001:001,01['  ]| On$4$ a brilliant day in$4$ May, of the year 1868, a gentleman
001:001,02['  ]| was reclining at his ease on$4$ the great circular
001:001,03['  ]| divan which$6#1$ at that$6#2$ period occupied the centre of the
001:001,04['  ]| Salon*Carre=, in$4$ the Museum of the Louvre. This
001:001,05['  ]| commodious ottoman has since been removed, to$4$ the
001:001,06['  ]| extreme regret of all weak-kneed lovers of the fine
001:001,07['  ]| arts; but our visitor had taken serene possession of its
001:001,08['  ]| softest spot, and, with his head thrown back and his
001:001,09['  ]| legs outstretched, was staring at Murillo's beautiful
001:001,10['  ]| moon-borne Madonna in$4$ deep enjoyment of his posture.
001:001,11['  ]| He had removed his hat and flung down beside
001:001,12['  ]| him a little red guide-book and an opera-glass. The
001:001,13['  ]| day was warm; he was heated with walking, and he
001:001,14['  ]| repeatedly, with vague weariness, passed his handkerchief
001:001,15['  ]| over his forehead. And yet he was evidently
001:001,16['  ]| not a man to$4$ whom fatigue was familiar; long, lean,
001:001,17['  ]| and muscular, he suggested an intensity of unconscious
001:001,18['  ]| resistance. His exertions on$4$ this particular day,
001:001,19['  ]| however, had been of an unwonted sort, and he had
001:001,20['  ]| often performed great physical feats that$6#1$ left him
001:001,21['  ]| less jaded than his quiet stroll through the Louvre.
001:001,22['  ]| He had looked out all the pictures to$4$ which$6#1$ an asterisk
001:001,23['  ]| was affixed in$4$ those formidable pages of fine print in$4$
001:001,24['  ]| his Ba+deker; his attention had been strained and his
001:001,25['  ]| eyes dazzled; he had sat down with an aesthetic
001:002,01['  ]| headache. He had looked, moreover, not only at all
001:002,02['  ]| the pictures, but at all the copies that$6#1$ were going
001:002,03['  ]| forward around them in$4$ the hands of those innumerable
001:002,04['  ]| young women in$4$ long aprons, on$4$ high stools,
001:002,05['  ]| who$6#1$ devote themselves, in$4$ France, to$4$ the reproduction
001:002,06['  ]| of masterpieces; and, if the truth must be told,
001:002,07['  ]| he had often admired the copy much more than the
001:002,08['  ]| original. His physiognomy would have sufficiently
001:002,09['  ]| indicated that$3$ he was a shrewd and capable person,
001:002,10['  ]| and in$4$ truth he had often sat up$5$ all night over a 
001:002,11['  ]| bristling bundle of accounts and heard the cock
001:002,12['  ]| crow without a yawn. But Raphael and Titian and
001:002,13['  ]| Rubens were a new kind of arithmetic, and they
001:002,14['  ]| made him for$4$ the first time in$4$ his life wonder at his
001:002,15['  ]| vaguenesses.
001:002,16['  ]| An observer with anything of an eye for$4$ local types
001:002,17['  ]| would have had no$2$ difficulty in$4$ referring this candid
001:002,18['  ]| connoisseur to$4$ the scene of his origin, and indeed such
001:002,19['  ]| an observer might have made an ironic point of the
001:002,20['  ]| almost ideal completeness with which$6#1$ he filled out
001:002,21['  ]| the mould of race. The gentleman on$4$ the divan was
001:002,22['  ]| the superlative American; to$4$ which$6#1$ affirmation of
001:002,23['  ]| character he was partly helped by$4$ the general easy
001:002,24['  ]| magnificence of his manhood. He appeared to$9$ possess
001:002,25['  ]| that$6#2$ kind of health and strength which$6#1$, when found
001:002,26['  ]| in$4$ perfection, are the most impressive ~~ the physical
001:002,27['  ]| tone which$6#1$ the owner does nothing to$9$ "keep up$5$."
001:002,28['  ]| If he was a muscular Christian it was quite without
001:002,29['  ]| doctrine. If it was necessary to$9$ walk to$4$ a remote spot
001:002,30['  ]| he walked, but he had never known himself to$9$
001:002,31['  ]| "exercise." He had no$2$ theory with regard to$4$ cold
001:002,32['  ]| bathing or the use of Indian clubs; he was neither an
001:003,01['  ]| oarsman, a rifleman nor a fencer ~~ he had never
001:003,02['  ]| had time for$4$ these amusements ~~ and he was quite
001:003,03['  ]| unaware that$3$ the saddle is recommended for$4$ certain
001:003,04['  ]| forms of indigestion. He was by$4$ inclination a temperate
001:003,05['  ]| man; but he had supped the night before his
001:003,06['  ]| visit to$4$ the Louvre at the Cafe+*Anglais ~~ some*one
001:003,07['  ]| had told him it was an experience not to$9$ be omitted ~
001:003,08['  ]| and he had slept none*the*less the sleep of the just.
001:003,09['  ]| His usual attitude and carriage had a liberal looseness,
001:003,10['  ]| but when, under a special inspiration, he
001:003,11['  ]| straightened himself he looked a grenadier on$4$ parade.
001:003,12['  ]| He had never tasted tobacco. He had been assured ~
001:003,13['  ]| such things are said ~~ that$3$ cigars are excellent for$4$
001:003,14['  ]| the health, and he was quite capable of believing it;
001:003,15['  ]| but he would no$2$ more have thought of "taking" one
001:003,16['  ]| than of taking a dose of medicine. His complexion
001:003,17['  ]| was brown and the arch of his nose bold and well-marked.
001:003,18['  ]| His eye was of a clear, cold grey, and save
001:003,19['  ]| for$4$ the abundant droop of his moustache he spoke,
001:003,20['  ]| as to$4$ cheek and chin, of the joy of the matutinal steel.
001:003,21['  ]| He had the flat jaw and the firm, dry neck which$6#1$ are
001:003,22['  ]| frequent in$4$ the American type; but the betrayal of
001:003,23['  ]| native conditions is a matter of expression even more
001:003,24['  ]| than of feature, and it was in$4$ this respect that$3$ our
001:003,25['  ]| traveller's countenance was supremely eloquent. The
001:003,26['  ]| observer we have been supposing might, however,
001:003,27['  ]| perfectly have measured its expressiveness and yet
001:003,28['  ]| have been at a loss for$4$ names and terms to$9$ fit it. It
001:003,29['  ]| had that$6#2$ paucity of detail which$6#1$ is yet not emptiness,
001:003,30['  ]| that$6#2$ blankness which$6#1$ is not simplicity, that$6#2$ look
001:003,31['  ]| of being committed to$4$ nothing in$4$ particular, of standing
001:003,32['  ]| in$4$ a posture of general hospitality to$4$ the chances
001:004,01['  ]| of life, of being very much at one's own disposal,
001:004,02['  ]| characteristic of American faces of the clear strain.
001:004,03['  ]| It was the eye, in$4$ this case, that$6#1$ chiefly told the story;
001:004,04['  ]| an eye in$4$ which$6#1$ the unacquainted and the expert were
001:004,05['  ]| singularly blended. It was full of contradictory suggestions;
001:004,06['  ]| and though it was by$4$ no$2$ means the glowing 
001:004,07['  ]| orb of a hero of romance, you could find it in$4$ almost
001:004,08['  ]| anything you looked for$4$. Frigid and yet friendly,
001:004,09['  ]| frank yet cautious, shrewd yet credulous, positive yet
001:004,10['  ]| sceptical, confident yet shy, extremely intelligent and
001:004,11['  ]| extremely good-humoured, there was something
001:004,12['  ]| vaguely defiant in$4$ its concessions and something
001:004,13['  ]| profoundly reassuring in$4$ its reserve. The wide yet
001:004,14['  ]| partly folded wings of this gentleman's moustache,
001:004,15['  ]| with the two premature wrinkles in$4$ the cheek
001:004,16['  ]| above it, and the fashion of his garments, in$4$
001:004,17['  ]| which$6#1$ an exposed shirt-front and a blue satin necktie
001:004,18['  ]| of too light a shade played perhaps an obtrusive part,
001:004,19['  ]| completed the elements of his identity. We have approached
001:004,20['  ]| him perhaps at a not especially favourable
001:004,21['  ]| moment; he is by$4$ no$2$ means sitting for$4$ his portrait.
001:004,22['  ]| But listless as he lounges there, rather baffled on$4$ the
001:004,23['  ]| aesthetic question and guilty of the damning fault (as 
001:004,24['  ]| we have lately discovered it to$9$ be) of confounding the
001:004,25['  ]| aspect of the artist with that$6#2$ of his work (for$3$ he admires
001:004,26['  ]| the squinting Madonna of the young lady with
001:004,27['  ]| the hair that$6#1$ somehow also advertises "art," because
001:004,28['  ]| he thinks the young lady herself uncommonly taking),
001:004,29['  ]| he is a sufficiently promising acquaintance. Decision,
001:004,30['  ]| salubrity, jocosity, prosperity, seem to$9$ hover within
001:004,31['  ]| his call; he is evidently a man of business, but the
001:004,32['  ]| term appears to$9$ confess, for$4$ his particular benefit, to$4$
001:005,01['  ]| undefined and mysterious boundaries which$6#1$ invite the
001:005,02['  ]| imagination to$9$ bestir itself.
001:005,03['  ]| As the little copyist proceeded with her task, her
001:005,04['  ]| attention addressed to$4$ her admirer, from time to$4$ time,
001:005,05['  ]| for$4$ reciprocity, one of its blankest, though not of its
001:005,06['  ]| briefest, missives. The working-out of her scheme
001:005,07['  ]| appeared to$9$ call, in$4$ her view, for$4$ a great deal of vivid
001:005,08['  ]| by-play, a great standing off with folded arms and
001:005,09['  ]| head dropping from side to$4$ side, stroking of a dimpled
001:005,10['  ]| chin with a dimpled hand, sighing and frowning
001:005,11['  ]| and patting of the foot, fumbling in$4$ disordered tresses
001:005,12['  ]| for$4$ wandering hair-pins. These motions were accompanied
001:005,13['  ]| by$4$ a far-straying glance, which$6#1$ tripped up$5$,
001:005,14['  ]| occasionally, as it were, on$4$ the tall arrested gentleman.
001:005,15['  ]| At last he rose abruptly and, putting on$4$ his hat
001:005,16['  ]| as if for$4$ emphasis of an austere intention, approached
001:005,17['  ]| the young lady. He placed himself before her picture
001:005,18['  ]| and looked at it for$4$ a time during which$6#1$ she pretended
001:005,19['  ]| to$9$ be quite unconscious of his presence. Then
001:005,20['  ]| invoking her intelligence with the single word that$6#1$
001:005,21['  ]| constituted the strength of his French vocabulary,
001:005,22['  ]| and holding up$5$ one finger in$4$ a manner that$6#1$ appeared
001:005,23['  ]| to$4$ him to$9$ illuminate his meaning, 
001:005,23[B  ]| "\9Combien\?" 
001:005,23['  ]| he
001:005,24['  ]| abruptly demanded.
001:005,25['  ]| The artist stared a moment, gave a small pout,
001:005,26['  ]| shrugged her shoulders, put down her palette and
001:005,27['  ]| brushes and stood rubbing her hands.
001:005,28[B  ]| "How much?" 
001:005,28['  ]| said our friend in$4$ English. 
001:005,28[B  ]| "\9Combien\?" 
001:005,29[B  ]|
001:005,30[G  ]| "Monsieur wishes to$9$ buy it?" 
001:005,30['  ]| she asked in$4$ French.
001:005,31[B  ]| "Very pretty. \9Splendide. 9Combien\?" 
001:005,31['  ]| repeated the
001:005,32['  ]| American.
001:006,01[G  ]| "It pleases monsieur, my little picture? It is a very
001:006,02[G  ]| beautiful subject," 
001:006,02['  ]| said the young lady.
001:006,03[B  ]| "The Madonna, yes; I am not a real Catholic, but
001:006,04[B  ]| I want to$9$ buy it. \9Combien\? Figure it right there."
001:006,05['  ]| And he took a pencil from his pocket and showed her
001:006,06['  ]| the fly-leaf of his guide-book. She stood looking at
001:006,07['  ]| him and scratching her chin with the pencil. 
001:006,07[B  ]| "Is not
001:006,08[B  ]| it for$4$ sale?" 
001:006,08['  ]| he asked. And as she still stood reflecting,
001:006,09['  ]| probing him with eyes which$6#1$, in$4$ spite of her desire
001:006,10['  ]| to$9$ treat this avidity of patronage as a very old
001:006,11['  ]| story, added to$4$ her flush of incredulity, he was afraid
001:006,12['  ]| he had offended her. She was simply trying to$9$ look
001:006,13['  ]| indifferent, wondering how far she might go. 
001:006,13[B  ]| "I
001:006,14[B  ]| have not made a mistake ~~ \9pas 9insulte=\, no$7$?" 
001:006,14['  ]| her
001:006,15['  ]| interlocutor continued. 
001:006,15[B  ]| "Do not you understand a 
001:006,16[B  ]| little English?"
001:006,17['  ]| The young lady's aptitude for$4$ playing a part at
001:006,18['  ]| short notice was remarkable. She fixed him with all
001:006,19['  ]| her conscious perception and asked him if he spoke
001:006,20['  ]| no$2$ French. Then 
001:006,20[G  ]| "\9Donnez\!" 
001:006,20['  ]| she said briefly, and
001:006,21['  ]| took the open guide-book. In$4$ the upper corner of
001:006,22['  ]| the fly-leaf she traced a number in$4$ a minute and
001:006,23['  ]| extremely neat hand. On$4$ which$6#1$ she handed back the
001:006,24['  ]| book and resumed the palette.
001:006,25['  ]| Our friend read the number: 
001:006,25@g   | "2000 francs." 
001:006,25['  ]| He
001:006,26['  ]| said nothing for$4$ a time, but stood looking at the picture
001:006,27['  ]| which$6#1$ the copyist began actively to$9$ dabble with
001:006,28['  ]| her paint. 
001:006,28[B  ]| "For$4$ a copy, is not that$6#2$ a good deal?" 
001:006,28['  ]| he
001:006,29['  ]| inquired at last. 
001:006,29[B  ]| "\9Pas 9beaucoup\?"
001:006,30['  ]| She raised her eyes from her palette, scanned him
001:006,31['  ]| from head to$4$ foot, and alighted with admirable sagacity
001:006,32['  ]| upon$4$ exactly the right answer. 
001:006,32[G  ]| "Yes, it is a good
001:007,01[G  ]| deal. But my copy is extremely \9soigne=\. That$6#2$ is its
001:007,02[G  ]| value."
001:007,03['  ]| The gentleman in$4$ whom we are interested understood
001:007,04['  ]| no$2$ French, but I have said he was intelligent,
001:007,05['  ]| and here is a good chance to$9$ prove it. He apprehended,
001:007,06['  ]| by$4$ a natural instinct, the meaning of the
001:007,07['  ]| young woman's phrase, and it gratified him to$9$ find
001:007,08['  ]| her so$5#1$ honest. 
001:007,08@b   | Beauty, therefore talent, rectitude; 
001:007,09@b   | she combined everything! 
001:007,09[B  ]| "But you must finish it,"
001:007,10['  ]| he said. 
001:007,10[B  ]| "\Finish\, you know;" 
001:007,10['  ]| and he pointed to$4$
001:007,11['  ]| the unpainted hand of the figure.
001:007,12[G  ]| "Oh, it shall be finished in$4$ perfection ~~ in$4$ the perfection
001:007,13[G  ]| of perfections!" 
001:007,13['  ]| cried mademoiselle; and to$9$
001:007,14['  ]| confirm her promise she deposited a rosy blotch in$4$ the
001:007,15['  ]| middle of the Madonna's cheek.
001:007,16['  ]| But the American frowned. 
001:007,16[B  ]| "Ah, too red, too red!"
001:007,17['  ]| he objected. 
001:007,17[B  ]| "\Her\ complexion," pointing to$4$ the
001:007,18['  ]| Murillo, 
001:007,18[B  ]| "is more delicate."
001:007,19[G  ]| "Delicate? Oh it shall be delicate, monsieur; delicate
001:007,20[G  ]| as Se`vres \biscuit\. I am going to$9$ tone that$6#2$ down;
001:007,21[G  ]| I promise you it shall have a surface! And where
001:007,22[G  ]| will$1$ you allow us to$9$ send it to$4$ you? Your address."
001:007,23[B  ]| "My address? Oh yes!" 
001:007,23['  ]| And the gentleman drew
001:007,24['  ]| a card from his pocket-book and wrote something
001:007,25['  ]| on$4$ it. Then hesitating a moment: 
001:007,25[B  ]| "If I do not like$1$ it
001:007,26[B  ]| when it is finished, you know, I shall not be obliged
001:007,27[B  ]| to$9$ pay for$4$ it."
001:007,28['  ]| The young lady seemed as good a guesser as himself.
001:007,29[G  ]| "Oh, I am very sure monsieur is not capricious!"
001:007,30[B  ]| "Capricious?" 
001:007,30['  ]| And at this monsieur began to$9$
001:007,31['  ]| laugh. 
001:007,31[B  ]| "Oh no$7$, I am not capricious. I am very faithful.
001:007,32[B  ]| I am very constant. \9Comprenez\?"
001:008,01[G  ]| "Monsieur is constant; I understand perfectly.
001:008,02[G  ]| It is not the case of all the world. To$9$ recompense you,
001:008,03[G  ]| you shall have your picture on$4$ the first possible day;
001:008,04[G  ]| next week ~~ as soon as it is dry. I will$1$ take the card
001:008,05[G  ]| of monsieur." 
001:008,05['  ]| And she took it and read his name:
001:008,06[G  ]| "Christopher*Newman." 
001:008,06['  ]| Then she tried to$9$ repeat it
001:008,07['  ]| aloud and laughed at her bad accent. 
001:008,07[G  ]| "Your English
001:008,08[G  ]| names are not \9commodes\ to$9$ say!"
001:008,09[B  ]| "Well, mine is partly celebrated," 
001:008,09['  ]| said Mr%*Newman,
001:008,10['  ]| laughing too. 
001:008,10[B  ]| "Did you never hear of Christopher*Columbus?"
001:008,11[B  ]|
001:008,12[G  ]| "\9Bien 9su^r\! He first showed Americans the way to$4$
001:008,13[G  ]| Europe; a very great man. And is he your patron?"
001:008,14[B  ]| "My patron?"
001:008,15[G  ]| "Your patron saint, such as we all have."
001:008,16[B  ]| "Oh, exactly; my parents named me after him."
001:008,17[G  ]| "Monsieur is American then too?"
001:008,18[B  ]| "Does not it stick right out?" 
001:008,18['  ]| monsieur enquired.
001:008,19[G  ]| "And you mean to$9$ carry my dear little picture away
001:008,20[G  ]| over there?" 
001:008,20['  ]| She explained her phrase with a gesture.
001:008,21[B  ]| "Oh, I mean to$9$ buy a great many pictures ~~ \9beaucoup,\
001:008,22[B  ]| \9beaucoup\," 
001:008,22['  ]| said Christopher*Newman.
001:008,23[G  ]| "The honour is not less for$4$ me," 
001:008,23['  ]| the young lady
001:008,24['  ]| answered, 
001:008,24[G  ]| "for$3$ I am sure monsieur has a great deal of
001:008,25[G  ]| taste."
001:008,26[B  ]| "But you must give me your card," 
001:008,26['  ]| Newman went
001:008,27['  ]| on$5$; 
001:008,27[B  ]| "your card, you know."
001:008,28['  ]| The young lady looked severe an instant. 
001:008,28[G  ]| "My
001:008,29[G  ]| father will$1$ wait on$4$ you."
001:008,30['  ]| But this time Mr%*Newman's powers of divination
001:008,31['  ]| were at fault. 
001:008,31[B  ]| "Your card, your address," 
001:008,31['  ]| he simply
001:008,32['  ]| repeated.
001:009,01[G  ]| "My address?" 
001:009,01['  ]| said mademoiselle. Then, with a 
001:009,02['  ]| little shrug: 
001:009,02[G  ]| "Happily for$4$ you, you are a stranger ~
001:009,03[G  ]| of a distinction \9qui 9se 9voit\. It is the first time I ever
001:009,04[G  ]| gave my card to$4$ a gentleman." 
001:009,04['  ]| And, taking from her
001:009,05['  ]| pocket a well-worn flat little wallet, she extracted from
001:009,06['  ]| it a small glazed visiting-card and presented the latter
001:009,07['  ]| to$4$ her client. It was neatly inscribed in$4$ pencil, with a 
001:009,08['  ]| great many flourishes, "Mlle%*Noe=mie*Nioche." But
001:009,09['  ]| Mr%*Newman, unlike his companion, read the name
001:009,10['  ]| with perfect gravity; all French names to$4$ him were
001:009,11['  ]| equally \9incommodes\.
001:009,12[G  ]| "And precisely ~~ how it happens! ~~ here is my
001:009,13[G  ]| father; he has come to$9$ escort me home," 
001:009,13['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie.
001:009,14[G  ]| "He speaks English beautifully.
001:009,15[G  ]| He will$1$ arrange with you." 
001:009,15['  ]| And she turned to$9$ welcome
001:009,16['  ]| a little old gentleman who$6#1$ came shuffling up$5$ and peering
001:009,17['  ]| over his glasses at Newman.
001:009,18['  ]| M%*Nioche wore a glossy wig, of an unnatural
001:009,19['  ]| colour, which$6#1$ overhung his little meek, white, vacant
001:009,20['  ]| face, leaving it hardly more expressive than the unfeatured
001:009,21['  ]| block upon$4$ which$6#1$ these articles are displayed
001:009,22['  ]| in$4$ the barber's window. He was an exquisite
001:009,23['  ]| image of shabby gentility. His scant, ill-made coat,
001:009,24['  ]| desperately brushed, his darned gloves, his highly
001:009,25['  ]| polished boots, his rusty, shapely hat, told the story of
001:009,26['  ]| a person who$6#1$ had "had losses" and who$6#1$ clung to$4$ the
001:009,27['  ]| spirit of nice habits even though the letter had been
001:009,28['  ]| hopelessly effaced. Among other things M%*Nioche
001:009,29['  ]| had lost courage. Adversity had not only deprived
001:009,30['  ]| him of means, it had deprived him of confidence ~~ so$5#1$
001:009,31['  ]| frightened him that$3$ he was going through his remnant
001:009,32['  ]| of life on$4$ tiptoe, lest he should wake up$5$ afresh
001:010,01['  ]| the hostile fates. If this strange gentleman should be
001:010,02['  ]| saying anything improper to$4$ his daughter M%*Nioche
001:010,03['  ]| would entreat him huskily, as a particular favour, to$9$
001:010,04['  ]| forbear; but he would admit at the same time that$3$ he
001:010,05['  ]| was very presumptuous to$9$ ask for$4$ particular favours.
001:010,06[G  ]| "Monsieur has bought my picture," 
001:010,06['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie.
001:010,07[G  ]| "When it is finished you will$1$ carry it to$4$
001:010,08[G  ]| him in$4$ a cab."
001:010,09[F  ]| "In$4$ a cab!" 
001:010,09['  ]| cried M%*Nioche; and he stared, in$4$
001:010,10['  ]| a bewildered way, as if he had seen the sun rising at
001:010,11['  ]| midnight.
001:010,12[B  ]| "Are you the young lady's father?" 
001:010,12['  ]| said Newman.
001:010,13[B  ]| "I think she said you speak English."
001:010,14[F  ]| "Spick English ~~ yes." 
001:010,14['  ]| The old man slowly
001:010,15['  ]| rubbed his hands. 
001:010,15[F  ]| "I will$1$ bring it in$4$ a cab."
001:010,16[G  ]| "Say something then," 
001:010,16['  ]| cried his daughter. 
001:010,16[G  ]| "Thank
001:010,17[G  ]| him a little ~~ not too much." 
001:010,18[F  ]| "A little, my daughter, a little?" 
001:010,18['  ]| he murmured in$4$
001:010,19['  ]| distress. 
001:010,19[F  ]| "How much?"
001:010,20[G  ]| "Two thousand!" 
001:010,20['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie.
001:010,21[G  ]| "Do not make a fuss or he will$1$ take back his word."
001:010,22[F  ]| "Two thousand!" 
001:010,22['  ]| gasped the old man; and he
001:010,23['  ]| began to$9$ fumble for$4$ his snuff-box. He looked at Newman
001:010,24['  ]| from head to$4$ foot; he looked at his daughter
001:010,25['  ]| and then at the picture. 
001:010,25[F  ]| "Take care you do not spoil
001:010,26[F  ]| it!" 
001:010,26['  ]| he cried almost sublimely.
001:010,27[G  ]|"We must go home," 
001:010,27['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie.
001:010,28[G  ]| "This is a good day's work. Take care how you carry
001:010,29[G  ]| it!" 
001:010,29['  ]| And she began to$9$ put up$5$ her utensils.
001:010,30[F  ]| "How can I thank you?" 
001:010,30['  ]| asked M%*Nioche. 
001:010,30[F  ]| "My
001:010,31[F  ]| English is far from sufficing."
001:010,32[B  ]| "I wish I spoke French half so$5#1$ well," 
001:010,32['  ]| said Newman
001:011,01['  ]| good-naturedly. 
001:011,01[B  ]| "Your daughter too, you see,
001:011,02[B  ]| makes herself understood."
001:011,03[F  ]| "Oh sir!" 
001:011,03['  ]| and M%*Nioche looked over his spectacles
001:011,04['  ]| with tearful eyes, nodding out of his depths of
001:011,05['  ]| sadness. 
001:011,05[F  ]| "She has had an education ~~ \9tre`-supe=rieure\!
001:011,06[F  ]| Nothing was spared. Lessons in$4$ pastel at ten
001:011,07[F  ]| francs the lesson, lessons in$4$ oil at twelve francs. I
001:011,08[F  ]| did not look at the francs then. She is a serious
001:011,09[F  ]| worker."
001:011,10[B  ]| "Do I understand you to$9$ say that$3$ you have had a bad
001:011,11[B  ]| time?" 
001:011,11['  ]| asked Newman.
001:011,12[F  ]| "A bad time? Oh sir, misfortunes ~~ terrible!"
001:011,13[B  ]| "Unsuccessful in$4$ business?"
001:011,14[F  ]| "Very unsuccessful, sir."
001:011,15[B  ]| "Oh, never fear; you will$1$ get on$4$ your legs again,"
001:011,16['  ]| said Newman cheerily.
001:011,17['  ]| The old man cast his head to$4$ one side; he wore an
001:011,18['  ]| expression of pain, as if this were an unfeeling jest:
001:011,19['  ]| whereupon 
001:011,19[G  ]| "What is it he says?" 
001:011,19['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie 
001:011,20['  ]| demanded.
001:011,21['  ]| M%*Nioche took a pinch of snuff. 
001:011,21[F  ]| "He says I shall
001:011,22[F  ]| make my fortune again."
001:011,23[G  ]| "Perhaps he will$1$ help you. And what else?"
001:011,24[F  ]| "He says thou hast a great deal of head."
001:011,25[G  ]| "It is very possible. You believe it yourself, my
001:011,26[G  ]| father."
001:011,27[F  ]| "Believe it, my daughter? With this evidence!"
001:011,28['  ]| And the old man turned afresh, in$4$ staring, wondering
001:011,29['  ]| homage, to$4$ the audacious daub on$4$ the easel.
001:011,30[G  ]| "Ask him then if he would not like$1$ to$9$ learn French."
001:011,31[F  ]| "To$9$ learn French?"
001:011,32[G  ]| "To$9$ take lessons."
001:012,01[F  ]| "To$9$ take lessons, my daughter? From thee?"
001:012,02[G  ]| "From thee."
001:012,03[F  ]| "From me, my child? How should I give lessons?"
001:012,04[G  ]| "\9Pas 9de 9raisons\! Ask him immediately!" 
001:012,04['  ]| said
001:012,05['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie with soft shortness.
001:012,06['  ]| M%*Nioche stood aghast, but under his daughter's
001:012,07['  ]| eye he collected his wits and, doing his best to$9$ assume
001:012,08['  ]| an agreeable smile, executed her commands. 
001:012,08[F  ]| "Would
001:012,09[F  ]| it please you to$9$ receive instruction in$4$ our beautiful
001:012,10[F  ]| language?" 
001:012,10['  ]| he brought out with an appealing quaver.
001:012,11['  ]|
001:012,12[B  ]| "To$9$ study French?" 
001:012,12['  ]| Newman was rather struck.
001:012,13['  ]| M%*Nioche pressed his finger-tips together and
001:012,14['  ]| slowly raised his shoulders. 
001:012,14[B  ]| "A little practice in$4$
001:012,15[B  ]| conversation!"
001:012,16[G  ]| "Practice, conversation ~~ that$6#2$ is it!" 
001:012,16['  ]| murmured
001:012,17['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie, who$6#1$ had caught the words.
001:012,18[G  ]| "The conversation of the best society."
001:012,19[F  ]| "Our French conversation is rather famous, you
001:012,20[F  ]| know," 
001:012,20['  ]| M%*Nioche ventured to$9$ continue. 
001:012,20[F  ]| "It is the
001:012,21[F  ]| genius of our nation."
001:012,22[B  ]| "But ~~ except for$4$ your nation ~~ is not it almost
001:012,23[B  ]| impossible?" 
001:012,23['  ]| asked Newman very simply.
001:012,24[F  ]| "Not to$4$ a man of \9esprit\ like$4$ monsieur, an admirer
001:012,25[F  ]| of beauty in$4$ every form!" 
001:012,14['  ]| And M%*Nioche cast a significant
001:012,26['  ]| glance at his daughter's Madonna.
001:012,27[B  ]| "I can not fancy myself reeling off fluent French!"
001:012,28['  ]| Newman protested. 
001:012,28[B  ]| "And yet I suppose the more
001:012,29[B  ]| things, the more names of things, a man knows, the
001:012,30[B  ]| better he can get round."
001:012,31[F  ]| "Monsieur expresses that$6#2$ very happily. The better
001:012,32[F  ]| he can get round. \9He=las,09oui\!"
001:013,01[B  ]| "I suppose it would help me a great deal, knocking
001:013,02[B  ]| about Paris, to$9$ be able to$9$ try at least to$9$ talk."
001:013,03[F  ]| "Ah, there are so$5#1$ many things monsieur must
001:013,04[F  ]| want to$9$ say: remarkable things, and proportionately
001:013,05[F  ]| difficult."
001:013,06[B  ]| "Everything I want to$9$ say is proportionately difficult.
001:013,07[B  ]| But you are in$4$ the habit of giving lessons?"
001:013,08['  ]| Poor M%*Nioche was embarrassed; he smiled more
001:013,09['  ]| appealingly. 
001:013,09[F  ]| "I am not a regular professor," 
001:013,09['  ]| he admitted.
001:013,10[F  ]| "I can not \9pourtant\ tell him I have a diploma,"
001:013,11['  ]| he said to$4$ his daughter.
001:013,12[G  ]| "Tell him it is a very exceptional chance." 
001:013,12['  ]| answered
001:013,13['  ]| mademoiselle; 
001:013,13[G  ]| "an \9homme 9du 9monde\ ~~ one
001:013,14[G  ]| perfect gentleman conversing with another. Remember
001:013,15[G  ]| what you are. Remember what you \have\ been."
001:013,16[F  ]| "A teacher of languages in$4$ neither case! Much
001:013,17[F  ]| more \9dans 9le 9temps\ and much less to-day! And if he
001:013,18[F  ]| asks the price of the lessons?"
001:013,19[G  ]| "He will$1$ not ask it," 
001:013,19['  ]| said the girl.
001:013,20[F  ]| "What he pleases, I may say?"
001:013,21[G  ]| "Never! That$6#2$ is bad style."
001:013,22[F  ]| "But if he wants to$9$ know?"
001:013,23['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie had put on$4$ her bonnet and
001:013,24['  ]| was tying the ribbons. She smoothed them out, her
001:013,25['  ]| shell-like little chin thrust forward. 
001:013,25[G  ]| "Ten francs,"
001:013,26['  ]| she said quickly.
001:013,27[F  ]| "Oh my daughter! I shall never dare."
001:013,28[G  ]| "Do not dare then! He will$1$ not ask till the end of the
001:013,29[G  ]| lessons, and you will$1$ let me make out the bill."
001:013,30['  ]| M%*Nioche turned to$4$ the confiding foreigner again
001:013,31['  ]| and stood rubbing his hands with his air of standing
001:013,32['  ]| convicted of almost any counsel of despair. It never
001:014,01['  ]| occurred to$4$ Newman to$9$ plead for$4$ a guarantee of his
001:014,02['  ]| skill in$4$ imparting instruction; he supposed of course
001:014,03['  ]| M%*Nioche knew the language he so$5#1$ beautifully pronounced,
001:014,04['  ]| and his brokenness of spring was quite the
001:014,05['  ]| perfection of what the American, for$4$ vague reasons,
001:014,06['  ]| had always associated with all elderly foreigners of the
001:014,07['  ]| lesson-giving class. Newman had never reflected upon$4$
001:014,08['  ]| philological processes. His chief impression with
001:014,09['  ]| regard to$4$ any mastery of those mysterious correlatives
001:014,10['  ]| of his familiar English vocables which$6#1$ were current
001:014,11['  ]| in$4$ this extraordinary city of Paris was that$3$ it
001:014,12['  ]| would be simply a matter of calling sharply into play
001:014,13['  ]| latent but dormant muscles and sinews. 
001:014,13[B  ]| "How did
001:014,14[B  ]| you learn so$5#1$ much English?" 
001:014,14['  ]| he asked of the old
001:014,15['  ]| man.
001:014,16[F  ]| "Oh, I could do things when I was young ~~ before
001:014,17[F  ]| my miseries. I was wide awake then. My father was
001:014,18[F  ]| a great \9commercant\; he placed me for$4$ a year in$4$ a 
001:014,19[F  ]| counting-house in$4$ England. Some of it stuck to$4$ me,
001:014,20[F  ]| but much I have forgotten!"
001:014,21[B  ]| "How much French can I learn in$4$ about a month?"
001:014,22[G  ]| "What does he say?" 
001:014,22['  ]| asked mademoiselle; and
001:014,23['  ]| then when her father had explained: 
001:014,23[G  ]| "He will$1$ speak
001:014,24[G  ]| like$4$ an angel!"
001:014,25['  ]| But the native integrity which$6#1$ had been vainly 
001:014,26['  ]| exerted to$9$ secure M%*Nioche's commercial prosperity
001:014,27['  ]| flickered up$5$ again. 
001:014,27[F  ]| "\Dame\, monsieur!" 
001:014,27['  ]| he answered.
001:014,28[F  ]| "All I can teach you!" 
001:014,28['  ]| And then, recovering
001:014,29['  ]| himself at a sign from his daughter: 
001:014,29[F  ]| "I will$1$ wait upon$4$
001:014,30[F  ]| you at your hotel."
001:014,31[B  ]| "Oh yes, I should like$1$ to$9$ converse with elegance,"
001:014,32['  ]| Newman went on$5$, giving his friends the benefit of any
001:015,01['  ]| vagueness. 
001:015,01[B  ]| "Hang me if I should ever have thought
001:015,02[B  ]| of it! I seemed to$9$ feel it too far off. But you have
001:015,03[B  ]| brought it quite near, and if you could catch on$4$ at all
001:015,04[B  ]| to$4$ our grand language ~~ that$6#2$ of Shakespeare and
001:015,05[B  ]| Milton and Holy*Writ ~~ why should not I catch on$5$ to$4$
001:015,06[B  ]| yours?" 
001:015,06['  ]| His frank, friendly laugh drew the sting from
001:015,07['  ]| the jest. 
001:015,07[B  ]| "Only, if we are going to$9$ converse, you know,
001:015,08[B  ]| you must think of something cheerful to$9$ converse
001:015,09[B  ]| about."
001:015,10[F  ]| "You are very good, sir; I am overcome!" 
001:015,10['  ]| And
001:015,11['  ]| M%*Nioche threw up$5$ his hands. 
001:015,11[F  ]| "But you have cheerfulness
001:015,12[F  ]| and happiness for$4$ two!"
001:015,13[B  ]| "Oh no$7$," 
001:015,13['  ]| said Newman more seriously. 
001:015,13[B  ]| "You
001:015,14[B  ]| must be bright and lively; that$6#2$ is part of the bargain."
001:015,15['  ]| M%*Nioche bowed with his hand on$4$ his heart.
001:015,16[F  ]| "Very well, sir; you have struck up$5$ a tune I could
001:015,17[F  ]| almost dance to$4$!"
001:015,18[B  ]| "Come and bring me my picture then; I will$1$ pay
001:015,19[B  ]| you for$4$ it, and we will$1$ talk about that$6#2$. That$6#2$ will$1$ be
001:015,20[B  ]| a cheerful subject!"
001:015,21['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie had collected her accessories
001:015,22['  ]| and she gave the precious Madonna in$4$ charge
001:015,23['  ]| to$4$ her father, who$6#1$ retreated backwards, out of sight,
001:015,24['  ]| holding it at arm's length and reiterating his obeisances.
001:015,25['  ]| The young lady gathered her mantle about her
001:015,26['  ]| like$4$ a perfect Parisienne, and it was with the 
001:015,26[G  ]| "9Au 9revoir, 
001:015,27[G  ]| 9monsieur!" 
001:015,27['  ]| of a perfect Parisienne that$3$ she
001:015,28['  ]| took leave of her patron.
002:016,01['  ]| This personage wandered back to$4$ the divan and
002:016,02['  ]| seated himself, on$4$ the other side, in$4$ view of the great
002:016,03['  ]| canvas on$4$ which$6#1$ Paul*Veronese has spread, to$9$ swarm
002:016,04['  ]| and glow there for*ever, the marriage-feast of Cana of
002:016,05['  ]| Galilee. Weary as he was his spirit went out to$4$ the 
002:016,06['  ]| picture; it had an illusion for$4$ him; it satisfied his conception,
002:016,07['  ]| which$6#1$ was strenuous, of what a splendid banquet
002:016,08['  ]| should be. In$4$ the left-hand corner is a young
002:016,09['  ]| woman with yellow tresses confined in$4$ a golden head-dress;
002:016,10['  ]| she bends forward and listens, with the smile
002:016,11['  ]| of a charming person at a dinner-party, to$4$ her festal
002:016,12['  ]| neighbour. Newman detected her in$4$ the crowd, admired
002:016,13['  ]| her and perceived that$3$ she too had her votive
002:016,14['  ]| copyist ~~ a young man whose genius, like$4$ that$6#2$ of
002:016,15['  ]| Samson, might have been in$4$ his bristling hair. Suddenly
002:016,16['  ]| he was aware of the prime throb of the mania
002:016,17['  ]| of the "collector." He had taken the first step ~~ 
002:016,17@b   | why
002:016,18@b   | should he not go on$5$? 
002:016,18['  ]| It was only twenty minutes
002:016,19['  ]| before that$3$ he had bought the first picture of his life,
002:016,20['  ]| and now he was already thinking of art-patronage as a 
002:016,21['  ]| pursuit that$6#1$ might float even so$5#1$ heavy a weight as himself.
002:016,22['  ]| His reflexions quickened his good-humour and
002:016,23['  ]| he was on$4$ the point of approaching the young man
002:016,24['  ]| with another 
002:016,24[B  ]| "\9Combien\?" 
002:016,24['  ]| Two or three facts in$4$ this
002:016,25['  ]| relation are noticeable, although the logical chain
002:016,26['  ]| that$6#1$ connects them may seem imperfect. He knew
002:017,01['  ]| Mademoiselle*Nioche had asked too much; he bore
002:017,02['  ]| her no$2$ grudge for$4$ doing so$5#2$, and he was determined to$9$
002:017,03['  ]| pay the young man exactly the proper sum. At this
002:017,04['  ]| moment, however, his attention was attracted by$4$ a 
002:017,05['  ]| gentleman who$6#1$ had come from another part of the
002:017,06['  ]| room and whose manner was that$6#2$ of a stranger to$4$ the
002:017,07['  ]| gallery, though he was equipped neither with guide-book
002:017,08['  ]| nor with opera-glass. He carried a white sun-umbrella
002:017,09['  ]| lined with blue silk, and he strolled in$4$ front
002:017,10['  ]| of the great picture, vaguely looking at it but much
002:017,11['  ]| too near to$9$ see anything but the grain of the canvas.
002:017,12['  ]| Opposite Christopher*Newman he paused and turned,
002:017,13['  ]| and then found our friend, who$6#1$ had been observing him, had
002:017,14['  ]| a chance to$9$ verify a suspicion roused by$4$ an imperfect
002:017,15['  ]| view of his face. The result of the larger scrutiny
002:017,16['  ]| was that$3$ he presently sprang to$4$ his feet, strode across
002:017,17['  ]| the room and, with an outstretched hand, arrested
002:017,18['  ]| this blank spectator. The gaping gentleman gaped
002:017,19['  ]| afresh, but put out his hand at a venture. He was
002:017,20['  ]| large, smooth and pink, with the air of a successfully
002:017,21['  ]| potted plant, and though his countenance, ornamented
002:017,22['  ]| with a beautiful flaxen beard carefully divided 
002:017,23['  ]| in$4$ the middle and brushed outward at the sides,
002:017,24['  ]| was not remarkable for$4$ intensity of expression, it was
002:017,25['  ]| exclusive only in$4$ the degree of the open door of an
002:017,26['  ]| hotel ~~ it would have been closed to$4$ the undesirable.
002:017,27['  ]| It was for$4$ Newman in$4$ fact as if at first he had been
002:017,28['  ]| but invited to$9$ "register."
002:017,29[B  ]| "Oh come, come," 
002:017,29['  ]| he said, laughing; 
002:017,29[B  ]| "do not say
002:017,30[B  ]| now you do not know me ~~ if I have \not\ got a white
002:017,31[B  ]| parasol!"
002:017,32['  ]| His tone penetrated; the other's face expanded to$4$
002:018,01['  ]| its fullest capacity and then broke into gladness.
002:018,02[H  ]| "Why, Christopher*Newman ~~ I will$1$ be blowed!
002:018,03[H  ]| Where in$4$ the world ~? Who$6#2$ would have thought?
002:018,04[H  ]| You have carried out such extensive alterations."
002:018,05[B  ]| "Well, I guess you have not," 
002:018,05['  ]| said Newman.
002:018,06[H  ]| "Oh no$7$, I hold together very much as I was. But
002:018,07[H  ]| when did you get here?"
002:018,08[B  ]| "Three days ago."
002:018,09[H  ]| "Then why did not you let me know?"
002:018,10[B  ]| "How was I to$9$ be aware ~?"
002:018,11[H  ]| "Why, I have been located here quite a while."
002:018,12[B  ]| "Yes, it is quite a while since we last met."
002:018,13[H  ]| "Well, it \feels\ long ~~ since the War."
002:018,14[B  ]| "It was in$4$ Saint*Louis, at the outbreak. You
002:018,15[B  ]| were going for$4$ a soldier," 
002:018,15['  ]| Newman said.
002:018,16[H  ]| "Oh no$7$, not I. It was you. Have you forgotten?"
002:018,17[B  ]| "You bring it unpleasantly back."
002:018,18[H  ]| "Then you did take your turn?"
002:018,19[B  ]| "Oh yes, I took my turn. But that$6#2$ was nothing,
002:018,20[B  ]| I seem to$9$ feel, to$4$ \this\ turn."
002:018,21[H  ]| "How long then have you been in$4$ Europe?"
002:018,22[B  ]| "Just seventeen days."
002:018,23[H  ]| "First time you have been?"
002:018,24[B  ]| "Yes, quite immensely the first."
002:018,25['  ]| Newman's friend had been looking him all over.
002:018,26[H  ]| "Made your everlasting fortune?"
002:018,27['  ]| Our gentleman was silent a little, and then with
002:018,28['  ]| a tranquil smile, 
002:018,28[B  ]| "Well, I have grubbed," 
002:018,28['  ]| he answered.
002:018,29[H  ]| "And come to$9$ buy Paris up$5$? Paris \is\ for$4$ sale, you
002:018,30[H  ]| know."
002:018,31[B  ]| "Well, I shall see what I can do about it. So$3$ they
002:018,32[B  ]| carry those parasols here ~~ the men-folk?"
002:019,01[H  ]| "Of course they do. They are great things, these
002:019,02[H  ]| parasols. They understand detail out here."
002:019,03[B  ]| "Where do you buy them?"
002:019,04[H  ]| "Anywhere, everywhere." 
002:019,05[B  ]| "Well, Tristram, I am glad to$9$ get hold of you. I
002:019,06[B  ]| guess you can tell me a good deal. I suppose you know
002:019,07[B  ]| Paris pretty correctly,"
002:019,07['  ]| Newman pursued.
002:019,08['  ]| Mr%*Tristram's face took a rosy light. 
002:019,08[H  ]| "Well, I
002:019,09[H  ]| guess there are not many men that$6#1$ can show me
002:019,10[H  ]| much. I will$1$ take care of you."
002:019,11[B  ]| "It is a pity you were not here a few minutes ago.
002:019,12[B  ]| I have just bought a picture. You might have put the
002:019,13[B  ]| thing through for$4$ me."
002:019,14[H  ]| "Bought a picture?" 
002:019,14['  ]| said Mr%*Tristram, looking
002:019,15['  ]| vaguely round the walls. 
002:019,15[H  ]| "Why, do they sell them?"
002:019,16[B  ]| "I mean a copy."
002:019,17[H  ]| "Oh, I see. These" 
002:019,17['  ]| ~~ and Mr%*Tristram nodded
002:019,18['  ]| at the Titians and Vandykes ~~ 
002:019,18[H  ]| "These, I suppose, are
002:019,19[H  ]| originals?"
002:019,20[B  ]| "I hope so$5#2$," 
002:019,20['  ]| said Newman. 
002:019,20[B  ]| "I do not want a copy
002:019,21[B  ]| of a copy."
002:019,22[H  ]| "Ah," 
002:019,22['  ]| his friend sagaciously returned, 
002:019,22[H  ]| "you can
002:019,23[H  ]| never tell. They imitate, you know, so$5#1$ deucedly well.
002:019,24[H  ]| It is like$4$ the jewellers with their false stones. Go into
002:019,25[H  ]| the Palais*Royal there; you see ""Imitation"" on$4$ half
002:019,26[H  ]| the windows. The law obliges them to$9$ stick it on$5$, you
002:019,27[H  ]| know; but you can not tell the things apart. To$9$ tell the
002:019,28[H  ]| truth," 
002:019,28['  ]| Mr%*Tristram continued ~~ and his grimace
002:019,29['  ]| seemed a turn of the screw of discrimination ~~ 
002:019,29[H  ]| "I
002:019,30[H  ]| do not do so$5#1$ very much in$4$ pictures. They are one of the
002:019,31[H  ]| things I leave to$4$ my wife."
002:019,32[B  ]| "Ah, you have acquired a wife?"
002:020,01[H  ]| "Did not I mention it? She is a very smart woman.
002:020,02[H  ]| You must come right round. She is up$4$ there in$4$ the
002:020,03[H  ]| Avenue*d'Ie=na."
002:020,04[B  ]| "So$3$ you are regularly fixed ~~ house and children
002:020,05[B  ]| and all?"
002:020,06[H  ]| "Yes; a tip-top house, and a couple of charming
002:020,07[H  ]| cubs."
002:020,08[B  ]| "Well," 
002:020,08['  ]| sighed Christopher*Newman, stretching his
002:020,09['  ]| arms a little, 
002:020,09[B  ]| "you affect me with a queer feeling that$6#1$
002:020,10[B  ]| I suppose to$9$ be envy."
002:020,11[H  ]| "Oh no$7$, I do not," 
002:020,11['  ]| answered Mr%*Tristram, giving
002:020,12['  ]| him a little poke with his parasol.
002:020,13[B  ]| "I beg your pardon; you do."
002:020,14[H  ]| "Well, I shall not then, when ~~ when ~!"
002:020,15[B  ]| "You do not certainly mean when I have seen your
002:020,16[B  ]| pleasant home?"
002:020,17[H  ]| "When you have made \yours\, my boy. When you have
002:020,18[H  ]| seen Paris. You want to$9$ be in$4$ light marching order
002:020,19[H  ]| here."
002:020,20[B  ]| "Oh, I have skipped around in$4$ my shirt all my life, and
002:020,21[B  ]| I have had about enough of it."
002:020,22[H  ]| "Well, try it on$4$ the basis of Paris. That$6#2$ makes
002:020,23[H  ]| a new thing of it. How old may you be?"
002:020,24[B  ]| "Forty-two and a half, I guess."
002:020,25[H  ]| "\9C'est 9le 9bel 9a^ge\, as they say here."
002:020,26['  ]| Newman reflected. 
002:020,26[B  ]| "Does that$6#2$ mean the age of the
002:020,27[B  ]| belly?"
002:020,28[H  ]| "It means that$3$ a man should not send away his
002:020,29[H  ]| plate till he has eaten his fill."
002:020,30[B  ]| "It comes to$4$ the same thing. I have just made arrangements,
002:020,31[B  ]| anyhow, to$9$ take lessons in$4$ the language."
002:020,32[H  ]| "Oh, you do not want any lessons. You will$1$ pick it
002:021,01[H  ]| right up$5$. I never required nor received any instruction."
002:021,02[H  ]|
002:021,03[B  ]| "You speak it then as easily as English?"
002:021,04[H  ]| "Easier!" 
002:021,04['  ]| said Mr%*Tristram roundly. 
002:021,04[H  ]| "It is a
002:021,05[H  ]| splendid language. You can say all sorts of gay
002:021,06[H  ]| things in$4$ it."
002:021,07[B  ]| "But I suppose," 
002:021,07['  ]| said Christopher*Newman with
002:021,08['  ]| an earnest desire for$4$ information, 
002:021,08[B  ]| "that$3$ you must be
002:021,09[B  ]| pretty gay to$9$ begin with."
002:021,10[H  ]| "Not a bit: that$6#2$ is just the beauty of it!"
002:021,11['  ]| The two friends, as they exchanged these remarks,
002:021,12['  ]| which$6#1$ dropped from them without a pause, had
002:021,13['  ]| remained standing where they met and leaning against
002:021,14['  ]| the rail which$6#1$ protected the pictures. Mr%*Tristram at
002:021,15['  ]| last declared that$3$ 
002:021,15@h   | he was overcome with lassitude and
002:021,16@h   | should be happy to$9$ sit down. 
002:021,16['  ]| Newman recommended
002:021,17['  ]| in$4$ the highest terms the great divan on$4$ which$6#1$ he had
002:021,18['  ]| been lounging, and they prepared to$9$ seat themselves.
002:021,19[B  ]| "This is a great place, is not it?" 
002:021,19['  ]| he broke out with 
002:021,20['  ]| enthusiasm.
002:021,21[H  ]| "Great place, great place. Finest thing in$4$ the
002:021,22[H  ]| world." 
002:021,22['  ]| And then suddenly Mr%*Tristram hesitated
002:021,23['  ]| and looked about. 
002:021,23[H  ]| "I suppose they will$1$ not let you
002:021,24[H  ]| smoke?"
002:021,25['  ]| Newman stared. 
002:021,25[B  ]| "Smoke? I am sure I do not know.
002:021,26[B  ]| You know the regulations better than I."
002:021,27[H  ]| "I? I never was here before."
002:021,28[B  ]| "Never! all your six years?"
002:021,29[H  ]| "I believe my wife dragged me here once when we
002:021,30[H  ]| first came to$4$ Paris, but I never found my way back."
002:021,31[B  ]| "But you say you know Paris so$5#1$ well!"
002:021,32[H  ]| "I do not call this Paris!" 
002:021,32['  ]| cried Mr%*Tristram with
002:022,01['  ]| assurance. 
002:022,01[H  ]| "Come; let us go over to$4$ the Palais*Royal
002:022,02[H  ]| and have a smoke."
002:022,03[B  ]| "I do not smoke," 
002:022,03['  ]| said Newman.
002:022,04[H  ]| "What is that$6#2$ for$4$?" 
002:022,04['  ]| Mr%*Tristram growled as he
002:022,05['  ]| led his companion away. They passed through the
002:022,06['  ]| glorious halls of the Louvre, down the staircases,
002:022,07['  ]| along the cool, dim galleries of sculpture and out into
002:022,08['  ]| the enormous court. Newman looked about him as he
002:022,09['  ]| went, but made no$2$ comments; and it was only when
002:022,10['  ]| they at last emerged into the open air that$3$ he said to$4$
002:022,11['  ]| his friend: 
002:022,11[B  ]| "It seems to$4$ me that$3$ in$4$ your place I would
002:022,12[B  ]| have come here once a week."
002:022,13[H  ]| "Oh no$7$, you would not!" 
002:022,13['  ]| said Mr%*Tristram.
002:022,14[H  ]| "You think so$5#2$, but you would not. You would not
002:022,15[H  ]| have had time. You would always mean to$9$ go, but you
002:022,16[H  ]| never \would\ go. There is better fun than that$6#2$ here in$4$
002:022,17[H  ]| Paris. Italy is the place to$9$ see pictures; wait till you
002:022,18[H  ]| get there. There you \have\ to$9$ go; you can not do anything
002:022,19[H  ]| else. It is an awful country; you can not get a 
002:022,20[H  ]| decent cigar. I do not know why I went into that$6#2$ place
002:022,21[H  ]| to-day. I was strolling along, rather hard up$5$ for$4$
002:022,22[H  ]| amusement. I sort of took in$5$ the Louvre as I passed,
002:022,23[H  ]| and I thought I might go up$5$ and see what was going
002:022,24[H  ]| on$5$. But if I had not found you there I should have felt
002:022,25[H  ]| rather sold. Hang it, I do not care for$4$ inanimate canvas
002:022,26[H  ]| or for$4$ cold marble beauty; I prefer the real
002:022,27[H  ]| thing!" 
002:022,27['  ]| And Mr%*Tristram tossed off this happy
002:022,28['  ]| formula with an assurance which$6#1$ the numerous class
002:022,29['  ]| of persons suffering from an overdose of prescribed
002:022,30['  ]| taste might have envied him.
002:022,31['  ]| The two gentelmen proceeded along the Rue*de*Rivoli
002:022,32['  ]| and into the Palais*Royal, where they seated
002:023,01['  ]| themselves at one of the little tables stationed at the
002:023,02['  ]| door of the cafe= which$6#1$ projects, or then projected,
002:023,03['  ]| into the great open quadrangle. The place was filled
002:023,04['  ]| with people, the fountains were spouting, a band was
002:023,05['  ]| playing, clusters of chairs were gathered beneath
002:023,06['  ]| all the lime-trees and buxom, white-capped nurses,
002:023,07['  ]| seated along the benches, were offering to$4$ their infant
002:023,08['  ]| charges the amplest facilities for$4$ nutrition. There was
002:023,09['  ]| an easy, homely gaiety in$4$ the whole scene, and Christopher*Newman
002:023,10['  ]| felt it to$9$ be characteristically, richly
002:023,11['  ]| Parisian.
002:023,12[H  ]| "And now," 
002:023,12['  ]| began Mr%*Tristram when they had
002:023,13['  ]| tasted the decoction he had caused to$9$ be served to$4$ 
002:023,14['  ]| them, ~~ 
002:023,14[H  ]| "now just give an account of yourself. What
002:023,15[H  ]| are your ideas, what are your plans, where have you
002:023,16[H  ]| come from and where are you going? In$4$ the first
002:023,17[H  ]| place, where are you hanging out?"
002:023,18[B  ]| "At the Grand*Hotel."
002:023,19['  ]| He put out all his lights. 
002:023,19[H  ]| "That$6#2$ will$1$ not do! You 
002:023,20[H  ]| must change.
002:023,21[B  ]| "Change?" 
002:023,21['  ]| demanded Newman. 
002:023,21[B  ]| "Why, it is the
002:023,22[B  ]| finest hotel I ever was in$4$."
002:023,23[H  ]| "You do not want a ""fine"" hotel; you want something
002:023,24[H  ]| small and quiet and superior, where your bell is
002:023,25[H  ]| answered and your personality recognised."
002:023,26[B  ]| "They keep running to$9$ see if I have rung before I have
002:023,27[B  ]| touched the bell," 
002:023,27['  ]| said Newman, 
002:023,27[B  ]| "and as for$4$ my personality
002:023,28[B  ]| they are always bowing and scraping to$4$ it."
002:023,29[H  ]| "I suppose you are always tipping them. That$6#2$ is
002:023,30[H  ]| very bad style."
002:023,31[B  ]| "Always? By$4$ no$2$ means. A man brought me something
002:023,32[B  ]| yesterday and then stood loafing about in$4$ a beggarly  
002:024,01[B  ]| manner. I offered him a chair and asked him if
002:024,02[B  ]| he would sit down. Was that$6#2$ bad style?"
002:024,03[H  ]| "I will$1$ tell my wife!" 
002:024,03['  ]| Tristram simply answered.
002:024,04[B  ]| "Tell the police if you like$1$! He bolted right away,
002:024,05[B  ]| at any rate. The place quite fascinates me. Hang
002:024,06[B  ]| your ""superior"" if it bores me. I sat in$4$ the court of the
002:024,07[B  ]| Grand*Hotel last night until two o'clock in$4$ the morning,
002:024,08[B  ]| watching the coming and going and the people
002:024,09[B  ]| knocking about."
002:024,10[H  ]| "You are easily pleased. But you can do as you
002:024,11[H  ]| choose ~~ a man in$4$ your shoes. You have made a pile 
002:024,12[H  ]| of money, hey?"
002:024,13[B  ]| "I have made about enough."
002:024,14[H  ]| "Happy the man who$6#1$ can say that$6#2$! But enough
002:024,15[H  ]| for$4$ what?"
002:024,16[B  ]| "Enough to$9$ let up$5$ a while, to$9$ forget the whole question,
002:024,17[B  ]| to$9$ look about me, to$9$ see the world, to$9$ have a good
002:024,18[B  ]| time, to$9$ improve my mind and, if my hour strikes, to$9$
002:024,19[B  ]| marry a wife." 
002:024,19['  ]| Newman spoke slowly, with a quaint
002:024,20['  ]| effect of dry detachment and with frequent pauses.
002:024,21['  ]| This was his habitual mode of utterance, but it was
002:024,22['  ]| especially marked in$4$ the words just recorded.
002:024,23[H  ]| "Jupiter, there is an order!" 
002:024,23['  ]| cried Mr%*Tristram.
002:024,24[H  ]| "Certainly all that$6#1$ takes money, especially the wife;
002:024,25[H  ]| unless indeed she gives it, as mine did. And what is
002:024,26[H  ]| the story? How have you done it?"
002:024,27['  ]| Newman had pushed his hat back from his forehead,
002:024,28['  ]| folded his arms and stretched his legs. He
002:024,29['  ]| listened to$4$ the music, he looked about him at the
002:024,30['  ]| bustling crowd, at the splashing fountains, at the nurses
002:024,31['  ]| and the babies. 
002:024,31[B  ]| "Well, I have not done it by$4$ sitting
002:024,32[B  ]| round this way."
002:025,01['  ]| Tristram considered him again, allowing a finer
002:025,02['  ]| curiosity to$9$ measure his generous longitude and
002:025,03['  ]| retrace the blurred lines of his resting face. 
002:025,03[H  ]| "What
002:025,04[H  ]| have you been in$4$?"
002:025,05[B  ]| "Oh, in$4$ more things than I care to$9$ remember."
002:025,06[H  ]| "I suppose you are a real live man, hey?"
002:025,07['  ]| Newman continued to$9$ look at the nurses and
002:025,08['  ]| babies; they imparted to$4$ the scene a kind of primordial,
002:025,09['  ]| pastoral simplicity. 
002:025,09[B  ]| "Yes," 
002:025,09['  ]| he said at last, 
002:025,09[B  ]| "I
002:025,10[B  ]| guess I am." 
002:025,10['  ]| And then in$4$ answer to$4$ his companion's
002:025,11['  ]| enquiries he briefly exposed his record since their last
002:025,12['  ]| meeting. It was, with intensity, a tale of the Western
002:025,13['  ]| world, and it showed, in$4$ that$6#2$ bright alien air, very
002:025,14['  ]| much as fine dessicated, articulated "specimens,"
002:025,15['  ]| bleached, monstrous, probably unique, show in$4$ the
002:025,16['  ]| high light of museums of natural history. It dealt 
002:025,17['  ]| with elements, incidents, enterprises, which$6#1$ it will$1$ be
002:025,18['  ]| needless to$9$ introduce to$4$ the reader in$4$ detail; the deeps
002:025,19['  ]| and the shallows, the ebb and the flow, of great financial
002:025,20['  ]| times. Newman had come out of the war with  
002:025,21['  ]| a brevet of brigadier-general, an honour which$6#1$ in$4$ this
002:025,22['  ]| case ~~ without invidious comparisons ~~ had lighted
002:025,23['  ]| upon$4$ shoulders amply competent to$9$ carry it. But
002:025,24['  ]| though he had proved he could handle his men, and
002:025,25['  ]| still more the enemy's, with effect, when need was, he
002:025,26['  ]| heartily disliked the business; his four years in$4$ the
002:025,27['  ]| army had left him with a bitter sense of the waste
002:025,28['  ]| of precious things ~~ life and time and money and ingenuity
002:025,29['  ]| and opportunity; and he had addressed himself
002:025,30['  ]| to$4$ the pursuits of peace with passionate zest and
002:025,31['  ]| energy. His "interests," already mature, had meanwhile,
002:025,32['  ]| however, waited for$4$ him, so$3$ that$3$ the capital at
002:026,01['  ]| his disposal had ceased to$9$ be solely his whetted, knife-edged
002:026,02['  ]| resolution and his lively perception of ends and 
002:026,03['  ]| means. Yet these were his real arms, and exertion and
002:026,04['  ]| action as natural to$4$ him as respiration: a more completely
002:026,05['  ]| healthy mortal had never trod the elastic soil
002:026,06['  ]| of great States of his option. His experience moreover
002:026,07['  ]| had been as wide as his capacity; necessity had in$4$ his
002:026,08['  ]| fourteenth year taken him by$4$ his slim young shoulders
002:026,09['  ]| and pushed him into the street to$9$ earn that$6#2$ night's
002:026,10['  ]| supper. He had not earned it, but he had earned the
002:026,11['  ]| next night's, and afterwards, whenever he had had
002:026,12['  ]| none, it was because he had gone without to$9$ use the
002:026,13['  ]| money for$4$ something else, a keener pleasure or a finer
002:026,14['  ]| profit. He had turned his hand, with his brain in$4$ it,
002:026,15['  ]| to$4$ many things; he had defied example and precedent
002:026,16['  ]| and probability, had adventured almost to$4$ madness
002:026,17['  ]| and escaped almost by$4$ miracles, drinking alike of the
002:026,18['  ]| flat water, when not the rank poison, of failure, and of
002:026,19['  ]| the strong wine of success.
002:026,20['  ]| A born experimentalist, he had always found something
002:026,21['  ]| to$9$ enjoy in$4$ the direct pressure of fate even when
002:026,22['  ]| it was as irritating as the haircloth shirt of the mediaeval
002:026,23['  ]| monk. At one time defeat had seemed inexorably
002:026,24['  ]| his portion; ill-luck had become his selfish bed-fellow,
002:026,25['  ]| and whatever he touched had turned to$4$ ashes
002:026,26['  ]| out of which$6#1$ no$2$ gleaming particle could be raked. His
002:026,27['  ]| most vivid conception of a supernatural element in$4$ the
002:026,28['  ]| world's affairs had come to$4$ him once when he felt
002:026,29['  ]| his head all too bullyingly pummelled; there seemed
002:026,30['  ]| to$4$ him something stronger in$4$ life than his personal,
002:026,31['  ]| intimate will$0$. But the mysterious something could
002:026,32['  ]| only be a demon as personal as himself, and he accordingly
002:027,01['  ]| found himself in$4$ fine working opposition to$9$ this
002:027,02['  ]| rival concern. He had known what it was to$9$ have
002:027,03['  ]| utterly exhausted his credit, to$9$ be unable to$9$ raise a
002:027,04['  ]| dollar and to$9$ find himself at nightfall in$4$ a strange
002:027,05['  ]| city, without a penny to$9$ mitigate its strangeness. It
002:027,06['  ]| was under these circumstances that$3$ he had made his
002:027,07['  ]| entrance into San*Francisco, the scene subsequently
002:027,08['  ]| of his most victorious engagements. If he did not, like$4$
002:027,09['  ]| Dr*Franklin in$4$ Philadephia, march along the street
002:027,10['  ]| munching a penny loaf it was only because he had
002:027,11['  ]| not the penny loaf necessary to$4$ the performance. In$4$
002:027,12['  ]| his darkest days he had had but one simply, practical
002:027,13['  ]| impulse ~~ the desire, as he would have phrased it, to$9$
002:027,14['  ]| conclude the affair. He had ended by$4$ concluding
002:027,15['  ]| many, had at last buffeted his way into smooth waters,
002:027,16['  ]| had begun and continued to$9$ add dollars to$4$ dollars.
002:027,17['  ]| It must be rather nakedly owned that$3$ Newman's
002:027,18['  ]| only proposal had been to$9$ effect that$6#2$ addition;
002:027,19@b   | what he had been placed in$4$ the world for$4$ was, 
002:027,19['  ]| to$4$ his
002:027,20['  ]| own conception, 
002:027,20@b   | simply to$9$ gouge a fortune, the bigger 
002:027,21@b   | the better, out of its hard material. 
002:027,21['  ]| This idea completely
002:027,22['  ]| filled his horizon and contented his imagination.
002:027,23['  ]| Upon$4$ the uses of money, upon$4$ what one might
002:027,24['  ]| do with a life into which$6#1$ one had succeeded in$4$ injecting
002:027,25['  ]| the golden stream, he had up$5$ to$4$ the eve of his
002:027,26['  ]| fortieth year very scantly reflected. Life had been for$4$
002:027,27['  ]| him an open game, and he had played for$4$ high stakes.
002:027,28['  ]| He had finally won and had carried off his winnings;
002:027,29['  ]| and now what was he to$9$ do with them? He was a
002:027,30['  ]| man to$4$ whom, sooner or later, the question was sure
002:027,31['  ]| to$9$ present itself, and the answer to$4$ it belongs to$4$ our
002:027,32['  ]| story. A vague sense that$3$ more answers were possible
002:028,01['  ]| than his philosophy had hitherto dreamt of had
002:028,02['  ]| already taken possession of him, and it seemed softly
002:028,03['  ]| and agreeably to$9$ deepen as he lounged in$4$ this rich
002:028,04['  ]| corner of Paris with his friend. 
002:028,05[B  ]| "I must confess," 
002:028,05['  ]| he presently went on$5$, 
002:028,05[B  ]| "that$3$ I
002:028,06[B  ]| do not here at all feel my value. My remarkable talents
002:028,07[B  ]| seem of no$2$ use. It is as if I were as simple as a little
002:028,08[B  ]| child, and as if a little child might take me by$4$ the
002:028,09[B  ]| hand and lead me about."
002:028,10[H  ]| "Oh, I will$1$ be your little child," 
002:028,10['  ]| said Tristram jovially; 
002:028,11[H  ]| "I will$1$ take you by$4$ the hand. Trust yourself to$4$
002:028,12[H  ]| me."
002:028,13[B  ]| "I am a grand good worker," 
002:028,13['  ]| Newman continued,
002:028,14[B  ]| "but I have come abroad to$9$ amuse myself; though I
002:028,15[B  ]| doubt if I very well know how."
002:028,16[H  ]| "Oh, that$6#2$ is easily learned."
002:028,17[B  ]| "Well, I may perhaps learn it, but I am afraid I shall
002:028,18[B  ]| never do it by$4$ rote. I have the best will$0$ in$4$ the world
002:028,19[B  ]| about it, but my genius does not lie in$4$ that$6#2$ direction.
002:028,20[B  ]| Besides," 
002:028,20['  ]| Newman pursued, 
002:028,20[B  ]| "I do not want to$9$ work
002:028,21[B  ]| at pleasure, any more than ever I played at work.
002:028,22[B  ]| I want to$9$ let myself, let everything go. I feel coarse
002:028,23[B  ]| and loose and I should like$1$ to$9$ spend six months as
002:028,24[B  ]| I am now, sitting under a tree and listening to$4$ a band.
002:028,25[B  ]| There is only one thing: I want to$9$ hear some first-class
002:028,26[B  ]| music."
002:028,27[H  ]| "First-class music and first-class pictures? Lord,
002:028,28[H  ]| what refined tastes! You have what my wife calls a rare
002:028,29[H  ]| mind. I have not a bit. But we can find something
002:028,30[H  ]| better for$4$ you to$9$ do than to$9$ sit under a tree. To$9$ begin
002:028,31[H  ]| with, you must come to$4$ the club."
002:028,32[B  ]| "What club?"
002:029,01[H  ]| "The Occidental. You will$1$ see all the Americans
002:029,02[H  ]| there; all the best of them at least. Of course you
002:029,03[H  ]| play poker?"
002:029,04[B  ]| "Oh, I say," 
002:029,04['  ]| cried Newman, with energy, 
002:029,04[B  ]| "you are
002:029,05[B  ]| not going to$9$ lock me up$5$ in$4$ a club and stick me down
002:029,06[B  ]| at a card-table! I have not come all this way for$4$ 
002:029,07[B  ]| that$6#2$."
002:029,08[H  ]| "What the deuce then \have\ you come for$4$? You
002:029,09[H  ]| were glad enough to$9$ play poker in$4$ Saint*Louis, I recollect,
002:029,10[H  ]| when you cleaned me out."
002:029,11[B  ]| "I have come to$9$ see Europe, to$9$ get the best out of it
002:029,12[B  ]| I can. I want to$9$ see all the great things and do what
002:029,13[B  ]| the best people do."
002:029,14[H  ]| "The ""best"" people? Much obliged. You set me
002:029,15[H  ]| down then as one of the worst?"
002:029,16['  ]| Newman was sitting sidewise in$4$ his chair, his elbow
002:029,17['  ]| on$4$ the back and his head leaning on$4$ his hand. Without
002:029,18['  ]| moving he played a while at his companion his
002:029,19['  ]| dry, guarded, half-inscrutable and yet altogether
002:029,20['  ]| good-natured smile. 
002:029,20[B  ]| "Introduce me to$4$ your wife!"
002:029,21['  ]| Tristram bounced about on$4$ his seat. 
002:029,21[H  ]| "Upon$4$ my
002:029,22[H  ]| word I will$1$ do nothing of the sort. She does not want
002:029,23[H  ]| any help to$9$ turn up$5$ her nose at me, nor do you
002:029,24[H  ]| either."
002:029,25[B  ]| "I do not turn up$5$ my nose at you, my dear fellow;
002:029,25[B  ]| nor at any*one nor anything. I am not proud, I assure
002:029,27[B  ]| you I am not proud. That$6#2$ is why I am willing to$9$ take
002:029,28[B  ]| example by$4$ the best."
002:029,29[H  ]| "Well, if I am not the rose, as they say here, I have
002:029,30[H  ]| lived near it. I can show you some rare minds too.
002:029,31[H  ]| Do you know General*Packard? Do you know C%*P%*Hatch?
002:029,32[H  ]| Do you know Miss*Kitty*Upjohn?"
002:030,01[B  ]| "I shall be happy to$9$ make their acquaintance. I
002:030,02[B  ]| want to$9$ cultivate society."
002:030,03['  ]| Tristram seemed restless and suspicious; he eyed
002:030,04['  ]| his friend askance, and then, 
002:030,04[H  ]| "what are you up$5$ to$4$,
002:030,05[H  ]| anyway?" 
002:030,05['  ]| he demanded. 
002:030,05[H  ]| "Are you going to$9$ write
002:030,06[H  ]| a heavy book?"
002:030,07['  ]| Christopher*Newman twisted one end of his moustache 
002:030,08['  ]| in$4$ silence and finally made answer. 
002:030,08[B  ]| "One day,
002:030,09[B  ]| a couple of months ago, something very curious happened
002:030,10[B  ]| to$4$ me. I had come on$5$ to$4$ New*York on$4$ some
002:030,11[B  ]| important business; it is too long and too low a story
002:030,12[B  ]| to$9$ tell you now ~~ a question of getting in$5$ ahead of
002:030,13[B  ]| another party on$4$ a big transaction and on$4$ information
002:030,14[B  ]| that$6#1$ was all my own. This other party had once
002:030,15[B  ]| played off on$4$ me one of the clever meannesses the
002:030,16[B  ]| feeling of which$6#1$ works in$4$ a man like$4$ strong poison. I 
002:030,17[B  ]| owed him a good one, the best one he was ever to$9$ have
002:030,18[B  ]| got in$4$ his life, and as his chance here ~~ for$3$ he was
002:030,19[B  ]| after it, but on$4$ the wrong tip ~~ would have been a 
002:030,20[B  ]| remarkably sweet thing, a matter of half a million, I
002:030,21[B  ]| saw my way to$9$ show him the weight of my hand. The
002:030,22[B  ]| good it was going to$9$ do me, you see, to$9$ feel it come
002:030,23[B  ]| down on$4$ him! I jumped into a hack and went about
002:030,24[B  ]| my business, and it was in$4$ this hack ~~ this immortal
002:030,25[B  ]| historical hack ~~ that$3$ the curious thing I speak of
002:030,26[B  ]| occurred. It was a hack like$4$ any other only a trifle
002:030,27[B  ]| dirtier, with a greasy line along the top of the drab
002:030,28[B  ]| cushions, as if it had been used for$4$ a great many
002:030,29[B  ]| Irish funerals. It is possible I took a nap; I had been
002:030,30[B  ]| travelling all night and, though I was excited with my
002:030,31[B  ]| errand, I felt the want of sleep. At all events I woke
002:030,32[B  ]| up$5$ suddenly, from a sleep or from a kind of reverie
002:031,01[B  ]| with the most extraordinary change of heart ~~ a mortal
002:031,02[B  ]| disgust for$4$ the whole proposition. It came upon$4$
002:031,03[B  ]| me like$4$ \that$6#2$\!" 
002:031,03['  ]| ~~ and he snapped his fingers ~~ 
002:031,03[B  ]| "as
002:031,04[B  ]| abruptly as an old wound that$6#1$ begins to$9$ ache. I
002:031,05[B  ]| could not tell the meaning of it; I only realised I had
002:031,06[B  ]| turned against myself worst than against the man
002:031,07[B  ]| I wanted to$9$ smash. The idea of \not\ coming by$4$ that$6#2$
002:031,08[B  ]| half-million in$4$ that$6#2$ particular way, of letting it utterly
002:031,09[B  ]| slide and scuttle and never hearing of it again, became
002:031,10[B  ]| the one thing to$9$ save my life from a sudden danger.
002:031,11[B  ]| And all this took place quite independently of my will$0$,
002:031,12[B  ]| and I sat watching it as if it were a play at the theatre.
002:031,13[B  ]| I could feel it going on$5$ inside me. You may depend
002:031,14[B  ]| upon$4$ it that$3$ there are things going on$5$ inside us that$6#1$ we
002:031,15[B  ]| understand mighty little about."
002:031,16[H  ]| "Jupiter, you make my flesh creep!" 
002:031,16['  ]| cried Tristram.
002:031,17[H  ]| "And while you sat in$4$ your hack watching the
002:031,18[H  ]| play, as you call it, the other man looked in$5$ and
002:031,19[H  ]| collared your half-million?"
002:031,20[B  ]| "I have not the least idea. I hope so$5#2$, poor brute,
002:031,21[B  ]| but I never found out. We pulled up$5$ in$4$ front of the
002:031,22[B  ]| place I was going to$4$ in$4$ Wall*Street, but I sat still in$4$
002:031,23[B  ]| the carriage, and at last the driver scrambled down
002:031,24[B  ]| off his seat to$9$ see whether his hack had not turned
002:031,25[B  ]| into a hearse. I could not have got out any more than
002:031,26[B  ]| if I \had\ been a corpse. What was the matter with
002:031,27[B  ]| me? Momentary brain-collapse, you will$1$ say. What
002:031,28[B  ]| I wanted to$9$ get out of was Wall*Street. I told the man
002:031,29[B  ]| to$9$ drive to$4$ the Brooklyn ferry and cross over. When
002:031,30[B  ]| we were over I told him to$9$ drive me out into the country.
002:031,31[B  ]| As I had told him originally to$9$ drive for$4$ dear life
002:031,32[B  ]| down town, I suppose he thought I had lost my wits
002:032,01[B  ]| on$4$ the way. Perhaps I had, but in$4$ that$6#2$ case my sacrifice
002:032,02[B  ]| of them has become, in$4$ another way, my biggest
002:032,03[B  ]| stroke of business. I spent the morning looking at the
002:032,04[B  ]| first green leaves on$4$ Long*Island. I had been so$5#1$ hot
002:032,05[B  ]| that$3$ it seemed as if I should never be cool enough
002:032,06[B  ]| again. As for$4$ the damned old money, I have enough,
002:032,07[B  ]| already, not to$9$ miss it ~~ you see how that$6#2$ spoils my
002:032,08[B  ]| beauty. I seemed to$9$ feel a new man under my old
002:032,09[B  ]| skin; at all events I longed for$4$ a new world. When
002:032,10[B  ]| you want a thing so$5#1$ very badly you probably had better
002:032,11[B  ]| have it and see. I did not understand my case in$4$
002:032,12[B  ]| the least, but gave the poor beast the bridle and let
002:032,13[B  ]| him find his way. As soon as I could get out of harness
002:032,14[B  ]| I sailed for$4$ Europe. That$6#2$ is how I come to$9$ be
002:032,15[B  ]| sitting here."
002:032,16[H  ]| "You ought to$9$ have bought up$5$ that$6#2$ hack," 
002:032,16['  ]| said
002:032,17['  ]| Tristram; 
002:032,17[H  ]| "it is not a safe vehicle to$9$ have about. And
002:032,18[H  ]| you have really wound up$5$ and sold out then? you have
002:032,19[H  ]| formally retired from business?"
002:032,20[B  ]| "Well, I am not at present transacting any ~~ on$4$
002:032,21[B  ]| any terms. There will$1$ be plenty to$9$ be done again if I
002:032,22[B  ]| do not hold out, but I shall hold out as long as possible.
002:032,23[B  ]| I dare say, however, that$3$ a twelvemonth hence the
002:032,24[B  ]| uncanny operation will$1$ be repeated in$4$ the opposite
002:032,25[B  ]| sense and the pendulum swing back again. I shall
002:032,26[B  ]| be sitting in$4$ a gondola or on$4$ a dromedary, or on$4$
002:032,27[B  ]| a cushion at the feet of Beauty, and all of a sudden
002:032,28[B  ]| I shall want to$9$ clear out. But for$4$ the present I am
002:032,29[B  ]| perfectly free. I have even arranged that$3$ I am to$9$ receive
002:032,30[B  ]| no$2$ business letters."
002:032,31[H  ]| "Oh, it is a real \9caprice 9de 9prince," 
002:032,31['  ]| said Tristram.
002:032,32[H  ]| "I back out; a poor devil like$4$ me can not help you to$9$
002:033,01[H  ]| spend such a very magnificent leisure as that$6#2$. You
002:033,02[H  ]| should get introduced to$4$ the crowned heads."
002:033,03['  ]| Newman considered a moment and then with all his
002:033,04['  ]| candour, 
002:033,04[B  ]| "How does one do it?" 
002:033,04['  ]| he asked.
002:033,05[H  ]| "Come, I like$1$ that$6#2$!" 
002:033,05['  ]| cried Tristram. 
002:033,05[H  ]| "It shows
002:033,06[H  ]| you are in$4$ earnest."
002:033,07[B  ]| "Of course I am in$4$ earnest. Did not I say I wanted
002:033,08[B  ]| the best? I know the best can not be had for$4$ mere
002:033,09[B  ]| money, but I am willing to$9$ take a good deal of trouble."
002:033,10[H  ]| "You are not too shrinking, hey?"
002:033,11[B  ]| "I have not the least idea ~~ I must see. I want the
002:033,12[B  ]| biggest kind of entertainment a man can get. People,
002:033,13[B  ]| places, art, nature, everything! I want to$9$ see the
002:033,14[B  ]| tallest mountains, and the bluest lakes, and the finest
002:033,15[B  ]| pictures, and the handsomest churches, and the most
002:033,16[B  ]| celebrated men, and the most elegant women."
002:033,17[H  ]| "Settle down in$4$ Paris then. There are no$2$ mountains
002:033,18[H  ]| that$6#1$ I know of, higher than Montmartre, and
002:033,19[H  ]| the only lake is in$4$ the Bois*de*Boulogne and not particularly
002:033,20[H  ]| blue. But there is everything else: plenty
002:033,21[H  ]| of pictures and churches, no$2$ end of celebrated men, and
002:033,22[H  ]| several elegant women."
002:033,23[B  ]| "But I can not settle down in$4$ Paris at this season, just
002:033,24[B  ]| as summer is coming on$5$."
002:033,25[H  ]| "Oh, for$4$ the summer go right up$5$ to$4$ Trouville."
002:033,26[B  ]| "And what may Trouville be?"
002:033,27[H  ]| "Well, a sort of French Newport ~~ as near as they
002:033,28[H  ]| can come. All the Americans go."
002:033,29[B  ]| "Is it anywhere near the Alps?"
002:033,30[H  ]| "About as near as Newport to$4$ the Rocky*Mountains."
002:033,31[H  ]|
002:033,32[B  ]| "Oh, I want to$9$ see Mont*Blanc," 
002:033,32['  ]| said Newman,
002:034,01[B  ]| "and Amsterdam, and the Rhine, and a lot of places.
002:034,02[B  ]| Venice in$4$ particular. I have grand ideas for$4$ Venice."
002:034,03[H  ]| "Ah," 
002:034,03['  ]| said Mr%*Tristram, rising, 
002:034,03[H  ]| "I see I shall have
002:034,04[H  ]| to$9$ introduce you to$4$ my wife. She will$1$ have grand ideas
002:034,05[H  ]| for$4$ \you\!"
003:035,01['  ]| He performed that$6#2$ ceremony the following day,
003:035,02['  ]| when, by$4$ appointment, Christopher*Newman went
003:035,03['  ]| to$9$ dine with him. Mr% and Mrs%*Tristram lived
003:035,04['  ]| behind one of those chalk-coloured facades which$6#1$
003:035,05['  ]| decorate with their pompous sameness the broad
003:035,06['  ]| avenues distributed by$4$ Baron*Haussmann over the
003:035,07['  ]| neighbourhood of the Arc*de*Triomphe. Their apartment
003:035,08['  ]| was rich in$4$ the modern conveniences, and Tristram
003:035,09['  ]| lost no$2$ time in$4$ calling his visitor's attention to$4$
003:035,10['  ]| their principal household treasures, the thick-scattered
003:035,11['  ]| gas-lamps and the frequent furnace-holes. 
003:035,11[H  ]| "Whenever
003:035,12[H  ]| you feel homesick," 
003:035,12['  ]| he said, 
003:035,12[H  ]| "you must come
003:035,13[H  ]| right up$4$ here. We will$1$ stick you down before a register,
003:035,14[H  ]| under a good big burner, and ~"
003:035,15[I  ]| "And you will$1$ soon get over your homesickness,"
003:035,16['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
003:035,17['  ]| Her husband stared; this lady often had a tone
003:035,18['  ]| that$6#1$ defied any convenient test; 
003:035,18@h   | he could not tell for$4$
003:035,19@h   | his life to$4$ whom her irony might be directed. 
003:035,19['  ]| The
003:035,20['  ]| truth is that$3$ circumstances had done much to$9$ cultivate
003:035,21['  ]| in$4$ Mrs%*Tristram the need for$4$ any little intellectual 
003:035,22['  ]| luxury she could pick up$5$ by$4$ the way. Her
003:035,23['  ]| taste on$4$ many points differed from that$6#2$ of her husband;
003:035,24['  ]| and though she made frequent concessions
003:035,25['  ]| to$4$ the dull small fact that$3$ he had married her it
003:035,26['  ]| must be confessed that$3$ her reserves were not always
003:035,27['  ]| muffled in$4$ pink gauze. They were founded upon$4$ the
003:036,01['  ]| vague project of her some day affirming herself in$4$
003:036,02['  ]| her totality; to$4$ which$6#1$ end she was in$4$ advance getting
003:036,03['  ]| herself together, building herself high, enquiring, in$4$
003:036,04['  ]| short, into her dimensions.
003:036,05['  ]| It should be added, without delay, to$9$ anticipate
003:036,06['  ]| misconception, that$3$ if she was thus saving herself
003:036,07['  ]| up$5$ it was yet not to$9$ cover the expense of any foreseen
003:036,08['  ]| outlay of that$6#2$ finest part of her substance that$6#1$
003:036,09['  ]| was known to$4$ her tacitly as her power of passion.
003:036,10['  ]| She had a very plain face and was entirely without
003:036,11['  ]| illusions as to$4$ her appearance. She had taken its
003:036,12['  ]| measure to$4$ a hair's breadth, she knew the worst and
003:036,13['  ]| the best, she had accepted herself. It had not been
003:036,14['  ]| indeed without a struggle. As a mere mortified
003:036,15['  ]| maiden she had spent hours with her back to$4$ her
003:036,16['  ]| mirror, crying her eyes out; and later she had, from
003:036,17['  ]| desperation and bravado, adopted the habit of proclaiming
003:036,18['  ]| herself the most ill-favoured of women,
003:036,19['  ]| in$4$ order that$3$ she might ~~ as in$4$ common politeness
003:036,20['  ]| was inevitable ~~ be contradicted and reassured.
003:036,21['  ]| It was since she had come to$9$ live in$4$ Europe that$3$ she
003:036,22['  ]| had begun to$9$ take the matter philosophically. Her
003:036,23['  ]| observation, acutely exercised here, had suggested
003:036,24['  ]| to$4$ her that$3$ a woman's social service resides not in$4$
003:036,25['  ]| what she is but in$4$ what she appears, and that$3$ in$4$ the
003:036,26['  ]| labyrinth of appearances she may always make
003:036,27['  ]| others lose their clue if she only keeps her own. She
003:036,28['  ]| had encountered so$5#1$ many women who$6#1$ pleased without
003:036,29['  ]| beauty that$3$ she began to$9$ believe she had discovered
003:036,30['  ]| her refuge. She had once heard an enthusiastic
003:036,31['  ]| musician, out of patience with a gifted bungler, declare
003:036,32['  ]| that$3$ 
003:036,32@x   | a fine voice is really an obstacle to$4$ singing
003:037,01@x   | properly; 
003:037,01['  ]| and it occurred to$4$ her that$3$ 
003:037,01@i   | it might
003:037,02@i   | perhaps be equally true that$3$ a beautiful face is an
003:037,03@i   | obstacle to$4$ the acquisition of charming manners. 
003:037,03['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram
003:037,04['  ]| then undertook to$9$ persuade by$4$ grace, and
003:037,05['  ]| she brought to$4$ the task no$2$ small ingenuity.
003:037,06['  ]| How well she would have succeeded I am unable
003:037,07['  ]| to$9$ say; unfortunately she broke off in$4$ the middle.
003:037,08['  ]| Her own excuse was the want of encouragement in$4$
003:037,09['  ]| her immediate circle. But she had presumably not
003:037,10['  ]| a real genius for$4$ the charming art, or she would have
003:037,11['  ]| pursued it for$4$ itself. The poor lady was after all
003:037,12['  ]| incomplete. She fell back upon$4$ the harmonies of
003:037,13['  ]| dress, which$6#1$ she thoroughly understood, and contented
003:037,14['  ]| herself with playing in$4$ its lock that$6#2$ key to$4$
003:037,15['  ]| the making of impressions. She lived in$4$ Paris,
003:037,16['  ]| which$6#1$ she pretended to$9$ detest, because 
003:037,16@i   | it was only
003:037,17@i   | in$4$ Paris that$3$ one could find things to$9$ exactly suit
003:037,18@i   | one's complexion. Besides, out of Paris it was always
003:037,19@i   | more or less of a trouble to$9$ get ten-button
003:037,20@i   | gloves. 
003:037,20['  ]| When she railed at this serviceable city and
003:037,21['  ]| you asked her where she would prefer to$9$ reside she
003:037,22['  ]| returned some very unexpected answer. She would
003:037,23['  ]| say in$4$ Copenhagen or in$4$ Barcelona; having, while
003:037,24['  ]| making the tour of Europe, spent a couple of days
003:037,25['  ]| at each of these places. On$4$ the whole, with her
003:037,26['  ]| poetic furbelows and her misshapen, intelligent little
003:037,27['  ]| face, she was, when known, a figure to$9$ place, in$4$
003:037,28['  ]| the great gallery of the wistful, somewhere apart.
003:037,29['  ]| She was naturally timid, and if she had been born
003:037,30['  ]| a beauty she would (content with it) probably have
003:037,31['  ]| taken no$2$ risks. At present she was both reckless
003:037,32['  ]| and diffident; extremely reserved sometimes with her
003:038,01['  ]| friends and strangely expansive with strangers. She
003:038,02['  ]| overlooked her husband; overlooked him too much,
003:038,03['  ]| for$3$ she had been perfectly at liberty not to$9$ marry
003:038,04['  ]| him. She had been in$4$ love with a clever man
003:038,05['  ]| who$6#1$ had eventually slighted her, and she had married
003:038,06['  ]| a fool in$4$ the hope that$3$ the keener personage, reflecting
003:038,07['  ]| on$4$ it, would conclude that$3$ she had had no$2$
003:038,08['  ]| appreciation of his keenness and that$3$ he had flattered
003:038,09['  ]| her in$4$ thinking her touched. Restless, discontented,
003:038,10['  ]| visionary, without personal ambitions but with a 
003:038,11['  ]| certain avidity of imagination, she was interesting
003:038,12['  ]| from this sense she gave of her looking for$4$ her ideals
003:038,13['  ]| by$4$ a lamp of strange and fitful flame. She was full ~
003:038,14['  ]| both for$4$ good and for$4$ ill ~~ of beginnings that$6#1$ came to$4$
003:038,15['  ]| nothing; but she had nevertheless, morally, a spark
003:038,16['  ]| of the sacred fire.
003:038,17['  ]| Newman was fond, in$4$ all circumstances, of the
003:038,18['  ]| society of women; and now that$3$ he was out of his
003:038,19['  ]| native element and deprived of his habitual interests
003:038,20['  ]| he turned to$4$ it for$4$ compensation. He took a great
003:038,21['  ]| fancy to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram; she frankly repaid it, and
003:038,22['  ]| after their first meeting he passed a great many
003:038,23['  ]| hours in$4$ her drawing-room. Two or three long
003:038,24['  ]| talks had made them fast friends. Newman's manner
003:038,25['  ]| with women was peculiar, and it required some
003:038,26['  ]| diligence on$4$ a lady's part to$9$ discover that$3$ he admired
003:038,27['  ]| her. He had no$2$ gallantry in$4$ the usual sense of the
003:038,28['  ]| term; no$2$ compliments, no$2$ graces, no$2$ speeches.
003:038,29['  ]| Fond enough of a large pleasantry in$4$ his dealings
003:038,30['  ]| with men, he never found himself on$4$ a sofa beside
003:038,31['  ]| a member of the softer sex without feeling that$3$ such
003:038,32['  ]| situations appealed, like$4$ beautiful views, or celebrated
003:039,01['  ]| operas, or fine portraits, or handsome "sets"
003:039,02['  ]| of the classics, or even elegant "show" cemeteries,
003:039,03['  ]| to$4$ his earnest side. He was not shy and, so$5#1$ far as
003:039,04['  ]| awkwardness proceeds from a struggle with shyness,
003:039,05['  ]| was not awkward: grave, attentive, submissive,
003:039,06['  ]| often silent, he was simply swimming in$4$ a sort of
003:039,07['  ]| rapture of respect. This emotion was not at all
003:039,08['  ]| theoretic, it was not even in$4$ a high degree romantic;
003:039,09['  ]| he had thought very little about the "position" of
003:039,10['  ]| women, and he was not familiar, either sympathetically
003:039,11['  ]| or otherwise, with the image of a President
003:039,12['  ]| in$4$ petticoats. His attitude was simply the flower
003:039,13['  ]| of his general good-nature and a part of his instinctive
003:039,14['  ]| and genuinely democratic assumption of
003:039,15['  ]| every*one's right to$9$ lead an easy life. 
003:039,15@b   | If a shaggy
003:039,16@b   | pauper had a right to$4$ bed and board and wages and
003:039,17@b   | a vote, women, of course, who$6#1$ were weaker than
003:039,18@b   | paupers, and whose physical tissue was in$4$ itself an
003:039,19@b   | appeal, should be maintained, sentimentally, at the
003:039,20@b   | public expense. 
003:039,20['  ]| Newman was willing to$9$ be taxed
003:039,21['  ]| for$4$ this purpose, largely, in$4$ proportion to$4$ his means.
003:039,22['  ]| Moreover many of the common traditions with
003:039,23['  ]| regard to$4$ women were with him fresh personal impressions.
003:039,24['  ]| He had never read a page of printed
003:039,25['  ]| romance.
003:039,26['  ]| He spent a great deal of time in$4$ listening to$4$ advice
003:039,27['  ]| from Mrs%*Tristram; advice, it must be added, for$4$
003:039,28['  ]| which$6#1$ he had never asked. He would have been
003:039,29['  ]| incapable of asking for$4$ it, inasmuch as he had no$2$
003:039,30['  ]| perception of difficulties and consequently no$2$ curiosity 
003:039,31['  ]| about remedies. The complex Parisian world
003:039,32['  ]| about him seemed a very simple affair; it was an
003:040,01['  ]| immense, surprising spectacle, but it neither inflamed
003:040,02['  ]| his imagination nor irritated his curiosity.
003:040,03['  ]| He kept his hands in$4$ his pockets, looked on$5$ good-humouredly,
003:040,04['  ]| desired to$9$ miss nothing important,
003:040,05['  ]| observed a great many things in$4$ detail, and never
003:040,06['  ]| reverted to$4$ himself. 
003:040,06@b   | Mrs%*Tristram's "advice"
003:040,07@b   | was a part of the show and a more entertaining
003:040,08@b   | element of her free criticism than any other. He
003:040,09@b   | enjoyed her talking about \him\ ~~ it seemed a part
003:040,10@b   | of her beautiful culture; 
003:040,10['  ]| but he never made an
003:040,11['  ]| application of anything she said or remembered
003:040,12['  ]| it when he was away from her. For$4$ herself, she
003:040,13['  ]| appropriated him: 
003:040,13@i   | he was the most interesting
003:040,14@i   | thing she had had to$9$ think about for$4$ many a month.
003:040,15['  ]| She wished to$9$ do something with him ~~ she hardly
003:040,16['  ]| knew what. 
003:040,16@i   | There was so$5#1$ much of him; he was so$5#1$
003:040,17@i   | rich and robust, so$5#1$ easy, friendly, well-disposed,
003:040,18@i   | that$3$ he kept her imagination constantly on$4$ the alert.
003:040,19@i   | For$4$ the present the only thing she could do was to$9$
003:040,20@i   | like$1$ him. 
003:040,20['  ]| She told him he was beyond everything
003:040,21['  ]| a child of nature, but she repeated it so$5#1$ often that$3$ it
003:040,22['  ]| could have been a term of endearment. She led
003:040,23['  ]| him about with her, introduced him to$4$ fifty people,
003:040,24['  ]| took extreme satisfaction in$4$ her conquest. Newman
003:040,25['  ]| accepted every proposal, shook hands universally
003:040,26['  ]| and promiscuously, and seemed equally unversed
003:040,27['  ]| in$4$ trepidation and in$4$ "cheek." Tom*Tristram complained
003:040,28['  ]| of his wife's rapacity, declaring 
003:040,28@h   | he could
003:040,29@h   | never have a clear five minutes with his friend. If
003:040,30@h   | he had known how things were going to$9$ turn out he
003:040,31@h   | never would have brought him to$4$ the Avenue*d'Ie=na.
003:040,32['  ]| The two men had formerly not been intimate, but
003:041,01['  ]| Newman recalled his earlier impression of his host
003:041,02['  ]| and did Mrs%*Tristram, who$6#1$ had by$4$ no$2$ means taken
003:041,03['  ]| him into her confidence, but whose secret he presently
003:041,04['  ]| discovered, the justice to$9$ admit that$3$ 
003:041,04@b   | her
003:041,05@b   | husband had somehow found means to$9$ be degenerate
003:041,06@b   | without the iridescence of decay. 
003:041,06['  ]| People said he was
003:041,07['  ]| very sociable, but this was as much a matter of
003:041,08['  ]| course as for$4$ a dipped sponge to$9$ expand; and it was
003:041,09['  ]| a sociability affirmed, on$4$ its anecdotic side, too
003:041,10['  ]| much at the expense of those possible partakers
003:041,11['  ]| who$6#1$ were not there to$9$ guard their interest in$4$ it. 
003:041,11@b   | He
003:041,12@b   | was patient at poker; he was infallible upon$4$ the
003:041,13@b   | names and the other attributes of all the \9cocottes\;
003:041,14@b   | his criticism of cookery, his comparative view of the
003:041,15@b   | great "years" of champagne, enjoyed the authority
003:041,16@b   | of the last word. And then he was idle, spiritless,
003:041,17@b   | sensual, snobbish. 
003:041,17['  ]| He irritated our friend by$4$ the
003:041,18['  ]| tone of his allusions to$4$ their native country, and
003:041,19['  ]| Newman was at a loss to$9$ understand wherein such
003:041,20['  ]| a country, as a whole, could fall short of Mr%*Tristram's
003:041,21['  ]| stomach. He had never been a very systematic
003:041,22['  ]| patriot, but it vexed him to$9$ see the United*States
003:041,23['  ]| treated as little better than a vulgar smell in$4$ his
003:041,24['  ]| friend's nostril, and he finally spoke up$5$ for$4$ them
003:041,26['  ]| quite as if it had been Fourth*of*July, proclaiming
003:041,26['  ]| that$3$ 
003:041,26@b   | any American who$6#1$ ran them down ought to$9$ be
003:041,27@b   | carried home in$4$ irons and compelled to$9$ live in$4$ Boston
003:041,28['  ]| ~~ which$6#1$ for$4$ Newman was putting it very vindictively.
003:041,29['  ]| Tristram was a comfortable man to$9$ snub;
003:041,30['  ]| he bore no$2$ malice and he continued to$9$ insist on$5$
003:041,31['  ]| Newman's finishing his evenings at the Occidental*Club.
003:041,32['  ]| The latter dined several times in$4$ the Avenue*d'Ie=na
003:042,01['  ]| and his host always proposed an early adjournment
003:042,02['  ]| to$4$ this institution. Mrs%*Tristram protested,
003:042,03['  ]| declaring as promptly that$3$ 
003:042,03@i   | her husband exhausted
003:042,04@i   | a low cunning in$4$ trying to$9$ displease her.
003:042,05[H  ]| "Oh no$7$, I never try, my love," 
003:042,05['  ]| he answered; 
003:042,05[H  ]| "I
003:042,06[H  ]| know you loathe me quite enough when I take my
003:042,07[H  ]| chance." 
003:042,07['  ]| But their visitor hated to$9$ see a married
003:042,08['  ]| couple on$4$ these terms, and he was sure one or
003:042,09['  ]| other of them must be very unhappy. Yet he knew
003:042,10['  ]| it was not Tristram. The lady had a balcony before
003:042,11['  ]| her windows, upon$4$ which$6#1$, during the June evenings,
003:042,12['  ]| she was fond of sitting, and Newman used frankly
003:042,13['  ]| to$9$ say that$3$ 
003:042,13@b   | he preferred the balcony to$4$ the club. It
003:042,14@b   | had a fringe of perfumed plants in$4$ tubs and enabled
003:042,15@b   | you to$9$ look up$5$ the broad street and see the Arch*of*Triumph
003:042,16@b   | vaguely massing its heroic sculptures in$4$ the
003:042,17@b   | summer starlight. 
003:042,17['  ]| Sometimes he kept his promise
003:042,18['  ]| of following Mr%*Tristram in$4$ half an hour to$4$ the
003:042,19['  ]| Occidental and sometimes forgot it. His companion
003:042,20['  ]| asked him a great many questions about himself,
003:042,21['  ]| but on$4$ this subject he was an indifferent talker. He
003:042,22['  ]| was not "subjective," though when he felt her
003:042,23['  ]| interest sincere he made a real effort to$9$ meet it. He
003:042,24['  ]| told her many things he had done, and regaled her
003:042,25['  ]| with pictures of that$6#2$ "nature" as the child of which$6#1$
003:042,26['  ]| he figured for$4$ her; she herself was from Philadelphia 
003:042,27['  ]| and, with her eight years in$4$ Paris, talked of
003:042,28['  ]| herself as a languid oriental. But some other person
003:042,29['  ]| was always the hero of the tale, though by$4$ no$2$ means
003:042,30['  ]| always to$4$ his advantage; and the states of Newman's
003:042,31['  ]| own spirit were but scantily chronicled. She had an
003:042,32['  ]| especial wish to$9$ know whether he had ever been
003:043,01['  ]| in$4$ love ~~ seriously, passionately ~~ and, failing to$9$
003:043,02['  ]| gather any satisfaction from his allusions, at last
003:043,03['  ]| closely pressed him. He hesitated a while, but finally
003:043,04['  ]| said 
003:043,04[B  ]| "Hang it then, no$7$!" 
003:043,04['  ]| She declared that$3$ 
003:043,04@i   | she was
003:043,05@i   | delighted to$9$ hear it, as it confirmed her private conviction
003:043,06@i   | that$3$ he was a man of no$2$ real feeling.
003:043,07[B  ]| "Is that$6#2$ so$5#2$?" 
003:043,07['  ]| he asked very gravely. 
003:043,07[B  ]| "But how
003:043,08[B  ]| do you recognise a man of real feeling?"
003:043,09[I  ]| "I can not make out," 
003:043,09['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram, 
003:043,09[I  ]| "whether
003:043,10[I  ]| you are very simple or very deep."
003:043,11[B  ]| "I am very deep. That$6#2$ is a fact."
003:043,12[I  ]| "I believe that$3$ if I were to$9$ tell you with a certain
003:043,13[I  ]| air that$3$ you are as cold as a fish you would implicitly
003:043,14[I  ]| believe me."
003:043,15[B  ]| "A certain air?" 
003:043,15['  ]| Newman echoed. 
003:043,15[B  ]| "Well, try
003:043,16[B  ]| your air and see."
003:043,17[I  ]| "You would believe me, but you would not care," 
003:043,17['  ]| said
003:043,18['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram.
003:043,19[B  ]| "You have got it all wrong. I should care immensely,
003:043,20[B  ]| but I should not believe you. The fact is I have
003:043,21[B  ]| never had time to$9$ ""feel"" things so$5#1$ very beautifully.
003:043,22[B  ]| I have had to$9$ \do\ them, had to$9$ make myself felt."
003:043,23[I  ]| "Oh, I can imagine indeed that$3$ you may have
003:043,24[I  ]| sometimes done that$6#2$ tremendously."
003:043,25[B  ]| "Yes, there is no$2$ mistake about that$6#2$."
003:043,26[I  ]| "When you are in$4$ one of your furies it can not be
003:043,27[I  ]| pleasant."
003:043,28[B  ]| "Ah, I do not have to$9$ get into a fury to$9$ do it."
003:043,29[I  ]| "I do not, nevertheless, see you always as you are
003:043,30[I  ]| now. You have \something\ or other behind, beneath.
003:043,31[I  ]| You get harder or you get softer. You are more
003:043,32[I  ]| displeased ~~ or you are more pleased.
003:044,01[B  ]| "Well, a man of any sense does not lay his plans
003:044,02[B  ]| to$9$ be angry," 
003:044,02['  ]| said Newman, 
003:044,02[B  ]| "and it is in$4$ fact so$5#1$
003:044,03[B  ]| long since I have been displeased that$3$ I have quite
003:044,04[B  ]| forgotten it."
003:044,05[I  ]| "I do not believe," 
003:044,05['  ]| she returned 
003:044,05[I  ]| "that$3$ you are
003:044,06[I  ]| never angry. A man \ought\ to$9$ be angry sometimes,
003:044,07[I  ]| and you are neither good enough nor bad enough
003:044,08[I  ]| always to$9$ keep your temper."
003:044,09[B  ]| "I lose it perhaps every five years."
003:044,10[I  ]| "The time is coming round then," 
003:044,10['  ]| said his hostess.
003:044,11[I  ]| "Before I have known you six months I shall see you
003:044,12[I  ]| in$4$ a magnificent rage."
003:044,13[B  ]| "Do you mean to$9$ put me into one?"
003:044,14[I  ]| "I should not be sorry. You take things too coolly.
003:044,15[I  ]| It quite exasperates me. And then you are too happy.
003:044,16[I  ]| You have what must be the most agreeable thing in$4$ the
003:044,17[I  ]| world ~~ the consciousness of having bought your
003:044,18[I  ]| pleasure beforehand, having paid for$4$ it in$4$ advance.
003:044,19[I  ]| You have not a day of reckoning staring you in$4$ the face.
003:044,20[I  ]| Your reckonings are over."
003:044,21[B  ]| "Well, I suppose I am happy," 
003:044,21['  ]| said Newman
003:044,22['  ]| almost pensively.
003:044,23[I  ]| "You have been odiously successful."
003:044,24[B  ]| "Successful in$4$ copper," 
003:044,24['  ]| he recalled, 
003:044,24[B  ]| "but very
003:044,25[B  ]| mixed in$4$ other mining ventures. And I have had to$9$
003:044,26[B  ]| take quite a back seat in$4$ oil."
003:044,27[I  ]| "It is very disagreeable to$9$ know how Americans
003:044,28[I  ]| have come by$5$ their money," 
003:044,28['  ]| his companion sighed.
003:044,29[I  ]| "Now, at all events, you have the world before you.
003:044,30[I  ]| You have only to$9$ enjoy."
003:044,31[B  ]| "Oh, I suppose I am all right," 
003:044,31['  ]| said Newman.
003:044,32[B  ]| "Only I am tired of having it thrown up$5$ at me.
003:045,01[B  ]| Besides, there are several drawbacks. I do not come
003:045,02[B  ]| up$5$ to$4$ my own standard of culture."
003:045,03[I  ]| "One does not expect it of you," 
003:045,03['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram
003:045,04['  ]| answered. Then in$4$ a moment: 
003:045,04[I  ]| "Besides, you do
003:045,05[I  ]| come up$5$. You \are\ up$5$!"
003:045,06[B  ]| "Well, I mean to$9$ have a good time, wherever I
003:045,07[B  ]| am," 
003:045,07['  ]| said Newman. 
003:045,07[B  ]| "I find I take notice as I go,
003:045,08[B  ]| and I guess I shall not have missed much by$4$ the time
003:045,09[B  ]| I have done. I feel something under my ribs here,"
003:045,10['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment, 
003:045,10[B  ]| "that$6#1$ I can not explain ~~ a
003:045,11[B  ]| sort of strong yearning, a desire to$9$ stretch out and
003:045,12[B  ]| haul in$5$."
003:045,13[I  ]| "Bravo!" 
003:045,13['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram cried; 
003:045,13[I  ]| "that$6#2$ is what I
003:045,14[I  ]| want to$9$ hear you say. You are the great Western
003:045,15[I  ]| Barbarian, stepping forth in$4$ his innocence and
003:045,16[I  ]| might, gazing a while at this poor corrupt old world
003:045,17[I  ]| and then swooping down on$4$ it."
003:045,18[B  ]| "Oh come," 
003:045,18['  ]| Newman protested; 
003:045,18[B  ]| "I am not an
003:045,19[B  ]| honest barbarian either, by$4$ a good deal. I am a
003:045,20[B  ]| great fall-off from \him\. I have seen honest barbarians,
003:045,21[B  ]| I know what they are."
003:045,22[I  ]| "I do not mean you are a Comanche chief or that$3$
003:045,23[I  ]| you wear a blanket and feathers. There are different
003:045,24[I  ]| shades."
003:045,25[B  ]| "I have the instincts ~~ have them deeply ~~ if
003:045,26[B  ]| I have not the forms of a high old civilisation,"
003:045,27['  ]| Newman went on$5$. 
003:045,27[B  ]| "I stick to$4$ that$6#2$. If you do not
003:045,28[B  ]| believe it I should like$1$ to$9$ prove it to$4$ you."
003:045,29['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram was silent a while. 
003:045,29[I  ]| "I should like$1$
003:045,30[I  ]| to$9$ make you prove it," 
003:045,30['  ]| she said at last. 
003:045,30[I  ]| "I should
003:045,31[I  ]| like$1$ to$9$ put you in$4$ a difficult place."
003:045,32[B  ]| "Well, put me!" 
003:045,32['  ]| said Newman.
003:046,01[I  ]| "9Vous 9ne 9doutez 9de 9rien!" 
003:046,01['  ]| his companion rejoined.
003:046,02[B  ]| "Oh," 
003:046,02['  ]| he insisted, 
003:046,02[B  ]| "I have a very good opinion of
003:046,03[B  ]| myself."
003:046,04[I  ]| "I wish I could put it to$4$ the test. Give me time
003:046,05[I  ]| and I will$1$." 
003:046,05['  ]| And Mrs%*Tristram remained silent a 
003:046,06['  ]| minute, as if trying to$9$ keep her pledge. It did not
003:046,07['  ]| appear that$6#2$ evening that$3$ she succeeded; but as he
003:046,08['  ]| was rising to$9$ take his leave she passed suddenly,
003:046,09['  ]| as she was very apt to$9$ do, from the tone of ingenious
003:046,10['  ]| banter to$4$ that$6#2$ of almost tremulous sympathy.
003:046,11[I  ]| "Speaking seriously," 
003:046,11['  ]| she said, 
003:046,11[I  ]| "I believe in$4$ you,
003:046,12[I  ]| Mr%*Newman. You flatter my latent patriotism."
003:046,13[B  ]| "Your latent ~?"
003:046,14[I  ]| "Deep within me the eagle shrieks, and I have
003:046,15[I  ]| known my heart at times to$9$ bristle with more
003:046,16[I  ]| feathers than my head. It would take too long to$9$
003:046,17[I  ]| explain, and you probably would not understand.
003:046,18[I  ]| Besides, you might take it ~~ really you might take 
003:046,19[I  ]| it ~~ for$4$ a declaration. Yet it has nothing to$9$ do with
003:046,20[I  ]| you personally; the question is of what you almost
003:046,21[I  ]| unconsciously represent. Fortunately you do not know
003:046,22[I  ]| all that$6#2$, or your conceit would increase insufferably."
003:046,23['  ]| And then as Newman stood wondering what
003:046,24['  ]| this great quantity might be: 
003:046,24[I  ]| "Forgive all my meddlesome
003:046,25[I  ]| chatter and forget my advice. It is very silly
003:046,26[I  ]| in$4$ me to$9$ undertake to$9$ tell you what to$9$ do. When
003:046,27[I  ]| you are embarrassed do as you think best, and you will$1$
003:046,28[I  ]| do very well. When you are in$4$ a difficulty judge
003:046,29[I  ]| for$4$ yourself. Only let it then be all you."
003:046,30[B  ]| "I shall remember everything you have told me," 
003:046,30['  ]| he
003:046,31['  ]| made answer. 
003:046,31[B  ]| "There are so$5#1$ many twists and turns
003:046,32[B  ]| over here, so$5#1$ many forms and ceremonies ~"
003:047,01[I  ]| "Forms and ceremonies are what I mean of
003:047,02[I  ]| course."
003:047,03[B  ]| "Ah, but I do not want not to$9$ take account of
003:047,04[B  ]| them," 
003:047,04['  ]| he declared. 
003:047,04[B  ]| "Have not I as good a right as
003:047,05[B  ]| another? They do not scare me, and you need not
003:047,06[B  ]| give me leave to$9$ ignore them. I want to$9$ know all
003:047,07[B  ]| about 'em."
003:047,08[I  ]| "That$6#2$ is not what I mean. I mean that$3$ you are
003:047,09[I  ]| to$9$ deal with them in$4$ your own way. Settle delicate
003:047,10[I  ]| questions by$4$ your own light. Cut the knot or untie
003:047,11[I  ]| it, as you choose."
003:047,12[B  ]| "Oh, if there is ever a big knot," 
003:047,12['  ]| he returned ~
003:047,13[B  ]| "and they all seem knots of ribbon over here ~~ I
003:047,14[B  ]| shall simply pull it off and wear it!"
003:047,15['  ]| The next time he dined in$4$ the Avenue d'Ie=na was
003:047,16['  ]| a Sunday, a day on$4$ which$6#1$ Mr%*Tristram left the
003:047,17['  ]| cards unshuffled, so$3$ that$3$ there was a trio in$4$ the
003:047,18['  ]| evening on$4$ the balcony. The talk was of many
003:047,19['  ]| things, and at last Mrs%*Tristram suddenly observed
003:047,20['  ]| to$4$ their visitor that$3$ 
003:047,20@i   | it was high time that$3$ he should
003:047,21@i   | take a wife.
003:047,22[H  ]| "Listen to$4$ her: she has the \9toupet\!" 
003:047,22['  ]| said Tristram,
003:047,23['  ]| who$6#1$ on$4$ Sunday evenings was always a little
003:047,24['  ]| peevish.
003:047,25[I  ]| "I do not suppose you have made up$5$ your mind not
003:047,26[I  ]| to$9$ marry?" 
003:047,26['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram continued.
003:047,27[B  ]| "Heaven forbid!" 
003:047,27['  ]| cried Newman. 
003:047,27[B  ]| "I am quite
003:047,28[B  ]| viciously bent on$4$ it."
003:047,29[H  ]| "It is a very easy mistake," 
003:047,29['  ]| said Tristram; 
003:047,29[H  ]| "and
003:047,30[H  ]| when it is made it is made."
003:047,31[I  ]| "Well then," 
003:047,31['  ]| his wife went on$5$, 
003:047,31[I  ]| "I suppose you
003:047,32[I  ]| do not mean to$9$ wait till you are fifty."
003:048,01[B  ]| "On$4$ the contrary, I am in$4$ an almost indecent hurry."
003:048,02[I  ]| "One would never guess it. Do you expect a lady
003:048,03[I  ]| to$9$ come and propose to$4$ you?"
003:048,04[B  ]| "No$7$; I am willing to$9$ put the case before her myself.
003:048,05[B  ]| I think a great deal about it."
003:048,06[I  ]| "Tell me some of your thoughts."
003:048,07[B  ]| "Well," 
003:048,07['  ]| said Newman slowly, 
003:048,07[B  ]| "I want to$9$ marry
003:048,08[B  ]| about as well as you \can\."
003:048,09[I  ]| " ""Well"" in$4$ what sense?"
003:048,10[B  ]| "In$4$ every sense. I shall be hard to$9$ suit."
003:048,11[I  ]| "You must remember that$3$, as the French proverb
003:048,12[I  ]| puts it, the finest girl in$4$ the world can give but
003:048,13[I  ]| what she has."
003:048,14[B  ]| "Since you ask me," 
003:048,14['  ]| said Newman, 
003:048,14[B  ]| "let me be
003:048,15[B  ]| frank about it ~~ I want quite awfully to$9$ marry. It is
003:048,16[B  ]| time, to$9$ begin with; before I know it I shall be forty-
003:048,17[B  ]| five. And then I am lonely, and I really kind of pine
003:048,18[B  ]| for$4$ a mate. There are things for$4$ which$6#1$ I want help.
003:048,19[B  ]| But if I marry now, so$5#1$ long as I did not do it in$4$ hot
003:048,20[B  ]| haste when I was twenty, I must do it, you see, with
003:048,21[B  ]| my eyes open. I want to$9$ set about it rather grandly.
003:048,22[B  ]| I not only want to$9$ make no$2$ mistakes, but I want to$9$
003:048,23[B  ]| make a great hit. I want to$9$ take my pick. My wife
003:048,24[B  ]| must be a pure pearl. I have thought an immense deal
003:048,25[B  ]| about it."
003:048,26[I  ]| "Perhaps you think too much. The best thing is
003:048,27[I  ]| simply to$9$ fall in$4$ love."
003:048,28[B  ]| "When I find the woman who$6#1$ satisfies me I shall
003:048,29[B  ]| rise to$4$ the occasion. My wife shall be as satisfied as
003:048,30[B  ]| I shall."
003:048,31[I  ]| "You begin grandly enough," 
003:048,31['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
003:048,32[I  ]| "There is a chance for$4$ the pure pearls!"
003:049,01[B  ]| "You are not fair," 
003:049,01['  ]| Newman presently broke out.
003:049,02[B  ]| "You draw a fellow on$5$ and put him off his guard and
003:049,03[B  ]| then you gibe at him."
003:049,04[I  ]| "I assure you," 
003:049,04['  ]| she answered, 
003:049,04[I  ]| "that$3$ I am very serious.
003:049,05[I  ]| To$9$ prove it I make you a proposal. Should you
003:049,06[I  ]| like$1$ me, as they say here, to$9$ marry you?"
003:049,07[B  ]| "To$9$ hunt up$5$ a wife for$4$ me?"
003:049,08[I  ]| "She is already found. I will$1$ bring you together."
003:049,09[H  ]| "Oh come," 
003:049,09['  ]| said Tristram, 
003:049,09[H  ]| "we do not keep a 
003:049,10[H  ]| \9bureau 9de 9placement\. He will$1$ think you want your commission."
003:049,11[H  ]|
003:049,12[B  ]| "Present me to$4$ a woman who$6#1$ comes up$5$ to$4$ my
003:049,13[B  ]| notion," 
003:049,13['  ]| Newman declared, 
003:049,13[B  ]| "and I will$1$ marry her
003:049,14[B  ]| to-morrow."
003:049,15[H  ]| "You have a strange tone about it, and I do not quite
003:049,16[H  ]| understand you. I did not suppose you could be so$5#1$
003:049,17[H  ]| cold-blooded."
003:049,18['  ]| Newman was silent a while. 
003:049,18[B  ]| "Well, I want a great
003:049,19[B  ]| woman. I stick to$4$ that$6#2$. That$6#2$ is one thing I \can\ treat
003:049,20[B  ]| myself to$4$, and if it is to$9$ be had I mean to$9$ have it. What
003:049,21[B  ]| else have I toiled and struggled for$4$ all these years?
003:049,22[B  ]| I have succeeded, and now what am I to$9$ do with my
003:049,23[B  ]| success? To$9$ make it perfect, as I see it, there must be
003:049,24[B  ]| a lovely being perched on$4$ the pile like$4$ some shining
003:049,25[B  ]| statue crowning some high monument. She must be
003:049,26[B  ]| as good as she is beautiful and as clever as she is good.
003:049,27[B  ]| I can give my wife many things, so$3$ I am not afraid to$9$
003:049,28[B  ]| ask certain others myself. She shall have everything a 
003:049,29[B  ]| woman can desire; I shall not even object to$4$ her being
003:049,30[B  ]| too good for$4$ me. She may be cleverer and wiser than
003:049,31[B  ]| I can understand, and I shall only be the better pleased.
003:049,32[B  ]| I want, in$4$ a word, the best article in$4$ the market."
003:050,01[H  ]| "Why did not you tell a fellow all this at the outset?"
003:050,02['  ]| Tristram demanded. 
003:050,02[B  ]| "I have been trying so$5#2$ to$9$
003:050,03[B  ]| make you fond of \me\!"
003:050,04[I  ]| "It is remarkably interesting," 
003:050,04['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram."
003:050,05[I  ]| "I like$1$ to$9$ see a man know his own mind."
003:050,06[B  ]| "I have known mine for$4$ a long time," 
003:050,06['  ]| Newman 
003:050,07['  ]| went on$5$. 
003:050,07[B  ]| "I made up$5$ my mind tolerably early in$4$
003:050,08[B  ]| life that$3$ some rare creature all one's own is the best
003:050,09[B  ]| kind of property to$9$ hold. It is the greatest victory
003:050,10[B  ]| over circumstances. When I say rare I mean rare
003:050,11[B  ]| all through ~~ grown as a rarity and recognised as
003:050,12[B  ]| one. It is a thing every man has an equal right to$4$;
003:050,13[B  ]| he may get it if he \can\ get it. He does not have to$9$ be
003:050,14[B  ]| born with certain faculties on$4$ purpose; he needs
003:050,15[B  ]| only to$9$ be ~~ well, whatever he really \is\. Then he
003:050,16[B  ]| need only use his will$0$, and such wits as he can muster,
003:050,17[B  ]| and go in$5$."
003:050,18[I  ]| "It strikes me," 
003:050,18['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram, 
003:050,18[I  ]| "that$3$ your
003:050,19[I  ]| marriage is to$9$ be rather a matter of heartless pomp."
003:050,20[B  ]| "Well, it is certain," 
003:050,20['  ]| Newman granted, 
003:050,20[B  ]| "that$3$ if
003:050,21[B  ]| people notice my wife and admire her I shall count
003:050,22[B  ]| it as part of my success."
003:050,23[I  ]| "After this," 
003:050,23['  ]| cried Mrs%*Tristram, 
003:050,23[I  ]| "speak of any
003:050,24[I  ]| man's modesty!"
003:050,25[B  ]| "But none of them will$1$ admire her so$5#1$ much as I."
003:050,26[I  ]| "You really have the imagination of greatness."
003:050,27['  ]| He hesitated as if in$4$ fear of her mockery, but he
003:050,28['  ]| kept it up$5$, repeating his dry formula: 
003:050,28[B  ]| "I want the best
003:050,29[B  ]| thing going."
003:050,30[I  ]| "And I suppose you have already looked about you
003:050,31[I  ]| a good deal."
003:050,32[B  ]| "More or less, according to$4$ opportunity."
003:051,01[I  ]| "And you have seen nothing that$6#1$ has tempted you?"
003:051,02[B  ]| "No$7$," 
003:051,02['  ]| said Newman half reluctantly, 
003:051,02[B  ]| "I am bound
003:051,03[B  ]| to$9$ say in$4$ honesty that$3$ I have seen nothing that$6#1$ has come
003:051,04[B  ]| up$5$ to$4$ my idea."
003:051,05[I  ]| "You remind me of the heroes of the French
003:051,06[I  ]| romantic poets, Rolla and Fortunio and all those
003:051,07[I  ]| other insatiable gentlemen for$4$ whom nothing in$4$ this
003:051,08[I  ]| world was handsome enough. But I see you are in$4$ 
003:051,09[I  ]| earnest, and I \should\ like$1$ to$9$ help you," 
003:051,09['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram
003:051,10['  ]| wound up$5$.
003:051,11[H  ]| "Who$6#2$ the deuce is it, darling, that$6#1$ you are going to$9$
003:051,12[H  ]| palm off upon$4$ him?" 
003:051,12['  ]| her husband asked. 
003:051,12[H  ]| "We
003:051,13[H  ]| know a good many pretty girls, thank goodness, but
003:051,14[H  ]| nobody to$9$ be mentioned in$4$ \that$6#2$\ blazing light."
003:051,15[I  ]| "Have you any objections to$4$ a foreigner?" 
003:051,15['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram
003:051,16['  ]| continued, addressing their friend, who$6#1$ had
003:051,17['  ]| tilted back his chair and, with his feet on$4$ a bar of the
003:051,18['  ]| balcony railing and his hands in$4$ his pockets, sat looking
003:051,19['  ]| at the stars.
003:051,20[H  ]| "No$2$ Irish need apply," 
003:051,20['  ]| said Tristram.
003:051,21['  ]| Newman remained pensive. 
003:051,21[B  ]| "Just as a foreigner,
003:051,22[B  ]| no$7$. I have no$2$ prejudices."
003:051,23[H  ]| "My dear fellow, you have no$2$ suspicions!" 
003:051,23['  ]| Tristram
003:051,24['  ]| cried. 
003:051,24[H  ]| "You do not know what terrible customers
003:051,25[H  ]| these foreign women are; especially those grown, as
003:051,26[H  ]| you call it, for$4$ the use of millionaires. How should
003:051,27[H  ]| you like$1$ an expensive Circassian with a dagger in$4$
003:051,28[H  ]| her baggy trousers?"
003:051,29['  ]| Newman administered a vigorous slap to$4$ his knee.
003:051,30[B  ]| "I would marry a Patagonian if she pleased me."
003:051,31[I  ]| "We had better confine ourselves to$4$ Europe," 
003:051,31['  ]| said
003:051,32['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram. 
003:051,32[I  ]| "The only thing is then that$3$ the
003:052,01[I  ]| young person herself should square with your tremendous
003:052,02[I  ]| standard?"
003:052,03[H  ]| "She is going to$9$ offer you an unappreciated governess?"
003:052,04['  ]| Tristram groaned.
003:052,05[B  ]| "Of course I will$1$ not deny that$3$, other things being
003:052,06[B  ]| equal, I should like$1$ one of my own countrywomen
003:052,07[B  ]| best," 
003:052,07['  ]| Newman pursued. 
003:052,07[B  ]| "We should speak the
003:052,08[B  ]| same language, and that$6#2$ would be a comfort. But
003:052,09[B  ]| I am not afraid of any foreigner who$6#1$ is the best thing
003:052,10[B  ]| in$4$ her own country. Besides, I rather like$1$ the idea
003:052,11[B  ]| of taking in$4$ Europe too. It enlarges the field of selection.
003:052,12[B  ]| When you choose from a greater number you
003:052,13[B  ]| can bring your choice to$4$ a finer point."
003:052,14[H  ]| "Sardanapalus!" 
003:052,14['  ]| Tristram sighed.
003:052,15[I  ]| "Well, you have come to$4$ the right market," 
003:052,15['  ]| Newman's
003:052,16['  ]| hostess brought out after a pause. 
003:052,16[I  ]| "I happen
003:052,17[I  ]| to$9$ number among my friends the finest creature in$4$
003:052,18[I  ]| the world. Neither more nor less. I do not say a very
003:052,19[I  ]| charming person or a very estimable woman or a very
003:052,20[I  ]| great beauty: I say simply the finest creature in$4$ the
003:052,21[I  ]| world."
003:052,22[H  ]| "I am bound to$9$ say then," 
003:052,22['  ]| cried Tristram, 
003:052,22[H  ]| "that$3$
003:052,23[H  ]| you have kept very quiet about her. Were you afraid
003:052,24[H  ]| of \me\?"
003:052,25[I  ]| "You have seen her," 
003:052,25['  ]| said his wife, 
003:052,25[I  ]| "but you have no$2$
003:052,26[I  ]| perception of such quality as Claire's."
003:052,27[H  ]| "Ah, her name is Claire? I give it up$5$."
003:052,28[B  ]| "Does your friend wish to$9$ marry?" 
003:052,28['  ]| Newman
003:052,29['  ]| asked.
003:052,30[I  ]| "Not in$4$ the least. It is for$4$ you to$9$ make her change
003:052,31[I  ]| her mind. It will$1$ not be easy; she has had one husband
003:052,32[I  ]| and he gave her a low opinion of the species."
003:053,01[B  ]| "Oh, she is a widow then?"
003:053,02[I  ]| "Are you already afraid? She was married at
003:053,03[I  ]| eighteen, by$4$ her parents, in$4$ the French fashion, to$4$
003:053,04[I  ]| a man with advantages of fortune, but objectionable,
003:053,05[I  ]| detestable, on$4$ other grounds, and many years too old.
003:053,06[I  ]| He had, however, the discretion to$9$ die a couple of
003:053,07[I  ]| years afterwards, and she is now twenty-eight."
003:053,08[B  ]| "So$3$ she is French?"
003:053,09[I  ]| "French by$4$ her father, English by$4$ her mother.
003:053,10[I  ]| She is really more English than French, and she
003:053,11[I  ]| speaks English as well as you or I ~~ or rather much
003:053,12[I  ]| better. She belongs, as they say here, to$4$ the very top
003:053,13[I  ]| of the basket. Her family, on$4$ each side, is of fabulous
003:053,14[I  ]| antiquity; her mother is the daughter of an English
003:053,15[I  ]| Catholic peer. Her father is dead, and since her
003:053,16[I  ]| widowhood she has lived with her mother and a 
003:053,17[I  ]| married brother. There is another brother, younger,
003:053,18[I  ]| who$6#1$ I believe is rather amusing but quite impossible.
003:053,19[I  ]| They have an old ho^tel in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite=,
003:053,20[I  ]| but their fortune is small and they make, for$4$ economy's
003:053,21[I  ]| sake, a common household. When I was a  
003:053,22[I  ]| girl of less than fifteen I was put into a convent here
003:053,23[I  ]| for$4$ my education while my father made the tour of
003:053,24[I  ]| Europe. It was a fatuous thing to$9$ do with me, but it
003:053,25[I  ]| had the advantage that$3$ it made me acquainted with
003:053,26[I  ]| Claire*de*Bellegarde. She was younger than I, yet
003:053,27[I  ]| we became fast friends. I took a tremendous fancy
003:053,28[I  ]| to$4$ her, and she returned my adoration so$5#1$ far as she
003:053,29[I  ]| could. They kept such a tight rein on$4$ her that$3$ she
003:053,30[I  ]| could do very little, and when I left the convent she
003:053,31[I  ]| had to$9$ give me up$5$. I was not of her \9monde\; I am not
003:053,32[I  ]| now either, but we sometimes meet. They are terrible
003:054,01[I  ]| people ~~ her \monde\; all mounted upon$4$ stilts a mile
003:054,02[I  ]| high and with pedigrees long in$4$ proportion. It is the
003:054,03[I  ]| skim of the milk of the old 9noblesse. Did you ever
003:054,04[I  ]| hear of such a prehistoric monster as a Legitimist or
003:054,05[I  ]| an Ultramontane? Go into Madame*de*Cintre='s
003:054,06[I  ]| drawing-room some afternoon at five o'clock and
003:054,07[I  ]| you will$1$ see the best-preserved specimens. I say go,
003:054,08[I  ]| but no*one is admitted ~~ to$4$ intimacy ~~ who$6#1$ can not
003:054,09[I  ]| show good cause in$4$ the form of a family tree."
003:054,10[B  ]| "And this is the lady you propose to$4$ me to$9$ marry?"
003:054,11['  ]| asked Newman. 
003:054,11[B  ]| "A lady I can not even approach?"
003:054,12[I  ]| "But you said just now that$3$ you recognised no$2$
003:054,13[I  ]| reasons against you."
003:054,14['  ]| Newman looked at Mrs%*Tristram a while, stroking
003:054,15['  ]| his moustache. 
003:054,15[B  ]| "Is she a very great beauty?" 
003:054,15['  ]| he
003:054,16['  ]| demanded.
003:054,17['  ]| She hung fire a little. 
003:054,17[I  ]| "No$7$."
003:054,18[B  ]| "Oh then it is no$2$ use ~!"
003:054,19[I  ]| "She is not a very great beauty, but she is very,
003:054,20[I  ]| very beautiful; two quite different things. A beauty
003:054,21[I  ]| has no$2$ faults in$4$ her face; the face of a beautiful
003:054,22[I  ]| woman may have faults that$6#1$ only deepen its charm."
003:054,23[H  ]| "I remember Madame*de*Cintre= now," 
003:054,23['  ]| said Tristram.
003:054,24[H  ]| "She is as plain as a copy in$4$ a copy-book ~
003:054,25[H  ]| all round o's and uprights a little slanting. She just
003:054,26[H  ]| slants toward \us\. A man of your large appetite
003:054,27[H  ]| would swallow her down without tasting her."
003:054,28[I  ]| "In$4$ telling how little use \he\ has for$4$ her my husband
003:054,29[I  ]| sufficiently describes her," 
003:054,29['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram pursued.
003:054,30[B  ]| "Is she good, is she clever?" 
003:054,30['  ]| Newman asked.
003:054,31[I  ]| "She is perfect! I will$1$ not say more than that$6#2$. When
003:054,32[I  ]| you are praising a person to$4$ another who$6#1$ is to$9$ know
003:055,01[I  ]| her, it is bad policy to$9$ go into details. I will$1$ not exaggerate,
003:055,02[I  ]| I simply recommend her. Among all the
003:055,03[I  ]| women I have known she stands alone; she is of a 
003:055,04[I  ]| different clay."
003:055,05[B  ]| "I should like$1$ to$9$ see her," 
003:055,05['  ]| said Newman simply.
003:055,06[I  ]| "I will$1$ try to$9$ manage it. The only way will$1$ be to$9$
003:055,07[I  ]| invite her to$4$ dinner. I have never invited her before,
003:055,08[I  ]| and I am not sure she will$1$ be able to$9$ come. Her old
003:055,09[I  ]| feudal countess of a mother rules the family with an
003:055,10[I  ]| iron hand and allows her to$9$ have no$2$ friends but of her
003:055,11[I  ]| own choosing and to$9$ visit only in$4$ a certain sacred
003:055,12[I  ]| circle. But I can at least invite her."
003:055,13['  ]| At this moment Mrs%*Tristram was interrupted; a 
003:055,14['  ]| servant stepped out upon$4$ the balcony and announced
003:055,15['  ]| that$3$ 
003:055,15@w   | there were visitors in$4$ the drawing-room. 
003:055,15['  ]| When
003:055,16['  ]| she had gone in$5$ to$9$ receive her friends Tom*Tristram
003:055,17['  ]| approached his guest.
003:055,18[H  ]| "Do not put your foot into \this\, my boy," 
003:055,18['  ]| he said
003:055,19['  ]| puffing the last whiffs of his cigar. 
003:055,19[H  ]| "There is nothing
003:055,20[H  ]| in$4$ it!"
003:055,21['  ]| Newman eyed him with oblique penetration. 
003:055,21[B  ]| "You
003:055,22[B  ]| tell another story, eh?"
003:055,23[H  ]| "I say simply that$3$ Madame*de*Cintre='s a great
003:055,24[H  ]| white doll of a woman and that$3$ she cultivates quiet
003:055,25[H  ]| haughtiness."
003:055,26[B  ]| "Ah, she is \really\ haughty, eh?"
003:055,27[H  ]| "She looks at you as if you were so$5#1$ much thin air,
003:055,28[H  ]| and blows you away as easily."
003:055,29[B  ]| "She is \really\ proud, eh?" 
003:055,29['  ]| Newman pursued with
003:055,30['  ]| interest.
003:055,31[H  ]| "Proud? As proud as they make 'em over here."
003:055,32[B  ]| "And not good-looking?"
003:056,01['  ]| Tristram shrugged his shoulders.
003:056,01[H  ]| "She leaves me
003:056,02[H  ]| cold. She is as cold herself as a porcelain stove, and
003:056,03[H  ]| has about as much expression. But I must go in$5$ and
003:056,04[H  ]| amuse the company."
003:056,05['  ]| Some time elapsed before Newman followed his
003:056,06['  ]| friends into the drawing-room. When he at last joined
003:056,07['  ]| them there he remained but a short time, and during
003:056,08['  ]| this period sat perfectly silent, listening to$4$ a lady
003:056,09['  ]| to$4$ whom Mrs%*Tristram had straightway introduced
003:056,10['  ]| him and who$6#1$ treated him, without drawing breath,
003:056,11['  ]| to$4$ the full force of an extraordinarily high-pitched
003:056,12['  ]| voice. He could but gaze and attend. Presently he
003:056,13['  ]| came to$9$ bid his hostess good-night. 
003:056,13[B  ]| "Who$6#2$ is that$6#2$
003:056,14[B  ]| lady?"
003:056,15[I  ]| "Miss*Dora*Finch. How do you like$1$ her?"
003:056,16[B  ]| "Well, as I like$1$ the gong that$6#1$ sounds for$4$ dinner.
003:056,17[B  ]| She is good for$4$ a warning."
003:056,18[I  ]| "She is thought so$5#1$ sweet! Certainly you have
003:056,19[I  ]| ideas," 
003:056,19['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
003:056,20['  ]| He hung about, but at last, 
003:056,20[B  ]| "Do not forget about
003:056,21[B  ]| your friend," 
003:056,21['  ]| he said, 
003:056,21[B  ]| "the lady of the proud people.
003:056,22[B  ]| Do make her come, and give me good notice." 
003:056,22['  ]| And
003:056,23['  ]| with this he departed.
003:056,24['  ]| Some days later he came back; it was in$4$ the afternoon.
003:056,25['  ]| He found Mrs%*Tristram in$4$ her drawing-room
003:056,26['  ]| and entertaining a visitor, a woman young and pretty
003:056,27['  ]| and dressed in$4$ white. The two had risen and
003:056,28['  ]| the visitor was apparently taking leave. After Newman
003:056,29['  ]| had approached he received from Mrs%*Tristram,
003:056,30['  ]| who$6#1$ had turned to$4$ her companion, a glance of the
003:056,31['  ]| most vivid significance, which$6#1$ he was yet not immediately
003:056,32['  ]| able to$9$ interpret. 
003:056,32[I  ]| "This is a good friend of
003:057,01[I  ]| ours, Mr%*Christopher*Newman. I have spoken of you
003:057,02[I  ]| to$4$ him, and he has an extreme desire to$9$ make your
003:057,03[I  ]| acquaintance. If you had consented to$9$ come and dine
003:057,04[I  ]| I should have offered him an opportunity."
003:057,05['  ]| The stranger presented her face with a still brightness
003:057,06['  ]| of kindness. He was not embarrassed, for$3$ his
003:057,07['  ]| unconscious equanimity was boundless; but as he
003:057,08['  ]| became aware that$3$ this was the proud and beautiful
003:057,09['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=, the finest creature in$4$ the world,
003:057,10['  ]| the promised perfection, the proposed ideal, he made
003:057,11['  ]| an instinctive movement to$9$ gather his wits together.
003:057,12['  ]| Through the slight preoccupation it produced he had
003:057,13['  ]| a sense of a longish fair face and of the look of a pair 
003:057,14['  ]| of eyes that$6#1$ were both intense and mild.
003:057,15[A  ]| "I should have been most happy," 
003:057,15['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=. 
003:057,16[A  ]| "Unfortunately, as I have been telling
003:057,17[A  ]| Mrs%*Tristram, I go next week to$4$ the country."
003:057,18['  ]| Newman had made a solemn bow. 
003:057,18[B  ]| "I am very very
003:057,19[B  ]| sorry."
003:057,20[A  ]| "Paris is really getting too hot," 
003:057,20['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
003:057,21['  ]| added, taking her friend's hand again in$4$ farewell.
003:057,22['  ]|
003:057,23['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram seemed to$9$ have formed a sudden
003:057,24['  ]| and somewhat venturesome resolution, and she
003:057,25['  ]| smiled more gaily, as women do when they become
003:057,26['  ]| more earnest. 
003:057,26[I  ]| "I want Mr%*Newman to$9$ know you,"
003:057,27['  ]| she said, dropping her head on$4$ one side and looking
003:057,28['  ]| at Madame*de*Cintre='s bonnet-ribbons.
003:057,29['  ]| Christopher*Newman stood gravely silent, and
003:057,30['  ]| his native penetration admonished him. 
003:057,30@b   | Mrs%*Tristram
003:057,31@b   | was determined to$9$ force her friend to$9$ address
003:057,32@b   | him a word of encouragement which$6#1$ should be more
003:058,01@b   | than one of the common formulas of politeness; and
003:058,02@b   | if she was prompted by$4$ charity it was by$4$ the charity
003:058,03@b   | that$6#1$ begins at home. Madame*de*Cintre= was her
003:058,04@b   | dearest Claire and her especial admiration; but
003:058,05@b   | Madame*de*Cintre= had found it impossible to$9$ dine
003:058,06@b   | with her and Madame*de*Cintre= should for$4$ once be
003:058,07@b   | forced gently to$9$ render tribute to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram.
003:058,08[A  ]| "It would give me great pleasure," 
003:058,08['  ]| she said, looking
003:058,09['  ]| at Mrs%*Tristram.
003:058,10[I  ]| "That$6#2$ is a great deal," 
003:058,10['  ]| cried the latter, 
003:058,10[I  ]| "for$4$
003:058,11[I  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= to$9$ say!"
003:058,12[B  ]| "I am very much obliged to$4$ you," 
003:058,12['  ]| said Newman.
003:058,13[B  ]| "Mrs%*Tristram can speak better for$4$ me than I can
003:058,14[B  ]| speak for$4$ myself."
003:058,15['  ]| Madame *de*Cintre= turned on$4$ him again her soft
003:058,16['  ]| lustre. 
003:058,16[A  ]| "Are you for$4$ long in$4$ Paris?"
003:058,17[I  ]| "We shall keep him," 
003:058,17['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
003:058,18[A  ]| "But you are keeping \me\!" 
003:058,18['  ]| And Madame*de*Cintre= 
003:058,19['  ]| disengaged her hand.
003:058,20[I  ]| "A moment longer," 
003:058,20['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
003:058,21['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= looked at Newman again; this
003:058,22['  ]| time without her smile. Her eyes lingered a little.
003:058,23[A  ]| "Will$1$ you come and see me?"
003:058,24['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram kissed her at this; Newman acknowledged
003:058,25['  ]| it more formally, and she took her departure.
003:058,26['  ]| Her hostess went with her to$4$ the door,
003:058,27['  ]| leaving Newman briefly alone. Presently she returned,
003:058,28['  ]| clasping her hands together and shaking
003:058,29['  ]| them at him. 
003:058,29[I  ]| "It was a fortunate chance. She had
003:058,30[I  ]| come to$9$ decline my invitation. You triumphed on$4$
003:058,31[I  ]| the spot, making her ask you, at the end of three
003:058,32[I  ]| minutes, to$4$ her house."
003:059,01[B  ]| "It was you who$6#1$ triumphed," 
003:059,01['  ]| said Newman.
003:059,02[B  ]| "You must not see too much in$4$ her."
003:059,03['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram stared. 
003:059,03[I  ]| "What do you mean?"
003:059,04[B  ]| "She did not strike me as so$5#1$ very proud. I should
003:059,05[B  ]| call her quite timid."
003:059,06[I  ]| "I should call \you\ quite deep! And what do you
003:059,07[I  ]| think of her face?"
003:059,08[B  ]| "Well, I guess I like$1$ her face," 
003:059,08['  ]| said Newman.
003:059,09[I  ]| "I should think you might! May I guess, on$4$ my
003:059,10[I  ]| side, that$3$ you will$1$ go and see her?"
003:059,11[B  ]| "To-morrow!" 
003:059,11['  ]| cried Newman.
003:059,12[I  ]| "No$7$, not to-morrow; next day. That$6#2$ will$1$ be Sunday;
003:059,13[I  ]| she leaves Paris on$4$ Monday. If you do not see
003:059,14[I  ]| her it will$1$ at least be a beginning." 
003:059,14['  ]| And she gave
003:059,15['  ]| him Madame*de*Cintre='s address.
003:059,16['  ]| He walked across the Seine late in$4$ the summer
003:059,17['  ]| afternoon and made his way through those grey and
003:059,18['  ]| silent streets of the Faubourg*Saint*Germain whose
003:059,19['  ]| houses present to$4$ the outer world a face as impassive
003:059,20['  ]| and as suggestive of the concentration of privacy
003:059,21['  ]| within as the blank walls of Eastern seraglios. Newman
003:059,22['  ]| thought it 
003:059,22@b   | a perverse, verily a "mean" way for$4$
003:059,23@b   | rich people to$9$ live; 
003:059,23['  ]| his ideal of grandeur was a splendid
003:059,24['  ]| facade, diffusing its brilliancy outward too,
003:059,25['  ]| irradiating hospitality. The house to$4$ which$6#1$ he had
003:059,26['  ]| been directed had a dark, dusty, painted portal,
003:059,27['  ]| which$6#1$ swung open in$4$ answer to$4$ his ring. It admitted
003:059,28['  ]| him into a wide, gravelled court, surrounded on$4$
003:059,29['  ]| three sides with closed windows; here was a doorway
003:059,30['  ]| facing the street, approached by$4$ three steps and
003:059,31['  ]| surmounted by$4$ a tent-like canopy. The place was
003:059,32['  ]| all in$4$ the shade; it answered to$4$ Newman's conception
003:060,01['  ]| of a convent. The portress could not say 
003:060,01@v   | if Madame*de*Cintre=
003:060,02@v   | were visible; he would please to$9$ apply at
003:060,03@v   | the further door. 
003:060,03['  ]| He crossed the court; a gentleman
003:060,04['  ]| was sitting, bareheaded, on$4$ the steps of the
003:060,05['  ]| portico, in$4$ play with a beautiful pointer. He rose
003:060,06['  ]| as Newman approached, and, as he laid his hand on$4$
003:060,07['  ]| the bell, said, almost sociably, in$4$ English, that$3$ 
003:060,07@e   | he
003:060,08@e   | was ashamed a visitor should be kept waiting: the
003:060,09@e   | servants were scattered; he himself had been ringing;
003:060,10@e   | he did not know what the deuce was in$4$ them. 
003:060,10['  ]| This
003:060,11['  ]| gentleman was young; his English was excellent, his
003:060,12['  ]| expression easy. Newman pronounced the name of
003:060,13['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=.
003:060,14[E  ]| "I dare say," 
003:060,14['  ]| said the young man, 
003:060,14[E  ]| "that$3$ my sister
003:060,15[E  ]| will$1$ be visible. Come in$5$, and if you will$1$ give me your
003:060,16[E  ]| card I will$1$ carry it to$4$ her myself."
003:060,17['  ]| Newman had been accompanied on$4$ his present
003:060,18['  ]| errand by$4$ a sentiment I will$1$ not say of defiance ~
003:060,19['  ]| a readiness for$4$ aggression or for$4$ defence, as either
003:060,20['  ]| might prove needful ~~ but rather of meditative,
003:060,21['  ]| though quite undaunted and good-humoured suspicion. 
003:060,22['  ]| He took from his pocket, while he stood on$4$
003:060,23['  ]| the portico, a card upon$4$ which$6#1$, under his name, he
003:060,24['  ]| had written the words "San*Francisco," and while
003:060,25['  ]| he presented it he looked warily at his interlocutor.
003:060,26['  ]| His glance found quick reassurance; he liked the
003:060,27['  ]| young man's face; 
003:060,27@b   | it strongly resembled that$6#2$ of
003:060,28@b   | Madame*de*Cintre=, whose brother he would clearly 
003:060,29@b   | be. 
003:060,29['  ]| The young man, on$4$ his side, had made a rapid
003:060,30['  ]| inspection of Newman's person. He had taken the
003:060,31['  ]| card and was about to$9$ enter the house with it when
003:060,32['  ]| another figure appeared on$4$ the threshold ~~ an older
003:061,01['  ]| man, of a fine presence, habited in$4$ evening-dress.
003:061,02['  ]| He looked hard at Newman and Newman met his
003:061,03['  ]| examination. 
003:061,03[E  ]| "Madame*de*Cintre=," 
003:061,03['  ]| the younger
003:061,04['  ]| man repeated as an introduction of the visitor. The
003:061,05['  ]| other took the card from his hand, read it in$4$ a sustained
003:061,06['  ]| stare, looked again at Newman from head to$4$
003:061,07['  ]| foot, hesitated a moment and then said, gravely but
003:061,08['  ]| urbanely: 
003:061,08[D  ]| "Madame*de*Cintre= is not at home."
003:061,09['  ]| The younger man made a gesture and turned to$4$
003:061,10['  ]| Newman. 
003:061,10[E  ]| "I am very sorry, sir."
003:061,11['  ]| Newman gave a friendly nod, to$9$ show that$3$ he bore
003:061,12['  ]| him no$2$ malice, and retraced his steps. At the porter's
003:061,13['  ]| lodge he stopped; the two men were still standing
003:061,14['  ]| on$4$ the portico. 
003:061,14[B  ]| "Who$6#2$ may the gentleman with the
003:061,15[B  ]| dog be?" 
003:061,15['  ]| he asked of the old woman who$6#1$ reappeared.
003:061,16['  ]| He had begun to$9$ learn French.
003:061,17[V  ]| "That$6#2$ is Monsieur*le*Comte."
003:061,18[B  ]| "And the other?"
003:061,19[V  ]| "That$6#2$ is Monsieur*le*Marquis."
003:061,20[B  ]| "A marquis?" 
003:061,20['  ]| said Christopher in$4$ English, which$6#1$
003:061,21['  ]| the old woman fortunately did not understand.
003:061,22[B  ]| "Oh then he is not the major-domo!"
004:062,01['  ]| Early one morning, before he was dressed, a little
004:062,02['  ]| old man was ushered into his apartment, followed
004:062,03['  ]| by$4$ a youth in$4$ a blouse who$6#1$ carried a picture in$4$ a 
004:062,04['  ]| shining frame. Newman, among the distractions of
004:062,05['  ]| Paris, had forgotten M%*Nioche and his accomplished
004:062,06['  ]| daughter; but this was an effective reminder.
004:062,07[F  ]| "I was afraid you had given me up$5$, sir," 
004:062,07['  ]| M%*Nioche
004:062,08['  ]| confessed after many apologies and salutations.
004:062,09[F  ]| "We have made you wait so$5#1$ many days. You
004:062,10[F  ]| accused us perhaps of a want of respectability, of
004:062,11[F  ]| bad faith, what do I know? But behold me at last!
004:062,12[F  ]| And behold also the pretty ""Madonna."" Place it on$4$
004:062,13[F  ]| a chair, my friend, in$4$ a good light, so$3$ that$3$ monsieur
004:062,14[F  ]| may admire it." 
004:062,14['  ]| And M%*Nioche, addressing his
004:062,15['  ]| companion, helped him to$9$ dispose the work of art.
004:062,16['  ]| It had been endued with a layer of varnish an inch
004:062,17['  ]| thick, and its frame, of an elaborate pattern, was at 
004:062,18['  ]| least a foot wide. It glittered and twinkled in$4$ the
004:062,19['  ]| morning light and looked to$4$ Newman's eyes wonderfully
004:062,20['  ]| splendid and precious. He thought of it as
004:062,21['  ]| a very happy purchase and felt rich in$4$ his acquisition.
004:062,22['  ]| He stood taking it in$5$ complacently while he proceeded
004:062,23['  ]| with his dressing, and M%*Nioche, who$6#1$ had
004:062,24['  ]| dismissed his own attendant, hovered near, smiling
004:062,25['  ]| and rubbing his hands.
004:062,26[F  ]| "It has wonderful \finesse\," 
004:062,26['  ]| he critically pronounced.
004:062,27[F  ]| "And here and there are marvellous
004:063,01[F  ]| touches; you probably perceive them, sir. It attracted
004:063,02[F  ]| great attention on$4$ the Boulevard as we came along.
004:063,03[F  ]| And then a gradation of tones! That$6#2$ is what it is
004:063,04[F  ]| really to$9$ know how to$9$ paint. I do not say it because
004:063,05[F  ]| I am her father, sir; but as one man of taste addressing
004:063,06[F  ]| another I can not help observing that$3$ you have acquired
004:063,07[F  ]| an object of price. It is hard to$9$ produce such
004:063,08[F  ]| things and to$9$ have to$9$ part with them. If our means
004:063,09[F  ]| only allowed us the luxury of keeping it! I in$4$ fact
004:063,10[F  ]| may say, sir" 
004:063,10['  ]| ~~ and M%*Nioche showed a feebly
004:063,11['  ]| insinuating gaiety ~~ 
004:063,11[F  ]| "I really may say that$3$ I envy
004:063,12[F  ]| you your privilege. You see," 
004:063,12['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment,
004:063,13[F  ]| "we have taken the liberty of offering you a frame.
004:063,14[F  ]| It increases by$4$ a trifle the value of the work and it
004:063,15[F  ]| will$1$ save you the annoyance ~~ so$5#1$ great for$4$ a person
004:063,16[F  ]| of your delicacy ~~ of going about to$9$ bargain at the
004:063,17[F  ]| shops."
004:063,18['  ]| The language spoken by$4$ M%*Nioche was a singular
004:063,19['  ]| compound, which$6#1$ may not here be reproduced in$4$ its
004:063,20['  ]| integrity. He had apparently once possessed a certain 
004:063,21['  ]| knowledge of English, and his accent was oddly
004:063,22['  ]| tinged with old cockneyisms and vulgarisms, things
004:063,23['  ]| quaint and familiar. But his learning had grown
004:063,24['  ]| rusty with disuse and his vocabulary was defective
004:063,25['  ]| and capricious. He had repaired it with large patches
004:063,26['  ]| of French, with words anglicised by$4$ a process of his
004:063,27['  ]| own, with native idioms literally translated. The
004:063,28['  ]| result, in$4$ the form in$4$ which$6#1$ he in$4$ all humility presented
004:063,29['  ]| it, would be scarcely comprehensible to$4$ the
004:063,30['  ]| reader, so$3$ that$3$ I have ventured to$9$ attempt for$4$ it some
004:063,31['  ]| approximate notation. Newman only half followed,
004:063,32['  ]| but he was always amused, and the old man's decent
004:064,01['  ]| forlornness appealed to$4$ his democratic instincts.
004:064,02['  ]| The assumption of any inevitability in$4$ the depressed
004:064,03['  ]| state always irritated his strong good-nature ~~ it was
004:064,04['  ]| almost the only thing that$6#1$ did so$5#2$; and he felt the
004:064,05['  ]| impulse to$9$ pass over it the dipped sponge of his own
004:064,06['  ]| prosperity. Mademoiselle*Noe=mie's parent, however,
004:064,07['  ]| had apparently on$4$ this occasion been vigorously indoctrinated
004:064,08['  ]| and showed a certain tremulous eagerness
004:064,09['  ]| to$9$ cultivate unexpected opportunities.
004:064,10[B  ]| "How much do I owe you then with the frame?"
004:064,11['  ]| Newman asked.
004:064,12[F  ]| "It will$1$ make in$4$ all three thousand francs," 
004:064,12['  ]| said
004:064,13['  ]| the old man, smiling agreeably but folding his hands
004:064,14['  ]| in$4$ instinctive suppliance.
004:064,15[B  ]| "Can you give me a receipt?"
004:064,16[F  ]| "I have brought one," 
004:064,16['  ]| said M%*Nioche. 
004:064,16[F  ]| "I took the
004:064,17[F  ]| liberty of drawing it up$5$ in$4$ case monsieur should happen
004:064,18[F  ]| to$9$ desire to$9$ discharge his debt." 
004:064,18['  ]| And he drew
004:064,19['  ]| a paper from his pocket-book and presented it to$4$ his
004:064,20['  ]| patron. The document, Newman judged, had the
004:064,21['  ]| graces alike of penmanship and of style. He laid
004:064,22['  ]| down the money, and M%*Nioche dropped the napoleons
004:064,23['  ]| one by$4$ one, solemnly and lovingly, into
004:064,24['  ]| an old leathern purse.
004:064,25[B  ]| "And how is your young lady?" 
004:064,25['  ]| he proceeded.
004:064,26[B  ]| "She made a great impression on$4$ me."
004:064,27[F  ]| "An impression? monsieur is very good. Monsieur
004:064,28[F  ]| finds her ~?" 
004:064,28['  ]| the old man quavered.
004:064,29[B  ]| "I find her remarkably pretty."
004:064,30[F  ]| "Alas, yes, she is very very pretty!"
004:064,31[B  ]| "And what is the harm in$4$ her being so$5#2$?"
004:064,32['  ]| M%*Nioche fixed his eyes upon$4$ a spot in$4$ the carpet
004:065,01['  ]| and shook his head. Then raising them to$4$ a more
004:065,02['  ]| intimate intelligence: 
004:065,02[F  ]| "Monsieur knows what Paris
004:065,03[F  ]| is. Dangerous to$4$ beauty when beauty has not the
004:065,04[F  ]| sou."
004:065,05[B  ]| "Ah, but that$6#2$ is not the case with your daughter.
004:065,06[B  ]| Is not she rich now?"
004:065,07[F  ]| "We are rich ~~ yes, for$4$ six months. But if my
004:065,08[F  ]| daughter were less attractive I should sleep none the
004:065,09[F  ]| worse."
004:065,10[B  ]| "You are afraid of the young men?"
004:065,11[F  ]| "The young and the old!"
004:065,12[B  ]| "She ought to$9$ get a husband."
004:065,13[F  ]| "Ah, monsieur, one does not get a husband for$4$
004:065,14[F  ]| nothing. Her husband must take her as she is; I
004:065,15[F  ]| can not give her a \9liard\. But the young men do not see
004:065,16[F  ]| with that$6#2$ eye."
004:065,17[B  ]| "Oh," 
004:065,17['  ]| said Newman, 
004:065,17[B  ]| "her talent is in$4$ itself a good
004:065,18[B  ]| outfit."
004:065,19[F  ]| "\Heuh, for$4$ that$6#2$ it needs first to$9$ be converted into
004:065,20[F  ]| specie!" 
004:065,20['  ]| ~~ and M%*Nioche slapped his purse tenderly
004:065,21['  ]| before he stowed it away. 
004:065,21[F  ]| "The miracle does not
004:065,22[F  ]| take place every day."
004:065,23[B  ]| "Well, your young men have very little grit; that$6#2$ is
004:065,24[B  ]| all I can say. They ought to$9$ pay for$4$ your daughter,"
004:065,25['  ]| Newman said, 
004:065,25[B  ]| "and not ask money themselves."
004:065,26[F  ]| "Those are very noble ideas, monsieur; but what
004:065,27[F  ]| will$1$ you have? They are not the ideas of this country.
004:065,28[F  ]| We want to$9$ know where we are when we marry."
004:065,29[B  ]| "Well, how much will$1$ it take to$9$ show where your
004:065,30[B  ]| daughter is?" 
004:065,30['  ]| M%*Nioche stared as if he wondered
004:065,31['  ]| what might be coming next? But he promptly recovered
004:065,32['  ]| himself, at a venture, and replied that$3$ 
004:065,32@f   | he
004:066,01@f   | knew a very nice young man, employed by$4$ an insurance
004:066,02@f   | company, who$6#1$ would content himself with
004:066,03@f   | fifteen thousand francs. 
004:066,03[B  ]| "Let your daughter paint
004:066,04[B  ]| half a dozen pictures for$4$ me," 
004:066,04['  ]| his benefactor then
004:066,05['  ]| resumed, 
004:066,05[B  ]| "and you can offer him his figure."
004:066,06[F  ]| "Half a dozen pictures ~~ his figure? Monsieur
004:066,07[F  ]| is not speaking inconsiderately?"
004:066,08[B  ]| "If she will$1$ make me six or eight copies in$4$ the Louvre
004:066,09[B  ]| as pretty as that$6#2$ ""Madonna,"" I will$1$ pay her the same
004:066,10[B  ]| price," 
004:066,10['  ]| said Newman.
004:066,11['  ]| Poor M%*Nioche was speechless a moment, with
004:066,12['  ]| amazement and gratitude; after which$6#1$ he seized
004:066,13['  ]| Newman's hand and pressed it between his own ten
004:066,14['  ]| fingers, gazing at him with watery eyes. 
004:066,14[F  ]| "As pretty
004:066,15[F  ]| as that$6#2$? They shall be a thousand times prettier ~
004:066,16[F  ]| they shall be perfect little loves. Ah, if I only knew
004:066,17[F  ]| how to$9$ paint myself, sir, so$3$ that$3$ I might lend a hand!
004:066,18[F  ]| What can I do to$9$ thank you? \9Voyons\!" 
004:066,18['  ]| ~~ and he
004:066,19['  ]| pressed his forehead while he tried to$9$ think of something.
004:066,20['  ]|
004:066,21[B  ]| "Oh, you have thanked me enough," 
004:066,21['  ]| said Newman.
004:066,22[F  ]| "Ah, here it is, sir!" 
004:066,22['  ]| cried M%*Nioche. 
004:066,22[F  ]| "To$9$ express 
004:066,23[F  ]| my gratitude I will$1$ charge you nothing for$4$ our 
004:066,24[F  ]| lessons!"
004:066,25[B  ]| "Our lessons? I had quite forgotten them. Listening
004:066,26[B  ]| to$4$ your English," 
004:066,26['  ]| Newman laughed, 
004:066,26[B  ]| "is
004:066,27[B  ]| really quite a lesson in$4$ French."
004:066,28[F  ]| "Ah, I do not profess to$9$ teach English, certainly,"
004:066,29['  ]| said M%*Nioche. 
004:066,29[F  ]| "But for$4$ my own admirable tongue
004:066,30[F  ]| I am still at your service."
004:066,31[B  ]| "Since you are here then we will$1$ begin. This is a 
004:066,32[B  ]| very good hour, I am going to$9$ have my coffee. Come
004:067,01[B  ]| every morning at half-past nine and have yours with
004:067,02[B  ]| me."
004:067,03[F  ]| "Monsieur offers me my coffee also?" 
004:067,03['  ]| cried M%*Nioche.
004:067,04[F  ]| "Truly my \9beaux 9jours\ are coming back."
004:067,05[B  ]| "\9Allons, 9enfants 9de 9la 9patrie\," 
004:067,05['  ]| said Newman; 
004:067,05[B  ]| "let us
004:067,06[B  ]| begin! The coffee is ripping hot. How do you say
004:067,07[B  ]| that$6#2$ in$4$ French?"
004:067,08['  ]| Every day then, for$4$ the following three weeks, the
004:067,09['  ]| minutely respectable figure of M%*Nioche made its
004:067,10['  ]| appearance, with a series of little enquiring and
004:067,11['  ]| apologetic obeisances, among the aromatic fumes
004:067,12['  ]| of Newman's morning beverage. I know not what
004:067,13['  ]| progress he made; but, as he himself said, 
004:067,13@b   | if he
004:067,14@b   | did not learn a great deal, at least he did not learn
004:067,15@b   | much harm. 
004:067,15['  ]| And it amused him; it gratified that$6#2$
004:067,16['  ]| irregularly sociable side of his nature which$6#1$ had always
004:067,17['  ]| expressed itself in$4$ a relish for$4$ ungrammatical
004:067,18['  ]| conversation and which$6#1$ often even in$4$ his busy and
004:067,19['  ]| preoccupied days, had made him sit on$4$ rail fences
004:067,20['  ]| in$4$ the twilight of young Western towns and gossip
004:067,21['  ]| scarce less than fraternally with humorous loafers
004:067,22['  ]| and obscure fortune-seekers. He had notions, wherever
004:067,23['  ]| he went, about talking with the natives; he
004:067,24['  ]| had been assured, and his judgement approved the
004:067,25['  ]| advice, that$3$ 
004:067,25@x   | in$4$ travelling abroad it was an excellent
004:067,26@x   | thing to$9$ look into the life of the country. 
004:067,26['  ]| M%*Nioche
004:067,27['  ]| was very much of a native, and though his life might
004:067,28['  ]| not be particularly worth looking into he was a  
004:067,29['  ]| palpable and smoothly-rounded unit in$4$ that$6#2$ "stiff"
004:067,30['  ]| sum of civilisation and sophistication which$6#1$ offered
004:067,31['  ]| our hero so$5#1$ much easy entertainment and proposed so$5#1$
004:067,32['  ]| many curious problems to$4$ his idle but active mind.
004:068,01['  ]| Newman had a theory that$3$ his intelligence was
004:068,02['  ]| lying down, but at least it could not sleep. He was
004:068,03['  ]| fond of statistics; he liked to$9$ know how things were
004:068,04['  ]| done; it gratified him to$9$ learn what taxes were paid,
004:068,05['  ]| what profits were gathered, what commercial habits
004:068,06['  ]| prevailed, how the battle of life was fought. M%*Nioche,
004:068,07['  ]| as a reduced capitalist, was familiar with
004:068,08['  ]| these considerations, and he formulated his information,
004:068,09['  ]| which$6#1$ he was proud to$9$ be able to$9$ impart,
004:068,10['  ]| in$4$ the nearest possible terms and with a pinch of
004:068,11['  ]| snuff between finger and thumb. As a Frenchman
004:068,12['  ]| ~~ quite apart from Newman's napoleons ~~ M%*Nioche
004:068,13['  ]| loved conversation, and even in$4$ his decay
004:068,14['  ]| his urbanity had not declined. As a Frenchman too
004:068,15['  ]| he could give a clear account of things, and ~~ still
004:068,16['  ]| as a Frenchman ~~ when his knowledge was at fualt he
004:068,17['  ]| could supply its lapses with the most convenient and
004:068,18['  ]| ingenious hypotheses. The small shrunken bourgeois
004:068,19['  ]| rejoiced, ever, to$9$ have questions asked him, and he
004:068,20['  ]| scraped together information by$4$ frugal processes, he
004:068,21['  ]| took in$4$ his little greasy pocket-book notes of matters
004:068,22['  ]| that$6#1$ might interest his munificent friend. He read old
004:068,23['  ]| almanacks at the book-stalls on$4$ the quays and began
004:068,24['  ]| to$9$ frequent another cafe=, where more newspapers
004:068,25['  ]| were taken and his post-prandial \demi-tasse\
004:068,26['  ]| cost him a penny extra, and where he used to$9$ con the
004:068,27['  ]| tattered sheets for$4$ curious anecdotes, freaks of nature
004:068,28['  ]| and strange coincidences. He would relate with
004:068,29['  ]| solemnity the next morning that$3$ 
004:068,29@f   | a child of five years
004:068,30@f   | of age had lately died at Bordeaux, whose brain had
004:068,31@f   | been found to$9$ weigh sixty ounces ~~ the brain of a 
004:068,32@f   | Napoleon or a Washington! or that$6#2$ Madame*X,
004:069,01@f   | \9charcutie`re\ in$4$ the Rue*de*Clichy, had found in$4$ the 
004:069,02@f   | wadding of an old petticoat the sum of three hundred
004:069,03@f   | and sixty francs, which$6#1$ she had lost five years before.
004:069,04['  ]| He pronounced his words with great pomp and circumstance, 
004:069,05['  ]| and Newman assured him that$3$ 
004:069,05@b   | his way
004:069,06@b   | of dealing with the French tongue was very superior
004:069,07@b   | to$4$ the bewildering chatter that$6#1$ he heard in$4$ other
004:069,08@b   | mouths. 
004:069,08['  ]| Upon$4$ this M%*Nioche's accent became
004:069,09['  ]| more flutelike than ever; he offered to$9$ read extracts
004:069,10['  ]| from Lamartine and protested that$3$, 
004:069,10@f   | although he did
004:069,11@f   | endeavour according to$4$ his feeble lights to$9$ cultivate
004:069,12@f   | authority of diction, monsieur, if he wanted the real 
004:069,13@f   | thing, should go to$4$ the Come=die.
