#1$ thing, you are delightful. 
022:054,08[I  ]| $J$Aggie \or\ $K$Tishy is a sweet thought$0$.  Since you are so$5#1$ 
022:054,09[I  ]| good as to$9$ ask why $J$Aggie has fallen off you will$1$ excuse$1$ 
022:054,10[I  ]| my telling you that$3$ you have just$9$ named the reason$0$. 
022:054,11[I  ]| You have known ever since we came to$4$ England what$6#1$ 
022:054,12[I  ]| I feel about$4$ the proper persons ~ and the most improper 
022:054,13[I  ]| ~ for$4$ her to$9$ meet$1$.  The $K$Tishy*Grendons are 
022:054,14[I  ]| not a bit the proper." 
022:054,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham continued to$9$ assist a little in 
022:054,16['  ]| the preparations for$4$ tea. 
022:054,16[D  ]| "Why not say at once, 
022:054,17[D  ]| $I$Jane" 
022:054,17['  ]| ~ and her tone, in its appeal, was almost 
022:054,18['  ]| infantine ~ 
022:054,18[D  ]| "that$3$ you have come at last$0$ to$4$ placing 
022:054,19[D  ]| even$5$ poor $A$Nanda, for$4$ $J$Aggie's wonderful purpose, in 
022:054,20[D  ]| the same impossible class$0$?" 
022:054,21['  ]| The $I$Duchess took her time, but at last$0$ she accepted 
022:054,22['  ]| her duty. 
022:054,22[I  ]| "Well$7$, if you will$1$ have it.  You know 
022:054,23[I  ]| my ideas.  If it is not my notion of the way to$9$ bring 
022:054,24[I  ]| up a girl to$9$ give her up, in extreme$2$ youth, to$4$ an 
022:054,25[I  ]| intimacy with a young married woman who$6#1$ is both 
022:054,26[I  ]| unhappy and silly, whose$6#1$ conversation has absolutely 
022:054,27[I  ]| no$2$ limits, who$6#1$ says everything that$6#1$ comes into her 
022:054,28[I  ]| head$0$ and talks to$4$ the poor child about$4$ God only 
022:054,29[I  ]| knows what$6#1$ ~ if I should never dream$1$ of such 
022:054,30[I  ]| an arrangement for$4$ my niece I can almost as little 
022:054,31[I  ]| face$1$ the prospect of throwing her \much\, do not you 
022:054,32[I  ]| see? with any young person exposed to$4$ such an 
022:055,01[I  ]| association.  It would be in the natural$2$ order$0$ certainly" 
022:055,02['  ]| ~ in spite$8$ of which$6#1$ natural$2$ order$0$ the $I$Duchess 
022:055,03['  ]| made the point$0$ with but moderate emphasis ~ 
022:055,04[I  ]| "that$3$, since dear$2#1$ $C$Edward is my cousin, $J$Aggie 
022:055,05[I  ]| should see at least as much of $A$Nanda as of any other 
022:055,06[I  ]| girl of their age.  But what$6#2$ will$1$ you have?  I must 
022:055,07[I  ]| recognise the predicament I am placed in by$4$ the 
022:055,08[I  ]| more and more extraordinary development of English 
022:055,09[I  ]| manners.  Many things have altered, goodness 
022:055,10[I  ]| knows, since I was $J$Aggie's age, but nothing is so$5#1$ different 
022:055,11[I  ]| as what$6#1$ you all do with your girls.  It is all 
022:055,12[I  ]| a muddle, a compromise, a monstrosity, like$9$ everything 
022:055,13[I  ]| else you produce; there is nothing in it that$6#1$ 
022:055,14[I  ]| goes on$4$ all-fours.  \I\ see but one consistent way, which$6#1$ 
022:055,15[I  ]| is our fine old foreign way and which$6#1$ makes ~ in the 
022:055,16[I  ]| upper classes, mind$1$ you, for$3$ it is with them only I am 
022:055,17[I  ]| concerned ~ \9des 9femmes 9bien 9gracieuses\.  I allude 
022:055,18[I  ]| to$4$ the immemorial custom of my husband's race, 
022:055,19[I  ]| which$6#1$ was good enough for$4$ his mother and his 
022:055,20[I  ]| mother's mother, for$4$ $J$Aggie's own$2$, for$4$ his other sisters, 
022:055,21[I  ]| for$4$ \9toutes 9ces 9dames\.  It would have been good enough 
022:055,22[I  ]| for$4$ my child, as I call$1$ her ~ my dear$2#1$ husband called 
022:055,23[I  ]| her \his\ ~ if, not losing her parents, she had remained 
022:055,24[I  ]| in her own$2$ country.  She would have been brought 
022:055,25[I  ]| up there under an anxious eye ~ that is the great 
022:055,26[I  ]| point$0$; privately, carefully, tenderly, and with what$6#1$ 
022:055,27[I  ]| she was \not\ to$9$ learn ~ till the proper time ~ looked 
022:055,28[I  ]| after$5$ quite as much as the rest$0#1$.  I can only go on$5$ with 
022:055,29[I  ]| her in that$6#2$ spirit and make$1$ of her, under Providence, 
022:055,30[I  ]| what$6#1$ I consider any young person of her condition$0$, 
022:055,31[I  ]| of her name$0$, of her particular traditions, should be. 
022:055,32[I  ]| \9Voila`, 9ma 9che`re\.  Should you put it to$4$ me whether 
022:056,01[I  ]| I think you are surrounding $A$Nanda with any such security 
022:056,02[I  ]| as that$6#2$ ~ well$7$, I should not be able to$9$ help$1$ it if 
022:056,03[I  ]| I offended you by$4$ an honest answer$0$.  What$6#1$ it comes 
022:056,04[I  ]| to$4$, simply stated, is that$3$ really she must choose between 
022:056,05[I  ]| $J$Aggie and $K$Tishy.  I am afraid I should shock$1$ 
022:056,06[I  ]| you were I to$9$ tell you what$6#1$ I should think of myself 
022:056,07[I  ]| for$4$ packing \my\ child, all alone, off for$4$ a week with 
022:056,08[I  ]| $K$Mrs%*Grendon." 
022:056,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, who$6#1$ had many talents, had none 
022:056,10['  ]| perhaps that$6#1$ she oftener found useful than that$6#2$ of 
022:056,11['  ]| listening with the appearance of being$1$ fairly hypnotised. 
022:056,12['  ]| It was the way she listened to$4$ her housekeeper 
022:056,13['  ]| at their regular morning conference, and if 
022:056,14['  ]| the rejoinder ensuing upon it frequently appeared to$9$ 
022:056,15['  ]| have nothing to$9$ do with her manner this was a puzzle$0$ 
022:056,16['  ]| for$4$ her interlocutor alone. 
022:056,16[D  ]| "Oh of course$8$ I know 
022:056,17[D  ]| your theory, dear$2#1$ $I$Jane, and I dare$1#2$ say it is very 
022:056,18[D  ]| charming and old-fashioned and, if you like$1$, aristocratic, 
022:056,19[D  ]| in a frowsy foolish old way ~ though even$5$ upon 
022:056,20[D  ]| that$6#2$, at the same time, there would be something too$5#2$ 
022:056,21[D  ]| to$9$ be said.  But I can only congratulate you on$4$ finding 
022:056,22[D  ]| it more workable than there can be any question$0$ 
022:056,23[D  ]| of \my\ finding it.  If you are all armed for$4$ the sacrifices 
022:056,24[D  ]| you speak of I simply am not.  I do not think I am quite 
022:056,25[D  ]| a monster, but I do not pretend to$9$ be a saint.  I am an 
022:056,26[D  ]| English wife and an English mother ~ I live in the 
022:056,27[D  ]| mixed English world.  My daughter, at any rate$0$, is 
022:056,28[D  ]| just$9$ my daughter, I thank my stars, and one of a good 
022:056,29[D  ]| English bunch:  she is not the unique niece of my 
022:056,30[D  ]| dead Italian husband, nor doubtless either, in spite$8$ 
022:056,31[D  ]| of her excellent birth$0#1$, of a lineage, like$9$ $J$Aggie's, so$5#1$ 
022:056,32[D  ]| very tremendous.  I have my life to$9$ lead$1$ and she is 
022:057,01[D  ]| a part$0$ of it.  Sugar?" 
022:057,01['  ]| she wound$1#1$ up on$4$ a still$5$ softer 
022:057,02['  ]| note$0$ as she handed the cup of tea. 
022:057,03[I  ]| "Never!  Well$7$, with \me\," 
022:057,03['  ]| said the $I$Duchess with 
022:057,04['  ]| spirit, 
022:057,04[I  ]| "she would be all." 
022:057,05[D  ]| """All"" is soon said!  Life is composed of many 
022:057,06[D  ]| things," 
022:057,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham gently rang out$5$ ~ 
022:057,06[D  ]| "of 
022:057,07[D  ]| such mingled intertwisted strands!" 
022:057,07['  ]| Then still$5$ with 
022:057,08['  ]| the silver bell, 
022:057,08[D  ]| "Do not you really think $K$Tishy nice?" 
022:057,09['  ]| she asked. 
022:057,10[I  ]| "I think little girls should live with little girls and 
022:057,11[I  ]| young \9femmes*du*monde\ so$5#1$ immensely initiated should 
022:057,12[I  ]| ~ well$7$," 
022:057,12['  ]| said the $I$Duchess with a toss of her head$0$, 
022:057,13[I  ]| "let them alone.  What$6#2$ do they want$1$ of them ""at all 
022:057,14[I  ]| at all""?" 
022:057,15[D  ]| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$, if $K$Tishy strikes you as ""initiated"" 
022:057,16[D  ]| all one can ask is ""Initiated into what$6#2$?"" I should as 
022:057,17[D  ]| soon think of applying such a term to$4$ a little shivering 
022:057,18[D  ]| shorn lamb.  Is it your theory," 
022:057,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:057,19['  ]| pursued, 
022:057,19[D  ]| "that$3$ our unfortunate unmarried daughters 
022:057,20[D  ]| are to$9$ have no$2$ intelligent friends?" 
022:057,21[I  ]| "Unfortunate indeed," 
022:057,21['  ]| cried the $I$Duchess, 
022:057,21[I  ]| "precisely 
022:057,22[I  ]| \because\ they are unmarried, and unmarried, if 
022:057,23[I  ]| you do not mind$1$ my saying so$5#2$, a good deal$0$ because 
022:057,24[I  ]| they are unmarriageable.  Men, after$4$ all, the nice 
022:057,25[I  ]| ones ~ by$4$ which$6#1$ I mean$1$ the possible ones ~ are not 
022:057,26[I  ]| on$4$ the lookout for$4$ little brides whose$6#1$ usual associates$0$ 
022:057,27[I  ]| are so$5#1$ up to$4$ snuff.  It is not their idea that$3$ the 
022:057,28[I  ]| girls they marry shall already have been pitchforked 
022:057,29[I  ]| ~ by$4$ talk$0$ and contacts and visits and newspapers 
022:057,30[I  ]| and by$4$ the way the poor creatures rush about$5$ and all 
022:057,31[I  ]| the extraordinary things they do ~ quite into \everything\. 
022:057,32[I  ]| A girl's most intelligent friend is her mother 
022:058,01[I  ]| ~ or the relative acting as such.  Perhaps you consider 
022:058,02[I  ]| that$3$ $K$Tishy takes your place$0$!" 
022:058,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham waited so$5#1$ long$9$ to$9$ say what$6#1$ she 
022:058,04['  ]| considered that$3$ before$3$ she next spoke the question$0$ 
022:058,05['  ]| appeared to$9$ have dropped.  Then she only replied as 
022:058,06['  ]| if suddenly remembering her manners: 
022:058,06[D  ]| "will$1$ not you 
022:058,07[D  ]| eat something?" 
022:058,07['  ]| She indicated a particular plate. 
022:058,08[D  ]| "One of the nice little round$9$ ones?" 
022:058,08['  ]| The $I$Duchess 
022:058,09['  ]| appropriated a nice little round$9$ one and her hostess 
022:058,10['  ]| presently went on$5$: 
022:058,10[D  ]| "There is one thing I must not 
022:058,11[D  ]| forget ~ do not let us eat them \all\.  I believe they are 
022:058,12[D  ]| what$6#1$ $N$Lord*Petherton really comes for$4$." 
022:058,13['  ]| The $I$Duchess finished her mouthful imperturbably 
022:058,14['  ]| before$3$ she took this up. 
022:058,14[I  ]| "Does he come so$5#1$ often?" 
022:058,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham might have been, for$4$ judicious 
022:058,16['  ]| candour, the Muse of History. 
022:058,16[D  ]| "I do not know what$6#1$ 
022:058,17[D  ]| he calls$1$ it; but he said yesterday that$3$ he would come today. 
022:058,18[D  ]| I have had tea earlier for$4$ you," 
022:058,18['  ]| she went on$5$ with 
022:058,19['  ]| her most melancholy$2$ kindness ~ 
022:058,19[D  ]| "and he is always 
022:058,20[D  ]| late.  But we must not, between us, lick the platter 
022:058,21[D  ]| clean." 
022:058,22['  ]| The $I$Duchess entered very sufficiently into her 
022:058,23['  ]| companion's tone. 
022:058,23[I  ]| "Oh I do not feel at all obliged 
022:058,24[I  ]| to$9$ consider him, for$3$ he has not of late particularly 
022:058,25[I  ]| put himself out$5$ for$4$ me.  He has not been to$9$ see me 
022:058,26[I  ]| since I do not know when, and the last$2$ time he did 
022:058,27[I  ]| come he brought $M$Mr%*Mitchett." 
022:058,28[D  ]| "Here it was the other way round$9$.  It was $M$Mr%*Mitchett, 
022:058,29[D  ]| the other year, who$6#1$ first brought $N$Lord*Petherton." 
022:058,30[D  ]| 
022:058,31[I  ]| "And who$6#2$," 
022:058,31['  ]| asked the $I$Duchess, 
022:058,31[I  ]| "had first brought 
022:058,32[I  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett?" 
022:059,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, meeting$9$ her friend's eyes, 
022:059,02['  ]| looked for$4$ an instant$0$ as if trying$1$ to$9$ recall$1$. 
022:059,02[D  ]| "I give it 
022:059,03[D  ]| up.  I muddle beginnings." 
022:059,04[I  ]| "That$6#2$ does not matter if you only \make$1$\ them," 
022:059,04['  ]| the 
022:059,05['  ]| $I$Duchess smiled. 
022:059,06[D  ]| "No$7$, does it?" 
022:059,06['  ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:059,07['  ]| added 
022:059,07[D  ]| "Did he bring $M$Mr%*Mitchett for$4$ $J$Aggie?" 
022:059,08[I  ]| "If he did they will$1$ have been disappointed.  Neither 
022:059,09[I  ]| of them has seen, in my house, the tip of her 
022:059,10[I  ]| nose." 
022:059,10['  ]| The $I$Duchess announced it with a pomp of 
022:059,11['  ]| pride. 
022:059,12[D  ]| "Ah but with your ideas that$6#2$ does not prevent." 
022:059,13[I  ]| "Prevent what$6#2$?" 
022:059,14[D  ]| "Why what$6#1$ I suppose you call$1$ the \9pourparlers\." 
022:059,15[I  ]| "For$4$ $J$Aggie's hand?  My dear$2#1$," 
022:059,15['  ]| said the $I$Duchess, 
022:059,16[I  ]| "I am glad you do me the justice of feeling$1$ that$3$ I am 
022:059,17[I  ]| a person to$9$ take time by$4$ the forelock.  It was not, as 
022:059,18[I  ]| you seem to$9$ remember, with the sight of $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
022:059,19[I  ]| that$3$ the question$0$ of $J$Aggie's hand began to$9$ occupy me. 
022:059,20[I  ]| I should be ashamed of myself if it were not constantly 
022:059,21[I  ]| before$4$ me and if I had not my feelers out$5$ in more 
022:059,22[I  ]| quarters than one.  But I have not so$5#1$ much as thought$1$ 
022:059,23[I  ]| of $M$Mr%*Mitchett ~ who$6#1$, rich as he may$1$ be, is the 
022:059,24[I  ]| son of a shoemaker and superlatively hideous ~ for$4$ 
022:059,25[I  ]| a reason$0$ I do not at all mind$1$ telling you.  Do not be 
022:059,26[I  ]| outraged if I say that$3$ I have for$4$ a long$9$ time hoped 
022:059,27[I  ]| you yourself would find the right$2#1$ use$0$ for$4$ him." 
022:059,27['  ]| She 
022:059,28['  ]| paused ~ at present$0#1$ with a momentary failure of 
022:059,29['  ]| assurance, from which$6#1$ she rallied, however, to$9$ proceed 
022:059,30['  ]| with a burst$0$ of earnestness that$6#1$ was fairly noble. 
022:059,31[I  ]| "Forgive me if I just$9$ tell you once for$4$ all how it 
022:059,32[I  ]| strikes me.  I am stupefied at your not seeming to$9$ 
022:060,01[I  ]| recognise either your interest$0$ or your duty.  Oh I 
022:060,02[I  ]| know you want$1$ to$9$, but you appear to$4$ me ~ in your 
022:060,03[I  ]| perfect$2$ good faith of course$8$ ~ utterly at sea.  They are 
022:060,04[I  ]| one and the same thing, do not you make$1$ out$5$? your 
022:060,05[I  ]| interest$0$ and your duty.  Why is not it convincingly 
022:060,06[I  ]| plain to$4$ you that$3$ the thing to$9$ do with $A$Nanda is just$9$ 
022:060,07[I  ]| to$9$ marry her ~ and to$9$ marry her soon?  That is the 
022:060,08[I  ]| great thing ~ do it while$9$ you \can\.  If you do not want$1$ 
022:060,09[I  ]| her downstairs ~ at which$6#1$, let me say, I do not in the 
022:060,10[I  ]| least wonder$1$ ~ your remedy is to$9$ take the right$2#1$ 
022:060,11[I  ]| alternative.  Do not send her to$4$ $K$Tishy ~" 
022:060,12[D  ]| "Send her to$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett?" 
022:060,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenahm 
022:060,13['  ]| unresentfully quavered.  Her colour, during her visitor's 
022:060,14['  ]| address$0$ had distinctly risen, but there was no$2$ 
022:060,15['  ]| irritation in her voice. 
022:060,15[D  ]| "How do you know, $I$Jane, 
022:060,16[D  ]| that$3$ I do not want$1$ her downstairs?" 
022:060,17['  ]| The $I$Duchess looked at her with an audacity confirmed 
022:060,18['  ]| by$4$ the absence from her face$0$ of everything but 
022:060,19['  ]| the plaintive. 
022:060,19[I  ]| "There you are, with your eternal English 
022:060,20[I  ]| false positions! \9J'aime, 9moi, 9les 9situations 9nettes\ ~ 
022:060,21[I  ]| \9je 9n'en 9comprends 9pas 9d'autres\.  It would not be to$4$ 
022:060,22[I  ]| your honour$0$ ~ to$4$ that$6#2$ of your delicacy ~ that$3$ with 
022:060,23[I  ]| your impossible house you \should\ wish$1$ to$9$ plant your 
022:060,24[I  ]| girl in your drawing-room.  But such a way of keeping$1$ 
022:060,25[I  ]| her out$8$ of it as throwing her into a worse ~!" 
022:060,26[D  ]| "Well$7$, $I$Jane, you do say things to$4$ me!" 
022:060,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:060,27['  ]| blandly broke in.  She had sunk back$5$ into her 
022:060,28['  ]| chair; her hands, in her lap pressed themselves together 
022:060,29['  ]| and her wan smile$0$ brought a tear$0$ into each of 
022:060,30['  ]| eyes by$4$ the very effort to$9$ be brighter.  It might 
022:060,31['  ]| have been guessed of her that$3$ she hated to$9$ seem to$9$ 
022:060,32['  ]| care$1$, but that$3$ she had other dislikes too$5#2$. 
022:060,32[D  ]| "If one were 
022:061,01[D  ]| to$9$ take up, you know, some of the things you say ~!" 
022:061,02['  ]| And she positively sighed for$4$ the wealth of amusement 
022:061,03['  ]| at them of which$6#1$ her tears were the sign. 
022:061,04['  ]| Her friend could quite match$1$ her indifference. 
022:061,05[I  ]| "Well$7$, my child, \take\ them up; if you were to$9$ do that$6#2$ 
022:061,06[I  ]| with them candidly, one by$4$ one, you would do really 
022:061,07[I  ]| very much what$6#1$ I should like$1$ to$9$ bring you to$4$.  Do you 
022:061,08[I  ]| see?" 
022:061,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's failure to$9$ repudiate the 
022:061,09['  ]| vision appeared to$9$ suffice, and her visitor cheerfully 
022:061,10['  ]| took a further jump. 
022:061,10[I  ]| "As much of $K$Tishy as she wants$1$ 
022:061,11[I  ]| ~ \after$5$\.  But not before$5$." 
022:061,12[D  ]| "After$4$ what$6#2$?" 
022:061,13[I  ]| "Well$7$ ~ say after$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
022:061,14[I  ]| will$1$ not take her after$4$ $K$Mrs%*Grendon." 
022:061,15[D  ]| "And what$6#2$ are your grounds for$4$ assuming that$3$ he will$1$ 
022:061,16[D  ]| take her at all?" 
022:061,16['  ]| Then as the $I$Duchess hung fire$0$ 
022:061,17['  ]| a moment: 
022:061,17[D  ]| "Have you got it by$4$ chance$0$ from $N$Lord*Petherton?" 
022:061,18[D  ]| 
022:061,19['  ]| The eyes of the two women met for$4$ a little on$4$ this, 
022:061,20['  ]| and there might have been a consequence of it in the 
022:061,21['  ]| manner of what$6#1$ came. 
022:061,21[I  ]| "I have got it from not being$1$ 
022:061,22[I  ]| a fool.  Men, I repeat, like$1$ the girls they marry ~" 
022:061,23[D  ]| "Oh I already know your old song!  The way they 
022:061,24[D  ]| like$1$ the girls they \do not\ marry seems to$9$ be," 
022:061,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:061,25['  ]| mused, 
022:061,25[D  ]| "what$6#1$ more immediately concerns$1$ 
022:061,26[D  ]| us.   You had better$9$ wait till you \have\ made 
022:061,27[D  ]| $J$Aggie's fortune perhaps ~ to$9$ be so$5#1$ sure of the working 
022:061,28[D  ]| of your system.  Pardon$1$ me, darling, if I do not 
022:061,29[D  ]| take you for$4$ an example until you have a little more 
022:061,30[D  ]| successfully become one.  I know what$6#1$ the sort of 
022:061,31[D  ]| men worth speaking of are not looking for$4$.  They 
022:061,32[D  ]| \are\ looking for$4$ smart safe sensible$2#2$ English girls." 
022:062,01['  ]| The $I$Duchess glanced at the clock. 
022:062,01[I  ]| "What$6#2$ is $B$Mr%*Vanderbank 
022:062,02[I  ]| looking for$4$?" 
022:062,03['  ]| Her companion appeared to$9$ oblige her by anxiously 
022:062,04['  ]| thinking. 
022:062,04[D  ]| "Oh, \he\, I am afraid, poor dear$0$ ~ for$4$ 
022:062,05[D  ]| nothing at all!" 
022:062,06['  ]| The $I$Duchess had taken off a glove to$9$ appease her 
022:062,07['  ]| appetite, and now, drawing it on$5$, she smoothed it 
022:062,08['  ]| down$5$. 
022:062,08[I  ]| "I think he has his ideas." 
022:062,09[D  ]| "The same as yours?" 
022:062,10[I  ]| "Well$7$, more like$9$ them than like$9$ yours." 
022:062,11[D  ]| "Ah perhaps then ~ for$3$ he and I," 
022:062,11['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, 
022:062,12[D  ]| "do not agree, I feel, on$4$ two things in 
022:062,13[D  ]| the world.  So$3$ you think poor $M$Mitchy," 
022:062,13['  ]| she went 
022:062,14['  ]| on$5$, 
022:062,14[D  ]| "who$6#1$ is the son of a shoemaker and who$6#1$ might 
022:062,15[D  ]| be the grandson of a grasshopper, good enough for$4$ 
022:062,16[D  ]| my child." 
022:062,17['  ]| The $I$Duchess appreciated for$4$ a moment the superior$2$ 
022:062,18['  ]| fit$0$ of her glove. 
022:062,18[I  ]| "I look$1$ facts in the face$0$.  It is 
022:062,19[I  ]| exactly what$6#1$ I am doing for$4$ $J$Aggie." 
022:062,19['  ]| Then she grew 
022:062,20['  ]| easy to$4$ extravagance. 
022:062,20[I  ]| "What$6#2$ are you giving her?" 
022:062,21['  ]| But $D$Mrs%*Brookenham took without wincing whatever, 
022:062,22['  ]| as between a masterful relative and an exposed 
022:062,23['  ]| frivolity, might have been the sting of it. 
022:062,23[D  ]| "That$6#2$ you 
022:062,24[D  ]| must ask $C$Edward.  I have not the least idea." 
022:062,25[I  ]| "There you are again ~ the virtuous English 
022:062,26[I  ]| mother!  I have got $J$Aggie's little fortune in an old 
022:062,27[I  ]| stocking and I count it over every night.  If you have no$2$ 
022:062,28[I  ]| old stocking for$4$ $A$Nanda there are worse fates than 
022:062,29[I  ]| shoemakers and grasshoppers.  Even$5$ \with\ one, you 
022:062,30[I  ]| know, I do not at all say that$3$ I should sniff at poor 
022:062,31[I  ]| $M$Mitchy.  We must take what$6#1$ we can get and I shall 
022:062,32[I  ]| be the first to$9$ take it.  You can not have everything for$4$ 
022:063,01[I  ]| ninepence." 
022:063,01['  ]| And the $I$Duchess got up ~ shining, 
022:063,02['  ]| however, with a confessed light$0$ of fantasy. 
022:063,02[I  ]| "Speak to$4$ 
022:063,03[I  ]| him, my dear$2#1$ ~ speak to$4$ him!" 
022:063,04[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ offer$1$ him my child?" 
022:063,05['  ]| She laughed at the intonation. 
022:063,05[I  ]| "There you are once 
022:063,06[I  ]| more ~ \9vous*autres!\  If you are shocked at the idea 
022:063,07[I  ]| you place$1$ \9dro^lement\ your delicacy.  I would offer$1$ mine$6$ to$4$ 
022:063,08[I  ]| the son of a chimney-sweep if the principal$2$ guarantees 
022:063,09[I  ]| were there.  $A$Nanda is charming ~ you do not do her 
022:063,10[I  ]| justice.  I do not say $M$Mr%*Mitchett is either beautiful 
022:063,11[I  ]| or noble, and he certainly has not as much distinction 
022:063,12[I  ]| as would cover the point$0$ of a pin.  He does not mind$1$ 
022:063,13[I  ]| moreover what$6#1$ he says ~ the lengths he sometimes 
022:063,14[I  ]| goes to$4$! ~ but that$6#2$," 
022:063,14['  ]| added the $I$Duchess with decision, 
022:063,15[I  ]| "is no$2$ doubt$0$ much a matter of how he finds 
022:063,16[I  ]| you will$1$ take it.  And after$4$ marriage what$6#2$ does it signify? 
022:063,17[I  ]| He has forty thousand a year, an excellent 
022:063,18[I  ]| idea of how to$9$ take care$0$ of it and a good dispositon." 
022:063,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham sat still$2$; she only looked up at 
022:063,20['  ]| her friend. 
022:063,20[D  ]| "Is it by$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton that$3$ you know 
022:063,21[D  ]| of his excellent idea?" 
022:063,22['  ]| The $I$Duchess showed she was challenged, but also 
022:063,23['  ]| that$3$ she made allowances. 
022:063,23[I  ]| "I go by$4$ my impression. 
022:063,24[I  ]| But $N$Lord*Petherton \has\ spoken for$4$ him." 
022:063,25[D  ]| "He ought to$9$ do that$6#2$," 
022:063,25['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brookenham ~ 
022:063,26[D  ]| "since he wholly lives$1$ on$4$ him." 
022:063,27[I  ]| "$N$Lord*Petherton ~ on$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett?" 
022:063,27['  ]| The 
022:063,28['  ]| $I$Duchess stared, but rather in amusement than in 
022:063,29['  ]| horror. 
022:063,30[I  ]| "Why, has not he a ~ property?" 
022:063,30[D  ]| "The loveliest.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett is his property. 
022:063,31[D  ]| Did not you \know?\" 
022:063,31['  ]| There was an artless wail in 
022:063,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's surprise$0$. 
022:064,01[I  ]| "How should I know ~ still$5$ a stranger$0$ as I am 
022:064,02[I  ]| often rather happy to$9$ feel myself here and choosing 
022:064,03[I  ]| my friends and picking my steps very much, I can 
022:064,04[I  ]| assure you ~ how should I know about$4$ all your 
022:064,05[I  ]| social scandals and things?" 
022:064,06[D  ]| "Oh we do not call$1$ \that$6#2$\ a social scandal!" 
022:064,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:064,07['  ]| inimitably returned. 
022:064,08[I  ]| "Well$7$, if you should wish$1$ to$9$ you would have the way 
022:064,09[I  ]| I tell you of to$9$ stop$1$ it.  Divert the stream of $M$Mr%*Mitchett's 
022:064,10[I  ]| wealth." 
022:064,11[D  ]| "Oh there is plenty for$4$ every*one!" 
022:064,11['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:064,12['  ]| kept up her tone. 
022:064,12[D  ]| "He is always giving us 
022:064,13[D  ]| things ~ bonbons and dinners and opera-boxes." 
022:064,14[I  ]| "He has never given \me\ any," 
022:064,14['  ]| the $I$Duchess contentedly 
022:064,15['  ]| declared. 
022:064,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham waited a little. 
022:064,16[D  ]| "$N$Lord*Petherton 
022:064,17[D  ]| has the giving of some.  He has never in his life before$5$, 
022:064,18[D  ]| I imagine, made so$5#1$ many presents." 
022:064,19[I  ]| "Ah then it is a shame$0$ one has nothing!" 
022:064,19['  ]| On$4$ which$6#1$ 
022:064,20['  ]| before$4$ reaching the door, the $I$Duchess changed the 
022:064,21['  ]| subject$0$. 
022:064,21[I  ]| "You say I never bring $J$Aggie.  If you like$1$ 
022:064,22[I  ]| I will$1$ bring her back$5$." 
022:064,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham wondered. 
022:064,23[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ today?" 
022:064,24[D  ]| 
022:064,25[I  ]| "Yes, when I have picked her up.  It will$1$ be something 
022:064,26[I  ]| to$9$ do with her till $ZK$Miss*Merriman can take her." 
022:064,27[D  ]| "Delighted, dearest; do bring her.  And I think she 
022:064,28[D  ]| should \see\ $M$Mr%*Mitchett." 
022:064,29[I  ]| "Shall I find him here too$5#2$ then?" 
022:064,30[D  ]| "Oh take the chance$0$." 
022:064,31['  ]| The two women, on$4$ this, exchanged, tacitly and 
022:064,32['  ]| across$4$ the room ~ the $I$Duchess at the door, which$6#1$ a 
022:065,01['  ]| servant had arrived to$9$ open$1$ for$4$ her, and $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
022:065,02['  ]| still$5$ at her tea-table ~ a further stroke of 
022:065,03['  ]| intercourse, over which$6#1$ the latter was not on$4$ this 
022:065,04['  ]| occasion$0$ the first to$9$ lower$1$ her lids. 
022:065,04[I  ]| "I think I have 
022:065,05[I  ]| shown high scruples," 
022:065,05['  ]| the departing guest said, 
022:065,05[I  ]| "but 
022:065,06[I  ]| I understand then that$3$ I am free." 
022:065,07[D  ]| "Free as air, dear$2#1$ $I$Jane." 
022:065,08[I  ]| "Good." 
022:065,08['  ]| Then just$9$ as she was off, 
022:065,08[I  ]| "Ah dear$2#1$ old 
022:065,09[I  ]| $C$Edward!" 
022:065,09['  ]| the guest exclaimed.  Her kinsman, as she 
022:065,10['  ]| was fond of calling him, had reached the top of the 
022:065,11['  ]| staircase, and $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, by$4$ the fire$0$, heard 
022:065,12['  ]| them meet$1$ on$4$ the landing ~ heard also the $I$Duchess 
022:065,13['  ]| protest against his turning$1$ to$9$ see her down$5$.  $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, 
022:065,14['  ]| listening to$4$ them, hoped $C$Edward would 
022:065,15['  ]| accept the protest and think it sufficient to$9$ leave$1$ her 
022:065,16['  ]| with the footman.  Their common$2$ consciousness that$3$ 
022:065,17['  ]| she was a kind$0$ of cousin, a consciousness not devoid 
022:065,18['  ]| of satisfaction, was quite consistent with a view$0$, early 
022:065,19['  ]| arrived at, of the absurdity of any fuss about$4$ her. 
023:066,01['  ]| When $C$Mr%*Brookenham appeared his wife was 
023:066,02['  ]| prompt$2$. 
023:066,02[D  ]| "She is coming back$5$ for$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton." 
023:066,03[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:066,03['  ]| he simply said. 
023:066,04[D  ]| "There is something between them." 
023:066,05[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:066,05['  ]| he merely repeated.  And it would have 
023:066,06['  ]| taken many such sounds$0$ on$4$ his part$0$ to$9$ represent a 
023:066,07['  ]| spirit of response discernible to$4$ any*one but his mate. 
023:066,08[D  ]| "There have been things before$5$," 
023:066,08['  ]| she went on$5$, 
023:066,09[D  ]| "but I have not felt sure.  Do not you know how one 
023:066,10[D  ]| has sometimes a flash?" 
023:066,11['  ]| It could not be said of $C$Edward*Brookenham, who$6#1$ 
023:066,12['  ]| seemed to$9$ bend$1$ for$4$ sitting$1$ down$5$ more hinges than 
023:066,13['  ]| most men, that$3$ he looked as if he knew either this or 
023:066,14['  ]| anything else.  He had a pale cold$2$ face$0$, marked and 
023:066,15['  ]| made regular, made even$5$ in a manner handsome, 
023:066,16['  ]| by$4$ a hardness of line in which$6#1$, oddly, there was no$2$ 
023:066,17['  ]| significance, no$2$ accent.  Clean-shaven, slightly bald, 
023:066,18['  ]| with unlighted grey eyes and a mouth that$6#1$ gave 
023:066,19['  ]| the impression of not working easily, he suggested 
023:066,20['  ]| a stippled drawing by$4$ an inferior master.  Lean moreover 
023:066,21['  ]| and stiff, and with the air of having here and 
023:066,22['  ]| there in his person a bone or two more than his share$0$, 
023:066,23['  ]| he had once or twice, at fancy-balls, been thought$1$ 
023:066,24['  ]| striking in a dress$0$ copied from one of $Z1$Holbein's English 
023:066,25['  ]| portraits.  But when once some such meaning$0$ as 
023:066,26['  ]| that$6#2$ had been put into him it took a long$9$ time to$9$ put 
023:066,27['  ]| another, a longer time than even$5$ his extreme$2$ exposure 
023:067,01['  ]| or anybody's study$0$ of the problem had yet made possible. 
023:067,02['  ]| If anything particular had finally been expected$1$ 
023:067,03['  ]| from him it might have been a summary or an 
023:067,04['  ]| explanation of the things he had always not said; 
023:067,05['  ]| but there was something in him that$6#1$ had long$9$ since 
023:067,06['  ]| pacified all impatience, drugged all curiosity.  He had 
023:067,07['  ]| never in his life answered such a question$0$ as his wife 
023:067,08['  ]| had just$9$ put him and which$6#1$ she would not have put 
023:067,09['  ]| had she feared a reply$0$.  So$5#1$ dry$2$ and decent and even$5$ 
023:067,10['  ]| distinguished did he look$1$, as if he had positively been 
023:067,11['  ]| created to$9$ meet$1$ a propriety and match$1$ some other 
023:067,12['  ]| piece, that$6#2$ lady, with her famous perceptions, would 
023:067,13['  ]| no$2$ more have appealed to$4$ him seriously on$4$ a general$2$ 
023:067,14['  ]| proposition than she would, for$4$ such a response, have 
023:067,15['  ]| rung the drawing-room bell.  He was none the less 
023:067,16['  ]| held to$9$ have a great promiscuous wisdom. 
023:067,16[C  ]| "What$6#2$ 
023:067,17[C  ]| is it that is between them?" 
023:067,17['  ]| he demanded. 
023:067,18[D  ]| "What$6#2$ is between any woman and the man she is 
023:067,19[D  ]| making up to$4$?" 
023:067,20[C  ]| "Why there may$1$ often be nothing.  I did not know 
023:067,21[C  ]| she even$5$ particularly knew him," 
023:067,21['  ]| $C$Brookenham added. 
023:067,22[D  ]| "It is exactly what$6#1$ she would like$1$ to$9$ prevent any 
023:067,23[D  ]| one's knowing, and her coming here to$9$ be with him 
023:067,24[D  ]| when she knows I know \she\ knows ~ do not you see? 
023:067,25[D  ]| ~ that$3$ he is to$9$ be here, is just$9$ one of those calculations 
023:067,26[D  ]| that$6#1$ \are\ subtle enough to$9$ put off the scent a woman 
023;067,27[D  ]| who$6#1$ has but half a nose." 
023:067,27['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham as she 
023:067,28['  ]| spoke appeared to$9$ attest by$4$ the pretty$2$ star-gazing 
023:067,29['  ]| way she thrust it into the air her own$2$ possession of 
023:067,30['  ]| the totality of such a feature. 
023:067,30[D  ]| "I do not know yet 
023:067,31[D  ]| quite what$6#1$ I think, but one wakes up to$4$ such things 
023:067,32[D  ]| soon enough." 
023:068,01[C  ]| "Do you suppose it is her idea that$3$ he will$1$ marry 
023:068,02[C  ]| her?" 
023:068,02['  ]| $C$Brookenham asked in his colourless way. 
023:068,03[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $C$Edward!" 
023:068,03['  ]| his wife murmured for$4$ all 
023:068,04['  ]| answer$0$. 
023:068,05[C  ]| "But if she can see him in other places$0$ why should 
023:068,06[C  ]| she want$1$ to$9$ see him here?" 
023:068,06['  ]| $C$Edward persisted in a 
023:068,07['  ]| voice destitute of expression. 
023:068,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham now had plenty of that$6#2$. 
023:068,08[D  ]| "Do 
023:068,09[D  ]| you mean$1$ if she can see him in his own$2$ house?" 
023:068,10[C  ]| "No$2$ cream, please," 
023:068,10['  ]| her husband said. 
023:068,10[C  ]| "Has not 
023:068,11[C  ]| she a house too$5#2$?" 
023:068,12[D  ]| "Yes, but so$5#1$ pervaded all over by$4$ $J$Aggie and $ZK$Miss*Merriman." 
023:068,13[D  ]| 
023:068,14[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:068,14['  ]| $C$Brookenham commented. 
023:068,15[D  ]| "There has always been some man ~ I have always 
023:068,16[D  ]| known there has.  And now it is $N$Petherton," 
023:068,16['  ]| said his 
023:068,17['  ]| companion. 
023:068,18[C  ]| "But where is the attraction?" 
023:068,19[D  ]| "In \him?\  Why lots of women could tell you. 
023:068,20[D  ]| $N$Petherton has had a career." 
023:068,21[C  ]| "But I mean$1$ in old $I$Jane." 
023:068,22[D  ]| "Well$7$, I dare$1#2$ say lots of men could tell you.  She is 
023:068,23[D  ]| no$2$ older than any*one else.  She has also such great 
023:068,24[D  ]| elements." 
023:068,25[C  ]| "Oh I dare$1#2$ say she is all right$8$," 
023:068,25['  ]| $C$Brookenham returned 
023:068,26['  ]| as if his interest$0$ in the case had dropped. 
023:068,27['  ]| You might have felt you got a little nearer to$4$ him on$4$ 
023:068,28['  ]| guessing that$3$ in so$5#1$ peopled a circle satiety was never 
023:068,29['  ]| far from him. 
023:068,30[D  ]| "I mean$1$ for$4$ instance$0$ she has such a grand idea of 
023:068,31[D  ]| duty.  She thinks we are nowhere!" 
023:068,32[C  ]| "Nowhere?" 
023:069,01[D  ]| "With our children ~ with our home life.  She is 
023:069,02[D  ]| awfully down$5$ on$4$ $K$Tishy." 
023:069,03[C  ]| "$K$Tishy?" 
023:069,03['  ]| ~ $C$Edward appeared for$4$ a moment at 
023:069,04['  ]| a loss. 
023:069,05[D  ]| "$K$Tishy*Grendon ~ and her craze for$4$ $A$Nanda." 
023:069,06[C  ]| "Has she a craze for$4$ $A$Nanda?" 
023:069,07[D  ]| "Surely I told you $A$Nanda is to$9$ be with her for$4$ 
023:069,08[D  ]| Easter." 
023:069,09[C  ]| "I believe you did," 
023:069,09['  ]| he bethought himself, 
023:069,09[C  ]| "but 
023:069,10[C  ]| you did not say anything about$4$ a craze.  And where is 
023:069,11[C  ]| $E$Harold?" 
023:069,11['  ]| he went on$5$. 
023:069,12[D  ]| "He is at Brander.  That$3$ is he will$1$ be by$4$ dinner. 
023:069,13[D  ]| He has just$9$ gone." 
023:069,14[C  ]| "And how does he get there?" 
023:069,15[D  ]| "Why by$4$ the South-Western.  They will$1$ send to$9$ 
023:069,16[D  ]| meet$1$ him." 
023:069,17['  ]| $C$Brookenham appeared for$4$ a moment to$9$ view$1$ this 
023:069,18['  ]| statement in the dry$2$ light$0$ of experience$0$. 
023:069,18[C  ]| "They will$1$ 
023:069,19[C  ]| only send if there are others too$5#2$." 
023:069,20[D  ]| "Of course$8$ then there will$1$ be others ~ lots.  The 
023:069,21[D  ]| more the better$9$ for$4$ $E$Harold." 
023:069,22['  ]| This young man's father was silent a little. 
023:069,22[C  ]| "Perhaps 
023:069,23[C  ]| ~ if they do not play$1$ high." 
023:069,24[D  ]| "Ah," 
023:069,24['  ]| said his mother, 
023:069,24[D  ]| "however $E$Harold plays$1$ he 
023:069,25[D  ]| has a way of winning." 
023:069,26[C  ]| "He has a way too$5#2$ of being$1$ a hopeless ass.  What$6#1$ 
023:069,27[C  ]| I meant was how he comes there at all," 
023:069,27['  ]| $C$Edward 
023:069,28['  ]| explained. 
023:069,29[D  ]| "Why as any*one comes ~ by$4$ being$1$ invited.  She 
023:069,30[D  ]| wrote to$4$ him ~ weeks ago." 
023:069,31['  ]| $C$Brookenham just$9$ traceably took this in, but to$4$ 
023:069,32['  ]| what$6#1$ profit was not calculable. 
023:069,32[C  ]| "To$4$ $E$Harold?  Very 
023:070,01[C  ]| good-natured." 
023:070,01['  ]| He had another short$2$ reflexion, after$4$ 
023:070,02['  ]| which$6#1$ he continued: 
023:070,02[C  ]| "If they do not send he will$1$ be in 
023:070,03[C  ]| for$4$ five miles in a fly$0$ ~ and the man will$1$ see that$3$ he 
023:070,04[C  ]| gets his money." 
023:070,05[D  ]| "They \will$1$\ send ~ after$4$ her note$0$." 
023:070,06[C  ]| "Did it say so$5#2$?" 
023:070,07['  ]| Her melancholy$2$ eyes seemed, from afar, to$9$ run$1$ 
023:070,08['  ]| over the page. 
023:070,08[D  ]| "I do not remember ~ but it was so$5#1$ 
023:070,09[D  ]| cordial$2$." 
023:070,10['  ]| Again he meditated. 
023:070,10[C  ]| "That$6#2$ often does not prevent 
023:070,11[C  ]| one's being$1$ let in for$4$ ten shillings." 
023:070,12['  ]| There was more gloom in this forecast than his 
023:070,13['  ]| wife had desired to$9$ produce. 
023:070,13[D  ]| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$ $C$Edward, 
023:070,14[D  ]| what$6#2$ do you want$1$ me to$9$ do?  Whatever a young man 
023:070,15[D  ]| does, it seems to$4$ me, he is let in for$4$ ten shillings." 
023:070,16[C  ]| "Ah but he need not be ~ that is my point$0$.  \I\ 
023:070,17[C  ]| was not at his age." 
023:070,18['  ]| $E$Harold's mother took up her book again. 
023:070,18[D  ]| "Perhaps 
023:070,19[D  ]| you were not the same success!  I mean$1$ at such places$0$." 
023:070,20[C  ]| "Well$7$, I did not borrow money to$9$ make$1$ me one 
023:070,21[C  ]| ~ as I have a sharp idea our young scamp does." 
023:070,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham hesitated. 
023:070,22[D  ]| "From whom$6#2$ do$4$ you 
023:070,23[D  ]| mean$1$ ~ the Jews?" 
023:070,24['  ]| He looked at her as if her vagueness might be assumed. 
023:070,25[C  ]| "No$7$.  They, I take it, are not quite so$5#1$ ""cordial$2$"" 
023:070,26[C  ]| to$4$ him, since you call$1$ it so$5#2$, as the old ladies.  He gets 
023:070,27[C  ]| it from $M$Mitchy." 
023:070,28[D  ]| "Oh!" 
023:070,28['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brookenham. 
023:070,28[D  ]| "Are you very 
023:070,29[D  ]| sure?" 
023:070,29['  ]| she then demanded. 
023:070,30['  ]| He had got up and put his empty$2$ cup back$5$ on$4$ the 
023:070,31['  ]| tea-table, wandering afterwards a little about$4$ the 
023:070,32['  ]| room and looking out$5$, as his wife had done half an 
023:071,01['  ]| hour before$5$, at the dreary rain$0$ and the now duskier 
023:071,02['  ]| ugliness.  He reverted in this attitude, with a complete$2$ 
023:071,03['  ]| unconsciousness of making for$4$ irritation, to$4$ an issue$0$ 
023:071,04['  ]| they might be supposed to$9$ have dropped. 
023:071,04[C  ]| "He will$1$ 
023:071,05[C  ]| have a lovely drive$0$ for$4$ his money!" 
023:071,05['  ]| His companion, 
023:071,06['  ]| however, said nothing and he presently came round$9$ 
023:071,07['  ]| again. 
023:071,07[C  ]| "No$7$, I am not absolutely sure ~ of his having 
023:071,08[C  ]| had it from $M$Mitchy.  If I were I should do something." 
023:071,09[C  ]| 
023:071,10[D  ]| "What$6#2$ would you do?" 
023:071,10['  ]| She put it as if she 
023:071,11['  ]| could not possibly imagine. 
023:071,12[C  ]| "I would speak to$4$ him." 
023:071,13[D  ]| "To$4$ $E$Harold?" 
023:071,14[C  ]| "No$7$ ~ that$6#2$ might just$9$ put it into his head$0$." 
023:071,15['  ]| $C$Brookenham walked up and down$5$ a little with his 
023:071,16['  ]| hands in his pockets, after$4$ which$6#1$, with a complete$2$ 
023:071,17['  ]| concealment of the steps of the transition, 
023:071,17[C  ]| "Where 
023:071,18[C  ]| are we dining to-night?" 
023:071,18['  ]| he brought out$5$. 
023:071,19[D  ]| "Nowhere, thank heaven.  We grace$1$ our own$2$ 
023:071,20[D  ]| board." 
023:071,21[C  ]| "Oh ~ with those fellows, as you said, and $I$Jane?" 
023:071,22[D  ]| "That is not for$4$ dinner.  The $ZA$Baggers and $ZL$Mary*Pinthorpe 
023:071,23[D  ]| and ~ upon my word I forget." 
023:071,24[C  ]| "You will$1$ see when she comes," 
023:071,24['  ]| suggested $C$Brookenham, 
023:071,25['  ]| who$6#1$ was again at the window. 
023:071,26[D  ]| "It is not a she ~ it is two or three he's, I think," 
023:071,27['  ]| his wife replied with her indifferent anxiety. 
023:071,27[D  ]| "But 
023:071,28[D  ]| I do not know what$6#1$ dinner it is," 
023:071,28['  ]| she bethought herself; 
023:071,29[D  ]| "it may$1$ be the one that is after$4$ Easter.  Then 
023:071,30[D  ]| that$6#2$ one is this one," 
023:071,30['  ]| she added with her eyes once 
023:071,31['  ]| more on$4$ her book. 
023:071,32[C  ]| "Well$7$, it is a relief to$9$ dine at home" 
023:071,32['  ]| ~ and $C$Brookenham 
023:072,01['  ]| faced about$5$. 
023:072,01[C  ]| "Would you mind$1$ finding out$5$?" 
023:072,02['  ]| he asked with some abruptness. 
023:072,03[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ who$6#1$ is to$9$ dine?" 
023:072,04[C  ]| "No$7$, that$6#2$ does not matter.  But whether $M$Mitchy \has\ 
023:072,05[C  ]| come down$5$." 
023:072,06[D  ]| "I can only find out$5$ by$4$ asking him." 
023:072,07[C  ]| "Oh \I\ could ask him." 
023:072,07['  ]| He seemed disappointed at 
023:072,08['  ]| his wife's want$0$ of resource. 
023:072,09[D  ]| "And you do not want$1$ to$9$?" 
023:072,10['  ]| He looked coldly, from before$4$ the fire$0$, over the 
023:072,11['  ]| prettiness of her brown bent head$0$. 
023:072,11[C  ]| "It will$1$ be such 
023:072,12[C  ]| a beastly bore$0$ if he admits it." 
023:072,13[D  ]| "And you think poor I can make$1$ him not admit 
023:072,14[D  ]| it?" 
023:072,14['  ]| She put the question$0$ as if it were really her own$2$ 
023:072,15['  ]| thought$0$ too$5#2$, but they were a couple who$6#1$ could, even$5$ 
023:072,16['  ]| face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ and unlike the augurs behind the altar, 
023:072,17['  ]| think these things without laughing. 
023:072,17[D  ]| "If he \should\ 
023:072,18[D  ]| admit it," 
023:072,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham threw in, 
023:072,18[D  ]| "will$1$ you give 
023:072,19[D  ]| me the money?" 
023:072,20[C  ]| "The money?" 
023:072,21[D  ]| "To$9$ pay$1$ $M$Mitchy back$5$." 
023:072,22['  ]| She had now raised her eyes to$4$ her husband, but, 
023:072,23['  ]| turning$1$ away, he failed to$9$ meet$1$ them. 
023:072,23[C  ]| "He will$1$ deny 
023:072,24[C  ]| it." 
023:072,25[D  ]| "Well$7$, if they all deny it," 
023:072,25['  ]| she presently remarked, 
023:072,26[D  ]| "it is a simple$2$ enough matter.  I am sure \I\ do not want$1$ 
023:072,27[D  ]| them to$9$ come down$5$ on$4$ us!  But that is the advantage," 
023:072,28['  ]| she almost prattled on$5$, 
023:072,28[D  ]| "of having so$5#1$ many such 
023:072,29[D  ]| charming friends.  They \do not\ come down$5$." 
023:072,30['  ]| This again was a remark$0$ of a sweep that$3$ there 
023:072,31['  ]| appeared to$9$ be nothing in $C$Brookenham's mind$0$ to$9$ 
023:072,32['  ]| match$1$; so$3$ that$3$, scarcely pausing in the walk$0$ he had 
023:073,01['  ]| resumed, he only said: 
023:073,01[C  ]| "Who$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ 
023:073,02[C  ]| ""all""?" 
023:073,03[D  ]| "Why if he has had anything from $M$Mitchy I dare$1#2$ 
023:073,04[D  ]| say he has had something from $B$Van." 
023:073,05[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:073,05['  ]| $C$Brookenham returned as if with a still$5$ 
023:073,06['  ]| deeper drop$0$ of interest$0$. 
023:073,07[D  ]| "They ought not to$9$ do it," 
023:073,07['  ]| she declared; 
023:073,07[D  ]| "they 
023:073,08[D  ]| ought to$9$ tell us, and when they do not it serves them 
023:073,09[D  ]| right$2#1$." 
023:073,09['  ]| Even$5$ this observation, however, failed to$9$ 
023:073,10['  ]| rouse in her husband a response, and, as she had 
023:073,11['  ]| quite formed the habit of doing, she philosophically 
023:073,12['  ]| answered herself. 
023:073,12[D  ]| "But I do not suppose they do it on$4$ 
023:073,13[D  ]| spec." 
023:073,14['  ]| It was less apparent than ever what$6#1$ $C$Edward supposed. 
023:073,15[C  ]| "Oh $B$Van has not money to$9$ chuck about$5$." 
023:073,16[D  ]| "Ah I only mean$1$ a sovereign here and there." 
023:073,17[C  ]| "Well$7$," 
023:073,17['  ]| $C$Brookenham threw out$5$ after$4$ another turn$0$, 
023:073,18[C  ]| "I think $B$Van, you know, is your affair." 
023:073,19[D  ]| "It \all\ seems to$9$ be my affair!" 
023:073,19['  ]| she lamented too$5#1$ 
023:073,20['  ]| woefully to$9$ have other than a comic effect$0$. 
023:073,20[D  ]| "And of 
023:073,21[D  ]| course$8$ then it will$1$ be still$5$ more so$5#2$ if he should begin 
023:073,22[D  ]| to$9$ apply to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon." 
023:073,23[C  ]| "We must stop$1$ that$6#2$ in time." 
023:073,24[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ by$4$ warning $L$Mr%*Longdon and 
023:073,25[D  ]| requesting him immediately to$9$ tell us?  That$6#2$ will$1$ not 
023:073,26[D  ]| be very pleasant," 
023:073,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham noted. 
023:073,27[C  ]| "Well$7$ then wait and see." 
023:073,28['  ]| She waited only a minute$0$ ~ it might have appeared 
023:073,29['  ]| she already saw. 
023:073,29[D  ]| "I want$1$ him to$9$ be kind$2$ to$4$ $E$Harold 
023:073,30[D  ]| and can not help$1$ thinking he will$1$." 
023:073,31[C  ]| "Yes, but I fancy$1$ that$3$ that$6#2$ will$1$ be his notion of it 
023:073,32[C  ]| ~ keeping$1$ him from making debts.  I dare$1#2$ say one 
023:074,01[C  ]| need not trouble$1$ about$4$ him," 
023:074,01['  ]| $C$Brookenham added. 
023:074,02[C  ]| "He can take care$0$ of himself." 
023:074,03[D  ]| "He appears to$9$ have done so$5#2$ pretty$5$ well$9$ all these 
023:074,04[D  ]| years," 
023:074,04['  ]| she mused. 
023:074,04[D  ]| "As I saw him in my childhood 
023:074,05[D  ]| I see him now, and I see now that$3$ I saw then even$5$ 
023:074,06[D  ]| how awfully in love$0$ he was with mamma.  He is too$5#1$ 
023:074,07[D  ]| lovely about$4$ mamma," 
023:074,07['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham pursued. 
023:074,08[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:074,08['  ]| her husband replied. 
023:074,09['  ]| The vivid past$0$ held her a moment. 
023:074,09[D  ]| "I see now 
023:074,10[D  ]| I must have known a lot as a child." 
023:074,11[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:074,11['  ]| her companion repeated. 
023:074,12[D  ]| "I want$1$ him to$9$ take an interest$0$ in us.  Above$4$ all in 
023:074,13[D  ]| the children.  He ought to$9$ like$1$ us" 
023:074,13['  ]| ~ she followed it 
023:074,14['  ]| up. 
023:074,14[D  ]| "It will$1$ be a sort of ""poetic justice.""   He sees the 
023:074,15[D  ]| reasons for$4$ himself and we must not prevent it." 
023:074,15['  ]| She 
023:074,16['  ]| turned the possibilities over, but they produced a 
023:074,17['  ]| reserve$0$. 
023:074,17[D  ]| "The thing is I do not see how he \can\ like$1$ 
023:074,18[D  ]| $E$Harold." 
023:074,19[C  ]| "Then he will$1$ not lend him money," 
023:074,19['  ]| said $C$Brookenham 
023:074,20['  ]| with all his grimness. 
023:074,21['  ]| This contingency too$5#2$ she considered. 
023:074,21[D  ]| "You make$1$ 
023:074,22[D  ]| me feel as if I wished he would ~ which$6#1$ is too$5#1$ dreadful. 
023:074,23[D  ]| And I do not think he really likes \me\," 
023:074,23['  ]| she went 
023:074,24['  ]| on$5$. 
023:074,25[C  ]| "Oh!" 
023:074,25['  ]| he husband again ejaculated. 
023:074,26[D  ]| "I mean$1$ not utterly \really\.  He has to$9$ try to$9$.  But 
023:074,27[D  ]| it will$1$ not make$1$ any difference," 
023:074,27['  ]| she next remarked. 
023:074,28[C  ]| "Do you mean$1$ his trying$1$?" 
023:074,29[D  ]| "No$7$, I mean$1$ his not succeeding.  He will$1$ be just$9$ the 
023:074,30[D  ]| same." 
023:074,30['  ]| She saw it steadily and saw it whole$2$. 
023:074,30[D  ]| "On$4$ 
023:074,31[D  ]| account$0$ of mamma." 
023:074,32['  ]| $C$Brookenham also, with his perfect$2$ propriety, put it 
023:075,01['  ]| before$4$ himself. 
023:075,01[C  ]| "And will$1$ he ~ on$4$ account$0$ of your 
023:075,02[C  ]| mother ~ also like$1$ \me?\" 
023:075,03['  ]| She weighed it. 
023:075,03[D  ]| "No$7$, $C$Edward." 
023:075,03['  ]| She covered him 
023:075,04['  ]| with her loveliest expression. 
023:075,04[D  ]| "No$7$, not really either. 
023:075,05[D  ]| But it will$1$ not make$1$ any difference." 
023:075,05['  ]| This time she 
023:075,06['  ]| had pulled him up. 
023:075,07[C  ]| "Not if he does not like$1$ $E$Harold or like$1$ you or like$1$ 
023:075,08[C  ]| me?" 
023:075,08['  ]| $C$Edward clearly found himself able to$9$ accept 
023:075,09['  ]| only the premise. 
023:075,10[D  ]| "He will$1$ be perfectly loyal.  It will$1$ be the advantage 
023:075,11[D  ]| of mamma!" 
023:075,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham cried. 
023:075,11[D  ]| "Mamma, 
023:075,12[D  ]| $C$Edward," 
023:075,12['  ]| she brought out$5$ with a flash of solemnity ~ 
023:075,13[D  ]| "mamma \was\ wonderful.  There have been times 
023:075,14[D  ]| when I have always felt her still$5$ with us, but $L$Mr%*Longdon 
023:075,15[D  ]| makes it somehow so$5#1$ real.  Whether she is 
023:075,16[D  ]| with me or not, at any rate$0$, she is with \him;\ so$3$ that$3$ 
023:075,17[D  ]| when \he is\ with me, do not you see ~?" 
023:075,18[C  ]| "It comes to$4$ the same thing?" 
023:075,18['  ]| her husband intelligently 
023:075,19['  ]| asked. 
023:075,19[C  ]| "I see.  And when was he with you 
023:075,20[C  ]| last$2$?" 
023:075,21[D  ]| "Not since the day he dined ~ but that$6#2$ was only 
023:075,22[D  ]| last$2$ week.  He will$1$ come soon ~ I know from $B$Van." 
023:075,23[C  ]| "And what$6#2$ does $B$Van know?" 
023:075,24[D  ]| "Oh all sorts of things.  He has taken the greatest 
023:075,25[D  ]| fancy$0$ to$4$ him." 
023:075,26[C  ]| "The old boy ~ to$4$ $B$Van?" 
023:075,27[D  ]| "$B$Van to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.  And the other way too$5#2$. 
023:075,28[D  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon has been most kind$2$ to$4$ him." 
023:075,29['  ]| $C$Brookenham still$5$ moved about$5$ 
023:075,29[C  ]| "Well$7$, if he likes 
023:075,30[C  ]| $B$Van and does not like$1$ \us\, what$6#2$ good will$1$ that$6#2$ do us?" 
023:075,31[D  ]| "You would understand soon enough if you felt $B$Van's 
023:075,32[D  ]| loyalty." 
023:076,01[C  ]| "Oh the things you expect me to$9$ feel, my dear$2#1$!" 
023:076,02['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham lightly moaned. 
023:076,03[D  ]| "Well$7$, it does not matter.  But he \is\ as loyal to$4$ me 
023:076,04[D  ]| as $L$Mr%*Longdon to$4$ mamma." 
023:076,05['  ]| The statement produced on$4$ his part$0$ an unusual 
023:076,06['  ]| vision of the comedy of things. 
023:076,06[C  ]| "Every Jenny has 
023:076,07[C  ]| her Jockey!" 
023:076,07['  ]| Yet perhaps ~ remarkably enough ~ 
023:076,08['  ]| there was even$5$ more imagination in his next words. 
023:076,09[C  ]| "And what$6#2$ sort of means$0$?" 
023:076,10[D  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?  Oh very good.  Mamma would not 
023:076,11[D  ]| have been the loser.  Not that$3$ she cared.  He \must\ like$1$ 
023:076,12[D  ]| $A$Nanda," 
023:076,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham wound$1#1$ up. 
023:076,13['  ]| Her companion appeared to$9$ look$1$ at the idea and 
023:076,14['  ]| then meet$1$ it. 
023:076,14[C  ]| "He will$1$ have to$9$ see her first." 
023:076,15[D  ]| "Oh he shall see her!" 
023:076,15['  ]| she rang out$5$. 
023:076,15[D  ]| "It is time 
023:076,16[D  ]| for$4$ her at any rate$0$ to$9$ sit downstairs." 
023:076,17[C  ]| "It was time, you know, \I\ thought$1$, a year ago." 
023:076,18[D  ]| "Yes, I know what$6#1$ you thought$1$.  But it was not." 
023:076,19['  ]| She had spoken with decision, but he seemed unwilling 
023:076,20['  ]| to$9$ concede the point$0$. 
023:076,20[C  ]| "You allowed yourself 
023:076,21[C  ]| she was all ready." 
023:076,22[D  ]| "\She\ was all ready ~ yes.  But I was not.  I am 
023:076,23[D  ]| now," 
023:076,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, with a fine emphasis on$4$ 
023:076,24['  ]| her adverb, proclaimed as she turned to$9$ meet$1$ the 
023:076,25['  ]| opening of the door and the appearance of the butler, 
023:076,26['  ]| whose announcement ~ 
023:076,26[O  ]| "$N$Lord*Petherton and $M$Mr%*Mitchett" 
023:076,27['  ]| ~ might for$4$ an observer have seemed 
023:076,28['  ]| immediately to$9$ offer$1$ support$0$ to$4$ her changed state$0$. 
024:077,01['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton, a man of five-and-thirty, whose 
024:077,02['  ]| robust but symmetrical proportions gave to$4$ his dark$2$ 
024:077,03['  ]| blue double-breasted coat an air of tightness that$6#1$ just$9$ 
024:077,04['  ]| failed of compromising his tailor, had for$4$ his main$2$ 
024:077,05['  ]| facial sign a certain pleasant brutality, the effect$0$ 
024:077,06['  ]| partly of a bold handsome parade$0$ of carnivorous 
024:077,07['  ]| teeth, partly of an expression of nose suggesting that$3$ 
024:077,08['  ]| this feature had paid a little, in the heat$0$ of youth, for$4$ 
024:077,09['  ]| some aggression at the time admired and even$5$ publicly 
024:077,10['  ]| commemorated.  He would have been ugly, he 
024:077,11['  ]| substantively granted, had he not been happy; he 
024:077,12['  ]| would have been dangerous had he not been warranted. 
024:077,13['  ]| Many things doubtless performed for$4$ him 
024:077,14['  ]| this last$2$ service, but none so$5#1$ much as the delightful 
024:077,15['  ]| sound$0$ of his voice, the voice, as it were, of another 
024:077,16['  ]| man, a nature reclaimed, supercivilised, adjusted to$4$ 
024:077,17['  ]| the perpetual "chaff" which$6#1$ kept him smiling in a 
024:077,18['  ]| way that$6#1$ would have been a mistake$0$ and indeed an 
024:077,19['  ]| impossibility if he had really been witty.  His bright 
024:077,20['  ]| familiarity was that$6#2$ of a young prince whose confidence 
024:077,21['  ]| had never had to$9$ falter, and the only thing 
024:077,22['  ]| that$6#1$ at all qualified the resemblance was the equal$2$ 
024:077,23['  ]| familiarity excited in his subjects. 
024:077,24['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett had so$5#1$ little intrinsic appearance that$3$ 
024:077,25['  ]| an observer would have felt indebted for$4$ help$0$ in 
024:077,26['  ]| placing him to$4$ the rare prominence of his colourless 
024:077,27['  ]| eyes and the positive attention drawn to$4$ his chin by$4$ 
024:078,01['  ]| the precipitation of its retreat$0$ from discovery.  Dressed 
024:078,02['  ]| on$4$ the other hand not as gentlemen dress$1$ in London 
024:078,03['  ]| to$9$ pay$1$ their respects to$4$ the fair, he excited by$4$ the 
024:078,04['  ]| exhibition of garments that$6#1$ had nothing in common$0$ 
024:078,05['  ]| save$3$ the violence and the independence of their pattern 
024:078,06['  ]| a belief that$3$ in the desperation of humility he 
024:078,07['  ]| wished to$9$ render public$2$ his having thrown to$4$ the 
024:078,08['  ]| winds the effort to$9$ please.  It was written all over him 
024:078,09['  ]| that$3$ he had judged once for$4$ all his personal case and 
024:078,10['  ]| that, as his character, superficially disposed to$4$ gaiety, 
024:078,11['  ]| deprived him of the resource of shyness and shade, 
024:078,12['  ]| the effect$0$ of comedy might not escape$1$ him if secured 
024:078,13['  ]| by$4$ a real plunge.  There was comedy therefore in the 
024:078,14['  ]| form$0$ of his pot-hat and the colour of his spotted 
024:078,15['  ]| shirt, in the systematic disagreement, above$4$ all, of 
024:078,16['  ]| his coat, waistcoat and trousers.  It was only on$4$ long$9$ 
024:078,17['  ]| acquaintance that$3$ his so$5#1$ many ingenious ways of 
024:078,18['  ]| showing he appreciated his commonness could present$1$ 
024:078,19['  ]| him as secretly rare. 
024:078,20[M  ]| "And where is the child this time?" 
024:078,20['  ]| he asked of his 
024:078,21['  ]| hostess as soon as he was seated near$4$ her. 
024:078,22[D  ]| "Why do you say ""this time"" as if it were different 
024:078,23[D  ]| from any other time?" 
024:078,23['  ]| she replied as she gave him 
024:078,24['  ]| his tea. 
024:078,25[M  ]| "Only because, as the months and the years elapse, 
024:078,26[M  ]| it is more and more of a wonder$0$, whenever I do not see 
024:078,27[M  ]| her, to$9$ think what$6#1$ she does with herself ~ or what$6#1$ 
024:078,28[M  ]| you do with her.  What$6#1$ it does show$1$, I suppose," 
024:078,29['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett went on$5$, 
024:078,29[M  ]| "is that$3$ she takes no$2$ trouble$0$ 
024:078,30[M  ]| to$9$ meet$1$ me." 
024:078,31[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy," 
024:078,31['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, 
024:078,31[D  ]| "what$6#2$ 
024:078,32[D  ]| do \you\ know about$4$ ""trouble$0$"" ~ either poor $A$Nanda's 
024:079,01[D  ]| or mine$6$ or anybody's else?  You have never had to$9$ 
024:079,02[D  ]| take any in your life, you are the spoiled child of fortune 
024:079,03[D  ]| and you skim over the surface of things in a way 
024:079,04[D  ]| that$6#1$ seems often to$9$ represent you as supposing everybody 
024:079,05[D  ]| else has wings.  Most other people are sticking 
024:079,06[D  ]| fast in their native$2$ mud." 
024:079,07[M  ]| "Mud, $D$Mrs%*Brook ~ mud, mud!" 
024:079,07['  ]| he protestingly 
024:079,08['  ]| cried as, while$9$ he watched his fellow visitor move$1$ to$4$ 
024:079,09['  ]| a distance$0$ with their host, he glanced about$4$ the room, 
024:079,10['  ]| taking in afresh the Louis*Seize secretary which$6#1$ 
024:079,11['  ]| looked better$9$ closed than open$2$ and for$4$ which$6#1$ he 
024:079,12['  ]| always had a knowing eye. 
024:079,12[M  ]| "Remarkably charming 
024:079,13[M  ]| mud!" 
024:079,14[D  ]| "Well$7$, that is what$6#1$ a great deal$0$ of the element really 
024:079,15[D  ]| appears to-day to$9$ be thought$1$; and precisely as a specimen, 
024:079,16[D  ]| $M$Mitchy dear$2#1$, those two French books you were 
024:079,17[D  ]| so$5#1$ good as to$9$ send me and which$6#1$ ~ really this time, 
024:079,18[D  ]| you extraordinary man!" 
024:079,18['  ]| She fell back$5$, intimately 
024:079,19['  ]| reproachful, from the effect$0$ produced on$4$ her, renouncing 
024:079,20['  ]| all expression save$3$ that$6#2$ of the rolled eye. 
024:079,21[M  ]| "Why, were they particularly dreadful?" 
024:079,21['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy 
024:079,22['  ]| was honestly surprised. 
024:079,22[M  ]| "I rather liked the one in the 
024:079,23[M  ]| pink cover ~ what$6#2$ is the confounded thing called? 
024:079,24[M  ]| ~ I thought$1$ it had a sort of a something-or-other." 
024:079,25['  ]| He had cast$1$ his eye about$5$ as if for$4$ a glimpse of the 
024:079,26['  ]| forgotten title, and she caught the question$0$ as he 
024:079,27['  ]| vaguely and good-humouredly dropped it. 
024:079,28[D  ]| "A kind$0$ of a morbid modernity?  There \is\ that$6#2$," 
024:079,29['  ]| she dimly conceded. 
024:079,30[M  ]| "Is that$6#2$ what$6#1$ they call$1$ it?  Awfully good name$0$. 
024:079,31[M  ]| You must have got it from old $B$Van!" 
024:079,31['  ]| he gaily declared. 
024:079,32['  ]| 
024:080,01[D  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say I did.  I get the good things from him 
024:080,02[D  ]| and the bad ones from you.  But you are not to$9$ suppose," 
024:080,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham went on$5$, 
024:080,03[D  ]| "that$3$ I have discussed 
024:080,04[D  ]| your horrible book with him." 
024:080,05[M  ]| "Come, I say!" 
024:080,05['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett protested; 
024:080,05[M  ]| "I have 
024:080,06[M  ]| seen you with books from $B$Vanderbank which$6#1$ if you 
024:080,07[M  ]| \have\ discussed them with him ~ well$7$," 
024:080,07['  ]| he laughed, 
024:080,08[M  ]| "I should like$1$ to$9$ have been there!" 
024:080,09[D  ]| "You have not seen me with anything like$9$ yours ~ 
024:080,10[D  ]| no$7$, no$7$, never, never!" 
024:080,10['  ]| She was particularly positive. 
024:080,11[D  ]| "$B$Van on$4$ the contrary$0$ gives tremendous warnings, 
024:080,12[D  ]| makes apologies, in advance$0$, for$4$ things that$6#1$ ~ well$7$, 
024:080,13[D  ]| after$4$ all, have not killed one." 
024:080,14[M  ]| "That$3$ have even$5$ perhaps a little, after$4$ the warnings, 
024:080,15[M  ]| let one down$5$?" 
024:080,16['  ]| She took no$2$ notice$0$ of this coarse pleasantry, she 
024:080,17['  ]| simply adhered to$4$ her thesis. 
024:080,17[D  ]| "One has taken one's 
024:080,18[D  ]| dose and one is not such a fool as to$9$ be deaf to$4$ some 
024:080,19[D  ]| fresh true note$0$ if it happens to$9$ turn$1$ up.  But for$4$ abject 
024:080,20[D  ]| horrid unredeemed vileness from beginning$0$ to$4$ 
024:080,21[D  ]| end$0$ ~" 
024:080,22[M  ]| "So$3$ you read to$4$ the end$0$?" 
024:080,22['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett interposed. 
024:080,23['  ]| 
024:080,24[D  ]| "I read to$9$ see what$6#1$ you could possibly have sent 
024:080,25[D  ]| such things to$4$ me for$4$, and because so$5#1$ long$9$ as they 
024:080,26[D  ]| were in my hands they were not in the hands of others. 
024:080,27[D  ]| Please to$9$ remember in future that$3$ the children are all 
024:080,28[D  ]| over the place$0$ and that$3$ $E$Harold and $A$Nanda have their 
024:080,29[D  ]| nose in everything." 
024:080,30[M  ]| "I promise$1$ to$9$ remember," 
024:080,30['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett returned, 
024:080,31[M  ]| "as soon as you make$1$ old $B$Van do the same." 
024:080,32[D  ]| "I do make$1$ old $B$Van ~ I pull old $B$Van up much 
024:081,01[D  ]| oftener than I succeed in pulling you.  I must say," 
024:081,02['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham went on$5$, 
024:081,02[D  ]| "you are all getting to$9$ 
024:081,03[D  ]| require among you in general$0$ an amount of what$6#1$ one 
024:081,04[D  ]| may$1$ call$1$ editing!" 
024:081,04['  ]| She gave one of her droll universal 
024:081,05['  ]| sighs. 
024:081,05[D  ]| "I have got your books at any rate$0$ locked up 
024:081,06[D  ]| and I wish$1$ you would send for$4$ them quickly again; one is 
024:081,07[D  ]| too$5#1$ nervous about$4$ anything happening and their being$1$ 
024:081,08[D  ]| perhaps found among one's relics.  Charming literary 
024:081,09[D  ]| remains$0$!" 
024:081,09['  ]| she laughed. 
024:081,10['  ]| The friendly $M$Mitchy was also much amused. 
024:081,10[M  ]| "By$4$ 
024:081,11[M  ]| Jove, the most awful things \are\ found!  Have you 
024:081,12[M  ]| heard about$4$ old $ZM$Randage and what$6#1$ his executors have 
024:081,13[M  ]| just$9$ come across$4$?  The most abominable ~" 
024:081,14[D  ]| "I have not heard," 
024:081,14['  ]| she broke in, 
024:081,14[D  ]| "and I do not 
024:081,15[D  ]| want$1$ to$9$; but you give me a shudder and I beg you will$1$ 
024:081,16[D  ]| have your offerings removed, since I can not think of 
024:081,17[D  ]| confiding them for$4$ the purpose to$4$ any*one in this 
024:081,18[D  ]| house.  I might burn them up in the dead of night, 
024:081,19[D  ]| but even$5$ then I should be fearfully nervous." 
024:081,20[M  ]| "I will$1$ send then my usual messenger," 
024:081,20['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
024:081,21[M  ]| "a person I keep for$4$ such jobs, thoroughly seasoned, 
024:081,22[M  ]| as you may$1$ imagine, and of a discretion ~ what$6#2$ do 
024:081,23[M  ]| you call$1$ it? ~ \9a`*toute*e=preuve\.  Only you must let me 
024:081,24[M  ]| say that$3$ I like$1$ your terror about$4$ $E$Harold!  Do you 
024:081,25[M  ]| think he spends his time over $Z1$Dr%*Watts's hymns?" 
024:081,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham just$9$ hesitated, and nothing, in 
024:081,27['  ]| general$0$, was so$5#1$ becoming$2$ to$4$ her as the act$0$ of hesitation. 
024:081,28[D  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy, do you know I want$1$ awfully to$9$ 
024:081,29[D  ]| talk$1$ to$4$ you about$4$ $E$Harold?" 
024:081,30[M  ]| "About$4$ his French reading, $D$Mrs%*Brook?" 
024:081,30['  ]| $M$Mitchy 
024:081,31['  ]| responded with interest$0$. 
024:081,31[M  ]| "The worse things are, let 
024:081,32[M  ]| me just$9$ mention$1$ to$4$ you about$4$ that$6#2$, the better$9$ they 
024:082,01[M  ]| seem positively to$9$ be for$4$ one's feeling$1$ up in the language. 
024:082,02[M  ]| They are more difficult, the bad ones ~ and 
024:082,03[M  ]| there is a lot in that$6#2$.  All the young men know it ~ 
024:082,04[M  ]| those who$6#1$ are going up for$4$ exams." 
024:082,05['  ]| She had her eyes for$4$ a little on$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton and 
024:082,06['  ]| her husband; then as if she had not heard what$6#1$ her 
024:082,07['  ]| interlocutor had just$9$ said she overcame her last$2$ 
024:082,08['  ]| scruple$0$. 
024:082,08[D  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy, has he had money from 
024:082,09[D  ]| you?" 
024:082,10['  ]| He stared with his good goggle eyes ~ he laughed 
024:082,11['  ]| out$5$. 
024:082,11[M  ]| "Why on$4$ earth ~?  But do you suppose I would 
024:082,12[M  ]| tell you if he had?" 
024:082,13[D  ]| "He has not really borrowed the most dreadful 
024:082,14[D  ]| sums?" 
024:082,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy was highly diverted. 
024:082,15[M  ]| "Why should he? 
024:082,16[M  ]| For$4$ what$6#2$, please?" 
024:082,17[D  ]| "That is just$9$ it ~ for$4$ what$6#2$?  What$6#2$ does he do with 
024:082,18[D  ]| it all?  What$6#2$ in the world becomes of it?" 
024:082,19[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
024:082,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy suggested, 
024:082,19[M  ]| "he is saving up to$9$ 
024:082,20[M  ]| start$1$ a business.  $E$Harold is irreproachable ~ has not 
024:082,21[M  ]| a vice.  Who$6#2$ knows in these days what$6#1$ may$1$ happen? 
024:082,22[M  ]| He sees further than any young man I know.  Do let 
024:082,23[M  ]| him save$1$." 
024:082,24['  ]| She looked far away with her sweet world-weariness. 
024:082,25[D  ]| "If you were not an angel it would be a horror 
024:082,26[D  ]| to$9$ be talking to$4$ you.  But I insist on$4$ knowing." 
024:082,26['  ]| She 
024:082,27['  ]| insisted now with her absurdly pathetic eyes on$4$ him. 
024:082,28[D  ]| "What$6#2$ kind$0$ of sums?" 
024:082,29[M  ]| "You shall never, never find out$5$ ~ not if you were 
024:082,30[M  ]| never to$9$ speak to$4$ me again," 
024:082,30['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett replied 
024:082,31['  ]| with extravagant firmness. 
024:082,31[M  ]| "$E$Harold is one of my 
024:082,32[M  ]| great amusements ~ I really have awfully few; and 
024:083,01[M  ]| if you deprive me of him you will$1$ be a fiend.  There are 
024:083,02[M  ]| only one or two things I want$1$ to$9$ live for$4$, but one of 
024:083,03[M  ]| them is to$9$ see how far $E$Harold will$1$ go.  Please give me 
024:083,04[M  ]| some more tea." 
024:083,05[D  ]| "Do you positively swear?" 
024:083,05['  ]| she asked with intensity 
024:083,06['  ]| as she helped him.  Then without waiting for$4$ his 
024:083,07['  ]| answer$0$: 
024:083,07[D  ]| "You have the common$2$ charity to$4$ \us\, I suppose, 
024:083,08[D  ]| to$9$ see the position you would put us in.  Fancy$1$ 
024:083,09[D  ]| $C$Edward!" 
024:083,09['  ]| she quite austerely threw off. 
024:083,10['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett, at this, had on$4$ his side$0$ a wonder$0$. 
024:083,11[M  ]| "Does $C$Edward imagine ~?" 
024:083,12[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ man, $C$Edward never ""imagined"" anything 
024:083,13[D  ]| in life." 
024:083,13['  ]| She still$5$ had her eyes on$4$ him. 
024:083,14[D  ]| "Therefore if he \sees\ a thing, do not you know? it must 
024:083,15[D  ]| exist." 
024:083,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy for$4$ a little fixed the person mentioned as he 
024:083,17['  ]| sat with his other guest, but whatever this person saw 
024:083,18['  ]| he failed just$9$ then to$9$ see his wife's companion, whose$6#1$ 
024:083,19['  ]| eyes he never met.  His face$0$ only offered itself after$4$ 
024:083,20['  ]| the fashion$0$ of a clean domestic$2$ vessel, a receptacle 
024:083,21['  ]| with the peculiar property of constantly serving yet 
024:083,22['  ]| never filling, to$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton's talkative splash. 
024:083,23[M  ]| "Well$7$, only do not let him take it up.  Let it be only 
024:083,24[M  ]| between you and me," 
024:083,24['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett pleaded; 
024:083,24[M  ]| "keep 
024:083,25[M  ]| him quiet$2$ ~ do not let him speak to$4$ me." 
024:083,25['  ]| He appeared 
024:083,26['  ]| to$9$ convey with his pleasant extravagance that$3$ 
024:083,27['  ]| $C$Edward looked dangerous, and he went on$5$ with a 
024:083,28['  ]| rigour of levity: 
024:083,28[M  ]| "It must be \our\ little quarrel$0$." 
024:083,29['  ]| There were different ways of meeting$9$ such a tone, 
024:083,30['  ]| but $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's choice$0$ was remarkably 
024:083,31['  ]| prompt$2$. 
024:083,31[D  ]| "I do not think I quite understand what$6#1$ 
024:083,32[D  ]| dreadful joke you may$1$ be making, but I dare$1#2$ say if 
024:084,01[D  ]| you \had\ let $E$Harold borrow youwould have another 
024:084,02[D  ]| manner, and I was at any rate$0$ determined$1$ to$9$ have 
024:084,03[D  ]| the question$0$ out$5$ with you." 
024:084,04[M  ]| "Let us always have everything out$5$ ~ that is quite 
024:084,05[M  ]| my own$2$ idea.  It is you," 
024:084,05['  ]| said $M$Mr%*Mitchett, 
024:084,05[M  ]| "who$6#1$ 
024:084,06[M  ]| are by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ always so$5#1$ frank$2$ with me as I recognise 
024:084,07[M  ]| ~ oh, I do \that$6#2$!\ ~ what$6#1$ it must have cost$1$ 
024:084,08[M  ]| you to$9$ be over this little question$0$ of $E$Harold.  There is 
024:084,09[M  ]| one thing, $D$Mrs%*Brook, you do dodge." 
024:084,10[D  ]| "What$6#2$ do I ever dodge, dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy?" 
024:084,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook 
024:084,11['  ]| quite tenderly asked. 
024:084,12[M  ]| "Why, when I ask you about$4$ your other child you are 
024:084,13[M  ]| off like$9$ a frightened fawn.  When have you ever, on$4$ my 
024:084,14[M  ]| doing so$5#2$, said ""My darling $M$Mitchy, I will$1$ ring$1$ for$4$ her 
024:084,15[M  ]| to$9$ be asked to$9$ come down$5$ so$3$ that$3$ you can see her for$4$ 
024:084,16[M  ]| yourself"" ~ when have you ever said anything like$9$ 
024:084,17[M  ]| that$6#2$?" 
024:084,18[D  ]| "I see," 
024:084,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham mused; 
024:084,18[D  ]| "you think I 
024:084,19[D  ]| sacrifice$1$ her.  You are very interesting among you all, 
024:084,20[D  ]| and I have certainly a delightful circle.  The $I$Duchess 
024:084,21[D  ]| has just$9$ been letting me have it most remarkably hot, 
024:084,22[D  ]| and as she is presently coming back$5$ you will$1$ be able to$9$ 
024:084,23[D  ]| join forces with her." 
024:084,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked a little at a loss. 
024:084,24[M  ]| "On$4$ the subject$0$ of 
024:084,25[M  ]| your sacrifice$0$ ~" 
024:084,26[D  ]| "Of my innocent and helpless, yet somehow at the 
024:084,27[D  ]| same time, as a consequence of my cynicism, dreadfully 
024:084,28[D  ]| damaged and depraved daughter." 
024:084,28['  ]| She took in 
024:084,29['  ]| for$4$ an instant$0$ the slight$2$ bewilderment against which$6#1$, 
024:084,30['  ]| as a result$0$ of her speech, even$5$ so$5#1$ expert an intelligence 
024:084,31['  ]| as $M$Mr%*Mitchett's had not been proof; then with a 
024:084,32['  ]| small jerk of her head$0$ at the other side$0$ of the room 
024:085,01['  ]| made the quickest of transitions. 
024:085,01[D  ]| "What$6#2$ \is\ there 
024:085,02[D  ]| between her and him?" 
024:085,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy wondered at the other two. 
024:085,03[M  ]| "Between 
024:085,04[M  ]| $C$Edward and the girl?" 
024:085,05[D  ]| "Do not talk$1$ nonsense.  Between $N$Petherton and 
024:085,06[D  ]| $I$Jane." 
024:085,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy could only stare, and the wide noonday 
024:085,08['  ]| light$0$ of his regard$0$ was at such moments really the 
024:085,09['  ]| redemption of his ugliness. 
024:085,09[M  ]| "What$6#2$ ""is"" there?  Is 
024:085,10[M  ]| there anything?" 
024:085,11[D  ]| "It is too$5#1$ beautiful," 
024:085,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham appreciatively 
024:085,12['  ]| sighed, 
024:085,12[D  ]| "your relation with him!  You will$1$ not 
024:085,13[D  ]| compromise him." 
024:085,14[M  ]| "It would be nicer of me," 
024:085,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed, 
024:085,14[M  ]| "not 
024:085,15[M  ]| to$9$ want$1$ to$9$ compromise \her\." 
024:085,16[D  ]| "Oh $I$Jane!" 
024:085,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham dropped. 
024:085,16[D  ]| "\Does\ 
024:085,17[D  ]| he like$1$ her?" 
024:085,17['  ]| she continued. 
024:085,17[D  ]| "You must know." 
024:085,18[M  ]| "Ah it is just$9$ my knowing that$6#1$ constitutes the 
024:085,19[M  ]| beauty of my loyalty ~ of my delicacy." 
024:085,19['  ]| He had his 
024:085,20['  ]| quick$2$ jumps too$5#2$. 
024:085,20[M  ]| "Am I never, never to$9$ see the 
024:085,21[M  ]| child?" 
024:085,22['  ]| This enquiry appeared only to$9$ confirm his friend 
024:085,23['  ]| in the view$0$ of what$6#1$ was touching in him. 
024:085,23[D  ]| "You are 
024:085,24[D  ]| the most delicate thing I know, and it crops up with 
024:085,25[D  ]| effect$0$ the oddest in the intervals of your corruption. 
024:085,26[D  ]| Your talk is half the time impossible; you respect$1$ 
024:085,27[D  ]| neither age nor sex nor condition$0$; one does not know 
024:085,28[D  ]| what$6#1$ you will$1$ say or do next; and one has to$9$ return$1$ 
024:085,29[D  ]| your books ~ \9c'est 9tout 9dire\ ~ under cover of darkness. 
024:085,30[D  ]| Yet there is in the midst of all this and in the general$2$ 
024:085,31[D  ]| abyss of you a little deepdown delicious niceness, 
024:085,32[D  ]| a sweet sensibility, that$6#1$ one has actually one's self, 
024:086,01[D  ]| shocked as one perpetually is at you, quite to$9$ hold$1$ 
024:086,02[D  ]| one's breath and stay$1$ one's hand for$4$ fear$0$ of ruffling 
024:086,03[D  ]| or bruising.  There is no*one in talk$0$ with whom$6#1$," 
024:086,03['  ]| she 
024:086,04['  ]| balmily continued, 
024:086,04[D  ]| "I find myself half so$5#1$ often suddenly 
024:086,05[D  ]| moved to$9$ pull up short$2$.  You have more little 
024:086,06[D  ]| toes to$9$ tread on$4$ ~ though you pretend you have not: 
024:086,07[D  ]| I mean$1$ morally speaking, do not you know? ~ than 
024:086,08[D  ]| even$5$ I have myself, and I have so$5#1$ many that$3$ I could 
024:086,09[D  ]| wish$1$ most of them cut$9$ off.  You never spare$1$ me 
024:086,10[D  ]| a shock$0$ ~ no$7$, you do not do that$6#2$:  it is not the form$0$ 
024:086,11[D  ]| your delicacy takes.  But you will$1$ know what$6#1$ I mean$1$, 
024:086,12[D  ]| all the same, I think, when I tell you that$3$ there are 
024:086,13[D  ]| lots I spare$1$ \you!\" 
024:086,14['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett fairly glowed with the candour of his 
024:086,15['  ]| attention. 
024:086,15[M  ]| "Know what$6#1$ you mean$1$, dearest lady? 
024:086,16[M  ]| How can a man handicapped to$4$ death, a man of my 
024:086,17[M  ]| origin, my appearance, my general$2$ weaknesses, 
024:086,18[M  ]| drawbacks, immense indebtedness, all round$9$, for$4$ the 
024:086,19[M  ]| start$0$, as it were, that$3$ I feel my friends have been so$5#1$ 
024:086,20[M  ]| good as to$9$ allow me:  how can such a man not be conscious 
024:086,21[M  ]| every moment that$3$ every*one about$4$ him goes 
024:086,22[M  ]| on$4$ tiptoe and winks at every*one else?  What$6#2$ \can\ you 
024:086,23[M  ]| all mention$1$ in my presence, poor things, that$6#1$ is not 
024:086,24[M  ]| personal?" 
024:086,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's face$0$ covered him for$4$ an instant$0$ 
024:086,26['  ]| as no$2$ painted $Z1$Madonna's had ever covered the little 
024:086,27['  ]| charge$0$ at the breast beneath it. 
024:086,27[D  ]| "And the finest thing 
024:086,28[D  ]| of all in you is your beautiful, beautiful pride!  You are 
024:086,29[D  ]| prouder than all of us put together." 
024:086,29['  ]| She checked a 
024:086,30['  ]| motion that$6#1$ he had apparently meant as a protest ~ 
024:086,31['  ]| she went on$5$ with her muffled wisdom. 
024:086,31[D  ]| "There is not 
024:086,32[D  ]| a man but \you\ whom$6#1$ $N$Petherton would not have made 
024:087,01[D  ]| vulgar.  He is not vulgar himself ~ at least not exceptionally; 
024:087,02[D  ]| but he is just$9$ one of those people, a class$0$ 
024:087,03[D  ]| one knows well$9$, who$6#1$ are so$5#1$ fearfully, in this country, 
024:087,04[D  ]| the cause of it in others.  For$4$ all I know he is the cause 
024:087,05[D  ]| of it in me ~ the cause of it even$5$ in poor $C$Edward. 
024:087,06[D  ]| For$3$ \I\'m vulgar, $M$Mitchy dear$2#1$ ~ very often; and the 
024:087,07[D  ]| marvel of you is that$3$ you never are." 
024:087,08[M  ]| "Thank you for$4$ everything.  Thank you above$4$ all 
024:087,09[M  ]| for$4$ ""marvel""!" 
024:087,09['  ]| $M$Mitchy grinned. 
024:087,10[D  ]| "Oh I know what$6#1$ I say!" 
024:087,10['  ]| ~ she did not in the 
024:087,11['  ]| least blush$1$. 
024:087,11[D  ]| "I will$1$ tell you something," 
024:087,11['  ]| she pursued 
024:087,12['  ]| with the same gravity, 
024:087,12[D  ]| "if you will$1$ promise$1$ to$9$ tell no*one 
024:087,13[D  ]| on$4$ earth.  If you are proud I am not.  There!  It is 
024:087,14[D  ]| most extraordinary and I try to$9$ conceal it even$5$ to$4$ 
024:087,15[D  ]| myself; but there is no doubt$0$ whatever about$4$ it ~ 
024:087,16[D  ]| I am not proud \9pour 9deux 9sous\.  And some day, on$4$ some 
024:087,17[D  ]| awful occasion$0$, I shall show$1$ it.  So$3$ ~ I notify you. 
024:087,18[D  ]| Shall you love$1$ me still$5$?" 
024:087,19[M  ]| "To$4$ the bitter end$0$," 
024:087,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy loyally responded. 
024:087,20[M  ]| "For$3$ how \can\, how need$1$, a woman be ""proud"" who$6#1$ is 
024:087,21[M  ]| so$5#1$ preternaturally clever?  Pride is only for$4$ use$0$ when 
024:087,22[M  ]| wit$0#1$ breaks down$5$ ~ it is the train the cyclist takes 
024:087,23[M  ]| when his tire is deflated.  When that$6#2$ happens to$4$ \your\ 
024:087,24[M  ]| tire, $D$Mrs%*Brook, you will$1$ let me know.  And you do 
024:087,25[M  ]| make$1$ me wonder$1$ just$9$ now," 
024:087,25['  ]| he confessed, 
024:087,25[M  ]| "why 
024:087,26[M  ]| you are taking such particular precautions and throwing 
024:087,27[M  ]| out$5$ such a cloud$0$ of skirmishers.  If you want$1$ to$9$ 
024:087,28[M  ]| shoot me dead a single bullet will$1$ do." 
024:087,28['  ]| He faltered 
024:087,29['  ]| but an instant$0$ before$4$ completing his sense. 
024:087,29[M  ]| "Where 
024:087,30[M  ]| you really want$1$ to$9$ come out$5$ is at the fact that$3$ $A$Nanda 
024:087,31[M  ]| loathes me and that$3$ I might as well$9$ give up asking 
024:087,32[M  ]| for$4$ her." 
024:088,01[D  ]| "Are you quite serious$2$?" 
024:088,01['  ]| his companion after$4$ a 
024:088,02['  ]| moment resumed. 
024:088,02[D  ]| "Do you really and truly like$1$ her, 
024:088,03[D  ]| $M$Mitchy?"
024:088,04[M  ]| "I like$1$ her as much as I dare$1#1$ to$9$ ~ as much as 
024:088,05[M  ]| a man can like$1$ a girl when from the very first of his 
024:088,06[M  ]| seeing her and judging her he has also seen, and seen 
024:088,07[M  ]| with all the reasons, that$3$ there is no$2$ chance$0$ for$4$ him 
024:088,08[M  ]| whatever.  Of course$8$, with all that$6#2$, he has done his 
024:088,09[M  ]| best not to$9$ let himself go.  But there are moments," 
024:088,10['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett ruefully added, 
024:088,10[M  ]| "when it would relieve 
024:088,11[M  ]| him awfully to$9$ feel free for$4$ a good spin." 
024:088,12[D  ]| "I think you exaggerate," 
024:088,12['  ]| his hostess replied, 
024:088,12[D  ]| "the 
024:088,13[D  ]| difficulties in your way.  What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ ""all the 
024:088,14[D  ]| reasons""?" 
024:088,15[M  ]| "Why one of them I have already mentioned.  I make$1$ 
024:088,16[M  ]| her flesh creep." 
024:088,17[D  ]| "My own$2$ $M$Mitchy!" 
024:088,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham protestingly 
024:088,18['  ]| moaned. 
024:088,19[M  ]| "The other is that$3$ ~ very naturally ~ she is in 
024:088,20[M  ]| love$0$." 
024:088,21[D  ]| "With whom$6#2$ under the sun?" 
024:088,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had, with her startled stare, 
024:088,23['  ]| met his eyes long$9$ enough to$9$ have taken something 
024:088,24['  ]| from him before$3$ he next spoke. 
024:088,24[M  ]| "You really have 
024:088,25[M  ]| never suspected?  With whom$6#2$ conceivably but old 
024:088,26[M  ]| $B$Van?" 
024:088,27[D  ]| "$A$Nanda is in love$0$ with old $B$Van?" 
024:088,27['  ]| ~ the degree 
024:088,28['  ]| to$4$ which$6#1$ she had never suspected was scarce to$9$ be 
024:088,29['  ]| expressed. 
024:088,29[D  ]| "Why he is twice her age ~ he has seen 
024:088,30[D  ]| her in a pinafore with a dirty face$0$ and well$9$ slapped 
024:088,31[D  ]| for$4$ it: he has never thought$1$ of her in the world." 
024:088,32[M  ]| "How can a person of your acuteness, my dear$2#1$ 
024:089,01[M  ]| woman," 
024:089,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked, 
024:089,01[M  ]| "mention$1$ such trifles as 
024:089,02[M  ]| having the least to$9$ do with the case?  How can you 
024:089,03[M  ]| possibly have such a fellow about$5$, so$5#1$ beastly good-looking, 
024:089,04[M  ]| so$5#1$ infernally well$9$ turned out$5$ in the way of 
024:089,05[M  ]| ""culture,"" and so$5#1$ bringing them down$5$ in short$0$ on$4$ 
024:089,06[M  ]| every side$0$, and expect in the bosom of your family 
024:089,07[M  ]| the absence of history of the reigns of the good 
024:089,08[M  ]| kings?  If \you\ were a girl would not \you\ turn$1$ purple? 
024:089,09[M  ]| If I were a girl should not I ~ unless, as is more 
024:089,10[M  ]| likely, I turned green?" 
024:089,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham was deeply affected. 
024:089,11[D  ]| "$A$Nanda 
024:089,12[D  ]| does turn$1$ purple ~?" 
024:089,13[M  ]| "The loveliest shade you ever saw.  It is too$5#1$ absurd 
024:089,14[M  ]| that$3$ you have not noticed." 
024:089,15['  ]| It was characteristic of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's amiability 
024:089,16['  ]| that$3$, with her sudden$2$ sense of the importance 
024:089,17['  ]| of this new light$0$, she should be quite ready to$9$ abase 
024:089,18['  ]| herself. 
024:089,18[D  ]| "There are so$5#1$ many things in one's life.  One 
024:089,19[D  ]| follows false scents.  One does not make$1$ out$5$ everything 
024:089,20[D  ]| at once.  If you are right$2#1$ you must help$1$ me.  We 
024:089,21[D  ]| must see more of her." 
024:089,22[M  ]| "But what$6#2$ good will$1$ that$6#2$ do me?" 
024:089,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy appealed. 
024:089,23['  ]| 
024:089,24[D  ]| "Do not you care$1$ enough for$4$ her to$9$ want$1$ to$9$ help$1$ 
024:089,25[D  ]| \her?\" 
024:089,25['  ]| Then before$3$ he could speak, 
024:089,25[D  ]| "Poor little darling 
024:089,26[D  ]| dear$0$!" 
024:089,26['  ]| his hostess tenderly ejaculated. 
024:089,26[D  ]| "What$6#2$ 
024:089,27[D  ]| does she think or dream$1$?  Truly she is laying up 
024:089,28[D  ]| treasure!" 
024:089,29[M  ]| "Oh he likes her," 
024:089,29['  ]| said $M$Mitchy. 
024:089,29[M  ]| "He likes her in 
024:089,30[M  ]| fact extremely." 
024:089,31[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ he has told you so$5#2$?" 
024:089,31[M  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ we never mention$1$ it!  But he likes her," 
024:090,01['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett stubbornly repeated. 
024:090,01[M  ]| "And he is thoroughly 
024:090,02[M  ]| straight." 
024:090,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham for$4$ a moment turned these things 
024:090,04['  ]| over; after$4$ which$6#1$ she came out$5$ in a manner that$6#1$ 
024:090,05['  ]| visibly surprised him. 
024:090,05[D  ]| "It is not as if you wished to$9$ be 
024:090,06[D  ]| nasty about$4$ him, is it? ~ because I know you like$1$ him 
024:090,07[D  ]| yourself.  You are so$5#1$ wonderful to$4$ your friends" 
024:090,07['  ]| ~ 
024:090,08['  ]| oh she could let him see that$3$ she knew! ~ 
024:090,08[D  ]| "and in 
024:090,09[D  ]| such different and exquiste ways.  There are those 
024:090,10[D  ]| like$9$ \him\" 
024:090,10['  ]| ~ she signified her other visitor ~ 
024:090,10[D  ]| "who$6#1$ 
024:090,11[D  ]| get everything out$8$ of you and whom$6#1$ you really appear 
024:090,12[D  ]| fond of, or at least to$9$ put up with, just$9$ \for$4$\ that$6#2$. 
024:090,13[D  ]| Then there are those who$6#1$ ask nothing ~ and whom$6#1$ 
024:090,14[D  ]| you are fond of in spite$8$ of it." 
024:090,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy leaned back$5$ from this, fist within fist, 
024:090,16['  ]| watching her with a certain disguised emotion.  He 
024:090,17['  ]| grinned almost too$5#1$ much for$4$ mere amusement. 
024:090,18[M  ]| "That is the class$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ \you\ belong." 
024:090,19[D  ]| "It is the best one," 
024:090,19['  ]| she returned, 
024:090,19[D  ]| "and I am careful 
024:090,20[D  ]| to$9$ remain in it.  You try to$9$ get us, by$4$ bribery, 
024:090,21[D  ]| into the inferior place$0$, because, proud as you are, it 
024:090,22[D  ]| bores you a little that$3$ you like$1$ us so$5#1$ much.  But we 
024:090,23[D  ]| will$1$ not go ~ at least \I\ will$1$ not.  You may$1$ make$1$ $B$Van," 
024:090,24['  ]| she wonderfully continued. 
024:090,24[D  ]| "There is nothing you 
024:090,25[D  ]| would not do for$4$ him or give him." 
024:090,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy admired 
024:090,26['  ]| her from his position, slowly shaking his head$0$ with it. 
024:090,27[D  ]| "He is the man ~ with no$2$ fortune and just$9$ as he is, 
024:090,28[D  ]| to$4$ the smallest particular ~ whom$6#1$ you would have 
024:090,29[D  ]| liked to$9$ be, whom$6#1$ you intensely envy$1$, and yet to$4$ 
024:090,30[D  ]| whom$6#1$ you are magnanimous enough for$4$ almost any 
024:090,31[D  ]| sacrifice$0$." 
024:090,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy's appreciation had fairly deepened to$4$ a 
024:091,01['  ]| flush. 
024:091,01[M  ]| "Magnificent, magnificent $D$Mrs%*Brook!  What$6#2$ 
024:091,02[M  ]| \are\ you in thunder up to$4$?" 
024:091,03[D  ]| "Therefore, as I say," 
024:091,03['  ]| she imperturbably went on$5$, 
024:091,04[D  ]| "it is not to$9$ do him an ill turn$0$ that$3$ you make$1$ a point$0$ 
024:091,05[D  ]| of what$6#1$ you have just$9$ told me." 
024:091,06['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett for$4$ a minute$0$ gave no$2$ sign but his 
024:091,07['  ]| high colour and his queer glare. 
024:091,07[M  ]| "How could it do 
024:091,08[M  ]| him an ill turn$0$?" 
024:091,09[D  ]| "Oh it \would\ be a way, do not you see? to$9$ put before$4$ 
024:091,10[D  ]| me the need$0$ of getting rid of him.  For$3$ he may$1$ ""like$1$"" 
024:091,11[D  ]| $A$Nanda as much as you please: he will$1$ never, never," 
024:091,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham resolutely quavered ~ 
024:091,12[D  ]| "he will$1$ never 
024:091,13[D  ]| come to$4$ the scratch.  And to$9$ feel that$6#2$ as \I\ do," 
024:091,13['  ]| she 
024:091,14['  ]| explained, 
024:091,14[D  ]| "can only be, do not you also see? to$9$ want$1$ 
024:091,15[D  ]| to$9$ save$1$ her." 
024:091,16['  ]| It would have appeared at last$0$ that$3$ poor $M$Mitchy 
024:091,17['  ]| did see. 
024:091,17[M  ]| "By$4$ taking it in time?  By$4$ forbidding him 
024:091,18[M  ]| the house?" 
024:091,19['  ]| She seemed to$9$ stand$1$ with little nipping scissors in a 
024:091,20['  ]| garden of alternatives. 
024:091,20[D  ]| "Or by$4$ shipping \her\ off.  Will$1$ 
024:091,21[D  ]| you help$1$ me to$9$ save$1$ her?" 
024:091,21['  ]| she broke out$5$ again after$4$ 
024:091,22['  ]| a moment. 
024:091,22[D  ]| "It is not true," 
024:091,22['  ]| she continued, 
024:091,22[D  ]| "that$3$ she 
024:091,23[D  ]| has any aversion to$4$ you." 
024:091,24[M  ]| "Have you charged her with it?" 
024:091,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy demanded 
024:091,25['  ]| with a courage that$6#1$ amounted to$4$ high gallantry. 
024:091,26['  ]| It inspired on$4$ the spot his interlocutress, and her 
024:091,27['  ]| own$2$ pluck, of as fine a quality now as her diplomacy, 
024:091,28['  ]| which$6#1$ was saying much, fell but little below. 
024:091,28[D  ]| "Yes, 
024:091,29[D  ]| my dear$2#1$ friend ~ frankly." 
024:091,30[M  ]| "Good.  Then I know what$6#1$ she said." 
024:091,31[D  ]| "She absolutely denied it." 
024:091,32[M  ]| "Oh yes ~ they always do, because they pity$1$ me," 
024:092,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled. 
024:092,01[M  ]| "She said what$6#1$ they always say ~ 
024:092,02[M  ]| that$3$ the effect$0$ I produce is, though at first upsetting, 
024:092,03[M  ]| one that$6#1$ little by$4$ little they find it possible to$9$ get 
024:092,04[M  ]| used$1#2$ to$4$.  The world is full of people who$6#1$ are getting 
024:092,05[M  ]| used$1#2$ to$4$ me," 
024:092,05['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett concluded. 
024:092,06[D  ]| "It is what$6#1$ \I\ shall never do, for$3$ you are quite too$5#1$ 
024:092,07[D  ]| great a luxury!" 
024:092,07['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham declared. 
024:092,07[D  ]| "If I 
024:092,08[D  ]| have not threshed you out$5$ really \more\ with $A$Nanda," 
024:092,09['  ]| she continued, 
024:092,09[D  ]| "it has been from a scruple$0$ of a sort 
024:092,10[D  ]| you people never do a woman the justice to$9$ impute. 
024:092,11[D  ]| You are the object$0$ of views that$6#1$ have so$5#1$ much more 
024:092,12[D  ]| to$9$ set$1$ them off." 
024:092,13['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett on$4$ this jumped up; he was clearly 
024:092,14['  ]| conscious of his nerves; he fidgeted away a few steps 
024:092,15['  ]| and then, his hands in his pockets, fixed on$4$ his hostess 
024:092,16['  ]| a countenance more controlled. 
024:092,16[M  ]| "What$6#2$ does the 
024:092,17[M  ]| $I$Duchess mean$1$ by$4$ your daughter's being$1$ ~ as I understood 
024:092,18[M  ]| you to$9$ quote her just$9$ now ~ ""damaged and 
024:092,19[M  ]| depraved""?" 
024:092,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham came up ~ she literally rose$1$ ~ 
024:092,21['  ]| smiling. 
024:092,21[D  ]| "You fit$1$ the cap.  You know how she would like$1$ 
024:092,22[D  ]| you for$4$ little $J$Aggie!" 
024:092,23[M  ]| "What$6#2$ does she mean$1$, what$6#2$ does she mean$1$?" 
024:092,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy repeated. 
024:092,25['  ]| The door, as he spoke, was thrown open$2$: $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
024:092,26['  ]| glanced round$9$. 
024:092,26[D  ]| "You have the chance$0$ 
024:092,27[D  ]| to$9$ find out$5$ from herself!" 
024:092,27['  ]| The $I$Duchess had come 
024:092,28['  ]| back$5$ and little $J$Aggie was in her wake.
025:093,01['  ]| That$6#2$ young lady, in this relation, was certainly a 
025:093,02['  ]| figure to$9$ have offered a foundation for$4$ the highest 
025:093,03['  ]| hopes$0$.  As slight$2$ and white, as delicately lovely, as a 
025:093,04['  ]| gathered garden lily, her admirable training appeared 
025:093,05['  ]| to$9$ hold$1$ her out$5$ to$4$ them all as with precautionary 
025:093,06['  ]| finger-tips.  She presumed, however, so$5#1$ little on$4$ any 
025:093,07['  ]| introduction that$3$, shyly and submissively, waiting 
025:093,08['  ]| for$4$ the word of direction, she stopped short$2$ in the 
025:093,09['  ]| centre of the general$2$ friendliness till $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
025:093,10['  ]| fairly became, to$9$ meet$1$ her, also a shy little girl 
025:093,11['  ]| ~ put out$5$ a timid hand with wonder-struck innocent 
025:093,12['  ]| eyes that$6#1$ hesitated whether a kiss$0$ of greeting might 
025:093,13['  ]| be dared. 
025:093,13[D  ]| "Why you dear$2#1$ good strange ""ickle"" thing, 
025:093,14[D  ]| you have not been here for$4$ ages, but it \is\ a joy to$9$ see 
025:093,15[D  ]| you and I do hope$1$ you have brought your doll!" 
025:093,15['  ]| ~ 
025:093,16['  ]| such might have been the sense of our friend's fond 
025:093,17['  ]| murmur while$9$, looking at her up and down$5$ with pure 
025:093,18['  ]| pleasure, she drew the rare creature to$4$ a sofa.  Little 
025:093,19['  ]| $J$Aggie presented, up and down$5$, an arrangement of 
025:093,20['  ]| dress$0$ exactly in the key of her age, her complexion, 
025:093,21['  ]| her emphasised virginity.  She might have been prepared 
025:093,22['  ]| for$4$ her visit$0$ by$4$ a cluster of doting nuns, cloistered 
025:093,23['  ]| daughters of ancient houses and educators of 
025:093,24['  ]| similar products, whose$6#1$ taste, hereditarily good, had 
025:093,25['  ]| grown, out$8$ of the world and most delightfully, so$5#1$ queer 
025:093,26['  ]| as to$9$ leave$1$ on$4$ everything they touched a particular 
025:093,27['  ]| shade of distinction.  The $I$Duchess had brought in 
025:094,01['  ]| with the child an air of added confidence for$4$ which$6#1$ 
025:094,02['  ]| an observer would in a moment have seen the grounds, 
025:094,03['  ]| the association of the pair$0$ being$1$ so$5#1$ markedly favourable 
025:094,04['  ]| to$4$ each.  Its younger member carried out$5$ the 
025:094,05['  ]| style of her aunt's presence quite as one of the accessory 
025:094,06['  ]| figures$0$ effectively thrown into old portraits.  The 
025:094,07['  ]| $I$Duchess on$4$ the other hand seemed, with becoming$2$ 
025:094,08['  ]| blandness, to$9$ draw from her niece the dignity of a 
025:094,09['  ]| kind$0$ of office of state$0$ ~ hereditary governess of the 
025:094,10['  ]| children of the blood.  Little $J$Aggie had a smile$0$ as 
025:094,11['  ]| softly bright as a Southern dawn, and the friends of 
025:094,12['  ]| her relative looked at each other, according to$4$ a fashion$0$ 
025:094,13['  ]| frequent in $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's drawing-room, 
025:094,14['  ]| in free exchange of their happy impression.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
025:094,15['  ]| was none the less scantly diverted from his 
025:094,16['  ]| estimate of the occasion$0$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had just$9$ 
025:094,17['  ]| named to$4$ him. 
025:094,18[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $I$Duchess," 
025:094,18['  ]| he promptly asked, 
025:094,18[M  ]| "do you 
025:094,19[M  ]| mind$1$ explaining to$4$ me an opinion I have just$9$ heard of 
025:094,20[M  ]| your ~ with marked originality ~ holding?" 
025:094,21['  ]| The $I$Duchess, her head$0$ all in the air, considered an 
025:094,22['  ]| instant$0$ her little ivory princess. 
025:094,22[I  ]| "I am always ready, 
025:094,23[I  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett, to$9$ defend my opinions; but if it is a 
025:094,24[I  ]| question$0$ of going much into the things that$6#1$ are the 
025:094,25[I  ]| subjects of some of them perhaps we had better$9$, if 
025:094,26[I  ]| you do not mind$1$, choose our time and our place$0$." 
025:094,27[M  ]| "No$2$ ""time,"" gracious lady, for$4$ my impatience," 
025:094,28['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett replied, 
025:094,28[M  ]| "could be better than the 
025:094,29[M  ]| present$0#1$ ~ but if you have reasons for$4$ wanting a better$9$ 
025:094,30[M  ]| place$0$ why should not we go on$4$ the spot into another 
025:094,31[M  ]| room?" 
025:094,32['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton, at this enquiry, broke into instant$2$ 
025:095,01['  ]| mirth. 
025:095,01[N  ]| "Well$7$, of all the coolness, $M$Mitchy! ~ he does 
025:095,02[N  ]| go at it, does not he, $D$Mrs%*Brook?  What$6#2$ do you want$1$ 
025:095,03[N  ]| to$9$ do in another room?" 
025:095,03['  ]| he demanded of his friend. 
025:095,04[N  ]| "Upon my word, $I$Duchess, under the nose of those ~" 
025:095,05['  ]| The $I$Duchess, on$4$ the first blush, lent herself to$4$ the 
025:095,06['  ]| humour of the case. 
025:095,06[I  ]| "Well$7$, $N$Petherton, of ""those""? ~ 
025:095,07[I  ]| I defy him to$9$ finish$1$ his sentence!" 
025:095,07['  ]| she smiled to$4$ the 
025:095,08['  ]| others. 
025:095,09[N  ]| "Of those," 
025:095,09['  ]| said his lordship, 
025:095,09[N  ]| "who$6#1$ flatter themselves 
025:095,10[N  ]| that$3$ when you do happen to$9$ find them somewhere 
025:095,11[N  ]| your first idea is not quite to$9$ jump at a pretext 
025:095,12[N  ]| for$4$ getting off somewhere else.  Especially," 
025:095,12['  ]| he continued to$9$ jest,
025:095,12[N  ]| "with a man of $M$Mitchy's vile reputation." 
025:095,13[N  ]| 
025:095,14[C  ]| "Oh!" 
025:095,14['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham exclaimed at this, but 
025:095,15['  ]| only as with quiet$2$ relief. 
025:095,16[D  ]| "$M$Mitchy's offer$0$ is perfectly safe, I may$1$ let him 
025:095,17[D  ]| know," 
025:095,17['  ]| his wife remarked, 
025:095,17[D  ]| "for$3$ I happen to$9$ be sure 
025:095,18[D  ]| that$3$ nothing would really induce $I$Jane to$9$ leave$1$ $J$Aggie 
025:095,19[D  ]| five minutes among us here without remaining herself 
025:095,20[D  ]| to$9$ see that$3$ we do not become improper." 
025:095,21[N  ]| "Well$7$ then if we are already  pretty$5$ far on$4$ the way to$4$ 
025:095,22[N  ]| it," 
025:095,22['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton resumed, 
025:095,22[N  ]| "what$6#2$ on$4$ earth \might\ 
025:095,23[N  ]| we arrive at in the absence of your control?  I warn 
025:095,24[N  ]| you, $I$Duchess," 
025:095,25['  ]| he joyously pursued, 
025:095,25[N  ]| "that$3$ if you go 
025:095,26[N  ]| out$8$ of the room with $M$Mitchy I shall rapidly become 
025:095,27[N  ]| quite awful." 
025:095,28['  ]| The $I$Duchess during this brief passage never took 
025:095,29['  ]| her eyes from her niece, who$6#1$ rewarded her attention 
025:095,30['  ]| with the sweetness of consenting dependence.  The 
025:095,31['  ]| child's foreign origin was so$5#1$ delicately but unmistakeably 
025:095,32['  ]| written in all her exquisite lines that$3$ her 
025:096,01['  ]| look$0$ might have expressed the modest detachment of 
025:096,02['  ]| a person to$4$ whom$6#1$ the language of her companions 
025:096,03['  ]| was unknown.  Her protectress then glanced round$4$ 
025:096,04['  ]| the circle. 
025:096,04[I  ]| "You are very odd people all of you, and 
025:096,05[I  ]| I do not think you quite know how ridiculous you are. 
025:096,06[I  ]| $J$Aggie and I are simple$2$ stranger-folk; there is a great 
025:096,07[I  ]| deal$0#2$ we do not understand, yet we are none the less not 
025:096,08[I  ]| easily frightened.  In what$6#2$ is it, $M$Mr%*Mitchett," 
025:096,08['  ]| the 
025:096,09['  ]| $I$Duchess asked, 
025:096,09[I  ]| "that$3$ I have wounded your susceptibilities?" 
025:096,10[I  ]| 
025:096,11['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett cast$1$ about$5$; he had apparently found 
025:096,12['  ]| time to$9$ reflect on$4$ his precipitation. 
025:096,12[M  ]| "I see what$6#1$ 
025:096,13[M  ]| $N$Petherton is up to$4$, and I will$1$ not, by$4$ drawing you aside 
025:096,14[M  ]| just$9$ now, expose your niece to$4$ anything that$6#1$ might 
025:096,15[M  ]| immediately oblige $D$Mrs%*Brook to$9$ catch$1$ her up and 
025:096,16[M  ]| flee with her.  But the first time I find you more 
025:096,17[M  ]| isolated ~ well$7$," 
025:096,17['  ]| he laughed, though not with the 
025:096,18['  ]| clearest ring$0$, 
025:096,18[M  ]| "all I can say is Mind$1$ your eyes dear$2#1$ 
025:096,19[M  ]| $I$Duchess!" 
025:096,20[D  ]| "It is about$4$ your thinking, $I$Jane," 
025:096,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
025:096,21['  ]| placidly explained, 
025:096,21[D  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda suffers ~ in her 
025:096,22[D  ]| morals, do not you know? ~ by$4$ my neglect$0$.  I would not 
025:096,23[D  ]| say anything about$4$ you that$6#1$ I can not bravely say \to$4$\ 
025:096,24[D  ]| you; therefore$4$ since he has plumped out$5$ with it I do 
025:096,25[D  ]| confess that$3$ I have appealed to$4$ him on$4$ what$6#1$, as so$5#1$ 
025:096,26[D  ]| good an old friend, \he\ thinks of your contention." 
025:096,27[C  ]| "What$6#2$ in the world \is\ $I$Jane's contention?" 
025:096,27['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham 
025:096,28['  ]| put the question$0$ as if they were 
025:096,29['  ]| "stuck" at cards. 
025:096,30[I  ]| "You really all of you," 
025:096,30['  ]| the $I$Duchess replied with 
025:096,31['  ]| excellent coolness, 
025:096,31[I  ]| "choose extraordinary conditions 
025:096,32[I  ]| for$4$ the discussion of delicate matters.  There are 
025:097,01[I  ]| decidedly too$5#1$ many things on$4$ which$6#1$ we do not feel 
025:097,02[I  ]| alike.  You are all inconceivable just$9$ now.  \9Je 9ne\ 
025:097,03[I  ]| \9peux 9pourtant 9pas 9la 9mettre 9a` 9porte, 9cette 9che=rie\" 
025:097,03['  ]| ~ 
025:097,04['  ]| whom$6#1$ she covered again with the gay solicitude that$6#1$ 
025:097,05['  ]| seemed to$9$ have in it a vibration of private$2$ entreaty: 
025:097,06[I  ]| "Do not understand, my own$2$ darling ~ do not understand!" 
025:097,07[I  ]| 
025:097,08['  ]| Little $J$Aggie looked about$5$ with an impartial politeness 
025:097,09['  ]| that$6#1$, as an expression of the general$2$ blind$2$ sense 
025:097,10['  ]| of her being$1$ as to$4$ every particular in hands at full 
025:097,11['  ]| liberty either to$9$ spot or to$9$ spare$1$ her, was touching 
025:097,12['  ]| enough to$9$ bring tears to$4$ all eyes.  It perhaps had to$9$ 
025:097,13['  ]| do with the sudden$2$ emotion with which$6#1$ ~ using 
025:097,14['  ]| now quite a different manner ~ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
025:097,15['  ]| again embraced her, and even$5$ with this lady's equally 
025:097,16['  ]| abrupt and altogether wonderful address$0$ to$4$ her: 
025:097,16[D  ]| "Between 
025:097,17[D  ]| you and me straight, my dear$2#1$, and as from 
025:097,18[D  ]| friend to$4$ friend, I know you will$1$ never doubt$1$ that$3$ everything 
025:097,19[D  ]| must be all right$8$! ~ What$6#1$ I spoke of to$4$ poor 
025:097,20[D  ]| $M$Mitchy," 
025:097,20['  ]| she went on$5$ to$4$ the $I$Duchess, 
025:097,20[D  ]| "is the dreadful 
025:097,21[D  ]| view$0$ you take of my letting $A$Nanda go to$4$ $K$Tishy 
025:097,22[D  ]| ~ and indeed of the general$2$ question$0$ of any acquaintance 
025:097,23[D  ]| between young unmarried and young married 
025:097,24[D  ]| females.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett is sufficiently interested in us, 
025:097,25[D  ]| $I$Jane, to$9$ make$1$ it natural$2$ of me to$9$ take him into our 
025:097,26[D  ]| confidence in one of our difficulties.  On$4$ the other 
025:097,27[D  ]| hand we feel your solicitude, and I need not tell you 
025:097,28[D  ]| at this time of day what$6#1$ weight in every respect$0$ we 
025:097,29[D  ]| attach to$4$ your judgement.  Therefore$4$ it \will$1$\ be a difficulty 
025:097,30[D  ]| for$4$ us, \8cara*mia\, do not you see? if we decide 
025:097,31[D  ]| suddenly, under the spell of your influence$0$, that$3$ our 
025:097,32[D  ]| daughter must break off a friendship ~ it \will$1$\ be a 
025:098,01[D  ]| difficulty for$4$ us to$9$ put the thing to$4$ $A$Nanda herself in 
025:098,02[D  ]| such a way as that$3$ she shall have some sort of notion 
025:098,03[D  ]| of what$6#1$ suddenly possesses us.  Then there will$1$ be the 
025:098,04[D  ]| much stiffer job of putting it to$4$ poor $K$Tishy.  Yet if 
025:098,05[D  ]| her house \is\ an impossible place$0$ what$6#2$ else is one to$9$ 
025:098,06[D  ]| do?  $H$Carrie*Donner is to$9$ be there, and $H$Carrie*Donner is 
025:098,07[D  ]| a nature apart; but how can we ask even$5$ a little 
025:098,08[D  ]| lamb like$9$ $K$Tishy to$9$ give up her own$2$ sister?" 
025:098,09['  ]| The question$0$ had been launched with an argumentative 
025:098,10['  ]| sharpness that$6#1$ made it for$4$ a moment keep 
025:098,11['  ]| possession of the air, and during this moment, before$3$ 
025:098,12['  ]| a single member of the circle could rally, $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's 
025:098,13['  ]| effect$0$ was superseded by$4$ that$6#2$ of the reappearance 
025:098,14['  ]| of the butler. 
025:098,14[C  ]| "I say, my dear$2#1$, do not shriek!" 
025:098,15['  ]| ~ $C$Edward*Brookenham had only time to$9$ sound$1$ this 
025:098,16['  ]| warning before$3$ a lady, presenting herself in the open$2$ 
025:098,17['  ]| doorway, followed close$9$ on$4$ the announcement of her 
025:098,18['  ]| name$0$. 
025:098,18[O  ]| "$H$Mrs%*Beach*Donner!" 
025:098,18['  ]| ~ the impression was 
025:098,19['  ]| naturally marked.  Every*one betrayed it a little but 
025:098,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, who$6#1$, more than the others, appeared 
025:098,21['  ]| to$9$ have the help$0$ of seeing that$3$ by$4$ a merciful 
025:098,22['  ]| stroke her visitor had just$9$ failed to$9$ hear.  This visitor, 
025:098,23['  ]| a young woman of striking, of startling appearance, 
025:098,24['  ]| who$6#1$, in the manner of certain shiny house-doors and 
025:098,25['  ]| railings, instantly created a presumption of the lurking 
025:098,26['  ]| label "Fresh paint," found herself, with an embarrassment 
025:098,27['  ]| oddly opposed to$4$ the positive pitch of 
025:098,28['  ]| her complexion, in the presence of a group in which$6#1$ it 
025:098,29['  ]| was yet immediately evident that$3$ every*one was a 
025:098,30['  ]| friend.  Every*one, to$9$ show$1$ no*one had been caught, 
025:098,31['  ]| said something extremely easy; so$3$ that$3$ it was after$4$ a 
025:098,32['  ]| moment only poor $H$Mrs%*Donner who$6#1$, seated close$9$ to$4$ 
025:099,01['  ]| her hostess, seemed to$9$ be in any degree in the wrong$0$. 
025:099,02['  ]| This moreover was essentially her fault, so$5#1$ extreme 
025:099,03['  ]| was the anomaly of her having, without the means$0$ to$9$ 
025:099,04['  ]| back$1$ it up, committed herself to$4$ a "scheme$0$ of colour" 
025:099,05['  ]| that$6#1$ was practically an advertisement of courage. 
025:099,06['  ]| Irregularly pretty$2$ and painfully shy, she was retouched 
025:099,07['  ]| from brow to$4$ chin like$9$ a suburban photograph 
025:099,08['  ]| ~ the moral of which$6#1$ was simply that$3$ she 
025:099,09['  ]| should either have left$1$ more to$4$ nature or taken more 
025:099,10['  ]| from art.  The $I$Duchess had quickly reached her kinsman 
025:099,11['  ]| with a smothered hiss, an 
025:099,11[I  ]| "$C$Edward dear$2#1$, for$4$ 
025:099,12[I  ]| God's sake take $J$Aggie!" 
025:099,12['  ]| and at the end$0$ of a few 
025:099,13['  ]| minutes had formed for$4$ herself in one of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's 
025:099,14['  ]| admirable "corners" a society consisting of 
025:099,15['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton and $M$Mr%*Mitchett, the latter of whom$6#1$ 
025:099,16['  ]| regarded $H$Mrs%*Donner across$4$ the room with articulate 
025:099,17['  ]| wonder$0$ and compassion. 
025:099,18[M  ]| "It is all right$8$, it is all right$8$ ~ she is frightened 
025:099,19[M  ]| only at herself!" 
025:099,20['  ]| The $I$Duchess watched her as from a box at the play$0$, 
025:099,21['  ]| comfortably shut in, as in the old operatic days at 
025:099,22['  ]| Naples, with a pair$0$ of entertainers. 
025:099,22[I  ]| "You are the most 
025:099,23[I  ]| interesting nation in the world.  One never gets to$4$ the 
025:099,24[I  ]| end$0$ of your hatred of the \9nuance\.  The sense of the 
025:099,25[I  ]| suitable, the harmony of parts ~ what$6#2$ on$4$ earth were 
025:099,26[I  ]| you doomed to$9$ do that$6#2$, to$9$ be punished sufficiently in 
025:099,27[I  ]| advance, you had to$9$ be deprived of it in your very 
025:099,28[I  ]| cradles?  Look$1$ at her little black dress ~ rather good, 
025:099,29[I  ]| but not so$5#1$ good as it ought to$9$ be, and, mixed up with 
025:099,30[I  ]| all the rest$0#1$, see her type, her beauty, her timidity, her 
025:099,31[I  ]| wickedness, her notoriety and her \9impudeur\.  It is only 
025:099,32[I  ]| in this country that$3$ a woman is both so$5#1$ shocking and 
025:100,01[I  ]| so$5#1$ shaky." 
025:100,01['  ]| The $I$Duchess's displeasure overflowed. 
025:100,02[I  ]| "If she does not know how to$9$ be good ~" 
025:100,03[M  ]| "Let her at least know how to$9$ be bad?  Ah," 
025:100,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy replied, 
025:100,04[M  ]| "your irritation testifies more than 
025:100,05[M  ]| anything else could do to$4$ our peculiar genius or our 
025:100,06[M  ]| peculiar want$0$ of it.  Our vice is intolerably clumsy ~ 
025:100,07[M  ]| if it can possibly be a question$0$ of vice in regard$0$ to$4$ that$6#2$ 
025:100,08[M  ]| charming child, who$6#1$ looks$1$ like$9$ one of the new-fashioned 
025:100,09[M  ]| bill-posters, only, in the way of ""morbid modernity,"" 
025:100,10[M  ]| as $D$Mrs%*Brook would say, more extravagant 
025:100,11[M  ]| and funny than any that$6#1$ have yet been risked.  I remember," 
025:100,12['  ]| he continued, 
025:100,12[M  ]| "$D$Mrs%*Brook's having 
025:100,13[M  ]| spoken of her to$4$ me lately as ""wild.""  Wild? ~ why,
025:100,14[M  ]| she is simply tameness run$1$ to$4$ seed.  Such an expression 
025:100,15[M  ]| shows$1$ the state$0$ of training to$4$ which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook has 
025:100,16[M  ]| reduced the rest$0#1$ of us." 
025:100,17[I  ]| "It does not prevent at any rate$0$, $D$Mrs%*Brook's 
025:100,18[I  ]| training, some of the rest$0#1$ of you from being$1$ horrible," 
025:100,19['  ]| the $I$Duchess declared. 
025:100,19[I  ]| "What$6#2$ did you mean$1$ just$9$ 
025:100,20[I  ]| now, really, by$4$ asking me to$9$ explain before$4$ $J$Aggie this so$5#1$ 
025:100,21[I  ]| serious$2$ matter of $A$Nanda's exposure?" 
025:100,21['  ]| Then instantly 
025:100,22['  ]| taking herself up before$3$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett could answer: 
025:100,23[I  ]| "What$6#2$ on$4$ earth do you suppose $C$Edward's saying to$4$ 
025:100,24[I  ]| my darling?" 
025:100,25['  ]| $C$Brookenham had placed himself, side*by*side with 
025:100,26['  ]| the child, on$4$ a distant little settee, but it was impossible 
025:100,27['  ]| to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ from the countenance of either if a 
025:100,28['  ]| sound$0$ had passed between them.  $J$Aggie's little manner 
025:100,29['  ]| was too$5#1$ developed to$9$ show$1$, and her host was not 
025:100,30['  ]| developed enough. 
025:100,30[N  ]| "Oh he is awfully careful," 
025:100,30['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton 
025:100,31['  ]| reassuringly observed. 
025:100,31[N  ]| "If you or I or 
025:100,32[N  ]| $M$Mitchy say anything bad it is sure to$9$ be before$3$ we 
025:101,01[N  ]| know it and without particularly meaning$1$ it.  But old 
025:101,02[N  ]| $C$Edward means$1$ it ~" 
025:101,03[I  ]| "So$5#1$ much that$3$ as a general$2$ thing he does not dare$1#1$ to$9$ 
025:101,04[I  ]| say it?" 
025:101,04['  ]| the $I$Duchess asked. 
025:101,04[I  ]| "That is a pretty$2$ picture$0$ 
025:101,05[I  ]| of him, inasmuch as for$4$ the most part$0$ he never speaks. 
025:101,06[I  ]| What$6#2$ therefore must he mean$1$?" 
025:101,07[M  ]| "He is an abyss ~ he is magnificent!" 
025:101,07['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
025:101,08['  ]| laughed. 
025:101,08[M  ]| "I do not know a man of an understanding$0$ 
025:101,09[M  ]| more profound, and he is equally incapable of uttering 
025:101,10[M  ]| and of wincing.  If by$4$ the same token I am ""horrible,"" 
025:101,11[M  ]| as you call me," 
025:101,11['  ]| he pursued, 
025:101,11[M  ]| "it is only because 
025:101,12[M  ]| I am in every way so$5#1$ beastly superficial.  All 
025:101,13[M  ]| the same I do sometimes go into things, and I insist 
025:101,14[M  ]| on$4$ knowing," 
025:101,14['  ]| he again broke out$5$, 
025:101,14[M  ]| "what$6#1$ it exactly 
025:101,15[M  ]| was you had in mind$0$ in saying to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook the 
025:101,16[M  ]| things about$4$ $A$Nanda and myself that$3$ she repeated to$4$ 
025:101,17[M  ]| me." 
025:101,18[I  ]| "You ""insist,"" you silly man?" 
025:101,18['  ]| ~ the $I$Duchess had 
025:101,19['  ]| veered a little to$4$ indulgence. 
025:101,19[I  ]| "Pray on$4$ what$6#2$ ground 
025:101,20[I  ]| of right$0$, in such a connexion, do you do anything of 
025:101,21[I  ]| the sort?" 
025:101,22['  ]| Poor $M$Mitchy showed but for$4$ a moment that$3$ he felt
025:101,23['  ]| pulled up. 
025:101,23[M  ]| "Do you mean$1$ that$3$ when a girl liked by$4$ 
025:101,24[M  ]| a fellow likes him so$5#1$ little in return$0$ ~?" 
025:101,25[I  ]| "I do not mean$1$ anything," 
025:101,25['  ]| said the $I$Duchess, 
025:101,25[I  ]| "that$6#1$ 
025:101,26[I  ]| may$1$ provoke you to$9$ suppose me vulgar and odious 
025:101,27[I  ]| enough to$9$ try to$9$ put you out$8$ of conceit of a most 
025:101,28[I  ]| interesting and unfortunate creature; and I do not 
025:101,29[I  ]| quite as yet see ~ though I dare$1#2$ say I shall soon 
025:101,30[I  ]| make$1$ out$5$! ~ what$6#1$ our friend has in her head$0$ in tattling 
025:101,31[I  ]| to$4$ you on$4$ these matters as soon as my back is 
025:101,32[I  ]| turned.  $N$Petherton will$1$ tell you ~ I wonder$1$ he has not 
025:102,01[I  ]| told you before$5$ ~ why $K$Mrs%*Grendon, though not 
025:102,02[I  ]| perhaps herself quite the rose$0$, is decidedly in these 
025:102,03[I  ]| days too$5#1$ near$9$ it." 
025:102,04[M  ]| "Oh $N$Petherton never tells me anything!" 
025:102,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy's 
025:102,05['  ]| answer was brisk and impatient, but evidently quite 
025:102,06['  ]| as sincere as if the person alluded to$4$ had not been 
025:102,07['  ]| there. 
025:102,08['  ]| The person alluded to$4$ meanwhile, fidgeting frankly 
025:102,09['  ]| in his chair, alternately stretching his legs and resting 
025:102,10['  ]| his elbows on$4$ his knees, had reckoned as small the 
025:102,11['  ]| profit he might derive from this colloquy.  His bored 
025:102,12['  ]| state$0$ indeed ~ if he was bored ~ prompted in him 
025:102,13['  ]| the honest impulse to$9$ clear$1$, as he would have perhaps 
025:102,14['  ]| considered it, the atmosphere.  He indicated $H$Mrs%*Donner 
025:102,15['  ]| with a remarkable absence of precautions. 
025:102,16[N  ]| "Why, what$6#1$ the $I$Duchess alludes to$4$ is my poor sister 
025:102,17[N  ]| $G$Fanny's stupid grievance ~ surely you know about$4$ 
025:102,18[N  ]| that$6#2$." 
025:102,18['  ]| He made oddly vivid for$4$ a moment the nature 
025:102,19['  ]| of his relative's allegation, his somewhat cynical 
025:102,20['  ]| treatment of which$6#1$ became peculiarly derisive in the 
025:102,21['  ]| light$0$ of the attitude and expression, at that$6#2$ minute$0$, 
025:102,22['  ]| of the figure incriminated. 
025:102,22[N  ]| "My brother-in-law is too$5#1$ 
025:102,23[N  ]| thick with her.  But $F$Cashmore is such a fine old ass. 
025:102,24[N  ]| It is excessively unpleasant," 
025:102,24['  ]| he added, 
025:102,24[N  ]| "for$3$ affairs 
025:102,25[N  ]| are just$9$ in that$6#2$ position in which, from one day to$4$ 
025:102,26[N  ]| another, there may$1$ be something that$6#1$ people will$1$ get 
025:102,27[N  ]| hold$0$ of.  Fancy$1$ a man," 
025:102,27['  ]| he robustly reflected while$9$ 
025:102,28['  ]| the three took in more completely the subject$0$ of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's 
025:102,29['  ]| attention ~ 
025:102,29[N  ]| "fancy$1$ a man with \that$6#2$\ 
025:102,30[N  ]| odd piece on$4$ his hands!  The beauty of it is that$3$ the 
025:102,31[N  ]| two women seem never to$9$ have broken off.  Blest if 
025:102,32[N  ]| they do not still$5$ keep seeing each other!" 
025:103,01['  ]| The $I$Duchess, as on$4$ everything else, passed succinctly 
025:103,02['  ]| on$4$ this. 
025:103,02[I  ]| "Ah how can hatreds comfortably 
025:103,03[I  ]| flourish without the nourishment of such regular 
025:103,04[I  ]| ""seeing"" as what$6#1$ you call here bosom friendship alone 
025:103,05[I  ]| supplies?  What$6#2$ are parties given for$4$ in London but 
025:103,06[I  ]| that$3$ enemies may$1$ meet$1$?  I grant you it is inconceivable 
025:103,07[I  ]| that$3$ the husband of a superb creature like$9$ your sister 
025:103,08[I  ]| should find his requirements better$9$ met by$4$ an object$0$ 
025:103,09[I  ]| \9comme*cette*petite\, who$6#1$ looks like$9$ a pen-wiper ~ an 
025:103,10[I  ]| actress's idea of one ~ made up for$4$ a theatrical 
025:103,11[I  ]| bazaar.  At the same time, if you will$1$ allow me to$9$ say 
025:103,12[I  ]| so$5#2$, it scarcely strikes one that$3$ your sister's prudence 
025:103,13[I  ]| is such as to$9$ have placed all the cards in her hands. 
025:103,14[I  ]| She is the most beautiful woman in England, but her 
025:103,15[I  ]| \9esprit*de*conduite\ is not quite on$4$ a level$0$.  One can not 
025:103,16[I  ]| have everything!" 
025:103,16['  ]| she philosophically sighed. 
025:103,17['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton met her comfortably enough on$4$ 
025:103,18['  ]| this assumption of his detachments. 
025:103,18[N  ]| "If you mean$1$ 
025:103,19[N  ]| by$4$ that$6#2$ her being$1$ the biggest fool alive I am quite 
025:103,20[N  ]| ready to$9$ agree with you.  It is exactly what$6#1$ makes me 
025:103,21[N  ]| afraid.  Yet how can I decently say in especial," 
025:103,21['  ]| he 
025:103,22['  ]| asked, 
025:103,22[N  ]| "of what$6#2$?" 
025:103,23['  ]| The $I$Duchess still$5$ perched on$4$ her critical height. 
025:103,24[I  ]| "Of what$6#2$ but one of your amazing English periodical 
025:103,25[I  ]| public$2$ washings of dirty linen?  There is not the least 
025:103,26[I  ]| necessity to$9$ ""say""!" 
025:103,26['  ]| she laughed. 
025:103,26[I  ]| "If there is anything 
025:103,27[I  ]| more remarkable than these purifications it is 
025:103,28[I  ]| the domestic$2$ comfort with which$6#1$, when all has come 
025:103,29[I  ]| and gone, you sport$1$ the articles purified." 
025:103,30[M  ]| "It comes back$5$, in all that$6#2$ sphere," 
025:103,30['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
025:103,31['  ]| instructively opined, 
025:103,31[M  ]| "to$4$ our national, our fatal want$0$ 
025:103,32[M  ]| of style.  We can never, dear$2#1$ $I$Duchess, take too$5#1$ many 
025:104,01[M  ]| lessons, and there is probably at the present$9$ time 
025:104,02[M  ]| no$2$ more useful function to$9$ be performed among us 
025:104,03[M  ]| than that$6#2$ dissemination of neater methods to$4$ which$6#1$ 
025:104,04[M  ]| you are so$5#1$ good as to$9$ contribute." 
025:104,05['  ]| He had had another idea, but before$3$ he reached it 
025:104,06['  ]| his companion had gaily broken in. 
025:104,06[N  ]| "Awfully good 
025:104,07[N  ]| one for$4$ you, $I$Duchess ~ and I am bound to$9$ say that$3$, 
025:104,08[N  ]| for$4$ a clever woman, you exposed yourself!  I have at any 
025:104,09[N  ]| rate$0$ a sense of comfort$0$," 
025:104,09['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton pursued, 
025:104,10[N  ]| "in the good relations now more and more established 
025:104,11[N  ]| between poor $G$Fanny and $D$Mrs%*Brook.  $D$Mrs%*Brook is 
025:104,12[N  ]| awfully kind$2$ to$4$ her and awfully sharp, and $G$Fanny 
025:104,13[N  ]| will$1$ take things from her that$6#1$ she will$1$ not take from me. 
025:104,14[N  ]| I keep saying to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook ~ do not you know? ~ 
025:104,15[N  ]| ""Do keep hold$0$ of her and let her have it strong.""  She 
025:104,16[N  ]| has not, upon my honour$0$, any*one in the world but 
025:104,17[N  ]| me." 
025:104,18[I  ]| "And we know the extent of \that$6#2$\ resource!" 
025:104,18['  ]| the 
025:104,19['  ]| $I$Duchess freely commented. 
025:104,20[N  ]| "That is exactly what$6#1$ $G$Fanny says ~ that$3$ \she\ knows 
025:104,21[N  ]| it," 
025:104,21['  ]| $N$Petherton good-humouredly agreed. 
025:104,21[N  ]| "She says 
025:104,22[N  ]| my beastly hypocrisy makes her sick.  There are 
025:104,23[N  ]| people," 
025:104,23['  ]| he pleasantly rambled on$5$, 
025:104,23[N  ]| "who$6#1$ are awfully 
025:104,24[N  ]| free with their advice, but it is mostly fearful rot. 
025:104,25[N  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's is not, upon my word ~ I have tried some 
025:104,26[N  ]| myself!" 
025:104,27[I  ]| "You talk$1$ as if it were something nasty and homemade 
025:104,28[I  ]| ~ gooseberry wine!" 
025:104,28['  ]| the $I$Duchess laughed; 
025:104,29[I  ]| "but one can not know the dear$2#1$ soul, of course$8$, without 
025:104,30[I  ]| knowing that$3$ she has set$1$ up, for$4$ the convenience of her 
025:104,31[I  ]| friends, a little office for$4$ consultations.  She listens to$4$ 
025:104,32[I  ]| the case, she strokes her chin and prescribes ~" 
025:105,01[N  ]| "And the beauty of it is," 
025:105,01['  ]| cried $N$Lord*Petherton, 
025:105,02[N  ]| "that$3$ she makes no$2$ charge$0$ whatever!" 
025:105,03[I  ]| "She does not take a guinea at the time, but you 
025:105,04[I  ]| may$1$ still$5$ get your account$0$," 
025:105,04['  ]| the $I$Duchess returned. 
025:105,05[I  ]| "Of course$8$ we know that$3$ the great business she does 
025:105,06[I  ]| is in husbands and wives." 
025:105,07[M  ]| "This then seems the day of the wives!" 
025:105,07['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett 
025:105,08['  ]| interposed as he became aware, the first, of 
025:105,09['  ]| the illustration the $I$Duchess's image was in the act 
025:105,10['  ]| of receiving. 
025:105,10[O  ]| "$G$Lady*Fanny*Cashmore!" 
025:105,10['  ]| ~ the butler 
025:105,11['  ]| was already in the field, and the company, with the 
025:105,12['  ]| exception of $H$Mrs%*Donner, who$6#1$ remained seated, was 
025:105,13['  ]| apparently conscious of a vibration that$6#1$ brought it 
025:105,14['  ]| afresh, but still$5$ more nimbly than on$4$ $J$Aggie's advent, 
025:105,15['  ]| to$4$ its feet. 
026:106,01[I  ]| "Go to$4$ her straight ~ be nice to$4$ her:  you must have 
026:106,02[I  ]| plenty to$9$ say.  \You\ stay$1$ with me ~ we have our affair." 
026:106,03['  ]| The latter of these commands the $I$Duchess 
026:106,04['  ]| addressed to$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett, while$9$ their companion, in 
026:106,05['  ]| obedience to$4$ the former and affected, as it seemed, by$4$ 
026:106,06['  ]| an unrepressed familiar accent that$6#1$ stirred a fresh 
026:106,07['  ]| flicker of $M$Mitchy's grin, met the new arrival in the 
026:106,08['  ]| middle of the room before$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had had 
026:106,09['  ]| time to$9$ reach$1$ her.  The $I$Duchess, quickly reseated, 
026:106,10['  ]| watched an instant$0$ the inexpressive concussion of the 
026:106,11['  ]| tall brother and sister; then while$9$ $M$Mitchy again subsided 
026:106,12['  ]| into his place$0$, 
026:106,12[I  ]| "You are not, as a race, clever, 
026:106,13[I  ]| you are not delicate, you are not sane, but you are 
026:106,14[I  ]| capable of extraordinary good looks$0$," 
026:106,14['  ]| she resumed. 
026:106,15[I  ]| "\9Vous 9avez 9parfois 9la 9grande 9beaute=\." 
026:106,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy was much amused. 
026:106,16[M  ]| "Do you really think 
026:106,17[M  ]| $N$Petherton has?" 
026:106,18['  ]| The $I$Duchess withstood it. 
026:106,18[I  ]| "They have got, both outside 
026:106,19[I  ]| and in, the same great general$2$ things, only turned, 
026:106,20[I  ]| in each, rather different ways, a way safer for$4$ him as 
026:106,21[I  ]| a man, and more triumphant for$4$ her as ~ whatever 
026:106,22[I  ]| you choose to$9$ call her!  What$6#2$ \can\ a woman do," 
026:106,22['  ]| she 
026:106,23['  ]| richly mused, 
026:106,23[I  ]| "with such beauty at that$6#2$ ~?" 
026:106,24[M  ]| "Except come desperately to$9$ advise with $D$Mrs%*Brook" 
026:106,25['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy undertook to$9$ complete$1$ her question$0$ ~ 
026:106,26[M  ]| "as to the highest use$0$ to$9$ make$1$ of it?  But 
026:106,27[M  ]| see," 
026:106,27['  ]| he immediately added, 
026:106,27[M  ]| "how perfectly competent 
026:107,01[M  ]| to$9$ instruct her our friend now looks$1$." 
026:107,01['  ]| Their 
026:107,02['  ]| hostess had advanced to$4$ $G$Lady*Fanny with an out-stretched 
026:107,03['  ]| hand but with an eagerness of greeting 
026:107,04['  ]| merged a little in the sweet predominance of wonder$0$ 
026:107,05['  ]| as well$9$ as in the habit, at such moments most perceptible, 
026:107,06['  ]| of the languid lily-bend.  Nothing in general$0$ 
026:107,07['  ]| could have been less conventionally poor than the 
026:107,08['  ]| kind$0$ of reception given in $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's drawing-room 
026:107,09['  ]| to$4$ the particular element ~ the element of 
026:107,10['  ]| physical splendour void$2$ of those disparities that$6#1$ make$1$ 
026:107,11['  ]| the question$0$ of others tiresome ~ comprised in $G$Lady*Fanny's
026:107,12['  ]| presence.  It was a place$0$ in which$6#1$, at all times, 
026:107,13['  ]| before$4$ interesting objects$0$, the unanimous occupants, 
026:107,14['  ]| almost more concerned for$4$ each other's vibrations 
026:107,15['  ]| than for$4$ anything else, were apt rather more to$9$ exchange$1$ 
026:107,16['  ]| sharp and silent searchings than to$9$ fix their 
026:107,17['  ]| eyes on$4$ the object$0$ itself.  In the case of $G$Lady*Fanny, 
026:107,18['  ]| however, the object$0$ itself ~ and quite by$4$ the same 
026:107,19['  ]| law that$6#1$ had worked, though less profoundly, on$4$ 
026:107,20['  ]| the entrance of little $J$Aggie ~ superseded the usual 
026:107,21['  ]| rapt communion very much in the manner of some 
026:107,22['  ]| beautiful tame tigress who$6#1$ might really coerce attention. 
026:107,23['  ]| There was in $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's way of looking 
026:107,24['  ]| up at her a dim despairing abandonment of the 
026:107,25['  ]| idea of any common$2$ personal ground.  $G$Lady*Fanny, 
026:107,26['  ]| magnificent, simple$2$, stupid, had almost the stature of 
026:107,27['  ]| her brother, a forehead unsurpassably low and an 
026:107,28['  ]| air of sombre concentration just$9$ sufficiently corrected 
026:107,29['  ]| by$4$ something in her movements that$6#1$ failed to$9$ give it 
026:107,30['  ]| a point$0$.  Her blue eyes were heavy in spite$8$ of being$1$ 
026:107,31['  ]| perhaps a couple of shades too$5#1$ clear$2$, and the wealth 
026:107,32['  ]| of her black hair, the disposition of the massive coils 
026:108,01['  ]| of which$6#1$ was all her own$2$, had possibly a satin sheen 
026:108,02['  ]| depreciated by$4$ the current fashion$0$.  But the great 
026:108,03['  ]| thing in her was that$3$ she was, with unconscious 
026:108,04['  ]| heroism, thoroughly herself; and what$6#2$ were $D$Mrs%*Brook 
026:108,05['  ]| and $D$Mrs%*Brook's intimates after$4$ all, in their 
026:108,06['  ]| free surrender$0$ to$4$ the play$0$ of perception, but a happy 
026:108,07['  ]| association for$4$ keeping$1$ her so$5#2$?  The $I$Duchess was 
026:108,08['  ]| moved to$4$ the liveliest admiration by$4$ the grand simple$2$ 
026:108,09['  ]| sweetness of her encounter with $H$Mrs%*Donner, a combination 
026:108,10['  ]| indeed in which$6#1$ it was a question$0$ if she or 
026:108,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook appeared to$4$ the higher advantage.  It 
026:108,12['  ]| was poor $H$Mrs%*Donner ~ not, like$9$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, subtle 
026:108,13['  ]| in sufficiency, nor, like$9$ $G$Lady*Fanny, almost too$5#1$ simple$2$ 
026:108,14['  ]| ~ who$6#1$ made the poorest show$0$.  The $I$Duchess 
026:108,15['  ]| immediately marked it to$4$ $M$Mitchy as infinitely characteristic 
026:108,16['  ]| that$3$ their hostess, instead of letting one of her 
026:108,17['  ]| visitors go, kept them together by$4$ some sweet ingenuity 
026:108,18['  ]| and while$9$ $N$Lord*Petherton, dropping  his sister, 
026:108,19['  ]| joined $C$Edward and $J$Aggie in the other angle, sat 
026:108,20['  ]| there between them as if, in pursuance of some awfully 
026:108,21['  ]| clever line of her own$2$, she were holding a hand of 
026:108,22['  ]| each.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett of course$8$ did justice all round$9$, 
026:108,23['  ]| or at least, as would have seemed from an enquiry he 
026:108,24['  ]| presently made, wished not to$9$ fail of it. 
026:108,24[M  ]| "Is it your 
026:108,25[M  ]| real impression then that$3$ $G$Lady*Fanny has serious$2$ 
026:108,26[M  ]| grounds ~?" 
026:108,27[I  ]| "For$4$ jealousy of that$6#2$ preposterous little person? 
026:108,28[I  ]| My dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchett," 
026:108,28['  ]| the $I$Duchess resumed after$4$ a 
026:108,29['  ]| moment's reflexion, 
026:108,29[I  ]| "if you are so$5#1$ rash as to$9$ ask me 
026:108,30[I  ]| in any of these connexions for$4$ my ""real"" impression 
026:108,31[I  ]| you deserve whatever you may$1$ get." 
026:108,31['  ]| The penalty 
026:108,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy had incurred was apparently grave$2$ enough to$9$ 
026:109,01['  ]| make$1$ his companion just$9$ falter in the infliction of it; 
026:109,02['  ]| which$6#1$ gave him the opportunity of replying 
026:109,02@m   | that$3$ the 
026:109,03@m   | little person was perhaps not more preposterous than 
026:109,04@m   | any*one else, that$3$ there was something in her he rather 
026:109,05@m   | liked, and that$3$ there were many different ways in 
026:109,06@m   | which$6#1$ a woman could be interesting. 
026:109,06['  ]| This further 
026:109,07['  ]| levity it was therefore that$6#1$ laid him fully open$2$. 
026:109,07[I  ]| "Do 
026:109,08[I  ]| you mean$1$ to$9$ say you have been living$9$ with $N$Petherton 
026:109,09[I  ]| so$5#1$ long$9$ without becoming$1$ aware that$3$ he is shockingly 
026:109,10[I  ]| worried?" 
026:109,11[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $I$Duchess," 
026:109,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled, 
026:109,11[M  ]| "$N$Petherton 
026:109,12[M  ]| carries his worries with a bravery!  They are so$5#1$ many 
026:109,13[M  ]| that$3$ I have long$9$ since ceased to$9$ count them; and in 
026:109,14[M  ]| general$0$ I have been disposed to$9$ let those pass$1$ that$6#1$ I 
026:109,15[M  ]| can not help$1$ him to$9$ meet$1$.  \You have\ made, I judge$1$," 
026:109,15['  ]| he 
026:109,16['  ]| went on$5$, 
026:109,16[M  ]| "a better$9$ use$0$ of opportunities perhaps not 
026:109,17[M  ]| so$5#1$ good ~ such as at any rate$0$ enables you to$9$ see 
026:109,18[M  ]| further than I into the meaning$0$ of the impatience 
026:109,19[M  ]| he just$9$ now expressed." 
026:109,20['  ]| The $I$Duchess was admirable, in conversation, for$4$ 
026:109,21['  ]| neglecting everything not essential to$4$ her present$9$ 
026:109,22['  ]| plausibility. 
026:109,22[I  ]| "A woman like$9$ $G$Lady*Fanny can have 
026:109,23[I  ]| no$2$ ""grounds"" for$4$ anything ~ for$4$ any indignation, I 
026:109,24[I  ]| mean$1$, or for$4$ any revenge worth twopence.  In this 
026:109,25[I  ]| particular case at all events they have been sacrificed 
026:109,26[I  ]| with such extravagance that$3$, as an injured wife, she 
026:109,27[I  ]| has not had the gumption to$9$ keep back$5$ an inch or two 
026:109,28[I  ]| to$9$ stand$1$ on$4$.  She can do absolutely nothing." 
026:109,29[M  ]| "Then you take the view$0$ ~?" 
026:109,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy, who$6#1$ had, 
026:109,30['  ]| after$4$ all, his delicacies, pulled up as at sight of a name$0$. 
026:109,31[I  ]| "I take the view$0$," 
026:109,31['  ]| said the $I$Duchess, 
026:109,31[I  ]| "and I know 
026:109,32[I  ]| exactly why.  \9Elle 9se 9les 9passe\ ~ her little fancies$0$! 
026:110,01[I  ]| She is a phenomenon, poor dear$2#1$.  And all with ~ 
026:110,02[I  ]| what$6#2$ shall I call it?  ~ the absence of haunting remorse 
026:110,03[I  ]| of a good house-mother who$6#1$ makes the family 
026:110,04[I  ]| accounts balance.  She looks$1$ ~ and it is what$6#1$ they 
026:110,05[I  ]| love$1$ her for$4$ here when they say ""Watch$1$ her now!"" ~ 
026:110,06[I  ]| like$9$ an angry saint; but she is neither a saint nor, to$9$ 
026:110,07[I  ]| be perfectly fair to$4$ her, really angry at all.  She has 
026:110,08[I  ]| only just$9$ enough reflexion to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ that$3$ it may$1$ 
026:110,09[I  ]| some day be a little better$9$ for$4$ her that$3$ her husband 
026:110,10[I  ]| shall, on$4$ his side$0$ too$5#2$, have committed himself; and 
026:110,11[I  ]| she is only, in secret$0$, too$5#1$ pleased to$9$ be sure whom$6#1$ it 
026:110,12[I  ]| has been with.  All the same I must tell you," 
026:110,12['  ]| the 
026:110,13['  ]| $I$Duchess still$5$ more crisply added, 
026:110,13[I  ]| "that$3$ our little 
026:110,14[I  ]| friend $A$Nanda is of the opinion ~ which$6#1$ I gather her 
026:110,15[I  ]| to$9$ be quite ready to$9$ defend ~ that$3$ $G$Lady*Fanny is 
026:110,16[I  ]| wrong$1$." 
026:110,17['  ]| Poor $M$Mitchy found himself staring. 
026:110,17[M  ]| "But what$6#2$ has 
026:110,18[M  ]| our little friend $A$Nanda to$9$ do with it?" 
026:110,19[I  ]| "What$6#2$ indeed, bless her heart?  If you \will$1$\ ask 
026:110,20[I  ]| questions, however, you must take, as I say, your 
026:110,21[I  ]| risks.  There are days when between you all you 
026:110,22[I  ]| stupefy me.  One of them was when I happened 
026:110,23[I  ]| about$4$ a month ago to$9$ make$1$ some allusion to$4$ the 
026:110,24[I  ]| charming example of $F$Mr%*Cashmore's fine taste that$6#1$ 
026:110,25[I  ]| we have there before$4$ us: what$6#2$ was my surprise$0$ at the 
026:110,26[I  ]| tone taken by$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook to$9$ deny on$4$ this little lady's 
026:110,27[I  ]| behalf the soft impeachment?  It was quite a mistake$0$ 
026:110,28[I  ]| that$3$ anything had happened ~ $H$Mrs%*Donner had 
026:110,29[I  ]| pulled through$5$ unscathed.  She had been but a day 
026:110,30[I  ]| or two at the most in danger, for$3$ her family and 
026:110,31[I  ]| friends ~ the best influences ~ had rallied to$4$ her 
026:110,32[I  ]| support$0$: the flurry was all over.  She was now perfectly 
026:111,01[I  ]| safe.  Do you think she looks$1$ so$5#2$?" 
026:111,01['  ]| the $I$Duchess 
026:111,02['  ]| asked. 
026:111,03['  ]| This was not a point$0$ that$6#1$ $M$Mitchy was conscious of 
026:111,04['  ]| freedom of mind$0$ to$9$ examine. 
026:111,04[M  ]| "Do I understand you 
026:111,05[M  ]| that$3$ $A$Nanda was her mother's authority ~?" 
026:111,06[I  ]| "For$4$ the exact$2$ shade of the intimacy of the two 
026:111,07[I  ]| friends and the state$0$ of $D$Mrs%*Brook's information? 
026:111,08[I  ]| Precisely ~ it was ""the latest before$4$ going to$4$ press$0$."" 
026:111,09[I  ]| ""Our own$2$ correspondent""!  Her mother quoted her." 
026:111,10['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett visibly wondered. 
026:111,10[M  ]| "But how should 
026:111,11[M  ]| $A$Nanda know ~?" 
026:111,12[I  ]| "Anything about$4$ the matter?  How should she \not\ 
026:111,13[I  ]| know everything?  You have not, I suppose, lost sight 
026:111,14[I  ]| of the fact that$3$ this lady and $K$Mrs%*Grendon are sisters. 
026:111,15[I  ]| $H$Carrie's situation and $H$Carrie's perils are naturally 
026:111,16[I  ]| very present$9$ to$4$ the extremely unoccupied $K$Tishy, who$6#1$ 
026:111,17[I  ]| is unhappily married into the bargain, who$6#1$ has no$2$ 
026:111,18[I  ]| children, and whose$6#1$ house, as you may$1$ imagine, has 
026:111,19[I  ]| a good thick atmosphere of partisanship.  So$3$, as with 
026:111,20[I  ]| $A$Nanda, on$4$ \her\ side$0$, there is no$2$ more absorbing interest$0$ 
026:111,21[I  ]| than her dear$2#1$ friend $K$Tishy, with whom$6#1$ she is 
026:111,22[I  ]| at present$0#1$ staying and under whose$6#1$ roof she perpetually 
026:111,23[I  ]| meets this victim of unjust aspersions ~!" 
026:111,24[M  ]| "I see the whole$2$ thing from here, you imply?" 
026:111,25['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett, under the influence$0$ of this rapid evocation, 
026:111,26['  ]| had already taken his line. 
026:111,26[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
026:111,26['  ]| he said 
026:111,27['  ]| bravely, 
026:111,27[M  ]| "$A$Nanda is not a fool." 
026:111,28['  ]| A momentary silence$0$ on$4$ the part$0$ of the $I$Duchess 
026:111,29['  ]| might have been her tribute to$4$ his courage. 
026:111,29[I  ]| "No$7$.  I 
026:111,30[I  ]| do not agree with her, as it happens, here; but that$3$ 
026:111,31[I  ]| there are matters as to$4$ which$6#1$ she is not in general$0$ at 
026:111,32[I  ]| all befogged is exactly the worst I ever said of her. 
026:112,01[I  ]| And I hold$1$ that$3$ in putting it so$5#2$ ~ on$4$ the basis of my 
026:112,02[I  ]| little anecdote ~ you clearly give out$5$ that$3$ you are 
026:112,03[I  ]| answered." 
