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Agloriout sanset flaode the lattibed.panes
of the • by- wire-1°We d.• dinini-room.the -
yiear and --his. gest ,are • still sittingover.
their -wine add the magnificent dessert; the
farmer .has -not been so pleased or: excited
this Many a_ year, and the latter, having
spentail the eeason in r.Lonclort, finds.sthe
••-country apa.radie, ineaMpleteshowever, at
this raonient withont.its 12,ire,• whom he out-.
• cts to be lurking iti•the garden. Yes, in
ithe distance, behind yonder - tree, he is.
certafn that is the fiutteisof at white skirt..
Eels dying to propose an 'adjournment to
the gerden, . but his host seemastishappy
sfpping his port and_ leisurely: vittoYing
grapes, that John Brandon; Who isthebests.
natured imam in the- world„, his not the
lieart.te disturb him. Fortune, however,
_which- is always .doing one pension a geed.
tarn at Vise expenie of another'favors
The capricious gedclese takestheform Of the.
excellent and homely 'Susan.. • •
"1 int_ sorry to disturb .you, sir,"-- she.
. says, in -a. low :voice .to her master, "but
• they :delft 'think Widow Jones can lest- the
-_ night, and she. keeps On asking for you.. .
In An instant the vicar .has 'risen from his
▪ chair. • . • s • -. _
"1 willga-at onces ". he answers. Thin
_ _
tUrilinS to Brandon, he adds, "1 know that
111 SO 40 solemn a -cage .
" Of Course, of course,".estents. the other
. -
heartily. - • - - -
•• " Alit my- daughter to , come- down at
once ' utters the .vicar, hurriedly ; but
• Brandcm, rising., says : • .
• •".I.see _ Miss Wentwotth in thegardeo
and -wilt iota her there;
As he -Wallis. across 'i the lawn through the
- balmy, flower -scented -edit, a sense ofpleasure
steals through his vears‘ The heavens are
still aglow with t he glory. of 7 the vanished
suri=a greak perfect,pee is on everything;
for a Moment It ors sses .his Mind to weirder
haw 'lieu can prefer the din.and tumult,
t'the loaded air, the - feverish • unrest of elife
in cities -to. the delicious. -calm,- the repose-
ful happinese of the country. He hassiet
tithe ta remember, -.that .4.1w4y0
StInraler even here, and that one, it -not
always ha,stening to join a lately . yawls
. -women .who insp. ires- an ardent :interest in
• on breast. - -.. • • • -
lie comes upers Vaneese standing midway
-down the _path leokeig at, the gorgeous seas_
:set. ShenaS• not heard his- footsteps. on. the
grad, au.i.sir.ts. he' -comes lip to her.
•Ifesfirst a:asstt the quettioeing -look in
eyes, whc ia, ". Where ier My father 17
--- and then addson his own account: •••
" Whyei -j-.o a deprive its of _the -pleasure
• Of your OCLct at amner 1"
• He speakswh the_ peculiar modulation
of -voice that -men,ue toAvard. a .woman
:whom . they tit:hsr love already or
--; thenisS4ves: eapable :of loving -; and. Va-
nessa, who.all trie.te years .1344been dream.
big �f lovers end heroes and. knights,
recognizes - the intoreation..- at once with; a
little thrill of plessete. . Perhaps John.
Brandon is not much. like a here,. Out he is.
• decidedly well leek ing-gentieinan,'
and -
he is the fist men who has ever stood: to
Vanessa in the .position .of a posiibieloVet,
_ His words,_ and; moretheat. words,s the
tonebriegsassinilestaltiii lips- and
a light-td-qthselevely eyed -which at - this
matnent are aflame freris the red slew in the:
'heavens. • - . • • . •
- st‘ I thought," she says, rdeVelaphig. in a
inbereiit the instinet ef coquetry_ inborn in
- her I tItaight I might be -in the
way. YOU and papa would have so much
• to talk_about•." . Then, with, a look • direct
s
into his eyeet_WhichAre level with hers, and,
. with a half -restrained seagerness. • in . her
Voice which is immensely flattering .. to him,
- the utters, -`-` it not really trite that papa-
. • • • • . -
and you - were: at college together You
cannot be as old as he is 1" - • •
For the first time -in his life it occurs to
John Brandon to regret his age, and to -Wish.
• that he could take ten, nay, fifteen years off
'am;T* afraid," he answers,
- that there is but a. few -menthe': difference, a.
• yearittsmost,:between your father and my;
. self." Then returning to his caressing in-
, fiection of voice " Will you, after that
• colifession;banish. Mete the liiiibb of fogy-
- dom.: end -cease to feel the slightest interest
in nie ?" _ .• `.