004:069,14['  ]| Newman took an interest in$4$ the wondrous French
004:069,15['  ]| thrift and conceived a lively admiration for$4$ Parisian
004:069,16['  ]| economies. His own economic genius was so$5#1$ entirely
004:069,17['  ]| for$4$ operations on$4$ a larger scale, and, to$9$ move at his
004:069,18['  ]| ease, he needed so$5#1$ imperatively the sense of great
004:069,19['  ]| risks and great prizes, that$3$ he found diversion akin 
004:069,20['  ]| to$4$ the watching of ants in$4$ the spectacle of fortunes
004:069,21['  ]| made by$4$ the aggregation of copper coins and in$4$ the
004:069,22['  ]| minute subdivision of labour and profit. He questioned
004:069,23['  ]| M%*Nioche about his own manner of life and
004:069,24['  ]| felt a friendly mixture of compassion and respect
004:069,25['  ]| for$4$ the mystery of these humilities. The worthy
004:069,26['  ]| man told him how 
004:069,26@f   | he and his daughter had at one
004:069,27@f   | period supported existence comfortably on$4$ the sum
004:069,28@f   | of fifteen sous \7per*diem\; 
004:069,28['  ]| recently, having succeeded
004:069,29['  ]| in$4$ dragging ashore the last floating fragments of the
004:069,30['  ]| wreck of his fortune, his budget had been a trifle
004:069,31['  ]| more ample. But they still had to$9$ butter their bread
004:069,32['  ]| very thin, and M%*Nioche intimated with a sigh that$3$
004:070,01@f   | his young companion did not bring to$4$ this task the
004:070,02@f   | zealous co-operation that$6#1$ might have been desired.
004:070,03[F  ]| "But what will$1$ you have? One is in$4$ the flower of
004:070,04[F  ]| youth, one is pretty, one needs new dresses and fresh
004:070,05[F  ]| gloves; one can not wear shabby gowns among the
004:070,06[F  ]| splendours of the Louvre."
004:070,07[B  ]| "Yet she must earn what will$1$ pay for$4$ her clothes,"
004:070,08['  ]| Newman felt enlisted enough to$9$ suggest.
004:070,09['  ]| M%*Nioche looked at him with weak, uncertain
004:070,10['  ]| eyes. He would have liked to$9$ be able to$9$ say that$3$ his
004:070,11['  ]| daughter's talents were appreciated and that$3$ her
004:070,12['  ]| crooked little daubs commanded a market; but it
004:070,13['  ]| seemed a scandal to$9$ abuse the credulity of this free-handed
004:070,14['  ]| stranger, who$6#1$, without a suspicion or a 
004:070,15['  ]| question, had admitted him to$4$ equal social rights. He
004:070,16['  ]| compromised, he declared that$3$ 
004:070,16@f   | while it was obvious
004:070,17@f   | that$3$ Mademoiselle*Noe=mie's reproductions of the old
004:070,18@f   | masters had only to$9$ be seen to$9$ be coveted, the prices
004:070,19@f   | which$6#1$, in$4$ consideration of their altogether peculiar
004:070,20@f   | degree of finish, she felt obliged to$9$ ask for$4$ them, had
004:070,21@f   | kept purchasers at a respectful distance. 
004:070,21[F  ]| "Poor little
004:070,22[F  ]| cherished one!" 
004:070,22['  ]| said M%*Nioche with a sigh; 
004:070,22[F  ]| "it is
004:070,23[F  ]| almost a pity that$3$ her work is so$5#1$ perfect! It would be
004:070,24[F  ]| in$4$ her interest to$9$ be a bit of an imposter."
004:070,25[B  ]| "But if she has this spark of the flame," 
004:070,25['  ]| Newman
004:070,26['  ]| benevolently reasoned, 
004:070,26[B  ]| "why should you have those
004:070,27[B  ]| fears for$4$ her that$6#1$ you spoke of the other day?"
004:070,28['  ]| M%*Nioche meditated; there was an inconsistency
004:070,29['  ]| in$4$ his position; it made him particularly uncomfortable.
004:070,30['  ]| Though he had no$2$ desire to$9$ destroy the
004:070,31['  ]| goose with the golden eggs ~~ Newman's benevolent
004:070,32['  ]| confidence ~~ he felt a weary need to$9$ speak out
004:071,01['  ]| all his trouble. 
004:071,01[F  ]| "Ah, she has a spark of that$6#2$ flame,
004:071,02[F  ]| my dear sir, most assuredly. But, to$9$ tell you the truth,
004:071,03[F  ]| she has also more than a mere spark of another.
004:071,04[F  ]| She is a \9franche 9coquette\ if there ever was one. I am
004:071,05[F  ]| sorry to$9$ say," 
004:071,05['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment, shaking his
004:071,06['  ]| head with a world of accepted melancholy, 
004:071,06[F  ]| "it was
004:071,07[F  ]| to$9$ come to$4$ her as straight as a letter in$4$ the post. Her
004:071,08[F  ]| poor mother had that$6#2$ sad vice."
004:071,09[B  ]| "Why, you were not happy with your wife?" 
004:071,09['  ]| Newman
004:071,10['  ]| almost incredulously asked.
004:071,11['  ]| M%*Nioche gave half a dozen little backward jerks
004:071,12['  ]| of his head. 
004:071,12[F  ]| "She was my heavy cross, monsieur!"
004:071,13[B  ]| "She was not very good?"
004:071,14[F  ]| "She was good for$4$ some things and some people,
004:071,15[F  ]| but not for$4$ a poor man like$4$ me. She deceived me,
004:071,16[F  ]| under my nose, year after year. I was too stupid,
004:071,17[F  ]| and the temptation was too great. But I found her
004:071,18[F  ]| out at last. I have only been once in$4$ my life a man to$9$
004:071,19[F  ]| be afraid of; I know it very well: it was in$4$ that$6#2$
004:071,20[F  ]| hour! Nevertheless I do not like$1$ to$9$ think of it. I loved
004:071,21[F  ]| her ~~ I can not tell you why nor how much. Oh, she
004:071,22[F  ]| was ~~ if I must say so$5#1$ ~~ bad."
004:071,23[B  ]| "She is not living?"
004:071,24[F  ]| "She is gone to$4$ her account."
004:071,25[B  ]| "Her influence on$4$ your daughter then," 
004:071,25['  ]| said Newman
004:071,26['  ]| encouragingly, 
004:071,26[B  ]| "is not to$9$ be feared."
004:071,27[F  ]| "She cared no$2$ more for$4$ her daughter than for$4$ the
004:071,28[F  ]| wind in$4$ the chimney. But Noe=mie has no$2$ more use
004:071,29[F  ]| for$4$ bad examples than for$4$ good. She is sufficient
004:071,30[F  ]| to$4$ herself. She is stronger than I."
004:071,31[B  ]| "She does not mind what you say?"
004:071,32[F  ]| "There is not much to$9$ mind, sir ~~ I say so$5#1$ little.
004:072,01[F  ]| What is the use of my saying anything? It would
004:072,02[F  ]| only irritate her and drive her to$4$ some \9coup 9de 9te^te\.
004:072,03[F  ]| She is very clever, like$4$ her poor mother; she would
004:072,04[F  ]| waste no$2$ time about it. As a child ~~ when I was
004:072,05[F  ]| happy, or supposed I was ~~ she studied drawing and
004:072,06[F  ]| painting with first-class professors, and they assured
004:072,07[F  ]| me she had the gift. I was delighted to$9$ believe it, and
004:072,08[F  ]| when I went into society I used to$9$ carry her little
004:072,09[F  ]| water-colours with me in$4$ a portfolio and hand them
004:072,10[F  ]| round to$4$ the company. I remember how a lady once
004:072,11[F  ]| thought I was offering them for$4$ sale and that$3$ I took
004:072,12[F  ]| it very ill. We do not know what we may come to$4$!
004:072,13[F  ]| Then came my dark days and my final rupture
004:072,14[F  ]| with Madame*Nioche. Noe=mie had no$2$ more twenty-franc
004:072,15[F  ]| lessons; but in$4$ the course of time, when she
004:072,16[F  ]| grew older and it became highly expedient that$3$ she
004:072,17[F  ]| should do something that$6#1$ would help to$9$ keep us alive,
004:072,18[F  ]| she bethought herself of her palette and brushes.
004:072,19[F  ]| Some of our friends in$4$ the \9quartier\ pronounced the
004:072,20[F  ]| idea fantastic: they recommended her to$9$ try bonnet-making,
004:072,21[F  ]| to$9$ get a situation in$4$ a shop, or ~~ if she was
004:072,22[F  ]| more ambitious ~~ to$9$ advertise for$4$ a place of \9dame 9de 9compagnie\.
004:072,23[F  ]| She did advertise, and an old lady
004:072,24[F  ]| wrote her a letter and bade her come and see her.
004:072,25[F  ]| The old lady liked her and made her an offer of her
004:072,26[F  ]| living and six hundred francs a year; but Noe=mie
004:072,27[F  ]| discovered that$3$ she passed her life in$4$ her arm-chair
004:072,28[F  ]| and had only two visitors, her confessor and her
004:072,29[F  ]| nephew: the confessor very strict, and the nephew
004:072,30[F  ]| a man of fifty, with a broken nose and a government
004:072,31[F  ]| clerkship of two thousand francs. She threw her old
004:072,32[F  ]| lady over, bought a paint-box, a canvas and a new
004:073,01[F  ]| dress, and went and set up$5$ her easel in$4$ the Louvre.
004:073,02[F  ]| There, in$4$ one place and another, she has passed the
004:073,03[F  ]| last two years; I can not say it has made us millionaires.
004:073,04[F  ]| But she tells me Rome was not built in$4$ a day, that$3$
004:073,05[F  ]| she is making great progress, that$3$ I must leave her
004:073,06[F  ]| to$4$ her own devices. The fact is, without prejudice to$4$
004:073,07[F  ]| her ""gift,"" that$3$ she has no$2$ idea of burying herself
004:073,08[F  ]| alive. She likes to$9$ see the world and to$9$ be seen of the
004:073,09[F  ]| world. She says herself that$3$ she can not work in$4$ the
004:073,10[F  ]| dark. Her appearance itself holds up$5$ the lamp for$4$
004:073,11[F  ]| others! Only I can not help worrying and trembling ~
004:073,12[F  ]| I can not help wondering what may happen to$4$ her
004:073,13[F  ]| there all alone, day after day, amid that$6#2$ prowling of
004:073,14[F  ]| people from the ends of the earth. I can not be always
004:073,15[F  ]| at her side. I go with her in$4$ the morning, and I come
004:073,16[F  ]| to$9$ fetch her away, but she will$1$ not have me near her in$4$
004:073,17[F  ]| the interval; she says I give on$4$ her nerves. As if it
004:073,18[F  ]| did not give on$4$ mine to$9$ keep walking up$5$ and down
004:073,19[F  ]| outside! Ah, if anything were to$9$ happen to$4$ her!"
004:073,20['  ]| cried M%*Nioche, clenching his two fists and jerking
004:073,21['  ]| back his head again portentously.
004:073,22[B  ]| "Oh, I guess she will$1$ come out all right," 
004:073,22['  ]| his friend
004:073,23['  ]| soothingly returned.
004:073,24[F  ]| "I believe I should shoot her otherwise!" 
004:073,24['  ]| said the
004:073,25['  ]| old man solemnly.
004:073,26[B  ]| "Well, we will$1$ marry her quick enough," 
004:073,26['  ]| insisted
004:073,27['  ]| Newman ~~ 
004:073,27[B  ]| "since that$6#2$ is how you manage it; and
004:073,28[B  ]| I will$1$ go and see her to-morrow at the Louvre and pick
004:073,29[B  ]| out the pictures she is to$9$ copy for$4$ me."
004:073,30['  ]| M%*Nioche had brought a message from his daughter
004:073,31['  ]| in$4$ acceptance of their patron's magnificent commission,
004:073,32['  ]| the young lady declaring herself 
004:073,32@g   | his most
004:074,01@g   | devoted servant, promising her most zealous endeavour
004:074,02@g   | and regretting that$3$ the proprieties forbade her
004:074,03@g   | coming to$9$ thank him in$4$ person. 
004:074,03['  ]| The morning after
004:074,04['  ]| the conversation just narrated Newman reverted to$4$
004:074,05['  ]| his intention of meeting his young friend at the
004:074,06['  ]| Louvre. M%*Nioche appeared preoccupied and left
004:074,07['  ]| his budget of anecdotes unopened; he took a great
004:074,08['  ]| deal of snuff and sent certain oblique, appealing
004:074,09['  ]| glances toward his stalwart pupil. At last, when
004:074,10['  ]| taking his leave, he stood a moment, after he had
004:074,11['  ]| polished his hat with his calico pocket-handkerchief,
004:074,12['  ]| and fixed his small pale eyes strangely on$4$ that$6#2$ personage.
004:074,13['  ]|
004:074,14[B  ]| "Well, what is the matter?"
004:074,15[F  ]| "Pardon the solicitude of a father's heart! You
004:074,16[F  ]| inspire me with boundless confidence, but I can not
004:074,17[F  ]| help making you an appeal. After all you are a man,
004:074,18[F  ]| and so$5#1$ fine a one; you are young and at liberty. Let
004:074,19[F  ]| me beseech you then to$9$ respect an innocence ~!"
004:074,20['  ]| Newman had wondered what was coming, yet had
004:074,21['  ]| already burst into mirth. He was on$4$ the point of
004:074,22['  ]| pronouncing his own innocence the more exposed,
004:074,23['  ]| but he contented himself with promising to$9$ treat the
004:074,24['  ]| young lady with nothing less than veneration. He
004:074,25['  ]| found her, awaiting him, seated on$4$ the great divan
004:074,26['  ]| of the Salon*Carre=. She was not in$4$ the garb of labour,
004:074,27['  ]| but wore her bonnet and gloves and carried her
004:074,28['  ]| parasol in$4$ honour of the occasion. These articles
004:074,29['  ]| had been selected with unerring taste, and a fresher,
004:074,30['  ]| prettier image of youthful alertness and blooming
004:074,31['  ]| discretion was not to$9$ be conceived. She made Newman
004:074,32['  ]| a most respectful curtsey, she expressed her
004:075,01['  ]| gratitude for$4$ his liberality in$4$ the neatest of little
004:075,02['  ]| speeches. It annoyed him to$9$ have so$5#1$ charming a 
004:075,03['  ]| girl stand there thanking him, and it made him feel
004:075,04['  ]| uncomfortable to$9$ think that$3$ this perfect young lady,
004:075,05['  ]| with her excellent manners and her finished intonation,
004:075,06['  ]| was literally in$4$ his pay. He assured her, in$4$ such
004:075,07['  ]| French as he could muster, that$3$ 
004:075,07@b   | the thing was not
004:075,08@b   | worth mentioning and that$3$ he regarded her services
004:075,09@b   | as a particular favour.
004:075,10[G  ]| "Whenever you please then," 
004:075,10['  ]| she said, 
004:075,10[G  ]| "we will$1$
004:075,11[G  ]| pass the review."
004:075,12['  ]| They walked slowly round the room and then
004:075,13['  ]| into the others; they strolled about with high dignity
004:075,14['  ]| for$4$ half an hour. His companion evidently relished
004:075,15['  ]| her situation and had no$2$ desire to$9$ bring to$4$
004:075,16['  ]| a close her public interview with a patron of such
004:075,17['  ]| striking type. Newman perceived that$3$ prosperity
004:075,18['  ]| agreed with her and that$3$ the little firm-lipped,
004:075,19['  ]| peremptory air with which$6#1$ she had addressed her
004:075,20['  ]| father on$4$ the occasion of their former meeting had
004:075,21['  ]| given place to$4$ the prettiest, easiest prattle.
004:075,22[G  ]| "What sort of pictures have you in$4$ mind?" 
004:075,22['  ]| she
004:075,23['  ]| asked. 
004:075,23[G  ]| "Sacred or profane?"
004:075,24[B  ]| "Oh, a few of each. But I want something bright
004:075,25[B  ]| and gay."
004:075,26[G  ]| "Something gay? There is nothing very gay in$4$
004:075,27[G  ]| this solemn old Louvre. But we will$1$ see what we can
004:075,28[G  ]| find. You speak French to-day like$4$ a charm. My
004:075,29[G  ]| father has done wonders."
004:075,30[B  ]| "Oh, I am a thankless subject," 
004:075,30['  ]| said Newman.
004:075,31[B  ]| "I am too old to$9$ learn a language."
004:075,32[G  ]| "Too old? \9Quelle 9folie!" 
004:075,32['  ]| she cried with a clear,
004:076,01['  ]| shrill laugh. 
004:076,01[G  ]| "You are a very \9beau 9jeune 9homme\.
004:076,02[G  ]| And how do you like$1$ my father?"
004:076,03[B  ]| "He is a nice old gentleman. He never laughs
004:076,04[B  ]| at my blunders."
004:076,05[G  ]| "He is very \9comme 9il 9faut\, dear papa," 
004:076,05['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie,
004:076,06[G  ]| "and as honest as the day. Oh,
004:076,07[G  ]| a probity that$6#1$ would take a prize! You could trust
004:076,08[G  ]| him with millions."
004:076,09[B  ]| "Do you always mind what he says?" 
004:076,09['  ]| asked
004:076,10['  ]| Newman.
004:076,11[G  ]| " ""Mind"" it?"
004:076,12[B  ]| "Do you do what he bids you."
004:076,13['  ]| The girl stopped and looked at him; she had a 
004:076,14['  ]| spot of colour in$4$ either cheek, and in$4$ her prompt
004:076,15['  ]| French eye, too protrusive for$4$ perfect beauty, was a 
004:076,16['  ]| sharp spark of freedom. 
004:076,16[G  ]| "Why do you ask me
004:076,17[G  ]| that$6#2$?"
004:076,18[B  ]| "Because I want to$9$ know."
004:076,19[G  ]| "You think me a bad little girl?" 
004:076,19['  ]| And she gave
004:076,20['  ]| a strange smile.
004:076,21['  ]| Newman looked at her a moment; he saw she was
004:076,22['  ]| pretty, but he was not in$4$ the least dazzled. He remembered
004:076,23['  ]| poor M%*Nioche's solicitude for$4$ her innocence, 
004:076,24['  ]| and he laughed out again as his eyes met this
004:076,25['  ]| odd quantity. Her face was a rare mixture of youth
004:076,26['  ]| and maturity, and beneath her clear, charming forehead
004:076,27['  ]| her searching little smile seemed to$9$ contain a 
004:076,28['  ]| world of ambiguous intentions. She was pretty
004:076,29['  ]| enough, certainly, to$9$ make her father uneasy; but
004:076,30['  ]| as regards her innocence Newman felt ready on$4$ the
004:076,31['  ]| spot to$9$ affirm that$3$ she had never yet sacrificed it.
004:076,32['  ]| She had simply never had any to$9$ lose; she had been
004:077,01['  ]| looking at the wonderful world about her since she
004:077,02['  ]| was ten years old, and he would have been a wise
004:077,03['  ]| man who$6#1$ could tell her any secret of the town. In$4$ her
004:077,04['  ]| long mornings at the Louvre she had not only studied
004:077,05['  ]| Madonnas and Saint*Johns; she had kept an eye
004:077,06['  ]| upon$4$ the variously-embodied human nature in$4$ which$6#1$ 
004:077,07['  ]| the scene no$2$ less abounded, and she had formed her
004:077,08['  ]| conclusions. 
004:077,08@b   | In$4$ a degree, 
004:077,08['  ]| it seemed to$4$ Newman,
004:077,09@b   | M%*Nioche might be at rest; if his daughter should
004:077,10@b   | assert her liberty in$4$ some unmistakeable way she
004:077,11@b   | would yet never publish her imprudence. 
004:077,11['  ]| Newman,
004:077,12['  ]| with his long-drawn, leisurely smile and his articulation
004:077,13['  ]| that$6#1$ suggested confidence in$4$ nothing but its
004:077,14['  ]| motive, was always mentally taking his time; so$3$ he
004:077,15['  ]| asked himself now 
004:077,15@b   | what she was looking at him in$4$
004:077,16@b   | that$6#2$ way for$4$. 
004:077,16['  ]| He had an impression 
004:077,16@b   | she would like$1$
004:077,17@b   | him to$9$ confess that$3$ he did think her a wretch. 
004:077,17[B  ]| "Oh
004:077,18[B  ]| no$7$," 
004:077,18['  ]| he said at last; 
004:077,18[B  ]| "it would be very impolite in$4$
004:077,19[B  ]| me to$9$ judge you in$4$ any such way. I do not know
004:077,20[B  ]| you."
004:077,21[G  ]| "But my father has complained to$4$ you."
004:077,22[B  ]| "He says you are a free spirit."
004:077,23[G  ]| "He should not go about saying such things to$4$
004:077,24[G  ]| gentlemen! But you do not believe it?"
004:077,25[B  ]| "Well," 
004:077,25['  ]| said Newman conscientiously, 
004:077,25[B  ]| "I do not
004:077,26[B  ]| believe he meant any harm by$4$ it."
004:077,27['  ]| She looked at him again, gave a shrug and a smile,
004:077,28['  ]| and then pointed to$4$ a small Italian picture, a Marriage*of*Saint*Catherine.
004:077,29[G  ]| "How should you like$1$ that$6#2$?"
004:077,30[B  ]| "It does not please me," 
004:077,30['  ]| he presently answered.
004:077,31[B  ]| "The young lady in$4$ the yellow dress is not pretty
004:077,32[B  ]| enough."
004:078,01[G  ]| "Ah, you are a great connoisseur!" 
004:078,01['  ]| his companion
004:078,02['  ]| sighed.
004:078,03[B  ]| "In$4$ pictures? Oh no$7$; I am only picking up$5$ the
004:078,04[B  ]| rudiments of knowledge."
004:078,05[G  ]| "In$4$ pretty women then?"
004:078,06[B  ]| "In$4$ that$6#2$ I may be coming on$5$, but I have ground to$9$
004:078,07[B  ]| make up$5$."
004:078,08[G  ]| "What do you say to$4$ this?" 
004:078,08['  ]| the girl asked, indicating
004:078,09['  ]| a superb Italian portrait of a lady. 
004:078,09[G  ]| "I will$1$ do
004:078,10[G  ]| it for$4$ you on$4$ a smaller scale."
004:078,11[B  ]| "On$4$ a smaller scale? Why not as large as the
004:078,12[B  ]| original?"
004:078,13['  ]| She glanced at the glowing splendour of the Venetian 
004:078,14['  ]| masterpiece and gave a toss of her head. 
004:078,14[G  ]| "I
004:078,15[G  ]| do not like$1$ that$6#2$ woman. She looks stupid."
004:078,16[B  ]| "Well, she makes an impression on$4$ me," 
004:078,16['  ]| said
004:078,17['  ]| Newman. 
004:078,17[B  ]| "Decidedly I must have her, and as large
004:078,18[B  ]| as life. And just as shiningly stupid as she stands
004:078,19[B  ]| there."
004:078,20['  ]| The girl fixed her eyes on$4$ him again, and with her
004:078,21['  ]| mocking smile: 
004:078,21[G  ]| "It certainly ought to$9$ be easy for$4$
004:078,22[G  ]| me to$9$ make her look stupid!" 
004:078,22['  ]| And then as he but
004:078,23['  ]| opposed his vagueness she gave another shrug.
004:078,24[G  ]| "Seriously, you \want\ that$6#2$ portrait ~~ the golden
004:078,25[G  ]| hair, the purple satin, the pearl necklace, the two
004:078,26[G  ]| magnificent arms?"
004:078,27[B  ]| "Everything ~~ just as it is."
004:078,28[G  ]| "Would nothing else do instead?"
004:078,29[B  ]| "Oh, I want some other things, but I want that$6#2$
004:078,30[B  ]| too."
004:078,31['  ]| She turned away a moment, walked to$4$ the other
004:078,32['  ]| side of the hall and stood there looking vaguely
004:079,01['  ]| about her. At last she came back. 
004:079,01[G  ]| "It must be
004:079,02[G  ]| charming to$9$ be able to$9$ order pictures at such a rate.
004:079,03[G  ]| Venetian portraits as large as life! You go at it \9en 9prince\.
004:079,04[G  ]| And you are going to$9$ travel about Europe
004:079,05[G  ]| that$6#2$ way?"
004:079,06[B  ]| "Yes, I intend to$9$ travel," 
004:079,06['  ]| said Newman.
004:079,07[G  ]| "Ordering, buying, spending money?"
004:079,08[B  ]| "Of course I shall spend a certain amount of
004:079,09[B  ]| money."
004:079,10[G  ]| "You are very happy to$9$ have it. And you are perfectly
004:079,11[G  ]| free?"
004:079,12[B  ]| "How do you mean, free?"
004:079,13[G  ]| "You have nothing to$9$ \9embe^ter\ you ~~ no$2$ father,
004:079,14[G  ]| no$2$ family, no$2$ wife, no$2$ \9fianc=ee\?"
004:079,15[B  ]| "Yes, I am tolerably free."
004:079,16[G  ]| "You are very very happy," 
004:079,16['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie
004:079,17['  ]|  gravely.
004:079,18[B  ]| "\9Je 9le 9veus 9bien!" 
004:079,18['  ]| said Newman, proving that$3$ he
004:079,19['  ]| had learned more French than he admitted.
004:079,20[G  ]| "And how long shall you stay in$4$ Paris?" 
004:079,20['  ]| the
004:079,21['  ]| girl went on$5$.
004:079,22[B  ]| "Only a few days more."
004:079,23[G  ]| "Why do you go away?"
004:079,24[B  ]| "It is getting hot, and I must go to$4$ Switzerland."
004:079,25[G  ]| "To$4$ Switzerland? That$6#2$ is a fine country. I would
004:079,26[G  ]| give the clothes on$4$ my back to$9$ see it! Lakes and
004:079,27[G  ]| mountains, deep green valleys, \9ranz-des-vaches\! Oh
004:079,28[G  ]| I congratulate you! Meanwhile I shall sit here
004:079,29[G  ]| through all the hot summer daubing at your pictures."
004:079,30[G  ]|
004:079,31[B  ]| "Ah, take your time about it," 
004:079,31['  ]| Newman urged.
004:079,32[B  ]| "Do them at your convenience."
004:080,01['  ]| They walked further and looked at a dozen other
004:080,02['  ]| things. He pointed out what pleased him, and
004:080,03['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie generally criticised it and
004:080,04['  ]| proposed something else. Then suddenly she diverged
004:080,05['  ]| into the intimate. 
004:080,05[G  ]| "What made you speak
004:080,06[G  ]| to$4$ me the other day in$4$ the Salon*Carre=?"
004:080,07[B  ]| "I admired your picture."
004:080,08[G  ]| "But you hesitated a long time."
004:080,09[B  ]| "Oh, I do nothing foolish," 
004:080,09['  ]| he said.
004:080,10[G  ]| "Yes, I saw you watching me. But I never supposed
004:080,11[G  ]| you were going to$9$ speak to$4$ me. I never dreamed
004:080,12[G  ]| I should be walking about here with you to-day.
004:080,13[G  ]| It is very remarkable."
004:080,14[B  ]| "It is sufficiently natural," 
004:080,14['  ]| he calmly pleaded.
004:080,15[G  ]| "Ah, I beg your pardon: not to$4$ me. ""Free spirit""  
004:080,16[G  ]| ~~ in$4$ other words horrid creature ~~ as you think 
004:080,17[G  ]| me, I have never walked about in$4$ public with a 
004:080,18[G  ]| gentleman before. What was my father thinking of
004:080,19[G  ]| when he consented to$4$ our interview?"
004:080,20[B  ]| "He was repenting of his unjust accusations,"
004:080,21['  ]| Newman returned.
004:080,22['  ]| Mademoiselle*Noe=mie remained silent; at last she
004:080,23['  ]| dropped into a seat. 
004:080,23[G  ]| "Well then, for$4$ those five it is
004:080,24[G  ]| fixed," 
004:080,24['  ]| she presently said. 
004:080,24[G  ]| "Five copies as brilliant
004:080,25[G  ]| and beautiful as I can make them. We have one more
004:080,26[G  ]| to$9$ choose. Should not you like$1$ one of those great
004:080,27[G  ]| Rubenses ~~ the Marriage*of*Marie*de*Me=dicis?
004:080,28[G  ]| Just look at it and see how handsome it is."
004:080,29[B  ]| "Oh yes; I should like$1$ that$6#2$," 
004:080,29['  ]| he allowed. 
004:080,29[B  ]| "Finish
004:080,30[B  ]| off with that$6#2$."
004:080,31[G  ]| "Finish off with that$6#2$ ~~ good!" 
004:080,31['  ]| she laughed. She
004:080,32['  ]|  sat a moment looking at him, then suddenly rose
004:081,01['  ]| and stood before him with her arms expressively
004:081,02['  ]| folded. 
004:081,02[G  ]| "\Ah 9ca\, I do not understand you," 
004:081,02['  ]| she
004:081,03['  ]| bravely broke out. 
004:081,03[G  ]| "I do not understand how a man
004:081,04[G  ]| can be so$5#1$ ignorant."
004:081,05[B  ]| "Oh, I am ignorant certainly." 
004:081,05['  ]| And he put his
004:081,06['  ]| hands in$4$ his pockets. 
004:081,07[G  ]| "It is too ridiculous! I do not know how to$9$ paint
004:081,08[G  ]| \9pour 9deux 9sous\."
004:081,09[B  ]| "You do not know how?"
004:081,10[G  ]| "I paint like$4$ a cat; I can not draw a straight line.
004:081,11[G  ]| I never sold a picture until you bought that$6#2$ thing
004:081,12[G  ]| the other day." 
004:081,12['  ]| And as she offered this surprising
004:081,13['  ]| information she continued to$9$ smile
004:081,14['  ]| Newman met it with a grimace of his own. 
004:081,14[B  ]| "Why
004:081,15[B  ]| do you make that$6#2$ statement?"
004:081,16[G  ]| "Because it irritates me to$9$ see a clever man so$5#1$
004:081,17[G  ]| \9be^te\. My copies are grotesque."
004:081,18[B  ]| "And the one I possess ~?"
004:081,19[G  ]| "That$6#2$ one is the flower of the dreadful family."
004:081,20[B  ]| "Well," 
004:081,20['  ]| said Newman, 
004:081,20[B  ]| "I never outgrew a mistake
004:081,21[B  ]| but in$4$ my own time and in$4$ my own way."
004:081,22['  ]| She looked at him askance. 
004:081,22[G  ]| "Your patience is
004:081,23[G  ]| very \9gentille\; it is my duty to$9$ warn you before you go
004:081,24[G  ]| further. This \9commande\ of yours is impossible, you
004:081,25[G  ]| know. What do you take me for$4$? It is work for$4$ ten
004:081,26[G  ]| strong men. You pick out the six most difficult
004:081,27[G  ]| pictures in$4$ the place, and you expect me to$9$ go to$9$ work
004:081,28[G  ]| as if I were sitting down to$9$ hem a dozen pocket-handkerchiefs.
004:081,29[G  ]| I wanted to$9$ see how far you would go."
004:081,30['  ]| Newman considered her in$4$ some perplexity. In$4$
004:081,31['  ]| spite of the blunder of which$6#1$ he stood convicted he
004:081,32['  ]| was very far from being a simpleton, and he had a 
004:082,01['  ]| lively suspicion that$3$ 
004:082,01@b   | her burst of confidence was not
004:082,02@b   | essentially more honest than her original pretence.
004:082,03@b   | She was playing a great game; she was not simply
004:082,04@b   | taking pity on$4$ the bloom of his barbarism. What
004:082,05@b   | was it she expected to$9$ gain? The stakes were high
004:082,06@b   | and the risk not small; the prize therefore must
004:082,07@b   | have been commensurate. 
004:082,07['  ]| But even granting that$3$
004:082,08['  ]| the prize might be great Newman could scarce resist
004:082,09['  ]| a movement of admiration for$4$ his young friend's
004:082,10['  ]| intrepidity. She was throwing away with one hand,
004:082,11['  ]| whatever she might intend to$9$ do with the other, a
004:082,12['  ]| substantial sum of money. 
004:082,12[B  ]| "Are you joking or
004:082,13[B  ]| serious?"
004:082,14[G  ]| "Oh, \9d'un 9se=rieux\!" 
004:082,14['  ]| she cried, but with her extraordinary
004:082,15['  ]| smile.
004:082,16[B  ]| "I know very little about pictures or how they are
004:082,17[B  ]| really painted. If you can not do all, why then do what
004:082,18[B  ]| you conveniently can."
004:082,19[G  ]| "It will$1$ all be bad \9a` 9faire 9pleurer\," 
004:082,19['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Noe=mie.
004:082,20['  ]|
004:082,21[B  ]| "Oh," 
004:082,21['  ]| Newman laughed, 
004:082,21[B  ]| "if you want to$9$ swindle
004:082,22[B  ]| me of course you can. But why do you go on$4$ painting
004:082,23[B  ]| badly?"
004:082,24[G  ]| "I can do nothing else; I have neither eye nor hand
004:082,25[G  ]| nor training. Above all I have not patience."
004:082,26[B  ]| "You are deceiving your father then."
004:082,27['  ]| The girl just hesitated. 
004:082,27[G  ]| "He perfectly knows."
004:082,28[B  ]| "No$7$," 
004:082,28['  ]| Newman declared; 
004:082,28[B  ]| "I am sure he believes
004:082,29[B  ]| in$4$ you."
004:082,30[G  ]| "He is afraid of me, poor dear. I go on$5$ painting
004:082,31[G  ]| badly, as you say, because it passes the time. I like$1$
004:082,32[G  ]| being here; it is a place to$9$ come to$4$ every day; it is
004:083,01[G  ]| better than sitting in$4$ a little dark damp room on$4$
004:083,02[G  ]| a court or than selling buttons and whalebones over
004:083,03[G  ]| a counter."
004:083,04[B  ]| "Of course it is much more amusing," 
004:083,04['  ]| said Newman.
004:083,05[B  ]| "But for$4$ a poor girl is not it rather an expensive
004:083,06[B  ]| amusement?"
004:083,07[G  ]| "Oh, I am very wrong; there is no$2$ doubt about that$6#2$,"
004:083,08['  ]| she answered. 
004:083,08[G  ]| "But rather than earn my living as
004:083,09[G  ]| some girls do ~~ toiling with a needle in$4$ little black
004:083,10[G  ]| holes out of the world ~~ I would throw myself into the
004:083,11[G  ]| Seine."
004:083,12[B  ]| "There is no$2$ need of that$6#2$," 
004:083,12['  ]| he presently observed.
004:083,13[B  ]| "Your father must have mentioned to$4$ you the reason
004:083,14[B  ]| of my offer?"
004:083,15[G  ]| "The reason ~?"
004:083,16[B  ]| "He wants you to$9$ marry, and I told him I would give
004:083,17[B  ]| you a chance to$9$ earn your \9dot\."
004:083,18[G  ]| "He told me all about it, and you see the account
004:083,19[G  ]| I make of it! Why should you take such an interest
004:083,20[G  ]| in$4$ my marriage?"
004:083,21[B  ]| "My interest was in$4$ your father. I hold to$4$ my
004:083,22[B  ]| engagement. Do what you can, and I will$1$ buy what
004:083,23[B  ]| you do."
004:083,24['  ]| She stood some time in$4$ thought, her eyes on$4$ the
004:083,25['  ]| ground. At last looking up$5$, 
004:083,25[G  ]| "What sort of a husband
004:083,26[G  ]| can you get for$4$ twelve thousand francs?" 
004:083,26['  ]| she
004:083,27['  ]| asked.
004:083,28[B  ]| "Your father tells me he knows some very good
004:083,29[B  ]| young men."
004:083,30[G  ]| "Grocers and butchers and little \9mai^tres 9de 9cafe=s\?
004:083,31[G  ]| I will$1$ not marry at all if I can not marry more \9proprement\
004:083,32[G  ]| than that$6#2$."
004:084,01[B  ]| "I would advise you not to$9$ be too fastidious," 
004:084,01['  ]| said
004:084,02['  ]| Newman. 
004:084,02[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is all the advice I can give you."
004:084,03[G  ]| "I am vexed at what I have said!" 
004:084,03['  ]| cried his companion.
004:084,04[G  ]| "It has done me no$2$ good. But I could not
004:084,05[G  ]| help it."
004:084,06[B  ]| "What good did you expect it to$9$ do you?"
004:084,07[G  ]| "I could not help it, simply."
004:084,08['  ]| He looked at her a moment. 
004:084,08[B  ]| "Well, your painting
004:084,09[B  ]| may be a fraud, but you are too honest for$4$ me all the
004:084,10[B  ]| same. I do not understand you. Good-bye!" 
004:084,10['  ]| And he
004:084,11['  ]| put out his hand.
004:084,12['  ]| She made no$2$ response, she granted him no$2$ farewell.
004:084,13['  ]| She turned away and seated herself sidewise
004:084,14['  ]| on$4$ a bench, leaning her head on$4$ the back of her
004:084,15['  ]| hand, which$6#1$ clasped the rail in$4$ front of the pictures.
004:084,16['  ]| Newman stood near her another moment, then he
004:084,17['  ]| turned on$4$ his heel and retreated. He had understood
004:084,18['  ]| her better than he confessed; 
004:084,18@b   | this singular scene
004:084,19@b   | was a practical commentary upon$4$ her father's description
004:084,20@b   | of her as a free spirit. 
005:085,01['  ]| When he had told Mrs%*Tristram the story of his
005:085,02['  ]| fruitless visit to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre= she urged him 
005:085,02@i   | not
005:085,03@i   | to$9$ be discouraged, but to$9$ carry out his plan of "seeing
005:085,04@i   | Europe" during the summer ~~ after which$6#1$ he might
005:085,05@i   | return to$4$ Paris for$4$ the autumn and then settle down
005:085,06@i   | comfortably for$4$ the winter. 
005:085,06[I  ]| "Claire*de*Cintre= will$1$ be
005:085,07[I  ]| kept in$4$ a cool place for$4$ you," 
005:085,07['  ]| she reasoned; 
005:085,07[I  ]| "she is
005:085,08[I  ]| not a woman who$6#1$ will$1$ change her condition from one
005:085,09[I  ]| day to$4$ another." 
005:085,09['  ]| Newman made no$2$ distinct affirmation
005:085,10['  ]| that$3$ he would come back to$4$ Paris; he even
005:085,11['  ]| talked about Rome and the Nile, and abstained
005:085,12['  ]| from professing any especial interest in$4$ Madame*de*Cintre='s
005:085,13['  ]| continued widowhood. This was a little
005:085,14['  ]| of a false note in$4$ his usual distinctness, and may
005:085,15['  ]| perhaps be regarded as characteristic of the incipient
005:085,16['  ]| stage of that$6#2$ passion which$6#1$ is more particularly
005:085,17['  ]| known as the romantic one. The truth is that$3$ the
005:085,18['  ]| expression of a pair of eyes, that$6#1$ were both intense
005:085,19['  ]| and mild, had become very familiar to$4$ his memory,
005:085,20['  ]| and he would not easily have resigned himself to$4$ the
005:085,21['  ]| prospect of never looking into them again. He communicated
005:085,22['  ]| to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram a number of other facts,
005:085,23['  ]| of greater or less importance, as you choose; but on$4$
005:085,24['  ]| this particular point he kept his own counsel. He
005:085,25['  ]| took a kindly leave of M%*Nioche, having assured
005:085,26['  ]| him that$3$ 
005:085,26@b   | so$5#1$ far as he was concerned the blue-cloaked
005:085,27@b   | Madonna herself might have been present at his
005:086,01@b   | interview with Mademoiselle*Noe=mie; 
005:086,01['  ]| and left the
005:086,02['  ]| old man nursing his breast-pocket in$4$ an ecstasy
005:086,03['  ]| which$6#1$ the sharpest paternal discomposure might have
005:086,04['  ]| been defied to$9$ dissipate.
005:086,05['  ]| He started on$4$ his travels with all his usual appearance
005:086,06['  ]| of slow-strolling leisure and all his essential
005:086,07['  ]| directness and intensity of aim. No$2$ man seemed 
005:086,08['  ]| less in$4$ a hurry and yet no$2$ man enabled brief periods
005:086,09['  ]| to$9$ serve him more liberally. He had practical instincts
005:086,10['  ]| which$6#1$ signally befriended him in$4$ his trade
005:086,11['  ]| of tourist. He found his way in$4$ foreign cities by$4$
005:086,12['  ]| divination, his memory was excellent when once his
005:086,13['  ]| attention had been at all cordially given, and he
005:086,14['  ]| emerged from dialogues in$4$ foreign tongues, of which$6#1$
005:086,15['  ]| he had formally not understood a word, in$4$ full possession
005:086,16['  ]| of the particular item he had desired to$9$ elicit.
005:086,17['  ]| His appetite for$4$ items was large, and although many
005:086,18['  ]| of those he noted might have seemed woefully dry
005:086,19['  ]| and colourless to$4$ the ordinary sentimental traveller,
005:086,20['  ]| a careful inspection of the list would have shown
005:086,21['  ]| that$3$ his toughness had sensitive spots. In$4$ the charming
005:086,22['  ]| city of Brussels ~~ his first stopping-place after
005:086,23['  ]| leaving Paris ~~ he asked a great many questions
005:086,24['  ]| about the street-cars and took extreme satisfaction
005:086,25['  ]| in$4$ the appearance of this familiar symbol of American
005:086,26['  ]| civilisation; but he was also greatly struck with
005:086,27['  ]| the beautiful Gothic tower of the Ho^tel*de*Ville and
005:086,28['  ]| wondered 
005:086,28@b   | if they might not "get up$5$" something like$4$
005:086,29@b   | it in$4$ San*Francisco. 
005:086,29['  ]| He stood long in$4$ the crowded
005:086,30['  ]| square before this edifice, in$4$ imminent danger from
005:086,31['  ]| carriage-wheels, listening to$4$ a toothless old cicerone
005:086,32['  ]| mumble in$4$ broken English the touching history of
005:087,01['  ]| Counts*Egmont and Horn; and he wrote the names
005:087,02['  ]| of these gentlemen ~~ for$4$ reasons best known to$4$ himself ~
005:087,03['  ]| on$4$ the back of an old letter.
005:087,04['  ]| At the outset, on$4$ his leaving Paris, his curiosity
005:087,05['  ]| had not been intense; passive entertainment, in$4$ the 
005:087,06['  ]| Champs*Elyse=es and at the theatres, seemed about
005:087,07['  ]| as much as he need expect of himself, and although,
005:087,08['  ]| as he had said to$4$ Tristram, 
005:087,08@b   | he wanted to$9$ see the
005:087,09@b   | mysterious and satisfying \best\, 
005:087,09['  ]| he had not the grand
005:087,10['  ]| tour in$4$ the least on$4$ his conscience and was not given
005:087,11['  ]| to$4$ worrying the thing that$6#1$ amused him. He believed
005:087,12['  ]| serenely that$3$ 
005:087,12@b   | Europe was made for$4$ him and not he
005:087,13@b   | for$4$ Europe. 
005:087,13['  ]| He had said he wanted 
005:087,13@b   | to$9$ improve his
005:087,14@b   | mind, 
005:087,14['  ]| but he would have felt a certain embarrassment,
005:087,15['  ]| a certain shame even ~~ a false shame possibly ~~
005:087,16['  ]| if he had caught himself looking intellectually
005:087,17['  ]| into the mirror. Neither in$4$ this nor in$4$ any other
005:087,18['  ]| respect had he a high sense of responsibility; it was
005:087,19['  ]| his prime conviction that$3$ 
005:087,19@b   | a man's life should be a
005:087,20@b   | man's ease and that$3$ no$2$ privilege was really great
005:087,21['  ]| enough to$9$ take his breath away. The world, 
005:087,21['  ]| to$4$ his
005:087,22['  ]| vision, 
005:087,22@b   | was a great bazaar where one might stroll
005:087,23@b   | about and purchase handsome things; 
005:087,23['  ]| but he was
005:087,24['  ]| no$2$ more conscious, individually, of social pressure
005:087,25['  ]| than he admitted the claim of the obligatory purchase.
005:087,26['  ]| He had not only a dislike but a sort of moral
005:087,27['  ]| mistrust of thoughts too admonitory; 
005:087,27@b   | one should not
005:087,28@b   | hunt about for$4$ a standard as a lost dog hunts for$4$
005:087,29@b   | a master. One's standard was the idea of one's own
005:087,30@b   | good-humoured prosperity, the prosperity which$6#1$
005:087,31@b   | enabled one to$9$ give as well as take. To$9$ expand
005:087,32@b   | without too much ado ~~ without "mean" timidity
005:088,01@b   | on$4$ one side or the bravado of the big appetite on$4$ the
005:088,02@b   | other ~~ to$4$ the full compass of any such experience
005:088,03@b   | as was held to$9$ stir men's blood 
005:088,03['  ]| represented his nearest
005:088,04['  ]| approach to$4$ a high principle. He had always hated
005:088,05['  ]| to$9$ hurry to$9$ catch railroad-trains, and yet had always
005:088,06['  ]| caught them; and just so$5#2$ 
005:088,06@b   | an undue solicitude for$4$
005:088,07@b   | the right side seemed a sort of silly dawdling at the
005:088,08@b   | station, a proceeding properly confined to$4$ women,
005:088,09@b   | foreigners and invalids. 
005:088,09['  ]| All this admitted, he enjoyed
005:088,10['  ]| his journey, when once he had fairly entered the current,
005:088,11['  ]| as intimately as if he had kept a diary of raptures.
005:088,12['  ]| He lounged through Belgium and Holland
005:088,13['  ]| and the Rhineland, through Switzerland and Northern*Italy,
005:088,14['  ]| planning about nothing and seeing all
005:088,15['  ]| things. The guides and \9valets 9de 9place\ found him an
005:088,16['  ]| excellent subject. He was always approachable,
005:088,17['  ]| for$3$ he was much addicted to$4$ large lapses and long
005:088,18['  ]| intervals, to$4$ standing about in$4$ the vestibules and
005:088,19['  ]| porticoes of inns, and he availed himself little of the
005:088,20['  ]| opportunities for$4$ impressive seclusion so$5#1$ liberally
005:088,21['  ]| offered in$4$ Europe to$4$ gentlemen travelling with long
005:088,22['  ]| purses. When an excursion, a church, a gallery, a 
005:088,23['  ]| ruin was proposed to$4$ him the first thing he usually
005:088,24['  ]| did, after surveying his postulant in$4$ silence and
005:088,25['  ]| from head to$4$ foot, was to$9$ sit down at a little table
005:088,26['  ]| and order some light refreshment, of which$6#1$ he more
005:088,27['  ]| often than not then forgot to$9$ partake. The cicerone,
005:088,28['  ]| during this process, commonly retreated to$4$ a respectful
005:088,29['  ]| distance; otherwise I am not sure that$3$ Newman
005:088,30['  ]| would not have bidden him sit down and share, sit
005:088,31['  ]| down and tell him as a decent creature if his church
005:088,32['  ]| or his gallery were really worth one's trouble. At last
005:089,01['  ]| he rose and stretched his long legs, beckoned to$4$ the
005:089,02['  ]| man of monuments, looked at his watch and fixed
005:089,03['  ]| his eye on$4$ his adversary. 
005:089,03[B  ]| "What is it and how far?"
005:089,04['  ]| And whatever the case, though he might seem to$9$
005:089,05['  ]| hesitate he never declined. He stepped into an open
005:089,06['  ]| cab, made his conductor sit beside him to$9$ answer
005:089,07['  ]| questions, bade the driver go fast (he had a particular
005:089,08['  ]| aversion to$4$ slow driving), and rolled, in$4$ all probability
005:089,09['  ]| through a dusty suburb, to$4$ the goal of his
005:089,10['  ]| pilgrimage. When the goal was a disappointment,
005:089,11['  ]| when the church was meagre or the ruin a heap of
005:089,12['  ]| rubbish, he never protested nor berated his adviser;
005:089,13['  ]| he looked with an impartial eye upon$4$ great monuments
005:089,14['  ]| and small, made the guide recite his lesson,
005:089,15['  ]| listened to$4$ it religiously, asked 
005:089,15@b   | if there were nothing
005:089,16@b   | else to$9$ be seen in$4$ the neighbourhood, 
005:089,16['  ]| and drove
005:089,17['  ]| back again at a rattling pace. It is to$9$ be feared that$3$
005:089,18['  ]| his perception of the difference between the florid
005:089,19['  ]| and the refined had not reached the stage of confidence,
005:089,20['  ]| and that$3$ he might often have been seen ~~ 
005:089,21['  ]| as we have already seen him ~~ gazing with culpable
005:089,22['  ]| serenity at inferior productions. The wrong occasion
005:089,23['  ]| was a part of his pastime in$4$ Europe as well as the
005:089,24['  ]| right, and his tour was altogether a pastime. But
005:089,25['  ]| there is something nothing like$4$ the imagination of
005:089,26['  ]| those people who$6#1$ have none, and Newman now and
005:089,27['  ]| then, in$4$ an unguided stroll through a foreign city,
005:089,28['  ]| before some lonely, sad-towered church or some
005:089,29['  ]| angular image of one who$6#1$ had rendered civic service
005:089,30['  ]| in$4$ an unknown past, had felt a singular deep commotion.
005:089,31['  ]| It was not an excitement, not a perplexity;
005:089,32['  ]| it involved an extraordinary sense of recreation.
005:090,01['  ]| He encountered by$4$ chance in$4$ Holland a young
005:090,02['  ]| American with whom he fell for$4$ a time into a tacit
005:090,03['  ]| travellers' partnership. They were men of different
005:090,04['  ]| enough temper, but each in$4$ his way so$5#1$ true to$4$ his
005:090,05['  ]| type that$3$ each might seem to$9$ have something of
005:090,06['  ]| value to$9$ contribute to$4$ the association. Newman's
005:090,07['  ]| comrade, whose name was Babcock, was a young
005:090,08['  ]| Unitarian minister; a small, spare, neatly-attired
005:090,09['  ]| man, with a strikingly candid countenance. He was
005:090,10['  ]| a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and had
005:090,11['  ]| spiritual charge of a small congregation in$4$ another
005:090,12['  ]| suburb of the New*England capital. His digestion
005:090,13['  ]| was weak and he lived chiefly on$4$ Graham*bread
005:090,14['  ]| and hominy ~~ a regimen to$4$ which$6#1$ he was so$5#1$ much
005:090,15['  ]| attached that$3$ his tour seemed to$4$ him destined to$9$ be
005:090,16['  ]| blighted when, on$4$ landing on$4$ the Continent, he
005:090,17['  ]| found these delicacies fail to$9$ flourish under the \table d'ho^te\ 
005:090,18['  ]| system. In$4$ Paris he had purchased a bag of
005:090,19['  ]| hominy at an establishment which$6#1$ called itself an
005:090,20['  ]| American*Agency and at which$6#1$ the New*York illustrated
005:090,21['  ]| papers were also to$9$ be procured, and he
005:090,22['  ]| had carried it about with him and shown extreme
005:090,23['  ]| serenity and fortitude in$4$ the somewhat delicate position
005:090,24['  ]| of having his hominy prepared for$4$ him and
005:090,25['  ]| served on$4$ odd occasions at the hotels he successively
005:090,26['  ]| visited. Newman had once spent a morning, in$4$ the
005:090,27['  ]| course of business, at Mr%*Babcock's birthplace,
005:090,28['  ]| and, for$4$ reasons too recondite to$9$ unfold, the memory
005:090,29['  ]| of his visit always pressed the spring of mirth. To$9$
005:090,30['  ]| carry out his joke, which$6#1$ certainly seems poor so$5#1$
005:090,31['  ]| long as it is not explained, he used often to$9$ address
005:090,32['  ]| his companion as "Dorchester." Fellow-aliens cling
005:091,01['  ]| together, on$4$ a strange soil, in$4$ spite of themselves;
005:091,02['  ]| but it was probably that$3$ at home these unnatural
005:091,03['  ]| intimates must have met only to$9$ part. They had
005:091,04['  ]| indeed by$4$ habit and form as little in$4$ common as
005:091,05['  ]| possible. Newman, who$6#1$ never reflected on$4$ such
005:091,06['  ]| matters, accepted the situation with great equanimity,
005:091,07['  ]| but Babcock used to$9$ meditate over it privately; used
005:091,08['  ]| often indeed to$9$ retire to$4$ his room early in$4$ the evening
005:091,09['  ]| for$4$ the express purpose of considering it conscientiously
005:091,10['  ]| and, as he would have said, with detachment.
005:091,11['  ]| He was not sure it was a good thing for$4$ him to$9$ have
005:091,12['  ]| given himself up$5$ so$5#1$ unreservedly to$4$ our hero, whose
005:091,13['  ]| way of taking life was so$5#1$ little his own.
005:091,14@k   | Newman was a spirit of easy power; 
005:091,14['  ]| Mr%*Babcock
005:091,15['  ]| even at times saw it clear that$3$ 
005:091,15@k   | he was one of nature's
005:091,16@k   | noblemen, and certainly it was impossible not to$9$
005:091,17@k   | feel strongly drawn to$4$ him. But would it not be
005:091,18@k   | desirable to$9$ try to$9$ produce an effect on$4$ him, to$9$ try to$9$
005:091,19@k   | quicken his moral life and raise his sense of responsibility
005:091,20@k   | to$4$ a higher plane? He liked everything, he
005:091,21@k   | accepted everything, he found amusement in$4$ everything;
005:091,22@k   | he was not discriminating, his values were
005:091,23@k   | as vague and loose as if he had carried them in$4$ his
005:091,24@k   | trousers pocket. 
005:091,24['  ]| The young man from Dorchester
005:091,25['  ]| accused Newman of a fault that$6#1$ he considered very
005:091,26['  ]| grave and did his best himself to$9$ avoid ~~ of what
005:091,27['  ]| he would have called a want of moral reaction. Poor
005:091,28['  ]| Mrs%*Babcock was extremely fond of pictures and
005:091,29['  ]| churches, and kept Mrs%*Jamesons's volumes in$4$ his
005:091,30['  ]| trunk; he regarded works of art as questions and
005:091,31['  ]| his relations with them as experiences, and received 
005:091,32['  ]| peculiar impressions from everything he saw. But
005:092,01['  ]| nevertheless in$4$ his secret soul he detested Europe
005:092,02['  ]| and felt an irritated need to$9$ protest against Newman's
005:092,03['  ]| easy homage to$4$ so$5#2$ compromised a charmer, mistress
005:092,04['  ]| of cynicism that$6#1$ appeared at times to$9$ have made him
005:092,05['  ]| cynical. Mr%*Babcock's moral \malaise\, I am afraid,
005:092,06['  ]| lay deeper than where any definition of mine can
005:092,07['  ]| reach it. He mistrusted the "European" temperament,
005:092,08['  ]| he suffered from the "European" climate, he
005:092,09['  ]| hated the "European" dinner hour; "European"
005:092,10['  ]| life seemed to$4$ him unscrupulous and impure. And
005:092,11['  ]| yet he had what he called an intimate sense of the
005:092,12['  ]| true beautiful in$4$ life, and as this element was often
005:092,13['  ]| inextricably associated with the above displeasing
005:092,14['  ]| conditions, as he wished above all to$9$ be just and
005:092,15['  ]| dispassionate and as he was furthermore extremely
005:092,16['  ]| bent on$4$ putting his finger on$4$ the boundary-line, in$4$
005:092,17['  ]| the life of a School, between the sincere time and the
005:092,18['  ]| insincere, he could not bring himself to$9$ decide that$3$
005:092,19['  ]| the kingdoms of the earth were utterly rotten. But
005:092,20['  ]| he thought them in$4$ a bad way, and his quarrel with
005:092,21['  ]| Newman was over some of the elements, insidious
005:092,22['  ]| forms of evil, that$6#1$ this promiscuous feeder at the
005:092,23['  ]| feast could swallow with no$2$ wry face. Babcock himself
005:092,24['  ]| really knew as little about the forms of evil, in$4$
005:092,25['  ]| any quarter of the world, as about the forms of banking;
005:092,26['  ]| his most vivid realisation of the most frequent
005:092,27['  ]| form had been the discovery that$3$ one of his college
005:092,28['  ]| classmates, a student of architecture in$4$ Paris, was
005:092,29['  ]| carrying on$4$ a love-affair with a young woman who$6#1$
005:092,30['  ]| did not in$4$ the least count on$4$ his marrying her. Babcock
005:092,31['  ]| had described this situation to$4$ Newman, and
005:092,32['  ]| our hero had applied an epithet marked by$4$ a rough
005:093,01['  ]| but not unfriendly justice to$4$ the girl. The next day
005:093,02['  ]| his companion asked him 
005:093,02@k   | if he were certain he had
005:093,03@k   | used exactly the right word to$9$ characterise the young
005:093,04@k   | architect's mistress. 
005:093,04['  ]| Newman wondered and seemed
005:093,05['  ]| amused. 
005:093,05[B  ]| "There are a great many words to$9$ express
005:093,06[B  ]| that$6#2$ idea," 
005:093,06['  ]| he said; 
005:093,06[B  ]| "you can take your choice!"
005:093,07[K  ]| "Oh, I mean," 
005:093,07['  ]| said Babcock, 
005:093,07[K  ]| "was she possibly
005:093,08[K  ]| not to$9$ be considered in$4$ a different light? Do not
005:093,09[K  ]| you think she really \had\ believed in$4$ his higher nature?"
005:093,10[B  ]| "I am afraid I do not know," 
005:093,10['  ]| Newman replied.
005:093,11[B  ]| "Very likely she had; I have no$2$ doubt she judged it
005:093,12[B  ]| by$4$ her own." 
005:093,12['  ]| He was willing to$9$ meet his friend on$4$
005:093,13['  ]| any view of her.
005:093,14[K  ]| "I did not mean that$6#2$ either," 
005:093,14['  ]| said Babcock; 
005:093,14[K  ]| "I am
005:093,15[K  ]| not sure that$3$ she \has\ a higher nature. I am not sure
005:093,16[K  ]| ~~ not \very\ sure ~~ every*one has. I was only afraid
005:093,17[K  ]| I might have seemed yesterday not to$9$ remember ~~ 
005:093,19[K  ]| not to$9$ consider. Well, I think I will$1$ write to$4$ Percival
005:093,20[K  ]| about it."
005:093,21['  ]| And he had written to$4$ Percival 
005:093,21@k   | (who$6#1$ had answered
005:093,22@k   | him in$4$ a manner that$6#1$ \was\ indubitably cynical) 
005:093,22['  ]| and
005:093,23['  ]| had reflected that$3$ 
005:093,23@k   | Newman ought not to$9$ be encouraged,
005:093,24@k   | after all, to$9$ read a cheap idealism into flagrant cases
005:093,25@k   | of immorality. 
005:093,25['  ]| The levity and brevity of his comrade's
005:093,26['  ]| judgements very often shocked and depressed
005:093,27['  ]| him. 
005:093,27@k   | He had a way of damning people without further
005:093,28@k   | appeal, or else of appearing almost in$4$ sympathy
005:093,29@k   | with their sinister side, which$6#1$ seemed unworthy of a 
005:093,30@k   | man whose conscience could still pretend to$4$ a squirm.
005:093,31['  ]| And yet poor Babcock yearned toward him and
005:093,32['  ]| remembered that$3$ 
005:093,32@k   | even if, decidedly, his sensibility
005:094,01@k   | would never work straight, this was not a reason for$4$
005:094,02@k   | giving him up$5$. Goethe recommended seeing human
005:094,03@k   | nature in$4$ the most various forms, 
005:094,03['  ]| and Mr%*Babcock
005:094,04['  ]| thought 
005:094,04@k   | Goethe perfectly splendid. 
005:094,04['  ]| He often tried in$4$
005:094,05['  ]| odd half-hours of conversation to$9$ explain what he
005:094,06['  ]| meant by$4$ some of his principal doubts, but it was
005:094,07['  ]| like$4$ offering to$9$ read from a technical treatise. The
005:094,08['  ]| volume might deal lucidly with Mr%*Babcock's subject,
005:094,09['  ]| but what was Mr%*Babcock's subject without
005:094,10['  ]| Mr%*Babcock's interest in$4$ it? Newman could entertain
005:094,11['  ]| a respect for$4$ any man's subject and thought his
005:094,12['  ]| friend fortunate to$9$ have so$5#1$ special a one. He accepted
005:094,13['  ]| all the proofs of its importance that$6#1$ were thus anxiously
005:094,14['  ]| offered him, and put them away in$4$ what he
005:094,15['  ]| supposed a very safe place; but poor Babcock never
005:094,16['  ]| afterwards recognised his gifts among the articles that$6#1$
005:094,17['  ]| Newman had in$4$ daily use.
005:094,18['  ]| They travelled together through Germany and
005:094,19['  ]| into Switzerland, where for$4$ three or four weeks they
005:094,20['  ]| trudged over rough passes and smooth and lounged
005:094,21['  ]| by$4$ the edge and on$4$ the bosom of blue lakes. At last
005:094,22['  ]| they crossed the Simplon and made their way to$4$
005:094,23['  ]| Venice. Mr%*Babcock had become gloomy and even
005:094,24['  ]| a trifle irritable; he seemed moody, absent, pre-occupied;
005:094,25['  ]| he got his plans into a tangle and talked
005:094,26['  ]| one moment of doing one thing and the next of doing
005:094,27['  ]| another. Newman led his own usual life, recklessly
005:094,28['  ]| made acquaintances, took his ease in$4$ the galleries
005:094,29['  ]| and churches, spent an unconscionable amount of
005:094,30['  ]| time in$4$ strolling in$4$ Piazza*San*Marco, bought several
005:094,31['  ]| spurious pictures and for$4$ a fortnight enjoyed Venice
005:094,32['  ]| grossly. One evening, coming back to$4$ his inn, he
005:095,01['  ]| found Babcock waiting for$4$ him in$4$ the little garden
005:095,02['  ]| beside it. The young man walked up$5$ to$4$ him, looking
005:095,03['  ]| very dismal, thrust out his hand and said with solemnity
005:095,04['  ]| that$3$ he was afraid they must part. Newman
005:095,05['  ]| expressed his surprise and regret; he wondered why
005:095,06['  ]| a parting had become necessary. 
005:095,06[B  ]| "Do not be afraid
005:095,07[B  ]| I am tired of you," 
005:095,07['  ]| he said.
005:095,08[K  ]| "You are not tired of me?" 
005:095,08['  ]| his companion asked,
005:095,09['  ]| fixing him with clear but almost tragic eyes.
005:095,10[B  ]| "Why the deuce should I be? You are a very nice
005:095,11[B  ]| man. Besides, I do not break down so$5#1$ easily."
005:095,12[K  ]| "We do not understand each other," 
005:095,12['  ]| said poor
005:095,13['  ]| Dorchester.
005:095,14[B  ]| "Do not I understand you?" 
005:095,14['  ]| cried Newman.
005:095,15[B  ]| "Why, I hoped I did. But what if I do not; where is
005:095,16[B  ]| the harm?"
005:095,17[K  ]| "I do not understand \you\," 
005:095,17['  ]| said Babcock. And he
005:095,18['  ]| sat down and rested his head on$4$ his hand and looked
005:095,19['  ]| up$5$ mournfully at his immeasurable friend.
005:095,20[B  ]| "But why should you mind that$6#2$ if I do not?"
005:095,21[K  ]| "It is very distressing to$4$ me. It keeps me in$4$ a state
005:095,22[K  ]| of unrest. It irritates me; I can not settle anything. I
005:095,23[K  ]| do not think it is good for$4$ me."
005:095,24[B  ]| "You worry too much; that$6#2$ is what is the matter
005:095,25[B  ]| with you," 
005:095,25['  ]| said Newman.
005:095,26[K  ]| "Of course it must seem so$5#2$ to$4$ you. You think I
005:095,27[K  ]| take all questions too hard, and I think you take them
005:095,28[K  ]| too superficially. We can never agree."
005:095,29[B  ]| "But we have agreed very well all along."
005:095,30[K  ]| "No$7$, \I\ have not agreed," 
005:095,30['  ]| said Babcock, shaking
005:095,31['  ]| his head. 
005:095,31[K  ]| "I am very uncomfortable. I ought to$9$ have
005:095,32[K  ]| separated from you a month ago."
005:096,01[B  ]| "Oh, shucks! I will$1$ agree to$4$ anything!" 
005:096,01['  ]| cried
005:096,02['  ]| Newman.
005:096,03['  ]| Mr%*Babcock buried his head in$4$ both hands. At
005:096,04['  ]| last, looking up$5$, 
005:096,04[K  ]| "I do not think you appreciate my
005:096,05[K  ]| position," 
005:096,05['  ]| he observed. 
005:096,05[K  ]| "I try to$9$ arrive at the truth
005:096,06[K  ]| about everything. And then you go too fast. There
005:096,07[K  ]| are things of which$6#1$ you take too little account. I
005:096,08[K  ]| feel as if I ought to$9$ go over all this ground we have
005:096,09[K  ]| traversed again by$4$ myself. I am afraid I have made
005:096,10[K  ]| a great many mistakes."
005:096,11[B  ]| "Oh, you need not give so$5#1$ many reasons," 
005:096,11['  ]| said
005:096,12['  ]| Newman. 
005:096,12[B  ]| "You have simply had enough of me.
005:096,13[B  ]| You have all your right to$4$ that$6#2$."
005:096,14[K  ]| "No$7$, no$7$, I have \not\ had enough of you!" 
005:096,14['  ]| his friend
005:096,15['  ]| insisted. 
005:096,15[K  ]| "It would be very wrong of me to$9$ have had
005:096,16[K  ]| enough."
005:096,17[B  ]| "I give it up$5$!" 
005:096,17['  ]| laughed Newman. 
005:096,17[B  ]| "But of course
005:096,18[B  ]| it will$1$ never do to$9$ go on$4$ making mistakes. Go your
005:096,19[B  ]| way, by$4$ all means. I shall miss you; but you have seen
005:096,20[B  ]| I make friends very easily. You will$1$ be lonely yourself;
005:096,21[B  ]| but drop me a line when you feel like$4$ it, and
005:096,22[B  ]| I will$1$ wait for$4$ you anywhere."
005:096,23[K  ]| "I think I will$1$ go back to$4$ Milan. I am afraid I
005:096,24[K  ]| did not do justice to$4$ Luini."
005:096,25[B  ]| "Poor old Luini!" 
005:096,25['  ]| said Newman.
005:096,26[K  ]| "I mean I am afraid I went too far about him. I
005:096,27[K  ]| do not think he is as \true\ as he at first seems."
005:096,28[B  ]| "Luini?" 
005:096,28['  ]| Newman exclaimed. 
005:096,28[B  ]| "There is something
005:096,29[B  ]| in$4$ the look of his genius that$6#1$ is like$4$ the face of
005:096,30[B  ]| a beautiful woman. It is as if she were coming
005:096,31[B  ]| straight \at\ you, or standing very close."
005:096,32['  ]| His companion frowned and winced. And it must
005:097,01['  ]| be added that$3$ this was, for$4$ Newman, an unusually
005:097,02['  ]| metaphysical flight, though in$4$ passing through Milan
005:097,03['  ]| he had found a great attraction in$4$ the painter. 
005:097,03[K  ]| "There
005:097,04[K  ]| you are again!" 
005:097,04['  ]| said Mr%*Babcock. 
005:097,04[K  ]| "Yes, we had
005:097,05[K  ]| better separate." 
005:097,05['  ]| And on$4$ the morrow he retraced his
005:097,06['  ]| steps and proceeded to$4$ his revisions of judgement.
005:097,07['  ]| But presently Newman heard from him.
005:097,08['  ]|
005:097,09[K  ]| My dear Mr%*Newman, ~~ I am afraid that$3$ my
005:097,10[K  ]| conduct at Venice a week ago seemed to$4$ you strange
005:097,11[K  ]| and ungrateful, and I wish to$9$ explain my position,
005:097,12[K  ]| which$6#1$, as I said at the time, I do not think you
005:097,13[K  ]| appreciate. I had long had it on$4$ my mind to$9$ propose
005:097,14[K  ]| that$3$ we should part company, and this step
005:097,15[K  ]| was not really so$5#1$ abrupt as it appeared. In$4$ the first
005:097,16[K  ]| place, you know, I am travelling in$4$ Europe on$4$ funds
005:097,17[K  ]| supplied by$4$ my congregation, who$6#1$ kindly offered me
005:097,18[K  ]| a vacation and an opportunity to$9$ enrich my mind
005:097,19[K  ]| with the treasures of nature and art in$4$ these countries.
005:097,20[K  ]| I feel therefore that$3$ I ought to$9$ use my time
005:097,21[K  ]| to$4$ the very best advantage. I have a high sense of
005:097,22[K  ]| responsibility. You appear to$9$ care only for$4$ the
005:097,23[K  ]| pleasure of the hour, and you give yourself up$5$ to$4$ it
005:097,24[K  ]| with a violence which$6#1$ I confess I am not able to$9$
005:097,25[K  ]| emulate. I consider that$3$ I must arrive at some conclusion
005:097,26[K  ]| and fix my convictions on$4$ certain points.
005:097,27[K  ]| Art and Life seem to$4$ me intensely serious things, and
005:097,28[K  ]| in$4$ our travels in$4$ Europe we should especially remember
005:097,29[K  ]| the rightful, indeed the solemn, message of
005:097,30[K  ]| Art. You seem to$9$ hold that$3$ if a thing amuses you for$4$
005:097,31[K  ]| the moment this is all you need ask of it; and your
005:097,32[K  ]| relish for$4$ mere amusement is also much higher than
005:098,01[K  ]| mine. You put moreover a kind of reckless finality
005:098,02[K  ]| into your pleasures which$6#1$ at times, I confess, has
005:098,03[K  ]| seemed to$4$ me ~~ shall I say it? ~~ almost appalling.
005:098,04[K  ]| Your way, at any rate, is not my way, and it is unwise
005:098,05[K  ]| that$3$ we should attempt any longer to$9$ pull together.
005:098,06[K  ]| And yet let me add that$3$ I know there is
005:098,07[K  ]| a great deal to$9$ be said for$4$ your way; I have felt its
005:098,08[K  ]| attraction, in$4$ your society, very strongly. Save for$4$ this
005:098,09[K  ]| I should have left you long ago. But I was so$5#1$ deeply
005:098,10[K  ]| perplexed. I hope I have not done wrong. I feel as
005:098,11[K  ]| if I had a great deal of lost time to$9$ make up$5$. I beg
005:098,12[K  ]| you take all this as I mean it, which$6#1$ heaven knows
005:098,13[K  ]| is not harshly. I have a great personal esteem for$4$
005:098,14[K  ]| you and hope that$3$ some day when I have recovered
005:098,15[K  ]| my balance we shall meet again. But I \must\ recover
005:098,16[K  ]| my balance first. I hope you will$1$ continue to$9$ enjoy
005:098,17[K  ]| your travels; only \do\ remember that$3$ Life and Art
005:098,18[K  ]| \are\ extremely solemn.
005:098,19[K  ]| Believe me your sincere friend and well-wisher,
005:098,20[K  ]| Benjamin*Babcock.
005:098,21[K  ]| P%S% I am very unhappy about Luini.
005:098,22[K  ]|
005:098,23['  ]| This letter produced in$4$ Newman's mind a singular
005:098,24['  ]| mixture of exhilaration and awe. Mr%*Babcock's
005:098,25['  ]| tender conscience at first seemed to$4$ him as funny as
005:098,26['  ]| a farce, and his travelling back to$4$ Milan only to$9$ get
005:098,27['  ]| into a deeper muddle to$9$ be, for$4$ reward of his pedantry,
005:098,28['  ]| exquisitely and ludicrously just. Then he
005:098,29['  ]| reflected that$3$ 
005:098,29@b   | these are mighty mysteries; that$3$ possibly
005:098,30@b   | he himself \was\ indeed almost unmentionably
005:098,31@b   | "appalling," and that$3$ his manner of considering the
005:098,32@b   | treasures of art and the privileges of life lacked the
005:099,01@b   | last, or perhaps even the very first, refinement. 
005:099,01['  ]| Newman
005:099,02['  ]| had a great esteem, after all, for$4$ refinement, and
005:099,03['  ]| that$6#2$ evening, during the half-hour that$6#1$ he watched
005:099,04['  ]| the star-sheen on$4$ the warm Adriatic, he felt rebuked
005:099,05['  ]| and humiliated. He was unable to$9$ decide how to$9$
005:099,06['  ]| answer this communication. His good-nature checked
005:099,07['  ]| his snubbing his late companion's earnestness, and
005:099,08['  ]| his tough, inelastic sense of humour forbade his
005:099,09['  ]| taking it seriously. He wrote no$2$ answer at all, but
005:099,10['  ]| a day or two after he found in$4$ a curiosity-shop a grotesque
005:099,11['  ]| little statuette in$4$ ivory, of the sixteenth century,
005:099,12['  ]| which$6#1$ he sent off to$4$ Babcock without a commentary.
005:099,13['  ]| It represented a gaunt, ascetic-looking
005:099,14['  ]| monk, in$4$ a tattered gown and cowl, kneeling with
005:099,15['  ]| clasped hands and pulling a portentously long face.
005:099,16['  ]| It was a wonderfully delicate piece of carving, and
005:099,17['  ]| in$4$ a moment, through one of the rents of his gown,
005:099,18['  ]| you espied a fat capon hung round the monk's
005:099,19['  ]| waist. In$4$ Newman's intention what did the figure
005:099,20['  ]| symbolise? Did it mean that$3$ he was going to$9$ try to$9$
005:099,21['  ]| be as impressed with the solemnity of things as the
005:099,22['  ]| monk looked at first, but that$3$ he feared he should
005:099,23['  ]| succeed no$2$ better than this personage proved on$4$ a 
005:099,24['  ]| closer inspection to$9$ have done? It is not supposable
005:099,25['  ]| he intended a satire on$4$ Babcock's own asceticism,
005:099,26['  ]| for$3$ this would have been a truly cynical stroke. He
005:099,27['  ]| at any rate made his late companion a valuable little
005:099,28['  ]| present.
005:099,29['  ]| He went, on$4$ leaving Venice, through the Tyrol
005:099,30['  ]| to$4$ Vienna and then returned, westward, through
005:099,31['  ]| South*Germany. The autumn found him at Baden-Baden,
005:099,32['  ]| where he spent several weeks. The charming
005:100,01['  ]| place kept him from day to$4$ day; he was looking
005:100,02['  ]| about him and deciding what to$9$ do for$4$ the winter.
005:100,03['  ]| His summer had been very full, and as he sat under
005:100,04['  ]| the great trees beside the miniature river that$6#1$ trickles
005:100,05['  ]| past the Baden flower-beds he slowly rummaged it
005:100,06['  ]| over. 
005:100,06@b   | He had seen and done a great deal, enjoyed
005:100,07@b   | and observed a great deal; he felt older, yet felt it
005:100,08@b   | somehow, even at the age he had reached, as an
005:100,09@b   | advantage. 
005:100,09['  ]| He remembered Mr%*Babcock and his
005:100,10['  ]| desire to$9$ learn the great lesson, and he remembered
005:100,11['  ]| also that$3$ 
005:100,11@b   | he had profited little by$4$ his friend's exhortation
005:100,12@b   | to$9$ cultivate the same respectable habit. Could not
005:100,13@b   | he scrape together a few great lessons? Baden-Baden
005:100,14@b   | was the prettiest place he had seen yet, and
005:100,15@b   | orchestral music in$4$ the evening, under the stars, was
005:100,16@b   | decidedly a great institution. 
005:100,16['  ]| This was the lesson
005:100,17['  ]| that$6#1$ was clearest. But he went on$5$ to$9$ reflect that$3$
005:100,17@b   | he
005:100,18@b   | had done very wisely to$9$ pull up$5$ stakes and come
005:100,19@b   | abroad; the world was apparently such an interesting
005:100,20@b   | thing to$9$ see. He had drawn a few morals of his
005:100,21@b   | own; he could not say just which$6#1$, but he had them
005:100,22@b   | there under his hat-band. He had done what he
005:100,23@b   | wanted; he had tackled the great sights and closed
005:100,24@b   | with the great occasions, he had given his mind a 
005:100,25@b   | chance to$9$ "improve" if it would. 
005:100,25['  ]| He fondly believed
005:100,26@b   | it had improved a good deal. Yes, these waters of the
005:100,27@b   | free curiosity were very soothing, and he would
005:100,28@b   | splash in$4$ them till they ran dry. Forty-two years as
005:100,29@b   | he was on$4$ the point of numbering, he had a long
005:100,30@b   | course in$4$ his eye, and if the haze of the future was
005:100,31@b   | thick it was that$6#2$ of a golden afternoon. Where should
005:100,32@b   | he take the world next? 
005:100,32['  ]| I have said he remembered
005:101,01['  ]| the eyes of the lady whom he had found standing in$4$
005:101,02['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram's drawing-room; four months had 
005:101,03['  ]| elapsed and he had not forgotten them yet. He had
005:101,04['  ]| looked ~~ he had made a point of looking ~~ into a 
005:101,05['  ]| great many other eyes in$4$ the interval, but the only
005:101,06['  ]| ones he thought of now were Madame*de*Cintre='s.
005:101,07@b   | If he wanted to$9$ make out where the golden afternoon
005:101,08@b   | hung heaviest would not the place perhaps be in$4$
005:101,09@b   | Madame*de*Cintre='s eyes? He would certainly find
005:101,10@b   | something of interest there, call it all bravely bright
005:101,11@b   | or call it engagingly obscure.
005:101,12['  ]| But there came to$4$ him sometimes too, through this
005:101,13['  ]| vague rich forecast, the thought of his past life and
005:101,14['  ]| the long array of years (they had begun so$5#1$ early)
005:101,15['  ]| during which$6#1$ he had had nothing in$4$ his head but his
005:101,16['  ]| possible "haul." They seemed far away now, for$3$
005:101,17['  ]| his present attitude was more than a holiday, it was
005:101,18['  ]| almost a repudiation. He had told Tom*Tristram
005:101,19@b   | the pendulum was swinging back, and the backward
005:101,20@b   | swing, visibly, had not yet ended. 
005:101,20['  ]| Still, the
005:101,21['  ]| possibility of hauls, which$6#1$ had dropped in$4$ the other
005:101,22['  ]| quarter, wore to$4$ his mind a different aspect at different
005:101,23['  ]| hours. In$4$ its train a thousand forgotten episodes
005:101,24['  ]| came trooping before him. Some of them he looked 
005:101,25['  ]| complacently enough in$4$ the face; from some he
005:101,26['  ]| averted his head. They were old triumphs of nerve,
005:101,27['  ]| even of bluff, mere cold memories of the heat of
005:101,28['  ]| battle, the high competitive rage. Some of them, as
005:101,29['  ]| they lived again, he felt decidedly proud of; he admired
005:101,30['  ]| himself as if he had been looking at another
005:101,31['  ]| man. And in$4$ fact many of the qualities that$6#1$ make
005:101,32['  ]| a great deed were there; the decision, the resolution,
005:102,01['  ]| the courage, the celerity, the clear eye and the firm
005:102,02['  ]| hand. Of certain other performances it would be
005:102,03['  ]| going too far to$9$ say he was ashamed of them, for$3$ he
005:102,04['  ]| had doubtless never had a stomach for$4$ dirty work.
005:102,05['  ]| He had been blessed from the first with a natural
005:102,06['  ]| impulse to$9$ disfigure with a direct unreasoning blow
005:102,07['  ]| the painted face of temptation. In$4$ no$2$ man, verily,
005:102,08['  ]| could a want of the stricter scruple have been less
005:102,09['  ]| excusable. Newman knew the crooked from the
005:102,10['  ]| straight at a glance, and the former had received
005:102,11['  ]| at his hands, early and late, much putting in$4$ its place.
005:102,12['  ]| None*the*less, however, some of his memories wore
005:102,13['  ]| at present a graceless and sordid mien, and it struck
005:102,14['  ]| him that$3$ if he had never incurred any quite ineffaceable
005:102,15['  ]| stain he had never on$4$ the other hand followed
005:102,16['  ]| the line of beauty, as a sought direction, for$4$ a single
005:102,17['  ]| mile of its course. He had spent his years in$4$ the unremitting
005:102,18['  ]| effort to$9$ add thousands to$4$ thousands, and
005:102,19['  ]| now that$3$ he stood so$5#1$ well outside of it the business
005:102,20['  ]| of mere money-getting showed only, in$4$ its ugliness,
005:102,21['  ]| as vast and vague and dark, a pirate-ship with lights
005:102,22['  ]| turned inward. It is very well, of a truth, to$9$ think
005:102,23['  ]| meanly of money-getting after you have filled your
005:102,24['  ]| pockets, and our friend, it may be said, should have
005:102,25['  ]| begun somewhat earlier to$9$ moralise with this superiority.
005:102,26['  ]| To$4$ that$6#2$ it may be answered that$3$ he might
005:102,27['  ]| have made another fortune if he chose; and we
005:102,28['  ]| ought to$9$ add that$3$ he was not exactly moralising. It
005:102,29['  ]| had come back to$4$ him simply that$3$ 
005:102,29@b   | what he had been
005:102,30@b   | looking at all summer was a very brave and bristling
005:102,31@b   | world, and that$3$ it had not all been made by$4$ men
005:102,32@b   | "live" in$4$ his old mean sense.
005:103,01['  ]| During his stay at Baden-Baden he received a 
005:103,02['  ]| letter from Mrs%*Tristram, scolding him for$4$ the
005:103,03['  ]| scant tidings he had sent his friends and begging to$9$
005:103,04@i   | be definitely assured that$3$ he had not even thought of
005:103,05@i   | not wintering within call of the Avenue*d'Ie=na.
005:103,06['  ]| Newman replied as to$4$ the blast of a silver bugle.
005:103,07[B  ]| "I supposed you knew I was a miserable letter-writer
005:103,08[B  ]| and did not expect anything of me. I guess
005:103,09[B  ]| I have not struck off twenty letters of pure friendship
005:103,10[B  ]| in$4$ my whole life; in$4$ America I conducted my correspondence
005:103,11[B  ]| altogether by$4$ telegrams and by$4$ dictation
005:103,12[B  ]| to$4$ a shorthand reporter. This is a letter of
005:103,13[B  ]| friendship undefiled; you have got hold of a curiosity ~
005:103,14[B  ]| you could really get something for$4$ it. If you want to$9$
005:103,15[B  ]| know everything that$6#1$ has happened to$4$ me these three
005:103,16[B  ]| months the best way to$9$ tell you, I think, would be to$9$
005:103,17[B  ]| send you my half-dozen guide-books with my pencil
005:103,18[B  ]| marks in$4$ the margin. Wherever you find a scratch or
005:103,19[B  ]| a cross or a 'Beautiful!' or a 'So true!' or a 'Too
005:103,20[B  ]| thin!' you may know that$3$ I have had some*one or other
005:103,21[B  ]| of the sensations I was after. That$6#2$ has been about
005:103,22[B  ]| my history ever since I left you. Belgium, Holland,
005:103,23[B  ]| Switzerland, Germany, Italy ~~ I have taken the whole
005:103,24[B  ]| list as the bare-backed rider takes the paper hoops
005:103,25[B  ]| at the circus, and I am not even yet out of breath.
005:103,26[B  ]| I carry about six volumes of Ruskin in$4$ my trunk;
005:103,27[B  ]| I have seen some grand old things and shall perhaps
005:103,28[B  ]| talk them over this winter by$4$ your fireside. You see
005:103,29[B  ]| my face is not altogether set against Paris. I have had
005:103,30[B  ]| all kinds of plans and visions, but your letter has
005:103,31[B  ]| blown most of them away. '\9L'appe=tit 9vient 9en 9mangeant\,'
005:103,32[B  ]| says your proverb, and I find that$3$ the more
005:104,01[B  ]| sweet things I taste the more greedily I look over the
005:104,02[B  ]| table. Now that$3$ I am in$4$ the shafts why should not
005:104,03[B  ]| I trot to$4$ the end of the course? Sometimes I think
005:104,04[B  ]| of the far East and keep rolling the names of Eastern
005:104,05[B  ]| cities under my tongue; Damascus and Bagdad,
005:104,06[B  ]| Trebizond, Samarcand, Bokhara. I spent a week
005:104,07[B  ]| last month in$4$ the company of a returned missionary
005:104,08[B  ]| who$6#1$ told me I ought to$9$ be ashamed to$9$ be loafing
005:104,09[B  ]| about Europe when there is such a treat to$9$ be had
005:104,10[B  ]| out there. I do want more treats, but I think frankly
005:104,11[B  ]| I should like$1$ best to$9$ look for$4$ them in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite=.
005:104,12[B  ]| Do you ever hear from that$6#2$ handsome
005:104,13[B  ]| tall lady? If you can get her to$9$ promise she will$1$ be at
005:104,14[B  ]| home the next time I call I will$1$ go back to$4$ Paris straight.
005:104,15[B  ]| So$3$ there you have a bargain. I am  more than ever
005:104,16[B  ]| in$4$ the state of mind I told you about that$6#2$ evening;
005:104,17[B  ]| I want a companion for$4$ life and still want her to$9$ be
005:104,18[B  ]| a star of the first magnitude. I have kept an eye on$4$ all
005:104,19[B  ]| the possible candidates for$4$ the position who$6#1$ have
005:104,20[B  ]| come up$5$ this summer, but none of them has filled
005:104,21[B  ]| the bill or anything like$4$ it. I should have enjoyed the
005:104,22[B  ]| whole thing a thousand times more if I had had
005:104,23[B  ]| the lady just mentioned under my arm. The nearest
005:104,24[B  ]| approach to$4$ her was a cultivated young man from
005:104,25[B  ]| Dorchester Mass., who$6#1$, however, very soon demanded
005:104,26[B  ]| of me a separation for$4$ incompatibility of
005:104,27[B  ]| temper. He told me I had not it in$4$ me ever to$9$ raise
005:104,28[B  ]| a "tone," and he really made me half-believe him.
005:104,29[B  ]| But shortly afterwards I met an Englishman with
005:104,30[B  ]| whom I struck up$5$ an acquaintance which$6#1$ at first
005:104,31[B  ]| seemed to$9$ promise well ~~ a very bright man who$6#1$
005:104,32[B  ]| writes in$4$ the London papers and knows Paris nearly
005:105,01[B  ]| as well as Tristram. We knocked about for$4$ a week
005:105,02[B  ]| together, but he very soon gave me up$5$ in$4$ disgust.
005:105,03[B  ]| He pronounced me a poor creature, incapable of the
005:105,04[B  ]| joy of life ~~ he talked to$4$ me as if \I\ had come from
005:105,05[B  ]| Dorchester. This was rather bewildering. Which$6#2$ of
005:105,06[B  ]| my two critics was I to$9$ believe? I did not worry about
005:105,07[B  ]| it and very soon made up$5$ my mind they do not know
005:105,08[B  ]| everything. You come nearer that$6#2$ than any*one I have
005:105,09[B  ]| met, and I defy any*one to$9$ pretend I am wrong when
005:105,10[B  ]| I am more than ever your faithful friend C%N%"
006:106,01['  ]| He gave up$5$ Bagdad and Bokhara and, returning
006:106,02['  ]| to$4$ Paris before the autumn was over, established
006:106,03['  ]| himself in$4$ rooms selected by$4$ Tom*Tristram in$4$ accordance
006:106,04['  ]| with the latter's estimate of his "social
006:106,05['  ]| standing." When Newman learned that$3$ this occult
006:106,06['  ]| attribute was to$9$ be taken into account he professed
006:106,07['  ]| himself utterly incompetent and begged Tristram to$9$
006:106,08['  ]| relieve him of the care of it. 
006:106,08[B  ]| "I did not know I ""stood,""
006:106,09[B  ]| socially, at all ~~ I thought I only sat round informally,
006:106,10[B  ]| rather sprawling than anything else. Is not
006:106,11[B  ]| a social standing to$9$ know some two or three thousand
006:106,12[B  ]| people and invite them to$4$ dinner? I know you
006:106,13[B  ]| and your wife and little old Mr%*Nioche, who$6#1$ gave
006:106,14[B  ]| me French lessons last spring. Can I invite you to$4$
006:106,15[B  ]| dinner to$9$ meet each other? If I can you must come
006:106,16[B  ]| to-morrow."
006:106,17[I  ]| "That$6#2$ is not very grateful to$4$ me," 
006:106,17['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram,
006:106,18[I  ]| "who$6#1$ introduced you last year to$4$ every creature
006:106,19[I  ]| of my acquaintance."
006:106,20[B  ]| "So$5#2$ you did; I had quite forgotten. But I thought
006:106,21[B  ]| you wanted me to$9$ forget," 
006:106,21['  ]| said Newman in$4$ that$6#2$
006:106,22['  ]| tone of surpassing candour which$6#1$ frequently marked
006:106,23['  ]| his utterance and which$6#1$ an observer would not have
006:106,24['  ]| known whether to$9$ pronounce a whimsical affectation
006:106,25['  ]| of ignorance or a modest aspiration to$4$ knowledge.
006:106,26[B  ]| "You told me you yourself disliked them all."
006:106,27[I  ]| "Ah, the way you remember what I say is at least
006:107,01[I  ]| very flattering. But in$4$ future," 
006:107,01['  ]| added Mrs%*Tristram,
006:107,02[I  ]| "pray forget all the ""mean"" things and remember
006:107,03[I  ]| only the good. It will$1$ be easily done and will$1$ not
006:107,04[I  ]| fatigue your memory. Only I forewarn you that$3$ if
006:107,05[I  ]| you trust my husband to$9$ pick out your rooms you are
006:107,06[I  ]| in$5$ for$4$ something hideous."
006:107,07[H  ]| "Hideous, darling?" 
006:107,07['  ]| her husband cried.
006:107,08[I  ]| "To-day, I utter nothing base; otherwise I should
006:107,09[I  ]| use stronger language."
006:107,10[H  ]| "What do you think she would say, Newman?"
006:107,11['  ]| Tristram asked. 
006:107,11[H  ]| "If she really tried now? She can
006:107,12[H  ]| polish one off for$4$ a wretch volubly ~~ in$4$ two or three
006:107,13[H  ]| languages; that$6#2$ is what it is to$9$ have high culture.
006:107,14[H  ]| It gives her the start of me completely, since I can not
006:107,15[H  ]| swear, for$4$ the life of me, except in$4$ pure Anglo-Saxon.
006:107,16[H  ]| When I get mad I have to$9$ fall back on$4$ our
006:107,17[H  ]| dear old mother tongue. There is nothing like$4$ it after
006:107,18[H  ]| all."
006:107,19['  ]| Newman declared that$3$ 
006:107,19@b   | he knew nothing about
006:107,20@b   | tables and chairs and would accept, in$4$ the way of a 
006:107,21@b   | lodging, with his eyes shut, anything that$6#1$ Tristram
006:107,22@b   | should offer him. 
006:107,22['  ]| This was partly pure veracity on$4$
006:107,23['  ]| our hero's part, but it was also partly charity. He
006:107,24['  ]| knew that$3$ 
006:107,24@b   | to$9$ pry about and count \casseroles\ and
006:107,25@b   | make people open windows, to$9$ poke into beds and
006:107,26@b   | sofas with his cane, to$9$ gossip with landladies and
006:107,27@b   | ask who$6#1$ lived above and who$6#1$ below ~~ 
006:107,27['  ]| he knew that$3$
006:107,28@b   | this was of all pastimes the dearest to$4$ his friend's
006:107,29@b   | heart, 
006:107,29['  ]| and he felt the more disposed to$9$ put it in$4$ his
006:107,30['  ]| way as he was conscious he had suffered the warmth
006:107,31['  ]| of their ancient fellowship somewhat to$9$ abate. He
006:107,32['  ]| had besides no$2$ taste for$4$ upholstery; he had even
006:108,01['  ]| no$2$ very exquisite sense of comfort or convenience.
006:108,02['  ]| He had a relish for$4$ luxury and splendour, but it was
006:108,03['  ]| satisfied by$4$ rather gross contrivances. He scarcely
006:108,04['  ]| knew a hard chair from a soft, and used an art in$4$
006:108,05['  ]| stretching his legs which$6#1$ quite dispensed with adventitious 
006:107,06['  ]| aids. His idea of material ease was to$9$
006:108,07['  ]| inhabit very large rooms, have a great many of
006:108,08['  ]| them, and be conscious in$4$ them of a number of 
006:108,09['  ]| patented mechanical devices, half of which$6#1$ he should
006:108,10['  ]| never have occasion to$9$ use. The apartments should
006:108,11['  ]| be clear and high and what he called open, and he
006:108,12['  ]| had once said that$3$ 
006:108,12@b   | he liked rooms best in$4$ which$6#1$
006:108,13@b   | you should want to$9$ keep on$4$ your hat. 
006:108,13['  ]| For$4$ the rest
006:108,14['  ]| he was satisfied with the assurance of any respectable
006:108,15['  ]| person that$3$ everything was of the latest model.
006:108,16['  ]| Tristram accordingly secured for$4$ him an habitation
006:108,17['  ]| over the price of which$6#1$ the Prince*of*Morocco had
006:108,18['  ]| been haggling. It was situated on$4$ the Boulevard*Haussmann,
006:108,19['  ]| was a first floor, and consisted of a series
006:108,20['  ]| of rooms gilded from floor to$4$ ceiling a foot thick,
006:108,21['  ]| draped in$4$ various light shades of satin and chiefly
006:108,22['  ]| furnished with mirrors and clocks. Newman thought
006:108,23['  ]| them magnificent, did not haggle, thanked Tristram
006:108,24['  ]| heartily, immediately took possession, and had one
006:108,25['  ]| of his trunks standing for$4$ three months in$4$ the drawing-room.
006:108,26['  ]|
006:108,27['  ]| One day Mrs%*Tristram told him that$3$ 
006:108,27@i   | their tall
006:108,28@i   | handsome lady had returned from the country and
006:108,29@i   | that$3$ she had met her three days before coming out of
006:108,30@i   | the church of Saint*Sulpice; she herself having journeyed
006:108,31@i   | to$4$ that$6#2$ distant quarter in$4$ quest of an obscure
006:108,32@i   | lace-mender of whose skill she had heard high praise.
006:109,01[B  ]| "And how were those intense mild eyes?" 
006:109,01['  ]| Newman
006:109,02['  ]| asked.
006:109,03[I  ]| "They were red with weeping ~~ neither more nor
006:109,04[I  ]| less. She had been to$4$ confession."
006:109,05[B  ]| "It does not tally with your account of her," 
006:109,05['  ]| he
006:109,06['  ]| said, 
006:109,06[B  ]| "that$3$ she should have sins to$9$ cry about."
006:109,07[I  ]| "They were not sins ~~ they were sufferings."
006:109,08[B  ]| "How do you know that$6#2$?"
006:109,09[I  ]| "She asked me to$9$ come and see her. I went this
006:109,10[I  ]| morning."
006:109,11[B  ]| "And what does she suffer from?"
006:109,12[I  ]| "I did not press her to$9$ tell me. With her, somehow,
006:109,13[I  ]| one is very discreet. But I guessed easily enough.
006:109,14[I  ]| She suffers from her grim old mother and from the
006:109,15[I  ]| manner in$4$ which$6#1$ her elder brother, the technical head
006:109,16[I  ]| of the family, abets and hounds on$4$ the Marquise.
006:109,17[I  ]| They keep at her hard, they keep at her all the while.
006:109,18[I  ]| But I can almost forgive them, because, as I told you,
006:109,19[I  ]| she is simply a saint, and a persecution is all that$6#1$ she
006:109,20[I  ]| needs to$9$ bring out what I call her quality."
006:109,21[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is a comfortable theory for$4$ \her\. I hope
006:109,22[B  ]| you will$1$ never mention it to$9$ the old folks. But why
006:109,23[B  ]| does she \let\ them persecute her? Is not she, as a 
006:109,24[B  ]| married woman, her own mistress?"
006:109,25[I  ]| "Legally yes, I suppose; but morally no$7$. In$4$
006:109,26[I  ]| France you may never say Nay to$4$ your mother,
006:109,27[I  ]| whatever she requires of you. She may be the most
006:109,28[I  ]| abominable old woman in$4$ the world and make your
006:109,29[I  ]| life a purgatory; but after all she is \9ma 9me`re\, and
006:109,30[I  ]| you have no$2$ right to$9$ judge her. You have simply to$9$ obey.
006:109,31[I  ]| The thing has a fine side to$4$ it. Madame*de*Cintre= 
006:109,32[I  ]| bows her head and folds her wings."
006:110,01[B  ]| "can not she at least make her brother quit?"
006:110,02[I  ]| "Her brother is the \9chef 9de 9la 9famille\, the head of
006:110,03[I  ]| the clan. With those people the family is everything;
006:110,04[I  ]| you must act not for$4$ your own pleasure but for$4$ the
006:110,05[I  ]| advantage of your race and name."
006:110,06[B  ]| "But what do they want to$9$ get out of our lovely
006:110,07[B  ]| friend?" 
006:110,07['  ]| Newman asked.
006:110,08[I  ]| "Her submission to$4$ another marriage. They are
006:110,09[I  ]| not rich, and they want to$9$ bring more money into
006:110,10[I  ]| the house."
006:110,11[H  ]| "There is where \you\ come in$5$, my boy!" 
006:110,11['  ]| Tristram
006:110,12['  ]| interposed.
006:110,13[B  ]| "And Madame*de*Cintre= does not see it?" 
006:110,13['  ]| Newman
006:110,14['  ]| continued.
006:110,15[I  ]| "She has been sold for$4$ a price once; she naturally
006:110,16[I  ]| objects to$4$ being sold a second time. It appears that$3$
006:110,17[I  ]| the first time they greatly bungled their bargain.
006:110,18[I  ]| M%*de*Cintre=, before he died, managed to$9$ get through
006:110,19[I  ]| almost everything."
006:110,20[B  ]| "And to$4$ whom do they want then to$9$ marry her
006:110,21[B  ]| now?"
006:110,22[I  ]| "I thought it best not to$9$ ask; but you may be sure
006:110,23[I  ]| it is to$4$ some horrid old nabob or to$4$ some dissipated
006:110,24[I  ]| little duke."
006:110,25[H  ]| "There is Mrs%*Tristram as large as life!" 
006:110,25['  ]| her
006:110,26['  ]| husband cried. 
006:110,26[H  ]| "Observe the wealth of her imagination.
006:110,27[H  ]| She has not sked a single question ~~ it is
006:110,28[H  ]| vulgar to$9$ ask questions ~~ and yet she knows it all
006:110,29[H  ]| inside out. She has the history of Madame*de*Cintre='s
006:110,30[H  ]| marriage at her fingers' ends. She has seen the lovely
006:110,31[H  ]| Claire on$4$ her knees with loosened tresses and streaming
006:110,32[H  ]| eyes and the rest of them standing over her with
006:111,01[H  ]| spikes and goads and red-hot irons, ready to$9$ come
006:111,02[H  ]| down if she refuses Bluebeard. The simple truth
006:111,03[H  ]| is that$3$ they have made a fuss about her milliner's
006:111,04[H  ]| bill or refused her an opera-box."
006:111,05['  ]| Newman looked from Tristram to$4$ his wife with
006:111,06['  ]| a certain reserve in$4$ each direction. 
006:111,06[H  ]| "Do you really
006:111,07[H  ]| mean," 
006:111,07['  ]| he asked of the latter, 
006:111,07[H  ]| "that$3$ your friend is
006:111,08[H  ]| being really hustled into a marriage she really shrinks
006:111,09[H  ]| from?"
006:111,10[I  ]| "I think it extremely probable. Those people are
006:111,11[I  ]| very capable of that$6#2$ sort of thing."
006:111,12[B  ]| "It is like$4$ something in$4$ a regular old play," 
006:111,12['  ]| said
006:111,13['  ]| Newman. 
006:111,13[B  ]| "That$6#2$ dark old house over there looks
006:111,14[B  ]| as if wicked things had been done in$4$ it and might
006:111,15[B  ]| be done again."
006:111,16[I  ]| "They have a still darker old house in$4$ the country,
006:111,17[I  ]| she tells me, and there, during the summer,
006:111,18[I  ]| this scheme must have been hatched."
006:111,19[H  ]| "\Must\ have been; mind that$6#2$!" 
006:111,19['  ]| Tristram echoed.
006:111,20[B  ]| "After all," 
006:111,20['  ]| their visitor suggested after a pause,
006:111,21[B  ]| "She may be in$4$ trouble about something else."
006:111,22[I  ]| "If it is something else then it is something worse."
006:111,23['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram spoke as with high competence.
006:111,24['  ]| Newman, silent a while, seemed lost in$4$ meditation.
006:111,25[B  ]| "Is it possible," 
006:111,25['  ]| he asked at last, 
006:111,25[B  ]| "that$3$ they can do
006:111,26[B  ]| that$6#2$ sort of thing over here? that$3$ helpless women
006:111,27[B  ]| are thumb-screwed ~~ sentimentally, socially, I mean
006:111,28[B  ]| ~~ into marrying men they object to$4$."
006:111,29[I  ]| "Helpless women, all over the world, have a hard
006:111,30[I  ]| time of it," 
006:111,30['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram. 
006:111,30[I  ]| "There is plenty
006:111,31[I  ]| of the thumb-screw for$4$ them everywhere."
006:111,32[H  ]| "A great deal of that$6#2$ kind of thing goes on$5$ in$4$
006:112,01[H  ]| New York," 
006:112,01['  ]| said Tristram. 
006:112,01[H  ]| "Girls are bullied or
006:112,02[H  ]| coaxed or bribed, or all three together, into marrying,
006:112,03[H  ]| for$4$ money, horrible cads. There is no$2$ end of
006:112,04[H  ]| that$6#2$ always going on$5$ in$4$ Fifth Avenue, and other bad
006:112,05[H  ]| things besides. The Morals of Murray*Hill! Some*one
006:112,06[H  ]| ought to$9$ show them up$5$."
006:112,07[B  ]| "I do not believe it!" 
006:112,07['  ]| ~~ Newman took it very
006:112,08['  ]| gravely. 
006:112,08[B  ]| "I do not see how, in$4$ America, such cases
006:112,09[B  ]| can ever have occurred; for$4$ the simple reason that$3$
006:112,10[B  ]| the men themselves would be the first to$9$ make them
006:112,11[B  ]| impossible. The American man sometimes takes
006:112,12[B  ]| advantage ~~ I have known him to$9$. But he does not
006:112,13[B  ]| take advantage of women."
006:112,14[H  ]| "Listen to$4$ the voice of the spread eagle!" 
006:112,14['  ]| cried
006:112,15['  ]| Tristram.
006:112,16[I  ]| "The spread eagle should use his wings," 
006:112,16['  ]| said his
006:112,17['  ]| wife. 
006:112,17[I  ]| "He should fly to$4$ the rescue of the woman of
006:112,18[I  ]| whom advantage is being taken!"
006:112,19[B  ]| "To$4$ her rescue ~?" 
006:112,19['  ]| Newman seemed to$9$ wonder.
006:112,20[I  ]| "Pounce down, seize her in$4$ your talons and carry
006:112,21[I  ]| her off. Marry her yourself."
006:112,22['  ]| Newman, for$4$ some moments, answered nothing;
006:112,23['  ]| but presently, 
006:112,23[B  ]| "I guess she has heard enough of
006:112,24[B  ]| marrying," 
006:112,24['  ]| he said. 
006:112,24[B  ]| "The kindest way to$9$ treat her
006:112,25[B  ]| would be to$9$ care for$4$ her and yet never speak of it.
006:112,26[B  ]| But that$6#2$ sort of thing is infamous," 
006:112,26['  ]| he added. 
006:112,26[B  ]| "It is
006:112,27[B  ]| none of my business, but it makes me feel kind of
006:112,28[B  ]| swindled to$9$ hear of it."
006:112,29['  ]| He heard of it, however, more than once afterwards.
006:112,30['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram again saw Madame*de*Cintre= 
006:112,31['  ]| and again found her looking very very sad. But on$4$
006:112,32['  ]| these occasions there had been no$2$ tears; the intense
006:113,01['  ]| mild eyes were clear and still. 
006:113,01[I  ]| "She is cold, calm
006:113,02[I  ]| and hopeless," 
006:113,02['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram declared, and she
006:113,03['  ]| added that$3$ 
006:113,03@i   | on$4$ her mentioning that$3$ her friend Mr%*Newman
006:113,04@i   | was again in$4$ Paris and was faithful in$4$ his
006:113,05@i   | desire to$9$ make Madame*de*Cintre='s acquaintance,
006:113,06@i   | this lovely woman had found a smile in$4$ her despair
006:113,07@i   | and expressed her regret at having missed his visit
006:113,08@i   | in$4$ the spring and her hope that$3$ he had not lost courage.
006:113,09[I  ]| "I told her something about you," 
006:113,09['  ]| Newman's
006:113,10['  ]| hostess wound up$5$.
006:113,11[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is a comfort," 
006:113,11['  ]| he patiently answered. 
006:113,11[B  ]| "I
006:113,12[B  ]| seem to$9$ \want\ people to$9$ know about me."
006:113,13['  ]| A few days after this, one dusky autumn afternoon,
006:113,14['  ]| he went again to$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite=.
006:113,15['  ]| The early evening had closed in$5$ as he applied for$4$
006:113,16['  ]| admittance at the stoutly-guarded Ho^tel*de*bellegarde.
006:113,17['  ]| He was told that$3$ 
006:113,17@x   | Madame*la*Comtesse was
006:113,18@x   | at home, 
006:113,18['  ]| on$4$ which$6#1$ he crossed the court, entered
006:113,19['  ]| the further door and was conducted through a vestibule,
006:113,20['  ]| vast, dim and cold, up$4$ a broad stone staircase
006:113,21['  ]| with an ancient iron balustrade, to$4$ an apartment
006:113,22['  ]| on$4$ the first floor. Announced and ushered in$5$,
006:113,23['  ]| he found himself in$4$ a large panelled boudoir, at one
006:113,24['  ]| end of which$6#1$ a lady and a gentleman were seated
006:113,25['  ]| by$4$ the fire. The gentleman was smoking a cigarette;
006:113,26['  ]| there was no$2$ light in$4$ the room save that$6#2$ of a 
006:113,27['  ]| couple of candles and the glow from the hearth.
006:113,28['  ]| Both persons rose to$9$ welcome Newman, who$6#1$ in$4$
006:113,29['  ]| the firelight recognised Madame*la*Comtesse. She
006:113,30['  ]| gave him her hand with a smile which$6#1$ seemed in$4$
006:113,31['  ]| itself an illumination, and, pointing to$4$ her companion,
006:113,32['  ]| murmured an allusion, 
006:113,32[A  ]| "One of my brothers."
006:114,01['  ]| The gentleman struck Newman as taking
006:114,02['  ]| him, with great good-nature, for$4$ a friend already
006:114,03['  ]| made, and our hero then perceived him to$9$ be the
006:114,04['  ]| young man he had met in$4$ the court of the hotel on$4$ his
006:114,05['  ]| former visit, the one who$6#1$ had appeared of an easy
006:114,06['  ]| commerce. 
006:114,06[A  ]| "Mrs%*Tristram has often mentioned you
006:114,07[A  ]| to$4$ us." 
006:114,07['  ]| It had an effect of prodigious benignity as
006:114,08['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= resumed her former place.
006:114,09['  ]| Newman, noticing in$4$ especial her "us," began,
006:114,10['  ]| after he had seated himself, to$9$ consider what in$4$
006:114,11['  ]| truth might be his errand. He had an unusual, unexpected
006:114,12['  ]| sense of having wandered into a strange
006:114,13['  ]| corner of the world. He was not given, as a general
006:114,14['  ]| thing, to$4$ "borrowing trouble" or to$4$ suspecting
006:114,15['  ]| danger, and he had had no$2$ social tremors on$4$ this
006:114,16['  ]| particular occasion. He was not without presence
006:114,17['  ]| of mind, though he had no$2$ formed habit of prompt
006:114,18['  ]| chatter. But his exercised acuteness sometimes precluded
006:114,19['  ]| detachment; with every disposition to$9$ take
006:114,20['  ]| things simply he could not but feel that$3$ some of them
006:114,21['  ]| were less simple than others. He felt as one feels in$4$
006:114,22['  ]| missing a step, in$4$ an ascent, where one has expected
006:114,23['  ]| to$9$ find it. 
006:114,23@b   | This strange pretty woman seated at fireside
006:114,24@b   | talking with her brother in$4$ the grey depths of her
006:114,25@b   | inhospitable-looking house ~~ what had he to$9$ say
006:114,26@b   | to$4$ her? She seemed enveloped in$4$ triple defences
006:114,27@b   | of privacy; by$4$ what encouragement had he presumed
006:114,28@b   | on$4$ his having effected a breach? 
006:114,28['  ]| It was for$4$
006:114,29['  ]| a moment as if he had plunged into some medium
006:114,30['  ]| as deep as the ocean and must exert himself to$9$ keep
006:114,31['  ]| from sinking. Meanwhile he was looking at Madame*la*Comtesse
006:114,32['  ]| and she was settling herself in$4$ her chair
006:115,01['  ]| and drawing in$4$ her long dress and vaguely, rather
006:115,02['  ]| indirectly, turning her face to$4$ him. Their eyes met;
006:115,03['  ]| a moment later she looked away and motioned to$4$
006:115,04['  ]| her brother to$9$ put a log on$4$ the fire. But the moment,
006:115,05['  ]| and the glance that$6#1$ lived in$4$ it, had been sufficient
006:115,06['  ]| to$9$ relieve Newman of the first and the last fit of sharp
006:115,07['  ]| personal embarrassment he was ever to$9$ know. He
006:115,08['  ]| performed the movement frequent with him and
006:115,09['  ]| which$6#1$ was always a symbol of his taking mental
006:115,10['  ]| possession of a scene ~~ he extended his long legs.
006:115,11['  ]| The impression his hostess had made on$4$ him at their
006:115,12['  ]| first meeting came back in$4$ an instant; it had been
006:115,13['  ]| deeper than he knew. 
006:115,13@b   | She took on$4$ a light and a 
006:115,14@b   | grace, or, more definitely, an interest; he had opened
006:115,15@b   | a book and the first lines held his attention.
006:115,16['  ]| She asked him questions as if unable to$9$ do less:
006:115,17@a   | how lately he had seen Mrs%*Tristram, how long
006:115,18@a   | he had been in$4$ Paris, how long he expected to$9$ remain
006:115,19@a   | there, how he liked it. 
006:115,19['  ]| She spoke English
006:115,20['  ]| without an accent, or rather with that$6#2$ absence of
006:115,21['  ]| any*one of those long familiar to$4$ him which$6#1$ on$4$ his
006:115,22['  ]| arrival in$4$ Europe had struck him as constituting by$4$
006:115,23['  ]| itself a complete foreignness ~~ foreignness that$6#1$
006:115,24['  ]| in$4$ women he had come to$9$ like$1$ extremely. Here and
006:115,25['  ]| there her utterance slightly exceeded this measure,
006:115,26['  ]| but at the end of ten minutes he found himself waiting
006:115,27['  ]| for$4$ these delicate discords. He enjoyed them,
006:115,28['  ]| marvelling to$9$ hear the possible slip become the
006:115,29['  ]| charming glide. 
006:115,29[A  ]| "You have a beautiful country of
006:115,30[A  ]| your own," 
006:115,30['  ]| she safely enough risked.
006:115,31[B  ]| "Oh, very fine, very fine. You ought to$9$ come
006:115,32[B  ]| over and see it."
006:116,01[A  ]| "I shall never go over and see it," 
006:116,01['  ]| she answered
006:116,02['  ]| with a smile.
006:116,03[B  ]| "Well, why should not you?"
006:116,04[A  ]| "We do not travel; especially so$5#1$ far."
006:116,05[B  ]| "But you go away sometimes; you do not always
006:116,06[B  ]| stay right here?"
006:116,07[A  ]| "I go away in$4$ summer ~~ a little way, to$4$ the
006:116,08[A  ]| country."
006:116,09['  ]| He wanted to$9$ ask her something more, something
006:116,10['  ]| personal and going rather far ~~ he hardly knew
006:116,11['  ]| what. 
006:116,11[B  ]| "Do not you find it rather lifeless here," 
006:116,11['  ]| he said;
006:116,12[B  ]| "so$5#1$ far from the street?" 
006:116,12['  ]| Rather "lonesome" he
006:116,13['  ]| was going to$9$ say, but he deflected nervously, for$4$
006:116,14['  ]| discretion, and then felt his term an aggravation.
006:116,15[A  ]| "Yes, it is very lifeless, if you mean very quiet;
006:116,16[A  ]| but that$6#2$ is exactly what we like$1$."
006:116,17[B  ]| "Ah, that$6#2$ is exactly what you like$1$," 
006:116,17['  ]| he repeated.
006:116,18['  ]| He was touched by$4$ her taking it so$5#2$.
006:116,19[A  ]| "Besides, I have lived here all my life."
006:116,20[B  ]| "Lived here all your life," 
006:116,20['  ]| Newman found he
006:116,21['  ]| could but echo.
006:116,22[A  ]| "I was born here, and my father was born here
006:116,23[A  ]| before me, and my grandfather and my great-grandfathers.
006:116,24[A  ]| Were they not, Valentin?" 
006:116,24['  ]| ~~ and she appealed
006:116,25['  ]| to$4$ her brother.
006:116,26[E  ]| "Yes, it seems a condition of our being born at
006:116,27[E  ]| all," 
006:116,27['  ]| the young man smiled as he rose and threw the
006:116,28['  ]| remnant of his cigarette into the fire. He remained
006:116,29['  ]| leaning against the chimney-piece, and an observer
006:116,30['  ]| would have guessed that$3$ he wished to$9$ take a better
006:116,31['  ]| look at their guest, whom he covertly examined
006:116,32['  ]| while he stroked his moustache.
006:117,01[B  ]| "Your house is tremendously old then?" 
006:117,01['  ]| Newman
006:117,02['  ]| pursued.
006:117,03[A  ]| "How old is it, brother?" 
006:117,03['  ]| asked Madame*de*Cintre=.
006:117,04['  ]|
006:117,05['  ]| The young man took the two candles from the
006:117,06['  ]| mantel, lifted one high in$4$ each hand and looked up$5$,
006:117,07['  ]| above the objects on$4$ the shelf, toward the cornice of
006:117,08['  ]| the room. The chimney-piece was in$4$ white marble
006:117,09['  ]| of the Louis-Quinze period, but much aloft was a 
006:117,10['  ]| panelling of an earlier date, quaintly carved, painted
006:117,11['  ]| white and here and there gilded. The white had
006:117,12['  ]| turned to$4$ yellow and the gilding was tarnished.
006:117,13['  ]| On$4$ the top the figures ranged themselves into a 
006:117,14['  ]| shield, on$4$ which$6#1$ an armorial device was cut. Above
006:117,15['  ]| it, in$4$ relief, was a number ~~ 1627. 
006:117,15[E  ]| "There you
006:117,16[E  ]| have a year," 
006:117,16['  ]| said the young man. 
006:117,16[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is old or
006:117,17[E  ]| new, according to$4$ your point of view."
006:117,18[B  ]| "Well, over here," 
006:117,18['  ]| Newman replied, 
006:117,18[B  ]| "one's point
006:117,19[B  ]| of view gets shifted round considerably." 
006:117,19['  ]| And he
006:117,20['  ]| threw back his head and looked about. 
006:117,20[B  ]| "Your house
006:117,21[B  ]| is of a very fine style of architecture."
006:117,22[E  ]| "Are you interested in$4$ questions of architecture?"
006:117,23['  ]| asked the gentleman at the chimney-piece.
006:117,24[B  ]| "Well, I took the trouble this summer to$9$ examine
006:117,25[B  ]| ~~ as well as I can calculate ~~ some four*hundred*and*seventy
006:117,26[B  ]| churches. Do you call that$6#2$ interested?"
006:117,27[B  ]|
006:117,28[E  ]| "Perhaps you are interested in$4$ religion," 
006:117,28['  ]| said his
006:117,29['  ]| amiable host.
006:117,30['  ]| Newman thought. 
006:117,30[B  ]| "Not actively." 
006:117,30['  ]| He found
006:117,31['  ]| himself speaking as if it were a railroad or a mine;
006:117,32['  ]| so$3$ that$3$ the next moment, to$9$ correct this, 
006:117,32[B  ]| "Are you a 
006:118,01[B  ]| Roman*Catholic, madam?" 
006:118,01['  ]| he inquired of Madame*de*Cintre=.
006:118,02['  ]|
006:118,03[A  ]| "I am of the faith of my fathers," 
006:118,03['  ]| she gravely
006:118,04['  ]| replied.
006:118,05['  ]| He was struck with a sort of richness in$4$ the effect
006:118,06['  ]| of it ~~ he threw back his head again for$4$ contemplation.
006:118,07[B  ]| "Had you never noticed that$6#2$ number up$4$
006:118,08[B  ]| there?" 
006:118,08['  ]| he presently asked.
006:118,09['  ]| She hesitated a moment and then, 
006:118,09[A  ]| "In$4$ former
006:118,10[A  ]| years," 
006:118,10['  ]| she returned.
006:118,11['  ]| Her brother had been watching Newman's movement.
006:118,12[E  ]| "Perhaps you would like$1$ to$9$ examine the
006:118,13[E  ]| house."
006:118,14['  ]| Our friend slowly brought down his eyes for$4$ recognition
006:118,15['  ]| of this; he received the impression that$3$
006:118,16['  ]| the young man at the chimney-piece had his forms,
006:118,17['  ]| and sought his own opportunities, of amusement.
006:118,18['  ]| He was a handsome figure of a young man; his face
006:118,19['  ]| wore a smile, his moustachios were curled up$5$ at
006:118,20['  ]| the ends and there was something ~~ more than the
006:118,21['  ]| firelight ~~ that$6#1$ played in$4$ his eyes. 
006:118,21@b   | "Damn his
006:118,22@b   | French impudence!" 
006:118,22['  ]| Newman was on$4$ the point of
006:118,23['  ]| inwardly growling. 
006:118,23@b   | "What the deuce is he grinning
006:118,24@b   | at?" 
006:118,24['  ]| He glanced at Madame*de*Cintre=, who$6#1$
006:118,25['  ]| was only looking at the floor. But she raised her eyes,
006:118,26['  ]| which$6#1$ again met his, till she carried them to$4$ her
006:118,27['  ]| brother. He turned again to$4$ this companion and
006:118,28['  ]| observed that$3$ he strikingly resembled his sister.
006:118,29['  ]| This was in$4$ his favour, and our hero's first impression
006:118,30['  ]| of Count*Valentin had moreover much engaged
006:118,31['  ]| him. His suspicion expired and he said he should
006:118,32['  ]| rejoice to$9$ see the house.
006:119,01['  ]| The young man surrendered to$4$ gaiety, laying his
006:119,02['  ]| hand again on$4$ a light. 
006:118,02[E  ]| "It will$1$ repay your curiosity.
006:119,03[E  ]| Come then."
006:119,04['  ]| But Madame*de*Cintre= rose quickly and grasped
006:119,05['  ]| his arm. 
006:119,05[A  ]| "Ah Valentin, what do you mean to$9$ do?"
006:119,06[E  ]| "To$9$ show Mr%*Newman the house. It will$1$ be very
006:119,07[E  ]| amusing to$9$ show Mr%*Newman the house."
006:119,08['  ]| She kept her hand on$4$ his arm and turned to$4$ their
006:119,09['  ]| visitor with a smile. 
006:119,09[A  ]| "Do not let him take you; you
006:119,10[A  ]| will$1$ not find it remarkable. It is a musty old house
006:119,11[A  ]| like$4$ any other."
006:119,12[E  ]| "Ah, not like$4$ any other," 
006:119,12['  ]| the Count still gaily
006:119,13['  ]| protested. 
006:119,13[E  ]| "It is full of curious things. Besides
006:119,14[E  ]| a visit like$4$ Mr%*Newman's is just what it wants and
006:119,15[E  ]| has never had. It is a rare chance all round."
006:119,16[A  ]| "You are very wicked, brother," 
006:119,16['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
006:119,17['  ]| insisted.
006:119,18[E  ]| "Nothing venture, nothing have!" 
006:119,18['  ]| cried the young
006:119,19['  ]| man. 
006:119,19[E  ]| "Will$1$ you come?"
006:119,20['  ]| She stepped toward Newman, clasping her hands
006:119,21['  ]| and speaking, to$4$ his sense, with an exquisite grave
006:119,22['  ]| appeal. 
006:119,22[A  ]| "Would not you prefer my society here by$4$
006:119,23[A  ]| my fire to$4$ stumbling about dark passages after ~
006:119,24[A  ]| well, after nothing at all?"
006:119,25[B  ]| "A hundred times! We will$1$ see the house some
006:119,26[B  ]| other day."
006:119,27['  ]| The young man put down his light with mock
006:119,28['  ]| solemnity, and, shaking his head, 
006:119,28[E  ]| "Ah, you have defeated
006:119,29[E  ]| a great scheme, sir!" 
006:119,29['  ]| he sighed.
006:119,30[B  ]| "A scheme? I do not understand," 
006:119,30['  ]| said Newman.
006:119,31[E  ]| "You would have played your part in$4$ it all the better.
006:119,32[E  ]| Perhaps some day I shall have a chance to$9$ explain it."
006:120,01[A  ]| "Be quiet and ring for$4$ tea," 
006:119,01['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
006:120,02['  ]| gently concluded.
006:120,03['  ]| Count*Valentin obeyed, and presently a servant
006:120,04['  ]| brought in$5$ a tray, which$6#1$ he placed on$4$ a small table.
006:120,05['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=, when he had gone, busied herself,
006:120,06['  ]| from her place, with making tea. She had but
006:120,07['  ]| just begun when the door was thrown open and a 
006:120,08['  ]| lady rushed in$4$ with a loud rustling sound. She
006:120,09['  ]| stared at Newman, gave a little nod and a 
006:120,09[L  ]| "Monsieur!"
006:120,10['  ]| and then quickly approached Madame*de*Cintre=
006:120,11['  ]| and presented her forehead to$9$ be kissed.
006:120,12['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= saluted her, but continued to$9$
006:120,13['  ]| watch the kettle. The rustling lady was young and
006:120,14['  ]| pretty, it seemed to$4$ Newman; she wore her bonnet
006:120,15['  ]| and cloak and a train of royal proportions. She began
006:120,16['  ]| to$9$ talk rapidly in$4$ French. 
006:120,16[L  ]| "Oh, give me some
006:120,17[L  ]| tea, my beautiful one, for$4$ the love of God! I am
006:120,18[L  ]| \9ane=antie\, annihilated." 
006:120,18['  ]| Newman found himself quite
006:120,19['  ]| unable to$9$ follow her; she spoke much less distinctly
006:120,20['  ]| than M%*Nioche.
006:120,21[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is my wonderful sister-in-law," 
006:120,21['  ]| the young
006:120,22['  ]| man mentioned to$4$ him.
006:120,23[B  ]| "She is very attractive," 
006:120,23['  ]| Newman promptly responded.
006:120,24['  ]|
006:120,25[E  ]| "Fascinating," 
006:120,25['  ]| the Count said; and this time again
006:120,26['  ]| his guest suspected him of latent malice. His sister-in-law
006:120,27['  ]| came round to$4$ the other side of the fire with
006:120,28['  ]| her tea in$4$ her hand, holding it out at arm's length
006:120,29['  ]| so$3$ that$3$ she might not spill it on$4$ her dress and uttering
006:120,30['  ]| little cries of alarm. She placed the cup on$4$ the
006:120,31['  ]| chimney and began to$9$ unpin her veil and pull off her
006:120,32['  ]| gloves, looking meanwhile at Newman. 
006:120,32[E  ]| "Is there anything
006:121,01[E  ]| I can do for$4$ you, my dear lady?" 
006:121,01['  ]| the young
006:121,02['  ]| man asked with quite extravagant solicitude.
006:121,03[L  ]| "Present me to$4$ monsieur," 
006:121,03['  ]| said his sister-in-law.
006:121,04['  ]| And then when he had pronounced their visitor's
006:121,05['  ]| name: 
006:121,05[L  ]| "I can not curtsey to$4$ you, monsieur, or I shall
006:121,06[L  ]| spill my tea. So$3$ Claire receives strangers like$4$ this?"
006:121,07['  ]| she covertly added, in$4$ French to$4$ her brother-in-law.
006:121,08[E  ]| "Apparently! Is not it fun?" 
006:121,08['  ]| he returned with enthusiasm.
006:121,09['  ]|
006:121,10['  ]| Newman stood a moment and then approached
006:121,11['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=, 
006:121,11@b   | who$6#1$ looked up$5$ at him as if she
006:121,12@b   | were thinking of something to$9$ say. She seemed to$9$
006:121,13@b   | think of nothing, however ~~ she simply smiled. 
006:121,13['  ]| He
006:121,14['  ]| sat down near her and she handed him his cup. For$4$
006:121,15['  ]| a few moments they talked about that$6#2$, and meanwhile
006:121,16['  ]| he kept taking her in$5$. He remembered what
006:121,17['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram had told him of her "perfection"
006:121,18['  ]| and of her having, in$4$ combination, all the brilliant
006:121,19['  ]| things that$6#1$ he dreamed of finding. This made him
006:121,20['  ]| consider her not only without mistrust, but without
006:121,21['  ]| uneasy conjectures; the presumption, from the
006:121,22['  ]| first moment he looked at her, had been so$5#1$ in$4$ her
006:121,23['  ]| favour. And yet if she was beautiful it was not from
006:121,24['  ]| directly dazzling him. She was tall and moulded in$4$
006:121,25['  ]| long lines; she had thick fair hair and features uneven
006:121,26['  ]| and harmonious. Her wide grey eyes were like$4$
006:121,27['  ]| a brace of deputed and garlanded maidens waiting
006:121,28['  ]| with a compliment at the gate of a city, but they
006:121,29['  ]| failed of that$6#2$ lamplike quality and those many-coloured
006:121,30['  ]| fires that$6#1$ light up$5$, as in$4$ a constant celebration
006:121,31['  ]| of anniversaries, the fair front of the conquering
006:121,32['  ]| type. Madame*de*Cintre= was of attenuated substance
006:122,01['  ]| and might pass for$4$ younger than she probably was.
006:122,02['  ]| In$4$ her whole person was something still young and
006:122,03['  ]| still passive, still uncertain and that$6#1$ seemed still to$9$
006:122,04['  ]| expect to$9$ depend, and which$6#1$ yet made, in$4$ its dignity,
006:122,05['  ]| a presence withal, and almost represented, in$4$ its
006:122,06['  ]| serenity, an assurance. 
006:122,06@b   | What had Tristram meant,
006:122,07['  ]| Newman wondered, 
006:122,07@b   | by$4$ calling her proud? She was
006:122,08@b   | certainly not proud, now, to$4$ him; or if she was it
006:122,09@b   | was of no$2$ use and lost on$4$ him: she must pile it
006:122,10@b   | up$5$ higher if she expected him to$9$ mind it. She was
006:122,11@b   | a clear, noble person ~~ it was very easy to$9$ get on$5$
006:122,12@b   | with her. And was she then subject to$4$ that$6#2$ application
006:122,13@b   | of the idea of "rank" which$6#1$ made her a 
006:122,14@b   | kind of historical formation? 
006:122,14['  ]| Newman had known
006:122,15['  ]| rank but in$4$ the old days of the army ~~ where it
006:122,16['  ]| had not always amounted to$4$ very much either; and
006:122,17['  ]| he had never seen it attributed to$4$ women, unless
006:122,18['  ]| perhaps to$4$ two or three rather predominant wives
006:122,19['  ]| of generals. But the designations representing it in$4$
006:122,20['  ]| France struck him as ever so$5#1$ pretty and becoming,
006:122,21['  ]| with a property in$4$ the bearer, this particular one,
006:122,22['  ]| that$6#1$ might match them and make a sense ~~ something
006:122,23['  ]| fair and softly bright, that$6#1$ had motions of extraordinary
006:122,24['  ]| lightness and indeed a whole new and
006:122,25['  ]| unfamiliar play of emphasis and pressure, a new 
006:122,26['  ]| way, that$6#1$ is, of not insisting and not even, as one
006:122,27['  ]| might think, wanting or knowing, yet all to$4$ the effect
006:122,28['  ]| of attracting and pleasing. She had at last thought of
006:122,29['  ]| something to$9$ say. 
006:122,29[A  ]| "Have you many friends in$4$ Paris
006:122,30[A  ]| ~~ so$3$ that$3$ you go out a great deal?"
006:122,31['  ]| He considered ~~ about going out. 
006:122,31[B  ]| "Do you mean
006:122,32[B  ]| if I go to$4$ parties ~?"
006:123,01[A  ]| "Do you go \9dans 9le 9monde\, as we say?"
006:123,02[B  ]| "I have seen a good many people. Mrs%*Tristram
006:123,03[B  ]| at least tells me I have. She has taken me about. I do
006:123,04[B  ]| whatever she bids me."
006:123,05[A  ]| "By$4$ yourself then you are not fond of amusements?"
006:123,06[B  ]| "Oh yes, of some sorts. I am not fond of \very\ fast
006:123,07[B  ]| rushing about, or of sitting up$5$ half the night; I am
006:123,08[B  ]| too old and too heavy. But I want to$9$ be amused;
006:123,09[B  ]| I came to$4$ Europe for$4$ that$6#2$."
006:123,10['  ]| She appeared to$9$ think a moment, and then with
006:123,11['  ]| a smile: 
006:123,11[A  ]| "But I thought one can be so$5#1$ much amused
006:123,12[A  ]| in$4$ America."
006:123,13[B  ]| "I could not; perhaps I was too much part of the
006:123,14[B  ]| show. That$6#2$ is never such fun, you know, for$4$ the
006:123,15[B  ]| animals themselves."
006:123,16['  ]| At this moment young Madame*de*Bellegarde
006:123,17['  ]| came back for$4$ another cup of tea, accompanied by$4$
006:123,18['  ]| Count*Valentin. Madame*de*Cintre=, when she had
006:123,19['  ]| served her, began to$9$ talk again with Newman and
006:123,20['  ]| recalled what he had last said. 
006:123,20[A  ]| "In$4$ your own country
006:123,21[A  ]| you were very much occupied?"
006:123,22[B  ]| "I was in$4$ active business. I have been in$4$ active
006:123,23[B  ]| business since I was fifteen years old."
006:123,24[L  ]| "And what was your active business?" 
006:123,24['  ]| asked
006:123,25['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde, who$6#1$ was decidedly not so$5#1$
006:123,26['  ]| pretty as Madame*de*Cintre=.
006:123,27[B  ]| "I have been in$4$ everything," 
006:123,27['  ]| said Newman. 
006:123,27[B  ]| "At 
006:123,28[B  ]| one time I sold leather; at one time I manufactured
006:123,29[B  ]| wash-tubs."
006:123,30['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde made a little grimace.
006:123,31[L  ]| "Leather? I do not like$1$ that$6#2$. Wash-tubs are better.
006:123,32[L  ]| I prefer the smell of soap. I hope at least they made
006:124,01[L  ]| your fortune." 
006:124,01['  ]| She rattled this off with the air of a 
006:124,02['  ]| woman who$6#1$ had the reputation of saying everything
006:124,03['  ]| that$6#1$ came into her head, and with a strong French
006:124,04['  ]| accent.
006:124,05['  ]| Newman had spoken with conscientious clearness,
006:124,06['  ]| but Madame*de*Bellegarde's tone made him go on$5$,
006:124,07['  ]| after a meditative pause, with a certain light grimness
006:124,08['  ]| of pleasantry. 
006:124,08[B  ]| "No$7$, I lost money on$4$ wash-tubs,
006:124,09[B  ]| but I came out pretty square on$4$ leather."
006:124,10[L  ]| "I have made up$5$ my mind, after all," 
006:124,10['  ]| said the Marquise,
006:124,11[L  ]| "that$3$ the great point is ~~ how do you call it?
006:124,12[L  ]| ~~ to$9$ come out square. I am on$4$ my knees to$4$ money
006:124,13[L  ]| and my worship is as public as you like$1$. If you have
006:124,14[L  ]| it I ask no$2$ questions. For$4$ that$6#2$ I am a real radical ~~ 
006:124,15[L  ]| like$4$ you, monsieur; at least as I suppose you. My
006:124,16[L  ]| \9belle-soeur\ is very proud; but I find that$3$ one gets
006:124,17[L  ]| much more pleasure in$4$ this sad life if one does not
006:124,18[L  ]| make too many difficulties."
006:124,19[E  ]| "Goodness gracious, che`re madame, how you rush
006:124,20[E  ]| in$4$!" 
006:124,20['  ]| Count*Valentin gaily groaned.
006:124,21[L  ]| "He is a man one can speak to$4$, I suppose, since
006:124,22[L  ]| my sister receives him," 
006:124,22['  ]| the lady more covertly answered.
006:124,23[L  ]| "Besides, it is very true; those are my ideas."
006:124,24[E  ]| "Ah, you call them ideas?" 
006:124,24['  ]| the young man returned
006:124,25['  ]| in$4$ a tone that$6#1$ Newman thought lovely.
006:124,26[A  ]| "But Mrs%*Tristram told me you had been in$4$ the
006:124,27[A  ]| army ~~ in$4$ your great war," 
006:124,27['  ]| his beautiful sister pursued.
006:124,28['  ]|
006:124,29[B  ]| "Yes, but that$6#2$ was not business ~~ in$4$ the paying
006:124,30[B  ]| sense. I could not afford it often."
006:124,31[E  ]| "Very true!" 
006:124,31['  ]| said Count*Valentin, who$6#1$ looked
006:124,32['  ]| at our hero from head to$4$ foot with his peculiar
006:125,01['  ]| facial play, in$4$ which$6#1$ irony and urbanity seemed perplexingly
006:125,02['  ]| commingled. 
006:125,02[E  ]| "Are you a brave man?"
006:125,03[B  ]| "Well, try me."
006:125,04[E  ]| "Ah then, there you are! In$4$ that$6#2$ case come
006:125,05[E  ]| again."
006:125,06[A  ]| "Dear me, what an invitation!" 
006:125,06['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre`
006:125,07['  ]| murmured with a smile that$6#1$ betrayed embarrassment.
006:125,08['  ]|
006:125,09[E  ]| "Oh, I want Mr%*Newman to$9$ come ~~ particularly,"
006:125,10['  ]| her brother returned. 
006:125,10[E  ]| "It will$1$ give me great
006:125,11[E  ]| pleasure. I shall feel the loss if I miss one of his visits.
006:125,12[E  ]| But I maintain he must be of high courage. A stout
006:125,13[E  ]| heart, sir, and a firm front." 
006:125,13['  ]| And he offered Newman
006:125,14['  ]| his hand.
006:125,15[B  ]| "I shall not come to$9$ see you; I shall come to$9$ see
006:125,16[B  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=," 
006:125,16['  ]| said Newman, bent on$4$ distinctness.
006:125,17['  ]|
006:125,18[E  ]| "You will$1$ need, exactly for$4$ that$6#2$, all your arms."
006:125,19[A  ]| "Ah \9de 9gra^ce\!" 
006:125,19['  ]| she appealed.
006:125,20[L  ]| "Decidedly," 
006:125,20['  ]| cried Madame*de*Bellegarde, 
006:125,20[L  ]| "I am
006:125,21[L  ]| the only person here capable of saying something
006:125,22[L  ]| polite! Come to$9$ see me; you will$1$ need no$2$ courage
006:125,23[L  ]| at all, monsieur."
006:125,24['  ]| Newman gave a laugh which$6#1$ was not altogether 
006:125,25['  ]| an assent; then, shaking hands all round, marched
006:125,26['  ]| away. Madame*de*Cintre= failed to$9$ take up$5$ her sister's
006:125,27['  ]| challenge to$9$ be gracious, but she looked with
006:125,28['  ]| a certain troubled air at the retreating guest.
007:126,01['  ]| One evening very late, about five days after this
007:126,02['  ]| episode, Newman's servant brought him a card which$6#1$
007:126,03['  ]| proved to$9$ be that$6#2$ of young M%*de*Bellegarde. When
007:126,04['  ]| a few moments later he went to$9$ receive his visitor
007:126,05['  ]| he found him standing in$4$ the middle of the greatest
007:126,06['  ]| of his gilded saloons and eyeing it from cornice to$4$
007:126,07['  ]| carpet. Count*Valentin's face, it seemed to$4$ him, expressed
007:126,08['  ]| not less than usual a sense of the inherent
007:126,09['  ]| comedy of things. 
007:126,09@b   | "What the devil is he laughing
007:126,10@b   | at now?" 
007:126,10['  ]| our hero asked himself; but he put the
007:126,11['  ]| question without acrimony, for$3$ he felt in$4$ Madame*de*Cintre='s
007:126,12['  ]| brother a free and adventurous nature,
007:126,13['  ]| and he had a presentiment that$3$ 
007:126,13@b   | on$4$ this basis of the
007:126,14@b   | natural and the bold they were destined to$9$ understand
007:126,15@b   | each other. Only if there was food for$4$ mirth
007:126,16@b   | he wished to$9$ have a glimpse of it too.
007:126,17[E  ]| "To begin with," 
007:126,17['  ]| said the young man as he extended
007:126,18['  ]| his hand, 
007:126,18[E  ]| "have I come too late?"
007:126,19[B  ]| "Too late for$4$ what?"
007:126,20[E  ]| "To$9$ smoke a cigar with you."
007:126,21[B  ]| "You would have to$9$ come early to$9$ do that$6#2$," 
007:126,21['  ]| Newman
007:126,22['  ]| said. 
007:126,22[B  ]| "I do not know how to$9$ smoke."
007:126,23[E  ]| "Ah, you are a strong man!"
007:126,24[B  ]| "But I keep cigars," 
007:126,24['  ]| he added. 
007:126,24[B  ]| "Sit down."
007:126,25['  ]| His visitor looked about. 
007:126,25[E  ]| "Surely I may not smoke
007:126,26[E  ]| here."
007:126,27[B  ]| "What is the matter? Is the room too small?"
007:127,01[E  ]| "It is too large. It is like$4$ smoking in$4$ a ball-room
007:127,02[E  ]| or a church."
007:127,03[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is what you were laughing at just now?"
007:127,04['  ]| Newman asked; 
007:127,04[B  ]| "the size of my room?"
007:127,05[E  ]| "It is not size only, but splendour and harmony,
007:127,06[E  ]| beauty of detail. It was the smile of sympathy and
007:127,07[E  ]| of admiration."
007:127,08['  ]| Newman looked at him harder and then, 
007:127,08[B  ]| "So$3$ it
007:127,09[B  ]| \is\ very ridiculous?" 
007:127,09['  ]| he enquired.
007:127,10[E  ]| "Ridiculous, my dear sir? It is sublime."
007:127,11[B  ]| "That$6#2$ of course is the same thing," 
007:127,11['  ]| said Newman.
007:127,12[B  ]| "Make yourself comfortable. Your coming
007:127,13[B  ]| to$9$ see me, I take it, is an act of sympathy and a sign
007:127,14[B  ]| of confidence. You were not obliged to$9$. Therefore
007:127,15[B  ]| if anything round here amuses you it will$1$ be all in$4$
007:127,16[B  ]| a pleasant way. Laugh as loud as you please; I like$1$
007:127,17[B  ]| to$9$ have my little entertainment a success. Only I
007:127,18[B  ]| must make this request: that$3$ you explain the joke
007:127,19[B  ]| to$4$ me as soon as you can speak. I do not want to$9$
007:127,20[B  ]| lose anything myself."
007:127,21['  ]| His friend gave him a long look of unresentful
007:127,22['  ]| perplexity. He laid his hand on$4$ his sleeve and seemed
007:127,23['  ]| on$4$ the point of saying something, but suddenly
007:127,24['  ]| checked himself, leaned back in$4$ his chair and puffed
007:127,25['  ]| at his cigar. At last, however, breaking silence,
007:127,26[E  ]| "Certainly," 
007:127,26['  ]| he began, 
007:127,26[E  ]| "my coming to$9$ see you is the
007:127,27[E  ]| frank demonstration you recognise. I have been
007:127,28[E  ]| nevertheless, in$4$ a measure encouraged ~~ or urged ~
007:127,29[E  ]| to$4$ the step. My sister, in$4$ a word, has asked it of me,
007:127,30[E  ]| and a request from my sister is, for$4$ me, a law. I was
007:127,31[E  ]| near you just now and I observed lights in$4$ what I
007:127,32[E  ]| supposed to$9$ be your rooms. It was not a ceremonious
007:128,01[E  ]| hour for$4$ making a call, but I was not sorry to$9$ do
007:128,02[E  ]| something that$6#1$ would show me as not performing
007:128,03[E  ]| a mere ceremony."
007:128,04[B  ]| "Well, here I am for$4$ you as large as life," 
007:128,04['  ]| said
007:128,05['  ]| Newman as he extended his legs.
007:128,06[E  ]| "I do not know what you mean," 
007:128,06['  ]| the young man
007:128,07['  ]| went on$5$, 
007:128,07[E  ]| "by$4$ giving me unlimited leave to$9$ laugh.
007:128,08[E  ]| Certainly I am a great laugher; it is the only way,
007:128,09[E  ]| in$4$ general, is not it? not to$9$ ~~ well, not to$9$ \9crever 9d'ennui\.
007:128,10[E  ]| But it is not in$4$ order that$3$ we may laugh
007:128,11[E  ]| together ~~ or separately ~~ that$3$ I have, I may say,
007:128,12[E  ]| sought your acquaintance. To$9$ speak with a confidence
007:128,13[E  ]| and a candour which$6#1$ I find rapidly getting
007:128,14[E  ]| the better of me, you have interested me without
007:128,15[E  ]| having done me the honour, I think, in$4$ the least
007:128,16[E  ]| to$9$ try for$4$ it ~~ by$4$ having acted so$5#1$ consistently in$4$
007:128,17[E  ]| your own interest: that$6#2$, I mean, of your enlightened
007:128,18[E  ]| curiosity." 
007:128,18['  ]| All this was uttered, to$4$ Newman's
007:128,19['  ]| sense, with a marked proficiency, as from a habit of
007:128,20['  ]| intercourse that$6#1$ was yet not "office" intercourse,
007:128,21['  ]| and, in$4$ spite of the speaker's excellent English, with
007:128,22['  ]| the perfect form, as our friend supposed, of the
007:128,23['  ]| superlative Frenchman; but there was at the same
007:128,24['  ]| time something in$4$ it of a more personal and more
007:128,25['  ]| pressing intention. What this might prove to$9$ have
007:128,26['  ]| for$4$ him Newman suddenly found himself rather
007:128,27['  ]| yearning to$9$ know. M%*de*Bellegarde was a foreigner
007:128,28['  ]| to$4$ the last roll of his so$5#1$ frequent rotary \r\; and if he
007:128,29['  ]| had met him out in$4$ bare Arizona he would have felt
007:128,30['  ]| it proper to$9$ address him with a "How-d'ye-do,
007:128,31['  ]| Mosseer?" Yet there was that$6#2$ in$4$ his physiognomy
007:128,32['  ]| which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ suspend a bold bridge of gilt wire
007:129,01['  ]| over the impassable gulf produced by$4$ difference of
007:129,02['  ]| race. He was but middling high and of robust and
007:129,03['  ]| agile aspect. Valentin*de*Bellegarde, his host was
007:129,04['  ]| afterwards to$9$ learn, had a mortal dread of not keeping
007:129,05['  ]| the robustness down sufficiently to$9$ keep the
007:129,06['  ]| agility up$5$; he was afraid of growing stout; he was
007:129,07['  ]| too short a story as he said, to$9$ afford an important
007:129,08['  ]| digression. He rode and fenced and practised gymnastics
007:129,09['  ]| with unremitting zeal, and you could not
007:129,10['  ]| congratulate him on$4$ his appearance without making
007:129,11['  ]| him turn pale at your imputation of its increase. He
007:129,12['  ]| had a round head, high above the ears, a crop of
007:129,13['  ]| hair at once dense and silky, a broad, low forehead,
007:129,14['  ]| a short nose, of the ironical and enquiring rather
007:129,15['  ]| than of the dogmatic or sensitive case, and a moustache
007:129,16['  ]| as delicate as that$6#2$ of a page in$4$ a romance. He
007:129,17['  ]| resembled his sister not in$4$ feature, but in$4$ the expression
007:129,18['  ]| of his fair open eyes, completely void, as
007:129,19['  ]| they were in$4$ his case, of introspection, and in$4$ the fine
007:129,20['  ]| freshness of his smile, which$6#1$ was like$4$ a gush of crystalline
007:129,21['  ]| water. The charm of his face was above all
007:129,22['  ]| in$4$ its being intensely, being frankly, ardently, gallantly
007:129,23['  ]| alive. You might have seen it in$4$ the form of
007:129,24['  ]| a bell with the long "pull" dangling in$4$ the young
007:129,25['  ]| man's conscious soul; at a touch of the silken cord
007:129,26['  ]| the silver sound would fill the air. There was something
007:129,27['  ]| in$4$ this quick play which$6#1$ assured you he was
007:129,28['  ]| not economising his consciousness, nor living in$4$ a 
007:129,29['  ]| corner of it to$9$ spare the furniture of the rest. He was
007:129,30['  ]| squarely encamped in$4$ the centre and was keeping
007:129,31['  ]| open house. When he flared into gaiety it was the
007:129,32['  ]| movement of a hand that$6#1$ in$4$ emptying a cup turns
007:130,01['  ]| it upside down; he gave you all the strength of the
007:130,02['  ]| liquor. He inspired Newman with something of
007:130,03['  ]| the kindness our hero used to$9$ feel in$4$ his earlier
007:130,04['  ]| years for$4$ those of his companions who$6#1$ could perform
007:130,05['  ]| strange and clever tricks ~~ make their joints
007:130,06['  ]| crack in$4$ queer places or whistle at the back of their
007:130,07['  ]| mouths. 
007:130,07[E  ]| "My sister told me," 
007:130,07['  ]| he said, 
007:130,07[E  ]| "that$3$ I ought
007:130,08[E  ]| to$9$ come and remove the impression I had taken such
007:130,09[E  ]| apparent pains to$9$ produce on$4$ you; the impression of
007:130,10[E  ]| my labouring under some temporary disorder. Did
007:130,11[E  ]| it strike you that$3$ what I said did not make a sense?"
007:130,12[B  ]| "Well, I thought I had never seen any*one like$4$
007:130,13[B  ]| you in$4$ real life," 
007:130,13['  ]| Newman returned. 
007:130,13[B  ]| "Not in$4$ real
007:130,14[B  ]| quiet \home\ life."
007:130,15[E  ]| "Ah then Claire is right." 
007:130,15['  ]| And Count*Valentin
007:130,16['  ]| watched his host for$4$ a moment through his smokewreaths.
007:130,17[E  ]| "And yet even if it is the case I think we
007:130,18[E  ]| had better let it stand. I had no$2$ idea of putting you
007:130,19[E  ]| off by$4$ any violence of any kind; I wanted on$4$ the
007:130,20[E  ]| contrary to$9$ produce a favourable impression. Since
007:130,21[E  ]| I did nevertheless make a fool of myself I was perhaps
007:130,22[E  ]| luckily inspired, for$3$ I must not seem to$9$ set up$5$
007:130,23[E  ]| a claim for$4$ consistency which$6#1$, in$4$ the sequel of our
007:130,24[E  ]| acquaintance, I may by$4$ no$2$ means justify. Set me
007:130,25[E  ]| down as a shocking trifler with intervals of high
007:130,26[E  ]| lucidity and even of extraordinary energy."
007:130,27[B  ]| "Oh, I guess you know what you are about,"
007:130,28['  ]| said Newman.
007:130,29[E  ]| "When I am sane I am very sane; that$6#2$ I admit,"
007:130,30['  ]| his guest returned. 
007:130,30[E  ]| "But I did not come here to$9$ talk
007:130,31[E  ]| about myself. I should like$1$ to$9$ ask you a few questions.
007:130,32[E  ]| You allow me?"
007:131,01[B  ]| "Well, give me a specimen."
007:131,02[E  ]| "You live here all alone?"
007:131,03[B  ]| "Absolutely. With whom should I live?"
007:131,04[E  ]| "For$4$ the moment," 
007:131,04['  ]| smiled M%*de*Bellegarde, 
007:131,04[E  ]| "I am
007:131,05[E  ]| asking questions, not answering them. You have come
007:131,06[E  ]| over to$4$ Paris for$4$ your pleasure?"
007:131,07['  ]| Newman had a pause. 
007:131,07[B  ]| "Every*one asks me that$6#2$!"
007:131,08['  ]| he said with his almost pathetic plainness. 
007:131,08[B  ]| "It
007:131,09[B  ]| sounds quite foolish ~~ as if I were to$9$ get my pleasure
007:131,10[B  ]| somehow under a writ of extradition."
007:131,11[E  ]| "But at any rate you have a reason for$4$ being
007:131,12[E  ]| here."
007:131,13[B  ]| "Oh, call it for$4$ my pleasure!" 
007:131,13['  ]| said Newman.
007:131,14[B  ]| "Though it represents me as trying to$9$ reclaim a hopeless
007:131,15[B  ]| absentee it describes well enough the logic of my
007:131,16[B  ]| conduct."
007:131,17[E  ]| "And you are enjoying what you find?"
007:131,18[B  ]| "Well, I am keeping my head."
007:131,19['  ]| Count*Valentin puffed his cigar again in$4$ silence.
007:131,20[E  ]| "For$4$ myself," 
007:131,20['  ]| he resumed at last, 
007:131,20[E  ]| "I am entirely at
007:131,21[E  ]| your service. Anything I can do for$4$ you will$1$ make
007:131,22[E  ]| me very happy. Call on$4$ me at your convenience. Is
007:131,23[E  ]| there any*one you wish to$9$ know ~~ anything you
007:131,24[E  ]| wish to$9$ see? It is a pity you should not fully avail
007:131,25[E  ]| yourself of Paris."
007:131,26[B  ]| "Well, I guess I avail myself," 
007:131,26['  ]| said Newman
007:131,27['  ]| serenely. 
007:131,27[B  ]| "I am much obliged to$4$ you."
007:131,28[E  ]| "Honestly speaking," 
007:131,28['  ]| his visitor went on$5$, 
007:131,28[E  ]| "there is
007:131,29[E  ]| something absurd to$4$ me in$4$ hearing myself make
007:131,30[E  ]| you these offers. They represent a great deal of
007:131,31[E  ]| good-will, but they represent little else. You are
007:131,32[E  ]| a successful man, and I am a \ra^te=\ ~~ by$4$ which$6#1$ we
007:132,01[E  ]| mean a dead failure ~~ and it is turning of the
007:132,02[E  ]| tables to$9$ talk as if I could lend you a hand."
007:132,03[B  ]| "How does it come that$3$ you have not succeeded?"
007:132,04['  ]| Newman ingenuously asked.
007:132,05[E  ]| "Oh, I am not a failure to$9$ wring your heart,"
007:132,06['  ]| the young man returned. 
007:132,06[E  ]| "I have not fallen from a 
007:132,07[E  ]| height, and my fiasco hs made no$2$ noise and luckily
007:132,08[E  ]| no$2$ scandal. But you stand up$5$, so$5#1$ very straight, for$4$
007:132,09[E  ]| accomplished facts. You have made a fortune, you have
007:132,10[E  ]| raised an edifice, you are a financial, practical power,
007:132,11[E  ]| you can travel about the world till you have found a 
007:132,12[E  ]| soft spot and lie down on$4$ it with the consciousness
007:132,13[E  ]| of having earned your rest. And all ~~ so$5#1$ fabulously!
007:132,14[E  ]| ~~ in$4$ the flower of your magnificent manhood. Is
007:132,15[E  ]| not that$6#2$ true? Well, imagine the exact reverse of
007:132,16[E  ]| all that$6#2$ and you have \9votre 9serviteur\. I have done
007:132,17[E  ]| nothing, and there is not a poor pitiful thing for$4$ me
007:132,18[E  ]| to$9$ do."
007:132,19[B  ]| "Why what is the matter with all the things?"
007:132,20[E  ]| "It would take me time to$9$ say. Some day I will$1$ tell
007:132,21[E  ]| you. Meanwhile I am right, eh? You are a horrid
007:132,22[E  ]| success? You have made more money than was ever
007:132,23[E  ]| made before by$4$ one so$5#1$ young and so$5#1$ candid? It is
007:132,24[E  ]| none of my business, but in$4$ short you are beastly
007:132,25[E  ]| rich?"
007:132,26[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is another thing it sounds foolish to$9$ say,"
007:132,27['  ]| said Newman. 
007:132,27[B  ]| "Do you think that$6#2$ is \all\ I am?"
007:132,28[E  ]| "No$7$, I think you are original ~~ that$6#2$ is why I am
007:132,29[E  ]| here. We are very different, you and I, as products,
007:132,30[E  ]| I am sure; I do not believe there is a subject on$4$ which$6#1$
007:132,31[E  ]| we judge or feel alike. But I rather guess we
007:132,32[E  ]| shall get on$5$, for$3$ there is such a thing, you know
007:133,01[E  ]| as being ~~ like$4$ fish and fowl ~~ too different to$9$
007:133,02[E  ]| quarrel."
007:133,03[B  ]| "Oh, I never quarrel," 
007:133,03['  ]| said Newman rather
007:133,04['  ]| shortly.
007:133,05[E  ]| "You mean you just shoot? Well, I notify you
007:133,06[E  ]| that$3$ \till\ I am shot," 
007:133,06['  ]| his visitor declared, 
007:133,06[E  ]| "I shall have
007:133,07[E  ]| had a greater sense of safety with you than I have
007:133,08[E  ]| perhaps ever known in$4$ any relation of life. And as
007:133,09[E  ]| a sense of danger is clearly a thing impossible to$4$ \you\,
007:133,10[E  ]| we shall therefore be all right."
007:133,11['  ]| With the preamble embodied in$4$ these remaks
007:133,12['  ]| he paid our hero a long visit; as the two men sat with
007:133,13['  ]| their heels on$4$ Newman's glowing hearth they heard
007:133,14['  ]| the small hours of the morning strike larger from
007:133,15['  ]| a far-off belfry. Valentin*de*Bellegarde was by$4$ his
007:133,16['  ]| own confession at all times a great chatterer, and on$4$
007:133,17['  ]| this occasion the habit of promptness of word and
007:133,18['  ]| tone was on$4$ him almost as a fever. It was a tradition
007:133,19['  ]| of his race that$3$ people of its blood always conferred
007:133,20['  ]| a favour by$4$ their attentions, and, as his real confidence
007:133,21['  ]| was as rare as his general surface was bright,
007:133,22['  ]| he had a double reason for$4$ never fearing his friendship
007:133,23['  ]| could be importunate. Late blossom though
007:133,24['  ]| he might be, moreover, of an ancient stem, tradition
007:133,25['  ]| (since I have used the word) had in$4$ his nature
007:133,26['  ]| neither visible guards nor alarms, but was as muffled
007:133,27['  ]| in$4$ sociability and urbanity as an old dowager in$4$ her
007:133,28['  ]| laces and strings of pearls. Valentin was by$4$ the
007:133,29['  ]| measure of the society about him a \9gentilhomme\ 
007:133,30['  ]| of purest strain, and his rule of life, so$5#1$ far as it was
007:133,31['  ]| definite, had been to$9$ keep up$4$ the character. This,
007:133,32['  ]| it seemed to$4$ him, might agreeably engage a young
007:134,01['  ]| man of ordinary good parts. But he attained his
007:134,02['  ]| best values by$4$ instinct rather than by$4$ theory, and
007:134,03['  ]| the amiability of his character was so$5#1$ great that$3$ 
007:134,04['  ]| certain of the aristocratic virtues lost, at his touch,
007:134,05['  ]| their rigour without losing, as it were, their temper.
007:134,06['  ]| In$4$ his younger years he had been suspected of low
007:134,07['  ]| tastes, and his mother had greatly feared from him
007:134,08['  ]| some such slip in$4$ the common mire as might bespatter
007:134,09['  ]| the family shield. He had been treated
007:134,10['  ]| therefore to$4$ more than his share of schooling and
007:134,11['  ]| drilling, but his instructors had not succeeded in$4$
007:134,12['  ]| mounting him upon$4$ stilts. They had never troubled
007:134,13['  ]| his deepest depths of serenity, and he had remained
007:134,14['  ]| somehow as fortunate as he was rash. He had long
007:134,15['  ]| been tied with so$5#1$ short a rope, however, that$3$ he had
007:134,16['  ]| now a mortal grudge against family discipline. He
007:134,17['  ]| had been known to$9$ say within the limits of the family
007:134,18['  ]| that$3$, 
007:134,18@e   | featherhead though he might be, the honour
007:134,19@e   | of the name was safer in$4$ his hands than in$4$ those of
007:134,20@e   | some of its other members, and that$3$ if a day ever
007:134,21@e   | came to$9$ try it they would see. 
007:134,21['  ]| He had missed no$2$
007:134,22['  ]| secret for$4$ making high spirits consort with good
007:134,23['  ]| manners, and he seemed to$4$ Newman, as afterwards
007:134,24['  ]| young members of the Latin races often seemed to$4$
007:134,25['  ]| him, now almost infantile and now appallingly mature.
007:134,26@b   | In$4$ America, 
007:134,26['  ]| Newman reflected, 
007:134,26@b   | "growing" men
007:134,27@b   | had old heads and young hearts, or at least young
007:134,28@b   | morals; here they had young heads and very aged
007:134,29@b   | hearts, morals the most grizzled and wrinkled.
007:134,30[E  ]| "What I envy you is your liberty," 
007:133,30['  ]| Count*Valentin
007:134,31['  ]| found occasion to$9$ observe; 
007:134,31[E  ]| "your wide range, your
007:134,32[E  ]| freedom to$9$ come and go, your not having a lot of
007:135,01[E  ]| people, who$6#1$ take themselves all too seriously, expecting
007:135,02[E  ]| something of you. I live," 
007:135,02['  ]| he added with
007:135,03['  ]| a sigh, 
007:135,03[E  ]| "beneath the eyes of my admirable mother."
007:135,04[B  ]| "Is not it then your own fault? What is to$9$ hinder
007:135,05[B  ]| your ranging?" 
007:135,05['  ]| Newman asked.
007:135,06[E  ]| "There is a delightful simpicity in$4$ that$6#2$ question.
007:135,07[E  ]| Everything in$4$ life is to$9$ hinder it. To$9$ begin with I
007:135,08[E  ]| have not a penny."
007:135,09[B  ]| "Well, I had not a penny when \I\ began to$9$ range."
007:135,10[E  ]| "Ah, but your poverty was your capital! Being
007:135,11[E  ]| of your race and stamp, it was impossible you should
007:135,12[E  ]| remain what you were born, and being born poor
007:135,13[E  ]| ~~ do I understand it? ~~ it was therefore inevitable
007:135,14[E  ]| you should become as different from that$6#2$ as possible.
007:135,15[E  ]| You were in$4$ a position that$6#1$ makes one's mouth water;
007:135,16[E  ]| you looked round you and saw a world full of things
007:135,17[E  ]| you had only to$9$ step up$5$ to$4$ and take hold of. When
007:135,18[E  ]| I was twenty I looked round me and saw a world
007:135,19[E  ]| with everything ticketed ""Do not touch,"" and the
007:135,20[E  ]| deuce of it was that$3$ the ticket seemed meant only
007:135,21[E  ]| for$4$ me. I could not go into business, I could not
007:135,22[E  ]| make money, because I was a Bellegarde. I could not
007:135,23[E  ]| go into politics because I was a Bellegarde ~~ the
007:135,24[E  ]| Bellegardes do not recognise the Bonapartes. I
007:135,25[E  ]| could not go into literature because I was a dunce.
007:135,26[E  ]| I could not marry a rich girl because no$2$ Bellegarde
007:135,27[E  ]| had for$4$ ages married a \9roturie`re\ and it was not urgent
007:135,28[E  ]| I should deviate. We shall have to$9$ face it, however
007:135,29[E  ]| ~~ you will$1$ see. Marriageable heiresses, \9de 9notre 9bord\,
007:135,30[E  ]| are not to$9$ be had for$4$ nothing; it must be name
007:135,31[E  ]| for$4$ name and fortune for$4$ fortune. The only thing
007:135,32[E  ]| I could do was to$9$ go and fight for$4$ the Pope. That$6#2$
007:136,01[E  ]| I did, punctiliously, and received an apostolic flesh-wound
007:136,02[E  ]| at Castelfidardo. It did neither the Holy*Father
007:136,03[E  ]| nor me any good that$3$ I could make out.
007:136,04[E  ]| Rome was doubtless a very amusing place in$4$ the
007:136,05[E  ]| days of Heliogabalus, but it has sadly fallen off since.
007:136,06[E  ]| I was immured for$4$ three years, like$4$ some of the
007:136,07[E  ]| choicest scoundrels in$4$ history, in$4$ the castle of Saint*Angelo,
007:136,08[E  ]| and then I came back to$4$ secular life."
007:136,09['  ]| Newman followed very much as he had followed
007:136,10['  ]| \ciceroni\ through museums. 
007:136,10[B  ]| "So$3$ you have no$2$ active 
007:136,11[B  ]| interest? ~~ you do absolutely nothing?"
007:136,12[E  ]| "As hard as ever I can. I am supposed to$9$ amuse
007:136,13[E  ]| myself and to$9$ pass my time, and, to$9$ tell the truth,
007:136,14[E  ]| I have had some good moments. They come somehow,
007:136,15[E  ]| in$4$ spite of one, and the thing is then to$9$ recognise
007:136,16[E  ]| them. But you can not keep on$4$ the watch for$4$ them
007:136,17[E  ]| for*ever. I am good for$4$ three or four years more
007:136,18[E  ]| perhaps, but I foresee that$3$ after that$6#2$ I shall spring
007:136,19[E  ]| a leak and begin to$9$ sink. I shall not float any more,
007:136,20[E  ]| I shall go straight to$4$ the bottom. Then, at the bottom,
007:136,21[E  ]| what shall I do? I think I shall turn monk.
007:136,22[E  ]| Seriously, I think I shall tie a rope round my waist
007:136,23[E  ]| and go into a monastery. It was an old custom and
007:136,24[E  ]| the old customs were very good. People understood
007:136,25[E  ]| life quite as well as we do. They kept the pot boiling
007:136,26[E  ]| till it cracked, and then put it on$4$ the shelf altogether."
007:136,27[B  ]| "Do you attend church regularly?" 
007:136,27['  ]| asked Newman
007:136,28['  ]| in$4$ a tone which$6#1$ gave the enquiry a quaint effect.
007:136,29['  ]| His friend evidently appreciated this element, yet
007:136,30['  ]| looked at him with due decorum. 
007:136,30[E  ]| "I am a very good
007:136,31[E  ]| Catholic. I cherish the Faith. I adore the blessed
007:136,32[E  ]| Virgin. I fear the Father of Lies."
007:137,01[B  ]| "Well then," 
007:137,01['  ]| said Newman, 
007:137,01[B  ]| "you are very well
007:137,02[B  ]| fixed. You have got pleasure in$4$ the present and paradise
007:137,03[B  ]| in$4$ the future: what do you complain of?"
007:137,04[E  ]| "It is a part of one's pleasure to$9$ complain. There is
007:137,05[E  ]| something in$4$ your own situation that$6#1$ rubs me up$5$.
007:137,06[E  ]| You are the first man about whom I have ever found
007:137,07[E  ]| myself saying ""Oh, if I were he ~!"" It is singular
007:137,08[E  ]| but so$5#2$ it is. I have known many men who$6#1$, besides any
007:137,09[E  ]| factitious advantages that$6#1$ I may possess, had money
007:137,10[E  ]| and brains into the bargain, yet they have never disturbed
007:137,11[E  ]| my inward peace. You have got something it
007:137,12[E  ]| worries me to$9$ have missed. It is not money, it is not
007:137,13[E  ]| even brains ~~ though evidently yours have been
007:137,14[E  ]| excellent for$4$ your purpose. It is not your superfluous
007:137,15[E  ]| stature, though I should have rather liked to$9$ be a 
007:137,16[E  ]| couple of inches taller. It is a sort of air you have
007:137,17[E  ]| of being imperturbably, being irremoveably and
007:137,18[E  ]| indestructibly (that$6#2$ is the thing!) at home in$4$ the
007:137,19[E  ]| world. When I was a boy my father assured me
007:137,20[E  ]| it was by$4$ just such an air that$3$ people recognised a 
007:137,21[E  ]| Bellegarde. He called my attention to$4$ it. He did not
007:137,22[E  ]| advise me to$9$ cultivate it; he said that$3$ as we grew
007:137,23[E  ]| up$5$ it always came of itself. I supposed it had come
007:137,24[E  ]| to$4$ me because I think I have always had the feeling
007:137,25[E  ]| it represents. My place in$4$ life had been made for$4$
007:137,26[E  ]| me and it seemed easy to$9$ occupy. But you who$6#1$, as
007:137,27[E  ]| I understand it, have made your own place, you who$6#1$,
007:137,28[E  ]| as you told us the other day, have made and sold
007:137,29[E  ]| articles of vulgar household use ~~ you strike me,
007:137,30[E  ]| in$4$ a fashion of your own, as a man who$6#1$ stands about
007:137,31[E  ]| at his ease and looks straight over ever so$5#1$ many high
007:137,32[E  ]| walls. I seem to$9$ see you move everywhere like$4$ a big
007:138,01[E  ]| stockholder on$4$ his favourite railroad. You make me
007:138,02[E  ]| feel awfully my want of shares. And yet the world
007:138,03[E  ]| used to$9$ be supposed to$9$ be ours. What is it I miss?"
007:138,04[B  ]| "It is the proud consciousness of honest toil, of
007:138,05[B  ]| having produced something yourself that$6#1$ somebody
007:138,06[B  ]| has been willing to$9$ pay you for$4$ ~~ since that$6#2$ is the
007:138,07[B  ]| definite measure. Since you speak of my wash-tubs
007:138,08[B  ]| ~~ which$6#1$ were lovely ~~ is not it just they and their
007:138,09[B  ]| loveliness that$6#1$ make up$5$ my good conscience?"