026:112,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy turned it over. 
026:112,04[M  ]| "Answered?" 
026:112,05[I  ]| "In the quarrel$0$ that$6#1$ a while$0$ back$5$ you sought to$9$ 
026:112,06[I  ]| pick with me.  What$6#1$ I touched on$4$ to$4$ her mother was 
026:112,07[I  ]| the peculiar range$0$ of aspects and interests$0$ she is compelled 
026:112,08[I  ]| to$9$ cultivate by$4$ the special intimacies that$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook 
026:112,09[I  ]| permits her.  There they are ~ and that is all 
026:112,10[I  ]| I said.  Judge$1$ them for$4$ yourself." 
026:112,11['  ]| The $I$Duchess had risen as she spoke, which$6#1$ was 
026:112,12['  ]| also what$6#1$ $H$Mrs%*Donner and $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had 
026:112,13['  ]| done; and $M$Mr%*Mitchett was on$4$ his feet as well$9$, to$9$ 
026:112,14['  ]| act$1$ on$4$ this last$2$ admonition.  $H$Mrs%*Donner was taking 
026:112,15['  ]| leave$0$, and there occurred among the three ladies in 
026:112,16['  ]| connexion with the circumstance a somewhat striking 
026:112,17['  ]| exchange$0$ of endearments.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett, observing 
026:112,18['  ]| this, expressed himself suddenly as diverted. 
026:112,18[M  ]| "By$4$ 
026:112,19[M  ]| Jove, they are kissing ~ she is in $G$Lady*Fanny's 
026:112,20[M  ]| arms!" 
026:112,20['  ]| But his hilarity was still$5$ to$9$ deepen. 
026:112,20[M  ]| "And 
026:112,21[M  ]| $G$Lady*Fanny, by$4$ Jove, is in $D$Mrs%*Brook's!" 
026:112,22[I  ]| "Oh it is all beyond$4$ \me!\" 
026:112,22['  ]| the $I$Duchess cried; and 
026:112,23['  ]| the little wail of her baffled imagination had almost the 
026:112,24['  ]| austerity of a complaint. 
026:112,25[M  ]| "Not a bit ~ they are all right$8$.  $D$Mrs%*Brook has 
026:112,26[M  ]| acted!" 
026:112,26['  ]| $M$Mitchy went on$5$. 
026:112,27[I  ]| "Ah it is not that$3$ she does not ""act$1$""!" 
026:112,27['  ]| his interlocutress 
026:112,28['  ]| ejaculated. 
026:112,29['  ]| $H$Mrs%*Donner's face presented, as she now crossed 
026:112,30['  ]| the room, something that$6#1$ resembled the ravage of a 
026:112,31['  ]| death-struggle between its artificial and its natural$2$ 
026:112,32['  ]| elegance. 
026:112,32[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
026:112,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy said with decision as he 
026:113,01['  ]| caught it ~ 
026:113,01[M  ]| "I back$1$ $A$Nanda." 
026:113,01['  ]| And while$9$ a whiff of 
026:113,02['  ]| derision reached him from the $I$Duchess, 
026:113,02[M  ]| "Nothing 
026:113,03[M  ]| \has\ happened!" 
026:113,03['  ]| he murmured. 
026:113,04['  ]| As to$9$ reward$1$ him for$4$ an indulgence that$6#1$ she must 
026:113,05['  ]| much more have divined than overheard the visitor 
026:113,06['  ]| approached him with her sweet bravery of alarm$0$. 
026:113,06[H  ]| "I 
026:113,07[H  ]| go on$4$ Thursday to$4$ my sister's, where I shall find 
026:113,08[H  ]| $A$Nanda*Brookenham.  Can I take her any message 
026:113,09[H  ]| from you?" 
026:113,10['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett showed a rosiness that$6#1$ might positively 
026:113,11['  ]| have been reflected. 
026:113,11[M  ]| "Why should you dream$1$ 
026:113,12[M  ]| of her expecting one?" 
026:113,13[I  ]| "Oh," 
026:113,13['  ]| said the $I$Duchess with a cheer that$6#1$ but half 
026:113,14['  ]| carried off her asperity, 
026:113,14[I  ]| "$D$Mrs%*Brook must have told 
026:113,15[I  ]| $H$Mrs%*Donner to$9$ ask you!" 
026:113,16['  ]| The latter lady, at this, rested strange eyes on$4$ the 
026:113,17['  ]| speaker, and they had perhaps something to$9$ do with 
026:113,18['  ]| a quick$2$ flare of $M$Mitchy's wit$0#1$. 
026:113,18[M  ]| "Tell her, please ~ if, 
026:113,19[M  ]| as I suppose, you came here to$9$ ask the same of her 
026:113,20[M  ]| mother ~ that$3$ I adore her still$5$ more for$4$ keeping$1$ in 
026:113,21[M  ]| such happy relations with you as enable me thus to$9$ 
026:113,22[M  ]| meet$1$ you." 
026:113,23['  ]| $H$Mrs%*Donner, overwhelmed, took flight with a nervous 
026:113,24['  ]| laugh$0$, leaving $M$Mr%*Mitchett and the $I$Duchess 
026:113,25['  ]| still$5$ confronted.  Nothing had passed between the 
026:113,26['  ]| two ladies, yet it was as if there were a trace of something 
026:113,27['  ]| in the eyes of the elder, which$6#1$, during a moment's 
026:113,28['  ]| silence$0$, moved from the retreating visitor, now 
026:113,29['  ]| formally taken over at the door by$4$ $C$Edward*Brookenham, 
026:113,30['  ]| to$4$ $G$Lady*Fanny and her hostess, who$6#1$, in spite$8$ 
026:113,31['  ]| of the embraces just$9$ performed, had again subsided 
026:113,32['  ]| together while$9$ $D$Mrs%*Brook gazed up in exalted intelligence. 
026:114,01[I  ]| "It is a funny house," 
026:114,01['  ]| said the $I$Duchess 
026:114,02['  ]| at last$0$. 
026:114,02[I  ]| "She makes me such a scene over my not 
026:114,03[I  ]| bringing $J$Aggie, and still$5$ more over my very faint hint$0$ 
026:114,04[I  ]| of my reasons for$4$ it, that$3$ I fly$1$ off, in compunction, 
026:114,05[I  ]| to$9$ do what$6#1$ I can, on$4$ the spot, to$9$ repair my excess of 
026:114,06[I  ]| prudence.  I reappear, panting, with my niece ~ and 
026:114,07[I  ]| it is to \this\ company I introduce her!" 
026:114,08['  ]| Her companion looked at the charming child, to$4$ 
026:114,09['  ]| whom$6#1$ $N$Lord*Petherton was talking with evident kindness 
026:114,10['  ]| and gaiety ~ a conjunction that$6#1$ evidently excited 
026:114,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy's interest$0$. 
026:114,11[M  ]| "May$1$ \we\ then know her?" 
026:114,12['  ]| he asked with an effect$0$ of drollery. 
026:114,12[M  ]| "May$1$ I ~ if \he\ 
026:114,13[M  ]| may$1$?" 
026:114,14['  ]| The $I$Duchess's eyes, turned to$4$ him, had taken another 
026:114,15['  ]| light$0$.  He even$5$ gaped a little at their expression, 
026:114,16['  ]| which$6#1$ was in a manner carried out$5$ by$4$ her tone. 
026:114,16[I  ]| "Go 
026:114,17[I  ]| and talk$1$ to$4$ her, you perverse creature, and send him 
026:114,18[I  ]| over to$4$ me." 
026:114,18['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton, a minute$0$ later, had 
026:114,19['  ]| joined her; old $C$Edward had left$1$ the room with $H$Mrs%*Donner; 
026:114,20['  ]| his wife and $G$Lady*Fanny were still$5$ more 
026:114,21['  ]| closely engaged; and the young $J$Agnesina, though visibly 
026:114,22['  ]| a little scared at $M$Mitchy's queer countenance, had 
026:114,23['  ]| begun, after$4$ the fashion$0$ he had touched on$4$ to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
026:114,24['  ]| politely to$9$ invoke the aid of the idea of habit. 
026:114,25[I  ]| "Look$1$ here ~ you must help$1$ me," 
026:114,25['  ]| the $I$Duchess said 
026:114,26['  ]| to$4$ $N$Petherton. 
026:114,26[I  ]| "You can, perfectly ~ and it is the 
026:114,27[I  ]| first thing I have yet asked of you." 
026:114,28[N  ]| "Oh, oh, oh!" 
026:114,28['  ]| her interlocutor laughed. 
026:114,29[I  ]| "I must have $M$Mitchy," 
026:114,29['  ]| she went on$5$ without noticing 
026:114,30['  ]| his particular shade of humour. 
026:114,31[N  ]| "$M$Mitchy too$5#2$?" 
026:114,31['  ]| ~ he appeared to$9$ wish$1$ to$9$ leave$1$ her 
026:114,32['  ]| in no$2$ doubt$0$ of it. 
026:115,01[I  ]| "How low you are!" 
026:115,01['  ]| she simply said. 
026:115,01[I  ]| "There are 
026:115,02[I  ]| times when I despair of you.  He is in every way your 
026:115,03[I  ]| superior$0$, and I like$1$ him so$5#2$ that$3$ ~ well$7$, he must like$1$ 
026:115,04[I  ]| \her\.  Make$1$ him feel that$3$ he does." 
026:115,05['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton turned it over as something put to$4$ 
026:115,06['  ]| him practically. 
026:115,06[N  ]| "I could wish$1$ for$4$ him that$3$ he would. 
026:115,07[N  ]| I see in her possibilities ~!" 
026:115,07['  ]| he continued to$9$ laugh$1$. 
026:115,08[I  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say you do.  \I\ see them in $M$Mitchett, and 
026:115,09[I  ]| I trust$1$ you will$1$ understand me when I say I appeal to$4$ 
026:115,10[I  ]| you." 
026:115,11[N  ]| "Appeal to$4$ \him\ straight.  That is much better$9$," 
026:115,12['  ]| $N$Petherton lucidly observed. 
026:115,13['  ]| The $I$Duchess wore for$4$ a moment her proudest air, 
026:115,14['  ]| which$6#1$ made her, in the connexion, exceptionally 
026:115,15['  ]| gentle. 
026:115,15[I  ]| "He does not like$1$ me." 
026:115,16['  ]| Her interlocutor looked at her with all his bright 
026:115,17['  ]| brutality. 
026:115,17[N  ]| "Oh my dear$2#1$, I can speak for$4$ you ~ if 
026:115,18[N  ]| \that is\ what$6#1$ you want$1$!" 
026:115,19['  ]| The $I$Duchess met his eyes, and so$3$ for$4$ an instant$0$ 
026:115,20['  ]| they sounded each other. 
026:115,20[I  ]| "You are so$5#1$ abysmally 
026:115,21[I  ]| coarse that$3$ I often wonder$1$ ~!" 
026:115,21['  ]| But as the door reopened 
026:115,22['  ]| she caught herself.  It was the effect$0$ of a face$0$ 
026:115,23['  ]| apparently directed at her. 
026:115,23[I  ]| "Be quiet$2$.  Here is old 
026:115,24[I  ]| $C$Edward." 
031:119,01['  ]| If $M$Mitchy arrived exactly at the hour it was quite by$4$ 
031:119,02['  ]| design$0$ and on$4$ a calculation ~ over and above$4$ the 
031:119,03['  ]| prized little pleasure it might give him ~ of ten 
031:119,04['  ]| minutes clear$2$ with his host, whom$6#1$ it rarely befell him 
031:119,05['  ]| to$9$ see alone.  He had a theory of something special to$9$ 
031:119,06['  ]| go into, of a plummet to$9$ sink or a feeler to$9$ put forth; 
031:119,07['  ]| his state$0$ of mind$0$ in short$0$ was diplomatic and anxious. 
031:119,08['  ]| But his hopes$0$ had a drop$0$ as he crossed the threshold. 
031:119,09@m   | His precaution had only assured him the company of 
031:119,10@m   | a stranger$0$, for$3$ the person in the room to$4$ whom$6#1$ the 
031:119,11@m   | servant announced him was not old $B$Van.  On$4$ the other 
031:119,12@m   | hand this gentleman would clearly be old ~ what$6#2$ was 
031:119,13@m   | it?  the fellow $B$Vanderbank had made it a matter of 
031:119,14@m   | such importance he should "really know."  But were 
031:119,15@m   | they then simply to$9$ have tea there together?  No$7$; 
031:119,16['  ]| the candidate for$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett's acquaintance, as if 
031:119,17['  ]| quickly guessing his apprehension, mentioned on$4$ the 
031:119,18['  ]| spot that$3$ 
031:119,18@l   | their entertainer would be with them: he 
031:119,19@l   | had just$9$ come home in a hurry$0$, fearing he was late, 
031:119,20@l   | and then had rushed off to$9$ make$1$ a change$0$. 
031:119,20[L  ]| "Fortunately," 
031:119,21['  ]| said the speaker, who$6#1$ offered his explanation 
031:119,22['  ]| as if he had had it on$4$ his mind$0$ ~ 
031:119,22[L  ]| "fortunately 
031:119,23[L  ]| the ladies have not yet come." 
031:119,24[M  ]| "Oh there \are\ to$9$ be ladies?" 
031:119,24['  ]| ~ $M$Mr%*Mitchett was 
031:119,25['  ]| all response. 
031:119,26['  ]| His fellow guest, who$6#1$ was shy and apparently 
031:119,27['  ]| nervous, sidled about$5$ a little, swinging an eye-glass, 
031:120,01['  ]| yet glancing in a manner a trifle$5$ birdlike from object$0$ 
031:120,02['  ]| to$4$ object$0$. 
031:120,02[L  ]| "$D$Mrs%*Edward*Brookenham I think." 
031:120,03[M  ]| "Oh!" 
031:120,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy himself felt, as soon as this comment 
031:120,04['  ]| had quitted his lips, that$3$ it might sound$1$ even$5$ 
031:120,05['  ]| to$4$ a stranger$0$ like$9$ a sign, such as the votaries of 
031:120,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Edward*Brookenham had fallen into the way of constantly 
031:120,07['  ]| throwing off, that$3$ he recognised her hand in 
031:120,08['  ]| the matter.  There was, however, something in his 
031:120,09['  ]| entertainer's face$0$ that$6#1$ somehow encouraged frankness; 
031:120,10@m   | it had the sociability of surprise$0$ ~ it had not 
031:120,11@m   | the chill. 
031:120,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy saw at the same time that$3$ this friend 
031:120,12['  ]| of old $V$Van's would never really understand him; 
031:120,13['  ]| though that$6#2$ was a thing he at times liked people as 
031:120,14['  ]| much for$4$ as he liked them little for$4$ it at others.  It 
031:120,15['  ]| was in fact when he most liked that$3$ he was on$4$ the 
031:120,16['  ]| whole$0$ most tempted to$9$ mystify. 
031:120,16[M  ]| "Only $D$Mrs%*Brook? 
031:120,17[M  ]| ~ no$2$ others?" 
031:120,18[L  ]| """$D$Mrs%*Brook""?" 
031:120,18['  ]| his elder echoed; staring an instant$0$ 
031:120,19['  ]| as if literally missing the connexion; but quickly 
031:120,20['  ]| after$5$, to$9$ show$1$ he was not stupid ~ and indeed it 
031:120,21['  ]| seemed to$9$ show$1$ he was delightful ~ smiling with 
031:120,22['  ]| extravagant intelligence. 
031:120,22[L  ]| "Is that$6#2$ the right$2#1$ thing to$9$ 
031:120,23[L  ]| say?" 
031:120,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy gave the kindest of laughs. 
031:120,24[M  ]| "Well$7$, I dare$1#2$ 
031:120,25[M  ]| say I ought not to$9$." 
031:120,26[L  ]| "Oh I did not mean$1$ to$9$ correct$1$ you," 
031:120,26['  ]| his interlocutor 
031:120,27['  ]| hastened to$9$ profess; 
031:120,27[L  ]| "I meant on$4$ the contrary$0$, will$1$ 
031:120,28[L  ]| it be right$2#1$ for$4$ me too$5#2$?" 
031:120,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy's great goggle attentively fixed him. 
031:120,29[M  ]| "Try 
031:120,30[M  ]| it." 
031:120,31[L  ]| "To$4$ \her?\" 
031:120,32[M  ]| "To$4$ every*one." 
031:121,01[L  ]| "To$4$ her husband?" 
031:121,02[M  ]| "Oh to$4$ $C$Edward," 
031:121,02['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed again, 
031:121,02[M  ]| "perfectly!" 
031:121,03[M  ]| 
031:121,04[L  ]| "And must I call$1$ him ""$C$Edward""?" 
031:121,05[M  ]| "Whatever you do will$1$ be right$2#1$," 
031:121,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy returned 
031:121,06['  ]| ~ 
031:121,06[M  ]| "even$5$ though it should happen to$9$ be sometimes 
031:121,07[M  ]| what$6#1$ I do." 
031:121,08['  ]| His companion, as if to$9$ look$1$ at him with a due$2$ 
031:121,09['  ]| appreciation of this, stopped swinging the nippers 
031:121,10['  ]| and put them on$5$. 
031:121,10[L  ]| "You people here have a pleasant 
031:121,11[L  ]| way ~!" 
031:121,12[M  ]| "Oh we \have!\" 
031:121,12['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy, taking him up, was 
031:121,13['  ]| gaily emphatic.  He began, however, already to$9$ perceive 
031:121,14['  ]| the mystification which$6#1$ in this case was to$9$ be 
031:121,15['  ]| his happy effect$0$. 
031:121,16[L  ]| "$B$Mr%*Vanderbank," 
031:121,16['  ]| his victim remarked with perhaps 
031:121,17['  ]| a shade more of reserve$0$, 
031:121,17[L  ]| "has told me a good 
031:121,18[L  ]| deal$0#2$ about$4$ you." 
031:121,18['  ]| Then as if, in a finer manner, to$9$ 
031:121,19['  ]| keep the talk$0$ off themselves: 
031:121,19[L  ]| "He knows a great 
031:121,20[L  ]| many ladies." 
031:121,21[M  ]| "Oh yes, poor chap, he can not help$1$ it.  He finds 
031:121,22[M  ]| a lady wherever he turns$1$." 
031:121,23['  ]| The stranger$0$ took this in, but seemed a little to$9$ 
031:121,24['  ]| challenge it. 
031:121,24[L  ]| "Well$7$, that is reassuring, if one sometimes 
031:121,25[L  ]| fancies$1$ there are fewer." 
031:121,26[M  ]| "Fewer than there used$1#2$ to$9$ be? ~ I see what$6#1$ you 
031:121,27[M  ]| mean$1$," 
031:121,27['  ]| said $M$Mitchy. 
031:121,27[M  ]| "But if it has struck you so$5#2$, 
031:121,28[M  ]| that is awfully interesting." 
031:121,28['  ]| He glared and grinned 
031:121,29['  ]| and mused. 
031:121,29[M  ]| "I wonder$1$." 
031:121,30[L  ]| "Well$7$, we shall see." 
031:121,30['  ]| His friend seemed to$9$ wish$1$ 
031:121,31['  ]| not to$9$ dogmatise. 
031:121,32[M  ]| "\Shall\ we?" 
031:121,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy considered it again in its high 
031:122,01['  ]| suggestive light$0$. 
031:122,01[M  ]| "You will$1$ ~ but how shall I?" 
031:122,02['  ]| Then he caught himself up with a blush$0$. 
031:122,02[M  ]| "What$7$ 
031:122,03[M  ]| a beastly thing to$9$ say ~ as if it were mere years 
031:122,04[M  ]| that$6#1$ make$1$ you see it!" 
031:122,05['  ]| His companion this time gave way to$4$ the joke. 
031:122,06[L  ]| "What$6#2$ else can it be ~ if I have thought$1$ so$5#2$?" 
031:122,07[M  ]| "Why, it is the facts themselves, and the fine taste, 
031:122,08[M  ]| and above$4$ all something \9qui 9ne 9court 9pas 9les 9rues\, an 
031:122,09[M  ]| approach$0$ to$4$ some experience$0$ of what$6#1$ a lady \is\." 
031:122,09['  ]| The 
031:122,10['  ]| young man's acute reflexion appeared suddenly to$9$ 
031:122,11['  ]| flower into a vision of opportunity that$6#1$ swept everything 
031:122,12['  ]| else away. 
031:122,12[M  ]| "Excuse$1$ my insisting on$4$ your time 
031:122,13[M  ]| of life ~ but you \have\ seen some?" 
031:122,13['  ]| The question$0$ 
031:122,14['  ]| was of such interest$0$ that$3$ he had already begun to$9$ 
031:122,15['  ]| follow it. 
031:122,15[M  ]| "Oh the charm$0$ of talk$0$ with some*one who$6#1$ 
031:122,16[M  ]| can fill out$5$ one's idea of the really distinguished 
031:122,17[M  ]| women of the past$0$!  If I could get you," 
031:122,17['  ]| he continued, 
031:122,18[M  ]| "to$9$ be so$5#1$ awfully valuable as to$9$ fill out$5$ mine$6$!" 
031:122,19['  ]| His fellow visitor, on$4$ this, made, in a pause$0$, a 
031:122,20['  ]| nearer approach$0$ to$9$ taking visibly his measure$0$. 
031:122,20[L  ]| "Are 
031:122,21[L  ]| you sure you have got an idea?" 
031:122,22['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett brightly thought$1$. 
031:122,22[M  ]| "No$7$.  That$6#2$ must 
031:122,23[M  ]| be just$9$ why I appeal to$4$ you.  And it can not therefore be 
031:122,24[M  ]| for$4$ confirmation, can it?" 
031:122,24['  ]| he went on$5$. 
031:122,24[M  ]| "It must 
031:122,25[M  ]| be for$4$ the beautiful primary hint$0$ altogether." 
031:122,26['  ]| His interlocutor began, with a shake$0$ of the eyeglass, 
031:122,27['  ]| to$9$ shift$1$ and sidle again, as if distinctly excited 
031:122,28['  ]| by$4$ the subject$0$.  But it was as if his very excitement 
031:122,29['  ]| made the poor gentleman a trifle$5$ coy. 
031:122,29[L  ]| "Are there no$2$ 
031:122,30[L  ]| nice ones now?" 
031:122,31[M  ]| "Oh yes, there must be lots.  In fact I know quantities." 
031:122,32[M  ]| 
031:123,01['  ]| This had the effect$0$ of pulling the stranger$0$ up. 
031:123,01[L  ]| "Ah 
031:123,02[L  ]| ""quantities""!  There it is." 
031:123,03[M  ]| "Yes," 
031:123,03['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
031:123,03[M  ]| "fancy$1$ the ""lady"" in her millions. 
031:123,04[M  ]| Have you come up to$4$ London, wondering, as 
031:123,05[M  ]| you must, about$4$ what$6#1$ is happening ~ for$3$ $B$Vanderbank 
031:123,06[M  ]| mentioned, I think, that$3$ you \have\ come up ~ in pursuit 
031:123,07[M  ]| of her?" 
031:123,08[L  ]| "Ah," 
031:123,08['  ]| laughed the subject$0$ of $B$Vanderbank's information, 
031:123,09[L  ]| "I am afraid ""pursuit,"" with me, is over." 
031:123,10[M  ]| "Why, you are at the age," 
031:123,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy returned, 
031:123,10[M  ]| "of 
031:123,11[M  ]| the most exquisite form$0$ of it.  Observation." 
031:123,12[L  ]| "Yet it is a form$0$, I seem to$9$ see, that$6#1$ you have not 
031:123,13[L  ]| waited for$4$ my age to$9$ cultivate." 
031:123,13['  ]| This was followed 
031:123,14['  ]| by$4$ a decisive headshake. 
031:123,14[L  ]| "I am not an observer.  I am 
031:123,15[L  ]| a hater." 
031:123,16[M  ]| "That$6#2$ only means$1$," 
031:123,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy explained, 
031:123,16[M  ]| "that$3$ you 
031:123,17[M  ]| keep your observation for$4$ your likes ~ which$6#1$ is more 
031:123,18[M  ]| admirable than prudent.  But between my fear$0$ in the 
031:123,19[M  ]| one direction and my desire$0$ in the other," 
031:123,19['  ]| he lightly 
031:123,20['  ]| added, 
031:123,20[M  ]| "I scarcely know how to$9$ present$1$ myself.  I 
031:123,21[M  ]| must study$1$ the ground.  Meanwhile \has\ old $B$Van told 
031:123,22[M  ]| you much about$4$ me?" 
031:123,23['  ]| Old $B$Van's possible confidant, instead of immediately 
031:123,24['  ]| answering, again assumed the \9pince-nez\. 
031:123,24[L  ]| "Is 
031:123,25[L  ]| that$6#2$ what$6#1$ you call$1$ him?" 
031:123,26[M  ]| "In general$2$, I think ~ for$4$ shortness." 
031:123,27[L  ]| "And also" 
031:123,27['  ]| ~ the speaker hesitated ~ 
031:123,27[L  ]| "for$4$ esteem$0$?" 
031:123,28[L  ]| 
031:123,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed out$5$. 
031:123,29[M  ]| "For$4$ veneration!  Our disrespects, 
031:123,30[M  ]| I think, are all tender$2$, and we would not for$4$ 
031:123,31[M  ]| the world do to$4$ a person we do not like$1$ anything so$5#1$ nice 
031:123,32[M  ]| as to$9$ call$1$ him, or even$5$ to$9$ call$1$ her, do not you know ~?"
031:124,01['  ]| His questioner had quickly looked as if he knew. 
031:124,02[L  ]| "Something pleasant and vulgar?" 
031:124,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy's gaiety deepened. 
031:124,03[M  ]| "That$6#2$ discrimination is 
031:124,04[M  ]| our only austerity.  You must fall$1$ in." 
031:124,05[L  ]| "Then what$6#2$ will$1$ you call$1$ \me?\" 
031:124,06[M  ]| "What$6#2$ can we?" 
031:124,06['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, sustainingly, 
031:124,06[M  ]| "I am 
031:124,07[M  ]| ""$M$Mitchy,""" 
031:124,07['  ]| our friend stated. 
031:124,08['  ]| His interlocutor looked slightly queer. 
031:124,08[L  ]| "I do not 
031:124,09[L  ]| think I can quite begin.  I am $L$Mr%*Longdon," 
031:124,09['  ]| he almost 
031:124,10['  ]| blushed to$9$ articulate$1$. 
031:124,11[M  ]| "Absolutely and essentially ~ that is exactly what$6#1$ 
031:124,12[M  ]| I recognise.  I defy any*one to$9$ see you," 
031:124,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared, 
031:124,13[M  ]| "as anything else, and on$4$ that$6#2$ footing you will$1$ 
031:124,14[M  ]| be, among us, unique." 
031:124,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon appeared to$9$ accept his prospect of 
031:124,16['  ]| isolation with a certain gravity. 
031:124,16[L  ]| "I gather from you 
031:124,17[L  ]| ~ I have gathered indeed from $B$Mr%*Vanderbank ~ 
031:124,18[L  ]| that$3$ you are a little sort of a set$0$ that$6#1$ hang very much 
031:124,19[L  ]| together." 
031:124,20[M  ]| "Oh yes; not a formal association nor a secret$2$ 
031:124,21[M  ]| society ~ still$5$ less a ""dangerous gang"" or an organisation 
031:124,22[M  ]| for$4$ any definite end$0$.  We are simply a collection 
031:124,23[M  ]| of natural$2$ affinities," 
031:124,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy explained; 
031:124,23[M  ]| "meeting$9$ 
031:124,24[M  ]| perhaps principally in $D$Mrs%*Brook's drawing-room 
031:124,25[M  ]| ~ though sometimes also in old $B$Van's, as you see, 
031:124,26[M  ]| sometimes even$5$ in mine$6$ ~ and governed at any rate$0$ 
031:124,27[M  ]| everywhere by$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, in our mysterious ebbs 
031:124,28[M  ]| and flows, very much as the tides are governed by$4$ the 
031:124,29[M  ]| moon.  As I say," 
031:124,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy pursued, 
031:124,29[M  ]| "you must join. 
031:124,30[M  ]| But if $B$Van has got hold$0$ of you," 
031:124,30['  ]| he added, 
031:124,30[M  ]| "or you have 
031:124,31[M  ]| got hold$0$ of him, you \have\ joined.  We are not quite so$5#1$ 
031:124,32[M  ]| numerous as I could wish$1$, and we want$1$ variety; we 
031:125,01[M  ]| want$1$ just$9$ what$6#1$ I am sure you will$1$ bring us ~ a fresh 
031:125,02[M  ]| eye, an outside mind$0$." 
031:125,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon wore for$4$ a minute$0$ the air of a man 
031:125,04['  ]| knowing but too$5#1$ well$9$ what$6#1$ it was to$9$ be asked to$9$ put 
031:125,05['  ]| down$5$ his name$0$. 
031:125,05[L  ]| "My friend $B$Vanderbank swaggers 
031:125,06[L  ]| so$5#1$ little that$3$ it is rather from you than from himself 
031:125,07[L  ]| that$3$ I seem to$9$ catch$1$ the idea ~!" 
031:125,08[M  ]| "Of his being$1$ a great figure among us?  I do not 
031:125,09[M  ]| know what$6#1$ he may$1$ have said to$4$ you or have suppressed; 
031:125,10[M  ]| but you can take it from me ~ as between 
031:125,11[M  ]| ourselves, you know ~ that$3$ he is very much the best 
031:125,12[M  ]| of us.  Old $B$Van in fact ~ if you really want$1$ a candid 
031:125,13[M  ]| opinion," 
031:125,13['  ]| and $M$Mitchy shone still$5$ brighter as he talked, 
031:125,14[M  ]| "is formed for$4$ a distinctly higher sphere.  I should 
031:125,15[M  ]| go so$5#1$ far as to$9$ say that$3$ on$4$ our level$0$ he is positively 
031:125,16[M  ]| wasted." 
031:125,17[L  ]| "And are you very sure you are not?" 
031:125,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
031:125,18['  ]| asked with a smile$0$. 
031:125,19[M  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$ ~ I am in my element.  My element is to$9$ 
031:125,20[M  ]| grovel before$4$ $B$Van.  You have only to$9$ look$1$ at me, as you 
031:125,21[M  ]| must already have made out$5$, to$9$ see I am everything 
031:125,22[M  ]| dreadful that$6#1$ he is not.  But you have seen him for$4$ yourself 
031:125,23[M  ]| ~ I need not tell you!" 
031:125,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy sighed. 
031:125,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, as under the coercion of so$5#1$ much 
031:125,25['  ]| confidence, had stood in place$0$ longer than for$4$ any 
031:125,26['  ]| previous moment, and the spell continued for$4$ a minute$0$ 
031:125,27['  ]| after$3$ $M$Mitchy had paused.  Then nervously and 
031:125,28['  ]| abruptly he turned away, his friend watching him 
031:125,29['  ]| rather aimlessly wander. 
031:125,29[L  ]| "Our host has spoken of 
031:125,30[L  ]| you to$4$ me in high terms," 
031:125,30['  ]| he said as he came back$5$. 
031:125,31[L  ]| "You would have no$2$ fault to$9$ find with them." 
031:125,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy took it with his highest light$0$. 
031:125,32[M  ]| "I know 
031:126,01[M  ]| from your taking the trouble$0$ to$9$ remember that$6#2$, how 
031:126,02[M  ]| much what$6#1$ I have said of him pleases and touches you. 
031:126,03[M  ]| We are a little sort of religion then, you and I; we are 
031:126,04[M  ]| an organisation of two, at any rate$0$, and we can not 
031:126,05[M  ]| help$1$ ourselves.  There ~ that is settled$1$." 
031:126,05['  ]| He glanced 
031:126,06['  ]| at the clock on$4$ the chimney. 
031:126,06[M  ]| "But what$6#2$ is the matter 
031:126,07[M  ]| with him?" 
031:126,08[L  ]| "You gentlemen dress$1$ so$5#1$ much," 
031:126,08['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
031:126,09['  ]| $M$Mitchy met the explanation quite halfway. 
031:126,09[M  ]| \I\ 
031:126,10[M  ]| try to$9$ look$1$ funny ~ but why should $Z2$Apollo in person?" 
031:126,11[M  ]| 
031:126,12['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon weighed it. 
031:126,12[L  ]| "Do you think him like$9$ 
031:126,13[L  ]| $Z2$Apollo?" 
031:126,14[M  ]| "The very image.  Ask any of the women!" 
031:126,15[L  ]| "But do \they\ know ~?" 
031:126,16[M  ]| "How $Z2$Apollo must look$1$?" 
031:126,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy considered. 
031:126,17[M  ]| "Why the way it works$1$ is that$3$ it is just$9$ from $B$Van's 
031:126,18[M  ]| appearance they get the tip, and that$3$ then, do not you 
031:126,19[M  ]| see? they have their term of comparison.  Is not it what$6#1$ 
031:126,20[M  ]| you call$1$ a vicious circle?  I borrow a little their vice." 
031:126,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$ had once more been arrested, 
031:126,22['  ]| once more sidled away.  Then he spoke from the other 
031:126,23['  ]| side$0$ of the expanse of a table covered with books for$4$ 
031:126,24['  ]| which$6#1$ the shelves had no$2$ space ~ covered with portfolios, 
031:126,25['  ]| with well-worn leather-cased boxes, with documents 
031:126,26['  ]| in neat piles.  The place$0$ was a miscellany, yet 
031:126,27['  ]| not a litter, the picture$0$ of an admirable order$0$. 
031:126,27[L  ]| "If 
031:126,28[L  ]| we are a fond association of two, you and I, let me, 
031:126,29[L  ]| accepting your idea, do what$6#1$, this way, under a 
031:126,30[L  ]| gentleman's roof and while$9$ enjoying his hospitality, 
031:126,31[L  ]| I should in ordinary circumstances think perhaps 
031:126,32[L  ]| something of a breach." 
031:127,01[M  ]| "Oh strike out$5$!" 
031:127,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.  It possibly 
031:127,02['  ]| chilled his interlocutor, who$6#1$ again hung fire$0$ so$5#1$ long$9$ 
031:127,03['  ]| that$3$ he himself at last$0$ adopted his image. 
031:127,03[M  ]| "Why 
031:127,04[M  ]| does not he marry, you mean$1$?" 
031:127,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon fairly flushed with recognition. 
031:127,06[L  ]| "You are very deep, but with what$6#1$ we perceive ~ 
031:127,07[L  ]| why does not he?" 
031:127,08['  ]| $M$Mitchy continued visibly to$9$ have his amusement, 
031:127,09['  ]| which$6#1$ might have been, this time and in spite$8$ of the 
031:127,10['  ]| amalgamation he had pictured, for$4$ what$6#1$ "they" 
031:127,11['  ]| perceived.  But he threw off after$4$ an instant$0$ an answer$0$ 
031:127,12['  ]| clearly intended to$9$ meet$1$ the case. 
031:127,12[M  ]| "He thinks 
031:127,13[M  ]| he has not the means$0$.  He has great ideas of what$6#1$ a 
031:127,14[M  ]| fellow must offer$1$ a woman." 
031:127,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's eyes travelled a while$0$ over the 
031:127,16['  ]| amenities about$4$ him. 
031:127,16[L  ]| "He has not such a view$0$ of 
031:127,17[L  ]| himself alone ~?" 
031:127,18[M  ]| "As to$9$ make$1$ him think he is enough as he stands? 
031:127,19[M  ]| No$7$," 
031:127,19['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
031:127,19[M  ]| "I do not fancy$1$ he has a very awful 
031:127,20[M  ]| view$0$ of himself alone.  And since we \are\ burning 
031:127,21[M  ]| this incense under his nose," 
031:127,21['  ]| he added, 
031:127,21[M  ]| "it is also 
031:127,22[M  ]| my impression that$3$ he has no$2$ private$2$ means$0$.  Women 
031:127,23[M  ]| in London cost$1$ so$5#1$ much." 
031:127,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had a pause$0$. 
031:127,24[L  ]| "They come very 
031:127,25[L  ]| high, I dare$1#2$ say." 
031:127,26[M  ]| "Oh tremendously.  They want$1$ so$5#1$ much ~ they 
031:127,27[M  ]| want$1$ everything.  I mean$1$ the sort of women he lives$1$ 
031:127,28[M  ]| with.  A modest man ~ who$6#1$ is also poor ~ is not in 
031:127,29[M  ]| it.  I give you that$6#2$ at any rate$0$ as his view$0$.  There are 
031:127,30[M  ]| lots of them that$6#1$ would ~ and only too$5#1$ glad ~ ""love$1$ 
031:127,31[M  ]| him for$4$ himself""; but things are much mixed, and 
031:127,32[M  ]| these not necessarily the right$2#1$ ones, and at all events 
031:128,01[M  ]| he does not see it.  The result$0$ of which$6#1$ is that$3$ he is 
031:128,02[M  ]| waiting." 
031:128,03[L  ]| "Waiting to$9$ feel himself in love$0$?" 
031:128,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy just$9$ hesitated. 
031:128,04[M  ]| "Well$7$, we are talking of 
031:128,05[M  ]| marriage.  Of course$8$ you will$1$ say there are women 
031:128,06[M  ]| with money.  There \are\" 
031:128,06['  ]| ~ he seemed for$4$ a moment 
031:128,07['  ]| to$9$ meditate ~ 
031:128,07[M  ]| "dreadful ones!" 
031:128,08['  ]| The two men, on$4$ this, exchanged a long$9$ regard$0$. 
031:128,09[L  ]| "He is must not do that$6#2$." 
031:128,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy again hesitated. 
031:128,10[M  ]| "He will$1$ not." 
031:128,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had also a silence$0$, which$6#1$ he presently 
031:128,12['  ]| terminated by$4$ one of his jerks into motion. 
031:128,12[L  ]| "He 
031:128,13[L  ]| shall not!" 
031:128,14['  ]| Once more $M$Mitchy watched him revolve a little, but 
031:128,15['  ]| now, familiarly yet with a sharp emphasis, he himself 
031:128,16['  ]| resumed their colloquy. 
031:128,16[M  ]| "See here, $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
031:128,17[M  ]| Are you seriously taking him up?" 
031:128,18['  ]| Yet again, at the tone of this appeal, the old man 
031:128,19['  ]| perceptibly coloured.  It was as if his friend had 
031:128,20['  ]| brought to$4$ the surface an inward excitement, and 
031:128,21['  ]| he laughed for$4$ embarrassment. 
031:128,21[L  ]| "You see things with 
031:128,22[L  ]| a freedom ~!" 
031:128,23[M  ]| "Yes, and it is so$5#2$ I express$1$ them.  I see them, I 
031:128,24[M  ]| know, with a \9raccourci\; but time after$4$ all rather 
031:128,25[M  ]| presses, and at any rate$0$ we understand each other. 
031:128,26[M  ]| What$6#1$ I want$1$ now is just$9$ to$9$ say" 
031:128,26['  ]| ~ and $M$Mitchy 
031:128,27['  ]| spoke with a simplicity and a gravity he had not yet 
031:128,28['  ]| used$1#1$ ~ 
031:128,28[M  ]| "that$3$ if your interest$0$ in him should at any 
031:128,29[M  ]| time reach$1$ the point$0$ of your wishing to$9$ do something 
031:128,30[M  ]| or other (no$2$ matter what$6#1$, do not you see?) \for$4$\ him ~!" 
031:128,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, as he faltered, appeared to$9$ wonder$1$, 
031:128,32['  ]| but emitted a sound$0$ of gentleness. 
031:128,32[L  ]| "Yes?" 
031:129,01[M  ]| "Why," 
031:129,01['  ]| said the stimulated $M$Mitchy, 
031:129,01[M  ]| "do, for$4$ God's 
031:129,02[M  ]| sake, just$9$ let me have a finger in it." 
031:129,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's momentary mystification was perhaps 
031:129,04['  ]| partly but the natural$2$ effect$0$ of constitutional 
031:129,05['  ]| prudence. 
031:129,05[L  ]| "A finger?" 
031:129,06[M  ]| "I mean$1$ ~ let me help$1$." 
031:129,07[L  ]| "Oh!" 
031:129,07['  ]| breathed the old man thoughtfully and 
031:129,08['  ]| without meeting$9$ his eyes. 
031:129,09['  ]| $M$Mitchy, as if with more to$9$ say, watched him an 
031:129,10['  ]| instant$0$, then before$4$ speaking caught himself up. 
031:129,11[M  ]| "Look$1$ out$5$ ~ here he comes." 
031:129,12['  ]| Hearing the stir of the door by$4$ which$6#1$ he had entered 
031:129,13['  ]| he looked round$9$; but it opened at first only to$9$ 
031:129,14['  ]| admit $B$Vanderbank's servant. 
031:129,14[Q  ]| "$A$Miss*Brookenham!" 
031:129,15['  ]| the man announced; on$4$ which$6#1$ the two gentlemen in 
031:129,16['  ]| the room were ~ audibly, almost violently ~ precipitated 
031:129,17['  ]| into a union of surprise$0$. 
032:130,01['  ]| However she might have been discussed $A$Nanda was 
032:130,02['  ]| not one to$9$ shrink, for$3$, though she drew up an instant$0$ 
032:130,03['  ]| on$4$ failing to$9$ find in the room the person whose$6#1$ invitation 
032:130,04['  ]| she had obeyed, she advanced the next moment as 
032:130,05['  ]| if either of the gentlemen before$4$ her would answer$1$ 
032:130,06['  ]| as well$9$. 
032:130,06[A  ]| "How do you do, $M$Mr%*Mitchy?  How do you 
032:130,07[A  ]| do, $L$Mr%*Longdon?" 
032:130,07['  ]| She made no$2$ difference for$4$ 
032:130,08['  ]| them, speaking to$4$ the elder, whom$6#1$ she had not yet 
032:130,09['  ]| seen, as if they were already acquainted.  There was 
032:130,10['  ]| moreover in the air of that$6#2$ personage at this juncture 
032:130,11['  ]| little to$9$ invite such a confidence: he appeared to$9$ have 
032:130,12['  ]| been startled, in the oddest manner, into stillness and, 
032:130,13['  ]| holding out$5$ no$2$ hand to$9$ meet$1$ her, only stared rather 
032:130,14['  ]| stiffly and without a smile$0$.  An observer disposed to$9$ 
032:130,15['  ]| interpret the scene might have fancied him a trifle$5$ 
032:130,16['  ]| put off by$4$ the girl's familiarity, or even$5$, as by$4$ a singular 
032:130,17['  ]| effect$0$ of her self-possession, stricken into deeper 
032:130,18['  ]| diffidence.  This self-possession, however, took on$4$ her 
032:130,19['  ]| own$2$ part$0$ no$2$ account$0$ of any awkwardness: it seemed 
032:130,20['  ]| the greater from the fact that$3$ she was almost unnaturally 
032:130,21['  ]| grave$2$, and it overflowed in the immediate 
032:130,22['  ]| challenge: 
032:130,22[A  ]| "Do you mean$1$ to$9$ say $B$Van is not here? 
032:130,23[A  ]| I have come without mother ~ she said I could, to$9$ see 
032:130,24[A  ]| \him\," 
032:130,24['  ]| she went on$5$, addressing herself more particularly 
032:130,25['  ]| to$4$ $M$Mitchy. 
032:130,25[A  ]| "But she did not say I might do 
032:130,26[A  ]| anything of that$6#2$ sort to$9$ see \you\." 
032:130,27['  ]| If there was something serious$2$ in $A$Nanda and something 
032:131,01['  ]| blank$2$ in their companion, there was, superficially 
032:131,02['  ]| at least, nothing in $M$Mr%*Mitchett but his usual 
032:131,03['  ]| flush of gaiety. 
032:131,03[M  ]| "Did she really send you off this way 
032:131,04[M  ]| alone?" 
032:131,04['  ]| Then while$9$ the girl's face$0$ met his own$2$ with 
032:131,05['  ]| the clear$2$ confession of it: 
032:131,05[M  ]| "Is not she too$5#1$ splendid for$4$ 
032:131,06[M  ]| anything?" 
032:131,06['  ]| he asked with immense enjoyment. 
032:131,07[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you suppose is her idea?" 
032:131,07['  ]| $A$Nanda's eyes 
032:131,08['  ]| had now turned to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, whom$6#1$ she fixed 
032:131,09['  ]| with her mild straightness; which$6#1$ led to$4$ $M$Mitchy's 
032:131,10['  ]| carrying on$5$ and repeating the appeal. 
032:131,10[M  ]| "Is not $D$Mrs%*Brook 
032:131,11[M  ]| charming?  What$6#2$ do you suppose is her idea?" 
032:131,12['  ]| It was a bound into the mystery, a bound of which$6#1$ 
032:131,13['  ]| his fellow visitor stood quite unconscious, only looking 
032:131,14['  ]| at $A$Nanda still$5$ with the same coldness of wonder$0$. 
032:131,15['  ]| All expression had for$4$ the minute$0$ been arrested in 
032:131,16['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, but he at last$0$ began to$9$ show$1$ that$3$ it 
032:131,17['  ]| had merely been retarded.  Yet it was almost with 
032:131,18['  ]| solemnity that$3$ he put forth his hand. 
032:131,18[L  ]| "How do you 
032:131,19[L  ]| do?  How do you do?  I am so$5#1$ glad!" 
032:131,20['  ]| $A$Nanda shook hands with him as if she had done so$5#2$ 
032:131,21['  ]| already, though it might have been just$9$ her look$0$ of 
032:131,22['  ]| curiosity that$6#1$ detracted from her air of amusing herself. 
032:131,23[A  ]| "Mother has wanted me awfully to$9$ see you. 
032:131,24[A  ]| She told me to$9$ give you her love$0$," 
032:131,24['  ]| she said.  Then she 
032:131,25['  ]| added with odd irrelevance: 
032:131,25[A  ]| "I did not come in the 
032:131,26[A  ]| carriage, nor in a cab nor an omnibus." 
032:131,27[M  ]| "You came on$4$ a bicycle?" 
032:131,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy enquired. 
032:131,28[A  ]| "No$7$, I walked." 
032:131,28['  ]| She still$5$ spoke without a gleam. 
032:131,29[A  ]| "Mother wants$1$ me to$9$ do everything." 
032:131,30[M  ]| "Even$5$ to$9$ walk$1$!" 
032:131,30['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed. 
032:131,30[M  ]| "Oh yes, we 
032:131,31[M  ]| must in these times keep up our walking!" 
032:131,31['  ]| The 
032:131,32['  ]| ingenious observer just$9$ now suggested might even$5$ have 
032:132,01['  ]| detected in the still$5$ higher rise$0$ of this visitor's spirits 
032:132,02['  ]| a want$0$ of mere inward ease$0$. 
032:132,03['  ]| She had taken no$2$ notice$0$ of the effect$0$ upon him of 
032:132,04['  ]| her mention$0$ of her mother, and she took none, visibly, 
032:132,05['  ]| of $L$Mr%*Longdon's manner or of his words.  What$6#1$ she 
032:132,06['  ]| did while$9$ the two men, without offering her, either, 
032:132,07['  ]| a seat, practically lost themselves in their deepening 
032:132,08['  ]| vision, was to$9$ give her attention all to$4$ the place$0$, looking 
032:132,09['  ]| at the books, pictures and other significant objects$0$, 
032:132,10['  ]| and especially at the small table set$2$ out$5$ for$4$ tea, to$4$ 
032:132,11['  ]| which$6#1$ the servant who$6#1$ had admitted her now returned 
032:132,12['  ]| with a steaming kettle. 
032:132,12[A  ]| "Is not it charming 
032:132,13[A  ]| here?  Will$1$ there be any*one else?  Where \is\ $B$Mr%*Van? 
032:132,14[A  ]| Shall I make$1$ tea?" 
032:132,14['  ]| There was just$9$ a faint$2$ 
032:132,15['  ]| quaver, showing a command$0$ of the situation more 
032:132,16['  ]| desired perhaps than achieved, in the very rapid 
032:132,17['  ]| sequence of these ejaculations.  The servant meanwhile 
032:132,18['  ]| had placed the hot water above$4$ the little silver 
032:132,19['  ]| lamp and left$1$ the room. 
032:132,20[L  ]| "Do you suppose there is anything the matter? 
032:132,21[L  ]| Ought not the man ~ or do you know our host's 
032:132,22[L  ]| room?" 
032:132,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, addressing $M$Mitchy with solicitude, 
032:132,23['  ]| yet began to$9$ show$1$ in a countenance less blank$2$ 
032:132,24['  ]| a return$0$ of his sense of relations.  It was as if something 
032:132,25['  ]| had happened to$4$ him and he were in haste to$9$ 
032:132,26['  ]| convert the signs of it into an appearance of care$0$ for$4$ 
032:132,27['  ]| the proprieties. 
032:132,28[M  ]| "Oh," 
032:132,28['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
032:132,28[M  ]| "$B$Van is only making himself 
032:132,29[M  ]| beautiful" 
032:132,29['  ]| ~ which$6#1$ account$0$ of their absent entertainer 
032:132,30['  ]| gained a point$0$ from his appearance at the moment 
032:132,31['  ]| in the doorway furthest removed from the place$0$ 
032:132,32['  ]| where the three were gathered. 
032:133,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank came in with friendly haste and with 
032:133,02['  ]| something of the look$0$ indeed ~ refreshed, almost 
032:133,03['  ]| rosy, brightly brushed and quickly buttoned ~ of 
032:133,04['  ]| emerging, out$8$ of breath, from pleasant ablutions and 
032:133,05['  ]| renewals. 
032:133,05[B  ]| "What$7$ a brute to$9$ have kept you waiting! 
032:133,06[B  ]| I came back$5$ from work$0$ quite begrimed.  How*d'*ye*do, 
032:133,07[B  ]| how*d'*ye*do, how*d'*ye*do?  What$6#2$ is the matter 
032:133,08[B  ]| with you, huddled there as if you were on$4$ a street-crossing? 
032:133,09[B  ]| I want$1$ you to$9$ think this a refuge ~ but not 
032:133,10[B  ]| of that$6#2$ kind$0$!" 
032:133,10['  ]| he laughed. 
032:133,10[B  ]| "Sit down$5$, for$4$ heaven's 
032:133,11[B  ]| sake; lie$1$ down$5$ ~ be happy!  Of course$8$ you have made 
032:133,12[B  ]| acquaintance all ~ except that$3$ $M$Mitchy is so$5#1$ modest! 
032:133,13[B  ]| Tea, tea!" 
032:133,13['  ]| ~ and he bustled to$4$ the table, where the 
032:133,14['  ]| next minute$0$ he appeared rather helpless. 
032:133,14[B  ]| "$A$Nanda, 
032:133,15[B  ]| you blessed child, do \you\ mind$1$ making it?  How jolly 
032:133,16[B  ]| of you! ~ are you all right$8$?" 
032:133,16['  ]| He seemed, with this, 
032:133,17['  ]| for$4$ the first time, to$9$ be aware of somebody's absence. 
032:133,18[B  ]| "Your mother is not coming?  She let you come alone? 
032:133,19[B  ]| How jolly of her!" 
032:133,19['  ]| Pulling off her gloves $A$Nanda had 
032:133,20['  ]| come immediately to$4$ his assistance; on$4$ which$6#1$, quitting 
032:133,21['  ]| the table and laying hands on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's 
032:133,22['  ]| shoulder to$9$ push$1$ him toward a sofa, he continued to$9$ 
032:133,23['  ]| talk$1$, to$9$ sound$1$ a note$0$ of which$6#1$ the humour was the exaggeration 
032:133,24['  ]| of his flurry. 
032:133,24[B  ]| "How jolly of you to$9$ be willing 
032:133,25[B  ]| to$9$ come ~ most awfully kind$2$!  I hope$1$ she is not 
032:133,26[B  ]| ill?  Do, $M$Mitchy, lie$1$ down$5$.  Down$5$, $M$Mitchy, down$5$! ~ 
032:133,27[B  ]| that is the only way to$9$ keep you." 
032:133,27['  ]| He had waited for$4$ 
032:133,28['  ]| no$2$ account$0$ of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's health, and it might 
032:133,29['  ]| have been apparent ~ still$5$ to$4$ our sharp spectator ~ 
032:133,30['  ]| that$3$ he found nothing wonderful in her daughter's 
032:133,31['  ]| unsupported arrival. 
032:133,32[A  ]| "I can make$1$ tea beautifully," 
032:133,32['  ]| she said from behind 
032:134,01['  ]| her table. 
032:134,01[A  ]| "Mother showed me how this morning." 
032:134,02[A  ]| 
032:134,03[M  ]| "This morning?" 
032:134,03['  ]| ~ and $M$Mitchy, who$6#1$, before$4$ the 
032:134,04['  ]| fire$0$ and still$5$ erect, had declined to$9$ be laid low, greeted 
032:134,05['  ]| the simple$2$ remark$0$ with uproarious mirth. 
032:134,05[M  ]| "Dear$2#1$ 
032:134,06[M  ]| young lady, you are the most delicious family!" 
032:134,07[A  ]| "She showed me at breakfast$0$ about$4$ the little things 
032:134,08[A  ]| to$9$ do.  She thought$1$ I might have to$9$ make$1$ it here and 
032:134,09[A  ]| told me to$9$ offer$1$," 
032:134,09['  ]| the girl went on$5$. 
032:134,09[A  ]| "I have not yet 
032:134,10[A  ]| done it this way at home ~ I usually have my tea upstairs. 
032:134,11[A  ]| They bring it up in a cup, all made and very 
032:134,12[A  ]| weak, with a piece of bread-and-butter in the saucer. 
032:134,13[A  ]| That is because I am so$5#1$ young.  $K$Tishy never lets me 
032:134,14[A  ]| touch$1$ hers either; so$3$ we had to$9$ make$1$ up for$4$ lost time. 
032:134,15[A  ]| That is what$6#1$ mother said" 
032:134,15['  ]| ~ she followed up her 
032:134,16['  ]| story, and her young distinctness had clearly something 
032:134,17['  ]| to$9$ do with a certain pale concentration in $L$Mr%*Longdon's 
032:134,18['  ]| face$0$. 
032:134,18[A  ]| "Mother is not ill, but she told me 
032:134,19[A  ]| already yesterday she would not come.  She said it is 
032:134,20[A  ]| really all for$4$ \me\.  I am sure I hope$1$ it is!" 
032:134,20['  ]| ~ with which$6#1$ 
032:134,21['  ]| there flickered in her eyes, dimly but perhaps all the 
032:134,22['  ]| more prettily, the first intimation they had given of 
032:134,23['  ]| the light$0$ of laughter. 
032:134,23[A  ]| "She told me you would understand, 
032:134,24[A  ]| $B$Mr%*Van ~ from something you have said to$4$ her.  It is 
032:134,25[A  ]| for$4$ my seeing $L$Mr%*Longdon without ~ she thinks ~ 
032:134,26[A  ]| her spoiling it." 
032:134,27[B  ]| "Oh my dear$2#1$ child, ""spoiling it""!" 
032:134,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
032:134,28['  ]| protested as he took a cup of tea from her to$9$ carry to$4$ 
032:134,29['  ]| their friend. 
032:134,29[B  ]| "When did your mother ever spoil anything? 
032:134,30[B  ]| I told her $L$Mr%*Longdon wanted to$9$ see you, 
032:134,31[B  ]| but I did not say anything of his not yearning also for$4$ 
032:134,32[B  ]| the rest$0#1$ of the family." 
032:135,01['  ]| A sound$0$ of protest rather formless escaped from 
032:135,02['  ]| the gentleman named, but $A$Nanda continued to$9$ carry 
032:135,03['  ]| out$5$ her duty. 
032:135,03[A  ]| "She told me to$9$ ask why he had not been 
032:135,04[A  ]| again to$9$ see her.  $M$Mr%*Mitchy, sugar? ~ is not that$6#2$ the 
032:135,05[A  ]| way to$9$ say it?  Three lumps?  You are like$9$ me, only 
032:135,06[A  ]| that$3$ I more often take five." 
032:135,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy had dashed forward$5$ 
032:135,07['  ]| for$4$ his tea; she gave it to$4$ him; then she added 
032:135,08['  ]| with her eyes on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's, which$6#1$ she had had 
032:135,09['  ]| no$2$ difficulty in catching: 
032:135,09[A  ]| "She told me to$9$ ask you all 
032:135,10[A  ]| sorts of things." 
032:135,11['  ]| This acquaintance had got up to$9$ take his cup from 
032:135,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, whose$6#1$ hand, however, dealt with him 
032:135,13['  ]| on$4$ the question$0$ of his sitting$1$ down$5$ again.  $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
032:135,14['  ]| resisting, kept erect with a low gasp that$6#1$ his host 
032:135,15['  ]| only was near$9$ enough to$9$ catch$1$.  This suddenly appeared 
032:135,16['  ]| to$9$ confirm an impression gathered by$4$ $B$Vanderbank 
032:135,17['  ]| in their contact, a strange sense that$3$ his visitor 
032:135,18['  ]| was so$5#1$ agitated as to$9$ be trembling in every limb. 
032:135,19['  ]| It brought to$4$ his own$2$ lips a kind$0$ of ejaculation ~ 
032:135,19[B  ]| "I 
032:135,20[B  ]| \say!\" 
032:135,20['  ]| But even$5$ as he spoke $L$Mr%*Longdon's face$0$, still$5$ 
032:135,21['  ]| white, but with a smile$0$ that$6#1$ was not all pain$0$, seemed 
032:135,22['  ]| to$9$ supplicate him not to$9$ notice$1$; and he was not a man 
032:135,23['  ]| to$9$ require more than this to$9$ achieve a divination as 
032:135,24['  ]| deep as it was rapid. 
032:135,24[B  ]| "Why we have all been scattered 
032:135,25[B  ]| for$4$ Easter, have not we?" 
032:135,25['  ]| he asked of $A$Nanda. 
032:135,25[B  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon 
032:135,26[B  ]| has been at home, your mother and father 
032:135,27[B  ]| have been paying visits, I myself have been out$8$ of 
032:135,28[B  ]| London, $M$Mitchy has been in Paris, and you ~ oh 
032:135,29[B  ]| yes, I know where you have been." 
032:135,30[M  ]| "Ah we all know that$6#2$ ~ there has been such a row 
032:135,31[M  ]| made about$4$ it!" 
032:135,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy said. 
032:135,32[A  ]| "Yes, I have heard of the feeling$0$ there is," 
032:135,32['  ]| $A$Nanda 
032:136,01['  ]| replied. 
032:136,01[A  ]| "It is supposed to$9$ be awful, my knowing 
032:136,02[A  ]| $K$Tishy ~ quite too$5#1$ awful." 
032:136,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, with $B$Vanderbank's covert aid, had 
032:136,04['  ]| begun to$9$ appear to$9$ have pulled himself together, 
032:136,05['  ]| dropping back$5$ on$4$ his sofa and attending in a manner 
032:136,06['  ]| to$4$ his tea.  It might have been with the notion of showing 
032:136,07['  ]| himself at ease$0$ that$3$ he turned, on$4$ this, a benevolent 
032:136,08['  ]| smile$0$ to$4$ the girl. 
032:136,08[L  ]| "But what$6#2$, my dear$2#1$, is the 
032:136,09[L  ]| objection ~?" 
032:136,10['  ]| She looked gravely from him to$4$ $B$Vanderbank and 
032:136,11['  ]| to$4$ $M$Mitchy, and then back$5$ again from one of these to$4$ 
032:136,12['  ]| the other. 
032:136,12[A  ]| "Do you think I ought to$9$ say?" 
032:136,13['  ]| They both laughed and they both just$9$ appeared 
032:136,14['  ]| uncertain, but $B$Vanderbank spoke first. 
032:136,14[B  ]| "I do not 
032:136,15[B  ]| imagine, $A$Nanda, that$3$ you really know." 
032:136,16[M  ]| "No$7$ ~ as a family, you are perfection!" 
032:136,16['  ]| $M$Mithcy 
032:136,17['  ]| broke out$5$.  Before$4$ the fire$0$ again, with his cup, he 
032:136,18['  ]| addressed his hilarity to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
032:136,18[M  ]| "I told you 
032:136,19[M  ]| a tremendous lot, did not I?  But I did not tell you 
032:136,20[M  ]| about$4$ that$6#2$." 
032:136,21['  ]| His elder maintained, yet with a certain vagueness, 
032:136,22['  ]| the attitude of amiable enquiry. 
032:136,22[L  ]| "About$4$ the ~ a ~ 
032:136,23[L  ]| family?" 
032:136,24[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
032:136,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled, 
032:136,24[M  ]| "about$4$ its ramifications. 
032:136,25[M  ]| This young lady has a tremendous friendship ~ and 
032:136,26[M  ]| in short$0$ it is all very complicated." 
032:136,27[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda," 
032:136,27['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
032:136,27[B  ]| "it is all very 
032:136,28[B  ]| simple$2$.  Do not believe a word of anything of the sort." 
032:136,29['  ]| He had spoken as with the intention of a large 
032:136,30['  ]| vague optimism; but there was plainly something in 
032:136,31['  ]| the girl that$6#1$ would always make$1$ for$4$ lucidity. 
032:136,31[A  ]| "Do you 
032:136,32[A  ]| mean$1$ about$4$ $H$Carrie*Donner?  I \do not\ believe it, and at 
032:137,01[A  ]| any rate$0$ I do not think it is any*one's business.  I 
032:137,02[A  ]| should not have a very high opinion of a person who$6#1$ 
032:137,03[A  ]| would give up a friend." 
032:137,03['  ]| She stopped short$2$ with the 
032:137,04['  ]| sense apparent that$3$ she was saying more than she 
032:137,05['  ]| meant, though, strangely, as if it had been an effect$0$ 
032:137,06['  ]| of her type and of her voice, there was neither pertness 
032:137,07['  ]| nor passion in the profession$0#1$ she had just$9$ made.  Curiously 
032:137,08['  ]| wanting as she seemed both in timidity and in 
032:137,09['  ]| levity, she was to$4$ a certainty not self-conscious ~ she 
032:137,10['  ]| was extraordinarily simple$2$.  $L$Mr%*Longdon looked at 
032:137,11['  ]| her now with an evident surrender$0$ to$4$ his extreme$2$ 
032:137,12['  ]| interest$0$, and it might well$9$ have perplexed him to$9$ see 
032:137,13['  ]| her at once so$5#1$ downright as from experience$0$ and yet 
032:137,14['  ]| of so$5#1$ fresh and sweet a tenderness of youth. 
032:137,15[M  ]| "That is right$2#1$, that is right$2#1$, my dear$2#1$ young lady: 
032:137,16[M  ]| never, never give up a friend for$4$ anything any*one 
032:137,17[M  ]| says!" 
032:137,17['  ]| It was $M$Mitchy who$6#1$ rang out$5$ with this lively 
032:137,18['  ]| wisdom, the action of which$6#1$ on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ unless 
032:137,19['  ]| indeed it was the action of something else ~ was 
032:137,20['  ]| to$9$ make$1$ that$6#2$ personage, in a manner that$6#1$ held the 
032:137,21['  ]| others watching him in slight$2$ suspense, suddenly 
032:137,22['  ]| spring$1$ to$4$ his feet again, put down$5$ his teacup carefully 
032:137,23['  ]| on$4$ a table near$9$ and then without a word, as if no*one 
032:137,24['  ]| had been present$9$, quietly wander away and disappear 
032:137,25['  ]| through$4$ the door left$1$ open$2$ on$4$ $B$Vanderbank's entrance. 
032:137,26['  ]| It opened into a second$2$, a smaller sitting-room, into 
032:137,27['  ]| which$6#1$ the eyes of his companions followed him. 
032:137,28[A  ]| "What$6#2$ is the matter?" 
032:137,28['  ]| $A$Nanda asked. 
032:137,28[A  ]| "Has he 
032:137,29[A  ]| been taken ill?" 
032:137,30[M  ]| "He \is\ ""rum,"" my dear$2#1$ $B$Van," 
032:137,30['  ]| $M$Mitchy said; 
032:137,30[M  ]| "but 
032:137,31[M  ]| you are right$2#1$ ~ of a charm$0$, a distinction!  In short$0$ 
032:137,32[M  ]| just$9$ the sort of thing we want$1$." 
032:138,01[B  ]| "The sort of thing we ""want$1$"" ~ I dare$1#2$ say!" 
032:138,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
032:138,02['  ]| laughed. 
032:138,02[B  ]| "But it is not the sort of thing 
032:138,03[B  ]| that is to$9$ be had for$4$ the asking ~ it is a sort we shall 
032:138,04[B  ]| be mighty lucky if we can get!" 
032:138,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy turned with amusement to$4$ $A$Nanda. 
032:138,05[M  ]| "$B$Van 
032:138,06[M  ]| has invented him and, with the natural$2$ greed of the 
032:138,07[M  ]| inventor, will$1$ not let us have him cheap.  Well$7$," 
032:138,07['  ]| he 
032:138,08['  ]| went on$5$, 
032:138,08[M  ]| "I will$1$ ""stand$1$"" my share$0$." 
032:138,09[B  ]| "The difficulty is that$3$ he is so$5#1$ much too$5#1$ good for$4$ 
032:138,10[B  ]| us," 
032:138,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank explained. 
032:138,11[M  ]| "Ungrateful wretch," 
032:138,11['  ]| his friend cried, 
032:138,11[M  ]| "that is just$9$ 
032:138,12[M  ]| what$6#1$ I have been telling him that$3$ \you\ are!  Let the 
032:138,13[M  ]| return$0$ you make$1$ not be to$9$ deprive me ~!" 
032:138,14[A  ]| "$B$Mr%*Van is not at all too$5#1$ good for$4$ \me\, if you mean$1$ 
032:138,15[A  ]| that$6#2$," 
032:138,15['  ]| $A$Nanda broke in.  She had finished her tea-making 
032:138,16['  ]| and leaned back$5$ in her chair with her hands 
032:138,17['  ]| folded on$4$ the edge of the tray. 
032:138,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank only smiled at her in silence$0$, but 
032:138,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy took it up. 
032:138,19[B  ]| "There is nobody too$5#1$ good for$4$ 
032:138,20[B  ]| you, of course$8$; only you are not quite, do not you 
032:138,21[B  ]| know? \in\ our set$0$.  You are in $K$Mrs%*Grendon's.  I 
032:138,22[B  ]| know what$6#1$ you are going to$9$ say ~ that$3$ she has not 
032:138,23[B  ]| got any set$0$, that$3$ she is just$9$ a loose little white flower 
032:138,24[B  ]| dropped on$4$ the indifferent bosom of the world.  But 
032:138,25[B  ]| you are the small sprig of tender$2$ green that$6#1$, added to$4$ 
032:138,26[B  ]| her, makes her immediately ""compose.""" 
032:138,27['  ]| $A$Nanda looked at him with her cold$2$ kindness. 
032:138,28[A  ]| "What$7$ nonsense you do talk$1$!" 
032:138,29[B  ]| "Your tone is sweet to$4$ me," 
032:138,29['  ]| he returned, 
032:138,29[B  ]| "as showing 
032:138,30[B  ]| that$3$ you do not think \me\, either, too$5#1$ good for$4$ you. 
032:138,31[B  ]| No*one, remember, will$1$ take that$6#2$ for$4$ your excuse$0$ 
032:138,32[B  ]| when the world some day sees me annihilated by$4$ 
032:139,01[B  ]| your having put an end$0$ to$4$ our so$5#1$ harmless relations." 
032:139,02[B  ]| 
032:139,03['  ]| The girl appeared to$9$ lose herself a moment in the 
032:139,04['  ]| abysmal humanity over which$6#1$ his fairly fascinating 
032:139,05['  ]| ugliness played like$9$ the whirl of an eddy. 
032:139,05[A  ]| "Martyr!" 
032:139,06['  ]| she gently exclaimed.  But there was no$2$ smile$0$ with it. 
032:139,07['  ]| She turned to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$, during the previous 
032:139,08['  ]| minute$0$, had moved toward the neighbouring room, 
032:139,09['  ]| then faltering, taking counsel$0$ of discretion, had come 
032:139,10['  ]| back$5$ on$4$ a scruple$0$. 
032:139,10[A  ]| "What$6#2$ \is\ the matter?" 
032:139,11[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you want$1$ to$9$ get out$8$ of him, you wretch?" 
032:139,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy went on$5$ as their host for$4$ an instant$0$ said nothing. 
032:139,13['  ]| 
032:139,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, whose$6#1$ handsome face$0$ had a fine 
032:139,15['  ]| thought$0$ in it, looked a trifle$5$ absently from one of them 
032:139,16['  ]| to$4$ the other; but it was to$4$ $A$Nanda he spoke. 
032:139,16[B  ]| "Do 
032:139,17[B  ]| you like$1$ him, $A$Nanda?" 
032:139,18['  ]| She showed surprise$0$ at the question$0$. 
032:139,18[A  ]| "How can 
032:139,19[A  ]| I know so$5#1$ soon?" 
032:139,20[B  ]| "\He\ knows already." 
032:139,21['  ]| $M$Mitchy, with his eyes on$4$ her, became radiant to$9$ 
032:139,22['  ]| interpret. 
032:139,22[M  ]| "He knows that$3$ he is pierced to$4$ the heart!" 
032:139,23[B  ]| "The matter with him, as you call$1$ it," 
032:139,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
032:139,24['  ]| brought out$5$, 
032:139,24[B  ]| "is one of the most beautiful things 
032:139,25[B  ]| I have ever seen." 
032:139,25['  ]| He looked at her as with a hope$0$ 
032:139,26['  ]| she would understand. 
032:139,26[B  ]| "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!" 
032:139,27[M  ]| "Precisely," 
032:139,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy continued; 
032:139,27[M  ]| "the victim done 
032:139,28[M  ]| for$5$ by$4$ one glance$0$ of the goddess!" 
032:139,29['  ]| $A$Nanda, motionless in her chair, fixed her other 
032:139,30['  ]| friend with clear$2$ curiosity. 
032:139,30[A  ]| """Beautiful""?  Why 
032:139,31[A  ]| beautiful?" 
032:139,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, about$5$ to$9$ speak, checked himself 
032:140,01[B  ]| "I will$1$ not spoil it.  Have it from \him!\" 
032:140,01['  ]| ~ and, returning 
032:140,02['  ]| to$4$ their friend, he this time went out$5$. 
032:140,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy and $A$Nanda looked at each other. 
032:140,03[M  ]| "But 
032:140,04[M  ]| is not it rather awful?" 
032:140,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy demanded. 
032:140,05['  ]| She got up without answering; she slowly came 
032:140,06['  ]| away from the table. 
032:140,06[A  ]| "I think I do know if I like$1$ 
032:140,07[A  ]| him." 
032:140,08[M  ]| "Well$9$ you may$1$," 
032:140,08['  ]| $M$Mitchy exclaimed 
032:140,08[M  ]| "after$4$ his 
032:140,09[M  ]| putting before$4$ you probably, on$4$ the whole$0$, the greatest 
032:140,10[M  ]| of your triumphs." 
032:140,11[A  ]| "And I also know, I think, $M$Mr%*Mitchy, that$3$ I like$1$ 
032:140,12[A  ]| \you\." 
032:140,12['  ]| She spoke without attention to$4$ this hyperbole. 
032:140,13[M  ]| "In spite$8$ of my ineffectual attempts to$9$ be brilliant? 
032:140,14[M  ]| That is a joy," 
032:140,14['  ]| he went on$5$, 
032:140,14[M  ]| "if it is not drawn out$5$ by$4$ 
032:140,15[M  ]| the mere clumsiness of my flattery." 
032:140,15['  ]| She had turned 
032:140,16['  ]| away from him, kindly enough, as if time for$4$ his talk$0$ 
032:140,17['  ]| in the air were always to$9$ be allowed him: she took 
032:140,18['  ]| in vaguely $B$Vanderbank's books and prints. 
032:140,18[M  ]| "Why 
032:140,19[M  ]| did not your mother come?" 
032:140,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy then enquired. 
032:140,20['  ]| At this she again looked at him. 
032:140,20[A  ]| "Do you mention$1$ 
032:140,21[A  ]| her as a way of alluding to$4$ something you guess$1$ she 
032:140,22[A  ]| must have told me?" 
032:140,23[M  ]| "That$3$ I have always supposed I make$1$ your flesh 
032:140,24[M  ]| creep?  Yes," 
032:140,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy admitted; 
032:140,24[M  ]| "I see she must 
032:140,25[M  ]| have said to$4$ you:  ""Be nice to$4$ him, to$9$ show$1$ him it 
032:140,26[M  ]| is not quite so$5#1$ bad as that$6#2$!""  So$3$ you \are\ nice ~ so$3$ you 
032:140,27[M  ]| always \will$1$\ be nice.  But I adore you, all the same, 
032:140,28[M  ]| without illusions." 
032:140,29['  ]| She had opened at one of the tables, unperceivingly, 
032:140,30['  ]| a big volume of which$6#1$ she turned the leaves$0$. 
032:140,30[A  ]| "Do not 
032:140,31[A  ]| ""adore"" a girl, $M$Mr%*Mitchy ~ just$9$ help$1$ her.  That is 
032:140,32[A  ]| more to$4$ the purpose." 
032:141,01[M  ]| "Help$1$ you?" 
032:141,01['  ]| he cried. 
032:141,01[M  ]| "You bring tears to$4$ my 
032:141,02[M  ]| eyes!" 
032:141,03[A  ]| "Can not a girl have friends?" 
032:141,03['  ]| she went on$5$. 
032:141,03[A  ]| "I never 
032:141,04[A  ]| heard of anything so$5#1$ idiotic." 
032:141,04['  ]| Giving him, however, 
032:141,05['  ]| no$2$ chance$0$ to$9$ take her up on$4$ this, she made a quick$2$ 
032:141,06['  ]| transition. 
032:141,06[A  ]| "Mother did not come because she wants$1$ 
032:141,07[A  ]| me now, as she says, more to$9$ share$1$ her own$2$ life." 
032:141,08['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked at it. 
032:141,08[M  ]| "But is this the way for$4$ her to$9$ 
032:141,09[M  ]| share$1$ yours?" 
032:141,10[A  ]| "Ah that is another matter ~ about$4$ which$6#1$ you 
032:141,11[A  ]| must talk$1$ to$4$ \her\.  She wants$1$ me no$2$ longer to$9$ keep 
032:141,12[A  ]| seeing only with her eyes.  She is throwing me into 
032:141,13[A  ]| the world." 
032:141,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy had listened with the liveliest interest$0$, but 
032:141,15['  ]| he presently broke into a laugh$0$. 
032:141,15[M  ]| "What$7$ a good thing 
032:141,16[M  ]| then that$3$ I am there to$9$ catch$1$ you!" 
032:141,17['  ]| Without ~ it might have been seen ~ having 
032:141,18['  ]| gathered the smallest impression of what$6#1$ they enclosed, 
032:141,19['  ]| she carefully drew together again the covers of 
032:141,20['  ]| her folio.  There was deliberation in her movements. 
032:141,21[A  ]| "I shall always be glad when you are there.  But 
032:141,22[A  ]| where do you suppose they have gone?" 
032:141,22['  ]| Her eyes were 
032:141,23['  ]| on$4$ what$6#1$ was visible of the other room, from which$6#1$ 
032:141,24['  ]| there arrived no$2$ sound$0$ of voices. 
032:141,25[M  ]| "They are off there," 
032:141,25['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
032:141,25[M  ]| "but just$9$ looking 
032:141,26[M  ]| unutterable things about$4$ you.  The impression is 
032:141,27[M  ]| too$5#1$ deep.  Let them look$1$, and tell me meanwhile if 
032:141,28[M  ]| $H$Mrs%*Donner gave you my message." 
032:141,29[A  ]| "Oh yes, she told me some humbug." 
032:141,30[M  ]| "The humbug then was in the tone my perfectly 
032:141,31[M  ]| sincere speech took from herself.  She gives things, 
032:141,32[M  ]| I recognise, rather that$6#2$ sound$0$.  It is her weakness," 
032:142,01['  ]| he continued, 
032:142,01[M  ]| "and perhaps even$5$ one may$1$ say her 
032:142,02[M  ]| danger.  All the more reason$0$ you should help$1$ her, as 
032:142,03[M  ]| I believe you are supposed to$9$ be doing, are not you? 
032:142,04[M  ]| I hope$1$ you feel you are," 
032:142,04['  ]| he earnestly added. 
032:142,05['  ]| He had spoken this time gravely enough, and with 
032:142,06['  ]| magnificent gravity $A$Nanda replied. 
032:142,06[A  ]| "I \have\ helped 
032:142,07[A  ]| her.  $K$Tishy is sure I have.  That is what$6#1$ $K$Tishy wants$1$ 
032:142,08[A  ]| me for$4$.  She says that$3$ to$9$ be with some nice girl is 
032:142,09[A  ]| really the best thing for$4$ her." 
032:142,10['  ]| Poor $M$Mitchy's face$0$ hereupon would have been 
032:142,11['  ]| interesting, would have been distinctly touching to$4$ 
032:142,12['  ]| other eyes; but $A$Nanda's were not heedful of it. 
032:142,12[M  ]| "Oh," 
032:142,13['  ]| he returned after$4$ an instant$0$ and without profane 
032:142,14['  ]| mirth, 
032:142,14[M  ]| "that$6#2$ seems to$4$ me the best thing for$4$ any*one." 
032:142,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, however, might have caught his expression, 
032:142,16['  ]| for$3$ $B$Vanderbank now reappeared, smiling on$4$ 
032:142,17['  ]| the pair$0$ as if struck by$4$ their intimacy. 
032:142,17[B  ]| "How you \are\ 
032:142,18[B  ]| keeping$1$ it up!" 
032:142,18['  ]| Then to$4$ $A$Nanda persuasively: 
032:142,18[B  ]| "Do 
032:142,19[B  ]| you mind$1$ going to$4$ him in there?  I want$1$ him so$5#1$ really 
032:142,20[B  ]| to$9$ see you.  It is quite, you know, what$6#1$ he came for$4$." 
032:142,21['  ]| $A$Nanda seemed to$9$ wonder$1$. 
032:142,21[A  ]| "What$6#2$ will$1$ he do to$4$ 
032:142,22[A  ]| me?  Anything dreadful?" 
032:142,23[B  ]| "He will$1$ tell you what$6#1$ I meant just$9$ now." 
032:142,24[A  ]| "Oh," 
032:142,24['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
032:142,24[A  ]| "if he is a person who$6#1$ can tell 
032:142,25[A  ]| me sometimes what$6#1$ you mean$1$ ~!" 
032:142,25['  ]| With which$6#1$ she 
032:142,26['  ]| went quickly off. 
032:142,27[M  ]| "And can not \I\ hear?" 
032:142,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked of his host 
032:142,28['  ]| while$9$ they looked after$4$ her. 
032:142,29[B  ]| "Yes, but only from me." 
032:142,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had pushed 
032:142,30['  ]| him to$4$ a seat again and was casting about$5$ for$4$ cigarettes. 
032:142,31[B  ]| "Be quiet$2$ and smoke, and I will$1$ tell you." 
032:142,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy, on$4$ the sofa, received with meditation a 
032:143,01['  ]| light$0$. 
032:143,01[M  ]| "Will$1$ she understand?  She has everything in 
032:143,02[M  ]| the world but one," 
032:143,02['  ]| he added. 
032:143,02[M  ]| "But that is half." 
032:143,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, before$4$ him, lighted for$4$ himself. 
032:143,04[B  ]| "What$6#2$ is it?" 
032:143,05[M  ]| "A sense of humour." 
032:143,06[B  ]| "Oh yes, she is serious$2$." 
032:143,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy smoked a little. 
032:143,07[M  ]| "She is tragic." 
032:143,08['  ]| His friend, at the fire$0$, watched a moment the empty$2$ 
032:143,09['  ]| portion of the other room, then walked across$5$ to$9$ give 
032:143,10['  ]| the door a light$2$ push$0$ that$6#1$ all but closed it. 
032:143,10[B  ]| "It is 
032:143,11[B  ]| rather odd," 
032:143,11['  ]| he remarked as he came back$5$ ~ 
032:143,11[B  ]| "that is 
032:143,12[B  ]| quite what$6#1$ I just$9$ said to$4$ him.  But he will$1$ not treat$1$ her 
032:143,13[B  ]| to$4$ comedy." 
033:144,01[B  ]| "Is it the shock$0$ of the resemblance to$4$ her grandmother?" 
033:144,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had asked of $L$Mr%*Longdon on$4$ 
033:144,03['  ]| rejoining him in his retreat$0$.  This victim of memory, 
033:144,04['  ]| with his back$0$ turned, was gazing out$8$ of the window, 
033:144,05['  ]| and when in answer$0$ he showed his face$0$ there were 
033:144,06['  ]| tears in his eyes.  His answer$0$ in fact was just$9$ these 
033:144,07['  ]| tears, the significance of which$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank immediately 
033:144,08['  ]| recognised. 
033:144,08[B  ]| "It is still$5$ greater then than you 
033:144,09[B  ]| gathered from her photograph?" 
033:144,10[L  ]| "It is the most extraordinary thing in the world. 
033:144,11[L  ]| I am too$5#1$ absurd to$9$ be so$5#1$ upset" 
033:144,11['  ]| ~ $L$Mr%*Longdon 
033:144,12['  ]| smiled through$4$ his tears ~ 
033:144,12[L  ]| "but if you had known 
033:144,13[L  ]| $ZI$Lady*Julia you would understand.  It is \she\ again, as I 
033:144,14[L  ]| first knew her, to$4$ the life; and not only in feature, in 
033:144,15[L  ]| stature, in colour, in movement, but in every bodily 
033:144,16[L  ]| mark$0$ and sign, in every look$0$ of the eyes above$4$ all ~ 
033:144,17[L  ]| oh to$4$ a degree! ~ in the sound$0$, in the charm$0$ of the 
033:144,18[L  ]| voice." 
033:144,18['  ]| He spoke low and confidentially, but with an 
033:144,19['  ]| intensity that$6#1$ now relieved him ~ he was as restless as 
033:144,20['  ]| with a discovery.  He moved about$5$ as with a sacred 
033:144,21['  ]| awe ~ he might a few steps away have been in the 
033:144,22['  ]| very presence. 
033:144,22[L  ]| "She is \all\ $ZI$Lady*Julia.  There is not 
033:144,23[L  ]| a touch$0$ of her mother.  It is unique ~ an absolute 
033:144,24[L  ]| revival.  I see nothing of her father, I see nothing of 
033:144,25[L  ]| any*one else.  Is not it thought$1$ wonderful by$4$ every*one?" 
033:144,26['  ]| he went on$5$. 
033:144,26[L  ]| "Why did not you tell me?" 
033:144,27[B  ]| "To$9$ have prepared you a little?" 
033:144,27['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank 
033:145,01['  ]| felt almost guilty. 
033:145,01[B  ]| "I see ~ I should have liked to$9$ 
033:145,02[B  ]| make$1$ more of it; though," 
033:145,02['  ]| he added all lucidly, 
033:145,02[B  ]| "I 
033:145,03[B  ]| might so$5#2$, by$4$ putting you on$4$ your guard$0$, have caused 
033:145,04[B  ]| myself to$9$ lose what$6#1$, if you will$1$ allow me to$9$ say it, strikes 
033:145,05[B  ]| me as one of the most touching tributes I have ever seen 
033:145,06[B  ]| rendered to$4$ a woman.  In fact, however, how could 
033:145,07[B  ]| I know?  I never saw $ZI$Lady*Julia, and you had in 
033:145,08[B  ]| advance$0$ all the evidence I could have:  the portrait ~ 
033:145,09[B  ]| pretty$5$ bad, in the taste of the time, I admit ~ and the 
033:145,10[B  ]| three or four photographs you must have noticed with 
033:145,11[B  ]| it at $D$Mrs%*Brook's.  These things must have compared 
033:145,12[B  ]| themselves for$4$ you with my photograph in there of 
033:145,13[B  ]| the granddaughter.  The similarity of course$8$ we had 
033:145,14[B  ]| all observed, but it has taken your wonderful memory 
033:145,15[B  ]| and your happy vision to$9$ put into it all the detail$0$." 
033:145,16[B  ]| 
033:145,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon thought$1$ a moment, giving a dab with 
033:145,18['  ]| his pocket-handkerchief. 
033:145,18[L  ]| "Very true ~ you are quite 
033:145,19[L  ]| right$2#1$.  It is far beyond$4$ any identity in the pictures. 
033:145,20[L  ]| But why did you tell me," 
033:145,20['  ]| he added more sharply, 
033:145,21[L  ]| "that$3$ she is not beautiful?" 
033:145,22[B  ]| "You have deprived me," 
033:145,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed, 
033:145,22[B  ]| "of 
033:145,23[B  ]| the power of expressing civilly any surprise$0$ at your 
033:145,24[B  ]| finding her so$5#2$.  But I said to$4$ you, please remember, 
033:145,25[B  ]| nothing that$6#1$ qualified a jot my sense of the special 
033:145,26[B  ]| stamp of her face$0$.  I have always positively found in it 
033:145,27[B  ]| a recall$0$ of the type of the period you must be thinking 
033:145,28[B  ]| of.  It is not a bit modern.  It is a face$0$ of $Z1$Sir*Thomas*Lawrence ~" 
033:145,29[B  ]| 
033:145,30[L  ]| "It is a face$0$ of $Z1$Gainsborough!" 
033:145,30['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon returned 
033:145,31['  ]| with spirit. 
033:145,31[L  ]| "$ZI$Lady*Julia herself harked back$5$." 
033:145,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, clearly, was equally touched and 
033:146,01['  ]| amused. 
033:146,01[B  ]| "Let us say at once that$3$ it is a face$0$ of 
033:146,02[B  ]| $Z1$Raphael." 
033:146,03['  ]| His old friend's hand was instantly on$4$ his arm$0$. 
033:146,04[L  ]| "That is exactly what$6#1$ I often said to$4$ myself of $ZI$Lady*Julia's." 
033:146,05[L  ]| 
033:146,06[B  ]| "The forehead is a little too$5#1$ high," 
033:146,06['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank. 
033:146,07['  ]| 
033:146,08[L  ]| "But it is just$9$ that$6#2$ excess that$6#1$, with the exquisite 
033:146,09[L  ]| eyes and the particular disposition round$4$ it of the fair 
033:146,10[L  ]| hair, makes the individual grace$0$, makes the beauty 
033:146,11[L  ]| of the resemblance." 
033:146,12['  ]| Released by$4$ $ZI$Lady*Julia's lover, the young man in 
033:146,13['  ]| turn$0$ grasped him as an encouragement to$4$ confidence. 
033:146,14[B  ]| "It is a face$0$ that$6#1$ should have the long$9$ side-ringlets of 
033:146,15[B  ]| 1830.  It should have the rest$0#1$ of the personal arrangement, 
033:146,16[B  ]| the pelisse, the shape$0$ of bonnet, the sprigged 
033:146,17[B  ]| muslin dress$0$ and the cross-laced sandals.  It should 
033:146,18[B  ]| have arrived in a pea-green ""tilbury"" and be a reader 
033:146,19[B  ]| of $Z1$Mrs%*Radcliffe.  And all this to$9$ complete$1$ the 
033:146,20[B  ]| $Z1$Raphael!" 
033:146,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$, his discovery proclaimed, had 
033:146,22['  ]| begun, as might have been said, to$9$ live with it, looked 
033:146,23['  ]| hard a moment at his companion. 
033:146,23[L  ]| "How you have 
033:146,24[L  ]| observed her!" 
033:146,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank met it without confusion. 
033:146,25[B  ]| "Whom$6#2$ 
033:146,26[B  ]| have not I observed?  Do you like$1$ her?" 
033:146,26['  ]| he then 
033:146,27['  ]| rather oddly and abruptly asked. 
033:146,28['  ]| The old man broke away again. 
033:146,28[L  ]| "How can I tell 
033:146,29[L  ]| ~ with such disparities?" 
033:146,30[B  ]| "The manner must be different," 
033:146,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank suggested. 
033:146,31[B  ]| "And the things she says." 
033:146,32['  ]| His visitor was before$4$ him again. 
033:146,32[L  ]| "I do not know 
033:147,01[L  ]| what$6#1$ to$9$ make$1$ of them.  They do not go with the rest$0#1$ 
033:147,02[L  ]| of her.  $ZI$Lady*Julia," 
033:147,02['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
033:147,02[L  ]| "was rather 
033:147,03[L  ]| shy." 
033:147,04['  ]| Oh this too$5#2$ his host could meet$1$ him. 
033:147,04[B  ]| "She must 
033:147,05[B  ]| have been.  And $A$Nanda ~ yes, certainly ~ does not 
033:147,06[B  ]| give that$6#2$ impression." 
033:147,07[L  ]| "On$4$ the contrary$0$.  But $ZI$Lady*Julia was gay!" 
033:147,08['  ]| he added with an eagerness that$6#1$ made $B$Vanderbank 
033:147,09['  ]| smile$0$. 
033:147,10[B  ]| "I can also see that$6#2$.  $A$Nanda does not joke.  And 
033:147,11[B  ]| yet," 
033:147,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued with his exemplary candour, 
033:147,12[B  ]| "we must not speak of her, must we? as if she 
033:147,13[B  ]| were bold and grim." 
033:147,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon fixed him. 
033:147,14[L  ]| "Do you think she is 
033:147,15[L  ]| sad?" 
033:147,16['  ]| They had preserved their lowered tone and might, 
033:147,17['  ]| with their heads together, have been conferring as 
033:147,18['  ]| the party "out$5$" in some game with the couple in the 
033:147,19['  ]| other room. 
033:147,19[B  ]| "Yes.  Sad." 
033:147,19['  ]| But $B$Vanderbank broke 
033:147,20['  ]| off. 
033:147,20[B  ]| "I will$1$ send her to$4$ you." 
033:147,20['  ]| Thus it was he had come 
033:147,21['  ]| back$5$ to$4$ her. 
033:147,22['  ]| $A$Nanda, on$4$ joining the elder man, went straight to$4$ 
033:147,23['  ]| the point$0$. 
033:147,23[A  ]| "He says it is so$5#1$ beautiful ~ what$6#1$ you feel 
033:147,24[A  ]| on$4$ seeing me: if that$6#2$ \is\ what$6#1$ he meant." 
033:147,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon 
033:147,25['  ]| kept silent again at first, only smiling at her, but 
033:147,26['  ]| less strangely now, and then appeared to$9$ look$1$ about$4$ 
033:147,27['  ]| him for$4$ some place$0$ where she could sit near$4$ him. 
033:147,28['  ]| There was a sofa in this room too$5#2$, on$4$ which$6#1$, observing 
033:147,29['  ]| it, she quickly sank down$5$, so$3$ that$3$ they were 
033:147,30['  ]| presently together, placed a little sideways and face$0$ 
033:147,31['  ]| to$4$ face$0$.  She had shown perhaps that$3$ she supposed 
033:147,32['  ]| him to$9$ have wished to$9$ take her hand, but he forbore 
033:148,01['  ]| to$9$ touch$1$ her, though letting her feel all the kindness 
033:148,02['  ]| of his eyes and their long$9$ backward vision.  These 
033:148,03['  ]| things she evidently felt soon enough; she went on$5$ 
033:148,04['  ]| before$3$ he had spoken. 
033:148,04[A  ]| "I know how well$9$ you knew 
033:148,05[A  ]| my grandmother.  Mother has told me ~ and I am 
033:148,06[A  ]| so$5#1$ glad.  She told me to$9$ say to$4$ you that$3$ she wants$1$ \you\ 
033:148,07[A  ]| to$9$ tell me." 
033:148,07['  ]| Just$9$ a shade, at this, might have appeared 
033:148,08['  ]| to$9$ drop$1$ over his face$0$, but who$6#2$ was there to$9$ 
033:148,09['  ]| know if the girl observed it?  It did not prevent at any 
033:148,10['  ]| rate$0$ her completing her statement. 
033:148,10[A  ]| "That is why she 
033:148,11[A  ]| wished me to-day to$9$ come alone.  She said she wished 
033:148,12[A  ]| you to$9$ have me all to$4$ yourself." 
033:148,13@l   | No$7$, decidedly, she was not shy: 
033:148,13['  ]| that$6#2$ mute reflexion 
033:148,14['  ]| was in the air an instant$0$. 
033:148,14[L  ]| "That$6#2$, no$2$ doubt$0$, is 
033:148,15[L  ]| the best way.  I thank her very much.  I called, after$4$ 
033:148,16[L  ]| having had the honour$0$ of dining ~ I called, I think, 
033:148,17[L  ]| three times," 
033:148,17['  ]| he went on$5$ with a sudden$2$ displacement 
033:148,18['  ]| of the question$0$; 
033:148,18[L  ]| "but I had the misfortune each time 
033:148,19[L  ]| to$9$ miss her." 
033:148,20['  ]| She kept looking at him with her crude young clearness. 
033:148,21[A  ]| "I did not know about$4$ that$6#2$.  Mother thinks 
033:148,22[A  ]| she is more at home than almost any*one.  She does it 
033:148,23[A  ]| on$4$ purpose: she knows what$6#1$ it is," 
033:148,23['  ]| $A$Nanda pursued 
033:148,24['  ]| with her perfect$2$ gravity, 
033:148,24[A  ]| "for$4$ people to$9$ be disappointed 
033:148,25[A  ]| of finding her." 
033:148,26[L  ]| "Oh I shall find her yet," 
033:148,26['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
033:148,26[L  ]| "And 
033:148,27[L  ]| then I hope$1$ I shall also find \you\." 
033:148,28['  ]| She appeared simply to$9$ consider the possibility and 
033:148,29['  ]| after$4$ an instant$0$ to$9$ think well$9$ of it. 
033:148,29[A  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say you 
033:148,30[A  ]| will$1$ now, for$3$ now I shall be down$5$." 
033:148,31['  ]| Her companion just$9$ blinked. 
033:148,31[L  ]| "In the drawing-room, 
033:148,32[L  ]| you mean$1$ ~ always?" 
033:149,01['  ]| It was quite what$6#1$ she meant. 
033:149,01[A  ]| "Always.  I shall see 
033:149,02[A  ]| all the people who$6#1$ come.  It will$1$ be a great thing for$4$ 
033:149,03[A  ]| me.  I want$1$ to$9$ hear all the talk$0$.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett says 
033:149,04[A  ]| I ought to$9$ ~ that$3$ it helps to$9$ form$1$ the young mind$0$. 
033:149,05[A  ]| I hoped, for$4$ that$6#2$ reason$0$," 
033:149,05['  ]| she went on$5$ with the 
033:149,06['  ]| directness that$6#1$ made her honesty almost violent ~ 
033:149,07[A  ]| "I hoped there would be more people here to-day." 
033:149,08[L  ]| "I am very glad there are not!" 
033:149,08['  ]| ~ the old man rang 
033:149,09['  ]| equally clear$2$. 
033:149,09[L  ]| "$B$Mr%*Vanderbank kindly arranged the 
033:149,10[L  ]| matter for$4$ me just$9$ this way.  I met him at dinner, at 
033:149,11[L  ]| your mother's, three weeks ago, and he brought me 
033:149,12[L  ]| home here that$6#2$ night, when, as knowing you so$5#1$ differently, 
033:149,13[L  ]| we took the liberty of talking you all over. 
033:149,14[L  ]| It naturally had the effect$0$ of making me want$1$ to$9$ 
033:149,15[L  ]| begin with you afresh ~ only that$6#2$ seemed difficult 
033:149,16[L  ]| too$5#2$ without further help$0$.  This he good-naturedly 
033:149,17[L  ]| offered me; he said" 
033:149,17['  ]| ~ and $L$Mr%*Longdon recovered 
033:149,18['  ]| his spirits to$9$ repeat it ~ 
033:149,18[L  ]| """Hang it, I will$1$ have 'em 
033:149,19[L  ]| here for$4$ you!""" 
033:149,20[A  ]| "I see ~ he knew we would come." 
033:149,20['  ]| Then she caught 
033:149,21['  ]| herself up. 
033:149,21[A  ]| "But we have not come, have we?" 
033:149,22[L  ]| "Oh it is all right$8$ ~ it is all right$8$.  To$4$ me the occasion is 
033:149,23[L  ]| brilliant and the affluence great.  I have had 
033:149,24[L  ]| such talk$0$ with those young men ~" 
033:149,25[A  ]| "I see" 
033:149,25['  ]| ~ she was again prompt$2$, but beyond$4$ any 
033:149,26['  ]| young person he had ever met she might have struck 
033:149,27['  ]| him as literal. 
033:149,27[A  ]| "You are not used$1#2$ to$4$ such talk$0$.  Neither 
033:149,28[A  ]| am I.  It is rather wonderful, is not it?  They are 
033:149,29[A  ]| thought$1$ awfully clever, $B$Mr%*Van and $M$Mr%*Mitchy. 
033:149,30[A  ]| Do you like$1$ them?" 
033:149,30['  ]| she pushed on$5$. 
033:149,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$, as compared with her, might 
033:149,32['  ]| have struck a spectator as infernally subtle, took an 
033:150,01['  ]| instant$0$ to$9$ think. 
033:150,01[L  ]| "I have never met $M$Mr%*Mitchett before$5$." 
033:150,02[L  ]| 
033:150,03[A  ]| "Well$7$, he always thinks one does not like$1$ him," 
033:150,04['  ]| $A$Nanda explained. 
033:150,04[A  ]| "But one does.  One ought to$9$," 
033:150,05['  ]| she added. 
033:150,06['  ]| Her companion had another pause$0$. 
033:150,06[L  ]| "He likes 
033:150,07[L  ]| \you\." 
033:150,08['  ]| Oh $L$Mr%*Longdon need not have hesitated! 
033:150,08[A  ]| "I 
033:150,09[A  ]| know he does.  He has told mother.  He has told lots 
033:150,10[A  ]| of people." 
033:150,11[L  ]| "He has told even$5$ you," 
033:150,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon smiled. 
033:150,12[A  ]| "Yes ~ but that$6#2$ is not the same.  I do not think he is 
033:150,13[A  ]| a bit dreadful," 
033:150,13['  ]| she pursued.  Still$5$, there was a greater 
033:150,14['  ]| interest$0$. 
033:150,14[A  ]| "Do you like$1$ $B$Mr%*Van?" 
033:150,15['  ]| This time her interlocutor indeed hung fire$0$. 
033:150,15[L  ]| "How 
033:150,16[L  ]| can I tell?  He dazzles me." 
033:150,17[A  ]| "But do not you like$1$ that$6#2$?" 
033:150,17['  ]| Then before$3$ he could 
033:150,18['  ]| really say: 
033:150,18[A  ]| "You are afraid he may$1$ be false?" 
033:150,19['  ]| At this he fairly laughed. 
033:150,19[L  ]| "You go to$4$ the point$0$!" 
033:150,20['  ]| She just$9$ coloured to$9$ have amused him so$5#2$, but he 
033:150,21['  ]| quickly went on$5$: 
033:150,21[L  ]| "I think one has a little natural$2$ 
033:150,22[L  ]| nervousness at being$1$ carried off one's feet.  I am afraid 
033:150,23[L  ]| I have always liked too$5#1$ much to$9$ see where I am going." 
033:150,24[A  ]| "And you do not with him?" 
033:150,24['  ]| She spoke with her 
033:150,25['  ]| curious hard interest$0$. 
033:150,25[A  ]| "I understand.  But I think 
033:150,26[A  ]| I like$1$ to$9$ be dazzled." 
033:150,27[L  ]| "Oh you have got time ~ you can come round$9$ again; 
033:150,28[L  ]| you have a margin for$4$ accidents, for$4$ disappointments 
033:150,29[L  ]| and recoveries: you can take one thing with another. 
033:150,30[L  ]| But I have only my last$2$ little scrap." 
033:150,31[A  ]| "And you want$1$ to$9$ make$1$ no$2$ mistakes ~ I see." 
033:150,32[L  ]| "Well$7$, I am too$5#1$ easily upset." 
033:151,01[A  ]| "Ah so$5#2$ am I," 
033:151,01['  ]| said $A$Nanda. 
033:151,01[A  ]| "I assure you that$3$ in 
033:151,02[A  ]| spite$8$ of what$6#1$ you say I want$1$ to$9$ make$1$ no$2$ mistakes 
033:151,03[A  ]| either.  I have seen a great many ~ though you might not 
033:151,04[A  ]| think it," 
033:151,04['  ]| she persisted; 
033:151,04[A  ]| "I really know what$6#1$ they 
033:151,05[A  ]| may$1$ be.  Do you like$1$ \me?\" 
033:151,05['  ]| she brought forth.  But 
033:151,06['  ]| even$5$ on$4$ this she spared him too$5#2$; a look$0$ appeared to$9$ 
033:151,07['  ]| have been enough for$4$ her. 
033:151,07[A  ]| "How can you say, of 
033:151,08[A  ]| course$8$, already? ~ if you can not say for$4$ $B$Mr%*Van.  I 
033:151,09[A  ]| mean$1$ as you have see him so$5#1$ much.  When he asked 
033:151,10[A  ]| me just$9$ now if I liked \you\ I told him it was too$5#1$ soon. 
033:151,11[A  ]| But it is not now; you see it goes fast.  I \do\ like$1$ you." 
033:151,12['  ]| She gave him no$2$ time to$9$ acknowledge this tribute, 
033:151,13['  ]| but ~ as if it were a matter of course$0$ ~ tried him 
033:151,14['  ]| quickly with something else. 
033:151,14[A  ]| "Can you say if you 
033:151,15[A  ]| like$1$ mother?" 
033:151,16['  ]| He could meet$1$ it pretty$5$ well$9$ now. 
033:151,16[L  ]| "There are 
033:151,17[L  ]| immense reasons why I should." 
033:151,18[A  ]| "Yes ~ I know about$4$ them, as I mentioned: mother 
033:151,19[A  ]| has told me." 
033:151,19['  ]| But what$6#1$ she had to$9$ put to$4$ him 
033:151,20['  ]| kept up his surprise$0$. 
033:151,20[A  ]| "Have reasons anything to$9$ do 
033:151,21[A  ]| with it?  I do not believe you like$1$ her!" 
033:151,21['  ]| she exclaimed. 
033:151,22[A  ]| "\She\ does not think so$5#2$," 
033:151,22['  ]| she added. 
033:151,23['  ]| The old man's face$0$ at last$0$, partly bewildered, partly 
033:151,24['  ]| reassured, showed something finer still$5$ in the effect$0$ 
033:151,25['  ]| she produced. 
033:151,25[L  ]| "Into what$7$ mysteries you plunge!" 
033:151,26[A  ]| "Oh we do; that is what$6#1$ every*one says of us.  We 
033:151,27[A  ]| discuss everything and every*one ~ we are always 
033:151,28[A  ]| discussing each other.  I think we must be rather celebrated 
033:151,29[A  ]| for$4$ it, and it is a kind$0$ of trick$0$ ~ is not it? ~ 
033:151,30[A  ]| that is catching.  But do not you think it is the most 
033:151,31[A  ]| interesting sort of talk$0$?  Mother says we have not any 
033:151,32[A  ]| prejudices.  \You\ have, probably, quantities ~ and 
033:152,01[A  ]| beautiful ones: so$3$ perhaps I ought not to$9$ tell you. 
033:152,02[A  ]| But you will$1$ find out$5$ for$4$ yourself." 
033:152,03[L  ]| "Yes ~ I am rather slow; but I generally end$1$ by$4$ 
033:152,04[L  ]| finding out$5$.  And I have got, thank heaven," 
033:152,04['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
033:152,05[L  ]| "quite prejudices enough." 
033:152,06[A  ]| "Then I hope$1$ you will$1$ tell me some of them," 
033:152,06['  ]| $A$Nanda 
033:152,07['  ]| replied in a tone evidently marking how much he 
033:152,08['  ]| pleased her. 
033:152,09[L  ]| "Ah you must do as \I\ do ~ you must find out$5$ for$4$ 
033:152,10[L  ]| yourself.  Your resemblance to$4$ your grandmother is 
033:152,11[L  ]| quite prodigious," 
033:152,11['  ]| he immediately added. 
033:152,12[A  ]| "That is what$6#1$ I wish$1$ you would tell me about$4$ ~ your 
033:152,13[A  ]| recollection of her and your wonderful feeling$0$ about$4$ 
033:152,14[A  ]| her.  Mother has told me things, but that$3$ I should 
033:152,15[A  ]| have something straight from you is exactly what$6#1$ she 
033:152,15[A  ]| also wants$1$.  My grandmother must have been awfully 
033:152,16[A  ]| nice," 
033:152,16['  ]| the girl rambled on$5$, 
033:152,16[A  ]| "and I somehow do not see 
033:152,17[A  ]| myself at all as the same sort of person." 
033:152,18[L  ]| "Oh I do not say you are in the least the same sort: 
033:152,19[L  ]| all I allude to$4$," 
033:152,19['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon returned, 
033:152,19[L  ]| "is the miracle 
033:152,20[L  ]| of the physical heredity.  Nothing could be less 
033:152,21[L  ]| like$9$ her than your manner and your talk$0$." 
033:152,22['  ]| $A$Nanda looked at him with all her honesty. 
033:152,23[A  ]| "They are not so$5#1$ good, you must think." 
033:152,24['  ]| He hung fire$0$ an instant$0$, but was as honest as she. 
033:152,25[L  ]| "You are separated from her by$4$ a gulf ~ and not only 
033:152,26[L  ]| of time.  Personally, you see, you breathe a different 
033:152,27[L  ]| air." 
033:152,28['  ]| She thought$1$ ~ she quite took it in. 
033:152,28[A  ]| "Of course$8$. 
033:152,29[A  ]| And you breathe the same ~ the same old one, I 
033:152,30[A  ]| mean$1$, as my grandmother." 
033:152,31[L  ]| "The same old one," 
033:152,32['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon smiled, 
033:152,32[L  ]| "as 
033:153,01[L  ]| much as possible.  Some day I will$1$ tell you more of what$6#1$ 
033:153,02[L  ]| you are curious of.  I can not go into it now." 
033:153,03[A  ]| "Because I have upset you so$5#2$?" 
033:153,03['  ]| $A$Nanda frankly 
033:153,04['  ]| asked. 
033:153,05[L  ]| "That is one of the reasons." 
033:153,06[A  ]| "I think I can see another too$5#2$," 
033:153,06['  ]| she observed after$4$ 
033:153,07['  ]| a moment. 
033:153,07[A  ]| "You are not sure how much I shall understand. 
033:153,08[A  ]| But I shall understand," 
033:153,08['  ]| she went on$5$, 
033:153,08[A  ]| "more, 
033:153,09[A  ]| perhaps, than you think.  In fact," 
033:153,09['  ]| she said earnestly, 
033:153,10[A  ]| "I \promise$1$\ to$9$ understand.  I have some imagination. 
033:153,11[A  ]| Had my grandmother?" 
033:153,11['  ]| she asked.  Her actual sequences 
033:153,12['  ]| were not rapid, but she had already anticipated 
033:153,13['  ]| him. 
033:153,13[A  ]| "I have thought$1$ of that$6#2$ before$5$, because 
033:153,14[A  ]| I put the same question$0$ to$4$ mother." 
033:153,15[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ did your mother say?" 
033:153,16[A  ]| """Imagination ~ dear$2#1$ mamma?  Not a grain!""" 
033:153,17['  ]| The old man showed a faint$2$ flush. 
033:153,17[L  ]| "Your mother 
033:153,18[L  ]| then has a supply$0$ that$6#1$ makes up for$4$ it." 
033:153,19['  ]| The girl fixed him on$4$ this with a deeper attention. 
033:153,20[A  ]| "You do not like$1$ her having said that$6#2$." 
033:153,21['  ]| His colour came stronger, though a slightly strained 
033:153,22['  ]| smile$0$ did what$6#1$ it could to$9$ diffuse coolness. 
033:153,22[L  ]| "I do not 
033:153,23[L  ]| care$1$ a single scrap, my dear$2#1$, in respect$0$ to$4$ the friend 
033:153,24[L  ]| I am speaking of, for$4$ any judgement but my own$2$." 
033:153,25[A  ]| "Not even$5$ for$4$ her daughter's?" 
033:153,26[L  ]| "Not even$5$ for$4$ her daughter's." 
033:153,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had 
033:153,27['  ]| not spoken loud, but he rang as clear$2$ as a bell. 
033:153,28['  ]| $A$Nanda, for$4$ admiration of it, broke almost for$4$ the 
033:153,29['  ]| first time into the semblance of a smile$0$. 
033:153,29[A  ]| "You feel as 
033:153,30[A  ]| if my grandmother were quite \your\ property!" 
033:153,31[L  ]| "Oh quite." 
033:153,32[A  ]| "I say ~ that is splendid!" 
033:154,01[L  ]| "I am glad you like$1$ it," 
033:154,01['  ]| he answered kindly. 
033:154,02['  ]| The very kindness pulled her up. 
033:154,02[A  ]| "Pardon$1$ my 
033:154,03[A  ]| speaking so$5#2$, but I am sure you know what$6#1$ I mean$1$. 
033:154,04[A  ]| You must not think," 
033:154,04['  ]| she eagerly continued, 
033:154,04[A  ]| "that$3$ 
033:154,05[A  ]| mother will$1$ not also want$1$ to$9$ hear you." 
033:154,06[L  ]| "On$4$ the subject$0$ of $ZI$Lady*Julia?" 
033:154,06['  ]| He gently, but 
033:154,07['  ]| very effectively, shook his head$0$. 
033:154,07[L  ]| "Your mother shall 
033:154,08[L  ]| never hear me." 
033:154,09['  ]| $A$Nanda appeared to$9$ wonder$1$ at it an instant$0$, and it 
033:154,10['  ]| made her completely grave$2$ again. 
033:154,10[A  ]| "It will$1$ be all for$4$ 
033:154,11[A  ]| \me?\" 
033:154,12[L  ]| "Whatever there may$1$ be of it, my dear$2#1$." 
033:154,13[A  ]| "Oh I shall get it all out$8$ of you," 
033:154,13['  ]| she returned without 
033:154,14['  ]| hesitation.  Her mixture of free familiarity and of 
033:154,15['  ]| the vividness of evocation of something, whatever it 
033:154,16['  ]| was, sharply opposed ~ the little worry of this contradiction, 
033:154,17['  ]| not altogether unpleasant, continued to$9$ 
033:154,18['  ]| fill his consciousness more discernibly than anything 
033:154,19['  ]| else.  It was really reflected in his quick$2$ brown eyes 
033:154,20['  ]| that$3$ she alternately drew him on$5$ and warned him off, 
033:154,21['  ]| but also that$3$ what$6#1$ they were beginning$1$ more and 
033:154,22['  ]| more to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ was an emotion of her own$2$ trembling 
033:154,23['  ]| there beneath her tension.  His glimpse of it 
033:154,24['  ]| widened ~ his glimpse of it fairly triumphed when 
033:154,25['  ]| suddenly, after$4$ this last$2$ declaration, she threw off with 
033:154,26['  ]| quite the same accent but quite another effect$0$: 
033:154,26[A  ]| "I am 
033:154,27[A  ]| glad to$9$ be like$9$ any*one the thought$0$ of whom$6#1$ makes 
033:154,28[A  ]| you so$5#1$ good!  You \are\ good," 
033:154,28['  ]| she continued; 
033:154,28[A  ]| "I see 
033:154,29[A  ]| already how I shall feel it." 
033:154,29['  ]| She stared at him with 
033:154,30['  ]| tears, the sight of which$6#1$ brought his own$2$ straight 
033:154,31['  ]| back$5$; so$3$ that$3$ thus for$4$ a moment they sat there together. 
033:154,32['  ]| 
033:155,01[L  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child!" 
033:155,01['  ]| he at last$0$ simply murmured. 
033:155,02['  ]| But he laid his hand on$4$ her now, and her own$2$ immediately 
033:155,03['  ]| met it. 
033:155,04[A  ]| "You will$1$ get used$1#2$ to$4$ me," 
033:155,04['  ]| she said with the same 
033:155,05['  ]| gentleness that$6#1$ the response of her touch$0$ had tried to$9$ 
033:155,06['  ]| express$1$; 
033:155,06[A  ]| "and I shall be so$5#1$ careful with you that$3$ ~ 
033:155,07[A  ]| well$7$, you will$1$ see!" 
033:155,07['  ]| She broke short$2$ off with a quaver 
033:155,08['  ]| and the next instant$0$ she turned ~ there was some*one 
033:155,09['  ]| at the door.  $B$Vanderbank, still$5$ not quite at his ease$0$, 
033:155,10['  ]| had come back$5$ to$9$ smile$1$ upon them.  Detaching herself 
033:155,11['  ]| from $L$Mr%*Longdon she got straight up to$9$ meet$1$ 
033:155,12['  ]| him. 
033:155,12[A  ]| "You were right$2#1$, $B$Mr%*Van.  It is beautiful, 
033:155,13[A  ]| beautiful, beautiful!" 
041:159,01['  ]| $E$Harold*Brookenham, whom$6#1$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore, ushered 
041:159,02['  ]| in and announced, had found in the act$0$ of helping 
041:159,03['  ]| himself to$4$ a cup of tea at the table apparently just$9$ 
041:159,04['  ]| prepared ~ $E$Harold*Brookenham arrived at the point$0$ 
041:159,05['  ]| with a dash so$5#1$ direct$2$ as to$9$ leave$1$ the visitor an option 
041:159,06['  ]| between but two suppositions: 
041:159,06@f   | that$6#2$ of a desperate 
041:159,07@f   | plunge, to$9$ have his shame$0$ soon over, or that$6#2$ of the acquired 
041:159,08@f   | habit of such appeals, which$6#1$ had taught him the 
041:159,09@f   | easiest way. 
041:159,09['  ]| There was no$2$ great sharpness in the face$0$ 
041:159,10['  ]| of $F$Mr%*Cashmore, who$6#1$ was somehow massive without 
041:159,11['  ]| majesty; yet he might not have been proof against 
041:159,12['  ]| the suspicion that$6#1$ his young friend's embarrassment 
041:159,13['  ]| was an easy precaution, a conscious corrective to$4$ the 
041:159,14['  ]| danger of audacity.  It would not have been impossible 
041:159,15['  ]| to$9$ divine that$3$ if $E$Harold shut his eyes and jumped 
041:159,16['  ]| it was mainly for$4$ the appearance of doing so$5#2$.  Experience$0$ 
041:159,17['  ]| was to$9$ be taken as showing that$3$ one might get 
041:159,18['  ]| a five-pound note$0$ as one got a light$0$ for$4$ a cigarette; 
041:159,19['  ]| but one had to$9$ check$1$ the friendly impulse to$9$ ask for$4$ 
041:159,20['  ]| it in the same way.  $F$Mr%*Cashmore had in fact looked 
041:159,21['  ]| surprised, yet not on$4$ the whole$0$ so$5#1$ surprised as the 
041:159,22['  ]| young man seemed to$9$ have expected$1$ of him.  There 
041:159,23['  ]| was almost a quiet$2$ grace$0$ in the combination of 
041:159,24['  ]| promptitude and diffidence with which$6#1$ $E$Harold took 
041:159,25['  ]| over the responsibility of all proprietorship of the 
041:159,26['  ]| crisp morsel of paper that$6#1$ he slipped with slow firmness 
041:159,27['  ]| into the pocket of his waistcoat, rubbing it gently 
041:160,01['  ]| in its passage against the delicately buff-coloured 
041:160,02['  ]| duck of which$6#1$ that$6#2$ garment was composed. 
041:160,02[E  ]| "So$5#1$ 
041:160,03[E  ]| quite too$5#1$ awfully kind$2$ of you that$3$ I really do not know 
041:160,04[E  ]| what$6#1$ to$9$ say" 
041:160,04['  ]| ~ there was a marked recall$0$, in the 
041:160,05['  ]| manner of this speech, of the sweetness of his mother's 
041:160,06['  ]| droop and the tenderness of her wail.  It was as 
041:160,07['  ]| if he had been moved for$4$ the moment to$9$ moralise, but 
041:160,08['  ]| the eyes he raised to$4$ his benefactor had the oddest 
041:160,09['  ]| effect$0$ of marking that$6#2$ personage himself as a theme 
041:160,10['  ]| for$4$ the moralist. 
041:160,11['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore, who$6#1$ would have been very red-haired 
041:160,12['  ]| if he had not been bald, showed a single 
041:160,13['  ]| eye-glass and a long$9$ upper lip; he was large and 
041:160,14['  ]| jaunty, with little petulant movements and intense 
041:160,15['  ]| ejaculations that$6#1$ were not in the line of his type. 
041:160,16[F  ]| "You may$1$ say anything you like$1$ if you do not say 
041:160,17[F  ]| you will$1$ repay it.  That is always nonsense ~ I hate 
041:160,18[F  ]| it." 
041:160,19['  ]| $E$Harold remained sad, but showed himself really 
041:160,20['  ]| superior$2$. 
041:160,20[E  ]| "Then I will$1$ not say it." 
041:160,20['  ]| Pensively, a minute$0$, 
041:160,21['  ]| he appeared to$9$ figure the words, in their absurdity, 
041:160,22['  ]| on$4$ the lips of some young man not, like$9$ himself, tactful. 
041:160,23[E  ]| "I know just$9$ what$6#1$ you mean$1$." 
041:160,24[F  ]| "But I think, you know, that$3$ you ought to$9$ tell your 
041:160,25[F  ]| father," 
041:160,25['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore said. 
041:160,26[E  ]| "Tell him I have borrowed of you?" 
041:160,27['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore good-humouredly demurred. 
041:160,27[F  ]| "It 
041:160,28[F  ]| would serve me right$2#1$ ~ it is so$5#1$ wretched my having 
041:160,29[F  ]| listened to$4$ you.  Tell him, certainly," 
041:160,29['  ]| he went on$5$ after$4$ 
041:160,30['  ]| an instant$0$. 
041:160,30[F  ]| "But what$6#1$ I mean$1$ is that$3$ if you are in such 
041:160,31[F  ]| straits you should speak to$4$ him like$9$ a man." 
041:160,32['  ]| $E$Harold smiled at the innocence of a friend who$6#1$ 
041:161,01['  ]| could suppose him not to$9$ have exhausted that$6#2$ resource. 
041:161,02[E  ]| "I am \always\ speaking to$4$ him like$9$ a man, 
041:161,03[E  ]| and that is just$9$ what$6#1$ puts him so$5#1$ awfully out$5$.  He 
041:161,04[E  ]| denies to$4$ my face$0$ that$3$ I \am\ one.  One would suppose, 
041:161,05[E  ]| to$9$ hear him, not only that$3$ I am a small objectionable 
041:161,06[E  ]| child, but that$3$ I am scarcely even$5$ human.  He does not 
041:161,07[E  ]| conceive me as with human wants$0$." 
041:161,08[F  ]| "Oh," 
041:161,08['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore laughed, 
041:161,08[F  ]| "you have all ~ you 
041:161,09[F  ]| youngsters ~ as many wants$0$, I know, as an advertisement 
041:161,10[F  ]| page of the \Times\." 
041:161,11['  ]| $E$Harold showed an admiration. 
041:161,11[E  ]| "That is awfully 
041:161,12[E  ]| good.  If you think you ought to$9$ speak of it," 
041:161,12['  ]| he continued, 
041:161,13[E  ]| "do it rather to$4$ mamma." 
041:161,13['  ]| He noted the hour. 
041:161,14[E  ]| "I will$1$ go, if you will$1$ excuse$1$ me, to$9$ give you the chance$0$." 
041:161,15['  ]| The visitor referred to$4$ his own$2$ watch$0$. 
041:161,15[F  ]| "It is your 
041:161,16[F  ]| mother herself who$6#1$ gives the chances ~ the chances 
041:161,17[F  ]| \you\ take." 
041:161,18['  ]| $E$Harold looked kind$2$ and simple$2$. 
041:161,18[E  ]| "She \has\ come in, 
041:161,19[E  ]| I know.  She will$1$ be with you in a moment." 
041:161,20['  ]| He was halfway to$4$ the door, but $F$Mr%*Cashmore, 
041:161,21['  ]| though so$5#1$ easy, had not done with him. 
041:161,21[F  ]| "I suppose 
041:161,22[F  ]| you mean$1$ that$3$ if it is only your mother who$6#1$ is told, 
041:161,23[F  ]| you may$1$ depend on$4$ her to$9$ shield you." 
041:161,24['  ]| $E$Harold turned this over as if it were a questionable 
041:161,25['  ]| sovereign, but on$4$ second$2$ thoughts he wonderfully 
041:161,26['  ]| smiled. 
041:161,26[E  ]| "Do you think that$3$ after$3$ you have let me have 
041:161,27[E  ]| it you can tell?  You could, of course$8$, if you had not." 
041:161,28['  ]| He appeared to$9$ work$1$ it out$5$ for$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore's benefit. 
041:161,29[E  ]| "But I do not mind$1$," 
041:161,29['  ]| he added, 
041:161,29[E  ]| "your telling 
041:161,30[E  ]| mamma." 
041:161,31[F  ]| "Do not mind$1$, you mean$1$ really, its annoying her 
041:161,32[F  ]| so$5#1$ awfully?" 
041:162,01['  ]| The invitation to$9$ repent thrown off in this could 
041:162,02['  ]| only strike the young man as absurd ~ it was so$5#1$ previous 
041:162,03['  ]| to$4$ any enjoyment.  $E$Harold liked things in their 
041:162,04['  ]| proper order$0$; but at the same time his evolutions 
041:162,05['  ]| were quick$2$. 
041:162,05[E  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say I \am\ selfish, but what$6#1$ I was 
041:162,06[E  ]| thinking was that$3$ the terrific wigging, do not you 
041:162,07[E  ]| know? ~ well$7$, I would take it from \her\.  She knows about$4$ 
041:162,08[E  ]| one's life ~ about$4$ our having to$9$ go on$5$, by$4$ no$2$ fault of 
041:162,09[E  ]| our own$2$, as our parents start$1$ us.  She knows all about$4$ 
041:162,10[E  ]| wants$0$ ~ no*one has more than mamma." 
041:162,11['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore soundlessly glared his amusement. 
041:162,12[F  ]| "So$3$ she will$1$ say it is all right$8$?" 
041:162,13[E  ]| "Oh no$7$; she will$1$ let me have it hot.  But she will$1$ recognise 
041:162,14[E  ]| that$3$ at such a pass$0$ more must be done for$4$ a 
041:162,15[E  ]| fellow, and that$6#2$ may$1$ lead$1$ to$4$ something ~ indirectly, 
041:162,16[E  ]| do not you see?  for$3$ she will$1$ not \tell\ my father, she will$1$ 
041:162,17[E  ]| only, in her own$2$ way, work$1$ on$4$ him ~ that$6#2$ will$1$ put 
041:162,18[E  ]| me on$4$ a better$9$ footing and for$4$ which$6#1$ therefore at 
041:162,19[E  ]| bottom I shall have to$9$ thank \you\." 
041:162,20['  ]| The eye assisted by$F$Mr%*Cashmore's glass had with 
041:162,21['  ]| a discernible growth of something like$9$ alarm$0$ fixed 
041:162,22['  ]| during this address$0$ the subject$0$ of his beneficence. 
041:162,23['  ]| The thread of their relations somehow lost itself in 
041:162,24['  ]| the subtler twist, and he fell back$5$ on$4$ mere stature, 
041:162,25['  ]| position and property, things always convenient in the 
041:162,26['  ]| presence of crookedness. 
041:162,26[F  ]| "I shall say nothing to$4$ your 
041:162,27[F  ]| mother, but I think I shall be rather glad you are not 
041:162,28[F  ]| a son of mine$6$." 
041:162,29['  ]| $E$Harold wondered at this new element in their talk$0$. 
041:162,30[E  ]| "Do your sons never ~?" 
041:162,31[F  ]| "Borrow money of their mother's visitors?" 
041:162,31['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore 
041:162,32['  ]| had taken him up, eager, evidently, quite 
041:163,01['  ]| to$9$ satisfy him; but the question$0$ was caught on$4$ the 
041:163,02['  ]| wing by$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham herself, who$6#1$ had opened 
041:163,03['  ]| the door as her friend spoke and who$6#1$ quickly advanced 
041:163,04['  ]| with an echo of it. 
041:163,05[D  ]| "$G$Lady*Fanny's visitors?" 
041:163,05['  ]| ~ and, though her eyes 
041:163,06['  ]| rather avoided then met his own$2$, she seemed to$9$ cover 
041:163,07['  ]| her ladyship's husband with a vague but practised 
041:163,08['  ]| sympathy. 
041:163,08[D  ]| "What$6#2$ on$4$ earth are you saying to$4$ $E$Harold 
041:163,09[D  ]| about$4$ them?" 
041:163,09['  ]| Thus it was that$3$ at the end$0$ of a few 
041:163,10['  ]| minutes $F$Mr%*Cashmore, on$4$ the sofa face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ with 
041:163,11['  ]| her, found his consciousness quite purged of its actual 
041:163,12['  ]| sense of his weakness and a new turn$0$ given to$4$ the idea 
041:163,13['  ]| of what$6#1$, in one's very drawing-room, might go on$5$ behind 
041:163,14['  ]| one's back$0$.  $E$Harold had quickly vanished ~ had 
041:163,15['  ]| been tacitly disposed of, and $D$Mrs%*Brook's caller 
041:163,16['  ]| had moved even$5$ in the short$2$ space of time so$5#1$ far in 
041:163,17['  ]| another direction as to$9$ have drawn from her the 
041:163,18['  ]| little cold$2$ question$0$: 
041:163,18[D  ]| ""Presents""?  You do not mean$1$ 
041:163,19[D  ]| money?" 
041:163,20['  ]| He clearly felt the importance of expressing at least 
041:163,21['  ]| by$4$ his silence$0$ and his eye-glass what$6#1$ he meant. 
041:163,21[F  ]| "Her 
041:163,22[F  ]| extravagance is beyond$4$ everything, and though there 
041:163,23[F  ]| are bills enough, God knows, that$6#1$ do come in to$4$ me, 
041:163,24[F  ]| I do not see how she pulls through$5$ unless there are 
041:163,25[F  ]| others that$6#1$ go elsewhere." 
041:163,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham had given him his tea ~ her 
041:163,27['  ]| own$2$ she had placed on$4$ a small table near$4$ her; and 
041:163,28['  ]| she could now respond freely to$4$ the impulse felt, on$4$ 
041:163,29['  ]| this, of settling herself to$4$ something of real interest$0$. 
041:163,30['  ]| Except to$4$ $E$Harold she was incapable of reproach$0$, 
041:163,31['  ]| though there were of course$8$ shades in her resignation, 
041:163,32['  ]| and her daughter's report$0$ of her to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon as 
041:164,01['  ]| conscious of an absence of prejudice would have been 
041:164,02['  ]| justified for$4$ a spectator by$4$ the particular feeling$0$ that$6#1$ 
041:164,03['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore's speech caused her to$9$ disclose.  What$6#2$ 
041:164,04['  ]| did this feeling$0$ wonderfully appear unless strangely 
041:164,05['  ]| irrelevant? 
041:164,05[D  ]| "I have no$2$ patience when I hear you talk$1$ 
041:164,06[D  ]| as if you were not horribly rich." 
041:164,07['  ]| He looked at her an instant$0$ as if guessing she might 
041:164,08['  ]| have derived that$6#2$ impression from $E$Harold. 
041:164,08[F  ]| "What$6#2$ 
041:164,09[F  ]| has that$6#2$ to$9$ do with it?  Does a rich man enjoy any 
041:164,10[F  ]| more than a poor his wife's making a fool of him?" 
041:164,11['  ]| Her eyes opened wider: it was one of her very 
041:164,12['  ]| few ways of betraying amusement.  There was little 
041:164,13['  ]| indeed to$9$ be amused at here except his choice$0$ of 
041:164,14['  ]| the particular invidious name$0$. 
041:164,14[D  ]| "You know I do not 
041:164,15[D  ]| believe a word you say." 
041:164,16['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore drank his tea, then rose$1$ to$9$ carry 
041:164,17['  ]| the cup somewhere and put it down$5$, declining with 
041:164,18['  ]| a motion any assistance.  When he was on$4$ the sofa 
041:164,19['  ]| again he resumed their intimate$2$ talk$0$. 
041:164,19[F  ]| "I like$1$ tremendously 
041:164,20[F  ]| to$9$ be with you, but you must not think I have 
041:164,21[F  ]| come here to$9$ let you say to$4$ me such dreadful things 
041:164,22[F  ]| as that$6#2$." 
041:164,22['  ]| He was an odd compound, $F$Mr%*Cashmore, 
041:164,23['  ]| and the air of personal good health, the untarnished 
041:164,24['  ]| bloom which$6#1$ sometimes lent a monstrous serenity to$4$ 
041:164,25['  ]| his mention$0$ of the barely mentionable, was on$4$ occasion$0$ 
041:164,26['  ]| balanced or matched by$4$ his playful application 
041:164,27['  ]| of extravagant terms to$4$ matters of much less moment. 
041:164,28[F  ]| "You know what$6#1$ I come to$4$ you for$4$, $D$Mrs%*Brook: 
041:164,29[F  ]| I will$1$ not come any more if you are going to$9$ be 
041:164,30[F  ]| horrid and impossible." 
041:164,31[D  ]| "You come to$4$ me, I suppose, because ~ for$4$ my 
041:164,32[D  ]| deep misfortune, I assure you ~ I have a kind$0$ of vision 
041:165,01[D  ]| of things, of the wretched miseries in which$6#1$ you all 
041:165,02[D  ]| knot yourselves up, which$6#1$ you yourselves are as little 
041:165,03[D  ]| blessed with as if, tumbling about$5$ together in your 
041:165,04[D  ]| heap, you were a litter of blind$2$ kittens." 
041:165,05[F  ]| "Awfully good that$6#2$ ~ you do lift the burden of my 
041:165,06[F  ]| trouble$0$!" 
041:165,06['  ]| He had laughed out$5$ in the manner of 
041:165,07['  ]| the man who$6#1$ made notes for$4$ platform use$0$ of things 
041:165,08['  ]| that$6#1$ might serve; but the next moment he was grave$2$ 
041:165,09['  ]| again, as if his observation had reminded him of 
041:165,10['  ]| $E$Harold's praise$0$ of his wit$0#2$.  It was in this spirit that$3$ 
041:165,11['  ]| he abruptly brought out$5$: 
041:165,11[F  ]| "Where, by$4$ the way, is 
041:165,12[F  ]| your daughter?" 
041:165,13[D  ]| "I have not the least idea.  I do all I can to$9$ enter 
041:165,14[D  ]| into her life, but you can not get into a railway train 
041:165,15[D  ]| while$9$ it is on$4$ the rush." 
041:165,16['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore swung back$5$ to$4$ hilarity. 
041:165,16[F  ]| "You give 
041:165,17[F  ]| me lots of things.  Do you mean$1$ she is so$5#1$ ""fast""?" 
041:165,18['  ]| He could keep the ball$0#1$ going. 
041:165,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham obliged him with what$6#1$ she 
041:165,20['  ]| meant. 
041:165,20[D  ]| "No$7$; she is a tremendous dear$2#1$, and we are 
041:165,21[D  ]| great friends.  But she has her free young life, which$6#1$, 
041:165,22[D  ]| by$4$ that$6#2$ law of our time that$6#1$ I am sure I only want$1$, 
041:165,23[D  ]| like$9$ all other laws, once I know what$6#1$ they \are\, to$9$ 
041:165,24[D  ]| accept ~ she has her precious freshness of feeling$0$ 
041:165,25[D  ]| which$6#1$ I say to$4$ myself that$3$, so$5#1$ far as control is concerned, 
041:165,26[D  ]| I ought to$9$ respect$1$.  I try to$9$ get her to$9$ sit with 
041:165,27[D  ]| me, and she does so$5#2$ a little, because she is kind$2$.  But 
041:165,28[D  ]| before$3$ I know it she leaves$1$ me again: she feels what$6#1$ 
041:165,29[D  ]| a difference her presence makes in one's liberty of 
041:165,30[D  ]| talk$0$." 
041:165,31['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore was struck by$4$ this picture$0$. 
041:165,31[F  ]| "That is 
041:165,32[F  ]| awfully charming of her." 
041:166,01[D  ]| "Is not it too$5#1$ dear$2#3$?" 
041:166,01['  ]| The thought$0$ of it, for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
041:166,02['  ]| seemed fairly to$9$ open$1$ out$5$ vistas. 
041:166,02[D  ]| "The 
041:166,03[D  ]| modern daughter!" 
041:166,04[F  ]| "But not the ancient mother!" 
041:166,04['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
041:166,05['  ]| smiled. 
041:166,06['  ]| She shook her head$0$ with a world of accepted woe. 
041:166,07[D  ]| """Give me back$5$, give me back$5$ one hour of my 
041:166,08[D  ]| youth""!  Oh I have not a single thrill left$1$ to$9$ answer$1$ 
041:166,09[D  ]| a compliment$0$.  I sit here now face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ with things 
041:166,10[D  ]| as they are.  They come in their turn$0$, I assure you 
041:166,11[D  ]| ~ and they find me," 
041:166,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook sighed, 
041:166,11[D  ]| "ready. 
041:166,12[D  ]| $A$Nanda has stepped on$4$ the stage$0#2$ and I give her up the 
041:166,13[D  ]| house.  Besides," 
041:166,13['  ]| she went on$5$ musingly, 
041:166,13[D  ]| "it is awfully 
041:166,14[D  ]| interesting.  It \is\ the modern daughter ~ we are really 
041:166,15[D  ]| ""doing"" her, the child and I; and as the modern has 
041:166,16[D  ]| always been my own$2$ note$0$ ~ I have gone in, I mean$1$, 
041:166,17[D  ]| frankly for$4$ my very own$2$ Time ~ who$6#2$ is one, after$4$ 
041:166,18[D  ]| all, that$3$ one should pretend to$9$ decline to$9$ go where it 
041:166,19[D  ]| may$1$ lead$1$?" 
041:166,19['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore was unprepared with an 
041:166,20['  ]| answer$0$ to$4$ this question$0$, and his hostess continued in 
041:166,21['  ]| a different tone: 
041:166,21[D  ]| "It is sweet her sparing one!" 
041:166,22['  ]| This, for$4$ the visitor, was firmer ground. 
041:166,22[F  ]| "Do you 
041:166,23[F  ]| mean$1$ about$4$ talking before$4$ her?" 
041:166,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's assent was positively tender$2$. 
041:166,24[D  ]| "She 
041:166,25[D  ]| will$1$ not have a difference in my freedom.  It is as if the 
041:166,26[D  ]| dear$2#1$ thing \knew\, do not you see? what$6#1$ we must keep 
041:166,27[D  ]| back$5$.  She wants$1$ us not to$9$ have to$9$ think.  It is quite 
041:166,28[D  ]| maternal!" 
041:166,28['  ]| she mused again.  Then as if with the 
041:166,29['  ]| pleasure of presenting it to$4$ him afresh: 
041:166,29[D  ]| "That is the 
041:166,30[D  ]| modern daughter!" 
041:166,31[F  ]| "Well$7$," 
041:166,31['  ]| said $F$Mr%*Cashmore, 
041:166,31[F  ]| "I can not help$1$ wishing 
041:166,32[F  ]| she were a trifle$5$ less considerate.  In that$6#2$ case I might 
041:167,01[F  ]| find her with you, and I may$1$ tell you frankly that$3$ I 
041:167,02[F  ]| get more from her than I do from you.  She has the 
041:167,03[F  ]| great merit$0$ for$4$ me, in the first place$0$, of not being$1$ 
041:167,04[F  ]| such an admirer of my wife." 
041:167,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham took this up with interest$0$. 
041:167,05[D  ]| "No$7$ 
041:167,06[D  ]| ~ you are right$2#1$; she does not, as I do, \see\ $G$Lady*Fanny, 
041:167,07[D  ]| and that is a kind$0$ of mercy." 
041:167,08[F  ]| "There you are then, you inconsistent creature," 
041:167,09['  ]| he cried with a laugh$0$: 
041:167,09[F  ]| "after$4$ all you \do\ believe me! 
041:167,10[F  ]| You recognise how benighted it would be for$4$ your 
041:167,11[F  ]| daughter not to$9$ feel that$3$ $G$Fanny is bad." 
041:167,12[D  ]| "You are too$5#1$ tiresome, my dear$2#1$ man," 
041:167,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook 
041:167,13['  ]| returned, 
041:167,13[D  ]| "with your ridiculous simplifications. 
041:167,14[D  ]| $G$Fanny is \not\ ""bad""; she is magnificently good ~ in 
041:167,15[D  ]| the sense of being$1$ generous and simple$2$ and true, too$5#1$ 
041:167,16[D  ]| adorably unaffected and without the least \9mesquinerie\. 
041:167,17[D  ]| She is a great calm$2$ silver statue." 
041:167,18['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore showed, on$4$ this, something of the 
041:167,19['  ]| strength that$6#1$ comes from the practice$0$ of public$2$ debate. 
041:167,20[F  ]| "Then why are you glad your daughter does not 
041:167,21[F  ]| like$1$ her?" 
041:167,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook smiled as with the sadness of having 
041:167,23['  ]| too$5#1$ much to$9$ triumph$1$. 
041:167,23[D  ]| "Because I am not, like$9$ $G$Fanny, 
041:167,24[D  ]| without \9mesquinerie\.  I am not generous and simple$2$. 
041:167,25[D  ]| I am exaggeratedly anxious about$4$ $A$Nanda.  I care$1$, in 
041:167,26[D  ]| spite$8$ of myself, for$4$ what$6#1$ people may$1$ say.  Your wife 
041:167,27[D  ]| does not ~ she towers above$4$ them.  I can be a shade 
041:167,28[D  ]| less brave through$4$ the chance$0$ of my girl's not happening 
041:167,29[D  ]| to$9$ feel her as the rest$0#1$ of us do." 
041:167,30['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore too$5#1$ heavily followed. 
041:167,30[F  ]| "To$9$ ""feel"" 
041:167,31[F  ]| her?" 
041:167,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook floated over. 
041:167,32[D  ]| "There would be in that$6#2$ 
041:168,01[D  ]| case perhaps something to$9$ hint$1$ to$4$ her not to$9$ shriek 
041:168,02[D  ]| on$4$ the house-tops.  When you say," 
041:168,02['  ]| she continued, 
041:168,03[D  ]| "that$3$ one admits, as regards$3$ $G$Fanny, anything wrong$2$, 
041:168,04[D  ]| you pervert dreadfully what$6#1$ one does freely grant ~ 
041:168,05[D  ]| that$3$ she is a great glorious pagan.  It is a real relief to$9$ 
041:168,06[D  ]| know such a type ~ it is like$9$ a flash of insight into 
041:168,07[D  ]| history.  None the less if you ask me why then it is not 
041:168,08[D  ]| all right$8$ for$4$ young things to$9$ ""shriek"" as I say, I have 
041:168,09[D  ]| my answer$0$ perfectly ready." 
041:168,09['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, as her 
041:168,10['  ]| visitor seemed not only too$5#1$ reduced to$9$ doubt$1$ it, but 
041:168,11['  ]| too$5#1$ baffled to$9$ distinguish audibly, for$4$ his credit$0$, between 
041:168,12['  ]| resignation and admiration, she produced: 
041:168,13[D  ]| "Because she is purely instinctive.  Her instincts are 
041:168,14[D  ]| splendid ~ but it is terrific." 
041:168,15[F  ]| "That is all I ever maintained it to$9$ be!" 
041:168,15['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore 
041:168,16['  ]| cried. 
041:168,16[F  ]| "It \is\ terrific." 
041:168,17[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
041:168,17['  ]| his friend answered, 
041:168,17[D  ]| "I am watching 
041:168,18[D  ]| her.  We are all watching her.  It is like$9$ some great 
041:168,19[D  ]| natural$2$ poetic thing ~ an Alpine sunrise or a big 
041:168,20[D  ]| high tide." 
041:168,21[F  ]| "You are amazing!" 
041:168,21['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore laughed. 
041:168,21[F  ]| "I am 
041:168,22[F  ]| watching her too$5#2$." 
041:168,23[D  ]| "And I am also watching \you\," 
041:168,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook lucidly 
041:168,24['  ]| continued. 
041:168,24[D  ]| "What$6#1$ I do not for$4$ a moment believe is 
041:168,25[D  ]| that$3$ her bills are paid by$4$ any*one.  It is \much\ more 
041:168,26[D  ]| probable," 
041:168,26['  ]| she sagaciously observed, 
041:168,26[D  ]| "that$3$ they are not 
041:168,27[D  ]| paid at all." 
041:168,28[F  ]| "Oh well$7$, if she can get on$5$ that$6#2$ way ~!" 
041:168,29[D  ]| "There can not be a place$0$ in London," 
041:168,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook 
041:168,30['  ]| pursued, 
041:168,30[D  ]| "where they are not delighted to$9$ dress$1$ such 
041:168,31[D  ]| a woman.  She shows$1$ things, do not you see? as some 
041:168,32[D  ]| fine tourist region shows$1$ the placards in the fields and 
041:169,01[D  ]| the posters on$4$ the rocks.  And what$6#2$ proof can you 
041:169,02[D  ]| adduce?" 
041:169,02['  ]| she asked. 
041:169,03['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore had grown restless; he picked a 
041:169,04['  ]| stray thread off the knee of his trousers. 
041:169,04[F  ]| "Ah when 
041:169,05[F  ]| you talk$1$ about$4$ ""adducing"" ~!" 
041:169,05['  ]| He appeared to$9$ intimate$1$ 
041:169,06['  ]| ~ as with the hint$0$ that$3$ if she did not take care$0$ 
041:169,07['  ]| she might bore$1#2$ him ~ that$3$ it was the kind$0$ of word 
041:169,08['  ]| he used$1#1$ only in the House*of*Commons. 
041:169,09[D  ]| "When I talk$1$ about$4$ it you can not meet$1$ me," 
041:169,09['  ]| she 
041:169,10['  ]| placidly returned.  But she fixed him with her weary 
041:169,11['  ]| penetration. 
041:169,11[D  ]| "You try to$9$ believe what$6#1$ you \can not\ believe, 
041:169,12[D  ]| in order$8$ to$9$ give yourself excuses.  And she does 
041:169,13[D  ]| the same ~ only less, for$3$ she recognises less in general$2$ 
041:169,14[D  ]| the need$0$ of them.  She is so$5#1$ grand and simple$2$." 
041:169,15['  ]| Poor $F$Mr%*Cashmore stared. 
041:169,15[F  ]| "Grander and simpler 
041:169,16[F  ]| than I, you mean$1$?" 
041:169,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham thought$1$. 
041:169,17[D  ]| "Not simpler ~ no$7$; 
041:169,18[D  ]| but very much grander.  She would not, in the case 
041:169,19[D  ]| you conceive, recognise really the need$0$ of \what$6#1$\ you 
041:169,20[D  ]| conceive." 
041:169,21['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore wondered ~ it was almost mystic. 
041:169,22[F  ]| "I do not understand you." 
041:169,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, seeing it all from dim depths, tracked 
041:169,24['  ]| it further and further. 
041:169,24[D  ]| "We have talked her over so$5#2$!" 
041:169,25['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore groaned as if too$5#1$ conscious of it. 
041:169,26[F  ]| "Indeed we have!" 
041:169,27[D  ]| "I mean$1$ \we\" 
041:169,27['  ]| ~ and it was wonderful how her 
041:169,28['  ]| accent discriminated. 
041:169,28[D  ]| "We have talked you too$5#2$ ~ but 
041:169,29[D  ]| of course$8$ we talk$1$ every*one." 
041:169,29['  ]| She had a pause$0$ through$4$ 
041:169,30['  ]| which$6#1$ there glimmered a ray from luminous hours, 
041:169,31['  ]| the inner intimacy which$6#1$, privileged as he was, he 
041:169,32['  ]| could not pretend to$9$ share$1$; then she broke out$5$ almost 
041:170,01['  ]| impatiently: 
041:170,01[D  ]| "We are looking after$5$ her ~ leave$1$ her 
041:170,02[D  ]| to$4$ \us!\" 
041:170,03['  ]| His envy$0$ of this nearer approach$0$ to$4$ what$6#1$ so$5#1$ touched 
041:170,04['  ]| him than he could himself achieve was in his face$0$, 
041:170,05['  ]| but he tried to$9$ throw$1$ it off. 
041:170,05[F  ]| "I doubt$1$ if after$4$ all you are 
041:170,06[F  ]| good for$4$ her." 
041:170,07['  ]| But $D$Mrs%*Brookenham knew. 
041:170,07[D  ]| "She is just$9$ the sort 
041:170,08[D  ]| of person we \are\ good for$4$, and the thing for$4$ her is to$9$ 
041:170,09[D  ]| be with us as much as possible ~ just$9$ live with us naturally 
041:170,10[D  ]| and easily, listen to$4$ our talk$0$, feel our confidence 
041:170,11[D  ]| in her, be kept up, do not you know? by$4$ the 
041:170,12[D  ]| sense of what$6#1$ we expect of her splendid type, and so$3$, 
041:170,13[D  ]| little by$4$ little, let our influence$0$ act$1$.  What$6#1$ I meant to$9$ 
041:170,14[D  ]| say just$9$ now is that$3$ I do perfectly see her taking what$6#1$ 
041:170,15[D  ]| you call$1$ presents." 
041:170,16[F  ]| "Well$7$ then," 
041:170,16['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore enquired, 
041:170,16[F  ]| "what$6#2$ do 
041:170,17[F  ]| you want$1$ more?" 
041:170,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook hung fire$0$ an instant$0$ ~ she seemed on$4$ 
041:170,19['  ]| the point$0$ of telling him. 
041:170,19[D  ]| "I \do not\ see her, as I said, 
041:170,20[D  ]| recognising the obligation." 
041:170,21[F  ]| "The obligation ~?" 
041:170,22[D  ]| "To$9$ give anything back$5$.  Anything at all." 
041:170,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook 
041:170,23['  ]| was positive. 
041:170,23[D  ]| "The comprehension of petty 
041:170,24[D  ]| calculations?  Never!" 
041:170,25[F  ]| "I do not say the calculations are petty," 
041:170,25['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore 
041:170,26['  ]| objected. 
041:170,27[D  ]| "Well$7$, she is a great creature.  If she does fall$1$ ~!" 
041:170,28['  ]| His hostess lost herself in the view$0$, which$6#1$ was at last$0$ 
041:170,29['  ]| all before$4$ her. 
041:170,29[D  ]| "Be sure we shall all know it." 
041:170,30[F  ]| "That is exactly what$6#1$ I am afraid of!" 
041:170,31[D  ]| "Then do not be afraid till we do.  She would fall$1$, 
041:170,32[D  ]| as it were, on$4$ \us\, do not you see? and," 
041:170,32['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
041:171,01['  ]| with decision this time in her headshake, 
041:171,02[D  ]| "that$6#2$ could not be.  We \must\ keep her up ~ that is 
041:171,03[D  ]| your guarantee.  It is rather too$5#1$ much," 
041:171,03['  ]| she added 
041:171,04['  ]| with the same increase$0$ of briskness, 
041:171,04[D  ]| "to$9$ have to$9$ 
041:171,05[D  ]| keep \you\ up too$5#2$.  Be very sure that$3$ if $H$Carrie really 
041:171,06[D  ]| wavers ~" 
041:171,07[F  ]| "$H$Carrie?" 
041:171,08['  ]| His interruption was clearly too$5#1$ vague to$9$ be sincere, 
041:171,09['  ]| and it was as such that$3$, going straight on$5$, she 
041:171,10['  ]| treated it. 
041:171,10[D  ]| "I shall never again give her three minutes' 
041:171,11[D  ]| attention.  To$9$ answer$1$ to$4$ you for$4$ $G$Fanny without 
041:171,12[D  ]| being$1$ able ~" 
041:171,13[F  ]| "To$9$ answer$1$ to$4$ $G$Fanny for$4$ me, do you mean$1$?" 
041:171,13['  ]| He 
041:171,14['  ]| had flushed quickly as if he awaited her there. 
041:171,14[F  ]| "It 
041:171,15[F  ]| would not suit$1$ you, you contend?  Well$7$ then, I hope$1$ 
041:171,16[F  ]| it will$1$ ease$1$ you off," 
041:171,16['  ]| he went on$5$ with spirit, 
041:171,16[F  ]| "to$9$ know 
041:171,17[F  ]| that$3$ I wholly \loathe\ $H$Mrs%*Donner." 
041:171,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, staring, met the announcement with 
041:171,19['  ]| an absolute change$0$ of colour. 
041:171,19[D  ]| "And since when, 
041:171,20[D  ]| pray?" 
041:171,20['  ]| It was as if a fabric had crumbled. 
041:171,20[D  ]| "She was 
041:171,21[D  ]| here but the other day, and as full of you, poor thing, 
041:171,22[D  ]| as an egg of meat." 
041:171,23['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore could only blush$1$ for$4$ her. 
041:171,23[F  ]| "I do not 
041:171,24[F  ]| say she was not.  My life is a burden from her." 
041:171,25['  ]| Nothing, for$4$ a spectator, could have been so$5#1$ odd as 
041:171,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's disappointment unless it had been her 
041:171,27['  ]| determination. 
041:171,27[D  ]| "Have you done with her already?" 
041:171,28[F  ]| "One has never done with a buzzing insect ~!" 
041:171,29[D  ]| "Until one has literally killed it?" 
041:171,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham 
041:171,30['  ]| wailed. 
041:171,30[D  ]| "I can not take that$6#2$ from you, my dear$2#1$ 
041:171,31[D  ]| man: it was yourself who$6#1$ originally distilled the poison 
041:171,32[D  ]| that$6#1$ courses through$4$ her veins." 
041:171,32['  ]| He jumped up at 
041:172,01['  ]| this as if he could not bear$1$ it, presenting as he walked 
041:172,02['  ]| across$4$ the room, however, a large foolish fugitive 
041:172,03['  ]| back$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ her eyes rested as on$4$ a proof of her 
041:172,04['  ]| penetration. 
041:172,04[D  ]| "If you spoil everything by$4$ trying$1$ to$9$ 
041:172,05[D  ]| deceive me, how can I help$1$ you?" 
041:172,06['  ]| He had looked, in his restlessness, at a picture$0$ or 
041:172,07['  ]| two, but he finally turned round$9$. 
041:172,07[F  ]| "With whom$6#2$ is it 
041:172,08[F  ]| you talk$1$ us over?  With $N$Petherton and his friend 
041:172,09[F  ]| $M$Mitchy?  With your adored $B$Vanderbank?  With your 
041:172,10[F  ]| awful $I$Duchess?" 
041:172,11[D  ]| "You know my little circle, and you have not always 
041:172,12[D  ]| despised it." 
041:172,12['  ]| She met him on$4$ his return$0$ with a figure 
041:172,13['  ]| that$6#1$ had visibly flashed out$5$ for$4$ her. 
041:172,13[D  ]| "Do not foul your 
041:172,14[D  ]| own$2$ nest!  Remember that$3$ after$4$ all we have more or less 
041:172,15[D  ]| produced you." 
041:172,15['  ]| She had a smile$0$ that$6#1$ attenuated a 
041:172,16['  ]| little her image, for$3$ there were things that$6#1$ on$4$ a second$2$ 
041:172,17['  ]| thought$0$ he appeared ready to$9$ take from her.  She 
041:172,18['  ]| patted the sofa as if to$9$ invite him again to$9$ be seated, 
041:172,19['  ]| and though he still$5$ stood before$4$ her it was with a face$0$ 
041:172,20['  ]| that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ show$1$ how her touch$0$ went home. 
041:172,20[D  ]| "You 
041:172,21[D  ]| know I have never quite thought$1$ you do us full honour$0$, 
041:172,22[D  ]| but it was because \she\ took you for$4$ one of us that$3$ 
041:172,23[D  ]| $H$Carrie first ~" 
041:172,24['  ]| At this, to$9$ stop$1$ her, he dropped straight into the 
041:172,25['  ]| seat. 
041:172,25[F  ]| "I assure you there has really been nothing." 
041:172,26['  ]| With a continuation of his fidget he pulled out$5$ his 
041:172,27['  ]| watch$0$. 
041:172,27[F  ]| "will$1$ not she come in at all?" 
041:172,28[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ $A$Nanda?" 
041:172,29[F  ]| "Talk$1$ me over with \her\," 
041:172,29['  ]| he smiled, 
041:172,29[F  ]| "if you like$1$. 
041:172,30[F  ]| If you do not believe $H$Mrs%*Donner is dust and ashes 
041:172,31[F  ]| to$4$ me," 
041:172,31['  ]| he continued, 
041:172,31[F  ]| "you do little justice to$4$ your 
041:172,32[F  ]| daughter." 
041:173,01[D  ]| "Do you wish$1$ to$9$ break it to$4$ me that$3$ you are in love$0$ 
041:173,02[D  ]| with $A$Nanda?" 
041:173,03['  ]| He hesitated, but only as if to$9$ give weight to$4$ his 
041:173,04['  ]| reply$0$. 
041:173,04[F  ]| "Awfully.  I can not tell you how I like$1$ her." 
041:173,05['  ]| She wondered. 
041:173,05[D  ]| "And pray how will$1$ \that$6#2$\ help$1$ me? 
041:173,06[D  ]| Help$1$ me, I mean$1$, to$9$ help$1$ you.  Is it what$6#1$ I am to$9$ tell 
041:173,07[D  ]| your wife?" 
041:173,08['  ]| He sat looking away, but he evidently had his idea, 
041:173,09['  ]| which$6#1$ he at last$0$ produced. 
041:173,09[F  ]| "Why would not it be just$9$ 
041:173,10[F  ]| the thing?  It would exactly prove my purity." 
041:173,11['  ]| There might have been in her momentary silence$0$ a 
041:173,12['  ]| hint$0$ of acceptance of it as a practical contribution to$4$ 
041:173,13['  ]| their problem, and there were indeed several lights in 
041:173,14['  ]| which$6#1$ it could be considered.  $D$Mrs%*Brook, on$4$ a quick$2$ 
041:173,15['  ]| survey, selected the ironic. 
041:173,15[D  ]| "I see, I see.  I might by$4$ 
041:173,16[D  ]| the same law arrange somehow that$3$ $G$Lady*Fanny 
041:173,17[D  ]| should find herself in love$0$ with $C$Edward.  That$6#2$ would 
041:173,18[D  ]| ""prove"" \her\ purity.  And you could be quite at ease$0$," 
041:173,19['  ]| she laughed ~ 
041:173,19[D  ]| "he would not make$1$ any presents!" 
041:173,20['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore regarded her with a candour that$6#1$ 
041:173,21['  ]| was almost a reproach$0$ to$4$ her mirth. 
041:173,21[F  ]| "I like$1$ your 
041:173,22[F  ]| daughter better$9$ than I like$1$ you." 
041:173,23['  ]| But it only amused her more. 
041:173,23[D  ]| "Is that$6#2$ perhaps 
041:173,24[D  ]| because \I\ do not prove your purity?" 
041:173,25['  ]| What$6#1$ he might have replied remained in the air, 
041:173,26['  ]| for$3$ the door opened so$5#1$ exactly at the moment she 
041:173,27['  ]| spoke that$3$ he rose$1$ again with a start$0$ and the butler, 
041:173,28['  ]| coming in, received her enquiry full in the face$0$.  This 
041:173,29['  ]| functionary's answer$0$ to$4$ it, however, had no$2$ more 
041:173,30['  ]| than the usual austerity. 
041:173,30[O  ]| "$B$Mr%*Vanderbank and $L$Mr%*Longdon." 
041:173,31[O  ]| 
041:173,32['  ]| These visitors took a minute$0$ to$9$ appear, and $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
041:174,01['  ]| not stirring ~ still$5$ only looking from the sofa 
041:174,02['  ]| calmly up at $F$Mr%*Cashmore ~ used$1#1$ the time, it might 
041:174,03['  ]| have seemed, for$4$ correcting any impression of undue 
041:174,04['  ]| levity made by$4$ her recent question$0$. 
041:174,04[D  ]| "Where did you 
041:174,05[D  ]| last$2$ meet$1$ $A$Nanda?" 
041:174,06['  ]| He glanced at the door to$9$ see if he were heard. 
041:174,06[F  ]| "At 
041:174,07[F  ]| the $K1$Grendons'." 
041:174,08[D  ]| "So$3$ you do go there?" 
041:174,09[F  ]| "I went over from Hicks the other day for$4$ an hour." 
041:174,10[D  ]| "And $H$Carrie was there?" 
041:174,11[F  ]| "Yes.  It was a dreadful horrid bore$0$.  But I talked 
041:174,12[F  ]| only to$4$ your daughter." 
041:174,13['  ]| She got up ~ the others were at hand ~ and offered 
041:174,14['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore an expression that$6#1$ might have 
041:174,15['  ]| struck him as strange. 
041:174,15[D  ]| "It is serious$2$." 
041:174,16[F  ]| "Serious$2$?" 
041:174,16['  ]| ~ he had no$2$ eyes for$4$ the others. 
041:174,17[D  ]| "She did not tell me." 
041:174,18['  ]| He gave a sound$0$, controlled by$4$ discretion, which$6#1$ 
041:174,19['  ]| sufficed none the less to$9$ make$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ beholding 
041:174,20['  ]| him for$4$ the first time ~ receive it with a little 
041:174,21['  ]| of the stiffness of a person greeted with a guffaw.  $F$Mr%*Cashmore 
041:174,22['  ]| visibly liked this silence$0$ of $A$Nanda's about$4$ 
041:174,23['  ]| their meeting$0$. 
042:175,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, who$6#1$ had introduced him to$4$ the 
042:175,02['  ]| elder of her visitors, had also found, in serving these 
042:175,03['  ]| gentlemen with tea, a chance$0$ to$9$ edge at him with an 
042:175,04['  ]| intensity not to$9$ be resisted: 
042:175,04[D  ]| "Talk$1$ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon 
042:175,05[D  ]| ~ take him off \there\." 
042:175,05['  ]| She had indicated the sofa at 
042:175,06['  ]| the opposite end$0$ of the room and had set$1$ him an 
042:175,07['  ]| example by$4$ possessing herself, in the place$0$ she already 
042:175,08['  ]| occupied, of her "adored" $B$Vanderbank.  This arrangement, 
042:175,09['  ]| however, constituted for$4$ her, in her own$2$ 
042:175,10['  ]| corner, as soon as she had made it, the ground of an 
042:175,11['  ]| appeal. 
042:175,11[D  ]| "Will$1$ he hate me any worse for$4$ doing that$6#2$?" 
042:175,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank glanced at the others. 
042:175,12[B  ]| "Will$1$ $F$Cashmore, 
042:175,13[B  ]| do you mean$1$?" 
042:175,14[D  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$ ~ I do not care$1$ whom$6#1$ \he\ hates.  But with 
042:175,15[D  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon I want$1$ to$9$ avoid mistakes." 
042:175,16[B  ]| "Then do not try quite so$5#1$ hard!" 
042:175,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
042:175,17['  ]| laughed. 
042:175,17[B  ]| "Is that$6#2$ your reason$0$ for$4$ throwing him into 
042:175,18[B  ]| $F$Cashmore's arms?" 
042:175,19[D  ]| "Yes, precisely ~ so$3$ that$3$ I shall have these few 
042:175,20[D  ]| moments to$9$ ask you for$4$ directions: you must know 
042:175,21[D  ]| him by$4$ this time so$5#1$ well$9$.  I only want$1$, heaven help$1$ 
042:175,22[D  ]| me, to$9$ be as nice to$4$ him as I possibly can." 
042:175,23[B  ]| "That is quite the best thing for$4$ you and altogether 
042:175,24[B  ]| why, this afternoon, I brought him: he might 
042:175,25[B  ]| have better$9$ luck in finding you ~ it was he who$6#1$ suggested 
042:175,26[B  ]| it ~ than he has had by$4$ himself.  I am in a general$2$ 
042:175,27[B  ]| way," 
042:175,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank added, 
042:175,27[B  ]| "watching over him." 
042:176,01[D  ]| "I see ~ and he is watching over you." 
042:176,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's 
042:176,02['  ]| sweet vacancy had already taken in so$5#1$ much. 
042:176,03[D  ]| "He wants$1$ to$9$ judge$1$ of what$6#1$ I may$1$ be doing to$4$ you ~ 
042:176,04[D  ]| he wants$1$ to$9$ save$1$ you from me.  He quite detests me." 
042:176,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, with the interest$0$ as well$9$ as the amusement, 
042:176,06['  ]| fairly threw himself back$5$. 
