{"original":"It happened that when I came home from Deal I found a note from Caddy Jellyby (as we always continued to call her), informing me that her health, which had been for some time very delicate, was worse and that she would be more glad than she could tell me if I would go to see her. ","abridged":"When I came home from Deal I found a note from Caddy, informing me that her health, which had been for some time very delicate, was worse and that she would be very glad if I would go to see her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It was a note of a few lines, written from the couch on which she lay and enclosed to me in another from her husband, in which he seconded her entreaty with much solicitude. ","abridged":"It was a short note, written from her bed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Caddy was now the mother, and I the godmother, of such a poor little baby--such a tiny old-faced mite, with a countenance that seemed to be scarcely anything but cap-border, and a little lean, long-fingered hand, always clenched under its chin. ","abridged":"Caddy was now the mother, and I the godmother, of such a poor little baby - such a tiny old-faced mite, with a little lean, long-fingered hand always clenched under its chin. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It would lie in this attitude all day, with its bright specks of eyes open, wondering (as I used to imagine) how it came to be so small and weak. ","abridged":"It would lie in this attitude all day, with its bright specks of eyes open, wondering (I used to imagine) how it came to be so small and weak. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Whenever it was moved it cried, but at all other times it was so patient that the sole desire of its life appeared to be to lie quiet and think. ","abridged":"Whenever it was moved it cried, but at all other times it lay quiet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It had curious little dark veins in its face and curious little dark marks under its eyes like faint remembrances of poor Caddy's inky days, and altogether, to those who were not used to it, it was quite a piteous little sight.\n","abridged":"It had curious little dark marks under its eyes, and was quite a piteous sight. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But it was enough for Caddy that SHE was used to it. The projects with which she beguiled her illness, for little Esther's education, and little Esther's marriage, and even for her own old age as the grandmother of little Esther's little Esthers, was so prettily expressive of devotion to this pride of her life that I should be tempted to recall some of them but for the timely remembrance that I am getting on irregularly as it is.\n","abridged":"But Caddy was devoted to it, and full of projects for little Esther's education, and little Esther's marriage, and even for her own old age as the grandmother of little Esther's little Esthers.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"To return to the letter. ","abridged":"To return to the letter. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Caddy had a superstition about me which had been strengthening in her mind ever since that night long ago when she had lain asleep with her head in my lap. She almost--I think I must say quite--believed that I did her good whenever I was near her. ","abridged":"Caddy had a superstition about me: she almost believed that I did her good whenever I was near her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Now although this was such a fancy of the affectionate girl's that I am almost ashamed to mention it, still it might have all the force of a fact when she was really ill. ","abridged":"Now although this was a fancy, still it might have the force of a fact when she was ill. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Therefore I set off to Caddy, with my guardian's consent, post-haste; and she and Prince made so much of me that there never was anything like it.\n","abridged":"Therefore I set off to Caddy, with my guardian's consent; and she and Prince made so much of me that there never was anything like it.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Next day I went again to sit with her, and next day I went again. ","abridged":"Next day and the day after, I went again to sit with her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It was a very easy journey, for I had only to rise a little earlier in the morning, and keep my accounts, and attend to housekeeping matters before leaving home.\n","abridged":"It was a very easy journey, for I had only to rise a little earlier in the morning, and attend to housekeeping matters before leaving home.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But when I had made these three visits, my guardian said to me, on my return at night, \"Now, little woman, little woman, this will never do. ","abridged":"But when I had made these three visits, my guardian said, on my return at night, \"Now, little woman, this will never do. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Constant dropping will wear away a stone, and constant coaching will wear out a Dame Durden. ","abridged":"Constant travel will wear out a Dame Durden. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We will go to London for a while and take possession of our old lodgings.\"\n","abridged":"We will go to London for a while, to our old lodgings.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Not for me, dear guardian,\" said I, \"for I never feel tired,\" which was strictly true. ","abridged":"\"Not for me. I never feel tired, dear guardian,\" said I, which was strictly true. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I was only too happy to be in such request.\n","abridged":"I was only too happy to be in such demand.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"For me then,\" returned my guardian, \"or for Ada, or for both of us. ","abridged":"\"For me then,\" returned my guardian, \"or for Ada. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It is somebody's birthday to-morrow, I think.\"\n","abridged":"It is somebody's birthday tomorrow, I think.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Truly I think it is,\" said I, kissing my darling, who would be twenty-one to-morrow.\n","abridged":"\"Truly I think it is,\" said I, kissing my darling, who would be twenty-one tomorrow.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Well,\" observed my guardian, half pleasantly, half seriously, \"that's a great occasion and will give my fair cousin some necessary business to transact in assertion of her independence, and will make London a more convenient place for all of us. ","abridged":"\"Well,\" observed my guardian, \"that's a great occasion and will give my fair cousin some necessary business to transact, and will make London more convenient for all of us. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So to London we will go. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"That being settled, there is another thing--how have you left Caddy?\"\n","abridged":"How have you left Caddy?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Very unwell, guardian. ","abridged":"\"Very unwell, guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I fear it will be some time before she regains her health and strength.\"\n","abridged":"I fear it will be some weeks before she regains her health and strength.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"What do you call some time, now?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"asked my guardian thoughtfully.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Some weeks, I am afraid.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Ah!\" ","abridged":"\"Ah!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"He began to walk about the room with his hands in his pockets, showing that he had been thinking as much. ","abridged":"He began to walk about the room with his hands in his pockets. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Now, what do you say about her doctor? ","abridged":"\"Now, what do you say about her doctor? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Is he a good doctor, my love?\"\n","abridged":"Is he a good doctor, my love?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I felt obliged to confess that I knew nothing to the contrary but that Prince and I had agreed only that evening that we would like his opinion to be confirmed by some one.\n","abridged":"I confessed that Prince and I had agreed only that day that we would like his opinion to be confirmed by some one.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Well, you know,\" returned my guardian quickly, \"there's Woodcourt.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, you know,\" returned my guardian quickly, \"there's Woodcourt.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I had not meant that, and was rather taken by surprise. For a moment all that I had had in my mind in connexion with Mr. Woodcourt seemed to come back and confuse me.\n","abridged":"I was rather taken by surprise; and, for a moment, confused.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"You don't object to him, little woman?\"\n","abridged":"\"You don't object to him, little woman?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Object to him, guardian? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Oh no!\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh no!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"And you don't think the patient would object to him?\"\n","abridged":"\"And you don't think the patient would object to him?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So far from that, I had no doubt of her being prepared to have a great reliance on him and to like him very much. I said that he was no stranger to her personally, for she had seen him often in his kind attendance on Miss Flite.\n","abridged":"I had no doubt that she would like him very much, for she had seen him often in his kind attendance on Miss Flite.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Very good,\" said my guardian. ","abridged":"\"Very good,\" said my guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"He has been here to-day, my dear, and I will see him about it to-morrow.\"\n","abridged":"\"He has been here today, my dear, and I will see him about it tomorrow.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I felt in this short conversation--though I did not know how, for she was quiet, and we interchanged no look--that my dear girl well remembered how merrily she had clasped me round the waist when no other hands than Caddy's had brought me the little parting token. ","abridged":"I felt in this short conversation - though she was quiet - that my dear girl remembered how merrily she had clasped me round the waist when Caddy had brought me the little parting token of the flowers. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"This caused me to feel that I ought to tell her, and Caddy too, that I was going to be the mistress of Bleak House and that if I avoided that disclosure any longer I might become less worthy in my own eyes of its master's love. ","abridged":"This made me feel that I ought to tell her, and Caddy too, that I was going to be the mistress of Bleak House, and that if I avoided that disclosure any longer I might become less worthy in my own eyes of its master's love.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Therefore, when we went upstairs and had waited listening until the clock struck twelve in order that only I might be the first to wish my darling all good wishes on her birthday and to take her to my heart, I set before her, just as I had set before myself, the goodness and honour of her cousin John and the happy life that was in store for me. ","abridged":"Therefore, when we went upstairs and had waited until the clock struck twelve so that I might be the first to wish my darling a happy birthday, I set before her the goodness and honour of her cousin John and the happy life that was in store for me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"If ever my darling were fonder of me at one time than another in all our intercourse, she was surely fondest of me that night. ","abridged":"If ever my darling were fond of me, she was surely fondest of me that night. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And I was so rejoiced to know it and so comforted by the sense of having done right in casting this last idle reservation away that I was ten times happier than I had been before. ","abridged":"And I was so rejoiced to know it and so comforted that I was ten times happier than I had been before.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I had scarcely thought it a reservation a few hours ago, but now that it was gone I felt as if I understood its nature better.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Next day we went to London. ","abridged":"Next day we went to London. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We found our old lodging vacant, and in half an hour were quietly established there, as if we had never gone away. ","abridged":"In half an hour we were quietly established in our old lodging, as if we had never gone away. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Mr. Woodcourt dined with us to celebrate my darling's birthday, and we were as pleasant as we could be with the great blank among us that Richard's absence naturally made on such an occasion. ","abridged":"Mr. Woodcourt dined with us to celebrate my darling's birthday, and we were as pleasant as we could be without Richard there.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"After that day I was for some weeks--eight or nine as I remember--very much with Caddy, and thus it fell out that I saw less of Ada at this time than any other since we had first come together, except the time of my own illness. ","abridged":"After that day I was for some eight weeks very much with Caddy, and so I saw less of Ada than at any other time since we had first come together, except the time of my own illness. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"She often came to Caddy's, but our function there was to amuse and cheer her, and we did not talk in our usual confidential manner. ","abridged":"Ada often came to Caddy's, but our function there was to amuse and cheer her, and we did not talk in our usual confidential manner. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Whenever I went home at night we were together, but Caddy's rest was broken by pain, and I often remained to nurse her.\n","abridged":"Caddy's rest was broken by pain, and I often remained to nurse her.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"With her husband and her poor little mite of a baby to love and their home to strive for, what a good creature Caddy was! ","abridged":"What a good creature Caddy was! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So self-denying, so uncomplaining, so anxious to get well on their account, so afraid of giving trouble, and so thoughtful of the unassisted labours of her husband and the comforts of old Mr. Turveydrop; I had never known the best of her until now. ","abridged":"So self-denying, so uncomplaining, so anxious to get well on her family's account, so afraid of giving trouble; I had never known the best of her until now. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And it seemed so curious that her pale face and helpless figure should be lying there day after day where dancing was the business of life, where the kit and the apprentices began early every morning in the ball-room, and where the untidy little boy waltzed by himself in the kitchen all the afternoon.\n","abridged":"It seemed curious that her pale face and helpless figure should be lying there day after day where dancing was the business of life, where the apprentices began early every morning in the ball-room, and the untidy little boy waltzed by himself in the kitchen.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"At Caddy's request I took the supreme direction of her apartment, trimmed it up, and pushed her, couch and all, into a lighter and more airy and more cheerful corner than she had yet occupied; then, every day, when we were in our neatest array, I used to lay my small small namesake in her arms and sit down to chat or work or read to her. ","abridged":"At Caddy's request I re-arranged her apartment, and pushed her, couch and all, into a lighter and more airy corner; then, every day, I used to lay my small namesake in her arms and sit down to chat or sew or read to her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It was at one of the first of these quiet times that I told Caddy about Bleak House.\n","abridged":"At one of these quiet times I told Caddy about Bleak House.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We had other visitors besides Ada. ","abridged":"We had other visitors besides Ada. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"First of all we had Prince, who in his hurried intervals of teaching used to come softly in and sit softly down, with a face of loving anxiety for Caddy and the very little child. ","abridged":"First of all we had Prince, who in his hurried intervals of teaching used to come softly in and sit down with a face of loving anxiety. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Whatever Caddy's condition really was, she never failed to declare to Prince that she was all but well--which I, heaven forgive me, never failed to confirm. ","abridged":"However Caddy felt, she always declared to Prince that she was almost well. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"This would put Prince in such good spirits that he would sometimes take the kit from his pocket and play a chord or two to astonish the baby, which I never knew it to do in the least degree, for my tiny namesake never noticed it at all.\n","abridged":"This would put Prince in such good spirits that he would sometimes take the kit from his pocket and play a chord or two to astonish the baby, who never noticed it at all.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Then there was Mrs. Jellyby. ","abridged":"Then there was Mrs. Jellyby. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"She would come occasionally, with her usual distraught manner, and sit calmly looking miles beyond her grandchild as if her attention were absorbed by a young Borrioboolan on its native shores. ","abridged":"She would come occasionally, with her usual distracted manner, and sit calmly looking miles beyond her grandchild as if her attention were absorbed by a young Borrioboolan on its native shores. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"As bright-eyed as ever, as serene, and as untidy, she would say, \"Well, Caddy, child, and how do you do to-day?\" ","abridged":"As bright-eyed and serene as ever, she would say, \"Well, Caddy, child, and how do you do today?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And then would sit amiably smiling and taking no notice of the reply or would sweetly glide off into a calculation of the number of letters she had lately received and answered or of the coffee-bearing power of Borrioboola-Gha. ","abridged":"And then would sit amiably smiling and taking no notice of the reply.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"This she would always do with a serene contempt for our limited sphere of action, not to be disguised.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Then there was old Mr. Turveydrop, who was from morning to night and from night to morning the subject of innumerable precautions. ","abridged":"Then there was old Mr. Turveydrop, who was from morning to night the subject of innumerable precautions. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"If the baby cried, it was nearly stifled lest the noise should make him uncomfortable. ","abridged":"If the baby cried, it was nearly stifled lest the noise should make him uncomfortable. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"If the fire wanted stirring in the night, it was surreptitiously done lest his rest should be broken. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"If Caddy required any little comfort that the house contained, she first carefully discussed whether he was likely to require it too. ","abridged":"If Caddy required any little comfort that the house contained, she first carefully discussed whether he was likely to require it too. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"In return for this consideration he would come into the room once a day, all but blessing it--showing a condescension, and a patronage, and a grace of manner in dispensing the light of his high-shouldered presence from which I might have supposed him (if I had not known better) to have been the benefactor of Caddy's life.\n","abridged":"In return for this consideration he would come into the room once a day, showing her condescension and graceful patronage.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"My Caroline,\" he would say, making the nearest approach that he could to bending over her. \"Tell me that you are better to-day.\"\n","abridged":"\"My Caroline,\" he would say, \"Tell me that you are better today.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Oh, much better, thank you, Mr. Turveydrop,\" Caddy would reply.\n","abridged":"\"Oh, much better, thank you, Mr. Turveydrop,\" Caddy would reply.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Delighted! ","abridged":"\"Delighted! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Enchanted! ","abridged":"Enchanted! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And our dear Miss Summerson. ","abridged":"And our dear Miss Summerson.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"She is not quite prostrated by fatigue?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Here he would crease up his eyelids and kiss his fingers to me, though I am happy to say he had ceased to be particular in his attentions since I had been so altered.\n","abridged":"Here he would kiss his fingers to me, though I am happy to say he had ceased to be particular in his attentions since I had been so altered.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Not at all,\" I would assure him.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Charming! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We must take care of our dear Caroline, Miss Summerson. ","abridged":"\"We must take care of our dear Caroline, Miss Summerson. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We must spare nothing that will restore her. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We must nourish her. ","abridged":"We must nourish her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"My dear Caroline\"--he would turn to his daughter-in-law with infinite generosity and protection--\"want for nothing, my love. ","abridged":"My dear Caroline\" - he would turn to his daughter-in-law with infinite generosity - \"want for nothing, my love. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Frame a wish and gratify it, my daughter. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Everything this house contains, everything my room contains, is at your service, my dear. ","abridged":"Everything this house contains is at your service, my dear. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Do not,\" he would sometimes add in a burst of deportment, \"even allow my simple requirements to be considered if they should at any time interfere with your own, my Caroline. ","abridged":"Do not,\" he would sometimes add in a burst of deportment, \"even allow my simple requirements to be considered if they should at any time interfere with your own, my Caroline.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Your necessities are greater than mine.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"He had established such a long prescriptive right to this deportment (his son's inheritance from his mother) that I several times knew both Caddy and her husband to be melted to tears by these affectionate self-sacrifices.\n","abridged":"Several times both Caddy and her husband were melted to tears by these affectionate self-sacrifices.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Nay, my dears,\" he would remonstrate; and when I saw Caddy's thin arm about his fat neck as he said it, I would be melted too, though not by the same process. ","abridged":"\"Nay, my dears,\" he would remonstrate; and when I saw Caddy's thin arm about his fat neck as he said it, I would be melted too, though not for the same reason. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Nay, nay! ","abridged":"\"Nay, nay! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I have promised never to leave ye. ","abridged":"I have promised never to leave ye. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Be dutiful and affectionate towards me, and I ask no other return. ","abridged":"Be dutiful and affectionate towards me, and I ask no other return. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Now, bless ye! ","abridged":"Now, bless ye! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I am going to the Park.\"\n","abridged":"I am going to the Park.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"He would take the air there presently and get an appetite for his hotel dinner. ","abridged":"There he would take the air and get an appetite for his hotel dinner. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I hope I do old Mr. Turveydrop no wrong, but I never saw any better traits in him than these I faithfully record, except that he certainly conceived a liking for Peepy and would take the child out walking with great pomp, always on those occasions sending him home before he went to dinner himself, and occasionally with a halfpenny in his pocket. ","abridged":"I hope I do old Mr. Turveydrop no wrong, but I never saw any better traits in him than these, except that he certainly conceived a liking for Peepy and would take the child out walking with great pomp. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But even this disinterestedness was attended with no inconsiderable cost, to my knowledge, for before Peepy was sufficiently decorated to walk hand in hand with the professor of deportment, he had to be newly dressed, at the expense of Caddy and her husband, from top to toe.\n","abridged":"Even so, before Peepy was sufficiently decorated to walk hand in hand with the professor of deportment, he had to be newly dressed, at the expense of Caddy and her husband, from top to toe.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Last of our visitors, there was Mr. Jellyby. ","abridged":"Last of our visitors was Mr. Jellyby. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Really when he used to come in of an evening, and ask Caddy in his meek voice how she was, and then sit down with his head against the wall, and make no attempt to say anything more, I liked him very much. ","abridged":"When he used to come in of an evening, and ask Caddy in his meek voice how she was, and then sit down quietly with his head against the wall, I liked him very much. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"If he found me bustling about doing any little thing, he sometimes half took his coat off, as if with an intention of helping by a great exertion; but he never got any further. ","abridged":"If he found me bustling about doing any little thing, he sometimes half took his coat off, as if with an intention of helping; but he never got any further. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"His sole occupation was to sit with his head against the wall, looking hard at the thoughtful baby; and I could not quite divest my mind of a fancy that they understood one another.\n","abridged":"His sole occupation was to sit with his head against the wall, looking hard at the thoughtful baby; and I almost fancied that they understood one another.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I have not counted Mr. Woodcourt among our visitors because he was now Caddy's regular attendant. ","abridged":"Mr. Woodcourt was now Caddy's regular attendant. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"She soon began to improve under his care, but he was so gentle, so skilful, so unwearying in the pains he took that it is not to be wondered at, I am sure. ","abridged":"He was so gentle, so skilful, and so unwearying that she soon began to improve under his care. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I saw a good deal of Mr. Woodcourt during this time, though not so much as might be supposed, for knowing Caddy to be safe in his hands, I often slipped home at about the hours when he was expected. ","abridged":"I saw a good deal of Mr. Woodcourt during this time, although I often slipped home at the hours when he was expected, knowing Caddy to be safe in his hands. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We frequently met, notwithstanding. ","abridged":"We frequently met, notwithstanding. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I was quite reconciled to myself now, but I still felt glad to think that he was sorry for me, and he still WAS sorry for me I believed. ","abridged":"I was quite reconciled to myself now, but I still felt glad to think that he was sorry for me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"He helped Mr. Badger in his professional engagements, which were numerous, and had as yet no settled projects for the future.\n","abridged":"He helped Dr. Badger in his professional engagements, and had as yet no settled projects for the future.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It was when Caddy began to recover that I began to notice a change in my dear girl. ","abridged":"It was when Caddy began to recover that I began to notice a change in my dear Ada. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I cannot say how it first presented itself to me, because I observed it in many slight particulars which were nothing in themselves and only became something when they were pieced together. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But I made it out, by putting them together, that Ada was not so frankly cheerful with me as she used to be. ","abridged":"It seemed she was not so frankly cheerful with me as she used to be. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Her tenderness for me was as loving and true as ever; I did not for a moment doubt that; but there was a quiet sorrow about her which she did not confide to me, and in which I traced some hidden regret.\n","abridged":"Her tenderness for me was as loving and true as ever; but there was a quiet sorrow about her, in which I traced some hidden regret.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Now, I could not understand this, and I was so anxious for the happiness of my own pet that it caused me some uneasiness and set me thinking often. ","abridged":"Now, I could not understand this, and I was so anxious for the happiness of my own pet that it caused me some uneasiness. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"At length, feeling sure that Ada suppressed this something from me lest it should make me unhappy too, it came into my head that she was a little grieved--for me--by what I had told her about Bleak House.\n","abridged":"At length, feeling sure that Ada was suppressing something from me lest it should make me unhappy too, I thought she might be grieved - for me - by what I had told her about Bleak House.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"How I persuaded myself that this was likely, I don't know. ","abridged":"How I persuaded myself that this was likely, I don't know. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I had no idea that there was any selfish reference in my doing so. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I was not grieved for myself: I was quite contented and quite happy. ","abridged":"I was not grieved for myself: I was quite contented. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Still, that Ada might be thinking--for me, though I had abandoned all such thoughts--of what once was, but was now all changed, seemed so easy to believe that I believed it.\n","abridged":"Still, I believed that Ada might be thinking of what once was, but was now all changed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"What could I do to reassure my darling (I considered then) and show her that I had no such feelings? ","abridged":"What could I do to reassure my darling? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Well! ","abridged":"Well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I could only be as brisk and busy as possible, and that I had tried to be all along. ","abridged":"I could only be as brisk and busy as possible. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"However, as Caddy's illness had certainly interfered, more or less, with my home duties--though I had always been there in the morning to make my guardian's breakfast, and he had a hundred times laughed and said there must be two little women, for his little woman was never missing--I resolved to be doubly diligent and gay. ","abridged":"As Caddy's illness had certainly interfered with my home duties, I resolved to be doubly diligent and gay. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So I went about the house humming all the tunes I knew, and I sat working and working in a desperate manner, and I talked and talked, morning, noon, and night.\n","abridged":"So I went about the house humming all the tunes I knew, and I sat working and working in a desperate manner, and I talked and talked, morning, noon, and night.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And still there was the same shade between me and my darling.\n","abridged":"And still there was the same shade between me and my darling.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"So, Dame Trot,\" observed my guardian, shutting up his book one night when we were all three together, \"so Woodcourt has restored Caddy Jellyby to the full enjoyment of life again?\"\n","abridged":"\"So, Dame Trot,\" observed my guardian one night when we were all three together, \"so Woodcourt has restored Caddy to the full enjoyment of life again?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" I said; \"and to be repaid by such gratitude as hers is to be made rich, guardian.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes,\" I said; \"and to be repaid by such gratitude as hers is to be made rich, guardian.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I wish it was,\" he returned, \"with all my heart.\"\n","abridged":"\"I wish it could! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So did I too, for that matter. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I said so.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Aye! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We would make him as rich as a Jew if we knew how. ","abridged":"We would make him truly rich if we knew how. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Would we not, little woman?\"\n","abridged":"Would we not, little woman?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I laughed as I worked and replied that I was not sure about that, for it might spoil him, and he might not be so useful, and there might be many who could ill spare him. ","abridged":"I laughed as I sewed and replied that I was not sure about that, for it might spoil him, and he might not be so useful.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"As Miss Flite, and Caddy herself, and many others.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"True,\" said my guardian. ","abridged":"\"True,\" said my guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I had forgotten that. ","abridged":"\"I had forgotten that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But we would agree to make him rich enough to live, I suppose? ","abridged":"But we would agree to make him rich enough to live, I suppose? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Rich enough to work with tolerable peace of mind? ","abridged":"Rich enough to work with tolerable peace of mind? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Rich enough to have his own happy home and his own household gods--and household goddess, too, perhaps?\"\n","abridged":"Rich enough to have his own happy home and his own household gods - and household goddess, too, perhaps?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"That was quite another thing, I said. ","abridged":"That was quite another thing, I said. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"We must all agree in that.\n","abridged":"We must all agree in that.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"To be sure,\" said my guardian. ","abridged":"\"To be sure,\" said my guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"All of us. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I have a great regard for Woodcourt, a high esteem for him; and I have been sounding him delicately about his plans. ","abridged":"\"I have a great regard for Woodcourt; and I have been asking him delicately about his plans. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"It is difficult to offer aid to an independent man with that just kind of pride which he possesses. And yet I would be glad to do it if I might or if I knew how. ","abridged":"It is difficult to offer aid to such an independent man; and yet I would be glad to do it if I knew how. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"He seems half inclined for another voyage. ","abridged":"He seems half inclined for another voyage. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But that appears like casting such a man away.\"\n","abridged":"But that appears like casting such a man away.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"It might open a new world to him,\" said I.\n","abridged":"\"It might open a new world to him,\" said I.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"So it might, little woman,\" my guardian assented. ","abridged":"\"So it might, little woman,\" my guardian assented. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I doubt if he expects much of the old world. ","abridged":"\"I doubt if he expects much of the old world. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Do you know I have fancied that he sometimes feels some particular disappointment or misfortune encountered in it. ","abridged":"Do you know I have fancied that he sometimes feels some particular disappointment or misfortune encountered in it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"You never heard of anything of that sort?\"\n","abridged":"You never heard of anything of that sort?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I shook my head.\n","abridged":"I shook my head.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Humph,\" said my guardian. ","abridged":"\"Humph,\" said my guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I am mistaken, I dare say.\" ","abridged":"\"I am mistaken, I dare say.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"As there was a little pause here, which I thought, for my dear girl's satisfaction, had better be filled up, I hummed an air as I worked which was a favourite with my guardian.\n","abridged":"As there was a little pause here, I hummed an air as I worked which was a favourite with my guardian.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"And do you think Mr. Woodcourt will make another voyage?\" ","abridged":"\"And do you think Mr. Woodcourt will make another voyage?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I asked him when I had hummed it quietly all through.\n","abridged":"I asked him when I had hummed it quietly all through.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I don't quite know what to think, my dear, but I should say it was likely at present that he will give a long trip to another country.\"\n","abridged":"\"I don't quite know, my dear, but I should say it was likely.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"I am sure he will take the best wishes of all our hearts with him wherever he goes,\" said I; \"and though they are not riches, he will never be the poorer for them, guardian, at least.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am sure he will take the best wishes of all our hearts with him wherever he goes,\" said I; \"and though they are not riches, he will never be the poorer for them, guardian, at least.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Never, little woman,\" he replied.\n","abridged":"\"Never, little woman,\" he replied.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I was sitting in my usual place, which was now beside my guardian's chair. ","abridged":"I was sitting in my usual place, which was now beside my guardian's chair. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"That had not been my usual place before the letter, but it was now. ","abridged":"That had not been my usual place before the letter, but it was now. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I looked up to Ada, who was sitting opposite, and I saw, as she looked at me, that her eyes were filled with tears and that tears were falling down her face. ","abridged":"I looked up to Ada, who was sitting opposite, and I saw that her eyes were filled with tears. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I felt that I had only to be placid and merry once for all to undeceive my dear and set her loving heart at rest. ","abridged":"I felt that I had only to be placid and merry once for all to set her loving heart at rest.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I really was so, and I had nothing to do but to be myself.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"So I made my sweet girl lean upon my shoulder--how little thinking what was heavy on her mind!--and I said she was not quite well, and put my arm about her, and took her upstairs. ","abridged":"So I made my sweet girl lean upon my shoulder - little thinking what was heavy on her mind! - and I said she was not quite well, and put my arm about her, and took her upstairs.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"When we were in our own room, and when she might perhaps have told me what I was so unprepared to hear, I gave her no encouragement to confide in me; I never thought she stood in need of it.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Oh, my dear good Esther,\" said Ada, \"if I could only make up my mind to speak to you and my cousin John when you are together!\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, my dear good Esther,\" said Ada, \"if I could only make up my mind to speak to you and my cousin John when you are together!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Why, my love!\" ","abridged":"\"Why, my love!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I remonstrated. ","abridged":"I remonstrated. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Ada, why should you not speak to us!\"\n","abridged":"\"Ada, why should you not speak to us!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart.\n","abridged":"Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"You surely don't forget, my beauty,\" said I, smiling, \"what quiet, old-fashioned people we are and how I have settled down to be the discreetest of dames? ","abridged":"\"You surely don't forget, my beauty,\" said I, smiling, \"what quiet, old-fashioned people we are and how I have settled down to be the discreetest of dames? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"You don't forget how happily and peacefully my life is all marked out for me, and by whom? ","abridged":"You don't forget how happily and peacefully my life is all marked out for me, and by whom?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I am certain that you don't forget by what a noble character, Ada. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"That can never be.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"No, never, Esther.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, never, Esther.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Why then, my dear,\" said I, \"there can be nothing amiss--and why should you not speak to us?\"\n","abridged":"\"Why then, my dear,\" said I, \"there can be nothing amiss. Why should you not speak to us?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Nothing amiss, Esther?\" ","abridged":"\"Nothing amiss, Esther?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"returned Ada. ","abridged":"returned Ada. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"\"Oh, when I think of all these years, and of his fatherly care and kindness, and of the old relations among us, and of you, what shall I do, what shall I do!\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, when I think of all these years, and of his fatherly care and kindness, and of the old relations among us, and of you, what shall I do, what shall I do!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I looked at my child in some wonder, but I thought it better not to answer otherwise than by cheering her, and so I turned off into many little recollections of our life together and prevented her from saying more. ","abridged":"I looked at my child in some wonder, but I thought it better not to answer otherwise than by cheering her with many little recollections of our life together. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"When she lay down to sleep, and not before, I returned to my guardian to say good night, and then I came back to Ada and sat near her for a little while.\n","abridged":"When she lay down to sleep, and not before, I returned to my guardian to say good night, and then I came back to Ada and sat near her for a little while.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"She was asleep, and I thought as I looked at her that she was a little changed. ","abridged":"She was asleep, and I thought as I looked at her that she was a little changed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I had thought so more than once lately. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I could not decide, even looking at her while she was unconscious, how she was changed, but something in the familiar beauty of her face looked different to me. ","abridged":"Something in the familiar beauty of her face looked different to me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"My guardian's old hopes of her and Richard arose sorrowfully in my mind, and I said to myself, \"She has been anxious about him,\" and I wondered how that love would end.\n","abridged":"My guardian's old hopes of her and Richard arose sorrowfully in my mind, and I said to myself, \"She has been anxious about him,\" and I wondered how that love would end.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"When I had come home from Caddy's while she was ill, I had often found Ada at work, and she had always put her work away, and I had never known what it was. ","abridged":"When I had come home from Caddy's while she was ill, I had often found Ada at her needlework, and she had always put her work away, and I had never known what it was. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Some of it now lay in a drawer near her, which was not quite closed. ","abridged":"Some of it now lay in a drawer near her, which I did not open. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"I did not open the drawer, but I still rather wondered what the work could be, for it was evidently nothing for herself.\n","abridged":"But I wondered what the work could be, for it was evidently nothing for herself.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And I noticed as I kissed my dear that she lay with one hand under her pillow so that it was hidden.\n","abridged":"And I noticed as I kissed my dear that she lay with one hand under her pillow so that it was hidden.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"How much less amiable I must have been than they thought me, how much less amiable than I thought myself, to be so preoccupied with my own cheerfulness and contentment as to think that it only rested with me to put my dear girl right and set her mind at peace!\n","abridged":"How much less amiable I must have been than I thought, to be so preoccupied with my own cheerfulness and contentment as to think that it only rested with me to put my dear girl right and set her mind at peace!\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"But I lay down, self-deceived, in that belief. ","abridged":"But I lay down, self-deceived, in that belief. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"And I awoke in it next day to find that there was still the same shade between me and my darling.","abridged":"And I awoke in it next day to find that there was still the same shade between me and my darling.","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 50: Esther's Narrative"}
{"original":"Refreshed by sleep, Mr. Bucket rises betimes in the morning and prepares for a field-day. ","abridged":"Refreshed by sleep, Mr. Bucket rises and prepares for a field-day. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Smartened up by the aid of a clean shirt and a wet hairbrush, with which instrument, on occasions of ceremony, he lubricates such thin locks as remain to him after his life of severe study, Mr. Bucket lays in a breakfast of two mutton chops as a foundation to work upon, together with tea, eggs, toast, and marmalade on a corresponding scale. ","abridged":"He lays in a breakfast of two mutton chops as a foundation to work upon, together with tea, eggs, toast, and marmalade. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Having much enjoyed these strengthening matters and having held subtle conference with his familiar demon, he confidently instructs Mercury \"just to mention quietly to Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, that whenever he's ready for me, I'm ready for him.\" ","abridged":"He instructs the footman \"just to mention quietly to Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, that whenever he's ready for me, I'm ready for him.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"A gracious message being returned that Sir Leicester will expedite his dressing and join Mr. Bucket in the library within ten minutes, Mr. Bucket repairs to that apartment and stands before the fire with his finger on his chin, looking at the blazing coals.\n","abridged":"A gracious message being returned that Sir Leicester will be in the library within ten minutes, Mr. Bucket goes there and stands before the fire with his finger on his chin, looking at the blazing coals.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Thoughtful Mr. Bucket is, as a man may be with weighty work to do, but composed, sure, confident. ","abridged":"Thoughtful Mr. Bucket is, but composed, sure, confident. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"From the expression of his face he might be a famous whist-player for a large stake--say a hundred guineas certain--with the game in his hand, but with a high reputation involved in his playing his hand out to the last card in a masterly way. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Not in the least anxious or disturbed is Mr. Bucket when Sir Leicester appears, but he eyes the baronet aside as he comes slowly to his easy-chair with that observant gravity of yesterday in which there might have been yesterday, but for the audacity of the idea, a touch of compassion.\n","abridged":"Not in the least anxious or disturbed is he when Sir Leicester appears, but he eyes the baronet as he comes slowly to his easy-chair with that observant gravity of yesterday, in which there might have been a touch of compassion.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I am sorry to have kept you waiting, officer, but I am rather later than my usual hour this morning. ","abridged":"\"I am sorry to have kept you waiting, officer, but I am rather later than my usual hour this morning. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I am not well. ","abridged":"I am not well. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The agitation and the indignation from which I have recently suffered have been too much for me. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I am subject to--gout\"--Sir Leicester was going to say indisposition and would have said it to anybody else, but Mr. Bucket palpably knows all about it--\"and recent circumstances have brought it on.\"\n","abridged":"I am subject to - gout - and recent circumstances have brought it on.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"As he takes his seat with some difficulty and with an air of pain, Mr. Bucket draws a little nearer, standing with one of his large hands on the library-table.\n","abridged":"As Sir Leicester takes his seat with some difficulty and with an air of pain, Mr. Bucket draws a little nearer.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I am not aware, officer,\" Sir Leicester observes; raising his eyes to his face, \"whether you wish us to be alone, but that is entirely as you please. ","abridged":"\"I am not aware, officer,\" Sir Leicester observes, raising his eyes to his face, \"whether you wish us to be alone.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If you do, well and good. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If not, Miss Dedlock would be interested--\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" returns Mr. Bucket with his head persuasively on one side and his forefinger pendant at one ear like an earring, \"we can't be too private just at present. ","abridged":"\"Why, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" returns Mr. Bucket with his head on one side and his forefinger at one ear like an earring, \"we can't be too private just at present. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You will presently see that we can't be too private. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"A lady, under the circumstances, and especially in Miss Dedlock's elevated station of society, can't but be agreeable to me, but speaking without a view to myself, I will take the liberty of assuring you that I know we can't be too private.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That is enough.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"So much so, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" Mr. Bucket resumes, \"that I was on the point of asking your permission to turn the key in the door.\"\n","abridged":"I was on the point of asking your permission to turn the key in the door.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"By all means.\" ","abridged":"\"By all means.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket skilfully and softly takes that precaution, stooping on his knee for a moment from mere force of habit so to adjust the key in the lock as that no one shall peep in from the outerside.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket skilfully takes that precaution, adjusting the key in the lock so that no one shall peep in from outside.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I mentioned yesterday evening that I wanted but a very little to complete this case. ","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I mentioned yesterday evening that I wanted very little to complete this case. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I have now completed it and collected proof against the person who did this crime.\"\n","abridged":"I have now completed it and collected proof against the person who did this crime.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Against the soldier?\"\n","abridged":"\"Against the soldier?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"No, Sir Leicester Dedlock; not the soldier.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, Sir Leicester Dedlock; not the soldier.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester looks astounded and inquires, \"Is the man in custody?\"\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester looks astounded and inquires, \"Is the man in custody?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket tells him, after a pause, \"It was a woman.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket tells him, after a pause, \"It was a woman.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester leans back in his chair, and breathlessly ejaculates, \"Good heaven!\"\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester leans back in his chair, and breathlessly ejaculates, \"Good heaven!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" Mr. Bucket begins, standing over him with one hand spread out on the library-table and the forefinger of the other in impressive use, \"it's my duty to prepare you for a train of circumstances that may, and I go so far as to say that will, give you a shock. ","abridged":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" Mr. Bucket begins, \"it's my duty to prepare you for a train of circumstances that may, and I go so far as to say that will, give you a shock. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, you are a gentleman, and I know what a gentleman is and what a gentleman is capable of. A gentleman can bear a shock when it must come, boldly and steadily. ","abridged":"But you are a gentleman, and a gentleman can bear a shock. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"A gentleman can make up his mind to stand up against almost any blow. ","abridged":"A gentleman can make up his mind to stand up against almost any blow. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Why, take yourself, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","abridged":"Why, take yourself, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If there's a blow to be inflicted on you, you naturally think of your family. You ask yourself, how would all them ancestors of yours, away to Julius Caesar--not to go beyond him at present--have borne that blow; you remember scores of them that would have borne it well; and you bear it well on their accounts, and to maintain the family credit. ","abridged":"If there's a blow to be inflicted on you, you bear it well on your ancestors' accounts, and to maintain the family credit. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That's the way you argue, and that's the way you act, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet.\"\n","abridged":"That's the way you argue, and that's the way you act, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester, leaning back in his chair and grasping the elbows, sits looking at him with a stony face.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester, leaning back in his chair and grasping its arms, sits looking at him with a stony face.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"thus preparing you, let me beg of you not to trouble your mind for a moment as to anything having come to MY knowledge. ","abridged":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"let me beg you not to trouble your mind as to anything having come to my knowledge. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I know so much about so many characters, high and low, that a piece of information more or less don't signify a straw. ","abridged":"I know so much about so many characters, high and low, that another piece of information don't signify a straw. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I don't suppose there's a move on the board that would surprise ME, and as to this or that move having taken place, why my knowing it is no odds at all, any possible move whatever (provided it's in a wrong direction) being a probable move according to my experience. ","abridged":"I don't suppose there's a move on the board that would surprise me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Therefore, what I say to you, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, is, don't you go and let yourself be put out of the way because of my knowing anything of your family affairs.\"\n","abridged":"Therefore, don't let yourself be put out of the way because of my knowing anything of your family affairs.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I thank you for your preparation,\" returns Sir Leicester after a silence, without moving hand, foot, or feature, \"which I hope is not necessary; though I give it credit for being well intended. ","abridged":"\"I thank you for your preparation,\" returns Sir Leicester after a silence. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Be so good as to go on. ","abridged":"\"Be so good as to go on. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Also\"--Sir Leicester seems to shrink in the shadow of his figure--\"also, to take a seat, if you have no objection.\"\n","abridged":"Take a seat, if you have no objection.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"None at all. ","abridged":"None at all. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket brings a chair and diminishes his shadow. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket brings a chair. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, with this short preface I come to the point. ","abridged":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, with this short preface I come to the point. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Lady Dedlock--\"\n","abridged":"Lady Dedlock-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester raises himself in his seat and stares at him fiercely. ","abridged":"Sir Leicester raises himself in his seat and stares at him fiercely. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket brings the finger into play as an emollient.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket brings the fore-finger into play.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Lady Dedlock, you see she's universally admired. That's what her ladyship is; she's universally admired,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"\"Lady Dedlock, you see she's universally admired,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I would greatly prefer, officer,\" Sir Leicester returns stiffly, \"my Lady's name being entirely omitted from this discussion.\"\n","abridged":"\"I would greatly prefer, officer,\" Sir Leicester returns stiffly, \"my Lady's name being entirely omitted from this discussion.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"So would I, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, but--it's impossible.\"\n","abridged":"\"So would I, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, but - it's impossible. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Impossible?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket shakes his relentless head.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it's altogether impossible. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What I have got to say is about her ladyship. ","abridged":"What I have got to say is about her ladyship. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"She is the pivot it all turns on.\"\n","abridged":"She is the pivot it all turns on.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Officer,\" retorts Sir Leicester with a fiery eye and a quivering lip, \"you know your duty. Do your duty, but be careful not to overstep it. ","abridged":"\"Officer,\" retorts Sir Leicester with a fiery eye and a quivering lip, \"do your duty, but be careful not to overstep it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I would not suffer it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I would not endure it. ","abridged":"I would not endure it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You bring my Lady's name into this communication upon your responsibility--upon your responsibility. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"My Lady's name is not a name for common persons to trifle with!\"\n","abridged":"My Lady's name is not a name for common persons to trifle with!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I say what I must say, and no more.\"\n","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I say what I must say, and no more.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I hope it may prove so. ","abridged":"\"I hope it may prove so. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Very well. ","abridged":"Very well. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Go on. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Go on, sir!\" ","abridged":"Go on, sir!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Glancing at the angry eyes which now avoid him and at the angry figure trembling from head to foot, yet striving to be still, Mr. Bucket feels his way with his forefinger and in a low voice proceeds.\n","abridged":"Glancing at the angry eyes which now avoid him and at the angry figure trembling from head to foot, Mr. Bucket feels his way with his forefinger and in a low voice proceeds.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it becomes my duty to tell you that the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn long entertained mistrusts and suspicions of Lady Dedlock.\"\n","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it becomes my duty to tell you that the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn long had mistrusts and suspicions of Lady Dedlock.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"If he had dared to breathe them to me, sir--which he never did--I would have killed him myself!\" ","abridged":"\"If he had dared to breathe them to me, sir - which he never did - I would have killed him myself!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"exclaims Sir Leicester, striking his hand upon the table. ","abridged":"exclaims Sir Leicester, striking his hand upon the table. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But in the very heat and fury of the act he stops, fixed by the knowing eyes of Mr. Bucket, whose forefinger is slowly going and who, with mingled confidence and patience, shakes his head.\n","abridged":"But in the very act he stops, fixed by the knowing eyes of Mr. Bucket, whose forefinger is slowly going and who shakes his head.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was deep and close, and what he fully had in his mind in the very beginning I can't quite take upon myself to say. ","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was deep, and what he fully had in his mind in the very beginning I can't say. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But I know from his lips that he long ago suspected Lady Dedlock of having discovered, through the sight of some handwriting--in this very house, and when you yourself, Sir Leicester Dedlock, were present--the existence, in great poverty, of a certain person who had been her lover before you courted her and who ought to have been her husband.\" ","abridged":"But I know from his lips that he long ago suspected Lady Dedlock of having discovered, through the sight of some handwriting, the existence, in great poverty, of a certain person who had been her lover before you courted her and who ought to have been her husband.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket stops and deliberately repeats, \"Ought to have been her husband, not a doubt about it. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket stops and deliberately repeats, \"Ought to have been her husband, not a doubt about it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I know from his lips that when that person soon afterwards died, he suspected Lady Dedlock of visiting his wretched lodging and his wretched grave, alone and in secret. ","abridged":"I know from his lips that when that person soon afterwards died, Mr. Tulkinghorn suspected Lady Dedlock of visiting his wretched lodging and his wretched grave, alone and in secret. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I know from my own inquiries and through my eyes and ears that Lady Dedlock did make such visit in the dress of her own maid, for the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn employed me to reckon up her ladyship--if you'll excuse my making use of the term we commonly employ--and I reckoned her up, so far, completely. ","abridged":"I know from my own inquiries and through my eyes that Lady Dedlock did make such a visit in the dress of her maid. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I confronted the maid in the chambers in Lincoln's Inn Fields with a witness who had been Lady Dedlock's guide, and there couldn't be the shadow of a doubt that she had worn the young woman's dress, unknown to her. ","abridged":"I confronted the maid in the chambers in Lincoln's Inn Fields with a witness who had been Lady Dedlock's guide, and there couldn't be the shadow of a doubt that she had worn the young woman's dress, unknown to her.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I did endeavour to pave the way a little towards these unpleasant disclosures yesterday by saying that very strange things happened even in high families sometimes. ","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I did endeavour yesterday to pave the way towards these unpleasant disclosures by saying that strange things happen even in high families sometimes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"All this, and more, has happened in your own family, and to and through your own Lady. ","abridged":"All this, and more, has happened in your own family. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It's my belief that the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn followed up these inquiries to the hour of his death and that he and Lady Dedlock even had bad blood between them upon the matter that very night. ","abridged":"It's my belief that Mr. Tulkinghorn followed up these inquiries to the hour of his death and that he and Lady Dedlock even had an argument on the matter that very night. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, only you put that to Lady Dedlock, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and ask her ladyship whether, even after he had left here, she didn't go down to his chambers with the intention of saying something further to him, dressed in a loose black mantle with a deep fringe to it.\"\n","abridged":"Now, only you put that to Lady Dedlock, Sir, and ask her ladyship whether she didn't go down to his chambers with the intention of saying something further to him, dressed in a loose black mantle with a deep fringe to it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester sits like a statue, gazing at the cruel finger that is probing the life-blood of his heart.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester sits like a statue, gazing at the cruel finger that is probing the life-blood of his heart.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You put that to her ladyship, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, from me, Inspector Bucket of the Detective. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And if her ladyship makes any difficulty about admitting of it, you tell her that it's no use, that Inspector Bucket knows it and knows that she passed the soldier as you called him (though he's not in the army now) and knows that she knows she passed him on the staircase. ","abridged":"\"If her ladyship makes any difficulty about admitting of it, you tell her that it's no use, that Inspector Bucket knows it, and knows that she passed the soldier on the staircase. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, why do I relate all this?\"\n","abridged":"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, why do I relate all this?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester, who has covered his face with his hands, uttering a single groan, requests him to pause for a moment. ","abridged":"Sir Leicester, who has covered his face with his hands, uttering a single groan, requests him to pause for a moment. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"By and by he takes his hands away, and so preserves his dignity and outward calmness, though there is no more colour in his face than in his white hair, that Mr. Bucket is a little awed by him. ","abridged":"By and by he takes his hands away in such dignity and outward calmness, though his face is as white as his hair, that Mr. Bucket is a little awed by him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Something frozen and fixed is upon his manner, over and above its usual shell of haughtiness, and Mr. Bucket soon detects an unusual slowness in his speech, with now and then a curious trouble in beginning, which occasions him to utter inarticulate sounds. ","abridged":"Something frozen and fixed is upon his manner, over and above its usual shell of haughtiness, and Mr. Bucket soon detects an unusual slowness in his speech, with now and then a curious trouble in beginning, which makes him utter inarticulate sounds. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"With such sounds he now breaks silence, soon, however, controlling himself to say that he does not comprehend why a gentleman so faithful and zealous as the late Mr. Tulkinghorn should have communicated to him nothing of this painful, this distressing, this unlooked-for, this overwhelming, this incredible intelligence.\n","abridged":"With such sounds he now breaks silence, saying that he does not comprehend why a gentleman so faithful as the late Mr. Tulkinghorn should have told him nothing of this painful, this overwhelming, this incredible information.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Again, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" returns Mr. Bucket, \"put it to her ladyship to clear that up. ","abridged":"\"Again, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" returns Mr. Bucket, \"put it to her ladyship to clear that up. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Put it to her ladyship, if you think it right, from Inspector Bucket of the Detective. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You'll find, or I'm much mistaken, that the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn had the intention of communicating the whole to you as soon as he considered it ripe, and further, that he had given her ladyship so to understand. ","abridged":"You'll find, or I'm much mistaken, that Mr. Tulkinghorn intended to communicate the whole to you as soon as he considered it ripe, and further, that he had told her ladyship so. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Why, he might have been going to reveal it the very morning when I examined the body! ","abridged":"Why, he might have been going to reveal it the very next morning!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You don't know what I'm going to say and do five minutes from this present time, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet; and supposing I was to be picked off now, you might wonder why I hadn't done it, don't you see?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"True. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester, avoiding, with some trouble those obtrusive sounds, says, \"True.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"At this juncture a considerable noise of voices is heard in the hall. ","abridged":"At this point a considerable noise of voices is heard in the hall. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket, after listening, goes to the library-door, softly unlocks and opens it, and listens again. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket goes to the library-door, softly unlocks and opens it, and listens again. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Then he draws in his head and whispers hurriedly but composedly, \"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, this unfortunate family affair has taken air, as I expected it might, the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn being cut down so sudden. ","abridged":"Then he draws in his head and whispers hurriedly but composedly, \"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, this unfortunate family affair has taken air, as I expected it might. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The chance to hush it is to let in these people now in a wrangle with your footmen. ","abridged":"The chance to hush it is to let in these people who are wrangling with your footmen. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Would you mind sitting quiet--on the family account--while I reckon 'em up? ","abridged":"Would you mind sitting quiet - on the family account - while I reckon 'em up? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And would you just throw in a nod when I seem to ask you for it?\"\n","abridged":"And would you just throw in a nod when I seem to ask you for it?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester indistinctly answers, \"Officer. The best you can, the best you can!\" ","abridged":"Sir Leicester indistinctly answers, \"The best you can!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"and Mr. Bucket, with a nod and a sagacious crook of the forefinger, slips down into the hall, where the voices quickly die away. ","abridged":"and Mr. Bucket slips down into the hall. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"He is not long in returning; a few paces ahead of Mercury and a brother deity also powdered and in peach-blossomed smalls, who bear between them a chair in which is an incapable old man. ","abridged":"He soon returns with two footmen, who bear between them a chair in which is an incapable old man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Another man and two women come behind. ","abridged":"Another man and two women come behind. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Directing the pitching of the chair in an affable and easy manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the Mercuries and locks the door again. ","abridged":"Directing the placing of the chair in an affable manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the footmen and locks the door again. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester looks on at this invasion of the sacred precincts with an icy stare.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester looks on with an icy stare.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, perhaps you may know me, ladies and gentlemen,\" says Mr. Bucket in a confidential voice. ","abridged":"\"Now, ladies and gentlemen,\" says Mr. Bucket in a confidential voice. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I am Inspector Bucket of the Detective, I am; and this,\" producing the tip of his convenient little staff from his breast-pocket, \"is my authority. ","abridged":"\"I am Inspector Bucket, Detective. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, you wanted to see Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","abridged":"Now, you wanted to see Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Well! ","abridged":"Well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You do see him, and mind you, it ain't every one as is admitted to that honour. ","abridged":"You do see him, and mind you, it ain't everyone as is admitted to that honour. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Your name, old gentleman, is Smallweed; that's what your name is; I know it well.\"\n","abridged":"Your name, old gentleman, is Smallweed; I know it well.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Well, and you never heard any harm of it!\" ","abridged":"\"And you never heard any harm of it!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries Mr. Smallweed in a shrill loud voice.\n","abridged":"cries Mr. Smallweed in a shrill loud voice.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You don't happen to know why they killed the pig, do you?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"retorts Mr. Bucket with a steadfast look, but without loss of temper.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"No!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why, they killed him,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"on account of his having so much cheek. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Don't YOU get into the same position, because it isn't worthy of you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you?\"\n","abridged":"\"You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you?\" asks Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" snarls Mr. Smallweed, \"my wife's deaf.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes,\" snarls Mr. Smallweed, \"my wife's deaf.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That accounts for your pitching your voice so high. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But as she ain't here; just pitch it an octave or two lower, will you, and I'll not only be obliged to you, but it'll do you more credit,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"As she ain't here, just pitch your voice an octave or two lower, will you, and it'll do you more credit,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"This other gentleman is in the preaching line, I think?\"\n","abridged":"\"This other gentleman is in the preaching line, I think?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Name of Chadband,\" Mr. Smallweed puts in, speaking henceforth in a much lower key.\n","abridged":"\"Name of Chadband,\" Mr. Smallweed says, in a much lower key.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Once had a friend and brother serjeant of the same name,\" says Mr. Bucket, offering his hand, \"and consequently feel a liking for it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Chadband, no doubt?\"\n","abridged":"\"And Mrs. Chadband, no doubt?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"And Mrs. Snagsby,\" Mr. Smallweed introduces.\n","abridged":"\"And Mrs. Snagsby.\" Mr. Smallweed introduces them.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Husband a law-stationer and a friend of my own,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"Husband a law-stationer and a friend of my own,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Love him like a brother! ","abridged":"\"Love him like a brother! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, what's up?\"\n","abridged":"Now, what's up?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean what business have we come upon?\" ","abridged":"\"Do you mean what business have we come upon?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed asks, a little dashed by the suddenness of this turn.\n","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed asks, a little dashed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Ah! ","abridged":"\"Ah! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You know what I mean. ","abridged":"You know what I mean. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Let us hear what it's all about in presence of Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","abridged":"Let us hear what it's all about in the presence of Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Come.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed, beckoning Mr. Chadband, takes a moment's counsel with him in a whisper. ","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed, beckoning Mr. Chadband, consults with him in a whisper. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Chadband, expressing a considerable amount of oil from the pores of his forehead and the palms of his hands, says aloud, \"Yes. You first!\" ","abridged":"Mr. Chadband, expressing a considerable amount of oil from his forehead, says aloud, \"You first!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"and retires to his former place.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I was the client and friend of Mr. Tulkinghorn,\" pipes Grandfather Smallweed then; \"I did business with him. ","abridged":"\"I was the client and friend of Mr. Tulkinghorn,\" pipes Grandfather Smallweed. \"I did business with him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I was useful to him, and he was useful to me. ","abridged":"I was useful to him, and he was useful to me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Krook, dead and gone, was my brother-in-law. ","abridged":"Krook, dead and gone, was my brother-in-law. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"He was own brother to a brimstone magpie--leastways Mrs. Smallweed. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I come into Krook's property. ","abridged":"I come into Krook's property. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I examined all his papers and all his effects. ","abridged":"I examined all his papers. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"They was all dug out under my eyes. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"There was a bundle of letters belonging to a dead and gone lodger as was hid away at the back of a shelf in the side of Lady Jane's bed--his cat's bed. ","abridged":"There was a bundle of letters belonging to a dead and gone lodger as was hid away at the back of a shelf in the side of the cat's bed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"He hid all manner of things away, everywheres. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Tulkinghorn wanted 'em and got 'em, but I looked 'em over first. ","abridged":"Mr. Tulkinghorn got 'em, but I looked 'em over first. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I'm a man of business, and I took a squint at 'em. ","abridged":"I'm a man of business, and I took a squint at 'em. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"They was letters from the lodger's sweetheart, and she signed Honoria. ","abridged":"They was letters from the lodger's sweetheart, and she signed Honoria. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Dear me, that's not a common name, Honoria, is it? ","abridged":"Dear me, that's not a common name, Honoria, is it? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"There's no lady in this house that signs Honoria is there? ","abridged":"There's no lady in this house that signs Honoria, is there? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, no, I don't think so! ","abridged":"Oh, no, I don't think so!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, no, I don't think so! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And not in the same hand, perhaps? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, no, I don't think so!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Here Mr. Smallweed, seized with a fit of coughing in the midst of his triumph, breaks off to ejaculate, \"Oh, dear me! ","abridged":"Here Mr. Smallweed is seized with a fit of coughing in the midst of his triumph.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, Lord! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I'm shaken all to pieces!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, when you're ready,\" says Mr. Bucket after awaiting his recovery, \"to come to anything that concerns Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, here the gentleman sits, you know.\"\n","abridged":"\"Now, when you're ready,\" says Mr. Bucket after awaiting his recovery, \"to come to anything that concerns Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, here the gentleman sits, you know.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Haven't I come to it, Mr. Bucket?\" ","abridged":"\"Haven't I come to it, Mr. Bucket?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries Grandfather Smallweed. ","abridged":"cries Grandfather Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Isn't the gentleman concerned yet? ","abridged":"\"Isn't the gentleman concerned yet? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Not with Captain Hawdon, and his ever affectionate Honoria, and their child into the bargain? ","abridged":"Not with Captain Hawdon, and his ever affectionate Honoria, and their child into the bargain? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Come, then, I want to know where those letters are. ","abridged":"Come, then, I want to know where those letters are. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That concerns me, if it don't concern Sir Leicester Dedlock. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I will know where they are. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I won't have 'em disappear so quietly. ","abridged":"I won't have 'em disappear. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I handed 'em over to my friend and solicitor, Mr. Tulkinghorn, not to anybody else.\"\n","abridged":"I handed 'em over to my friend and solicitor, Mr. Tulkinghorn, not to anybody else.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why, he paid you for them, you know, and handsome too,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"\"Why, he paid you for them, you know, and handsome too,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I don't care for that. ","abridged":"\"I don't care for that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I want to know who's got 'em. ","abridged":"I want to know who's got 'em. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And I tell you what we want--what we all here want, Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"And I tell you what we want, Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"We want more painstaking and search-making into this murder. ","abridged":"We want more search-making into this murder. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"We know where the interest and the motive was, and you have not done enough. ","abridged":"We know where the motive was, and you have not done enough. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. ","abridged":"If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You know what I mean as well as any man.\"\n","abridged":"You know what I mean.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now I tell you what,\" says Mr. Bucket, instantaneously altering his manner, coming close to him, and communicating an extraordinary fascination to the forefinger, \"I am damned if I am a-going to have my case spoilt, or interfered with, or anticipated by so much as half a second of time by any human being in creation. ","abridged":"\"Now I tell you what,\" says Mr. Bucket, instantaneously altering his manner, \"I am damned if I am a-going to have my case spoilt, or interfered with, by any human being in creation. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"YOU want more painstaking and search-making! ","abridged":"You want more search-making! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"YOU do? ","abridged":"You do? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Do you see this hand, and do you think that I don't know the right time to stretch it out and put it on the arm that fired that shot?\"\n","abridged":"Do you see this hand, and do you think that I don't know the right time to stretch it out and put it on the arm that fired that shot?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Such is the dread power of the man, and so terribly evident it is that he makes no idle boast, that Mr. Smallweed begins to apologize. ","abridged":"Such is the dread power of the man that Mr. Smallweed begins to apologize. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket, dismissing his sudden anger, checks him.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket, dismissing his sudden anger, stops him.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"The advice I give you is, don't you trouble your head about the murder. ","abridged":"\"The advice I give you is, don't you trouble your head about the murder. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That's my affair. ","abridged":"That's my affair. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You keep half an eye on the newspapers, and I shouldn't wonder if you was to read something about it before long, if you look sharp. ","abridged":"You'll read something about it in the newspapers before long. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I know my business, and that's all I've got to say to you on that subject. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now about those letters. ","abridged":"Now about those letters. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You want to know who's got 'em. ","abridged":"You want to know who's got 'em. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I don't mind telling you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I have got 'em. ","abridged":"I have got 'em.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Is that the packet?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed looks, with greedy eyes, at the little bundle Mr. Bucket produces from a mysterious part of his coat, and identifies it as the same.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket produces a little bundle from a mysterious part of his coat.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"What have you got to say next?\" ","abridged":"\"What have you got to say next?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"asks Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"asks Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, don't open your mouth too wide, because you don't look handsome when you do it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I want five hundred pound.\"\n","abridged":"\"I want five hundred pound.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"No, you don't; you mean fifty,\" says Mr. Bucket humorously.\n","abridged":"\"No, you don't; you mean fifty,\" says Mr. Bucket humorously.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It appears, however, that Mr. Smallweed means five hundred.\n","abridged":"It appears, however, that Mr. Smallweed means five hundred.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That is, I am deputed by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, to consider (without admitting or promising anything) this bit of business,\" says Mr. Bucket--Sir Leicester mechanically bows his head--\"and you ask me to consider a proposal of five hundred pounds. ","abridged":"\"I am deputed by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, to consider (without promising anything) this bit of business,\" says Mr. Bucket - Sir Leicester mechanically bows his head - \"and you ask me to consider a proposal of five hundred pounds. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Why, it's an unreasonable proposal! ","abridged":"Why, it's an unreasonable proposal! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Two fifty would be bad enough, but better than that. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Hadn't you better say two fifty?\"\n","abridged":"Hadn't you better say two fifty?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed is quite clear that he had better not.\n","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed is quite clear that he had better not.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Then,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"let's hear Mr. Chadband. ","abridged":"\"Then,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"let's hear Mr. Chadband.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Lord! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Many a time I've heard my old fellow-serjeant of that name; and a moderate man he was in all respects, as ever I come across!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Thus invited, Mr. Chadband steps forth, and after a little sleek smiling and a little oil-grinding with the palms of his hands, delivers himself as follows, \"My friends, we are now--Rachael, my wife, and I--in the mansions of the rich and great. ","abridged":"Thus invited, Mr. Chadband steps forth, and after a little sleek smiling and a little oil-grinding with the palms of his hands, delivers himself as follows.\n\"My friends, we are now - Rachael, my wife, and I - in the mansions of the rich and great. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Why are we now in the mansions of the rich and great, my friends? ","abridged":"Why are we now in the mansions of the rich and great, my friends? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Is it because we are invited? ","abridged":"Is it because we are invited? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Because we are bidden to feast with them, because we are bidden to rejoice with them, because we are bidden to play the lute with them, because we are bidden to dance with them? ","abridged":"Because we are bidden to feast with them, because we are bidden to rejoice with them, because we are bidden to play the lute with them, because we are bidden to dance with them? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"No. ","abridged":"No. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Then why are we here, my friends? ","abridged":"Then why are we here, my friends? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Air we in possession of a sinful secret, and do we require corn, and wine, and oil, or what is much the same thing, money, for the keeping thereof? ","abridged":"Air we in possession of a sinful secret, and do we require corn, and wine, and oil, or what is much the same thing, money, for the keeping thereof? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Probably so, my friends.\"\n","abridged":"Probably so, my friends.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You're a man of business, you are,\" returns Mr. Bucket, very attentive, \"and consequently you're going on to mention what the nature of your secret is. ","abridged":"\"You're a man of business, you are,\" returns Mr. Bucket, very attentive, \"and you're going on to mention what the nature of your secret is.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You are right. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You couldn't do better.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Let us then, my brother, in a spirit of love,\" says Mr. Chadband with a cunning eye, \"proceed unto it. ","abridged":"\"Let us then, my brother, in a spirit of love,\" says Mr. Chadband with a cunning eye, \"proceed unto it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Rachael, my wife, advance!\"\n","abridged":"Rachael, my wife, advance!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Chadband, more than ready, so advances as to jostle her husband into the background and confronts Mr. Bucket with a hard, frowning smile.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Chadband jostles her husband into the background and confronts Mr. Bucket with a hard, frowning smile.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Since you want to know what we know,\" says she, \"I'll tell you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I helped to bring up Miss Hawdon, her ladyship's daughter. ","abridged":"\"I helped to bring up Miss Hawdon, her ladyship's daughter,\" she says. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I was in the service of her ladyship's sister, who was very sensitive to the disgrace her ladyship brought upon her, and gave out, even to her ladyship, that the child was dead--she WAS very nearly so--when she was born. ","abridged":"\"I was in the service of her ladyship's sister, who was very sensitive to the disgrace her ladyship brought upon her, and gave out, even to her ladyship, that the child was dead when she was born. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But she's alive, and I know her.\" ","abridged":"But she's alive, and I know her.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"With these words, and a laugh, and laying a bitter stress on the word \"ladyship,\" Mrs. Chadband folds her arms and looks implacably at Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"With these words, and a laugh, and laying a bitter stress on the word \"ladyship,\" Mrs. Chadband folds her arms and looks implacably at Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I suppose now,\" returns that officer, \"YOU will be expecting a twenty-pound note or a present of about that figure?\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose now,\" returns that officer, \"you will be expecting twenty pounds or so?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Chadband merely laughs and contemptuously tells him he can \"offer\" twenty pence.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Chadband merely laughs and contemptuously tells him he can \"offer\" twenty pence.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"My friend the law-stationer's good lady, over there,\" says Mr. Bucket, luring Mrs. Snagsby forward with the finger. ","abridged":"\"My friend the law-stationer's good lady, over there,\" says Mr. Bucket, luring Mrs. Snagsby forward with his finger. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"What may YOUR game be, ma'am?\"\n","abridged":"\"What may your game be, ma'am?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Snagsby is at first prevented, by tears and lamentations, from stating the nature of her game, but by degrees it confusedly comes to light that she is a woman overwhelmed with injuries and wrongs, whom Mr. Snagsby has habitually deceived, abandoned, and sought to keep in darkness, and whose chief comfort, under her afflictions, has been the sympathy of the late Mr. Tulkinghorn, who showed so much commiseration for her on one occasion of his calling in Cook's Court in the absence of her perjured husband that she has of late habitually carried to him all her woes. ","abridged":"Mrs. Snagsby is at first prevented, by tears and lamentations, from stating the nature of her game, but by degrees it confusedly comes to light that she is a woman overwhelmed with injuries and wrongs, whom Mr. Snagsby has deceived, and whose chief comfort has been the sympathy of the late Mr. Tulkinghorn, to whom she has carried all her woes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs. Snagsby's peace. ","abridged":"Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs. Snagsby's peace. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"There is Mr. Guppy, clerk to Kenge and Carboy, who was at first as open as the sun at noon, but who suddenly shut up as close as midnight, under the influence--no doubt--of Mr. Snagsby's suborning and tampering. There is Mr. Weevle, friend of Mr. Guppy, who lived mysteriously up a court, owing to the like coherent causes. There was Krook, deceased; there was Nimrod, deceased; and there was Jo, deceased; and they were \"all in it.\" ","abridged":"Mr. Guppy, Mr. Weevle, Krook, deceased, and Jo, deceased; and they were \"all in it.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"In what, Mrs. Snagsby does not with particularity express, but she knows that Jo was Mr. Snagsby's son, \"as well as if a trumpet had spoken it,\" and she followed Mr. Snagsby when he went on his last visit to the boy, and if he was not his son why did he go? ","abridged":"In what, Mrs. Snagsby does not say, but she knows that Jo was Mr. Snagsby's son, \"as well as if a trumpet had spoken it,\" and she followed Mr. Snagsby when he went on his last visit to the boy, and if he was not his son why did he go?\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The one occupation of her life has been, for some time back, to follow Mr. Snagsby to and fro, and up and down, and to piece suspicious circumstances together--and every circumstance that has happened has been most suspicious; and in this way she has pursued her object of detecting and confounding her false husband, night and day. ","abridged":"The one occupation of her life has been, for some time back, to follow Mr. Snagsby everywhere; and every circumstance has been most suspicious. She has pursued her object of confounding her false husband, night and day. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Thus did it come to pass that she brought the Chadbands and Mr. Tulkinghorn together, and conferred with Mr. Tulkinghorn on the change in Mr. Guppy, and helped to turn up the circumstances in which the present company are interested, casually, by the wayside, being still and ever on the great high road that is to terminate in Mr. Snagsby's full exposure and a matrimonial separation. ","abridged":"Thus she brought the Chadbands and Mr. Tulkinghorn together, in order to lead to Mr. Snagsby's full exposure and a matrimonial separation.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"All this, Mrs. Snagsby, as an injured woman, and the friend of Mrs. Chadband, and the follower of Mr. Chadband, and the mourner of the late Mr. Tulkinghorn, is here to certify under the seal of confidence, with every possible confusion and involvement possible and impossible, having no pecuniary motive whatever, no scheme or project but the one mentioned, and bringing here, and taking everywhere, her own dense atmosphere of dust, arising from the ceaseless working of her mill of jealousy.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Snagsby has no pecuniary motive whatever, no scheme or project but the one mentioned, in this ceaseless working of her mill of jealousy.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"While this exordium is in hand--and it takes some time--Mr. Bucket, who has seen through the transparency of Mrs. Snagsby's vinegar at a glance, confers with his familiar demon and bestows his shrewd attention on the Chadbands and Mr. Smallweed. ","abridged":"While she is speaking - and it takes some time - Mr. Bucket bestows his shrewd attention on the Chadbands and Mr. Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester Dedlock remains immovable, with the same icy surface upon him, except that he once or twice looks towards Mr. Bucket, as relying on that officer alone of all mankind.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester Dedlock remains icily immovable, except that he once or twice looks towards Mr. Bucket, as if relying on that officer alone of all mankind.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Very good,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"Very good,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now I understand you, you know, and being deputed by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, to look into this little matter,\" again Sir Leicester mechanically bows in confirmation of the statement, \"can give it my fair and full attention. ","abridged":"\"Now, I, being deputed by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, to look into this little matter,\" again Sir Leicester mechanically bows, \"can give it my full attention. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now I won't allude to conspiring to extort money or anything of that sort, because we are men and women of the world here, and our object is to make things pleasant. ","abridged":"Now I won't allude to conspiring to extort money or anything of that sort, because we are men and women of the world here, and our object is to make things pleasant. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But I tell you what I DO wonder at; I am surprised that you should think of making a noise below in the hall. ","abridged":"But I tell you what I do wonder at; that you should make such a noise below in the hall. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It was so opposed to your interests. ","abridged":"It was so opposed to your interests.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That's what I look at.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"We wanted to get in,\" pleads Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"\"We wanted to get in,\" pleads Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why, of course you wanted to get in,\" Mr. Bucket asserts with cheerfulness; \"but for a old gentleman at your time of life--what I call truly venerable, mind you!--with his wits sharpened, as I have no doubt they are, by the loss of the use of his limbs, which occasions all his animation to mount up into his head, not to consider that if he don't keep such a business as the present as close as possible it can't be worth a mag to him, is so curious! ","abridged":"\"Why, of course you wanted to get in,\" Mr. Bucket asserts with cheerfulness; \"but an old gentleman with his wits sharpened, as I have no doubt yours are, ought to consider that he needs to keep such a business secret! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You see your temper got the better of you; that's where you lost ground,\" says Mr. Bucket in an argumentative and friendly way.\n","abridged":"You see your temper got the better of you; that's where you lost ground,\" says Mr. Bucket in a friendly way.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I only said I wouldn't go without one of the servants came up to Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" returns Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"\"I only said I wouldn't go unless one of the servants came up to Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" returns Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That's it! ","abridged":"\"That's it! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That's where your temper got the better of you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, you keep it under another time and you'll make money by it. Shall I ring for them to carry you down?\"\n","abridged":"Now, shall I ring for them to carry you down?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"When are we to hear more of this?\" ","abridged":"\"When are we to hear more of this?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Chadband sternly demands.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Chadband sternly demands.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Bless your heart for a true woman! ","abridged":"\"Bless your heart for a true woman! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Always curious, your delightful sex is!\" ","abridged":"Always curious!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"replies Mr. Bucket with gallantry. ","abridged":"replies Mr. Bucket with gallantry. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I shall have the pleasure of giving you a call to-morrow or next day--not forgetting Mr. Smallweed and his proposal of two fifty.\"\n","abridged":"\"I shall have the pleasure of giving you a call tomorrow or next day - not forgetting Mr. Smallweed and his proposal of two fifty.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Five hundred!\" ","abridged":"\"Five hundred!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"exclaims Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"exclaims Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"All right! ","abridged":"\"All right! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Nominally five hundred.\" ","abridged":"Nominally five hundred.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket has his hand on the bell-rope. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket has his hand on the bell-rope. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"SHALL I wish you good day for the present on the part of myself and the gentleman of the house?\" ","abridged":"\"Shall I wish you good day for the present?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"he asks in an insinuating tone.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Nobody having the hardihood to object to his doing so, he does it, and the party retire as they came up. ","abridged":"Nobody objecting, he does it, and the party retire. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket follows them to the door, and returning, says with an air of serious business, \"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it's for you to consider whether or not to buy this up. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket follows them to the door, and returning, says, \"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it's for you to consider whether or not to buy this up. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I should recommend, on the whole, it's being bought up myself; and I think it may be bought pretty cheap. ","abridged":"I should recommend, on the whole, it's being bought up myself; and I think it may be bought pretty cheap. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You see, that little pickled cowcumber of a Mrs. Snagsby has been used by all sides of the speculation and has done a deal more harm in bringing odds and ends together than if she had meant it. ","abridged":"You see, that little pickled cowcumber of a Mrs. Snagsby has been used by all sides and has done a deal more harm in bringing odds and ends together than if she had meant it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Tulkinghorn, deceased, he held all these horses in his hand and could have drove 'em his own way, I haven't a doubt; but he was fetched off the box head-foremost, and now they have got their legs over the traces, and are all dragging and pulling their own ways. ","abridged":"Mr. Tulkinghorn, he held all these horses in his hand and could have drove 'em his own way, I haven't a doubt; but now they are all dragging and pulling their own ways. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"So it is, and such is life. ","abridged":"So it is, and such is life. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The cat's away, and the mice they play; the frost breaks up, and the water runs. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, with regard to the party to be apprehended.\"\n","abridged":"Now, with regard to the party to be apprehended.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester seems to wake, though his eyes have been wide open, and he looks intently at Mr. Bucket as Mr. Bucket refers to his watch.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester seems to wake, and he looks intently at Mr. Bucket as Mr. Bucket refers to his watch.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"The party to be apprehended is now in this house,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, putting up his watch with a steady hand and with rising spirits, \"and I'm about to take her into custody in your presence. ","abridged":"\"The party to be apprehended is now in this house,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"and I'm about to take her into custody in your presence. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, don't you say a word nor yet stir. ","abridged":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, don't you say a word. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"There'll be no noise and no disturbance at all. ","abridged":"There'll be no noise and no disturbance at all. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavour to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet. ","abridged":"I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavour to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter and the best way of keeping it quiet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, don't you be nervous on account of the apprehension at present coming off. ","abridged":"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, don't you be nervous. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You shall see the whole case clear, from first to last.\"\n","abridged":"You shall see the whole case clear.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket rings, goes to the door, briefly whispers Mercury, shuts the door, and stands behind it with his arms folded. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket rings for the footman, briefly whispers to him, and stands behind the door with his arms folded. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"After a suspense of a minute or two the door slowly opens and a Frenchwoman enters. ","abridged":"After a suspense of a minute or two a Frenchwoman enters. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle Hortense.\n","abridged":"Mademoiselle Hortense.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The moment she is in the room Mr. Bucket claps the door to and puts his back against it. ","abridged":"The moment she is in the room Mr. Bucket claps the door to and puts his back against it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The suddenness of the noise occasions her to turn, and then for the first time she sees Sir Leicester Dedlock in his chair.\n","abridged":"She turns, and sees Sir Leicester Dedlock in his chair.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I ask you pardon,\" she mutters hurriedly. ","abridged":"\"I ask you pardon,\" she mutters hurriedly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"They tell me there was no one here.\"\n","abridged":"\"They tell me there was no one here.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Her step towards the door brings her front to front with Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"Her step towards the door brings her front to front with Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Suddenly a spasm shoots across her face and she turns deadly pale.\n","abridged":"Suddenly a spasm shoots across her face and she turns deadly pale.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"This is my lodger, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" says Mr. Bucket, nodding at her. ","abridged":"\"This is my lodger, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" says Mr. Bucket, nodding at her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"This foreign young woman has been my lodger for some weeks back.\"\n","abridged":"\"This foreign young woman has been my lodger for some weeks back.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"What do Sir Leicester care for that, you think, my angel?\" ","abridged":"\"What do Sir Leicester care for that, you think, my angel?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"returns mademoiselle in a jocular strain.\n","abridged":"returns mademoiselle in a jocular way.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why, my angel,\" returns Mr. Bucket, \"we shall see.\"\n","abridged":"\"Why, my angel,\" returns Mr. Bucket, \"we shall see.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle Hortense eyes him with a scowl upon her tight face, which gradually changes into a smile of scorn, \"You are very mysterieuse. ","abridged":"Mademoiselle Hortense eyes him with a scowl, which gradually changes into a smile of scorn, \"You are very mysterieuse. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Are you drunk?\"\n","abridged":"Are you drunk?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Tolerable sober, my angel,\" returns Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"\"Tolerable sober, my angel,\" returns Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I come from arriving at this so detestable house with your wife. ","abridged":"\"I arrive at this so detestable house with your wife. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Your wife have left me since some minutes. ","abridged":"Your wife have left me since some minutes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"They tell me downstairs that your wife is here. ","abridged":"They tell me downstairs that your wife is here. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I come here, and your wife is not here. ","abridged":"I come here, and your wife is not here. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What is the intention of this fool's play, say then?\" ","abridged":"What is this fool's play, then?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"mademoiselle demands, with her arms composedly crossed, but with something in her dark cheek beating like a clock.\n","abridged":"mademoiselle demands, with her arms composedly crossed, but with something in her dark cheek beating like a clock.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket merely shakes the finger at her.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket merely shakes the finger at her.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Ah, my God, you are an unhappy idiot!\" ","abridged":"\"Ah, my God, you are an unhappy idiot!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries mademoiselle with a toss of her head and a laugh. ","abridged":"cries mademoiselle with a toss of her head and a laugh. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Leave me to pass downstairs, great pig.\" ","abridged":"\"Leave me to pass downstairs, great pig.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"With a stamp of her foot and a menace.\n","abridged":"She stamps her foot.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, mademoiselle,\" says Mr. Bucket in a cool determined way, \"you go and sit down upon that sofy.\"\n","abridged":"\"Now, mademoiselle,\" says Mr. Bucket in a cool determined way, \"you go and sit down upon that sofa.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I will not sit down upon nothing,\" she replies with a shower of nods.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, mademoiselle,\" repeats Mr. Bucket, making no demonstration except with the finger, \"you sit down upon that sofy.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Why?\"\n","abridged":"\"Why?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Because I take you into custody on a charge of murder, and you don't need to be told it. ","abridged":"\"Because I take you into custody on a charge of murder, and you don't need to be told it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, I want to be polite to one of your sex and a foreigner if I can. ","abridged":"Now, I want to be polite if I can. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If I can't, I must be rough, and there's rougher ones outside. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What I am to be depends on you. ","abridged":"It depends on you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"So I recommend you, as a friend, afore another half a blessed moment has passed over your head, to go and sit down upon that sofy.\"\n","abridged":"So I recommend you, as a friend, to go and sit down upon that sofa.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle complies, saying in a concentrated voice while that something in her cheek beats fast and hard, \"You are a devil.\"\n","abridged":"Mademoiselle complies, saying, while that something in her cheek beats fast and hard, \"You are a devil.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, you see,\" Mr. Bucket proceeds approvingly, \"you're comfortable and conducting yourself as I should expect a foreign young woman of your sense to do. So I'll give you a piece of advice, and it's this, don't you talk too much. ","abridged":"\"Now, I'll give you a piece of advice,\" Mr. Bucket proceeds, \"and it's this: don't you talk too much. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You're not expected to say anything here, and you can't keep too quiet a tongue in your head. ","abridged":"You're not expected to say anything here. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"In short, the less you PARLAY, the better, you know.\" ","abridged":"The less you parlay the better, you know.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket is very complacent over this French explanation.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket is very complacent over this French explanation.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle, with that tigerish expansion of the mouth and her black eyes darting fire upon him, sits upright on the sofa in a rigid state, with her hands clenched--and her feet too, one might suppose--muttering, \"Oh, you Bucket, you are a devil!\"\n","abridged":"Mademoiselle, with a tigerish expansion of the mouth and her black eyes darting fire upon him, sits upright and rigid on the sofa, with her hands clenched.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" says Mr. Bucket, and from this time forth the finger never rests, \"this young woman, my lodger, was her ladyship's maid at the time I have mentioned to you; and this young woman, besides being extraordinary vehement and passionate against her ladyship after being discharged--\"\n","abridged":"\"Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" says Mr. Bucket, and from this time forth the finger never rests, \"this young woman, my lodger, was her ladyship's maid; and this young woman, besides being extraordinary vehement against her ladyship after being discharged-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Lie!\" ","abridged":"\"Lie!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries mademoiselle. ","abridged":"cries mademoiselle. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I discharge myself.\"\n","abridged":"\"I discharge myself.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now, why don't you take my advice?\" ","abridged":"\"Now, why don't you take my advice?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"returns Mr. Bucket in an impressive, almost in an imploring, tone. ","abridged":"returns Mr. Bucket in an impressive, almost imploring, tone. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I'm surprised at the indiscreetness you commit. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You'll say something that'll be used against you, you know. ","abridged":"\"You'll say something that'll be used against you, you know.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You're sure to come to it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Never you mind what I say till it's given in evidence. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is not addressed to you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Discharge, too,\" cries mademoiselle furiously, \"by her ladyship! ","abridged":"\"Discharge by her ladyship!\" cries mademoiselle furiously. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Eh, my faith, a pretty ladyship! ","abridged":"\"A pretty ladyship! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Why, I r-r-r-ruin my character by remaining with a ladyship so infame!\"\n","abridged":"Why, I r-r-r-ruin my character by remaining with a ladyship so infame!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Upon my soul I wonder at you!\" ","abridged":"\"Upon my soul I wonder at you!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket remonstrates. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket remonstrates. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I thought the French were a polite nation, I did, really. ","abridged":"\"I thought the French were a polite nation, I did, really. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Yet to hear a female going on like that before Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet!\"\n","abridged":"To go on like that before Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"He is a poor abused!\" cries mademoiselle. \"I spit upon his house, upon his name, upon his imbecility,\" all of which she makes the carpet represent. ","abridged":"\"I spit upon his house, upon his name,\" cries mademoiselle. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Oh, that he is a great man! ","abridged":"\"Oh, a great man! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, yes, superb! ","abridged":"Oh, yes, superb! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, heaven! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Bah!\"\n","abridged":"Bah!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Well, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"this intemperate foreigner also angrily took it into her head that she had established a claim upon Mr. Tulkinghorn, deceased, by attending on the occasion I told you of at his chambers, though she was liberally paid for her time and trouble.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, Sir Leicester Dedlock,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"this intemperate foreigner also angrily took it into her head that she had established a claim upon Mr. Tulkinghorn, deceased, by attending at his chambers, though she was liberally paid for her time.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Lie!\" ","abridged":"\"Lie!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries mademoiselle. ","abridged":"cries mademoiselle. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I ref-use his money all togezzer.\"\n","abridged":"\"I ref-use his money all togezzer.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"If you WILL PARLAY, you know,\" says Mr. Bucket parenthetically, \"you must take the consequences. ","abridged":"\"If you will parlay, you know,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"you must take the consequences. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, whether she became my lodger, Sir Leicester Dedlock, with any deliberate intention then of doing this deed and blinding me, I give no opinion on; but she lived in my house in that capacity at the time that she was hovering about the chambers of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn with a view to a wrangle, and likewise persecuting and half frightening the life out of an unfortunate stationer.