007:138,10[E  ]| "Oh no$7$; I have seen men who$6#1$ had gone beyond
007:138,11[E  ]| wash-tubs, who$6#1$ had made mountains of soap~ 
007:138,12[E  ]| strong-smelling yellow soap, in$4$ great bars; and
007:138,13[E  ]| they have left me perfectly cold."
007:138,14[B  ]| "Then it is just the regular treat of being an
007:138,15[B  ]| American citizen," 
007:138,15['  ]| said Newman. 
007:138,15[B  ]| "That$6#2$ sets a man
007:138,16[B  ]| right up$5$."
007:138,17[E  ]| "Possibly," 
007:138,17['  ]| his guest returned; 
007:138,17[E  ]| "but I am forced
007:138,18[E  ]| to$9$ say I have seen a great many American citizens who$6#1$
007:138,19[E  ]| did not seem at all set up$5$ or in$4$ the least like$4$ large
007:138,20[E  ]| stockholders. I never envied them. I rather think
007:138,21[E  ]| the thing is some diabolical secret of your own."
007:138,22[B  ]| "Oh come," 
007:138,22['  ]| Newman laughed, 
007:138,22[B  ]| "you will$1$ persuade 
007:138,23[B  ]| me against my humility."
007:138,24[E  ]| "No$7$, I shall persuade you of nothing. You have
007:138,25[E  ]| nothing to$9$ do with humility any more than with
007:138,26[E  ]| swagger: that$6#2$ is just the essence of your confounded
007:138,27[E  ]| coolness. People swagger only when they have something
007:138,28[E  ]| to$9$ lose, and show their delicacy only when
007:138,29[E  ]| they have something to$9$ gain."
007:138,30[B  ]| "I do not know what I may have to$9$ lose," 
007:138,30['  ]| said
007:138,31['  ]| Newman, 
007:138,31[B  ]| "but I can quite see a situation in$4$ which$6#1$
007:139,32[B  ]| I should have something to$9$ gain.
007:139,01['  ]| His visitor looked at him hard. 
007:139,01[E  ]| "A situation ~?"
007:139,02['  ]| Newman hesitated. 
007:139,02[B  ]| "Well, I will$1$ tell you more about
007:139,03[B  ]| it when I know you better."
007:139,04[E  ]| "Ah, you will$1$ soon know me by$4$ heart!" 
007:139,04['  ]| the young
007:139,05['  ]| man sighed as he departed.
007:139,06['  ]| During the next three weeks they met again several
007:139,07['  ]| times and, without formally swearing an eternal
007:139,08['  ]| friendship, fell, for$4$ their course of life, instinctively
007:139,09['  ]| into step together. Valentin*de*Bellegarde was to$4$
007:139,10['  ]| Newman 
007:139,10@b   | the typical, ideal Frenchman, the Frenchman
007:139,11@b   | of tradition and romance, 
007:139,11['  ]| so$5#1$ far as our hero was
007:139,12['  ]| acquainted with these mystic fields. Gallant, expansive,
007:139,13['  ]| amusing, more pleased himself with the
007:139,14['  ]| effect he produced than those (even when they were
007:139,15['  ]| quite duly pleased) for$4$ whom he produced it; a
007:139,16['  ]| master of all the distinctively social virtues and a 
007:139,17['  ]| votary of all the agreeable sensations; a devotee of
007:139,18['  ]| something mysterious and sacred to$4$ which$6#1$ he occasionally
007:139,19['  ]| alluded in$4$ terms more ecstatic even than
007:139,20['  ]| those in$4$ which$6#1$ he spoke of the last pretty woman,
007:139,21['  ]| and which$6#1$ was simply the beautiful though somewhat
007:139,22['  ]| superannuated image of personal Honour;
007:139,23['  ]| he was irresistibly entertaining and enlivening, and
007:139,24['  ]| he formed a character to$4$ which$6#1$ Newman was as
007:139,25['  ]| capable of doing justice when he had once been
007:139,26['  ]| placed in$4$ contact with it as he was unlikely, in$4$ musing
007:139,27['  ]| upon$4$ the possible combinations of the human mixture,
007:139,28['  ]| mentally to$9$ have foreshadowed it. No$2$ two
007:139,29['  ]| parties to$4$ an alliance could have come to$4$ it from a 
007:139,30['  ]| wider separation, but it was what each brought out
007:139,31['  ]| of the queer dim distance that$6#1$ formed the odd attraction
007:139,32['  ]| for$4$ the other.
007:140,01['  ]| Valentin lived in$4$ the basement of an old house in$4$
007:140,02['  ]| the Rue*d'Anjou*Saint*Honore=, and his small apartments
007:140,03['  ]| lay between the court of the house and a garden
007:140,04['  ]| of equal antiquity, which$6#1$ spread itself behind
007:140,05['  ]| ~~ one of those large, sunless, humid gardens into
007:140,06['  ]| which$6#1$ you look unexpectingly in$4$ Paris from back
007:140,07['  ]| windows, wondering how among the grudging habitations
007:140,08['  ]| they find their space. When Newman presently
007:140,09['  ]| called on$4$ him it was to$9$ hint that$3$ such quarters
007:140,10['  ]| were, though in$4$ a different way, at least as funny
007:140,11['  ]| as his own. Their oddities had another sense than
007:140,12['  ]| those of our hero's gilded saloons on$4$ the Boulevard*Haussmann:
007:140,13['  ]| the place was low, dusky, contracted,
007:140,14['  ]| and was crowded with curious bric-a`-brac. Their proprietor,
007:140,15['  ]| penniless patrician though he might be, was
007:140,16['  ]| an insatiable collector, and his walls were covered
007:140,17['  ]| with rusty arms and ancient panels and platters, his
007:140,18['  ]| doorways draped in$4$ faded tapestries, his floors muffled
007:140,19['  ]| in$4$ the skins of beasts. Here and there was one of
007:140,20['  ]| those uncomfortable tributes to$4$ elegance in$4$ which$6#1$ the
007:140,21['  ]| French upholsterer's art is prolific; a curtained recess
007:140,22['  ]| with a sheet of looking-glass as dark as a haunted
007:140,23['  ]| pool; a divan on$4$ which$6#1$, for$4$ its festoons and furbelows,
007:140,24['  ]| you could no$2$ more sit down than on$4$ a dowager's lap;
007:140,25['  ]| a fireplace draped, flounced, frilled, by$4$
007:140,26['  ]| the same analogy, to$4$ the complete exclusion of fire.
007:140,27['  ]| The young man's possessions were in$4$ picturesque
007:140,28['  ]| disorder, and his apartment pervaded by$4$ the odour
007:140,29['  ]| of cigars, mingled, for$4$ inhalation, with other dim
007:140,30['  ]| ghosts of past presences. Newman thought it, as
007:140,31['  ]| a home, damp, gloomy and perverse, and was puzzled 
007:140,32['  ]| by$4$ the romantic incoherence of the furniture.
007:141,01['  ]| The charming Count, like$4$ most of his countrymen,
007:141,02['  ]| hid none of his lights under a bushel and made
007:141,03['  ]| little of a secret of the more interesting passages of
007:141,04['  ]| his personal history. He had inevitably a vast deal
007:141,05['  ]| to$9$ say about women, and could frequently indulge
007:141,06['  ]| in$4$ sentimental and ironical apostrophes to$4$ these
007:141,07['  ]| authors of his joys and woes. 
007:141,07[E  ]| "Oh, the women, the
007:141,08[E  ]| women, and the things they have made me do!" 
007:141,08['  ]| he
007:141,09['  ]| would exclaim with a wealth of reference. 
007:141,09[E  ]| "\9C'est
007:141,10[E  ]| 9e=gal\, of all the follies and stupidities I have committed
007:141,11[E  ]| for$4$ them there is not one I would have missed!" 
007:141,11['  ]| On$4$
007:141,12['  ]| this subject Newman maintained an habitual reserve;
007:141,13['  ]| to$9$ make it shine in$4$ the direct light of one's
007:141,14['  ]| own experience had always seemed to$4$ him a proceeding
007:141,15['  ]| vaguely analogous to$4$ the cooing of pigeons
007:141,16['  ]| and the chattering of monkeys, and even inconsistent
007:141,17['  ]| with a fully-developed human character. But his
007:141,18['  ]| friend's confidences greatly amused and rarely displeased
007:141,19['  ]| him, for$3$ the garden of the young man's past
007:141,20['  ]| appeared to$9$ have begun from the earliest moment to$9$
007:141,21['  ]| bloom with rare flowers, amid which$6#1$ memory was
007:141,22['  ]| as easy as a summer breeze. 
007:141,22[E  ]| "I really think," 
007:141,22['  ]| he
007:141,23['  ]| once said, 
007:141,23[E  ]| "that$3$ I am not more depraved than most
007:141,24[E  ]| of my contemporaries. They are \9joliment\ depraved,
007:141,25[E  ]| my contemporaries!" 
007:141,25['  ]| He threw off wonderfully
007:141,26['  ]| pretty things about his female friends and, numerous
007:141,27['  ]| and various as they had been, declared that$3$ 
007:141,27@b   | his curiosity
007:141,28@b   | had survived the ordeal. 
007:141,28[E  ]| "But you are not to$9$
007:141,29[E  ]| take that$6#2$ as advice," 
007:141,29['  ]| he added, 
007:141,29[E  ]| for$3$ as an authority
007:141,30[E  ]| I must be misleading. I am prejudiced in$4$ their favour;
007:141,31[E  ]| I am a \sentimental\ ~~ in$4$ other words a donkey."
007:141,32['  ]| Newman listened with an uncommitted smile and
007:142,01['  ]| was glad, for$4$ his own sake, that$3$ he had fine feelings;
007:142,02['  ]| but he mentally repudiated the idea of a Frenchman's
007:142,03['  ]| having discovered any merit in$4$ the amiable sex he
007:142,04['  ]| himself did not suspect. Count*Valentin, however,
007:142,05['  ]| was not merely anecdotic and indiscreet; he welcomed
007:142,06['  ]| every light on$4$ our hero's own life, and so$5#1$ far
007:142,07['  ]| as his revelations might startle and waylay Newman
007:142,08['  ]| could cap them as from the long habit of capping.
007:142,09['  ]| He narrated his career, in$4$ fact, from the beginning,
007:142,10['  ]| through all its variations, and whenever his companion's
007:142,11['  ]| credulity or his "standards" appeared to$9$
007:142,12['  ]| protest it amused him to$9$ heighten the colour of the
007:142,13['  ]| episode. He had sat with Western humourists in$4$
007:142,14['  ]| circles round cast-iron stoves and seen "tall" stories
007:142,15['  ]| grow taller without toppling over, and his imagination
007:142,16['  ]| had learnt the trick of building straight and
007:142,17['  ]| high. The Count's regular attitude became at last
007:142,18['  ]| that$6#2$ of lively self-defence; to$9$ mark the difference
007:142,19['  ]| of his type from that$6#2$ of the occasionally witless he
007:142,20['  ]| cultivated the wit of never being caught swallowing.
007:142,21['  ]| The result of this was that$3$ Newman found it impossible
007:142,22['  ]| to$9$ convince him of certain time-honoured verities.
007:142,23['  ]|
007:142,24[E  ]| "But the details do not matter," 
007:142,24['  ]| Valentin said,
007:142,25[E  ]| "since you have evidently had some such surprising
007:142,26[E  ]| adventures. You have seen some strange sides of life,
007:142,27[E  ]| you have revolved to$8$ and fro over a continent as I walk
007:142,28[E  ]| up$4$ and down the Boulevard. You are a man of the
007:142,29[E  ]| world to$4$ a livelier tune than ours. You have spent
007:142,30[E  ]| some awful, some deadly days, and you have done
007:142,31[E  ]| some extremely disagreeable things: you have shovelled
007:142,32[E  ]| sand, as a boy, for$4$ supper, and you have eaten
007:143,01[E  ]| boiled cat in$4$ a gold-digger's camp. You have stood
007:143,02[E  ]| casting up$5$ figures for$4$ ten hours at a time and you have
007:143,03[E  ]| sat through Methodist sermons for$4$ the sake of looking
007:143,04[E  ]| at a pretty girl in$4$ another pew. It can not all have
007:143,05[E  ]| been very \9folichon\. But at any rate you have done
007:143,06[E  ]| something and you \are\ something; you have used your
007:143,07[E  ]| faculties and you have developed your character.
007:143,08[E  ]| You have not \9abruti\ yourself with debauchery, and
007:143,09[E  ]| you have not mortgaged your fortune to$4$ social conveiencies.
007:143,10[E  ]| You take things as it suits you, and you have
007:143,11[E  ]| fewer prejudices even than I, who$6#1$ pretend to$9$ have
007:143,12[E  ]| none, but who$6#1$ in$4$ reality have three or four that$6#1$ stand
007:143,13[E  ]| in$4$ my way. Happy man, you are strong and you are
007:143,14[E  ]| free ~~ nothing stands in$4$ yours. But what the
007:143,15[E  ]| deuce," 
007:143,15['  ]| he wound up$5$, 
007:143,15[E  ]| "do you propose to$9$ do with
007:143,16[E  ]| such advantages? Really to$9$ use them you need a 
007:143,17[E  ]| better world than this. There is nothing worth your
007:143,18[E  ]| while here."
007:143,19[B  ]| "Oh, I guess there is something," 
007:143,19['  ]| Newman said.
007:143,20[E  ]| "What is it?"
007:143,21[B  ]| "Well," 
007:143,21['  ]| he sighed, 
007:143,21[B  ]| "I will$1$ tell you some other
007:143,22[B  ]| time!"
007:143,23['  ]| In$4$ this way he delayed from day to$4$ day broaching
007:143,24['  ]| a subject he had greatly at heart. Meanwhile, however,
007:143,25['  ]| he was growing practically familiar with it;
007:143,26['  ]| in$4$ other words he had called again, three times, on$4$
007:143,27['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=. On$4$ but two of these occasions
007:143,28['  ]| had he found her at home and on$4$ each of them she
007:143,29['  ]| had other visitors. Her visitors were numerous and,
007:143,30['  ]| to$4$ our hero's sense, vociferous, and they exacted much
007:143,31['  ]| of their hostess's attention. She found time none*the*less
007:143,32['  ]| to$9$ bestow a little of it on$4$ the stranger, a quantity
007:144,01['  ]| represented in$4$ an occasional vague smile ~~ the very
007:144,02['  ]| vagueness of which$6#1$ pleased him by$4$ allowing him to$9$
007:144,03['  ]| fill it out mentally, both at the time and afterwards,
007:144,04['  ]| with such meanings as most fitted. He sat by$5$ without
007:144,05['  ]| speaking, looking at the entrances and exits, the
007:144,06['  ]| greetings and chatterings, of Madame*de*Cintre='s
007:144,07['  ]| guests. He felt 
007:144,07@b   | as if he were at the play and as if his
007:144,08@b   | own speaking would be an interruption; sometimes
007:144,09@b   | he wished he had a book to$9$ follow the dialogue;
007:144,10@b   | he half expected to$9$ see a woman in$4$ a white cap and
007:144,11@b   | pink ribbons come and offer him one for$4$ two francs.
007:144,12['  ]| Some of the ladies gave him a very hard or a very
007:144,13['  ]| soft stare, as he chose; others seemed profoundly
007:144,14['  ]| unconscious of his presence. The men looked only
007:144,15['  ]| at the mistress of the scene. This was inevitable, 
007:144,16['  ]| for$3$ whether one called her beautiful or not she entirely
007:144,17['  ]| occupied and filled one's vision, quite as an
007:144,18['  ]| ample, agreeable sound filled one's ear. Newman 
007:144,19['  ]| carried away after no$2$ more than twenty distinct
007:144,20['  ]| words with her an impression to$4$ which$6#1$ solemn promises
007:144,21['  ]| could not have given a higher value. 
007:144,21@b   | She was
007:144,22@b   | part of the play he was seeing acted, as much a part
007:144,23@b   | of it as her companions, but how she filled the stage
007:144,24@b   | and how she bore watching, not to$9$ say studying and
007:144,25@b   | throwing bouquets to$5$! 
007:144,25['  ]| Whether she rose or seated
007:144,26['  ]| herself; whether she went with her departing friends
007:144,27['  ]| to$4$ the door and lifted up$5$ the heavy curtain as they
007:144,28['  ]| passed out and stood an instant looking after them
007:144,29['  ]| and giving them the last nod; or whether she leaned
007:144,30['  ]| back in$4$ her chair with her arms crossed and her eyes
007:144,31['  ]| quiet, her face listening and smiling, she made this
007:144,32['  ]| particular guest desire to$9$ 
007:144,32@b   | have her always before him
007:145,01@b   | moving through every social office open to$4$ the genius
007:145,02@b   | of woman, or in$4$ other words through the whole range
007:145,03@b   | of exquisite hospitality. If it might be hospitality \to$4$\
007:145,04@b   | him it would be well; if it might be hospitality \for$4$\
007:145,05@b   | him it would be still better. She was so$5#1$ high yet so$5#1$
007:145,06@b   | slight, so$5#1$ active yet so$5#1$ still, so$5#1$ elegant yet so$5#1$ simple,
007:145,07@b   | so$5#1$ present yet so$5#1$ withdrawn! It was this unknown 
007:145,08@b   | quantity that$6#1$ figured for$4$ him as a mystery; it was
007:145,09@b   | what she was off the stage, 
007:145,09['  ]| as he might feel, 
007:145,09@b   | that$6#1$
007:145,10@b   | interested him most of all. 
007:145,10['  ]| He could not have told
007:145,11['  ]| you what warrant he had for$4$ talking of mysteries;
007:145,12['  ]| if it had been his habit to$9$ express himself in$4$ poetic
007:145,13['  ]| figures he might have said that$3$ in$4$ observing her he
007:145,14['  ]| seemed to$9$ see the vague circle sometimes attending
007:145,15['  ]| the partly-filled disc of the moon. 
007:145,15@b   | It was not that
007:145,16@b   | she was effaced, and still less that$3$ she was "shy";
007:145,17@b   | she was, on$4$ the contrary, as distinct as the big figure
007:145,18@b   | on$4$ a banknote and of as straightforward a profession.
007:145,19['  ]| But he was sure 
007:145,19@b   | she had qualities as yet
007:145,20@b   | unguessed even by$4$ herself and that$3$ it was kept for$4$
007:145,21@b   | Christopher*Newman to$9$ bring out.
007:145,22['  ]| He had abstained for$4$ several reasons from saying
007:145,23['  ]| some of these things to$4$ her brother. One reason was
007:145,24['  ]| that$3$ before proceeding to$4$ any act he was always circumspect,
007:145,25['  ]| conjectural, contemplative; he had little
007:145,26['  ]| eagerness, as became a man who$6#1$ felt that$3$ whenever
007:145,27['  ]| he really began to$9$ move he walked with long steps.
007:145,28['  ]| And then it just pleased, it occupied and excited him,
007:145,29['  ]| not to$9$ give his case, as he would have said, prematurely
007:145,30['  ]| away. But one day Valentine ~~ as Newman conveniently
007:145,31['  ]| sounded the name ~~ had been dining with
007:145,32['  ]| him on$4$ the boulevard and their sociability was such
007:146,01['  ]| that$3$ they had sat long over their dinner. On$4$ rising
007:146,02['  ]| from it the young man proposed that, to$9$ help them
007:146,03['  ]| through the rest of the evening, they should go and
007:146,04['  ]| see Madame*Dandelard. Madame*Dandelard was
007:146,05['  ]| a little Italian lady married to$4$ a Frenchman who$6#1$
007:146,06['  ]| had proved a rake and a brute and the torment of her
007:146,07['  ]| life. Her husband had spent all her money and then,
007:146,08['  ]| lacking further means for$4$ alien joys, had taken, in$4$
007:146,09['  ]| his more intimate hours, to$4$ beating her. She had
007:146,10['  ]| a blue spot somewhere which$6#1$ she showed to$4$ several
007:146,11['  ]| persons, including the said Valentine. She had obtained
007:146,12['  ]| a legal separation, collected the scraps of her
007:146,13['  ]| fortune, which$6#1$ were meagre, and come to$9$ live in$4$
007:146,14['  ]| Paris, where she was staying at an \ho^tel garni\. She
007:146,15['  ]| was always looking for$4$ an apartment and visiting,
007:146,16['  ]| with a hundred earnest questions and measurements,
007:146,17['  ]| those of other people. She was very pretty and childlike
007:146,18['  ]| and made very extraordinary remarks. Valentin
007:146,19['  ]| enjoyed her acquaintance, and the source of his interest
007:146,20['  ]| in$4$ her was, according to$4$ his declaration, an
007:146,21['  ]| anxious curiosity as to$4$ what would become of her.
007:146,22[E  ]| "She is poor, she is pretty and she is silly," 
007:146,22['  ]| he said;
007:146,23[E  ]| "it seems to$4$ me she can go only one way. It is a pity,
007:146,24[E  ]| but it can not be helped. I will$1$ give her six months.
007:146,25[E  ]| She has nothing to$9$ fear from me, but I am watching
007:146,26[E  ]| the process. It is merely a question of the how and
007:146,27[E  ]| the when and the where. Yes, I know what you are
007:146,28[E  ]| going to$9$ say; this horrible Paris hardens one's heart.
007:146,29[E  ]| But it quickens one's wits, and it ends by$4$ teaching
007:146,30[E  ]| one a refinement of observation. To$9$ see this little
007:146,31[E  ]| woman's little drama play itself out is now for$4$ me
007:146,32[E  ]| a pleasure of the mind."
007:147,01[B  ]| "If she is going to$9$ throw herself away," 
007:147,01['  ]| Newman
007:147,02['  ]| had said, 
007:147,02[B  ]| "you ought to$9$ stop her."
007:147,03[E  ]| "Stop her? How stop her?"
007:147,04[B  ]| "Talk to$4$ her; give her some good advice."
007:147,05['  ]| At which$6#1$ the young man laughed. 
007:147,05[E  ]| " ""Some""?
007:147,06[E  ]| How much? Heaven deliver us both! Imagine the
007:147,07[E  ]| situation. Try giving her yourself exactly the right
007:147,08[E  ]| amount."
007:147,09['  ]| After which$6#1$ it was that$3$ Newman had gone
007:147,10['  ]| with him to$9$ see Madame*Dandelard. When they
007:147,11['  ]| came away Valentin reproached his companion.
007:147,12[E  ]| "Where was your famous advice? I did not hear
007:147,13[E  ]| a word of it."
007:147,14[B  ]| "Oh, I give it up$5$," 
007:147,14['  ]| Newman simply answered.
007:147,15[E  ]| "Then you are as bad as I!"
007:147,16[B  ]| "No$7$, because I do not find it a pleasure of the mind
007:147,17[B  ]| to$9$ watch her prospective adventures. I do not in$4$ the
007:147,18[B  ]| least want to$9$ see her going down hill. I had rather
007:147,19[B  ]| look the other way. But why," 
007:147,19['  ]| our friend asked in$4$
007:147,20['  ]| a moment, 
007:147,20[B  ]| "do not you get your sister to$9$ go and see
007:147,21[B  ]| her?"
007:147,22['  ]| His companion stared. 
007:147,22[E  ]| "Go and see Madame*Dandelard
007:147,23[E  ]| ~~ my sister?"
007:147,24[B  ]| "She might talk to$4$ her to$4$ very good purpose."
007:147,25['  ]| Valentin shook his head with sudden gravity.
007:147,26[E  ]| "My sister does not have relations with that$6#2$ sort of
007:147,27[E  ]| person. Madame*Dandelard is nothing at all; they would
007:147,28[E  ]| never meet."
007:147,29[B  ]| "I should think," 
007:147,29['  ]| Newman returned, 
007:147,29[B  ]| "that$3$ Madame*de*Cintre=
007:147,30[B  ]| might see whom she pleased." 
007:147,30['  ]| And
007:147,31['  ]| he privately resolved that, 
007:147,31@b   | after he should know her
007:147,32@b   | a little better, he would ask her to$9$ go and pick up$5$,
007:148,01@b   | for$4$ such "pressing" as might be possible, the little
007:148,02@b   | spotted blown leaf in$4$ the dusty Parisian alley. 
007:148,02['  ]| When
007:148,03['  ]| they had dined, at all events, on$4$ the occasion I have
007:148,04['  ]| mentioned, he demurred to$4$ the latter's proposal that
007:148,05['  ]| they should go again and "draw" the lady on$4$ the
007:148,06['  ]| subject of her bruises. 
007:148,06[B  ]| "I have something better in$4$
007:148,07[B  ]| mind; come home with me and finish the evening
007:148,08[B  ]| before my fire."
007:148,09['  ]| Valentin always rose to$4$ any implied appeal to$4$ his
007:148,10['  ]| expository gift, and before long the two men sat
007:148,11['  ]| watching the blaze play over the pomp of Newman's
007:148,12['  ]| high saloon.
008:149,01[B  ]| "Look here ~~ I want to$9$ know about your sister,"
008:149,02['  ]| the elder abruptly began.
008:149,03['  ]| His visitor arched fine eyebrows. 
008:149,03[E  ]| "Now that$3$ I
008:149,04[E  ]| think of it you have never yet made her the subject of
008:149,05[E  ]| a question."
008:149,06[B  ]| "Well, I guess I know why."
008:149,07[E  ]| "If it is because you do not trust me, you are very
008:149,08[E  ]| right," 
008:149,08['  ]| said Valentine. 
008:149,08[E  ]| "I can not talk of her rationally.
008:149,09[E  ]| I admire her too much."
008:149,10[B  ]| "Talk of her as you can," 
008:149,10['  ]| Newman returned,
008:149,11[B  ]| "and if I do not like$1$ it I will$1$ stop you."
008:149,12[E  ]| "Well we are very good friends; such a brother
008:149,13[E  ]| and sister as have not been known since Orestes and
008:149,14[E  ]| Electra. You have seen her enough to$9$ have taken her
008:149,15[E  ]| in$4$: tall, slim, imposing, gentle, half a \grande dame\
008:149,16[E  ]| and half an angel; a mixture of ""type"" and simplicity,
008:149,17[E  ]| of the eagle and the dove. She looks like$4$
008:149,18[E  ]| a statue that$6#1$ has failed as cold stone, resigned itself
008:149,19[E  ]| to$4$ its defects and come to$4$ life as flesh and blood, to$9$
008:149,20[E  ]| wear white capes and long soft trains. All I can say
008:149,21[E  ]| is that$3$ she really possesses every merit that$6#1$ the face
008:149,22[E  ]| she has, the eyes she has, the smile she has, the
008:149,23[E  ]| tone of voice she has, the whole \way\ she has, lead
008:149,24[E  ]| you to$9$ expect; and is not it saying quite enough? As
008:149,25[E  ]| a general thing when a woman seems from the first
008:149,26[E  ]| as \right\ as that, she is altogether wrong ~~ you have
008:149,27[E  ]| only to$9$ look out. But in$4$ proportion as you take
008:150,01[E  ]| Claire for$4$ right you may fold your arms and let
008:150,02[E  ]| yourself float with the current; you are safe. You will$1$
008:150,03[E  ]| only never imagine a person so$5#1$ true and so$5#1$ straight.
008:150,04[E  ]| She is so$5#1$ honest and so$5#1$ \9gentille\. I have never seen a 
008:150,05[E  ]| woman half so$5#1$ charming. She has every blessed
008:150,06[E  ]| thing a man wants and more; that$6#2$ is all I can say
008:150,07[E  ]| about her. There!" 
008:150,07['  ]| Valentin concluded: 
008:150,07[E  ]| "I told you
008:150,08[E  ]| how much I should bore you."
008:150,09['  ]| Newman uttered no$2$ assurance that$3$ he was not 
008:150,10['  ]| bored; he only said after a little: 
008:150,10[B  ]| "She is remarkably
008:150,11[B  ]| \good\, eh?" 
008:150,12[E  ]| "She would have invented goodness if it did not exist."
008:150,13[B  ]| "It seems to$4$ me," 
008:150,13['  ]| Newman remarked, 
008:150,13[B  ]| "that$3$ you would
008:150,14[B  ]| have invented \her\ ~! But it is all right," 
008:150,14['  ]| he added
008:150,15[B  ]| ~~ "I would have invented \you\! Is she clever?" 
008:150,15['  ]| he then
008:150,16['  ]| asked.
008:150,17[E  ]| "Try her with something you think so$5#2$ yourself.
008:150,18[E  ]| Then you will$1$ see."
008:150,19[B  ]| "Oh, how can I try her?" 
008:150,19['  ]| sighed Newman with
008:150,20['  ]| a lapse. But he picked himself up$5$. 
008:150,20[B  ]| "Is she fond of
008:150,21[B  ]| admiration?"
008:150,22[E  ]| "\9Pardieu\!" 
008:150,22['  ]| cried Valentin. 
008:150,22[E  ]| "She would be no$2$ sister
008:150,23[E  ]| of mine if she were not. What woman is not?"
008:150,24[B  ]| "Well, when they are too fond of it," 
008:150,24['  ]| Newman
008:150,25['  ]| heard himself hypocritically temporise, 
008:150,25[B  ]| "they commit
008:150,26[B  ]| all kinds of follies to$9$ get it."
008:150,27[E  ]| "I did not say she was ""too"" fond!" 
008:150,27['  ]| Valentin exclaimed.
008:150,28[E  ]| "Heaven forbid I should say anything so$5#1$
008:150,29[E  ]| idiotic. She is not \too\ anything. If I were to$9$ say she is
008:150,30[E  ]| ugly I should not mean she is ""too"" ugly. She is fond
008:150,31[E  ]| of pleasing, and if you are pleased she leaves it so$5#2$. If
008:150,32[E  ]| you are not pleased she lets it pass, and thinks the
008:151,01[E  ]| worse neither of you nor of herself. I imagine, though,
008:151,02[E  ]| she hopes the saints in$4$ heaven are, for$3$ I am sure
008:151,03[E  ]| she is incapable of trying to$9$ please by$4$ any means of
008:151,04[E  ]| which$6#1$ they would disapprove."
008:151,05[B  ]| "Is she happy then?" 
008:151,05['  ]| Newman presently pursued.
008:151,06[E  ]| "Oh, oh, oh! That$6#2$ is much to$9$ ask."
008:151,07[B  ]| "Do you mean for$4$ me ~?"
008:151,08[E  ]| "I mean for$4$ her. What should she be happy
008:151,09[E  ]| about?"
008:151,10['  ]| Newman wondered. 
008:151,10[B  ]| "Then she has troubles?"
008:151,11[E  ]| "My dear man, she has what we all have ~~ even
008:151,12[E  ]| you, strange to$9$ say. She has a history."
008:151,13[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is just what I want to$9$ hear," 
008:151,13['  ]| said Newman.
008:151,14['  ]| Valentin hesitated ~~ an embarrassment rare with
008:151,15['  ]| him. 
008:151,15[E  ]| "Then we shall have to$9$ appoint a special
008:151,16[E  ]| se=ance, with music or refreshments or a turn outside
008:151,17[E  ]| between the acts. Suffice it for$4$ the present that$3$ my
008:151,18[E  ]| sister's situation has been far from \9folichonne\. She
008:151,19[E  ]| made, at eighteen, a marriage that$6#1$ was expected to$9$ be
008:151,20[E  ]| brilliant, but that$6#2$, like$4$ a lamp that$6#1$ goes out, turned all
008:151,21[E  ]| to$4$ smoke and bad smell. M%*de*Cintre= was fifty-five
008:151,22[E  ]| years old and \9pas 9du 9tout 9aimable\. He lived, however,
008:151,23[E  ]| but three or four years, and after his death
008:151,24[E  ]| his family pounced upon$4$ his money, brought a lawsuit
008:151,25[E  ]| against his widow, pushed things very hard.
008:151,26[E  ]| Their case was good, for$3$ M%*de*Cintre=, who$6#1$ had been
008:151,27[E  ]| trustee for$4$ some of his relatives, appeared to$9$ have
008:151,28[E  ]| been guilty of some very irregular practices. In$4$ the
008:151,29[E  ]| course of the suit some revelations were made as to$4$
008:151,30[E  ]| his private history which$6#1$ my sister found so$5#1$ little to$4$
008:151,31[E  ]| her taste that$3$ she ceased to$9$ defend herself and washed
008:151,32[E  ]| her hands of all her interests. This required some
008:152,01[E  ]| strength of conviction, for$3$ she was between two fires,
008:152,02[E  ]| her husband's family opposing her and her own
008:152,03[E  ]| family denouncing. My mother and my brother
008:152,04[E  ]| wished her to$9$ cleave to$4$ what they regarded as her
008:152,05[E  ]| rights. But she resisted firmly and at last bought
008:152,06[E  ]| her freedom ~~ obtained my mother's assent to$4$ her
008:152,07[E  ]| compromising the suit at the price of a promise."
008:152,08[B  ]| "What was the promise?"
008:152,09[E  ]| "To$9$ do anything else whatever, for$4$ the next ten
008:152,10[E  ]| years, that$6#1$ might be asked of her ~~ anything, that$6#2$
008:152,11[E  ]| is, but marry."
008:152,12[B  ]| "She had disliked her husband very much?"
008:152,13[E  ]| "No*one knows how much!"
008:152,14[B  ]| "The marriage had been made in$4$ your vicious
008:152,15[B  ]| French way," 
008:152,15['  ]| Newman continued ~~ 
008:152,15[B  ]| "by$4$ the two
008:152,16[B  ]| families and without her having a voice?"
008:152,17[E  ]| "It was a first act for$4$ a melodrama. She saw M%*de*Cintre=
008:152,18[E  ]| for$4$ the first time a month before the wedding,
008:152,19[E  ]| after everything, to$4$ the minutest detail, had been
008:152,20[E  ]| arranged. She turned white when she looked at him
008:152,21[E  ]| and white she remained ~~ I shall never forget her
008:152,22[E  ]| face ~~ till her wedding-day. The evening before the
008:152,23[E  ]| ceremony her nerves completely gave way and she
008:152,24[E  ]| spent the whole night in$4$ sobs. My mother sat holding
008:152,25[E  ]| her two hands and my brother walked up$4$ and down
008:152,26[E  ]| the room. I declared it was revolting and told my
008:152,27[E  ]| sister publicly that$3$ if she would really hold out I
008:152,28[E  ]| would stand by$4$ her against all comers. I was sent
008:152,29[E  ]| about my business and she became Comtesse*de*Cintre=."
008:152,30[E  ]|
008:152,31[B  ]| "Your brother," 
008:152,31['  ]| said Newman reflectively, 
008:152,31[B  ]| "must
008:152,32[B  ]| be a very nice young man."
008:153,01[E  ]| "He is very nice, though he is not very young. He is
008:153,02[E  ]| now upwards of fifty; fifteen years my senior. He has
008:153,03[E  ]| been a father to$4$ my sister and me. He is a type apart;
008:153,04[E  ]| he has the best manners in$4$ France. He is extremely
008:153,05[E  ]| clever; indeed he is full of accomplishment. He is
008:153,06[E  ]| writing a history of The*Unmarried*Princesses*of*the*Maison*de*France."
008:153,07['  ]| This was said by$4$ Valentin
008:153,08['  ]| with extreme gravity, in$4$ a tone that$6#1$ betokened no$2$
008:153,09['  ]| mental reservation ~~ or that$6#1$ at least almost betokened
008:153,10['  ]| none.
008:153,11['  ]| Our friend perhaps discovered there what little
008:153,12['  ]| there was, for$3$ he presently said: 
008:153,12[B  ]| "You could struggle
008:153,13[B  ]| along without your brother."
008:153,14[E  ]| "I beg your pardon" 
008:153,14['  ]| ~~ the young man still as
008:153,15['  ]| gravely protested. 
008:153,15[E  ]| "A house like$4$ ours is inevitably
008:153,16[E  ]| \one\."
008:153,17[B  ]| "Then you want some*one to$9$ come right in$5$ and
008:153,18[B  ]| break it up$5$."
008:153,19[E  ]| "\9Hein\?" 
008:153,19['  ]| said Valentin.
008:153,20['  ]| On$4$ which$6#1$ Newman, after an instant, put the
008:153,21['  ]| matter another way. 
008:153,21[B  ]| "Well, I am glad \I am\ free not
008:153,22[B  ]| to$9$ like$1$ him!"
008:153,23[E  ]| "Wait till you know him!" 
008:153,23['  ]| Valentin returned ~
008:153,24['  ]| and this time he smiled.
008:153,25[B  ]| "Is your mother also then a type apart?" 
008:153,25['  ]| his
008:153,26['  ]| friend asked after a pause.
008:153,27[E  ]| "For$4$ my mother," 
008:153,27['  ]| the young man said, now with
008:153,28['  ]| intense gravity, 
008:153,28[E  ]| "I have the highest admiration.
008:153,29[E  ]| She is a very extraordinary person. You can not approach
008:153,30[E  ]| her without feeling it."
008:153,31[B  ]| "She is the daughter, I believe, of an English
008:153,32[B  ]| nobleman?"
008:154,01[E  ]| "Of Lord*Saint*Dunstans."
008:154,02[B  ]| "And was \he\ very grand?"
008:154,03[E  ]| "Not as grand as we. They date only from the
008:154,04[E  ]| sixteenth century. It is on$4$ my father's side that$3$ we
008:154,05[E  ]| go back ~~ back, back, back. The family antiquaries
008:154,06[E  ]| themselves lose breath. At last they stop, panting
008:154,07[E  ]| and fanning themselves, somewhere in$4$ the ninth
008:154,08[E  ]| century, under Charlemagne. That$6#2$ is where we
008:154,09[E  ]| begin."
008:154,10[B  ]| "There is no$2$ mistake about it?" 
008:154,10['  ]| Newman demanded.
008:154,11['  ]|
008:154,12[E  ]| "I am sure I hope not. We have been mistaken at
008:154,13[E  ]| least for$4$ several centuries."
008:154,14[B  ]| "And you have always married into ~~ what do you
008:154,15[B  ]| call them? ~~ ""ancient houses""?"
008:154,16[E  ]| "As a rule; though in$4$ so$5#1$ long a stretch of time
008:154,17[E  ]| there have been some exceptions. Three or four
008:154,18[E  ]| Bellegardes, in$4$ the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
008:154,19[E  ]| took wives out of the \9bourgeoisie\ ~~ accepted
008:154,20[E  ]| lawyers' daughters."
008:154,21[B  ]| "A lawyer's daughter ~~ that$6#2$ is a come down?"
008:154,22['  ]| Newman went on$5$.
008:154,23[E  ]| "A condescension. But one of us, in$4$ the Middle*Ages,
008:154,24[E  ]| did better: He married a beggar-maid, like$4$
008:154,25[E  ]| King*Cophetua. That$6#2$ was really more convenient;
008:154,26[E  ]| it was like$4$ pairing with a bird or a monkey; one
008:154,27[E  ]| did not have to$9$ think about her family at all. Our
008:154,28[E  ]| women have always done well; they have never even
008:154,29[E  ]| gone into the \9petite 9noblesse\. There is, I believe, not
008:154,30[E  ]| a case on$4$ record of a misalliance among \9ces 9dames\."
008:154,31['  ]| Newman turned this over a while and then at
008:154,32['  ]| last: 
008:154,32[B  ]| "You offered, the first time you came to$9$ see
008:155,01[B  ]| me, to$9$ render me any service you could. I told you
008:155,02[B  ]| I would sometime mention something you might do. Do
008:155,03[B  ]| you remember?"
008:155,04[E  ]| "Remember? I have been counting the hours."
008:155,05[B  ]| "Very well; here is your chance. Do what you
008:155,06[B  ]| can to$9$ make your sister think well of me."
008:155,07['  ]| The young man had a strange bright stare. 
008:155,07[E  ]| "Why,
008:155,08[E  ]| I am sure she thinks as well of you as possible already."
008:155,09[E  ]|
008:155,10[B  ]| "An opinion founded on$4$ seeing me three or four 
008:155,11[B  ]| times? That$6#2$ is putting me off with very little. I want
008:155,12[B  ]| something more. I have been thinking of it a good deal
008:155,13[B  ]| and at last I have decided to$9$ tell you. I should like$1$
008:155,14[B  ]| very much to$9$ marry Madame*de*Cintre=."
008:155,15['  ]| Valentin had been looking at him with quickened
008:155,16['  ]| expectancy and with the smile with which$6#1$ he had
008:155,17['  ]| greeted his allusion to$4$ the promised request. At this
008:155,18['  ]| last announcement he kept his eyes on$4$ him, but their
008:155,19['  ]| expression went through two or three curious phases.
008:155,20['  ]| It felt, apparently, an impulse to$9$ let itself go further;
008:155,21['  ]| but this it immediately checked. Then it remained
008:155,22['  ]| for$4$ some instants taking counsel with the danger of
008:155,23['  ]| hilarity ~~ at the end of which$6#1$ it decreed a retreat.
008:155,24['  ]| It slowly effaced itself and left a sobriety modified
008:155,25['  ]| by$4$ the desire not to$9$ be rude. Extreme surprise had
008:155,26['  ]| in$4$ fine come into M%*de*Bellegarde's face; but he had
008:155,27['  ]| reflected that$3$ 
008:155,27@e   | it would be uncivil to$9$ leave it there.
008:155,28@e   | And yet what the deuce was he to$9$ do with it? 
008:155,28['  ]| He got
008:155,29['  ]| up$5$ in$4$ his agitation and stood before the chimneypiece,
008:155,30['  ]| still looking at his host. He was a longer time
008:155,31['  ]| thinking what to$9$ say than one would have expected.
008:155,32[B  ]| "If you can not render me the service I ask," 
008:155,32['  ]| Newman
008:156,01['  ]| pursued, 
008:156,01[B  ]| "do not be afraid to$9$ tell me, for$3$ I will$1$
008:156,02[B  ]| be hanged if I will$1$ not get on$5$ without you."
008:156,03[E  ]| "Let me hear it again distinctly, the service you
008:156,04[E  ]| ask. It is very important, you know," 
008:156,04['  ]| Valentin went
008:156,05['  ]| on$5$. 
008:156,05[E  ]| "I am to$9$ plead your cause with my sister because
008:156,06[E  ]| you want ~~ You want to$9$ marry her? That$6#2$ is
008:156,07[E  ]| it, eh?"
008:156,08[B  ]| "Oh, I do not say plead my cause exactly; I shall
008:156,09[B  ]| try and do that$6#2$ myself. But say a good word for$4$ me
008:156,10[B  ]| now and then ~~ let her know at least what \you\ take
008:156,11[B  ]| me for$4$."
008:156,12['  ]| This \was\, visibly, for$4$ the young man, a droll
008:156,13['  ]| simplification. 
008:156,13[E  ]| "I shall have first, my dear fellow, to$9$
008:156,14[E  ]| know myself!"
008:156,15['  ]| But Newman went on$5$ unheeding. 
008:156,15[B  ]| "What I want
008:156,16[B  ]| chiefly, after all, is just to$9$ make you aware of what
008:156,17[B  ]| I have in$4$ mind. I suppose that$6#2$ is what you all expect,
008:156,18[B  ]| making you formally aware, is not it? I want always
008:156,19[B  ]| to$9$ do, over here, what is customary, what you have
008:156,20[B  ]| been used to$4$. You seem more lost without what
008:156,21[B  ]| you have been used to$4$ than we are. If there is anything
008:156,22[B  ]| particular to$9$ be done let me know and I will$1$ make it
008:156,23[B  ]| right. I would not for$4$ the world approach Madame*de*Cintre=
008:157,24[B  ]| save by$4$ schedule. I would go in$5$ to$4$ her on$4$ all-fours
008:156,25[B  ]| if that$6#2$ is what is required. If I ought to$9$ speak
008:156,26[B  ]| to$4$ your mother first why I will$1$ speak to$4$ her. If I ought
008:156,27[B  ]| to$9$ speak even to$4$ your brother I will$1$ speak to$4$ \him\.
008:156,28[B  ]| I will$1$ speak to$4$ any*one you like$1$, to$4$ the porter in$4$ his
008:156,29[B  ]| lodge or the policeman on$4$ his beat. As I do not know
008:156,30[B  ]| any*one else I begin by$4$ speaking to$4$ you. But that, if
008:156,31[B  ]| it is a social obligation, is a pleasure as well."
008:156,32[E  ]| "Yes, I see ~~ I see," 
008:156,32['  ]| said Valentin, lightly stroking
008:157,01['  ]| his chin. 
008:157,01[E  ]| "You have a very right feeling about it,
008:157,02[E  ]| but I am glad you have begun with me." 
008:157,02['  ]| He paused,
008:157,03['  ]| hesitated, and then turned away and walked slowly
008:157,04['  ]| the length of the room. Newman got up$5$ and stood
008:157,05['  ]| leaning against the chimney with his hands in$4$ his
008:157,06['  ]| pockets and his eyes on$4$ his friend's evolution. This
008:157,07['  ]| personage came back and stopped in$4$ front of him.
008:157,08[E  ]| "I give it up$5$. I will$1$ not pretend I am not ~~ well, impressed.
008:157,09[E  ]| I am ~~ hugely! \Ouf\! It is a relief."
008:157,10[B  ]| "That$6#2$ sort of news is always a surprise," 
008:157,10['  ]| said Newman.
008:157,11[B  ]| "No$2$ matter what you have done, people are
008:157,12[B  ]| never prepared. But if you are impressed I hope at
008:157,13[B  ]| least you are impressed favourably."
008:157,14[E  ]| "Come!" 
008:157,14['  ]| the young man broke out; 
008:157,14[E  ]| "I am going
008:157,15[E  ]| to$9$ let you have it. I do not know whether it lays me
008:157,16[E  ]| flat or makes me soar."
008:157,17[B  ]| "Well, if it corners you too much I am afraid
008:157,18[B  ]| you have got to$9$ stay there, for$3$ I assure you I mean
008:157,19[B  ]| myself to$9$ fight out in$4$ the open."
008:157,20[E  ]| "My dear man, Samson was in$4$ the open when he
008:157,21[E  ]| pulled down the temple, but there was not much left
008:157,22[E  ]| of any*one else." 
008:157,22['  ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ Valentin added: 
008:157,22[B  ]| "You are
008:157,23[B  ]| perfectly serious?"
008:157,24[E  ]| "Am I a futile Frenchman that$3$ I should not be?"
008:157,25['  ]| Newman asked. 
008:157,25[B  ]| "But why is it, by*the*by ~~ come
008:157,26[B  ]| to$9$ talk ~~ that$3$ you \are\ prostrated?"
008:157,27['  ]| The Count raised his hand to$4$ the back of his head
008:157,28['  ]| and rubbed his hair quickly up$5$ and down, thrusting
008:157,29['  ]| out the tip of his tongue as he did so$5#2$. 
008:157,29[E  ]| "Well,
008:157,30[E  ]| for$4$ instance you are not, as we call it, if I am not
008:157,31[E  ]| mistaken, ""born."" "
008:157,32[B  ]| "The devil I am not!" 
008:157,32['  ]| Newman exclaimed.
008:158,01[E  ]| "Oh," 
008:158,01['  ]| said his friend a little more seriously, 
008:158,01[E  ]| "I
008:158,02[E  ]| did not know you had ~~ well, your quarterings."
008:158,03[B  ]| "Ah, your quarterings are your little local matter!"
008:158,04[B  ]|
008:158,05['  ]| Valentin just hesitated. 
008:158,05[E  ]| "But are not we all ~
008:158,06[E  ]| is not my admirable sister in$4$ particular ~~ our little
008:158,07[E  ]| local matter?"
008:158,08['  ]| Newman met his eyes with a long, hard look ~~ 
008:158,09['  ]| exhaling at last, however, a sigh as long. 
008:158,09[B  ]| "Do you
008:158,10[B  ]| mean that$3$ I must \claim\ a social standing and hang
008:158,11[B  ]| out my sign? What sort of swagger is that$6#2$? If it is
008:158,12[B  ]| a question of pretensions ~~ pretensions, that$3$ is, to$4$
008:158,13[B  ]| effectively existing ~~ let me make, to$9$ meet you on$4$
008:158,14[B  ]| your own ground, the very highest. Only it is not, it
008:158,15[B  ]| seems to$4$ me, for$4$ me vulgarly to$9$ make them; it is for$4$
008:158,16[B  ]| you, assuming them, to$9$ invalidate them. On$4$ you, in$4$
008:158,17[B  ]| other words the burden of disproof."
008:158,18['  ]| Valentin's fine smile suffered a further strain.
008:158,19[E  ]| "Have not you manufactured and placed in$4$ the
008:158,20[E  ]| market certain admirable wash-tubs?"
008:158,21[B  ]| "With great temporary success. But it is not a 
008:158,22[B  ]| question of my achievements ~~ it is a question of
008:158,23[B  ]| my failures. You might catch me," 
008:158,23['  ]| said our friend,
008:158,24[B  ]| "on$4$ two or three of those. Only then, you know,"
008:158,25['  ]| he added, 
008:158,25[B  ]| "I should have the right to$9$ ask you about
008:158,26[B  ]| yours."
008:158,27[E  ]| "Oh, ours have partaken of our general brilliancy!
008:158,28[E  ]| They have not at any rate prevented the great thing."
008:158,29[B  ]| "And what do you call the great thing?"
008:158,30[E  ]| "Well," 
008:158,30['  ]| Valentin smiled, 
008:158,30[E  ]| "our being interesting."
008:158,31['  ]| Newman considered. 
008:158,31[B  ]| "To$4$ yourselves?"
008:158,32[E  ]| "To$4$ the world. That$6#2$ \has\ been our value ~~ that$3$
008:159,01[E  ]| we have had the world's attention. We have been felt
008:159,02[E  ]| to$9$ be worth it."
008:159,03[B  ]| "Oh," 
008:159,03['  ]| said Newman, 
008:159,03[B  ]| "if it is but a question of
008:159,04[B  ]| what you are worth ~!" 
008:159,04['  ]| He hung fire an instant,
008:159,05['  ]| and then, 
008:159,05[B  ]| "Should you like$1$ to$9$ know what \I\ am?"
008:159,06['  ]| he demanded.
008:159,07['  ]| He had held his companion by$4$ his pause, and his
008:159,08['  ]| words prolonged a little the situation. 
008:159,08[E  ]| "No$7$, thanks,"
008:159,09['  ]| Valentin then replied. 
008:159,09[E  ]| "It is none of my business.
008:159,10[E  ]| It is enough for$4$ me that$3$ you are worth, delightfully,
008:159,11[E  ]| my acquaintance and my wonder."
008:159,12['  ]| In$4$ recognition of these last words Newman for$4$ a moment
008:159,13['  ]| said nothing. He only coloured as with a flush
008:159,14['  ]| of hope. Then he raised his eyes to$4$ the ceiling and
008:159,15['  ]| stood looking at one of the rosy cherubs painted on$4$
008:159,16['  ]| it. 
008:159,16[B  ]| "Of course I do not expect to$9$ marry any woman
008:159,17[B  ]| for$4$ the asking," 
008:159,17['  ]| he observed at last: 
008:159,17[B  ]| "I expect first to$9$
008:159,18[B  ]| make myself acceptable to$4$ her. She must like$1$ me
008:159,19[B  ]| to$9$ begin with. But what I feel is how she \must\ ~~ 
008:159,20[B  ]| from the moment she knows me as I want."
008:159,21[E  ]| "As the prince of husbands?"
008:159,22[B  ]| "Well yes ~~ call it the prince, as you speak of
008:159,23[B  ]| such people."
008:159,24[E  ]| "I believe," 
008:159,24['  ]| said Valentin after a moment, 
008:159,24[E  ]| "that
008:159,25[E  ]| you would be as good a prince as another."
008:159,26[B  ]| "I should be as good a husband."
008:159,27[E  ]| "And that$6#2$ is what you want me to$9$ tell my sister?"
008:159,28[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is what I want you to$9$ tell her."
008:159,29['  ]| The young man laid his hand on$4$ his companion's
008:159,30['  ]| arm, looked at him critically, from head to$4$ foot, and
008:159,31['  ]| then, with a loud laugh and shaking the other hand
008:159,32['  ]| in$4$ the air, turned away. He walked again the length
008:160,01['  ]| of the room and again he came back and stationed
008:160,02['  ]| himself in$4$ front of Newman. 
008:160,02[E  ]| "All this is very interesting
008:160,03[E  ]| and very curious. In$4$ what I said just now
008:160,04[E  ]| I was speaking not for$4$ myself, but for$4$ my traditions
008:160,05[E  ]| and my superstitions. For$4$ myself really your idea stirs
008:160,06[E  ]| me up$5$. It startled me at first, but the more I think
008:160,07[E  ]| of it the more I see in$4$ it. It is no$2$ use attempting to$9$
008:160,08[E  ]| explain anything; you would not, I think, follow me.
008:160,09[E  ]| After all, I do not see why you need; it is no$2$ great
008:160,10[E  ]| loss."
008:160,11[B  ]| "Oh, if there is anything more to$9$ explain try me
008:160,12[B  ]| with it. I guess I have had to$9$ understand some queerer
008:160,13[B  ]| things than any you are likely to$9$ tell."
008:160,14[E  ]| "No$7$," 
008:160,14['  ]| said Valentin, 
008:160,14[E  ]| "we will$1$ do without them;
008:160,15[E  ]| we will$1$ let them go. I took you for$4$ somebody ~~ God
008:160,16[E  ]| knows whom or what ~~ the first time I saw you, and
008:160,17[E  ]| I will$1$ abide by$4$ that$6#2$. It would be quite odious for$4$ me
008:160,18[E  ]| to$9$ come talking to$4$ you as if I could patronise you.
008:160,19[E  ]| I have told you before that$3$ I envy you; \9vous 9m'imposez\,
008:160,20[E  ]| as we say ~~ I did not know you much till these
008:160,21[E  ]| last five minutes. So$3$ we will$1$ let things go, and I will$1$
008:160,22[E  ]| say nothing to$4$ you that$6#1$, with our positions reversed,
008:160,23[E  ]| you would not say to$4$ me."
008:160,24['  ]| I know not whether in$4$ renouncing the mysterious
008:160,25['  ]| opportunity to$4$ which$6#1$ he alluded Valentin felt himself
008:160,26['  ]| do something very generous. If so$5#2$ he was not
008:160,27['  ]| rewarded; his generosity was not appreciated. Newman
008:160,28['  ]| failed to$9$ recognise any power to$9$ disconcert or
008:160,29['  ]| to$9$ wound him, and he had now no$2$ sense of coming
008:160,30['  ]| off easily. He had not at his command the gratitude
008:160,31['  ]| even of a glance; and he was in$4$ truth occupied with
008:160,32['  ]| a particular fear, which$6#1$ he presently expressed. 
008:160,32[B  ]| "Do
008:161,01[B  ]| you think she may be by$4$ chance determined not to$9$
008:161,02[B  ]| marry at all?"
008:161,03[E  ]| "Oh, I quite think it! But that$6#2$ is not necessarily
008:161,04[E  ]| too much against you. Such a determination never
008:161,05[E  ]| yet spoiled a right opportunity."
008:161,06[B  ]| "But suppose I do not seem a right one. I am afraid
008:161,07[B  ]| it will$1$ be hard," 
008:161,07['  ]| Newman said with a gravity that$6#1$
008:161,08['  ]| appeared to$9$ signify at the same time a sort of lucid
008:161,09['  ]| respect for$4$ the fact.
008:161,10[E  ]| "I do not think it will$1$ be easy. In$4$ a general way
008:161,11[E  ]| I do not see why a widow should ever marry again.
008:161,12[E  ]| She has gained the benefits of matrimony ~~ freedom
008:161,13[E  ]| and consideration ~~ and she has got rid of the drawbacks.
008:161,14[E  ]| Why should she put her head back into the
008:161,15[E  ]| noose? Her usual motive is ambition ~~ if a man can
008:161,16[E  ]| offer her a great position, make her a princess or an
008:161,17[E  ]| ambassadress."
008:161,18[B  ]| "And ~~ in$4$ that$6#2$ way ~~ is Madame*de*Cintre=
008:161,19[B  ]| ambitious?"
008:161,20[E  ]| "Who$6#2$ knows?" 
008:161,20['  ]| her brother asked with slightly
008:161,21['  ]| depressing detachment. 
008:161,21[E  ]| "I do not pretend to$9$ say all
008:161,22[E  ]| she is or all she is not. I think she might be touched
008:161,23[E  ]| by$4$ the prospect of becoming the wife of a great man.
008:161,24[E  ]| But in$4$ a certain way, I believe, whatever she does
008:161,25[E  ]| will$1$ be the \improbable\. Do not be too confident, but
008:161,26[E  ]| do not absolutely doubt. Your best chance for$4$ success
008:161,27[E  ]| will$1$ be precisely in$4$ affecting her as unusual, unexpected,
008:161,28[E  ]| original. Do not try to$9$ be any*one else; be
008:161,29[E  ]| simply yourself as hard as ever you can, and harder
008:161,30[E  ]| perhaps indeed (if you understand) than you have ever
008:161,31[E  ]| been before. Something or other can not fail to$9$ come of
008:161,32[E  ]| \that$6#2$\. I am very curious to$9$ see what."
008:162,01[B  ]| "I am much obliged to$4$ you for$4$ your curiosity,"
008:162,02['  ]| Newman said ~~ 
008:162,02[B  ]| "if I may take it as your advice.
008:162,03[B  ]| I am glad for$4$ your sake at least that$3$ I am likely to$9$ prove
008:162,04[B  ]| so$5#1$ amusing."
008:162,05['  ]| His friend, who$6#1$ had been staring at the fire a 
008:162,06['  ]| minute, looked up$5$. 
008:162,06[E  ]| "It is a pity you do not fully understand
008:162,07[E  ]| me, that$3$ you do not know just what I am doing."
008:162,08[B  ]| "Oh," 
008:162,08['  ]| laughed Newman, 
008:162,08[B  ]| "do not do anything
008:162,09[B  ]| wrong! Leave me to$4$ myself rather, or defy me out
008:162,10[B  ]| and out to$9$ try it. I would not lay any load on$4$ your
008:162,11[B  ]| conscience."
008:162,12['  ]| Valentin sprang up$5$ again, evidently quite inflamed.
008:162,13[E  ]| "You will$1$ never understand ~~ you will$1$ never know;
008:162,14[E  ]| and if you succeed and I turn out to$9$ have helped you
008:162,15[E  ]| you will$1$ never be grateful, nor as I shall deserve you
008:162,16[E  ]| should be. You will$1$ be an excellent fellow always, but
008:162,17[E  ]| you will$1$ not be grateful. But it does not matter, for$3$ I
008:162,18[E  ]| shall get my own fun out of it." 
008:162,18['  ]| And he broke into
008:162,19['  ]| an extravagant laugh. 
008:162,19[E  ]| "You look worried," 
008:162,19['  ]| he added;
008:162,20[E  ]| "you look almost alarmed."
008:162,21[B  ]| "It is a pity," 
008:162,21['  ]| said Newman, 
008:162,21[B  ]| "that$3$ I do not wholly
008:162,22[B  ]| catch on$5$. I shall lose some very good sport."
008:162,23[E  ]| "I told you, you remember, that$3$ we are very strange
008:162,24[E  ]| people," 
008:162,24['  ]| his visitor pursued. 
008:162,24[E  ]| "Well, I give you warning
008:162,25[E  ]| again. We are fit for$4$ a museum or a Balzac novel.
008:162,26[E  ]| My mother is strange, my brother is strange, and I
008:162,27[E  ]| verily believe I am stranger than either. You will$1$
008:162,28[E  ]| even find my sister a little strange. Old trees have
008:162,29[E  ]| crooked branches, old houses have queer cracks, old
008:162,30[E  ]| races have odd secrets. Remember that$3$ we are eight
008:162,31[E  ]| hundred years old!"
008:162,32[B  ]| "Very good," 
008:162,32['  ]| said Newman; 
008:162,32[B  ]| "that$6#2$ is the sort of
008:163,01[B  ]| thing I came to$4$ Europe for$4$. You are \made\ for$4$ me to$9$
008:163,02[B  ]| work right in$5$."
008:163,03[E  ]| "\9Touchez-la`\ then," 
008:163,03['  ]| Bellegarde returned, putting
008:163,04['  ]| out his hand. 
008:163,04[E  ]| "It is a bargain; I accept you, I espouse
008:163,05[E  ]| your cause. It is because I like$1$ you, in$4$ a great
008:163,06[E  ]| measure; but that$6#2$ is not the only reason." 
008:163,06['  ]| And he
008:163,07['  ]| stood holding Newman's hand and looking at him
008:163,08['  ]| askance.
008:163,09[B  ]| "What is the other one?"
008:163,10[E  ]| "Well, I am in$4$ the Opposition. I have a positive
008:163,11[E  ]| aversion ~!"
008:163,12[B  ]| "To$4$ your brother?" 
008:163,12['  ]| asked Newman in$4$ his unmodulated
008:163,13['  ]| voice.
008:163,14['  ]| Valentin laid a finger on$4$ his lips with a whispered
008:163,15[E  ]| \hush\! "Old races have strange secrets! Put yourself 
008:163,16[E  ]| into motion. Come and see my sister and be
008:163,17[E  ]| assured of my sympathy!" 
008:163,17['  ]| With which$6#1$ he took
008:163,18['  ]| leave while his host dropped into a chair before the
008:163,19['  ]| fire. Newman stared long and late into the blaze
009:164,01['  ]| He called on$4$ Madame*de*Cintre= the very next day,
009:164,02['  ]| and learnt from the servant that$3$ she was at home.
009:164,03['  ]| He passed as usual up$4$ the large cold staircase and
009:164,04['  ]| through a spacious vestibule above, where the walls
009:164,05['  ]| seemed all composed of small door-panels touched
009:164,06['  ]| with long-faded gilding; whence he was ushered
009:164,07['  ]| into the sitting-room in$4$ which$6#1$ he had already been
009:164,08['  ]| received. It was empty, but the footman told him
009:164,09['  ]| that$3$ Madame*la*Comtesse would presently appear.
009:164,10['  ]| He had time, while he waited, to$9$ wonder 
009:164,10@b   | if Bellegarde
009:164,11@b   | had seen his sister since the evening before
009:164,12@b   | and if in$4$ this case he had spoken to$4$ her of their talk.
009:164,13@b   | In$4$ that$6#2$ event Madame*de*Cintre='s receiving him
009:164,14@b   | was not, 
009:164,14['  ]| as he would have said, 
009:164,14@b   | a bucket of cold
009:164,15@b   | water. 
009:164,15['  ]| He felt a certain trepidation as he reflected
009:164,16['  ]| that$3$ 
009:164,16@b   | she might come in$5$ with the knowledge of his
009:164,17@b   | supreme admiration and of the project he had built
009:164,18@b   | on$4$ it in$4$ her eyes; 
009:164,18['  ]| but the apprehension conveyed no$2$
009:164,19['  ]| chill. 
009:164,19@b   | Her face could wear no$2$ look that$6#1$ would make
009:164,20@b   | it less beautiful, 
009:164,20['  ]| and he was sure beforehand that$3$,
009:164,21@b   | however she might take the proposal he had in$4$ reserve,
009:164,22@b   | she would not make him pay for$4$ it in$4$ the least
009:164,23@b   | to$4$ his ruin. 
009:164,23['  ]| He had a belief that$3$ 
009:164,23@b   | if she could only
009:164,24@b   | look at the bottom of his heart and see it all bared
009:164,25@b   | to$4$ the quick for$4$ her she would be entirely kind.
009:164,26['  ]| She came in$5$ at last, after so$5#1$ long an interval that$3$ he
009:164,27@b   | wondered if she had been hesitating. 
009:164,27['  ]| She smiled
009:165,01['  ]| at him, as usual, without constraint, and her great
009:165,02['  ]| mild eyes, while she held out her hand, seemed to$9$
009:165,03['  ]| shine at him perhaps even straighter than before.
009:165,04['  ]| She then remarkably observed, without a tremor in$4$
009:165,05['  ]| her voice, that$3$ 
009:165,05@a   | she was glad to$9$ see him and that$3$ she
009:165,06@a   | hoped he was well. 
009:165,06['  ]| He found in$4$ her what he had
009:165,07['  ]| found before ~~ that$6#2$ faint perfume of a personal
009:165,08['  ]| diffidence worn away by$4$ contact with the world, but
009:165,09['  ]| the more perceptible the more closely she was approached.
009:165,10['  ]| This subtle shyness gave a peculiar value
009:165,11['  ]| to$4$ what was definite and assured in$4$ her manner,
009:165,12['  ]| making it an acquired accomplishment, a beautiful
009:165,13['  ]| talent, something that$6#1$ one might compare to$4$ an
009:165,14['  ]| exquisite touch in$4$ a pianist. It was, in$4$ fact, her
009:165,15['  ]| "authority," as they say of artists, that$6#1$ especially
009:165,16['  ]| impressed and fascinated him; he always came back
009:165,17['  ]| to$4$ the feeling that$3$, 
009:165,17@b   | when he should be rounded out
009:165,18@b   | his "success" by$4$ the right big marriage, this was the
009:165,19@b   | way he should like$1$ his wife to$9$ express the size of it
009:165,20@b   | to$4$ the world. The only trouble indeed was that$3$ when
009:165,21@b   | the instrument was so$5#1$ perfect it seemed to$9$ interpose
009:165,22@b   | too much between the audience and the composer.
009:165,23['  ]| She gave him, the charming woman, the sense of an
009:165,24['  ]| elaborate education, of her having passed through
009:165,25['  ]| mysterious ceremonies and processes of culture in$4$
009:165,26['  ]| her youth, of her having been fashioned and made
009:165,27['  ]| flexible to$4$ certain deep social needs. All this, as
009:165,28['  ]| I have noted, made her seem rare and precious ~
009:165,29['  ]| a very expensive article, as he would have said, and
009:165,30['  ]| one which$6#1$ a man with an ambition to$9$ have everything
009:165,31['  ]| about him of the best would taste of triumph
009:165,32['  ]| in$4$ possessing. Yet looking at the matter with an eye
009:166,01['  ]| to$4$ private felicity he asked himself 
009:166,01@b   | where, in$4$ so$5#1$ exquisite
009:166,02@b   | a compound, nature and art showed their
009:166,03@b   | dividing-line. Where did the special intention separate
009:166,04@b   | from the habit of good manners? Where did
009:166,05@b   | fine urbanity end and fine sincerity begin? 
009:166,05['  ]| He indulged
009:166,06['  ]| in$4$ these questions even while he stood ready
009:166,07['  ]| to$9$ accept the admired object in$4$ all its complexity;
009:166,08['  ]| he felt indeed he could do so$5#2$ in$4$ profound security,
009:166,09['  ]| examining its mechanism afterwards and at leisure.
009:166,10[B  ]| "I am very glad to$9$ find you alone. You know I have
009:166,11[B  ]| never had such good luck before."
009:166,12[A  ]| "But you have seemed before very well contented
009:166,13[A  ]| with your luck," 
009:166,13['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=. 
009:166,13[A  ]| "You have
009:166,14[A  ]| sat and watched my visitors as comfortably as from
009:166,15[A  ]| a box at the opera. What have you thought of our
009:166,16[A  ]| poor performance?"
009:166,17[B  ]| "Oh, I have thought the ladies very bright and very
009:166,18[B  ]| graceful, wonderfully quick at repartee. But what
009:166,19[B  ]| I have chiefly thought has been that$3$ they only help
009:166,20[B  ]| me to$9$ admire \you\." 
009:166,20['  ]| This was not the habit of the
009:166,21['  ]| pretty speech on$4$ Newman's part, the art of the pretty
009:166,22['  ]| speech never having attained great perfection with
009:166,23['  ]| him. It was simply the instinct of the practical man
009:166,24['  ]| who$6#1$ had made up$5$ his mind to$4$ what he wanted
009:166,25['  ]| and was now beginning to$9$ take active steps to$9$ obtain
009:166,26['  ]| it.
009:166,27['  ]| She started slightly and raised her eyebrows; she
009:166,28['  ]| had evidently not expected so$5#1$ straight an advance.
009:166,29[A  ]| "Oh, in$4$ that$6#2$ case," 
009:166,29['  ]| she none*the*less gaily said, 
009:166,29[A  ]| "your
009:166,30[A  ]| finding me alone is not good luck for$4$ me. I hope
009:166,31[A  ]| some*one will$1$ come in$5$ quickly."
009:166,32[B  ]| "I hope not," 
009:166,32['  ]| Newman returned. 
009:166,32[B  ]| "I have something
009:167,01[B  ]| particular to$9$ say to$4$ you. Have you seen your
009:167,02[B  ]| brother Valentine?"
009:167,03[A  ]| "Yes, I saw him an hour ago."
009:167,04[B  ]| "Did he tell you that$3$ he had seen me last night?"
009:167,05[A  ]| "I think he spoke of it."
009:167,06[B  ]| "And did he tell you what we had talked about?"
009:167,07['  ]| She visibly hesitated. While Newman made these
009:167,08['  ]| enquiries she had grown a little pale, as if taking
009:167,09['  ]| what might impend for$4$ inevitable rather than convenient.
009:167,10[A  ]| "Did you give him a message to$4$ me?"
009:167,11[B  ]| "It was not exactly a message. I asked him to$9$
009:167,12[B  ]| tender me a service."
009:167,13[A  ]| "The service was to$9$ sing your praises, was it not?"
009:167,14['  ]| She had been clearly careful to$9$ utter this question in$4$
009:167,15['  ]| the tone of trifling.
009:167,16[B  ]| "Yes, that$6#2$ is what it really amounts to$4$," 
009:167,16['  ]| said Newman.
009:167,17[B  ]| "\Did\ he therefore sing my praises?"
009:167,18[A  ]| "He spoke very well of you. But when I know
009:167,19[A  ]| that$3$ it was by$4$ special request I must of course take
009:167,20[A  ]| his eulogy with a grain of salt."
009:167,21[B  ]| "Ah, that$6#2$ makes no$2$ difference," 
009:167,21['  ]| Newman went
009:167,22['  ]| on$5$. 
009:167,22[B  ]| "Your brother would not have spoken well of
009:167,23[B  ]| me unless he believed what he was saying. He is
009:167,24[B  ]| too honest for$4$ that$6#2$."
009:167,25[A  ]| "Are you a great diplomatist?" 
009:167,25['  ]| she answered.
009:167,26[A  ]| "Are you trying to$9$ please me by$4$ praising my brother?
009:167,27[A  ]| I confess it is a good way."
009:167,28[B  ]| "For$4$ me any way that$6#1$ succeeds will$1$ be good. I will$1$
009:167,29[B  ]| praise your brother all day if that$6#2$ will$1$ help me. I just
009:167,30[B  ]| love him, you know, and I regard him as perfectly
009:167,31[B  ]| straight. He has made me feel, in$4$ promising to$9$ do
009:167,32[B  ]| what he can to$9$ help me, that$3$ I can depend upon$4$ him."
009:168,01[A  ]| "Do not make too much of that$6#2$," 
009:168,01['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
009:168,02[A  ]| "He can help you very little."
009:168,03[B  ]| "Of course I must work my way myself. I know
009:168,04[B  ]| that$6#2$ very well; I only want a chance to$9$. In$4$ consenting
009:168,05[B  ]| to$9$ see me, after what he told you, you almost
009:168,06[B  ]| seem to$9$ be giving me a chance."
009:168,07[A  ]| "I am seeing you," 
009:168,07['  ]| she slowly and gravely pronounced,
009:168,08[A  ]| "because I promised my brother I would."
009:168,09[B  ]| "Blessings on$4$ your brother's head then!" 
009:168,09['  ]| Newman
009:168,10['  ]| cried. 
009:168,10[B  ]| "What I told him last evening was this:
009:168,11[B  ]| that$3$ I admired you more than any woman I had ever
009:168,12[B  ]| seen and that$3$ I should like$1$ extraordinarily to$9$ make
009:168,13[B  ]| you my wife." 
009:168,13['  ]| He spoke these words with great
009:168,14['  ]| directness and firmness and without any sense of
009:168,15['  ]| confusion. He was full of his idea, he had completely
009:168,16['  ]| mastered it, and he seemed to$9$ look down on$4$ the
009:168,17['  ]| woman he addressed, and on$4$ all her gathered graces,
009:168,18['  ]| from the height of his bracing good conscience. It
009:168,19['  ]| is probable that$3$ this particular tone and manner were
009:168,20['  ]| the very best he could have adopted; yet the light,
009:168,21['  ]| just visibly forced smile with which$6#1$ she had listened
009:168,22['  ]| to$4$ him died away and she sat looking at him with
009:168,23['  ]| her lips parted and her face almost as portentous
009:168,24['  ]| as a tragic mask. There was evidently an inconvenience
009:168,25['  ]| amounting to$4$ pain for$4$ her in$4$ this extravagant 
009:168,26['  ]| issue; her impatience of it, however, found no$2$
009:168,27['  ]| angry voice. Newman wondered if he were hurting
009:168,28['  ]| her; he could not imagine why the liberal devotion
009:168,29['  ]| he meant to$9$ express should be offensive. He got up$5$
009:168,30['  ]| and stood before her, leaning one hand on$4$ the chimney-piece.
009:168,31[B  ]| "I know I have seen you very little to$9$ say
009:168,32[B  ]| this, so$5#1$ little that$3$ it may make what I say seem disrespectful.
009:169,01[B  ]| But that$6#2$ is my misfortune. I could have
009:169,02[B  ]| said it at the first time I saw you. Really I had seen
009:169,03[B  ]| you before; I had seen you in$4$ imagination; you
009:169,04[B  ]| seemed almost an old friend. So$3$ what I say, you
009:169,05[B  ]| can at least believe, is not mere grand talk in$4$ the air,
009:169,06[B  ]| an exaggerated compliment. I can not talk for$4$ any
009:169,07[B  ]| effect but one I want very much to$9$ bring about, and
009:169,08[B  ]| I would not to$4$ you if I could. What I say is as serious
009:169,09[B  ]| as such words can be. I feel as if I knew you and
009:169,10[B  ]| knew how fine and rare and true you are. I shall
009:169,11[B  ]| know better perhaps some day, but I have a general
009:169,12[B  ]| notion now. You are just the woman I have been looking
009:169,13[B  ]| for$4$, except that$3$ you are far more perfect. I will$1$ not
009:169,14[B  ]| make any protestations and vows, but you can trust
009:169,15[B  ]| me. It is very soon, I know, to$9$ say all this; it may
009:169,16[B  ]| almost shock you. But why not gain time if one can?
009:169,17[B  ]| And if you want time to$9$ reflect ~~ as of course you would
009:169,18[B  ]| do ~~ the sooner you begin the better for$4$ me. I do not
009:169,19[B  ]| know what you think of me; but there is no$2$ great
009:169,20[B  ]| mystery, nor anything at all difficult to$9$ tell, about
009:169,21[B  ]| me ~~ nor difficult to$9$ understand. Your brother told
009:169,22[B  ]| me that$3$ my antecedents and occupations will$1$ be
009:169,23[B  ]| against me; that$3$ your family has a social standing so$5#1$
009:169,24[B  ]| high that$3$ I can not be taken as coming up$5$ to$4$ it. Well,
009:169,25[B  ]| I do not know about coming ""up$5$"" ~~ I do not think
009:169,26[B  ]| you can very well keep me \down\ anywhere. You
009:169,27[B  ]| can not make a man feel low unless you can make
009:169,28[B  ]| him feel base; and if you may fit yourself into any
009:169,29[B  ]| class you see your way to$4$, you can not fit \him\ where
009:169,30[B  ]| he will$1$ not go. But I do not believe you care anything
009:169,31[B  ]| about that$6#2$. I can assure you there is quite enough
009:169,32[B  ]| of me to$9$ last, and that$3$ if I give my mind to$4$ it I can
009:170,01[B  ]| arrange things so$3$ that$3$ in$4$ a very few years I shall not
009:170,02[B  ]| need to$9$ waste time in$4$ explaining who$6#1$ I am and how
009:170,03[B  ]| much I matter. You will$1$ decide for$4$ yourself if you like$1$
009:170,04[B  ]| me or not. I honestly believe I have no$2$ hidden vices
009:170,05[B  ]| nor nasty tricks. I am kind, kind, kind! Everything
009:170,06[B  ]| that$6#1$ a man can give a woman I will$1$ give you. I have
009:170,07[B  ]| a large fortune, a very large fortune; some day, if
009:170,08[B  ]| you will$1$ allow me, I will$1$ go into details. If you want
009:170,09[B  ]| grandeur, everything in$4$ the way of grandeur that$6#1$
009:170,10[B  ]| money can give you, why you shall have it. And as
009:170,11[B  ]| regards anything you may give up$5$, do not take for$4$
009:170,12[B  ]| granted too much that$3$ its place can not be filled. Leave
009:170,13[B  ]| that$6#2$ to$4$ me ~~ I have filled some places. I will$1$ take care
009:170,14[B  ]| of you; I shall know what you need. I would not
009:170,15[B  ]| talk if I did not believe I knew how. I want you to$9$
009:170,16[B  ]| feel I am strong, because if you do that$6#2$ will$1$ be enough.
009:170,17[B  ]| There; I have said what I had on$4$ my heart. It was
009:170,18[B  ]| better to$9$ get it off. I am very sorry if it worries you;
009:170,19[B  ]| but the air is clearer ~~ do not you already see? If
009:170,20[B  ]| I have made a mistake we had better not have met at
009:170,21[B  ]| all; and I can not think \that$6#2$\, Madame*de*Cintre=, can
009:170,22[B  ]| \you\?" 
009:170,22['  ]| Newman asked. 
009:170,22[B  ]| "Do not answer me now, if
009:170,23[B  ]| you do not wish it. Think about it; think about it
009:170,24[B  ]| only a little at a time, if you want. Of course I have not
009:170,25[B  ]| said, I can not say, half I mean, especially about my
009:170,26[B  ]| admiration for$4$ you. But take a favourable view of
009:170,27[B  ]| me; it will$1$ only be just."
009:170,28['  ]| During this speech, the longest personal plea, of any
009:170,29['  ]| kind, that$6#1$ he had ever uttered in$4$ his life, she kept her
009:170,30['  ]| gaze fixed on$4$ him, and it expanded at the last into
009:170,31['  ]| a sort of fascinated stare. When he ceased speaking
009:170,32['  ]| she lowered it and sat for$4$ some moments looking
009:171,01['  ]| down and straight before her. Then she slowly rose
009:171,02['  ]| to$4$ her feet, and a pair of exceptionally keen eyes
009:171,03['  ]| would have made out in$4$ her an extraordinarily fine
009:171,04['  ]| tremor. She still looked extremely serious. 
009:171,04[A  ]| "I am
009:171,05[A  ]| very much obliged to$4$ you for$4$ your offer. It seems
009:171,06[A  ]| to$4$ me very strange, but I am glad you spoke without
009:171,07[A  ]| waiting any longer. It is better the subject should
009:171,08[A  ]| be dismissed between us. I appreciate immensely
009:171,09[A  ]| all you say; you do me great honour. But I have decided
009:171,10[A  ]| not to$9$ marry."
009:171,11[B  ]| "Oh, do not say that$6#2$!" 
009:171,11['  ]| cried Newman with the
009:171,12['  ]| very innocence of pleading desire. She had turned
009:171,13['  ]| away, and it made her stop a moment with her back
009:171,14['  ]| to$4$ him. 
009:171,14[B  ]| "Think better of that$6#2$. You are too young,
009:171,15[B  ]| too beautiful, too much made to$9$ be happy and to$9$
009:171,16[B  ]| make others happy. If you are afraid of losing your
009:171,17[B  ]| freedom I can assure you that$3$ this freedom here,
009:171,18[B  ]| the life you now lead, is a dreary bondage to$4$ what
009:171,19[B  ]| I will$1$ offer you. You shall do things that$6#1$ I do not think
009:171,20[B  ]| you have ever thought of. I will$1$ take you to$9$ live anywhere
009:171,21[B  ]| in$4$ the wide world you may want. Are you unhappy?
009:171,22[B  ]| You give me a feeling that$3$ you \are\ unhappy. You have
009:171,23[B  ]| no$2$ right to$9$ be, or to$9$ be made so$5#2$. Let me come in$5$
009:171,24[B  ]| and put an end to$4$ it."
009:171,25['  ]| The young woman waited, but looking again all
009:171,26['  ]| away from him. If she was touched by$4$ the way he
009:171,27['  ]| spoke the thing was conceivable. His voice, always
009:171,28['  ]| very mild, almost flatly soft and candidly interrogative
009:171,29['  ]| for$4$ so$5#1$ full an organ, had become as edgeless
009:171,30['  ]| and as tenderly argumentative as if he had been talking
009:171,31['  ]| to$4$ a much-loved child. He stood watching her,
009:171,32['  ]| and she presently turned again, but with her face
009:172,01['  ]| not really meeting his own; and she spoke with a 
009:172,02['  ]| quietness in$4$ which$6#1$ there was a visible trace of effort.
009:172,03[A  ]| "There ae a great many reasons why I should not 
009:172,04[A  ]| marry ~~ more, I beg you to$9$ believe, than I can explain
009:172,05[A  ]| to$4$ you. As for$4$ my happiness, I am perfectly
009:172,06[A  ]| content. If I call your proposal ""strange"" it is also
009:172,07[A  ]| for$4$ more reasons than I can say. Of course you have
009:172,08[A  ]| a perfect right to$9$ make it. But I can not accept it ~
009:172,09[A  ]| that$6#2$ is impossible. Please never speak of the matter
009:172,10[A  ]| again. If you can not promise me this I must ask you
009:172,11[A  ]| not to$9$ come back."
009:172,12[B  ]| "Why is it impossible?" 
009:172,12['  ]| he demanded with an
009:172,13['  ]| insistence that$6#1$ came easily to$4$ him now. 
009:172,13[B  ]| "You may
009:172,14[B  ]| think it is at first without its really being so$5#2$. I did not
009:172,15[B  ]| expect you to$9$ be pleased at first, but I do believe that$3$
009:172,16[B  ]| if you will$1$ think of it a good while you may finally be
009:172,17[B  ]| satisfied."
009:172,18[A  ]| "I do not know you," 
009:172,18['  ]| she returned after a moment.
009:172,19[A  ]| "Think how little I know you!"
009:172,20[B  ]| "Very little of course, and therefore I do not ask
009:172,21[B  ]| for$4$ your ultimatum on$4$ the spot. I only ask you not
009:172,22[B  ]| simply to$9$ put me off. I only ask you to$9$ let me ""stay
009:172,23[B  ]| round,"" and by$4$ so$5#2$ doing to$9$ let me hope. I will$1$ wait as 
009:172,24[B  ]| long as ever you want. Meanwhile you can see more
009:172,25[B  ]| of me and know me better, look at me in$4$ the light ~
009:172,26[B  ]| well, of my presumption, yes, but of other things too.
009:172,27[B  ]| You can make up$5$ your mind."
009:172,28['  ]| Something was going on$5$, rapidly, in$4$ her spirit;
009:172,29['  ]| she was weighing a question there beneath his eyes,
009:172,30['  ]| weighing it and deciding it. 
009:172,30[A  ]| "From the moment
009:172,31[A  ]| I do not very respectfully beg you to$9$ leave the house
009:172,32[A  ]| and never return I listen to$4$ you ~~ I seem to$9$ give
009:173,01[A  ]| you hope. I \have\ listened to$4$ you ~~ against my judgement. 
009:173,02[A  ]| It is because, you see, you are eloquent. Yes,"
009:173,03['  ]| she almost panted, 
009:173,03[A  ]| "you touch me. If I had been
009:173,04[A  ]| told this morning that$3$ I should consent to$9$ consider
009:173,05[A  ]| you as a person wishing to$9$ come so$5#1$ very near me
009:173,06[A  ]| I should have thought my informant a little crazy.
009:173,07[A  ]| I \am\ listening to$4$ you, you see!" 
009:173,07['  ]| And she threw her
009:173,08['  ]| arms up$5$ for$4$ a moment and let them drop with a 
009:173,09['  ]| gesture in$4$ which$6#1$ there was just an expression of
009:173,10['  ]| surrendering weakness.
009:173,11[B  ]| "Well, as far as saying goes, I have said everything,"
009:173,12['  ]| Newman replied. 
009:173,12[B  ]| "I believe in$4$ you without restriction,
009:173,13[B  ]| and I think all the good of you it is possible to$9$
009:173,14[B  ]| think of a human creature. I firmly believe that$3$ in$4$
009:173,15[B  ]| marrying me you will$1$ be \safe\. As I said just now,"
009:173,16['  ]| he went on$5$ with his smile as of hard experience,
009:173,17[B  ]| "I have no$2$ bad ways. I can really \do\ so$5#1$ much for$4$ you!
009:173,18[B  ]| And if you are afraid that$3$ I am not what you have been
009:173,19[B  ]| accustomed to$4$, not as refined and cultivated, or even
009:173,20[B  ]| as pleasant all round, as your standard requires, you
009:173,21[B  ]| may easily carry that$6#2$ too far. I \am\ refined ~~ I \am\
009:173,22[B  ]| pleasant. Just you try me!"
009:173,23['  ]| Claire*de*Cintre= got still further away and paused
009:173,24['  ]| before a great plant, an azalea, which$6#1$ flourished in$4$
009:173,25['  ]| a porcelain tub before her window. She plucked off
009:173,26['  ]| one of the flowers and, twisting it in$4$ her fingers,
009:173,27['  ]| retraced her steps. Then she sat down in$4$ silence,
009:173,28['  ]| and her attitude seemed a consent that$3$ he should say
009:173,29['  ]| more. She might almost be liking it.
009:173,30[B  ]| "Why should you say it is impossible you should
009:173,31[B  ]| marry?" 
009:173,31['  ]| he therefore continued. 
009:173,31[B  ]| "The only thing
009:173,32[B  ]| that$6#1$ could make it really impossible would be your
009:174,01[B  ]| being already subject to$4$ that$6#2$ tie! ~~ which$6#1$ must be
009:174,02[B  ]| awful, I admit, when it is only a grind. Is it because
009:174,03[B  ]| you have been unhappy in$4$ marriage? That$6#2$ is all the
009:174,04[B  ]| more reason. Is it because your family exert a pressure
009:174,05[B  ]| on$4$ you, interfere with you or worry you? That$6#2$ is
009:174,06[B  ]| still another reason: you ought to$9$ be perfectly free,
009:174,07[B  ]| and marriage will$1$ make you so$5#2$. I do not say anything
009:174,08[B  ]| against your family ~~ understand that$6#2$!" 
009:174,08['  ]| added
009:174,09['  ]| Newman with an eagerness which$6#1$ might have made
009:174,10['  ]| a perspicacious witness smile. 
009:174,10[B  ]| "Whatever way you
009:174,11[B  ]| feel about them is the right way, and anything you
009:174,12[B  ]| should wish me to$9$ do to$9$ make myself agreeable to$4$
009:174,13[B  ]| them I will$1$ do as well as I know how. They may put
009:174,14[B  ]| me through what they like$1$ ~~ I guess I shall hold out!"
009:174,15['  ]| She rose again and came to$4$ the fire near which$6#1$ he
009:174,16['  ]| had hovered. The expression of pain and embarrassment
009:174,17['  ]| had passed out of her face, and it had submitted
009:174,18['  ]| itself with a kind of grace in$4$ which$6#1$ there
009:174,19['  ]| might have been indeed a kind of art. She had the
009:174,20['  ]| air of a woman who$6#1$ had stepped across the frontier of
009:174,21['  ]| friendship and looks round her a little bewildered
009:174,22['  ]| to$9$ find the spaces larger than those marked in$4$ her
009:174,23['  ]| customary chart. A certain checked and controlled
009:174,24['  ]| exaltation played through the charm of her dignity.
009:174,25[A  ]| "I will$1$ not refuse to$9$ see you again, because much of
009:174,26[A  ]| what you have said has given me pleasure. But I will$1$
009:174,27[A  ]| see you only on$4$ this condition: that$3$ you say nothing
009:174,28[A  ]| more in$4$ the same way for$4$ a long long time."
009:174,29[B  ]| "What do you mean by$4$ ""long long"" ~?"
009:174,30[A  ]| "Well, I mean six months. It must be a solemn
009:174,31[A  ]| promise."
009:174,32[B  ]| "Very good; I promise."
009:175,01[A  ]| "Good-bye then." 
009:175,01['  ]| And she put out her hand.
009:175,02['  ]| He held it a moment as if to$9$ say more. But he only
009:175,03['  ]| looked at her ~~ "long, long"; then he took his
009:175,04['  ]| departure.
009:175,05['  ]| That$6#2$ evening, on$4$ the Boulevard, he met Valentin*de*Bellegarde.
009:175,06['  ]| After they had exchanged greetings
009:175,07['  ]| he told him he had seen his sister a few hours before.
009:175,08[E  ]| "I know it, 9pardieu!" 
009:175,08['  ]| said Valentin. 
009:175,08[E  ]| "I dined
009:175,09[E  ]| \9la`-bas\." 
009:175,09['  ]| With which$6#1$, for$4$ some moments, both men
009:175,10['  ]| were silent. Newman wished to$9$ ask what visible
009:175,11['  ]| impression his visit had made, but the Count had
009:175,12['  ]| a question of his own and he ended by$4$ speaking first.
009:175,13[E  ]| "It is none of my business, but what the deuce did 
009:175,14[E  ]| you say to$4$ Claire?"
009:175,15[B  ]| "I am quite willing to$9$ tell you I made her an offer
009:175,16[B  ]| of marriage."
009:175,17[E  ]| "Already!" 
009:175,17['  ]| And the young man gave a whistle.
009:175,18[E  ]| " ""Time is money!"" Is that$6#2$ what you say in$4$ America?
009:175,19[E  ]| And my sister ~?" 
009:175,19['  ]| he discreetly added.
009:175,20[B  ]| "She did not close with me."
009:175,21[E  ]| "She could not, you know, in$4$ that$6#2$ way."
009:175,22[B  ]| "But I am to$9$ see her again," 
009:175,22['  ]| said Newman.
009:175,23[E  ]| "Oh, the strangeness of \9ces 9dames\!" 
009:175,23['  ]| Then he
009:175,24['  ]| stopped and held Newman off at arm's length. 
009:175,24[E  ]| "I
009:175,25[E  ]| look at you with respect! You have achieved what we
009:175,26[E  ]| call a personal success! Immediately, now, I must
009:175,27[E  ]| present you to$4$ my brother."
009:175,28[B  ]| "Whenever you like$1$!" 
009:175,28['  ]| said Newman.
010:176,01['  ]| Newman continued to$9$ see his other good friends
010:176,02['  ]| with scarce-diminished frequency, though if you had
010:176,03['  ]| listened to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram's account of the matter
010:176,04['  ]| you would have supposed they had been cynically
010:176,05['  ]| repudiated for$4$ the sake of grander acquaintance.
010:176,06[I  ]| "We were all very well so$5#1$ long as we had no$2$ rivals
010:176,07[I  ]| ~~ we were better than nothing. But now that$3$ you have
010:176,08[I  ]| become the fashion and have your pick every day
010:176,09[I  ]| of three invitations to$4$ dinner, we are tossed into the
010:176,10[I  ]| corner. I am sure it is very good of you to$9$ come and
010:176,11[I  ]| see us once a month; I wonder you do not send us
010:176,12[I  ]| your cards in$4$ an envelope. When you do, pray have
010:176,13[I  ]| them with black edges; it will$1$ be for$4$ the death of my
010:176,14[I  ]| last illusion." 
010:176,14['  ]| It was in$4$ this incisive strain she moralised
010:176,15['  ]| over Newman's so-called neglect, which$6#1$ was in$4$
010:176,16['  ]| truth a most excellent constancy. Of course she was
010:176,17['  ]| joking, but she embroidered with a sharp needle.
010:176,18[B  ]| "I know no$2$ better proof that$3$ I have treated you very
010:176,19[B  ]| well," 
010:176,19['  ]| Newman had said, 
010:176,19[B  ]| "than the fact that$3$ you
010:176,20[B  ]| make so$5#1$ free with my character. I have let you tweak
010:176,21[B  ]| my nose, I have allowed you the run of the animal's
010:176,22[B  ]| cage. If I had a little proper pride I would stay away a 
010:176,23[B  ]| while and, when you should ask me to$4$ dinner, say
010:176,24[B  ]| I am going to$4$ Princess*Borealska's. But I have not
010:176,25[B  ]| any pride where my pleasure is concerned, and to$9$
010:176,26[B  ]| keep you in$4$ the humour to$9$ see me ~~ if you must see
010:176,27[B  ]| me only to$9$ call me bad names ~~ I will$1$ agree to$4$ anything
010:177,01[B  ]| you choose; I will$1$ admit I am the biggest kind of
010:177,02[B  ]| a sneak." 
010:177,02['  ]| Newman in$4$ fact had declined an invitation
010:177,03['  ]| personally given by$4$ the Princess*Borealska, an
010:177,04['  ]| enquiring Polish lady to$4$ whom he had been presented,
010:177,05['  ]| on$4$ the ground that$3$ on$4$ that$6#2$ particular day he
010:177,06['  ]| always dined at Mrs%*Tristram's; and it was only a 
010:177,07['  ]| tenderly perverse theory of his hostess of the Avenue*d'Ie=na 
010:177,08['  ]| that$3$ he was faithless to$4$ his early friendships.
010:177,09['  ]| She needed the theory to$9$ explain one of her fine
010:177,10['  ]| exasperations. Having launched our hero on$4$ the
010:177,11['  ]| current that$6#1$ was bearing him so$5#1$ rapidly along she
010:177,12['  ]| felt but half-pleased at its swiftness. 
010:177,12@i   | She had succeeded
010:177,13@i   | too well; she had played her game too cleverly
010:177,14@i   | and wished to$9$ mix up$5$ the cards. 
010:177,14['  ]| Newman had told her,
010:177,15['  ]| in$4$ due season, that$3$ 
010:177,15@b   | her friend was "quite satisfactory."
010:177,16['  ]| The epithet was not romantic, but Mrs%*Tristram had
010:177,17['  ]| no$2$ difficulty in$4$ perceiving that$3$ in$4$ essentials the feeling
010:177,18['  ]| which$6#1$ lay beneath it was. Indeed the mild expansive
010:177,19['  ]| brevity with which$6#1$ it was uttered, and a certain look,
010:177,20['  ]| at once appealing and inscrutable, that$6#1$ issued from
010:177,21['  ]| her guest's half-closed eyes as he leaned his head
010:177,22['  ]| against the back of his chair, seemed to$4$ her the most
010:177,23['  ]| eloquent attestation of a mature sentiment that$6#1$ she
010:177,24['  ]| had ever encountered. He was only abounding in$4$ her
010:177,25['  ]| own sense, but his temperate raptures exerted a singular
010:177,26['  ]| effect on$4$ that$6#2$ enthusiasm with which$6#1$ she had
010:177,27['  ]| overflowed a few months before. She now seemed
010:177,28['  ]| inclined to$9$ take a purely critical view of Madame*de*Cintre=,
010:177,29['  ]| and wished to$9$ have it understood that$3$ she
010:177,30['  ]| did not in$4$ the least pretend to$9$ have gone into a final
010:177,31['  ]| analysis of her life, or in$4$ other words of her honesty.
010:177,32[I  ]| "No$2$ woman" 
010:177,32['  ]| ~~ she played with this idea ~~ 
010:177,32[I  ]| "can
010:178,01[I  ]| be so$5#1$ good as that$6#2$ one seems. Remember what
010:178,02[I  ]| Shakespeare calls Desdemona: ""a supersubtle Venetian.""
010:178,03[I  ]| Claire*de*Cintre='s a supersubtle Parisian. 
010:178,04[I  ]| She is a charming creature and has five hundred
010:178,05[I  ]| merits; but you had better keep her supersubtlety in$4$
010:178,06[I  ]| mind." 
010:178,06['  ]| Was Mrs%*Tristram simply finding herself
010:178,07['  ]| jealous of her special favourite on$4$ the other side of
010:178,08['  ]| the Seine, so$3$ that$3$ in$4$ undertaking to$9$ provide Newman
010:178,09['  ]| with an ideal wife she had counted too much on$4$ the
010:178,10['  ]| lapse of her own passions and her immunity from
010:178,11['  ]| wild yearnings? We may be permitted to$9$ doubt it.
010:178,12['  ]| The inconsistent little lady of the Avenue*d'I=ena had
010:178,13['  ]| an insuperable need of intellectual movement, of
010:178,14['  ]| critical, of ironic exercise. She had a lively imagination,
010:178,15['  ]| and was capable at times of holding views, of
010:178,16['  ]| entertaining beliefs, directly opposed to$4$ her most
010:178,17['  ]| cherished opinions and convictions. She got tired of
010:178,18['  ]| thinking right, but there was no$2$ serious harm in$4$ it,
010:178,19['  ]| as she got equally tired of thinking wrong. In$4$ the
010:178,20['  ]| midst of her mysterious perversities she had admirable
010:178,21['  ]| flashes of justice. One of these occurred
010:178,22['  ]| when Newman mentioned to$4$ her that$3$ he had made
010:178,23['  ]| their beautiful friend a formal offer of his hand. He
010:178,24['  ]| repeated in$4$ a few words what he had said, and in$4$
010:178,25['  ]| a great many what she had answered, and Mrs%*Tristram
010:178,26['  ]| listened with extreme interest.
010:178,27[B  ]| "But after all," 
010:178,27['  ]| he admitted, 
010:178,27[B  ]| "there is nothing to$9$ 
010:178,28[B  ]| congratulate me upon$4$. It is not much of a triumph."
010:178,29[I  ]| "I beg your pardon; it is a great triumph. It is
010:178,30[I  ]| really dazzling that$3$ she did not silence you at the 
010:178,31[I  ]| first word and request you never to$9$ come near her
010:178,32[I  ]| again."
010:179,01[B  ]| "Well, she would not have got much by$4$ that$6#2$," 
010:179,01['  ]| he
010:179,02['  ]| made answer.
010:179,03['  ]| She looked at him a moment. 
010:179,03[I  ]| "No*one, I think,
010:179,04[I  ]| gets as much by$4$ anything as you. When I told you
010:179,05[I  ]| to$9$ go your own way and do what came into your head
010:179,06[I  ]| I had no$2$ idea you would go over the ground so$5#1$ fast. I
010:179,07[I  ]| never dreamed you would propose after five or six morning 
010:179,08[I  ]| calls. What had you done as yet to$9$ make her like$1$
010:179,09[I  ]| you? You had simply sat ~~ not very straight ~
010:179,10[I  ]| and stared at her. But she does like$1$ you."
010:179,11[B  ]| "That$6#2$ remains to$9$ be seen."
010:179,12[I  ]| "No$7$, it only remains to$9$ be criticised. What will$1$
010:179,13[I  ]| come of it remains to$9$ be seen. That$3$ you should
010:179,14[I  ]| make but a mouthful of her marrying you without
010:179,15[I  ]| more ado could never have come into her head. You
010:179,16[I  ]| can form very little idea of what passed through her
010:179,17[I  ]| mind as you spoke; if she ever really takes you the
010:179,18[I  ]| affair will$1$ be marked by$4$ the usual justice of all human
010:179,19[I  ]| judgements of women. You will$1$ think you take generous
010:179,20[I  ]| views of her, but you will$1$ never begin to$9$ know
010:179,21[I  ]| through what a strange sea of feeling she will$1$ have
010:179,22[I  ]| passed before accepting you. As she stood there in$4$
010:179,23[I  ]| front of you the other day she plunged into it. She
010:179,24[I  ]| said ""Well, why not?"" to$4$ something that$6#1$ a few hours
010:179,25[I  ]| earlier had been inconceivable. She turned about on$4$
010:179,26[I  ]| a thousand gathered prejudices and traditions as on$4$
010:179,27[I  ]| a pivot and looked where she had never looked till
010:179,28[I  ]| that$6#2$ instant. When I think of it, when I think of
010:179,29[I  ]| Claire*de*Cintre= and all that$6#1$ she represents, there
010:179,30[I  ]| seems to$4$ me something very fine in$4$ it. When I recommended
010:179,31[I  ]| you to$9$ try your fortune with her I of
010:179,32[I  ]| course thought well of you, and in$4$ spite of your base
010:180,01[I  ]| ingratitude I think so$5#1$ still. But I confess I do not see
010:180,02[I  ]| quite what you are and what you have done to$9$ make
010:180,03[I  ]| such a woman go these extravagant lengths for$4$ you."
010:180,04[B  ]| "Oh, there is something very fine in$4$ it!" 
010:180,04['  ]| ~~ Newman
010:180,05['  ]| laughed as he repeated her words. He took an
010:180,06['  ]| extreme satisfation in$4$ hearing that$3$ there was something
010:180,07['  ]| very fine in$4$ it. He had not the least doubt of
010:180,08['  ]| this himself, but he had already begun to$9$ value the
010:180,09['  ]| world's view of his possible prize as adding to$4$ the
010:180,10['  ]| prospective glory of possession.
010:180,11['  ]| It was immediately after this passage that$3$ Valentin*de*Bellegarde
010:180,12['  ]| came to$9$ conduct his friend to$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite= 
010:180,13['  ]| and present him to$4$ the other members
010:180,14['  ]| of his family. 
010:180,14[E  ]| "You are already introduced and you have
010:180,15[E  ]| begun to$9$ be talked about. My sister has mentioned
010:180,16[E  ]| your successive visits to$4$ my mother, and it was an
010:180,17[E  ]| accident that$3$ my mother was present at none of them.
010:180,18[E  ]| I have spoken of you as an American of immense
010:180,19[E  ]| wealth, and the best fellow in$4$ the world, who$6#1$ is
010:180,20[E  ]| looking for$4$ something quite superior in$4$ the way of
010:180,21[E  ]| a wife."
010:180,22[B  ]| "Do you suppose," 
010:180,22['  ]| asked Newman, 
010:180,22[B  ]| "that$3$ Madame*de*Cintre=
010:180,23[B  ]| has reported to$4$ your mother the last conversation
010:180,24[B  ]| I had with her?"
010:180,25[E  ]| "I am very certain she has not; she will$1$ keep her own
010:180,26[E  ]| counsel. Meanwhile," 
010:180,26['  ]| Valentin said, 
010:180,26[E  ]| "you must
010:180,27[E  ]| make your way with the rest of the family. Thus
010:180,28[E  ]| much is known about you ~~ that$3$ you have made a 
010:180,29[E  ]| great fortune in$4$ trade, that$3$ you are a frank outsider
010:180,30[E  ]| and an honest eccentric, and that$3$ you furiously admire
010:180,31[E  ]| our charming Claire. My sister-in-law, whom
010:180,32[E  ]| you remember seeing in$4$ Claire's sitting-room, took,
010:181,01[E  ]| it appears, a marked fancy to$4$ you; she has described
010:181,02[E  ]| you as having \9beaucoup 9de 9cachet\. My mother is
010:181,03[E  ]| therefore curious to$9$ see you."
010:181,04[B  ]| "She expects to$9$ laugh at me, eh?" 
010:181,04['  ]| said Newman.
010:181,05[E  ]| "She never laughs ~~ or at least never expects to$9$.
010:181,06[E  ]| If she does not like$1$ you do not hope to$9$ purchase favour
010:181,07[E  ]| by$4$ being funny. I am funny ~~ take warning by$4$ \me\!"
010:181,08['  ]| This conversation took place in$4$ the evening, and
010:181,09['  ]| half an hour later Valentin ushered his companion
010:181,10['  ]| into an apartment of the house of the Rue*de*l'Universite= 
010:181,11['  ]| into which$6#1$ he had not yet penetrated, the
010:181,12['  ]| salon of the dowager Marquise. It was a vast high
010:181,13['  ]| room, with elaborate and ponderous mouldings,
010:181,14['  ]| painted a whitish grey, along the upper portion of
010:181,15['  ]| the walls and the ceiling; with a great deal of faded
010:181,16['  ]| and carefully-repaired tapestry in$4$ the doorways and
010:181,17['  ]| chair-backs; with a Turkey carpet, in$4$ light colours,
010:181,18['  ]| still soft and rich despite great antiquity, on$4$ the floor;
010:181,19['  ]| and with portraits of each of Madame*de*Bellegarde's
010:181,20['  ]| children at the age of ten suspended against an old
010:181,21['  ]| screen of red silk. The dimness was diminished,
010:181,22['  ]| exactly enough for$4$ conversation, by$4$ half a dozen
010:181,23['  ]| candles placed in$4$ odd corners and at a great distance
010:181,24['  ]| apart. In$4$ a deep armchair near the fire sat an old
010:181,25['  ]| lady in$4$ black; at the other end of the room another
010:181,26['  ]| person was seated at the piano and playing a very
010:181,27['  ]| expressive waltz. In$4$ this latter person Newman recognised 
010:181,28['  ]| the younger Marquise.
010:181,29['  ]| Valentin presented his friend, and Newman came
010:181,30['  ]| sufficiently near to$4$ the old lady by$4$ the fire to$9$ take in$4$
010:181,31['  ]| that$3$ she would offer him no$2$ handshake ~~ so$3$ that$3$
010:181,32['  ]| he knew he had the air of waiting, and a little like$4$
010:182,01['  ]| a customer in$4$ a shop, to$9$ see what she \would\ offer. He
010:182,02['  ]| received a rapid impression of a white, delicate, aged
010:182,03['  ]| face, with a high forehead, a small mouth and a pair
010:182,04['  ]| of cold blue eyes which$6#1$ had kept much of the clearness
010:182,05['  ]| of youth. Madame*de*Bellegarde looked hard
010:182,06['  ]| at him and refused what she did refuse with a sort
010:182,07['  ]| of British positiveness which$6#1$ reminded him that$3$ she
010:182,08['  ]| was the daughter of the Earl*of*Saint*Dunstans.
010:182,09['  ]| Her daughter-in-law stopped playing and gave him
010:182,10['  ]| an agreeable smile. He sat down and looked about
010:182,11['  ]| him while Valentin went and kissed the hand of the
010:182,12['  ]| young Marquise.
010:182,13[C  ]| "I ought to$9$ have seen you before," 
010:182,13['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde.
010:182,14[C  ]| "You have paid several visits to$4$ my
010:182,15[C  ]| daughter."
010:182,16[B  ]| "Oh yes," 
010:182,16['  ]| Newman liberally smiled; 
010:182,16[B  ]| "Madame*de*Cintre=
010:182,17[B  ]| and I are old friends by$4$ this time."
010:182,18[C  ]| "You have gone very fast," 
010:182,18['  ]| she went on$5$.
010:182,19[B  ]| "Not so$5#1$ fast as I should like$1$."
010:182,20[C  ]| "Ah, you are very ambitious," 
010:182,20['  ]| the old woman returned.
010:182,21['  ]|
010:182,22[B  ]| "Well, if I do not know what I want by$4$ this time
010:182,23[B  ]| I suppose I never shall."
010:182,24['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde looked at him with her cold
010:182,25['  ]| fine eyes, and he returned her gaze, reflecting that$3$
010:182,26@b   | she was a possible adversary and trying to$9$ take her
010:182,27@b   | measure. 
010:182,27['  ]| Their eyes remained for$4$ some moments
010:182,28['  ]| engaged; then she looked away and, without smiling,
010:182,29[C  ]| "I am very ambitious too," 
010:182,29['  ]| she said.
010:182,30['  ]| Newman felt that$3$ 
010:182,30@b   | taking her measure was not
010:182,31@b   | easy; she was a formidable, inscrutable little woman.
010:182,32@b   | She resembled her daughter as an insect might resemble
010:183,01@b   | a flower. 
010:183,01['  ]| The colouring in$4$ Madame*de*Cintre= 
010:183,02['  ]| was the same, and the high delicacy of her
010:183,03['  ]| brow and nose was hereditary. But her face was a 
010:183,04['  ]| larger and freer copy, and her mouth in$4$ especial a
010:183,05['  ]| happy divergence from that$6#2$ conservative orifice,
010:183,06['  ]| a small pair of lips at once plump and pinched, that$6#1$
010:183,07['  ]| suggested, when closed, that$3$ they could scarce open
010:183,08['  ]| wider than to$9$ swallow a gooseberry or to$9$ emit an
010:183,09['  ]| "Oh dear no$7$!" and which$6#1$ had probably been
010:183,10['  ]| thought to$9$ give the finishing touch to$4$ the aristocratic
010:183,11['  ]| prettiness of the Lady*Emmeline*Atheling as represented,
010:183,12['  ]| half a century before, in$4$ several Books*of*Beauty.
010:183,13@b   | Madame*de*Cintre='s face had, 
010:183,13['  ]| to$4$ Newman's
010:183,14['  ]| eye, 
010:183,14@b   | a range of expression as delightfully vast as the
010:183,15@b   | wind-streaked, cloud-flecked distance on$4$ a Western
010:183,16@b   | prairie; but her mother's white, intense, respectable
010:183,17@b   | countenance, with its formal gaze and its circumscribed
010:183,18@b   | smile, figured a document signed and sealed,
010:183,19@b   | a thing of parchment, ink and ruled lines. "She is 
010:183,20@b   | a woman of conventions and proprieties," 
010:183,20['  ]| he said to$4$
010:183,21['  ]| himself as he considered her; 
010:183,21@b   | "her world is the world
010:183,22@b   | of things immutably decreed. But how she is at
010:183,232b   | home in$4$ it and what a paradise she finds it! She walks
010:183,24@b   | about in$4$ it as if it were a blooming park, a Garden*of*Eden;
010:183,25@b   | and when she sees ""This is genteel"" or ""This
010:183,26@b   | is improper"" writen on$4$ a milestone she stops as
010:183,27@b   | ecstatically as if she were listening to$4$ a nightingale
010:183,28@b   | or smelling a rose." 
010:183,28['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde wore a 
010:183,29['  ]| little black velvet hood tied under her chin and was
010:183,30['  ]| wrapped in$4$ an old black cashmere shawl. 
010:183,30[C  ]| "You are
010:183,31[C  ]| an American?" 
010:183,31['  ]| she went on$5$ presently. 
010:183,31[C  ]| "I have seen
010:183,32[C  ]| several Americans."
010:184,01[B  ]| "There are several in$4$ Paris," 
010:184,01['  ]| Newman jocosely
010:184,02['  ]| said.
010:184,03[C  ]| "Oh, really? It was in$4$ England I saw these, or
010:184,04[C  ]| somewhere else; not in$4$ Paris. I think it must have
010:184,05[C  ]| been in$4$ the Pyrenees many years ago. I am told your
010:184,06[C  ]| ladies are very pretty. One of these ladies was very
010:184,07[C  ]| pretty ~~ with such a wonderful complexion. She
010:184,08[C  ]| presented me a note of introduction from some*one
010:184,09[C  ]| ~~ I forget whom ~~ and she sent with it a note of
010:184,10[C  ]| her own. I kept her letter a long time afterwards,
010:184,11[C  ]| it was so$5#1$ strangely expressed. I used to$9$ know some
010:184,12[C  ]| of the phrases by$4$ heart. But I have forgotten them
010:184,13[C  ]| now ~~ it is so$5#1$ many years ago. Since then I have seen
010:184,14[C  ]| no$2$ more Americans. I think my daughter-in-law
010:184,15[C  ]| has; she is a great gadabout; she sees every*one."
010:184,16['  ]| At this the younger lady came rustling forward,
010:184,17['  ]| pinching in$4$ a very slender waist and casting idly
010:184,18['  ]| preoccupied glances over the front of her dress,
010:184,19['  ]| which$6#1$ was apparently designed for$4$ a ball. She was,
010:184,20['  ]| in$4$ a singular way, at once ugly and pretty; she had
010:184,21['  ]| protuberant eyes and lips that$6#1$ were strangely red.
010:184,22['  ]| She reminded Newman of his friend Mademoiselle*Nioche;
010:184,23@b   | this was what that$6#2$ much-hindered young
010:184,24@b   | lady would have liked to$9$ be. 
010:184,24['  ]| Valentin*de*Bellegarde
010:184,25['  ]| walked behind her at a distance, hopping about to$9$
010:184,26['  ]| keep off the far-spreading train of her dress. 
010:184,26[E  ]| "You
010:184,27[E  ]| ought to$9$ show more of the small of your back," 
010:184,27['  ]| he
010:184,28['  ]| said very gravely. 
010:184,28[E  ]| "You might as well wear a standing
010:184,29[E  ]| ruff as such a dress as that$6#2$."
010:184,30['  ]| The young woman turned to$4$ the mirror over the
010:184,31['  ]| chimney-piece the part of her person so$5#2$ designated,
010:184,32['  ]| and glanced behind her to$9$ verify this judgement.
010:185,01['  ]| The mirror descended low and yet reflected nothing
010:185,02['  ]| but a large unclad flesh-surface. Its possessor put
010:185,03['  ]| her hands behind her and gave a downward pull to$4$
010:185,04['  ]| the waist of her dress. 
010:185,04[L  ]| "Like$4$ that$6#2$, you mean?"
010:185,05[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is a little better," 
010:185,05['  ]| said Valentin in$4$ the same
010:185,06['  ]| tone, 
010:185,06[E  ]| "but it leaves a good deal to$9$ be desired."
010:185,07[L  ]| "Oh, I never go to$4$ extremes." 
010:185,07['  ]| And then turning
010:185,08['  ]| to$4$ Madame*de*Bellegarde, 
010:185,08[L  ]| "What were you calling
010:185,09[L  ]| me just now, madame?" 
010:185,09['  ]| her daughter-in-law enquired.
010:185,10['  ]|
010:185,11[C  ]| "I called you a gadabout. But I might call you
010:185,12[C  ]| something else too."
010:185,13[L  ]| "A gadabout? What an ugly word! What does
010:185,14[L  ]| it mean?"
010:185,15[B  ]| "A very beautiful lady," 
010:185,15['  ]| Newman ventured to$9$ say,
010:185,16['  ]| seeing that$3$ it was in$4$ French.
010:185,17[L  ]| "That$6#2$ is a pretty compliment but a bad translation,"
010:185,18['  ]| the young Marquise returned. After which$6#1$,
010:185,19['  ]| looking at him a moment: 
010:185,19[L  ]| "Do you dance?"
010:185,20[B  ]| "Not a step."
010:185,21[L  ]| "You lose a great deal," 
010:185,21['  ]| she said simply. And with
010:185,22['  ]| another look at her back in$4$ the mirror she turned away.
010:185,23[C  ]| "Do you like$1$ Paris?" 
010:185,23['  ]| asked the old lady, who$6#1$ was
010:185,24['  ]| apparently wondering what was the proper way to$9$
010:185,25['  ]| talk to$4$ an American.
010:185,26[B  ]| "I think that$6#2$ must be the matter with me," 
010:185,26['  ]| he
010:185,27['  ]| smiled. And then he added with a friendly intonation:
010:185,28[B  ]| "Do not \you\ like$1$ it?"
010:185,29[C  ]| "I can not say I know it. I know my house ~~ I
010:185,30[C  ]| know my friends ~~ I do not know Paris."
010:185,31[B  ]| "You lose a great deal, as your daughter-in-law
010:185,32[B  ]| says," 
010:185,32['  ]| Newman replied.
010:186,01['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde stared; it was presumably
010:186,02['  ]| the first time she had been condoled with on$4$ her
010:186,03['  ]| losses. 
010:186,03[C  ]| "I am content, I think, with what I have,"
010:186,04['  ]| she said with dignity. Her visitor's eyes were at this
010:186,05['  ]| moment wandering round the room, which$6#1$ struck
010:186,06['  ]| him as rather sad and shabby; passing from the high
010:186,07['  ]| casements, with their small thickly-framed panes, to$4$
010:186,08['  ]| the sallow tints of two or three portraits in$4$ pastel,
010:186,09['  ]| of the last century, which$6#1$ hung between them. He
010:186,10['  ]| ought obviously to$9$ have answered that$3$ the contentment
010:186,11['  ]| of his hostess was quite natural ~~ she had so$5#1$
010:186,12['  ]| much; but the idea did not occur to$4$ him during the
010:186,13['  ]| pause of some moments which$6#1$ followed. 
010:186,14[E  ]| "Well, my dear mother," 
010:186,14['  ]| said Valentin while he
010:186,15['  ]| came and leaned against the chimney-piece, 
010:186,15[E  ]| "what
010:186,16[E  ]| do you think of my good friend? Is not he the remarkably
010:186,17[E  ]| fine man I told you of?"
010:186,17[C  ]| "My acquaintance with Mr%*Newman has not
010:186,19[C  ]| gone very far," 
010:186,19['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde replied. 
010:186,19[C  ]| "I can
010:186,20[C  ]| as yet only appreciate his great politeness."
010:186,21[E  ]| "My mother is a great judge of these matters,"
010:186,22['  ]| Valentin went on$5$ to$4$ Newman. 
010:186,22[E  ]| "If you have satisfied
010:186,23[E  ]| her it is a triumph."
010:186,24[B  ]| "I hope I shall satisfy you some day," 
010:186,24['  ]| said Newman
010:186,25['  ]| to$4$ the old lady. 
010:186,25[B  ]| "I have done nothing yet."
010:186,26[C  ]| "You must not listen to$4$ my son; he will$1$ bring you
010:186,27[C  ]| into trouble. He is a sad scatterbrain," 
010:186,27['  ]| she declared.
010:186,28['  ]|
010:186,29['  ]| Newman took it genially. 
010:186,29[B  ]| "Oh, I have got to$9$ like$1$
010:186,30[B  ]| him so$3$ that$3$ I can not do without him."
010:186,31[C  ]| "He amuses you, eh?"
010:186,32[B  ]| "I think it must be that$6#2$."
010:187,01[C  ]| "Do you hear that$6#2$, Valentin?" 
010:187,01['  ]| said his mother.
010:187,02[C  ]| "You exist for$4$ the amusement of Mr%*Newman."
010:187,03[E  ]| "Perhaps we shall all come to$4$ that$6#2$!" 
010:187,03['  ]| Valentin
010:187,04['  ]| exclaimed.
010:187,05[C  ]| "You must see my other son," 
010:187,05['  ]| she pursued.
010:187,06[C  ]| "He is much better than this one. But he will$1$ not amuse
010:187,07[C  ]| you."
010:187,08[E  ]| "I do not know ~~ I do not know!" 
010:187,08['  ]| Valentin thoughtfully
010:187,09['  ]| objected. 
010:187,09[E  ]| "But we shall very soon see. Here
010:187,10[E  ]| comes \9monsieur 9mon 9fre`re\." 
010:187,10['  ]| The door had just
010:187,11['  ]| opened to$9$ give ingress to$4$ a gentleman who$6#1$ stepped
010:187,12['  ]| forward and whose face Newman remembered as
010:187,13['  ]| that$6#2$ of the author of his discomfiture the first time
010:187,14['  ]| of his calling. Valentin went to$9$ meet his brother,
010:187,15['  ]| looked at him a moment and then, taking him by$4$ the
010:187,16['  ]| arm, led him up$5$ to$4$ their guest. 
010:187,16[E  ]| "This is my excellent
010:187,17[E  ]| friend Mr%*Newman," 
010:187,17['  ]| he said very blandly. 
010:187,17[E  ]| "You
010:187,18[E  ]| must know him if you can."
010:187,19[D  ]| "I am delighted to$9$ know Mr%*Newman," 
010:187,19['  ]| said the
010:187,20['  ]| Marquis with an unaccompanied salutation.
010:187,21@b   | "He is the old woman at second-hand," 
010:187,21['  ]| Newman
010:187,22['  ]| reflected with the sense of having his health drunk
010:187,23['  ]| from an empty glass. And this was the starting-point
010:187,24['  ]| of a speculative theory, in$4$ his mind, that$3$ 
010:187,24@b   | the late
010:187,25@b   | head of this noble family had been a very amiable
010:187,26@b   | foreigner with an inclination to$9$ take life easily 
010:187,26['  ]| and
010:187,27['  ]| a sense that$3$ 
010:187,27@b   | it was difficult for$4$ the husband of the
010:187,28@b   | stilted little lady by$4$ the fire to$9$ do so$5#2$. But if he had
010:187,29@b   | found small comfort in$4$ his wife he had found much
010:187,30@b   | in$4$ his two younger children, who$6#1$ were after his own
010:187,31@b   | heart, while Madame*de*Bellegarde had paired with
010:187,32@b   | her eldest-born.
010:188,01[D  ]| "My brother has spoken to$4$ me of you," 
010:188,01['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde,
010:188,02[D  ]| "and as you are also acquainted with my
010:188,03[D  ]| sister it was time we should meet." 
010:188,03['  ]| He turned to$4$ his
010:188,04['  ]| mother and gallantly bent over her hand, touching
010:188,05['  ]| it with his lips; after which$6#1$ he assumed a position
010:188,06['  ]| before the chimney-piece. With his long lean face,
010:188,07['  ]| his high-bridged nose and small opaque eyes he
010:188,08['  ]| favoured, in$4$ the old phrase, the English strain in$4$ his
010:188,09['  ]| blood. His whiskers were fair and glossy and he had
010:188,10['  ]| a large dimple, of unmistakeable British origin, in$4$ the
010:188,11['  ]| middle of his handsome chin. He was "distinguished"
010:188,12['  ]| to$4$ the tips of his polished nails, and there was not
010:188,13['  ]| a movement of his fine perpendicular person that$6#1$ was
010:188,14['  ]| not noble and majestic. Newman had never yet been
010:188,15['  ]| confronted with such an incarnation of the maintained
010:188,16['  ]| attitude; he felt himself in$4$ presence of something
010:188,17['  ]| high and unusual.
010:188,18[L  ]| "Urbain," 
010:188,18['  ]| said young Madame*de*Bellegarde,
010:188,19['  ]| who$6#1$ had apparently been waiting for$4$ her husband
010:188,20['  ]| to$9$ take her to$4$ her ball, 
010:188,20[L  ]| "I call your attention to$4$ the
010:188,21[L  ]| fact that$3$ I am dressed."
010:188,22[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is a good idea ~~ to$9$ show what you claim
010:188,23[E  ]| for$4$ it," 
010:188,23['  ]| Valentin commented.
010:188,24[D  ]| "I am at your orders, dear friend," 
010:188,24['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde.
010:188,25[D  ]| "Only you must allow me first the
010:188,26['  ]| pleasure of a little conversation with Mr%*Newman."
010:188,27[B  ]| "Oh, if you are going to$4$ a party do not let me keep
010:188,28[B  ]| you; I am so$5#1$ sure we shall meet again. Indeed if
010:188,29[B  ]| you would like$1$ to$9$ meet me I will$1$ gladly name an hour."
010:188,30['  ]| He was eager to$9$ make it known that$3$ he would readily
010:188,31['  ]| answer all questions and satisfy all exactions.
010:188,32['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde stood in$4$ a well-balanced position
010:189,01['  ]| before the fire, caressing one of his fair whiskers with
010:189,02['  ]| one of his white hands and looking at our friend,
010:189,03['  ]| half-askance, with eyes from which$6#1$ a particular ray
010:189,04['  ]| of observation made its way through a general meaningless
010:189,05['  ]| smile. 
010:189,05[D  ]| "It is very kind of you to$9$ make such
010:189,06[D  ]| an offer. If I am not mistaken your occupations are
010:189,07[D  ]| such as to$9$ make your time precious. You are in$4$ ~
010:189,08[D  ]| a ~~ as we say ~~ a ~~ \9dans 9les 9affaires\?"
010:189,09[B  ]| "In$4$ business, you mean? Oh no$7$, I have thrown
010:189,10[B  ]| business overboard for$4$ the present. I am regularly
010:189,11[B  ]| ""loafing,"" as \we\ say. My time is quite my own."
010:189,12[D  ]| "Ah, you are taking a holiday," 
010:189,12['  ]| rejoined M%*de*Bellegarde.
010:189,13[D  ]| " ""Loafing."" Yes, I have heard that$6#2$ expression."
010:189,14[D  ]|
010:189,15[L  ]| "Mr%*Newman is a distinguished American,"
010:189,16['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde observed.
010:189,17[E  ]| "My brother is a great ethnologist," 
010:189,17['  ]| said Valentin.
010:189,18[B  ]| "An ethnologist?" 
010:189,18['  ]| ~~ and Newman groped for$4$
010:189,19['  ]| gaiety. 
010:189,19[B  ]| "You collect negroes' skulls and that$6#2$ sort
010:189,20[B  ]| of thing?"
010:189,21['  ]| The Marquis looked hard at his brother and began
010:189,22['  ]| to$9$ caress his other whisker. Then turning to$4$ their
010:189,23['  ]| new acquaintance with sustained urbanity: 
010:189,23[D  ]| "You are
010:189,24[D  ]| travelling for$4$ pure recreation?"
010:189,25[B  ]| "Well, I am visiting your country, sir," 
010:189,25['  ]| Newman
010:189,26['  ]| replied with a certain conscious patience ~~ a patience
010:189,27['  ]| he felt he on$4$ his side too could push, should
010:189,28['  ]| need be, to$4$ stiffness; 
010:189,28[B  ]| "and I confess I am having a 
010:189,29[B  ]| good time in$4$ it. Of course I get a good deal of pleasure
010:189,30[B  ]| out of it."
010:189,31[D  ]| "What more especially interests you?" 
010:189,31['  ]| the Marquis
010:189,32['  ]| benevolently pursued.
010:190,01[B  ]| "Well," 
010:190,01['  ]| our friend continued, 
010:190,01[B  ]| "the life of the
010:190,02[B  ]| people, for$4$ one thing, interests me. Your people are
010:190,03[B  ]| very taking. But economically, technically, as it were,
010:190,04[B  ]| manufactures are what I care most about."
010:190,05[D  ]| "Those ~~ a ~~ products have been your speciality?"
010:190,06[D  ]|
010:190,07[B  ]| "I can not say I have had any speciality. My speciality
010:190,08[B  ]| has been to$9$ accumulate the largest convenient
010:190,09[B  ]| competency in$4$ the shortest possible time." 
010:190,09['  ]| Newman
010:190,10['  ]| made this last remark very designedly and deliberately;
010:190,11['  ]| he wished to$9$ open the way, should it be necessary,
010:190,12['  ]| to$4$ an authoritative statement of his means.
010:190,13['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde laughed agreeably. 
010:190,13[D  ]| "I hope you
010:190,14[D  ]| enjoy the sense of that$6#2$ success."
010:190,15[B  ]| "Oh, one has still, at my age, the sense also of
010:190,16[B  ]| what is left to$9$ do. I am not so$5#1$ very old," 
010:190,16['  ]| our hero
010:190,17['  ]| candidly explained.
010:190,18[D  ]| "Well, Paris is a very good place to$9$ spend a fortune.
010:190,19[D  ]| I wish you all the advantages of yours." 
010:190,19['  ]| And
010:190,20['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde drew forth his gloves and began to$9$
010:190,21['  ]| put them on$5$.
010:190,22['  ]| Newman for$4$ a few moments watched him sliding
010:190,23['  ]| his fair, fat hands into the pearly kid, and as he did
010:190,24['  ]| so$5#2$ his feelings took a singular turn. M%*de*Bellegarde's 
010:190,25['  ]| good wishes seemed to$9$ flutter down on$4$ him
010:190,26['  ]| from the cold upper air with the sift, scattered movement
010:190,27['  ]| of a shower of snowflakes. Yet he was not irritated; 
010:190,28['  ]| he did not feel that$3$ he was being patronised;
010:190,29['  ]| he was conscious of no$2$ especial impulse to$9$ introduce
010:190,30['  ]| a discord into so$5#1$ noble a harmony. Only he felt himself
010:190,31['  ]| suddenly in$4$ personal contact with the forces with
010:190,32['  ]| which$6#1$ his so$5#1$ valued backer had told him that$3$ he
010:191,01['  ]| would have to$9$ contend, and he became sensible of
010:191,02['  ]| their intensity. He wished to$9$ make some answering
010:191,03['  ]| manifestation, to$9$ stretch himself out at his own
010:191,04['  ]| length, to$9$ sound a note at the uttermost end of \his\
010:191,05['  ]| scale. It must be added that$3$ if this impulse was
010:191,06['  ]| neither vicious nor malicious, it was yet by$4$ no$2$ means
010:191,07['  ]| unattended by$4$ the play in$4$ him of his occasional disposition
010:191,08['  ]| to$4$ ironic adventure. He hated the idea of
010:191,09['  ]| shocking people, he respected the liability to$9$ be
010:191,10['  ]| shocked. But there were impressions that$6#1$ threw him
010:191,11['  ]| back, after all, on$4$ his own measures of proportion.
010:191,12[B  ]| "Paris," 
010:191,12['  ]| he presently remarked, 
010:191,12[B  ]| "is a very good
010:191,13[B  ]| place for$4$ people who$6#1$ take a great deal of stock, as we
010:191,14[B  ]| say, \in$4$\ their location, and want to$9$ be very much
010:191,15[B  ]| aware of it all the time; or it is a very good place
010:191,16[B  ]| if your family has been settled here for$4$ a long time
010:191,17[B  ]| and you have made acquaintances and got your relations
010:191,18[B  ]| round you; or if you have got a big house like$4$
010:191,19[B  ]| this and a wife and children and mother and sister ~
010:191,20[B  ]| everything right there. I do not like$1$ that$6#2$ way that$6#1$
010:191,21[B  ]| prevails in$4$ many of your districts of people's living
010:191,22[B  ]| all in$4$ rooms door to$4$ door with each other. But I am
010:191,23[B  ]| not, as I may put it, a \natural\, a real inspired loafer.
010:191,24[B  ]| I am a poor imitation and it goes against the grain.
010:191,25[B  ]| My business habits are too deep-seated. Then I
010:191,26[B  ]| have not any house to$9$ call my own or anything in$4$
010:191,27[B  ]| the way of a family. My sisters are five*thousand
010:191,28[B  ]| miles away, my mother died when I was pretty
010:191,29[B  ]| small, and I have not what a man has when he
010:191,30[B  ]| has taken the regular way to$9$ get it ~~ if I express
010:191,31[B  ]| myself clearly; and I often miss \that$6#2$\ pleasantness
010:191,32[B  ]| very much. So$3$ you see I am sometimes rather conscious
010:192,01[B  ]| of a void. I am not proficient in$4$ literature, as you
010:192,02[B  ]| are, sir, and I get tired of dining out and going to$4$
010:192,03[B  ]| the opera. I miss my business activity. You see I
010:192,04[B  ]| began to$9$ earn my living when I was almost a baby,
010:192,05[B  ]| and until a few months ago I have never had my hand
010:192,06[B  ]| off the plough. I miss the regular call on$4$ my attention."
010:192,07[B  ]|
010:192,08['  ]| This speech was followed by$4$ a profound silence
010:192,09['  ]| of some moments on$4$ the part of Newman's entertainers.
010:192,10['  ]| Valentin stood looking at him fixedly,
010:192,11['  ]| hands in$4$ pockets, and then slowly, with a half-sidling
010:192,12['  ]| motion, went out of the room. The Marquis
010:192,13['  ]| continued to$9$ draw on$4$ his gloves and to$9$ smile benignantly.
010:192,14[C  ]| "You began to$9$ earn your living in$4$ the
010:192,15[C  ]| cradle?" 
010:192,15['  ]| said the old Marquise, who$6#1$ appeared to$9$
010:192,16['  ]| wish to$9$ encourage, a little grimly, yet not wholly
010:192,17['  ]| without an effect of pleasantry, her guest's autobiographic
010:192,18['  ]| strain.
010:192,19[B  ]| "Well, madam, I am not absolutely convinced I \had\
010:192,20[B  ]| a cradle!"
010:192,21[C  ]| "You say you are not proficient in$4$ literature,"
010:192,22['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde resumed; 
010:192,22[C  ]| "but you must do yourself
010:192,23[C  ]| the justice to$9$ remember that$3$ your studies were
010:192,24[C  ]| interrupted early."
010:192,25[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is very true; on$4$ my tenth birthday my
010:192,26[B  ]| schooling stopped short. I thought that$6#2$ a grand
010:192,27[B  ]| way to$9$ keep it. Still, I \have\ picked up$5$ knowledge,"
010:192,28['  ]| Newman smiled.
010:192,29[C  ]| "You have some sisters?" 
010:192,29['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde
010:192,30['  ]| enquired.
010:192,31[B  ]| "Yes, two splendid sisters. I wish you know
010:192,32[B  ]| \them\!"
010:193,01[C  ]| "I hope that$3$ for$4$ \9ces 9dames\ the hardships of life
010:193,02[C  ]| commenced less early."
010:193,03[B  ]| "They married very early indeed, if you call that$6#2$
010:193,04[B  ]| a hardship ~~ as girls do in$4$ our Western country.
010:193,05[B  ]| The husband of one of them is the owner of the largest
010:193,06[B  ]| india-rubber house in$4$ the West."
010:193,07[C  ]| "Ah, you make houses also of india-rubber?"
010:193,08['  ]| the Marquise asked.
010:193,09[L  ]| "You can stretch them as your family increases,"
010:193,10['  ]| said her daughter-in-law, now enveloped in$4$ a soft
010:193,11['  ]| shining cape. Newman indulged at this in$4$ a burst
010:193,12['  ]| of hilarity and explained that$3$ the house in$4$ which$6#1$
010:193,13['  ]| his relatives lived was a large wooden structure,
010:193,14['  ]| but that$3$ they manufactured and sold india-rubber
010:193,15['  ]| on$4$ a colossal scale. 
010:193,15[L  ]| "My children have some little
010:193,16[L  ]| india-rubber shoes which$6#1$ they put on$5$ when they go
010:193,17[L  ]| to$9$ play in$4$ the Tuileries in$4$ damp weather," 
010:193,17['  ]| the young
010:193,18['  ]| Marquise accordingly pursued. 
010:193,18[L  ]| "I wonder if your
010:193,19[L  ]| brother-in-law made them."
010:193,20[B  ]| "I guess he did, ~~ and \if\ he did you may be very
010:193,21[B  ]| sure you have got a good article."
010:193,22[C  ]| "Well, you must not be too much discouraged,"
010:193,23['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde with vague benevolence.
010:193,24[B  ]| "Oh, I do not mean to$9$ be. I have a project ~~ really
010:193,25[B  ]| a grand one ~~ which$6#1$ gives me plenty to$9$ think about,
010:193,26[B  ]| and that$6#2$ is an occupation." 
010:193,26['  ]| And then Newman
010:193,27['  ]| waited, hesitating yet debating rapidly; he wished
010:193,28['  ]| again to$9$ get near his point, though to$9$ do so$5#2$ forced
010:193,29['  ]| him to$9$ depart still further from the form of not asking
010:193,30['  ]| favours. He \had\ to$9$ ask that$6#2$ of their attention.
010:193,31[B  ]| "Nevertheless," 
010:193,31['  ]| he continued, addressing himself to$4$
010:193,32['  ]| old Madame*de*Bellegarde, 
010:193,32[B  ]| "I will$1$ tell you my great
010:194,01[B  ]| idea; perhaps you can help me. I want not only to$9$
010:194,02[B  ]| marry, but to$9$ marry remarkably well."
010:194,03[C  ]| "It is a very good project, but I never made a 
010:194,04[C  ]| match in$4$ all my life," 
010:194,04['  ]| said his hostess with her odd
010:194,05['  ]| mincing plainness.
010:194,06['  ]| Newman looked at her an instant and then all
010:194,07['  ]| sincerely, 
010:194,07[B  ]| "I should have thought you a great hand,"
010:194,08['  ]| he declared.
010:194,09['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde might well have thought
010:194,10['  ]| him too sincere. She murmured something sharply
010:194,11['  ]| in$4$ French and fixed her eyes on$4$ her son. At this
010:194,12['  ]| moment the door of the room was thrown open,
010:194,13['  ]| and with a rapid step Valentin reappeared. 
010:194,13[E  ]| "I have
010:194,14[E  ]| a message for$4$ you," 
010:194,14['  ]| he said to$4$ his sister-in-law.
010:194,15[E  ]| "Claire bids me to$9$ ask you not to$9$ start for$4$ your ball.
010:194,16[E  ]| If you will$1$ wait a minute she will$1$ go with you."
010:194,17[L  ]| "Claire will$1$ go with us?" 
010:194,17['  ]| cried the young Marquise.
010:194,18[L  ]| "\9En 9viola` 9du 9nouveau\!"
010:194,19[E  ]| "She has changed her mind; she decided half an
010:194,20[E  ]| hour ago and is sticking the last diamond into her
010:194,21[E  ]| hair!" 
010:194,21['  ]| said Valentin.
010:194,22[C  ]| "What on$4$ earth has taken possession of my daughter?"
010:194,23['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde asked with a coldness
010:194,24['  ]| of amazement. 
010:194,24[C  ]| "She has not been this age where
010:194,25[C  ]| any candle was lighted. Does she take such a step
010:194,26[C  ]| at half an hour's notice and without consulting
010:194,27[C  ]| me?"
010:194,28[E  ]| "She consulted me, dear mother, five minutes
010:194,29[E  ]| since," 
010:194,29['  ]| said Valentin, 
010:194,29[E  ]| "and I told her that$3$ such a 
010:194,30[E  ]| beautiful woman ~~ she is more beautiful than ever,
010:194,31[E  ]| you will$1$ see ~~ has no$2$ right to$9$ bury herself alive."
010:194,32[D  ]| "You should have referred Claire to$4$ her mother,
010:195,01[D  ]| my brother," 
010:195,01['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde in$4$ French.
010:195,02[D  ]| "This is not the way ~!"
010:195,03[E  ]| "I refer her to$4$ the whole company!" 
010:195,03['  ]| Valentin
010:195,04['  ]| broke in$5$. 
010:195,04[E  ]| "Here she comes!" 
010:195,04['  ]| ~~ and he went to$4$ the
010:195,05['  ]| open door, met Madame*de*Cintre= on$4$ the threshold,
010:195,06['  ]| took her by$4$ the hand and led her into the room.
010:195,07['  ]| She was dressed in$4$ white, but a cloak of dark blue,
010:195,08['  ]| which$6#1$ hung almost to$4$ her feet, was fastened across
010:195,09['  ]| her shoulders by$4$ a silver clasp. She had tossed it
010:195,10['  ]| back, however, and her long white arms were uncovered.
010:195,11['  ]| In$4$ her dense fair hair there glittered a dozen
010:195,12['  ]| diamonds. She looked serious and, Newman thought,
010:195,13['  ]| rather pale; but she glanced round her and, when
010:195,14['  ]| she saw him, smiled and put out her hand. He
010:195,15['  ]| thought her at this moment far and away the handsomest
010:195,16['  ]| woman he had ever seen. He had a chance
010:195,17['  ]| to$9$ look her full in$4$ the face, for$3$ she stood a little in$4$
010:195,18['  ]| the centre of the room, where she seemed to$9$ consider
010:195,19['  ]| what she should do, without meeting his eyes.
010:195,20['  ]| Then she went up$5$ to$4$ her mother, who$6#1$ sat in$4$ the deep
010:195,21['  ]| chair by$4$ the fire with an air of immeasurable detachment.
010:195,22['  ]| Her back turned to$4$ the others, Madame*de*Cintre=
010:195,23['  ]| held her cloak apart to$9$ show her dress.
010:195,24[A  ]| "What do you think of me?"
010:195,25[C  ]| "I think you seem to$9$ have lost your head: It was
010:195,26[C  ]| but three days ago, when I asked you as a particular
010:195,27[C  ]| favour to$4$ myself to$9$ go to$4$ the Duchesse*de*Lusignan's,
010:195,28[C  ]| that$3$ you told me you were going nowhere and
010:195,29[C  ]| that$3$ one must be consistent. Is this your consistency?
010:195,30[C  ]| Why should you distinguish Madame*Robineau?
010:195,31[C  ]| Who$6#2$ is it you wish to$9$ please to-night?"
010:195,32[A  ]| "I wish to$9$ please myself, dear mother," 
010:195,32['  ]| said
010:196,01['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=. And she bent over and kissed
010:196,02['  ]| the old lady.
010:196,03[D  ]| "I do not like$1$ violent surprises, my sister," 
010:196,03['  ]| said
010:196,04['  ]| Urbain*de*Bellegarde; 
010:196,04[D  ]| "especially when one is on$4$
010:196,05[D  ]| the point of entering a drawing-room.
010:196,06['  ]| Newman at this juncture felt inspired to$9$ speak.
010:196,07[B  ]| "Oh, if you are going anywhere with this lady you
010:196,08[B  ]| need not be afraid of being noticed yourself!"
010:196,09['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde turned to$4$ his sister with an intense
010:196,10['  ]| little glare. 
010:196,10[D  ]| "I hope you appreciate a compliment
010:196,11[D  ]| that$6#1$ is paid at your brother's expense. \9Venez
010:196,12[D  ]| 9donc\, madame." 
010:196,12['  ]| And offering Madame*de*Cintre=
010:196,13['  ]| his arm he led her rapidly out of the room. Valentin
010:196,14['  ]| rendered the same service to$4$ young Madame*de*Bellegarde,
010:196,15['  ]| who$6#1$ had apparently been reflecting on$4$
010:196,16['  ]| the fact that$3$ the ball-dress of her sister-in-law was
010:196,17['  ]| much less brilliant than her own, and yet had failed
010:196,18['  ]| to$9$ derive absolute comfort from the reflexion. With
010:196,19['  ]| a leave-taking smile she sought the complement of
010:196,20['  ]| her consolation in$4$ the eyes of the American visitor,
010:196,21['  ]| and, perceiving in$4$ them an almost unnatural glitter,
010:196,22['  ]| not improbably may have flattered herself she had
010:196,23['  ]| found it.
010:196,24['  ]| Newman, left alone with his hostess, if she might
010:196,25['  ]| so$5#2$ be called, stood before her a few moments in$4$
010:196,26['  ]| silence. 
010:196,26[B  ]| "Your daughter is very beautiful," 
010:196,26['  ]| he said
010:196,27['  ]| at last.
010:196,28[C  ]| "She is very perverse," 
010:196,28['  ]| the old woman returned.
010:196,29[B  ]| "I am glad to$9$ hear it," 
010:196,29['  ]| he smiled. 
010:196,29[B  ]| "It makes me
010:196,30[B  ]| hope."
010:196,31[C  ]| "Hope what?"
010:196,32[B  ]| "That$3$ she will$1$ consent some day to$9$ marry me."
010:197,01['  ]| She slowly got up$5$. 
010:197,01[C  ]| "That$6#2$ really is your ""great
010:197,02[C  ]| idea""?"
010:197,03[B  ]| "Yes. Will$1$ you give it any countenance?"
010:197,04['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde looked at him hard and
010:197,05['  ]| shook her head. Then her so$5#1$ peculiarly little mouth
010:197,06['  ]| rounded itself to$4$ a 
010:197,06[C  ]| "No$7$!" 
010:197,06['  ]| which$6#1$ she seemed to$9$ blow
010:197,07['  ]| at him as for$4$ a mortal chill.
010:197,08[B  ]| "Will$1$ you then just let me alone with my chance?"
010:197,09[C  ]| "You do not know what you ask. I am a very proud
010:197,10[C  ]| and meddlesome old person."
010:197,11[B  ]| "Well, I am very rich," 
010:197,11['  ]| he returned with a world
010:197,12['  ]| of desperate intention.
010:197,13['  ]| She fixed her eyes on$4$ the floor, and he thought 
010:197,13@b   | it
010:197,14@b   | probable she was weighing the reasons in$4$ favour of
010:197,15@b   | resenting his so$5#1$ calculated directness. 
010:197,15['  ]| But at last
010:197,16['  ]| looking up$5$, 
010:197,16[C  ]| "How rich?" 
010:197,16['  ]| she simply articulated.
010:197,17['  ]| He gave her, at this, the figure of his income ~
010:197,18['  ]| gave it in$4$ a round number which$6#1$ had the magnificent
010:197,19['  ]| sound that$6#1$ large aggregations of dollars put on$5$ when
010:197,20['  ]| translated into francs. He added to$4$ the enunciation
010:197,21['  ]| of mere brute quantity certain financial particulars
010:197,22['  ]| which$6#1$ completed a sufficiently striking presentment
010:197,23['  ]| of his resources.
010:197,24['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde had let him enjoy her
010:197,25['  ]| undisguised attention. 
010:197,25[B  ]| "You are very frank," 
010:197,25['  ]| she
010:197,26['  ]| finally said, 
010:197,26[C  ]| "and I will$1$ be the same. I would rather,
010:197,27[C  ]| on$4$ the whole, get all the good of you there is ~~ rather,
010:197,28[C  ]| I mean, than, as you call it, let you alone. I would
010:197,29[C  ]| rather," 
010:197,29['  ]| she coldly smiled, 
010:197,29[C  ]| "take you in$4$ our way
010:197,30[C  ]| than in$4$ your way. I think it will$1$ be easier."
010:197,31[B  ]| "I am thankful for$4$ any terms," 
010:197,31['  ]| Newman quite
010:197,32['  ]| radiantly answered. 
010:197,32[B  ]| "It is enough for$4$ me to$9$ feel
010:198,01[B  ]| I am taken. But it need not be, for$4$ you," 
010:198,01['  ]| he at the
010:198,02['  ]| same time rather grimly laughed, 
010:198,02[B  ]| "in$4$ too big doses
010:198,03[B  ]| to$9$ begin with. Good-night!" 
010:198,03['  ]| ~~ and he rapidly
010:198,04['  ]| quitted her.
011:199,01['  ]| He had not, on$4$ his return to$4$ Paris, resumed the study
011:199,02['  ]| of French conversation with M%*Nioche; he had been
011:199,03['  ]| conscious of too many other uses for$4$ his time. That$6#2$
011:199,04['  ]| amiable man, however, came to$9$ see him very promptly,
011:199,05['  ]| having ascertained his whereabouts by$4$ some art of
011:199,06['  ]| curiosity too subtle to$9$ be challenged. He repeated
011:199,07['  ]| his visit more than once; he seemed oppressed by$4$
011:199,08['  ]| an humiliating sense of having been over paid, and
011:199,09['  ]| wished apparently to$9$ redeem his debt by$4$ the offer 
011:199,10['  ]| of grammatical and statistical information in$4$ small
011:199,11['  ]| instalments. He exhaled the same decent melancholy
011:199,12['  ]| as a few months before; a few months more or less
011:199,13['  ]| of brushing could make little difference in$4$ the antique
011:199,14['  ]| lustre of his coat and hat. But his spirit itself
011:199,15['  ]| was a trifle more threadbare; it had clearly received
011:199,16['  ]| some hard rubs during the summer. Newman asked
011:199,17['  ]| with interest about Mademoiselle*Noe=mie, and
011:199,18['  ]| M%*Nioche at first, for$4$ answer, simply looked at him
011:199,19['  ]| in$4$ lachrymose silence.
011:199,20[F  ]| "Do not press me on$4$ that$6#2$ subject, sir. I sit and
011:199,21[F  ]| watch her, but I can do nothing."
011:199,22[B  ]| "Do you mean she gives you serious cause ~?"
011:199,23[F  ]| "I do not know, sir, \what\ I mean! I can not follow
011:199,24[F  ]| her. I do not understand her. She has something in$4$
011:199,25[F  ]| her head; who$6#2$ can say what is in$4$ the head of a little
011:199,26[F  ]| person so$5#1$ independent, so$5#1$ dreadful ~~ and so$5#1$ pleasing?
011:199,27[F  ]| She is too deep for$4$ her poor papa."
011:200,01[B  ]| "Does she continue to$9$ go to$4$ the Muse=e? Has she
011:200,02[B  ]| made any of those copies for$4$ me?" 
011:200,02['  ]| Newman continued.
011:200,03['  ]| 
011:200,04[F  ]| "She goes to$4$ the Muse=e, but I see nothing of the
011:200,05[F  ]| copies. She has something on$4$ her easel; I suppose
011:200,06[F  ]| it is one of the pictures you ordered. Such a splendid
011:200,07[F  ]| commission ought to$9$ give her fairy fingers. But she is
011:200,08[F  ]| not in$4$ earnest. I can not say anything to$4$ her; I am
011:200,09[F  ]| afraid of her, if you must know. One evening last
011:200,10[F  ]| summer when I took her to$9$ walk in$4$ the Champs*Elyse=es 
011:200,11[F  ]| she said to$4$ me things that$6#1$ made me turn
011:200,12[F  ]| cold."
011:200,13[B  ]| "And what things?"
011:200,14[F  ]| "Excuse an unhappy father from telling you,"
011:200,15['  ]| said M%*Nioche while he unfolded his calico pocket-handkerchief.
011:200,16['  ]|
011:200,17['  ]| Newman promised himself to$9$ pay Mademoiselle*Noe=mie
011:200,18['  ]| another visit at the Louvre. He was curious
011:200,19['  ]| of the progress of his copies, but it must be added
011:200,20['  ]| that$3$ he was still more curious of the personal progress
011:200,21['  ]| of the copyist. He went one afternoon to$4$ the
011:200,22['  ]| great museum, but wandered through several of the
011:200,23['  ]| rooms without finding her; after which$6#1$, on$4$ his way
011:200,24['  ]| to$4$ the long hall of the Italian masters, he stopped
011:200,25['  ]| face to$4$ face with Valentin*de*Bellegarde. The young
011:200,26['  ]| Frenchman eagerly greeted him, assuring him he was
011:200,27['  ]| a godsend. He himself was in$4$ the worst of humours
011:200,28['  ]| and wanted some*one to$9$ contradict. 
011:200,28[B  ]| "In$4$ a bad humour
011:200,29[B  ]| among all these beautiful things? I thought
011:200,30[B  ]| you were so$5#1$ fond of pictures, especially the grand old
011:200,31[B  ]| black ones," 
011:200,31['  ]| Newman said. 
011:200,31[B  ]| "There are two or three
011:200,32[B  ]| here that$6#1$ ought to$9$ keep you in$4$ spirits."
011:201,01[E  ]| "Oh, to-day," 
011:201,01['  ]| Valentin returned, 
011:201,01[E  ]| "I am not in$4$ a
011:201,02[E  ]| mood for$4$ gimcracks, and the more remarkable they
011:201,03[E  ]| are the less I like$1$ them. The great staring eyes and
011:201,04[E  ]| fixed positions of all these dolls and mannikins irritate
011:201,05[E  ]| me. I feel as if I were at some big dull party,
011:201,06[E  ]| a roomful of people I should not wish to$9$ speak to$4$.
011:201,07[E  ]| What should I care for$4$ their beauty? It is a bore
011:201,08[E  ]| and, worse still, it is a reproach. I have a \9tas 9d'ennuis\.
011:201,09[E  ]| I feel damnably vicious."
011:201,10[B  ]| "If this grand sight works you up$5$ so$5#2$ why do you
011:201,11[B  ]| expose yourself?" 
011:201,11['  ]| Newman asked with his quiet
011:201,12['  ]| play of reason.
011:201,13[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is one of my worries. I came to$9$ meet my
011:201,14[E  ]| cousin ~~ a dreadful English cousin, a member of
011:201,15[E  ]| my mother's family ~~ who$6#1$ is in$4$ Paris for$4$ a week
011:201,16[E  ]| with her husband and who$6#1$ wishes me to$9$ point out
011:201,17[E  ]| the ""principal beauties."" Imagine a woman who$6#1$
011:201,18[E  ]| wears a green crape bonnet in$4$ December and has
011:201,19[E  ]| straps sticking out of the ankles of her interminable
011:201,20[E  ]| boots! My mother begged I would do something to$9$
011:201,21[E  ]| oblige them. I have undertaken to$9$ play \9valet 9de 9place\
011:201,22[E  ]| this afternoon. They were to$9$ have met me here at
011:201,23[E  ]| two o'clock, and I have been waiting for$4$ them twenty
011:201,24[E  ]| minutes. Why does not she arrive? She has at least
011:201,25[E  ]| a pair of feet to$9$ carry her. I do not know whether to$9$
011:201,26[E  ]| be furious at their playing me false or to$9$ toss up$5$ my
011:201,27[E  ]| hat for$4$ the joy of escaping them."
011:201,28[B  ]| "I think in$4$ your place I would be furious," 
011:201,28['  ]| said Newman,
011:201,29[B  ]| "because they may arrive yet, and then your
011:201,30[B  ]| fury will$1$ still be of use to$4$ you. Whereas if you were
011:201,31[B  ]| delighted and they were afterwards to$9$ turn up$5$, you
011:201,32[B  ]| might not know what to$9$ do ~~ well, with your hat."
011:202,01[E  ]| "You give me excellent advice, and I already feel
011:202,02[E  ]| better. I will$1$ be furious; I will$1$ let them go to$4$ the deuce
011:202,03[E  ]| and I myself will$1$ go with \you\ ~~ unless by$4$ chance
011:202,04[E  ]| you too have a rendezvous."
011:202,05[B  ]| "It is not exactly a rendezvous," 
011:202,05['  ]| Newman returned.
011:202,06[B  ]| "But I have in$4$ fact come to$9$ see a person, not
011:202,07[B  ]| a picture."
011:202,08[E  ]| "A woman, presumably?"
011:202,09[B  ]| "A young lady."
011:202,10[E  ]| "Well," 
011:202,10['  ]| said Valentin, 
011:202,10[E  ]| "I hope for$4$ you, with all
011:202,11[E  ]| my heart, that$3$ she is not clothed in$4$ green tulle and
011:202,12[E  ]| that$3$ her feet are not too much out of focus."
011:202,13[B  ]| "I do not know much about her feet, but she has
011:202,14[B  ]| very pretty hands."
011:202,15['  ]| The young man breathed all his sadness. 
011:202,15[E  ]| "And
011:202,16[E  ]| on$4$ that$6#2$ assurance I must part with you?"
011:202,17[B  ]| "I am not certain of finding my young lady," 
011:202,17['  ]| said
011:202,18['  ]| Newman, 
011:202,18[B  ]| "and I am not quite prepared to$9$ lose your
011:202,19[B  ]| company on$4$ the chance. It does not strike me quite
011:202,20[B  ]| as good business to$9$ introduce you to$4$ her, and yet I
011:202,21[B  ]| should rather like$1$ to$9$ have your opinion of her."
011:202,22[E  ]| "Is she formed to$9$ please?"
011:202,23[B  ]| "Well, I guess you will$1$ think so$5#2$."
011:202,24['  ]| Valentin passed his arm into that$6#2$ of his companion.
011:202,25[E  ]| "Conduct me to$4$ her on$4$ the instant! I should
011:202,26[E  ]| be ashamed to$9$ make a pretty woman wait for$4$ my
011:202,27[E  ]| verdict."
011:202,28['  ]| Newman suffered himself to$9$ be gently propelled
011:202,29['  ]| in$4$ the direction in$4$ which$6#1$ he had been walking, but
011:202,30['  ]| his step was not rapid. He was turning something
011:202,31['  ]| over in$4$ his mind. The two men passed into the long
011:202,32['  ]| gallery of the Italian masters, and our friend, after
011:203,01['  ]| having scanned for$4$ a moment its brilliant vista, turned
011:203,02['  ]| aside into the smaller apartment devoted to$4$ the same
011:203,03['  ]| school on$4$ the left. It contained very few persons, but
011:203,04['  ]| at the further end of it Mademoiselle*Nioche sat before
011:203,05['  ]| her easel. She was not at work; her palette and
011:203,06['  ]| brushes had been laid down beside her, her hands
011:203,07['  ]| were folded in$4$ her lap and she had relapsed into her
011:203,08['  ]| seat to$9$ look intently at two ladies on$4$ the other side
011:203,09['  ]| of the hall, who$6#1$, with their backs turned to$4$ her, had
011:203,10['  ]| stopped before one of the pictures. These ladies were
011:203,11['  ]| apparently persons of high fashion, they were dressed
011:203,12['  ]| with great splendour and their long silken trains and
011:203,13['  ]| furbelows were spread over the polished floor. It was
011:203,14['  ]| on$4$ their dresses the young woman had fixed her eyes,
011:203,15['  ]| though what she was thinking of I am unable to$9$ say.
011:203,16['  ]| I hazard the hypothesis of her mutely remarking
011:203,17['  ]| that$3$ to$9$ carry about such a mass of ponderable pleasure
011:203,18['  ]| would surely be one of the highest uses of freedom.
011:203,19['  ]| Her reflections, at any rate, were disturbed by$4$
011:203,20['  ]| the advent of her unannounced visitors, whom, as
011:203,21['  ]| she rose and stood before her easel, she greeted with
011:203,22['  ]| a precipitation of eye and lip that$6#1$ was like$4$ the glad
011:203,23['  ]| clap of a pair of hands.
011:203,24[B  ]| "I came here on$4$ purpose to$9$ see you ~~ \9seulement
011:203,25[B  ]| 9vous\, expray, expray," 
011:203,25['  ]| Newman said in$4$ his fairest,
011:203,26['  ]| squarest, distinctest French. And then, like$4$ a good
011:203,27['  ]| American, he introduced Valentin formally: 
011:203,27[B  ]| "Allow
011:203,28[B  ]| me to$9$ make you acquainted with Comte*Valentin*de*Bellegarde."
011:203,29[B  ]|
011:203,30['  ]| Valentin made a bow which$6#1$ must have seemed to$4$
011:203,31['  ]| her quite in$4$ harmony with the impressiveness of his
011:203,32['  ]| title, but the graceful brevity of her response was
011:204,01['  ]| a negation of underbred surprise. She turned to$4$
011:204,02['  ]| her generous patron, putting up$5$ her hands to$4$ her
011:204,03['  ]| hair and smoothing its delicately-felt roughness.
011:204,04['  ]| Then, rapidly, she turned the canvas that$6#1$ graced her
011:204,05['  ]| easel over on$4$ its face. 
011:204,05[G  ]| "You have not forgotten me?"
011:204,06[B  ]| "I shall never forget you. You may be sure of
011:204,07[B  ]| that$6#2$."
011:204,08[G  ]| "Oh," 
011:204,08['  ]| she protested, 
011:204,08[G  ]| "there are a great many different
011:204,09[G  ]| ways of remembering a person." 
011:204,09['  ]| And she
011:204,10['  ]| looked straight at the Comte*de*Bellegarde, who$6#1$ was
011:204,11['  ]| looking at her as a gentleman may when a verdict is
011:204,12['  ]| expected of him.
011:204,13[B  ]| "Have you painted me a pretty picture?" 
011:204,13['  ]| Newman
011:204,14['  ]| went on$5$. 
011:204,14[B  ]| "Have you shown \9beaucoup 9d'industrie\?"
011:204,15[B  ]|
011:204,16[G  ]| "No$7$, I have done nothing." 
011:204,16['  ]| And, taking up$5$ her
011:204,17['  ]| palette, she began to$9$ mix her colours at random.
011:204,18[B  ]| "But your father tells me your attendance has been
011:204,19[B  ]| regular." 
011:204,20[G  ]| "I have nowhere else to$9$ go! Where do you suppose,
011:204,21[G  ]| 9cher 9monsieur ~? Here, all summer, one could
011:204,22[G  ]| breathe at least."
011:204,23[B  ]| "Being here then," 
011:204,23['  ]| said Newman, 
011:204,23[B  ]| "do not you
011:204,24[B  ]| think you might have tried something?"
011:204,25[G  ]| "I told you before," 
011:204,25['  ]| she sweetly answered, 
011:204,25[G  ]| "that$3$
011:204,26[G  ]| I have not the advantage of knowing how to$9$ paint."
011:204,27[E  ]| "But you have something of interest on$4$ your easel
011:204,28[E  ]| now," 
011:204,28['  ]| Valentin gaily objected, 
011:204,28[E  ]| "if you would only let me
011:204,29[E  ]| see it."
011:204,30['  ]| She spread out her two hands, with the fingers expanded,
011:204,31['  ]| over the back of the canvas ~~ those hands
011:204,32['  ]| which$6#1$ Newman had called pretty and which$6#1$, in$4$ spite
011:205,01['  ]| of several little smudges of colour, Valentin could
011:205,02['  ]| now admire. 
011:205,02[G  ]| "My painting is not of interest."
011:205,03[E  ]| "It is the only thing about you that$6#1$ is not, then,
011:205,04[E  ]| mademoiselle," 
011:205,04['  ]| the young man gallantly returned.
011:205,05['  ]| She took up$5$ her shamefaced study and silently
011:205,06['  ]| passed it to$4$ him. He looked at it, and in$4$ a moment
011:205,07['  ]| she said: 
011:205,07[G  ]| "I am sure you are a great judge."
011:205,08[E  ]| "Yes," 
011:205,08['  ]| he admitted; 
011:205,08[E  ]| "I recognise merit."
011:205,09[G  ]| "Only when it is there, I hope! I have given up$5$,"
011:205,10['  ]| she bravely declared, 
011:205,10[G  ]| "trying to$9$ have it."
011:205,11['  ]| He faced her, with a smile, over her demoralised
011:205,12['  ]| little daub. 
011:205,12[E  ]| "If one has not one sort one can always
011:205,13[E  ]| have another."
011:205,14['  ]| She considered with downcast eyes ~~ which$6#1$, however,
011:205,15['  ]| she presently raised. 
011:205,15[G  ]| "We are talking of the
011:205,16[G  ]| sort of which$6#1$ you are a judge." 
011:205,16['  ]| Then, as to$9$ anticipate
011:205,17['  ]| too obvious a rejoinder, she turned, for$4$ more
011:205,18['  ]| urgent good manners, to$4$ Newman. 
011:205,18[G  ]| "Where have you
011:205,19[G  ]| been all these months? You took those great journeys,
011:205,20[G  ]| you amused yourself well?"
011:205,21[B  ]| "Oh yes," 
011:205,21['  ]| our hero returned ~~ 
011:205,21[B  ]| "always 9beaucoup,
011:205,22[B  ]| 9beaucoup!"
011:205,23[G  ]| "Ah, so$5#1$ much the better." 
011:205,23['  ]| She spoke with charming
011:205,24['  ]| unction and, having taken back her canvas from
011:205,25['  ]| Valentin, who$6#1$ meanwhile had looked at his friend
011:205,26['  ]| with eyes of rich meaning, began again to$9$ dabble in$4$
011:205,27['  ]| her colours. She was singularly pretty, with the look
011:205,28['  ]| of serious sympathy she threw into her face. 
011:205,28[G  ]| "Tell
011:205,29[G  ]| me," 
011:205,29['  ]| she continued, 
011:205,29[G  ]| "a little of all you have done."
011:205,30[B  ]| "Oh, I went to$4$ Switzerland ~~ to$4$ Geneva and
011:205,31[B  ]| Zermatt and Zu+rich and all those places, you know;
011:205,32[B  ]| and down to$4$ Venice, and all through Germany, and
011:206,01[B  ]| down the Rhine, and into Holland and Belgium ~
011:206,02[B  ]| the regular round. How do you say that$6#2$ in$4$ French
011:206,03[B  ]| ~~ the regular round?" 
011:206,03['  ]| Newman asked of Valentin.
011:206,04['  ]| Mademoiselle*Nioche fixed her eyes an instant on$4$
011:206,05['  ]| their companion, and then with all the candour of
011:206,06['  ]| her appeal: 
011:206,06[G  ]| "I do not understand monsieur when he
011:206,07[G  ]| says so$5#1$ much at once. Would you be so$5#1$ good as to$9$
011:206,08[G  ]| translate?"
011:206,09[E  ]| "I would rather talk to$4$ you out of my own head," 
011:206,09['  ]| Valentin
011:206,10['  ]| boldly declared.
011:206,11[B  ]| "No$7$," 
011:206,11['  ]| said Newman gravely, still in$4$ his formal
011:206,12['  ]| French, 
011:206,12[B  ]| "you must not talk to$4$ Mademoiselle*Nioche,
011:206,13[B  ]| because you say discouraging things. You ought to$9$
011:206,14[B  ]| tell her to$9$ work, to$9$ persevere."
011:206,15[E  ]| "And we Parisians, mademoiselle," 
011:206,15['  ]| the young
011:206,16['  ]| man exclaimed, 
011:206,16[E  ]| "are accused of paying hollow compliments
011:206,17[E  ]| and of being false flatterers!"
011:206,18[G  ]| "Ah, I do not want any compliments," 
011:206,18['  ]| the girl protested,
011:206,19[G  ]| "I want only the cruel truth. But if I did not
011:206,20[G  ]| know it by$4$ this time ~!"
011:206,21[E  ]| "I utter no$2$ truth more cruel," 
011:206,21['  ]| Valentin returned,
011:206,22[E  ]| "than that$3$ there are probably many things you \can\
011:206,23[E  ]| do very well."
011:206,24[G  ]| "Oh, I can at least do \this\!" 
011:206,24['  ]| And dipping a brush
011:206,25['  ]| into a clot of red paint she drew a great horizontal
011:206,26['  ]| daub across her unfinished picture.
011:206,27[B  ]| "What are you making that$6#2$ mark for$4$?" 
011:206,27['  ]| Newman
011:206,28['  ]| asked with his impartial interest.
011:206,29['  ]| Without answering, she drew another long crimson
011:206,30['  ]| daub, in$4$ a vertical direction, down the middle of
011:206,31['  ]| her canvas and so$3$ in$4$ a moment completed the rough
011:206,32['  ]| indication of a cross. 
011:206,32[G  ]| "It is the sign of the cruel truth."
011:207,01['  ]| The two men looked at each other, Valentin as
011:207,02['  ]| with vivid intelligence. 
011:207,03[B  ]| "You have spoiled my picture,"
011:207,03['  ]| said his friend.
011:207,04[G  ]| "I know that$6#2$ very well. It was the only thing to$9$
011:207,05[G  ]| do with it. I had sat looking at it all day without
011:207,06[G  ]| touching it. I had begun to$9$ hate it. It seemed to$4$ me
011:207,07[G  ]| something was going to$9$ happen."
011:207,08[E  ]| "I like$1$ it better that$6#2$ way than as it was before,"
011:207,09['  ]| said Valentin. 
011:207,09[E  ]| "Now it is more interesting. It tells
011:207,10[E  ]| a little story now. Is it for$4$ sale, mademoiselle?"
011:207,11[G  ]| "Everything I have is for$4$ sale," 
011:207,11['  ]| she promptly
011:207,12['  ]| replied.
011:207,13[E  ]| "How much then is this object?"
011:207,14[G  ]| "Ten*thousand francs ~~ and very cheap!"
