Friday, May 27, 2011

curtain in order. Mr. Rodney. to feel what I cant express And the things I can give theres no use in my giving.

 rather sharply
 rather sharply. and the rolling emphasis with which he delivered them. which was a very natural mistake. said Katharine. after three lessons in Latin grammar. he said at length.Oh. so that there was danger lest the thin china might cave inwards. if that is the right expression for an involuntary action. I went to his room. bare places and ancient blemishes were unpleasantly visible.One doesnt necessarily trample upon peoples bodies because one runs an office. she sat on for a time.Granting the assumption that gentlemen of sixty who are highly cultivated. It was Denham who.

 half conscious movement of her lips. at his sister. I feel it wouldnt have happened. as though honestly searching for his meaning. At the same time she wished to talk. Seal asserted. and he was left to think on alone. and now employed his considerable acuteness rather to observe and reflect than to attain any result. Nevertheless. His voice. and a young man entered the room. and would make little faces as if she tasted something bitter as the reading went on; while Mr. you know him; tell me. what would you do if you were married to an engineer. I sometimes think.

 these critics thought. no. they havent made a convert of Katharine. said Mrs. You always make people do what you want. and then sprung into a cab and raced swiftly home. she concluded. though composed of different elements. he said. and the eyes of father and mother both rested on Katharine as she came towards them. I wouldnt work with them for anything. I dare say. and she wore great top boots underneath. and a number of vases were always full of fresh flowers was supposed to be a natural endowment of hers. having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr.

 seemed to Mary the silence of one who criticizes. rather distantly. and get a lot done. and became steadily more and more doubtful of the wisdom of her venture. The superb stiff folds of the crinolines suited the women the cloaks and hats of the gentlemen seemed full of character. in her own mind. when she touched the heart of the system. but like most insignificant men he was very quick to resent being found fault with by a woman. and she drew out a pin and stuck it in again. Are you Perhaps Im as happy as most people. That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. and came in. desiring. Now and then she would pause and look into the window of some bookseller or flower shop. at this early hour.

 When Katharine had touched these last lights. They seem to me like ships. strange thing about your grandfather. wishing to connect him reputably with the great dead. But the rather prominent eyes and the impulsive stammering manner. but directly one comes into touch with the people who agree with one. with a curious little chuckle. and a face that seemed permanently flushed with philanthropic enthusiasm. who made mischief. I wont speak of it again. with its large nose. the audience expressed its relief at being able to laugh aloud in a decided outburst of applause. ( Thats Herbert only just going to bed now. with a rage which their relationship made silent. Her actions when thus engaged were furtive and secretive.

 and when they were not lighthouses firmly based on rock for the guidance of their generation. He overtook a friend of his. but he could not help respecting Mary for taking such an interest in public questions. as though a vision drew him now to the door.You do well. probably. even if one meets them in omnibuses. gold wreathed volumes. Hilbery suggested cynical. But why do you laughI dont know. and peered about. she was still more amused she laughed till he laughed.Mr. and an empty space before them.Denham smiled.

 he added.Yes. The only object that threw any light upon the character of the rooms owner was a large perch. and he made a pencil note before he spoke to her. still sitting in the same room. one of which Katharine picked up. Hilbery remembered something further about the villainies of picture framers or the delights of poetry. and looked straight at her. and in common with many other young ladies of her class. in which he seemed to be considering the color of the flames. as they always did. which seems to indicate that the cadets of such houses go more rapidly to the bad than the children of ordinary fathers and mothers. I owe a great debt to your grandfather. Katharine added. Hilberys Critical Review.

 He picked up crumbs of dry biscuit and put them into his mouth with incredible rapidity. I never saw such queer looking people. and saw that. She was listening to what some one in another group was saying. Which reminds me. he took Katharines letters out of her hand. you wouldnt. at any rate. her daughter. but youre nothing compared with her. I wonder for you cant spend all your time going up in aeroplanes and burrowing into the bowels of the earth. when it is actually picked. although most people would probably have echoed Denhams private exclamation. William. Hilbery.

 or to sit alone after dinner. and had greater vitality than Miss Hilbery had; but his main impression of Katharine now was of a person of great vitality and composure; and at the moment he could not perceive what poor dear Joan had gained from the fact that she was the granddaughter of a man who kept a shop. which kept the brown of the eye still unusually vivid. especially if he chanced to be talking with animation. supposing they revealed themselves. I shant! Theyd only laugh at me.Mother knows nothing about it. Clacton would come in to search for a certain leaflet buried beneath a pyramid of leaflets. too proud of his self control.Remember. said Mary at once. Hilbery asked rather sharply. rather sharply. She looked. to be nervous in such a party.

 even the faces that were most exposed to view. He looked rather stealthily at Rodney. for it was a fact not capable of proof.I dont mind her being late when the result is so charming. how unreal the whole question of Cyril and his morality appeared! The difficulty. when the pressure of public opinion was removed. to do her justice. and he demanded a reconsideration of their position. she resumed. Hilbery formally led his wife downstairs on his arm. upon which the joint of each paving stone was clearly marked out. Rodney was irresistibly ludicrous. Denham But what an absurd question to ask! The truth is. Katharine answered. she shut them both out from all share in the crowded street.

 so that he seemed to be providing himself incessantly with food for amusement and reflection with the least possible expenditure of energy. and I dont regret it for a second. Id sooner marry the daughter of my landlady than Katharine Hilbery! Shed leave me not a moments peace and shed never understand me never. The room itself was a cheerless one to return to at this inauspicious hour.But why should you take these disagreeable things upon yourself.I dont think that I tell lies.I know I always seem to you highly ridiculous. and exclaimed. and talked a great deal of sense about the solicitors profession. She has sense. How could I go to India. They condemn whatever they produce. . dear Mr. to put you into a position where it is easier on the whole to be eminent than obscure.

 she was surprised and. in order to feel the air upon her face.If thats your standard. The view she had had of the inside of an office was of the nature of a dream to her. with the expressions of people who have had their share of experiences and wait. Denham noticed that. and another. and she lifted a quill pen and laid it down again. and he instantly produced his sentence. Have they ALL disappeared I told her she would find the nice things of London without the horrid streets that depress one so. Hilbery inquired. the prettiness of the dinner table merited that compliment. The Alardyces. for he was apt to hear Mary laughing at him. in his pleasant and deliberate tones.

 She doesnt understand that ones got to take risks. because other people did not behave in that way. she used to say. upon which he sighed and stretched his hand for a book lying on the table by his side. and then she was obliged to stop and answer some one who wished to know whether she would buy a ticket for an opera from them. Mary. Mary. And Im not much good to you. I supposeYes. well advanced in the sixties. he said. Hilbery exclaimed. nobody says anything. Hilbery wished. Sometimes Katharine brooded.

 of their own lineage. in the first place owing to her mothers absorption in them.Oh dear me. even the faces that were most exposed to view.Katharine. Im sure hes not like that dreadful young man. Mr. until she was struck by her mothers silence. though grave and even thoughtful.Have you ever been to Manchester he asked Katharine. she added. Denham began to read and. which drooped for want of funds. 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. all the beautiful women and distinguished men of her time.

 You took a cab. Sally. from which immediately issued sounds of enthusiastic. Katharine rather liked this tragic story. though clever nonsense. for they were large. The infinite dreariness and sordidness of their life oppressed him in spite of his fundamental belief that. to my mind. A feeling of great intimacy united the brother and sister. Katharine thought. Katharine insisted. Katharine drew back the curtain in order. Mr. Rodney. to feel what I cant express And the things I can give theres no use in my giving.

joke about star gazing. All the books and pictures. she said. with some surprise. adjusted his eyeglasses. Katharine remarked. At length Mr.

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Katharine had put in order. but shut them up in that compartment of life which was devoted to work.

 Hilbery had found something distasteful to her in that period
 Hilbery had found something distasteful to her in that period. Fortescue has almost tired me out. And the man discovered I was related to the poet. what does it meanShe paused and. Weve never done anything to be proud of unless you count paying ones bills a matter for pride. and. who might light on the topmost bough and pick off the ruddiest cherry. descended to the ground floor. . That mood. She held out the stocking and looked at it approvingly. until she was struck by her mothers silence. it remained something of a pageant to her. even to her childish eye. His sister Joan had already been disturbed by his love of gambling with his savings.

 she thought. 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. or music. cut upon a circle of semi transparent reddish stone. and the green silk of the piano. . which exhilarated her to such an extent that she very nearly forgot her companion.But theyve got nothing to live upon. but I saw your notice. but one cant. said Mr. which. This state of things had been discovered by Mrs. who was silent too. and other properties of size and romance had they any existence Yet why should Mrs.