042:176,06[B  ]| "There is nobody 
042:176,07[B  ]| like$9$ you ~ you are too$5#1$ magnificent!" 
042:176,08[D  ]| "I \am\; and that$3$ I can look$1$ the truth in the face$0$ 
042:176,09[D  ]| and not be angry or silly about$4$ it is, as you know, the 
042:176,10[D  ]| one thing in the world for$4$ which$6#1$ I think a bit well$9$ 
042:176,11[D  ]| of myself." 
042:176,12[B  ]| "Oh yes, I know ~ I know; you are too$5#1$ wonderful!" 
042:176,13[B  ]| 
042:176,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham, in a brief pause$0$, completed her 
042:176,15['  ]| covert consciousness. 
042:176,15[D  ]| "They are doing beautifully ~ 
042:176,16[D  ]| he is taking $F$Cashmore with a seriousness!" 
042:176,17[B  ]| "And with what$6#2$ is $F$Cashmore taking him?" 
042:176,18[D  ]| "With the hope$0$ that$3$ from one moment to$4$ another 
042:176,19[D  ]| $A$Nanda may$1$ come in." 
042:176,20[B  ]| "But how on$4$ earth does that$6#2$ concern$1$ him?" 
042:176,21[D  ]| "Through$4$ an extraordinary fancy$0$ he has suddenly 
042:176,22[D  ]| taken to$4$ her." 
042:176,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had been swift to$9$ master 
042:176,23['  ]| the facts. 
042:176,23[D  ]| "He has been meeting$9$ her at $K$Tishy's, 
042:176,24[D  ]| and she has talked to$4$ him so$5#1$ effectually about$4$ his 
042:176,25[D  ]| behaviour that$3$ she has quite made him cease to$9$ care$1$ 
042:176,26[D  ]| for$4$ $H$Carrie.  He prefers \her\ now ~ and of course$8$ she is 
042:176,27[D  ]| much nicer." 
042:176,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's attention, it was clear$2$, had now been 
042:176,29['  ]| fully seized. 
042:176,29[B  ]| "She is much nicer.  Rather!  What$6#1$ you 
042:176,30[B  ]| mean$1$ is," 
042:176,30['  ]| he asked the next moment, 
042:176,30[B  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda, 
042:176,31[B  ]| this afternoon, has been the object$0$ of his call$0$?" 
042:176,32[D  ]| "Yes ~ really; though he tried to$9$ keep it from me. 
042:177,01[D  ]| She makes him feel," 
042:177,01['  ]| she went on$5$, 
042:177,01[D  ]| "so$5#1$ innocent and 
042:177,02[D  ]| good." 
042:177,03['  ]| Her companion for$4$ a moment said nothing; but 
042:177,04['  ]| then at last$0$: 
042:177,04[B  ]| "And \will$1$\ she come in?" 
042:177,05[D  ]| "I have not the least idea." 
042:177,06[B  ]| "Do not you know where she is?" 
042:177,07[D  ]| "I suppose she is with $K$Tishy, who$6#1$ has returned to$4$ 
042:177,08[D  ]| town." 
042:177,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank turned this over. 
042:177,09[B  ]| "Is that$6#2$ your system 
042:177,10[B  ]| now ~ to$9$ ask no$2$ questions?" 
042:177,11[D  ]| "Why \should\ I ask any ~ when I want$1$ her life to$9$ 
042:177,12[D  ]| be as much as possible like$9$ my own$2$?  It is simply that$3$ 
042:177,13[D  ]| the hour has struck, as you know.  From the moment 
042:177,14[D  ]| she \is\ down$5$ the only thing for$4$ us is to$9$ live as friends. 
042:177,15[D  ]| I think it is so$5#1$ vulgar," 
042:177,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook sighed, 
042:177,15[D  ]| "not to$9$ 
042:177,16[D  ]| have the same good manners with one's children as 
042:177,17[D  ]| one has with other people.  She asks \me\ nothing." 
042:177,18[B  ]| "Nothing?" 
042:177,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank echoed. 
042:177,19[D  ]| "Nothing." 
042:177,20['  ]| He paused again; after$4$ which$6#1$, 
042:177,20[B  ]| "It is very disgusting!" 
042:177,21['  ]| he declared.  Then while$9$ she took it up as he 
042:177,22['  ]| had taken her word of a moment before$5$, 
042:177,22[B  ]| "It is very 
042:177,23[B  ]| preposterous," 
042:177,23['  ]| he continued. 
042:177,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook appeared at a loss. 
042:177,24[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ her 
042:177,25[D  ]| helping him?" 
042:177,26[B  ]| "It is not of $A$Nanda I am speaking ~ it is of him." 
042:177,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank spoke with a certain impatience. 
042:177,27[B  ]| "His 
042:177,28[B  ]| being$1$ with her in any sort of direct$2$ relation at all.  His 
042:177,29[B  ]| mixing her up with his other beastly affairs." 
042:177,30['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook looked intelligent and wan about$4$ it, 
042:177,31['  ]| but also perfectly good-humoured. 
042:177,31[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ man, 
042:177,32[D  ]| he and his affairs \are\ such twaddle!" 
042:178,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed in spite$8$ of himself. 
042:178,01[B  ]| "And does 
042:178,02[B  ]| that$6#2$ make$1$ it any better$9$?" 
042:178,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook thought$1$, but presently had a light$0$ ~ 
042:178,04['  ]| she almost smiled with it. 
042:178,04[D  ]| "For$4$ \us\." 
042:178,04['  ]| Then more 
042:178,05['  ]| woefully, 
042:178,05[D  ]| "Do not you want$1$ $H$Carrie to$9$ be saved?" 
042:178,05['  ]| she 
042:178,06['  ]| asked. 
042:178,07[B  ]| "Why should I?  Not a jot.  $H$Carrie be hanged!" 
042:178,08[D  ]| "But it is for$4$ $G$Fanny," 
042:178,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook protested. 
042:178,08[D  ]| "If 
042:178,09[D  ]| $H$Carrie \is\ rescued it is a pretext the less for$4$ $G$Fanny." 
042:178,10['  ]| As the young man looked for$4$ an instant$0$ rather gloomily 
042:178,11['  ]| vague she softly quavered: 
042:178,11[D  ]| "I suppose you do not 
042:178,12[D  ]| positively \want$1$\ $G$Fanny to$9$ bolt?" 
042:178,13[B  ]| "To$9$ bolt?" 
042:178,14[D  ]| "Surely I have not to$9$ remind you at this time of day 
042:178,15[D  ]| how $ZE$Captain*Dent-Douglas is always round$4$ the corner 
042:178,16[D  ]| with the post-chaise, and how tight, on$4$ our side$0$, 
042:178,17[D  ]| we are all clutching her." 
042:178,18[B  ]| "But why not let her go?" 
042:178,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, at this, showed real resentment. 
042:178,20[D  ]| """Go""?  Then what$6#2$ would become of us?" 
042:178,20['  ]| She recalled 
042:178,21['  ]| his wandering fancy$0$. 
042:178,21[D  ]| "She is the delight$0$ of our 
042:178,22[D  ]| life." 
042:178,23[B  ]| "Oh!" 
042:178,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank sceptically murmured. 
042:178,24[D  ]| "She is the ornament of our circle," 
042:178,24['  ]| his companion 
042:178,25['  ]| insisted. 
042:178,25[D  ]| "She will$1$, she will$1$ not ~ she will$1$ not, she 
042:178,26[D  ]| will$1$!  It is the excitement, every day, of plucking 
042:178,27[D  ]| the daisy over." 
042:178,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's attention, as she 
042:178,28['  ]| spoke, had attached itself across$4$ the room to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon; 
042:178,29['  ]| it gave her thus an image of the way his 
042:178,30['  ]| imagination had just$9$ seemed to$4$ her to$9$ stray, and she 
042:178,31['  ]| saw a reason$0$ in it moreover for$4$ her coming up in 
042:178,32['  ]| another place$0$. 
042:179,01[D  ]| "Is not he rather rich?" 
042:179,01['  ]| She allowed the question$0$ 
042:179,02['  ]| all its effect$0$ of abruptness. 
042:179,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank looked round$9$ at her. 
042:179,03[B  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon? 
042:179,04[B  ]| I have not the least idea." 
042:179,05[D  ]| "Not after$4$ becoming$1$ so$5#1$ intimate$2$?  It is usually, 
042:179,06[D  ]| with people, the very first thing I get my impression 
042:179,07[D  ]| of." 
042:179,07['  ]| There came into her face$0$ for$4$ another glance$0$ at 
042:179,08['  ]| their friend no$2$ crudity of curiosity, but an expression 
042:179,09['  ]| more tenderly wistful. 
042:179,09[D  ]| "He must have some mysterious 
042:179,10[D  ]| box under his bed." 
042:179,11[B  ]| "Down$5$ in Suffolk? ~ a miser's hoard?  Who$6#2$ 
042:179,12[B  ]| knows?  I dare$1#2$ say," 
042:179,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$. 
042:179,12[B  ]| "He is not 
042:179,13[B  ]| a miser, but he strikes me as careful." 
042:179,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook meanwhile had thought$1$ it out$5$. 
042:179,14[D  ]| "Then 
042:179,15[D  ]| he has something to$9$ be careful of; it would take something 
042:179,16[D  ]| really handsome to$9$ inspire in a man like$9$ him 
042:179,17[D  ]| that$6#2$ sort of interest$0$.  With his small expenses all these 
042:179,18[D  ]| years his savings must be immense.  And how could 
042:179,19[D  ]| he have proposed to$4$ mamma unless he had originally 
042:179,20[D  ]| had money?" 
042:179,21['  ]| If $B$Vanderbank a little helplessly wondered he also 
042:179,22['  ]| laughed. 
042:179,22[B  ]| "You must remember your mother refused 
042:179,23[B  ]| him." 
042:179,24[D  ]| "Ah but not because there was not enough." 
042:179,25[B  ]| "No$7$ ~ I imagine the force$0$ of the blow for$4$ him was 
042:179,26[B  ]| just$9$ in the other reason$0$." 
042:179,27[D  ]| "Well$7$, it would have been in that$6#2$ one just$9$ as much 
042:179,28[D  ]| if that$6#2$ one had been the other." 
042:179,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was 
042:179,29['  ]| sagacious, though a trifle$5$ obscure, and she pursued 
042:179,30['  ]| the next moment: 
042:179,30[D  ]| "Mamma was so$5#1$ sincere.  The 
042:179,31[D  ]| fortune was nothing to$4$ her.  That$6#2$ shows$1$ it was 
042:179,32[D  ]| immense." 
042:180,01[B  ]| "It could not have been as great as your logic," 
042:180,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank smiled; 
042:180,02[B  ]| "but of course$8$ if it has been 
042:180,03[B  ]| growing ever since ~!" 
042:180,04[D  ]| "I can see it grow while$9$ he sits there," 
042:180,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook 
042:180,05['  ]| declared.  But her logic had in fact its own$2$ law, and 
042:180,06['  ]| her next transition was an equal$2$ jump. 
042:180,06[D  ]| "It was too$5#1$ 
042:180,07[D  ]| lovely, the frankness of your admission a minute$0$ ago 
042:180,08[D  ]| that$3$ I affect him uncannily.  Ah do not spoil it by$4$ explanations!" 
042:180,09['  ]| she beautifully pleaded: 
042:180,09[D  ]| "he is not the 
042:180,10[D  ]| first and he will$1$ not be the last$0$ with whom$6#1$ I shall not 
042:180,11[D  ]| have been what$6#1$ they call$1$ a combination.  The only 
042:180,12[D  ]| thing that$6#1$ matters is that$3$ I must not, if possible, make$1$ 
042:180,13[D  ]| the case worse.  So$3$ you must guide$1$ me.  What$6#2$ \is\ one 
042:180,14[D  ]| to$9$ do?" 
042:180,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, now amused again, looked at her 
042:180,16['  ]| kindly. 
042:180,16[B  ]| "Be yourself, my dear$2#1$ woman.  Obey your 
042:180,17[B  ]| fine instincts." 
042:180,18[D  ]| "How can you be," 
042:180,18['  ]| she sweetly asked, 
042:180,18[D  ]| "so$5#1$ hideously 
042:180,19[D  ]| hypocritical?  You know as well$9$ as you sit there 
042:180,20[D  ]| that$3$ my fine instincts are the thing in the world you are 
042:180,21[D  ]| most in terror of.  ""Be myself""?" 
042:180,21['  ]| she echoed. 
042:180,21[D  ]| "What$6#1$ 
042:180,22[D  ]| you would \like$1$\ to$9$ say is: ""Be somebody else ~ that is your 
042:180,23[D  ]| only chance$0$.""  Well$7$, I will$1$ try ~ I will$1$ try." 
042:180,24['  ]| He laughed again, shaking his head$0$. 
042:180,24[B  ]| "Do not ~ 
042:180,25[B  ]| do not." 
042:180,26[D  ]| "You mean$1$ it is too$5#1$ hopeless?  There is no$2$ way of 
042:180,27[D  ]| effacing the bad impression or of starting a good 
042:180,28[D  ]| one?" 
042:180,28['  ]| On$4$ this, with a drop$0$ of his mirth, he met her 
042:180,29['  ]| eyes, and for$4$ an instant$0$, through$4$ the superficial levity 
042:180,30['  ]| of their talk$0$, they might have appeared to$9$ sound$1$ each 
042:180,31['  ]| other.  It lasted till $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$: 
042:180,31[D  ]| "I should 
042:180,32[D  ]| really like$1$ not to$9$ lose him." 
042:181,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank seemed to$9$ understand and at last$0$ said:
042:181,02[B  ]| "I think you will$1$ not lose him." 
042:181,03[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you will$1$ help$1$ me, $B$Van, you \will$1$\?"
042:181,04['  ]| Her voice had at moments the most touching tones
042:181,05['  ]| of any in England, and humble$2$, helpless, affectionate,
042:181,06['  ]| she spoke with a familiarity of friendship.
042:181,06[D  ]| "It is for$4$
042:181,07[D  ]| the sense of the link with mamma,"
042:181,07['  ]| she explained.
042:181,08[D  ]| "He is simply full of her."
042:181,09[B  ]| "Oh I know.  He is prodigious."
042:181,10[D  ]| "He has told you more ~ he comes back$5$ to$4$ it?"
042:181,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook eagerly asked.
042:181,12[B  ]| "Well$7$,"
042:181,12['  ]| the young man replied a trifle$5$ evasively,
042:181,13[B  ]| "we have had a great deal$0#2$ of talk$0$, and he is the jolliest
042:181,14[B  ]| old boy possible, and in short$0$ I like$1$ him."
042:181,15[D  ]| "I see,"
042:181,15['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook blandly,
042:181,15[D  ]| "and he likes
042:181,16[D  ]| you in return$0$ as much as he despises me. That$6#2$ makes
042:181,17[D  ]| it all right$8$ ~ makes me somehow so$5#1$ happy for$4$ you.
042:181,18[D  ]| There is something in him ~ what$6#2$ is it? ~ that$6#1$ suggests
042:181,19[D  ]| the \9oncle*d'Amerique\, the eccentric benefactor,
042:181,20[D  ]| the fairy godmother.  He is a little of an old woman
042:181,21[D  ]| ~ but all the better$9$ for$4$ it."
042:181,21['  ]| She hung fire$0$ but an
042:181,22['  ]| instant$0$ before$3$ she pursued:
042:181,22[D  ]| "What$6#2$ can we make$1$
042:181,23[D  ]| him do for$4$ you?"
042:181,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank at this was very blank$2$.
042:181,24[B  ]| "Do for$4$ 
042:181,25[B  ]| me?"
042:181,26[D  ]| "How can any*one love$1$ you,"
042:181,26['  ]| she asked,
042:181,26[D  ]| "without
042:181,27[D  ]| wanting to$9$ show$1$ it in some way?  You know all the
042:181,28[D  ]| ways, dear$2#1$ $B$Van,"
042:181,28['  ]| she breathed,
042:181,28[D  ]| "in which$6#1$ \I\ want$1$ to$9$ 
042:181,29[D  ]| show$1$ it."
042:181,30['  ]| He might have known them, something suddenly
042:181,31['  ]| fixed in his face$0$ appeared to$9$ say, but they were not
042:181,32['  ]| what$6#1$ was, on$4$ this speech of hers, most immediately
042:182,01['  ]| present$9$ to$4$ him.
042:182,01[B  ]| "That$6#2$ for$4$ instance$0$ is the tone not
042:182,02[B  ]| to$9$ take with him."
042:182,03[D  ]| "There you are!"
042:182,03['  ]| she sighed with discouragement.
042:182,04[D  ]| "Well$9$ only \tell\ me."
042:182,04['  ]| Then as he said nothing:
042:182,04['  ]| "I
042:182,05[D  ]| must be more like$9$ mamma?"
042:182,06['  ]| His expression confessed to$4$ his feeling$1$ an awkwardness.
042:182,07['  ]| 
042:182,07[B  ]| "You are perhaps not quite enough like$9$ her."
042:182,08[D  ]| "Oh I know that$3$ if he deplores me as I am now
042:182,09[D  ]| she would have done so$5#2$ quite as much; in fact$0$ prob-
042:182,10[D  ]| ably, as seeing it nearer, a good deal$0#2$ more.  She would
042:182,11[D  ]| have despised me even$5$ more than he.  But if it is a
042:182,12[D  ]| question$0$,"
042:182,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$,
042:182,12[D  ]| "of not saying what$6#1$
042:182,13[D  ]| mamma would not, how can I know, do not you see,
042:182,14[D  ]| what$6#1$ she \would\ have said?"
042:182,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook became as
042:182,15['  ]| wonderful as if she saw in her friend's face$0$ some admiring
042:182,16['  ]| reflexion of the fine freedom of mind$0$ that$6#1$ ~ 
042:182,17['  ]| in such a connexion quite as much as in any other ~ 
042:182,18['  ]| she could always show$1$.
042:182,18[D  ]| "Of course$8$ I revere mamma
042:182,19[D  ]| just$9$ as much as he does, and there was everything
042:182,20[D  ]| in her to$9$ revere.  But she was none the less in every
042:182,21[D  ]| way a charming woman too$5#2$, and I do not know, after$4$
042:182,22[D  ]| all, do I? what$6#1$ even$5$ she ~ in their peculiar relation 
042:182,23[D  ]| ~ may$1$ not have said to$4$ him."
042:182,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's laugh$0$ came back$5$.
042:182,24[B  ]| "Very good ~
042:182,25[B  ]| very good.  I return$1$ to$4$ my first idea.  Try with him
042:182,26[B  ]| whatever comes into your head$0$.  You are a woman
042:182,27[B  ]| of genius after$4$ all, and genius mostly justifies itself.
042:182,28[B  ]| To$9$ make$1$ you right$2#1$,"
042:182,28['  ]| he went on$5$ pleasantly and inexorably,
042:182,29['  ]| 
042:182,29[B  ]| "might perhaps be to$9$ make$1$ you wrong$2$.  Since
042:182,30[B  ]| you \have\ so$5#1$ great a charm$0$ trust$1$ it not at all or all in
042:182,31[B  ]| all.  That$6#2$, I dare$1#2$ say, is all you can do.  Therefore ~
042:182,32[B  ]| yes ~ be yourself." 
042:183,01['  ]| These remarks were followed on$4$ either side$0$ by$4$ the
042:183,02['  ]| repetition of a somewhat intenser mutual gaze, though
042:183,03['  ]| indeed the speaker's eyes had more the air of meeting$9$
042:183,04['  ]| his friend's than of seeking them.
042:183,04[D  ]| "I can not be \you\
042:183,05[D  ]| certainly, $B$Van,"
042:183,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook sadly brought forth.
042:183,06[B  ]| "I know what$6#1$ you mean$1$ by$4$ that$6#2$,"
042:183,06['  ]| he rejoined in 
042:183,07['  ]| a moment.
042:183,07[B  ]| "You mean$1$ I am hypocritical."
042:183,08[D  ]| "Hypocritical?"
042:183,09[B  ]| "I am diplomatic and calculating ~  I do not show$1$
042:183,10[B  ]| him how bad I am; whereas with you he knows the
042:183,11[B  ]| worst."
042:183,12['  ]| Of this observation $D$Mrs%*Brook, whose$6#1$ eyes attached
042:183,13['  ]| themselves again to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, took at first no$2$
042:183,14['  ]| further notice$0$ than might have been indicated by$4$ the
042:183,15['  ]| way it set$1$ her musing.
042:183,15[D  ]| """Calculating?"""
042:183,15['  ]| ~she at
042:183,16['  ]| last$0$ took him up.
042:183,16[D  ]| "On$4$ what$6#2$ is there to$9$ calculate?"
042:183,17[B  ]| "Why,"
042:183,17['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank,
042:183,17[B  ]| "if, as you just$9$ hinted,
042:183,18[B  ]| he is a blessing in disguise ~!  I perfectly admit,"
042:183,19['  ]| he resumed,
042:183,19[B  ]| "that$3$ I am capable of sacrifices to$9$ keep
042:183,20[B  ]| on$4$ good terms with him."
042:183,21[D  ]| "You are not afraid he will$1$ bore$1#2$ you?"
042:183,22[B  ]| "Oh yes ~ distinctly."
042:183,23[D  ]| "But he will$1$ be worth it?  Then,"
042:183,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook said
042:183,24['  ]| as he appeared to$9$ assent,
042:183,24[D  ]| "he will$1$ be worth a great
042:183,25[D  ]| deal$0#2$."
042:183,25['  ]| She continued to$9$ watch$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$,
042:183,26['  ]| without his glasses,stared straight at the floor while$9$
042:183,27['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore talked to$4$ him.  She pursued, however,
042:183,28['  ]| dispassionately enough:
042:183,28[D  ]| "He must be of a narrowness ~!"
042:183,29[D  ]|
042:183,30[B  ]| "Oh beautiful!"
042:183,31['  ]| She was silent again.
042:183,31[D  ]| "I shall broaden him.  \You\
042:183,32[D  ]| will$1$ not."
042:184,01[B  ]| "Heaven forbid!"
042:184,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank heartily concurred.
042:184,02[B  ]| "But none the less, as I have said, I will$1$ help$1$ you."
042:184,03['  ]| Her attention was still$5$ fixed.
042:184,03[D  ]| "It will$1$ be him you will$1$
042:184,04[D  ]| help$1$.  If you are to$9$ make$1$ sacrifices to$9$ keep on$4$ good 
042:184,05[D  ]| terms with him the first sacrifice$0$ will$1$ be of me."
042:184,05['  ]| Then 
042:184,06['  ]| on$4$ his leaving this remark$0$ so$5#1$ long$9$ unanswered that$3$
042:184,07['  ]| she had finally looked at him again:
042:184,07[D  ]| "I am perfectly
042:184,08[D  ]| prepared for$4$ it."
042:184,09['  ]| It was as if, jocosely enough, he had had time to$9$
042:184,10['  ]| make$1$ up his mind$0$ how to$9$ meet$1$ her.
042:184,10[B  ]| "What$6#2$ will$1$ you
042:184,11[B  ]| have ~ when he loved my mother?"
042:184,12['  ]| Nothing could have been droller than the gloom
042:184,13['  ]| of her surprise$0$.
042:184,13[D  ]| "Yours too$5#2$?"
042:184,14[B  ]| "I did not tell you the other day ~ out$8$ of delicacy."
042:184,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham darkly thought$1$.
042:184,15[D  ]| "\He\ did not tell
042:184,16[D  ]| me either."
042:184,17[B  ]| "The same consideration deterred him. But if
042:184,18[B  ]| I did not speak of it,"
042:184,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued,
042:184,18[B  ]| "when
042:184,19[B  ]| I arranged with you, after$4$ meeting$9$ him here at dinner,
042:184,20[B  ]| that$3$ you should come to$4$ tea with him at my rooms
042:184,21[B  ]| ~ if I did not mention$1$ it then it was not because I
042:184,22[B  ]| had not learnt it early."
042:184,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook more deeply sounded this affair, but
042:184,24['  ]| she spoke with the exaggerated mildness that$6#1$ was
042:184,25['  ]| the form$0$ mostly taken by$4$ her gaiety.
042:184,25[D  ]| "It was because 
042:184,26[D  ]| of course$8$ it makes him out$5$ such a wretch!  What$6#2$
042:184,27[D  ]| becomes in that$6#2$ case of his loyalty?"
042:184,28[B  ]| "To$4$ \your\ mother's memory?  Oh it is all right$8$ ~
042:184,29[B  ]| he has it quite straight.  She came later.  Mine$6$, after$4$
042:184,30[B  ]| my father's death, had refused him.  But you see he
042:184,31[B  ]| might have been my stepfather."
042:184,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham took it in, but she had suddenly
042:185,01['  ]| a brighter light$0$.
042:185,01[D  ]| "He might have been my \own$2$\
042:185,02[D  ]| father!  Besides,"
042:185,02['  ]| she went on$5$,
042:185,02[D  ]| "if his line is to$9$ love$1$
042:185,03[D  ]| the mothers why on$4$ earth does not he love$1$ \me\?  I am
042:185,04[D  ]| in all conscience enough of one."
042:185,05[B  ]| "Ah but is not there in your case the fact of a daughter?"
042:185,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank asked with a slight$2$ embarrassment.
042:185,07['  ]|
042:185,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham stared.
042:185,08[D  ]| "What$6#2$ good does that$6#2$ 
042:185,09[D  ]| do me?"
042:185,10[B  ]| "Why, did not she tell you?"
042:185,11[D  ]| "$A$Nanda?  She told me he does not like$1$ her any
042:185,12[D  ]| better$9$ than he likes me."
042:185,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank in his turn$0$ showed surprise$0$.
042:185,13[B  ]| "That is
042:185,14[B  ]| really what$6#1$ she said?"
042:185,15[D  ]| "She had on$4$ her return$0$ from your rooms a most
042:185,16[D  ]| unusual fit$0$ of frankness, for$3$ she generally tells me
042:185,17[D  ]| nothing."
042:185,18[B  ]| "Well$7$,"
042:185,18['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank,
042:185,18[B  ]| "how did she put it?"
042:185,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook reflected ~ recovered it.
042:185,19[D  ]| """I like$1$ him
042:185,20[D  ]| awfully, but I am not in the least \his\ idea."""
042:185,21[B  ]| "His idea of what$6#2$?"
042:185,22[D  ]| "That is just$9$ what$6#1$ I asked her.  Of the proper
042:185,23[D  ]| grandchild for$4$ mamma."
042:185,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank hesitated.
042:185,24[B  ]| "Well$7$, she is not."
042:185,24['  ]| Then
042:185,25['  ]| after$4$ another pause$0$:
042:185,25[B  ]| "But she will$1$ do."
042:185,26['  ]| His companion gave him a deep look$0$.
042:185,26[D  ]| "You will$1$
042:185,27[D  ]| make$1$ her?"
042:185,28['  ]| He got up, and on$4$ seeing him move$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
042:185,29['  ]| also rose$1$, so$3$ that$3$, facing each other across$4$ the room,
042:185,30['  ]| they exchanged a friendly signal or two.
042:185,30[B  ]| "I will$1$ make$1$ 
042:185,31[B  ]| her."
043:186,01['  ]| Their hostess's account$0$ of $F$Mr%*Cashmore's motive  
043:186,02['  ]| for$4$ his staying on$5$ was so$5#1$ far justified as that$3$ $B$Vanderbank,
043:186,03['  ]| while$9$ $L$Mr%*Longdon came over to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook,
043:186,04['  ]| appeared without difficulty further to$9$ engage him.
043:186,05['  ]| The lady in question$0$ meanwhile had drawn her old
043:186,06['  ]| friend down$5$, and her present$9$ method of approach$0$
043:186,07['  ]| would have interested an observer aware of the unhappy
043:186,08['  ]| conviction she had just$9$ privately expressed.
043:186,09['  ]| Some trace indeed of the glimpse of it enjoyed by$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore's
043:186,10['  ]| present$9$ interlocutor might have been
043:186,11['  ]| detected in the restlessness that$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank's desire$0$
043:186,12['  ]| to$9$ keep the other pair$0$ uninterrupted was still$5$ not able
043:186,13['  ]| to$9$ banish from his attitude.  Not, however, that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brook
043:186,14['  ]| took the smallest account$0$ of it as she quickly
043:186,15['  ]| broke out$5$: 
043:186,15[D  ]| "How can we thank you enough, my dear$2#1$
043:186,16[D  ]| man, for$4$ your extraordinary kindness?" 
043:186,16['  ]| The reference
043:186,17['  ]| was vivid, yet $L$Mr%*Longdon looked so$5#1$ blank$2$
043:186,18['  ]| about$4$ it that$3$ she had immediately to$9$ explain.  
043:186,18[D  ]| "I
043:186,19[D  ]| mean$1$ to$4$ dear$2#1$ $B$Van, who$6#1$ has told us of your giving
043:186,20[D  ]| him the great happiness ~ unless he is too$5#1$ dreadfully
043:186,21[D  ]| mistaken ~ of letting him really know you.
043:186,22[D  ]| He is such a tremendous friend of ours that$3$ nothing
043:186,23[D  ]| so$5#1$ delightful can befall him without its affecting us in
043:186,24[D  ]| the same way." 
043:186,24['  ]| She had proceeded with confidence,
043:186,25['  ]| but suddenly she pulled up. 
043:186,25[D  ]| "Do not tell me he \is\
043:186,26[D  ]| mistaken ~ I should not be able to$9$ bear$1$ it." 
043:186,26['  ]| She
043:186,27['  ]| challenged the pale old man with a loveliness that$6#1$ was 
043:187,01['  ]| for$4$ the moment absolutely juvenile. 
043:187,01[D  ]| "Are not you
043:187,02[D  ]| letting him ~ really?"
043:187,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's smile$0$ was queer. 
043:187,04[L  ]| "I can not prevent
043:187,04[L  ]| him.  I am not a great house ~ to$9$ give orders$0#1$ to$9$ go
043:187,05[L  ]| over me.  The kindness is $B$Mr%*Vanderbank's own$2$,
043:187,06[L  ]| and I have taken up, I am afraid, a great deal$0#2$ of his
043:187,07[L  ]| precious time."               	
043:187,08[D  ]| "You have indeed." 
043:187,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was undiscouraged.
043:187,09[D  ]| "He has been talking with me just$9$ now of
043:187,10[D  ]| nothing else.  You may$1$ say," 
043:187,10['  ]| she went on$5$, 
043:187,10[D  ]| "that$3$
043:187,11[D  ]| it is I who$6#1$ have kept him at it.  So$3$ I have, for$3$ his
043:187,12[D  ]| pleasure is a joy to$4$ us.  If you can not prevent what$6#1$ he
043:187,13[D  ]| feels, you know, you can not prevent either what$6#1$ \we\
043:187,14[D  ]| feel."
043:187,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's face$0$ reflected for$4$ a minute$0$ something
043:187,16['  ]| he could scarcely have supposed her acute
043:187,17['  ]| enough to$9$ make$1$ out$5$, the struggle$0$ between his real
043:187,18['  ]| mistrust of her, founded on$4$ the unconscious violence
043:187,19['  ]| offered by$4$ her nature to$4$ his every memory of her
043:187,20['  ]| mother, and his sense on$4$ the other hand of the high
043:187,21['  ]| propriety of his liking her; to$4$ which$6#1$ latter force$0$ his
043:187,22['  ]| interest$0$ in $B$Vanderbank was a contribution, inasmuch
043:187,23['  ]| as he was obliged to$9$ recognise on$4$ the part$0$ of the pair$0$
043:187,24['  ]| an alliance it would have been difficult to$9$ explain at 
043:187,25['  ]| Beccles. 
043:187,25[L  ]| "Perhaps I do not quite see the value$0$ of what$6#1$
043:187,26[L  ]| your husband and you and I are in a position to$9$ do
043:187,27[L  ]| for$4$ him."
043:187,28[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ because he is himself so$5#1$ clever?"
043:187,29[L  ]| "Well$7$," 
043:187,29['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
043:187,29[L  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say that is at
043:187,30[L  ]| the bottom of my feeling$1$ so$5#1$ proud to$9$ be taken up by
043:187,31[L  ]| him.  I think of the young men of \my\ time and see
043:187,32[L  ]| that$3$ he takes in more.  But that is what$6#1$ you all do,"
043:188,01['  ]| he rather helplessly sighed. 
043:188,01[L  ]| "You are very, very wonderful!"
043:188,02[L  ]|
043:188,03['  ]| She met him with an almost extravagant eagerness
043:188,04['  ]| that$3$ the meeting$0$ should be just$9$ where he wished. 
043:188,05[D  ]| "I
043:188,05[D  ]| do not take in everything, but I take in all I can.
043:188,06[D  ]| That is a great affair in London to-day, and I often
043:188,07[D  ]| feel as if I were a circus-woman, in pink tights and no$2$
043:188,08[D  ]| particular skirts, riding half a dozen horses at once.
043:188,09[D  ]| We are all in the troupe now, I suppose," 
043:188,09['  ]| she smiled,
043:188,10[D  ]| "and we must travel with the show$0$.  But when you
043:188,11[D  ]| say we are different," 
043:188,11['  ]| she added, 
043:188,11[D  ]| "think, after$4$ all, of
043:188,12[D  ]| mamma."
043:188,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared. 
043:188,13[L  ]| "It is from her you \are\ different."
043:188,14[L  ]|
043:188,15[D  ]| "Ah but she had an awfully fine mind$0$.  We are not
043:188,16[D  ]| cleverer than she."
043:188,17['  ]| His conscious honest eyes looked away an instant$0$.
043:188,18[L  ]| "It is perhaps enough for$4$ the present$0#1$ that$3$ you are
043:188,19[L  ]| cleverer than I!  I was very glad the other day," 
043:188,19['  ]| he
043:188,20['  ]| continued, 
043:188,20[L  ]| "to$9$ make$1$ the acquaintance of your daughter.
043:188,21[L  ]| I hoped I should find her with you."
043:188,22['  ]| If $D$Mrs%*Brook cast$1$ about$5$ it was but for$4$ a few seconds.
043:188,23[D  ]| "If she had known you were coming she would
043:188,24[D  ]| certainly have been here.  She wanted so$5#1$ to$9$ please
043:188,25[D  ]| you." 
043:188,25['  ]| Then as her visitor took no$2$ further notice$0$ of this
043:188,26['  ]| speech than to$9$ ask if $A$Nanda were out$8$ of the house
043:188,27['  ]| she had to$9$ admit it as an aggravation of failure;
043:188,28['  ]| but she pursued in the next breath: 
043:188,28[D  ]| "Of course$8$ you
043:188,29[D  ]| will$1$ not care$1$, but she raves about$4$ you."
043:188,30['  ]| He appeared indeed at first not to$9$ care$1$. 
043:188,30[L  ]| "Is not she
043:188,31[L  ]| eighteen?" 
043:188,31['  ]| ~ it was oddly abrupt.
043:188,32[D  ]| "I have to$9$ think.  Would not it be nearer twenty?"
043:189,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook audaciously returned.  She tried again.
043:189,02[D  ]| "She told me all about$4$ your interview.  I stayed away
043:189,03[D  ]| on$4$ purpose ~ I had my idea."
043:189,04[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ \was\ your idea?
043:189,05[D  ]| "I thought$1$ she would remind you more of mamma if
043:189,06[D  ]| I was not there.  But she is a little person who$6#1$ sees.
043:189,07[D  ]| Perhaps you did not think it, but she knew."
043:189,08[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ did she know?" 
043:189,08['  ]| asked $L$Mr%*Longdon,
043:189,09['  ]| who$6#1$ was unable, however, to$9$ keep from his tone a certain
043:189,10['  ]| coldness which$6#1$ really deprived the question$0$ of its
043:189,11['  ]| proper curiosity.	
043:189,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook just$9$ showed the chill of it, but she had
043:189,13['  ]| always her courage. 
043:189,13[D  ]| "Why that$3$ you do not like$1$ her."
043:189,14['  ]| She had the courage of carrying off as well$9$ as of backing
043:189,15['  ]| out$5$. 
043:189,15[D  ]| "She too$5#2$ has her little place$0$ with the circus
043:189,16[D  ]| ~ it is the way we earn our living$0$."
043:189,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon said nothing for$4$ a moment and when
043:189,18['  ]| he at last$0$ spoke it was almost with an air of contradiction.
043:189,19[L  ]| "She is your mother to$4$ the life."
043:189,20['  ]| His hostess, for$4$ three seconds, looked at him hard.
043:189,21[D  ]| "Ah but with such differences!  You will$1$ lose it," 
043:189,21['  ]| she
043:189,22['  ]| added with a headshake of pity$0$.
043:189,23['  ]| He had his eyes only on$4$ $B$Vanderbank. 
043:189,23[L  ]| "Well$7$, my
043:189,24[L  ]| losses are my own$2$ affair." 
043:189,24['  ]| Then his face$0$ came back$5$.
043:189,25[L  ]| "Did she tell you I did not like$1$ her?"
043:189,26['  ]| The indulgence in $D$Mrs%*Brook's view$0$ of his simplicity
043:189,27['  ]| was marked. 
043:189,27[D  ]| "You thought$1$ you succeeded so$5#2$
043:189,28[D  ]| in hiding it?  No$2$ matter ~ she bears up.  I think she
043:189,29[D  ]| really feels a great deal$0#2$ as I do ~ that$3$ it is no$2$ matter
043:189,30[D  ]| how many of us you hate if you will$1$ only go on$5$ feeling$1$
043:189,31[D  ]| as you do about$4$ mamma.  Show$1$ us \that$6#2$\ ~ that is
043:189,32[D  ]| what$6#1$ we want$1$."
043:190,01['  ]| Nothing could have expressed more the balm of
043:190,02['  ]| reassurance, but the mild drops$0$ had fallen short$2$ of
043:190,03['  ]| the spot to$4$ which$6#1$ they were directed. 
043:190,03[L  ]| """Show$1$"""
043:190,04[L  ]| you?"
043:190,05['  ]| Oh how he had sounded the word! 
043:190,05[D  ]| "I see ~ you
043:190,06[D  ]| \do not\ show$1$.  That is just$9$ what$6#1$ $A$Nanda saw you thought$1$!
043:190,07[D  ]| But you can not keep us from knowing it ~ can not keep
043:190,08[D  ]| it in fact, I think, from affecting your own$2$ behaviour.
043:190,09[D  ]| You would be much worse to$4$ us if it was not for$4$ the still$5$
043:190,10[D  ]| warm$2$ ashes of your old passion." 
043:190,10['  ]| It was an immense
043:190,11['  ]| pity$0$ for$4$ $B$Vanderbank's amusement that$3$ he was at this
043:190,12['  ]| moment too$5#1$ far off to$9$ fit$1$ to$4$ the expression of his old
043:190,13['  ]| friend's face$0$ so$5#1$ much of the cause of it as had sprung
043:190,14['  ]| from the deeply informed tone of $D$Mrs%*Brook's allusion.
043:190,15['  ]| To$4$ what$6#1$ degree the speaker herself made the
043:190,16['  ]| connexion will$1$ never be known to$4$ history, nor
043:190,17['  ]| whether as she went on$5$ she thought$1$ she bettered her
043:190,18['  ]| case or she simply lost her head$0$.  
043:190,18[D  ]| "The great thing
043:190,19[D  ]| for$4$ us is that$3$ we can never be for$4$ you quite like$9$ other
043:190,20[D  ]| ordinary people."
043:190,21[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ is the great thing for$4$ \me\?"
043:190,22[D  ]| "Oh for$4$ you, there is nothing, I am afraid, but small
043:190,23[D  ]| things ~ so$5#1$ small that$3$ they can scarcely be worth
043:190,24[D  ]| the trouble$0$ of your making them out$5$.  Our being$1$ so$5#1$
043:190,25[D  ]| happy that$3$ you have come back$5$ to$4$ us ~ if only just$9$
043:190,26[D  ]| for$4$ a glimpse and to$9$ leave$1$ us again, in no$2$ matter what$6#1$
043:190,27[D  ]| horror, for*ever; our positive delight$0$ in your being$1$
043:190,28[D  ]| exactly so$5#1$ different; the pleasure we have in talking
043:190,29[D  ]| about$4$ you, and shall still$5$ have ~ or indeed all the
043:190,30[D  ]| more ~ even$5$ if we have seen you only to$9$ lose you:
043:190,31[D  ]| whatever all this represents for$4$ ourselves it is for$4$ none
043:190,32[D  ]| of us to$9$ pretend to$9$ say how much or how little \you\
043:191,01[D  ]| may$1$ pick out$8$ of it.  And yet," 
043:191,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wandered
043:191,02['  ]| on$5$, 
043:191,02[D  ]| "however much we may$1$ disappoint you some
043:191,03[D  ]| little spark of the past$0$ can not help$1$ being$1$ in us ~ for$3$
043:191,04[D  ]| the past$0$ is the one thing beyond$4$ all spoiling: there
043:191,05[D  ]| it is, do not you think? ~ to$9$ speak for$4$ itself and, if
043:191,06[D  ]| need$1$ be, only \of\ itself." 
043:191,06['  ]| She pulled up, but she appeared
043:191,07['  ]| to$9$ have destroyed all power of speech in him,
043:191,08['  ]| so$3$ that$3$ while$9$ she waited she had time for$4$ a fresh inspiration.
043:191,09['  ]| It might perhaps frankly have been mentioned
043:191,10['  ]| as on$4$ the whole$0$ her finest. 
043:191,10[D  ]| "Do not you think
043:191,11[D  ]| it possible that$3$ if you once get the point$0$ of view$0$ of
043:191,12[D  ]| realising that$3$ I \know\ ~?"
043:191,13['  ]| She held the note$0$ so$5#1$ long$9$ that$3$ he at last$0$ supplied
043:191,14['  ]| a sound$0$. 
043:191,14[L  ]| "That$3$ you know what$6#2$?"
043:191,15[D  ]| "Why that$3$ compared with her I am a poor creeping
043:191,16[D  ]| thing.  I mean$1$" 
043:191,16['  ]| ~ she hastened to$9$ forestall any protest
043:191,17['  ]| of mere decency that$6#1$ would spoil her idea ~
043:191,18[D  ]| "that$3$ of course$8$ I ache in every limb with the certainty
043:191,19[D  ]| of my dreadful difference.  It is not as if I \did not\
043:191,20[D  ]| know it, do not you see?  There it is as a matter of
043:191,21[D  ]| course$0$: I have helplessly but finally and completely
043:191,22[D  ]| accepted it.  will$1$ not \that$6#2$\ help$1$ you?" 
043:191,22['  ]| she so$5#1$ ingeniously
043:191,23['  ]| pleaded. 
043:191,23[D  ]| "It is not as if I tormented you with any
043:191,24[D  ]| recall$0$ of her whatever.  I can quite see how awful it
043:191,25[D  ]| would be for$4$ you if, with the effect$0$ I produce on$4$ you,
043:191,26[D  ]| I did have her lovely eyes or her distinguished nose
043:191,27[D  ]| or the shape$0$ of her forehead or the colour of her hair.
043:191,28[D  ]| Strange as it is in a daughter I am disconnected altogether,
043:191,29[D  ]| and do not you think I \may$1$\ be a little saved for$4$
043:191,30[D  ]| you by$4$ becoming$1$ thus simply out$8$ of the question$0$?
043:191,31[D  ]| Of course$8$," 
043:191,31['  ]| she continued, 
043:191,31[D  ]| "your real trial is poor
043:191,32[D  ]| $A$Nanda ~ she is likewise so$5#1$ fearfully out$8$ of it and yet
043:192,01[D  ]| she is so$5#1$ fearfully in it.  And she," 
043:192,01['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook
043:192,02['  ]| for$4$ a climax ~ 
043:192,02[D  ]| "\she\ does not know!"
043:192,03['  ]| A strange faint$2$ flush, while$9$ she talked, had come
043:192,04['  ]| into $L$Mr%*Longdon's face$0$, and, whatever effect$0$, as she
043:192,05['  ]| put it, she produced on$4$ him, it was clearly not that$6#2$
043:192,06['  ]| of causing his attention to$9$ wander.  She held him at
043:192,07['  ]| least for$4$ weal or woe; his bright eyes grew brighter
043:192,08['  ]| and opened into a stare$0$ that$6#1$ finally seemed to$9$ offer$1$
043:192,09['  ]| him as submerged in mere wonder$0$.  At last$0$, however,
043:192,10['  ]| he rose$1$ to$4$ the surface, and he appeared to$9$ have lighted
043:192,11['  ]| at the bottom of the sea on$4$ the pearl of the particular
043:192,12['  ]| wisdom he needed.  
043:192,12[L  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say there may$1$ be something
043:192,13[L  ]| in what$6#1$ you so$5#1$ extraordinarily suggest."
043:192,14['  ]| She jumped at it as if in pleasant pain$0$. 
043:192,14[D  ]| "In just$9$
043:192,15[D  ]| letting me go ~?"
043:192,16['  ]| But at this he dropped.
043:192,16[L  ]| "I shall never let you go."
043:192,17['  ]| It renewed her fear$0$. 
043:192,17[D  ]| "Not just$9$ for$4$ what$6#1$ I \am\?"
043:192,18['  ]| He rose$1$ from his place$0$ beside$4$ her, but looking
043:192,19['  ]| away from her and with his colour marked. 
043:192,19[L  ]| "I shall
043:192,20[L  ]| never let you go," 
043:192,20['  ]| he repeated.
043:192,21[D  ]| "Oh you angel!" 
043:192,21['  ]| She sprang up more quickly and
043:192,22['  ]| the others were by$4$ this time on$4$ their feet. 
043:192,22[D  ]| "I have done
043:192,23[D  ]| it, I have done it!" 
043:192,23['  ]| she joyously cried to$4$ $B$Vanderbank;
043:192,24[D  ]| "he likes me, or at least he can bear$1$ me ~ I have found
043:192,25[D  ]| him the way; and now I do not care$1$ even$5$ if he \says\
043:192,26[D  ]| I have not." 
043:192,26['  ]| Then she turned again to$4$ her old friend.
043:192,27[D  ]| "We can manage about$4$ $A$Nanda ~ you need not ever
043:192,28[D  ]| see her.  She is ""down$5$"" now, but she can go up again.
043:192,29[D  ]| We can arrange it at any rate$0$ ~ \9c'est 9la 9moindre 9des\
043:192,30[D  ]| \9choses\."
043:192,31[F  ]| "Upon my honour$0$ I protest," 
043:192,31['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore exclaimed,
043:192,32[F  ]| "against anything of the sort!  I defy you to$9$
043:193,01[F  ]| ""arrange"" that$6#2$ young lady in any such manner without
043:193,02[F  ]| also arranging \me\.  I am one of her greatest 
043:193,03[F  ]| admirers," 
043:193,03['  ]| he gaily announced to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.
043:193,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said nothing, and $L$Mr%*Longdon
043:193,05['  ]| seemed to$9$ show$1$ he would have preferred to$9$ do the
043:193,06['  ]| same: that$6#2$ visitor's eyes might have represented an
043:193,07['  ]| appeal to$4$ him somehow to$9$ intervene, to$9$ show$1$ the due$2$
043:193,08['  ]| acquaintance, springing from practice$0$ and wanting in
043:193,09['  ]| himself, with the art of conversation developed to$4$ the
043:193,10['  ]| point$0$ at which$6#1$ it could thus sustain a lady in the upper
043:193,11['  ]| air.  $B$Vanderbank's silence$0$ might, without his mere
043:193,12['  ]| kind$2$ pacific look$0$, have seemed almost inhuman.  Poor
043:193,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had finally to$9$ do his own$2$ simple$2$ best.
043:193,14[L  ]| "Will$1$ you bring your daughter to$9$ see me?" 
043:193,14['  ]| he asked
043:193,15['  ]| of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham.	
043:193,16[F  ]| "Oh, oh ~ that is an idea: will$1$ you bring her to$9$
043:193,17[F  ]| see \me?\" 
043:193,17['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore again broke out$5$.
043:193,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had only fixed $L$Mr%*Longdon with the
043:193,19['  ]| air of unutterable things. 
043:193,19[D  ]| "You angel, you angel!"
043:193,20['  ]| ~ they found expression but in that$6#2$.
043:193,21[B  ]| "\I\ do not need$1$ to$9$ ask you to$9$ bring her, do I?" 
043:193,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
043:193,22['  ]| now said to$4$ his hostess.
043:193,22[B  ]| "I hope$1$ you do not
043:193,23[B  ]| mind$1$ my bragging all over the place$0$ of the great
043:193,24[B  ]| honour$0$ she did me the other day in appearing quite
043:193,25[B  ]| by$4$ herself."
043:193,26[F  ]| "Quite by$4$ herself?  I say, $D$Mrs%*Brook!" 
043:193,26['  ]| Mr%*Cashmore
043:193,27['  ]| flourished on$5$.
043:193,28['  ]| It was only now that$3$ she noticed him; which$6#1$ she
043:193,29['  ]| did indeed but by$4$ answering $B$Vanderbank. 
043:193,29[D  ]| "She
043:193,30[D  ]| did not go for$4$ \you\, I am afraid ~ though of course$8$ she
043:193,31[D  ]| might: she went because you had promised her $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
043:193,32[D  ]| But I should have no$2$ more feeling$0$ about$4$
043:194,01[D  ]| her going to$4$ you ~ and should expect her to$9$ have no$2$
043:194,02[D  ]| more ~ than about$4$ her taking a pound of tea, as she
043:194,03[D  ]| sometimes does, to$4$ her old nurse$0$, or her going to$9$ read
043:194,04[D  ]| to$4$ the old women at the workhouse.  May$1$ you never
043:194,05[D  ]| have less to$9$ brag of!"
043:194,06[F  ]| "I wish$1$ she would bring \me\ a pound of tea!" 
043:194,06['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
043:194,07['  ]| resumed. 
043:194,07[F  ]| "Or ai not I enough of an old
043:194,08[F  ]| woman for$4$ her to$9$ come and read to$4$ me at home?"
043:194,09[L  ]| "Does she habitually visit$1$ the workhouse?" 
043:194,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
043:194,10['  ]| enquired of $D$Mrs%*Brook.
043:194,11['  ]| This lady kept him in a moment's suspense, which$6#1$
043:194,12['  ]| another contemplation might moreover have detected
043:194,13['  ]| that$3$ $B$Vanderbank in some degree shared. 
043:194,13[D  ]| "Every
043:194,14[D  ]| Friday at three."
043:194,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, with a sudden$2$ turn$0$, moved straight to$4$
043:194,16['  ]| one of the windows, and $F$Mr%*Cashmore had a happy
043:194,17['  ]| remembrance. 
043:194,17[F  ]| "Why, this is Friday ~ she must have
043:194,18[F  ]| gone to-day.  But does she stay$1$ so$5#1$ late?"
043:194,19[D  ]| "She was to$9$ go afterwards to$4$ little $J$Aggie: I am trying$1$
043:194,20[D  ]| so$5#2$, in spite$8$ of difficulties," 
043:194,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook explained,
043:194,21[D  ]| "to$9$ keep them on$5$ together." 
043:194,21['  ]| She addressed herself
043:194,22['  ]| with a new thought$0$ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
043:194,22[D  ]| "You must
043:194,23[D  ]| know little $J$Aggie ~ the niece of the $I$Duchess: I forget
043:194,24[D  ]| if you have met the $I$Duchess, but you must know
043:194,25[D  ]| \her\ too$5#2$ ~ there are so$5#1$ many things on$4$ which$6#1$ I am sure
043:194,26[D  ]| she will$1$ feel with you.  Little $J$Aggie is the one," 
043:194,26['  ]| she continued;
043:194,27[D  ]| "you will$1$ delight$1$ in her; \she\ ought to$9$ have
043:194,28[D  ]| been mamma's grandchild."
043:194,29[F  ]| "Dearest lady, how can you pretend or for$4$ a moment
043:194,30[F  ]| compare her ~?" 
043:194,30['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore broke in.
043:194,31[F  ]| "She says nothing to$4$ me at all."
043:194,32[D  ]| "She says nothing to$4$ any*one," 
043:194,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook serenely
043:195,01['  ]| replied; 
043:195,01[D  ]| "that is just$9$ her type and her charm$0$
043:195,02[D  ]| ~ just$9$ above$4$ all her education." 
043:195,02['  ]| Then she appealed
043:195,03['  ]| to$4$ $B$Vanderbank. 
043:195,03[D  ]| "will$1$ not $L$Mr%*Longdon be struck
043:195,04[D  ]| with little $J$Aggie and will$1$ not he find it interesting to$9$
043:195,05[D  ]| talk$1$ about$4$ all that$6#2$ sort of thing with the $I$Duchess?"
043:195,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank came back$5$ laughing, but $L$Mr%*Longdon
043:195,07['  ]| anticipated his reply$0$. 
043:195,07[B  ]| "What$6#2$ sort of thing do you
043:195,08[B  ]| mean$1$?"
043:195,09[D  ]| "Oh," 
043:195,09['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
043:195,09[D  ]| "the whole$2$ question$0$, do not
043:195,10[D  ]| you know? of bringing girls forward$5$ or not.  The
043:195,11[D  ]| question$0$ of ~ well$7$, what$6#2$ do you call$1$ it? ~ their exposure.
043:195,12[D  ]| It is \the\ question$0$, it appears ~ the question$0$
043:195,13[D  ]| of the future; it is awfully interesting and the $I$Duchess
043:195,14[D  ]| at any rate$0$ is great on$4$ it.  $A$Nanda of course$8$ is exposed,"
043:195,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook pursued ~ 
043:195,15[D  ]| "fearfully."
043:195,16[F  ]| "And what$6#2$ on$4$ earth is she exposed to$4$?" 
043:195,16['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
043:195,17['  ]| gaily demanded.
043:195,18[B  ]| "She is exposed to$4$ \you\, it would seem, my dear$2#1$
043:195,19[B  ]| fellow!" 
043:195,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank spoke with a certain discernible
043:195,20['  ]| impatience not so$5#1$ much of the fact he mentioned
043:195,21['  ]| as of the turn$0$ of their talk$0$.
043:195,22['  ]| It might have been in almost compassionate deprecation
043:195,23['  ]| of this weak note$0$ that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham
043:195,24['  ]| looked at him.  Her own$2$ reply$0$ to$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore's
043:195,25['  ]| question$0$, however, was uttered at $L$Mr%*Longdon.
043:195,26[D  ]| "She is exposed ~ it is much worse ~ to$4$ \me\.  But
043:195,27[D  ]| $J$Aggie is not exposed to$4$ anything ~ never has been
043:195,28[D  ]| and never is to$9$ be; and we are watching to$9$ see if the
043:195,29[D  ]| $I$Duchess can carry it through$5$."
043:195,30[F  ]| "Why not," 
043:195,30['  ]| asked $F$Mr%*Cashmore, 
043:195,30[F  ]| "if there is nothing
043:195,31[F  ]| she \can\ be exposed to$4$ but the $I$Duchess herself?"
043:195,32['  ]| He had appealed to$4$ his companions impartially,	
043:196,01['  ]| but $L$Mr%*Longdon, whose$6#1$ attention was now all for$4$
043:196,02['  ]| his hostess, appeared unconscious. 
043:196,02[L  ]| "If you are all
043:196,03[L  ]| watching is it your idea that$3$ I should watch$1$ \with\
043:196,04[L  ]| you?"
043:196,05['  ]| The enquiry, on$4$ his lips, was a waft of cold$2$ air, the
043:196,06['  ]| sense of which$6#1$ clearly led $D$Mrs%*Brook to$9$ put her invitation
043:196,07['  ]| on$4$ the right$2#1$ ground. 
043:196,07[D  ]| "Not of course$8$ on$4$ the
043:196,08[D  ]| chance$0$ of anything's happening to$4$ the dear$2#1$ child ~
043:196,09[D  ]| to$4$ whom$6#1$ nothing obviously \can\ happen but that$3$ her
043:196,10[D  ]| aunt will$1$ marry her off in the shortest possible time
043:196,11[D  ]| and in the best possible conditions.  No$7$, the interest$0$
043:196,12[D  ]| is much more in the way the Duchess herself steers."
043:196,13[F  ]| "Ah, she is in a boat," 
043:196,13['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore fully concurred,
043:196,14[F  ]| "that$6#1$ will$1$ take a good bit of that$6#2$."
043:196,15['  ]| It is not for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's historian to$9$ overlook
043:196,16['  ]| that$3$ if he was, not unnaturally, mystified he was yet
043:196,17['  ]| also visibly interested. 
043:196,17[L  ]| "What$6#2$ boat is she in?"
043:196,18['  ]| He had addressed his curiosity, with politeness, to$4$
043:196,19['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore, but they were all arrested by$4$ the 
043:196,20['  ]| wonderful way in which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook managed to$9$	
043:196,21['  ]| smile$1$ at once very dimly, very darkly, and yet make$1$
043:196,22['  ]| it take them all in. 
043:196,22[D  ]| "I think \you\ must tell him, $B$Van."
043:196,23[B  ]| "Heaven forbid!" 
043:196,23['  ]| ~ and $B$Van again retreated.
043:196,24[F  ]| "\I\ will$1$ tell him like$9$ a shot ~ if you really give me
043:196,25[F  ]| leave$0$," 
043:196,25['  ]| said $F$Mr%*Cashmore, for$4$ whom$6#1$ any scruple$0$	
043:196,26['  ]| referred itself manifestly not to$4$ the subject$0$ of the
043:196,27['  ]| information but to$4$ the presence of a lady.
043:196,28[D  ]| "I \do not\ give you leave$0$ and I beg you will$1$ hold$1$ your
043:196,29[D  ]| tongue," 
043:196,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham returned. 
043:196,29[D  ]| "You handle
043:196,30[D  ]| such matters with a minuteness ~!  In short$0$," 
043:196,30['  ]| she
043:196,31['  ]| broke off to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
043:196,31[D  ]| "he would tell you a good
043:196,32[D  ]| deal$0#2$ more than you will$1$ care$1$ to$9$ know.  She \is\ in a boat
043:197,01[D  ]| ~ but she is an experienced mariner.  \8Basta\, as she
043:197,02[D  ]| would say.  Do you know $M$Mitchy?" 
043:197,02['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
043:197,03['  ]| suddenly asked.       
043:197,04[B  ]| "Oh yes, he knows $M$Mitchy" 
043:197,04['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank had
043:197,05['  ]| approached again.
043:197,06[D  ]| "Then make$1$ \him\ tell him" 
043:197,06['  ]| ~ she put it before$4$ the
043:197,07['  ]| young man as a charming turn$0$ for$4$ them all. 
043:197,07[D  ]| "$M$Mitchy
043:197,08[D  ]| \can\ be refined when he tries."
043:197,09[B  ]| "Oh dear$7$ ~ when $M$Mitchy ""tries""!" 
043:197,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
043:197,10['  ]| laughed. 
043:197,10[B  ]| "I think I should rather, for$4$ the job, offer$1$
043:197,12[B  ]| him to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon abandoned to$4$ his native$2$ wild
043:197,13[B  ]| impulse."		 
043:197,14[L  ]| "I \like$1$\ $M$Mr%*Mitchett," 
043:197,14['  ]| the old man said, endeavouring
043:197,15['  ]| to$9$ look$1$ his hostess straight in the eye and
043:197,16['  ]| speaking as if somewhat to$9$ defy her to$9$ convict him,
043:197,17['  ]| even$5$ from the point$0$ of view$0$ of Beccles, of a mistake$0$.
043:197,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham took it with a wonderful bright
043:197,19['  ]| emotion. 
043:197,19[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ friend, \9vous 9me 9rendez 9la 9vie\!  If
043:197,20[D  ]| you can stand$1$ $M$Mitchy you can stand$1$ any of us!"
043:197,21[F  ]| "Upon my honour$0$ I should think so$5#2$!" 
043:197,21['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
043:197,22['  ]| was eager to$9$ remark$1$. 
043:197,22[F  ]| "What$6#2$ on$4$ earth do you
043:197,23[F  ]| mean$1$," 
043:197,23['  ]| he demanded of $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
043:197,23[F  ]| "by$4$ saying that$3$
043:197,24[F  ]| I am more ""minute$2$"" than he?"
043:197,25['  ]| She turned her beauty an instant$0$ on$4$ this critic.
043:197,25[D  ]| "I
043:197,26[D  ]| do not say you are more minute$2$ ~ I say he is more
043:197,27[D  ]| brilliant.  Besides, as I have told you before$5$, you are not
043:197,28[D  ]| one of us." 
043:197,28['  ]| With which$6#1$, as a check$0$ to$4$ further discussion,
043:197,29['  ]| she went straight on$5$ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon:
043:197,29[D  ]| "The
043:197,30[D  ]| point$0$ about$4$ $J$Aggie's conservative education is the
043:197,31[D  ]| wonderful sincerity with which$6#1$ the $I$Duchess feels
043:197,32[D  ]| that$3$ one's girl may$1$ so$5#1$ perfectly and consistently be
043:198,01[D  ]| hedged in without one's really ever (for$3$ it comes to$4$ 
043:198,02[D  ]| that$6#2$) depriving one's own$2$ self ~"		
043:198,03[L  ]| "Well$7$, of what$6#2$?" 
043:198,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon boldly demanded
043:198,04['  ]| while$9$ his hostess appeared thoughtfully to$9$ falter.
043:198,05['  ]| She addressed herself mutely to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, in
043:198,06['  ]| whom$6#1$ the movement produced a laugh$0$. 
043:198,06[B  ]| "I defy
043:198,07[B  ]| you," 
043:198,07['  ]| he exclaimed,
043:198,07[B  ]| "to$9$ say!"
043:198,08[F  ]| "Well$7$, you do not defy \me!\" 
043:198,08['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore cried as
043:198,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook failed to$9$ take up the challenge.  
043:198,09[F  ]| "If you
043:198,10[F  ]| know $M$Mitchy," 
043:198,10['  ]| he went on$5$ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
043:198,10[F  ]| "you
043:198,11[F  ]| must know $N$Petherton."
043:198,12['  ]| The elder man remained vague and not imperceptibly 
043:198,13['  ]| cold$2$.  
043:198,13[L  ]| "$N$Petherton?"
043:198,14[F  ]| "My brother-in-law ~ whom$6#1$, God knows why,
043:198,15[F  ]| $M$Mitchy runs."
043:198,16[L  ]| "Runs?" 
043:198,16['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon again echoed.
043:198,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook appealed afresh to$4$ $B$Vanderbank. 
043:198,17[D  ]| "I
043:198,18[D  ]| think we ought to$9$ spare$1$ him.  I may$1$ not remind you of
043:198,19[D  ]| mamma," 
043:198,19['  ]| she continued to$4$ their companion, 
043:198,19[D  ]| "but I
043:198,20[D  ]| hope$1$ you do not mind$1$ my saying how much you remind
043:198,21[D  ]| me.  Explanations, after$4$ all, spoil things, and if you
043:198,22[D  ]| \can\ make$1$ anything of us and will$1$ sometimes come
043:198,23[D  ]| back$5$ you will$1$ find everything in its native$2$ freshness.
043:198,24[D  ]| You will$1$ see, you will$1$ feel for$4$ yourself."
043:198,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stood before$4$ her and raised to$4$
043:198,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, when she had ceased, the eyes he had 
043:198,27['  ]| attached to$4$ the carpet while$9$ she talked.  
043:198,27[L  ]| "And must
043:198,28[L  ]| I go now?" 
043:198,28['  ]| Explanations, she had said, spoiled
043:198,29['  ]| things, but he might have been a stranger$0$ at an
043:198,30['  ]| Eastern court$0$ ~ comically helpless without his interpreter.
043:198,31['  ]| 
043:198,32[B  ]| "If $D$Mrs%*Brook desires to$9$ ""spare$1$"" you," 
043:198,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
043:199,01['  ]| kindly replied, 
043:199,01[B  ]| "the best way to$9$ make$1$ sure of it
043:199,02[B  ]| would perhaps indeed be to$9$ remove$1$ you.  But had not
043:199,03[B  ]| we a hope$0$ of $A$Nanda?"
043:199,04[L  ]| "It might be of use$0$ for$4$ us to$9$ wait for$4$ her?" 
043:199,04['  ]| ~ it 
043:199,05['  ]| was still$5$ to$4$ his young friend that$3$ $L$Mr%*Longon put it.
043:199,06[D  ]| "Ah when she is once on$4$ the loose ~!"  
043:199,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brookenham
043:199,07['  ]| sighed. 
043:199,07[D  ]| "Unless \9la`*voila\," 
043:199,07['  ]| she said as a 
043:199,08['  ]| hand was heard at the door-latch.  It was only, however,
043:199,09['  ]| a footman who$6#1$ entered with a little tray that$6#1$, on$4$
043:199,10['  ]| his approaching his mistress, offered to$4$ sight the
043:199,11['  ]| brown envelope of a telegram.  She immediately took
043:199,12['  ]| leave$0$ to$9$ open$1$ this missive, after$4$ the quick$2$ perusal of
043:199,13['  ]| which$6#1$ she had another vision of them all.  
043:199,13[D  ]| "It \is\ she
043:199,14[D  ]| ~ the modern daughter.  ""$K$Tishy keeps me dinner and
043:199,15[D  ]| opera; clothes all right$8$; return$0$ uncertain, but if
043:199,16[D  ]| before$4$ morning have latch-key.""  She will$1$ not come
043:199,17[D  ]| home till morning!" 
043:199,17['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
043:199,18[B  ]| "But think of the comfort$0$ of the latch-key!"
043:199,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed. 
043:199,19[B  ]| "You might go to$4$ the opera,"
043:199,20['  ]| he said to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.
043:199,21[F  ]| "Hanged if \I\ do not!" 
043:199,21['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore exclaimed.
043:199,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon appeared to$9$ have caught from
043:199,23['  ]| $A$Nanda's message an obscure agitation; he met his
043:199,24['  ]| young friend's suggestion at all events with a visible
043:199,25['  ]| intensity. 
043:199,25[L  ]| "Will$1$ you go with me?"
043:199,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had just$9$ debated, recalling engagements;
043:199,27['  ]| which$6#1$ gave $D$Mrs%*Brook time to$9$ intervene.
043:199,28[D  ]| "can not you live without him?" 
043:199,28['  ]| she asked of her elder
043:199,29['  ]| friend.
043:199,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had looked at her an instant$0$. 
043:199,30[B  ]| "I
043:199,31[B  ]| think I can get there late," 
043:199,31['  ]| he then replied to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.
043:199,32['  ]|
043:200,01[F  ]| "I think \I\ can get there early," 
043:200,01['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
043:200,02['  ]| declared.
043:200,02[F  ]| "$K$Mrs%*Grendon must have a box; in
043:200,03[F  ]| fact I know which$6#1$, and \they\ do not," 
043:200,03['  ]| he jocosely
043:200,04['  ]| continued to$4$ his hostess.
043:200,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, meanwhile had given $L$Mr%*Longdon
043:200,06['  ]| her hand. 
043:200,06[D  ]| "Well$7$, in any case the child \shall\ soon
043:200,07[D  ]| come to$4$ you.  And oh alone," 
043:200,07['  ]| she insisted: 
043:200,07[D  ]| "you
043:200,08[D  ]| need not make$1$ phrases ~ I know too$5#1$ well$9$ what$6#1$ I am
043:200,09[D  ]| about$4$."
043:200,10[F  ]| "One hopes$1$ really you do," 
043:200,10['  ]| pursued the unquenched
043:200,11['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore. 
043:200,11[F  ]| "If that is what$6#1$ one gets
043:200,12[F  ]| by$4$ having known your mother ~!"
043:200,13[D  ]| "It would not have helped \you\," 
043:200,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook retorted.
043:200,14[D  ]| "And will$1$ not you have to$9$ say it is \all\ you were
043:200,15[D  ]| to$9$ get?" 
043:200,15['  ]| she pityingly murmured to$4$ her other visitor.
043:200,16['  ]| He turned to$4$ $B$Vanderbank with a strange gasp, and
043:200,17['  ]| that$6#2$ comforter said 
043:200,17[B  ]| "Come!"
051:203,01['  ]| The lower$2$ windows of the great white house, which$6#1$
051:203,02['  ]| stood high and square, opened to$4$ a wide flagged terrace,
051:203,03['  ]| the parapet of which$6#1$, an old balustrade of stone,
051:203,04['  ]| was broken in the middle of its course$0$ by$4$ a flight of
051:203,05['  ]| stone steps that$6#1$ descended to$4$ a wonderful garden.
051:203,06['  ]| The terrace had the afternoon shade and fairly hung
051:203,07['  ]| over the prospect that$6#1$ dropped away and circled it ~
051:203,08['  ]| the prospect, beyond$4$ the series of gardens, of scattered
051:203,09['  ]| splendid trees and green glades, an horizon
051:203,10['  ]| mainly of woods.  $A$Nanda%*Brookenham, one day at
051:203,11['  ]| the end$0$ of July, coming out$5$ to$9$ find the place$0$ unoccupied
051:203,12['  ]| as yet by$4$ other visitors, stood there a while$0$
051:203,13['  ]| with an air of happy possession.  She moved from end$0$
051:203,14['  ]| to$4$ end$0$ of the terrace, pausing, gazing about$4$ her, taking
051:203,15['  ]| in with a face$0$ that$6#1$ showed the pleasure of a brief
051:203,16['  ]| independence the combination of delightful things ~ 
051:203,17['  ]| of old rooms with old decorations that$6#1$ gleamed and
051:203,18['  ]| gloomed through$4$ the high windows, of old gardens that$6#1$
051:203,19['  ]| squared themselves in the wide angles of old walls,
051:203,20['  ]| of wood-walks rustling in the afternoon breeze and
051:203,21['  ]| stretching away to$4$ further reaches of solitude and
051:203,22['  ]| summer.  The scene had an expectant stillness that$6#1$
051:203,23['  ]| she was too$5#1$ charmed to$9$ desire$1$ to$9$ break; she watched
051:203,24['  ]| it, listened to$4$ it, followed with her eyes the white
051:203,25['  ]| butterflies among the flowers below her, then gave
051:203,26['  ]| a start$0$ as the cry$0$ of a peacock came to$4$ her from an
051:203,27['  ]| unseen alley.  It set$1$ her after$4$ a minute$0$ into less difficult
051:204,01['  ]| motion; she passed slowly down$4$ the steps,
051:204,02['  ]| wandering further, looking back$5$ at the big bright
051:204,03['  ]| house but pleased again to$9$ see no*one else appear.  If
051:204,04['  ]| the sun was still$5$ high enough she had a pink parasol.
051:204,05['  ]| She went through$4$ the gardens one by$4$ one, skirting
051:204,06['  ]| the high walls that$6#1$ were so$5#1$ like$9$ "collections" and
051:204,07['  ]| thinking how, later on$5$, the nectarines and plums
051:204,08['  ]| would flush there.  She exchanged a friendly greeting
051:204,09['  ]| with a man at work$0$, passed through$4$ an open$2$ door and,
051:204,10['  ]| turning$1$ this way and that$6#2$, finally found herself in the 
051:204,11['  ]| park, at some distance$0$ from the house.  It was a point$0$
051:204,12['  ]| she had had to$9$ take another rise$0$ to$9$ reach$1$, a place$0$
051:204,13['  ]| marked by$4$ an old green bench for$4$ a larger sweep of
051:204,14['  ]| the view$0$, which$6#1$, in the distance$0$ where the woods
051:204,15['  ]| stopped, showed in the most English way in the
051:204,16['  ]| world the colour-spot of an old red village and the
051:204,17['  ]| tower of an old grey church.  She had sunk down$5$ upon	
051:204,18['  ]| the bench almost with a sense of adventure, yet not too$5#1$
051:204,19['  ]| fluttered to$9$ wonder$1$ if it would not have been happy to$9$
051:204,20['  ]| bring a book; the charm$0$ of which$6#1$ precisely would
051:204,21['  ]| have been in feeling$1$ everything about$4$ her too$5#1$ beautiful
051:204,22['  ]| to$9$ let her read.
051:204,23['  ]| The sense of adventure grew in her presently becoming$1$
051:204,24['  ]| aware of a stir in the thicket below, followed
051:204,25['  ]| by$4$ the coming into sight, on$4$ a path that$6#1$, mounting,
051:204,26['  ]| passed near$4$ her seat, of a wanderer whom$6#1$, had his
051:204,27['  ]| particular, his exceptional identity not quickly appeared,
051:204,28['  ]| it might have disappointed her a trifle$0$ to$9$ have
051:204,29['  ]| to$9$ recognise as a friend.  He saw her immediately,
051:204,30['  ]| stopped, laughed, waved his hat, then bounded up
051:204,31['  ]| the slope and, brushing his forehead with his handkerchief,
051:204,32['  ]| confessing as to$4$ a red face$0$, was rejoicingly
051:205,01['  ]| there before$4$ her.  Her own$2$ ejaculation on$4$ first seeing
051:205,02['  ]| him ~ 
051:205,02[A  ]| "Why, $B$Mr%*Van!" 
051:205,02['  ]| ~ had had an ambiguous
051:205,03['  ]| sharpness that$6#1$ was rather for$4$ herself than for$4$ her
051:205,04['  ]| visitor.  She made room for$4$ him on$4$ the bench, where
051:205,05['  ]| in a moment he was cooling off and they were both
051:205,06['  ]| explaining.  The great thing was that$3$ he had walked
051:205,07['  ]| from the station to$9$ stretch his legs, coming far round$9$,
051:205,08['  ]| for$4$ the lovely hour and the pleasure of it, by$4$ a way
051:205,09['  ]| he had learnt on$4$ some previous occasion$0$ of being$1$ at
051:205,10['  ]| Mertle.
051:205,11[A  ]| "You have already stayed here then?" 
051:205,11['  ]| $A$Nanda, who$6#1$
051:205,12['  ]| had arrived but half an hour before$5$, spoke as if she
051:205,13['  ]| had lost the chance$0$ to$9$ give him a new impression.
051:205,14[B  ]| "I have stayed here ~ yes, but not with $M$Mitchy;
051:205,15[B  ]| with some people or other ~ who$6#2$ the deuce can they
051:205,16[B  ]| have been? ~ who$6#1$ had the place$0$ for$4$ a few months
051:205,17[B  ]| a year or two ago."		
051:205,18[A  ]| "Do not you even$5$ remember?"
051:205,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered and laughed. 
051:205,19[B  ]| "It will$1$ come
051:205,20[B  ]| to$4$ me.  But it is a charming sign of London relations,
051:205,21[B  ]| is not it? ~ that$3$ one \can\ come down$5$ to$4$ people this
051:205,22[B  ]| way and be awfully well$9$ ""done for$5$"" and all that$6#2$, and
051:205,23[B  ]| then go away and lose the whole$2$ thing, quite forget
051:205,24[B  ]| to$4$ whom$6#1$ one has been beholden.  It is a queer life."
051:205,25['  ]| $A$Nanda seemed for$4$ an instant$0$ to$9$ wish$1$ to$9$ say that$3$
051:205,26['  ]| one might deny the queerness, but she said something
051:205,27['  ]| else instead. 
051:205,27[A  ]| "I suppose a man like$9$ you does not quite
051:205,28[A  ]| feel that$3$ he \is\ beholden.  It is awfully good of him ~
051:205,29[A  ]| it is doing a great deal$0#2$ for$4$ anybody ~ that$3$ he should
051:205,30[A  ]| come down$5$ at all; so$3$ that$3$ it would add immensely to$4$
051:205,31[A  ]| his burden if anybody had to$9$ be remembered for$4$ it."
051:205,32[B  ]| "I do not know what$6#1$ you mean$1$ by$4$ a man ""like$9$ me,""
051:206,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank returned. 
051:206,01[B  ]| "I am not any particular kind$0$
051:206,02[B  ]| of a man." 
051:206,02['  ]| She had been looking at him, but she
051:206,03['  ]| looked away on$4$ this, and he continued good-humoured
051:206,04['  ]| and explanatory. 
051:206,04[B  ]| "If you mean$1$ that$3$ I go
051:206,05[B  ]| about$5$ such a lot, how do you know it but by$4$ the fact
051:206,06[B  ]| that$3$ you are everywhere now yourself? ~ so$3$ that$$,
051:206,07[B  ]| whatever I am, in short, you are just$9$ as bad."
051:206,08[A  ]| "You admit then that$3$ you \are\ everywhere.  I may$1$ be
051:206,09[A  ]| just$9$ as bad," 
051:206,09['  ]| the girl went on$5$, 
051:206,09[A  ]| "but the point$0$ is that$3$
051:206,10[A  ]| I am not nearly so$5#1$ good.  Girls are such natural$2$ hacks
051:206,11[A  ]| ~ they can not be anything else."
051:206,12[B  ]| "And pray what$6#2$ are fellows who$6#1$ are in the beastly
051:206,13[B  ]| grind of fearfully busy offices?  There is not an old
051:206,14[B  ]| cabhorse in London that is kept at it, I assure you, as
051:206,15[B  ]| I am.  Besides," 
051:206,15['  ]| the young man added, 
051:206,15[B  ]| "if I am out$5$ 	
051:206,16[B  ]| every night and off somewhere like$9$ this for$4$ Sunday,
051:206,17[B  ]| can not you understand, my dear$2#1$ child, the fundamental
051:206,18[B  ]| reason$0$ of it?"
051:206,19['  ]| $A$Nanda, with her eyes on$4$ him again, studied an
051:206,20['  ]| instant$0$ this mystery. 
051:206,20[A  ]| "Am I to$9$ infer with delight$0$
051:206,21[A  ]| that$3$ it is the sweet hope$0$ of meeting$9$ \me\?  It is not," 
051:206,21['  ]| she
051:206,22['  ]| continued in a moment, 
051:206,22[A  ]| "as if there were any neccessity
051:206,23[A  ]| for$4$ your saying that$6#2$.  What is the use$0$?" 
051:206,23['  ]| But
051:206,24['  ]| all impatiently she stopped short.
051:206,25['  ]| He was eminently gay even$5$ if his companion was
051:206,26['  ]| not. 
051:206,26[B  ]| "Because we are such jolly old friends that$3$ we
051:206,27[B  ]| really need not so$5#1$ much as speak at all?  Yes, thank
051:206,28[B  ]| goodness ~ thank goodness." 
051:206,28['  ]| He had been looking
051:206,29['  ]| round$4$ him, taking in the scene; he had dropped his
051:206,30['  ]| hat on$4$ the ground and, completely at his ease$0$, though
051:206,31['  ]| still$5$ more wishing to$9$ show$1$ it, had crossed his legs and
051:206,32['  ]| closely folded his arms. 
051:206,32[B  ]| "What$7$ a tremendously jolly
051:207,01[B  ]| place$0$!  If I can not for$4$ the life of me recall$1$ who$6#1$ they
051:207,02[B  ]| were ~ the other people ~ I have the comfort$0$ of being$1$
051:207,03[B  ]| sure their minds are an equal$2$ blank$0$.  Do they even$5$
051:207,04[B  ]| remember the place$0$ they had?  ""We had some fellows
051:207,05[B  ]| down$5$ at ~ where was it, the big white house last$2$
051:207,06[B  ]| November? ~ and there was one of them, out$8$ of the
051:207,07[B  ]| What-do-you-call-it? ~ \you\ know ~ who$6#1$ might have
051:207,08[B  ]| been a decent enough chap if he had not presumed so$5#2$
051:207,09[B  ]| on$4$ his gifts.""" 
051:207,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank paused a minute$0$, but his
051:207,10['  ]| companion said nothing, and he pursued. 
051:207,10[B  ]| "It does
051:207,11[B  ]| show$1$, does not it? ~ the fact that$3$ we do meet$1$ this
051:207,12[B  ]| way ~ the tremendous change$0$ that$6#1$ has taken place$0$
051:207,13[B  ]| in your life in the last$2$ three months.  I mean$1$, if I am
051:207,14[B  ]| everywhere as you said just$9$ now, your being$1$ just$9$ the
051:207,15[B  ]| same."
051:207,16[A  ]| "Yes ~ you see what$6#1$ you have done."
051:207,17[B  ]| "How, what$6#1$ \I have\ done?"
051:207,18[A  ]| "You plunge into the woods for$4$ a change$0$, for$4$ solitude,"
051:207,19['  ]| the girl said, 
051:207,19[A  ]| "and the first thing you do is to$9$
051:207,20[A  ]| find me waylaying you in the depths of the forest.
051:207,21[A  ]| But I really could not ~ if you will$1$ reflect upon it ~
051:207,22[A  ]| know you were coming this way."
051:207,23['  ]| He sat there with his position unchanged but with
051:207,24['  ]| a constant little shake$0$ in the foot that$6#1$ hung down$5$, as
051:207,25['  ]| if everything ~ and what$6#1$ she now put before$4$ him not
051:207,26['  ]| least ~ was much too$5#1$ pleasant to$9$ be reflected on$5$.
051:207,27[B  ]| "May$1$ I smoke a cigarette?"
051:207,28['  ]| $A$Nanda waited a little; her friend had taken out$5$
051:207,29['  ]| his silver case, which$6#1$ was of ample form$0$, and as
051:207,30['  ]| he extracted a cigarette she put forth her hand.
051:207,31[A  ]| "May$1$ \I?\" 
051:207,31['  ]| She turned the case over with admiration.
051:207,32['  ]|
051:208,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank demurred. 
051:208,01[B  ]| "Do you smoke with $L$Mr%*Longdon?"
051:208,02[B  ]|
051:208,03[A  ]| "Immensely. But what$6#2$ has that$6#2$ to$9$ do with it?"
051:208,04[B  ]| "Everything, everything." 
051:208,04['  ]| He spoke with a faint$2$
051:208,05['  ]| ring$0$ of impatience. 
051:208,05[B  ]| "I want$1$ you to$9$ do with me
051:208,06[B  ]| exactly as you do with him."
051:208,07[A  ]| "Ah that is soon said!" 
051:208,07['  ]| the girl replied in a peculiar
051:208,08['  ]| tone. 
051:208,08[A  ]| "How do you mean$1$, to$9$ ""do""?"
051:208,09[B  ]| "Well$9$ then to$9$ \be\.  What$6#2$ shall I say?" 
051:208,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
051:208,10['  ]| pleasantly wondered while$9$ his foot kept up its motion.
051:208,11[B  ]| "To$9$ feel."
051:208,12['  ]| She continued to$9$ handle the cigarette-case, without,
051:208,13['  ]| however, having profited by$4$ its contents. 
051:208,13[A  ]| "I do not
051:208,14[A  ]| think that$3$ as regards$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon and me you know
051:208,15[A  ]| quite so$5#1$ much as you suppose."
051:208,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed and smoked. 
051:208,16[B  ]| "I take for$4$
051:208,17[B  ]| granted he tells me everything."
051:208,18[A  ]| "Ah but you scarcely take for$4$ granted \I\ do!" 
051:208,18['  ]| She
051:208,19['  ]| rubbed her cheek an instant$0$ with the polished silver
051:208,20['  ]| and again the next moment turned over the case.
051:208,21[A  ]| "This is the kind$0$ of one I should like$1$."
051:208,22['  ]| Her companion glanced down$5$ at it. 
051:208,22[B  ]| "Why it holds
051:208,23[B  ]| twenty."
051:208,24[A  ]| "Well$7$, I want$1$ one that$6#1$ holds twenty."
051:208,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank only threw out$5$ his smoke. 
051:208,25[B  ]| "I want$1$
051:208,26[B  ]| so$5#1$ to$9$ give you something," 
051:208,26['  ]| he said at last$0$, 
051:208,26[B  ]| "that$3$,
051:208,27[B  ]| in my relief at lighting on$4$ an object$0$ that$6#1$ will$1$ do,
051:208,28[B  ]| I will$1$, if you do not look$1$ out$5$, give you either that$6#2$ or
051:208,29[B  ]| a pipe."
051:208,30[A  ]| "Do you mean$1$ this particular one?"
051:208,31[B  ]| "I have had it for$4$ years ~ but even$5$ that$6#2$ one if you
051:208,32[B  ]| like$1$ it."
051:209,01['  ]| She kept it ~ continued to$9$ finger it. 
051:209,01[A  ]| "And by$4$
051:209,02[A  ]| whom$6#2$ was it given you?"
051:209,03['  ]| At this he turned to$4$ her smiling. 
051:209,03[B  ]| "You think I have
051:209,04[B  ]| forgotten that$6#2$ too$5#2$?"
051:209,05[A  ]| "Certainly you must have forgotten, to$9$ be willing
051:209,06[A  ]| to$9$ give it away again."
051:209,07[B  ]| "But how do you know it was a present$0#2$?"
051:209,08[A  ]| "Such things always are ~ people do not buy them
051:209,09[A  ]| for$4$ themselves."
051:209,10['  ]| She had now relinquished the object$0$, laying it upon
051:209,11['  ]| the bench, and $B$Vanderbank took it up. 
051:209,11[B  ]| "Its origin is
051:209,12[B  ]| lost in the night of time ~ it has no$2$ history except
051:209,13[B  ]| that$3$ I have used$1#1$ it.  But I assure you that$3$ I do want$1$ to$9$
051:209,14[B  ]| give you something.  I have never given you anything."
051:209,15['  ]| She was silent a little. 
051:209,15[A  ]| "The exhibition you are
051:209,16[A  ]| making," 
051:209,16['  ]| she seriously sighed at last$0$, 
051:209,16[A  ]| "of your inconstancy
051:209,17[A  ]| and superficiality!  All the relics of you that$6#1$
051:209,18[A  ]| I have treasured and that$6#1$ I supposed at the time to$9$ have
051:209,19[A  ]| meant something!"
051:209,20[B  ]| "The ""relics""?  Have you a lock$0$ of my hair?"
051:209,21['  ]| Then as her meaning$0$ came to$4$ him: 
051:209,21[B  ]| "Oh little Christmas
051:209,22[B  ]| things?   Have you really kept them?"
051:209,23[A  ]| "Laid away in a drawer of their own$2$ ~ done up in
051:209,24[A  ]| pink paper."
051:209,25[B  ]| "I know what$6#1$ you are coming to$4$," 
051:209,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
051:209,26['  ]| said. 
051:209,26[B  ]| "You have given \me\ things, and you are trying$1$ to$9$
051:209,27[B  ]| convict me of having lost the sweet sense of them.
051:209,28[B  ]| But you can not do it. Where my heart is concerned I am
051:209,29[B  ]| a walking reliquary.  Pink paper?  \I\ use$1$ gold paper ~
051:209,30[B  ]| and the finest of all, the gold paper of the mind$0$." 
051:209,30['  ]| He
051:209,31['  ]| gave a flip with a fingernail to$4$ his cigarette and looked
051:209,32['  ]| at its quickened fire$0$; after$4$ which$6#1$ he pursued very
051:210,01['  ]| familiarly, but with a kindness that$6#1$ of itself qualified
051:210,02['  ]| the mere humour of the thing: 
051:210,02[B  ]| "Do not talk$1$, my dear$2#1$
051:210,03[B  ]| child, as if you did not really know me for$4$ the best
051:210,04[B  ]| friend you have in the world." 
051:210,04['  ]| As soon as he had
051:210,05['  ]| spoken he pulled out$5$ his watch$0$, so$3$ that$3$ if his words
051:210,06['  ]| had led to$4$ something of a pause$0$ this movement offered
051:210,07['  ]| a pretext for$4$ breaking it.  $A$Nanda asked the hour
051:210,08['  ]| and, on$4$ his replying 
051:210,08[B  ]| "Five-fifteen," 
051:210,08@a   | remarked that$3$
051:210,09@a   | there would now be tea on$4$ the terrace with every*one
051:210,10@a   | gathered at it. 
051:210,10[B  ]| "Then shall we go and join them?"
051:210,11['  ]| her companion demanded.
051:210,12['  ]| He had made, however, no$2$ other motion, and when
051:210,13['  ]| after$4$ hesitating she said 
051:210,13[A  ]| "Yes, with pleasure" 
051:210,13['  ]| it was
051:210,14['  ]| also without a change$0$ of position. 
051:210,14[A  ]| "I like$1$ this," 
051:210,14['  ]| she
051:210,15['  ]| inconsequently added.
051:210,16[B  ]| "So$5#2$ do I awfully.  Tea on$4$ the terrace," 
051:210,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
051:210,17['  ]| went on$5$, 
051:210,17[B  ]| "is not ""in"" it.  But who$6#2$ is here?"
051:210,18[A  ]| "Oh every*one.  All your set$0$."
051:210,19[B  ]| "Mine$6$?  Have I still$5$ a set$0$ ~ with the universal
051:210,20[B  ]| vagabondism you accuse me of?"
051:210,21[A  ]| "Well$9$ then $M$Mitchy's ~ whoever they are."
051:210,22[B  ]| "And nobody of yours?"
051:210,23[A  ]| "Oh yes," 
051:210,23['  ]| $A$Nanda said, 
051:210,23[A  ]| "all mine$6$. He must at least,
051:210,24[A  ]| have arrived by$4$ this time.  My set is $L$Mr%*Longdon,"
051:210,25['  ]| she explained. 
051:210,25[A  ]| "He is all of it now."
051:210,26[B  ]| "Then where in the world am I?"
051:210,27[A  ]| "Oh you are an extra.  There are always extras."
051:210,28[B  ]| "A complete$2$ set$0$ and one over?" 
051:210,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
051:210,29['  ]| laughed. 
051:210,29[B  ]| "Where then is $K$Tishy?"
051:210,30['  ]| Charming and grave$2$, the girl thought$1$ a moment.
051:210,31[A  ]| "She is in Paris with her mother ~ on$4$ their way to$4$
051:210,32[A  ]| Aix-les-Bains." 
051:210,32['  ]| Then with impatience she continued:
051:211,01[A  ]| "Do you know that is a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ say ~ what$6#1$ you
051:211,02[A  ]| said just$9$ now?  I mean$1$ about$4$ your being$1$ the best
051:211,03[A  ]| friend I have."
051:211,04[B  ]| "Of course$8$ I do,and that is exactly why I said it.
051:211,05[B  ]| You see I am not in the least delicate or graceful or
051:211,06[B  ]| shy about$4$ it ~ I just$9$ come out$5$ with it and defy you
051:211,07[B  ]| to$9$ contradict me.  Who$6#2$, if I am not the best, is a better$9$
051:211,08[B  ]| one?"
051:211,09[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
051:211,09['  ]| $A$Nanda replied, 
051:211,09[A  ]| "I feel since I have known
051:211,10[A  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon that$3$ I have almost the sort of friend who$6#1$
051:211,11[A  ]| makes every*one else not count."
051:211,12[B  ]| "Then at the end$0$ of three months he has arrived at
051:211,13[B  ]| a value$0$ for$4$ you that$6#1$ I have not reached in all these
051:211,14[B  ]| years?"
051:211,15[A  ]| "Yes," 
051:211,15['  ]| she returned ~ 
051:211,15[A  ]| "the value$0$ of my not being$1$
051:211,16[A  ]| afraid of him."
051:211,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, on$4$ the bench, shifted his position,
051:211,18['  ]| turning$1$ more to$4$ her and throwing an arm$0$ over the
051:211,19['  ]| back$0$. 
051:211,19[B  ]| "And you are afraid of \me?\"
051:211,20[A  ]| "Horribly ~ hideously."
051:211,21[B  ]| "Then our long$9$, our happy relations ~?"
051:211,22[A  ]| "They are just$9$ what$6#1$ makes my terror," 
051:211,22['  ]| she broke
051:211,23['  ]| in, 
051:211,23[A  ]| "particularly abject.  Happy relations do not matter.
051:211,24[A  ]| I always think of you with fear$0$."
051:211,25['  ]| His elbow rested on$4$ the back$0$ and his hand supported
051:211,26['  ]| his head$0$. 
051:211,26[B  ]| "How awfully curious ~ if it be 
051:211,27[B  ]| true!"
051:211,28['  ]| She had been looking away to$4$ the sweet English
051:211,29['  ]| distance$0$, but at this she made a movement. 
051:211,29[A  ]| "Oh $B$Mr%*Van,
051:211,30[A  ]| I am ""true""!"
051:211,31['  ]| As $B$Mr%*Van himself could not have expressed at
051:211,32['  ]| any subsequent time to$4$ any interested friend the particular
051:212,01['  ]| effect$0$ upon him of the tone of these words his
051:212,02['  ]| chronicler takes advantage of the fact not to$9$ pretend to$4$
051:212,03['  ]| a greater intelligence ~ to$9$ limit himself on$4$ the contrary$0$
051:212,04['  ]| to$4$ the simple$2$ statement that$3$ they produced in $B$Mr%*Van's
051:212,05['  ]| cheek a flush just$9$ discernible. 
051:212,05[B  ]| "Fear$0$ of what$6#2$?"
051:212,06[A  ]| "I do not know.  Fear$0$ is fear$0$."
051:212,07[B  ]| "Yes, yes ~ I see." 
051:212,07['  ]| He took out$5$ another cigarette
051:212,08['  ]| and occupied a moment in lighting it. 
051:212,08[B  ]| "Well$7$, kindness
051:212,09[B  ]| is kindness too$5#2$ ~ that is all one can say."
051:212,10['  ]| He had smoked again a while$0$ before$3$ she turned to$4$
051:212,11['  ]| him. 
051:212,11[A  ]| "Have I wounded you by$4$ saying that$6#2$?"
051:212,12['  ]| A certain effect$0$ of his flush was still$5$ in his smile$0$.
051:212,13[B  ]| "It seems to$4$ me I should like$1$ you to$9$ wound$1#2$ me.  I did
051:212,14[B  ]| what$6#1$ I wanted a moment ago," 
051:212,14['  ]| he continued with
051:212,15['  ]| some precipitation: 
051:212,15[B  ]| "I brought you out$5$ handsomely
051:212,16[B  ]| on$4$ the subject$0$ of $L$Mr%*Longdon.  That$6#2$ was my idea
051:212,17[B  ]| ~ just$9$ to$9$ draw you."
051:212,18[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
051:212,18['  ]| said $A$Nanda, looking away again, 
051:212,18[A  ]| "he has
051:212,19[A  ]| come into my life."
051:212,20[B  ]| "He could not have come into a place$0$ where it gives 
051:212,21[B  ]| me more pleasure to$9$ see him."
051:212,22[A  ]| "But he did not like$1$, the other day when I used$1#1$ it to$4$
051:212,23[A  ]| him, that$6#2$ expression," 
051:212,23['  ]| the girl returned. 
051:212,23[A  ]| "He called
051:212,24[A  ]| it ""mannered modern slang"" and came back$5$ again to$4$
051:212,25[A  ]| the extraordinary difference between my speech and
051:212,26[A  ]| my grandmother's."
051:212,27[B  ]| "Of course$8$," 
051:212,27['  ]| the young man understandingly assented.
051:212,28[B  ]| "But I rather like$1$ your speech.  Has not he
051:212,29[B  ]| by$4$ this time, with you," 
051:212,29['  ]| he pursued, 
051:212,29[B  ]| "crossed the
051:212,30[B  ]| gulf?  He has with me."
051:212,31[A  ]| "Ah with you there was no$2$ gulf.  He liked you
051:212,32[A  ]| from the first."	
051:213,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered. 
051:213,01[B  ]| "You mean$1$ I managed
051:213,02[B  ]| him so$5#1$ well$9$?"
051:213,03[A  ]| "I do not know how you managed him, but liking
051:213,04[A  ]| me has been for$4$ him a painful gradual process.  I
051:213,05[A  ]| think he does now," 
051:213,05['  ]| $A$Nanda declared. 
051:213,05[A  ]| "He accepts
051:213,06[A  ]| me at last$0$ as different ~ he is trying$1$ with me on$4$ that$6#2$
051:213,07[A  ]| basis.  He has ended by$4$ understanding$1$ that$3$ when he
051:213,08[A  ]| talks to$4$ me of Granny I can not even$5$ imagine her."
051:213,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank puffed away. 
051:213,09[B  ]| "\I\ can."
051:213,10[A  ]| "That is what$6#1$ $M$Mitchy says too$5#2$.  But you have both
051:213,11[A  ]| probably got her wrong$2$."
051:213,12[B  ]| "I do not know," 
051:213,12['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank ~ 
051:213,12[B  ]| "I have gone
051:213,13[B  ]| into it a good deal$0#2$.  But it is too$5#1$ late.  We can not be
051:213,14[B  ]| Greeks if we would."
051:213,15['  ]| Even$5$ for$4$ this $A$Nanda had no$2$ laugh$0$, though she had
051:213,16['  ]| a quick$2$ attention. 
051:213,16[A  ]| "Do you call$1$ Granny a Greek?"
051:213,17['  ]| Her companion slowly rose$1$. 
051:213,17[B  ]| "Yes ~ to$9$ finish$1$ her
051:213,18[B  ]| off handsomely and have done with her." 
051:213,18['  ]| He looked
051:213,19['  ]| again at his watch$0$. 
051:213,19[B  ]| "Shall we go?  I want$1$ to$9$ see if
051:213,20[B  ]| my man and my things have turned up."
051:213,21['  ]| She kept her seat; there was something to$9$ revert
051:213,22['  ]| to$4$. 
051:213,22[A  ]| "My fear$0$ of you is not superficial.  I mean$1$ it is not
051:213,23[A  ]| immediate ~ not of you just$9$ as you stand$1$," 
051:213,23['  ]| she explained.
051:213,24[A  ]| "It is of some dreadfully possible future you."
051:213,25[B  ]| "Well$7$," 
051:213,25['  ]| said the young man, smiling down$5$ at her,
051:213,26[B  ]| "do not forget that$3$ if there is to$9$ be such a monster
051:213,27[B  ]| there will$1$ also be a future you, proportionately developed,
051:213,28[B  ]| to$9$ deal$1$ with him."
051:213,29['  ]| She had closed her parasol in the shade and her
051:213,30['  ]| eyes attached themselves to$4$ the small hole she had
051:213,31['  ]| dug in the ground with its point$0$. 
051:213,31[A  ]| "We shall both
051:213,32[A  ]| have moved, you mean$1$?"
051:214,01[B  ]| "It is charming to$9$ feel we shall probably have
051:214,02[B  ]| moved together."
051:214,03[A  ]| "Ah if moving is changing," 
051:214,03['  ]| she returned, 
051:214,03[A  ]| "there
051:214,04[A  ]| will$1$ not be much for$4$ me in that$6#2$.  I shall never change$1$
051:214,05[A  ]| ~ I shall be always just$9$ the same.  The same old
051:214,06[A  ]| mannered modern slangy hack," 
051:214,06['  ]| she continued quite
051:214,07['  ]| gravely. 
051:214,07[A  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon has made me feel that$6#2$."
051:214,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed aloud, and it was especially
051:214,09['  ]| at her seriousness. 
051:214,09[B  ]| "Well$7$, upon my soul!"
051:214,10[A  ]| "Yes," 
051:214,10['  ]| she pursued, 
051:214,10[A  ]| "what$6#1$ I am I must remain.
051:214,11[A  ]| I have not what$6#1$ is called a principle of growth." 
051:214,11['  ]| Making
051:214,12['  ]| marks in the earth with her umbrella she appeared
051:214,13['  ]| to$9$ cipher it out$5$. 
051:214,13[A  ]| "I am about$5$ as good as I can be ~
051:214,14[A  ]| and about$5$ as bad.  If $L$Mr%*Longdon can not make$1$ me
051:214,15[A  ]| different nobody can."
051:214,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank could only speak in the tone of high
051:214,17['  ]| amusement. 
051:214,17[B  ]| "And he has given up the hope$0$?"
051:214,18[A  ]| "Yes ~ though not \me\ altogether.  He has given
051:214,19[A  ]| up the hope$0$ he originally had."
051:214,20[B  ]| "He gives up quickly ~ in three months!"
051:214,21[A  ]| "Oh these three months," 
051:214,21['  ]| she answered, 
051:214,21[A  ]| "have
051:214,22[A  ]| been a long$9$ time: the fullest, the most important, for$4$
051:214,23[A  ]| what$6#1$ has happened in them, of my life," 
051:214,23['  ]| She still$5$
051:214,24['  ]| poked at the ground; then she added: 
051:214,24[A  ]| "And all
051:214,25[A  ]| thanks to$4$ \you\."
051:214,26[B  ]| "To$4$ me?" 
051:214,26['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank could not fancy$1$!
051:214,27[A  ]| "Why, for$4$ what$6#1$ we were speaking of just$9$ now ~
051:214,28[A  ]| my being$1$ to-day so$5#1$ in everything and squeezing up
051:214,29[A  ]| and down$5$ no$2$ matter whose$6#1$ staircase. Is not it one
051:214,30[A  ]| crowded hour of glorious life?" 
051:214,30['  ]| she asked. 
051:214,30[A  ]| "What$6#1$
051:214,31[A  ]| preceded it was an age, no$2$ doubt$0$ ~ but an age without
051:214,32[A  ]| a name$0$."
051:215,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank watched her a little in silence$0$, then
051:215,02['  ]| spoke quite beside$4$ the question$0$. 
051:215,02[B  ]| "It is astonishing
051:215,03[B  ]| how at moments you remind me of your mother!"
051:215,04['  ]| At this she got up. 
051:215,04[A  ]| "Ah there it is!  It is what$6#1$ I shall
051:215,05[A  ]| never shake$1$ off.  That$6#2$, I imagine, is what$6#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
051:215,06[A  ]| feels."
051:215,07['  ]| Both on$4$ their feet now, as if ready for$4$ the others,
051:215,08['  ]| they yet ~ and even$5$ a trifle$5$ awkwardly ~ lingered.
051:215,09['  ]| It might in fact have appeared to$4$ a spectator that$3$
051:215,10['  ]| some climax had come, on$4$ the young man's part$0$, to$4$
051:215,11['  ]| some state$0$ of irresolution about$4$ the utterance of something.
051:215,12['  ]| What$6#2$ were the words so$5#1$ repeatedly on$4$ his lips,
051:215,13['  ]| yet so$5#1$ repeatedly not sounded?  It would have struck
051:215,14['  ]| our observer that$3$ they were probably not those his
051:215,15['  ]| lips even$5$ now actually formed. 
051:215,15[B  ]| "Does not he perhaps
051:215,16[B  ]| talk$1$ to$4$ you too$5#1$ much about$4$ yourself?"     	
051:215,17['  ]| $A$Nanda gave him a dim smile$0$, and he might indeed
051:215,18['  ]| then have exclaimed on$4$ a certain resemblance, a resemblance
051:215,19['  ]| of expression that$6#1$ had nothing to$9$ do with
051:215,20['  ]| form$0$.  It would not have been diminished for$4$ him
051:215,21['  ]| moreover by$4$ her successful suppression of every sign
051:215,22['  ]| that$3$ she felt his question$0$ a little of a snub.  The recall$0$
051:215,23['  ]| he had previously mentioned could, however, as
051:215,24['  ]| she answered him, only have been brushed away by$4$
051:215,25['  ]| a supervening sense of his roughness. 
051:215,25[A  ]| "It probably
051:215,26[A  ]| is not so$5#1$ much that$6#2$ as my own$2$ way of going on$5$." 
051:215,26['  ]| She
051:215,27['  ]| spoke with a mildness that$6#1$ could scarce have been so$5#1$
051:215,28['  ]| full without being$1$ an effort. 
051:215,28[A  ]| "Between his patience
051:215,29[A  ]| and my egotism anything is possible.  It is not his talking
051:215,30[A  ]| ~ it is his listening."  
051:215,30['  ]| She gave up the point$0$, at
051:215,31['  ]| any rate$0$, as if from softness to$4$ her actual companion.
051:215,32[A  ]| "Was not it you who$6#1$ spoke to$4$ mamma about$4$ my
051:216,01[A  ]| sitting$1$ with her?  That is what$6#1$ I mean$1$ by$4$ my debt
051:216,02[A  ]| to$4$ you.  It is through$4$ you that$3$ I am always there ~
051:216,03[A  ]| through$4$ you and perhaps a little through$4$ $M$Mitchy."
051:216,04[B  ]| "Oh through$4$ $M$Mitchy ~ it \must\ have been ~ more
051:216,05[B  ]| than through$4$ me." 
051:216,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank spoke with the
051:216,06['  ]| manner of humouring her about$5$ a trifle$0$. 
051:216,06[B  ]| "$M$Mitchy,
051:216,07[B  ]| delightful man, felt on$4$ the subject$0$ of your eternal
051:216,08[B  ]| exile, I think, still$5$ more strongly."
051:216,09['  ]| They quitted their place$0$ together and at the end$0$
051:216,10['  ]| of a few steps became aware of the approach$0$ of one
051:216,11['  ]| of the others, a figure but a few yards off, arriving
051:216,12['  ]| from the quarter$0#1$ from which$6#1$ $A$Nanda had come. 
051:216,12[A  ]| "Ah
051:216,13[A  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon!" 
051:216,13['  ]| ~ she spoke with eagerness now.
051:216,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank instantly waved his hat. 
051:216,14[B  ]| "Dear$2#1$ old
051:216,15[B  ]| boy!"
051:216,16[A  ]| "Between you all, at any rate$0$," 
051:216,16['  ]| she said more gaily,
051:216,17[A  ]| "you have brought me down$5$."
051:216,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank made no$2$ answer$0$ till they met their
051:216,19['  ]| friend, when, by$4$ way of greeting, he simply echoed
051:216,20['  ]| her words. 
051:216,20[B  ]| "Between us all, you will$1$ be glad to$9$ know,
051:216,21[B  ]| we have brought her down$5$."
051:216,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked from one of them to$4$ the other.
051:216,23[L  ]| "Where have you been together?"
051:216,24['  ]| $A$Nanda was the first to$9$ respond. 
051:216,24[A  ]| "Only talking ~ 
051:216,25[A  ]| on$4$ a bench."
051:216,26[L  ]| "Well$7$, \I\ want$1$ to$9$ talk$1$ on$4$ a bench!" 
051:216,26['  ]| Their friend
051:216,27['  ]| showed a spirit.
051:216,28[B  ]| "With me, of course$8$?" 
051:216,28['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank met it with
051:216,29['  ]| encouragement.	
051:216,30['  ]| The girl said nothing, but $L$Mr%*Longdon sought
051:216,31['  ]| her eyes. 
051:216,31[L  ]| "No$7$ ~ with $A$Nanda.  You must mingle in
051:216,32[L  ]| the crowd."
051:217,01[B  ]| "Ah," 
051:217,01['  ]| their companion laughed, 
051:217,01[B  ]| "you two are the
051:217,02[B  ]| crowd!"
051:217,03[L  ]| "Well$7$ ~ have your tea first."
051:217,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank on$4$ this, giving it up with the air of
051:217,05['  ]| amused accommodation that$6#1$ was never ~ certainly
051:217,06['  ]| for$4$ these two ~ at fault in him, offered to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
051:217,07['  ]| before$4$ departing the handshake of greeting
051:217,08['  ]| he had omitted; a demonstration really the 
051:217,09['  ]| warmer for$4$ the tone of the joke that$6#1$ went with it.
051:217,10[B  ]| "\9Intrigant\!"
052:218,01['  ]| $A$Nanda praised to$4$ the satellite so$5#1$ fantastically described
052:218,02['  ]| the charming spot she had quitted, with the
052:218,03['  ]| effect$0$ that$3$ they presently took fresh possession of it,
052:218,04['  ]| finding the beauty of the view$0$ deepened as the afternoon
052:218,05['  ]| grew old and the shadows long$9$.  They were of
052:218,06['  ]| a comfortable agreement on$4$ these matters, by$4$ which$6#1$
052:218,07['  ]| moreover they were but little delayed, one of the pair$0$
052:218,08['  ]| at least being$1$ too$5#1$ conscious, for$4$ the hour, of still$5$ other
052:218,09['  ]| phenomena than the natural$2$ and peaceful process
052:218,10['  ]| that$6#1$ filled the air. 
052:218,10[L  ]| "Well$7$, you must tell me about$4$ these
052:218,11[L  ]| things," 
052:218,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon sociably said: he had joined
052:218,12['  ]| his young friend with a budget of impressions rapidly
052:218,13['  ]| gathered at the house; as to$4$ which$6#1$ his appeal to$4$ her
052:218,14['  ]| for$4$ a light$0$ or two may$1$ be taken as the measure$0$ of the
052:218,15['  ]| confidence now ruling their relations. 
052:218,15@l   | He had come
052:218,16@l   | to$9$ feel at last$0$, 
052:218,16['  ]| he mentioned, 
052:218,16@l   | that$3$ he could allow for$4$
052:218,17@l   | most differences; yet in such a situation as the present$9$
052:218,18@l   | bewilderment could only come back$5$.  There were no$2$
052:218,19@l   | differences in the world 
052:218,19['  ]| ~ so$3$ it had all ended for$4$
052:218,20['  ]| him ~ 
052:218,20@l   | but those that$6#1$ marked at every turn$0$ the manners
052:218,21@l   | he had for$4$ three months been observing in good
052:218,22@l   | society. 
052:218,22['  ]| The general$2$ wide deviation of this body
052:218,23['  ]| occupied his mind$0$ to$4$ the exclusion of almost everything
052:218,24['  ]| else, and he had finally been brought to$9$ believe
052:218,25['  ]| that$3$ even$5$ in his slow-paced prime he must have hung
052:218,26['  ]| behind his contemporaries. 
052:218,26@l   | He had not supposed at
052:218,27@l   | the moment ~ in the fifties and the sixties ~ that$3$
052:219,01@l   | he passed for$4$ old-fashioned, but life could not have
052:219,02@l   | left$1$ him so$5#1$ far in the rear had the start$0$ between them
052:219,03@l   | originally been fair. 
052:219,03['  ]| This was the way he had more
052:219,04['  ]| than once put the matter to$4$ the girl; which$6#1$ gives
052:219,05['  ]| a sufficient hint$0$, it is hoped, of the range$0$ of some of
052:219,06['  ]| their talk$0$.  It had always wound$1#1$ up indeed, their talk$0$,
052:219,07['  ]| with some assumption of the growth of his actual
052:219,08['  ]| understanding$0$; but it was just$9$ these pauses in the
052:219,09['  ]| fray that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ lead$1$ from time to$4$ time to$4$ a sharper
052:219,10['  ]| clash.  It was apt to$9$ be when he felt as if he had
052:219,11['  ]| exhausted surprises that$3$ he really received his greatest
052:219,12['  ]| shocks.  There were no$2$ such queer-tasting draughts
052:219,13['  ]| as some of those yielded by$4$ the bucket that$6#1$ had
052:219,14['  ]| repeatedly, as he imagined, touched the bottom of	
052:219,15['  ]| the well$0$. 
052:219,15[L  ]| "Now this sudden$2$ invasion of somebody's
052:219,16[L  ]| ~ heaven knows whose$6#1$ ~ house, and our dropping
052:219,17[L  ]| down$5$ on$4$ it like$9$ a swarm of locusts: I dare$1#2$ say it is not
052:219,18[L  ]| civil to$9$ criticise it when one is going too$5#2$, so$5#1$ almost
052:219,19[L  ]| culpably, with the stream; but what$6#2$ are people
052:219,20[L  ]| made of that$3$ they consent$1$, just$9$ for$4$ money, to$4$ the
052:219,21[L  ]| violation of their homes?"
052:219,22['  ]| $A$Nanda wondered; she cultivated the sense of his
052:219,23['  ]| making her intensely reflect. 
052:219,23[A  ]| "But have not people in
052:219,24[A  ]| England always let their places$0$?"
052:219,25[L  ]| "If we are a nation of shopkeepers, you mean$1$, it
052:219,26[L  ]| can not date, on$4$ the scale on$4$ which$6#1$ we show$1$ it, only from
052:219,27[L  ]| last$2$ week?  No$2$ doubt$0$, no$2$ doubt$0$, and the more one
052:219,28[L  ]| thinks of it the more one seems to$9$ see that$3$ society ~
052:219,29[L  ]| for$3$ we are \in\ society, are not we, and that is our horizon?
052:219,30[L  ]| ~ can never have been anything but increasingly
052:219,31[L  ]| vulgar.  The point$0$ is that$3$ in the twilight of time
052:219,32[L  ]| ~ and I belong, you see, to$4$ the twilight ~ it had
052:220,01[L  ]| made out$5$ much less how vulgar it \could\ be.  It did its
052:220,02[L  ]| best very probably, but there were too$5#1$ many superstitions
052:220,03[L  ]| it had to$9$ get rid of.  It has been throwing them
052:220,04[L  ]| overboard one by$4$ one, so$3$ that$3$ now the ship sails uncommonly
052:220,05[L  ]| light$2$.  That is the way" 
052:220,05['  ]| ~ and with his
052:220,06['  ]| eyes on$4$ the golden distance$0$ he ingeniously followed
052:220,07['  ]| it out$5$ ~ 
052:220,07[L  ]| "I come to$9$ feel so$5#2$ the lurching and pitching.
052:220,08[L  ]| If I were not a pretty$5$ fair sailor ~ well$7$, as it is, my
052:220,09[L  ]| dear$2#1$," 
052:220,09['  ]| he interrupted himself with a laugh$0$, 
052:220,09[L  ]| "I show$1$
052:220,10[L  ]| you often enough what$6#1$ grabs I make$1$ for$4$ support$0$."
052:220,11['  ]| He gave a faint$2$ gasp, half amusement, half anguish,
052:220,12['  ]| then abruptly relieved himself by$4$ a question$0$. 
052:220,12[L  ]| "To$4$
052:220,13[L  ]| whom$6#2$ in point$0$ of fact does the place$0$ belong?"
052:220,14[A  ]| "I am awfully ashamed, but I am afraid I do not
052:220,15[A  ]| know.  That$6#2$ just$9$ came up here," 
052:220,15['  ]| the girl went on$5$,
052:220,16[A  ]| "for$4$ $B$Mr%*Van."
052:220,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon seemed to$9$ think an instant$0$. 
052:220,17[L  ]| "Oh it
052:220,18[L  ]| came up, did it?  And $B$Mr%*Van could not tell?"
052:220,19[A  ]| "He has quite forgotten ~ though he has been here
052:220,20[A  ]| before$5$.  Of course$8$ it may$1$ have been with other people,"
052:220,21['  ]| she added in extenuation. 
052:220,21[A  ]| "I mean$1$ it may not have
052:220,22[A  ]| been theirs then any more than it is $M$Mitchy's."
052:220,23[L  ]| "I see.  They too$5#2$ had just$9$ bundled in."
052:220,24['  ]| $A$Nanda completed the simple$2$ history. 
052:220,24[A  ]| "To-day it is
052:220,25[A  ]| $M$Mitchy who$6#1$ bundles, and I believe that$3$ really he
052:220,26[A  ]| bundled only yesterday.  He turned in his people and
052:220,27[A  ]| here we are."
052:220,28[L  ]| "Here we are, here we are!" 
052:220,28['  ]| her friend more
052:220,29['  ]| gravely echoed. 
052:220,29[L  ]| "Well$7$, it is splendid!"
052:220,30['  ]| As if at a note$0$ in his voice her eyes, while$9$ his own$2$
052:220,31['  ]| still$5$ strayed away, just$9$ fixed him. 
052:220,31[A  ]| "Do not you think
052:220,32[A  ]| it is really rather exciting?  Everything is ready, the
052:221,01[A  ]| feast all spread, and with nothing to$9$ blunt our curiosity
052:221,02[A  ]| but the general$2$ knowledge that$3$ there will$1$ be people
052:221,03[A  ]| and things ~ with nothing but that$3$ we comfortably
052:221,04[A  ]| take our places$0$." 
052:221,04['  ]| He answered nothing, though her
052:221,05['  ]| picture$0$ apparently reached him. 
052:221,05[A  ]| "There \are\ people,
052:221,06[A  ]| there \are\ things, and all in a plenty.  Had every*one,
052:221,07[A  ]| when you came away, turned up?" 
052:221,07['  ]| she asked as he
052:221,08['  ]| was still$5$ silent.
052:221,09[L  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say.  There were some ladies and gentlemen
052:221,10[L  ]| on$4$ the terrace whom$6#1$ I did not know.  But I looked
052:221,11[L  ]| only for$4$ you and came this way on$4$ an indication of
052:221,12[L  ]| your mother's."
052:221,13[A  ]| "And did she ask that$3$ if you should find me with
052:221,14[A  ]| $B$Mr%*Van you would make$1$ him come to$4$ her?"
052:221,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon replied to$4$ this with some delay$0$ and
052:221,16['  ]| without movement. 
052:221,16[L  ]| "How could she have supposed
052:221,17[L  ]| he was here?"
052:221,18[A  ]| "Since he had not yet been to$4$ the house?  Oh it
052:221,19[A  ]| has always been a wonder$0$ to$4$ me, the things that$6#1$
052:221,20[A  ]| mamma supposes!  I see she asked you," 
052:221,20['  ]| $A$Nanda
052:221,21['  ]| insisted.
052:221,22['  ]| At this her old friend turned to$4$ her. 
052:221,22[L  ]| "But it was not
052:221,23[L  ]| because of that$6#2$ I got rid of him."
052:221,24['  ]| She had a pause$0$. 
052:221,24[A  ]| "No$7$ ~ you do not mind$1$ everything
052:221,25[A  ]| mamma says."
052:221,26[L  ]| "I do not mind$1$ ""everything"" anybody says: not
052:221,27[L  ]| even$5$, my dear$2#1$, when the person is you."
052:221,28['  ]| Again she waited an instant$0$. 
052:221,28[A  ]| "Not even$5$ when it is
052:221,29[A  ]| $B$Mr%*Van?"
052:221,30['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon candidly considered. 
052:221,30[L  ]| "Oh I take
052:221,31[L  ]| him up on$4$ all sorts of things."
052:221,32[A  ]| "That$6#2$ shows$1$ then the importance they have for$4$
052:222,01[A  ]| you.  Is \he\ like$9$ his grandmother?" 
052:222,01['  ]| the girl pursued.
052:222,02['  ]| Then as her companion looked vague: 
052:222,02[A  ]| "Was not it
052:222,03[A  ]| his grandmother too$5#2$ you knew?"
052:222,04['  ]| He had an extraordinary smile$0$. 
052:222,04[L  ]| "His mother."
052:222,05['  ]| She exclaimed, colouring, on$4$ her mistake$0$, and he
052:222,06['  ]| added: 
052:222,06[L  ]| "I am not so$5#1$ bad as that$6#2$.  But you are none of
052:222,07[L  ]| you like$9$ them."
052:222,08[A  ]| "Was not she pretty$2$?" 
052:222,08['  ]| $A$Nanda asked.
052:222,09[L  ]| "Very handsome.  But it makes no$2$ difference.  She
052:222,10[L  ]| herself to-day would not know him."
052:222,11['  ]| She gave a small gasp. 
052:222,11[A  ]| "His own$2$ mother
052:222,12[A  ]| would not ~?"
052:222,13['  ]| His headshake just$9$ failed of sharpness. 
052:222,13[L  ]| "No$7$, nor
052:222,14[L  ]| he her.  There is a link missing." 
052:222,14['  ]| Then as if after$4$ all
052:222,15['  ]| she might take him too$5#1$ seriously, 
052:222,15[L  ]| "Of course$8$ it is I,"
052:222,16['  ]| he more gently moralised, 
052:222,16[L  ]| "who$6#1$ have lost the link
052:222,17[L  ]| in my sleep$0$.  I have slept half the century ~ I am $Z2$Rip*Van*Winkle." 
052:222,18['  ]| He went back$5$ after$4$ a moment to$4$ her
052:222,19['  ]| question$0$. 
052:222,19[L  ]| "He is not at any rate$0$ like$9$ his mother."
052:222,20['  ]| She turned it over. 
052:222,20[A  ]| "Perhaps you would not think
052:222,21[A  ]| so$5#1$ much of her now."
052:222,22[L  ]| "Perhaps not.  At all events my snatching you from
052:222,23[L  ]| $B$Mr%*Vanderbank was my own$2$ idea."
052:222,24[A  ]| "I was not thinking," 
052:222,24['  ]| $A$Nanda said, 
052:222,24[A  ]| "of your snatching
052:222,25[A  ]| me.  I was thinking of your snatching yourself."
052:222,26[L  ]| "I might have sent \you\ to$4$ the house?  Well$7$," 
052:222,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
052:222,27['  ]| replied, 
052:222,27[L  ]| "I find I take more and more the
052:222,28[L  ]| economical view$0$ of my pleasures.  I run$1$ them less and
052:222,29[L  ]| less together.  I get all I can out$8$ of each."
052:222,30[A  ]| "So$3$ now you are getting all you can out$8$ of \me\?"
052:222,31[L  ]| "All I can, my dear$2#1$ ~ all I can." 
052:222,31['  ]| He watched
052:222,32['  ]| a little the flushed distance$0$, then mildly broke out$5$:
052:223,01[L  ]| "It \is\, as you said just$9$ now, exciting!  But it makes
052:223,02[L  ]| me" 
052:223,02['  ]| ~ and he became abrupt again ~ 
052:223,02[L  ]| "want$1$ you,
052:223,03[L  ]| as I have already told you, to$9$ come to$4$ \my\ place$0$.  Not,
052:223,04[L  ]| however, that$3$ we may$1$ be still$5$ more mad together."
052:223,05['  ]| The girl shared from the bench his contemplation.
052:223,06[A  ]| "Do you call$1$ \this\ madness?"
052:223,07['  ]| Well$7$, he rather stuck to$4$ it. 
052:223,07[L  ]| "You spoke of it yourself
052:223,08[L  ]| as excitement.  You will$1$ make$1$ of course$8$ one of your
052:223,09[L  ]| fine distinctions, but I take it in my rough way as
052:223,10[L  ]| a whirl.  We are going round$9$ and round$9$." 
052:223,10['  ]| In a minute$0$
052:223,11['  ]| he had folded his arms with the same closeness
052:223,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had used$1#1$ ~ in a minute$0$ he too$5#2$ was
052:223,13['  ]| nervously shaking his foot. 
052:223,13[L  ]| "Steady, steady; if we
052:223,14[L  ]| sit close$9$ we shall see it through$5$.  But come down$5$ to$4$
052:223,15[L  ]| Suffolk for$4$ sanity."
052:223,16[A  ]| "You do mean$1$ then that$3$ I may$1$ come alone?"
052:223,17[L  ]| "I will$1$ not receive you, I assure you, on$4$ any other
052:223,18[L  ]| terms.  I want$1$ to$9$ show$1$ you," 
052:223,18['  ]| he continued, 
052:223,18[L  ]| "what$6#1$ life
052:223,19[L  ]| \can\ give.  Not of course$8$," 
052:223,19['  ]| he subjoined, 
052:223,19[L  ]| "of this sort
052:223,20[L  ]| of thing."
052:223,21[A  ]| "No$7$ ~ you have told me.  Of peace."
052:223,22[L  ]| "Of peace," 
052:223,22['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
052:223,22[L  ]| "Oh you do not
052:223,23[L  ]| know ~ you have not the least idea.  That is just$9$ why
052:223,24[L  ]| I want$1$ to$9$ show$1$ you."
052:223,25['  ]| $A$Nanda looked as if already she saw in it the distance$0$.
052:223,26[A  ]| "But will$1$ it be peace if I am there?  I mean$1$ for$4$
052:223,27[A  ]| \you\," 
052:223,27['  ]| she added.
052:223,28[L  ]| "It is not a question$0$ of ""me."" Everybody's omelet is
052:223,29[L  ]| made of somebody's eggs.  Besides, I think that$3$ when
052:223,30[L  ]| we are alone together ~!"
052:223,31['  ]| He had dropped for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$ that$3$ she wondered.
052:223,32[A  ]| "Well$7$, when we are ~?"
052:224,01[L  ]| "Why, it will$1$ be all right$8$," 
052:224,01['  ]| he simply concluded.
052:224,02[L  ]| "Temples of peace, the ancients used$1#2$ to$9$ call$1$ them.
052:224,03[L  ]| We will$1$ set$1$ up one, and I shall be at least doorkeeper.
052:224,04[L  ]| You will$1$ come down$5$ whenever you like$1$."
052:224,05['  ]| She gave herself to$4$ him in her silence$0$ more than she
052:224,06['  ]| could have done in words. 
052:224,06[A  ]| "Have you arranged it
052:224,07[A  ]| with mamma?" 
052:224,07['  ]| she said, however, at last$0$.
052:224,08[L  ]| "I have arranged everything."
052:224,09[A  ]| "\She\ will$1$ not want$1$ to$9$ come?"
052:224,10['  ]| Her friend's laugh$0$ turned him to$4$ her. 
052:224,10[L  ]| "Do not be
052:224,11[L  ]| nervous.  There are things as to$4$ which$6#1$ your mother
052:224,12[L  ]| trusts me."
052:224,13[A  ]| "But others as to$4$ which$6#1$ not."
052:224,14['  ]| Their eyes met for$4$ some time on$4$ this, and it ended
052:224,15['  ]| in his saying: 
052:224,15[L  ]| "Well$7$, you must help$1$ me." 
052:224,15['  ]| $A$Nanda,
052:224,16['  ]| but without shrinking, looked away again, and $L$Mr%*Longdon,
052:224,17['  ]| as if to$9$ consecrate their understanding$0$ by$4$
052:224,18['  ]| the air of ease$0$, passed to$4$ another subject$0$. 
052:224,18[L  ]| "$M$Mr%*Mitchett is
052:224,19[L  ]| the most princely host."
052:224,20[A  ]| "Is not he too$5#1$ kind$2$ for$4$ anything?  Do you know
052:224,21[A  ]| what$6#1$ he pretends?" 
052:224,21['  ]| $A$Nanda went on$5$. 
052:224,21[A  ]| "He says in the
052:224,22[A  ]| most extraordinary way that$3$ he does it all for$4$ \me\."
052:224,23[L  ]| "Takes this great place$0$ and fills it with servants
052:224,24[L  ]| and company ~?"
052:224,25[A  ]| "Yes, just$9$ so$3$ that$3$ I may$1$ come down$5$ for$4$ a Sunday
052:224,26[A  ]| or two.  Of course$8$ he has only taken it for$4$ three or
052:224,27[A  ]| four weeks, but even$5$ for$4$ that$6#2$ time it is a handsome
052:224,28[A  ]| compliment$0$.  He does not care$1$ what$6#1$ he does.  It is his
052:224,29[A  ]| way of amusing himself.  He amuses himself at our
052:224,30[A  ]| expense," 
052:224,30['  ]| the girl continued.
052:224,31[L  ]| "Well$7$, I hope$1$ that$6#2$ makes up, my dear$2#1$, for$4$ the rate$0$
052:224,32[L  ]| at which$6#1$ we are doing so$5#2$ at his!"
052:225,01[A  ]| "His amusement," 
052:225,01['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
052:225,01[A  ]| "is to$9$ see us believe 		
052:225,02[A  ]| what$6#1$ he says."
052:225,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon thought$1$ a moment. 
052:225,03[L  ]| "Really, my
052:225,04[L  ]| child, you are most acute."
052:225,05[A  ]| "Oh I have not watched life for$4$ nothing!  $M$Mitchy
052:225,06[A  ]| does not care$1$," 
052:225,06['  ]| she repeated.
052:225,07['  ]| Her companion seemed divided between a desire$0$
052:225,08['  ]| to$9$ draw and a certain fear$0$ to$9$ encourage her. 
052:225,08[L  ]| "Does not
052:225,09[L  ]| care$1$ for$4$ what$6#2$?"
052:225,10['  ]| She considered an instant$0$, all coherently, and it
052:225,11['  ]| might have added to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's impression of
052:225,12['  ]| depth. 
052:225,12[A  ]| "Well$7$, for$4$ himself.  I mean$1$ for$4$ his money.
052:225,13[A  ]| For$4$ anything any*one may$1$ think.  For$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton
052:225,14[A  ]| for$4$ instance$0$, really at all.  $N$Lord*Petherton thinks he
052:225,15[A  ]| has helped him ~ thinks, that$6#2$ is, that$3$ $M$Mitchy thinks
052:225,16[A  ]| he has.  But $M$Mitchy is more amused at \him\ than at
052:225,17[A  ]| anybody else.  He takes every*one in."
052:225,18[L  ]| "Every*one but you?"
052:225,19[A  ]| "Oh I like$1$ him."
052:225,20[L  ]| "My poor child, you are of a profundity!" 
052:225,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
052:225,21['  ]| murmured.
052:225,22['  ]| He spoke almost uneasily, but she was not too$5#1$
052:225,23['  ]| much alarmed to$9$ continue lucid. 
052:225,23[A  ]| "And he likes me,
052:225,24[A  ]| and I know just$9$ how much ~ and just$9$ how little.
052:225,25[A  ]| He is the most generous man in the world.  It pleases
052:225,26[A  ]| him to$9$ feel that$3$ he is indifferent and splendid ~ there
052:225,27[A  ]| are so$5#1$ many things it makes up to$4$ him for$4$." 
052:225,27['  ]| The old
052:225,28['  ]| man listened with attention, and his young friend,
052:225,29['  ]| conscious of it, proceeded as on$4$ ground of which$6#1$ she
052:225,30['  ]| knew every inch. 
052:225,30[A  ]| "He is the son, as you know, of a 
052:225,31[A  ]| great bootmaker ~ ""to$4$ all the Courts of Europe"" ~
052:225,32[A  ]| who$6#1$ left$1$ him a large fortune, which$6#1$ had been made,
052:226,01[A  ]| I believe, in the most extraordinary way, by$4$ building-
052:226,02[A  ]| speculations as well$9$."
052:226,03[L  ]| "Oh yes, I know.  It is astonishing!" 
052:226,03['  ]| her companion	 
052:226,04['  ]| sighed.
052:226,05[A  ]| "That$3$ he should be of such extraction?"
052:226,06[L  ]| "Well$7$, everything, that$3$ you should be talking
052:226,07[L  ]| as you are ~ that$3$ you should have ""watched life,"" as
052:226,08[L  ]| you say, to$4$ such purpose.  That$3$ we should any of us
052:226,09[L  ]| be here ~ most of all that$3$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett himself should.
052:226,10[L  ]| That$3$ your grandmother's daughter should have
052:226,11[L  ]| brought \her\ daughter ~"
052:226,12[A  ]| "To$9$ stay$1$ with a person" 
052:226,12['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda took it up as,
052:226,13['  ]| apparently out$8$ of delicacy, he fairly failed ~ 
052:226,13[A  ]| "whose$6#1$
052:226,14[A  ]| father used$1#2$ to$9$ take the measure$0$, down$5$ on$4$ his knees
052:226,15[A  ]| on$4$ a little mat, as mamma says, of my grandfather's
052:226,16[A  ]| remarkably large foot?  Yes, we none of us mind$1$.  Do
052:226,17[A  ]| you think we should?" 
052:226,17['  ]| $A$Nanda asked.
052:226,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon turned it over. 
052:226,18[L  ]| "I will$1$ answer$1$ you by$4$
052:226,19[L  ]| a question$0$.  Would you marry him?"
052:226,20[A  ]| "Never." 
052:226,20['  ]| Then as if to$9$ show$1$ there was no$2$ weakness
052:226,21['  ]| in her mildness, 
052:226,21[A  ]| "Never, never, never," 
052:226,21['  ]| she repeated.
052:226,22['  ]|
052:226,23[L  ]| "And yet I dare$1#2$ say you know ~?" 
052:226,23['  ]| But $L$Mr%*Longdon
052:226,24['  ]| once more faltered; his scruple$0$ came uppermost.
052:226,25[L  ]| "You do not mind$1$ my speaking of it?"
052:226,26[A  ]| "Of his thinking he wants$1$ to$9$ marry me?  Not
052:226,27[A  ]| a bit.  I positively enjoy telling you there is nothing
052:226,28[A  ]| in it."
052:226,29[L  ]| "Not even$5$ for$4$ \him?\"
052:226,30['  ]| $A$Nanda considered. 
052:226,30[A  ]| "Not more than is made up to$4$
052:226,31[A  ]| him by$4$ his having found out$5$ through$4$ talks and things
052:226,32[A  ]| ~ which$6#1$ might not otherwise have occurred ~ that$3$
052:227,01[A  ]| I do like$1$ him.  I would not have come down$5$ here if
052:227,02[A  ]| I had not liked him."
052:227,03[L  ]| "Not for$4$ any other reason$0$?" 
052:227,03['  ]| ~ $L$Mr%*Longdon put
052:227,04['  ]| it gravely.
052:227,05[A  ]| "Not for$4$ \your\ being$1$ here, do you mean$1$?"
052:227,06['  ]| He delayed. 
052:227,06[L  ]| "Me and other persons."
052:227,07['  ]| She showed somehow that$3$ she would not flinch.
052:227,08[A  ]| "You were not asked till after$3$ he had made sure I would
052:227,09[A  ]| come.  We have become, you and I," 
052:227,09['  ]| she smiled, 
052:227,09[A  ]| "one
052:227,10[A  ]| of the couples who$6#1$ are invited together."
052:227,11@l   | These were couples, 
052:227,11['  ]| his speculative eye seemed to$9$
052:227,12['  ]| show$1$, 
052:227,12@l   | he did not even$5$ yet know about$4$, 
052:227,12['  ]| and if he mentally
052:227,13['  ]| took them up a moment it was all promptly to$9$
052:227,14['  ]| drop$1$ them. 
052:227,14[L  ]| "I do not think you state$1$ it quite strongly
052:227,15[L  ]| enough, you know."
052:227,16[A  ]| "That$3$ $M$Mitchy \is\ hard hit?  He states it so$5#1$ strongly
052:227,17[A  ]| himself that$3$ it will$1$ surely do for$4$ both of us.  I am
052:227,18[A  ]| a part$0$ of what$6#1$ I just$9$ spoke of ~ his indifference and
052:227,19[A  ]| magnificence.  It is as if he could only afford to$9$ do
052:227,20[A  ]| what$6#1$ is not vulgar.  He might perfectly marry a duke's
052:227,21[A  ]| daughter, but that$6#2$ \would\ be vulgar ~ would be the
052:227,22[A  ]| absolute necessity and ideal of nine out$8$ of ten of the
052:227,23[A  ]| sons of shoemakers made ambitious by$4$ riches.  $M$Mitchy
052:227,24[A  ]| says ""No$7$; I take my own$2$ line; I go in for$4$ a beggarmaid.""
052:227,25[A  ]| And it is only because I am a beggar-maid that$3$
052:227,26[A  ]| he wants$1$ me."
052:227,27[L  ]| "But there are plenty of other beggar-maids," 
052:227,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
052:227,28['  ]| objected.
052:227,29[A  ]| "Oh I admit I am the one he least dislikes.  But
052:227,30[A  ]| if I had any money," 
052:227,30['  ]| $A$Nanda went on$5$, 
052:227,30[A  ]| "or if I were
052:227,31[A  ]| really good-looking ~ for$3$ that$6#2$ to-day, the real thing,
052:227,32[A  ]| will$1$ do as well$9$ as being$1$ a duke's daughter ~ he
052:228,01[A  ]| would not come near$4$ me.  And I think that$6#2$ ought to$9$
052:228,02[A  ]| settle it.  Besides, he must marry $J$Aggie.  She is a 
052:228,03[A  ]| beggar-maid too$5#2$ ~ as well$9$ as an angel.  So$3$ there is
052:228,04[A  ]| nothing against it."
052:228,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared, but even$5$ in his surprise$0$
052:228,06['  ]| seemed to$9$ take from the swiftness with which$6#1$ she
052:228,07['  ]| made him move$1$ over the ground a certain agreeable
052:228,08['  ]| glow. 
052:228,08[L  ]| "Does ""$J$Aggie"" like$1$ him?"
052:228,09[A  ]| "She likes every*one.  As I say, she is an angel ~
052:228,10[A  ]| but a real, real, real one.  The kindest man in the
052:228,11[A  ]| world is therefore the proper husband for$4$ her.  If
052:228,12[A  ]| $M$Mitchy wants$1$ to$9$ do something thoroughly nice," 
052:228,12['  ]| she
052:228,13['  ]| declared with the same high competence, 
052:228,13[A  ]| "he will$1$ take
052:228,14[A  ]| her out$8$ of her situation, which$6#1$ is awful."
052:228,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked graver. 
052:228,15[L  ]| "In what$6#2$ way awful?"
052:228,16[L  ]|
052:228,17[A  ]| "Why, do not you know?" 
052:228,17['  ]| His eye was now cold$2$
052:228,18['  ]| enough to$9$ give her, in her chill, a flurried sense that$3$
052:228,19['  ]| she might displease him least by$4$ a graceful lightness.
052:228,20[A  ]| "The $I$Duchess and $N$Lord*Petherton are like$9$ you and
052:228,21[A  ]| me."
052:228,22[L  ]| "Is it a conundrum?" 
052:228,22['  ]| He was serious$2$ indeed.
052:228,23[A  ]| "They are one of the couples who$6#1$ are invited together."
052:228,24['  ]| But his face$0$ reflected so$5#1$ little success for$4$ her
052:228,25['  ]| levity that$3$ it was in another tone she presently added:
052:228,26[A  ]| "$M$Mitchy really ought not." 
052:228,26['  ]| Her friend, in silence$0$,
052:228,27['  ]| fixed his eyes on$4$ the ground; an attitude in which$6#1$
052:228,28['  ]| there was something to$9$ make$1$ her strike rather wild.
052:228,29[A  ]| "But of course$8$, kind$2$ as he is, he can scarcely be called
052:228,30[A  ]| particular.  He has his ideas ~ he thinks nothing 
052:228,31[A  ]| matters.  He says we have all come to$4$ a pass$0$ that is the
052:228,32[A  ]| end$0$ of everything."
052:229,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon remained mute a while$0$, and when
052:229,02['  ]| he at last$0$ raised his eyes it was without meeting$9$
052:229,03['  ]| $A$Nanda's and with some dryness of manner. 
052:229,03[L  ]| "The
052:229,04[L  ]| end$0$ of everything?  One might easily receive that$6#2$ 
052:229,05[L  ]| impression."
052:229,06['  ]| He again became mute, and there was a pause$0$ between
052:229,07['  ]| them of some length, accepted by$4$ $A$Nanda with
052:229,08['  ]| an anxious stillness that$6#1$ it might have touched a spectator
052:229,09['  ]| to$9$ observe.  She sat there as if waiting for$4$ some
052:229,10['  ]| further sign, only wanting not to$9$ displease her friend,
052:229,11['  ]| yet unable to$9$ pretend to$9$ play$1$ any part$0$ and with something
052:229,12['  ]| in her really that$6#1$ she could not take back$5$ now,
052:229,13['  ]| something involved in her original assumption that$3$
052:229,14['  ]| there was to$9$ be a kind$0$ of intelligence in their relation.
052:229,15[A  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say," 
052:229,15['  ]| she said at last$0$, 
052:229,15[A  ]| "that$3$ I make$1$ allusions
052:229,16[A  ]| you do not like$1$.  But I keep forgetting."
052:229,17['  ]| He waited a moment longer, then turned to$4$ her
052:229,18['  ]| with a look$0$ rendered a trifle$5$ strange by$4$ the way it
052:229,19['  ]| happened to$9$ reach$1$ over his glasses.  It was even$5$
052:229,20['  ]| austerer than before$5$. 
052:229,20[L  ]| "Keep forgetting what$6#2$?"
052:229,21['  ]| She gave after$4$ an instant$0$ a faint$2$ feeble smile$0$ which$6#1$
052:229,22['  ]| seemed to$9$ speak of helplessness and which$6#1$, when at
052:229,23['  ]| rare moments it played in her face$0$, was expressive
052:229,24['  ]| from her positive lack of personal, superficial diffidence.
052:229,25[A  ]| "Well$7$ ~ I do not know." 
052:229,25['  ]| It was as if appearances
052:229,26['  ]| became at times so$5#1$ complicated that$3$ ~ so$5#1$ far
052:229,27['  ]| as helping others to$9$ understand was concerned ~ she
052:229,28['  ]| could only give up.
052:229,29[L  ]| "I hope$1$ you do not think I want$1$ you to$9$ be with me
052:229,30[L  ]| as you would not be ~ so$5#2$ to$9$ speak ~ with yourself.
052:229,31[L  ]| I hope$1$ you do not think I do not want$1$ you to$9$ be frank$2$.
052:229,32[L  ]| If you were to$9$ try to$9$ \appear\ to$4$ me anything ~!" 
052:229,32['  ]| He
052:230,01['  ]| ended in simple$2$ sadness: that$6#2$, for$4$ instance$0$, would be
052:230,02['  ]| so$5#1$ little what$6#1$ he should like$1$.
052:230,03[A  ]| "Anything different, you mean$1$, from what$6#1$ I am?
052:230,04[A  ]| That is just$9$ what$6#1$ I have thought$1$ from the first.  One is
052:230,05[A  ]| just$9$ what$6#1$ one \is\ ~ is not one?  I do not mean$1$ so$5#1$ much,"
052:230,06['  ]| she went on$5$, 
052:230,06[A  ]| "in one's character or temper ~ for$3$ 
052:230,07[A  ]| they have, have not they? to$9$ be what$6#1$ is called ""properly
052:230,08[A  ]| controlled"" ~ as in one's mind$0$ and what$6#1$ one sees
052:230,09[A  ]| and feels and the sort of thing one notices." 
052:230,09['  ]| $A$Nanda
052:230,10['  ]| paused an instant$0$: then 
052:230,10[A  ]| "There you are!" 
052:230,10['  ]| she simply
052:230,11['  ]| but rather desperately brought out$5$.
052:230,12['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon considered this with visible intensity.
052:230,13[L  ]| "What$6#1$ you suggest is that$3$ the things you speak of
052:230,14[L  ]| depend on$4$ other people?"
052:230,15[A  ]| "Well$7$, every*one is not so$5#1$ beautiful as you." 
052:230,15['  ]| She
052:230,16['  ]| had met him with promptitude, yet no$2$ sooner had she
052:230,17['  ]| spoken than she appeared again to$9$ encounter a difficulty.
052:230,18[A  ]| "But there it is ~ my just$9$ saying even$5$ that$6#2$.
052:230,19[A  ]| Oh how I always know ~ as I have told you before$5$ ~
052:230,20[A  ]| whenever I am different!  I can not ask you to$9$ tell me
052:230,21[A  ]| the things Granny \would\ have said, because that is
052:230,22[A  ]| simply arranging to$9$ keep myself back$5$ from you, and
052:230,23[A  ]| so$5#2$ being$1$ nasty and underhand, which$6#1$ you naturally
052:230,24[A  ]| do not want$1$, nor I either.  Nevertheless when I say the
052:230,25[A  ]| things she would not, then I put before$4$ you too$5#1$ much
052:230,26[A  ]| ~ too$5#1$ much for$4$ your liking it ~ what$6#1$ I know and
052:230,27[A  ]| see and feel.  If we are both partly the result$0$ of other
052:230,28[A  ]| people, \her\ other people were so$5#1$ different." 
052:230,28['  ]| The
052:230,29['  ]| girl's sensitive boldness kept it up, but there was
052:230,30['  ]| something in her that$6#1$ pleaded for$4$ patience. 
052:230,30[A  ]| "And
052:230,31[A  ]| yet if she had \you\, so$5#2$ I have got you too$5#2$.  It is the flattery
052:230,32[A  ]| of that$6#2$, or the sound$0$ of it, I know, that$6#1$ must be
052:231,01[A  ]| so$5#1$ unlike her.  Of course$8$ it is awfully like$9$ mother; yet
052:231,02[A  ]| it is not as if you had not already let me see ~ is it?
052:231,03[A  ]| ~ that$3$ you do not really think me the same." 
052:231,03['  ]| Again
052:231,04['  ]| she stopped a minute$0$, as to$9$ find her scarce possible
052:231,05['  ]| way with him, and again for$4$ the time he gave no$2$ sign.
052:231,06['  ]| She struck out$5$ once more with her strange cool$2$ limpidity.
052:231,07[A  ]| "Granny was not the kind$0$ of girl she \could\ not
052:231,08[A  ]| be ~ and so$5#2$ neither am I."
052:231,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had fallen while$9$ she talked into something
052:231,10['  ]| that$6#1$ might have been taken for$4$ a conscious
052:231,11['  ]| temporary submission to$4$ her; he had uncrossed his
052:231,12['  ]| fidgety legs and, thrusting them out$5$ with the feet
052:231,13['  ]| together, sat looking very hard before$4$ him, his chin
052:231,14['  ]| sunk on$4$ his breast and his hands, clasped as they met,
052:231,15['  ]| rapidly twirling their thumbs.  So$5#2$ he remained for$4$ a 
052:231,16['  ]| time that$6#1$ might have given his young friend the sense
052:231,17['  ]| of having made herself right$2#1$ for$4$ him so$5#1$ far as she had
052:231,18['  ]| been wrong$2$.  He still$5$ had all her attention, just$9$ as
052:231,19['  ]| previously she had had his, but, while$9$ he now simply
052:231,20['  ]| gazed and thought$1$, she watched him with a discreet
052:231,21['  ]| solicitude that$6#1$ would almost have represented him as
052:231,22['  ]| a near$9$ relative whom$6#1$ she supposed unwell.  At the
052:231,23['  ]| end$0$ he looked round$9$, and then, obeying some impulse
052:231,24['  ]| that$6#1$ had gathered in her while$9$ they sat mute, she put
052:231,25['  ]| out$5$ to$4$ him the tender$2$ hand she might have offered
052:231,26['  ]| to$4$ a sick child.  They had been talking about$4$ frankness,
052:231,27['  ]| but she showed a frankness in this instance$0$ that$6#1$
052:231,28['  ]| made him perceptibly colour.  To$4$ that$6#2$ in turn$0$, however,
052:231,29['  ]| he responded only the more completely, taking
052:231,30['  ]| her hand and holding it, keeping$1$ it a long$9$ minute$0$
052:231,31['  ]| during which$6#1$ their eyes met and something seemed
052:231,32['  ]| to$9$ clear$1$ up that$6#1$ had been too$5#1$ obscure to$9$ be dispelled
052:232,01['  ]| by$4$ words.  Finally he brought out$5$ as if, though it was
052:232,02['  ]| what$6#1$ he had been thinking of, her gesture had most
052:232,03['  ]| determined$1$ him: 
052:232,03[L  ]| "I wish$1$ immensely you would get married!"
052:232,04[L  ]|
052:232,05['  ]| His tone betrayed so$5#1$ special a meaning$0$ that$3$ the 
052:232,06['  ]| words had a sound$0$ of suddenness; yet there was
052:232,07['  ]| always in $A$Nanda's face$0$ that$6#2$ odd preparedness of the
052:232,08['  ]| young person who$6#1$ has unlearned surprise$0$ through$4$
052:232,09['  ]| the habit, in company, of studiously not compromising
052:232,10['  ]| her innocence by$4$ blinking at things said. 
052:232,10[A  ]| "How \can\
052:232,11[A  ]| I?" 
052:232,11['  ]| she asked, but appearing rather to$9$ take up the
052:232,12['  ]| proposal than to$9$ put it by$5$.
052:232,13[L  ]| "can not you, \can not\ you?" 
052:232,13['  ]| He spoke pressingly and
052:232,14['  ]| kept her hand.  She shook her head$0$ slowly, markedly;
052:232,15['  ]| on$4$ which$6#1$ he continued: 
052:232,15[L  ]| "You do not do justice to$4$
052:232,16[L  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchy." 
052:232,16['  ]| She said nothing, but her look$0$ was
052:232,17['  ]| there and it made him resume: 
052:232,17[L  ]| "Impossible?"
052:232,18[A  ]| "Impossible." 
052:232,18['  ]| At this, letting her go, $L$Mr%*Longdon
052:232,19['  ]| got up; he pulled out$5$ his watch$0$. 
052:232,19[L  ]| "We must go
052:232,20[L  ]| back$5$." 
052:232,20['  ]| She had risen with him and they stood face$0$
052:232,21['  ]| to$4$ face$0$ in the faded light$0$ while$9$ he slipped the watch$0$
052:232,22['  ]| away. 
052:232,22[L  ]| "Well$7$, that$6#2$ does not make$1$ me wish$1$ it any less."
052:232,23[A  ]| "It is lovely of you to$9$ wish$1$ it, but I shall be one
052:232,24[A  ]| of the people who$6#1$ do not.  I shall be at the end$0$," 
052:232,24['  ]| said
052:232,25['  ]| $A$Nanda, 
052:232,25[A  ]| "one of those who$6#1$ have not."
052:232,26[L  ]| "No$7$, my child," 
052:232,26['  ]| he returned gravely ~ 
052:232,26[L  ]| "you shall
052:232,27[L  ]| never be anything so$5#1$ sad."
052:232,28[A  ]| "Why not ~ if \you have\ been?"
052:232,29['  ]| He looked at her a little, quietly, and then, putting
052:232,30['  ]| out$5$ his hand, passed her own$2$ into his arm$0$. 
052:232,30[L  ]| "Exactly
052:232,31[L  ]| because I have."
053:233,01[I  ]| "Would you," 
053:233,01['  ]| the $I$Duchess said to$4$ him the next day,
053:233,02[I  ]| "be for$4$ five minutes awfully kind$2$ to$4$ my poor little
053:233,03[I  ]| niece?" 
053:233,03['  ]| The words were spoken in charming entreaty
053:233,04['  ]| as he issued from the house late on$4$ the Sunday
053:233,05['  ]| afternoon ~ the second$2$ evening of his stay$0$, which$6#1$
053:233,06['  ]| the next morning was to$9$ bring to$4$ an end$0$ ~ and on$4$
053:233,07['  ]| his meeting$9$ the speaker at one of the extremities
053:233,08['  ]| of the wide cool$2$ terrace.  There was at this point$0$ a subsidiary
053:233,09['  ]| flight of steps by$4$ which$6#1$ she had just$9$ mounted
053:233,10['  ]| from the grounds, one of her purposes being$1$ apparently
053:233,11['  ]| to$9$ testify afresh to$4$ the anxious supervision of
053:233,12['  ]| little $J$Aggie she had momentarily suffered herself to$9$
053:233,13['  ]| be diverted from.  This young lady, established in
053:233,14['  ]| the pleasant shade on$4$ a sofa of light$2$ construction
053:233,15['  ]| designed for$4$ the open$2$ air, offered the image of a patience
053:233,16['  ]| of which$6#1$ it was a questionable kindness to$9$ break
053:233,17['  ]| the spell.  It was that$6#2$ beautiful hour when, toward
053:233,18['  ]| the close$0$ of the happiest days of summer, such places$0$
053:233,19['  ]| as the great terrace at Mertle present$1$ to$4$ the fancy$0$ a 
053:233,20['  ]| recall$0$ of the banquet-hall deserted ~ deserted by$4$ the
053:233,21['  ]| company lately gathered at tea and now dispersed,
053:233,22['  ]| according to$4$ affinities and combinations promptly felt
053:233,23['  ]| and perhaps quite as promptly criticised, either in
053:233,24['  ]| quieter chambers where intimacy might deepen or
053:233,25['  ]| in gardens and under trees where the stillness knew
053:233,26['  ]| the click of balls and the good*humour of games.
053:233,27['  ]| There had been chairs, on$4$ the terrace, pushed about$5$;
053:234,01['  ]| there were ungathered teacups on$4$ the level$2$ top of the
053:234,02['  ]| parapet; the servants in fact, in the manner of
053:234,03['  ]| "hands" mustered by$4$ a whistle on$4$ the deck of a ship,
053:234,04['  ]| had just$9$ arrived to$9$ restore things to$4$ an order$0$ soon
053:234,05['  ]| again to$9$ be broken.  There were scattered couples in
053:234,06['  ]| sight below and an idle group on$4$ the lawn, out$8$ of the
053:234,07['  ]| midst of which$6#1$, in spite$8$ of its detachment, somebody
053:234,08['  ]| was sharp enough sometimes to$9$ cry$1$ 
053:234,08[X  ]| "Out$5$!" 
053:234,08['  ]| The high
053:234,09['  ]| daylight was still$5$ in the sky, but with just$9$ the fore-knowledge
053:234,10['  ]| already of the long$9$ golden glow in which$6#1$
053:234,11['  ]| the many-voiced caw of the rooks would sound$1$ at once
053:234,12['  ]| sociable and sad.  There was a great deal$0#2$ all about$5$
053:234,13['  ]| to$9$ be aware of and to$9$ look$1$ at, but little $J$Aggie had her
053:234,14['  ]| eyes on$4$ a book over which$6#1$ her pretty$2$ head$0$ was bent
053:234,15['  ]| with a docility visible even$5$ from afar. 
053:234,15[I  ]| "I have a friend
053:234,16[I  ]| ~ down$5$ there by$4$ the lake ~ to$9$ go back$5$ to$4$," 
053:234,16['  ]| the
053:234,17['  ]| $I$Duchess went on$5$, 
053:234,17[I  ]| "and I am on$4$ my way to$4$ my room
053:234,18[I  ]| to$9$ get a letter that$6#1$ I have promised to$9$ show$1$ him.  I shall
053:234,19[I  ]| immediately bring it down$5$ and then in a few minutes
053:234,20[I  ]| be able to$9$ relieve you.  I do not leave$1$ her alone too$5#1$
053:234,21[I  ]| much ~ one does not, you know, in a house full of
053:234,22[I  ]| people, a child of that$6#2$ age.  Besides" 
053:234,22['  ]| ~ and $L$Mr%*Longdon's
053:234,23['  ]| interlocutress was even$5$ more confiding ~
053:234,24[I  ]| "I do want$1$ you so$5#1$ very intensely to$9$ know her.  You,
053:234,25[I  ]| \9par*exemple\, you are what$6#1$ I \should\ like$1$ to$9$ give her."
053:234,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked the noble lady, in acknowledgement
053:234,27['  ]| of her appeal, straight in the face$0$, and who$6#2$ can
053:234,28['  ]| tell whether or no$2$ she acutely guessed from his expression
053:234,29['  ]| that$3$ he recognised this particular juncture as
053:234,30['  ]| written on$4$ the page of his doom? ~ whether she
053:234,31['  ]| heard him inaudibly say 
053:234,31@l   | "Ah here it is: I knew it
053:234,32@l   | would have to$9$ come!" 
053:234,32['  ]| She would at any rate$0$ have
053:235,01['  ]| been astute enough, had this miracle occurred, quite
053:235,02['  ]| to$9$ complete$1$ his sense for$4$ her own$2$ understanding$0$ and
053:235,03['  ]| suffer it to$9$ make$1$ no$2$ difference in the tone in which$6#1$
053:235,04['  ]| she still$5$ confronted him. 
053:235,04[I  ]| "Oh I take the bull by$4$ the
053:235,05[I  ]| horns ~ I know you have not wanted to$9$ know me.
053:235,06[I  ]| If you had you would have called on$4$ me ~ I have given you
053:235,07[I  ]| plenty of hints and little coughs.  Now, you see, I do not
053:235,08[I  ]| cough any more ~ I just$9$ rush at you and grab you.
053:235,09[I  ]| You do not call$1$ on$4$ me ~ so$3$ I call$1$ on$4$ \you\.  There is not
053:235,10[I  ]| any indecency moreover that$6#1$ I will$1$ not commit for$4$ my
053:235,11[I  ]| child."
053:235,12['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's impenetrability crashed like$9$ glass
053:235,13['  ]| at the elbow-touch of this large handsome practised
053:235,14['  ]| woman, who$6#1$ walked for$4$ him, like$9$ some brazen pagan
053:235,15['  ]| goddess, in a cloud$0$ of queer legend.  He looked off at
053:235,16['  ]| her child, who$6#1$, at a distance$0$ and not hearing them,
053:235,17['  ]| had not moved. 
053:235,17[L  ]| "I know she is a great friend of
053:235,18[L  ]| $A$Nanda's.
053:235,19[I  ]| "Has $A$Nanda told you that$6#2$?"
053:235,20[L  ]| "Often ~ taking such an interest$0$ in her."
053:235,21[I  ]| "I am glad she thinks so$5#2$ then ~ though really her
053:235,22[I  ]| interests$0$ are so$5#1$ various.  But come to$4$ my baby.  I
053:235,23[I  ]| do not make$1$ \her\ come," 
053:235,23['  ]| she explained as she swept
053:235,24['  ]| him along$5$, 
053:235,24[I  ]| "because I want$1$ you just$9$ to$9$ sit down$5$ by$4$
053:235,25[I  ]| her there and keep the place$0$, as one may$1$ say ~!"
053:235,26[L  ]| "Well$7$, for$4$ whom$6#2$?" 
053:235,26['  ]| he demanded as she stopped.
053:235,27['  ]| It was her step$0$ that$6#1$ had checked itself as well$9$ as her
053:235,28['  ]| tongue, and again, suddenly, they stood quite consciously
053:235,29['  ]| and vividly opposed. 
053:235,29[I  ]| "Can I trust$1$ you?" 
053:235,29['  ]| the
053:235,30['  ]| $I$Duchess brought out$5$.  Again then she took herself up.
053:235,31[I  ]| "But as if I were not already doing it!  It is because
053:235,32[I  ]| I do trust$1$ you so$5#1$ utterly that$3$ I have not been able
053:236,01[I  ]| any longer to$9$ keep my hands off you.  The person I 
053:236,02[I  ]| want$1$ the place$0$ for$4$ is none other than $M$Mitchy himself, 
053:236,03[I  ]| and half my occupation now is to$9$ get it properly kept
053:236,04[I  ]| for$4$ him.  $N$Lord%*Petherton is immensely kind$2$, but $N$Lord*Petherton
053:236,05[I  ]| can not do everything.  I know you really
053:236,06[I  ]| like$1$ our host ~!"
053:236,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, at this, interrupted her with a certain
053:236,08['  ]| coldness. 
053:236,08[L  ]| "How, may$1$ I ask, do you know it?"
053:236,09['  ]| But with a brazen goddess to$9$ deal$1$ with ~!  This
053:236,10['  ]| personage had to$9$ fix him but an instant$0$. 
053:236,10[I  ]| "Because,
053:236,11[I  ]| you dear$2#1$ honest man, you are here.  You would not be
053:236,12[I  ]| if you hated him, for$3$ you do not practically condone ~!"
053:236,13[I  ]|
053:236,14['  ]| This time he broke in with his eyes on$4$ the child.
053:236,15[L  ]| "I feel on$4$ the contrary$0$, I assure you, that$3$ I condone
053:236,16[L  ]| a great deal$0#2$."
053:236,17[I  ]| "Well$7$, do not boast$1$ of your cynicism," 
053:236,17['  ]| she laughed,
053:236,18[I  ]| "till you are sure of all it covers.  Let the right$2#1$ thing
053:236,19[I  ]| for$4$ you be," 
053:236,19['  ]| she went on$5$, 
053:236,19[I  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda herself wants$1$
053:236,20[I  ]| it."
053:236,21[L  ]| "$A$Nanda herself?" 
053:236,21['  ]| He continued to$9$ watch$1$ little
053:236,22['  ]| $J$Aggie, who$6#1$ had never yet turned her head$0$. 
053:236,22[L  ]| "I am 
053:236,23[L  ]| afraid I do not understand you."
053:236,24['  ]| She swept him on$5$ again. 
053:236,24[I  ]| "I will$1$ come to$4$ you presently
053:236,25[I  ]| and explain.  I \must\ get my letter for$4$ $N$Petherton;
053:236,26[I  ]| after$4$ which$6#1$ I will$1$ give up $M$Mitchy, whom$6#1$ I was
053:236,27[I  ]| going to$9$ find, and since I have broken the ice ~
053:236,28[I  ]| if it is not too$5#1$ much to$9$ say to$4$ such a polar bear$0$! ~ I will$1$
053:236,29[I  ]| show$1$ you \9le 9fond 9de 9ma 9pense=e\.  Baby darling," 
053:236,29['  ]| she
053:236,30['  ]| said to$4$ her niece, 
053:236,30[I  ]| "keep $L$Mr%*Longdon.  Show$1$ him,"
053:236,31['  ]| she benevolently suggested, 
053:236,31[I  ]| "what$6#1$ you have been
053:236,32[I  ]| reading." 
053:235,32['  ]| Then again to$4$ her fellow guest, as arrested
053:237,01['  ]| by$4$ this very question$0$: 
053:237,01[I  ]| "\8Caro*signore\, have \you\
053:237,02[I  ]| a possible book?" 
053:237,03['  ]| Little $J$Aggie had got straight up and was holding
053:237,04['  ]| out$5$ her volume, which$6#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, all courtesy for$4$
053:237,05['  ]| her, glanced at. 
053:237,05[L  ]| "\Stories*from*English*History\.  Oh!"