011:207,15[B  ]| "Everything mademoiselle may do at present is
011:207,16[B  ]| mine in$4$ advance," 
011:207,16['  ]| Newman interposed. 
011:207,16[B  ]| "It makes
011:207,17[B  ]| part of an order I gave her some months ago. So$3$ you
011:207,18[B  ]| can not have that$6#2$!"
011:207,19[G  ]| "Monsieur will$1$ lose nothing by$4$ it," 
011:207,19['  ]| said mademoiselle
011:207,20['  ]| with her charming eyes on$4$ Valentin. And
011:207,21['  ]| she began to$9$ put up$5$ her utensils.
011:207,22[E  ]| "I shall have gained an ineffaceable memory,"
011:207,23['  ]| Valentin smiled. 
011:207,23[E  ]| "You are going away? your day is
011:207,24[E  ]| over?"
011:207,25[G  ]| "My father comes to$9$ fetch me," 
011:207,25['  ]| the young lady
011:207,26['  ]| replied.
011:207,27['  ]| She had hardly spoken when, through the door
011:207,28['  ]| behind her, which$6#1$ opens on$4$ one of the great white
011:207,29['  ]| stone staircases of the Louvre, M%*Nioche made his
011:207,30['  ]| appearance. He came in$5$ with his usual patient shuffle,
011:207,31['  ]| indulging in$4$ a low salute to$4$ the gentlemen who$6#1$
011:207,32['  ]| had done him the honour to$9$ gather about his daughter.
011:208,01['  ]| Newman shook his hand with muscular friendliness
011:208,02['  ]| and Valentin returned his greeting with high
011:208,03['  ]| consideration. While the old man stood waiting for$4$
011:208,04['  ]| Noe=mie to$9$ make a parcel of her implements he let his
011:208,05['  ]| mild oblique gaze play over this new acquaintance,
011:208,06['  ]| who$6#1$ was watching her put on$4$ her bonnet and mantle.
011:208,07['  ]| Valentin was at no$2$ pains to$9$ disguise the benevolence
011:208,08['  ]| of his own interest. He looked at a pretty person as
011:208,09['  ]| he would have listened to$4$ a good piece of music. Intelligent
011:208,10['  ]| participation was in$4$ such a case simple good
011:208,11['  ]| manners. M%*Nioche at last took his daughter's paintbox
011:208,12['  ]| in$4$ one hand and the bedaubed canvas, after giving
011:208,13['  ]| it a solemn puzzled stare, in$4$ the other, and led the
011:208,14['  ]| way to$4$ the door. Noe=mie followed him after making
011:208,15['  ]| her late interlocutors the formal obeisance of the perfectly-educated
011:208,16['  ]| female young.
011:208,17[B  ]| "Well," 
011:208,17['  ]| said Newman, 
011:208,17[B  ]| "what do you think of
011:208,18[B  ]| her?"
011:208,19[E  ]| "She is very remarkable. \9Diable, 9diable, 9diable\!"
011:208,20['  ]| his friend reflectively repeated; 
011:208,20[E  ]| "she is the perfection
011:208,21[E  ]| of the type."
011:208,22[B  ]| "I am afraid she is a sad little trifler," 
011:208,22['  ]| Newman
011:208,23['  ]| conscientiously remarked.
011:208,24[E  ]| "Not a little one ~~ rather an immense one. She
011:208,25[E  ]| has all the material." 
011:208,25['  ]| And Valentin began to$9$ walk
011:208,26['  ]| slowly off, looking vaguely, though with eyes now so$6#2$
011:208,27['  ]| opened, at the pictures on$4$ the walls. Nothing could
011:208,28['  ]| have appealed to$4$ his imagination more than the possible
011:208,29['  ]| futility of a young lady so$5#1$ equipped for$4$ futility.
011:208,30[E  ]| "She is very interesting," 
011:208,30['  ]| he went on$5$. 
011:208,30[E  ]| "Yes, the type
011:208,31[E  ]| shines out in$4$ her."
011:208,32[B  ]| " ""The type""? The type of what?"
011:209,01[E  ]| "Well, of soaring, of almost sublime ambition!
011:209,02[E  ]| She is a very bad little copyist, but, endowed with the
011:209,03[E  ]| artistic sense in$4$ another line, I suspect her none*the*less
011:209,04[E  ]| of a strong feeling for$4$ her great originals." 
011:209,05['  ]| Newman wondered, but presently followed. 
011:209,05[B  ]| "Surely
011:209,06[B  ]| her great originals will$1$ have had more beauty."
011:209,07[E  ]| "Not always. She has enough to$9$ look as if she
011:209,08[E  ]| had more, and that$6#2$ is always plenty. It is a face and
011:209,09[E  ]| figure in$4$ which$6#1$ everything tells. If she were prettier
011:209,10[E  ]| she would be less intelligent, and her intelligence is
011:209,11[E  ]| half her charm."
011:209,12[B  ]| "In$4$ what way does her intelligence strike you as
011:209,13[B  ]| so$5#1$ remarkable?" 
011:209,13['  ]| asked Newman, at once puzzled,
011:209,14['  ]| impressed and vaguely scandalised by$4$ his friend's
011:209,15['  ]| investment of such a subject with so$5#1$ much of the dignity
011:209,16['  ]| of demonstration.
011:209,17[E  ]| "She has taken the measure of life, and she has
011:209,18[E  ]| determined to$9$ \be\ something ~~ to$9$ succeed at any cost.
011:209,19[E  ]| Her smearing of colours is of course a mere trick to$9$
011:209,20[E  ]| gain time. She is waiting for$4$ her chance; she wishes
011:209,21[E  ]| to$9$ launch herself, and to$9$ do it \right\. Nobody, my
011:209,22[E  ]| dear man, can ever have \had\ such a love of the right.
011:209,23[E  ]| She knows her Paris. She is one of fifty*thousand, so$5#1$
011:209,24[E  ]| far as her impatiences and appetites go, but I am sure
011:209,25[E  ]| she has an exceptional number of ideas."
011:209,26['  ]| Newman raised his strong eyebrows. 
011:209,26[B  ]| "Are you
011:209,27[B  ]| also sure they are really good ones?"
011:209,28[E  ]| "Ah, ""good, good""!" 
011:209,28['  ]| cried Valentin: 
011:209,28[E  ]| "you people
011:209,29[E  ]| are too wonderful with your goodness. Good for$4$
011:209,30[E  ]| what, please ~? They will$1$ be excellent, I warrant, for$4$
011:209,31[E  ]| some things! They will$1$ be much better than the hopeless
011:209,32[E  ]| game she has just given up$5$. They will$1$ be good
011:210,01[E  ]| enough to$9$ make her, I dare say, one of the celebrities
011:210,02[E  ]| of the future."
011:210,03[B  ]| "Lord o'mercy, you \have\ sized her up$5$! But do not
011:210,04[B  ]| ~~ I must really ask it of you ~~ let her quite run
011:210,05[B  ]| away with you," 
011:210,05['  ]| Newman went on$5$. 
011:210,05[B  ]| "I shall owe it
011:210,06[B  ]| to$4$ her good old father not to$9$ have upset her balance.
011:210,07[B  ]| For$3$ he is a real nice man."
011:210,08[E  ]| "Oh, oh, oh, her good old father!" 
011:210,08['  ]| Valentin incorrigibly
011:210,09['  ]| mocked. And then as his companion looked
011:210,10['  ]| grave: 
011:210,10[E  ]| "He expects her to$9$ assure his future."
011:210,11[B  ]| "I thought he rather expected \me\! And do not you
011:210,12[B  ]| judge him, as a friend of mine," 
011:210,12['  ]| Newman asked,
011:210,13[B  ]| "too cruelly? He is as poor as a rat, but very high-toned."
011:210,14[B  ]|
011:210,15[E  ]| "Why, 9mon 9cher, I should adore his tone, and
011:210,16[E  ]| you are right to$9$ do the same: it is much better than
011:210,17[E  ]| mine, and he will$1$ do you more good as a companion,
011:210,18[E  ]| he will$1$ protect your innocence better, than ever I shall.
011:210,19[E  ]| I do not mean," 
011:210,19['  ]| Valentin explained, 
011:210,19[E  ]| "that$3$ he would not
011:210,20[E  ]| much rather his daughter were a good girl, that$3$ she
011:210,21[E  ]| remained as ""nice"" ~~ as worthy, that$3$ is, say, of your
011:210,22[E  ]| particular use ~~ as he may himself remain. But all
011:210,23[E  ]| the same he will$1$ not, if the worst comes to$4$ the worst ~
011:210,24[E  ]| well, he will$1$ not do what Virginius did. He does not
011:210,25[E  ]| want her to$9$ be a failure ~~ as why should he? ~~ and
011:210,26[E  ]| if she is not a failure it is plain she will$1$ be a success. On$4$
011:210,27[E  ]| the whole he has confidence."
011:210,28[B  ]| "He has touching fears, sir ~~ I admit he has betrayed
011:210,29[B  ]| \them\ to$4$ me." 
011:210,29['  ]| Newman felt himself loyally
011:210,30['  ]| concerned to$9$ defend a character that$6#1$ had struck him
011:210,31['  ]| as pleasingly complete ~~ though completeness was,
011:210,32['  ]| after all, what Valentin also claimed for$4$ it. The difference
011:211,01['  ]| was in$4$ their view of that$6#2$ picturesque grace,
011:211,02['  ]| and Newman would, to$4$ an appreciable degree, have
011:211,03['  ]| sentimentally suffered from not being able to$9$ keep
011:211,04['  ]| Monsieur*Nioche before him as he had first seen him.
011:211,05['  ]| He was, to$4$ an extent he never fully revealed, a collector
011:211,06['  ]| of impressions as romantically concrete, even
011:211,07['  ]| when profane, as the blest images and sanctified
011:211,08['  ]| relics of one of the systematically devout, and he at
011:211,09['  ]| bottom liked as little to$9$ hear anything he had picked
011:211,10['  ]| up$5$ with the hand of the spirit pronounced unauthentic.
011:211,11[B  ]| "I do not quite remember what Virginius did,"
011:211,12['  ]| he presently pursued, 
011:211,12[B  ]| "and I do not say for$4$ certain
011:211,13[B  ]| that$3$ my old friend would shoot. He does not affect
011:211,14[B  ]| me ~~ no$7$ ~~ as a shooting man. But I guess he
011:211,15[B  ]| would not want to$9$ \make\ very much out of anything."
011:211,16[E  ]| "Then he will$1$ be very different," 
011:211,16['  ]| Valentin laughed,
011:211,17[E  ]| "from any of the rest of his species! Why, my dear
011:211,18[E  ]| fellow, we all here in$4$ Paris want to$9$ make as much
011:211,19[E  ]| as possible out of everything. That$6#2$ is how we differ,
011:211,20[E  ]| I conceive, from the people of \your\ country: the objects
011:211,21[E  ]| of your exploitation appear to$9$ be fewer, and
011:211,22[E  ]| above all of fewer kinds. I do not mind telling you,"
011:211,23['  ]| he declared in$4$ the same tone, 
011:211,23[E  ]| "that$3$ I do not see the
011:211,24[E  ]| end of what I might be capable of making out of \this\."
011:211,25[B  ]| "Of ""this"" ~?"
011:211,26[E  ]| "Of the relation of Monsieur*Nioche to$4$ his daughter,
011:211,27[E  ]| and of the relation of his daughter to$4$ ~~ well, to$4$
011:211,28[E  ]| as many other persons as you like$1$!"
011:211,29[B  ]| "I shall not at all like$1$ \you\ to$9$ be one of them," 
011:211,29['  ]| Newman
011:211,30['  ]| still gravely returned. 
011:211,30[B  ]| "I did not ask you to$9$ come
011:211,31[B  ]| round with me just to$9$ set you after her."
011:211,32['  ]| The young man appeared for$4$ an instant embarrassed.
011:212,01[E  ]| "Do you object then to$4$ her having engaged
011:212,02[E  ]| my enlightened curiosity?"
011:212,03['  ]| Newman considered. 
011:212,03[B  ]| "Well, no$7$ ~~ since, from
011:212,04[B  ]| the moment I recognise she will$1$ never deliver my goods
011:212,05[B  ]| I do not quite see where I stand or how I can improve
011:212,06[B  ]| her."
011:212,07[E  ]| "Oh, you certainly can not improve her!" 
011:212,07['  ]| Valentin
011:212,08['  ]| gaily cried.
011:212,09['  ]| Newman looked at him a moment. 
011:212,09[B  ]| "I should like$1$
011:212,10[B  ]| then to$9$ improve \you\. I guess at any rate you had
011:212,11[B  ]| better leave her alone."
011:212,12[E  ]| "Oh, oh, oh!" 
011:212,12['  ]| his companion exclaimed, at this,
011:212,13['  ]| with an accent that$6#1$ made him pull up$5$. 
011:212,13[E  ]| "Do you
011:212,14[E  ]| mean, my dear fellow, that$3$ you warn me off?"
011:212,15['  ]| They had stopped a minute before, and he stood
011:212,16['  ]| there staring. 
011:212,16[B  ]| "Hanged if I do not believe you suppose
011:212,17[B  ]| I am afraid of you!"
011:212,18['  ]| Valentin had given a cock to$4$ his moustache, and
011:212,19['  ]| he stroked it an instant, meeting this exclamation
011:212,20['  ]| with a glance of some ambiguity and a smile just
011:212,21['  ]| slightly strained. 
011:212,21[E  ]| "Oh, I should not put it that$6#2$ way:
011:212,22[E  ]| you do not even yet know me enough to$9$ fear me!
011:212,23[E  ]| which$6#1$ gives you the advantage ~~ for$3$ you have yourself
011:212,24[E  ]| attitudes that$6#1$, I confess, make me tremble. I
011:212,25[E  ]| think you are afraid, at most," 
011:212,25['  ]| he continued, 
011:212,25[E  ]| "of my
011:212,26[E  ]| bad example."
011:212,27['  ]| Newman had again ~~ for$3$ he had had it before ~
011:212,28['  ]| a strange fine sense of something he would have called,
011:212,29['  ]| in$4$ relation to$4$ this brilliant friend, the waste of animadversion.
011:212,30@b   | It was somehow one with the accepted 
011:212,31@b   | economic need of keeping him pleasantly in$4$ view.
011:212,32@b   | Even to$9$ argue with him was somehow to$9$ misuse a
011:213,01@b   | luxury, and to$9$ think of him as perverse was somehow 
011:213,02@b   | to$9$ miss an occasion. 
011:213,02['  ]| No*one had ever given him
011:213,03['  ]| that$6#2$ impression, which$6#1$ he might have compared to$4$
011:213,04['  ]| the absolute pleasure, for$4$ the palate, of wine of the
011:213,05['  ]| highest savour. One did not put anything "into"
011:213,06['  ]| such a vintage and there was a way of handling the
011:213,07['  ]| very bottle. The grace of him, of Valentin, was all
011:213,08['  ]| precious, the growth of him all fortunate, the quantity
011:213,09['  ]| of him elsewhere all doubtless limited. 
011:213,09[B  ]| "I \might\
011:213,10[B  ]| perhaps have been a factor in$4$ that$6#2$ young lady's
011:213,11[B  ]| moral future," 
011:213,11['  ]| Newman presently said ~~ 
011:213,11[B  ]| "but I do not
011:213,12[B  ]| come in$5$ now. And evidently," 
011:213,12['  ]| he added 
011:213,12[B  ]| "you have
011:213,13[B  ]| no$2$ room for$4$ me in$4$ yours."
011:213,14['  ]| The young man gave a laugh, and the next moment,
011:213,15['  ]| arm in$4$ arm, they had resumed their walk. 
011:213,15[E  ]| "Oh,
011:213,16[E  ]| on$4$ the contrary," 
011:213,16['  ]| Valentin then replied; 
011:213,16[E  ]| "since what
011:213,17[E  ]| I want, precisely, is to$9$ keep it spacious and capacious
011:213,18[E  ]| ~~ at least on$4$ the scale, if you please, of my moral
011:213,19[E  ]| past; which$6#1$ indeed seems to$4$ me, when I look back
011:213,20[E  ]| on$4$ it, as boundless as the desert. It is a prospect that$6#1$,
011:213,21[E  ]| at all events, such figures as you and your wonderful
011:213,22[E  ]| friends help to$9$ people. And I may say about \them\,"
011:213,23['  ]| he went on$5$, 
011:213,23[E  ]| "that$3$ I should like$1$ really ~~ in$4$ the interest
011:213,24[E  ]| of the impression that$6#1$ I confess the young lady
011:213,25[E  ]| makes on$4$ me ~~ to$9$ propose to$4$ you a fair agreement."
011:213,26['  ]| On$4$ which$6#1$, amusedly enough, Newman debated as
011:213,27['  ]| they went. 
011:213,27[B  ]| "That$3$ I shall shut my eyes to$4$ what you
011:213,28[B  ]| want to$9$ do?"
011:213,29[E  ]| "Well, yes ~~ say I may expect you will$1$ shut them
011:213,30[E  ]| to$4$ me as soon as I shall find you have opened them to$4$
011:213,31[E  ]| the grand manner in$4$ which$6#1$ your old gentleman \is\ a 
011:213,32[E  ]| man of the world. You will$1$ be obliged, I am convinced,
011:214,01[E  ]| to$9$ recognise it, and I only ask you to$9$ let me know, in$4$
011:214,02[E  ]| all honesty, when you have done so$5#2$."
011:214,03[B  ]| "So$3$ that$3$ \you\, in$4$ all honesty ~?"
011:214,04[E  ]| "Well, call it in$4$ all delicacy!" 
011:214,04['  ]| Valentin suggested.
011:214,05['  ]| Newman continued to$9$ wonder. 
011:214,05[B  ]| "May have a free
011:214,06[B  ]| hand ~?"
011:214,07[E  ]| "Without your being shocked," 
011:214,07['  ]| the young man
011:214,08['  ]| gracefully said.
011:214,09['  ]| But it only made our friend rather quaintly groan.
011:214,10[B  ]| "I think it is your delicacies, all round, that$6#1$ shock
011:214,11[B  ]| me most!"
011:214,12[E  ]| "Ah, do not say," 
011:214,12['  ]| Valentin pleaded, 
011:214,12[E  ]| "that$3$ I am not
011:214,13[E  ]| at the worst a man of duty! See for$4$ yourself!" 
011:214,13['  ]| His
011:214,14['  ]| English cousins had come into view, and he advanced
011:214,15['  ]| gallantly to$9$ meet the lady in$4$ the green crape bonnet.
012:215,01['  ]| Coming in$4$ toward evening, three days after his introduction
012:215,02['  ]| to$4$ the family of Madame*de*Cintre=, Newman
012:215,03['  ]| found on$4$ his table the card of the Marquis*de*Bellegarde.
012:215,04['  ]| On$4$ the following day he received a note
012:215,05['  ]| informing him that$3$ 
012:215,05@d   | this gentleman's mother requested
012:215,06@d   | the pleasure of his company at dinner. 
012:215,06['  ]| He went of
012:215,07['  ]| course, though he had first to$9$ disengage himself from
012:215,08['  ]| appeals that$6#1$ struck him as in$4$ comparison the babble
012:215,09['  ]| of vain things. He was ushered into the room in$4$ which$6#1$
012:215,10['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde had received him before, and
012:215,11['  ]| here he found his venerable hostess surrounded by$4$
012:215,12['  ]| her entire family. The room was lighted only by$4$ the
012:215,13['  ]| crackling fire, which$6#1$ illumined the very small pink
012:215,14['  ]| shoes of a lady who$6#1$, from a low chair, stretched
012:215,15['  ]| out her toes to$4$ it. This lady was the younger Madame*de*Bellegarde,
012:215,16['  ]| always less effectively present,
012:215,17['  ]| somehow, than perceptibly posted. Madame*de*Cintre=,
012:215,18['  ]| not posted at all, but oh so$5#1$ present, was seated at
012:215,19['  ]| the other end of the room, holding a little girl against
012:215,20['  ]| her knee, the child of her brother Urbain, to$4$ whom
012:215,21['  ]| she was apparently relating a wonderful story. Valentin
012:215,22['  ]| had perched on$4$ a puff close to$4$ his sister-in-law,
012:215,23['  ]| into whose ear he was certainly distilling the finest
012:215,24['  ]| nonsense. The Marquis was stationed before the
012:215,25['  ]| chimney, his head erect and his hands behind him in$4$
012:215,26['  ]| an attitude of formal expectancy.
012:216,01['  ]| The old Marquise stood up$5$ to$9$ give Newman her
012:216,02['  ]| greeting, and there was that$6#2$ in$4$ the way she did so$6#2$
012:216,03['  ]| which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ measure narrowly the quantity of
012:216,04['  ]| importance such a demonstration might appear to$9$
012:216,05['  ]| attach to$4$ him. 
012:216,05[C  ]| "We are all alone, you see; we have
012:216,06[C  ]| asked no*one else," 
012:216,06['  ]| she said austerely.
012:216,07[B  ]| "I am very glad you did not; this is much more
012:216,08[B  ]| sociable. I wish you good-evening, sir" 
012:216,08['  ]| ~~ and Newman
012:216,09['  ]| offered his hand to$4$ the Marquis.
012:216,10['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde was affable, yet in$4$ spite of his
012:216,11['  ]| dignity was restless. He changed his place, fidgeted
012:216,12['  ]| about, looked out of the long windows, took up$5$ books
012:216,13['  ]| and laid them down again. Young Madame*de*Bellegarde
012:216,14['  ]| gave their guest her hand without moving and
012:216,15['  ]| without looking at him.
012:216,16[E  ]| "You may think that$6#2$ is coldness," 
012:216,16['  ]| Valentin freely
012:216,17['  ]| explained; 
012:216,17[E  ]| "but it is not, it is the last confidence, and
012:216,18[E  ]| you will$1$ grow up$5$ to$4$ it. It shows she is treating you
012:216,19[E  ]| as an intimate. Now she detests me, and yet she is
012:216,20[E  ]| always looking at me."
012:216,21[L  ]| "No$2$ wonder I detest you if I am always looking at
012:216,22[L  ]| you!" 
012:216,22['  ]| cried the lady. 
012:216,22[L  ]| "If Mr%*Newman does not
012:216,23[L  ]| like$1$ my way of shaking hands I will$1$ do it for$4$ him
012:216,24[L  ]| again."
012:216,25['  ]| But this charming privilege was lost on$4$ our hero
012:216,26['  ]| who$6#1$ was already making his way over to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=.
012:216,27['  ]| She raised her eyes to$4$ him as she accepted
012:216,28['  ]| from him the customary form, but she went on$5$ with
012:216,29['  ]| the story she was telling her little niece. She had only
012:216,30['  ]| two or three phrases to$9$ add, but they were apparently
012:216,31['  ]| of great moment. She deepened her voice, smiling
012:216,32['  ]| as she did so$5#2$, and the little girl immensely gazed at
012:217,01['  ]| her. 
012:217,01[A  ]| "But in$4$ the end the young prince married the
012:217,02[A  ]| beautiful Florabella, and carried her off to$9$ live with
012:217,03[A  ]| him in$4$ the Land*of*the*Pink*Sky. There she was so$5#1$
012:217,04[A  ]| happy that$3$ she forgot all her troubles and went out
012:217,05[A  ]| to$9$ drive every day of her life in$4$ an ivory coach drawn
012:217,06[A  ]| by$4$ five*hundred white mice. Poor Florabella," 
012:217,06['  ]| she
012:217,07['  ]| mentioned to$4$ Newman, 
012:217,07[A  ]| "had suffered terribly."
012:217,08[V  ]| "She had had nothing to$9$ eat for$4$ six months," 
012:217,08['  ]| said
012:217,09['  ]| little Blanche.
012:217,10[A  ]| "Yes, but when the six months were over she had
012:217,11[A  ]| a plum-cake as big as that$6#2$ ottoman," 
012:217,11['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
012:217,12['  ]| insisted. 
012:217,12[A  ]| "That$6#2$ quite set her up$5$ again."
012:217,13[B  ]| "What a strong constitution and what a chequered
012:217,14[B  ]| career!" 
012:217,14['  ]| said Newman. 
012:217,14[B  ]| "Are you very fond of children?"
012:217,15['  ]| He was certain she must be, but wished to$9$
012:217,16['  ]| make her say it.
012:217,17[A  ]| "I like$1$ to$9$ talk with them; we can talk with them
012:217,18[A  ]| so$5#1$ much more seriously than with grown persons.
012:217,19[A  ]| That$6#2$ is great nonsense I have been telling Blanche, but
012:217,20[A  ]| it has much more value than most of what we say in$4$
012:217,21[A  ]| society."
012:217,22[B  ]| "I wish you would talk to$4$ me then as if I were
012:217,23[B  ]| Blanche's age," 
012:217,23['  ]| Newman laughed. 
012:217,23[B  ]| "Were you happy
012:217,24[B  ]| at your ball the other night?"
012:217,25[A  ]| "Extravagantly!"
012:217,26[B  ]| "Now you are talking the nonsense that$6#1$ we talk in$4$
012:217,27[B  ]| society," 
012:217,27['  ]| said Newman. 
012:217,27[B  ]| "I do not believe that$6#2$."
012:217,28[A  ]| "It was my own fault if I was not happy. The ball
012:217,29[A  ]| was very pretty and every*one very amiable."
012:217,30[B  ]| "It was on$4$ your conscience," 
012:217,30['  ]| he presently risked,
012:217,31[B  ]| "that$3$ you had annoyed your mother and your
012:217,32[B  ]| brother."
012:218,01['  ]| She looked at him a moment in$4$ silence. 
012:218,01[A  ]| "That$6#2$ is
012:218,02[A  ]| possible ~~ I had undertaken more than I could carry
012:218,03[A  ]| out. I have very little courage; I am not a heroine."
012:218,04['  ]| She said this, he could feel, to$9$ be very true with him;
012:218,05['  ]| and it touched him as if she had pressed into his hand,
012:218,06['  ]| for$4$ reminder, some note she had scrawled or some
012:218,07['  ]| ribbon or ring she had worn. Then changing her
012:218,08['  ]| tone, 
012:218,08[A  ]| "I could never have gone through the sufferings
012:218,09[A  ]| of the beautiful Florabella," 
012:218,09['  ]| she added, 
012:218,09[A  ]| "not even
012:218,10[A  ]| for$4$ her prospective rewards."
012:218,11['  ]| Dinner was announced and he betook himself to$4$
012:218,12['  ]| the side of old Madame*de*Bellegarde. The dining-room,
012:218,13['  ]| at the end of a cold corridor, was vast and sombre;
012:218,14['  ]| the dinner was simple and delicately excellent.
012:218,15['  ]| Newman wondered 
012:218,15@b   | if the daughter of the house had
012:218,16@b   | had to$9$ do with ordering the repast, 
012:218,16['  ]| and, with a fine
012:218,17['  ]| applied power of remote projection, 
012:218,17@b   | hoped this might
012:218,18@b   | have been. 
012:218,18['  ]| Once seated at table, with the various
012:218,19['  ]| members of so$5#1$ rigidly closed a circle round him, he
012:218,20['  ]| asked himself the meaning of his position. 
012:218,20@b   | Was the
012:218,21@b   | old lady responding to$4$ his advances? Did the fact
012:218,22@b   | that$3$ he was a solitary guest augment his credit or
012:218,23@b   | diminish it? Were they ashamed to$9$ show him to$4$ other
012:218,24@b   | people or did they wish to$9$ give him a sign of sudden
012:218,25@b   | adoption into their last reserve of favour? 
012:218,25['  ]| He was
012:218,26['  ]| on$4$ his guard; he was watchful and conjectural, yet
012:218,27['  ]| at the same time he was vaguely indifferent. 
012:218,27@b   | Whether
012:218,28@b   | they gave him a long rope or a short he was there now,
012:218,29@b   | and Madame*de*Cintre= was opposite him. She had
012:218,30@b   | a tall candlestick on$4$ each side of her; she would sit
012:218,31@b   | there for$4$ the next hour, and that$6#2$ was enough. 
012:218,31['  ]| The
012:218,32['  ]| dinner was extremely solemn and measured; he wondered
012:219,01@b   | if this was always the state of things in$4$ old families.
012:219,02@b   | Madame*de*Bellegarde held her head very high
012:219,03@b   | and fixed her eyes, which$6#1$ looked peculiarly sharp in$4$
012:219,04@b   | her little finely-wrinkled white face, very intently on$4$
012:219,05@b   | the table service. The Marquis appeared to$9$ have
012:219,06@b   | decided that$3$ the fine arts offered a safe subject of
012:219,07@b   | conversation, as not leading to$4$ uncouth personal revelations.
012:219,08['  ]| Every now and then, having learned from
012:219,09['  ]| Newman that$3$ he had been through the museums of
012:219,10['  ]| Europe, he uttered some polished aphorism on$4$ the
012:219,11['  ]| flesh-tints of Rubens or the good taste of Sansovino.
012:219,12['  ]| He struck his guest as precautionary, as apprehensive; 
012:219,13@b   | his manner seemed to$9$ indicate a fine nervous
012:219,14@b   | dread that$3$ something disagreeable might happen if
012:219,15@b   | the atmosphere were not kept clear of stray currents
012:219,16@b   | from windows opened at hazard. "What under the
012:219,17@b   | sun is he afraid of?" 
012:219,17['  ]| Newman asked himself. 
012:219,17@b   | "Does
012:219,18@b   | he think I am going to$9$ offer to$9$ swap jack-knives with
012:219,19@b   | him?" It was useless to$9$ shut his eyes to$4$ the fact that$3$
012:219,20@b   | the Marquis was as disagreeable to$4$ him as some
012:219,21@b   | queer, rare, possibly dangerous biped, perturbingly
012:219,22@b   | akin to$4$ humanity, in$4$ one of the cages of a "show."
012:219,23['  ]| He had never been a man of strong personal aversions; 
012:219,24['  ]| his nerves had not been at the mercy of the
012:219,25['  ]| mystical qualities of his neighbours. 
012:219,25@b   | But here was
012:219,26@b   | a figure in$4$ respect to$4$ which$6#1$ he was irresistibly in$4$ opposition;
012:219,27@b   | a figure of forms and phrases and postures;
012:219,28@b   | a figure of possible impertinences and treacheries.
012:219,29['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde made him feel as if he were standing
012:219,30['  ]| barefooted on$4$ a marble floor; and yet to$9$ gain his
012:219,31['  ]| desire, he felt perfectly able to$9$ stand. He asked himself
012:219,32@b   | what Madame*de*Cintre= thought of his being
012:220,01@b   | accepted ~~ if it was acceptance that$6#1$ was thus conveyed
012:220,02@b   | to$4$ him. There was no$2$ judging from her face,
012:220,03@b   | which$6#1$ expressed simply the desire to$9$ show kindness
012:220,04@b   | in$4$ a manner requiring as little explicit recognition as
012:220,05@b   | possible. Young Madame*de*Bellegarde had always
012:220,06@b   | the same manner; preoccupied, distracted, listening
012:220,07@b   | to$4$ everything and hearing nothing, looking at her
012:220,08@b   | dress, her rings, her finger-nails and seeming ineffably bored,
012:220,09@b   | she yet defied you to$9$ pronounce on$4$ her
012:220,10@b   | ideal of social diversion. 
012:220,10['  ]| Newman was enlightened
012:220,11['  ]| on$4$ this point later. 
012:220,11@b   | Even Valentin failed quite to$9$
012:220,12@b   | seem master of his wits; his vivacity was fitful and
012:220,13@b   | forced, 
012:220,13['  ]| but his friend 
012:220,13@b   | felt his firm eyes shine through
012:220,14@b   | the lapses of the talk very much as to$4$ the effect of
012:220,15@b   | one's being pinched by$4$ him very hard in$4$ the dark.
012:220,16['  ]| Newman himself, for$4$ the first time in$4$ his life, was \not\
012:220,17['  ]| himself; he measured his motions and counted his
012:220,18['  ]| words; he had the sense of 
012:220,18@b   | sitting in$4$ a boat that$6#1$ required
012:220,19@b   | inordinate trimming and that$6#1$ a wrong movement
012:220,20@b   | might cause to$9$ overturn.
012:220,21['  ]| After dinner M%*de*Bellegarde proposed the smoking-room
012:220,22['  ]| and led the way to$4$ a small and somewhat
012:220,23['  ]| musty apartment, the walls of which$6#1$ were ornamented
012:220,24['  ]| with old hangings of stamped leather and
012:220,25['  ]| trophies of rusty arms. Newman refused a cigar, but
012:220,26['  ]| established himself on$4$ one of the divans while the
012:220,27['  ]| Marquis puffed his own weed before the fireplace
012:220,28['  ]| and Valentin sat looking through the light fumes of
012:220,29['  ]| a cigarette from one to$4$ the other. 
012:220,29[E  ]| "I can not keep quiet
012:220,30[E  ]| any longer," 
012:220,30['  ]| this member of the family broke out at
012:220,31['  ]| last. 
012:220,31[E  ]| "I must tell you the news and congratulate you.
012:220,32[E  ]| My brother seems unable to$9$ come to$4$ the point; he
012:221,01[E  ]| revolves round his announcement even as the priest
012:221,02[E  ]| round the altar. You are accepted as a candidate for$4$
012:221,03[E  ]| the hand of our sister."
012:221,04[D  ]| "Valentin, be a little proper!" 
012:221,04['  ]| murmured the
012:221,05['  ]| Marquis, the bridge of whose high nose yielded to$4$
012:221,06['  ]| a fold of fine irritation.
012:221,07[E  ]| "There has been a family council," 
012:221,07['  ]| his brother
012:221,08['  ]| nevertheless continued; 
012:221,08[E  ]| "my mother and he have
012:221,09[E  ]| put their heads together, and even my testimony
012:221,10[E  ]| has not been altogether excluded. My mother and
012:221,11[E  ]| Urbain sat at a table covered with green cloth; my
012:221,12[E  ]| sister-in-law and I were on$4$ a bench against the wall.
012:221,13[E  ]| It was like$4$ a committee at the Corps*Le=gislatif. We
012:221,14[E  ]| were called up$5$ one after the other to$9$ testify. We spoke
012:221,15[E  ]| of you very handsomely. Madame*de*Bellegarde
012:221,16[E  ]| said that$3$ if she had not been told who$6#1$ you were she would
012:221,17[E  ]| have taken you for$4$ a duke ~~ an American duke, the
012:221,18[E  ]| Duke*of*California. I said I could warrant you grateful
012:221,19[E  ]| for$4$ the smallest favours ~~ modest, humble, unassuming.
012:221,20[E  ]| I was sure you would know your own place
012:221,21[E  ]| always and never give us occasion to$9$ remind you of
012:221,22[E  ]| certain differences. You could not help it, after all,
012:221,23[E  ]| if you had not come in$5$ for$4$ a dukedom. There were
012:221,24[E  ]| none in$4$ your country; but if there had been it was
012:221,25[E  ]| certain that$3$ with your energy and ability you would have
012:221,26[E  ]| got the pick of the honours. At this point I was
012:221,27[E  ]| ordered to$9$ sit down, but I think I made an impression
012:221,28[E  ]| in$4$ your favour."
012:221,29['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde looked at his brother as Newman
012:221,30['  ]| had seen those unfortunates looked at who$6#1$ have
012:221,31['  ]| told, before waiting auditors, stories of no$2$ effect.
012:221,32['  ]| Then he removed a spark of cigar-ashes from the
012:222,01['  ]| sleeve of his coat; he fixed his eyes for$4$ a while on$4$
012:222,02['  ]| the cornice of the room, and at last he inserted one
012:222,03['  ]| of his white hands into the breast of his waistcoat.
012:222,04[D  ]| "I must apologise to$4$ you for$4$ Valentin's inveterate
012:222,05[D  ]| bad taste, as well as notify you that$3$ this is probably
012:222,06[D  ]| not the last time that$3$ his want of tact will$1$ cause you
012:222,07[D  ]| serious embarrassment."
012:222,08[E  ]| "No$7$, I confess, I have no$2$ tact," 
012:222,08['  ]| said Valentin. 
012:222,08[E  ]| "Is
012:222,09[E  ]| your embarrassment really serious, Newman? Urbain
012:222,10[E  ]| will$1$ put you right again; he will$1$ know just how you
012:222,11[E  ]| feel."
012:222,12[D  ]| "My brother, I am sorry to$9$ say," 
012:222,12['  ]| the Marquis
012:222,13['  ]| pursued, 
012:222,13[D  ]| "has never had the real sense of his duties
012:222,14[D  ]| or his opportunities ~~ of what one must after all call
012:222,15[D  ]| his position. It has been a great pain to$4$ his mother,
012:222,16[D  ]| who$6#1$ is very fond of the old traditions. But you must
012:222,17[D  ]| remember that$3$ he speaks for$4$ no*one but himself."
012:222,18[B  ]| "Oh, I do not mind him, sir" 
012:222,18['  ]| ~~ Newman was all
012:222,19['  ]| good-humour. 
012:222,19[B  ]| "I know what the Valentines of this
012:222,20[B  ]| world amount to$4$."
012:222,21[E  ]| "In$4$ the good old times," 
012:222,21['  ]| the young man said,
012:222,22[E  ]| "Marquises and counts used to$9$ have their appointed
012:222,23[E  ]| buffoons and jesters to$9$ crack jokes for$4$ them. Nowadays
012:222,24[E  ]| we see a great strapping democrat keeping
012:222,25[E  ]| one of ""us,"" as Urbain would say, about him to$9$ play
012:222,26[E  ]| the fool. It is a good situation, but I certainly am very
012:222,27[E  ]| degenerate."
012:222,28['  ]| The Marquis fixed his eyes for$4$ some time on$4$ the
012:222,29['  ]| floor. 
012:222,29[D  ]| "My mother has let me know," 
012:222,29['  ]| he presently
012:222,30['  ]| resumed, 
012:222,30[D  ]| "of the announcement that$6#1$ you made her
012:222,31[D  ]| the other evening."
012:222,32[B  ]| "That$3$ I want so$5#1$ much to$9$ marry your sister?"
012:223,01[D  ]| "That$3$ you desire to$9$ approach the Comtesse*de*Cintre= 
012:223,02[D  ]| with that$6#2$ idea, and ask of us therefore your
012:223,03[D  ]| facility for$4$ so$5#2$ doing. The proposal gave my mother
012:223,04[D  ]| ~~ you can perhaps even yourself imagine ~~ a great
012:223,05[D  ]| deal to$9$ think about. She naturally took me into her
012:223,06[D  ]| counsels, and the subject has had my most careful
012:223,07[D  ]| attention. There was a great deal to$9$ be considered;
012:223,08[D  ]| more than you perhaps appear to$9$ conceive. We
012:223,09[D  ]| have viewed the question on$4$ all its faces, we have,
012:223,10[D  ]| weighed one thing against another. Our conclusion
012:223,11[D  ]| has been that$3$ we see no$2$ reason to$9$ oppose your pretension
012:223,12[D  ]| ~~ though of course the matter, the question of 
012:223,13[D  ]| your success, rests mainly with yourself. My mother
012:223,14[D  ]| has wished me to$9$ inform you then of our favourable
012:223,15[D  ]| attitude. She will$1$ have the honour of saying a few
012:223,16[D  ]| words to$4$ you on$4$ the subject herself. Meanwhile you
012:223,17[D  ]| have our sanction, as heads of the family."
012:223,18['  ]| Newman got up$5$ and came nearer. 
012:223,18[B  ]| "You personally
012:223,19[B  ]| will$1$ do all you can to$9$ back me up$5$, eh?"
012:223,20[D  ]| "I engage to$4$ you to$9$ throw my weight into the scale
012:223,21[D  ]| of your success."
012:223,22['  ]| Newman passed his hand over his face and pressed
012:223,23['  ]| it for$4$ a moment upon$4$ his eyes. 
012:223,23@b   | This promise had
012:223,24@b   | a great sound, and yet the pleasure he took in$4$ it was
012:223,25@b   | embittered by$4$ his having to$9$ stand there so$5#2$ and receive,
012:223,26['  ]| as he might say, 
012:223,26@b   | this prodigious person's
012:223,27@b   | damned permission. The idea of having the elder
012:223,28@b   | M%*de*Bellegarde mixed up$5$ with his wooing and
012:223,29@b   | wedding was more and more unpleasant to$4$ him.
012:223,30['  ]| But he had resolved to$9$ 
012:223,30@b   | go through the mill, 
012:223,30['  ]| as he
012:223,31['  ]| had imaged it, 
012:223,31@b   | and he would not cry out at the first
012:223,32@b   | turn of the wheel. 
012:223,32['  ]| He was silent a while and then
012:224,01['  ]| said with a certain dryness which$6#1$ Valentin told him
012:224,02['  ]| afterwards 
012:224,02@e   | had a very grand air: 
012:224,02[B  ]| "I am much obliged
012:224,03[B  ]| to$4$ you."
012:224,04[E  ]| "I take note of the promise," 
012:224,04['  ]| said Valentin; 
012:224,04[E  ]| "I
012:224,05[E  ]| register the vow."
012:224,06['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde began to$9$ gaze at the cornice
012:224,07['  ]| again; he apparently had more to$9$ say. 
012:224,07[D  ]| "I must do
012:224,08[D  ]| my mother the justice, I must do myself the justice
012:224,09[D  ]| to$9$ make the point that$3$ our decision was not easy.
012:224,10[D  ]| Such an arrangement was not what we had expected.
012:224,11[D  ]| The idea that$3$ my sister should marry a gentleman
012:224,12[D  ]| so$5#1$ intimately involved in$4$ ~~ a ~~ business, was something
012:224,13[D  ]| of a novelty."
012:224,14[E  ]| "So$5#2$ I told you, you know!" 
012:224,14['  ]| Valentin recalled to$4$
012:224,15['  ]| Newman with a fine admonitory finger.
012:224,16[D  ]| "The incongruity has not quite worn off, I confess,"
012:224,17['  ]| the Marquis went on$5$; 
012:224,17[D  ]| "perhaps it never will$1$ entirely.
012:224,18[D  ]| But possibly that$6#2$ is not altogether to$9$ be regretted;"
012:224,19['  ]| and he went through that$6#2$ odd dim form of a smile
012:224,20['  ]| that$6#1$ affected his guest as the scraping of a match that$6#1$
012:224,21['  ]| does not light. 
012:224,21[D  ]| "It may be that$3$ the time has come
012:224,22[D  ]| when we should make some concession to$4$ the spirit
012:224,23[D  ]| of the day. There had been no$2$ such positive sacrifice
012:224,24[D  ]| in$4$ our house for$4$ a great many years. I made the remark
012:224,25[D  ]| to$4$ my mother, and she did me the honour to$9$ admit
012:224,26[D  ]| that$3$ it was worthy of attention."
012:224,27[E  ]| "My dear brother," 
012:224,27['  ]| interrupted Valentin, 
012:224,27[E  ]| "is not
012:224,28[E  ]| your memory just here leading you the least bit
012:224,29[E  ]| astray? Our mother is, I may say, distinguished by$4$
012:224,30[E  ]| her small respect for$4$ abstract reasoning. Are you
012:224,31[E  ]| very sure she replied to$4$ your striking proposition in$4$
012:224,32[E  ]| the gracious manner you describe? You know how,
012:225,01[E  ]| when it suits her, she goes straight to$4$ the point ~
012:225,02[E  ]| \9au 9pas 9de 9charge\! Did not she rather do you the
012:225,03[E  ]| honour to$9$ say: ""A fiddlestick for$4$ your fine phrases!
012:225,04[E  ]| There are better reasons than that$6#2$""?"
012:225,05[D  ]| "Other reasons were discussed," 
012:225,05['  ]| said the Marquis
012:225,06['  ]| without looking at Valentin, but with a slightly more
012:225,07['  ]| nasal pitch; 
012:225,07[D  ]| "some of them possibly were better.
012:225,08[D  ]| We are highly conservative, Mr%*Newman, but we
012:225,09[D  ]| have never, I trust, been stupidly narrow. We are
012:225,10[D  ]| judging this so$5#1$ interesting question on$4$ its merits only.
012:225,11[D  ]| We have no$2$ doubt we shall be fully justified. We have
012:225,12[D  ]| no$2$ doubt everything will$1$ be comfortable."
012:225,13['  ]| Newman had stood listening to$4$ these remarks
012:225,14['  ]| with his arms folded and his eyes fastened on$4$ the
012:225,15['  ]| speaker. 
012:225,15[B  ]| "Justified?" 
012:225,15['  ]| he echoed with his way of
012:225,16['  ]| putting rather less than more sense into words he
012:225,17['  ]| repeated. 
012:225,17[B  ]| "Why should not we be? I assure you
012:225,18[B  ]| I have no$2$ fear for$4$ myself. Why should not we be comfortable?
012:225,19[B  ]| If you are not it will$1$ be your own fault.
012:225,20[B  ]| I have everything to$9$ make \me\ so$5#2$."
012:225,21[E  ]| "My brother means that$3$ with the lapse of time
012:225,22[E  ]| you may get used to$4$ the difference." 
012:225,22['  ]| And Valentin
012:225,23['  ]| paused to$9$ light another cigarette.
012:225,24[B  ]| "What difference?" 
012:225,24['  ]| Newman unimaginatively
012:225,25['  ]| asked.
012:225,26[E  ]| "Urbain," 
012:225,26['  ]| said Valentin very gravely, 
012:225,26[E  ]| "I am afraid
012:225,27[E  ]| that$3$ Mr%*Newman does not quite realise the difference.
012:225,28[E  ]| We ought to$9$ insist on$4$ that$6#2$."
012:225,29[D  ]| "My brother goes too far," 
012:225,29['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde
012:225,30['  ]| observed to$4$ Newman. 
012:225,30[D  ]| "He has no$2$ nice sense of
012:225,31[D  ]| what should not be said. It is my mother's wish and
012:225,32[D  ]| mine that$3$ no$2$ comparisons should be made. Pray
012:226,01[D  ]| never make them yourself. We prefer to$9$ assume
012:226,02[D  ]| that$3$ the person accepted as the possible husband of
012:226,03[D  ]| my sister is one of ourselves, and that$3$ he should feel
012:226,04[D  ]| no$2$ explanations necessary. With a little tact on$4$ both
012:226,05[D  ]| sides everything ought to$9$ be easy. That$6#2$ is exactly
012:226,06[D  ]| what I wished to$9$ say ~~ that$3$ we quite understand
012:226,07[D  ]| what we have undertaken and that$3$ you may depend on$4$
012:226,08[D  ]| our not breaking down."
012:226,09['  ]| Valentin shook his hands in$4$ the air and then
012:226,10['  ]| buried his face in$4$ them. 
012:226,10[E  ]| "I do not quite steer clear
012:226,11[E  ]| myself, no$2$ doubt, but oh, my brother, if you knew
012:226,12[E  ]| what \you\ are saying!" 
012:226,12['  ]| And he went off into a sound
012:226,13['  ]| that$6#1$ combined a long laugh with a long wail.
012:226,14['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde's face flushed a little, but he
012:226,15['  ]| held his head higher, as if to$9$ repudiate this concession
012:226,16['  ]| to$4$ vulgar perturbability. 
012:226,16[D  ]| "I am sure you quite know
012:226,17[D  ]| what I mean," 
012:226,17['  ]| he said to$4$ Newman.
012:226,18[B  ]| "Oh no$7$, not quite ~~ or perhaps not at all," 
012:226,18['  ]| Newman
012:226,19['  ]| answered. 
012:226,19[B  ]| "But you need not mind that$6#2$. I
012:226,20[B  ]| do not care whether I know ~~ or even, really, care,
012:226,21[B  ]| I think, what you say; for$3$ if I did there might be
012:226,22[B  ]| things I should not like$1$, should in$4$ fact, quite \dis\like$4$,
012:226,23[B  ]| and that$6#2$ would not suit me at all, you know. I want,
012:226,24[B  ]| very originally, no$2$ doubt, but very obstinately, to$9$
012:226,25[B  ]| marry your sister and nobody other whomsoever ~
012:226,26[B  ]| that$6#2$ is all; to$9$ do it as quickly as possible and to$9$ do
012:226,27[B  ]| as little else among you besides. I do not care therefore
012:226,28[B  ]| \how\ I do it ~~ as regards the rest of you! And
012:226,29[B  ]| that$6#2$ is all I have to$9$ say."
012:226,30[D  ]| "You had better, nevertheless, receive the last
012:226,31[D  ]| word from my mother," 
012:226,31['  ]| said the Marquis, who$6#1$
012:226,32['  ]| had not blanched.
012:227,01[B  ]| "Very good; I will$1$ go and get it." 
012:227,01['  ]| And Newman
012:227,02['  ]| prepared to$9$ return to$4$ the drawing-room.
012:227,03['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde made a motion for$4$ him to$9$ pass
012:227,04['  ]| first, and on$4$ his doing so$5#2$ shut himself into the room
012:227,05['  ]| with Valentin. Newman had been a trifle bewildered
012:227,06['  ]| by$4$ the free play of his friend's wit and had not needed
012:227,07['  ]| its aid to$9$ feel the limits of the elder brother's. 
012:227,07@b   | That$6#2$
012:227,08@b   | was what he had heard of as patronage ~~ 
012:227,08['  ]| a great
012:227,09['  ]| historic and traditionary force that$6#1$ he now personally
012:227,10['  ]| encountered for$4$ the first time in$4$ his life.
012:227,11@b   | Did not it consist in$4$ calling your attention to$4$ the
012:227,12@b   | impertinences it spared you? 
012:227,12['  ]| But he had recognised
012:227,13['  ]| all the bravery of Valentin's backing that$6#1$ underlay
012:227,14['  ]| Valentin's comedy, and he was unwilling so$5#1$ fine a 
012:227,15['  ]| comedian should pay a tax on$4$ it. He paused a moment
012:227,16['  ]| in$4$ the corridor, after he had gone a few steps, expecting
012:227,17['  ]| to$9$ hear the resonance of M%*de*Bellegarde's
012:227,18['  ]| displeasure; but he detected only a perfect stillness.
012:227,19['  ]| The stillness itself seemed a trifle portentous; he
012:227,20['  ]| reflected, however, that$3$ 
012:227,20@b   | he had no$2$ right to$9$ stand
012:227,21@b   | listening 
012:227,21['  ]| and made his way back to$4$ the salon. In$4$ his 
012:227,22['  ]| absence several persons had come in$5$. They were
012:227,23['  ]| scattered about the room in$4$ groups, two or three of
012:227,24['  ]| them having passed into a small boudoir, next to$4$
012:227,25['  ]| the drawing-room, which$6#1$ had now been lighted and
012:227,26['  ]| opened. Madame*de*Bellegarde was in$4$ her place
012:227,27['  ]| by$4$ the fire, talking to$4$ an antique gentleman in$4$ a wig
012:227,28['  ]| and a profuse white neckcloth of the fashion of 1820.
012:227,29['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= had bent a listening head to$4$ the
012:227,30['  ]| historic confidences of an old lady who$6#1$ was presumably
012:227,31['  ]| the wife of this personage, an old lady in$4$
012:227,32['  ]| a red satin dress and an ermine cape, whose forehead
012:228,01['  ]| was adorned with a topaz set in$4$ a velvet band. The
012:228,02['  ]| young Marquise, when he came in$5$, left some people
012:228,03['  ]| among whom she was sitting and took the place she
012:228,04['  ]| had occupied before dinner. Then she gave a little
012:228,05['  ]| push to$4$ the puff that$6#1$ stood near her and seemed to$9$
012:228,06['  ]| indicate by$4$ a glance that$3$ she had placed it in$4$ position
012:228,07['  ]| for$4$ him. 
012:228,07['  ]| He went and took possession of it; 
012:228,07@b   | the
012:228,08@b   | young Marquise amused and puzzled him. 
012:228,09[L  ]| "I know your secret," 
012:228,09['  ]| she said in$4$ her bad but
012:228,10['  ]| charming English; 
012:228,10[L  ]| "you need make no$2$ mystery of it.
012:228,11[L  ]| You wish to$9$ marry my sister-in-law. \9C'est 9un 9beau 
012:228,12[L  ]| 9choix\. A man like$4$ you ought in$4$ effect to$9$ marry a very
012:228,13[L  ]| tall and very thin woman. You must know that$3$ I have
012:228,14[L  ]| spoken in$4$ your favour, I am really on$4$ your side and
012:228,15[L  ]| in$4$ your interest. You owe me a famous taper!"
012:228,16[B  ]| "You have spoken well of me to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=?"
012:228,17['  ]| Newman asked.
012:228,18[L  ]| "Oh no$7$, not that$6#2$. You may think it strange, but
012:228,19[L  ]| my sister-in-law and I are not so$5#1$ intimate as that$6#2$.
012:228,20[L  ]| Taking my courage in$4$ my hands, I put in$5$ my word
012:228,21[L  ]| for$4$ you to$4$ my husband and to$4$ my mother-in-law.
012:228,22[L  ]| I said I was sure we could do what we choose with
012:228,23[L  ]| you."
012:228,24[B  ]| "I am much obliged to$4$ you," 
012:228,24['  ]| laughed Newman,
012:228,25[B  ]| "but I guess you will$1$ find you can not."
012:228,26[L  ]| "I know that$6#2$ very well; I did not believe a word of
012:228,27[L  ]| it. But I wanted you to$9$ come into the house; I thought
012:228,28[L  ]| we should be friends."
012:228,20[B  ]| "I am very sure of it," 
012:228,20['  ]| said Newman.
012:228,30[L  ]| "Do not be too sure. If you like$1$ the Comtesse so$5#1$
012:228,31[L  ]| much perhaps you will$1$ not like$1$ me. We are as different ~
012:228,32[L  ]| well, as this fan and that$6#2$ poker. But you and
012:229,01[L  ]| I have something in$4$ common. I have come into this
012:229,02[L  ]| family by$4$ marriage; you want to$9$ come into it in$4$ the
012:229,03[L  ]| same way."
012:229,04[B  ]| "Oh no$7$, I do not want to$9$ come into it at all," 
012:229,04['  ]| he
012:229,05['  ]| interrupted ~~ 
012:229,05[B  ]| "not a wee mite! I only want to$9$ take
012:229,06[B  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= out of it."
012:229,07[L  ]| "Well, to$9$ cast your nets you have to$9$ go into the
012:229,08[L  ]| water. Our positions are alike; we shall be able to$9$
012:229,09[L  ]| compare notes. What do you think of my husband?
012:229,10[L  ]| It is a strange question, is not it? But I shall ask you
012:229,11[L  ]| some stranger ones yet."
012:229,12[B  ]| "Perhaps a stranger one will$1$ be easier to$9$ answer,"
012:229,13['  ]| Newman said. 
012:229,13[B  ]| "You might try me."
012:229,14[L  ]| "Oh, you get off very well; the old Comte*de*la*Rochefide`le,
012:229,15[L  ]| yonder, could not do it better. I told
012:229,16[L  ]| them that$3$ if we only gave you a chance you would be one
012:229,17[L  ]| of our \9plus 9fins 9causeurs\. I know something about
012:229,18[L  ]| men. Besides, you and I belong to$4$ the same camp.
012:229,19[L  ]| I am a ferocious modern. I am more modern than
012:229,20[L  ]| you, you know ~~ because I have been \through\ this
012:229,21[L  ]| and come out, very far out; which$6#1$ you have not.
012:229,22[L  ]| Oh, you do not know what this is! \9Vous 9allez 9bien 
012:229,23[L  ]| 9voir\. By$4$ birth I am \9vielle 9roche\; a good little bit of
012:229,24[L  ]| the history of France is the history of my family.
012:229,25[L  ]| Oh, you never heard of us, of course! \9Ce 9que 9c'est
012:229,26[L  ]| 9que 9la 9gloire 9de 9race\. We are much better than the
012:229,27[L  ]| Bellegardes, at any rate. But I do not care a pin for$4$
012:229,28[L  ]| my pedigree ~~ I only want to$9$ belong to$4$ my time.
012:229,29[L  ]| So$3$, being a reactionary ~~ from the reaction ~~ I am
012:229,30[L  ]| sure I go beyond you. That$6#2$ is what you look, you
012:229,31[L  ]| know ~~ that$3$ you are not reactionary enough. But
012:229,32[L  ]| I like$1$ clever people, wherever they come from, and
012:230,01[L  ]| I take my amusement wherever I find it. I do not pout
012:230,02[L  ]| at the Empire; here all the world pouts at the Empire.
012:230,03[L  ]| Of course I have to$9$ mind what I say, but I expect
012:230,04[L  ]| to$9$ take my revenge with \you\." 
012:230,04['  ]| The little lady
012:230,05['  ]| discoursed for$4$ some time longer in$4$ this sympathetic
012:230,06['  ]| strain, with an eager abundance indicating that$3$ her
012:230,07['  ]| opportunities for$4$ revealing her esoteric philosophy
012:230,08['  ]| were indeed rare. 
012:230,08@l   | She hoped Newman would never
012:230,09@l   | be afraid of her, however he might be with the others,
012:230,10@l   | for$3$ really she went very far indeed. "Strong people"
012:230,11@l   | ~~ \9les 9gens 9forts\ ~~ were 
012:230,11['  ]| in$4$ her opinion 
012:230,11@l   | equal all the
012:230,12@l   | world over. 
012:230,12['  ]| Newman listened to$4$ her with an attention
012:230,13['  ]| at once beguiled and irritated. He wondered
012:230,14@b   | what the deuce she too was driving at, with her hope
012:230,15@b   | he would not be afraid of her and her protestations
012:230,16@b   | of equality. In$4$ so$5#1$ far as he could understand her she
012:230,17@b   | was wrong ~~ he did not admit her equality; a silly
012:230,18@b   | rattling woman was never on$4$ a level with a sensible
012:230,19@b   | man, a man preoccupied with an ambitious passion.
012:230,20['  ]| The young Marquise stopped suddenly and looked
012:230,21['  ]| at him sharply, shaking her fan. 
012:230,21[L  ]| "I see you do not
012:230,22[L  ]| believe me, you are too much on$4$ your guard. You
012:230,23[L  ]| will$1$ not form an alliance, offensive or defensive?
012:230,24[L  ]| You are very wrong; I could really help you."
012:230,25['  ]| Newman answered that$3$ 
012:230,25@b   | he was very grateful and
012:230,26@b   | that$3$ he would certainly ask for$4$ help; she should
012:230,27@b   | see. 
012:230,27[B  ]| "But first of all," 
012:230,27['  ]| he said, 
012:230,27[B  ]| "I must help myself."
012:230,28['  ]| And he went to$9$ join Madame*de*Cintre=.
012:230,29[A  ]| "I have been telling Madame*de*la*Rochefide`le that$3$
012:230,30[A  ]| you are an American," 
012:230,30['  ]| she said as he came up$5$. 
012:230,30[A  ]| "It
012:230,31[A  ]| interests her greatly. Her favourite uncle went over
012:230,32[A  ]| with the French troops to$9$ help you in$4$ your battles in$4$
012:231,01[A  ]| the last century, and she has always, in$4$ consequence,
012:231,02[A  ]| wanted greatly to$9$ see one of your people. But she has
012:231,03[A  ]| never succeeded till to-night. You are the first ~~ to$4$
012:231,04[A  ]| her knowledge ~~ that$6#1$ she has ever looked at."
012:231,05['  ]| Madame*de*la*Rochefide`le had an aged cadaverous
012:231,06['  ]| face, with a falling of the lower jaw which$6#1$ prevented
012:231,07['  ]| her bringing her lips together and reduced her conversation
012:231,08['  ]| to$4$ a series of impressive but inarticulate
012:231,09['  ]| gutturals. She raised an antique eye-glass, elaborately
012:231,10['  ]| mounted in$4$ chased silver, and looked at Newman
012:231,11['  ]| from head to$4$ foot. Then she said something to$4$ which$6#1$
012:231,12['  ]| he listened deferentially but which$6#1$ conveyed to$4$ him
012:231,13['  ]| no$2$ idea whatever.
012:231,14[A  ]| "Madame*de*la*Rochefide`le says she is convinced
012:231,15[A  ]| she must have seen Americans without knowing it,"
012:231,16['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= explained. Newman thought 
012:231,16@b   | it
012:231,17@b   | probable she had seen a great many things without
012:231,18@b   | knowing it; 
012:231,18['  ]| and the old lady, again addressing herself
012:231,19['  ]| to$4$ utterance, declared ~~ as interpreted by$4$
012:231,20['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= ~~ that$3$ 
012:231,20@v   | she wished she \had\
012:231,21@v   | known it.
012:231,22['  ]| At this moment the old gentleman who$6#1$ had been
012:231,23['  ]| talking to$4$ their hostess drew near, leading that$6#2$ lady
012:231,24['  ]| on$4$ his arm. His wife pointed out Newman to$4$ him,
012:231,25['  ]| apparently explaining his remarkable origin. M%*de*la*Rochefide`le,
012:231,26['  ]| whose old age was as rosy and round
012:231,27['  ]| and polished as an imitation apple, spoke very nearly
012:231,28['  ]| and cheerily; 
012:231,28@b   | almost as prettily, 
012:231,28['  ]| Newman thought,
012:231,29@b   | as M%*Nioche, 
012:231,29['  ]| and much more hopefully. When he
012:231,30['  ]| had been enlightened he turned to$4$ Newman with an
012:231,31['  ]| intimitable elderly grace. 
012:231,31[W  ]| "Monsieur is by$4$ no$2$ means
012:231,32[W  ]| the first American I have seen. Almost the first
012:232,01[W  ]| person I \ever\ saw ~~ to$9$ notice him ~~ was an American."
012:232,02['  ]|
012:232,03[B  ]| "Ah!" 
012:232,03['  ]| said Newman sympathetically.
012:232,04[W  ]| "The great Dr%*Franklin. Of course I was very
012:232,05[W  ]| very young. I believe I had but just come into the
012:232,06[W  ]| world. He was received very well \9dans 9le 9no^tre\."
012:232,07[C  ]| "Not better than Mr%*Newman," 
012:232,07['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde.
012:232,08[C  ]| "I beg he will$1$ offer me his arm into the
012:232,09[C  ]| other room. I could have offered no$2$ higher privilege
012:232,10[C  ]| to$4$ Dr%*Franklin." 
012:232,10['  ]| Newman, complying with her
012:232,11['  ]| request, perceived that$3$ her two sons had returned to$4$
012:232,12['  ]| the drawing-room. He scanned their faces an instant
012:232,13['  ]| for$4$ traces of the scene that$6#1$ had followed his separation
012:232,14['  ]| from them, but 
012:232,14@b   | if the Marquis had been ruffled he
012:232,15@b   | stepped all the more like$4$ some high-crested though
012:232,16@b   | distinctly domestic fowl who$6#1$ had always the alternative
012:232,17@b   | of the perch. Valentin, on$4$ his side, was kissing
012:232,18@b   | ladies' hands as much as ever as if there were nothing
012:232,19@b   | else in$4$ the world but these and sundry other invitations
012:232,20@b   | to$4$ the moustachioed lip. 
012:232,20['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde
012:232,21['  ]| gave a glance at her elder son, and by$4$ the time she
012:232,22['  ]| had crossed the threshold of her boudoir he was
012:232,23['  ]| at her side. The room was now empty and offered
012:232,24['  ]| a sufficient privacy. She disengaged herself from
012:232,25['  ]| Newman's arm and rested her hand on$4$ that$6#2$ of their
012:232,26['  ]| companion; and in$4$ this position she stood a moment,
012:232,27['  ]| bridling, almost quivering, causing her ornaments,
012:232,28['  ]| her earrings and brooches and buckles, somehow
012:232,29['  ]| doubly to$9$ twinkle, and pursing, as from simple force
012:232,30['  ]| of character, her portentous little mouth. I am afraid
012:232,31['  ]| the picture was lost on$4$ Newman, but she was in$4$ 
012:232,32['  ]| fact at this moment a striking image of the dignity
012:233,01['  ]| which$6#1$ ~~ even in$4$ the case of a small time-shrunken
012:233,02['  ]| old lady ~~ may reside in$4$ the habit of unquestioned
012:233,03['  ]| authority and the absoluteness of a social theory
012:233,04['  ]| favourable to$4$ the person holding it. 
012:233,04[C  ]| "My son has
012:233,05[C  ]| spoken to$4$ you as I desired, and you will$1$ understand
012:233,06[C  ]| that$3$ you have nothing to$9$ fear from our opposition. The
012:233,07[C  ]| rest will$1$ lie with yourself."
012:233,08[B  ]| "M%*de*Bellegarde told me several things I did not
012:233,09[B  ]| understand," 
012:233,09['  ]| said Newman, 
012:233,09[B  ]| "but I made out that$6#2$.
012:233,10[B  ]| You will$1$ let me stand on$4$ my merits. I am much obliged."
012:233,11[C  ]| "I wish nevertheless to$9$ add a word that$6#1$ my son
012:233,12[C  ]| probably did not feel at liberty to$9$ say," 
012:233,12['  ]| the Marquise
012:233,13['  ]| pursued. 
012:233,13[C  ]| "I must say it for$4$ my own peace of mind.
012:233,14[C  ]| We have stretched a point; we have gone very far to$9$ meet
012:233,15[C  ]| you."
012:233,16[B  ]| "Oh, your son said it very well; did not you,
012:233,17[B  ]| Marquis?" 
012:233,17['  ]| Newman asked.
012:233,18[D  ]| "Not so$5#1$ well as my mother," 
012:233,18['  ]| the Marquis declared.
012:233,19[B  ]| "Well," 
012:233,19['  ]| Newman returned, 
012:233,19[B  ]| "I do not know what
012:233,20[B  ]| I can do but make a note of it and try to$9$ profit by$4$ it."
012:233,21[C  ]| "It is proper I should tell you," 
012:233,21['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde
012:233,22['  ]| went on$5$ as if to$9$ relieve an insistent inward need,
012:233,23[C  ]| "that$3$ I am a very stiff old person and that$3$ I do not
012:233,24[C  ]| pretend not to$9$ be. I may be wrong to$9$ feel certain
012:233,25[C  ]| things as I do, but it is too late for$4$ me to$9$ change. At
012:233,26[C  ]| least I know it ~~ as I know also why. Do not flatter
012:233,27[C  ]| yourself that$3$ my daughter also is not proud. She is
012:233,28[C  ]| proud in$4$ her own way ~~ a somewhat different way
012:233,29[C  ]| from mine. You will$1$ have to$9$ make your terms with
012:233,30[C  ]| that$6#2$. Even Valentin is proud, if you touch the right
012:233,31[C  ]| spot ~~ or the wrong one. Urbain is proud ~~ that$6#2$
012:233,32[C  ]| you see for$4$ yourself. Sometimes I think he is a little
012:234,01[C  ]| too proud; but I would not change him. He is the
012:234,02[C  ]| best of my children; he cleaves to$4$ his old mother.
012:234,03[C  ]| I have said, in$4$ any case, enough to$9$ show you that$3$
012:234,04[C  ]| we are all very much aware of ourselves and very
012:234,05[C  ]| absurd and rather impossible together. It is well
012:234,06[C  ]| you should know the sort of people you have come
012:234,07[C  ]| among."
012:234,08[B  ]| "Well," 
012:234,08['  ]| said Newman, 
012:234,08[B  ]| "I can only say that$3$ I hope
012:234,09[B  ]| I am as little like$4$ you then as may be. But though
012:234,10[B  ]| I do not think I am easy to$9$ scare, you speak as if you
012:234,11[B  ]| quite intended to$9$ be as disagreeable as you know
012:234,12[B  ]| how."
012:234,13['  ]| His hostess fixed him a moment. 
012:234,13[C  ]| "I shall not enjoy
012:234,14[C  ]| it if my daughter decides to$9$ marry you, and I shall
012:234,15[C  ]| not pretend to$9$ enjoy it. If you do not mind that$6#2$, so$5#1$
012:234,16[C  ]| much the better."
012:234,17[B  ]| "If you stick to$4$ your own side of the contract we
012:234,18[B  ]| shall not quarrel; that$6#2$ is all I ask of you," 
012:234,18['  ]| Newman
012:234,19['  ]| replied. 
012:234,19[B  ]| "Keep your hands off ~~ I shall mind my
012:234,20[B  ]| own business. I am very much in$4$ earnest and there is
012:234,21[B  ]| not the slightest danger of my getting discouraged
012:234,22[B  ]| or backing out. You will$1$ have me constantly before
012:234,23[B  ]| your eyes, so$3$ that$3$ if you do not like$1$ it I am sorry for$4$
012:234,24[B  ]| you. I will$1$ do for$4$ your daughter, if she will$1$ accept me,
012:234,25[B  ]| everything that$6#1$ a man can do for$4$ a woman. I am
012:234,26[B  ]| happy to$9$ tell you that$6#2$, as a promise ~~ a pledge. I
012:234,27[B  ]| consider that$3$ on$4$ your side you take an equally definite
012:234,28[B  ]| engagement. You will$1$ not back out, eh?"
012:234,29[C  ]| "I do not know what you mean by$4$ ""backing out,"" "
012:234,30['  ]| said the Marquise with no$2$ small majesty. 
012:234,30[C  ]| "It suggests
012:234,31[C  ]| a movement of which$6#1$ I think no$2$ Bellegarde has
012:234,32[C  ]| ever been guilty."
012:235,01[D  ]| "Our word is our word," 
012:235,01['  ]| Urbain pronounced.
012:235,02[D  ]| "We recognise that$3$ we have given it."
012:235,03[B  ]| "Well then," 
012:235,03['  ]| said Newman, 
012:235,03[B  ]| "I am very glad of
012:235,04[B  ]| your pride and your pretensions. You will$1$ have to$9$ keep
012:235,05[B  ]| your word to$9$ keep \them\ up$5$."
012:235,06['  ]| The Marquise was silent a little; after which$6#1$, suddenly,
012:235,07[C  ]| "I shall always be polite to$4$ you, Mr%*Newman,"
012:235,08['  ]| she declared, 
012:235,08[C  ]| "but decidedly I shall never
012:235,09[C  ]| like$1$ you."
012:235,10[B  ]| "Do not be too sure, madam!" 
012:235,10['  ]| her visitor laughed.
012:235,11[C  ]| "I am so$5#1$ sure that$3$ I shall ask you to$9$ take me
012:235,12[C  ]| back to$4$ my armchair without the least fear of having
012:235,13[C  ]| my sentiments modified by$4$ the service you
012:235,14[C  ]| render me." 
012:235,14['  ]| And Madame*de*Bellegarde took his
012:235,15['  ]| arm and returned to$4$ the salon and to$4$ her customary
012:235,16['  ]| place.
012:235,17['  ]| M%*de*la*Rochefide`le and his wife were preparing
012:235,18['  ]| to$9$ take their leave, and Madame*de*Cintre='s interview
012:235,19['  ]| with the mumbling old lady was at an end. She
012:235,20['  ]| stood looking about her, asking herself apparently
012:235,21['  ]| to$4$ whom she should next speak, when Newman approached.
012:235,22[B  ]| "Your mother has given me leave ~~ very
012:235,23[B  ]| solemnly ~~ to$9$ come here often. I intend to$9$ come
012:235,24[B  ]| often."
012:235,25[A  ]| "I shall be glad to$9$ see you," 
012:235,25['  ]| she answered simply.
012:235,26['  ]| And then in$4$ a moment: 
012:235,26[A  ]| "You probably think it very
012:235,27[A  ]| strange that$3$ there should be such a solemnity ~~ as
012:235,28[A  ]| you say ~~ about your coming."
012:235,29[B  ]| "Well yes; I do, rather."
012:235,30[A  ]| "Do you remember what my brother Valentin said
012:235,31[A  ]| the first day you came to$9$ see me? ~~ that$3$ we are a 
012:235,32[A  ]| strange, strange family."
012:236,01[B  ]| "It was not the first day I came, but the second,"
012:236,02['  ]| Newman amended.
012:236,03[A  ]| "Very true. Valentin annoyed me at the time, but
012:236,04[A  ]| now I know you better I may tell you he was right.
012:236,05[A  ]| If you come often you will$1$ see!" 
012:236,05['  ]| And Madame*de*Cintre= 
012:236,06['  ]| turned away.
012:236,07['  ]| He watched her a while as she talked with other
012:236,08['  ]| people and then took his leave. It was practically
012:236,09['  ]| indeed to$4$ Valentin alone that$3$ he so$5#2$ addressed himself,
012:236,10['  ]| and his friend followed him to$4$ the top of the
012:236,11['  ]| staircase. 
012:236,11[E  ]| "Well, you have taken out your passport,"
012:236,12['  ]| said that$6#2$ young man. 
012:236,12[E  ]| "I hope you liked the process
012:236,13[E  ]| and that$3$ you admire our red tape."
012:236,14[B  ]| "I like$1$ your sister better than ever. But do not
012:236,15[B  ]| worry your poor brother any more for$4$ my sweet sake,"
012:236,16['  ]| Newman added. 
012:236,16[B  ]| "There must be something the
012:236,17[B  ]| matter with him."
012:236,18[E  ]| "There is a good deal!"
012:236,19[B  ]| "Well, I do not seem to$9$ mind him ~~ I do not seem
012:236,20[B  ]| to$9$ mind anything!" 
012:236,20['  ]| Newman just a bit musingly
012:236,21['  ]| acknowledged. 
012:236,21[B  ]| "I was only afraid he came down on$4$
012:236,22[B  ]| you in$4$ the smoking-room after I went out."
012:236,23[E  ]| "When my brother comes down on$4$ me," 
012:236,23['  ]| said Valentin,
012:236,24[E  ]| "he drops hard. I have a particular way of receiving
012:236,25[E  ]| him. I just say," 
012:236,25['  ]| he continued, 
012:236,25[E  ]| "that$3$ they have
012:236,26[E  ]| fallen into line ~~ for$3$ it has been a muster of all our
012:236,27[E  ]| forefathers too! ~~ sooner than I expected. I do not
012:236,28[E  ]| understand it; they must really have put forward
012:236,29[E  ]| their clock! It is a tribute to$4$ your solidity."
012:236,30[B  ]| "Well, if my solidity is all they want ~!" 
012:236,30['  ]| Newman
012:236,31['  ]| again rather pensively breathed.
012:236,32[B  ]| "You can cut them a daily slice of it and let them
012:237,01[B  ]| have it with their morning coffee?" 
012:237,01['  ]| But he was
012:237,02['  ]| turning away when Valentin more effectually stopped
012:237,03['  ]| him. 
012:237,03[E  ]| "I should like$1$ to$9$ know whether, within a few
012:237,04[E  ]| days, you have seen your venerable friend M%*Nioche."
012:237,05[B  ]| "He was yesterday at my rooms."
012:237,06[E  ]| "What had he to$9$ tell you?"
012:237,07[B  ]| "Nothing in$4$ particular."
012:237,08[E  ]| "You did not see the weapon of Virginius sticking
012:237,09[E  ]| out of his pocket?"
012:237,10[B  ]| "What are you driving at?" 
012:237,10['  ]| Newman demanded.
012:237,11[B  ]| "I thought he seemed rather cheerful, for$4$ him."
012:237,12['  ]| Valentin broke into a laugh. 
012:237,12[E  ]| "I am delighted to$9$
012:237,13[E  ]| hear of his high spirits ~~ they make me so$5#1$ beautifully
012:237,14[E  ]| right and so$5#1$ innocently happy. For$3$ what they
012:237,15[E  ]| mean, you see, must be that$3$ his charming child is
012:237,16[E  ]| favourably placed, at last, for$4$ the real exercise of her
012:237,17[E  ]| talents, and that$3$ the pair are relieved, almost equally,
012:237,18[E  ]| from the awkwardness of a false position. And M%*Nioche
012:237,19[E  ]| is rather cheerful ~~ \for$4$ him\! Do not brandish
012:237,20[E  ]| your tomahawk at that$6#2$ rate," 
012:237,20['  ]| the young man went
012:237,21['  ]| on$5$; 
012:237,21[E  ]| "I have not seen her nor communicated with her
012:237,22[E  ]| since that$6#2$ day at the Louvre. Andromeda has found
012:237,23[E  ]| another Perseus than I. My information is exact; on$4$
012:237,24[E  ]| such matters it always is. I suppose," 
012:237,24['  ]| he wound
012:237,25['  ]| up$5$, 
012:237,25[E  ]| "that$3$ I may now cease so$5#1$ elaborately to$9$ neglect
012:237,26[E  ]| her?"
012:237,27['  ]| Newman, struggling up$5$ out of intenser inward
012:237,28['  ]| visions, listened as he could, and then, having listened,
012:237,29['  ]| remained with his eyes on$4$ his friend's face. 
012:237,29[B  ]| "It would
012:237,30[B  ]| do you good to$9$ fall in$4$ love. You want it badly,"
012:237,31['  ]| he at last remarked.
012:237,32[E  ]| "Well, that$6#2$ is perhaps exactly what, according to$4$
012:238,01[E  ]| my perpetual happy instinct, I am now trying to$9$
012:238,02[E  ]| do!"
012:238,03[B  ]| "Oh hell!" 
012:238,03['  ]| said our hero impatiently as he broke
012:238,04['  ]| away again.
013:239,01['  ]| He kept his promise, or his menace, of presenting
013:239,02['  ]| himself often in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite=, and during
013:239,03['  ]| the next six weeks saw Madame*de*Cintre= more times
013:239,04['  ]| than he could have numbered. He flattered himself
013:239,05@b   | \he\ had not fallen, and had not needed to$9$ fall, after
013:239,06@b   | the fashion enjoined by$4$ him on$4$ Valentin, in$4$ love, 
013:239,06['  ]| but
013:239,07['  ]| his biographer may be supposed to$9$ know better what,
013:239,08['  ]| as he would have said, was the matter with him. He
013:239,09['  ]| claimed certainly none of the exemptions and emoluments 
013:239,10['  ]| of the merely infatuated state. 
013:239,10@b   | That$6#2$ state,
013:239,11['  ]| he considered, was 
013:239,11@b   | too consistent with asininity, and
013:239,12@b   | he had never had a firmer control of his reason or
013:239,13@b   | a higher opinion of his judgement. 
013:239,13['  ]| What he was conscious
013:239,14['  ]| of, none*the*less, 
013:239,14@b   | was an intense all-consuming
013:239,15@b   | tenderness, which$6#1$ had for$4$ its object an extraordinarily
013:239,16@b   | graceful and harmonious, yet at the same
013:239,17@b   | time insidiously agitating woman who$6#1$ lived in$4$ a grand
013:239,18@b   | grey house on$4$ the left bank of the Seine. 
013:239,18['  ]| His theory
013:239,19['  ]| of his relation to$4$ her was that$3$ 
013:239,19@b   | he had become conscious
013:239,20@b   | of how beautifully she might, for$4$ the question
013:239,21@b   | of his future, come to$4$ his aid; 
013:239,21['  ]| but this left unexplained
013:239,22['  ]| the fact that$3$ his confidence had somehow
013:239,23['  ]| turned to$4$ a strange, muffled heartache. He was in$4$
013:239,24['  ]| truth infinitely anxious, and, when he questioned his
013:239,25['  ]| anxiety, knew it was not all for$4$ himself. 
013:239,25@b   | If she might
013:239,26@b   | come to$4$ his aid he might come to$4$ hers; 
013:239,26['  ]| and he had
013:239,27['  ]| the imagination ~~ more than he had ever had in$4$ his
013:240,01['  ]| life about anything ~~ of fantastic straits or splendid
013:240,02['  ]| miseries in$4$ the midst of which$6#1$, standing before her
013:240,03['  ]| with wide arms out, he would have seen her let herself,
013:240,04['  ]| even if still just desperately and blindly, make
013:240,05['  ]| for$4$ his close embrace as for$4$ a refuge.
013:240,06@b   | He really would not have minded if some harsh
013:240,07@b   | need for$4$ mere money had most driven her; 
013:240,07['  ]| the creak
013:240,08['  ]| of that$6#2$ hinge would have been sweet to$4$ him had it
013:240,09['  ]| meant the giving way of the door of separation. 
013:240,09@b   | What
013:240,10@b   | he wanted was to$9$ \take\ her, and that$3$ her feeling herself
013:240,11@b   | taken should come back to$4$ him for$4$ their common
013:240,12@b   | relief. 
013:240,12['  ]| The full surrender, so$5#1$ long as she did not
013:240,13['  ]| make it, left the full assurance an unrest and a yearning
013:240,14['  ]| ~~ from which$6#1$ all his own refuge was in$4$ the fine
013:240,15['  ]| ingenuity, the almost grim extravagance, of the prospective
013:240,16['  ]| provision he was allowing to$9$ accumulate.
013:240,17['  ]| She gave him the sense of "suiting" him so$5#2$, exactly
013:240,18['  ]| as she was, that$3$ his desire to$9$ interpose for$4$ her and
013:240,19['  ]| close about her had something of the quality of that$6#2$
013:240,20['  ]| solicitude with which$6#1$ a fond mother might watch
013:240,21['  ]| from the window even the restricted garden-play of
013:240,22['  ]| a child recovering from an accident. But he was
013:240,23['  ]| above all simply charmed, and the more for$4$ feeling
013:240,24['  ]| wonderstruck, as the days went on$5$, at the proved
013:240,25['  ]| rightness both of the instinct and of the calculation
013:240,26['  ]| that$6#1$ had originally moved him. It was as if there took
013:240,27['  ]| place for$4$ him, each day, such a revelation of the
013:240,28['  ]| possible number of forms of the "personal" appeal
013:240,29['  ]| as he could otherwise never have enjoyed, and as made
013:240,30['  ]| him yet ask himself 
013:240,30@b   | how, \how\, all unaided (save as
013:240,31@b   | Mrs%*Tristram, subtle woman, had aided him!) he
013:240,32@b   | could have known. For$3$ he \had\, amazingly, known.
013:241,01@b   | And the impression must now thereby have been for$4$
013:241,02@b   | him, 
013:241,02['  ]| he thought, 
013:241,02@b   | very much that$6#2$ of the wistful critic
013:241,03@b   | or artist who$6#1$ studies "style" in$4$ some exquisite work
013:241,04@b   | or some quiet genius, and who$6#1$ sees it come and come
013:241,05@b   | and come, and still never fail, like$4$ the truth of a perfect
013:241,06@b   | voice or the safety of a perfect temper. 
013:241,06['  ]| Just
013:241,07['  ]| as such a student might say to$4$ himself, 
013:241,07@x   | "How could
013:241,08@x   | I have got on$5$ without this particular research?" 
013:241,08['  ]| so$3$
013:241,09['  ]| Christopher*Newman could only say, 
013:241,09@b   | "Fancy this
013:241,10@b   | being to$9$ be had and ~~ with my general need ~~ my
013:241,11@b   | not having it!"
013:241,12['  ]| He made no$2$ violent love and, as he would have
013:241,13['  ]| said, no$2$ obvious statements; he just attended regularly,
013:241,14['  ]| as he would also have said, in$4$ the manner of
013:241,15['  ]| the "interested party" present at some great liquidation
013:241,16['  ]| where he must keep his eye on$4$ what concerns
013:241,17['  ]| him. He never trespassed on$4$ ground she had made
013:241,18['  ]| him regard, ruefully enough, as forbidden; but he
013:241,19['  ]| had none*the*less a sustaining sense that$3$ 
013:241,19@b   | she knew
013:241,20@b   | better from day to$4$ day all the good he thought of
013:241,21@b   | her. 
013:241,21['  ]| Though in$4$ general no$2$ great talker, and almost
013:241,22['  ]| incapable, on$4$ any occasion, of pitching his voice for$4$
013:241,23['  ]| the gallery, he now had his advances as well as his
013:241,24['  ]| retreats, and felt that$3$ he often succeeded in$4$ bringing
013:241,25['  ]| her, as he might again have called it, into the open.
013:241,26['  ]| He determined early not to$9$ care if he should bore
013:241,27['  ]| her, whether by$4$ speech or by$4$ silence ~~ since he certainly
013:241,28['  ]| meant that$3$ she should so$5#2$ suffer, at need, before he
013:241,29['  ]| had done; and he seemed at least to$9$ know that$3$ even
013:241,30['  ]| if she actually suffered she liked him better, on$4$ the
013:241,31['  ]| whole, with too few fears than with too many. Her
013:241,32['  ]| visitors, coming in$5$ often while he sat there, found
013:242,01['  ]| a tall, lean, slightly flushed and considerably silent
013:242,02['  ]| man, with a lounging, permanent-looking seat, who$6#1$
013:242,03['  ]| laughed out sometimes when no*one had meant to$4$
013:242,04['  ]| be droll, and yet remained grave in$4$ presence of those
013:242,05['  ]| calculated witticisms and those initiated gaieties for$4$
013:242,06['  ]| the appreciation of which$6#1$ he apparently lacked the
013:242,07['  ]| proper culture and the right acquaintances. It had
013:242,08['  ]| to$9$ be confessed that$3$ the number of the subjects upon$4$
013:242,09['  ]| which$6#1$ he was without ideas was only equalled by$4$ the
013:242,10['  ]| number of the families to$4$ which$6#1$ he was not allied;
013:242,11['  ]| and it might have been added more gravely still that$3$
013:242,12['  ]| as regards those subjects upon$4$ which$6#1$ he was without
013:242,13['  ]| ideas he was also quite without professions. He had
013:242,14['  ]| little of the small change of conversation and rarely
013:242,15['  ]| rose to$9$ reach down one of those ready-made forms
013:242,16['  ]| and phrases that$6#1$ drape, whether fresh or frayed, the
013:242,17['  ]| hooks and pegs of the general wardrobe of talk ~
013:242,18['  ]| that$6#2$ repository in$4$ which$6#1$ alone so$5#1$ many persons qualify
013:242,19['  ]| for$4$ the discipline of society, as supernumerary
013:242,20['  ]| actors prepare, amid a like$2$ provision, for$4$ the ordeal
013:242,21['  ]| of the footlights. He was able on$4$ the other hand, at
013:242,22['  ]| need, to$9$ make from where he sat one of the long arms
013:242,23['  ]| that$6#1$ stretch quite out of the place ~~ to$4$ the effect, as
013:242,24['  ]| might mostly be felt, of coming back with some proposition
013:242,25['  ]| as odd as a single shoe.
013:242,26['  ]| Bent, at any rate, on$4$ possession, he had at his
013:242,27['  ]| command treasures of attention and never measured
013:242,28['  ]| the possibilities of interest in$4$ a topic by$4$ his own power
013:242,29['  ]| of contribution to$4$ it: he liked topics to$9$ grow at least
013:242,30['  ]| big enough for$4$ him to$9$ walk round them and see.
013:242,31['  ]| This made, for$4$ his advantage, to$4$ his being little acquainted
013:242,32['  ]| with satiety either of sound or of sense; he
013:243,01['  ]| was not himself more often bored than he was often
013:243,02['  ]| alarmed, and there was no$2$ man with whom it would
013:243,03['  ]| have been a greater mistake than to$9$ take his intermissions
013:243,04['  ]| always for$4$ absences or his absences always
013:243,05['  ]| for$4$ holidays. What it was that$6#1$ entertained or that$6#1$
013:243,06['  ]| occupied him during some of his speechless sessions
013:243,07['  ]| I shall not, however, undertake fully to$9$ say. The
013:243,08['  ]| Marquise*Urbain had once found occasion to$9$ declare
013:243,09['  ]| to$4$ him that$3$ 
013:243,09@l   | he reminded her, in$4$ company, of a swimming-master
013:243,10@l   | she had once had who$6#1$ would never
013:243,11@l   | himself go into the water and who$6#1$ yet, at the baths,
013:243,12@l   | \9en 9costume 9de 9ville\, managed to$9$ control and direct the
013:243,13@l   | floundering scene without so$5#1$ much as getting splashed.
013:243,14@l   | He had so$5#2$ made her angry, 
013:243,14['  ]| she professed, 
013:243,14@l   | when he
013:243,15@l   | turned her awkwardness to$4$ ridicule. Newman affected
013:243,16@l   | her in$4$ like$2$ manner as keeping much too dry:
013:243,17@l   | it was urgent for$4$ her that$3$ \he\ should be splashed ~
013:243,18@l   | otherwise what was he doing at the baths? ~~ and
013:243,19@l   | she even hoped to$9$ get him into the water. 
013:243,19['  ]| We know
013:243,20['  ]| in$4$ a general way that$3$ many things which$6#1$ were old
013:243,21['  ]| stories to$4$ those about him had for$4$ him the sharp high
013:243,22['  ]| note, but we should probably find a complete list of
013:243,23['  ]| his new impressions surprising enough. He told Madame*de*Cintre= 
013:243,24['  ]| stories, sometimes not brief, from
013:243,25['  ]| his own repertory; he was full of reference to$4$ his own
013:243,26['  ]| great country, over the greatness of which$6#1$ it seldom
013:243,27['  ]| occurred to$4$ him that$3$ every*one might not, on$4$ occasion
013:243,28['  ]| offered, more or less insatiably yearn; and he explained
013:243,29['  ]| to$4$ her, in$4$ so$5#2$ discoursing, the play of a hundred 
013:243,30['  ]| of its institutions and the ingenuity of almost
013:243,31['  ]| all its arrangements. Judging by$4$ the sequel, judging
013:243,32['  ]| even by$4$ the manner in$4$ which$6#1$ she suffered his good
013:244,01['  ]| faith to$9$ lay an apparent spell upon$4$ her attitude,
013:244,02['  ]| she was mildly ~~ oh mildly and inscrutably! ~~ beguiled;
013:244,03['  ]| but one would not have been sure beforehand
013:244,04['  ]| of the shade of her submission. As regards any
013:244,05['  ]| communication she herself meanwhile made him he
013:244,06['  ]| could not nevertheless but guess that$3$ 
013:244,06@b   | on$4$ the whole
013:244,07@b   | she "wanted" to$9$ make it. This was in$4$ so$5#1$ far an 
013:244,08@b   | amendment to$4$ the portrait Mrs%*Tristram had drawn
013:244,09@b   | of her.
013:244,10['  ]| He had been right at first in$4$ feeling her 
013:244,10@b   | a little ~
013:244,11@b   | or more than a little ~~ proudly shy; 
013:244,11['  ]| her shyness, in$4$
013:244,12['  ]| a woman whose circumstances and tranquil beauty
013:244,13['  ]| afforded every facility for$4$ sublime self-possession, was
013:244,14['  ]| only a charm the more. For$4$ Newman it had lasted
013:244,15['  ]| some time and had, even when it went, left something
013:244,16['  ]| behind it that$6#1$ for$4$ a while performed the same office.
013:244,17@b   | Was this the uneasy secret of which$6#1$ Mrs%*Tristram
013:244,18@b   | had had a glimpse, and of which$6#1$, as of her friend's
013:244,19@b   | reserve, her high breeding and her profundity, she
013:244,20@b   | had given a sketch marked by$4$ outlines perhaps rather
013:244,21@b   | too emphatic? 
013:244,21['  ]| He supposed so$5#2$, yet to$9$ find himself,
013:244,22['  ]| as a result, wondering rather less what Madame*de*Cintre='s
013:244,23['  ]| secrets might consist of, and convinced
013:244,24['  ]| rather more that$3$ 
013:244,24@b   | secrets would be in$4$ themselves hateful
013:244,25@b   | and inconvenient things, things as depressing and
013:244,26@b   | detestable as inferior securities, for$4$ such a woman to$9$
013:244,27@b   | have to$9$ lug, 
013:244,27['  ]| as he inwardly put it, 
013:244,27@b   | round with her.
013:244,28@b   | She was a creature for$4$ the sun and the air, for$4$ no$2$
013:244,29@b   | sort of hereditary shade or equivocal gloom; and her
013:244,30@b   | natural line was neither imposed reserve nor mysterious
013:244,31@b   | melancholy, but positive life, the life of the
013:244,32@b   | great world ~~ \his\ great world, not the \9grande 9monde\ as
013:245,01@b   | there understood if he was not mistaken, which$6#1$ seemed
013:245,02@b   | squeezeable into a couple of rooms of that$6#2$ inconvenient
013:245,03@b   | and ill-warmed house: all with nothing worse to$9$
013:245,04@b   | brood about, when necessary, than the mystery perhaps
013:245,05@b   | of the happiness that$6#1$ would so$5#1$ queerly have
013:245,06@b   | come to$4$ her. 
013:245,06['  ]| To$4$ some perception of his view and his
013:245,07['  ]| judgement, and of the patience with which$6#1$ he was
013:245,08['  ]| prepared to$9$ insist on$4$ them, he fondly believed himself
013:245,09['  ]| to$9$ be day by$4$ day bringing her round. 
013:245,09@b   | She
013:245,10@b   | might not, she could not yet, no$2$ doubt, wholly fall in$5$
013:245,11@b   | with them, but she saw, 
013:245,11['  ]| he made out, that$3$ 
013:245,11@b   | he had
013:245,12@b   | built a bridge which$6#1$ would bear the very greatest
013:245,13@b   | weight she should throw on$4$ it, 
013:245,13['  ]| and it was for$4$ him
013:245,14['  ]| often, all charmingly, as if 
013:245,14@b   | she were admiring from
013:245,15@b   | this side and that$6#2$ the bold span of arch and the high
013:245,16@b   | line of the parapet ~~ as if indeed on$4$ occasion she
013:245,17@b   | stood straight there at the spring, just watching him
013:245,18@b   | at \his\ extremity and with nothing, when the hour
013:245,19@b   | should strike, to$9$ prevent her crossing with a rush.
013:245,20['  ]| He often spent an evening's end, when she had so$6#2$
013:245,21['  ]| appointed ~~ her motives and her method and her
013:245,22['  ]| logic being meanwhile something of her own, though
013:245,23['  ]| something thus beautifully \between them\, even if
013:245,24['  ]| never named, and which$6#1$ he would not for$4$ the world
013:245,25['  ]| have asked her to$9$ name ~~ he often passed a stiff
013:245,26['  ]| succession of minutes at the somewhat chill fireside
013:245,27['  ]| of Madame*de*Bellegarde; contenting himself there
013:245,28['  ]| for$4$ the most part with looking across the room,
013:245,29['  ]| through narrowed eyelids, at his mistress, who$6#1$
013:245,30['  ]| always made a point, before her family, of talking
013:245,31['  ]| to$4$ some*one else. Her mother, on$4$ that$6#2$ scene, would
013:245,32['  ]| sit by$4$ the fire conversing neatly and coldly with
013:246,01['  ]| whomsoever approached her and yet detaching for$4$
013:246,02['  ]| his own especial benefit a glance that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ say:
013:246,03@c   | "See how completely I am interested, how agreeably
013:246,04@c   | I am occupied, how deeply I am absorbed." 
013:246,04['  ]| He often
013:246,05['  ]| wondered 
013:246,05@b   | what those supposedly honoured by$4$ this
013:246,06@b   | intensity of participation thought of her at such moments,
013:246,07['  ]| and he sometimes answered her look by$4$ looking
013:246,08['  ]| at \them\; but no*one, for$4$ all the fine community
013:246,09['  ]| of taste, that$6#2$ air in$4$ the place as of bitter convictions
013:246,10['  ]| dissolved in$4$ iced indifference and partaken of for$4$
013:246,11['  ]| refreshment with small rare old "family" spoons,
013:246,12['  ]| appeared to$9$ meet him on$4$ any such particular question
013:246,13['  ]| any more intimately than on$4$ any other ~~ and all
013:246,14['  ]| by$4$ direct default of ability; which$6#1$ would have made
013:246,15['  ]| him again ask himself, but for$4$ his constant anxious
013:246,16['  ]| ache, 
013:246,16@b   | what he was doing in$4$ so$5#1$ deadly a hole at all.
013:246,17@b   | To$9$ ache very hard at one point, 
013:246,17['  ]| he found, 
013:246,17@b   | was practically
013:246,18@b   | to$9$ be unconscious of punctures at any other.
013:246,19['  ]| When he at all events made his bow to$4$ the old lady
013:246,20['  ]| by$4$ the fire he always asked her with a laugh 
013:246,20@b   | whether
013:246,21@b   | she could "stand him" another evening, 
013:246,21['  ]| and she
013:246,22['  ]| replied without a laugh, that$3$, 
013:246,22@c   | thank God, she had
013:246,23@c   | always been able to$9$ do her duty. 
013:246,23['  ]| Talking of her once
013:246,24['  ]| to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram he had remarked that$3$, 
013:246,24@b   | after all, it
013:246,25@b   | was very easy to$9$ get on$5$ with her; it always was easy
013:246,26@b   | to$9$ get on$5$ with out-and-out rascals.
013:246,27[I  ]| "And is it by$4$ that$6#2$ elegant term that$3$ you designate
013:246,28[I  ]| the Marquise?"
013:246,29[B  ]| "Well, she is a bad, bold woman. She is a wicked
013:246,30[B  ]| old sinner."
013:246,31[I  ]| "What then has been her sin?"
013:246,32['  ]| He thought a little. 
013:246,32[B  ]| "I should not wonder if she
013:247,01[B  ]| had done some*one to$4$ death ~~ all of course from
013:247,02[B  ]| a high sense of duty."
013:247,03[I  ]| "How can you be so$5#1$ dreadful?" 
013:247,03['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram
013:247,04['  ]| had luxuriously sighed.
013:247,05[B  ]| "I am not dreadful. I am speaking of her favourably."
013:247,06[B  ]|
013:247,07[I  ]| "Pray what will$1$ you say then when you want to$9$ be
013:247,08[I  ]| severe?"
013:247,09[B  ]| "I shall keep my severity for$4$ some*one else ~~ say
013:247,10[B  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$ prize donkey of a Marquis. There is a man
013:247,11[B  ]| I can not swallow, mix the drink as I will$1$."
013:247,12[I  ]| "And what has \he\ done?"
013:247,13[B  ]| "I can not quite make out, but it is something very
013:247,14[B  ]| nice of its kind ~~ I mean of a kind elegantly sneaking
013:247,15[B  ]| and fastidiously base; not redeemed as in$4$ his
013:247,16[B  ]| mother's case by$4$ a fine little rage of passion at some
013:247,17[B  ]| part of the business. If he has never committed
013:247,18[B  ]| murder he has at least turned his back and looked
013:247,19[B  ]| the other way while some*one else was committing it."
013:247,20['  ]| In$4$ spite of this free fancy, which$6#1$ indeed struck his
013:247,21['  ]| friend as, for$4$ a specimen of American humour, exceptionally
013:247,22['  ]| sardonic, Newman did his best to$9$ maintain
013:247,23['  ]| an easy and friendly style of communication
013:247,24['  ]| with M%*de*Bellegarde. So$5#1$ long as he was in$4$ personal
013:247,25['  ]| contact with people he disliked extremely to$9$ have
013:247,26['  ]| anything to$9$ forgive them, and was capable of a good
013:247,27['  ]| deal of unsuspected imaginative effort (for$4$ the working
013:247,28['  ]| of the relation) to$9$ assume them to$9$ be of a human
013:247,29['  ]| substance and a social elasticity not alien to$4$ his own.
013:247,30['  ]| He did his best to$9$ treat the Marquis as practically
013:247,31['  ]| akin to$4$ him; he believed honestly, moreover, that$3$ 
013:247,31@b   | he
013:247,32@b   | could not in$4$ reason be such a confounded fool as he
013:248,01@b   | seemed. 
013:248,01['  ]| Newman's assumptions, none the less, were
013:248,02['  ]| never importunate; his habit of sinking differences
013:248,03['  ]| and supposing equalities was not an aggressive taste
013:248,04['  ]| nor an aesthetic theory, but something as natural
013:248,05['  ]| and organic as a physical appetite which$6#1$ had never
013:248,06['  ]| been put on$4$ a scant allowance and had consequently
013:248,07['  ]| never turned rabid. His air as of not having to$9$
013:248,08['  ]| account for$4$ his own place in$4$ the social scale was
013:248,09['  ]| probably irritating to$4$ Urbain, for$4$ whom it could but
013:248,10['  ]| represent a failure to$9$ conceive of other places either,
013:248,11['  ]| and who$6#1$ thus saw himself reflected in$4$ the mind of his
013:248,12['  ]| potential brother-in-law in$4$ a crude and colourless
013:248,13['  ]| form, unpleasantly dissimilar to$4$ the impressive image
013:248,14['  ]| thrown upon$4$ his own intellectual mirror. He never
013:248,15['  ]| forgot himself an instant, and replied with mechanical
013:248,16['  ]| politeness to$4$ the large bright vaguenesses that$6#1$ he was
013:248,17['  ]| apparently justified in$4$ regarding as this visitor's
013:248,18['  ]| wanton advances. Newman, who$6#1$ was constantly
013:248,19['  ]| forgetting himself and indulging in$4$ an unlimited
013:248,20['  ]| amount of irresponsible enquiry and conjecture, now
013:248,21['  ]| and then found himself confronted by$4$ these obscure
013:248,22['  ]| abysses of criticism. What in$4$ the world M%*de*Bellegarde
013:248,23['  ]| was falling back either from or on$4$ he was at
013:248,24['  ]| a loss to$9$ divine. M%*de*Bellegarde's general orderly
013:248,25['  ]| retreat may meanwhile be supposed to$9$ have been,
013:248,26['  ]| for$4$ himself, a compromise between a great many
013:248,27['  ]| emotions. So$5#1$ long as he ambiguously smiled ~
013:248,28@d   | and what could make more for$4$ order? ~~ 
013:248,28['  ]| he was polite,
013:248,29['  ]| and 
013:248,29@d   | it was proper he should be polite. A smile moreover
013:248,30@d   | committed him to$4$ nothing more than politeness;
013:248,31@d   | it left the degree of politeness agreeably vague.
013:248,32@d   | Civil ambiguity too ~~ and it was perfectly civil ~
013:249,01@d   | was neither dissent, which$6#1$ was too serious, nor
013:249,02@d   | agreement, which$6#1$ might have brought on$4$ terrible
013:249,03@d   | complications. And then it covered his own personal
013:249,04@d   | dignity, which$6#1$ at such a crisis he was resolved to$9$
013:249,05@d   | keep immaculate: it was quite enough that$3$ the glory
013:249,06@d   | of his house should pass into eclipse. 
013:249,06['  ]| Between him and
013:249,07['  ]| Newman, his whole manner seemed to$9$ declare, 
013:249,07@d   | there
013:249,08@d   | could be no$2$ interchange of opinion; he could but hold
013:249,09@d   | his breath so$3$ as not to$9$ inhale the strong smell ~
013:249,10@d   | since who$6#2$ liked such \very\ strong smells? ~~ of a 
013:249,11@d   | democracy so$5#1$ gregarious as to$9$ be unable \not\ to$9$
013:249,12@d   | engender heat and perspiration.
013:249,13['  ]| Newman was far from being versed in$4$ "European"
013:249,14['  ]| issues, as he liked to$9$ call them; but he was now
013:249,15['  ]| on$4$ the very basis of aspiring to$4$ light, and it had more
013:249,16['  ]| than once occurred to$4$ him that$3$ he might here both
013:249,17['  ]| arrive at it and give this acquaintance the pleasure of
013:249,18['  ]| his treating him as an oracle. Interrogated, however,
013:249,19['  ]| as to$4$ what he thought of public affairs, M%*de*Bellegarde
013:249,20['  ]| answered on$4$ each occasion, and quite indeed
013:249,21['  ]| as if thanking him for$4$ the opportunity, that$3$ 
013:249,21@d   | he thought
013:249,22@d   | as ill of them as possible, that$3$ they were going from
013:249,23@d   | bad to$4$ worse, though there was always at least the
013:249,24@d   | comfort of their being too dreadful to$9$ touch. 
013:249,24['  ]| This
013:249,25['  ]| gave our friend, momentarily, almost an indulgence
013:249,26['  ]| for$4$ a spirit so$5#1$ depressed; he pitied the man who$6#1$ had
013:249,27['  ]| to$9$ look at him in$4$ such a fashion when he ventured
013:249,28['  ]| to$9$ insist, particularly about their great shining
013:249,29['  ]| France, 
013:249,29[B  ]| "Why, do not you see anything anywhere?"
013:249,30['  ]| ~~ and he was brought by$4$ it to$4$ an attempt, possibly
013:249,31['  ]| indiscreet, to$9$ call attention to$4$ some of the great
013:249,32['  ]| features of the world's progress. This had presently
013:250,01['  ]| led the Marquis to$9$ observe, once for$4$ all, that$3$ 
013:250,01@d   | he entertained
013:250,02@d   | but a single political conviction ~~ dearer to$4$
013:250,03@d   | him, however, than all the others, put together, that$6#1$
013:250,04@d   | other people might entertain: he believed, namely,
013:250,05@d   | in$4$ the divine right of Henry*of*Bourbon, Fifth of his
013:250,06@d   | name, to$4$ the throne of France. 
013:250,06['  ]| This had in$4$ truth,
013:250,07['  ]| upon$4$ Newman, as many successive distinct effects as
013:250,08['  ]| the speaker could conceivably have desired. It made
013:250,09['  ]| him in$4$ the first place look at the latter very hard,
013:250,10['  ]| harder than he had ever done before; which$6#1$ had the
013:250,11['  ]| appearance somehow of affording M%*de*Bellegarde
013:250,12['  ]| another of the occasions he personally appreciated.
013:250,13['  ]| It was as if he had never yet shown how he could
013:250,14['  ]| return such a look; whereby, producing that$6#2$ weapon 
013:250,15['  ]| of his armoury, he made the demonstration brilliant.
013:250,16['  ]| Then he reduced his guest, further, just to$4$ staring
013:250,17['  ]| with a conscious, foolish failure of every resource,
013:250,18['  ]| at one of the old portraits on$4$ the wall, out of which$6#1$
013:250,19['  ]| some dim light for$4$ him might in$4$ fact have presently
013:250,20['  ]| glimmered. Lastly it determined on$4$ Newman's part
013:250,21['  ]| a wise silence as to$4$ matters he did not understand.
013:250,22['  ]| He relapsed, to$4$ his own sense, into silence very
013:250,23['  ]| much as he would have laid down, on$4$ consulting it
013:250,24['  ]| by$4$ mistake, some flat-looking back-number or some
013:250,25['  ]| superseded time-table. It might do for$4$ the "collection"
013:250,26['  ]| craze but would not do for$4$ use.
013:250,27['  ]| One afternoon, on$4$ his presenting himself, he was
013:250,28['  ]| requested by$4$ the servant 
013:250,28@x   | to$9$ be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ wait,
013:250,29@x   | a very few minutes, till Madame*la*Comtesse should
013:250,30@x   | be at liberty. 
013:250,31['  ]| He moved about the room a little, taking
013:250,31['  ]| up$5$ a book here and there as with a vibration of
013:250,32['  ]| tact in$4$ his long and strong fingers; he hovered, with
013:251,01['  ]| a bent head, before flowers that$6#1$ he recognised as of
013:251,02['  ]| a "lot" he himself must have sent; he raised his
013:251,03['  ]| eyes to$4$ old framed prints and grouped miniatures
013:251,04['  ]| and disposed photographs, ten times as many of
013:251,05['  ]| which$6#1$ she should some day possess; and at last he
013:251,06['  ]| heard the opening of a door to$4$ which$6#1$ his back was
013:251,07['  ]| turned. On$4$ the threshold stood an old woman whom
013:251,08['  ]| he remembered to$9$ have met more than once in$4$ entering
013:251,09['  ]| and leaving the house. She was tall and straight
013:251,10['  ]| and dressed in$4$ black, and she wore a cap which$6#1$, if
013:251,11['  ]| Newman had been initiated into such mysteries,
013:251,12['  ]| would have sufficiently assured him she was not a 
013:251,13['  ]| Frenchwoman; a cap of pure British composition.
013:251,14['  ]| She had a pale, decent, depressed-looking face and
013:251,15['  ]| a clear, dull English eye. She looked at Newman a 
013:251,16['  ]| moment, both intently and timidly, and then she
013:251,17['  ]| dropped a short, straight English curtsey. 
013:251,17[J  ]| "The
013:251,18[J  ]| Countess begs you will$1$ kindly wait, sir. She has
013:251,19[J  ]| just come in$5$; she will$1$ soon have finished dressing."
013:251,20[B  ]| "Oh, I will$1$ wait as long as she wants," 
013:251,20['  ]| said Newman.
013:251,21[B  ]| "Pray tell her not to$9$ hurry."
013:251,22[J  ]| "Thank you, sir," 
013:251,22['  ]| said the woman softly, and then
013:251,23['  ]| instead of retiring with the message advanced into
013:251,24['  ]| the room. She looked about her a moment and presently
013:251,25['  ]| went to$4$ a table and began to$9$ dispose again
013:251,26['  ]| several small articles. Newman was struck with the
013:251,27['  ]| high respectability of her appearance; he was afraid
013:251,28['  ]| to$9$ address her as a servant. She busied herself with
013:251,29['  ]| ordering various trifles, with patting out cushions
013:251,30['  ]| and pulling curtains straight, while our hero rather
013:251,31['  ]| attentively hovered. He perceived at last, from her
013:251,32['  ]| reflexion in$4$ the mirror as he was passing, that$3$ 
013:251,31@b   | her
013:252,01@b   | hands were idle and her eyes fixed on$4$ him. She
013:252,02@b   | evidently wished to$9$ say something, 
013:252,02['  ]| and, now aware
013:252,03['  ]| of it, he helped her to$9$ begin.
013:252,04[B  ]| "I guess you are English, ai not you?"
013:252,05[J  ]| "Oh dear, yes," 
013:252,05['  ]| she answered, quickly and softly.
013:252,06[J  ]| "I was born in$4$ Wiltshire, sir."
013:252,07[B  ]| "And what do you think of Paris?"
013:252,08[J  ]| "Oh, I do not think of Paris, sir," 
013:252,08['  ]| she said in$4$ the
013:252,09['  ]| same tone. 
013:252,09[J  ]| "It is so$5#1$ long that$3$ I have been here."
013:252,10[B  ]| "Ah, you have been here very long?"
013:252,11[J  ]| "More than forty years, sir. I came over with
013:252,12[J  ]| Lady*Emmeline."
013:252,13[B  ]| "You mean with old Madame*de*Bellegarde?"
013:252,14[J  ]| "Yes, sir. I came with her when she married. I
013:252,15[J  ]| was my lady's own woman."
013:252,16[B  ]| "And you have been with her ever since?"
013:252,17[J  ]| "I have been in$4$ the house ever since. My lady has
013:252,18[J  ]| taken a younger person. You see I am very old. I do
013:252,19[J  ]| nothing regular now. But I keep about."
013:252,20[B  ]| "You keep about remarkably well," 
013:252,20['  ]| said Newman,
013:252,21['  ]| observing the erectness of her figure and
013:252,22['  ]| a certain venerable pink in$4$ her cheek. 
013:252,22[B  ]| "I like$1$," 
013:252,22['  ]| he
013:252,23['  ]| genially added, 
013:252,23[B  ]| "to$9$ \see\ you about."
013:252,24[J  ]| "Very good of you, sir. Thank God I am not ill.
013:252,25[J  ]| I hope I know my duty too well to$9$ go panting and
013:252,26[J  ]| coughing over the house. But I am an old woman,
013:252,27[J  ]| sir, and it is as an old woman that$3$ I venture to$9$ speak
013:252,28[J  ]| to$4$ you."
013:252,29[B  ]| "Oh, speak, if you like$1$, as you never spoke!" 
013:252,29['  ]| said
013:252,30['  ]| Newman curiously. 
013:252,30[B  ]| "You need not be afraid of me."
013:252,31[J  ]| "Yes, sir, I think you are kind. I have seen you
013:252,32[J  ]| before."
013:253,01[B  ]| "On$4$ the stairs, you mean?"
013:253,02[J  ]| "Yes, sir. When you have been coming to$9$ see the
013:253,03[J  ]| Countess. I have taken the liberty of noticing that$3$
013:253,04[J  ]| you come often."
013:253,05[B  ]| "Oh yes; I come very often," 
013:253,05['  ]| he laughed. 
013:253,05[B  ]| "You
013:253,06[B  ]| need not have been very much emancipated to$9$ notice
013:253,07[B  ]| that$6#2$."
013:253,08[J  ]| "I have noticed it with pleasure, sir," 
013:253,08['  ]| said this interesting
013:253,09['  ]| member of the family. And she stood looking
013:253,10['  ]| at him with a strange expression of face. The
013:253,11['  ]| old instinct of deference and humility was there; the
013:253,12['  ]| habit of decent self-effacement and the knowledge of
013:253,13['  ]| her appointed orbit. But there mingled with it an
013:253,14['  ]| impulse born of the occasion and of a sense, probably,
013:253,15['  ]| of this free stranger's unprecedented affability; and,
013:253,16['  ]| beyond this, a vague indifference to$4$ the old proprieties,
013:253,17['  ]| as if my lady's own woman had at last begun to$9$ reflect
013:253,18['  ]| that$3$, 
013:253,18@j   | since my lady had taken another person,
013:253,19@j   | she had a slight reversionary property in$4$ herself.
013:253,20[B  ]| "You take a great interest in$4$ our friends?" 
013:253,20['  ]| he 
013:253,21['  ]| asked.
013:253,22['  ]| She looked at him as if she admired that$6#2$ expression
013:253,23['  ]| and had never heard anything quite like$4$ it. 
013:253,23[J  ]| "A deep
013:253,24[J  ]| interest sir. Especially in$4$ the Countess."
013:253,25[B  ]| "I am glad of that$6#2$," 
013:253,25['  ]| said Newman. And he smilingly
013:253,26['  ]| followed it up$5$. 
013:253,26[B  ]| "You can not take more than I
013:253,27[B  ]| do!"
013:253,28[J  ]| "So$5#2$ I supposed, sir. We can not help noticing these
013:253,29[J  ]| things and having our ideas; can we, sir?"
013:253,30[B  ]| "You mean as an old employee?"
013:253,31[J  ]| "Ah, there it is, sir. I am afraid that$3$ when I let
013:253,32[J  ]| my thoughts meddle with such matters I rather step
013:254,01[J  ]| out of my place. But I am so$5#1$ devoted to$4$ the Countess;
013:254,02[J  ]| if she were my own child I could not love her more.
013:254,03[J  ]| That$6#2$ is how I come to$9$ be so$5#1$ bold, sir." 
013:254,03['  ]| Her boldness
013:254,04['  ]| failed her a moment, but she brought it round with
013:254,05['  ]| a turn. 
013:254,05[J  ]| "They say in$4$ the house, sir, that$3$ you want
013:254,06[J  ]| to$9$ marry her."
013:254,07['  ]| Newman eyed his interlocutress, and, as if something
013:254,08['  ]| had suddenly begun to$9$ depend on$4$ it, made up$5$
013:254,09['  ]| his mind about her. Something at least passed between
013:254,10['  ]| them with his exchange of distinct truths, and
013:254,11['  ]| at the end of a minute he felt almost like$4$ a lost child
013:254,12['  ]| kindly taken by$4$ the hand. He gave the hand a responsive 
013:254,13['  ]| grasp. He looked quite up$5$ into the deep mild
013:254,14['  ]| face. 
013:254,14[B  ]| "I want to$9$ marry Madame*de*Cintre= more
013:254,15[B  ]| than I ever wanted anything in$4$ my life."
013:254,16[J  ]| "And to$9$ take her away to$4$ America?"
013:254,17[B  ]| "I will$1$ take her wherever she wants to$9$ go."
013:254,18[J  ]| "The further away the better, sir!" 
013:254,18['  ]| exclaimed the
013:254,19['  ]| old woman with sudden intensity. But she checked
013:254,20['  ]| herself and, taking up$5$ a paper-weight in$4$ mosaic,
013:254,21['  ]| began to$9$ polish it with her black apron. 
013:254,21[J  ]| "I do not
013:254,22[J  ]| mean anything about the house or the family, sir.
013:254,23[J  ]| But I think a great change would do the poor Countess
013:254,24[J  ]| good. There is no$2$ very grand life here."
013:254,25[B  ]| "Oh, grand life ~?" 
013:254,25['  ]| he quite sarcastically sighed.
013:254,26[B  ]| "But Madame*de*Cintre=," 
013:254,26['  ]| he added, 
013:254,26[B  ]| "has a great
013:254,27[B  ]| courage in$4$ her heart."
013:254,28[J  ]| "She has everything in$4$ her heart that$6#1$ is good.
013:254,29[J  ]| You will$1$ not be vexed to$9$ hear that$3$ she has been more
013:254,30[J  ]| her natural self these two months past than she had
013:254,31[J  ]| been for$4$ many a day before."
013:254,32['  ]| Newman was delighted to$9$ gather this testimony
013:255,01['  ]| to$4$ the progress of his suit, but he kept his expression
013:255,02['  ]| within bounds. 
013:255,02[B  ]| "Had she been \very\ long as you
013:255,03[B  ]| did not want to$9$ see her?"
013:255,04[J  ]| "Well, sir, she had good reason not to$9$ be gay.
013:255,05[J  ]| The Count was no$2$ natural husband for$4$ a young
013:255,06[J  ]| lady like$4$ that$6#2$. And it is not as if, in$4$ this house, there
013:255,07[J  ]| were other great pleasures ~~ to$9$ make up$5$, I mean,
013:255,08[J  ]| for$4$ anything so$5#1$ sad. It is better, in$4$ my humble opinion,
013:255,09[J  ]| that$3$ she should leave it altogether. So$3$ if you will$1$
013:255,10[J  ]| pardon my saying such a thing, I hope very much
013:255,11[J  ]| she will$1$ see her blessed way ~!"
013:255,12[B  ]| "You can not hope it as much as I do!" 
013:255,12['  ]| Newman
013:255,13['  ]| returned.
013:255,14[J  ]| "But you must not lose courage, sir, if she does not
013:255,15[J  ]| make up$5$ her mind at once. That$6#2$ is what I wanted to$9$
013:255,16[J  ]| beg of you," 
013:255,16['  ]| his friend proceeded. 
013:255,16[J  ]| "Do not give it
013:255,17[J  ]| up$5$, sir. You will$1$ not take it ill if I say it is a great risk
013:255,18[J  ]| for$4$ any lady at any time; all the more when she has
013:255,19[J  ]| got rid of one bad bargain. But if she can take
013:255,20[J  ]| advantage of a good, kind, respectable gentleman I
013:255,21[J  ]| think she had better make up$5$ her mind. They speak
013:255,22[J  ]| very well of you, sir, in$4$ the house ~~ I mean in$4$ my
013:255,23[J  ]| part of it; and, if you will$1$ allow me to$9$ say so$5#2$, there is
013:255,24[J  ]| everything in$4$ your appearance ~! You have a very
013:255,25[J  ]| different one to$4$ the late Count; he was not, really
013:255,26[J  ]| sir, much more than five feet high. And they say
013:255,27[J  ]| your fortune is beyond everything. There is no$2$ harm
013:255,28[J  ]| in$4$ that$6#2$. So$3$ I entreat you to$9$ be patient, sir, and to$9$
013:255,29[J  ]| bide your time. If I do not say it to$4$ you perhaps no*one
013:255,30[J  ]| will$1$. Of course it is not for$4$ me to$9$ make any
013:255,31[J  ]| promises. I can answer for$4$ nothing. But I believe in$4$
013:255,32[J  ]| your chance because I believe in$4$ your spirit. I am
013:256,01[J  ]| nothing but a weary old woman in$4$ my quiet corner, 
013:256,02[J  ]| but one of us poor things here may understand
013:256,03[J  ]| another, and I do not think I could ever mistake the
013:256,04[J  ]| Countess. I received her in$4$ my arms when she came
013:256,05[J  ]| into the world, and her first wedding-day was the
013:256,06[J  ]| saddest of my life. She owes it to$4$ me to$9$ show me
013:256,07[J  ]| another and brighter. If you will$1$ but hold on$5$ fast,
013:256,08[J  ]| sir ~~ and you look as if you would ~~ I think we
013:256,09[J  ]| may see it."
013:256,10['  ]| Newman had listened to$4$ this slow, plain, deliberate
013:256,11['  ]| speech, the first evidently of much waiting and wishing,
013:256,12['  ]| with as hushed and grateful a pleasure as he
013:256,13['  ]| had ever had for$4$ some grand passage at the opera.
013:256,14[B  ]| "Why, my dear madam, I just love you for$4$ your encouragement.
013:256,15[B  ]| One can not have too much, and I mean
013:256,16[B  ]| to$9$ hold on$5$ fast ~~ you may bet your life on$4$ that$6#2$. And
013:256,17[B  ]| if Madame*de*Cintre= does see her way you must just
013:256,18[B  ]| come and live with her."
013:256,19['  ]| The old woman looked at him with grave lifeless
013:256,20['  ]| eyes. 
013:256,20[J  ]| "It may seem a heartless thing to$9$ say, sir, when
013:256,21[J  ]| one has been forty years in$4$ a house, but I promise
013:256,22[J  ]| you I should like$1$ to$9$ leave this place."
013:256,23[B  ]| "Why, it is just the \time\ to$9$ promise," 
013:256,23['  ]| said Newman
013:256,24['  ]| with ingenuity. 
013:256,24[B  ]| "After forty years one wants
013:256,25[B  ]| a big change. That$6#2$ is what \I am\ going in$5$ for$4$," 
013:256,25['  ]| he
013:256,26['  ]| smiled.
013:256,27[J  ]| "You are very kind indeed, sir," ~~ 
013:256,27['  ]| and this faithful
013:256,28['  ]| servant dropped another curtsey and seemed
013:256,29['  ]| disposed to$9$ retire. She moved slowly, however, and
013:256,30['  ]| gave while she lingered a dim joyless smile. Newman
013:256,31['  ]| was disappointed, and his fingers stole so$5#1$ impatiently
013:256,32['  ]| to$4$ his waistcoat-pocket that$3$ his informant
013:257,01['  ]| noticed the gesture. 
013:257,01[J  ]| "Ah, thank God I am not a 
013:257,02[J  ]| mercenary French person! If I were I would tell you
013:257,03[J  ]| with a brazen simper, old as I am, that$3$ if you please,
013:257,04[J  ]| monsieur, my information is worth something. Yet
013:257,05[J  ]| let me tell you so$5#2$ after all in$4$ my own decent English
013:257,06[J  ]| way. It \is\ worth something."
013:257,07[B  ]| "How much, please?"
013:257,08[J  ]| "Simply this, sir: your solemn promise not to$9$ hint
013:257,09[J  ]| by$4$ a single word to$4$ the Countess that$3$ I have gone so$5#1$
013:257,10[J  ]| far."
013:257,11[B  ]| "Oh, I promise all right," 
013:257,11['  ]| said Newman. 
013:257,11[B  ]| "And
013:257,12[B  ]| when I promise ~!"
013:257,13[J  ]| "I do believe you keep, sir! That$6#2$ is all, sir. Thank
013:257,14[J  ]| you, sir. Good-day, sir." 
013:257,14['  ]| And having once more
013:257,15['  ]| slid down telescope-wise into her scant petticoats,
013:257,16['  ]| his visitor departed. At the same moment Madame*de*Cintre=
013:257,17['  ]| came in$5$ by$4$ an opposite door. She noticed
013:257,18['  ]| the movement of the other \9portie`re\ and asked Newman
013:257,19['  ]| who$6#1$ had been entertaining him.
013:257,20[B  ]| "The British female ~~ in$4$ her most venerable
013:257,21[B  ]| form. An old lady in$4$ a black dress and a cap, who$6#1$
013:257,22[B  ]| bobs up$5$ and down and expresses herself ever so$5#1$
013:257,23[B  ]| well."
013:257,24[A  ]| "An old lady who$6#1$ bobs and expresses herself?
013:257,25[A  ]| Ah, you mean poor Mrs%*Bread. I happen to$9$ know
013:257,26[A  ]| you have made a conquest of her."
013:257,27[B  ]| "Mrs%*Cake, she ought to$9$ be called," 
013:257,27['  ]| Newman
013:257,28['  ]| declared. 
013:257,28[B  ]| "She is very sweet. She is a delicious old
013:257,29[B  ]| woman."
013:257,30['  ]| His friend looked at him a moment. 
013:257,30[A  ]| "What can
013:257,31[A  ]| she have said to$4$ you? She is an excellent creature,
013:257,32[A  ]| but we think her rather dismal."
013:258,01[B  ]| "I suppose," 
013:258,01['  ]| he presently answered, 
013:258,01[B  ]| "that$3$ I like$1$
013:258,02[B  ]| her so$3$ much because she has lived near you so$3$ long.
013:258,03[B  ]| Since your birth, she told me."
013:258,04[A  ]| "Yes ~~ such an age as that$6#2$ makes! She is very
013:258,05[A  ]| faithful," 
013:258,05['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= went on$5$ simply. 
013:258,05[A  ]| "I can
013:258,06[A  ]| absolutely trust her."
013:258,07['  ]| Newman, however that$6#2$ might be, had never made
013:258,08['  ]| a reflexion to$4$ this lady on$4$ her mother and her brother
013:258,09['  ]| Urbain ~~ he had given no$2$ hint of the impression
013:258,10['  ]| they made on$4$ him. But, as if she could perfectly
013:258,11['  ]| guess his feeling and subtly spare his nerves, she had
013:258,12['  ]| markedly avoided any occasion for$4$ making him
013:258,13['  ]| speak of them. She never alluded to$4$ her mother's
013:258,14['  ]| domestic decrees; she never quoted the opinions of 
013:258,15['  ]| the Marquis. They had talked, it was true, of Valentin,
013:258,16['  ]| and she had made no$2$ secret of her extreme affection
013:258,17['  ]| for$4$ her younger brother. Newman listened
013:258,18['  ]| sometimes with a vague, irrepressible pang; if he
013:258,19['  ]| could only have caught in$4$ his own cup a few drops of
013:258,20['  ]| that$6#2$ overflow! She once spoke to$4$ him with candid
013:258,21['  ]| elation of something Valentin had done which$6#1$ she
013:258,22['  ]| thought very much to$4$ his honour. It was a service he
013:258,23['  ]| had rendered to$4$ an old friend of the family ~~ something
013:258,24['  ]| more "serious" and useful than he was usually
013:258,25['  ]| supposed capable of achieving. Newman said 
013:258,25@b   | he
013:258,26@b   | was glad to$9$ hear of it, 
013:258,26['  ]| and then began to$9$ talk of a 
013:258,27['  ]| matter more personal to$4$ himself. His companion
013:258,28['  ]| listened, but after a while she said: 
013:258,28[A  ]| "I do not like$1$ the
013:258,29[A  ]| way you speak of poor Valentin." 
013:258,29['  ]| At which$6#1$, rather
013:258,30['  ]| surprised, he protested 
013:258,30@b   | he had never spoken of him
013:258,31@b   | save in$4$ kindness.
013:258,32[A  ]| "Well, it is just the sort of kindness," 
013:258,32['  ]| she smiled,
013:259,01[A  ]| "the kindness that$6#1$ costs nothing, the kindness you
013:259,02[A  ]| show to$4$ a child. It is as if you rather looked down
013:259,03[A  ]| on$4$ him. It is as if you did not respect him."
013:259,04[B  ]| "Respect him? Why, respect is a big feeling. But
013:259,05[B  ]| I guess I do."
013:259,06[A  ]| "You guess? If you are not sure, it is no$2$ respect."
013:259,07[B  ]| "Do \you\ respect him?" 
013:259,07['  ]| Newman asked. 
013:259,07[B  ]| "If you
013:259,08[B  ]| do then I do."
013:259,09[A  ]| "If one loves a person, that$6#2$ is a question one is not
013:259,10[A  ]| bound to$9$ answer," 
013:259,10['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
013:259,11[B  ]| "You should not have asked it of me then. I am
013:259,12[B  ]| very fond of your brother."
013:259,13[A  ]| "He amuses you. But you would not like$1$ to$9$ resemble
013:259,14[A  ]| him."
013:259,15[B  ]| "I should not like$1$ to$9$ resemble any*one. It is hard
013:259,16[B  ]| enough work resembling one's self."
013:259,17[A  ]| "What do you mean," 
013:259,17['  ]| she demanded, 
013:259,17[A  ]| "by$4$ resembling
013:259,18[A  ]| one's self?"
013:259,19[B  ]| "Why, doing what is expected of one. Doing one's
013:259,20[B  ]| duty."
013:259,21[A  ]| "But that$6#2$ is hard ~~ or at any rate it is urgent ~~ 
013:259,22[A  ]| only when one is very good."
013:259,23[B  ]| "Well, a great many people are good enough ! 
013:259,24[B  ]| so$3$ long as they insist on$4$ being so$5#2$!" 
013:259,24['  ]| he optimistically
013:259,25['  ]| laughed. 
013:259,25[B  ]| "Valentin, at all events, is good enough
013:259,26[B  ]| for$4$ \me\."
013:259,27['  ]| She was silent a little, and then, with inconsequence,
013:259,28[A  ]| "Ah, I could wish him rather better!" 
013:259,28['  ]| she
013:259,29['  ]| declared. 
013:259,29[A  ]| "I could wish he would do something."
013:259,30['  ]| Her companion considered: after which$6#1$, candidly:
013:259,31[B  ]| "What in$4$ the world can Valentine ""do""?"
013:259,32[A  ]| "Well, he is very clever."
013:260,01[B  ]| "But I guess it is a proof of power," 
013:260,01['  ]| Newman
013:260,02['  ]| reasoned, 
013:260,02[B  ]| "to$9$ be so$5#1$ happy without doing anything."
013:260,03[A  ]| "Ah, but I do not think Valentin is really so$5#1$ happy.
013:260,04[A  ]| He is intelligent, generous, brave ~~ but what is there
013:260,05[A  ]| to$9$ show for$4$ it? To$4$ me there is something sad in$4$ his
013:260,06[A  ]| life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about
013:260,07[A  ]| him. I do not know why, but it seems to$9$ come to$4$
013:260,08[A  ]| me that$3$ he may have some great trouble ~~ perhaps
013:260,09[A  ]| a really unhappy end."
013:260,10[B  ]| "Oh, leave him to$4$ me," 
013:260,10['  ]| Newman cheerfully returned.
013:260,11[B  ]| "I guess I can keep him all right."
013:260,12['  ]| One evening, however, in$4$ spite of such passages as
013:260,13['  ]| these, the conversation in$4$ Madame*de*Bellegarde's
013:260,14['  ]| own apartment had flagged most sensibly. The
013:260,15['  ]| Marquis walked up$5$ and down in$4$ silence, like$4$ a sentinel
013:260,16['  ]| at the door of some menaced citadel of the proprieties;
013:260,17['  ]| his mother sat staring at the fire; his wife
013:260,18['  ]| worked at an enormous band of tapestry. Usually
013:260,19['  ]| there were three or four visitors, but on$4$ this occasion
013:260,20['  ]| a violent storm sufficiently accounted for$4$ the absence
013:260,21['  ]| even of the most assiduous. In$4$ the long silences the
013:260,22['  ]| howling of the wind and the beating of the rain were
013:260,23['  ]| distinctly audible. Newman sat perfectly still, watching
013:260,24['  ]| the clock, determined to$9$ stay till the stroke of
013:260,25['  ]| eleven and not a moment longer. Madame*de*Cintre= 
013:260,26['  ]| had turned her back to$4$ the circle and had been standing
013:260,27['  ]| for$4$ some time within the uplifted curtain of a 
013:260,28['  ]| window, her forehead against the pane and her eyes
013:260,29['  ]| reaching out to$4$ the deluged darkness. Suddenly she
013:260,30['  ]| turned round to$4$ her sister-in-law. 
013:260,30[A  ]| "For$4$ heaven's
013:260,31[A  ]| sake," 
013:260,31['  ]| she said with peculiar eagerness, 
013:260,31[A  ]| "go to$4$ the 
013:260,32[A  ]| piano and play something."
013:261,01['  ]| The young Marquise held up$5$ her tapestry and
013:261,02['  ]| pointed to$4$ a little white flower. 
013:261,02[L  ]| "Do not ask me to$9$
013:261,03[L  ]| leave this. I am in$4$ the midst of a masterpiece. My
013:261,04[L  ]| little flower is going to$9$ smell very sweet; I am putting
013:261,05[L  ]| in$4$ the smell with this gold-coloured silk. I am holding
013:261,06[L  ]| my breath; I can not leave off. Play something yourself."
013:261,07[L  ]|
013:261,08[A  ]| "It is absurd for$4$ me to$9$ play when you are present,"
013:261,09['  ]| Claire returned; yet the next moment she had
013:261,10['  ]| plunged, as it were, into the source of music, and
013:261,11['  ]| begun to$9$ strike the keys with vehemence. She
013:261,12['  ]| sounded them for$4$ some time, to$4$ a great, and almost
013:261,13['  ]| startling effect; when she stopped Newman went
013:261,14['  ]| over and asked her to$9$ begin again. She shook her
013:261,15['  ]| head and, on$4$ his insisting, said: 
013:261,15[A  ]| "I have not been
013:261,16[A  ]| playing for$4$ you, I have been playing for$4$ myself." 
013:261,16['  ]| She
013:261,17['  ]| went back to$4$ the window again and looked out, and
013:261,18['  ]| shortly afterwards she left the room.
013:261,19['  ]| When he took leave Urbain*de*Bellegarde accompanied
013:261,20['  ]| him, as always, just three steps down the
013:261,21['  ]| staircase. At the bottom stood a servant with his
013:261,22['  ]| overcoat. He had just put it on$5$ when he saw Madame*de*Cintre=
013:261,23['  ]| come to$4$ him across the vestibule. 
013:261,23[B  ]| "Shall
013:261,24[B  ]| you be at home on$4$ Friday?" 
013:261,24['  ]| he asked.
013:261,25['  ]| She looked at him a moment before answering,
013:261,26['  ]| and the servant moved away to$4$ the great house-door.
013:261,27[A  ]| "You do not like$1$ my mother and my brother. Ah, but
013:261,28[A  ]| not the least little bit!"
013:261,29['  ]| He hesitated a moment and then said ever so$5#1$ mildly:
013:261,30[B  ]| "Well, since you mention it ~!"
013:261,31['  ]| She laid her hand on$4$ the balustrade and prepared
013:261,32['  ]| to$9$ ascend the stairs, fixing her eyes on$4$ the first step
013:262,01[A  ]| "I shall be at home on$4$ Friday," 
013:262,01['  ]| she brought out;
013:262,02['  ]| and she passed up$5$ while he watched her. But on$4$ the
013:262,03['  ]| Friday, as soon as he came in$5$, she asked him to$9$ 
013:262,03@a   | be so$5#1$
013:262,04@a   | good as to$9$ tell her why he had such an aversion to$4$ her
013:262,05@a   | family.
013:262,06[B  ]| "Such an aversion? Did I call it that$6#2$? Do not think
013:262,07[B  ]| I make too much of it. See how easily I work it."
013:262,08[A  ]| "I wish you would tell me what you think of them,"
013:262,09['  ]| she simply said.
013:262,10[B  ]| "I do not think of any of them but you."
013:262,11[A  ]| "That$6#2$ is because you dislike them too much.
013:262,12[A  ]| Speak the truth; you can not offend me."
013:262,13[B  ]| "Well, I could live at a pinch without the Marquis,"
013:262,14['  ]| Newman confessed. 
013:262,14[B  ]| "It comes to$4$ me now, if you
013:262,15[B  ]| mention it. But what is the use of our bringing it up$5$?
013:262,16[B  ]| I do not think of him."
013:262,17[A  ]| "You are too good-natured," 
013:262,17['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
013:262,18['  ]| gravely said. Then, as if to$9$ avoid the appearance of
013:262,19['  ]| inviting him to$9$ speak ill of her brother, she turned
013:262,20['  ]| away, motioning him to$9$ sit down.
013:262,21['  ]| But he remained there before her. 
013:262,21[B  ]| "What is of
013:262,22[B  ]| much more importance is that$3$ they can scarcely
013:262,23[B  ]| stand me."
013:262,24[A  ]| "Scarcely," 
013:262,24['  ]| she said with the gentlest, oddest
013:262,25['  ]| distinctness.
013:262,26[B  ]| "And do not you think they are wrong? I do not
013:262,27[B  ]| strike myself as a man to$9$ hate."
013:262,28[A  ]| "I suppose a man who$6#1$ may inspire strong feelings,"
013:262,29['  ]| she thoughtfully opined, 
013:262,29[A  ]| "must take his chance of
013:262,30[A  ]| what they are. But have my brother and my mother
013:262,31[A  ]| made you hate \them\?"
013:262,32[B  ]| "Oh, I do not sling my passions about ~~ I have put
013:263,01[B  ]| all my capital into one good thing," 
013:263,01['  ]| he smiled. 
013:263,01[B  ]| "Yet
013:263,02[B  ]| I may have spent about ten cents on$4$ the luxury of
013:263,03[B  ]| rage."
013:263,04[A  ]| "You have never then let me see you doing it."
013:263,05[B  ]| "Ah, I do not do it here," 
013:263,05['  ]| he still sturdily smiled.
013:263,06['  ]| She dropped her eyes, and it somehow held him a
013:263,07['  ]| minute in$4$ suspense. But 
013:263,07[A  ]| "They think they have treated
013:263,08[A  ]| you rather handsomely" 
013:263,08['  ]| was, however, all she said
013:263,09['  ]| at last.
013:263,10[B  ]| "Well, I have no$2$ doubt they could have been much
013:263,11[B  ]| worse. They must have let me off pretty easily,"
013:263,12['  ]| he went on$5$; 
013:263,12[B  ]| "for$3$ see how little I feel damaged. And
013:263,13[B  ]| I think I show you everything. Honestly."
013:263,14['  ]| She faced him again, at this, as if really to$9$ take the
013:263,15['  ]| measure, more than she had done yet, of what he
013:263,16['  ]| showed her. 
013:263,16[A  ]| "You are very generous. It is a painful
013:263,17[A  ]| position."
013:263,18[B  ]| "For$4$ them, you mean. Not for$4$ me."
013:263,19[A  ]| "For$4$ me," 
013:263,19['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
013:263,20[B  ]| "Not when their sins are forgiven!" 
013:263,20['  ]| Newman
013:263,21['  ]| laughed. 
013:263,21[B  ]| "They do not think I am as good as themselves.
013:263,22[B  ]| I do, you see. What should I be ~~ well,
013:263,23[B  ]| even for$4$ you ~~ if I did not? But we shall not quarrel
013:263,24[B  ]| about it."
013:263,25[A  ]| "I can not even agree with you without saying something
013:263,26[A  ]| that$6#1$ has a sound I dislike. The presumption,
013:263,27[A  ]| if I may put it so$5#2$, was against you. That$3$ you probably
013:263,28[A  ]| do not understand."
013:263,29['  ]| He sat down before her, all carefully and considerately,
013:263,30['  ]| as he might have placed himself at the feet of
013:263,31['  ]| a teacher. 
013:263,31[B  ]| "I do not think I really understand it. But
013:263,32[B  ]| when you say it I believe it."
013:264,01['  ]| She gave, still with her charming eyes on$4$ him, the
013:264,02['  ]| slowest, gentlest headshake. 
013:264,02[A  ]| "That$6#2$ is a poor reason."
013:264,03[A  ]|
013:264,04[B  ]| "No$7$, it is a very good one. I believe everything you
013:264,05[B  ]| say, and I know why ~~ if you will$1$ let me tell you.
013:264,06[B  ]| You have a high spirit, a high standard; but with you
013:264,07[B  ]| it is all natural and unaffected: You do not seem to$9$
013:264,08[B  ]| have stuck your head into a vise, as if you were sitting
013:264,09[B  ]| for$4$ the photograph of propriety. Yet you do also think
013:264,10[B  ]| of me, I guess, as a sort of animal that$6#1$ has had no$2$
013:264,11[B  ]| idea in$4$ life but to$9$ make money and drive sharp bargains.
013:264,12[B  ]| Well, that$6#2$ is a fair description," 
013:264,12['  ]| he pursued,
013:264,13[B  ]| "but it is not the whole. A man ought to$9$ care for$4$
013:264,14[B  ]| something else ~~ I am alive to$4$ that$6#2$ and always
013:264,15[B  ]| was, even if I do not know exactly for$4$ what. I cared
013:264,16[B  ]| for$4$ money-making, but I never cared so$5#1$ very terribly
013:264,17[B  ]| for$4$ money. There was nothing else to$9$ do, and I
013:264,18[B  ]| take it you do not see me \always\ on$4$ the loaf. I have been
013:264,19[B  ]| very easy to$4$ others, and I have tried always to$9$ know
013:264,20[B  ]| where I was myself. I have done most of the things
013:264,21[B  ]| that$6#1$ people have asked me ~~ I do not mean scoundrels.
013:264,22[B  ]| I guess no*one has suffered by$4$ me very badly.
013:264,23[B  ]| As regards your mother and your brother," 
013:264,23['  ]| he added,
013:264,24[B  ]| "there is only one point on$4$ which$6#1$ I feel that$3$ I might
013:264,25[B  ]| quarrel with them. I do not ask them to$9$ sing my
013:264,26[B  ]| praises to$4$ you, but I ask them to$9$ let you alone. If
013:264,27[B  ]| I thought they talked against me to$4$ you at all badly"
013:264,28['  ]| ~~ and he just paused ~~ 
013:264,28[B  ]| "why I would have to$9$ come in$5$
013:264,29[B  ]| somewhere on$4$ \that$6#2$\."
013:264,30['  ]| She reassured him. 
013:264,30[A  ]| "They have let me alone, as you
013:264,31[A  ]| say. They have not talked against you to$4$ me at all
013:264,32[A  ]| badly."
013:265,01['  ]| It gave him, and for$4$ the first time, the exquisite
013:265,02['  ]| pleasure of her apparently liking to$9$ use and adopt
013:265,03['  ]| his words. 
013:265,03[B  ]| "Well, then I am ready to$9$ declare them only
013:265,04[B  ]| too good for$4$ this world!"
013:265,05['  ]| This brought something into her face that$6#1$ ~~ as
013:265,06['  ]| it seemingly was not relief ~~ he did not quite understand,
013:265,07['  ]| and she might have spoken in$4$ a sense to$9$ explain
013:265,08['  ]| it if the door at the moment had not been thrown
013:265,09['  ]| open and Urbain*de*Bellegarde had not stepped
013:265,10['  ]| across the threshold. He appeared surprised at finding
013:265,11['  ]| Newman; but his surprise was but a momentary
013:265,12['  ]| shadow across the surface of an unwonted cheer. His
013:265,13['  ]| guest had never seen him so$5#1$ exhilarated; he produced
013:265,14['  ]| the effect of an old faded portrait that$6#1$ had
013:265,15['  ]| suddenly undergone restoration. He held open the
013:265,16['  ]| door for$4$ some*one else to$9$ enter, and was presently
013:265,17['  ]| followed by$4$ the old Marquise, supported on$4$ the arm
013:265,18['  ]| of a gentleman whom Newman saw for$4$ the first time.
013:265,19['  ]| He was already on$4$ his feet, and Madame*de*Cintre=
013:265,20['  ]| rose, as she always did before her mother. The Marquis,
013:265,21['  ]| who$6#1$ had greeted him almost genially, stood
013:265,22['  ]| apart and slowly rubbed his hands; his mother came
013:265,23['  ]| forward with her companion. She gave Newman a
013:265,24['  ]| majestic little nod and then released the other visitor,
013:265,25['  ]| that$3$ he might make his bow to$4$ her daughter. 
013:265,25[C  ]| "I have
013:265,26[C  ]| brought you an unknown relative, Lord*Deepmere,
013:265,27[C  ]| Lord*Deepmere who$6#1$ is our cousin, but who$6#1$ has done
013:265,28[C  ]| only to-day what he ought to$9$ have done long ago,
013:265,29[C  ]| come to$9$ make our acquaintance."
013:265,30['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= dropped her soft but steady
013:265,31['  ]| light on$4$ this personage, who$6#1$ had advanced to$9$ take
013:265,32['  ]| her hand. 
013:265,32[W  ]| "It is very extraordinary," 
013:265,32['  ]| he ingenuously
013:266,01['  ]| remarked, 
013:266,01[W  ]| "but this is the first time in$4$ my life I have
013:266,02[W  ]| been in$4$ Paris for$4$ more than three or four weeks."
013:266,03[A  ]| "And how long have you been here now?" 
013:266,03['  ]| she
013:266,04['  ]| enquired with a certain detachment.
013:266,05[W  ]| "Oh, for$4$ the last two months." 
013:266,05['  ]| The young man ~
013:266,06['  ]| he was still a young man ~~ showed no$2$ hesitation.
013:266,07['  ]| His artless observations might have constituted an
013:266,08['  ]| impertinence; but a glance at his face would have
013:266,09['  ]| satisfied you, as it apparently satisfied Madame*de*Cintre=,
013:266,10['  ]| that$3$ nothing about him could well be explained
013:266,11['  ]| save in$4$ the light of his simplicity. When their group
013:266,12['  ]| was seated Newman, who$6#1$ was out of the conversation,
013:266,13['  ]| reflected, observing him, that$3$ 
013:266,13@b   | unless he had the
013:266,14@b   | benefit of that$6#2$ he had not the benefit of very much.
013:266,15['  ]| His other advantages ~~ beyond his three or four
013:266,16['  ]| and thirty years ~~ were a scant stature and an odd
013:266,17['  ]| figure, a bald head, a short nose, round clear blue
013:266,18['  ]| eyes and a frank and natural smile, which$6#1$ made the
013:266,19['  ]| loss of a couple of front teeth by$4$ some rude misadventure
013:266,20['  ]| constantly conspicuous. Perceptibly embarrassed,
013:266,21['  ]| by$4$ more than one sign, he laughed as if
013:266,22['  ]| he were bold and free, catching his breath with a 
013:266,23['  ]| loud startling sound. He admitted that$3$ 
013:266,23@w   | Paris was
013:266,24@w   | charming, 
013:266,24['  ]| but pleaded that$3$ 
013:266,24@w   | he was a wild, bog-trotting
013:266,25@w   | Paddy who$6#1$ preferred his Dublin even to$4$ his
013:266,26@w   | London and who$6#1$ would never be caught where they
013:266,27@w   | had caught him save for$4$ his taste for$4$ light music. He
013:266,28@w   | came over for$4$ the new Offenbach things, since, though
013:266,29@w   | they always brought them out in$4$ Dublin, it was perhaps
013:266,30@w   | with a whiff too much of the brogue. He had
013:266,31@w   | been nine times to$9$ hear "9La*9Pomme*9de*9Paris." Had
013:266,32@w   | Madame*de*Cintre= ever been to$4$ Dublin? They must
013:267,01@w   | all come over some day and he would show them some
013:267,02@w   | grand old Irish sport. 
013:267,02['  ]| His younger kinswoman,
013:267,03['  ]| leaning back with her arms folded and her eyes set
013:267,04['  ]| in$4$ a certain dimness of wonder, might have been
013:267,05['  ]| drifting away from him, conveniently and resignedly,
013:267,06['  ]| on$4$ some deep slow current. Her mother's face, on$4$
013:267,07['  ]| the other hand, was lighted as if in$4$ honour of the
013:267,08['  ]| hour, and Newman felt himself make out in$4$ it a
013:267,09['  ]| queer prehistoric prettiness. The Marquis noted
013:267,10['  ]| that$3$ among light operas his favourite was "8La*8Gazza*8Landra."
013:267,11['  ]| The Marquise, however, began a series of
013:267,12['  ]| enquiries about the duke and the cardinal, the old
013:267,13['  ]| duchess and Lady*Barbara, after listening to$4$ which$6#1$
013:267,14['  ]| and to$4$ Lord*Deepmere's somewhat irreverent responses
013:267,15['  ]| for$4$ a quarter of an hour, our friend rose to$9$
013:267,16['  ]| take his leave. The Marquis went with him their
013:267,17['  ]| three usual steps into the hall.
013:267,18[B  ]| "He \is\ a real Paddy!" 
013:267,18['  ]| ~~ and Newman nodded in$4$
013:267,19['  ]| the direction of the visitor.
013:267,20['  ]| His companion took it coldly. 
013:267,20[D  ]| "His mother was
013:267,21[D  ]| the daughter of Lord*Finucane; he has great Irish
013:267,22[D  ]| estates. Lady*Bridget, in$4$ the complete absence of
013:267,23[D  ]| male heirs, either direct or collateral ~~ a most extraordinary
013:267,24[D  ]| circumstance ~~ came in$5$ for$4$ no$2$ end of
013:267,25[D  ]| things. Lord*Deepmere takes his principal title,
013:267,26[D  ]| however, from his English property, which$6#1$ is immense.
013:267,27[D  ]| He is a charming young man."
013:267,28['  ]| Newman answered nothing, but he detained the
013:267,29['  ]| Marquis as the latter was beginning gracefully to$9$
013:267,30['  ]| recede. 
013:267,30[B  ]| "It is a good time for$4$ me to$9$ thank you for$4$
013:267,31[B  ]| sticking so$5#1$ punctiliously to$4$ our bargain ~~ for$4$ doing
013:267,32[B  ]| so$5#1$ much to$9$ help me with your sister."
013:268,01['  ]| The Marquis stared. 
013:268,01[D  ]| "Really, I have done nothing
013:268,02[D  ]| that$6#1$ I can boast of."
013:268,03[B  ]| "Oh, do not be modest," 
013:268,03['  ]| Newman genially urged.
013:268,04[B  ]| "I can not flatter myself I am doing so$5#1$ well ~~ so$5#1$ well,
013:268,05[B  ]| that$3$ is, as I hope and pray ~~ simply by$4$ my own
013:268,06[B  ]| merit. Please tell your mother too, will$1$ not you? how
013:268,07[B  ]| thoroughly I feel it." 
013:268,07['  ]| And, turning away with a 
013:268,08['  ]| sense of the fair thing done now, after all, all round,
013:268,09['  ]| he left M%*de*Bellegarde looking after him more
013:268,10['  ]| ambiguously than he knew.
014:269,01['  ]| The next time Newman came to$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite=
014:269,02['  ]| he had the good fortune to$9$ find Madame*de*Cintre=
014:269,03['  ]| alone. He arrived with a definite intention
014:269,04['  ]| and lost no$2$ time in$4$ applying it, for$3$ she wore even
014:269,05['  ]| to$4$ his impatience an expectant, waiting look. 
014:269,05[B  ]| "I have
014:269,06[B  ]| been coming to$9$ see you for$4$ six months now and have
014:269,07[B  ]| never spoken to$4$ you a second time of marriage. That$6#2$
014:269,08[B  ]| was what you asked me ~~ I obeyed. Could any man
014:269,09[B  ]| have done better?"
014:269,10[A  ]| "You have acted with great delicacy," 
014:269,10['  ]| she said.
014:269,11[B  ]| "Well, I am going to$9$ change now. I do not mean
014:269,12[B  ]| I am going to$9$ risk offending, but I am going to$9$ go
014:269,13[B  ]| back to$4$ where I began. I \am\ back there. I have been
014:269,14[B  ]| all round the circle. Or rather I have never been away
014:269,15[B  ]| from there. I have never ceased to$9$ want what I wanted
014:269,16[B  ]| then. Only now I am more sure of it, if possible; I am
014:269,17[B  ]| more sure of myself and more sure of you. I know
014:269,18[B  ]| you better, though I do not know anything I did not believe
014:269,19[B  ]| three months ago. You are everything, you are beyond
014:269,20[B  ]| everything, I can imagine or desire. You know
014:269,21[B  ]| me now ~~ you \must\ know me. I will$1$ not say you have seen
014:269,22[B  ]| the best, but you have seen the worst. I hope you have
014:269,23[B  ]| been thinking all this while. You must have seen I
014:269,24[B  ]| was only waiting; you can not suppose I was changing.
014:269,25[B  ]| What will$1$ you say to$4$ me now? Say that$3$ everything
014:269,26[B  ]| is clear and reasonable and that$3$ I have been very patient
014:269,27[B  ]| and considerate and deserve my reward. And then
014:270,01[B  ]| give me your hand. Madame*de*Cintre=, do that$6#2$.
014:270,02[B  ]| Do it."
014:270,03[A  ]| "I knew you were only waiting," 
014:270,03['  ]| she answered,
014:270,04[A  ]| "and I was sure this day would come. I have thought
014:270,05[A  ]| about it a great deal. At first I was half afraid of it.
014:270,06[A  ]| But I am not afraid of it now." 
014:270,06['  ]| She paused a moment
014:270,07['  ]| and then added: 
014:270,07[A  ]| "It is a relief."
014:270,08['  ]| She sat on$4$ a low chair and Newman on$4$ an ottoman
014:270,09['  ]| near her; he leaned a little and took her hand, which$6#1$
014:270,10['  ]| for$4$ an instant she let him keep. 
014:270,10[B  ]| "That$6#2$ means that$3$
014:270,11[B  ]| I have not waited for$4$ nothing." 
014:270,11['  ]| She looked at him a 
014:270,12['  ]| moment, and he saw her eyes fill with tears. 
014:270,12[B  ]| "With
014:270,13[B  ]| me," 
014:270,13['  ]| he went on$5$, 
014:270,13[B  ]| "you will$1$ be as safe ~~ as safe" ~
014:270,14['  ]| and even in$4$ his ardour he hesitated for$4$ a comparison
014:270,15['  ]| ~~ 
014:270,15[B  ]| "as safe," 
014:270,15['  ]| he said with a kind of simple solemnity,
014:270,16[B  ]| "as in$4$ your father's arms."
014:270,17['  ]| Still she looked at him and her tears flowed; then
014:270,18['  ]| she buried her face on$4$ the cushioned arm of the sofa
014:270,19['  ]| beside her chair and broke into noiseless sobs. 
014:270,19[A  ]| "I am
014:270,20[A  ]| weak ~~ I am weak," 
014:270,20['  ]| it made him fairly tremble to$9$
014:270,21['  ]| hear her say.
014:270,22[B  ]| "All the more reason why you should give yourself
014:270,23[B  ]| up$5$ to$4$ me," 
014:270,23['  ]| he pleaded. 
014:270,23[B  ]| "Why are you troubled?
014:270,24[B  ]| There is nothing here that$6#1$ should trouble you. I
014:270,25[B  ]| offer you nothing but happiness. Is that$6#2$ so$5#1$ hard to$9$
014:270,26[B  ]| believe?"
014:270,27[A  ]| "To$4$ you everything seems so$5#1$ simple," 
014:270,27['  ]| she said as
014:270,28['  ]| she raised her head. 
014:270,28[A  ]| "But things are not so$5#2$. I like$1$
014:270,29[A  ]| you ~~ oh, I like$1$ you. I liked you six months ago,
014:270,30[A  ]| and now I am sure of it, as you say \you are\ sure. But
014:270,31[A  ]| it is not easy, simply for$4$ that$6#2$, to$9$ decide for$4$ what you
014:270,32[A  ]| ask. There are so$5#1$ many things to$9$ think about."
014:271,01[B  ]| "There ought to$9$ be only one thing ~~ that$3$ we love
014:271,02[B  ]| each other." 
014:271,02['  ]| And as she remained silent he quickly
014:271,03['  ]| added: 
014:271,03[B  ]| "Very good; if you can not accept that$6#2$, do not
014:271,04[B  ]| tell me."
014:271,05[A  ]| "I should be very glad to$9$ think of nothing," 
014:271,05['  ]| she
014:271,06['  ]| returned at last; 
014:271,06[A  ]| "not to$9$ think at all ~~ only to$9$ shut
014:271,07[A  ]| both my eyes and give myself up$5$. But I can not. I am
014:271,08[A  ]| cold, I am old, I am a coward. I never supposed I
014:271,09[A  ]| should ever marry again," 
014:271,09['  ]| she continued, 
014:271,09[A  ]| "and it
014:271,10[A  ]| seems to$4$ me too strange I should ever have listened
014:271,11[A  ]| to$4$ you. When I used to$9$ think, as a girl, of what I
014:271,12[A  ]| should do if I were to$9$ marry freely, by$4$ my own choice,
014:271,13[A  ]| I thought of a very different man from you."
014:271,14[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is nothing against me," 
014:271,14['  ]| said Newman with
014:271,15['  ]| an immense smile. 
014:271,15[B  ]| "Your taste was not formed."
014:271,16['  ]| His smile lighted her own face. 
014:271,16[A  ]| "Have you formed
014:271,17[A  ]| it?" 
014:271,17['  ]| And then she said in$4$ a different tone: 
014:271,17[A  ]| "Where
014:271,18[A  ]| do you wish to$9$ live?"
014:271,19[B  ]| "Anywhere in$4$ the wide world you like$1$. We can
014:271,20[B  ]| easily settle that$6#2$."
014:271,21[A  ]| "I do not know why I ask you," 
014:271,21['  ]| she presently went
014:271,22['  ]| on$5$ ~~ 
014:271,22[A  ]| "I care so$3$ very little. I think that$3$ if I were to$9$
014:271,23[A  ]| marry you I could live almost anywhere. You have
014:271,24[A  ]| some false ideas about me, you think I need a great
014:271,25[A  ]| many things ~~ that$3$ I must have a brilliant worldly
014:271,26[A  ]| life. I am sure you are prepared to$9$ take a great deal
014:271,27[A  ]| of trouble to$9$ give me such things. But that$6#2$ is very
014:271,28[A  ]| arbitrary; I have done nothing to$9$ show that$6#2$." 
014:271,28['  ]| She
014:271,29['  ]| paused again, looking at him, and her mingled sound
014:271,30['  ]| and silence were so$3$ sweet to$4$ him that$3$ he had no$2$
014:271,31['  ]| more wish to$9$ hurry her than he would have had to$9$
014:271,32['  ]| hurry the slow flushing of the east at dawn. 
014:271,32[A  ]| "Your
014:272,01[A  ]| being so$3$ different, which$6#1$ at first seemed a difficulty,
014:272,02[A  ]| a danger, began one day to$9$ seem to$4$ me a pleasure, a
014:272,03[A  ]| great pleasure. I was glad you were different. And
014:272,04[A  ]| yet if I had said so$5#2$ no*one would have understood
014:272,05[A  ]| me. And I do not mean simply my family."
014:272,06[B  ]| "\They\ at least would have said I was a queer
014:272,07[B  ]| monster, eh?" 
014:272,07['  ]| he asked.
014:272,08[A  ]| "They would have said I could never be happy
014:272,09[A  ]| with you ~~ you were too different; and I would have
014:272,10[A  ]| said it was just \because\ you were so$3$ different that$3$ I
014:272,11[A  ]| might be happy. But they would have given better
014:272,12[A  ]| reasons than I. My only reason ~!" 
014:272,12['  ]| And she paused
014:272,13['  ]| again.
014:272,14['  ]| But this time, before his golden sunrise, he felt
014:272,15['  ]| the impulse to$9$ grasp at a rosy cloud. 
014:272,15[B  ]| "Your only
014:272,16[B  ]| reason is that$3$ you love me!" 
014:272,16['  ]| he almost groaned for$4$
014:272,17['  ]| deep insistence; and he laid his two hands on$4$ her
014:272,18['  ]| with a persuasion that$6#1$ she rose to$9$ meet. He let her 
014:272,19['  ]| feel as he drew her close, bending his face to$4$ her, the
014:272,20['  ]| fullest force of his imposition; and she took it from
014:272,21['  ]| him with a silent, fragrant, flexible surrender which$6#1$ ~
014:272,22['  ]| since she seemed to$9$ keep back nothing ~~ affected him
014:272,23['  ]| as sufficiently prolonged to$9$ pledge her to$4$ everything.
014:272,24['  ]| He came back the next day and in$4$ the vestibule,
014:272,25['  ]| as he entered the house, encountered his friend Mrs%*Bread.
014:272,26['  ]| She was wandering about in$4$ honourable idleness
014:272,27['  ]| and when his eyes fell upon$4$ her delivered to$4$ him
014:272,28['  ]| straight one of her Wiltshire curtsies; then turning
014:272,29['  ]| to$4$ the servant who$6#1$ had admitted him she said with
014:272,30['  ]| a cognate respectability to$4$ which$6#1$ evidently a proper
014:272,31['  ]| pronunciation of French had never had anything to$9$
014:272,32['  ]| add: 
014:272,32[J  ]| "You may retire; I will$1$ have the honour of conducting
014:273,01[J  ]| monsieur." 
014:273,01['  ]| In$4$ spite of this clean consciousness,
014:273,02['  ]| however, it appeared to$4$ Newman that$3$ her
014:273,03['  ]| voice had a queer quaver, as if the tone of uncontested
014:273,04['  ]| authority were not habitual to$4$ it. The man gave her
014:273,05['  ]| an impertinent stare, but he walked slowly away,
014:273,06['  ]| and she led Newman upstairs. At half its course the
014:273,07['  ]| staircase put forth two arms with an ample rest
014:273,08['  ]| between. In$4$ a niche of this landing stood an indifferent
014:273,09['  ]| statue of an eighteenth-century nymph, simpering
014:273,10['  ]| with studied elegance. Here Mrs%*Bread stopped
014:273,11['  ]| and looked with shy kindness at her companion. 
014:273,11[J  ]| "I
014:273,12[J  ]| know the good news, sir."
014:273,13[B  ]| "You have a good right to$9$ be first to$9$ know it; you have
014:273,14[B  ]| taken such a friendly interest." 
014:273,14['  ]| And then as she
014:273,15['  ]| turned away and began to$9$ blow the dust off the image
014:273,16['  ]| as if this might but be free pleasantry, 
014:273,16[B  ]| "I suppose
014:273,17[B  ]| you want to$9$ congratulate me," 
014:273,17['  ]| Newman went on$5$, 
014:273,17[B  ]| "and
014:273,18[B  ]| I am greatly obliged." 
014:273,18['  ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ he added: 
014:273,18[B  ]| "You
014:273,19[B  ]| gave me much pleasure the other day."
014:273,20['  ]| She turned round, apparently reassured. 
014:273,20[J  ]| "You are
014:273,21[J  ]| not to$9$ think I have been told anything ~~ I have only
014:273,22[J  ]| guessed. But when I looked at you as you came in$5$
014:273,23[J  ]| I was sure I had guessed right."
014:273,24[B  ]| "You are really a grand judge," 
014:273,24['  ]| said Newman.
014:273,25[B  ]| "I am sure that$3$ what you do not see is not worth seeing."
014:273,26[J  ]| "I am not a fool, sir, thank God. I have guessed
014:273,27[J  ]| something else beside," 
014:273,27['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread.
014:273,28[B  ]| "What is that$6#2$?"
014:273,29[J  ]| "I need not tell you, sir; I do not think you would 
014:273,30[J  ]| believe it. At any rate it would not please you."
014:273,31[B  ]| "Oh, tell me nothing but what \will$1$\ please me,"
014:273,32['  ]| he laughed. 
014:273,32[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is the way you began."
014:274,01[J  ]| "Well, sir," 
014:274,01['  ]| she went on$5$, 
014:274,01[J  ]| "I suppose you will$1$ not
014:274,02[J  ]| be vexed to$9$ hear that$3$ the sooner everything is over
014:274,03[J  ]| the better."
014:274,04[B  ]| "The sooner we are married, you mean? The
014:274,05[B  ]| better for$4$ me, certainly."
014:274,06[J  ]| "The better for$4$ every*one."
014:274,07[B  ]| "The better for$4$ you perhaps. You know you are
014:274,08[B  ]| coming to$9$ live with us," 
014:274,08['  ]| said Newman.
014:274,09[J  ]| "I am extremely obliged to$4$ you, sir, but it is not
014:274,10[J  ]| of my poor self I was thinking. I only wanted, if I
014:274,11[J  ]| might take the liberty, to$9$ recommend you to$9$ lose no$2$
014:274,12[J  ]| time."
014:274,13[B  ]| "Who$6#2$ are you afraid of?"
014:274,14['  ]| Mrs%*Bread looked up$4$ the staircase and then
014:274,15['  ]| down, and then looked at the undusted nymph as
014:274,16['  ]| if she possibly had sentient ears. 
014:274,16[J  ]| "I am afraid of
014:274,17[J  ]| every*one."
014:274,18[B  ]| "What an uncomfortable state of mind!" 
014:274,18['  ]| said
014:274,19['  ]| Newman. 
014:274,19[B  ]| "Does ""every*one"" wish to$9$ prevent my
014:274,20[B  ]| marriage?"
014:274,21[J  ]| "I am afraid of already having said too much,"
014:274,22['  ]| Mrs%*Bread replied. 
014:274,22[J  ]| "I will$1$ not take it back, but I
014:274,23[J  ]| will$1$ not say any more." 
014:274,23['  ]| And she kept her course up$4$ the
014:274,24['  ]| staircase again and led him into her mistress's salon.
014:274,25['  ]| Newman indulged in$4$ a brief and silent imprecation
014:274,26['  ]| when he found this lady not alone. With her sat her
014:274,27['  ]| mother, and toward the middle of the room stood
014:274,28['  ]| young Madame*de*Bellegarde in$4$ bonnet and mantle.
014:274,29['  ]| The old Marquise, who$6#1$ leant back in$4$ her chair clasping
014:274,30['  ]| the knob of each arm, looked at him hard and
014:274,31['  ]| without moving. She seemed barely conscious of his
014:274,32['  ]| greeting; she might have had too much else to$9$ think
014:275,01['  ]| of. Newman said to$4$ himself that$3$ 
014:275,01@b   | her daughter had
014:275,02@b   | been announcing their engagement and that$3$ she found
014:275,03@b   | the morsel hard to$9$ swallow. 
014:275,03['  ]| But Madame*de*Cintre=,
014:275,04['  ]| as she gave him her hand, gave him also a look by$4$
014:275,05['  ]| which$6#1$ she appeared to$9$ mean that$3$ 
014:275,05@b   | he should understand
014:275,06@b   | something. Was it a warning or a request?
014:275,07@b   | Did she wish to$9$ enjoin speech or silence? 
014:275,07['  ]| He was
014:275,08['  ]| puzzled, and young Madame*de*Bellegarde's pretty
014:275,09['  ]| grin gave him no$2$ information.
014:275,10[A  ]| "I have not told my mother," 
014:275,10['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=
014:275,11['  ]| abruptly and with her eyes on$4$ him.
014:275,12[C  ]| "Told me what?" 
014:275,12['  ]| the Marquise demanded. 
014:275,12[C  ]| "You
014:275,13[C  ]| tell me too little. You should tell me everything."
014:275,14[L  ]| "That$6#2$ is what I do," 
014:275,14['  ]| laughed Madame*Urbain with
014:275,15['  ]| all her bravery.
014:275,16[B  ]| "Let \me\ tell your mother," 
014:275,16['  ]| said Newman.
014:275,17['  ]| The old woman stared at him again and then
014:275,18['  ]| turned to$4$ her daughter. 