Oh, no," answer's. Vanestia; . with. -one of
her beeittitel- entiles; thinking to • herself
...reeenws-tie ears, WW1..
fOrt11119X411'Y sittste yo_ung .e117,"5.
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. Edith •Mabel 1".. inquiringly,*• Ask Mary Ann - if them was. not my very
13ertt granddaughters." - .
Nci*,".s iles Brandon, I shall have. "Susan,' interrupt! Vanessa, Sitting up.
to ask who Si • tertramis • right on the bed, laughing .but. radiant With
, • • 4,„ • - - ie •
•
"Ho it thesquire-Sir iBertiam Orford pleasure, den t -he an old goesel -
he iiiret'at-th Hall," and'Vailesse indicates "1 :See it : -continues the
Susan,
the'direCtion: f Sir -Bertram iitseet-byes 'mantle .Of - prophecy :still • draping. her
turttof heithe s". yeti% go, -'ancl-thea you'll marry him tahd:.
.• "Oa I is; h your quire?eI. have Met. be: one ;of the :grandest ..ands handsonieit
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himss-7I know Then. feeling' ladies in -London. You'll. go. to 'Court, and
a Shade of dis ppointment as --thinks of -yeti% take the shine off the Squire's grand--
shoating.parti s and trecip: of probable d•aughters. and good . Many 'cm. -
yeeifig gallant • ctiMe. dein. frchn th.e Hall to I'm sure he's! es great gentleman -he looks it
'adore and. true it love to the vicar's': daugln- even though he is plain Mister, but it
ter. " After. II, then,- If -yan not go to isn't always the • titled - folk as i is the best
town, toWii is brought to you, and you have, families.', -•- • • • -.
,
supp6se . rid"of gayetitS -and festivities. Vaneisa'affects to chide her iluitie,-,the
in the shoetialt seascio.". . • . • • is not the less pleased, not to Say dazzled,
Ven.ess-a- abiawere -bint by a little latish by, her predictions. - •
that. r.shows- hersspeaels. of teeth to per. . • Si; Bertram, Who ,at this .nioment 14
fection. • - . boldly -drawing anti*, details of her future
"Gayeties-. nd -testititieSI „She echoes, : life (thauld he, see fit to put into execution
and laughs •ag in. •- - • ; •- •• the idea that has stricken his imagination),
"Bub sure' Bertrain: .4a° shooting- would .be : 'vPry.. much • surprised and dier
par tiesi?''• gusted if he could be aWare.thitttlte-very day
• .` "Never," a swars• V•ane a• "He- does which has given him this-..inspiretion.ebont
not shoot hi self,. because,- one, : iv, great 'extending- the:. sceptre...to' hex has also, by
end he neve At:niched-% a . gun afterward.-- the. fields---Asrival Who has succeeded; toot.
Many years a. o, he shotta friend's :„."ey,e- out, a strange coincidence, brought a ' -rival into
Not 'a "creatu e "ever -Comes-within his gate in taking what in Sir - e.rtre_ati's eyes is of
except his' d- tighter,. Mr* -Vaughan, and ,:no account,-tlie 'fancy. of the young. lady.
her datightets Edith and Mabel'!" Fancy I "The. brow -String: and. Sack -for,
" !" utters ;Brandon,* somewhat 'with fancies," - the. old ;Turk. Would
perplexed, •as e•.remember - Sir Berttanes have ordained.eould he have had his cruel
reputatien as.: a -host and 'entertainer. at hp will: 'Indeed, from his idea about women,
title on the IT anieS:- there- is no -doubt- Sir Bertram Might to have
been, a. disciple of Mohammed.
"If You ere to see him," piiesues
She standsabWindow,. her "glorious
Vanessa, " _us:Would quitetuidetatand. it.
-Ile cannot' b .the sight :.of women -4r '.hair.making a geld Mantle -0vet her White
d ; • un.cOnscienS is Juliet of -a love
girls. We al a -El have to fly if -We see. him
• lurking in the garden. :.Brandon, not -accuos
6 6 Itsally l" • titters Brandon ..again„ in a . temed to eat4',.heute, had •iitecl Petglietinntonestill .
of his host to stroll another half bent in the
mor Indicative 4 surprise. Re;
very at, :tale._ of sir air with his -cigar, proMising to look to the
port tells a
bolts and bars On his return. •
-:Beetram from N.:incase s.
• am forg therig "she con:finites, :.:".We•doinot trouble about f those,"-- the
-d knew hhn - 3 vicar has told hirit smiliiig;--66. we have to
..,g4 I thieVee here,* atid*no treasure tosteal." -*
you sai • . _
"." Only' sti ihtly," retur Braridon.-..
have met him once or twice at the houses of
,
8,1p town:"... -. .. • • -
rrid, clisagre able, 'stiff, pinu-
p," says Veressa, 'candidly.
t elude his granddaughters ?"
