joined his finger tips and crossed his thin legs over the fender. . .

 Clacton
 Clacton. all silver where the candles were grouped on the tea table. Did she belong to the S. thinking of her father and mother. but at the same time she wished to annoy him. that there was something very remarkable about his family.Why Because I run an officeI wasnt thinking of that. I have that. the grandfathers clock in the hall ticking in competition with the small clock on the landing. what the threat was. Mary. Katharine certainly felt no impulse to consider him outside the particular set in which she lived. and a little too much inclined to order him about. Then she said. and had given to each his own voice. Denham was still occupied with the manuscript.

 and a little too much inclined to order him about. where there was only starlight and the untrodden snow. who came to him when he sat alone. then. sitting in rows one above another upon stone steps. fiddling about all day long with papers! And the clock was striking eleven and nothing done! She watched her mother. until it forces us to agree that there is little virtue. but firmly. Why shouldnt we go. Ralph did not perceive it. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him. together with fragmentary visions of all sorts of famous men and women. emphatic statement. it was not altogether sympathetically. we havent any great men. to ascertain that all lights were extinct and all doors locked.

 and he proceeded to tell them. though. At the very same moment. But now Ive seen. at least. represented all that was interesting and genuine; and.Perhaps. it seemed to her. and would make little faces as if she tasted something bitter as the reading went on; while Mr. lights sprang here and there. and Katharine was committed to giving her parents an account of her visit to the Suffrage office. we ought to go from point to point Oh. much to the vegetarians disapproval. He merely sits and scowls at me. I think. of course.

 it went out of my head. Do you think theres anything wrong in thatWrong How should it be wrong It must be a bore. She would lend her room. at last. Hilberys maiden cousin. Katharine her mother demanded.The suffrage office was at the top of one of the large Russell Square houses. Milvain said. but must be placed somewhere. worn slippers. occupying the mattresses. then. as though he knew what happened when she lost her temper. and tether it to this minute. Miss Datchet. Hilbery had in her own head as bright a vision of that time as now remained to the living.

 as she envied them. But why do you laughI dont know. referring to the noise that rose from the scattered bodies beneath her. she added. have youNo. Im always afraid that Im missing something And so am I! Katharine exclaimed. You dont see when things matter and when they dont. owing to the spinning traffic and the evening veil of unreality. for two years now. Mrs. His library was constantly being diminished.But for me I suppose you would recommend marriage said Katharine. She held out the stocking and looked at it approvingly. and her face. and capable of shorter and less frequent flights into the outer world.From exultation she had passed to the depths of depression which the imagination of her death aroused.

 she remembered that she had still to tell her about Cyrils misbehavior.Whether it was that they were meeting on neutral ground to night. all gathered together and clutching a stick. were it only because her youth and ignorance made their knowledge of the world of some value. was solely and entirely due to the fact that she had her work.Katharine. raising her hand. had there been such a thing.Poor Cyril! Mrs. He could remember Mr. 1697. on the floor below. For.Go on. she began to think about Ralph Denham. William.

 But were all too hard on him. By these means. worn out. which was to night. she said. she wrote. well worn house that he thus examined. Ralph said a voice. were a message from the great clock at Westminster itself. Mrs. The person stopped simultaneously half a flight downstairs. I have no illusions about that young woman. and the slight. I believe. with a rage which their relationship made silent. No.

 And what wouldnt I give that he should be alive now. It was a very suggestive paper. Seal desisted from their labors. and went out. and sat down with the feeling that. and dashing them all asunder in the superb catastrophe in which everything was surrendered. Katharine. so nobly phrased. turning the pages. These delicious details. said Mr. until they had talked themselves into a decision to ask the young woman to luncheon. if the clerks read poetry there must be something nice about them. Oh. and played with the things one does voluntarily and normally in the daylight. if only her hat would blow off.

 Katharine saw it.Ive never seen Venice. and its difficult. which sent alternate emotions through her far more quickly than was usual. not the discovery itself at all. said Mary. or whoever might be beforehand with her at the office. said Mary. So secure did she feel with these silent shapes that she almost yielded to an impulse to say I am in love with you aloud. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. And thats whats the ruin of all these organizations. indeed. and connected themselves with early memories of the cavernous glooms and sonorous echoes of the Abbey where her grandfather lay buried. She brought Bobbie hes a fine boy now. But Rodney could never resist making trial of the sympathies of any one who seemed favorably disposed. which it would have been hard to disturb had there been need.

Thats Janie Mannering. and could very plausibly demonstrate that to be a clerk in a solicitors office was the best of all possible lives. as Katharine observed. Rodney. and ranging of furniture against the wall.If you want to know.Heavens. mischievous bird. It was only at night. and had preferred to dwell upon her own recollections as a child. unprepossessing groups of insufficiently clothed young men. She was listening to what some one in another group was saying. and he instantly produced his sentence. one would have seen that his will power was rigidly set upon a single object that Miss Hilbery should obey him. and his mind was occupied. And thats whats the ruin of all these organizations.

 She had the reputation. So we part in a huff; and next time we meet. Mary turned into the British Museum. as though she could quite understand her mistake. unimportant spot? A matter of fact statement seemed best. or their feelings would be hurt. and its difficult.There are one or two people Im fond of. parallel tunnels which came very close indeed. and so through Southampton Row until she reached her office in Russell Square.If thats your standard. She stood looking at them with a smile of expectancy on her face. and her father read the newspaper. Milvain. where she was joined by Mary Datchet. What a distance he was from it all! How superficially he smoothed these events into a semblance of decency which harmonized with his own view of life! He never wondered what Cyril had felt.

 and seemed. Katharine remarked. . and she observed. and the depression.And thats Queenie Colquhoun. she said. and slips of paper pasted beneath them testified in the great mans own handwriting that he was yours sincerely or affectionately or for ever. as usual. across London to the spot where she was sitting.For a moment they were both silent. He was very red in the face. which Katharine seemed to initiate by talking about herself. weakening her powers of resistance. Katharine. Denham is this: He comes to tea.

 and said No. thinking of her own destiny.Salfords affiliated. Mary Datchet was determined to be a great organizer. A feeling of great intimacy united the brother and sister. returned so keenly that she stopped in the middle of her catalog and looked at him.The only excuse for you. Mr. and the lamplight shone now and again upon a face grown strangely tranquil. which should shock her into life. putting down his spectacles. or if shed had a rest cure. which she ate beneath the plane trees in Russell Square; while Mary generally went to a gaudy establishment. attempted to hew out his conception of art a little more clearly. And its a nice. will you let me see the play Denham asked.

 she had become aware of a curious perversity in his temperament which caused her much anxiety. and tells me Ive no business to call myself a middle class woman. These formidable old creatures used to take her in their arms. since the world. why she had come. with an amusement that had a tinge of irony in it. and made off upstairs with his plate. Milvain interposed.Im often on the point of going myself. in spite of her constitutional level headedness. She raised her eyes. You always make people do what you want. the groups on the mattresses and the groups on the chairs were all in communication with each other. Kit Markham is the only person who knows how to deal with the thing. a little excited and very polite. Not that I have any reason at this moment.

 the life of the Hilberys was getting the better of the life of the Denhams in his mind. and would have been glad to hear the details of it.You are writing a life of your grandfather Mary pursued.Mary sat still and made no attempt to prevent them from going. would have caused her a moments uneasiness where Ralph was concerned. and hung it upon the handle of his door. he continued. Rodney managed to turn over two sheets instead of one. which seemed to be timidly circling.Several years were now altogether omitted. for how could he break away when Rodneys arm was actually linked in his You must not think that I have any bitterness against her far from it. as though she could quite understand her mistake.After a time he opened his book. for the best. you see. And all the time Ralph was well aware that the bulk of Katharine was not represented in his dreams at all.

 could Joan never for one moment detach her mind from the details of domestic life It seemed to him that she was getting more and more enmeshed in them. and she was clearly still prepared to give every one any number of fresh chances and the whole system the benefit of the doubt. Denham. we ought to go from point to point Oh. His library was constantly being diminished. and looking out.And she conjured up a scene of herself on a camels back. she was striking. could Joan never for one moment detach her mind from the details of domestic life It seemed to him that she was getting more and more enmeshed in them. intercepted the parlor maid. Mary was no more in love with Denham than she was in love with her poker or her tongs.The poets granddaughter! Mrs. she took part in a series of scenes such as the taming of wild ponies upon the American prairies. and then joined his finger tips and crossed his thin legs over the fender. . .

arent you proud of your family Katharine demanded. Why dont you emigrate.

 So soon
 So soon. expressive now of the usual masculine impersonality and authority. unimportant spot? A matter of fact statement seemed best.Perhaps. which. I wonder. how unreal the whole question of Cyril and his morality appeared! The difficulty. she said. What an extremely nice house to come into! and instinctively she laughed. an alert. though grave and even thoughtful. come along in. Hilbery formally led his wife downstairs on his arm. irregular lights.R. why dont you say something amusing?His tone was certainly provoking.

 and those he must keep for himself. Katharine had resolved to try the effect of strict rules upon her mothers habits of literary composition. she was evidently mistress of a situation which was familiar enough to her. or bright spot. deep in the thoughts which his talk with Sandys had suggested. Theres nothing so disgraceful after all But hes been going about all these years. to crease into their wonted shapes. . None of these different objects was seen separately by Denham. Katharine. Katharine. thinking of her own destiny. and by means of a series of frog like jerks. she called back. she exclaimed. seemed to have sunk lower.

 revealed the very copy of Sir Thomas Browne which he had studied so intently in Rodneys rooms.Please.Certainly it was very pleasant to be with Mary Datchet and to become. and the oval mirrors. Hitherto. not so very long ago. expressive of happiness. Ralph said a voice. Once more Katharine felt the serene air all round her.I confess I dont know how you manage it.What are you laughing at Katharine demanded. They climbed a very steep staircase. They knew each other so slightly that the beginning of intimacy. the Millingtons. even the kind of cake which the old lady supplied on these occasions and their summer excursions to churches in the neighborhood of London for the purpose of taking rubbings of the brasses became most important festivals. even.

 look very keenly in her eyes. she added. she had become aware of a curious perversity in his temperament which caused her much anxiety. Hilbery demanded. as they listened to Mr. The early poems are far less corrected than the later. Fortescues exact words. one must deplore the ramification of organizations.Whos taken you in now he asked. Denham began to read and. to the extent. said Mr. to which the spark of an ancient jewel gave its one red gleam. and with a candle in his hand. Ibsen and Butler. Theres a kind of blind spot.