014:275,18[C  ]| "You are going to$9$ marry
014:275,19[C  ]| him?" 
014:275,19['  ]| she brought out.
014:275,20[A  ]| "9oui,09ma 9me`re," 
014:275,20['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
014:275,21[B  ]| "Your daughter has consented, to$4$ my very great
014:275,22[B  ]| happiness," 
014:275,22['  ]| Newman announced.
014:275,23[C  ]| "And when was this arrangement made?" 
014:275,23['  ]| asked
014:275,24['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde. 
014:275,24[C  ]| "I seem to$9$ be picking up$5$
014:275,25[C  ]| the news by$4$ chance!"
014:275,26[B  ]| "My suspense came to$4$ an end yesterday," 
014:275,26['  ]| said
014:275,27['  ]| Newman.
014:275,28[C  ]| "And how long was mine to$9$ have lasted?" 
014:275,28['  ]| the
014:275,29['  ]| Marquise further enquired of her daughter. She
014:275,30['  ]| spoke without irritation, with cold, noble displeasure.
014:275,31['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= stood silent and with her eyes
014:275,32['  ]| on$4$ the ground. 
014:275,32[A  ]| "It is over at all events now."
014:276,01[C  ]| "Where is my son ~~ where is Urbain?" 
014:276,01['  ]| asked the
014:276,02['  ]| Marquise. 
014:276,02[C  ]| "Send for$4$ your brother and let him know."
014:276,03['  ]| Young Madame*de*Bellegarde laid her hand on$4$
014:276,04['  ]| the bell-rope. 
014:276,04[L  ]| "He was to$9$ make some visits with me,
014:276,05[L  ]| and I was to$9$ go and knock ~~ very softly, very softly
014:276,06[L  ]| ~~ at the door of his study. But he can come to$4$ \me\!"
014:276,07['  ]| She pulled the bell and in$4$ a few moments Mrs%*Bread
014:276,08['  ]| appeared with a face of calm enquiry.
014:276,09[C  ]| "Send for$4$ your brother," 
014:276,09['  ]| the old lady went on$5$ to$4$
014:276,10['  ]| Claire.
014:276,11['  ]| But Newman felt an irresistible impulse to$9$ speak
014:276,12['  ]| ~~ and to$9$ speak in$4$ a certain way. 
014:276,12[B  ]| "Please tell the
014:276,13[B  ]| Marquis we want him immediately," 
014:276,13['  ]| he said to$4$ Mrs%*Bread,
014:276,14['  ]| who$6#1$ quietly retired.
014:276,15['  ]| Young Madame*de*Bellegarde approached her
014:276,16['  ]| sister-in-law and embraced her, and then she turned,
014:276,17['  ]| intensely smiling, to$4$ Newman. 
014:276,17[L  ]| "She is as charming
014:276,18[L  ]| as you like$1$. I congratulate you."
014:276,19[C  ]| "I do the same, Mr%*Newman," 
014:276,19['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde
014:276,20['  ]| with extreme solemnity. 
014:276,20[C  ]| "My daughter is
014:276,21[C  ]| an extraordinarily good woman. She may have
014:276,22[C  ]| faults, but I do not know them."
014:276,23[A  ]| "My mother does not often make jokes," 
014:276,23['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= 
014:276,24['  ]| observed; 
014:276,24[A  ]| "but when she does they are
014:276,25[A  ]| terrible."
014:276,26[L  ]| "She is a pearl, she is adorable," 
014:276,26['  ]| the Marquise*Urbain
014:276,27['  ]| resumed, looking at her sister-in-law with her
014:276,28['  ]| head on$4$ one side. 
014:276,28[L  ]| "Yes, I congratulate you."
014:276,29['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= turned away and, taking up$5$
014:276,30['  ]| a piece of tapestry, began to$9$ ply the needle. Some
014:276,31['  ]| minutes of silence elapsed, which$6#1$ were interrupted
014:276,32['  ]| by$4$ the arrival of M%*de*Bellegarde. He came in$5$ with
014:277,01['  ]| hat in$4$ hand and irreproachably gloved, and was
014:277,02['  ]| followed by$4$ his brother Valentin, who$6#1$ appeared to$9$
014:277,03['  ]| have just entered the house. The Marquis looked
014:277,04['  ]| round the circle and administered to$4$ Newman his
014:277,05['  ]| due little measure of recognition. Valentin saluted
014:277,06['  ]| his mother and sisters and, as he shook hands with
014:277,07['  ]| his friend, appeared to$9$ put him a sharp mute question.
014:277,08[L  ]| "\9Arrivez 9donc,09messieurs\!" 
014:277,08['  ]| cried the young
014:277,09['  ]| Marquise. 
014:277,09[L  ]| "We have great news for$4$ you."
014:277,10[C  ]| "Speak to$4$ your brother, my daughter," 
014:277,10['  ]| said the
014:277,11['  ]| old woman to$4$ Claire.
014:277,12['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= had been looking at her tapestry,
014:277,13['  ]| but on$4$ this she raised her eyes. 
014:277,13[A  ]| "I have accepted
014:277,14[A  ]| Mr%*Newman, Urbain."
014:277,15[B  ]| "Yes, sir, your sister has nobly consented," 
014:277,15['  ]| said
014:277,16['  ]| Newman. 
014:277,16[B  ]| "You see after all I knew what I was
014:277,17[B  ]| about."
014:277,18[D  ]| "I beg you to$9$ believe I am charmed!" 
014:277,18['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde
014:277,19['  ]| replied with superior benignity.
014:277,20[E  ]| "So$5#2$ am I, my dear man," 
014:277,20['  ]| said Valentin to$4$ Newman.
014:277,21[E  ]| "The Marquis and I are charmed. I can not
014:277,22[E  ]| marry myself, but I can understand it in$4$ others when
014:277,23[E  ]| the inducements to$4$ it are overwhelming. I can not stand
014:277,24[E  ]| on$4$ my head, but I can applaud a clever acrobat when
014:277,25[E  ]| he brings down the house. My dear sister, I bless
014:277,26[E  ]| your union with this delightful gentleman."
014:277,27['  ]| The Marquis stood looking for$4$ a while into the
014:277,28['  ]| crown of his hat. 
014:277,28[D  ]| "We have been prepared," 
014:277,28['  ]| he said
014:277,29['  ]| at last, 
014:277,29[D  ]| "but it is inevitable that$3$ in$4$ the face of the
014:277,30[D  ]| event we should \9e=prouver\ a certain emotion." 
014:277,30['  ]| And
014:277,31['  ]| he gave the oddest smile his visitor had ever beheld.
014:277,32['  ]|
014:278,01[C  ]| "I feel no$2$ emotion that$6#1$ I was not perfectly prepared
014:278,02[C  ]| for$4$," 
014:278,02['  ]| his mother, upon$4$ this, remarked.
014:278,03[B  ]| "I can not say that$3$ for$4$ myself," 
014:278,03['  ]| said Newman, who$6#1$
014:278,04['  ]| felt in$4$ his face a different light from that$6#2$ of the Marquis.
014:278,05[B  ]| "I am distinctly happier than I expected to$9$ be.
014:278,06[B  ]| I suppose it is the sight of all your happiness!"
014:278,07[C  ]| "Do not exaggerate that$6#2$," 
014:278,07['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde
014:278,08['  ]| as she got up$5$ and laid her hand on$4$ her daughter's
014:278,09['  ]| arm. 
014:278,09[C  ]| "You can not expect an honest old woman to$9$
014:278,10[C  ]| thank you for$4$ taking away her beautiful only daughter."
014:278,11[C  ]|
014:278,12[L  ]| "You forget \me\, dear madame," 
014:278,12['  ]| the young Marquise
014:278,13['  ]| demurely interposed.
014:278,14[B  ]| "Yes, she is very, very beautiful," 
014:278,14['  ]| Newman
014:278,15['  ]| agreed while he covered Claire with his bright still
014:278,16['  ]| protection.
014:278,17[L  ]| "And when is the wedding, pray?" 
014:278,17['  ]| asked young
014:278,18['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde. 
014:278,18[L  ]| "I must have a month to$9$
014:278,19[L  ]| think over the question of my falbalas."
014:278,20[C  ]| "Ah, the time must be particularly discussed,"
014:278,21['  ]| said the Marquise.
014:278,22[B  ]| "Oh, we will$1$ discuss it thoroughly, and we will$1$ promptly
014:278,23[B  ]| let you know!"
014:278,23['  ]| Newman gaily declared.
014:278,24[D  ]| "I make very little doubt we shall agree," 
014:278,24['  ]| said
014:278,25['  ]| Urbain.
014:278,26[B  ]| "If you do not agree with Madame*de*Cintre= you will$1$
014:278,27[B  ]| be very unreasonable," 
014:278,27['  ]| his visitor went on$5$.
014:278,28[L  ]| "Come, come, Urbain," 
014:278,28['  ]| said young Madame*de*Bellegarde,
014:278,29[L  ]| "I must go straight to$4$ my tailor's."
014:278,30['  ]| The old lady had been standing with her hand on$4$
014:278,31['  ]| her daughter's arm and her eyes on$4$ her face. Madame*de*Cintre=
014:278,32['  ]| had got up$5$; she seemed inscrutably to$9$
014:279,01['  ]| wait. Her mother exhaled a long heavy breath. 
014:279,01[C  ]| "No$7$,
014:279,02[C  ]| I can not say I had been sure of you. You are a very
014:279,03[C  ]| lucky gentleman," 
014:279,03['  ]| she added with a rather grand
014:279,04['  ]| turn to$4$ their guest.
014:279,05[B  ]| "Oh, I know that$6#2$!" 
014:279,05['  ]| he answered. 
014:279,05[B  ]| "I feel tremendously
014:279,06[B  ]| proud. I feel like$4$ crying it on$4$ the housetops ~
014:279,07[B  ]| like$4$ stopping people in$4$ the street to$9$ tell them."
014:279,08['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde narrowed her lips. 
014:279,08[C  ]| "Pray
014:279,09[C  ]| do nothing of the sort."
014:279,10[B  ]| "Oh, the more people who$6#1$ know it the better,"
014:279,11['  ]| Newman roundly returned. 
014:279,11[B  ]| "I have not yet announced
014:279,12[B  ]| it here, but I cabled it this morning to$4$
014:279,13[B  ]| America."
014:279,14[C  ]| " ""Cabled"" it?" 
014:279,14['  ]| She spoke as if ~~ what indeed
014:279,15['  ]| well might be ~~ she had never heard the expression.
014:279,16[B  ]| "To$4$ New*York, to$4$ Saint*Louis and to$4$ San*Francisco;
014:279,17[B  ]| those are the principal cities you know. Tomorrow
014:279,18[B  ]| I shall tell my friends here."
014:279,19[C  ]| "Have you so$3$ many?" 
014:279,19['  ]| asked Madame*de*Bellegarde
014:279,20['  ]| in$4$ a tone of which$6#1$ he perhaps but partly
014:279,21['  ]| measured the impertinence.
014:279,22[B  ]| "Enough to$9$ bring me a great many hand-shakes
014:279,23[B  ]| and congratulations. To$9$ say nothing," 
014:279,23['  ]| he added in$4$
014:279,24['  ]| a moment, 
014:279,24[B  ]| "of those I shall receive from your own
014:279,25[B  ]| friends."
014:279,26[C  ]| "Our own will$1$ not use the telegraph," 
014:279,26['  ]| said the
014:279,27['  ]| Marquise as she took her departure.
014:279,28['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde, whose wife, her imagination
014:279,29['  ]| having apparently taken flight to$4$ the tailor's, was
014:279,30['  ]| fluttering her silken wings in$4$ emulation, shook hands
014:279,31['  ]| with Newman very pertinently and said with a more
014:279,32['  ]| persuasive accent than the latter had ever heard him
014:280,01['  ]| use: 
014:280,01[D  ]| "I beg you to$9$ count on$4$ me for$4$ everything."
014:280,02['  ]| Then his wife led him away.
014:280,03['  ]| Valentin, on$4$ this, stood looking from his sister to$4$
014:280,04['  ]| his friend. 
014:280,04[E  ]| "I hope you have both reflected very
014:280,05[E  ]| seriously."
014:280,06['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= smiled. 
014:280,06[A  ]| "We have neither your
014:280,07[A  ]| powers of reflexion nor your depth of seriousness, but
014:280,08[A  ]| we have done our best."
014:280,09[E  ]| "Well, I have a great regard for$4$ each of you," 
014:280,09['  ]| the
014:280,10['  ]| young man continued. 
014:280,10[E  ]| "You are charming, innocent,
014:280,11[E  ]| beautiful creatures. But I am not satisfied, on$4$ the
014:280,12[E  ]| whole, that$3$ you belong to$4$ that$6#2$ small and superior
014:280,13[E  ]| class ~~ that$6#2$ exquisite group ~~ composed of persons
014:280,14[E  ]| who$6#1$ are worthy to$9$ remain unmarried. These are
014:280,15[E  ]| rare souls, they are the salt of the earth. But I do not
014:280,16[E  ]| mean to$9$ be invidious; the marrying people are often
014:280,17[E  ]| very \9gentils\."
014:280,18[A  ]| "Valentin holds that$3$ women should marry and that$3$ 
014:280,19[A  ]| men should not," 
014:280,19['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=. 
014:280,19[A  ]| "I do not
014:280,20[A  ]| know how he arranges it."
014:280,21[E  ]| "I arrange it by$4$ adoring you, my sister," 
014:280,21['  ]| he
014:280,22['  ]| ardently answered.
014:280,23[B  ]| "You had better adore some*one you can marry,
014:280,24[B  ]| by$4$ my example," 
014:280,24['  ]| Newman laughed. 
014:280,24[B  ]| "I will$1$ arrange
014:280,25[B  ]| \that$6#2$\ for$4$ you some day. I foresee I am going to$9$ turn
014:280,26[B  ]| apostle."
014:280,27['  ]| Valentin was on$4$ the threshold; he looked back a 
014:280,28['  ]| moment with a face that$6#1$ had grown grave. 
014:280,28[E  ]| "I adore
014:280,29[E  ]| some*one I \can not\ marry!" 
014:280,29['  ]| And he dropped the
014:280,30['  ]| 9portie`re and departed.
014:280,31[B  ]| "They do not really like$1$ it, you know," 
014:280,31['  ]| Newman
014:280,32['  ]| said as he stood there before his mistress.
014:281,01[A  ]| "No$7$," 
014:281,01['  ]| she returned after a moment, 
014:281,01[A  ]| "they do not
014:281,02[A  ]| really like$1$ it."
014:281,03[B  ]| "Well now, do you mind that$6#2$?" 
014:281,03['  ]| he asked.
014:281,04[A  ]| "Yes!" 
014:281,04['  ]| she said after another interval.
014:281,05[B  ]| "But is not that$6#2$ a mistake?"
014:281,06[A  ]| "It may be, but I can not help it. I should prefer
014:281,07[A  ]| that$3$ my mother were pleased."
014:281,08[B  ]| "Why the dickens then," 
014:281,08['  ]| he yearningly enquired,
014:281,09[B  ]| "\is not\ she pleased? She gave you leave to$9$ accept me."
014:281,10[A  ]| "Very true; I do not understand it. And yet I do
014:281,11[A  ]| ""mind"" it, as you say. You will$1$ call that$6#2$ superstitious."
014:281,12[B  ]| "That$6#2$ will$1$ depend on$4$ how much you let it worry
014:281,13[B  ]| you. Then I shall call it an awful bore."
014:281,14[A  ]| "I will$1$ keep it to$4$ myself," 
014:281,14['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
014:281,15[A  ]| "It shall not, I promise, worry \you\." 
014:281,15['  ]| And they then
014:281,16['  ]| talked of their marriage-day, and she assented unreservedly
014:281,17['  ]| to$4$ his desire to$9$ have it fixed for$4$ an early
014:281,18['  ]| date.
014:281,19['  ]| His messages by$4$ cable were answered promptly
014:281,20['  ]| and with interest. Having despatched in$4$ reality but
014:281,21['  ]| three of these, he received, for$4$ fruit of his investment,
014:281,22['  ]| as he called it, no$2$ less than eight electrical outpourings,
014:281,23['  ]| all concisely humorous, which$6#1$ he put into his pocketbook
014:281,24['  ]| and, the next time he encountered Madame*de*Bellegarde,
014:281,25['  ]| drew forth and displayed to$4$ her. This,
014:281,26['  ]| it must be confessed, was a slightly malicious stroke;
014:281,27['  ]| the reader will$1$ judge in$4$ what degree the offence was
014:281,28['  ]| venial. He knew she would dislike his barbaric
014:281,29['  ]| trophies, but he was himself possessed by$4$ a certain
014:281,30['  ]| hardness of triumph. Madame*de*Cintre=, on$4$ the
014:281,31['  ]| other hand, quite artlessly, quite touchingly admired
014:281,32['  ]| them, and, most of them being of a wit quainter than
014:282,01['  ]| any she had ever encountered, laughed at them
014:282,02['  ]| immoderately and enquired into the character of
014:282,03['  ]| their authors. Newman, now that$3$ his prize was
014:282,04['  ]| gained, felt a peculiar desire that$3$ his triumph should
014:282,05['  ]| be manifest. He more than suspected 
014:282,05@b   | the Bellegardes
014:282,06@b   | of keeping quiet about it and allowing it, in$4$ their
014:282,07@b   | select circle, but a limited resonance; 
014:282,07['  ]| and it pleased
014:282,08['  ]| him to$9$ think that$3$ 
014:282,08@b   | if he were to$9$ take the trouble he
014:282,09@b   | might, 
014:282,09['  ]| as he phrased it, 
014:282,09@b   | break all their windows.
014:282,10['  ]| No$2$ honest man ever enjoys any sign of his not being
014:282,11['  ]| acknowledged in$4$ his totality, and yet our friend,
014:282,12['  ]| with his lucid vision, was not conscious of humiliation.
014:282,13['  ]| He had not this good excuse for$4$ his somewhat
014:282,14['  ]| aggressive impulse to$9$ promulgate his felicity; his
014:282,15['  ]| sentiment was of another degree. 
014:282,15@b   | He wanted for$4$
014:282,16@b   | once to$9$ make the heads of the house of Bellegarde
014:282,17@b   | simply feel the weight of his hand; for$3$ when should 
014:282,18@b   | he have another chance? 
014:282,18['  ]| He had had for$4$ the past
014:282,19['  ]| six months a sense of the old woman's and her elder
014:282,20['  ]| son's looking straight over \his\ head, and he was now
014:282,21['  ]| resolved that$3$ 
014:282,21@b   | they should toe a mark which$6#1$ he would
014:282,22@b   | give himself the satisfaction of drawing.
014:282,23[B  ]| "It is like$4$ seeing a bottle emptied when the wine is
014:282,24[B  ]| poured too slowly," 
014:282,24['  ]| he said to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram. 
014:282,24[B  ]| "They
014:282,25[B  ]| make me want to$9$ joggle their elbows and force them
014:282,26[B  ]| to$9$ spill their wine."
014:282,27['  ]| To$4$ this Mrs%*Tristram answered that$3$ 
014:282,27@i   | he had
014:282,28@i   | better leave them alone and let them do things in$4$
014:282,29@i   | their own way. 
014:282,29[I  ]| "You must make allowances for$4$ them
014:282,30[I  ]| ~~ it is natural enough they should hang fire a little.
014:282,31[I  ]| They thought they accepted you when you made
014:282,32[I  ]| your application; but they are not people of imagination,
014:283,01[I  ]| they could not project themselves into the future,
014:283,02[I  ]| and now they will$1$ have to$9$ begin again. But they \are\
014:283,03[I  ]| people of honour and they will$1$ do whatever is necessary."
014:283,04[I  ]|
014:283,05['  ]| Newman spent a few moments in$4$ narrow-eyed
014:283,06['  ]| meditation. 
014:283,06[B  ]| "I am not hard on$4$ them," 
014:283,06['  ]| he presently
014:283,07['  ]| said, 
014:283,07[B  ]| "and to$9$ prove it I will$1$ invite them all to$4$ a festival."
014:283,08[I  ]| "A festival ~?"
014:283,09[B  ]| "You have been laughing at my great gilded rooms
014:283,10[B  ]| all winter; I will$1$ show you they are good for$4$ something.
014:283,11[B  ]| I will$1$ give a party. What is the grandest thing one can
014:283,12[B  ]| do here? I will$1$ hire all the great singers from the opera
014:283,13[B  ]| and all the first people from the The=a^tre*Francais,
014:283,14[B  ]| and I will$1$ hold an entertainment ~~ the biggest kind
014:283,15[B  ]| of show."
014:283,16[I  ]| "And who$6#2$ will$1$ you invite?"
014:283,17[B  ]| "You two, first of all. And the old woman, damn
014:283,18[B  ]| her, and her son and her son's wife. And Valentin
014:283,19[B  ]| of course ~~ for$4$ the fun of him. And then every*one
014:283,20[B  ]| of their friends whom I have met at their house or
014:283,21[B  ]| elsewhere, every*one who$6#1$ has shown me the minimum
014:283,22[B  ]| of politeness, every duke of them, such as they are,
014:283,23[B  ]| every doddering old duchess, every ""great name"" in$4$
014:283,24[B  ]| the place. And then all my friends, without exception
014:283,25[B  ]| ~~ Miss*Kitty*Upjohn, Miss*Dora*Finch, General*Packard,
014:283,26[B  ]| C%*P%*Hatch, every pet horror even of
014:283,27[B  ]| yours. And every*one shall know what it is about ~
014:283,28[B  ]| to$9$ celebrate my engagement to$4$ the Countess*de*Cintre=,
014:283,29[B  ]| who$6#1$ shall sit, through it all, on$4$ a golden chair
014:283,30[B  ]| above their heads and look as beautiful ~~ and perhaps,
014:283,31[B  ]| poor dear, as bored ~~ as a saint in$4$ paradise.
014:283,32[B  ]| What do you think of the idea?"
014:284,01[I  ]| "I think it odious!" 
014:284,01['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram. And
014:284,02['  ]| then in$4$ a moment: 
014:284,02[I  ]| "I think it delicious!"
014:284,03['  ]| The very next evening Newman repaired to$4$
014:284,04['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde's own drawing-room, where
014:284,05['  ]| he found her surrounded by$4$ her children and invited
014:284,06['  ]| her to$9$ honour his poor dwelling by$4$ her presence on$4$
014:284,07['  ]| a certain evening a fortnight distant.
014:284,08['  ]| The Marquise stared a moment. 
014:284,08[C  ]| "My dear sir,"
014:284,09['  ]| she cried, 
014:284,09[C  ]| "what on$4$ earth do you want to$9$ do to$4$ me?"
014:284,10[B  ]| "To$9$ make you acquainted with a few people and
014:284,11[B  ]| then to$9$ place you in$4$ a very easy chair and ask you to$9$
014:284,12[B  ]| listen to$4$ Madame*Frezzolini's singing."
014:284,13[C  ]| "You mean to$9$ give a concert?"
014:284,14[B  ]| "Something of that$6#2$ sort."
014:284,15[C  ]| "And to$9$ have a crowd of people?"
014:284,16[B  ]| "All my friends, and I hope some of yours and your
014:284,17[B  ]| daughter's. I want to$9$ celebrate my engagement."
014:284,18['  ]| It seemed to$4$ him she had turned perceptibly pale.
014:284,19['  ]| She opened her fan, a fine old painted fan of the last
014:284,20['  ]| century, and looked at the picture, which$6#1$ represented
014:284,21['  ]| a \9fe^te champe^tre\ ~~ a lady singing to$4$ a guitar and a
014:284,22['  ]| group of dancers round a garlanded Hermes. 
014:284,22[D  ]| "We
014:284,23[D  ]| go out so$5#1$ little," 
014:284,23['  ]| her elder son murmured, 
014:284,23[D  ]| "since my
014:284,24[D  ]| poor father's death."
014:284,25[L  ]| "But \my\ poor father is still alive, my friend," 
014:284,25['  ]| said
014:284,26['  ]| his wife. 
014:284,26[L  ]| "I am only waiting for$4$ my invitation to$9$
014:284,27[L  ]| accept it;" 
014:284,27['  ]| and she glanced with amiable confidence
014:284,28['  ]| at Newman. 
014:284,28[L  ]| "It will$1$ be magnificent, I am sure of
014:284,29[L  ]| that$6#2$."
014:284,30['  ]| I am sorry to$9$ say, to$4$ the discredit of Newman's 
014:284,31['  ]| gallantry, that$3$ this lady's invitation was not then and
014:284,32['  ]| there bestowed; he was giving all his attention to$4$ her
014:285,01['  ]| mother-in-law. Madame*de*Bellegarde looked up$5$
014:285,02['  ]| at last with a prodigious extemporised grace. 
014:285,02[C  ]| "I
014:285,03[C  ]| can not think of letting you offer me a fe^te until I have
014:285,04[C  ]| offered you one. We want to$9$ present you to$4$ our
014:285,05[C  ]| friends; we will$1$ invite them all. We have it very much 
014:285,06[C  ]| at heart. We must do things in$4$ order. Come to$4$ me
014:285,07[C  ]| about the twenty-fifth; I will$1$ let you know the exact
014:285,08[C  ]| day immediately. We shall not have any*one so$5#1$ fine
014:285,09[C  ]| as Madame*Frezzolini, but we shall have some very
014:285,10[C  ]| good people. After that$6#2$ you may talk of your own
014:285,11[C  ]| party." 
014:285,11['  ]| She spoke with a certain quick eagerness,
014:285,12['  ]| smiling more agreeably as she went on$5$.
014:285,13['  ]| It seemed to$4$ Newman a handsome proposal, and
014:285,14['  ]| such proposals always touched the sources of his
014:285,15['  ]| good-nature. He replied after a little discussion that$3$
014:285,16@b   | he would be glad to$9$ come on$4$ the twenty-fifth or any
014:285,17@b   | other day, and that$3$ it mattered very little whether he
014:285,18@b   | met his friends at her house or his own. 
014:285,18['  ]| We have
014:285,19['  ]| noted him for$4$ observant, yet on$4$ this occasion he failed
014:285,20['  ]| to$9$ catch a thin sharp eyebeam, as cold as a flash of
014:285,21['  ]| steel, which$6#1$ passed between Madame*de*Bellegarde
014:285,22['  ]| and the Marquis and which$6#1$ we may presume to$9$
014:285,23['  ]| have been a commentary on$4$ the innocence displayed
014:285,24['  ]| in$4$ that$6#2$ latter clause of his speech.
014:285,25['  ]| Count*Valentin walked away with him that$6#2$ evening
014:285,26['  ]| and, when they had left the scene of so$5#1$ many
014:285,27['  ]| anxieties well behind them, said reflectively: 
014:285,27[E  ]| "My
014:285,28[E  ]| mother is very strong ~~ ah, but uncommonly strong."
014:285,29['  ]| Then in$4$ answer to$4$ an interrogative movement of
014:285,30['  ]| Newman's: 
014:285,30[E  ]| "She was driven to$4$ the wall, but you would
014:285,31[E  ]| never have thought it. Her party on$4$ the twenty-fifth
014:285,32[E  ]| was an invention of the moment. She had no$2$ idea
014:286,01[E  ]| whatever of giving one, but, finding it the only issue
014:286,02[E  ]| from your proposal, she looked straight at the dose
014:286,03[E  ]| ~~ pardon the expression ~~ and bolted it, as you
014:286,04[E  ]| saw, without winking. She is really rather grand,
014:286,05[E  ]| you know."
014:286,06[B  ]| "Well, I wonder!" 
014:286,06['  ]| said Newman, divided, this
014:286,07['  ]| time, rather whimsically, quite appreciatively, between
014:286,08['  ]| the sense of his own force and the sense of
014:286,09['  ]| hers. 
014:286,09[B  ]| "I do not care a straw for$4$ her fiddles and ices;
014:286,10[B  ]| I am willing to$9$ take the will$0$ for$4$ the deed."
014:286,11[E  ]| "No$7$, no$7$!" 
014:286,11['  ]| ~~ and Valentin showed an inconsequent
014:286,12['  ]| touch of family pride. 
014:286,12[E  ]| "The thing will$1$ be
014:286,13[E  ]| done now, and I dare say it will$1$ be quite \9folichon\!"
015:287,01['  ]| Valentin's ironic forecast of the secession of Mademoiselle*Nioche
015:287,02['  ]| from her father's domicile and his
015:287,03['  ]| irreverent reflexion on$4$ the attitude of this anxious
015:287,04['  ]| parent in$4$ so$5#1$ grave a catastrophe received a practical
015:287,05['  ]| commentary in$4$ the fact that$3$ M%*Nioche was slow
015:287,06['  ]| to$9$ seek another interview with his late pupil. It had
015:287,07['  ]| cost Newman some disgust to$9$ be forced to$9$ assent to$4$
015:287,08['  ]| his friend's expert analysis of the old man's philosophy,
015:287,09['  ]| and, though circumstances seemed to$9$ indicate
015:287,10['  ]| that$3$ he had not given himself up$5$ to$4$ a noble
015:287,11['  ]| despair, our hero thought it possible 
015:287,11@b   | he might be
015:287,12@b   | suffering more keenly than he allowed to$9$ become
015:287,13@b   | flagrant. M%*Nioche had been in$4$ the habit of paying
015:287,14@b   | him a respectful little visit every two or three weeks,
015:287,15@b   | and his absence might be a proof quite as much of
015:287,16@b   | extreme depression as of a desire to$9$ conceal the success
015:287,17@b   | with which$6#1$ he had patched up$5$ his sorrow. 
015:287,17['  ]| Newman
015:287,18['  ]| presently gathered in$4$ the bright garden of
015:287,19['  ]| Valentin's talk several of the flowers of the young
015:287,20['  ]| woman's recent history.
015:287,21[E  ]| "I told you she was remarkable," 
015:287,21['  ]| this consistent
015:287,22['  ]| reasoner declared, 
015:287,22[E  ]| "and it is proved by$4$ the way she
015:287,23[E  ]| has managed this most important of all her steps.
015:287,24[E  ]| She has had other chances, but she was resolved to$9$
015:287,25[E  ]| take none but the best. She did you the honour to$9$
015:287,26[E  ]| think for$4$ a while that$3$ you might be such a chance.
015:287,27[E  ]| You were not; so$3$ she gathered up$5$ her patience and
015:288,01[E  ]| waited a little longer. At last her occasion arrived,
015:288,02[E  ]| and she made her move with her eyes open. I am
015:288,03[E  ]| very sure she had no$2$ innocence to$9$ lose, but she had
015:288,04[E  ]| all her respectability. Dubious little damsel as you
015:288,05[E  ]| thought her she had kept a firm hold of that$6#2$; nothing
015:288,06[E  ]| could be proved against her, and she was determined
015:288,07[E  ]| not to$9$ let her reputation go till she had got her
015:288,08[E  ]| equivalent. About her equivalent she had high
015:288,09[E  ]| ideas. Apparently her requirements have been met.
015:288,10[E  ]| Well, they have been met in$4$ a superior form. The
015:288,11[E  ]| form is fifty years old, baldheaded and deaf, but he is
015:288,12[E  ]| very easy about money."
015:288,13[B  ]| "And where in$4$ the world," 
015:288,13['  ]| asked Newman, 
015:288,13[B  ]| "did
015:288,14[B  ]| you pick up$5$ this valuable information?"
015:288,15[E  ]| "In$4$ animated conversation. Remember my frivolous
015:288,16[E  ]| habits. Conversation ~~ and this time not criminal!  
015:288,17[E  ]| ~~ with a young woman engaged in$4$ the humble 
015:288,18[E  ]| trade of glove-cleaner who$6#1$ keeps a small shop in$4$
015:288,19[E  ]| the Rue*Saint-Roch. M%*Nioche lives in$4$ the same
015:288,20[E  ]| house, up$4$ six pairs of stairs, across the court in$5$ and
015:288,21[E  ]| out of whose ill-swept doorway Miss%*Noe=mie has been
015:288,22[E  ]| flitting for$4$ the last five years. The little glove-cleaner
015:288,23[E  ]| was an old acquaintance; she used to$9$ be the friend
015:288,24[E  ]| of a friend of mine ~~ the foolish friend of a foolish
015:288,25[E  ]| friend ~~ who$6#1$ has married and given up$5$ friendship.
015:288,26[E  ]| I often saw her in$4$ his society. As soon as I made
015:288,27[E  ]| her out behind her clear little window-pane I recollected
015:288,28[E  ]| her. I had on$5$ a spotlessly fresh pair of gloves,
015:288,29[E  ]| but I went in$5$ and held up$5$ my hands and said to$4$
015:288,30[E  ]| her: 
015:288,30@e   | ""Dear mademoiselle, what will$1$ you ask me
015:288,31@e   | for$4$ cleaning these?"" 
015:288,31@v   | ""Dear Count,"" 
015:288,31[E  ]| she answered
015:288,32[E  ]| immediately, 
015:288,32@v   | ""I will$1$ clean them for$4$ \you\ for$4$ nothing.""
015:289,01[E  ]| She had instantly recognised me and I had to$9$ hear
015:289,02[E  ]| her history from ever so$5#1$ far back. But after that$6#2$ I
015:289,03[E  ]| put her on$4$ that$6#2$ of her neighbours. She knows and
015:289,04[E  ]| admires Noe=mie, and she told me what I have just repeated."
015:289,05[E  ]|
015:289,06['  ]| A month elapsed without any reappearance of
015:289,07['  ]| M%*Nioche, and Newman, who$6#1$ every morning read,
015:289,08['  ]| for$4$ practice, about the suicides of the day in$4$ a newspaper,
015:289,09['  ]| began to$9$ suspect that$3$, mortification proving
015:289,10['  ]| stubborn, he had sought a balm for$4$ his wounded
015:289,11['  ]| pride in$4$ the waters of the Seine. He had a note of
015:289,12['  ]| the poor gentleman's address in$4$ his pocket-book,
015:289,13['  ]| and, finding himself one day in$4$ the \9quartier\, determined,
015:289,14['  ]| so$5#1$ far as he might, to$9$ clear up$5$ his doubts.
015:289,15['  ]| He repaired to$4$ the house in$4$ the Rue*Saint-Roch which$6#1$
015:289,16['  ]| bore the recorded number, and observed in$4$ a neighbouring
015:289,17['  ]| basement, behind a dangling row of nearly
015:289,18['  ]| inflated gloves, the unmistakeable face of Valentin's
015:289,19['  ]| informant ~~ a sallow person in$4$ a dressing-gown ~
015:289,20['  ]| peering out into the street as if in$4$ expectation that$3$ this
015:289,21['  ]| amiable nobleman would pass again. But it was not
015:289,22['  ]| to$4$ her that$3$ Newman applied; he simply enquired of
015:289,23['  ]| the portress if M%*Nioche were at home. The portress
015:289,24['  ]| replied, as the portress invariably replies, that$3$ 
015:289,24@v   | her
015:289,25@v   | lodger had gone out barely three minutes before, 
015:289,25['  ]| but
015:289,26['  ]| then, through the little square hole of her lodge-window,
015:289,27['  ]| taking the measure of Newman's resources
015:289,28['  ]| and seeing them, by$4$ an unspecified process, refresh
015:289,29['  ]| the dry places of servitude to$4$ occupants of fifth floors
015:289,30['  ]| on$4$ courts, she added that$3$ 
015:289,30@v   | M%*Nioche would have
015:289,31@v   | had just time to$9$ reach the Cafe=*de*la*Patrie, round
015:289,32@v   | the second turning to$4$ the left, at which$6#1$ establishment
015:290,01@v   | he regularly spent his afternoons. 
015:290,01['  ]| Newman thanked
015:290,02['  ]| her for$4$ the information, took the second turning to$4$
015:290,03['  ]| the left and arrived at the Cafe=*de*la*Patrie. He felt
015:290,04['  ]| a momentary hesitation to$9$ go in$5$; 
015:290,04@b   | was it not rather
015:290,05@b   | mean to$9$ press so$5#1$ hard on$4$ humiliated dignity? 
015:290,05['  ]| There
015:290,06['  ]| passed across his vision an image of a haggard little
015:290,07['  ]| septuagenarian taking measured sips of a glass of
015:290,08['  ]| sugar and water and finding them quite impotent to$9$
015:290,09['  ]| sweeten his desolation. But he opened the door and
015:290,10['  ]| entered, perceiving nothing at first but a dense cloud
015:290,11['  ]| of tobacco-smoke. Across this, however, in$4$ a corner,
015:290,12['  ]| he presently descried the figure of M%*Nioche, stirring
015:290,13['  ]| the contents of a deep glass and with a lady seated
015:290,14['  ]| in$4$ front of him. The lady's back was presented, but
015:290,15['  ]| her companion promptly perceived and recognised
015:290,16['  ]| his visitor. Newman had gone forward, and the
015:290,17['  ]| old man rose slowly, gazing at him with a more
015:290,18['  ]| blighted expression even than usual.
015:290,19[B  ]| "If you are drinking hot punch," 
015:290,19['  ]| Newman said,
015:290,20[B  ]| "I suppose you are not dead. That$6#2$ is all right. You
015:290,21[B  ]| need not move to$9$ show it."
015:290,22['  ]| M%*Nioche stood staring with a fallen jaw, not
015:290,23['  ]| risking any confidence. The lady who$6#1$ faced him
015:290,24['  ]| turned round in$4$ her place and glanced up$5$ with a 
015:290,25['  ]| spirited toss of her head, displaying the agreeable
015:290,26['  ]| features of his daughter. She looked at Newman
015:290,27['  ]| hard, to$9$ see how he was looking at her, then ~~ I
015:290,28['  ]| do not know what she discovered ~~ she said graciously:
015:290,29[G  ]| "How d'ye do, monsieur? will$1$ not you come into our
015:290,30[G  ]| little corner?"
015:290,31[F  ]| "Did you come ~~ did you come after \me\, monsieur?"
015:290,32['  ]| asked M%*Nioche very softly.
015:291,01[B  ]| "I went to$4$ your house to$9$ see what had become of
015:291,02[B  ]| you. I thought you might be sick," 
015:291,02['  ]| monsieur said
015:291,03['  ]| mildly enough.
015:291,04[F  ]| "It is very good of you, as always," 
015:291,04['  ]| the old man
015:291,05['  ]| returned. 
015:291,05[F  ]| "No$7$, I am not well. Yes, I am \seek\."
015:291,06[G  ]| "Ask monsieur to$9$ sit down," 
015:291,06['  ]| said Mademoiselle*Nioche.
015:291,07[G  ]| "Garcon, bring a chair for$4$ monsieur."
015:291,08[F  ]| "Will$1$ you do us the honour to$9$ \seat\?" 
015:291,08['  ]| M%*Nioche
015:291,09['  ]| enquired timorously and with a double foreigness
015:291,10['  ]| of accent.
015:291,11['  ]| Newman said to$4$ himself that$3$ 
015:291,11@b   | he had better see the
015:291,12@b   | thing out, 
015:291,12['  ]| and he took a place at the end of the table
015:291,13['  ]| with the brilliant girl on$4$ his left and the dingy old
015:291,14['  ]| man on$4$ the other side. 
015:291,14[G  ]| "You will$1$ take something of
015:291,15[G  ]| course," 
015:291,15['  ]| said Miss*Noe=mie, who$6#1$ was sipping a 
015:291,16['  ]| brown \9made`re\. Newman said 
015:291,16@b   | he guessed not, 
015:291,16['  ]| and then
015:291,17['  ]| she turned to$4$ her parent with a smile. 
015:291,17[G  ]| "What an
015:291,18[G  ]| honour, eh? ~~ he has only come for$4$ us." 
015:291,18['  ]| M%*Nioche
015:291,19['  ]| drained his pungent glass at a long draught and
015:291,20['  ]| looked out from eyes more lachrymose in$4$ consequence.
015:291,21[G  ]| "But you did not come for$4$ \me\, eh?" 
015:291,21['  ]| Noe=mie went on$5$.
015:291,22[G  ]| "You did not expect to$9$ find me here?"
015:291,23['  ]| He observed the change in$4$ her appearance and
015:291,24['  ]| that$3$ 
015:291,24@b   | she was very elegant, really prettier than before;
015:291,25@b   | she looked a year or two older, and it was noticeable
015:291,26@b   | that$3$, to$4$ the eye, she had only added a sharp accent
015:291,27@b   | to$4$ her appearance of "propriety," only taken a 
015:291,28@b   | longer step toward distinction. She was dressed in$4$
015:291,29@b   | quiet colours and wore her expensively unobtrusive
015:291,30@b   | gear with a grace that$6#1$ might have come from years of
015:291,31@b   | practice. 
015:291,31['  ]| Her presence of mind, her perfect equilibrium,
015:291,32['  ]| struck Newman as portentous, and he inclined
015:292,01['  ]| to$9$ agree with Valentin that$3$ 
015:292,01@b   | the young lady
015:292,02@b   | was very remarkable. 
015:292,02[B  ]| "No$7$, to$9$ tell the truth, I did not
015:292,03[B  ]| come for$4$ you," 
015:292,03['  ]| he said, 
015:292,03[B  ]| "and I did not expect to$9$ find
015:292,04[B  ]| you. I was told," 
015:292,04['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment, 
015:292,04[B  ]| "that$3$ you
015:292,05[B  ]| had left your good father."
015:292,06[G  ]| "\9Quelle 9horreur\!" 
015:292,06['  ]| she cried with the brightest of
015:292,07['  ]| all her smiles. 
015:292,07[G  ]| "Does one \ever\ leave one's good
015:292,08[G  ]| father? You have the happy proof of the contrary."
015:292,09[B  ]| "Yes, convincing proof," 
015:292,09['  ]| said Newman with his
015:292,10['  ]| almost embarrassed eyes on$4$ M%*Nioche. The old
015:292,11['  ]| man caught his glance obliquely, with his faded
015:292,12['  ]| deprecation, and then, lifting his empty glass, pretended
015:292,13['  ]| to$9$ drink again.
015:292,14[G  ]| "Who$6#2$ told you that$6#2$?" 
015:292,14['  ]| Noe=mie demanded. 
015:292,14[G  ]| "But
015:292,15[G  ]| I know very well. It was M%*de*Bellegarde. Why
015:292,16[G  ]| do not you say yes? You are not polite."
015:292,17[B  ]| "I am so$5#1$ shy and simple and stupid," 
015:292,17['  ]| Newman
015:292,18['  ]| said with a certain fond good faith.
015:292,19[G  ]| "I set you a better example. I know M%*de*Bellegarde
015:292,20[G  ]| told you. He knows a great deal about me ~
015:292,21[G  ]| or he thinks he does. He has taken a great deal of
015:292,22[G  ]| trouble to$9$ find out, but half of it is not true. In$4$ the
015:292,23[G  ]| first place I have not left my father, any more than
015:292,24[G  ]| he has left me. I am much too fond of him, and
015:292,25[G  ]| never so$5#1$ fond as now, when he has been \9gentil,09mais
015:292,26[G  ]| 9gentil\ ~~ Is not it so$5#2$, little father? Have not you been
015:292,27[G  ]| \9gentil,09mais 9gentil\? M%*de*Bellegarde's a charming
015:292,28[G  ]| young man; it is impossible to$9$ \9mieux 9causer\. I know
015:292,29[G  ]| a good deal about \him\ too; you can tell him that$6#2$
015:292,30[G  ]| when you next see him."
015:292,31[B  ]| "No$7$," 
015:292,31['  ]| said Newman with a sturdy grin; 
015:292,31[B  ]| "I will$1$ not
015:292,32[B  ]| carry any messages from you."
015:293,01[G  ]| "Just as you please," 
015:293,01['  ]| his young friend placidly
015:293,02['  ]| returned. 
015:293,02[G  ]| "I do not depend on$4$ you, nor does M%*de*Bellegarde
015:293,03[G  ]| either. He is very much interested in$4$ me,
015:293,04[G  ]| he can be left to$4$ his own devices. He is a contrast to$4$
015:293,05[G  ]| \you\, monsieur," 
015:293,05['  ]| Noe=mie went on$5$ with a fine little
015:293,06['  ]| flight of dignity.
015:293,07[B  ]| "Oh, he is a great contrast to$4$ me, I have no$2$ doubt,"
015:293,08['  ]| said Newman. 
015:293,08[B  ]| "But I do not exactly know how you
015:293,09[B  ]| mean it."
015:293,10[G  ]| "I mean it in$4$ this way. First of all he never offered
015:293,11[G  ]| to$9$ help me to$4$ a \dot\ and a husband." 
015:293,11['  ]| And Mademoiselle*Nioche
015:293,12['  ]| expressively paused. 
015:293,12[G  ]| "I will$1$ not say that$6#2$ is in$4$
015:293,13[G  ]| his favour, for$3$ I do you justice. What led you, by$4$
015:293,14[G  ]| the way, to$9$ make me such a monstrous offer? You
015:293,15[G  ]| did not care for$4$ me."
015:293,16[B  ]| "Oh yes ~~ I did," 
015:293,16['  ]| said Newman.
015:293,17[G  ]| "Well, how much?"
015:293,18[B  ]| "It would have given me real pleasure to$9$ see you
015:293,19[B  ]| married to$4$ a respectable young fellow."
015:293,20[G  ]| "With six*thousand francs of income!" 
015:293,20['  ]| Noe=mie
015:293,21['  ]| cried. 
015:293,21[G  ]| "Do you call that$6#2$ caring for$4$ me? I am afraid
015:293,22[G  ]| you know little about women. You were not \galant\;
015:293,23[G  ]| you were not what you might have been."
015:293,24['  ]| Newman flushed a trifle fiercely. 
015:293,24[B  ]| "I say!" 
015:293,24['  ]| he
015:293,25['  ]| exclaimed, 
015:293,25[B  ]| "that$6#2$ is rather strong. I had no$2$ idea I had
015:293,26[B  ]| been so$5#1$ shabby." 
015:293,27['  ]| She laughed out as she took up$5$ her muff ~~ it was
015:293,28['  ]| almost her only hint of vulgarity. 
015:293,28[G  ]| "It is something
015:293,29[G  ]| at any rate to$9$ have made you angry."
015:293,30['  ]| Her father had leaned both his elbows on$4$ the
015:293,31['  ]| table, and his head, bent forward, was supported
015:293,32['  ]| on$4$ his hands, the thin white fingers of which$6#1$ were
015:294,01['  ]| pressed over his ears. In$4$ this position he stared
015:294,02['  ]| fixedly at the bottom of his empty glass, and Newman
015:294,03['  ]| supposed he was not hearing. Noe=mie buttoned
015:294,04['  ]| her furred jacket and pushed back her chair, casting
015:294,05['  ]| a glance charged with the consciousness of an expensive
015:294,06['  ]| appearance first down over her flounces
015:294,07['  ]| and then up$5$ at Newman.
015:294,08[B  ]| "You had better have remained an honest girl,"
015:294,09['  ]| his obstinate sense of his old friend's painful situation
015:294,10['  ]| prompted him at last to$9$ remark.
015:294,11['  ]| M%*Nioche continued to$9$ stare at the bottom of his
015:294,12['  ]| glass, and his daughter got up$5$, still bravely smiling.
015:294,13[G  ]| "You mean that$3$ I looked so$5#1$ much like$4$ one? That$6#2$ is
015:294,14[G  ]| more than most women do nowadays. Do not judge
015:294,15[G  ]| me yet a while," 
015:294,15['  ]| she added. 
015:294,15[G  ]| "I mean to$9$ succeed;
015:294,16[G  ]| that$6#2$ is what I mean to$9$ do. I leave you; I do not mean
015:294,17[G  ]| to$9$ be seen in$4$ such places as this, for$4$ one thing. I
015:294,18[G  ]| can not think what you want of my poor father; he is
015:294,19[G  ]| very comfortable now. It is not his fault either.
015:294,20[G  ]| \9au 9revoir\, little father." 
015:294,20['  ]| And she tapped the old man
015:294,21['  ]| on$4$ the head with her muff. Then she stopped a
015:294,22['  ]| minute, looking again at their visitor. 
015:294,22[G  ]| "Tell M%*de*Bellegarde,
015:294,23[G  ]| when he wants news of me, to$9$ come and
015:294,24[G  ]| get it from \me\!" 
015:294,24['  ]| And she turned and departed, the
015:294,25['  ]| white-aproned waiter, with a bow, holding the door
015:294,26['  ]| wide open for$4$ her.
015:294,27['  ]| M%*Nioche sat motionless, and Newman hardly
015:294,28['  ]| knew what to$9$ say to$4$ him. 
015:294,28@b   | The old man looked dismally
015:294,29@b   | foolish. 
015:294,29[B  ]| "So$3$ you determined not to$9$ shoot her,
015:294,30[B  ]| after all," 
015:294,30['  ]| Newman said presently.
015:294,31['  ]| M%*Nioche, without moving, raised his eyes and
015:294,32['  ]| let all their confession quite dismally and abjectly
015:295,01['  ]| come. They did not somehow presume to$9$ ask for$4$
015:295,02['  ]| pity, yet they doubtless pretended even less to$4$ a
015:295,03['  ]| rugged ability to$9$ do without it. They might have
015:295,04['  ]| expressed the state of mind of an innocuous insect,
015:295,05['  ]| flat in$4$ shape, conscious of the impending pressure of
015:295,06['  ]| a boot-sole and reflecting that$3$ he was perhaps too 
015:295,07['  ]| flat to$9$ be crushed. M%*Nioche's gaze was a profession
015:295,08['  ]| of moral flatness. 
015:295,08[F  ]| "You despise me terribly,"
015:295,09['  ]| he said in$4$ the weakest possible voice.
015:295,10[B  ]| "Oh no$7$; it is not your own affair. And hanged if
015:295,11[B  ]| I understand your institutions anyway!"
015:295,12[F  ]| "I made you too many fine speeches," 
015:295,12['  ]| M%*Nioche
015:295,13['  ]| added. 
015:295,13[F  ]| "I meant them at the time."
015:295,14[B  ]| "I am sure I am very glad you did not shoot her,"
015:295,15['  ]| Newman went on$5$. 
015:295,15[B  ]| "I was afraid you might have
015:295,16[B  ]| shot yourself. That$6#2$ is why I came to$9$ look you up$5$."
015:295,17['  ]| And he began to$9$ button his coat.
015:295,18[F  ]| "Neither, \9he=las\! You despise me and I can not explain
015:295,19[F  ]| to$4$ you. I hoped I should not see you again."
015:295,20[B  ]| "Why, that$6#2$ is pretty mean," 
015:295,20['  ]| said Newman. 
015:295,20[B  ]| "You
015:295,21[B  ]| should not drop your friends that$6#2$ way. Besides, the
015:295,22[B  ]| last time you came to$9$ see me I thought you felt rather
015:295,23[B  ]| fine."
015:295,24[F  ]| "Yes, I remember" 
015:295,24['  ]| ~~ M%*Nioche musingly recalled
015:295,25['  ]| it. 
015:295,25[F  ]| "I must have been, I \was\, in$4$ a fever. I
015:295,26[F  ]| did not know what I said, what I did. I spoke, no$2$
015:295,27[F  ]| doubt, wild words."
015:295,28[B  ]| "Ah well, you are quieter now."
015:295,29['  ]| M%*Nioche bethought himself. 
015:295,29[F  ]| "As quiet as the
015:295,30[F  ]| grave," 
015:295,30['  ]| he then struck off.
015:295,31[B  ]| "Are you very unhappy?" 
015:295,31['  ]| Newman more ingenuously
015:295,32['  ]| asked.
015:296,01['  ]| M%*Nioche rubbed his forehead slowly and even
015:296,02['  ]| pushed back his wig a little, looking askance at his
015:296,03['  ]| empty glass. 
015:296,03[F  ]| "Yes ~~ yes. But that$6#2$ is an old story.
015:296,04[F  ]| I have always been unhappy. My daughter does what
015:296,05[F  ]| she will$1$ with me. I take what she gives me ~~ I make
015:296,06[F  ]| a face, but I take it. I have no$2$ pluck, and when you have
015:296,07[F  ]| no$2$ pluck you must keep quiet: you can not go about
015:296,08[F  ]| telling people. I shall not trouble you any more."
015:296,09[B  ]| "Well," 
015:296,09['  ]| said Newman, rather disgusted at the
015:296,10['  ]| smooth operation of the old man's philosophy,
015:296,11[B  ]| "that$6#2$ is as you please."
015:296,12['  ]| M%*Nioche seemed to$9$ have been prepared to$9$ be
015:296,13['  ]| despised, but he nevertheless appealed feebly from
015:296,14['  ]| his patron's faint praise. 
015:296,14[F  ]| "After all she is my daughter
015:296,15[F  ]| and I can still look after her. If she has her bad
015:296,16[F  ]| idea, why she has it and she will$1$ not let go of it. And
015:296,17[F  ]| then \now\," 
015:296,17['  ]| he pointed out ~~ 
015:296,17[F  ]| "it is fine talking! But
015:296,18[F  ]| there are many different paths, there are degrees.
015:296,19[F  ]| I can place at her disposal the benefit, the benefit"
015:296,20['  ]| ~~ and he paused, staring vaguely at his friend, who$6#1$
015:296,21['  ]| began to$9$ suspect his mind of really giving way ~
015:296,22[F  ]| "the benefit of my experience."
015:296,23[B  ]| "Your experience?" 
015:296,23['  ]| Newman inquired, both
015:296,24['  ]| amused and amazed.
015:296,25[F  ]| "My experience of business," 
015:296,25['  ]| said M%*Nioche
015:296,26['  ]| gravely.
015:296,27[B  ]| "Ah yes," 
015:296,27['  ]| Newman laughed, 
015:296,27[B  ]| "that$6#2$ will$1$ be a great
015:296,28[B  ]| advantage to$4$ her!" 
015:296,28['  ]| And then he said good-bye and
015:296,29['  ]| offered the poor foolish old man his hand.
015:296,30['  ]| M%*Nioche took it and leaned back against the wall,
015:296,31['  ]| holding it a moment and looking up$5$ at him. 
015:296,31[F  ]| "I suppose
015:296,32[F  ]| you think my wits are going. Very likely; I have
015:297,01[F  ]| always a pain in$4$ my head. That$6#2$ is why I can not explain,
015:297,02[F  ]| I can not present the case. And she is so$5#1$ strong,
015:297,03[F  ]| she makes me walk as she will$1$ ~~ anywhere! But
015:297,04[F  ]| there is this ~~ there is this." 
015:297,04['  ]| And he stopped, still
015:297,05['  ]| staring up$5$ at his visitor. His little white eyes expanded
015:297,06['  ]| and glittered for$4$ a moment like$4$ those of a cat
015:297,07['  ]| in$4$ the dark. 
015:297,07[F  ]| "It is not as it seems. I have not forgiven
015:297,08[F  ]| her. Oh, \9par 9example\, no$7$!" 
015:297,09[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is right, do not let up$5$ on$4$ it. If you should,
015:297,10[B  ]| you do not know what she still \might\ do!"
015:297,11[F  ]| "It is horrible, it is terrible," 
015:297,11['  ]| said M%*Nioche; 
015:297,11[F  ]| "but
015:297,12[F  ]| do you want to$9$ know the truth? I hate her! I take
015:297,13[F  ]| what she gives me, and I hate her more. To-day she
015:297,14[F  ]| brought me three*hundred francs; they are here in$4$
015:297,15[F  ]| my waistcoat-pocket. Now I hate her almost cruelly.
015:297,16[F  ]| No$7$, I have not forgiven her."
015:297,17['  ]| Newman had a return of his candour. 
015:297,17[B  ]| "Why then
015:297,18[B  ]| did you accept the money?"
015:297,19[F  ]| "If I had not I should have hated her still more.
015:297,20[F  ]| That$6#2$, you see, is the nature of misery. No$7$, I have not
015:297,21[F  ]| forgiven her."
015:297,22[B  ]| "Well, take care you do not hurt her!" 
015:297,22['  ]| Newman
015:297,23['  ]| laughed again. And with this he took his leave. As
015:297,24['  ]| he passed along the glazed side of the cafe=, on$4$ reaching
015:297,25['  ]| the street he saw the old man motion the waiter,
015:297,26['  ]| with a melancholy gesture, to$9$ replenish his glass.
015:297,27['  ]| A week after his visit to$4$ the Cafe=*de*la*Patrie he
015:297,28['  ]| called one morning on$4$ Valentin*de*Bellegarde and
015:297,29['  ]| by$4$ good fortune found him at home. He spoke of
015:297,30['  ]| his interview with M%*Nioche and his daughter, and
015:297,31['  ]| said 
015:297,31@b   | he was afraid Valentin had judged the old man 
015:297,32@b   | correctly. He had found the couple hobnobbing
015:298,01@b   | together in$4$ amity; the old gentleman's rigour was
015:298,02@b   | purely theoretic. 
015:298,02['  ]| Newman confessed 
015:298,02@b   | he was disappointed;
015:298,03@b   | he should have expected to$9$ see his venerable
015:298,04@b   | friend take high ground.
015:298,05[E  ]| "High ground, my dear fellow!" 
015:298,05['  ]| Valentin returned;
015:298,06[E  ]| "there is no$2$ high ground for$4$ him to$9$ take.
015:298,07[E  ]| The only perceptible eminence in$4$ M%*Nioche's horizon
015:298,08[E  ]| is Montmartre, which$6#1$ is not an edifying quarter.
015:298,09[E  ]| You can not go mountaineering in$4$ a flat country."
015:298,10[B  ]| "He remarked indeed," 
015:298,10['  ]| said Newman, 
015:298,10[B  ]| "that$3$ he
015:298,11[B  ]| had not forgiven her. But she will$1$ never find it out."
015:298,12[E  ]| "We must do him the justice to$9$ suppose he intensely
015:298,13[E  ]| disapproves. His gifted child," 
015:298,13['  ]| Valentin
015:298,14['  ]| added, 
015:298,14[E  ]| "is like$4$ one of the great artists whose biographies
015:298,15[E  ]| we read, those who$6#1$ at the beginning of their
015:298,16[E  ]| career suffered opposition in$4$ the domestic circle.
015:298,17[E  ]| Their vocation was not recognised by$4$ their families,
015:298,18[E  ]| but the world has done it justice. Noe=mie has a vocation."
015:298,19[E  ]|
015:298,20[B  ]| "Damn her vocation! Oh," 
015:298,20['  ]| added Newman impatiently,
015:298,21[B  ]| "you are a cold-blooded crew!"
015:298,22['  ]| Valentin sounded him a moment with curious
015:298,23['  ]| eyes. 
015:298,23[E  ]| "You must be very fond of boiled beef and
015:298,24[E  ]| cabbage to$9$ have such a suspicion of ripe peaches
015:298,25[E  ]| and plums."
015:298,26['  ]| But Newman sturdily met his look. 
015:298,26[B  ]| "I should not
015:298,27[B  ]| think I would have to$9$ tell \you\ what fruit I gather!"
015:298,28['  ]| The young man, at this, closed his eyes an instant
015:298,29['  ]| and then, with a motion of his hand, shook his head.
015:298,30['  ]| After which$6#1$ he gravely said: 
015:298,30[E  ]| "I back you more than 
015:298,31[E  ]| ever!"
015:298,32[B  ]| "Let me then," 
015:298,32['  ]| his companion returned, 
015:298,32[B  ]| "do
015:299,01[B  ]| what I suppose you would call the fair thing by$4$ you.
015:299,02[B  ]| Miss*Noe=mie desired me to$9$ tell you ~~ but hanged
015:299,03[B  ]| if I know what!"
015:299,04[E  ]| "Bless your quiet imagination," 
015:299,04['  ]| said Valentin,
015:299,05[E  ]| "do you suppose I have been waiting for$4$ you? I have
015:299,06[E  ]| been to$9$ see her for$4$ myself ~~ no$2$ less than three times
015:299,07[E  ]| these five days. She is a charming hostess; we attack
015:299,08[E  ]| the noblest subjects of discussion. She is really very
015:299,09[E  ]| clever and a rare and remarkable type; not at all
015:299,10[E  ]| low nor wanting to$9$ be low ~~ determined not to$9$ be.
015:299,11[E  ]| She means to$9$ take very good care of herself. She is
015:299,12[E  ]| as perfect as you please, and as hard and clear-cut
015:299,13[E  ]| as some little figure of a sea-nymph on$4$ an antique
015:299,14[E  ]| intaglio; and I warrant she has not a grain more
015:299,15[E  ]| true sensibility than if she were scooped out of a big
015:299,16[E  ]| amethyst. You can not scratch her even with a diamond.
015:299,17[E  ]| Extremely pretty ~~ really, when you know
015:299,18[E  ]| her, she is wonderfully pretty ~~ intelligent, determined,
015:299,19[E  ]| ambitious, unscrupulous, capable of seeing
015:299,20[E  ]| a man strangled without changing colour, she is, upon$4$
015:299,21[E  ]| my honour, remarkably agreeable."
015:299,22[B  ]| "Well," 
015:299,22['  ]| said Newman after reflexion, 
015:299,22[B  ]| "I once
015:299,23[B  ]| saw in$4$ a needle-factory a gentleman from the city,
015:299,24[B  ]| who$6#1$ had stopped too near a machine that$6#1$ struck
015:299,25[B  ]| him as curious, picked up$5$ as clean as if he had been
015:299,26[B  ]| removed by$4$ a silver fork from a china plate, and
015:299,27[B  ]| swallowed down and ground to$4$ small pieces!"
015:299,28['  ]| Re-entering his rooms late in$4$ the evening, three
015:299,29['  ]| days after Madame*de*Bellegarde had struck her
015:299,30['  ]| bargain with him, as he might feel, over the entertainment
015:299,31['  ]| at which$6#1$ she was to$9$ present him to$4$ the
015:299,32['  ]| world, he found on$4$ his table a goodly card of announcement
015:300,01['  ]| to$4$ the effect that$3$ she would be at home
015:300,02['  ]| on$4$ the twenty-seventh of the month and at ten o'clock
015:300,03['  ]| in$4$ the evening. He stuck it into the frame of his
015:300,04['  ]| mirror and eyed it with some complacency; it seemed
015:300,05['  ]| to$4$ him 
015:300,05@b   | a document of importance and an emblem of
015:300,06@b   | triumph. 
015:300,06['  ]| Stretched out in$4$ a chair he looked at it lovingly,
015:300,07['  ]| and while he so$5#2$ revelled Valentin was shown
015:300,08['  ]| into the place. The young man's glance presently
015:300,09['  ]| followed the direction of Newman's and he perceived
015:300,10['  ]| his mother's invitation.
015:300,11[E  ]| "And what have they put into the corner? Not
015:300,12[E  ]| the customary ""music,"" ""dancing,"" or ""\9tableaux
015:300,13[E  ]| 9vivants\""? They ought at least to$9$ put ""An American 
015:300,14[E  ]| of Americans."" "
015:300,15[B  ]| "Oh, there are to$9$ be several of us," 
015:300,15['  ]| Newman said.
015:300,16[B  ]| "Mrs%*Tristram told me to-day she had received a
015:300,17[B  ]| card and sent an acceptance."
015:300,18[E  ]| "Ah then, with Mrs%*Tristram and her husband
015:300,19[E  ]| you will$1$ have support. My mother might have put on$4$
015:300,20[E  ]| her card ""Three Americans in$4$ a Row"" ~~ which$6#1$ you
015:300,21[E  ]| can pronounce in$4$ either way you like$1$, though I know
015:300,22[E  ]| the way I should suppose most American. I dare
015:300,23[E  ]| say at least you will$1$ not lack amusement. You will$1$ see
015:300,24[E  ]| a great many of the best people in$4$ France ~~ I mean
015:300,25[E  ]| of the long pedigrees, and the \9beaux 9noms\, and the
015:300,26[E  ]| great fidelities, and the rare stupidities, and the faces
015:300,37[E  ]| and figures that$6#1$, after all, sometimes, I suppose
015:300,38[E  ]| God did make. We have already shown you specimens
015:300,39[E  ]| in$4$ numbers ~~ you know by$4$ which$6#1$ end to$9$ take
015:300,30[E  ]| them."
015:300,31[B  ]| "Oh, they have not hurt me yet," 
015:300,31['  ]| said Newman,
015:300,32[B  ]| "And I guess they would, by$4$ this time, if they were
015:301,01[B  ]| going to$9$. I seem to$9$ want to$9$ like$1$ people, these days
015:301,02[B  ]| ~~ seem regularly to$9$ \like$1$\ liking them, and almost
015:301,03[B  ]| any*one will$1$ do. I feel so$5#1$ good that$3$ if I was not sure
015:301,04[B  ]| I am going to$9$ be married I might think I am going to$9$
015:301,05[B  ]| die."
015:301,06[E  ]| "Do you make," 
015:301,06['  ]| the young man enquired, 
015:301,06[E  ]| "so$5#1$
015:301,07[E  ]| much of a distinction?" 
015:301,07['  ]| But he dropped rather
015:301,08['  ]| wearily into a chair and went on$5$ before his host
015:301,09['  ]| could answer. 
015:301,09[E  ]| "Happy man, only remember that$3$
015:301,10[E  ]| there are poor devils whom the flaunted happiness
015:301,11[E  ]| of others sometimes irritates."
015:301,12[B  ]| "Do you call a person a poor devil," 
015:301,12['  ]| demanded
015:301,13['  ]| Newman, 
015:301,13[B  ]| "who$6#1$ is as good as my brother-in-law?"
015:301,14[E  ]| "Your brother-in-law?" 
015:301,14['  ]| his friend a trifle musingly
015:301,15['  ]| echoed.
015:301,16[B  ]| "Say then my brother," 
015:301,16['  ]| Newman kindly returned
015:301,17['  ]| ~~ 
015:301,17[B  ]| "and leave the other description for$4$ yours."
015:301,18['  ]| It made Valentin after an instant rise to$4$ him.
015:301,19[E  ]| "You are really very charming. You have your own
015:301,20[E  ]| way for$4$ it ~~ which$6#1$ must have been your way of
015:301,21[E  ]| making love. Well," 
015:301,21['  ]| he sighed with a dimmer smile
015:301,22['  ]| than usual, 
015:301,22[E  ]| "I do not wonder and I do not question!
015:301,23[E  ]| Only you \are\, I understand" 
015:301,23['  ]| ~~ he immediately
015:301,24['  ]| took himself up$5$ ~~ 
015:301,24[E  ]| " ""really and truly"" in$4$ love?"
015:301,25[B  ]| "Yes, sir!" 
015:301,25['  ]| said Newman after a pause.
015:301,26[E  ]| "And do you hold that$3$ \she\ is?"
015:301,27[B  ]| "You had better ask her," 
015:301,27['  ]| Newman answered.
015:301,28[B  ]| "Not for$4$ me, but for$4$ yourself."
015:301,29[E  ]| "I never ask anything for$4$ myself. Have not you
015:301,30[E  ]| noticed that$6#2$? Besides, she would not tell me, and
015:301,31[E  ]| it is after all none of my business."
015:301,32['  ]| Newman hesitated, but 
015:301,32[B  ]| "She does not know!" 
015:301,32['  ]| he
015:302,01['  ]| the next thing brought out. 
015:302,01[B  ]| "However, she \will$1$\
015:302,02[B  ]| know."
015:302,03[E  ]| "Ah then, \you\ will$1$ ~~ which$6#1$ I see you do not yet.
015:302,04[E  ]| But what you will$1$ know will$1$ be what you want, for$3$
015:302,05[E  ]| that$6#2$ is the way things turn out for$4$ you." 
015:302,05['  ]| And Valentin's
015:302,06['  ]| grave fine eyes, as if under some impression
015:302,07['  ]| oddly quickened, measured him again a moment up$5$
015:302,08['  ]| and down. 
015:302,08[E  ]| "The way you cover the ground! However,
015:302,09[E  ]| being as you are a giant, you move naturally in$4$
015:302,10[E  ]| seven-league boots." 
015:302,10['  ]| With which$6#1$ again he turned
015:302,11['  ]| restlessly off.
015:302,12['  ]| Newman's attention, from before the fire, followed
015:302,13['  ]| him a little. 
015:302,13[B  ]| "There is something the matter with
015:302,14[B  ]| you to-night: you are kind of perverse ~~ you are
015:302,15[B  ]| almost kind of vicious. But wait till I am through
015:302,16[B  ]| with my business ~~ to$4$ which$6#1$ I wish to$9$ give just now
015:302,17[B  ]| my undivided attention ~~ and then we will$1$ talk. By$4$
015:302,18[B  ]| which$6#1$ I mean I will$1$ fix you somehow."
015:302,19[E  ]| "Ah, there will$1$ be plenty of me for$4$ you, such as
015:302,20[E  ]| I am ~~ for$4$ you always. Only when, then," 
015:302,20['  ]| Valentin
015:302,21['  ]| asked, 
015:302,21[E  ]| "\is\ the event?"
015:302,22[B  ]| "About five weeks hence ~~ on$4$ a day not quite yet
015:302,23[B  ]| settled."
015:302,24['  ]| He accepted this answer with interest, in$4$ spite of
015:302,25['  ]| which$6#1$, however, 
015:302,25[E  ]| "You feel very confident of the
015:302,26[E  ]| future?" 
015:302,26['  ]| he next attentively demanded.
015:302,27[B  ]| "Confident," 
015:302,27['  ]| said Newman with the large accent
015:302,28['  ]| from which$6#1$ semitones were more than ever absent.
015:302,29[B  ]| "I knew what I wanted exactly, and now I know
015:302,30[B  ]| what I have got."
015:302,31[E  ]| "You are sure then you are going to$9$ be happy?"
015:302,32[B  ]| "Sure?" 
015:302,32['  ]| ~~ Newman competently weighed it. 
015:302,32[B  ]| "So$5#1$
015:303,01[B  ]| foolish a question deserves a foolish answer. Yes
015:303,02[B  ]| ~~ I will$1$ be hanged if I ai not sure!"
015:303,03['  ]| Well, if Valentin was to$9$ pass for$4$ perverse it would
015:303,04['  ]| not be, he seemed to$9$ wish to$9$ show, for$4$ nothing.
015:303,05[E  ]| "You are not afraid of anything?"
015:303,06[B  ]| "What should I be afraid of? You can not hurt
015:303,07[B  ]| me unless you kill me by$4$ some violent means. That$6#2$
015:303,08[B  ]| I should indeed regard as a tremendous sell. I want
015:303,09[B  ]| to$9$ live and I mean to$9$ live: I mean to$9$ have a good
015:303,10[B  ]| time. I can not die of sickness, because I am naturally
015:303,11[B  ]| healthy, and the time for$4$ dying of old age will$1$ not
015:303,12[B  ]| come round yet a while. I can not lose my wife, I shall
015:303,13[B  ]| take too good care of her. I can not lose my money,
015:303,14[B  ]| or much of it ~~ I have fixed it so$5#2$ on$4$ purpose. So$3$ what
015:303,15[B  ]| have I to$9$ be afraid of?"
015:303,16[E  ]| "You are not afraid it may be rather a mistake
015:303,17[E  ]| for$4$ such an infuriated modern to$9$ marry ~~ well, such
015:303,18[E  ]| an old-fashioned rococo product; a daughter, as one
015:303,19[E  ]| may say, of the Crusaders, almost of the Patriarchs?"
015:303,20['  ]| Newman, who$6#1$ had been moving about as they
015:303,21['  ]| talked, stopped before his visitor. 
015:303,21[B  ]| "Does that$6#2$ mean
015:303,22[B  ]| you are worried for$4$ her?"
015:303,23['  ]| Valentin met his eyes. 
015:303,23[E  ]| "I am worried for$4$ everything."
015:303,24[E  ]| 
015:303,25[B  ]| "Ah, if that$6#2$ is all ~!" 
015:303,25['  ]| And then: 
015:303,25[B  ]| "Trust me ~
015:303,26[B  ]| \because\ I am modern and can compare all round ~
015:303,27[B  ]| to$9$ know where I stand!" 
015:303,27['  ]| With which$6#1$, as from the
015:303,28['  ]| impulse to$9$ celebrate his happy certitude by$4$ a bonfire,
015:303,29['  ]| he turned to$9$ throw a couple of logs on$4$ the already
015:303,30['  ]| blazing hearth. Valentin watched a few moments
015:303,31['  ]| the quickened flame; after which$6#1$, with his elbow
015:303,32['  ]| supported on$4$ the chimney and his head on$4$ his hand,
015:304,01['  ]| he gave an expressive sigh. 
015:304,01[B  ]| "Got a headache?"
015:304,02['  ]| Newman asked.
015:304,03[E  ]| "\9Je 9suit 9triste\," 
015:304,03['  ]| he answered with Gallic simplicity.
015:304,04['  ]|
015:304,05['  ]| Newman stared at the remark as if it had been
015:304,06['  ]| scrawled on$4$ a slate by$4$ a school-boy ~~ a weakling
015:304,07['  ]| whom he would not wish, however, too harshly to$9$
015:304,08['  ]| snub. 
015:304,08[B  ]| "You have got a sentimental stomach-ache, eh?
015:304,09[B  ]| Have you caught it from the lady you told me the
015:304,10[B  ]| other night you adored and could not marry?"
015:304,11[E  ]| "Did I really speak of her?" 
015:304,11['  ]| Valentin asked as
015:304,12['  ]| if a little struck. 
015:304,12[E  ]| "I was afraid afterwards I had
015:304,13[E  ]| made some low allusion ~~ for$3$ I do not as a general
015:304,14[E  ]| thing (and it is a rare scruple I have!) drag in$5$ \9ces
015:304,15[E  ]| 9dames\ before Claire. But I was feeling the bitterness
015:304,16[E  ]| of life, as who$6#1$ should say, when I spoke; and
015:304,17[E  ]| ~~ yes, if you want to$9$ know ~~ I have my mouth full
015:304,18[E  ]| of it still. Why did you ever introduce me to$4$ that$6#2$
015:304,19[E  ]| girl?"
015:304,20[B  ]| "Oh, it is Noe=mie, is it? Lord deliver us! You
015:304,21[B  ]| do not mean to$9$ say you are lovesick about \her\?"
015:304,22[E  ]| "Lovesick, no$7$; it is not a grand passion. But the
015:304,23[E  ]| cold-blooded little demon sticks in$4$ my thoughts; she
015:304,24[E  ]| has bitten me with those even little teeth of hers;
015:304,25[E  ]| I feel as if I might turn rabid and do something
015:304,26[E  ]| crazy in$4$ consequence. It is very low, it is disgustingly
015:304,27[E  ]| low. She is the most mercenary little jade in$4$ Europe.
015:304,28[E  ]| Yet she really affects my peace of mind; she is always
015:304,29[E  ]| running in$4$ my head. It is a striking and a vile
015:304,30[E  ]| contrast to$4$ your noble and virtuous attachment. It is
015:304,31[E  ]| rather pitiful that$3$ it should be the best I am able to$9$
015:304,32[E  ]| do for$4$ myself at my present respectable age. I am
015:305,01[E  ]| a nice young man, eh, \9en 9somme\? You can not warrant
015:305,02[E  ]| my future as you do your own."
015:305,03[B  ]| "Drop the creature right here," 
015:305,03['  ]| said Newman;
015:305,04[B  ]| "do not go near her again, and your future will$1$ be all
015:305,05[B  ]| right. Come over to$4$ America and I will$1$ get you a place
015:305,06[B  ]| in$4$ a bank."
015:305,07[E  ]| "It is easy to$9$ say drop her" 
015:305,07['  ]| ~~ Valentin spoke
015:305,08['  ]| with a certain gravity in$4$ his lucidity. 
015:305,08[E  ]| "You might as
015:305,09[E  ]| well drop a pretty panther who$6#1$ has every one of her
015:305,10[E  ]| claws in$4$ your flesh and who$6#1$ is in$4$ the act of biting
015:305,11[E  ]| your heart out. One \has\ to$9$ keep up$5$ the acquaintance,
015:305,12[E  ]| if only to$9$ show one is not afraid."
015:305,13[B  ]| "You have better things to$9$ keep up$5$, it seems to$4$ me,
015:305,14[B  ]| than such acquaintances. Remember too," 
015:305,14['  ]| Newman
015:305,15['  ]| went on$5$, 
015:305,15[B  ]| "that$3$ I did not want to$9$ introduce you to$4$
015:305,16[B  ]| her; you insisted. I had a sort of creepy feeling about
015:305,17[B  ]| it even at the time."
015:305,18[E  ]| "Oh, I no$2$ more reproach you with misleading
015:305,19[E  ]| my innocence than I reproach myself with practising
015:305,20[E  ]| on$4$ hers. She is really extraordinary. The way
015:305,21[E  ]| she has already spread her wings is amazing. I
015:305,22[E  ]| do not know when a woman has amused me more.
015:305,23[E  ]| But pardon me," 
015:305,23['  ]| he added in$4$ an instant; 
015:305,23[E  ]| "she
015:305,24[E  ]| does not amuse \you\, at second-hand; your interest
015:305,25[E  ]| appears to$9$ flag just where that$6#2$ of many men would
015:305,26[E  ]| wake up$5$. Let us talk of something else." 
015:305,26['  ]| Valentin
015:305,27['  ]| introduced another topic, but he had within five
015:305,28['  ]| minutes reverted by$4$ a bold transition to$4$ Mademoiselle*Nioche
015:305,29['  ]| and was throwing off pictures of her "home"
015:305,30['  ]| and quoting specimens of her \9mots\. These latter
015:305,31['  ]| were very droll and, for$4$ a young woman who$6#1$ six
015:305,32['  ]| months before had been dabbling in$4$ sacred subjects
015:306,01['  ]| remarkably profane. But at last, abruptly, he stopped,
015:306,02['  ]| became thoughtful and for$4$ some time afterwards
015:306,03['  ]| said nothing. When he rose to$9$ go it was evident
015:306,04['  ]| that$3$ 
015:306,04@b   | his thoughts were still running on$4$ his rare young
015:306,05@b   | friend. 
015:306,05[E  ]| "Yes," 
015:306,05['  ]| he wound up$5$, 
015:306,05[E  ]| "she is a beautiful
015:306,06[E  ]| little monster!"
016:307,01['  ]| The next ten days were to$9$ be the happiest Newman
016:307,02['  ]| had ever known. He saw Madame*de*Cintre= every
016:307,03['  ]| day, and never saw either her mother or the elder
016:307,04['  ]| of his prospective brothers-in-law. The woman of
016:307,05['  ]| his choice at last seemed to$9$ think it becoming to$9$
016:307,06['  ]| apologise for$4$ their never being present. 
016:307,06[A  ]| "They are
016:307,07[A  ]| much taken up$5$," 
016:307,07['  ]| she said, 
016:307,07[A  ]| "with doing the honours
016:307,08[A  ]| of Paris to$4$ Lord*Deepmere." 
016:307,08['  ]| Her gravity as she
016:307,09['  ]| made this declaration was almost prodigious, and it
016:307,10['  ]| even deepened as she added: 
016:307,10[A  ]| "He is our seventh
016:307,11[A  ]| cousin, you know, and blood is thicker than water.
016:307,12[A  ]| And then he is so$5#1$ interesting!" 
016:307,12['  ]| And with this she
016:307,13['  ]| strangely smiled.
016:307,14['  ]| He met young Madame*de*Bellegarde two or three
016:307,15['  ]| times, always roaming about with graceful vagueness
016:307,16['  ]| and as if in$4$ search of an unattainable ideal of diversion.
016:307,17['  ]| She reminded him of some elegant painted
016:307,18['  ]| phial, cracked and fragrantly exhaling; but he felt
016:307,19['  ]| he owed indulgence to$4$ a lady who$6#1$ on$4$ her side owed
016:307,20['  ]| submission to$4$ Urbain*de*Bellegarde. He pitied that$6#2$
016:307,21['  ]| nobleman's wife the more, also, that$3$ she was a silly,
016:307,22['  ]| thirstily-smiling little brunette with a suggestion of
016:307,23['  ]| the unregulated heart. The small Marquise sometimes
016:307,24['  ]| looked at him with an intensity too marked
016:307,25['  ]| not to$9$ be innocent, since vicious advances, he conceived,
016:307,26['  ]| were usually much less direct. 
016:307,26@b   | She apparently
016:307,27@b   | wanted to$9$ ask him something; he wondered what
016:308,01@b   | it might be. But he was shy of giving her an opportunity,
016:308,02@b   | because, if her communication bore upon$4$ the 
016:308,03@b   | aridity of her matrimonial lot, he was at a loss to$9$ see
016:308,04@b   | how he could help her. He had a fancy, however,
016:308,05@b   | of her coming up$5$ to$4$ him some day and saying (after
016:308,06@b   | looking round behind her) with a little passionate
016:308,07@b   | hiss: "I know you detest my husband; let me have
016:308,08@b   | the pleasure of promising you that$3$ you are right.
016:308,09@b   | Pity a poor woman who$6#1$ is married to$4$ a clock-image
016:308,10@b   | in$4$ \papier-ma^che=\!" 
016:308,10['  ]| Possessing, at any rate, in$4$ default
016:308,11['  ]| of a competent knowledge of the principles of
016:308,12['  ]| etiquette, a very downright sense of the "meanness"
016:308,13['  ]| of certain actions, it seemed to$4$ him to$9$ 
016:308,13@b   | belong to$4$ his
016:308,14@b   | proper position to$9$ keep on$4$ his guard; he was not
016:308,15@b   | going to$9$ put it into the power of these people to$9$ say
016:308,16@b   | he had done in$4$ their house anything not absolutely
016:308,17@b   | straight. 
016:308,17['  ]| As it was, Madame*de*Bellegarde used to$9$
016:308,18['  ]| give him news of the dress she meant to$9$ wear at his
016:308,19['  ]| wedding, and which$6#1$ had not yet, in$4$ her creative
016:308,20['  ]| imagination, in$4$ spite of many interviews with the
016:308,21['  ]| tailor, resolved itself into its composite totality. 
016:308,21[L  ]| "I
016:308,22[L  ]| told you pale blue bows on$4$ the sleeves, at the elbow,"
016:308,23['  ]| she would say. 
016:308,23[L  ]| "But to-day I do not see my blue
016:308,24[L  ]| bows at all. I do not know what has become of them.
016:308,25[L  ]| To-day I see pink ~~ a tender sort of \9cuisse 9de 9nymphe\
016:308,26[L  ]| pink. And then I pass through strange desolate
016:308,27[L  ]| phases in$4$ which$6#1$ neither blue nor pink says anything
016:308,28[L  ]| to$4$ me. And yet I must have the bows."
016:308,29[B  ]| "Have them green or yellow," 
016:308,29['  ]| Newman sometimes
016:308,30['  ]| suggested. 
016:308,31[L  ]| "\9Malheureux\!" 
016:308,31['  ]| the little Marquise would then
016:308,32['  ]| piercingly cry. 
016:308,32[L  ]| "I hope you are not going to$9$ pretend
016:309,01[L  ]| to$9$ dress your wife. Claire is an angel, yes, but her
016:309,02[L  ]| bows, already, are ~~ well, quite of another world!"
016:309,03['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= was calmly content before
016:309,04['  ]| society, but her lover had the felicity of feeling that$3$
016:309,05['  ]| before him, when society was absent, her sense of
016:309,06['  ]| security overflowed. She said charming and tender
016:309,07['  ]| things. 
016:309,07[A  ]| "I take no$2$ pleasure in$4$ you. You never give
016:309,08[A  ]| me a chance to$9$ scold you, to$9$ correct you. I bargained
016:309,09[A  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$; I expected to$9$ enjoy it. But you will$1$ not do
016:309,10[A  ]| anything wrong or queer or dreadful, and yet you
016:309,11[A  ]| will$1$ not even look as if you were trying to$9$ do right.
016:309,12[A  ]| You are easier than we are, you are easier than I am,
016:309,13[A  ]| and I quite see that$3$ you have reasons, of some sort,
016:309,14[A  ]| that$6#1$ are as good as ours. It is dull for$4$ me therefore,"
016:309,15['  ]| she smiled, 
016:309,15[A  ]| "and it is rather disappointing, not to$9$
016:309,16[A  ]| have anything to$9$ show you or to$9$ tell you or to$9$ teach
016:309,17[A  ]| you, anything that$6#1$ you do not seem already quite
016:309,18[A  ]| capable of knowing and doing and feeling. What is
016:309,19[A  ]| left of all the good one was going to$9$ do you? It is
016:309,20[A  ]| very stupid, there is no$2$ excitement for$4$ me; I might
016:309,21[A  ]| as well be marrying some*one ~~ well, some*one \not\
016:309,22[A  ]| impossible."
016:309,23[B  ]| "I am afraid I am as impossible as I know how to$9$
016:309,24[B  ]| be, and that$3$ it is all the worst I can do in$4$ the time,"
016:309,25['  ]| Newman would say in$4$ answer to$4$ this. 
016:309,25[B  ]| "Kindly make
016:309,26[B  ]| the best of \any\ inconvenience." 
016:309,26['  ]| He assured her that$3$
016:309,27@b   | he would never visit on$4$ her any sense of her own
016:309,28@b   | deficiencies; he would treat her at least as if she were
016:309,29@b   | perfectly satisfactory. 
016:309,29[B  ]| "Oh," 
016:309,29['  ]| he then broke out, 
016:309,29[B  ]| "if
016:309,30[B  ]| you only knew how exactly you are what I coveted!
016:309,31[B  ]| I am beginning to$9$ understand why I wanted it; the
016:309,32[B  ]| having it makes all the difference that$6#1$ I expected.
016:310,01[B  ]| Never was a man so$5#1$ pleased with his good fortune.
016:310,02[B  ]| You have been holding your head for$4$ a week past just
016:310,03[B  ]| as I wanted my wife to$9$ hold hers. You say just
016:310,04[B  ]| the things I want her to$9$ say. You walk about the
016:310,05[B  ]| room just as I want her to$9$ walk. You have just
016:310,06[B  ]| the taste in$4$ dress I want her to$9$ have. In$4$ short you
016:310,07[B  ]| come up$5$ to$4$ the mark, and, I can tell you, my mark
016:310,08[B  ]| was high."
016:310,09['  ]| These assurances tended to$9$ make his friend more
016:310,10['  ]| grave. At last she said: 
016:310,10[A  ]| "Depend on$4$ it I do not
016:310,11[A  ]| come up$5$ to$4$ the mark at all; your mark is much too
016:310,12[A  ]| high. I am not all you suppose; I am a much smaller
016:310,13[A  ]| affair. She is a magnificent person, the person you
016:310,14[A  ]| imagine. Pray how did she come to$4$ such perfection?"
016:310,15[B  ]| "She was never anything \but\ perfection," 
016:310,15['  ]| Newman
016:310,16['  ]| replied.
016:310,17[A  ]| "I really believe," 
016:310,17['  ]| his companion went on$5$, 
016:310,17[A  ]| "that$3$
016:310,18[A  ]| she is better than any fond flight of my own ambition.
016:310,19[A  ]| Do you know that$6#2$ is a very handsome compliment?
016:310,20[A  ]| Well, sir, I will$1$ \make\ her my ambition!"
016:310,21['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram came to$9$ see her 
016:310,21@i   | dear Claire 
016:310,21['  ]| after
016:310,22['  ]| Newman had announced his engagement, and she
016:310,23['  ]| observed to$4$ our hero the next day that$3$ 
016:310,23@i   | his fortune
016:310,24@i   | was simply absurd. 
016:310,24[I  ]| "For$3$ the ridiculous part of it is
016:310,25[I  ]| that$3$ you are evidently going to$9$ be as happy as if you
016:310,26[I  ]| were marrying Miss*Smith or Miss*Brown. I call
016:310,27[I  ]| it a brilliant match for$4$ you, but you get brilliancy
016:310,28[I  ]| without paying any tax on$4$ it. Those things are usually
016:310,29[I  ]| a compromise, but here you have everything, and 
016:310,30[I  ]| nothing crowds anything else out. You will$1$ be brilliantly
016:310,31[I  ]| happy ~~ with the rest of the brilliancy. I
016:310,32[I  ]| consider really that$3$ I have done it for$4$ you, but it is
016:311,01[I  ]| almost more than I can myself bear." 
016:311,01['  ]| Newman
016:311,02['  ]| thanked her for$4$ her pleasant encouraging way of
016:311,03['  ]| saying things; no$2$ woman could encourage or discourage
016:311,04['  ]| better. Tristram's way was different; he had
016:311,05['  ]| been taken by$4$ his wife to$9$ call on$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=
016:311,06['  ]| and he gave an account of the expedition.
016:311,07[H  ]| "You do not catch me risking a personal estimate
016:311,08[H  ]| this time, I guess, do you? I put my foot in$4$ it for$4$ you
016:311,09[H  ]| once. That$6#2$ is a jolly underhand thing to$9$ do, by$4$ the
016:311,10[H  ]| way ~~ coming round to$9$ sound a fellow on$4$ the woman
016:311,11[H  ]| you are going to$9$ marry. You deserve anything
016:311,12[H  ]| you get. Then of course you rush and tell her, and
016:311,13[H  ]| she takes care to$9$ make it pleasant for$4$ the spiteful
016:311,14[H  ]| wretch the first time he calls. I will$1$ do you the justice
016:311,15[H  ]| to$9$ say, however, that$3$ you do not seem to$9$ have told
016:311,16[H  ]| your present friend ~~ or if you did she let me down
016:311,17[H  ]| easy. She was very nice; she was tremendously
016:311,18[H  ]| polite. She and Lizzie sat on$4$ the sofa pressing each
016:311,19[H  ]| other's hands and calling each other \9che`re 9belle\, and
016:311,20[H  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= sent me every third word a magnificent
016:311,21[H  ]| smile, as if to$9$ give me to$9$ understand that$3$
016:311,22[H  ]| I too was a beauty and a darling. She made up$5$ for$4$
016:311,23[H  ]| past neglect, I assure you; she was very pleasant
016:311,24[H  ]| and sociable. Only in$4$ an evil hour it came into her
016:311,25[H  ]| head to$9$ say that$3$ she must present us to$4$ her mother
016:311,26[H  ]| ~~ her mother wished to$9$ know any good friends of
016:311,27[H  ]| yours. I did not want to$9$ know her mother, and I was
016:311,28[H  ]| on$4$ the point of telling Lizzie to$9$ go in$5$ alone and let
016:311,29[H  ]| me wait for$4$ her outside. But Lizzie, with her usual
016:311,30[H  ]| infernal ingenuity, guessed my purpose and looked
016:311,31[H  ]| me into obedience. So$3$ they marched off arm-in-arm 
016:311,32[H  ]| and I followed as I could. We found the old lady
016:312,01[H  ]| in$4$ her armchair twiddling her aristocratic thumbs.
016:312,02[H  ]| She eyed Lizzie hard, from head to$4$ foot; but at that$6#2$
016:312,03[H  ]| game Lizzie, to$9$ do her justice, was a match for$4$ her.
016:312,04[H  ]| My wife told her we were great friends of Mr%*Newman.
016:312,05[H  ]| The Marquise stared a moment and then said:
016:312,06@c   | ""Oh, Mr%*Newman? My daughter has made up$5$ her
016:312,07@c   | mind to$9$ marry a Mr%*Newman."" 
016:312,07[H  ]| Then Madame*de*Cintre=
016:312,08[H  ]| began to$9$ fondle Lizzie again and said it was
016:312,09[H  ]| this dear old lady who$6#1$ had had the idea and brought
016:312,10[H  ]| them together. 
016:312,10@c   | ""Oh, it is you I have to$9$ thank for$4$ my
016:312,11@c   | American son-in-law?"" 
016:312,11[H  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde said
016:312,12[H  ]| to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram. 
016:312,12@c   | ""It was a very clever thought of
016:312,13@c   | yours. Be sure of my high appreciation."" 
016:312,13[H  ]| With
016:312,14[H  ]| which$6#1$ she began to$9$ look at me too, and presently
016:312,15[H  ]| said: 
016:312,15@c   | ""Pray, are you engaged in$4$ some species of
016:312,16@c   | manufacture?"" 
016:312,16[H  ]| I wanted to$9$ say that$3$ I manufactured
016:312,17[H  ]| broomsticks for$4$ old witches to$9$ ride on$5$, but Lizzie
016:312,18[H  ]| got in$5$ ahead of me. 
016:312,18@i   | ""My husband, madame*la*Marquise,
016:312,19@i   | belongs to$4$ that$6#2$ unfortunate class of persons who$6#1$
016:312,20@i   | have no$2$ profession and no$2$ occupation, and who$6#1$
016:312,21@i   | thereby do very little good in$4$ the world."" 
016:312,21[H  ]| To$9$ get her
016:312,22[H  ]| poke at the old woman she did not care where she
016:312,23[H  ]| shoved \me\. 
016:312,23@c   | ""Dear me,"" 
016:312,23[H  ]| said the Marquise, 
016:312,23@c   | ""we all
016:312,24@c   | have our duties."" 
016:312,24@i   | ""I am sorry mine compel me to$9$
016:312,25@i   | take leave of you,"" 
016:312,25[H  ]| said Lizzie. And we bundled out
016:312,26[H  ]| again. But you have a mother-in-law in$4$ all the force
016:312,27[H  ]| of the time-honoured term."
016:312,28[B  ]| "Oh," 
016:312,28['  ]| Newman made an answer, 
016:312,28[B  ]| "my mother-in-law
016:312,29[B  ]| desires nothing better than to$9$ let me alone!"
016:312,30['  ]| Betimes, on$4$ the evening of the twenty-seventh, he
016:312,31['  ]| went to$4$ Madame*de*Bellegarde's ball. The old house
016:312,32['  ]| in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite= shone strangely in$4$ his eyes.
016:313,01['  ]| In$4$ the circle of light projected from the outer gate
016:313,02['  ]| a detachment of the populace stood watching the carriages
016:313,03['  ]| roll in$5$; the court was illumined with flaring
016:313,04['  ]| torches and the portico draped and carpeted. When
016:313,05['  ]| Newman arrived there were but few persons present.
016:313,06['  ]| The Marquise and her two daughters were on$4$ the top
016:313,07['  ]| landing of the staircase, where the ancient marble
016:313,08['  ]| nymph peeped out from a bower of plants. Madame*de*Bellegarde,
016:313,09['  ]| in$4$ purple and pearls and fine laces,
016:313,10['  ]| resembled some historic figure painted by$4$ Vandyke;
016:313,11['  ]| she made her daughter, in$4$ comparative vaguenesses
016:313,12['  ]| of white, splendid and pale, seem, for$4$ his joy of
016:313,13['  ]| possession, infinitely modern and near. His hostess
016:313,14['  ]| greeted him with a fine hard urbanity and, looking
016:313,15['  ]| round, called to$4$ several of the persons standing at
016:313,16['  ]| hand. They were elderly gentlemen with faces as
016:313,17['  ]| marked and featured and filled-in, for$4$ some science
016:313,18['  ]| of social topography, as, to$4$ Newman's whimsical
016:313,19['  ]| sense, any of the little towered and battered old
016:313,20['  ]| towns, on$4$ high eminences, that$6#1$ his tour of several
016:313,21['  ]| countries during the previous summer had shown
016:313,22['  ]| him; they were adorned with strange insignia, cordons
016:313,23['  ]| and ribbons and orders, as if the old cities were
016:313,24['  ]| flying flags and streamers and hanging out shields
016:313,25['  ]| for$4$ a celebration, and they approached with measured
016:313,26['  ]| alertness while the Marquise presented them
016:313,27@c   | the good friend of the family who$6#1$ was to$9$ marry her
016:313,28@c   | daughter. 
016:313,28['  ]| The good friend heard a confused enumeration
016:313,29['  ]| of titles and names that$6#1$ matched, to$4$ his
016:313,30['  ]| fancy, the rest of the paraphernalia; the gentlemen
016:313,31['  ]| bowed and smiled and murmured without reserve,
016:313,32['  ]| and he indulged in$4$ a series of impartial hand-shakes
016:314,01['  ]| accompanied in$4$ each case by$4$ a 
016:314,01[B  ]| "Very happy to$9$ meet
016:314,02[B  ]| you, sir." 
016:314,02['  ]| He looked at Madame*de*Cintre=, but her
016:314,03['  ]| attention was absent. If his personal self-consciousness
016:314,04['  ]| had been of a nature to$9$ make him constantly
016:314,05['  ]| refer to$4$ her as to$4$ the critic before whom in$4$ company
016:314,06['  ]| he played his part, he might have found it a flattering
016:314,07['  ]| proof of her confidence that$3$ he never caught her eyes
016:314,08['  ]| resting on$4$ him. It is a reflexion he did not make, but
016:314,09['  ]| we may nevertheless risk it, that$3$ in$4$ spite of this circumstance
016:314,10['  ]| she probably saw every movement of his
016:314,11['  ]| little finger. The Marquise*Urbain was wondrously
016:314,12['  ]| dressed in$4$ crimson crape bestrewn with huge silver
016:314,13['  ]| moons ~~ full discs and fine crescents, half the features
016:314,14['  ]| of the firmament.
016:314,15[L  ]| "You do not say anything about my \9toilette\," 
016:314,15['  ]| she
016:314,16['  ]| impatiently observed to$4$ him.
016:314,17[B  ]| "Well, I feel as if I were looking at you through
016:314,18[B  ]| a telescope. You put me in$4$ mind of some lurid comet,
016:314,19[B  ]| something grand and wild."
016:314,20[L  ]| "Ah, if I am grand and wild I match the occasion!
016:314,21[L  ]| But I am not a heavenly body."
016:314,22[B  ]| "I never saw the sky at midnight that$6#2$ particular
016:314,23[B  ]| shade of crimson," 
016:314,23['  ]| Newman said.
016:314,24[L  ]| "That$6#2$ is just my originality: any fool could have
016:314,25[L  ]| chosen blue. My sister-in-law would have chosen a
016:314,26[L  ]| lovely shade of that$6#2$ colour, with a dozen little delicate
016:314,27[L  ]| moons. But I think crimson much more amusing.
016:314,28[L  ]| And I give my idea, which$6#1$ is moonshine."
016:314,29[B  ]| "Moonshine and bloodshed," 
016:314,29['  ]| said Newman.
016:314,30[L  ]| "A murder by$4$ moonlight," 
016:314,30['  ]| the young woman
016:314,31['  ]| laughed. 
016:314,31[L  ]| "What a delicious idea for$4$ a toilet! To$9$
016:314,32[L  ]| make it complete there is a dagger of diamonds, you
016:315,01[L  ]| see, stuck into my hair. But here comes Lord*Deepmere,"
016:315,02['  ]| she added in$4$ a moment; 
016:315,02[L  ]| "I must find out
016:315,03[L  ]| what he thinks of it." 
016:315,03['  ]| Lord*Deepmere came up$5$ very
016:315,04['  ]| red in$4$ the face and very light, apparently, at heart;
016:315,05['  ]| at once very much amused and very little committed.
016:315,06[L  ]| "My Lord*Deepmere can not decide which$6#1$ he prefers,
016:315,07[L  ]| my sister-in-law or me," 
016:315,07['  ]| Madame*Urbain went on$5$.
016:315,08[L  ]| "He likes Claire because she is his cousin, and me
016:315,09[L  ]| because I am not. But he has no$2$ right to$9$ make love
016:315,10[L  ]| to$4$ Claire, whereas I am perfectly \disponsible\. It is very
016:315,11[L  ]| wrong to$9$ make love to$4$ a woman who$6#1$ is engaged, but
016:315,12[L  ]| it is very wrong \not\ to$9$ make love to$4$ a woman who$6#1$ is
016:315,13[L  ]| married."
016:315,14[W  ]| "Oh, it is very jolly making love to$4$ married women,"
016:315,15['  ]| the young man said, 
016:315,15[W  ]| "because they can not ask
016:315,16[W  ]| you to$9$ marry them."
016:315,17[B  ]| "Is that$6#2$ what the others do ~~ the spinsters?"
016:315,18['  ]| Newman enquired.
016:315,19[W  ]| "Oh dear, yes ~~ in$4$ England all the girls ask a
016:315,20[W  ]| fellow to$9$ marry them."
016:315,21[L  ]| "And a fellow brutally refuses," 
016:315,21['  ]| Madame*Urbain
016:315,22['  ]| commented.
016:315,23[W  ]| "Why, really, you know, a fellow can not marry any
016:315,24[W  ]| girl that$6#1$ asks him," 
016:315,24['  ]| said his lordship.
016:315,25[L  ]| "Your cousin will$1$ not ask you. She is going to$9$
016:315,26[L  ]| marry Mr%*Newman."
016:315,27[W  ]| "Oh, that$6#2$ is a very different thing!" 
016:315,27['  ]| Lord*Deepmere
016:315,28['  ]| readily agreed.
016:315,29[L  ]| "You would have accepted \her\, I suppose. That$6#2$ makes
016:315,30[L  ]| me hope that$3$, after all, you prefer me."
016:315,31[W  ]| "Oh, when things are nice I never prefer one to$4$
016:315,32[W  ]| the other," 
016:315,32['  ]| said the young man. 
016:315,32[W  ]| "I take them all."
016:316,01[L  ]| "Ah, what a horror! I will$1$ not be taken in$4$ that$6#2$ way,
016:316,02[L  ]| especially as a ""thing,"" " 
016:316,02['  ]| cried his interlocutress. 
016:316,02[L  ]| "Mr%*Newman is
016:316,03[L  ]| much better; he knows how to$9$ choose.
016:316,04[L  ]| Oh, he chooses as if he were threading a needle. He
016:316,05[L  ]| prefers the comtesse to$4$ any rival attraction, however
016:316,06[L  ]| brilliant."
016:316,07[W  ]| "Well, you can not help my being her cousin," 
016:316,07['  ]| said
016:316,08['  ]| Lord*Deepmere to$4$ Newman with candid hilarity.
016:316,09[B  ]| "Oh no$7$, I can not help that$6#2$," 
016:316,09['  ]| Newman laughed back.
016:316,10[B  ]| "Neither can she!"
016:316,11[W  ]| "And you can not help my dancing with her," 
016:316,11['  ]| said
016:316,12['  ]| Lord*Deepmere with sturdy simplicity.
016:316,13[B  ]| "I could prevent that$6#2$ only by$4$ dancing with her
016:316,14[B  ]| myself," 
016:316,14['  ]| Newman returned. 
016:316,14[B  ]| "But unfortunately I
016:316,15[B  ]| do not know how to$9$ dance."
016:316,16[L  ]| "Oh, you may dance without knowing how; may
016:316,17[L  ]| you not, milord?" 
016:316,17['  ]| Madame*Urbain asked. But to$4$
016:316,18['  ]| this Lord*Deepmere replied that$3$ 
016:316,18@w   | a fellow ought to$9$
016:316,19@w   | know how to$9$ dance if he did not want to$9$ make an ass
016:316,20@w   | of himself; 
016:316,20['  ]| and at this same moment the Marquis
016:316,21['  ]| joined the group, slow-stepping and with his hands
016:316,22['  ]| behind him.
016:316,23[B  ]| "This is a very splendid entertainment," 
016:316,23['  ]| Newman
016:316,24['  ]| cheerfully observed. 
016:316,24[B  ]| "The old house looks very
016:316,25[B  ]| pleasant and bright."
016:316,26[D  ]| "If you are pleased we are content." 
016:316,26['  ]| And the marquis
016:316,27['  ]| lifted his shoulders and bent them forward.
016:316,28[B  ]| "Oh, I suspect every one is pleased," 
016:316,28['  ]| said Newman.
016:316,29[B  ]| "How can they help being pleased when the
016:316,30[B  ]| first thing they see as they come in$5$ is your sister
016:316,31[B  ]| standing there as beautiful as an angel of light and
016:316,32[B  ]| of charity."
016:317,01[D  ]| "Yes, she is very beautiful," 
016:317,01['  ]| the Marquis a little
016:317,02['  ]| distantly admitted. 
016:317,02[D  ]| "But that$6#2$ is not so$5#1$ great a source
016:317,03[D  ]| of satisfaction to$4$ other people, naturally, as to$4$ you."
016:317,04[B  ]| "Well, I \am\ satisfied and suited, Marquis ~
016:317,05[B  ]| there is no$2$ doubt but what I \am\," 
016:317,05['  ]| said Newman with
016:317,06['  ]| his protracted enunciation. 
016:317,06[B  ]| "And now tell me,"
016:317,07['  ]| he added, taking in$5$ more of the scene, 
016:317,07[B  ]| "who$6#1$ some 
016:317,08[B  ]| of these pleasant folks are."
016:317,09['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde looked about him in$4$ silence,
016:317,10['  ]| with his head bent and his hand raised to$4$ his lower
016:317,11['  ]| lip, which$6#1$ he slowly rubbed. A stream of people had
016:317,12['  ]| been pouring into the salon in$4$ which$6#1$ Newman stood
016:317,13['  ]| with his host, the rooms were filling up$5$ and the place,
016:317,14['  ]| all light and colour and fine resonance, looked rich
016:317,15['  ]| and congressional. It borrowed its splendour largely
016:317,16['  ]| from the shining shoulders and profuse jewels of the
016:317,17['  ]| women, and from the rest of their festal array. There
016:317,18['  ]| were uniforms, but not many, as Madame*de*Bellegarde's 
016:317,19['  ]| door was inexorably closed against the mere
016:317,20['  ]| 9myrmidons of the upstart power which$6#1$ then flourished
016:317,21['  ]| on$4$ the soil of France, and the great company
016:317,22['  ]| of smiling and chattering faces was not, as to$4$ line
016:317,23['  ]| and feature, a collection of gold or silver medals. It
016:317,24['  ]| was a pity for$4$ our friend, nevertheless, that$3$ he had
016:317,25['  ]| not been a physiognomist, for$3$ these mobile masks,
016:317,26['  ]| much more a matter of wax than of bronze, were
016:317,27['  ]| the picture of a world and the vivid translation, as
016:317,28['  ]| might have seemed to$4$ him, of a text that$6#1$ had had
016:317,29['  ]| otherwise its obscurities. If the occasion had been
016:317,30['  ]| different they would hardly have pleased him; he
016:317,31['  ]| would have found in$4$ the women too little beauty and
016:317,32['  ]| in$4$ the men too many smirks; but he was now in$4$ a
016:318,01['  ]| humour to$9$ receive none but fair impressions, and it
016:318,02['  ]| sufficed him to$9$ note that$3$ 
016:318,02@b   | every*one was charged with
016:318,03@b   | some vivacity or some solemnity and to$9$ feel that$3$ the
016:318,04@b   | whole great sum of character and confidence was
016:318,05@b   | part of his credit. 
016:318,05[D  ]| "I will$1$ present you to$4$ some people,"
016:318,06['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde after a while. 
016:318,06[D  ]| "I will$1$ make a
016:318,07[D  ]| point of it in$4$ fact. You will$1$ allow me? ~~ if I may
016:318,08[D  ]| exercise my judgement."
016:318,09[B  ]| "Oh, I will$1$ shake hands with any*one you want,"
016:318,10['  ]| Newman returned. 
016:318,10[B  ]| "Your mother just introduced
016:318,11[B  ]| me to$4$ half a dozen old gentlemen. Take care you
016:318,12[B  ]| do not pick out the same parties again."
016:318,13[D  ]| "Who$6#2$ are the gentlemen to$4$ whom my mother
016:318,14[D  ]| presented you?"
016:318,15[B  ]| "Upon$4$ my word I forget them," 
016:318,15['  ]| Newman had to$9$
016:318,16['  ]| confess. 
016:318,16[B  ]| "I am afraid I have got them rather mixed;
016:318,17[B  ]| and do not all Chinamen ~~ even great mandarins!
016:318,18[B  ]| ~~ look very much the same to$4$ Occidentals?"
016:318,19[D  ]| "I suspect they have not forgotten you," 
016:318,19['  ]| said the
016:318,20['  ]| Marquis; and he began to$9$ walk through the rooms.
016:318,21['  ]| Newman, to$9$ keep near him in$4$ the crowd, took his
016:318,22['  ]| arm; after which$6#1$, for$4$ some time, the Marquis
016:318,23['  ]| walked straight on$5$ in$4$ silence. At last, reaching the
016:318,24['  ]| further end of the apartments, Newman found himself
016:318,25['  ]| in$4$ the presence of a lady of monstrous proportions
016:318,26['  ]| seated in$4$ a very capacious armchair and
016:318,27['  ]| with several persons standing in$4$ a semicircle round
016:318,28['  ]| her. This little group had divided as the Marquis
016:318,29['  ]| came up$5$, and he stepped forward and stood for$4$ an
016:318,30['  ]| instant silent and obsequious, his flattened hat raised
016:318,31['  ]| to$4$ his lips as Newman had seen gentlemen stand in$4$
016:318,32['  ]| churches as soon as they entered their pews. The lady
016:319,01['  ]| indeed bore a very fair likeness to$4$ a revered effigy in$4$
016:319,02['  ]| some idolatrous shrine. She was monumentally
016:319,03['  ]| stout and imperturbably serene. Her aspect was to$4$
016:319,04['  ]| Newman almost formidable; he had a troubled
016:319,05['  ]| consciousness of a triple chin, a pair of eyes that$6#1$
016:319,06['  ]| twinkled in$4$ her face like$4$ a pair of polished pin-heads
016:319,07['  ]| in$4$ a cushion, a vast expanse of uncovered bosom, a
016:319,08['  ]| nodding and twinkling tiara of plumes and gems,
016:319,09['  ]| an immense circumference of satin petticoat. With
016:319,10['  ]| her little circle of beholders this remarkable woman
016:319,11['  ]| reminded him of the Fat*Lady at a fair. She fixed
016:319,12['  ]| her small unwinking gaze at the newcomers.
016:319,13[D  ]| "Dear Duchess," 
016:319,13['  ]| said the Marquis, 
016:319,13[D  ]| "let me present
016:319,14[D  ]| to$4$ our good friend Mr%*Newman, of whom
016:319,15[D  ]| you have heard us speak. Wishing to$9$ make Mr%*Newman
016:319,16[D  ]| known to$4$ those who$6#1$ are dear to$4$ us, I could not
016:319,17[D  ]| possibly fail to$9$ begin with you."
016:319,18[V  ]| "Charmed, dear friend; charmed, monsieur,"
016:319,19['  ]| said the Duchess in$4$ a voice which$6#1$, though small and
016:319,20['  ]| shrill, was not disagreeable, while Newman performed
016:319,21['  ]| with all his length his liberal obeisance. He
016:319,22['  ]| always made his bow, as he wrote his name, very
016:319,23['  ]| distinctly. 
016:319,23[V  ]| "I came on$4$ purpose to$9$ see monsieur. I
016:319,24[V  ]| hope he appreciates the compliment. You have only
016:319,25[V  ]| to$9$ look at me to$9$ do so$5#2$, sir," 
016:319,25['  ]| she continued, sweeping
016:319,26['  ]| her person with a much-encompassing glance. Newman
016:319,27['  ]| hardly knew what to$9$ say, though it seemed
016:319,28['  ]| that$3$ 
016:319,29@b   | to$4$ a duchess who$6#1$ joked about her corpulence
016:319,29@b   | one might say almost anything. 
016:319,29['  ]| On$4$ hearing she
016:319,30['  ]| had come on$4$ purpose to$9$ see this object of interest the
016:319,31['  ]| gentlemen who$6#1$ surrounded her turned a little and
016:319,32['  ]| looked at him with grave, with almost overdone
016:320,01['  ]| consideration. The Marquis, with supernatural
016:320,02['  ]| gravity, mentioned to$4$ him the name of each, while
016:320,03['  ]| the gentleman who$6#1$ bore it bowed; and these pronouncements
016:320,04['  ]| again affected Newman as some enumeration
016:320,05['  ]| of the titles of books, of the performers on$4$
016:320,06['  ]| playbills, of the items of indexes. 
016:320,06[V  ]| "I wanted extremely
016:320,07[V  ]| to$9$ see you," 
016:320,07['  ]| the Duchess went on$5$. 
016:320,07[V  ]| "\9C'est
016:320,08[V  ]| 9positif\. In$4$ the first place I am very fond of the person
016:320,09[V  ]| you are going to$9$ marry; she is the most charming
016:320,10[V  ]| creature in$4$ France. Mind you treat her well or you will$1$
016:320,11[V  ]| have news of me. But \9vous 9avez 9l'air 9bien 9honne^te\,
016:320,12[V  ]| and I am told you are very remarkable. I have heard
016:320,13[V  ]| all sorts of extraordinary things about you. \9Voyons\,
016:320,14[V  ]| are they true?"
016:320,15[B  ]| "I do not know what you can have heard," 
016:320,15['  ]| Newman
016:320,16['  ]| promptly pleaded.
016:320,17[V  ]| "Oh, you have had your \9le=gende\. You have had a 
016:320,18[V  ]| career the most chequered, the most \bizarre\. What is
016:320,19[V  ]| that$6#2$ about your having founded a city some ten
016:320,20[V  ]| years ago in$4$ the great West, a city which$6#1$ contains
016:320,21[V  ]| to-day half a million of inhabitants? Is not it half a
016:320,22[V  ]| million, messieurs? You are exclusive proprietor of
016:320,23[V  ]| the wonderful place and are consequently fabulously
016:320,24[V  ]| rich, and you would be richer still if you did not
016:320,25[V  ]| grant lands and houses free of rent to$4$ all newcomers
016:320,26[V  ]| who$6#1$ will$1$ pledge themselves never to$9$ smoke cigars. At
016:320,27[V  ]| this game, in$4$ three years, we are told, you are going
016:320,28[V  ]| to$9$ become President of all the Americas."
016:320,29['  ]| The Duchess recited this quaint fable with a
016:320,30['  ]| smooth self-possession which$6#1$ gave it to$4$ Newman's
016:320,31['  ]| ear the sound of an amusing passage in$4$ a play interpreted
016:320,32['  ]| by$4$ a veteran comic actress. Before she had
016:321,01['  ]| ceased speaking he had relieved himself, applausively,
016:321,02['  ]| by$4$ laughter as frank as clapping or stamping. 
016:321,02[D  ]| "Dear
016:321,03[D  ]| Duchess, dear Duchess!" 
016:321,03['  ]| the Marquis began to$9$
016:321,04['  ]| murmur soothingly. Two or three persons came
016:321,05['  ]| to$4$ the door of the room to$9$ see who$6#1$ was laughing
016:321,06['  ]| at the Duchess. But the lady continued with the soft
016:321,07['  ]| serene assurance of a person who$6#1$, as a great lady,
016:321,08['  ]| was certain of being listened to$4$, and, as a garrulous
016:321,09['  ]| woman, was independent of the pulse of her auditors.
016:321,10[V  ]| "But I know you are very remarkable. You must
016:321,11[V  ]| be, to$9$ have endeared yourself to$4$ our good Urbain and
016:321,12[V  ]| to$4$ his admirable mother. They do not scatter their
016:321,13[V  ]| approval about. They are very exacting. I myself
016:321,14[V  ]| am not very sure at this hour of really enjoying their
016:321,15[V  ]| esteem ~~ eh, Marquis? But your real triumph,
016:321,16[V  ]| cher monsieur, is in$4$ pleasing the Comtesse; she is
016:321,17[V  ]| as difficult as a princess in$4$ a fairy-tale. Your success
016:321,18[V  ]| is a miracle. What is your secret? I do not ask
016:321,19[V  ]| you to$9$ reveal it before all these gentlemen, but you
016:321,20[V  ]| must come and see me some day and show me how
016:321,21[V  ]| you proceed."
016:321,22[B  ]| "The secret is with Madame*de*Cintre=," 
016:321,22['  ]| Newman
016:321,23['  ]| found a face to$9$ answer. 
016:321,23[B  ]| "You must ask her for$4$
016:321,24[B  ]| it. It consists in$4$ her having a great deal of charity."
016:321,25[V  ]| "Very pretty!" 
016:321,25['  ]| the Duchess pronounced. 
016:321,25[V  ]| "That$6#2$,
016:321,26[V  ]| to$9$ begin with, is a nice specimen of your system.
016:321,27[V  ]| What, Marquis, are you already taking monsieur
016:321,28[V  ]| away?"
016:321,29[D  ]| "I have a duty to$9$ perform, dear friend," 
016:321,29['  ]| said Urbain,
016:321,30['  ]| pointing to$4$ the other groups.
016:321,31[V  ]| "Ah, for$4$ you I know what that$6#2$ means! Well,
016:321,32[V  ]| I have seen monsieur; that$6#2$ is what I wanted. He can not
016:322,01[V  ]| persuade me he has not something wonder-working.
016:322,02[V  ]| 9Au 9revoir, monsieur."
016:322,03['  ]| As Newman passed on$5$ with his host he asked who$6#1$
016:322,04['  ]| the Duchess might be. 
016:322,04[D  ]| "The greatest lady in$4$ France!"
016:322,05['  ]| the Marquis hereupon reservedly replied. He then
016:322,06['  ]| presented his prospective brother-in-law to$4$ some
016:322,07['  ]| twenty other persons of both sexes, selected apparently
016:322,08['  ]| for$4$ some recognised value of name or fame or
016:322,09['  ]| attitude. In$4$ some cases their honours were written in$4$
016:322,10['  ]| a good round hand on$4$ the countenance of the wearer;
016:322,11['  ]| in$4$ others Newman was thankful for$4$ such help as his
016:322,12['  ]| companion's impressively brief intimation, measured
016:322,13['  ]| as to$4$ his scant capacity, contributed to$4$ the discovery
016:322,14['  ]| of them. There were large, heavy imperturbable
016:322,15['  ]| gentlemen and small insinuating extravagant ones;
016:322,16['  ]| there were ugly ladies in$4$ yellow lace and quaint
016:322,17['  ]| jewels, and pretty ladies with reaches of white denudation
016:322,18['  ]| that$6#1$ even their wealth of precious stones
016:322,19['  ]| scarce availed to$9$ overtake. Every*one gave Newman
016:322,20['  ]| extreme attention, every*one lighted up$5$ for$4$ him regardless,
016:322,21['  ]| as he would have said, of expense, every*one
016:322,22['  ]| was enchanted to$9$ make his acquaintance, every*one
016:322,23['  ]| looked at him with that$6#2$ fraudulent intensity of
016:322,24['  ]| good society which$6#1$ puts out its bountiful hand but
016:322,25['  ]| keeps the fingers closed over the coin. If the Marquis
016:322,26['  ]| was going about as a bear-leader, if the fiction of
016:322,27['  ]| Beauty*and*the*Beast was supposed to$9$ show thus its
016:322,28['  ]| companion-piece, the general impression appeared
016:322,29['  ]| that$3$ the bear was a very fair imitation of humanity.
016:322,30['  ]| Newman found his reception in$4$ the charmed circle
016:322,31['  ]| very handsome ~~ he liked, handsomely, himself, not
016:322,32['  ]| to$9$ say less than that$6#2$ for$4$ it. 
016:322,32@b   | It was handsome to$9$ be
016:323,01@b   | treated with so$5#1$ much explicit politeness; it was
016:323,02@b   | handsome to$9$ meet civilities as pointed as witticisms,
016:323,03@b   | and to$9$ hear them so$5#2$ syllabled and articulated that$3$
016:323,04@b   | they suggested handfuls of crisp counted notes
016:323,05@b   | pushed over by$4$ a banker's clerk; it was handsome of
016:323,06@b   | clever Frenchwomen ~~ they all seemed clever ~~ to$9$
016:323,07@b   | turn their backs to$4$ their partners for$4$ a good look
016:323,08@b   | at the slightly gaunt outsider whom Claire*de*Cintre=
016:323,09@b   | was to$9$ marry, and then shine on$4$ the subject as if they
016:323,10@b   | quite understood. 
016:323,10['  ]| At last as he turned away from
016:323,11['  ]| a battery of vivid grimaces and other amenities,
016:323,12['  ]| Newman caught the eye of the Marquis fixed on$4$
016:323,13['  ]| him unscrutably, and thereupon, for$4$ a single instant,
016:323,14['  ]| he checked himself. 
016:323,14@b   | "Am I behaving like$4$ a blamed
016:323,15@b   | fool?" 
016:323,15['  ]| he wondered. 
016:323,15@b   | "Am I stepping about like$4$ a 
016:323,16@b   | terrier on$4$ his hind legs?" 
016:323,16['  ]| At this moment he perceived
016:323,17['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram at the other side of the room
016:323,18['  ]| and waved his hand in$4$ farewell to$4$ M%*de*Bellegarde
016:323,19['  ]| in$4$ order to$9$ make his way toward her.
016:323,20[B  ]| "Am I holding my head too high and opening
016:323,21[B  ]| my mouth too wide?" 
016:323,21['  ]| he demanded. 
016:323,21[B  ]| "Do I look as
016:323,22[B  ]| if they were saying ""Catch"" and I were snapping 
016:323,23[B  ]| down what they throw me and licking my lips?"
016:323,24[I  ]| "You look like$4$ all very successful men ~~ fatuous
016:323,25[I  ]| without knowing it. Women triumph with more
016:323,26[I  ]| tact, just as they suffer with more grace. Therefore
016:323,27[I  ]| it is the usual thing for$4$ such situations ~~ neither
016:323,28[I  ]| better nor worse. I have been watching you for$4$ the
016:323,29[I  ]| last ten minutes, and I have been watching M%*de*Bellegarde.
016:323,30[I  ]| He does not like$1$ what he has to$9$ do."
016:323,31[B  ]| "The more credit to$4$ him for$4$ putting it through,"
016:323,32['  ]| Newman returned. 
016:323,32[B  ]| "But I shall be generous. I
016:324,01[B  ]| shall not trouble him any more. Only I am very happy.
016:324,02[B  ]| I can not stand still here. Please take my arm and
016:324,03[B  ]| we will$1$ go for$4$ a walk."
016:324,04['  ]| He led Mrs%*Tristram from one room to$4$ another,
016:324,05['  ]| where, scattering wide glances and soft, sharp comments,
016:324,06['  ]| she reminded him of the pausing wayfarer
016:324,07['  ]| who$6#1$ studies the contents of the confectioner's window,
016:324,08['  ]| with platonic discriminations, through a firm
016:324,09['  ]| plate of glass. But he made vague answers; he
016:324,10['  ]| scarcely heard her; his thoughts were elsewhere.
016:324,11['  ]| They were lost in$4$ the vastness of this attested truth
016:324,12['  ]| of his having come out where he wanted. His momentary
016:324,13['  ]| consciousness of perhaps too broad a grin
016:324,14['  ]| passed away, and he felt, the next thing, almost
016:324,15['  ]| solemnly quiet. 
016:324,15@b   | Yes, he had "got there," and now
016:324,16@b   | it was, all-powerfully, to$9$ stay. These prodigies of
016:324,17@b   | gain were in$4$ a general way familiar to$4$ him, but the
016:324,18@b   | sense of what he had "made" by$4$ an anxious operation
016:324,19@b   | had never been so$5#1$ deep and sweet. The lights,
016:324,20@b   | the flowers, the music, the "associations," vague
016:324,21@b   | and confused to$4$ him, yet hovering like$4$ some odour
016:324,22@b   | of dried spices, something far-away and, 
016:324,22['  ]| as he had
016:324,23['  ]| hinted to$4$ the Marquis, 
016:324,23@b   | Mongolian; the splendid
016:324,24@b   | women, the splendid jewels, the strangeness even of
016:324,25@b   | the universal sense of a tongue that$6#1$ seemed the
016:324,26@b   | language of society as Italian was the language of
016:324,27@b   | opera: these things were all a gage of his having
016:324,28@b   | worked, from the old first years, under some better
016:324,29@b   | star than he knew. Yet if he showed again and again 
016:324,30@b   | so$5#1$ many of his fine strong teeth, it was not tickled
016:324,31@b   | vanity that$6#1$ pulled the exhibition-string: he had no$2$ 
016:324,32@b   | wish to$9$ be pointed at with the finger or to$9$ be considered
016:325,01@b   | by$4$ these people for$4$ himself. If he could have
016:325,02@b   | looked down at the scene invisibly, as from a hole in$4$
016:325,03@b   | the roof, he would have enjoyed it quite as much.
016:325,04['  ]| It would have spoken to$4$ him of his energy and
016:325,05['  ]| prosperity and deepened that$6#2$ view of his effective
016:325,06['  ]| "handling" of life to$4$ which$6#1$, sooner or later, he
016:325,07['  ]| made all experience contribute. Just now the cup
016:325,08['  ]| seemed full.
016:325,09[I  ]| "It is all very fine and very funny, I mean very
016:325,10[I  ]| special and quite thrilling and almost interesting,"
016:325,11['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram while they circulated. 
016:325,11[I  ]| "I have
016:325,12[I  ]| seen nothing objectionable except my husband leaning
016:325,13[I  ]| against that$6#2$ adorably faded strawberry damask
016:325,14[I  ]| of the other room and talking to$4$ an individual whom
016:325,15[I  ]| I suppose he takes for$4$ a prince, but whom I more
016:325,16[I  ]| than suspect to$9$ be the functionary taking care of the
016:325,17[I  ]| lamps. Do you think you could separate them? Do
016:325,18[I  ]| knock over a lamp!"
016:325,19['  ]| I doubt whether Newman, who$6#1$ saw no$2$ harm in$4$
016:325,20['  ]| Tristram's conversing with an ingenious mechanic,
016:325,21['  ]| would have complied with this request; but at this
016:325,22['  ]| moment Valentin*de*Bellegarde drew near. Newman,
016:325,23['  ]| some weeks previously, had presented Madame*de*Cintre='s 
016:325,24['  ]| youngest brother to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram, for$4$ 
016:325,25['  ]| whose rather shy  and subtle merit the young man
016:325,26['  ]| promptly professed an intelligent relish and to$4$ whom
016:325,27['  ]| he had paid several visits.
016:325,28[I  ]| "Did you ever read," 
016:325,28['  ]| she asked, 
016:325,28[I  ]| "Keat's ""Belle
016:325,29[I  ]| Dame sans Merci""? You remind me of the hero of 
016:325,30[I  ]| the ballad:"
016:325,31@z   | ""Oh, what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
016:325,32@z   | Alone and palely loitering?"" "
016:326,01[E  ]| "If I am alone it is because I have been deprived
016:326,02[E  ]| of your society," 
016:326,02['  ]| Valentin returned. 
016:326,02[E  ]| "Besides, it is
016:326,03[E  ]| good manners for$4$ no$2$ man except Newman to$9$ look
016:326,04[E  ]| happy. This is all to$4$ his address. It is not for$4$ you
016:326,05[E  ]| and me to$9$ go before the curtain."
016:326,06[B  ]| "You prophesied to$4$ me last spring," 
016:326,06['  ]| said Newman
016:326,07['  ]| to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram, 
016:326,07[B  ]| "that$3$ six months from that$6#2$
016:326,08[B  ]| time I should get into a tearing rage. It seems to$4$ me
016:326,09[B  ]| the time is up$5$, and yet the nearest I can now come to$4$
016:326,10[B  ]| doing anything rough is to$9$ offer you a 9cafe= 9glace=."
016:326,11[E  ]| "I promised you we should do things grandly,"
016:326,12['  ]| Valentin observed. 
016:326,12[E  ]| "I do not allude to$4$ the 9cafe=s
016:326,13[E  ]| 9glace=s. But every*one is here, and my sister told me
016:326,14[E  ]| just now that$3$ Urbain has been adorable."
016:326,15[B  ]| "He is a real nice man ~~ all the way through. If
016:326,16[B  ]| I do not look out," 
016:326,16['  ]| Newman went on$5$ ~~ 
016:326,16[B  ]| "or if \he\
016:326,17[B  ]| does not ~~ I shall begin to$9$ love him as a brother.
016:326,18[B  ]| That$6#2$ reminds me that$3$ I ought to$9$ go and say something
016:326,19[B  ]| enthusiastic to$4$ your mother."
016:326,20[E  ]| "Let it be something very enthusiastic indeed,"
016:326,21['  ]| said Valentin. 
016:326,21[E  ]| "It may be the last time you will$1$ feel
016:326,22[E  ]| so$5#1$ much in$4$ the vein."
016:326,23['  ]| Newman walked away almost disposed to$9$ clasp
016:326,24['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde round the waist. He passed
016:326,25['  ]| through several rooms and at last found her in$4$ the
016:326,26['  ]| first saloon, seated on$4$ a sofa with her young kinsman
016:326,27['  ]| Lord*Deepmere beside her. 
016:326,27@b   | The young man
016:326,28@b   | unmistakeably felt the strain; his hands were thrust
016:326,29@b   | into his pockets and his eyes fixed on$4$ the toes of his
016:326,30@b   | shoes, his feet being thrust out in$4$ front of him. His
016:326,31@b   | hostess appeared to$9$ have been addressing him with
016:326,32@b   | some intensity and to$9$ be now waiting for$4$ an answer
016:327,01@b   | to$4$ what she had said or for$4$ some other sign of the
016:327,02@b   | effect of her words. Her hands were folded in$4$ her
016:327,03@b   | lap and she considered his lordship's simple physiognomy
016:327,04@b   | as she might have studied some brief but
016:327,05@b   | baffling sentence in$4$ an obscure text. 
016:327,05['  ]| He looked up$5$ as
016:327,06['  ]| Newman approached, met his eyes and changed
016:327,07['  ]| colour. On$4$ which$6#1$ the latter said: 
016:327,07[B  ]| "I am afraid I disturb
016:327,08[B  ]| an interesting interview."
016:327,09['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde rose, and, her companion
016:327,10['  ]| rising at the same time, she put her hand into his
016:327,11['  ]| arm. She answered nothing for$4$ an instant, and then
016:327,12['  ]| as he remained silent brought out with a smile: 
016:327,12[C  ]| "It
016:327,13[C  ]| would be amiable for$4$ Lord*Deepmere to$9$ say it was
016:327,14[C  ]| very interesting."
016:327,15[W  ]| "Oh, I am not amiable!" 
016:327,15['  ]| cried his lordship. 
016:327,15[W  ]| "But
016:327,16[W  ]| it was all right."
016:327,17[B  ]| "Madame*de*Bellegarde was giving you some
016:327,18[B  ]| good advice, eh?" 
016:327,18['  ]| Newman asked: 
016:327,18[B  ]| "preaching you,
016:327,19[B  ]| with her high authority, the way you should go? In$4$
016:327,20[B  ]| your place I would go it then ~~ blind!"
016:327,21[C  ]| "I was giving him some excellent advice,"
016:327,21['  ]| said the
016:327,22['  ]| Marquise, fixing her fresh cold eyes on$4$ our hero.
016:327,23[C  ]| "It is for$4$ him to$9$ take it."
016:327,24[B  ]| "Take it, sir, take it!" 
016:327,24['  ]| Newman exclaimed. 
016:327,24[B  ]| "Any
016:327,25[B  ]| advice she gives you to-night must be good; for$3$ to-night,
016:327,26[B  ]| Marquise, you must speak from a cheerful,
016:327,27[B  ]| comfortable spirit, and that$6#2$ makes for$4$ good ideas.
016:327,28[B  ]| You see everything going on$5$ so$5#1$ brightly and successfully
016:327,29[B  ]| round you. Your party is magnificent; it was
016:327,30[B  ]| a very happy thought. It is a much better show than
016:327,31[B  ]| that$6#2$ feeble effort of mine would have been."
016:327,32[C  ]| "If you are pleased I am satisfied," 
016:327,32['  ]| she answered
016:328,01['  ]| with rare accommodation. 
016:328,01[C  ]| "My desire was to$9$ please
016:328,02[C  ]| you."
016:328,03[B  ]| "Do you want to$9$ please me a little more then?"
016:328,04['  ]| Newman went on$5$. 
016:328,04[B  ]| "Just let Lord*Deepmere digest
016:328,05[B  ]| your wisdom and take care of himself a little; and
016:328,06[B  ]| then take my arm and walk through the rooms."
016:328,07[C  ]| "My desire was to$9$ please you," 
016:328,07['  ]| the Marquise
016:328,08['  ]| rather stiffly repeated; and as she liberated her companion
016:328,09['  ]| our friend wondered at her docility. 
016:328,09[C  ]| "If this
016:328,10[C  ]| young man is wise," 
016:328,10['  ]| she added, 
016:328,10[C  ]| "he will$1$ go and find
016:328,11[C  ]| my daughter and ask her to$9$ dance."
016:328,12[B  ]| "I have been endorsing your advice," 
016:328,12['  ]| said Newman,
016:328,13['  ]| bending over her and laughing; 
016:328,13[B  ]| "I suppose therefore
016:328,14[B  ]| I must let him cut in$5$ where I can neither lead
016:328,15[B  ]| nor follow."
016:328,16['  ]| Lord*Deepmere wiped his forehead and departed,
016:328,17['  ]| and Madame*de*Bellegarde took Newman's arm.
016:328,18[B  ]| "Yes, it has been a real friendly, hearty, jolly idea,"
016:328,19['  ]| he declared as they proceeded on$4$ their circuit. 
016:328,19[B  ]| "Every*one
016:328,20[B  ]| seems to$9$ know every*one and to$9$ be glad to$9$ see
016:328,21[B  ]| every*one. The Marquis has made me acquainted
016:328,22[B  ]| with ever so$5#1$ many people, and I feel quite like$4$ one of
016:328,23[B  ]| the family. It is an occasion," 
016:328,23['  ]| Newman continued,
016:328,24['  ]| wanting still more to$9$ express appreciation without
016:328,25['  ]| an afterthought, 
016:328,25[B  ]| "that$6#1$ I shall always remember, and
016:328,26[B  ]| remember very pleasantly."
016:328,27[C  ]| "I think it is an occasion that$6#1$ we shall none of us
016:328,28[C  ]| ever forget," 
016:328,28['  ]| said the marquise with her pure, neat
016:328,29['  ]| enunciation.
016:328,30['  ]| People made way for$4$ her as she passed, others
016:328,31['  ]| turned round and looked at her, and she received a
016:328,32['  ]| great many greetings and pressings of the hand, all
016:329,01['  ]| of which$6#1$ she accepted with a smooth good grace.
016:329,02['  ]| But though she smiled on$4$ every*one she said nothing
016:329,03['  ]| till she reached the last of the rooms, where she
016:329,04['  ]| found her elder son. Then 
016:329,04[C  ]| "This is enough, sir,"
016:329,05['  ]| she observed with her dignity of distinctness, turning
016:329,06['  ]| at the same time from Newman to$4$ Urbain. He put
016:329,07['  ]| out both his hands and took both hers, drawing her
016:329,08['  ]| to$4$ a seat with an air of the tenderest veneration. It
016:329,09['  ]| appeared to$9$ attest between them the need of more
016:329,10['  ]| intimate communion, and Newman discreetly retired.
016:329,11['  ]| He moved through the rooms for$4$ some time
016:329,12['  ]| longer, circulating freely, overtopping most people by$4$
016:329,13['  ]| his great height, renewing acquaintance with some
016:329,14['  ]| of the groups to$4$ which$6#1$ the Marquis had presented
016:329,15['  ]| him, and expending generally the surplus of his equanimity.
016:329,16['  ]| He continued to$9$ find it all a regular celebration,
016:329,17['  ]| but even the Fourth*of*July of his childhood
016:329,18['  ]| used to$9$ have an end, and the revelry on$4$ this occasion
016:329,19['  ]| began to$9$ deepen to$4$ a close. The music was
016:329,20['  ]| sounding its last strains and people about to$9$ take
016:329,21['  ]| their leave were looking for$4$ their hostess. There
016:329,22['  ]| seemed to$9$ be some difficulty in$4$ finding her, and he
016:329,23['  ]| caught a report that$3$ she had left the ball in$4$ an access
016:329,24['  ]| of fatigue or of faintness. 
016:329,24[V  ]| "She has succumbed to$4$
016:329,25[V  ]| the emotions of the evening," 
016:329,25['  ]| he heard a voluble
016:329,26['  ]| lady say. 
016:329,26[V  ]| "Poor dear Marquise; I can imagine all
016:329,27[V  ]| they may have been for$4$ her!"
016:329,28['  ]| But he learned immediately afterwards that$3$ she
016:329,29['  ]| had recovered herself and was seated in$4$ an armchair
016:329,30['  ]| near the doorway, receiving final honours from members
016:329,31['  ]| of her own sex who$6#1$ insisted upon$4$ her not rising.
016:329,32['  ]| He himself had set out in$4$ quest of Madame*de*Cintre=,
016:330,01['  ]| whom he had seen move past him many times in$4$ the 
016:330,02['  ]| rapid circles of a waltz, but with whom, also, conforming
016:330,03['  ]| to$4$ her explicit instructions, he had exchanged
016:330,04['  ]| no$2$ word since the beginning of the evening. The
016:330,05['  ]| whole house having been thrown open the apartments
016:330,06['  ]| of the 9rez-de-chausse=e were also accessible,
016:330,07['  ]| though a smaller number of persons had gathered
016:330,08['  ]| there. Newman wandered through them, observing
016:330,09['  ]| a few scattered couples to$4$ whom this comparative
016:330,10['  ]| seclusion appeared grateful, and reached a small
016:330,11['  ]| conservatory which$6#1$ opened into the garden. The
016:330,12['  ]| end of the conservatory was formed by$4$ a clear sheet
016:330,13['  ]| of glass, unmasked by$4$ plants and admitting the
016:330,14['  ]| winter starlight so$5#1$ directly that$3$ a person standing
016:330,15['  ]| there would seem to$9$ have passed into the open air.
016:330,16['  ]| Two persons stood there now, a lady and a gentleman;
016:330,17['  ]| the lady Newman, from within the room and
016:330,18['  ]| although she had turned her back to$4$ it, immediately
016:330,19['  ]| recognised as his friend. He hesitated as to$4$ whether
016:330,20['  ]| he should advance, but as he did so$5#2$ she looked
016:330,21['  ]| round, feeling apparently that$3$ he was there. She
016:330,22['  ]| tested her eyes on$4$ him a moment and then turned
016:330,23['  ]| again to$4$ her companion.
016:330,24[A  ]| "It is almost a pity not to$9$ tell Mr%*Newman," 
016:330,24['  ]| she
016:330,25['  ]| said with restraint, but in$4$ a tone Newman could
016:330,26['  ]| hear.
016:330,27[W  ]| "Tell him if you like$1$!" 
016:330,27['  ]| the gentleman answered 
016:330,28['  ]| in$4$ the voice of Lord*Deepmere.
016:330,29[B  ]| "Oh, tell me by$4$ all means!" 
016:330,29['  ]| ~~ and our hero came
016:330,30['  ]| straight forward.
016:330,31@b   | Lord*Deepmere, 
016:330,31['  ]| he observed, 
016:330,31@b   | was very red in$4$ the
016:330,32@b   | face and had twisted his gloves into as tight a cord
016:331,01@b   | as if squeezing them dry. These, presumably, were
016:331,02@b   | tokens of violent emotion, 
016:331,02['  ]| and it struck him that$3$ 
016:331,02@b   | the
016:331,03@b   | traces of a corresponding agitation were visible in$4$
016:331,04@b   | Madame*de*Cintre=. The two had been talking
016:331,05@b   | with extreme animation. 
016:331,05[A  ]| "What I should tell you is
016:331,06[A  ]| only to$4$ milord's credit," 
016:331,06['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=,
016:331,07['  ]| however, with a clear enough smile.
016:331,08[W  ]| "It would not please him any better for$4$ that$6#2$!" 
016:331,08['  ]| cried
016:331,09['  ]| milord with his awkward laugh.
016:331,10[B  ]| "Come; what is the mystery?" 
016:331,10['  ]| Newman demanded.
016:331,11[B  ]| "Clear it up$5$. I do not like$1$ what I do not
016:331,12[B  ]| understand."
016:331,13[W  ]| "We must have some things we do not like$1$, and
016:331,14[W  ]| go without some we do," 
016:331,14['  ]| said the ruddy young nobleman,
016:331,15['  ]| still almost unnaturally exhilarated.
016:331,16[A  ]| "It is to$4$ Lord*Deepmere's credit, but it is not to$4$
016:331,17[A  ]| every*one's," 
016:331,17['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= imperfectly explained.
016:331,18[A  ]| "So$3$ I shall say nothing about it. You may
016:331,19[A  ]| be sure," 
016:331,19['  ]| she added; and she put out her hand to$4$ the
016:331,20['  ]| Englishman, who$6#1$ took it with more force than grace.
016:331,21[A  ]| "And now go and dance hard!" 
016:331,21['  ]| she said.
016:331,22[W  ]| "Oh yes, I feel awfully like$4$ dancing hard! I shall
016:331,23[W  ]| go and drink champagne ~~ as hard as I can!" 
016:331,23['  ]| And
016:331,24['  ]| he walked away with a gloomy guffaw.
016:331,25[B  ]| "What has happened between you?" 
016:331,25['  ]| Newman
016:331,26['  ]| asked.
016:331,27[A  ]| "I can not tell you ~~ now," 
016:331,27['  ]| she said. 
016:331,27[A  ]| "Nothing
016:331,28[A  ]| that$6#1$ need make you unhappy."
016:331,29[B  ]| "Has that$6#2$ weak brother been trying to$9$ make love
016:331,30[B  ]| to$4$ you?"
016:331,31['  ]| She hesitated, then uttered a grave 
016:331,31[A  ]| "No$7$! ~~ He is
016:331,32[A  ]| a perfectly honest young man."
016:332,01[B  ]| "But you have been somehow upset and are still
016:332,02[B  ]| worried. Something is the matter."
016:332,03[A  ]| "Nothing, I repeat, that$6#1$ need make you unhappy.
016:332,04[A  ]| I have completely recovered my balance ~~ if I had
016:332,05[A  ]| lost it: which$6#1$ I had not! Some day I will$1$ tell you what
016:332,06[A  ]| it was; not now. I can not now," 
016:332,06['  ]| she insisted.
016:332,07[B  ]| "Well, I confess," 
016:332,07['  ]| Newman returned, 
016:332,07[B  ]| "I do not
016:332,08[B  ]| want to$9$ hear anything out of key. I am satisfied with
016:332,09[B  ]| everything ~~ most of all with you. I have seen all the
016:332,10[B  ]| ladies and talked with a great many of them; but
016:332,11[B  ]| I am really satisfied with you." 
016:332,11['  ]| The charming
016:332,12['  ]| woman covered him for$4$ a moment with her bright
016:332,13['  ]| mildness, and then turned her eyes away into the
016:332,14['  ]| starry night. So$3$ they stood silent a moment, side by$4$
016:332,15['  ]| side. 
016:332,15[B  ]| "Say you are really satisfied with \me\," 
016:332,15['  ]| Newman
016:332,16['  ]| said.
016:332,17['  ]| He had to$9$ wait a moment for$4$ the answer; but it
016:332,18['  ]| came at last, low yet distinct. 
016:332,18[A  ]| "I am very very happy."
016:332,19['  ]| It was presently followed by$4$ a few words from
016:332,20['  ]| another source which$6#1$ made them both turn round.
016:332,21[J  ]| "I am sadly afraid Madame*la*Comtesse will$1$ take
016:332,22[J  ]| a chill. I have ventured to$9$ bring a shawl." 
016:332,22['  ]| Mrs%*Bread
016:332,23['  ]| stood there softly solicitous, holding a white
016:332,24['  ]| drapery in$4$ her hand.
016:332,25[A  ]| "Thank you, \9ma 9bonne\," 
016:332,25['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=;
016:332,26[A  ]| "the sight of those cold stars gives one a sense of
016:332,27[A  ]| frost. I will$1$ not take your shawl, but we will$1$ go back
016:332,28[A  ]| into the house."
016:332,29['  ]| She passed back and Newman followed her, Mrs%*Bread
016:332,30['  ]| standing respectfully aside to$9$ make way for$4$
016:332,31['  ]| them. Newman paused an instant before the old
016:332,32['  ]| woman and she glanced up$5$ at him with a silent
016:333,01['  ]| greeting. 
016:333,01[B  ]| "Oh yes," 
016:333,01['  ]| he said, 
016:333,01[B  ]| "you must come and
016:333,02[B  ]| live with us."
016:333,03[J  ]| "Well then, sir, if you will$1$," 
016:333,03['  ]| she answered, 
016:333,03[J  ]| "you have
016:333,04[J  ]| not seen the last of me!"
017:334,01['  ]| Newman was fond of music, and went often to$4$ the
017:334,02['  ]| opera, where, a couple of evenings after Madame*de*Bellegarde's
017:334,03['  ]| ball, he sat listening to$4$ "Don*Giovanni";
017:334,04['  ]| having in$4$ honour of this work, which$6#1$ he had never
017:334,05['  ]| yet seen represented, come to$9$ occupy his orchestra-chair
017:334,06['  ]| before the rising of the curtain. Frequently
017:334,07['  ]| he took a large box and invited a group of his compatriots;
017:334,08['  ]| this was a mode of recreation to$4$ which$6#1$ he
017:334,09['  ]| was much addicted. He liked making up$5$ parties of
017:334,10['  ]| his friends and conducting them to$4$ the theatre or
017:334,11['  ]| taking them to$9$ drive on$4$ mail-coaches and dine at restaurants
017:334,12['  ]| renowned, by$4$ what he could a trifle artlessly
017:334,13['  ]| ascertain, for$4$ special and incomparable dishes. He
017:334,14['  ]| liked doing things that$6#1$ involved his paying for$4$ people;
017:334,15['  ]| the vulgar truth is he enjoyed "treating" them. This
017:334,16['  ]| was not because he was what is called purse-proud; 
017:334,17['  ]| handling money in$4$ public was, on$4$ the contrary, positively
017:334,18['  ]| disagreeable to$4$ him; he had a sort of personal
017:334,19['  ]| modesty about it akin to$4$ what he would have felt
017:334,20['  ]| about making a toilet before spectators. But just as
017:334,21['  ]| it was a gratification to$4$ him to$9$ be nobly dressed, just
017:334,22['  ]| so$5#2$ it was a private satisfaction (for$3$ he kept the full
017:334,23['  ]| flavour of it quite delicately to$4$ himself) to$9$ see people
017:334,24['  ]| occupied and amused at his pecuniary expense and
017:334,25['  ]| by$4$ his profuse interposition. To$9$ set a large body of
017:334,26['  ]| them in$4$ motion and transport them to$4$ a distance, to$9$
017:334,27['  ]| have special conveyances, to$9$ charter railway-carriages
017:335,01['  ]| and steamboats, harmonised with his relish for$4$ bold
017:335,02['  ]| processes and made hospitality the potent thing it
017:335,03['  ]| should ideally be. A few evenings before the occasion
017:335,04['  ]| of which$6#1$ I speak he had invited several ladies
017:335,05['  ]| and gentlemen to$4$ the opera to$9$ listen to$4$ the young and
017:335,06['  ]| wondrous Adelina*Patti ~~ a party which$6#1$ included
017:335,07['  ]| Miss*Dora*Finch. It befell, however, that$3$ Miss*Dora*Finch,
017:335,08['  ]| sitting near him in$4$ the box, discoursed brilliantly,
017:335,09['  ]| not only during the 9entr'actes but during
017:335,10['  ]| many of the finest portions of the performance, so$3$
017:335,11['  ]| that$3$ he had really come away with an irritated sense
017:335,12['  ]| that$3$ the new rare diva had a thin, shrill voice and
017:335,13['  ]| that$3$ her 9roulades resembled giggles. After this he
017:335,14['  ]| promised himself to$9$ go for$4$ a while to$4$ the opera alone.
017:335,15['  ]| When the curtain had fallen on$4$ the first act of
017:335,16['  ]| "Don*Giovanni" he turned round in$4$ his place to$9$
017:335,17['  ]| observe the audience. Presently, in$4$ one of the boxes,
017:335,18['  ]| he perceived Urbain*de*Bellegarde and his wife.
017:335,19['  ]| The little Marquise swept the house very busily with
017:335,20['  ]| a glass, and Newman, supposing she saw him, determined
017:335,21['  ]| to$9$ go and bid her good-evening. M%*de*Bellegarde 
017:335,22['  ]| leaned against a column, motionless, looking
017:335,23['  ]| straight in$4$ front of him, one hand in$4$ the breast of his
017:335,24['  ]| white waistcoat and the other resting his hat on$4$ his
017:335,25['  ]| thigh. Newman was about to$9$ leave his place when
017:335,26['  ]| he noticed in$4$ that$6#2$ obscure region devoted to$4$ the small
017:335,27['  ]| boxes which$6#1$ in$4$ French are called, not inaptly, bathtubs,
017:335,28['  ]| from their promoting at least immersion through
017:335,29['  ]| the action of the pores, a face which$6#1$ even the dim
017:335,30['  ]| light and the distance could not make wholly indistinct.
017:335,31['  ]| It was the face of a young and pretty woman,
017:335,32['  ]| crowned with an arrangement of pink roses and diamonds.
017:336,01['  ]| This person looked round the house while
017:336,02['  ]| her fan moved with practised grace; when she lowered
017:336,03['  ]| it Newman perceived a pair of plump white
017:336,04['  ]| shoulders and the edge of a rose-coloured dress.
017:336,05['  ]| Beside her, very close to$4$ the shoulders and talking,
017:336,06['  ]| apparently with an earnestness which$6#1$ it suited her
017:336,07['  ]| scantly to$9$ heed, sat a young man with a red face and
017:336,08['  ]| a very low shirt-collar. A moment's consideration
017:336,09['  ]| left Newman no$2$ doubts; 
017:336,09@b   | the pretty young woman was
017:336,10@b   | Noe=mie*Nioche. 
017:336,10['  ]| He looked hard into the depths of
017:336,11['  ]| the box, thinking her father might perhaps be in$4$
017:336,12['  ]| attendance, but from what he could see the young
017:336,13['  ]| man's eloquence had no$2$ other auditor. Newman at
017:336,14['  ]| last made his way out, and in$4$ doing so$5#2$ passed beneath
017:336,15['  ]| the \9baignoire\ of his former client. She saw him as
017:336,16['  ]| he approached, giving him a nod and smile which$6#1$
017:336,17['  ]| seemed meant as a hint that$3$ her enviable rise in$4$ the
017:336,18['  ]| world had not made her inhuman. He passed into
017:336,19['  ]| the \foyer\ and walked through it, but suddenly to$9$
017:336,20['  ]| pause before a gentleman seated on$4$ one of the divans.
017:336,21['  ]| The gentleman's elbows were on$4$ his knees; he leaned
017:336,22['  ]| forward and stared at the pavement, lost apparently
017:336,23['  ]| in$4$ meditations of a gloomy cast. But in$4$ spite of his
017:336,24['  ]| bent head Newman recognised him and in$4$ a moment
017:336,25['  ]| had sat down beside him. Then the gentleman
017:336,26['  ]| looked up$5$ and displayed the expressive countenance
017:336,27['  ]| of Valentin*de*Bellegarde. 
017:336,27[B  ]| "What in$4$ the world are
017:336,28[B  ]| you thinking of so$5#1$ hard?"
017:336,29[E  ]| "A subject that$6#1$ requires hard thinking to$9$ do it justice,"
017:336,30['  ]| Valentin promptly replied. 
017:336,30[E  ]| "My immeasurable
017:336,31[E  ]| idiocy."
017:336,32[B  ]| "What is the matter now?"
017:337,01[E  ]| "The matter now is that$3$, as I am a madman with
017:337,02[E  ]| lucid intervals, I am having one of them now. But
017:337,03[E  ]| I came within an ace of entertaining a sentiment ~!"
017:337,04[B  ]| "For$4$ the young lady below stairs, in$4$ a \9baignoire\,
017:337,05[B  ]| in$4$ a pink dress?"
017:337,06[E  ]| "Did you notice what a rare kind of pink it was?"
017:337,07['  ]| Valentin enquired by$4$ way of answer. 
017:337,07[E  ]| "It makes her
017:337,08[E  ]| look as white as new milk."
017:337,09['  ]| Newman had a stare of some wonderment, and
017:337,10['  ]| then: 
017:337,10[B  ]| "Is \she\ what you call \9cre^me 9de 9la 9cre^me\?" 
017:337,10['  ]| But
017:337,11['  ]| as Valentin's face pronounced this a witticism below
017:337,12['  ]| the Parisian standard he went on$5$: 
017:337,12[B  ]| "You have stopped
017:337,13[B  ]| then, at any rate, going to$9$ see her?"
017:337,14[E  ]| "Oh bless you, no$7$. Why should I stop? I have
017:337,15[E  ]| changed, but she has not," 
017:337,15['  ]| said Valentin. 
017:337,15[E  ]| "The more
017:337,16[E  ]| I see her the more sure I am ~~ well, that$3$ I see her
017:337,17[E  ]| right. She has awfully pretty arms, and several other
017:337,18[E  ]| things, but she is not really a bit \9gentille\. The other
017:337,19[E  ]| day she had the bad taste to$9$ begin to$9$ abuse her
017:337,20[E  ]| father, to$4$ his face, in$4$ my presence. I should not have
017:337,21[E  ]| expected it of her; it was a disappointment. Heigho!"
017:337,22[B  ]| "Why, she cares no$2$ more for$4$ her father than for$4$
017:337,23[B  ]| her door-mat," 
017:337,23['  ]| Newman declared. 
017:337,23[B  ]| "I discovered
017:337,24[B  ]| that$6#2$ the first time I saw her."
017:337,25[E  ]| "Oh, that$6#2$ is another affair; she may think of the
017:337,26[E  ]| poor old beggar what she pleases. But it was base in$4$
017:337,27[E  ]| her to$9$ call him bad names; it spoiled my reckoning
017:337,28[E  ]| and quite threw me off. It was about a frilled petticoat
017:337,29[E  ]| that$6#1$ he was to$9$ have fetched from the washerwoman's;
017:337,30[E  ]| he appeared to$9$ have forgotten the frilled
017:337,31[E  ]| petticoat. She almost boxed his ears. He stood there
017:337,32[E  ]| staring at her with his little blank eyes and smoothing
017:338,01[E  ]| his old hat with his coat-tail. At last he turned
017:338,02[E  ]| round and went out without a word. Then I told her
017:338,03@e   | it was in$4$ very bad taste to$9$ speak so$5#2$ even to$4$ an
017:338,04@e   | unnatural father. 
017:338,04[E  ]| She said 
017:338,04@g   | she should be so$5#1$ thankful
017:338,05@g   | to$4$ me if I would mention it to$4$ her whenever her taste
017:338,06@g   | was at fault; she had immense confidence in$4$ mine.
017:338,07[E  ]| I told her 
017:338,07@e   | I could not have the inconvenience of forming
017:338,08@e   | her manners; I had had an idea they were already
017:338,09@e   | formed, after the best models. 
017:338,09[E  ]| She had quite put me
017:338,10[E  ]| out. But I shall get over it," 
017:337,10['  ]| said Valentin gaily.
017:338,11[B  ]| "Oh, time is a great consoler!" 
017:337,11['  ]| Newman answered
017:338,12['  ]| with humorous sobriety. He was silent a moment
017:338,13['  ]| and then added in$4$ another tone: 
017:337,13[B  ]| "I wish you would think
017:338,14[B  ]| of what I said to$4$ you the other day. Come over to$4$
017:338,15[B  ]| America with us and I will$1$ put you in$4$ the way of doing
017:338,16[B  ]| some business. You have got a very fine mind if you would
017:338,17[B  ]| only give it a chance."
017:338,18['  ]| Valentin made a genial grimace. 
017:337,18[E  ]| "My mind is
017:338,19[E  ]| much obliged to$4$ you: you make it feel finer than
017:338,20[E  ]| ever. Would the ""chance"" be that$6#2$ place in$4$ a bank?"
017:338,21[B  ]| "There are several places, but I suppose you would
017:338,22[B  ]| consider the bank the most aristocratic."
017:338,23['  ]| Valentin burst into a laugh. 
017:337,23[E  ]| "My dear fellow, at
017:338,24[E  ]| night all cats are grey! When one falls from such
017:338,25[E  ]| a height there are no$2$ degrees!"
017:338,26['  ]| Newman answered nothing for$4$ a minute. Then
017:338,27[B  ]| "I think you will$1$ find there are degrees in$4$ success," 
017:337,27['  ]| he
017:338,28['  ]| said with his most exemplary mild distinctness.
017:338,29['  ]| Valentin had leaned forward again with his elbows
017:338,30['  ]| on$4$ his knees and was scratching the pavement with
017:338,31['  ]| his stick. At last, looking up$5$, 
017:337,31[E  ]| "Do you really think
017:338,32[E  ]| I ought to$9$ do something?" 
017:337,32['  ]| he asked.
017:339,01['  ]| Newman laid his hand on$4$ his companion's arm
017:339,02['  ]| and eyed him a moment through measuring lids.
017:339,03[B  ]| "Try it and see. I am not sure you are not too bright
017:339,04[B  ]| to$9$ live; but why not find out how bright a man can
017:339,05[B  ]| \afford\ to$9$ be?"
017:339,06[E  ]| "Do you really think I can make some money?
017:339,07[E  ]| Once when I was a small boy I found a silver piece
017:339,08[E  ]| under a door-mat. I should like$1$ awfully to$9$ see how
017:339,09[E  ]| it feels to$9$ find a gold one."
017:339,10[B  ]| "Well, do what I tell you and you shall find salvation,"
017:339,11['  ]| said Newman. 
017:339,11[B  ]| "Think of it well." 
017:339,11['  ]| And he
017:339,12['  ]| looked at his watch and prepared to$9$ resume his way
017:339,13['  ]| to$4$ Madame*de*Bellegarde's box.
017:339,14[E  ]| "Upon$4$ my honour I \will$1$\ think of it," 
017:339,14['  ]| Valentin
017:339,15['  ]| returned. 
017:339,15[E  ]| "I will$1$ go and listen to$4$ Mozart another half-hour
017:339,16[E  ]| ~~ I can always think better to$4$ music ~~ and
017:339,17[E  ]| profoundly meditate on$4$ it."
017:339,18['  ]| The Marquis was with his wife when Newman
017:339,19['  ]| entered their box; he was as remotely bland as usual,
017:339,20['  ]| but the great demonstration in$4$ which$6#1$ he had lately
017:339,21['  ]| played his part appeared to$9$ have been a drawbridge
017:339,22['  ]| lowered and lifted again. Newman was once more
017:339,23['  ]| outside the castle and its master perched on$4$ the
017:339,24['  ]| battlements. 
017:339,24[B  ]| "What do you think of the opera?"
017:339,25['  ]| our hero none*the*less artlessly demanded. 
017:339,25[B  ]| "What
017:339,26['  ]| do you think of the cool old Don?"
017:339,27[D  ]| "He does not remain so$5#1$ very cool," 
017:339,27['  ]| the Marquis
017:339,28['  ]| amusedly replied. 
017:339,28[D  ]| "But we all know what Mozart
017:339,29[D  ]| is; our impressions do not date from this evening.
017:339,30[D  ]| Mozart is youth, freshness, brilliancy, facility ~~ 
017:339,31[D  ]| facility perhaps a little too unbroken. But the execution
017:339,32[D  ]| is here and there deplorably rough."
017:340,01[B  ]| "I am very curious to$9$ see how it ends," 
017:340,01['  ]| Newman
017:340,02['  ]| less critically continued.
017:340,03[D  ]| "You speak as if it were a 9feuilleton in$4$ the
017:340,04[D  ]| \Figaro\," 
017:340,04['  ]| observed the Marquis. 
017:340,04[D  ]| "You have surely seen
017:340,05[D  ]| the opera before?"
017:340,06[B  ]| "Never ~~ I am sure I should have remembered it.
017:340,07[B  ]| Donna*Elvira reminds me of Madame*de*Cintre=;
017:340,08[B  ]| I do not mean in$4$ her situation, but in$4$ her lovely tone."
017:340,09[D  ]| "It is a very nice distinction," 
017:340,09['  ]| the Marquis neatly
017:340,10['  ]| conceded. 
017:340,10[D  ]| "There is no$2$ possibility, I imagine, of my
017:340,11[D  ]| sister's being forsaken."
017:340,12[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is right, sir," 
017:340,12['  ]| Newman said. 
017:340,12[B  ]| "But what
017:340,13[B  ]| becomes of the Don?"
017:340,14[L  ]| "The Devil comes down ~~ or comes up$5$ ~~ and
017:340,15[L  ]| carries him off," 
017:340,15['  ]| Madame*Urbain replied. 
017:340,15[L  ]| "I suppose
017:340,16[L  ]| Zerlina reminds you of me."
017:340,17[D  ]| "I will$1$ go to$4$ the \foyer\ for$4$ a few moments," 
017:340,17['  ]| said her
017:340,18['  ]| husband, 
017:340,18[D  ]| "and give you a chance to$9$ say that$3$ I am like$4$
017:340,19[D  ]| the Commander ~~ the man of stone." 
017:340,19['  ]| With which$6#1$
017:340,20['  ]| he passed out of the box.
017:340,21['  ]| The little Marquise stared an instant at the velvet
017:340,22['  ]| ledge of the balcony and then murmured: 
017:340,22[L  ]| "Not a man
017:340,23[L  ]| of stone, a man of wood!" 
017:340,23['  ]| Newman had taken her
017:340,24['  ]| husband's empty chair; she made no$2$ protest, but
017:340,25['  ]| turned suddenly and laid her closed fan on$4$ his
017:340,26['  ]| arm. 
017:340,26[L  ]| "I am very glad you came in$5$; I want to$9$ ask
017:340,27[L  ]| you a favour. I wanted to$9$ do so$5#2$ on$4$ Thursday, at
017:340,28[L  ]| my mother-in-law's ball, but you would give me
017:340,29[L  ]| no$2$ chance. You were in$4$ such very good spirits that$3$
017:340,30[L  ]| I thought you might grant my little prayer then;
017:340,31[L  ]| not that$3$ you look particularly doleful now. It is something
017:340,32[L  ]| you must promise me; now is the time to$9$ take
017:341,01[L  ]| you; after you are married you will$1$ be good for$4$ nothing.
017:341,02[L  ]| \9Allons\, promise!"
017:341,03[B  ]| "I never sign a paper without reading it first,"
017:341,04['  ]| said Newman. 
017:341,04[B  ]| "Show me your document."
017:341,05[L  ]| "No$7$, you must sign with your eyes shut; I will$1$ hold
017:341,06[L  ]| your hand. \9Voyons\, before you put your head into
017:341,07[L  ]| the noose you ought to$9$ be thankful for$4$ me giving
017:341,08[L  ]| you a chance to$9$ do something amusing."
017:341,09[B  ]| "If it is so$5#1$ amusing," 
017:341,09['  ]| said Newman, 
017:341,09[B  ]| "it will$1$ be in$4$
017:341,10[B  ]| even better season after I am married."
017:341,11[L  ]| "In$4$ other words," 
017:341,11['  ]| she cried, 
017:341,11[L  ]| "you will$1$ not do it at
017:341,12[L  ]| all, for$3$ then you will$1$ be afraid of your wife."
017:341,13[B  ]| "Oh, if the thing violates the moral law ~~ pardon
017:341,14[B  ]| my strong language! ~~ I will$1$ not go into it. If it
017:341,15[B  ]| does not I shall be quite as ready for$4$ it after my
017:341,16[B  ]| marriage."
017:341,17[L  ]| "Oh, you people, with your moral law ~~ I wonder
017:341,18[L  ]| that$3$ with such big words in$4$ your mouth you do not all
017:341,19[L  ]| die of choking!" 
017:341,19['  ]| Madame*Urbain declared. 
017:341,19[L  ]| "You
017:341,20[L  ]| talk like$4$ a treatise on$4$ logic, and English logic into
017:341,21[L  ]| the bargain. Promise then after you are married," 
017:341,21['  ]| she
017:341,22['  ]| went on$5$. 
017:341,22[L  ]| "After all, I shall enjoy keeping you to$4$ it."
017:341,23[B  ]| "Well, then after I am married," 
017:341,23['  ]| said Newman
017:341,24['  ]| serenely.
017:341,25['  ]| She hesitated a moment, looking at him, and he
017:341,26['  ]| wondered 
017:341,26@b   | what was coming. 
017:341,26[L  ]| "I suppose you know
017:341,27[L  ]| what my life is," 
017:341,27['  ]| she presently said. 
017:341,27[L  ]| "I have no$2$ pleasure,
017:341,28[L  ]| I see nothing, I do nothing. I live in$4$ Paris as
017:341,29[L  ]| I might live at Poitiers. My mother-in-law calls
017:341,30[L  ]| me ~~ what is the pretty word? ~~ a gadabout;
017:341,31[L  ]| accuses me of going to$4$ unheard-of places and thinks
017:341,32[L  ]| it ought to$9$ be joy enough for$4$ me to$9$ sit at home and
017:342,01[L  ]| count over my ancestors on$4$ my fingers. But why
017:342,02[L  ]| should I bother about my ancestors? I am sure they
017:342,03[L  ]| never bothered about me. I do not propose to$9$ live
017:342,04[L  ]| with a green shade over my eyes; I hold that$3$ the only
017:342,05[L  ]| thing you can do with things arranged in$4$ a row before
017:342,06[L  ]| you is see them. My husband, you know, has principles, 
017:342,07[L  ]| and the first on$4$ the list is that$3$ the Tuileries are
017:342,08[L  ]| dreadfully vulgar. If the Tuileries are vulgar his
017:342,09[L  ]| principles are imbecile. If I chose I might have principles
017:342,10[L  ]| quite as well as he. If they grew on$4$ one's
017:342,11[L  ]| family tree I should only have to$9$ give mine a shake
017:342,12[L  ]| to$9$ bring down a shower of the finest. At any rate
017:342,13[L  ]| I prefer clever Bonapartes to$4$ stupid Bourbons."
017:342,14[B  ]| "Oh, I see; you want to$9$ go to$4$ court," 
017:342,14['  ]| said Newman,
017:342,15['  ]| fantastically wondering if she might not wish
017:342,16['  ]| him to$9$ smooth her way to$4$ the imperial halls through
017:342,17['  ]| some ingenious use of the American*Legation.
017:342,18['  ]| The Marquise gave a little sharp laugh. 
017:342,18[L  ]| "You are
017:342,19[L  ]| a thousand miles away. I will$1$ take care of the Tuileries
017:342,20[L  ]| myself; the day I decide to$9$ go they will$1$ be glad
017:342,21[L  ]| enough to$9$ have me. Sooner or later I shall dance in$4$
017:342,22[L  ]| an imperial quadrille. I know what you are going to$9$
017:342,23[L  ]| say: ""How will$1$ you dare?"" But I \shall\ dare. I am
017:342,24[L  ]| afraid of my husband; he is soft, smooth, irreproachable,
017:342,25[L  ]| everything you know; but I am afraid of him ~
017:342,26[L  ]| horribly afraid of him. And yet I shall arrive at the
017:342,27[L  ]| Tuileries. But that$6#2$ will$1$ not be this winter, nor
017:342,28[L  ]| perhaps next, and meantime I must live. For$4$ the
017:342,29[L  ]| moment I want to$9$ go somewhere else; it is my dream.