053:237,06['  ]| His ejaculation, though vague, was not such as to$9$
053:237,07['  ]| prevent the girl from venturing gently: 
053:237,07[J  ]| "Have you
053:237,08[J  ]| read it?"
053:237,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, receiving her pure little smile$0$,
053:237,10['  ]| showed he felt he had never so$5#2$ taken her in as at this
053:237,11['  ]| moment, as well$9$ as also that$3$ she was a person with
053:237,12['  ]| whom$6#1$ he should surely get on$5$. 
053:237,12[L  ]| "I think I must have."
053:237,13['  ]| Little $J$Aggie was still$5$ more encouraged, but not to$4$
053:237,14['  ]| the point$0$ of keeping$1$ anything back$5$. 
053:237,14[J  ]| "It has not any
053:237,15[J  ]| author.  It is anonymous."
053:237,16['  ]| The $I$Duchess borrowed, for$4$ another question$0$ to$4$
053:237,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, not a little of her gravity. 
053:237,17[I  ]| "Is it all
053:237,18[I  ]| right$2#1$?"
053:237,19[L  ]| "I do not know" 
053:237,19['  ]| ~ his answer$0$ was to$4$ $J$Aggie.
053:237,20[L  ]| "There have been some horrid things in English
053:237,21[L  ]| history."
053:237,22[J  ]| "Oh horrid ~ \have not\ there?" 
053:237,22['  ]| $J$Aggie, whose$6#1$
053:237,23['  ]| speech had the prettiest faintest foreignness, sweetly
053:237,24['  ]| and eagerly quavered.
053:237,25[I  ]| "Well$7$, darling, $L$Mr%*Longdon will$1$ recommend to$4$
053:237,26[I  ]| you some nice historical work$0$ ~ for$3$ we love$1$ history,
053:237,27[I  ]| do not we? ~ that$6#1$ leaves$1$ the horrors out$5$.  We like$1$ to$9$
053:237,28[I  ]| know," 
053:237,28['  ]| the $I$Duchess explained to$4$ the authority she
053:237,29['  ]| invoked, 
053:237,29[I  ]| "the cheerful happy \right$2#1$\ things.  There
053:237,30[I  ]| are so$5#1$ many, after$4$ all, and this is the place$0$ to$9$ remember
053:237,31[I  ]| them.  \9A*tanto^t\."
053:237,32['  ]| As she passed into the house by$4$ the nearest of the
053:238,01['  ]| long$9$ windows that$6#1$ stood open$2$ $L$Mr%*Longdon placed
053:238,02['  ]| himself beside$4$ her little charge$0$, whom$6#1$ he treated, for$4$
053:238,03['  ]| the next ten minutes, with an exquisite courtesy.  A
053:238,04['  ]| person who$6#1$ knew him well$9$ would, if present$9$ at the
053:238,05['  ]| scene, have found occasion$0$ in it to$9$ be freshly aware
053:238,06['  ]| that$3$ he was in his quiet$2$ way master of two distinct
053:238,07['  ]| kinds of urbanity, the kind$0$ that$6#1$ added to$4$ distance$0$ and
053:238,08['  ]| the kind$0$ that$6#1$ diminished it.  Such an analyst would
053:238,09['  ]| furthermore have noted, in respect$0$ to$4$ the aunt and
053:238,10['  ]| the niece, of which$6#1$ kind$0$ each had the benefit, and
053:238,11['  ]| might even$5$ have gone so$5#1$ far as to$9$ detect in him some
053:238,12['  ]| absolute betrayal of the impression produced on$4$ him
053:238,13['  ]| by$4$ his actual companion, some irradiation of his certitude 
053:238,14['  ]| that$3$, from the point$0$ of view$0$ under which$6#1$ she had
053:238,15['  ]| been formed, she was a remarkable, a rare success.
053:238,16['  ]| Since to$9$ create a particular little rounded and tinted
053:238,17['  ]| innocence had been aimed at, the fruit had been
053:238,18['  ]| grown to$4$ the perfection of a peach on$4$ a sheltered
053:238,19['  ]| wall, and this quality of the object$0$ resulting from
053:238,20['  ]| a process might well$9$ make$1$ him feel himself in contact
053:238,21['  ]| with something wholly new.  Little $J$Aggie differed
053:238,22['  ]| from any young person he had ever met in that$3$ she
053:238,23['  ]| had been deliberately prepared for$4$ consumption and
053:238,24['  ]| in that$3$ furthermore the gentleness of her spirit had
053:238,25['  ]| immensely helped the preparation.  $A$Nanda, beside$4$
053:238,26['  ]| her, was a Northern savage, and the reason$0$ was
053:238,27['  ]| partly that$3$ the elements of that$6#2$ young lady's nature
053:238,28['  ]| were already, were publicly, were almost indecorously
053:238,29['  ]| active.  They were practically there for$4$ good or for$4$
053:238,30['  ]| ill; experience$0$ was still$5$ to$9$ come and what$6#1$ they might
053:238,31['  ]| work$1$ out$5$ to$4$ still$5$ a mystery; but the sum would get itself
053:238,32['  ]| done with the figures$0$ now on$4$ the slate.  On$4$ little
053:239,01['  ]| $J$Aggie's slate the figures$0$ were yet to$9$ be written; which$6#1$
053:239,02['  ]| sufficiently accounted for$4$ the difference of the two
053:239,03['  ]| surfaces.  Both the girls struck him as lambs with the
053:239,04['  ]| great shambles of life in their future; but while$9$ one,
053:239,05['  ]| with its neck in a pink ribbon, had no$2$ consciousness
053:239,06['  ]| but that$6#2$ of being$1$ fed from the hand with the small
053:239,07['  ]| sweet biscuit of unobjectionable knowledge, the other
053:239,08['  ]| struggled with instincts and forebodings, with the
053:239,09['  ]| suspicion of its doom and the far-borne scent, in the
053:239,10['  ]| flowery fields, of blood.
053:239,11[J  ]| "Oh $A$Nanda, she is my best friend after$4$ three or
053:239,12[J  ]| four others."
053:239,13[L  ]| "After$4$ so$5#1$ many?" 
053:239,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon laughed. 
053:239,13[L  ]| "Do not
053:239,14[L  ]| you think that is rather a back$2$ seat, as they say, for$4$
053:239,15[L  ]| one's best?"
053:239,16[J  ]| "A back$2$ seat?" 
053:239,16['  ]| ~ she wondered with a purity!
053:239,17[L  ]| "If you do not understand," 
053:239,17['  ]|  said her companion,
053:239,18[L  ]| "it serves me right$2#1$, as your aunt did not leave$1$ me with
053:239,19[L  ]| you to$9$ teach you the slang of the day."
053:239,20[J  ]| "The ""slang""?" 
053:239,20['  ]| ~ she again spotlessly speculated.
053:239,21[L  ]| "You have never even$5$ heard the expression?  I should
053:239,22[L  ]| think that$6#2$ a great compliment$0$ to$4$ our time if it were not
053:239,23[L  ]| that$3$ I fear$1$ it may$1$ have been only the name$0$ that$6#1$ has
053:239,24[L  ]| been kept from you."
053:239,25['  ]| The light$0$ of ignorance in the child's smile$0$ was positively
053:239,26['  ]| golden. 
053:239,26[J  ]| "The name$0$?" 
053:239,26['  ]| she again echoed.
053:239,27['  ]| She understood too$5#1$ little ~ he gave it up. 
053:239,27[L  ]| "And
053:239,28[L  ]| who$6#2$ are all the other best friends whom$6#1$ poor $A$Nanda
053:239,29[L  ]| comes after$4$?"
053:239,30[J  ]| "Well$7$, there is my aunt, and $ZK$Miss*Merriman, and
053:239,31[J  ]| $ZG$Gelsomina, and $ZB$Dr%*Beltram."
053:239,32[L  ]| "And who$6#2$, please, is $ZK$Miss*Merriman?"
053:240,01[J  ]| "She is my governess, do not you know? ~ but
053:240,02[J  ]| such a deliciously easy governess."
053:240,03[L  ]| "That$6#2$, I suppose, is because she has such a deliciously
053:240,04[L  ]| easy pupil.  And who$6#2$ is $ZG$Gelsomina?" 
053:240,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
053:240,05['  ]| enquired.
053:240,06[J  ]| "She is my old nurse$0$ ~ my old maid."
053:240,07[L  ]| "I see.  Well$7$, one must always be kind$2$ to$4$ old
053:240,08[L  ]| maids.  But who$6#2$ is $ZB$Dr%*Beltram?"
053:240,09[J  ]| "Oh the most intimate$2$ friend of all.  We tell him
053:240,10[J  ]| everything."
053:240,11['  ]| There was for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon in this, with a slight$2$
053:240,12['  ]| incertitude, an effect$0$ of drollery. 
053:240,12[L  ]| "Your little troubles?"
053:240,13[L  ]|
053:240,14[J  ]| "Ah they are not always so$5#1$ little!  And he takes
053:240,15[J  ]| them all away."
053:240,16[L  ]| "Always? ~ on$4$ the spot?"
053:240,17[J  ]| "Sooner or later," 
053:240,17['  ]| said little $J$Aggie with serenity.
053:240,18[J  ]| "But why not?"
053:240,19[L  ]| "Why not indeed?" 
053:240,19['  ]| he laughed. 
053:240,19[L  ]| "It must be very
053:240,20[L  ]| plain sailing." 
053:240,20@l   | Decidedly she was, as $A$Nanda had said,
053:240,21@l   | an angel, and there was a wonder$0$ in her possession on$4$
053:240,22@l   | this footing of one of the most expressive little faces
053:240,23@l   | that$6#1$ even$5$ her expressive race had ever shown him.
053:240,24@l   | Formed to$9$ express$1$ everything, it scarce expressed as
053:240,25@l   | yet even$5$ a consciousness.  All the elements of play$0$
053:240,26@l   | were in it, but they had nothing to$9$ play$1$ with. 
053:240,26['  ]| It was
053:240,27['  ]| a rest$0#2$ moreover, after$4$ so$5#1$ much that$6#1$ he had lately been
053:240,28['  ]| through$4$, to$9$ be with a person for$4$ whom$6#1$ questions were
053:240,29['  ]| so$5#1$ simple$2$. 
053:240,29[L  ]| "But he sounds$1$ all the same like$9$ the kind$0$
053:240,30[L  ]| of doctor whom$6#1$, as soon as one hears of him, one
053:240,31[L  ]| wants$1$ to$9$ send for$4$."
053:240,32['  ]| The young girl had at this a small light$0$ of confusion.
053:241,01[J  ]| "Oh I do not mean$1$ he is a doctor for$4$ medicine.  He is a 
053:241,02[J  ]| clergyman ~ and my aunt says he is a saint.  I do not
053:241,03[J  ]| think you have many in England," 
053:241,03['  ]| little $J$Aggie continued
053:241,04['  ]| to$9$ explain.
053:241,05[L  ]| "Many saints?  I am afraid not.  Your aunt is very
053:241,06[L  ]| happy to$9$ know one.  We should call$1$ $ZB$Dr%*Beltram in
053:241,07[L  ]| England a priest."
053:241,08[J  ]| "Oh but he is English.  And he knows everything
053:241,09[J  ]| we do ~ and everything we think."
053:241,10[L  ]| """We"" ~ your aunt, your governess and your
053:241,11[L  ]| nurse$0$?  What$7$ a varied wealth of knowledge!"
053:241,12[J  ]| "Ah $ZK$Miss%*Merriman and $ZG$Gelsomina tell him only
053:241,13[J  ]| what$6#1$ they like$1$."
053:241,14[L  ]| "And do you and the $I$Duchess tell him what$6#1$ you
053:241,15[L  ]| \do not\ like$1$?"
053:241,16[J  ]| "Oh often ~ but we always like$1$ \him\ ~ no$2$ matter
053:241,17[J  ]| what$6#1$ we tell him.  And we know that$3$ just$9$ the same
053:241,18[J  ]| he always likes us."
053:241,19[L  ]| "I see then of course$8$," 
053:241,19['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, very
053:241,20['  ]| gravely now, 
053:241,20[L  ]| "what$6#1$ a friend he must be.  So$3$ it is
053:241,21[L  ]| after$4$ all this," 
053:241,21['  ]| he continued in a moment, 
053:241,21[L  ]| "that$3$
053:241,22[L  ]| $A$Nanda comes in?"
053:241,23['  ]| His companion had to$9$ consider, but suddenly she
053:241,24['  ]| caught assistance. 
053:241,24[J  ]| "This one, I think, comes before$5$."
053:241,25['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton, arriving apparently from the garden,
053:241,26['  ]| had drawn near$9$ unobserved by$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon and
053:241,27['  ]| the next moment was within hail. 
053:241,27[J  ]| "I see him very
053:241,28[J  ]| often," 
053:241,28['  ]| she continued ~ 
053:241,28[J  ]| "oftener than $A$Nanda.  Oh
053:241,29[J  ]| but \then\ $A$Nanda.  And then," 
053:241,29['  ]| little $J$Aggie wound$1#1$ up,
053:241,30[J  ]| "$M$Mr%*Mitchy."
053:241,31[L  ]| "Oh I am glad \he\ comes in," 
053:241,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon returned,
053:241,32[L  ]| "though rather far down$5$ in the list." 
053:241,32['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton
053:242,01['  ]| was now before$4$ them, there being$1$ no*one
053:242,02['  ]| else on$4$ the terrace to$9$ speak to$4$, and, with the odd look$0$
053:242,03['  ]| of an excess of physical power that$6#1$ almost blocked
053:242,04['  ]| the way, he seemed to$9$ give them in the flare of his
053:242,05['  ]| big teeth the benefit of a kind$0$ of brutal geniality.  It
053:242,06['  ]| was always to$9$ be remembered for$4$ him that$3$ he could
053:242,07['  ]| scarce show$1$ without surprising you an adjustment to$4$
053:242,08['  ]| the smaller conveniences; so$3$ that$3$ when he took up
053:242,09['  ]| a trifle$0$ it was not perforce in every case the sign of
053:242,10['  ]| an uncanny calculation.  When the elephant in the
053:242,11['  ]| show$0$ plays$1$ the fiddle it must be mainly with the presumption
053:242,12['  ]| of consequent apples; which$6#1$ was why,
053:242,13['  ]| doubtless, this personage had half the time the air
053:242,14['  ]| of assuring you that$3$, really civilised as his type had
053:242,15['  ]| now become, no$2$ apples were required.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
053:242,16['  ]| viewed him with a vague apprehension and as if quite
053:242,17['  ]| unable to$9$ meet$1$ the question$0$ of what$6#1$ he would have
053:242,18['  ]| called for$4$ such a personage the social responsibility.
053:242,19@l   | Did this specimen of his class$0$ pull the tradition down$5$
053:242,20@l   | or did he just$9$ take it where he found it ~ 
053:242,20['  ]| in the very
053:242,21['  ]| different place$0$ from that$6#2$ in which$6#1$, on$4$ ceasing so$5#1$ long$9$
053:242,22['  ]| ago to$9$ "go out$5$," $L$Mr%*Longdon had left$1$ it?  Our friend
053:242,23['  ]| doubtless averted himself from the possibility of a 
053:242,24['  ]| mental dilemma; 
053:242,24@l   | if the man did not lower$1$ the position
053:242,25@l   | was it the position then that$6#1$ let down$5$ the man?
053:242,26@l   | Somehow he was not positively up.  More evidence
053:242,27@l   | would be needed to$9$ decide; yet it was just$9$ of more
053:242,28@l   | evidence that$6#1$ one remained rather in dread$0$. 
053:242,28['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton
053:242,29['  ]| was kind$2$ to$4$ little $J$Aggie, kind$2$ to$4$ her companion,
053:242,30['  ]| kind$2$ to$4$ every*one, after$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon had
053:242,31['  ]| explained that$3$ she was so$5#1$ good as to$9$ be giving him
053:242,32['  ]| the list of her dear$2#1$ friends. 
053:242,32[L  ]| "I am only a little dismayed,"
053:243,01['  ]| the elder man said, 
053:243,01[L  ]| "to$9$ find $M$Mr%*Mitchett
053:243,02[L  ]| at the bottom."
053:243,03[N  ]| "Oh but it is an awfully short list, is not it?  If it
053:243,04[N  ]| consists only of me and $M$Mitchy he is not so$5#1$ very low
053:243,05[N  ]| down$5$.  We do not allow her very \many\ friends; we
053:243,06[N  ]| look$1$ out$5$ too$5#1$ well$9$ for$4$ ourselves." 
053:243,06['  ]| He addressed the
053:243,07['  ]| child as on$4$ an easy jocose understanding$0$. 
053:243,07[N  ]| "Is the
053:243,08[N  ]| question$0$, $J$Aggie, whether we shall allow you $L$Mr%*Longdon?
053:243,09[N  ]| will$1$ not that$6#2$ rather ""do"" for$4$ us ~ for$4$
053:243,10[N  ]| $M$Mitchy and me?  I say, $I$Duchess," 
053:243,10['  ]| he went on$5$ as this
053:243,11['  ]| lady reappeared, 
053:243,11[N  ]| "\are\ we going to$9$ allow her $L$Mr%*Longdon
053:243,12[N  ]| and do we quite realise what$6#1$ we are about$4$?
053:243,13[N  ]| We mount guard$1$ awfully, you know" 
053:243,13['  ]| ~ he carried
053:243,14['  ]| the joke back$5$ to$4$ the person he had named. 
053:243,14[N  ]| "We
053:243,15[N  ]| sift and we sort, we pick the candidates over, and
053:243,16[N  ]| I should like$1$ to$9$ hear any*one say that$3$ in this case
053:243,17[N  ]| at least I do not keep a watch$0$ on$4$ my taste.  Oh we
053:243,18[N  ]| close$1$ in!"
053:243,19['  ]| The $I$Duchess, the object$0$ of her quest in her hand,
053:243,20['  ]| had come back$5$. 
053:243,20[I  ]| "Well$7$ then $L$Mr%*Longdon will$1$ close$1$
053:243,21[I  ]| \with\ us ~ you will$1$ consider henceforth that$3$ he is as
053:243,22[I  ]| safe as yourself.  Here is the letter I wanted you to$9$
053:243,23[I  ]| read ~ with which$6#1$ you will$1$ please take a turn$0$, in strict
053:243,24[I  ]| charge$0$ of the child, and then restore her to$4$ us.  If you
053:243,25[I  ]| do not come I shall know you have found $M$Mitchy and
053:243,26[I  ]| shall be at peace.  Go, little heart," 
053:243,26['  ]| she continued to$4$
053:243,27['  ]| the child, 
053:243,27[I  ]| "but leave$1$ me your book to$9$ look$1$ over again.
053:243,28[I  ]| I do not know that$3$ I am quite sure!" 
053:243,28['  ]| She sent them off
053:243,29['  ]| together, but had a grave$2$ protest as her friend put out$5$
053:243,30['  ]| his hand for$4$ the volume. 
053:243,30[I  ]| "No$7$, $N$Petherton ~ not for$4$
053:243,31[I  ]| books; for$4$ her reading I can not say I do trust$1$ you.  But
053:243,32[I  ]| for$4$ everything else ~ quite!" 
053:243,32['  ]| she declared to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
053:244,01['  ]| with a look$0$ of conscientious courage as their
053:244,02['  ]| companion withdrew. 
053:244,02[I  ]| "I do believe," 
053:244,02['  ]| she pursued in
053:244,03['  ]| the same spirit, 
053:244,03[I  ]| "in a certain amount of intelligent
053:244,04[I  ]| confidence.  Really nice men are steadied by$4$ the
053:244,05[I  ]| sense of your having had it.  But I would not," 
053:244,05['  ]| she
053:244,06['  ]| added gaily, 
053:244,06[I  ]| "trust$1$ him all round$9$!"  
054:245,01['  ]| Many things at Mertle were strange for$4$ her interlocutor,
054:245,02['  ]| but nothing perhaps as yet had been so$5#1$ strange
054:245,03['  ]| as the sight of this arrangement for$4$ little $J$Aggie's
054:245,04['  ]| protection; an arrangement made in the interest$0$ of
054:245,05['  ]| her remaining as a young person of her age and her
054:245,06['  ]| \9monde\ ~ so$5#2$ her aunt would have put it ~ should
054:245,07['  ]| remain.  The strangest part$0$ of the impression too$5#2$
054:245,08['  ]| was that$3$ 
054:245,08@l   | the provision might really have its happy
054:245,09@l   | side$0$ and his lordship understand definitely better$9$
054:245,10@l   | than any*one else his noble friend's whole$2$ theory of
054:245,11@l   | perils and precautions.  The child herself, the spectator
054:245,12@l   | of the incident was sure enough, understood
054:245,13@l   | nothing; 
054:245,13['  ]| but the understandings that$6#1$ surrounded
054:245,14['  ]| her, filling all the air, made it a heavier compound
054:245,15['  ]| to$9$ breathe than any $L$Mr%*Longdon had yet tasted.
054:245,16['  ]| This heaviness had grown for$4$ him through$4$ the long$9$
054:245,17['  ]| sweet summer day, and there was something in his
054:245,18['  ]| at last$0$ finding himself ensconced with the $I$Duchess
054:245,19['  ]| that$6#1$ made it supremely oppressive.  The contact was
054:245,20['  ]| one that$6#1$, none the less, he would not have availed
054:245,21['  ]| himself of a decent pretext to$9$ avoid.  With so$5#1$ many
054:245,22['  ]| fine mysteries playing about$4$ him there was relief, at
054:245,23['  ]| the point$0$ he had reached, rather than alarm$0$, in the
054:245,24['  ]| thought$0$ of knowing the worst; which$6#1$ it pressed upon
054:245,25['  ]| him somehow that$3$ 
054:245,25@l   | the $I$Duchess must not only altogether
054:245,26@l   | know but must in any relation quite naturally
054:245,27@l   | communicate. 
054:245,27['  ]| It fluttered him rather 
054:245,27@l   | that$3$ a person
054:246,01@l   | who$6#1$ had an understanding$0$ with $N$Lord*Petherton
054:246,02@l   | should so$5#2$ single him out$5$ as to$9$ wish$1$ for$4$ one also with
054:246,03@l   | himself; such a person must either have great
054:246,04@l   | variety of mind$0$ or have a wonderful idea of \his\
054:246,05@l   | variety.  It was true indeed that$3$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett must
054:246,06@l   | have the most extraordinary understanding$0$, and yet
054:246,07@l   | with $M$Mr%*Mitchett he now found himself quite
054:246,08@l   | pleasantly at his ease$0$. 
054:246,08['  ]| Their host, however, was a 
054:246,09['  ]| person \7sui*generis\, whom$6#1$ he had accepted, once for$4$
054:246,10['  ]| all, the inconsequence of liking in conformity with
054:246,11['  ]| the need$0$ he occasionally felt to$9$ put it on$4$ record that$3$
054:246,12['  ]| he was not narrow-minded.  Perhaps at bottom he
054:246,13['  ]| most liked $M$Mitchy because $M$Mitchy most liked
054:246,14['  ]| $A$Nanda; there hung about$4$ him still$5$ moreover the
054:246,15['  ]| faded fragrance of the superstition that$3$ hospitality
054:246,16['  ]| not declined is one of the things that$6#1$ "oblige."  It
054:246,17['  ]| obliged the thoughts, for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, as well$9$ as
054:246,18['  ]| the manners, and in the especial form$0$ in which$6#1$ he
054:246,19['  ]| was now committed to$4$ it would have made him, had
054:246,20['  ]| he really thought$1$ any ill, ask himself what$6#1$ the deuce
054:246,21['  ]| then he was doing in the man's house.  All of which$6#1$
054:246,22['  ]| did not prevent some of $M$Mitchy's queer condonations
054:246,23['  ]| ~if condonations in fact they were ~ from not wholly,
054:246,24['  ]| by$4$ themselves, soothing his vague unrest, an unrest
054:246,25['  ]| which$6#1$ never had been so$5#1$ great as at the moment he
054:246,26['  ]| heard the $I$Duchess abruptly say to$4$ him: 
054:246,26[I  ]| "Do you
054:246,27[I  ]| know my idea about$4$ $A$Nanda?  It is my particular desire$0$
054:246,28[I  ]| you should ~ the reason$0$, really, why I have thus
054:246,29[I  ]| laid violent hands on$4$ you.  $A$Nanda, my dear$2#1$ man,
054:246,30[I  ]| should marry at the very first moment."
054:246,31['  ]| This was more interesting than he had expected$1$,
054:246,32['  ]| and the effect$0$ produced by$4$ his interlocutress, as well$9$
054:247,01['  ]| as doubtless not lost on$4$ her, was shown in his suppressed
054:247,02['  ]| start$0$. 
054:247,02[L  ]| "There has been no$2$ reason$0$ why I
054:247,03[L  ]| should attribute to$4$ you any judgement of the matter;
054:247,04[L  ]| but I have had one myself, and I do not see why I
054:247,05[L  ]| should not say frankly that$3$ it is very much the one
054:247,06[L  ]| you express$1$.  It would be a very good thing."
054:247,07[I  ]| A very good thing, but none of my business?" ~
054:247,08['  ]| the $I$Duchess's vivacity was not unamiable.
054:247,09['  ]| It was on$4$ this circumstance that$6#1$ her companion for$4$
054:247,10['  ]| an instant$0$ perhaps meditated. 
054:247,10[L  ]| "It is probably not in
054:247,11[L  ]| my interest$0$ to$9$ say that$6#2$.  I should give you too$5#1$ easy
054:247,12[L  ]| a retort.  It would strike any*one as quite as much
054:247,13[L  ]| your business as mine$6$."
054:247,14[I  ]| "Well$7$, it ought to$9$ be somebody's, you know.  One
054:247,15[I  ]| would suppose it to$9$ be her mother's ~ her father's;
054:247,16[I  ]| but in this country the parents are even$5$ more emancipated
054:247,17[I  ]| than the children.  Suppose, really, since it
054:247,18[I  ]| appears to$9$ be nobody's affair, that$3$ you and I \do\ make$1$
054:247,19[I  ]| it ours.  We need not either of us," 
054:247,19['  ]| she continued, 
054:247,19[I  ]| "be
054:247,20[I  ]| concerned for$4$ the other's reasons, though I am perfectly
054:247,21[I  ]| ready, I assure you, to$9$ put my cards on$4$ the
054:247,22[I  ]| table.  You have your feelings ~ we know they are beautiful.
054:247,23[I  ]| I, on$4$ my side$0$, have mine$6$ ~ for$4$ which$6#1$ I do not 
054:247,24[I  ]| pretend anything but that$3$ they are strong.  They can
054:247,25[I  ]| dispense with being$1$ beautiful when they are so$5#1$ perfectly
054:247,26[I  ]| settled$2$.  Besides, I may$1$ mention$1$, they are rather
054:247,27[I  ]| nice than otherwise.  $C$Edward and I have a \9cousinage\,
054:247,28[I  ]| though for$4$ all he does to$9$ keep it up ~!  If he leaves$1$
054:247,29[I  ]| his children to$9$ play$1$ in the street I take it seriously
054:247,30[I  ]| enough to$9$ make$1$ an occasional dash for$4$ them before$3$
054:247,31[I  ]| they are run$1$ over.  And I want$1$ for$4$ $A$Nanda simply the
054:247,32[I  ]| man she herself wants$1$ ~ it is not as if I wanted for$4$
054:248,01[I  ]| her a dwarf or a hunchback or a \9coureur\ or a drunkard.
054:248,02[I  ]| $B$Vanderbank is a man whom$6#1$ any woman,
054:248,03[I  ]| do not you think? might be ~ whom$6#1$ more than one
054:248,04[I  ]| woman \is\ ~ glad of for$4$ herself: \9beau 9comme 9le 9jour\,
054:248,05[I  ]| awfully conceited and awfully patronising, but clever
054:248,06[I  ]| and successful and yet liked, and without, so$5#1$ far as
054:248,07[I  ]| I know, any of the terrific appendages which$6#1$ in this
054:248,08[I  ]| country so$5#1$ often diminish the value$0$ of even$5$ the pleasantest
054:248,09[I  ]| people.  He has not five horrible unmarried
054:248,10[I  ]| sisters for$4$ his wife to$9$ have always on$4$ a visit$0$.  The way
054:248,11[I  ]| your women do not marry is the ruin$0$ here of society,
054:248,12[I  ]| and I have been assured in good quarters ~ though I
054:248,13[I  ]| do not know so$5#1$ much about$4$ that$6#2$ ~ the ruin$0$ also of
054:248,14[I  ]| conversation and of literature.  Is not it precisely just$9$
054:248,15[I  ]| a little to$9$ keep $A$Nanda herself from becoming$1$ that$6#2$
054:248,16[I  ]| kind$0$ of appendage ~ say to$4$ poor $E$Harold, say, one
054:248,17[I  ]| of these days, to$4$ her younger brother and sister ~
054:248,18[I  ]| that$3$ friends like$9$ you and me feel the importance of
054:248,19[I  ]| bestirring ourselves in time?  Of course$8$ she is supposedly
054:248,20[I  ]| young, but she is really any age you like$1$: your
054:248,21[I  ]| London world so$5#1$ fearfully batters and bruises them."
054:248,22['  ]| She had gone fast and far, but it had given $L$Mr%*Longdon
054:248,23['  ]| time to$9$ feel himself well$9$ afloat.  There were 
054:248,24['  ]| so$5#1$ many things in it all to$9$ take up that$3$ he laid his
054:248,25['  ]| hand ~ of which$6#1$, he was not unconscious, the feebleness
054:248,26['  ]| exposed him ~ on$4$ the nearest. 
054:248,26[L  ]| "Why I am sure
054:248,27[L  ]| her mother ~ after$4$ twenty years of it ~ is fresh
054:248,28[L  ]| enough."
054:248,29[I  ]| "Fresh?  You find $D$Mrs%*Brook fresh?"
054:248,30['  ]| The $I$Duchess had a manner that$6#1$, in its all-knowingness,
054:248,31['  ]| rather humiliated than encouraged; but he
054:248,32['  ]| was all the more resolute for$4$ being$1$ conscious of his	
054:249,01['  ]| own$2$ reserves. 
054:249,01[L  ]| "It seems to$4$ me it is fresh to$9$ look$1$ about$5$
054:249,02[L  ]| thirty." 
054:249,03[I  ]| "That$6#2$ indeed would be perfect$2$.  But she does not
054:249,04[I  ]| ~ she looks$1$ about$5$ three.  She simply looks$1$ a baby."
054:249,05[L  ]| "Oh $I$Duchess, you are really too$5#1$ particular!" 
054:249,05['  ]| he
054:249,06['  ]| retorted, feeling$1$ that$3$ as the trodden worm will$1$ turn$1$,
054:249,07['  ]| anxiety itself may$1$ sometimes tend to$4$ wit$0#1$.
054:249,08['  ]| She met him in her own$2$ way. 
054:249,08[I  ]| "I know what$6#1$ I
054:249,09[I  ]| mean$1$.  My niece is a person \I\ call$1$ fresh.  It is warranted,
054:249,10[I  ]| as they say in the shops.  Besides," 
054:249,10['  ]| she went
054:249,11['  ]| on$5$, 
054:249,11[I  ]| "if a married woman has been knocked about$5$
054:249,12[I  ]| that is only a part$0$ of her condition$0$.  \9Elle 9l'a 9bien 9voulu\,
054:249,13[I  ]| and if you are married you are married; it is the smoke
054:249,14[I  ]| ~ or call$1$ it the soot! ~ of the fire$0$.  You know, yourself,"
054:249,15['  ]| she roundly pursued, 
054:249,15[I  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda's situation
054:249,16[I  ]| appals you."
054:249,17[L  ]| "Oh ""appals""!"  
054:249,17['  ]| he restrictively murmured.
054:249,18['  ]| It even$5$ tried a little his companion's patience.
054:249,19[I  ]| "There you are, you English ~ you will$1$ never face$1$
054:249,20[I  ]| your own$2$ music.  It is amazing what$6#1$ you would rather do
054:249,21[I  ]| with a thing ~ anything not to$9$ shoot at or to$9$ make$1$
054:249,22[I  ]| money with ~ than look$1$ at its meaning$0$.  If I wished
054:249,23[I  ]| to$9$ save$1$ the girl as \you\ wish$1$ it I should know exactly
054:249,24[I  ]| from what$6#1$.  But why differ about$4$ reasons," 
054:249,24['  ]| she asked,
054:249,25[I  ]| "when we are at one about$4$ the fact?  I do not mention$1$
054:249,26[I  ]| the greatest of $B$Vanderbank's merits," 
054:249,26['  ]| she added ~
054:249,27[I  ]| "his having so$5#1$ delicious a friend.  By$4$ whom$6#1$, let me
054:249,28[I  ]| hasten to$9$ assure you," 
054:249,28['  ]| she laughed, 
054:249,28[I  ]| "I do not in the
054:249,29[I  ]| least mean$1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook!  She \is\ delicious if you like$1$,
054:249,30[I  ]| but believe me when I tell you, \8caro*mio\ ~ if you need$1$
054:249,31[I  ]| to$9$ be told ~ that$3$ for$4$ effective action on$4$ him you are
054:249,32[I  ]| worth twenty of her."
054:250,01['  ]| What$6#1$ was most visible in $L$Mr%*Longdon was that$3$,
054:250,02['  ]| however it came to$4$ him, he had rarely before$5$, all at
054:250,03['  ]| once, had so$5#1$ much given him to$9$ think about$4$.  Again
054:250,04['  ]| the only way to$9$ manage was to$9$ take what$6#1$ came uppermost.
054:250,05[L  ]| "By$4$ effective action you mean$1$ action on$4$
054:250,06[L  ]| the matter of his proposing for$4$ $A$Nanda?"
054:250,07['  ]| The $I$Duchess's assent was noble. 
054:250,07[I  ]| "You can make$1$
054:250,08[I  ]| him propose ~ you can make$1$, I mean$1$, a sure thing
054:250,09[I  ]| of it.  You can \9doter\ the bride." 
054:250,09['  ]| Then as with the
054:250,10['  ]| impulse to$9$ meet$1$ benevolently and more than half-way
054:250,11['  ]| her companion's imperfect apprehension: 
054:250,11[I  ]| "you
054:250,12[I  ]| can settle on$4$ her something that$6#1$ will$1$ make$1$ her a 
054:250,13[I  ]| \9parti\." 
054:250,13['  ]| His apprehension was perhaps imperfect,
054:250,14['  ]| but it could still$5$ lead$1$ somehow to$4$ his flushing all over,
054:250,15['  ]| and this demonstration the $I$Duchess as quickly took
054:250,16['  ]| into account$0$. 
054:250,16[I  ]| "Poor $C$Edward, you know, will$1$ not give
054:250,17[I  ]| her a penny."
054:250,18['  ]| Decidedly she went fast, but $L$Mr%*Longdon in a 
054:250,19['  ]| moment had caught up. 
054:250,19[L  ]| "$B$Mr%*Vanderbank ~ your
054:250,20[L  ]| idea is ~ would require on$4$ the part$0$ of his wife something
054:250,21[L  ]| of that$6#2$ sort?"
054:250,22[I  ]| "Pray who$6#2$ would not ~ in the world we all move$1$
054:250,23[I  ]| in ~ require it quite as much?  $B$Mr%*Vanderbank,
054:250,24[I  ]| I am assured, has no$2$ means$0$ of his own$2$ at all, and if
054:250,25[I  ]| he does not believe in impecunious marriages it is not
054:250,26[I  ]| I who$6#1$ shall be shocked at him.  For$4$ myself I simply
054:250,27[I  ]| despise them.  He has nothing but a poor official salary.
054:250,28[I  ]| If it is enough for$4$ one it would be little for$4$ two,
054:250,29[I  ]| and would be still$5$ less for$4$ half a dozen.  They are just$9$
054:250,30[I  ]| the people to$9$ have, that$6#2$ blessed pair$0$, a fine old English
054:250,31[I  ]| family."
054:250,32['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon was now fairly abreast of it. 
054:250,32[L  ]| "What$6#1$
054:251,01[L  ]| it comes to$4$ then, the idea you are so$5#1$ good as to$9$ put
054:251,02[L  ]| before$4$ me, is to$9$ bribe him to$9$ take her."
054:251,03['  ]| The $I$Duchess remained bland, but she fixed him.
054:251,04[I  ]| "You say that$6#2$ as if you were scandalised, but if you
054:251,05[I  ]| try $B$Mr%*Van with it I do not think he will$1$ be.  And you
054:251,06[I  ]| will$1$ not persuade me," 
054:251,06['  ]| she went on$5$ finely, 
054:251,06[I  ]| "that$3$ you
054:251,07[I  ]| have not yourself thought$1$ of it."  
054:251,07['  ]| She kept her eyes
054:251,08['  ]| on$4$ him, and the effect$0$ of them, soon enough visible
054:251,09['  ]| in his face$0$, was such as presently to$9$ make$1$ her exult
054:251,10['  ]| at her felicity. 
054:251,10[I  ]| "You are of a limpidity, dear$2#1$ man!
054:251,11[I  ]| ~you have only to$9$ be said ""bo!"" to$4$ and you confess.
054:251,12[I  ]| Consciously or unconsciously ~ the former, really,
054:251,13[I  ]| I am inclined to$9$ think ~ you have wanted him for$4$
054:251,14[I  ]| her." 
054:251,14['  ]| She paused an instant$0$ to$9$ enjoy her triumph$0$,
054:251,15['  ]| after$4$ which$6#1$ she continued: 
054:251,15[I  ]| "And you have wanted her
054:251,16[I  ]| for$4$ him.  I make$1$ you out$5$, you will$1$ say ~ for$3$ I see you
054:251,17[I  ]| coming ~ one of those horrible benevolent busy-bodies
054:251,18[I  ]| who$6#1$ are the worst of the class$0$, but you have only
054:251,19[I  ]| to$9$ think a little ~ if I may$1$ go so$5#1$ far ~ to$9$ see that$3$ no$2$
054:251,20[I  ]| ""making"" at all is required.  You have only one link
054:251,21[I  ]| with the $C1$Brooks, but that$6#2$ link is golden.  How can we,
054:251,22[I  ]| all of us, by$4$ this time, not have grasped and admired
054:251,23[I  ]| the beauty of your feeling$0$ for$4$ $ZI$Lady*Julia?  There it is
054:251,24[I  ]| ~I make$1$ you wince: to$9$ speak of it is to$9$ profane it.
054:251,25[I  ]| Let us by$4$ all means$0$ not speak of it then, but let us
054:251,26[I  ]| act$1$ on$4$ it."  
054:251,26['  ]| He had at last$0$ turned his face$0$ from her,
054:251,27['  ]| and it now took in, from the vantage of his high position,
054:251,28['  ]| only the loveliness of the place$0$ and the hour,
054:251,29['  ]| which$6#1$ included a glimpse of $N$Lord*Petherton and little
054:251,30['  ]| $J$Aggie, who$6#1$, down$5$ in the garden, slowly strolled in
054:251,31['  ]| familiar union.  
054:251,31@l   | Each had a hand in the other's,
054:251,32@l   | swinging easily as they went; their talk$0$ was evidently  
054:252,01@l   | of flowers and fruits and birds; it was quite like$9$
054:252,02@l   | father and daughter.  One could see half a mile off in
054:252,03@l   | short that$3$ \they\ were not flirting.  
054:252,03['  ]| Our friend's bewildermement
054:252,04['  ]| came in odd cold$2$ gusts: these were unreasoned
054:252,05['  ]| and capricious; one of them, at all events, during his
054:252,06['  ]| companion's pause$0$, must have roared in his ears.
054:252,07['  ]| Was it not therefore through$4$ some continuance of the
054:252,08['  ]| sound$0$ that$3$ he heard her go on$5$ speaking? 
054:252,08[I  ]| "Of course$8$
054:252,09[I  ]| you know the poor child's own$2$ condition$0$."
054:252,10['  ]| It took him a good while$0$ to$9$ answer$1$. 
054:252,10[L  ]| "Do \you\ know
054:252,11[L  ]| it?" 
054:252,11['  ]| he asked with his eyes still$5$ away.
054:252,12[I  ]| "If your question is ironical," 
054:252,12['  ]| she laughed, 
054:252,12[I  ]| "your
054:252,13[I  ]| irony is perfectly wasted.  I should be ashamed of
054:252,14[I  ]| myself if, with my relationship and my interest$0$, I
054:252,15[I  ]| had not made sure.  $A$Nanda is fairly sick ~ as sick
054:252,16[I  ]| as a little cat ~ with her passion." 
054:252,16['  ]| It was with an
054:252,17['  ]| intensity of silence$0$ that$3$ he appeared to$9$ accept this;
054:252,18['  ]| he was even$5$ so$5#1$ dumb for$4$ a minute$0$ that$3$ the oddity of
054:252,19['  ]| the image could draw from him no$2$ natural$2$ sound$0$.
054:252,20['  ]| The $I$Duchess once more, accordingly, recognised an
054:252,21['  ]| occasion$0$.  
054:252,21[I  ]| "It has doubtless already occurred to$4$ you
054:252,22[I  ]| that$3$, since your sentiment for$4$ the living$0#1$ is the charming
054:252,23[I  ]| fruit of your sentiment for$4$ the dead, there would
054:252,24[I  ]| be a sacrifice$0$ to$4$ $ZI$Lady*Julia's memory more exquisite
054:252,25[I  ]| than any other."
054:252,26['  ]| At this finally $L$Mr%*Longdon turned. 
054:252,26[L  ]| "The effort ~
054:252,27[L  ]| on$4$ the lines you speak of ~ for$4$ $A$Nanda's happiness?"
054:252,28['  ]| She fairly glowed with hope$0$.  
054:252,28[I  ]| "And by$4$ the same
054:252,29[I  ]| token such a piece of poetic justice!  Quite the loveliest
054:252,30[I  ]| it would be, I think, one had ever heard of."
054:252,31['  ]| So$3$, for$4$ some time more, they sat confronted.  
054:252,31[L  ]| "I
054:252,32[L  ]| do not quite see your difficulty," 
054:252,32['  ]| he said at last$0$. 
054:252,32[L  ]| "I
054:253,01[L  ]| do happen to$9$ know, I confess, that$3$ $A$Nanda herself
054:253,02[L  ]| extremely desires the execution of your project."
054:253,03['  ]| His friend's smile$0$ betrayed no$2$ surprise$0$ at this effect$0$
054:253,04['  ]| of her eloquence. 
054:253,04[I  ]| "You are bad at dodging.  $A$Nanda's
054:253,05[I  ]| desire$0$ is inevitably to$9$ stop$1$ off for$4$ herself every question$0$
054:253,06[I  ]| of any*one but $B$Vanderbank.  If she wants$1$ me to$9$
054:253,07[I  ]| succeed in arranging with $M$Mr%*Mitchett can you ask
054:253,08[I  ]| for$4$ a plainer sign of her private$2$ predicament?  But
054:253,09[I  ]| you have signs enough, I see"  
054:253,09['  ]| ~ she caught herself
054:253,10['  ]| up: 
054:253,10[I  ]| "we may$1$ take them all for$4$ granted.  I have known
054:253,11[I  ]| perfectly from the first that$3$ the only difficulty would
054:253,12[I  ]| come from her mother ~ but also that$3$ that$6#2$ would be
054:253,13[I  ]| stiff."
054:253,14['  ]| The movement with which$6#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon removed
054:253,15['  ]| his glasses might have denoted a certain fear$0$ to$9$ participate
054:253,16['  ]| in too$5#1$ much of what$6#1$ the $I$Duchess had known.
054:253,17[L  ]| "I have not been ignorant that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham
054:253,18[L  ]| favours $M$Mr%*Mitchett."
054:253,19['  ]| But he was not to$9$ be let off with that$6#2$. 
054:253,19[I  ]| "Then
054:253,20[I  ]| you have not been blind$2$, I suppose, to$4$ her reason$0$ for$4$
054:253,21[I  ]| doing so$5#2$." 
054:253,21['  ]| He might not have been blind$2$, but his
054:253,22['  ]| vision, at this, scarce showed sharpness, and it determined$1$
054:253,23['  ]| in his interlocutress the shortest of short cuts.
054:253,24[I  ]| "She favours $M$Mr%*Mitchett because she wants$1$ ""old
054:253,25[I  ]| $B$Van"" herself."
054:253,26['  ]| He was evidently conscious of looking at her hard.
054:253,27[L  ]| "In what$6#2$ sense ~ herself?"
054:253,28[I  ]| "Ah you must supply$1$ the sense; I can give you only
054:253,29[I  ]| the fact ~ and it is the fact that$6#1$ concerns$1$ us.  \9Voyons\,"
054:253,30['  ]| she almost impatiently broke out$5$; 
054:253,30[I  ]| "do not try to$9$ create
054:253,31[I  ]| unnecessary obscurities by$4$ being$1$ unnecessarily
054:253,32[I  ]| modest.  Besides, I am not touching your modesty.
054:254,01[I  ]| Supply$1$ any sense whatever that$6#1$ may$1$ miraculously
054:254,02[I  ]| satisfy your fond English imagination: I do not insist
054:254,03[I  ]| in the least on$4$ a bad one.  She does want$1$ him herself
054:254,04[I  ]| ~ that is all I say.  ""\9Pourquoi 9faire\?"" you ask ~ or
054:254,05[I  ]| rather, being$1$ too$5#1$ shy, do not ask, but would like$1$ to$9$
054:254,06[I  ]| if you dared or did not fear$1$ I would be shocked.  I \can not\
054:254,07[I  ]| be shocked, but frankly I can not tell you either.  The
054:254,08[I  ]| situation belongs, I think, to$4$ an order$0$ I do not understand.
054:254,09[I  ]| I understand either one thing or the other ~ I
054:254,10[I  ]| understand taking a man up or letting him alone.  But
054:254,11[I  ]| I do not really get at $D$Mrs%*Brook.  You must judge$1$ at
054:254,12[I  ]| any rate$0$ for$4$ yourself.  $B$Vanderbank could of course$8$
054:254,13[I  ]| tell you if he would ~ but it would not be right$2#1$ that$3$
054:254,14[I  ]| he should.  So$3$ the one thing we have to$9$ do with is that$3$
054:254,15[I  ]| she is in fact against us.  I can only work$1$ $M$Mitchy
054:254,16[I  ]| through$4$ $N$Petherton, but $D$Mrs%*Brook can work$1$ him
054:254,17[I  ]| straight.  On$4$ the other hand that is the way you, my
054:254,18[I  ]| dear$2#1$ man, can work$1$ $B$Vanderbank."
054:254,19['  ]| One thing evidently beyond$4$ the rest$0#1$, as a result$0$ of
054:254,20['  ]| this vivid demonstration, disengaged itself to$4$ our old
054:254,21['  ]| friend's undismayed sense, but his consternation
054:254,22['  ]| needed a minute$0$ or two to$9$ produce it. 
054:254,22[L  ]| "I can absolutely
054:254,23[L  ]| assure you that$3$ $B$Mr%*Vanderbank entertains
054:254,24[L  ]| no$2$ sentiment for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham ~!"
054:254,25[I  ]| "That$6#1$ he may$1$ not keep under by$4$ just$9$ setting his
054:254,26[I  ]| teeth and holding on$5$?  I never dreamed he does, and
054:254,27[I  ]| have nothing so$5#1$ alarming in store for$4$ you ~ \9rassurez-vous\
054:254,28[I  ]| \9bien\! ~ as to$9$ propose that$3$ he shall be invited
054:254,29[I  ]| to$9$ sink a feeling$0$ for$4$ the mother in order$8$ to$9$ take
054:254,30[I  ]| one up for$4$ the child.  Do not, please, flutter out$8$ of the
054:254,31[I  ]| whole$2$ question$0$ by$4$ a premature scare.  I never supposed
054:254,32[I  ]| it is he who$6#1$ wants$1$ to$9$ keep \her\.  He is not in love$0$
054:255,01[I  ]| with her ~ be comforted!  But she is amusing ~ highly
054:255,02[I  ]| amusing.  I do her perfect$2$ justice.  As your women go
054:255,03[I  ]| she is rare.  If she were French she would be a \9femme*d'esprit\.
054:255,04[I  ]| She has invented a \9nuance\ of her own$2$ and she has done
054:255,05[I  ]| it all by$4$ herself, for$3$ $C$Edward figures$1$ in her drawing-room
054:255,06[I  ]| only as one of those queer extinguishers of fire$0$
054:255,07[I  ]| in the corridors of hotels.  He is just$9$ a bucket on$4$ a 
054:255,08[I  ]| peg.  The men, the young and the clever ones, find
054:255,09[I  ]| it a house ~ and heaven knows they are right$2#1$ ~ with
054:255,10[I  ]| intellectual elbow-room, with freedom of talk$0$.  Most
054:255,11[I  ]| English talk$0$ is a quadrille in a sentry-box.  You will$1$
054:255,12[I  ]| tell me we go further in Italy, and I will$1$ not deny it,
054:255,13[I  ]| but in Italy we have the common$2$ sense not to$9$ have
054:255,14[I  ]| little girls in the room.  The young men hang about$4$
054:255,15[I  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, and the clever ones ply her with the uproarious
054:255,16[I  ]| appreciation that$6#1$ keeps her up to$4$ the mark$0$.
054:255,17[I  ]| She is in a prodigious fix ~ she must sacrifice$1$ either
054:255,18[I  ]| her daughter or what$6#1$ she once called to$4$ me her intellectual
054:255,19[I  ]| habits.  $B$Mr%*Vanderbank, you have seen for$4$
054:255,20[I  ]| yourself, is of these one of the most cherished, the
054:255,21[I  ]| most confirmed.  Three months ago ~ it could not 
054:255,22[I  ]| be any longer kept off ~ $A$Nanda began definitely to$9$
054:255,23[I  ]| ""sit"", to$9$ be there and look$1$, by$4$ the tea-table, modestly
054:255,24[I  ]| and conveniently abstracted."
054:255,25[L  ]| "I beg your pardon$0$ ~ I do not think she looks$1$ \that$6#2$\,
054:255,26[L  ]| $I$Duchess," 
054:255,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon lucidly broke in.  How much
054:255,27['  ]| she had carried him with her in spite$8$ of himself was
054:255,28['  ]| betrayed by$4$ the very terms of his dissent. 
054:255,28[L  ]| "I do not
054:255,29[L  ]| think it would strike any one that$3$ she looks$1$ ""convenient."""
054:255,30[L  ]| 
054:255,31['  ]| His companion, laughing, gave a shrug. 
054:252,31[I  ]| "Try her
054:255,32[I  ]| and perhaps you will$1$ find her so$5#2$!" 
054:255,32['  ]| But his objection
054:256,01['  ]| had none the less pulled her up a little. 
054:256,01[I  ]| "I do not say
054:256,02[I  ]| she is a hypocrite, for$3$ it would certainly be less decent
054:256,03[I  ]| for$4$ her to$9$ giggle and wink.  It is $D$Mrs%*Brook's theory
054:256,04[I  ]| moreover, is not it?  that$3$ she has, from five to$4$ seven
054:256,05[I  ]| at least, lowered the pitch.  Does not she pretend that$3$
054:256,06[I  ]| she bears in mind$0$ every moment the tiresome difference
054:256,07[I  ]| made by$4$ the presence of sweet virginal eighteen?"
054:256,08[I  ]|
054:256,09[L  ]| "I have not, I am afraid, a notion of what$6#1$ she pretends!"
054:256,10[L  ]|
054:256,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had spoken with a curtness to$4$ which$6#1$
054:256,12['  ]| his friend's particular manner of overlooking it only
054:256,13['  ]| added significance. 
054:256,13[I  ]| "They have become," 
054:256,13['  ]| she pursued,
054:256,14[I  ]| "superficial or insincere or frivolous, but at least
054:256,15[I  ]| they have become, with the way the drag is put on$5$,
054:256,16[I  ]| quite as dull as other people."	
054:256,17['  ]| He showed no$2$ sign of taking this up; instead of it
054:256,18['  ]| he said abruptly: 
054:256,18[L  ]| "But if it is not $M$Mr%*Mitchett's
054:256,19[L  ]| own$2$ idea?"
054:256,20['  ]| His fellow visitor barely hesitated. 
054:256,20[I  ]| "It would be
054:256,21[I  ]| his own$2$ if he were free ~ and it would be $N$Lord*Petherton's
054:256,22[I  ]| \for$4$\ him.  I mean$1$ by$4$ his being$1$ free $A$Nanda's
054:256,23[I  ]| becoming$1$ definitely lost to$4$ him.  Then it would be
054:256,24[I  ]| impossible for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook to$9$ continue to$9$ persuade
054:256,25[I  ]| him, as she does now, that$3$ by$4$ a waiting game he will$1$
054:256,26[I  ]| come to$4$ his chance$0$.  His chance$0$ will$1$ cease to$9$ exist,
054:256,27[I  ]| and he wants$1$ so$5#1$, poor darling, to$9$ marry.  You have
054:256,28[I  ]| really now seen my niece," 
054:256,28['  ]| she went on$5$. 
054:256,28[I  ]| "That is
054:256,29[I  ]| another reason$0$ why I hold$1$ you can help$1$ me."
054:256,30[L  ]| "Yes ~ I have seen her."
054:256,31[I  ]| "Well$7$, there she is." 
054:256,31['  ]| It was as if in the pause$0$ that$6#1$
054:256,32['  ]| followed this they sat looking at little absent $J$Aggie
054:257,01['  ]| with a wonder$0$ that$6#1$ was almost equal$2$.  
054:257,01[I  ]| "The good
054:257,02[I  ]| God has given her to$4$ me," 
054:257,02['  ]| the $I$Duchess said at 
054:257,03['  ]| last$0$.
054:257,04[L  ]| "It seems to$4$ me then that$3$ she herself is, in her
054:257,05[L  ]| remarkable loveliness, really your help$0$."
054:257,06[I  ]| "She will$1$ be doubly so$5#2$ if you give me proofs that$3$ you
054:257,07[I  ]| believe in her." 
054:257,07['  ]| And the $I$Duchess, appearing to$9$ consider
054:257,08['  ]| that$3$ with this she had made herself clear$2$ and
054:257,09['  ]| her interlocutor plastic, rose$1$ in confident majesty.
054:257,10[I  ]| "I leave$1$ it to$4$ you."
054:257,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon did the same, but with more consideration
054:257,12['  ]| now. 
054:257,12[L  ]| "Is it your expectation that$3$ I shall speak
054:257,13[L  ]| to$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchett?"
054:257,14[I  ]| "Do not flatter yourself he will$1$ not speak to$4$ \you\!"
054:257,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon made it out$5$. 
054:257,15[L  ]| "As supposing me, you
054:257,16[L  ]| mean$1$, an interested party?"
054:257,17['  ]| She clapped her gloved hands for$4$ joy. 
054:257,17[I  ]| "It is a delight$0$
054:257,18[I  ]| to$9$ hear you practically admit that$3$ you \are\ one!
054:257,19[I  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett will$1$ take anything from you ~ above$4$
054:257,20[I  ]| all perfect$2$ candour.  It is not every day one meets \your\
054:257,21[I  ]| kind$0$, and he is a connoisseur.  I leave$1$ it to$4$ you ~ I
054:257,22[I  ]| leave$1$ it to$4$ you."
054:257,23['  ]| She spoke as if it were something she had thrust
054:257,24['  ]| bodily into his hands and wished to$9$ hurry$1$ away from.
054:257,25['  ]| He put his hands behind him ~ straightening himself
054:257,26['  ]| a little, half-kindled, still$5$ half-confused. 
054:257,26[L  ]| "You are
054:257,27[L  ]| all extraordinary people!"
054:257,28['  ]| She gave a toss of her head$0$ that$6#1$ showed her as not
054:257,29['  ]| so$5#1$ dazzled. 
054:257,29[I  ]| "You are the best of us, \8caro*mio\ ~ you
054:257,30[I  ]| and $J$Aggie: for$3$ $J$Aggie is as good as you.  $M$Mitchy is
054:257,31[I  ]| good too$5#2$, however ~ $M$Mitchy is beautiful.  You see it is
054:257,32[I  ]| not only his money.  He is a gentleman.  So$5#2$ are you.
054:258,01[I  ]| There are not so$5#1$ many.  But we must move$1$ fast," 
054:258,01['  ]| she
054:258,02['  ]| added more sharply.
054:258,03[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ fast?"
054:258,04[I  ]| "What$6#2$ should I mean$1$ but what$6#1$ I say?  If $A$Nanda
054:258,05[I  ]| does not get a husband early in the business ~"
054:258,06[L  ]| "Well$7$?" 
054:258,06['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, as she appeared to$9$
054:258,07['  ]| pause$1$ with the weight of her idea.
054:258,08[I  ]| "Why she will$1$ not get one late ~ she will$1$ not get one
054:258,09[I  ]| at all.  One, I mean$1$, of the kind$0$ she will$1$ take.  She will$1$
054:258,10[I  ]| have been in it over-long for$4$ \their\ taste."
054:258,11['  ]| She had moved, looking off and about$4$ her ~ little
054:258,12['  ]| $J$Aggie always on$4$ her mind$0$ ~ to$4$ the flight of steps,
054:258,13['  ]| where she again hung fire$0$; and had really ended by$4$
054:258,14['  ]| producing in him the manner of keeping$1$ up with her
054:258,15['  ]| to$9$ challenge her. 
054:258,15[L  ]| "Been in what$6#2$?"
054:258,16['  ]| She went down$4$ a few steps while$9$ he stood with his
054:258,17['  ]| face$0$ full of perceptions strained and scattered. 
054:258,17[I  ]| "Why
054:258,18[I  ]| in the air they themselves have infected for$4$ her!"
055:259,01['  ]| Late that$6#2$ night, in the smoking-room, when the
055:259,02['  ]| smokers ~ talkers and listeners alike ~ were about$5$
055:259,03['  ]| to$9$ disperse, $L$Mr%*Longdon asked $B$Vanderbank to$9$ stay$1$,
055:259,04['  ]| and then it was that$3$ the young man, to$4$ whom$6#1$ all the
055:259,05['  ]| evening he had not addressed a word, could make$1$
055:259,06['  ]| out$5$ why, a little unnaturally, he had prolonged his
055:259,07['  ]| vigil. 
055:259,07[L  ]| "I have something particular to$9$ say to$4$ you and
055:259,08[L  ]| I have been waiting.  I hope$1$ you do not mind$1$.  It is rather
055:259,09[L  ]| important." 
055:259,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank expressed on$4$ the spot the
055:259,10['  ]| liveliest desire$0$ to$9$ oblige him and, quickly lighting another
055:259,11['  ]| cigarette, mounted again to$4$ the deep divan with
055:259,12['  ]| which$6#1$ a part$0$ of the place$0$ was furnished.  The smoking-room
055:259,13['  ]| at Mertle was not unworthy of the general$2$
055:259,14['  ]| nobleness, and the fastidious spectator had clearly
055:259,15['  ]| been reckoned on$5$ in the great leather-covered lounge
055:259,16['  ]| that$6#1$, raised by$4$ a step$0$ or two above$4$ the floor, applied
055:259,17['  ]| its back$0$ to$4$ two quarters of the wall and enjoyed most
055:259,18['  ]| immediately a view$0$ of the billiard-table.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:259,19['  ]| continued for$4$ a minute$0$ to$9$ roam with the air of
055:259,20['  ]| dissimulated absence that$6#1$, during the previous hour
055:259,21['  ]| and among the other men, his companion's eye had
055:259,22['  ]| not lost; he pushed a ball$0#1$ or two about$5$, examined the
055:259,23['  ]| form$0$ of an ash-stand, swung his glasses almost with
055:259,24['  ]| violence and declined either to$9$ smoke or to$9$ sit down$5$.
055:259,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, perched aloft on$4$ the bench and awaiting
055:259,26['  ]| developments, had a little the look$0$ of some prepossessing
055:259,27['  ]| criminal who$6#1$, in court$0$, should have changed
055:260,01['  ]| places$0$ with the judge$0$.  He was unlike many a man
055:260,02['  ]| of marked good looks$0$ in that$3$ the effect$0$ of evening
055:260,03['  ]| dress$0$ was not, with a perversity often observed in such
055:260,04['  ]| cases, to$9$ over-emphasise his fineness.  His type was
055:260,05['  ]| rather chastened than heightened, and he sat there
055:260,06['  ]| moreover with a primary discretion quite in the note$0$
055:260,07['  ]| of the deference that$6#1$ from the first, with his friend
055:260,08['  ]| of the elder fashion$0$, he had taken as imposed.  He
055:260,09['  ]| had a strong sense for$4$ shades of respect$0$ and was now
055:260,10['  ]| careful to$9$ loll scarcely more than with an official
055:260,11['  ]| superior$0$. 
055:260,11[L  ]| "If you ask me," 
055:260,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon presently
055:260,12['  ]| continued, 
055:260,12[L  ]| "why at this hour of the night ~ after$4$ a 
055:260,13[L  ]| day at best too$5#1$ heterogeneous ~ I do not keep over till
055:260,14[L  ]| to-morrow whatever I may$1$ have to$9$ say, I can only tell
055:260,15[L  ]| you that$3$ I appeal to$4$ you now because I have something
055:260,16[L  ]| on$4$ my mind$0$ that$6#1$ I shall sleep$1$ the better$9$ for$4$ being$1$ 
055:260,17[L  ]| rid of."
055:260,18['  ]| There was space to$9$ circulate in front$0$ of the \9hautpas\,
055:260,19['  ]| where he had still$5$ paced and still$5$ swung his
055:260,20['  ]| glasses; but with these words he had paused, leaning
055:260,21['  ]| against the billiard-table, to$9$ meet$1$ the interested
055:260,22['  ]| urbanity of the answer$0$ they produced. 
055:260,22[B  ]| "Are you
055:260,23[B  ]| very sure that$3$ having got rid of it you \will$1$\ sleep$1$?  Is
055:260,24[B  ]| it a pure confidence," 
055:260,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said, 
055:260,24[B  ]| "that$6#1$ you do
055:260,25[B  ]| me the honour$0$ to$9$ make$1$ me?  Is it something terrific
055:260,26[B  ]| that$6#1$ requires a reply$0$, so$3$ that$3$ I shall have to$9$ take account$0$
055:260,27[B  ]| on$4$ my side$0$ of the rest$0#1$ I may$1$ deprive you of?"
055:260,28[L  ]| "Do not take account$0$ of anything ~ I am myself
055:260,29[L  ]| a man who$6#1$ always takes too$5#1$ much.  It is not a matter
055:260,30[L  ]| about$4$ which$6#1$ I press$1$ you for$4$ an immediate answer$0$.
055:260,31[L  ]| You can give me no$2$ answer$0$ probably without a good
055:260,32[L  ]| deal$0#2$ of thought$0$.  \I have\ thought$1$ a good deal$0#2$ ~ otherwise
055:261,01[L  ]| I would not speak.  I only want$1$ to$9$ put something
055:261,02[L  ]| before$4$ you and leave$1$ it there."
055:261,03[B  ]| "I never see you," 
055:261,03['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
055:261,03[B  ]| "that$3$ you
055:261,04[B  ]| do not put something before$4$ me."
055:261,05[L  ]| "That$6#2$ sounds$1$," 
055:261,05['  ]| his friend returned, 
055:261,05[L  ]| "as if I rather
055:261,06[L  ]| overloaded ~ what$6#2$ is the sort of thing you fellows
055:261,07[L  ]| nowadays say? ~ your intellectual board.  If there is
055:261,08[L  ]| a congestion of dishes sweep everything without
055:261,09[L  ]| scruple$0$ away.  I have never put before$4$ you anything
055:261,10[L  ]| like$9$ this."
055:261,11['  ]| He spoke with a weight that$6#1$ in the great space,
055:261,12['  ]| where it resounded a little, made an impression ~ an
055:261,13['  ]| impression marked by$4$ the momentary pause$0$ that$6#1$
055:261,14['  ]| fell between them.  He partly broke the silence$0$ first
055:261,15['  ]| by$4$ beginning$1$ to$9$ walk$1$ again, and then $B$Vanderbank
055:261,16['  ]| broke it as through$4$ the apprehension of their becoming$1$
055:261,17['  ]| perhaps too$5#1$ solemn. 
055:261,17[B  ]| "Well$7$, you immensely interest$1$
055:261,18[B  ]| me and you really could not have chosen a better$9$
055:261,19[B  ]| time.  A secret$0$ ~ for$3$ we shall make$1$ it that$6#2$ of course$8$,
055:261,20[B  ]| shall not we? ~ at this witching hour, in this great old
055:261,21[B  ]| house, is all my visit$0$ here will$1$ have required to$9$ make$1$
055:261,22[B  ]| the whole$2$ thing a rare remembrance.  So$3$ I assure
055:261,23[B  ]| you the more you put before$4$ me the better$9$."
055:261,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon took up another ash-tray, but with
055:261,25['  ]| the air of doing so$5#2$ as a direct$2$ consequence of $B$Vanderbank's
055:261,26['  ]| tone.  After$3$ he had laid it down$5$ he put on$5$ his
055:261,27['  ]| glasses; then fixing his companion he brought out$5$:
055:261,28[L  ]| "Have you no$2$ idea at all ~?"
055:261,29[B  ]| "Of what$6#2$ you have in your head$0$?  Dear$2#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon,
055:261,30[B  ]| how \should\ I have?"
055:261,31[L  ]| "Well$7$, I am wondering if I should not perhaps have
055:261,32[L  ]| a little in your place$0$.  There is nothing that$6#1$ in the
055:262,01[L  ]| circumstances occurs to$4$ you as likely I should want$1$
055:262,02[L  ]| to$9$ say?"
055:262,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank gave a laugh$0$ that$6#1$ might have struck
055:262,04['  ]| an auditor as a trifle$5$ uneasy. 
055:262,04[B  ]| "When you speak of
055:262,05[B  ]| ""the circumstances"" you do a thing that$6#1$ ~ unless
055:262,06[B  ]| you mean$1$ the simple$2$ thrilling ones of this particular
055:262,07[B  ]| moment ~ always of course$8$ opens the door of the
055:262,08[B  ]| lurid for$4$ a man of any imagination.  To$4$ such a man
055:262,09[B  ]| you have only to$9$ give a nudge for$4$ his conscience to$9$
055:262,10[B  ]| jump.  That is at any rate$0$ the case with mine$6$.  It is
055:262,11[B  ]| never quite on$4$ its feet ~ so$3$ it is now already on$4$ its
055:262,12[B  ]| back$0$." 
055:262,12['  ]| He stopped a little ~ his smile$0$ was even$5$
055:262,13['  ]| strained. 
055:262,13[B  ]| "Is what$6#1$ you want$1$ to$9$ put before$4$ me something
055:262,14[B  ]| awful I have done?"
055:262,15[L  ]| "Excuse$1$ me if I press$1$ this point$0$." 
055:262,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:262,16['  ]| spoke kindly, but if his friend's anxiety grew his own$2$
055:262,17['  ]| thereby diminished. 
055:262,17[L  ]| "Can you think of nothing at
055:262,18[L  ]| all?"
055:262,19[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ that$6#1$ I have done?"
055:262,20[L  ]| "No$7$, but that$6#1$ ~ whether you have done it or not ~
055:262,21[L  ]| I may$1$ have become aware of."
055:262,22['  ]| There could have been no$2$ better$9$ proof than $B$Vanderbank's
055:262,23['  ]| expression, on$4$ this, of his having mastered
055:262,24['  ]| the secret$0$ of humouring without appearing to$9$ patronise.
055:262,25[B  ]| "I think you ought to$9$ give me a little more of
055:262,26[B  ]| a clue."
055:262,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon took off his glasses. 
055:262,27[L  ]| "Well$7$ ~ the
055:262,28[L  ]| clue is $A$Nanda*Brookenham."
055:262,29[B  ]| "Oh I see."  
055:262,29['  ]| His friend had responded quickly,
055:262,30['  ]| but for$4$ a minute$0$ said nothing more, and the great
055:262,31['  ]| marble clock that$6#1$ gave the place$0$ the air of a club
055:262,32['  ]| ticked louder in the stillness.  $L$Mr%*Longdon waited
055:263,01['  ]| with a benevolent want$0$ of mercy, yet with a look$0$ in
055:263,02['  ]| his face$0$ that$6#1$ spoke of what$6#1$ depended for$4$ him ~
055:263,03['  ]| though indeed very far within ~ on$4$ the upshot of his
055:263,04['  ]| patience.  The hush between them, for$4$ that$6#2$ matter,
055:263,05['  ]| became a conscious public$2$ measure$0$ of the young
055:263,06['  ]| man's honesty.  He evidently at last$0$ felt it as such,
055:263,07['  ]| and there would have been for$4$ an observer of his
055:263,08['  ]| handsome controlled face$0$ a study$0$ of some sharp
055:263,09['  ]| things.  
055:263,09[B  ]| "I judge$1$ that$3$ you ask me for$4$ such an utterance,"
055:263,10['  ]| he finally said, 
055:263,10[B  ]| "as very few persons at any
055:263,11[B  ]| time have the right$0$ to$9$ expect of a man.  Think of the
055:263,12[B  ]| people ~ and very decent ones ~ to$4$ whom$6#1$ on$4$ so$5#1$
055:263,13[B  ]| many a question$0$ one must only reply$1$ that$3$ it is none
055:263,14[B  ]| of their business."
055:263,15[L  ]| "I see you know what$6#1$ I mean$1$," 
055:263,15['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon.
055:263,16['  ]|
055:263,17[B  ]| "Then you know also the distinguished exception
055:263,18[B  ]| I make$1$ of you.  There is not another man with whom$6#1$
055:263,19[B  ]| I would talk$1$ of it."
055:263,20[L  ]| "And even$5$ to$4$ me you do not!  But I am none the less
055:263,21[L  ]| obliged to$4$ you," 
055:263,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon added.
055:263,22[B  ]| "It is not only the gravity," 
055:263,22['  ]| his companion went
055:263,23['  ]| on$5$; 
055:263,24[B  ]| "it is the ridicule$0#1$ that$6#1$ inevitably attaches ~!"
055:263,24['  ]| The manner in which$6#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon indicated the
055:263,25['  ]| empty$2$ room was in itself an interruption. 
055:263,25[L  ]| "Do not I
055:263,26[L  ]| sufficiently spare$1$ you?"
055:263,27[B  ]| "Thank you, thank you," 
055:263,27['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
055:263,28[L  ]| "Besides, it is not for$4$ nothing,"
055:263,29[B  ]| "Of course$8$ not!" 
055:263,29['  ]| the young man returned, though
055:263,30['  ]| with a look$0$ of noting the next moment a certain awkwardness
055:263,31['  ]| in his concurrence. 
055:263,31[B  ]| "But do not spare$1$ me
055:263,32[B  ]| now."
055:264,01[L  ]| "I do not mean$1$ to$9$." 
055:264,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had his back$0$ to$4$
055:264,02['  ]| the table again, on$4$ which$6#1$ he rested with each hand
055:264,03['  ]| on$4$ the rim. 
055:264,03[L  ]| "I do not mean$1$ to$9$," 
055:264,03['  ]| he repeated.
055:264,04['  ]| His victim gave a laugh$0$ that$6#1$ betrayed at least the
055:264,05['  ]| drop$0$ of a tension. 
055:264,05[B  ]| "Yet I do not quite see what$6#1$ you
055:264,06[B  ]| can do to$4$ me."
055:264,07[L  ]| "It is just$9$ what$6#1$ for$4$ some time past$9$ I have been trying$1$
055:264,08[L  ]| to$9$ think."
055:264,09[B  ]| "And at last$0$ you have discovered?"
055:264,10[L  ]| "Well$7$ ~ it has finally glimmered out$5$ a little in
055:264,11[L  ]| this extraordinary place$0$."
055:264,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank frankly wondered. 
055:264,12[B  ]| "In consequence
055:264,13[B  ]| of anything particular that$6#1$ has happened?"
055:264,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had a pause$0$. 
055:264,14[L  ]| "For$4$ an old idiot who$6#1$
055:264,15[L  ]| notices as much as I something particular is always
055:264,16[L  ]| happening.  If you are a man of imagination ~"
055:264,17[B  ]| "Oh," 
055:264,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank broke in, 
055:264,17[B  ]| "I know how much
055:264,18[B  ]| more in that$6#2$ case you are one!  It only makes me regret$1$,"
055:264,19['  ]| he continued, 
055:264,19[B  ]| "that$3$ I have not attended more
055:264,20[B  ]| since yesterday to$4$ what$6#1$ you have been about$4$."
055:264,21[L  ]| "I have been about$4$ nothing but what$6#1$ among you
055:264,22[L  ]| people I am always about$4$.  I have been seeing, feeling$1$,
055:264,23[L  ]| thinking.  That$6#2$ makes no$2$ show$0$, of course$8$ I am aware,
055:264,24[L  ]| for$4$ any*one but myself, and it is wholly my own$2$ affair.
055:264,25[L  ]| Except indeed," 
055:264,25['  ]| he added, 
055:264,25[L  ]| "so$5#1$ far as I have taken into
055:264,26[L  ]| my head$0$ to$9$ make$1$, on$4$ it all, this special appeal.  There
055:264,27[L  ]| are things that$6#1$ have come home to$4$ me."
055:264,28[B  ]| "Oh I see, I see." 
055:264,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank showed the friendliest
055:264,29['  ]| alertness. 
055:264,29[B  ]| "I am to$9$ take it from you then, with
055:264,30[B  ]| all the avidity of my vanity, that$3$ I strike you as the
055:264,31[B  ]| person best able to$9$ understand what$6#1$ they are."
055:264,32['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon appeared to$9$ wonder$1$ an instant$0$ if his
055:265,01['  ]| intelligence now had not almost too$5#1$ much of a glitter:
055:265,02['  ]| he kept the same position, his back$0$ against the table,
055:265,03['  ]| and while$9$ $B$Vanderbank, on$4$ the settee, pressed upright
055:265,04['  ]| against the wall, they recognised in silence$0$ that$3$ they
055:265,05['  ]| were trying$1$ each other. 
055:265,05[L  ]| "You are much the best
055:265,06[L  ]| of them.  I have my ideas about$4$ you.  You have great
055:265,07[L  ]| gifts."
055:265,08[B  ]| "Well$7$ then, we are worthy of each other.  When
055:265,09[B  ]| Greek meets Greek ~!" 
055:265,09['  ]| and the young man laughed
055:265,10['  ]| while$9$, a little with the air of bracing himself, he folded
055:265,11['  ]| his arms. 
055:265,11[B  ]| "Here we are."
055:265,12['  ]| His companion looked at him a moment longer,
055:265,13['  ]| then, turning$1$ away, went slowly round$4$ the table.  On$4$ 
055:265,14['  ]| the further side$0$ of it he stopped again and, after$4$ a 
055:265,15['  ]| minute$0$, with a nervous movement, set$1$ a ball$0#1$ or two
055:265,16['  ]| in motion. 
055:265,16[L  ]| "It is beautiful ~ but it is terrible!" 
055:265,16['  ]| he
055:265,17['  ]| finally murmured.  He had not his eyes on$4$ $B$Vanderbank,
055:265,18['  ]| who$6#1$ for$4$ a minute$0$ said nothing, and he presently
055:265,19['  ]| went on$5$: 
055:265,19[L  ]| "To$9$ see it and not to$9$ want$1$ to$9$ try to$9$ help$1$ ~
055:265,20[L  ]| well$7$, I can not do that$6#2$." 
055:265,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, still$5$ neither speaking
055:265,21['  ]| nor moving, remained as if he might interrupt
055:265,22['  ]| something of high importance, and his friend, passing$1$
055:265,23['  ]| along$4$ the opposite edge of the table, continued to$9$ produce
055:265,24['  ]| in the stillness, without the cue, the small click
055:265,25['  ]| of the ivory. 
055:265,25[L  ]| "How long$9$ ~ if you do not mind$1$ my
055:265,26[L  ]| asking ~ have you known it?"
055:265,27['  ]| Even$5$ for$4$ this at first $B$Vanderbank had no$2$ answer$0$ ~
055:265,28['  ]| none but to$9$ rise$1$ from his place$0$, come down$5$ to$4$ the floor
055:265,29['  ]| and, standing$1$ there, look$1$ at $L$Mr%*Longdon across$4$ the
055:265,30['  ]| table.  He was serious$2$ now, but without being$1$ solemn.
055:265,31[B  ]| "How can one tell?  One can never be sure.  A man
055:265,32[B  ]| may$1$ fancy$1$, may$1$ wonder$1$; but about$4$ a girl, a person so$5#1$
055:266,01[B  ]| much younger than himself and so$5#1$ much more helpless,
055:266,02[B  ]| he feels a ~ what$6#2$ shall I call$1$ it?"
055:266,03[L  ]| "A delicacy?" 
055:266,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon suggested.
055:266,04[B  ]| "It may$1$ be that$6#2$; the name$0$ does not matter; at
055:266,05[B  ]| all events he is embarrassed.  He wants$1$ not to$9$ be an
055:266,06[B  ]| ass on$4$ the one side$0$ and yet not some other kind$0$ of
055:266,07[B  ]| brute on$4$ the other."
055:266,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon listened with consideration ~ with
055:266,09['  ]| a beautiful little air indeed of being$1$, in his all but
055:266,10['  ]| finally benighted state$0$, earnestly open$2$ to$4$ information
055:266,11['  ]| on$4$ such points from a magnificent young man. 
055:266,11[L  ]| "He
055:266,12[L  ]| does not want$1$, you mean$1$, to$9$ be a coxcomb? ~ and
055:266,13[L  ]| he does not want$1$ to$9$ be cruel?"
055:266,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, visibly preoccupied, produced a faint$2$
055:266,15['  ]| kind$2$ smile$0$. 
055:266,15[B  ]| "Oh you \know\!"
055:266,16[L  ]| "I?  I should know less than any*one."
055:266,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had turned away from the table on$4$
055:266,18['  ]| this, and the eyes of his companion, who$6#1$ after$4$ an
055:266,19['  ]| instant$0$ had caught his meaning$0$, watched him move$1$
055:266,20['  ]| along$4$ the room and approach$1$ another part$0$ of the
055:266,21['  ]| divan.  The consequence of the passage was that$3$
055:266,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's only rejoinder was presently to$9$ say:
055:266,23[B  ]| "I can not tell you how long$9$ I have imagined ~ have
055:266,24[B  ]| asked myself.  She is so$5#1$ charming, so$5#1$ interesting, and
055:266,25[B  ]| I feel as if I had known her always.  I have thought$1$
055:266,26[B  ]| of one thing and another to$9$ do ~ and then, on$4$ purpose,
055:266,27[B  ]| have not thought$1$ at all.  That$6#2$ has mostly seemed
055:266,28[B  ]| to$4$ me best."
055:266,29[L  ]| "Then I gather," 
055:266,29['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
055:266,29[L  ]| "that$3$ your
055:266,30[L  ]| interest$0$ in her ~?"
055:266,31[B  ]| "Has not the same character as her interest$0$ in
055:266,32[B  ]| \me\?" 
055:266,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had taken him up responsively,
055:267,01['  ]| but after$4$ speaking looked about$5$ for$4$ a match$0$ and
055:267,02['  ]| lighted a new cigarette. 
055:267,02[B  ]| "I am sure you understand,"
055:267,03['  ]| he broke out$5$, 
055:267,03[B  ]| "what$6#1$ an extreme$2$ effort it is to$4$ me to$9$
055:267,04[B  ]| talk$1$ of such things!"
055:267,05[L  ]| "Yes, yes.  But it is just$9$ effort only?  It gives you
055:267,06[L  ]| no$2$ pleasure?  I mean$1$ the fact of her condition$0$," 
055:267,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:267,07['  ]| explained.
055:267,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had really to$9$ think a little. 
055:267,08[B  ]| "However
055:267,09[B  ]| much it might give me I should probably not be a 
055:267,10[B  ]| fellow to$9$ gush.  I am a self-conscious stick of a Briton."
055:267,11[L  ]| "But even$5$ a stick of a Briton ~!" 
055:267,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:267,12['  ]| faltered and hovered. 
055:267,12[L  ]| "I have gushed in short to$4$ \you\."
055:267,13[B  ]| "About$4$ $ZI$Lady*Julia?" 
055:267,13['  ]| the young man frankly asked.
055:267,14[B  ]| "Is gushing what$6#1$ you call$1$ what$6#1$ you have done?"
055:267,15[L  ]| "Say then we are sticks of Britons.  You are not in
055:267,16[L  ]| any degree at all in love$0$?"
055:267,17['  ]| There fell between them before$3$ $B$Vanderbank
055:267,18['  ]| replied, another pause$0$, of which$6#1$ he took advantage
055:267,19['  ]| to$9$ move$1$ once more round$4$ the table.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:267,20['  ]| meanwhile had mounted to$4$ the high bench and sat
055:267,21['  ]| there as if the judge$0$ were now in his proper place$0$.
055:267,22['  ]| At last$0$ his companion spoke. 
055:267,22[B  ]| "What$6#1$ you are coming
055:267,23[B  ]| to$4$ is of course$8$ that$3$ you have conceived a desire$0$."
055:267,24[L  ]| "That is it ~ strange as it may$1$ seem.  But believe
055:267,25[L  ]| me, it has not been precipitate.  I have watched
055:267,26[L  ]| you both."
055:267,27[B  ]| "Oh I knew you were watching \her\," 
055:267,27['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
055:267,28['  ]|
055:267,29[L  ]| "To$4$ such a tune that$3$ I have made up my mind$0$.  I
055:267,30[L  ]| want$1$ her so$5#1$ to$9$ marry ~!" 
055:267,30['  ]| But on$4$ the odd little
055:267,31['  ]| quaver of longing$0$ with which$6#1$ he brought it out$5$ the
055:267,32['  ]| elder man fairly hung.
055:268,01[B  ]| "Well$7$?" 
055:268,01['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
055:268,02[L  ]| "Well$7$, so$3$ that$3$ on$4$ the day she does she will$1$ come into
055:268,03[L  ]| the interest$0$ of a considerable sum of money ~ already
055:268,04[L  ]| very decently invested ~ that$6#1$ I have determined$1$ to$9$
055:268,05[L  ]| settle on$4$ her."
055:268,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's instant$2$ admiration flushed across$4$ the
055:268,07['  ]| room. 
055:268,07[B  ]| "How awfully jolly of you ~ how beautiful!"
055:268,08[L  ]| "Oh there is a way to$9$ show$1$ practically your appreciation
055:268,09[L  ]| of it."
055:268,10['  ]| But $B$Vanderbank, for$4$ enthusiasm, scarcely heard
055:268,11['  ]| him. 
055:268,11[B  ]| "I can not tell you how admirable I think you."
055:268,12['  ]| Then eagerly, 
055:268,12[B  ]| "Does $A$Nanda know it?" 
055:268,12['  ]| he demanded.
055:268,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, after$4$ a wait, spoke with comparative
055:268,14['  ]| dryness. 
055:268,14[L  ]| "My idea has been that$3$ for$4$ the present$0#1$ you
055:268,15[L  ]| alone shall."
055:268,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took it in. 
055:268,16[B  ]| "No$2$ other man?"
055:268,17['  ]| His companion looked still$5$ graver. 
055:268,17[L  ]| "I need$1$ scarcely
055:268,18[L  ]| say that$3$ I depend on$4$ you to$9$ keep the fact to$4$ yourself."
055:268,19[B  ]| "Absolutely then and utterly.  But that$6#2$ will$1$ not prevent
055:268,20[B  ]| what$6#1$ I think of it.  Nothing for$4$ a long$9$ time has
055:268,21[B  ]| given me such joy."
055:268,22['  ]| Shining and sincere, he had held for$4$ a minute$0$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's
055:268,23['  ]| eyes. 
055:268,23[L  ]| "Then you do care$1$ for$4$ her?"
055:268,24[B  ]| "Immensely.  Never, I think, so$5#1$ much as now.
055:268,25[B  ]| That$6#2$ sounds$1$ of a grossness, does not it?" 
055:268,25['  ]| the young 
055:268,26['  ]| man laughed. 
055:268,26[B  ]| "But your announcement really lights
055:268,27[B  ]| up the mind$0$."
055:268,28['  ]| His friend for$4$ a moment almost glowed with his
055:268,29['  ]| pleasure. 
055:268,29[L  ]| "The sum I have fixed upon would be, I may$1$
055:268,30[L  ]| mention$1$, substantial, and I should of course$8$ be prepared
055:268,31[L  ]| with a clear$2$ statement ~ a very definite pledge
055:268,32[L  ]| ~ of my intentions."
055:269,01[B  ]| "So$5#1$ much the better$9$!  Only" 
055:269,01['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank suddenly
055:269,02['  ]| pulled himself up ~ 
055:269,02[B  ]| "to$9$ get it she \must\
055:269,03[B  ]| marry?"
055:269,04[L  ]| "It is not in my interest$0$ to$9$ allow you to$9$ suppose
055:269,05[L  ]| she need not, and it is only because of my intensely
055:269,06[L  ]| wanting her marriage that$3$ I have spoken to$4$ you."
055:269,07[B  ]| "And on$4$ the ground also with it" 
055:269,07['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank
055:269,08['  ]| so$5#1$ far concurred ~ 
055:269,08[B  ]| "of your quite taking for$4$ granted
055:269,09[B  ]| my only having to$9$ put myself forward$5$?"
055:269,10['  ]| If his friend seemed to$9$ cast$1$ about$5$ it proved but to$9$
055:269,11['  ]| be for$4$ the fullest expression.  Nothing in fact could
055:269,12['  ]| have been more charged than the quiet$2$ way in which$6#1$
055:269,13['  ]| he presently said: 
055:269,13[L  ]| "My dear$2#1$ boy, I back$1$ you."
055:269,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank clearly was touched by$4$ it. 
055:269,14[B  ]| "How
055:269,15[B  ]| extraordinarily kind$2$ you are to$4$ me!" 
055:269,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's
055:269,16['  ]| silence$0$ appeared to$9$ reply$1$ that$3$ he was willing to$9$ let
055:269,17['  ]| it go for$4$ that$6#2$, and the young man next went on$5$:
055:269,18[B  ]| "What$6#1$ it comes to$4$ then ~ as you put it ~ is that$3$
055:269,19[B  ]| it is a way for$4$ me to$9$ add something handsome to$4$ my
055:269,20[B  ]| income."
055:269,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon sat for$4$ a little with his eyes attached
055:269,22['  ]| to$4$ the green field of the billiard-table, vivid in the
055:269,23['  ]| spreading suspended lamplight. 
055:269,23[L  ]| "I think I ought to$9$
055:269,24[L  ]| tell you the figure I have in mind$0$."
055:269,25['  ]| Another person present$9$ might have felt rather
055:269,26['  ]| taxed either to$9$ determine the degree of provocation
055:269,27['  ]| represented by$4$ $B$Vanderbank's considerate smile$0$, or
055:269,28['  ]| to$9$ say if there was an appreciable interval before$3$ he
055:269,29['  ]| rang out$5$: 
055:269,29[B  ]| "I think, you know, you ought not to$9$ do
055:269,30[B  ]| anything of the sort.  Let that$6#2$ alone, please.  The
055:269,31[B  ]| great thing is the interest$0$ ~ the great thing is the
055:269,32[B  ]| wish$0$ you express$1$.  It represents a view$0$ of me, an attitude
055:270,01[B  ]| toward me ~!" 
055:270,01['  ]| He pulled up, dropping his
055:270,02['  ]| arms and turning$1$ away before$4$ the complete$2$ image.
055:270,03[L  ]| "There is nothing in those things that$6#1$ need$1$ overwhelm
055:270,04[L  ]| you.  It would be odd if you had not yourself,
055:270,05[L  ]| about$4$ your value$0$ and your future a feeling$0$
055:270,06[L  ]| quite as lively as any feeling$0$ of mine$6$.  There \is\ mine$6$
055:270,07[L  ]| at all events.  I can not help$1$ it.  Accept it.  Then of
055:270,08[L  ]| the other feeling$0$ ~ how \she\ moves me ~ I will$1$ not
055:270,09[L  ]| speak."
055:270,10[B  ]| "You sufficiently show$1$ it!"
055:270,11['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon continued to$9$ watch$1$ the bright circle
055:270,12['  ]| on$4$ the table, lost in which$6#1$ a moment he let his friend's
055:270,13['  ]| answer$0$ pass$1$: 
055:270,13[L  ]| "I will$1$ not begin to$4$ you on$4$ $A$Nanda."
055:270,14[B  ]| "Do not," 
055:270,14['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.  But in the pause$0$ that$6#1$
055:270,15['  ]| ensued each, in one way or another, might have been
055:270,16['  ]| thinking of her for$4$ himself.
055:270,17['  ]| It was broken by$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's presently going
055:270,18['  ]| on$5$: 
055:270,18[L  ]| "Of course$8$ what$6#1$ it superficially has the air of is
055:270,19[L  ]| my offering to$9$ pay$1$ you for$4$ taking a certain step$0$.  It is
055:270,20[L  ]| open$1$ to$4$ you to$9$ be grand and proud ~ to$9$ wrap yourself
055:270,21[L  ]| in your majesty and ask if I suppose you bribeable.
055:270,22[L  ]| I have not spoken without having thought$1$ of
055:270,23[L  ]| that$6#2$."
055:270,24[B  ]| "Yes," 
055:270,24['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank all responsively, 
055:270,24[B  ]| "but
055:270,25[B  ]| it is not as if you proposed to$4$ me, is it, anything
055:270,26[B  ]| dreadful?  If one cares$1$ for$4$ a girl one is deucedly glad
055:270,27[B  ]| she has money.  The more of anything good she has
055:270,28[B  ]| the better$9$.  I may$1$ assure you," 
055:270,28['  ]| he added with the
055:270,29['  ]| brightness of his friendly intelligence and quite as if
055:270,30['  ]| to$9$ show$1$ his companion the way to$9$ be least concerned
055:270,31['  ]| ~
055:270,31[B  ]| "I may$1$ assure you that$3$ once I were disposed to$9$
055:270,32[B  ]| act$1$ on$4$ your suggestion I would make$1$ short work$0$ of any
055:271,01[B  ]| vulgar interpretation of my motive.  I should simply
055:271,02[B  ]| try to$9$ be as fine as yourself." 
055:271,02['  ]| He smoked, he moved
055:271,03['  ]| about$5$, then came up in another place$0$. 
055:271,03[B  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say
055:271,04[B  ]| you know that$3$ dear$2#1$ old $M$Mitchy, under whose$6#1$ blessed
055:271,05[B  ]| roof we are plotting this midnight treason, would
055:271,06[B  ]| marry her like$9$ a shot and without a penny."
055:271,07[L  ]| "I think I know everything ~ I think I have thought$1$
055:271,08[L  ]| of everything.  $M$Mr%*Mitchett," 
055:271,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon added,
055:271,09[L  ]| "is impossible."
055:271,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank appeared for$4$ an instant$0$ to$9$ wonder$1$.
055:271,11[B  ]| "Wholly then through$4$ \her\ attitude?"
055:271,12[L  ]| "Altogether."
055:271,13['  ]| Again he hesitated. 
055:271,13[B  ]| "You have asked her?"
055:271,14[L  ]| "I have asked her."
055:271,15['  ]| Once more $B$Vanderbank faltered. 
055:271,15[B  ]| "And that is how
055:271,16[B  ]| you know?"
055:271,17[L  ]| "About$4$ \your\ chance$0$?  That is how I know."
055:271,18['  ]| The young man, consuming his cigarette with concentration,
055:271,19['  ]| took again several turns$0$. 
055:271,19[B  ]| "And your idea
055:271,20[B  ]| \is\ to$9$ give one time?"
055:271,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had for$4$ a minute$0$ to$9$ turn$1$ his idea
055:271,22['  ]| over. 
055:271,22[L  ]| "How much time do you want$1$?"
055:271,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank gave a headshake that$6#1$ was both restrictive
055:271,24['  ]| and indulgent. 
055:271,24[B  ]| "I must live into it a little.
055:271,25[B  ]| Your offer$0$ has been before$4$ me only these few minutes,
055:271,26[B  ]| and it is too$5#1$ soon for$4$ me to$9$ commit myself to$4$
055:271,27[B  ]| anything whatever.  Except," 
055:271,27['  ]| he added gallantly, 
055:271,27[B  ]| "to$4$
055:271,28[B  ]| my gratitude."
055:271,29['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, at this, on$4$ the divan, got up, as
055:271,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had previously done, under the spring$0$
055:271,31['  ]| of emotion; only, unlike $B$Vanderbank, he still$5$ stood
055:271,32['  ]| there, his hands in his pockets and his face$0$, a little
055:272,01['  ]| paler, directed straight.  There was disappointment
055:272,02['  ]| in him even$5$ before$3$ he spoke. 
055:272,02[L  ]| "You have no$2$ strong
055:272,03[L  ]| enough impulse ~?"
055:272,04['  ]| His friend met him with admirable candour.
055:272,05[B  ]| "Would not it seem that$3$ if I had I would by$4$ this time
055:272,06[B  ]| have taken the jump?"
055:272,07[L  ]| "Without waiting, you mean$1$, for$4$ anybody's
055:272,08[L  ]| money?" 
055:272,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon cultivated for$4$ a little a doubt$0$.
055:272,09[L  ]| "Of course$8$ she has struck one as ~ till now ~ tremendously
055:272,10[L  ]| young."
055:272,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank looked about$5$ once more for$4$ matches
055:272,12['  ]| and occupied a time with relighting.  
055:272,12[B  ]| "Till now ~ 
055:272,13[B  ]| yes.  But it is not," 
055:272,13['  ]| he pursued, 
055:272,13[B  ]| "only because she is
055:272,14[B  ]| so$5#1$ young that$3$ ~ for$4$ each of us, and for$4$ dear$2#1$ old
055:272,15[B  ]| $M$Mitchy too$5#2$ ~ she is so$5#1$ interesting." 
055:272,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:272,16['  ]| had restlessly stepped down$5$, and $B$Vanderbank's eyes
055:272,17['  ]| followed him till he stopped again. 
055:272,17[B  ]| "I make$1$ out$5$
055:272,18[B  ]| that$3$ in spite$8$ of what$6#1$ you said to$9$ begin with you are
055:272,19[B  ]| conscious of a certain pressure."
055:272,20[L  ]| "In the matter of time?  Oh yes, I do want$1$ it \done\.
055:272,21[L  ]| That$6#2$," 
055:272,21['  ]| $A$Nanda's patron simply explained, 
055:272,21[L  ]| "is why
055:272,22[L  ]| I myself put on$5$ the screw." 
055:272,22['  ]| He spoke with the ring$0$
055:272,23['  ]| of impatience. 
055:272,23[L  ]| "I want$1$ her got out$5$."
055:272,24[B  ]| """Out$5$""?"
055:272,25[L  ]| "Out$8$ of her mother's house."
055:272,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed though ~ more immediately
055:272,27['  ]| ~ he had coloured. 
055:272,27[B  ]| "Why, her mother's house is
055:272,28[B  ]| just$9$ where I see her!"
055:272,29[L  ]| "Precisely; and if it only were not we might get on$5$
055:272,30[L  ]| faster."
055:272,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, for$4$ all his kindness, looked still$5$ more
055:272,32['  ]| amused. 
055:272,32[B  ]| "But if it only were not, as you say, I seem
055:273,01[B  ]| to$9$ understand you would not have your particular
055:273,02[B  ]| vision of urgency."
055:273,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, through$4$ adjusted glasses, took him
055:273,04['  ]| in with a look$0$ that$6#1$ was sad as well$9$ as sharp,
055:273,05['  ]| then jerked the glasses off. 
055:273,05[L  ]| "Oh you do understand."
055:273,06[L  ]|
055:273,07[B  ]| "Ah," 
055:273,07['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
055:273,07[B  ]| "I am a mass of corruption!"
055:273,08[B  ]|                                                      
055:273,09[L  ]| "You may$1$ perfectly be, but you shall not," 
055:273,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:273,10['  ]| returned with decision, 
055:273,10[L  ]| "get off on$4$ any such
055:273,11[L  ]| plea.  If you are good enough for$4$ me you are good
055:273,12[L  ]| enough, as you thoroughly know, on$4$ whatever head$0$,
055:273,13[L  ]| for$4$ any*one."
055:273,14[B  ]| "Thank you." 
055:273,14['  ]| But $B$Vanderbank, for$4$ all his happy
055:273,15['  ]| appreciation, thought$1$ again. 
055:273,15[B  ]| "We ought at any rate$0$
055:273,16[B  ]| to$9$ remember, ought not we? that$3$ we should have
055:273,17[B  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook against us."
055:273,18['  ]| His companion faltered but an instant$0$. 
055:273,18[L  ]| "Ah that is
055:273,19[L  ]| another thing I know.  But it is also exactly why.
055:273,20[L  ]| Why I want$1$ $A$Nanda away."
055:273,21[B  ]| "I see, I see."
055:273,22['  ]| The response had been prompt$2$, yet $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:273,23['  ]| seemed suddenly to$9$ show$1$ that$3$ he suspected the
055:273,24['  ]| superficial. 
055:273,24[L  ]| "Unless it is with $D$Mrs%*Brook you are
055:273,25[L  ]| in love$0$."  
055:273,25['  ]| Then on$4$ his friend's taking the idea with
055:273,26['  ]| a mere headshake of negation, a repudiation that$6#1$
055:273,27['  ]| might even$5$ have astonished by$4$ its own$2$ lack of surprise$0$,
055:273,28[L  ]| "Or unless $D$Mrs%*Brook is in love$0$ with you," 
055:273,28['  ]| he 
055:273,29['  ]| amended.
055:273,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had for$4$ this any decent gaiety. 
055:273,30[B  ]| "Ah
055:273,31[B  ]| that$6#2$ of course$8$ may$1$ perfectly be!"
055:273,32[L  ]| "But \is\ it?  That is the question$0$."
055:274,01['  ]| He continued light$2$. 
055:274,01[B  ]| "If she had declared her passion
055:274,02[B  ]| should not I rather compromise her ~?"
055:274,03[L  ]| "By$4$ letting me know?" 
055:274,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon reflected.
055:274,04[L  ]| "I am sure I can not say ~ it is a sort of thing for$4$ which$6#1$
055:274,05[L  ]| I have not a measure$0$ or a precedent.  In my time
055:274,06[L  ]| women did not declare their passion.  I am thinking of
055:274,07[L  ]| what$6#1$ the meaning$0$ is of $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's wanting
055:274,08[L  ]| you ~ as I have heard it called ~ herself."
055:274,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, still$5$ with his smile$0$, smoked a minute$0$.
055:274,10[B  ]| "That is what$6#1$ you have heard it called?"
055:274,11[L  ]| "Yes, but you must excuse$1$ me from telling you by$4$
055:274,12[L  ]| whom$6#1$."
055:274,13['  ]| He was amused at his friend's discretion. 
055:274,13[B  ]| "It is
055:274,14[B  ]| unimaginable.  But it does not matter.  We all call$1$
055:274,15[B  ]| everything ~ anything.  The meaning$0$ of it, if you
055:274,16[B  ]| and I put it so$5#2$, is ~ well$7$, a modern shade."
055:274,17[L  ]| "You must deal$1$ then yourself," 
055:274,17['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon
055:274,18[L  ]| "with your modern shades." 
055:274,18['  ]| He spoke now as if the
055:274,19['  ]| case simply awaited such dealing.
055:274,20['  ]| But at this his young friend was more grave$2$. 
055:274,20[B  ]| "\You\	
055:274,21[B  ]| could do nothing? ~ to$9$ bring, I mean$1$, $D$Mrs%*Brook
055:274,22[B  ]| round$9$."
055:274,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon fairly started. 
055:274,23[L  ]| "Propose on$4$ your behalf
055:274,24[L  ]| for$4$ her daughter?  With your authority ~ tomorrow.
055:274,25[L  ]| Authorise me and I instantly act$1$."
055:274,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's colour again rose$1$ ~ his flush was
055:274,27['  ]| complete$2$. 
055:274,27[B  ]| "How awfully you want$1$ it!"
055:274,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, after$4$ a look$0$ at him, turned away.
055:274,29[L  ]| "How awfully \you\ do not!"
055:274,30['  ]| The young man continued to$9$ blush$1$.  
055:274,30[B  ]| "No$7$ ~ you
055:274,31[B  ]| must do me justice.  You have not made a mistake$0$
055:274,32[B  ]| about$4$ me ~ I see in your proposal, I think all you
055:275,01[B  ]| can desire$1$ I should.  Only \you\ see it much more
055:275,02[B  ]| simply ~ and yet I can not just$9$ now explain.  If it
055:275,03[B  ]| \were\ so$5#1$ simple$2$ I should say to$4$ you in a moment ""Do
055:275,04[B  ]| speak to$4$ them for$4$ me"" ~ I should leave$1$ the matter
055:275,05[B  ]| with delight$0$ in your hands.  But I require time, let
055:275,06[B  ]| me remind you, and you have not yet told me how
055:275,07[B  ]| much I may$1$ take."
055:275,08['  ]| This appeal had brought them again face$0$ to$4$ face$0$,
055:275,09['  ]| and $L$Mr%*Longdon's first reply$0$ to$4$ it was a look$0$ at his
055:275,10['  ]| watch$0$. 
055:275,10[L  ]| "It is one o'clock."
055:275,11[B  ]| "Oh I require" 
055:275,11['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank had recovered his
055:275,12['  ]| pleasant humour ~ 
055:275,12[B  ]| "more than to-night!"
055:275,13['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon went off to$4$ the smaller table that$6#1$
055:275,14['  ]| still$5$ offered to$4$ view$1$ two bedroom candles. 
055:275,14[L  ]| "You must
055:275,15[L  ]| take of course$8$ the time you need$1$.  I will$1$ not trouble$1$
055:275,16[L  ]| you ~ I will$1$ not hurry$1$ you.  I am going to$4$ bed."
055:275,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, overtaking him, lighted his candle
055:275,18['  ]| for$4$ him; after$4$ which$6#1$, handing it and smiling: 
055:275,18[B  ]| "Shall
055:275,19[B  ]| we have conduced to$4$ your rest$0#2$?"
055:275,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked at the other candle. 
055:275,20[L  ]| "You are
055:275,21[L  ]| not coming to$4$ bed?"
055:275,22[B  ]| "To$4$ \my\ rest$0#2$ we shall not have conduced.  I stay$1$
055:275,23[B  ]| up a while$0$ longer."
055:275,24[L  ]| "Good." 
055:275,24['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon was pleased. 
055:275,24[L  ]| "You will$1$ not
055:275,25[L  ]| forget then, as we promised, to$9$ put out$5$ the lights?"
055:275,26[B  ]| "If you trust$1$ me for$4$ the greater you can trust$1$ me
055:275,27[B  ]| for$4$ the less.  Good-night."
055:275,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had offered his hand. 
055:275,28[L  ]| "Good-night."
055:275,29['  ]| But $L$Mr%*Longdon kept him a moment. 
055:275,29[L  ]| "You \do not\
055:275,30[L  ]| care$1$ for$4$ my figure?"
055:275,31[B  ]| "Not yet ~ not yet.  \Please\." 
055:275,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank seemed	
055:275,32['  ]| really to$9$ fear$1$ it, but on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's releasing him
055:276,01['  ]| with a little drop$0$ of disappointment they went
055:276,02['  ]| together to$4$ the door of the room, where they had
055:276,03['  ]| another pause$0$.
055:276,04[L  ]| "She is to$9$ come down$5$ to$4$ me ~ alone ~ in September."
055:276,05[L  ]|                                               
055:276,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank appeared to$9$ debate and conclude
055:276,07[B  ]| "Then may$1$ \I\ come?"
055:276,08['  ]| His friend, on$4$ this footing, had to$9$ consider. 
055:276,08[L  ]| "Shall
055:276,09[L  ]| you know by$4$ that$6#2$ time?"
055:276,10[B  ]| "I am afraid I can not promise$1$ ~ if you must regard$1$
055:276,11[B  ]| my coming as a pledge."
055:276,12['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon thought$1$ on$5$; then raising his eyes:
055:276,13[L  ]| "I do not quite see why you will$1$ not suffer me to$9$ tell
055:276,14[L  ]| you ~!"
055:276,15[B  ]| "The detail$0$ of your intention?  \I\ do then.  You have
055:276,16[B  ]| said quite enough.  If my visit$0$ must commit me,"
055:276,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank pursued, 
055:276,17[B  ]| "I am afraid I can not come."
055:276,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$ had passed into the corridor,
055:276,19['  ]| gave a dry$2$ sad little laugh$0$. 
055:276,19[L  ]| "Come then ~ as the
055:276,20[L  ]| ladies say ~ ""as you are""!"
055:276,21['  ]| On$4$ which$6#1$, rather softly closing the door, the young
055:276,22['  ]| man remained alone in the great emptily lighted
055:276,23['  ]| billiard room.
061:279,01['  ]| Presenting himself in Buckingham*Crescent three
061:279,02['  ]| days after$4$ the Sunday spent at Mertle, $B$Vanderbank
061:279,03['  ]| found $G$Lady*Fanny*Cashmore in the act$0$ of taking leave$0$
061:279,04['  ]| of $D$Mrs%*Brook and found $D$Mrs%*Brook herself in the
061:279,05['  ]| state$0$ of muffled exaltation that$6#1$ was the mark$0$ of all
061:279,06['  ]| her intercourse ~ and most of all perhaps of her farewells ~
061:279,07['  ]| with $G$Lady*Fanny.  This splendid creature gave
061:279,08['  ]| out$5$, as it were, so$5#1$ little that$3$ $B$Vanderbank was freshly
061:279,09['  ]| struck with all $D$Mrs%*Brook could take in, though nothing,
061:279,10['  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$ matter, in Buckingham*Crescent, had
061:279,11['  ]| been more fully formulated on$4$ behalf of the famous
061:279,12['  ]| beauty than the imperturbable grandeur of her almost
061:279,13['  ]| total absence of articulation.  Every aspect of the
061:279,14['  ]| phenomenon had been freely discussed there and endless
061:279,15['  ]| ingenuity lavished on$4$ the question$0$ of how exactly
061:279,16['  ]| it was that$3$ so$5#1$ much of what$6#1$ the world would in another
061:279,17['  ]| case have called complete$2$ stupidity could be
061:279,18['  ]| kept by$4$ a mere wonderful face$0$ from boring one to$4$
061:279,19['  ]| death.  It was $D$Mrs%*Brook who$6#1$, in this relation as in
061:279,20['  ]| many others, had arrived at the supreme expression
061:279,21['  ]| of the law, had thrown off, happily enough, to$4$
061:279,22['  ]| whomever it might have concerned: 
061:279,22[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ thing,
061:279,23[D  ]| it all comes back$5$, as everything always does, simply
061:279,24[D  ]| to$4$ personal pluck.  It is only a question$0$, no$2$ matter
061:279,25[D  ]| when or where, of having enough.  $G$Lady*Fanny has
061:279,26[D  ]| the courage of all her silence$0$ ~ so$5#1$ much therefore
061:279,27[D  ]| that$3$ it sees her completely through$5$ and is what$6#1$ really
061:280,01[D  ]| makes her interesting.  Not to$9$ be afraid of what$6#1$ may$1$
061:280,02[D  ]| happen to$4$ you when you have no$2$ more to$9$ say for$4$ yourself
061:280,03[D  ]| than a steamer without a light$0$ ~ that$6#2$ truly is the
061:280,04[D  ]| highest heroism, and $G$Lady*Fanny's greatness is that$3$
061:280,05[D  ]| she is never afraid.  She takes the risk$0$ every time she
061:280,06[D  ]| goes out$5$ ~ takes, as you may$1$ say, her life in her
061:280,07[D  ]| hand.  She just$9$ turns$1$ that$6#2$ glorious mask upon you
061:280,08[D  ]| and practically says: ""No$7$, I will$1$ not open$1$ my lips ~
061:280,09[D  ]| to$9$ call$1$ it really open$2$ ~ for$4$ the forty minutes I shall
061:280,10[D  ]| stay$1$; but I calmly defy you, all the same, to$9$ kill me
061:280,11[D  ]| for$4$ it.""  And we do not kill her ~ we delight$1$ in her;
061:280,12[D  ]| though when either of us watches her in a circle of
061:280,13[D  ]| others it is like$9$ seeing a very large blind$2$ person in
061:280,14[D  ]| the middle of Oxford*Street.  One fairly looks$1$ about$5$
061:280,15[D  ]| for$4$ the police." 
061:280,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, before$3$ his fellow
061:280,16['  ]| visitor withdrew it, had the benefit of the glorious
061:280,17['  ]| mask and could scarce have failed to$9$ be amused at
061:280,18['  ]| the manner in which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook alone showed the
061:280,19['  ]| stress of thought$0$.  $G$Lady*Fanny, in the other scale, sat
061:280,20['  ]| aloft and Olympian, so$3$ that$3$ though visibly much
061:280,21['  ]| had happened between the two ladies it had all happened
061:280,22['  ]| only to$4$ the hostess.  The sense in the air in
061:280,23['  ]| short was just$9$ of $G$Lady*Fanny herself, who$6#1$ came to$4$
061:280,24['  ]| an end$0$ like$9$ a banquet or a procession.  $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:280,25['  ]| left$1$ the room with her and, on$4$ coming back$5$, was full
061:280,26['  ]| of it. 
061:280,26[D  ]| "She will$1$ go, she will$1$ go!"
061:280,27[B  ]| "Go where?" 
061:280,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank appeared to$9$ have for$4$
061:280,28['  ]| the question$0$ less attention than usual.
061:280,29[D  ]| "Well$7$, to$4$ the place$0$ her companion will$1$ propose.
061:280,30[D  ]| Probably ~ like$9$ $Z2$Anna*Kare=nine ~ to$4$ one of the
061:280,31[D  ]| smaller Italian towns."
061:280,32[B  ]| "$Z2$Anna*Kare=nine?  She is not a bit like$9$ $Z2$Anna."
061:281,01[D  ]| "Of course$8$ she is not so$5#1$ clever," 
061:281,01['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
061:281,02[D  ]| "But that$6#2$ would spoil her.  So$3$ it is all right$8$."
061:281,03[B  ]| "I am glad it is all right$8$," 
061:281,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed.
061:281,04[B  ]| "But I dare$1#2$ say we shall still$5$ have her with us a 
061:281,05[B  ]| while$0$."
061:281,06[D  ]| "We shall do that$6#2$, I trust$1$, whatever happens.
061:281,07[D  ]| She will$1$ come up again ~  she will$1$ remain, I feel, one of
061:281,08[D  ]| those enormous things that$6#1$ fate seems somehow to$9$
061:281,09[D  ]| have given me as the occupation of my odd moments.
061:281,10[D  ]| I do not see," 
061:281,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook added, 
061:281,10[D  ]| "what$6#1$ still$5$ keeps
061:281,11[D  ]| her on$4$ the edge, which$6#1$ is not an inch wide."
061:281,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank looked this time as if he only tried to$9$
061:281,13['  ]| wonder$1$. 
061:281,13[B  ]| "Is not it \you\?"
061:281,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook mused more deeply. 
061:281,14[D  ]| "Sometimes I
061:281,15[D  ]| think so$5#2$.  But I do not know."
061:281,16[B  ]| "Yes, how \can\ you of course$8$ know, since she can not
061:281,17[B  ]| tell you?"
061:281,18[D  ]| "Oh if I depended on$4$ her telling ~!" 
061:281,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:281,19['  ]| shook out$5$ with this a sofa-cushion or two and
061:281,20['  ]| sank into the corner she had arranged.  The August
061:281,21['  ]| afternoon was hot and the London air heavy; the
061:281,22['  ]| room moreover, though agreeably bedimmed, gave
061:281,23['  ]| out$5$ the staleness of the season's end$0$. 
061:281,23[D  ]| "If you had not
061:281,24[D  ]| come to-day," 
061:281,24['  ]| she went on$5$, 
061:281,24[D  ]| "you would have missed me
061:281,25[D  ]| till I do not know when, for$3$ we have let the Hovel again
061:281,26[D  ]| ~ wretchedly, but still$5$ we have let it ~ and I go down$5$
061:281,27[D  ]| on$4$ Friday to$9$ see that$3$ it is not too$5#1$ filthy.  $C$Edward,
061:281,28[D  ]| who$6#1$ is furious at what$6#1$ I have taken for$4$ it, had his idea
061:281,29[D  ]| that$3$ we should go there this year ourselves."
061:281,30[B  ]| "And now" 
061:281,30['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank took her up ~ 
061:281,30[B  ]| "that$6#2$
061:281,31[B  ]| fond fancy$0$ has become simply the ghost of a dead
061:281,32[B  ]| thought$0$, a ghost that$6#1$, in company with a thousand
061:282,01[B  ]| predecessors, haunts the house in the twilight and
061:282,02[B  ]| pops at you out$8$ of odd corners."
061:282,03[D  ]| "Oh $C$Edward's dead thoughts are indeed a cheerful
061:282,04[D  ]| company and worthy of the perpetual mental
061:282,05[D  ]| mourning we seem to$9$ go about$5$ in.  They are worse
061:282,06[D  ]| than the relations we are always losing without seeming
061:282,07[D  ]| to$9$ have any fewer, and I expect every day to$9$ hear
061:282,08[D  ]| that$3$ the \Morning*Post\ regrets to$9$ have to$9$ announce
061:282,09[D  ]| in that$6#2$ line too$5#2$ some new bereavement.  The apparitions
061:282,10[D  ]| following the deaths of so$5#1$ many thoughts \are\
061:282,11[D  ]| particularly awful in the twilight, so$3$ that$3$ at this
061:282,12[D  ]| season, while$9$ the day drags and drags, I am glad
061:282,13[D  ]| to$9$ have any*one with me who$6#1$ may$1$ keep them at a 
061:282,14[D  ]| distance$0$."
061:282,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had not sat down$5$; slowly, familiarly
061:282,16['  ]| he turned about$5$.  
061:282,16[B  ]| "And where is $A$Nanda?"
061:282,17[D  ]| "Oh \she\ does not help$1$ ~ she attracts rather the
061:282,18[D  ]| worst of the bogies.  $C$Edward and $A$Nanda and $E$Harold
061:282,19[D  ]| and I seated together are fairly a case for$4$ that$6#2$ ~ what$6#2$
061:282,20[D  ]| do you call$1$ it? ~ investigating Society.  Deprived
061:282,21[D  ]| of the sweet resource of the Hovel," 
061:282,21['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:282,22['  ]| continued, 
061:282,22[D  ]| "we shall each, from about$5$ the tenth
061:282,23[D  ]| on$5$, forage somehow or other for$4$ ourselves.  $M$Mitchy
061:282,24[D  ]| perhaps,"  
061:282,24['  ]| she added, 
061:282,24[D  ]| "will$1$ insist on$4$ taking us to$4$
061:282,25[D  ]| Baireuth."
061:282,26[B  ]| "That$6#2$ will$1$ be the form$0$, you mean$1$, of his own$2$
061:282,27[B  ]| forage?"
061:282,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook just$9$ hesitated. 
061:282,28[D  ]| "Unless you should
061:282,29[D  ]| prefer to$9$ take it as the form$0$ of yours."
061:282,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank appeared for$4$ a moment obligingly
061:282,31['  ]| enough to$9$ turn$1$ this over, but with the effect$0$ of noting
061:282,32['  ]| an objection. 
061:282,32[B  ]| "Oh I am afraid I shall have to$9$ grind
061:283,01[B  ]| straight through$4$ the month and that$3$ by$4$ the time I am
061:283,02[B  ]| free every Ring$0$ at Baireuth will$1$ certainly have been
061:283,03[B  ]| rung.  Is it your idea to$9$ take $A$Nanda?" 
061:283,03['  ]| he asked.
061:283,04['  ]| She reached out$5$ for$4$ another cushion. 
061:283,04[D  ]| "If it is impossible
061:283,05[D  ]| for$4$ you to$9$ manage what$6#1$ I suggest why should
061:283,06[D  ]| that$6#2$ question$0$ interest$1$ you?"
061:283,07[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ woman" 
061:283,07['  ]| ~ and her visitor dropped into
061:283,08['  ]| a chair ~ 
061:283,08[B  ]| "do you suppose my interest$0$ depends on$4$ 
061:283,09[B  ]| such poverties as what$6#1$ I can ""manage""?  You know
061:283,10[B  ]| well$9$ enough," 
061:283,10['  ]| he went on$5$ in another tone, 
061:283,10[B  ]| "why I care$1$
061:283,11[B  ]| for$4$ $A$Nanda and enquire about$4$ her."
061:283,12['  ]| She was perfectly ready. 
061:283,12[D  ]| "I know it, but only as 
061:283,13[D  ]| a bad reason$0$.  Do not be too$5#1$ sure!"
061:283,14['  ]| For$4$ a moment they looked at each other. 
061:283,14[B  ]| "Do not
061:283,15[B  ]| be so$5#1$ sure, you mean$1$, that$3$ the elation of it may$1$ go
061:283,16[B  ]| to$4$ my head$0$?  Are you really warning me against
061:283,17[B  ]| vanity?"
061:283,18[D  ]| "Your ""reallys,"" my dear$2#1$ $B$Van, are a little formidable,
061:283,19[D  ]| but it strikes me that$3$ before$3$ I tell you there is
061:283,20[D  ]| something I have a right$0$ to$9$ ask.  Are you ""really"" what$6#1$
061:283,21[D  ]| they call$1$ thinking of my daughter?"
061:283,22[B  ]| "Your asking," 
061:283,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank returned, 
061:283,22[B  ]| "exactly
061:283,23[B  ]| shows$1$ the state$0$ of your knowledge of the matter.  I
061:283,24[B  ]| do not quite see moreover why you speak as if I were
061:283,25[B  ]| paying an abrupt and unnatural attention.  What$6#2$ have
061:283,26[B  ]| I done the last$2$ three months but talk$1$ to$4$ you about$4$
061:283,27[B  ]| her?  What$6#2$ have you done but talk$1$ to$4$ \me\ about$4$ her?
061:283,28[B  ]| From the moment you first spoke to$4$ me ~ ""monstrously,"" 
061:283,29[B  ]| I remember you called it ~ of the difference
061:283,30[B  ]| made in your social life by$4$ her finally established,
061:283,31[B  ]| her perpetual, her inexorable participation: from that$6#2$
061:283,32[B  ]| moment what$6#2$ have we both done but put our heads
061:284,01[B  ]| together over the question$0$ of keeping$1$ the place$0$ tidy,
061:284,02[B  ]| as you called it ~ or as \I\ called it, was it? ~ for$4$
061:284,03[B  ]| the young female$2$ mind$0$?"
061:284,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook faced serenely enough the directness
061:284,05['  ]| of this challenge. 
061:284,05[D  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$ are you coming to$4$?
061:284,06[D  ]| I spoke of the change$0$ in my life of course$8$; I happen
061:284,07[D  ]| to$9$ be so$5#2$ constituted that$3$ my life has something to$9$ do
061:284,08[D  ]| with my mind$0$ and my mind$0$ something to$9$ do with my
061:284,09[D  ]| talk$0$.  Good talk$0$: you know ~ no*one, dear$2#1$ $B$Van,
061:284,10[D  ]| should know better$9$ ~ what$6#1$ part$0$ for$4$ me that$6#2$ plays$1$.
061:284,11[D  ]| Therefore when one has deliberately to$9$ make$1$ one's
061:284,12[D  ]| talk$0$ bad ~!"
061:284,13[B  ]| """Bad""?" 
061:284,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, in his amusement, fell
061:284,14['  ]| back$5$ in his chair. 
061:284,14[B  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, you are too$5#1$
061:284,15[B  ]| delightful!"
061:284,16[D  ]| "You know what$6#1$ I mean$1$ ~ stupid, flat, fourth-rate.
061:284,17[D  ]| When one has to$9$ haul in sail to$4$ that$6#2$ degree ~
061:284,18[D  ]| and for$4$ a perfectly outside reason$0$ ~ there is nothing
061:284,19[D  ]| strange in one's taking a friend sometimes into the
061:284,20[D  ]| confidence of one's irritation."
061:284,21[B  ]| "Ah," 
061:284,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank protested, 
061:284,21[B  ]| "you do yourself
061:284,22[B  ]| injustice.  Irritation has not been for$4$ you the only
061:284,23[B  ]| consequence of the affair."
061:284,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook gloomily thought$1$. 
061:284,24[D  ]| "No$7$, no$7$ ~ I have had
061:284,25[D  ]| my calmness; the calmness of deep despair$0$.  I have
061:284,26[D  ]| seemed to$9$ see everything go."
061:284,27[B  ]| "Oh how can you say that$6#2$," 
061:284,27['  ]| her visitor demanded,
061:284,28[B  ]| "when just$9$ what$6#1$ we have most been agreed upon so$5#1$
061:284,29[B  ]| often is the practical impossibility of making any
061:284,30[B  ]| change$0$?  Has not it seemed as if we really can not overcome
061:284,31[B  ]| conversational habits so$5#1$ thoroughly formed?"
061:284,32['  ]| Again $D$Mrs%*Brook reflected. 
061:284,32[D  ]| "As if our way of
061:285,01[D  ]| looking at things were too$5#1$ serious$2$ to$9$ be trifled with?
061:285,02[D  ]| I do not know ~ I think it is only you who$6#1$ have
061:285,03[D  ]| denied our sacrifices, our compromises and concessions.
061:285,04[D  ]| I myself have constantly felt smothered in
061:285,05[D  ]| them.  But there it is," 
061:285,05['  ]| she impatiently went on$5$.
061:285,06[D  ]| "What$6#1$ I do not admit is that$3$ you have given me ground
061:285,07[D  ]| to$9$ take for$4$ a proof of your ""intentions"" ~ to$9$ use$1$ the
061:285,08[D  ]| odious term ~ your association with me on$4$ behalf
061:285,09[D  ]| of the preposterous fiction, as it after$4$ all is, of $A$Nanda's
061:285,10[D  ]| blankness of mind$0$."
061:285,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's head$0$, in his chair, was thrown back$5$:
061:285,12['  ]| his eyes ranged over the top of the room. 
061:285,12[B  ]| "There
061:285,13[B  ]| never has been any mystery about$4$ my thinking her
061:285,14[B  ]| ~ all in her own$2$ way ~ the nicest girl in London.
061:285,15[B  ]| She \is\."
061:285,16['  ]| His companion was silent a little. 
061:285,16[D  ]| "She is, by$4$ all
061:285,17[D  ]| means$0$.  Well$7$," 
061:285,17['  ]| she then added, 
061:285,17[D  ]| "so$5#1$ far as I may$1$ have
061:285,18[D  ]| been alive to$4$ the fact of any*one's thinking her so$5#2$, it is
061:285,19[D  ]| not out$8$ of place$0$ I should mention$1$ to$4$ you the difference
061:285,20[D  ]| made in my appreciation of it by$4$ our delightful little
061:285,21[D  ]| stay$0$ at Mertle.  My views for$4$ $A$Nanda," 
061:285,21['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook,
061:285,22[D  ]| "have somehow gone up."
061:285,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank was prompt$2$ to$9$ show$1$ how he could
061:285,24['  ]| understand it. 
061:285,24[B  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ you would not consider even$5$
061:285,25[B  ]| $M$Mitchy now?"
061:285,26['  ]| But his friend took no$2$ notice$0$ of the question$0$. 
061:285,26[D  ]| "The
061:285,27[D  ]| way $L$Mr%*Longdon distinguishes her is quite the sort of
061:285,28[D  ]| thing that$6#1$ gives a girl, as $E$Harold says, a ""leg up.""  It is
061:285,29[D  ]| awfully curious and has made me think: he is not
061:285,30[D  ]| anything whatever, as London estimates go, in himself 
061:285,31[D  ]| ~ so$3$ that$3$ what$6#2$ is it, pray, that$6#1$ makes him, when
061:285,32[D  ]| ""added on$5$"" to$4$ her, so$5#2$ double$1$ $A$Nanda's value$0$?  I somehow
061:286,01[D  ]| or other see, through$4$ his being$1$ known to$9$ back$1$
061:286,02[D  ]| her and through$4$ the pretty$2$ story of his loyalty to$4$
061:286,03[D  ]| mamma and all the rest$0#1$ of it (oh if one chose to$9$ \work$1$\
061:286,04[D  ]| that$6#2$!) ever so$5#1$ much more of a chance$0$ for$4$ her."
061:286,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's eyes were on$4$ the ceiling. 
061:286,05[B  ]| "It \is\ curious,
061:286,06[B  ]| is not it? ~ though I think he is rather more ""in
061:286,07[B  ]| himself,"" even$5$ for$4$ the London estimate$0$, than you
061:286,08[B  ]| quite understand." 
061:286,08['  ]| He appeared to$9$ give her time to$9$
061:286,09['  ]| take this up, but as she said nothing he pursued:
061:286,10[B  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say that$3$ if even$5$ I now \were\ to$9$ enter myself it
061:286,11[B  ]| would strike you as too$5#1$ late."	
061:286,12['  ]| Her attention to$4$ this was but indirect. 
061:286,12[D  ]| "It is awfully
061:286,13[D  ]| vulgar to$9$ be talking about$4$ it, but I can not help$1$
061:286,14[D  ]| feeling$1$ that$3$ something possibly rather big will$1$ come
061:286,15[D  ]| of $L$Mr%*Longdon."
061:286,16[B  ]| "Ah we have touched on$4$ that$6#2$ before$5$," 
061:286,16['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank,
061:286,17[B  ]| "and you know you did think something might
061:286,18[B  ]| come even$5$ for$4$ me."
061:286,19['  ]| She continued however, as if she scarce heard him,
061:286,20['  ]| to$9$ work$1$ out$5$ her own$2$ vision. 
061:286,20[D  ]| "It is very true that$3$ up
061:286,21[D  ]| to$4$ now ~"
061:286,22[B  ]| "Well$7$, up to$4$ now?" 
061:286,22['  ]| he asked as she faltered.
061:286,23['  ]| She faltered still$5$ a little.  
061:286,23[D  ]| "I do say the most hideous
061:286,24[D  ]| things.  But we \have\ said worse, have not we?
061:286,25[D  ]| Up to$4$ now, I mean$1$, he has not given her anything.
061:286,26[D  ]| Unless indeed," 
061:286,26['  ]| she mused, 
061:286,26[D  ]| "she may$1$ have had
061:286,27[D  ]| something without telling me."
061:286,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went much straighter. 
061:286,28[B  ]| "What$6#2$ sort
061:286,29[B  ]| of thing have you in mind$0$?  Are you thinking of
061:286,30[B  ]| money?"
061:286,31[D  ]| "Yes.  Is not it awful?"
061:286,32[B  ]| "That$3$ you should think of it?"
061:287,01[D  ]| "That$3$ I should talk$1$ this way."  
061:287,01['  ]| Her friend was
061:287,02['  ]| apparently not prepared with an assent, and she
061:287,03['  ]| quickly enough pursued: 
061:287,03[D  ]| "If he \had\ given her any
061:287,04[D  ]| it would come out$5$ somehow in her expenditure.  She
061:287,05[D  ]| has tremendous liberty and is very secretive, but still$5$
061:287,06[D  ]| it would come out$5$."
061:287,07[B  ]| "He would not give her any without letting you
061:287,08[B  ]| know.  Nor would she, without doing so$5#2$," 
061:287,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
061:287,09['  ]| added, 
061:287,09[B  ]| "take it."
061:287,10[D  ]| "Ah," 
061:287,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook quietly said, 
061:287,10[D  ]| "she hates me
061:287,11[D  ]| enough for$4$ anything."
061:287,12[B  ]| "That is only your romantic theory."
061:287,13['  ]| Once more she appeared not to$9$ hear him; she
061:287,14['  ]| gave the discussion another turn$0$.  
061:287,14[D  ]| "Has he given \you\
061:287,15[D  ]| anything?"
061:287,16['  ]| Her visitor smiled.  
061:287,16[B  ]| "Not so$5#1$ much as a cigarette.
061:287,17[B  ]| I have always my pockets full of them, and \he\ never:
061:287,18[B  ]| so$3$ he only takes mine$6$.  Oh $D$Mrs%*Brook," 
061:287,18['  ]| he continued,
061:287,19[B  ]| "with me too$5#2$ ~ though I have also tremendous
061:287,20[B  ]| liberty! ~ it would come out$5$."
061:287,21[D  ]| "I think you would let me know," 
061:287,21['  ]| she returned.
061:287,22[B  ]| "Yes, I would let you know."
061:287,23['  ]| Silence$0$, upon this, fell between them a little;
061:287,24['  ]| which$6#1$ she was the first to$9$ break.  
061:287,24[D  ]| "She has gone
061:287,25[D  ]| with him this afternoon ~ by$4$ solemn appointment
061:287,26[D  ]| ~ to$4$ the South*Kensington*Museum."
061:287,27['  ]| There was something in $D$Mrs%*Brook's dolorous
061:287,28['  ]| drop$0$ that$6#1$ yet presented the news as a portent so$5#1$ great
061:287,29['  ]| that$3$ he was moved again to$4$ mirth. 
061:287,29[B  ]| "Ah that is where
061:287,30[B  ]| she is?  Then I confess she has scored.  He has never
061:287,31[B  ]| taken \me\ to$4$ the South*Kensington*Museum."
061:287,32[D  ]| "You were asking what$6#1$ we are going to$9$ do," 
061:287,32['  ]| she
061:288,01['  ]| went on$5$.  
061:288,01[D  ]| "What$6#1$ I meant was ~ about$4$ Baireuth ~
061:288,02[D  ]| that$3$ the question$0$ for$4$ $A$Nanda is simplified.  He has
061:288,03[D  ]| pressed her so$5#2$ to$9$ pay$1$ him a visit$0$."
061:288,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's assent was marked. 
061:288,04[B  ]| "I see: so$3$ that$3$
061:288,05[B  ]| if you do go abroad she will$1$ be provided$1$ for$5$ by$4$ that$6#2$
061:288,06[B  ]| engagement."
061:288,07[D  ]| "And by$4$ lots of other invitations."
061:288,08['  ]| These were such things as, for$4$ the most part$0$, the
061:288,09['  ]| young man could turn$1$ over.  
061:288,09[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you would
061:288,10[B  ]| let her go alone ~?"
061:288,11[D  ]| "To$4$ wherever she is asked?" 
061:288,11['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
061:288,12[D  ]| "Why not?  Do not talk$1$ like$9$ the $I$Duchess."
061:288,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank seemed for$4$ a moment to$9$ try not to$9$.
061:288,14[B  ]| "Could not $L$Mr%*Longdon take her?  Why not?"
061:288,15['  ]| His friend looked really struck with it. 
061:288,15[D  ]| "That$6#2$
061:288,16[D  ]| \would\ be working him.  But to$4$ a beautiful end$0$!" 
061:288,16['  ]| she
061:288,17['  ]| meditated.  
061:288,17[D  ]| "The only thing would be to$9$ get him
061:288,18[D  ]| also asked."
061:288,19[B  ]| "Ah but there you are, do not you see?  Fancy$1$
061:288,20[B  ]| ""getting"" $L$Mr%*Longdon anything or anywhere whatever!
061:288,21[B  ]| Do not you feel," 
061:288,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank threw out$5$, 
061:288,21[B  ]| "how
061:288,22[B  ]| the impossibility of exerting that$6#2$ sort of patronage
061:288,23[B  ]| for$4$ him immediately places$1$ him?"
061:288,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook gave her companion one of those fitful
061:288,25['  ]| glances of almost grateful appreciation with which$6#1$
061:288,26['  ]| their intercourse was even$5$ at its darkest hours frequently
061:288,27['  ]| illumined.  
061:288,27[D  ]| "As if he were the Primate or
061:288,28[D  ]| the French*Ambassador?  Yes, you are right$2#1$ ~ one
061:288,29[D  ]| could not do it; though it is very odd and one does not
061:288,30[D  ]| quite see why.  It does place$1$ him.  But he becomes
061:288,31[D  ]| thereby exactly the very sort of person with whom$6#1$ it
061:288,32[D  ]| would be most of an advantage for$4$ her to$9$ go about$5$.
061:289,01[D  ]| What$7$ a pity$0$," 
061:289,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook sighed, 
061:289,01[D  ]| "he does not know
061:289,02[D  ]| more people!"
061:289,03[B  ]| "Ah well$7$, we \are\, in our way, bringing that$6#2$ to$9$ pass$1$.
061:289,04[B  ]| Only we must not rush it.  Leave$1$ it to$4$ $A$Nanda herself,"
061:289,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank presently added; on$4$ which$6#1$ his companion
061:289,06['  ]| so$5#1$ manifestly left$1$ it that$3$ she touched after$4$
061:289,07['  ]| a moment's silence$0$ on$4$ quite a different matter.
061:289,08[D  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say he would tell \you\ ~ would not he? ~ if he
061:289,09[D  ]| were to$9$ give her any considerable sum."
061:289,10['  ]| She had only obeyed his injunction, but he stared at
061:289,11['  ]| the length of her jump. 
061:289,11[B  ]| "He might attempt$1$ to$9$ do so$5#2$,
061:289,12[B  ]| but I should not at all like$1$ it." 
061:289,12['  ]| He was moved immediately
061:289,13['  ]| to$9$ dismiss this branch of the subject$0$ and,
061:289,14['  ]| apparently to$9$ help$1$ himself, take up another. 
061:289,14[B  ]| "Do you
061:289,15[B  ]| mean$1$ she understands he has asked her down$5$ for$4$
061:289,16[B  ]| a regular long$9$ stay$0$?"
061:289,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook barely hesitated.  
061:289,17[D  ]| "She understands,
061:289,18[D  ]| I think that$3$ what$6#1$ I expect of her is to$9$ make$1$ it as long$9$
061:289,19[D  ]| as possible."
061:289,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed out$5$ ~ as it was even$5$ after$4$
061:289,21['  ]| ten years still$5$ possible to$9$ laugh$1$ ~ at the childlike
061:289,22['  ]| innocence with which$6#1$ her voice could invest the hardest
061:289,23['  ]| teachings of life; then with something a trifle$5$
061:289,24['  ]| nervous in the whole$2$ sound$0$ and manner he sprang
061:289,25['  ]| up from his chair.  
061:289,25[B  ]| "What$7$ a blessing he is to$4$ us all!"
061:289,26[D  ]| "Yes, but think what$6#1$ we must be to$4$ \him\."
061:289,27[B  ]| "An immense interest$0$, no$2$ doubt$0$."  
061:289,27['  ]| He took a few
061:289,28['  ]| aimless steps and, stooping over a basket of flowers,
061:289,29['  ]| inhaled it with violence, almost buried his face$0$.  
061:289,29[B  ]| "I
061:289,30[B  ]| dare$1#2$ say we \are\ interesting."
061:289,31['  ]| He had spoken rather vaguely, but $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:289,32['  ]| knew exactly why.  
061:289,32[D  ]| "We render him no$2$ end$0$ of a 
061:290,01[D  ]| service.  We keep him in touch$0$ with old memories."
061:290,02[D  ]|                                                 
061:290,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had reached one of the windows,
061:290,04['  ]| shaded from without by$4$ a great striped sun-blind
061:290,05['  ]| beneath which$6#1$ and between the flower-pots of the
061:290,06['  ]| balcony he could see a stretch of hot relaxed street.
061:290,07['  ]| He looked a minute$0$ at these things.  
061:290,07[B  ]| "I do so$5#2$ like$1$
061:290,08[B  ]| your phrases!"
061:290,09['  ]| She had a pause$0$ that$6#1$ challenged his tone.  
061:290,09[D  ]| "Do you
061:290,10[D  ]| call$1$ mamma a ""phrase""?"
061:290,11['  ]| He went off again, quite with extravagance, but
061:290,12['  ]| quickly, leaving the window, pulled himself up.  
061:290,12[B  ]| "I
061:290,13[B  ]| dare$1#2$ say we \must\ put things for$4$ him ~ he does it,
061:290,14[B  ]| cares$1$ or is able to$9$ do it, so$5#1$ little himself."
061:290,15[D  ]| "Precisely.  He just$9$ quietly acts$1$.  That is his nature,
061:290,16[D  ]| dear$2#1$ thing.  We must \let\ him act$1$."
061:290,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank seemed to$9$ stifle again too$5#1$ vivid a sense
061:290,18['  ]| of her particular emphasis. 
061:290,18[B  ]| "Yes, yes ~ we must let
061:290,19[B  ]| him."
061:290,20[D  ]| "Though it will$1$ not prevent $A$Nanda, I imagine," 
061:290,20['  ]| his
061:290,21['  ]| hostess pursued, 
061:290,21[D  ]| "from finding the fun of a whole$2$
061:290,22[D  ]| month at Beccles ~ or whatever she puts in ~ not
061:290,23[D  ]| exactly fast and furious."
061:290,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had the look$0$ of measuring what$6#1$ the
061:290,25['  ]| girl might "put in."  
061:290,25[B  ]| "The place$0$ will$1$ be quiet$2$, of
061:290,26[B  ]| course$8$, but when a person is so$5#1$ fond of a person ~!"
061:290,27[D  ]| "As she is of him, you mean$1$?"
061:290,28['  ]| He hesitated.  
061:290,28[B  ]| "Yes.  Then it is all right$8$."
061:290,29[D  ]| "She \is\ fond of him, thank God!" 
061:290,29['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
061:290,30['  ]|
061:290,31['  ]| He was before$4$ her now with the air of a man who$6#1$
061:290,32['  ]| had suddenly determined$1$ on$4$ a great blind$2$ leap.  
061:290,32[B  ]| "Do
061:291,01[B  ]| you know what$6#1$ he has done?  He wants$1$ me so$5#1$ to$9$
061:291,02[B  ]| marry her that$3$ he has proposed a definite basis."
061:291,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook got straight up.  
061:291,03[D  ]| """Proposed""?  To$4$
061:291,04[D  ]| \her\?"
061:291,05[B  ]| "No$7$, I do not think he has said a word to$4$ $A$Nanda ~
061:291,06[B  ]| in fact I am sure that$3$, very properly, he does not mean$1$
061:291,07[B  ]| to$9$.  But he spoke to$4$ me on$4$ Sunday night at Mertle
061:291,08[B  ]| ~ I had a big talk$0$ with him there alone, very late, in
061:291,09[B  ]| the smoking-room."  
061:291,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's stare was serious$2$,
061:291,10['  ]| and $B$Vanderbank now went on$5$ as if the sound$0$ of his
061:291,11['  ]| voice helped him to$9$ meet$1$ it.  
061:291,11[B  ]| "We had things out$5$ very
061:291,12[B  ]| much and his kindness was extraordinary ~ he is the
061:291,13[B  ]| most beautiful old boy that$6#1$ ever lived.  I do not know,
061:291,14[B  ]| now that$3$ I come to$9$ think of it, if I am within my rights
061:291,15[B  ]| in telling you ~ and of course$8$ I shall immediately let
061:291,16[B  ]| him know that$3$ I \have\ told you; but I feel I can not
061:291,17[B  ]| arrive at any respectable sort of attitude in the matter
061:291,18[B  ]| without taking you into my confidence.  Which$6#1$ is
061:291,19[B  ]| really what$6#1$ I came here to-day to$9$ do, though till this
061:291,20[B  ]| moment I have funked it."
061:291,21['  ]| It was either, as her friends chose to$9$ think it, an
061:291,22['  ]| advantage or a drawback of intercourse with $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:291,23['  ]| that$3$, her face$0$ being$1$ at any moment charged
061:291,24['  ]| with the woe of the world, it was unavoidable to$9$
061:291,25['  ]| remain rather in the dark$0$ as to$4$ the effect$0$ there of
061:291,26['  ]| particular strokes.  Something in $B$Vanderbank's present$9$
061:291,27['  ]| study$0$ of the signs accordingly showed he had
061:291,28['  ]| had to$9$ learn to$9$ feel his way and had more or less
061:291,29['  ]| mastered the trick$0$.  That$3$ she had turned a little pale
061:291,30['  ]| was really the one fresh mark$0$.  
061:291,30[D  ]| """Funked"" it?  Why
061:291,31[D  ]| in the world ~?"  
061:291,31['  ]| His own$2$ colour deepened at her
061:291,32['  ]| accent, which$6#1$ was a sufficient light$0$ on$4$ his having been
061:292,01['  ]| stupid.  
061:292,01[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you have declined the arrangement?"
061:292,02[D  ]|
061:292,03['  ]| He only, with a smile$0$ somewhat strained, continued
061:292,04['  ]| for$4$ a moment to$9$ look$1$ at her; clearly, however,
061:292,05['  ]| at last$0$ feeling$1$, and not much caring, that$3$ he got in
061:292,06['  ]| still$5$ deeper.  
061:292,06[B  ]| "You are magnificent.  You are magnificent."
061:292,07[B  ]|
061:292,08['  ]| Her lovely gaze widened out$5$.  
061:292,08[D  ]| "\9Comment*donc\?
061:292,09[D  ]| Where ~ why?  You \have\ declined her?" 
061:292,09['  ]| she went
061:292,10['  ]| on$5$.  After$4$ which$6#1$, as he replied only with a slow headshake
061:292,11['  ]| that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ say it was not for$4$ the moment
061:292,12['  ]| all so$5#1$ simple$2$ as that$6#2$, she had one of the inspirations
061:292,13['  ]| to$4$ which$6#1$ she was constitutionally subject$2$.  
061:292,13[D  ]| "Do you
061:292,14[D  ]| imagine I want$1$ you myself?"
061:292,15[B  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, you are so$5#1$ admirable," 
061:292,15['  ]| he returned
061:292,16['  ]| with gaiety, 
061:292,16[B  ]| "that$3$ if by$4$ any chance$0$ you did,
061:292,17[B  ]| upon my honour$0$, I do not see how I should be able
061:292,18[B  ]| not to$9$ say ""All right$8$."""  
061:292,18['  ]| But he spoke too$5#2$ more responsibly.
061:292,19[B  ]| "I was shy of really bringing out$5$ to$4$ you
061:292,20[B  ]| what$6#1$ has happened to$4$ me, for$4$ a reason$0$ that$6#1$ I have of
061:292,21[B  ]| course$8$ to$9$ look$1$ in the face$0$.  Whatever you want$1$ yourself,
061:292,22[B  ]| for$4$ $A$Nanda you want$1$ $M$Mitchy."
061:292,23[D  ]| "I see, I see."  
061:292,23['  ]| She did full justice to$4$ his explanation.
061:292,24[D  ]| "And what$6#2$ did you say about$4$ a ""basis""?  The
061:292,25[D  ]| blessed man offers$1$ to$9$ settle ~?"
061:292,26[B  ]| "You are a real prodigy," 
061:292,26['  ]| her visitor answered,
061:292,27[B  ]| "and your imagination takes its fences in a way
061:292,28[B  ]| that$6#1$, when I am out$5$ with you, quite puts mine$6$ to$4$
061:292,29[B  ]| shame$0$.  When he mentioned it to$4$ me I was quite
061:292,30[B  ]| surprised."
061:292,31[D  ]| "And I," 
061:292,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook asked, 
061:292,31[D  ]| "am not surprised a
061:292,32[D  ]| bit?  Is not it only," 
061:292,32['  ]| she modestly suggested, 
061:292,32[D  ]| "because
061:293,01[D  ]| I have taken him in more than you?  Did not you know
061:293,02[D  ]| he \would\?" 
061:293,02['  ]| she quavered.
061:293,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank thought$1$ or at least pretended to$9$.
061:293,04[B  ]| "Make$1$ \me\ the condition$0$?  How could I be sure of
061:293,05[B  ]| it?"
061:293,06['  ]| But the point$0$ of his question$0$ was lost for$4$ her in
061:293,07['  ]| the growing light$0$.  
061:293,07[D  ]| "Oh then the condition is ""you""
061:293,08[D  ]| only ~?"
061:293,09[B  ]| "That$6#2$, at any rate$0$, is all I have to$9$ do with.  He is
061:293,10[B  ]| ready to$9$ settle if I am ready to$9$ do the rest$0#1$."
061:293,11[D  ]| "To$9$ propose to$4$ her straight, you mean$1$?"  
061:293,11['  ]| She
061:293,12['  ]| waited, but as he said nothing she went on$5$: 
061:293,12[D  ]| "And
061:293,13[D  ]| you are not ready.  Is that$6#2$ it?"
061:293,14[B  ]| "I am taking my time."
061:293,15[D  ]| "Of course$8$ you know," 
061:293,15['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
061:293,15[D  ]| "that$3$
061:293,16[D  ]| she would jump at you."
061:293,17['  ]| He turned away from her now, but after$4$ some steps
061:293,18['  ]| came back$5$.  
061:293,18[B  ]| "Then you do admit it."
061:293,19['  ]| She hesitated.  
061:293,19[D  ]| "To$4$ \you\."
061:293,20['  ]| He had a strange faint$2$ smile$0$.  
061:293,20[B  ]| "Well$7$, as I do not
061:293,21[B  ]| speak of it ~!"
061:293,22[D  ]| "No$7$ ~ only to$4$ me.  What$6#2$ is it he settles$1$?" 
061:293,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:293,23['  ]| demanded.
061:293,24[B  ]| "I can not tell you."
061:293,25[D  ]| "You did not ask?"
061:293,26[B  ]| "On$4$ the contrary$0$ I stopped him off."
061:293,27[D  ]| "Oh then," 
061:293,27['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook exclaimed, 
061:293,27[D  ]| "that is what$6#1$
061:293,28[D  ]| I call$1$ declining."
061:293,29['  ]| The words appeared for$4$ an instant$0$ to$9$ strike her
061:293,30['  ]| companion.  
061:293,30[B  ]| "Is it?  Is it?" 
061:293,30['  ]| he almost musingly repeated.
061:293,31['  ]| But he shook himself the next moment free
061:293,32['  ]| of his wonder$0$, was more what$6#1$ would have been called
061:294,01['  ]| in Buckingham*Crescent on$4$ the spot.  
061:294,01[B  ]| "Is not there
061:294,02[B  ]| rather something in my having thus thought$1$ it my
061:294,03[B  ]| duty to$9$ warn you that$3$ I am definitely his candidate?"
061:294,04[B  ]|
061:294,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook turned impatiently away.  
061:294,05[D  ]| "You have
061:294,06[D  ]| certainly ~ with your talk$0$ about$4$ ""warning"" ~ the
061:294,07[D  ]| happiest expressions!"  
061:294,07['  ]| She put her face$0$ into the
061:294,08['  ]| flowers as he had done just$9$ before$5$; then as she raised
061:294,09['  ]| it: 
061:294,09[D  ]| "What$6#2$ kind$0$ of a monster are you trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$
061:294,10[D  ]| me out$5$?"
061:294,11[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ lady" 
061:294,11['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank was prompt$2$ ~
061:294,12[B  ]| "I really do not think I say anything but what$6#1$ is fair.
061:294,13[B  ]| Is not it just$9$ my loyalty to$4$ you in fact that$6#1$ has in this
061:294,14[B  ]| case positively strained my discretion?"
061:294,15['  ]| She shook her head$0$ in mere mild despair$0$.  
061:294,15[D  ]| """Loyalty""
061:294,16[D  ]| again is exquisite.  The tact of men has a charm$0$
061:294,17[D  ]| quite its own$2$.  And you are rather good," 
061:294,17['  ]| she continued,
061:294,18[D  ]| "as men go."
061:294,19['  ]| His laugh$0$ was now a little awkward, as if she had
061:294,20['  ]| already succeeded in making him uncomfortable.
061:294,21[B  ]| "I always become aware with you sooner or later that$3$
061:294,22[B  ]| they do not go at all ~ in your sense: but how am I,
061:294,23[B  ]| after$4$ all, so$5#1$ far out$5$ if you \have\ put your money on$4$
061:294,24[B  ]| another man?"
061:294,25[D  ]| "You keep coming back$5$ to$4$ that$6#2$?"  
061:294,25['  ]| she wearily
061:294,26['  ]| sighed.
061:294,27['  ]| He thought$1$ a little.  
061:294,27[B  ]| "No$7$, then.  You have only to$9$ tell
061:294,28[B  ]| me not to$9$, and I will$1$ never speak of it again."
061:294,29[D  ]| "You will$1$ be in an odd position for$4$ speaking of it if
061:294,30[D  ]| you do really go in.  You deny that$3$ you have declined,"
061:294,31['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook; 
061:294,31[D  ]| "which$6#1$ means$1$ then that$3$ you have
061:294,32[D  ]| allowed our friend to$9$ hope$1$."
061:295,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank met it bravely.  
061:295,01[B  ]| "Yes, I think he
061:295,02[B  ]| hopes$1$."
061:295,03[D  ]| "And communicates his hope$0$ to$4$ my child?"
061:295,04['  ]| This arrested the young man, but only for$4$ a moment.	
061:295,05[B  ]| "I have the most perfect$2$ faith in his wisdom with
061:295,06[B  ]| her.  I trust$1$ his particular delicacy.  He cares$1$ more
061:295,07[B  ]| for$4$ her," 
061:295,07['  ]| he presently added, 
061:295,07[B  ]| "even$5$ than we do."	
061:295,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook gazed away at the infinite of space.
061:295,09[D  ]| """We,"" my dear$2#1$ $B$Van," 
061:295,09['  ]| she at last$0$ returned, 
061:295,09[D  ]| "is one
061:295,10[D  ]| of your own$2$ real, wonderful touches.  But there is
061:295,11[D  ]| something in what$6#1$ you say: I \have\, as between ourselves
061:295,12[D  ]| ~ between me and him ~ been backing
061:295,13[D  ]| $M$Mitchy.  That$6#2$ is I have been saying to$4$ him ""Wait, wait:
061:295,14[D  ]| do not at any rate$0$ do anything else.""  Only it is just$9$
061:295,15[D  ]| from the depth of my thought$0$ for$4$ my daughter's
061:295,16[D  ]| happiness that$3$ I have clung to$4$ this resource.  He would
061:295,17[D  ]| so$5#1$ absolutely, so$5#1$ unreservedly do anything for$4$ her."
061:295,18['  ]| She had reached now, with her extraordinary self-control,
061:295,19['  ]| the pitch of quiet$2$ bland demonstration.  
061:295,19[D  ]| "I
061:295,20[D  ]| want$1$ the poor thing, \9que*diable\, to$9$ have another string
061:295,21[D  ]| to$4$ her bow$0#2$ and another loaf, for$4$ her desolate old age,
061:295,22[D  ]| on$4$ the shelf.  When everything else is gone $M$Mitchy
061:295,23[D  ]| will$1$ still$5$ be there.  Then it will$1$ be at least her own$2$
061:295,24[D  ]| fault ~!"  
061:295,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook continued.  
061:295,24[D  ]| "What$6#2$ can relieve
061:295,25[D  ]| me of the primary duty of taking precautions," 
061:295,25['  ]| she
061:295,26['  ]| wound$1#1$ up, 
061:295,26[D  ]| "when I know as well$9$ as that$3$ I stand$1$ here
061:295,27[D  ]| and look$1$ at you ~"
061:295,28[B  ]| "Yes, what$6#2$?"  
061:295,28['  ]| he asked as she just$9$ paused.
061:295,29[D  ]| "Why that$3$ so$5#1$ far as they count on$4$ you they count,
061:295,30[D  ]| my dear$2#1$ $B$Van, on$4$ a blank$0$."  
061:295,30['  ]| Holding him a minute$0$ as
061:295,31['  ]| with the soft low voice of his fate, she sadly but
061:295,32['  ]| firmly shook her head$0$.  
061:295,32[D  ]| "You will$1$ not do it."
061:296,01[B  ]| "Oh!" 
061:296,01['  ]| he almost too$5#1$ loudly protested.
061:296,02[D  ]| "You will$1$ not do it," 
061:296,02['  ]| she went on$5$.
061:296,03[B  ]| "I \say\!" 
061:296,03['  ]| ~ he made a joke of it.
061:296,04[D  ]| "You will$1$ not do it," 
061:296,04['  ]| she repeated.
061:296,05['  ]| It was as if he could not at last$0$ but show$1$ himself
061:296,06['  ]| really struck; yet what$6#1$ he exclaimed on$4$ was what$6#1$
061:296,07['  ]| might in truth most have impressed him.  
061:296,07[B  ]| "You \are\
061:296,08[B  ]| magnificent, really!"
061:296,09[O  ]| "$M$Mr%*Mitchett!" 
061:296,09['  ]| the butler, appearing at the door,
061:296,10['  ]| almost familiarly dropped; after$4$ which$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank
061:296,11['  ]| turned straight to$4$ the person announced.
061:296,12['  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett was there, and, anticipating $D$Mrs%*Brook
061:296,13['  ]| in receiving him, her companion passed it
061:296,14['  ]| straight on$5$.  
061:296,14[B  ]| "She is magnificent!"
061:296,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy was already all interest$0$.  
061:296,15[M  ]| "Rather!  But
061:296,16[M  ]| what$6#2$ is her last$2$?"
061:296,17['  ]| It had been, though so$5#1$ great, so$5#1$ subtle, as they said
061:296,18['  ]| in Buckingham*Crescent, that$3$ $B$Vanderbank scarce
061:296,19['  ]| knew how to$9$ put it.  
061:296,19[B  ]| "Well$7$, she is so$5#1$ thoroughly
061:296,20[B  ]| superior$2$."
061:296,21[M  ]| "Oh to$4$ whom$6#2$ do you say it?"  
061:296,21['  ]| $M$Mitchy cried as he
061:296,22['  ]| greeted her.
062:297,01['  ]| The subject$0$ of this eulogy had meanwhile returned
062:297,02['  ]| to$4$ her sofa, where she received the homage of her
062:297,03['  ]| new visitor. 
062:297,03[D  ]| "It is not I who$6#1$ am magnificent a bit
062:297,04[D  ]| ~ it is dear$2#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.  I have just$9$ had from $B$Van
062:297,05[D  ]| the most wonderful piece of news about$4$ him ~ his
062:297,06[D  ]| announcement of his wish$0$ to$9$ make$1$ it worth somebody's
062:297,07[D  ]| while$0$ to$9$ marry my child."
062:297,08[M  ]| """Make$1$ it""?" 
062:297,08['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy stared. 
062:297,08[M  ]| "But \is not\ it?"
062:297,09[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ friend, you must ask $B$Van.  Of course$8$
062:297,10[D  ]| you have always thought$1$ so$5#2$.  But I must tell you all the
062:297,11[D  ]| same," 
062:297,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$, 
062:297,11[D  ]| "that$3$ I am delighted."
062:297,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy had seated himself, but $B$Vanderbank remained
062:297,13['  ]| erect and became perhaps even$5$ slightly stiff.
062:297,14['  ]| He was not angry ~ no$2$ member of the inner circle
062:297,15['  ]| at Buckingham*Crescent was ever angry ~ but he
062:297,16['  ]| looked grave$2$ and rather troubled. 
062:297,16[B  ]| "Even$5$ if it \is\
062:297,17[B  ]| decidedly fine" 
062:297,17['  ]| ~ he addressed his hostess straight ~
062:297,18[B  ]| "I can not make$1$ out$5$ quite why you are doing \this\.
062:297,19[B  ]| I mean$1$ immediately making it known."
062:297,20[D  ]| "Ah but what$6#2$ do we keep from $M$Mitchy?" 
062:297,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:297,21['  ]| asked.
062:297,22[M  ]| "What$6#2$ \can\ you keep?  It comes to$4$ the same thing,"
062:297,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy said. 
062:297,23[M  ]| "Besides, here we are together, share$1$
062:297,24[M  ]| and share$1$ alike ~ one beautiful intelligence.  $L$Mr%*Longdon's
062:297,25[M  ]| ""somebody"" is of course$8$ $B$Van.  Do not try
062:297,26[M  ]| to$9$ treat$1$ me as an outsider."
062:297,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank looked a little foolishly, though it was
062:298,01['  ]| but the shade of a shade, from one of them to$4$ the
062:298,02['  ]| other. 
062:298,02[B  ]| "I think I have been rather an ass!"
062:298,03[D  ]| "What$6#2$ then by$4$ the terms of our friendship ~ just$9$
062:298,04[D  ]| as $M$Mitchy says ~ can he and I have a better$9$ right$0$
062:298,05[D  ]| to$9$ know and to$9$ feel with you about$4$?  You will$1$ want$1$,
062:298,06[D  ]| $M$Mitchy, will$1$ not you?" 
062:298,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$, 
062:298,06[D  ]| "to$9$ hear
062:298,07[D  ]| all about$4$ \that$6#2$\?"
062:298,08[B  ]| "Oh I only mean$1$," 
062:298,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank explained, 
062:298,08[B  ]| "in having
062:298,09[B  ]| just$9$ now blurted my tale out$5$ to$4$ you.  However,
062:298,10[B  ]| I of course$8$ do know," 
062:298,10['  ]| he pursued to$4$ $M$Mitchy, 
062:298,10[B  ]| "that$3$
062:298,11[B  ]| whatever is really between us will$1$ remain between
062:298,12[B  ]| us.  Let me then tell you myself exactly what$6#1$ is the
062:298,13[B  ]| matter."  
062:298,13['  ]| The length of his pause$0$ after$4$ these words
062:298,14['  ]| showed at last$0$ that$3$ he had stopped short; on$4$ which$6#1$
062:298,15['  ]| his companions, as they waited, exchanged a sympathetic
062:298,16['  ]| look$0$.  They waited another minute$0$, and then
062:298,17['  ]| he dropped into a chair where, leaning forward$5$, his
062:298,18['  ]| elbows on$4$ the arms and his gaze attached to$4$ the
062:298,19['  ]| carpet, he drew out$5$ the silence$0$.  Finally he looked at
062:298,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook. 
062:298,20[B  ]| "\You\ make$1$ it clear$2$."
062:298,21['  ]| The appeal called up for$4$ some reason$0$ her most
062:298,22['  ]| infantine manner. 
062:298,22[D  ]| "I do not think I \can\, dear$2#1$ $B$Van
062:298,23[D  ]| ~ really \clear$2$\.  You know however yourself," 
062:298,23['  ]| she
062:298,24['  ]| continued to$4$ $M$Mitchy, 
062:298,24[D  ]| "enough by$4$ this time about$4$
062:298,25[D  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon and mamma."
062:298,26[M  ]| "Oh rather!"  
062:298,26['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.
062:298,27[D  ]| "And about$4$ mamma and $A$Nanda."
062:298,28[M  ]| "Oh perfectly: the way $A$Nanda reminds him, and
062:298,29[M  ]| the ""beautiful loyalty"" that$6#1$ has made him take such
062:298,30[M  ]| a fancy$0$ to$4$ her.  But I have already embraced the facts
062:298,31[M  ]| ~ you need not dot any i's."  
062:298,31['  ]| With another glance$0$ at
062:298,32['  ]| his fellow visitor $M$Mitchy jumped up and stood there
062:299,01['  ]| florid.  
062:299,01[M  ]| "He has offered you money to$9$ marry her."
062:299,02['  ]| He said this to$4$ $B$Vanderbank as if it were the most
062:299,03['  ]| natural$2$ thing in the world.
062:299,04[D  ]| "Oh \no$7$\," 
062:299,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook interposed with promptitude:
062:299,05[D  ]| "he has simply let him know before$4$ any*one else that$3$
062:299,06[D  ]| the money is there \for$4$\ $A$Nanda, and that$3$ therefore ~!"
062:299,07[M  ]| "First come first served?"  
062:299,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy had already
062:299,08['  ]| taken her up.  
062:299,08[M  ]| "I see, I see.  Then to$9$ make$1$ her sure
062:299,09[M  ]| of the money," 
062:299,09['  ]| he put to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, 
062:299,09[M  ]| "you \must\
062:299,10[M  ]| marry her?"
062:299,11[D  ]| "If it depends upon that$6#2$ she will$1$ never get it," 
062:299,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:299,12['  ]| returned.  
062:299,12[D  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $B$Van will$1$ think conscientiously
062:299,13[D  ]| a lot about$4$ it, but he will$1$ not do it."
062:299,14[M  ]| "will$1$ not you, $B$Van, really?" 
062:299,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked from the
062:299,15['  ]| hearth-rug.