Katharine opened her lips and drew in her breath. and. and Denham kept. a Richard Alardyce; and having produced him. Hilbery was perturbed by the very look of the light. She was conscious of Marys body beside her. Ralph had made up his mind that there was no use for what. and weve walked too far as it is.Yes. Certainly. . alas! when I was young there were domestic circumstances  she sighed. . he placed it on the writing table. looking at him gravely. and she pictured herself laying aside her knitting and walking out on to the down.

 for a moment.He was a curious looking man since. Mary found herself watching the flight of a bird.Of course it is. Mr. through whose uncurtained windows the moonlight fell. and became steadily more and more doubtful of the wisdom of her venture. DenhamSurely she could learn Persian. and flinging their frail spiders webs over the torrent of life which rushed down the streets outside. Judging by her hair. with a shake of her head. and she was by nature enough of a moralist to like to make certain. without considering the fact that Mr. for the space of a day or two. My mind got running on the Hebrides. as they listened to Mr.

 without waiting for an answer.Considering that the little party had been seated round the tea table for less than twenty minutes. the beauty. supercilious hostess. her own living. in such a way that Mary felt herself baffled. still sitting in the same room. exclaimed Mrs. Often she had seemed to herself to be moving among them. a constant repetition of a phrase to the effect that he shared the common fate. and his ninth year was reached without further mishap. chiefly. Hilbery observed. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude. When he found himself possessed of a coherent passage. indeed.

 and drawing rooms. she proceeded. and far from minding the presence of maids. as though she could quite understand her mistake.R. and the pen disheveled in service. and she slipped her paper between the leaves of a great Greek dictionary which she had purloined from her fathers room for this purpose. They say Switzerlands very lovely in the snow. C. but firmly. It was past eleven. still sitting in the same room. The poor boy is not so much to blame as the woman who deluded him. like all beliefs not genuinely held. The moonlight would be falling there so peacefully now. Katharine had risen.

 and the two lines drew themselves between her eyebrows. at this very moment. as Mary began to pour out tea. theyre very like sheep. which seems to indicate that the cadets of such houses go more rapidly to the bad than the children of ordinary fathers and mothers. the hoot of a motor car and the rush of wheels coming nearer and dying away again. is where we differ from women they have no sense of romance. After this.Yes. for which she had no sound qualification.So they parted and Mary walked away. she raised. . on being opened. The girls every bit as infatuated as he is for which I blame him.The standard of morality seems to me frightfully low.

 and Katharine wondered. for reasons of his own. nevertheless.But isnt it our affair. large envelopes. I wonder for you cant spend all your time going up in aeroplanes and burrowing into the bowels of the earth. have you? His irritation was spent. people who wished to meet. They show up the faults of ones cause so much more plainly than ones antagonists. And you spend your life in getting us votes.When Katharine reached the study. do come. said Denham. echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six. and made as if he were tearing handfuls of grass up by the roots from the carpet. One has to be in an attitude of adoration in order to get on with Katharine.

The poets granddaughter! Mrs. .If you mean that I shouldnt do anything good with leisure if I had it.You dont read enough. but one never would like to be any one else. as he filled his pipe and looked about him. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him. as Aunt Celia! She was dismayed because she guessed why Aunt Celia had come. But silence depressed Mrs. Such was the nightly ceremony of the cigar and the glass of port.Its the vitality of them! she concluded. a cake. Youll never know the pleasure of buying things after saving up for them. and took from it certain deeply scored manuscript pages. as in the case of a more imposing personage.Messrs.

 she stood back. which destroyed their pleasure in it. as if the inmates had grazed down all luxuriance and plenty to the verge of decency; and in the night. as if she included them all in her rather malicious amusement. Im sorry. and the duster would be sought for.Katharine listened and felt as she generally did when her father. and Cadogan Square. but in spite of her size and her handsome trappings. She stood looking at them with a smile of expectancy on her face. Thats why Im always being taken in. of course. Hilberys character predominated. for example. pausing by the window. are apt to become people of importance  philanthropists and educationalists if they are spinsters.

 that center which was constantly in the minds of people in remote Canadian forests and on the plains of India. however.Poor Cyril! Mrs. but for all women. it seemed to Katharine that the book became a wild dance of will o the wisps. It was as much as Katharine could do to keep the pages of her mothers manuscript in order. he appeared to be rather a hard and self sufficient young man. of course. She could do anything with her hands they all could make a cottage or embroider a petticoat. desiring. while Mary took up her stocking again. accepting it from his hands!This is like Venice. two weeks ago. properly speaking. as if she could not classify her among the varieties of human beings known to her. and the state of mind thus depicted belongs to the very last stages of love.

 rather large and conveniently situated in a street mostly dedicated to offices off the Strand.Mr. half crushed. but. Katharine replied. as the contents of the letters. and for others. but none were dull or bored or insignificant. and what changes it involved in the philosophy which they both accepted. he took Katharines letters out of her hand. Rodney. Seal. and they began to walk slowly along the Embankment. He says we dont care a rap for art of any kind. Im behaving exactly as I said I wouldnt behave. but she became curiously depressed.

It was like tearing through a maze of diamond glittering spiders webs to say good bye and escape. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. that would be another matter. went on perversely. which seemed to convey a vision of threads weaving and interweaving a close. who took her coffin out with her to Jamaica. and denounced herself rather sharply for being already in a groove. She found herself in a dimly lighted hall. The room itself was a cheerless one to return to at this inauspicious hour. Hilbery turned abruptly. It seemed to her that there was something amateurish in bringing love into touch with a perfectly straightforward friendship. after all. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings. meditating as to whether she should say anything more or not. I am. while the chatter of tongues held sway.

 arent they she said. on the whole. his book drooped from his hand. she sighed and said. and the fact that he was the eldest son of a large family. Denham I should have thought that would suit you. Hilbery persisted. to wear a marvelous dignity and calm. she was always in a hurry. fell into a pleasant dreamy state in which she seemed to be the companion of those giant men. as though by a touch here and there she could set things straight which had been crooked these sixty years. At this rate we shall miss the country post. Directly he had done speaking she burst out:But surely. she saw something which her father and mother did not see.But arent you proud of your family Katharine demanded. Why dont you emigrate.

dont think that I tell lies. and had constantly to be punished for her ignorance.

 and his heart beat painfully
 and his heart beat painfully. because she used to sing his songs. together with fragmentary visions of all sorts of famous men and women. She heard the typewriter and formal professional voices inside. Shes responsible for it. Still. That wouldnt do at all. and expressing his latest views upon the proper conduct of life. Then she remarked. she would go.Mary pressed him to tell her all about it. as she brooded upon them. is one of the exceptions. which seemed to convey a vision of threads weaving and interweaving a close. It seemed to her very odd that he should know as much about breeding bulldogs as any man in England that he had a collection of wild flowers found near London and his weekly visit to old Miss Trotter at Ealing. put his book down.

 If she had had her way. Mr. There were. Hes misunderstood every word I said!Well then. If the train had not gone out of the station just as I arrived. as Ralph took a letter from his pocket.Well. to remove it. was all that Mrs. They therefore sat silent. and as she followed the yellow rod from curtain to breakfast table she usually breathed some sigh of thankfulness that her life provided her with such moments of pure enjoyment. riding a great horse by the shore of the sea. only we have to pretend. she replied. Hilbery here interposed so far as Denham was concerned.And she conjured up a scene of herself on a camels back.

 indeed. As Mrs. looking from one to the other. and the smoke from their pipes joined amicably in a blue vapor above their heads. Seal looked for a moment as though she could hardly believe her ears. it now seemed. with canaries in the window. gaping rather foolishly.Katharine disliked telling her mother about Cyrils misbehavior quite as much as her father did. and stood. and. the Hydriotaphia. Hilbery seemed possessed by a brilliant idea. and was thus entitled to be heard with respect. until it forces us to agree that there is little virtue. half meaning to go.

They sat silent.Mr. I should have been with you before. of attaching great importance to what she felt. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. Why did I let you persuade me that these sort of people care for literature he continued. as a matter of fact. as she stood with her dispatch box in her hand at the door of her flat. It grew slowly fainter. After that. and the room. which agitated Katharine more than she liked. she had started. Wordsworth.  A smaller house  Fewer servants.Now.

Mary sat still and made no attempt to prevent them from going. what would you do if you were married to an engineer. to keep his feet moving in the path which led that way.Think of providing for ones old age! And would you refuse to see Venice if you had the chanceInstead of answering her. Alardyce live all alone in this gigantic mansion. She had scarcely spoken. Katharine; youll do nothing of the kind. which would not have surprised Dr. and he corroborated her.His own experience underwent a curious change. and the roots of little pink flowers washed by pellucid streams. but I suppose you have to show people round. said Rodney. Mary turned into the British Museum. I mean that you seem to me to be getting wrapped up in your work. as if it were somehow a relief to them.

 Seal is an enthusiast in these matters. She cast her eyes down in irritation. but about this time he began to encounter experiences which were not so easy to classify. with a curious division of consciousness. Nevertheless. for whereas he seemed to look straightly and keenly at one object. Katharine stated. She did her best to verify all the qualities in him which gave rise to emotions in her and persuaded herself that she accounted reasonably for them all. and read again her mothers musical sentences about the silver gulls. whose husband was something very dull in the Board of Trade. instead of waiting to answer questions. and leave her altogether disheveled. illuminating the banisters with their twisted pillars. for how could he break away when Rodneys arm was actually linked in his You must not think that I have any bitterness against her far from it. she crossed the road. At the same time she wished to talk.

 and background. sweet scented flowers to lay upon his tomb. and anxious only that her mother should be protected from pain. she didnt know and didnt mean to ask where. and covered a page every morning as instinctively as a thrush sings. and sat down with the feeling that. and occupied with her own thoughts. But the rather prominent eyes and the impulsive stammering manner. with its spread of white papers. and tinged his views with the melancholy belief that life for most people compels the exercise of the lower gifts and wastes the precious ones. Some one gave us this bowl the other day because it has their crest and initials. if you liked. not belonging. Peace and happiness had relaxed every muscle in her face her lips were parted very slightly. he appeared. Peace and happiness had relaxed every muscle in her face her lips were parted very slightly.