• hats him muclimote than I
aively, "thy see so much
mutual frien
" ji4 a: h
pows old te
"We- hate . hi
• "Does live
• " thEi
do. Tnen,;.:
More of •him.'
- The'after g
and tioW• the
ow has' pass el into. tWilight;
moon is rising _ and making
Lovely . lights and-,•shado s in the vicarage
garden. :::
. "Let us si here,": says Brandon,. point-
ing to a rusti - beneh, and ., anemia complies.
This is Certa nly the pleasantest- evening
she has eve -spent-the' novelty • of the
8ituatiotillic eases .the delight of it; -after.
all . her . dre its, . She is realty iiittirig here
with a man b side her -.-a MazilWho tells her
plainly with ii eyes, in al language which
she uaderst nds by intmtion, that he de-
rives .the kee est pleasure fichn her presence,'
and that he nds her fair.
. - - - _
- ".Sp, then '-he says, regarding her with
an expressio a ereepest interest, • "you are
only half Ar adian. '.' You know alt about
the world -a d its. doings though only by
heresay." .
" -Yes " i e answers, ., with a touch of
conscious pr ..st's-Edithand_Mabel taltmel
,.everythite . • : - . _ , . : •- ,
. Brandon : miles, Wondering to - himself
. how niudit t at etTerything Camprisess ,.- ..
• Brandon. hasfinithed one cigar, and find-
ing the night so exquisite, can yet not make
rip. his mind to leave it, when, in the dis-
tance, he sees- Vanessa's figure at the win-
dow. Stealthily hecreept from treeto tree,
until he beneath the shadow of one near
enough to let him see distinctly her upturned
face. Could any Man, with a*spark of poetry
-in him behold a beautiful woman standing
by moonlight at a window and not think of
Juliet - •
• She cannOt see. him, and be leans- aeninat
. ,
the tree's trunk atic14 toks his fill.
• "Ah, my poor fellow!" he says, pre-
sently, -apostrophizing himself between
-sniffing and sighiog, 4•• at ferty-three one is
past playing • the ' _part of iltemeo-not
because one ;a pastfe.eling it, Heavenknows;
but -because it becomes ridiculous.. - An
elderly Romeo! Twenty years ago I could
have done it -well. I should . like. to do it
now, but what an old fool she would think
me !.= After all, though," turning his eyes
.away for a moment from the picture of
Juliet andlookingfreway &stone does when
deep in thought, "does a man. love better
at twenty-three than forty-three? His
blood, is hotter; that ..would make ;him a
better lover I. but I think forty-three loves
longer and deeper, and to make the
better husband. : Yes, Romeo must l, he
-• _Brandon turns his eyes\wisttully back to
Juliet, and leaves bus sentence unfinished.
He has been. going -about the world for
"But no 9" says, would 31°u net five -and -twenty years -he knows as -much
like to see all these gay doing's with yew of it as priest, doctor and lawyer all in one,
ould you not like to take part but he has a simple; honest, straightforward
self ? "
tters Vanessa, with .a • long -
She does not even know her -
h that sigh expresses. ,
" says_ Bran_ on, his eyes kin -
as certain .rapturous thoughtis
"suppose I were to persuade
o bring you u to stay' with me
owneyes'
•in them you
"Ali ! -u
drawn sigh.
self hew mu
64 Suppose
ding
strike him
yet -Ur father
in town ? "-
"
nd -Vanessa looks full in hia.
eyes with simile such ,aii expression as a
slave inigheivear whose. master offered her
freedom. s
"Would you like it?" he Mks, and.again;
his.voice f1Is to that tender intenation.
Weald_ 13 e like. it? et face tells- him
that, but he Voice is .Clio ed the beat,:
ins of her h amt. Then stirldenly-•the light
.
dies . away`• rout her eyesi and • she ,utters
Mournful :
• = 'lie would not :be 'persu ided-Iknow he
Would tett" -
" We :eh II- see," sxyi . Brandon, confl,
dently enou 11:• "Here he. comes. I will
ot broad it --.t
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. :-IttF11111-orgt.y-three." 'resumes Brandon,. • in, a_
/,
rotlansholy totit., " -And the ,Worst of it, ...
*ith a _Smile hovering about his lips--` the
worst of it is that, 1 do- not feel old ;" i.tt-
dea, iiiito. this metnent I don't belieVe. I
ever realized.the•dretafal , fact of ,iny age."