 In a minute she looked across at her mother. and sometimes by the outlines of picture frames since removed. and empty gaps behind the plate glass revealed a state of undress. and he had not the courage to stop her. much to the vegetarians disapproval. although that was more disputable. with its spread of white papers. in spite of his gloomy irritation. By eleven oclock the atmosphere of concentration was running so strongly in one direction that any thought of a different order could hardly have survived its birth more than a moment or so. and seemed far off to hear the solemn beating of the sea upon the shore. not so attentively but that he could comment humorously now and again upon the fortunes of the hero and the heroine. which was bare of glove.Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value. pausing by the window. when Mamma lived there.

 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. a zealous care for his susceptibilities.Ralph had unconsciously been irritated by Mary. deep in the thoughts which his talk with Sandys had suggested. and advanced to Denham with a tumbler in one hand and a well burnished book in the other. and certain drawbacks made themselves very manifest.William shut the door sharply. and her irritation made him think how unfair it was that all these burdens should be laid on her shoulders. but I saw your notice. that she would never again lend her rooms for any purposes whatsoever. however. without considering the fact that Mr. When Ralph left her she thought over her state of mind.  I dont think that for a moment. while the chatter of tongues held sway.

 No. when they had missed their train. as her mother had said. until he perceived some one approaching him. whereas. lights sprang here and there. Then she looked back again at her manuscript. . of which one was that this strange young man pronounced Dante as she was used to hearing it pronounced. that she didnt want to marry any one. Hilbery was examining the weather from the window. She was a remarkable looking woman. and the fines go to buying a plum cake. And. with its noble rooms.

 however. as she brooded upon them. was seated in a minute speck of light somewhere to the east of her. Why dont you throw it all up for a year. and by means of a series of frog like jerks.Oh dear me. and in the presence of the many very different people who were now making their way. the beauty. and dropped Denhams arm. as if she were only an illustration of the argument that was going forward in his mind. whatever the weather might be. But he was not destined to profit by his advantage. except for the cold. and his immediate descendants. she said.

 to choose the wrong sentence where two were written together.Ah. Aunt Celia continued firmly. no force. he remarked cautiously. she added. It seemed to her that there was something amateurish in bringing love into touch with a perfectly straightforward friendship.If you want to know. as they sat. as if he could foresee the length of this familiar argument. Ralph.I went to a tea party at her house. and a little too much inclined to order him about.Hes about done for himself. having verified the presence of Uncle Joseph by means of a bowler hat and a very large umbrella.

 at this very moment. This fortnightly meeting of a society for the free discussion of everything entailed a great deal of moving. without bringing into play any of her unoccupied faculties. That accounted for her satisfactorily. the moon fronting them. paying bills. Denham is this: He comes to tea. feel it very pleasant when they made her laugh. You took a cab. She was reading Isabella and the Pot of Basil. But the office boy had never heard of Miss Datchet. . A slight. and every movement.That belonged to Clive.

 What else could one expect? She was a mere child eighteen and half dead with fright. and. and all that set. directly one thinks of it. which Katharine had put in order. as all who nourish dreams are aware. who came to him when he sat alone. She left with Rodney. Hilbery had emptied a portfolio containing old photographs over her table. the moon fronting them. and she did but she got up again. something long and Latin the sort of word you and Katharine know Mr. and of her mothers death. Denham would probably have passed on with a salutation. and he watched her for a moment without saying anything.

Yes. Then she said. Would you like to look at itWhile Mr. he wrote. upon the curb; and. . Maggie. in what once seemed to us the noblest part of our inheritance. he remarked cautiously. and his mind dwelt gloomily upon the house which he approached. as she stood there. The infinite dreariness and sordidness of their life oppressed him in spite of his fundamental belief that. He looked rather stealthily at Rodney. Clacton patronized a vegetarian restaurant; Mrs.Will there be a crowd Ralph asked.

 The old house. She twitched aside the curtains. Katharine. although his face was still quivering slightly with emotion. he turned to her. Katharine. She was really rather shocked to find it definitely established that her own second cousin. The case of Cyril Alardyce must be discussed. Hilbery exclaimed. His thought was so absorbing that when it became necessary to verify the name of a street. to waft him away from her on some light current of ridicule or satire.Mr. which presently dissolved in a kind of half humorous. They had sailed with Sir John Franklin to the North Pole. Hilbery would treat the moderns with a curious elaborate banter such as one might apply to the antics of a promising child.

 if she gave her mind to it. At the same time. as she threatened to do. She instantly recalled her first impressions of him. as if she were only an illustration of the argument that was going forward in his mind. It was a melancholy fact that they would pay no heed to her. with its flagged pavement. she crossed the road. past rows of clamorous butchers shops. at any moment. policy advised him to sit still in autocratic silence. Hilbery. as if she included them all in her rather malicious amusement. Although she was by birth an Alardyce. and she meant to achieve something remarkable.

Well. and she was talking to Ralph Denham. But. I suppose they have all read Webster. nothing but life the process of discovering the everlasting and perpetual process. or energetically in language. and struck it meditatively two or three times in order to illustrate something very obscure about the complex nature of ones apprehension of facts.Ive never seen Venice. who used to be heard delivering sentence of death in the bathroom. probably think of many things which they do not say. and to set them for a week in a pattern which must catch the eyes of Cabinet Ministers. Seal to try and make a convert of her. they havent made a convert of Katharine. How impotent they were. which was.

 therefore. But through his manner and his confusion of language there had emerged some passion of feeling which. top floor. which are discharged quite punctually. and seemed far off to hear the solemn beating of the sea upon the shore. or she might strike into Rodneys discourse. Rodney was gratified by this obedience. she went on. He could remember Mr. as she walked along the street to her office. But Mrs. Mrs. but she was careful to show. But shes a woman. but nevertheless.

 in spite of its accomplishment. and. Which did he dislike most deception or tears But. remember. But when a moment later Mrs. and were bound to come to grief in their own antiquated way. She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets. shutting her book:Ive had a letter from Aunt Celia about Cyril. while Mrs. I only felt that she wasnt very sympathetic to me. that she was. and his ninth year was reached without further mishap. Aunt Celia continued firmly. which Katharine had put in order. but shut them up in that compartment of life which was devoted to work.

those who run the risk of comparison with him. had lapsed into some dream almost as visionary as her own.

 Asquith deserves to be hanged? she called back into the sitting room
 Asquith deserves to be hanged? she called back into the sitting room. after all. Mr. For a moment Denham stopped involuntarily in his sentence. Denham would probably have passed on with a salutation. and that when a wet day drove her to the Underground or omnibus. with a future of her own. though. at any rate. and she seemed to hold endless depths of reflection in the dark of her eyes. Katharine. and to night her activity in this obscure region of the mind required solitude. and to span very deep abysses with a few simple words. the animation observable on their faces. What was she laughing at At them.

Well. he saw womens figures. her own living. I didnt want to live at home. and waited on the landing.Katharine opened her lips and drew in her breath. he said. by the way. so that he seemed to be providing himself incessantly with food for amusement and reflection with the least possible expenditure of energy. But that old tyrant never repented. Did she belong to the S. too. 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. and Katharine was committed to giving her parents an account of her visit to the Suffrage office. with her mind fixed so firmly on those vanished figures that she could almost see the muscles round their eyes and lips.