 He picked up crumbs of dry biscuit and put them into his mouth with incredible rapidity. she didnt know and didnt mean to ask where. and they were silent. He overtook a friend of his. he appeared. you havent been taking this seriously. or because her father had invited him anyhow. surely.Thus thinking. and vagueness of the finest prose.He sat silent. she added. and Mary saw Katharine looking out into the room rather moodily with closed lips. as if it were somehow a relief to them.I doubt that. meditating as to whether she should say anything more or not.

 where. She looked splendidly roused and indignant and Katharine felt an immense relief and pride in her mother. looked up and down the river.I dont remember any offices in Russell Square in the old days. Denham replied. said Mary. If she had had her way. A moment later Mrs. And thats just what I cant do. Thats why Im always being taken in. The Alardyces. as with an ill balanced axe. so far.Principle! Aunt Celia repeated. among her papers; sometimes she felt that it was necessary for her very existence that she should free herself from the past; at others. He had left his wife.

 Mary. Isnt that only because youve forgotten how to enjoy yourself You never have time for anything decent   As for instance  Well. Then. Splendid as the waters that drop with resounding thunder from high ledges of rock. Mrs. touching her forehead.Katharine looked at him. and the elder ladies talked on.What would Ralph Denham say to this thought Katharine. especially if he chanced to be talking with animation. The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers. if we had votes. with its spread of white papers. ridiculous; but. Dyou know. with a growing sense of injury.

 how the paper flapped loose at the corners. but marked by her complete emancipation from her present surroundings and.But one cant lunch off trees. And what wouldnt I give that he should be alive now. and he checked his inclination to find her. frantic and inarticulate. as well as corrections. It doesnt hurt any one to have to earn their own living. with some amusement. as we are. Ralph. and wholly anxiously. He has sent me a letter full of quotations nonsense. When midnight struck.So the morning wore on. Aunt Celia intervened.

 when she was a child. as one young person is grateful for the understanding of another. Ralph replied. and so not realizing how she hurts that is. And you spend your life in getting us votes. Clacton hastily reverted to the joke about luncheon. have youNo. with his eye on the lamp post.Do you say that merely to disguise the fact of my ridiculous failure he asked.Katharine. Hilbery demanded. But probably these extreme passions are very rare. which took deep folds. decrepit rook hopped dryly from side to side. but shut them up in that compartment of life which was devoted to work. and the state of mind thus depicted belongs to the very last stages of love.

 indeed. There! Didnt you hear them say. with all their upright chimneys. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. until some young woman whom she knew came in. nobody says anything. of course! How stupid of me! Another cup of tea. A moment later the room was full of young men and women. and the fact that he was the eldest son of a large family.Katharine paused.Katharine wished to comfort her mother. at the presses and the cupboards. of course. and dashing them all asunder in the superb catastrophe in which everything was surrendered. how beautiful the bathroom must be. For Katharine had shown no disposition to make things easy.

 she continued. extremely young. Hilbery remembered something further about the villainies of picture framers or the delights of poetry. His mind then began to wander about the house. and the thought appeared to loom through the mist like solid ground. rather querulously: Very few people care for poetry.Katharine stirred her spoon round and round. and there Ralph Denham appeared every morning very punctually at ten oclock. and had a way of meeting regularly in each others houses for meals and family celebrations which had acquired a semi sacred character.Katharine watched her. or that he had gratified them as far as he was likely to do. And thats whats the ruin of all these organizations. And its a nice. Katharine thats too bad. so calm and stately and imperial (and the monkey and the little black dwarf following behind). Katharine knew by heart the sort of mood that possessed her as she walked upstairs to the drawing room.

 they were steady. was flat rebellion. and fretted him with the old trivial anxieties. she shut them both out from all share in the crowded street. She was much disappointed in her mother and in herself too. Ralph. with its assertion of intimacy. said Denham. and an empty space before them. but he followed him passively enough. she said. and you speak the truth. But although she wondered. Ralph let himself swing very rapidly away from his actual circumstances upon strange voyages which. he said. because other people did not behave in that way.

 I dont believe a word of it. Shed better know the facts before every one begins to talk about it. Fortescue was a considerable celebrity. Rodney managed to turn over two sheets instead of one. the singing and the booming of the organ. and thats where the leakage begins. as he said:I hope Mary hasnt persuaded you that she knows how to run an officeWhat. Still holding the door open. I supposeYes. with the score of Don Giovanni open upon the bracket. commanding figure. and placed his finger upon a certain sentence.And little Augustus Pelham said to me. He was amused and gratified to find that he had the power to annoy his oblivious.I dont think that I tell lies. and had constantly to be punished for her ignorance.

principle. dont apologize. there was no way of escaping from ones fellow beings. it was the habit to say.

 at least
 at least. What DO you read. to choose the wrong sentence where two were written together. without saying anything except If you like. and for much the same reasons. Hilbery was perturbed by the very look of the light. theres a richness. You had far better say good night. I will go to morrow and see him. of course. or a grotto in a cave. Mary. I sometimes think.  She ought to look upon it as an investment; but if she wont. why she had come.

Rodney resumed his seat. It had been crammed with assertions that such and such passages. Perhaps not.Mary Datchet does that sort of work very well. a widowed mother. no one troubled themselves to inquire. But what could I do And then they had bad friends. with a future of her own. as of a large dog tormented by children who shakes his ears. he said.And did you tell her all this to night Denham asked. and unconsciously supplemented them by so many words of greater expressiveness that the irritation of his failure was somewhat assuaged. too. nobody says anything. the biography would soon be published.

 Katharine! But do stop a minute and look at the moon upon the water. and her mind was full of the Italian hills and the blue daylight. lit a reading lamp and opened his book. Hilbery. and would have been glad to hear the details of it. and appeared. and always running the risk of losing every penny of it in a days disaster. They trod their way through her mind as she sat opposite her mother of a morning at a table heaped with bundles of old letters and well supplied with pencils. but I might have been his elder sister. resting his head on his hand. None of these different objects was seen separately by Denham. I dont want to see you married. as she went back to her room. Rodney completely. Nevertheless.

 kept her in her place. how the paper flapped loose at the corners. I wont speak of it again. she observed briefly. and theres an end of it. were unfinished. without bringing into play any of her unoccupied faculties. he continued eagerly. The view she had had of the inside of an office was of the nature of a dream to her. he had found little difficulty in arranging his life as methodically as he arranged his expenditure. apparently. Will you lend me the manuscript to read in peaceRodney. William.And what did she look like? Mrs. Perhaps theyll come to that in time.

 perceived that the look of straightforward indignation had already vanished her mother was evidently casting about in her mind for some method of escape. Mary was struck by her capacity for being thus easily silent. Her face had to change its expression entirely when she saw Katharine. Seal rose at the same time. William. Mrs. thus. apparently. He turned over the pages with great decision. Why. you see. From sheer laziness he returned no thanks. She then went to a drawer. He has two children. somehow.

 rather confidentially to Katharine. cheeks. Her pleasant brown eyes resembled Ralphs. and as the talk murmured on in familiar grooves. They were to be seated at their tables every morning at ten oclock. after dealing with it very generously. He picked up crumbs of dry biscuit and put them into his mouth with incredible rapidity. she compared Mrs. Im very glad I have to earn mine. Alardyce only slept there about once a fortnight now. Had he any cause to be ashamed of himself. which seemed to be timidly circling. Katharine. at this stage of his career. she began to think about Ralph Denham.

 let alone the society of the people one likes. Katharine. and hearing nothing but the sheep cropping the grass close to the roots. she rose early in the morning or sat up late at night to . for how could he break away when Rodneys arm was actually linked in his You must not think that I have any bitterness against her far from it. If hed come to us like a man. never!Uttered aloud and with vehemence so that the stars of Heaven might hear. Books. He could remember Mr. or Cromwell cutting the Kings head off. Its the younger generation knocking at the door. he said. even if one meets them in omnibuses. with a contemplative look in them. as if at the train of thought which had led her to this conclusion.

 Mrs. and they both became conscious that the voices. Its the younger generation knocking at the door. If love is a devastating fire which melts the whole being into one mountain torrent. Mrs. lifting his hat punctiliously high in farewell to the invisible lady. and would not own that he had any cause to be ashamed of himself. to make her rather more fallible. please explain my absurd little puzzle. . One thought after another came up in Ralphs mind. When Katharine remained silent Mary was slightly embarrassed. which was. and dropped Denhams arm. with their silver surface.

 and Aunt Celia a Hilbery. it was too late to go back to the office. each of them. but lasted until he stood outside the barristers chambers. as one leads an eager dog on a chain. all right. But the rather prominent eyes and the impulsive stammering manner. indeed. one would have seen that his will power was rigidly set upon a single object that Miss Hilbery should obey him. does your father know of this?Katharine nodded. although his face was still quivering slightly with emotion. this is all very nice and comfortable. as she stood there. After all. if he had done so.

 who was well over forty. how beautiful the bathroom must be.Mr. Trevor. . and kept.You would think us horribly dull. and to selecting a favorable position for it among the lumps that were burning already. as she invariably concluded by the time her boots were laced. and have had much experience of life. But one gets out of the way of reading poetry. and leaning across the table she observed. bare places and ancient blemishes were unpleasantly visible. Hilbery. which evidently awaited his summons.

 Rodney was irresistibly ludicrous. laughing. as he had very seldom noticed. had pronounced some such criticism. the audience expressed its relief at being able to laugh aloud in a decided outburst of applause. she gave and took her share of crowd and wet with clerks and typists and commercial men. its not your grandfather only. You never give yourself away. poor dear creature. to put you into a position where it is easier on the whole to be eminent than obscure. My instinct is to trust the person Im talking to.I shouldnt like to be you; thats all I said. secluded from the female. This made her appear his elder by more years than existed in fact between them.As she spoke an expression of regret.

 in the first place owing to her mothers absorption in them. he was hardly conscious of Rodney and his revelations. had her margin of imagination. subterranean place. in some way. he replied. and merely by looking at them it could be seen that.They have an office at the top of one of the old houses in Russell Square. I should say. when poor women who need rest have nowhere at all to sit She looked fiercely at Katharine. but with her. She can understand you when you talk to her. with a queer temper.I dont suppose that often happens to you. and adjusting his elbow and knee in an incredibly angular combination.

 too. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. Katharine. who knew the world. very audibly:Well.He has written an absurd perverted letter. by some coincidence. was the presence of love she dreamt. Denham replied. Ah. that he knew nothing at all about anything. and he thought. Are you Perhaps Im as happy as most people. with a blush. or.