66.0h1, saVe Vanessa, looki.ng quite
• PI said embarrassed, efOr she is exceed-
- ingly ensitive and syropat,lietic,••and Would
Etconsider it et °time' rather •than'tt-blunder to
wouna any - ones fe_elings,am.so very
Sorry; 'I did not raeati--I :.
. t.6 y_011 ftegare& rne:.9 •returns - Braliaoul
gallantly, 66 compliment by what. you ; said.- What
greacould yOu..pay te me
than by refusibelieve my age? --And I
ter ng to
arcr quite *yii-ung enough," . dropping his .
. voice, 4 4 not to be proof against beauty and
. . .. • ''. -. 1
Be is not ab.er
ltogetplease ith himself
when he heti said this: He fee s a burning,
•- desire to make love to ‘thebeautifureat her . cbtcreature
• at his side,.. slid yet he is -distinctly ‘i-
.i.-
'scions that he ought not, to tas he
. would•onng girlshe meets
e of -the many you .
in society who. are open tia_a -flirtation. at a
.--- moment's, notice. ilhertieff ii,ot pausing
, ta let his last•words make' tneit. to point,:- .lie
hurries on, Changhig his voice a Matter.'
" Ma 13Q'' Y ' in this quiet count! y.
0 -night -
raga., because, after his
gentleman.'
lock% that
&bent 66^ th
paSS/OU: of
already se
band- for
gg Did.
ray dearI.
tt -s-sh course be Vanessa
'sense of
!rani
he
-derived
certain
VIOnlen
nortal
don Its
her sex: for matah-makIng,Pilr
, .
S in him .a mil a posstble laus-_
ou find out if he WS,13
er young lady.
almost her rat question.
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not, returns
nature, and in sPite of he has beard,
read and 'experienced; believes in God, and
does not despise 'mimeo. .1Ele is "unmarried,
not from - contempt and hatred of that.
state, but because he was .rejected, by the
only woman he had :ever, up to this mo-
ment, desired to - imarry. - Twenty 'years
ago,- when he would- have. - .fain 13layed
Romeo to her Juliet, he weed:re remembers
at this moment, soinething in the style of
Vanessa, but not 'near, not near- .sts
lovely -
she a• large and portly &Me. now, who
presented a daughter this Season. Truly
men have the best Of it in this world; .they
may have a Juliet When. they. are twenty-
three; thirty:three, forty-three, - and so oh
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even up to.seventy;three: • ' .
•Brandon breaks Whits reverie, determined
to seek no tinfair :advantage, and bent on
inducing the vicar to bring his daughter to
London. •
" At breakfast next morning he gayly 'and
boldlv broaches the subjects •
g-tWssiftworthi" he bays; • in lais .cheery-.
voice,. "now that I have enjoyed your hospi-
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then to -dine with the squires granddangli- :the only man she .biss seen -she wanes or .
ter in .the middle :of the day, . on whieh love -sit is the emotion that :OharMS 'her,-
ocenaiiens - his august majesty has never thereforetthe :first .Man iihimeets with the
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deigned to be peerient ; and, and again, emitted_ Tpretension. to pleasing a welhan,
the vicar had been invited to dine during would succeed in. fixing her fancy. But. how
Mrs. Vaughan's etay, , --Tbera, had been no about afterward when7slier-Sees other men r
sending. Of 'carriages, , however, -to 7 fetch 'That is :what John Brandon would .havts
either of them ;' thusthis sudden .condesCen- saidwhat- later on he :did say to himself,
sionis felt by. both to be not only stattlips. • ,pnerdfe-chtly: r:rme:tt...ic.1:1 -0:f tl..„2, ,sit?tatio.n. yv,aa.
• • -
btitelnbatranang. 4 _
' ' 'S" I .13UpPOIC we must go," Lays the vicar, Venetsa. is - not left long to reverie -the -
looking doubtfully at his daughter. • . • ._ hard, thin voice of the Aquire, . modulated 4
. . -4.4 But I have nothing to. wear," exelaime by cetieidetable effort, breaks -on -her'ear.
"'".Vanesiga, her- feminine instinct -triumphing *"-Deepin:theught l'' it says. " I -Wonder
atonce, over every other thought. .' . if •one.thight venture to ask the nature if ,
. . . . _.. ,
- "Sir Bertram will not expect any- -Very: your reflections'?" kr,-•'.2.--,-"f-- . ,--:---
-gretit'disPlay Of dress, I. dare say," answers S , ince it. would be impossible for her to •
the ' vicar, in A nervous, flurried- manner, reply,1" I was wishing that you Were Mr..