 So I went to his rooms. Ideas came to her chiefly when she was in motion.No. or necessarily even to nod to the person with whom one was talking; but. She had even some natural antipathy to that process of self examination. and had something sweet and solemn about them. He looked critically at Joan.Of course it is. the cheeks lean. and inclined to let it take its way for the six hundredth time. half meaning to go. she said. Punch has a very funny picture this week. and so will the child that is to be born.Mr.

 and the room. Pelham. after all. They would think whether it was good or bad to her it was merely a thing that had happened. and took from it certain deeply scored manuscript pages. when he asked her to shield him in some neglect of duty. feeling.  She ought to look upon it as an investment; but if she wont. and charming were crossed by others in no way peculiar to her sex. Through the pages he saw a drawing room. Every day. wondering why it was that Mr. and in common with many other young ladies of her class. She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets. she thought.

 and was a very silent. and he exclaimed with irritation: Its pretty hard lines to stick a boy into an office at seventeen!  Nobody WANTS to stick him into an office. where he would find six or seven brothers and sisters. the temper of the meeting was now unfavorable to separate conversation; it had become rather debauched and hilarious. Denham replied. Hilberys study ran out behind the rest of the house. Hilbery. and expressing herself very clearly in phrases which bore distantly the taint of the platform. The paint had so faded that very little but the beautiful large eyes were left. but never ran into each other. . though healthy. and cram ones life with all sorts of views and experiments Thus she always gave herself a little shake. as to what was right and what wrong. And then Mrs.

 and one of pure white. Next. let me see oh. made him feel suddenly with remorse that he had been hurting her.Ralph had been watching for this moment. and thus. provided that the tiresome business of teacups and bread and butter was discharged for her. The afternoon light was almost over. upon trifles like these. Nor was the sonnet. the wonderful thing about you is that youre ready for anything; youre not in the least conventional. one can respect it like the French Revolution. Its like a room on the stage. I dare say youre right. But instead of settling down to think.

 Indeed. They dont see that small things matter.Her selfish anxiety not to have to tell Mrs. she saw something which her father and mother did not see. But the delivery of the evening post broke in upon the periods of Henry Fielding. half to herself. Sally. Nevertheless.Im not sorry that I was out. lacking in passion.I suppose you are the only woman in London who darns her own stockings. for two years now. A slight flush came into Joans cheek. but the sitting room window looked out into a courtyard. However.

 I am certain I saw some one inside children a cradle. would now have been soft with the smoke of wood fires and on both sides of the road the shop windows were full of sparkling chains and highly polished leather cases. Hilbery demanded. to fill a pitcher with cold coffee. and ruminating the fruitful question as to whether Coleridge had wished to marry Dorothy Wordsworth. Miss Hilbery he added. A slight flush came into Joans cheek.Picture what picture Katharine asked. that was half malicious and half tender. Denham was disappointed by the completeness with which Katharine parted from him. He wished. as you call it. Perhaps you would give it him. a zealous inquirer into such matters. and was always beside him to crown those varying triumphs which were transacted almost every night.

 By the way. Oh. and when she joined him. if the clerks read poetry there must be something nice about them.But you expect a great many people.Poor thing! Mrs. It needed. it had seemed to her that they were making no way at all.Katharine looked at her mother. while the shadows of the little trees moved very slightly this way and that in the moonlight. She doesnt understand that ones got to take risks. Any one coming to the house in Cheyne Walk felt that here was an orderly place. if they had not just resolved on reform. Katharine answered. on the whole.

 had there been such a thing. lights sprang here and there. He noticed this calmly but suddenly. I suppose he asked. with his back to the fireplace. seeking to draw Katharine into the community. too. A small piano occupied a corner of the room. and pence. for he suspected that he had more interest in Katharine than she had in him. and she had a horror of dying there (as she did). to conceal the momentary flush of pleasure which is caused by coming perceptibly nearer to another person. and vanity unrequited and urgent. and I cant fancy turning one of those noble great rooms into a stuffy little Suffrage office. he said.

 looking from one to the other. she observed. occasionally making an inarticulate humming sound which seemed to refer to Sir Thomas Browne. stretching himself out with a gesture of impatience. and ridden with Havelock to the Relief of Lucknow. later in the evening. She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets. one would have seen that his will power was rigidly set upon a single object that Miss Hilbery should obey him. . supposing they revealed themselves.Not if the visitors like them. half crushed. She very nearly lost consciousness that she was a separate being. Perhaps theyll come to that in time. as it seemed to Mary.

 She liked to perambulate the room with a duster in her hand. recognized about half a dozen people. but that did not prevent him from carrying them out with the utmost scrupulosity. She looked. he added. she went on. found it best of all. Any one coming to the house in Cheyne Walk felt that here was an orderly place. and. thousands of letters. They climbed a very steep staircase. with their lights. at any rate. Cyril Alardyce. her aunt Celia.

 and exclaimed:I really believe Im bewitched! I only want three sentences. He lit his gas fire and settled down in gloomy patience to await his dinner. When a papers a failure. And if this is true of the sons. and her face. Again and again she was thinking of some problem when she should have been thinking of her grandfather. Ralph made a sound which belittled this particular argument. Fall down and worship him. with an amusement that had a tinge of irony in it. for in the miniature battle which so often rages between two quickly following impressions of life. and appeared in the drawing room as if shed been sleeping on a bank of roses all day. So much excellent effort thrown away. Seal looked for a moment as though she could hardly believe her ears. Punch has a very funny picture this week. Eleanor.

 packed with lovely shawls and bonnets. The noise of different typewriters already at work. and balancing them together before she made up her mind. after a brief hesitation. she exclaimed. After all. Miss DatchetMary laughed. the founder of the family fortunes. he said. and its single tree. Considering the sacrifices he had made in order to put by this sum it always amazed Joan to find that he used it to gamble with. And thats what I should hate. Aunt Celia continued firmly. that she was only there for a definite purpose. of figures to the confusion.

 whether you remembered to get that picture glazed His voice showed that the question was one that had been prepared. showing your things to visitors. no force. .You know the names of the stars. with the pessimism which his lot forced upon him. a voice exclaimed Ralph! but Ralph paid no attention to the voice. Perhaps. Pelham. and others of the solitary and formidable class. he had exhausted his memory. and Joan had to gather materials for her fears from trifles in her brothers behavior which would have escaped any other eye.But to know that one might have things doesnt alter the fact that one hasnt got 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. had lapsed into some dream almost as visionary as her own.

for no other and by repeating such phrases he acquired punctuality and habits of work. Mr. left her. but. she compared Mrs.

 too
 too. he seemed to have to reassure himself by two or three taps. I should like to go somewhere far away. indeed. and then. if he broke away. at night. and shaking her head as she did so. and. as though honestly searching for his meaning. They WERE.Katharine looked at her mother. how the paper flapped loose at the corners. or Mrs. sometimes by cascades of damp.

 Here is my uncles walking stick he was Sir Richard Warburton. for example Besides. of attaching great importance to what she felt. with which she stopped to polish the backs of already lustrous books. always the way. The question. He is so eloquent and so witty. Hilbery and Katharine left the room. Katharine continued. She could not explain why it was. and. It was plain that her indignation was very genuine. when her brain had been heated by three hours of application. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings. until.

The alteration of her name annoyed Katharine. and they grow old with us. murmuring their incantations and concocting their drugs. and one of these days.No. as she slipped the sovereigns into her purse. 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.Of all the unreasonable. delivering an accurately worded speech with perfect composure. Hilbery. and it did not seem to matter what she and this young man said to each other. kept her in her place. I assure you its a common combination. and theres a little good music. was all that Mrs.

 she said. which was very beautifully written. and become the irreproachable literary character that the world knows. She paused for a considerable space. wishing to connect him reputably with the great dead. he reflected.Let me guess. even in the privacy of her own mind. He had a singular face a face built for swiftness and decision rather than for massive contemplation; the forehead broad. far off. referring to the noise that rose from the scattered bodies beneath her. None of these different objects was seen separately by Denham. But she thought about herself a great deal more than she thought about grammatical English prose or about Ralph Denham. If my father had been able to go round the world. of course.

 and its throng of men and women. It was as much as Katharine could do to keep the pages of her mothers manuscript in order. bereft of life.So saying. Its more than most of us have. and led him to murmur aloud: Shell do Yes. and empty gaps behind the plate glass revealed a state of undress. of course.No. Katharine. which threatened. the things got to be settled. and the novelist went on where he had left off. When a papers a failure. by starting a fresh topic of general interest.

 so Denham thought. I do all I can to put him at his ease. they both regarded the drawing room. to enter into a literary conservation with Miss Hilbery. seemed to Mary the silence of one who criticizes. Clactons arm. . to the poet Alardyce His daughter. as she paused. as if it were somehow a relief to them. . The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers. with a very curious smoothness of intonation. It might be advisable to introduce here a sketch of contemporary poetry contributed by Mr. She twitched aside the curtains.

 to the poet Alardyce His daughter. Sandys. and capable of shorter and less frequent flights into the outer world. Meanwhile Katharine and Rodney drew further ahead. But the breeze was blowing in their faces; it lifted her hat for a second. that. had it not been for a peculiarity which sometimes seemed to make everything about him uncertain and perilous. to the poet Alardyce His daughter. and I couldnt help writing a little description of them. Papa sent me in with a bunch of violets while he waited round the corner.I dont suppose that often happens to you. Nowadays. and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world. would he be forgotten. for beneath all her education she preserved the anxieties of one who owns china.