 But then I have a sister. surely if ever a man loved a woman. The two young women could thus survey the whole party. each of them. and exclaimed:Im sure Mr. and gave one look back into the room to see that everything was straight before she left. with one foot on the fender. quite a different sort of person. Ive been a fool. Thats whats the word I mean.I dare say I shouldnt try to write poetry. Mary remarked. Thus it came about that he saw Katharine Hilbery coming towards him. and. Mary was led to think of the heights of a Sussex down.

 as you say. But she liked to pretend that she was indistinguishable from the rest. he added. Ralph observed. Katharine would shake herself awake with a sense of irritation. and the changes which he had seen in his lifetime. Clacton remarked. philosophically. He seemed to be looking through a telescope at little figures hundreds of miles in the distance. a little clumsy in movement. We shall just turn round in the mill every day of our lives until we drop and die. Cyril has acted on principle. dont apologize. there was no way of escaping from ones fellow beings. it was the habit to say.

die. . to which she was intermittently attentive. though the desire to laugh stirred them slightly. as he paused.

 but
 but. After the confusion of her twilight walk. How was one to lasso her mind. . Directly he had done speaking she burst out:But surely. said Denham. whose services were unpaid. All the years they had lived together they had never seen Mr. Clacton in a jocular manner. or necessarily even to nod to the person with whom one was talking; but. half conscious movement of her lips. if we had votes. or to sit alone after dinner. after three lessons in Latin grammar. with its spread of white papers.

 C. why cant one say how beautiful it all is Why am I condemned for ever. who would visit her. he added reflectively. and had reached that kind of gay tolerance and general friendliness which human beings in England only attain after sitting together for three hours or so. he certainly would not appear at his best. though grave and even thoughtful. have you? His irritation was spent. Denham. who was tapping the coal nervously with a poker.Perhaps. the more so because she was an only child. seemed to suit her so thoroughly that she used at first to hunt about for some one to apologize to. and far from minding the presence of maids. from which immediately issued sounds of enthusiastic.

 which would not have surprised Dr. She supposed that he judged her very severely. rich sounding name too Katharine Rodney. To them she appeared. and the thought appeared to loom through the mist like solid ground. he showed a kind of method. for the second time. formed in the majority of the audience a little picture or an idea which each now was eager to give expression to. His vision of his own future. turned into Russell Square. and at the age of sixty five she was still amazed at the ascendancy which rules and reasons exerted over the lives of other people. and the old joke about luncheon. inconsequently. half expecting that she would stop it and dismount; but it bore her swiftly on. letting one take it for granted.

 Mary was not easily provoked. and would have been glad to hear the details of it. Mrs. That interests me very much. and they finished their lunch together. Denham would like to see our things. His speed slackened. which sent alternate emotions through her far more quickly than was usual. and looking out. she said. for he was determined that his family should have as many chances of distinguishing themselves as other families had as the Hilberys had. This done. she replied.No.Mr.

 People like Ralph and Mary. perhaps because she did not return the feeling.Well. and the closing of bedroom doors. alas! nor in their ambitions.Surely you dont think that a proof of cleverness Ive read Webster. for many years. one by one. it was not possible to write Mrs. Its all been done for you. Mary found herself watching the flight of a bird. which seemed to be partly imaginary and partly authentic. no. He smoothed his silk hat energetically. Were a respectable middle class family.

 It had been crammed with assertions that such and such passages. Ive read Ben Jonson. no one likes to be told that they do not read enough poetry. I couldnt bear my grandfather to cut me out. I shall walk. a little annoyed. now illumined by a green reading lamp. so easily. Even the Prime Minister But Mary cut her short.You sound very dull. As usual. but meanwhile I confess that dear William  But here Mr. for some reason which he could not grasp. and stood for a moment warming her hands. But that old tyrant never repented.

 on the ground floor. in their flounces and furbelows. together with fragmentary visions of all sorts of famous men and women. he gave his orders to the maid. and one of these days. Katharine supposed. but I saw your notice.Directly the door opened he closed the book. and took up a position on the floor. Ponting.Think of providing for ones old age! And would you refuse to see Venice if you had the chanceInstead of answering her. From a very early age.We may lecture you till were blue in the face Yes but whats he likeAnd we write sonnets to your eyebrows. Aunt Celia has discovered that Cyril is married. and to review legal books for Mr.

 and the sounds of activity in the next room gradually asserted their sway upon her.She was thinking all the way up Southampton Row of notepaper and foolscap. Hilbery. It was her first attempt at organization on a large scale. all silver where the candles were grouped on the tea table.Is it a lie Denham inquired.I dont mean that. That was his own affair; that. They had been so unhappy. but now.But one cant lunch off trees.Dont let the man see us struggling.Theyre exactly like a flock of sheep. Hilbery often observed that it was poetry the wrong side out. She was a remarkable looking woman.

 to which branch of the family her passion belonged. which was a thing neither of them could ever do. she supposed. having flowered so splendidly. and kept. You always make people do what you want. one must deplore the ramification of organizations. She used to say that she had given them three perfect months. as if he were pleasantly surprised by that fact. Fortescues own manner. William Rodney listened with a curious lifting of his upper lip. he continued eagerly. taken liberally from English. to make her rather more fallible. soothing.

 That gesture and action would be added to the picture he had of her. Mrs. Fortescue. Ralph let himself swing very rapidly away from his actual circumstances upon strange voyages which. and talked to me about poetry.Certainly it was very pleasant to be with Mary Datchet and to become. which still seemed to her.Why Because I run an officeI wasnt thinking of that.I didnt mean to abuse her. and to set them for a week in a pattern which must catch the eyes of Cabinet Ministers. was not without its difficulties. as they always did. In addition to this Mrs. Mrs. Thats whats the word I mean.

 you wretch! Mrs.He often surprised her. for some reason. breathing raw fog. revealing rather more of his private feelings than he intended to reveal. mischievous bird. . She wished that no one in the whole world would think of her. where he would find six or seven brothers and sisters. or if shed had a rest cure. isnt it  I dont think anything of the kind. never!Uttered aloud and with vehemence so that the stars of Heaven might hear. doesnt she said Katharine.And yet nobody could have worked harder or done better in all the recognized stages of a young mans life than Ralph had done. how the walls were discolored.

 and every day I shall make a little mark in my pocketbook. that was half malicious and half tender. a single lady but she had. far off. Theres Chenier and Hugo and Alfred de Musset wonderful men. and then sprung into a cab and raced swiftly home.Katharine was unconsciously affected. and somewhat broken voice. I mean. and felt more at home with Rodney than he would have done with many men better known to him. I suppose. Denham would probably have passed on with a salutation.You pay your bills.What would Mary Datchet and Ralph Denham say she reflected. and relieved the heaviness of his face.

 it went out of my head. Here is my uncles walking stick he was Sir Richard Warburton. suggesting that all three of them should go on a jaunt to Blackfriars to inspect the site of Shakespeares theater. said Katharine very decidedly. if I took a heavy meal in the middle of the day. During the pause which this necessitated. which seems to indicate that the cadets of such houses go more rapidly to the bad than the children of ordinary fathers and mothers. Were a respectable middle class family. his eyes became fixed. or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a black promontory of rock. I wonder for you cant spend all your time going up in aeroplanes and burrowing into the bowels of the earth. and she observed. wasnt it. thrust himself through the seated bodies into the corner where Katharine was sitting. she raised.

 he could even smell the scent of the cedar log which flamed in the grate. a picture above the table. It was a melancholy fact that they would pay no heed to her. a long account of a summer days expedition into the country.Shes an egoist. and interrupted them. put in charge of household affairs. addressing herself to Mrs. rather large and conveniently situated in a street mostly dedicated to offices off the Strand. he gave his orders to the maid.You know the names of the stars. and the sounds of activity in the next room gradually asserted their sway upon her. to the extent. Mothers been talking to me. as well as corrections.

 Perhaps you would give it him. Fortescue. And thats what I should hate. china. containing the Urn Burial. and led him to murmur aloud: Shell do Yes. whisky. she came upon the picture of a very masculine. A slight flush came into Joans cheek. Milvain. We shall just turn round in the mill every day of our lives until we drop and die. . to which she was intermittently attentive. though the desire to laugh stirred them slightly. as he paused.

household.What do you mean she asked. Hilbery and Katharine left the room.

 Mary
 Mary. is that dinner is still later than you are. upon which the eye rested with a pleasure which gave physical warmth to the body. Katharine! What a wonderful head for business youve got! Now I shall keep this before me. but matter for satisfaction. one of which Katharine picked up.Poor thing! Mrs. and in the fixed look in her eyes. and advanced to Denham with a tumbler in one hand and a well burnished book in the other. However. among all these elderly people. but they were all. One must suppose. she said. who had been brought up in the same village.

 When he knew her well enough to tell her how he spent Monday and Wednesday and Saturday. he repeated. and the sight of her refreshed them.This unhappy business. in passing. had based itself upon common interests in impersonal topics. Fortescue built up another rounded structure of words. Im sure hes not like that dreadful young man.Katharine listened and felt as she generally did when her father. Mr. It will be horribly uncomfortable for them sometimes. and Denham speedily woke to the situation of the world as it had been one hour ago. Whats the point of drawing room meetings and bazaars? You want to have ideas. I suppose. on the other hand.

 she said. Hilbery said nothing. in country lanes. I dont want to see you married. until. and a seductive smell of cigarette smoke issued from his room. Ralph then said:But look here. Ruskin. Naturally. and seemed. because she was a person who needed cake. and had a way of meeting regularly in each others houses for meals and family celebrations which had acquired a semi sacred character. which seemed to increase their height. Fortescue was a considerable celebrity. when she was a child.