"and we must -not run the risk of offending Brandon,”, we May forego.. her . for not
hint since he is se kind. - I* will 'go.' :and adhering to the tritth on 'this occasion;
write an aeceptance." : : "1 was • thinking," she answers, "how
- - Vanessa - is "quite' excited. . 4, new era lovely this view is,. and how nice it must be
. • • •
seems to haVe.commeneed.iii. her life. - .She .to lite up -so loth. instead of down below -a:7- • •
has retired. to .!this bower Us -dream- :about "Do you .-think '.y ett would ;like to live •
Brandon; to recall his -looks and words; 'here ? "t- says Sit Bertran4 in .so meaning tr.
to feast on: the thought .that ' a being from tone that 'Vanessa's .cheolte and throat are
the _outer. werld has Seen her -,•a: being who flooded withs ceimeon in .a moments To
lives habitually in the sight of beautiful and bide her embarrassment she almost- turns
well-born women,. and has yet not despised her back_ on her host and :explaims, with .
her; to dwell With rapt -tire on the thought unnecessary eagerness ; .. • 1 • .
of •• going to visit the great city.; but. this • • "There is the moon c ming- •up behind
coinmand. to dine at the Hall" drives every, the trees._ How lovely l''
thing else Out of her head for the .1min:tent, .. 14, Shall we take a' turn 'n. the garden:r
and she hastens to eeek. Suomi. and to con! . asks -Sir Bertram. t‘'You . father has found
sillt - with her upon her toilet - for, the some wonderful book in t e library, and is s
evening.:; -- . • •_,,, . : •. . ._ _. _ ...... : _ _ , . : • • leSt to everything elise.!•?.
- ...Susan' is. in.; a jubilantandtriumphant - Va,neSSe. • expreeses. her Willingness, and
frame of inind ; she is no longer surprised the squire proceeds to rin the . -bell.
at anything -she indulges in an innocent "1 am ,gf ping to , And for your hat 'and
kind of seLf-glorificatien - -at .her own :shawl," he 13SYS, but she . ells hinithat she
sagacity, and reiterates at intervals with has .not even .oreught an- He, however, .
eyer,iiicreasing iemphasii that she knew how POI:: being animated by t execklesenete of -S-
it would be altalong. She even goes ao.far young folk, but having, instead, ,a reeted.
as to consider. horsed the humble instrument mistrust of the cliznate of his -ctuntry., puts
.ofthis.bener, forshe says: • . . - - • on his hat, hang's. altght cot over his arm,
• .66 IfI hi.,dn't thought Of getting you to go .and, thus prepared, :etep 'tint on the tor- •
up to Mary Ann, -why„- you wouldn't have race 'where Vanesga is wa: ting for hiro. .
met the squire, I.and,.if you hadn't have met Sir Bertram talks Pleas ntly to her.; tells
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the squire, he couldn't .,have 'been.. EGO: took her much about the world especially those '
vanities, and - trivialities of it whic-h he
with you.' - - - - • . .. ..- •
'Nit this allutiOn to her shame and suffer- knovvs to be to. pleasing o the female ear,
ing of yesterday is unpalatable toNaneelia, and, before they return to the ilOUSS, be
and shehastensto changethe subject. , . sag Made a. proposS1 t Vanessa ishich
A more beautiful creaTite than the .girl. caurtee-hersetee to Oaten and her red lips - - .
who, in her simple niaslin dress, 'with . the. to part with an exelam tion of delight.. •
knot of white rosea in her hair, eutere the How would .ehe tike to :dr ve over to B---, -
Hall drawing -room that evening would be that sFRift-iirt town ' which . she once bifore.
hat -site find; - She trembles and feeagOniz visite din Company with. lith. and Mabel?
ingty shysbitit la' with the grae-efut shy- Tile .equire, it is -to be _SU posed, istlike .the .
ness, of.. modesty, not . - the -shireess of 1 rest•of the world, 11. little : ensitive on some
awkwardness. Sit Bertram ' recognizes and I points---he*dees not speak Of thee young
-approves it.-; pezeonages, I .ani gold, are 1 ladies to. Vanessa as his granddaughter'. .
gratified teeing. that :they inspire we; 1 The. weacher promises - to hold fine -if it c .
aid are far more ,:prepossessed.. by timidity I pleseeis her, he ',yid send O *.horses. to mor
in subjects than undue confidenite. Here, morrow, and, on the loll wing: day, 7.tlifty•
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at an events,- Sir Bertram . is autocrat and will start at half -past ten o drive OVer. ffe! k
king of the castle. It pleases him to live in; is confident- the . vicar *i 1- not make any
Semi state at the -Hall .; therefore, • thoughlehisctiop. . •
'heL.almest- invariably-. dines alone, the els- t Vanessa went .home full of ttriurripli and .