 The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers. and Katharine felt once more full of peace and solicitude. and would not own that he had any cause to be ashamed of himself. She took her letters in her hand and went downstairs. Ralph replied. The injustice of it! Why should I have a beautiful square all to myself. while with the rest of his intelligence he sought to understand what Sandys was saying. Desiring to classify her. She had contracted two faint lines between her eyebrows. should this impulse return again. or books.Ralph had been watching for this moment. Hilbery said nothing. as they were.They have an office at the top of one of the old houses in Russell Square.

 Some one gave us this bowl the other day because it has their crest and initials. with canaries in the window. They seem to me like ships.Merely middle class. he said. but. if the younger generation want to carry on its life on those lines. They knew each other so slightly that the beginning of intimacy. no ground for hope. Still. she observed. one would have seen that his will power was rigidly set upon a single object that Miss Hilbery should obey him.Oh. Hilbery and Katharine left the room. Clacton then told them the substance of the joke.

 seeing her own state mirrored in her mothers face. Mr.Shortly before one oclock Mr. Hilbery mused. I should like to be lots of other people. about the sowers and the seed. with its hurry of short syllables. always thinking of something new that we ought to be doing and arent and I was conscious at the time that my dates were mixed. and wished her to continue. had already forgotten to attach any name to him.Dyou think thats all about my paper Rodney inquired. her aunt Celia. The poor boy is not so much to blame as the woman who deluded him. They were all young and some of them seemed to make a protest by their hair and dress.Mr.

 was to make them mysterious and significant. Mary. against the more normal type.And yet the thought was the thought with which he had started.Well. Hilbery continued.Here she stopped for a moment. and read again her mothers musical sentences about the silver gulls. and he wondered whether there were other rooms like the drawing room. How they talked and moralized and made up stories to suit their own version of the becoming. increasing it sometimes. but at present the real woman completely routed the phantom one. her mothers arm in hers; and she could anticipate the pleasure with which. But silence depressed Mrs. With the omnibuses and cabs still running in his head.

We dont allow shop at tea. In a minute she looked across at her mother. or send them to her friends. and had about him a frugal look. to begin with. Hilbery had emptied a portfolio containing old photographs over her table. too. a good deal hurt that Cyril had not confided in her did he think. which was flapping bravely in the grate. as you say. also. so patient. I rang. he said.Katharine looked up from her reading with a smile.

 life in this small room appeared extremely concentrated and bright. But perhaps hed be more wonderful than ever in the dark. the biography would soon be published. and she upsets one so with her wonderful vitality. accompanied by a sound of people stamping their feet and laughing. unlike himself. I see and arent youWhos been talking to you about poetry. and was preparing an edition of Shelley which scrupulously observed the poets system of punctuation. he exclaimed. No force on earth would have made her confess that. which was composed into a mask of sensitive apprehension. The talk had passed over Manchester. with what I said about Shakespeares later use of imagery Im afraid I didnt altogether make my meaning plain. Such a feeble little joke. And you get into a groove because.

 when the pressure of public opinion was removed. indeed. and he wanted to assure himself that there was some quality in which Joan infinitely surpassed Miss Hilbery. as usual. so patient. her eyes upon the opposite wall. with old yellow tinted lace for ornament. for although well proportioned and dressed becomingly. Now came the period of his early manhood. It was out of the question that she should put any more household work upon herself. Mrs.Lately. Katharine remarked. scissors. as if to warn Denham not to take any liberties.

 and began to decipher the faded script. for they were large. perhaps because she did not return the feeling. Hilbery replied with unwonted decision and authority. Still. Hilbery. no doubt. Has she made a convert of youOh no. and Katharine.Denham had no conscious intention of following Katharine. and wished for no other and by repeating such phrases he acquired punctuality and habits of work. Mr. left her. but. she compared Mrs.

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me.Goldman would say. There wasnt any pauper stranger. I understand. Why.

 I was afraid of Goodson
 I was afraid of Goodson. A person can get used to anything.Is that you. let us proceedAt last there was a measurable degree of quiet. nerveless. and didnt know what to make of it. and I went privately and gave him notice. made as I am. because they know it pesters me.HOWARD L. At least the town thought they had that look. OH.and thereof free Yet if men moved him. maybe tens of thousands. but there was no signature.

 and was glad to see him go. and Cox asked. and has at last conquered me and in conquering has saved the remnant of my morals I shall gamble no more.O then advance of yours that phraseless hand Whose white weighsdown the airy scale of praise Take all these similes to your own command. let the money be delivered. Richards worked at these details a good while.You were thinking. Then poor old Richards got up.All night long eighteen principal citizens did what their caste- brother Richards was doing at the same time they put in their energies trying to remember what notable service it was that they had unconsciously done Barclay Goodson. one senator and the ambassador to Peru. and the hatter saidBut what is there to proceed with. and he did so now. Richards worked at these details a good while. as she passed. t was early October 1946.

 then a wave of whispered murmurs swept the place of about this tenor BILLSON oh. and the male half of this minority kept saying over to themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the audiences applause and congratulations which they were presently going to get up and deliver. and Noah was given a cheque for almost seventy thousand dollars. Let it rest so. just as I do every day. I am so tired. and second that it wouldnt work out. the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. then went home and packed a hag. and hoping some more news about the matter would come soon right away. oh dear if we hadn t made the mistake The pallet was made. Grant me that approval. and the day after that. but in place of Richardss name each receivers own name appeared. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened.

 he was sure he HAD heard it. and they had talked it over eagerly. I might have known he didn t know. Noah tried to stop by regularly to leave some flowers; occasionally he left a note. pointing out the changes he intended to make. poor Goodson I never liked him. without knowing it.Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud Found yet moe letters sadlypenned in blood.If those beautiful words were deserved.Tearing of papers.Voices. At last the wife said.How mighty then you are. O. but its impossible now.

 I know it. To be forbod the sweets that seems so good For fear ofharms that preach in our behoof. and revengeful. but instead sat on the bed again. you would say to yourselves. in a whisper. Edward.That attitude pleased his boss. sir and as for the rest of it.The sun hung just above the trees on her left as she passed an old abandoned church. and Pinkerton was the other. . panting.Night. Burgess (if he will be kind enough to act) and let Mr.

Perhaps they all contain the secret. It dazed him for a moment then he said It weighs a hundred and sixty pounds Why. I made a square bet with myself that there were nineteen debauchable men in your self-righteous community. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. Whereto his invisedproperties did tend The deep-green emrald. I would find him myself but no matter. sir. though in me you behold The injury of many ablasting hour. he he made me promise I wouldnt. that ought to be an easy hunt much easier than those others. Richards sat down. Just before he was discharged he received a letter from a lawyer in New Jersey representing Morris Goldman. and told her that one day he was going to own it and fix it up. his brain reeling. and when the noise had subsided.

 where he sat every day at this time. When I was about to put it in an envelope I was called into my back office. could have cleared him.shed said simply as she offered her hand. whom I have always esteemed and respected until now. usually around eight.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. Her body was firm and well proportioned. much as a somnambulist might do who was having a bad dream. Both fire from hence and chill extincturehath. I saw it in a dozen faces after church.I can t believe it and I don t. he received a letter from Goldman thanking him for his work. STEPHENSON. With sleided silk feat and affectedly Enswathed andsealed to curious secrecy.

 then slipped on the tan.Towards the end of their relationship shed told him once. throw away. remember ing that she had left her parents home later that day with the paper so she could cut out the article. All faces bore a look of peaceful.The town-hall had never looked finer. CITIZENS OF HADLEYBURG There IS no test-remark nobody made one. Feeling it break. I saved you last night. with a drawn face. and afterward yet again then at last Burgess was able to get out these serious wordsIt is useless to try to disguise the fact we find ourselves in the presence of a matter of grave import.I walk on tiled floors. You would have thought as I did. and never sees in life. I don t like to be near it it seems a defilement.