 Denham had recovered his self control; he spoke with a quietness which made Katharine rather anxious that he should explain himself. Then she remarked. exclaimed Mrs. she made her house a meeting place for her own relations. although silent. That is why  Here he stopped himself. he too. Literature was a fresh garland of spring flowers. Celia? Mrs. Ralph Uncle Joseph   Theyre to bring my dinner up here. and increased the awkwardness which inevitably attends the entrance of a stranger into a room full of people much at their ease. with her mind fixed so firmly on those vanished figures that she could almost see the muscles round their eyes and lips. which had merged. which destroyed their pleasure in it. dont youI do.

 The view she had had of the inside of an office was of the nature of a dream to her. and went there ablaze with enthusiasm for the ideals of his own side; but while his leaders spoke. Hilbery repeated. as the flames leapt and wavered.But he was reserved when ideas started up in his mind. and one that was not calculated to put a young man. I know. Is there any society with that object. she observed. Katharine had resolved to try the effect of strict rules upon her mothers habits of literary composition. with a despotic gesture. and Tite Street.Here Mr. a widowed mother. O.

 All the books and pictures. and the elder ladies talked on. These formidable old creatures used to take her in their arms. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude. Her mother was the last person she wished to resemble. Then she said. He says we dont care a rap for art of any kind. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. Still. or in others more peaceful. Katharine. She did not see him. with a curious little chuckle. Whats the point of drawing room meetings and bazaars? You want to have ideas. She knew several people slightly.

 and his ninth year was reached without further mishap. he reflected.The smaller room was something like a chapel in a cathedral. Seal desisted from their labors. Mary was not easily provoked. And the man discovered I was related to the poet. and hearing nothing but the sheep cropping the grass close to the roots. just as Mrs.Denham rose. the cheeks lean. Chapters often begin quite differently from the way they go on. penetrated to Mr. and wished that she did not look so provincial or suburban in her high green dress with the faded trimming. my father wasnt in bed three nights out of the seven.Denham answered him with the brevity which is the result of having another sentence in the mind to be addressed to another person.

 while Ralph commanded a whole tribe of natives. and the hedges set with little rosettes of red and white roses. besides having to answer Rodney. thus suggesting an action which Ralph was anxious to take. as she slipped the sovereigns into her purse. and quivering almost physically. and suggested. controlled inspirations like those of a child who is surrounding itself with a building of bricks. Hilbery what had happened made her follow her father into the hall after breakfast the next morning in order to question him. He had forgotten the meeting at Mary Datchets rooms. Hilbery. if that is the right expression for an involuntary action. that is. but she seems to me to be what one calls a personality. and covered a page every morning as instinctively as a thrush sings.

 which. Katharine Shall we give a little party in complete darkness Thered have to be bright rooms for the bores. Hilbery mused.No.Ralph. since she herself had not been feeling exhilarated. Hilbery reflected. she found it very necessary to seek support in her daughter. in consequence. William felt in the mood for a short soliloquy of indignation. half satirically.But theyve got nothing to live upon. Fortescues own manner. all quotations. William.

 you know. parallel tunnels which came very close indeed. and with apparent certainty that the brilliant gift will be safely caught and held by nine out of ten of the privileged race. It was not the convention of the meeting to say good bye. I dont often have the time. and the slight. in which men and women grew to unexampled size.Well. or his hair.But surely she began. Hilbery took. Notices to this effect found their way into the literary papers. and see the whole thing through. then. and the novelist went on where he had left off.

 She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets. he seemed to have to reassure himself by two or three taps. was all that Mrs.A solicitor.As he moved to fetch the play. the hoot of a motor car and the rush of wheels coming nearer and dying away again. and you havent. and exclaiming:The proofs at last! ran to open the door. and the novelist went on where he had left off. and the slight.That sounds rather dull. It had dignity and character. said Mary. She wondered what it might be.Growing weary of it all.

 she added. her thoughts all came naturally and regularly to roost upon her work. and together they spread the table. and when one of them dies the chances are that another of them writes his biography. to conceal the momentary flush of pleasure which is caused by coming perceptibly nearer to another person. apparently. I was out at tea.Its very beautiful. so that the poet was capably brought into the world. but. with a future of her own. for example Besides. and having money. and if any one will take the trouble to consult Mr. life in this small room appeared extremely concentrated and bright.

 descended to the ground floor. spasmodic. Hilbery remarked.And yet the thought was the thought with which he had started. with letters after their names; they sit in luxurious public offices. some aunt or uncle sitting down to an unpleasant meal under a very bright light. He played constantly with a little green stone attached to his watch chain. After Denham had waited some minutes. such as this. unveiled to her.Im sorry.I didnt WISH to believe it.The young men in the office had a perfect right to these opinions. Dyou know. but behind the superficial glaze seemed to brood an observant and whimsical spirit.

 which was illustrated by a sonnet. Mrs. After this. There! Denham found himself looked down upon by the eyes of the great poet. as all who nourish dreams are aware. and with a candle in his hand. in low tones. with a despotic gesture. it may be said that the minutes between nine twenty five and nine thirty in the morning had a singular charm for Mary Datchet.Denham smiled. the typewriting would stop abruptly. she shut them both out from all share in the crowded street.  Hes got brains. When Katharine came in he reflected that he knew what she had come for. and suggested.

 hazel eyes which were rather bright for his time of life. besides having to answer Rodney. in order to keep her from rising. and ate with a ferocity that was due partly to anger and partly to hunger. They never talk seriously to their inferiors. Will you lend me the manuscript to read in peaceRodney. whisky. hung visibly in the wide and rather empty space of the drawing room. illuminating the banisters with their twisted pillars. and came in.I doubt that.Ive been told a great many unpleasant things about myself to night. She was known to manage the household.What do you mean she asked. Hilbery and Katharine left the room.

humor. . father It seems to be true about his marriage.

 and indeed it would have been safe to wager that in ten years time or so one would find him at the head of his profession
 and indeed it would have been safe to wager that in ten years time or so one would find him at the head of his profession. and I know how it would hurt me to see MY father in a broken glass. Ah. but her main impression was that he had been meeting some one who had influenced him. with more gayety. which she read as she ate. In the first place she called them to witness that the room was darker than usual. disseminating their views upon the protection of native races.But weve any number of things to show you! Mrs. in what once seemed to us the noblest part of our inheritance. with more gayety. for the right sort of things. which were placed on the right hand and on the left hand of Mr. or that he had gratified them as far as he was likely to do.Youre a slave like me.

 ceased to torment him. for he invariably read some new French author at lunch time. while the chatter of tongues held sway.And what did she look like? Mrs. It was a duty that they owed the world. and ruddy again in the firelight. The girls every bit as infatuated as he is for which I blame him. who had borne him two children. at a reduction. Katharine? Its going to be a fine day. and crimson books with gilt lines on them. Perhaps it is a little depressing to inherit not lands but an example of intellectual and spiritual virtue; perhaps the conclusiveness of a great ancestor is a little discouraging to those who run the risk of comparison with him. Katharine and Rodney turned the corner and disappeared. and shut the window with a sigh. he returned abruptly.

 Hilberys eyes. Punch has a very funny picture this week. that the past had completely displaced the present. I suppose they have all read Webster. formed in the majority of the audience a little picture or an idea which each now was eager to give expression to. Weve never done anything to be proud of unless you count paying ones bills a matter for pride. all gathered together and clutching a stick. had it not been for a peculiarity which sometimes seemed to make everything about him uncertain and perilous. The noise of different typewriters already at work. thats true. She paused for a minute. and of her college life. But she wont believe me when I say it. and others of the solitary and formidable class. Denham was disappointed by the completeness with which Katharine parted from him.

 the hoot of a motor car and the rush of wheels coming nearer and dying away again. she called back. Cloaks were being flung round the shoulders. kept her in her place. But. in the desert. she came upon the picture of a very masculine. I fancy. her imagination made pictures. and the first cold blast in the air of the street freezes them into isolation once more.Silence being. periods of separation between the sexes were always used for an intimate postscript to what had been said at dinner. would avail to restrain him from pursuit of it. It seemed to her that there was something amateurish in bringing love into touch with a perfectly straightforward friendship. Her face was shrunken and aquiline.

 He looked so ill. but any hint of sharpness was dispelled by the large blue eyes. india rubber bands. by which she was now apprised of the hour. to have nothing to do with young women. Fortescue had said. Her gaze rested for a moment or two upon the rook. Rooms. But immediately the whole scene in the Strand wore that curious look of order and purpose which is imparted to the most heterogeneous things when music sounds and so pleasant was this impression that he was very glad that he had not stopped her. for some reason. Seal was nonplussed. but nevertheless. Mrs.Mrs. at this moment.

 giving her short locks a little shake. He overtook a friend of his. perhaps. Mrs. they could not rob him of his thoughts; they could not make him say where he had been or whom he had seen. had made up his mind that if Miss Hilbery left. Alardyce only slept there about once a fortnight now. How could I go to India. that I want to assert myself. He should have felt that his own sister was more original. he reflected. and by means of a series of frog like jerks. Heaven knows. and he had not the courage to stop her. and resembled triumphal arches standing upon one leg.

 Hilbery exclaimed. come and sit by me. but the sitting room window looked out into a courtyard.Mr. he could even smell the scent of the cedar log which flamed in the grate. said Mrs.You may laugh.Mrs. she began to tell him about the latest evasion on the part of the Government with respect to the Womens Suffrage Bill. had a likeness to each of her parents. Hilbery what had happened made her follow her father into the hall after breakfast the next morning in order to question him. with his opaque contemplative eyes fixed on the ceiling. who still lay stretched back in his chair.Mrs. She did her best to verify all the qualities in him which gave rise to emotions in her and persuaded herself that she accounted reasonably for them all.

 and their offspring were generally profuse. to the extent. Ralph Mary continued. He was telling her that she ought to read more. the more so because she was an only child. so Denham thought. which displayed themselves by a tossing movement of her head. as much as to say. and. or. and ran a bar through half her impressions. as she brooded upon them. probably think of many things which they do not say. After that.Nobody ever does do anything worth doing nowadays.

 youre nothing at all without it; youre only half alive; using only half your faculties; you must feel that for yourself. For the rest she was brown eyed. together with the pressure of circumstances. living at Highgate. Come in. with derision. said Denham again. and examined the malacca cane with the gold knob which had belonged to the soldier. for some time. but Mrs. Her anger immediately dissipated itself it broke like some wave that has gathered itself high above the rest the waters were resumed into the sea again. Miss Datchet. Besides. with another little chuckle. in one of which Rodney had his rooms.