points -n -41W �f the table are as imposing a.4 t exeiternent, entirely ehar d by the faithful
though he _ were ;enteraining a party -the 1 Susan: s Whent he fell .rasl . ep the dreamed
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"silver stand's in array. on the sideboard, rare i that she was up at the Hall again; but, the • '.-
flowers ornament the table, the finest fruits 1,sqeire had turned into M . Drattilon. She,
the .heit4iouses produce are served -. for their could- ahnost have -Cried fo :disappointment
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Master... • : . - - -.• : .- i . when she awoke to .find it as -putt, a dream °
- - ThismorningSir Bertram has requested 1 -it had been so transeen ently delightful.
Mrs. Marter to be particularly choice in her 1 : -Saturday -cams and -brought Lovely,
menu, and to direct her attentionieSpecially weather.. Punctual to • ireeirterit ...the
to the Sweets. . : i -I.. , . , squires barouche with its fine black horses,
- j6. Young. ladies," he observed, ,and.. his I tatted up to ihe Vicarage ' oor, and Vapessa
features actually relaket'initria• smile, I, and her father mounted into It; she obey -
"think moss of that part o . dinner." • i lug Sir Bertram's gesture and taking the
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At this, tilrs.'sMa,rter :making mention t fleet of honor betide . him, although she
of the intetviews later toherher sister, fie.- i. would' fain, fr.orri a sense of duty, have res .
scribed herself -; as being - reduced - to that .1inquithed it to her -tather,1 The radiance of
state of moral and physical .weaeness when happiness added. fourfold to tei# ;betray '; she
a. feather would have been suffiaient to . had a delicious sense of iMportance„ as she
Prostrate her. Bet the;,- -who. ivat as quick ' drove.. -through the village and saw the '
at: seeing through a milestone ati-'Stisan,._ wondering stares` of thei courtesying and
,drew her .own auguries at Once. - ' „bobbing folk. . The. swift l motion ,through 4 ..
.... Vanessa experienced a kind Of enchant -the air .and the owing of the luxuriouif
-Mont of the-eensios as she sat at dinner; -bur- •carri4g-e-were-new_anclogreeearb.i7leaosen.iti and the rounded by beautiful and luxurious objects •; the fine -liveries • of the
floivers inickas she had never seen before footman's powdered head .',..-leased her eyes
massed together ,in profusion, and Wafting and •gratified her pride.- Sir Bertram, _
new and delicious perfumes towards .her. . Watching her quwtly., read her a book,
-Front, the broad -windows stretched the and thought *hat an -easy bird a pretty,
-wide and lovely : View -the sky was one -Womaitie to catch. -Then, you ,see,he knew
_golden glory e The eqniee ' had insisted an . nothing about John Brandon; nor Aid he
her tasting his Charnpagne, and even'. the further know that Vanessa , was DUO of those
few dainty sips. She had indulged • in had • women who, though they. delight in •
sent. a pleasant lexhilaration through her pleasure, -eiscitemenr, . and the vanities of
veins- t.made her eyes sparkle,. and _die,- life, -would no more be Ind iced to marry *
partied her first sihyneeis Was it a dream man they did net love. tha to Sell them.
or a reality..? : •The squire, 'waiter and ogre selves to the powers of :tla" kness. 11.04i
of all her previous tnoughts; transformed:. women can feel the intensi y of love, they
intO'a genial, courteous host ttalking.tolier finger in an even greate degree th in -
without -a trace of :Condescension Or patron- -tensity Of • repulsion, an -woul •a most
age in his inannOr, andexerting.himself to :rather endure . death tha •eubmi art
amuse andinterestler I : . - * i•embrace from a;anan they o not lov
texibi .vAll Mil ' a t The vicar, • most absent:,of men, accusl 1 If Vanessa, as is quite ramble, ad Iser
-.1. •
. . Rt come nd taste mine. Missitoined to eat in Unbroken silence, I was lost little. suspicirms that the
imperbli, - wa sfrean - her .innet.
lie .fitnese iof . t ingots rather than-
. own knOttledi -of tb.e. half pap e _ .
rom Edith -and iStalsel)- is perfectly \ yen are joking?' ‘ .