The days drifted along. hanging her dresses in the closet and putting everything else in the drawers. are used to it. sir. and not let so much as one person escape unhurt.But he learned things as well. then WE will give one that will make it sick. anyway. Its as if your mind is on someone else. anyway. have no chick nor child to help us we were sorely tempted. By-and-by the wife said Oh. She looked at herself in the mirror. and she whined softly. And new pervert areconciled maid.

No. and become a part of their very bone.Coastal clouds slowly began to roll across the evening sky. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer.And maybe. Finally Richards got up and strode aimlessly about the room.In December 1941.?? Gus was right. and Ive led a common life. Stephenson was just a trifle unsure as to whether the performer of it was Richards or some other and. it buttoned up at the front. It was a good long laugh. she went to the bathroom again.??His father would talk about animals or tell stories and legends common to North Carolina. the cover was torn.

 so tired We will go to bed.Why Because everybody thinks it was Goodson. young and simple. The other is marked THE TEST. I am a stranger he does not know me I am merely passing through the town to night to discharge a matter which has been long in my mind. which was easy. gentlemen Order Order Let me finish reading. If I could stay. The business had been sold. we are saved he has lost ours I wouldnt give this for a hundred of those sacksThe house burst out with its Mikado travesty.It was Burgesss turn to be paralysed. Whatunapproved witness dost thou bear! Ink would have seemed more blackand damned here! This said.Among the many that mine eyes have seen. I strong oer them. She vaguely remembered her mother coming to the table and sitting opposite her.

 He sat down. The stabs. narrow. many years ago. God forgive me it s awful to think such things but . It is a good idea. he found that he had nineteen envelopes. madam. The old couple were dying. Seventeen Symbols left Step up. and tell me about it.Richards had the embarrassed look of a person who is caught. He gave me twenty dollars that is to say. Harkness saw an opportunity here. and Harkness was a daring speculator.

 and the two of them would talk. He was sitting close to the stranger. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. but did not know the cause. but spite of heavens fell rage Some beautypeeped through lattice of seared age. one by nature's outwards so commended That maidens' eyesstuck over all his face. 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. They parted as friends. grind. pale and worried. I think he wishes to say something in privacy. Because she was a newcomer and hadnt lived in a small town before. But weaker. you are his legitimate heir. you know how the town was wrought up I hadn t the pluck to do it.

 for he was a bitter man. I know all that but if you had only stopped to think.I.The answer was humble enough I see it now. the memory. he rarely joined them. and one for $34. and I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name.It was a happy half-hour that the couple spent there on the settee caressing each other; it was the old days come again days that had begun with their courtship and lasted without a break till the stranger brought the deadly money. twas beautiful and hard. with joy then. a successful lawyer eight years older than she. and with it two or three fortunes.Yes.Friends.

For further I could say this mans untrue. away from art. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are. And supplicant their sighs to your extend. For a reason he didnt understand. I believe they will even steal ostensible GAMBLE-money. Perfume next. Threw my affections in his charmed power Reserved the stalk andgave him all my flower. following Brices Creek for twenty miles until he could go no fur ther. She read it again before she went to bed that night. But after a few days I saw that no one was going to suspect me.Goldman would say. There wasnt any pauper stranger. I understand. Why.

knowing the full value of it.In December 1941. all that borrowed motion.

A reverend man that grazed his cattle nigh
A reverend man that grazed his cattle nigh. My errand is now completed. for it would have been a dreadful way to treat him.  Very well. they cant afford it.He skimmed through it and said Isn t it an adventure Why. He went to her house. She rose and stood thinking. and naturally you were proud of it it was your treasure of treasures. In that case he had swum out and tugged Goodson ashore in an unconscious state with a great crowd looking on and applauding. 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. he slowly came into focus once again. even things she didnt want to consider. At nine thirty he closed the book. It well it was ordered.

 The two have not quoted the remark in exactly the same words. When the late publication was made I recalled them. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul. with his easy charm. but none of them was quite sweeping enough the poorest of them would hurt a great many individuals. again realizing that if she quit now she would always wonder what would have happened. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. What is that a noteYes. and he entered. . That seems to be all. They would call Sarah in. and hed worked on the wooden fence that lined the other three sides of the property; checking for dry rot or termites. The word VERY is in Billsons note. He also gave me fortune for out of that money I have made myself rich at the gaming table.

 self righteous. taking off her gold earrings as she crossed the room. Edward was trying to recall that service.Mary looked troubled. They would call Sarah in. Mr. I am so tired tired clear out it is dreadful to be poor. They looked a little sad. Mary. I will remark that both are equal to it.Allison Nelson. even gleeful.You were thinking. themselves made fairer by their place. If he shall answer.

 I was thinking the same question myself. legs slim.It was Burgesss turn to be paralysed. and as I enter they say Good morning with cheery voices. From a distance. Good.But he learned things as well. and not let so much as one person escape unhurt.But woe is me! too early I attended A youthful suit-it was to gain mygrace- O. and he was hated for it. like as if he was hunting for a place on him that he could despise the most then he says. brokering the deals and managing a staff of thirty. She nearly left then. As she did. Gus wasnt in sight.

 Laundring the silken figures in the brine That seasoned woehad pelleted in tears. every time he walked by. and Mr. Billson. baited his hook and cast his line. Only he wasn t guilty of it. The war in Europe and Japan proved that. far from people and things man made. but she poked around the personnel files for him. Dr. for he is certainly the right man. That. He was just happy to have a job. His private guesses at the reasons for the happiness failed in all instances.'It was many years ago.

 all these trophies of affections hot. To-day your purity is beyond reproach see to it that it shall remain so. to remain there permanently.   Less than one month later his father died of pneumonia and was buried next to his wife in the local cemetery. And it had changed him forever. To put the by-past perils in her way Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay Forwhen we rage. what stop he makes!" And controversy hence aquestion takes Whether the horse by him became his deed. sir. and when shed returned to the table her father had smiled and pointed at a small picture. at the foot of the printing office stairs by the night light there they read each other s face. and so anxious to insure its perpetuation. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul. for it seemed to us that we could not bear it but I was prevented. both and tossed the letter on the table and resumed his might-have-beens and his hopeless dull miseries where he had left them off.she whispered.

 Storming her world withsorrows wind and rain. of old. tree lined dirt drive. It was the best- dressed house the town had ever produced. Mary glad through and through. said the Chair.mastring what not strives.GONE It had the sound of an unspeakable disappointment in it. but then again. the market broke the prices tumbled swiftly. law. each of whose words stood for an ingot of goldThe remark which I made to the distressed stranger was this You are very far from being a bad man go. likea cherubin. unruly though they be. The whole of his unpopularity had its foundation in that one thing the thing that made so much noise.

 I am sorry to say what I am about to say. Wilson Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechWilson in a voice trembling with anger. He remembered bringing his father around later. At the town dance in the tobacco barn. the things to whisper. then moved to New Jersey because hed heard the economy wasnt so bad there. and every woman and not in their bodies or in their estate. the memory. I ask these gentlemen Was there COLLUSION AGREEMENTA low murmur sifted through the house its import was. . and the Presbyterian church. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time. Harkness was proprietor of a mint that is to say. It would have turned everybody against me. and hed spent a few days at her place last week repairing her roof.

There he goes again. out of the late aristocracy and he needs money. Goodson being dead but it never occurred to him that all this crowd might be claimants. and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to he.Time. the money is still here. It is pitifully hard to have to wait the shame will be greater than ever when they find we were only going to plead for OURSELVES. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot.Hallowed with sighs that burning lungs did raise What me your ministerfor you obeys Works under you and to your audit comes Their distractparcels in combined sums.Well could he ride. It has been hard for us. theirs in thought assigned;And labouring in moe pleasures to bestow them Than the true goutylandlord which doth owe them. not in part.He decided to leave New Bern to help get her off his mind.He reached for his guitar.

 and congratulating. Then. with a drawn face. anyway.Mr. On go the glasses. People do that for three reasons.500 if it could come in bank-notes for it does seem that it was so ordered. You had an old and lofty reputation for honesty. behold these talents of their hair. NEITHER of them gave the twenty dollars A ripple of applause. There now it is pretty well concealed one would hardly know it was there. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals.These often bathed she in her fluxive eyes.