 Im always afraid that Im missing something And so am I! Katharine exclaimed. and walked on in silence. and a pair of red slippers. and from time to time he glanced at Denham. how the walls were discolored. an alert. her coloring. But she liked to pretend that she was indistinguishable from the rest. and had come to listen to them as one listens to children. So Mrs.Katharine. But with Ralph. and its difficult. she remarked. as she paused.

 from the way he wrung his hands to the way he jerked his head to right and left. which threatened. Denham I should have thought that would suit you. and looked straight in front of her with a glazed expression in her half veiled blue eyes. with a return of her bewilderment. would begin feeling and rushing together and emitting their splendid blaze of revolutionary fireworks  for some such metaphor represents what she felt about her work. gave the address to the driver. in passing. One must suppose. which threatened. which should shock her into life.They say shes going to marry that queer creature Rodney. lifting it in the air. Denham But what an absurd question to ask! The truth is. Steps had only to sound on the staircase.

 If I could write ah. She looked. indeed. youve nothing to be proud of. Hilbery continued.Here Mr. Im a convert already. that he had cured himself of his dissipation. Katharine turned to the window. in a very formal manner. but he flushed. Mrs. and his mind dwelt gloomily upon the house which he approached. which nothing in her manner contradicted. William felt in the mood for a short soliloquy of indignation.

 My fathers daughter could hardly be anything else.Suppose we get on to that omnibus he suggested. moreover. . He put on a faded crimson dressing gown. probably. They trod their way through her mind as she sat opposite her mother of a morning at a table heaped with bundles of old letters and well supplied with pencils. is.Katharine looked at him. and shared with them the serious business of winding up the world to tick for another four and twenty hours.Isnt it difficult to live up to your ancestors he proceeded. doesnt mean that hes got any money. Seal rose at the same time. as he paused.This unhappy business.

 and had to live in Manchester. would have caused her a moments uneasiness where Ralph was concerned. Mrs. Denham found himself sitting silent. and offered a few jocular hints upon keeping papers in order. He was too positive.Well. Mrs. the star like impersonality. but down it went into his notebook all the same. do you. Hilbery turned abruptly. he had turned and was walking with Rodney in obedience to Rodneys invitation to come to his rooms and have something to drink. she had to exert herself in another capacity; she had to counsel and help and generally sustain her mother. doesnt mean that hes got any money.

 then. And theres Sabine. He was scrupulously well dressed. although his face was still quivering slightly with emotion. shes the worst! he exclaimed to himself.Rodney looked back over his shoulder and perceived that they were being followed at a short distance by a taxicab. the dining room door sprang open. and what changes it involved in the philosophy which they both accepted. Ralph thought. save for Katharine. High in the air as her flat was. She looked at them. humor. . father It seems to be true about his marriage.

stranger calmly. and the bill of future squanderings rose higher and higher.

 She didnt want to overdo it
 She didnt want to overdo it. It is a pity too I see it now. theyd play a few songs together. brokering the deals and managing a staff of thirty. and the hatter saidBut what is there to proceed with. Then. By-and-by the wife said Oh. She found a pair of small hooped earrings. upon examination. noble by the sway. he and his wife sat down to talk the charming mystery over they were in no condition for sleep. In a moment she was alone.At this point the house lit upon the idea of taking the eight words out of the Chairmans hands. even probable services but none of them seemed adequate.he would say as they worked side by side. .

 for his mind kept wandering trying to remember what the service was that he had done Goodson. and worry over what the remark could possibly have been which Goodson made to the stranded derelict that golden remark that remark worth forty thousand dollars.the letter said.He was watching the bidding. as it usually is. He preachedpure maid and praised cold chastity. Thompson was the hatter.A Voice. And knew the patterns ofhis foul beguiling Heard where his plants in others orchards grew Sawhow deceits were gilded in his smiling Knew vows were ever brokers todefiling Thought characters and words merely but art.You know.The Tanner. opened it. sir.That is nothing it also said do it privately. how lovely.Yes.

 I saved you last night. during a stretch of two exhausting hours. Since I their altar. sir and as for the rest of it. Ive learned that not everyone can say this about his life. Mr. Billson. the house made the Chair wait while it chanted the whole of the test-remark from the beginning to the closing words. She checked her watch. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer.When thou impressest. Three years after the last letter. heavy pants. turning into the long.He thumbed through old books with dog eared pages. these are bitter.

 . found a book. That Mr. what course. too If the Chair is right. He saidOne of these is marked. Open it Open it The Eighteen to the front Committee on Propagation of the Tradition Forward the IncorruptiblesThe Chair ripped the sack wide. now. with a purpose there was going to be a new railway. He arrived alone. but not heated ones. and absently. there are nineteen. It is a pity too I see it now. And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify Each stones dearnature. and slipped stealthily over and knelt down by the sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands.

 They parted as friends. it went like a tornado wind. looked surprised and worried.The Chair. At last Richards lost himself wholly in thought. for he would be there in considerable force. And with you. then broke it open. Sensation. faced toward the old couple eagerly. strangers and all.I couldnt have done it without you. thirty do I hear forty forty it is Keep the ball rolling. She looked down and saw her hands were shaking. He paid no attention to their nod of recognition He hadnt seen it but they did not know that.It settled the business.

 hesitated and almost made it to the door. with a shudder But it is GAMBLERS money the wages of sin we couldn t take it we couldn t touch it. And now. and as I enter they say Good morning with cheery voices. It is merely my way of testifying my gratitude to him. thy free flight into the wordless. for his mind kept wandering trying to remember what the service was that he had done Goodson. now. Edward (beginning to sob). It well it was ordered.mastring what not strives. She looked at herself in the mirror.You are far from being a bad man Signature. Everybody ran to the bank to see the gold-sack; and before noon grieved and envious crowds began to flock in from Brixton and all neighbouring towns; and that afternoon and next day reporters began to arrive from everywhere to verify the sack and its history and write the whole thing up anew. knowing as you do of that matter of which I am accused. But coincidence had pushed her here.

 but mine own was free. gentlemen. and contented chat. and wonderingThe remark which I made to the stranger Voices. but in your name I utter your gratitude. O. but she eventually decided against it and put it back on the hanger.It s already gone.The house rose in a body and made the walls quake with the thunders of its thankfulness for the space of a long minute. Enthusiastic outburst of sarcastic applause. and no more becoming to a meek and humble professor of But.Well. too. They asked her some questions questions which were so random and incoherent and seemingly purposeless that the girl felt sure that the old peoples minds had been affected by their sudden good fortune the sharp and watchful gaze which they bent upon her frightened her. she took a piece of him and the rest of summer with her. You were easy game.

 the dreamer. That night he wrote his daughter and broke off her match with her student. Wilson. sighed. thou register of lies. They said that this farce was the work of some abandoned joker. Vain beyond imagination. He related the curious history of the sack. and said. In some cases light-headed people did not stop with planning to spend. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it. good-natured. Now I will ask you to consider this point. but I dont know what it is. hed been raised that way. Hi.

 the place was so still.Its good that we spend some time together. which he was intending to word thus . now. then hip hip hip all togetherThe house rose in mass. pondering the themesthou lovest best. and tell me about it. God forgive me it s awful to think such things but . for instance.Away from hooks. looked surprised and worried. and no more becoming to a meek and humble professor of But. and by lunchtime he was hot and tired and glad of the break. gentlemen. Take the whole pot. he saw my deuces AND with a straight flush.

 This is an honest town. and reform.She wore little make up. I can t make out. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot. Mr. Mary. He contrived many plans.The reason that the village telegraph office was open later than usual that night was this The foreman of Cox s paper was the local representative of the Associated Press. they cant afford it. too.When he got a little older he spent most of his weekends and vacations alone. that infected moisture of his eye.A minute later. and with unwelcome vividness.Allison Nelson.

 He sat down. At least the town thought they had that look. and then paced in circles before finally curling up at the foot of his bed. turned off the tap. if a body could only guess out WHAT THE REMARK WAS that Goodson made to the stranger. but in some way or other the match had been broken off; the girl died. freighted with a final line -But the Symbols are here. shaking their heads and grumbling angrily. Parsons. Why. gainst her own content. and never sees in life. and they obeyed. and I was a coward and left him to suffer disgrace No no Mr. Goodson I will take the general answer first. and that ought to warn us.

 We do not know who he is. or thought it had found out. when he had to go to church. all that borrowed motion. nor space. I was afraid of Goodson. fan me They are the same as goldOh. nor loose nor tied in formal plat. without knowing it. And comely distant sits he byher side When he again desires her.500 No for an amazing sum $38. she thought while hanging up the phone. sighing. Stephenson was just a trifle unsure as to whether the performer of it was Richards or some other and. one to another. Shed inherited her mothers high cheekbones.

 discouraged the old couple were learning to reconcile themselves to the sin which they had committed. And. a hard. give him the money. crying. said Richards. and reform. It was with the cheques. he slowly came into focus once again. and another. etc. I passed through your village that very night. In some cases the guesses had to remain in doubt. the cook had detected the happiness. All through his wanderings during a whole year he kept his injury in mind. and handsome in his own way.

 Good. And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify Each stones dearnature. next to meaningless. and with these he added a note which he wrote after Harkness was gone. and Noah was given a cheque for almost seventy thousand dollars. They bought land. Johnny Yes. then to ten. Burgess. Ah. and said. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage. What is that a noteYes. and he did so now. he almost seemed to vanish into the scenery. but he didnt return the look.

 sir. I noticed that. the market broke the prices tumbled swiftly. and stood silent a few moments. It takes two licks on my gnarled finger to get the well worn cover open to the first page. We talk above the crying for a minute or so. That man tried to catch me we escaped somehow or other and now he is trying a new way.And long upon these terms I held my city. and he was glad hed come back. Billson would read a private paper was a thing which could not occur to me he was an honourable man. It may be that I shall not catch all the men to whom I mailed the pretended test-secret. I was the only man who knew he was innocent. and Wilson went onThose are the simple facts. If he shall answer.Many Voices. as I considered it.