062:299,16[D  ]| "Never, never.  We shall be very kind$2$ to$4$ him, we
062:299,17[D  ]| shall help$1$ him, hope$1$ and pray for$4$ him, but we shall be
062:299,18[D  ]| at the end$0$," 
062:299,18['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
062:299,18[D  ]| "just$9$ where we are
062:299,19[D  ]| now.  Dear$2#1$ $B$Van will$1$ have done his best, and we shall
062:299,20[D  ]| have done ours.  $L$Mr%*Longdon will$1$ have done his ~
062:299,21[D  ]| poor $A$Nanda even$5$ will$1$ have done hers.  But it will$1$ all
062:299,22[D  ]| have been in vain.  However," 
062:299,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook continued
062:299,23['  ]| to$9$ expound, 
062:299,23[D  ]| "she will$1$ probably have the money.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
062:299,24[D  ]| will$1$ surely consider that$3$ she will$1$ want$1$ it if 
062:299,25[D  ]| she does not marry still$5$ more than if she does.  So$3$ we
062:299,26[D  ]| shall be \so$5#1$\ much at least," 
062:299,26['  ]| she wound$1#1$ up ~ 
062:299,26[D  ]| "I mean$1$  
062:299,27[D  ]| $C$Edward and I and the child will$1$ be ~ to$4$ the good."
062:299,28['  ]| $M$Mitchy, for$4$ an equal$2$ certainty, required but an
062:299,29['  ]| instant's thought$0$.  
062:299,29[M  ]| "Oh there can be no$2$ doubt$0$ about$4$
062:299,30[M  ]| \that$6#2$\.  The things about$4$ which$6#1$ your mind$0$ may$1$ now be
062:299,31[M  ]| at ease$0$ ~!" 
062:299,31['  ]| he cheerfully exclaimed.
062:299,32[D  ]| "It does make$1$ a great difference!" 
062:299,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:300,01['  ]| comfortably sighed.  Then in a different tone: 
062:300,01[D  ]| "What$6#1$
062:300,02[D  ]| dear$2#1$ $B$Van will$1$ find at the end$0$ that$6#1$ he can not face$1$ will$1$
062:300,03[D  ]| be, do not you see?  Just$9$ this fact of appearing to$9$ have
062:300,04[D  ]| accepted a bribe.  He will$1$ not want$1$, on$4$ the one hand ~
062:300,05[D  ]| out$8$ of kindness for$4$ $A$Nanda ~ to$9$ have the money suppressed;
062:300,06[D  ]| and yet he will$1$ not want$1$ to$9$ have the pecuniary
062:300,07[D  ]| question$0$ mixed up with the matter: to$9$ look$1$ in short
062:300,08[D  ]| as if he had had to$9$ be paid.  He is like$9$ you, you know
062:300,09[D  ]| ~ he is proud; and it will$1$ be there we shall break
062:300,10[D  ]| down$5$."
062:300,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy had been watching his friend, who$6#1$, a few
062:300,12['  ]| minutes before$5$ perceptibly embarrassed, had quite
062:300,13['  ]| recovered himself and, at his ease$0$, though still$5$ perhaps
062:300,14['  ]| with a smile$0$ a trifle$5$ strained, leaned back$5$ and
062:300,15['  ]| let his eyes play$1$ everywhere but over the faces$0$ of the
062:300,16['  ]| others.  $B$Vanderbank evidently wished now to$9$ show$1$
062:300,17['  ]| a good-humoured detachment.
062:300,18[M  ]| "See here," 
062:300,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy said to$4$ him: 
062:300,18[M  ]| "I remember your
062:300,19[M  ]| once submitting to$4$ me a case of some delicacy."
062:300,20[D  ]| "Oh he will$1$ submit it to$4$ you ~ he will$1$ submit it even$5$
062:300,21[D  ]| to$4$ \me\," 
062:300,21['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook broke in.  
062:300,21[D  ]| "He will$1$ be charming,
062:300,22[D  ]| touching, confiding ~ above$4$ all he will$1$ be awfully
062:300,23[D  ]| \interesting\ about$4$ it.  But he will$1$ make$1$ up his mind$0$ in
062:300,24[D  ]| his own$2$ way, and his own$2$ way will$1$ not be to$9$ accommodate
062:300,25[D  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon."
062:300,26['  ]| $M$Mitchy continued to$9$ study$1$ their companion in the
062:300,27['  ]| light$0$ of these remarks, then turned upon his hostess
062:300,28['  ]| his sociable glare.  
062:300,28[M  ]| "Splendid, is not it, the old boy's
062:300,29[M  ]| infatuation with him?"
062:300,30['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook just$9$ delayed.  
062:300,30[D  ]| "From the point$0$ of
062:300,31[D  ]| view$0$ of the immense interest$0$ it ~ just$9$ now, for$4$ instance$0$
062:300,32[D  ]| ~ makes for$4$ you and me?  Oh yes, it is one of
062:301,01[D  ]| our best things yet.  It places$1$ him a little with $G$Lady*Fanny
062:301,02[D  ]| ~ ""He will$1$, he will$1$ not; he will$1$ not, he will$1$!""
062:301,03[D  ]| Only, to$9$ be perfect$2$, it lacks, as I say, the element
062:301,04[D  ]| of real suspense."
062:301,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy frankly wondered. 
062:301,05[M  ]| "It does, you think?
062:301,06[M  ]| Not for$4$ me ~ not wholly."  
062:301,06['  ]| He turned again quite
062:301,07['  ]| pleadingly to$4$ their friend. 
062:301,07[M  ]| "I hope$1$ it does not for$4$
062:301,08[M  ]| yourself totally either?"
062:301,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, cultivating his detachment, made at
062:301,10['  ]| first no$2$ more reply$0$ than if he had not heard, and the
062:301,11['  ]| others meanwhile showed faces that$6#1$ testified perhaps
062:301,12['  ]| less than their respective speeches had done to$4$ the
062:301,13['  ]| absence of anxiety.  The only token he immediately
062:301,14['  ]| gave was to$9$ get up and approach$1$ $M$Mitchy, before$4$
062:301,15['  ]| whom$6#1$ he stood a minute$0$ laughing kindly enough,
062:301,16['  ]| though not altogether gaily.  As if then for$4$ a better$9$
062:301,17['  ]| proof of gaiety he presently seized him by$4$ the shoulders
062:301,18['  ]| and, still$5$ without speaking, pushed him backward
062:301,19['  ]| into the chair he himself had just$9$ quitted.  $D$Mrs%*Brook's
062:301,20['  ]| eyes, from the sofa, while$9$ this went on$5$, attached
062:301,21['  ]| themselves to$4$ her visitors.  It took $B$Vanderbank,
062:301,22['  ]| as he moved about$5$ and his companions waited,
062:301,23['  ]| a minute$0$ longer to$9$ produce what$6#1$ he had in mind$0$.
062:301,24[B  ]| "What$6#1$ \is\ splendid, as we call$1$ it, is this extraordinary
062:301,25[B  ]| freedom and good*humour of our intercourse and the
062:301,26[B  ]| fact that$3$ we do care$1$ ~ so$5#1$ independently of our personal
062:301,27[B  ]| interests$0$, with so$5#1$ little selfishness or other vulgarity
062:301,28[B  ]| ~ to$9$ get at the idea of things.  The beautiful
062:301,29[B  ]| specimen $D$Mrs%*Brook had just$9$ given me of that$6#2$," 
062:301,29['  ]| he
062:301,30['  ]| continued to$4$ $M$Mitchy, 
062:301,30[B  ]| "was what$6#1$ made me break out$5$
062:301,31[B  ]| to$4$ you about$4$ her when you came in."  
062:301,31['  ]| He spoke to$4$ one
062:301,32['  ]| friend, but he looked at the other.  
062:301,32[B  ]| "What$6#1$ is really
062:302,01[B  ]| ""superior$2$"" in her is that$3$, though I suddenly show$1$ her
062:302,02[B  ]| an interference with a favourite$2$ plan, her personal
062:302,03[B  ]| resentment is nothing ~ all she wants$1$ is to$9$ see what$6#1$
062:302,04[B  ]| may$1$ really happen, to$9$ take in the truth of the case and
062:302,05[B  ]| make$1$ the best of that$6#2$.  She offers$1$ me the truth, as she
062:302,06[B  ]| sees it, about$4$ myself, and with no$2$ nasty elation if it
062:302,07[B  ]| does chance$1$ to$9$ be the truth that$6#1$ suits her best.  It was
062:302,08[B  ]| a charming, charming stroke."
062:302,09['  ]| $M$Mitchy's appreciation was no$2$ bar to$4$ his amusement.
062:302,10[M  ]| "You are wonderfully right$2#1$ about$4$ us.  But still$5$
062:302,11[M  ]| it was a stroke."
062:302,12['  ]| If $D$Mrs%*Brook was less diverted she followed perhaps
062:302,13['  ]| more closely.  
062:302,13[D  ]| "If you do me so$5#1$ much justice
062:302,14[D  ]| then, why did you put to$4$ me such a cold$2$ cruel question$0$?
062:302,15[D  ]| ~ I mean$1$ when you so$5#1$ oddly challenged me on$4$
062:302,16[D  ]| my handing on$5$ your news to$4$ $M$Mitchy.  If the principal$2$
062:302,17[D  ]| beauty of our effort to$9$ live together is ~ and quite
062:302,18[D  ]| according to$4$ your own$2$ eloquence ~ in our sincerity,
062:302,19[D  ]| I simply obeyed the impulse to$9$ do the sincere thing.
062:302,20[D  ]| If we are not sincere we are nothing."
062:302,21[M  ]| "Nothing!" 
062:302,21['  ]| ~ it was $M$Mitchy who$6#1$ first responded.
062:302,22[M  ]| "But we \are\ sincere."
062:302,23[B  ]| "Yes, we \are\ sincere," 
062:302.23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank presently said.
062:302,24[B  ]| "It is a great chance$0$ for$4$ us not to$9$ fall$1$ below ourselves:
062:302,25[B  ]| no$2$ doubt$0$ therefore we shall continue to$9$ soar and sing.
062:302,26[B  ]| We pay$1$ for$4$ it, people who$6#1$ do not like$1$ us say,in our 
062:302,27[B  ]| self-consciousness ~" 
062:302,28[M  ]| "But people who$6#1$ do not like$1$ us," 
062:302,28['  ]| $M$Mitchy broke in,
062:302,29[M  ]| "do not matter.  Besides, how can we be properly conscious
062:302,30[M  ]| of each other ~?"
062:302,31[B  ]| "That is it!" 
062:302,31['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank completed his idea:
062:302,32[B  ]| "without my finding myself for$4$ instance$0$ in you and
062:303,01[B  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook?  We see ourselves reflected ~ we are
062:303,02[B  ]| conscious of the charming whole$0$.  I thank you," 
062:303,02['  ]| he
062:303,03['  ]| pursued after$4$ an instant$0$ to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook ~ 
062:303,03[B  ]| "I thank
062:303,04[B  ]| you for$4$ your sincerity."
062:303,05['  ]| It was a business sometimes really to$9$ hold$1$ her eyes,
062:303,06['  ]| but they had, it must be said for$4$ her, their steady
062:303,07['  ]| moments.  She exchanged with $B$Vanderbank a somewhat
062:303,08['  ]| remarkable look$0$, then, with an art of her own$2$,
062:303,09['  ]| broke short off without appearing to$9$ drop$1$ him.  
062:303,09[D  ]| "The
062:303,10[D  ]| thing is, do not you think?" 
062:303,10['  ]| ~ she appealed to$4$
062:303,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy ~ 
062:303,11[D  ]| "for$4$ us not to$9$ be so$5#1$ awfully clever as to$9$
062:303,12[D  ]| make$1$ it believed that$3$ we can never be simple$2$.  We
062:303,13[D  ]| must not see \too$5#1$\ tremendous things ~ even$5$ in each
062:303,14[D  ]| other." 
062:303,14['  ]| She quite lost patience with the danger she
062:303,15['  ]| glanced at. 
062:303,15[D  ]| "We \can\ be simple$2$!"
062:303,16[M  ]| "We \can\, by$4$ God!" 
062:303,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.
062:303,17[B  ]| "Well$7$, we are now ~ and it is a great comfort$0$ to$9$
062:303,18[B  ]| have it settled$1$," 
062:303,18['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
062:303,19[D  ]| "Then you see," 
062:303,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned, 
062:303,19[D  ]| "what$6#1$ a 
062:303,20[D  ]| mistake$0$ you would make$1$ to$9$ see abysses of subtlety in my
062:303,21[D  ]| having been merely natural$2$."
062:303,22[M  ]| "We \can\ be natural$2$," 
062:303,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared.
062:303,23[B  ]| "We can, by$4$ God!" 
062:303,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed.
062:303,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had turned to$4$ $M$Mitchy. 
062:303,24[D  ]| "I just$9$ wanted
062:303,25[D  ]| you to$9$ know.  So$3$ I spoke.  It is not more complicated
062:303,26[D  ]| than that#6#2$.  As for$4$ \why\ I wanted you to$9$ know ~!"
062:303,27[M  ]| "What$6#2$ better$9$ reason$0$ could there be," 
062:303,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy
062:303,28['  ]| interrupted, 
062:303,28[M  ]| "than your being$1$ filled to$4$ the finger-tips
062:303,29[M  ]| with the sense of how I would want$1$ it myself, and of
062:303,30[M  ]| the misery, the absolute pathos, of my being$1$ left$1$ out$5$?
062:303,31[M  ]| Fancy$1$, my dear$2#1$ chap" 
062:303,31['  ]| ~ he had only to$9$ put it to$4$
062:303,32['  ]| $B$Van ~ 
062:303,32[M  ]| "my \not\ knowing!"
062:304,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank evidently could not fancy$1$ it, but he said
062:304,02['  ]| quietly enough: 
062:304,02[B  ]| "I should have told you myself."
062:304,03[M  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$ is the difference?"
062:304,04[D  ]| "Oh there \is\ a difference," 
062:304,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook loyally said.
062:304,05['  ]| Then she opened an inch or two, for$4$ $B$Vanderbank, the
062:304,06['  ]| door of her dim radiance. 
062:304,06[D  ]| "Only I should have
062:304,07[D  ]| thought$1$ it a difference for$4$ the better$9$.  Of course$8$," 
062:304,07['  ]| she
062:304,08['  ]| added, 
062:304,08[D  ]| "it remains$1$ absolutely with us three alone, and
062:304,09[D  ]| do not you already feel from it the fresh charm$0$ ~ with
062:304,10[D  ]| it here between us ~ of our being$1$ together?"
062:304,11['  ]| It was as if each of the men had waited for$4$ the
062:304,12['  ]| other to$9$ assent better$9$ than he himself could and
062:304,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy then, as $B$Vanderbank failed, had gracefully, to$9$
062:304,14['  ]| cover him, changed the subject$0$.  
062:304,14[M  ]| "But is not $A$Nanda,
062:304,15[M  ]| the person most interested, to$9$ know?"
062:304,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank gave on$4$ this a strange sound$0$ of hilarity.
062:304,17[B  ]| "Ah that$6#2$ would finish$1$ it off!"
062:304,18['  ]| It produced for$4$ a few seconds something like$9$ a chill,
062:304,19['  ]| a chill that$6#1$ had for$4$ consequence a momentary pause$0$
062:304,20['  ]| which$6#1$ in its turn$0$ added weight to$4$ the words next
062:304,21['  ]| uttered.  
062:304,21[D  ]| "It is not I who$6#1$ shall tell her," 
062:304,21['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:304,22['  ]| said gently and gravely. 
062:304,22[D  ]| "There! ~ you may$1$ be
062:304,23[D  ]| sure.  If you want$1$ a promise$0$, it is a promise$0$.  So$3$ that$3$ if
062:304,24[D  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon is silent," 
062:304,24['  ]| she went on$5$, 
062:304,24[D  ]| "and you are,
062:304,25[D  ]| $M$Mitchy, and I am, how in the world shall she have
062:304,26[D  ]| a suspicion?"
062:304,27[M  ]| "You mean$1$ of course$8$ except by$4$ $B$Van's deciding to$9$
062:304,28[M  ]| mention$1$ it himself."
062:304,29['  ]| $B$Van might have been, from the way they looked at
062:304,30['  ]| him, some beautiful unconscious object$0$; but $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:304,31['  ]| was quite ready to$9$ answer$1$. 
062:304,31[D  ]| "Oh poor man,
062:304,32[D  ]| \he will$1$\ never breathe."
062:305,01[M  ]| "I see.  So$3$ there we are."
062:305,02['  ]| To$4$ this discussion the subject$0$ of it had for$4$ the time
062:305,03['  ]| nothing to$9$ contribute, even$5$ when $M$Mitchy, rising with
062:305,04['  ]| the words he had last$2$ uttered from the chair in which$6#1$
062:305,05['  ]| he had been placed, took sociably as well$9$, on$4$ the 
062:305,06['  ]| hearth-rug, a position before$4$ their hostess.  This move$0$
062:305,07['  ]| ministered apparently to$4$ $B$Vanderbank's mere silence$0$,
062:305,08['  ]| for$3$ it was still$5$ without speaking that$3$, after$4$ a little, he
062:305,09['  ]| turned away from his friend and dropped once more
062:305,10['  ]| into the same seat. 
062:305,10[B  ]| "I have shown you already, you of
062:305,11[B  ]| course$8$ remember," 
062:305,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank presently said to$4$ him,
062:305,12[B  ]| "that$3$ I am perfectly aware of how much better$9$ $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:305,13[B  ]| would like$1$ \you\ for$4$ the position."
062:305,14[D  ]| "He thinks I want$1$ him myself," 
062:305,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:305,15['  ]| blandly explained.
062:305,16['  ]| She was indeed, as they always thought$1$ her, "wonderful,"
062:305,17['  ]| but she was perhaps not even$5$ now so$5#1$ much
062:305,18['  ]| so$5#2$ as $M$Mitchy found himself able to$9$ be. 
062:305,18[M  ]| "But how
062:305,19[M  ]| would you lose old $B$Van ~ even$5$ at the worst?" 
062:305,19['  ]| he
062:305,20['  ]| earnestly asked of her.
062:305,21['  ]| She just$9$ hesitated. 
062:305,21[D  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ the
062:305,22[D  ]| worst?"
062:305,23[M  ]| "Then even$5$ at the best," 
062:305,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled. 
062:305,23[M  ]| "In the
062:305,24[M  ]| event of his falsifying your prediction; which$6#1$, by$4$
062:305,25[M  ]| the way, has the danger, has not it? ~ I mean$1$ for$4$
062:305,26[M  ]| your intellectual credit$0$ ~ of making him, as we all
062:305,27[M  ]| used$1#2$ to$9$ be called by$4$ our nursemaids, ""contrairy."""
062:305,28[D  ]| "Oh I have thought$1$ of that$6#2$," 
062:305,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned.
062:305,29[D  ]| "But he will$1$ not do, on$4$ the whole$0$, even$5$ for$4$ the sweetness
062:305,30[D  ]| of spiting me, what$6#1$ he will$1$ not want$1$ to$9$ do.  \I\
062:305,31[D  ]| have not said I should lose him," 
062:305,31['  ]| she went on$5$; 
062:305,31[D  ]| "that is
062:305,32[D  ]| only the view$0$ he himself takes ~ or, to$9$ do him perfect$2$
062:306,01[D  ]| justice, the idea he candidly imputes to$4$ me;
062:306,02[D  ]| though without, I imagine ~ for$3$ I do not go so$5#1$ far as
062:306,03[D  ]| that$6#2$ ~ attributing to$4$ me anything so$5#1$ unutterably
062:306,04[D  ]| \9be^te\ as a feeling$0$ of jealousy."
062:306,05[B  ]| "You would not dream$1$ of my supposing anything
062:306,06[B  ]| inept of you," 
062:306,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said on$4$ this, 
062:306,06[B  ]| "if you
062:306,07[B  ]| understood to$4$ the full how I keep on$5$ admiring you.
062:306,08[B  ]| Only what$6#1$ stupefies me a little," 
062:306,08['  ]| he continued, 
062:306,08[B  ]| "is the
062:306,09[B  ]| extraordinary critical freedom ~ or we may$1$ call$1$ it
062:306,10[B  ]| if we like$1$ the high intellectual detachment ~ with 
062:306,11[B  ]| which$6#1$ we discuss a question$0$ touching you, dear$2#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook,
062:306,12[B  ]| so$5#1$ nearly and engaging so$5#2$ your private$2$ and
062:306,13[B  ]| most sacred sentiments.  What$6#2$ are we playing with,
062:306,14[B  ]| after$4$ all, but the idea of $A$Nanda's happiness?"
062:306,15[D  ]| "Oh I am not playing!" 
062:306,15['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook declared with
062:306,16['  ]| a little rattle of emotion.
062:306,17[M  ]| "She is not playing" 
062:306,17['  ]| ~ $M$Mr%*Mitchett gravely confirmed
062:306,18['  ]| it. 
062.306,18[M  ]| "Do not you feel in the very air the vibration
062:306,19[M  ]| of the passion that$6#1$ she is simply too$5#1$ charming to$9$
062:306,20[M  ]| shake$1$ at the window as the housemaid shakes the
062:306,21[M  ]| tablecloth or the jingo the flag?" 
062:306,21['  ]| Then he took up
062:306,22['  ]| what$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank had previously said. 
062:306,22[M  ]| "Of course$8$,
062:306,23[M  ]| my dear$2#1$ man, I am ""aware,"" as you just$9$ now put it,	
062:306,24[M  ]| of everything, and I am not indiscreet, am I, $D$Mrs%*Brook?
062:306,25[M  ]| in admitting for$4$ you as well$9$ as for$4$ myself
062:306,26[M  ]| that$3$ there \was\ an impossibility you and I used$1#2$ sometimes
062:306,27[M  ]| to$9$ turn$1$ over together.  Only ~ Lord$7$ bless us
062:306,28[M  ]| all! ~ it is not as if I had not long$9$ ago seen that$3$
062:306,29[M  ]| there is nothing at all \for$4$\ me."
062:306,30[D  ]| "Ah wait, wait!" 
062:306,30['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook put in.
062:306,31[B  ]| "She has a theory" 
062:306,31['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank, from his chair,
062:306,32['  ]| lighted it up for$4$ $M$Mitchy, who$6#1$ hovered before$4$ them ~
062:307,01[B  ]| "that$3$ your chance$0$ \will$1$\ come, later on$5$, after$3$ I have
062:307,02[B  ]| given my measure$0$."
062:307,03[M  ]| "Oh but that is exactly," 
062:307,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy was quick$2$ to$9$ respond,
062:307,04[M  ]| "what$6#1$ you will$1$ never do!  You will$1$ not give your
062:307,05[M  ]| measure$0$ the least little bit.  You will$1$ walk$1$ in magnificent
062:307,06[M  ]| mystery ""later on$5$"" not a bit less than you do today;
062:307,07[M  ]| you will$1$ continue to$9$ have the benefit of everything
062:307,08[M  ]| that$6#1$ our imagination, perpetually engaged, often baffled
062:307,09[M  ]| and never fatigued, will$1$ continue to$9$ bedeck you with.
062:307,10[M  ]| $A$Nanda, in the same way, to$4$ the end$0$ of all her time,
062:307,11[M  ]| will$1$ simply remain exquisite, or genuine, or generous
062:307,12[M  ]| ~ whatever we choose to$9$ call$1$ it.  It may$1$ make$1$ a difference
062:307,13[M  ]| to$4$ us, who$6#1$ are comparatively vulgar, but
062:307,14[M  ]| what$6#2$ difference will$1$ it make$1$ to$4$ \her\ whether you do
062:307,15[M  ]| or you do not decide for$4$ her?  You can not belong to$4$ her
062:307,16[M  ]| more, for$4$ herself, than you do already ~ and that is
062:307,17[M  ]| precisely so$5#1$ much that$3$ there is no$2$ room for$4$ any*one
062:307,18[M  ]| else.  Where therefore, without that$6#2$ room, do I come
062:307,19[M  ]| in?"
062:307,20[B  ]| "Nowhere, I see," 
062:307,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank seemed obligingly
062:307,21['  ]| to$9$ muse.
062:307,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had followed $M$Mitchy with marked admiration,
062:307,23['  ]| but she gave on$4$ this a glance$0$ at $B$Van that$6#1$
062:307,24['  ]| was like$9$ the toss of a blossom from the same branch.
062:307,25[D  ]| "Oh then shall I just$9$ go on$5$ with you \both\?  That$6#2$ \will$1$\
062:307,26[D  ]| be joy!" 
062:307,26['  ]| She had, however, the next thing, a sudden$2$
062:307,27['  ]| drop$0$ which$6#1$ shaded the picture$0$. 
062:307,27[D  ]| "You are so$5#1$ divine,
062:307,28[D  ]| $M$Mitchy, that$3$ how can you not in the long-run break
062:307,29[D  ]| \any\ woman down$5$?"
062:307,30['  ]| It was not as if $M$Mitchy was struck ~ it was only
062:307,31['  ]| that$3$ he was courteous. 
062:307,31[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ the long-run?
062:307,32[M  ]| Taking about$5$ till I am eighty?"
062:308,01[D  ]| "Ah your genius is of a kind$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ middle life
062:308,02[D  ]| will$1$ be particularly favourable.  You will$1$ reap then somehow,
062:308,03[D  ]| one feels, everything you have sown."
062:308,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy still$5$ accepted the prophecy only to$9$ control
062:308,05['  ]| it. 
062:308,05[M  ]| "Do you call$1$ eighty middle life?  Why, my moral
062:308,06[M  ]| beauty, my dear$2#1$ woman ~ if that is what$6#1$ you mean$1$
062:308,07[M  ]| by$4$ my genius ~ is precisely my curse.  What$6#2$ on$4$ earth
062:308,08[M  ]| is left$1$ for$4$ a man just$9$ rotten with goodness?  It renders
062:308,09[M  ]| necessary the kind$0$ of liking that$6#1$ renders \unnecessary\
062:308,10[M  ]| anything else."
062:308,11[B  ]| "Now that$6#2$ \is\ cheap paradox!" 
062:308,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank patiently
062:308,12['  ]| sighed. 
062:308,12[B  ]| "You are down$5$ for$4$ a fine."
062:308,13['  ]| It was with less of the patience perhaps that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brook
062:308,14['  ]| took this up. 
062:308,14[D  ]| "Yes, on$4$ that$6#2$ we \are\ stiff.  Five
062:308,15[D  ]| pounds, please."
062:308,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy drew out$5$ his pocket-book even$5$ though he 
062:308,17['  ]| explained. 
062:308,17[M  ]| "What$6#1$ I mean$1$ is that$3$ I do not give out$5$ the
062:308,18[M  ]| great thing." 
062:308,18['  ]| With which$6#1$ he produced a crisp bank-note.
062:308,19['  ]|
062:308,20[B  ]| "\Do not\ you?" 
062:308,20['  ]| asked $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$, having
062:308,21['  ]| taken it from him to$9$ hand to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, held it a 
062:308,22['  ]| moment, delicately, to$9$ accentuate the doubt$0$.
062:308,23[M  ]| "The great thing is the sacred terror.  It is you who$6#1$
062:308,24[M  ]| give \that$6#2$\ out$5$."
062:308,25[B  ]| "Oh!" 
062:308,25['  ]| ~ and $B$Vanderbank laid the money on$4$ the
062:308,26['  ]| small stand$0$ at $D$Mrs%*Brook's elbow.
062:308,27[M  ]| "Ai not I right$2#1$, $D$Mrs%*Brook? ~ does not he, tremendously,
062:308,28[M  ]| and is not that$6#2$ more than anything else
062:308,29[M  ]| what$6#1$ does it?"
062:308,30['  ]| The two again, as if they understood each other,
062:308,31['  ]| gazed in a unity of interest$0$ at their companion, who$6#1$
062:308,32['  ]| sustained it with an air clearly intended as the happy
062:309,01['  ]| mean$0$ between embarrassment and triumph$0$.  Then
062:309,02['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook showed she liked the phrase. 
062:309,02[D  ]| "The sacred
062:309,03[D  ]| terror!  Yes, one feels it.  It \is\ that$6#2$."
062:309,04[M  ]| "The finest case of it," 
062:309,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy pursued, 
062:309,04[M  ]| "that$6#1$
062:309,05[M  ]| I have ever met.  So$3$ my moral is sufficiently pointed$2$."
062:309,06[B  ]| "Oh I do not think it can be said to$9$ be that$6#2$," 
062:309,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
062:309,07['  ]| returned, 
062:309,07[B  ]| "till you have put the whole$2$ thing
062:309,08[B  ]| into a box by$4$ doing for$4$ $A$Nanda what$6#1$ she does most
062:309,09[B  ]| want$1$ you to$9$ do."
062:309,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy caught on$5$ without a shade of wonder$0$.
062:309,11[M  ]| "Oh by$4$ proposing to$4$ the $I$Duchess for$4$ little $J$Aggie?"
062:309,12['  ]| He took but an instant$0$ to$9$ turn$1$ it over. 
062:309,12[M  ]| "Well$7$, I \would\
062:309,13[M  ]| propose ~ to$9$ please $A$Nanda.  Only I have never yet quite
062:309,14[M  ]| made out$5$ the reason$0$ of her wish$0$."
062:309,15[B  ]| "The reason$0$ is largely," 
062:309,15['  ]| his friend answered, 
062:309,15[B  ]| "that$3$,
062:309,16[B  ]| being$1$ very fond of $J$Aggie and in fact extremely admiring
062:309,17[B  ]| her, she wants$1$ to$9$ do something good for$4$ her
062:309,18[B  ]| and to$9$ keep her from anything bad.  Do not you know
062:309,19[B  ]| ~ it is too$5#1$ charming ~ she regularly believes in
062:309,20[B  ]| her?"
062:309,21['  ]| $M$Mitchy, with all his recognition, vibrated to$4$ the
062:309,22['  ]| touch$0$. 
062:309,22[M  ]| "Is not it too$5#1$ charming?"
062:309,23[B  ]| "Well$7$ then," 
062:309,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$, 
062:309,23[B  ]| "she secures
062:309,24[B  ]| for$4$ her friend a pho*enix like$9$ you, and secures for$4$ you
062:309,25[B  ]| a pho*enix like$9$ her friend.  It is hard to$9$ say for$4$ which$6#1$
062:309,26[B  ]| of you she desires most to$9$ do the handsome thing.
062:309,27[B  ]| She loves you both in short" 
062:309,27['  ]| ~ he followed it up ~
062:309,28[B  ]| "though perhaps when one thinks of it the price she
062:309,29[B  ]| puts on$4$ you, $M$Mitchy, in the arrangement, is a little
062:309,30[B  ]| the higher.  Awfully fine at any rate$0$ ~ and yet awfully
062:309,31[B  ]| odd too$5#2$ ~ her feeling$0$ for$4$ $J$Aggie's type, which$6#1$
062:309,32[B  ]| is divided by$4$ such abysses from her own$2$."
062:310,01[M  ]| "Ah," 
062:310,01['  ]| laughed $M$Mitchy, 
062:310,01[M  ]| "but think then of her
062:310,02[M  ]| feeling$0$ for$4$ mine$6$!"
062:310,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, still$5$ more at his ease$0$ now and with
062:310,04['  ]| his head$0$ back$5$, had his eyes aloft and far. 
062:310,04[B  ]| "Oh there
062:310,05[B  ]| are things in $A$Nanda ~!" 
062:310,05['  ]| The others exchanged a 
062:310,06['  ]| glance$0$ at this, while$9$ their companion added: 
062:310,06[B  ]| "Little
062:310,07[B  ]| $J$Aggie is really the sort of creature she would have
062:310,08[B  ]| liked to$9$ be able to$9$ be."
062:310,09[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
062:310,09['  ]| $M$Mitchy said, 
062:310,09[M  ]| "I should have adored her
062:310,10[M  ]| even$5$ if she \had\ been able."
062:310,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had for$4$ some minutes played no$2$ audible
062:310,12['  ]| part$0$, but the acute observer we are constantly
062:310,13['  ]| taking for$4$ granted would perhaps have detected in
062:310,14['  ]| her, as one of the effects of the special complexion
062:310,15['  ]| to-day of $B$Vanderbank's presence, a certain smothered
062:310,16['  ]| irritation. 
062:310,16[D  ]| "She could not possibly have been able,"
062:310,17['  ]| she now interposed, 
062:310,17[D  ]| "with so$5#1$ loose ~ or rather, to$9$ express$1$
062:310,18[D  ]| it more properly, with so$5#1$ perverse ~ a mother."
062:310,19[M  ]| "And yet, my dear$2#1$ lady," 
062:310,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy promptly qualified,
062:310,20[M  ]| "how if in little $J$Aggie's case the $I$Duchess has not
062:310,21[M  ]| prevented ~?"
062:310,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was full of wisdom. 
062:310,22[D  ]| "Well$7$, it is a different
062:310,23[D  ]| thing.  I am not, as a mother ~ am I, $B$Van? ~
062:310,24[D  ]| bad \enough\.  That is what$6#1$ is the matter with me.
062:310,25[D  ]| $J$Aggie, do not you see? is the $I$Duchess's morality, her
062:310,26[D  ]| virtue; which$6#1$, by$4$ having it that$6#2$ way outside of you,
062:310,27[D  ]| as one may$1$ say, you can make$1$ a much better$9$ thing
062:310,28[D  ]| of.  The child has been for$4$ $I$Jane, I admit, a capital
062:310,29[D  ]| little subject$0$, but $I$Jane has kept her on$4$ hand and
062:310,30[D  ]| finished her like$9$ some wonderful piece of stitching.
062:310,31[D  ]| Oh as work$0$ it is of a \9soigne=\!  There it is ~ to$9$ show$1$.
062:310,32[D  ]| A woman like$9$ me has to$9$ be \herself\, poor thing, her
062:311,01[D  ]| virtue and her morality.  What$6#2$ will$1$ you have?  It is
062:311,02[D  ]| our lumbering English plan."
062:311,03[M  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ her daughter," 
002:311,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy sympathised, 
062:311,03[M  ]| "can
062:311,04[M  ]| only, by$4$ the arrangement, hope$1$ to$9$ become at the best
062:311,05[M  ]| her immorality and her vice?"
062:311,06['  ]| But $D$Mrs%*Brook, without an answer$0$ for$4$ the question$0$,
062:311,07['  ]| appeared suddenly to$9$ have plunged into a sea
062:311,08['  ]| of thought$0$. 
062:311,08[D  ]| "The only way for$4$ $A$Nanda to$9$ have been
062:311,09[D  ]| \really\ nice ~!"
062:311,10[M  ]| "Would have been for$4$ \you\ to$9$ be like$9$ $I$Jane?"
062:311,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy and his hostess seemed for$4$ a minute$0$, on$4$
062:311,12['  ]| this, to$9$ gaze together at the tragic truth.  Then she
062:311,13['  ]| shook her head$0$. 
062:311,13[D  ]| "We see our mistakes too$5#1$ late." 
062:311,13['  ]| She
062:311,14['  ]| repeated the movement, but as if to$9$ let it all go, and
062:311,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank meanwhile, pulling out$5$ his watch$0$, had
062:311,16['  ]| got up with a laugh$0$ that$6#1$ showed some inattention and
062:311,17['  ]| made to$4$ $M$Mitchy a remark$0$ about$4$ their walking away
062:311,18['  ]| together.  $M$Mitchy, engaged for$4$ the instant$0$ with $D$Mrs%*Brook,
062:311,19['  ]| had assented only with a nod$0$, but the attitude
062:311,20['  ]| of the two men had become that$6#2$ of departure.  Their
062:311,21['  ]| friend looked at them as if she would like$1$ to$9$ keep one
062:311,22['  ]| of them, and for$4$ a purpose connected somehow with
062:311,23['  ]| the other, but was oddly, almost ludicrously, embarrassed
062:311,24['  ]| to$9$ choose.  What$6#1$ was in her face$0$ indeed
062:311,25['  ]| during this short passage might prove to$9$ have been,
062:311,26['  ]| should we penetrate, the flicker of a sense that$3$ in spite$8$
062:311,27['  ]| of all intimacy and amiability they could, at bottom
062:311,28['  ]| and as things commonly turned out$5$, only be united
062:311,29['  ]| against her.  Yet she made at the end$0$ a sort of choice$0$
062:311,30['  ]| in going on$5$ to$4$ $M$Mitchy: 
062:311,30[D  ]| "He has not at all told you
062:311,31[D  ]| the real reason$0$ of $A$Nanda's idea that$3$ you should go
062:311,32[D  ]| in for$4$ $J$Aggie."
062:312,01[B  ]| "Oh I draw the line there," 
062:312,01['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
062:312,02[B  ]| "Besides, he understands that$6#2$ too$5#2$."
062:312,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy, on$4$ the spot, did himself and every*one
062:312,04['  ]| justice. 
062:312,04[M  ]| "Why it just$9$ disposes of me, does not it?"
062:312,05['  ]| It made $B$Vanderbank, restless now and turning$1$
062:312,06['  ]| about$4$ the room, stop$1$ with a smile$0$ at $D$Mrs%*Brook.
062:312,07[B  ]| "We understand too$5#1$ well$9$!"
062:312,08[D  ]| "Not if he does not understand," 
062:312,08['  ]| she replied after$4$
062:312,09['  ]| a moment while$9$ she turned to$4$ $M$Mitchy, 
062:312,09[D  ]| "that$3$ his
062:312,10[D  ]| real ""combination"" can in the nature of the case only
062:312,11[D  ]| be ~!"
062:312,12[M  ]| "Oh yes" 
062:312,12['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy took her straight up ~ 
062:312,12[M  ]| "with
062:312,13[M  ]| the young thing who$6#1$ is, as you say, positively and
062:312,14[M  ]| helplessly modern and the pious fraud of whose$6#1$ classic
062:312,15[M  ]| identity with a sheet of white paper has been ~ ah
062:312,16[M  ]| tacitly of course$8$, but none the less practically! ~
062:312,17[M  ]| dropped.  You have so$5#1$ often reminded me.  I do understand.
062:312,18[M  ]| If I were to$9$ go in for$4$ $J$Aggie it would only be
062:312,19[M  ]| to$9$ oblige.  The modern girl, the product of our hard
062:312,20[M  ]| London facts and of her inevitable consciousness of
062:312,21[M  ]| them just$9$ as they are ~ she, wonderful being$0$, \is\, I
062:312,22[M  ]| fully recognise, my real affair, and I am not ashamed
062:312,23[M  ]| to$9$ say that$3$ when I like$1$ the individual I am not afraid
062:312,24[M  ]| of the type.  She knows too$5#1$ much ~ I do not say; but
062:312,25[M  ]| she does not know after$4$ all a millionth part$0$ of what$6#1$
062:312,26[M  ]| \I\ do."
062:312,27[D  ]| "I am not sure!" 
062:312,27['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook earnestly exclaimed.
062:312,28['  ]| He had rung out$5$ and he kept it up with a limpidity
062:312,29['  ]| unusual. 
062:312,29[M  ]| "And product for$4$ product, when you
062:312,30[M  ]| come to$4$ that$6#2$, I am a queerer one myself than any
062:312,31[M  ]| other.  The traditions \I\ smash!" 
062:312,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.
062:312,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had got up and $B$Vanderbank had gone
062:313,01['  ]| again to$4$ the window. 
062:313,01[D  ]| "That is exactly why," 
062:313,01['  ]| she returned.
062:313,02[D  ]| "You are a pair$0$ of monsters and your monstrosity
062:313,03[D  ]| fits.  She does know too$5#1$ much," 
062:313,03['  ]| she added.
062:313,04[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
062:313,04['  ]| said $M$Mitchy with resolution, 
062:313,04[M  ]| "it is all my
062:313,05[M  ]| fault."
062:313,06[D  ]| "Not \all\ ~ unless," 
062:313,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned, 
062:313,06[D  ]| "that is
062:313,07[D  ]| only a sweet way of saying that$3$ it is mostly mine$6$."
062:313,08[M  ]| "Oh yours too$5#2$ ~ immensely; in fact every*one's.
062:313,09[M  ]| Even$5$ $C$Edward's, I dare$1#2$ say; and certainly, unmistakeably,
062:313,10[M  ]| $E$Harold's.  Ah and $B$Van's own$2$ ~ rather!"
062:313,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy continued; 
062:313,11[M  ]| "for$4$ all he turns$1$ his back$0$ and
062:313,12[M  ]| will$1$ have nothing to$9$ say to$4$ it."
062:313,13['  ]| It was on$4$ the back$0$ $B$Vanderbank turned that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's
062:313,14['  ]| eyes now rested. 
062:313,14[D  ]| "That is precisely why he
062:313,15[D  ]| should not be afraid of her."
062:313,16['  ]| He faced straight about$5$. 
062:313,16[B  ]| "Oh I do not deny my
062:313,17[B  ]| part$0$."
062:313,18['  ]| He shone at them brightly enough, and $D$Mrs%*Brook,
062:313,19['  ]| thoughtful, wistful, candid, took in for$4$ a moment
062:313,20['  ]| the radiance. 
062:313,20[D  ]| "And yet to$9$ think that$3$ after$4$ all
062:313,21[D  ]| it has been mere \talk$0$\!"
062:313,22['  ]| Something in her tone again made her hearers
062:313,23['  ]| laugh$1$ out$5$; so$3$ it was still$5$ with the air of good*humour
062:313,24['  ]| that$3$ $B$Vanderbank answered: 
062:313,24[B  ]| "Mere, mere, mere.
062:313,25[B  ]| But perhaps it is exactly the ""mere"" that$6#1$ has made
062:313,26[B  ]| us range$1$ so$5#1$ wide."
062:313,27['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's intelligence abounded. 
062:313,27[D  ]| "You mean$1$
062:313,28[D  ]| that$3$ we have not had the excuse$0$ of passion?"
062:313,29['  ]| Her companions once more gave way to$4$ mirth,
062:313,30['  ]| but 
062:313,30[B  ]| "There you are!" 
062:313,30['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said after$4$ an instant$0$
062:313,31['  ]| less sociably.  With it too$5#2$ he held out$5$ his hand.
062:313,32[D  ]| "You \are\ afraid," 
062:313,31['  ]| she answered as she gave him
062:314,01['  ]| her own$2$; on$4$ which$6#1$, as he made no$2$ rejoinder, she
062:314,02['  ]| held him before$4$ her. 
062:314,02[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you \really\ do not
062:314,03[D  ]| know if she gets it?"
062:314,04[M  ]| "The money, if he \does not\ go in?" 
062:314,04['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy
062:314,05['  ]| broke almost with an air of responsibility into $B$Vanderbank's
062:314,06['  ]| silence$0$. 
062:314,06[M  ]| "Ah but, as we said, surely ~!"
062:314,07['  ]| It was $M$Mitchy's eyes that$6#1$ $B$Vanderbank met. 
062:314,07[B  ]| "Yes,
062:314,08[B  ]| I should suppose she gets it."
062:314,09[M  ]| "Perhaps then, as a compensation, she will$1$ even$5$ get
062:314,10[M  ]| \more\ ~!"
062:314,11[B  ]| "If I do not go in?  Oh!" 
062:314,11['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.  And
062:314,12['  ]| he changed colour.
062:314,13['  ]| He was by$4$ this time off, but $D$Mrs%*Brook kept
062:314,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy a moment. 
062:314,14[D  ]| "Now ~ by$4$ that$6#2$ suggestion ~ he
062:314,15[D  ]| has something to$9$ show$1$.  He will$1$ not go in."
063:315,01['  ]| Her visitors had been gone half an hour, but she was
063:315,02['  ]| still$5$ in the drawing-room when $A$Nanda came back$5$.
063:315,03['  ]| The girl found her, on$4$ the sofa, in a posture that$6#1$
063:315,04['  ]| might have represented restful oblivion, but that$6#1$, after$4$
063:315,05['  ]| a glance$0$, our young lady appeared to$9$ interpret as
063:315,06['  ]| mere intensity of thought$0$.  It was a condition$0$ from
063:315,07['  ]| which$6#1$ at all events $D$Mrs%*Brook was quickly roused
063:315,08['  ]| by$4$ her daughter's presence: she opened her eyes and
063:315,09['  ]| put down$5$ her feet, so$3$ that$3$ the two were confronted
063:315,10['  ]| as closely as persons may$1$ be when it is only one of
063:315,11['  ]| them who$6#1$ looks$1$ at the other.  $A$Nanda, gazing vaguely
063:315,12['  ]| about$5$ and not seeking a seat, slowly drew off her
063:315,13['  ]| gloves while$9$ her mother's sad eyes considered her
063:315,14['  ]| from top to$4$ toe. 
063:315,14[D  ]| "Tea is gone," 
063:315,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook then
063:315,15['  ]| said as if there were something in the loss peculiarly
063:315,16['  ]| irretrievable. 
063:315,16[D  ]| "But I suppose," 
063:315,16['  ]| she added, 
063:315,16[D  ]| "he gave
063:315,17[D  ]| you all you want$1$."
063:315,18[A  ]| "Oh dear$7$ yes, thank you ~ I have had lots."
063:315,19['  ]| $A$Nanda hovered there slim and charming, feathered
063:315,20['  ]| and ribboned, dressed in thin fresh fabrics and faint$2$
063:315,21['  ]| colours, with something in the effect$0$ of it all to$4$ which$6#1$
063:315,22['  ]| the sweeter deeper melancholy$0$ in her mother's eyes
063:315,23['  ]| seemed happily to$9$ testify. 
063:315,23[D  ]| "Just$9$ turn$1$ round$9$, dear$2#1$."
063:315,24['  ]| The girl immediately obeyed, and $D$Mrs%*Brook once
063:315,25['  ]| more took everything in. 
063:315,25[D  ]| "The back is best ~ only
063:315,26[D  ]| she did not do what$6#1$ she said she would.  How they
063:315,27[D  ]| do lie$1$!" 
063:315,27['  ]| she gently quavered.
063:316,01[A  ]| "Yes, but we lie$1$ so$5#2$ to$4$ \them\." 
063:316,01['  ]| $A$Nanda had swung
063:316,02['  ]| round$9$ again, producing evidently on$4$ her mother's
063:316,03['  ]| part$0$, by$4$ the admirable "hang" of her light$2$ skirts, a
063:316,04['  ]| still$5$ deeper peace. 
063:316,04[A  ]| "Do you mean$1$ the middle fold?
063:316,05[A  ]| ~ I knew she would not.  I do not want$1$ my back$0$ to$9$ be
063:316,06[A  ]| best ~ I do not walk$1$ backward."
063:316,07[D  ]| "Yes," 
063:316,07['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook resignedly mused; 
063:316,07[D  ]| "you dress$1$
063:316,08[D  ]| for$4$ yourself."
063:316,09[A  ]| "Oh how can you say that$6#2$," 
063:316,09['  ]| the girl asked, 
063:316,09[A  ]| "when
063:316,10[A  ]| I never stick in a pin but what$6#1$ I think of \you\?"
063:316,11[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
063:316,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook moralised, 
063:316,11[D  ]| "one must always,
063:316,12[D  ]| I consider, think, as a sort of \9point*de*repe`re\, of some 
063:316,13[D  ]| one good person.  Only it is best if it is a person one is
063:316,14[D  ]| afraid of.  You do very well$9$, but I am not enough.
063:316,15[D  ]| What$6#1$ one really requires is a kind$0$ of salutary terror.
063:316,16[D  ]| \I\ never stick in a pin without thinking of your $I$Cousin*Jane.
063:316,17[D  ]| What$6#2$ is it that$3$ some*one quotes somewhere
063:316,18[D  ]| about$4$ some*one's having said that$3$ ""Our antagonist 
063:316,19[D  ]| is our helper ~ he prevents our being$1$ superficial""?
063:316,20[D  ]| The extent to$4$ which$6#1$ with my poor clothes the $I$Duchess
063:316,21[D  ]| prevents \me\ ~?" 
063:316,21['  ]| It was a measure$0$ $D$Mrs%*Brook could
063:316,22['  ]| give only by$4$ the general$2$ soft wail of her submission
063:316,23['  ]| to$4$ fate.
063:316,24[A  ]| "Yes, the $I$Duchess is not a woman, is she?  She is
063:316,25[A  ]| a standard."
063:316,26['  ]| The speech had for$4$ $A$Nanda's companion, however,
063:316,27['  ]| no$2$ effect$0$ of pleasantry or irony, and it was a mark$0$ of
063:316,28['  ]| the special intercourse of these good friends that$3$
063:316,29['  ]| though they showed each other, in manner and tone,
063:316,30['  ]| such sustained consideration as might almost have
063:316,31['  ]| given it the stamp of diplomacy, there was yet in it
063:316,32['  ]| also something of that$6#2$ economy of expression which$6#1$
063:317,01['  ]| is the result$0$ of a common$2$ experience$0$.  The recurrence
063:317,02['  ]| of opportunity to$9$ observe them together would have
063:317,03['  ]| taught a spectator that$3$ ~ on$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's side$0$ doubtless
063:317,04['  ]| more particularly ~ their relation was governed 
063:317,05['  ]| by$4$ two or three remarkably established and, as might
063:317,06['  ]| have been said, refined laws, the spirit of which$6#1$ was
063:317,07['  ]| to$9$ guard$1$ against the vulgarity so$5#1$ often coming to$4$
063:317,08['  ]| the surface between parent and child.  That$3$ they
063:317,09['  ]| \were\ as good friends as if $A$Nanda had not been her
063:317,10['  ]| daughter was a truth that$6#1$ no$2$ passage between
063:317,11['  ]| them might fail in one way or another to$9$ illustrate.
063:317,12['  ]| $A$Nanda had gathered up, for$4$ that$6#2$ matter, early in life,
063:317,13['  ]| a flower of maternal wisdom: 
063:317,13[D  ]| "People talk$1$ about$4$ the
063:317,14[D  ]| conscience, but it seems to$4$ me one must just$9$ bring
063:317,15[D  ]| it up to$4$ a certain point$0$ and leave$1$ it there.  You can
063:317,16[D  ]| let your conscience alone if you are nice to$4$ the second$2$
063:317,17[D  ]| housemaid." 
063:317,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was as "nice" to$4$ $A$Nanda
063:317,18['  ]| as she was to$4$ $ZC$Sarah*Curd ~ which$6#1$ involved, as may$1$
063:317,19['  ]| easily be imagined, the happiest conditions for$4$
063:317,20['  ]| $ZC$Sarah. 
063:317,20[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
063:317,20['  ]| she resumed, reverting to$4$ the $I$Duchess
063:317,21['  ]| on$4$ a final appraisement of the girl's air, 
063:317,21[D  ]| "I really
063:317,22[D  ]| think I do well$9$ by$4$ you and that$3$ $I$Jane would not have
063:317,23[D  ]| anything to$9$ say to-day.  You look$1$ awfully like$9$
063:317,24[D  ]| mamma," 
063:317,24['  ]| she then threw off as if for$4$ the first time of
063:317,25['  ]| mentioning it.
063:317,26[A  ]| "Oh $I$Cousin*Jane does not care$1$ for$4$ that$6#2$," 
063:317,26['  ]| $A$Nanda
063:317,27['  ]| returned. 
063:317.27[A  ]| "What$6#1$ I do not look$1$ like$9$ is $J$Aggie, for$4$ all
063:317,28[A  ]| I try."
063:317,29[D  ]| "Ah you should not try ~ you can do nothing with
063:317,30[D  ]| it.  One must be what$6#1$ one is."
063:317,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was almost sententious, but $A$Nanda, with
063:317,32['  ]| civility, let it pass$1$. 
063:317,31[A  ]| "No*one in London touches her.
063:318,01[A  ]| She is quite by$4$ herself.  When one sees her one feels
063:318,02[A  ]| her to$9$ be the real thing."
063:318,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, without harshness, wondered. 
063:318,03[D  ]| "What$6#2$
063:318,04[D  ]| do you mean$1$ by$4$ the real thing?"
063:318,05['  ]| Even$5$ $A$Nanda, however, had to$9$ think a moment.
063:318,06[A  ]| "Well$7$, the real young one.  That is what$6#1$ $N$Lord*Petherton
063:318,07[A  ]| calls$1$ her," 
063:318,07['  ]| she mildly joked ~ 
063:318,07[A  ]| """the young 
063:318,08[A  ]| 'un."""
063:318,09['  ]| Her mother's echo was not for$4$ the joke, but for$4$
063:318,10['  ]| something else. 
063:318,10[D  ]| "I know what$6#1$ you mean$1$.  What$6#2$ is the
063:318,11[D  ]| use$0$ of being$1$ good?"
063:318,12[A  ]| "Oh I did not mean$1$ that$6#2$," 
063:318,12['  ]| said $A$Nanda. 
063:318,12[A  ]| "Besides,
063:318,13[A  ]| is not $J$Aggie of a goodness ~?"
063:318,14[D  ]| "I was not talking of her.  I was asking myself
063:318,15[D  ]| what$6#1$ is the use$0$ of \my\ being$1$."
063:318,16[A  ]| "Well$7$, you can not help$1$ it any more than the $I$Duchess
063:318,17[A  ]| can help$1$ ~!"
063:318,18[D  ]| "Ah but she could if she would!" 
063:318,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook broke
063:318,19['  ]| in with a sharper ring$0$ than she had yet given. 
063:318,19[D  ]| "We
063:318,20[D  ]| can not help$1$ being$1$ good perhaps, if that$6#2$ burden is laid
063:318,21[D  ]| on$4$ us ~ but there are lengths in other directions
063:318,22[D  ]| we are not absolutely obliged to$9$ go.  And what$6#1$ I think
063:318,23[D  ]| of when I stick in the pins," 
063:318,23['  ]| she went on$5$, 
063:318,23[D  ]| "is that$3$
063:318,24[D  ]| $I$Jane seems to$4$ me really never to$9$ have had to$9$ pay$1$."
063:318,25['  ]| She appeared for$4$ a minute$0$ to$9$ brood on$4$ this till she
063:318,26['  ]| could no$2$ longer bear$1$ it; after$4$ which$6#1$ she jerked out$5$:
063:318,27[D  ]| "Why she has never had to$9$ pay$1$ for$4$ \anything\!"
063:318,28['  ]| $A$Nanda had by$4$ this time seated herself, taking her
063:318,29['  ]| place$0$, under the interest$0$ of their talk$0$, on$4$ her mother's
063:318,30['  ]| sofa, where, except for$4$ the removal of her long$9$ soft
063:318,31['  ]| gloves, which$6#1$ one of her hands again and again drew 
063:318,32['  ]| caressingly through$4$ the other, she remained very
063:319,01['  ]| much as if she were some friendly yet circumspect
063:319,02['  ]| young visitor to$4$ whom$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook had on$4$ some
063:319,03['  ]| occasion$0$ dropped 
063:319,03[D  ]| "Do come." 
063:319,03['  ]| But there was something
063:319,04['  ]| perhaps more expressly conciliatory in the way
063:319,05['  ]| she had kept everything on$5$: as if, in particular serenity
063:319,06['  ]| and to$9$ confirm kindly $D$Mrs%*Brook's sense of
063:319,07['  ]| what$6#1$ had been done for$4$ her, she had neither taken
063:319,08['  ]| off her great feathered hat nor laid down$5$ her parasol
063:319,09['  ]| of pale green silk, the "match$0$" of hat and ribbons
063:319,10['  ]| and which$6#1$ had an expensive precious knob.  Our
063:319,11['  ]| spectator would possibly have found too$5#1$ much earnestness
063:319,12['  ]| in her face$0$ to$9$ be sure if there was also candour.
063:319,13[A  ]| "And do you mean$1$ that$3$ \you\ have had to$9$ pay$1$ ~?"
063:319,14[D  ]| "Oh yes ~ all the while$0$."  
063:319,14['  ]| With this $D$Mrs%*Brook
063:319,15['  ]| was a little short, and also as she added as if to$9$ banish
063:319,16['  ]| a slight$2$ awkwardness: 
063:319,16[D  ]| "But do not let it discourage
063:319,17[D  ]| you."
063:319,18['  ]| $A$Nanda seemed an instant$0$ to$9$ weigh the advice, and
063:319,19['  ]| the whole$2$ thing would have been striking as another
063:319,20['  ]| touch$0$ in the picture$0$ of the odd want$0$, on$4$ the part$0$ of
063:319,21['  ]| each, of any sense of levity in the other.  Whatever
063:319,22['  ]| escape$0$, face$0$ to$4$ face$0$, mother or daughter might ever
063:319,23['  ]| seek would never be the humorous one ~ a circumstance,
063:319,24['  ]| notwithstanding, that$6#1$ would not in every case
063:319,25['  ]| have failed to$9$ make$1$ their interviews droll for$4$ a third
063:319,26['  ]| person.  It would always indeed for$4$ such a person	
063:319,27['  ]| have produced an impression of tension beneath the
063:319,28['  ]| surface. 
063:319,28[A  ]| "I could have done much better$9$ at the start$0$
063:319,29[A  ]| and have lost less time," 
063:319,29['  ]| the girl at last$0$ said, 
063:319,29[A  ]| "if I
063:319,30[A  ]| had not had the drawback of not really remembering
063:319,31[A  ]| Granny."
063:319,32[D  ]| "Oh well$7$, \I\ remember her!" 
063:319,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook moaned
063:320,01['  ]| with an accent that$6#1$ evidently struck her the next
063:320,02['  ]| moment as so$5#1$ much out$8$ of place$0$ that$3$ she slightly
063:320,03['  ]| deflected.  She took $A$Nanda's parasol and held it as
063:320,04['  ]| if ~ a more delicate thing much than any one of hers
063:320,05['  ]| ~ she simply liked to$9$ have it. 
063:320,05[D  ]| "Her clothes ~ at
063:320,06[D  ]| your age at least ~ must have been hideous.  Was it
063:320,07[D  ]| at the place$0$ he took you to$4$ that$3$ he gave you tea?"
063:320,08['  ]| she then went on$5$.
063:320,09[A  ]| "Yes, at the Museum.  We had an orgy in the
063:320,10[A  ]| refreshment-room.  But he took me afterwards to$4$
063:320,11[A  ]| $K$Tishy's, where we had another."
063:320,12[D  ]| "He went \in\ with you?" 
063:320,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had suddenly
063:320,13['  ]| flashed into eagerness.
063:320,14[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ I made him."
063:320,15[D  ]| "He did not want$1$ to$9$?"
063:320,16[A  ]| "On$4$ the contrary$0$ ~ very much.  But he does not
063:320,17[A  ]| do everything he wants$1$," 
063:320,17['  ]| said $A$Nanda.
063:320,18['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook seemed to$9$ wonder$1$. 
063:320,18[D  ]| "You mean$1$ you have
063:320,19[D  ]| also to$9$ want$1$ it?"
063:320,20[A  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ \that$6#2$\ is not enough.  What$6#1$ I suppose
063:320,21[A  ]| I mean$1$," 
063:320,21['  ]| $A$Nanda continued,
063:320,21[A  ]| "is that$3$ he does not do
063:320,22[A  ]| anything he does not want$1$.  But he does quite enough,"
063:320,23['  ]| she added.
063:320,24[D  ]| "And who$6#2$ then was at $K$Tishy's?"
063:320,25[D  ]| "Oh poor old $K$Tish herself, naturally, and $H$Carrie*Donner."
063:320,26[D  ]|
063:320,27[D  ]| "And no*one else?"
063:320,28['  ]| The girl just$9$ waited. 
063:320,28[A  ]| "Yes, $F$Mr%*Cashmore came
063:320,29[A  ]| in."
063:320,30['  ]| Her mother gave a groan of impatience. 
063:320,30[D  ]| "Ah
063:320,31[D  ]| \again\?"
063:320,32['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$ an instant$0$. 
063:320,32[A  ]| "How do you mean$1$,
063:321,01[A  ]| ""again""?  He just$9$ lives$1$ there as much as he ever did,
063:321,02[A  ]| and $K$Tishy can not prevent him."
063:321,03[D  ]| "I was thinking of $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ of \their\ meeting$0$.
063:321,04[D  ]| When he met him here that$6#2$ time he liked it so$5#1$
063:321,05[D  ]| little.  Did he like$1$ it any more to-day?" 
063:321,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
063:321,06['  ]| quavered.
063:321,07[A  ]| "Oh no$7$, he hated it."
063:321,08[D  ]| "But had not he ~ if he should go in ~ known he
063:321,09[D  ]| \would\?"
063:321,10[A  ]| "Yes, perfectly.  But he wanted to$9$ see."
063:321,11[D  ]| "To$9$ see ~?" 
063:321,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook just$9$ threw out$5$.
063:321,12[A  ]| "Well$7$, where I go so$5#1$ much.  And he knew I wished
063:321,13[A  ]| it."
063:321,14[D  ]| "I do not quite see why," 
063:321,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook mildly observed.
063:321,15['  ]| And then as her daughter said nothing to$9$
063:321,16['  ]| help$1$ her: 
063:321,16[D  ]| "At any rate$0$ he did loathe it?"
063:321,17['  ]| $A$Nanda, for$4$ a reply$0$, simply after$4$ an instant$0$ put
063:321,18['  ]| a question$0$. 
063:321,18[A  ]| "Well$7$, how can he understand?"
063:321,19[D  ]| "You mean$1$, like$9$ me, why you do go there so$5#1$ much?
063:321,20[D  ]| How can he indeed?"
063:321,21[A  ]| "I do not mean$1$ that$6#2$," 
063:321,21['  ]| the girl returned ~ 
063:321,21[A  ]| "it is just$9$
063:321,22[A  ]| that$3$ he understands perfectly, because he saw them
063:321,23[A  ]| all, in such an extraordinary way ~ well$7$, what$6#2$ can
063:321,24[A  ]| I ever call$1$ it? ~ clutch me and cling to$4$ me."
063:321,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, with full gravity, considered this picture$0$.
063:321,26[D  ]| "And was $F$Mr%*Cashmore to-day so$5#1$ ridiculous?"
063:321,27[A  ]| "Ah he is not ridiculous, mamma ~ he is very unhappy.
063:321,28[A  ]| He thinks now $G$Lady*Fanny probably will$1$ not
063:321,29[A  ]| go, but he feels that$6#2$ may$1$ be after$4$ all only the worse
063:321,30[A  ]| for$4$ him."
063:321,31[D  ]| "She \will$1$\ go," 
063:321,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook answered with one of
063:321,32['  ]| her roundabout approaches to$4$ decision. 
063:321,32[D  ]| "He \is\ too$5#1$
063:322,01[D  ]| great an idiot.  She was here an hour ago, and if ever
063:322,02[D  ]| a woman was packed ~!"
063:322,03[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
063:322,03['  ]| $A$Nanda objected, 
063:322,03[A  ]| "but does not she spend
063:322,04[A  ]| her time in packing and unpacking?"
063:322,05['  ]| This enquiry, however, scarce pulled up her mother.
063:322,06[D  ]| "No$7$ ~ though she \has\, no$2$ doubt$0$, hitherto wasted
063:322,07[D  ]| plenty of labour.  She has now a dozen boxes ~ I
063:322,08[D  ]| could see them there in her wonderful eyes ~ just$9$
063:322,09[D  ]| waiting to$9$ be called for$5$.  So$3$ if you are counting on$4$ her
063:322,10[D  ]| not going, my dear$2#1$ ~!" 
063:322,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook gave a headshake
063:322,11['  ]| that$6#1$ was the warning of wisdom.
063:322,12[A  ]| "Oh I do not care$1$ what$6#1$ she does!" 
063:322,12['  ]| $A$Nanda replied.
063:322,13[A  ]| "What$6#1$ I meant just$9$ now was that$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
063:322,14[A  ]| could not understand why, with so$5#1$ much to$9$ make$1$
063:322,15[A  ]| them so$5#2$, they could not be decently happy."
063:322,16[D  ]| "And did he wish$1$ you to$9$ explain?"
063:322,17[A  ]| "I tried to$9$, but I did not make$1$ it any better$9$.  He
063:322,18[A  ]| does not like$1$ them.  He does not even$5$ care$1$ for$4$ $K$Tish."
063:322,19[D  ]| "He told you so$5#2$ ~ right$2#1$ out$5$?"
063:322,20[A  ]| "Oh," 
063:322,20['  ]| $A$Nanda said, 
063:322,20[A  ]| "of course$8$ I asked him.  I
063:322,21[A  ]| did not press$1$ him, because I never do ~!"
063:322,22[D  ]| "You never do?" 
063:322,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook broke in as with the
063:322,23['  ]| glimpse of a new light$0$.
063:322,24['  ]| The girl showed an indulgence for$4$ this interest$0$
063:322,25['  ]| that$6#1$ was for$4$ a moment almost elderly. 
063:322,25[A  ]| "I enjoy
063:322,26[A  ]| awfully with him seeing just$9$ how to$9$ take him."
063:322,27['  ]| Her tone and her face$0$ evidently put forth for$4$ her
063:322,28['  ]| companion at this juncture something freshly, even$5$
063:322,29['  ]| quite supremely suggestive; and yet the effect$0$ of them
063:322,30['  ]| on$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's part$0$ was only a question$0$ so$5#1$ off-hand
063:322,31['  ]| that$3$ it might already often have been asked.  The
063:322,32['  ]| mother's eyes, to$9$ ask it, we may$1$ none the less add,
063:323,01['  ]| attached themselves closely to$4$ the daughter's, and
063:323,02['  ]| her face$0$ just$9$ glowed. 
063:323,02[D  ]| "You like$1$ him so$5#1$ very awfully?"
063:323,03[D  ]|
063:323,04['  ]| It was as if the next instant$0$ $A$Nanda felt herself on$4$
063:323,05['  ]| her guard$0$.  Yet she spoke with a certain surrender$0$.
063:323,06[A  ]| "Well$7$, it is rather intoxicating to$9$ be one's self ~!"
063:323,07['  ]| She had only a drop$0$ over the choice$0$ of her term.
063:323,08[D  ]| "So$5#1$ tremendously made up to$4$, you mean$1$ ~ even$5$
063:323,09[D  ]| by$4$ a little fussy ancient man?  But \does not\ he, my
063:323,10[D  ]| dear$2#1$," 
063:323,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook continued with encouragement,
063:323,11[D  ]| "make$1$ up to$4$ you?"
063:323,12['  ]| A supposititious spectator would certainly on$4$ this
063:323,13['  ]| have imagined in the girl's face$0$ the delicate dawn
063:323,14['  ]| of a sense that$3$ her mother had suddenly become
063:323,15['  ]| vulgar, together with a general$2$ consciousness that$3$
063:323,16['  ]| the way to$9$ meet$1$ vulgarity was always to$9$ be frank$2$
063:323,17['  ]| and simple$2$ and above$4$ all to$9$ ignore. 
063:323,17[A  ]| "He makes
063:323,18[A  ]| one enjoy being$1$ liked so$5#1$ much ~ liked better$9$, I do
063:323,19[A  ]| think, than I have ever been liked by$4$ any*one."
063:323,20['  ]| If $D$Mrs%*Brook hesitated it was, however, clearly not
063:323,21['  ]| because she had noticed. 
063:323,21[D  ]| "Not better$9$ surely than by$4$
063:323,22[D  ]| dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy?  Or even$5$ if you come to$4$ that$6#2$ by$4$ $K$Tishy
063:323,23[D  ]| herself."
063:323,24['  ]| $A$Nanda's simplicity maintained itself. 
063:323,24[A  ]| "Oh $L$Mr%*Longdon is
063:323,25[A  ]| different from $K$Tishy."
063:323,26['  ]| Her mother again hesitated. 
063:323,26[D  ]| "You mean$1$ of course$8$
063:323,27[D  ]| he knows more?"
063:323,28['  ]| The girl considered it. 
063:323,28[A  ]| "He does not know \more\.
063:323,29[A  ]| But he knows other things.  And he is pleasanter than
063:323,30[A  ]| $M$Mitchy."
063:323,31[D  ]| "You mean$1$ because he does not want$1$ to$9$ marry
063:323,32[D  ]| you?"
063:324,01['  ]| It was as if she had not heard that$3$ $A$Nanda continued:
063:324,02[A  ]| "Well$7$, he is more beautiful."
063:324,03[D  ]| "O-oh!" 
063:324,03['  ]| cried $D$Mrs%*Brook, with a drawn-out extravagance
063:324,04['  ]| of comment that$6#1$ amounted to$4$ an impugnment
063:324,05['  ]| of her taste even$5$ by$4$ herself.
063:324,06['  ]| It contributed to$4$ $A$Nanda's quietness. 
063:324,06[A  ]| "He is one
063:324,07[A  ]| of the most beautiful people in the world."
063:324,08['  ]| Her companion at this, with a quick$2$ wonder$0$, fixed
063:324,09['  ]| her. 
063:324,09[D  ]| "\Does\ he, my dear$2#1$, want$1$ to$9$ marry you?"
063:324,10[A  ]| "Yes ~ to$4$ all sorts of ridiculous people."
063:324,11[D  ]| "But I mean$1$ ~ would you take \him\?"
063:324,12['  ]| $A$Nanda, rising, met the question$0$ with a short ironic
063:324,13[A  ]| "Yes!" 
063:324,13['  ]| that$6#1$ showed her first impatience. 
063:324,13[A  ]| "It is so$5#1$
063:324,14[A  ]| charming being$1$ liked without being$1$ approved."
063:324,15['  ]| But $D$Mrs%*Brook only wanted to$9$ know. 
063:324,15[D  ]| "He
063:324,16[D  ]| does not approve ~?"
063:324,17[A  ]| "No$7$, but it makes no$2$ difference.  It is all exactly
063:324,18[A  ]| right$2#1$ ~ it does not matter."
063:324,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook seemed to$9$ wonder$1$, however, exactly
063:324,20['  ]| how these things could be. 
063:324,20[D  ]| "He does not want$1$ you
063:324,21[D  ]| to$9$ give up anything?" 
063:324,21['  ]| She looked as if swiftly thinking
063:324,22['  ]| what$6#1$ $A$Nanda \might\ give up.
063:324,23[A  ]| "Oh yes, everything."
063:324,24['  ]| It was as if for$4$ an instant$0$ she found her daughter
063:324,25['  ]| inscrutable; then she had a strange smile$0$. 
063:324,25[D  ]| "Me?"
063:324,26['  ]| The girl was perfectly prompt$2$. 
063:324,26[A  ]| "Everything.  But
063:324,27[A  ]| he would not like$1$ me nearly so$5#1$ much if I really did."
063:324,28['  ]| Her mother had a further pause$0$. 
063:324,28[D  ]| "Does he want$1$
063:324,29[D  ]| to$9$ \adopt\ you?" 
063:324,29['  ]| Then more quickly and sadly, though
063:324,30['  ]| also a little as if lacking nerve to$9$ push$1$ the research:
063:324,31[D  ]| "We could not give you up, $A$Nanda."
063:324,32[A  ]| "Thank you so$5#1$ much, mamma.  But we shall not be
063:325,01[A  ]| very much tried," 
063:325,01['  ]| $A$Nanda said, 
063:325,01[A  ]| "because what$6#1$ it
063:325,02[A  ]| comes to$4$ seems to$9$ be that$3$ I am really what$6#1$ you may$1$
063:325,03[A  ]| call$1$ adopting \him\.  I mean$1$ I am little by$4$ little changing
063:325,04[A  ]| him ~ gradually showing him that$3$, as I could not
063:325,05[A  ]| possibly have been different, and as also of course$8$
063:325,06[A  ]| one can not keep giving up, the only way is for$4$ him not to$9$
063:325,07[A  ]| mind$1$, and to$9$ take me just$9$ as I am.  That$6#2$, do not you
063:325,08[A  ]| see? is what$6#1$ he would never have expected$1$ to$9$ do."
063:325,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook recognised in a manner the explanation,
063:325,10['  ]| but still$5$ had her wistfulness. 
063:325,10[D  ]| "But ~ a ~ to$9$ take
063:325,11[D  ]| you, ""as you are,"" \where\?"
063:325,12[A  ]| "Well$7$, to$4$ the South*Kensington*Museum."
063:325,13[D  ]| "Oh!" 
063:325,13['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.  Then, however, in a more
063:325,14['  ]| exemplary tone: 
063:325,14[D  ]| "Do you enjoy so$5#1$ very much your
063:325,15[D  ]| long$9$ hours with him?"
063:325,16['  ]| $A$Nanda appeared for$4$ an instant$0$ to$9$ think how to$9$
063:325,17['  ]| express$1$ it. 
063:325,17[A  ]| "Well$7$, we are great friends."
063:325,18[D  ]| "And always talking about$4$ Granny?"
063:325,19[A  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ really almost never now."
063:325,20[D  ]| "He does not think so$5#1$ awfully much of her?"
063:325,21['  ]| There was an oddity of eagerness in the question$0$
063:325,22['  ]| ~ a hope$0$, a kind$0$ of dash, for$4$ something that$6#1$ might
063:325,23['  ]| have been in $A$Nanda's interest$0$.
063:325,24['  ]| The girl met these things only with obliging gravity.
063:325,25[A  ]| "I think he is losing any sense of my likeness.  He is
063:325,26[A  ]| too$5#1$ used$1#2$ to$4$ it ~ or too$5#1$ many things that$6#1$ are too$5#1$ different
063:325,27[A  ]| now cover it up."
063:325,28[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
063:325,28['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook as she took this in, 
063:325,28[D  ]| "I
063:325,29[D  ]| think it is awfully clever of you to$9$ get only the good
063:325,30[D  ]| of him and have none of the worry."
063:325,31['  ]| $A$Nanda wondered. 
063:325,31[A  ]| "The worry?"
063:325,32[D  ]| "You leave$1$ that$6#2$ all to$4$ \me\," 
063:325,32['  ]| her mother went on$5$,
063:326,01['  ]| but quite forgivingly. 
063:326,01[D  ]| "I hope$1$ at any rate$0$ that$3$ the
063:326,02[D  ]| good, for$4$ you, will$1$ be real."
063:326,03[A  ]| "Real?" 
063:326,03['  ]| the girl, remaining vague, again echoed.
063:326,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook showed for$3$ this not perhaps an irritation,
063:326,05['  ]| but a flicker of austerity. 
063:326,05[D  ]| "You must remember
063:326,06[D  ]| we have a great many things to$9$ think about$4$.  There are
063:326,07[D  ]| things we must take for$4$ granted in each other ~ we
063:326,08[D  ]| must all help$1$ in our way to$9$ pull the coach.  That is
063:326,09[D  ]| what$6#1$ I mean$1$ by$4$ worry, and if you do not have any so$5#1$
063:326,10[D  ]| much the better$9$ for$4$ you.  For$4$ me it is in the day's
063:326,11[D  ]| work$0$.  Your father and I have most to$9$ think about$4$
063:326,12[D  ]| always at this time, as you perfectly know ~ when
063:326,13[D  ]| we have to$9$ turn$1$ things round$9$ and manage somehow
063:326,14[D  ]| or other to$9$ get out$8$ of town, have to$9$ provide and pinch,
063:326,15[D  ]| to$9$ meet$1$ all the necessities, with money, money, money 
063:326,16[D  ]| at every turn$0$ running away like$9$ water.  The children
063:326,17[D  ]| this year seem to$9$ fit$1$ into nothing, into nowhere, and
063:326,18[D  ]| $E$Harold is more dreadful than he has ever been, doing
063:326,19[D  ]| nothing at all for$4$ himself and requiring everything
063:326,20[D  ]| to$9$ be done for$4$ him.  He talks about$4$ his American girl,
063:326,21[D  ]| with millions, who$6#1$ is so$5#1$ awfully taken with him, but
063:326,22[D  ]| I can not find out$5$ anything about$4$ her: the only one,
063:326,23[D  ]| just$9$ now, that$6#1$ people seem to$9$ have heard of is the one
063:326,24[D  ]| $ZJ$Booby*Manger is engaged to$9$.  The $ZJ$Mangers literally
063:326,25[D  ]| snap up everything," 
063:326,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook quite wailingly
063:326,26['  ]| now continued: 
063:326,26[D  ]| "the Jew man, so$5#1$ gigantically rich
063:326,27[D  ]| ~ who$6#2$ is he?  $ZN$Baron*Schack or $ZN$Schmack ~ who$6#1$ has
063:326,28[D  ]| just$9$ taken Cumberland*House and who$6#1$ has the awful
063:326,29[D  ]| stammer ~ or what$6#2$ is it?  no$2$ roof to$4$ his mouth 
063:326,30[D  ]| ~ is to$9$ give that$6#2$ horrid little $ZJ$Algie, to$9$ do his conversation
063:326,31[D  ]| for$4$ him, four hundred a year, which$6#1$ $E$Harold
063:326,32[D  ]| pretended to$4$ me that$3$, of all the rush of young men
063:327,01[D  ]| ~ dozens! ~ \he\ was most in the running for$4$.  Your
063:327,02[D  ]| father's settled$2$ gloom is terrible, and I bear$1$ all the
063:327,03[D  ]| brunt of it; we get literally nothing this year for$4$
063:327,04[D  ]| the Hovel, yet have to$9$ spend on$4$ it heaven knows
063:327,05[D  ]| what$6#1$; and everybody, for$4$ the next three months, in
063:327,06[D  ]| Scotland and everywhere, has asked us for$4$ the wrong$2$
063:327,07[D  ]| time and nobody for$4$ the right$2#1$: so$3$ that$3$ I assure you
063:327,08[D  ]| I do not know where to$9$ turn$1$ ~ which$6#1$ does not however
063:327,09[D  ]| in the least prevent every*one coming to$4$ me
063:327,10[D  ]| with their own$2$ selfish troubles." 
063:327,10['  ]| It was as if $D$Mrs%*Brook
063:327,11['  ]| had found the cup of her secret$2$ sorrows suddenly
063:327,12['  ]| jostled by$4$ some touch$0$ of which$6#1$ the perversity,
063:327,13['  ]| though not completely noted at the moment, proved,
063:327,14['  ]| as she a little let herself go, sufficient to$9$ make$1$ it flow$1$
063:327,15['  ]| over; but she drew, the next thing, from her daughter's
063:327,16['  ]| stillness a reflexion of the vanity of such heat$0$
063:327,17['  ]| and speedily recovered herself as if in order$8$ with
063:327,18['  ]| more dignity to$9$ point$1$ to$4$ the moral. 
063:327,18[D  ]| "I can carry my
063:327,19[D  ]| burden and shall do so$5#2$ to$4$ the end$0$; but we must each
063:327,20[D  ]| remember that$3$ we shall fall$1$ to$4$ pieces if we do not manage
063:327,21[D  ]| to$9$ keep hold$1$ of some little idea of responsibility.
063:327,22[D  ]| I positively can not arrange without knowing when it is
063:327,23[D  ]| you go to$4$ him."
063:327,24[A  ]| "To$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon?  Oh whenever I like$1$," 
063:327,24['  ]| $A$Nanda
063:327,25['  ]| replied very gently and simply.
063:327,26[D  ]| "And when shall you be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ like$1$?"
063:327,27[A  ]| "Well$7$, he goes himself on$4$ Saturday, and if I want$1$
063:327,28[A  ]| I can go a few days later."
063:327,29[D  ]| "And what$6#2$ day can you go if I want$1$?" 
063:327,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
063:327,30['  ]| spoke as with a small sharpness ~ just$9$ softened
063:327,31['  ]| indeed in time ~ produced by$4$ the sight of a freedom
063:327,32['  ]| in her daughter's life that$6#1$ suddenly loomed larger
063:328,01['  ]| than any freedom of her own$2$.  It was still$5$ a part$0$ of 
063:328,02['  ]| the unsteadiness of the vessel of her anxieties; but
063:328,03['  ]| she never after$4$ all remained publicly long$9$ subject$2$ to$4$
063:328,04['  ]| the influence$0$ she often comprehensively designated
063:328,05['  ]| to$4$ others as well$9$ as to$4$ herself as "nastiness." 
063:328,05[D  ]| "What$6#1$
063:328,06[D  ]| I mean$1$ is that$3$ you might go the same day, might not
063:328,07[D  ]| you?"
063:328,08[A  ]| "With him ~ in the train?  I should think so$5#2$ if you
063:328,09[A  ]| wish$1$ it." 
063:328,10[D  ]| "But would \he\ wish$1$ it?  I mean$1$ would he hate it?"
063:328,11[A  ]| "I do not think so$5#2$ at all, but I can easily ask him."
063:328,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's head$0$ inclined to$4$ the chimney and her
063:328,13['  ]| eyes to$4$ the window. 
063:328,13[D  ]| "Easily?"
063:328,14['  ]| $A$Nanda looked for$4$ a moment mystified by$4$ her
063:328,15['  ]| mother's insistence. 
063:328,15[A  ]| "I can at any rate$0$ perfectly try
063:328,16[A  ]| it."
063:328,17[D  ]| "Remembering even$5$ that$3$ mamma would never have
063:328,18[D  ]| pushed so$5#2$?"
063:328,19['  ]| $A$Nanda's face$0$ seemed to$9$ concede even$5$ that$6#2$ condition$0$.
063:328,20[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
063:328,20['  ]| she at all events serenely replied, 
063:328,20[A  ]| "I
063:328,21[A  ]| really think we are good friends enough for$4$ anything."
063:328,22['  ]| It might have been, for$4$ the light$0$ it quickly produced,
063:328,23['  ]| exactly what$6#1$ her mother had been working to$9$
063:328,24['  ]| make$1$ her say. 
063:328,24[D  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ that$6#2$ then, I should
063:328,25[D  ]| like$1$ to$9$ know, but his adopting you?"
063:328,26[A  ]| "Ah I do not know that$3$ it matters much what$6#1$ it is
063:328,27[A  ]| called."
063:328,28[D  ]| "So$5#1$ long$9$ as it brings with it, you mean$1$," 
063:328,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
063:328,29['  ]| asked, 
063:328,29[D  ]| "all the advantages?"
063:328,30[A  ]| "Well$7$ yes," 
063:328,30['  ]| said $A$Nanda, who$6#1$ had now begun dimly
063:328,31['  ]| to$9$ smile$1$ ~ 
063:328,31[A  ]| "call$1$ them advantages."
063:328,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had a pause$0$. 
063:328,32[D  ]| "One would be quite
063:329,01[D  ]| ready to$9$ do that$6#2$ if one only knew a little more exactly
063:329,02[D  ]| what$6#1$ they are to$9$ consist of."
063:329,03[A  ]| "Oh the great advantage, I feel, is doing something
063:329,04[A  ]| for$4$ \him\."
063:329,05['  ]| $A$Nanda's companion, at this, hesitated afresh. 
063:329,05[D  ]| "But
063:329,06[D  ]| does not that$6#2$, my dear$2#1$, put the extravagance of your
063:329,07[D  ]| surrender$0$ to$4$ him on$4$ rather an odd footing?  Charity,
063:329,08[D  ]| love$0#1$, begins at home, and if it is a question$0$ of merely
063:329,09[D  ]| \giving\ you have objects$0$ enough for$4$ your bounty without
063:329,10[D  ]| going so$5#1$ far."
063:329,11['  ]| The girl, as her stare showed, was held a moment
063:329,12['  ]| by$4$ her surprise$0$, which$6#1$ presently broke out$5$. 
063:329,12[A  ]| "Why,
063:329,13[A  ]| I thought$1$ you wanted me so$5#2$ to$9$ be nice to$4$ him!"
063:329,14[D  ]| "Well$7$, I hope$1$ you will$1$ not think me very vulgar,"
063:329,15['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
063:329,15[D  ]| "if I tell you that$3$ I want$1$ you still$5$
063:329,16[D  ]| more to$9$ have some idea of what$6#1$ you will$1$ get by$4$ it.  I have
063:329,17[D  ]| no$2$ wish$0$," 
063:329,17['  ]| she added, 
063:329,17[D  ]| "to$9$ keep on$5$ boring you with
063:329,18[D  ]| $M$Mitchy ~"
063:329,19[A  ]| "Do not, do not!" 
063:329,19['  ]| $A$Nanda pleaded.
063:329,20['  ]| Her mother stopped as short as if there had been
063:329,21['  ]| something in her tone to$9$ set$1$ the limit the more utterly
063:329,22['  ]| for$4$ being$1$ unstudied.  Yet poor $D$Mrs%*Brook could not
063:329,23['  ]| leave$1$ it there. 
063:329,23[D  ]| "Then what$6#2$ do you get instead?"
063:329,24[A  ]| "Instead of $M$Mitchy?  Oh," 
063:329,24['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
063:329,24[A  ]| "I shall
063:329,25[A  ]| never marry."
063:329,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook at this turned away, moving over to$4$ 
063:329,27['  ]| the window with quickened weariness.  $A$Nanda, on$4$ her
063:329,28['  ]| side$0$, as if their talk$0$ had ended, went across$5$ to$4$ the sofa
063:329,29['  ]| to$9$ take up her parasol before$4$ leaving the room, an
063:329,30['  ]| impulse rather favoured than arrested by$4$ the arrival
063:329,31['  ]| of her brother $E$Harold, who$6#1$ came in at the moment
063:329,32['  ]| both his relatives had turned a back$0$ to$4$ the door and
063:330,01['  ]| who$6#1$ gave his sister, as she faced him, a greeting that$6#1$
063:330,02['  ]| made their mother look$1$ round$9$. 
063:330,02[E  ]| "Hallo, $A$Nan ~ you
063:330,03[E  ]| \are\ lovely!  Ai not she lovely, mother?"
063:330,04[D  ]| "No$7$!" 
063:330,04['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook answered, not, however, otherwise
063:330,05['  ]| noticing him.  Her domestic$2$ despair$0$ centred at
063:330,06['  ]| this instant$0$ all in her daughter. 
063:330,06[D  ]| "Well$7$ then, we shall
063:330,07[D  ]| consider ~ your father and I ~ that$3$ he must take
063:330,08[D  ]| the consequence."
063:330,09['  ]| $A$Nanda had now her hand on$4$ the door, while$9$
063:330,10['  ]| $E$Harold had dropped on$4$ the sofa. 
063:330,10[A  ]| """He""?" 
063:330,10['  ]| she just$9$
063:330,11['  ]| sounded.
063:330,12[D  ]| "I mean$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon."
063:330,13[A  ]| "And what$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ the consequence?"
063:330,14[D  ]| "Well$7$, it will$1$ do for$4$ the beginning$0$ of it that$3$ you will$1$
063:330,15[D  ]| please go down$5$ \with\ him."
063:330,16[A  ]| "On$4$ Saturday then?  Thanks, mamma," 
063:330,16['  ]| the girl
063:330,17['  ]| returned. 
063:330,18['  ]| She was instantly gone, on$4$ which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook had
063:330,19['  ]| more attention for$4$ her son.  This, after$4$ an instant$0$, as
063:330,20['  ]| she approached the sofa and raised her eyes from the
063:330,21['  ]| little table beside$4$ it, came straight out$5$. 
063:330,21[D  ]| "Where in
063:330,22[D  ]| the world is that$6#2$ five-pound note$0$?"
063:330,23['  ]| $E$Harold looked vacantly about$4$ him. 
063:330,23[E  ]| "What$6#2$ five-pound
063:330,24[E  ]| note$0$?"
071:333,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's garden took in three acres and, full
071:333,02['  ]| of charming features, had for$4$ its greatest wonder$0$ the
071:333,03['  ]| extent and colour of its old brick wall, in which$6#1$
071:333,04['  ]| the pink and purple surface was the fruit of the mild
071:333,05['  ]| ages and the protective function, for$4$ a visitor strolling,
071:333,06['  ]| sitting$1$, talking, reading, that$6#2$ of a nurse$0$ of reverie.
071:333,07['  ]| The air of the place$0$, in the August time, thrilled
071:333,08['  ]| all the while$0$ with the bliss of birds, the hum of little
071:333,09['  ]| lives$0$ unseen and the flicker of white butterflies.  It
071:333,10['  ]| was on$4$ the large flat enclosed lawn that$3$ $A$Nanda spoke
071:333,11['  ]| to$4$ $B$Vanderbank of the three weeks she would have
071:333,12['  ]| completed there on$4$ the morrow ~ weeks that$6#1$ had
071:333,13['  ]| been ~ she made no$2$ secret$0$ of it ~ the happiest she
071:333,14['  ]| had yet spent anywhere.  The greyish day was soft
071:333,15['  ]| and still$2$ and the sky faintly marbled, while$9$ the more
071:333,16['  ]| newly arrived of the visitors from London, who$6#1$ had
071:333,17['  ]| come late on$4$ the Friday afternoon, lounged away
071:333,18['  ]| the morning in an attitude every relaxed line of
071:333,19['  ]| which$6#1$ referred to$4$ the holiday he had, as it were ~
071:333,20['  ]| at first merely looking about$5$ and victualling ~ sat
071:333,21['  ]| down$5$ in front$0$ of as a captain before$4$ a city.  There
071:333,22['  ]| were sitting-places, just$9$ there, out$8$ of the full light$0$,
071:333,23['  ]| cushioned benches in the thick wide spread of old
071:333,24['  ]| mulberry-boughs.  A large book of facts lay$1#2$ in the
071:333,25['  ]| young man's lap, and $A$Nanda had come out$5$ to$4$ him,
071:333,26['  ]| half an hour before$4$ luncheon, somewhat as $Z2$Beatrice
071:333,27['  ]| came out$5$ to$4$ $Z2$Benedick: not to$9$ call$1$ him immediately
071:334,01['  ]| indeed to$4$ the meal, but mentioning promptly that$3$ she
071:334,02['  ]| had come at a bidding.  $L$Mr%*Longdon had rebuked
071:334,03['  ]| her, it appeared, for$4$ her want$0$ of attention to$4$ their
071:334,04['  ]| guest, showing her in this way, to$4$ her pleasure, how
071:334,05['  ]| far he had gone toward taking her, as he called it,
071:334,06['  ]| into the house.
071:334,07[B  ]| "You have been thinking of yourself," 
071:334,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:334,08['  ]| asked, 
071:334,08[B  ]| "as a mere clerk at a salary, and you now find
071:334,09[B  ]| that$3$ you are a partner and have a share$0$ in the concern$0$?"
071:334,10[B  ]|
071:334,11[A  ]| "It seems to$9$ be something like$9$ that$6#2$.  But does not
071:334,12[A  ]| a partner put in something?  What$6#2$ have I put in?"
071:334,13[B  ]| "Well$7$ ~ \me\, for$4$ one thing.  Is not it your being$1$
071:334,14[B  ]| here that$6#1$ has brought me down$5$?"
071:334,15[A  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you would not have come for$4$ him
071:334,16[A  ]| alone?  Then do not you make$1$ anything of his attraction?
071:334,17[A  ]| You ought to$9$," 
071:334,17['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
071:334,17[A  ]| "when he likes
071:334,18[A  ]| you so$5#2$."
071:334,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, longing$1$ for$4$ a river, was in white flannels,
071:334,20['  ]| and he took her question$0$ with a happy laugh$0$,
071:334,21['  ]| a handsome face$0$ of good humour that$6#1$ completed the
071:334,22['  ]| effect$0$ of his long$9$, cool$2$ fairness. 
071:334,22[B  ]| "Do you mind$1$ my
071:334,23[B  ]| just$9$ sitting$1$ still, do you mind$1$ letting me smoke and
071:334,24[B  ]| staying with me a while$0$?  Perhaps after$4$ a little we will$1$
071:334,25[B  ]| walk$1$ about$5$ ~ shall not we?  But face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ with this
071:334,26[B  ]| dear$2#1$ old house, in this jolly old nook, one is too$5#1$ contented
071:334,27[B  ]| to$9$ move$1$, lest raising a finger even$5$ should
071:334,28[B  ]| break the spell.  What$6#1$ \will$1$\ be perfect$2$ will$1$ be your
071:334,29[B  ]| just$9$ sitting$1$ down$5$ ~ \do\ sit down$5$ ~ and scolding me
071:334,30[B  ]| a little.  That$6#2$, my dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda, will$1$ deepen the peace."
071:334,31['  ]| Some minutes later, while$9$, near$4$ him but in another
071:334,32['  ]| chair, she fingered the impossible book, as she pronounced
071:335,01['  ]| it, that$6#1$ she had taken from him, he came
071:335,02['  ]| back$5$ to$4$ what$6#1$ she had last$2$ said. 
071:335,02[B  ]| "Has he talked to$4$
071:335,03[B  ]| you much about$4$ his ""liking"" me?"
071:335,04['  ]| $A$Nanda waited a minute$0$, turning$1$ over the book.
071:335,05[A  ]| "No$7$."
071:335,06[B  ]| "Then how are you just$9$ now so$5#1$ struck with it?"
071:335,07[A  ]| "I am not struck only with what$6#1$ I am talked to$4$
071:335,08[A  ]| about$4$.  I do not know," 
071:335,08['  ]| she went on$5$, 
071:335,08[A  ]| "only what$6#1$ people
071:335,09[A  ]| tell me."
071:335,10[B  ]| "Ah no$7$ ~ you are too$5#1$ much your mother's daughter
071:335,11[B  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$!" 
071:335,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank leaned back$5$ and smoked,
071:335,12['  ]| and though all his air seemed to$9$ say that$3$ when one
071:335,13['  ]| was so$5#1$ at ease$0$ for$4$ gossip almost any subject$0$ would
071:335,14['  ]| do, he kept jogging his foot with the same small
071:335,15['  ]| nervous motion as during the half-hour at Mertle that$6#1$
071:335,16['  ]| this record has commemorated. 
071:335,16[B  ]| "You are too$5#1$ much
071:335,17[B  ]| one of us all," 
071:335,17['  ]| he continued. 
071:335,17[B  ]| "We have tremendous
071:335,18[B  ]| perceptions," 
071:335,18['  ]| he laughed. 
071:335,18[B  ]| "Of course$8$ I \should\ have
071:335,19[B  ]| come for$4$ him.  But after$4$ all," 
071:335,19['  ]| he added, as if all
071:335,20['  ]| sorts of nonsense would equally serve, 
071:335,20[B  ]| "he might not
071:335,21[B  ]| except for$4$ you, you know, have asked me."
071:335,22['  ]| $A$Nanda so$5#1$ far accepted this view$0$ as to$9$ reply$1$: 
071:335,22[A  ]| "That is
071:335,23[A  ]| awfully weak.  He is so$5#1$ modest that$3$ he might have
071:335,24[A  ]| been afraid of your boring yourself."
071:335,25[B  ]| "That is just$9$ what$6#1$ I mean$1$."
071:335,26[A  ]| "Well$7$, if you do," 
071:335,26['  ]| $A$Nanda returned, 
071:335,26[A  ]| "the explanation is
071:335,27[A  ]| a little conceited."
071:335,28[B  ]| "Oh I only made it," 
071:335,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said, 
071:335,28[B  ]| "in reference
071:335,29[B  ]| to$4$ his modesty." 
071:335,29['  ]| Beyond$4$ the lawn the house was
071:335,30['  ]| before$4$ him, old, square, red-roofed, well$9$ assured of
071:335,31['  ]| its right$0$ to$4$ the place$0$ it took up in the world.  This was
071:335,32['  ]| a considerable space ~ in the little world at least of
071:336,01['  ]| Suffolk ~ and the look$0$ of possession had everywhere
071:336,02['  ]| mixed with it, in the form$0$ of old windows and doors,
071:336,03['  ]| the tone of old red surfaces, the style of old white
071:336,04['  ]| facings, the age of old high creepers, the long$9$ confirmation
071:336,05['  ]| of time.  Suggestive of panelled rooms, of
071:336,06['  ]| precious mahogany, of portraits of women dead, of
071:336,07['  ]| coloured china glimmering through$4$ glass doors and
071:336,08['  ]| delicate silver reflected on$4$ bared tables, the thing
071:336,09['  ]| was one of those impressions of a particular period
071:336,10['  ]| that$6#1$ it takes two centuries to$9$ produce. 
071:336,10[B  ]| "Fancy$1$," 
071:336,10['  ]| the
071:336,11['  ]| young man incoherently exclaimed, 
071:336,11[B  ]| "his caring to$9$
071:336,12[B  ]| leave$1$ anything so$5#1$ loveable as all this to$9$ come up and
071:336,13[B  ]| live with \us\!"
071:336,14['  ]| The girl also for$4$ a little lost herself. 
071:336,14[A  ]| "Oh you do not
071:336,15[A  ]| know what$6#1$ it is ~ the charm$0$ comes out$5$ so$5#2$ as one
071:336,16[A  ]| stays.  Little by$4$ little it grows and grows.  There are
071:336,17[A  ]| old things everywhere that$6#1$ are too$5#1$ delightful.  He lets
071:336,18[A  ]| me explore so$5#2$ ~ he lets me rummage and rifle.  Every
071:336,19[A  ]| day I make$1$ discoveries."
071:336,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered as he smoked. 
071:336,20[B  ]| "You mean$1$
071:336,21[B  ]| he lets you take things ~?"
071:336,22[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ up to$4$ my room, to$9$ study$1$ or to$9$ copy$1$.
071:336,23[A  ]| There are old patterns that$6#1$ are too$5#1$ dear$2#3$ for$4$ anything.
071:336,24[A  ]| It is when you live with them, you see, that$3$ you know.
071:336,25[A  ]| Everything in the place$0$ is such good company."
071:336,26[B  ]| "Your mother ought to$9$ be here," 
071:336,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:336,27['  ]| presently suggested. 
071:336,27[B  ]| "She is so$5#1$ fond of good company."
071:336,28['  ]| Then as $A$Nanda answered nothing he went
071:336,29['  ]| on$5$:  
071:336,29[B  ]| "Was your grandmother ever?"
071:336,30[A  ]| "Never," 
071:336,30['  ]| the girl promptly said. 
071:336,30[A  ]| "Never," 
071:336,30['  ]| she repeated
071:336,31['  ]| in a tone quite different.  After$4$ which$6#1$ she
071:336,32['  ]| added: 
071:336,32[A  ]| "I am the only one."
071:337,01[B  ]| "Oh, and I. ""Me and you,"" as they say," 
071:337,01['  ]| her companion
071:337,02['  ]| amended.
071:337,03[A  ]| "Yes, and $M$Mr%*Mitchy, who$6#1$ is to$9$ come down$5$ ~
071:337,04[A  ]| please do not forget ~ this afternoon."
071:337,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had another of his contemplative
071:337,06['  ]| pauses. 
071:337,06[B  ]| "Thank you for$4$ reminding me.  I shall
071:337,07[B  ]| spread myself as much as possible before$3$ he comes ~
071:337,08[B  ]| try to$9$ produce so$5#1$ much of my effect$0$ that$3$ I shall be
071:337,09[B  ]| safe.  But what$6#2$ did $L$Mr%*Longdon ask him for$4$?"
071:337,10[A  ]| "Ah," 
071:337,10['  ]| said $A$Nanda gaily, 
071:337,10[A  ]| "what$6#2$ did he ask \you\
071:337,11[A  ]| for$4$?"
071:337,12[B  ]| "Why, for$4$ the reason$0$ you just$9$ now mentioned ~
071:337,13[B  ]| that$3$ his interest$0$ in me is so$5#1$ uncontrollable."
071:337,14[A  ]| "Then is not his interest$0$ in $M$Mitchy ~"
071:337,15[B  ]| "Of the same general$2$ order$0$?" 
071:337,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank broke
071:337,16['  ]| in. 
071:337,16[B  ]| "Not in the least." 
071:337,16['  ]| He seemed to$9$ look$1$ for$4$ a way to$9$
071:337,17['  ]| express$1$ the distinction ~ which$6#1$ suddenly occurred
071:337,18['  ]| to$4$ him. 
071:337,18[B  ]| "He was not in love$0$ with $M$Mitchy's mother."
071:337,19[A  ]| "No$7$" 
071:337,19['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda turned it over. 
071:337,19[A  ]| "$M$Mitchy's mother,
071:337,20[A  ]| it appears, was awful.  $F$Mr%*Cashmore knew her."
071:337,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's smoke-puffs were profuse and his
071:337,22['  ]| pauses frequent.  
071:337,22[B  ]| "Awful to$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore?  I am glad
071:337,23[B  ]| to$9$ hear it ~ he must have deserved it.  But I believe
071:337,24[B  ]| in her all the same.  $M$Mitchy is often awful himself,"
071:337,25['  ]| the young man rambled on$5$. 
071:337,25[B  ]| "Just$9$ so$5#2$ I believe in 
071:337,26[B  ]| \him\."
071:337,27[A  ]| "So$5#2$ do I," 
071:337,27['  ]| said $A$Nanda ~ 
071:337,27[A  ]| "and that is why I asked
071:337,28[A  ]| him."
071:337,29[B  ]| "\You\ asked him, my dear$2#1$ child?  Have you the
071:337,30[B  ]| inviting?"
071:337,31[A  ]| "Oh yes."
071:337,32['  ]| The eyes he turned on$4$ her seemed really to$9$ try if
071:338,01['  ]| she jested or were serious$2$. 
071:338,01[B  ]| "So$3$ you arranged for$4$ me
071:338,02[B  ]| too$5#2$?"
071:338,03['  ]| She turned over again a few leaves$0$ of his book and,
071:338,04['  ]| closing it with something of a clap, transferred it to$4$
071:338,05['  ]| the bench beside$4$ him ~ a movement in which$6#1$, as
071:338,06['  ]| if through$4$ a drop$0$ into thought$0$, he rendered her no$2$
071:338,07['  ]| assistance.  
071:338,07[A  ]| "What$6#1$ I mean$1$ is that$3$ I proposed it to$4$
071:338,08[A  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, I suggested he should be asked.  I have
071:338,09[A  ]| a reason$0$ for$4$ seeing him ~ I want$1$ to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ him.  And
071:338,10[A  ]| do you know," 
071:338,10['  ]| the girl went on$5$, 
071:338,10[A  ]| "what$6#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
071:338,11[A  ]| said?"
071:338,12[B  ]| "Something splendid of course$8$."
071:338,13[A  ]| "He asked if you would not perhaps dislike$1$ his being$1$
071:338,14[A  ]| here with you."
071:338,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, throwing back$5$ his head$0$, laughed,
071:338,16['  ]| smoked, jogged his foot more than ever. 
071:338,16[B  ]| "Awfully nice.
071:338,17[B  ]| Dear$2#1$ old $M$Mitch!  How little afraid of him you are!"
071:338,18['  ]| $A$Nanda wondered. 
071:338,18[A  ]| "Of $M$Mitch?"
071:338,19[B  ]| "Yes, of the tremendous pull he really has.  It is all
071:338,20[B  ]| very well$9$ to$9$ talk$1$ ~ he \has\ it.  But of course$8$ I do not
071:338,21[B  ]| mean$1$ I do not know" 
071:338,21['  ]| ~ and as with the effect$0$ of his
071:338,22['  ]| nervous sociability he shifted his position. 
071:338,22[B  ]| "I perfectly
071:338,23[B  ]| see that$3$ you are \not\ afraid.  I perfectly know
071:338,24[B  ]| what$6#1$ you have in your head$0$.  I should never in the
071:338,25[B  ]| least dream$1$ of accusing you ~ as far as \he\ is concerned ~
071:338,26[B  ]| of the least disposition to$9$ flirt; any more
071:338,27[B  ]| indeed," 
071:338,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank pleasantly pursued, 
071:338,27[B  ]| "than even$5$
071:338,28[B  ]| of any general$2$ tendency of that$6#2$ sort.  No$7$, my dear$2#1$
071:338,29[B  ]| $A$Nanda" 
071:338,29['  ]| ~ he kindly kept it up ~ 
071:338,29[B  ]| "I \will$1$\ say for$4$
071:338,30[B  ]| you that$3$, though a girl, thank heaven, and awfully
071:338,31[B  ]| \much\ a girl, you are really not on$4$ the whole$0$ more of
071:338,32[B  ]| a flirt than a respectable social ideal prescribes."
071:339,01[A  ]| "Thank you most tremendously," 
071:339,01['  ]| his companion
071:339,02['  ]| quietly replied.
071:339,03['  ]| Something in the tone of it made him laugh$1$ out$5$, and
071:339,04['  ]| the particular sound$0$ went well$9$ with all the rest$0#1$, with
071:339,05['  ]| the August day and the charming spot and the young
071:339,06['  ]| man's lounging figure and $A$Nanda's own$2$ little hovering
071:339,07['  ]| hospitality. 
071:339,07[B  ]| "Of course$8$ I strike you as patronising
071:339,08[B  ]| you with unconscious sublimity.  Well$7$, that is all
071:339,09[B  ]| right$2#1$, for$3$ what$6#2$ is the most natural$2$ thing to$9$ do in these
071:339,10[B  ]| conditions but the most luxurious?  will$1$ not $M$Mitchy be
071:339,11[B  ]| wonderful for$4$ feeling$1$ and enjoying them?  I assure
071:339,12[B  ]| you I am delighted he is coming." 
071:339,12['  ]| Then in a different
071:339,13['  ]| tone a moment later, 
071:339,13[B  ]| "Do you expect to$9$ be here
071:339,14[B  ]| long$9$?" 
071:339,14['  ]| he asked.
071:339,15['  ]| It took $A$Nanda some time to$9$ say. 
071:339,15[A  ]| "As long$9$ as $L$Mr%*Longdon
071:339,16[A  ]| will$1$ keep me, I suppose ~ if that$6#2$ does not
071:339,17[A  ]| sound$1$ very horrible."
071:339,18[B  ]| "Oh he will$1$ keep you!  Only will$1$ not he himself,"
071:339,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$, 
071:339,19[B  ]| "be coming up to$4$ town in the
071:339,20[B  ]| course$0$ of the autumn?"
071:339,21[A  ]| "Well$7$, in that$6#2$ case I would perfectly stay$1$ here without
071:339,22[A  ]| him."
071:339,23[B  ]| "And leave$1$ him in London without \you\?  Ah that is
071:339,24[B  ]| not what$6#1$ we want$1$: he would not be at all the same
071:339,25[B  ]| thing without you.  Least of all for$4$ himself!" 
071:339,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:339,26['  ]| declared.
071:339,27['  ]| $A$Nanda again thought$1$. 
071:339,27[A  ]| "Yes, that is what$6#1$ makes
071:339,28[A  ]| him funny, I suppose ~ his curious infatuation.  I set$1$
071:339,29[A  ]| him off ~ what$6#2$ do you call$1$ it? ~ show$1$ him off: by$4$ his
071:339,30[A  ]| going round$4$ and round$4$ me as the acrobat on$4$ the horse
071:339,31[A  ]| in the circus goes round$4$ the clown.  He has said a great
071:339,32[A  ]| deal$0#2$ to$4$ me of your mother," 
071:339,32['  ]| she irrelevantly added.
071:340,01[B  ]| "Oh everything that is kind$2$ of course$8$, or you
071:340,02[B  ]| would not mention$1$ it."
071:340,03[A  ]| "That is what$6#1$ I mean$1$," 
071:340,03['  ]| said $A$Nanda.
071:340,04[B  ]| "I see, I see ~ most charming of him." 
071:340,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:340,05['  ]| kept his high head$0$ thrown back$5$ as for$4$ the view$0$,
071:340,06['  ]| with a bright equal$2$ general$2$ interest$0$, of everything
071:340,07['  ]| that$6#1$ was before$4$ them, whether talked of or seen.
071:340,08[B  ]| "Who$6#2$ do you think I yesterday had a letter from?
071:340,09[B  ]| An extraordinary funny one from $E$Harold.  He gave
071:340,10[B  ]| me all the family news."
071:340,11[A  ]| "And what$6#2$ \is\ the family news?" 
071:340,11['  ]| the girl after$4$ a 
071:340,12['  ]| minute$0$ enquired.
071:340,13[B  ]| "Well$7$, the first great item is that$3$ he himself ~"
071:340,14[A  ]| "Wanted," 
071:340,14['  ]| $A$Nanda broke in, 
071:340,14[A  ]| "to$9$ borrow five
071:340,15[A  ]| pounds of you?  I say that$6#2$," 
071:340,15['  ]| she added, 
071:340,15[A  ]| "because if he
071:340,16[A  ]| wrote to$4$ you ~"
071:340,17[B  ]| "It could not have been in such a case for$4$ the simple$2$
071:340,18[B  ]| pleasure of the intercourse?" 
071:340,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank hesitated,
071:340,19['  ]| but continued not to$9$ look$1$ at her. 
071:340,19[B  ]| "What$6#2$ do you
071:340,20[B  ]| know, pray, of poor $E$Harold's borrowings?"
071:340,21[A  ]| "Oh I know as I know other things.  Do not I know
071:340,22[A  ]| everything?"
071:340,23[B  ]| "\Do\ you?  I should rather ask," 
071:340,23['  ]| the young man
071:340,24['  ]| gaily enough replied. 		
071:340,25[A  ]| "Why should I not?  How should I not?  You
071:340,26[A  ]| know what$6#1$ I know." 
071:340,26['  ]| Then as to$9$ explain herself and
071:340,27['  ]| attenuate a little the sudden$2$ emphasis with which$6#1$ she
071:340,28['  ]| had spoken: 
071:340,28[A  ]| "I remember your once telling me that$3$
071:340,29[A  ]| I must take in things at my pores."
071:340,30['  ]| Her companion stared, but with his laugh$0$ again
071:340,31['  ]| changed his posture. 
071:340,31[B  ]| "That$3$ you ""must"" ~?"
071:340,32[A  ]| "That$3$ I do ~ and you were quite right$2#1$."
071:341,01[B  ]| "And when did I make$1$ this extraordinary
071:341,02[B  ]| charge$0$?"
071:341,03[A  ]| "Ah then," 
071:341,03['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
071:341,03[A  ]| "you admit it \is\ a charge$0$.
071:341,04[A  ]| It was a long$9$ time ago ~ when I was a little girl.
071:341,05[A  ]| Which$6#1$ made it worse!" 
071:341,05['  ]| she dropped.
071:341,06['  ]| It made it at all events now for$4$ $B$Vanderbank more
071:341,07['  ]| amusing. 
071:341,07[B  ]| "Ah not worse ~ better$9$!"
071:341,08['  ]| She thought$1$ a moment. 
071:341,08[A  ]| "Because in that$6#2$ case I
071:341,09[A  ]| might not have understood?  But that$3$ I do understand
071:341,10[A  ]| is just$9$ what$6#1$ you have always meant."
071:341,11[B  ]| """Always,"" my dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda?  I feel somehow,"
071:341,12['  ]| he rejoined very kindly, 
071:341,12[B  ]| "as if you overwhelmed
071:341,13[B  ]| me!"
071:341,14[A  ]| "You ""feel"" as if I did ~ but the reality is just$9$ that$3$
071:341,15[A  ]| I do not.  The day I overwhelm you, $B$Mr%*Van ~!"
071:341,16['  ]| She let that$6#2$ pass$1$, however; there was too$5#1$ much to$9$ say
071:341,17['  ]| about$4$ it and there was something else much simpler.
071:341,18[A  ]| "Girls understand now.  It has got to$9$ be faced, as
071:341,19[A  ]| $K$Tishy says."
071:341,20[B  ]| "Oh well$7$," 
071:341,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed, 
071:341,20[B  ]| "we do not require
071:341,21[B  ]| $K$Tishy to$9$ point$1$ that$6#2$ out$5$ to$4$ us.  What$6#2$ are we all
071:341,22[B  ]| doing most of the time but trying$1$ to$9$ face$1$ it?"
071:341,23[A  ]| "Doing?  Are not you doing rather something very
071:341,24[A  ]| different?  You are just$9$ trying$1$ to$9$ dodge it.  You are
071:341,25[A  ]| trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ believe ~ not perhaps to$4$ yourselves
071:341,26[A  ]| but to$4$ \us\ ~ that$3$ it is not so$5#2$."
071:341,27[B  ]| "But surely you do not want$1$ us to$9$ be any worse!"
071:341,28['  ]| She shook her head$0$ with brisk gravity. 
071:341,28[A  ]| "We do not
071:341,29[A  ]| care$1$ really what$6#1$ you are."
071:341,30['  ]| His amusement now dropped to$4$ her straighter.
071:341,31[A  ]| "Your ""we"" is awfully beautiful.  It is charming to$9$
071:341,32[A  ]| hear you speak for$4$ the whole$2$ lovely lot.  Only you
071:342,01[A  ]| speak, you know, as if you were just$9$ the class$0$ apart
071:342,02[A  ]| that$6#1$ you yet complain of our ~ by$4$ our scruples ~
071:342,03[A  ]| implying you to$9$ be."
071:342,04['  ]| She considered this objection with her eyes on$4$ his
071:342,05['  ]| face$0$. 
071:342,05[A  ]| "Well$7$ then we do care$1$.  Only ~!"
071:342,06[B  ]| "Only it is a big subject$0$."
071:342,07[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ no$2$ doubt$0$; it is a big subject$0$." 
071:342,07['  ]| She appeared
071:342,08['  ]| to$9$ wish$1$ to$9$ meet$1$ him on$4$ everything reasonable.
071:342,09[A  ]| "Even$5$ $L$Mr%*Longdon admits that$6#2$."
071:342,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wondered. 
071:342,10[B  ]| "You mean$1$ you talk$1$ over
071:342,11[B  ]| with him ~!"
071:342,12[A  ]| "The subject$0$ of girls?  Why we scarcely discuss
071:342,13[A  ]| anything else."
071:342,14[B  ]| "Oh no$2$ wonder$0$ then you are not bored.  But you
071:342,15[B  ]| mean$1$," 
071:342,15['  ]| he asked, 
071:342,15[B  ]| "that$3$ he recognises the inevitable
071:342,16[B  ]| change$0$ ~?"
071:342,17[A  ]| "He can not shut his eyes to$4$ the facts.  He sees we are
071:342,18[A  ]| quite a different thing."
071:342,19[B  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say" 
071:342,19['  ]| ~ her friend was fully appreciative.
071:342,20[B  ]| "Yet the old thing ~ what$6#2$ do \you\ know of it?"
071:342,21[A  ]| "I personally?  Well$7$, I have seen some change$0$ even$5$
071:342,22[A  ]| in \my\ short$2$ life.  And are not the old books full of us?
071:342,23[A  ]| Then $L$Mr%*Longdon himself has told me."
071:342,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank smoked and smoked. 
071:342,24[B  ]| "You have gone
071:342,25[B  ]| into it with him?"
071:342,26[A  ]| "As far as a man and a woman can together."
071:342,27['  ]| As he took her in at this with a turn$0$ of his eye he
071:342,28['  ]| might have had in his ears the echo of all the times
071:342,29['  ]| it had been dropped in Buckingham*Crescent that$3$
071:342,30['  ]| $A$Nanda was "wonderful."  
071:342,30@b   | She \was\ indeed. 
071:342,30[B  ]| "Oh he is
071:342,31[B  ]| of course$8$ on$4$ certain sides shy."
071:342,32[A  ]| "Awfully ~ too$5#1$ beautifully.  And then there is
071:343,01[A  ]| $J$Aggie," 
071:343,01['  ]| the girl pursued. 
071:343,01[A  ]| "I mean$1$ for$4$ the real old
071:343,02[A  ]| thing."
071:343,03[B  ]| "Yes, no$2$ doubt$0$ ~ if she \be\ the real old thing.  But
071:343,04[B  ]| what$6#2$ the deuce really \is\ $J$Aggie?"
071:343,05[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
071:343,05['  ]| said $A$Nanda with the frankest interest$0$,
071:343,06[A  ]| "she is a miracle.  If one could be her exactly, absolutely,
071:343,07[A  ]| without the least little mite of change$0$, one
071:343,08[A  ]| would probably be wise to$9$ close$1$ with it.  Otherwise
071:343,09[A  ]| ~ except for$4$ anything \but\ that$6#2$ ~ I would rather brazen it
071:343,10[A  ]| out$5$ as myself."
071:343,11['  ]| There fell between them on$4$ this a silence$0$ of some
071:343,12['  ]| minutes, after$4$ which$6#1$ it would probably not have been
071:343,13['  ]| possible for$4$ either to$9$ say if their eyes had met while$9$ it
071:343,14['  ]| lasted.  This was at any rate$0$ not the case as $B$Vanderbank
071:343,15['  ]| at last$0$ remarked: 
071:343,15[B  ]| "Your brass, my dear$2#1$ young
071:343,16[B  ]| lady, is pure gold!"
071:343,17[A  ]| "Then it is of me, I think, that$3$ $E$Harold ought to$9$
071:343,18[A  ]| borrow."
071:343,19[B  ]| "You mean$1$ therefore that$3$ mine$6$ is not?" 
071:343,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:343,20['  ]| went on$5$.
071:343,21[A  ]| "Well$7$, you really have not any natural$2$ ""cheek"" ~
071:343,22[A  ]| not like$9$ \some\ of them.  You are in yourself as uneasy,
071:343,23[A  ]| if anything is said and every*one giggles or makes some
071:343,24[A  ]| face$0$, as $L$Mr%*Longdon, and if $N$Lord*Petherton had not
071:343,25[A  ]| once told me that$3$ a man hates almost as much to$9$ be
071:343,26[A  ]| called modest as a woman does, I would say that$3$ very
071:343,27[A  ]| often in London now you must pass$1$ some bad moments."
071:343,28[A  ]|		
071:343,29['  ]| The present$0#1$ might precisely have been one of them,
071:343,30['  ]| we should doubtless have gathered, had we seen fully
071:343,31['  ]| recorded in $B$Vanderbank's face$0$ the degree to$4$ which$6#1$
071:343,32['  ]| this prompt$2$ response embarrassed or at least stupefied
071:344,01['  ]| him.  But he could always provisionally laugh$1$. 
071:344,01[B  ]| "I
071:344,02[B  ]| like$1$ your ""in London now""!"
071:344,03[A  ]| "It is the tone and the current and the effect$0$ of all
071:344,04[A  ]| the others that$6#1$ push$1$ you along$5$," 
071:344,04['  ]| she went on$5$ as if she
071:344,05['  ]| had not heard him. 
071:344,05[A  ]| "If such things are contagious, as
071:344,06[A  ]| every*one says, you prove it perhaps as much as any*one.
071:344,07[A  ]| But you do not begin" 
071:344,07['  ]| ~ she continued blandly
071:344,08['  ]| enough to$9$ work$1$ it out$5$ for$4$ him; 
071:344,08[A  ]| "or you can not at least
071:344,09[A  ]| originally have begun.  Any*one would know that$6#2$
071:344,10[A  ]| now ~ from the terrific effect$0$ I see I produce on$4$ you
071:344,11[A  ]| by$4$ talking this way.  There it is ~ it is all out$5$ before$3$
071:344,12[A  ]| one knows it, is not it, and I can not help$1$ it any more
071:344,13[A  ]| than you can, can I?" 
071:344,13['  ]| So$5#2$ she appeared to$9$ put it
071:344,14['  ]| to$4$ him, with something in her lucidity that$6#1$ would
071:344,15['  ]| have been infinitely touching; a strange grave$2$ calm$2$
071:344,16['  ]| consciousness of their common$2$ doom and of what$6#1$ in
071:344,17['  ]| especial in it would be worst for$4$ herself.  He sprang
071:344,18['  ]| up indeed after$4$ an instant$0$ as if he had been infinitely
071:344,19['  ]| touched; he turned away, taking just$9$ near$4$ her a few
071:344,20['  ]| steps to$8$ and fro, gazed about$4$ the place$0$ again, but this
071:344,21['  ]| time without the air of particularly seeing it, and then
071:344,22['  ]| came back$5$ to$4$ her as if from a greater distance$0$.  An
071:344,23['  ]| observer at all initiated would, at the juncture, fairly
071:344,24['  ]| have hung on$4$ his lips, and there was in fact on$4$ $B$Vanderbank's
071:344,25['  ]| part$0$ quite the look$0$ of the man ~ though it 
071:344,26['  ]| lasted but just$9$ while$9$ we seize it ~ in suspense about$4$
071:344,27['  ]| himself.  The most initiated observer of all would have
071:344,28['  ]| been poor $L$Mr%*Longdon, in that$6#2$ case destined, however,
071:344,29['  ]| to$9$ be also the most defeated, with the sign of
071:344,30['  ]| his tension a smothered 
071:344,30@l   | "Ah if he does not do it
071:344,31@l   | \now\!" 
071:344,31['  ]| Well$7$, $B$Vanderbank did not do it "now," and
071:344,32['  ]| the odd slow irrelevant sigh$0$ he gave out$5$ might have
071:345,01['  ]| sufficed as the record of his recovery from a peril lasting
071:345,02['  ]| just$9$ long$9$ enough to$9$ be measured.  Had there been
071:345,03['  ]| any measure$0$ of it meanwhile for$4$ $A$Nanda?  There was
071:345,04['  ]| nothing at least to$9$ show$1$ either the presence or the
071:345,05['  ]| relief of anxiety in the way in which$6#1$, by$4$ a prompt$2$
071:345,06['  ]| transition, she left$1$ her last$2$ appeal to$4$ him simply to$9$
071:345,07['  ]| take care$0$ of itself. 
071:345,07[A  ]| "You have not denied that$3$ $E$Harold
071:345,08[A  ]| does borrow."
071:345,09['  ]| He gave a sound$0$ as of cheer for$4$ this luckily firmer
071:345,10['  ]| ground. 
071:345,10[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, I never lent the silly boy
071:345,11[B  ]| five pounds in my life.  In fact I like$1$ the way you talk$1$
071:345,12[B  ]| of that$6#2$.  I do not know quite for$4$ what$6#1$ you take me,
071:345,13[B  ]| but the number of persons to$4$ whom$6#1$ I \have\ lent five
071:345,14[B  ]| pounds ~!"
071:345,15[A  ]| "Is so$5#1$ awfully small" 
071:345,15['  ]| ~ she took him up on$4$ it ~
071:345,16[A  ]| "as not to$9$ look$1$ so$5#1$ very well$9$ for$4$ you?" 
071:345,16['  ]| She held him
071:345,17['  ]| an instant$0$ as with the fine intelligence of his meaning$0$
071:345,18['  ]| in this, and then, though not with sharpness, broke
071:345,19['  ]| out$5$: 
071:345,19[A  ]| "Why are you trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ that$3$ you are
071:345,20[A  ]| nasty and stingy?  Why do you misrepresent ~?"
071:345,21[B  ]| "My natural$2$ generosity?  I do not misrepresent anything,
071:345,22[B  ]| but I take, I think rather markedly good care$0$
071:345,23[B  ]| of money." 
071:345,23['  ]| She had remained in her place$0$ and he
071:345,24['  ]| was before$4$ her on$4$ the grass, his hands in his pockets
071:345,25['  ]| and his manner perhaps a little awkward. 
071:345,25[B  ]| "The way
071:345,26[B  ]| you young things talk$1$ of it!"
071:345,27[A  ]| "$E$Harold talks of it ~ but I do not think \I\ do.  I am
071:345,28[A  ]| not a bit expensive ~ ask mother, or even$5$ ask father.
071:345,29[A  ]| I do with awfully little ~ for$4$ clothes and things, and
071:345,30[A  ]| I could easily do with still$5$ less.  $E$Harold is a born$2$ consumer,
071:345,31[A  ]| as $M$Mitchy says; he says also he is one of those
071:345,32[A  ]| people who$6#1$ will$1$ never really want$1$."
071:346,01[B  ]| "Ah for$4$ that$6#2$, $M$Mitchy himself will$1$ never let him."
071:346,02[A  ]| "Well$7$ then, with every*one helping us all round$9$,
071:346,03[A  ]| are not we a lovely family?  I do not speak of it to$9$ tell
071:346,04[A  ]| tales, but when you mention$1$ hearing from $E$Harold all
071:346,05[A  ]| sorts of things immediately come over me.  We seem
071:346,06[A  ]| to$9$ be all living$9$ more or less on$4$ other people, all immensely
071:346,07[A  ]| ""beholden.""  You can easily say of course$8$ that$3$
071:346,08[A  ]| I am worst of all.  The children and their people, at
071:346,09[A  ]| Bognor, are in borrowed quarters ~ mother got them
071:346,10[A  ]| lent her ~ as to$4$ which$6#1$, no$2$ doubt$0$, I am perfectly aware
071:346,11[A  ]| that$3$ I ought to$9$ be there sharing them, taking care$0$ of
071:346,12[A  ]| my little brother and sister, instead of sitting$1$ here at
071:346,13[A  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's expense to$9$ expose everything and criticise.
071:346,14[A  ]| Father and mother, in Scotland, are on$4$ a grand
071:346,15[A  ]| campaign.  Well$7$" 
071:346,15['  ]| ~ she pulled herself up ~ 
071:346,15[A  ]| "I am
071:346,16[A  ]| not in \that$5#2$\ at any rate$0$.  Say you have lent $E$Harold only
071:346,17[A  ]| five shillings," 
071:346,17['  ]| she went on$5$.
071:346,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank stood smiling. 
071:346,18[B  ]| "Well$7$, say I have.  I
071:346,19[B  ]| never lend any*one whatever more."		
071:346,20[A  ]| "It only adds to$4$ my conviction," 
071:346,20['  ]| $A$Nanda explained,
071:346,21[A  ]| "that$3$ he writes to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon."
071:346,22[B  ]| "But if $L$Mr%*Longdon does not say so$5#2$ ~?" 
071:346,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
071:346,23['  ]| objected.
071:346,24[A  ]| "Oh that$6#2$ proves nothing." 
071:346,24['  ]| She got up as she spoke.
071:346,25[A  ]| "$E$Harold also works$1$ Granny." 
071:346,25['  ]| He only laughed out$5$
071:346,26['  ]| at first for$4$ this, while$9$ she went on$5$: 
071:346,26[A  ]| "You will$1$ think I
071:346,27[A  ]| make$1$ myself out$5$ fearfully deep ~ I mean$1$ in the way
071:346,28[A  ]| of knowing everything without having to$9$ be told.
071:346,29[A  ]| That$6#2$ \is\, as you say, mamma's great accomplishment,
071:346,30[A  ]| so$3$ it must be hereditary.  Besides, there seem to$4$ me
071:346,31[A  ]| only too$5#1$ many things one \is\ told.  Only $L$Mr%*Longdon
071:346,32[A  ]| has in fact said nothing."
071:347,01['  ]| She had looked about$5$ responsibly ~ not to$9$ leave$1$ in
071:347,02['  ]| disorder the garden-nook they had occupied; picking
071:347,03['  ]| up a newspaper and changing the place$0$ of a 
071:347,04['  ]| cushion. 
071:347,04[B  ]| "I do think that$3$ with him you are remarkable,"
071:347,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank observed ~ 
071:347,05[B  ]| "putting on$4$ one side$0$
071:347,06[B  ]| all you seem to$9$ know and on$4$ the other all he holds his
071:347,07[B  ]| tongue about$4$.  What$6#2$ then \does\ he say?" 
071:347,07['  ]| the young
071:347,08['  ]| man asked after$4$ a slight$2$ pause$0$ and perhaps even$5$ with
071:347,09['  ]| a slight$2$ irritation.
071:347,10['  ]| $A$Nanda glanced round$9$ again ~ she was folding,
071:347,11['  ]| rather carefully, her paper.  Presently her glance$0$ met
071:347,12['  ]| their friend, who$6#1$, having come out$8$ of one of the long$9$
071:347,13['  ]| windows that$6#1$ opened to$4$ the lawn, had stopped there
071:347,14['  ]| to$9$ watch$1$ them. 
071:347,14[A  ]| "He says just$9$ now that$3$ luncheon is
071:347,15[A  ]| ready."
071:348,01[A  ]| "I have made him," 
071:348,01['  ]| she said in the drawing-room to$4$
071:348,02['  ]| $M$Mitchy, 
071:348,02[A  ]| "make$1$ $B$Mr%*Van go with him."
071:348,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, in the rain$0$, which$6#1$ had come on$5$
072:348,04['  ]| since the morning, had betaken himself to$4$ church,
072:348,05['  ]| and his other guest, with sufficiently marked good
072:348,06['  ]| humour, had borne him company.  The windows of
072:348,07['  ]| the drawing-room looked at the wet$2$ garden, all vivid
072:348,08['  ]| and rich in the summer shower, and $M$Mitchy, after
072:348,09['  ]| seeing $B$Vanderbank turn$1$ up his trousers and fling
072:348,10['  ]| back$5$ a last$2$ answer$0$ to$4$ the not quite sincere chaff his
072:348,11['  ]| submission had engendered, adopted freely and
072:348,12['  ]| familiarly the prospect not only of a grateful freshened
072:348,13['  ]| lawn, but of a good hour in the very pick, as he
072:348,14['  ]| called it, of his actual happy conditions.  
072:348,14@m   | The favouring
072:348,15@m   | rain$0$, the dear$2#1$ old place$0$, the charming serious$2$
072:348,16@m   | house, the large inimitable room, the absence of the
072:348,17@m   | others, the present$9$ vision of what$6#1$ his young friend had
072:348,18@m   | given him to$9$ count on$5$ 
072:348,18['  ]| ~ the sense of these delights$0$
072:348,19['  ]| was expressed in his fixed generous glare.  He was at 
072:348,20['  ]| first too$5#1$ pleased even$5$ to$9$ sit down$5$; he measured the
072:348,21['  ]| great space from end$0$ to$4$ end$0$, admiring again everything
072:348,22['  ]| he had admired before$5$ and protesting afresh
072:348,23['  ]| that$3$ 
072:348,23@m   | no$2$ modern ingenuity 
072:348,23['  ]| ~ not even$5$ his own$2$, to$4$
072:348,24['  ]| which$6#1$ he did justice ~ 
072:348,24@m   | could create effects of such 
072:348,25@m   | purity.  The final touch$0$ in the picture$0$ before$4$ them
072:348,26@m   | was just$9$ the composer's ignorance.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
072:348,27@m   | had not made his house, he had simply lived it, and
072:349,01@m   | the "taste" of the place$0$ 
072:349,01['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy in certain connexions
072:349,02['  ]| abominated the word 
072:349,02@m   | ~ was just$9$ nothing
072:349,03@m   | more than the beauty of his life.  Everything on$4$ every
072:349,04@m   | side$0$ had dropped straight from heaven, with nowhere
072:349,05@m   | a bargaining thumb-mark, a single sign of the shop.
072:349,06['  ]| All this would have been a wonderful theme for$4$ discourse
072:349,07['  ]| in Buckingham*Crescent ~ so$5#1$ happy an exercise$0$
072:349,08['  ]| for$4$ the votaries of that$6#2$ temple of analysis that$3$ he
072:349,09['  ]| repeatedly spoke of their experience$0$ of it as crying
072:349,10['  ]| aloud for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook.  The questions it set$1$ in motion
072:349,11['  ]| for$4$ the perceptive mind$0$ were exactly those that$6#1$, as he
072:349,12['  ]| said, most made them feel themselves.  $B$Vanderbank's
072:349,13['  ]| plea for$4$ his morning had been a pile of letters to$9$
072:349,14['  ]| work$1$ off, and $M$Mitchy ~ then coming down$5$, as he
072:349,15['  ]| announced from the first, ready for$4$ anything ~ had 
072:349,16['  ]| gone to$4$ church with $L$Mr%*Longdon and $A$Nanda in the
072:349,17['  ]| finest spirit of curiosity.  He now ~ after$4$ the girl's
072:349,18['  ]| remark$0$ ~ turned away from his view$0$ of the rain$0$,
072:349,19['  ]| which$6#1$ he found different somehow from other rain$0$,
072:349,20['  ]| as everything else was different, and replied that$3$ 
072:349,20@m   | he
072:349,21@m   | knew well$9$ enough what$6#1$ she could make$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon
072:349,22@m   | do, but only wondered at $L$Mr%*Longdon's secret$0$ for$4$
072:349,23@m   | acting on$4$ their friend.  
072:349,23['  ]| He was there before$4$ her with
072:349,24['  ]| his hands in his pockets and appreciation winking
072:349,25['  ]| from every yellow spot in his red necktie. 
072:349,25[M  ]| "Afternoon
072:349,26[M  ]| service of a set$2$ Sunday in a small country town is
072:349,27[M  ]| a large order$0$.  Does $B$Van do everything the governor
072:349,28[M  ]| wants$1$?"
072:349,29[A  ]| "He may$1$ perhaps have had a suspicion of what$6#1$
072:349,30[A  ]| \I\ want$1$," 
072:349,30['  ]| $A$Nanda explained. 
072:349,30[A  ]| "If I want$1$ particularly
072:349,31[A  ]| to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ you ~!"
072:349,32[M  ]| "He has got out$8$ of the way to$9$ give me a chance$0$?
072:350,01[M  ]| Well$7$ then he is as usual simply magnificent.  How
072:350,02[M  ]| can I express$1$ the bliss of finding myself enclosed with
072:350,03[M  ]| you in this sweet old security, this really unimagined
072:350,04[M  ]| sanctity?  Nothing is more charming than suddenly
072:350,05[M  ]| to$9$ come across$4$ something sharp and fresh after$3$ we have
072:350,06[M  ]| thought$1$ there was nothing more that$6#1$ could draw
072:350,07[M  ]| from us a groan.  We have supposed we have had it all,
072:350,08[M  ]| have squeezed the last$2$ impression out$8$ of the last$2$
072:350,09[M  ]| disappointment, penetrated to$4$ the last$2$ familiarity in
072:350,10[M  ]| the last$2$ surprise$0$; then some fine day we find that$3$ we
072:350,11[M  ]| have not done justice to$4$ life.  There are little things
072:350,12[M  ]| that$6#1$ pop up and make$1$ us feel again.  What$6#1$ \may$1$\
072:350,13[M  ]| happen is after$4$ all incalculable.  There is just$9$ a little
072:350,14[M  ]| chuck of the dice, and for$4$ three minutes we win.
072:350,15[M  ]| These, my dear$2#1$ young lady, are my three minutes.
072:350,16[M  ]| You would not believe the amusement I get from
072:350,17[M  ]| them, and how can I possibly tell you?  There is a 
072:350,18[M  ]| faint$2$ divine old fragrance here in the room ~ or
072:350,19[M  ]| does not it perhaps reach$1$ you?  I shall not have lived
072:350,20[M  ]| without it, but I see now I had been afraid I should.
072:350,21[M  ]| You, on$4$ your side$0$, will$1$ not have lived without some
072:350,22[M  ]| touch$0$ of greatness.  This moment is great and you have
072:350,23[M  ]| produced it.  You were great when you felt all you
072:350,24[M  ]| \could\ produce.  Therefore," 
072:350,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy went on$5$, pausing
072:350,25['  ]| once more, as he walked, before$4$ a picture$0$, 
072:350,25[M  ]| "I
072:350,26[M  ]| will$1$ not pull the whole$2$ thing down$5$ by$4$ the vulgarity of
072:350,27[M  ]| wishing I too$5#2$ only had a first-rate $Z1$Cotman."
072:350,28[A  ]| "Have you given up some \very\ big thing to$9$ come?"
072:350,29['  ]| $A$Nanda replied to$4$ this.
072:350,30[M  ]| "What$6#2$ in the world is very big, my child, but the
072:350,31[M  ]| beauty of this hour?  I have not the least idea \what$6#1$\,
072:350,32[M  ]| when I got $L$Mr%*Longdon's note$0$, I gave up.  Do not
072:351,01[M  ]| ask me for$4$ an account$0$ of anything; everything went
072:351,02[M  ]| ~ became imperceptible.  I \will$1$\ say that$3$ for$4$ myself:
072:351,03[M  ]| I shed my badness, I do forget people, with a facility
072:351,04[M  ]| that$6#1$ makes me, for$4$ bits, for$4$ little patches, so$5#1$ far as
072:351,05[M  ]| they are concerned, cease to$9$ \be\; so$3$ that$3$ my life is
072:351,06[M  ]| spotted all over with momentary states in which$6#1$
072:351,07[M  ]| I am as the dead of whom$6#1$ nothing is said but good."
072:351,08['  ]| He had strolled toward her again while$9$ she smiled at
072:351,09['  ]| him. 
072:351,09[M  ]| "I have died for$4$ this, $A$Nanda."
072:351,10[A  ]| "The only difficulty I see," 
072:351,10['  ]| she presently replied,
072:351,11[A  ]| "is that$3$ you ought to$9$ marry a woman really clever
072:351,12[A  ]| and that$3$ I am not quite sure what$6#1$ there may$1$ be of that$6#2$
072:351,13[A  ]| in $J$Aggie."
072:351,14[M  ]| "In $J$Aggie?" 
072:351,14['  ]| her friend echoed very gently. 
072:351,14[M  ]| "Is \that$6#2$\
072:351,15[M  ]| what$6#1$ you have sent for$4$ me for$4$ ~ to$9$ talk$1$ about$4$ $J$Aggie?"
072:351,16[A  ]| "Did not it occur to$4$ you it might be?"
072:351,17[M  ]| "That$3$ it could not possibly, you mean$1$, be anything
072:351,18[M  ]| else?" 
072:351,18['  ]| He looked about$5$ for$4$ the place$0$ in which$6#1$ it
072:351,19['  ]| would express$1$ the deepest surrender$0$ to$4$ the scene to$9$
072:351,20['  ]| sit ~ then sank down$5$ with a beautiful prompt$2$ submission.
072:351,21[M  ]| "I have no$2$ idea of what$6#1$ occurred to$4$ me ~ 
072:351,22[M  ]| nothing at least but the sense that$3$ I had occurred
072:351,23[M  ]| to$4$ \you\.  The occurrence is clay in the hands of the
072:351,24[M  ]| potter.  Do with me what$6#1$ you will$1$."
072:351,25[A  ]| "You appreciate everything so$5#1$ wonderfully,"
072:351,26['  ]| $A$Nanda said, 
072:351,26[A  ]| "that$3$ it ought not to$9$ be hard for$4$ you to$9$
072:351,27[A  ]| appreciate \her\.  I do dream$1$ so$5#2$ you may$1$ save$1$ her.
072:351,28[A  ]| That is why I have not waited."
072:351,29[M  ]| "The only thing that$6#1$ remains$1$ to$4$ me in life," 
072:351,29['  ]| he
072:351,30['  ]| answered, 
072:351,30[M  ]| "is a certain accessibility to$4$ the thought$0$ of
072:351,31[M  ]| what$6#1$ I may$1$ still$5$ do to$9$ figure a little in your eye; but
072:351,32[M  ]| that is precisely a thought$0$ you may$1$ assist to$9$ become
072:352,01[M  ]| clearer.  You may$1$ for$4$ instance$0$ give me some pledge
072:352,02[M  ]| or sign that$3$ if I do figure ~ prance and caracole and
072:352,03[M  ]| sufficiently kick up the dust ~ your eye will$1$ not suffer
072:352,04[M  ]| itself to$9$ be distracted from me.  I think there is no$2$
072:352,05[M  ]| adventure I am not ready to$9$ undertake for$4$ you; yet
072:352,06[M  ]| my passion ~ chastened, through$4$ all this, purified,
072:352,07[M  ]| austere ~ is still$5$ enough of this world not wholly to$9$
072:352,08[M  ]| have renounced the fancy$0$ of some small reward$0$."
072:352,09[A  ]| "How small?" 
072:352,09['  ]| the girl asked.
072:352,10['  ]| She spoke as if feeling$1$ she must take from him
072:352,11['  ]| in common$2$ kindness at least as much as she would
072:352,12['  ]| make$1$ him take, and the serious$2$ anxious patience such
072:352,13['  ]| a consciousness gave her tone was met by$4$ $M$Mitchy
072:352,14['  ]| with a charmed reasonableness that$6#1$ his habit of
072:352,15['  ]| hyperbole did nothing to$9$ misrepresent.  He glowed
072:352,16['  ]| at her with the fullest recognition that$3$ there was
072:352,17['  ]| something he was there to$9$ discuss with her, but with
072:352,18['  ]| the assurance in every soft sound$0$ of him that$3$ no$2$
072:352,19['  ]| height to$4$ which$6#1$ she might lift the discussion would
072:352,20['  ]| be too$5#1$ great for$4$ him to$9$ reach$1$.  His every cadence and
072:352,21['  ]| every motion was an implication, as from one to$4$ the
072:352,22['  ]| other, of the exquisite.  Oh he could sustain it! 
072:352,22[M  ]| "Well$7$,
072:352,23[M  ]| I mean$1$ the establishment of something between us.
072:352,24[M  ]| I mean$1$ your arranging somehow that$3$ we shall be
072:352,25[M  ]| drawn more together ~ know together something
072:352,26[M  ]| nobody else knows.  I should like$1$ so$5#1$ terrifically to$9$
072:352,27[M  ]| have a \relation\ that$6#1$ is a secret$0$, with you."
072:352,28[A  ]| "Oh if that is all you want$1$ you can be easily gratified.
072:352,29[A  ]| \9Rien 9de 9plus 9facile\, as mamma says.  I am full
072:352,30[A  ]| of secrets ~ I think I am really most secretive.  I will$1$
072:352,31[A  ]| share$1$ almost any one of them with you ~ if it is only
072:352,32[A  ]| a good one."
072:353,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy debated. 
072:353,01[M  ]| "You mean$1$ you will$1$ choose it yourself?
072:353,02[M  ]| You will$1$ not let it be one of mine$6$?"
072:353,03['  ]| $A$Nanda wondered. 
072:353,03[A  ]| "But what$6#2$ is the difference?"
072:353,04['  ]| Her companion jumped up again and for$4$ a moment
072:353,05['  ]| pervaded the place$0$. 
072:353,05[M  ]| "When you say such things
072:353,06[M  ]| as that$6#2$, you are of a beauty ~?  \May$1$\ it," 
072:353,06['  ]| he asked as
072:353,07['  ]| he stopped before$4$ her, 
072:353,07[M  ]| "be one of mine$6$ ~ a perfectly
072:353,08[M  ]| awful one?"
072:353,09['  ]| She showed her clearest interest$0$. 
072:353,09[A  ]| "As I suppose the
072:353,10[A  ]| most awful secrets are the best ~ yes, certainly."
072:353,11[M  ]| "I am hideously tempted." 
072:353,11['  ]| But he hung fire$0$; then
072:353,12['  ]| dropping into his chair again: 
072:353,12[M  ]| "It would be too$5#1$
072:353,13[M  ]| bad.  I am afraid I can not."
072:353,14[A  ]| "Then why will$1$ not \this\ do, just$9$ as it is?"
072:353,15[M  ]| """This""?" 
072:353,15['  ]| He looked over the big bland room.
072:353,16[M  ]| "Which$6#2$?"
072:353,17[A  ]| "Why what$6#1$ you are here for$4$?"
072:353,18[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child I am here ~ most of all ~ to$9$ love$1$
072:353,19[M  ]| you more than ever; and there is an absence of favouring
072:353,20[M  ]| mystery about$4$ \that$6#2$\ ~!"
072:353,21['  ]| She looked at him as if seeing what$6#1$ he meant and
072:353,22['  ]| only asking to$9$ remedy it. 
072:353,22[A  ]| "There is a certain amount
072:353,23[A  ]| of mystery we can now \make$1$\ ~ that$6#1$ it strikes me in
072:353,24[A  ]| fact we \must\ make$1$.  Dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy," 
072:353,24['  ]| she continued
072:353,25['  ]| almost with eagerness, 
072:353,25[A  ]| "I do not think we \can\ really
072:353,26[A  ]| tell." 
072:353,27['  ]| He had fallen back$5$ in his chair, not looking at her
072:353,28['  ]| now, and with his hands, from his supported elbows,
072:353,29['  ]| clasped to$9$ keep himself more quiet$2$. 
072:353,29[M  ]| "Are you still
072:353,30[M  ]| talking about$4$ $J$Aggie?"
072:353,31[A  ]| "Why I have scarcely begun!"
072:353,32[M  ]| "Oh!" 
072:353,32['  ]| It was not irritation he appeared to$9$ express$1$,
072:354,01['  ]| but the slight$2$ strain of an effort to$9$ get into relation
072:354,02['  ]| with the subject$0$.  Better$9$ to$9$ focus the image he closed
072:354,03['  ]| his eyes a while$0$.
072:354,04[A  ]| "You speak of something that$6#1$ may$1$ draw us together,
072:354,05[A  ]| and I simply reply$1$ that$3$ if you do not feel how
072:354,06[A  ]| near$9$ together we are in this I should not imagine you
072:354,07[A  ]| ever would.  You must have wonderful notions," 
072:354,07['  ]| she
072:354,08['  ]| presently went on$5$, 
072:354,08[A  ]| "of the ideal state$0$ of union.  I pack
072:354,09[A  ]| every*one off for$4$ you ~ I banish everything that$6#1$ can
072:354, 0[A  ]| interfere, and I do not in the least mind$1$ your knowing
072:354,11[A  ]| that$3$ I find the consequence delightful.  \You\ may$1$ talk$1$,
072:354,12[A  ]| if you like$1$, of what$6#1$ will$1$ have passed between us, but
072:354,13[A  ]| I shall never mention$1$ it to$4$ a soul; literally not to$4$ a 
072:354,14[A  ]| living$9$ creature.  What$6#2$ do you want$1$ more than that$6#2$?"
072:354,15['  ]| He opened his eyes in deference to$4$ the question$0$, but
072:354,16['  ]| replied only with a gaze as unassisted as if it had come
072:354,17['  ]| through$4$ a hole in a curtain. 
072:354,17[A  ]| "You say you are ready
072:354,18[A  ]| for$4$ an adventure, and it is just$9$ an adventure that$6#1$ I
072:354,19[A  ]| propose.  If I can make$1$ you feel for$4$ yourself as I feel
072:354,20[A  ]| \for$4$\ you the beauty of your chance$0$ to$9$ go in and save$1$
072:354,21[A  ]| her ~!"
072:354,22[M  ]| "Well$7$, if you can ~?" 
072:354,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy at last$0$ broke in.
072:354,23[M  ]| "I do not think, you know," 
072:354,23['  ]| he said after$4$ a moment,
072:354,24[M  ]| "you will$1$ find it easy to$9$ make$1$ your two ends$0$ meet$1$."
072:354,25['  ]| She thought$1$ a little longer. 
072:354,25[A  ]| "One of the ends$0$ is
072:354,26[A  ]| yours, so$3$ that$3$ you will$1$ act$1$ \with\ me.  If I wind you up
072:354,27[A  ]| so$3$ that$3$ you go ~!"
072:354,28[M  ]| "You will$1$ just$9$ happily sit and watch$1$ me spin?  Thank
072:354,29[M  ]| you!  \That$6#2$\ will$1$ be my reward$0$?"
072:354,30['  ]| $A$Nanda rose$1$ on$4$ this from her chair as with the impulse
072:354,31['  ]| of protest. 
072:354,32[A  ]| "shall not you care$1$ for$4$ my gratitude,
072:354,32[A  ]| my admiration?"
072:355,01[M  ]| "Oh yes" 
072:355,01['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy seemed to$9$ muse. 
072:355,01[M  ]| "I shall
072:355,02[M  ]| care$1$ for$4$ \them\.  Yet I do not quite see, you know, what$6#1$
072:355,03[M  ]| you \owe\ to$4$ $J$Aggie.  It is not as if ~!" 
072:355,03['  ]| But with this
072:355,04['  ]| he faltered.
072:355,05[A  ]| "As if she cared particularly for$4$ \me\?  Ah that$6#2$ has
072:355,06[A  ]| nothing to$9$ do with it; that is a thing without which$6#1$
072:355,07[A  ]| surely it is but too$5#1$ possible to$9$ be exquisite.  There are
072:355,08[A  ]| beautiful, quite beautiful people who$6#1$ do not care$1$ for$4$
072:355,09[A  ]| me.  The thing that is important to$4$ one is the thing
072:355,10[A  ]| one sees one's self, and it is quite enough if \I\ see what$6#1$
072:355,11[A  ]| can be made of that$6#2$ child.  Marry her, $M$Mitchy, and
072:355,12[A  ]| you will$1$ see who$6#1$ she will$1$ care$1$ for$4$!"
072:355,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy kept his position; he was for$4$ the moment
072:355,14['  ]| ~ his image of shortly before$5$ reversed ~ the one who$6#1$
072:355,15['  ]| appeared to$9$ sit happily and watch$1$. 
072:355,15[M  ]| "It is too$5#1$ awfully
072:355,16[M  ]| pleasant your asking of me anything whatever!"
072:355,17[A  ]| "Well$7$ then, as I say, beautifully, grandly save$1$ her."
072:355,18[M  ]| "As you say, yes" 
072:355,18['  ]| ~ he sympathetically inclined
072:355,19['  ]| his head$0$. 
072:355,19[M  ]| "But without making me feel exactly what$6#1$
072:355,20[M  ]| you mean$1$ by$4$ it."
072:355,21[A  ]| "Keep her," 
072:355,21['  ]| $A$Nanda returned, 
072:355,21[A  ]| "from becoming$1$ like$9$
072:355,22[A  ]| the $I$Duchess."
072:355,23[M  ]| "But she is not a bit like$9$ the $I$Duchess in any of her
072:355,24[M  ]| elements.  She is a totally different thing."
072:355,25['  ]| It was only for$4$ an instant$0$, however, that$3$ this objection
072:355,26['  ]| seemed to$9$ tell. 
072:355,26[A  ]| "That is exactly why she will$1$ be so$5#1$
072:355,27[A  ]| perfect$2$ for$4$ you.  You will$1$ get her away ~ take her out$5$
072:355,28[A  ]| of her aunt's life."
072:355,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy met it all now in a sort of spellbound stillness.
072:355,30[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you know about$4$ her aunt's life?"
072:355,31[A  ]| "Oh I know everything!" 
072:355,31['  ]| She spoke with her first
072:355,32['  ]| faint$2$ shade of impatience.
072:356,01['  ]| It produced for$4$ a little a hush between them, at the
072:356,02['  ]| end$0$ of which$6#1$ her companion said with extraordinary
072:356,03['  ]| gentleness and tenderness: 
072:356,03[M  ]| "Dear$2#1$ old $A$Nanda!" 
072:356,03['  ]| Her
072:356,04['  ]| own$2$ silence$0$ appeared consciously to$9$ continue, and the
072:356,05['  ]| suggestion of it might have been that$3$ for$4$ intelligent
072:356,06['  ]| ears there was nothing to$9$ add to$4$ the declaration she
072:356,07['  ]| had just$9$ made and which$6#1$ $M$Mitchy sat there taking
072:356,08['  ]| in as with a new light$0$.  What$6#1$ he drew from it indeed
072:356,09['  ]| he presently went on$5$ to$9$ show$1$. 
072:356,09[M  ]| "You are too$5#1$ awfully
072:356,10[M  ]| interesting.  Of course$8$ ~ you know a lot.  How
072:356,11[M  ]| should not you ~ and why?"
072:356,12[A  ]| """Why""?  Oh that is another affair!  But you do not
072:356,13[A  ]| imagine what$6#1$ I know; I am sure it is much more than
072:356,14[A  ]| you have a notion of.  That is the kind$0$ of thing now one
072:356,15[A  ]| \is\ ~ just$9$ except the little marvel of $J$Aggie.  What$6#2$ on$4$
072:356,16[A  ]| earth," 
072:356,16['  ]| the girl pursued, 
072:356,16[A  ]| "do you take us for$4$?"
072:356,17[M  ]| "Oh it is all right$8$!" 
072:356,17['  ]| breathed $M$Mitchy, divinely
072:356,18['  ]| pacific.
072:356,19[A  ]| "I am sure I do not know whether it is; I should not
072:356,20[A  ]| wonder$1$ if it were in fact all wrong$2$.  But what$6#1$ at least
072:356,21[A  ]| is certainly right$2#1$ is for$4$ one not to$9$ pretend anything
072:356,22[A  ]| else.  There I am for$4$ you at any rate$0$.  Now the beauty
072:356,23[A  ]| of $J$Aggie is that$3$ she knows nothing ~ but absolutely,
072:356,24[A  ]| utterly: not the least little tittle of anything."
072:356,25['  ]| It was barely visible that$3$ $M$Mitchy hesitated, and he
072:356,26['  ]| spoke quite gravely. 
072:356,26[M  ]| "Have you tried her?"
072:356,27[A  ]| "Oh yes.  And $K$Tishy has." 
072:356,27['  ]| His gravity had been
072:356,28['  ]| less than $A$Nanda's. 
072:356,28[A  ]| "Nothing, nothing." 
072:356,28['  ]| The memory
072:356,29['  ]| of some scene or some passage might have come back$5$
072:356,30['  ]| to$4$ her with a charm$0$. 
072:356,30[A  ]| "Ah say what$6#1$ you will$1$ ~ it \is\
072:356,31[A  ]| the way we ought to$9$ be!"
072:356,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy, after$4$ a minute$0$ of much intensity, had
072:357,01['  ]| stopped watching her; changing his posture and with
072:357,02['  ]| his elbows on$4$ his knees he dropped for$4$ a while$0$ his
072:357,03['  ]| face$0$ into his hands.  Then he jerked himself to$4$ his
072:357,04['  ]| feet. 
072:357,04[M  ]| "There is something I wish$1$ awfully I could say
072:357,05[M  ]| to$4$ you.  But I can not."
072:357,06['  ]| $A$Nanda, after$4$ a slow headshake, covered him with
072:357,07['  ]| one of the dimmest of her smiles. 
072:357,07[A  ]| "You need not say
072:357,08[A  ]| it.  I know perfectly which$6#1$ it is." 
072:357,08['  ]| She held him an
072:357,09['  ]| instant$0$, after$4$ which$6#1$ she went on$5$: 
072:357,09[A  ]| "It is simply that$3$
072:357,10[A  ]| you wish$1$ me fully to$9$ understand that$3$ \you are\ one who$6#1$,
072:357,11[A  ]| in perfect$2$ sincerity, does not mind$1$ one straw how
072:357,12[A  ]| awful ~!"
072:357,13[M  ]| "Yes, how awful?" 
072:357,13['  ]| He had kindled, as he paused,
072:357,14['  ]| with his new eagerness.
072:357,15[A  ]| "Well$7$, one's knowledge may$1$ be.  It does not shock$1$
072:357,16[A  ]| in you a single hereditary prejudice."
072:357,17[M  ]| "Oh ""hereditary"" ~!" 
072:357,17['  ]| $M$Mitchy ecstatically murmured.
072:357,18['  ]|
072:357,19[A  ]| "You even$5$ rather like$9$ me the better$9$ for$4$ it; so$3$ that$3$
072:357,20[A  ]| one of the reasons why you could not have told me
072:357,21[A  ]| ~ though not of course$8$, I know, the only one ~ is
072:357,22[A  ]| that$3$ you would have been literally almost ashamed.
072:357,23[A  ]| Because, you know," 
072:357,23['  ]| she went on$5$, 
072:357,23[A  ]| "it \is\ strange."
072:357,24[M  ]| "My lack of hereditary ~!"
072:357,25[A  ]| "Yes, discomfort in presence of the fact I speak of.
072:357,26[A  ]| There is a kind$0$ of sense you do not possess."
072:357,27['  ]| His appreciation again fairly goggled at her. 
072:357,27[M  ]| "Oh
072:357,28[M  ]| you do know everything!"
072:357,29[A  ]| "You are so$5#1$ good that$3$ nothing shocks you," 
072:357,29['  ]| she
072:357,30['  ]| lucidly persisted. 
072:357,30[A  ]| "There is a kind$0$ of delicacy you
072:357,31[A  ]| have not got."
072:357,32['  ]| He was more and more struck. 
072:357,32[M  ]| "I have only that$6#2$ ~
072:358,01[M  ]| as it were ~ of the skin and the fingers?" 
072:358,01['  ]| he appealed.
072:358,02['  ]|		
072:358,03[A  ]| "Oh and that$6#2$ of the mind$0$.  And that$6#2$ of the soul.
072:358,04[A  ]| And some other kinds certainly.  But not \the\ kind$0$."
072:358,05[M  ]| "Yes" 
072:358,05['  ]| ~ he wondered ~ 
072:358,05[M  ]| "I suppose that is the
072:358,06[M  ]| only way one can name$1$ it." 
072:358,06['  ]| It appeared to$9$ rise$1$ there
072:358,07['  ]| before$4$ him. 
072:358,07[M  ]| "\The\ kind$0$!"
072:358,08[A  ]| "The kind$0$ that$6#1$ would make$1$ me painful to$4$ you.
072:358,09[A  ]| Or rather not me perhaps," 
072:358,09['  ]| she added as if to$9$ create
072:358,10['  ]| between them the fullest possible light$0$; 
072:358,10[A  ]| "but my
072:358,11[A  ]| situation, my exposure ~ all the results of them I
072:358,12[A  ]| show$1$.  Does not one become a sort of a little drain-pipe
072:358,13[A  ]| with everything flowing through$5$?"
072:358,14[M  ]| "Why do not you call$1$ it more gracefully," 
072:358,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy
072:358,15['  ]| asked, freshly struck, 
072:358,15[M  ]| "a little a*eolian-harp set$1$ in the
072:358,16[M  ]| drawing-room window and vibrating in the breeze of
072:358,17[M  ]| conversation?"	
072:358,18[A  ]| "Oh because the harp gives out$5$ a sound$0$, and \we\ ~
072:358,19[A  ]| at least we try to$9$ ~ give out$5$ none."
072:358,20[M  ]| "What$6#1$ you take, you mean$1$, you keep?"
072:358,21[A  ]| "Well$7$, it sticks to$4$ us.  And that is what$6#1$ you do not
072:358,22[A  ]| mind$1$!"
072:358,23['  ]| Their eyes met long$9$ on$4$ it. 
072:358,23[M  ]| "Yes ~ I see.  I \do not\
072:358,24[M  ]| mind$1$.  I have the most extraordinary lacuna*e."
072:358,25[A  ]| "Oh I do not know about$4$ others," 
072:358,25['  ]| $A$Nanda replied;
072:358,26[A  ]| "I have not noticed them.  But you have that$6#2$ one, and
072:358,27[A  ]| it is enough."
072:358,28['  ]| He continued to$9$ face$1$ her with his queer mixture of
072:358,29['  ]| assent and speculation. 
072:358,29[M  ]| "Enough for$4$ what$6#2$, my dear$2#1$?
072:358,30[M  ]| To$9$ have made me impossible for$4$ you because the only
072:358,31[M  ]| man you could, as they say, have ""respected"" would be
072:358,32[M  ]| a man who$6#1$ \would\ have minded?" 
072:358,32['  ]| Then as under the
072:359,01['  ]| cool$2$ soft pressure of the question$0$ she looked at last$0$
072:359,02['  ]| away from him: 
072:359,02[M  ]| "The man with ""\the\ kind$0$,"" as you
072:359,03[M  ]| call$1$ it, happens to$9$ be just$9$ the type you \can\ love$1$?  But
072:359,04[M  ]| what$6#2$ is the use$0$," 
072:359,04['  ]| he persisted as she answered nothing,
072:359,05[M  ]| "in loving a person with the prejudice ~
072:359,06[M  ]| hereditary or other ~ to$4$ which$6#1$ you are precisely
072:359,07[M  ]| obnoxious?  Do you positively \like$1$\ to$9$ love$1$ in vain?"
072:359,08['  ]| It was a question$0$, the way she turned back$5$ to$4$ him
072:359,09['  ]| seemed to$9$ say, that$6#1$ deserved a responsible answer$0$.
072:359,10[A  ]| "Yes."
072:359,11['  ]| But she had moved off after$4$ speaking, and $M$Mitchy's
072:359,12['  ]| eyes followed her to$4$ different parts of the room as,
072:359,13['  ]| with small pretexts of present$9$ attention to$4$ it, small
072:359,14['  ]| bestowed touches for$4$ symmetry, she slowly measured
072:359,15['  ]| it. 
072:359,15[M  ]| "What$6#1$ is extraordinary then is your idea of my
072:359,16[M  ]| finding any charm$0$ in $J$Aggie's ignorance."
072:359,17['  ]| She immediately put down$5$ an old snuff-box. 
072:359,17[A  ]| "Why
072:359,18[A  ]| it is the one sort of thing you do not know.  You can not
072:359,19[A  ]| imagine," 
072:359,19['  ]| she said as she returned to$4$ him, 
072:359,19[A  ]| "the effect$0$
072:359,20[A  ]| it will$1$ produce on$4$ you.  You must get really near$4$ it
072:359,21[A  ]| and see it all come out$5$ to$9$ feel all its beauty.  You will$1$
072:359,22[A  ]| like$1$ it, $M$Mitchy" 
072:359,22['  ]| ~ and $A$Nanda's gravity was wonderful 
072:359,23['  ]| ~ 
072:359,23[A  ]| "better$9$ than anything you \have\ known."
072:359,24['  ]| The clear$2$ sincerity of this, even$5$ had there been
072:359,25['  ]| nothing else, imposed a consideration that$6#1$ $M$Mitchy
072:359,26['  ]| now flagrantly could give, and the deference of his
072:359,27['  ]| suggestion of difficulty only grew more deep. 
072:359,27[M  ]| "I am
072:359,28[M  ]| to$9$ do then, with this happy condition$0$ of hers, what$3$
072:359,29[M  ]| you say \you have\ done ~ to$9$ ""try"" it?" 
072:359,29['  ]| And then as her
072:359,30['  ]| assent, so$5#1$ directly challenged, failed an instant$0$: 
072:359,30[M  ]| "But
072:359,31[M  ]| will$1$ not my approach$0$ to$4$ it, however, cautious, be just$9$
072:359,32[M  ]| what$6#1$ will$1$ break it up and spoil it?"