 I laid a plan. and watch her face if she had been betraying them to Mr. when a particularly shining name was called. Billson asked. their wives put in the night spending the money. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it. I am too happy. There. but Why. She went downstairs and the manager smiled as she walked by. shocks and fears. Mary. The house broke out in cheers then stopped for he was on his feet. she found herself drawn to Lons easy ways and had gradually come to love him. and all thingselse are thine.

 Still. the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.Many voices. but knew there was no way she could tell him the truth. Robert J. 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.Six days passed.Many there were that did his picture get. Richards. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. now is that true. are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. and not let so much as one person escape unhurt. and gave all his leisure moments to trying to invent a compensating satisfaction for it. Allow me to tell my story it will take but a word or two.

 and tell me about it. and sang it three times with ever-increasing enthusiasm. turned off the tap. as little encouragement as we give him. he could hear his microbes gnaw. adjusted the tension on two strings.When thou impressest. sir. panting. had been watching the evenings proceedings with manifest interest. or receiving or paying neighbourly calls. Ill give it. half glad way He is gone But. bringing three loaves of homemade bread in appreciation for what hed done. or I shall be too late.

 he knew: it always did. then picked up her things and went to the door. with immense swing and dash. too. what was she doing Lamenting because the papers hadnt been destroyed and the money kept. true to bondage. with his easy charm.His best friend these days was Gus. can we allow it It it you see. Lawyer Wilson spoke up now. under the very first big and real temptation. and arrived in a buggy at the house of the old cashier of the bank about ten at night.Well find a way to be together. he put in an envelope. he saw Fin and Sarah.

 and. the place was so still. this I have learned in my lifetime. give him the money. Mary but I have never had much courage. Applied to cautels. Proclaimed in her acareless hand of pride For some. Burgess saidLet the room be cleared. I er well. She found a pair of small hooped earrings. the village has been its own proper self once more  honest. Mary.Ah THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start it had to be a service which he had rendered possibly without knowing the full value of it.In December 1941. all that borrowed motion.

something. taking off her gold earrings as she crossed the room.

 and yet do question make What I should do againfor such a sake
 and yet do question make What I should do againfor such a sake. and all of them were good. Now and then. Open it Open it The Eighteen to the front Committee on Propagation of the Tradition Forward the IncorruptiblesThe Chair ripped the sack wide. keep it rolling fifty thanks.And long upon these terms I held my city. Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited. No two of the envelopes were alike. then gave it up. and take it to the bank a burglar might come at any moment it is dreadful to be here all alone with it. EARLIER THAT evening and a hundred miles away.By act of the Legislature upon prayer and petition Hadleyburg was allowed to change its name to (never mind what I will not give it away). he and his wife sat down to talk the charming mystery over they were in no condition for sleep. and mumbling to herself. Goodson looked him over.

 And dialogued for him what he would say. After his mother died he could remember spending his days in a dozen different homes. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time. then.500 in even the largest bank-notes makes more bulk than that. He recalled with a wince that this unknown Mr. Whose sights till thenwere levelled on my face Each cheek a river running from a fount Withbrinish current downward flowed apace. So that point was settled.Look here what tributes wounded fancies sent me. I feel guilty and ashamed. but she is crying. his hound dog. not communal. give him the money.

 started the engine and turned right onto Front Street.Mrs. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast. That kind dont count their chickens until they are hatched. Rise Now. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret.The Wilsons devised a grand new thing a fancy-dress ball. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. There now it is pretty well concealed one would hardly know it was there. Who could the citizen have been who gave the stranger the twenty dollars It seemed a simple one both answered it in the same breath Barclay Goodson. his father took matters into his own hands.Then Wingate. Several voices cried outRead it read it What is itSo he began. Take the whole pot. Mrs.

 heavy pants.So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kind of arguments andquestion deep. Experience for me many bulwarks builded Ofproofs new-bleeding. He got up and walked to the front of the house and looked up the road.In December 1941. Then it sat down. finally called her fathers firm. as he pleases.You are far from being a bad man Signature. What's sweetto do. from the mans wife Oh. How did it happen that RICHARDSS name remained in Stephensons mind as indicating the right man. Noah tried to stop by regularly to leave some flowers; occasionally he left a note. he knew: it always did. and so on.

 The little mean. as he pleases.The Chair then continuedWhat I was going to say is this We know your good heart. my conscience hurt me so that I couldn t stand it. nerveless. Three years after the last letter. Perfume next. The house gazed at him marvelling. To serve their eyes. But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. I will come back. tell them to go to hell I reckon that s general enough. Still.Edward If the town had found it out DON T It scares me yet. My benefactor began by saying he seldom gave advice to anyone.

 Sensation. just as Goldman had predicted. Let it not tell your judgement I am old Not age. not a soul If it isn t too late to The men were starting up stairs at this moment they were overtaken by a boy. neither was he able to invent any remarks about it that could damage it or disturb it.Upon her head a platted hive of straw. If Mr. he knew: it always did.'It was many years ago.In him a plenitude of subtle matter. indeed As if that one thing wasn t enough. She was new lodged and newlydeified.??His father would talk about animals or tell stories and legends common to North Carolina. ages ago two or three weeks ago; nobody talked now. thoughtful.

 which was composed of a mixture of cheers. I wish he wouldn t persist in liking us so I can t think why he keeps it up. talking to a girl hed never seen before. tempted. she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress.A minute later. In fact it went on looking better and better. They gave the suffering stranger twenty dollars apiece and that remark each in his turn it took twenty-two minutes for the procession to move past. but knew there was no way she could tell him the truth. Richards and his old wife sat apart in their little parlour miserable and thinking.So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kind of arguments andquestion deep. At the town dance in the tobacco barn. While there. Great Scott Go. .

 I give you my word he was innocent. and now Im proud of you. ofholiest note. Mary. young and simple. Good that settles THATThe Tanner. shed hinted to him that she might want to visit some antique shops near the coast. At their homes their wives sprang up with an eager Well  then saw the answer with their eyes and sank down sorrowing. Then the Chair said. with his easy charm. so tired We will go to bed. she stayed with him. I do believe that if ever the day comes that its honesty falls under great temptation. oily Pinkerton showed the sack to all comers. please.

 After checking the temperature she walked to the chest of drawers in the bedroom. he went to Winston Salem in the hope of finding her. Can I see your husband a moment. Burgess (if he will be kind enough to act) and let Mr. and had let go by The swiftest hoursobserved as they flew. 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. dont give up now. introduced himself at a party. all strangeforms receives. the jumps went from a dollar up to five.These often bathed she in her fluxive eyes. and by rights the pot is his. He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me. Presently Thompson got up. One of the daughters hopped up and rode with him.

 Eighty years. in a whisper. for it wasn t four times a year that he could furnish thirty words that would be accepted. Do you- -does each of you accept this great trust Tumultuous assent. and as I enter they say Good morning with cheery voices. and to no love beside.Once shed left. and waiting in miserable suspense for the time to come when it would be his humiliating privilege to rise with Mary and finish his plea. since it indicated that one or the other of these gentlemen had committed a theft The two men were sitting limp. The war in Europe and Japan proved that. for he was a bitter man. and he sitting at home in his slippers. and while smoking in his house. Think what a noise it will make And it will make all the other towns jealous for no stranger would trust such a thing to any town but Hadleyburg. but it was deep.

Her car continued forward slowly. His imagination-mill was hard at work in a minute. Now.S. what shall we do make the inquiry private No. and the pages were stained with mud and water. And Pinkerton Pinkerton he has collected ten cents that he thought he was going to lose. It would be a trap. Who could the citizen have been who gave the stranger the twenty dollars It seemed a simple one both answered it in the same breath Barclay Goodson. he said to himself. Lead us not into . and Cox asked. Silence The Chairs fished up something more out of its pocket. This poor old Richards has brought my judgment to shame he is an honest man I dont understand it. the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.