017:342,30[L  ]| I want to$9$ go to$4$ the Bal*Bullier."
017:342,31[B  ]| "To$4$ the Bal*Bullier?" 
017:342,31['  ]| repeated Newman, for$4$
017:342,32['  ]| whom the words at first meant nothing.
017:343,01[L  ]| "The ball in$4$ the Latin*Quarter, where the students
017:343,02[L  ]| dance with their mistresses. Do not tell me you have
017:343,03[L  ]| not heard of it."
017:343,04[B  ]| "Oh yes," 
017:343,04['  ]| said Newman; 
017:343,04[B  ]| "I have heard of it; I remember
017:343,05[B  ]| now. I have even been there. And you want
017:343,06[B  ]| to$9$ go there?"
017:343,07[L  ]| "It is \9be^te\, it is low, it is anything you please. But
017:343,08[L  ]| I want to$9$ go. Some of my friends have been, and
017:343,09[L  ]| they say it is very curious. My friends go everywhere;
017:343,10[L  ]| it is only I who$6#1$ sit moping at home."
017:343,11[B  ]| "It seems to$4$ me you are not at home now," 
017:343,11['  ]| said
017:343,12['  ]| Newman, 
017:343,12[B  ]| "and I should not exactly say you were
017:343,13[B  ]| moping."
017:343,14[L  ]| "I am bored to$4$ death. I have been to$4$ the opera
017:343,15[L  ]| twice a week for$4$ the last eight years. Whenever I ask
017:343,16[L  ]| for$4$ anything my mouth is stopped with that$6#2$: Pray
017:343,17[L  ]| madame, have not you your \9loge 9aux 9Italiens\?  Could
017:343,18[L  ]| a woman of taste want more? In$4$ the first place my
017:343,19[L  ]| box was down in$4$ my \9contrat\; they have to$9$ give it to$4$
017:343,20[L  ]| me. To-night, for$4$ instance, I should have preferred
017:343,21[L  ]| a thousand times to$9$ go to$4$ the Palais*Royal. But my
017:343,22[L  ]| husband will$1$ not go to$4$ the Palais*Royal because the
017:343,23[L  ]| ladies of the court go there so$5#1$ much. You may
017:343,24[L  ]| imagine then whether he would take me to$4$ Bullier's;
017:343,25[L  ]| he says it is a mere imitation ~~ and a bad one ~~ of
017:343,26[L  ]| what they do in$4$ the imperial \9intimite=\. But as I am
017:343,27[L  ]| not yet for$4$ a little in$4$ the imperial \9intimite=\ ~~ which$6#1$
017:343,28[L  ]| must be charming ~~ why should not I look in$5$ where
017:343,29[L  ]| you can get the nearest notion of it? It is my dream
017:343,30[L  ]| at any rate; it is a fixed idea. All I ask of you is to$9$
017:343,31[L  ]| give me your arm; you are less compromising than
017:343,32[L  ]| any*one else. I do not know why, but you are. I can
017:344,01[L  ]| arrange it. I shall risk something, but that$6#2$ is my
017:344,02[L  ]| own affair. Besides, fortune favours the bold. Do not
017:344,03[L  ]| refuse me; it is my dream!"
017:344,04['  ]| Newman gave a loud laugh. It seemed to$4$ him
017:344,05@b   | hardly worth while to$9$ be the wife of the Marquis*de*Bellegarde,
017:344,06@b   | a daughter of the crusaders, heiress of six
017:344,07@b   | centuries of glories and traditions, only to$9$ have 
017:344,08@b   | centred one's aspirations upon$4$ the sight of fifty
017:344,09@b   | young ladies kicking off the hats of a hundred young
017:344,10@b   | men. 
017:344,10['  ]| It struck him 
017:344,10@b   | as a theme for$4$ the moralist, 
017:344,10['  ]| but
017:344,11['  ]| he had no$2$ time to$9$ moralise. The curtain rose again; M%*de*Bellegarde
017:344,12['  ]| returned and he went back to$4$ his seat.
017:344,13['  ]| He observed that$3$ 
017:344,13@b   | Valentin had taken his place in$4$
017:344,14@b   | the \9baignoire\ of Mademoiselle*Nioche, behind this
017:344,15@b   | young lady and her companion, where he was visible
017:344,16@b   | only if one carefully looked for$4$ him. 
017:344,16['  ]| In$4$ the next act
017:344,17['  ]| Newman met him in$4$ the lobby and asked him 
017:344,17@b   | if he
017:344,18@b   | had reflected upon$4$ possible emigration. 
017:344,18[B  ]| "If you
017:344,19[B  ]| really meant to$9$ meditate," 
017:344,19['  ]| he said, 
017:344,19[B  ]| "you might have
017:344,20[B  ]| chosen a better place for$4$ it."
017:344,21[E  ]| "Oh, the place was not bad," 
017:344,21['  ]| Valentin replied.
017:344,22[E  ]| "I was not thinking of that$6#2$ girl. I listened to$4$ the
017:344,23[E  ]| music and, heedless of the play and without looking
017:344,24[E  ]| at the stage, turned over your handsome proposal.
017:344,25[E  ]| At first it seemed quite fantastic. And then a certain
017:344,26[E  ]| fiddle in$4$ the orchestra ~~ I could distinguish it
017:344,27[E  ]| ~~ began to$9$ say as it scraped away: 
017:344,27@x   | ""Why not, why
017:344,28@x   | not, why not?"" 
017:344,28[E  ]| And then in$4$ that$6#2$ rapid movement
017:344,29[E  ]| all the fiddles took it up$5$ and the conductor's stick
017:344,30[E  ]| seemed to$9$ beat it in$4$ the air: 
017:344,30@x   | ""Why not, why not, why 
017:344,31@x   | not?"" 
017:344,31[E  ]| I am sure I can not say! I do not see why not.
017:344,32[E  ]| I do not see why I should not do something. It appears
017:345,01[E  ]| to$4$ me a really very bright idea. This sort of thing is
017:345,02[E  ]| certainly very stale. And then I should come back
017:345,03[E  ]| with a trunk full of dollars. Besides, I might possibly
017:345,04[E  ]| find it amusing. They call me an extravagant
017:345,05[E  ]| \9raffine=\; who$6#2$ knows but that$3$ I might discover an
017:345,06[E  ]| unsuspected charm in$4$ shopkeeping? It would really
017:345,07[E  ]| have a certain rare and romantic side; it would look
017:345,08[E  ]| well in$4$ my biography. It would look as if I were
017:345,09[E  ]| a strong man, an \9homme 9de 9premier 9ordre\, a man who$6#1$
017:345,10[E  ]| dominated circumstances."
017:345,11[B  ]| "I guess you had better not mind how it would
017:345,12[B  ]| look," 
017:345,12['  ]| said Newman. 
017:345,12[B  ]| "It always looks well to$9$ have
017:345,13[B  ]| half*a*million of dollars. There is no$2$ reason why you
017:345,14[B  ]| should not have them if you will$1$ mind what I tell you
017:345,15[B  ]| ~~ I alone ~~ and not fool round with other parties."
017:345,16['  ]| He passed his arm into that$6#2$ of his friend, and the two
017:345,17['  ]| walked for$4$ some time up$4$ and down one of the less
017:345,18['  ]| frequented corridors. Newman's imagination began
017:345,19['  ]| to$9$ glow with the idea of 
017:345,19@b   | converting this irresistible
017:345,20@b   | idler into a first-class man of business. 
017:345,20['  ]| He felt for$4$
017:345,21['  ]| the moment a spiritual zeal, the zeal of the propagandist.
017:345,22['  ]| Its ardour was in$4$ part the result of that$6#2$
017:345,23['  ]| general discomfort which$6#1$ the sight of all uninvested
017:345,24['  ]| capital produced in$4$ him; 
017:345,24@b   | so$5#1$ charming an intelligence
017:345,25@b   | ought to$9$ be dedicated to$4$ fine uses. 
017:345,25['  ]| The finest uses
017:345,26['  ]| known to$4$ Newman's experience were transcendent
017:345,27['  ]| operations in$4$ ferocious markets. And then his zeal
017:345,28['  ]| was quickened by$4$ personal kindness; he entertained
017:345,29['  ]| a form of pity which$6#1$ he was well aware 
017:345,29@b   | he never
017:345,30@b   | could have made the Comte*de*Bellegarde understand.
017:345,31['  ]| He never lost a sense of  
017:345,31@b   | its being pitiable that$3$
017:345,32@b   | so$5#1$ bright a figure should think it a large life to$9$ revolve
017:346,01@b   | in$4$ varnished boots between the Rue*d'Anjou and the
017:346,02@b   | Rue*de*l'Universite=, taking the Boulevard*des*Italiens
017:346,03@b   | on$4$ the way, when over there in$4$ America one's promenade
017:346,04@b   | was a continent and one's boulevard stretched
017:346,05@b   | from one world-sea to$4$ another. 
017:346,05['  ]| It mortified him 
017:346,06['  ]| moreover to$9$ have to$9$ understand that$3$ 
017:346,06@b   | Valentin wanted
017:346,07@b   | for$4$ money; it was not business, that$6#2$ was what was the
017:346,08@b   | matter with it, 
017:346,08['  ]| he would have said; 
017:346,08@b   | it was unpractical,
017:346,09@b   | unsuitable, unsightly ~~ very much as if he
017:346,10@b   | had not known how to$9$ spell or to$9$ ride. 
017:346,10['  ]| There
017:346,11['  ]| was something almost ridiculously anomalous to$4$ Newman
017:346,12['  ]| in$4$ the sight of lively pretensions unaccompanied by$4$
017:346,13['  ]| a considerable control of Western railroads; though
017:346,14['  ]| I may add that$3$ he would not have maintained that$3$
017:346,15['  ]| such advantages were in$4$ themselves a proper ground
017:346,16['  ]| for$4$ pretensions. 
017:346,16[B  ]| "I will$1$ put you into something," 
017:346,16['  ]| he
017:346,17['  ]| said at any rate; 
017:346,17[B  ]| "I will$1$ see you through. I know half
017:346,18[B  ]| a dozen things in$4$ which$6#1$ we can make a place for$4$ you.
017:346,19[B  ]| You will$1$ find it a big rush and you will$1$ see some high
017:346,20[B  ]| jumps; it will$1$ take you a little while to$9$ get used to$4$
017:346,21[B  ]| the scale. But you will$1$ work in$5$ before long and at the
017:346,22[B  ]| end of six months ~~ after you have tasted blood, after 
017:346,23[B  ]| you have done a thing or two on$4$ your own account ~
017:346,24[B  ]| you will$1$ have some good times. And then it will$1$ be
017:346,25[B  ]| very pleasant for$4$ you having your sister over there.
017:346,26[B  ]| It will$1$ be pleasant for$4$ her to$9$ have you too. Yes,
017:346,27[B  ]| Valentine," 
017:346,27['  ]| he continued, pressing his comrade's arm
017:346,28['  ]| genially, 
017:346,28[B  ]| "I think I see just the opening for$4$ you.
017:346,29[B  ]| Keep quiet, and I will$1$ find something nice ~~ I will$1$ fix
017:346,30[B  ]| you all right."
017:346,31['  ]| Newman pursued this favouring strain over a wide
017:346,32['  ]| stretch of prospect; the two men strolled about for$4$
017:347,01['  ]| a quarter of an hour. Valentin listened and questioned,
017:347,02['  ]| making his friend laugh at his ignorance of
017:347,03['  ]| the very alphabet of affairs, smiling himself too, half
017:347,04['  ]| ironical and half curious. And yet he was serious
017:347,05['  ]| and nearly convinced, fascinated as by$4$ the biggest,
017:347,06['  ]| plainest map of the great land of El*Dorado ever
017:347,07['  ]| spread before him. It is true, withal, that$3$ if it might
017:347,08['  ]| be bold, original and even amusing to$9$ surrender his
017:347,09['  ]| faded escutcheon to$4$ the process, the smart patent
017:347,10['  ]| transatlantic process, of heavy regilding, he did not
017:347,11['  ]| quite relish the freedom with which$6#1$ it might be
017:347,12['  ]| handled, and yet suddenly felt eager to$9$ know the
017:347,13['  ]| worst that$6#1$ might await him. So$3$ that$3$ when the bell
017:347,14['  ]| rang to$9$ indicate the close of the 9entr'acte there was
017:347,15['  ]| a certain mock-heroism in$4$ his saying all gaily: 
017:347,15[E  ]| "Well
017:347,16[E  ]| then, put me through; locate me and fix me! I make
017:347,17[E  ]| myself over to$4$ you. Dip me into the pot and turn
017:347,18[E  ]| me into gold."
017:347,19['  ]| They had passed into the corridor which$6#1$ encircled 
017:347,20['  ]| the row of \9baignoires\, and Valentin stopped in$4$ front
017:347,21['  ]| of the dusky little box in$4$ which$6#1$ Mademoiselle*Nioche
017:347,22['  ]| had bestowed herself laying his hand on$4$ the
017:347,23['  ]| door-knob. 
017:347,23[B  ]| "Oh come, are you going back there?"
017:347,24['  ]| Newman hereupon asked.
017:347,25[E  ]| "\9Mon 9Dieu,09oui\," 
017:347,25['  ]| said Valentin.
017:347,26[B  ]| "Have not you another place?"
017:347,27[E  ]| "Yes, I have my usual place in$4$ the stalls."
017:347,28[B  ]| "You had better go then and occupy it."
017:347,29[E  ]| "I see her very well from there too," 
017:347,29['  ]| Valentin went
017:347,30['  ]| on$5$ serenely; 
017:347,30[E  ]| "and to-night she is worth seeing. But,"
017:347,31['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment, 
017:347,31[E  ]| "I have a particular reason for$4$
017:347,32[E  ]| going back just now."
017:348,01[B  ]| "Oh, I give you up$5$," 
017:348,01['  ]| said Newman. 
017:348,01[B  ]| "You are
017:348,02[B  ]| sunk in$4$ depravity and do not know the light when
017:348,03[B  ]| you see it."
017:348,04[E  ]| "No$7$, it is only this. There is a young man in$4$ the
017:348,05[E  ]| box whom I shall worry by$4$ going in$5$, and I really
017:348,06[E  ]| want to$9$ worry him."
017:348,07[B  ]| "Why, you cold-blooded calculating wretch!" 
017:348,07['  ]| Newman
017:348,08['  ]| cried. 
017:348,08[B  ]| "can not you give the poor devil a chance?"
017:348,09[E  ]| "No$7$, he has trod with all his weight on$4$ my toes.
017:348,10[E  ]| The box is not his; Noe=mie came alone and installed
017:348,11[E  ]| herself. I went and spoke to$4$ her, and in$4$ a few
017:348,12[E  ]| moments she asked me to$9$ go and get her fan from
017:348,13[E  ]| the pocket of her cloak, which$6#1$ the greedy \9ouvreuse\
017:348,14[E  ]| had carried off, with her eye to$4$ a fee, instead of
017:348,15[E  ]| hanging it up$5$ on$4$ a peg. In$4$ my absence a gentleman
017:348,16[E  ]| came in$5$ and took the chair beside her in$4$ which$6#1$ I had
017:348,17[E  ]| been sitting. My reappearance put him out, and he
017:348,18[E  ]| had the grossness to$9$ show it. He came within an ace
017:348,19[E  ]| of being impertinent. I do not know who$6#1$ he is ~
017:348,20[E  ]| a big hard-breathing red-faced animal. I can not think
017:348,21[E  ]| where she picks up$5$ such acquaintances. He has been
017:348,22[E  ]| drinking too, but he knows what he is about. Just
017:348,23[E  ]| now, in$4$ the second act, the brute did unmistakeably
017:348,24[E  ]| betray an intention. I shall put in$5$ another appearance
017:348,25[E  ]| for$4$ ten minutes ~~ time enough to$9$ give him an
017:348,26[E  ]| opportunity to$9$ commit himself if he feels inclined.
017:348,27[E  ]| I really can not let him suppose he is keeping me out of
017:348,28[E  ]| the box."
017:348,29[B  ]| "My poor dear boy," 
017:348,29['  ]| said Newman remonstrantly,
017:348,30[B  ]| "Why should not he have his good time? You are not
017:348,31[B  ]| going to$9$ pick a quarrel about such an article as that$6#2$,
017:348,32[B  ]| I hope."
017:349,01[E  ]| "The nature of the article ~~ if you mean of the
017:349,02[E  ]| young lady ~~ has nothing to$9$ do with it, and I have no$2$
017:349,03[E  ]| intention of picking a quarrel. I am not a bully nor
017:349,04[E  ]| a fire-eater, I simply wish to$9$ make a point that$6#1$ a
017:349,05[E  ]| gentleman must."
017:349,06[B  ]| "Oh, damn your point!" 
017:349,06['  ]| Newman impatiently
017:349,07['  ]| returned. 
017:349,07[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is the trouble with you Frenchmen;
017:349,08[B  ]| you must be always making points. Well," 
017:349,08['  ]| he added,
017:349,09[B  ]| "be lively, or I shall pack you off first to$4$ a country
017:349,10[B  ]| where you will$1$ find half your points already made and
017:349,11[B  ]| the other half quite unnoticed."
017:349,12[E  ]| "Very good," 
017:349,12['  ]| Valentin answered, 
017:349,12[E  ]| "whenever you
017:349,13[E  ]| like$1$. But if I go to$4$ America I must not let the fellow
017:349,14[E  ]| suppose it is to$9$ run away from him."
017:349,15['  ]| And they separated. At the end of the act Newman
017:349,16['  ]| observed that$3$ Valentin was still in$4$ the \9baignoire\.
017:349,17['  ]| He strolled into the corridor again, expecting to$9$ meet
017:349,18['  ]| him, and when he was within a few yards of Noe=mie's
017:349,19['  ]| retreat saw his friend pass out accompanied by$4$ the
017:349,20['  ]| young man who$6#1$ had been seated beside its more
017:349,21['  ]| interesting occupant. The two walked with some
017:349,22['  ]| quickness of step to$4$ a distant part of the lobby, where
017:349,23['  ]| Newman perceived them stop and stand talking.
017:349,24['  ]| The manner of each was quiet enough, but the
017:349,25['  ]| stranger, who$6#1$ was strikingly flushed, had begun to$9$
017:349,26['  ]| wipe his face very emphatically with his pocket-handkerchief.
017:349,27['  ]| By$4$ this time Newman was abreast of
017:349,28['  ]| the \9baignoire\; the door had been left ajar and he
017:349,29['  ]| could see a pink dress inside. He immediately went
017:349,30['  ]| in$5$. Noe=mie turned on$4$ him a glitter of interest.
017:349,31[G  ]| "Ah, if you have at last decided to$9$ come and see me
017:349,32[G  ]| you but just save your politeness. You find me in$4$
017:350,01[G  ]| a fine moment. Sit down." 
017:350,01['  ]| She looked, it had to$9$ be
017:350,02['  ]| owned, exceedingly pretty and perverse and animated
017:350,03['  ]| and elegant, and quite as if she had had some very
017:350,04['  ]| good news.
017:350,05[B  ]| "Something has happened here!" 
017:350,05['  ]| Newman said
017:350,06['  ]| while he kept his feet.
017:350,07[G  ]| "You find me in$4$ a very fine moment," 
017:350,07['  ]| she
017:350,08['  ]| repeated. 
017:350,08[G  ]| "Two gentlemen ~~ one of them is M%*de*Bellegarde,
017:350,09[G  ]| the pleasure of whose acquaintance I owe
017:350,10[G  ]| to$4$ you ~~ have just had words about your humble
017:350,11[G  ]| servant. Very sharp words too. They can not come off
017:350,12[G  ]| without its going further. A meeting and a big noise
017:350,13[G  ]| ~~ that$6#2$ will$1$ give me a push!" 
017:350,13['  ]| said Noe=mie, clapping
017:350,14['  ]| with a soft thud her little pearl-coloured hands.
017:350,15[G  ]| "\9C'est 9ca 9qui 9pose 9une 9femme\!"
017:350,16[B  ]| "You do not mean to$9$ say Bellegarde is going to$9$
017:350,17[B  ]| fight about \you\!" 
017:350,17['  ]| Newman disgustedly cried.
017:350,18[G  ]| "Nothing less!" 
017:350,18['  ]| ~~ and she looked at him with
017:350,19['  ]| a hard little smile. 
017:350,19[G  ]| "No$7$, no$7$, you are not \galant\! And
017:350,20[G  ]| if you prevent this affair I shall owe you a grudge
017:350,21[G  ]| ~~ and pay my debt!"
017:350,22['  ]| Newman uttered one of the least attenuated imprecations
017:350,23['  ]| that$6#1$ had ever passed his lips, and then,
017:350,24['  ]| turning his back without more ceremony on$4$ the pink
017:350,25['  ]| dress, went out of the box. In$4$ the corridor he found
017:350,26['  ]| Valentin and his companion walking toward him.
017:350,27['  ]| The latter had apparently just thrust a card into his
017:350,28['  ]| waistcoat pocket. Noe=mie's jealous votary was an
017:350,29['  ]| immense, robust young man with a candid, excited
017:350,30['  ]| glare, a thick nose and a thick mouth, the certainty
017:350,31['  ]| of a thick articulation; also with a pair of very large
017:350,32['  ]| white gloves and a very massive, voluminous watch-chain.
017:351,01['  ]| When they reached the box Valentin, over
017:351,02['  ]| whom he towered, made with an emphasised bow
017:351,03['  ]| way for$4$ him to$9$ pass in$5$ first. Newman touched his
017:351,04['  ]| friend's arm as a sign he wished to$9$ speak with him,
017:351,05['  ]| and Valentin answered that$3$ 
017:351,05@e   | he would be with him in$4$
017:351,06@e   | an instant. 
017:351,06['  ]| Valentin entered the box after the robust
017:351,07['  ]| young man, but a couple of minutes later reappeared
017:351,08['  ]| in$4$ a state of aggravated gaiety. 
017:351,08[E  ]| "She is immensely
017:351,09[E  ]| set up$5$ ~~ she says we will$1$ make her fortune. I do not
017:351,10[E  ]| want to$9$ be fatuous, but I think it very possible."
017:351,11[B  ]| "So$3$ you are going to$9$ fight?" 
017:351,11['  ]| Newman asked.
017:351,12[E  ]| "My dear fellow, do not look at me as if I had told
017:351,13[E  ]| you I am \not\! It was not my own choice. The
017:351,14[E  ]| thing is perfectly settled."
017:351,15[B  ]| "I told you so$5#2$!" 
017:351,15['  ]| groaned Newman.
017:351,16[E  ]| "I told \him\ so$5#2$," 
017:351,16['  ]| smiled Valentin.
017:351,17[B  ]| "What the hell did he ever do to$4$ you?"
017:351,18[E  ]| "My good friend, it does not matter what. It seems
017:351,19[E  ]| to$4$ me you do not understand these things. He used an
017:351,20[E  ]| expression ~~ I took it up$5$."
017:351,21[B  ]| "But I insist on$4$ knowing; I can not, as your elder
017:351,22[B  ]| brother, let you give way to$4$ public tantrums ~!"
017:351,23[E  ]| "I am as your younger brother, very much obliged
017:351,24[E  ]| to$4$ you," 
017:351,24['  ]| said Valentin. 
017:351,24[E  ]| "I have nothing to$9$ conceal, but
017:351,25[E  ]| I can not go into particulars now and here."
017:351,26[B  ]| "We will$1$ leave this place then. You can tell me
017:351,27[B  ]| outside."
017:351,28[E  ]| "Oh no$7$, I can not leave this place; why should I
017:351,29[E  ]| hurry away? I will$1$ go to$4$ my stall and sit out the
017:351,30[E  ]| opera."
017:351,31[B  ]| "You will$1$ not enjoy it."
017:351,32['  ]| Valentin looked at him a moment, coloured a little,
017:352,01['  ]| smiled and patted his arm. 
017:352,01[E  ]| "You would have been
017:352,02[E  ]| an ornament to$4$ the Golden*Age. Before an affair
017:352,03[E  ]| a man is quiet. The quietest thing I can do is to$9$ go
017:352,04[E  ]| straight to$4$ my place."
017:352,05[B  ]| "Ah," 
017:352,05['  ]| said Newman, 
017:352,05[B  ]| "you want her to$9$ see you
017:352,06[B  ]| there ~~ you and your quietness. Your quietness will$1$
017:352,07[B  ]| drown the orchestra. I am not so$5#1$ undeveloped. It is
017:352,08[B  ]| the damnedest foolery."
017:352,09['  ]| Valentin remained, and the two men, in$4$ their
017:352,10['  ]| respective places, sat out the rest of the performance,
017:352,11['  ]| which$6#1$ was also enjoyed by$4$ Mademoiselle*Nioche and
017:352,12['  ]| her truculent admirer. At the end Newman joined
017:352,13['  ]| his friend again, and they went out into the street
017:352,14['  ]| together. The young man shook his head at the proposal
017:352,15['  ]| that$3$ he should get into Newman's own vehicle
017:352,16['  ]| and stopped on$4$ the edge of the pavement. 
017:352,16[E  ]| "I must
017:352,17[E  ]| go off alone; must look up$5$ a couple of friends who$6#1$ will$1$
017:352,18[E  ]| be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ act for$4$ me."
017:352,19[B  ]| "I will$1$ be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ act for$4$ you," 
017:352,19['  ]| Newman
017:352,20['  ]| declared. 
017:352,20[B  ]| "Put the case into my hands.
017:352,21[E  ]| "You are very kind, but that$6#2$ is hardly possible.
017:352,22[E  ]| In$4$ the first place you are, as you said just now,
017:352,23[E  ]| almost my brother; you are going to$9$ marry my sister.
017:352,24[E  ]| That$6#2$ alone disqualifies you; it casts doubts on$4$ your
017:352,25[E  ]| impartiality. And if it did not it would be enough for$4$
017:352,26[E  ]| me that$3$ you have not, as I say, God forgive you, the
017:352,27[E  ]| sentiment of certain shades. You would only try to$9$ prevent
017:352,28[E  ]| a meeting."
017:352,29[B  ]| "Of course I should," 
017:352,29['  ]| said Newman. 
017:352,30[B  ]| "Whoever
017:352,30[B  ]| your friends are they will$1$ be ruffians if they do not do
017:352,31[B  ]| that$6#2$."
017:352,32[E  ]| "Unquestionably then they will$1$ do it. They will$1$ urge
017:353,01[E  ]| that$3$ excuses be made, the most proper excuses. But
017:353,02[E  ]| you would be much too \9coulant\. You will$1$ not do."
017:353,03['  ]| Newman was silent a moment. He was in$4$ presence,
017:353,04['  ]| it seemed to$4$ him, of a vain and grotesque
017:353,05['  ]| parade, poor, restricted, indirect as a salve to$4$ an
017:353,06['  ]| insult or a righting of a wrong, and yet pretentious
017:353,07['  ]| and pompous as an accommodation. But he saw it
017:353,08['  ]| useless to$9$ attempt interference. 
017:353,08[B  ]| "When is this precious
017:353,09[B  ]| performance to$9$ come off?" 
017:353,09['  ]| he could only ask.
017:353,10[E  ]| "The sooner the better. The day after to-morrow
017:353,11[E  ]| I hope."
017:353,12[B  ]| "Well," 
017:353,12['  ]| Newman went on$5$, 
017:353,13[B  ]| "I have certainly a claim
017:353,13[B  ]| to$9$ know the facts. I can not consent to$9$ shut my eyes to$4$
017:353,14[B  ]| a single one of them."
017:353,15[E  ]| "I shall be most happy to$9$ tell you them all then.
017:353,16[E  ]| They are very simple and it will$1$ be quickly done.
017:353,17[E  ]| But now everything depends on$4$ my putting my hands
017:353,18[E  ]| on$4$ my friends without delay. I will$1$ jump into a cab;
017:353,19[E  ]| you had better drive to$4$ my rooms and wait for$4$ me
017:353,20[E  ]| there. I will$1$ turn up$5$ at the end of an hour."
017:353,21['  ]| Newman assented protestingly, let him go, and
017:353,22['  ]| then betook himself to$4$ the encumbered little apartment
017:353,23['  ]| in$4$ the Rue*d'Anjou. It was more than an hour
017:353,24['  ]| before Valentin returned, but when he did so$5#2$ he was
017:353,25['  ]| able to$9$ announce that$3$ 
017:353,25@e   | he had found one of his accessories
017:353,26@e   | and that$3$ this gentleman had taken upon$4$ himself
017:353,27@e   | the care of securing the other. 
017:353,27['  ]| Newman had
017:353,28['  ]| been sitting without lights by$4$ the faded fire, on$4$ which$6#1$
017:353,29['  ]| he had thrown a log; the blaze played over the rich
017:353,30['  ]| multifarious properties of the place and produced fantastic
017:353,31['  ]| gleams and shadows. He listened in$4$ silence to$4$
017:353,32['  ]| Valentin's account of what had passed between him 
017:354,01['  ]| and the gentleman whose card he had in$4$ his pocket ~
017:354,02@e   | M%*Stanislas*Kapp of Strasbourg ~~ 
017:354,02['  ]| after his return
017:354,03['  ]| to$4$ the society of their common hostess. 
017:354,03@e   | This acute
017:354,04@e   | young woman had espied an acquaintance on$4$ the
017:354,05@e   | other side of the house and had expressed her displeasure
017:354,06@e   | at his not having the civility to$9$ come and
017:354,07@e   | pay her a visit. 
017:354,07@w   | "Oh, let him alone," 
017:354,07@e   | M%*Stanislas*Kapp
017:354,08@e   | had hereupon exclaimed; 
017:354,08@w   | "there are too
017:354,09@w   | many people in$4$ the box already!" 
017:354,09@e   | And he had
017:354,10@e   | fixed his eyes on$4$ his fellow-guest with the utmost
017:354,11@e   | ferocity. Valentin had promptly retorted that$3$ if there
017:354,12@e   | were too many people in$4$ the box it was easy for$4$ M%*Kapp
017:354,13@e   | to$9$ diminish the number. 
017:354,13@w   | "I shall be most
017:354,14@w   | happy to$9$ open the door for$4$ \you\!" 
017:354,14@e   | M%*Kapp had
017:354,15@e   | exclaimed: "And I shall be delighted to$9$ fling you into 
017:354,16@e   | the pit!" Valentin had as promptly retorted. 
017:354,16@g   | "Oh
017:354,17@g   | do make a rumpus and get into the papers!" 
017:354,17@e   | Miss*Noe=mie
017:354,18@e   | had gleefully ejaculated. 
017:354,18@g   | "M%*Kapp, turn
017:354,19@g   | him out; or, M%*de*Bellegarde, pitch him into the pit,
017:354,20@g   | into the orchestra ~~ anywhere! I do not care who$6#1$
017:354,21@g   | does which$6#1$, so$5#1$ long as you make a scene." 
017:354,21@e   | Valentin
017:354,22@e   | had answered that$3$ they would make no$2$ scene, but
017:354,23@e   | that$3$ the gentleman would be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ step into
017:354,24@e   | the corridor with him. In$4$ the corridor, after a brief
017:354,25@e   | further exchange of words, there had been an exchange
017:354,26@e   | of cards. M%*Stanislas*Kapp had pressed on$4$
017:354,27@e   | his intention, the flat-faced imbecile, with all his
017:354,28@e   | weight; and there were fifty tons, at the least, of that$6#2$.
017:354,29[B  ]| "Well, say there \are\! If you had not gone back
017:354,30[B  ]| into the box the thing would not have happened."
017:354,31[E  ]| "Why, do not you see," 
017:354,31['  ]| Valentin replied, 
017:354,31[E  ]| "that$3$ the
017:354,32[E  ]| event proves the extreme propriety of my going back
017:355,01[E  ]| into the box? M%*Kapp wished to$9$ provoke me; he
017:355,02[E  ]| was awaiting his chance. In$4$ such a case ~~ that$3$ is,
017:355,03[E  ]| when he has been, so$5#2$ to$9$ speak, notified ~~ a man
017:355,04[E  ]| must be on$4$ hand to$9$ receive the provocation. My not
017:355,05[E  ]| returning would simply have been tantamount to$4$ my
017:355,06[E  ]| saying to$4$ M%*Stanislas*Kapp: ""Oh, if you are going to$9$
017:355,07[E  ]| be offensive ~!"" "
017:355,08[B  ]| " ""You must manage it by$4$ yourself; damned if I will$1$
017:355,09[B  ]| help you!"" That$6#2$ would have been a thoroughly sensible
017:355,10[B  ]| thing to$9$ say. The only attraction for$4$ you seems
017:355,11[B  ]| to$9$ have been the idea that$3$ you \could\ help him," 
017:355,11['  ]| Newman
017:355,12['  ]| went on$5$. 
017:355,12[B  ]| "You told me you were not going
017:355,13[B  ]| back for$4$ that$6#2$ minx herself."
017:355,14[E  ]| "Oh, do not mention her ever, ever any more!"
017:355,15['  ]| Valentin almost plaintively sighed. 
017:355,15[E  ]| "She is really
017:355,16[E  ]| quite a bad bore."
017:355,17[B  ]| "With all my heart. But if that$6#2$ is the way you feel
017:355,18[B  ]| about her, why could not you let her alone?"
017:355,19['  ]| Valentin shook his head with a fine smile. 
017:355,19[E  ]| "I do not
017:355,20[E  ]| think you quite understand, and I do not believe I can
017:355,21[E  ]| make you. She understood the situation; she knew
017:355,22[E  ]| what was in$4$ the air; she was watching us."
017:355,23[B  ]| "Then you \are\ doing it for$4$ \her\?" 
017:355,23['  ]| Newman railed.
017:355,24[E  ]| "I am doing it for$4$ myself, and you must leave me
017:355,25[E  ]| judge of what concerns my honour."
017:355,26[B  ]| "Well, I will$1$ leave you judge if you will$1$ leave me to$9$,
017:355,27[B  ]| quite impartially, kick somebody!"
017:355,28[E  ]| "It is vain talking," 
017:355,18['  ]| Valentin replied to$4$ this.
017:355,29[E  ]| "Words have passed and the thing is settled."
017:355,30['  ]| Newman turned away, taking his hat. Then pausing
017:355,31['  ]| as if with interest, his hand on$4$ the door: 
017:355,31[B  ]| "You are
017:355,32[B  ]| going to$9$ use knives.
017:356,01[E  ]| "That$6#2$ is for$4$ M%*Stanislas*Kapp, as the challenged
017:356,02[E  ]| party, to$9$ decide. My own choice would be a short,
017:356,03[E  ]| light sword. I handle it well. I am an indifferent
017:356,04[E  ]| shot."
017:356,05['  ]| Newman had put on$4$ his hat; he pushed it back,
017:356,06['  ]| gently scratching his forehead high up$5$. 
017:356,06[B  ]| "I wish it were
017:356,07[B  ]| guns," 
017:356,07['  ]| he said. 
017:356,07[B  ]| "I could show you how to$9$ hold one."
017:356,08['  ]| Valentin gave him a hard look and then broke into
017:356,09['  ]| a laugh. 
017:356,09[E  ]| "Murderer!" 
017:356,09['  ]| he cried with some intensity,
017:356,10['  ]| but agreeing to$9$ see him again on$4$ the morrow, after
017:356,11['  ]| the details of the meeting with M%*Stanislas*Kapp
017:356,12['  ]| should have been arranged.
017:356,13['  ]| In$4$ the course of the day Newman received three
017:356,14['  ]| lines from him to$4$ the effect that$3$ 
017:356,14@e   | it had been decided
017:356,15@e   | he should cross the frontier with his adversary, and
017:356,16@e   | that$3$ he was accordingly to$9$ take the night express to$4$
017:356,17@e   | Geneva. They should have time, however, to$9$ dine
017:356,18@e   | together. 
017:356,18['  ]| In$4$ the afternoon Newman called on$4$
017:356,19['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= for$4$ the single daily hour of reinvoked
017:356,20['  ]| and reasserted confidence ~~ a solemnity but
017:356,21['  ]| the more exquisite with repetition ~~ to$4$ which$6#1$ she
017:356,22['  ]| had, a little strangely, given him to$9$ understand it was
017:356,23['  ]| convenient, important, in$4$ fact vital to$4$ her, that$3$ their
017:356,24['  ]| communion, for$4$ their strained interval, should be
017:356,25['  ]| restricted, even though this reduced him for$4$ so$5#1$ many
017:356,26['  ]| other recurrent hours, the hours of evening in$4$ particular
017:356,27['  ]| the worst of the probation, to$4$ the state of a 
017:356,28['  ]| restless, prowling, time-keeping ghost, a taker of long
017:356,29['  ]| night-walks through streets that$6#1$ affected him at
017:356,30['  ]| moments as the alleys of a great darkened bankrupt
017:356,31['  ]| bazaar. But his visit to-day had a worry to$9$ reckon
017:356,32['  ]| with ~~ all the more that$3$ it had as well so$5#1$ much of
017:357,01['  ]| one to$9$ conceal. She shone upon$4$ him, as always, with
017:357,02['  ]| that$6#2$ light of her gentleness which$6#1$ might have been
017:357,03['  ]| figures, in$4$ the heat-thickened air, by$4$ a sultry harvest
017:357,04['  ]| moon; but she was visibly bedimmed, and she confessed,
017:357,05['  ]| on$4$ his charging her with her red eyes, that$3$ 
017:357,05@a   | she
017:357,06@a   | had been, for$4$ a vague vain reason, crying them half
017:357,07@a   | out. Valentin had been with her a couple of hours
017:357,08@a   | before and had somehow troubled her without in$4$ the
017:357,09@a   | least intending it. He had laughed and gossiped, had
017:357,10@a   | brought her no$2$ bad news, had only been, in$4$ taking
017:357,11@a   | leave of her, rather "dearer," poor boy, than usual.
017:357,12@a   | A certain extravagance of tenderness in$4$ him had in$4$
017:357,13@a   | fact touched her to$4$ positive pain, so$3$ that$3$ on$4$ his
017:357,14@a   | departure she had burst into miserable tears. She
017:357,15@a   | had felt as if something strange and wrong were
017:357,16@a   | hanging about them ~~ ah, she had had that$6#2$ feeling
017:357,17@a   | in$4$ other connexions too; nervous, always nervous, she
017:357,18@a   | had tried to$9$ reason away the fear, but the effort had
017:357,19@a   | only given her a headache. 
017:357,19['  ]| Newman was of course
017:357,20['  ]| tongue-tied on$4$ what he himself knew, and, his power
017:357,21['  ]| of simulation and his general art of optimism breaking
017:357,22['  ]| down on$4$ this occasion as if some long needle-point
017:357,23['  ]| had suddenly passed, to$9$ make him wince,
017:357,24['  ]| through the sole crevice of his armour, he could, to$4$
017:357,25['  ]| his high chagrin, but cut his call short. Before he
017:357,26['  ]| retreated, however, he asked 
017:357,26@b   | if Valentin had seen his
017:357,27@b   | mother.
017:357,28[A  ]| "Yes; but he did not make \her\ cry!"
017:357,29['  ]| It was in$4$ Newman's own apartments that$3$ the
017:357,30['  ]| young man dined, having sent his servant and his
017:357,31['  ]| effects to$9$ await him at the railway. 
017:357,31@e   | M%*Stanislas*Kapp
017:357,32@e   | had positively declined to$9$ make excuses, and
017:358,01@e   | he on$4$ his side had obviously none to$9$ offer. 
017:358,01['  ]| Valentin
017:358,02['  ]| had found out with whom he was dealing, and that$3$
017:358,03@e   | his adversary was the son and heir of a rich brewer
017:358,04@e   | of Strasbourg, a youth sanguineous, brawny, bull-headed,
017:358,05@e   | and lately much occupied in$4$ making ducks
017:358,06@e   | and drakes of the paternal brewery. Though passing
017:358,07@e   | in$4$ a general way for$4$ a good companion, he had
017:358,08@e   | already been noted as apt to$9$ quarrel after dinner and
017:358,09@e   | to$9$ be disposed then to$9$ charge with his head down.
017:358,10[E  ]| "9Que 9voulez-vous?" 
017:358,10['  ]| said Valentin: 
017:358,10[E  ]| "brought up$5$ on$4$
017:358,11[E  ]| beer how could he stand such champagne as Noe=mie,
017:358,12[E  ]| cup-bearer to$4$ the infernal gods, had poured out for$4$
017:358,13[E  ]| him?" 
017:358,13@e   | He had chosen the weapon known to$4$ Newman
017:358,14@e   | as the gun. 
017:358,14['  ]| Valentin had an excellent appetite:
017:358,15['  ]| he made a point, in$4$ view of his long journey, of eating
017:358,16['  ]| more than usual: one of the points, no$2$ doubt, that$6#1$ his
017:358,17['  ]| friend had accused him of always needing to$9$ make.
017:358,18['  ]| He took the liberty of suggesting to$4$ the latter 
017:358,18@e   | the
017:358,19@e   | difference of the suspicion of a shade in$4$ the composition
017:358,20@e   | of a fish-sauce; 
017:358,20['  ]| he thought it 
017:358,20@e   | worth hinting, with
017:358,21@e   | precautions, to$4$ the cook. 
017:358,21['  ]| But Newman had no$2$ mind
017:358,22['  ]| for$4$ sauces; there was more in$4$ the dish itself, the mixture
017:358,23['  ]| now presented to$4$ him, than he could swallow; he
017:358,24['  ]| was in$4$ short "nervous" to$4$ a tune of which$6#1$ he felt
017:358,25['  ]| almost ashamed as he watched his inimitable friend
017:358,26['  ]| go through their superior meal without skipping a
017:358,27['  ]| step or missing a savour; 
017:358,27@b   | the exposure, the possible
017:358,28@b   | sacrifice, of so$5#1$ charming a life on$4$ the altar of a stupid
017:358,29@b   | tradition struck him as intolerably wrong. 
017:358,29['  ]| He exaggerated
017:358,30['  ]| the perversity of Noe=mie, the ferocity of
017:358,31['  ]| M%*Kapp, the grimness of M%*Kapp's friends, and
017:358,32['  ]| only knew that$3$ he did yearn now as a brother.
017:359,01[B  ]| "This sort of thing may be all very well," 
017:359,01['  ]| he broke
017:359,02['  ]| out at last, 
017:359,02[B  ]| "but I will$1$ be blamed if I see it. I can not
017:359,03[B  ]| stop you perhaps, but at least I can swear at you
017:359,04[B  ]| handsomely. Take me as doing so$5#2$ in$4$ the most awful
017:359,05[B  ]| terms."
017:359,06[E  ]| "My dear fellow, do not make a scene" 
017:359,06['  ]| ~~ Valentin
017:359,07['  ]| was almost sententious. 
017:359,07[E  ]| "Scenes in$4$ these cases are in$4$
017:359,08[E  ]| very bad taste."
017:359,09[B  ]| "Your duel itself is a scene," 
017:359,09['  ]| Newman said;
017:359,10[B  ]| "a scene of the most flagrant description. It is
017:359,11[B  ]| a wretched theatrical affair. Why do not you take
017:359,12[B  ]| a band of music with you outright? It is G~ d~
017:359,13[B  ]| barbarous, and yet it is G~ d~ effete."
017:359,14[E  ]| "Oh, I can not begin at this time of day to$9$ defend the
017:359,15[E  ]| theory of duelling," 
017:359,15['  ]| the young man blandly reasoned.
017:359,16[E  ]| "It is our only resource at given moments, and I hold
017:359,17[E  ]| it a good thing. Quite apart from the merit of the
017:359,18[E  ]| cause in$4$ which$6#1$ a meeting may take place, it strikes
017:359,19[E  ]| a romantic note that$6#1$ seems to$4$ me in$4$ this age of vile
017:359,20[E  ]| prose greatly to$9$ recommend it. It is a remnant of
017:359,21[E  ]| a higher-tempered time; one ought to$9$ cling to$4$ it. It is
017:359,22[E  ]| a way of more decently testifying. Testify when you
017:359,23[E  ]| can!"
017:359,24[B  ]| "I do not know what you mean by$4$ a higher-tempered 
017:359,25[B  ]| time," 
017:359,25['  ]| Newman retorted. 
017:359,25[B  ]| "Because your great-grandfather
017:359,26[B  ]| liked to$9$ prance, is that$6#2$ any reason for$4$
017:359,27[B  ]| you, who$6#1$ have got beyond it? For$4$ my part I think we
017:359,28[B  ]| had better let our temper take care of itself; it generally
017:359,29[B  ]| seems to$4$ me quite high enough; I am not more
017:359,30[B  ]| of a fire-eater than most, but I am not afraid of being
017:359,31[B  ]| too mild. If your great-grandfather were to$9$ make himself
017:359,32[B  ]| unpleasant to$4$ me I think I could tackle him yet."
017:360,01[E  ]| "My dear friend" 
017:360,01['  ]| ~~ Valentin was perfectly patient
017:360,02['  ]| with him ~~ 
017:360,02[E  ]| "you can not invent anything that$6#1$ will$1$ take
017:360,03[E  ]| the place of satisfaction for$4$ an insult. To$9$ demand it
017:360,04[E  ]| and to$9$ give it are equally excellent arrangements."
017:360,05[B  ]| "Do you call this sort of thing satisfaction?" 
017:360,05['  ]| Newman
017:360,06['  ]| groaned. 
017:360,06[B  ]| "Does it satisfy you to$9$ put yourself at
017:360,07[B  ]| the disposal of a bigger fool even than yourself? I would
017:360,08[B  ]| see him somewhere first! Does it satisfy you that$3$ he
017:360,09[B  ]| should set up$5$ this ridiculous relation with \you\? I would
017:360,10[B  ]| like$1$ to$9$ see him try anything of the sort with \me\! If
017:360,11[B  ]| a man has a bad intention on$4$ you it is his own affair
017:360,12[B  ]| till it takes effect; but when it does, give him one in$4$
017:360,13[B  ]| the eye. If you do not know \how\ to$9$ do that$6#2$ ~~ straight
017:360,14[B  ]| ~~ you are not fit to$9$ go round alone. But I am talking
017:360,15[B  ]| of those who$6#1$ claim they \are\, and that$3$ they do not
017:360,16[B  ]| require some*one to$9$ take care of them."
017:360,17[E  ]| "Well," 
017:360,17['  ]| Valentin smiled, 
017:360,17[E  ]| "it would be interesting
017:360,18[E  ]| truly to$9$ go round with \you\. But to$9$ get the full good
017:360,19[E  ]| of that$6#2$, alas, I should have begun earlier!"
017:360,20['  ]| Newman could scarcely bear even the possible pertinence
017:360,21['  ]| of his "alas." 
017:360,21[B  ]| "See here," 
017:360,21['  ]| he said at the last:
017:360,22[B  ]| "if any*one ever hurts you again ~!"
017:360,23[E  ]| "Well, \9mon 9bon\?" 
017:360,23['  ]| ~~ and Valentin, with his eyes
017:360,24['  ]| on$4$ his friend's, might now have been much moved.
017:360,25[B  ]| "Come straight to$4$ me about it. \I will$1$\ go for$4$ him."
017:360,26[E  ]| "\9Matamore\!" 
017:360,26['  ]| the young man laughed as they 
017:360,27['  ]| parted.
018:361,01['  ]| It was the next morning that$3$, by$4$ exception, Newman
018:361,02['  ]| went to$9$ see Madame*de*Cintre=, timing his visit so$3$ as
018:361,03['  ]| to$9$ arrive after the noonday breakfast. In$4$ the court
018:361,04['  ]| of the ho^tel, before the portico, stood Madame*de*Bellegarde's
018:361,05['  ]| old square heavy carriage. The servant
018:361,06['  ]| who$6#1$ opened the door answered his enquiry with a
018:361,07['  ]| slightly embarrassed and hesitating murmur, and at
018:361,08['  ]| the same moment Mrs%*Bread appeared in$4$ the background,
018:361,09['  ]| dim-visaged as usual and wearing a large
018:361,10['  ]| black bonnet and shawl.
018:361,11[B  ]| "What is the matter?" 
018:361,11['  ]| he asked. 
018:361,11[B  ]| "Is Madame*la*Comtesse
018:361,12[B  ]| at home or not?"
018:361,13['  ]| Mrs%*Bread advanced, fixing her eyes on$4$ him; he
018:361,14['  ]| observed that$3$ 
018:361,14@b   | she held a sealed letter, very delicately,
018:361,15@b   | in$4$ her fingers. 
018:361,15[J  ]| "The Countess has left a message for$4$
018:361,16[J  ]| you, sir; she has left this." 
018:361,16['  ]| And the good woman
018:361,17['  ]| held out the missive, which$6#1$ he took.
018:361,18[B  ]| "Left it? Is she out? Is she gone away?"
018:361,19[J  ]| "She is going away, sir; she is leaving town," 
018:361,19['  ]| said
018:361,20['  ]| Mrs%*Bread.
018:361,21[B  ]| "Leaving town!" 
018:361,21['  ]| he exclaimed. 
018:361,21[B  ]| "What in$4$ the
018:361,22[B  ]| world has happened?"
018:361,23[J  ]| "It is not for$4$ me to$9$ say, sir." 
018:361,23['  ]| And Mrs%*Bread
018:361,24['  ]| cast her eyes to$4$ the ground. 
018:361,24[J  ]| "But I thought it would
018:361,25[J  ]| come." 
018:361,26[B  ]| "What would come, pray?" 
018:361,26['  ]| Newman demanded.
018:361,27['  ]| He had broken the seal of the letter, but he
018:362,01['  ]| still questioned. 
018:362,01[B  ]| "She is in$4$ the house? She is visible?"
018:362,02[B  ]|
018:362,03[J  ]| "I do not think she expected you this morning,"
018:362,04['  ]| his venerable friend replied. 
018:362,04[J  ]| "She was to$9$ leave immediately."
018:362,05[J  ]|
018:362,06[B  ]| "Where is she going?"
018:362,07[J  ]| "To$4$ Fleurie`res."
018:362,08[B  ]| "Away off there? But surely I can see her?"
018:362,09['  ]| Mrs%*Bread hesitated, but then, clasping together
018:362,10['  ]| her black-gloved hands, 
018:362,10[J  ]| "I will$1$ take you!" 
018:362,10['  ]| she rather
018:362,11['  ]| desperately said. And she led the way upstairs. At
018:362,12['  ]| the top of the staircase, however, she paused and
018:362,13['  ]| fixed her dry sad eyes on$4$ him. 
018:362,13[J  ]| "Be very easy with
018:362,14[J  ]| her. Nobody else is." 
018:362,14['  ]| Then she went on$5$ to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre='s
018:362,15['  ]| apartment. Newman, perplexed and
018:362,16['  ]| alarmed, followed her fast. She threw open the door
018:362,17['  ]| and he pushed back the curtain at the further side
018:362,18['  ]| of its deep embrasure. In$4$ the middle of the room
018:362,19['  ]| stood Madame*de*Cintre=; her face was flushed and
018:362,20['  ]| marked and she was dressed for$4$ travelling. Behind
018:362,21['  ]| her, before the fireplace, stood Urbain*de*Bellegarde
018:362,22['  ]| and looked at his finger-nails; near the Marquis sat
018:362,23['  ]| his mother, buried in$4$ an armchair and with her eyes
018:362,24['  ]| immediately fixing themselves on$4$ the invader, as he
018:362,25['  ]| felt them pronounce him. He knew himself, as he
018:362,26['  ]| entered, in$4$ the presence of something evil; he was
018:362,27['  ]| as startled and pained as he would have been by$4$
018:362,28['  ]| a threatening cry in$4$ the stillness of the night. He
018:362,29['  ]| walked straight to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre= and seized her
018:362,30['  ]| by$4$ the hand.
018:362,31[B  ]| "What is the matter?" 
018:362,31['  ]| he asked commandingly;
018:362,32[B  ]| "what is happening?"
018:363,01['  ]| Urbain*de*Bellegarde stared, then left his place
018:363,02['  ]| and came and leaned on$4$ the back of his mother's
018:363,03['  ]| chair. Newman's sudden irruption had evidently 
018:363,04['  ]| discomposed them both. Madame*de*Cintre= stood
018:363,05['  ]| silent and with her eyes resting on$4$ her friend's.
018:363,06@b   | She had often looked at him with all her soul, 
018:363,06['  ]| as it
018:363,07['  ]| seemed to$4$ him; 
018:363,07@b   | but in$4$ this present gaze there was
018:363,08@b   | a bottomless depth. She was in$4$ distress, and ~~ monstrously ~
018:363,09@b   | was somehow to$4$ her own sense helpless.
018:363,10@b   | It would have been the most touching thing he had
018:363,11@b   | ever seen if it had not been the most absurd. 
018:363,11['  ]| His
018:363,12['  ]| heart rose into his throat and he was on$4$ the point of
018:363,13['  ]| turning to$4$ her companions with an angry challenge;
018:363,14['  ]| but she checked him, pressing the hand of which$6#1$ she
018:363,15['  ]| had possessed herself.
018:363,16[A  ]| "Something very grave has happened," 
018:363,16['  ]| she brought
018:363,17['  ]| out. 
018:363,17[A  ]| "I can not marry you."
018:363,18['  ]| Newman dropped her hand ~~ as if, suddenly and
018:363,19['  ]| unnaturally acting with the others, she had planted
018:363,20['  ]| a knife in$4$ his side: he stood staring, first at her and
018:363,21['  ]| then at them. 
018:363,21[B  ]| "Why not?" 
018:363,21['  ]| he asked as quietly as his
018:363,22['  ]| quick gasp permitted.
018:363,23['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= almost smiled, but the attempt
018:363,24['  ]| was strange. 
018:363,24[A  ]| "You must ask my mother. You must
018:363,25[A  ]| ask my brother."
018:363,26[B  ]| "Why can not she marry me?" 
018:363,26['  ]| ~~ and he looked all 
018:363,27['  ]| at them.
018:363,28['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde never moved in$4$ her seat,
018:363,29['  ]| but her consciousness had paled her face. The Marquis
018:363,30['  ]| hovered protectingly. She said nothing for$4$ some
018:363,31['  ]| moments, but she kept her keen clear eyes on$4$
018:363,32['  ]| their visitor. The Marquis drew himself up$5$ and considered
018:364,01['  ]| the ceiling. 
018:364,01[D  ]| "It is impossible!" 
018:364,01['  ]| he finally
018:364,02['  ]| articulated.
018:364,03[C  ]| "It is improper," 
018:364,03['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde.
018:364,04['  ]| Newman began to$9$ laugh. 
018:364,04[B  ]| "Oh, you are fooling!"
018:364,05['  ]| he exclaimed.
018:364,06[D  ]| "My sister, you have no$2$ time; you are losing your 
018:364,07[D  ]| train," 
018:364,07['  ]| the Marquis went on$5$.
018:364,08[B  ]| "Come, is he mad?" 
018:364,08['  ]| Newman asked.
018:364,09[A  ]| "No$7$; do not think that$6#2$," 
018:364,09['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
018:364,10[A  ]| "But I am going away."
018:364,11[B  ]| "Where are you going?"
018:364,12[A  ]| "To$4$ the country; to$4$ Fleurie`res; to$9$ be alone."
018:364,13[B  ]| "To$9$ leave \me\ alone?" 
018:364,13['  ]| Newman put it.
018:364,14[A  ]| "I can not see you now," 
018:364,14['  ]| she simply answered.
018:364,15[B  ]| " ""Now"" ~~ why not?"
018:364,16[A  ]| "I am ashamed," 
018:364,16['  ]| she still more simply confessed.
018:364,17['  ]| Newman turned to$4$ the Marquis. 
018:364,17[B  ]| "What have you
018:364,18[B  ]| done to$4$ her ~~ what does it mean?" 
018:364,18['  ]| he asked with
018:364,19['  ]| the same effort at calmness, the fruit of his constant
018:364,20['  ]| practice in$4$ taking things easily. He was excited, but
018:364,21['  ]| excitement with him was only an intenser deliberateness;
018:364,22['  ]| it was the plunger stripped.
018:364,23[A  ]| "It means that$3$ I have given you up$5$," 
018:364,23['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
018:364,24[A  ]| "It means that$6#2$."
018:364,25['  ]| Her appearance was too charged with tragic expression
018:364,26['  ]| not fully to$9$ confirm her words. Newman
018:364,27['  ]| was profoundly shocked, but he felt as yet no$2$ resentment
018:364,28['  ]| against her. He was amazed, bewildered,
018:364,29['  ]| and the presence of the Marquise and her son
018:364,30['  ]| seemed to$9$ smite his eyes like$4$ the glare of a watchman's
018:364,31['  ]| lantern. 
018:364,31[B  ]| "can not I see you alone?" 
018:364,31['  ]| he
018:364,32['  ]| asked.
018:365,01[A  ]| "It would be only more painful. I hoped I
018:365,02[A  ]| shoud not see you ~~ that$3$ I should escape. I wrote
018:365,03[A  ]| to$4$ you, but only three words. Good-bye." 
018:365,03['  ]| And she
018:365,04['  ]| put out her hand again.
018:365,05['  ]| Newman put both his own into his pockets. 
018:365,05[B  ]| "I will$1$
018:365,06[B  ]| simply go with you."
018:365,07['  ]| She laid her two hands on$4$ his arm. 
018:365,07[A  ]| "Will$1$ you
018:365,08[A  ]| grant me a last request?" 
018:365,08['  ]| ~~ and as she looked at
018:365,09['  ]| him, urging this, her eyes filled with tears. 
018:365,09[A  ]| "Let me
018:365,10[A  ]| go alone ~~ let me go in$4$ peace. Peace I say ~~ though
018:365,11[A  ]| it is really death. But let me bury myself. So$3$ ~
018:365,12[A  ]| good-bye."
018:365,13['  ]| Newman passed his hand into his hair and stood
018:365,14['  ]| slowly rubbing his head and looking through his
018:365,15['  ]| keenly-narrowed eyes from one to$4$ the other of the
018:365,16['  ]| three persons before him. His lips were compressed,
018:365,17['  ]| and the two strong lines formed beside his mouth
018:365,18['  ]| and riding hard, as it were, his restive moustache,
018:365,19['  ]| might have at first suggested a wide grimace. I have
018:365,20['  ]| said that$3$ his excitement was an intenser deliberateness,
018:365,21['  ]| and now his deliberation was grim. 
018:365,21[B  ]| "It seems
018:365,22[B  ]| very much as if you had interfered, Marquis," 
018:365,22['  ]| he
018:365,23['  ]| said slowly. 
018:365,23[B  ]| "I thought you said you would not interfere.
018:365,24[B  ]| I know you did not like$1$ me; but that$6#2$ does not
018:365,25[B  ]| make any difference. I thought you promised me you
018:365,26[B  ]| would not interfere. I thought you swore on$4$ your
018:365,27[B  ]| honour that$3$ you would not interfere. Do not you remember, 
018:365,28[B  ]| Marquis?"
018:365,29['  ]| The Marquis lifted his eyebrows, but he was
018:365,30['  ]| apparently determined to$9$ be even more urbane than
018:365,31['  ]| usual. He rested his two hands upon$4$ the back of his
018:365,32['  ]| mother's chair and bent forward as if he were leaning
018:366,01['  ]| over the edge of a pulpit or a lecture-desk. He
018:366,02['  ]| did not smile, but he looked softly grave. 
018:366,02[D  ]| "Pardon
018:366,03[D  ]| me, sir ~~ what I assured you was that$3$ I would not
018:366,04[D  ]| influence my sister's decision. I adhered to$4$ the letter
018:366,05[D  ]| to$4$ my engagement. Did I not, my sister?"
018:366,06[C  ]| "Do not appeal, my son," 
018:366,06['  ]| said the Marquise.
018:366,07[C  ]| "Your word is all sufficient."
018:366,08[B  ]| "Yes ~~ she accepted me," 
018:366,08['  ]| said Newman.
018:366,09[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is very true; I can not deny that$6#2$. At least," 
018:366,09['  ]| he
018:366,10['  ]| added in$4$ a different tone while he turned to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=,
018:366,11[B  ]| "you \did\ accept me?" 
018:366,11['  ]| The effect of deep
018:366,12['  ]| irony in$4$ it ~~ even if there had been nothing else ~
018:366,13['  ]| appeared to$9$ move her strongly, and she turned away,
018:366,14['  ]| burying her face in$4$ her hands. 
018:366,14[B  ]| "But you have interfered
018:366,15[B  ]| now, have not you?" 
018:366,15['  ]| he went on$5$ to$4$ the Marquis.
018:366,16['  ]|
018:366,17[D  ]| "Neither then nor now have I attempted to$9$ influence
018:366,18[D  ]| my sister. I used no$2$ persuasion then ~~ I have
018:366,19[D  ]| used no$2$ persuasion to-day."
018:366,20[B  ]| "And what have you used?"
018:366,21[C  ]| "We have used authority," 
018:366,21['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde
018:366,22['  ]| in$4$ a rich, bell-like voice.
018:366,23[B  ]| "Ah, you have used authority!" 
018:366,23['  ]| Newman wonderfully
018:366,24['  ]| echoed. 
018:366,24[B  ]| "They have used authority ~" 
018:366,24['  ]| He
018:366,25['  ]| turned to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=. 
018:366,25[B  ]| "What in$4$ the world is
018:366,26[B  ]| their authority and how do they apply it?"
018:366,27[A  ]| "My mother addressed me her command," 
018:366,27['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre=
018:366,28['  ]| said with a sound that$6#1$ was the
018:366,29['  ]| strangest yet.
018:366,30[B  ]| "Her command that$3$ you should give me up$5$ ~
018:366,31[B  ]| I see. And you obey ~~ I see. But \why\ do you
018:366,32[B  ]| obey?" 
018:366,32['  ]| Newman pursued.
018:367,01['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= looked across at the old Marquise,
018:367,02['  ]| measuring her from head to$4$ foot. Then she
018:367,03['  ]| spoke again with simplicity. 
018:367,03[A  ]| "I am afraid of my
018:367,04[A  ]| mother."
018:367,05['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde rose with a certain quickness.
018:367,06[C  ]| "This is a most indecent scene!"
018:367,07[A  ]| "I have no$2$ wish to$9$ prolong it," 
018:367,07['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=;
018:367,08['  ]| and, turning to$4$ the door, she put out her
018:367,09['  ]| hand again. 
018:367,09[A  ]| "If you can pity me a little, let me go
018:367,10[A  ]| alone."
018:367,11['  ]| Newman held her quietly and firmly. 
018:367,11[B  ]| "I will$1$ come
018:367,12[B  ]| right down there." 
018:367,12['  ]| The portie`re dropped behind
018:367,13['  ]| her, and he sank with a long breath into the nearest
018:367,14['  ]| chair. He leaned back in$4$ it, resting his hands on$4$ the
018:367,15['  ]| knobs of the arms and looking at Madame*de*Bellegarde
018:367,16['  ]| and Urbain. There was a long silence. They
018:367,17['  ]| stood side by$4$ side, their heads high and their handsome
018:367,18['  ]| eyebrows arched. 
018:367,18[B  ]| "So$3$ you make a distinction?"
018:367,19['  ]| he went on$5$ at last. 
018:367,19[B  ]| "You make a distinction
018:367,20[B  ]| between persuading and commanding? It is very
018:367,21[B  ]| neat. But the distinction is in$4$ favour of commanding.
018:367,22[B  ]| That$6#2$ rather spoils it."
018:367,23[D  ]| "We have not the least objection to$4$ defining our
018:367,24[D  ]| position," 
018:367,24['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde. 
018:367,24[D  ]| "We quite understand
018:367,25[D  ]| that$3$ it should not at first appear to$4$ you altogether
018:367,26[D  ]| clear. We rather expect indeed that$3$ you will$1$
018:367,27[D  ]| not do us justice."
018:367,28[B  ]| "Oh, I will$1$ do you justice," 
018:367,28['  ]| said Newman. 
018:367,28[B  ]| "Do not
018:367,29[B  ]| be afraid. Only give me a chance!"
018:367,30['  ]| The Marquise laid her hand on$4$ her son's arm as if
018:367,31['  ]| to$9$ deprecate the attempt to$9$ marshal reasons or to$9$
018:367,32['  ]| meet their friend again, on$4$ any ground, too intimately.
018:368,01[C  ]| "It is quite useless," 
018:368,01['  ]| she opined, 
018:368,01[C  ]| "to$9$ try
018:368,02[C  ]| and arrange this matter so$3$ as to$9$ make it agreeable
018:368,03[C  ]| to$4$ you. It is a disappointment, and disappointments
018:368,04[C  ]| are ~~ I grant it ~~ sometimes odious things. I
018:368,05[C  ]| thought our necessity over ~~ that$6#2$ of letting you know
018:368,06[C  ]| that$3$ we do not after all see our way! I considered
018:368,07[C  ]| carefully and tried to$9$ arrange it better; but I only
018:368,08[C  ]| gave myself bad headaches and lost my sleep. Say
018:368,09[C  ]| what we will$1$ you will$1$ think yourself ill-treated and will$1$
018:368,10[C  ]| publish your wrong among your friends. But we are
018:368,11[C  ]| not afraid of that$6#2$. Besides, your friends are not our
018:368,12[C  ]| friends, and it will$1$ matter by$4$ so$5#1$ much the less. Think
018:368,13[C  ]| of us as you like$1$ ~~ you do not really know us. I only
018:368,14[C  ]| beg you not to$9$ be violent. I have never in$4$ my life been
018:368,15[C  ]| present at any sort of roughness, and I think my age
018:368,16[C  ]| should now protect me."
018:368,17[B  ]| "Is \that$6#2$\ all you have to$9$ say?" 
018:368,17['  ]| asked Newman,
018:368,18['  ]| slowly rising from his chair. 
018:368,18[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is a poor show
018:368,19[B  ]| for$4$ a clever lady like$4$ you, Marquise. Come, try
018:368,20[B  ]| again."
018:368,21[D  ]| "My mother goes to$4$ the point with her usual
018:368,22[D  ]| honesty and intrepidity," 
018:368,22['  ]| said the Marquis, toying
018:368,23['  ]| with his watchguard. 
018:368,23[D  ]| "But it is perhaps right
018:368,24[D  ]| I should add another word. We of course quite repudiate
018:368,25[D  ]| the charge of having broken faith with you.
018:368,26[D  ]| We left you entirely at liberty to$9$ make yourself agreeable
018:368,27[D  ]| to$4$ my sister. We left her quite at liberty to$9$
018:368,28[D  ]| entertain your proposal. When she accepted you we
018:368,29[D  ]| said nothing. We therefore wholly observed our
018:368,30[D  ]| promise. It was only at a later stage of the affair,
018:368,31[D  ]| and on$4$ quite a different basis, as it were, that$3$ we
018:368,32[D  ]| determined to$9$ speak. It would have been better perhaps
018:369,01[D  ]| if we had spoken before. But really, you see,
018:369,02[D  ]| nothing has yet been done."
018:369,03[B  ]| "Nothing has yet been done?" 
018:369,03['  ]| ~~ Newman repeated
018:369,04['  ]| the words as if unconscious of their comical
018:369,05['  ]| effect. He had lost the sense of what the Marquis
018:369,06['  ]| was saying; M%*de*Bellegarde's superior style was
018:369,07['  ]| a mere humming in$4$ his ears. All he understood, in$4$
018:369,08['  ]| his deep and simple wrath, was that$3$ 
018:369,08@b   | the matter was
018:369,09@b   | not a violent joke and that$3$ the people before him
018:369,10@b   | were perfectly serious. 
018:369,10[B  ]| "Do you suppose I can take
018:369,11[B  ]| this from you?" 
018:369,11['  ]| he wonderingly asked. 
018:369,11[B  ]| "Do you
018:369,12[B  ]| suppose it can matter to$4$ me what you say? Do
018:369,13[B  ]| you suppose I am an idiot that$3$ you can so$5#2$ put
018:369,14[B  ]| off?"
018:369,15['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde gave a rattle of her fan in$4$
018:369,16['  ]| the hollow of her hand. 
018:369,16[C  ]| "If you do not take it you can
018:369,17[C  ]| leave it, sir. It matters very little what you do. The
018:369,18[C  ]| simple fact is that$3$ my daughter has given you up$5$."
018:369,19[B  ]| "She does not mean it," 
018:369,19['  ]| Newman declared after
018:369,20['  ]| a moment.
018:369,21[D  ]| "I think I can assure you that$3$ she does," 
018:369,21['  ]| the Marquis
018:369,22['  ]| fluted.
018:369,23[B  ]| "Poor stricken woman, poor bleeding heart, what
018:369,24[B  ]| damnable thing have you done to$4$ her?" 
018:369,24['  ]| Newman
018:369,25['  ]| demanded.
018:369,26[D  ]| "Gently, gently!" 
018:369,26['  ]| murmured M%*de*Bellegarde as
018:369,27['  ]| he rocked on$4$ his neat foundations.
018:369,28[C  ]| "She told you," 
018:369,28['  ]| his mother said. 
018:369,28[C  ]| "I expressed my
018:369,29[C  ]| final wish."
018:369,30['  ]| Newman shook his head heavily. 
018:369,30[B  ]| "This sort of
018:369,31[B  ]| thing can not be, you know. A man can not be used in$4$
018:369,32[B  ]| this fashion. You not only have no$2$ right that$6#1$ is not
018:370,01[B  ]| a preposterous pretence, but you have not a pennyworth
018:370,02[B  ]| of power."
018:370,03[C  ]| "My power," 
018:370,03['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde observed,
018:370,04[C  ]| "is in$4$ my children's obedience."
018:370,05[B  ]| "In$4$ their fear, your daughter said. There is something
018:370,06[B  ]| very strange in$4$ it. Why should any*one be
018:370,07[B  ]| afraid of you?" 
018:370,07['  ]| added Newman after looking at her
018:370,08['  ]| a moment. 
018:370,08[B  ]| "There has been something at play I do not
018:370,09[B  ]| know and can not guess."
018:370,10['  ]| She met his gaze without flinching and as if neither
018:370,11['  ]| hearing nor heeding. 
018:370,11[C  ]| "I did my best," 
018:370,11['  ]| she said quietly.
018:370,12[C  ]| "I could bear it no$2$ longer."
018:370,13[D  ]| "It was a bold experiment!" 
018:370,13['  ]| the Marquis pursued.
018:370,14['  ]| Newman felt disposed to$9$ walk to$4$ him and clutch
018:370,15['  ]| his neck with irresistible firm fingers and a prolongation
018:370,16['  ]| of thumb-pressure on$4$ the windpipe. 
018:370,16[B  ]| "I need not
018:370,17[B  ]| tell you how you strike me," 
018:370,17['  ]| he said, however, instead
018:370,18['  ]| of this; 
018:370,18[B  ]| "of course you know that$6#2$. But I should
018:370,19[B  ]| think you would be afraid of your friends ~~ all those
018:370,20[B  ]| people you introduced me to$4$ the other night. There
018:370,21[B  ]| were some decent people apparently among them;
018:370,22[B  ]| you may depend upon$4$ it there were some good
018:370,23[B  ]| honest men and women."
018:370,24[D  ]| "Our friends approve us," 
018:370,24['  ]| said M%*de*Bellegarde;
018:370,25[D  ]| "there is not a responsible \9chef 9de 9famille\ among
018:370,26[D  ]| them who$6#1$ would have acted otherwise. And however
018:370,27[D  ]| that$6#2$ may be we take the cue from no*one. We have
018:370,28[D  ]| been much more used ~~ since one really has to$9$ tell
018:370,29[D  ]| you ~~ to$4$ setting the example than to$4$ waiting for$4$ it."
018:370,30[B  ]| "You would have waited long before any*one would
018:370,31[B  ]| have set you such an example as this, I guess!"
018:370,32['  ]| Newman cried. 
018:370,32[B  ]| "Have I done anything wrong or
018:371,01[B  ]| mean or base?" 
018:371,01['  ]| he rang out. 
018:371,01[B  ]| "Have I given you any
018:371,02[B  ]| reason to$9$ change your opinion? Have you found out
018:371,03[B  ]| anything against me? Hanged if I can imagine!"
018:371,04[C  ]| "Our opinion," 
018:371,04['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde, 
018:371,04[C  ]| "is
018:371,05[C  ]| quite the same as at first ~~ exactly. We have no$2$ ill-will
018:371,06[C  ]| towards yourself; we are very far from accusing
018:371,07[C  ]| you of misconduct. Since your relations with us
018:371,08[C  ]| began you have been, I frankly confess, less eccentric
018:371,09[C  ]| than I expected. It is not your personal character
018:371,10[C  ]| that$6#1$ we object to$4$, it is your professional ~~ it is your
018:371,11[C  ]| antecedents. We really can not reconcile ourselves to$4$
018:371,12[C  ]| a commercial person. We tried to$9$ believe in$4$ an evil
018:371,13[C  ]| hour it was possible, and that$6#2$ effort was our great
018:371,14[C  ]| misfortune. We determined to$9$ persevere to$4$ the end
018:371,15[C  ]| and to$9$ give you every advantage. I was resolved you
018:371,16[C  ]| should have no$2$ reason to$9$ accuse me of a want of
018:371,17[C  ]| loyalty. We let the thing certainly go very far ~
018:371,18[C  ]| we introduced you to$4$ our friends. To$9$ tell the truth
018:371,19[C  ]| it was that$6#2$, I think, that$6#1$ broke me down. I succumbed
018:371,20[C  ]| to$4$ the scene that$6#1$ took place the other night
018:371,21[C  ]| in$4$ these rooms. You must pardon me if what I say
018:371,22[C  ]| is disagreeable to$4$ you, but you have insisted, with
018:371,23[C  ]| violence, on$4$ an explanation."
018:371,24[D  ]| "There is no$2$ better proof of our good faith," 
018:371,24['  ]| the 
018:371,25['  ]| Marquis superadded, 
018:371,25[D  ]| "than our committing ourselves
018:371,26[D  ]| to$4$ you in$4$ the eyes of the world three evenings
018:371,27[D  ]| since. We endeavoured to$9$ bind ourselves ~~ to$9$ tie
018:371,28[D  ]| our hands and cut off our retreat. Could we have
018:371,29[D  ]| done more?"
018:371,30[C  ]| "But it was that$6#2$," 
018:371,30['  ]| his mother subjoined, 
018:371,30[C  ]| "that$6#1$
018:371,31[C  ]| opened our eyes and broke our bonds. We should
018:371,32[C  ]| have been deeply uncomfortable with any such continuance.
018:372,01[C  ]| You know," 
018:372,01['  ]| she wound up$5$ in$4$ a moment,
018:372,02[C  ]| "that$3$ you were forewarned as to$4$ our high, stiff way
018:372,03[C  ]| of carrying ourselves. Oh, I grant you that$3$ we are
018:372,04[C  ]| as proud and odious as you please! But we did not
018:372,05[C  ]| seek your acquaintance. You sought ours."
018:372,06['  ]| Newman took up$5$ his hat and began mechanically
018:372,07['  ]| to$9$ smooth it; the very fierceness of his scorn kept
018:372,08['  ]| him from speaking. 
018:372,08[B  ]| "You are certainly odious
018:372,09[B  ]| enough," 
018:372,09['  ]| he cried at last, 
018:372,09[B  ]| "but it strikes me your
018:372,10[B  ]| pride falls short altogether."
018:372,11[D  ]| "In$4$ the whole matter," 
018:372,11['  ]| said the Marquis, still as
018:372,12['  ]| with a fine note of cool reason, 
018:372,12[D  ]| "I really see nothing
018:372,13[D  ]| but our humility."
018:372,14[C  ]| "Let us have no$2$ more painful discussion than is
018:372,15[C  ]| necessary," 
018:372,15['  ]| his mother resumed. 
018:372,15[C  ]| "My daughter told
018:372,16[C  ]| you everything when she said she gives you up$5$."
018:372,17[B  ]| "I am not in$4$ the least satisfied about your daughter,"
018:372,18['  ]| Newman insisted: 
018:372,18[B  ]| "I want to$9$ know what you did
018:372,19[B  ]| to$4$ her. It is all very easy talking about authority and
018:372,20[B  ]| saying she likes your orders. She did not accept me
018:372,21[B  ]| blindly and she would not give me up$5$ blindly. Not
018:372,22[B  ]| that$3$ I believe yet she has really done it after what
018:372,23[B  ]| has passed between us; she will$1$ talk it over with me.
018:372,24[B  ]| But you have frightened her, you have bullied her,
018:372,25[B  ]| you have \hurt\ her. What was it you did to$4$ her?"
018:372,26[C  ]| "I had very little to$9$ do," 
018:372,26['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde
018:372,27['  ]| in$4$ a tone which$6#1$ gave him a chill when he afterwards
018:372,28['  ]| remembered it.
018:372,29[D  ]| "Let me remind you that$3$ we offered you this
018:372,30[D  ]| amount of consideration," 
018:372,30['  ]| the Marquis observed,
018:372,31[D  ]| "with the express understanding that$3$ you should
018:372,32[D  ]| abstain for$4$ intemperance."
018:373,01[B  ]| "I am not intemperate," 
018:373,01['  ]| Newman answered; 
018:373,01[B  ]| "it is
018:373,02[B  ]| you who$6#1$ are intemperate. You stab me in$4$ the back
018:373,03[B  ]| and I turn on$4$ you; is it \I\ who$6#1$ am offensive? But
018:373,04[B  ]| I do not know that$3$ I have much more to$9$ say to$4$ you.
018:373,05[B  ]| What you expect of me, apparently, is to$9$ go on$4$ my
018:373,06[B  ]| way ~~ in$4$ the manner most convenient to$4$ you ~
018:373,07[B  ]| thanking you for$4$ favours received and promising
018:373,08[B  ]| never to$9$ trouble you again."
018:373,09[C  ]| "We expect of you to$9$ act like$4$ an \9homme 9d'esprit\,"
018:373,10['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde. 
018:373,10[C  ]| "You have shown yourself
018:373,11[C  ]| remarkably that$6#2$, already, and what we have done
018:373,12[C  ]| is altogether based upon$4$ your being so$5#2$. When one
018:373,13[C  ]| must recognise a situation ~~ well, one must. That$6#2$ is
018:373,14[C  ]| all that$6#1$ we have done. Since my daughter absolutely
018:373,15[C  ]| withdraws, what do you gain by$4$ making a noise
018:373,16[C  ]| under our windows? You proclaim, at the best, your
018:373,17[C  ]| discomfiture."
018:373,18[B  ]| "It remains to$9$ be seen if your daughter absolutely
018:373,19[B  ]| withdraws. Your daughter and I are still very good
018:373,20[B  ]| friends; nothing is changed in$4$ that$6#2$. As I say, there
018:373,21[B  ]| has been that$6#2$ between us that$6#1$ must make her recognise 
018:373,22[B  ]| at least my claim to$4$ some light of mercy from
018:373,23[B  ]| her."
018:373,24[D  ]| "I recommend you in$4$ your own interest not to$9$
018:373,25[D  ]| expect more than you will$1$ get," 
018:373,25['  ]| the Marquis returned
018:373,26['  ]| with firmness. 
018:373,26[D  ]| "I know her well enough to$9$ know
018:373,27[D  ]| that$3$ a meaning signified as she just now signified
018:373,28[D  ]| hers to$4$ you is final. Besides, she has given me her
018:373,29[D  ]| word."
018:373,30[B  ]| "I have no$2$ doubt her word is worth a great deal
018:373,31[B  ]| more than your own," 
018:373,31['  ]| said Newman. 
018:373,31[B  ]| "Nevertheless
018:373,32[B  ]| I do not give her up$5$."
018:374,01[D  ]| "There is nothing of course to$9$ prevent your saying
018:374,02[D  ]| so$5#2$! But if she will$1$ not even see you ~~ and she will$1$ not ~
018:374,03[D  ]| your constancy must remain very much on$4$ your
018:374,04[D  ]| hands."
018:374,05['  ]| Newman feigned in$4$ truth a greater confidence than
018:374,06['  ]| he felt. Madame*de*Cintre='s strange intensity had
018:374,07['  ]| really struck a chill to$4$ his heart; her face, still impressed
018:374,08['  ]| on$4$ his vision, had been a terrible image of
018:374,09['  ]| deep renunciation. He felt sick and suddenly helpless.
018:374,10['  ]| He turned away and stood a moment with his
018:374,11['  ]| hand on$4$ the door; then he faced about and, after the
018:374,12['  ]| briefest hesitation, broke out with another accent.
018:374,13[B  ]| "Come, think of what this must be to$4$ me, and leave
018:374,14[B  ]| her to$4$ herself and to$4$ the man whom, before God
018:374,15[B  ]| I believe, she loves! Why should you object to$4$ me ~
018:374,16[B  ]| what is the matter with me? I can not hurt you,
018:374,17[B  ]| I would not if I could. I am the most unobjectionable
018:374,18[B  ]| man in$4$ the world. What if I \am\ a commercial person?
018:374,19[B  ]| What under the sun do you mean? A commercial
018:374,20[B  ]| person? I will$1$ be any sort of person you want. I never
018:374,21[B  ]| talked to$4$ you about business ~~ where on$4$ earth does
018:374,22[B  ]| it come in$5$? Let her go and I will$1$ ask no$2$ questions.
018:374,23[B  ]| I will$1$ take her away and you shall never see me or
018:374,24[B  ]| hear of me again. I will$1$ stay in$4$ America if you like$1$.
018:374,25[B  ]| I will$1$ sign a paper promising never to$9$ come back to$4$
018:374,26[B  ]| Europe. All I want is not to$9$ lose her!"
018:374,27['  ]| His companions exchanged a glance of mutual
018:374,28['  ]| re-inforcement, and Urbain said: 
018:374,28[D  ]| "My dear sir, what
018:374,29[D  ]| you propose is hardly an improvement. We have not
018:374,30[D  ]| the slightest objection to$4$ seeing you, as an amiable
018:374,31[D  ]| foreigner, and we have every reason for$4$ not wishing to$9$
018:374,32[D  ]| be eternally separated from my sister. We object
018:375,01[D  ]| to$4$ her marriage; and in$4$ that$6#2$ way" 
018:375,01['  ]| ~~ M%*de*Bellegarde
018:375,02['  ]| gave a small, thin laugh ~~ 
018:375,02[D  ]| "she would be more
018:375,03[D  ]| married than ever."
018:375,04[B  ]| "Well then," 
018:375,04['  ]| Newman presently broke out again,
018:375,05[B  ]| "where is this interesting place of yours ~~ Fleurie`res?
018:375,06[B  ]| I know it is near some old city on$4$ a hill."
018:375,07[C  ]| "Precisely. Poitiers is on$4$ a hill," 
018:375,07['  ]| the Marquise
018:375,08['  ]| admitted. 
018:375,08[C  ]| "I do not know exactly how old it is.
018:375,09[C  ]| We are not afraid to$9$ tell you."
018:375,10[B  ]| "It is Poitiers, is it? Very good," 
018:375,10['  ]| said Newman.
018:375,11[B  ]| "I shall immediately follow Madame*de*Cintre=."
018:375,12[D  ]| "The trains after this hour will$1$ not serve you,"
018:375,13['  ]| Urbain appeared to$9$ judge it his duty to$9$ mention.
018:375,14[B  ]| "I shall then hire a special train."
018:375,15[C  ]| "That$6#2$ will$1$ be a very foolish waste of money,"
018:375,16['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde.
018:375,17[B  ]| "It will$1$ be time enough to$9$ talk about waste three
018:375,18[B  ]| days hence," 
018:375,18['  ]| Newman answered; with which$6#1$, clapping
018:375,19['  ]| his hat on$4$ his head, he departed.
018:375,20['  ]| He did not immediately start for$4$ Fleurie`res; he
018:375,21['  ]| was too stunned and wounded for$4$ consecutive action.
018:375,22['  ]| He simply walked; he walked straight before him,
018:375,23['  ]| following the river till he got out to$4$ the stony circle
018:375,24['  ]| of Paris. He had a burning, tingling sense of personal
018:375,25['  ]| outrage. He had never in$4$ his life received so$3$ absolute
018:375,26['  ]| a check; he had never been pulled up$5$, or, as he
018:375,27['  ]| would have said, "let down," so$5#1$ short, and he found
018:375,28['  ]| the sensation intolerable as he strode along tapping
018:375,29['  ]| the trees and lamp-posts fiercely with his stick and
018:375,30['  ]| inwardly raging. 
018:375,30@b   | To$9$ lose such a woman after taking
018:375,31@b   | such a jubilant and triumphant possession of her was
018:375,32@b   | as great an affront to$4$ his pride as it was an injury
018:376,01@b   | to$4$ his happiness. And to$9$ lose her by$4$ the interference
018:376,02@b   | and the dictation of others, by$4$ an impudent old hag's
018:376,03@b   | and a pretentious coxcomb's stepping in$5$ with their
018:376,04@b   | "authority"! It was too preposterous, it was too
018:376,05@b   | pitiful. 
018:376,05['  ]| Upon$4$ what he deemed 
018:376,05@b   | the unblushing
018:376,06@b   | treachery of the Bellegardes 
018:376,06['  ]| he wasted little thought;
018:376,07['  ]| he consigned it once for$4$ all to$4$ eternal perdition. But
018:376,08['  ]| the treachery of Madame*de*Cintre= herself amazed
018:376,09['  ]| and confounded him; 
018:376,09@b   | there was a key to$4$ the mystery,
018:376,10@b   | of course, but he groped for$4$ it in$4$ vain. Only three
018:376,11@b   | days had elapsed since he stood beside him in$4$ the
018:376,12@b   | starlight, beautiful and tranquil as the trust with
018:376,13@b   | which$6#1$ he had inspired her, and told him she was
018:376,14@b   | happy in$4$ the prospect of their marriage. What was 
018:376,15@b   | the meaning of the change? of what infernal potion
018:376,16@b   | had she tasted? 
018:376,16['  ]| He had, however, a terrible apprehension 
018:376,17['  ]| that$3$ 
018:376,17@b   | she had really changed. 
018:376,17['  ]| His very admiration
018:376,18['  ]| for$4$ her attached the idea of force and weight
018:376,19['  ]| to$4$ her rupture. But he did not rail at her as false, for$3$
018:376,20@b   | he was sure she was unhappy. 
018:376,20['  ]| In$4$ his walk he had
018:376,21['  ]| crossed one of the bridges of the Seine, and he still
018:376,22['  ]| followed unheedingly the long and unbroken quay.
018:376,23['  ]| He had left Paris behind and was almost in$4$ the
018:376,24['  ]| country; he was in$4$ the pleasant suburb of Auteuil.
018:376,25['  ]| He stopped at last, looked about as it without seeing
018:376,26['  ]| or caring for$4$ its pleasantness, and then slowly turned
018:376,27['  ]| round and at a slower pace retraced his steps. When
018:376,28['  ]| he came abreast of the fantastic embankment known
018:376,29['  ]| as the Trocade=ro he reflected, through his throbbing
018:376,30['  ]| pain, that$3$ 
018:376,30@b   | he was near Mrs%*Tristram's dwelling and
018:376,31@b   | that$3$ Mrs%*Tristram, on$4$ particular occasions, had
018:376,32@b   | much of a woman's kindness in$4$ her chords. 
018:376,32['  ]| He felt
018:377,01['  ]| he needed 
018:377,01@b   | to$9$ pour out his ire, 
018:377,01['  ]| and he took the road
018:377,02['  ]| to$4$ her house. She was at home and alone, and as
018:377,03['  ]| soon as she had looked at him, on$4$ his entering the
018:377,04['  ]| room, she told him 
018:377,04@i   | she knew what he had come for$4$.
018:377,05['  ]| He sat down heavily, in$4$ silence, with his eyes on$4$ her.
018:377,06[I  ]| "They have backed out!" 
018:377,06['  ]| she said without his even
018:377,07['  ]| needing to$9$ tell her. 
018:377,07[I  ]| "Well, you may think it strange,
018:377,08[I  ]| but I felt something the other night in$4$ the air."
018:377,09['  ]| Presently he gave her his account; she listened while
018:377,10['  ]| her whole face took it in$5$. When he had finished she
018:377,11['  ]| said quietly: 
018:377,11[I  ]| "They want her to$9$ marry Lord*Deepmere."
018:377,12['  ]| Newman stared ~~ he did not know she knew
018:377,13['  ]| anything about Lord*Deepmere. 
018:377,13[I  ]| "But I do not think
018:377,14[I  ]| she will$1$," 
018:377,14['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram added.
018:377,15[B  ]| "\She\ marry that$6#2$ poor little cub!" 
018:377,15['  ]| cried Newman.
018:377,16[B  ]| "Oh Lord save us! And yet why else can she have
018:377,17[B  ]| so$3$ horribly treated me?"
018:377,18[I  ]| "But that$6#2$ is not the only thing," 
018:377,18['  ]| said Mrs%*Tristram.
018:377,19[I  ]| "They really could not \live\ with you any longer.
018:377,20[I  ]| They had overrated their courage. I must say, to$9$
018:377,21[I  ]| give the devil his due, that$3$ there is something rather
018:377,22[I  ]| fine in$4$ that$6#2$. It was your commercial quality in$4$ the
018:377,23[I  ]| abstract, and the mere historic facts of your washtubs
018:377,24[I  ]| and other lucrative wares, that$6#1$ they could not
018:377,25[I  ]| swallow. That$6#2$ is really consistent ~~ the inconsistency
018:377,26[I  ]| had been the other way. They wanted your
018:377,27[I  ]| money, but they have given you up$5$ for$4$ an idea."
018:377,28['  ]| Newman frowned most ruefully and took up$5$ his
018:377,29['  ]| hat again. 
018:377,29[B  ]| "I thought you would encourage me!" 
018:377,29['  ]| he
018:377,30['  ]| brought out with almost juvenile sadness.
018:377,31[I  ]| "Pardon my trying to$9$ understand ~~ of course it
018:377,32[I  ]| does not concern \you\ to$9$ understand," 
018:377,32['  ]| she answered
018:378,01['  ]| very gently. 
018:378,01[I  ]| "I feel none*the*less sorry for$4$ you,
018:378,02[I  ]| especially as I am at the bottom of your troubles.
018:378,03[I  ]| I have not forgotten that$3$ I suggested the marriage to$4$
018:378,04[I  ]| you. I do not believe Claire has any intention of consenting
018:378,05[I  ]| to$9$ marry Lord*Deepmere. It is true he is not
018:378,06[I  ]| younger than she, as he might pass for$4$ being. He is
018:378,07[I  ]| thirty-three years old; I looked in$4$ the Peerage.
018:378,08[I  ]| But no$7$ ~~ I can not believe her so$3$ hideously, cruelly
018:378,09[I  ]| false."
018:378,10[B  ]| "Please say nothing against her!" 
018:378,10['  ]| Newman
018:378,11['  ]| strangely cried.
018:378,12[I  ]| "Poor woman," 
018:378,12['  ]| she none*the*less continued, 
018:378,12[I  ]| "she
018:378,13[I  ]| \is\ cruel. But of course you will$1$ go after her and you will$1$
018:378,14[I  ]| plead powerfully. Do you know that$3$ as you are now,"
018:378,15['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram added with characteristic audacity of
018:378,16['  ]| comment, 
018:378,16[I  ]| "you are extremely eloquent, even without
018:378,17[I  ]| speaking? To$9$ resist you a woman must have a very
018:378,18[I  ]| fixed idea or a very bad conscience. I wish I had done
018:378,19[I  ]| you a wrong ~~ that$3$ you might come to$4$ me and make
018:378,20[I  ]| me so$5#2$ feel it; and feel \you\, dear man, just you."
018:378,21['  ]| She looked at him an instant, then had one of her
018:378,22['  ]| odd little outbreaks. 
018:378,22[I  ]| "You are lamentable ~~ you are
018:378,23[I  ]| splendid! Go to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=, at any rate, and
018:378,24[I  ]| tell her that$3$ she is a puzzle even to$4$ one of the intelligent,
018:378,25[I  ]| like$4$ me, who$6#1$ so$5#1$ greatly admires her. I am very
018:378,26[I  ]| curious to$9$ see how far family discipline in$4$ a fine case
018:378,27[I  ]| like$4$ this does go."
018:378,28['  ]| Newman sat a while longer, leaning his elbows on$4$
018:378,29['  ]| his knees and his head in$4$ his hands, and Mrs%*Tristram
018:378,30['  ]| continued to$9$ temper charity with reason and
018:378,31['  ]| compassion with criticism. At last she inquired:
018:378,32[I  ]| "And what does Count*Valentin say to$4$ it?" 
018:378,32['  ]| Newman
018:379,01['  ]| started; he had not thought of Valentin and his
018:379,02['  ]| errand on$4$ the Swiss frontier since the morning.
018:379,03['  ]| The reflexion made him restless again, and he broke
018:379,04['  ]| away on$4$ a promise that$3$ his hostess should have without
018:379,05['  ]| delay his next news. He went straight to$4$ his
018:379,06['  ]| apartment, where, on$4$ the table in$4$ the vestibule, he
018:379,07['  ]| found a waiting telegram. 
018:379,07[E  ]| "I am seriously ill and
018:379,08[E  ]| should be glad to$9$ see you as soon as possible. ~~ VALENTIN."
018:379,09['  ]| He had a savage groan for$4$ this miserable 
018:379,10['  ]| news and for$4$ the interruption of his journey to$4$ Fleurie`res.
018:379,11['  ]| But he addresed to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre= a
018:379,12['  ]| brief, the briefest, statement of these things; it formed
018:379,13['  ]| a response as well to$4$ the ten words of the note that$6#1$
018:379,14['  ]| had come to$4$ him by$4$ Mrs%*Bread, and was now all
018:379,15['  ]| the time allowed to$4$ him.
018:379,16[B  ]| "I do not give you up$5$ and do not really believe you
018:379,17[B  ]| speak your own intention. I do not understand it, but
018:379,18[B  ]| am sure we shall clear it up$5$ together. I can not follow
018:379,19[B  ]| you to-day, as I am called to$9$ see a friend at a distance
018:379,20[B  ]| who$6#1$ is very ill, perhaps dying. Why should not I tell
018:379,21[B  ]| you he is your brother? ~~ C%N%"
019:380,01['  ]| He had the rare gift for$4$ sitting still when nothing else
019:380,02['  ]| would serve, and rare was his opportunity to$9$ use it
019:380,03['  ]| on$4$ his journey to$4$ Switzerland. The successive hours
019:380,04['  ]| of the night brought him no$2$ sleep; but he kept motionless
019:380,05['  ]| in$4$ his corner of the railway-carriage, his eyes
019:380,06['  ]| closed, and the most observant of his fellow-travellers
019:380,07['  ]| might have envied him his apparent rest. Toward
019:380,08['  ]| morning rest really came, as an effect of mental
019:380,09['  ]| rather than of physical fatigue. He slept for$4$ a couple
019:380,10['  ]| of hours, and at last, waking, found his eyes attach
019:380,11['  ]| themselves to$4$ one of the snow-powdered peaks of the
019:380,12['  ]| Jura, behind which$6#1$ the sky was just reddening with
019:380,13['  ]| the dawn. But he took in$5$ neither the cold mountain
019:380,14['  ]| nor the warm light: his consciousness began to$9$
019:380,15['  ]| throb again, on$4$ the very instant, with a sense of his
019:380,16['  ]| wrong. He got out of the train half an hour before
019:380,17['  ]| it reached Geneva ~~ alighted in$4$ the pale early glow
019:380,18['  ]| and at the station indicated in$4$ Valentin's telegram.
019:380,19['  ]| A drowsy station-master was on$4$ the platform with
019:380,20['  ]| a lantern and the hood of his overcoat over his
019:380,21['  ]| head, and near him stood a gentleman who$6#1$ advanced
019:380,22['  ]| to$9$ meet Newman. This personage, a man of about
019:380,23['  ]| forty, showed a tall lean figure, a long brown face,
019:380,24['  ]| marked eyebrows, high moustaches and fresh light
019:380,25['  ]| gloves. He took off his hat, looking very grave, and
019:380,26['  ]| articulated, 
019:380,26[W  ]| "Monsieur!" 
019:380,26['  ]| to$4$ which$6#1$ our hero replied:
019:380,27[B  ]| "You have been acting, in$4$ this tragedy, for$4$ the Count?"
019:381,01[W  ]| "I unite with you in$4$ having been chosen for$4$ that$6#2$
019:381,02[W  ]| sad honour," 
019:381,02['  ]| said the gentleman. 
019:381,02[W  ]| "I had placed
019:381,03[W  ]| myself at M%*de*Bellegarde's service in$4$ this melancholy
019:381,04[W  ]| affair, together with M%*de*Grosjoyaux, who$6#1$
019:381,05[W  ]| is now at his bedside. M%*de*Grosjoyaux, I believe,
019:381,06[W  ]| has had the honour of meeting you in$4$ Paris, but as
019:381,07[W  ]| he is a better nurse than I, he remained with our
019:381,08[W  ]| poor friend. Bellegarde has been eagerly expecting
019:381,09[W  ]| you."
019:381,10[B  ]| "And how \is\ the rascal?" 
019:381,10['  ]| said Newman. 
019:381,10[B  ]| "He
019:381,11[B  ]| was badly hit?"
019:381,12[W  ]| "The doctor has condemned him; we brought a
019:381,13[W  ]| surgeon with us. But he will$1$ die in$4$ the best sentiments.
019:381,14[W  ]| I sent last evening for$4$ the 9cure= of the nearest
019:381,15[W  ]| French village, who$6#1$ spent an hour with him. The
019:381,16[W  ]| 9cure= was quite satisfied."
019:381,17[B  ]| "Heaven forgive us!" 
019:381,17['  ]| groaned Newman. 
019:381,17[B  ]| "I would
019:381,18[B  ]| rather the surgeon were so$5#2$! And can he see me ~
019:381,19[B  ]| shall he know me?"
019:381,20[W  ]| "When I left him, half an hour ago, he had fallen
019:381,21[W  ]| asleep ~~ after a feverish, wakeful night. But we
019:381,22[W  ]| shall see." 
019:381,22['  ]| And this companion proceeded to$9$ lead
019:381,23['  ]| the way out of the station to$4$ the village, explaining
019:381,24['  ]| as he went that$3$ 
019:381,24@w   | the little party was lodged in$4$ the
019:381,25@w   | humblest of Swiss inns, where, however, they had
019:381,26@w   | succeeded in$4$ making M%*de*Bellegarde much more
019:381,27@w   | comfortable than could at first have been expected.
019:381,28[W  ]| "We are old companions-in-arms," 
019:381,28['  ]| the personage
019:381,29['  ]| said; 
019:381,29[W  ]| "it is not the first time one of us has helped the
019:381,30[W  ]| other to$9$ lie easy. It is a very nasty wound, and the
019:381,31[W  ]| nastiest thing about it is that$3$ Valentin's adversary
019:381,32[W  ]| was no$2$ shot. He put his beastly bullet where he
019:382,01[W  ]| could. It entered, accursedly, our poor friend's left
019:382,02[W  ]| side, just below the heart."
019:382,03['  ]| As they picked their way, in$4$ the grey, deceptive
019:382,04['  ]| dawn, between the manure-heaps of the village street,
019:382,05['  ]| Newman's new acquaintance narrated the particulars
019:382,06['  ]| of the meeting. 
019:382,06@w   | The conditions had been that$3$
019:382,07@w   | if the first exchange of shots should fail to$9$ satisfy one
019:382,08@w   | of the parties a second should take place. Valentin's
019:382,09@w   | first bullet had done exactly 
019:382,09['  ]| what Newman's companion
019:382,10['  ]| was convinced 
019:382,10@w   | he had intended it to$9$ do; it
019:382,11@w   | had grazed the arm of M%*Stanislas*Kapp, just
019:382,12@w   | scratching the flesh. M%*Kapp's own projectile,
019:382,13@w   | meanwhile, had passed at ten good inches from the
019:382,14@w   | person of Valentin. The representatives of M%*Stanislas
019:382,15@w   | had demanded another shot, which$6#1$ was
019:382,16@w   | then, on$4$ Valentin's absolute insistence, granted.
019:382,17@w   | But Valentin had fired into space, and the young
019:382,18@w   | Alsatian had done effective execution. 
019:382,18[W  ]| "I saw, when
019:382,19[W  ]| we met him on$4$ the ground," 
019:382,19['  ]| said Newman's informant,
019:382,20[W  ]| "that$3$ he was not going to$9$ be \9commode\. A mixture
019:382,21[W  ]| of the donkey and the buffalo ~~ with no$2$ sense
019:382,22[W  ]| whatever of proportion." 
019:382,22@w   | Valentin had immediately
019:382,23@w   | been installed at the inn, while M%*Stanislas and his
019:382,24@w   | friends had withdrawn to$4$ regions unknown. The
019:382,25@w   | police authorities of the canton had waited upon$4$ the
019:382,26@w   | others, had placed them under technical arrest and
019:382,27@w   | had drawn up$5$ a long \9proce`s-verbal\; but as the wine
019:382,28@w   | had been drawn ~~ alas! ~~ the powers would have
019:382,29@w   | to$9$ drink it. 
019:382,29['  ]| Newman asked 
019:382,29@b   | if a message had not
019:382,30@b   | been sent to$4$ the family, 
019:382,30['  ]| and learned that$3$ 
019:382,30@w   | up$5$ to$4$ a late
019:382,31@w   | hour of the previous night Valentin had opposed it.
019:382,32@w   | He had refused to$9$ believe his wound dangerous.
019:383,01@w   | After his interview with the 9cure=, however, he had
019:383,02@w   | consented, and a telegram had been despatched to$4$
019:383,03@w   | his mother. 
019:383,03[W  ]| "But the Marquise will$1$ scarcely have
019:383,04[W  ]| time ~!" 
019:383,04['  ]| So$5#2$ judged Newman's conductor.
019:383,05[B  ]| "Well, it is a wicked, wanton, infernal affair!"
019:383,06['  ]| So$5#2$ judged Newman himself.
019:383,07[W  ]| "Ah, you do not approve?" 
019:383,07['  ]| his friend gravely
019:383,08['  ]| questioned, while he himself remained passionately
019:383,09['  ]| careless of the involved reflexion on$4$ this gentleman's
019:383,10['  ]| control of the encounter.
019:383,11[B  ]| "Approve?" 
019:383,11['  ]| cried Newman. 
019:383,11[B  ]| "I wish that$3$ when
019:383,12[B  ]| I had him there night before last I had locked him
019:383,13[B  ]| up$5$ in$4$ my \9cabinet 9de 9toilette\!"
019:383,14['  ]| Valentin's supporter opened his eyes and shook
019:383,15['  ]| his head up$5$ and down two or three times, portentously,
019:383,16['  ]| with a little flute-like whistle. But he had
019:383,17['  ]| evidently been prepared, in$4$ respect to$4$ this outer barbarian,
019:383,18['  ]| for$4$ some oddity of emotion and expression.
019:383,19['  ]| They had in$4$ any case reached the inn, where a stout
019:383,20['  ]| maid-servant in$4$ a nightcap was on$4$ the threshold,
019:383,21['  ]| with a lantern, to$9$ take the traveller's bag from the
019:383,22['  ]| porter who$6#1$ trudged behind him. Valentin was lodged
019:383,23['  ]| on$4$ the ground floor at the back of the house, and
019:383,24['  ]| Newman's companion went along a stone-faced passage
019:383,25['  ]| and softly opened a door. Then he beckoned to$4$
019:383,26['  ]| the visitor, who$6#1$ advanced and looked into the room,
019:383,27['  ]| lighted by$4$ a single shaded candle. Beside the fire
019:383,28['  ]| sat M%*de*Grosjoyaux asleep in$4$ his dressing-gown ~
019:383,29['  ]| a short stout fair man, with an air of gay surprise,
019:383,30['  ]| whom Newman had seen several times in$4$ Valentin's
019:383,31['  ]| company. On$4$ the bed lay Valentin, pale and still,
019:383,32['  ]| his eyes closed ~~ a figure very shocking to$4$ Newman
019:384,01['  ]| who$6#1$ had known it hitherto awake to$4$ its finger-tips.
019:384,02['  ]| M%*de*Grosjoyaux's colleague pointed to$4$ an open
019:384,03['  ]| door beyond and whispered that$3$ 
019:384,03@w   | the doctor was within,
019:384,04@w   | where he kept guard. 
019:384,04['  ]| So$5#1$ long as Valentin slept, or
019:384,05['  ]| seemed to$9$ sleep, of course he was not to$9$ be
019:384,06['  ]| approached; so$3$ our hero withdrew for$4$ the present,
019:384,07['  ]| committing himself to$4$ the care of the half-waked
019:384,08['  ]| \9bonne\. She took him to$4$ a room above-stairs and introduced
019:384,09['  ]| him to$4$ a bed on$4$ which$6#1$ a magnified bolster,
019:384,10['  ]| in$4$ yellow calico, figured as a counterpane. He lay
019:384,11['  ]| down and, in$4$ spite of his counterpane and most other
019:384,12['  ]| things, slept for$4$ three or four hours. When he awoke
019:384,13['  ]| the morning was advanced and the sun filling his
019:384,14['  ]| window, outside of which$6#1$ he heard the clucking of
019:384,15['  ]| hens.
019:384,16['  ]| While he was dressing there came to$4$ his door
019:384,17['  ]| a message from M%*de*Grosjoyaux and his companion,
019:384,18['  ]| who$6#1$ amiably proposed he should breakfast
019:384,19['  ]| with them. Presently he went downstairs to$4$ the little
019:384,20['  ]| stone-paved dining-room, where the maid-servant,
019:384,21['  ]| who$6#1$ had taken off her nightcap, was serving the
019:384,22['  ]| repast. M%*de*Grosjoyaux was there, surprisingly
019:384,23['  ]| fresh for$4$ a gentleman who$6#1$ had been playing sicknurse
019:384,24['  ]| half the night; he now rubbed his hands very
019:384,25['  ]| constantly and very hard and watched the breakfast-table
019:384,26['  ]| attentively. Newman renewed acquaintance
019:384,27['  ]| with him and learned that$3$ 
019:384,27@w   | Valentin was still in$4$ a doze;
019:384,28@w   | the doctor, who$6#1$ had had a fairly tranquil night, was
019:384,29@w   | at present sitting with him. 
019:384,29['  ]| Before M%*de*Grosjoyaux's
019:384,30['  ]| associate reappeared Newman learned that$3$
019:384,31@w   | his name was M%*Ledoux and that$3$ Bellegarde's
019:384,32@w   | acquaintance with him dated from the days when
019:385,01@w   | they served together in$4$ the Pontifical*Zouaves. M%*Ledoux
019:385,02@w   | was the nephew of a distinguished Ultramontane 
019:385,03@w   | bishop. 
019:385,03['  ]| At last he came in$5$ with an effect
019:385,04['  ]| of dress in$4$ which$6#1$ an ingenious attempt at adjustment
019:385,05['  ]| at once to$4$ a confirmed style and to$4$ the peculiar situation
019:385,06['  ]| was visible, and with a gravity tempered by$4$
019:385,07['  ]| a decent deference to$4$ the best breakfast the Croix*Helve=tique
019:385,08['  ]| had ever set forth. Valentin's servant,
019:385,09['  ]| who$6#1$ was allowed but with restrictions the honour of
019:385,10['  ]| attending his master, had been lending a light Parisian
019:385,11['  ]| hand in$4$ the kitchen. The two Frenchmen did
019:385,12['  ]| their best to$9$ prove that$3$ if circumstances might overshadow
019:385,13['  ]| they could not really obscure the national
019:385,14['  ]| gift for$4$ good talk, and M%*Ledoux delivered a neat
019:385,15['  ]| little eulogy on$4$ poor Bellegarde, whom he pronounced
019:385,16@w   | the most charming Englishman he had ever
019:385,17@w   | known.
019:385,18[B  ]| "Do you call him an Englishman?" 
019:385,18['  ]| Newman
019:385,19['  ]| asked.
019:385,20['  ]| M%*Ledoux smiled a moment and then just fell
019:385,21['  ]| short of an epigram: 
019:385,21[W  ]| "\9C'est 9plus 9qu'un 9Anglais,09le
019:385,22[W  ]| 9cher 9homme ~~ 9c'est 9un 9Anglomane\!" 
019:385,22['  ]| Newman returned,
019:385,23['  ]| sturdily and handsomely, that$3$ 
019:385,23@b   | any country
019:385,24@b   | might have been proud to$9$ claim him, 
019:385,24['  ]| and M%*de*Grosjoyaux
019:385,25['  ]| remarked that$3$ 
019:385,25@w   | it was really too soon to$9$
019:385,26@w   | deliver a funeral oration on$4$ poor Bellegarde. 
019:385,26[W  ]| "Evidently,"
019:385,27['  ]| said M%*Ledoux. 
019:385,27[W  ]| "But I could not help
019:385,28[W  ]| observing this morning to$4$ M%*Newman that$3$ when
019:385,29[W  ]| a man has taken such excellent measures for$4$ his salvation
019:385,30[W  ]| as our dear friend did last evening, it seems
019:385,31[W  ]| almost a pity he should put in$4$ peril again by$4$ coming
019:385,32[W  ]| back to$4$ the world." 
019:385,32['  ]| M%*Ledoux was a great
019:386,01['  ]| Catholic, and Newman thought him 
019:386,01@b   | a queer mixture.
019:386,02@b   | His countenance, by$4$ daylight, had an amiably saturnine
019:386,03@b   | cast; he had a large lean nose and looked like$4$ an
019:386,04@b   | old Spanish picture. He appeared to$9$ think the use of
019:386,05@b   | pistols at thirty paces a very perfect arrangement, provided,
019:386,06@b   | should one get hit, one might promptly see the
019:386,07@b   | priest. He took, clearly, a great satisfaction in$4$ Valentin's
019:386,08@b   | interview with that$6#2$ functionary, and yet his general
019:386,09@b   | tone was far from indicating a sanctimonious
019:386,10@b   | habit of mind. M%*Ledoux had evidently a high
019:386,11@b   | sense of propriety and was furnished, in$4$ respect to$4$
019:386,12@b   | everything, with an explanation and a grave grin that$6#1$
019:386,13@b   | combined together to$9$ push his moustache up$5$ under
019:386,14@b   | his nose. \9Savoir-vivre\ ~~ knowing how to$9$ live ~~ was
019:386,15@b   | his strong point, in$4$ which$6#1$ he included knowing how
019:386,16@b   | to$9$ die; but, 
019:386,16['  ]| as Newman reflected with a good deal of
019:386,17['  ]| dumb irritation, 
019:386,17@b   | he seemed disposed to$9$ delegate to$4$
019:386,18@b   | others the application of his mastery of this latter
019:386,19@b   | resource. M%*de*Grosjoyaux was quite of another
019:386,20@b   | complexion and could but have regarded his friend's
019:386,21@b   | theological unction as the sign of an inaccessibly
019:386,22@b   | superior spirit. His surprise was so$5#1$ bright that$3$ it
019:386,23@b   | made him look amused; as if, under the impression
019:386,24@b   | of M%*Kapp's mere mass, he could not recover from
019:386,25@b   | the oddity of these hazards, that$6#2$ of the translation of
019:386,26@b   | so$5#1$ much large looseness into a thing so$5#1$ fine as a 
019:386,27@b   | direction ~~ even, as it were, a dreadfully wrong one.
019:386,28@b   | He could have understood the \9coup\ if it had been his
019:386,29@b   | own indeed, and he kept looking through the window,
019:386,30@b   | over the shoulder of M%*Ledoux, at a slender tree by$4$
019:386,31@b   | the end of a lane opposite the inn, as if measuring its
019:386,32@b   | distance from his extended arm and secretly wishing
019:387,01@b   | that$3$, since the association of ideas was so$5#1$ close, he
019:387,02@b   | might indulge in$4$ a little speculative practice.
019:387,03['  ]| Newman found his company depressing, almost
019:387,04['  ]| irritating. He himself could neither eat nor talk; his
019:387,05['  ]| soul was sore with grief and anger and the weight of
019:387,06['  ]| his double sorrow intolerable. He sat with his eyes
019:387,07['  ]| on$4$ his plate, counting the minutes, wishing at one
019:387,08['  ]| moment that$3$ 
019:387,08@b   | Valentin would see him and leave him
019:387,09@b   | free to$9$ go in$4$ quest of Madame*de*Cintre= and his lost
019:387,10@b   | happiness, 
019:387,10['  ]| and mentally calling himself 
019:387,10@b   | a vile brute
019:387,11@b   | the next, for$4$ the egotism of his impatience. 
019:387,11['  ]| He at
019:387,12['  ]| least was poor enough company, and even his acute
019:387,13['  ]| preoccupation and his general lack of the habit, determined
019:387,14['  ]| by$4$ all his need, of pondering the impression
019:387,15['  ]| he produced, did not prevent his guessing 
019:387,15@b   | the others
019:387,16@b   | to$9$ be puzzled at poor Bellegarde's taking such a fancy
019:387,17@b   | to$4$ a dull barbarian as to$9$ desire him at his deathbed.
019:387,18['  ]| After breakfast he strolled forth alone into the village
019:387,19['  ]| and looked at the fountain, the geese, the open barndoors,
019:387,20['  ]| the brown, bent old women who$6#1$ showed their
019:387,21['  ]| hugely-darned stocking-heels at the end of their
019:387,22['  ]| slowly-clicking sabots, as well as at the beautiful view
019:387,23['  ]| of snowy Alp and purple Jura hanging across either
019:387,24['  ]| end of the rude street. The day was brilliant; early
019:387,25['  ]| spring was in$4$ the air and the sunshine, and the
019:387,26['  ]| winter's damp trickled out of the cottage eaves. 
019:387,26@b   | It
019:387,27@b   | was birth and brightness for$4$ all nature, even for$4$
019:387,28@b   | chirping chickens and other feathered waddling particles,
019:387,29@b   | and it was to$9$ be death and burial for$4$ poor foolish,
019:387,30@b   | generous, precious Valentin. 
019:387,30['  ]| Newman walked as
019:387,31['  ]| far as the village church and went into the small
019:387,32['  ]| graveyard beside it, where he sat down and looked at
019:388,01['  ]| the awkward tablets planted about. They were all
019:388,02['  ]| sordid and hideous, and he could feel only the hardness
019:388,03['  ]| and coldness of death. He got up$5$ and came
019:388,04['  ]| back to$4$ the inn, where he found M%*Ledoux having
019:388,05['  ]| coffee and a cigarette at a little green table which$6#1$ he
019:388,06['  ]| had caused to$9$ be carried into the small garden.
019:388,07['  ]| Newman, learning that$3$ 
019:388,07@w   | the doctor was still sitting
019:388,08@w   | with Valentin, 
019:388,08['  ]| asked 
019:388,08@b   | if he might not be allowed to$9$
019:388,09@b   | relieve him; he had a great desire to$9$ be useful to$4$ their
019:388,10@b   | patient. 
019:388,10['  ]| This was, through M%*Ledoux, easily arranged;
019:388,11['  ]| the doctor was very glad to$9$ go to$4$ bed. He
019:388,12['  ]| was a youthful and rather jaunty practitioner, but he
019:388,13['  ]| had a clever face and the ribbon of the Legion*of*Honour
019:388,14['  ]| in$4$ his buttonhole; Newman listened attentively 
019:388,15['  ]| to$4$ his instructions and took mechanically from
019:388,16['  ]| his hand an old book that$6#1$ had lain on$4$ the window-seat
019:388,17['  ]| of the inn, recommended by$4$ him as a help to$4$
019:388,18['  ]| wakefulness and which$6#1$ proved an odd volume of
019:388,19['  ]| "9Les*Liaisons*Dangereuses."
019:388,20['  ]| Valentin still lay with his eyes closed and without
019:388,21['  ]| visible change of condition. Newman sat down near
019:388,22['  ]| him and for$4$ a long time narrowly watched him. Then
019:388,23['  ]| he let his vision stray with his consciousness of his
019:388,24['  ]| own situation ~~ range away and rest on$4$ the chain of
019:388,25['  ]| the Alps disclosed by$4$ the drawing of the scant white
019:388,26['  ]| cotton curtain of the window, through which$6#1$ the sunshine
019:388,27['  ]| passed and lay in$4$ squares on$4$ the red-tiled floor.
019:388,28['  ]| He tried to$9$ interweave his gloom with strains of hope,
019:388,29['  ]| but only half succeeded. 
019:388,29@b   | What had happened to$4$ him
019:388,30@b   | was violent and insolent, like$4$ all great strokes of evil;
019:388,31@b   | unnatural and monstrous, it showed the hard hand
019:388,32@b   | of the Fate that$6#1$ rejoices in$4$ the groans and the blood
019:389,01@b   | of men, in$4$ the tears and the terrors of women, and
019:389,02@b   | he had no$2$ arms against it. 
019:389,02['  ]| At last a sound struck on$4$
019:389,03['  ]| the stillness and he heard Valentin's voice.
019:389,04[E  ]| "It can not be about \me\ you are pulling that$6#2$ long
019:389,05[E  ]| face!" 
019:389,05['  ]| He found when he turned that$3$ his patient lay
019:389,06['  ]| in$4$ the same position, but with eyes now open and
019:389,07['  ]| showing the glimmer of a smile. It was with a very
019:389,08['  ]| slender strength that$3$ he felt the pressure of his hand
019:389,09['  ]| answered. 
019:389,09[E  ]| "I have been watching you for$4$ a quarter of
019:389,10[E  ]| an hour," 
019:389,10['  ]| Valentin went on$5$; 
019:389,10[E  ]| "you have been looking
019:389,11[E  ]| as if you too had had to$9$ swallow some vile drug.
019:389,12[E  ]| You are greatly disgusted with me, I see. Well, of
019:389,13[E  ]| course! So$5#2$ am I!"
019:389,14[B  ]| "Oh, I shall not abuse you," 
019:389,14['  ]| said Newman. 
019:389,14[B  ]| "I feel
019:389,15[B  ]| too badly. And how are you getting on$5$?"
019:389,16[E  ]| "Oh, I am getting \off\! They have quite settled that$6#2$.
019:389,17[E  ]| Are not you here to$9$ \see\ me off?"
019:389,18[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is for$4$ you to$9$ settle; you can get well if you
019:389,19[B  ]| try," 
019:389,19['  ]| Newman declared with a queer strained quaver.
019:389,20[E  ]| "My dear fellow, how can I try? Trying is violent
019:389,21[E  ]| exercise, and that$6#2$ sort of thing is not in$4$ order for$4$
019:389,22[E  ]| a man with a hole in$4$ his side as big as your hat,
019:389,23[E  ]| which$6#1$ begins to$9$ bleed if he moves a hair's breadth.
019:389,24[E  ]| I knew you would come," 
019:389,24['  ]| he continued; 
019:389,24[E  ]| "I knew I should
019:389,25[E  ]| wake up$5$ and find you here; so$3$ I am not surprised.
019:389,26[E  ]| But last night I was very impatient. I did not see
019:389,27[E  ]| how I could keep still without you. It was a matter
019:389,28[E  ]| of keeping still, just like$4$ this; as still as a mummy
019:389,29[E  ]| in$4$ his case. You talk about trying; I tried that$6#2$! Well,
019:389,30[E  ]| here I am yet ~~ these twenty hours. It is more like$4$
019:389,31[E  ]| twenty days." 
019:389,31['  ]| Valentin's speech was slowly taken,
019:389,32['  ]| with strange precautions and punctuations, but it
019:390,01['  ]| had, however, faint, the flicker of his gaiety, and
019:390,02['  ]| he seemed almost to$9$ say what he wanted. It was
019:390,03['  ]| visible, however, that$3$ he was in$4$ extreme pain, and
019:390,04['  ]| at last he again closed his eyes. Newman begged
019:390,05['  ]| him to$9$ 
019:390,05@b   | make no$2$ effort ~~ just, as he called it, to$9$ take
019:390,06@b   | his ease; the doctor had left urgent orders against
019:390,07@b   | worry. 
019:390,07[E  ]| "Oh," 
019:390,07['  ]| returned Valentin, 
019:390,07[E  ]| "let us eat and
019:390,08[E  ]| drink, for$3$ to-morrow ~~ to-morrow ~!" 
019:390,08['  ]| And he
019:390,09['  ]| paused again. 
019:390,09[E  ]| "No$7$, not to-morrow, perhaps, but
019:390,10[E  ]| to-day. I can not eat and drink, but I can talk. What is 
019:390,11[E  ]| to$9$ be gained, at this pass, by$4$ renun ~~ renunciation?
019:390,12[E  ]| I must not use such big words. I was always a chatterer;
019:390,13[E  ]| Lord, how I have \9bavarde=\ in$4$ my day!"
019:390,14[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is a reason for$4$ keeping quiet now," 
019:390,14['  ]| said
019:390,15['  ]| Newman. 
019:390,15[B  ]| "We know how beautifully you talk ~~ it is
019:390,16[B  ]| all right about that$6#2$."
019:390,17['  ]| But Valentin, without heeding him, went on$5$ with
019:390,18['  ]| the same effect of trouble and of pluck. 
019:390,18[E  ]| "I wanted
019:390,19[E  ]| to$9$ see you because you have seen my sister. Does she
019:390,20[E  ]| know ~~ will$1$ she come?"
019:390,21['  ]| Newman felt himself the poorest of deceivers.
019:390,22[B  ]| "Yes, by$4$ this time she must know."
019:390,23[E  ]| "Did not you tell her?" 
019:390,23['  ]| Valentin asked. And then,
019:390,24['  ]| in$4$ a moment: 
019:390,24[E  ]| "Did not you bring me any message
019:390,25[E  ]| from her?" 
019:390,25['  ]| His eyes now covered his friend like$4$
019:390,26['  ]| lifted lamps.
019:390,27[B  ]| "I did not see her after I got your telegram. I wrote
019:390,28[B  ]| to$4$ her."
019:390,29[E  ]| "And she sent you no$2$ answer?"
019:390,30['  ]| Newman managed to$9$ reply that$3$ 
019:390,30@b   | Madame*de*Cintre=
019:390,31@b   | had left Paris. 
019:390,31[B  ]| "She went yesterday to$4$ Fleurie`res."
019:390,32[E  ]| "Yesterday ~~ to$4$ Fleurie`res? Why did she go to$4$
019:391,01[E  ]| Fleurie`res? What day is this? What day was yesterday?
019:391,02[E  ]| Ah then, I shall not see her," 
019:391,02['  ]| Valentin moaned.
019:391,03[E  ]| "Fleurie`res is too far!" 
019:391,03['  ]| And he became dark and
019:391,04['  ]| dumb again, only breathing a little harder. Newman
019:391,05['  ]| sat silent, invoking duplicity, but was relieved at
019:391,06['  ]| being able soon to$9$ believe him really too weak to$9$ be
019:391,07['  ]| curious. He did, however, at last break out again.
019:391,08[E  ]| "And my mother ~~ and my brother ~~ will$1$ they
019:391,09[E  ]| come? Are they at Fleurie`res?"
019:391,10[B  ]| "They were in$4$ Paris, but I did not see them either,"
019:391,11['  ]| Newman answered. 
019:391,11[B  ]| "If they received your telegram
019:391,12[B  ]| in$4$ time they will$1$ have started this morning. Otherwise
019:391,13[B  ]| they will$1$ be obliged to$9$ wait for$4$ the night express and
019:391,14[B  ]| change, and will$1$ arrive at the same hour I did."
019:391,15[E  ]| "They will$1$ not thank me ~~ they will$1$ not thank me,"
019:391,16['  ]| Valentin murmured. 
019:391,16[E  ]| "They will$1$ pass an atrocious
019:391,17[E  ]| night, and Urbain does not like$1$ the early morning air.
019:391,18[E  ]| I do not remember ever in$4$ my life to$9$ have seen him
019:391,19[E  ]| before noon ~~ before breakfast. No*one ever saw
019:391,20[E  ]| him. We do not know how he is then. Perhaps he is
019:391,21[E  ]| different. Who$6#2$ knows? Posterity perhaps will$1$ know.
019:391,22[E  ]| That$6#2$ is the time he works in$4$ his \9cabinet\, at the history
019:391,23[E  ]| of the Princesses. But I had to$9$ send for$4$ them ~
019:391,24[E  ]| had not I? And then I want to$9$ see my mother sit
019:391,25[E  ]| there where you sit and say good-bye to$4$ her ~~ hear
019:391,26[E  ]| her above all say hers to$4$ me. Perhaps, after all,
019:391,27[E  ]| I do not know her ~~ she may have some surprise for$4$
019:391,28[E  ]| me. Do not think you know her yet, yourself perhaps
019:391,29[E  ]| she may surprise \you\. But if I can not see Claire I do not
019:391,30[E  ]| care ~~ what do you call it? ~~ a red cent. Have you
019:391,31[E  ]| then green \9sous\ or blue ones or any other colour?
019:391,32[E  ]| \9Ah 9vous,09mon 9cher,09vous 9en 9avez,09vous,09de 9toutes 9les
019:392,01[E  ]| 9couleurs\! But what is the matter ~~ while I have been
019:392,02[E  ]| dreaming of her? Why did she go to$4$ Fleurie`res
019:392,03[E  ]| to-day? She never told me. What has happened?
019:392,04[E  ]| Ah, she ought to$9$ have guessed I am here ~~ in$4$ this
019:392,05[E  ]| bad way. It is the first time in$4$ her life she ever disappointed
019:392,06[E  ]| me. Poor, poor Claire!"
019:392,07[B  ]| "You know we are not man and wife quite yet ~
019:392,08[B  ]| your sister and I," 
019:392,08['  ]| said Newman. 
019:392,08[B  ]| "She does not yet
019:392,0B9[B  ]| account to$4$ me for$4$ all her actions." 
019:392,09['  ]| He tried to$9$ throw
019:392,10['  ]| off this statement with grace, but felt how little the
019:392,11['  ]| muscles of his face served him.
019:392,12['  ]| Valentin looked at him harder. 
019:392,12[E  ]| "Have you two
019:392,13[E  ]| unimaginably quarrelled?"
019:392,14[B  ]| "Never, never, never!" 
019:392,14['  ]| Newman exclaimed.
019:392,15[E  ]| "How happily you say that$6#2$!" 
019:392,15['  ]| said Valentin.
019:392,16[E  ]| "You are going to$9$ be happy ~~ la-la!" 
019:392,16['  ]| In$4$ answer to$4$
019:392,17['  ]| this stroke of irony, none*the*less powerful for$4$ being
019:392,18['  ]| so$5#1$ unconscious, all poor Newman could do was to$9$
019:392,19['  ]| give a helpless and ridiculous grin, for$4$ the conscious
019:392,20['  ]| failure of which$6#1$ he then more ridiculously blushed.
019:392,21['  ]| Valentin, still playing over him the fitful light of
019:392,22['  ]| fever, presently said: 
019:392,22[E  ]| "But something \is\ the matter
019:392,23[E  ]| with you. I watched you just now; you have not a 
019:392,24[E  ]| bridegroom's face."
019:392,25[B  ]| "My dear fellow," 
019:392,25['  ]| Newman desperately pleaded,
019:392,26[B  ]| "how can I show \you\ a bridegroom's face? If you
019:392,27[B  ]| think I enjoy seeing you lie here and not being able
019:392,28[B  ]| to$9$ help you ~!"
019:392,29[E  ]| "Why, you are just the man to$9$ be jolly and ~~ what
019:392,30[E  ]| do you call it? ~~ to$9$ crow; do not forfeit your right to$4$
019:392,31[E  ]| it! I am a proof of your widsom. When was a man
019:392,32[E  ]| ever down when he could say ""I told you so$5#2$!"" You
019:393,01[E  ]| told me so$5#2$, you know. You did what you could about
019:393,02[E  ]| it. You said some very good things; I have thought
019:393,03[E  ]| them carefully over. But, my dear friend, I was
019:393,04[E  ]| right, all the same. This is the regular way."
019:393,05[B  ]| "I did not do what I ought," 
019:393,05['  ]| said Newman. 
019:393,05[B  ]| "I
019:393,06[B  ]| ought to$9$ have done something better."
019:393,07[E  ]| "For$4$ instance?"
019:393,08[B  ]| "Oh, something or other. I ought to$9$ have treated
019:393,09[B  ]| you as a vicious small boy and have locked you up$5$."
019:393,10[E  ]| "Well, I am a very small boy now," 
019:393,10['  ]| Valentin softly
019:393,11['  ]| sighed, 
019:393,11[E  ]| "and God knows I have been vicious enough!
019:393,12[E  ]| I am even rather less than an infant. An infant is
019:393,13[E  ]| helpless, but it is generally voted promising. I am not
019:393,14[E  ]| promising, eh? Society can not lose a less valuable
019:393,15[E  ]| member." 
019:393,15['  ]| Newman was strongly moved. He got up$5$
019:393,16['  ]| and turned his back on$4$ his friend and walked away to$4$
019:393,17['  ]| the window, where he stood looking out but only
019:393,18['  ]| vaguely seeing. 
019:393,18[E  ]| "No$7$, I do not like$1$ the look of your
019:393,19[E  ]| back," 
019:393,19['  ]| Valentin continued. 
019:393,19[E  ]| "I have always been an
019:393,20[E  ]| observer of backs; yours is quite out of sorts."
019:393,21['  ]| Newman returned to$4$ his bedside and begged him 
019:393,22['  ]| to$9$ be quiet. 
019:393,22[B  ]| "Only rest and get well, give yourself
019:393,23[B  ]| the very best chance. That$6#2$ is what you want and
019:393,24[B  ]| what you must do. Get well and help me."
019:393,25[E  ]| "I told you you were in$4$ trouble! But how can
019:393,26[E  ]| I ""help"" you?" 
019:393,26['  ]| Valentin wailed.
019:393,27[B  ]| "I will$1$ let you know when you are better. You were
019:393,28[B  ]| always awfully enquiring; there is something to$9$ get
019:393,29[B  ]| well \for$4$\!" 
019:393,29['  ]| Newman answered with resolute animation.
019:393,30['  ]|
019:393,31['  ]| Valentin relapsed once more and lay a long time
019:393,32['  ]| without speaking. He seemed even to$9$ have fallen
019:394,01['  ]| asleep. But at the end of half an hour he was again
019:394,02['  ]| conversing. 
019:394,02[E  ]| "I am rather sorry about that$6#2$ place in$4$
019:394,03[E  ]| the bank. Who$6#2$ knows but I might have become
019:394,04[E  ]| another Rothschild? But I was not meant for$4$ a
019:394,05[E  ]| banker; bankers are not so$5#1$ easy to$9$ kill. Do not you
019:394,06[E  ]| think I have been very easy to$9$ kill? It is not like$4$
019:394,07[E  ]| a serious man. It is really very mortifying. It is like$4$
019:394,08[E  ]| telling your hostess you must go, when you count
019:394,09[E  ]| upon$4$ her begging you to$9$ stay, and then finding she
019:394,10[E  ]| does no$2$ such thing. ""Really ~~ so$5#1$ soon? You have
019:394,11[E  ]| only just come!"" This beastly underbred life of ours
019:394,12[E  ]| does not make me any such polite little speech."
019:394,13['  ]| Newman for$4$ some time said nothing, but at last he
019:394,14['  ]| broke out. 
019:394,14[B  ]| "It is a bad case ~~ it is a bad case ~
019:394,15[B  ]| it is the worst case I ever met. I do not want to$9$ say
019:394,16[B  ]| anything unpleasant, but I can not help it. I have seen
019:394,17[B  ]| men dying before ~~ and I have seen men shot. I have 
019:394,18[B  ]| seen men in$4$ the worse kind of holes ~~ worse even 
019:394,19[B  ]| than yours. But it always seemed more natural; they
019:394,20[B  ]| were of no$2$ account compared to$4$ you ~~ and at any
019:394,21[B  ]| rate \I\ did not care. But \now\ ~~ damnation, damnation!
019:394,22[B  ]| You might have done something more to$4$ the
019:394,23[B  ]| purpose. It is about the meanest wind-up of a man's
019:394,24[B  ]| legitimate business I can imagine!"
019:394,25['  ]| Valentin feebly waved his hand to$8$ and fro. 
019:394,25[E  ]| "Do not
019:394,26[E  ]| insist ~~ do not insist! It is taking a mean advantage.
019:394,27[E  ]| For$3$ you see at the bottom ~~ down at the bottom
019:394,28[E  ]| in$4$ a little place as small as the end of a wine-funnel
019:394,29[E  ]| ~~ I agree with you!" 
019:394,29['  ]| A few moments after this the
019:394,30['  ]| doctor put his head through the half-opened door
019:394,31['  ]| and, perceiving his charge was awake, came in$5$ to$9$
019:394,32['  ]| feel his pulse. He shook his head and declared 
019:394,32@w   | he
019:395,01@w   | had talked too much ~~ ten times too much. 
019:395,01[E  ]| "Nonsense!"
019:395,02['  ]| his patient protested; 
019:395,02[E  ]| "a man sentenced to$4$
019:395,03[E  ]| death is allowed to$9$ get in$5$ first all he can. He can not
019:395,04[E  ]| talk \after\, and if he was ever a talker ~! Have you
019:395,05[E  ]| never read an account of an execution in$4$ a newspaper?"
019:395,06['  ]| he went on$5$. 
019:395,06[E  ]| "Do not they always set a lot
019:395,07[E  ]| of people at the prisoner ~~ lawyers, reporters, priests
019:395,08[E  ]| ~~ to$9$ \make\ him talk? But it is not Newman's fault;
019:395,09[E  ]| he sits there as mum as a death's-head."
019:395,10['  ]| The doctor observed that$3$ 
019:395,10@w   | it was time the wound
019:395,11@w   | should be dressed again; 
019:395,11['  ]| MM%*de*Grosjoyaux and
019:395,12['  ]| Ledoux, who$6#1$ had already witnessed this delicate
019:395,13['  ]| operation, taking Newman's place as assistants.
019:395,14['  ]| Newman withdrew, learning from his fellow-watchers
019:395,15['  ]| in$4$ the other room that$3$ 
019:395,15@w   | they had received a telegram
019:395,16@w   | from the Marquis to$4$ the effect that$3$ their message had
019:395,17@w   | been delivered in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite= too late to$9$
019:395,18@w   | allow him to$9$ take the morning train, but that$3$ he
019:395,19@w   | would start with his mother in$4$ the evening. 
019:395,19['  ]| Our
019:395,20['  ]| friend wandered away into the village again and
019:395,21['  ]| walked about restlessly for$4$ two or three hours. The
019:395,22['  ]| day had, in$4$ its regulated gloom, the length of some
019:395,23['  ]| interminable classic tragedy. At dusk he came back
019:395,24['  ]| and dined with the doctor and M%*Ledoux. The
019:395,25['  ]| dressing of Valentin's wound had been a very critical
019:395,26['  ]| business; the question was definitely whether he
019:395,27['  ]| could bear a repetition of it. He then declared that$3$
019:395,28@w   | he must beg of Mr%*Newman to$9$ deny himself for$4$ the
019:395,29@w   | present the satisfaction of sitting with M%*de*Bellegarde;
019:395,30@w   | more than any*one else, apparently, he had the
019:395,31@w   | flattering but fatal gift of interesting him more than
019:395,32@w   | he could bear. 
019:395,32['  ]| M%*Ledoux, at this, swallowed a glass of
019:396,01['  ]| wine in$4$ silence; he must have been wondering 
019:396,01@w   | what the
019:396,02@w   | deuce Bellegarde found so$5#1$ exciting in$4$ the American.
019:396,03['  ]| Newman, after dinner, went up$5$ to$4$ his room, where,
019:396,04['  ]| flinging himself too on$4$ his bed at his grim length, he
019:396,05['  ]| lay staring, for$4$ blank weariness, at the lighted candle
019:396,06['  ]| and thinking that$3$ Valentin was dying downstairs.
019:396,07['  ]| Late, when the candle had burnt low, came a soft tap
019:396,08['  ]| at his door. The doctor stood there with another
019:396,09['  ]| light and a motion of despair.
019:396,10[W  ]| "He must \9faire 9la 9fe^te 9toujours\! He insists on$4$ seeing
019:396,11[W  ]| you, and I am afraid you must come. I think that$3$
019:396,12[W  ]| at this rate he will$1$ hardly outlast the night."
019:396,13['  ]| Newman went back to$4$ Valentin's room, which$6#1$ he
019:396,14['  ]| found lighted by$4$ a taper on$4$ the hearth, but with its
019:396,15['  ]| occupant begging for$4$ something brighter. 
019:396,15[E  ]| "I want to$9$
019:396,16[E  ]| see your face. They say you work me up$5$," 
019:396,16['  ]| he went
019:396,17['  ]| on$5$ as Newman complied with this request, 
019:396,17[E  ]| "and
019:396,18[E  ]| I confess I have felt worked up$5$; but it is not you ~~ it is
019:396,19[E  ]| my own great intelligence, that$6#2$ sacred spark, of which$6#1$
019:396,20[E  ]| you have such an opinion. Sit down there and let me
019:396,21[E  ]| look at you again." 
019:396,21['  ]| Newman seated himself, folded
019:396,22['  ]| his arms and bent a heavy gaze on$4$ his friend. He
019:396,23['  ]| felt as if he were now playing a part, mechanically,
019:396,24['  ]| in$4$ the most lugubrious of comedies. Valentin faced
019:396,25['  ]| him thus for$4$ some time. 
019:396,25[E  ]| "Yes, this morning I was
019:396,26[E  ]| right; you have something on$4$ your mind heavier than
019:396,27[E  ]| ever I have had. Come, I am a dying man, and it is
019:396,28[E  ]| indecent to$9$ deceive me. Something happened after
019:396,29[E  ]| I left Paris. It was not for$4$ nothing that$3$ my sister
019:396,30[E  ]| started off at this season of the year for$4$ Fleurie`res.
019:396,31[E  ]| Why was it? It sticks in$4$ my crop. I have been thinking
019:396,32[E  ]| it over, and if you do not tell me I shall guess."
019:397,01[B  ]| "I had better not tell you," 
019:396,01['  ]| Newman mildly reasoned.
019:397,02[B  ]| "It will$1$ not do you any good."
019:397,03[E  ]| "If you think it will$1$ do me any good not to$9$ tell me
019:397,04[E  ]| you are very much mistaken. There is trouble about
019:397,05[E  ]| your marriage."
019:397,06[B  ]| "Yes. There is trouble about my marriage."
019:397,07[E  ]| "Good!" 
019:397,07['  ]| With which$6#1$ Valentin again waited a little.
019:397,08[E  ]| "They have stopped it off."
019:397,09[B  ]| "They have stopped it off," 
019:397,09['  ]| Newman admitted.
019:397,10['  ]| Now that$3$ he had spoken out he found in$4$ it a relief
019:397,11['  ]| that$6#1$ deepened as he went on$5$. 
019:397,11[B  ]| "Your mother and
019:397,12[B  ]| brother have broken faith. They have decided that$3$ it
019:397,13[B  ]| can not take place. They have decided I am not good
019:397,14[B  ]| enough ~~ when they come to$9$ think of it. They have
019:397,15[B  ]| taken back their word. Since you want to$9$ know,
019:397,16[B  ]| there it is!" 
019:397,16['  ]| Valentin uttered a strange sound, thrice
019:397,17['  ]| lifting his hands and letting them drop. 
019:397,17[B  ]| "I am sorry
019:397,18[B  ]| not to$9$ have anything better to$9$ tell you of them," 
019:397,18['  ]| Newman
019:397,19['  ]| pursued. 
019:397,19[B  ]| "But it is not my fault. I was indeed
019:397,20[B  ]| bewildered enough when your telegram reached me;
019:397,21[B  ]| I was quite upside down. You may imagine whether
019:397,22[B  ]| I feel any better now."
019:397,23['  ]| Valentin gasped and moaned as if his wound were
019:397,24['  ]| throbbing. 
019:397,24[E  ]| "Broken faith, broken faith! And my
019:397,25[E  ]| sister ~~ my sister?"
019:397,26[B  ]| "Your sister is very unhappy; she has consented
019:397,27[B  ]| to$9$ give me up$5$. I do not know why ~~ I do not know
019:397,28[B  ]| what they have done to$4$ her; it must be something
019:397,29[B  ]| pretty bad. In$4$ justice to$4$ her you ought to$9$ know.
019:397,30[B  ]| They have made her suffer ~~ what it is they must have
019:397,31[B  ]| put her through! I have not seen her alone, but only
019:397,32[B  ]| before them. We had an interview yesterday morning.
019:398,01[B  ]| They let me have it full in$4$ the face. They told 
019:398,02[B  ]| me to$9$ go about my business. It seems to$4$ me a very
019:398,03[B  ]| bad case. I am sorry to$9$ have such a report to$9$ make of
019:398,04[B  ]| them. I am angry, I am sore, I am sick."
019:398,05['  ]| Valentin lay there staring, his eyes more brilliantly
019:398,06['  ]| lighted, his lips soundlessly parted, a flush of colour
019:398,07['  ]| in$4$ his pale face. Newman had never before uttered
019:398,08['  ]| so$5#1$ many words in$4$ the plaintive key, but now, in$4$
019:398,09['  ]| speaking to$4$ his friend in$4$ that$6#2$ friend's extremity, he
019:398,10['  ]| had a sense 
019:398,10@b   | of making his lament somewhere within
019:398,11@b   | the presence of the power that$6#1$ men pray to$4$ in$4$ trouble;
019:398,12@b   | he felt his outgush of resentment as a spiritual act,
019:398,13@b   | an appeal to$4$ higher protection. 
019:398,13[E  ]| "And Claire," 
019:398,13['  ]| the
019:398,14['  ]| young man breathed; 
019:398,14[E  ]| "Claire? She has given you
019:398,15[E  ]| up$5$?"
019:398,16[B  ]| "I do not really believe it."
019:398,17[E  ]| "No$7$, do not believe it, do not believe it. She is
019:398,18[E  ]| gaining time. Believe that$6#2$."
019:398,19[B  ]| "I immensely pity her!" 
019:398,19['  ]| said Newman.
019:398,20[E  ]| "Poor, poor Claire!" 
019:398,20['  ]| Valentin sighed. 
019:398,20[E  ]| "But they
019:398,21[E  ]| ~~ but they ~?" 
019:398,21['  ]| And he paused again. 
019:398,21[E  ]| "You saw
019:398,22[E  ]| them; they dismissed you, face to$4$ face?"
019:398,23[B  ]| "Face to$4$ face ~~ rather!"
019:398,24[E  ]| "What did they say?"
019:398,25[B  ]| "They said they could not stand a commercial
019:398,26[B  ]| person."
019:398,27['  ]| Valentin put out his hand and laid it on$4$ Newman's
019:398,28['  ]| arm. 
019:398,28[E  ]| "And about their promise ~~ their engagement
019:398,29[E  ]| with you?"
019:398,30[B  ]| "They made a distinction. They said it was to$9$
019:398,31[B  ]| hold good only until Madame*de*Cintre= accepted
019:398,32[B  ]| me."
019:399,01[E  ]| "But since she did ~!"
019:399,02[B  ]| "Well, since she did ~~ \after\ she did ~~ they found,
019:399,03[B  ]| as I understand, that$3$ they could not."
019:399,04['  ]| Valentin lay staring ~~ his flush died away. 
019:399,04[E  ]| "Do not
019:399,05[E  ]| tell me any more. I am ashamed." 
019:399,06[B  ]| "You? You are the soul of honour," 
019:399,06['  ]| said Newman
019:399,07['  ]| very simply.
019:399,08['  ]| Valentin groaned and averted his head. For$4$ some
019:399,09['  ]| time nothing more was said. Then he turned back
019:399,10['  ]| again and found a certain force to$9$ press Newman's
019:399,11['  ]| arm. 
019:399,11[E  ]| "It is very bad ~~ very bad. When my people
019:399,12[E  ]| ~~ when my ""race"" ~~ come to$4$ that$6#2$, it is time for$4$ me
019:399,13[E  ]| to$9$ pass away. I believe in$4$ my sister; she will$1$ explain.
019:399,14[E  ]| Pardon her, allow for$4$ her, be patient with her; wait
019:399,15[E  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$. If she can not ~~ if she can not make her conduct
019:399,16[E  ]| clear: well, forgive her somehow; at any rate
019:399,17[E  ]| do not curse her. She will$1$ pay ~~ she \has\ paid; with
019:399,18[E  ]| her one chance of happiness. But for$4$ the others it is
019:399,19[E  ]| very bad ~~ very bad. You take it very hard? No$7$,
019:399,20[E  ]| it is a shame to$9$ make you say so$5#2$." 
019:399,20['  ]| He closed his eyes
019:399,21['  ]| and again there was a silence. Newman felt almost
019:399,22['  ]| awed; he had stirred his companion to$4$ depths down
019:399,23['  ]| into which$6#1$ he now shrank from looking. Presently
019:399,24['  ]| Valentin fixed him again, releasing his arm. 
019:399,24[E  ]| "I
019:399,25[E  ]| apologise. Do you understand? Here on$4$ my death-bed.
019:399,26[E  ]| I apologise for$4$ my family. For$4$ my mother.
019:399,27[E  ]| For$4$ my brother. For$4$ the name I \was\ proud of.
019:399,28[E  ]| Voila`!" 
019:399,28['  ]| he added softly.
019:399,29['  ]| Newman for$4$ all answer took his hand and kept
019:399,30['  ]| it in$4$ his own. He remained quiet and at the end of
019:399,31['  ]| half an hour the doctor noiselessly returned. Behind
019:399,32['  ]| him, through the half-open door, Newman saw the
019:400,01['  ]| two questioning faces of MM%*de*Grosjoyaux and
019:400,02['  ]| Ledoux. The doctor laid a hand on$4$ the patient's
019:400,03['  ]| wrist and sat looking at him. He gave no$2$ sign, and
019:400,04['  ]| the two gentlemen came in$5$, M%*Ledoux having first
019:400,05['  ]| beckoned to$4$ some*one outside. This was M%*le*cure=,
019:400,06['  ]| who$6#1$ carried in$4$ his hand an object unknown to$4$ Newman
019:400,07['  ]| and covered with a white napkin. M%*le*cure=
019:400,08['  ]| was short, round and red: he advanced, pulling off
019:400,09['  ]| his little black cap to$4$ Newman, and deposited his
019:400,10['  ]| burden on$4$ the table; and then he sat down in$4$ the
019:400,11['  ]| best armchair, folding his hands across his person.
019:400,12['  ]| The other gentlemen had exchanged glances which$6#1$
019:400,13['  ]| expressed unanimity as to$4$ the timeliness of their
019:400,14['  ]| presence. But for$4$ a long time Valentin neither spoke
019:400,15['  ]| nor moved. It was Newman's belief afterwards
019:400,16['  ]| that$3$ 
019:400,16@b   | M%*le*cure= had gone to$4$ sleep. 
019:400,16['  ]| At last, abruptly,
019:400,17['  ]| their friend pronounced Newman's name. This
019:400,18['  ]| visitor went to$4$ him and he said in$4$ French: 
019:400,18[E  ]| "You are
019:400,19[E  ]| not alone. I want to$9$ speak to$4$ you alone." 
019:400,19['  ]| Newman
019:400,20['  ]| looked at the doctor and the doctor looked at the
019:400,21['  ]| cure=, who$6#1$ looked back at him; and then the
019:400,22['  ]| doctor and the cure= together gave a shrug. 
019:400,22[E  ]| "Alone
019:400,23[E  ]| ~~ for$4$ five minutes," 
019:400,23['  ]| Valentin repeated. 
019:400,23[E  ]| "Please
019:400,24[E  ]| leave us." 
019:400,24['  ]| The cure= took up$5$ his burden again
019:400,25['  ]| and led the way out, followed by$4$ his companions.
019:400,26['  ]| Newman closed the door behind them and came
019:400,27['  ]| back to$4$ Valentin, who$6#1$ had watched all this intently.
019:400,28['  ]|
019:400,29[E  ]| "It is very bad, it is very bad," 
019:400,29['  ]| he said after Newman
019:400,30['  ]| had seated himself close. 
019:400,30[E  ]| "The more I think
019:400,31[E  ]| of it the worse it is."
019:400,32[B  ]| "Oh, do not think of it!" 
019:400,32['  ]| Newman groaned.
019:401,01['  ]| But his friend went on$5$ without heeding him.
019:401,02[E  ]| "Even if they should come round again the shame ~
019:401,03[E  ]| the baseness ~~ is there."
019:401,04[B  ]| "Oh, they will$1$ not come round!" 
019:401,04['  ]| said Newman.
019:401,05[E  ]| "Well, you can make them."
019:401,06[B  ]| "Make them?"
019:401,07[E  ]| "I can tell you something ~~ a great secret ~~ an
019:401,08[E  ]| immense secret. You can use it against them ~
019:401,09[E  ]| frighten them, coerce them."
019:401,10[B  ]| "A secret!" 
019:401,10['  ]| Newman repeated. The idea of letting
019:401,11['  ]| Valentin, on$4$ his deathbed, confide to$4$ him any
019:401,12['  ]| matter sacredly intimate, shocked him, for$4$ the moment,
019:401,13['  ]| and made him draw back. It seemed 
019:401,13@b   | an 
019:401,14@b   | illicit way of arriving at information and even had
019:401,15@b   | a vague analogy with listening at a keyhole. 
019:401,15['  ]| Then
019:401,16['  ]| suddenly the thought of reducing Madame*de*Bellegarde
019:401,17['  ]| and her son to$4$ the forms of submission became
019:401,18['  ]| attractive, and, as to$9$ lose in$4$ any case no$2$ last breath
019:401,19['  ]| of the spirit for$4$ which$6#1$ he had felt such a kindness,
019:401,20['  ]| he brought his head nearer. For$4$ some time, however,
019:401,21['  ]| nothing more came. Valentin but covered him with
019:401,22['  ]| kindled, expanded, troubled eyes, and he began to$9$
019:401,23['  ]| believe he had spoken in$4$ delirium. But at last he
019:401,24['  ]| spoke again.
019:401,25[E  ]| "There was something done ~~ something done
019:401,26[E  ]| at Fleurie`res. It was some wrong, some violence,
019:401,27[E  ]| I believe some cruelty. It may have been ~~ God
019:401,28[E  ]| forgive me \now\ ~~ some crime. My father ~~ something
019:401,29[E  ]| happened to$4$ him: I do not know what; I have
019:401,30[E  ]| been ashamed, afraid, to$9$ know. But a bad business
019:401,31[E  ]| ~~ a worse even than yours ~~ there was \that$6#2$\. My
019:401,32[E  ]| mother knows ~~ Urbain knows."
019:402,01[B  ]| "Something happened to$4$ your father?" 
019:402,01['  ]| Newman
019:402,02['  ]| permitted himself to$9$ ask.
019:402,03['  ]| Valentin looked at him still more wide-eyed. 
019:402,03[E  ]| "He
019:402,04[E  ]| did not get well. They did not let him."
019:402,05[B  ]| " ""Let"" him?" 
019:402,05['  ]| ~~ Newman stared back. 
019:402,05[B  ]| "Get well
019:402,06[B  ]| of what?"
019:402,07['  ]| But the immense effort he had made, first to$9$
019:402,08['  ]| decide to$9$ utter these words and then to$9$ bring them
019:402,09['  ]| out, appeared to$9$ have taken his last strength. He
019:402,10['  ]| lapsed again into silence and Newman sat watching
019:402,11['  ]| him. 
019:402,11[E  ]| "Do you understand?" 
019:402,11['  ]| he began again presently.
019:402,12[E  ]| "At Fleurie`res. You can find out. Mrs%*Bread
019:402,13[E  ]| knows. Tell her I made this point ~~ at this
019:402,14[E  ]| hour ~~ of your asking her. She will$1$ give you the
019:402,15[E  ]| truth itself ~~ and then you will$1$ show them you know
019:402,16[E  ]| it. It may do something for$4$ you. It may make the
019:402,17[E  ]| difference. If it does not, tell every*one. It will$1$ ~~ it
019:402,18[E  ]| will$1$" 
019:402,18['  ]| ~~ here Valentin's voice sank to$4$ the feeblest
019:402,19['  ]| murmur ~~ 
019:402,19[E  ]| "it will$1$ pay them."
019:402,20[B  ]| "Pay them?" 
019:402,20['  ]| ~~ Newman wondered.
019:402,21[E  ]| "What you owe them!"
019:402,22['  ]| The words died away in$4$ a long vague wail. Newman
019:402,23['  ]| stood up$5$, deeply impressed, not knowing what
019:402,24['  ]| to$9$ say; his heart was beating as never. 
019:402,24[B  ]| "Thank you,"
019:402,25['  ]| he said at last. 
019:402,25[B  ]| "I am much obliged." 
019:402,25['  ]| But Valentin
019:402,26['  ]| seemed not to$9$ hear him; he remained silent and his
019:402,27['  ]| silence continued. At last Newman went and opened
019:402,28['  ]| the door. M%*le*cure= re-entered, bearing his sacred
019:402,29['  ]| vessel and followed by$4$ a young ministrant at his altar
019:402,30['  ]| in$4$ a white stole, by$4$ the three gentlemen and by$4$ Valentin's
019:402,31['  ]| servant. It was quite processional.
020:403,01['  ]| Valentin*de*Bellegarde died tranquilly, just as
020:403,02['  ]| the cold faint March dawn began to$9$ clear the grave
020:403,03['  ]| faces of the little knot of friends gathered about his
020:403,04['  ]| bedside. An hour later Newman left the inn and
020:403,05['  ]| drove to$4$ Geneva; he was naturally unwilling to$9$ be
020:403,06['  ]| present at the arrival of Madame*de*Bellegarde and
020:403,07['  ]| her first-born. At Geneva, for$4$ the moment, he remained.
020:403,08['  ]| He was like$4$ a man who$6#1$ has had a fall and
020:403,09['  ]| wants to$9$ sit still and count his bruises. He instantly
020:403,10['  ]| wrote to$4$ Madame*de*Cintre=, detailing to$4$ her the
020:403,11['  ]| circumstances of her brother's death ~~ with certain
020:403,12['  ]| exceptions ~~ and asking her 
020:403,12@b   | what was the earliest
020:403,13@b   | moment at which$6#1$ he might hope she would consent
020:403,14@b   | to$9$ see him. 
020:403,14['  ]| M%*Ledoux had told him 
020:403,14@w   | he had reason
020:403,15@w   | to$9$ know that$3$ Valentin's will$0$ ~~ he had had a great
020:403,16@w   | deal of light but pleasant personal property to$9$ dispose
020:403,17@w   | of ~~ contained a request that$3$ he should be
020:403,18@w   | buried near his father in$4$ the churchyard of Fleurie`res, 
020:403,19['  ]| and Newman intended that$3$ 
020:403,19@b   | the state of his
020:403,20@b   | own relations with the family should not deprive him
020:403,21@b   | of the satisfaction of helping to$9$ pay the last earthly
020:403,22@b   | honours to$4$ the best fellow in$4$ the world. 
020:403,22['  ]| He reflected 
020:403,22['  ]| that$3$ 
020:403,23@b   | Valentin's friendship was older than Urbain's
020:403,24@b   | emnity, and that$3$ at a funeral it was easy to$9$ escape
020:403,25@b   | notice. 
020:403,25['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre='s answer to$4$ his letter
020:403,26['  ]| enabled him to$9$ time his arrival at Fleurie`res. This
020:403,27['  ]| answer was very brief; it ran as follows:
020:404,01[A  ]| "I thank you for$4$ your letter and for$4$ your being
020:404,02[A  ]| with Valentin. It is the most inexpressible sorrow to$4$
020:404,03[A  ]| me that$3$ I was not. To$9$ see you will$1$ be only anguish;
020:404,04[A  ]| there is no$2$ need therefore to$9$ wait for$4$ what you call
020:404,05[A  ]| brighter days. It is all one now, and I shall have
020:404,06[A  ]| no$2$ brighter days. Come when you please; only notify
020:404,07[A  ]| me first. My brother is to$9$ be buried here on$4$ Friday,
020:404,08[A  ]| and my family is to$9$ remain. ~~ C%*de*C%"
020:404,09['  ]| On$4$ receipt of this Newman had gone straight to$4$
020:404,10['  ]| Paris and to$4$ Poitiers. The journey had taken him far
020:404,11['  ]| southward, through green Touraine and across the
020:404,12['  ]| far-shining Loire, into a country where the early
020:404,13['  ]| spring deepened divinely about him, but he had
020:404,14['  ]| never made one during which$6#1$ he had heeded less the
020:404,15['  ]| lay of the land. He alighted at an hotel in$4$ respect to$4$ 
020:404,16['  ]| which$6#1$ he scarce knew whether the wealth of its provincial
020:404,17['  ]| note more graced or compromised it, and the
020:404,18['  ]| next morning drove in$4$ a couple of hours to$4$ the village
020:404,19['  ]| of Fleurie`res. But here, for$4$ all his melancholy, he
020:404,20['  ]| could not resist the intensity of an impression. The
020:404,21['  ]| \9petit 9bourg\ lay at the base of a huge mound, on$4$ the
020:404,22['  ]| summit of which$6#1$ stood the crumbling ruins of a feudal
020:404,23['  ]| castle, much of whose sturdy material, as well as that$6#2$
020:404,24['  ]| of the wall that$6#1$ dropped along the hill to$9$ enclose the
020:404,25['  ]| clustered houses defensively, had been absorbed into
020:404,26['  ]| the very substance of the village. The church was
020:404,27['  ]| simply the former chapel of the castle, fronting upon$4$
020:404,28['  ]| its grass-grown court, which$6#1$, however, was of generous
020:404,29['  ]| enough width to$9$ have given up$5$ its quaintest
020:404,30['  ]| corner to$4$ a small place of interment. Here the very
020:404,31['  ]| headstones themselves seemed to$9$ sleep as they slanted
020:404,32['  ]| into the grass; the patient elbow of the rampart held
020:405,01['  ]| them together on$4$ one side, and in$4$ front, far beneath
020:405,02['  ]| their mossy lids, the green plains and blue distances
020:405,03['  ]| stretched away. The approach to$4$ the church, up$4$ the
020:405,04['  ]| hill, defied all wheels. It was lined with peasants two
020:405,05['  ]| or three rows deep, who$6#1$ stood watching old Madame*de*Bellegarde
020:405,06['  ]| slowly ascend on$4$ the arm of her elder
020:405,07['  ]| son and behind the pall-bearers of the other. Newman
020:405,08['  ]| chose to$9$ lurk among the common mourners who$6#1$
020:405,09['  ]| murmured 
020:405,09[X  ]| "Madame*la*Comtesse" 
020:405,09['  ]| as a particular
020:405,10['  ]| tall slimness almost bowed beneath its ensigns of woe
020:405,11['  ]| passed before them. He stood in$4$ the dusky little
020:405,12['  ]| church while the service was going forward, but at
020:405,13['  ]| the dismal tombside he turned away and walked 
020:405,14['  ]| down the hill. He went back to$4$ Poitiers and spent
020:405,15['  ]| two days in$4$ which$6#1$ patience and revolt were confounded
020:405,16['  ]| in$4$ a single ache. On$4$ the third day he sent
020:405,17['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= a note to$4$ the effect that$3$ 
020:405,17@b   | he would
020:405,18@b   | call on$4$ her in$4$ the afternoon, 
020:405,18['  ]| and in$4$ accordance with
020:405,19['  ]| this he again took his way to$4$ Fleurie`res. He left his
020:405,20['  ]| vehicle at the tavern in$4$ the village street and obeyed
020:405,21['  ]| the simple instructions given him for$4$ finding the
020:405,22['  ]| cha^teau.
020:405,23[W  ]| "It is just beyond there," 
020:405,23['  ]| said the landlord, and
020:405,24['  ]| pointed to$4$ the tree-tops of the \9parc\ above the opposite
020:405,25['  ]| houses. Newman followed the first cross-road to$4$
020:405,26['  ]| the right ~~ it was bordered with mouldy cottages ~
020:405,27['  ]| and in$4$ a few moments saw before him the peaked
020:405,28['  ]| roofs of the towers. Advancing further he found himself
020:405,29['  ]| before a vast iron gate, rusty and closed; here he
020:405,30['  ]| paused a moment, looking through the bars. The
020:405,31['  ]| residence was near the road, as if the very highway
020:405,32['  ]| belonged to$4$ it; this gave it a fine old masterly air.
020:406,01['  ]| Newman learned afterwards, from a guide-book of
020:406,02['  ]| the province, that$3$ it dated from the reign of Henry*III.
020:406,03['  ]| It presented to$4$ the wide-paved area which$6#1$ preceded
020:406,04['  ]| it, and which$6#1$ was edged with shabby farm-buildings,
020:406,05['  ]| an immense facade of dark time-stained
020:406,06['  ]| brick, flanked by$4$ two low wings, each of which$6#1$ terminated
020:406,07['  ]| in$4$ a little Dutch-looking pavilion capped
020:406,08['  ]| with a fantastic roof. Two towers rose behind, and
020:406,09['  ]| behind the towers was a grand group of elms and
020:406,10['  ]| beeches, now just faintly green. The great feature,
020:406,11['  ]| however, was a wide green river, which$6#1$ washed the
020:406,12['  ]| foundations of the pile. The whole mass rose from
020:406,13['  ]| an island in$4$ the circling stream, so$3$ that$3$ this formed
020:406,14['  ]| a perfect moat, spanned by$4$ a two-arched bridge without
020:406,15['  ]| a parapet. The dull brick walls, which$6#1$ here and
020:406,16['  ]| there made a grand straight sweep, the ugly little
020:406,17['  ]| cupolas of the wings, the deep-set windows, the long
020:406,18['  ]| steep pinnacles of mossy slate, all mirrored themselves
020:406,19['  ]| in$4$ the quiet water.
020:406,20['  ]| Newman rang at the gate, and was almost frightened
020:406,21['  ]| at the tone with which$6#1$ a big rusty bell above his
020:406,22['  ]| head replied to$4$ him. An old woman came out from
020:406,23['  ]| the gatehouse and opened the creaking portal just
020:406,24['  ]| wide enough for$4$ him to$9$ pass, on$4$ which$6#1$ he went in$5$ and
020:406,25['  ]| across the dry bare court and the little cracked white
020:406,26['  ]| slabs of the causeway on$4$ the moat. At the door of the
020:406,27['  ]| house he waited for$4$ some moments, and this gave him
020:406,28['  ]| a chance to$9$ observe that$3$ 
020:406,28@b   | Fleurie`res was not "kept
020:406,29@b   | up$5$" 
020:406,29['  ]| and to$9$ reflect that$3$ 
020:406,29@b   | it was a melancholy place
020:406,30@b   | of residence. "It looks," 
020:406,30['  ]| he said to$4$ himself ~~ and
020:406,31['  ]| I give the comparison for$4$ what it is worth ~~ 
020:406,31@b   | "like$4$
020:406,32@b   | a Chinese penitentiary." 
020:406,32['  ]| At last the door was opened
020:407,01['  ]| by$4$ a servant whom he remembered to$9$ have seen in$4$
020:407,02['  ]| the Rue*de*l'Universite=. The man's dull face brightened
020:407,03['  ]| as he perceived our hero, the case always being
020:407,04['  ]| that$3$ Newman, for$4$ indefinable reasons, enjoyed the
020:407,05['  ]| confidence of the liveried gentry. The footman led
020:407,06['  ]| the way across a great main vestibule, with a pyramid
020:407,07['  ]| of plants at its centre and glass doors all around, to$4$
020:407,08['  ]| what appeared to$9$ be the principal saloon. The
020:407,09['  ]| visitor crossed the threshold of a room of superb
020:407,10['  ]| proportions, which$6#1$ made him feel at first like$4$ a tourist
020:407,11['  ]| with a guide-book and a cicerone awaiting a fee.
020:407,12['  ]| But when his guide had left him alone after observing
020:407,13['  ]| that$3$ 
020:407,13@w   | he would call Madame*la*Comtesse, 
020:407,13['  ]| he saw
020:407,14@b   | the place contained little that$6#1$ was remarkable beyond
020:407,15@b   | a dusky ceiling with curiously carved beams, a set of
020:407,16@b   | curtains of elaborate antiquated tapestry and a dark
020:407,17@b   | oaken floor polished like$4$ a mirror. 
020:407,17['  ]| He waited some
020:407,18['  ]| minutes, walking up$5$ and down; then at last, as he
020:407,19['  ]| turned at the end of the room, 
020:407,19@b   | saw Madame*de*Cintre= 
020:407,20@b   | had come in$5$ by$4$ a distant door. She wore
020:407,21@b   | a black dress ~~ she stood looking at him. 
020:407,21['  ]| As the
020:407,22['  ]| length of the immense room lay between them he had
020:407,23['  ]| time to$9$ take her well in$5$ before they met in$4$ the middle
020:407,24['  ]| of it.
020:407,25['  ]| He was dismayed at the change in$4$ her appearance.
020:407,26['  ]| Pale, heavy-browed, almost haggard, with a monastic
020:407,27['  ]| rigidity in$4$ her dress, she had little but her pure features
020:407,28['  ]| in$4$ common with the woman whose radiant good
020:407,29['  ]| grace he had hitherto admired. She let her eyes rest
020:407,30['  ]| on$4$ his own and surrendered to$4$ him her hand; but
020:407,31['  ]| the eyes were like$4$ two rainy autumn moons and the
020:407,32['  ]| touch portentously lifeless. 
020:407,32[B  ]| "I was at your brother's
020:408,01[B  ]| funeral," 
020:408,01['  ]| he said. 
020:408,01[B  ]| "Then I waited three days. But
020:408,02[B  ]| I could wait no$2$ longer."
020:408,03[A  ]| "Nothing can be lost or gained by$4$ waiting," 
020:408,03['  ]| she
020:408,04['  ]| answered. 
020:408,04[A  ]| "But it was very considerate of you to$9$
020:408,05[A  ]| wait, horribly wronged as you have been."
020:408,06[B  ]| "I am glad you think I have been horribly wronged,"
020:408,07['  ]| said Newman with that$6#2$ vague effect of whimsicality
020:408,08['  ]| with which$6#1$ he often uttered words of the gravest
020:408,09['  ]| meaning.
020:408,10[A  ]| "Do I need to$9$ say so$5#2$?" 
020:408,10['  ]| she asked. 