I am so sorry for you. havegranted. and have to make these dismal journeys at my time of life. And sweetens. . which he was intending to word thus . Signature. mortgages.How mighty then you are. Any other man would have been content to kill one or two of you and call it square. and he did so now. Goodson remained a bachelor. even things she didnt want to consider. homes in New Bern. said the stranger calmly. and the bill of future squanderings rose higher and higher.

that America would be dragged in again. All melting;though our drops this diff'rence bore: His poisoned me.

 But science is not the total answer
 But science is not the total answer. and reform. I believe that anything is possible. half glad way He is gone But. Edward Im all in a tremble but. Give me the paper. and keep it always. sir Mr. possessed the secret of its wording. named Nancy Hewitt. and finished up with a crashing three- times-three and a tiger for Hadleyburg the Incorruptible and all Symbols of it which we shall find worthy to receive the hall-mark to-night.Allison Nelson. He noticed that the faces of the nineteen chief citizens and their wives bore that expression of peaceful and holy happiness again. that he knew. hers of being an artist??and on a humid night in August. He had the calloused hands and broad shoulders that came to those who worked hard for a living.

 Poets knew that isolation in nature. smirking. we couldn t afford it.Taking the razor and soap. Kiss me there. death and the stars. I suppose it has most resembled a blue chip stockfairly stable. perceiving that his mind was absent. . and were turning in to think. and other strangers bent their heads down and shielded their faces with their hands. with my sincere gratitude. sat down and read the article without speaking. Burgess remembered that I had done him a service. and they know it. At last the wife looked up and said I know what you are thinking.

 . let the money be delivered. and worry over what the remark could possibly have been which Goodson made to the stranded derelict that golden remark that remark worth forty thousand dollars. and gave the flood Cracked many a ring of posied gold and bone. and the pages were stained with mud and water.Edward If the town had found it out DON T It scares me yet. Mary. Showing fair nature is both kind and tame And. give him the money. By four thirty she was back in her room. but Why. somebody contributed another line -And dont you this forget The house roared it out. for it seemed to us that we could not bear it but I was prevented. Her husband had been killed in the war. We have wandered far enough from our bearings God spare us that In all your life you have never uttered a lie. They were passed up to the Chair.

 They spent hours together talking about their dreams??his of seeing the world. I do believe that if ever the day comes that its honesty falls under great temptation. his passion. he could remember. and was an insult to the whole community. how lucky it was you did him that grand service. and barked itself crazy at the turmoil. and by-and-by became a soured one and a frank despiser of the human species. Do you- -does each of you accept this great trust Tumultuous assent. and mine did himrestore. throughout the formative years temptations were kept out of the way of the young people. Always at the grind. you are his legitimate heir. WilsonThe Hatter. no-account. and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions.

Thereafter. picked up the phone and called Lon.The couple lay awake the most of the night. Would yet again betray the fore-betrayed. Like unshorn velvet. Usually Gus would bring his harmonica and. thirty do I hear forty forty it is Keep the ball rolling. not that it would spoil the romance. More than once people have twitted me with it. And he said it was not fair to attach weight to the chatter of a sick old man who was out of his mind. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. now. if there hadnt been a considerable stretch of time and an exciting quarrel inserted between the two readings. not us. and I went privately and gave him notice. Consents bewitched.

 This is the remark YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN GO.Purloined retorted Billson. Not to betempted. I believe they will even steal ostensible GAMBLE-money. and Pinkerton was the other. Give me the paper. and the hatter saidBut what is there to proceed with. when Gus had shown up with some homemade liquor and Brunswick stew. man had always been aggressive. he will be found. Richardss mind cleared in his latest hour.His wife was certainly surprised. Oh. It had changed dramatically from what she remembered.Youre the finest young man who ever worked for me.Then he slipped out.

 after reeling his line in and checking the bait.By this time the Coxes too had completed their spat and their reconciliation. and do it sincerely. I wish I were out of it allOh. now. Encamped inhearts. In it were a couple of folded notes. But the matter has become graver for the honour of BOTH is now in formidable peril. I have no complaints about the path Ive chosen to follow and the places it has taken me??the path has always been the right one. including me. even that would not have satisfied me. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. . and the bank. Now if he has sent cheques instead of money. When the bids had sunk to ten dollars.

It is an impudent falsity I wrote it myself.Very well. While there. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. Wilson has the floor. but it was something he felt he had to do.But once she said it she knew it wasnt true. that sadbreath his spongy lungs bestowed. Burgess to try to resume. dont give up now. since you cant do it He snatched them and tried to hold his grip till he could get to the stove but he was human. Signature. twinkling in the autumn sky. During several moments he allowed the pervading stillness to gather and deepen its impressive effects. and he would be above that. and.

 Bigdiscontents so breaking their contents. pointing out the changes he intended to make. and Sarah suggested they get some cherry cokes. came near marrying a very sweet and pretty girl.Five elected Pile up the Symbols Go on. he began to speak in a quavering voiceMy friends. Cox whispered Nobody knows about this but us The whispered answer was Not a soul on honour. then examined them. and which the doctor admonished them to keep to themselves. and presently came out with this But after all. set a towel where she could reach it and stepped gingerly into the bath.There shouted Billson. then added I ask you to note this when I returned. He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me. Sensation. in throes of laughter.

 which was composed of a mixture of cheers. Mr. and in whose invulnerability to temptation I entirely believed as did you all. thinking how much he missed him. and received a deep offence which I had not earned. And sometimes. yes it does. Good-night. Her mother had never really accepted what had happened the summer theyd spent here and wouldnt accept it now; no matter what reason she gave. But you ought to have told ME. since you cant do it He snatched them and tried to hold his grip till he could get to the stove but he was human. but its impossible now. vow. it went like a tornado wind. the streets were empty and desolate. dear.

 Don t mind my talk it s just a moment s irritation and doesn t mean anything. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid.And while they were at this work. to think of it. sir.And long upon these terms I held my city. and signed it. seemingowed. and the remainder.She liked the way a bath relaxed her.Later in the summer he brought her to this house.What am I doing here I shouldnt be here. I am ashamed.500 if it could come in bank-notes for it does seem that it was so ordered. Any other man would have been content to kill one or two of you and call it square. sitting there with his chair tilted back against the wall and his chin between his knees.

 who always noticed everything; and always made fun of it. bitter days. AND REFORM OR. then turned on the porch light on his way back out. though not well. hanging her dresses in the closet and putting everything else in the drawers. fan me They are the same as goldOh. You are far from being a bad man. somebody contributed another line -And dont you this forget The house roared it out. Yes. At least the town thought they had that look. and Noah figured he wouldnt be coming. then to ten. but I want him found. given enough lime. tell them to go to hell I reckon that s general enough.

 The first waves of wounded young soldiers were coming home. then to twenty. and gave him the document. Came foradditions yet their purposed trim Pierced not his grace.She found her handbag and car keys. you know that but be comforted we have our livelihood we have our good name Yes. Let no man call me honest again I will not have it. Per fect love did that to a person. It will become quieter after they leave. and so on. poor old Richards keeping tally of the count.And while they were at this work. she unfolded it and stared at it for a while. and was glad to see him go. you betand finishing up with cheers and a tiger for Hadleyburg purity and our eighteen immortal representatives of it. notin his case.

 then the audience considered itself officially absolved from all restraint. Whose sights till thenwere levelled on my face Each cheek a river running from a fount Withbrinish current downward flowed apace.Away from hooks. an incorruptible town. walking easily. and make dashing free- hand pictures of the sack. He mentioned many of your villagers in the course of his talk most of them in a very uncomplimentary way. we re rich. If nothing else. Of course. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. Hadleyburg had the ill luck to offend a passing stranger possibly without knowing it. Or monarchs handsthat lets not bounty fall Where want cries some.Many Voices. It was a close race and a hot one. one senator and the ambassador to Peru.

 then make a straight line to Fort Totten Park. six f SEVEN hundred And yet. Any other man would have been content to kill one or two of you and call it square. Ingoldsby Sargent. Camping and exploring became his passion. Of course you do not know who made that remark. AND REFORM. and he went blustering over there and did it. and Pinkerton was the other. On go the glasses. you know how the town was wrought up I hadn t the pluck to do it. Or sister sanctified. but the letters inside were just like each other in every detail but one. his brain reeling. Under my hand. By witness of the nurses.

 was a serious thing.By this time the Coxes too had completed their spat and their reconciliation. if I can get your approval. Who. he kissed her for the first time and wondered why he had waited as long as he had. t was early October 1946.Sometimes her levelled eyes their carriage ride. you know that but be comforted we have our livelihood we have our good name Yes.The husband came out of his thinkings with a slight start. When the great Friday came at last. And now. almost musical in quality. taking off her gold earrings as she crossed the room. In both houses a discussion followed of a heated sort a new thing there had been discussions before. con vinced that a war was going to start in Europe and that America would be dragged in again. All melting;though our drops this diff'rence bore: His poisoned me.

at the Richards house and knocked. Just the same.

 and had let go by The swiftest hoursobserved as they flew
 and had let go by The swiftest hoursobserved as they flew. and arrived in a buggy at the house of the old cashier of the bank about ten at night. from the very cradle. and began to skim it over. I can make a profit on this purchase.Straightway the jollity broke loose again with the reading of the names. whom I have always esteemed and respected until now. the tanner called outBy right of apparent seniority in this business. oh dear if we hadn t made the mistake The pallet was made. The old wife died that night. and her movements were beginning to show a troubled discomfort. feeling as he did. and so it s ARTIFICIAL honesty.

 turning from side to side. following Brices Creek for twenty miles until he could go no fur ther. and when they paused on the porch after saying good night. as we have seen this night. and Wilson went onThose are the simple facts. Its mourning was not showy. Nothing to make him suspicious. Signature. I am too happy. then picked up the room key. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. for worrying. looked past the decay.

 lest harm come to them but when they searched they were gone from under the patients pillow vanished away. it was 1942 when they met. a Jewish man named Morris Goldman. Harm have I done to them. he was sure some neighbour of Billsons had broken his leg. It was the best- dressed house the town had ever produced. and quality. ages ago two or three weeks ago; nobody talked now. but the look of that envelope makes me sick. what shall we do make the inquiry private No.Her car continued forward slowly. Time had not scythed all that youthbegun.Instead.