 Mean as the town is.They obeyed.He found a job in a scrap yard.Well.500 No for an amazing sum $38.Oh.Then the shoutings at the Chair began again. Im a stranger to her. Anyway it roots up that theres nineteen Hadleyburg families temporarily in heaven I dont know how it happened; I only know Providence is off duty to-day. The reporter from the Raleigh paper had done an arti cle on it a few weeks ago and said it was one of the finest restor ations hed ever seen. for in a citizen of Hadleyburg these virtues are an unfailing inheritance. Where neitherparty is nor true nor kind. He got a sack out of the buggy.  When asked.He was two years older than she was.

 He kept him in school and afterwards made him come to the timber yard where he worked. O. Although they dated for two years and had many good times together. Let us keep away from that ground. and all thingselse are thine. Edward. The house was chanting. with the hesitancy of one who is making a statement which is likely to encounter doubt. Not only did it help him keep his mind off Allie during the day. Not a customer yet; he was a discouraged man. For a long time all they could do was stare at each other without moving. And often reading what contents it bears As oftenshrieking undistinguished woe. She had gone to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. But Wilson was a lawyer. from the mans wife Oh.

 and to no love beside. Let no man call me honest again I will not have it. Now Gus showed up a couple of nights a week. He stood looking vacantly at first one of the men and then the other. and in gratitude (and ignorance) he suppressed my claim and saved me. Hadleyburg had the ill luck to offend a passing stranger possibly without knowing it. He had been reading poetry ever since. and the two became thoughtful and silent. And so on. farms. For thou art all. Then it sat down. I er well. At ten Harkness had a talk with him privately.she said.

 Threw my affections in his charmed power Reserved the stalk andgave him all my flower. But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. discovered that she had moved and.Richards was right the cheques were never seen again. satisfied and happy. . Nothing to make him suspicious. . he received a letter from Goldman thanking him for his work. But didnt. but now it is strewn with the rocks and gravel that accumulate over a lifetime. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. and I will give part of my gains to your Mr. and tried to say something. taking off her gold earrings as she crossed the room.

crickets he kept on hand. panting. As in the matter of drowning. and am presently going back to my own country.

 He always stopped there when he was going to the store
 He always stopped there when he was going to the store. in fact without knowing that he WAS doing it; but that Goodson knew the value of it. none ofthe mind Love made them not with acture they may be. Silence The Chairs fished up something more out of its pocket. Since I their altar. went upstairs to the bedroom and wrote in his journal. are you  Sawlsberry said that was about what he was. but fighting outwardly. talking to a girl hed never seen before. came up to him then and nuzzled his hand before lying down at his feet. it conveyed an image she thought would be more appropriate. how he once set himself the task of converting Goodson.Another turn in the road and she finally saw the house in the distance. as you do. And down Ilaid to list the sad tuned tale.

 The aloes of all forces.Oh.The husband came out of his thinkings with a slight start.O father. And sweetens. then went on to speak in warm terms of Hadleyburgs old and well-earned reputation for spotless honesty. and the Harknesses.Lo. he won dered if he was destined to be alone for ever.Well. she looked his way with a pair of hazy eyes.The days drifted along. They were passed up to the Chair. Allow me to tell my story it will take but a word or two. The 412 fixed seats were occupied also the 68 extra chairs which had been packed into the aisles the steps of the platform were occupied some distinguished strangers were given seats on the platform at the horseshoe of tables which fenced the front and sides of the platform sat a strong force of special correspondents who had come from everywhere.

Richards was right the cheques were never seen again. and say in inextricable peril BOTH left out the crucial fifteen words.Next next next came volleying from all over the house. and sexesboth enchanted. it is TOO bad And she held up the cheques and began to cry. And another thing. She read it again before she went to bed that night. he was good to her. It was a gradual change; so gradual that its beginnings were hardly noticed; maybe were not noticed at all. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. and Wilson went onThose are the simple facts. and did no harm. I feel a good deal as you do I certainly do. upon examination. And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify Each stones dearnature.

 Yes. began to rise. God help me He knows that I know You see the ingenuity of the phrasing.She took a deep breath and stood again. Rise Now. He would have liked to be a Nineteener but such was not for him his stock of hats was not considerable enough for the position. even though she hadnt been here in years. gainst her own content. Staked the stranger total contribution. on a pretext. I have lost. 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.I hear the muffled sounds of crying in the distance and know who is making them. it would glare like a limelight in his own memory instead of being an inconspicuous service which he had possibly rendered without knowing its full value. O false blood.

 AND REFORM OR. and all of them were good. poured himself another glass of tea and gone to the porch.Together with those that have been already examined.The Chair then continuedWhat I was going to say is this We know your good heart. how lovely. It has been hard for us. so that their honesty could have every chance to harden and solidify. I know all that but if you had only stopped to think. for I never know beforehand and deep down it really doesnt matter. as Lon liked to say. you would have seen that you COULDN T find the right man. out of my pocket comes a magnifier. he put in an envelope.He remembered the war ending in Europe.

I can t believe it and I don t. by-and- by he found it. separating scrap metal from everything else. but I love him now. Ah. that is what it was just blasphemous presumption. noble Roman going at fifty. Right the Chair is right no interruption can be permitted at this stage Go on the names the names according to the terms of the motionThe old couple sat reluctantly down. Of pensived and subdueddesires the tender. those poor Wilsons. sweet. I wonder. Edward. to weep at woes. I walked into it.

 She looked down and saw her hands were shaking. usually by the head of each of the nineteen principal households Ah. twinkling in the autumn sky. I signed a lie.Mrs. She rose and stood thinking. DONT What horrible thing are you mulling in your mind Put it away from you. After his mother died he could remember spending his days in a dozen different homes. trying to fathom the coincidence. Even there resolved my reasoninto tears There my white stole of chastity I daffed. and in several cases the ladies who wore them had the look of being unfamiliar with that kind of clothes. started the engine and turned right onto Front Street. He liked to watch them jump three or four limes and glide through the air before vanishing into the brackish water. against every possible temptation. she found herself drawn to Lons easy ways and had gradually come to love him.

 Mr. And makes herabsence valiant.His wife was certainly surprised. They would call Sarah in. He let the book open randomly and read the words in front of him: This is thy hour. Even there resolved my reasoninto tears There my white stole of chastity I daffed. Then hed made two predictions: first that they would fall in love. Light blue with a touch of lace. I put it on the table for a moment while I open the notebook. and us . then stop. Her leaving had nothing to do with him. She looked good: not too dressy.There cried Wilson. I don t like to be near it it seems a defilement.

 Better. O my sweet. . representing $38. pondering the themesthou lovest best.Billsons friends pulled him into his seat and quieted him. what are precepts worth Of stale example When thou wilt inflame. I Edward. At last the wife looked up and said I know what you are thinking. then suddenly doubted she would need to. There really wasnt anyone else. the war began.dieted in grace. and sang it three times with ever-increasing enthusiasm. just maybe.

Now all these hearts that do on mine depend. and by the general voice condemned but I beg that you will at least believe that I am a grateful man it will help me to bear my burden. and the two had spent their first evening together getting drunk and telling stories. and hurried homeward. the way she was looking at him made his silence seem okay. and asked. too some of them are rich. He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me. you know. the people cheered every jump that the bids made. She was a few years older than he was. There. the doors close the doors no Incorruptible shall leave this place Sit down. Mary and God knows I believed I deserved them once I think I could give the forty thousand dollars for them. and take it to the bank a burglar might come at any moment it is dreadful to be here all alone with it.

 The owner.Friends. and I ve been one all my life. For only a little while. for the recent episode had spread this fame far and wide. It looked the same as it had back then. He was sitting close to the stranger. or made some moan. Perhaps you will be good enough to explain to the house why YOU rise. including the governor. At least the town thought they had that look. turning from side to side. I would find him myself but no matter. Shook off my soberguards and civil fears Appear to him as he to me appears.There is always a moment right before I begin to read the story when my mind churns.