072:360,01['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$. 
072:360,01[A  ]| "Why so$5#2$ ~ if mine$6$ was not?"
072:360,02[M  ]| "Oh you are not me!"
072:360,03[A  ]| "But I am just$9$ as bad."
072:360,04[M  ]| "Thank you, my dear$2#1$!" 
072:360,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy rang out$5$.
072:360,05[A  ]| "Without," 
072:360,05['  ]| $A$Nanda pursued, 
072:360,05[A  ]| "being$1$ as good."
072:360,06['  ]| She had on$4$ this, in a different key, her own$2$ sudden$2$
072:360,07['  ]| explosion. 
072:360,07[A  ]| "Do not you see, $M$Mitchy dear$2#1$ ~ for$4$ the
072:360,08[A  ]| very heart of it all ~ how good I \believe\ you?"
072:360,09['  ]| She had spoken as with a flare of impatience at
072:360,10['  ]| some justice he failed to$9$ do her, and this brought him
072:360,11['  ]| after$4$ a startled instant$0$ close$9$ enough to$4$ her to$9$ take up
072:360,12['  ]| her hand.  She let him have it, and in mute solemn
072:360,13['  ]| reassurance he raised it to$4$ his lips, saying to$4$ her thus
072:360,14['  ]| more things than he could say in any other way;
072:360,15['  ]| which$6#1$ yet just$9$ after$5$, when he had released it and a 
072:360,16['  ]| motionless pause$0$ had ensued, did not prevent his
072:360,17['  ]| adding three words. 
072:360,17[M  ]| "Oh $A$Nanda, $A$Nanda!"
072:360,18['  ]| The tone of them made her again extraordinarily
072:360,19['  ]| gentle. 
072:360,19[A  ]| "Do not ""try"" anything then.  Take everything
072:360,20[A  ]| for$4$ granted."
072:360,21['  ]| He had turned away from her and walked mechanically,
072:360,22['  ]| with his air of blind$2$ emotion, to$4$ the window,
072:360,23['  ]| where for$4$ a minute$0$ he looked out$5$. 
072:360,23[M  ]| "It has stopped
072:360,24[M  ]| raining," 
072:360,24['  ]| he said at last$0$; 
072:360,24[M  ]| "it is going to$9$ brighten."
072:360,25['  ]| The place$0$ had three windows, and $A$Nanda went to$4$
072:360,26['  ]| the next. 
072:360,26[A  ]| "Not quite yet ~ but I think it will$1$."
072:360,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy soon faced back$5$ into the room, where after$4$
072:360,28['  ]| a brief hesitation he moved, as quietly, almost as cautiously,
072:360,29['  ]| as if on$4$ tiptoe, to$4$ the seat occupied by$4$ his
072:360,30['  ]| companion at the beginning$0$ of their talk$0$.  Here he
072:360,31['  ]| sank down$5$ watching the girl, who$6#1$ stood a while$0$ longer
072:360,32['  ]| with her eyes on$4$ the garden. 
072:360,32[M  ]| "You want$1$ me, you say,
072:361,01[M  ]| to$9$ take her out$8$ of the $I$Duchess's life; but where am
072:361,02[M  ]| I myself, if we come to$4$ that$6#2$, but even$5$ more \in\ the
072:361,03[M  ]| $I$Duchess's life than $J$Aggie is?  I am in it by$4$ my contacts,
072:361,04[M  ]| my associations, my indifferences ~ all my
072:361,05[M  ]| acceptances, knowledges, amusements.  I am in it by$4$
072:361,06[M  ]| my cynicisms ~ those that$6#1$ circumstances somehow
072:361,07[M  ]| from the first, when I began for$4$ myself to$9$ look$1$ at life
072:361,08[M  ]| and the world, committed me to$4$ and steeped me in;
072:361,09[M  ]| I am in it by$4$ a kind$0$ of desperation that$6#1$ I should not
072:361,10[M  ]| have felt perhaps if you had got hold$0$ of me sooner
072:361,11[M  ]| with just$9$ this touch$0$ with which$6#1$ you have got hold$0$ of me
072:361,12[M  ]| to-day; and I am in it more than all ~ you will$1$ yourself
072:361,13[M  ]| admit ~ by$4$ the very fact that$3$ her aunt desires, as
072:361,14[M  ]| you know, much more even$5$ than you do, to$9$ bring
072:361,15[M  ]| the thing about$5$.  Then we \should\ be ~ the $I$Duchess
072:361,16[M  ]| and I ~ shoulder to$4$ shoulder!"
072:361,17['  ]| $A$Nanda heard him motionless to$4$ the end$0$, taking also
072:361,18['  ]| another minute$0$ to$9$ turn$1$ over what$6#1$ he had said. 
072:361,18[A  ]| "What$6#2$
072:361,19[A  ]| is it you like$1$ so$5#2$ in $N$Lord*Petherton?" 
072:361,19['  ]| she asked
072:361,20['  ]| as she came to$4$ him.
072:361,21[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, if you only could tell me!  It would
072:361,22[M  ]| be, would not it?  ~ it must have been ~ the subject$0$
072:361,23[M  ]| of some fairy-tale, if fairy-tales were made now, or
072:361,24[M  ]| better$9$ still$5$ of some Christmas pantomime: ""The
072:361,25[M  ]| Gnome and the Giant,"""
072:361,26['  ]| $A$Nanda appeared to$9$ try ~ not with much success ~
072:361,27['  ]| to$9$ see it. 
072:361,27[A  ]| "Do you find $N$Lord*Petherton a Gnome?"
072:361,28['  ]| $M$Mitchy at first, for$4$ all reward$0$, only glared at her.
072:361,29[M  ]| "Charming, $A$Nanda ~ charming!"
072:361,30[A  ]| "A man is giant enough for$4$ $N$Lord*Petherton," 
072:361,30['  ]| she
072:361,31['  ]| went on$5$, 
072:361,31[A  ]| "when his fortune is gigantic.  He preys
072:361,32[A  ]| upon you."
072:362,01['  ]| His hands in his pockets and his legs much apart,
072:362,02['  ]| $M$Mitchy sat there as in a posture adapted to$4$ her simplicity.
072:362,03[M  ]| "You are adorable.  \You\ do not.  But it \is\
072:362,04[M  ]| rather horrid, is not it?" 
072:362,04['  ]| he presently went on$5$.
072:362,05['  ]| Her momentary silence$0$ would have been by$4$ itself
072:362,06['  ]| enough of an answer$0$. 
072:362,06[A  ]| "Nothing ~ of all you speak
072:362,07[A  ]| of," 
072:362,07['  ]| she nevertheless returned, 
072:362,07[A  ]| "will$1$ matter then.
072:362,08[A  ]| She will$1$ so$5#2$ simplify your life." 
072:362,08['  ]| He remained just$9$ as he
072:362,09['  ]| was, only with his eyes on$4$ her; and meanwhile she
072:362,10['  ]| had turned again to$4$ her window, through$4$ which$6#1$ a 
072:362,11['  ]| faint$2$ sun-streak began to$9$ glimmer and play$1$.  At sight
072:362,12['  ]| of it she opened the casement to$9$ let in the warm$2$ freshness.
072:362,13[A  ]| "The rain$0$ \has\ stopped."
072:362,14[M  ]| "You say you want$1$ me to$9$ save$1$ her.  But what$6#1$ you
072:362,15[M  ]| really mean$1$," 
072:362,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy resumed from the sofa, 
072:362,15[M  ]| "is not
072:362,16[M  ]| at all exactly that$6#2$."
072:362,17['  ]| $A$Nanda, without heeding the remark$0$, took in the
072:362,18['  ]| sunshine. 
072:362,18[A  ]| "It will$1$ be charming now in the garden."
072:362,19['  ]| Her friend got up, found his wonderful crossbarred
072:362,20['  ]| cap, after$4$ a glance$0$, on$4$ a neighbouring chair, and with
072:362,21['  ]| it came toward her. 
072:362,21[M  ]| "Your hope$0$ is that$3$ ~ as I am
072:362,22[M  ]| good enough to$9$ be worth it ~ she will$1$ save$1$ \me\."
072:362,23['  ]| $A$Nanda looked at him now. 
072:362,23[A  ]| "She will$1$, $M$Mitchy ~
072:362,24[A  ]| she \will$1$\!"
072:362,25['  ]| They stood a moment in the recovered brightness;
072:362,26['  ]| after$4$ which$6#1$ he mechanically ~ as with the pressure of
072:362,27['  ]| quite another consciousness ~ put on$5$ his cap. 
072:362,27[M  ]| "Well$7$
072:362,28[M  ]| then, shall that$6#2$ hope$0$ between us be the thing ~?"
072:362,29[A  ]| "The thing?"  
072:362,29['  ]| ~ she just$9$ wondered.
072:362,30[M  ]| "Why that$6#1$ will$1$ have drawn us together ~ to$9$ hold$1$
072:362,31[M  ]| us so$5#2$, you know ~ this afternoon.  I mean$1$ the secret$0$
072:362,32[M  ]| we spoke of."
072:363,01['  ]| She put out$5$ to$4$ him on$4$ this the hand he had taken
072:363,02['  ]| a few minutes before$5$, and he clasped it now only
072:363,03['  ]| with the firmness it seemed to$9$ give and to$9$ ask for$4$.
072:363,04[A  ]| "Oh it will$1$ do for$4$ that$6#2$!" 
072:363,04['  ]| she said as they went out$5$
072:363,05['  ]| together.
073:364,01['  ]| It had been understood he was to$9$ take his leave$0$ on$4$
073:364,02['  ]| the morrow, though $B$Vanderbank was to$9$ stay$1$ another
073:364,03['  ]| day.  $L$Mr%*Longdon had for$4$ the Sunday dinner invited
073:364,04['  ]| three or four of his neighbours to$9$ "meet$1$" the
073:364,05['  ]| two gentlemen from town, so$3$ that$3$ it was not till the
073:364,06['  ]| company had departed, or in other words till near$9$
073:364,07['  ]| bedtime, that$3$ our four friends could again have become
073:364,08['  ]| aware, as between themselves, of that$6#2$ directness
073:364,09['  ]| of mutual relation which$6#1$ forms the subject$0$ of our
073:364,10['  ]| picture$0$.  It had not, however, prevented $A$Nanda's
073:364,11['  ]| slipping upstairs as soon as the doctor and his wife
073:364,12['  ]| had gone, and the manner indeed in which$6#1$, on$4$ the
073:364,13['  ]| stroke of eleven, $L$Mr%*Longdon conformed to$4$ his tradition
073:364,14['  ]| of appropriating a particular candle was as
073:364,15['  ]| positive an expression of it as any other.  Nothing in
073:364,16['  ]| him was more amiable than the terms maintained
073:364,17['  ]| between the rigour of his personal habits and his free
073:364,18['  ]| imaginations of the habits of others.  He deprecated
073:364,19['  ]| as regards$3$ the former, it might have been seen, most
073:364,20['  ]| signs of likeness, and no*one had ever dared to$9$ learn
073:364,21['  ]| how he would have handled a show$0$ of imitation.
073:364,22[M  ]| "The way to$9$ flatter him," 
073:364,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy threw off five minutes
073:364,23['  ]| later, 
073:364,23[M  ]| "is not to$9$ make$1$ him think you resemble or
073:364,24[M  ]| agree with him, but to$9$ let him see how different you
073:364,25[M  ]| perceive he can bear$1$ to$9$ think you.  I mean$1$ of course$8$
073:364,26[M  ]| without hating you."
073:364,27[B  ]| "But what$6#2$ interest$0$ have \you\," 
073:364,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank asked,
073:364,28[B  ]| "in the way to$9$ flatter him?"
073:365,01[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ fellow, more interest$0$ than you.  I have not
073:365,02[M  ]| been here all day without arriving at conclusions on$4$
073:365,03[M  ]| the credit$0$ he has opened to$4$ you ~!"
073:365,04[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ the amount he will$1$ settle?"
073:365,05[M  ]| "You have it in your power," 
073:365,05['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
073:365,05[M  ]| "to$9$
073:365,06[M  ]| make$1$ it anything you like$1$."
073:365,07[B  ]| "And is he then ~ so$5#1$ bloated?"
073:365,08['  ]| $M$Mitchy was on$4$ his feet in the apartment in which$6#1$
073:365,09['  ]| their host had left$1$ them, and he had at first for$4$ this
073:365,10['  ]| question$0$ but an expressive motion of the shoulders
073:365,11['  ]| in respect$0$ to$4$ everything in the room. 
073:365,11[M  ]| "See, judge$1$,
073:365,12[M  ]| guess$1$, feel!"
073:365,13['  ]| But it was as if $B$Vanderbank, before$4$ the fire$0$, consciously
073:365,14['  ]| controlled his own$2$ attention. 
073:365,14[B  ]| "Oh I do not
073:365,15[B  ]| care$1$ a hang!"
073:365,16['  ]| This passage took place$0$ in the library and as a 
073:365,17['  ]| consequence of their having confessed, as their friend
073:365,18['  ]| faced them with his bedroom light$0$, that$3$ a brief discreet
073:365,19['  ]| vigil and a box of cigars would fix better$9$ than
073:365,20['  ]| anything else the fine impression of the day.  $M$Mitchy
073:365,21['  ]| might at that$6#2$ moment, on$4$ the evidence of the eyes
073:365,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon turned to$4$ them and of which$6#1$ his innocent
073:365,23['  ]| candle-flame betrayed the secret$0$, have found
073:365,24['  ]| matter for$4$ a measure$0$ of the almost extreme$2$ allowances
073:365,25['  ]| he wanted them to$9$ want$1$ of him.  They had only
073:365,26['  ]| to$9$ see that$3$ the greater window was fast and to$9$ turn$1$
073:365,27['  ]| out$5$ the library lamp.  It might really have amused
073:365,28['  ]| them to$9$ stand$1$ a moment at the open$2$ door that$6#1$, apart
073:365,29['  ]| from this, was to$9$ testify to$4$ his conception of those
073:365,30['  ]| who$6#1$ were not, in the smaller hours, as \he\ was.  He
073:365,31['  ]| had in fact by$4$ his retreat$0$ ~ and but too$5#1$ sensibly ~
073:365,32['  ]| left$1$ them there with a deal$0#2$ of midnight company.  If
073:366,01['  ]| one of these presences was the mystery he had himself
073:366,02['  ]| mixed the manner of our young men showed a 
073:366,03['  ]| due$2$ expectation of the others.  $M$Mitchy, on$4$ hearing
073:366,04['  ]| how little $B$Vanderbank "cared," only kept up a while$0$
073:366,05['  ]| longer that$6#2$ observant revolution in which$6#1$ he had
073:366,06['  ]| spent much of his day, to$4$ which$6#1$ any fresh sense of
073:366,07['  ]| exhibition always promptly committed him, and
073:366,08['  ]| which$6#1$, had it not been controlled by$4$ infinite tact,
073:366,09['  ]| might have affected the nerves of those in whom$6#1$ enjoyment
073:366,10['  ]| was less rotary.  He was silent long$9$ enough
073:366,11['  ]| to$9$ suggest his fearing that$3$ almost anything he might
073:366,12['  ]| say would appear too$5#1$ allusive; then at last$0$ once
073:366,13['  ]| more he took his risk$0$. 
073:366,13[M  ]| "Awfully jolly old place$0$!"
073:366,14[B  ]| "It is indeed," 
073:366,14['  ]| $B$Van only said; but his posture in
073:366,15['  ]| the large chair he had pushed toward the open$2$ window
073:366,16['  ]| was of itself almost an opinion.  The August
073:366,17['  ]| night was hot and the air that$6#1$ came in charged and
073:366,18['  ]| sweet.  $B$Vanderbank smoked with his face$0$ to$4$ the dusky
073:366,19['  ]| garden and the dim stars; at the end$0$ of a few moments
073:366,20['  ]| more of which$6#1$ he glanced round$9$. 
073:366,20[B  ]| "Do not you
073:366,21[B  ]| think it rather stuffy with that$6#2$ big lamp?  As those
073:366,22[B  ]| candles on$4$ the chimney are going we might put it
073:366,23[B  ]| out$5$."
073:366,24[M  ]| "Like$9$ this?" 
073:366,24['  ]| The amiable $M$Mitchy had straightway
073:366,25['  ]| obliged his companion and he as promptly took in
073:366,26['  ]| the effect$0$ of the diminished light$0$ on$4$ the character
073:366,27['  ]| of the room, which$6#1$ he commended as if the depth
073:366,28['  ]| of shadow produced were all this companion had
073:366,29['  ]| sought.  He might freshly have brought home to$4$ $B$Vanderbank
073:366,30['  ]| that$3$ a man sensitive to$4$ so$5#1$ many different
073:366,31['  ]| things, and thereby always sure of something or other,
073:366,32['  ]| could never really be incommoded; though that$6#2$
073:367,01['  ]| personage presently indeed showed himself occupied
073:367,02['  ]| with another thought$0$.
073:367,03[B  ]| "I think I ought to$9$ mention$1$ to$4$ you that$3$ I have told
073:367,04[B  ]| him how you and $D$Mrs%*Brook now both know.  I did
073:367,05[B  ]| so$5#2$ this afternoon on$4$ our way back$5$ from church ~
073:367,06[B  ]| I had not done it before$5$.  He took me a walk$0$ round$9$
073:367,07[B  ]| to$9$ show$1$ me more of the place$0$, and that$6#2$ gave me my
073:367,08[B  ]| chance$0$.  But he does not mind$1$," 
073:367,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued.
073:367,09[B  ]| "The only thing is that$3$ I have thought$1$ it may$1$
073:367,10[B  ]| possibly make$1$ him speak to$4$ you, so$3$ that$3$ it is better$9$
073:367,11[B  ]| you should know he knows.  But he told me definitely
073:367,12[B  ]| $A$Nanda does not."
073:367,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy took this in with an attention that$6#1$ spoke
073:367,14['  ]| of his already recognising how the less tempered
073:367,15['  ]| darkness favoured talk$0$. 
073:367,15[M  ]| "And is that$6#2$ all that$6#1$ passed
073:367,16[M  ]| between you?"
073:367,17[B  ]| "Well$7$, practically; except of course$8$ that$3$ I made
073:367,18[B  ]| him understand, I think, how it happened that$3$ I
073:367,19[B  ]| have not kept my own$2$ counsel$0$."
073:367,20[M  ]| "Oh but you \have\ ~ did not he at least feel? ~ or
073:367,21[M  ]| perhaps even$5$ have done better$9$, when you have two
073:367,22[M  ]| such excellent persons to$9$ keep it \for$4$\ you.  can not he
073:367,23[M  ]| easily believe how we feel with you?"
073:367,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank appeared for$4$ a minute$0$ to$9$ leave$1$ this
073:367,25['  ]| appeal unheeded; he continued to$9$ stare into the garden
073:367,26['  ]| while$9$ he smoked and swung the long$9$ leg he had
073:367,27['  ]| thrown over the arm$0$ of the chair.  When he at last$0$
073:367,28['  ]| spoke, however, it was with some emphasis ~ perhaps
073:367,29['  ]| even$5$ with some vulgarity. 
073:367,29[B  ]| "Oh rot!"
073:367,30['  ]| $M$Mitchy hovered without an arrest. 
073:367,30[M  ]| "You mean$1$
073:367,31[M  ]| he \can not\ feel?"
073:367,32[B  ]| "I mean$1$ it is not true.  I have no$2$ illusions about$4$ you.
073:368,01[B  ]| I know you are both affected, though I of course$8$
073:368,02[B  ]| perfectly trust$1$ you."
073:368,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy had a short$2$ silence$0$. 
073:368,03[M  ]| "Trust$1$ us not to$9$
073:368,04[M  ]| speak?"		
073:368,05[B  ]| "Not to$9$ speak to$4$ $A$Nanda herself ~ though of course$8$
073:368,06[B  ]| too$5#2$ if you spoke to$4$ others," 
073:368,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$,
073:368,07[B  ]| "they would immediately rush and tell her."
073:368,08[M  ]| "I have spoken to$4$ no*one," 
073:368,08['  ]| said $M$Mitchy.
073:368,09[B  ]| "I am sure of it.  And neither has $D$Mrs%*Brook."
073:368,10[M  ]| "I am glad you are sure of that$6#2$ also," 
073:368,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy returned,
073:368,11[M  ]| "for$3$ it is only doing her justice."
073:368,12[B  ]| "Oh I am quite confident of it," 
073:368,12['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
073:368,13[M  ]| "And without asking her?"
073:368,14[B  ]| "Perfectly."
073:368,15[M  ]| "And you are equally sure, without asking, that$3$ \I\
073:368,16[M  ]| have not betrayed you?" 
073:368,16['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, while$9$, as if
073:368,17['  ]| to$9$ let the question$0$ lie$1$ there in its folly, $B$Vanderbank
073:368,18['  ]| said nothing, his friend pursued: 
073:368,18[M  ]| "I came, I must
073:368,19[M  ]| tell you, terribly near$4$ it to-day."
073:368,20[B  ]| "Why must you tell me?  Your coming ""near$9$""
073:368,21[B  ]| does not concern$1$ me, and I take it you do not suppose
073:368,22[B  ]| I am watching or sounding you.  $D$Mrs%*Brook will$1$ have
073:368,23[B  ]| come terribly near$9$," 
073:368,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank continued as if to$9$
073:368,24['  ]| make$1$ the matter free; 
073:368,24[B  ]| "but she will$1$ not have done it
073:368,25[B  ]| either.  She will$1$ have been distinctly tempted ~!"
073:368,26[M  ]| "But she will$1$ not have fallen?" 
073:368,26['  ]| $M$Mitchy broke in.
073:368,27[M  ]| "Exactly ~ there we are.  \I\ was distinctly tempted
073:368,28[M  ]| and I did not fall$1$.  I think your certainty about$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook,"
073:368,29[M  ]| he added, 
073:368,29[M  ]| "shows$1$ you do know her.  She is
073:368,30[M  ]| incapable of anything deliberately nasty."
073:368,31[B  ]| "Oh of anything nasty in any way," 
073:368,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
073:368,32['  ]| said musingly and kindly.
073:369,01[M  ]| "Yes; one knows on$4$ the whole$0$ what$6#1$ she \will$1$ not\
073:369,02[M  ]| do." 
073:369,02['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, for$4$ a period, $M$Mitchy roamed and
073:369,03['  ]| reflected. 
073:369,03[M  ]| "But in spite$8$ of the assurance given you
073:369,04[M  ]| by$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ or perhaps indeed just$9$ because
073:369,05[M  ]| of your having taken it ~ I think I ought to$9$ mention$1$
073:369,06[M  ]| to$4$ you my belief that$3$ $A$Nanda does know of his offer$0$
073:369,07[M  ]| to$4$ you.  I mean$1$ by$4$ having guessed it."
073:369,08[B  ]| "Oh!" 
073:369,08['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
073:369,09[M  ]| "There is in fact more still$5$," 
073:369,09['  ]| his companion pursued ~
073:369,10[M  ]| "that$3$ I feel I should like$1$ to$9$ mention$1$ to$4$ you."
073:369,11[B  ]| "Oh!" 
073:369,11['  ]| $B$Vanderbank at first only repeated.  But
073:369,12['  ]| after$4$ a moment he said: 
073:369,12[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ fellow, I am much
073:369,13[B  ]| obliged."
073:369,14[M  ]| "The thing I speak of is something I should at any
073:369,15[M  ]| rate$0$ have said, and I should have looked out$5$ for$4$ some
073:369,16[M  ]| chance$0$ if we had not had this one." 
073:369,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy spoke
073:369,17['  ]| as if his friend's last$2$ words were not of consequence,
073:369,18['  ]| and he continued as $B$Vanderbank got up and, moving
073:369,19['  ]| rather aimlessly, came and stood with his back$0$ to$4$
073:369,20['  ]| the chimney. 
073:369,20[M  ]| "My only hesitation would have been
073:369,21[M  ]| caused by$4$ its entailing our going down$5$ into things in
073:369,22[M  ]| a way that$6#1$, face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ ~ given the private nature of
073:369,23[M  ]| the things ~ I dare$1#2$ say most men do not particularly
073:369,24[M  ]| enjoy.  But if you do not mind$1$ ~!"
073:369,25[B  ]| "Oh I do not mind$1$.  In fact, as I tell you, I recognise
073:369,26[B  ]| an obligation to$4$ you." 
073:369,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, with his shoulders
073:369,27['  ]| against the high mantel, uttered this without
073:369,28['  ]| a direct$2$ look$0$; he smoked and smoked, then considered 
073:369,29['  ]| the tip of his cigar. 
073:369,29[B  ]| "You feel convinced she
073:369,30[B  ]| knows?" 
073:369,30['  ]| he threw out$5$.
073:369,31[M  ]| "Well$7$, it is my impression."
073:369,32[B  ]| "Ah any impression of yours ~ of that$6#2$ sort ~ is
073:370,01[B  ]| sure to$9$ be right$2#1$.  If you think I ought to$9$ have it from
073:370,02[B  ]| you I am really grateful.  Is that$6#2$ ~ a ~ what$6#1$ you
073:370,03[B  ]| wanted to$9$ say to$4$ me?" 
073:370,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank after$4$ a slight$2$ pause$0$
073:370,04['  ]| demanded. 
073:370,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy, watching him more than he watched
073:370,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy, shook a mildly decisive head$0$. 
073:370,06[M  ]| "No$7$."
073:370,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, his eyes on$4$ his smoke-puffs, seemed to$9$
073:370,08['  ]| wonder$1$. 
073:370,08[B  ]| "What$6#1$ you wanted is ~ something else?"
073:370,09[M  ]| "Something else."
073:370,10[B  ]| "Oh!" 
073:370,10['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank for$4$ the third time.
073:370,11['  ]| The ejaculation had been vague, but the movement
073:370,12['  ]| that$6#1$ followed it was definite; the young man,
073:370,13['  ]| turning$1$ away, found himself again near$4$ the chair he
073:370,14['  ]| had quitted, and resumed possession of it as a sign
073:370,15['  ]| of being$1$ at his friend's service.  This friend, however,
073:370,16['  ]| not only hung fire$0$ but finally went back$5$ to$9$ take a shot
073:370,17['  ]| from a quarter$0#1$ they might have been supposed to$9$
073:370,18['  ]| have left$1$. 
073:370,18[M  ]| "It strikes me as odd his imagining ~
073:370,19[M  ]| awfully acute as he is ~ that$3$ she has \not\ guessed.
073:370,20[M  ]| One would not have thought$1$ he could live with her
073:370,21[M  ]| here in such an intimacy ~ seeing her every day
073:370,22[M  ]| and pretty$5$ much all day ~ and make$1$ such a mistake$0$."
073:370,23[M  ]|
073:370,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, his great length all of a lounge again,
073:370,25['  ]| turned it over. 
073:370,25[B  ]| "And yet I do thoroughly feel the
073:370,26[B  ]| mistake is not yours."
073:370,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy had a new serenity of affirmation. 
073:370,27[M  ]| "Oh
073:370,28[M  ]| it is not mine$6$."
073:370,29[B  ]| "Perhaps then" 
073:370,29['  ]| ~ it occurred to$4$ his friend ~ 
073:370,29[B  ]| "he
073:370,30[B  ]| does not really believe it."
073:370,31[M  ]| "And only says so$5#2$ to$9$ make$1$ you feel more easy?"
073:370,32[B  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ one may$1$ ~ in fairness to$4$ one's self ~
073:371,01[B  ]| keep one's head$0$, as it were, and decide quite on$4$ one's
073:371,02[B  ]| own$2$ grounds."
073:371,03[M  ]| "Then you \have\ still$5$ to$9$ decide?"
073:371,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took time to$9$ answer$1$. 
073:371,04[B  ]| "I have still$5$ to$9$
073:371,05[B  ]| decide." 
073:371,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy became again on$4$ this, in the sociable
073:371,06['  ]| dusk, a slow-circling vaguely-agitated element, and
073:371,07['  ]| his companion continued: 
073:371,07[B  ]| "Is your idea very generously
073:371,08[B  ]| and handsomely to$9$ help$1$ that$6#2$ by$4$ letting me
073:371,09[B  ]| know ~?"
073:371,10[M  ]| "That$3$ I do definitely renounce" 
073:371,10['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy took
073:371,11['  ]| him up ~ 
073:371,11[M  ]| "any pretension and any hope$0$?  Well$7$,
073:371,12[M  ]| I am ready with a proof of it.  I have passed my word
073:371,13[M  ]| that$3$ I will$1$ apply elsewhere."
073:371,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank turned more round$9$ to$4$ him. 
073:371,14[B  ]| "Apply to$4$
073:371,15[B  ]| the $I$Duchess for$4$ her niece?"
073:371,16[M  ]| "It is practically settled$1$."
073:371,17[B  ]| "But since when?"
073:371,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy barely faltered. 
073:371,18[M  ]| "Since this afternoon."
073:371,19[B  ]| "Ah then not with the $I$Duchess herself."
073:371,20[M  ]| "With $A$Nanda ~ whose$6#1$ plan from the first, you
073:371,21[M  ]| will$1$ not have forgotten, the thing has so$5#1$ charmingly
073:371,22[M  ]| been."
073:371,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank could show$1$ that$3$ his not having in the
073:371,24['  ]| least forgotten was yet not a bar to$4$ his being$1$ now
073:371,25['  ]| mystified. 
073:371,25[B  ]| "But, my dear$2#1$ man, what$6#2$ can $A$Nanda
073:371,26[B  ]| ""settle""?"
073:371,27[M  ]| "My fate," 
073:371,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy said, pausing well$9$ before$4$ him.
073:371,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank sat now a minute$0$ with raised eyes,
073:371,29['  ]| catching the indistinctness of the other's strange
073:371,30['  ]| expression. 
073:371,30[B  ]| "You are both beyond$4$ me!" 
073:371,30['  ]| he exclaimed
073:371,31['  ]| at last$0$. 
073:371,31[B  ]| "I do not see what$6#1$ you in particular 
073:371,32[B  ]| gain$1$."
073:372,01[M  ]| "I did not either till she made it all out$5$ to$4$ me.  One
073:372,02[M  ]| sees then, in such a matter, for$4$ one's self.  And as
073:372,03[M  ]| everything's gain$0$ that$6#1$ is not loss, there was nothing
073:372,04[M  ]| I \could\ lose.  It gets me," 
073:372,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy further explained,
073:372,05[M  ]| "out$8$ of the way."
073:372,06[B  ]| "Out$8$ of the way of what$6#2$?"
073:372,07['  ]| This, $M$Mitchy frankly showed, was more difficult
073:372,08['  ]| to$9$ say, but he in time brought it out$5$.
073:372,08[M  ]| "Well$7$, of appearing 
073:372,09[M  ]| to$9$ suggest to$4$ you that$3$ my existence, in a prolonged
073:372,10[M  ]| state$0$ of singleness, may$1$ ever represent for$4$ her
073:372,11[M  ]| any real alternative."
073:372,12[B  ]| "But alternative to$4$ what$6#2$?"
073:372,13[M  ]| "Why to$4$ being$1$ \your\ wife, damn you!" 
073:372,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy, on$4$
073:372,14['  ]| these words turned away again, and his companion,
073:372,15['  ]| in the presence of his renewed dim gyrations, sat
073:372,16['  ]| for$4$ a minute$0$ dumb.  Before$3$ $B$Van had spoken indeed
073:372,17['  ]| he was back$5$ again. 
073:372,17[M  ]| "Excuse$1$ my violence, but of
073:372,18[M  ]| course$8$ you really see."
073:372,19[B  ]| "I am not pretending anything," 
073:372,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said
073:372,20[B  ]| ~ "but a man \must\ understand.  What$6#1$ I catch$1$ hold$0$
073:372,21[B  ]| of is that$3$ you offer$1$ me ~ in the fact that$3$ you are thus
073:372,22[B  ]| at any rate$0$ disposed of ~ a proof that$3$ I, by$4$ the same
073:372,23[B  ]| token, shall not, if I hesitate to$9$ ""go in,"" have a pretext
073:372,24[B  ]| for$4$ saying to$4$ myself that$3$ I \may$1$\ deprive her ~!"
073:372,25[M  ]| "Yes, precisely," 
073:372,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy now urbanely assented:
073:372,26[M  ]| "of something ~ in the shape$0$ of a man with \my\
073:372,27[M  ]| amount of money ~ that$6#1$ she may$1$ live to$9$ regret$1$ and
073:372,28[M  ]| to$9$ languish for$4$.  My amount of money, do not you
073:372,29[M  ]| see?" 
073:372,29['  ]| he very simply added, 
073:372,29[M  ]| "is nothing to$4$ her."
073:372,30[B  ]| "And you want$1$ me to$9$ be sure that$3$ ~ so$5#1$ far as I
073:372,31[B  ]| may$1$ ever have had a scruple$0$ ~ she has had her
073:372,32[B  ]| chance$0$ and got rid of it."
073:373,01[M  ]| "Completely," 
073:373,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled.
073:373,02[B  ]| "Because" 
073:373,02['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank with the aid of his cigar
073:373,03['  ]| thoughtfully pieced it out$5$ ~ 
073:373,03[B  ]| "that$6#2$ may$1$ possibly bring
073:373,04[B  ]| me to$4$ the point$0$."
073:373,05[M  ]| "Possibly!" 
073:373,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.
073:373,06['  ]| He had stood a moment longer, almost as if to$9$ see
073:373,07['  ]| the possibility develop before$4$ his eyes, and had even$5$
073:373,08['  ]| started at the next sound$0$ of his friend's voice.  What$6#1$
073:373,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank in fact brought out$5$, however, only made
073:373,10['  ]| him turn$1$ his back$0$. 
073:373,10[B  ]| "Do you like$1$ so$5#1$ very much little
073:373,11[B  ]| $J$Aggie?"
073:373,12[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
073:373,12['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
073:373,12[M  ]| "$A$Nanda does.  And I like$1$
073:373,13[M  ]| $A$Nanda."
073:373,14[B  ]| "You are too$5#1$ amazing," 
073:373,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank mused.  His
073:373,15['  ]| musing had presently the effect$0$ of making him rise$1$;
073:373,16['  ]| meditation indeed beset him after$3$ he was on$4$ his feet.
073:373,17[B  ]| "I can not help$1$ its coming over me then that$3$ on$4$ such
073:373,18[B  ]| an extraordinary system you must also rather like$1$
073:373,19[B  ]| \me\."
073:373,20[M  ]| "What$6#2$ will$1$ you have, my dear$2#1$ $B$Van?" 
073:373,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy
073:373,21['  ]| frankly asked. 
073:373,21[M  ]| "It is the sort of thing you must be
073:373,22[M  ]| most used$1#2$ to$9$.  For$3$ at the present$9$ moment ~ look$1$! ~ 
073:373,23[M  ]| are not we all at you at once?"
073:373,24['  ]| It was as if his dear$2#1$ $B$Van had managed to$9$ appear to$9$
073:373,25['  ]| wonder$1$. 
073:373,25[B  ]| """All""?"
073:373,26[M  ]| "$A$Nanda, $D$Mrs%*Brook, $L$Mr%*Longdon ~!"
073:373,27[B  ]| "And you.  I see."
073:373,28[M  ]| "Names of distinction.  And all the others,"
073:373,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy pursued, 
073:373,29[M  ]| "that$6#1$ I do not count."
073:373,30[B  ]| "Oh you are the best."
073:373,31[M  ]| "I?"
073:373,32[B  ]| "You are the best," 
073:373,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank simply repeated.
073:374,01[B  ]| "It is at all events most extraordinary," 
073:374,01['  ]| he declared.
073:374,02[B  ]| "But I make$1$ you out$5$ on$4$ the whole$0$ better$9$ than I do
073:374,03[B  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon."
073:374,04[M  ]| "Ah are not we very much the same ~ simple$2$
073:374,05[M  ]| lovers of life?  That$3$ is of that$6#2$ finer essence of it which$6#1$
073:374,06[M  ]| appeals to$4$ the consciousness ~!"
073:374,07[B  ]| "The consciousness?" 
073:374,07['  ]| ~ his companion took up
073:374,08['  ]| his hesitation.
073:374,09[M  ]| "Well$7$, enlarged and improved."
073:374,10['  ]| The words had made on$4$ $M$Mitchy's lips an image by$4$
073:374,11['  ]| which$6#1$ his friend appeared for$4$ a moment held. 
073:374,11[B  ]| "One
073:374,12[B  ]| does not really know quite what$6#1$ to$9$ say or to$9$ do."
073:374,13[M  ]| "Oh you must take it all quietly.  You are of a special 
073:374,14[M  ]| class$0$; one of those who$6#1$, as we said the other day
073:374,15[M  ]| ~ do not you remember? ~ are a source of the sacred
073:374,16[M  ]| terror.  People made in such a way must take the consequences;
073:374,17[M  ]| just$9$ as people must take them," 
073:374,17['  ]| $M$Mitchy
073:374,18['  ]| went on$5$, 
073:374,18[M  ]| "who$6#1$ are made as \I\ am.  So$3$ cheer up!"
073:374,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy, uttering this incitement, had moved to$4$ the
073:374,20['  ]| empty$2$ chair by$4$ the window, in which$6#1$ he presently
073:374,21['  ]| was sunk; and it might have been in emulation of his
073:374,22['  ]| previous strolling and straying that$3$ $B$Vanderbank himself
073:374,23['  ]| now began to$9$ revolve.  The meditation he next
073:374,24['  ]| threw out$5$, however, showed a certain resistance to$4$
073:374,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy's advice. 
073:374,25[B  ]| "I am glad at any rate$0$ I do not deprive
073:374,26[B  ]| her of a fortune."
073:374,27[M  ]| "You do not deprive her of mine$6$ of course$8$," 
073:374,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy
073:374,28['  ]| answered from the chair; 
073:374,28[M  ]| "but is not her enjoyment
073:374,29[M  ]| of $L$Mr%*Longdon's at least a good deal$0#2$ staked after$4$ all
073:374,30[M  ]| on$4$ your action?"
073:374,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank stopped short$2$. 
073:374,31[B  ]| "It is his idea to$9$ settle
073:374,32[B  ]| it \all\?"
073:375,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy gave out$5$ his glare. 
073:375,01[M  ]| "I thought$1$ you did not
073:375,02[M  ]| ""care$1$ a hang."" I have not been here so$5#1$ long$9$," 
073:375,02['  ]| he went
073:375,03['  ]| on$5$ as his companion at first retorted nothing, 
073:375,03[M  ]| "without
073:375,04[M  ]| making up my mind$0$ for$4$ myself about$4$ his means$0$.
073:375,05[M  ]| He \is\ distinctly bloated."
073:375,06['  ]| It sent $B$Vanderbank off again. 
073:375,06[B  ]| "Oh well$7$, she will$1$ no$2$
073:375,07[B  ]| more get all in the one event than she will$1$ get nothing
073:375,08[B  ]| in the other.  She will$1$ only get a sort of provision.  But
073:375,09[B  ]| she will$1$ get that$6#2$ whatever happens."
073:375,10[M  ]| "Oh if you are sure ~!" 
073:375,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy simply commented.
073:375,11['  ]|
073:375,12[B  ]| "I am not sure, confound it!" 
073:375,12['  ]| Then ~ for$3$ his voice
073:375,13['  ]| had been irritated ~ $B$Van spoke more quietly. 
073:375,13[B  ]| "Only
073:375,14[B  ]| I see her here ~ though on$4$ his wish$0$ of course$8$ ~
073:375,15[B  ]| handling things quite as if they were her own$2$ and
073:375,16[B  ]| paying him a visit$0$ without, apparently, any calculable
073:375,17[B  ]| end$0$.  What$6#2$ is that$6#2$ on$4$ \his\ part$0$ but a pledge?"
073:375,18['  ]| Oh $M$Mitchy could show$1$ off-hand that$3$ he knew what$6#1$
073:375,19['  ]| it was.  
073:375,19[M  ]| "It is a pledge, quite as much, to$4$ you.  He
073:375,20[M  ]| shows$1$ you the whole$2$ thing.  He likes you not a whit
073:375,21[M  ]| less than he likes her."
073:375,22[B  ]| "Oh thunder!" 
073:375,22['  ]| $B$Van impatiently sighed.
073:375,23[M  ]| "It is as ""rum"" as you please, but there it is," 
073:375,23['  ]| said
073:375,24['  ]| the inexorable $M$Mitchy.
073:375,25[B  ]| "Then does he think I will$1$ do it for$4$ \this\?"
073:375,26[M  ]| "For$4$ ""this""?"
073:375,27[B  ]| "For$4$ the place$0$, the whole$2$ thing, as you call$1$ it, that$6#1$
073:375,28[B  ]| he shows$1$ me."
073:375,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy had a short$2$ silence$0$ that$6#1$ might have represented
073:375,30['  ]| a change$0$ of colour. 
073:375,30[M  ]| "It is not good enough?"
073:375,31['  ]| But he instantly took himself up. 
073:375,31[M  ]| "Of course$8$ he
073:375,32[M  ]| wants$1$ ~ as I do ~ to$9$ treat$1$ you with tact!"
073:376,01[B  ]| "Oh it is all right$8$," 
073:376,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank immediately said.
073:376,02[B  ]| "Your ""tact"" ~ yours and his ~ is marvellous, and
073:376,03[B  ]| $A$Nanda's greatest of all."
073:376,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy's momentary renewal of stillness was addressed,
073:376,05['  ]| he somehow managed not obscurely to$9$ convey,
073:376,06['  ]| to$4$ the last$2$ clause of his friend's speech. 
073:376,06[M  ]| "If
073:376,07[M  ]| you are not sure," 
073:376,07['  ]| he presently resumed, 
073:376,07[M  ]| "why can not
073:376,08[M  ]| you frankly ask him?"
073:376,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank again, as the phrase is, "mooned"
073:376,10['  ]| about$5$ a little. 
073:376,10[B  ]| "Because I do not know that$3$ it would
073:376,11[B  ]| do."
073:376,12[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$ by$4$ ""do""?"
073:376,13[B  ]| "Well$7$, that$3$ it would be exactly ~ what$6#2$ do you
073:376,14[B  ]| call$1$ it? ~ ""square.""  Or even$5$ quite delicate or decent.
073:376,15[B  ]| To$9$ take from him, in the way of an assurance so$5#1$
073:376,16[B  ]| handsomely offered, so$5#1$ much, and then to$9$ ask for$4$
073:376,17[B  ]| more: I do not feel I can do it.  Besides, I have my little
073:376,18[B  ]| conviction.  To$4$ the question$0$ itself he might easily
073:376,19[B  ]| reply$1$ that$3$ it is none of my business."
073:376,20[M  ]| "I see," 
073:376,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy dropped. 
073:376,20[M  ]| "Such pressure might
073:376,21[M  ]| suggest to$4$ him moreover that$3$ you are hesitating more
073:376,22[M  ]| than you perhaps really are."
073:376,23[B  ]| "Oh as to$4$ \that$6#2$\," 
073:376,23['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
073:376,23[B  ]| "I think he
073:376,24[B  ]| practically knows how much."
073:376,25[M  ]| "And how little?" 
073:376,25['  ]| He met this, however, with no$2$
073:376,26['  ]| more form$0$ than if it had been a poor joke, so$3$ that$3$
073:376,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy also smoked for$4$ a moment in silence$0$. 
073:376,27[M  ]| "It is
073:376,28[M  ]| your coming down$5$ here, you mean$1$, for$4$ these three
073:376,29[M  ]| or four days, that$6#1$ will$1$ have fixed it?"
073:376,30['  ]| The question$0$ this time was one to$4$ which$6#1$ the speaker
073:376,31['  ]| might have expected$1$ an answer$0$, but $B$Vanderbank's
073:376,32['  ]| only immediate answer$0$ was to$9$ walk$1$ and walk$1$. 
073:376,32[B  ]| "I
073:377,01[B  ]| want$1$ so$5#1$ awfully to$9$ be kind$2$ to$4$ her," 
073:377,01['  ]| he at last$0$
073:377,02['  ]| said.
073:377,03[M  ]| "I should think so$5#2$!" 
073:377,03['  ]| Then with irrelevance $M$Mitchy
073:377,04['  ]| harked back$5$. 
073:377,04[M  ]| "Shall \I\ find out$5$?"
073:377,05['  ]| But $B$Vanderbank, with another thought$0$, had lost
073:377,06['  ]| the thread. 
073:377,06[B  ]| "Find out$5$ what$6#2$?"
073:377,07[M  ]| "Why if she does get anything ~!"
073:377,08[B  ]| "If I am not kind$2$ \enough\?" 
073:377,08['  ]| ~ $B$Van had caught up
073:377,09['  ]| again. 
073:377,09[B  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$; I would rather you should not speak
073:377,10[B  ]| unless first spoken to$4$."
073:377,11[M  ]| "Well$7$, \he\ may$1$ speak ~ since he knows we know."
073:377,12[B  ]| "It is not likely, for$3$ he can not make$1$ out$5$ why I told
073:377,13[B  ]| you."
073:377,14[M  ]| "You did not tell \me\, you know," 
073:377,14['  ]| said $M$Mitchy.
073:377,15[M  ]| "You told $D$Mrs%*Brook."
073:377,16[B  ]| "Well$7$, \she\ told you, and her talking about$4$ it is the
073:377,17[B  ]| unpleasant idea.  He can not get her down$5$ anyhow."
073:377,18[M  ]| "Poor $D$Mrs%*Brook!" 
073:377,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy meditated.
073:377,19[B  ]| "Poor $D$Mrs%*Brook!" 
073:377,19['  ]| his companion echoed.
073:377,20[M  ]| "But I thought$1$ you said," 
073:377,20['  ]| he went on$5$, 
073:377,20[M  ]| "that$3$ he
073:377,21[M  ]| does not mind$1$."
073:377,22[B  ]| "\Your\ knowing?  Well$7$, I dare$1#2$ say he does not.
073:377,23[B  ]| But he does not want$1$ a lot of gossip and chatter."
073:377,24[M  ]| "Oh!" 
073:377,24['  ]| said $M$Mitchy with meekness.
073:377,25[B  ]| "I may$1$ absolutely take it from you then," 
073:377,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
073:377,26['  ]| presently resumed, 
073:377,26[B  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda has her idea?"
073:377,27[M  ]| "Oh she did not tell me so$5#2$.  But it is none the less
073:377,28[M  ]| my belief."
073:377,29[B  ]| "Well$7$," 
073:377,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank at last$0$ threw off, 
073:377,29[B  ]| "I feel it for$4$
073:377,30[B  ]| myself.  If only because she always knows everything,"
073:377,31['  ]| he pursued without looking at $M$Mitchy. 
073:377,31[B  ]| "She
073:377,32[B  ]| always knows everything, everything."
073:378,01[M  ]| "Everything, everything." 
073:378,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy got up.
073:378,02[B  ]| "She told me so$5#2$ herself yesterday," 
073:378,02['  ]| said $B$Van.
073:378,03[M  ]| "And she told \me\ so$5#2$ to-day."
073:378,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's hesitation might have shown he was
073:378,05['  ]| struck with this. 
073:378,05[B  ]| "Well$7$, I do not think it is information
073:378,06[B  ]| that$6#1$ either of us required.  But of course$8$ she
073:378,07[B  ]| can not help$1$ it," 
073:378,07['  ]| he added. 
073:378,07[B  ]| "Everything, literally
073:378,08[B  ]| everything, in London, in the world she lives$1$ in, is
073:378,09[B  ]| in the air she breathes ~ so$3$ that$3$ the longer \she is\ in
073:378,10[B  ]| it the more she will$1$ know."
073:378,11[M  ]| "The more she will$1$ know, certainly," 
073:378,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy acknowledged.
073:378,12[M  ]| "But she is not in it, you see, down$5$ here."
073:378,13[B  ]| "No$7$.  Only she appears to$9$ have come down$5$ with
073:378,14[B  ]| such accumulations.  And she will$1$ not be here for*ever,"
073:378,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank hastened to$9$ mention$1$.
073:378,16[M  ]| "Certainly not if you marry her?"
073:378,17[B  ]| "But is not that$6#2$ at the same time," 
073:378,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
073:378,18['  ]| asked, 
073:378,18[B  ]| "just$9$ the difficulty?"
073:378,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked vague. 
073:378,19[M  ]| "The difficulty?"
073:378,20[B  ]| "Why as a married woman she will$1$ be steeped in it
073:378,21[B  ]| again."
073:378,22[M  ]| "Surely" 
073:378,22['  ]| ~ oh $M$Mitchy could be candid! 
073:378,22[M  ]| "But the
073:378,23[M  ]| difference will$1$ be that$3$ for$4$ a married woman it will$1$ not
073:378,24[M  ]| matter.  It only matters for$4$ girls," 
073:378,24['  ]| he plausibly continued ~
073:378,25[M  ]| "and then only for$4$ those on$4$ whom$6#1$ no*one
073:378,26[M  ]| takes pity$0$."
073:378,27[B  ]| "The trouble$0$ is," 
073:378,27['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank ~ but quite
073:378,28['  ]| as if uttering only a general$2$ truth ~ 
073:378,28[B  ]| "that$3$ it is just$9$
073:378,29[B  ]| a thing that$6#1$ may$1$ sometimes operate as a bar to$4$ pity$0$.
073:378,30[B  ]| Is not it for$4$ the non-marrying girls that$3$ it does not
073:378,31[B  ]| particularly matter?  For$4$ the others it is such an
073:378,32[B  ]| odd preparation."
073:379,01[M  ]| "Oh I do not mind$1$ it!" 
073:379,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared.
073:379,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank visibly demurred. 
073:379,02[B  ]| "Ah but your
073:379,03[B  ]| choice$0$ ~!"
073:379,04[M  ]| "Is such a different sort of thing?" 
073:379,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy, for$3$ the
073:379,05['  ]| half-hour, in the ambiguous dusk, had never looked
073:379,06['  ]| more droll. 
073:379,06[M  ]| "The young lady I named is not my
073:379,07[M  ]| \choice$0$\."
073:379,08[B  ]| "Well$7$ then, that is only a sign the more that$3$ you
073:379,09[B  ]| do these things more easily."
073:379,10[N  ]| "Oh ""easily""!" 
073:379,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy murmured.
073:379,11[B  ]| "We ought not at any rate$0$ to$9$ keep it up," 
073:379,11['  ]| said
073:379,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ had looked at his watch$0$. 
073:379,12[B  ]| "Twelve
073:379,13[B  ]| twenty-five ~ good-night.  Shall I blow out$5$ the
073:379,14[B  ]| candles?"
073:379,15[M  ]| "Do, please.  I"ll close$1$ the window" 
073:379,15['  ]| ~ and $M$Mitchy
073:379,16['  ]| went to$4$ it. 
073:379,16[M  ]| "I will$1$ follow you ~ good-night." 
073:379,16['  ]| The
073:379,17['  ]| candles after$4$ a minute$0$ were out$5$ and his friend had
073:379,18['  ]| gone, but $M$Mitchy, left$1$ in darkness face$0$ to$4$ face$0$ with
073:379,19['  ]| the vague quiet$2$ garden, still$5$ stood there.
081:383,01['  ]| The footman, opening the door, mumbled his name$0$
081:383,02['  ]| without sincerity, and $B$Vanderbank, passing$1$ in, found
081:383,03['  ]| in fact ~ for$3$ he had caught the symptom ~ the chairs
081:383,04['  ]| and tables, the lighted lamps and the flowers alone
081:383,05['  ]| in possession.  He looked at his watch$0$, which$6#1$ exactly
081:383,06['  ]| marked eight, then turned to$9$ speak again to$4$ the servant,
081:383,07['  ]| who$6#1$ had, however, without another sound$0$ and
081:383,08['  ]| as if blushing for$4$ the house, already closed him in.
081:383,09['  ]| There was nothing indeed but $K$Mrs%*Grendon's want$0$
081:383,10['  ]| of promptness that$6#1$ failed of a welcome$0$: her drawing-room,
081:383,11['  ]| on$4$ the January night, showed its elegance
081:383,12['  ]| through$4$ a suffusion of pink electricity which$6#1$ melted,
081:383,13['  ]| at the end$0$ of the vista, into the faintly golden glow of
081:383,14['  ]| a retreat$0$ still$5$ more sacred.  $B$Vanderbank walked after$4$
081:383,15['  ]| a moment into the second$2$ room, which$6#1$ also proved
081:383,16['  ]| empty$2$ and which$6#1$ had its little globes of white fire$0$ ~
081:383,17['  ]| discreetly limited in number ~ coated with lemon-coloured
081:383,18['  ]| silk.  The walls, covered with delicate French
081:383,19['  ]| mouldings, were so$5#1$ fair that$3$ they seemed vaguely
081:383,20['  ]| silvered; the low French chimney had a French fire$0$.
081:383,21['  ]| There was a lemon-coloured stuff on$4$ the sofa and
081:383,22['  ]| chairs, a wonderful polish on$4$ the floor that$6#1$ was largely
081:383,23['  ]| exposed, and a copy$0$ of a French novel in blue paper
081:383,24['  ]| on$4$ one of the spindle-legged tables.  $B$Vanderbank
081:383,25['  ]| looked about$4$ him an instant$0$ as if generally struck,
081:383,26['  ]| then gave himself to$4$ something that$6#1$ had particularly
081:383,27['  ]| caught his eye.  This was simply his own$2$ name$0$ written
081:384,01['  ]| rather large on$4$ the cover of the French book and
081:384,02['  ]| endowed, after$3$ he had taken the volume up, with the
081:384,03['  ]| power to$9$ hold$1$ his attention the more closely the longer
081:384,04['  ]| he looked at it.  He uttered, for$4$ a private satisfaction,
081:384,05['  ]| before$4$ letting the matter pass$1$, a low confused sound$0$;
081:384,06['  ]| after$4$ which$6#1$, flinging the book down$5$ with some emphasis
081:384,07['  ]| in another place$0$, he moved to$4$ the chimney-piece,
081:384,08['  ]| where his eyes for$4$ a little intently fixed the small
081:384,09['  ]| ashy wood-fire.  When he raised them again it was,
081:384,10['  ]| on$4$ the observation that$3$ the beautiful clock on$4$ the
081:384,11['  ]| mantel was wrong$2$, to$9$ consult once more his watch$0$
081:384,12['  ]| and then give a glance$0$, in the chimney-glass, at the
081:384,13['  ]| state$0$ of his moustache, the ends$0$ of which$6#1$ he twisted
081:384,14['  ]| for$4$ a moment with due$2$ care$0$.  While$9$ so$5#2$ engaged he 
081:384,15['  ]| became aware of something else and, quickly facing
081:384,16['  ]| about$5$, recognised in the doorway of the room the
081:384,17['  ]| other figure the glass had just$9$ reflected.
081:384,18[B  ]| "Oh \you\?"  
081:384,18['  ]| he said with a quick$2$ handshake.
081:384,19[B  ]| "$K$Mrs%*Grendon is down$5$?" 
081:384,19['  ]| But he had already passed
081:384,20['  ]| with $A$Nanda, on$4$ their greeting, back$5$ into the first
081:384,21['  ]| room, which$6#1$ contained only themselves, and she had
081:384,22['  ]| mentioned that$3$ 
081:384,22@a   | she believed $K$Tishy to$9$ have said 8%l5,
081:384,23@a   | which$6#1$ meant of course$8$ anything people liked.
081:384,24[B  ]| "Oh then there will$1$ be nobody till nine.  I did not,
081:384,25[B  ]| I suppose, sufficiently study$1$ my note$0$; which$6#1$ did not
081:384,26[B  ]| mention$1$ to$4$ me, by$4$ the way," 
081:384,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank added,
081:384,27[B  ]| "that$3$ you were to$9$ be here."
081:384,28[A  ]| "Ah but why \should\ it?" 
081:384,28['  ]| $A$Nanda spoke again, however,
081:384,29['  ]| before$3$ he could reply$1$. 
081:384,29[A  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say that$3$ when she
081:384,30[A  ]| wrote to$4$ you she did not know."
081:384,31[B  ]| "Know you would come bang up to$9$ meet$1$ me?" 
081:384,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
081:384,32['  ]| laughed. 
081:384,32[B  ]| "Jolly at any rate$0$, thanks to$4$ my
081:385,01[B  ]| mistake$0$, to$9$ have in this way a quiet$2$ moment with you.
081:385,02[B  ]| You came on$5$ ahead of your mother?"
081:385,03[A  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ I am staying here."
081:385,04[B  ]| "Oh!" 
081:385,04['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
081:385,05[A  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon came up with me ~ I came here,
081:385,06[A  ]| Friday last$2$, straight."
081:385,07[B  ]| "You parted at the door?" 
081:385,07['  ]| he asked with marked
081:385,08['  ]| gaiety.
081:385,09['  ]| She thought$1$ a moment ~ she was more serious$2$.
081:385,10[A  ]| "Yes ~ but only for$4$ a day or two.  He is coming tonight."
081:385,11[A  ]|		
081:385,12[B  ]| "Good.  How delightful!"
081:385,13[A  ]| "He will$1$ be glad to$9$ see you," 
081:385,13['  ]| $A$Nanda said, looking at
081:385,14['  ]| the flowers.
081:385,15[B  ]| "Awfully kind$2$ of him when I have been such a brute."
081:385,16[A  ]| "How ~ a brute?"
081:385,17[B  ]| "Well$7$, I mean$1$ not writing$1$ ~ nor going back$5$."
081:385,18[A  ]| "Oh I see," 
081:385,18['  ]| $A$Nanda simply returned.
081:385,19['  ]| It was a simplicity that$6#1$, clearly enough, made her
081:385,20['  ]| friend a little awkward. 
081:385,20[B  ]| "Has he ~ a ~ minded?
081:385,21[B  ]| But he can not have complained!" 
081:385,21['  ]| he quickly added.
081:385,22[A  ]| "Oh he never complains."
081:385,23[B  ]| "No$7$, no$7$ ~ it is not in him.  But it is just$9$ that$6#2$," 
081:385,23['  ]| said
081:385,24['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, 
081:385,24[B  ]| "that$6#1$ makes one feel so$5#1$ base.  I have been
081:385,25[B  ]| ferociously busy."
081:385,26[A  ]| "He knows that$6#2$ ~ he likes it," 
081:385,26['  ]| $A$Nanda returned.
081:385,27[A  ]| "He delights$1$ in your work$0$.  And I have done what$6#1$ I can
081:385,28[A  ]| for$4$ him."
081:385,29[B  ]| "Ah," 
081:385,29['  ]| said her companion, 
081:385,29[B  ]| "you have evidently
081:385,30[B  ]| brought him round$9$.  I mean$1$ to$4$ this lady."
081:385,31[A  ]| "To$4$ $K$Tishy?  Oh of course$8$ I can not leave$1$ her ~ with
081:385,32[A  ]| nobody."
081:386,01[B  ]| "No$7$" 
081:386,01['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank became jocose again ~ 
081:386,02[B  ]| "that is a London necessity.  You can not leave$1$ anybody
081:386,03[B  ]| with nobody ~ exposed to$4$ everybody."
081:386,04['  ]| Mild as it was, however, $A$Nanda missed the pleasantry.
081:386,05[A  ]| "$ZH$Mr%*Grendon is not here."
081:386,06[B  ]| "Where is he then?"
081:386,07[A  ]| "Yachting ~ but she does not know."
081:386,08[B  ]| "Then she and you are just$9$ doing this together?"
081:386,09[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
081:386,09['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
081:386,09[A  ]| "she is dreadfully frightened."
081:386,10[B  ]| "Oh she must not allow herself," 
081:386,10['  ]| he returned, 
081:386,10[B  ]| "to$9$
081:386,11[B  ]| be too$5#1$ much carried away by$4$ it.  But we are to$9$ have
081:386,12[B  ]| your mother?"
081:386,13[A  ]| "Yes, and papa.  It is really for$4$ $M$Mitchy and $J$Aggie,"
081:386,14['  ]| the girl went on$5$ ~ 
081:386,14[A  ]| "before$3$ they go abroad."
081:386,15[B  ]| "Ah then I see what$6#1$ you have come up for$4$!  $K$Tishy
081:386,16[B  ]| and I are not in it.  It is all for$4$ $M$Mitchy."
081:386,17[A  ]| "If you mean$1$ there is nothing I would not do for$4$
081:386,18[A  ]| him you are quite right$2#1$.  He has always been of a kindness
081:386,19[A  ]| to$4$ me ~!"
081:386,20[B  ]| "That$6#1$ culminated in marrying your friend?" 
081:386,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
081:386,21['  ]| asked. 
081:386,21[B  ]| "It was charming certainly, and
081:386,22[B  ]| I do not mean$1$ to$9$ diminish the merit$0$ of it.  But $J$Aggie
081:386,23[B  ]| herself, I gather, is of a charm$0$ now ~!"
081:386,24[A  ]| "Is not she?" 
081:386,24['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda was eager. 
081:386,24[A  ]| "Has not she
081:386,25[A  ]| come out$5$?"
081:386,26[B  ]| "With a bound ~ into the arena.  But when a 
081:386,27[B  ]| young person is out$5$ with $M$Mitchy ~!"
081:386,28[A  ]| "Oh you must not say anything against that$6#2$.  I have
081:386,29[A  ]| been out$5$ with him myself."
081:386,30[B  ]| "Ah but my dear$2#1$ child ~!" 
081:386,30['  ]| $B$Van frankly argued.
081:386,31['  ]|
081:386,32['  ]| It was not, however, a thing to$9$ notice$1$. 
081:386,32[A  ]| "I knew it
081:387,01[A  ]| would be just$9$ so$5#2$.  It always is when they have been like$9$
081:387,02[A  ]| that$6#2$."
081:387,03[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ as she apparently \was\?  But
081:387,04[B  ]| does not it make$1$ one wonder$1$ a little \if\ she was?"
081:387,05[A  ]| "Oh she was ~ I know she was.  And we are also
081:387,06[A  ]| to$9$ have $E$Harold," 
081:387,06['  ]| $A$Nanda continued ~ 
081:387,06[A  ]| "another of
081:387,07[A  ]| $M$Mitchy's beneficiaries.  It \would\ be a banquet,
081:387,08[A  ]| would not it?  if we were to$9$ have them all."
081:387,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank hesitated, and the look$0$ he fixed on$4$ the
081:387,10['  ]| door might have suggested a certain open$2$ attention
081:387,11['  ]| to$4$ the arrival of their hostess or the announcement of
081:387,12['  ]| other guests. 
081:387,12[B  ]| "If you have not got them all, the beneficiaries,
081:387,13[B  ]| you have got, in having me, I should suppose,
081:387,14[B  ]| about$5$ the biggest."
081:387,15[A  ]| "Ah what$6#2$ has he done for$4$ you?" 
081:387,15['  ]| $A$Nanda asked.
081:387,16['  ]| Again her friend hung fire$0$. 
081:387,16[B  ]| "Do you remember
081:387,17[B  ]| something you said to$4$ me down$5$ there in August?"
081:387,18['  ]| She looked vague but quite unembarrassed. 
081:387,18[A  ]| "I remember
081:387,19[A  ]| but too$5#1$ well$9$ that$3$ I chattered."
081:387,20[B  ]| "You declared to$4$ me that$3$ you knew everything."
081:387,21[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ and I said so$5#2$ to$4$ $M$Mitchy too$5#2$."
081:387,22[B  ]| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$ child, you do not."
081:387,23[A  ]| "Because I do not know ~?"
081:387,24[B  ]| "Yes, what$6#1$ makes \me\ the victim of his insatiable
081:387,25[B  ]| benevolence."
081:387,26[A  ]| "Ah well$7$, if you have no$2$ doubt$0$ of it yourself that is all
081:387,27[A  ]| that is required.  I am quite \glad\ to$9$ hear of something
081:387,28[A  ]| I do not know," 
081:387,28['  ]| $A$Nanda pursued. 
081:387,28[A  ]| "And we are to$9$ have
081:387,29[A  ]| $E$Harold too$5#2$," 
081:387,29['  ]| she repeated.
081:387,30[B  ]| "As a beneficiary?  Then we \shall\ fill up!  $E$Harold
081:387,31[B  ]| will$1$ give us a stamp."
081:387,32[A  ]| "will$1$ not he?  I hear of nothing but his success.
081:388,01[A  ]| Mother wrote me that$3$ people are frantic for$4$ him;
081:388,02[A  ]| and," 
081:388,02['  ]| said the girl after$4$ an instant$0$, 
081:388,02[A  ]| "do you know
081:388,03[A  ]| what$6#1$ $I$Cousin*Jane wrote me?"
081:388,04[B  ]| "What$6#2$ \would\ she now?  I am trying$1$ to$9$ think."
081:388,05['  ]| $A$Nanda relieved him of this effort. 
081:388,05[A  ]| "Why that$3$
081:388,06[A  ]| mother has transferred to$4$ him all the scruples she
081:388,07[A  ]| felt ~ ""even$5$ to$4$ excess"" ~ in \my\ time, about$4$ what$6#1$ we
081:388,08[A  ]| might pick up among you all that$6#1$ would not be good
081:388,09[A  ]| for$4$ us."
081:388,10[B  ]| "That is a neat one for$4$ \me\!" 
081:388,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank declared.
081:388,11[B  ]| "And I like$1$ your talk$0$ about$4$ your antediluvian 
081:388,12[B  ]| ""time."""
081:388,13[A  ]| "Oh it is all over."
081:388,14[B  ]| "What$6#2$ exactly is it," 
081:388,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank presently demanded,
081:388,15[B  ]| "that$6#1$ you describe in that$6#2$ manner?"
081:388,16[A  ]| "Well$7$, my little hour.  And the danger of picking
081:388,17[A  ]| up."
081:388,18[B  ]| "There is none of it here?"
081:388,19['  ]| $A$Nanda appeared frankly to$9$ judge$1$. 
081:388,19[A  ]| "No$7$ ~ because,
081:388,20[A  ]| really, $K$Tishy, do not you see? is natural$2$.  We
081:388,21[A  ]| just$9$ talk$1$."
081:388,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank showed his interest$0$. 
081:388,22[B  ]| "Whereas at your
081:388,23[B  ]| mother's ~?"
081:388,24[A  ]| "Well$7$, you were all afraid."
081:388,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed straight out$5$. 
081:388,25[B  ]| "Do you mind$1$
081:388,26[B  ]| my telling her that$6#2$?"
081:388,27[A  ]| "Oh she knows it.  I have heard her say herself you
081:388,28[A  ]| were."
081:388,29[B  ]| "Ah \I\ was," 
081:388,29['  ]| he concurred. 
081:388,29[B  ]| "You know we have
081:388,30[B  ]| spoken of that$6#2$ before$5$."
081:388,31[A  ]| "I am speaking now of all of you," 
081:388,31['  ]| said $A$Nanda.
081:388,32[A  ]| "But it was she who$6#1$ was most so$5#2$, for$3$ she tried ~ I
081:389,01[A  ]| know she did, she told me so$5#2$ ~ to$9$ control you.  And
081:389,02[A  ]| it was when you were most controlled ~!"
081:389,03['  ]| $B$Van's amusement took it up. 
081:389,03[B  ]| "That$3$ we were most
081:389,04[B  ]| detrimental?"
081:389,05[A  ]| "Yes, because of course$8$ what$6#1$ is so$5#1$ awfully unutterable
081:389,06[A  ]| is just$9$ what$6#1$ we most notice$1$.  $K$Tishy knows that$6#2$,"
081:389,07['  ]| $A$Nanda wonderfully observed.
081:389,08['  ]| As the reflexion of her tone might have been caught
081:389,09['  ]| by$4$ an observer in $B$Vanderbank's face$0$ it was in all
081:389,10['  ]| probability caught by$4$ his interlocutress, who$6#1$ superficially,
081:389,11['  ]| however, need$1$ have recognised there ~ what$6#1$
081:389,12['  ]| was all she showed ~ but the right$2#1$ manner of waiting
081:389,13['  ]| for$4$ dinner. 
081:389,13[B  ]| "The better$9$ way then is to$9$ dash right$5$ in?
081:389,14[B  ]| That is what$6#1$ our friend here does?"
081:389,15[A  ]| "Oh you know what$6#1$ she does!" 
081:389,15['  ]| the girl replied as
081:389,16['  ]| with a sudden$2$ drop$0$ of interest$0$ in the question$0$.  She
081:389,17['  ]| turned at the moment to$4$ the opening of the door.
081:389,18['  ]| It was $K$Tishy who$6#1$ at last$0$ appeared, and her guest
081:389,19['  ]| had his greeting ready. 
081:389,19[B  ]| "We are talking of the delicate
081:389,20[B  ]| matters as to$4$ which$6#1$ you think it is better$9$ to$9$ dash
081:389,21[B  ]| right$5$ in; but I am bound to$9$ say your inviting a hungry
081:389,22[B  ]| man to$4$ dinner does not appear to$9$ be one of them."
081:389,23['  ]| The sign of $K$Tishy*Grendon ~ as it had been often
081:389,24['  ]| called in a society in which$6#1$ variety of reference had
081:389,25['  ]| brought to$4$ high perfection, for$4$ usual safety, the sense
081:389,26['  ]| of signs ~ was a retarded facial glimmer that$6#1$, in
081:389,27['  ]| respect$0$ to$4$ any subject$0$, closed up the rear of the procession.
081:389,28['  ]| It had been said of her indeed that$3$ when
081:389,29['  ]| processions were at all rapid she was usually to$9$ be
081:389,30['  ]| found, on$4$ a false impression of her whereabouts,
081:389,31['  ]| mixed up with the next; so$3$ that$3$ now, for$4$ instance$0$,
081:389,32['  ]| by$4$ the time she had reached the point$0$ of saying to
081:390,01['  ]| $B$Vanderbank 
081:390,01[K  ]| "Are you \really\ hungry?"  
081:390,01['  ]| $A$Nanda had
081:390,02['  ]| begun to$9$ appeal to$4$ him for$4$ some praise$0$ of their
081:390,03['  ]| hostess's appearance.  This was of course$8$ with soft
081:390,04['  ]| looks$0$ up and down$5$ at her clothes. 
081:390,04[A  ]| "Is not she too$5#1$
081:390,05[A  ]| nice?  Did you ever see anything so$5#1$ lovely?"
081:390,06[B  ]| "I am so$5#1$ faint$1$ with inanition," 
081:390,06['  ]| $B$Van replied to$4$ $K$Mrs%*Grendon,
081:390,07[B  ]| "that$3$ ~ like$9$ the traveller in the desert$0$,
081:390,08[B  ]| is not it?  ~ I only make$1$ out$5$, as an oasis or a mirage,
081:390,09[B  ]| a sweet green rustling blur.  I do not trust$1$ you."
081:390,10[A  ]| "I do not trust$1$ \you\," 
081:390,10['  ]| $A$Nanda said on$4$ her friend's
081:390,11['  ]| behalf. 
081:390,11[A  ]| "She is not ""green"" ~ men are amazing:
081:390,12[A  ]| they do not know the dearest old blue that$6#1$ ever was
081:390,13[A  ]| seen."
081:390,14[B  ]| "\Is\ it your ""\old\ blue""?" 
081:390,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, monocular,
081:390,15['  ]| very earnestly asked. 
081:390,15[B  ]| "I can imagine it was ""dear$2#1$,""
081:390,16[B  ]| but I should have thought$1$ ~!"
081:390,17[A  ]| "It was yellow" 
081:390,17['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda helped him out$5$ ~ 
081:390,17[A  ]| "if
081:390,18[A  ]| I had not kindly told you." 
081:390,18['  ]| $K$Tishy's figure showed
081:390,19['  ]| the confidence of objects$0$ consecrated by$4$ publicity;
081:390,20['  ]| bodily speaking a beautiful human plant, it might
081:390,21['  ]| have taken the last$2$ November gale to$9$ account$1$ for$4$
081:390,22['  ]| the completeness with which$6#1$, in some quarters, she
081:390,23['  ]| had shed her leaves$0$.  Her companions could only
081:390,24['  ]| emphasise by$4$ the direction of their eyes the nature
081:390,25['  ]| of the responsibility with which$6#1$ a spectator would
081:390,26['  ]| have seen them saddled ~ a choice$0$, as to$4$ consciousness,
081:390,27['  ]| between the effect$0$ of her being$1$ and the effect$0$
081:390,28['  ]| of her not being$1$ dressed. 
081:390,28[K  ]| "Oh I am hideous ~ of
081:390,29[K  ]| course$8$ I know it," 
081:390,29['  ]| said $K$Tishy. 
081:390,29[K  ]| "I am only just$9$ clean.
081:390,30[K  ]| Here is $A$Nanda now, who$6#1$ is beautiful," 
081:390,30['  ]| she vaguely
081:390,31['  ]| continued, 
081:390,31[K  ]| "and $A$Nanda ~"
081:390,32[A  ]| "Oh but, darling, $A$Nanda is clean too$5#2$!" 
081:390,32['  ]| the young
081:391,01['  ]| lady in question$0$ interrupted; on$4$ which$6#1$ her fellow
081:391,02['  ]| guest could only laugh$1$ with her as in relief from the
081:391,03['  ]| antithesis of which$6#1$ her presence of mind$0$ had averted
081:391,04['  ]| the completion, little indeed as in $K$Mrs%*Grendon's
081:391,05['  ]| talk$0$ that$6#2$ element of style was usually involved.
081:391,06[B  ]| "There is nothing in such a matter," 
081:391,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
081:391,07['  ]| observed as if it were the least he could decently say,
081:391,08[B  ]| "like$9$ challenging enquiry; and here is $E$Harold, precisely,"
081:391,09['  ]| he went on$5$ in the next breath, 
081:391,09[B  ]| "as clear$2$ and
081:391,10[B  ]| crisp and undefiled as a fresh five-pound note$0$."
081:391,11[E  ]| "A fresh one?" 
081:391,11['  ]| ~ $E$Harold had passed in a flash
081:391,12['  ]| from his hostess. 
081:391,12[E  ]| "A man who$6#1$ like$9$ me has not seen
081:391,13[E  ]| one for$4$ six months could perfectly do, I assure you,
081:391,14[E  ]| with one that$6#1$ has lost its what-do-you-call it." 
081:391,14['  ]| He
081:391,15['  ]| kissed $A$Nanda with a friendly peck, then, more completely
081:391,16['  ]| aware, had a straighter apprehension for$4$
081:391,17['  ]| $K$Tishy. 
081:391,17[E  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, \you\ seem to$9$ have lost something,
081:391,18[E  ]| though I will$1$ say for$4$ you that$3$ one does not miss
081:391,19[E  ]| it."
081:391,20['  ]| $K$Mrs%*Grendon looked from him to$4$ $A$Nanda. 
081:391,20[K  ]| "Does
081:391,21[K  ]| he mean$1$ anything very nasty?  I can only understand
081:391,22[K  ]| you when $A$Nanda explains," 
081:391,22['  ]| she returned to$4$ $E$Harold.
081:391,23[K  ]| "In fact there is scarcely anything I understand
081:391,24[K  ]| except when $A$Nanda explains.  It is too$5#1$ dreadful her
081:391,25[K  ]| being$1$ away so$5#1$ much now with strange people, whom$6#1$
081:391,26[K  ]| I am sure she can not begin to$9$ do for$4$ what$6#1$ she does for$4$
081:391,27[K  ]| me; it makes me miss her all round$9$.  And the only
081:391,28[K  ]| thing I have come across$4$ that$6#1$ she \can not\ explain," 
081:391,28['  ]| $K$Tishy
081:391,29['  ]| launched straight at her friend, 
081:391,29[K  ]| "is what$6#1$ on$4$ earth
081:391,30[K  ]| she is doing there."
081:391,31[E  ]| "Why she is working $L$Mr%*Longdon, like$9$ a good
081:391,32[E  ]| true girl," 
081:391,32['  ]| $E$Harold said; 
081:391,32[E  ]| "like$9$ a good true daughter
081:392,01[E  ]| and even$5$, though she does not love$1$ me nearly so$5#1$ much
081:392,02[E  ]| as I love$1$ \her\, I will$1$ say, like$9$ a good true sister.  I am
081:392,03[E  ]| bound to$9$ tell you, my dear$2#1$ $K$Tishy," 
081:392,03['  ]| he went on$5$, 
081:392,03[E  ]| "that$3$
081:392,04[E  ]| I think it awfully happy, with the trend of manners,
081:392,05[E  ]| for$4$ any really nice young thing to$9$ be a bit lost to$4$
081:392,06[E  ]| sight.  London, upon my honour$0$, is quite too$5#1$ awful
081:392,07[E  ]| for$4$ girls, and any big house in the country is as much
081:392,08[E  ]| worse ~ with the promiscuities and opportunities
081:392,09[E  ]| and all that$6#2$ ~ as you know for$4$ yourselves.  \I\ know
081:392,10[E  ]| some places$0$," 
081:392,10['  ]| $E$Harold declared, 
081:392,10[E  ]| "where, if I had any
081:392,11[E  ]| girls, I would see 'em shot before$3$ I would take 'em."
081:392,12[B  ]| "Oh you know too$5#1$ much, my dear$2#1$ boy!" 
081:392,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
081:392,13['  ]| remarked with commiseration.
081:392,14[E  ]| "Ah my brave old $B$Van," 
081:392,14['  ]| the youth returned,
081:392,15[E  ]| "do not speak as if \you\ had illusions.  I know," 
081:392,15['  ]| he
081:392,16['  ]| pursued to$4$ the ladies, 
081:392,16[E  ]| "just$9$ where some of $B$Van's must
081:392,17[E  ]| have perished, and some of the places$0$ I have in mind$0$
081:392,18[E  ]| are just$9$ where he has left$1$ his tracks.  A man must be
081:392,19[E  ]| wedded to$4$ sweet superstitions not nowadays to$9$ \have\
081:392,20[E  ]| to$9$ open$1$ his eyes.  $A$Nanda love$0#1$," 
081:392,20['  ]| he benevolently concluded,
081:392,21[E  ]| "stay$1$ where you are.  So$3$ at least I shall not 
081:392,22[E  ]| blush$1$ for$4$ you.  That$3$ you have the good fortune to$9$ have
081:392,23[E  ]| reached your time of life with so$5#1$ little injury to$4$ your
081:392,24[E  ]| innocence makes you a case by$4$ yourself, of which$6#1$ we
081:392,25[E  ]| must recognise the claims.  If $K$Tishy can not make$1$ you
081:392,26[E  ]| gasp, that is nothing against you nor against \her\ ~
081:392,27[E  ]| $K$Tishy comes of one of the few innocent English
081:392,28[E  ]| families that$6#1$ are left$1$.  Yes, you may$1$ all cry$1$ ""Oho!"" ~
081:392,29[E  ]| but I defy you to$9$ name$1$ me say five, or at most seven,
081:392,30[E  ]| in which$6#1$ some awful thing or other has not happened.
081:392,31[E  ]| Of course$8$ ours is one, and $K$Tishy's is one, and $B$Van's
081:392,32[E  ]| is one, and $L$Mr%*Longdon's is one, and that$6#2$ makes
081:393,01[E  ]| you, bang off, four.  So$3$ there you are!" 
081:393,01['  ]| $E$Harold gaily
081:393,02['  ]| wound$1#1$ up.	
081:393,03[B  ]| "I see now why he is the rage!" 
081:393,03['  ]| $B$Vanderbank observed
081:393,04['  ]| to$4$ $A$Nanda.
081:393,05['  ]| But $K$Mrs%*Grendon expressed to$4$ their young friend
081:393,06['  ]| a lingering wonder$0$. 
081:393,06[K  ]| "Do you mean$1$ you go in for$4$ the
081:393,07[K  ]| adoption ~?"
081:393,08[A  ]| "Oh $K$Tishy!" 
081:393,08['  ]| $A$Nanda mildly murmured.
081:393,09['  ]| $E$Harold, however, had his own$2$ tact. 
081:393,09[E  ]| "The dear$2#1$
081:393,10[E  ]| man is taking her quite over?  Not altogether unreservedly.
081:393,11[E  ]| I am with the governor: I think we ought
081:393,12[E  ]| to$9$ \get\ something.  ""Oh yes, dear$2#1$ man, but what$6#2$ do
081:393,13[E  ]| you \give\ us for$4$ her?"" ~ that is what$6#1$ \I\ should say to$4$
081:393,14[E  ]| him.  I mean$1$, do not you know, that$3$ I do not think
081:393,15[E  ]| she is making quite the bargain she might.  If he were
081:393,16[E  ]| to$9$ want$1$ \me\ I do not say he might not have me, but I
081:393,17[E  ]| should have it on$4$ my conscience to$9$ make$1$ it in one
081:393,18[E  ]| way or another a good thing for$4$ my parents.  You \are\
081:393,19[E  ]| nice, old woman" 
081:393,19['  ]| ~ he turned to$4$ his sister ~ 
081:393,19[E  ]| "and
081:393,20[E  ]| one can still$5$ feel for$4$ the flower of your youth something
081:393,21[E  ]| of the wonderful ""reverence"" that$6#1$ we were all
081:393,22[E  ]| brought up on$4$.  For$4$ God's sake therefore ~ all the
081:393,23[E  ]| more ~ do not really close$1$ with him till you have had
081:393,24[E  ]| another word or two with me.  I will$1$ be hanged" 
081:393,24['  ]| ~ he
081:393,25['  ]| appealed to$4$ the company again ~ 
081:393,25[E  ]| "if he shall have
081:393,26[E  ]| her for$4$ nothing!"
081:393,27[B  ]| "See rather," 
081:393,27['  ]| $B$Vanderbank said to$4$ $K$Mrs%*Grendon,
081:393,28[B  ]| "how little it is like$9$ your really losing her that$3$ she
081:393,29[B  ]| should be able this evening fairly to$9$ bring the dear$2#1$
081:393,30[B  ]| man to$4$ you.  At this rate$0$ we do not lose her ~ we
081:393,31[B  ]| simply get him as well$9$."
081:393,32[E  ]| "Ah but is it quite the dear$2#1$ man's \company\ we
081:394,01[E  ]| want$1$?" 
081:394,01['  ]| ~ and $E$Harold looked anxious and acute.
081:394,02[E  ]| "If that is the best arrangement $A$Nanda can make$1$ ~!"
081:394,03[A  ]| "If he hears us talking in this way, which$6#1$ strikes
081:394,04[A  ]| me as very horrible," 
081:394,04['  ]| $A$Nanda interposed very simply
081:394,05['  ]| and gravely, 
081:394,05[A  ]| "I do not think we are likely to$9$ get anything."
081:394,06[A  ]|
081:394,07[B  ]| "Oh $E$Harold's talk$0$," 
081:394,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank protested, 
081:394,07[B  ]| "offers$1$,
081:394,08[B  ]| I think, an extraordinary interest$0$; only I am bound to$9$
081:394,09[B  ]| say it crushes me to$4$ the earth.  I have to$9$ make$1$ at least,
081:394,10[B  ]| as I listen to$4$ him, a big effort to$9$ bear$1$ up.  It does not
081:394,11[B  ]| seem long$9$ ago," 
081:394,11['  ]| he pursued to$4$ his young friend,
081:394,12[B  ]| "that$3$ I used$1#2$ to$9$ feel I was in it; but the way you bring
081:394,13[B  ]| home to$4$ me, dreadful youth, that$3$ I am already \not\ ~!"
081:394,14['  ]| $E$Harold looked earnest to$9$ understand. 
081:394,14[E  ]| "The hungry
081:394,15[E  ]| generations tread you down$5$ ~ is that$6#2$ it?"
081:394,16['  ]| $B$Vanderbank gave a pleasant tragic headshake.
081:394,17[B  ]| "We speak a different language."
081:394,18[E  ]| "Ah but I think I perfectly understand yours!"
081:394,19[B  ]| "That is just$9$ my anguish ~ and your advantage.	
081:394,20[B  ]| It is awfully curious," 
081:394,20['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went on$5$ to$4$ $A$Nanda,
081:394,21[B  ]| "but I feel as if I must figure to$4$ him, you know, very
081:394,22[B  ]| much as $L$Mr%*Longdon figures$1$ to$4$ me.  $L$Mr%*Longdon
081:394,23[B  ]| does not somehow get into me.  Yet I do, I think, into
081:394,24[B  ]| him.  But we do not matter!"
081:394,25[A  ]| """We""?" 
081:394,25['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda, with her eyes on$4$ him, echoed
081:394,26['  ]| it.
081:394,27[B  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon and I.  It can not be helped, I suppose,"
081:394,28['  ]| he went on$5$, for$4$ $K$Tishy, with sociable sadness,
081:394,29[B  ]| "but it \is\ short$2$ innings."
081:394,30['  ]| $K$Mrs%*Grendon, who$6#1$ was clearly credulous, looked
081:394,31['  ]| positively frightened. 
081:394,31[K  ]| "Ah but, my dear$2#1$, thank you!
081:394,32[K  ]| I have not begun to$9$ \live\."
081:395,01[E  ]| "Well$7$, \I\ have ~ that is just$9$ where it is," 
081:395,01['  ]| said
081:395,02['  ]| $E$Harold. 
081:395,02[E  ]| "Thank you all the more, old $B$Van, for$4$ the
081:395,03[E  ]| tip."
081:395,04['  ]| There was an announcement just$9$ now at the door,
081:395,05['  ]| and $K$Tishy turned to$9$ meet$1$ the $I$Duchess, with $E$Harold,
081:395,06['  ]| almost as if he had been master of the house, figuring
081:395,07['  ]| but a step$0$ behind her. 
081:395,07[B  ]| "Do not mind$1$ \her\," 
081:395,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
081:395,08['  ]| immediately said to$4$ the companion with whom$6#1$
081:395,09['  ]| he was left$1$, 
081:395,09[B  ]| "but tell me, while$9$ I still$5$ have hold$0$
081:395,10[B  ]| of you, who$6#1$ wrote my name$0$ on$4$ the French novel
081:395,11[B  ]| that$6#1$ I noticed a few minutes since in the other
081:395,12[B  ]| room?"
081:395,13['  ]| $A$Nanda at first only wondered. 
081:395,13[A  ]| "If it is there ~
081:395,14[A  ]| did not \you\?"
081:395,15['  ]| He just$9$ hesitated. 
081:395,15[B  ]| "If it were here you would see if it is
081:395,16[B  ]| my hand."
081:395,17['  ]| $A$Nanda faltered, and for$4$ somewhat longer. 
081:395,17[A  ]| "How
081:395,18[A  ]| should I see?  What$6#2$ do I know of your hand?"
081:395,19['  ]| He looked at her hard. 
081:395,19[B  ]| "You \have\ seen it."
081:395,20[A  ]| "Oh ~ so$5#1$ little!" 
081:395,20['  ]| she replied with a faint$2$ smile$0$.
081:395,21[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ I have not written to$4$ you for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$?
081:395,22[B  ]| Surely I did in ~ when was it?"
081:395,23[A  ]| "Yes, when?  But why \should\ you?" 
081:395,23['  ]| she asked in
081:395,24['  ]| quite a different tone.
081:395,25['  ]| He was not prepared on$4$ this with the right$2#1$ statement,
081:395,26['  ]| and what$6#1$ he did after$4$ a moment bring out$5$ had
081:395,27['  ]| for$4$ the occasion$0$ a little the sound$0$ of the wrong$0$. 
081:395,27[B  ]| "The
081:395,28[B  ]| beauty of \you\ is that$3$ you are too$5#1$ good; which$6#1$ for$4$ me
081:395,29[B  ]| is but another way of saying you are too$5#1$ clever.  You
081:395,30[B  ]| make$1$ no$2$ demands$0$.  You let things go.  You do not
081:395,31[B  ]| allow in particular for$4$ the human weakness that$6#1$ enjoys
081:395,32[B  ]| an occasional glimpse of the weakness of others."
081:396,01['  ]| She had deeply attended to$4$ him. 
081:396,01[A  ]| "You mean$1$
081:396,02[A  ]| perhaps one does not show$1$ enough what$6#1$ one wants$1$?"
081:396,03[B  ]| "I think that$3$ must be it.  You are so$5#1$ fiendishly
081:396,04[B  ]| proud."
081:396,05['  ]| She appeared again to$9$ wonder$1$. 
081:396,05[A  ]| "Not too$5#1$ much so$5#2$,
081:396,06[A  ]| at any rate$0$, only to$9$ want$1$ from \you\ ~"
081:396,07[B  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$?"
081:396,08[A  ]| "Why, what$6#1$ is pleasant for$4$ yourself," 
081:396,08['  ]| she simply
081:396,09['  ]| said.
081:396,10[B  ]| "Oh dear$7$, that is poor bliss!" 
081:396,10['  ]| he returned. 
081:396,10[B  ]| "How
081:396,11[B  ]| does it come then," 
081:396,11['  ]| he next said, 
081:396,11[B  ]| "that$3$ with this
081:396,12[B  ]| barrenness of our intercourse I know so$5#1$ well$9$ \your\
081:396,13[B  ]| hand?"
081:396,14['  ]| A series of announcements had meanwhile been
081:396,15['  ]| made, with guests arriving to$9$ match$1$ them, and
081:396,16['  ]| $A$Nanda's eyes at this moment engaged themselves
081:396,17['  ]| with $L$Mr%*Longdon and her mother, who$6#1$ entered the
081:396,18['  ]| room together.  When she looked back$5$ to$4$ her companion
081:396,19['  ]| she had had time to$9$ drop$1$ a consciousness of
081:396,20['  ]| his question$0$. 
081:396,20[A  ]| "If I am proud, to$4$ you, I am not good,"
081:396,21['  ]| she said, 
081:396,21[A  ]| "and if I am good ~ always to$4$ you ~ I am
081:396,22[A  ]| not proud.  I know at all events perfectly how immensely
081:396,23[A  ]| you are occupied, what$6#1$ a quantity of work$0$
081:396,24[A  ]| you get through$5$ and how every minute$0$ counts for$4$
081:396,25[A  ]| you.  Do not make$1$ it a crime to$4$ me that$3$ I am reasonable."
081:396,26[A  ]|
081:396,27[B  ]| "No$7$, that$6#2$ would show$1$, would not it?  that$3$ there
081:396,28[B  ]| is not much else.  But how it all comes back$5$ ~!
081:396,29[A  ]| "Well$7$, to$4$ what$6#2$?" 
081:396,29['  ]| she asked.
081:396,30[B  ]| "To$4$ the old story.  You know how I am occupied.
081:396,31[B  ]| You know how I work$1$.  You know how I manage my
081:396,32[B  ]| time."
081:397,01[A  ]| "Oh I see," 
081:397,01['  ]| said $A$Nanda. 
081:397,01[A  ]| "It \is\ my knowing, after$4$
081:397,02[A  ]| all, everything."
081:397,03[B  ]| "Everything.  The book I just$9$ mentioned is one
081:397,04[B  ]| that$6#1$, months ago ~ I remember now ~ I lent your
081:397,05[B  ]| mother."
081:397,06[A  ]| "Oh a thing in a blue cover?  I remember then too$5#2$."
081:397,07['  ]| $A$Nanda's face$0$ cleared up. 
081:397,07[A  ]| "I had forgotten it was
081:397,08[A  ]| lying about$5$ here, but I must have brought it ~in
081:397,09[A  ]| fact I remember I did ~ for$4$ $K$Tishy.  And I wrote your
081:397,10[A  ]| name$0$ on$4$ it so$3$ that$3$ we might know ~"
081:397,11[B  ]| "That$3$ I had not lent it to$4$ either of you?  It did not
081:397,12[B  ]| occur to$4$ you to$9$ write your own$2$?" 
081:397,12['  ]| $B$Vanderbank went
081:397,13['  ]| on$5$.
081:397,14[A  ]| "Well$7$, but if it is not mine$6$?  It \is not\ mine$6$, I am sure."
081:397,15[B  ]| "Therefore also if it can not be $K$Tishy's ~"
081:397,16[A  ]| "The thing is simple$2$ enough ~ it is mother's."
081:397,17[B  ]| """Simple$2$""?" 
081:397,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank laughed. 
081:397,17[B  ]| "I like$1$ you!
081:397,18[B  ]| And may$1$ I ask if you have read the remarkable work$0$?"
081:397,19[A  ]| "Oh yes." 
081:397,19['  ]| Then she wonderfully said: 
081:397,19[A  ]| "For$4$
081:397,20[A  ]| $K$Tishy."
081:397,21[B  ]| "To$9$ see if it would do?"
081:397,22[A  ]| "I have often done that$6#2$," 
081:397,22['  ]| the girl returned.
081:397,23[B  ]| "And she takes your word?"
081:397,24[A  ]| "Generally.  I think I remember she did that$6#2$ time."
081:397,25[B  ]| "And read the confounded thing?"
081:397,26[A  ]| "Oh no$7$!" 
081:397,26['  ]| said $A$Nanda.
081:397,27['  ]| "He looked at her a moment longer. 
081:397,27[B  ]| "You are too$5#1$
081:397,28[B  ]| particular!" 
081:397,28['  ]| he rather oddly sounded, turning$1$ away
081:397,29['  ]| with it to$9$ meet$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.
082:398,01['  ]| When after$4$ dinner the company was restored to$4$ the
082:398,02['  ]| upper rooms the $I$Duchess was on$4$ her feet as soon as
082:398,03['  ]| the door opened for$4$ the entrance of the gentlemen.
082:398,04['  ]| Then it might have been seen that$3$ she had a purpose,
082:398,05['  ]| for$3$ as soon as the elements had again, with a due$2$
082:398,06['  ]| amount of the usual shuffling and mismatching, been
082:398,07['  ]| mixed, her case proved the first to$9$ have been settled$1$.
082:398,08['  ]| She had got $L$Mr%*Longdon beside$4$ her on$4$ a sofa that$6#1$
082:398,09['  ]| was just$9$ right$2#1$ for$4$ two. 
082:398,09[I  ]| "I have seized you without
082:398,10[I  ]| a scruple$0$," 
082:398,10['  ]| she frankly said, 
082:398,10[I  ]| "for$3$ there are things
082:398,11[I  ]| I want$1$ to$9$ say to$4$ you as well$9$ as very particularly to$9$
082:398,12[I  ]| ask.  More than anything else of course$8$ I want$1$ again
082:398,13[I  ]| to$9$ thank you."
082:398,14['  ]| No$2$ collapse of $L$Mr%*Longdon's was ever incompatible
082:398,15['  ]| with his sitting$1$ well$9$ forward$5$. 
082:398,15[L  ]| """Again""?"
082:398,16[I  ]| "Do you look$1$ so$5#1$ blank$2$," 
082:398,16['  ]| she demanded, 
082:398,16[I  ]| "because
082:398,17[I  ]| you have really forgotten the gratitude I expressed to$4$
082:398,18[I  ]| you when you were so$5#1$ good as to$9$ bring $A$Nanda up
082:398,19[I  ]| for$4$ $J$Aggie's marriage?  ~ or because you do not think it
082:398,20[I  ]| a matter I should trouble$1$ myself to$9$ return$1$ to$4$?  How
082:398,21[I  ]| can I help$1$ it," 
082:398,21['  ]| she went on$5$ without waiting for$4$ his
082:398,22['  ]| answer$0$, 
082:398,22[I  ]| "if I see your hand in everything that$6#1$ has
082:398,23[I  ]| happened since the so$5#1$ interesting talk$0$ I had with you
082:398,24[I  ]| last$2$ summer at Mertle?  There have been times when
082:398,25[I  ]| I have really thought$1$ of writing$1$ to$4$ you; I have even$5$
082:398,26[I  ]| had a bold bad idea of proposing myself to$4$ you for$4$
082:398,27[I  ]| a Sunday.  Then the crisis, my momentary alarm$0$,
082:399,01[I  ]| has struck me as blowing over, and I have felt I could
082:399,02[I  ]| wait for$4$ some luck like$9$ this, which$6#1$ would sooner or
082:399,03[I  ]| later come." 
082:399,03['  ]| Her companion, however, appeared to$9$
082:399,04['  ]| leave$1$ the luck so$5#2$ on$4$ her hands that$3$ she could only
082:399,05['  ]| snatch up, to$9$ cover its nudity, the next handsomest
082:399,06['  ]| assumption. 
082:399,06[I  ]| "I see you cleverly guess$1$ that$3$ what$6#1$ I have
082:399,07[I  ]| been worried about$4$ is the effect$0$ on$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook of the
082:399,08[I  ]| loss of her dear$2#1$ $M$Mitchy.  If you have not at all events
082:399,09[I  ]| had your own$2$ impression of this effect$0$, is not that$6#2$ only
082:399,10[I  ]| because these last$2$ months you have seen so$5#1$ little of
082:399,11[I  ]| her?  \I have\ seen," 
082:399,11['  ]| said the $I$Duchess, 
082:399,11[I  ]| "enough and to$9$
082:399,12[I  ]| spare$1$." 
082:399,12['  ]| She waited as if for$4$ her vision, on$4$ this, to$9$ be
082:399,13['  ]| flashed back$5$ to$4$ her, but the only result$0$ of her speech 
082:399,14['  ]| was that$3$ her friend looked hard at somebody else.
082:399,15['  ]| It was just$9$ this symptom indeed that$6#1$ perhaps sufficed
082:399,16['  ]| her, for$3$ in a minute$0$ she was again afloat. 
082:399,16[I  ]| "Things
082:399,17[I  ]| have turned out$5$ so$5#1$ much as \I\ desire$1$ them that$3$ I should
082:399,18[I  ]| really feel wicked not to$9$ have a humble$2$ heart.  There is
082:399,19[I  ]| a quarter$0#2$ indeed," 
082:399,19['  ]| she added with a noble unction,
082:399,20[I  ]| "to$4$ which$6#1$ I do not fear$1$ to$9$ say for$4$ myself that$3$ no$2$ day
082:399,21[I  ]| and no$2$ night pass$1$ without my showing it.  However,
082:399,22[I  ]| you English, I know, do not like$1$ one to$9$ speak of one's
082:399,23[I  ]| religion.  I am just$9$ as simply thankful for$4$ mine$6$ ~ I
082:399,24[I  ]| mean$1$ with as little sense of indecency or agony about$4$
082:399,25[I  ]| it ~ as I am for$4$ my health or my carriage.  My point$0$
082:399,26[I  ]| is at any rate$0$ that$3$ I say in no$2$ cruel spirit of triumph$0$,
082:399,27[I  ]| yet do none the less very distinctly say, that$3$ the person
082:399,28[I  ]| $M$Mr%*Mitchett's marriage has inevitably pleased least
082:399,29[I  ]| may$1$ be now rather to$9$ be feared." 
082:399,29['  ]| These words had
082:399,30['  ]| the sound$0$ of a climax, and she had brought them
082:399,31['  ]| out$5$ as if, with her duty done, to$9$ leave$1$ them; but
082:399,32['  ]| something that$6#1$ took place$1$, for$3$ her eye, in the face$0$
082:400,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had half averted gave her after$4$ an instant$0$
082:400,02['  ]| what$6#1$ he might have called her second$2$ wind.
082:400,03[I  ]| "Oh I know you think she always \has\ been!  But
082:400,04[I  ]| you have exaggerated ~ as to$4$ that$6#2$; and I do not say
082:400,05[I  ]| that$3$ even$5$ at present$0#1$ it is anything we shall not get the
082:400,06[I  ]| better$9$ of.  Only we must keep our heads.  We must
082:400,07[I  ]| remember that$3$ from her own$2$ point$0$ of view$0$ she has
082:400,08[I  ]| her grievance, and we must at least look$1$ as if we
082:400,09[I  ]| trusted her.  That$6#2$, you know, is what$6#1$ you have never
082:400,10[I  ]| quite done."
082:400,11['  ]| He gave out$5$ a murmur of discomfort which$6#1$ produced
082:400,12['  ]| in him a change$0$ of position, and the sequel to$4$
082:400,13['  ]| the change$0$ was that$3$ he presently accepted from his
082:400,14['  ]| cushioned angle of the sofa the definite support$0$ it
082:400,15['  ]| could offer$1$.  If his eyes moreover had not met his companion's
082:400,16['  ]| they had been brought by$4$ the hand he repeatedly
082:400,17['  ]| and somewhat distressfully passed over them
082:400,18['  ]| closer to$4$ the question$0$ of which$6#1$ the alien objects$0$
082:400,19['  ]| presented to$4$ his choice$0$ it would cost$1$ him least to$9$ profess
082:400,20['  ]| to$9$ handle.  What$6#1$ he had already paid, a spectator
082:400,21['  ]| would easily have gathered from the long$9$, the suppressed
082:400,22['  ]| wriggle that$6#1$ had ended in his falling back$5$,
082:400,23['  ]| was some sacrifice$0$ of his habit of not privately depreciating
082:400,24['  ]| those to$4$ whom$6#1$ he was publicly civil.  It
082:400,25['  ]| was plain, however, that$3$ when he presently spoke 
082:400,26['  ]| his thought$0$ had taken a stretch. 
082:400,26[L  ]| "I am sure I have fully
082:400,27[L  ]| intended to$9$ be everything that is proper.  But I do not
082:400,28[L  ]| think $B$Mr%*Vanderbank cares$1$ for$4$ her."
082:400,29['  ]| It kindled in the $I$Duchess an immediate light$0$.
082:400,30[I  ]| "\9Vous 9avez 9bien 9de 9l'esprit\.  You put one at one's ease$0$.
082:400,31[I  ]| I have been vaguely groping while$9$ you are already there.
082:400,32[I  ]| It is really only for$4$ $A$Nanda he cares$1$?"
082:401,01[L  ]| "Yes ~ really."
082:401,02['  ]| The $I$Duchess debated. 
082:401,02[I  ]| "And yet exactly how
082:401,03[I  ]| much?"
082:401,04[L  ]| "I have not asked him."
082:401,05['  ]| She had another, a briefer pause$0$. 
082:401,05[I  ]| "Do not you
082:401,06[I  ]| think it about$4$ time you \should\?" 
082:401,06['  ]| Once more she
082:401,07['  ]| waited, then seemed to$9$ feel her opportunity would not.
082:401,08[I  ]| "We have worked a bit together, but you do not take
082:401,09[I  ]| me into your confidence.  I dare$1#2$ say you do not believe
082:401,10[I  ]| I am quite straight.  Do not you really see how I \must\
082:401,11[I  ]| be?" 
082:401,11['  ]| She had a pleading note$0$ which$6#1$ made him at
082:401,12['  ]| last$0$ more consentingly face$1$ her. 
082:401,12[I  ]| "Do not you see,"
082:401,13['  ]| she went on$5$ with the advantage of it, 
082:401,13[I  ]| "that$3$, having
082:401,14[I  ]| got all I want$1$ for$4$ myself, I have not a motive in
082:401,15[I  ]| the world for$4$ spoiling the fun of another?  I do not
082:401,16[I  ]| want$1$ in the least, I assure you, to$9$ spoil even$5$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's;
082:401,17[I  ]| for$3$ how will$1$ she get a bit less out$8$ of him
082:401,18[I  ]| ~ I mean$1$ than she does now ~ if what$6#1$ you desire$1$
082:401,19[I  ]| \should\ take place$1$?  Honestly, my dear$2#1$ man, that is
082:401,20[I  ]| quite what$6#1$ \I\ desire$1$, and I only want$1$, over and above$5$,
082:401,21[I  ]| to$9$ help$1$ you.  What$6#1$ I feel for$4$ $A$Nanda, believe me, is
082:401,22[I  ]| pure pity$0$.  I will$1$ not say I am frantically grateful to$4$
082:401,23[I  ]| her, because in the long$9$ run$0$ ~ one way or another 
082:401,24[I  ]| ~ she will$1$ have found her account$0$.  It nevertheless
082:401,25[I  ]| worries me to$9$ see her; and all the more because
082:401,26[I  ]| of this very certitude, which$6#1$ you have so$5#1$ kindly just$9$
082:401,27[I  ]| settled$1$ for$4$ me, that$3$ our young man has not really
082:401,28[I  ]| with her mother ~"
082:401,29['  ]| Whatever the certitude $L$Mr%*Longdon had kindly
082:401,30['  ]| settled$1$, it was in another interest$0$ that$3$ he at this
082:401,31['  ]| moment broke in. 
082:401,31[L  ]| "Is he \your\ young man too$5#2$?"
082:401,32['  ]| She was not too$5#1$ much amused to$9$ cast$1$ about$4$ her.
082:402,01[I  ]| "Are not such marked ornaments of life a little the
082:402,02[I  ]| property of all who$6#1$ admire and enjoy them?"
082:402,03[L  ]| "You ""enjoy"" him?" 
082:402,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon asked in the
082:402,04['  ]| same straightforward way.
082:402,05[I  ]| "Immensely."
082:402,06['  ]| His silence$0$ for$4$ a little seemed the sign of a plan.
082:402,07[L  ]| "What$6#2$ is it he has not done with $D$Mrs%*Brook?"
082:402,08[I  ]| "Well$7$, the thing that$6#1$ \would\ be the complication.
082:402,09[I  ]| He has not gone beyond$4$ a certain point$0$.  You may$1$ ask
082:402,10[I  ]| how one knows such matters, but I am afraid I have not
082:402,11[I  ]| quite a receipt for$4$ it.  A woman knows, but she can not
082:402,12[I  ]| tell.  They have not done, as it is called, anything
082:402,13[I  ]| wrong$2$."
082:402,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon frowned. 
082:402,14[L  ]| "It would be extremely
082:402,15[L  ]| horrid if they had."
082:402,16[I  ]| "Ah but, for$4$ you and me who$6#1$ know life, it is not \that$6#2$\
082:402,17[I  ]| that$6#1$ ~ if other things had made for$4$ it ~ would have
082:402,18[I  ]| prevented!  As it happens, however, we have got off
082:402,19[I  ]| easily.  She does not speak to$4$ him ~!"
082:402,20['  ]| She had forms he could only take up. 
082:402,20[L  ]| """Speak"" to$4$
082:402,21[L  ]| him ~?"
082:402,22[I  ]| "Why as much as she would have liked to$9$ be able
082:402,23[I  ]| to$9$ believe."
082:402,24[L  ]| "Then where is the danger of which$6#1$ you appear to$9$
082:402,25[L  ]| wish$1$ to$9$ warn me?"
082:402,26[I  ]| "Just$9$ in her feeling$1$ in the case as most women
082:402,27[I  ]| would feel.  You see she did what$6#1$ she could for$4$ her
082:402,28[I  ]| daughter.  She did, I am bound to$9$ say, as that$6#2$ sort of
082:402,29[I  ]| thing goes among you people, a good deal$0#2$.  She
082:402,30[I  ]| treasured up, she nursed along$5$ $M$Mitchy, whom$6#1$ she
082:402,31[I  ]| would also, though of course$8$ not much, have liked
082:402,32[I  ]| herself.  $A$Nanda could have kept him on$5$ with a word,
082:403,01[I  ]| becoming$1$ thereby so$5#1$ much the less accessible for$4$
082:403,02[I  ]| \your\ plan.  That$6#2$ would have thoroughly obliged her
082:403,03[I  ]| mother, but your little English girls, in these altered
082:403,04[I  ]| times ~ oh I know how you feel them! ~ do not
082:403,05[I  ]| stand$1$ on$4$ such trifles; and ~ even$5$ if you think it odd
082:403,06[I  ]| of me ~ I can not defend myself, though I have so$5#1$ directly
082:403,07[I  ]| profited, against a certain compassion also for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's
082:403,08[I  ]| upset.  As a good-natured woman I feel in 
082:403,09[I  ]| short$0$ for$4$ both of them.  I deplore all round$9$ what$6#1$ is
082:403,10[I  ]| after$4$ all a rather sad relation.  Only, as I tell you,
082:403,11[I  ]| $A$Nanda is the one, I naturally say to$4$ myself, for$4$ me
082:403,12[I  ]| now most to$9$ think of; if I do not assume too$5#1$ much,
082:403,13[I  ]| that$3$ is, that$3$ you do not suffer by$4$ my freedom."
082:403,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon put by$5$ with a mere drop$0$ of his eyes
082:403,15['  ]| the question$0$ of his suffering: there was so$5#1$ clearly for$4$
082:403,16['  ]| him an issue$0$ more relevant. 
082:403,16[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do you know of
082:403,17[L  ]| my ""plan""?"
082:403,18[I  ]| "Why, my dear$2#1$ man, have not I told you that$3$ ever
082:403,19[I  ]| since Mertle I have made out$5$ your hand?  What$6#2$ on$4$
082:403,20[I  ]| earth for$4$ other people can your action look$1$ like$9$ but
082:403,21[I  ]| an adoption?"
082:403,22[L  ]| "Of ~ a ~ \him\?"
082:403,23[I  ]| "You are delightful.  Of ~ a ~ \her\!  If it does
082:403,24[I  ]| come to$4$ the same thing for$4$ you, so$5#1$ much the better$9$.
082:403,25[I  ]| That$6#2$ at any rate$0$ is what$6#1$ we are all taking it for$4$, and
082:403,26[I  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook herself \9en*te^te\.  She sees ~ through$4$ your
082:403,27[I  ]| generosity ~ $A$Nanda's life more or less, at the worst,
082:403,28[I  ]| arranged for$5$, and that is just$9$ what$6#1$ gives her a good
082:403,29[I  ]| conscience."
082:403,30['  ]| If $L$Mr%*Longdon breathed rather hard it seemed to$9$
082:403,31['  ]| show$1$ at least that$3$ he followed. 
082:403,31[L  ]| "What$6#2$ does she want$1$
082:403,32[L  ]| of a good conscience?"
082:404,01['  ]| From under her high tiara an instant$0$ she almost
082:404,02['  ]| looked down$5$ at him. 
082:404,02[I  ]| "Ah you do hate her!"
082:404,03['  ]| He coloured, but held his ground. 
082:404,03[L  ]| "Do not you tell
082:404,04[L  ]| me yourself she is to$9$ be feared?"
082:404,05[I  ]| "Yes, and watched.  But ~ if possible ~ with
082:404,06[I  ]| amusement."
082:404,07[L  ]| "Amusement?" 
082:404,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon faintly gasped.
082:404,08[I  ]| "Look$1$ at her now," 
082:404,08['  ]| his friend went on$5$ with an
082:404,09['  ]| indication that$6#1$ was indeed easy to$9$ embrace$1$.  Separated
082:404,10['  ]| from them by$4$ the width of the room, $D$Mrs%*Brook
082:404,11['  ]| was, though placed in profile, fully presented;
082:404,12['  ]| the satisfaction with which$6#1$ she had lately sunk upon
082:404,13['  ]| a light$2$ gilt chair marked itself as superficial and was
082:404,14['  ]| moreover visibly not confirmed by$4$ the fact that$3$
082:404,15['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's high-perched head$0$, arrested before$4$ her
082:404,16['  ]| in a general$2$ survey of opportunity, kept her eyes
082:404,17['  ]| too$5#1$ far above$4$ the level$0$ of talk$0$.  Their companions
082:404,18['  ]| were dispersed, some in the other room, and for$4$ the
082:404,19['  ]| occupants of the $I$Duchess's sofa they made, as a 
082:404,20['  ]| couple in communion, a picture$0$, framed and detached,
082:404,21['  ]| vaguely reduplicated in the high polish of the French
082:404,22['  ]| floor. 
082:404,22[I  ]| "She \is\ tremendously pretty$2$." 
082:404,22['  ]| The $I$Duchess
082:404,23['  ]| appeared to$9$ drop$1$ this as a plea for$4$ indulgence and
082:404,24['  ]| to$9$ be impelled in fact by$4$ the interlocutor's silence$0$ to$9$
082:404,25['  ]| carry it further. 
082:404,25[I  ]| "I have never at all thought$1$, you
082:404,26[I  ]| know, that$3$ $A$Nanda touches her."
082:404,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon demurred. 
082:404,27[L  ]| "Do you mean$1$ for$4$
082:404,28[L  ]| beauty?"
082:404,29['  ]| His friend, for$4$ his simplicity, discriminated. 
082:404,29[I  ]| "Ah
082:404,30[I  ]| they have neither of them ""beauty.""  That is not a word
082:404,31[I  ]| to$9$ make$1$ free with.  But the mother has grace$0$."
082:404,32[L  ]| "And the daughter has not?"
082:405,01[I  ]| "Not a line.  You answer$1$ me of course$8$, when I say
082:405,02[I  ]| \that$6#2$\, you answer$1$ me with your adored $ZI$Lady*Julia,
082:405,03[I  ]| and will$1$ want$1$ to$9$ know what$6#1$ then becomes of the
082:405,04[I  ]| lucky resemblance.  I quite grant you that$3$ $ZI$Lady*Julia
082:405,05[I  ]| must have had the thing we speak of.  But that$6#2$ dear$2#1$
082:405,06[I  ]| sweet blessed thing is very much the same lost secret$0$
082:405,07[I  ]| as the dear$2#1$ sweet blessed \other\ thing that$6#1$ went away
082:405,08[I  ]| with it ~ the decent leisure that$6#1$, for$4$ the most part$0$,
082:405,09[I  ]| we have also seen the last$0$ of.  It is the thing at any rate$0$
082:405,10[I  ]| that$6#1$ poor $A$Nanda and all her kind$0$ have most effectually
082:405,11[I  ]| got rid of.  Oh if you would trust$1$ me a little more you would see
082:405,12[I  ]| that$3$ I am quite at one with you on$4$ all the changes$0$ for$4$
082:405,13[I  ]| the worse.  I bear$1$ up, but I am old enough to$9$ have
082:405,14[I  ]| known.  All the same $D$Mrs%*Brook has something ~
082:405,15[I  ]| say what$6#1$ you like$1$ ~ when she bends that$6#2$ little brown
082:405,16[I  ]| head$0$.  \9Dieu 9sait 9comme 9elle 9se 9coiffe\, but what$7$ she gets
082:405,17[I  ]| out$8$ of it!  Only look$1$."
082:405,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon conveyed in an indescribable manner
082:405,19['  ]| that$3$ he had retired to$4$ a great distance$0$; yet even$5$ from
082:405,20['  ]| this position he must have launched a glance$0$ that$6#1$
082:405,21['  ]| arrived at a middle way. 
082:405,21[L  ]| "They both know you are
082:405,22[L  ]| watching them."
082:405,23[I  ]| "And do not they know \you\ are?  Poor $B$Mr%*Van
082:405,24[I  ]| has a consciousness!"
082:405,25[L  ]| "So$3$ should I if two terrible women ~"
082:405,26[I  ]| "Were admiring you both at once?" 
082:405,26['  ]| The $I$Duchess
082:405,27['  ]| folded the big feathered fan that$6#1$ had partly protected
082:405,28['  ]| their vision. 
082:405,28[I  ]| "Well$7$, \she\, poor dear$2#1$, can not help$1$ it.  She
082:405,29[I  ]| wants$1$ him herself."
082:405,30['  ]| At the drop$0$ of the $I$Duchess's fan he restored his
082:405,31['  ]| nippers. 
082:405,31[L  ]| "And he does not ~ not a bit ~ want$1$ \her\!"
082:405,32[I  ]| "There it is.  She has put down$5$ her money, as it
082:406,01[I  ]| were, without a return$0$.  She has given $M$Mitchy up and
082:406,02[I  ]| got nothing instead."
082:406,03['  ]| There was delicacy, yet there was distinctness, in
082:406,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's reserve$0$. 
082:406,04[L  ]| "Do you call$1$ \me\ nothing?"
082:406,05['  ]| The $I$Duchess, at this, fairly swelled with her happy
082:406,06['  ]| state$0$. 
082:406,06[I  ]| "Then it \is\ an adoption?" 
082:406,06['  ]| She forbore to$9$
082:406,07['  ]| press$1$, however; she only went on$5$: 
082:406,07[I  ]| "It is not a question$0$,
082:406,08[I  ]| my dear$2#1$ man, of what$6#1$ \I\ call$1$ it.  \You\ do not make$1$
082:406,09[I  ]| love$0$ to$4$ her."
082:406,10[L  ]| "Dear$7$ me," 
082:406,10['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
082:406,10[L  ]| "what$6#2$ would she
082:406,11[L  ]| have had?"
082:406,12[I  ]| "That$6#1$ could be more charming, you mean$1$, than
082:406,13[I  ]| your famous ""loyalty""?  Oh, \8caro*mio\, she wants$1$ it
082:406,14[I  ]| straighter!  But I shock$1$ you," 
082:406,14['  ]| his companion quickly
082:406,15['  ]| added.
082:406,16['  ]| The manner in which$6#1$ he firmly rose$1$ was scarce a 
082:406,17['  ]| denial; yet he stood for$4$ a moment in place$0$. 
082:406,17[L  ]| "What$6#2$
082:406,18[L  ]| after$4$ all can she do?"
082:406,19[I  ]| "She can \keep\ $B$Mr%*Van."
082:406,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon wondered. 
082:406,20[L  ]| "Where?"
082:406,21[I  ]| "I mean$1$ till it is too$5#1$ late.  She can work$1$ on$4$ him."
082:406,22[L  ]| "But how?"
082:406,23['  ]| Covertly again the $I$Duchess had followed the effect$0$
082:406,24['  ]| of her friend's perceived movement on$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook,
082:406,25['  ]| who$6#1$ also got up.  She gave a rap with her fan on$4$ his
082:406,26['  ]| leg. 
082:406,26[I  ]| "Sit down$5$ ~ you will$1$ see."
083:407,01['  ]| He mechanically obeyed her, though it happened to$9$
083:407,02['  ]| lend him the air of taking $D$Mrs%*Brook's approach$0$
083:407,03['  ]| for$4$ a signal to$9$ resume his seat.  She came over to$4$ them,
083:407,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank followed, and it was without again
083:407,05['  ]| moving, with a vague upward gape in fact from his
083:407,06['  ]| place$0$, that$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon received as she stood before$4$
083:407,07['  ]| him a challenge of a sort to$9$ flash a point$0$ into what$6#1$
083:407,08['  ]| the $I$Duchess had just$9$ said. 
083:407,08[D  ]| "Why do you hate me
083:407,09[D  ]| so$5#2$?"
083:407,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$, beside$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, looked at
083:407,11['  ]| him with attention, might have suspected him of
083:407,12['  ]| turning$1$ a trifle$5$ pale; though even$5$ $B$Vanderbank, with
083:407,13['  ]| reasons of his own$2$ for$4$ an observation of the sharpest,
083:407,14['  ]| could scarce have read into the matter the particular
083:407,15['  ]| dim vision that$6#1$ would have accounted for$4$ it ~ the
083:407,16['  ]| flicker of fear$0$ of what$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, whether as
083:407,17['  ]| daughter or as mother, was at last$0$ so$5#1$ strangely and
083:407,18['  ]| differently to$9$ show$1$ herself.
083:407,19[B  ]| "I should warn you, sir," 
083:407,19['  ]| the young man threw 
083:407,20['  ]| off, 
083:407,20[B  ]| "how little we consider that$6#2$ ~ in Buckingham*Crescent
083:407,21[B  ]| certainly ~ a fair question$0$.  It is not playing
083:407,22[B  ]| the game ~ it is hitting below the belt.  We hate and
083:407,23[B  ]| we love$1$ ~ the latter especially; but to$9$ tell each other
083:407,24[B  ]| why is to$9$ break that$6#2$ little tacit rule of finding out$5$ for$4$
083:407,25[B  ]| ourselves which$6#1$ is the delight$0$ of our lives$0$ and the
083:407,26[B  ]| source of our triumphs.  You can say, you know, if
083:407,27[B  ]| you like$1$, but you are not obliged."
083:408,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon transferred to$4$ him something of the
083:408,02['  ]| same colder apprehension, looking at him manifestly
083:408,03['  ]| harder than ever before$5$ and finding in his eyes also no$2$
083:408,04['  ]| doubt$0$ a consciousness more charged.  He presently
083:408,05['  ]| got up, but, without answering $B$Vanderbank, fixed
083:408,06['  ]| again $D$Mrs%*Brook, to$4$ whom$6#1$ he echoed without expression:
083:408,07[L  ]| "Hate you?"
083:408,08['  ]| The next moment, while$9$ he remained in presence
083:408,09['  ]| with $B$Vanderbank, $D$Mrs%*Brook was pointing out$5$ her
083:408,10['  ]| meaning$0$ to$4$ him from the cushioned corner he had
083:408,11['  ]| quitted. 
083:408,11[D  ]| "Why, when you come back$5$ to$4$ town you
083:408,12[D  ]| come straight, as it were, here."
083:408,13[I  ]| "Ah what$6#2$ is that$6#2$," 
083:408,13['  ]| the $I$Duchess asked in his interest$0$,
083:408,14[I  ]| "but to$9$ follow $A$Nanda as closely as possible, or
083:408,15[I  ]| at any rate$0$ to$9$ keep well$9$ with her?"
083:408,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, however, had no$2$ ear for$4$ this plea.
083:408,17[D  ]| "And when I, coming here too$5#2$ and thinking only
083:408,18[D  ]| of my chance$0$ to$9$ ""meet$1$"" you, do my very sweetest to$9$
083:408,19[D  ]| catch$1$ your eye, you are entirely given up ~!"
083:408,20[I  ]| "To$9$ trying$1$ of course$8$," 
083:408,20['  ]| the $I$Duchess broke in
083:408,21['  ]| afresh, 
083:408,21[I  ]| "to$9$ keep well$9$ with \me\!"
083:408,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook now had a smile$0$ for$4$ her. 
083:403,22[D  ]| "Ah that$6#2$
083:408,23[D  ]| takes precautions then that$6#1$ I shall perhaps fail of if
083:408,24[D  ]| I too$5#1$ much interrupt your conversation."
083:408,25[I  ]| "Is not she nice to$4$ me," 
083:408,25['  ]| the $I$Duchess asked of $L$Mr%*Longdon,
083:408,26[I  ]| "when I was in the very act$0$ of praising her
083:408,27[I  ]| to$4$ the skies?"
083:408,28['  ]| Their interlocutor's reply$0$ was not too$5#1$ rapid to$9$ anticipate
083:408,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook herself. 
083:408,29[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ $I$Jane, that$6#2$ only
083:408,30[D  ]| proves his having reached some extravagance in the
083:408,31[D  ]| other sense that$6#1$ you had in mere decency to$9$ match$1$.
083:408,32[D  ]| The truth is probably in the ""mean$0$"" ~ is not that$6#2$
083:409,01[D  ]| what$6#1$ they call$1$ it?  ~ between you.  Do not \you\ now
083:409,02[D  ]| take him away," 
083:409,02['  ]| she went on$5$ to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$
083:409,03['  ]| had glanced about$5$ for$4$ some better$9$ accommodation.
083:409,04['  ]| He immediately pushed forward$5$ the nearest chair,
083:409,05['  ]| which$6#1$ happened to$9$ be by$4$ the $I$Duchess's side$0$ of the
083:409,06['  ]| sofa. 
083:409,06[B  ]| "Will$1$ you sit here, sir?"
083:409,07[L  ]| "If you will$1$ stay$1$ to$9$ protect me."
083:409,08[D  ]| "That$6#2$ was really what$6#1$ I brought him over to$4$ you
083:409,09[D  ]| for$4$," 
083:409,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook said while$9$ $L$Mr%*Longdon took his
083:409,10['  ]| place$0$ and $B$Vanderbank looked out$5$ for$4$ another seat.
083:409,11[D  ]| "But I did not know," 
083:409,11['  ]| she observed with her sweet
083:409,12['  ]| free curiosity, 
083:409,12[D  ]| "that$3$ he called you ""sir."""  
083:409,12['  ]| She often
083:409,13['  ]| made discoveries that$6#1$ were fairly childlike. 
083:409,13[D  ]| "He has
083:409,14[D  ]| done it twice."
083:409,15[I  ]| "Is not that$6#2$ only your inevitable English surprise$0$,"
083:409,16['  ]| the $I$Duchess demanded, 
083:409,16[I  ]| "at the civility quite the
083:409,17[I  ]| commonest in other societies?  ~ so$3$ that$3$ one has to$9$
083:409,18[I  ]| come here to$9$ find it regarded, in the way of ceremony,
083:409,19[I  ]| as the very end$0$ of the world!"
083:409,20[L  ]| "Oh," 
083:409,20['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon remarked, 
083:409,20[L  ]| "It is a word I
083:409,21[L  ]| rather like$1$ myself even$5$ to$9$ employ to$4$ others."
083:409,22[I  ]| "I always ask here," 
083:409,22['  ]| the $I$Duchess continued to$4$
083:409,23['  ]| him, 
083:409,23[I  ]| "what$6#1$ word they have got instead.  And do you
083:409,24[I  ]| know what$6#1$ they tell me?"
083:409,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wondered, then again, before$3$ he was
083:409,26['  ]| ready, charmingly suggested: 
083:409,26[D  ]| "Our pretty$2$ manner?"
083:409,27['  ]| Quickly too$5#2$ she appealed to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
083:409,27[D  ]| "Is \that$6#2$\
083:409,28[D  ]| what$6#1$ you miss from me?"
083:409,29['  ]| He wondered, however, more than $D$Mrs%*Brook.
083:409,30[L  ]| "Your ""pretty$2$ manner""?"
083:409,31[D  ]| "Well$7$, these grand old forms that$6#1$ the $I$Duchess is
083:409,32[D  ]| such a mistress of." 
083:409,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had with this one of
083:410,01['  ]| her eagerest visions. 
083:410,01[D  ]| "Did mamma say ""sir"" to$4$ you?
083:410,02[D  ]| Ought \I\?  Do you really get it, in private, out$8$ of
083:410,03[D  ]| $A$Nanda?  \She\ has such depths of discretion," 
083:410,03['  ]| she explained
083:410,04['  ]| to$4$ the $I$Duchess and to$4$ $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ had
083:410,05['  ]| come back$5$ with his chair, 
083:410,05[D  ]| "that$3$ it is just$9$ the kind$0$ of
083:410,06[D  ]| racy anecdote she never in the world gives me."
083:410,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon looked across$5$ at $B$Van, placed now,
083:410,08['  ]| after$4$ a moment's talk$0$ with $K$Tishy in sight of them all,
083:410,09['  ]| by$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's arm$0$ of the sofa. 
083:410,09[L  ]| "You have not
083:410,10[L  ]| protected ~ you have only exposed me."
083:410,11[D  ]| "Oh there is no$2$ joy without danger" 
083:410,11['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brook
083:410,12['  ]| took it up with spirit. 
083:410,12[D  ]| "Perhaps one should
083:410,13[D  ]| even$5$ say there is no$2$ danger without joy."
083:410,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's eyes had followed $K$Mrs%*Grendon
083:410,15['  ]| after$4$ his brief passage with her, terminated by$4$ some
083:410,16['  ]| need$0$ of her listless presence on$4$ the other side$0$ of the
083:410,17['  ]| room. 
083:410,17[B  ]| "What$6#2$ do you say then, on$4$ that$6#2$ theory, to$4$
083:410,18[B  ]| the extraordinary gloom of our hostess?  Her safety,
083:410,19[B  ]| by$4$ such a rule, must be deep."
083:410,20['  ]| The $I$Duchess was this time the first to$9$ know what$6#1$
083:410,21['  ]| they said. 
083:410,21[I  ]| "The expression of $K$Tishy's face$0$ comes
083:410,22[I  ]| precisely from our comparing it so$5#1$ unfavourably with
083:410,23[I  ]| that$6#2$ of her poor sister $H$Carrie, who$6#1$, though she is not
083:410,24[I  ]| here to-night with the $F1$Cashmores ~ amazing enough
083:410,25[I  ]| even$5$ as coming \without\ that$6#2$!  ~ has so$5#1$ often shown us
083:410,26[I  ]| that$3$ an \9a^me*en*peine\, constantly tottering, but, as
083:410,27[I  ]| $A$Nanda guarantees us, usually recovering, may$1$ look$1$
083:410,28[I  ]| after$4$ all as beatific as a Dutch doll."
083:410,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's eyes had, on$4$ $K$Tishy's passing$1$ away,
083:410,30['  ]| taken the same course$0$ as $B$Vanderbank's, whom$6#1$ she
083:410,31['  ]| had visibly not neglected moreover while$9$ the pair$0$
083:410,32['  ]| stood there. 
083:410,31[D  ]| "I give you $H$Carrie, as you know, and I
083:411,01[D  ]| throw$1$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore in; but I am lost in admiration
083:411,02[D  ]| to-night, as I always have been, of the way $K$Tishy
083:411,03[D  ]| makes her ugliness serve.  I should call$1$ it, if the word
083:411,04[D  ]| were not so$5#2$ for$4$ ladies'-maids, the most ""elegant"" thing
083:411,05[D  ]| I know."
083:411,06[I  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child," 
083:411,06['  ]| the $I$Duchess objected, 
083:411,06[I  ]| "what$6#1$
083:411,07[I  ]| you describe as making her ugliness serve is what$6#1$ I
083:411,08[I  ]| should describe as concealing none of her beauty.
083:411,09[I  ]| There is nothing the matter surely with ""elegant"" as
083:411,10[I  ]| applied to$4$ $K$Tishy save$3$ that$3$ as commonly used$1#1$ it refers
083:411,11[I  ]| rather to$4$ a charm$0$ that is artificial than to$4$ a state$0$ of
083:411,12[I  ]| pure nature.  There should be for$4$ elegance a basis
083:411,13[I  ]| of clothing.  $A$Nanda rather stints her."
083:411,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, perhaps more than usually thoughtful,
083:411,15['  ]| just$9$ discriminated. 
083:411,15[D  ]| "There \is\, I think, one little
083:411,16[D  ]| place$0$.  I will$1$ speak to$4$ her."
083:411,17[B  ]| "To$4$ $K$Tishy?" 
083:411,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank asked.
083:411,18[D  ]| "Oh \that$6#2$\ would do no$2$ good.  To$4$ $A$Nanda.  All the
083:411,19[D  ]| same," 
083:411,19['  ]| she continued, 
083:411,19[D  ]| "it is an awfully superficial
083:411,20[D  ]| thing of you not to$9$ see that$3$ her dreariness ~ on$4$
083:411,21[D  ]| which$6#1$ moreover I have set$1$ you right$2#1$ before$5$ ~ is a mere
083:411,22[D  ]| facial accident and does not correspond or, as they say,
083:411,23[D  ]| ""rhyme"" to$4$ anything within her that$6#1$ might make$1$ it a 
083:411,24[D  ]| little interesting.  What$6#1$ I like$1$ it for$4$ is just$9$ that$3$ it is so$5#1$
083:411,25[D  ]| funny in itself.  Her low spirits are nothing more than
083:411,26[D  ]| her features.  Her gloom, as you call$1$ it, is merely her
083:411,27[D  ]| broken nose."
083:411,28[L  ]| "\Has\ she a broken nose?" 
083:411,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon demanded
083:411,29['  ]| with an accent that$6#1$ for$4$ some reason$0$ touched
083:411,30['  ]| in the others the spring$0$ of laughter.
083:411,31[D  ]| "Has $A$Nanda never mentioned it?" 
083:411,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
083:411,32['  ]| profited by$4$ this gaiety to$9$ ask.
083:412,01[I  ]| "That is the discretion you just$9$ spoke of," 
083:412,01['  ]| said the
083:412,02['  ]| $I$Duchess. 
083:412,02[I  ]| "Only I should have expected$1$ from the
083:412,03[I  ]| cause you refer to$4$ rather the comic effect$0$."
083:412,04[B  ]| "$K$Mrs%*Grendon's broken nose, sir," 
083:412,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
083:412,05['  ]| explained to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
083:412,05[B  ]| "is only the kinder way
083:412,06[B  ]| taken by$4$ these ladies to$9$ speak of $K$Mrs%*Grendon's
083:412,07[B  ]| broken heart.  You must know all about$4$ that$6#2$."
083:412,08[L  ]| "Oh yes ~ \all\." 
083:412,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon spoke very simply,
083:412,09['  ]| with the consequence this time, on$4$ the part$0$ of his
083:412,10['  ]| companions, of a silence$0$ of some minutes, which$6#1$ he
083:412,11['  ]| himself had at last$0$ to$9$ break. 
083:412,11[L  ]| "$ZH$Mr%*Grendon does not
083:412,12[L  ]| like$1$ her." 
083:412,12['  ]| The addition of these words apparently
083:412,13['  ]| made the difference ~ as if they constituted a fresh
083:412,14['  ]| link with the irresistible comedy of things.  That$3$ he
083:412,15['  ]| was unexpectedly diverting was, however, no$2$ check$0$
083:412,16['  ]| to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's delivering his full thought$0$. 
083:412,16[L  ]| "Very
083:412,17[L  ]| horrid of two sisters to$9$ be both, in their marriages, so$5#1$
083:412,18[L  ]| wretched."
083:412,19[D  ]| "Ah but $K$Tishy, I maintain," 
083:412,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned,
083:412,20[D  ]| "\is not\ wretched at all.  If I were satisfied$2$ that$3$ she is
083:412,21[D  ]| really so$5#2$ I would never let $A$Nanda come to$4$ her."
083:412,22[I  ]| "That is the most extraordinary doctrine, love$0#1$,"
083:412,23['  ]| the $I$Duchess interposed. 
083:412,23[I  ]| "When you are satisfied$2$ a 
083:412,24[I  ]| woman is ""really"" poor you never give her a crust?"
083:412,25[B  ]| "Do you call$1$ $A$Nanda a crust, $I$Duchess?" 
083:412,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
083:412,26['  ]| amusedly asked.
083:412,27[I  ]| "She is all at any rate$0$, apparently, just$9$ now, that$6#1$
083:412,28[I  ]| poor $K$Tishy has to$9$ live on$4$."
083:412,29[B  ]| "You are severe then," 
083:412,29['  ]| the young man said, 
083:412,29[B  ]| "on$4$
083:412,30[B  ]| our dinner of to-night."
083:412,31[D  ]| "Oh $I$Jane," 
083:412,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook declared, 
083:412,31[D  ]| "is never severe:
083:412,32[D  ]| she is only uncontrollably witty.  It is only $K$Tishy
083:413,01[D  ]| moreover who$6#1$ gives out$5$ that$3$ her husband does not like$1$
083:413,02[D  ]| her.  \He\, poor man, does not say anything of the sort."
083:413,03[B  ]| "Yes, but, after$4$ all, you know" 
083:413,03['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank
083:413,04['  ]| just$9$ put it to$4$ her ~ 
083:413,04[B  ]| "where the deuce all the while$0$
083:413,05[B  ]| \is\ he?"
083:413,06[I  ]| "Heaven forbid," 
083:413,06['  ]| the $I$Duchess remarked, 
083:413,06[I  ]| "that$3$ we
083:413,07[I  ]| should too$5#1$ rashly ascertain."
083:413,08[L  ]| "There it is ~ exactly," 
083:413,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon subjoined.
083:413,09['  ]| He had once more his success of hilarity, though
083:413,10['  ]| not indeed to$4$ the injury of the $I$Duchess's next word.
083:413,11[I  ]| "It is $A$Nanda, you know, who$6#1$ speaks, and loud
083:413,12[I  ]| enough, for$4$ $ZH$Harry*Grendon's dislikes."
083:413,13[D  ]| "That is easy for$4$ her," 
083:413,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook declared,
083:413,14[D  ]| "when she herself is not one of them."
083:413,15[L  ]| "She is not surely one of anybody's," 
083:413,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
083:413,16['  ]| gravely observed.
083:413,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook gazed across$5$ at him. 
083:412,17[D  ]| "You \are\ too$5#1$
083:413,18[D  ]| dear$2#1$!  But I have none the less a crow to$9$ pick with you."
083:413,19['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon returned her look$0$, but returned it
083:413,20['  ]| somehow to$4$ $B$Van. 
083:413,20[L  ]| "You frighten me, you know, out$8$
083:413,21[L  ]| of my wits."
083:413,22[B  ]| "\I\ do?" 
083:413,22['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
083:413,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon just$9$ hesitated. 
083:413,23[L  ]| "Yes."
083:413,24[D  ]| "It must be the sacred terror," 
083:413,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook suggested
083:413,25['  ]| to$4$ $B$Van, 
083:413,25[D  ]| "that$6#1$ $M$Mitchy so$5#1$ often speaks of.  \I am\
083:413,26[D  ]| not trying$1$ with you," 
083:413,26['  ]| she went on$5$ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon,
083:413,27[D  ]| "for$4$ anything of that$6#2$ kind$0$, but only for$4$ the short$2$
083:413,28[D  ]| half-hour in private that$6#1$ I think you will$1$ not for$4$ the
083:413,29[D  ]| world grant me.  Nothing will$1$ induce you to$9$ find
083:413,30[D  ]| yourself alone with me."
083:413,31[B  ]| "Why what$6#2$ on$4$ earth," 
083:413,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank asked, 
083:413,31[B  ]| "do
083:413,32[B  ]| you suspect him of supposing you want$1$ to$9$ do?"
083:414,01[D  ]| "Oh it is not \that$6#2$\," 
083:414,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook sadly said.
083:414,02[I  ]| "It is not what$6#2$?" 
083:414,02['  ]| laughed the $I$Duchess.
083:414,03[D  ]| "That$3$ he fears I may$1$ want$1$ in any way to$9$ ~ what$6#2$
083:414,04[D  ]| do you call$1$ it?  ~ make$1$ up to$4$ him." 
083:414,04['  ]| She spoke as if
083:414,05['  ]| she only wished it had been. 
083:414,05[D  ]| "He has a deeper
083:414,06[D  ]| thought$0$."
083:414,07[I  ]| "Well$7$ then what$6#2$ in goodness is it?" 
083:414,07['  ]| the $I$Duchess
083:414,08['  ]| pressed. 
083:414,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had said nothing more, but $D$Mrs%*Brook
083:414,10['  ]| preferred none the less to$9$ treat$1$ the question$0$
083:414,11['  ]| as between themselves.  She \was\, as the others said,
083:414,12['  ]| wonderful. 
083:414,12[D  ]| "You can not help$1$ thinking me" 
083:414,12['  ]| ~ she
083:414,13['  ]| spoke to$4$ him straight ~ 
083:414,13[D  ]| "rather tortuous." 
083:414,13['  ]| The
083:414,14['  ]| pause$0$ she thus momentarily produced was so$5#1$ intense
083:414,15['  ]| as to$9$ give a sharpness that$6#1$ was almost vulgar
083:414,16['  ]| to$4$ the little 
083:414,16[X  ]| "Oh!" 
083:414,16['  ]| by$4$ which$6#1$ it was presently broken
083:414,17['  ]| and the source of which$6#1$ neither of her three companions
083:414,18['  ]| could afterwards in the least have named.
083:414,19['  ]| Neither would have endeavoured to$9$ fix an infelicity
083:414,20['  ]| of which$6#1$ each doubtless had been but too$5#1$ capable.
083:414,21[D  ]| "It is only as a mother," 
083:414,21['  ]| she added, 
083:414,21[D  ]| "that$3$ I want$1$ my
083:414,22[D  ]| chance$0$."
083:414,23['  ]| But the $I$Duchess was at this again in the breach.
083:414,24[I  ]| "Take it, for$4$ mercy's sake then, my dear$2#1$, over
083:414,25[I  ]| $E$Harold, who$6#1$ is an example to$4$ $A$Nanda herself in the
083:414,26[I  ]| way that$6#1$, behind the piano there, he is keeping$1$ it up
083:414,27[I  ]| with $G$Lady*Fanny."
083:414,28['  ]| If this had been a herring that$6#1$, in the interest$0$ of
083:414,29['  ]| peace, the $I$Duchess had wished to$9$ draw across$4$ the
083:414,30['  ]| scent, it could scarce have been more effective.  $D$Mrs%*Brook,
083:414,31['  ]| whose$6#1$ position had made just$9$ the difference
083:414,32['  ]| that$3$ she lost the view$0$ of the other side$0$ of the piano,
083:415,01['  ]| took a slight$2$ but immediate stretch. 
083:415,01[D  ]| "\Is\ $E$Harold with
083:415,02[D  ]| $G$Lady*Fanny?"
083:415,03[I  ]| "You ask it, my dear$2#1$ child," 
083:415,03['  ]| said the $I$Duchess,
083:415,04[I  ]| "as if it were too$5#1$ grand to$9$ be believed.  It is the note$0$
083:415,05[I  ]| of eagerness," 
083:415,05['  ]| she went on$5$ for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's benefit ~
083:415,06[I  ]| "it is almost the note$0$ of hope$0$: one of those that$6#1$
083:415,07[I  ]| \9ces*messieurs\, that$6#1$ we all in fact delight$1$ in and find
083:415,08[I  ]| so$5#1$ matchless.  She desires for$4$ $E$Harold the highest
083:415,09[I  ]| advantages."
083:415,10[B  ]| "Well$7$ then," 
083:415,10['  ]| declared $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ had
083:415,11['  ]| achieved a glimpse, 
083:415,11[B  ]| "he is clearly having them.  It
083:415,12[B  ]| brings home to$4$ one his success."
083:415,13[D  ]| "His success is true," 
083:415,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook insisted. 
083:415,13[D  ]| "How
083:415,14[D  ]| he does it I do not know."
083:415,15[I  ]| "Oh \do not\ you?" 
083:415,15['  ]| trumpeted the $I$Duchess.
083:415,16[D  ]| "He is amazing," 
083:415,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook pursued. 
083:415,16[D  ]| "I watch$1$
083:415,17[D  ]| ~ I hold$1$ my breath.  But I am bound to$9$ say also I
083:415,18[D  ]| rather admire.  He somehow amuses them."
083:415,19[I  ]| "She is as pleased as Punch," 
083:415,19['  ]| said the $I$Duchess.
083:415,20[D  ]| "Those great calm$2$ women ~ they like$9$ slighter  
083:415,21[D  ]| creatures."
083:415,22[I  ]| "The great calm$2$ whales," 
083:415,22['  ]| the $I$Duchess laughed,
083:415,23[I  ]| "swallow the little fishes."
083:415,24[D  ]| "Oh my dear$2#1$," 
083:415,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned, 
083:415,24[D  ]| "$E$Harold can
083:415,25[D  ]| be tasted, if you like$1$ ~"
083:415,26[I  ]| "If \I\ like$1$?" 
083:415,26['  ]| the $I$Duchess parenthetically jeered.
083:415,27[I  ]| "Thank you, love$0#1$!"
083:415,28[D  ]| "But he can not, I think, be eaten, it all works$1$ out$5$,"
083:415,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook expounded, 
083:415,29[D  ]| "to$4$ the highest end$0$.  If $G$Lady*Fanny is
083:415,30[D  ]| amused she will$1$ be quiet$2$."
083:415,31[I  ]| "Bless me," 
083:415,31['  ]| cried the $I$Duchess, 
083:415,31[I  ]| "of all the immoral
083:415,32[I  ]| speeches ~!  I put it to$4$ you, $L$Longdon.  Does
083:416,01[I  ]| she mean$1$" 
083:416,01['  ]| ~ she appealed to$4$ their friend ~ 
083:416,01[I  ]| "that$3$ if
083:416,02[I  ]| she commits murder she will$1$ not commit anything else?"
083:416,03[D  ]| "Oh it will$1$ not be murder," 
083:416,03['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook. 
083:416,03[D  ]| "I
083:416,04[D  ]| mean$1$ that$3$ if $E$Harold, in one way and another, keeps
083:416,05[D  ]| her along$5$, she will$1$ not get off." 
083:416,06[L  ]| "Off where?" 
083:416,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon risked.
083:416,07['  ]| $B$Vanderbank immediately informed him. 
083:416,07[B  ]| "To$4$ one
083:416,08[B  ]| of the smaller Italian towns.  Do not you know?"
083:416,09[L  ]| "Oh yes.  Like$9$ ~ who$6#2$ is it?  I forget."
083:416,10[B  ]| "$Z2$Anna*Kare=nine?  You know about$4$ $Z2$Anna?"
083:416,11[I  ]| "$A$Nanda," 
083:416,11['  ]| said the $I$Duchess, 
083:416,11[I  ]| "has told him.  But
083:416,12[I  ]| I thought$1$," 
083:416,12['  ]| she went on$5$ to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
083:416,12[I  ]| "that$3$ $G$Lady*Fanny,
083:416,13[I  ]| by$4$ this time, \must\ have gone."
083:416,14[D  ]| "$N$Petherton then," 
083:416,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned, 
083:416,14[D  ]| "does not
083:416,15[D  ]| keep you \9au*courant\?"
083:416,16['  ]| The $I$Duchess blandly wondered. 
083:416,16[I  ]| "I seem to$9$ remember
083:416,17[I  ]| he had positively said so$5#2$.  And that$3$ she had
083:416,18[I  ]| come back$5$."
083:416,19[D  ]| "Because this looks$1$ so$5#1$ like$9$ a fresh start$0$?  No$7$.  \We\
083:416,20[D  ]| know.  You assume besides," 
083:416,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook asked,
083:416,21[D  ]| "that$3$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore would have received her again?"
083:416,22['  ]| The $I$Duchess fixed a little that$6#2$ gentlemen and his
083:416,23['  ]| actual companion. 
083:416,23[I  ]| "What$6#2$ will$1$ you have?  He
083:416,24[I  ]| might not have noticed."
083:416,25[B  ]| "Oh you are out$8$ of step$0$, $I$Duchess," 
083:416,25['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
083:416,26['  ]| said. 
083:416,26[B  ]| "We used$1#1$ all to$9$ march abreast, but we are falling
083:416,27[B  ]| to$4$ pieces.  It is all, saving your presence, $M$Mitchy's
083:416,28[B  ]| marriage."
083:416,29[D  ]| "Ah," 
083:416,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook concurred, 
083:416,29[D  ]| "how thoroughly I
083:416,30[D  ]| feel that$6#2$!  Oh I knew.  The spell is broken; the harp
083:416,31[D  ]| has lost a string.  We are not the same thing.  \He is\ not
083:416,32[D  ]| the same thing."
083:417,01[I  ]| "Frankly, my dear$2#1$," 
083:417,01['  ]| the $I$Duchess answered, 
083:417,01[I  ]| "I
083:417,02[I  ]| do not think that$3$ you personally are either."
083:417,03[D  ]| "Oh as for$4$ that$6#2$ ~ which$6#1$ is what$6#1$ matters least ~
083:417,04[D  ]| we shall perhaps see." 
083:417,04['  ]| With which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook
083:417,05['  ]| turned again to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
083:417,05[D  ]| "I have not explained
083:417,06[D  ]| to$4$ you what$6#1$ I meant just$9$ now.  We want$1$ $A$Nanda."
083:417,07['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared. 
083:417,07[L  ]| "At home again?"
083:417,08[D  ]| "In her little old nook.  You must give her back$5$."
083:417,09[L  ]| "Do you mean$1$ altogether?"
083:417,10[D  ]| "Ah that$6#2$ will$1$ be for$4$ you in a manner to$9$ arrange.
083:417,11[D  ]| But you have had her practically these five months, and
083:417,12[D  ]| with no$2$ desire$0$ to$9$ be unreasonable we yet have our
083:417,13[D  ]| natural$2$ feelings."
083:417,14['  ]| This interchange, to$4$ which$6#1$ circumstances somehow
083:417,15['  ]| gave a high effect$0$ of suddenness and strangeness, was
083:417,16['  ]| listened to$4$ by$4$ the others in a quick$2$ silence$0$ that$6#1$ was
083:417,17['  ]| like$9$ the sense of a blast of cold$2$ air, though with the
083:417,18['  ]| difference between the spectators that$3$ $B$Vanderbank
083:417,19['  ]| attached his eyes hard to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook and that$3$ the 
083:417,20['  ]| $I$Duchess looked as straight at $L$Mr%*Longdon, to$4$ whom$6#1$
083:417,21['  ]| clearly she wished to$9$ convey that$3$ if he had wondered
083:417,22['  ]| a short$2$ time before$5$ how $D$Mrs%*Brook would do it he
083:417,23['  ]| must now be quite at his ease$0$.  He indulged in fact,
083:417,24['  ]| after$4$ this lady's last$2$ words, in a pause$0$ that$6#1$ might have
083:417,25['  ]| signified some of the fulness of a new light$0$.  He only
083:417,26['  ]| said very quietly: 
083:417,26[L  ]| "I thought$1$ you liked it."
083:417,27['  ]| At this his neighbour broke in. 
083:417,27[I  ]| "The care$0$ you
083:417,28[I  ]| take of the child?  They \do\!" 
083:417,28['  ]| The $I$Duchess, as she
083:417,29['  ]| spoke, became aware of the nearer presence of $C$Edward*Brookenham,
083:417,30['  ]| who$6#1$ within a minute$0$ had come in from
083:417,31['  ]| the other room; and her decision of character leaped
083:417,32['  ]| forth in her quick$2$ signal to$4$ him. 
083:417,32[I  ]| "$C$Edward will$1$ tell
083:418,01[I  ]| you." 
083:418,01['  ]| He was already before$4$ their semicircle. 
083:418,01[I  ]| "\Do\
083:418,02[I  ]| you, dear$2#1$," 
083:418,02['  ]| she appealed, 
083:418,02[I  ]| "want$1$ $A$Nanda back$5$ from
083:418,03[I  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon?"
083:418,04['  ]| $C$Edward plainly could be trusted to$9$ feel in his quiet$2$
083:418,05['  ]| way that$3$ the oracle must be a match$0$ for$4$ the priestess.
083:418,06[C  ]| """Want$1$"" her, $I$Jane?  We would not \take\ her." 
083:418,06['  ]| And
083:418,07['  ]| as if knowing quite what$6#1$ he was about$4$ he looked
083:418,08['  ]| at his wife only after$3$ he had spoken.
084:419,01['  ]| His reply$0$ had complete$2$ success, to$4$ which$6#1$ there could 
084:419,02['  ]| scarce have afterwards been a positive denial that$3$
084:419,03['  ]| some sound$0$ of amusement even$5$ from $L$Mr%*Longdon
084:419,04['  ]| himself had in its degree contributed.  Certain it
084:419,05['  ]| was that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brook found, as she exclaimed that$3$
084:419,06@d   | her husband was always so$5#1$ awfully civil, just$9$ the
084:419,07@d   | right$2#1$ note$0$ of resigned understanding$0$;  
084:419,07['  ]| whereupon
084:419,08['  ]| he for$4$ a minute$0$ presented to$4$ them blankly enough
084:419,09['  ]| his fine dead face$0$. 
084:419,09[C  ]| """Civil"" is just$9$ what$6#1$ I was afraid
084:419,10[C  ]| I was not.  I mean$1$, you know," 
084:419,10['  ]| he continued to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon,
084:419,11[C  ]| "that$3$ you really must not look$1$ to$4$ us to$9$ let
084:419,12[C  ]| you off ~!"
084:419,13[L  ]| "From a week or a day" 
084:419,13['  ]| ~ $L$Mr%*Longdon took 
084:419,14['  ]| him up ~ 
084:419,14[L  ]| "of the time to$4$ which$6#1$ you consider I have
084:419,15[L  ]| pledged myself?  My dear$2#1$ sir, please do not imagine
084:419,16[L  ]| it is for$4$ \me\ the $I$Duchess appeals."
084:419,17[I  ]| "It is from your wife, you delicious dull man," 
084:419,17['  ]| that$6#2$
084:419,18['  ]| lady elucidated. 
084:419,18[I  ]| "If you wished to$9$ be stiff with our
084:419,19[I  ]| friend here you have really been so$5#2$ with \her\; which$6#1$
084:419,20[I  ]| comes, no$2$ doubt$0$, from the absence between you of
084:419,21[I  ]| proper preconcerted action.  You spoke without your
084:419,22[I  ]| cue."
084:419,23[C  ]| "Oh!" 
084:419,23['  ]| said $C$Edward*Brookenham.
084:419,24[D  ]| "That is it, $I$Jane" 
084:419,24['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brook continued to$9$
084:419,25['  ]| take it beautifully. 
084:419,25[D  ]| "We dressed to-day in a hurry$0$
084:419,26[D  ]| and had not time for$4$ our usual rehearsal.  $C$Edward,
084:419,27[D  ]| when we dine out$5$, generally brings three pocket-handkerchiefs
084:420,01[D  ]| and six jokes.  I leave$1$ the management
084:420,02[D  ]| of the handkerchiefs to$4$ his own$2$ taste, but we
084:420,03[D  ]| mostly try together in advance$0$ to$9$ arrange a career
084:420,04[D  ]| for$4$ the other things.  It is some charming light$2$ thing
084:420,05[D  ]| of my own$2$ that is supposed to$9$ give him the sign."
084:420,06[B  ]| "Only sometimes he confounds" 
084:420,06['  ]| ~ $B$Vanderbank
084:420,07['  ]| helped her out$5$ ~ 
084:420,07[B  ]| "your light$2$ and your heavy!" 
084:420,07['  ]| He
084:420,08['  ]| had got up to$9$ make$1$ room for$4$ his host of so$5#1$ many 
084:420,09['  ]| occasions and, having forced him into the empty$2$ chair,
084:420,10['  ]| now moved vaguely off to$4$ the quarter$0#1$ of the room
084:420,11['  ]| occupied by$4$ $A$Nanda and $F$Mr%*Cashmore.
084:420,12[I  ]| "That is very well$9$," 
084:420,12['  ]| the $I$Duchess resumed, 
084:420,12[I  ]| "but it
084:420,13[I  ]| does not at all clear$1$ you, \8cara*mia\, of the misdemeanour 
084:420,14[I  ]| of setting up as a felt domestic$2$ need$0$ something
084:420,15[I  ]| of which$6#1$ $C$Edward proves deeply unconscious.
084:420,16[I  ]| He has put his finger on$4$ $A$Nanda's true interest$0$.  He
084:420,17[I  ]| does not care$1$ a bit how it would \look$1$\ for$4$ you to$9$ want$1$
084:420,18[I  ]| her."
084:420,19[D  ]| "Do not you mean$1$ rather, $I$Jane, how it looks$1$ for$4$ us
084:420,20[D  ]| \not\ to$9$ want$1$ her?" 
084:420,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook amended with a detachment
084:420,21['  ]| now complete$2$. 
084:420,21[D  ]| "Of course$8$, dear$2#1$ old friend,"
084:420,22['  ]| she continued to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, 
084:420,22[D  ]| "she quite puts me
084:420,23[D  ]| with my back$0$ to$4$ the wall when she helps you to$9$ see ~
084:420,24[D  ]| what$6#1$ you otherwise might not guess$1$ ~ that$3$ $C$Edward
084:420,25[D  ]| and I work$1$ it out$5$ between us to$9$ show$1$ off as tender$2$
084:420,26[D  ]| parents and yet to$9$ get from you everything you will$1$
084:420,27[D  ]| give.  I do the sentimental and he the practical; so$3$
084:420,28[D  ]| that$3$ we, after$4$ one fashion$0$ and another, deck ourselves
084:420,29[D  ]| in the glory$0$ of our sacrifice$0$ without forfeiting
084:420,30[D  ]| the ""keep"" of our daughter.  This must appeal to$4$ you
084:420,31[D  ]| as another useful illustration of what$6#1$ London manners
084:420,32[D  ]| have come to$4$; unless indeed," 
084:420,32['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook prattled
084:421,01['  ]| on$5$, 
084:421,01[D  ]| "it only strikes you still$5$ still$5$  more ~ and to$4$ a 
084:421,02[D  ]| degree that$6#1$ blinds you to$4$ its other possible bearings
084:421,03[D  ]| ~ as the last$2$ proof that$3$ I am too$5#1$ tortuous for$4$ you to$9$
084:421,04[D  ]| know what$6#1$ I would be at!"
084:421,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon faced her, across$4$ his interval, with
084:421,06['  ]| his original terror represented now only by$4$ such a 
084:421,07['  ]| lingering flush as might have formed a natural$2$ tribute
084:421,08['  ]| to$4$ a brilliant scene. 
084:421,08[L  ]| "I have not the glimmering of an 
084:421,09[L  ]| idea of what$6#1$ you would be at.  But please understand,"
084:421,10['  ]| he added, 
084:421,10[L  ]| "that$3$ I do not at all refuse you the private
084:421,11[L  ]| half-hour you referred to$4$ a while$0$ since."
084:421,12[C  ]| "Are you really willing to$9$ put the child up for$4$ the
084:421,13[C  ]| rest$0#1$ of the year?" 
084:421,13['  ]| $C$Edward placidly demanded, speaking
084:421,14['  ]| as if quite unaware that$3$ anything else had taken
084:421,15['  ]| place$1$.
084:421,16['  ]| His wife fixed her eyes on$4$ him. 
084:421,16[D  ]| "The ingenuity
084:421,17[D  ]| of your companions, love$0#1$, plays$1$ in the air like$9$ the
084:421,18[D  ]| lightning, but flashes round$4$ your head$0$ only, by$4$ good
084:421,19[D  ]| fortune, to$9$ leave$1$ it unscathed.  Still$5$, you have after$4$
084:421,20[D  ]| all your own$2$ strange wit$0#1$, and I am not sure that$3$ any
084:421,21[D  ]| of ours ever compares with it.  Only, confronted also
084:421,22[D  ]| with ours, how can poor $L$Mr%*Longdon really choose
084:421,23[D  ]| which$6#1$ of the two he will$1$ meet$1$?"
084:421,24['  ]| Poor $L$Mr%*Longdon now looked hard at $C$Edward.
084:421,25[L  ]| "Oh $C$Mr%*Brookenham's, I feel, any day.  It is even$5$
084:421,26[L  ]| with \you\, I confess," 
084:421,26['  ]| he said to$4$ him, 
084:421,26[L  ]| "that$3$ I would rather
084:421,27[L  ]| have that$6#2$ private half-hour."
084:421,28[D  ]| "Done!" 
084:421,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook declared. 
084:421,28[D  ]| "I will$1$ send him to$4$
084:421,29[D  ]| you.  But we \have\, you know, as $B$Van says, gone
084:421,30[D  ]| to$4$ pieces," 
084:421,30['  ]| she went on$5$, twisting her pretty$2$ head$0$ and
084:421,31['  ]| tossing it back$5$ over her shoulder to$4$ an auditor of
084:421,32['  ]| whose$6#1$ approach$0$ to$4$ her from behind, though it was
084:422,01['  ]| impossible she should have seen him, she had visibly
084:422,02['  ]| within a minute$0$ become aware. 
084:422,02[D  ]| "It is your marriage,
084:422,03[D  ]| $M$Mitchy, that$6#1$ has darkened our old bright air, changed
084:422,04[D  ]| us more than we even$5$ yet know, and most grossly and
084:422,05[D  ]| horribly, my dear$2#1$ man, changed \you\.  You steal up in
084:422,06[D  ]| a way that$6#1$ gives one the creeps, whereas in the good
084:422,07[D  ]| time that is gone you always burst$1$ in with music and
084:422,08[D  ]| song.  Go round$9$ where I can see you: I may not love$1$
084:422,09[D  ]| you now, but at least, I suppose, I may$1$ look$1$ at you.
084:422,10[D  ]| Direct$1$ your energies," 
084:422,10['  ]| she pursued while$9$ $M$Mitchy
084:422,11['  ]| obeyed her, 
084:422,11[D  ]| "as much as possible, please, against our
084:422,12[D  ]| uncanny chill.  Pile on$5$ the fire$0$ and close$1$ up the ranks;
084:422,13[D  ]| this \was\ our best hour, you know ~ and all the more
084:422,14[D  ]| that$3$ $K$Tishy, I see, is getting rid of her superfluities.
084:422,15[D  ]| Here comes back$5$ old $B$Van," 
084:422,15['  ]| she wound$1#1$ up, 
084:422,15[D  ]| "vanquished,
084:422,16[D  ]| I judge$1$, in the attempt$0$ to$9$ divert $A$Nanda
084:422,17[D  ]| from her prey.  will$1$ not $A$Nanda sit with poor \us\?" 
084:422,17['  ]| she
084:422,18['  ]| asked of $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ now, meeting$9$ $M$Mitchy in
084:422,19['  ]| range$0$ of the others, remained standing$1$ with him and
084:422,20['  ]| as at her commands.
084:422,21[B  ]| "I did not of course$8$ ask her," 
084:422,21['  ]| the young man	
084:422,22['  ]| replied.
084:422,23[D  ]| "Then what$6#2$ did you do?"
084:422,24[B  ]| "I only took a little walk$0$."
084:422,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, on$4$ this, was woeful at $M$Mitchy. 
084:422,25[D  ]| "See
084:422,26[D  ]| then what$6#1$ we have come to$4$.  When did we ever ""walk$1$""
084:422,27[D  ]| in \your\ time save$3$ as a distinct part$0$ of the effect$0$ of our
084:422,28[D  ]| good things?  Please return$1$ to$4$ $A$Nanda," 
084:422,28['  ]| she said to$4$
084:422,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, 
084:422,29[D  ]| "and tell her I particularly wish$1$ her
084:422,30[D  ]| to$9$ come in for$4$ this delightful evening's end$0$."