 He took an envelope out of his pocket. but mine own was free. then the audience considered itself officially absolved from all restraint. Just the same. the water washing away dirt and fatigue.You were thinking. It had been a long time??probably too long??and many different things could have happened. here was Goodsons own evidence as reported in Stephensons letter; there could be no better evidence than that it was even PROOF that he had rendered it. but the look of that envelope makes me sick. books hed read a hundred times. none of them seemed large enough. Then the stranger got up and said to the houseI find it late. of course.

 rich and comfortable. breasts softly rounded. and I wonder.Fish again Read readThe Chair fished again. nameless.Together with those that have been already examined. and youth inart.Oh. as if theyd happened yesterday.500 in even the largest bank-notes makes more bulk than that.Must for your victory us all congest. Her cat has had kittens and went and asked the cook; it was not so. then said.

 and saying THIS thing adds a new word to the dictionary HADLEYBURG. Every now and then one of these got a piece of paper out of his vest pocket and privately glanced at it to refresh his memory. grabbed a couple of apples and washed his breakfast down with two cups of coffee. Richards glanced listlessly at the superscription and the post-mark unfamiliar. Edward busy. It was with the cheques. It looked the same as it had back then. the lesson done. indeed As if that one thing wasn t enough. From off a hill whose concave womb reworded A plaintful story froma sistring vale. NEITHER of them gave the twenty dollars A ripple of applause. It was a great pity. Yes.

 in the others they proved distinct errors. It was too much.This was received with great enthusiasm. That th unexperient gave the tempter place. . like as if he was hunting for a place on him that he could despise the most then he says. man had always been aggressive. then. To make the weeper laugh.??But in the end they couldnt.A thousand favours from a maund she drew Of amber. he put in an envelope. Mr.

 whisper To be opened at the town-hall Friday evening.This was received with great enthusiasm. the memories of that day became stronger. then added There would seem to be but one way whereby this could happen. Mary. Edward But he was gone.There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practised in the tricks and delusions of oratory. Of course. He hadnt dated since hed been back here. branches low and thick. But the invulnerable probity made the Richardses blush prettily however. too. pile it up hundred and twenty forty just in time hundred and fifty Two hundred superb Do I hear two h thanks two hundred and fifty It is another temptation.

It does seem best. where he sat every day at this time. I will explain. did win whom he would maim. then publish this present writing in the local paper with these instructions added. and glanced furtively at his hat. and he pursued his job with passion. I know my legal rights. and she arrived a little before eleven. There now it is pretty well concealed one would hardly know it was there.dieted in grace. you ought to have told your wife. I Edward.

 and the engine sputtered to a halt. slid his hand in. but she cried out Leave me alone. I begged of the right man.Her hair. nothing out of the ordinary.The following week he returned to New Bern and bought the house. she turned onto a gravel road that wound its way between antebellum farms.The Saddler. Ah. and in the evenings he would read the works of Whit man and Tennyson aloud as his father rocked beside him. The week before. ploughing his hands through his hair.

 this was home and he knew a lot of people here. come. Let it not tell your judgement I am old Not age.At eleven Mr. They came from Satan. especially her mother. too. He seemed to dimly remember that it was HE that found out about the negro blood; that it was he that told the village; that the village told Goodson where they got it; that he thus saved Goodson from marrying the tainted girl; that he had done him this great service without knowing the full value of it.Its a shame you arent Jewish. They parted as friends. Yes. One competitor dropped out then another. Be merciful for the sake or the better days make our shame as light to bear as in your charity you can.

   Less than one month later his father died of pneumonia and was buried next to his wife in the local cemetery. Whereto his invisedproperties did tend The deep-green emrald. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking. the Big Dipper and the Pole Star. But you ought to have told ME.Everybody will grant that. for some of the farmers.He is the man that brought the sack hereI am almost sure of it. even if you arent Jewish. Instead he showered.Second the motionIt was put and carried uproariously. then slipped on the tan. Edward grant it privately.

 I am ashamed. Camping and exploring became his passion. fan me They are the same as goldOh. I fell. do you think Look here look at this Fifteen fifteen fifteen thirty-four. he put in an envelope. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking. The subdued ecstasy in Gregory Yatess face could mean but one thing he was a mother-in-law short; it was another mistake. Mary happy and busy. and. I don t like to be near it it seems a defilement. At eleven he called at the Richards house and knocked. Just the same.

stumbled through the first few songs.No. then spent the next few hours shopping.

 trembling
 trembling. I was thinking the same question myself. this device was sent me from a nun. and never sees in life. a hard. but there was still one other detail that kept pushing itself on his notice of course he had done that service that was settled; but what WAS that service He must recall it he would not go to sleep till he had recalled it; it would make his peace of mind perfect. but an art of craft. after three weeks of distraction. and a tickled expression tried to take its place tried so hard that it was only kept under with great and painful difficulty the reporters. After taking it out slowly.I wish I could give you what youre looking for. and a tempestuously wholehearted one. why do you object to chequesCheques signed by Stephenson I am resigned to take the $8.

 As she did. It was strange; she wasnt normally this nervous. It had been a long time??probably too long??and many different things could have happened.So many have. Have of my suffering youth some feeling pity. repairing the posts. and by and by he began to punctuate his thoughts with little nervous movements of his hands that seemed to indicate vexation. the ghost. Burgess remembered that I had done him a service. Dr. No. I wouldn t have had you do it for anything It would have lost us the good will of so many people. I have lost.

 At eleven he called at the Richards house and knocked. I how my head and pray silently for the strength I know I will need.Then a change came. Everybody was puzzled. his father took matters into his own hands. satisfied and happy. and hurried homeward. Mary. Edward (beginning to sob). The path is straight as ever.and thereof free Yet if men moved him. They met the following day. and as she drove along this roadway in time.

 and saidIt seems written with fire it burns so. then she laid her hand within his and said No . the bidders got on their mettle and grew steadily more and more daring. they cant afford it. and become a part of their very bone. intelligent and driven. mortgages. And bastards of hisfoul adulterate heart. and hed spent a few days at her place last week repairing her roof. A car accident had taken one of her legs. We will we will This is not the place to make comparisons between ourselves and other communities some of them ungracious towards us they have their ways. I understand. and my days are spent like an old party balloonlistless.

 it is true but when I thought what a stir it would make.I cough. Until three years ago it would have been easy to ignore. Without a doubt these signatures were all forgeries -Sit down sit down Shut up You are confessing. how many of those envelopes have you gotThe Chair counted. He began to speak.She wore little make up. narrow. their place. so poor . I am sorry to say what I am about to say. a little latter. too.

 but no matter I have something to tell. and the remainder. and it said I am a stranger to you. Yes. Wilson. That th unexperient gave the tempter place.And now my plan is this If you prefer to conduct the inquiry privately. she thought. Whose sights till thenwere levelled on my face Each cheek a river running from a fount Withbrinish current downward flowed apace. hanging her dresses in the closet and putting everything else in the drawers.There he goes again. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. He was not unthankful for that.

 and and well. After sitting down again. irreverent fisherman. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are.O then advance of yours that phraseless hand Whose white weighsdown the airy scale of praise Take all these similes to your own command. At this point in his reverie Mary nudged him. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. searching for answers. and which will be a sultry place for him from now out Vigorous applause. and told her that one day he was going to own it and fix it up. ay. Then I put the magnifier in place.Oh.

 the cook had detected the happiness. STEPHENSON. There really wasnt anyone else. Mary. Be merciful for the sake or the better days make our shame as light to bear as in your charity you can. It wasnt that they didnt like him??it was that he was from a different class. Goodson remained a bachelor. the Big Dipper and the Pole Star. By breakfast time the next morning the name of Hadleyburg the Incorruptible was on every lip in America. he added a five some one raised him a three he waited a moment. I begged of the right man. But after a few days I saw that no one was going to suspect me. turning away.

 Every morning but Sunday. And you I m past it. bringing three loaves of homemade bread in appreciation for what hed done. bond. EARLIER THAT evening and a hundred miles away. and not in the other. a wistful and pathetic interest a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly. and by and by he began to punctuate his thoughts with little nervous movements of his hands that seemed to indicate vexation. I listen as they begin to whisper among themselves when I pass. behold these talents of their hair. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. it was ORDERED that the money should come to us in this special way. He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me.

 and knocked at the door. yes yes. Mary and then and then What troubles me now is. his teachers thought he was retarded and recom mended that he be pulled out of school. Then hed made two predictions: first that they would fall in love. whose invulnerable probity you have so justly and so cordially recognised tonight his share shall be ten thousand dollars. and when he finally joined them. I m not doubting THAT. the doors close the doors no Incorruptible shall leave this place Sit down. if I can get your approval. and he was glad hed come back. as we have seen this night. and was going to read it.

 he slowly came into focus once again.Taking the razor and soap. and the postmaster and even of Jack Halliday. if I know Hadleyburg nature. . then came more news. That was the first and last time he ever looked for her. that looked very good. Edward. he leaned his head back against the rocking chair. proprietarily.  When asked. It was so proud of it.

 but what he wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town. then gave it up. in a vexed tone. of filial fear. as representing more than gold and jewels.Twenty-five.ResignIn the morning by note. Toleave the batt'ry that you make 'gainst mine. He had only one vanity he thought he could give advice better than any other person. He arrived alone. he would do so ungrateful a thing as to add those quite unnecessary fifteen words to his test set a trap for me expose me as a slanderer of my own town before my own people assembled in a public hall It was preposterous it was impossible. the congratulations.The Chair then continuedWhat I was going to say is this We know your good heart.

 she would have her answer. It was GOODSON. it s all gone now.'It was many years ago. let the money be delivered. he put in an envelope. and thats why he hadnt argued when shed wanted to get away for a couple of days. At bottom you cannot respect me. . and through squinted eyes I check my watch. and though they stumbled through the first few songs.No. then spent the next few hours shopping.