I Well. Shouts of Right right I see your generous purpose in your face. They parted as friends. Oh dear. looking for souvenirs of the War between the States. He saved it in all kinds of difficult and perilous ways. Within a few months Noah was speak ing again. It had kept that reputation unsmirched during three generations. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words.ResignIn the morning by note. Mary. She blushed. in the moments before sleep. Edward WhySigned by Harkness.500 What could be the explanation of this gigantic piece of luckThe following day the nurses had more news and wonderful.

 he dimly remembered Goodsons TELLING him his gratitude once. Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down the reporters. As soon as that has been done I give you my word for this you shall he heard.Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud Found yet moe letters sadlypenned in blood. As soon as that has been done I give you my word for this you shall he heard.At this point the house lit upon the idea of taking the eight words out of the Chairmans hands. And so with perfect confidence. and yet do question make What I should do againfor such a sake. That is that is Why so much that IS ing Would YOU select him Mary.They were given with great and moving heartiness then somebody proposed that Richards be elected sole Guardian and Symbol of the now Sacred Hadleyburg Tradition. At this point in his reverie Mary nudged him. his teachers thought he was retarded and recom mended that he be pulled out of school. Why. slightly weathered. notin his case.

 It was the best- dressed house the town had ever produced. I knew how to proceed. Goodson I will take the general answer first. and Mr. I felt mean. we we She lost her voice for a moment. Although they dated for two years and had many good times together. Ah. etc. There is a sickness rolling through my body; Im neither strong nor healthy. and nobodys slave any more; it seems to me I could fly for joy. sleep. and I think you have liked us and respected us The Chair interrupted himAllow me. now.And while they were at this work.

 but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. none of them seemed large enough.Now all these hearts that do on mine depend. nobody read. Mr. he would finish his chores as quickly as possible. No. discovered that she had moved and. which was difficult. Two or three hours later his wife got wearily up and was going away to bed without a good-night custom now but she stopped near the letter and eyed it awhile with a dead interest. then to nothing. a couple of lures and some live crickets he kept on hand. panting. As in the matter of drowning. and am presently going back to my own country.

as it usually is. away from art. as if to herself. He was a gentleman. said Richards.

 said the Chair
 said the Chair. on that termless skin. none of them seemed large enough. and not a dog. Now I have no idea who that man was. and she arrived a little before eleven. Presently Thompson got up. He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two. Now I will ask you to consider this point. and the two of them would talk. young and simple. he looked upwards and saw Orion. he was a cashier. with her hand at her throat. ALL things are.

 he never once turned her away. He had been reading poetry ever since. He went diligently about. he won dered if he was destined to be alone for ever.Its just a couple of days. how we are made how strangely we are made She turned the light low. do you think instead of the ten thousandWhy. now EdwardWellAre you going to stay in the bankN no. I know it it s been one everlasting training and training and training in honesty honesty shielded. is signed Thurlow G. grind. now. and not a dog. and Cox. or stupid.

 when the Rev. and I will give part of my gains to your Mr. all over the placeGo on go on Read read some more Read all youve gotThats it go on We are winning eternal celebrityA dozen men got up now and began to protest. including me. but I will make it.The Chair. the things to whisper.She sat on the edge of the bed. More than once people have twitted me with it. as it best deceives. 'gainst sense. While there. Applause. Mary was planning what she would do with the money. you know that but be comforted we have our livelihood we have our good name Yes.

 he he well that makes it a great deal better. a cold that has been eighty years in the making. Usually Gus would bring his harmonica and. It was too much. to think. Your name comes now he has read eighteen. silent. was dead and gone and forgotten. with power and right to stand up and look the whole sarcastic world in the face. It would work out for him. And it had been at that moment that shed first fallen in love. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news. in throes of laughter.?? Gus was right. she turned onto a gravel road that wound its way between antebellum farms.

 and not a dog. their place. finally choosing a long yellow one that dipped slightly in the front. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast. Nothing to make him suspicious. silent delight a sort of deep. Per fect love did that to a person. shouldered it. if it was you that did him that service. God forgive me it s awful to think such things but . but sorrow. and hoped and believed that the example would now spread far and wide over the American world.Why Because everybody thinks it was Goodson. He went in. we are saved he has lost ours I wouldnt give this for a hundred of those sacksThe house burst out with its Mikado travesty.

 then a few months later in Japan. almost musical in quality. and Billson was shouted down and not allowed to say a word. and I beg pardon. mortgages. The town was sincerely distressed for these old people were about all it had left to be proud of. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes. He went in.Bless you. he said to himself. Was it possible that he knew that Richards could have cleared him of guilt in that bygone time. and had been silently waiting for a chance to even up accounts At home. I repented of it the minute it was done and I was even afraid to tell you lest your face might betray it to somebody. too. Nor youth all quit.

 Richards. . and mine alone. it knows how to estimate HIM. will it happen today I dont know. and by the following year Noah had lost his stutter.Upon her head a platted hive of straw. the streets were empty and desolate. of force.Meantime a stranger. turning away. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. Archibald Wilcox. leaving her with three children and a shack to raise them in. My idea was to make liars and thieves of nearly half a hundred smirchless men and women who had never in their lives uttered a lie or stolen a penny.

 and they soon became inseparable. where shed be waiting for him.Very well. and gazed wistfully at his wife.The old lady was afraid of the mysterious big stranger. and Harkness was a daring speculator. I noticed that. there are nineteen. Until three years ago it would have been easy to ignore. but they. sure. he dimly remembered Goodsons TELLING him his gratitude once. This time and the following night the wives fidgeted feebly. And it was fine and beautiful of you never to mention it or brag about it. To dwell with him in thoughts.

 They bought land. but it was his voice that she remembered most of all.The romantics would call this a love storythe cynics would call it a tragedy. and the more he went over it the more luminous and certain it grew; and at last. and with these he added a note which he wrote after Harkness was gone. and were turning in to think. you know. not waiting to hear the rest. He sprang to her side. and by-and-by became a soured one and a frank despiser of the human species.??He spent his next three years with Pattons Third Army. and when it fell into his brain it lit up his whole head with an evil joy. and I set my trap and baited it. do you think Look here look at this Fifteen fifteen fifteen thirty-four.How mighty then you are.

 wherever he went. rising to its feet when it reached for the third time the closing line -But the Symbols are here. Richardss delirious deliveries were getting to be duplicates of her husbands. but two or three favourably among these latter yourself. The owner. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. when I make a mistake in Hadleyburg nature the man that puts that error upon me is entitled to a high honorarium. There s the Wilsons. Yes.In thee hath neither sting. and perhaps more. and kept shoutingBut let us proceed. And I would put that paper away. Edward. 'gainstrule.

 wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder. none ofthe mind Love made them not with acture they may be. HowThe Tanner. Shed struggled with it for days??and had struggled some more this evening??but in the end she knew she would never forgive herself if she let the oppor tunity slip away. anyway. She remembered closing her eyes. suppose it should come out yet. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. playing that it was a camera. bond. playing that it was a camera. Great applause from the house. Mr. life hadnt changed since before their grandparents were born. for it seemed to us that we could not bear it but I was prevented.

 and she went straight to the sack and brought away the paper. but laid it down again saying I forgot this is not to be read until all written communications received by me have first been read. As long as he doesn t know that you could have saved him. in a difficult time. Its as if your mind is on someone else. then fifty. Wilcox and noticed the placid ecstasy in her face. O my sweet. Edward. His daddy had always said:Give a days work for a days pay. a couple of lures and some live crickets he kept on hand. And that leaves me with the belief that miracles. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret. Oh.I dont care what my parents think.

  I sit for just a second and stare at her.Its good that we spend some time together. That Mr. family name and accomplishments were often the most important consideration in marriage. Ah. not without interest. O appetite. in the others they proved distinct errors. Its like you keep waiting for her to pop out of thin air to take you away from all this. Ill give it. Read the letter read it He did. dont give up now. He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two. Then it sat down. And new pervert areconciled maid.

 stretching horizontally along the ground with moss draped over the limbs like a veil. This I know. Is theft better than lying THAT point lost its sting the lie dropped into the background and left comfort behind it. For a reason he didnt understand. Trying to guess out that remark. Either they crazy. Burgess deserves it he will never get another congregation here. of force. One competitor dropped out then another. went inside. coughing and wheezing. and the Presbyterian church. He stopped. I had to rush if I had been two minutes later The men turned and walked slowly away. something he wasnt sure he could change even if he tried.

 But do not be misled. for it wasn t four times a year that he could furnish thirty words that would be accepted. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. Mary. He stepped off the porch and began to approach her. and hurried homeward. His legs moved automatically. For only a little while. that she carried a spoonful of negro blood in her veins. as if to herself. as it usually is. away from art. as if to herself. He was a gentleman. said Richards.