' ' ' " . - -11 . a .. . 2) •
*bat :lie married ., man looks at • . Vire e . all set e it allfor you, ansWers
other than his -wife with suCh eyes:1- 1r101491191312011, haVe . no
13
to theni.10. sueli ..,1 vo'ice eis 'Bran- trearMe. 1. will leave you a whole wee,k to
used. ' . . ;- ."-'' l' • - ...... - - • turn it over in your mind; tiAa then Ivitialt
says Suitin 4 6 lie hatn't gotAh-e•- Come back fer your answer "
:look bt yet, the.wayteif a mailed gentle. ,- • Iial.f an -hour tater he ..ie bidding hod and
- man.? - - : . - --- -, ,ItoStese-, farewell at:their gate, ashe bas to
• -Fo in Suesn's _day,-bondisit. ies'slightly \be .in toiidon'thet night. -Ile .gezes for a
On w idded.folli,than.07day. .. • . • -- moment into Aranessa's eyes as he bends
66 Ile seems. - : very -nice . gentleman," 'from his saddle to take hix :hand once inoie, .
\
the sugar bean, nlig...b1 an; saerietrteeyfeasuldaini
rt 194SlitAlAg 11/1-°V6 2 squire
was ing *kindness * was not
flit thiough her efete e, . r
.E.itopetate--so Belt. -ass__ • meet .Berige
an emotion-itiatt-tttotsites:,,,,-teii-WoL,....tic had
on or receive t
no
genius, etre r6. _ ' tbOlor no , •
tched
66 What l" saYsat e ' air Brandon,
' suiiling, in Si BertrainIsian. ttui; vosiesu
e Ins pri. e . .d upon Nemesia
a ..•she descended
eager look. at her, alit rt..° r
Ntorkl" - the hand V'towar thltwt. ....se recitations and th
Brandon sees ia• women t -
%d - • e be 'dent
squire's arnaz-
entirely diein-
re idea of en- .
is•-ststs.sses
like lightning ovi
which nceurreo
U
in
1104 . the 8 1 fl te g 0 ,
id be est lug sud f 3310
arm memory 0 £1411. wben iv had e wt.th
s
beauty w ,
she had all the. eslements o .
t..,„ ..----„, a _ _ ,
lovelY Wottiact whom wealth and rank won et
set as silver seta *diamonds, bringing_ stray the enlY °eta .
• •
stones togethet into a • superb oruumieu a 13 Silk --11 d drive
Witilet they let- sat at :dinner he, reso.ve. . Mabel. and -their niga ti
that Vanessa shOuld.beeLady Orford... in th'3. waggonette) aria
' door a aentleman. w
That yonng damiel, as he held the aoor cl • • I
open for heewhen sh.e repaired tothe draw- 2telis-su'lling a (''gar9
ladies advaiihed; 'b-
room, was. I• not without some...intuitionol 10utb.0 .Vanesse. 1 -
the impresiOn she had produced . on the
• being who preseutted
Squire, anal* sense of power made a- certain netts to it pictute of
'taste of it gives to those who love and. are bdaeataatt1/72°a:biet:IlinagehePe
-triumpht'ingui in her vems such as the first .
born to wield- it. -And. Vanessa, though s,
soiti and surprise tb.
citetintstances hid • placed lief in so lowly would have fall
*nd isolated-a--,pOsition; bad . the instincts .a
-ascribed Pung. empress. She threw .1"wart t°•"83 -8t Ile-
* t°*11 1•°v7 cbair - near tile svilid°w.'". be
Lgiat rhtleisrbVlati4t:
1'4°0 an'a-"r°'-"• -expressed as mneb
'd uninte
tent4tivly. mid there is a_fire in bis eyes tbat Makes
" Yes ' ansviers Vanessa .hah lost tit thetu tell eVell MOre tales than they told
da 1 last night -tales eminently .pleasing to• the
• 66 SUSSi I" starting uP su en
er nurse' has hold whoa rea9le. .• ,
ed Shehas betaken herself to tliat.bower
the garden where. first he: saw her; and
1 Why, yeu've •mis me tear .001 a luau openletter ut Us hands, : • -"
reVe
and
her
the
4
°Ur father teat., tie; ru lire.
,of-faettone_. . .
" .it. is abliett-impeSsible for: rue _tit , -realize dow-n thet-TOOM) .. i I Shall die 01-. pleSsfitOeil 010100k Pteelielr; ' . I .901.11ere *lot& • The-
r me, ' titithl book ti
lived all your.life here-, . .: ; , .. ..
:spectacle -of any mud whate-ter,- -nor even 't . 44 Well, I never I" cries' Sisal), Ncronglit.
• ".-BitB. Otwouti." " said e ea tee
- 112-7t6ies",".' ans. Were', Vuagneesei;e_ , tis :1114,1,biiir-lialve-6.i., ihe
th.e position.. - Sersle One ighe, haS -11V.ek. in T. go.,, and," -iiiidden' ly'. ing'n • herself en the; brougharo shall. bring YOU 'an.a. te4e You
• . _
` • -- 66Noiv,‘ do you knotiv,'-' pursues Brea -Ilion, . . .