084:422,31[I  ]| "She is joining us of herself now," 
084:422,31['  ]| the $I$Duchess
084:422,32['  ]| noted, 
084:422,32[I  ]| "and so is $F$Mr%*Cashmore and so is $K$Tishy ~
084:423,01[I  ]| \9voyez\!  ~ who$6#1$ has kept on$5$ ~ (bless her little bare
084:423,02[I  ]| back$0$!)  ~ no*one she ought not to$9$ keep.  As nobody
084:423,03[I  ]| else will$1$ now arrive it would be quite cosey if she
084:423,04[I  ]| locked the door."
084:423,05[D  ]| "But what$6#2$ on$4$ earth, my dear$2#1$ $I$Jane," 
084:423,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
084:423,06['  ]| plaintively wondered, 
084:423,06[D  ]| "are you proposing we should
084:423,07[D  ]| do?"
084:423,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, in her apprehension, had looked
084:423,09['  ]| expressively at their friends, but the eye of the
084:423,10['  ]| $I$Duchess wandered no$2$ further than $E$Harold and $G$Lady*Fanny.
084:423,11[I  ]| "It would perhaps serve to$9$ keep that$6#2$ pair$0$
084:423,12[I  ]| a little longer from escaping together."
084:423,13['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook took a pause$0$ no$2$ greater. 
084:423,13[D  ]| "But would not
084:423,14[D  ]| it be, as regards$3$ another pair$0$, locking the stable-door
084:423,15[D  ]| after$4$ ~ what$6#2$ do you call$1$ it?  Do not $N$Petherton and
084:423,16[D  ]| $J$Aggie appear already to$9$ have escaped together?
084:423,17[D  ]| $M$Mitchy, man, where in the world is your wife?"
084:423,18[I  ]| "I quite grant you," 
084:423,18['  ]| said the $I$Duchess gaily, 
084:423,18[I  ]| "that$3$
084:423,19[I  ]| my niece is wherever $N$Petherton is.  This I am sure of,
084:423,20[I  ]| for$3$ \there is\ a friendship, if you please, that$6#1$ has not
084:423,21[I  ]| been interrupted.  $N$Petherton is not gone, is he?" 
084:423,21['  ]| she
084:423,22['  ]| asked in her turn$0$ of $M$Mitchy.
084:423,23['  ]| But again before$3$ he could speak it was taken up.
084:423,24[D  ]| "$M$Mitchy is silent, $M$Mitchy is altered, $M$Mitchy is queer!"
084:423,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook proclaimed, while$9$ the new recruits to$4$
084:423,26['  ]| the circle, $K$Tishy and $A$Nanda and $F$Mr%*Cashmore,
084:423,27['  ]| $G$Lady*Fanny and $E$Harold too$5#2$ after$4$ a minute$0$ and on$4$
084:423,28['  ]| perceiving the movement of the others, ended by$4$
084:423,29['  ]| enlarging it, with mutual accommodation and aid,
084:423,30['  ]| to$4$ a pleasant talkative ring$0$ in which$6#1$ the subject$0$ of
084:423,31['  ]| their companion's demonstration, on$4$ a low ottoman
084:423,32['  ]| and glaring in his odd way in almost all directions
084:424,01['  ]| at once, formed the conspicuous attractive centre$0$.
084:424,02['  ]| $K$Tishy was nearest $L$Mr%*Longdon, and $A$Nanda, still$5$
084:424,03['  ]| flanked by$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore, between that$6#2$ gentleman
084:424,04['  ]| and his wife, who$6#1$ had $E$Harold on$4$ her other side$0$.
084:424,05['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham was neighboured by$4$ his son and
084:424,06['  ]| by$4$ $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ might easily have felt himself,
084:424,07['  ]| in spite$8$ of their separation and given, as it happened,
084:424,08['  ]| their places$0$ in the group, rather publicly confronted
084:424,09['  ]| with $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
084:424,09[D  ]| "Is his wife in the other room?"
084:424,10['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook now put to$4$ $K$Tishy.
084:424,11['  ]| $K$Tishy, after$4$ a stare about$5$, recovered the acuter
084:424,12['  ]| consciousness to$9$ account$1$ for$4$ this guest. 
084:424,12[K  ]| "Oh yes ~
084:424,13[K  ]| she is playing with him."
084:424,14[D  ]| "But with whom$6#2$, dear$2#1$?"
084:424,15[K  ]| "Why, with $N$Petherton.  I thought$1$ you knew."
084:424,16[D  ]| "Knew they are playing ~?" 
084:424,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was
084:424,17['  ]| almost Socratic.
084:424,18[C  ]| "The Missus is regularly wound$1#1$ up," 
084:424,18['  ]| her husband
084:424,19['  ]| meanwhile, without resonance, observed to$4$ $B$Vanderbank.
084:424,20['  ]|		
084:424,21[B  ]| "Brilliant indeed!" 
084:424,21['  ]| $B$Vanderbank replied.
084:424,22[C  ]| "But she is rather naughty, you know," 
084:424,22['  ]| $C$Edward
084:424,23['  ]| after$4$ a pause$0$ continued.
084:424,24[B  ]| "Oh fiendish!" 
084:424,24['  ]| his interlocutor said with a short$2$
084:424,25['  ]| smothered laugh$0$ that$6#1$ might have represented for$4$ a 
084:424,26['  ]| spectator a sudden$2$ start$0$ at such a flash of analysis
084:424,27['  ]| from such a quarter$0#1$.
084:424,28['  ]| When $B$Vanderbank's attention at any rate$0$ was free
084:424,29['  ]| again their hostess, assisted to$4$ the transition, was
084:424,30['  ]| describing the play$0$, as she had called it, of the
084:424,31['  ]| absentees. 
084:424,31[K  ]| "She has hidden a book and he is trying$1$
084:424,32[K  ]| to$9$ find it."
084:425,01[D  ]| "Hide and seek?  Why, is not it innocent, $M$Mitch!"
084:425,02['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook exclaimed.
084:425,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy, speaking for$4$ the first time, faced her with
084:425,04['  ]| extravagant gloom. 
084:425,04[M  ]| "Do you really think so$5#2$?"
084:425,05[I  ]| "That is \her\ innocence!" 
084:425,05['  ]| the $I$Duchess laughed to$4$
084:425,06['  ]| him.
084:425,07[D  ]| "And do not you suppose he has found it \yet\?"
084:425,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook pursued earnestly to$4$ $K$Tishy. 
084:425,08[D  ]| "Is not it
084:425,09[D  ]| something we might \all\ play$1$ at if ~?" 
084:425,09['  ]| on$4$ which$6#1$
084:425,10['  ]| however, abruptly checking herself, she changed her
084:425,11['  ]| note$0$. 
084:425,11[D  ]| "$A$Nanda love$0#1$, please go and invite them to$9$
084:425,12[D  ]| join us."
084:425,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy, at this, on$4$ his ottoman, wheeled straight
084:425,14['  ]| round$9$ to$4$ the girl, who$6#1$ looked at him before$4$ speaking.
084:425,15[A  ]| "I will$1$ go if $M$Mitchy tells me."
084:425,16[D  ]| "But if he does fear$1$," 
084:425,16['  ]| said her mother, 
084:425,16[D  ]| "that$3$ there
084:425,17[D  ]| may$1$ be something in it ~?"
084:425,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy jerked back$5$ to$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook. 
084:425,18[M  ]| "Well$7$, you
084:425,19[M  ]| see, I do not want$1$ to$9$ give way to$4$ my fear$0$.  Suppose
084:425,20[M  ]| there \should\ be something!  Let me not know."
084:425,21['  ]| She dealt with him tenderly. 
084:425,21[D  ]| "I see.  You could not
084:425,22[D  ]| ~ so$5#1$ soon ~ bear$1$ it."
084:425,23[I  ]| "Ah but, \9savez-vous\," 
084:425,23['  ]| the $I$Duchess interposed with
084:425,24['  ]| some majesty, 
084:425,23[I  ]| "you are horrid!"
084:425,25[M  ]| "Let them alone," $M$Mitchy continued. 
084:425,25[M  ]| "We do not
084:425,26[M  ]| want$1$ at all events a general$2$ romp."
084:425,27[D  ]| "Oh I thought$1$ just$9$ that$6#2$," 
084:425,27['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
084:425,27[D  ]| "was
084:425,28[D  ]| what$6#1$ the $I$Duchess wished the door locked for$4$!  Perhaps
084:425,29[D  ]| moreover" 
084:425,29['  ]| ~ she returned to$4$ $K$Tishy ~ 
084:425,29[D  ]| "he
084:425,30[D  ]| has not yet found the book."
084:425,31[K  ]| "He can not," 
084:425,31['  ]| $K$Tishy said with simplicity.
084:425,32[D  ]| "But why in the world ~?"
084:426,01[K  ]| "You see she is sitting$1$ on$4$ it" 
084:426,01['  ]| ~ $K$Tishy felt, it was
084:426,02['  ]| plain, the responsibility of explanation. 
084:426,02[K  ]| "So$3$ that$3$
084:426,03[K  ]| unless he pulls her off ~"
084:426,04[D  ]| "He can not compass his desperate end$0$?  Ah I hope$1$
084:426,05[D  ]| he will$1$ not pull her off!" 
084:426,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wonderfully murmured.
084:426,06['  ]| It was said in a manner that$6#1$ stirred the circle,
084:426,07['  ]| and unanimous laughter seemed already to$9$ have
084:426,08['  ]| crowned her invocation, lately uttered, to$4$ the social
084:426,09['  ]| spirit. 
084:426,09[D  ]| "But what$6#2$ in the world," 
084:426,09['  ]| she pursued, 
084:426,09[D  ]| "is
084:426,10[D  ]| the book selected for$4$ such a position?  I hope$1$ it is not
084:426,11[D  ]| a very big one."
084:426,12[F  ]| "Oh are not the books that$6#1$ are sat upon," 
084:426,12['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore
084:426,13['  ]| freely speculated, 
084:426,13[F  ]| "as a matter of course$8$
084:426,14[F  ]| the bad ones?"
084:426,15[E  ]| "Not a bit as a matter of course$8$," 
084:426,15['  ]| $E$Harold as freely
084:426,16['  ]| replied to$4$ him. 
084:426,16[E  ]| "They sit, all round$9$, nowadays ~ I
084:426,17[E  ]| mean$1$ in the papers and places$0$ ~ on$4$ some awfully
084:426,18[E  ]| good stuff.  Why I myself read books that$6#1$ I could not
084:426,19[E  ]| ~ upon my honour$0$ I would not risk$1$ it! ~ read out$5$ to$4$
084:426,20[E  ]| you here."
084:426,21[C  ]| "What$7$ a pity$0$," 
084:426,21['  ]| his father dropped with the special
084:426,22['  ]| shade of dryness that$6#1$ was all $C$Edward's own$2$, 
084:426,22[C  ]| "what$7$
084:426,23[C  ]| a pity$0$ you have not got one of your favourites to$9$ try
084:426,24[C  ]| on$4$ us!"
084:426,25['  ]| $E$Harold looked about$5$ as if it might have been after$4$
084:426,26['  ]| all a happy thought$0$. 
084:426,26[E  ]| "Well$7$, $A$Nanda is the only girl."
084:426,27[I  ]| "And one's sister does not count," 
084:426,27['  ]| said the $I$Duchess.
084:426,28[K  ]| "It is just$9$ because the thing is bad," 
084:426,28['  ]| $K$Tishy resumed
084:426,29['  ]| for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's more particular benefit,
084:426,30[K  ]| "that$3$ $N$Lord*Petherton is trying$1$ to$9$ wrest it."
084:426,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's pale interest$0$ deepened. 
084:426,31[D  ]| "Then it is
084:426,32[D  ]| a real hand-to-hand struggle$0$?"
084:427,01[K  ]| "He says she shall not read it ~ she says she will$1$."
084:427,02[D  ]| "Ah that is because ~ is not it, $I$Jane?" 
084:427,02['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
084:427,03['  ]| appealed ~ 
084:427,03[D  ]| "he so$5#1$ long$9$ overlooked and advised her
084:427,04[D  ]| in those matters.  Does not he feel by$4$ this time ~ so$5#1$
084:427,05[D  ]| awfully clever as he is ~ the extraordinary way she
084:427,06[D  ]| has come out$5$?"
084:427,07[E  ]| """By$4$ this time""?" 
084:427,07['  ]| $E$Harold echoed. 
084:427,07[E  ]| "Dearest
084:427,08[E  ]| mummy, you are too$5#1$ sweet.  It is only about$5$ ten weeks
084:427,09[E  ]| ~ is not it, $M$Mitch?  You do not mind$1$ my saying that$6#2$,
084:427,10[E  ]| I hope$1$," 
084:427,10['  ]| he solicitously added.
084:427,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy had his back$0$ to$4$ him and, bending it a little,
084:427,12['  ]| sat with head$0$ dropped and knees pressing his hands
084:427,13['  ]| together. 
084:427,13[M  ]| "I do not mind$1$ any*one's saying anything."
084:427,14[E  ]| "Lord$7$, are you already past$9$ that$6#2$?" 
084:427,14['  ]| $E$Harold sociably
084:427,15['  ]| laughed.
084:427,16[D  ]| "He used$1#2$ to$9$ vibrate to$4$ everything.  My dear$2#1$ man,
084:427,17[D  ]| what$6#2$ \is\ the matter?" 
084:427,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook demanded. 
084:427,17[D  ]| "Does
084:427,18[D  ]| it all move$1$ too$5#1$ fast for$4$ you?"
084:427,19[F  ]| "Mercy on$4$ us, what$6#2$ \are\ you talking about$4$?  That is
084:427,20[F  ]| what$6#1$ \I\ want$1$ to$9$ know!" 
084:427,20['  ]| $F$Mr%*Cashmore vivaciously
084:427,21['  ]| declared. 
084:427,22[E  ]| "Well$7$, she \has\ gone at a pace$0$ ~ if $M$Mitchy does not
084:427,23[E  ]| mind$1$," 
084:427,23['  ]| $E$Harold interposed in the tone of tact and
084:427,24['  ]| taste. 
084:427,24[E  ]| "But then do not they always ~ I mean$1$ when
084:427,25[E  ]| they are like$9$ $J$Aggie and they once get loose ~ go at a 
084:427,26[E  ]| pace$0$?  That is what$6#1$ \I\ want$1$ to$9$ know.  I do not suppose
084:427,27[E  ]| mother did, nor $K$Tishy, nor the $I$Duchess," 
084:427,27['  ]| he communicated
084:427,28['  ]| to$4$ the rest$0#1$; 
084:427,28[E  ]| "but mother and $K$Tishy and
084:427,29[E  ]| the $I$Duchess, it strikes me, must either have been of
084:427,30[E  ]| the school that$6#1$ knew, do not you know? a deuce
084:427,31[E  ]| of a deal$0#2$ before$5$, or of the type that$6#1$ takes it all more
084:427,32[E  ]| quietly after$5$."
084:428,01[D  ]| "I think a woman can only speak for$4$ herself.  \I\
084:428,02[D  ]| took it all quietly enough both before$5$ and after$5$," 
084:428,02['  ]| said
084:428,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook.  Then she addressed to$4$ $F$Mr%*Cashmore
084:428,04['  ]| with a small formal nod$0$ one of her lovely wan smiles.
084:428,05[D  ]| "What$6#1$ I am talking about$4$, \9s'il*vous*plai^t\, is marriage."
084:428,06[D  ]|
084:428,07[I  ]| "I wonder$1$ if you know," 
084:428,07['  ]| the $I$Duchess broke out$5$ on$4$
084:428,08['  ]| this, 
084:428,08[I  ]| "how silly you all sound$1$!  When did it ever, in
084:428,09[I  ]| any society that$6#1$ could call$1$ itself decently ""good,"" not
084:428,10[I  ]| make$1$ a difference that$3$ an innocent young creature,
084:428,11[I  ]| a flower tended and guarded, should find from one
084:428,12[I  ]| day to$4$ the other her whole$2$ consciousness changed?
084:428,13[I  ]| People pull long$9$ faces and look$1$ wonderful looks$0$ and
084:428,14[I  ]| punch each other, in your English fashion$0$, in the
084:428,15[I  ]| sides, and say to$4$ each other in corners that$3$ my poor
084:428,16[I  ]| darling has ""come out$5$.""  \9Je*crois*bien\, she has come
084:428,17[I  ]| out$5$!  I married her ~ I do not mind$1$ saying it now
084:428,18[I  ]| ~ exactly that$3$ she \should\ come out$5$, and I should
084:428,19[I  ]| be mightily ashamed of every*one concerned if she
084:428,20[I  ]| had not.  I did not marry her, I give you to$9$ believe,
084:428,21[I  ]| that$3$ she should stay$1$ ""in,"" and if any of you think to$9$
084:428,22[I  ]| frighten $M$Mitchy with it I imagine you will$1$ do so$5#2$ as
084:428,23[I  ]| little as you frighten \me\.  If it has taken her a very
084:428,24[I  ]| short$2$ time ~ as $E$Harold so$5#1$ vividly puts it ~ to$4$ which$6#1$
084:428,25[I  ]| of you did I ever pretend, I should like$1$ to$9$ know, that$3$
084:428,26[I  ]| it would take her a very long$9$ one?  I dare$1#2$ say there
084:428,27[I  ]| are girls it would have taken longer, just$9$ as there are
084:428,28[I  ]| certainly others who$6#1$ would not have required so$5#1$ much
084:428,29[I  ]| as an hour.  It surely is not news to$4$ you that$3$ if some
084:428,30[I  ]| young persons among us all are very stupid and others
084:428,31[I  ]| very wise, \my\ dear$2#1$ child was never either, but only
084:428,32[I  ]| perfectly bred and deliciously clever.  Ah \that$6#2$\ ~ 
084:429,01[I  ]| rather!  If she is so$5#1$ clever that$3$ you do not know what
084:429,02[I  ]| to$9$ do with her it is scarcely \her\ fault.  But add to$4$ it
084:429,03[I  ]| that$3$ $M$Mitchy is very kind$2$, and you have the whole$2$
084:429,04[I  ]| thing.  What$6#2$ more do you want$1$?"
084:429,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, who$6#1$ looked immensely struck, replied
084:429,06['  ]| with the promptest sympathy, yet as if there might
084:429,07['  ]| have been an alternative. 
084:429,07[D  ]| "I do not think" 
084:429,07['  ]| ~ and her
084:429,08['  ]| eyes appealed to$4$ the others ~ 
084:429,08[D  ]| "that$3$ we want$1$ \any\
084:429,09[D  ]| more, do we? than the whole$2$ thing."
084:429,10[C  ]| "Gracious, I should hope$1$ not!" 
084:429,10['  ]| her husband
084:429,11['  ]| remarked as privately as before$5$ to$4$ $B$Vanderbank.
084:429,12[C  ]| "$I$Jane ~ for$4$ a mixed company ~ does go into it."
084:429,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, for$4$ a minute$0$ and with a special short$2$
084:429,14['  ]| arrest, took in the circle. 
084:429,14[B  ]| "Should you call$1$ us ""mixed""?
084:429,15[B  ]| There is only \one\ girl."
084:429,16['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham glanced at his daughter.
084:429,17[C  ]| "Yes, but I wish$1$ there were more."
084:429,18[B  ]| "\Do\ you?" 
084:429,18['  ]| And $B$Vanderbank's laugh$0$ at this odd
084:429,19['  ]| view$0$ covered for$4$ a little, the rest$0#1$ of the talk$0$.  But
084:429,20['  ]| when he again began to$9$ follow no$2$ victory had yet
084:429,21['  ]| been snatched.
084:429,22['  ]| It was $D$Mrs%*Brook naturally who$6#1$ rattled the
084:429,23['  ]| standard. 
084:429,23[D  ]| "When you say, dearest, that$3$ we do not
084:429,24[D  ]| know what$6#1$ to$9$ ""do"" with $J$Aggie's cleverness, do you
084:429,25[D  ]| quite allow for$4$ the way we bow$1$ down$5$ before$4$ it and
084:429,26[D  ]| worship it?  I do not quite see what$6#1$ else we ~ in here
084:429,27[D  ]| ~ can do with it, even$5$ though we \have\ gathered that$3$,
084:429,28[D  ]| just$9$ over there, $N$Petherton is finding for$4$ it a different
084:429,29[D  ]| application.  We can only each in our way do our
084:429,30[D  ]| best.  Do not therefore succumb, $I$Jane, to$4$ the delusive
084:429,31[D  ]| charm$0$ of a grievance.  There would be nothing in it.
084:429,32[D  ]| You have not got one.  The beauty of the life that$6#1$ so$5#1$
084:430,01[D  ]| many of us have so$5#1$ long$9$ led together" 
084:430,01['  ]| ~ and she
084:430,02['  ]| showed that$3$ it was for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon she more particularly
084:430,03['  ]| brought this out$5$ ~ 
084:430,03[D  ]| "is precisely that$3$ nobody
084:430,04[D  ]| has even$5$ had one.  Nobody has dreamed of it ~
084:430,05[D  ]| it would have been such a rough false note$0$, a note$0$ of
084:430,06[D  ]| violence out$8$ of all keeping$0$.  Did \you\ ever hear of one,
084:430,07[D  ]| $B$Van?  Did you, my poor $M$Mitchy?  But you see for$4$
084:430,08[D  ]| yourselves," 
084:430,08['  ]| she wound$1#1$ up with a sigh$0$ and before$3$
084:430,09['  ]| either could answer$1$, 
084:430,09[D  ]| "how inferior we have become
084:430,10[D  ]| when we have even$5$ in our defence to$9$ assert such
084:430,11[D  ]| things."
084:430,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy, who$6#1$ for$4$ a while$0$ past$9$ had sat gazing at the
084:430,13['  ]| floor, now raised his good natural$2$ goggles and
084:430,14['  ]| stretched his closed mouth to$4$ its widest. 
084:430,14[M  ]| "Oh I
084:430,15[M  ]| think we are pretty$5$ good still$5$!" 
084:430,15['  ]| he then replied.
084:430,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook indeed appeared, after$4$ a pause$0$ and
084:430,17['  ]| addressing herself again to$4$ $K$Tishy, to$9$ give a reluctant
084:430,18['  ]| illustration of it, coming back$5$ as from an excursion of
084:430,19['  ]| the shortest to$4$ the question$0$ momentarily dropped.
084:430,20[D  ]| "I am bound to$9$ say ~ all the more you know ~ that$3$
084:430,21[D  ]| I do not quite see what$6#1$ $J$Aggie may not now read."
084:430,22['  ]| Suddenly, however, her look$0$ at their informant took
084:430,23['  ]| on$5$ an anxiety. 
084:430,23[D  ]| "Is the book you speak of something
084:430,24[D  ]| \very\ awful?"
084:430,25['  ]| $K$Mrs%*Grendon, with so$5#1$ much these past$9$ minutes
084:430,26['  ]| to$9$ have made her so$5#2$, was at last$0$ visibly more present$9$.
084:430,27[K  ]| "That is what$6#1$ $N$Lord*Petherton says of it.  From what
084:430,28[K  ]| he knows of the author."
084:430,29[D  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ he wants$1$ to$9$ keep her ~?"
084:430,30[K  ]| "Well$7$, from trying$1$ it first.  I think he wants$1$ to$9$ see
084:430,31[K  ]| if it is good for$4$ her."
084:430,32[I  ]| "That is one of the most charming \9soins\, I think,"
084:431,01['  ]| the $I$Duchess said, 
084:431,01[I  ]| "that$6#1$ a gentleman may$1$ render a 
084:431,02[I  ]| young woman to$4$ whom$6#1$ he desires to$9$ be useful.  I
084:431,03[I  ]| will$1$ not say that$3$ $N$Petherton always knows how good a 
084:431,04[I  ]| book may$1$ be, but I would trust$1$ him any day to$9$ say how
084:431,05[I  ]| bad."
084:431,06['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$ had sat throughout silent and
084:431,07['  ]| still$2$, quitted his seat at this and evidently in so$5#2$ doing,
084:431,08['  ]| gave $D$Mrs%*Brook as much occasion$0$ as she required.
084:431,09['  ]| She also got up and her movement brought to$4$ her
084:431,10['  ]| view$0$ at the door of the further room something that$6#1$
084:431,11['  ]| drew from her a quick$2$ exclamation. 
084:431,11[D  ]| "He can tell us
084:431,12[D  ]| now then ~ for$3$ here they come!" 
084:431,12['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton,
084:431,13['  ]| arriving with animation and followed so$5#1$ swiftly by$4$
084:431,14['  ]| his young companion that$3$ she presented herself as
084:431,15['  ]| pursuing him, shook triumphantly over his head$0$ a 
084:431,16['  ]| small volume in blue paper.  There was a general$2$
084:431,17['  ]| movement at the sight of them, and by$4$ the time they
084:431,18['  ]| had rejoined their friends the company, pushing back$5$
084:431,19['  ]| seats and causing a variety of mute expression
084:431,20['  ]| smoothly to$9$ circulate, was pretty$5$ well$9$ on$4$ its feet.
084:431,21[D  ]| "See ~ he \has\ pulled her off!" 
084:431,21['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
084:431,22['  ]| Little $J$Aggie, to$4$ whom$6#1$ plenty of pearls were singularly
084:431,23['  ]| becoming$2$, met it as pleasant sympathy.
084:431,24[J  ]| "Yes, and it was a \real\ pull.  But of course$8$," 
084:431,24['  ]| she
084:431,25['  ]| continued with the prettiest humour and as if $D$Mrs%*Brook
084:431,26['  ]| would quite understand, 
084:431,26[J  ]| "from the moment
084:431,27[J  ]| one has a persons's nails, and almost his teeth, in
084:431,28[J  ]| one's flesh ~!"
084:431,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook's sympathy passed, however, with no$2$
084:431,30['  ]| great ease$0$ from $J$Aggie's pearls to$4$ her other charms; 
084:431,31['  ]| fixing the former indeed so$5#1$ markedly that$3$ $E$Harold had
084:431,32['  ]| a quick$2$ word about$4$ it for$4$ $G$Lady*Fanny. 
084:431,32[E  ]| "When poor
084:432,01[E  ]| mummy thinks, you know, that$3$ $A$Nanda might have
084:432,02[E  ]| had them ~!"
084:432,03['  ]| $G$Lady*Fanny's attention, for$4$ that$6#2$ matter, had
084:432,04['  ]| resisted them as little. 
084:432,04[G  ]| "Well$7$, I dare$1#2$ say that$3$ if I had
084:432,05[G  ]| wanted \I\ might!"
084:432,06[E  ]| "Lord$7$ ~ \could\ you have stood him?" 
084:432,06['  ]| the young
084:432,07['  ]| man returned. 
084:432,07[E  ]| "But I believe women can stand$1$ anything!"
084:432,08['  ]| he profoundly concluded.  His mother meanwhile,
084:432,09['  ]| recovering herself, had begun to$9$ ejaculate on$4$
084:432,10['  ]| the prints in $J$Aggie's arms, and he was then diverted
084:432,11['  ]| from the sense of 
084:432,11@e   | what$6#1$ he "personally," 
084:432,11['  ]| as he would
084:432,12['  ]| have said, 
084:432,12@e   | could not have stood, 
084:432,12['  ]| by$4$ a glance$0$ at $N$Lord*Petherton's
084:432,13['  ]| trophy, for$4$ which$6#1$ he made a prompt$2$
084:432,14['  ]| grab. 
084:432,14[E  ]| "The bone of contention?" 
084:432,14['  ]| $N$Lord*Petherton
084:432,15['  ]| had let it go and $E$Harold remained arrested by$4$ the
084:432,16['  ]| cover. 
084:432,16[E  ]| "Why blest if it has not $B$Van's name$0$!"
084:432,17[D  ]| "$B$Van's?"  
084:432,17['  ]| ~ his mother was near$9$ enough to$9$ effect$1$
084:432,18['  ]| her own$2$ snatch, after$4$ which$6#1$ she swiftly faced the
084:432,19['  ]| proprietor of the volume. 
084:432,19[D  ]| "Dear$2#1$ man, it is the last$2$
084:432,20[D  ]| thing you lent me!  But I do not think," 
084:432,20['  ]| she added,
084:432,21['  ]| turning$1$ to$4$ $K$Tishy, 
084:432,21[D  ]| "that$3$ I ever passed such a production
084:432,22[D  ]| on$5$ to$4$ \you\."
084:432,23[J  ]| "It was just$9$ seeing $B$Mr%*Van's hand," 
084:432,23['  ]| $J$Aggie conscientiously
084:432,24['  ]| explained, 
084:432,24[J  ]| "that$6#1$ made me think one was
084:432,25[J  ]| free ~!"
084:432,26[D  ]| "But it is not $B$Mr%*Van's hand!" 
084:432,26['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brook
084:432,27['  ]| quite smiled at the error.  She thrust the book straight
084:432,28['  ]| at $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
084:432,28[D  ]| "\Is\ that$6#2$ $B$Mr%*Van's hand?"
084:432,29['  ]| Holding the disputed object$0$, which$6#1$ he had put on$5$
084:432,30['  ]| his nippers to$9$ glance$1$ at, he presently, without speaking,
084:432,31['  ]| looked over these aids straight at $A$Nanda, who$6#1$
084:432,32['  ]| looked as straight back$5$ at him. 
084:432,32[A  ]| "It was I who$6#1$ wrote
084:433,01[A  ]| $B$Mr%*Van's name$0$." 
084:433,01['  ]| The girl's eyes were on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon,
084:433,02['  ]| but her words as for$4$ the company. 
084:433,02[A  ]| "I brought
084:433,03[A  ]| the book here from Buckingham*Crescent and left$1$ it
084:433,04[A  ]| by$4$ accident in the other room."
084:433,05[D  ]| "By$4$ accident, my dear$2#1$," 
084:433,05['  ]| her mother replied, 
084:433,05[D  ]| "I do
084:433,06[D  ]| quite hope$1$.  But what$6#2$ on$4$ earth did you bring it for$4$?
084:433,07[D  ]| It is too$5#1$ hideous."
084:433,08['  ]| $A$Nanda seemed to$9$ wonder$1$. 
084:433,08[A  ]| "Is it?" 
084:433,08['  ]| she murmured.
084:433,09[D  ]| "Then you have not read it?"
084:433,10['  ]| She just$9$ hesitated. 
084:433,10[A  ]| "One hardly knows now, I 
084:433,11[A  ]| think, what$6#1$ is and what$6#1$ is not."
084:433,12[K  ]| "She brought it only for$4$ \me\ to$9$ read," 
084:433,12['  ]| $K$Tishy gravely
084:433,13['  ]| interposed.
084:433,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook looked strange. 
084:433,14[D  ]| "$A$Nanda \recommended\
084:433,15[D  ]| it?"
084:433,16[K  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ the contrary$0$." 
084:433,16['  ]| $K$Tishy, as if scared by$4$
084:433,17['  ]| so$5#1$ much publicity, floundered a little. 
084:433,17[K  ]| "She only told
084:433,18[K  ]| me ~"
084:433,19[D  ]| "The awful subject$0$?" 
084:433,19['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wailed.
084:433,20['  ]| There was so$5#1$ deepening an echo of the drollery of
084:433,21['  ]| this last$2$ passage that$3$ it was a minute$0$ before$4$ $B$Vanderbank
084:433,22['  ]| could be heard saying: 
084:433,22[B  ]| "The responsibility is
084:433,23[B  ]| wholly mine$6$ for$4$ setting the beastly thing in motion.
084:433,24[B  ]| Still$5$," 
084:433,24['  ]| he added good-humouredly and as to$9$ minimise
084:433,25['  ]| if not the cause at least the consequence, 
084:433,25[B  ]| "I think
084:433,26[B  ]| I agree with $A$Nanda that$3$ it is no$2$ worse than anything
084:433,27[B  ]| else."
084:433,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had recovered the volume from $L$Mr%*Longdon's
084:433,29['  ]| relaxed hand and now, without another
084:433,30['  ]| glance$0$ at it, held it behind her with an unusual air of
084:433,31['  ]| firmness. 
084:433,31[D  ]| "Oh how can you say that$6#2$, my dear$2#1$ man,
084:433,32[D  ]| of anything so$5#1$ revolting?"
084:434,01['  ]| The discussion kept them for$4$ the instant$0$ well$9$ face$0$
084:434,02['  ]| to$4$ face$0$. 
084:434,02[B  ]| "Then did \you\ read it?"
084:434,03['  ]| She debated, jerking the book into the nearest
084:434,04['  ]| empty$2$ chair, where $F$Mr%*Cashmore quickly pounced
084:434,05['  ]| on$4$ it. 
084:434,05[D  ]| "Was not it for$4$ that$6#2$ you brought it me?" 
084:434,05['  ]| she
084:434,06['  ]| demanded.  Yet before$3$ he could answer$1$ she again
084:434,07['  ]| challenged her child. 
084:434,07[D  ]| "Have you read this work$0$,
084:434,08[D  ]| $A$Nanda?"
084:434,09[A  ]| "Yes mamma."
084:434,10[F  ]| "Oh I say!" 
084:434,10['  ]| cried $F$Mr%*Cashmore, hilarious and
084:434,11['  ]| turning$1$ the leaves$0$.
084:434,12['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had by$4$ this time ceremoniously approached
084:434,13['  ]| $K$Tishy. 
084:434,13[L  ]| "Good-night."
091:437,01[D  ]| "I think then you had better$9$ wait," 
091:437,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook said,
091:437,02[D  ]| "till I see if he has gone;" 
091:437,02['  ]| and on$4$ the arrival the
091:437,03['  ]| next moment of the servants with the tea she was able to$9$
091:437,04['  ]| put her question$0$. 
091:437,04[D  ]| "Is $F$Mr%*Cashmore still$5$ with $A$Miss*Brookenham?"
091:437,05[D  ]|  
091:437,06[P  ]| "No$7$, ma'am," 
091:437,06['  ]| the footman replied. 
091:437,06[P  ]| "I let $F$Mr%*Cashmore
091:437,07[P  ]| out$5$ five minutes ago."
091:437,08['  ]| $B$Vanderbank showed for$4$ the next short$2$ time by$4$ his
091:437,09['  ]| behaviour what$6#1$ he felt at not yet being$1$ free to$9$ act$1$ on$4$
091:437,10['  ]| this; moving pointlessly about$4$ the room while$9$ the
091:437,11['  ]| servants arranged the tea-table and taking no$2$ trouble$0$
091:437,12['  ]| to$9$ make$1$, for$4$ appearance, any other talk$0$.  $D$Mrs%*Brook,
091:437,13['  ]| on$4$ her side$0$, took so$5#1$ little that$3$ the silence$0$ ~ which$6#1$
091:437,14['  ]| their temporary companions had all the effect$0$ of
091:437,15['  ]| keeping$1$ up by$4$ conscious dawdling ~ became precisely
091:437,16['  ]| one of those precious lights for$4$ the circle belowstairs
091:437,17['  ]| which$6#1$ people fondly fancy$1$ they have not kindled
091:437,18['  ]| when they have not spoken.  But $B$Vanderbank spoke
091:437,19['  ]| again as soon as the door was closed. 
091:437,19[B  ]| "Does he
091:437,20[B  ]| run$1$ in and out$5$ that$6#2$ way without even$5$ speaking to$4$
091:437,21[B  ]| \you\?"
091:437,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook turned away from the fire$0$ that$6#1$, late in
091:437,23['  ]| May$0$, was the only charm$0$ of the crude cold$2$ afternoon.
091:437,24[D  ]| "One would like$1$ to$9$ draw the curtains, would not one?
091:437,25[D  ]| and gossip in the glow of the hearth."
091:437,26[B  ]| "Oh ""gossip""!" 
091:437,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank wearily said as he
091:437,27['  ]| came to$4$ her pretty$2$ table.
091:438,01['  ]| In the act$0$ of serving him she checked herself. 
091:438,01[D  ]| "You
091:438,02[D  ]| would not rather have it with \her\?"
091:438,03['  ]| He balanced a moment. 
091:438,03[B  ]| "Does she have a tea of
091:438,04[B  ]| her own$2$?"
091:438,05[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ to$9$ say you do not know?" 
091:438,05['  ]| ~ $D$Mrs%*Brook
091:438,06['  ]| asked it with surprise$0$. 
091:438,06[D  ]| "Such ignorance of
091:438,07[D  ]| what$6#1$ I do for$4$ her does tell, I think, the tale of how
091:438,08[D  ]| you have lately treated us."
091:438,09[B  ]| "In not coming for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$?"
091:438,10[D  ]| "For$4$ more weeks, for$4$ more months than I can
091:438,11[D  ]| count.  Scarcely since ~ when was it?  ~ the end$0$ of
091:438,12[D  ]| January, that$6#2$ night of $K$Tishy's dinner."
091:438,13[B  ]| "Yes, that$6#2$ awful night."
091:438,14[D  ]| "Awful, you call$1$ it?"
091:438,15[B  ]| "Awful."
091:438,16[D  ]| "Well$7$, the time without you," 
091:438,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook returned,
091:438,17[D  ]| "has been so$5#1$ bad that$3$ I am afraid I have lost the impression
091:438,18[D  ]| of anything before$5$." 
091:438,18['  ]| Then she offered the
091:438,19['  ]| tea to$4$ his choice$0$. 
091:438,19[D  ]| "\Will$1$\ you have it upstairs?"
091:438,20['  ]| He received the cup. 
091:438,20[B  ]| "Yes, and here too$5#2$." 
091:438,20['  ]| After$4$
091:438,21['  ]| which$6#1$ he said nothing again till, first pouring in milk
091:438,22['  ]| to$9$ cool$1$ it, he had drunk his tea down$5$. 
091:438,22[B  ]| "That is not
091:438,23[B  ]| literally true, you know.  I \have\ been in."
091:438,24[D  ]| "Yes, but always with other people ~ you managed
091:438,25[D  ]| it somehow; the wrong$2$ ones.  It has not counted."
091:438,26[B  ]| "Ah in one way and another I think everything
091:438,27[B  ]| counts.  And you forget I have dined."
091:438,28[D  ]| "Oh ~ for$4$ once!"
091:438,29[B  ]| "The once you asked me.  So$3$ do not spoil the
091:438,30[B  ]| beauty of your own$2$ behaviour by$4$ mistimed reflexions.
091:438,31[B  ]| You have been, as usual, superior$2$."
091:438,32[D  ]| "Ah but there has been no$2$ beauty in it.  There has
091:439,01[D  ]| been nothing," 
091:439,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$, 
091:439,01[D  ]| "but bare bleak
091:439,02[D  ]| recognition, the curse of my hideous intelligence.
091:439,03[D  ]| We have fallen to$4$ pieces, and at least I am not such a 
091:439,04[D  ]| fool as not to$9$ have felt it in time.  From the moment
091:439,05[D  ]| one did feel it why should one insist on$4$ vain forms?
091:439,06[D  ]| If \you\ felt it, and were so$5#1$ ready to$9$ drop$1$ them, my
091:439,07[D  ]| part$0$ was what$6#1$ it has always been ~ to$9$ accept the
091:439,08[D  ]| inevitable.  We shall never grow together again.  The
091:439,09[D  ]| smash was too$5#1$ great."
091:439,10['  ]| $B$Vanderbank for$4$ a little said nothing; then at last$0$:
091:439,11[B  ]| "You ought to$9$ know how great!"
091:439,12['  ]| Whatever had happened her lovely look$0$ here survived 
091:439,13['  ]| it. 
091:439,13[D  ]| "I?"
091:439,14[B  ]| "The smash," 
091:439,14['  ]| he replied, 
091:439,14[B  ]| "was indeed as complete$2$,
091:439,15[B  ]| I think, as your intention.  Each of the ""pieces"" testifies
091:439,16[B  ]| to$4$ your success.  Five minutes did it."
091:439,17['  ]| She appeared to$9$ wonder$1$ where he was going. 
091:439,17[D  ]| "But
091:439,18[D  ]| surely not \my\ minutes.  Where have you discovered
091:439,19[D  ]| that$3$ I made $M$Mitchy's marriage?"
091:439,20[B  ]| "$M$Mitchy's marriage has nothing to$9$ do with it."
091:439,21[D  ]| "I see." 
091:439,21['  ]| She had the old interest$0$ at least still$5$ at
091:439,22['  ]| their service. 
091:439,22[D  ]| "You think we might have survived
091:439,23[D  ]| that$6#2$." 
091:439,23['  ]| A new thought$0$ of it seemed to$9$ glimmer. 
091:439,23[D  ]| "I am
091:439,24[D  ]| bound to$9$ say $M$Mitchy's marriage promises$1$ elements."
091:439,25[B  ]| "You did it that$6#2$ night at $K$Mrs%*Grendon's." 
091:439,25['  ]| He
091:439,26['  ]| spoke as if he had not heard her. 
091:439,26[B  ]| "It was a wonderful
091:439,27[B  ]| performance.  You pulled us down$5$ ~ just$9$ closing
091:439,28[B  ]| with each of the great columns in its turn$0$ ~ as $Z2$Samson
091:439,29[B  ]| pulled down$5$ the temple.  I was at the time more or
091:439,30[B  ]| less bruised and buried and did not in the agitation
091:439,31[B  ]| and confusion fully understand what$6#1$ had happened.
091:439,32[B  ]| But I understand now."
091:440,01[D  ]| "Are you very sure?" 
091:440,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook earnestly asked.
091:440,02[B  ]| "Well$7$, I am stupid compared with you, but you
091:440,03[B  ]| see I have taken my time.  I have puzzled it out$5$.  I have
091:440,04[B  ]| laid awake$2$ on$4$ it: all the more that$3$ I have had to$9$ do it
091:440,05[B  ]| all myself ~ with the $M1$Mitchys in Italy and Greece. 
091:440,06[B  ]| I have missed his aid."
091:440,07[D  ]| "You will$1$ have it now," 
091:440,07['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook kindly said.
091:440,08[D  ]| "They are coming back$5$."
091:440,09[B  ]| "And when do they arrive?"
091:440,10[D  ]| "Any day, I believe."
091:440,11[B  ]| "Has he written you?"
091:440,12[D  ]| "No$7$," 
091:440,12['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook ~ 
091:440,12[D  ]| "there it is.  That is just$9$
091:440,13[D  ]| the way we have fallen to$4$ pieces.  But you will$1$ of course$8$
091:440,14[D  ]| have heard something."
091:440,15[B  ]| "Never a word."
091:440,16[D  ]| "Ah then it is complete$2$."
091:440,17['  ]| $B$Vanderbank thought$1$ a moment. 
091:440,17[B  ]| "Not quite, is it?
091:440,18[B  ]| ~ I mean$1$ it will$1$ not be altogether unless he has not
091:440,19[B  ]| written to$4$ $A$Nanda."
091:440,20[D  ]| "Then \has\ he?" 
091:440,20['  ]| ~ she was keen again.
091:440,21[B  ]| "Oh I am assuming.  Do not \you\ know?"
091:440,22[D  ]| "How should I?"
091:440,23['  ]| This too$5#2$ he turned over. 
091:440,23[B  ]| "Just$9$ as a consequence
091:440,24[B  ]| of your having, at $K$Tishy's, so$5#1$ abruptly and wonderfully
091:440,25[B  ]| tackled the question$0$ that$6#1$ a few days later,
091:440,26[B  ]| as I afterwards gathered, was to$9$ be crowned with
091:440,27[B  ]| a measure$0$ of success not yet exhausted.  Why, in
091:440,28[B  ]| other words ~ if it was to$9$ know so$5#1$ little about$4$ her
091:440,29[B  ]| and to$9$ get no$2$ nearer to$4$ her ~ did you bring about$5$
091:440,30[B  ]| $A$Nanda's return$0$?"
091:440,31['  ]| There was a clear$2$ reason$0$, her face$0$ said, if she could
091:440,32['  ]| only remember it. 
091:440,32[D  ]| "Why did I ~?" 
091:440,32['  ]| Then as catching
091:441,01['  ]| a light$0$: 
091:441,01[D  ]| "Fancy$1$ your asking me ~ at this time
091:441,02[D  ]| of day!"
091:441,03[B  ]| "Ah you \have\ noticed that$3$ I have not asked before$5$?
091:441,04[B  ]| However," 
091:441,04['  ]| $B$Van promptly added, 
091:441,04[B  ]| "I know well$9$
091:441,05[B  ]| enough what$6#1$ you notice$1$.  $A$Nanda has not mentioned
091:441,06[B  ]| to$4$ you whether or no$2$ she has heard?"
091:441,07[D  ]| "Absolutely not.  But you do not suppose, I take it,
091:441,08[D  ]| that$3$ it was to$9$ pry into her affairs I called her in."
091:441,09['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, on$4$ this,lighted for$4$ the first time with
091:441,10['  ]| a laugh$0$. 
091:441,10[B  ]| """Called her in""?  How I like$1$ your expressions!"
091:441,11[B  ]|  
091:441,12[D  ]| "I do then, in spite$8$ of all," 
091:441,12['  ]| she eagerly asked, 
091:441,12[D  ]| "remind
091:441,13[D  ]| you a little of the \9bon*temps\?  Ah," 
091:441,13['  ]| she sighed,
091:441,14[D  ]| "I do not say anything good now.  But of course$8$ I see
091:441,15[D  ]| $I$Jane ~ though not so$5#1$ often either.  It is from $I$Jane
091:441,16[D  ]| I have heard of what$6#1$ she calls$1$ her ""young things.""  It
091:441,17[D  ]| seems so$5#1$ odd to$9$ think of $M$Mitchy as a young thing.
091:441,18[D  ]| He is as old as all time, and his wife, who$6#1$ the other
091:441,19[D  ]| day was about$5$ six, is now practically about$5$ forty.
091:441,20[D  ]| And I also saw $N$Petherton," 
091:441,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook added, 
091:441,20[D  ]| "on$4$
091:441,21[D  ]| his return$0$."
091:441,22[B  ]| "His return$0$ from where?"
091:441,23[D  ]| "Why he was with them at Corfu, Malta, Cyprus 
091:441,24[D  ]| ~ I do not know where; yachting, spending $M$Mitchy's
091:441,25[D  ]| money, ""larking,"" he called it ~ I do not know what$6#1$.
091:441,26[D  ]| He was with them for$4$ weeks."
091:441,27[B  ]| "Till $I$Jane, you mean$1$, called him in?"
091:441,28[D  ]| "I think it must have been that$6#2$."
091:441,29[B  ]| "Well$7$, that is better$9$," 
091:441,29['  ]| said $B$Van, 
091:441,29[B  ]| "than if $M$Mitchy
091:441,30[B  ]| had had to$9$ call$1$ him out$5$."
091:441,31[D  ]| "Oh $M$Mitchy ~!" 
091:441,31['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook comprehensively
091:441,32['  ]| sounded.
091:442,01['  ]| Her visitor quite assented. 
091:442,01[B  ]| "Is not he amazing?"
091:442,02[B  ]|  
091:442,03[D  ]| "Unique."
091:442,04['  ]| He had a short$2$ pause$0$. 
091:442,04[B  ]| "But what$6#2$ is she up to$4$?"
091:442,05['  ]| It was apparently for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook a question$0$ of such
091:442,06['  ]| variety of application that$3$ she brought out$5$ experimentally:
091:442,07[D  ]| "$I$Jane?"
091:442,08[B  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$.  I think we have fathomed ""$I$Jane,"" have not
091:442,09[B  ]| we?"
091:442,10[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
091:442,10['  ]| mused $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
091:442,10[D  ]| "I am by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
091:442,11[D  ]| sure \I\ have.  Just$9$ of late I have had a new sense!"
091:442,12[B  ]| "Yes, of what$6#2$ now?" 
091:442,12['  ]| $B$Van amusedly put it as she
091:442,13['  ]| held the note$0$.
091:442,14[D  ]| "Oh of depths below depths.  But poor $I$Jane ~ of
091:442,15[D  ]| course$8$ after$4$ all she is human.  She is beside$4$ herself
091:442,16[D  ]| with one thing and another, but she can not in any
091:442,17[D  ]| consistency show$1$ it.  She took her stand$0$ so$5#2$ on$4$ having
091:442,18[D  ]| with $N$Petherton's aid formed $J$Aggie for$4$ a \9femme*charmante\ ~!"
091:442,19[D  ]|
091:442,20[B  ]| "That$3$ it is too$5#1$ late to$9$ cry$1$ out$5$ that$3$ $N$Petherton's aid
091:442,21[B  ]| can now be dispensed with?  Do you mean$1$ then that$3$
091:442,22[B  ]| he \is\ such a brute that$3$ after$4$ all $M$Mitchy has done for$4$
091:442,23[B  ]| him ~?" 
091:442,23['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, at the rising image, pulled up
091:442,24['  ]| in easy disgust$0$.
091:442,25[D  ]| "I think him quite capable of considering with a 
091:442,26[D  ]| magnificent insolence of selfishness that$3$ what$6#1$ $M$Mitchy
091:442,27[D  ]| has \most\ done will$1$ have been to$9$ make$1$ $J$Aggie accessible
091:442,28[D  ]| in a way that$6#1$ ~ for$4$ decency and delicacy of course$8$,
091:442,29[D  ]| things on$4$ which$6#1$ $N$Petherton highly prides himself ~
091:442,30[D  ]| she could naturally not be as a girl.  Her marriage has
091:442,31[D  ]| simplified it."
091:442,32['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took it all in. 
091:442,32[B  ]| """Accessible"" is good!
091:443,01[B  ]| Then ~ which$6#1$ was what$6#1$ I intended just$9$ now ~
091:443,02[B  ]| $J$Aggie has already become so$5#2$?"
091:443,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, however, could as yet in fairness only
091:443,04['  ]| wonder$1$. 
091:443,04[D  ]| "That is just$9$ what$6#1$ I am dying to$9$ see."
091:443,05['  ]| Her companion smiled at it. 
091:443,05[B  ]| """Even$5$ in our ashes
091:443,06[B  ]| live their wonted fires""!  But what$6#2$ do you make$1$, in
091:443,07[B  ]| such a box, of poor $M$Mitchy himself?  His marriage can
091:443,08[B  ]| scarcely to$4$ such an extent have simplified \him\."
091:443,09['  ]| It was something, none the less, that$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook
091:443,10['  ]| had to$9$ weigh. 
091:443,10[D  ]| "I do not know.  I give up.  The thing
091:443,11[D  ]| was of a strangeness!"
091:443,12['  ]| Her friend also paused, and it was as if for$4$ a little
091:443,13['  ]| on$4$ either side$0$ of a gate on$4$ which$6#1$ they might have had
091:443,14['  ]| their elbows, they remained looking at each other
091:443,15['  ]| over it and over what$6#1$ was unsaid between them. 
091:443,15[B  ]| "It
091:443,16[B  ]| \was\ ""rum""!" 
091:443,16['  ]| he at last$0$ merely dropped.
091:443,17['  ]| It was scarce for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook, all the same ~ she
091:443,18['  ]| seemed to$9$ feel after$4$ a moment ~ to$9$ surround the matter
091:443,19['  ]| with an excess of silence$0$. 
091:443,19[D  ]| "He did what$6#1$ a man
091:443,20[D  ]| does ~ especially in that$6#2$ business ~ when he does not
091:443,21[D  ]| do what$6#1$ he wants$1$."
091:443,22[B  ]| "Do you mean$1$ what$6#1$ somebody else wanted?"
091:443,23[D  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#1$ he himself \did not\.  And if he is unhappy,"
091:443,24['  ]| she went on$5$, 
091:443,24[D  ]| "he will$1$ know whom$6#1$ to$9$ pitch into."
091:443,25[B  ]| "Ah," 
091:443,25['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank, 
091:443,25[B  ]| "even$5$ if he is he will$1$ not be
091:443,26[B  ]| the man to$4$ what$6#1$ you might call$1$ ""vent"" it on$4$ her.  He will$1$
091:443,27[B  ]| seek compensations elsewhere and will$1$ not mind$1$ any
091:443,28[B  ]| ridicule$0#1$ ~!"
091:443,29[D  ]| "Whom$6#2$ are you speaking of as ""her""?" 
091:443,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
091:443,30['  ]| asked as on$4$ feeling$1$ that$3$ something in her face$0$
091:443,31['  ]| had made him stop$1$. 
091:443,31[D  ]| "I was not referring," 
091:443,31['  ]| she explained,
091:443,32[D  ]| "to$4$ his wife."
091:444,01[B  ]| "Oh!" 
091:444,01['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank.
091:444,02[D  ]| "$J$Aggie does not matter," 
091:444,02['  ]| she went on$5$.
091:444,03[B  ]| "Oh!" 
091:444,03['  ]| he repeated. 
091:444,03[B  ]| "You meant the $I$Duchess?"
091:444,04['  ]| he then threw off.
091:444,05[D  ]| "Do not be silly!" 
091:444,05['  ]| she rejoined. 
091:444,05[D  ]| "He \may$1$\ not
091:444,06[D  ]| become unhappy ~ God grant \not\!" 
091:444,06['  ]| she developed.
091:444,07[D  ]| "But if he does he will$1$ take it out$8$ of $A$Nanda."
091:444,08['  ]| $B$Van appeared to$9$ challenge this. 
091:444,08[B  ]| """Take it out$8$"" of
091:444,09[B  ]| her?"
091:444,10[D  ]| "Well$7$, want$1$ to$9$ know, as some American asked me
091:444,11[D  ]| the other day of somebody, what$6#1$ she is ""going to$9$ do""
091:444,12[D  ]| about$4$ it."
091:444,13['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ had remained on$4$ his feet stood
091:444,14['  ]| still$2$ at this for$4$ a longer time than at anything yet.
091:444,15[B  ]| "But what$6#2$ \can\ she ""do"" ~?"
091:444,16[D  ]| "That is again just$9$ what$6#1$ I am curious to$9$ see." 
091:444,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
091:444,17['  ]| then spoke with a glance$0$ at the clock. 
091:444,17[D  ]| "But
091:444,18[D  ]| if you do not go up to$4$ her ~!"
091:444,19[B  ]| "My notion of seeing her alone may$1$ be defeated
091:444,20[B  ]| by$4$ her coming down$5$ on$4$ learning that$3$ I am here?"
091:444,21['  ]| He had taken out$5$ his watch$0$. 
091:444,21[B  ]| "I will$1$ go in a moment.
091:444,22[B  ]| But, as a light$0$ on$4$ that$6#2$ danger, would \you\, in the circumstances,
091:444,23[B  ]| come down$5$?"
091:444,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, however, could for$4$ light$0$ only look$1$
091:444,25['  ]| darkness. 
091:444,25[D  ]| "Oh you do not love$1$ \me\!"
091:444,26['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, still$5$ with his watch$0$, stared then as
091:444,27['  ]| an alternative at the fire$0$. 
091:444,27[B  ]| "You have not yet told
091:444,28[B  ]| me you know, if $F$Mr%*Cashmore now comes \every\
091:444,29[B  ]| day."
091:444,30[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ man, how can I say?  You have just$9$ your
091:444,31[D  ]| occasion$0$ to$9$ find out$5$."
091:444,32[B  ]| "From \her\, you mean$1$?"
091:445,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook hesitated. 
091:445,01[D  ]| "Unless you prefer the footman.
091:445,02[D  ]| Must I again remind you that$3$, with her own$2$
091:445,03[D  ]| sitting-room and one of the men, in addition to$4$
091:445,04[D  ]| her maid, wholly at her orders$0#1$, her independence is
091:445,05[D  ]| ideal?"
091:445,06['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, who$6#1$ appeared to$9$ have been timing
091:445,07['  ]| himself, put up his watch$0$. 
091:445,07[B  ]| "I am bound to$9$ say then
091:445,08[B  ]| that$3$ with separations so$5#2$ established I understand less
091:445,09[B  ]| than ever your unforgettable explosion."
091:445,10[D  ]| "Ah you come back$5$ to$4$ that$6#2$?" 
091:445,10['  ]| she wearily asked.
091:445,11[D  ]| "And you find it, with all you have to$9$ think about$4$,
091:445,12[D  ]| unforgettable?"
091:445,13[B  ]| "Oh but there was a wild light$0$ in your eye ~!"
091:445,14[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
091:445,14['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook said, 
091:445,14[D  ]| "you see it now quite
091:445,15[D  ]| gone out$5$." 
091:445,15['  ]| She had spoken more sadly than sharply,
091:445,16['  ]| but her impatience had the next moment a flicker.
091:445,17[D  ]| "I called $A$Nanda in because I wanted to$9$."
091:445,18[B  ]| "Precisely; but what$6#1$ I do not make$1$ out$5$, you see, is
091:445,19[B  ]| what$6#1$ you have since gained by$4$ it."
091:445,20[D  ]| "You mean$1$ she only hates me the more?"
091:445,21['  ]| $B$Van's impatience, in the movement with which$6#1$
091:445,22['  ]| he turned from her, had a flare still$5$ sharper. 
091:445,22[B  ]| "You
091:445,23[B  ]| know I am incapable of meaning$1$ anything of the
091:445,24[B  ]| sort."
091:445,25['  ]| She waited a minute$0$ while$9$ his back$0$ was presented.
091:445,26[D  ]| "I sometimes think in effect$0$ that$3$ you are incapable
091:445,27[D  ]| of anything straightforward."
091:445,28['  ]| $B$Vanderbank's movement had not been to$4$ the door,
091:445,29['  ]| but he almost reached it after$4$ giving her, on$4$ this, a 
091:445,30['  ]| hard look$0$.  He then stopped short$2$, however, to$9$ stare
091:445,31['  ]| an instant$0$ still$5$ more fixedly into the hat he held in his
091:445,32['  ]| hand; the consequence of which$6#1$ in turn$0$ was that$3$ he
091:446,01['  ]| the next minute$0$ stood again before$4$ her chair. 
091:446,01[B  ]| "Do not
091:446,02[B  ]| you call$1$ it straightforward of me just$9$ not to$9$ have come
091:446,03[B  ]| for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$?"
091:446,04['  ]| She had again to$9$ take time to$9$ say. 
091:446,04[D  ]| "Is that$6#2$ an
091:446,05[D  ]| allusion to$4$ what$6#1$ ~ by$4$ the loss of your beautiful presence ~
091:446,06[D  ]| I have failed to$9$ ""gain""?  I dare$1#2$ say at any
091:446,07[D  ]| rate$0$" 
091:446,01['  ]| ~ she gave him no$2$ time to$9$ reply$1$ ~ 
091:446,01[D  ]| "that$3$ you
091:446,08[D  ]| feel you are quite as straightforward as I and that$3$
091:446,09[D  ]| we are neither of us creatures of mere rash impulse.
091:446,10[D  ]| There was a time in fact, was not there?  when we
091:446,11[D  ]| rather enjoyed each other's dim depths.  If I wanted
091:446,12[D  ]| to$9$ fawn on$4$ you," 
091:446,12['  ]| she went on$5$, 
091:446,12[D  ]| "I might say that$3$
091:446,13[D  ]| with such a comrade in obliquity to$9$ wind and double$1$
091:446,14[D  ]| about$5$ with, I would risk$1$ losing myself in the mine$0$.  But
091:446,15[D  ]| why retort or recriminate?  Let us not, for$4$ God's
091:446,16[D  ]| sake, be vulgar ~ we have not yet, bad as it is, come
091:446,17[D  ]| to$4$ \that$6#2$\.  I \can\ be, no$2$ doubt$0$ ~ I some day \must\ be:
091:446,18[D  ]| I feel it looming at me out$8$ of the awful future as an
091:446,19[D  ]| inevitable fate.  But let it be for$4$ when I am old and
091:446,20[D  ]| horrible; not an hour before$5$.  I do want$1$ to$9$ live a 
091:446,21[D  ]| little even$5$ yet.  So$3$ you ought to$9$ let me off easily ~
091:446,22[D  ]| even$5$ as I let you."
091:446,23[B  ]| "Oh I know," 
091:446,23['  ]| said $B$Vanderbank handsomely,
091:446,24[B  ]| "that$3$ there are things you do not put to$4$ me!  You
091:446,25[B  ]| show$1$ a tact!"
091:446,26[D  ]| "There it is.  And I like$1$ much better$9$," 
091:446,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
091:446,27['  ]| went on$5$, 
091:446,27[D  ]| "our speaking of it as delicacy than as
091:446,28[D  ]| duplicity.  If you understand, it is so$5#1$ much saved."
091:446,29[B  ]| "What$6#1$ I always understand more than anything
091:446,30[B  ]| else," 
091:446,30['  ]| he returned, 
091:446,30[B  ]| "is the general$2$ truth that$3$ you are
091:446,31[B  ]| prodigious."
091:446,32['  ]| It was perhaps a little as relapse from tension that$3$
091:447,01['  ]| she had nothing against that$6#2$. 
091:447,01[D  ]| "As for$4$ instance$0$ when
091:447,02[D  ]| it \would\ be so$5#1$ easy ~!"
091:447,03[B  ]| "Yes, to$9$ take up what$6#1$ lies$1$ there, you yet so$5#1$ splendidly
091:447,04[B  ]| abstain."
091:447,05[D  ]| "You literally press$1$ upon me my opportunity?
091:447,06[D  ]| It is \you\ who$6#1$ are splendid!" 
091:447,06['  ]| she rather strangely
091:447,07['  ]| laughed.
091:447,08[B  ]| "Do not you at least want$1$ to$9$ say," 
091:447,08['  ]| he went on$5$
091:447,09['  ]| with a slight$2$ flush, 
091:447,09[B  ]| "what$6#1$ you \most\ obviously and
091:447,10[B  ]| naturally might?"
091:447,11['  ]| Appealed to$4$ on$4$ the question$0$ of underlying desire$0$,
091:447,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went through$4$ the decent form$0$ of appearing
091:447,13['  ]| to$9$ try to$9$ give it the benefit of any doubt$0$. 
091:447,13[D  ]| "Do not
091:447,14[D  ]| I want$1$, you mean$1$, to$9$ find out$5$ before$3$ you go up what$6#1$
091:447,15[D  ]| \you\ want$1$?  Shall you be too$5#1$ disappointed," 
091:447,15['  ]| she
091:447,16['  ]| asked, 
091:447,16[D  ]| "if I say that$3$, since I shall probably learn,
091:447,17[D  ]| as we used$1#2$ to$9$ be told as chidren, ""all in good time,""
091:447,18[D  ]| I can wait till the light$0$ comes out$8$ of itself?"
091:447,19['  ]| $B$Vanderbank still$5$ lingered. 
091:447,19[B  ]| "You \are\ deep!"
091:447,20[D  ]| "You have only to$9$ be deeper."
091:447,21[B  ]| "That is easy to$9$ say.  I am afraid at any rate$0$ you
091:447,22[B  ]| will$1$ not think I am," 
091:447,22['  ]| he pursued after$4$ a pause$0$, 
091:447,22[B  ]| "if I
091:447,23[B  ]| ask you what$6#2$ in the world ~ since $E$Harold does keep
091:447,24[B  ]| $G$Lady*Fanny so$5#1$ quiet$2$ ~ $F$Cashmore still$5$ requires
091:447,25[B  ]| $A$Nanda's direction for$4$."
091:447,26[D  ]| "Ah find out$5$!" 
091:447,26['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
091:447,27[B  ]| "Is not $H$Mrs%*Donner quite shelved?"
091:447,28[D  ]| "Find out$5$," 
091:447,28['  ]| she repeated.
091:447,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank had reached the door and had his
091:447,30['  ]| hand on$4$ the latch, but there was still$5$ something else.
091:447,31[B  ]| "You scarce suppose, I imagine, that$3$ she has come
091:447,32[B  ]| to$9$ like$1$ him ""for$4$ himself""?"
091:448,01[D  ]| "Find out$5$!" 
091:448,01['  ]| And $D$Mrs%*Brook, who$6#1$ was now on$4$ her
091:448,02['  ]| feet, turned away.
091:448,03['  ]| He watched her a moment more, then checked
091:448,04['  ]| himself and left$1$ her.
092:449,01['  ]| She remained alone ten minutes, at the end$0$ of which$6#1$
092:449,02['  ]| her reflexions ~ they would have been seen to$9$ be
092:449,03['  ]| deep ~ were interrupted by$4$ the entrance of her husband.
092:449,04['  ]| The interruption was indeed not so$5#1$ great as
092:449,05['  ]| if the couple had not met, as they almost invariably
092:449,06['  ]| met, in silence$0$: she took at all events, to$9$ begin with,
092:449,07['  ]| no$2$ more account$0$ of his presence than to$9$ hand him
092:449,08['  ]| a cup of tea accompanied with nothing but cream and
092:449,09['  ]| sugar.  Her having no$2$ word for$4$ him, however, committed
092:449,10['  ]| her no$2$ more to$9$ implying that$3$ he had come
092:449,11['  ]| in only for$4$ his refreshment than it would have committed
092:449,12['  ]| her to$9$ say: 
092:449,12@d   | "Here it is, $C$Edward dear$2#1$ ~ just$9$
092:449,13@d   | as you like$1$ it; so$3$ take it and sit down$5$ and be quiet$2$."
092:449,14['  ]| No$2$ spectator worth his salt could have seen them
092:449,15['  ]| more than a little together without feeling$1$ how everything
092:449,16['  ]| that$6#1$, under his eyes or not, she either did or
092:449,17['  ]| omitted, rested on$4$ a profound acquaintance with his
092:449,18['  ]| ways.  They formed, $C$Edward's ways, a chapter by$4$
092:449,19['  ]| themselves, of which$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook was completely
092:449,20['  ]| mistress and in respect$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ the only drawback
092:449,21['  ]| was that$3$ a part$0$ of her credit$0$ was by$4$ the nature of the
092:449,22['  ]| case predestined to$9$ remain obscure.  So$5#1$ many of
092:449,23['  ]| them were so$5#1$ queer that$3$ no*one but she \could\ know
092:449,24['  ]| them, and know thereby into what$6#1$ crannies her
092:449,25['  ]| reckoning had to$9$ penetrate.  It was one of them for$4$
092:449,26['  ]| instance$0$ that$3$ if he was often most silent when most
092:449,27['  ]| primed with matter, so$3$ when he had nothing to$9$ say
092:450,01['  ]| he was always silent too$5#2$ ~ a peculiarity misleading,
092:450,02['  ]| until mastered, for$4$ a lady who$6#1$ could have allowed
092:450,03['  ]| in the latter case for$4$ almost any variety of remark$0$.
092:450,04[C  ]| "What$6#2$ do you think,"  
092:450,04['  ]| he said at last$0$, 
092:450,04[C  ]| "of his turning$1$
092:450,05[C  ]| up to-day?"
092:450,06[D  ]| "Of old $B$Van's?"
092:450,07[C  ]| "Oh has \he\ turned up?"
092:450,08[D  ]| "Half an hour ago, and asking almost in his first
092:450,09[D  ]| breath for$4$ $A$Nanda.  I sent him up to$4$ her and he is
092:450,10[D  ]| with her now." 
092:450,10['  ]| If $C$Edward had his ways she had also
092:450,11['  ]| some of her own$2$; one of which$6#1$, in talk$0$ with him, if
092:450,12['  ]| talk$0$ it could be called, was never to$9$ produce anything
092:450,13['  ]| till the need$0$ was marked.  She had thus a card or two
092:450,14['  ]| always in reserve$0$, for$3$ it was her theory that$3$ she never
092:450,15['  ]| knew what$6#1$ might happen.  It nevertheless did occur
092:450,16['  ]| that$3$ he sometimes went, as she would have called it,
092:450,17['  ]| one better$9$.
092:450,18[C  ]| "He is not with her now.  I have just$9$ been with
092:450,19[C  ]| her."
092:450,20[D  ]| "Then he did not go up?" 
092:450,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was immensely 
092:450,21['  ]| interested. 
092:450,21[D  ]| "He left$1$ me, you know, to$9$ do
092:450,22[D  ]| so$5#2$."
092:450,23[C  ]| "Know ~ how should I know?  I left$1$ her five
092:450,24[C  ]| minutes ago."
092:450,25[D  ]| "Then he went out$5$ without seeing her." 
092:450,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
092:450,26['  ]| took it in. 
092:450,26[D  ]| "He changed his mind$0$ out$5$ there
092:450,27[D  ]| on$4$ the stairs."
092:450,28[C  ]| "Well$7$," 
092:450,28['  ]| said $C$Edward, 
092:450,28[C  ]| "it will$1$ not be the first mind$0$
092:450,29[C  ]| that$6#1$ has been changed there.  It is about$5$ the only
092:450,30[C  ]| thing a man can change$1$."
092:450,31[D  ]| "Do you refer particularly to$4$ \my\ stairs?" 
092:450,31['  ]| she
092:450,32['  ]| asked with her whimsical woe.  But meanwhile she
092:451,01['  ]| had taken it in. 
092:451,01[D  ]| "Then whom$6#2$ were you speaking
092:451,02[D  ]| of?"
092:451,03[C  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon is coming to$4$ tea with her.  She has
092:451,04[C  ]| had a note$0$."
092:451,05[D  ]| "But when did he come to$4$ town?"
092:451,06[C  ]| "Last$2$ night, I believe.  The note$0$, an hour or two
092:451,07[C  ]| ago, announced him ~ brought by$4$ hand and hoping
092:451,08[C  ]| she would be at home."
092:451,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook thought$1$ again. 
092:451,09[D  ]| "I am glad she is.  He is
092:451,10[D  ]| too$5#1$ sweet.  By$4$ hand!  ~ it must have been so$5#2$ he sent
092:451,11[D  ]| them to$4$ mamma.  He would not for$4$ the world wire."
092:451,12[C  ]| "Oh $A$Nanda has often wired to$4$ \him\," 
092:451,12['  ]| her father
092:451,13['  ]| returned. 
092:451,14[D  ]| "Then she ought to$9$ be ashamed of herself.  But
092:451,15[D  ]| how," 
092:451,15['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
092:451,15[D  ]| "do you know?"
092:451,16[C  ]| "Oh I know when we are in a thing like$9$ this."
092:451,17[D  ]| "Yet you complain of her want$0$ of intimacy with
092:451,18[D  ]| you!  It turns$1$ out$5$ that$3$ you are as thick as thieves."
092:451,19['  ]| $C$Edward looked at this charge$0$ as he looked at all
092:451,20['  ]| old friends, without a sign ~ to$9$ call$1$ a sign ~ of recognition.
092:451,21[C  ]| "I do not know of whose$6#1$ want$0$ of intimacy
092:451,22[C  ]| with me I have ever complained.  There is not much
092:451,23[C  ]| more of it, that$6#1$ I can see, that$6#1$ any of them could put
092:451,24[C  ]| on$5$.  What$6#2$ do you suppose I would have them do?  If I on$4$
092:451,25[C  ]| my side$0$ do not get very far I may$1$ have alluded to$4$
092:451,26[C  ]| \that$6#2$\."
092:451,27[D  ]| "Oh but you do," 
092:451,27['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook declared. 
092:451,27[D  ]| "You
092:451,28[D  ]| think you do not, but you get very far indeed.  You are
092:451,29[D  ]| always, as I said just$9$ now, bringing out$5$ something
092:451,30[D  ]| that$6#1$ you have got somewhere."
092:451,31[C  ]| "Yes, and seeing you flare up at it.  What$6#1$ I bring
092:451,32[C  ]| out$5$ is only what$6#1$ they tell me."
092:452,01['  ]| This limitation offered, however, for$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brook no$2$
092:452,02['  ]| difficulty. 
092:452,02[D  ]| "Ah but it seems to$4$ me that$3$ with the
092:452,03[D  ]| things people nowadays tell one ~!  What$6#2$ more do
092:452,04[D  ]| you want$1$?"
092:452,05[C  ]| "Well$7$" 
092:452,05['  ]| ~ and $C$Edward from his chair regarded
092:452,06['  ]| the fire$0$ a while$0$ ~ 
092:452,06[C  ]| "the difference must be in what$6#1$
092:452,07[C  ]| they tell \you\."
092:452,08[D  ]| "Things that$6#1$ are better$9$?"
092:452,09[C  ]| "Yes ~ worse.  I dare$1#2$ say," 
092:452,09['  ]| he went on$5$, 
092:452,09[C  ]| "what$6#1$
092:452,10[C  ]| I give them ~"
092:452,11[D  ]| "Is not as bad as what$6#1$ I do?  Oh we must each do
092:452,12[D  ]| our best.  But when I hear from you," 
092:452,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
092:452,13['  ]| pursued, 
092:452,13[D  ]| "that$3$ $A$Nanda had ever permitted herself
092:452,14[D  ]| anything so$5#1$ dreadful as to$9$ wire to$4$ him, it comes over
092:452,15[D  ]| me afresh that$3$ \I\ would have been the perfect$2$ one to$9$
092:452,16[D  ]| deal$1$ with him if his detestation of me had not prevented."
092:452,17['  ]| She was by$4$ this time also ~ but on$4$ her 
092:452,18['  ]| feet ~ before$4$ the fire$0$, into which$6#1$, like$9$ her husband,
092:452,19['  ]| she gazed. 
092:452,19[D  ]| "\I\ would never have wired.  I would have
092:452,20[D  ]| gone in for$4$ little delicacies and odd things she has
092:452,21[D  ]| never thought$1$ of."
092:452,22[C  ]| "Oh she does not go in for$4$ what$6#1$ you do," 
092:452,22['  ]| $C$Edward
092:452,23['  ]| assented.
092:452,24[D  ]| "She is as bleak as a chimney-top when the fire is
092:452,25[D  ]| out$5$, and if it had not been after$4$ all for$4$ mamma ~!"
092:452,26['  ]| And she lost herself again in the reasons of things.
092:452,27['  ]| Her husband's silence$0$ seemed to$9$ mark$1$ for$4$ an
092:452,28['  ]| instant$0$ a deference to$4$ her allusion, but there was
092:452,29['  ]| a limit even$5$ to$4$ this combination. 
092:452,29[C  ]| "You make$1$ your
092:452,30[C  ]| mother, I think, keep it up pretty$5$ well$9$.  But if she
092:452,31[C  ]| \had not\, as you say, done so$5#2$ ~?"
092:452,32[D  ]| "Why we should not have been anywhere."
092:453,01[C  ]| "Well$7$, where are we now?  That is what$6#1$ \I\ want$1$ to$9$
092:453,02[C  ]| know."
092:453,03['  ]| Following her own$2$ train she had at first no$2$ heed for$4$
092:453,04['  ]| his question$0$. 
092:453,04[D  ]| "Without his hatred he would have
092:453,05[D  ]| liked me." 
092:453,05['  ]| But she came back$5$ with a sigh$0$ to$4$ the
092:453,06['  ]| actual. 
092:453,06[D  ]| "No$2$ matter.  We must deal$1$ with what$6#1$ we have
092:453,07[D  ]| got."
092:453,08[C  ]| "What$6#2$ \have\ we got?" 
092:453,08['  ]| $C$Edward continued.
092:453,09['  ]| Again with no$2$ ear for$4$ his question$0$ his wife turned
092:453,10['  ]| away, only however, after$4$ taking a few vague steps,
092:453,11['  ]| to$9$ approach$1$ him with new decision. 
092:453,11[D  ]| "If $L$Mr%*Longdon is
092:453,12[D  ]| due$2$ will$1$ you do me a favour$0$?  Will$1$ you go back$5$
092:453,13[D  ]| to$4$ $A$Nanda ~ before$3$ he arrives ~ and let her know,
092:453,14[D  ]| though not of course$8$ as from \me\, that$3$ $B$Van has been
092:453,15[D  ]| here half an hour, has had it put well$9$ before$4$ him
092:453,16[D  ]| that$3$ she is up there and at liberty, and has left$1$ the
092:453,17[D  ]| house without seeing her?"
092:453,18['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham made no$2$ motion. 
092:453,18[C  ]| "You
092:453,19[C  ]| do not like$1$ better$9$ to$9$ do it yourself?"
092:453,20[D  ]| "If I liked better$9$," 
092:453,20['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
092:453,20[D  ]| "I would have
092:453,21[D  ]| already done it.  The way to$9$ make$1$ it not come from
092:453,22[D  ]| me is surely not for$4$ me to$9$ give it to$4$ her.  Besides,
092:453,23[D  ]| I want$1$ to$9$ be here to$9$ receive him first."
092:453,24[C  ]| "Then can not she know it afterwards?"
092:453,25[D  ]| "After$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon has gone?  The whole$2$ point$0$
092:453,26[D  ]| is that$3$ she should know it in time to$9$ let \him\ know it."
092:453,27['  ]| $C$Edward still$5$ communed with the fire$0$. 
092:453,27[C  ]| "And what$6#2$ is
092:453,28[C  ]| the point$0$ of \that$6#2$\?" 
092:453,28['  ]| Her impatience, which$6#1$ visibly
092:453,29['  ]| increased, carried her away again, and by$4$ the time
092:453,30['  ]| she reached the window he had launched another
092:453,31['  ]| question$0$. 
092:453,31[C  ]| "Are you in such a hurry$0$ she should know
092:453,32[C  ]| that$3$ $B$Van does not want$1$ her?"
092:454,01[D  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ a hurry$0$ when I have waited nearly
092:454,02[D  ]| a year?  $A$Nanda may$1$ know or not as she likes ~ may$1$
092:454,03[D  ]| know whenever: if she does not know pretty$5$ well$9$ by$4$
092:454,04[D  ]| this time she is too$5#1$ stupid for$4$ it to$9$ matter.  My only
092:454,05[D  ]| pressure is for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.  She will$1$ have it there
092:454,06[D  ]| for$4$ him when he arrives."
092:454,07[C  ]| "You mean$1$ she will$1$ make$1$ haste to$9$ tell him?"
092:454,08['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook raised her eyes a moment to$4$ some
092:454,09['  ]| upper immensity. 
092:454,09[D  ]| "She will$1$ mention$1$ it."
092:454,10['  ]| Her husband on$4$ the other hand, his legs outstretched,
092:454,11['  ]| looked straight at the toes of his boots.
092:454,12[C  ]| "Are you very sure?" 
092:454,12['  ]| Then as he remained without
092:454,13['  ]| an answer$0$: 
092:454,13[C  ]| "Why should she if he has not told \her\?"
092:454,14[D  ]| "Of the way I so$5#1$ long$9$ ago let you know that$3$ he had
092:454,15[D  ]| put the matter to$4$ $B$Van?  It is not out$5$ between them in
092:454,16[D  ]| words, no$2$ doubt$0$; but I fancy$1$ that$3$ for$4$ things to$9$ pass$1$
092:454,17[D  ]| they have not to$9$ dot their i's quite so$5#1$ much, my dear$2#1$,
092:454,18[D  ]| as we two.  Without a syllable said to$4$ her she is yet
092:454,19[D  ]| aware in every fibre of her little being$0$ of what$6#1$ has
092:454,20[D  ]| taken place$1$."
092:454,21['  ]| $C$Edward gave a still$5$ longer space to$4$ taking this in.
092:454,22[C  ]| "Poor little thing!"
092:454,23[D  ]| "Does she strike you as so$5#1$ poor," 
092:454,23['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
092:454,24['  ]| asked, 
092:454,24[D  ]| "with so$5#1$ awfully much done for$4$ her?"
092:454,25[C  ]| "Done by$4$ whom$6#2$?"
092:454,26['  ]| It was as if she had not heard the question$0$ that$3$ she
092:454,27['  ]| spoke again. 
092:454,27[D  ]| "She has got what$6#1$ every woman, young
092:454,28[D  ]| or old, wants$1$."
092:454,29[C  ]| "Really?"
092:454,30['  ]| $C$Edward's tone was of wonder$0$, but she simply went
092:454,31['  ]| on$5$: 
092:454,31[D  ]| "She has got a man of her own$2$."
092:454,32[C  ]| "Well$7$, but if he is the wrong$2$ one?"
092:455,01[D  ]| "Do you call$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon so$5#1$ very wrong$2$?  I wish$1$,"
092:455,02['  ]| she declared with a strange sigh$0$, 
092:455,02[D  ]| "that$3$ \I\ had had
092:455,03[D  ]| a $L$Mr%*Longdon!"
092:455,04[C  ]| "I wish$1$ very much you had.  I would not have taken
092:455,05[C  ]| it like$9$ $B$Van."
092:455,06[D  ]| "Oh it took $B$Van," 
092:455,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook replied, 
092:455,06[D  ]| "to$9$ put
092:455,07[D  ]| \them\ where they are."
092:455,08[C  ]| "But where \are\ they?  That is exactly it.  In these
092:455,09[C  ]| three months, for$4$ instance$0$," 
092:455,09['  ]| $C$Edward demanded,
092:455,10[C  ]| "how has their connexion profited?"
092:455,11['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook turned it over. 
092:455,11[D  ]| "Profited which$6#2$?"
092:455,12[C  ]| "Well$7$, one cares$1$ most for$4$ one's child."
092:455,13[D  ]| "Then she has become for$4$ him what$6#1$ we have most
092:455,14[D  ]| hoped her to$9$ be ~ an object$0$ of compassion still$5$ more
092:455,15[D  ]| marked."
092:455,16[C  ]| "Is that$6#2$ what$6#1$ you have hoped her to$9$ be?"
092:455,17['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook was obviously so$5#1$ lucid for$4$ herself that$3$
092:455,18['  ]| her renewed expression of impatience had plenty of
092:455,19['  ]| point$0$. 
092:455,19[D  ]| "How can you ask after$4$ seeing what$6#1$ I did ~"
092:455,20[C  ]| "That$6#2$ night at $K$Mrs%*Grendon's?  Well$7$, it is the
092:455,21[C  ]| first time I \have\ asked it."
092:455,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had a silence$0$ more pregnant. 
092:455,22[D  ]| "It is for$4$
092:455,23[D  ]| being$1$ with \us\ that$3$ he pities her."
092:455,24['  ]| $C$Edward thought$1$. 
092:455,24[C  ]| "With me too$5#2$?"
092:455,25[D  ]| "Not so$5#1$ much ~ but still$5$ you help$1$."
092:455,26[C  ]| "I thought$1$ you thought$1$ I did not ~ that$6#2$ night."
092:455,27[D  ]| "At $K$Tishy's?  Oh you did not matter," 
092:455,27['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook.
092:455,28[D  ]| "Everything, every*one helps.  $E$Harold distinctly"
092:455,29['  ]| ~ she seemed to$9$ figure it all out$5$ ~ 
092:455,29[D  ]| "and
092:455,30[D  ]| even$5$ the poor children, I dare$1#2$ say, a little.  Oh but
092:455,31[D  ]| every*one" 
092:455,31['  ]| ~ she warmed to$4$ the vision ~ 
092:455,31[D  ]| "it is perfect$2$.
092:455,32[D  ]| $I$Jane immensely, \9par*exemple\.  Almost all the
092:456,01[D  ]| others who$6#1$ come to$4$ the house.  $F$Cashmore, $H$Carrie
092:456,02[D  ]| $K$Tishy, $G$Fanny ~ bless their hearts all!  ~ each in
092:456,03[D  ]| their degree."
092:456,04['  ]| $C$Edward*Brookenham had under the influence$0$ of
092:456,05['  ]| this demonstration gradually risen from his seat, and
092:456,06['  ]| as his wife approached that$6#2$ part$0$ of her process which$6#1$
092:456,07['  ]| might be expected$1$ to$9$ furnish the proof he placed himself
092:456,08['  ]| before$4$ her with his back$0$ to$4$ the fire$0$. 
092:456,08[C  ]| "And $M$Mitchy,
092:456,09[C  ]| I suppose?"
092:456,10['  ]| But he was out$5$. 
092:456,10[D  ]| "No$7$.  $M$Mitchy is different."
092:456,11['  ]| He wondered. 
092:456,11[C  ]| "Different?"
092:456,12[D  ]| "Not a help$0$.  Quite a drawback." 
092:456,12['  ]| Then as his
092:456,13['  ]| face$0$ told how these \were\ involutions, 
092:456,13[D  ]| "You need not
092:456,14[D  ]| understand, but you can believe me," 
092:456,14['  ]| she added.
092:456,15[D  ]| "The one who$6#1$ does most is of course$8$ $B$Van himself."
092:456,16['  ]| It was a statement by$4$ which$6#1$ his failure to$9$ apprehend
092:456,17['  ]| was not diminished, and she completed her operation.
092:456,18[D  ]| "By$4$ not liking her."
092:456,19['  ]| $C$Edward's gloom, on$4$ this, was not quite blankness,
092:456,20['  ]| yet it was dense. 
092:456,20[C  ]| "Do you like$1$ his not liking her?"
092:456,21[D  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$.  No$2$ better$9$ than \he\ does."
092:456,22[C  ]| "And he does not ~?"
092:456,23[D  ]| "Oh he hates it."
092:456,24[C  ]| "Of course$8$ I have not asked him," 
092:456,24['  ]| $C$Edward appeared
092:456,25['  ]| to$9$ say more to$4$ himself than to$4$ his wife.
092:456,26[D  ]| "And of course$8$ \I\ have not," 
092:456,26['  ]| she returned ~ not
092:456,27['  ]| at all in this case, plainly, for$4$ herself. 
092:456,27[D  ]| "But I know
092:456,28[D  ]| it.  He would like$1$ her if he could, but he can not.  That$6#2$,"
092:456,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wound$1#1$ up, 
092:456,29[D  ]| "is what$6#1$ makes it sure."
092:456,30['  ]| There was at last$0$ in $C$Edward's gravity a positive
092:456,31['  ]| pathos. 
092:456,31[C  ]| "Sure he will$1$ not propose?"
092:456,32[D  ]| "Sure $L$Mr%*Longdon will$1$ not now throw$1$ her over."
092:457,01[C  ]| "Of course$8$ if it \is\ sure ~"
092:457,02[D  ]| "Well$7$?"
092:457,03[C  ]| "Why, it is.  But of course$8$ if it is not ~"
092:457,04[D  ]| "Well$7$?"
092:457,05[C  ]| "Why, she will$1$ not have anything.  Anything but
092:457,06[C  ]| \us\," 
092:457,06['  ]| he continued to$9$ reflect. 
092:457,06[C  ]| "Unless, you know,
092:457,07[C  ]| you are working it on$4$ a certainty ~!"
092:457,08[D  ]| "That is just$9$ what$6#1$ I \am\ working it on$4$.  I did nothing
092:457,09[D  ]| till I knew I was safe."
092:457,10[C  ]| """Safe""?" 
092:457,10['  ]| he ambiguously echoed while$9$ on$4$ this their
092:457,11['  ]| eyes met longer.
092:457,12[D  ]| "Safe.  I knew he would stick."
092:457,13[C  ]| "But how did you know $B$Van would not?"
092:457,14[D  ]| "No$2$ matter ""how"" ~ but better$9$ still$5$.  He has not
092:457,15[D  ]| stuck." 
092:457,15['  ]| She said it very simply, but she turned away
092:457,16['  ]| from him.
092:457,17['  ]| His eyes for$4$ a little followed her. 
092:457,17[C  ]| "We do not \know\,
092:457,18[C  ]| after$4$ all, the old boy's means$0$."
092:457,19[D  ]| "I do not know what$6#1$ you mean$1$ by$4$ ""we"" do not.
092:457,20[D  ]| $A$Nanda does."
092:457,21[C  ]| "But where is the support$0$ if she does not tell us?"
092:457,22['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, who$6#1$ had faced about$5$, again turned
092:457,23['  ]| from him. 
092:457,23[D  ]| "I hope$1$ you do not forget," 
092:457,23['  ]| she remarked
092:457,24['  ]| with superiority, 
092:457,24[D  ]| "that$3$ we do not ask her."
092:457,25[C  ]| "\You\ do not?" 
092:457,25['  ]| $C$Edward gloomed.
092:457,26[D  ]| "Never.  But I trust$1$ her."
092:457,27[C  ]| "Yes," 
092:457,27['  ]| he mused afresh, 
092:457,27[C  ]| "one must trust$1$ one's
092:457,28[C  ]| child.  Does $B$Van?" 
092:457,28['  ]| he then enquired.
092:457,29[D  ]| "Does he trust$1$ her?"
092:457,30[C  ]| "Does he know anything of the general$2$ figure?"
092:457,31['  ]| She hesitated. 
092:457,31[D  ]| "Everything.  It is high."
092:457,32[C  ]| "He has told you so$5#2$?"
092:458,01['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, supremely impatient now, seemed
092:458,02['  ]| to$9$ demur even$5$ to$4$ the question$0$. 
092:458,02[D  ]| "We ask \him\ even$5$
092:458,03[D  ]| less."
092:458,04[C  ]| "Then how do we know?"
092:458,05['  ]| She was weary of explaining. 
092:458,05[D  ]| "Because that is just$9$
092:458,06[D  ]| why he hates it."
092:458,07['  ]| There was no$2$ end$0$ however, apparently, to$4$ what$6#1$
092:458,08['  ]| $C$Edward could take. 
092:458,08[C  ]| "But hates what$6#2$?"
092:458,09[D  ]| "Why, not liking her."
092:458,10['  ]| $C$Edward kept his back$0$ to$4$ the fire$0$ and his dead eyes
092:458,11['  ]| on$4$ the cornice and the ceiling. 
092:458,11[C  ]| "I should not think it
092:458,12[C  ]| would be so$5#1$ difficult."
092:458,13[D  ]| "Well$7$, you see it is not.  $L$Mr%*Longdon can manage
092:458,14[D  ]| it."
092:458,15[C  ]| "I do not see what$6#1$ the devil is the matter with her,"
092:458,16['  ]| he coldly continued. 
092:458,17[D  ]| "Ah that$6#2$ may$1$ not prevent ~!  It is fortunately the
092:458,18[D  ]| source at any rate$0$ of half $L$Mr%*Longdon's interest$0$."
092:458,19[D  ]| "But what$6#2$ the hell \is\ it?" 
092:458,19['  ]| he drearily demanded.
092:458,20['  ]| She faltered a little, but she brought it out$5$. 
092:458,20[D  ]| "It is
092:458,21[D  ]| \me\."
092:458,22[C  ]| "And what$6#2$ is the matter with ""you""?"
092:458,23['  ]| She made, at this, a movement that$6#1$ drew his eyes to$4$
092:458,24['  ]| her own$2$, and for$4$ a moment she dimly smiled at him.
092:458,25[D  ]| "That is the nicest thing you ever said to$4$ me.  But
092:458,26[D  ]| ever, \ever\, you know."
092:458,27[C  ]| "Is it?" 
092:458,27['  ]| She had her hand on$4$ his sleeve, and he
092:458,28['  ]| looked almost awkward.
092:458,29[D  ]| "Quite the very nicest.  Consider that$6#2$ fact well$9$ and
092:458,30[D  ]| even$5$ if you only said it by$4$ accident do not be funny
092:458,31[D  ]| ~ as you know you sometimes \can\ be ~ and take it
092:458,32[D  ]| back$5$.  It is all right$8$.  It is charming, is not it?  when
092:459,01[D  ]| our troubles bring us more together.  Now go up to$4$
092:459,02[D  ]| her."
092:459,03['  ]| $C$Edward kept a queer face$0$, into which$6#1$ this succession
092:459,04['  ]| of remarks introduced no$2$ light$0$, but he finally
092:459,05['  ]| moved, and it was only when he had almost reached
092:459,06['  ]| the door that$3$ he stopped again. 
092:459,06[C  ]| "Of course$8$ you know
092:459,07[C  ]| he has sent her no$2$ end$0$ of books."
092:459,08[D  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon ~ of late?  Oh yes, a deluge, so$3$
092:459,09[D  ]| that$3$ her room looks$1$ like$9$ a bookseller's back$2$ shop;
092:459,10[D  ]| and all, in the loveliest bindings, the most standard
092:459,11[D  ]| English works$0$.  I not only know it, naturally, but I
092:459,12[D  ]| know ~ what$6#1$ you do not ~ why."
092:459,13[C  ]| """Why""?" 
092:459,13['  ]| $C$Edward echoed. 
092:459,13[C  ]| "Why but that$3$ ~ unless
092:459,14[C  ]| he should send her money ~ it is about$5$ the only
092:459,15[C  ]| kindness he can show$1$ her at a distance$0$?"
092:459,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook hesitated; then with a little suppressed
092:459,17['  ]| sigh$0$: 
092:459,17[D  ]| "That is it!"
092:459,18['  ]| But it still$5$ held him. 
092:459,18[C  ]| "And perhaps he does send
092:459,19[C  ]| her money."
092:459,20[D  ]| "No$7$.  Not now."
092:459,21['  ]| $C$Edward lingered. 
092:459,21[C  ]| "Then is he taking it out$5$ ~?"
092:459,22[D  ]| "In books only?" 
092:459,22['  ]| It was wonderful ~ with its
092:459,23['  ]| effect$0$ on$4$ him now visible ~ how she possessed her
092:459,24['  ]| subject$0$. 
092:459,24[D  ]| "Yes, that is his delicacy ~ for$4$ the present$0#1$."
092:459,25[C  ]| "And you are not afraid for$4$ the future ~?"
092:459,26[D  ]| "Of his considering that$3$ the books will$1$ have 
092:459,27[D  ]| worked it off?  No$7$.  They are thrown in."
092:459,28['  ]| Just$9$ perceptibly cheered he reached the door,
092:459,29['  ]| where, however, he had another pause$0$. 
092:459,29[C  ]| "You do not
092:459,30[C  ]| think I had better$9$ see $B$Van?"
092:459,31['  ]| She stared. 
092:459,31[D  ]| "What$6#2$ for$4$?"
092:459,32[C  ]| "Why, to$9$ ask what$6#1$ the devil he means$1$."
092:460,01[D  ]| "If you should do anything so$5#1$ hideously vulgar,"
092:460,02['  ]| she instantly replied, 
092:460,02[D  ]| "I would leave$1$ your house the next
092:460,03[D  ]| hour.  Do you expect," 
092:460,03['  ]| she asked, 
092:460,03[D  ]| "to$9$ be able to$9$ force$1$
092:460,04[D  ]| your child down$4$ his throat?"
092:460,05['  ]| He was clearly not prepared with an account$0$ of his
092:460,06['  ]| expectations, but he had a general$2$ memory that$6#1$
092:460,07['  ]| imposed itself. 
092:460,07[C  ]| "Then why in the world did he make$1$
092:460,08[C  ]| up to$4$ us?"
092:460,09[D  ]| "He did not.  We made up to$4$ \him\."
092:460,10[C  ]| "But why in the world ~?"
092:460,11[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
092:460,11['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, really to$9$ finish$1$, 
092:460,11[D  ]| "we were
092:460,12[D  ]| in love$0$ with him."
092:460,13[C  ]| "Oh!" 
092:460,13['  ]| $C$Edward jerked.  He had by$4$ this time opened
092:460,14['  ]| the door, and the sound$0$ was partly the effect$0$ of the
092:460,15['  ]| disclosure of a servant preceding a visitor.  His greeting
092:460,16['  ]| of the visitor before$4$ edging past$9$ and away was,
092:460,17['  ]| however, of the briefest; it might have implied that$3$
092:460,18['  ]| they had met but yesterday. 
092:460,18[C  ]| "How d'ye do, $M$Mitchy?
092:460,19[C  ]| ~ At home?  Oh rather!"
093:461,01['  ]| Very different was $D$Mrs%*Brook's welcome$0$ of the
093:461,02['  ]| restored wanderer, to$4$ whom$6#1$, in a brief space, she
093:461,03['  ]| addressed every expression of surprise$0$ and delight$0$,
093:461,04['  ]| though marking indeed at last$0$, as a qualification of
093:461,05['  ]| these things, her regret$0$ that$3$ he declined to$9$ partake
093:461,06['  ]| of her tea or to$9$ allow her to$9$ make$1$ him what$6#1$ she called
093:461,07@d   | "snug for$4$ a talk$0$" 
093:461,07['  ]| in his customary corner of her sofa.
093:461,08['  ]| He pleaded frankly agitation and embarrassment,
093:461,09['  ]| reminded her even$5$ that$3$ he was awfully shy and that$3$
093:461,10['  ]| after$4$ separations, complications, whatever might at
093:461,11['  ]| any time happen, he was conscious of the dust that$6#1$
093:461,12['  ]| had settled$1$ on$4$ intercourse and that$6#1$ he could not blow
093:461,13['  ]| away in a single breath.  She was only, according to$4$
093:461,14['  ]| her nature, to$9$ indulge him if, while$9$ he walked about$5$
093:461,15['  ]| and changed his place$0$, he came to$4$ the surface but
093:461,16['  ]| in patches and pieces.  There was so$5#1$ much he wanted
093:461,17['  ]| to$9$ know that$3$ ~ well$7$, as they had arrived only the
093:461,18['  ]| night before$5$, she could judge$1$.  There was knowledge,
093:461,19['  ]| it became clear$2$, that$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook almost equally
093:461,20['  ]| craved, so$3$ that$3$ it even$5$ looked at first as if, on$4$ either
093:461,21['  ]| side$0$, confidence might be choked by$4$ curiosity.  This
093:461,22['  ]| disaster was finally barred by$4$ the fact that$3$ the spirit
093:461,23['  ]| of enquiry found for$4$ $M$Mitchy material$0$ that$6#1$ was comparatively
093:461,24['  ]| plastic.  That$6#2$ was after$4$ all apparent
093:461,25['  ]| enough when at the end$0$ of a few vain passes he
093:461,26['  ]| brought out$5$ sociably: 
093:461,26[M  ]| "Well$7$, has he done it?"
093:461,27['  ]| Still$5$ indeed there was something in $D$Mrs%*Brook's
093:462,01['  ]| face$0$ that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ reply$1$ 
093:462,01@d   | "Oh come ~ do not rush it,
093:462,02@d   | you know!" 
093:462,02['  ]| and something in the movement with
093:462,03['  ]| which$6#1$ she turned away that$6#1$ described the state$0$ of
093:462,04['  ]| their question$0$ as by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ so$5#1$ simple$2$ as that$6#2$.  On$4$
093:462,05['  ]| his refusal of tea she had rung for$4$ the removal of the
093:462,06['  ]| table, and the bell was at this moment answered by$4$
093:462,07['  ]| the two men.  Little ensued then, for$4$ some minutes,
093:462,08['  ]| while$9$ the servants were present$9$; she spoke only as
093:462,09['  ]| the butler was about$5$ to$9$ close$1$ the door. 
093:462,09[D  ]| "If $L$Mr%*Longdon
093:462,10[D  ]| presently comes show$1$ him into $C$Mr%*Brookenham's
093:462,11[D  ]| room if $C$Mr%*Brookenham is not there.  If
093:462,12[D  ]| he is show$1$ him into the dining-room and in either
093:462,13[D  ]| case let me immediately know."
093:462,14['  ]| The man waited expressionless. 
093:462,14[O  ]| "And in case of
093:462,15[O  ]| his asking for$4$ $A$Miss*Brookenham ~?"
093:462,16[D  ]| "He will$1$ not!" 
093:462,16['  ]| she replied with a sharpness before$4$
093:462,17['  ]| which$6#1$ her interlocutor retired. 
093:462,17[D  ]| "He will$1$!" 
093:462,17['  ]| she then
093:462,18['  ]| added in quite another tone to$4$ $M$Mitchy. 
093:462,18[D  ]| "That$6#2$ is, you
093:462,19[D  ]| know, he perfectly \may$1$\.  But oh the subtlety of servants!"
093:462,20['  ]| she sighed.
093:462,21['  ]| $M$Mitchy was now all there. 
093:462,21[M  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon is in
093:462,22[M  ]| town then?"
093:462,23[D  ]| "For$4$ the first time since you went away.  He is to$9$
093:462,24[D  ]| call$1$ this afternoon."
093:462,25[M  ]| "And you want$1$ to$9$ see him alone?"
093:462,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook thought$1$. 
093:462,26[D  ]| "I do not think I want$1$ to$9$ see
093:462,27[D  ]| him at all."
093:462,28[M  ]| "Then your keeping$1$ him below ~ ?"
093:462,29[D  ]| "Is so$3$ that$3$ he shall not burst$1$ in till I know.  It is \you\,
093:462,30[D  ]| my dear$2#1$, I want$1$ to$9$ see."
093:462,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy glared about$5$. 
093:462,31[M  ]| "Well$7$, do not take it ill if,in
093:462,32[M  ]| return$0$ for$4$ that$6#2$, I say I myself want$1$ to$9$ see every*one.
093:463,01[M  ]| I could have done even$5$ just$9$ now with a little more of
093:463,02[M  ]| $C$Edward."
093:463,03['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, in her own$2$ manner and with a slow
093:463,04['  ]| headshake, looked lovely. 
093:463,04[D  ]| "\I\ could not." 
093:463,04['  ]| Then she
093:463,05['  ]| puzzled it out$5$ with a pause$0$. 
093:463,05[D  ]| "It even$5$ does come over
093:463,06[D  ]| me that$3$ if you do not mind$1$ ~!"
093:463,07[M  ]| "What$6#2$, my dear$2#1$ woman," 
093:463,07['  ]| said $M$Mitchy encouragingly,
093:463,08[M  ]| "did I\ever\ mind$1$?  I assure you," 
093:463,08['  ]| he laughed,
093:463,09[M  ]| "I have not come back$5$ to$9$ begin!"
093:463,10['  ]| At this, suddenly dropping everything else, she laid
093:463,11['  ]| her hand on$4$ him. 
093:463,11[D  ]| "$M$Mitchy love$0#1$, \are\ you happy?"
093:463,12['  ]| So$5#2$ for$4$ a moment they stood confronted. 
093:463,12[M  ]| "Not perhaps
093:463,13[M  ]| as \you\ would have tried to$9$ make$1$ me."
093:463,14[D  ]| "Well$7$, you have still$5$ \got\ me, you know."
093:463,15[M  ]| "Oh," 
093:463,15['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
093:463,15[M  ]| "I have got a great deal$0#2$.  How,
093:463,16[M  ]| if I really look$1$ at it, can a man of my peculiar nature
093:463,17[M  ]| ~ it \is\, you know, awfully peculiar ~ \not\ be happy?
093:463,18[M  ]| Think, if one is driven to$4$ it for$4$ instance$0$, of the breadth
093:463,19[M  ]| of my sympathies."
093:463,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, as a result$0$ of thinking, appeared for$4$
093:463,21['  ]| a little to$9$ demur. 
093:463,21[D  ]| "Yes ~ but one must not be too$5#1$
093:463,22[D  ]| much driven to$4$ it.  It is by$4$ one's sympathies that$3$ one
093:463,23[D  ]| suffers.  If you should do that$6#2$ I could not bear$1$ it."
093:463,24['  ]| She clearly evoked for$4$ $M$Mitchy a definite image.
093:463,25[M  ]| "It \would\ be funny, would not it?  But you would not
093:463,26[M  ]| have to$9$.  I would go off and do it alone somewhere ~ in
093:463,27[M  ]| a dark$2$ room, I think, or on$4$ a desert$2$ island; at any
093:463,28[M  ]| rate$0$ where nobody should see.  Where is the harm$0$
093:463,29[M  ]| moreover," 
093:463,29['  ]| he went on$5$, 
093:463,29[M  ]| "of any suffering that$6#1$ does not
093:463,30[M  ]| bore$1#2$ one, as I am sure, however much its outer aspect
093:463,31[M  ]| might amuse some others, mine$6$ would not bore$1#2$ me?
093:463,32[M  ]| What$6#1$ I should do in my desert$2$ island or my dark$2$
093:464,01[M  ]| room, I feel, would be just$9$ to$9$ dance$1$ about$5$ with the
093:464,02[M  ]| thrill of it ~ which$6#1$ is exactly the exhibition of ludicrous
093:464,03[M  ]| gambols that$6#1$ I would fain have arranged to$9$
093:464,04[M  ]| spare$1$ you.  I assure you, dear$2#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook," 
093:464,04['  ]| he wound$1#1$
093:464,05['  ]| up, 
093:464,05[M  ]| "that$3$ I am not in the least bored now.  Everything is
093:464,06[M  ]| so$5#1$ interesting."
093:464,07[D  ]| "You are beautiful!" 
093:464,07['  ]| she vaguely interposed.
093:464,08['  ]| But he pursued without heeding: 
093:464,08[M  ]| "Was perhaps
093:464,09[M  ]| what$6#1$ you had in your head$0$ that$3$ \I\ should see him ~?"
093:464,10['  ]| She came back$5$ but slowly, however, to$4$ the moment.
093:464,11[D  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?  Well$7$, yes.  You know he
093:464,12[D  ]| can not bear$1$ \me\ ~"
093:464,13[M  ]| "Yes, yes" 
093:464,13['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy was almost eager.
093:464,14['  ]| It had already sent her off again. 
093:464,14[D  ]| "You are too$5#1$
093:464,15[D  ]| lovely.  You \have\ come back$5$ the same.  It seemed to$4$
093:464,16[D  ]| me," 
093:464,16['  ]| she after$4$ an instant$0$ explained, 
093:464,16[D  ]| "that$3$ I wanted
093:464,17[D  ]| him to$9$ be seen ~ "
093:464,18[M  ]| "Without inconvenience, as it were, either to$4$ himself
093:464,19[M  ]| or to$4$ you?  Then," 
093:464,19['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, who$6#1$ visibly felt
093:464,20['  ]| that$3$ he had taken her up successfully, 
093:464,20[M  ]| "it strikes me
093:464,21[M  ]| that$3$ I am absolutely your man.  It is delicious to$9$ come
093:464,22[M  ]| back$5$ to$4$ a use$0$."
093:464,23['  ]| But she was much more dim about$4$ it. 
093:464,23[D  ]| "Oh what$6#1$
093:464,24[D  ]| you have come back$5$ to$4$ ~!"
093:464,25[M  ]| "It is just$9$ what$6#1$ I am trying$1$ to$9$ get at.  $B$Van is still$5$
093:464,26[M  ]| then where I left$1$ him?"
093:464,27['  ]| She was just$9$ silent. 
093:464,27[D  ]| "Did you really believe he
093:464,28[D  ]| would move$1$?"
093:464,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy took a few turns$0$, speaking almost with his
093:464,30['  ]| back$0$ presented. 
093:464,30[M  ]| "Well$7$, with all the reasons ~!"
093:464,31['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, while$9$ she watched him, he was before$4$
093:464,32['  ]| her again with a question$0$. 
093:464,32[M  ]| "It is utterly off?"
093:465,01[D  ]| "When was it ever really on$5$?"
093:465,02[M  ]| "Oh I know your view$0$, and that$6#2$, I think," 
093:465,02['  ]| said
093:465,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy, 
093:465,03[M  ]| "is the most extraordinary part$0$ of it.  I can
093:465,04[M  ]| tell you it would have put \me\ on$5$."
093:465,05[D  ]| "My view$0$?" 
093:465,05['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook thought$1$. 
093:465,05[D  ]| "Have you
093:465,06[D  ]| forgotten that$3$ I had for$4$ you too$5#2$ a view$0$ that$6#1$ did not?"
093:465,07[M  ]| "Ah but we did not differ, you and I.  It was not
093:465,08[M  ]| a defiance and a prophecy.  You wanted \me\."
093:465,09[D  ]| "I did indeed!" 
093:465,09['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook said simply.
093:465,10[M  ]| "And you did not want$1$ him.  For$4$ \her\, I mean$1$.  So$3$
093:465,11[M  ]| you risked showing it."
093:465,12['  ]| She looked surprised. 
093:465,12[D  ]| "\Did\ I?"
093:465,13['  ]| Again they were face$0$ to$9$ face$0$. 
093:465,13[M  ]| "Your candour is
093:465,14[M  ]| divine!"
093:465,15['  ]| She wondered. 
093:465,15[D  ]| "Do you mean$1$ it was even$5$ then?"
093:465,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled at her till he was red. 
093:465,16[M  ]| "It is exquisite 
093:465,17[M  ]| now."
093:465,18[D  ]| "Well$7$," 
093:465,18['  ]| she presently returned, 
093:465,18[D  ]| "I knew my $B$Van!"
093:465,19[M  ]| "\I\ thought$1$ I knew ""yours"" too$5#2$," 
093:465,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy said.
093:465,20['  ]| Their eyes met a minute$0$ and he added: 
093:465,20[M  ]| "But I did not."
093:465,21['  ]| Then he exclaimed: 
093:465,21[M  ]| "How you have worked it!"
093:465,22['  ]| She looked barely conscious. 
093:465,22[D  ]| """Worked it""?"
093:465,23['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, with a slightly sharper note$0$: 
093:465,23[D  ]| "How do
093:465,24[D  ]| you know ~ while$9$ you have been amusing yourself in
093:465,25[D  ]| places$0$ that$3$ I would give my head$0$ to$9$ see again but never
093:465,26[D  ]| shall ~ what$6#1$ I have been doing?"
093:465,27[M  ]| "Well$7$, I saw, you know, that$6#2$ night at $K$Tishy's, just$9$
093:465,28[M  ]| before$3$ we left$1$ England, your wonderful start$0$.  I got
093:465,29[M  ]| a look$0$ at your attitude, as it were, and your system."
093:465,30['  ]| Her eyes were now far away, and she spoke after$4$ an
093:465,31['  ]| instant$0$ without moving them. 
093:465,31[D  ]| "And did not I by$4$ the
093:465,32[D  ]| same token get a look$0$ at yours?"
093:466,01[M  ]| "Mine$6$?" 
093:466,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy thought$1$, but seemed to$9$ doubt$1$.
093:466,02[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, I had not any then."
093:466,03[D  ]| "You mean$1$ that$3$ it has formed itself ~ your system 
093:466,04[D  ]| ~ since?"
093:466,05['  ]| He shook his head$0$ with decision. 
093:466,05[M  ]| "I assure you I am
093:466,06[M  ]| quite at sea.  I have never had, and I have as little as
093:466,07[M  ]| ever now, anything but my general$2$ philosophy, which$6#1$
093:466,08[M  ]| I will$1$ not attempt$1$ at present$0#1$ to$9$ go into and of which$6#1$
093:466,09[M  ]| moreover I think you have had first and last$2$ your
093:466,10[M  ]| glimpses.  What$6#1$ I made out$5$ in you that$6#2$ night was
093:466,11[M  ]| a perfect$2$ policy."
093:466,12['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had another of her infantine states.
093:466,13[D  ]| "Every*one that$6#2$ night seems to$9$ have made out$5$
093:466,14[D  ]| something!  All I can say is at any rate$0$," 
093:466,14['  ]| she went
093:466,15['  ]| on$5$, 
093:466,15[D  ]| "that$3$ in that$6#2$ case you were all far deeper than
093:466,16[D  ]| I was."
093:466,17[M  ]| "It was just$9$ a blind$2$ instinct, without a programme
093:466,18[M  ]| or a scheme$0$?  Perhaps then, since it has so$5#1$ perfectly
093:466,19[M  ]| succeeded, the name$0$ does not matter.  I am lost, as
093:466,20[M  ]| I tell you," 
093:466,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared, 
093:466,20[M  ]| "in admiration of its
093:466,21[M  ]| success."
093:466,22['  ]| She looked, as before$5$, so$5#1$ young, yet so$5#1$ grave$2$.
093:466,23[D  ]| "What$6#2$ do you call$1$ its success?"
093:466,24[M  ]| "Let me ask you rather ~ may not I? ~ what$6#1$ \you\
093:466,25[M  ]| call$1$ its failure."
093:466,26['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, who$6#1$ had been standing$1$ for$4$ some
093:466,27['  ]| minutes, seated herself at this as if to$9$ respond to$4$ his
093:466,28['  ]| idea.  But the next moment she had fallen back$5$ into
093:466,29['  ]| thought$0$. 
093:466,29[D  ]| "Have you often heard from him?"
093:466,30[M  ]| "Never once."
093:466,31[D  ]| "And have you written?"
093:466,32[M  ]| "Not a word either.  I left$1$ it, you see," 
093:466,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy
093:467,01['  ]| smiled, 
093:467,01[M  ]| "all to$4$ \you\." 
093:467,01['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$ he continued:
093:467,02[M  ]| "Has he been with you much?"
093:467,03['  ]| She just$9$ hesitated. 
093:467,03[D  ]| "As little as possible.  But as
093:467,04[D  ]| it happens he was here just$9$ now."
093:467,05['  ]| Her visitor fairly flushed. 
093:467,05[M  ]| "And I have only missed
093:467,06[M  ]| him?"
093:467,07['  ]| Her pause$0$ again was of the briefest. 
093:467,07[D  ]| "You would not
093:467,08[D  ]| if he \had\ gone up."
093:467,09[M  ]| """Gone up""?"
093:467,10[D  ]| "To$4$ $A$Nanda, who$6#1$ has now her own$2$ sitting-room, as
093:467,11[D  ]| you know; for$4$ whom$6#1$ he immediately asked and for$4$
093:467,12[D  ]| whose$6#1$ benefit, whatever you may$1$ think, I was at the
093:467,13[D  ]| end$0$ of a quarter$0#2$ of an hour, I assure you, perfectly
093:467,14[D  ]| ready to$9$ release$1$ him.  He changed his mind$0$, however,
093:467,15[D  ]| and went away without seeing her."
093:467,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy showed the deepest interest$0$. 
093:467,16[M  ]| "And what$6#2$
093:467,17[M  ]| made him change$1$ his mind$0$?"
093:467,18[D  ]| "Well$7$, I am thinking it out$5$."
093:467,19['  ]| He appeared to$9$ watch$1$ this labour. 
093:467,19[M  ]| "But with no$2$
093:467,20[M  ]| light$0$ yet?"
093:467,21[D  ]| "When it comes I will$1$ tell you."
093:467,22['  ]| He hung fire$0$ once more but an instant$0$. 
093:467,22[M  ]| "You
093:467,23[M  ]| did not yourself work$1$ the thing again?"
093:467,24['  ]| She rose$1$ at this in strange sincerity. 
093:467,24[D  ]| "I think, you
093:467,25[D  ]| know, you go very far."
093:467,26[M  ]| "Why, did not we just$9$ now settle," 
093:467,26['  ]| he promptly
093:467,27['  ]| replied, 
093:467,27[M  ]| "that$3$ it is all instinctive and unconscious?
093:467,28[M  ]| If it was so$5#2$ that$6#2$ night at $K$Tishy's ~!"
093:467,29[D  ]| "Ah, \9voyons,09voyons\," 
093:467,29['  ]| she broke in, 
093:467,29[D  ]| "what$6#2$ did
093:467,30[D  ]| I do even$5$ then?"		
093:467,31['  ]| He laughed out$5$ at something in her tone. 
093:467,31[M  ]| "You would
093:467,32[M  ]| like$1$ it again all pictured ~?"
093:468,01[D  ]| "I am not afraid."
093:468,02[M  ]| "Why, you just$9$ simply ~ publicly ~ took her
093:468,03[M  ]| back$5$."
093:468,04[D  ]| "And where was the monstrosity of that$6#2$?"
093:468,05[M  ]| "In the one little right$2#1$ place$0$.  In your removal of
093:468,06[M  ]| every doubt$0$ ~ "
093:468,07[D  ]| "Well$7$, of what$6#2$?" 
093:468,07['  ]| He had appeared not quite to$9$
093:468,08['  ]| know how to$9$ put it.
093:468,09['  ]| But he saw at last$0$. 
093:468,09[M  ]| "Why, of what$6#1$ we may$1$ still$5$
093:468,10[M  ]| hope$1$ to$9$ do for$4$ her.  Thanks to$4$ your care$0$ there were
093:468,11[M  ]| specimens." 
093:468,11['  ]| Then as she had the look$0$ of trying$1$
093:468,12['  ]| vainly to$9$ focus a few, 
093:468,12[M  ]| "I can not recover them one by$4$
093:468,13[M  ]| one," 
093:468,13['  ]| he pursued, 
093:468,13[M  ]| "but the whole$2$ thing was quite
093:468,14[M  ]| lurid enough to$9$ do us all credit$0$."
093:468,15['  ]| She met him after$4$ a little, but at such an odd point$0$.
093:468,16[D  ]| "Pardon$1$ me if I scarcely see how much of the credit$0$
093:468,17[D  ]| was yours.  For$4$ the first time since I have known you,
093:468,18[D  ]| you went in for$4$ decency."
093:468,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy's surprise$0$ showed as real. 
093:468,19[M  ]| "It struck you
093:468,20[M  ]| as decency ~?"
093:468,21['  ]| Since he wished she thought$1$ it over. 
093:468,21[D  ]| "Oh your
093:468,22[D  ]| behaviour ~!"
093:468,23[M  ]| "My behaviour was ~ my condition$0$.  Do you call$1$
093:468,24[M  ]| \that$6#2$\ decent?  No$7$, you are quite out$5$." 
093:468,24['  ]| He spoke, in
093:468,25['  ]| his good nature, with an approach$0$ to$4$ reproof. 
093:468,25[M  ]| "How
093:468,26[M  ]| can I ever ~?"
093:468,27['  ]| But it had already brought her quite round$9$, and to$4$
093:468,28['  ]| a firmer earth that$6#1$ she clearly preferred to$9$ tread.
093:468,29[D  ]| "Are things really bad with you, $M$Mitch?"
093:468,30[M  ]| "Well$7$, I will$1$ tell you how they are.  But not now."
093:468,31[D  ]| "Some other time?  ~ on$4$ your honour$0$?"
093:468,32[M  ]| "You shall have it all.  Do not be afraid."
093:469,01['  ]| She dimly smiled. 
093:469,01[D  ]| "It will$1$ be like$9$ old times."
093:469,02['  ]| He rather demurred. 
093:469,02[M  ]| "For$4$ you perhaps.  But not
093:469,03[M  ]| for$4$ me."
093:469,04['  ]| In spite$8$ of what$6#1$ he said it did hold$1$ her, and her
093:469,05['  ]| hand again almost caressed him. 
093:469,05[D  ]| "But ~ till you do
093:469,06[D  ]| tell me ~ is it very very dreadful?"
093:469,07[M  ]| "That is just$9$ perhaps what$6#1$ I may$1$ have to$9$ get you
093:469,08[M  ]| to$9$ decide."
093:469,09[D  ]| "Then shall I help$1$ you?" 
093:469,09['  ]| she eagerly asked.
093:469,10[M  ]| "I think it will$1$ be quite in your line."
093:469,11['  ]| At the thought$0$ of her line ~ it sounded somehow
093:469,12['  ]| so$5#1$ general$2$ ~ she released him a little with a sigh$0$, yet
093:469,13['  ]| still$5$ looking round$9$, as it were, for$4$ possibilities. 
093:469,13[D  ]| "$I$Jane,
093:469,14[D  ]| you know, is in a state$0$."
093:469,15[M  ]| "Yes, $I$Jane is in a state$0$.  That is a comfort$0$!"
093:469,16['  ]| She continued in a manner to$9$ cling to$4$ him. 
093:469,16[D  ]| "But is
093:469,17[D  ]| it your only one?"
093:469,18['  ]| He was very kind$2$ and patient. 
093:469,18[M  ]| "Not perhaps
093:469,19[M  ]| quite."
093:469,20[D  ]| "\I am\ a little of one?"
093:469,21[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, as you see."
093:469,22['  ]| Yes, she saw, but was still$5$ on$4$ the wing. 
093:469,22[D  ]| "And shall
093:469,23[D  ]| you have recourse ~?"
093:469,24[M  ]| "To$4$ what$6#2$?" 
093:469,24['  ]| he asked as she appeared to$9$ falter.
093:469,25[D  ]| "I do not mean$1$ to$4$ anything violent.  But shall you
093:469,26[D  ]| tell $A$Nanda?"
093:469,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy wondered. 
093:469,27[M  ]| "Tell her ~?"
093:469,28[D  ]| "Well$7$, everything.  I think, you know," 
093:469,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook
093:469,29['  ]| musingly observed, 
093:469,29[D  ]| "that$3$ it would really serve
093:469,30[D  ]| her right$2#1$."
093:469,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy's silence$0$, which$6#1$ lasted a minute$0$, seemed to$9$
093:469,31['  ]| take the idea, but not perhaps quite to$9$ know what$6#1$
093:470,01['  ]| to$9$ do with it. 
093:470,01[M  ]| "Ah I am afraid I shall never really
093:470,02[M  ]| serve her right$2#1$!"
093:470,03['  ]| Just$9$ as he spoke the butler reappeared; at sight
093:470,04['  ]| of whom$6#1$ $D$Mrs%*Brook immediately guessed. 
093:470,04[D  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?"
093:470,05[D  ]|
093:470,06[O  ]| "In $C$Mr%*Brookenham's room, ma'am.  $C$Mr%*Brookenham
093:470,07[O  ]| has gone out$5$."
093:470,08[D  ]| "And where has he gone?"
093:470,09[O  ]| "I think, ma'am, only for$4$ some evening papers."
093:470,10['  ]| She had an intense look$0$ for$4$ $M$Mitchy; then she said
093:470,11['  ]| to$4$ the man: 
093:470,11[D  ]| "Ask him to$9$ wait three minutes ~ I will$1$
093:470,12[D  ]| ring$1$;" 
093:470,12['  ]| turning$1$ again to$4$ her visitor as soon as they
093:470,13['  ]| were alone. 
093:470,13[D  ]| "You do not know how I am trusting you!"
093:470,14[M  ]| "Trusting me?"
093:470,15[D  ]| "Why, if he comes up to$4$ you."
093:470,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy thought$1$. 
093:470,16[M  ]| "Had not I better$9$ go down$5$?"
093:470,17[D  ]| "No$7$ ~ you may$1$ have $C$Edward back$5$.  If you see
093:470,18[D  ]| him you must see him here.  If I do not myself it is for$4$
093:470,19[D  ]| a reason$0$."
093:470,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy again just$9$ sounded her. 
093:470,20[M  ]| "His not, as you
093:470,21[M  ]| a while$0$ ago hinted ~?"
093:470,22[D  ]| "Yes, caring for$4$ what$6#1$ I say." 
093:470,22['  ]| She had a pause$0$,
093:470,23['  ]| but she brought it out$5$. 
093:470,23[D  ]| "He does not believe a 
093:470,24[D  ]| word ~!"
093:470,25[M  ]| "Of what$6#1$ you tell him?" 
093:470,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy was splendid.
093:470,26[M  ]| "I see.  And you want$1$ something said to$4$ him."
093:470,27[D  ]| "Yes, that$6#1$ he will$1$ take from \you\.  Only it is for$4$ you,"
093:470,28['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook went on$5$, 
093:470,28[D  ]| "really and honestly, and as 
093:470,29[D  ]| I trust$1$ you, to$9$ give it.  But the comfort$0$ of you is that$3$
093:470,30[D  ]| you will$1$ do so$5#2$ if you promise$1$."
093:470,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy was infinitely struck. 
093:470,31[M  ]| "But I have not promised,
093:470,32[M  ]| eh?  Of course$8$ I can not till I know what$6#1$ it is."
093:471,01[D  ]| "It is to$9$ put before$4$ him ~!"
093:471,02[M  ]| "Oh I see: the situation."
093:471,03[D  ]| "What$6#1$ has happened here to-day.  $B$Van's marked
093:471,04[D  ]| retreat$0$ and how, with the time that$6#1$ has passed, it
093:471,05[D  ]| makes us at last$0$ know where we are.  You of course$8$
093:471,06[D  ]| for$4$ yourself," 
093:471,06['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook wound$1#1$ up, 
093:471,06[D  ]| "see that$6#2$."
093:471,07[M  ]| "Where we are?" 
093:471,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy  took a turn$0$ and came
093:471,08['  ]| back$5$. 
093:471,08[M  ]| "But what$6#2$ then did $B$Van come for$4$?  If you
093:471,09[M  ]| speak of a retreat$0$ there must have been an advance$0$."
093:471,10[D  ]| "Oh," 
093:471,10['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook, 
093:471,10[D  ]| "he simply wanted not
093:471,11[D  ]| to$9$ look$1$ too$5#1$ brutal.  After$4$ so$5#1$ much absence he \could\
093:471,12[D  ]| come."
093:471,13[M  ]| "Well$7$, if he established that$3$ he is not brutal, where
093:471,14[M  ]| was the retreat$0$?"
093:471,15[D  ]| "In his not going up to$4$ $A$Nanda.  He came ~
093:471,16[D  ]| frankly ~ to$9$ do that$6#2$, but made up his mind$0$ on$4$
093:471,17[D  ]| second$2$ thoughts that$3$ he could not risk$1$ even$5$ being$1$
093:471,18[D  ]| civil to$4$ her."
093:471,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy had visibly warmed to$4$ his work$0$. 
093:471,19[M  ]| "Well$7$,
093:471,20[M  ]| and what$6#2$ made the difference?"
093:471,21['  ]| She wondered. 
093:471,21[D  ]| "What$6#2$ difference?"
093:471,22[M  ]| "Why, of the effect$0$, as you say, of his second$2$
093:471,23[M  ]| thoughts.  Thoughts of what$6#2$?"
093:471,24[D  ]| "Oh," 
093:471,24['  ]| said $D$Mrs%*Brook suddenly and as if it were
093:471,25['  ]| quite simple$2$ ~ 
093:471,25[D  ]| "I know \that$6#2$\!  Suspicious."
093:471,26[M  ]| "And of whom$6#2$?"
093:471,27[D  ]| "Why, of \you\, you goose.  Of your not having
093:471,28[D  ]| done ~"
093:471,29[M  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$?" 
093:471,29['  ]| he persisted as she paused.
093:471,30[D  ]| "How shall I say it?  The best thing for$4$ yourself.
093:471,31[D  ]| And of $A$Nanda's feeling$1$ that$6#2$.  Do not you see?"
093:471,32['  ]| In the effort of seeing, or perhaps indeed in the full
093:472,01['  ]| act$0$ of it, poor $M$Mitchy glared as never before$5$. 
093:472,01[M  ]| "Do
093:472,02[M  ]| you mean$1$ $B$Van is \jealous\ of me?"
093:472,03['  ]| Pressed as she was, there was something in his
093:472,04['  ]| face$0$ that$6#1$ momentarily hushed her. 
093:472,04[D  ]| "There it is!"
093:472,05['  ]| she achieved however at last$0$.
093:472,06[M  ]| "Of \me\?" 
093:472,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy went on$5$.
093:472,07['  ]| What$6#1$ was in his face$0$ so$5#1$ suddenly and strangely
093:472,08['  ]| was the look$0$ of rising tears ~ at sight of which$6#1$, as
093:472,09['  ]| from a compunction as prompt$2$, she showed a lovely
093:472,10['  ]| flush. 
093:472,10[D  ]| "There it is, there it is," 
093:472,10['  ]| she repeated. 
093:472,10[D  ]| "You
093:472,11[D  ]| ask me for$4$ a reason$0$, and it is the only one I see.  Of 
093:472,12[D  ]| course$8$ if you do not care$1$," 
093:472,12['  ]| she added, 
093:472,12[D  ]| "he need not
093:472,13[D  ]| come up.  He can go straight to$4$ $A$Nanda."
093:472,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy had turned away again as with the impulse
093:472,15['  ]| of hiding the tears that$6#1$ had risen and that$6#1$ had not
093:472,16['  ]| wholly disappeared even$5$ by$4$ the time he faced about$5$.
093:472,17[M  ]| "Did $A$Nanda know he was to$9$ come?"
093:472,18[D  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?"
093:472,19[M  ]| "No$7$, no$7$.  Was she expecting $B$Van ~?"
093:472,20[D  ]| "My dear$2#1$ man," 
093:472,20['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook mildly wailed, 
093:472,20[D  ]| "when
093:472,21[D  ]| can she have \not\ been?"
093:472,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked hard for$4$ an instant$0$ at the floor.
093:472,23[M  ]| "I mean$1$ does she know he has been and gone?"
093:472,24['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, from where she stood and through$4$ the
093:472,25['  ]| window, looked rather at the sky. 
093:472,25[D  ]| "Her father will$1$
093:472,26[D  ]| have told her."
093:472,27[M  ]| "Her father?" 
093:472,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy frankly wondered. 
093:472,27[M  ]| "Is \he\
093:472,28[M  ]| in it?"
093:472,29['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook had at this a longer pause$0$. 
093:472,29[D  ]| "You assume,
093:472,30[D  ]| I suppose, $M$Mitchy dear$2#1$," 
093:472,30['  ]| she then quavered
093:472,31[D  ]| "that$3$ I put him up ~!"
093:472,32[M  ]| "Put $C$Edward up?" 
093:472,32['  ]| he broke in.
093:473,01[D  ]| "No$7$ ~ that$6#2$ of course$8$.  Put $B$Van up to$4$ ideas ~!"
093:473,02['  ]| He caught it again. 
093:473,02[M  ]| "About$4$ \me\ ~ what$6#1$ you call$1$ his
093:473,03[M  ]| suspicions?" 
093:473,03['  ]| He seemed to$9$ weigh the charge$0$, but it
093:473,04['  ]| ended, while$9$ he passed his hand hard over his eyes,
093:473,05['  ]| in weariness and in the nearest approach$0$ to$4$ coldness
093:473,06['  ]| he had ever shown $D$Mrs%*Brook. 
093:473,06[M  ]| "It does not matter.
093:473,07[M  ]| It is every*one's fate to$9$ be in one way or another the
093:473,08[M  ]| subject$0$ of ideas.  Do then," 
093:473,08['  ]| he continued, 
093:473,08[M  ]| "let $L$Mr%*Longdon
093:473,09[M  ]| come up."
093:473,10['  ]| She instantly rang the bell. 
093:473,10[D  ]| "Then I will$1$ go to$4$
093:473,11[D  ]| $A$Nanda.  But do not look$1$ frightened," 
093:473,11['  ]| she added as
093:473,12['  ]| she came back$5$, 
093:473,12[D  ]| "as to$4$ what$6#1$ we may$1$ ~ $C$Edward or I ~
093:473,13[D  ]| do next.  It is only to$9$ tell her that$3$ he will$1$ be with her."
093:473,14[M  ]| "Good.  I will$1$ tell $O$Tatton," 
093:473,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy replied.
093:473,15['  ]| Still$5$, however, she lingered. 
093:473,15[D  ]| "Shall you ever care$1$
093:473,16[D  ]| for$4$ me more?"
093:473,17['  ]| He had almost the air, as he waited for$4$ her to$9$ go,
093:473,18['  ]| of the master of the house, for$3$ she had made herself
093:473,19['  ]| before$4$ him, as he stood with his back$0$ to$4$ the fire$0$, as
093:473,20['  ]| humble$2$ as a tolerated visitor. 
093:473,20[M  ]| "Oh just$9$ as much.
093:473,21[M  ]| Where is the difference?  Are not our ties in fact rather
093:473,22[M  ]| multiplied?"
093:473,23[D  ]| "That is the way \I\ want$1$ to$9$ feel it.  And from the
093:473,24[D  ]| moment you recognise with me ~ "
093:473,25[M  ]| "Yes?"
093:473,26[D  ]| "Well$7$, that$3$ he never, you know, really \would\ ~"
093:473,27['  ]| He took her mercifully up. 
093:473,27[M  ]| "There is no$2$ harm$0$
093:473,28[M  ]| done?" 
093:473,28['  ]| $M$Mitchy thought$1$ of it.
093:473,29['  ]| It made her still$5$ hover. 
093:473,29[D  ]| "$A$Nanda will$1$ be rich.
093:473,30[D  ]| Toward that$6#2$ you \can\ help$1$, and it is really, I may$1$ now
093:473,31[D  ]| tell you, what$6#1$ it came into my head$0$ you should see
093:473,32[D  ]| our friend here \for$4$\."
093:474,01['  ]| He maintained his waiting attitude. 
093:474,01[M  ]| "Thanks,
093:474,02[M  ]| thanks."
093:474,03[D  ]| "You are our guardian angel!" 
093:474,03['  ]| she exclaimed.
093:474,04['  ]| At this he laughed out$5$. 
093:474,04[M  ]| "Wait till you see what$6#1$
093:474,05[M  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon does!"
093:474,06['  ]| But she took no$2$ notice$0$. 
093:474,06[D  ]| "I want$1$ you to$9$ see before$3$
093:474,07[D  ]| I go that$3$ I have done nothing for$4$ myself.  $B$Van, after$4$
093:474,08[D  ]| all ~!" 
093:474,08['  ]| she mused.
093:474,09[M  ]| "Well$7$?"
093:474,10[D  ]| "Only hates me.  It is not as with you," 
093:474,10['  ]| she said.
093:474,11[D  ]| "I have really lost \him\."
093:474,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy for$4$ an instant$0$, with the eyes that$6#1$ had
093:474,13['  ]| shown his tears, glared away into space. 
093:474,13[M  ]| "He can not
093:474,14[M  ]| very positively, you know, now like$1$ \any\ of us.  He
093:474,15[M  ]| misses a fortune."
093:474,16[D  ]| "There it is!" 
093:474,16['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook once more observed.
093:474,17['  ]| Then she had a comparative brightness. 
093:474,17[D  ]| "I am so$5#1$
093:474,18[D  ]| glad \you\ do not!" 
093:474,18['  ]| He gave another laugh$0$, but she was
093:474,19['  ]| already facing $O$Mr%*Tatton, who$6#1$ had again answered
093:474,20['  ]| the bell. 
093:474,20[D  ]| "Show$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon up."
093:474,21[M  ]| "I am to$9$ tell him then it is at your request$0$?"
093:474,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked when the butler had gone.
093:474,23[D  ]| "That$3$ you receive him?  Oh yes.  He will$1$ be the last$2$
093:474,24[D  ]| to$9$ quarrel$1$ with that$6#2$.  But there is one more thing."
093:474,25['  ]| It was something over which$6#1$ of a sudden$8$ she had
093:474,26['  ]| one of her returns$0$ of anxiety. 
093:474,26[D  ]| "I have been trying$1$ for$4$
093:474,27[D  ]| months and months to$9$ remember to$9$ find out$5$ from
093:474,28[D  ]| you ~"
093:474,29[M  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$?" 
093:474,29['  ]| he enquired, as she looked odd.
093:474,30[D  ]| "Why if $E$Harold ever gave back$5$ to$4$ you, as he
093:474,31[D  ]| swore to$4$ me on$4$ his honour$0$ he would, that$6#2$ five-pound
093:474,32[D  ]| note$0$ ~!"
093:475,01[M  ]| "But which$6#2$, dear$2#1$ lady?" 
093:475,01['  ]| The sense of other incongruities
093:475,02['  ]| than those they had been dealing with
093:475,03['  ]| seemed to$9$ arrive now for$4$ $M$Mitchy's aid.
093:475,04[D  ]| "The one that$6#1$, ages ago, one day when you and
093:475,05[D  ]| $B$Van were here, we had the joke about$4$.  You produced
093:475,06[D  ]| it, in sport$0$, as a ""fine"" for$4$ something, and put it
093:475,07[D  ]| on$4$ that$6#2$ table; after$4$ which$6#1$, before$3$ I knew what$6#1$ you
093:475,08[D  ]| were about$4$, before$3$ I could run$1$ after$4$ you, you had gone
093:475,09[D  ]| off and ridiculously left$1$ it.  Of course$8$ the next minute$0$
093:475,10[D  ]| ~ and again before$3$ I could turn$1$ round$9$ ~ $E$Harold had
093:475,11[D  ]| pounced on$4$ it, and I tried in vain to$9$ recover it from
093:475,12[D  ]| him.  But all I could get him to$9$ do ~"
093:475,13[M  ]| "Was to$9$ promise$1$ to$9$ restore it straight to$4$ its owner?"
093:475,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy had listened so$5#1$ much less in surprise$0$ than in
093:475,15['  ]| amusement that$3$ he had apparently after$4$ a moment
093:475,16['  ]| re-established the scene. 
093:475,16[M  ]| "Oh I recollect ~ he did
093:475,17[M  ]| settle with me.  \That is\ all right$8$."
093:475,18['  ]| She fixed him from the door of the next room. 
093:475,18[D  ]| "You
093:475,19[D  ]| got every penny?"
093:475,20[M  ]| "Every penny.  But fancy$1$ your bringing it up!"
093:475,21[D  ]| "Ah I always do, you know ~ \some\ day."
093:475,22[M  ]| "Yes, you are of a rigour ~!  But be at peace.
093:475,23[M  ]| $E$Harold is quite square," 
093:475,23['  ]| he went on$5$, 
093:475,23[M  ]| "and I quite
093:475,24[M  ]| meant to$9$ have asked you about$4$ him."
093:475,25['  ]| $D$Mrs%*Brook, promptly, was all for$4$ this. 
093:475,25[D  ]| "Oh it is all
093:475,26[D  ]| right$2#1$."
093:475,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy came nearer. 
093:475,27[M  ]| "$G$Lady*Fanny ~?"
093:475,28[D  ]| "Yes ~ \has\ stayed for$4$ him."
093:475,29[M  ]| "Ah," 
093:475,29['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
093:475,29[M  ]| "I knew you would do it!  But hush
093:475,30[M  ]| ~ they are coming!" 
093:475,30['  ]| On$4$ which$6#1$, while$9$ she whisked
093:475,31['  ]| away, he went back$5$ to$4$ the fire$0$.
094:476,01['  ]| Ten minutes of talk$0$ with $L$Mr%*Longdon by$4$ $D$Mrs%*Brookenham's
094:476,02['  ]| hearth elapsed for$4$ him without his
094:476,03['  ]| arriving at the right$2#1$ moment to$9$ take up the business
094:476,04['  ]| so$5#1$ richly put before$4$ him in his previous interview.  No$5$
094:476,05['  ]| less time indeed could have sufficed to$9$ bring him into
094:476,06['  ]| closer relation with this affair, and nothing at first
094:476,07['  ]| could have been more marked than the earnestness
094:476,08['  ]| of his care$0$ not to$9$ show$1$ impatience of appeals that$6#1$
094:476,09['  ]| were, for$4$ a person of his old friend's general$2$ style,
094:476,10['  ]| simple$2$ recognitions and decencies.  There was a limit
094:476,11['  ]| to$4$ the mere allusiveness with which$6#1$, in $L$Mr%*Longdon's
094:476,12['  ]| school of manners, a foreign tour might be treated,
094:476,13['  ]| and $M$Mitchy, no$2$ doubt$0$, plentifully showed that$3$ none
094:476,14['  ]| of his frequent returns$0$ had encountered a curiosity at
094:476,15['  ]| once so$5#1$ explicit and so$5#1$ discreet.  To$9$ belong to$4$ a circle
094:476,16['  ]| in which$6#1$ most of the members might be at any
094:476,17['  ]| moment on$4$ the other side$0$ of the globe was inevitably
094:476,18['  ]| to$9$ fall$1$ into the habit of few questions, as well$9$ as into
094:476,19['  ]| that$6#2$ of making up for$4$ their fewness by$4$ their freedom.
094:476,20['  ]| This interlocutor in short$0$, while$9$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's representative
094:476,21['  ]| privately thought$1$ over all he had in hand,
094:476,22['  ]| went at some length and very charmingly ~ since it
094:476,23['  ]| was but a tribute to$4$ common$2$ courtesy ~ into the
094:476,24['  ]| Virgilian associations of the Bay*of*Naples.  Finally,
094:476,25['  ]| however, he started, his eye having turned to$4$ the
094:476,26['  ]| clock. 
094:476,26[L  ]| "I am afraid that$3$, though our hostess does not
094:476,27[L  ]| appear, I must not forget myself.  I too$5#2$ came back$5$ but
094:477,01[L  ]| yesterday and I have an engagement ~ for$4$ which$6#1$ I am
094:477,02[L  ]| already late ~ with $A$Miss*Brookenham, who$6#1$ has been
094:477,03[L  ]| so$5#1$ good as to$9$ ask me to$4$ tea."
094:477,04['  ]| The divided mind$0$, the express$2$ civility, the decent
094:477,05[L  ]| "$A$Miss*Brookenham," 
094:477,05['  ]| the escape$0$ from their hostess ~
094:477,06['  ]| these were all things $M$Mitchy could quickly take in, and
094:477,07['  ]| they gave him in a moment his light$0$ for$4$ not missing
094:477,08['  ]| his occasion$0$. 
094:477,08[M  ]| "I see, I see ~ I shall make$1$ you keep
094:477,09[M  ]| $A$Nanda waiting.  But there is something I shall ask
094:477,10[M  ]| you to$9$ take from me quite as a sufficient basis for$4$
094:477,11[M  ]| that$6#2$: which$6#1$ is simply that$3$ after$4$ all, you know ~ for$3$
094:477,12[M  ]| I think you do know, do not you?  ~ I am nearly as
094:477,13[M  ]| much attached to$4$ her as you are."
094:477,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had looked suddenly apprehensive
094:477,15['  ]| and even$5$ a trifle$5$ embarrassed, but he spoke with due$2$
094:477,16['  ]| presence of mind$0$. 
094:477,16[L  ]| "Of course$8$ I understand that$6#2$
094:477,17[L  ]| perfectly.  If you had not liked her so$5#1$ much ~ "
094:477,18[M  ]| "Well$7$?" 
094:477,18['  ]| said $M$Mitchy as he checked himself.
094:477,19[L  ]| "I would never, last$2$ year, have gone to$9$ stay$1$ with
094:477,20[L  ]| you."
094:477,21[M  ]| "Thank you!" 
094:477,21['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.
094:477,22[L  ]| "Though I like$1$ you also ~ and extremely," 
094:477,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
094:477,23['  ]| gravely pursued, 
094:477,23[L  ]| "for$4$ yourself."
094:477,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy made a sign of acknowledgement. 
094:477,24[M  ]| "You
094:477,25[M  ]| like$1$ me better$9$ for$4$ \her\ than you do for$4$ anybody else
094:477,26[M  ]| \but\ myself."
094:477,27[L  ]| "You put it, I think, correctly.  Of course$8$ I have not
094:477,28[L  ]| seen so$5#1$ much of $A$Nanda ~ if between my age and
094:477,29[l  ]| hers, that$3$ is, any real contact is possible ~ without
094:477,30[L  ]| knowing that$3$ she now regards$1$ you as one of the very
094:477,31[L  ]| best of her friends, treating you, I find myself suspecting,
094:477,32[L  ]| with a degree of confidence ~ "
094:478,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy gave a laugh$0$ of interruption. 
094:478,01[M  ]| "That$6#1$ she
094:478,02[M  ]| does not show$1$ even$5$ to$4$ you?"
094:478,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's poised glasses faced him. 
094:478,03[L  ]| "Even$5$!
094:478,04[L  ]| I do not mind$1$, as the opportunity has come up, telling
094:478,05[L  ]| you frankly ~ and as from my time of life to$4$ your
094:478,06[L  ]| own$2$ ~ all the comfort$0$ I take in the sense that$3$ in
094:478,07[L  ]| any case of need$0$ or trouble$0$ she might look$1$ to$4$ you
094:478,08[L  ]| for$4$ whatever advice or support$0$ the crisis should
094:478,09[L  ]| demand$1$."
094:478,10[M  ]| "She has told you she feels I would be there?" 
094:478,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy
094:478,11['  ]| after$4$ an instant$0$ asked.
094:478,12[L  ]| "I am not sure," 
094:478,12['  ]| his friend replied, 
094:478,12[L  ]| "that$3$ I ought
094:478,13[L  ]| quite to$9$ mention$1$ anything she has ""told"" me.  I speak
094:478,14[L  ]| of what$6#1$ I have made out$5$ myself."
094:478,15[M  ]| "Then I thank you more than I can say for$4$ your
094:478,16[M  ]| penetration.  Her mother, I should let you know,"
094:478,17['  ]| $M$Mitchy continued, 
094:478,17[M  ]| "is with her just$9$ now."
094:478,18['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon took off his glasses with a jerk.
094:478,19[L  ]| "Has anything happened to$4$ her?"
094:478,20[M  ]| "To$9$ account$1$ for$4$ the fact I refer to$4$?" 
094:478,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy said
094:478,21['  ]| in amusement at his start$0$. 
094:478,21[M  ]| "She is not ill, that$3$ I
094:478,22[M  ]| know of, thank goodness, and she has not broken
094:478,23[M  ]| her leg.  But something, none the less, has happened
094:478,24[M  ]| to$4$ her ~ that$6#2$ I think I may$1$ say.  To$9$ tell you all in a 
094:478,25[M  ]| word, it is the reason$0$, such as it is, of my being$1$ here
094:478,26[M  ]| to$9$ meet$1$ you.  $D$Mrs%*Brook asked me to$9$ wait.  She will$1$
094:478,27[M  ]| see you herself some other time."
094:478,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon wondered. 
094:478,28[L  ]| "And $A$Nanda too$5#2$?"
094:478,29[M  ]| "Oh that$6#2$ must be between yourselves.  Only, while$9$
094:478,30[M  ]| I keep you here ~"
094:478,31[L  ]| "She understands my delay$0$?"
094:478,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy thought$1$. 
094:478,32[M  ]| "$D$Mrs%*Brook must have explained."
094:479,01['  ]| Then as his companion took this in silence$0$,
094:479,02[M  ]| "But you do not like$1$ it?" 
094:479,02['  ]| he asked.
094:479,03[L  ]| "It only comes to$4$ me that$3$ $D$Mrs%*Brook's explanations ~!"
094:479,04[L  ]|
094:479,05[M  ]| "Are often so$5#1$ odd?  Oh yes; but $A$Nanda, you know,
094:479,06[M  ]| allows for$4$ that$6#2$ oddity.  And $D$Mrs%*Brook, by$4$ the same
094:479,07[M  ]| token," 
094:479,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy developed, 
094:479,07[M  ]| "knows herself ~ no*one
094:479,08[M  ]| better$9$ ~ what$6#1$ may$1$ frequently be thought$1$ of it.
094:479,09[M  ]| That is precisely the reason$0$ of her desire$0$ that$3$ you
094:479,10[M  ]| should have on$4$ this occasion$0$ explanations from a 
094:479,11[M  ]| source that$6#1$ she is so$5#1$ good as to$9$ pronounce, for$4$ the
094:479,12[M  ]| immediate purpose, superior$2$.  As for$4$ $A$Nanda," 
094:479,12['  ]| he
094:479,13['  ]| wound$1#1$ up, 
094:479,13[M  ]| "to$9$ be aware that$3$ we are here together
094:479,14[M  ]| will$1$ not strike her as so$5#1$ bad a sign."
094:479,15[L  ]| "No$7$," 
094:479,15['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon attentively assented; 
094:479,15[L  ]| "she will$1$
094:479,16[L  ]| hardly fear$1$ we are plotting her ruin$0$.  But what$6#2$ then
094:479,17[L  ]| has happened to$4$ her?"
094:479,18[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
094:479,18['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
094:479,18[M  ]| "it is you, I think, who$6#1$ will$1$
094:479,19[M  ]| have to$9$ give it a name$0$.  I know you know what$6#1$ I have
094:479,20[M  ]| known."
094:479,21['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, his nippers again in place$0$, hesitated.
094:479,22[L  ]| "Yes, I know."
094:479,23[M  ]| "And you have accepted it."
094:479,24[L  ]| "How could I help$1$ it?  To$9$ reckon with such cleverness ~!"
094:479,25[L  ]|
094:479,26[M  ]| "Was beyond$4$ you?  Ah it was not my cleverness,"
094:479,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy said. 
094:479,27[M  ]| "There is a greater than mine$6$.  There is
094:479,28[M  ]| a greater even$5$ than $B$Van's.  That is the whole$2$ point$0$,"
094:479,29['  ]| he went on$5$ while$9$ his friend looked at him hard.
094:479,30[M  ]| "You do not even$5$ like$1$ it just$9$ a little?"
094:479,31['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon wondered. 
094:479,31[L  ]| "The existence of such
094:479,32[L  ]| an element ~?"
094:480,01[M  ]| "No$7$; the existence simply of my knowledge of your
094:480,02[M  ]| idea."
094:480,03[L  ]| "I suppose I am bound to$9$ keep in mind$0$ in fairness
094:480,04[L  ]| the existence of my own$2$ knowledge of yours."
094:480,05['  ]| But $M$Mitchy gave that$6#2$ the go-by. 
094:480,05[M  ]| "Oh I have so$5#1$
094:480,06[M  ]| many ""ideas""!  I am always getting hold$0$ of some new
094:480,07[M  ]| one and for$4$ the most part$0$ trying$1$ it ~ generally to$9$ let it go
094:480,08[M  ]| as a failure.  Yes, I had one six months ago.
094:480,09[M  ]| I tried that$6#2$.  I am trying$1$ it still$5$."
094:480,10[L  ]| "Then I hope$1$," 
094:480,10['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon with a gaiety
094:480,11['  ]| slightly strained, 
094:480,11[L  ]| "that$3$, contrary$8$ to$4$ your usual rule,
094:480,12[L  ]| it is a success."
094:480,13['  ]| It was a gaiety, for$4$ that$6#2$ matter, that$6#1$ $M$Mitchy's
094:480,14['  ]| could match$1$. 
094:480,14[M  ]| "It does promise$1$ well$9$!  But I have another
094:480,15[M  ]| idea even$5$ now, and it is just$9$ what$6#1$ I am again
094:480,16[M  ]| trying$1$."
094:480,17[L  ]| "On$4$ me?" 
094:480,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon still$5$ somewhat extravagantly
094:480,18['  ]| smiled.
094:480,19['  ]| $M$Mitchy thought$1$. 
094:480,19[M  ]| "Well$7$, on$4$ two or three persons,
094:480,20[M  ]| of whom$6#1$ you \are\ the first for$4$ me to$9$ tackle.  But
094:480,21[M  ]| what$6#1$ I must begin with is having from you that$3$ you
094:480,22[M  ]| recognise she trusts us."
094:480,23[L  ]| "$A$Nanda?"
094:480,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy's idea after$4$ an instant$0$ had visibly gone
094:480,25['  ]| further. 
094:480,25[M  ]| "Both of them ~ the two women up there
094:480,26[M  ]| at present$0#1$ so$5#1$ strangely together.  $D$Mrs%*Brook must
094:480,27[M  ]| too$5#2$; immensely.  But for$4$ that$6#2$ you will$1$ not care$1$."
094:480,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had relapsed into an anxiety more
094:480,29['  ]| natural$2$ than his expression of a moment before$5$. 
094:480,29[L  ]| "It is
094:480,30[L  ]| about$5$ time!  But if $A$Nanda did not trust$1$ us," 
094:480,30['  ]| he went
094:480,31['  ]| on$5$, 
094:480,31[L  ]| "her case would indeed be a sorry one.  She has
094:480,32[L  ]| nobody else to$9$ trust$1$."
094:481,01[M  ]| "Yes." 
094:481,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy's concurrence was grave$2$. 
094:481,01[M  ]| "Only
094:481,02[M  ]| you and me."
094:481,03[L  ]| "Only you and me."
094:481,04['  ]| The eyes of the two men met over it in a pause$0$
094:481,05['  ]| terminated at last$0$ by$4$ $M$Mitchy's saying: 
094:481,05[M  ]| "We must
094:481,06[M  ]| make$1$ it all up to$4$ her."
094:481,07[L  ]| "Is that$6#2$ your idea?"
094:481,08[M  ]| "Ah," 
094:481,08['  ]| said $M$Mitchy gently, 
094:481,08[M  ]| "do not laugh$1$ at it."
094:481,09['  ]| His friend's grey gloom again covered him. 
094:481,09[L  ]| "But
094:481,10[L  ]| what$6#2$ \can\ ~?"  
094:481,10['  ]| Then as $M$Mitchy showed a face$0$ that$6#1$
094:481,11['  ]| seemed to$9$ wince with a silent 
094:481,11@m   | "What$6#2$ \could\?"  
094:481,11['  ]| the old
094:481,12['  ]| man completed his objection. 
094:481,12[L  ]| "Think of the magnitude
094:481,13[L  ]| of the loss."
094:481,14[M  ]| "Oh I do not for$4$ a moment suggest," 
094:481,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy hastened
094:481,15['  ]| to$9$ reply$1$, 
094:481,15[M  ]| "that$3$ it is not immense."
094:481,16[L  ]| "She does care$1$ for$4$ him, you know," 
094:481,16['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon.
094:481,17['  ]|	
094:481,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy, at this, gave a wide, prolonged glare.
094:481,19[M  ]| """Know"" ~?" 
094:481,19['  ]| he ever so$5#1$ delicately murmured.
094:481,20['  ]| His irony had quite touched. 
094:481,20[L  ]| "But of course$8$ you
094:481,21[L  ]| know!  You know everything ~ $A$Nanda and you."
094:481,22['  ]| There was a tone in it that$6#1$ moved a spring$0$, and
094:481,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed out$5$. 
094:481,23[M  ]| "I like$1$ your putting me with
094:481,24[M  ]| her!  But we are all together.  With $A$Nanda," 
094:481,24['  ]| he next
094:481,25['  ]| added, 
094:481,25[M  ]| "it \is\ deep."
094:481,26['  ]| His companion took it from him. 
094:481,26[L  ]| "Deep."
094:481,27[M  ]| "And yet somehow it is not abject."
094:481,28['  ]| The old man wondered. 
094:481,28[L  ]| """Abject""?"
094:481,29[M  ]| "I mean$1$ it is not pitiful.  In its way," 
094:481,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy developed,
094:481,30[M  ]| "it is happy."
094:481,31['  ]| This too$5#2$, though rather ruefully, $L$Mr%*Longdon
094:481,32['  ]| could take from him. 
094:481,32[L  ]| "Yes ~ in its way."
094:482,01[M  ]| "Any passion so$5#1$ great, so$5#1$ complete$2$," 
094:482,01['  ]| $M$Mitchy went
094:482,02['  ]| on$5$, 
094:482,02[M  ]| "is ~ satisfied$2$ or unsatisfied ~ a life." 
094:482,02['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
094:482,03['  ]| looked so$5#1$ interested that$3$ his fellow visitor,
094:482,04['  ]| evidently stirred by$4$ what$6#1$ was now an appeal and a 
094:482,05['  ]| dependence, grew still$5$ more bland, or at least more
094:482,06['  ]| assured, for$4$ affirmation. 
094:482,06[M  ]| "She is not \too$5#1$\ sorry for$4$
094:482,07[M  ]| herself."
094:482,08[L  ]| "Ah she is so$5#1$ proud!"
094:482,09[M  ]| "Yes, but that is a help$0$."
094:482,10[L  ]| "Oh ~ not for$4$ \us\!"
094:482,11['  ]| It arrested $M$Mitchy, but his ingenuity could only
094:482,12['  ]| rebound. 
094:482,12[M  ]| "In \one\ way: that$6#2$ of reducing us to$9$ feel
094:482,13[M  ]| that$3$ the desire$0$ to$9$ ""make$1$ up"" to$4$ her is ~ well$7$, mainly
094:482,14[M  ]| for$4$ \our\ relief.  If she ""trusts"" us, as I said just$9$ now,
094:482,15[M  ]| it is not for$4$ \that$6#2$\ she does so$5#2$." 
094:482,15['  ]| As his friend appeared
094:482,16['  ]| to$9$ wait then to$9$ hear, it was presently with positive
094:482,17['  ]| joy that$3$ he showed he could meet$1$ the last$2$ difficulty.
094:482,18[M  ]| "What$6#1$ she trusts us to$9$ do" 
094:482,18['  ]| ~ oh $M$Mitchy had worked
094:482,19['  ]| it out$5$!  ~ 
094:482,19[M  ]| "is to$9$ let \him\ off."
094:482,20[L  ]| "Let him off?" 
094:482,20['  ]| It still$5$ left$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon dim.
094:482,21[M  ]| "Easily.  That is all."
094:482,22[L  ]| "But what$6#2$ would letting him off hard be?  It seems
094:482,23[L  ]| to$4$ me he is ~ on$4$ any terms ~ already beyond$4$ us.
094:482,24[L  ]| He \is\ off."
094:482,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had given it a sound$0$ that$6#1$ suddenly
094:482,26['  ]| made $M$Mitchy appear to$9$ collapse under a sharper sense
094:482,27['  ]| of the matter. 
094:482,27[M  ]| "He \is\ off," he moodily echoed.
094:482,28['  ]| His companion, again a little bewildered, watched
094:482,29['  ]| him; then with impatience: 
094:482,29[L  ]| "Do, please, tell me what$6#1$
094:482,30[L  ]| has happened."
094:482,31['  ]| He quickly pulled himself round$9$. 
094:482,31[M  ]| "Well$7$, he was,
094:482,32[M  ]| after$4$ a long$9$ absence, here a while$0$ since as if expressly
094:483,01[M  ]| to$9$ see her.  But after$4$ spending half an hour he went
094:483,02[M  ]| away without it."
094:483,03['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's watch$0$ continued. 
094:483,03[L  ]| "He spent the
094:483,04[L  ]| half-hour with her mother instead?"
094:483,05[M  ]| "Oh ""instead"" ~ it was hardly that$6#2$.  He at all
094:483,06[M  ]| events dropped his idea."
094:483,07[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ had it been, his idea?"
094:483,08[M  ]| "You speak as if he had as many as I!" 
094:483,08['  ]| $M$Mitchy
094:483,09['  ]| replied. 
094:483,09[M  ]| "In a manner indeed he has," 
094:483,09['  ]| he continued
094:483,10['  ]| as if for$4$ himself. 
094:483,10[M  ]| "But they are of a different kind$0$,"
094:483,11['  ]| he said to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.
094:483,12[L  ]| "What$6#2$ had it been, his idea?" 
094:483,12['  ]| the old man, however,
094:483,13['  ]| simply repeated.
094:483,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy's confession at this seemed to$9$ explain his
094:483,15['  ]| previous evasion. 
094:483,15[M  ]| "We shall never know."
094:483,16['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon hesitated. 
094:483,16[L  ]| "He will$1$ not tell \you\?"
094:483,17[M  ]| "Me?" 
094:483,17['  ]| $M$Mitchy had a pause$0$. 
094:483,17[M  ]| "Less than any*one."
094:483,18[M  ]|
094:483,19['  ]| Many things they had not spoken had already
094:483,20['  ]| passed between them, and something evidently, to$4$
094:483,21['  ]| the sense of each, passed during the moment that$6#1$
094:483,22['  ]| followed this. 
094:483,22[L  ]| "While$9$ you were abroad," 
094:483,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon
094:483,23['  ]| presently asked, 
094:483,23[L  ]| "did you hear from
094:483,24[L  ]| him?"
094:483,25[M  ]| "Never.  And I wrote nothing."
094:483,26[L  ]| "Like$9$ me," 
094:483,26['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
094:483,26[L  ]| "I have neither
094:483,27[L  ]| written nor heard."
094:483,28[M  ]| "Ah but with you it will$1$ be different." 
094:483,28['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon,
094:483,29['  ]| as if with the outbreak of an agitation hitherto
094:483,30['  ]| controlled, had turned abruptly away and, with the
094:483,31['  ]| usual swing of his glass, begun almost wildly to$9$
094:483,32['  ]| wander. 
094:483,32[M  ]| "You \will$1$\ hear."
094:484,01[L  ]| "I shall be curious."
094:484,02[M  ]| "Oh but what$6#1$ $A$Nanda wants$1$, you know, is that$3$ you
094:484,03[M  ]| should not be too$5#1$ much so$5#2$."
094:484,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon thoughtfully rambled. 
094:484,04[L  ]| "Too$5#1$
094:484,05[L  ]| much ~?"
094:484,06[M  ]| "To$9$ let him off, as we were saying, easily."
094:484,07['  ]| The elder man for$4$ a while$0$ said nothing more, but
094:484,08['  ]| he at last$0$ came back$5$. 
094:484,08[L  ]| "She would like$1$ me actually to$9$ give
094:484,09[L  ]| him something?"
094:484,10[M  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say!"
094:484,11[L  ]| "Money?"
094:484,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled. 
094:484,12[M  ]| "A handsome present$0#2$." 
094:484,12['  ]| They were
094:484,13['  ]| face$0$ to$9$ face$0$ again with more mute interchange. 
094:484,13[M  ]| "She
094:484,14[M  ]| does not want$1$ \him\ to$9$ have lost ~!" 
094:484,14['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon,
094:484,15['  ]| however, on$4$ this, once more broke off while$9$ $M$Mitchy's
094:484,16['  ]| eyes followed him. 
094:484,16[M  ]| "Does not it give a sort of measure$0$
094:484,17[M  ]| of what$6#1$ she may$1$ feel ~?"
094:484,18['  ]| He had paused, working it out$5$ again with the effect$0$
094:484,19['  ]| of his friend's returning afresh to$9$ be fed with his
094:484,20['  ]| light$0$. 
094:484,20[L  ]| "Does not what$6#1$ give it?"
094:484,21[M  ]| "Why the fact that$3$ we still$5$ like$1$ him."