020:408,10[A  ]| "I do not think
020:408,11[A  ]| I have wronged, seriously, many persons; certainly not
020:408,12[A  ]| consciously. To$4$ you, to$4$ whom I have done this hard
020:408,13[A  ]| and cruel thing, the only reparation I can make is to$9$
020:408,14[A  ]| say that$3$ I know it, that$3$ I feel it. But such words are
020:408,15[A  ]| pitifully poor."
020:408,16[B  ]| "Oh, they are a great step forward!" 
020:408,16['  ]| said Newman
020:408,17['  ]| with a fixed and ah ~~ as he even himself felt ~
020:408,18['  ]| such an anxious smile of encouragement. He pushed
020:408,19['  ]| a chair toward her and held it, looking at her urgently.
020:408,20['  ]| She sat down mechanically and he seated himself
020:408,21['  ]| near her; but in$4$ a moment he got up$5$ and stood restlessly
020:408,22['  ]| before her. She remained there like$4$ a troubled
020:408,23['  ]| creature who$6#1$ had passed through the stage of restlessness.
020:408,24['  ]|
020:408,25[A  ]| "I say nothing is to$9$ be gained by$4$ my seeing you,"
020:408,26['  ]| she went on$5$, 
020:408,26[A  ]| "and yet I am very glad you came. Now
020:408,27[A  ]| I can tell you what I feel. It is a selfish pleasure, but
020:408,28[A  ]| it is one of the last I shall have." 
020:408,28['  ]| And she paused
020:408,29['  ]| with her great misty eyes on$4$ him. 
020:408,29[A  ]| "I know how I have
020:408,30[A  ]| deceived and injured you; I know how cruel and
020:408,31[A  ]| cowardly I have been. I see it as vividly as you do ~
020:408,32[A  ]| I feel it to$4$ the ends of my fingers." 
020:408,32['  ]| And she unclapsed
020:409,01['  ]| her hands, which$6#1$ were locked together in$4$ her
020:409,02['  ]| lap, lifted them and dropped them at her side. 
020:409,02[A  ]| "Anything
020:409,03[A  ]| that$6#1$ you may have said of me in$4$ your angriest
020:409,04[A  ]| passion is nothing to$4$ what I have said to$4$ myself."
020:409,05[B  ]| "In$4$ my angriest passion," 
020:409,05['  ]| said Newman, 
020:409,05[B  ]| "I have
020:409,06[B  ]| said nothing hard of you. The very worst thing I have
020:409,07[B  ]| said of you yet is that$3$ you are the most perfect of
020:409,08[B  ]| women." 
020:409,08['  ]| And he seated himself before her again
020:409,09['  ]| abruptly.
020:409,10['  ]| She flushed a little, but even her flush was dim.
020:409,11[A  ]| "That$6#2$ is because you think I will$1$ come back. But
020:409,12[A  ]| I shall not come back. It is in$4$ that$6#2$ hope you have
020:409,13[A  ]| come here, I know; I am very sorry for$4$ you. I would do
020:409,14[A  ]| almost anything for$4$ you. To$9$ say that$6#2$, after what
020:409,15[A  ]| I have done, seems simply impudent; but what can
020:409,16[A  ]| I say that$6#1$ will$1$ not seem impudent? To$9$ wrong you
020:409,17[A  ]| and apologise ~~ that$6#2$ is easy enough. I should not
020:409,18[A  ]| heaven forgive me, have wronged you." 
020:409,18['  ]| She stopped
020:409,19['  ]| a moment, always with her tragic eyes on$4$ him, but
020:409,20['  ]| motioned him to$9$ let her talk. 
020:409,20[A  ]| "I ought never to$9$ have
020:409,21[A  ]| listened to$4$ you at first; that$6#2$ was the wrong. No$2$ good
020:409,22[A  ]| could come of it. I felt it, and yet I listened; that$6#2$ was
020:409,23[A  ]| your fault. I liked you too much; I believed in$4$ you."
020:409,24[B  ]| "And do not you believe in$4$ me now?"
020:409,25[A  ]| "More than ever. But now it does not matter.
020:409,26[A  ]| I have given you up$5$."
020:409,27['  ]| Newman gave a great thump with his clenched fist
020:409,28['  ]| upon$4$ his knee. 
020:409,28[B  ]| "Why, why, why?" 
020:409,28['  ]| he cried. 
020:409,28[B  ]| "Give
020:409,29[B  ]| me a reason ~~ a decent reason. You are not a child
020:409,30[B  ]| ~~ you are not a minor nor an idiot. You are not
020:409,31[B  ]| obliged to$9$ drop me because your mother told you to$9$.
020:409,32[B  ]| Such a reason is not worthy of you."
020:410,01[A  ]| "I know that$6#2$; it is not worthy of me. But it is the
020:410,02[A  ]| only one I have to$9$ give. After all," 
020:410,02['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=,
020:410,03['  ]| throwing out vain hands, 
020:410,03[A  ]| "think me an idiot
020:410,04[A  ]| and forget me! That$6#2$ will$1$ be the simplest way."
020:410,05['  ]| He got up$5$ and walked away with a crushing sense
020:410,06['  ]| that$3$ his cause was lost and yet with an equal inability
020:410,07['  ]| to$9$ give up$5$ fighting. He went to$4$ one of the great windows
020:410,08['  ]| and looked out at the stiffly-embanked river and
020:410,09['  ]| the formal gardens beyond it. When he turned round
020:410,10['  ]| she had risen; she stood there silent and passive,
020:410,11['  ]| so$5#1$ passive that$3$ it told terribly of her detachment.
020:410,12[B  ]| "You are not frank," 
020:410,12['  ]| he began again; 
020:410,12[B  ]| "you are not
020:410,13[B  ]| really honest any more than you are merciful. Instead
020:410,14[B  ]| of saying you are imbecile you should say that$3$
020:410,15[B  ]| other people are wicked. Your mother and your
020:410,16[B  ]| brother have been false and cruel; they have been so$6#2$
020:410,17[B  ]| to$4$ me, and I am sure they have been so$5#2$ to$4$ you. Why
020:410,18[B  ]| do you try to$9$ shield them? Why do you sacrifice me
020:410,19[B  ]| to$4$ \them\? I am not false; I am not cruel. You do not
020:410,20[B  ]| know what you give up$5$; I can tell you that$3$ ~~ you
020:410,21[B  ]| \do not\. They bully you and plot about you; and I ~
020:410,22[B  ]| I ~" 
020:410,22['  ]| And he paused lifting the strong arms to$4$
020:410,23['  ]| which$6#1$ she would not come. She but turned away and
020:410,24['  ]| began to$9$ leave him. 
020:410,24[B  ]| "You told me the other day that$3$
020:410,25[B  ]| you were afraid of your mother," 
020:410,25['  ]| he followed her to$9$
020:410,26['  ]| say. 
020:410,26[B  ]| "It must have meant something. What therefore
020:410,27[B  ]| \did\ it mean?"
020:410,28['  ]| She shook her head. 
020:410,28[A  ]| "I remember. I was sorry
020:410,29[A  ]| afterwards."
020:410,30[B  ]| "You were sorry when she came down on$4$ you and
020:410,31[B  ]| used some atrocious advantage. In$4$ God's name, what
020:410,32[B  ]| \is\ it she does to$4$ you?"
020:411,01[A  ]| "Nothing. Nothing that$6#1$ you can understand.
020:411,02[A  ]| And now that$3$ I have given you up$5$ I must not complain
020:411,03[A  ]| of her to$4$ you."
020:411,04[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is no$2$ reasoning?" 
020:411,04['  ]| cried Newman. 
020:411,04[B  ]| "Complain
020:411,05[B  ]| of her, on$4$ the contrary, for$4$ all you are worth.
020:411,06[B  ]| To$4$ whom on$4$ God's earth \but\ to$4$ me? Tell me all
020:411,07[B  ]| about it, frankly and trustfully, as you ought, and
020:411,08[B  ]| we will$1$ talk it over so$5#1$ satisfactorily that$3$ you will$1$ keep
020:411,09[B  ]| your plighted faith."
020:411,10['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= looked down some moments
020:411,11['  ]| fixedly; at last she raised her eyes. 
020:411,11[A  ]| "One good at
020:411,12[A  ]| least has come of this: I have made you judge me more
020:411,13[A  ]| fairly. You thought of me in$4$ a way that$6#1$ did me great
020:411,14[A  ]| honour; I do not know why you had taken it into
020:411,15[A  ]| your head. But it left me no$2$ loophole for$4$ escape ~
020:411,16[A  ]| no$2$ chance to$9$ be the common weak creature I am. It
020:411,17[A  ]| was not my fault; I warned you from the first. But
020:411,18[A  ]| I ought to$9$ have warned you more. I ought to$9$ have 
020:411,19[A  ]| convinced you that$3$ I was doomed to$9$ disappoint you.
020:411,20[A  ]| But I \was\, in$4$ a way, too proud. You see what my
020:411,21[A  ]| superiority amounts to$4$, I hope!" 
020:411,21['  ]| she went on$5$, raising
020:411,22['  ]| her voice with a tremor that$6#1$ even then and there
020:411,23['  ]| he found all so$5#1$ inconsequently sweet. 
020:411,23[A  ]| "I am too
020:411,24[A  ]| proud to$9$ be honest, I am not too proud to$9$ be faithless.
020:411,25[A  ]| I am timid and cold and selfish. I am afraid of being
020:411,26[A  ]| uncomfortable."
020:411,27[B  ]| "And you call marrying me uncomfortable?" 
020:411,27['  ]| he
020:411,28['  ]| stared.
020:411,29['  ]| She flushed as with the sense of being only shut up$5$
020:411,30['  ]| in$4$ her pain, and seemed to$9$ say that$3$ 
020:411,30@b   | if begging his
020:411,31@b   | pardon in$4$ words had that$6#2$ effect of an easy condition
020:411,32@b   | for$4$ her she might at least thus mutely express her perfect
020:412,01@b   | comprehension of his finding her conduct odious.
020:412,02[A  ]| "It is not marrying you; it is doing all that$6#1$ would go
020:412,03[A  ]| with it. It is the rupture, the defiance, the insisting
020:412,04[A  ]| upon$4$ being happy in$4$ my own way. What right have
020:412,05[A  ]| I to$9$ be happy when ~~ when ~?" 
020:412,05['  ]| Again she broke 
020:412,06['  ]| down.
020:412,07[B  ]| "When what?" 
020:412,07['  ]| he pressed.
020:412,08[A  ]| "When others have so$5#2$ suffered."
020:412,09[B  ]| "What others?" 
020:412,09['  ]| he demanded. 
020:412,09[B  ]| "What have you
020:412,10[B  ]| to$9$ do with any others but me? Besides, you said just
020:412,11[B  ]| now that$3$ you wanted happiness and that$3$ you should
020:412,12[B  ]| find it by$4$ obeying your mother. You strangely contradict
020:412,13[B  ]| yourself."
020:412,14[A  ]| "Yes, I strangely contradict myself; that$6#2$ shows
020:412,15[A  ]| you ~~ strangely enough too ~~ that$3$ I am not even
020:412,16[A  ]| intelligent."
020:412,17[B  ]| "You are laughing at me!" 
020:412,17['  ]| he cried. 
020:412,17[B  ]| "It is as if
020:412,18[B  ]| you were horribly mocking!"
020:412,19['  ]| She looked at him intently, and an observer might
020:412,20['  ]| have believed her to$9$ be asking herself 
020:412,20@x   | if she should not
020:412,21@x   | most quickly end their common pain by$4$ confessing to$4$
020:412,22@x   | some such monstrosity. 
020:412,22['  ]| Yet 
020:412,22[A  ]| "No$7$; I am not," 
020:412,22['  ]| was
020:412,23['  ]| what she presently said.
020:412,24[B  ]| "Granting that$3$ you are not intelligent," 
020:412,24['  ]| he went
020:412,25['  ]| on$5$, 
020:412,25[B  ]| "that$3$ you are weak, that$3$ you are common, that$3$
020:412,26[B  ]| you are nothing I have believed you to$9$ be ~~ what I ask
020:412,27[B  ]| of you is not an heroic effort, it is a very easy and
020:412,28[B  ]| possible effort. There is a great deal on$4$ my side to$9$
020:412,29[B  ]| make it so$5#2$. The simple truth is that$3$ you do not care
020:412,30[B  ]| enough for$4$ me to$9$ make it."
020:412,31[A  ]| "I am cold," 
020:412,31['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=. 
020:412,31[A  ]| "I am as cold
020:412,32[A  ]| as that$6#2$ flowing river."
020:413,01['  ]| Newman gave a great rap on$4$ the floor with his
020:413,02['  ]| stick and a long grim laugh. 
020:413,02[B  ]| "Ah, not you! You go
020:413,03[B  ]| altogether too far ~~ you overshoot the mark. There
020:413,04[B  ]| is not a woman in$4$ the world as bad as you would make
020:413,05[B  ]| yourself out. I see your game; it is what I said.
020:413,06[B  ]| You are blackening yourself to$9$ whiten others. You
020:413,07[B  ]| do not want to$9$ give me up$5$ at all; you like$1$ me ~~ you
020:413,08[B  ]| like$1$ me, God help you! I know you do; you have
020:413,09[B  ]| shown it, and I have felt it and adored you for$4$ it!
020:413,10[B  ]| After that$6#2$ you may be as cold as you please! They have
020:413,11[B  ]| bullied you, I say; they have tortured you. It is an outrage,
020:413,12[B  ]| and I insist on$4$ saving you from the extravagance
020:413,13[B  ]| of your generosity. Would you chop off your
020:413,14[B  ]| hand if your mother required it?"
020:413,15['  ]| She gave at this the long sigh of a creature too hard
020:413,16['  ]| pressed. 
020:413,16[A  ]| "I spoke of my mother too blindly the other
020:413,17[A  ]| day. I am my own mistress, by$4$ law and by$4$ her
020:413,18[A  ]| approval. She can do nothing to$4$ me; she has done
020:413,19[A  ]| nothing. She has never alluded to$4$ those hard words
020:413,20[A  ]| I used about her."
020:413,21[B  ]| "She has made you feel them, I will$1$ promise you!"
020:413,22['  ]| said Newman.
020:413,23[A  ]| "It is my conscience that$6#1$ makes me feel them."
020:413,24[B  ]| "Your conscience then seems to$4$ me rather extraordinarily
020:413,25[B  ]| mixed!" 
020:413,25['  ]| he passionately returned.
020:413,26[A  ]| "It has been in$4$ great trouble, but now it is very
020:413,27[A  ]| clear. I do not give you up$5$ for$4$ any wordly advantage
020:413,28[A  ]| or for$4$ any wordly happiness."
020:413,29[B  ]| "Oh, you do not give me up$5$ for$4$ Lord*Deepmere,
020:413,30[B  ]| I know," 
020:413,30['  ]| he agreed. 
020:413,30[B  ]| "I will$1$ not pretend, even to$9$ provoke
020:413,31[B  ]| you, that$3$ I think that$6#2$. But that$6#2$ is what your
020:413,32[B  ]| mother and your brother wanted, and your mother,
020:414,01[B  ]| at that$6#2$ villanous ball of hers ~~ I liked it at the time,
020:414,02[B  ]| but the very thought of it now is a bath of fire! ~
020:414,03[B  ]| tried to$9$ push him on$5$ to$9$ make up$5$ to$4$ you."
020:414,04[A  ]| "Who$6#2$ told you this?" 
020:414,04['  ]| she asked with her strange,
020:414,05['  ]| stricken mildness.
020:414,06[B  ]| "Not Valentin. I observed it. I guessed it. I
020:414,07[B  ]| did not know at the time that$3$ I was observing it, but
020:414,08[B  ]| it stuck in$4$ my memory. And afterwards, you recollect,
020:414,09[B  ]| I saw Lord*Deepmere with you in$4$ the conservatory.
020:414,10[B  ]| You said then that$3$ you would tell me at
020:414,11[B  ]| another time what he had said to$4$ you."
020:414,12[A  ]| "That$6#2$ was before ~~ before \this\," 
020:414,12['  ]| she immediately
020:414,13['  ]| pleaded.
020:414,14[B  ]| "It does not matter," 
020:414,14['  ]| said Newman; 
020:414,14[B  ]| "and, besides,
020:414,15[B  ]| I think I know. He is an honest little Englishman.
020:414,16[B  ]| He came and told you what your mother was up$5$
020:414,17[B  ]| to$4$ ~~ that$3$ she wanted him to$9$ supplant me; not being
020:414,18[B  ]| a commercial person. If he would make you an
020:414,19[B  ]| offer she would undertake to$9$ bring you over and give
020:414,20[B  ]| me the slip ~~ getting rid of me easily, or at least
020:414,21[B  ]| decently, somehow. Lord*Deepmere is not remarkably
020:414,22[B  ]| bright, so$3$ she had to$9$ spell it out to$4$ him. He
020:414,23[B  ]| said he admired you ""no$2$ end,"" and that$3$ he wanted
020:414,24[B  ]| you to$9$ know it; but he did not like$1$ being mixed up$5$
020:414,25[B  ]| with that$6#2$ sort of treachery, and he came to$4$ you
020:414,26[B  ]| and told tales. That$6#2$ was about the size of it,
020:414,27[B  ]| was not it? And then you said you were perfectly
020:414,28[B  ]| happy."
020:414,29[A  ]| "I do not see why we should talk of Lord*Deepmere,"
020:414,30['  ]| she returned. 
020:414,30[A  ]| "It was not for$4$ that$6#2$ you came
020:414,31[A  ]| here; and about my mother it does not matter what
020:414,32[A  ]| you suspect and what you know. When once my
020:415,01[A  ]| mind has been made up$5$, as it is now, I should not
020:415,02[A  ]| discuss these things. Discussing anything now is very
020:415,03[A  ]| vain and only a fresh torment. We must try and live
020:415,04[A  ]| each as we can. I believe you will$1$ be happy again;
020:415,05[A  ]| even, sometimes, when you think of \me\. When you
020:415,06[A  ]| do so$5#2$, think this ~~ that$3$ it was not easy and that$3$
020:415,07[A  ]| I did the best I could. I have things to$9$ reckon with
020:415,08[A  ]| that$6#1$ you do not know. I mean I have feelings. I must
020:415,09[A  ]| do as they force me ~~ I must, I must. They would haunt
020:415,10[A  ]| me otherwise," 
020:415,10['  ]| she cried, with vehemence; 
020:415,10[A  ]| "they would
020:415,11[A  ]| give me no$2$ rest and would kill me!"
020:415,12[B  ]| "I know what your feelings are: they are perversities
020:415,13[B  ]| and superstitions! They are the feeling that$3$ after
020:415,14[B  ]| all, though I \am\ a good fellow, I have been in$4$ business;
020:415,15[B  ]| the feeling that$3$ your mother's looks are law and your
020:415,16[B  ]| brother's words are gospel; that$3$ you all hang together
020:415,17[B  ]| and that$3$ it is a part of the everlasting great order,
020:415,18[B  ]| \your\ order, that$3$ they should have a hand in$4$ everything
020:415,19[B  ]| you do. It makes my blood boil. That$6#2$ \is\ cold;
020:415,20[B  ]| you are right. And what I feel here," 
020:415,20['  ]| and Newman
020:415,21['  ]| struck his heart and became more eloquent than he
020:415,22['  ]| knew, 
020:415,22[B  ]| "is a glowing fire!"
020:415,23['  ]| A spectator less preoccupied than Madame*de*Cintre='s
020:415,24['  ]| distracted wooer would have felt sure from
020:415,25['  ]| the first that$3$ her appealing calm of manner was the
020:415,26['  ]| result of violent effort, in$4$ spite of which$6#1$ the tide of
020:415,27['  ]| agitation was rapidly rising. On$4$ these last words of
020:415,28['  ]| Newman's it overflowed, though at first she spoke
020:415,29['  ]| low, for$4$ fear her voice might betray her. 
020:415,29[A  ]| "No$7$, I was
020:415,30[A  ]| not right ~~ I am not cold! I believe that$3$ if I am doing
020:415,31[A  ]| what seems so$5#1$ bad it is not mere weakness and falsity.
020:415,32[A  ]| My dear friend, my best of friends, it is like$4$ a religion
020:416,01[A  ]| I can not tell you ~~ I can not! It is cruel of you to$9$ insist.
020:416,02[A  ]| I do not see why I should not ask you to$9$ believe me ~
020:416,03[A  ]| and pity me. It is like$4$ a religion. There is a curse
020:416,04[A  ]| upon$4$ the house; I do not know what ~~ I do not know
020:416,05[A  ]| why ~~ do not ask me. We must all bear it. I have been
020:416,06[A  ]| too selfish; I wanted to$9$ escape from it. You offered
020:416,07[A  ]| me a great chance ~~ besides my liking you. I liked
020:416,08[A  ]| you more than I ever liked any*one," 
020:416,08['  ]| she insisted to$4$
020:416,09['  ]| him with a beauty and purity of clearness, and yet
020:416,10['  ]| with the sad fallacy of thinking, apparently, that$3$ she
020:416,11['  ]| made the case less tragic for$4$ him by$4$ making it more
020:416,12['  ]| tragic for$4$ herself. 
020:416,12[A  ]| "It seemed good to$9$ change completely,
020:416,13[A  ]| to$9$ break, to$9$ go away. And then I admired
020:416,14[A  ]| you, I admired you," 
020:416,14['  ]| she so$5#1$ nobly and decently repeated.
020:416,15[A  ]| "But I can not ~~ it has overtaken and come
020:416,16[A  ]| back to$4$ me." 
020:416,16['  ]| Her self-control had now completely
020:416,17['  ]| abandoned her, and her words were broken with long
020:416,18['  ]| sobs. 
020:416,18[A  ]| "Why do such dreadful things happen to$4$ us ~
020:416,19[A  ]| why is my brother Valentin killed, like$4$ a beast, in$4$ the
020:416,20[A  ]| beauty of his youth and his gaiety and his brightness
020:416,21[A  ]| and all that$6#1$ we loved him for$4$? Why are there things
020:416,22[A  ]| I can not ask about ~~ that$6#1$ I am afraid, for$4$ my life, to$9$
020:416,23[A  ]| know? Why are there places I can not look at, sounds
020:416,24[A  ]| I can not hear? Why is it given to$4$ me to$9$ choose, to$9$
020:416,25[A  ]| decide, in$4$ a case so$5#1$ hard and so$5#1$ terrible as this? I am
020:416,26[A  ]| not meant for$4$ that$6#2$ ~~ I am not made for$4$ boldness and
020:416,27[A  ]| defiance. I was made to$9$ be happy in$4$ a quiet natural
020:416,28[A  ]| way." 
020:416,28['  ]| At this Newman gave a most expressive groan,
020:416,29['  ]| but she quavered heartbreakingly on$5$: 
020:416,29[A  ]| "I was made to$9$
020:416,30[A  ]| do gladly and gratefully what is expected of me. My
020:416,31[A  ]| mother has always been very good to$4$ me; that$6#2$ is all
020:416,32[A  ]| I can say. I must not judge her; I must not criticise
020:417,01[A  ]| her. If I did it would come dreadfully back to$4$ me.
020:417,02[A  ]| I can not change!"
020:417,03[B  ]| "No$7$," 
020:417,04['  ]| said Newman bitterly; 
020:417,04[B  ]| "\I\ must change ~
020:417,04[B  ]| if I break in$4$ two in$4$ the effort!"
020:417,05[A  ]| "You are different. You are a man; you will$1$ get over
020:417,06[A  ]| it. You will$1$ live, you will$1$ do things, you can not not do
020:417,07[A  ]| good, therefore you can not not be happy: you will$1$ find all
020:417,08[A  ]| kinds of consolation. You were born ~~ you were
020:417,09[A  ]| trained ~~ to$4$ changes. Besides, besides, I shall always
020:417,10[A  ]| think of you."
020:417,11[B  ]| "I do not care for$4$ that$6#2$!" 
020:417,11['  ]| he almost shouted.
020:417,12[B  ]| "You are cruel ~~ you are terribly cruel, God forgive
020:417,13[B  ]| you! You may have the best reasons and the finest
020:417,14[B  ]| feelings in$4$ the world; that$6#2$ makes no$2$ difference.
020:417,15[B  ]| You are a mystery to$4$ me; I do not see how such hardness
020:417,16[B  ]| can go with anything so$5#1$ divine!"
020:417,17['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= fixed him a moment with her
020:417,18['  ]| swimming eyes. 
020:417,18[A  ]| "You believe I am hard then?"
020:417,19['  ]| He glared as if at her drowning beyond help; then
020:417,20['  ]| he broke out: 
020:417,20[B  ]| "You are a perfect, faultless, priceless
020:417,21[B  ]| creature! For$4$ God's sake, stay by$4$ me!"
020:417,22[A  ]| "Of course I am hard \in$4$ effect\," 
020:417,22['  ]| she pitifully reasoned;
020:417,23[A  ]| "though if ever a creature was innocent, in$4$
020:417,24[A  ]| intention ~! Whenever we give pain we are hard.
020:417,25[A  ]| And we \must\ give pain; that$6#2$ is the world ~~ the hateful
020:417,26[A  ]| miserable world! Ah!" 
020:417,26['  ]| and she gave a sigh as
020:417,27['  ]| sharp as the shudder of an ague, 
020:417,27[A  ]| "I can not even say
020:417,28[A  ]| I am glad to$9$ have known you ~~ though I am. That$6#2$
020:417,29[A  ]| too is to$9$ wrong you. I can say nothing that$6#1$ is not
020:417,30[A  ]| cruel. Therefore let us part without more of this.
020:417,31[A  ]| Good-bye!" 
020:417,31['  ]| And she put out her hand.
020:417,32['  ]| Newman stood and looked at it without taking it,
020:418,01['  ]| and then raised his eyes to$4$ her face. He felt in$4$ them
020:418,02['  ]| the rising tears of rage. 
020:418,02[B  ]| "What do you mean to$9$ do?
020:418,03[B  ]| Where are you going?"
020:418,04[A  ]| "Where I shall give no$2$ more pain and suspect no$2$
020:418,05[A  ]| more evil. I am going out of the world."
020:418,06[B  ]| "Out of the world?"
020:418,07[A  ]| "I am going into a convent."
020:418,08[B  ]| "Into a convent!" 
020:418,08['  ]| He repeated the words with the
020:418,09['  ]| deepest dismay; 
020:418,09@b   | it was as if she had said she was going
020:418,10@b   | into an hospital for$4$ incurables. 
020:418,10[B  ]| "Into a convent
020:418,11[B  ]| ~~ \you\!"
020:418,12[A  ]| "I told you that$3$ it was not for$4$ my wordly advantage
020:418,13[A  ]| or pleasure I was leaving you."
020:418,14['  ]| But still he hardly understood. 
020:418,14[B  ]| "You are going to$9$
020:418,15[B  ]| be a nun," 
020:418,15['  ]| he went on$5$; 
020:418,15[B  ]| "in$4$ a cell ~~ for$4$ life ~~ with
020:418,16[B  ]| a gown and a black veil?"
020:418,17[A  ]| "A nun ~~ a blest Carmelite nun," 
020:418,17['  ]| said Madame*de*Cintre=.
020:418,18[A  ]| "For$4$ life, with God's leave and mercy."
020:418,19['  ]| The image rose there, at her words, 
020:418,19@b   | too dark and
020:418,20@b   | horrible for$4$ belief, 
020:418,20['  ]| and affected him as if she had told
020:418,21['  ]| him she was going to$9$ mutilate her beautiful face or
020:418,22['  ]| drink some potion that$6#1$ would make her mad. He
020:418,23['  ]| clasped his hands and began to$9$ tremble visibly.
020:418,24[B  ]| "Madame*de*Cintre=, do not, do not, I beseech you!
020:418,25[B  ]| On$4$ my knees, if you like$1$, I will$1$ beseech you."
020:418,26['  ]| She laid her hand on$4$ his arm with a tender, pitying,
020:418,27['  ]| almost reassuring gesture. 
020:418,27[A  ]| "You do not understand,
020:418,28[A  ]| you have wrong ideas. It is nothing horrible.
020:418,29[A  ]| It is only peace and safety. It is to$9$ be out of the
020:418,30[A  ]| world, where such troubles as this come to$4$ the innocent,
020:418,31[A  ]| to$4$ the best. And for$4$ life ~~ that$6#2$ is the blessing
020:418,32[A  ]| of it! They can not begin again."
020:419,01['  ]| He dropped into a chair and sat looking at her with 
020:419,02['  ]| a long inarticulate wail. 
020:419,02@b   | That$3$ this superb woman, in$4$
020:419,03@b   | whom he had seen all human grace, the rarest personal
020:419,04@b   | resource, should turn from him and all the
020:419,05@b   | brightness he offered her ~~ him and his future and
020:419,06@b   | his fortune and his fidelity ~~ to$9$ muffle herself in$4$
020:419,07@b   | ascetic rags and entomb herself in$4$ a cell, was a confounding
020:419,08@b   | combination of the merciless and the impossible. 
020:419,09['  ]| As the vision spread before him 
020:419,09@b   | the impossibility 
020:419,10@b   | turned to$4$ the monstrous; it was a reduction to$4$
020:419,11@b   | the absurd of the trial to$4$ which$6#1$ he was subjected.
020:419,12[B  ]| "You ~~ you a nun; you with your beauty defaced
020:419,13[B  ]| and your nature wasted ~~ you behind locks and
020:419,14[B  ]| bars! Never, never if I can prevent it!" 
020:419,14['  ]| And he
020:419,15['  ]| sprang to$4$ his feet in$4$ loud derision.
020:419,16[A  ]| "You can not prevent it," 
020:419,16['  ]| she returned, 
020:419,16[A  ]| "and it ought
020:419,17[A  ]| ~~ a little ~~ to$9$ satisfy you. Do you suppose I will$1$ go
020:419,18[A  ]| on$4$ living in$4$ the world, still beside you, and yet not
020:419,19[A  ]| \with\ you? It is all arranged. Good-bye, good-bye."
020:419,20['  ]| This time he took her hand, took it in$4$ both his
020:419,21['  ]| own. 
020:419,21[B  ]| "For*ever?" 
020:419,21['  ]| he said. Her lips made an inaudible
020:419,22['  ]| movement and his own sounded a deep imprecation.
020:419,23['  ]| She closed her eyes as if with the pain of hearing
020:419,24['  ]| it; then he drew her toward him and clasped her
020:419,25['  ]| to$4$ his breast. He kissed her white face again and
020:419,26['  ]| again, as to$9$ leave less of it for$4$ his loss; for$4$ an instant
020:419,27['  ]| she resisted and for$4$ a minute she submitted; then,
020:419,28['  ]| with a force that$6#1$ threw him back panting; she disengaged
020:419,29['  ]| herself and hurried away over the long shining 
020:419,30['  ]| floor. The next moment the door closed behind 
020:419,31['  ]| her, and after another he had made his way out as he
020:419,32['  ]| could.
021:420,01['  ]| There is a pretty public walk at Poitiers, laid out
021:420,02['  ]| upon$4$ the crest of the high hill around which$6#1$ the little
021:420,03['  ]| city clusters, planted with thick trees and looking
021:420,04['  ]| down on$4$ the fertile fields in$4$ which$6#1$ the old English
021:420,05['  ]| princes fought for$4$ their right and held it. Newman
021:420,06['  ]| paced up$4$ and down this retreat for$4$ the greater part of
021:420,07['  ]| the next day, letting his eyes wander over the historic
021:420,08['  ]| prospect; but he would have been sadly at a loss to$9$  
021:420,09['  ]| tell you afterwards if the latter was made up$5$ of coalfields
021:420,10['  ]| or of vineyards. He was wholly possessed by$4$
021:420,11['  ]| his pang, of which$6#1$ reflection by$4$ no$2$ means diminished
021:420,12['  ]| the ache. He feared 
021:420,12@b   | the creature he had thus learned
021:420,13@b   | to$9$ adore was irretrievably lost; and yet in$4$ what case
021:420,14@b   | of straight violation of his right of property had he
021:420,15@b   | ever merely sat down and groaned? In$4$ what case
021:420,16@b   | had he not made some attempt at recovery? 
021:420,16['  ]| Wholly
021:420,17['  ]| unused to$4$ giving up$5$ in$4$ difficulties, he found it 
021:420,17@b   | impossible
021:420,18@b   | to$9$ turn his back upon$4$ Fleurie`res and its
021:420,19@b   | inhabitants; 
021:420,19['  ]| it seemed to$4$ him 
021:420,19@b   | some germ of hope or
021:420,20@b   | reparation must lurk there somewhere if he could only
021:420,21@b   | stretch his arm out far enough to$9$ pluck it. It was as 
021:420,22@b   | if he had his hand on$4$ a door-knob and were closing his
021:420,23@b   | clenched fist on$4$ it: he had thumped, he had called, he
021:420,24@b   | had pressed the door with his powerful knee and
021:420,25@b   | shaken it with all his strength, and dead, damning
021:420,26@b   | silence had answered him. 
021:420,26['  ]| And yet something held
021:420,27['  ]| him there ~~ something hardened the grasp of his
021:421,01['  ]| fingers. His satisfaction had been too intense, his
021:421,02['  ]| whole plan too deliberate and mature, his prospect of
021:421,03['  ]| happiness too rich and comprehensive, for$4$ this fine
021:421,04['  ]| moral fabric to$9$ crumble at a stroke. The very
021:421,05['  ]| foundation seemed fatally injured and yet he felt
021:421,06['  ]| a stubborn desire still to$9$ try to$9$ save the edifice. He
021:421,07['  ]| was filled with a sorer sense of wrong than he had
021:421,08['  ]| ever known, or than he had supposed it possible he
021:421,09['  ]| should know. To$9$ accept his injury and walk away
021:421,10['  ]| without looking behind him was a stretch of accommodation
021:421,11['  ]| of which$6#1$ he found himself incapable. He 
021:421,12['  ]| looked behind him intently and continually, and what
021:421,13['  ]| he saw there did not assuage his resentment. He saw
021:421,14['  ]| himself 
021:421,14@b   | trustful, generous, liberal, patient, easy, pocketing
021:421,15@b   | frequent irritation and furnishing unlimited
021:421,16@b   | modesty. To$9$ have eaten humble pie, to$9$ have been
021:421,17@b   | snubbed and patronised and satirised, and have
021:421,18@b   | consented to$9$ take it as one of the conditions of the
021:421,19@b   | bargain ~~ to$9$ have done this, and done it all for$4$
021:421,20@b   | nothing, surely gave one a right to$9$ protest.
021:421,21@b   | And to$9$ be turned off because one was a commercial
021:421,22@b   | person! As if he had ever talked and dreamt of the
021:421,23@b   | commercial since his connexion with the Bellegardes
021:421,24@b   | began ~~ as if he had made the least circumstance of
021:421,25@b   | the commercial ~~ as if he would not have consented
021:421,26@b   | to$9$ confound the commercial fifty times a day if it
021:421,27@b   | might have increased by$4$ a hair's breadth the chance
021:421,28@b   | of his not suffering this so$5#1$ much more than commercial
021:421,29@b   | treachery! Granted one's being commercial was
021:421,30@b   | fair ground for$4$ one's being cleverly "sold," how little
021:421,31@b   | they knew about the class so$5#2$ designated and its enterprising
021:421,32@b   | way of not standing on$4$ trifles! 
021:421,32['  ]| It was in$4$ the
021:422,01['  ]| light of his injury that$3$ the weight of his past endurance
021:422,02['  ]| seemed so$5#1$ heavy; his current irritation had not
021:422,03['  ]| been so$5#1$ great, merged as it was in$4$ his vision of the
021:422,04['  ]| cloudless blue that$6#1$ overarched his more intimate relation.
021:422,05['  ]| But now his sense of outrage was deep, rancorous
021:422,06['  ]| and ever-present; he felt himself as swindled as
021:422,07['  ]| he had been confiding. As for$4$ his friend's spiritual
021:422,08['  ]| position, it moved him but to$4$ dismal mystification; it
021:422,09['  ]| struck him with a kind of awe, and the fact that$3$ he
021:422,10['  ]| was powerless to$9$ understand it or feel the reality of its
021:422,11['  ]| motives only made it a deadlier oppression. He had
021:422,12['  ]| never let the fact of her religious faith trouble him;
021:422,13['  ]| Catholicism was only a name to$4$ him, and to$9$ express
021:422,14['  ]| a mistrust of her forms of worship would have implied
021:422,15['  ]| that$3$ he had other and finer ones to$9$ offer: which$6#1$ was
021:422,16['  ]| as little possible as might be. 
021:422,16@b   | If such flawless white
021:422,17@b   | flowers as that$6#2$ could bloom in$4$ Catholic soil they but
021:422,18@b   | attested its richness. But it was one thing to$9$ be
021:422,19@b   | a Catholic and another to$9$ turn nun ~~ on$4$ your hands!
021:422,20['  ]| There was something lugubriously comical in$4$ the way
021:422,21['  ]| Newman's thoroughly contemporaneous optimism
021:422,22['  ]| was confronted with this dusky old-world expedient.
021:422,23@b   | To$9$ see a woman made for$4$ him and for$4$ motherhood to$4$
021:422,24@b   | his children juggled away in$4$ this tragic travesty ~~ it
021:422,25@b   | was a thing to$9$ rub one's eyes over, a nightmare, an
021:422,26@b   | extravagance, a hoax. 
021:422,26['  ]| But the hours passed without
021:422,27['  ]| disproving anything, passed leaving him only the
021:422,28['  ]| aftertaste of the vehemence with which$6#1$ he had held
021:422,29['  ]| her to$4$ his heart. He remembered her words and her
021:422,30['  ]| looks ~~ he lived through again the sense of her short
021:422,31['  ]| submission; he turned them over and tried to$9$ make
021:422,32['  ]| them square with the saving of something from his
021:423,01['  ]| wreck. 
021:423,01@b   | How had she meant that$3$ the force driving
021:423,02@b   | her was, as a thing apart from the conventual question,
021:423,03@b   | a "religion"? It was the religion simply of the
021:423,04@b   | family laws, the religion of which$6#1$ her implacable
021:423,05@b   | mother was priestess. Twist the thing about as her
021:423,06@b   | generosity would, the one certain fact was that$3$ they
021:423,07@b   | had been able to$9$ determine her act. Her generosity 
021:423,08@b   | had tried to$9$ screen them, 
021:423,08['  ]| but Newman's heart rose
021:423,09['  ]| into his throat at the thought that$3$ they should go
021:423,10['  ]| scot-free.
021:423,11['  ]| The twenty-four hours spent themselves, and the
021:423,12['  ]| next morning he sprang to$4$ his feet with the resolution
021:423,13['  ]| to$9$ return to$4$ Fleurie`res and demand another interview
021:423,14['  ]| with Madame*de*Bellegarde and her son. He lost no$2$
021:423,15['  ]| time in$4$ putting it into practice. As he rolled swiftly
021:423,16['  ]| over the excellent road in$4$ the little 9cale`che furnished
021:423,17['  ]| him at the inn at Poitiers, he drew forth, as it were,
021:423,18['  ]| from the very safe place in$4$ his mind to$4$ which$6#1$ he had
021:423,19['  ]| consigned it, the last information given him by$4$ poor
021:423,20['  ]| Valentin. 
021:423,20@b   | Valentin had told him he could do something
021:423,21@b   | with it, and Newman thought it would be well
021:423,22@b   | to$9$ have it at hand. 
021:423,22['  ]| This was of course not the first
021:423,23['  ]| time, lately, that$3$ he had given it his attention. 
021:423,23@b   | It was
021:423,24@b   | information in$4$ the rough ~~ it was formless and obscure;
021:423,25['  ]| but he was neither helpless nor afraid. 
021:423,25@b   | Valentin
021:423,26@b   | had clearly meant to$9$ put him in$4$ possession of
021:423,27@b   | a weapon he could use, though he could not be said
021:423,28@b   | to$9$ have placed the handle very securely in$4$ his grasp.
021:423,29@b   | But if he had told him nothing definite he had at
021:423,30@b   | least given him a clue ~~ a clue of which$6#1$ the decidedly
021:423,31@b   | remarkable Mrs%*Bread held the other end.
021:423,32['  ]| Mrs%*Bread had always looked to$4$ Newman as if she
021:424,01['  ]| held clues; and 
021:424,01@b   | as he apparently enjoyed her esteem
021:424,02@b   | he suspected she might be induced to$9$ share with him
021:424,03@b   | her knowledge. So$5#1$ long as there was only Mrs%*Bread
021:424,04@b   | to$9$ deal with he felt easy. 
021:424,04['  ]| As to$4$ what there was
021:424,05['  ]| to$9$ find out, he had only one fear ~~ 
021:424,05@b   | that$3$ it might not
021:424,06@b   | be bad enough. 
021:424,06['  ]| Then, when the image of the Marquise
021:424,07['  ]| and her son rose before him again, standing
021:424,08['  ]| side by$4$ side, the old woman's hand in$4$ Urbain's arm
021:424,09['  ]| and the same cold guarded glare in$4$ the eyes of each,
021:424,10['  ]| he cried out to$4$ himself that$3$ 
021:424,10@b   | the fear was groundless.
021:424,11@b   | There was crime in$4$ the air at the very least! 
021:424,11['  ]| He
021:424,12['  ]| arrived at Fleurie`res almost in$4$ a state of elation; he
021:424,13['  ]| had satisfied himself, logically, that$3$ 
021:424,13@b   | in$4$ the presence
021:424,14@b   | of his threat of penetration they would, 
021:424,14['  ]| as he mentally
021:424,15['  ]| phrased it, 
021:424,15@b   | rattle down like$4$ loosened buckets.
021:424,16['  ]| He remembered indeed that$3$ 
021:424,16@b   | he must first catch his
021:424,17@b   | hare ~~ first ascertain what there was to$9$ penetrate;
021:424,18@b   | but after that$6#2$ why should not his happiness be as
021:424,19@b   | good as new? Mother and son, dropping in$4$ terror
021:424,20@b   | the tender victim they had mauled, would take to$4$
021:424,21@b   | hiding, and Madame*de*Cintre=, left to$4$ herself, would
021:424,22@b   | surely come back to$4$ him. Give her a chance and she
021:424,23@b   | would rise to$4$ the surface and return to$4$ the light.
021:424,24@b   | How could she fail to$9$ perceive that$3$ his house would
021:424,25@b   | have all the security of a convent and none of the
021:424,26@b   | dampness?
021:424,27['  ]| Newman, as he had done before, left his conveyance
021:424,28['  ]| at the inn and walked the short remaining distance
021:424,29['  ]| to$4$ the cha^teau. When he reached the gate,
021:424,30['  ]| however, a singular feeling took possession of him ~
021:424,31['  ]| a feeling which$6#1$, strange as it may seem, had its
021:424,32['  ]| source in$4$ his unfathonable good-nature. He stood
021:425,01['  ]| there a while, looking through the bars at the large
021:425,02['  ]| time-stained face beyond and wondering 
021:425,02@b   | to$4$ what
021:425,03@b   | special misdeed it was that$6#1$ the dark old dwelling
021:425,04@b   | with the flowery name had given convenient occasion.
021:425,05@b   | It had given occasion, first and last, to$4$ tyrannies
021:425,06@b   | and sufferings enough, 
021:425,06['  ]| Newman said to$4$ himself;
021:425,07@b   | it was an evil-looking place to$9$ live in$4$. 
021:425,07['  ]| Then suddenly
021:425,08['  ]| came the reflexion: 
021:425,08@b   | what a horrible rubbish-heap
021:425,09@b   | of iniquity to$9$ fumble through! 
021:425,09['  ]| The attitude of
021:425,10['  ]| inquisitor turned its ignoble face, and with the
021:425,11['  ]| same movement he declared that$3$ 
021:425,11@b   | the Bellegardes
021:425,12@b   | should have another chance. He would appeal once
021:425,13@b   | more directly to$4$ their sense of fairness and not
021:425,14@b   | to$4$ their fear; and if they should be accessible
021:425,15@b   | to$4$ reason he need know nothing worse about
021:425,16@b   | them than what he already knew. That$6#2$ was bad
021:425,17@b   | enough.
021:425,18['  ]| The gate-keeper let him in$5$ through the same
021:425,19['  ]| "mean" crevice of aperture ~~ for$3$ so$5#2$ he qualified it
021:425,20['  ]| ~~ as before, and he passed through the court and
021:425,21['  ]| over the rustic bridge of the moat. The door was
021:425,22['  ]| opened before he had reached it, and, as if to$9$ put his
021:425,23['  ]| clemency to$4$ rout with the suggestion of a richer
021:425,24['  ]| opportunity, Mrs%*Bread stood there awaiting him.
021:425,25['  ]| Her face, as usual, looked hopelessly blank, like$4$ the
021:425,26['  ]| tide-smoothed sea-sand, and her black garments hung
021:425,27['  ]| as heavy as if soaked in$4$ salt tears. Newman had
021:425,28['  ]| already learned how interesting she could make the
021:425,29['  ]| expression of nothing at all, and he scarce knew
021:425,30['  ]| whether she now struck him as almost dumb or as
021:425,31['  ]| almost effusive. 
021:425,31[J  ]| "I thought you would try again,
021:425,32[J  ]| sir. I was looking out for$4$ you."
021:426,01[B  ]| "I am glad to$9$ see you," 
021:426,01['  ]| he answered; 
021:426,01[B  ]| "I think
021:426,02[B  ]| you are my friend."
021:426,03['  ]| Mrs%*Bread looked at him opaquely. 
021:426,03[J  ]| "I wish you
021:426,04[J  ]| well, sir; but it is vain wishing now."
021:426,05[B  ]| "You know then how they have treated me?"
021:426,06[J  ]| "Oh, sir," 
021:426,06['  ]| she dryly returned, 
021:426,06[J  ]| "I know everything."
021:426,07[J  ]|
021:426,08['  ]| He frankly enough wondered. 
021:426,08[B  ]| "Everything?"
021:426,09['  ]| Her eyes just visibly lighted. 
021:426,09[J  ]| "I know at least too
021:426,10[J  ]| much."
021:426,11[B  ]| "One can never know too much. I congratulate
021:426,12[B  ]| you on$4$ every scrap of it. I have come to$9$ see Madame*de*Bellegarde
021:426,13[B  ]| and her son," 
021:426,13['  ]| Newman added. 
021:426,13[B  ]| "Are
021:426,14[B  ]| they at home? If they are not I will$1$ wait."
021:426,15[J  ]| "My lady is always at home," 
021:426,15['  ]| Mrs%*Bread replied,
021:426,16[J  ]| "and the Marquis is mostly with her."
021:426,17[B  ]| "Please then tell them ~~ one or the other, or
021:426,18[B  ]| both ~~ that$3$ I am here and that$3$ I should like$1$ to$9$ see
021:426,19[B  ]| them."
021:426,20['  ]| Mrs%*Bread hesitated. 
021:426,20[J  ]| "May I take a great liberty,
021:426,21[J  ]| sir?"
021:426,22[B  ]| "You have never taken a liberty but you have justified
021:426,23[B  ]| it," 
021:426,23['  ]| said Newman with diplomatic urbanity.
021:426,24['  ]| She dropped her wrinkled eyelids as if she were
021:426,25['  ]| curtseying; but the curtsey stopped there: the occasion
021:426,26['  ]| was too grave. 
021:426,26[J  ]| "You have come to$9$ plead with
021:426,27[J  ]| them again, sir? Perhaps you do not know this ~
021:426,28[J  ]| that$3$ the poor Countess returned this morning to$4$
021:426,29[J  ]| Paris."
021:426,30[B  ]| "Ah, she is gone!" 
021:426,30['  ]| And Newman, groaning, smote
021:426,31['  ]| the pavement with his stick.
021:426,32[J  ]| "She is gone straight to$4$ the convent ~~ the Carmelites,
021:427,01[J  ]| you know, is the miserable name. I see you do
021:427,02[J  ]| know, sir. My lady and the Marquis take it very ill.
021:427,03[J  ]| It was only last night she told them."
021:427,04[B  ]| "Ah, she had kept it back then?" 
021:427,04['  ]| he cried. 
021:427,04[B  ]| "Well,
021:427,05[B  ]| that$6#2$ is all right. And they are highly worked up$5$?"
021:427,06[J  ]| "They are certainly not pleased. But they may well
021:427,07[J  ]| dislike it. They tell me it is most dreadful, sir; of all
021:427,08[J  ]| the nuns in$4$ Christendom the Carmelites are the worst.
021:427,09[J  ]| They are so$5#1$ unnatural that$3$ you may say they are really
021:427,10[J  ]| not human; they make you give up$5$ everything in$4$
021:427,11[J  ]| the world you have ~~ for*ever and for*ever. And to$9$
021:427,12[J  ]| think of \her\ in$4$ that$6#2$ destitution! If I was one who$6#1$ sat
021:427,13[J  ]| down and cried, sir, I could give way at this moment."
021:427,14['  ]| Newman looked at her an instant. 
021:427,14[B  ]| "We must not
021:427,15[B  ]| cry, Mrs%*Bread, and still less must we sit down.
021:427,16[B  ]| We must stand right up$5$ and act. Please let them
021:427,17[B  ]| know." 
021:427,17['  ]| And he took a forward step.
021:427,18['  ]| But she gently checked him. 
021:427,18[J  ]| "May I take another
021:427,19[J  ]| liberty? I am told you were with poor Count*Valentin,
021:427,20[J  ]| heaven forgive him, in$4$ his last hours, and I should
021:427,21[J  ]| bless you, sir, if you could tell me a word about him.
021:427,22[J  ]| He was my own dear boy, sir; for$4$ the first year of his
021:427,23[J  ]| life he was hardly out of my arms; I taught him the
021:427,24[J  ]| first words he spoke ~~ and he spoke so$5#1$ beautifully,
021:427,25[J  ]| did not he, sir? He always spoke well to$4$ his poor old
021:427,26[J  ]| Bread. When he grew up$5$ and took his pleasure he
021:427,27[J  ]| always had a kind word for$4$ me. And to$9$ die in$4$ that$6#2$
021:427,28[J  ]| wild wrong way! They have a story that$3$ he fought with
021:427,29[J  ]| a wine-merchant. I can not believe \that$6#2$\ of him, sir!
021:427,30[J  ]| And was he in$4$ great pain?"
021:427,31[B  ]| "You are a wise, kind old woman, Mrs%*Bread,"
021:427,32['  ]| said Newman. 
021:427,32[B  ]| "I hoped I might see you with my
021:428,01[B  ]| own children in$4$ your arms. Perhaps I shall yet."
021:428,02['  ]| And he put out his hand. She looked for$4$ a moment
021:428,03['  ]| at his open palm, and then, as if fascinated by$4$ the
021:428,04['  ]| novelty of the gesture, extended her own ladylike
021:428,05['  ]| member. Newman held it firmly and deliberately,
021:428,06['  ]| fixing his eyes on$4$ her. 
021:428,06[B  ]| "You want to$9$ know all about
021:428,07[B  ]| the Count?"
021:428,08[J  ]| "It would be a terrible pleasure, sir."
021:428,09[B  ]| "I can tell you everything. Can you sometimes
021:428,10[B  ]| leave this place?"
021:428,11[J  ]| "The cha^teau, sir? I really do not know. I have
021:428,12[J  ]| never tried."
021:428,13[B  ]| "Try then; try hard. Try this evening at dusk.
021:428,14[B  ]| Come to$4$ me in$4$ the old ruin there on$4$ the hill, in$4$ the
021:428,15[B  ]| court before the church. I will$1$ wait for$4$ you on$4$ that$6#2$
021:428,16[B  ]| spot; I have something very important to$9$ tell you.
021:428,17[B  ]| A grand old woman like$4$ you can do as she pleases."
021:428,18['  ]| She wondered with parted lips. 
021:428,18[J  ]| "Is it from the
021:428,19[J  ]| dear Count, sir?"
021:428,20[B  ]| "From the dear Count ~~ from his damnable
021:428,21[B  ]| deathbed."
021:428,22[J  ]| "I will$1$ come, then. I will$1$ be bold, for$4$ once, for$4$
021:428,23[J  ]| \him\."
021:428,24['  ]| She led Newman into the great drawing-room with
021:428,25['  ]| which$6#1$ he had already made acquaintance, and retired
021:428,26['  ]| to$9$ carry his message. He waited a long time; at last
021:428,27['  ]| he was on$4$ the point of ringing and repeating his request.
021:428,28['  ]| He was looking round him for$4$ a bell when the
021:428,29['  ]| Marquis came in$5$ with his mother on$4$ his arm. It will$1$
021:428,30['  ]| be seen he had a logical mind when I say that$3$ he
021:428,31['  ]| declared to$4$ himself, in$4$ perfect good faith, as a result
021:428,32['  ]| of Valentin's supreme communication, that$3$ 
021:428,32@b   | his adversaries
021:429,01@b   | looked grossly wicked and capable of the
021:429,02@b   | blackest evil. "There is no$2$ mistake about it now,"
021:429,03['  ]| he reflected as they advanced. 
021:429,03@b   | "They are a bad, bad
021:429,04@b   | lot; they have pulled off the varnished mask." 
021:429,04@b   | Madame*de*Bellegarde
021:429,05@b   | and her son certainly bore in$4$ their faces
021:429,06@b   | the signs of extreme perturbation; they were plainly
021:429,07@b   | people who$6#1$ had passed a sleepless night. Confronted, 
021:429,08@b   | moreover, with an annoyance which$6#1$ they hoped they
021:429,09@b   | had disposed of, it was not natural they should meet
021:429,10@b   | their visitor with conciliatory looks. 
021:429,10['  ]| He stood before
021:429,11['  ]| them, and of the coldest glare they could command
021:429,12['  ]| he had the full benefit. He felt as if the door of
021:429,13['  ]| a sepulchre had suddenly been opened and the damp
021:429,14['  ]| darkness were exhaled.
021:429,15[B  ]| "You see I have come back," 
021:429,15['  ]| he said, however, with
021:429,16['  ]| a tentative freshness. 
021:429,16[B  ]| "I have come to$9$ try again."
021:429,17[D  ]| "It would be ridiculous," 
021:429,17['  ]| the Marquis returned,
021:429,18[D  ]| "to$9$ pretend that$3$ we are glad to$9$ see you or that$3$ we
021:429,19[D  ]| do not question the taste of your visit."
021:429,20[B  ]| "Oh, do not talk about taste!" 
021:429,20['  ]| ~~ and Newman permitted
021:429,21['  ]| himself perhaps the harshest laugh into which$6#1$
021:429,22['  ]| he had ever broken; 
021:429,22[B  ]| "that$6#2$ would bring us round to$4$
021:429,23[B  ]| yours! If I consulted my taste I certainly would not
021:429,24[B  ]| come to$9$ see you. Besides, I will$1$ make as short work
021:429,25[B  ]| as you please. Give me a guarantee that$3$ you will$1$ raise
021:429,26[B  ]| the blockade ~~ that$3$ you will$1$ set Madame*de*Cintre= at
021:429,27[B  ]| liberty ~~ and I will$1$ retire on$4$ the spot."
021:429,28[C  ]| "We hesitated as to$4$ whether we would see you,"
021:429,29['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde; 
021:429,29[C  ]| "and we were on$4$ the
021:429,30[C  ]| point of declining the honour. But it seemed to$4$ me
021:429,31[C  ]| we should act with civility, as we have always done,
021:429,32[C  ]| and I wished to$9$ have the satisfaction of informing you
021:430,01[C  ]| that$3$ there are certain weaknesses people of our way of
021:430,02[C  ]| feeling can be guilty of but once."
021:430,03[B  ]| "You may be weak but once, but you will$1$ be audacious
021:430,04[B  ]| many times, madam," 
021:430,04['  ]| Newman rang out. 
021:430,04[B  ]| "I
021:430,05[B  ]| did not come, however, for$4$ conversational purposes.
021:430,06[B  ]| I came to$9$ say this simply: that$3$ if you will$1$ write immediately
021:430,07[B  ]| to$4$ your daughter that$3$ you withdraw your
021:430,08[B  ]| opposition to$4$ our marriage I will$1$ take care of the rest.
021:430,09[B  ]| You do not want to$9$ make of her a cloistered nun ~
021:430,10[B  ]| you know more about the horrors of it than I do.
021:430,11[B  ]| Marrying a commercial person is better than being
021:430,12[B  ]| buried alive. Give me a letter to$4$ her, signed and
021:430,13[B  ]| sealed, saying you give way and that$3$ she may take
021:430,14[B  ]| me with your blessing, and I will$1$ take it to$4$ her at her
021:430,15[B  ]| place of retreat and bring that$6#2$ retreat to$4$ an instant
021:430,16[B  ]| end. There is your chance ~~ and I call them easy
021:430,17[B  ]| terms."
021:430,18[D  ]| "We look at the matter otherwise, you know. We
021:430,19[D  ]| call any terms that$6#1$ you can propose impossible,"
021:430,20['  ]| Urbain declared. They had all remained standing
021:430,21['  ]| stiffly in$4$ the middle of the room. 
021:430,21[D  ]| "I think my mother
021:430,22[D  ]| will$1$ tell you that$3$ she would rather her daughter should
021:430,23[D  ]| become 9Soeur*Catherine than Mrs%*Christopher*Newman."
021:430,24[D  ]|
021:430,25['  ]| But the old lady, with the serenity of supreme
021:430,26['  ]| power, let her son make her epigrams for$4$ her. She
021:430,27['  ]| only smiled, almost sweetly, shaking her head and
021:430,28['  ]| repeating: 
021:430,28[C  ]| "But once, Mr%*Newman; but once!"
021:430,29['  ]| Nothing he had ever seen or heard gave him such
021:430,30['  ]| a sense of polished marble hardness as this movement
021:430,31['  ]| and the tone that$6#1$ accompanied it. 
021:430,31[B  ]| "Is there
021:430,32[B  ]| anything that$6#1$ would weigh with you?" 
021:430,32['  ]| he asked.
021:431,01[B  ]| "Is there anything that$6#1$ would, as we say, squeeze
021:431,02[B  ]| you?" 
021:431,02['  ]| he continued.
021:431,03[D  ]| "This language, sir," 
021:431,03['  ]| said the Marquis, 
021:431,03[D  ]| "addressed
021:431,04[D  ]| to$4$ people in$4$ bereavement and grief, is beyond
021:431,05[D  ]| all qualification."
021:431,06[B  ]| "In$4$ most cases," 
021:431,06['  ]| Newman answered, 
021:431,06[B  ]| "your objection
021:431,07[B  ]| would have some force, even admitting that$3$
021:431,08[B  ]| Madame*de*Cintre='s present intentions make time
021:431,09[B  ]| precious. But I have thought of what you speak of,
021:431,10[B  ]| and I have come here to-day without superfluous
021:431,11[B  ]| scruples simply because I regard your brother and
021:431,12[B  ]| you as very different parties. I see no$2$ connexion
021:431,13[B  ]| between you. Your brother was mortally ashamed
021:431,14[B  ]| of you both. Lying there wounded and dying, lying
021:431,15[B  ]| there confounded and disgusted, he formally apologised
021:431,16[B  ]| to$4$ me for$4$ your conduct. He apologised to$4$ me
021:431,17[B  ]| for$4$ that$6#2$ of his mother."
021:431,18['  ]| For$4$ a moment the effect of these words was as if
021:431,19['  ]| he had struck a physical blow. A quick flush leaped
021:431,20['  ]| into the charged faces before him ~~ it was like$4$ a jolt
021:431,21['  ]| of full glasses, making them spill their wine. Urbain
021:431,22['  ]| uttered two words which$6#1$ Newman but half heard,
021:431,23['  ]| but of which$6#1$ the aftersense came to$4$ him in$4$ the reverberation
021:431,24['  ]| of the sound. 
021:431,24[D  ]| "\9Le 9mise=rable\!"
021:431,25[C  ]| "You show little respect for$4$ the afflicted living,"
021:431,26['  ]| said Madame*de*Bellegarde, 
021:431,26[C  ]| "but you might at least
021:431,27[C  ]| respect the helpless dead. Do not profane ~~ do not
021:431,28[C  ]| touch with your unholy hands ~~ the memory of my
021:431,29[C  ]| innocent son."
021:431,30[B  ]| "I speak the simple sacred truth," 
021:431,30['  ]| Newman now
021:431,31['  ]| imperturbably proceeded, 
021:431,31[B  ]| "and, speaking it for$4$ a 
021:431,32[B  ]| purpose, I desire you shall have no$2$ genuine doubt of
021:432,01[B  ]| it. You made Valentin's last hour an hour of anguish,
021:432,02[B  ]| and my friend's generous spirit repudiates your
021:432,03[B  ]| abominable act."
021:432,04['  ]| Urbain*de*Bellegarde had, from whatever emotion,
021:432,05['  ]| turned so$5#1$ pale that$3$ it might have been at the evoked
021:432,06['  ]| spectre of his brother; but not for$4$ an appreciable
021:432,07['  ]| instant did his mother lower her crest. 
021:432,07[C  ]| "You have
021:432,08[C  ]| \9beau 9jeu\, as we say, before the silence of the grave,
021:432,09[C  ]| for$4$ every calumny and every every insult. But I do not
021:432,10[C  ]| know," 
021:432,10['  ]| she admirably wound up$5$, 
021:432,10[C  ]| "that$3$ it in$4$ the least
021:432,11[C  ]| matters."
021:432,12[B  ]| "Ah, I do not know that$3$ poor Valentin's apology
021:432,13[B  ]| particularly does either," 
021:432,13['  ]| Newman reflectively conceded.
021:432,14[B  ]| "I pitied him certainly more for$4$ having to$9$
021:432,15[B  ]| utter it than I felicitate myself even now for$4$ your
021:432,16[B  ]| having to$9$ hear it."
021:432,17['  ]| The Marquise wrapt herself for$4$ a minute in$4$ a high
021:432,18['  ]| aloofness so$5#1$ entire, so$5#2$ of her whole being, as he could
021:432,19['  ]| feel, that$3$ 
021:432,19@b   | she fairly appeared rather to$9$ contract than
021:432,20@b   | to$9$ expand with the intensity and dignity of it; 
021:432,20['  ]| and out
021:432,21['  ]| of the heart of this withdrawn extravagance her final
021:432,22['  ]| estimate of their case sounded clear. 
021:432,22[C  ]| "To$9$ have
021:432,23[C  ]| broken with you, sir, almost consoles me; and you
021:432,24[C  ]| can judge how much that$6#2$ says! Urbain, open the
021:432,25[C  ]| door." 
021:432,25['  ]| She turned away with an imperious motion
021:432,26['  ]| to$4$ her son and passed rapidly down the length of the
021:432,27['  ]| room. The Marquis went with her and held the
021:432,28['  ]| door open. Newman was left standing.
021:432,29['  ]| He lifted a finger as a sign to$4$ M%*de*Bellegarde, who$6#1$
021:432,30['  ]| closed the door behind his mother and stood waiting.
021:432,31['  ]| Newman slowly advanced, more silent, for$4$ the moment,
021:432,32['  ]| than life. The two men stood face to$4$ face.
021:433,01['  ]| Then our friend had a singular sensation; he felt
021:433,02['  ]| his sense of wrong almost brim over into gaiety.
021:433,03[B  ]| "Come," 
021:433,03['  ]| he said, 
021:433,03[B  ]| "you do not treat me well. At least
021:433,04[B  ]| admit that$6#2$."
021:433,05['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde looked at him from head to$4$ foot
021:433,06['  ]| and then spoke in$4$ the most delicate, best-bred voice.
021:433,07[D  ]| "I execrate you personally."
021:433,08[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is the way I feel to$4$ \you\, but for$4$ politeness'
021:433,09[B  ]| sake I do not say it. It is singular I should want so$5#1$
021:433,10[B  ]| much to$9$ be your brother-in-law, but I can not give it
021:433,11[B  ]| up$5$. Let me try once more." 
021:433,11['  ]| And Newman paused
021:433,12['  ]| a moment. 
021:433,12[B  ]| "You have something on$4$ your mind and
021:433,13[B  ]| on$4$ your conscience, your mother and you ~~ something
021:433,14[B  ]| in$4$ your life that$6#1$ you have kept as much as possible
021:433,15[B  ]| in$4$ the dark because it would not look well in$4$
021:433,16[B  ]| the light of day. You have a skeleton, as they say, in$4$
021:433,17[B  ]| your closet." 
021:433,17['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde continued to$9$ look at
021:433,18['  ]| him hard, but it was a question if his eyes betrayed
021:433,19['  ]| anything; the expression of his eyes was always so$5#1$
021:433,20['  ]| strange. Newman paused again and then went on$5$.
021:433,21[B  ]| "You have done, between you, somehow and at some
021:433,22[B  ]| time, something still more base ~~ wonderful as that$6#2$
021:433,23[B  ]| may seem ~~ than what you have done to$4$ me." 
021:433,23['  ]| At this
021:433,24['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde's eyes certainly did change; they
021:433,25['  ]| flickered like$4$ blown candles. Newman could feel
021:433,26['  ]| him turn cold; but his form was still quite perfect.
021:433,27[D  ]| "Continue," 
021:433,27['  ]| he encouragingly said.
021:433,28['  ]| Newman lifted a finger and made it waver a little
021:433,29['  ]| in$4$ the air. 
021:433,29[B  ]| "Need I continue? You know what
021:433,30[B  ]| I mean."
021:433,31[D  ]| "Pray, where did you obtain this interesting information?"
021:433,32['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde inordinately fluted.
021:434,01[B  ]| "I shall be strictly accurate," 
021:434,01['  ]| said Newman. 
021:434,01[B  ]| "I
021:434,02[B  ]| will$1$ not pretend to$9$ know more than I do. At present
021:434,03[B  ]| that$6#2$ is all I know. You have done something regularly
021:434,04[B  ]| nefarious, something that$6#1$ would ruin you if it were
021:434,05[B  ]| known, something that$6#1$ would disgrace the name
021:434,06[B  ]| you are so$5#1$ proud of. I do not know what it is, but I have
021:434,07[B  ]| reason to$9$ believe I can find out ~~ though of course
021:434,08[B  ]| I had much rather not. Persist in$4$ your present
021:434,09[B  ]| course, however, and I \will$1$\ find out. Depart from that$6#2$
021:434,10[B  ]| course, let your sister go in$4$ peace, and then
021:434,11[B  ]| fancy how I will$1$ leave you alone. It is a bargain?"
021:434,12['  ]| Urbain's face looked to$4$ him now like$4$ a mirror,
021:434,13['  ]| very smooth fine glass, breathed upon$5$ and blurred;
021:434,14['  ]| but what he would have liked still better to$9$ see was
021:434,15['  ]| a spreading, disfiguring crack. There was something
021:434,16['  ]| of that$6#2$, to$9$ be sure, in$4$ the grimace with which$6#1$ the
021:434,17['  ]| Marquis brought out: 
021:434,17[D  ]| "My brother regaled you with
021:434,18[D  ]| this infamy?"
021:434,19['  ]| Newman scantly hesitated. 
021:434,19[B  ]| "Yes ~~ it was a treat!"
021:434,20['  ]| The grimace, if anything, deepened. 
021:434,20[D  ]| "He raved
021:434,21[D  ]| at the last then so$5#1$ horribly?"
021:434,22[B  ]| "He raved if I find nothing out. If I find ~~ what
021:434,23[B  ]| you know I \may\ find ~~ he was beautifully inspired."
021:434,24['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde's shoulders declined even a shrug.
021:434,25[D  ]| "Eh, sir, find what you ""damn please""!"
021:434,26[B  ]| "What I say has no$2$ weight with you?" 
021:434,26['  ]| Newman
021:434,27['  ]| was thus reduced to$4$ asking.
021:434,28[D  ]| "That$6#2$ is for$4$ you to$9$ judge."
021:434,29[B  ]| "No$7$, it is for$4$ \you\ to$9$ judge ~~ at your leisure.
021:434,30[B  ]| Think it over; feel yourself all round; I will$1$ give you
021:434,31[B  ]| an hour or two. I can not give you more, for$3$ how do
021:434,32[B  ]| we know how tight they may not be locking your
021:435,01[B  ]| sister up$5$? Talk it over with your mother; let her
021:435,02[B  ]| judge what weight \she\ attaches. She is constitutionally
021:435,03[B  ]| less accessible to$4$ pressure than you, I think; but
021:435,04[B  ]| \9enfin\, as you say, you will$1$ see. I will$1$ go and wait in$4$ the
021:435,05[B  ]| village, at the inn, where I beg you to$9$ let me know
021:435,06[B  ]| as soon as possible. Say by$4$ three o'clock. A simple
021:435,07[B  ]| Yes or no$0$ on$4$ paper will$1$ do. That$6#2$ will$1$ refer to$4$ your
021:435,08[B  ]| attaching or not attaching what we call weight; or
021:435,09[B  ]| better still, to$4$ your consenting or refusing to$4$ take
021:435,10[B  ]| your hands off Madame*de*Cintre=. Only you understand
021:435,11[B  ]| that$3$ if you do engage again I shall expect you
021:435,12[B  ]| this time to$9$ stick to$4$ your bargain." 
021:435,12['  ]| And with this
021:435,13['  ]| Newman opened the door to$9$ let himself out. The
021:435,14['  ]| Marquis made no$2$ motion, and his guest paused but
021:435,15['  ]| for$4$ a last emphasis. 
021:435,15[B  ]| "I can give you, let me add, no$2$
021:435,16[B  ]| \more\ than the time." 
021:435,16['  ]| Then Newman turned away
021:435,17['  ]| altogether and passed out of the house.
021:435,18['  ]| He felt greatly uplifted by$4$ what he had been
021:435,19['  ]| doing, as it was inevitable some emotion should proceed
021:435,20['  ]| for$4$ him from the evocation of the spectre
021:435,21['  ]| of dishonour for$4$ a family a thousand years old.
021:435,22['  ]| But he went back to$4$ the inn and contrived to$9$ wait
021:435,23['  ]| there, deliberately, for$4$ the next two hours. He
021:435,24['  ]| thought it 
021:435,24@b   | more than probable Urbain would give
021:435,25@b   | no$2$ sign; since an answer to$4$ his challenge, in$4$ either
021:435,26@b   | case, would be a recognition of his reference. What
021:435,27@b   | he most expected was silence ~~ in$4$ other words defiance.
021:435,28['  ]| He prayed, however, that$3$, as he imaged it,
021:435,29@b   | his shot might bring them down. 
021:435,29['  ]| It did bring, by$4$
021:435,30['  ]| three*o'clock, a note, delivered by$4$ a footman; a note
021:435,31['  ]| addressed in$4$ Urbain's handsome English hand.
021:435,32[D  ]| "I cannot deny myself the satisfaction of letting
021:436,01[D  ]| you know that$3$ I return to$4$ Paris to-morrow, with my
021:436,02[D  ]| mother, in$4$ order that$3$ we may see my sister and confirm
021:436,03[D  ]| her in$4$ the resolution which$6#1$ is the most effectual
021:436,04[D  ]| reply to$4$ a delirium extravagant even as a result of
021:436,05[D  ]| your injury. ~~ HENRI-URBAIN*DE*BELLEGARDE."
021:436,06['  ]| Newman put the letter into his pocket and continued
021:436,07['  ]| his walk up$4$ and down the inn parlour. He
021:436,08['  ]| had spent most of his time, for$4$ the past week, in$4$
021:436,09['  ]| walking up$5$ and down. He continued to$9$ measure the
021:436,10['  ]| length of the little \9salle\ of the Armes*de*France until
021:436,11['  ]| the day began to$9$ wane, when he went forth to$9$ keep
021:436,12['  ]| his rendezvous with Mrs%*Bread. The path leading
021:436,13['  ]| up$4$ the hill to$4$ the ruin was easy to$9$ find, and he in$4$
021:436,14['  ]| a short time had followed it to$4$ the top. He passed
021:436,15['  ]| beneath the rugged arch of the castle wall and looked
021:436,16['  ]| about him in$4$ the early dusk for$4$ an old woman in$4$
021:436,17['  ]| black. The castle yard was empty, but the door of
021:436,18['  ]| the church was open. He went into the little nave
021:436,19['  ]| and of course found a deeper dusk than without.
021:436,20['  ]| A couple of tapers, however, twinkled on$4$ the altar
021:436,21['  ]| and just helped him to$9$ distinguish a figure seated by$4$
021:436,22['  ]| one of the pillars. Closer inspection led him to$9$ recognise
021:436,23['  ]| Mrs%*Bread, in$4$ spite of the fact that$3$ she was
021:436,24['  ]| dressed with unwonted splendour. She wore a large
021:436,25['  ]| black silk bonnet with imposing bows of crape, while
021:436,26['  ]| an old black satin gown disposed itself in$4$ vaguely lustrous
021:436,27['  ]| folds about her person. She had invoked for$4$
021:436,28['  ]| the occasion the highest dignity of dress. She had
021:436,29['  ]| been sitting with her eyes fixed upon$4$ the ground, but
021:436,30['  ]| when he passed before her she looked up$5$ at him and
021:436,31['  ]| then rose.
021:436,32[B  ]| "Are you of this awful faith, Mrs%*Bread?"
021:437,01[J  ]| "No$7$, indeed, sir; I am a good Church*of*England
021:437,02[J  ]| woman ~~ very Low. But I thought I should be safer
021:437,03[J  ]| in$4$ here than outside. I was never out in$4$ the evening
021:437,04[J  ]| before, sir," 
021:437,04['  ]| she added.
021:437,05[B  ]| "We shall be safer," 
021:437,05['  ]| he returned, 
021:437,05[B  ]| "where no*one
021:437,06[B  ]| can hear us." 
021:437,06['  ]| And he led the way back into the
021:437,07['  ]| castle court and then followed a path beside the
021:437,08['  ]| church, 
021:437,08@b   | which$6#1$ 
021:437,08['  ]| he was sure 
021:437,08@b   | must lead into another
021:437,09@b   | part of the ruin. 
021:437,09['  ]| He was not deceived. It wandered
021:437,10['  ]| along the crest of the hill and terminated before
021:437,11['  ]| a fragment of wall pierced by$4$ a rough aperture which$6#1$
021:437,12['  ]| had once been a door. Through this aperture Newman
021:437,13['  ]| passed, to$9$ find himself in$4$ a nook peculiarly
021:437,14['  ]| favourable to$4$ quiet conversation, as probably many
021:437,15['  ]| an earnest couple, otherwise assorted than our friends,
021:437,16['  ]| had assured themselves. The hill sloped abruptly
021:437,17['  ]| away, and on$4$ the remnant of its crest were scattered
021:437,18['  ]| two or three fragments of stone. Beneath, over the
021:437,19['  ]| plain, lay the gathered twilight, through which$6#1$, in$4$
021:437,20['  ]| the near distance, gleamed two or three lights from
021:437,21['  ]| the Fleurie`res. Mrs%*Bread rustled slowly after her
021:437,22['  ]| guide, and Newman, satisfying himself that$3$ one of
021:437,23['  ]| the fallen stones was steady, proposed to$4$ her to$9$ sit
021:437,24['  ]| on$4$ it. She cautiously complied, and he placed himself
021:437,25['  ]| near her on$4$ another.
022:438,01[B  ]| "I am very much obliged to$4$ you for$4$ coming," 
022:438,01['  ]| he
022:438,02['  ]| began with observing. 
022:438,02[B  ]| "I hope it will$1$ not get you into
022:438,03[B  ]| trouble."
022:438,04[J  ]| "I do not think I shall be missed. My lady, in$4$
022:438,05[J  ]| these days, is not fond of having me about her."
022:438,06['  ]| This was said with a dry lucidity which$6#1$ added to$4$
022:438,07['  ]| his sense of having inspired his friend with confidence.
022:438,08['  ]|
022:438,09[B  ]| "From the first, you know," 
022:438,09['  ]| he rejoined, 
022:438,09[B  ]| "you took
022:438,10[B  ]| an interest in$4$ my prospects. You were on$4$ my side.
022:438,11[B  ]| That$6#2$ gratified me, I assure you. And now that$3$ you
022:438,12[B  ]| know what they have done to$4$ me I am sure you are with
022:438,13[B  ]| me all the more."
022:438,14[J  ]| "They have not done well ~~ I must say it. But you
022:438,15[J  ]| must not blame the poor Countess; they pressed her
022:438,16[J  ]| cruelly hard."
022:438,17[B  ]| "I would give a million of dollars," 
022:438,17['  ]| he remarked
022:438,18[B  ]| "to$9$ know the secret of such successful pressure as
022:438,19[B  ]| that$6#2$."
022:438,20['  ]| Mrs%*Bread sat with a dull, oblique gaze fixed on$4$
022:438,21['  ]| the Fleurie`res lights. 
022:438,21[J  ]| "They worked on$4$ her sentiments,
022:438,22[J  ]| as they call 'em here; they knew that$6#2$ was the
022:438,23[J  ]| way. She is a delicate creature. They made her feel
022:438,24[J  ]| wicked. She is only too good."
022:438,25[B  ]| "Ah, they made her feel wicked," 
022:438,25['  ]| said Newman,
022:438,26['  ]| slowly; and then he repeated it. 
022:438,26[B  ]| "They made her
022:438,27[B  ]| feel wicked ~~ they made her feel wicked." 
022:438,27['  ]| The
022:439,01['  ]| words represented to$4$ him for$4$ the moment, and quite
022:439,02['  ]| as to$4$ the point of high interest, 
022:439,02@b   | a wondrous triumph
022:439,03@b   | of infernal art.
022:439,04[J  ]| "It was because she was so$5#1$ good that$3$ she gave up$5$
022:439,05[J  ]| ~~ poor sweet lady!" 
022:439,05['  ]| added Mrs%*Bread.
022:439,06[B  ]| "But she was better to$4$ them than to$4$ me."
022:439,07[J  ]| "She was afraid," 
022:439,07['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread very confidently;
022:439,08[J  ]| "she has always been afraid, or at least for$4$ a long
022:439,09[J  ]| time. Her fear was there ~~ it was always like$4$ a pit
022:439,10[J  ]| that$6#1$ yawned for$4$ her. That$6#2$ was the real trouble, sir.
022:439,11[J  ]| She was just a fair peach, I may say, with but one
022:439,12[J  ]| little speck. She had one little sad spot. You pushed
022:439,13[J  ]| her into the sunshine, sir, and it almost disappeared.
022:439,14[J  ]| Then they pulled her back into the shade, and in$4$ a 
022:439,15[J  ]| moment it began to$9$ spread. Before we knew it she
022:439,16[J  ]| was gone. She was a delicate creature."
022:439,17['  ]| This singular attestation of Madame*de*Cintre='s
022:439,18['  ]| delicacy, for$4$ all its singularity, set Newman's wound
022:439,19['  ]| aching afresh. 
022:439,19[B  ]| "I see. She knew something bad
022:439,20[B  ]| about her mother."
022:439,21[J  ]| "No$7$, sir, she knew nothing." 
022:439,21['  ]| And Mrs%*Bread
022:439,22['  ]| held her head very stiff and kept her watch on$4$ the
022:439,23['  ]| glimmering windows of the residence.
022:439,24[B  ]| "She guessed something then, or suspected it."
022:439,25[J  ]| "She was afraid to$9$ know," 
022:439,25['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread.
022:439,26[B  ]| "But \you\ know, at any rate."
022:439,27['  ]| She slowly turned her vague eyes on$4$ him, squeezing
022:439,28['  ]| her hands together in$4$ her lap. 
022:439,28[J  ]| "You are not quite
022:439,29[J  ]| faithful, sir. I thought it was to$9$ tell me about the
022:439,30[J  ]| Count you asked me to$9$ come."
022:439,31[B  ]| "Oh, the more we talk of the Count the better,"
022:439,32['  ]| he declared. 
022:439,32[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is exactly what I want. I was
022:440,01[B  ]| with him, as I told you, in$4$ his last hour. He was in$4$
022:440,02[B  ]| a great deal of pain, but he was quite himself. You
022:440,03[B  ]| know what that$6#2$ means; he was bright and charming
022:440,04[B  ]| and clever."
022:440,05[J  ]| "Oh, he would always be clever, sir," 
022:440,05['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread.
022:440,06[J  ]| "and did he know of your trouble?"
022:440,07[B  ]| "Yes, he guessed it of himself."
022:440,08[J  ]| "And what did he say to$4$ it?"
022:440,09[B  ]| "He said it was a disgrace to$4$ his name ~~ but it
022:440,10[B  ]| was not the first."
022:440,11[J  ]| "Lord, Lord!" 
022:440,11['  ]| she murmured.
022:440,12[B  ]| "He said his mother and his brother had once put
022:440,13[B  ]| their heads together to$4$ some still more odious effect."
022:440,14[J  ]| "You should not have listened to$4$ that$6#2$, sir."
022:440,15[B  ]| "Perhaps not. But I \did\ listen, and I do not forget
022:440,16[B  ]| it. Now I want to$9$ know what it is they did."
022:440,17['  ]| Mrs%*Bread gave a soft moan. 
022:440,17[J  ]| "And you have enticed
022:440,18[J  ]| me up$5$ into this strange place to$9$ tell you?"
022:440,19[B  ]| "Do not be alarmed," 
022:440,19['  ]| said Newman. 
022:440,19[B  ]| "I will$1$ not say
022:440,20[B  ]| a word that$6#1$ shall be disagreeable to$4$ you. Tell me as
022:440,21[B  ]| it suits you ~~ and tell me \when\ it suits you. Only
022:440,22[B  ]| remember that$3$ it was the Count's dying wish that$3$
022:440,23[B  ]| you should."
022:440,24[J  ]| "Did he say that$6#2$?"
022:440,25[B  ]| "He said it with his last breath: 
022:440,25@e   | ""Tell Mrs%*Bread
022:440,26@e   | I told you to$9$ ask her."" "
022:440,27[J  ]| "Why did not he tell you himself?"
022:440,28[B  ]| "It was too long a story for$4$ a dying man; he was
022:440,29[B  ]| incapable of the effort and the pain. He could only
022:440,30[B  ]| say that$3$ he wanted me to$9$ know ~~ that$3$, wronged as
022:440,31[B  ]| I was, it was my right to$9$ know."
022:440,32[J  ]| "But how will$1$ it help you, sir?" 
022:440,32['  ]| she asked.
022:441,01[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is for$4$ me to$9$ decide. The Count believed it
022:441,02[B  ]| would, and that$6#2$ is why he told me. Your name was
022:441,03[B  ]| almost the last word he spoke."
022:441,04['  ]| This statement produced in$4$ her a sharp checked
022:441,05['  ]| convulsion; she shook her clasped hands slowly up$5$
022:441,06['  ]| and down. 
022:441,06[J  ]| "Pardon me if I take a great liberty.
022:441,07[J  ]| Is it the solemn truth you are speaking? I \must\ ask
022:441,08[J  ]| you that$6#2$; do not you see that$3$ I must, sir?"
022:441,09[B  ]| "There is no$2$ offence. It \is\ the solemn truth; I solemnly
022:441,10[B  ]| swear it. The Count himself would certainly
022:441,11[B  ]| have told me more if he had been able."
022:441,12[J  ]| "Oh, sir, if he had known more!"
022:441,13[B  ]| "Do not you suppose he did know?"
022:441,14[J  ]| "There is no$2$ saying what he knew about anything,"
022:441,15['  ]| she almost wailingly conceded. 
022:441,15[J  ]| "He was
022:441,16[J  ]| clever to$4$ that$6#2$ grand extent. He could make you
022:441,17[J  ]| believe he knew things he did not, and that$3$ he did not
022:441,18[J  ]| know others he had better not have known."
022:441,19[B  ]| "I suspect he knew something about his brother
022:441,20[B  ]| that$6#1$ made the Marquis mind his eye!" 
022:441,20['  ]| Newman propounded.
022:441,21[B  ]| "He made the Marquis feel him pretty
022:441,22[B  ]| badly. What he wanted now was to$9$ put me in$4$ his
022:441,23[B  ]| place; he wanted to$9$ give me a chance to$9$ make the
022:441,24[B  ]| Marquis feel \me\."
022:441,25[J  ]| "Mercy on$4$ us," 
022:441,25['  ]| cried the old waiting-woman,
022:441,26[J  ]| "how malicious we all are, to$9$ be sure!"
022:441,27[B  ]| "I do not know," 
022:441,27['  ]| said Newman; 
022:441,27[B  ]| "some of us are
022:441,28[B  ]| malicious, certainly. I am very angry, I am very sore,
022:441,29[B  ]| and I am very bitter, but I do not know that$3$ I am malicious.
022:441,30[B  ]| I have been cruelly injured. They have hurt me
022:441,31[B  ]| and I want to$9$ hurt \them\. I do not deny that$6#2$; on$4$ the 
022:441,21[B  ]| contrary, I tell you plainly that$3$ that$6#2$ is the use I want
022:442,01[B  ]| to$9$ make of any information you are so$5#1$ good as to$9$
022:442,02[B  ]| give me."
022:442,03['  ]| Mrs%*Bread seemed to$9$ hold her breath. 
022:442,03[J  ]| "You want
022:442,04[J  ]| to$9$ publish them ~~ you want to$9$ shame them?"
022:442,05[B  ]| "I want to$9$ bring them down ~~ down, down,
022:442,06[B  ]| down! I want to$9$ turn the tables on$4$ them ~~ I want
022:442,07[B  ]| to$9$ mortify them as they mortified me. They took me
022:442,08[B  ]| up$5$ into a high place and made me stand there for$4$ all
022:442,09[B  ]| the world to$9$ see me, and then they stole behind me
022:442,10[B  ]| and pushed me into this bottomless pit where I lie
022:442,11[B  ]| howling and gnashing my teeth! I made a fool of
022:442,12[B  ]| myself before all their friends; but I shall make something
022:442,13[B  ]| worse of them."
022:442,14['  ]| This passionate profession, which$6#1$ Newman uttered
022:442,15['  ]| with the greater zeal that$3$ it was the first time he had
022:442,16['  ]| felt the relief words at once as hard and as careful as
022:442,17['  ]| hammer-taps could give his spirit, kindled two small
022:442,18['  ]| sparks in$4$ Mrs%*Bread's fixed eyes. 
022:442,18[J  ]| "I suppose you have
022:442,19[J  ]| a right to$4$ your anger, sir; but think of the dishonour
022:442,20[J  ]| you will$1$ draw down on$4$ the Countess."
022:442,21[B  ]| "If the countess is to$9$ be buried alive," 
022:442,21['  ]| he cried,
022:442,22[B  ]| "what is honour or dishonour to$4$ her ever again?
022:442,23[B  ]| The door of the living tomb is at this moment closing
022:442,24[B  ]| behind her."
022:442,25[J  ]| "Yes, it is most awful," 
022:442,25['  ]| Mrs%*Bread moaned.
022:442,26[B  ]| "She has moved off, like$4$ her brother Valentin, to$9$
022:442,27[B  ]| give me room to$9$ work. It is as if it were all done on$4$
022:442,28[B  ]| purpose."
022:442,29[J  ]| "Surely," 
022:442,29['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread, who$6#1$ seemed impressed
022:442,30['  ]| by$4$ the ingenuity of this reflection. She was silent
022:442,31['  ]| some moments; then she added: 
022:442,31[J  ]| "And would you
022:442,32[J  ]| bring my lady before the courts?"
022:443,01[B  ]| "The courts care nothing for$4$ my lady," 
022:443,01['  ]| Newman
022:443,02['  ]| replied. 
022:443,02[B  ]| "If she has committed a crime she will$1$ be
022:443,03[B  ]| nothing for$4$ the courts but a wicked old woman."
022:443,04[J  ]| "And will$1$ they hang her, sir?"
022:443,05[B  ]| "That$6#2$ depends upon$4$ what she has done." 
022:443,05['  ]| And
022:443,06['  ]| Newman eyed his friend intently.
022:443,07[J  ]| "It would break up$5$ the family most terribly, sir!"
022:443,08[B  ]| "It is high time such a family \should\ be broken
022:443,09[B  ]| up$5$!" 
022:443,09['  ]| he outrageously declared.
022:443,10[J  ]| "And me at my age out of place, sir!" 
022:443,10['  ]| sighed Mrs%*Bread.
022:443,11['  ]| 
022:443,12[B  ]| "Oh, I will$1$ take care of you! You shall come and
022:443,13[B  ]| live with me. You shall be my housekeeper or anything
022:443,14[B  ]| you like$1$. You shall sit and be waited on$5$ and
022:443,15[B  ]| twiddle your thumbs. I will$1$ pension you for$4$ life."
022:443,16[J  ]| "Dear, dear, sir, you think of everything." 
022:443,16['  ]| And
022:443,17['  ]| she seemed to$9$ fall a-brooding.
022:443,18['  ]| He watched her a while; then he said suddenly:
022:443,19[B  ]| "Ah, Mrs%*Bread, you are too foolishly fond of my
022:443,20[B  ]| lady!"
022:443,21['  ]| She looked at him as quickly. 
022:443,21[J  ]| "I would not have
022:443,22[J  ]| you say that$6#2$, sir. I do not think it any part of my
022:443,23[J  ]| duty to$9$ be fond of my lady. I have served her faithfully
022:443,24[J  ]| this many a year; but if she were to$9$ die tomorrow
022:443,25[J  ]| I believe before heaven I should not shed
022:443,26[J  ]| a tear for$4$ her." 
022:443,26['  ]| Then after a pause, 
022:443,26[J  ]| "I have no$2$ such
022:443,27[J  ]| great reason to$9$ love her!" 
022:443,27['  ]| Mrs%*Bread added. 
022:443,27[J  ]| "The
022:443,28[J  ]| most she has done for$4$ me has been not to$9$ turn me
022:443,29[J  ]| out of the house." 
022:443,29['  ]| Newman felt that$3$ 
022:443,29@b   | decidedly his
022:443,30@b   | companion was more and more confidential ~~ that$3$,
022:443,31@b   | if luxury is corrupting, Mrs%*Bread's conservative
022:443,32@b   | habits were already relaxed by$4$ the spiritual comfort
022:444,01@b   | of this preconcerted interview, in$4$ an extraordinary
022:444,02@b   | place, with a free-spoken millionaire. 
022:444,02['  ]| All his native
022:444,03['  ]| shrewdness admonished him that$3$ 
022:444,03@b   | his part was simply
022:444,04@b   | to$9$ let her take her time ~~ let the charm of the occasion
022:444,05@b   | work. 
022:444,05['  ]| So$3$ he said nothing; he only bent on$4$ her
022:444,06['  ]| his large benevolence while she nursed her lean
022:444,07['  ]| elbows. 
022:444,07[J  ]| "My lady once did me a great wrong," 
022:444,07['  ]| she
022:444,08['  ]| went on$5$ at last. 
022:444,08[J  ]| "She has a terrible tongue when
022:444,09[J  ]| she is put out. It was many a year ago, but I have
022:444,10[J  ]| never forgotten it. I have never mentioned it to$4$ a
022:444,11[J  ]| human creature; I have kept my grudge to$4$ myself.
022:444,12[J  ]| I dare say I have been wicked, but my grudge has
022:444,13[J  ]| grown old with me. It has grown good for$4$ nothing
022:444,14[J  ]| too, I dare say; but it has lived and lived, as I myself
022:444,15[J  ]| have lived. It will$1$ die when I die ~~ not before!"
022:444,16[B  ]| "And what is your grudge, Mrs%*Bread?" 
022:444,16['  ]| Newman
022:444,17['  ]| blandly enquired.
022:444,18['  ]| Mrs%*Bread dropped her eyes and hesitated. 
022:444,18[J  ]| "If
022:444,19[J  ]| I were a foreigner, sir, I should make less of telling
022:444,20[J  ]| you; it comes harder to$4$ a decent Englishwoman.
022:444,21[J  ]| But I sometimes think I have picked up$5$ too many
022:444,22[J  ]| foreign ways. What I was telling you belongs to$4$
022:444,23[J  ]| a time when I was much younger and of a quite
022:444,24[J  ]| different appearance altogether to$4$ what I am now.
022:444,25[J  ]| I had a very high colour, sir, if you can believe it;
022:444,26[J  ]| indeed I was a very smart lass. My lady was younger
022:444,27[J  ]| too, and the late Marquis was youngest of all ~~ I
022:444,28[J  ]| mean in$4$ the way he went on$5$, sir; he had a very high,
022:444,29[J  ]| bold spirit; he was a very grand gentleman. He was
022:444,30[J  ]| fond of his pleasure, like$4$ most foreigners, and it must
022:444,31[J  ]| be owned he sometimes went rather below him to$9$
022:444,32[J  ]| take it. My lady was often jealous, and if you will$1$
022:445,01[J  ]| believe it, sir, she did me the honour to$9$ have an eye
022:445,02[J  ]| on$4$ \me\. One day I had a red ribbon in$4$ my cap, and
022:445,03[J  ]| she flew out at me and ordered me to$9$ take it off.
022:445,04[J  ]| She accused me of putting it on$5$ to$9$ make the Marquis
022:445,05[J  ]| look at me ~~ look in$4$ the way he should not. I do not
022:445,06[J  ]| know that$3$ I was impertinent, but I spoke up$5$ like$4$ an
022:445,07[J  ]| honest girl and did not count my words. A red ribbon
022:445,08[J  ]| indeed! As if it was my ribbons the Marquis looked
022:445,09[J  ]| at! My lady knew afterwards that$3$ I was perfectly
022:445,10[J  ]| respectable, yet she never said a word to$9$ show she
022:445,11[J  ]| believed it. But the Marquis did ~~ \he\ knew the
022:445,12[J  ]| rights of me," 
022:445,12['  ]| Mrs%*Bread presently added; 
022:445,12[J  ]| "and
022:445,13[J  ]| I took off my red ribbon and put it away in$4$ a drawer,
022:445,14[J  ]| where I have kept it to$4$ this day. It is faded now, it is
022:445,15[J  ]| a very pale pink; but there it lies. My grudge has
022:445,16[J  ]| faded too; the red has all gone out of it; but it lies
022:445,17[J  ]| here yet." 
022:445,17['  ]| And Mrs%*Bread touched with old testifying
022:445,18['  ]| knuckles her black satin bodice.
022:445,19['  ]| Newman listened with interest to$4$ this decent yet
022:445,20['  ]| vivid narrative, which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ have opened up$5$ the
022:445,21['  ]| deeps of memory to$4$ his companion. Then as she
022:445,22['  ]| remained silent and seemed rather to$9$ lose herself in$4$
022:445,23['  ]| retrospective meditation on$4$ her perfect respectability,
022:445,24['  ]| he ventured on$5$ a short cut to$4$ his goal. 
022:445,24[B  ]| "So$3$
022:445,25[B  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde was jealous; I see. And the
022:445,26[B  ]| Marquis admired pretty women without distinction
022:445,27[B  ]| of class. I suppose one must not be hard on$4$ him, for$3$
022:445,28[B  ]| they probably did not all behave so$5#1$ discreetly as you.
022:445,29[B  ]| But years afterwards it could hardly have been jealousy
022:445,30[B  ]| that$6#1$ turned his wife into a criminal."
022:445,31['  ]| Mrs%*Bread gave a weary sigh. 
022:445,31[J  ]| "We are using
022:445,32[J  ]| dreadful words, sir, but I do not care now. I see
022:446,01[J  ]| you have your idea, and I have no$2$ will$0$ of my own. My 
022:446,02[J  ]| will$0$ was the will$0$ of my children, as I called them; but
022:446,03[J  ]| I have lost my children now. They are dead and gone
022:446,04[J  ]| ~~ I may say it of both of them; and what should
022:446,05[J  ]| I care for$4$ the living? What is any*one in$4$ the house
022:446,06[J  ]| to$4$ me now ~~ what am I to$4$ \them\? My lady objects to$4$
022:446,07[J  ]| me ~~ has objected to$4$ me these thirty years. I should
022:446,08[J  ]| have been glad to$9$ be something to$4$ young Madame*Urbain,
022:446,09[J  ]| though I never was nurse to$4$ the present Marquis.
022:446,10[J  ]| When he was a baby I was too young; they
022:446,11[J  ]| would not trust me with him. But his wife told her
022:446,12[J  ]| own maid, Mamselle*Clarisse, the opinion she had
022:446,13[J  ]| of me. Perhaps you would like$1$ to$9$ hear it, sir,"
022:446,14[B  ]| "Oh, would not I?" 
022:446,14['  ]| Newman almost panted.
022:446,15[J  ]| "She said that$3$ if I would sit in$4$ her children's schoolroom
022:446,16[J  ]| I should do very well for$4$ a penwiper! When
022:446,17[J  ]| things have come to$4$ that$6#2$ I do not think I need stand
022:446,18[J  ]| on$4$ ceremony."
022:446,19[B  ]| "I never heard of anything so$5#1$ vicious!" 
022:446,19['  ]| Newman
022:446,20['  ]| rejoicingly declared. 
022:446,20[B  ]| "Go on$5$, Mrs%*Bread."
022:446,21['  ]| Mrs%*Bread, however, relapsed again into troubled
022:446,22['  ]| reserve, and all he could do was to$9$ fold his arms and
022:446,23['  ]| wait. 
022:446,23@b   | But at last she appeared to$9$ have set her memories
022:446,24@b   | in$4$ order. 
022:446,24[J  ]| "It was when the late Marquis was an
022:446,25[J  ]| old man and his eldest son had been two years married.
022:446,26[J  ]| It was when the time came on$5$ for$4$ marrying
022:446,27[J  ]| Mademoiselle*Claire; that$6#2$ is the way they talk of it
022:446,28[J  ]| here, you know, sir ~~ as you might talk of sending
022:446,29[J  ]| a heifer to$4$ market. The Marquis's health was bad;
022:446,30[J  ]| he was sadly broken down. My lady had picked out
022:446,31[J  ]| M%*de*Cintre=, for$4$ no$2$ good reason that$6#1$ I could see.
022:446,32[J  ]| But there are reasons, I very well know, that$6#1$ are
022:447,01[J  ]| beyond me, and you must be high in$4$ the world to$9$
022:447,02[J  ]| catch all that$6#1$ is under and behind. Old M%*de*Cintre=
022:447,03[J  ]| was very high, and my lady thought him
022:447,04[J  ]| almost as good as herself; that$6#2$ is saying as much as
022:447,05[J  ]| you please. Mr%*Urbain took sides with his mother
022:447,06[J  ]| as he always did. The trouble, I believe, was that$3$
022:447,07[J  ]| my lady would give very little money ~~ to$9$ go with
022:447,08[J  ]| the young lady; and all the other gentlemen wanted
022:447,09[J  ]| a bigger settlement. It was only M%*de*Cintre= who$6#1$
022:447,10[J  ]| was content. The Lord willed it he should have that$6#2$
022:447,11[J  ]| one soft spot; it was the only one he had. He may
022:447,12[J  ]| have had very grand connexions, and he certainly
022:447,13[J  ]| made grand bows and speeches and flourishes; but
022:447,14[J  ]| that$6#2$, I think, was all the measure of \his\ honour.
022:447,15[J  ]| I think he was like$4$ what I have heard of comedians;
022:447,16[J  ]| not that$3$ I have ever seen one. But I know he painted
022:447,17[J  ]| his strange face. He might paint it all he would, he
022:447,18[J  ]| could never make me like$1$ it! The Marquis could not
022:447,19[J  ]| abide him, and declared that$3$ 
022:447,19@w   | sooner than take such
022:447,20@w   | a husband as that$6#2$, his daughter, whom he was so$5#1$
022:447,21@w   | fond of, should stop as she was. 
022:447,21[J  ]| He and my lady had
022:447,22[J  ]| a great scene; it came even to$4$ our ears in$4$ the servants'
022:447,23[J  ]| hall. It was not their first quarrel, if the truth must
022:447,24[J  ]| be told. They were not a loving couple, but they
022:447,25[J  ]| did not often come to$4$ words, because after a while
022:447,26[J  ]| neither had them to$9$ waste; they had too much use
022:447,27[J  ]| for$4$ them elsewhere and otherwise. My lady had long
022:447,28[J  ]| ago got over ""minding"" ~~ minding, I mean, the worst;
022:447,29[J  ]| for$3$ she had had plenty of assistance for$4$ throwing
022:447,30[J  ]| things off. In$4$ this, I must say, they were very well
022:447,31[J  ]| matched. The marquis was one who$6#1$ would but too
022:447,32[J  ]| easily go as you please ~~ he had the temper of the
022:448,01[J  ]| perfect gentleman. He got angry once a year ~~ he
022:448,02[J  ]| kept to$4$ that$6#2$; but then it was very bad. He always
022:448,03[J  ]| took to$4$ bed directly afterwards. This time I speak
022:448,04[J  ]| of he took to$4$ bed as usual, but he never got up$5$ again.
022:448,05[J  ]| I am afraid he was paying for$4$ the free life he had led;
022:448,06[J  ]| is not it true they mostly do, sir, when they get old
022:448,07[J  ]| and sad? My lady and Mr%*Urbain kept quiet, but
022:448,08[J  ]| I know my lady wrote letters to$4$ M%*de*Cintre=. The
022:448,09[J  ]| Marquis got worse and the doctors gave him up$5$.
022:448,10[J  ]| My lady gave him up$5$ too, and if the truth must be
022:448,11[J  ]| told she gave him up$5$ as I have seen her clap together
022:448,12[J  ]| ~~ with a sound to$9$ make you jump ~~ the covers of
022:448,13[J  ]| a book she has read enough of. When once he was
022:448,14[J  ]| out of the way she could do what she wished with her
022:448,15[J  ]| daughter, and it was all arranged that$3$ my poor child
022:448,16[J  ]| and treasure should be handed over to$4$ M%*de*Cintre=.
022:448,17[J  ]| You do not know what Mademoiselle was in$4$ those
022:448,18[J  ]| days, sir; she was the sweetest, gentlest, fairest! ~
022:448,19[J  ]| and guessed as little of what was going on$5$ around her
022:448,20[J  ]| as the lamb can guess the butcher. I used to$9$ nurse
022:448,21[J  ]| my unhappy master and was always in$4$ his room. It
022:448,22[J  ]| was here at Fleurie`res, in$4$ the autumn. We had a
022:448,23[J  ]| doctor from Paris, who$6#1$ came and stayed two or three
022:448,24[J  ]| weeks in$4$ the house. Then there came two others,
022:448,25[J  ]| and there was a consultation, and these two others,
022:448,26[J  ]| as I said, declared 
022:448,26@w   | the Marquis could not come round.
022:448,27[J  ]| After this they went off, pocketing their fees, but the
022:448,28[J  ]| other one stopped over and did what he could. M%*de*Bellegarde
022:448,29[J  ]| himself kept crying out that$3$ 
022:448,29@w   | he refused to$9$
022:448,30@w   | be given up$5$, that$3$ he insisted on$4$ getting better, that$3$ he
022:448,31@w   | would live and look after his daughter. 
022:448,31[J   | Mademoiselle*Claire
022:448,32[J  ]| and the Vicomte ~~ that$6#2$ was Mr%*Valentin, you
022:449,01[J  ]| know ~~ were both in$4$ the house. The doctor was a
022:449,02[J  ]| clever man ~~ that$6#2$ I could see myself ~~ and I think
022:449,03[J  ]| he believed the Marquis might recover with just the
022:449,04[J  ]| right things carefully done. We took good care of
022:449,05[J  ]| him, he and I, between us, and one day, when my
022:449,06[J  ]| lady had almost ordered her mourning, my patient
022:449,07[J  ]| suddenly began to$9$ mend. He took a better turn and
022:449,08[J  ]| came up$5$ so$5#1$ wonderfully that$3$ the doctor said 
022:449,08@w   | he was
022:449,09@W   | out of danger. 
022:449,09[J  ]| What was killing him was the dreadful
022:449,10[J  ]| fits of pain in$4$ his stomach. But little by$4$ little they
022:449,11[J  ]| stopped, and before I knew it he had begun again to$9$
022:449,12[J  ]| have his joke at me. The doctor found something
022:449,13[J  ]| that$6#1$ gave him great comfort ~~ some grand light-coloured
022:449,14[J  ]| mixture, a wonderful drug (I am sure I forget
022:449,15[J  ]| the name) that$6#1$ we kept in$4$ a great bottle on$4$ the
022:449,16[J  ]| chimney-piece. I used to$9$ give it to$4$ him through a
022:449,17[J  ]| glass tube; it always made him easier. Presently the
022:449,18[J  ]| doctor went away, after telling me to$9$ 
022:449,18@w   | keep on$5$ with
022:449,19@w   | the medicine whenever he was bad. 
022:449,19[J  ]| After that$6#2$ there
022:449,20[J  ]| was a different sort of person from Poitiers ~~ \he\ came
022:449,21[J  ]| every day. So$3$ we were alone in$4$ the house ~~ my lady
022:449,22[J  ]| and her poor husband and their three children.
022:449,23[J  ]| Madame*Urbain had gone away, with her first small
022:449,24[J  ]| child, but a baby then, to$4$ her mother's. You know
022:449,25[J  ]| she is very lively, and her maid told me 
022:449,25@v   | she did not
022:449,26@v   | like$1$ to$9$ be where people were dying." 
022:449,26['  ]| Mrs%*Bread
022:449,27['  ]| had again a drop, but she went on$5$ soon and with the
022:449,28['  ]| same quiet consistency: 
022:449,28[J  ]| "I think you have guessed, sir,
022:449,29[J  ]| that$3$ when the Marquis began to$9$ give hopes again my
022:449,30[J  ]| lady was disappointed." 
022:449,30['  ]| And once more she paused,
022:449,31['  ]| bending on$4$ Newman a face that$6#1$ seemed to$9$ grow whiter
022:449,32['  ]| as the darkness settled down on$4$ them.
022:450,01['  ]| He had listened eagerly ~~ with an eagerness greater
022:450,02['  ]| even than that$6#2$ with which$6#1$ he had bent his ear to$4$
022:450,03['  ]| poor Valentin's weak lips. Every now and then, as
022:450,04['  ]| his companion looked up$5$ at him, she reminded him
022:450,05['  ]| of 
022:450,05@b   | some old black cat, mild and sleek, protracting the
022:450,06@b   | enjoyment of a dish of rich milk. Even her triumph
022:450,07@b   | was measured and decorous; even her justice forbore
022:450,08@b   | to$9$ rattle the scales. 
022:450,08[J  ]| "Late one night," 
022:450,08['  ]| she soon continued,
022:450,09[J  ]| "I was sitting by$4$ the Marquis in$4$ his room,
022:450,10[J  ]| the great red room in$4$ the west tower. He had been
022:450,11[J  ]| complaining a little and I had given him a spoonful
022:450,12[J  ]| of the remedy that$6#1$ so$5#1$ seldom failed to$9$ ease him. My
022:450,13[J  ]| lady had been there in$4$ the early part of the evening;
022:450,14[J  ]| she sat for$4$ more than an hour by$4$ his bed. Then she
022:450,15[J  ]| went away and left me alone. After midnight she
022:450,16[J  ]| came back and Mr%*Urbain was with her. They went
022:450,17[J  ]| to$4$ the bed and looked at the Marquis, and my lady
022:450,18[J  ]| took hold of his hand. Then she turned to$4$ me and
022:450,19[J  ]| said 
022:450,19@c   | he was not so$5#1$ well; 
022:450,19[J  ]| I remember how the Marquis,
022:450,20[J  ]| without a word, lay staring at her. I can see his white
022:450,21[J  ]| face at this moment in$4$ the great black square between
022:450,22[J  ]| the bed-curtains. I said 
022:450,22@j   | I did not think he was very
022:450,23@j   | bad, 
022:450,23[J  ]| and she told me to$9$ 
022:450,23@c   | go to$4$ bed ~~ she would sit
022:450,24@c   | a while with him. 
022:450,24[J  ]| When he saw me going he gave
022:450,25[J  ]| a sound like$4$ a scared child and called out to$4$ me not
022:450,26[J  ]| to$9$ leave him; but Mr%*Urbain opened the door for$4$
022:450,27[J  ]| me and pointed the way out. The present Marquis
022:450,28[J  ]| ~~ perhaps you have noticed, sir ~~ has a very high way
022:450,29[J  ]| of giving orders, and I was there to$9$ take orders.
022:450,30[J  ]| I went to$4$ my room, but I was not easy; I could not
022:450,31[J  ]| tell you why. I did not undress; I sat there waiting
022:450,32[J  ]| and listening. For$3$ what would you have said, sir?
022:451,01[J  ]| I could not have told you, since surely a poor gentleman,
022:451,02[J  ]| however helpless, might be in$4$ safety at such
022:451,03[J  ]| a crisis with his wife and his son. It was as if I expected
022:451,04[J  ]| to$9$ hear his voice moan after me again. I listened,
022:451,05[J  ]| but I heard nothing. It was a very still night;
022:451,06[J  ]| I never knew a night so$5#1$ still. At last the very stillness
022:451,07[J  ]| itself seemed to$9$ frighten me, and I came out of 
022:451,08[J  ]| my room and went very softly downstairs. In$4$ the
022:451,09[J  ]| anteroom, outside of where his father was, I found
022:451,10[J  ]| the Count, as he then was, walking up$5$ and down.
022:451,11[J  ]| He asked me what I wanted, and I said 
022:451,11@j   | I had returned
022:451,12@j   | to$9$ relieve my lady. 
022:451,12[J  ]| He said 
022:451,12@d   | \he\ would relieve
022:451,13@d   | my lady 
022:451,13[J  ]| and ordered me back to$4$ bed; but as I stood
022:451,14[J  ]| there, unwilling to$9$ turn away, the door of the room
022:451,15[J  ]| opened and my lady herself came out. I noticed she
022:451,16[J  ]| was very pale; she was altogether extraordinary. She
022:451,17[J  ]| looked a moment at the Count and at me, and then
022:451,18[J  ]| held out her arms to$4$ the Count. He went to$4$ her and
022:451,19[J  ]| she fell upon$4$ him and hid her face. I brushed quickly
022:451,20[J  ]| past her into the room and came to$4$ the Marquis's bed.
022:451,21[J  ]| He was lying there very white and with his eyes shut;
022:451,22[J  ]| you could have taken him for$4$ a corpse. I took hold of
022:451,23[J  ]| his hand and spoke to$4$ him, but it was as if I had been
022:451,24[J  ]| dealing with the dead. Then I turned round; my lady
022:451,25[J  ]| and Mr%*Urbain were there. 
022:451,25@c   | ""My poor Bread,"" 
022:451,25['  ]| said
022:451,26['  ]| my lady, 
022:451,26@c   | ""M%*le*Marquis is gone."" 
022:451,26[J  ]| Mr%*Urbain knelt
022:451,27[J  ]| down by$4$ the bed and said softly 
022:451,27@d   | ""\9Mon 9pe`re, 9mon 9pe`re.""
022:451,28[J  ]| I thought it most prodigious, and asked my lady
022:451,29@j   | what in$4$ the world had happened and why she had not
022:451,30@j   | called me. 
022:451,30[J  ]| She said 
022:451,30@c   | nothing had happened; that$3$ she
022:451,31@c   | had only been sitting there with him in$4$ perfect stillness.
022:451,32@c   | She had closed her eyes, thinking she might
022:452,01@c   | sleep, and she had slept she did not know how long.
022:452,02@c   | When she woke up$5$ all was over. ""It is surely death,
022:452,03@c   | my son, it is unmistakeably death,"" 
022:452,03[J  ]| she said to$4$ the
022:452,04[J  ]| count. Mr%*Urbain said 
022:452,04@d   | they must have the doctor
022:452,05@d   | immediately from Poitiers, and that$3$ he would ride off
022:452,06@d   | and fetch him. 
022:452,06[J  ]| He kissed his father's face ~~ oh! ~
022:452,07[J  ]| and then he kissed his mother and went away. My
022:452,08[J  ]| lady and I stood there at the bedside. As I looked at
022:452,09[J  ]| my poor master it came to$4$ me ever so$5#1$ sharply that$3$ he
022:452,10[J  ]| was not dead, that$3$ he was only in$4$ a stupor of weakness.
022:452,11[J  ]| And then my lady repeated 
022:452,11@c   | ""My poor Bread,
022:452,12@c   | it is death, it is just death""; 
022:452,12[J  ]| and I said 
022:452,12@j   | ""Yes, my lady,
022:452,13@j   | it is certainly death."" 
022:452,13[J  ]| I said just the opposite to$4$ what
022:452,14[J  ]| I believed; it was my particular notion. Then my
022:452,15[J  ]| lady said we must wait for$4$ the doctor, and we sat
022:452,16[J  ]| there and waited. It was a long time; the poor Marquis
022:452,17[J  ]| neither stirred nor changed. 
022:452,17@c   | ""I have seen death
022:452,18@c   | before,"" 
022:452,18[J  ]| said my lady, 
022:452,18@c   | ""and it is terribly like$4$ this.""
022:452,19@j   | ""Yes, please, my lady,"" 
022:452,19[J  ]| said I; and I thought things
022:452,20[J  ]| I did not say. The night wore away without the
022:452,21[J  ]| Count's coming back, and the Marquise began to$9$ be
022:452,22[J  ]| frightened. She was afraid he had had an accident
022:452,23[J  ]| in$4$ the dark or met with some prowling people. At
022:452,24[J  ]| last she got so$5#1$ restless that$3$ she went below to$9$ watch
022:452,25[J  ]| in$4$ the court for$4$ his return. I sat there alone and the
022:452,26[J  ]| Marquis never stirred."
022:452,27['  ]| Here Mrs%*Bread paused again, and, for$4$ her listener,
022:452,28['  ]| the most expert story-teller could not have been
022:452,29['  ]| more thrilling. Newman made almost the motion of
022:452,30['  ]| turning the page of a "detective story." 
022:452,30[B  ]| "So$3$ he \was\
022:452,31[B  ]| dead!" 
022:452,31['  ]| he exclaimed.
022:452,32[J  ]| "Three days later he was in$4$ his grave," 
022:452,32['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread
022:453,01['  ]| sententiously. 
022:453,01[J  ]| "In$4$ a little while I went away
022:453,02[J  ]| to$4$ the front of the house and looked out into the court,
022:453,03[J  ]| and there, before long, I saw Mr%*Urbain ride in$5$ alone.
022:453,04[J  ]| I waited a bit to$9$ hear him come upstairs with his
022:453,05[J  ]| mother, but they stopped below and I returned to$4$ the
022:453,06[J  ]| other room. I went to$4$ the bed and held up$5$ the light
022:453,07[J  ]| to$4$ him, but I do not know why I did not let the candlestick
022:453,08[J  ]| fall. The Marquis's eyes were open ~~ open
022:453,09[J  ]| wide! they were staring at me. I knelt down beside
022:453,10[J  ]| him and took his hands and begged him to$9$ 
022:453,10@j   | tell me, in$4$
022:453,11@j   | the holy name of wonder, if he was truly alive or what
022:453,12@j   | or where he was. 
022:453,12[J  ]| Still he looked at me a long time,
022:453,13[J  ]| and then made me a sign to$9$ put my ear close to$4$ him.
022:453,14@w   | ""I am dead, my dear,"" 
022:453,14[J  ]| he said, 
022:453,14@w   | ""I am dreadfully dead.
022:453,15@w   | The Marquise has killed me. Yes."" 
022:453,15[J  ]| I was all in$4$ a
022:453,16[J  ]| tremble. I did not understand him. I did not know
022:453,17[J  ]| what had become of him: it was so$5#2$ as if the dead had
022:453,18[J  ]| been speaking. 
022:453,18@j   | ""But you will$1$ get well now, sir,"" 
022:453,18[J  ]| I said.
022:453,19[J  ]| And then he whimpered again, ever so$5#1$ weak: 
022:453,19@w   | ""I
022:453,20@w   | would not get well for$4$ a kingdom. I would not be that$6#2$
022:453,21@w   | woman's husband again."" 
022:453,21[J  ]| And then he said more;
022:453,22[J  ]| he said 
022:453,22@w   | she had murdered him. 
022:453,22[J  ]| I asked him 
022:453,22@j   | what she
022:453,23@j   | had done to$4$ him 
022:453,23[J  ]| and I remember his very words:
022:453,24@w   | ""She has cruelly taken my life, as true as I lie here
022:453,25@w   | finished. And she will$1$ do the same to$4$ my daughter,""
022:453,26[J  ]| he said; 
022:453,26@w   | ""my poor unhappy child."" 
022:453,26[J  ]| And he begged
022:453,27[J  ]| me to$9$ prevent that$6#2$, and then he said 
022:453,27@w   | he was dying,
022:453,28@w   | he was ""knowingly"" dead. 
022:453,28[J  ]| I was afraid to$9$ move or to$9$
022:453,29[J  ]| leave him; I was almost as dead as himself. All of
022:453,30[J  ]| a sudden he asked me to$9$ 
022:453,30@w   | get a pencil and write for$4$
022:453,31@w   | him; 
022:453,31[J   | and then I had to$9$ tell him 
022:453,31@j   | I could not manage
022:453,32@j   | that$6#2$ sort of thing. 
022:453,32[J  ]| He asked me to$9$ 
022:453,32@w   | hold him up$5$ in$4$
022:454,01@w   | bed while he wrote himself, 
022:454,01[J  ]| and I said 
022:454,01@j   | he could never,
022:454,02@j   | never trace a line. 
022:454,02[J  ]| But he seemed to$9$ have a kind of
022:454,03[J  ]| terror that$6#1$ gave him strength. I found a pencil in$4$ the
022:454,04[J  ]| room and a piece of paper and a book, and I put the
022:454,05[J  ]| paper on$4$ the book and the pencil into his hand, and
022:454,06[J  ]| I moved the candle near him. You will$1$ think all this
022:454,07[J  ]| monstrous strange, sir ~~ and I shall understand if
022:454,08[J  ]| you scarce believe me. But I must tell things as they
022:454,09[J  ]| happen to$4$ me ~~ the rest is with Them that$6#1$ know
022:454,10[J  ]| all! Strangest of all was it, no$2$ doubt, that$3$ I believed
022:454,11[J  ]| it had somehow been done to$4$ him as he said and that$3$
022:454,12[J  ]| I was eager to$9$ help him to$9$ write. I sat on$4$ the bed
022:454,13[J  ]| and put my arm round him and held him up$5$. I felt
022:454,14[J  ]| very strong when it came to$4$ that$6#2$; I believe I could
022:454,15[J  ]| have lifted him and carried him. It was a wonder
022:454,16[J  ]| how he wrote, but he did write, in$4$ a big scratching
022:454,17[J  ]| hand; he almost covered one side of the paper. It
022:454,18[J  ]| seemed a long time; I suppose it was three or four
022:454,19[J  ]| minutes. He was groaning terribly all the while, but
022:454,20[J  ]| at last he said 
022:454,20@w   | it was ended, 
022:454,20[J  ]| and I let him down upon$4$
022:454,21[J  ]| his pillows, and he gave me the paper and told me to$9$
022:454,22@w   | fold it and hide it, and to$9$ give it to$4$ those who$6#1$ would act
022:454,23@w   | on$4$ it accordingly to$4$ right. 
022:454,23@j   | ""Who$6#2$ do you mean?"" 
022:454,23[J  ]| I said.
022:454,24@j   | ""Who$6#2$ are those who$6#1$ will$1$ act on$4$ it?"" 
022:454,24[J  ]| But he made some
022:454,25[J  ]| sound for$4$ all answer; he could not speak ~~ he was
022:454,26[J  ]| spent. In$4$ a few minutes he told me to$9$ 
022:454,26@w   | go and look at 
022:454,27@w   | the bottle on$4$ the chimney-piece. 
022:454,27[J  ]| I knew the bottle
022:454,28[J  ]| he meant, the remedy we were never without and that$6#1$
022:454,29[J  ]| we felt to$9$ be regularly precious. I went and looked at
022:454,30[J  ]| it, but it was empty of every drop, as if it had been
022:454,31[J  ]| turned upside down. When I came back his eyes
022:454,32[J  ]| were open ~~ oh so$5#1$ pitifully! ~~ and he was staring at
022:455,01[J  ]| me; but soon he closed them and he said no$2$ more.
022:455,02[J  ]| I hid the paper in$4$ my dress; I did not look at what was
022:455,03[J  ]| written on$4$ it, though I can read very well, sir, if I
022:455,04[J  ]| have not a hand for$4$ the pen. I sat down near the bed,
022:455,05[J  ]| but it was nearly half an hour before my lady and the
022:455,06[J  ]| Count came in$5$. The Marquis looked as lost as when
022:455,07[J  ]| they had left him, and I never said a word of his
022:455,08[J  ]| having revived. Mr%*Urbain said 
022:455,08@d   | the doctor had been
022:455,09@d   | called to$4$ a person in$4$ childbirth, but had promised to$9$
022:455,10@d   | set out for$4$ Fleurie`res immediately. 
022:455,10[J  ]| In$4$ another half-hour
022:455,11[J  ]| he arrived, and as soon as he had examined
022:455,12[J  ]| his patient he said 
022:455,12@w   | we had had a false alarm. The
022:455,13@w   | poor gentleman was very low, but was still living.
022:455,14[J  ]| I watched my lady and her son, on$4$ that$6#2$, to$9$ see if they
022:455,15[J  ]| looked at each other, and I am obliged to$9$ admit they
022:455,16[J  ]| did not. The doctor said 
022:455,16@w   | there was no$2$ reason he
022:455,17@w   | should die; he had been going on$5$ so$5#1$ well. 
022:455,17[J  ]| And then
022:455,18[J  ]| he wanted to$9$ know 
022:455,18@w   | how he had suddenly taken such
022:455,19@w   | a turn; he had left him so$5#1$ quiet and natural. 
022:455,19[J  ]| My
022:455,20[J  ]| lady told her little story again ~~ what she had told
022:455,21[J  ]| Mr%*Urbain and me ~~ and the doctor looked at her
022:455,22[J  ]| and said nothing. He stayed all the next day at the
022:455,23[J  ]| cha^teau, and hardly left the Marquis. I was always
022:455,24[J  ]| there, and I think I may assure you at least that$3$ I lost
022:455,25[J  ]| nothing. Mademoiselle and the Vicomte came and
022:455,26[J  ]| looked at their father, but he never stirred. It was
022:455,27[J  ]| a strange deathly stupor. My lady was always
022:455,28[J  ]| about; her face was as white as her husband's, and
022:455,29[J  ]| she looked very proud and hard, as I had seen her
022:455,30[J  ]| look when her orders or her wishes had been disobeyed.
022:455,31[J  ]| It was as if the poor Marquis had gone
022:455,32[J  ]| against her intention; and the way she took it from
022:456,01[J  ]| him made me afraid of her. The local apothecary
022:456,02[J  ]| kept him along through the day, and we waited for$4$
022:456,03[J  ]| the gentleman from Paris, who$6#1$, as I tell you, had
022:456,04[J  ]| already stayed here. They had telegraphed for$4$ him
022:456,05[J  ]| early in$4$ the morning, and in$4$ the evening he arrived.
022:456,06[J  ]| He talked a bit outside with the other one, and then
022:456,07[J  ]| they came in$5$ to$9$ see their \9malade\ together. I was with
022:456,08[J  ]| him, and so$5#2$ was Mr%*Urbain. My lady had been to$9$
022:456,09[J  ]| receive the great man, and she did not come back
022:456,10[J  ]| with him into the room. He sat down by$4$ the Marquis
022:456,11[J  ]| ~~ I can see him there now with his hand on$4$ the
022:456,12[J  ]| Marquis's wrist and Mr%*Urbain watching them with
022:456,13[J  ]| a little looking-glass in$4$ his hand. 
022:456,13@w   | ""I am sure he is
022:456,14@w   | better,"" 
022:456,14[J  ]| said our country doctor; 
022:456,14@w   | ""I am sure he will$1$ come
022:456,15@w   | back." 
022:456,15[J  ]| A few moments after he had spoken the Marquis
022:456,16[J  ]| opened his eyes, as if he were waking up$5$, and
022:456,17[J  ]| looked from one of us to$4$ the other. I saw him look at
022:456,18[J  ]| me from very, very far off, and yet very hard indeed,
022:456,19[J  ]| as you might say. At the same moment my lady came
022:456,20[J  ]| in$5$ on$4$ tiptoe; she came up$5$ to$4$ the bed and put in$5$ her
022:456,21[J  ]| head between me and the Count. The Marquis saw
022:456,22[J  ]| her and gave a sound like$4$ the wail of a lost soul. He
022:456,23[J  ]| said something we could not understand and then
022:456,24[J  ]| a convulsion seemed to$9$ take him. He shook all over
022:456,25[J  ]| and closed his eyes, and the doctor jumped up$5$ and
022:456,26[J  ]| took hold of my lady. He held her for$4$ a moment
022:456,27[J  ]| harder than I have ever seen a gentleman hold a lady.
022:456,28[J  ]| The Marquis was stone dead ~~ the sight of her had
022:456,29[J  ]| done for$4$ him. This time there were those there who$6#1$ 
022:456,30[J  ]| knew."
022:456,31['  ]| Newman felt as if he had been reading by$4$ starlight
022:456,32['  ]| the report of highly important evidence in$4$ a great
022:457,01['  ]| murder case. 
022:457,01[B  ]| "And the paper ~~ the paper!" 
022:457,01['  ]| he said
022:457,02['  ]| from a dry throat. 
022:457,02[B  ]| "What was written on$4$ it?"
022:457,03[J  ]| "I can not tell you, sir," 
022:457,03['  ]| Mrs%*Bread replied. 
022:457,03[J  ]| "I
022:457,04[J  ]| could not read it. It was French."
022:457,05[B  ]| "But could no*one else read it?"
022:457,06[J  ]| "I never asked a human creature."
022:457,07[B  ]| "No*one has ever seen it?"
022:457,08[J  ]| "If you do you will$1$ be the first."
022:457,09['  ]| Newman seized his companion's hand in$4$ both his
022:457,10['  ]| own and pressed it almost with passion. 
022:457,10[B  ]| "I thank
022:457,11[B  ]| you as I have never thanked any*one for$4$ anything. I
022:457,12[B  ]| want to$9$ be the first; I want it to$9$ be mine as this
022:457,13[B  ]| closed fist is mine. You are the wisest old woman in$4$
022:457,14[B  ]| Europe. And what did you do with the blest thing?"
022:457,15['  ]| Her information had made him feel extraordinarily
022:457,16['  ]| strong. 
022:457,16[B  ]| "For$4$ God's sake, let me have it!"
022:457,17['  ]| Mrs%*Bread got up$5$ with a certain majesty. 
022:457,17[J  ]| "It is
022:457,18[J  ]| not so$5#1$ easy as that$6#2$, sir. When you want great things
022:457,19[J  ]| you must wait for$4$ great things."
022:457,20[B  ]| "But waiting is horrible, you know," 
022:457,20['  ]| he candidly
022:457,21['  ]| smiled.
022:457,22[J  ]| "I am sure I have waited; I have waited these many
022:457,23[J  ]| years," 
022:457,23['  ]| she quavered.
022:457,24[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is very true. You have waited for$4$ \me\. I
022:457,25[B  ]| will$1$ not forget it. And yet how comes it you did not do
022:457,26[B  ]| as M%*de*Bellegarde said ~~ show the right people
022:457,27[B  ]| what you had got?"
022:457,28[J  ]| "To$4$ whom should I show it and who$6#2$ were the
022:457,29[J  ]| right people?" 
022:457,29['  ]| she asked with high lucidity. 
022:457,29[J  ]| "It
022:457,30[J  ]| was not easy to$9$ know, and many is the night I have
022:457,31[J  ]| laid awake thinking of it. Six months afterwards,
022:457,32[J  ]| when they married Mademoiselle to$4$ the last person
022:458,01[J  ]| they ought to$9$, I was very near bringing it out. I
022:458,02[J  ]| thought it my duty to$9$ do something with such a proof
022:458,03[J  ]| of what had happened, and yet I was terribly afraid.
022:458,04[J  ]| I did not know what the Marquis had put there, nor
022:458,05[J  ]| how bad it might be, and there was no*one I could
022:458,06[J  ]| trust enough to$9$ ask. And it seemed to$4$ me a cruel
022:458,07[J  ]| kindness to$4$ the person in$4$ the world I cared most for$4$,
022:458,08[J  ]| letting her know her father had written her mother
022:458,09[J  ]| down so$5#1$ shamefully; for$3$ that$6#2$ is what he did, I suppose.
022:458,10[J  ]| I thought she would rather suffer from her
022:458,11[J  ]| husband than suffer from \them\. It was for$4$ her and
022:458,12[J  ]| for$4$ my dear Mr%*Valentin I kept quiet. Quiet I call
022:458,13[J  ]| it, yet it was a queer enough quietness. It worried me
022:458,14[J  ]| and changed me altogether. But for$4$ others I held
022:458,15[J  ]| my tongue, and no*one, to$4$ this hour, knows what had
022:458,16[J  ]| passed there between my poor prostrate master and
022:458,17[J  ]| his wife."
022:458,18[B  ]| "But evidently there were suspicions," 
022:458,18['  ]| Newman
022:458,19['  ]| urged. 
022:458,19[B  ]| "Where did Count*Valentin get his ideas?"
022:458,20[J  ]| "From our little local man ~~ who$6#1$ has yet never
022:458,21[J  ]| been in$4$ the house, as you imagine, since. He
022:458,22[J  ]| was very ill-satisfied and he did not care who$6#1$ knew
022:458,23[J  ]| it. He had a very good opinion of his own sharpness,
022:458,24[J  ]| as Frenchmen mostly have, and coming to$4$ the house,
022:458,25[J  ]| as he did, day after day, he had more ideas ~~ as
022:458,26[J  ]| a consequence ~~ than he had had, before, any call
022:458,27[J  ]| to$9$ put about. And indeed the way the poor Marquis
022:458,28[J  ]| went off as soon as his eyes fell on$4$ my lady was
022:458,29[J  ]| a most shocking sight for$4$ any kind person. The great
022:458,30[J  ]| man from Paris may have known, after he had taken
022:458,31[J  ]| things in$5$, what to$9$ think, but he also knew what not
022:458,32[J  ]| to$9$ say, and he hushed it up$5$. But for$4$ all he could do
022:459,01[J  ]| the Vicomte and Mademoiselle heard something;
022:459,02[J  ]| they knew their father's death was somehow against
022:459,03[J  ]| nature. Of course they could not accuse their mother,
022:459,04[J  ]| and, as I tell you, I was as dumb as that$6#2$ stone. Mr%*Valentin
022:459,05[J  ]| used to$9$ look at me sometimes, and his eyes
022:459,06[J  ]| seemed to$9$ shine as if he were thinking of some question
022:459,07[J  ]| he could ask me. I was dreadfully afraid he
022:459,08[J  ]| would speak, and always looked away and went about
022:459,09[J  ]| my business. If I were to$9$ tell him I was sure he
022:459,10[J  ]| would hate me afterwards, which$6#1$ was what I could
022:459,11[J  ]| never have borne. Once I went up$5$ to$4$ him and took
022:459,12[J  ]| a great liberty; I kissed him as I had kissed him
022:459,13[J  ]| when he was a child.
022:459,13@j   | ""You ought not to$9$ look so$5#1$ sad,
022:459,14@j   | sir,"" 
022:459,14[J  ]| I said; 
022:459,14@j   | ""believe your poor decent old Bread.
022:459,15@j   | Such a gallant, handsome young man can have
022:459,16@j   | nothing to$9$ be sad about."" 
022:459,16[J  ]| And I think he understood
022:459,17[J  ]| me; he understood I was begging off and he
022:459,18[J  ]| made up$5$ his mind in$4$ his own way. He went about
022:459,19[J  ]| with his unasked question in$4$ his mind, as I did with
022:459,20[J  ]| my untold tale; we were both afraid of bringing disgrace
022:459,21[J  ]| on$4$ a great house. And it was the same with my
022:459,22[J  ]| dear young lady. She did not know what had happened;
022:459,23[J  ]| she would not hear of knowing. The Marquise
022:459,24[J  ]| and Mr%*Urbain asked me no$2$ questions, because
022:459,25[J  ]| they had no$2$ reason. I was as still as a stopped clock.
022:459,26[J  ]| When I was younger her ladyship thought me false,
022:459,27[J  ]| and now she thought me \9be^te\, as they say. How
022:459,28[J  ]| should I have any ideas?"
022:459,29['  ]| Newman turned it all gravely over. 
022:459,29[B  ]| "But you say
022:459,30[B  ]| that$6#2$ doctor made a talk. Did no*one take it up$5$?"
022:459,31[J  ]| "I do not know how far they went. They are always
022:459,32[J  ]| talking scandal in$4$ these foreign countries ~~ you may
022:460,01[J  ]| have noticed ~~ and they must have had their stories
022:460,02[J  ]| about my lady. But after all what could they say?
022:460,03[J  ]| The Marquis had been ill and the Marquis had died;
022:460,04[J  ]| he had as good a right to$9$ die as any*one. The doctor
022:460,05[J  ]| could not say he had not come honestly by$4$ what he
022:460,06[J  ]| suffered. The next year he left the place and bought
022:460,07[J  ]| a practice at Bordeaux, and if there had been ugly
022:460,08[J  ]| tales the worst of them were among ugly people.
022:460,09[J  ]| There could not have been any very bad ones that$6#1$
022:460,10[J  ]| those who$6#1$ were respectable believed. My lady herself
022:460,11[J  ]| is so$5#1$ very respectable."
022:460,12['  ]| Newman, at this last affirmation, broke into a resounding
022:460,13['  ]| laugh. Mrs%*Bread had begun to$9$ move
022:460,14['  ]| away from the spot where they were sitting, and he
022:460,15['  ]| helped her through the aperture in$4$ the wall and along
022:460,16['  ]| the homeward path. 
022:460,16[B  ]| "Yes, my lady's respectability is
022:460,17[B  ]| a treasure; I shall have a great deal of use for$4$
022:460,18[B  ]| my lady's respectability." 
022:460,18['  ]| They reached the empty
022:460,19['  ]| space in$4$ front of the church, where they stopped
022:460,20['  ]| a moment, looking at each other with something of
022:460,21['  ]| closer fellowship, like$4$ a pair of sociable conspirators.
022:460,22[B  ]| "But what was it," 
022:460,22['  ]| Newman insisted, 
022:460,22[B  ]| "what was it
022:460,23[B  ]| she did to$4$ the miserable man? She did not stab him
022:460,24[B  ]| or throttle him or poison him."
022:460,25[J  ]| "I do not know, sir. No*one saw it."
022:460,26[B  ]| "Unless it was Mr%*Urbain," 
022:460,26['  ]| he thoughtfully
022:460,27['  ]| suggested. 
022:460,27[B  ]| "You say he was walking up$5$ and down
022:460,28[B  ]| outside the room. Perhaps he looked through the
022:460,29[B  ]| keyhole. But no$7$; I think that$3$ with his mother he would
022:460,30[B  ]| take it on$4$ trust."
022:460,31[J  ]| "You may be sure I have often thought of it," 
022:460,31['  ]| Mrs%*Bread
022:460,32['  ]| almost cheerfully returned. 
022:460,32[J  ]| "I am sure she
022:461,01[J  ]| did not touch him with her hands. I saw nothing on$4$
022:461,02[J  ]| him anywhere. I believe it was in$4$ this way. He had
022:461,03[J  ]| a fit of his great pain, and he asked her for$4$ his medicine.
022:461,04[J  ]| Instead of giving it to$4$ him she went and poured
022:461,05[J  ]| it away, before his eyes, not speaking, only looking at
022:461,06[J  ]| him, so$3$ that$3$ he might have the scare and the shock
022:461,07[J  ]| and the horror of it. Then he saw what she meant
022:461,08[J  ]| and, weak and helpless, took fright, was terrified.
022:461,09@w   | ""You want to$9$ kill me,"" 
022:461,09['  ]| he must have said ~~ do you
022:461,10['  ]| see? 
022:461,10@c   | ""Yes, M%*le*Marquis, I want to$9$ kill you,"" 
022:461,10[J  ]| says
022:461,11[J  ]| my lady, and sits down and keeps her dreadful eyes
022:461,12[J  ]| on$4$ him. You know my lady's eyes, I think, sir; it
022:461,13[J  ]| was with that$6#2$ look of hers she killed him; it was with
022:461,14[J  ]| the terrible strong will$0$ and all the cruelty she put into
022:461,15[J  ]| it. It was as if she had pushed him out of her boat,
022:461,16[J  ]| fevered and sick, into the cold sea, and remained
022:461,17[J  ]| there to$9$ push him again should he try to$9$ scramble
022:461,18[J  ]| back; making him feel he was lost, by$4$ her
022:461,19[J  ]| intention, and watching him awfully sink and
022:461,20[J  ]| drown. It was enough indeed to$9$ take the heart
022:461,21[J  ]| out of him, and that$6#2$, in$4$ his state, was enough for$4$
022:461,22[J  ]| a death-stroke."
022:461,23['  ]| Newman rendered this vivid image, which$6#1$ in$4$ truth
022:461,24['  ]| did great honour to$4$ the old woman's haunted sensibility,
022:461,25['  ]| the tribute of a comprehensive gasp. 
022:461,25[B  ]| "Well,
022:461,26[B  ]| you have got right hold of it ~~ you make me see it and
022:461,27[B  ]| hate it and want to$9$ go for$4$ it. But I have got to$9$ keep
022:461,28[B  ]| tight hold of you too, you know."
022:461,29['  ]| They had begun to$9$ descend the hill, and she said
022:461,30['  ]| nothing till they reached the foot. He moved beside
022:461,31['  ]| her as on$4$ air, his hands in$4$ his pockets, his head
022:461,32['  ]| thrown back while he gazed at the stars: he seemed
022:462,01['  ]| to$4$ himself 
022:462,01@b   | to$9$ be riding his vengeance along the Milky*Way.
022:462,02[J  ]| "So$3$ you are serious about that$6#2$?" 
022:462,02['  ]| she sighed.
022:462,03[B  ]| "About your living with me? Why, you do not 
022:462,04[B  ]| suppose I have turned you inside out this way not to$9$
022:462,05[B  ]| want to$9$ get you into shape again. You are in$4$ no$2$ kind
022:462,06[B  ]| of shape for$4$ these people now ~~ even if they were in$4$
022:462,07[B  ]| any for$4$ you; after your seeing what they have done to$4$
022:462,08[B  ]| me ~~ and to$4$ \her\. You just give me the thing I am
022:462,09[B  ]| after and then you move out."
022:462,10[J  ]| "I never thought I should have lived to$9$ take a new
022:462,11[J  ]| place ~~ unless," 
022:462,11['  ]| Mrs%*Bread made moan, 
022:462,11[J  ]| "I should
022:462,12[J  ]| have gone some day to$4$ Mr%*Valentin or, in$4$ her own
022:462,13[J  ]| establishment, to$4$ my young lady."
022:462,14[B  ]| "Come to$4$ me and you will$1$ come to$4$ \her\ establishment
022:462,15[B  ]| yet, I guess ~~ you will$1$ come at least to$4$ where both those
022:462,16[B  ]| names will$1$ be cherished and sacred."
022:462,17['  ]| She considered a little and then replied: 
022:462,17[J  ]| "Oh, I
022:462,18[J  ]| shall like$1$ to$9$ pronounce them to$4$ \you\, sir! And if
022:462,19[J  ]| you are going to$9$ pull the house down," 
022:462,19['  ]| she added,
022:462,20[J  ]| "I had surely better be clear of it."
022:462,21[B  ]| "Ah," 
022:462,21['  ]| said Newman almost with the gaiety of
022:462,22['  ]| a dazzle of alternatives, 
022:462,22[B  ]| "it will$1$ not be quite my idea
022:462,23[B  ]| to$9$ appeal ~~ if that$6#2$ is what you mean ~~ to$4$ the police.
022:462,24[B  ]| The meanest and the damnedest things are always
022:462,25[B  ]| beyond their ken and out of their hands. Which$6#1$ has
022:462,26[B  ]| the merit in$4$ this case, however, that$3$ it leaves the
022:462,27[B  ]| whole story in$4$ mine. And to$4$ mine," 
022:462,27['  ]| he declared,
022:462,28[B  ]| "you have given power!"
022:462,29[J  ]| "Ah, you are bolder than I ever was!" 
022:462,29['  ]| she resignedly
022:462,30['  ]| sighed; and he felt himself now, to$4$ whatever
022:462,31['  ]| end, possessed of her. He walked back with her
022:462,32['  ]| to$4$ the cha^teau; the curfew ~~ it could not have been
022:463,01['  ]| anything but the curfew, he was sure ~~ had tolled
022:463,02['  ]| for$4$ the weary serfs and \villains\ (as he could also quite
022:463,03['  ]| have believed) and the small street of Fleurie`res was
022:463,04['  ]| unlighted and empty. She promised 
022:463,04@j   | he should have
022:463,05@j   | what he was after, 
022:463,05['  ]| as he had called it, 
022:463,05@j   | in$4$ half an
022:463,06@j   | hour. 
022:463,06['  ]| Mrs%*Bread choosing not to$9$ go in$5$ by$4$ the great
022:463,07['  ]| gate, they passed round by$4$ a winding lane to$4$ a door
022:463,08['  ]| in$4$ the wall of the park, of which$6#1$ she had the key and
022:463,09['  ]| which$6#1$ would enable her to$9$ re-enter the house from
022:463,10['  ]| behind. Newman arranged with her that$3$ he should
022:463,11['  ]| await outside the wall her return with his prize.
022:463,12['  ]| She went in$5$, and his half-hour in$4$ the dusky lane
022:463,13['  ]| seemed very long. But he had plenty to$9$ think about.
022:463,14['  ]| At last the door in$4$ the wall opened and Mrs%*Bread
022:463,15['  ]| stood there with one hand on$4$ the latch and the other
022:463,16['  ]| holding out a scrap of white paper folded small and
022:463,17['  ]| dearer to$4$ his sight than any love-token ever brought
022:463,18['  ]| of old by$4$ bribed duenna to$4$ lurking cavalier. In$4$ a
022:463,19['  ]| moment he was master of it and it had passed into
022:463,20['  ]| his waistcoat pocket. 
022:463,20[B  ]| "Come and see me in$4$ Paris,"
022:463,21['  ]| he said; 
022:463,21[B  ]| "we are to$9$ settle your future, you know; and
022:463,22[B  ]| I will$1$ translate poor M%*de*Bellegarde's French to$4$ you."
022:463,23['  ]| Never had he felt so$5#1$ grateful as at this moment for$4$
022:463,24['  ]| M%*Nioche's instructions.
022:463,25['  ]| Mrs%*Bread's eyes had followed the disappearance
022:463,26['  ]| of her treasure, and she gave a heavy sigh. 
022:463,26[J  ]| "Well,
022:463,27[J  ]| you have done what you would with me, sir, and I suppose
022:463,28[J  ]| you will$1$ do it again. You \must\ take care of me
022:463,29[J  ]| now. You are a terribly positive gentleman."
022:463,30[B  ]| "Just now," 
022:463,30['  ]| said Newman, 
022:463,30[B  ]| "I am a terribly impatient 
022:463,31[B  ]| one!" 
022:463,31['  ]| And he bade her good-night and walked
022:463,32['  ]| rapidly back to$4$ the inn. He ordered his vehicle to$9$ be
022:464,01['  ]| prepared for$4$ the return to$4$ Poitiers, and then he shut
022:464,02['  ]| the door of the common \9salle\ and strode toward the
022:464,03['  ]| solitary lamp on$4$ the chimney-piece. He pulled out
022:464,04['  ]| the paper and quickly unfolded it. It was covered
022:464,05['  ]| with pencil-marks, which$6#1$ at first, in$4$ the feeble light,
022:464,06['  ]| seemed indistinct. But his fierce curiosity forced
022:464,07['  ]| a meaning from the tremulous signs, the free English
022:464,08['  ]| of which$6#1$ might have been, without the hopelessly
022:464,09['  ]| obscure date:
022:464,10[W  ]| "My wife has tried to$9$ kill me and has done it; I am
022:464,11[W  ]| horribly, helplessly dying. It is in$4$ order to$9$ marry my
022:464,12[W  ]| beloved daughter to$4$ M%*de*Cintre= and then go on$5$
022:464,13[W  ]| herself all the same. With all my soul I protest ~
022:464,14[W  ]| I forbid it. I am not insane ~~ ask the doctors, ask
022:464,15[W  ]| Mrs%*B. It was alone with me here to-night; she
022:464,16[W  ]| attacked me and put me to$4$ death. It is murder if
022:464,17[W  ]| murder ever was. Ask the doctors, tell every*one,
022:464,18[W  ]| show every*one this.
022:464,19[W  ]| "HENRI-URBAIN*DE*BELLEGARDE."
023:465,01['  ]| Newman returned to$4$ Paris the second day after his
023:465,02['  ]| interview with Mrs%*Bread. The morrow he had
023:465,03['  ]| spent at Poitiers, reading over and over again the
023:465,04['  ]| signed warrant he had lodged in$4$ his pocket-book,
023:465,05['  ]| persuading himself more and more that$3$ 
023:465,05@b   | it had, 
023:465,05['  ]| as he
023:465,06['  ]| put it to$4$ himself, 
023:465,06@b   | a social value, 
023:465,06['  ]| and thinking what he
023:465,07['  ]| would now do and how he would do it. He would not
023:465,08['  ]| have said that$3$ Poitiers had much to$9$ hold him, yet the
023:465,09['  ]| day seemed very short. Domiciled once more in$4$ the
023:465,10['  ]| Boulevard*Haussmann he walked over to$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite= 
023:465,11['  ]| and enquired of Madame*de*Bellegarde's
023:465,12['  ]| portress 
023:465,12@b   | whether the Marquise had come back. 
023:465,12['  ]| The
023:465,13['  ]| portress answered that$3$ 
023:465,13@v   | she had arrived with M%*le*Marquis
023:465,14@v   | on$4$ the preceding day, 
023:465,14['  ]| and further informed
023:465,15['  ]| him that$3$ 
023:465,15@v   | should he wish to$9$ see them they were both
023:465,16@v   | at home. 
023:465,16['  ]| As she said these words the little white-faced
023:465,17['  ]| old woman who$6#1$ peered out of the dusky gatehouse
023:465,18['  ]| of the Ho^tel*de*Bellegarde gave a small wicked
023:465,19['  ]| smile ~~ a smile that$6#1$ seemed to$4$ Newman to$9$ mean
023:465,20@v   | "Go in$5$ if you dare!" 
023:465,20['  ]| She was evidently versed in$4$
023:465,21['  ]| the current domestic history; she was placed where
023:465,22['  ]| she could feel the pulse of the house. He stood a
023:465,23['  ]| moment twisting his moustache and looking at her;
023:465,24['  ]| then he abruptly turned away. But this was not
023:465,25['  ]| because he was afraid to$9$ go in$5$ ~~ though he doubted
023:465,26['  ]| whether, for$4$ all his courage, he should be able to$9$
023:465,27['  ]| make his way unchallenged into the presence of his
023:466,01['  ]| adversaries. Confidence, excessive confidence perhaps,
023:466,02['  ]| quite as much as timidity, prompted his retreat.
023:466,03@b   | He was nursing his thunderbolt; he loved it; he was
023:466,04@b   | unwilling to$9$ part with it. He felt himself hold it aloft
023:466,05@b   | in$4$ the rumbling, vaguely-flashing air, directly over
023:466,06@b   | the heads of his victims, 
023:466,06['  ]| and he fancied 
023:466,06@b   | he could see
023:466,07@b   | their pale upturned faces. 
023:466,07['  ]| Few specimens of the
023:466,08['  ]| human countenance had ever given him such pleasure
023:466,09['  ]| as these, lighted in$4$ the lurid fashion I have hinted
023:466,10['  ]| at, and he took his ease while he harboured the vindictive 
023:466,11['  ]| vision. It must be added too that$3$ 
023:466,11@b   | he was at
023:466,12@b   | a loss to$9$ see exactly how he could arrange to$9$ witness
023:466,13@b   | the operation of his thunder. To$9$ send in$4$ his card to$4$
023:466,14@b   | Madame*de*Bellegarde would be a waste of ceremony;
023:466,15@b   | she would certainly decline to$9$ receive him.
023:466,16@b   | On$4$ the other hand he could not force his way into her
023:466,17@b   | presence. 
023:466,17['  ]| He hated to$9$ 
023:466,17@b   | see himself reduced to$4$ the
023:466,18@b   | blind satisfaction of writing her a letter; 
023:466,18['  ]| but he consoled
023:466,19['  ]| himself in$4$ a measure with the thought that$3$
023:466,20@b   | a letter might lead to$4$ an interview. 
023:466,20['  ]| He went home
023:466,21['  ]| and, feeling rather tired ~~ 
023:466,21@b   | nursing a vengeance was,
023:466,22['  ]| he had to$9$ confess, 
023:466,22@b   | a fatiguing process; it took a good
023:466,23@b   | deal out of one ~~ 
023:466,23['  ]| flung himself into one of his brocaded
023:466,24['  ]| 9fauteuils, stretched his legs, thrust his hands
023:466,25['  ]| into his pockets and, while he watched the reflected
023:466,26['  ]| sunset fading from the ornate house-tops on$4$ the
023:466,27['  ]| opposite side of the boulevard, began mentally to$9$
023:466,28['  ]| frame, as work for$4$ his pen, a few effective remarks.
023:466,29['  ]| While he was so$5#2$ occupied his servant threw open
023:466,30['  ]| the door and announced ceremoniously 
023:466,30[W  ]| "Madame*Brett!"
023:466,31['  ]| 
023:466,32['  ]| He roused himself expectantly and in$4$ a few
023:467,01['  ]| moments recognised on$4$ his threshold the worthy
023:467,02['  ]| woman with whom he had conversed to$4$ such good
023:467,03['  ]| purpose on$4$ the starlit hill-top of Fleurie`res. Mrs%*Bread
023:467,04['  ]| had assumed for$4$ this visit the same dress as
023:467,05['  ]| for$4$ her other effort, and he was struck with her fine
023:467,06['  ]| antique appearance. His room was still lampless,
023:467,07['  ]| and as her large grave face gazed at him through the
023:467,08['  ]| clear dusk from under the shadow of her ample
023:467,09['  ]| bonnet he felt the incongruity of her pretending to$4$
023:467,10['  ]| any servile stamp. He greeted her with high geniality,
023:467,11['  ]| and bade her 
023:467,11@b   | come in$5$ and sit down and make herself
023:467,12@b   | comfortable. There was something that$6#1$ might
023:467,13@b   | have touched the springs both of mirth and of melancholy
023:467,14@b   | in$4$ the spirit of formal accommodation with
023:467,15@b   | which$6#1$ she endeavoured to$9$ meet this new conception
023:467,16@b   | of her duty. She was not playing at being fluttered,
023:467,17@b   | which$6#1$ would have been simply ridiculous; she was
023:467,18@b   | doing her best to$9$ carry herself as a person so$5#1$ humble
023:467,19@b   | that$3$, for$4$ her, even embarrassment would have been
023:467,20@b   | pretentious; but evidently she had never dreamed of
023:467,21@b   | its being in$4$ her horoscope to$9$ pay a visit at nightfall
023:467,22@b   | to$4$ a friendly single gentleman who$6#1$ lived in$4$ theatrical-looking
023:467,23@b   | rooms on$4$ one of the new boulevards.
023:467,24[J  ]| "I truly hope I am not forgetting my place, sir," 
023:467,24['  ]| she
023:467,25['  ]| anxiously pleaded.
023:467,26[B  ]| "Forgetting your place? Why, you are remembering
023:467,27[B  ]| it as a good woman remembers her promise.
023:467,28[B  ]| This is your place, you know. You are already in$4$ my
023:467,29[B  ]| service; your wages as housekeeper began a fortnight
023:467,30[B  ]| ago. I can tell you my house wants keeping! Why
023:467,31[B  ]| do not you take off your bonnet and stay right now?"
023:467,32[J  ]| "Take off my bonnet?" 
023:467,32['  ]| ~~ she gave it her gravest
023:468,01['  ]| consideration. 
023:468,01[J  ]| "Oh sir, I have not my cap. And with
023:468,02[J  ]| your leave, sir, I could not keep house in$4$ my best
023:468,03[J  ]| gown."
023:468,04[B  ]| "Never mind your best gown," 
023:468,04['  ]| said Newman
023:468,05['  ]| cheerfully. 
023:468,05[B  ]| "You shall have a better gown than
023:468,06[B  ]| that$6#2$."
023:468,07['  ]| She stared solemnly and then stretched her hands
023:468,08['  ]| over her lustreless satin skirt as if the perilous side of
023:468,09['  ]| her situation might be flushing into view. 
023:468,09[J  ]| "Oh sir,
023:468,10[J  ]| I am fond of my own clothes."
023:468,11[B  ]| "I hope you have left those wicked people, at any
023:468,12[B  ]| rate," 
023:468,12[J  ]| Newman went on$5$.
023:468,13[J  ]| "Well, sir, here I am! That$6#2$ is all I can tell you.
023:468,14[J  ]| Here I sit, poor Catherine*Bread. It is a strange
023:468,15[J  ]| place for$4$ me to$9$ be. I do not know myself; I never
023:468,16[J  ]| supposed I was so$5#1$ bold. But indeed, sir, I have gone
023:468,17[J  ]| as far as my own strength will$1$ bear me."
023:468,18[B  ]| "Oh, come, Mrs%*Bread!" 
023:468,18['  ]| he returned almost
023:468,19['  ]| caressingly; 
023:468,19[B  ]| "do not make yourself uncomfortable.
023:468,20[B  ]| Why, you are going to$9$ have now the time of your life."
023:468,21['  ]| She began to$9$ speak again with a trembling voice.
023:468,22[J  ]| "I think it would be more respectable if I could ~~ if
023:468,23[J  ]| I could ~!" 
023:468,23['  ]| But she quavered to$4$ a pause.
023:468,24[B  ]| "If you could give up$5$ this sort of thing altogether?"
023:468,25['  ]| said Newman kindly, trying to$9$ anticipate her meaning,
023:468,26['  ]| which$6#1$ he supposed might be a wish to$9$ retire from
023:468,27['  ]| service.
023:468,28[J  ]| "If I could give up$5$ everything, sir! All I should ask
023:468,29[J  ]| is a decent Protestant burial."
023:468,30[B  ]| "Burial!" 
023:468,30['  ]| he cried with a burst of laughter.
023:468,31[B  ]| "Why, to$9$ bury you now would be a sad piece of extravagance.
023:468,32[B  ]| It is only rascals who$6#1$ have to$9$ be buried
023:469,01[B  ]| to$9$ get respectable. Honest folks like$4$ you and me can
023:469,02[B  ]| live our time out ~~ and live it together. Come! did
023:469,03[B  ]| you bring your baggage?"
023:469,04[J  ]| "My two boxes are locked and corded; but I
023:469,05[J  ]| have not yet spoken to$4$ my lady."
023:469,06[B  ]| "Speak to$4$ her then and have done with it. I should
023:469,07[B  ]| like$1$ to$9$ have your chance!" 
023:469,07['  ]| cried Newman.
023:469,08[J  ]| "I would gladly give it you, sir. I have passed some
023:469,09[J  ]| weary hours in$4$ my lady's dressing-room; but this
023:469,10[J  ]| will$1$ be one of the longest. She will$1$ tax me with base
023:469,11[J  ]| ingratitude."
023:469,12[B  ]| "Well," 
023:469,12['  ]| said Newman, 
023:469,12[B  ]| "so$5#1$ long as you can tax her
023:469,13[B  ]| with murder ~!"
023:469,14[J  ]| "Oh sir, I can not; not I!" 
023:469,14['  ]| she pleaded.
023:469,15[B  ]| "You do not mean to$9$ say anything about it? So$5#1$
023:469,16[B  ]| much the better. Leave it all to$4$ me."
023:469,17[J  ]| "If she calls me a thankless old woman," 
023:469,17['  ]| Mrs%*Bread
023:469,18['  ]| went on$5$, 
023:469,18[J  ]| "I shall have nothing to$9$ say. But
023:469,19[J  ]| it is better so$5#2$," 
023:469,19['  ]| she added with supreme mildness.
023:469,20[J  ]| "She shall be my lady to$4$ the last. That$6#2$ will$1$ be more
023:469,21[J  ]| respectable."
023:469,22[B  ]| "And then you will$1$ come to$4$ me and I shall be your
023:469,23[B  ]| gentleman," 
023:469,23['  ]| said Newman. 
023:469,23[B  ]| "That$6#2$ will$1$ be more respectable
023:469,24[B  ]| still!"
023:469,25['  ]| She rose with lowered eyes and stood a moment;
023:469,26['  ]| then, looking up$5$, she rested her gaze upon$4$ Newman's
023:469,27['  ]| face. The disordered proprieties were somehow
023:469,28['  ]| settling to$4$ rest. She looked at her friend so$5#1$ long
023:469,29['  ]| and so$5#1$ fixedly, with such a dull intense devotedness,
023:469,30['  ]| that$3$ he himself might have had a pretext for$4$ embarrassment.
023:469,31['  ]| At last she said gently: 
023:469,31[J  ]| "You have not your
023:469,32[J  ]| natural appearance, sir."
023:470,01[B  ]| "Why, Mrs%*Bread," 
023:470,01['  ]| he answered, 
023:470,01[B  ]| "I have not my
023:470,02[B  ]| natural balance. If you mean I do not look sunny
023:470,03[B  ]| I guess I look as I feel. To$9$ be very indifferent and
023:470,04[B  ]| very fierce, very dull and very violent, very sick and
023:470,05[B  ]| very fine, all at once ~~ well, it rather mixes one up$5$."
023:470,06['  ]| Mrs%*Bread gave a noiseless sigh. 
023:470,06[J  ]| "I can tell you
023:470,07[J  ]| something that$6#1$ will$1$ make you feel queerer still, if you
023:470,08[J  ]| want to$9$ feel all one way. About the poor Countess."
023:470,09[B  ]| "What can you tell me?" 
023:470,09['  ]| Newman quickly asked.
023:470,10[B  ]| "Not that$3$ you have seen her?"
023:470,11['  ]|  She shook her head. 
023:470,11[J  ]| "No$7$ indeed, sir, nor ever
023:470,12[J  ]| shall. That$6#2$ is the dead weight of it. Nor my lady.
023:470,13[J  ]| Nor M%*de*Bellegarde."
023:470,14[B  ]| "You mean she is kept so$5#1$ close?"
023:470,15[J  ]| "The closest they keep any."
023:470,16['  ]| These words for$4$ an instant seemed to$9$ check the
023:470,17['  ]| beating of his heart. Leaning back in$4$ his chair he
023:470,18['  ]| felt sick. 
023:470,18[B  ]| "They have tried to$9$ see her and she would not
023:470,19[B  ]| ~~ she could not?"
023:470,20[J  ]| "She  refused ~~ for*ever! I had it from my lady's
023:470,21[J  ]| own maid," 
023:470,21['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread, 
023:470,21[J  ]| "who$6#1$ had it from my
023:470,22[J  ]| lady. To$9$ speak of it to$4$ such a person my lady must
023:470,23[J  ]| have felt the shock. The Countess declines to$9$ receive
023:470,24[J  ]| them now, and now is her only chance. A short while
023:470,25[J  ]| hence she will$1$ have no$2$ choice."
023:470,26[B  ]| "You mean the other women ~~ the mothers, the
023:470,27[B  ]| daughters, the sisters; what is it they call them? ~
023:470,28[B  ]| will$1$ not let her?"
023:470,29[J  ]| "It is what they call the rule of the house ~
023:470,30[J  ]| or I believe of the order. There is no$2$ rule so$5#1$ strict as
023:470,31[J  ]| that$6#2$ of the Carmelites. The bad women in$4$ the reformatories
023:470,32[J  ]| are fine ladies to$4$ them. They wear old
023:471,01[J  ]| brown cloaks ~~ so$5#2$ the \9femme 9de 9chambre\ told me ~
023:471,02[J  ]| that$6#1$ you would not use for$4$ a horse-blanket. And the
023:471,03[J  ]| poor Countess was so$5#1$ fond of soft-feeling dresses; she
023:471,04[J  ]| would never have anything stiff! They sleep on$4$ the
023:471,05[J  ]| ground," 
023:471,05['  ]| Mrs%*Bread went on$5$; 
023:471,05[J  ]| "they are no$2$ better,
023:471,06[J  ]| no$2$ better" 
023:471,06['  ]| ~~ and she hesitated for$4$ a comparison ~
023:471,07[J  ]| "they are no$2$ better than tinkers' wives. They give up$5$
023:471,08[J  ]| everything, down to$4$ the very name their poor old
023:471,09[J  ]| nurses called them by$4$. They give up$5$ father and mother,
023:471,10[J  ]| brother and sister ~~ to$9$ say nothing of other
023:471,11[J  ]| persons," 
023:471,11['  ]| Mrs%*Bread delicately added. 
023:471,11[J  ]| "They wear
023:471,12[J  ]| a shroud under their brown cloaks and a rope round
023:471,13[J  ]| their waists, and they get up$5$ on$4$ winter nights and
023:471,14[J  ]| go off into cold places to$9$ pray to$4$ the Virgin*Mary.
023:471,15[J  ]| I hope it does \her\ at least good!"
023:471,16['  ]| Newman's visitor, dwelling on$4$ these terrible facts,
023:471,17['  ]| sat dry-eyed and pale, her hands convulsive but confined
023:471,18['  ]| to$4$ her satin lap. He gave a melancholy groan
023:471,19['  ]| and fell forward, burying his face and his pain. There
023:471,20['  ]| was a long silence, broken only by$4$ the ticking of the
023:471,21['  ]| great gilded clock on$4$ the chimney-piece. 
023:471,21[B  ]| "Where is
023:471,22[B  ]| the accursed place ~~ where is the convent?" 
023:471,22['  ]| he asked
023:471,23['  ]| at last, looking up$5$.
023:471,24[J  ]| "There are two houses," 
023:471,24['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread. 
023:471,24[J  ]| "I
023:471,25[J  ]| found out; I thought you would like$1$ to$9$ know ~
023:471,26[J  ]| though it is cold comfort, I think. One is in$4$ the Avenue*de*Messine;
023:471,27[J  ]| they have learned the Countess is there. The
023:471,28[J  ]| other is in$4$ the Rue*d'Enfer. That$6#2$ is a terrible name;
023:471,29[J  ]| I suppose you know what it means."
023:471,30['  ]| He got up$5$ and walked away to$4$ the end of his long
023:471,31['  ]| room. When he came back Mrs%*Bread had risen
023:471,32['  ]| and stood by$4$ the fire with folded hands. 
023:471,32[B  ]| "Tell me
023:472,01[B  ]| this. Can I get near her ~~ even if I do not see her?
023:472,02[B  ]| Can I look through a grating, or some such thing, at
023:472,03[B  ]| the place where she is?"
023:472,04['  ]| It is said that$3$ all women love a lover, and Mrs%*Bread's
023:472,05['  ]| sense of the pre-established harmony which$6#1$
023:472,06['  ]| kept servants in$4$ their "place," even as planets in$4$ their
023:472,07['  ]| orbits (not that$3$ she had ever consciously likened herself
023:472,08['  ]| to$4$ a planet), barely availed to$9$ temper the maternal
023:472,09['  ]| melancholy with which$6#1$ she leaned her head on$4$
023:472,10['  ]| one side and gazed at her new employer. She probably
023:472,11['  ]| felt for$4$ the moment as if, forty years before, she
023:472,12['  ]| had held him also in$4$ her arms. 
023:472,12[J  ]| "That$6#2$ would not help
023:472,13[J  ]| you, sir. It would only make her seem further away."
023:472,14[B  ]| "I want to$9$ go there, at all events," 
023:472,14['  ]| he returned.
023:472,15[B  ]| "The Avenue*de*Messine, you say? And what is it
023:472,16[B  ]| they call themselves?"
023:472,17[J  ]| "Carmelites ~~ whatever it means!" 
023:472,17['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread.
023:472,18['  ]| 
023:472,19[B  ]| "I shall remember that$6#2$."
023:472,20['  ]| She hesitated a moment and then: 
023:472,20[J  ]| "It is my duty
023:472,21[J  ]| to$9$ tell you this ~~ that$3$ the convent has a chapel and
023:472,22[J  ]| that$3$ respectable persons are admitted on$4$ Sunday to$4$
023:472,23[J  ]| the mass. You do not see the poor creatures in$4$ their
023:472,24[J  ]| prison or their tomb, but I am told you can hear them
023:472,25[J  ]| sing. It is a wonder they have any heart for$4$ singing!
023:472,26[J  ]| Some Sunday I shall make bold to$9$ go. It seems to$4$ me
023:472,27[J  ]| I should know \her\ voice in$4$ fifty."
023:472,28['  ]| Newman thanked her, while he held her hand, with
023:472,29['  ]| a stare through which$6#1$ he, for$4$ a good reason, failed to$9$
023:472,30['  ]| see her. 
023:472,30[B  ]| "If any*one can get in$5$ I will$1$." 
023:472,30['  ]| A moment
023:472,31['  ]| later she proposed deferentially to$9$ retire, but he
023:472,32['  ]| checked her, pressing on$4$ her grasp a lighted candle.
023:473,01[B  ]| "There are half a dozen rooms there I do not use;"
023:473,02['  ]| and he pointed through an open door. 
023:473,02[B  ]| "Go and look
023:473,03[B  ]| at them and take your choice. You can live in$4$ the
023:473,04[B  ]| one you like$1$ best." 
023:473,04['  ]| From this bewildering privilege
023:473,05['  ]| she at first recoiled; but finally, yielding to$4$ her friend's
023:473,06['  ]| almost fraternal pat of reassurance, she wandered off
023:473,07['  ]| into the dusk with her tremulous taper. She remained
023:473,08['  ]| absent a quarter of an hour, during which$6#1$ Newman
023:473,09['  ]| paced up$5$ and down, stopped occasionally to$9$ look out
023:473,10['  ]| of the window at the lights on$4$ the boulevard, and then
023:473,11['  ]| resumed his walk. Mrs%*Bread's interest in$4$ her opportunity
023:473,12['  ]| apparently deepened as she proceeded; but at
023:473,13['  ]| last she reappeared and deposited her candlestick on$4$
023:473,14['  ]| the chimney-piece.
023:473,15[B  ]| "Well, have you picked one out?"
023:473,16[J  ]| "A room, sir? They are all too fine for$4$ a dingy old
023:473,17[J  ]| body like$4$ me. There is not one that$6#1$ has not a bit of 
023:473,18[J  ]| gilding."