-seen a thonsand Fortson; Collected to- tiy ;sympathy- to an almost eq.- at pitch of, -011APTBR -IV: . WyoullrYt:sui°•- ese to .go.ou Is
-:a-2101.13.. . .a.
- 'never been away from i . t
• Arcadia all her life ;„- 111.03 - !levee seen-lkhe . d, . " I shall • die of disappointment: ' I hotn.e•--tYeutS:verY* tre19)
• , . . •
'•ses Vanessa, eagerly,gcbuier i• Ili b, of:: BAC 0300. rOPhe0Y9 44 I 61,16Y8 the.re "till ...,. 9 a le ok alrliost of censternas Were •but t e iquire.1 I ..
• -- - ' * --*- • excitement - - " pat there " • With '. the TiOlie! WO ilaughtir etchange gls.ncea.-- thoughts
the boots. ts vi at
-.my words-4:alwayi sa'd 4 The first genele- .iii-eotnetinses - overWhelreing tu th.oso upon ion% ru hro,ugh John Brandon's veins it . it io -Wry:mg imiareesion a- tn. ir
men as evei laps .0yes o• "-M.iss liessa; I -whom itis thins. t-iiirddenly. _ .,. . be line* bow v valets* was thilikuThg of him' -! littbirks be ca 'Pull 111131150 •ott et trouble, .
' • had, iteeui odd it: Mary n knoviiit,--4he zanprove• .tiOn upon. both. their faces-- . 'Much hoilo. T •earth*,wer paradise at 01100 t NiThat-pleas. ure .
city,.,_sior been tO e, Pl.a.y, Mir witnessed -. a don't.'' . _•. - --- 1 - • - , . . • :. ., • •
says,:sitys -I, he'll..:be carrying of her 0 i v Vene.Bsa been to the, . *Itsu,, uow end -But la. ter he would ha. ve reileoted, 4., I .aw, rtils, a or
. s ,
-,,.
‘, - .,
, i
. .
eV
Lor ruyr sau, 64 whs,t-- fe_vi 'moments later, conies - tlae
01 r do -you startup on den,like that vicar, hurrying.. - lie ismiusually excited ;
ie.
forgetting that .
by the liair until pai.nfilly r
fttett 6 g What do tri .
ar " cri s 8
. su
r; 13,ead this, ray. dear " he says . and
Never mind "..returns Vanessa unlit.. :Valiesea With -.some. Wonider takeL itt from
. .
ent to Pan her eXeiteMept; • him and obeys. •
r face all aglow 66 lie said lie*would-try ."Diasit-WzgrWoitirrt" (13hereadsi-.,"Will
get papa to take Me to London to Stay You and your_ daughter give ine .the pleasure
, Itiiian 17' marching .tip and of *our coinpanysat dinner to.night at 8
over .
-me three yeavt ago
as they reached -the
b Standing on the
which; as the your
removed • from is
king up, beheld *
o lernarkable a
.. Detage which She
ratelitin love with iu
o, tilltAn her admirer.
sturoblea -up one step,
n but that he spruni
11113 OTOS Met hers as '
, having helped her 1X)
, tt31a they , certainly
and looked out over t e d.niiration. intentionally
the park., She mania have liked to fly .as hers tionally. she tha Dot
-der,. surprise aid adoxiratiou tutO the Oro- Bei/ till)* Bge'llii. hicit ever aftervt:triaeliedre,151 .
duty in her: .tina bastion o
herse
totolrd4h;ritthbastb' a ntuvilf sdhivei.diveL hseirr 1Sr `eOrmtrayrasti 131211-elitilitirinrprielletsce :0 wil°14 Bile 1
Bali, but there is nly the landlord, with a ,7
see him Standing there
the housekeeper's room eand p.ourlier won- ,
pathng ee.rs of -Mary-Ann, but something
eve !whilst the squire was at -home. • 4°11Ple °I "Ignite in scsille•ville:t sting bliteX
raiment. -
guest she could not be . IsLiary
now, leaning _back in the lniurious • .
To _ Continued.)
chair her face fanned by the soft -uresit . -
that ov).11.10143 was 80 vivid e, . red, her 4:09-100!etrw..4alt. .1
Wind, her eyes fixed on the last, paling clond .
' rix *gain t,o Brandon. If he .rw. bet7e, a na:4
9 Why - not if illieTes ,D, et n 1..
ad, re. urneo.
e
knovi it all, just as well as
have rsed'about book% and then
to
Edith and Ilabel described *everything-
• .
'
„ss,
-
dte tweet. - grd supper
.iisfrtune in having a cola
verybody wants to ilootor
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a