094:484,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon stared. 
094:484,22[L  ]| "Do \you\ still$5$ like$1$ him?"
094:484,23[M  ]| "If I did not how should I mind$1$ ~?" 
094:484,23['  ]| But on$4$ the
094:484,24['  ]| utterance of it $M$Mitchy fairly pulled up.
094:484,25['  ]| His companion, after$4$ another look$0$, laid a mild
094:484,26['  ]| hand on$4$ his shoulder. 
094:484,26[L  ]| "What$6#2$ is it you mind$1$?"
094:484,27[M  ]| "From \him\?  Oh nothing!" 
094:484,27['  ]| He could trust$1$ himself
094:484,28['  ]| again. 
094:484,28[M  ]| "There are people like$9$ that$6#2$ ~ great cases
094:484,29[M  ]| of privilege."
094:484,30[L  ]| "He \is\ one!" 
094:484,30['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon mused.
094:484,31[M  ]| "There it is.  They go through$4$ life somehow
094:484,32[M  ]| guaranteed.  They can not help$1$ pleasing."
094:485,01[L  ]| "Ah," 
094:485,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon murmured, 
094:485,01[L  ]| "if it had not been
094:485,02[L  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$ ~!"
094:485,03[M  ]| "They hold$1$, they keep every*one," 
094:485,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy went on$5$.
094:485,04[M  ]| "It is the sacred terror."
094:485,05['  ]| The companions for$4$ a little seemed to$9$ stand$1$ together
094:485,06['  ]| in this element; after$4$ which$6#1$ the elder turned once
094:485,07['  ]| more away and appeared to$9$ continue to$9$ walk$1$ in it.
094:485,08[L  ]| "Poor $A$Nanda!" 
094:485,08['  ]| then, in a far-off sigh$0$, came across$5$
094:485,09['  ]| from him to$4$ $M$Mitchy.  $M$Mitchy on$4$ this turned vaguely
094:485,10['  ]| round$9$ to$4$ the fire$0$, into which$6#1$ he remained gazing till
094:485,11['  ]| he heard again $L$Mr%*Longdon's voice. 
094:485,11[L  ]| "I knew it
094:485,12[L  ]| of course$8$ after$4$ all.  It was what$6#1$ I came up to$4$ town
094:485,13[L  ]| for$4$.  That$6#2$ night, before$3$ you went abroad, at $K$Mrs%*Grendon's ~"
094:485,14[L  ]|         
094:485,15[M  ]| "Yes?" 
094:485,15['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy was with him again.
094:485,16[L  ]| "Well$7$, made me see the future.  It was then already
094:485,17[L  ]| too$5#1$ late."
094:485,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy assented with emphasis. 
094:485,18[M  ]| "Too$5#1$ late.  She
094:485,19[M  ]| was spoiled for$4$ him."
094:485,20['  ]| If $L$Mr%*Longdon had to$9$ take it he took it at least
094:485,21['  ]| quietly, only saying after$4$ a time: 
094:485,21[L  ]| "And her mother
094:485,22[L  ]| \is not\?"
094:485,23[M  ]| "Oh yes.  Quite."
094:485,24[L  ]| "And does $D$Mrs%*Brook know it?"
094:485,25[M  ]| "Yes, but does not mind$1$.  She resembles you and
094:485,26[M  ]| me.  She ""still$5$ likes"" him."
094:485,27[L  ]| "But what$6#2$ good will$1$ that$6#2$ do her?"
094:485,28['  ]| $M$Mitchy sketched a shrug. 
094:485,28[M  ]| "What$6#2$ good does it do
094:485,29[M  ]| \us\?"
094:485,30['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon thought$1$. 
094:485,30[L  ]| "We can at least respect$1$
094:485,31[L  ]| ourselves."
094:485,32[M  ]| "\Can\ we?" 
094:485,32['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled.
094:486,01[L  ]| "And \he\ can respect$1$ us," 
094:486,01['  ]| his friend, as if not
094:486,02['  ]| hearing him, went on$5$.
094:486,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy seemed almost to$9$ demur. 
094:486,03[M  ]| "He must think
094:486,04[M  ]| we are ""rum."""
094:486,05[L  ]| "Well$7$, $D$Mrs%*Brook is worse than rum.  He can not
094:486,06[L  ]| respect$1$ \her\."
094:486,07[M  ]| "Oh that$6#2$ will$1$ be perhaps," 
094:486,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed, 
094:486,07[M  ]| "what$6#1$
094:486,08[M  ]| she will$1$ get just$9$ most out$8$ of!" 
094:486,08['  ]| It was the first time
094:486,09['  ]| of $L$Mr%*Longdon's showing that$3$ even$5$ after$4$ a minute$0$
094:486,10['  ]| he had not understood him; so$3$ that$3$ as quickly as
094:486,11['  ]| possible he passed to$4$ another point$0$. 
094:486,11[M  ]| "If you do
094:486,12[M  ]| anything may$1$ I be in it?"
094:486,13[L  ]| "But what$6#2$ can I do?  If it is over it is over."
094:486,14[M  ]| "For$4$ \him\, yes.  But not for$4$ her or for$4$ you or for$4$ 
094:486,15[M  ]| me."
094:486,16[L  ]| "Oh I am not for$4$ long$9$!" 
094:486,16['  ]| the old man wearily said,
094:486,17['  ]| turning$1$ the next moment to$4$ the door, at which$6#1$ one of
094:486,18['  ]| the footmen had appeared.
094:486,19[P  ]| "$D$Mrs%*Brookenham's compliments, please sir," 
094:486,19['  ]| this
094:486,20['  ]| messenger articulated, 
094:486,20[P  ]| "and $A$Miss*Brookenham is now
094:486,21[P  ]| alone."
094:486,22[L  ]| "Thanks ~ I will$1$ come up."
094:486,23['  ]| The servant withdrew, and the eyes of the two
094:486,24['  ]| visitors again met for$4$ a minute$0$, after$4$ which$6#1$ $M$Mitchy
094:486,25['  ]| looked about$5$ for$4$ his hat. 
094:486,25[M  ]| "Good-bye.  I will$1$ go."
094:486,26['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon watched him while$9$, having found his
094:486,27['  ]| hat, he looked about$5$ for$4$ his stick. 
094:486,27[L  ]| "You want$1$ to$9$ be
094:486,28[L  ]| in \everything\?"
094:486,29['  ]| $M$Mitchy, without answering, smoothed his hat
094:486,30['  ]| down$5$; then he replied: 
094:486,30[M  ]| "You say you are not for$4$
094:486,31[M  ]| long$9$, but you will$1$ not abandon her."
094:486,32[L  ]| "Oh I mean$1$ I shall not last$1$ for*ever."
094:487,01[M  ]| "Well$7$, since you so$5#2$ expressed it yourself, that is
094:487,02[M  ]| what$6#1$ I mean$1$ too$5#2$.  I assure you \I\ shall not desert$1$ her.
094:487,03[M  ]| And if I can help$1$ you ~!"
094:487,04[L  ]| "Help$1$ me?" 
094:487,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon interrupted, looking at
094:487,05['  ]| him hard.
094:487,06['  ]| It made him a little awkward. 
094:487,06[M  ]| "Help$1$ you to$9$ help$1$
094:487,07[M  ]| her, you know ~!"
094:487,08[L  ]| "You are very wonderful," 
094:487,08['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon presently
094:487,09['  ]| returned. 
094:487,09[L  ]| "A year and a half ago you wanted to$9$ help$1$
094:487,10[L  ]| me to$9$ help$1$ $B$Mr%*Vanderbank."
094:487,11[M  ]| "Well$7$," 
094:487,11['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, 
094:487,11[M  ]| "you can not quite say I
094:487,12[M  ]| have not."
094:487,13[L  ]| "But your ideas of help$0$ are of a splendour ~!"
094:487,14[M  ]| "Oh I have told you about$4$ my ideas." 
094:487,14['  ]| $M$Mitchy was
094:487,15['  ]| almost apologetic.
094:487,16['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had a pause$0$. 
094:487,16[L  ]| "I suppose I am not
094:487,17[L  ]| indiscreet then in recognising your marriage as one
094:487,18[L  ]| of them.  And that$3$, with a responsibility so$5#1$ great
094:487,19[L  ]| already assumed, you appear fairly eager for$4$ another ~!"
094:487,20[L  ]|
094:487,21[M  ]| "Makes me out$5$ a kind$0$ of monster of benevolence?"
094:487,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked at it with a flushed face$0$.
094:487,23[M  ]| "The two responsibilities are very much one and the
094:487,24[M  ]| same.  My marriage has brought me, as it were, only
094:487,25[M  ]| nearer to$4$ $A$Nanda.  My wife and she, do not you see?
094:487,26[M  ]| are particular friends."
094:487,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, on$4$ his side$0$, turned a trifle$5$ pale; he
094:487,28['  ]| looked rather hard at the floor. 
094:487,28[L  ]| "I see ~ I see."
094:487,29['  ]| Then he raised his eyes. 
094:487,29[L  ]| "But ~ to$4$ an old fellow
094:487,30[L  ]| like$9$ me ~ it is all so$5#1$ strange."
094:487,31[M  ]| "It \is\ strange." 
094:487,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy spoke very kindly. 
094:487,31[M  ]| "But
094:487,32[M  ]| it is all right$8$."
094:488,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon gave a headshake that$6#1$ was both sad
094:488,02['  ]| and sharp. 
094:488,02[L  ]| "It is all wrong$2$.  But \you are\ all right$8$!"
094:488,03['  ]| he added in a different tone as he walked hastily
094:488,04['  ]| away.
101:491,01['  ]| $A$Nanda*Brookenham, for$4$ a fortnight after$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's
101:491,02['  ]| return$0$, had found much to$9$ think of; but the
101:491,03['  ]| bustle$0$ of business became, visibly for$4$ us, particularly
101:491,04['  ]| great with her on$4$ a certain Friday afternoon in June.
101:491,05['  ]| She was in unusual possession of that$6#2$ chamber of
101:491,06['  ]| comfort$0$ in which$6#1$ so$5#1$ much of her life had lately been
101:491,07['  ]| passed, the redecorated and rededicated room upstairs
101:491,08['  ]| in which$6#1$ she had enjoyed a due$2$ measure$0$ both
101:491,09['  ]| of solitude and of society.  Passing$1$ the objects$0$ about$4$
101:491,10['  ]| her in review she gave especial attention to$4$ her rather
101:491,11['  ]| marked wealth of books; changed repeatedly, for$4$
101:491,12['  ]| five minutes, the position of various volumes, transferred
101:491,13['  ]| to$4$ tables those that$3$ were on$4$ shelves and rearranged
101:491,14['  ]| shelves with an eye to$4$ the effect$0$ of backs.
101:491,15['  ]| She was flagrantly engaged throughout indeed in the
101:491,16['  ]| study$0$ of effect$0$, which$6#1$ moreover, had the law of an
101:491,17['  ]| extreme$2$ freshness not inveterately prevailed there,
101:491,18['  ]| might have been observed to$9$ be traceable in the very
101:491,19['  ]| detail$0$ of her own$2$ appearance.  "Company" in short$0$
101:491,20['  ]| was in the air and expectation in the picture$0$.  The
101:491,21['  ]| flowers on$4$ the little tables bloomed with a consciousness
101:491,22['  ]| sharply taken up by$4$ the glitter of nick-nacks
101:491,23['  ]| and reproduced in turn$0$ in the light$2$ exuberance of
101:491,24['  ]| cushions on$4$ sofas and the measured drop$0$ of blinds
101:491,25['  ]| in windows.  The numerous photographed friends in
101:491,26['  ]| particular were highly prepared, with small intense
101:491,27['  ]| faces, each, that$6#1$ happened in every case to$9$ be turned
101:492,01['  ]| to$4$ the door.  The pair$0$ of eyes most dilated perhaps
101:492,02['  ]| was that$6#2$ of old $B$Van, present$9$ under a polished glass
101:492,03['  ]| and in a frame of gilt-edged morocco that$6#1$ spoke out$5$,
101:492,04['  ]| across$4$ the room, of Piccadilly and Christmas, and
101:492,05['  ]| visibly widening his gaze at the opening of the door,
101:492,06['  ]| at the announcement of a name$0$ by$4$ a footman and at
101:492,07['  ]| the entrance of a gentleman remarkably like$9$ him
101:492,08['  ]| save$1$ as the resemblance was on$4$ the gentleman's part$0$
101:492,09['  ]| flattered.  $B$Vanderbank had not been in the room ten
101:492,10['  ]| seconds before$3$ he showed ever so$5#1$ markedly that$3$ he
101:492,11['  ]| had arrived to$9$ be kind$2$.  Kindness therefore becomes
101:492,12['  ]| for$4$ us, by$4$ a quick$2$ turn$0$ of the glass that$6#1$ reflects the
101:492,13['  ]| whole$2$ scene, the high pitch of the concert ~ a kindness
101:492,14['  ]| that$6#1$ almost immediately filled the place$0$, to$4$ the
101:492,15['  ]| exclusion of everything else, with a familiar friendly
101:492,16['  ]| voice, a brightness of good looks$0$ and good intentions,
101:492,17['  ]| a constant though perhaps sometimes misapplied
101:492,18['  ]| laugh$0$, a superabundance almost of interest$0$, inattention
101:492,19['  ]| and movement.
101:492,20['  ]| The first thing the young man said was that$3$ he
101:492,21['  ]| was tremendously glad she had written. 
101:492,21[B  ]| "I think it
101:492,22[B  ]| was most particularly nice of you." 
101:492,22['  ]| And this thought$0$
101:492,23['  ]| precisely seemed, as he spoke, a flower of the general$2$
101:492,24['  ]| bloom ~ as if the niceness he had brought in was so$5#1$
101:492,25['  ]| great that$3$ it straightway converted everything to$4$ its
101:492,26['  ]| image. 
101:492,26[B  ]| "The only thing that$6#1$ upset me a little," 
101:492,26['  ]| he
101:492,27['  ]| went on$5$, 
101:492,27[B  ]| "was your saying that$3$ before$4$ writing$1$ it you
101:492,28[B  ]| had so$5#2$ hesitated and waited.  I hope$1$ very much,
101:492,29[B  ]| you know, that$3$ you will$1$ never do anything of that$6#2$ kind$0$
101:492,30[B  ]| again.  If you have ever the slightest desire$0$ to$9$ see me ~
101:492,31[B  ]| for$4$ no$2$ matter what$6#1$ reason$0$, if there is ever the smallest
101:492,32[B  ]| thing of any sort that$6#1$ I can do for$4$ you, I promise$1$
101:493,01[B  ]| you I shall not easily forgive you if you stand$1$ on$4$ ceremony.
101:493,02[B  ]| It seems to$4$ me that$3$ when people have known
101:493,03[B  ]| each other as long$9$ as you and I there is one comfort$0$
101:493,04[B  ]| at least they may$1$ treat$1$ themselves to$4$.  I mean$1$ of
101:493,05[B  ]| course$8$," 
101:493,05['  ]| $B$Van developed, 
101:493,05[B  ]| "that$6#2$ of being$1$ easy and
101:493,06[B  ]| frank$2$ and natural$2$.  There are such a lot of relations
101:493,07[B  ]| in which$6#1$ one is not, in which$6#1$ it does not pay$1$, in which$6#1$
101:493,08[B  ]| ""ease$0$"" in fact would be the greatest of troubles and
101:493,09[B  ]| ""nature"" the greatest of falsities.  However," 
101:493,09['  ]| he continued
101:493,10['  ]| while$9$ he suddenly got up to$9$ change$1$ the place$0$
101:493,11['  ]| in which$6#1$ he had put his hat, 
101:493,11[B  ]| "I do not really know why
101:493,12[B  ]| I am preaching at such a rate$0$, for$3$ I have a perfect$2$ consciousness
101:493,13[B  ]| of not myself requiring it.  One does half
101:493,14[B  ]| the time preach more or less for$4$ one's self, eh?  I am
101:493,15[B  ]| not mistaken at all events, I think, about$4$ the right$2#1$
101:493,16[B  ]| thing with \you\.  And a hint is enough for$4$ you, I am
101:493,17[B  ]| sure, on$4$ the right$2#1$ thing with me." 
101:493,17['  ]| He had been
101:493,18['  ]| looking all round$9$ while$9$ he talked and had twice
101:493,19['  ]| shifted his seat; so$3$ that$3$ it was quite in consonance
101:493,20['  ]| with his general$2$ admiring notice$0$ that$3$ the next impression
101:493,21['  ]| he broke out$5$ with should have achieved some air
101:493,22['  ]| of relevance. 
101:493,22[B  ]| "What$7$ extraordinarily lovely flowers
101:493,23[B  ]| you have and how charming you have made everything! 
101:493,24[B  ]| You are always doing something ~ women are always
101:493,25[B  ]| changing the position of their furniture.  If one happens
101:493,26[B  ]| to$9$ come in in the dark$0$, no$2$ matter how well$9$ one
101:493,27[B  ]| knows the place$0$, one sits down$5$ on$4$ a hat or a puppy-dog.
101:493,28[B  ]| But of course$8$ you will$1$ say one does not come in in 
101:493,29[B  ]| the dark$0$, or at least, if one does, deserves what$6#1$ one
101:493,30[B  ]| gets.  Only you know the way some women keep their
101:493,31[B  ]| rooms.  I am bound to$9$ say \you\ do not, do you?  ~ you
101:493,32[B  ]| do not go in for$4$ flower-pots in the windows and half
101:494,01[B  ]| a dozen blinds.  Why \should\ you?  You \have\ got a lot
101:494,02[B  ]| to$9$ show$1$!" 
101:494,02['  ]| He rose$1$ with this for$4$ the third time, as the
101:494,03['  ]| better$9$ to$9$ command$1$ the scene. 
101:494,03[B  ]| "What$6#1$ I mean$1$ is that$6#2$
101:494,04[B  ]| sofa ~ which$6#1$ by$4$ the way is awfully good: you do,
101:494,05[B  ]| my dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda, go it!  It certainly was \here\ the last$2$
101:494,06[B  ]| time, was not it?  and this thing was there.  The
101:494,07[B  ]| last$2$ time ~ I mean$1$ the last$2$ time I was up here ~ was
101:494,08[B  ]| fearfully long$9$ ago: when, by$4$ the way, \was\ it?  But you
101:494,09[B  ]| see I \have\ been and that$3$ I remember it.  And you have
101:494,10[B  ]| a lot more things now.  You are laying up treasure.
101:494,11[B  ]| Really the increase$0$ of luxury ~!  What$7$ an awfully
101:494,12[B  ]| jolly lot of books ~ have you read them all?  Where
101:494,13[B  ]| did you learn so$5#1$ much about$4$ bindings?"
101:494,14['  ]| He continued to$9$ talk$1$; he took things up and put
101:494,15['  ]| them down$5$; $A$Nanda sat in her place$0$, where her stillness,
101:494,16['  ]| fixed and colourless, contrasted with his rather
101:494,17['  ]| flushed freedom, and appeared only to$9$ wait, half 
101:494,18['  ]| in surprise$0$, half in surrender$0$, for$4$ the flow$0$ of his suggestiveness
101:494,19['  ]| to$9$ run$1$ its course$0$, so$3$ that$3$, having herself
101:494,20['  ]| provoked the occasion$0$, she might do a little more to$9$
101:494,21['  ]| meet$1$ it.  It was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$, however, that$3$ his presence
101:494,22['  ]| in any degree ceased to$9$ prevail; for$3$ there were
101:494,23['  ]| minutes during which$6#1$ her face$0$, the only thing in her
101:494,24['  ]| that$6#1$ moved, turning$1$ with his turns$0$ and following his
101:494,25['  ]| glances, actually had a look$0$ inconsistent with anything
101:494,26['  ]| but submission to$4$ almost any accident.  It might
101:494,27['  ]| have expressed a desire$0$ for$4$ his talk$0$ to$9$ last$1$ and last$1$,
101:494,28['  ]| an acceptance of any treatment of the hour or any
101:494,29['  ]| version, or want$0$ of version, of her act$0$ that$6#1$ would best
101:494,30['  ]| suit$1$ his ease$0$, even$5$ in fact a resigned prevision of the
101:494,31['  ]| occurrence of something that$6#1$ would leave$1$ her,
101:494,32['  ]| quenched and blank$2$, with the appearance of having
101:495,01['  ]| made him come simply that$3$ she might look$1$ at him.
101:495,02['  ]| She might indeed well$9$ have been aware of an inability
101:495,03['  ]| to$9$ look$1$ at him little enough to$9$ make$1$ it flagrant that$3$
101:495,04['  ]| she had appealed to$4$ him for$4$ something quite different.
101:495,05['  ]| Keeping$1$ the situation meanwhile thus in his hands
101:495,06['  ]| he recognised over the chimney a new alteration.
101:495,07[B  ]| "There used$1#2$ to$9$ be a big print ~ was not there?  a 
101:495,08[B  ]| thing of the fifties ~ we had lots of them at home;
101:495,09[B  ]| some place$0$ or other ""in the olden time.""  And now
101:495,10[B  ]| there is that$6#2$ lovely French glass.  So$3$ you see." 
101:495,10['  ]| He
101:495,11['  ]| spoke as if she had in some way gainsaid him,
101:495,12['  ]| whereas he had not left$1$ her time even$5$ to$9$ answer$1$ a 
101:495,13['  ]| question$0$.  But he broke out$5$ anew on$4$ the beauty of
101:495,14['  ]| her flowers. 
101:495,14[B  ]| "You have awfully good ones ~ where
101:495,15[B  ]| do you get them?  Flowers and pictures and ~ what$6#2$
101:495,16[B  ]| are the other things people have when they are happy
101:495,17[B  ]| and superior$2$?  ~ books and birds.  You ought to$9$
101:495,18[B  ]| have a bird or two, though I dare$1#2$ say you think that$3$
101:495,19[B  ]| by$4$ the noise I make$1$ I am as good myself as a dozen.
101:495,20[B  ]| Is not there some girl in some story ~ it is not $Z1$Scott;
101:495,21[B  ]| what$6#2$ is it?  ~ who$6#1$ had domestic$2$ difficulties and a 
101:495,22[B  ]| cage in her window and whom$6#1$ one associates$1$ with
101:495,23[B  ]| chickweed and virtue?  It is not $Z2$Esmeralda ~
101:495,24[B  ]| $Z2$Esmeralda had a poodle, had not she?  ~ or have I
101:495,25[B  ]| got my heroines mixed?  You are up here yourself
101:495,26[B  ]| like$9$ a heroine; you are perched in your tower or what$6#2$
101:495,27[B  ]| do you call$1$ it?  ~ your bower.  You quite hang over
101:495,28[B  ]| the place$0$, you know ~ the great wicked city, the
101:495,29[B  ]| wonderful London sky and the monuments looming
101:495,30[B  ]| through$5$: or am I again only muddling up my $Z1$Zola?
101:495,31[B  ]| You must have the sunsets ~ have not you?  No$7$ ~
101:495,32[B  ]| what$6#2$ am I talking about$4$?  Of course$8$ you look$1$ north.  
101:496,01[B  ]| Well$7$, they strike me as about$5$ the only thing you
101:496,02[B  ]| have not.  At the same time it is not only because I
101:496,03[B  ]| envy$1$ you that$3$ I feel humiliated.  I ought to$9$ have sent
101:496,04[B  ]| you some flowers." 
101:496,04['  ]| He smote himself with horror,
101:496,05['  ]| throwing back$5$ his head$0$ with a sudden$2$ thought$0$. 
101:496,05[B  ]| "Why
101:496,06[B  ]| in goodness when I got your note$0$ did not I for$4$ once in
101:496,07[B  ]| my life do something really graceful?  I simply liked
101:496,08[B  ]| it and answered it.  Here I am.  But I have brought
101:496,09[B  ]| nothing.  I have not even$5$ brought a box of sweets.
101:496,10[B  ]| I am not a man of the world."
101:496,11[A  ]| "Most of the flowers here," 
101:496,11['  ]| $A$Nanda at last$0$ said,
101:496,12[A  ]| "come from $L$Mr%*Longdon.  Do not you remember his
101:496,13[A  ]| garden?"
101:496,14['  ]| $B$Vanderbank, in quick$2$ response, called it up.
101:496,15[B  ]| "Dear$7$ yes ~ was not it charming?  And that$6#2$ morning
101:496,16[B  ]| you and I spent there" 
101:496,16['  ]| ~ he was so$5#1$ careful to$9$ be
101:496,17['  ]| easy about$4$ it ~ 
101:496,17[B  ]| "talking under the trees."
101:496,18[A  ]| "You had gone out$5$ to$9$ be quiet$2$ and read ~!"
101:496,19[B  ]| "And you came out$5$ to$9$ look$1$ after$4$ me.  Well$7$, I
101:496,20[B  ]| remember," 
101:496,20['  ]| $B$Van went on$5$, 
101:496,20[B  ]| "that$3$ we had some good
101:496,21[B  ]| talk$0$."
101:496,22['  ]| The talk$0$, $A$Nanda's face$0$ implied, had become dim
101:496,23['  ]| to$4$ her; but there were other things. 
101:496,23[A  ]| "You know he is
101:496,24[A  ]| a great gardener ~ I mean$1$ really one of the greatest.
101:496,25[A  ]| His garden is like$9$ a dinner in a house where the person ~
101:496,26[A  ]| the person of the house ~ thoroughly knows
101:496,27[A  ]| and cares$1$."
101:496,28[B  ]| "I see.  And he sends you dishes from the table."
101:496,29[A  ]| "Often ~ every week.  It comes to$4$ the same thing 
101:496,30[A  ]| ~ now that$3$ he is in town his gardener does it."
101:496,31[B  ]| "Charming of them both!" 
101:496,31['  ]| $B$Vanderbank exclaimed.
101:496,32[B  ]| "But his gardener ~ that$6#2$ extraordinarily
101:497,01[B  ]| tall fellow with the long$9$ red beard ~ was almost as 
101:497,02[B  ]| nice as himself.  I had talks with \him\ too$5#2$ and remember
101:497,03[B  ]| every word he said.  I remember he told me you
101:497,04[B  ]| asked questions that$6#1$ showed ""a deal$0#2$ of study$0$.""  But I
101:497,05[B  ]| thought$1$ I had never seen all round$9$ such a charming
101:497,06[B  ]| lot of people ~ I mean$1$ as those down$5$ there that$6#1$ our
101:497,07[B  ]| friend has got about$4$ him.  It is an awfully good note$0$
101:497,08[B  ]| for$4$ a man, pleasant servants, I always think, do not
101:497,09[B  ]| you?  $L$Mr%*Longdon's ~ and quite without their
101:497,10[B  ]| saying anything; just$9$ from the sort of type and
101:497,11[B  ]| manner they had ~ struck me as a kind$0$ of chorus of
101:497,12[B  ]| praise$0$.  The same with $M$Mitchy's at Mertle, I remember,"
101:497,13['  ]| $B$Van rambled on$5$. 
101:497,13[B  ]| "$M$Mitchy is the sort of chap
101:497,14[B  ]| who$6#1$ might have awful ones, but I recollect telling
101:497,15[B  ]| him that$3$ one quite felt as if it were with \them\ one had
101:497,16[B  ]| come to$9$ stay$1$.  Good note$0$, good note$0$," 
101:497,16['  ]| he cheerfully
101:497,17['  ]| repeated. 
101:497,17[B  ]| "I am bound to$9$ say, you know," 
101:497,17['  ]| he continued
101:497,18['  ]| in this key, 
101:497,18[B  ]| "that$3$ you have a jolly sense for$4$
101:497,19[B  ]| getting in with people who$6#1$ make$1$ you comfortable.
101:497,20[B  ]| Then, by$4$ the way, he is still$5$ in town?"
101:497,21['  ]| $A$Nanda waited. 
101:497,21[A  ]| "Do you mean$1$ $M$Mr%*Mitchy?"
101:497,22[B  ]| "Oh \he\ is, I know ~ I met them two nights ago;
101:497,23[B  ]| and by$4$ the way again ~ do not let me forget ~ I
101:497,24[B  ]| want$1$ to$9$ speak to$4$ you about$4$ his wife.  But I have not
101:497,25[B  ]| seen, do you know?  $L$Mr%*Longdon ~ which$6#1$ is really
101:497,26[B  ]| too$5#1$ awful.  Twice, thrice I think, have I at moments
101:497,27[B  ]| like$9$ this one snatched myself from pressure; but
101:497,28[B  ]| there is no$2$ finding the old demon at any earthly hour.
101:497,29[B  ]| When do \you\ go ~ or does he only come here?  Of
101:497,30[B  ]| course$8$ I see you have got the place$0$ arranged for$4$ him.
101:497,31[B  ]| When I asked at his hotel at what$6#1$ hour he ever \is\ in,
101:497,32[B  ]| blest if the fellow did not say 
101:497,32[R  ]| ""Very often, sir, about$5$
101:498,01[R  ]| ten!""  
101:498,01[B  ]| And when I said ""Ten P%*M%?"" he quite laughed
101:498,02[B  ]| at my innocence over a person of such habits.  What$6#2$
101:498,03[B  ]| \are\ his habits then now, and what$6#2$ are you putting
101:498,04[B  ]| him up to$4$?  Seriously," 
101:498,04['  ]| $B$Vanderbank pursued, 
101:498,04[B  ]| "I \am\
101:498,05[B  ]| awfully sorry and I wonder$1$ if, the first time you have a 
101:498,06[B  ]| chance$0$, you would kindly tell him you have heard me say so$5#2$
101:498,07[B  ]| and that$3$ I mean$1$ yet to$9$ run$1$ him to$4$ earth.  The same
101:498,08[B  ]| really with the dear$2#1$ $M1$Mitchys.  I did not somehow, the
101:498,09[B  ]| other night, in such a lot of people, get at them.  But
101:498,10[B  ]| I sat opposite to$4$ $J$Aggie all through$4$ dinner, and that$6#2$
101:498,11[B  ]| puts me in mind$0$.  I should like$1$ volumes from you
101:498,12[B  ]| about$4$ $J$Aggie, please.  It is too$5#1$ revolting of me not to$9$
101:498,13[B  ]| go to$9$ see her.  But every*one knows I am busy.  We are
101:498,14[B  ]| up to$4$ our necks!"
101:498,15[A  ]| "I can not tell you," 
101:498,15['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
101:498,15[A  ]| "how kind$2$ I think
101:498,16[A  ]| it of you to$9$ have found, with all you have to$9$ do, a 
101:498,17[A  ]| moment for$4$ \this\.  But please, without delay$0$, let me
101:498,18[A  ]| tell you ~!"
101:498,19['  ]| Practically, however, he would let her tell him
101:498,20['  ]| nothing; his almost aggressive friendly optimism
101:498,21['  ]| clung so$5#2$ to$4$ references of short$2$ range$0$. 
101:498,21[B  ]| "Do not mention$1$ 
101:498,22[B  ]| it, please.  It is too$5#1$ charming of you to$9$ squeeze
101:498,23[B  ]| me in.  To$9$ see \you\ moreover does me good.  Quite
101:498,24[B  ]| distinct good.  And your writing$1$ me touched me ~
101:498,25[B  ]| oh but really.  There were all sorts of old things in it."
101:498,26['  ]| Then he broke out$5$ once more on$4$ her books, one of
101:498,27['  ]| which$6#1$ for$4$ some minutes past$9$ he had held in his hand.
101:498,28[B  ]| "I see you go in for$4$ sets ~ and, my dear$2#1$ child, upon
101:498,29[B  ]| my word, I see, \big\ sets.  What$6#2$ is this?  ~ ""Vol%*23:
101:498,30[B  ]| The*British*Poets.""  Vol%*23 is delightful ~ do tell me
101:498,31[B  ]| about$4$ Vol%*23.  Are you doing much in the*British*Poets?
101:498,32[B  ]| But when the deuce, you wonderful being$0$,
101:499,01[B  ]| do you find time to$9$ read?  \I\ do not find any ~ it is too$5#1$
101:499,02[B  ]| hideous.  One relapses in London into such illiteracy
101:499,03[B  ]| and barbarism.  I have to$9$ keep up a false glitter to$9$
101:499,04[B  ]| hide in conversation my rapidly increasing ignorance:
101:499,05[B  ]| I should be so$5#1$ ashamed after$4$ all to$9$ see other people
101:499,06[B  ]| \not\ shocked by$4$ it.  But teach me, teach me!" 
101:499,06['  ]| he gaily
101:499,07['  ]| went on$5$.
101:499,08[A  ]| "The*British*Poets," 
101:499,08['  ]| $A$Nanda immediately answered,
101:499,09[A  ]| "were given me by$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon, who$6#1$ has
101:499,10[A  ]| given me all the good books I have except a few ~
101:499,11[A  ]| those in that$6#2$ top row ~ that$6#1$ have been given me at
101:499,12[A  ]| different times by$4$ $M$Mr%*Mitchy.  $M$Mr%*Mitchy has sent
101:499,13[A  ]| me flowers too$5#2$, as well$9$ as $L$Mr%*Longdon.  And they are
101:499,14[A  ]| both ~ since we have spoken of my seeing them ~
101:499,15[A  ]| coming by$4$ appointment this afternoon; not together,
101:499,16[A  ]| but $M$Mr%*Mitchy at 5%30 and $L$Mr%*Longdon at 6%30."
101:499,17['  ]| She had spoken as with conscious promptitude,
101:499,18['  ]| making up for$4$ what$6#1$ she had not yet succeeded in
101:499,19['  ]| saying by$4$ a quick$2$, complete$2$ statement of her case.
101:499,20['  ]| She was evidently also going on$5$ with more, but her
101:499,21['  ]| actual visitor had already taken her up with a laugh$0$.
101:499,22[B  ]| "You \are\ making a day of it and you run$1$ us like$9$ railway-trains!"
101:499,23['  ]| he looked at his watch$0$. 
101:499,23[B  ]| "Have \I\ then
101:499,24[B  ]| time?"
101:499,25[A  ]| "It seems to$4$ me I should say ""Have \I\?""  But it is
101:499,26[A  ]| not half-past four," 
101:499,26['  ]| $A$Nanda went on$5$, 
101:499,26[A  ]| "and though
101:499,27[A  ]| I have something very particular of course$8$ to$9$ say to$4$
101:499,28[A  ]| you it will$1$ not take long$9$.  They do not bring tea till five,
101:499,29[A  ]| and you must surely stay$1$ till that$6#2$.  I had already written
101:499,30[A  ]| to$4$ you when they each, for$4$ the same reason$0$, proposed
101:499,31[A  ]| this afternoon.  They go out$8$ of town to-morrow
101:499,32[A  ]| for$4$ Sunday."
101:500,01[B  ]| "Oh I see ~ and they have to$9$ see you first.  What$7$
101:500,02[B  ]| an influence$0$ you exert, you know, on$4$ people's behaviour!"
101:500,03[B  ]|
101:500,04['  ]| She continued as literal as her friend was facetious.
101:500,05[A  ]| "Well$7$, it just$9$ happened so$5#2$, and it did not matter,
101:500,06[A  ]| since, on$4$ my asking you, do not you know? to$9$ choose
101:500,07[A  ]| your time, you had taken, as suiting you best, this
101:500,08[A  ]| comparatively early hour."
101:500,09[B  ]| "Oh perfectly." 
101:500,09['  ]| But he again had his watch$0$ out$5$.
101:500,10[B  ]| "I have a job, perversely ~ that$6#2$ was my reason$0$ ~ on$4$
101:500,11[B  ]| the other side$0$ of the world; which$6#1$, by$4$ the way, I am
101:500,12[B  ]| afraid, will$1$ not permit me to$9$ wait for$4$ tea.  My tea
101:500,13[B  ]| does not matter." 
101:500,13['  ]| The watch$0$ went back$5$ to$4$ his pocket.
101:500,14[B  ]| "I am sorry to$9$ say I must be off before$4$ five.  It has
101:500,15[B  ]| been delightful at all events to$9$ see you again."
101:500,16['  ]| He was on$4$ his feet as he spoke, and though he had
101:500,17['  ]| been half the time on$4$ his feet his last$2$ words gave the
101:500,18['  ]| effect$0$ of his moving almost immediately to$4$ the door.
101:500,19['  ]| It appeared to$9$ come out$5$ with them rather clearer
101:500,20['  ]| than before$5$ that$3$ he was embarrassed enough really
101:500,21['  ]| to$9$ need$1$ help$0$, and it was doubtless the measure$0$ she
101:500,22['  ]| after$4$ an instant$0$ took of this that$6#1$ enabled $A$Nanda, with
101:500,23['  ]| a quietness all her own$2$, to$9$ draw to$4$ herself a little more
101:500,24['  ]| of the situation.  The quietness was plainly determined$1$
101:500,25['  ]| for$4$ her by$4$ a quick$2$ vision of its being$1$ the best
101:500,26['  ]| assistance she could show$1$.  
101:500,26@a   | Had he an inward terror
101:500,27@a   | that$6#1$ explained his superficial nervousness, the incoherence
101:500,28@a   | of a loquacity designed, it would seem, to$9$
101:500,29@a   | check$1$ in each direction her advance$0$?  He only fed it
101:500,30@a   | in that$6#2$ case by$4$ allowing his precautionary benevolence
101:500,31@a   | to$9$ put him in so$5#1$ much deeper.  Where indeed
101:500,32@a   | could he have supposed she wanted to$9$ come out$5$,
101:501,01@a   | and what$6#2$ that$6#1$ she could ever do for$4$ him would really
101:501,02@a   | be so$5#1$ beautiful as this present$9$ chance$0$ to$9$ smooth$1$ his
101:501,03@a   | confusion and add as much as possible to$9$ that$6#2$ refined
101:501,04@a   | satisfaction with himself which$6#1$ would proceed from
101:501,05@a   | his having dealt with a difficult hour in a gallant and
101:501,06@a   | delicate way?  To$9$ force$1$ upon him an awkwardness
101:501,07@a   | was like$9$ forcing a disfigurement or a hurt, 
101:501,07['  ]| so$3$ that$3$
101:501,08['  ]| at the end$0$ of a minute$0$, during which$6#1$ the expression
101:501,09['  ]| of her face$0$ became a kind$0$ of uplifted view$0$ of her
101:501,10['  ]| opportunity, she arrived at the appearance of having
101:501,11['  ]| changed places$0$ with him and of their being$1$ together
101:501,12['  ]| precisely in order$8$ that$3$ he ~ not she ~ should be let
101:501,13['  ]| down$5$ easily.
102:502,01[A  ]| "But surely you are not going already?" 
102:502,01['  ]| she asked.
102:502,02[A  ]| "Why in the world then do you suppose I appealed to$4$
102:502,03[A  ]| you?"
102:502,04[B  ]| "Bless me, no$7$; I have lots of time." 
102:502,04['  ]| He dropped,
102:502,05['  ]| laughing for$4$ very eagerness, straight into another
102:502,06['  ]| chair. 
102:502,06[B  ]| "You are too$5#1$ awfully interesting.  Is it really
102:502,07[B  ]| an ""appeal""?" 
102:502,07['  ]| Putting the question$0$ indeed he could
102:502,08['  ]| scarce even$5$ yet allow her a chance$0$ to$9$ answer$1$ it. 
102:502,08[B  ]| "It is
102:502,09[B  ]| only that$3$ you make$1$ me a little nervous with your
102:502,10[B  ]| account$0$ of all the people who$6#1$ are going to$9$ tumble in.
102:502,11[B  ]| And there is one thing more," 
102:502,11['  ]| he quickly went on$5$;
102:502,12[B  ]| "I just$9$ want$1$ to$9$ make$1$ the point$0$ in case we should be
102:502,13[B  ]| interrupted.  The whole$2$ fun is in seeing you this way
102:502,14[B  ]| alone."
102:502,15[A  ]| "Is \that$6#2$\ the point$0$?" 
102:502,15['  ]| $A$Nanda, as he took breath,
102:502,16['  ]| gravely asked.
102:502,17[B  ]| "That is a part$0$ of it ~ I feel it, I assure you, to$9$ be 
102:502,18[B  ]| charming.  But what$6#1$ I meant ~ if you would only give
102:502,19[B  ]| me time, you know, to$9$ put in a word ~ is what$6#1$ for$4$
102:502,20[B  ]| that$6#2$ matter I have already told you: that$3$ it almost
102:502,21[B  ]| spoils my pleasure for$4$ you to$9$ keep reminding me that$3$
102:502,22[B  ]| a bit of luck like$9$ this ~ luck for$4$ \me\: I see you coming! ~
102:502,23[B  ]| is after$4$ all for$4$ you but a question$0$ of business.
102:502,24[B  ]| Hang business!  Good ~ do not stab me with that$6#2$
102:502,25[B  ]| paper-knife.  I listen.  What$6#2$ \is\ the great affair?"
102:502,26['  ]| Then as it looked for$4$ an instant$0$ as if the words she
102:502,27['  ]| had prepared were just$9$, in the supreme pinch of her
102:503,01['  ]| need$0$, falling apart, he once more tried his advantage.
102:503,02[B  ]| "Oh if there is any difficulty about$4$ it let it go ~ we will$1$
102:503,03[B  ]| take it for$4$ granted.  There is one thing at any rate$0$ ~
102:503,04[B  ]| do let me say this ~ that$6#1$ I \should\ like$1$ you to$9$ keep
102:503,05[B  ]| before$4$ me: I want$1$ before$3$ I go to$9$ make$1$ you light$1$ up
102:503,06[B  ]| for$4$ me the question$0$ of little $J$Aggie.  Oh there are other
102:503,07[B  ]| questions too$5#2$ as to$4$ which$6#1$ I regard$1$ you as a perfect$2$
102:503,08[B  ]| fountain of curious knowledge!  However, we will$1$ take
102:503,09[B  ]| them one by$4$ one ~ the next some other time.  You
102:503,10[B  ]| always seem to$4$ me to$9$ hold$1$ the strings of such a lot
102:503,11[B  ]| of queer little dramas.  Have something on$4$ the shelf
102:503,12[B  ]| for$4$ me when we meet$1$ again.  \The\ thing just$9$ now is
102:503,13[B  ]| the outlook for$4$ $M$Mitchy's affair.  One cares$1$ enough
102:503,14[B  ]| for$4$ old $M$Mitch to$9$ fancy$1$ one may$1$ feel safer for$4$ a lead$0#1$
102:503,15[B  ]| or two.  In fact I want$1$ regularly to$9$ turn$1$ you on$5$."
102:503,16[A  ]| "Ah but the thing I happen to$9$ have taken it into
102:503,17[A  ]| my head$0$ to$9$ say to$4$ you," 
102:503,17['  ]| $A$Nanda now securely enough
102:503,18['  ]| replied, 
102:503,18[A  ]| "has not the least bit to$9$ do, I assure you,
102:503,19[A  ]| either with $J$Aggie or with ""old $M$Mitch.""  If you do not
102:503,20[A  ]| want$1$ to$9$ hear it ~ want$1$ some way of getting off ~
102:503,21[A  ]| please believe \they\ will$1$ not help$1$ you a bit." 
102:503,21['  ]| It was quite
102:503,22['  ]| in fact that$3$ she felt herself at last$0$ to$9$ have found the
102:503,23['  ]| right$2#1$ tone.  Nothing less than a conviction of this
102:503,24['  ]| could have made her after$4$ an instant$0$ add: 
102:503,24[A  ]| "What$6#2$ in
102:503,25[A  ]| the world, $B$Mr%*Van, are you afraid of?"
102:503,26['  ]| Well$7$, that$3$ it \was\ the right$2#1$ tone a single little minute$0$
102:503,27['  ]| was sufficient to$9$ prove ~ a minute$0$, I must yet haste
102:503,28['  ]| to$9$ say, big enough in spite$8$ of its smallness to$9$ contain
102:503,29['  ]| the longest look$0$ on$4$ any occasion$0$ exchanged between
102:503,30['  ]| these friends.  It was one of those looks$0$ ~ not so$5#1$
102:503,31['  ]| frequent, it must be admitted, as the muse of history,
102:503,32['  ]| dealing at best in short$2$ cuts, is often by$4$ the conditions
102:504,01['  ]| of her trade reduced to$4$ representing them ~ which$6#1$
102:504,02['  ]| after$3$ they have come and gone are felt not only to$9$
102:504,03['  ]| have changed relations but absolutely to$9$ have cleared
102:504,04['  ]| the air.  It certainly helped $B$Vanderbank to$9$ find his
102:504,05['  ]| answer$0$. 
102:504,05[B  ]| "I am only afraid, I think, of your conscience."
102:504,06[B  ]|
102:504,07['  ]| He had been indeed for$4$ the space more helped than
102:504,08['  ]| she. 
102:504,08[A  ]| "My conscience?"
102:504,09[B  ]| "Think it over ~ quite at your leisure ~ and some
102:504,10[B  ]| day you will$1$ understand.  There is no$2$ hurry$0$," 
102:504,10['  ]| he continued ~
102:504,11[B  ]| "no$2$ hurry$0$.  And when you do understand,
102:504,12[B  ]| it need not make$1$ your existence a burden to$4$ you to$9$
102:504,13[B  ]| fancy$1$ you must tell me." 
102:504,13['  ]| Oh he was so$5#1$ kind$2$ ~ kinder
102:504,14['  ]| than ever now. 
102:504,14[B  ]| "The thing is, you see, that$3$ \I\ have not
102:504,15[B  ]| a conscience.  I only want$1$ my fun."
102:504,16['  ]| They had on$4$ this a second$2$ look$0$, also decidedly
102:504,17['  ]| comfortable, though discounted, as the phrase is, by$4$
102:504,18['  ]| the other, which$6#1$ had really in its way exhausted the
102:504,19['  ]| possibilities of looks$0$. 
102:504,19[A  ]| "Oh I want$1$ \my\ fun too$5#2$," 
102:504,19['  ]| said 
102:504,20['  ]| $A$Nanda, 
102:504,20[A  ]| "and little as it may$1$ strike you in some ways
102:504,21[A  ]| as looking like$9$ it, just$9$ this, I beg you to$9$ believe, is the 
102:504,22[A  ]| real thing.  What$6#2$ is at the bottom of it," 
102:504,22['  ]| she went on$5$,
102:504,23[A  ]| "is a talk$0$ I had not long$9$ ago with mother."
102:504,24[B  ]| "Oh yes," 
102:504,24['  ]| $B$Van returned with brightly blushing
102:504,25['  ]| interest$0$. 
102:504,25[B  ]| "The fun," 
102:504,25['  ]| he laughed, 
102:504,25[B  ]| "that is to$9$ be got
102:504,26[B  ]| out$8$ of ""mother""!"				
102:504,27[A  ]| "Oh I am not thinking so$5#1$ much of that$6#2$.  I am thinking
102:504,28[A  ]| of any that$6#1$ she herself may$1$ be still$5$ in a position
102:504,29[A  ]| to$9$ pick up.  Mine$6$ now, do not you see? is in making
102:504,30[A  ]| out$5$ how I can manage for$4$ this.  Of course$8$ it is rather
102:504,31[A  ]| difficult," 
102:504,31['  ]| the girl pursued, 
102:504,31[A  ]| "for$4$ me to$9$ tell you exactly
102:504,32[A  ]| what$6#1$ I mean$1$."
102:505,01[B  ]| "Oh but it is not a bit difficult for$4$ me to$9$ understand
102:505,02[B  ]| you!" 
102:505,02['  ]| $B$Vanderbank spoke, in his geniality, as if this were 
102:505,03['  ]| were in fact the veriest trifle$0$. 
102:505,03[B  ]| "You have got your mother
102:505,04[B  ]| on$4$ your mind$0$.  That is very much what$6#1$ I mean$1$
102:505,05[B  ]| by$4$ your conscience."
102:505,06['  ]| $A$Nanda had a fresh hesitation, but evidently unaccompanied
102:505,07['  ]| at present$0#1$ by$4$ any pain$0$. 
102:505,07[A  ]| "Do not you
102:505,08[A  ]| still$5$ \like$1$\ mamma?" 
102:505,08['  ]| she at any rate$0$ quite successfully
102:505,09['  ]| brought out$5$. 
102:505,09[A  ]| "I must tell you," 
102:505,09['  ]| she quickly
102:505,10['  ]| subjoined, 
102:505,10[A  ]| "that$3$ though I have mentioned my talk$0$ with
102:505,11[A  ]| her as having finally led to$4$ my writing$1$ to$4$ you, it is not
102:505,12[A  ]| in the least that$3$ she then suggested my putting you
102:505,13[A  ]| the question$0$.  I put it," 
102:505,13['  ]| she explained, 
102:505,13[A  ]| "quite off my
102:505,14[A  ]| own$2$ bat."
102:505,15['  ]| The explanation, as an effect$0$ immediately produced,
102:505,16['  ]| did proportionately much for$4$ the visitor, who$6#1$
102:505,17['  ]| sat back$5$ in his chair with a pleased ~ a distinctly 
102:505,18['  ]| exhilarated ~ sense both of what$6#1$ he himself and
102:505,19['  ]| what$6#1$ $A$Nanda had done. 
102:505,19[B  ]| "You are an adorable family!"
102:505,20[A  ]| "Well$7$ then if mother is adorable why give her up?
102:505,21[A  ]| This I do not mind$1$ admitting she did, the day I speak
102:505,22[A  ]| of, let me see that$3$ she feels you have done; but without
102:505,23[A  ]| suggesting either ~ not a scrap, please believe
102:505,24[A  ]| ~ that$3$ I should make$1$ you any sort of scene about$4$
102:505,25[A  ]| it.  Of course$8$ in the first place$0$ she knows perfectly
102:505,26[A  ]| that$3$ anything like$9$ a scene would be no$2$ use$0$.  You
102:505,27[A  ]| could not make$1$ out$5$ even$5$ if you wanted," 
102:505,27['  ]| $A$Nanda went
102:505,28['  ]| on$5$, 
102:505,28[A  ]| "that$3$ \this\ is one.  She will$1$ not hear us ~ will$1$ she?
102:505,29[A  ]| ~ smashing the furniture.  I did not think for$4$ a while$0$
102:505,30[A  ]| that$3$ I could do anything at all, and I worried myself
102:505,31[A  ]| with that$6#2$ idea half to$4$ death.  Then suddenly it came
102:505,32[A  ]| to$4$ me that$3$ I could do just$9$ what$6#1$ I am doing now.  You
102:506,01[A  ]| said a while$0$ ago that$3$ we must never be ~ you and
102:506,02[A  ]| I ~ anything but frank$2$ and natural$2$.  That is what$6#1$ 
102:506,03[A  ]| I said to$4$ myself also ~ why not?  Here I am for$4$ you
102:506,04[A  ]| therefore as natural$2$ as a cold$0$ in your head$0$.  I just$9$ ask
102:506,05[A  ]| you ~ I even$5$ press$1$ you.  It is because, as she said,
102:506,06[A  ]| you have practically ceased coming.  Of course$8$ I know
102:506,07[A  ]| everything changes$1$.  It is the law ~ what$6#2$ is it? 
102:506,08[A  ]| ""the great law"" of something or other.  All sorts of
102:506,09[A  ]| things happen ~ things come to$4$ an end$0$.  She has
102:506,10[A  ]| more or less ~ by$4$ his marriage ~ lost $M$Mitchy.  I
102:506,11[A  ]| do not want$1$ her to$9$ lose everything.  Do stick to$4$ her.
102:506,12[A  ]| What$6#1$ I really wanted to$9$ say to$4$ you ~ to$9$ bring it
102:506,13[A  ]| straight out$5$ ~ is that$3$ I do not believe you thoroughly
102:506,14[A  ]| know how awfully she likes you.  I hope$1$ my saying
102:506,15[A  ]| such a thing does not affect you as ""immodest.""  One
102:506,16[A  ]| never knows ~ but I do not much care$1$ if it does.  I
102:506,17[A  ]| suppose it \would\ be immodest if I were to$9$ say that$3$
102:506,18[A  ]| I verily believe she is in love$0$ with you.  Not, for$4$ that$6#2$
102:506,19[A  ]| matter, that$3$ father would mind$1$ ~ he would not mind$1$,
102:506,20[A  ]| as he says, a tuppenny rap.  So$3$" 
102:506,20['  ]| ~ she extraordinarily
102:506,21['  ]| kept it up ~ 
102:506,21[A  ]| "you are welcome$1$ to$4$ any good the
102:506,22[A  ]| information may$1$ have for$4$ you: though that$6#2$, I dare$1#2$
102:506,23[A  ]| say, does sound$1$ hideous.  No$2$ matter ~ if I produce
102:506,24[A  ]| any effect$0$ on$4$ you.  That is the only thing I want$1$.
102:506,25[A  ]| When I think of her downstairs there so$5#1$ often nowadays
102:506,26[A  ]| practically alone I feel as if I could scarcely
102:506,27[A  ]| bear$1$ it.  She is so$5#1$ fearfully young."
102:506,28['  ]| This time at least her speech, while$9$ she went from
102:506,29['  ]| point$0$ to$9$ point$0$, completely hushed him, though after$4$ a 
102:506,30['  ]| full glimpse of the direction it was taking he ceased
102:506,31['  ]| to$9$ meet$1$ her eyes and only sat staring hard at the pattern
102:506,32['  ]| of the rug.  Even$5$ when at last$0$ he spoke it was
102:507,01['  ]| without looking up. 
102:507,01[B  ]| "You are indeed, as she herself
102:507,02[B  ]| used$1#2$ to$9$ say, the modern daughter!  It takes that$6#2$ type
102:507,03[B  ]| to$9$ wish$1$ to$9$ make$1$ a career for$4$ her parents."
102:507,04[A  ]| "Oh," 
102:507,04['  ]| said $A$Nanda very simply, 
102:507,04[A  ]| "it is not a ""career""
102:507,05[A  ]| exactly, is it ~ keeping$1$ hold$0$ of an old friend?
102:507,06[A  ]| but it may$1$ console a little, may not it, for$4$ the absence
102:507,07[A  ]| of one?  At all events I did not want$1$ not to$9$ have spoken
102:507,08[A  ]| before$3$ it is too$5#1$ late.  Of course$8$ I do not know what$6#1$ is
102:507,09[A  ]| the matter between you, or if anything is really the
102:507,10[A  ]| matter at all.  I do not care$1$ at any rate$0$ \what$6#1$\ is ~ it
102:507,11[A  ]| can not be anything very bad.  Make$1$ it up, make$1$ it up 
102:507,12[A  ]| ~ forget it.  I do not pretend that is a career for$4$ \you\
102:507,13[A  ]| any more than for$4$ her; but there it is.  I know how
102:507,14[A  ]| I sound$1$ ~ most patronising and pushing; but nothing
102:507,15[A  ]| venture nothing have.  You \can not\ know how
102:507,16[A  ]| much you are to$4$ her.  You are more to$4$ her, I verily
102:507,17[A  ]| believe, than any one \ever\ was.  I hate to$9$ have the
102:507,18[A  ]| appearance of plotting anything about$4$ her behind
102:507,19[A  ]| her back$0$; so$3$ I will$1$ just$9$ say it once for$4$ all.  She said
102:507,20[A  ]| once, in speaking of it to$4$ a person who$6#1$ repeated it to$4$
102:507,21[A  ]| me, that$3$ you had done more for$4$ her than any*one,
102:507,22[A  ]| because it was you who$6#1$ had really brought her out$5$.
102:507,23[A  ]| It \was\.  You did.  I saw it at the time myself. I was
102:507,24[A  ]| very small, but I \could\ see it.  You will$1$ say I must have
102:507,25[A  ]| been a most uncanny little wretch, and I dare$1#2$ say I
102:507,26[A  ]| was and am keeping$1$ now the pleasant promise$0$.  That$6#2$
102:507,27[A  ]| does not prevent one's feeling$1$ that$3$ when a person has
102:507,28[A  ]| brought a person out$5$ ~"
102:507,29[B  ]| "A person should take the consequences," 
102:507,29['  ]| $B$Vanderbank
102:507,30['  ]| broke in, 
102:507,30[B  ]| "and see a person through$5$?" 
102:507,30['  ]| He
102:507,31['  ]| could meet$1$ her now perfectly and proceeded admirably
102:507,32['  ]| to$9$ do it. 
102:507,32[B  ]| "There is an immense deal$0#2$ in that$6#2$,
102:508,01[B  ]| I admit ~ I admit.  I am bound to$9$ say I do not know
102:508,02[B  ]| quite what$6#1$ I did ~ one does those things, no$2$ doubt$0$,
102:508,03[B  ]| with a fine unconsciousness: I should have thought$1$
102:508,04[B  ]| indeed it was the other way round$9$.  But I assure you
102:508,05[B  ]| I accept all consequences and all responsibilities.  If
102:508,06[B  ]| you do not know what$6#1$ is the matter between us I am
102:508,07[B  ]| sure \I\ do not either.  It can not be much ~ we will$1$ look$1$
102:508,08[B  ]| into it.  I do not mean$1$ you and I ~ \you\ must not be
102:508,09[B  ]| any more worried; but she and her so$5#1$ unwittingly
102:508,10[B  ]| faithless one.  I \have not\ been as often, I know" ~
102:508,11['  ]| $B$Van pleasantly kept his course$0$. 
102:508,11[B  ]| "But there is a tide
102:508,12[B  ]| in the affairs of men ~ and of women too$5#2$, and of
102:508,13[B  ]| girls and of every*one.  You know what$6#1$ I mean$1$ ~
102:508,14[B  ]| you know it for$4$ yourself.  The great thing is that$3$ ~
102:508,15[B  ]| bless both your hearts!  ~ one does not, one simply
102:508,16[B  ]| \can not\ if one would, give your mother up.  It is absurd
102:508,17[B  ]| to$9$ talk$1$ about$4$ it.  Nobody ever did such a thing in his
102:508,18[B  ]| life.  There she is, like$9$ the moon or the Marble*Arch.
102:508,19[B  ]| I do not say, mind$1$ you," 
102:508,19['  ]| he candidly explained, 
102:508,19[B  ]| "that$3$
102:508,20[B  ]| every*one \likes\ her equally: that is another affair.
102:508,21[B  ]| But no*one whoever \has\ liked her can afford ever
102:508,22[B  ]| again for$4$ any long$9$ period to$9$ do without her.  There
102:508,23[B  ]| are too$5#1$ many stupid people ~ there is too$5#1$ much dull
102:508,24[B  ]| company.  That$6#2$, in London, is to$9$ be had by$4$ the ton;
102:508,25[B  ]| your mother's intelligence, on$4$ the other hand, will$1$
102:508,26[B  ]| always have its price.  One can talk$1$ with her for$4$ a 
102:508,27[B  ]| change$0$.  She is fine, fine, fine.  So$3$, my dear$2#1$ child, be
102:508,28[B  ]| quiet$2$.  She is a fixed star."
102:508,29[A  ]| "Oh I know she is," 
102:508,29['  ]| $A$Nanda said. 
102:508,29[A  ]| "It is \you\ ~"
102:508,30[B  ]| "Who$6#1$ may$1$ be only the flashing meteor?" 
102:508,30['  ]| He sat
102:508,31['  ]| and smiled at her. 
102:508,31[B  ]| "I promise$1$ you then that$3$ your
102:508,32[B  ]| words have stayed me in my course$0$.  You have made
102:509,01[B  ]| me stand$1$ as still$2$ as $Z2$Joshua made the sun." 
102:509,01['  ]| With
102:509,02['  ]| which$6#1$ he got straight up. 
102:509,02[B  ]| """Young,"" you say she is?"
102:509,03['  ]| ~ for$3$ as if to$9$ make$1$ up for$4$ it he all the more sociably
102:509,04['  ]| continued. 
102:509,04[B  ]| "It is not like$9$ anything else.  She is youth.
102:509,05[B  ]| She is \my\ youth ~ she \was\ mine$6$.  And if you ever
102:509,06[B  ]| have a chance$0$," 
102:509,06['  ]| he wound$1#1$ up, 
102:509,06[B  ]| "do put in for$4$ me that$3$
102:509,07[B  ]| if she wants$1$ \really\ to$9$ know she is booked for$4$ my old
102:509,08[B  ]| age.  She is clever enough, you know" 
102:509,08['  ]| ~ and $B$Vanderbank,
102:509,09['  ]| laughing went over for$4$ his hat ~ 
102:509,09[B  ]| "to$9$ understand
102:509,10[B  ]| what$6#1$ you tell her."
102:509,11['  ]| $A$Nanda took this in with due$2$ attention; she was
102:509,12['  ]| also now on$4$ her feet. 
102:509,12[A  ]| "And then she is so$5#1$ lovely."
102:509,13[B  ]| "Awfully pretty$2$!"
102:509,14[A  ]| "I do not say it, as they say, you know," 
102:509,14['  ]| the girl
102:509,15['  ]| continued, 
102:509,15[A  ]| "\because\ she is mother, but I often think
102:509,16[A  ]| when we are out$5$ that$3$ wherever she is ~!"
102:509,17[B  ]| "There is no*one that$6#1$ all round$9$ really touches
102:509,18[B  ]| her?" 
102:509,18['  ]| $B$Vanderbank took it up with zeal. 
102:509,18[B  ]| "Oh so$5#2$
102:509,19[B  ]| every*one thinks, and in fact one's appreciation of the
102:509,20[B  ]| charming things in that$6#2$ way so$5#1$ intensely her own$2$ can
102:509,21[B  ]| scarcely breathe on$4$ them all lightly enough.  And
102:509,22[B  ]| then, hang it, she has perceptions ~ which$6#1$ are not
102:509,23[B  ]| things that$6#1$ run$1$ about$4$ the streets.  She has surprises."
102:509,24['  ]| He almost broke down$5$ for$4$ vividness. 
102:509,24[B  ]| "She has little
102:509,25[B  ]| ways."
102:509,26[A  ]| "Well$7$, I am glad you do like$1$ her," 
102:509,26['  ]| $A$Nanda gravely
102:509,27['  ]| replied.
102:509,28['  ]| At this again he fairly faced her, his momentary
102:509,29['  ]| silence$0$ making it still$5$ more direct$2$. 
102:509,29[B  ]| "I like$1$, you know,
102:509,30[B  ]| about$5$ as well$9$ as I ever liked anything, this wonderful
102:509,31[B  ]| idea of yours of putting in a plea for$4$ her solitude and
102:509,32[B  ]| her youth.  Do not think I do it injustice if I say ~
102:510,01[B  ]| which$6#1$ is saying much ~ that$3$ it is quite as charming
102:510,02[B  ]| as it is amusing.  And now good-bye."
102:510,03['  ]| He had put out$5$ his hand, but $A$Nanda hesitated.
102:510,04[A  ]| "You will$1$ not wait for$4$ tea?"
102:510,05[B  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child, I can not." 
102:510,05['  ]| He seemed to$9$ feel, however,
102:510,06['  ]| that$3$ something more must be said. 
102:510,06[B  ]| "We shall
102:510,07[B  ]| meet$1$ again.  But it is getting on$5$, is not it, toward the
102:510,08[B  ]| general$2$ scatter?"
102:510,09[A  ]| "Yes, and I hope$1$ that$3$ this year," 
102:510,09['  ]| she answered,
102:510,10[A  ]| "you will$1$ have a good holiday."
102:510,11[B  ]| "Oh we shall meet$1$ before$4$ that$6#2$.  I shall do what$6#1$
102:510,12[B  ]| I can, but upon my word I feel, you know," 
102:510,12['  ]| he
102:510,13['  ]| laughed, 
102:510,13[B  ]| "that$3$ such a tuning-up as \you have\ given
102:510,14[B  ]| me will$1$ last$1$ me a long$9$ time.  It is like$9$ the high Alps."
102:510,15['  ]| Then with his hand out$5$ again he added: 
102:510,15[B  ]| "Have you
102:510,16[B  ]| any plans yourself?"
102:510,17['  ]| So$5#1$ many, it might have seemed, that$3$ she had no$2$
102:510,18['  ]| time to$9$ take for$4$ thinking of them. 
102:510,18[A  ]| "I dare$1#2$ say I shall
102:510,19[A  ]| be away a good deal$0#2$."
102:510,20['  ]| He candidly wondered. 
102:510,20[B  ]| "With $L$Mr%*Longdon?"
102:510,21[A  ]| "Yes ~ with him most."
102:510,22['  ]| He had another pause$0$. 
102:510,22[B  ]| "Really for$4$ a long$9$ time?"
102:510,23[A  ]| "A long$9$ long$9$ one, I hope$1$."
102:510,24[B  ]| "Your mother is willing again?"
102:510,25[A  ]| "Oh perfectly.  And you see that is why."
102:510,26[B  ]| "Why?" 
102:510,26['  ]| She had said nothing more, and he failed
102:510,27['  ]| to$9$ understand.
102:510,28[A  ]| "Why you must not too$5#1$ much leave$1$ her alone.
102:510,29[A  ]| \Do not\!" 
102:510,29['  ]| $A$Nanda brought out$5$.
102:510,30[B  ]| "I will$1$ not.  But," 
102:510,30['  ]| he presently added, 
102:510,30[B  ]| "there are
102:510,31[B  ]| one or two things."
102:510,32[A  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$ are they?"
102:511,01['  ]| He produced in some seriousness the first. 
102:511,01[B  ]| "will$1$ not
102:511,02[B  ]| she after$4$ all see the $M1$Mitchys?"
102:511,03[A  ]| "Not so$5#1$ much either.  That$6#2$ of course$8$ is now very
102:511,04[A  ]| different."
102:511,05['  ]| $B$Vanderbank demurred. 
102:511,05[B  ]| "But not for$4$ \you\, I gather
102:511,06[B  ]| ~ is it?  Do not you expect to$9$ see them?"
102:511,07[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ I hope$1$ they will$1$ come down$5$."
102:511,08['  ]| He moved away a little ~ not straight to$4$ the door.
102:511,09[B  ]| "To$4$ Beccles?  Funny place$0$ for$4$ them, a little though,
102:511,10[B  ]| is not it?"
102:511,11['  ]| He had put the question$0$ as if for$4$ amusement, but
102:511,12['  ]| $A$Nanda took it literally. 
102:511,12[A  ]| "Ah not when they are invited
102:511,13[A  ]| so$5#1$ very very charmingly.  Not when he wants$1$ them so$5#2$."
102:511,14[B  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?  Then that$6#2$ keeps up?"
102:511,15[A  ]| """That$6#2$""?" 
102:511,15['  ]| ~ she was at a loss.
102:511,16[B  ]| "I mean$1$ his intimacy ~ with $M$Mitchy."
102:511,17[A  ]| "So$5#1$ far as it \is\ an intimacy."
102:511,18[B  ]| "But did not you, by$4$ the way" 
102:511,18['  ]| ~ and he looked
102:511,19['  ]| again at his watch$0$ ~ 
102:511,19[B  ]| "tell me they are just$9$ about$5$ to$9$
102:511,20[B  ]| turn$1$ up together?"
102:511,21[A  ]| "Oh not so$5#1$ very particularly together."
102:511,22[B  ]| "$M$Mitchy first alone?" 
102:511,22['  ]| $B$Vanderbank asked.
102:511,23['  ]| She had a smile$0$ that$6#1$ was dim, that$6#1$ was slightly
102:511,24['  ]| strange. 
102:511,24[A  ]| "Unless you will$1$ stay$1$ for$4$ company."
102:511,25[B  ]| "Thanks ~ impossible.  And then $L$Mr%*Longdon
102:511,26[B  ]| alone?"
102:511,27[A  ]| "Unless $M$Mitchy stays."
102:511,28['  ]| He had another pause$0$. 
102:511,28[B  ]| "You have not after$4$ all
102:511,29[B  ]| told me about$4$ the ""evolution"" ~ or the evolutions ~
102:511,30[B  ]| of his wife."
102:511,31[A  ]| "How can I if you do not give me time?"
102:511,32[B  ]| "I see ~ of course$8$ not." 
102:511,32['  ]| He seemed to$9$ feel for$4$ an
102:512,01['  ]| instant$0$ the return$0$ of his curiosity. 
102:512,01[B  ]| "Yet it will$1$ not do,
102:512,02[B  ]| will$1$ it?  To$9$ have her out$5$ before$4$ \him\?  No$7$, I must go."
102:512,03['  ]| He came back$5$ to$4$ her and at present$0#1$ she gave him
102:512,04['  ]| a hand. 
102:512,04[B  ]| "But if you do see $L$Mr%*Longdon alone will$1$
102:512,05[B  ]| you do me a service?  I mean$1$ indeed not simply today,
102:512,06[B  ]| but with all other good chances?"
102:512,07['  ]| She waited. 
102:512,07[A  ]| "Any service whatever.  But which$6#2$
102:512,08[A  ]| first?"
102:512,09[B  ]| "Well$7$," 
102:512,09['  ]| he returned in a moment, 
102:512,09[B  ]| "let us call$1$ it
102:512,10[B  ]| a bargain.  I look$1$ after$4$ your mother ~"
102:512,11[A  ]| "And I ~?" 
102:512,11['  ]| She had had to$9$ wait again.
102:512,12[B  ]| "Look$1$ after$4$ my good name$0$.  I mean$1$ for$4$ common$2$
102:512,13[B  ]| decency to$4$ \him\.  He has been of a kindness to$4$ me that$6#1$,
102:512,14[B  ]| when I think of my failure to$9$ return$1$ it, makes me
102:512,15[B  ]| blush$1$ from head$0$ to$4$ foot.  I have odiously neglected him
102:512,16[B  ]| ~ by$4$ a complication of accidents.  There are things
102:512,17[B  ]| I ought to$9$ have done that$6#1$ I have not.  There is one	
102:512,18[B  ]| in particular ~ but it does not matter.  And I have not
102:512,19[B  ]| even$5$ explained about$4$ \that$6#2$\.  I have been a brute and
102:512,20[B  ]| I did not mean$1$ it and I could not help$1$ it.  But there it
102:512,21[B  ]| is.  Say a good word for$4$ me.  Make$1$ out$5$ somehow or
102:512,22[B  ]| other that$3$ I am \not\ a beast.  In short$0$," 
102:512,22['  ]| the young man
102:512,23['  ]| said, quite flushed once more with the intensity of
102:512,24['  ]| his thought$0$, 
102:512,24[B  ]| "let us have it that$3$ you may$1$ quite trust$1$
102:512,25[B  ]| \me\ if you will$1$ let me a little ~ just$9$ for$4$ my character
102:512,26[B  ]| as a gentleman ~ trust$1$ \you\."
102:512,27[A  ]| "Ah you may$1$ trust$1$ me," 
102:512,27['  ]| $A$Nanda replied with her
102:512,28['  ]| handshake.
102:512,29[B  ]| "Good-bye then!" 
102:512,29['  ]| he called from the door.
102:512,30[A  ]| "Good-bye," 
102:512,30['  ]| she said after$3$ he had closed it.
103:513,01['  ]| It was half-past five when $M$Mitchy turned up; and
103:513,02['  ]| her relapse had in the mean*time known no$2$ arrest
103:513,03['  ]| but the arrival of tea, which$6#1$, however, she had left$1$
103:513,04['  ]| unnoticed.  He expressed on$4$ entering the fear$0$ that$3$
103:513,05['  ]| he failed of exactitude, to$4$ which$6#1$ she replied by$4$ the
103:513,06['  ]| assurance that$3$ he was on$4$ the contrary$0$ remarkably
103:513,07['  ]| near$4$ it and by$4$ the mention$0$ of all the aid to$4$ patience
103:513,08['  ]| she had drawn from the pleasure of half an hour with
103:513,09['  ]| $B$Mr%*Van ~ an allusion that$6#1$ of course$8$ immediately
103:513,10['  ]| provoked on$4$ $M$Mitchy's part$0$ the liveliest interest$0$. 
103:513,10[M  ]| "He
103:513,11[M  ]| \has\ risked it at last$0$ then?  How tremendously exciting!
103:513,12[M  ]| And your mother?" 
103:513,12['  ]| he went on$5$; after$4$ which$6#1$,
103:513,13['  ]| as she said nothing: 
103:513,13[M  ]| "Did \she\ see him, I mean$1$, and
103:513,14[M  ]| is he perhaps with her now?"	
103:513,15[A  ]| "No$7$; she will$1$ not have come in ~ unless you asked."
103:513,16[M  ]| "I did not ask.  I asked only for$4$ you."
103:513,17['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$ an instant$0$. 
103:513,17[A  ]| "But you will$1$ still$5$ sometimes
103:513,18[A  ]| come to$9$ see her, will$1$ not you?  I mean$1$ you will$1$ not
103:513,19[A  ]| ever give her up?"
103:513,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy at this laughed out$5$. 
103:513,20[M  ]| "My dear$2#1$ child,
103:513,21[M  ]| you are an adorable family!"
103:513,22['  ]| She took it placidly enough. 
103:513,22[A  ]| "That is what$6#1$ $B$Mr%*Van
103:513,23[A  ]| said.  He said I am trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ a career for$4$
103:513,24[A  ]| her."
103:513,25[M  ]| "Did he?" 
103:513,25['  ]| her visitor, though without prejudice
103:513,26['  ]| to$4$ his amusement, appeared struck. 
103:513,26[M  ]| "You must have
103:513,27[M  ]| got in with him rather deep."
103:514,01['  ]| She again considered. 
103:514,01[A  ]| "Well$7$, I think I did rather.
103:514,02[A  ]| He was awfully beautiful and kind$2$."
103:514,03[M  ]| "Oh," 
103:514,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy concurred, 
103:514,03[M  ]| "trust$1$ him always for$4$
103:514,04[M  ]| that$6#2$!"
103:514,05[A  ]| "He wrote me, on$4$ my note$0$," 
103:514,05['  ]| $A$Nanda pursued, 
103:514,05[A  ]| "a
103:514,06[A  ]| tremendously good answer$0$."
103:514,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy was struck afresh. 
103:514,07[M  ]| "Your note$0$?  What$6#2$
103:514,08[M  ]| note$0$?"
103:514,09[A  ]| "To$9$ ask him to$9$ come.  I wrote at the beginning$0$ of
103:514,10[A  ]| the week."
103:514,11[M  ]| "Oh ~ I see," 
103:514,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy observed as if this were
103:514,12['  ]| rather different. 
103:514,12[M  ]| "He could not then of course$8$ have
103:514,13[M  ]| done less than come."
103:514,14['  ]| Yet his companion again thought$1$. 
103:514,14[A  ]| "I do not know."
103:514,15[M  ]| "Oh come ~ I say: you do know," 
103:514,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy
103:514,16['  ]| laughed. 
103:514,16[M  ]| "I should like$1$ to$9$ see him ~ or you either!"
103:514,17['  ]| There would have been for$4$ a continuous spectator
103:514,18['  ]| of these episodes an odd resemblance between the
103:514,19['  ]| manner and all the movements that$6#1$ had followed his
103:514,20['  ]| entrance and those that$6#1$ had accompanied the installation
103:514,21['  ]| of his predecessor.  He laid his hat, as $B$Vanderbank
103:514,22['  ]| had done, in three places$0$ in succession and
103:514,23['  ]| appeared to$9$ question$1$ scarcely less the safety, somewhere,
103:514,24['  ]| of his unbrella and the grace$0$ of retaining in
103:514,25['  ]| his hand his gloves.  He postponed the final selection
103:514,26['  ]| of a seat and he looked at the objects$0$ about$4$ him while$9$
103:514,27['  ]| he spoke of other matters.  Quite in the same fashion$0$
103:514,28['  ]| indeed at last$0$ these objects$0$ impressed him. 
103:514,28[M  ]| "How
103:514,29[M  ]| charming you have made your room and what$7$ a lot of
103:514,30[M  ]| nice things you have got!"
103:514,31[A  ]| "That is just$9$ what$6#1$ $B$Mr%*Van said too$5#2$.  He seemed
103:514,32[A  ]| immensely struck."
103:515,01['  ]| But $M$Mitchy hereupon once more had a drop$0$ to$4$
103:515,02['  ]| extravagance. 
103:515,02[M  ]| "Can I do nothing then but repeat
103:515,03[M  ]| him?  I came, you know, to$9$ be original."
103:515,04[A  ]| "It would be original for$4$ you," 
103:515,04['  ]| $A$Nanda promptly
103:515,05['  ]| returned, 
103:515,05[A  ]| "to$9$ be at all like$9$ him.  But you will$1$ not," 
103:515,05['  ]| she
103:515,06['  ]| went back$5$, 
103:515,06[A  ]| "not sometimes come for$4$ mother only?
103:515,07[A  ]| You will$1$ have plenty of chances."
103:515,08['  ]| This he took up with more gravity. 
103:515,08[M  ]| "What$6#2$ do you
103:515,09[M  ]| mean$1$ by$4$ chances?  That$3$ you are going away?  That$6#2$
103:515,10[M  ]| \will$1$\ add to$4$ the attraction!" 
103:515,10['  ]| he exclaimed as she kept
103:515,11['  ]| silence$0$. 
103:515,12[A  ]| "I shall have to$9$ wait," 
103:515,12['  ]| she answered at last$0$, 
103:515,12[A  ]| "to$9$
103:515,13[A  ]| tell you definitely what$6#1$ I am to$9$ do.  It is all in the air
103:515,14[A  ]| ~ yet I think I shall know to-day.  I am to$9$ see $L$Mr%*Longdon."
103:515,15[A  ]|
103:515,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy wondered. 
103:515,16[M  ]| "To-day?"
103:515,17[A  ]| "He is coming at half-past six."
103:515,18[M  ]| "And then you will$1$ know?"
103:515,19[A  ]| "Well$7$ ~ \he\ will$1$."
103:515,20[M  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon?"
103:515,21[A  ]| "I mean$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon," 
103:515,21['  ]| she said after$4$ a moment.
103:515,22['  ]| $M$Mitchy had his watch$0$ out$5$. 
103:515,22[M  ]| "Then shall I interfere?"
103:515,23[M  ]|
103:515,24[A  ]| "There are quantities of time.  You must have your
103:515,25[A  ]| tea.  You see at any rate$0$," 
103:515,25['  ]| the girl continued, 
103:515,25[A  ]| "what$6#1$
103:515,26[A  ]| I mean$1$ by$4$ your chances."
103:515,27['  ]| She had made him his tea, which$6#1$ he had taken.
103:515,28[M  ]| "You do squeeze us in!"
103:515,29[A  ]| "Well$7$, it is an accident your coming together ~
103:515,30[A  ]| except of course$8$ that$3$ you are \not\ together.  I simply
103:515,31[A  ]| took the time that$6#1$ you each independently proposed.
103:515,32[A  ]| But it would have been all right$8$ even$5$ if you \had\ met.
103:516,01[A  ]| That$6#2$ is, I mean$1$," 
103:516,01['  ]| she explained, 
103:516,01[A  ]| "even$5$ if you and $L$Mr%*Longdon
103:516,02[A  ]| do.  $B$Mr%*Van, I confess, I did want$1$ alone."
103:516,03['  ]| $M$Mitchy had been glaring at her over his tea.
103:516,04[M  ]| "You are more and more remarkable!"
103:516,05[A  ]| "Well$7$ then if I improve so$5#2$ give me your promise$0$."
103:516,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy, as he partook of refreshment, kept up his
103:516,07['  ]| thoughtful gaze. 
103:516,07[M  ]| "I shall presently want$1$ some more,
103:516,08[M  ]| please.  But do you mind$1$ my asking if $B$Van knew ~"
103:516,09[A  ]| "That$3$ $L$Mr%*Longdon is to$9$ come?  Oh yes, I told
103:516,10[A  ]| him, and he left$1$ with me a message for$4$ him."
103:516,11[M  ]| "A message?  How awfully interesting!"
103:516,12['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$. 
103:516,12[A  ]| "It \will$1$\ be awfully ~ to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon."
103:516,13[A  ]| 
103:516,14[M  ]| "Some more \now\, please," 
103:516,14['  ]| said $M$Mitchy while$9$ she
103:516,15['  ]| took his cup. 
103:516,15[M  ]| "And to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon only, eh?  Is that$6#2$
103:516,16[M  ]| a way of saying that$3$ it is none of \my\ business?"
103:516,17['  ]| The fact of her attending ~ and with a happy
103:516,18['  ]| show$0$ of particular care$0$ ~ to$4$ his immediate material$2$
103:516,19['  ]| want$0$ added somehow, as she replied, to$4$ her effect$0$ of
103:516,20['  ]| sincerity. 
103:516,20[A  ]| "Ah, $M$Mr%*Mitchy, the business of mine$6$
103:516,21[A  ]| that$6#1$ has not by$4$ this time ever so$5#1$ naturally become
103:516,22[A  ]| a business of yours ~ well$7$, I can not think of any just$9$
103:516,23[A  ]| now, and I would not, you know, if I could!"
103:516,24[M  ]| "I can promise$1$ you then that$3$ there is none of
103:516,25[M  ]| mine$6$," 
103:516,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared, 
103:516,25[M  ]| "that$6#1$ has not made by$4$ the
103:516,26[M  ]| same token quite the same shift$0$.  Keep it well$9$ before$4$
103:516,27[M  ]| you, please, that$3$ if ever a young woman had a grave$2$
103:516,28[M  ]| lookout ~!"
103:516,29[A  ]| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$," 
103:516,29['  ]| she interrupted, 
103:516,29[A  ]| "by$4$ a grave$2$
103:516,30[A  ]| lookout?"	
103:516,31[M  ]| "Well$7$, the certainty of finding herself saddled for$4$
103:516,32[M  ]| all time to$9$ come with the affairs of a gentleman whom$6#1$
103:517,01[M  ]| she can never get rid of on$4$ the specious plea that$3$ he is
103:517,02[M  ]| only her husband or her lover or her father or her son
103:517,03[M  ]| or her brother or her uncle or her cousin.  There, as
103:517,04[M  ]| none of these characters, he just$9$ stands."
103:517,05[A  ]| "Yes," 
103:517,05['  ]| $A$Nanda kindly mused, 
103:517,05[A  ]| "he is simply her
103:517,06[A  ]| $M$Mitchy."
103:517,07[M  ]| "Precisely.  And a $M$Mitchy, you see, is ~ what$6#2$ do
103:517,08[M  ]| you call$1$ it?  ~ simply indissoluble.  He is moreover
103:517,09[M  ]| inordinately inquisitive.  He goes to$4$ the length of
103:517,10[M  ]| wondering whether $B$Van also learned that$3$ you were
103:517,11[M  ]| expecting \me\."
103:517,12[A  ]| "Oh yes ~ I told him everything."
103:517,13['  ]| $M$Mitchy smiled. 
103:517,13[M  ]| "Everything?"
103:517,14[A  ]| "I told him ~ I told him," 
103:517,14['  ]| she replied with impatience.
103:517,15['  ]|
103:517,16['  ]| $M$Mitchy hesitated. 
103:517,16[M  ]| "And did he then leave$1$ me also
103:517,17[M  ]| a message?"
103:517,18[A  ]| "No$7$, nothing.  What$6#1$ I am to$9$ do for$4$ him with $L$Mr%*Longdon,"
103:517,19['  ]| she immediately explained, 
103:517,19[A  ]| "is to$9$ make$1$
103:517,20[A  ]| practically a kind$0$ of apology."
103:517,21[M  ]| "Ah and for$4$ me" 
103:517,21['  ]| ~ $M$Mitchy quickly took it up ~
103:517,22[M  ]| "there can be no$2$ question$0$ of anything of that$6#2$ kind$0$.
103:517,23[M  ]| I see.  He has done me no$2$ wrong$0$."
103:517,24['  ]| $A$Nanda, with her eyes now on$4$ the window, turned it
103:517,25['  ]| over. 
103:517,25[A  ]| "I do not much think he would know even$5$ if he
103:517,26[A  ]| had."
103:517,27[M  ]| "I see, I see.  And we would not tell him."
103:517,28['  ]| She turned with some abruptness from the outer
103:517,29['  ]| view$0$. 
103:517,29[A  ]| "We would not tell him.  But he was beautiful
103:517,30[A  ]| all round$9$," 
103:517,30['  ]| she went on$5$. 
103:517,30[A  ]| "No*one could have been
103:517,31[A  ]| nicer about$4$ having for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$, for$4$ instance$0$, come so$5#1$
103:517,32[A  ]| little to$4$ the house.  As if he had not only too$5#1$ many
103:518,01[A  ]| other things to$9$ do!  He did not even$5$ make$1$ them out$5$
103:518,02[A  ]| nearly the good reasons he might.  But fancy$1$, with
103:518,03[A  ]| his important duties ~ all the great affairs on$4$ his 
103:518,04[A  ]| hands ~ our making vulgar little rows about$4$ being$1$ 
103:518,05[A  ]| ""neglected""!  He actually made so$5#1$ little of what$6#1$ he
103:518,06[A  ]| might easily plead ~ speaking so$5#2$, I mean$1$, as if he
103:518,07[A  ]| were all in the wrong$0$ ~ that$3$ one had almost positively
103:518,08[A  ]| to$9$ \show$1$\ him his excuses.  As if" 
103:518,08['  ]| ~ she really kept it
103:518,09['  ]| up ~ 
103:518,09[A  ]| "he has not plenty!"
103:518,10[M  ]| "It is only people like$9$ me," 
103:518,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy threw out$5$,
103:518,11[M  ]| "who$6#1$ have none?"
103:518,12[A  ]| "Yes ~ people like$9$ you.  People of no$2$ use$0$, of no
103:518,13[A  ]| occupation and no$2$ importance.  Like$9$ you, you know,"
103:518,14['  ]| she pursued, 
103:518,14[A  ]| "there are so$5#1$ many." 
103:518,14['  ]| Then it was with
103:518,15['  ]| no$2$ transition of tone that$3$ she added: 
103:518,15[A  ]| "If you are bad,
103:518,16[A  ]| $M$Mitchy, I will$1$ not tell you anything."
103:518,17[M  ]| "And if I am good what$6#2$ will$1$ you tell me?  What$6#1$ I
103:518,18[M  ]| want$1$ really most to$9$ \know\ is why he should be, as you
103:518,19[M  ]| said just$9$ now, ""apologetic"" to$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon.  What$6#2$ is
103:518,20[M  ]| the wrong$0$ he allows he has done \him\?"
103:518,21[A  ]| "Oh he has ""neglected"" him ~ if that is any comfort$0$
103:518,22[A  ]| to$4$ us ~ quite as much."
103:518,23[M  ]| "Has not looked him up and that$6#2$ sort of thing?"
103:518,24[A  ]| "Yes ~ and he mentioned some other matter."
103:518,25['  ]| $M$Mitchy wondered. 
103:518,25[M  ]| """Mentioned"" it?"
103:518,26[A  ]| "In which$6#1$," 
103:518,26['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
103:518,26[A  ]| "he has not pleased him."
103:518,27['  ]| $M$Mitchy after$4$ an instant$0$ risked it. 
103:518,27[M  ]| "But what$6#2$ other
103:518,28[M  ]| matter?"
103:518,29[A  ]| "Oh he says that$3$ when I speak to$4$ him $L$Mr%*Longdon
103:518,30[A  ]| will$1$ know."
103:518,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy gravely took this in. 
103:518,31[M  ]| "And shall you speak
103:518,32[M  ]| to$4$ him?"
103:519,01[A  ]| "For$4$ $B$Mr%*Van?" 
103:519,01@a   | How, 
103:519,01['  ]| she seemed to$9$ ask, 
103:519,01@a   | could
103:519,02@a   | he doubt$1$ it? 
103:519,02[A  ]| "Why the very first thing."
103:519,03[M  ]| "And then will$1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon tell you?"
103:519,04[A  ]| "What$6#1$ $B$Mr%*Van means$1$?" 
103:519,04['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$. 
103:519,04[A  ]| "Well$7$ 
103:519,05[A  ]| ~ I hope$1$ not."
103:519,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy followed it up. 
103:519,06[M  ]| "You ""hope$1$"" ~?"
103:519,07[A  ]| "Why if it is anything that$6#1$ could possibly make$1$
103:519,08[A  ]| any*one like$1$ him any less.  I mean$1$ I shall not in that$6#2$ case
103:519,09[A  ]| in the least want$1$ to$9$ hear it."
103:519,10['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked as if he could understand that$6#2$ and
103:519,11['  ]| yet could also imagine something of a conflict. 
103:519,11[M  ]| "But
103:519,12[M  ]| if $L$Mr%*Longdon insists ~?"
103:519,13[A  ]| "On$4$ making me know?  I shall not let him insist.
103:519,14[A  ]| Would \you\?" 
103:519,14['  ]| she put to$4$ him.
103:519,15[M  ]| "Oh I am not in question$0$?"
103:519,16[A  ]| "Yes, you are!" 
103:519,16['  ]| she quite rang out$5$.
103:519,17[M  ]| "Ah ~!" 
103:519,17['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed.  After$4$ which$6#1$ he added:
103:519,18[M  ]| "Well$7$ then, I might overbear you."
103:519,19[A  ]| "No$7$, you might not," 
103:519,19['  ]| she as positively declared
103:519,20['  ]| again, 
103:519,20[A  ]| "and you would not at any rate$0$ desire$1$ to$9$."
103:519,21['  ]| This he finally showed he could take from her ~
103:519,22['  ]| showed it in the silence$0$ in which$6#1$ for$4$ a minute$0$ their
103:519,23['  ]| eyes met; then showed it perhaps even$5$ more in his
103:519,24['  ]| deep exclamation: 
103:519,24[M  ]| "You are complete$2$!"
103:519,25['  ]| For$4$ such a proposition as well$9$ she had the same	
103:519,26['  ]| detached sense. 
103:519,26[A  ]| "I do not think I am in anything but
103:519,27[A  ]| the wish$0$ to$9$ keep \you\ so$5#2$."
103:519,28[M  ]| "Well$7$ ~ keep me, keep me!  It strikes me that$3$
103:519,29[M  ]| I am not at all now on$4$ a footing, you know, of keeping$1$
103:519,30[M  ]| myself.  I quite give you notice$0$ in fact," 
103:519,30['  ]| $M$Mitchy went
103:519,31['  ]| on$5$, 
103:519,31[M  ]| "that$3$ I am going to$9$ come to$4$ you henceforth for$4$
103:519,32[M  ]| everything.  But you are too$5#1$ wonderful," 
103:519,31['  ]| he wound$1#1$
103:520,01['  ]| up as she at first said nothing to$4$ this. 
103:520,01[M  ]| "I do not even$5$
103:520,02[M  ]| frighten you."
103:520,03[A  ]| "Yes ~ fortunately for$4$ you."
103:520,04[M  ]| "Ah but I distinctly warn you that$3$ I mean$1$ to$9$ do
103:520,05[M  ]| my very best for$4$ it!"
103:520,06['  ]| $A$Nanda viewed it all with as near$9$ an approach$0$ to$4$
103:520,07['  ]| gaiety as she often achieved. 
103:520,07[A  ]| "Well$7$, if you should
103:520,08[A  ]| ever succeed it would be a dark$2$ day for$4$ you."
103:520,09[M  ]| "You bristle with your own$2$ guns," 
103:520,09['  ]| he pursued,
103:520,10[M  ]| "But the ingenuity of a lifetime shall be devoted to$4$
103:520,11[M  ]| my taking you on$4$ some quarter$0#1$ on$4$ which$6#1$ you are not
103:520,12[M  ]| prepared."
103:520,13[A  ]| "And what$6#2$ quarter$0#1$, pray, will$1$ that$6#2$ be?"
103:520,14[M  ]| "Ah I am not such a fool as to$9$ begin by$4$ giving you
103:520,15[M  ]| a tip!" 
103:520,15['  ]| $M$Mitchy on$4$ this turned off with an ambiguous
103:520,16['  ]| but unmistakeably natural$2$ sigh$0$; he looked at
103:520,17['  ]| photographs, he took up a book or two as $B$Vanderbank
103:520,18['  ]| had done, and for$4$ a couple of minutes there
103:520,19['  ]| was silence$0$ between them. 
103:520,19[M  ]| "What$6#1$ does stretch
103:520,20[M  ]| before$4$ me," 
103:520,20['  ]| he resumed after$4$ an interval during 
103:520,21['  ]| which$6#1$ clearly, in spite$8$ of his movements, he had
103:520,22['  ]| looked at nothing ~ 
103:520,22[M  ]| "what$6#1$ does stretch before$4$ me
103:520,23[M  ]| is the happy prospect of my feeling$1$ that$3$ I have found
103:520,24[M  ]| in you a friend with whom$6#1$, so$5#1$ utterly and unreservedly,
103:520,25[M  ]| I can always go to$4$ the bottom of things.  This
103:520,26[M  ]| luxury, you see now, of our freedom to$9$ look$1$ facts
103:520,27[M  ]| in the face$0$ is one of which$6#1$, I promise$1$ you, I mean$1$
103:520,28[M  ]| fully to$9$ avail myself." 
103:520,28['  ]| He stopped before$4$ her again,
103:520,29['  ]| and again she was silent. 
103:520,29[M  ]| "It is so$5#1$ awfully jolly,
103:520,30[M  ]| is not it?  that$3$ there is not at last$0$ a single thing that$6#1$
103:520,31[M  ]| we can not take our ease$0$ about$4$.  I mean$1$ that$3$ we can not
103:520,32[M  ]| intelligibly name$1$ and comfortably tackle.  We have
103:521,01[M  ]| worked through$4$ the long$9$ tunnel of artificial reserves
103:521,02[M  ]| and superstitious mysteries, and I at least shall have
103:521,03[M  ]| only to$9$ feel that$3$ in showing every confidence and
103:521,04[M  ]| dotting every ""i"" I follow the example you so$5#1$ admirably
103:521,05[M  ]| set$1$.  You go down$5$ to$4$ the roots?  Good.  It is all
103:521,06[M  ]| I ask!"
103:521,07['  ]| He had dropped into a chair as he talked, and so$5#1$
103:521,08['  ]| long$9$ as she remained in her own$2$ they were confronted;
103:521,09['  ]| but she presently got up and, the next moment, while$9$
103:521,10['  ]| he kept his place$0$, was busy restoring order$0$ to$4$ the
103:521,11['  ]| objects$0$ both her visitors had disarranged. 
103:521,11[A  ]| "If you
103:521,12[A  ]| were not delightful you would be dreadful!"
103:521,13[M  ]| "There we are!  I could easily, in other words,
103:521,14[M  ]| frighten you if I would."
103:521,15['  ]| She took no$2$ notice$0$ of the remark$0$, only, after$4$ a few
103:521,16['  ]| more scattered touches, producing an observation of
103:521,17['  ]| her own$2$. 
103:521,17[A  ]| "He is going, all the same, $B$Mr%*Van, to$9$ be
103:521,18[A  ]| charming to$4$ mother.  We have settled$1$ that$6#2$."
103:521,19[M  ]| "Ah then he \can\ make$1$ time ~?"
103:521,20['  ]| She judged it. 
103:521,20[A  ]| "For$4$ as much as \that$6#2$\, yes.  For$4$ as
103:521,21[A  ]| much, I mean$1$, as may$1$ sufficiently show$1$ her that$3$ he
103:521,22[A  ]| has not given her up.  So$3$ do not you recognise how
103:521,23[A  ]| much more time \you\ can make$1$?"
103:521,24[M  ]| "Ah ~ see precisely ~ there we are again!" 
103:521,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy
103:521,25['  ]| promptly ejaculated.
103:521,26['  ]| Yet he had gone, it seemed, further than she followed.
103:521,27[A  ]| "But where?"
103:521,28[M  ]| "Why, as I say, at the roots and in the depths of 
103:521,29[M  ]| things."
103:521,30[A  ]| "Oh!" 
103:521,30['  ]| She dropped to$4$ an indifference that$6#1$ was but
103:521,31['  ]| part$0$ of her general$2$ patience for$4$ all his irony.
103:521,32[M  ]| "It is needless to$9$ go into the question$0$ of not giving
103:522,01[M  ]| your mother up.  One simply \does not\ give her up.
103:522,02[M  ]| One can not.  There she is."
103:522,03[A  ]| "That is exactly what$6#1$ \he\ says.  There she is."
103:522,04[M  ]| "Ah but I do not want$1$ to$9$ say nothing but what$6#1$ ""he""
103:522,05[M  ]| says!" 
103:522,05['  ]| $M$Mitchy laughed. 
103:522,05[M  ]| "He can not at all events have
103:522,06[M  ]| mentioned to$4$ you any such link as the one that$6#1$ in
103:522,07[M  ]| my case is now almost the most palpable.  \I have\ got
103:522,08[M  ]| a wife, you know."
103:522,09[A  ]| "Oh $M$Mitchy!" 
103:522,09['  ]| the girl protestingly though vaguely
103:522,10['  ]| murmured.
103:522,11[M  ]| "And my wife ~ did you know it?" 
103:522,11['  ]| $M$Mitchy went
103:522,12['  ]| on$5$, 
103:522,12[M  ]| "is positively getting thick with your mother.  Of
103:522,13[M  ]| course$8$ it is not new to$4$ you that$3$ she is wonderful for$4$
103:522,14[M  ]| wives.  Now that$3$ our marriage is an accomplished
103:522,15[M  ]| fact she takes the greatest interest$0$ in it ~ or bids fair
103:522,16[M  ]| to$9$ if her attention can only be thoroughly secured
103:522,17[M  ]| ~ and more particularly in what$6#1$ I believe is generally
103:522,18[M  ]| called our peculiar situation: for$3$ it appears, you
103:522,19[M  ]| know, that$3$ we are to$4$ the most conspicuous degree
103:522,20[M  ]| possible \in\ a peculiar situation.  $J$Aggie is therefore
103:522,21[M  ]| already, and is likely to$9$ be still$5$ more, in what$6#1$ is universally
103:522,22[M  ]| recognised as your mother's regular line.
103:522,23[M  ]| Your mother will$1$ attract her, study$1$ her, finally ""understand""
103:522,24[M  ]| her.  In fact she will$1$ ""help$1$"" her as she has
103:522,25[M  ]| ""helped"" so$5#1$ many before$5$ and will$1$ ""help$1$"" so$5#1$ many
103:522,26[M  ]| still$5$ to$9$ come.  With $J$Aggie thus as a satellite and a 
103:522,27[M  ]| frequenter ~ in a degree in which$6#1$ she never yet \has\
103:522,28[M  ]| been," 
103:522,28['  ]| he continued, 
103:522,28[M  ]| "what$6#2$ will$1$ the whole$2$ thing be
103:522,29[M  ]| but a practical multiplication of our points of contact?
103:522,30[M  ]| You may$1$ remind me of $D$Mrs%*Brook's contention
103:522,31[M  ]| that$3$ if she did in her time keep something of a 
103:522,32[M  ]| saloon the saloon is now, in consequence of events,
103:523,01[M  ]| but a collection of fortuitous atoms; but that$6#2$, my
103:523,02[M  ]| dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda, will$1$ become none the less, to$4$ your clearer
103:523,03[M  ]| sense, but a pious echo of her momentary modesty
103:523,04[M  ]| or ~ call$1$ it at the worse ~ her momentary despair$0$.
103:523,05[M  ]| The generations will$1$ come and go, and the \personnel\,
103:523,06[M  ]| as the newspapers say, of the saloon will$1$ shift$1$ and
103:523,07[M  ]| change$1$, but the institution itself, as resting on$4$ a deep
103:523,08[M  ]| human need$0$, has a long$9$ course$0$ yet to$9$ run$1$ and a good
103:523,09[M  ]| work$0$ yet to$9$ do.  \We\ shall not last$1$, but your mother will$1$,
103:523,10[M  ]| and as $J$Aggie is happily very young she is therefore
103:523,11[M  ]| provided$1$ for$5$, in the time to$9$ come, on$4$ a scale sufficiently
103:523,12[M  ]| considerable to$9$ leave$1$ us just$9$ now at peace.
103:523,13[M  ]| Meanwhile, as you are almost as good for$4$ husbands
103:523,14[M  ]| as $D$Mrs%*Brook is for$4$ wives, why are not we, as a couple,
103:523,15[M  ]| we $M1$Mitchys, quite ideally arranged for$5$, and why
103:523,16[M  ]| may not I speak to$4$ you of my future as sufficiently
103:523,17[M  ]| guaranteed?  The only appreciable shadow I make$1$
103:523,18[M  ]| out$5$ comes, for$4$ me, from the question$0$ of what$6#1$ may$1$
103:523,19[M  ]| to-day be between you and $L$Mr%*Longdon.  Do I understand,"
103:523,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked, 
103:523,20['  ]| "that$3$ he is presently to$9$
103:523,21[M  ]| arrive for$4$ an answer$0$ to$4$ something he has put to$4$ you?"
103:523,22['  ]| $A$Nanda looked at him a while$0$ with a sort of solemnity
103:523,23['  ]| of tenderness, and her voice, when she at last$0$
103:523,24['  ]| spoke, trembled with a feeling$0$ that$6#1$ clearly had grown
103:523,25['  ]| in her as she listened to$4$ the string of whimsicalities,
103:523,26['  ]| bitter and sweet, that$6#1$ he had just$9$ unrolled. 
103:523,26[A  ]| "You are
103:523,27[A  ]| wild," 
103:523,27['  ]| she said simply ~ 
103:523,27[A  ]| "you are wild."
103:523,28['  ]| He wonderfully glared. 
103:523,28[M  ]| "Am I then already
103:523,29[M  ]| frightening you?" 
103:523,29['  ]| He shook his head$0$ rather sadly.
103:523,30[M  ]| "I am not in the least trying$1$ yet.  There is something,"
103:523,31['  ]| he added after$4$ an instant$0$, 
103:523,31[M  ]| "that$6#1$ I do want$1$ too$5#1$
103:523,32[M  ]| awfully to$9$ ask you."
103:524,01[A  ]| "Well$7$ then ~!" 
103:524,01['  ]| If she had not eagerness she had
103:524,02['  ]| at least charity.
103:524,03[M  ]| "Oh but you see I reflect that$3$ though you show$1$ all
103:524,04[M  ]| the courage to$9$ go to$4$ the roots and depths with \me\,
103:524,05[M  ]| I am not ~ I never have been ~ fully conscious of the
103:524,06[M  ]| nerve for$4$ doing as much with you.  It is a question$0$,"
103:524,07['  ]| $M$Mitchy explained, 
103:524,07[M  ]| "of how much ~ of a particular
103:524,08[M  ]| matter ~ you know."
103:524,09['  ]| She continued ever so$5#1$ kindly to$9$ face$1$ him. 
103:524,09[A  ]| "Has not
103:524,10[A  ]| it come out$5$ all round$9$ now that$3$ I know everything?"	
103:524,11['  ]| Her reply$0$, in this form$0$, took a minute$0$ or two to$9$
103:524,12['  ]| operate, but when it began to$9$ do so$5#2$ it fairly diffused
103:524,13['  ]| a light$0$.  $M$Mitchy's face$0$ turned of a colour that$6#1$ might
103:524,14['  ]| have been produced by$4$ her holding close$9$ to$4$ it some
103:524,15['  ]| lantern wonderfully glazed. 
103:524,15[M  ]| "You know, you know!" 
103:524,16['  ]| he then rang out$5$.
103:524,17[A  ]| "Of course$8$ I know."
103:524,18[M  ]| "You know, you know!" 
103:524,18['  ]| $M$Mitchy repeated.
103:524,19[A  ]| "Everything," 
103:524,19['  ]| she imperturbably went on$5$, 
103:524,19[A  ]| "but
103:524,20[A  ]| what$6#1$ you are talking about$4$."
103:524,21['  ]| He was silent a little, his eyes on$4$ her. 
103:524,21[M  ]| "May$1$ I kiss$1$
103:524,22[M  ]| your hand?"
103:524,23[A  ]| "No$7$," 
103:524,23['  ]| she answered: 
103:524,23[A  ]| "that is what$6#1$ I call$1$ wild."
103:524,24['  ]| He had risen with his question$0$ and after$4$ her reply$0$
103:524,25['  ]| he remained a moment on$4$ the spot. 
103:524,25[M  ]| "See ~ I have
103:524,26[M  ]| frightened you.  It proves as easy as that$6#2$.  But I only
103:524,27[M  ]| wanted to$9$ show$1$ you and to$9$ be sure for$4$ myself.  Now
103:524,28[M  ]| that$3$ I have the mental certitude I shall never wish$1$
103:524,29[M  ]| otherwise to$9$ use$1$ it." 
103:524,29['  ]| He turned away to$9$ begin again
103:524,30['  ]| one of his absorbed revolutions. 
103:524,30[M  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon has
103:524,31[M  ]| asked you this time for$4$ a grand public$2$ adhesion, and 
103:524,32[M  ]| what$6#1$ he turns$1$ up for$4$ now is to$9$ receive your ultimatum?
103:525,01[M  ]| A final irrevocable flight with him is the line
103:525,02[M  ]| he advises, so$3$ that$3$ he will$1$ be ready for$4$ it on$4$ the spot
103:525,03[M  ]| with the post-chaise and the pistols?"
103:525,04['  ]| The image appeared really to$9$ have for$4$ $A$Nanda a 
103:525,05['  ]| certain vividness, and she looked at it a space without
103:525,06['  ]| a hint$0$ of a smile$0$. 
103:525,06[A  ]| "We shall not need$1$ any pistols,
103:525,07[A  ]| whatever may$1$ be decided$1$ about$4$ the post-chaise;
103:525,08[A  ]| and any flight we may$1$ undertake together will$1$ need$1$
103:525,09[A  ]| no$2$ cover of secrecy or night.  Mother, as I have told
103:525,10[A  ]| you ~"
103:525,11[M  ]| "will$1$ not fling herself across$4$ your reckless path?  I remember,"
103:525,12['  ]| said $M$Mitchy ~ 
103:525,12[M  ]| "you alluded to$4$ her magnificent
103:525,13[M  ]| resignation.  But father?" 
103:525,13['  ]| he oddly demanded.
103:525,14['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$ for$4$ this a moment longer. 
103:525,14[A  ]| "Well$7$,
103:525,15[A  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon has ~ off in the country ~ a good deal$0#2$
103:525,16[A  ]| of shooting."
103:525,17[M  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ $C$Edward can sometimes come down$5$ with
103:525,18[M  ]| his old gun?  Good then too$5#2$ ~ if it is not, as he takes
103:525,19[M  ]| you by$4$ the way, to$9$ shoot \you\.  You have got it all ship-shape
103:525,20[M  ]| and arranged, in other words, and have only,
103:525,21[M  ]| if the fancy$0$ does move$1$ you, to$9$ clear$1$ out$5$.  You clear$1$
103:525,22[M  ]| out$5$ ~ you make$1$ all sorts of room.  It \is\ interesting,"
103:525,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy exclaimed, 
103:525,23[M  ]| "arriving thus with you at the 
103:525,24[M  ]| depths!  I look$1$ all round$9$ and see every*one squared
103:525,25[M  ]| and every*one but one or two suited.  Why then
103:525,26[M  ]| reflexion and delay$0$?"
103:525,27[A  ]| "You do not, dear$2#1$ $M$Mr%*Mitchy," 
103:525,27['  ]| $A$Nanda took her
103:525,28['  ]| time to$9$ return$1$, 
103:525,28[A  ]| "know nearly as much as you think."
103:525,29[M  ]| "But is not my question$0$ absolutely a confession of 
103:525,30[M  ]| ignorance and a renunciation of thought$0$?  I put myself
103:525,31[M  ]| from this moment forth with you," 
103:525,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy declared,
103:525,32[M  ]| "on$4$ the footing of knowing nothing whatever
103:526,01[M  ]| and of receiving literally from your hands all information
103:526,02[M  ]| and all life.  Let my continued attitude of
103:526,03[M  ]| dependence, my dear$2#1$ $A$Nanda, show$1$ it.  Any hesitation
103:526,04[M  ]| you may$1$ yet feel, you imply, proceeds from a sense
103:526,05[M  ]| of duties in London not to$9$ be lightly renounced?
103:526,06[M  ]| Oh," 
103:526,06['  ]| he thoughtfully said, 
103:526,06[M  ]| "I do at least know you
103:526,07[M  ]| \have\ them."
103:526,08['  ]| She watched him with the same mildness while$9$ he
103:526,09['  ]| vaguely circled about$5$. 
103:526,09[A  ]| "You are wild, you are wild,"
103:526,10['  ]| she insisted. 
103:526,10[A  ]| "But it does not in the least matter.
103:526,11[A  ]| I shall not abandon you."
103:526,12['  ]| He stopped short$2$. 
103:526,12[M  ]| "Ah that is what$6#1$ I wanted from
103:526,13[M  ]| you in so$5#1$ many clear-cut golden words ~ though
103:526,14[M  ]| I will$1$ not in the least of course$8$ pretend that$3$ I have felt
103:526,15[M  ]| I literally need$1$ it.  I do not literally need$1$ the big turquoise
103:526,16[M  ]| in my neck-tie; which$6#1$ incidentally means$1$, by$4$
103:526,17[M  ]| the way, that$3$ if you should admire it you are quite
103:526,18[M  ]| welcome$1$ to$4$ it.  Such words ~ that is my point$0$ ~ are
103:526,19[M  ]| like$9$ such jewels: the pride, you see, of one's heart.
103:526,20[M  ]| They are mere Vanity, but they help$1$ along$5$.  You have
103:526,21[M  ]| got of course$8$ always poor $K$Tishy," 
103:526,21['  ]| he continued. 
103:526,22[A  ]| "Will$1$ you leave$1$ it all to$4$ \me\?" 
103:526,22['  ]| $A$Nanda said as if she
103:526,23['  ]| had not heard him.
103:526,24[M  ]| "And then you have got poor $H$Carrie," 
103:526,24['  ]| he went on$5$,
103:526,25[M  ]| "though \her\ of course$8$ you rather divide with your
103:526,26[M  ]| mother."
103:526,27[A  ]| "Will$1$ you leave$1$ it all to$4$ \me\?" 
103:526,27['  ]| the girl repeated.
103:526,28[M  ]| "To$9$ say nothing of poor $F$Cashmore," 
103:526,28['  ]| he pursued,
103:526,29[M  ]| "whom$6#1$ you take \all\, I believe, yourself?"
103:526,30[A  ]| "Will$1$ you leave$1$ it all to$4$ \me\?" 
103:526,30['  ]| she once more repeated.
103:526,31['  ]|
103:526,32['  ]| This time he pulled up, suddenly and expressively
103:527,01['  ]| wondering. 
103:527,01[M  ]| "Are you going to$9$ do anything about$4$ it
103:527,02[M  ]| at present$0#1$?  ~ I mean$1$ with our friend?"
103:527,03['  ]| She appeared to$9$ have a scruple$0$ of saying, but
103:527,04['  ]| at last$0$ she produced it. 
103:527,04[A  ]| "Yes ~ he does not mind$1$
103:527,05[A  ]| now."
103:527,06['  ]| $M$Mitchy again laughed out$5$. 
103:527,06[M  ]| "You \are\, as a family ~!"	
103:527,07['  ]| But he had already checked himself. 
103:527,07[M  ]| "$L$Mr%*Longdon
103:527,08[M  ]| will$1$ at any rate$0$, you imply, be somehow
103:527,09[M  ]| interested ~"
103:527,10[A  ]| "In \my\ interests$0$?  Of course$8$ ~ since he has
103:527,11[A  ]| gone so$5#1$ far.  You expressed surprise$0$ at my wanting
103:527,12[A  ]| to$9$ wait and think; but how can I not wait and
103:527,13[A  ]| not think when so$5#1$ much depends on$4$ the question$0$
103:527,14[A  ]| ~ now so$5#1$ definite ~ of how much further he \will$1$\ 
103:527,15[A  ]| go?"
103:527,16[M  ]| "I see," 
103:527,16['  ]| said $M$Mitchy, profoundly impressed. 
103:527,16[M  ]| "And
103:527,17[M  ]| how much does that$6#2$ depend on$5$?"
103:527,18['  ]| She had to$9$ reflect. 
103:527,18[A  ]| "On$4$ how much further I, for$4$
103:527,19[A  ]| my part$0$, \must\."
103:527,20['  ]| $M$Mitchy's grasp was already complete$2$. 
103:527,20[M  ]| "And he is
103:527,21[M  ]| coming then to$9$ learn from you how far this is?"
103:527,22[A  ]| "Yes ~ very much."
103:527,23['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked about$5$ for$4$ his hat. 
103:527,23[M  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ of course$8$
103:527,24[M  ]| I see my time is about$5$ up, as you will$1$ want$1$ to$9$ be quite
103:527,25[M  ]| alone together."
103:527,26['  ]| $A$Nanda glanced at the clock. 
103:527,26[A  ]| "Oh you have a margin
103:527,27[A  ]| yet."
103:527,28[M  ]| "But you do not want$1$ an interval for$4$ your thinking ~?"
103:527,29[M  ]| 
103:527,30[A  ]| "Now that$3$ I have seen you?" 
103:527,30['  ]| $A$Nanda was already
103:527,31['  ]| very obviously thoughtful.
103:527,32[M  ]| "I mean$1$ if you have an important decision to$9$ take."
103:528,01[A  ]| "Well$7$," 
103:528,01['  ]| she returned, 
103:528,01[A  ]| "seeing you \has\ helped me."
103:528,02[M  ]| "Ah but at the same time worried you.  Therefore ~"
103:528,03['  ]| And he picked up his umbrella.
103:528,04['  ]| Her eyes rested on$4$ its curious handle. 
103:528,04[A  ]| "If you cling
103:528,05[A  ]| to$4$ your idea that$3$ I am frightened you will$1$ be disappointed.
103:528,06[A  ]| It will$1$ never be given you to$9$ reassure me."
103:528,07[M  ]| "You mean$1$ by$4$ that$6#2$ that$3$ I am primarily so$5#1$ solid ~!"
103:528,08[A  ]| "Yes, that$3$ till I see you yourself afraid ~!"
103:528,09[M  ]| "Well$7$?"
103:528,10[A  ]| "Well$7$, I will$1$ not admit that$3$ anything is not exactly
103:528,11[A  ]| what$6#1$ I was prepared for$4$."
103:528,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy looked with interest$0$ into his hat. 
103:528,12[M  ]| "Then
103:528,13[M  ]| what$6#2$ is it I am to$9$ ""leave$1$"" to$4$ you?" 
103:528,13['  ]| After$4$ which$6#1$, as
103:528,14['  ]| she turned away from him with a suppressed sound$0$
103:528,15['  ]| and said, while$9$ he watched her, nothing else, 
103:528,15[M  ]| "It is
103:528,16[M  ]| no$2$ doubt$0$ natural$2$ for$4$ you to$9$ talk$1$," 
103:528,16['  ]| he went on$5$, 
103:528,16[M  ]| "but
103:528,17[M  ]| I do make$1$ you nervous.  Good-bye ~ good-bye."
103:528,18['  ]| She had stayed him, by$4$ a fresh movement, however,
103:528,19['  ]| as he reached the door. 
103:528,19[A  ]| "$J$Aggie is only trying$1$ to$9$
103:528,20[A  ]| find out$5$ ~!"
103:528,21[M  ]| "Yes ~ what$6#2$?" 
103:528,21['  ]| he asked, waiting.
103:528,22[A  ]| "Why what$6#1$ sort of a person she is.  How can she
103:528,23[A  ]| ever have known?  It was carefully, elaborately hidden
103:528,24[A  ]| from her ~ kept so$5#1$ obscure that$3$ she could make$1$
103:528,25[A  ]| out$5$ nothing.  She is not now like$9$ \me\."
103:528,26['  ]| He wonderingly attended. 
103:528,26[M  ]| "Like$9$ you?"
103:528,27[A  ]| "Why I get the benefit of the fact that$3$ there was
103:528,28[A  ]| never a time when I did not know \something\ or other,
103:528,29[A  ]| and that$3$ I became more and more aware, as I grew
103:528,30[A  ]| older, of a hundred little chinks of daylight."
103:528,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy stared. 
103:528,31[M  ]| "You are stupendous, my dear$2#1$!" 
103:528,31['  ]| he
103:528,32['  ]| murmured.
103:529,01['  ]| Ah but she kept it up. 
103:529,01[A  ]| "\I\ had my idea about$4$
103:529,02[A  ]| $J$Aggie."
103:529,03[M  ]| "Oh do not I know you had?  And how you were
103:529,04[M  ]| positive about$4$ the sort of person ~!"
103:529,05[A  ]| "That$6#1$ she did not even$5$ suspect herself," 
103:529,05['  ]| $A$Nanda
103:529,06['  ]| broke in, 
103:529,06[A  ]| "to$9$ be?  I am equally positive now.  It is
103:529,07[A  ]| quite what$6#1$ I believed, only there is ever so$5#1$ much more
103:529,08[A  ]| of it.  More \has\ come ~ and more will$1$ yet.  You see,
103:529,09[A  ]| when there has been nothing before$5$, it all has to$9$ come
103:529,10[A  ]| with a rush.  So$3$ that$3$ if even$5$ I am surprised of course$8$
103:529,11[A  ]| she is."
103:529,12[M  ]| "And of course$8$ \I\ am!" 
103:529,12['  ]| $M$Mitchy's interest$0$, though
103:529,13['  ]| even$5$ now not wholly unqualified with amusement, had
103:529,14['  ]| visibly deepened. 
103:529,14[M  ]| "You admit then," 
103:529,14['  ]| he continued,
103:529,15[M  ]| that$3$ you are surprised?"
103:529,16['  ]| $A$Nanda just$9$ hesitated. 
103:529,16[A  ]| "At the mere scale of it.
103:529,17[A  ]| I think it is splendid.  The only person whose$6#1$ astonishment
103:529,18[A  ]| I do not quite understand," 
103:529,18['  ]| she added, 
103:529,18[A  ]| "is
103:529,19[A  ]| $I$Cousin*Jane."
103:529,20[M  ]| "Oh $I$Cousin*Jane's astonishment serves her right$2#1$!"
103:529,21[A  ]| "If she held so$5#2$," 
103:529,21['  ]| $A$Nanda pursued, 
103:529,21[A  ]| "that$3$ marriage
103:529,22[A  ]| should do everything~!"
103:529,23[M  ]| "She should not be in such a funk at finding what$6#1$
103:529,24[M  ]| it \is\ doing?  Oh no$7$, she is the last$2$ one!" 
103:529,24['  ]| $M$Mitchy
103:529,25['  ]| declared. 
103:529,25[M  ]| "I vow I enjoy her scare."
103:529,26[A  ]| "But it is very bad, you know," 
103:529,26['  ]| said $A$Nanda.
103:529,27[M  ]| "Oh too$5#1$ awful!"
103:529,28[A  ]| "Well$7$, of course$8$," 
103:529,28['  ]| the girl appeared assentingly to$9$
103:529,29['  ]| muse, 
103:529,29[A  ]| "she could not after$4$ all have dreamed ~!" 
103:529,29['  ]| But
103:529,30['  ]| she took herself up. 
103:529,30[A  ]| "The great thing is to$9$ be helpful."
103:529,31[M  ]| "And in what$6#2$ way ~?" 
103:529,31['  ]| $M$Mitchy asked with his
103:529,32['  ]| wonderful air of inviting competitive suggestions.
103:530,01[A  ]| "Toward $J$Aggie's finding herself.  Do you think,"
103:530,02['  ]| she immediately continued, 
103:530,02[A  ]| "that$3$ $N$Lord*Petherton
103:530,03[A  ]| really is?"
103:530,04['  ]| $M$Mitchy frankly considered. 
103:530,04[M  ]| "Helpful?  Oh he
103:530,05[M  ]| does his best, I gather.  Yes," 
103:530,05['  ]| he presently added ~
103:530,06[M  ]| "$N$Petherton is all right$8$."
103:530,07[A  ]| "It is you yourself, naturally," 
103:530,07['  ]| his companion
103:530,08['  ]| threw off, 
103:530,08[A  ]| "who$6#1$ can help$1$ most."
103:530,09[M  ]| "Certainly, and I am doing my best too$5#2$.  So$3$ that$3$
103:530,10[M  ]| with such good assistance" 
103:530,10['  ]| ~ he seemed at last$0$ to$9$
103:530,11['  ]| have taken it all from her ~ 
103:530,11[M  ]| "what$6#2$ is it, I again ask,
103:530,12[M  ]| that$6#1$, as you request$1$, I am to$9$ ""leave$1$"" to$4$ you?"
103:530,13['  ]| $A$Nanda required, while$9$ he still$5$ waited, some time
103:530,14['  ]| to$9$ reply$1$. 
103:530,14[A  ]| "To$9$ keep my promise$0$."
103:530,15[M  ]| "Your promise$0$?"
103:530,16[A  ]| "Not to$9$ abandon you."
103:530,17[M  ]| "Ah," 
103:530,17['  ]| cried $M$Mitchy, 
103:530,17[M  ]| "that is better$9$!"
103:530,18[A  ]| "Then good-bye," 
103:530,18['  ]| she said.
103:530,19[M  ]| "Good-bye." 
103:530,19['  ]| But he came a few steps forward$5$.
103:530,20[M  ]| "I \may not\ kiss$1$ your hand?"
103:530,21[A  ]| "Never."
103:530,22[M  ]| "Never?"
103:530,23[A  ]| "Never."
103:530,24[M  ]| "Oh!" 
103:530,24['  ]| he oddly sounded as he quickly went out$5$.
104:531,01['  ]| The interval he had represented as likely to$9$ be useful
104:531,02['  ]| to$4$ her was in fact, however, not a little abbreviated
104:531,03['  ]| by$4$ a punctuality of arrival on$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon's part$0$
104:531,04['  ]| so$5#1$ extreme$2$ as to$9$ lead$1$ the first thing to$4$ a word almost
104:531,05['  ]| of apology. 
104:531,05[L  ]| "You can not say," 
104:531,05['  ]| her new visitor immediately
104:531,06['  ]| began, 
104:531,06[L  ]| "that$3$ I have not left$1$ you alone, these
104:531,07[L  ]| many days, as much as I promised on$4$ coming up to$4$
104:531,08[L  ]| you that$6#2$ afternoon when after$4$ my return$0$ to$4$ town I
104:531,09[L  ]| found $M$Mr%*Mitchett instead of your mother awaiting
104:531,10[L  ]| me in the drawing-room."
104:531,11[A  ]| "Yes," 
104:531,11['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
104:531,11[A  ]| "you have really done quite as 
104:531,12[A  ]| I asked you."
104:531,13[L  ]| "Well$7$," 
104:531,13['  ]| he returned, 
104:531,13[L  ]| "I felt half an hour ago
104:531,14[L  ]| that$3$, near$9$ as I was to$4$ relief, I could keep it up no$2$
104:531,15[L  ]| longer; so$3$ that$3$ though I knew it would bring me
104:531,16[L  ]| much too$5#1$ soon I started at six sharp for$4$ our trysting-place."
104:531,17[L  ]|
104:531,18[A  ]| "And I have no$2$ tea, after$4$ all, to$9$ reward$1$ you!" 
104:531,18['  ]| It
104:531,19['  ]| was but now clearly that$3$ she noticed it. 
104:531,19[A  ]| "They must
104:531,20[A  ]| have removed the things without my heeding."
104:531,21['  ]| Her old friend looked at her with some intensity.
104:531,22[L  ]| "Were you in the room?"
104:531,23[A  ]| "Yes ~ but I did not see the man come in."
104:531,24[L  ]| "What$6#2$ then were you doing?"
104:531,25['  ]| $A$Nanda thought$1$; her smile$0$ was as usual the faintest
104:531,26['  ]| discernible outward sign. 
104:531,26[A  ]| "Thinking of \you\."
104:531,27[L  ]| "So$5#1$ tremendously hard?"
104:532,01[A  ]| "Well$7$, of other things too$5#2$ and of other persons.
104:532,02[A  ]| Of everything really that$6#1$ in our last$2$ talk$0$ I told you
104:532,03[A  ]| I felt I must have out$5$ with myself before$4$ meeting$9$ you
104:532,04[A  ]| for$4$ what$6#1$ I suppose you have now in mind$0$."
104:532,05['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had kept his eyes on$4$ her, but at this
104:532,06['  ]| he turned away; not, however, for$4$ an alternative,
104:532,07['  ]| embracing her material$2$ situation with the embarrassed
104:532,08['  ]| optimism of $B$Vanderbank or the mitigated
104:532,09['  ]| gloom of $M$Mitchy. 
104:532,09[L  ]| "Ah" 
104:532,09['  ]| ~ he took her up with some
104:532,10['  ]| dryness ~ 
104:532,10[L  ]| "you have been having things out$5$ with
104:532,11[L  ]| yourself?" 
104:532,11['  ]| But he went on$5$ before$3$ she answered:
104:532,12[L  ]| "I do not want$1$ any tea, thank you.  I found myself,
104:532,13[L  ]| after$4$ five, in such a fidget that$3$ I went three times
104:532,14[L  ]| in the course$0$ of the hour to$4$ my club, where I have 
104:532,15[L  ]| the impression I each time had it.  I dare$1#2$ say it
104:532,16[L  ]| was not there, though, I did have it," 
104:532,16['  ]| he after$4$ an
104:532,17['  ]| instant$0$ pursued, 
104:532,17[L  ]| "for$3$ I have somehow a confused
104:532,18[L  ]| image of a shop in Oxford*Street ~ or was it rather
104:532,19[L  ]| in Regent?  ~ into which$6#1$ I gloomily wandered to$9$
104:532,20[L  ]| beguile the moments with a mixture that$6#1$ if I strike
104:532,21[L  ]| you as upset I beg you to$9$ set$1$ it all down$5$ to$4$.  Do
104:532,22[L  ]| you know in fact what$6#1$ I have been doing for$4$ the
104:532,23[L  ]| last$2$ ten minutes?  Roaming hither and thither in
104:532,24[L  ]| your beautiful Crescent till I could venture to$9$ come
104:532,25[L  ]| in."
104:532,26[A  ]| "Then did you see $M$Mitchy go out$5$?  But no$7$, you
104:532,27[A  ]| would not" 
104:532,27['  ]| ~ $A$Nanda corrected herself. 
104:532,27[A  ]| "He has
104:532,28[A  ]| been gone longer than that$6#2$."
104:532,29['  ]| Her visitor had dropped on$4$ a sofa where, propped
104:532,30['  ]| by$4$ the back$0$, he sat rather upright, his glasses on$4$ his
104:532,31['  ]| nose, his hands in his pockets and his elbows much	
104:532,32['  ]| turned out$5$. 
104:532,32[L  ]| "$M$Mitchy left$1$ you more than ten minutes
104:533,01[L  ]| ago, and yet your state$0$ on$4$ his departure remains$1$ such
104:533,02[L  ]| that$3$ there could be a bustle$0$ of servants in the room
104:533,03[L  ]| without your being$1$ aware?  Kindly give me a lead$0#1$
104:533,04[L  ]| then as to$4$ what$6#1$ it is he has done to$4$ you."
104:533,05['  ]| She hovered before$4$ him with her obscure smile$0$.
104:533,06[A  ]| "You see it for$4$ yourself."
104:533,07['  ]| He shook his head$0$ with decision. 
104:533,07[L  ]| "I do not see anything
104:533,08[L  ]| for$4$ myself, and I beg you to$9$ understand that$3$ 
104:533,09[L  ]| it is not what$6#1$ I have come here to-day to$9$ do.  Anything
104:533,10[L  ]| I may$1$ yet see which$6#1$ I do not already see will$1$ be only,
104:533,11[L  ]| I warn you, so$5#1$ far as you shall make$1$ it very clear$2$.
104:533,12[L  ]| There ~ you have work$0$ cut$9$ out$5$.  And is it with $M$Mr%*Mitchett,
104:533,13[L  ]| may$1$ I ask, that$3$ you have been, as you mention$1$,
104:533,14[L  ]| cutting it?"
104:533,15['  ]| $A$Nanda looked about$4$ her as if weighing many
104:533,16['  ]| things; after$4$ which$6#1$ her eyes came back$5$ to$4$ him. 
104:533,16[A  ]| "Do
104:533,17[A  ]| you mind$1$ if I do not sit down$5$?"
104:533,18[L  ]| "I do not mind$1$ if you stand$1$ on$4$ your head$0$ ~ at the 
104:533,19[L  ]| pass$0$ we have come to$4$."
104:533,20[A  ]| "I shall not try your patience," 
104:533,20['  ]| the girl good-humouredly
104:533,21['  ]| replied, 
104:533,21[A  ]| "so$5#1$ far as that$6#2$.  I only want$1$ you 
104:533,22[A  ]| not to$9$ be worried if I walk$1$ about$5$ a little."
104:533,23['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, without a movement, kept his posture.
104:533,24[L  ]| "Oh I can not oblige you there.  I \shall\ be worried.
104:533,25[L  ]| I have come on$4$ purpose to$9$ be worried, and the more I
104:533,26[L  ]| surrender$1$ myself to$4$ the rack the more, I seem to$9$ feel,
104:533,27[L  ]| we shall have threshed our business out$5$.  So$3$ you may$1$
104:533,28[L  ]| dance$1$, you may$1$ stamp, if you like$1$, on$4$ the absolutely
104:533,29[L  ]| passive thing you have made of me."
104:533,30[A  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#1$ I \have\ had from $M$Mitchy," 
104:533,30['  ]| she cheerfully
104:533,31['  ]| responded, 
104:533,31[A  ]| "is practically a lesson in dancing$0$: 
104:533,32[A  ]| by$4$ which$6#1$ I perhaps mean$1$ rather a lesson in sitting$1$,
104:534,01[A  ]| myself, as I want$1$ you to$9$ do while$9$ \I\ talk$1$, as still$2$ as 
104:534,02[A  ]| a mouse.  They take," 
104:534,02['  ]| she declared, 
104:534,02[A  ]| "while$9$ \they\ talk$1$,
104:534,03[A  ]| an amount of exercise$0$!"
104:534,04[L  ]| "They?" 
104:534,04['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon wondered. 
104:534,04[L  ]| "Was his wife
104:534,05[L  ]| with him?"
104:534,06[A  ]| "Dear$7$ no$7$ ~ he and $B$Mr%*Van."
104:534,07[L  ]| "Was $B$Mr%*Van with him?"
104:534,08[A  ]| "Oh no$7$ ~ before$5$, alone.  All over the place$0$."
104:534,09['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon had a pause$0$ so$5#1$ rich in appeal that$3$ 
104:534,10['  ]| when he at last$0$ spoke his question$0$ was itself like$9$ an 
104:534,11['  ]| answer$0$. 
104:534,11[L  ]| "$B$Mr%*Van has been to$9$ see you?"
104:534,12[A  ]| "Yes.  I wrote and asked him."
104:534,13[L  ]| "Oh!" 
104:534,13['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon.
104:534,14[A  ]| "But do not get up." 
104:534,14['  ]| She raised her hand. 
104:534,14[A  ]| "Do not."
104:534,15[L  ]| "Why should I?" 
104:534,15['  ]| He had never budged.
104:534,16[A  ]| "He was most kind$2$; stayed half an hour and,
104:534,17[A  ]| when I told him you were coming, left$1$ a good message
104:534,18[A  ]| for$4$ you."
104:534,19['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon appeared to$9$ wait for$4$ this tribute,
104:534,20['  ]| which$6#1$ was not immediately produced. 
104:534,20[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do
104:534,21[L  ]| you call$1$ a ""good"" message?"
104:534,22[A  ]| "I am to$9$ make$1$ it all right$8$ with you."
104:534,23[L  ]| "To$9$ make$1$ what$6#2$?"
104:534,24[A  ]| "Why, that$3$ he has not, for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$, been to$9$ see
104:534,25[A  ]| you or written to$4$ you.  That$3$ he has seemed to$9$ neglect$1$
104:534,26[A  ]| you."
104:534,27['  ]| $A$Nanda's visitor looked so$5#1$ far about$5$ as to$9$ take the
104:534,28['  ]| neighbourhood in general$2$ into the confidence of his
104:534,29['  ]| surprise$0$. 
104:534,29[L  ]| "To$9$ neglect$1$ \me\?"
104:534,30[A  ]| "Well$7$, others too$5#2$, I believe ~ with whom$6#1$ we are 
104:534,31[A  ]| not concerned.  He has been so$5#2$ taken up.  But you
104:534,32[A  ]| above$4$ all."
104:535,01['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon showed on$4$ this a coldness that$6#1$ somehow
104:535,02['  ]| spoke for$4$ itself as the greatest with which$6#1$ he
104:535,03['  ]| had ever in his life met an act$0$ of reparation and that$6#1$
104:535,04['  ]| was infinitely confirmed by$4$ his sustained immobility.
104:535,05[L  ]| "But of what$6#2$ have I complained?"
104:535,06[A  ]| "Oh I do not think he fancies$1$ you have complained."
104:535,07[L  ]| "And how could he have come to$9$ see me," 
104:535,07['  ]| he continued,
104:535,08[L  ]| "when for$4$ so$5#1$ many months past$9$ I have been so$5#1$
104:535,09[L  ]| little in town?"
104:535,10['  ]| He was not more ready with objections, however,
104:535,11['  ]| than his companion had by$4$ this time become
104:535,12['  ]| with answers. 
104:535,12[A  ]| "He must have been thinking of
104:535,13[A  ]| the time of your present$9$ stay$0$.  He evidently has you
104:535,14[A  ]| much on$4$ his mind$0$ ~ he spoke of not having seen
104:535,15[A  ]| you."
104:535,16[L  ]| "He has quite sufficiently tried ~ he has left$1$
104:535,17[L  ]| cards," 
104:535,17['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon returned. 
104:535,17[L  ]| "What$6#2$ more does
104:535,18[L  ]| he want$1$?"
104:535,19['  ]| $A$Nanda looked at him with her long$9$ grave$2$ straightness,
104:535,20['  ]| which$6#1$ had often a play$0$ of light$0$ beyond$4$ any
104:535,21['  ]| smile$0$. 
104:535,21[A  ]| "Oh, you know, he does want$1$ more."
104:535,22[L  ]| "Then it was open$2$ to$4$ him ~"
104:535,23[A  ]| "So$3$ he so$5#1$ strongly feels" 
104:535,23['  ]| ~ she quickly took him
104:535,24['  ]| up ~ 
104:535,24[A  ]| "that$3$ you must have felt.  And therefore it is
104:535,25[A  ]| I speak for$4$ him."
104:535,26[L  ]| "Do not!" 
104:535,26['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon.
104:535,27[A  ]| "But I promised him I would."
104:535,28[L  ]| "Do not!" 
104:535,28['  ]| her friend repeated as in stifled pain$0$.
104:535,29['  ]| She had kept for$4$ the time all her fine clearness
104:535,30['  ]| turned to$4$ him; but she might on$4$ this have been taken
104:535,31['  ]| as giving him up with a movement of obedience and
104:535,32['  ]| a strange soft sigh$0$.  The smothered sound$0$ might even$5$
104:536,01['  ]| have represented to$4$ a listener at all initiated a consenting
104:536,02['  ]| retreat$0$ before$4$ an effort greater than her reckoning ~
104:536,03['  ]| a retreat$0$ that$6#1$ was in so$5#1$ far the snap of a 
104:536,04['  ]| sharp tension.  The next minute$0$, none the less, she
104:536,05['  ]| evidently found a fresh provocation in the sight of
104:536,06['  ]| the pale and positively excessive rigour she had imposed,
104:536,07['  ]| so$3$ that$3$, though her friend was only accommodating
104:536,08['  ]| himself to$4$ her wish$0$ she had a sudden$2$ impulse
104:536,09['  ]| of criticism. 
104:536,09[A  ]| "You are proud about$4$ it ~ too$5#1$
104:536,10[A  ]| proud!"
104:536,11[L  ]| "Well$7$, what$6#2$ if I am?" 
104:536,11['  ]| He looked at her with a 
104:536,12['  ]| complexity of communication that$6#1$ no$2$ words could
104:536,13['  ]| have meddled with. 
104:536,13[L  ]| "Pride is all right$8$ when it helps
104:536,14[L  ]| one to$9$ bear$1$ things."
104:536,15[A  ]| "Ah," 
104:536,15['  ]| said $A$Nanda, 
104:536,15[A  ]| "but that is only when one
104:536,16[A  ]| wants$1$ to$9$ take the least from them.  When one wants$1$
104:536,17[A  ]| to$9$ take the most ~!"
104:536,18[L  ]| "Well$7$?" 
104:536,18['  ]| ~ he spoke, as she faltered, with a certain
104:536,19['  ]| small hardness of interest$0$.
104:536,20['  ]| She faltered, however, indeed. 
104:536,20[A  ]| "Oh I do not know
104:536,21[A  ]| how to$9$ say it." 
104:536,21['  ]| She fairly coloured with the attempt$0$.
104:536,22[A  ]| "One must let the sense of all that$6#1$ I speak of ~ well$7$,
104:536,23[A  ]| all come.  One must rather like$1$ it.  I do not know ~
104:536,24[A  ]| but I suppose one must rather grovel."
104:536,25['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon, though with visible reluctance,
104:536,26['  ]| turned it over. 
104:536,26[L  ]| "That is very fine ~ but you are a 
104:536,27[L  ]| woman."
104:536,28[A  ]| "Yes ~ that$6#2$ must make$1$ a difference.  But being$1$
104:536,29[A  ]| a woman, in such a case, has then," 
104:536,29['  ]| $A$Nanda went
104:536,30['  ]| on$5$, 
104:536,30[A  ]| "its advantages."
104:536,31['  ]| On$4$ this point$0$ perhaps her friend might presently
104:536,32['  ]| have been taken as relaxing. 
104:536,32[L  ]| "It strikes me that$3$
104:537,01[L  ]| even$5$ at that$6#2$ the advantages are mainly for$4$ others.
104:537,02[L  ]| I am glad, God knows, that$3$ you are not also a young
104:537,03[L  ]| man."
104:537,04[A  ]| "Then we are suited all round$9$."
104:537,05['  ]| She had spoken with a promptitude that$6#1$ appeared
104:537,06['  ]| again to$9$ act$1$ on$4$ him slightly as an irritant, for$3$ he met
104:537,07['  ]| it ~ with more delay$0$ ~ by$4$ a long$9$ and derisive murmur.
104:537,08[L  ]| "Oh \my\ pride ~!" 
104:537,08['  ]| But this she in no$2$ manner
104:537,09['  ]| took up; so$3$ that$3$ he was left$1$ for$4$ a little to$4$ his thoughts.
104:537,10[L  ]| "That is what$6#1$ you were plotting when you told me
104:537,11[L  ]| the other day that$3$ you wanted time?"
104:537,12[A  ]| "Ah I was not plotting ~ though I was, I confess,
104:537,13[A  ]| trying$1$ to$9$ work$1$ things out$5$.  That$6#2$ particular idea of
104:537,14[A  ]| simply asking $B$Mr%*Van by$4$ letter to$9$ present$1$ himself ~
104:537,15[A  ]| that$6#2$ particular flight of fancy$0$ had not in fact then at
104:537,16[A  ]| all occurred to$4$ me."
104:537,17[L  ]| "It never occurred, I am bound to$9$ say, to$4$ \me\,"
104:537,18['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
104:537,18[L  ]| "I have never thought$1$ of writing$1$
104:537,19[L  ]| to$4$ him."
104:537,20[A  ]| "Very good.  But you have not the reasons.  I
104:537,21[A  ]| wanted to$9$ attack$1$ him."
104:537,22[L  ]| "Not about$4$ me, I hope$1$ to$4$ God!" 
104:537,22['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon,
104:537,23['  ]| distinctly a little paler, rejoined.
104:537,24[A  ]| "Do not be afraid.  I think I had an instinct of how
104:537,25[A  ]| you would have taken \that$6#2$\.  It was about$4$ mother."
104:537,26[L  ]| "Oh!" 
104:537,26['  ]| said her visitor.
104:537,27[A  ]| "He has been worse to$4$ her than to$4$ you," 
104:537,27['  ]| she continued.
104:537,28[A  ]| "But he will$1$ make$1$ it all right$8$."
104:537,29['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon's attention retained its grimness. 
104:537,29[L  ]| "If
104:537,30[L  ]| he has such a remedy for$4$ the more then, what$6#2$ has he
104:537,31[L  ]| for$4$ the less?"
104:537,32['  ]| $A$Nanda, however, was but for$4$ an instant$0$ checked. 
104:538,01[A  ]| "Oh it is I who$6#1$ make$1$ it up to$4$ \you\.  To$4$ mother, you
104:538,02[A  ]| see, there is no*one otherwise to$9$ make$1$ it up." 
104:538,03['  ]| This at first unmistakeably sounded to$4$ him too$5#1$ 
104:538,04['  ]| complicated for$4$ acceptance.  But his face$0$ changed as 
104:538,05['  ]| light$0$ dawned. 
104:538,05[L  ]| "That$6#2$ puts it then that$3$ you \will$1$\ 
104:538,06[L  ]| come?" 
104:538,07[A  ]| "I will$1$ come if you will$1$ take me as I am ~ which$6#1$ is 
104:538,08[A  ]| what$6#1$ I must previously explain to$4$ you: I mean$1$ more 
104:538,09[A  ]| than I have ever done before$5$.  But what$6#1$ \he\ means$1$ by$4$ 
104:538,10[A  ]| what$6#1$ you call$1$ his remedy is my making you feel 
104:538,11[A  ]| better$9$ about$4$ himself." 
104:538,12['  ]| The old man gazed at her. 
104:538,12[L  ]| ""Your"" doing it is 
104:538,13[L  ]| too$5#1$ beautiful!  And he could really come to$4$ you for$4$ 
104:538,14[L  ]| the purpose of asking you?" 
104:538,15[A  ]| "Oh no$7$," 
104:538,15['  ]| said the girl briskly, 
104:538,15[A  ]| "he came simply 
104:538,16[A  ]| for$4$ the purpose of doing what$6#1$ he \had\ to$9$ do.  After$4$ my 
104:538,17[A  ]| letter how could he not come?  Then he met most 
104:538,18[A  ]| kindly what$6#1$ I said to$4$ him for$4$ mother and what$6#1$ he 
104:538,19[A  ]| quite understood to$9$ be all my business with him; so$3$ 
104:538,20[A  ]| that$3$ his appeal to$4$ me to$9$ plead with you for$4$ ~ well$7$, 
104:538,21[A  ]| for$4$ his credit$0$ ~ was only thrown in because he had 
104:538,22[A  ]| so$5#1$ good a chance$0$." 
104:538,23['  ]| This speech brought $L$Mr%*Longdon abruptly to$4$ his 
104:538,24['  ]| feet, but before$3$ she could warn him again of the 
104:538,25['  ]| patience she continued to$9$ need$1$ he had already, as 
104:538,26['  ]| if what$6#1$ she evoked for$4$ him left$1$ him too$5#1$ stupefied, 
104:538,27['  ]| dropped back$5$ into submission. 
104:538,27[L  ]| "The man stood 
104:538,28[L  ]| there for$4$ you to$9$ render him a service?  ~ for$4$ you to$9$ 
104:538,29[L  ]| help$1$ him and praise$1$ him?" 
104:538,30[A  ]| "Ah but it was not to$9$ go out$8$ of my way, do not you 
104:538,31[A  ]| see?  He knew you were presently to$9$ be here." 
104:538,31['  ]| Her 
104:538,32['  ]| anxiety that$3$ he should understand gave her a rare  
104:539,01['  ]| strained smile$0$. 
104:539,01[A  ]| "I must not make$1$ ~ as a request$0$ 
104:539,02[A  ]| from him ~ too$5#1$ much of it, and I have not a doubt$0$ 
104:539,03[A  ]| that$3$, rather than that$3$ you should think any ill of him 
104:539,04[A  ]| for$4$ wishing me to$9$ say a word, he would gladly be left$1$ 
104:539,05[A  ]| with whatever bad appearance he may$1$ actually happen 
104:539,06[A  ]| to$9$ have." 
104:539,06['  ]| She pulled up on$4$ these words as with 
104:539,07['  ]| a quick$2$ sense of their really, by$4$ their mere sound$0$, 
104:539,08['  ]| putting her in deeper; and could only give her friend 
104:539,09['  ]| one of the looks$0$ that$6#1$ expressed: 
104:539,09[A  ]| "If I could trust$1$ you 
104:539,10[A  ]| not to$9$ assent even$5$ more than I want$1$, I should say 
104:539,11[A  ]| ""You know what$6#1$ I mean$1$!""" 
104:539,11['  ]| She allowed him at all 
104:539,12['  ]| events ~ or tried to$9$ allow him ~ no$2$ time for$4$ uttered 
104:539,13['  ]| irony before$4$ going on$5$: 
104:539,13[A  ]| "He was everything you could 
104:539,14[A  ]| have wished; quite as beautiful about$4$ \you\ ~" 
104:539,15[L  ]| "As about$4$ you?" 
104:539,15['  ]| ~ $L$Mr%*Longdon took her up. 
104:539,16['  ]| She demurred. 
104:539,16[A  ]| "As about$4$ mother." 
104:539,16['  ]| With which$6#1$ 
104:539,17['  ]| she turned away as if it handsomely settled$1$ the question$0$.
104:539,18['  ]|                                                       
104:539,19['  ]| But it only left$1$ him, as she went to$4$ the window, 
104:539,20['  ]| sitting$1$ there sombre. 
104:539,20[L  ]| "I like$1$, you know," 
104:539,20['  ]| he brought 
104:539,21['  ]| out$5$ as his eyes followed her, 
104:539,21[L  ]| "your saying you are not 
104:539,22[L  ]| proud!  Thank God you \are\, my dear$2#1$.  Yes ~ it is 
104:539,23[L  ]| better$9$ for$4$ us." 
104:539,24['  ]| At this, after$4$ a moment, in her place$0$, she turned 
104:539,25['  ]| round$9$ to$4$ him. 
104:539,25[A  ]| "I am glad I am anything ~ whatever 
104:539,26[A  ]| you may$1$ call$1$ it and though I can not call$1$ it the same ~ 
104:539,27[A  ]| that is good for$4$ \you\." 
104:539,28['  ]| He said nothing more for$4$ a little, as if by$4$ such 
104:539,29['  ]| a speech something in him were simplified and softened.
104:539,30[L  ]| "It would be good for$4$ me ~ by$4$ which$6#1$ I mean$1$ 
104:539,31[L  ]| it would be easier for$4$ me ~ if you did not quite so$5#1$ 
104:539,32[L  ]| immensely care$1$ for$4$ him."
104:540,01[A  ]| "Oh!" 
104:540,01['  ]| came from $A$Nanda with an accent of attenuation
104:540,02['  ]| at once so$5#1$ precipitate and so$5#1$ vague that$3$ it only
104:540,03['  ]| made her attitude at first rather awkward. 
104:540,03[A  ]| "Oh!" 
104:540,04['  ]| she immediately repeated, but with an increase$0$ of the
104:540,05['  ]| same effect$0$.  After$4$ which$6#1$, conscious, she made, as if
104:540,06['  ]| to$9$ save$1$ herself, a quick$2$ addition. 
104:540,06[A  ]| "Dear$2#1$ $L$Mr%*Longdon,
104:540,07[A  ]| is not it rather yourself most ~?"
104:540,08[L  ]| "It would be easier for$4$ me," 
104:540,08['  ]| he went on$5$, heedless,
104:540,09[L  ]| "if you did not, my poor child, so$5#1$ wonderfully love$1$
104:540,10[L  ]| him."
104:540,11[A  ]| "Ah but I do not ~ please believe me when I assure
104:540,12[A  ]| you I \do not\!" 
104:540,12['  ]| she broke out$5$.  It burst$1$ from her,
104:540,13['  ]| flaring up, in a queer quaver that$6#1$ ended in something
104:540,14['  ]| queerer still$5$ ~ in her abrupt collapse, on$4$ the spot, into
104:540,15['  ]| the nearest chair, where she choked with a torrent
104:540,16['  ]| of tears.  Her buried face$0$ could only after$4$ a moment
104:540,17['  ]| give way to$4$ the flood, and she sobbed in a passion
104:540,18['  ]| as sharp and brief as the flurry of a wild thing
104:540,19['  ]| for$4$ an instant$0$ uncaged; her old friend meantime
104:540,20['  ]| keeping$1$ his place$0$ in the silence$0$ broken by$4$ her sound$0$
104:540,21['  ]| and distantly ~ across$4$ the room ~ closing his eyes 
104:540,22['  ]| to$4$ his helplessness and her shame$0$.  Thus they sat
104:540,23['  ]| together while$9$ their trouble$0$ both conjoined and divided
104:540,24['  ]| them.  She recovered herself, however, with an
104:540,25['  ]| effort worthy of her fall$0$ and was on$4$ her feet again as
104:540,26['  ]| she stammeringly spoke and angrily brushed at her
104:540,27['  ]| eyes. 
104:540,27[A  ]| "What$6#2$ difference in the world does it make$1$ ~
104:540,28[A  ]| what$6#2$ difference ever?" 
104:540,28['  ]| Then clearly, even$5$ with the
104:540,29['  ]| words, her checked tears suffered her to$9$ see how it
104:540,30['  ]| made the difference that$3$ he too$5#2$ had been crying; so$3$
104:540,31['  ]| that$3$ 
104:540,31[A  ]| "I do not know why you mind$1$!" 
104:540,31['  ]| she thereupon
104:540,32['  ]| wailed with extravagance.
104:541,01[L  ]| "You do not know what$6#1$ I would have done for$4$ him.
104:541,02[L  ]| You do not know, you do not know!" 
104:541,02['  ]| he repeated 
104:541,03['  ]| while$9$ she looked as if she naturally could not ~ as
104:541,04['  ]| with a renewal of his dream$0$ of beneficence and of the
104:541,05['  ]| soreness of his personal wound$0$.
104:541,06[A  ]| "Well$7$, but \he\ does you justice ~ he knows.  So$3$ it
104:541,07[A  ]| shows$1$, so$3$ it shows$1$ ~!"
104:541,08['  ]| But in this direction too$5#2$, unable to$9$ say what$6#1$ it
104:541,09['  ]| showed, she had again broken down$5$ and again could
104:541,10['  ]| only hold$1$ herself and let her companion sit there.
104:541,11[L  ]| "Ah $A$Nanda, $A$Nanda!" 
104:541,11['  ]| he deeply murmured; and the
104:541,12['  ]| depth of the pity$0$ was, vainly and blindly, as the depth
104:541,13['  ]| of the reproach$0$.
104:541,14[A  ]| "It is I ~ it is I, therefore," 
104:541,14['  ]| she said as if she must
104:541,15['  ]| then so$5#2$ look$1$ at it with him; 
104:541,15[A  ]| "it is I who$6#1$ am the
104:541,16[A  ]| horrible impossible and who$6#1$ have covered everything
104:541,17[A  ]| else with my own$2$ impossibility.  For$4$ some different
104:541,18[A  ]| person you \could\ have done what$6#1$ you speak of, and
104:541,19[A  ]| for$4$ some different person you can do it still$5$."
104:541,20['  ]| He stared at her with his barren sorrow. 
104:541,20[L  ]| "A person
104:541,21[L  ]| different from him?"
104:541,22[A  ]| "A person different from \me\."
104:541,23[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ interest$0$ have I in any such person?"
104:541,24[L  ]|
104:541,25[A  ]| "But your interest$0$ in me ~ you see well$9$ enough
104:541,26[A  ]| where \that$6#2$\ lands us."
104:541,27['  ]| $L$Mr%*Longdon now got to$4$ his feet and somewhat
104:541,28['  ]| stiffly remained; after$4$ which$6#1$, for$4$ all answer$0$, 
104:541,28[L  ]| "You
104:541,29[L  ]| say you \will$1$\ come then?" 
104:541,29['  ]| he asked.  Then as ~
104:541,30['  ]| seemingly with her last$2$ thought$0$ ~ she kept silent:
104:541,31[L  ]| "You understand clearly, I take it, that$3$ this time
104:541,32[L  ]| it is never again to$9$ leave$1$ me ~ or to$9$ \be\ left$1$."
104:542,01[A  ]| "I understand," she presently replied. 
104:542,01[A  ]| "Never
104:542,02[A  ]| again.  That$6#2$," 
104:542,02['  ]| she continued, 
104:542,02[A  ]| "is why I asked you	
104:542,03[A  ]| for$4$ these days."
104:542,04[L  ]| "Well$7$ then, since you have taken them ~"
104:542,05[A  ]| "Ah but have \you\?" 
104:542,05['  ]| said $A$Nanda.  They were close$9$
104:542,06['  ]| to$4$ each other now, and with a tenderness of warning
104:542,07['  ]| that$6#1$ was helped by$4$ their almost equal$2$ stature she laid
104:542,08['  ]| her hand on$4$ his shoulder. 
104:542,08[A  ]| "What$6#1$ I did more than
104:542,09[A  ]| anything else write to$4$ him for$4$," 
104:542,09['  ]| she had now regained
104:542,10['  ]| her clearness enough to$9$ explain, 
104:542,10[A  ]| "was that$3$ ~ with
104:542,11[A  ]| whatever idea you had ~ you should see for$4$ yourself
104:542,12[A  ]| how he could come and go."
104:542,13[L  ]| "And what$6#2$ good was that$6#2$ to$9$ do me?  \Had not\ I 
104:542,14[L  ]| seen for$4$ myself?"
104:542,15[A  ]| "Well$7$ ~ you have seen once more.  Here he was.
104:542,16[A  ]| I did not care$1$ what$6#1$ he thought$1$.  Here I brought
104:542,17[A  ]| him.  And his reasons remain."
104:542,18['  ]| She kept her eyes on$4$ her companion's face$0$, but his
104:542,19['  ]| own$2$ now and afterwards seemed to$9$ wander far.
104:542,20[L  ]| "What$6#2$ do I care$1$ for$4$ his reasons so$5#1$ long$9$ as they are
104:542,21[L  ]| not mine$6$?"
104:542,22['  ]| She thought$1$ an instant$0$, still$5$ holding him gently
104:542,23['  ]| and as if for$4$ successful argument. 
104:542,23[A  ]| "But perhaps you
104:542,24[A  ]| do not altogether understand them."
104:542,25[L  ]| "And why the devil, altogether, \should\ I?"
104:542,26[A  ]| "Ah because you distinctly want$1$ to$9$," 
104:542,26['  ]| said $A$Nanda
104:542,27['  ]| ever so$5#1$ kindly. 
104:542,27[A  ]| "You have admitted as much when
104:542,28[A  ]| we have talked ~ "
104:542,29[L  ]| "Oh but when \have\ we talked?" 
104:542,29['  ]| he sharply interrupted.
104:542,30['  ]| 
104:542,31['  ]| This time he had challenged her so$5#1$ straight that$3$ it
104:542,32['  ]| was her own$2$ look$0$ that$6#1$ strayed. 
104:542,32[A  ]| "When?"
104:543,01[L  ]| "When." 
104:543,02['  ]| She hesitated. 
104:543,02[A  ]| "When \have not\ we?"
104:543,03[L  ]| "Well$7$, \you\ may$1$ have: if that is what$6#1$ you call$1$ talking ~
104:543,04[L  ]| never saying a word.  But I have not.  I have only
104:543,05[L  ]| to$9$ do at any rate$0$, in the way of reasons, with my
104:543,06[L  ]| own$2$."
104:543,07[A  ]| "And yours too$5#2$ then remain?  Because, you know,"
104:543,08['  ]| the girl pursued, 
104:543,08[A  ]| "I \am\ like$9$ that$6#2$."
104:543,09[L  ]| "Like$9$ what$6#2$?"
104:543,10[A  ]| "Like$9$ what$6#1$ he thinks." 
104:543,10['  ]| Then so$5#1$ gravely that$3$ it
104:543,11['  ]| was almost a supplication, 
104:543,11[A  ]| "Do not tell me," 
104:543,11['  ]| she
104:543,12['  ]| added, 
104:543,12[A  ]| "that$3$ you do not \know\ what$6#1$ he thinks.  You
104:543,13[A  ]| do know."
104:543,14['  ]| Their eyes, on$4$ that$6#2$ strange ground, could meet$1$ at
104:543,15['  ]| last$0$, and the effect$0$ of it was presently for$4$ $L$Mr%*Longdon. 
104:543,16[L  ]| "I do know."
104:543,17[A  ]| "Well$7$?"
104:543,18[L  ]| "Well$7$!" 
104:543,18['  ]| He raised his hands and took her face$0$,
104:543,19['  ]| which$6#1$ he drew so$5#1$ close$9$ to$4$ his own$2$ that$3$, as she gently
104:543,20['  ]| let him, he could kiss$1$ her with solemnity on$4$ the forehead.
104:543,21[L  ]| "Come!" 
104:543,21['  ]| he then firmly said ~ quite indeed
104:543,22['  ]| as if it were a question$0$ of their moving on$4$ the
104:543,23['  ]| spot.
104:543,24['  ]| It literally made her smile$0$, which$6#1$, with a certain
104:543,25['  ]| compunction, she immediately corrected by$4$ doing
104:543,26['  ]| for$4$ him in the pressure of her lips to$4$ his cheek what$6#1$
104:543,27['  ]| he had just$9$ done for$4$ herself. 
104:543,27[A  ]| "To-day?" 
104:543,27['  ]| she more
104:543,28['  ]| seriously asked.
104:543,29['  ]| He looked at his watch$0$. 
104:543,29[L  ]| "To-morrow."
104:543,30['  ]| She paused, but clearly for$4$ assent. 
104:543,30[A  ]| "That is what$6#1$
104:543,31[A  ]| I mean$1$ by$4$ your taking me as I am.  It \is\, you know,
104:543,32[A  ]| for$4$ a girl ~ extraordinary."
104:544,01[L  ]| "Oh I know what$6#1$ it is!" 
104:544,01['  ]| he exclaimed with an odd
104:544,02['  ]| fatigue$0$ in his tenderness.
104:544,03['  ]| But she continued, with the shadow of her scruple$0$,
104:544,04['  ]| to$9$ explain. 
104:544,04[A  ]| "We are many of us, we are most of us ~
104:544,05[A  ]| as you long$9$ ago saw and showed you felt ~ extraordinary
104:544,06[A  ]| now.  We can not help$1$ it.  It is not really our
104:544,07[A  ]| fault.  There is so$5#1$ much else that is extraordinary
104:544,08[A  ]| that$3$ if we are in it all so$5#1$ much \we\ must naturally be."
104:544,09['  ]| It was all obviously clearer to$4$ her than ever yet, and
104:544,10['  ]| her sense of it found renewed expression; so$3$ that$3$ she
104:544,11['  ]| might have been, as she wound$1#1$ up, a very much older
104:544,12['  ]| person than her friend. 
104:544,12[A  ]| "Everything is different
104:544,13[A  ]| from what$6#1$ it used$1#2$ to$9$ be."
104:544,14[L  ]| "Yes, everything," 
104:544,14['  ]| he returned with an air of final
104:544,15['  ]| indoctrination. 
104:544,15[L  ]| "That is what$6#1$ he ought to$9$ have recognised."
104:544,16[L  ]| 
104:544,17[A  ]| "As \you\ have?" 
104:544,17['  ]| $A$Nanda was once more ~ and completely
104:544,18['  ]| now ~ enthroned in high justice. 
104:544,18[A  ]| "Oh he is
104:544,19[A  ]| more old-fashioned than you."
104:544,20[L  ]| "Much more," 
104:544,20['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon with a queer
104:544,21['  ]| face$0$.
104:544,22[A  ]| "He tried," 
104:544,22['  ]| the girl went on$5$ ~ 
104:544,22[A  ]| "he did his best.
104:544,23[A  ]| But he could not.  And he is so$5#1$ right$2#1$ ~ for$4$ himself."
104:544,24[A  ]|	
104:544,25['  ]| Her visitor, before$4$ meeting$9$ this, gathered in his hat
104:544,26['  ]| and stick, which$6#1$ for$4$ a minute$0$ occupied his attention.
104:544,27[L  ]| "He ought to$9$ have married ~!"
104:544,28[A  ]| "Little $J$Aggie?  Yes," 
104:544,28['  ]| said $A$Nanda.	
104:544,29['  ]| They had gained the door, where $L$Mr%*Longdon
104:544,30['  ]| again met her eyes. 
104:544,30[L  ]| "And then $M$Mitchy ~!"
104:544,31['  ]| But she checked him with a quick$2$ gesture. 
104:544,31[A  ]| "No$7$ ~
104:544,32[A  ]| not even$5$ then!"	
104:545,01['  ]| So$3$ again before$3$ he went they were for$4$ a minute$0$
104:545,02['  ]| confronted. 
104:545,02[L  ]| "Are you anxious about$4$ $M$Mitchy?"
104:545,03['  ]| She faltered , but at last$0$ brought it out$5$. 
104:545,03[A  ]| "Yes.  Do
104:545,04[A  ]| you see?  There I am."
104:545,05[L  ]| "I see.  There we are.  Well$7$," 
104:545,05['  ]| said $L$Mr%*Longdon ~
104:545,06[L  ]| "to-morrow."