023:473,19[B  ]| "It is only some shocking sham, Mrs%*Bread," 
023:473,19['  ]| he
023:473,20['  ]| answered. 
023:473,20[B  ]| "If you stay there a while it will$1$ all peel
023:473,21[B  ]| off of itself." 
023:473,21['  ]| And he gave a dismal smile.
023:473,22[J  ]| "Oh sir, there are things enough peeling off
023:473,23[J  ]| already!" 
023:473,23['  ]| she said with a responsible head-shake.
023:473,24[J  ]| "Since I was there I thought I would look about me.
023:473,25[J  ]| I do not believe you know, sir. The corners are most
023:473,26[J  ]| dreadful. You do want a housekeeper, that$6#2$ you do;
023:473,27[J  ]| you want a tidy Englishwoman that$6#1$ is not above
023:473,28[J  ]| taking hold of a broom."
023:473,29['  ]| Newman assured her that$3$ 
023:473,29@b   | he suspected, if he had
023:473,30@b   | not measured, his domestic abuses, and that$3$ to$9$ reform
023:473,31@b   | them was a mission worthy of her powers. 
023:473,31['  ]| She held
023:473,32['  ]| her candlestick aloft again and looked round the
023:474,01['  ]| salon with compassionate glances; then she intimated
023:474,02['  ]| that$3$ she accepted the mission and that$3$ its sacred
023:474,03['  ]| character would sustain her in$4$ her rupture with her
023:474,04['  ]| old dread mistress. On$4$ this she curtsied herself away.
023:474,05['  ]| She came back the next day with her wordly goods,
023:474,06['  ]| and her friend, going into his drawing-room, found
023:474,07['  ]| her on$4$ her aged knees before a divan, sewing up$5$ a
023:474,08['  ]| piece of detached fringe. He questioned her as to$4$ her
023:474,09['  ]| leave-taking with her late mistress, and she said 
023:474,09@j   | it
023:474,10@j   | had proved easier than she feared. 
023:474,10[J  ]| "I was perfectly
023:474,11[J  ]| civil, sir, but the Lord helped me to$9$ remember that$3$
023:474,12[J  ]| a good woman has no$2$ call to$9$ tremble before a bad
023:474,13[J  ]| one."
023:474,14[B  ]| "You must have been too lovely," 
023:474,14['  ]| Newman frankly
023:474,15['  ]| observed. 
023:474,15[B  ]| "But does she knew you have come to$4$ \me\?"
023:474,16[J  ]| "She asked me where I was going, and I mentioned
023:474,17[J  ]| your name," 
023:474,17['  ]| Mrs%*Bread returned.
023:474,18[B  ]| "What did she say to$4$ that$6#2$?"
023:474,19[J  ]| "She looked at me very hard, she turned very red.
023:474,20[J  ]| Then she bade me leave her. I was all ready to$9$ go,
023:474,21[J  ]| and I had got the coachman, who$6#1$ is an Englishman,
023:474,22[J  ]| thank goodness, to$9$ bring down my poor boxes and
023:474,23[J  ]| to$9$ fetch me a cab. But when I went down myself to$4$
023:474,24[J  ]| those terrible great gates I found them closed. My
023:474,25[J  ]| lady had sent orders to$4$ the porter not to$9$ let me pass,
023:474,26[J  ]| and by$4$ the same orders the porter's wife, a dreadful
023:474,27[J  ]| sly old body, had gone out in$4$ a cab to$9$ fetch home
023:474,28[J  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde from his club."
023:474,29['  ]| Newman's face lighted almost with the candour of
023:474,30['  ]| childhood. 
023:474,30[B  ]| "She \is\ scared! she \is\ scared!"
023:474,31[J  ]| "I was frightened too, sir," 
023:474,31['  ]| said Mrs%*Bread, 
023:474,31[J  ]| "but
023:474,32[J  ]| I thank the powers I felt my temper rise. I took it
023:475,01[J  ]| very high with the porter, and asked him by$4$ what
023:475,02[J  ]| right he used violence to$4$ an honourable 9Anglaise who$6#1$
023:475,03[J  ]| had lived in$4$ the house for$4$ thirty years before he was
023:475,04[J  ]| heard of. Oh sir, I was very grand ~~ I brought
023:475,05[J  ]| the man down. He drew his bolts and let me out,
023:475,06[J  ]| and I promised the cabman something handsome if
023:475,07[J  ]| he would drive fast. But he was terribly slow; it
023:475,08[J  ]| seemed as if we should never reach your blest door.
023:475,09[J  ]| I am all of a tremble still; it took me five minutes, just
023:475,10[J  ]| now, to$9$ thread my needle."
023:475,11['  ]| Newman told her, in$4$ munificent mirth, that$3$ 
023:475,11@b   | if she
023:475,12@b   | chose she might have a little maid on$4$ purpose to$9$
023:475,13@b   | thread her needles; 
023:475,13['  ]| and he went away nursing this
023:475,14['  ]| sketch of the scene in$4$ the Rue*de*l'Universite= and
023:475,15['  ]| rejoicing in$4$ the belief that$3$ 
023:475,15@b   | he had produced there
023:475,16@b   | what he might call the impression of his life.
023:475,17['  ]| He had not shown Mrs%*Tristram the document he
023:475,18['  ]| carried in$4$ his pocket-book, but since his return to$4$
023:475,19['  ]| Paris he had seen her several times, and she had not
023:475,20['  ]| disguised from him that$3$ 
023:475,20@i   | he struck her as in$4$ a strange
023:475,21@i   | way ~~ an even stranger way than his sad situation
023:475,22@i   | made natural. Had his disappointment gone to$4$ his
023:475,23@i   | head? He looked like$4$ a man who$6#1$ was spoiling for$4$
023:475,24@i   | some sickness, yet she had never seen him more restless
023:475,25@i   | and active. Some days he would hang his head
023:475,26@i   | and fold his brow and set his teeth, appear to$9$ wish to$9$
023:475,27@i   | give out that$3$ he should never smile again; on$4$ others
023:475,28@i   | he would indulge in$4$ laughter that$6#1$ was almost rude
023:475,29@i   | and make jokes that$6#1$ were bad even for$4$ him. If he
023:475,30@i   | was trying to$9$ carry off his humiliation he went at such
023:475,31@i   | times really too far. 
023:475,31['  ]| She begged him 
023:475,31@i   | of all things not
023:475,32@i   | to$9$ be "strange." Feeling in$4$ a measure answerable
023:476,01@i   | for$4$ the adventure that$6#1$ had turned out so$5#1$ ill for$4$ him,
023:476,02@i   | she could put up$5$ with anything but his strangeness.
023:476,03@i   | He might be tragic if he would, or he might be terribly
023:476,04@i   | touching and pierce her to$4$ the heart with silent
023:476,05@i   | sorrow; he might be violent and summon her to$9$ say
023:476,06@i   | why she had ever dared to$9$ meddle with his destiny:
023:476,07@i   | to$4$ this she would submit ~~ for$4$ this she would make
023:476,08@i   | allowances. Only, if he loved her, let him not be
023:476,09@i   | incoherent. That$6#2$ would quite break down her nerves.
023:476,10@i   | It was like$4$ people talking in$4$ their sleep; they always
023:476,11@i   | awfully frightened her. 
023:476,11['  ]| And Mrs%*Tristram intimated
023:476,12['  ]| that$3$, 
023:476,12@i   | taking very high ground as regards the
023:476,13@i   | moral obligation which$6#1$ events had laid upon$4$ her, she
023:476,14@i   | proposed not to$9$ rest quiet till she should have confronted
023:476,15@i   | him with the least inadequate substitute for$4$
023:476,16@i   | his loss that$6#1$ the two hemispheres contained.
023:476,17[B  ]| "Ah," 
023:476,17['  ]| he replied to$4$ this, 
023:476,17[B  ]| "I think we are square
023:476,18[B  ]| now and we had better not open a new account! You
023:476,19[B  ]| may bury me some day, but you shall of a certainty
023:476,20[B  ]| never marry me. It is too rough, you see ~~ it is
023:476,21[B  ]| worse than a free fight in$4$ Arkansaw. I hope at any
023:476,22[B  ]| rate," 
023:476,22['  ]| he added, 
023:476,22[B  ]| "that$3$ there is nothing incoherent in$4$
023:476,23[B  ]| this ~~ that$3$ I want to$9$ go next Sunday to$4$ the Carmelite
023:476,24[B  ]| chapel in$4$ the Avenue*de*Messine. You know one of
023:476,25[B  ]| the Catholic clergymen ~~ an abbe=, is that$6#2$ it? ~
023:476,26[B  ]| whom I have seen here with you, I think, on$4$ some
023:476,27[B  ]| errand for$4$ his poor; that$6#2$ motherly old gentleman with
023:476,28[B  ]| the big waistband. Please ask him if I need a special
023:476,29[B  ]| leave to$9$ go in$5$, and if I do, beg him to$9$ obtain it for$4$
023:476,30[B  ]| me."
023:476,31['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram gave expression to$4$ the liveliest joy.
023:476,32[I  ]| "I am so$5#1$ glad you have asked me to$9$ do something! You
023:477,01[I  ]| shall get into the chapel if the abbe= is disfrocked for$4$
023:477,02[I  ]| his share in$4$ it."
023:477,03['  ]| And two days afterwards she told him 
023:477,03@i   | it was all
023:477,04@i   | arranged; the abbe= was enchanted to$9$ serve him,
023:477,05@i   | and if he would present himself civilly at the convent
023:477,06@i   | gate there would be no$2$ obstacle.
024:478,01['  ]| Sunday was as yet two days off; but meanwhile, to$9$
024:478,02['  ]| beguile his impatience, Newman took his way to$4$ the
024:478,03['  ]| Avenue*de*Messine and got what comfort he could
024:478,04['  ]| in$4$ staring at the blank outer wall of Madame*de*Cintre='s
024:478,05['  ]| present abode. The street in$4$ question, as
024:478,06['  ]| some travellers will$1$ remember, adjoins the Parc*Monceau,
024:478,07['  ]| which$6#1$ is one of the finest quarters of reconstructed
024:478,08['  ]| Paris. It has an air of modern opulence
024:478,09['  ]| and convenience that$6#1$ sounds a false note for$4$ any
024:478,10['  ]| temple of sacrifice, and the impression made on$4$ his
024:478,11['  ]| gloomily-irritated gaze by$4$ the fresh-looking, windowless
024:478,12['  ]| expanse behind which$6#1$ the woman he loved was
024:478,13['  ]| perhaps even then pledging herself to$9$ pass the rest of
024:478,14['  ]| her days was less exasperating than he had feared.
024:478,15@b   | The place suggested a convent with the modern improvements 
024:478,16@b   | ~~ an asylum in$4$ which$6#1$ privacy, though
024:478,17@b   | unbroken, might be not quite identical with privation,
024:478,18@b   | and meditation, though monotonous, might be sufficiently
024:478,19@b   | placid. 
024:478,19['  ]| And yet he knew 
024:478,19@b   | the case was other;
024:478,20@b   | only at present it was not a reality to$4$ him. It was too
024:478,21@b   | strange and too mocking to$9$ be real; it was like$4$ a page
024:478,22@b   | torn out of some superannuated unreadable book,
024:478,23@b   | with no$2$ context in$4$ his own experience.
024:478,24['  ]| On$4$ Sunday morning, at the hour Mrs%*Tristram
024:478,25['  ]| had indicated, he rang at the gate in$4$ the blank wall.
024:478,26['  ]| It instantly opened and admitted him into a clean,
024:478,27['  ]| cold-looking court, beyond which$6#1$ a dull, plain edifice
024:479,01['  ]| met his view in$4$ the manner of some blank stiff party
024:479,02['  ]| to$4$ a formal introduction. A robust lay sister with
024:479,03['  ]| a cheerful complexion emerged from a porter's lodge
024:479,04['  ]| and, on$4$ his stating his errand, pointed to$4$ the open
024:479,05['  ]| door of the chapel, an edifice which$6#1$ occupied the
024:479,06['  ]| right side of the court and was preceded by$4$ a high
024:479,07['  ]| flight of steps. Newman ascended the steps and
024:479,08['  ]| immediately entered the open door. Service had not
024:479,09['  ]| yet begun; the interior was dimly lighted and it was
024:479,10['  ]| some moments before he could distinguish features.
024:479,11['  ]| Then he saw the scene divided by$4$ a large close iron
024:479,12['  ]| screen into two unequal parts. The altar was on$4$ the
024:479,13['  ]| hither side of the screen, and between it and the
024:479,14['  ]| entrance were disposed several benches and chairs.
024:479,15['  ]| Three or four of these were occupied by$4$ vague,
024:479,16['  ]| motionless figures ~~ figures he presently perceived to$9$
024:479,17['  ]| be women deeply absorbed in$4$ their devotion. The
024:479,18['  ]| place seemed to$4$ Newman very cold; the smell of the
024:479,19['  ]| incense itself was cold. Mixed with this impression
024:479,20['  ]| was a twinkle of tapers and here and there a glow of
024:479,21['  ]| coloured glass. He seated himself; the praying
024:479,22['  ]| women kept still, kept their backs turned. He saw
024:479,23@b   | they were visitors like$4$ himself, and he would have
024:479,24@b   | liked to$9$ see their faces; 
024:479,24['  ]| for$3$ he believed that$3$ 
024:479,24@b   | they were
024:479,25@b   | the mourning mothers and sisters of other women
024:479,26@b   | who$6#1$ had had the same pitiless courage as the person in$4$
024:479,27@b   | whom he was interested. But they were better off
024:479,28@b   | than he, for$3$ they at least shared the faith to$4$ which$6#1$ 
024:479,29@b   | the others had sacrificed themselves. 
024:479,29['  ]| Three or four
024:479,30['  ]| persons came in$5$, two of them gentlemen important
024:479,31['  ]| and mature. Every*one was very quiet, with a perverse
024:479,32['  ]| effect of studied submission. He fastened his
024:480,01['  ]| eyes on$4$ the screen behind the altar.  
024:480,01@b   | That$6#2$ was the
024:480,02@b   | convent, the real convent, the place where she was.
024:480,03@b   | But he could see nothing; no$2$ light came through the
024:480,04@b   | crevices. 
024:480,04['  ]| He got up$5$ and approached the partition
024:480,05['  ]| very gently, trying to$9$ look through. 
024:480,05@b   | Behind it was
024:480,06@b   | darkness, with no$2$ sign even of despair. 
024:480,06['  ]| He went
024:480,07['  ]| back to$4$ his place, and after that$6#2$ a priest and two
024:480,08['  ]| altar-boys came in$5$ and began to$9$ say mass.
024:480,09['  ]| Newman watched their genuflexions and gyrations
024:480,10['  ]| with a grim, still enmity; 
024:480,10@b   | they seemed prompters and
024:480,11@b   | abettors of the wrong he had suffered; they were
024:480,12@b   | mouthing and droning out their triumph. 
024:480,12['  ]| The
024:480,13['  ]| priest's long, dismal intonings acted upon$4$ his nerves
024:480,14['  ]| and deepened his wrath; 
024:480,14@b   | there was something defiant
024:480,15@b   | in$4$ his unintelligible drawl ~~ as if it had been meant
024:480,16@b   | for$4$ his very own swindled self. 
024:480,16['  ]| Suddenly there arose
024:480,17['  ]| from the depths of the chapel, from behind the inexorable
024:480,18['  ]| grating, a sound that$6#1$ drew his attention from
024:480,19['  ]| the altar ~~ 
024:480,19@b   | the sound of a strange, lugubrious chant
024:480,20@b   | uttered by$4$ women's voices. 
024:480,20['  ]| It began softly, but it
024:480,21['  ]| presently grew louder, and as it increased it became
024:480,22['  ]| more of a wail and a dirge. It was the chant of the
024:480,23['  ]| Carmelite nuns, their only human utterance. It was
024:480,24['  ]| their dirge over their buried affections and over the
024:480,25['  ]| vanity of earthly desires. At first he was bewildered,
024:480,26['  ]| almost stunned, by$4$ the monstrous manifestation;
024:480,27['  ]| then, as he comprehended its meaning, he listened
024:480,28['  ]| intently and his heart began to$9$ throb. He listened for$4$
024:480,29['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre='s voice, and in$4$ the very heart of
024:480,30['  ]| the tuneless harmony he imagined he made it out.
024:480,31['  ]| We are obliged to$9$ believe that$3$ he was wrong, since
024:480,32['  ]| she had obviously not yet had time to$9$ become a member
024:481,01['  ]| of the invisible sisterhood; the chant, at any rate,
024:481,02['  ]| kept on$5$, mechanical and monotonous, with dismal
024:481,03['  ]| repetitions and despairing cadences. 
024:481,03@b   | It was hideous,
024:481,04@b   | it was horrible; 
024:481,04['  ]| as it continued he felt 
024:481,04@b   | he needed all
024:481,05@b   | his self-control. He was growing more agitated, the
024:481,06@b   | tears were hot in$4$ his eyes. 
024:481,06['  ]| At last, as in$4$ its full force
024:481,07['  ]| the thought came over him that$3$ 
024:481,07@b   | this confused, impersonal
024:481,08@b   | wail was all that$6#1$ he or the world she had deserted
024:481,09@b   | were ever again to$9$ hear of the breath of those
024:481,10@b   | lips of which$6#1$ his own held still the pressure, 
024:481,10['  ]| he knew
024:481,11['  ]| he could 
024:481,11@b   | bear it no$2$ longer. 
024:481,11['  ]| He rose abruptly and
024:481,12['  ]| made his way out. On$4$ the threshold he paused, listened
024:481,13['  ]| again to$4$ the dreary strain, and then hastily
024:481,14['  ]| descended into the court. As he did so$5#2$ he saw that$3$
024:481,15@b   | the good sister with the high-coloured cheeks and the
024:481,16@b   | fan-like frill to$4$ her head-dress, who$6#1$ had admitted
024:481,17@b   | him, was in$4$ conference at the gate with two persons
024:481,18@b   | who$6#1$ had just come in$5$. 
024:481,18['  ]| A second glance showed him
024:481,19['  ]| that$3$ 
024:481,19@b   | these visitors were Madame*de*Bellegarde and
024:481,20@b   | her son, and that$3$ they were about to$9$ avail themselves
024:481,21@b   | of that$6#2$ method of approach to$4$ their lost victim which$6#1$ 
024:481,22@b   | he had found but a mockery of consolation. 
024:481,22['  ]| As he
024:481,23['  ]| crossed the court the Marquis recognised him; he
024:481,24['  ]| was on$4$ the way to$4$ the steps and was supporting his
024:481,25['  ]| mother. From Madame*de*Bellegarde he also received 
024:481,26['  ]| a look, and it resembled that$6#2$ of Urbain. Both
024:481,27['  ]| faces expressed a less guarded perturbation, something
024:481,28['  ]| more akin to$4$ immediate dismay, than Newman had
024:481,29['  ]| yet seen in$4$ them. 
024:481,29@b   | Evidently he was disconcerting,
024:481,30@b   | and neither mother nor son had quite due presence
024:481,31@b   | of mind. 
024:481,31['  ]| Newman hurried past them, guided only
024:481,32['  ]| by$4$ the desire to$9$ get out of the convent walls and into
024:482,01['  ]| the street. The gate opened itself at his approach; he
024:482,02['  ]| strode over the threshold and it closed behind him.
024:482,03['  ]| A carriage which$6#1$ appeared to$9$ have been standing
024:482,04['  ]| there was just turning away from the pavement. He
024:482,05['  ]| looked at it for$4$ a moment blankly; then he became
024:482,06['  ]| conscious, through the dusky mist that$6#1$ swam before
024:482,07['  ]| his eyes, that$3$ 
024:482,07@b   | a lady seated in$4$ it was bowing to$4$ him.
024:482,08@b   | The vehicle had got into motion before he recognised
024:482,09@b   | her; it was an ancient landau with one half the cover
024:482,10@b   | lowered. The lady's bow was very expressive and
024:482,11@b   | accompanied with a smile; a little girl was seated
024:482,12@b   | beside her. 
024:482,12['  ]| He raised his hat, and then the lady bade
024:482,13['  ]| the coachman stop.
024:482,14['  ]| The carriage drew up$5$ again and she sat there and
024:482,15['  ]| beckoned to$4$ Newman ~~ beckoned with the demonstrative
024:482,16['  ]| grace of the Marquise*Urbain. Newman
024:482,17['  ]| hesitated a moment before he obeyed her summons;
024:482,18['  ]| during this moment he had time to$9$ 
024:482,18@b   | curse his stupidity
024:482,19@b   | for$4$ letting the others escape him. He had been
024:482,20@b   | wondering how he could get at them; fool that$3$ he
024:482,21@b   | was for$4$ not stopping them then and there! What
024:482,22@b   | better place than beneath the very prison walls to$4$
024:482,23@b   | which$6#1$ they had consigned the promise of his joy?
024:482,24['  ]| He had been too bewildered publicly to$9$ fall on$4$ them,
024:482,25['  ]| but now he felt ready to$9$ await them at the gate.
024:482,26['  ]| Madame*Urbain, with a certain attractive petulance,
024:482,27['  ]| made a more emphatic sign, and this time he went
024:482,28['  ]| over to$4$ the carriage. She leaned out and gave him
024:482,29['  ]| her hand, looking at him kindly and smiling. 
024:482,29[L  ]| "Ah,
024:482,30[L  ]| monsieur, you do not include me in$4$ your wrath? I had
024:482,31[L  ]| nothing to$9$ do with it."
024:482,32[B  ]| "Oh, I do not suppose \you\ could have prevented
024:483,01[B  ]| it!" 
024:483,01['  ]| he answered in$4$ a tone which$6#1$ was not that$6#2$ of
024:483,02['  ]| studied gallantry.
024:483,03[L  ]| "What you say is too true for$4$ me to$9$ resent the
024:483,04[L  ]| small account it makes of my influence. I forgive
024:483,05[L  ]| you, at any rate, because you look as if you had seen
024:483,06[L  ]| a ghost."
024:483,07[B  ]| "I \have\ seen a ghost," 
024:483,07['  ]| Newman darkly returned.
024:483,08[L  ]| "I am glad then I did not go in$5$ with my \9belle-me`re\
024:483,09[L  ]| and my husband. You must have seen them, eh?
024:483,10[L  ]| Was the meeting affectionate? Did you hear the
024:483,11[L  ]| chanting? They say it is like$4$ the lamentations of the
024:483,12[L  ]| damned. I would not go in$5$: one is certain to$9$ hear
024:483,13[L  ]| that$6#2$ soon enough. Poor Claire ~~ in$4$ a white shroud
024:483,14[L  ]| and a big brown cloak! That$6#2$ is the full dress of the
024:483,15[L  ]| Carmelites, you know. Well, she was always fond of
024:483,16[L  ]| long, loose things. But I must not speak of her to$4$
024:483,17[L  ]| you; I must only say I am very sorry for$4$ you, that$3$ if
024:483,18[L  ]| I could have helped you I would, and that$3$ I think
024:483,19[L  ]| every*one has behaved infernally. I was afraid of it,
024:483,20[L  ]| you know; I felt it in$4$ the air for$4$ a fortnight before
024:483,21[L  ]| it came. When I saw you, at my mother-in-law's
024:483,22[L  ]| ball, take it all in$4$ such good faith I felt as if you were
024:483,23[L  ]| dancing on$4$ your grave. But what could I do? I wish
024:483,24[L  ]| you all the good I can think of. You will$1$ say that$3$ it is not
024:483,25[L  ]| much! Yes; they have been abominable; I am not a bit
024:483,26[L  ]| afraid to$9$ say it; I assure you every*one thinks so$5#2$.
024:483,27[L  ]| We are not all like$4$ that$6#2$. I am sorry I am not going to$9$
024:483,28[L  ]| see you again; you know I think you very good company.
024:483,29[L  ]| I would prove it by$4$ asking you to$9$ get into the carriage
024:483,30[L  ]| and drive with me for$4$ the quarter of an hour
024:483,31[L  ]| that$6#1$ I shall wait for$4$ my mother-in-law. Only if we
024:483,32[L  ]| were seen ~~ considering what has passed, and every*one
024:484,01[L  ]| knows you have been \9joue=\ ~~ it might be thought
024:484,02[L  ]| I was going a little too far, even for$4$ me. But I shall
024:484,03[L  ]| see you sometimes ~~ somewhere, eh? You know"
024:484,04['  ]| ~~ this was said in$4$ English ~~ 
024:484,04[L  ]| "we have a plan for$4$ a little
024:484,05[L  ]| amusement."
024:484,06['  ]| Newman stood there with his hand on$4$ the carriage
024:484,07['  ]| door, listening to$4$ this consolatory murmur with an
024:484,08['  ]| unlighted eye. He hardly knew what Madame*Urbain
024:484,09['  ]| was saying; he was only conscious 
024:484,09@b   | she was chattering
024:484,10@b   | ineffectively. 
024:484,10['  ]| But suddenly it occurred to$4$ him
024:484,11['  ]| that$3$, 
024:484,11@b   | with her pretty professions, there was a way of
024:484,12@b   | making her effective; she might help him to$9$ get at the
024:484,13@b   | old woman and the Marquis. 
024:484,13[B  ]| "They are coming back
024:484,14[B  ]| soon ~~ your companions? You are hanging about for$4$
024:484,15[B  ]| them?"
024:484,16[L  ]| "They will$1$ hear the \office\ out; there is nothing to$9$ keep
024:484,17[L  ]| them longer. Claire has refused to$9$ see them."
024:484,18[B  ]| "I want to$9$ speak to$4$ them," 
024:484,18['  ]| Newman said; 
024:484,18[B  ]| "and
024:484,19[B  ]| you can help me, you can do me a favour. Delay
024:484,20[B  ]| your return for$4$ five minutes and give me a chance at
024:484,21[B  ]| them. I will$1$ wait for$4$ them here."
024:484,22['  ]| The young woman clapsed her hands in$4$ sharp
024:484,23['  ]| deprecation. 
024:484,23[L  ]| "My poor friend, what do you want to$9$
024:484,24[L  ]| do to$4$ them? To$9$ beg them to$9$ come back to$4$ you? It
024:484,25[L  ]| will$1$ be wasted words. They will$1$ never come back!"
024:484,26[B  ]| "I want to$9$ speak to$4$ them all the same. Pray do
024:484,27[B  ]| what I ask you. Stay away and leave them to$4$ me for$4$
024:484,28[B  ]| five minutes. You need not be afraid; I shall not be
024:484,29[B  ]| violent; I am very quiet."
024:484,30[L  ]| "Yes, you look very quiet! If they had \9le 9coeur
024:484,31[L  ]| 9tendre\ you would move them. But do not count on$4$ them
024:484,32[L  ]| ~~ you have had enough of that$6#2$. However, I will$1$ do
024:485,01[L  ]| better for$4$ you than what you propose. The understanding
024:485,02[L  ]| is not that$3$ I shall come back for$4$ them. I am
024:485,03[L  ]| going into the Parc*Monceau to$9$ give my little girl
024:485,04[L  ]| a walk, and my mother-in-law, who$6#1$ comes so$5#1$ rarely
024:485,05[L  ]| into this quarter, is to$9$ profit by$4$ the same opportunity
024:485,06[L  ]| to$9$ take the air. We are to$9$ wait for$4$ her in$4$ the park,
024:485,07[L  ]| where my husband is to$9$ join us with her. Follow me
024:485,08[L  ]| now; just within the gates I shall get out of my carriage.
024:485,09[L  ]| Sit down on$4$ a chair in$4$ some quiet corner and
024:485,10[L  ]| I will$1$ bring them near you. There is devotion for$4$ you!
024:485,11[L  ]| \9Le 9reste 9vous 9regarde\."
024:485,12['  ]| This proposal Newman eagerly caught at; it
024:485,13['  ]| revived his drooping spirit and he reflected that$3$
024:485,14@b   | Madame*Urbain was not quite the featherhead she
024:485,15@b   | seemed. 
024:485,15['  ]| He promised immediately to$9$ overtake her,
024:485,16['  ]| and the carriage drove away.
024:485,17['  ]| The Parc*Monceau is a very pretty piece of landscape-gardening,
024:485,18['  ]| but Newman, passing into it, had
024:485,19['  ]| little care for$4$ its elegant vegetation, which$6#1$ was full of
024:485,20['  ]| the freshness of spring. He found the young Marquise
024:485,21['  ]| promptly, seated in$4$ one of the quiet corners of
024:485,22['  ]| which$6#1$ she had spoken, while before her in$4$ the alley
024:485,23['  ]| her little girl, attended by$4$ the footman and the lap-dog,
024:485,24['  ]| walked up$5$ and down as if to$9$ take a lesson in$4$
024:485,25['  ]| deportment. Newman seated himself by$4$ his friend
024:485,26['  ]| who$6#1$ began to$9$ chatter afresh, apparently with the
024:485,27['  ]| design of convincing him that$3$ ~~ 
024:485,27@l   | if he would only see
024:485,28@l   | it ~~ poor dear Claire did not belong to$4$ the most
024:485,29@l   | pleasing type of woman. She was too long, too lean,
024:485,30@l   | too flat, too stiff, too cold; her mouth was too wide
024:485,31@l   | and her nose too narrow. She had not such a thing
024:485,32@l   | as a dimple, or even as a pretty curve ~~ or call it
024:486,01@l   | really an obtuse angle ~~ anywhere. And then she
024:486,02@l   | was eccentric, eccentric in$4$ cold blood; she was a furious
024:486,03@l   | 9Anglaise after all. 
024:486,03['  ]| Newman was very impatient;
024:486,04['  ]| he was counting the minutes until his victims should
024:486,05['  ]| reappear. He sat silent, leaning upon$4$ his cane, looking
024:486,06['  ]| absently and insensibly at Madame*Urbain. At
024:486,07['  ]| last she said 
024:486,07@l   | she would walk toward the gate of the
024:486,08@l   | park and meet her companions; 
024:486,08['  ]| but before she went
024:486,09['  ]| she dropped her eyes and, after playing a moment
024:486,10['  ]| with the lace of her sleeve, looked up$5$ again at her
024:486,11['  ]| visitor.
024:486,12[L  ]| "Do you remember the promise you made me
024:486,13[L  ]| three weeks ago?" 
024:486,13['  ]| And then as Newman, vainly
024:486,14['  ]| consulting his memory, was obliged to$9$ confess that$3$
024:486,15@b   | this vow had escaped it, 
024:486,15['  ]| she mentioned that$3$ 
024:486,15@l   | he had
024:486,16@l   | made her at the time a very queer answer ~~ an
024:486,17@l   | answer at which$6#1$, viewing it in$4$ the light of the sequel,
024:486,18@l   | she had fair ground for$4$ taking offence. 
024:486,18[L  ]| "You promised
024:486,19[L  ]| to$9$ take me to$4$ Bullier's after your marriage.
024:486,20[L  ]| After your marriage ~~ you made a great point of
024:486,21[L  ]| that$6#2$. Three days after that$6#2$ your marriage was
024:486,22[L  ]| broken off. Do you know, when I heard the news,
024:486,23[L  ]| the first thing I said to$4$ myself? 
024:486,23@l   | ""Ah, \9par 9example\,
024:486,24@l   | now he will$1$ not go with me to$4$ Bullier's!"" 
024:486,24[L  ]| And I really
024:486,25[L  ]| began to$9$ wonder if you had not been expecting the
024:486,26[L  ]| rupture."
024:486,27[B  ]| "Oh, my dear lady ~!" 
024:486,27['  ]| he merely murmured,
024:486,28['  ]| while he looked down the path to$9$ see if the others
024:486,29['  ]| were not coming.
024:486,30[L  ]| "I shall be good-natured," 
024:486,30['  ]| said his friend. 
024:486,30[L  ]| "One
024:486,31[L  ]| must not ask too much of a gentleman who$6#1$ is in$4$ love
024:486,32[L  ]| with a cloistered nun. Besides, I can not go to$4$ Bullier's
024:487,01[L  ]| while we are in$4$ mourning. But I have not given
024:487,02[L  ]| it up$5$ for$4$ that$6#2$. The \9partie\ is arranged; I have my
024:487,03[L  ]| cavalier ~~ Lord*Deepmere, if you please! He has
024:487,04[L  ]| gone back to$4$ his dear Dublin; but a few months
024:487,05[L  ]| hence I am to$9$ name any evening, and he will$1$ come over
024:487,06[L  ]| from Ireland on$4$ purpose. That$6#2$ is what I call really
024:487,07[L  ]| feeling for$4$ a woman."
024:487,08['  ]| Shortly after this Madame*Urbain walked away
024:487,09['  ]| with her little girl. Newman sat in$4$ his place; the
024:487,10['  ]| time seemed terribly long. He felt how fiercely his 
024:487,11['  ]| quarter of an hour in$4$ the chapel had raked over the
024:487,12['  ]| glowing coals of his resentment. His accessory kept
024:487,13['  ]| him waiting, but she proved as good as her word.
024:487,14['  ]| Finally she reappeared at the end of the path with
024:487,15['  ]| her little girl and her footman; beside her slowly
024:487,16['  ]| walked her husband with his mother on$4$ his arm.
024:487,17['  ]| They were a long time advancing, during which$6#1$ Newman
024:487,18['  ]| sat unmoved. Aching as he fairly did now with
024:487,19['  ]| his passion ~~ the passion of his wrath at 
024:487,19@b   | the impudence,
024:487,20@b   | on$4$ the part of such a pair, of an objection to$4$
024:487,21@b   | \him\ in$4$ the name of clean hands ~~ 
024:487,21['  ]| it was extremely
024:487,22['  ]| characteristic of him that$3$ he was able to$9$ moderate
024:487,23['  ]| his expression of it very much as he would have
024:487,24['  ]| turned down a flaring gas-jet. His native shrewdness,
024:487,25['  ]| coolness, clearness, his lifelong submission to$4$
024:487,26['  ]| the sense that$3$ 
024:487,26@b   | words were acts and acts were steps
024:487,27@b   | in$4$ life, and that$3$ in$4$ this matter of taking steps curveting
024:487,28@b   | and prancing were exclusively reserved for$4$ quadrupeds
024:487,29@b   | and foreigners ~~ 
024:487,29['  ]| all this admonished him
024:487,30['  ]| that$6#2$ 
024:487,30@b   | rightful wrath had no$2$ connexion with being
024:487,31@b   | a fool and indulging in$4$ spectacular violence. 
024:487,31['  ]| So$3$ as
024:487,32['  ]| he rose, when the elder lady and her son were close
024:488,01['  ]| to$4$ him, he only felt very tall and unencumbered and
024:488,02['  ]| alert. He had been sitting beside some shrubbery in$4$
024:488,03['  ]| such a way as not to$9$ be noticeable at a distance; but
024:488,04['  ]| the Marquis, at hand, had quickly enough perceived
024:488,05['  ]| him. The couple were then for$4$ holding their course;
024:488,06['  ]| at sight of which$6#1$ Newman stepped so$5#1$ straight in$4$
024:488,07['  ]| front of them that$3$ they were obliged to$9$ pause. He
024:488,08['  ]| lifted his hat slightly and looked at them hard; they
024:488,09['  ]| were pale with amazement and disgust.
024:488,10[B  ]| "Pardon my stopping you," 
024:488,10['  ]| He dryly said; 
024:488,10[B  ]| "but
024:488,11[B  ]| I must profit by$4$ the occasion. I have ten words to$9$ say
024:488,12[B  ]| to$4$ you. Will$1$ you listen to$4$ them?"
024:488,13['  ]| The Marquis blinked, then turned to$4$ his mother.
024:488,14[D  ]| "Can Mr%*Newman possibly have anything to$9$ say
024:488,15[D  ]| that$6#1$ is worth our listening to$4$?"
024:488,16[B  ]| "I assure you I have something," 
024:488,16['  ]| Newman went on$5$;
024:488,17[B  ]| "besides, it is my duty to$9$ say it. It concerns you ever
024:488,18[B  ]| so$5#1$ closely."
024:488,19[C  ]| "Your duty?" 
024:488,19['  ]| said the Marquise, her small fine
024:488,20['  ]| mouth contracting in$4$ its odd way as for$4$ a whistle.
024:488,21[C  ]| "That$6#2$ is your affair, not ours."
024:488,22['  ]| Madame*Urbain meanwhile had seized her little
024:488,23['  ]| girl by$4$ the hand, with a gesture of surprise and
024:488,24['  ]| impatience which$6#1$ struck Newman, intent as he
024:488,25['  ]| was on$4$ his own words, with its plausible extravagance.
024:488,26[L  ]| "If Mr%*Newman is going to$9$ make a
024:488,27[L  ]| scene in$4$ public," 
024:488,27['  ]| she exclaimed, 
024:488,27[L  ]| "I shall take my
024:488,28[L  ]| poor child out of the \9me^le=e\. She is too young to$9$
024:488,29[L  ]| see such naughtiness!" 
024:488,29['  ]| ~~ and she instantly resumed
024:488,30['  ]| her walk.
024:488,31[B  ]| "You had much better listen to$4$ me," 
024:488,31['  ]| he persisted
024:488,32['  ]| with his difficult ease. 
024:488,32[B  ]| "Whether you do or not your
024:489,01[B  ]| gain will$1$ be small; but at least perhaps you will$1$ be prepared."
024:489,02[B  ]| 
024:489,03[D  ]| "If you mean prepared for$4$ your preposterous
024:489,04[D  ]| threats," 
024:489,04['  ]| the Marquis replied, 
024:489,04[D  ]| "there is nothing
024:489,05[D  ]| grotesque from you, certainly, for$4$ which$6#1$ we are not
024:489,06[D  ]| prepared, and of the idea of which$6#1$ you do not perfectly
024:489,07[D  ]| know what we think."
024:489,08[B  ]| "You think a great deal more than you yet admit.
024:489,09[B  ]| A moment," 
024:489,09['  ]| Newman added in$4$ reply to$4$ a sharp
024:489,10['  ]| exclamation from Madame*de*Bellegarde. 
024:489,10[B  ]| "I do not
024:489,11[B  ]| at all forget that$3$ we are in$4$ a public place, and you see
024:489,12[B  ]| I am very quiet. I am not going to$9$ tell your secret to$4$
024:489,13[B  ]| the passers-by; I shall keep it, to$9$ begin with, for$4$ certain
024:489,14[B  ]| picked listeners. Any*one who$6#1$ observes us will$1$
024:489,15[B  ]| think we are having a friendly chat and that$3$ I am complimenting
024:489,16[B  ]| you, madam, on$4$ your venerable virtues."
024:489,17['  ]| The Marquis gave a hiss that$6#1$ fairly evoked for$4$ our
024:489,18['  ]| friend some vision of a hunched back, an erect tail
024:489,19['  ]| and a pair of shining evil eyes. 
024:489,19[D  ]| "I demand of you to$9$
024:489,20[D  ]| step out of our path!"
024:489,21['  ]| Newman instantly complied and his interlocutors
024:489,22['  ]| proceeded. But he was still beside them and was still
024:489,23['  ]| distinct. 
024:489,23[B  ]| "Half an hour hence Madame*de*Bellegarde
024:489,24[B  ]| will$1$ regret that$3$ she did not learn exactly what
024:489,25[B  ]| I mean."
024:489,26['  ]| The Marquise had taken a few steps, but at these
024:489,27['  ]| words she pulled up$5$ again, as if not to$9$ have the
024:489,28['  ]| appearance of not facing even monstrous possibilities ~
024:489,29['  ]| as monstrous, that$3$ is, as a monster of rudeness
024:489,30['  ]| might make them. 
024:489,30[C  ]| "You are like$4$ a pedlar with
024:489,31[C  ]| something trumpery to$9$ sell," 
024:489,31['  ]| she said; and she accompanied
024:489,32['  ]| it with a strange, small, cold laugh ~~ 
024:489,32@b   | a demonstration
024:490,01@b   | so$5#1$ inconsequent that$3$ it meant nothing,
024:490,02['  ]| Newman quickly felt, 
024:490,02@b   | if it did not mean a "lovely"
024:490,03@b   | nervousness.
024:490,04[B  ]| "Oh no$7$, not to$9$ sell; I give it to$4$ you for$4$ nothing."
024:490,05['  ]| And he had never in$4$ his life, no$2$ matter under what
024:490,06['  ]| occasion for$4$ it, spoken so$5#1$ completely and so$5#1$ gratefully
024:490,07['  ]| to$4$ the point as now. 
024:490,07[B  ]| "You cruelly killed your
024:490,08[B  ]| helpless husband, you know; and I am in$4$ possession
024:490,09[B  ]| of all the facts. That$6#2$ is you did your best, first, and
024:490,10[B  ]| failed; and then succeeded ~~ by$4$ which$6#1$ I mean finished
024:490,11[B  ]| him ~~ at a stroke and almost without trying."
024:490,12['  ]| The Marquise closed her eyes and gave a small
024:490,13['  ]| dry cough which$6#1$, as a piece of dissimulation and of
024:490,14['  ]| self-possession, seemed to$4$ her adversary consummate.
024:490,15[D  ]| "Dear mother," 
024:490,15['  ]| said Urbain as if she had been
024:490,16['  ]| moved to$4$ hilarity, 
024:490,16[D  ]| "does this stuff amuse you so$5#1$
024:490,17[D  ]| much?"
024:490,18[B  ]| "The rest is more amusing," 
024:490,18['  ]| Newman went on$5$.
024:490,19[B  ]| "You had better not lose it."
024:490,20@b   | The eyes she fixed on$4$ him might well have been,
024:490,21['  ]| he recognised, 
024:490,21@b   | those with which$6#1$, according to$4$ Mrs%*Bread,
024:490,22@b   | she had done her husband to$4$ death; and they
024:490,23@b   | had somehow no$2$ connexion with the stifled shrillness
024:490,24@b   | of her spoken retort. 
024:490,24[C  ]| "Amusing? Have I killed some*one
024:490,25[C  ]| else?"
024:490,26[B  ]| "I do not count your daughter," 
024:490,26['  ]| said Newman,
024:490,27[B  ]| "though of course I might. Your husband knew
024:490,28[B  ]| what you were doing. I have a proof of it the existence
024:490,29[B  ]| of which$6#1$ you have never suspected." 
024:490,29['  ]| And he turned to$4$
024:490,30['  ]| the Marquis, 
024:490,30@b   | whose face was beyond any he had ever
024:490,31@b   | seen discomposed, decomposed ~~ what did they call
024:490,32@b   | it? 
024:490,32[B  ]| "A paper written by$4$ the hand, and signed with
024:491,01[B  ]| the name of Henri-Urbain*de*Bellegarde. Written
024:491,02[B  ]| and dated after you, madam, had left him for$4$ dead,
024:491,03[B  ]| and while you, sir, had gone ~~ not very fast ~~ for$4$
024:491,04[B  ]| the doctor."
024:491,05['  ]| The Marquis turned to$4$ his mother; she moved
024:491,06['  ]| a little at random, averting herself and looking
024:491,07['  ]| vaguely round her. But her answer to$4$ his appeal
024:491,08['  ]| fell, after an instant, rather short. 
024:491,08[C  ]| "I must sit down,"
024:491,09['  ]| she simply said, and went back to$4$ the bench on$4$ which$6#1$ 
024:491,10['  ]| Newman had been posted.
024:491,11[D  ]| "Could not you have spoken to$4$ me alone?" 
024:491,11['  ]| her
024:491,12['  ]| companion then asked, all remarkably, of their pursuer,
024:491,13['  ]| who$6#1$ wondered 
024:491,13@b   | if it meant that$3$ there was suddenly,
024:491,14@b   | quite amazingly, a basis for$4$ discussion.
024:491,15[B  ]| "Well, yes, if I could have been sure of speaking
024:491,16[B  ]| to$4$ your mother alone too," 
024:491,16['  ]| Newman answered.
024:491,17[B  ]| "But I have had to$9$ take you as I could get you, do not
024:491,18[B  ]| you see?"
024:491,19['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde, in$4$ a manner very eloquent
024:491,20['  ]| of what he would have called her 
024:491,20@b   | "grit," 
024:491,20['  ]| her steel-cold
024:491,21['  ]| pluck and her instinctive appeal to$4$ her own
024:491,22['  ]| personal resources, seated herself on$4$ the bench with
024:491,23['  ]| her head erect and her hands folded in$4$ her lap. The
024:491,24['  ]| expression of her face was such that$3$ he fancied her at
024:491,25['  ]| first inconceivably smiling, but on$4$ his drawing nearer
024:491,26['  ]| felt this display to$9$ be strange and convulsive. He
024:491,27['  ]| saw, however, equally, that$3$ 
024:491,27@b   | she was resisting her agitation
024:491,28@b   | with all the rigour of her inflexible will$0$, and
024:491,29@b   | there was nothing like$4$ either fear or submission in$4$ the
024:491,30@b   | fine front she presented. She had been upset, but
024:491,31@b   | she could intensely think. 
024:491,31['  ]| He felt the pang of a conviction
024:491,32['  ]| that$3$ 
024:491,32@b   | she would get the better of him still, and
024:492,01@b   | he would not have been himself if he could wholly fail
024:492,02@b   | to$9$ be touched by$4$ the sight of a woman (criminal or
024:492,03@b   | other) in$4$ so$5#1$ tight a place. She gave a glance at her
024:492,04@b   | son which$6#1$ seemed tantamount to$4$ an injunction to$9$ be
024:492,05@b   | silent and leave her to$4$ her own devices. 
024:492,05['  ]| He stood
024:492,06['  ]| beside her with his hands behind him, 
024:492,06@b   | quite making
024:492,07@b   | up$5$ in$4$ attitude, 
024:492,07['  ]| as our observer noted, 
024:492,07@b   | for$4$ what he
024:492,08@b   | failed of in$4$ utterance. 
024:492,08['  ]| It was to$9$ remain really a
024:492,09['  ]| burden on$4$ Newman's mind to$4$ the end, this irritating,
024:492,10['  ]| this perplexing illustration he afforded of the
024:492,11['  ]| positive virtue and the incalculable force, even in$4$ the
024:492,12['  ]| unholy, of attitude "as such." 
024:492,12[C  ]| "What paper is this
024:492,13[C  ]| you speak of?" 
024:492,13['  ]| the Marquise asked as if confessing
024:492,14['  ]| to$4$ an interest in$4$ any possible contribution to$4$ the
024:492,15['  ]| family archives.
024:492,16[B  ]| "Exactly what I have told you. A paper written by$4$
024:492,17[B  ]| your husband after you had left him that$6#2$ evening,
024:492,18[B  ]| for$4$ dead ~~ written during the couple of hours before
024:492,19[B  ]| you returned. You see he had the time; you
024:492,20[B  ]| should not have stayed away so$5#1$ long. It declares in$4$
024:492,21[B  ]| the most convincing way his wife's murderous intent."
024:492,22[B  ]| 
024:492,23[C  ]| "I should like$1$ to$9$ see it," 
024:492,23['  ]| she observed as with the
024:492,24['  ]| most natural concern for$4$ a manifesto so$5#1$ compromising 
024:492,25['  ]| to$4$ the ~~ already in$4$ his day, alas, so$5#1$ painfully
024:492,26['  ]| compromised ~~ author of it.
024:492,27[B  ]| "I thought you might," 
024:492,27['  ]| said Newman, 
024:492,27[B  ]| "and I have
024:492,28[B  ]| taken a copy." 
024:492,28['  ]| He drew from his waistcoat pocket
024:492,29['  ]| a small folded sheet.
024:492,30[C  ]| "Give it to$4$ my son," 
024:492,30['  ]| she returned with decision;
024:492,31['  ]| on$4$ which$6#1$ Newman handed it to$4$ the Marquis while
024:492,32['  ]| she simply added 
024:492,32[C  ]| "Look at the thing." 
024:492,32['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde's
024:493,01['  ]| eyes had a pale irrepressible eagerness; he
024:493,02['  ]| took the paper in$4$ his light-gloved fingers and opened
024:493,03['  ]| it. There was a silence during which$6#1$ he took it in$5$.
024:493,04['  ]| He had more than time to$9$ read it, but still he said
024:493,05['  ]| nothing; he stood looking at it hard. 
024:493,05[C  ]| "Where is the
024:493,06[C  ]| original?" 
024:493,06['  ]| his mother meantime asked in$4$ a voice of
024:493,07['  ]| the most disinterested curiosity.
024:493,08[B  ]| "In$4$ a very safe place. Of course I can not show you
024:493,09[B  ]| \that$6#2$\," 
024:493,09['  ]| Newman went on$5$ ~~ 
024:493,09[B  ]| "a treasure the value
024:493,10[B  ]| of which$6#1$ makes it sacred to$4$ me. You might want
024:493,11[B  ]| to$9$ grab it," 
024:493,11['  ]| he added with conscious quaintness,
024:493,12[B  ]| "and I have too much other use for$4$ it. But this
024:493,13[B  ]| is a very correct copy ~~ except of course the handwriting:
024:493,14[B  ]| I will$1$ get it properly certified for$4$ you if you
024:493,15[B  ]| wish. That$6#2$ ought to$9$ suit you ~~ its being properly
024:493,16[B  ]| certified."
024:493,17['  ]| The marquis at last raised a countenance deeply
024:493,18['  ]| and undisguisedly flushed. 
024:493,18[D  ]| "It will$1$ require," 
024:493,18['  ]| he
024:493,19['  ]| nevertheless lightly remarked, 
024:493,19[D  ]| "a vast deal of certification!"
024:493,20[D  ]| 
024:493,21[B  ]| "Well," 
024:493,21['  ]| Newman returned, 
024:493,21[B  ]| "we can always fall
024:493,22[B  ]| back on$4$ the original."
024:493,23[D  ]| "I am speaking," 
024:493,23['  ]| said the Marquis, 
024:493,23[D  ]| "of the original."
024:493,24[D  ]| 
024:493,25[B  ]| "Ah that$6#2$, I think, will$1$ speak for$4$ itself. Still, we
024:493,26[B  ]| can easily get as many persons as possible ~~ as
024:493,27[B  ]| many of those who$6#1$ knew the writer's hand ~~ to$9$
024:493,28[B  ]| speak for$4$ it. Think of the number it will$1$ interest
024:493,29[B  ]| ~~ if I begin, myself, say, with the Duchess, that$6#2$
024:493,30[B  ]| amiable, very stout lady whose name I forget, but
024:493,31[B  ]| who$6#1$ was pleasant to$4$ me at your party. She asked
024:493,32[B  ]| me to$9$ come to$9$ see her, and I have been thinking that$3$ in$4$
024:494,01[B  ]| that$6#2$ case I should not have much to$9$ say to$4$ her. But
024:494,02[B  ]| such a matter as this gives me plenty!"
024:494,03[C  ]| "You had better, at this rate, keep what you have
024:494,04[C  ]| there, my son," 
024:494,04['  ]| the old woman quavered with a
024:494,05['  ]| strained irony.
024:494,06[B  ]| "By$4$ all means," 
024:494,06['  ]| Newman said ~~ 
024:494,06[B  ]| "keep it and
024:494,07[B  ]| show it to$4$ your mother when you get home."
024:494,08[D  ]| "And after enlisting the Duchess?" 
024:494,08['  ]| asked the
024:494,09['  ]| Marquis, who$6#1$ folded the paper and put it away.
024:494,10[B  ]| "Well, there are all the other people you had the
024:494,11[B  ]| cruelty to$9$ introduce me to$4$ in$4$ a character of which$6#1$ 
024:494,12[B  ]| you were capable, at the next turn, of rudely divesting
024:494,13[B  ]| me. Many of them immediately afterwards left
024:494,14[B  ]| cards on$4$ me, so$3$ that$3$ I have their names correctly and
024:494,15[B  ]| shall know how to$9$ find them."
024:494,16['  ]| For$4$ a moment, on$4$ this, neither of Newman's
024:494,17['  ]| friends spoke; the Marquise sat looking down very
024:494,18['  ]| hard, while her son's blanched pupils were fixed on$4$
024:494,19['  ]| her face. 
024:494,19[C  ]| "Is that$6#2$ all you have to$9$ say?" 
024:494,19['  ]| she finally
024:494,20['  ]| asked.
024:494,21[B  ]| "No$7$, I want to$9$ say a few words more, I want to$9$
024:494,22[B  ]| say that$3$ I hope you quite understand what I am about.
024:494,23[B  ]| This is my vindication, you know, of my claim that$3$
024:494,24[B  ]| I have been cruelly wronged. You have treated me before
024:494,25[B  ]| the world, convened for$4$ the express purpose, as
024:494,26[B  ]| if I were not good enough for$4$ you. I mean to$9$ show
024:494,27[B  ]| the world that$3$, however bad I may be, you are not
024:494,28[B  ]| quite the people to$9$ say it."
024:494,29['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde was silent again, and then,
024:494,30['  ]| with a return of her power to$9$ face him, she dealt with
024:494,31['  ]| his point. Her coolness continued to$9$ affect him as
024:494,32['  ]| consummate; he wondered of 
024:494,32@b   | what alarms, what
024:495,01@b   | effronteries, what suspicions and what precautions
024:495,02@b   | she had not had, from far back, to$9$ make her life.
024:495,03[C  ]| "I need not ask you who$6#1$ has been your accomplice
024:495,04[C  ]| in$4$ this clumsy fraud. Catherine*Bread told me you
024:495,05[C  ]| had purchased her services."
024:495,06[B  ]| "Do not accuse Mrs%*Bread of venality," 
024:495,06['  ]| Newman
024:495,07['  ]| returned. 
024:495,07[B  ]| "She has kept your secret all these years,
024:495,08[B  ]| She has given you a long respite. It was beneath her
024:495,09[B  ]| eyes your husband wrote that$6#2$ paper; he put it into
024:495,10[B  ]| her hands with a solemn injunction that$3$ she was to$9$
024:495,11[B  ]| make it public. You have had the benefit of her merciful
024:495,12[B  ]| delay."
024:495,13['  ]| The Marquise appeared for$4$ an instant to$9$ hesitate,
024:495,14['  ]| and then, 
024:495,14[C  ]| "My husband, for$4$ years, did what he ~
024:495,15[C  ]| most remarkably! ~~ liked with her," 
024:495,15['  ]| she declared
024:495,16['  ]| dryly enough. 
024:495,16[C  ]| "She was perhaps the meanest of his
024:495,17[C  ]| many mistresses." 
024:495,17['  ]| This was the only concession to$4$
024:495,18['  ]| self-defence that$6#1$ she condescended to$9$ make.
024:495,19[B  ]| "I very much doubt that$6#2$," 
024:495,19['  ]| said Newman. 
024:495,19[B  ]| "I believe
024:495,20[B  ]| in$4$ her decency."
024:495,21['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde got up$5$ from her bench.
024:495,22[C  ]| "It was not to$4$ your beliefs ~~ however interesting in$4$
024:495,23[C  ]| themselves ~~ I undertook to$9$ listen; so$3$ that$3$, if you have
024:495,24[C  ]| nothing left but \them\ to$9$ tell me, this charming interview
024:495,25[C  ]| may terminate." 
024:495,25['  ]| And turning to$4$ the Marquis
024:495,26['  ]| she took his arm again. 
024:495,26[C  ]| "My son," 
024:495,26['  ]| she then oddly
024:495,27['  ]| resumed, 
024:495,27[C  ]| "say something!"
024:495,28['  ]| He looked down at her, passing his hand over his
024:495,29['  ]| forehead to$4$ the positive displacement of his hat; with
024:495,30['  ]| which$6#1$, tenderly, caressingly, 
024:495,30[D  ]| "What shall I say?" 
024:495,30['  ]| he
024:495,31['  ]| too uncertainly unquired.
024:495,32[C  ]| "There is only one thing to$9$ say ~~ that$3$ it was really
024:496,01[C  ]| not worth while, on$4$ such a showing, to$9$ have pulled
024:496,02[C  ]| us up$5$ in$4$ the street like$4$ a pair of pickpockets."
024:496,03['  ]| But the Marquis thought he could surpass this.
024:496,04[D  ]| "Your paper is of course the crudest of forgeries," 
024:496,04['  ]| he
024:496,05['  ]| said to$4$ Newman.
024:496,06['  ]| Newman shook his head all amusedly. 
024:496,06[B  ]| "M%*de*Bellegarde,
024:496,07[B  ]| your mother does better. She has done
024:496,08[B  ]| better all along, from the first of my knowing you.
024:496,09[B  ]| You are a mighty plucky woman, madam," 
024:496,09['  ]| he continued.
024:496,10[B  ]| "It is a great pity you have made me your
024:496,11[B  ]| enemy. I should have been one of your greatest
024:496,12[B  ]| admirers."
024:496,13[C  ]| "\9Mon 9pauvre 9ami\," 
024:496,13['  ]| she proceeded to$4$ her son, and
024:496,14['  ]| if she had not heard these words, 
024:496,14[C  ]| "you must take
024:496,15[C  ]| me immediately to$4$ my carriage."
024:496,16['  ]| Newman stepped back and let them leave him; he
024:496,17['  ]| watched them a moment and saw Madame*Urbain,
024:496,18['  ]| with her little girl, wander out of a by-path to$9$ meet
024:496,19['  ]| them. The Marquise stooped and kissed her grandchild.
024:496,20[B  ]| "Damn it, she \is\ plucky!" 
024:496,20['  ]| he sighed; and he
024:496,21['  ]| walked home with a sense of having been almost
024:496,22['  ]| worsted. 
024:496,22@b   | She was so$5#1$ quite heroically impenetrable.
024:496,23['  ]| But on$4$ reflexion he decided that$3$ 
024:496,23@b   | what he had witnessed
024:496,24@b   | was no$2$ real sense of security, still less a real
024:496,25@b   | innocence. It was only a very superior style of brazen
024:496,26@b   | assurance, of what M%*Nioche called \9l'usage 9du 9monde\
024:496,27@b   | and Mrs%*Tristram called the grand manner."Wait 
024:496,28@b   | till she has seen how he puts it!" 
024:496,28['  ]| he said to$4$ himself;
024:496,29['  ]| and he concluded that$3$ 
024:496,29@b   | he should hear from her soon.
024:496,30['  ]| He heard sooner than he expected. The next
024:496,31['  ]| morning, before midday, when he was about to$9$ give
024:496,32['  ]| orders for$4$ his breakfast to$9$ be served, M%*de*Bellegarde's
024:497,01['  ]| card was brought him. 
024:497,01@b   | "She \has\ seen how
024:497,02@b   | he puts it and she has passed a bad night," 
024:497,02['  ]| he
024:497,03['  ]| promptly inferred. He instantly admitted his visitor,
024:497,04['  ]| who$6#1$ came in$5$ with the air of the ambassador of a great
024:497,05['  ]| power meeting the delegate of a barbarous tribe
024:497,06['  ]| whom an absurd accident had enabled for$4$ the moment
024:497,07['  ]| to$9$ be abominably annoying. The ambassador,
024:497,08['  ]| at any rate, had also passed a bad night, and his
024:497,09['  ]| faultlessly careful array only threw into relief the sick
024:497,10['  ]| rancour of his eyes and those mottled spots on$4$ his fine
024:497,11['  ]| skin that$6#1$ resembled, 
024:497,11['  ]| to$4$ his host's imagination, 
024:497,11@b   | the
024:497,12@b   | hard finger-prints of fear. 
024:497,12['  ]| He stood there a moment,
024:497,13['  ]| breathing quickly and painfully and shaking his forefinger
024:497,14['  ]| curtly as Newman pointed to$4$ a chair.
024:497,15[D  ]| "What I have come to$9$ say is soon said and can only
024:497,16[D  ]| be said without ceremony."
024:497,17[B  ]| "I am good for$4$ as much or for$4$ as little as you
024:497,18[B  ]| desire."
024:497,19['  ]| The Marquis looked round the room and then:
024:497,20[D  ]| "On$4$ what terms will$1$ you part with what you call
024:497,21[D  ]| your original?"
024:497,22[B  ]| "Ah, on$4$ none!" 
024:497,22['  ]| And while, with his head on$4$ one
024:497,23['  ]| side and his hands behind him, he sounded his
024:497,24['  ]| visitor's depth of detestation, Newman added: 
024:497,24[B  ]| "Certainly
024:497,25[B  ]| that$6#2$ is not worth sitting down about."
024:497,26['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde went on$5$, however, as without
024:497,27['  ]| having heard him. 
024:497,27[D  ]| "My mother and I, last evening,
024:497,28[D  ]| talked over your story. You will$1$ be surprised to$9$ learn
024:497,29[D  ]| that$3$ we think your little document is ~~ a" 
024:497,29['  ]| ~~ and he
024:497,30['  ]| held back his word a moment ~~ 
024:497,30[D  ]| "characteristic."
024:497,31['  ]| Newman laughed out as it came. 
024:497,31[B  ]| "Of your mother
024:497,32[B  ]| and you, you mean?"
024:498,01[D  ]| "Of my deplorable father."
024:498,02[B  ]| "You forget that$3$ with you I am used to$4$ surprises!"
024:498,03['  ]| Newman gaily pursued.
024:498,04[D  ]| "The very scantest consideration we owe his
024:498,05[D  ]| memory," 
024:498,05['  ]| the Marquis continued, 
024:498,05[D  ]| "makes us desire
024:498,06[D  ]| he should not be held up$5$ to$4$ the world as the author
024:498,07[D  ]| of an elaborately malignant attack on$4$ the reputation
024:498,08[D  ]| of a wife whose only fault was that$3$ she had been
024:498,09[D  ]| submissive to$4$ repeated outrage."
024:498,10[B  ]| "Oh, I see! It is for$4$ your father's sake!" 
024:498,10['  ]| and
024:498,11['  ]| Newman laughed the laugh in$4$ which$6#1$ he indulged
024:498,12['  ]| when he was, if not most amused, at any rate most
024:498,13['  ]| pleased ~~ an intimate noiseless laugh with closed
024:498,14['  ]| lips.
024:498,15['  ]| But M%*de*Bellegarde's gravity held good. 
024:498,15[D  ]| "There
024:498,16[D  ]| are a few of his particular friends for$4$ whom the
024:498,17[D  ]| knowledge of so$5#1$ unfortunate an inspiration would be
024:498,18[D  ]| a real grief. Even say we firmly established by$4$ medical
024:498,19[D  ]| evidence the presumption of a mind disordered
024:498,20[D  ]| by$4$ fever, \9il 9en 9resterait 9quelque 9chose\. At the best it
024:498,21[D  ]| would look ill in$4$ him. Very ill!"
024:498,22[B  ]| "Do not try medical evidence," 
024:498,22['  ]| said Newman.
024:498,23[B  ]| "Do not touch the doctors and they will$1$ not touch you.
024:498,24[B  ]| I do not mind your knowing that$3$ I have not written to$4$
024:498,25[B  ]| either of the gentlemen present at the event."
024:498,26['  ]| He flattered himself 
024:498,26@b   | he saw signs in$4$ his visitor's
024:498,27@b   | discoloured mask that$3$ this information was extremely
024:498,28@b   | pertinent. The Marquis remained, however, irreducibly
024:498,29@b   | argumentative. 
024:498,29[D  ]| "For$4$ instance Madame*d'Outreville,
024:498,30[D  ]| of whom you spoke yesterday. I can imagine
024:498,31[D  ]| nothing that$6#1$ would shock her more."
024:498,32[B  ]| "Oh, I am quite prepared to$9$ shock Madame*d'Outreville.
024:499,01[B  ]| That$6#2$ is just what is the matter with me.
024:499,02[B  ]| I regularly \want\ to$9$ shock people."
024:499,03['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde examined for$4$ a moment the fine
024:499,04['  ]| white stitching on$4$ one of his black gloves. Then
024:499,05['  ]| without looking up$5$, 
024:499,05[D  ]| "We do not offer you money," 
024:499,05['  ]| he
024:499,06['  ]| said. 
024:499,06[D  ]| "That$6#2$ we suppose to$9$ be useless."
024:499,07['  ]| Newman, turning away, took a few turns about the
024:499,08['  ]| room and then came back. 
024:499,08[B  ]| "What \do\ you offer me?
024:499,09[B  ]| By$4$ what I can make out the generosity is all to$9$ be on$4$
024:499,10[B  ]| my side."
024:499,11['  ]| The Marquis dropped his arms at his flanks and
024:499,12['  ]| held his head a little higher. 
024:499,12[D  ]| "What we offer you is
024:499,13[D  ]| a chance ~~ a chance a gentleman should appreciate.
024:499,14[D  ]| A chance to$9$ abstain from inflicting a terrible blot
024:499,15[D  ]| upon$4$ the memory of a man who$6#1$ certainly had his
024:499,16[D  ]| faults, but who$6#1$, personally, had done you no$2$ wrong."
024:499,17[B  ]| "There are two things to$9$ say to$4$ that$6#2$," 
024:499,17['  ]| Newman
024:499,18['  ]| returned. 
024:499,18[B  ]| "The first is, as regards appreciating your
024:499,19[B  ]| ""chance,"" that$3$ you do not consider me a gentleman.
024:499,20[B  ]| That$6#2$ is your great point, you know. It is a poor rule
024:499,21[B  ]| that$6#1$ will$1$ not work both ways. The second is that$3$ ~
024:499,22[B  ]| well, in$4$ a word, you are talking sad nonsense."
024:499,23['  ]| In$4$ the midst of his bitterness he had kept well
024:499,24['  ]| before his eyes, as I have noted, a certain ideal of
024:499,25['  ]| saying nothing rude, and he felt a quick scruple for$4$
024:499,26['  ]| the too easy impatience of these words. But the Marquis
024:499,27['  ]| took them more quietly than might have been
024:499,28['  ]| expected. Sublime ambassador that$3$ he was, he continued
024:499,29['  ]| the policy of ignoring what was disagreeable
024:499,30['  ]| in$4$ his adversary's replies. He gazed at the gilded
024:499,31['  ]| arabesques on$4$ the opposite wall and then transferred
024:499,32['  ]| his glance to$4$ his host as if he too had been
024:500,01['  ]| a large grotesque in$4$ a vulgar system of chamber-decoration.
024:500,02[D  ]| "I suppose you know that$3$, as regards
024:500,03[D  ]| yourself, a course so$5#1$ confessedly vindictive ~~ vindictive
024:500,04[D  ]| in$4$ respect to$4$ your discomfiture ~~ will$1$ not do at all."
024:500,05[B  ]| "How do you mean it will$1$ not do?"
024:500,06[D  ]| "Why, of course you utterly damn yourself. But
024:500,07[D  ]| I suppose that$6#2$ is in$4$ your programme. You propose
024:500,08[D  ]| to$9$ throw at us this horrible \9ordure\ that$6#1$ you have raked
024:500,09[D  ]| together, and you believe, you hope, that$3$ some of it
024:500,10[D  ]| may stick. We know naturally it can not," 
024:500,10['  ]| explained
024:500,11['  ]| the Marquis in$4$ a tone of conscious lucidity; 
024:500,11[D  ]| "but you
024:500,12[D  ]| take the chance and are willing at any rate to$9$ show
024:500,13[D  ]| that$3$ you yourself have dirty hands."
024:500,14[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is a good comparison; at least half of it is,"
024:500,15['  ]| said Newman. 
024:500,15[B  ]| "I take the chance of something
024:500,16[B  ]| sticking. But as regards my hands, they are clean.
024:500,17[B  ]| I have taken the awful thing up$5$ with my finger-tips."
024:500,18['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde looked a moment into his hat.
024:500,19[D  ]| "All our friends are quite with us. They would have
024:500,20[D  ]| done exactly as we have done."
024:500,21[B  ]| "I shall believe that$6#2$ when I hear them say it.
024:500,22[B  ]| Meanwhile I shall think better of human nature."
024:500,23['  ]| The Marquis looked into his hat again. 
024:500,23[D  ]| "My poor
024:500,24[D  ]| perverse sister was extremely fond of her father. If
024:500,25[D  ]| she knew of the existence of the few base words ~
024:500,26[D  ]| at once mad and base ~~ of which$6#1$ you propose to$9$
024:500,27[D  ]| make this scandalous use, she would require of you,
024:500,28[D  ]| proudly, for$4$ his sake, to$9$ give them up$5$ to$4$ her, and she
024:500,29[D  ]| would destroy them on$4$ the spot."
024:500,30[B  ]| "Very possibly," 
024:500,30['  ]| Newman rejoined. 
024:500,30[B  ]| "But it is exactly
024:500,31[B  ]| what she will$1$ not know. I was in$4$ that$6#2$ hideous place
024:500,32[B  ]| yesterday, and I know what \she is\ doing. Lord of
024:501,01[B  ]| mercy! You can guess whether it made me feel forgiving!"
024:501,02[B  ]| 
024:501,03['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde appeared to$9$ have nothing more
024:501,04['  ]| to$9$ suggest; but he continued to$9$ stand there, rigid and
024:501,05['  ]| elegant, as a man who$6#1$ had believed his mere personal
024:501,06['  ]| presence would have had an argumentative
024:501,07['  ]| value. Newman watched him and, without yielding
024:501,08['  ]| an inch on$4$ the main issue, felt an incongruously good-natured
024:501,09['  ]| impulse to$9$ help him to$9$ retreat in$4$ good order.
024:501,10[B  ]| "Your idea, you see ~~ though ingenious in$4$ its way
024:501,11[B  ]| ~~ does not work. You offer too little."
024:501,12[D  ]| "Propose something yourself," 
024:501,12['  ]| the Marquis at last
024:501,13['  ]| brought out.
024:501,14[B  ]| "Give me back Madame*de*Cintre= relieved of the
024:501,15[B  ]| blight and free of the poison that$6#1$ are all of your
024:501,16[B  ]| producing."
024:501,17['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde threw up$5$ is head and his flush
024:501,18['  ]| darkly spread. 
024:501,18[D  ]| "Never!"
024:501,19[B  ]| "You can not!"
024:501,20[D  ]| "We would not if we could! In$4$ the sentiment
024:501,21[D  ]| which$6#1$ led us to$9$ deprecate her marriage to$4$ you nothing
024:501,22[D  ]| is changed."
024:501,23[B  ]| " ""Deprecate"" is lovely!" 
024:501,23['  ]| cried Newman. 
024:501,23[B  ]| "It was
024:501,24[B  ]| hardly worth while to$9$ come here only to$9$ tell me that$3$
024:501,25[B  ]| you are not ashamed of yourselves. I should have come
024:501,26[B  ]| to$9$ think of you perhaps as in$4$ your guilt-burdened
024:501,27[B  ]| hearts almost pitifully miserable."
024:501,28['  ]| The Marquis slowly walked toward the door, and
024:501,29['  ]| Newman, following, opened it for$4$ him. 
024:501,29[D  ]| "Your hawking
024:501,30[D  ]| that$6#2$ tatter about will$1$ be, on$4$ your part, the vulgarest
024:501,31[D  ]| proceeding coceivable, and, as having admitted
024:501,32[D  ]| you to$4$ our \9intimite=\, we shall proportionately wince
024:502,01[D  ]| for$4$ it. That$6#2$ we quite feel. But it will$1$ not otherwise
024:502,02[D  ]| incommode us."
024:502,03[B  ]| "Well," 
024:502,03['  ]| said Newman after reflexion, 
024:502,03[B  ]| "I do not
024:502,04[B  ]| know that$3$ I want to$9$ do anything worse than make
024:502,05[B  ]| you regret your connexion with me. Only do not be
024:502,06[B  ]| sure you know yet," 
024:502,06['  ]| he added, 
024:502,06[B  ]| "how very much you
024:502,07[B  ]| \may\ regret it."
024:502,08['  ]| M%*de*Bellegarde stood a moment looking on$4$ the
024:502,09['  ]| ground, as if ransacking his brain to$9$ see what else he
024:502,10['  ]| could do to$9$ save his father's reputation. Then, with
024:502,11['  ]| a small cold sigh, he seemed to$9$ signify that$3$ he regretfully
024:502,12['  ]| surrendered the late Marquis to$4$ the penalty of
024:502,13['  ]| his turpitude. He gave a scant shrug, took his neat
024:502,14['  ]| umbrella from the servant in$4$ the vestibule and, with
024:502,15['  ]| his gentlemanly walk, passed out. Newman stood
024:502,16['  ]| listening till he heard the door close; then for$4$ some
024:502,17['  ]| minutes he moved to$8$ and fro with his hands in$4$ his
024:502,18['  ]| pockets and a sound like$4$ the low hum of a jig proceeding 
024:502,19['  ]| from the back of his mouth.
025:503,01['  ]| He called on$4$ the immense, the comical Duchess and
025:503,02['  ]| found her at home. An old gentleman with a high
025:503,03['  ]| nose and a gold-headed cane was just taking leave;
025:503,04['  ]| he made Newman a protracted obeisance as he retired,
025:503,05['  ]| and our hero supposed him one of the high
025:503,06['  ]| personages with whom he had shaken hands at
025:503,07['  ]| Madame*de*Bellegarde's party. The Duchess, in$4$ her
025:503,08['  ]| armchair, from which$6#1$ she did not move, with a great
025:503,09['  ]| flower-pot on$4$ one side of her, a pile of pink-covered
025:503,10['  ]| novels on$4$ the other and a large piece of tapestry
025:503,11['  ]| depending from her lap, presented an expansive and
025:503,12['  ]| imposing front; but her aspect was in$4$ the highest
025:503,13['  ]| degree gracious and there was nothing in$4$ her manner
025:503,14['  ]| to$9$ check the effusion of his confidence. She talked to$4$
025:503,15['  ]| him of flowers and books, getting launched with marvellous
025:503,16['  ]| promptitude; about the theatres, about the
025:503,17['  ]| peculiar institutions of his native country, about the
025:503,18['  ]| humidity of Paris, about the pretty complexions of
025:503,19['  ]| the American ladies, about his impressions of France
025:503,20['  ]| and his opinion of its female inhabitants. All this
025:503,21['  ]| had a large free flow on$4$ the part of the Duchess, who$6#1$
025:503,22['  ]| like$4$ many of her countrywomen, was a person of an
025:503,23['  ]| affirmative rather than an interrogative cast, who$6#1$
025:503,24['  ]| uttered "good things" and put them herself into
025:503,25['  ]| circulation, and who$6#1$ was apt to$9$ offer you a present
025:503,26['  ]| of a convenient little opinion neatly enveloped in$4$ the
025:503,27['  ]| gilt paper of a happy Gallicism. Newman had come
025:504,01['  ]| to$4$ her with a grievance, but he found himself in$4$ an
025:504,02['  ]| atmosphere in$4$ which$6#1$ apparently no$2$ cognisance was
025:504,03['  ]| taken of such matters; an atmosphere into which$6#1$ the
025:504,04['  ]| chill of discomfort had never penetrated and which$6#1$ 
025:504,05['  ]| seemed exclusively made up$5$ of mild, sweet, stale intellectual
025:504,06['  ]| perfumes. The feeling with which$6#1$ he had
025:504,07['  ]| watched Madame*d'Outreville at the treacherous
025:504,08['  ]| festival of the Bellegardes came back to$4$ him; she
025:504,09['  ]| struck him as 
025:504,09@b   | a wonderful old lady in$4$ some particular
025:504,10@b   | "high" comedy, thoroughly well up$5$ in$4$ her part.
025:504,11['  ]| He noticed before long that$3$ 
025:504,11@b   | she asked him no$2$ question
025:504,12@b   | about their common friends; she made no$2$ allusion
025:504,13@b   | to$4$ the circumstances under which$6#1$ he had been
025:504,14@b   | presented to$4$ her. She neither feigned ignorance of
025:504,15@b   | a change in$4$ these circumstances nor pretended to$9$
025:504,16@b   | condole with him upon$4$ it; but she smiled and discoursed
025:504,17@b   | and compared the tender-tinted wools of her
025:504,18@b   | tapestry as if the Bellegardes and their wickedness
025:504,19@b   | were not of this world. "She is fighting shy!"
025:504,19['  ]| he
025:504,20['  ]| said to$4$ himself and, having drawn the inference, was
025:504,21['  ]| curious to$9$ see, further, 
025:504,21@b   | how, if this were a policy, she
025:504,22@b   | would carry it off. She did so$5#2$ in$4$ a masterly manner.
025:504,23@b   | There was not a gleam of disguised consciousness in$4$
025:504,24@b   | the small, clear, demonstrative eyes which$6#1$ constituted
025:504,25@b   | her nearest claim to$4$ personal loveliness; there was not
025:504,26@b   | a symptom of apprehension he would trench on$4$ any
025:504,27@b   | ground she proposed to$9$ avoid. "Upon$4$ my word, she
025:504,28@b   | does it very well," 
025:504,28['  ]| he tacitly commented. 
025:504,28@b   | "They all
025:504,29@b   | hold together bravely, and, whether any*one else can
025:504,30@b   | trust them or not, they can certainly trust each other."
025:504,31['  ]| He fell at this juncture to$4$ admiring the Duchess for$4$
025:504,32['  ]| her fine manners. He felt, most accurately, that$3$ 
025;504,32@b   | she
025:505,01@b   | was not a grain less urbane than she would have been
025:505,02@b   | if his marriage were still in$4$ prospect; but he was
025:505,03@b   | aware also that$3$ she led him on$5$ no$2$ single inch further.
025:505,04@b   | He had come, so$5#2$ reasoned this eminent lady ~
025:505,05@b   | heaven knew why he had come after what had happened; 
025:505,06@b   | and for$4$ the half-hour therefore she would be
025:505,07@b   | \9charmante\. But she would never see him again.
025:505,08['  ]| Finding no$2$ ready-made opportunity to$9$ tell his story,
025:505,09['  ]| he pondered these things more dispassionately than
025:505,10['  ]| might have been expected; he stretched his legs as
025:505,11['  ]| usual and even chuckled a little quite appreciatively
025:505,12['  ]| and noiselessly. And then as his hostess went on$5$
025:505,13['  ]| relating a \9mot\ with which$6#1$ her mother had, in$4$ extreme
025:505,14['  ]| youth, snubbed the great Napoleon, it occurred to$4$
025:505,15['  ]| him that$3$ 
025:505,15@b   | her evasion of a chapter of French history
025:505,16@b   | more interesting to$4$ himself might possibly be the
025:505,17@b   | result of an extreme consideration for$4$ his feelings.
025:505,18@b   | Perhaps it was delicacy rather than diplomacy. 
025:505,18['  ]| He
025:505,19['  ]| was on$4$ the point of saying something himself, to$9$
025:505,20['  ]| make the chance he had determined to$9$ give her still
025:505,21['  ]| better, when the servant announced another visitor.
025:505,22['  ]| The Duchess on$4$ hearing the name ~~ it was that$6#2$ of
025:505,23['  ]| an Italian prince ~~ gave a little imperceptible pout
025:505,24['  ]| and said to$4$ him rapidly: 
025:505,24[V  ]| "I beg you to$9$ remain; I desire
025:505,25[V  ]| this visit to$9$ be short." 
025:505,25['  ]| He wondered, at this, 
025:505,25@b   | if
025:505,26@b   | they might not then after all get round to$4$ the Bellegardes.
025:505,27@b   | 
025:505,28['  ]| The Prince was a short stout man, with a head
025:505,29['  ]| disproportionately large. He had a dusky complexion
025:505,30['  ]| and bushy eyebrows, beneath which$6#1$ glowed a fixed
025:505,31['  ]| and somewhat defiant stare; he seemed to$9$ be challenging
025:505,32['  ]| you to$9$ hint that$3$ he might be hydrocephalic.
025:506,01['  ]| The Duchess, judging from her charge to$4$ our own
025:506,02['  ]| friend, regarded him as a bore; but this was not
025:506,03['  ]| apparent from the unchecked abundance of her
025:506,04['  ]| speech. She caused it to$9$ frisk hither and yon as to$4$
025:506,05['  ]| some old rococo music and then pull up$5$ on$4$ a \9mot\
025:506,06['  ]| after the fashion in$4$ which$6#1$ a stage-dancer whirls, for$4$
025:506,07['  ]| breath and with arms arranged, into ecstatic equilibrium;
025:506,08['  ]| she characterised with great felicity the
025:506,09['  ]| Italian intellect and the taste of the figs at Sorrento,
025:506,10['  ]| predicted the ultimate future of the Italian kingdom
025:506,11['  ]| (disgust with the brutal Sardinian rule and complete
025:506,12['  ]| reversion, throughout the peninsula, to$4$ the mild sway
025:506,13['  ]| of the Holy Father) and, finally, took up$5$ the heart-history
025:506,14['  ]| of their friend \9cette 9pauvre 9Princesse\, a lady
025:506,15['  ]| unknown to$4$ Newman, who$6#1$ had notoriously so$5#1$ much
025:506,16['  ]| heart. This record exposed itself to$4$ a considerable
025:506,17['  ]| control from the Prince, who$6#1$ was evidently not related
025:506,18['  ]| to$4$ the heroine in$4$ question otherwise than by$4$
025:506,19['  ]| an intimate familiarity with her annals; and having
025:506,20['  ]| satisfied himself that$3$ Newman was in$4$ no$2$ laughing
025:506,21['  ]| mood, either with regard to$4$ the size of his head or the
025:506,22['  ]| authenticity of his facts, he entered into the controversy
025:506,23['  ]| with an animation for$4$ which$6#1$ the Duchess, when
025:506,24['  ]| she set him down as a bore, could not have been prepared.
025:506,25['  ]| The often so$5#1$ oddly-directed passions of their
025:506,26['  ]| friend led Newman's companions to$4$ a discussion of
025:506,27['  ]| the \9co^te= 9passionel\ of the Florentine nobility in$4$ general;
025:506,28['  ]| the Duchess had lately spent several weeks in$4$ the very
025:506,29['  ]| bosom of that$6#2$ body and gathered much information
025:506,30['  ]| on$4$ the subject. This was merged, in$4$ turn, in$4$ an examination
025:506,31['  ]| of the Italian heart \9per*se\. The Duchess,
025:506,32['  ]| who$6#1$ had arrived at highly original conclusions,
025:507,01['  ]| thought it the least susceptible organ of its kind that$6#1$ 
025:507,02['  ]| she had ever encountered, related examples of its
025:507,03['  ]| Machiavellian power to$9$ calculate its perils and profits,
025:507,04['  ]| and at last declared that$3$ 
025:507,04@v   | for$4$ her the race were
025:507,05@v   | half arithmetic and half ice. 
025:507,05['  ]| The Prince became
025:507,06['  ]| flame and rhetoric to$9$ refute her, and his visit really
025:507,07['  ]| proved charming.
025:507,08['  ]| Newman was naturally out of the fray; he sat with
025:507,09['  ]| his head a little on$4$ one side, watching the interlocutors.
025:507,10['  ]| The Duchess, as she talked, frequently looked
025:507,11['  ]| at him with a smile, as if to$9$ intimate, in$4$ the charming
025:507,12['  ]| manner of her nation, that$3$ it lay only with him to$9$ say
025:507,13['  ]| something very much to$4$ the point. But he said
025:507,14['  ]| nothing at all, and at last his thoughts began to$9$
025:507,15['  ]| wander. A singular feeling came over him ~~ a sudden
025:507,16['  ]| sense of the folly of his errand. 
025:507,16@b   | What under the
025:507,17@b   | sun had he after all to$9$ say to$4$ the Duchess? Wherein
025:507,18@b   | would it profit him to$9$ denounce the Bellegardes to$4$
025:507,19@b   | her for$4$ traitors and the Marquise into the bargain
025:507,20@b   | for$4$ a murderess? 
025:507,20['  ]| He seemed morally to$9$ have turned
025:507,21['  ]| a high somersault and to$9$ find things looking differently
025:507,22['  ]| in$4$ consequence. He felt, as by$4$ the effect of some
025:507,23['  ]| colder current of the air, his will$0$ stiffen in$4$ another
025:507,24['  ]| direction and the mantle of his reserve draw closer.
025:507,25@b   | What in$4$ the world had he been thinking of when
025:507,26@b   | he fancied Madame*d'Outreville could help him and
025:507,27@b   | that$3$ it would conduce to$4$ his comfort to$9$ make her
025:507,28@b   | think ill of the Bellegades? What did her opinion
025:507,29@b   | of the Bellegardes matter to$4$ him? It was only a shade
025:507,30@b   | more important than the opinion the Bellegardes
025:507,31@b   | entertained of herself. The Duchess help him, that$6#2$ 
025:507,32@b   | cold, stout, soft, artificial woman help him? ~~ she
025:508,01@b   | who$6#1$ in$4$ the last twenty minutes had built up$5$ between
025:508,02@b   | them a wall of polite conversation in$4$ which$6#1$ she evidently
025:508,03@b   | flattered herself he would never find a gate?
025:508,04@b   | Had it come to$4$ this ~~ that$3$ he was asking favours of
025:508,05@b   | false gods and appealing for$4$ sympathy where he had
025:508,06@b   | no$2$ sympathy to$9$ give? 
025:508,06['  ]| He rested his arms on$4$ his
025:508,07['  ]| knees and sat for$4$ some minutes staring into his hat.
025:508,08['  ]| As he did so$5#2$ his ears tingled ~~ 
025:508,08@b   | was he to$9$ have brayed
025:508,09@b   | like$4$ that$6#2$ animal whose ears are longest? Whether or
025:508,10@b   | no$0$ the Duchess would hear his story he would not tell
025:508,11@b   | it. Was he to$9$ sit there another half-hour for$4$ the sake
025:508,12@b   | of exposing the Bellegardes? The Bellegardes be
025:508,13@b   | deeply damned! 
025:508,13['  ]| He got up$5$ abruptly and advanced
025:508,14['  ]| to$9$ shake hands with is hostess.
025:508,15[V  ]| "You can not stay longer?" 
025:508,15['  ]| she graciously asked.
025:508,16[B  ]| "If you will$1$ pardon me, no$7$."
025:508,17['  ]| She hesitated, and then, 
025:508,17[V  ]| "I had an idea you had
025:508,18[V  ]| something particular to$9$ say to$4$ me," 
025:508,18['  ]| she returned.
025:508,19['  ]| Newman met her eyes; he felt a little dizzy; for$4$ the
025:508,20['  ]| moment he was conscious of the high ~~ or at least
025:508,21['  ]| the higher ~~ air in$4$ which$6#1$ he performed gymnastic
025:508,22['  ]| revolutions. The little Italian prince came to$4$ his help.
025:508,23[W  ]| "Ah, madame, who$6#2$ has not that$6#2$?" 
025:508,23['  ]| he richly sighed.
025:508,24[V  ]| "Do not teach Mr%*Newman to$9$ say \9fadaises\," 
025:508,24['  ]| said
025:508,25['  ]| the Duchess. 
025:508,25[V  ]| "It is his merit that$3$ he does not know
025:508,26[V  ]| how."
025:508,27[B  ]| "Yes, I do not know how to$9$ say \9fadaises\," 
025:508,27['  ]| Newman
025:508,28['  ]| admitted, 
025:508,28[B  ]| "and I do not want to$9$ say anything unpleasant."
025:508,29[B  ]| 
025:508,30[V  ]| "I am sure you are very considerate," 
025:508,30['  ]| Madame*d'Outreville 
025:508,31['  ]| smiled; and she gave him a little nod for$4$ 
025:508,32['  ]| all good-bye, with which$6#1$ he took his departure.
025:509,01['  ]| Once in$4$ the street he stood for$4$ some time on$4$ the
025:509,02['  ]| pavement, wondering 
025:509,02@b   | if after all he had not been most
025:509,03@b   | an ass not to$9$ offer to$4$ the great lady's inhalation his
025:509,04@b   | nosegay of strange flowers. 
025:509,04['  ]| And then he decided, he
025:509,05['  ]| quite had the sense of discovering, that$3$ 
025:509,05@b   | he should
025:509,06@b   | simply hate to$9$ talk of the Bellegardes with any*one.
025:509,07@b   | The thing he most wanted to$9$ do, 
025:509,07['  ]| it suddenly appeared,
025:509,08@b   | was to$9$ banish them from his mind and never
025:509,09@b   | think of them again. 
025:509,09['  ]| Indecision had, however, not
025:509,10['  ]| hitherto been one of his weaknesses, and in$4$ this case
025:509,11['  ]| it was not of long duration. For$4$ three days he applied
025:509,12['  ]| all his thought to$4$ not thinking ~~ thinking, that$3$ is,
025:509,13['  ]| of the Marquise and her son. He dined with Mrs%*Tristram
025:509,14['  ]| and, on$4$ her mentioning their name, requested
025:509,15['  ]| her almot austerely to$9$ desist. This gave
025:509,16['  ]| Tom*Tristram a much-coveted opportunity to$9$ offer
025:509,17['  ]| condolences.
025:509,18['  ]| He leaned forward, laying his hand on$4$ Newman's
025:509,19['  ]| arm, compressing his lips and shaking his head.
025:509,20[H  ]| "The fact is, my dear fellow, you see you ought never
025:509,21[H  ]| to$9$ have gone into it. It was not your doing, I know
025:509,22[H  ]| ~~ it was all my wife. If you want to$9$ come down on$4$
025:509,23[H  ]| her I will$1$ stand off: I give you leave to$9$ hit her as hard
025:509,24[H  ]| as you like$1$. You know she has never had a flick of
025:509,25[H  ]| the whip from me in$4$ her life, and I do think she wants
025:509,26[H  ]| to$9$ be a bit touched up$5$. Why did not you listen to$4$ \me\?
025:509,27[H  ]| You know I did not believe in$4$ the thing. I thought it
025:509,28[H  ]| at the best a high jump in$4$ which$6#1$ you might bruise
025:509,29[H  ]| a shin. I do not profess to$9$ have been a tremendous
025:509,30[H  ]| \9homme 9a` 9femmes\, as they say here, but I have instincts
025:509,31[H  ]| about the sex that$6#1$, hang it, I have honestly come by$5$.
025:509,32[H  ]| I have never mistrusted a woman in$4$ my life that$3$ she
025:510,01[H  ]| has not turned out badly. I was not at all deceived
025:510,02[H  ]| in$4$ Lizzie for$4$ instance; I always had my doubts about
025:510,03[H  ]| her. Whatever you may think of my present situation
025:510,04[H  ]| I must at least admit that$3$ I got into it with my
025:510,05[H  ]| eyes open. Now suppose you had got into something
025:510,06[H  ]| like$4$ this box with your grand cold Countess. You
025:510,07[H  ]| may depend upon$4$ it she would have turned out a stiff one.
025:510,08[H  ]| And upon$4$ my word I do not see where you could have
025:510,09[H  ]| found your comfort. Not from the Marquis, my dear
025:510,10[H  ]| Newman; he was not a man you could go and talk
025:510,11[H  ]| things over with in$4$ an easy and natural way. Did he
025:510,12[H  ]| ever seem to$9$ want to$9$ have you on$4$ the premises? Did
025:510,13[H  ]| he ever try to$9$ see you alone? Did he ever ask you to$9$
025:510,14[H  ]| come and smoke a cigar with him of an evening or
025:510,15[H  ]| step in$5$, when you had been calling on$4$ the ladies, and
025:510,16[H  ]| take something? I do not think you would have got much
025:510,17[H  ]| out of \him\. And as for$4$ that$6#2$ daughter of a hundred
025:510,18[H  ]| earls his mother, she struck one as an uncommonly
025:510,19[H  ]| strong dose. They have a great expression here, you
025:510,20[H  ]| know; they call any damned thing ""sympathetic"" ~
025:510,21[H  ]| that$3$ is when it is not it ought to$9$ be. Now Madame*de*Bellegarde is
025:510,22[H  ]| about as sympathetic as that$6#2$ mustard-pot. 
025:510,23[H  ]| They are a d-d stony-faced, cold-blooded lot
025:510,24[H  ]| anyway; I felt it awfully at that$6#2$ ball of theirs. I felt
025:510,25[H  ]| as if I were walking up$4$ and down the Armoury in$4$ the
025:510,26[H  ]| Tower*of*London ~~ every*one cased in$4$ ancestral
025:510,27[H  ]| steel, every*one perched up$5$ in$4$ a panoply. My dear
025:510,28[H  ]| boy, do not think me a vulgar brute for$4$ hinting it,
025:510,29[H  ]| but, you may depend upon$4$ it, all they wanted was
025:510,30[H  ]| your money. I know something about that$6#2$; I can
025:510,31[H  ]| tell when people want one's money. Why they
025:510,32[H  ]| stopped wanting yours I do not know; I suppose because
025:511,01[H  ]| they could get some*one else's without working
025:511,02[H  ]| so$5#1$ hard for$4$ it. It is not worth finding out. It may be
025:511,03[H  ]| it was not with your Countess, Lizzie's and yours,
025:511,04[H  ]| that$3$ the idea of chucking you originated; very likely
025:511,05[H  ]| the old woman put her up$5$ to$4$ it. I suspect she and
025:511,06[H  ]| her mother are really as thick as thieves, eh? You are
025:511,07[H  ]| well out of it, at any rate, old man; make up$5$ your
025:511,08[H  ]| mind to$4$ that$6#2$. If I express myself strongly it is all
025:511,09[H  ]| because I love you so$5#1$ much; and from that$6#2$ point of
025:511,10[H  ]| view I may say I should as soon have thought of making
025:511,11[H  ]| up$5$ to$4$ that$6#2$ piece of pale peculiarity as I should
025:511,12[H  ]| have thought of wooing the Obelisk in$4$ the Place*de*la*Concorde."
025:511,13[H  ]| 
025:511,14['  ]| Newman sat gazing at Tristram during this
025:511,15['  ]| harangue with a lack-lustre eye; never yet had he
025:511,16['  ]| seemed to$4$ himself to$9$ have outgrown so$5#1$ completely
025:511,17['  ]| the phase of equal comradeship with Tom*Tristram.
025:511,18['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram's glance at her husband had more of
025:511,19['  ]| a spark; she turned to$4$ Newman with a slightly lurid
025:511,20['  ]| smile. 
025:511,20[I  ]| "You must at least do justice," 
025:511,20['  ]| she said, 
025:511,20[I  ]| "to$4$
025:511,21[I  ]| the felicity with which$6#1$ he repairs the indiscretions of
025:511,22[I  ]| a too zealous wife."
025:511,23['  ]| But even without the lash of his friend's loud
025:511,24['  ]| tongue Newman would have waked again into his
025:511,25['  ]| bitterest consciousness. He could keep it at bay only
025:511,26['  ]| when he could cease to$9$ miss what he had lost, and
025:511,27['  ]| each day, for$4$ the present, but added a ton of weight
025:511,28['  ]| to$4$ that$6#2$ quantity. In$4$ vain Mrs%*Tristram begged him
025:511,29['  ]| to$9$ \9se 9faire\, as she put it, \9une 9raison\; she assured him
025:511,30@i   | the sight of his countenance made her wretched.
025:511,31[B  ]| "How can I help it?" 
025:511,31['  ]| he demanded with a trembling
025:511,32['  ]| voice ~~ 
025:511,32[B  ]| "how can I help it when the sight of
025:512,01[B  ]| everything makes \me\ so$5#2$? I feel exactly like$4$ a stunned
025:512,02[B  ]| widower ~~ and a widower who$6#1$ has not even the consolation
025:512,03[B  ]| of going to$9$ stand beside the grave of his wife,
025:512,04[B  ]| one who$6#1$ has not the right to$9$ wear so$5#1$ much mourning
025:512,05[B  ]| as a weed on$4$ his hat. I feel," 
025:512,05['  ]| he added in$4$ a moment,
025:512,06[B  ]| "as if my wife had been murdered and her assassins
025:512,07[B  ]| were still at large."
025:512,08['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram made no$2$ immediate rejoinder, but
025:512,09['  ]| at last she said with a smile which$6#1$, in$4$ so$5#1$ far as it was
025:512,10['  ]| a forced one, was less successfully simulated than such
025:512,11['  ]| smiles, on$4$ her lips, usually were: 
025:512,11[I  ]| "Are you very sure
025:512,12[I  ]| that$3$ you would have been happy?"
025:512,13['  ]| He stared, then shook his head. 
025:512,13[B  ]| "That$6#2$ is weak;
025:512,14[B  ]| that$6#2$ will$1$ not do."
025:512,15[I  ]| "Well," 
025:512,15['  ]| she persisted as with an idea, 
025:512,15[I  ]| "I do not
025:512,16[I  ]| believe it would have really done."
025:512,17['  ]| He gave a sound of irritation. 
025:512,17[B  ]| "Say then it would
025:512,18[B  ]| have damnably failed. Failure for$4$ failure I should
025:512,19[B  ]| have preferred that$6#2$ one to$4$ this."
025:512,20['  ]| She took it in$4$ her musing way. 
025:512,20[I  ]| "I should have
025:512,21[I  ]| been curious to$9$ see; it would have been very strange."
025:512,22[B  ]| "Was it from curiosity that$3$ you urged me to$9$ put
025:512,23[B  ]| myself forward?"
025:512,24[I  ]| "A little," 
025:512,24['  ]| she still more boldly answered. Newman
025:512,25['  ]| gave her the one angry look he had been destined
025:512,26['  ]| ever to$9$ give her, turned away and took up$5$ his
025:512,27['  ]| hat. She watched him a moment and then said:
025:512,28[I  ]| "That$6#2$ sounds very cruel, but it is less so$5#2$ than it
025:512,29[I  ]| sounds. Curiosity has a share in$4$ almost everything
025:512,30[I  ]| I do. I wanted very much to$9$ see, first, if such a union
025:512,31[I  ]| could actually come through; second, what would
025:512,32[I  ]| happen to$4$ it afterwards."
025:513,01[B  ]| "So$3$ you had not faith," 
025:513,01['  ]| he said resentfully.
025:513,02[I  ]| "Yes, I had faith ~~ faith that$3$ it would take place,
025:513,03[I  ]| and that$3$ you would be happy. Otherwise I should have
025:513,04[I  ]| been, among my speculations, a very heartless creature.
025:513,05[I  ]| \But\," 
025:513,05['  ]| she continued, laying her hand on$4$ his
025:513,06['  ]| arm and hazarding a grave smile, 
025:513,06[I  ]| "it was the highest
025:513,07[I  ]| flight ever taken by$4$ a tolerably rich imagination!"
025:513,08['  ]| Shortly after this she recommended him 
025:513,08@i   | to$9$ leave
025:513,09@i   | Paris and travel for$4$ three months. Change of scene
025:513,10@i   | would do him good and he would forget his misfortune
025:513,11@i   | sooner in$4$ absence from the objects that$6#1$ had
025:513,12@i   | witnessed it. 
025:513,12[B  ]| "I really feel," 
025:513,12['  ]| he concurred, 
025:513,12[B  ]| "as if to$9$
025:513,13[B  ]| leave \you\, at least, would do me good ~~ and cost me
025:513,14[B  ]| very little effort. You are growing cynical; you shock
025:513,15[B  ]| me and pain me."
025:513,16[I  ]| "Very well," 
025:513,16['  ]| she said, good-naturedly or cynically,
025:513,17['  ]| as may appear most credible. 
025:513,17[I  ]| "I shall certainly see
025:513,18[I  ]| you again."
025:513,19['  ]| He was ready enough to$9$ get quite away; the brilliant
025:513,20['  ]| streets he had walked through in$4$ his happier
025:513,21['  ]| hours and which$6#1$ then seemed to$9$ wear a higher
025:513,22['  ]| brilliancy in$4$ honour of his happiness, were now in$4$ the
025:513,23['  ]| secret of his defeat and looked down on$4$ it in$4$ shining
025:513,24['  ]| mockery. 
025:513,24@b   | He would go somewhere, he cared little
025:513,25@b   | where; and he made his preparations. 
025:513,25['  ]| Then one
025:513,26['  ]| morning at haphazard he drove to$4$ the train that$6#1$
025:513,27['  ]| would transport him to$4$ Calais and deposit him there
025:513,28['  ]| for$4$ despatch to$4$ the shores of Britain. As he rolled
025:513,29['  ]| along he asked himself 
025:513,29@b   | what had become of his revenge,
025:513,30['  ]| and he was able to$9$ think of it 
025:513,30@b   | as provisionally
025:513,31@b   | pigeonholed in$4$ a very safe place. It would keep till
025:513,32@b   | called for$4$.
025:514,01['  ]| He arrived in$4$ London in$4$ the midst of what is called
025:514,02['  ]| "the season," and it seemed to$4$ him at first that$3$ 
025:514,02@b   | he
025:514,03@b   | might here put himself in$4$ the way of being diverted
025:514,04@b   | from his heavy-heartedness. 
025;514,04['  ]| He knew no*one in$4$ all
025:514,05['  ]| England, but the spectacle of the vaster and duskier
025:514,06['  ]| Babylon roused him somewhat from his apathy.
025:514,07['  ]| Anything that$6#1$ was enormous usually found favour
025:514,08['  ]| with him, and the multitudinous English energies
025:514,09['  ]| and industries stirred in$4$ his spirit a dull vivacity of
025:514,10['  ]| contemplation. It is on$4$ record that$3$ the weather, at
025:514,11['  ]| that$6#2$ moment, was of the finest insular quality;
025:514,12['  ]| he took long walks and explored London in$4$ every
025:514,13['  ]| direction; he sat by$4$ the hour in$4$ Kensington*Gardens
025:514,14['  ]| and beside the adjoining Drive, watching the people
025:514,15['  ]| and the horses and the carriages; the rosy English
025:514,16['  ]| beauties, the wonderful English dandies and the
025:514,17['  ]| splendid flunkies. He went to$4$ the opera and found
025:514,18['  ]| it better than in$4$ Paris; he went to$4$ the theatre and
025:514,19['  ]| found a surprising charm in$4$ listening to$4$ dialogue the
025:514,20['  ]| finest points of which$6#1$ came within the range of his
025:514,21['  ]| comprehension. He made several excursions into the
025:514,22['  ]| country, recommended by$4$ the waiter at his hotel,
025:514,23['  ]| with whom, on$4$ this and similar points, he had established
025:514,24['  ]| confidential relations. He watched the deer in$4$
025:514,25['  ]| Windsor*Forest and admired the Thames from Richmond*Hill;
025:514,26['  ]| he ate whitebait and brown bread-and-butter
025:514,27['  ]| at Greenwich; he strolled in$4$ the grassy shadow
025:514,28['  ]| of the cathedral of Canterbury. He also visited the
025:514,29['  ]| Tower*of*London and Madame*Tussard's exhibition.
025:514,30['  ]| One day he thought he would go to$4$ Sheffield,
025:514,31['  ]| and then, thinking again, gave it up$5$. 
025:514,31@b   | Why the devil
025:514,32@b   | should he go to$4$ Sheffield? 
025:514,31['  ]| He had a feeling that$3$ 
025:514,31@b   | the
025:515,01@b   | link which$6#1$ bound him to$4$ a possible interest in$4$ the
025:515,02@b   | manufacture of cutlery was broken. He had no$2$ desire
025:515,03@b   | for$4$ an "inside view" of any successful enterprise
025:515,04@b   | whatever, and he would not have given the smallest
025:515,05@b   | sum for$4$ the privilege of talking over the details of the
025:515,06@b   | most splendid business with the most original of 
025:515,07@b   | managers.
025:515,08['  ]| One afternoon he had walked into the Park and
025:515,09['  ]| was slowly threading his way through the human
025:515,10['  ]| maze which$6#1$ fringes the Drive. This stream was no$2$
025:515,11['  ]| less dense, and Newman, as usual, marvelled at the
025:515,12['  ]| strange dowdy figures he saw taking the air in$4$ some
025:515,13['  ]| of the most shining conveyances. They reminded
025:515,14['  ]| him of what he had read of Eastern and Southern
025:515,15['  ]| countries, in$4$ which$6#1$ grotesque idols and fetiches were
025:515,16['  ]| sometimes drawn out of their temples and carried
025:515,17['  ]| abroad in$4$ golden chariots to$9$ be seen of the people.
025:515,18['  ]| He noted a great many pretty cheeks beneath high-plumed
025:515,19['  ]| hats as he squeezed his way through serried
025:515,20['  ]| waves of crumpled muslin; and, sitting on$4$ little chairs
025:515,21['  ]| at the base of the dull, massive English trees, he
025:515,22['  ]| observed a number of quiet-eyed maidens who$6#1$ seemed
025:515,23['  ]| only to$9$ remind him afresh that$3$ 
025:515,23@b   | the magic of beauty
025:515,24@b   | had gone out of the world with the woman wrenched
025:515,25@b   | from him: to$9$ say nothing of other damsels whose eyes
025:515,26@b   | were not quiet and who$6#1$ struck him still more as a 
025:515,27@b   | satire on$4$ possible consolation. 
025:515,27['  ]| He had been walking
025:515,28['  ]| for$4$ some time when, directly in$4$ front of him, borne
025:515,29['  ]| toward him by$4$ the summer breeze, he heard a few
025:515,30['  ]| words uttered in$4$ the bright Parisian idiom his ears
025:515,31['  ]| had begun to$9$ forget. The voice in$4$ which$6#1$ the words
025:515,32['  ]| were spoken was a peculiar recall, and as he bent his
025:516,01['  ]| eyes it lent an identity to$4$ the commonplace elegance
025:516,02['  ]| of the back view of a young lady walking in$4$ the same
025:516,03['  ]| direction as himself. 
025:516,03@b   | Mademoiselle*Nioche, seeking
025:516,04@b   | her fortune, had apparently thought she might find
025:516,05@b   | it faster in$4$ London, 
025:516,05['  ]| and another glance led him to$9$
025:516,06['  ]| wonder 
025:516,06@b   | if she might now nave lighted on$4$ it. 
025:516,06['  ]| A gentleman
025:516,07['  ]| strolled beside her, lending an attentive ear to$4$
025:516,08['  ]| her conversation and too beguiled to$9$ open his lips.
025:516,09['  ]| Newman caught no$2$ sound of him, but had the impression
025:516,10['  ]| of English shoulders, an English "fit," an
025:516,11['  ]| English silence. Mademoiselle*Nioche was attracting
025:516,12['  ]| attention: the ladies who$6#1$ passed her turned round as
025:516,13['  ]| with a sense of the Parisian finish. A great cataract
025:516,14['  ]| of flounces rolled down from the young lady's waist
025:516,15['  ]| to$4$ Newman's feet; he had to$9$ step aside to$9$ avoid
025:516,16['  ]| treading on$4$ them. He stepped aside indeed with a 
025:516,17['  ]| decision of movement that$6#1$ the occasion scarcely
025:516,18['  ]| demanded; for$3$ even this imperfect glimpse of Miss*Noe=mie
025:516,19['  ]| had sharpened again his constant soreness.
025:516,20@b   | She seemed an odious blot on$4$ the face of nature; he
025:516,21@b   | wanted to$9$ put her out of his sight. 
025:516,21['  ]| He thought of
025:516,22@b   | Valentin*de*Bellegarde still green in$4$ the earth of his
025:516,23@b   | burial, his young life giving way to$4$ this flourishing
025:516,24@b   | impudence. The fragrance of the girl's bravery quite
025:516,25@b   | sickened him; 
025:516,25['  ]| he turned his head and tried to$9$ keep
025:516,26['  ]| his distance; but the pressure of the crowd held him
025:516,27['  ]| near her a minute longer, so$3$ that$3$ he heard what she
025:516,28['  ]| was saying.
025:516,29[G  ]| "Ah, I am sure he will$1$ miss me," 
025:516,29['  ]| she murmured. 
025:516,29[G  ]| "It
025:516,30[G  ]| was very cruel of me to$9$ leave him; I am afraid you will$1$
025:516,31[G  ]| think I have very little heart. He might perfectly have
025:516,32[G  ]| remained with us. I do not think he is very well,"
025:517,01['  ]| she added; 
025:517,01[G  ]| "it seemed to$4$ me to-day he was rather
025:517,02[G  ]| down."
025:517,03['  ]| Newman wondered whom she was talking about,
025:517,04['  ]| but just then an opening among his neighbours
025:517,05['  ]| enabled him to$9$ turn away, and he said to$4$ himself that$3$
025:517,06@b   | she was probably paying a tribute to$4$ British propriety
025:517,07@b   | and feigning a tender solicitude about her parent.
025:517,08@b   | Was that$6#2$ miserable old man still treading the path of
025:517,09@b   | vice in$4$ her train? Was he still giving her the benefit
025:517,10@b   | of his experience of affairs, and had he crossed the
025:517,11@b   | sea to$9$ serve as her interpreter? 
025:517,11['  ]| Newman walked
025:517,12['  ]| some distance further and then began to$9$ retrace his
025:517,13['  ]| steps, taking care not to$9$ accompany again those of
025:517,14['  ]| Mademoiselle*Nioche. At last he looked for$4$ a chair
025:517,15['  ]| under the trees, but he had some difficulty in$4$ finding
025:517,16['  ]| an empty one. He was about to$9$ give up$5$ the search
025:517,17['  ]| when he saw a gentleman rise from the seat he had
025:517,18['  ]| been occupying, leaving our friend to$9$ take it without
025:517,19['  ]| looking at his neighbours. Newman sat there for$4$
025:517,20['  ]| some time without heeding them; his attention was
025:517,21['  ]| lost in$4$ the rage of his renewed vision of the little
025:517,22['  ]| fatal \fact\ of Noe=mie. But at the end of a quarter of
025:517,23['  ]| an hour, dropping his eyes, he perceived a small pug-dog
025:517,24['  ]| squatted on$4$ the path near his feet ~~ a diminutive
025:517,25['  ]| but very perfect specimen of its interesting
025:517,26['  ]| species. The pug was sniffing at the fashionable
025:517,27['  ]| world, as it passed him, with his little black muzzle,
025:517,28['  ]| and was kept from extending his investigation by$4$
025:517,29['  ]| a large blue ribbon attached to$4$ his collar with an
025:517,30['  ]| enormous rosette and held in$4$ the hand of a person
025:517,31['  ]| seated next Newman. To$4$ this person our hero transferred
025:517,32['  ]| his attention, and immediately found himself
025:518,01@b   | the object of all that$6#2$ of his neighbour, who$6#1$ was staring
025:518,02@b   | up$5$ at him from a pair of little fixed white eyes.
025:518,03['  ]| These eyes he instantly recognised; 
025:518,03@b   | he had been sitting
025:518,04@b   | for$4$ the last quarter of an hour beside M%*Nioche.
025:518,05['  ]| He had vaguely felt himself in$4$ range of some feeble
025:518,06['  ]| fire. M%*Nioche continued to$9$ stare; he appeared
025:518,07['  ]| afraid to$9$ move even to$4$ the extent of saving by$4$ flight
025:518,08['  ]| what might have been left of his honour.
025:518,09[B  ]| "Good Lord!" 
025:518,09['  ]| said Newman; 
025:518,09[B  ]| "are you here too?"
025:518,10['  ]| And he looked at his neighbour's helplessness more
025:518,11['  ]| grimly than he knew. M%*Nioche had a new hat and
025:518,12['  ]| a pair of kid gloves; his clothes too seemed to$9$ belong
025:518,13['  ]| to$4$ an eld less hoary than of yore. Over his arm was
025:518,14['  ]| suspended a lady's mantilla ~~ a light and brilliant
025:518,15['  ]| tissue, fringed with white lace ~~ which$6#1$ had apparently
025:518,16['  ]| been committed to$4$ his keeping; and the little
025:518,17['  ]| dog's blue ribbon was wound tightly round his hand.
025:518,18['  ]| There was no$2$ hint of recognition on$4$ his face ~~ not of
025:518,19['  ]| anything save a feeble fascinated dread. Newman
025:518,20['  ]| looked at the pug and the lace mantilla and then met
025:518,21['  ]| the old man's eyes again. 
025:518,21[B  ]| "You know me, I see," 
025:518,21['  ]| he
025:518,22['  ]| pursued. 
025:518,22[B  ]| "You might have spoken to$4$ me before."
025:518,23['  ]| M%*Nioche still said nothing, but it seemed to$4$ his ex-patron
025:518,24['  ]| that$3$ 
025:518,24@b   | his eyes began faintly to$9$ water. 
025:518,24[B  ]| "I did not
025:518,25[B  ]| expect," 
025:518,25['  ]| the latter went on$5$, 
025:518,25[B  ]| "to$9$ meet you so$5#1$ far from
025:518,26[B  ]| ~~ from the Cafe=*de*la*Patrie." 
025:518,26['  ]| He remained silent,
025:518,27['  ]| but decidedly Newman had touched the source of
025:518,28['  ]| tears. His neighbour sat staring and he added:
025:518,29[B  ]| "What is the matter, M%*Nioche? You used to$9$ talk,
025:518,30[B  ]| talk very ~~ what did you call it? ~~ very \9gentiment\.
025:518,31[B  ]| Do not you remember you even gave lessons in$4$ conversation?"
025:518,32[B  ]| 
025:519,01['  ]| At this M%*Nioche decided to$9$ change his attitude.
025:519,02['  ]| He stooped and picked up$5$ the pug, lifted it to$4$ his
025:519,03['  ]| face and wiped his eyes on$4$ its little soft back. 
025:519,03[F  ]| "I am
025:519,04[F  ]| afraid to$9$ speak to$4$ you," 
025:519,04['  ]| he presently said, looking
025:519,05['  ]| over the puppy's shoulder. 
025:519,05[F  ]| "I hoped you would not
025:519,06[F  ]| notice me. I should have moved away, but I was
025:519,07[F  ]| afraid that$3$ if I moved it would strike you. So$3$ I sat
025:519,08[F  ]| very still."
025:519,09[B  ]| "I suspect you have a bad conscience, sir," 
025:519,09['  ]| Newman
025:519,10['  ]| pronounced.
025:519,11['  ]| The old man put down the little dog and held it
025:519,12['  ]| carefully in$4$ his lap. Then he shook his head, his
025:519,13['  ]| eyes still watering and pleading. 
025:519,13[F  ]| "No$7$, Mr%*Newman,
025:519,14[F  ]| I have a good conscience," 
025:519,14['  ]| he weakly wailed.
025:519,15[B  ]| "Then why should you want to$9$ slink away from
025:519,16[B  ]| me?"
025:519,17[F  ]| "Because ~~ because you do not understand my
025:519,18[F  ]| position."
025:519,19[B  ]| "Oh, I think you once explained it to$4$ me," 
025:519,19['  ]| said
025:519,20['  ]| Newman. 
025:519,20[B  ]| "But it seems improved."
025:519,21[F  ]| "Improved!" 
025:519,21['  ]| his companion quavered. 
025:519,21[F  ]| "Do you
025:519,22[F  ]| call this improvement?" 
025:519,22['  ]| And he ruefully embraced
025:519,23['  ]| the treasures in$4$ his arms.
025:519,24[B  ]| "Why, you are on$4$ your travels," 
025:519,24['  ]| Newman rejoined.
025:519,25[B  ]| "A visit to$4$ London in$4$ the Season is certainly a sign
025:519,26[B  ]| of prosperity."
025:519,27['  ]| M%*Nioche, in$4$ answer to$4$ this superior dig, lifted
025:519,28['  ]| the puppy up$5$ to$4$ his face again, peering at his critic
025:519,29['  ]| from his small blank eye-holes. There was something
025:519,30['  ]| inane in$4$ the movement, and Newman hardly knew 
025:519,30@b   | if
025:519,31@b   | he were taking refuge in$4$ an affected failure of reason
025:519,32@b   | or whether he had in$4$ fact paid for$4$ his base accommodation
025:520,01@b   | by$4$ the loss of his wits. 
025:520,01['  ]| In$4$ the latter case, just
025:520,02['  ]| now, he felt little more tenderly to$4$ the foolish old man
025:520,03['  ]| than in$4$ the former. 
025:520,03@b   | Responsible or not, he was
025:520,04@b   | equally an accomplice of his pestilent daughter.
025:520,05['  ]| Newman was going to$9$ leave him abruptly when his
025:520,06['  ]| face gave out a peculiar convulsion. 
025:520,06[F  ]| "Are you going
025:520,07[F  ]| away?" 
025:520,07['  ]| he appealed.
025:520,08[B  ]| "Do you want me to$9$ stay?"
025:520,09[F  ]| "I should have left you ~~ from consideration. But
025:520,10[F  ]| my dignity suffers at your leaving \me\ ~~ that$6#2$ way."
025:520,11[B  ]| "Have you anything particular to$9$ say to$4$ me?"
025:520,12['  ]| M%*Nioche looked round to$9$ see no*one was listening,
025:520,13['  ]| and then returned with mild portentousness: 
025:520,13[F  ]| "\9je
025:520,14[F  ]| 9ne 9lui 9ai 9pas 9trouve= 9d'excuses\."
025:520,15['  ]| Newman gave a short laugh, but the old man
025:520,16['  ]| seemed for$4$ the moment not to$9$ heed; he was gazing
025:520,17['  ]| away, absently, at some metaphysical image of his
025:520,18['  ]| implacability. 
025:520,18[B  ]| "It does not much matter whether you
025:520,19[B  ]| have or not," 
025:520,19['  ]| said Newman. 
025:520,19[F  ]| "There are other people
025:520,20[F  ]| who$6#1$ never will$1$, I assure."
025:520,21[B  ]| "What has she done?" 
025:520,21['  ]| M%*Nioche vaguely enquired,
025:520,22['  ]| turning round again. 
025:520,22[F  ]| "I do not know what
025:520,23[F  ]| she does, you know."
025:520,24[B  ]| "She has done a devilish mischief; it does not
025:520,25[B  ]| matter what. She is a public nuisance; she ought to$9$
025:520,26[B  ]| be stopped."
025:520,27['  ]| M%*Nioche stealthily put out his hand and laid it
025:520,28['  ]| on$4$ Newman's arm. 
025:520,28[F  ]| "Stopped, yes," 
025:520,28['  ]| he concurred.
025:520,29[F  ]| "That$6#2$ is it. Stopped short. She is running away ~
025:520,30[F  ]| she must be stopped." 
025:520,30['  ]| Then he paused and again
025:520,31['  ]| looked round him. 
025:520,31[F  ]| "I mean to$9$ stop her," 
025:520,31['  ]| he went
025:520,32['  ]| on$5$. 
025:520,32[F  ]| "I am only waiting for$4$ my chance."
025:521,01[B  ]| "I see," 
025:521,01['  ]| Newman dryly enough laughed. 
025:521,01[B  ]| "She is
025:521,02[B  ]| running away and you are running after her. You have
025:521,03[B  ]| run a long distance."
025:521,04['  ]| But M%*Nioche had a competent upward nod,
025:521,05[F  ]| "Oh, I know what to$9$ do!"
025:521,06['  ]| He had hardly spoken when the crowd in$4$ front of
025:521,07['  ]| them separated as if by$4$ the impulse to$9$ make way for$4$
025:521,08['  ]| an important personage. Presently, through the opening,
025:521,09['  ]| advanced Mademoiselle*Nioche, attended by$4$
025:521,10['  ]| the gentleman Newman had lately observed. His
025:521,11['  ]| face being now presented to$4$ our hero, the latter recognised
025:521,12['  ]| the irregular features and the hardly more
025:521,13['  ]| composed expression of Lord*Deepmere. Noe=mie, on$4$
025:521,14['  ]| finding herself suddenly confronted with Newman,
025:521,15['  ]| who$6#1$, like$4$ M%*Nioche, had risen from his seat, faltered
025:521,16['  ]| for$4$ a barely perceptible instant. She gave him a little
025:521,17['  ]| nod, as if she had seen him yesterday, and then, without
025:521,18['  ]| agitation, 
025:521,18[G  ]| "\9Tiens\, how we keep meeting!" 
025:521,18['  ]| she
025:521,19['  ]| sweetly shrilled. She looked consummately pretty
025:521,20['  ]| and the front of her dress was a wonderful work
025:521,21['  ]| of art. She went up$5$ to$4$ her father, stretching out
025:521,22['  ]| her hands for$4$ the little dog, which$6#1$ he submissively
025:521,23['  ]| placed in$4$ them, and she began to$9$ kiss it and murmur 
025:521,24['  ]| over it: 
025:521,24[G  ]| "To$9$ think of leaving him all alone, \9mon
025:521,25[G  ]| 9bichon\ ~~ what a horrid false friend he must believe
025:521,26[G  ]| me! He has been very unwell," 
025:521,26['  ]| she added, turning
025:521,27['  ]| and affecting to$9$ explain to$4$ Newman, a spark of infernal
025:521,28['  ]| impudence, fine as a needle-point, lighted in$4$ each
025:521,29['  ]| charming eye. 
025:521,29[G  ]| "I do not think the English climate
025:521,30[G  ]| does for$4$ him."
025:521,31[B  ]| "It seems to$9$ do wonderfully well for$4$ his mistress,"
025:521,32['  ]| Newman said.
025:522,01[G  ]| "Do you mean me? I have never been better, thank
025:522,02[G  ]| you," 
025:522,02['  ]| Miss*Noe=mie declared. 
025:522,02[G  ]| "But with \milord\,"
025:522,03['  ]| and she gave a shining shot at her late companion,
025:522,04[G  ]| "how can one help being well?" 
025:522,04['  ]| She seated herself
025:522,05['  ]| in$4$ the chair from which$6#1$ her father had risen and
025:522,06['  ]| began to$9$ arrange the little dog's rosette.
025:522,07['  ]| Lord*Deepmere carried off such embarrassment as
025:522,08['  ]| might be incidental to$4$ this unexpected encounter with
025:522,09['  ]| the inferior grace of a male and a Briton. He blushed
025:522,10['  ]| a good deal and greeted his fellow-candidate in$4$ that$6#2$
025:522,11['  ]| recent remarkable competition by$4$ which$6#1$ each had so$5#1$
025:522,12['  ]| signally failed to$9$ profit with an awkward nod and
025:522,13['  ]| a rapid ejaculation ~~ an ejaculation to$4$ which$6#1$ Newman,
025:522,14['  ]| who$6#1$ often found it hard to$9$ understand the
025:522,15['  ]| speech of English people, was able to$9$ attach no$2$ meaning.
025:522,16['  ]| Then he stood there with his hand on$4$ his hip
025:522,17['  ]| and with a conscious grin, staring askance at the mistress
025:522,18['  ]| of the invalid pug. Suddenly an idea seemed to$9$
025:522,19['  ]| strike him and he caught at the light. 
025:522,19[W  ]| "Oh, you
025:522,20[W  ]| know her?"
025:522,21[B  ]| "Yes," 
025:522,21['  ]| said Newman, 
025:522,21[B  ]| "I know her. I do not believe
025:522,22[B  ]| you do."
025:522,23[W  ]| "Oh dear, yes, I do!" 
025:522,23['  ]| ~~ Lord*Deepmere was sure
025:522,24['  ]| of that$6#2$. 
025:522,24[W  ]| "I knew her in$4$ Paris ~~ by$4$ my late cousin
025:522,25[W  ]| Bellegarde, you know. He knew her, poor fellow,
025:522,26[W  ]| did not he? It was she, you know, who$6#1$ was at the
025:522,27[W  ]| bottom of his affair. Awfully sad, was not it?" 
025:522,27['  ]| the
025:522,28['  ]| young man continued, talking off his embarrassment
025:522,29['  ]| as his simple nature permitted. 
025:522,29[W  ]| "They got up$5$ some
025:522,30[W  ]| story of its being for$4$ the Pope; of the other fellow
025:522,31[W  ]| having said something against the Pope's morals.
025:522,32[W  ]| They always do that$6#2$, you know. They put it on$4$ the
025:523,01[W  ]| Pope because Bellegarde was once in$4$ the Zouaves.
025:523,02[W  ]| But it was about \her\ morals ~~ \she\ was the Pope!"
025:523,03['  ]| his lordship pursued, directing an eye illumined by$4$
025:523,04['  ]| this pleasantry toward Mademoiselle*Nioche, who$6#1$,
025:523,05['  ]| bending gracefully over her lap-dog, was apparently
025:523,06['  ]| absorbed in$4$ conversation with it. 
025:523,06[W  ]| "I dare say you
025:523,07[W  ]| think it rather odd that$3$ I should ~~ a ~~ keep up$5$ the
025:523,08[W  ]| acquaintance," 
025:523,08['  ]| he resumed; 
025:523,08[W  ]| "but she could not help
025:523,09[W  ]| it, you know, and Bellegarde was only my twentieth
025:523,10[W  ]| cousin. I dare say you think it rather cheeky my
025:523,11[W  ]| showing with her in$4$ this place; but you see she is not
025:523,12[W  ]| known yet and she is so$5#1$ remarkably, thoroughly
025:523,13[W  ]| nice ~!" 
025:523,13['  ]| With which$6#1$ his attesting glance returned
025:523,14['  ]| to$4$ the young lady.
025:523,15['  ]| Newman turned away; 
025:523,15@b   | he was having too much of
025:523,16@b   | her niceness. M%*Nioche had stepped aside on$4$ his
025:523,17@b   | daughter's approach, and he stood there, within
025:523,18@b   | a very small compass, looking down hard at the
025:523,19@b   | ground. 
025:523,19['  ]| It had decidedly never yet, as between him
025:523,20['  ]| and his late protector, been so$5#1$ apposite to$9$ place on$4$
025:523,21['  ]| record that$3$, for$4$ his vindication, he was only waiting
025:523,22['  ]| to$9$ strike. As Newman turned off he felt himself held,
025:523,23['  ]| and, seeing the old man, who$6#1$ had drawn so$5#1$ near,
025:523,24['  ]| had something particular to$9$ say, bent his head an
025:523,25['  ]| instant.
025:523,26[F  ]| "You will$1$ see it some day \9dans 9les 9feuilles\."
025:523,27['  ]| Our hero broke away, for$4$ impatience of the whole
025:523,28['  ]| connexion, and to$4$ this day, though the newspapers
025:523,29['  ]| form his principal reading, his eyes have not been
025:523,30['  ]| arrested by$4$ any paragraph forming a sequel to$4$ this
025:523,31['  ]| announcement.
026:524,01['  ]| In$4$ that$6#2$ uninitiated observation of the great spectacle
026:524,02['  ]| of English life on$4$ which$6#1$ I have touched, it might be
026:524,03['  ]| supposed that$3$ he passed a great many dull days.
026:524,04['  ]| But the dulness was as grateful as a warm, fragrant
026:524,05['  ]| bath, and his melancholy, which$6#1$ was settling to$4$
026:524,06['  ]| a secondary stage, like$4$ a healing wound, had in$4$ it a
026:524,07['  ]| certain acrid, palatable sweetness. He had the company
026:524,08['  ]| of his thoughts and for$4$ the present wanted none
026:524,09['  ]| other. He had no$2$ desire to$9$ make acquaintances and
026:524,10['  ]| left untouched a couple of notes of introduction sent
026:524,11['  ]| him by$4$ Tom*Tristram. He mused a great deal on$4$
026:524,12['  ]| Madame*de*Cintre= ~~ sometimes with a dull despair
026:524,13['  ]| that$6#1$ might have seemed a near neighbour to$4$ detachment.
026:524,14['  ]| He lived over again the happiest hours he had
026:524,15['  ]| known ~~ that$6#2$ silver chain of numbered days in$4$
026:524,16['  ]| which$6#1$ his afternoon visits, strained so$5#1$ sensibly to$4$ the
026:524,17['  ]| ideal end, had come to$9$ figure for$4$ him 
026:524,17@b   | a flight of firm
026:524,18@b   | marble steps where the ascent from one to$4$ the other
026:524,19@b   | was a momentous and distinct occasion, giving a
026:524,20@b   | nearer view of the chamber of confidence at the top,
026:524,21@b   | a white tower that$6#1$ flushed more and more as with a 
026:524,22@b   | light of dawn. He had yet held in$4$ his cheated arms,
026:524,23['  ]| he felt, 
026:524,23@b   | the full experience, and when he closed them
026:524,24@b   | together round the void that$6#1$ was all they now possessed,
026:524,25@b   | he might have been some solitary spare athlete
026:524,26@b   | practising restlessly in$4$ the corridor of the circus.
026:524,27['  ]| He came back to$4$ reality indeed, after such reveries,
026:525,01['  ]| with a shock somewhat muffled; he had begun to$9$
026:525,02['  ]| know the need of accepting the absolute. At other
026:525,03['  ]| times, however, the truth was again an infamy and
026:525,04['  ]| the actual a lie, and he could only pace and rage
026:525,05['  ]| and remember till he was weary. Passion, in$4$ him, by$4$
026:525,06['  ]| habit, nevertheless, burned clear rather than thick,
026:525,07['  ]| and in$4$ the clearness he saw things, even things not
026:525,08['  ]| gross and close ~~ having never the excuse that$3$ anything
026:525,09['  ]| could make him blind. Without quite knowing
026:525,10['  ]| it at first, he began to$9$ read a moral into his strange
026:525,11['  ]| adventure. He asked himself in$4$ his quieter hours
026:525,12@b   | whether he perhaps \had\ been more commercial than
026:525,13@b   | was decent. 
026:525,13['  ]| We know that$3$ it was in$4$ reaction against
026:525,14['  ]| questions of the cruder avidity that$3$ he had come out
026:525,15['  ]| to$9$ pick up$5$ for$4$ a while an intellectual, or otherwise
026:525,16['  ]| a critical, living in$4$ Europe; it may therefore be understood
026:525,17['  ]| that$3$ he was able to$9$ conceive of a votary of the
026:525,18['  ]| mere greasy market smelling too strong for$4$ true good
026:525,19['  ]| company. He was willing to$9$ grant in$4$ a given case
026:525,20['  ]| that$6#2$ unpleasant effect, but he could not bring it home
026:525,21['  ]| to$4$ himself that$3$ he had reeked. He believed there had
026:525,22['  ]| been as few reflexions of his smugness caught during
026:525,23['  ]| all those weeks in$4$ the high polish of surrounding
026:525,24['  ]| surfaces as there were monuments of his meanness
026:525,25['  ]| scattered about the world. 
026:525,25@b   | No*one had ever unprovokedly
026:525,26@b   | suffered by$4$ him ~~ ah, provokedly was another
026:525,27@b   | matter: 
026:525,27['  ]| he liked to$9$ remember that$6#2$, and to$9$
026:525,28['  ]| repeat it, and to$9$ defy himself to$9$ bring up$5$ a case.
026:525,29@b   | If moreover there was any reason in$4$ the nature of
026:525,30@b   | things why his connexion with business should have
026:525,31@b   | cast a shadow on$4$ a connexion ~~ even a connexion
026:525,32@b   | broken ~~ with a woman justly proud, he was willing
026:526,01@b   | to$9$ sponge it out of his life for*ever. The thing seemed
026:526,02@b   | a possibility; he could not feel it doubtless as keenly
026:526,03@b   | as some people, and it scarce struck him as worth
026:526,04@b   | while to$9$ flap his wings very hard to$9$ rise to$4$ the idea;
026:526,05@b   | but he could feel it enough to$9$ make any sacrifice that$6#1$
026:526,06@b   | still remained to$9$ be made. 
026:526,06['  ]| As to$4$ what such sacrifice
026:526,07['  ]| was now to$9$ be made to$4$, here he stopped short before
026:526,08['  ]| a blank wall over which$6#1$ there sometimes played
026:526,09['  ]| strange shadows and confused signs. 
026:526,09@b   | Was it a thinkable
026:526,10@b   | \plan\, that$6#2$ of carrying out his life as he would have
026:526,11@b   | directed had Madame*de*Cintre= been left to$4$ him? ~
026:526,12@b   | That$6#2$ of making it a religion to$9$ do nothing she would
026:526,13@b   | have disliked? In$4$ this certainly was no$2$ sacrifice; but
026:526,14@b   | there was a pale, oblique ray of inspiration. It would be
026:526,15@b   | lonely entertainment ~~ a good deal like$4$ a man's talking
026:526,16@b   | to$4$ himself in$4$ the mirror for$4$ want of better company.
026:526,17['  ]| Yet the idea yielded him several half-hours
026:526,18['  ]| dumb exaltation as he sat, his hands in$4$ his pockets and
026:526,19['  ]| his legs outstretched, over the relics of an expensively
026:526,20['  ]| bad dinner, in$4$ the undying English twilight. If,
026:526,21['  ]| however, his financial imagination was dead he felt
026:526,22['  ]| no$2$ contempt for$4$ the surviving actualities begotten
026:526,23['  ]| by$4$ it. 
026:526,23@b   | He was glad he had been prosperous and had
026:526,24@b   | been a great operator rather than a small; he was
026:526,25@b   | extremely glad he was rich. He felt no$2$ impulse to$9$
026:526,26@b   | sell all he had and give to$4$ the poor, or to$9$ retire into
026:526,27@b   | meditative economy and ascerticism. He was glad he
026:526,28@b   | was rich and tolerably young; if it was possible to$9$
026:526,29@b   | have inhaled too fondly the reek of the market, it
026:526,30@b   | was yet a gain still to$9$ have time for$4$ experiments in$4$
026:526,31@b   | other air. Come then, what air should it now be?
026:526,32@b   | Ah, again and again, he could taste but one sweetness;
026:527,01@b   | that$6#2$ came back to$4$ him and back; 
026:527,01['  ]| and as this
026:527,02['  ]| happened, with a force which$6#1$ seemed physically to$9$
026:527,03['  ]| express itself in$4$ a sudden upward choking, he would
026:527,04['  ]| lean forward, when the waiter had left the room, and
026:527,05['  ]| resting his arms on$4$ the table, bury his troubled face.
026:527,06['  ]| He remained in$4$ England till midsummer and spent
026:527,07['  ]| a month in$4$ the country, wandering among cathedrals,
026:527,08['  ]| hanging about castles and ruins. Several times, taking
026:527,09['  ]| a walk from his inn across sweet field-paths and
026:527,10['  ]| through ample parks, he stopped by$4$ a well-worn stile,
026:527,11['  ]| looked across through the early evening at a grey
026:527,12['  ]| church tower, with its dusky nimbus of thick-circling
026:527,13['  ]| rooks, and remembered that$3$ 
026:527,13@b   | such things might
026:527,14@b   | have been part of the intimacy of his honeymoon.
026:527,15['  ]| He had never been so$5#1$ much alone nor indulged so$5#1$
026:527,16['  ]| little in$4$ chance talk. The period of recreation appointed
026:527,17['  ]| by$4$ Mrs%*Tristram had at last expired and he
026:527,18['  ]| asked himself 
026:527,18@b   | what he should next do. She had
026:527,19@b   | written to$9$ propose he should join her in$4$ the Pyrenees,
026:527,20@b   | but he was not in$4$ the humour to$9$ return to$4$
026:527,21@b   | France. The simplest thing was to$9$ repair to$4$ Liverpool
026:527,22@b   | and embark on$4$ the first American steamer. 
026:527,22['  ]| He
026:527,23['  ]| proceeded accordingly to$4$ that$6#2$ seaport and secured
026:527,24['  ]| his berth; and the night before sailing he sat in$4$ his
026:527,25['  ]| room at the hotel and stared down vacantly and
026:527,26['  ]| wearily at an open portmanteau. A number of papers
026:527,27['  ]| lay upon$4$ it, which$6#1$ he had been meaning to$9$ look over;
026:527,28['  ]| some of them might conveniently be destroyed. But
026:527,29['  ]| he at last shuffled them roughly together and pushed
026:527,30['  ]| them into a corner of the bag; they were business
026:527,31['  ]| papers and he was in$4$ no$2$ humour for$4$ sorting them.
026:527,32['  ]| Then he drew forth his pocket-book and took out
026:528,01['  ]| a leaf of smaller size than those he had dismissed.
026:528,02['  ]| He did not unfold it; he simply sat looking at the back
026:528,03['  ]| of it. If he had momentarily entertained the idea of
026:528,04['  ]| destroying it this possibility at least quickly dropped.
026:528,05['  ]| What the thing suggested was the feeling that$6#1$ lay in$4$
026:528,06['  ]| his innermost heart and that$6#1$ no$2$ reviving cheerfulness
026:528,07['  ]| could long quench ~~ the feeling that$3$, 
026:528,07@b   | after all and
026:528,08@b   | above all, he was a good fellow wronged. 
026:528,08['  ]| With it
026:528,09['  ]| came a hope, as intense as a pang, that$3$ 
026:528,09@b   | the Bellegardes
026:528,10@b   | were enjoying their suspense as to$4$ what he
026:528,11@b   | would do yet. The more it was prolonged the more
026:528,12@b   | they would enjoy it. He had hung fire once, yes;
026:528,13@b   | perhaps in$4$ his present queer state of mind he might
026:528,14@b   | hang fire again. 
026:528,14['  ]| But he restored the safe scrap to$4$ his
026:528,15['  ]| pocket-book very tenderly and felt better for$4$ thinking
026:528,16['  ]| of the suspense of the Bellegardes. He felt better
026:528,17['  ]| every time he thought of it while he sailed the summer
026:528,18['  ]| seas. He landed in$4$ New*York and journeyed across
026:528,19['  ]| the continent to$4$ San*Francisco, and nothing he
026:528,20['  ]| observed by$4$ the way contributed to$9$ mitigate his sense
026:528,21['  ]| of being a good fellow wronged.
026:528,22['  ]| He saw a great many other good fellows ~~ his old
026:528,23['  ]| friends ~~ but he told none of them of the trick that$6#1$
026:528,24['  ]| had been played him. He said simply that$3$ 
026:528,24@b   | the lady
026:528,25@b   | he was to$9$ have married had changed her mind, 
026:528,25['  ]| and
026:528,26['  ]| when asked if he had changed his own inscrutably
026:528,27['  ]| answered, 
026:528,27[B  ]| "Suppose we change the subject." 
026:528,27['  ]| He told
026:528,28['  ]| his friends 
026:528,28@b   | he had brought home no$2$ "new ideas"
026:528,29@b   | from Europe, 
026:528,29['  ]| and his conduct probably struck them
026:528,30['  ]| as an eloquent proof of failing invention. He took no$2$
026:528,31['  ]| interest in$4$ discussing business and showed no$2$ desire
026:528,32['  ]| to$9$ go into anything whatever. He asked half a dozen
026:529,01['  ]| questions which$6#1$, like$4$ those of an eminent physician
026:529,02['  ]| enquiring for$4$ particular symptoms, proved he was
026:529,03['  ]| master of his subject; but he made no$2$ comments and
026:529,04['  ]| gave no$2$ directions. He not only puzzled all the prominent
026:529,05['  ]| men, but was himself surprised at the extent of
026:529,06['  ]| his indifference. As it seemed only to$9$ increase he made
026:529,07['  ]| an effort to$9$ combat it; he tried to$9$ take hold and to$9$
026:529,08['  ]| recover, as they said, his spring. But the ground was
026:529,09['  ]| inelastic and the issues dead; do what he would he
026:529,10['  ]| somehow could not believe in$4$ them. Sometimes he
026:529,11['  ]| began to$9$ fear 
026:529,11@b   | there was something the matter with
026:529,12@b   | him, that$3$ he had suffered, unwitting, some small
026:529,13@b   | horrid cerebral lesion or nervous accident, and that$3$
026:529,14@b   | the end of his strong activities had come. 
026:529,14['  ]| This idea
026:529,15['  ]| for$4$ a while hung about him and haunted him. 
026:529,15@b   | A
026:529,16@b   | hopeless, helpless loafer, useful to$4$ no*one and detestable
026:529,17@b   | to$4$ himself ~~ this was what the treachery of the
026:529,18@b   | Bellegardes had made of him. 
026:529,18['  ]| In$4$ his anxious idleness
026:529,19['  ]| he came back from San*Francisco to$4$ New*York,
026:529,20['  ]| where he sat for$4$ three days in$4$ the lobby of his hotel
026:529,21['  ]| and looked out through a huge wall of plate glass at
026:529,22['  ]| the unceasing stream of pretty girls who$6#1$ wore their
026:529,23['  ]| clothes as with the American accent and undulated
026:529,24['  ]| past with little parcels nursed against their neat
026:529,25['  ]| figures. At the end of three days he returned to$4$ San*Francisco
026:529,26['  ]| and, having arrived there, wished he had
026:529,27['  ]| stayed away. 
026:529,27@b   | He had nothing to$9$ do, his occupation
026:529,28@b   | had gone, had simply strayed and lost itself in$4$ the
026:529,29@b   | great desert of life. He had nothing to$9$ do \here\, 
026:529,29['  ]| he
026:529,30['  ]| sometimes said to$4$ himself; 
026:529,30@b   | but there was something
026:529,31@b   | beyond the ocean he was still to$9$ do; something he
026:529,32@b   | had left undone experimentally and speculatively, to$9$
026:530,01@b   | see if it could content itself to$9$ remain undone. Well,
026:530,02@b   | clearly, it could not content itself; it kept pulling at
026:530,03@b   | his heartstrings and thumping at his reason; it murmured
026:530,04@b   | in$4$ his ears and hovered perpetually before
026:530,05@b   | his eyes. It interposed between all new resolutions
026:530,06@b   | and their fulfilment; it was a stubborn ghost dumbly
026:530,07@b   | entreating to$9$ be laid. On$4$ the doing of that$6#2$ all other
026:530,08@b   | doing depended.
026:530,09['  ]| One day toward the end of the winter, after a long
026:530,10['  ]| interval, he received a letter from Mrs%*Tristram, who$6#1$
026:530,11['  ]| appeared to$9$ have been moved by$4$ a charitable desire
026:530,12['  ]| to$9$ amuse and distract her correspondent. She gave
026:530,13['  ]| him much Paris gossip, talked of General*Packard
026:530,14['  ]| and Miss*Kitty*Upjohn, enumerated the new plays
026:530,15['  ]| at the theatres and enclosed a note from her husband,
026:530,16['  ]| who$6#1$ had gone down to$9$ spend a month at
026:530,17['  ]| Nice. Then came her signature and after this her
026:530,18['  ]| postscript. The latter consisted of these few lines:
026:530,19[I  ]| "I heard three days since from my friend the
026:530,20[I  ]| Abbe=*Aubert that$3$ Claire*de*Cintre= last week received
026:530,21[I  ]| the veil at the Carmelites. It was on$4$ her
026:530,22[I  ]| twenty-ninth birthday, and she took the name of
026:530,23[I  ]| her patroness, Saint*Veronica. Soeur*Ve=ronique has
026:530,24[I  ]| a lifetime before her!"
026:530,25['  ]| This letter reached him in$4$ the morning; in$4$ the
026:530,26['  ]| evening he started for$4$ Paris. His wound began to$9$
026:530,27['  ]| ache with its first fierceness, and during his long bleak
026:530,28['  ]| journey he had no$2$ company but the thought of the
026:530,29['  ]| new Sister's "lifetime" ~~ 
026:530,29@b   | every*one's sister but his!
026:530,30['  ]| ~~ passed within walls on$4$ whose outer side only he
026:530,31['  ]| might stand. 
026:530,31@b   | Well, for$4$ that$6#2$ station \he\ would live, if
026:530,32@b   | it was to$9$ be spoken of as life; he would fix himself in$4$
026:531,01@b   | Paris; he would wring a hard happiness from the
026:531,02@b   | knowledge that$3$ if she was not there at least the stony
026:531,03@b   | sepulchre that$6#1$ held her was. 
026:531,03['  ]| He descended, unannounced,
026:531,04['  ]| on$4$ Mrs%*Bread, whom he found keeping
026:531,05['  ]| lonely watch in$4$ his great empty saloons on$4$ the Boulevard*Haussman..
026:531,06['  ]| They were as neat as a Dutch
026:531,07['  ]| village; Mrs%*Bread's only occupation had been removing
026:531,08['  ]| individual dust-particles. She made no$2$ complaint,
026:531,09['  ]| however, of her solitude, for$3$ in$4$ her philosophy
026:531,10['  ]| a servant was but a machine constructed for$4$ the benefit
026:531,11['  ]| of some supreme patentee, and it would be as fantastic
026:531,12['  ]| for$4$ a housekeeper to$9$ comment on$4$ a gentleman's
026:531,13['  ]| absences as for$4$ a clock to$9$ remark on$4$ not being wound
026:531,14['  ]| up$5$. 
026:531,14@j   | No$2$ particular clock, 
026:531,14['  ]| Mrs%*Bread supposed, 
026:531,14@j   | kept
026:531,15@j   | all the time, and no$2$ particular servant could enjoy all
026:531,16@j   | the sunshine diffused by$4$ the career of a universal
026:531,17@j   | master. 
026:531,17['  ]| She ventured nevertheless to$9$ express a
026:531,18['  ]| modest hope that$3$ 
026:531,18@j   | Newman meant to$9$ remain a while
026:531,19@j   | in$4$ Paris. 
026:531,19['  ]| He laid his hand on$4$ hers and shook it
026:531,20['  ]| gently. 
026:531,20[B  ]| "I mean to$9$ remain for*ever."
026:531,21['  ]| He went after this to$9$ see Mrs%*Tristram, to$4$ whom
026:531,22['  ]| he had telegraphed and who$6#1$ expected him. She
026:531,23['  ]| looked at him a moment and shook her head. 
026:531,23[I  ]| "This
026:531,24[I  ]| will$1$ not do," 
026:531,24['  ]| she said; 
026:531,24[I  ]| "you have come back too soon."
026:531,25['  ]| He sat down and asked about her husband and her
026:531,26['  ]| children, enquired even for$4$ news of Miss*Dora*Finch.
026:531,27['  ]| In$4$ the midst of this, 
026:531,27[B  ]| "Do you know where she is?"
026:531,28['  ]| he abruptly demanded.
026:531,29['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram hesitated; 
026:531,29@i   | of course he could not
026:531,30@i   | mean Miss*Dora*Finch. 
026:531,30['  ]| Then she answered properly:
026:531,31[I  ]| "She has gone to$4$ the other house ~~ in$4$ the Rue*d'Enfer."
026:531,32['  ]| But after he had gloomed a little longer
026:532,01['  ]| she went on$5$: 
026:532,01[I  ]| "You are not so$5#1$ good a man as I thought.
026:532,02[I  ]| You are more ~~ you are more ~"
026:532,03[B  ]| "More what?"
026:532,04[I  ]| "More unreconciled."
026:532,05[B  ]| "Good God!" 
026:532,05['  ]| he cried; 
026:532,05[B  ]| "do you expect me to$9$ forgive?"
026:532,06[B  ]| 
026:532,07[I  ]| "No$7$, not that$6#2$. I have not forgiven, so$3$ of course you
026:532,08[I  ]| can not. But you might magnificently forget. You have
026:532,09[I  ]| a worse temper about it than I should have expected.
026:532,10[I  ]| You look wicked ~~ you look dangerous."
026:532,11[B  ]| "I may be dangerous," 
026:532,11['  ]| he said; 
026:532,11[B  ]| "but I am not
026:532,12[B  ]| wicked. No$7$, I am not wicked." 
026:532,12['  ]| And he got up$5$ to$9$ go.
026:532,13['  ]| She asked him to$9$ come back to$4$ dinner, but he answered
026:532,14['  ]| that$3$ 
026:532,14@b   | he could not face a convivial occasion,
026:532,15@b   | even as a solitary guest. Later in$4$ the evening, if he
026:532,16@b   | should be able, he would look in$5$.
026:532,17['  ]| He walked away through the city, beside the Seine
026:532,18['  ]| and over it, and took the direction of the Rue*d'Enfer.
026:532,19['  ]| The day had the softness of early spring, but the
026:532,20['  ]| weather was grey and humid. He found himself in$4$
026:532,21['  ]| a part of Paris that$6#1$ he little knew ~~ a region of convents 
026:532,22['  ]| and prisons, of streets bordered by$4$ long dead
026:532,23['  ]| walls and traversed by$4$ few frequenters. At the intersection
026:532,24['  ]| of two of these streets stood the house of the
026:532,25['  ]| Carmelites ~~ a dull, plain edifice with a blank, high-shouldered
026:532,26['  ]| defence all round. From without he could
026:532,27['  ]| see its upper windows, its steep roof and its chimneys.
026:532,28['  ]| But these things revealed no$2$ symptoms of human life;
026:532,29['  ]| the place looked dumb, deaf, inanimate. The pale,
026:532,30['  ]| dead, discoloured wall stretched beneath it far down
026:532,31['  ]| the empty side-street ~~ a vista without a human
026:532,32['  ]| figure. He stood there a long time; there were no$2$
026:533,01['  ]| passers; he was free to$9$ gaze his fill. This seemed the 
026:533,02['  ]| goal of his journey; 
026:533,02@b   | it was all he had come for$4$. It was
026:533,03@b   | a strange satisfaction too, and yet it was a satisfaction; 
026:533,04@b   | the barren stillness of the place represented
026:533,05@b   | somehow his own release from ineffectual desire. 
026:533,05['  ]| It
026:533,06['  ]| told him 
026:533,06@b   | the woman within was lost beyond recall,
026:533,07@b   | and the days and years of the future would pile
026:533,08@b   | themselves above her like$4$ the huge immoveable slab
026:533,09@b   | of a tomb. These days and years, on$4$ this spot,
026:533,10@b   | would always be just so$5#1$ grey and silent. 
026:533,10['  ]| Suddenly
026:533,11['  ]| from the thought of their seeing him stand there again
026:533,12['  ]| the charm utterly departed. 
026:533,12@b   | He would never stand
026:533,13@b   | there again; it was a sacrifice as sterile as her own.
026:533,14['  ]| He turned away with a heavy heart, yet more disburdened
026:533,15['  ]| than he had come.
026:533,16@b   | Everything was over and he too at last could rest.
026:533,17['  ]| He walked back through the narrow, winding streets to$4$
026:533,18['  ]| the edge of the Seine and there he saw, close above
026:533,19['  ]| him, high and mild and grey, the twin towers of
026:533,20['  ]| Notre*Dame. He crossed one of the bridges and
026:533,21['  ]| paused in$4$ the voided space that$6#1$ makes the great
026:533,22['  ]| front clear; then he went in$5$ beneath the grossly
026:533,23['  ]| imaged portals. He wandered some distance up$4$ the
026:533,24['  ]| nave and sat down in$4$ the splendid dimness. He sat
026:533,25['  ]| a long time; he heard far-away bells chiming off into
026:533,26['  ]| space, at long intervals, the big bronze syllables of
026:533,27['  ]| the Word. 
026:533,27@b   | He was very tired, but such a place was
026:533,28@b   | a kingdom of rest. 
026:533,28['  ]| He said no$2$ prayers; 
026:533,29@b   | he had no$2$
026:533,29@b   | prayers to$9$ say. He had nothing to$9$ be thankful for$4$
026:533,30@b   | and he had nothing to$9$ ask; nothing to$9$ ask because
026:533,31@b   | now he must take care of himself. 
026:533,31['  ]| But a great church
026:533,32['  ]| offers a very various hospitality, and he kept his
026:534,01['  ]| place because 
026:534,01@b   | while he was there he was out of the
026:534,02@b   | world. The most unpleasant thing that$6#1$ had ever
026:534,03@b   | happened to$4$ him had reached its formal conclusion;
026:534,04@b   | he had learnt his lesson ~~ not indeed that$3$ he the
026:534,05@b   | least understood it ~~ and could put away the book.
026:534,06['  ]| He leaned his head for$4$ a long time on$4$ the chair in$4$
026:534,07['  ]| front of him; when he took it up$5$ he felt 
026:534,07@b   | he was himself
026:534,08@b   | again. Somewhere in$4$ his soul a tight constriction
026:534,09@b   | had loosened. 
026:534,09['  ]| He thought of the Bellegardes;
026:534,10@b   | he had almost forgotten them. He remembered 
026:534,11@b   | them as people he had meant to$9$ do something to$4$.
026:534,12['  ]| He gave a groan as 
026:534,12@b   | he remembered what he had
026:534,13@b   | meant to$9$ do; he was annoyed, and yet partly incredulous,
026:534,14@b   | at his having meant to$9$ do it: the bottom suddenly
026:534,15@b   | had fallen out of his revenge. 
026:534,15['  ]| Whether it was
026:534,16['  ]| Christian charity or mere human weakness of will$0$ ~
026:534,17['  ]| what it was, in$4$ the background of his spirit ~~ I do not
026:534,18['  ]| pretend to$9$ say; but Newman's last thought was that$3$
026:534,19@b   | of course he would let the Bellegardes go. 
026:534,19['  ]| If he had
026:534,20['  ]| spoken it aloud he would have said 
026:534,20@b   | he did not want
026:534,21@b   | to$9$ hurt them. He was ashamed of having wanted to$9$
026:534,22@b   | hurt them. He quite failed, of a sudden, to$9$ recognise
026:534,23@b   | the fact of his having cultivated any such link with
026:534,24@b   | them. It was a link for$4$ themselves perhaps, their
026:534,25@b   | having so$5#2$ hurt \him\; but that$6#2$ side of it was now not
026:534,26@b   | his affair. 
026:534,26['  ]| At last he got up$5$ and came out of the
026:534,27['  ]| darkening church; not with the elastic step of a man
026:534,28['  ]| who$6#1$ has won a victory or taken a resolve ~~ rather to$4$
026:534,29['  ]| the quiet measure of a discreet escape, of a retreat
026:534,30['  ]| with the appearances preserved.
026:534,31['  ]| Going home, he said to$4$ Mrs%*Bread that$3$ 
026:534,31@b   | he must
026:534,32@b   | trouble her to$9$ put back his things into the portmanteau
026:535,01@b   | she had unpacked the evening before. 
026:535,01['  ]| It 
026:535,02['  ]| was therefore as if she had looked at him on$4$ this,
026:535,03['  ]| through bedimmed eyes, with the consciousness of
026:535,04['  ]| a value, so$5#1$ far as she could see, quite extravagantly
026:535,05['  ]| wasted. 
026:535,05[J  ]| "Dear me, sir, I thought you said you were
026:535,06[J  ]| going to$9$ stay for*ever."
026:535,07[B  ]| "Well, I guess I omitted a word. I meant I am
026:535,08[B  ]| going to$9$ stay \away\ for*ever," 
026:535,08['  ]| he was obliged a little
026:535,09['  ]| awkwardly to$9$ explain. And since his departure from
026:535,10['  ]| Paris on$4$ the following day he has certainly not returned.
026:535,11['  ]| The gilded apartments I have so$5#1$ often 
026:535,12['  ]| spoken of stand ready to$9$ receive him, but they serve
026:535,13['  ]| only as a spacious setting for$4$ Mrs%*Bread's solitary
026:535,14['  ]| straightness, which$6#1$ wanders eternally from room to$4$
026:535,15['  ]| room, adjusting the tassels of the curtains, and keeps
026:535,16['  ]| its wages, which$6#1$ are regularly brought in$5$ by$4$ a 
026:535,17['  ]| banker's clerk, in$4$ a great pink Se`vres vase on$4$ the
026:535,18['  ]| drawing-room mantel-shelf.
026:535,19['  ]| Late in$4$ the evening Newman went to$4$ Mrs%*Tristram's
026:535,20['  ]| and found the more jovial member of the pair
026:535,21['  ]| by$4$ the domestic fireside. 
026:535,21[H  ]| "I am glad to$9$ see you back
026:535,22[H  ]| in$4$ Paris," 
026:535,22['  ]| this gentleman declared, 
026:535,22[H  ]| "for$3$, you know,
026:535,23[H  ]| it is really the only place for$4$ a white man to$9$ live."
026:535,24['  ]| Mr%*Tristram made his friend welcome according to$4$
026:535,25['  ]| his own rosy light, and repaired in$4$ five minutes, with
026:535,26['  ]| a free tongue, the too visible and too innocent deficiencies
026:535,27['  ]| in$4$ Newman's acquaintance with current
026:535,28['  ]| history. Then, having caused him to$9$ gape with
026:535,29['  ]| strange information ~~ all as to$4$ what had been going
026:535,30['  ]| on$5$ in$4$ 
026:535,30[H  ]| "\9notre 9monde 9a` 9nous\, you know" 
026:535,30['  ]| ~~ Tristram
026:535,31['  ]| got up$5$ to$9$ go and renew his budget at the club.
026:535,32['  ]| To$4$ this Newman replied that$3$ 
026:535,32@b   | Mrs%*Tristram was
026:536,01@b   | \his\ club and that$3$ he had never wanted a better: 
026:536,01['  ]| a
026:536,02['  ]| statement he felt the truth of when he was presently
026:536,03['  ]| alone with her and even ~~ or perhaps all the more
026:536,04['  ]| ~~ when she asked him 
026:536,04@i   | what he had done on$4$ leaving
026:536,05@i   | her in$4$ the afternoon. 
026:536,05[B  ]| "Well," 
026:536,05['  ]| he then replied, 
026:536,05[B  ]| "I
026:536,06[B  ]| worked it off."
026:536,07[I  ]| "Worked off the afternoon?"
026:536,08[B  ]| "Yes, and a lot of other troublesome stuff."
026:536,09[I  ]| "You struck me," 
026:536,09['  ]| she confessed, 
026:536,09[I  ]| "as a man filled
026:536,10[I  ]| with some rather uncanny idea. I wondered if I were
026:536,11[I  ]| right to$9$ leave you so$5#1$ the prey of it, and whether I
026:536,12[I  ]| ought not to$9$ have had you followed and watched."
026:536,13['  ]| This appeared to$9$ strike him with surprise. 
026:536,13[B  ]| "Surely
026:536,14[B  ]| I did not look as if I wanted to$9$ take life."
026:536,15[I  ]| "I might have feared, if I had let myself go a little,
026:536,16[I  ]| that$3$ you were thinking of taking your own."
026:536,17['  ]| He breathed a long sigh of such apparent indifference
026:536,18['  ]| to$4$ his own as would have ruled that$6#2$ out.
026:536,19[B  ]| "Well," 
026:536,19['  ]| he none*the*less after a moment went on$5$,
026:536,20[B  ]| "I \have\ got rid of about nine*tenths of something
026:536,21[B  ]| that$6#1$ had become the biggest part of me. But I did
026:536,22[B  ]| that$6#2$ only by$4$ walking over to$4$ the Rue*d'Enfer."
026:536,23[I  ]| "You have been then," 
026:536,23['  ]| she stated, 
026:536,23[I  ]| "at the Carmelites?"
026:536,24['  ]| And as he only met her eyes: 
026:536,24[I  ]| "Trying to$9$
026:536,25[I  ]| scale the wall?"
026:536,26[B  ]| "Well, I thought of that$6#2$ ~~ I measured the wall.
026:536,27[B  ]| I looked at it a long time. But it is too high ~~ it is
026:536,28[B  ]| beyond me."
026:536,29[I  ]| "That$6#2$ is right," 
026:536,29['  ]| she said. 
026:536,29[I  ]| "Give it up$5$."
026:536,30[B  ]| "I \have\ given it up$5$. But on$4$ the spot there I took
026:536,31[B  ]| it all in$5$."
026:536,32['  ]| She rested now her kindest eyes on$4$ him. 
026:536,32[I  ]| "On$4$ the
026:537,01[I  ]| spot then you did not happen to$9$ meet M%*de*Bellegarde
026:537,02[I  ]| ~~ also taking it all in$5$? I am told his sister's
026:537,03[I  ]| course does not suit him the least little bit."
026:537,04['  ]| Newman had a moment's gravity of silence. 
026:537,04[B  ]| "No$7$,
026:537,05[B  ]| luckily ~~ I did not meet either of \them\. In$4$ that$6#2$ case
026:537,06[B  ]| I \might\ have fired."
026:537,07[I  ]| "Ah, it is not that$3$ they have not been keeping quiet,"
026:537,08['  ]| she said; 
026:537,08[I  ]| "I mean in$4$ the country, at ~~ what is the
026:537,09[I  ]| name of the place? ~~ Fleurie`res. They returned
026:537,10[I  ]| there at the time you left Paris, and have been spending
026:537,11[I  ]| the year far from human eye. The little marquise
026:537,12[I  ]| must enjoy it; I expect to$9$ hear she has eloped with her
026:537,13[I  ]| daughter's music-master!"
026:537,14['  ]| Newman had gazed at the light wood-fire, and he
026:537,15['  ]| listened to$4$ this with an apparent admission of its
026:537,16['  ]| relevance; but he spoke in$4$ another sense. 
026:537,16[B  ]| "I mean
026:537,17[B  ]| never to$9$ mention the name of those people again and
026:537,18[B  ]| I do not want to$9$ hear anything more about them."
026:537,19['  ]| Then he took out his pocket-book and drew forth a
026:537,20['  ]| scrap of paper. He looked at it an instant, after
026:537,21['  ]| which$6#1$ he got up$5$ and stood by$4$ the fire. 
026:537,21[B  ]| "I am going
026:537,22[B  ]| to$9$ burn them up$5$. I am glad to$9$ have you as a witness.
026:537,23[B  ]| There they go!" 
026:537,23['  ]| And he tossed the paper into the
026:537,24['  ]| flame.
026:537,25['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram sat with her embroidery-needle suspended.
026:537,26[I  ]| "What in$4$ the world is that$6#2$?"
026:537,27['  ]| Leaning against the chimney-piece he seemed to$9$
026:537,28['  ]| grasp its ledge with force and to$9$ draw his breath
026:537,29['  ]| a while in$4$ pain. But presently he said: 
026:537,29[B  ]| "I can tell
026:537,30[B  ]| you now. It was proof of a great infamy on$4$ the part
026:537,31[B  ]| of the Bellegardes ~~ something that$6#1$ would damn
026:537,32[B  ]| them if ever known."
026:538,01['  ]| She dropped her work with a reproachful moan.
026:538,02[I  ]| "Ah, why did not you show it to$4$ me?"
026:538,03[B  ]| "I thought of showing it to$4$ you ~~ I thought of
026:538,04[B  ]| showing it to$4$ every*one. I thought of paying my debt
026:538,05[B  ]| to$4$ them that$6#2$ way. So$3$ I told them, and I guess I made
026:538,06[B  ]| them squirm. If they have been lying low it is because
026:538,07[B  ]| they have not known what may happen. But, as I say,
026:538,08[B  ]| I have given up$5$ my idea."
026:538,09['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram began to$9$ take slow stitches again.
026:538,10[I  ]| "Wholly renounced it?"
026:538,11[B  ]| "Wholly renounced it."
026:538,12[I  ]| "But your ""proof,"" " 
026:538,12['  ]| she went on$5$ after a moment,
026:538,13[I  ]| "what was it a proof \of\?"
026:538,14[B  ]| "Oh, of an abomination not otherwise known."
026:538,15[I  ]| "An abomination?"
026:538,16[B  ]| "An abomination."
026:538,17['  ]| She hesitated briefly. 
026:538,17[I  ]| "Something too bad to$9$
026:538,18[I  ]| tell me?"
026:538,19['  ]| He considered. 
026:538,19[B  ]| "Yes, not good enough now."
026:538,20[I  ]| "Well," 
026:538,20['  ]| she said, 
026:538,20[I  ]| "I am sorry to$9$ have lost it. Your
026:538,21[I  ]| document," 
026:538,21['  ]| she smiled, 
026:538,21[I  ]| "did not look like$4$ much, but
026:538,22[I  ]| I should have liked immensely to$9$ see it. They have
026:538,23[I  ]| wronged me too, you know, as your sponsor and
026:538,24[I  ]| guarantee, and it would have served my revenge as
026:538,25[I  ]| well! How did you come," 
026:538,25['  ]| she then asked, 
026:538,25[I  ]| "into
026:538,26[I  ]| possession of your knowledge?"
026:538,27[B  ]| "It is a long story. But honestly at any rate."
026:538,28[I  ]| "And they knew you were master of it?"
026:538,29[B  ]| "Oh, but rather!"
026:538,30[I  ]| "Dear me, how interesting!" 
026:538,30['  ]| cried Mrs%*Tristram.
026:538,31[I  ]| "And you humbled them at your feet?"
026:538,32['  ]| Newman was silent a little. 
026:538,32[B  ]| "No$7$, not at all. They
026:539,01[B  ]| pretended not to$9$ care ~~ not to$9$ be afraid. But I know
026:539,02[B  ]| they did care ~~ they \were\ afraid."
026:539,03[I  ]| "Are you very sure?"
026:539,04['  ]| He looked at her had. 
026:539,04[B  ]| "Why, they fairly turned
026:539,05[B  ]| blue."
026:539,06['  ]| She resumed her slow stitches. 
026:539,06[I  ]| "They defied you,
026:539,07[I  ]| eh?"
026:539,08[B  ]| "They took the only tone they could. But I did not
026:539,09[B  ]| think they took it very well."
026:539,10[I  ]| "You tried by$4$ the threat of exposure to$9$ make them
026:539,11[I  ]| come round?" 
026:539,11['  ]| Mrs%*Tristram pursued.
026:539,12[B  ]| "Yes, but they would not. I gave them their choice,
026:539,13[B  ]| and they chose to$9$ take their chance of bluffing off the
026:539,14[B  ]| charge and convicting me of fraud, that$3$ is of having
026:539,15[B  ]| procured and paid for$4$ a forgery. Forgery was of
026:539,16[B  ]| course their easy word ~~ but words did not, and
026:539,17[B  ]| do not, matter. They are as sick as a pair of poisoned
026:539,18[B  ]| cats ~~ and I do not want any more ""revenge."" "
026:539,19[I  ]| "It is most provoking," 
026:539,19['  ]| she returned, 
026:539,19[I  ]| "to$9$ hear you
026:539,20[I  ]| talk of the ""charge"" when the charge is burned up$5$.
026:539,21[I  ]| Is it quite consumed?" 
026:539,21['  ]| she asked, glancing at the
026:539,22['  ]| fire. He assured her 
026:539,22@b   | there was nothing left of it, 
026:539,22['  ]| and
026:539,23['  ]| at this, dropping her embroidery, she got up$5$ and
026:539,24['  ]| came near him. 
026:539,24[I  ]| "I need not tell you at this hour how
026:539,25[I  ]| I have felt for$4$ you. But I like$1$ you as you are," 
026:539,25['  ]| she
026:539,26['  ]| said.
026:539,27[B  ]| "As I am ~?"
026:539,28[I  ]| "As you are." 
026:539,28['  ]| She stood before him and put out
026:539,29['  ]| her hand as for$4$ his own, which$6#1$ he a little blankly let
026:539,30['  ]| her take. 
026:539,30[I  ]| "Just exactly as you are," 
026:539,30['  ]| she repeated.
026:539,31['  ]| With which$6#1$, bending her head, she raised his hand
026:539,32['  ]| and very tenderly and beautifully kissed it. Then,
026:540,01[I  ]| "Ah, poor Claire!" 
026:540,01['  ]| she sighed as she went back to$4$
026:540,02['  ]| her place. It drew from him, while his flushed face
026:540,03['  ]| followed her, a strange inarticulate sound, and this
026:540,04['  ]| made her but say again: 
026:540,04[I  ]| "Yes, a thousand times ~
026:540,05[I  ]| poor, poor Claire!"