\"\n","abridged":"Now, whether she became my lodger, Sir Leicester Dedlock, with any deliberate intention then of doing this deed and blinding me, I give no opinion on; but she lodged in my house at the time that she was hovering about the chambers of Mr. Tulkinghorn, and likewise persecuting an unfortunate stationer.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Lie!\" ","abridged":"\"Lie!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries mademoiselle. ","abridged":"cries mademoiselle.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"All lie!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"The murder was committed, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and you know under what circumstances. ","abridged":"\"The murder was committed, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and you know under what circumstances. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, I beg of you to follow me close with your attention for a minute or two. I was sent for, and the case was entrusted to me. ","abridged":"Now, I was sent for. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I examined the place, and the body, and the papers, and everything. ","abridged":"I examined the place, and the body, and the papers, and everything. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"From information I received (from a clerk in the same house) I took George into custody as having been seen hanging about there on the night, and at very nigh the time of the murder, also as having been overheard in high words with the deceased on former occasions--even threatening him, as the witness made out. ","abridged":"I took George into custody as having been seen hanging about there on the night of the murder, also as having been overheard in high words with the deceased on former occasions. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"If you ask me, Sir Leicester Dedlock, whether from the first I believed George to be the murderer, I tell you candidly no, but he might be, notwithstanding, and there was enough against him to make it my duty to take him and get him kept under remand. ","abridged":"If you ask me, Sir Leicester Dedlock, whether I believed George to be the murderer, I tell you candidly no, but he might be, notwithstanding, and it was my duty to get him kept under remand. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, observe!\"\n","abridged":"Now, observe!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"As Mr. Bucket bends forward in some excitement--for him--and inaugurates what he is going to say with one ghostly beat of his forefinger in the air, Mademoiselle Hortense fixes her black eyes upon him with a dark frown and sets her dry lips closely and firmly together.\n","abridged":"As Mr. Bucket bends forward in some excitement - for him - Mademoiselle Hortense fixes her black eyes upon him with a dark frown and sets her dry lips firmly together.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I went home, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, at night and found this young woman having supper with my wife, Mrs. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"I went home at night and found this young woman having supper with my wife, Mrs. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"She had made a mighty show of being fond of Mrs. Bucket from her first offering herself as our lodger, but that night she made more than ever--in fact, overdid it. ","abridged":"She had made a mighty show of being fond of Mrs. Bucket from her first offering herself as our lodger, but that night overdid it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Likewise she overdid her respect, and all that, for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. ","abridged":"Likewise she overdid her respect for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"By the living Lord it flashed upon me, as I sat opposite to her at the table and saw her with a knife in her hand, that she had done it!\"\n","abridged":"It flashed upon me, as I sat opposite to her at the table and saw her with a knife in her hand, that she had done it!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle is hardly audible in straining through her teeth and lips the words, \"You are a devil.\"\n","abridged":"Mademoiselle is hardly audible in straining through her teeth the words, \"You are a devil.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now where,\" pursues Mr. Bucket, \"had she been on the night of the murder? ","abridged":"\"Now where,\" pursues Mr. Bucket, \"had she been on the night of the murder? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"She had been to the theayter. ","abridged":"She had been to the theayter. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"(She really was there, I have since found, both before the deed and after it.) ","abridged":"(She really was there, I have since found, both before the deed and after it.) ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I knew I had an artful customer to deal with and that proof would be very difficult; and I laid a trap for her--such a trap as I never laid yet, and such a venture as I never made yet. ","abridged":"I knew I had an artful customer to deal with and that proof would be very difficult; and I laid a trap for her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I worked it out in my mind while I was talking to her at supper. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"When I went upstairs to bed, our house being small and this young woman's ears sharp, I stuffed the sheet into Mrs. Bucket's mouth that she shouldn't say a word of surprise and told her all about it. ","abridged":"When I went upstairs to bed, I told Mrs. Bucket all about it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"My dear, don't you give your mind to that again, or I shall link your feet together at the ankles.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket, breaking off, has made a noiseless descent upon mademoiselle and laid his heavy hand upon her shoulder.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"What is the matter with you now?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"she asks him.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Don't you think any more,\" returns Mr. Bucket with admonitory finger, \"of throwing yourself out of window. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"That's what's the matter with me. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Come! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Just take my arm. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You needn't get up; I'll sit down by you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now take my arm, will you? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I'm a married man, you know; you're acquainted with my wife. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Just take my arm.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Vainly endeavouring to moisten those dry lips, with a painful sound she struggles with herself and complies.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now we're all right again. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, this case could never have been the case it is but for Mrs. Bucket, who is a woman in fifty thousand--in a hundred and fifty thousand! ","abridged":"Mrs. Bucket is a woman in fifty thousand! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"To throw this young woman off her guard, I have never set foot in our house since, though I've communicated with Mrs. Bucket in the baker's loaves and in the milk as often as required. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"My whispered words to Mrs. Bucket when she had the sheet in her mouth were, 'My dear, can you throw her off continually with natural accounts of my suspicions against George, and this, and that, and t'other? Can you do without rest and keep watch upon her night and day? ","abridged":"I asked Mrs. Bucket to throw this young woman off her guard, with accounts of my suspicions against George; and to keep watch upon her night and day. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Can you undertake to say, 'She shall do nothing without my knowledge, she shall be my prisoner without suspecting it, she shall no more escape from me than from death, and her life shall be my life, and her soul my soul, till I have got her, if she did this murder?' ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bucket says to me, as well as she could speak on account of the sheet, 'Bucket, I can!' ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And she has acted up to it glorious!\"\n","abridged":"And Mrs. Bucket has acted up to it glorious!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Lies!\" ","abridged":"\"Lies!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"mademoiselle interposes. ","abridged":"mademoiselle interposes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"All lies, my friend!\"\n","abridged":"\"All lies, my friend!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, how did my calculations come out under these circumstances? When I calculated that this impetuous young woman would overdo it in new directions, was I wrong or right? I was right. What does she try to do? ","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, what does this lady try to do? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Don't let it give you a turn? To throw the murder on her ladyship.\"\n","abridged":"Don't let it give you a turn - to throw the murder on her ladyship.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester rises from his chair and staggers down again.\n","abridged":"Sir Leicester rises from his chair and staggers down again.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"And she got encouragement in it from hearing that I was always here, which was done a-purpose. ","abridged":"\"And she got encouragement in it from hearing that I was always here. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, open that pocket-book of mine, Sir Leicester Dedlock, if I may take the liberty of throwing it towards you, and look at the letters sent to me, each with the two words 'Lady Dedlock' in it. ","abridged":"Now, in this pocket-book of mine, Sir Leicester Dedlock, are letters sent to me, each with the two words 'Lady Dedlock.' ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Open the one directed to yourself, which I stopped this very morning, and read the three words 'Lady Dedlock, Murderess' in it. ","abridged":"This one came this very morning, with the three words 'Lady Dedlock, Murderess' in it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"These letters have been falling about like a shower of lady-birds. ","abridged":"These letters have been falling about like a shower of lady-birds. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What do you say now to Mrs. Bucket, from her spy-place having seen them all 'written by this young woman? ","abridged":"Mrs. Bucket, from her spy-place, saw them written. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What do you say to Mrs. Bucket having, within this half-hour, secured the corresponding ink and paper, fellow half-sheets and what not? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What do you say to Mrs. Bucket having watched the posting of 'em every one by this young woman, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet?\" ","abridged":"She watched the posting of 'em every one by this young woman, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket asks, triumphant in his admiration of his lady's genius.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket is triumphant in his admiration of his lady's genius.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Two things are especially observable as Mr. Bucket proceeds to a conclusion. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"First, that he seems imperceptibly to establish a dreadful right of property in mademoiselle. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Secondly, that the very atmosphere she breathes seems to narrow and contract about her as if a close net or a pall were being drawn nearer and yet nearer around her breathless figure.\n","abridged":"The very atmosphere mademoiselle breathes seems to narrow and contract about her as if a close net were being pulled around her breathless figure.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"There is no doubt that her ladyship was on the spot at the eventful period,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"and my foreign friend here saw her, I believe, from the upper part of the staircase. ","abridged":"\"There is no doubt that her ladyship was on the spot at the eventful time,\" says Mr. Bucket, \"and my foreign friend here saw her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Her ladyship and George and my foreign friend were all pretty close on one another's heels. ","abridged":"Her ladyship and George and my foreign friend were all pretty close on one another's heels.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But that don't signify any more, so I'll not go into it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It was a bit of the printed description of your house at Chesney Wold. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Not much in that, you'll say, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"No. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But when my foreign friend here is so thoroughly off her guard as to think it a safe time to tear up the rest of that leaf, and when Mrs. Bucket puts the pieces together and finds the wadding wanting, it begins to look like Queer Street.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"These are very long lies,\" mademoiselle interposes. ","abridged":"\"These are very long lies,\" mademoiselle interposes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You prose great deal. ","abridged":"\"You prose great deal. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Is it that you have almost all finished, or are you speaking always?\"\n","abridged":"Is it that you have almost finished?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, who delights in a full title and does violence to himself when he dispenses with any fragment of it, \"the last point in the case which I am now going to mention shows the necessity of patience in our business, and never doing a thing in a hurry. ","abridged":"\"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet,\" proceeds Mr. Bucket, \"the last point in the case shows the necessity of never doing a thing in a hurry. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I watched this young woman yesterday without her knowledge when she was looking at the funeral, in company with my wife, who planned to take her there; and I had so much to convict her, and I saw such an expression in her face, and my mind so rose against her malice towards her ladyship, and the time was altogether such a time for bringing down what you may call retribution upon her, that if I had been a younger hand with less experience, I should have taken her, certain. ","abridged":"I watched this young woman yesterday without her knowledge when she was looking at the funeral, in company with my wife; and I saw such an expression in her face, that if I had been less experienced, I should have arrested her then, certain. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Equally, last night, when her ladyship, as is so universally admired I am sure, come home looking--why, Lord, a man might almost say like Venus rising from the ocean--it was so unpleasant and inconsistent to think of her being charged with a murder of which she was innocent that I felt quite to want to put an end to the job. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"What should I have lost? ","abridged":"What should I have lost? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I should have lost the weapon. ","abridged":"Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, I should have lost the weapon. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"My prisoner here proposed to Mrs. Bucket, after the departure of the funeral, that they should go per bus a little ways into the country and take tea at a very decent house of entertainment. ","abridged":"My prisoner here proposed to Mrs. Bucket, after the funeral, that they should go a little ways into the country and take tea at a house of entertainment. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, near that house of entertainment there's a piece of water. ","abridged":"Now, near that place there's a pond. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"At tea, my prisoner got up to fetch her pocket handkercher from the bedroom where the bonnets was; she was rather a long time gone and came back a little out of wind. ","abridged":"At tea, my prisoner got up to fetch her pocket handkercher from the bedroom; she was rather a long time gone and came back a little breathless. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"As soon as they came home this was reported to me by Mrs. Bucket, along with her observations and suspicions. ","abridged":"As soon as they came home this was reported to me by Mrs. Bucket, along with her suspicions. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I had the piece of water dragged by moonlight, in presence of a couple of our men, and the pocket pistol was brought up before it had been there half-a-dozen hours. ","abridged":"I had the water dragged by moonlight, and the pocket pistol was brought up. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Now, my dear, put your arm a little further through mine, and hold it steady, and I shan't hurt you!\"\n","abridged":"Now, my dear, hold that hand steady, and I shan't hurt you!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. ","abridged":"In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That's one,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"That's one,\" he says. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Now the other, darling. ","abridged":"\"Now the other, darling. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Two, and all told!\"\n","abridged":"Two, and all told!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"He rises; she rises too. ","abridged":"He rises; she rises too. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Where,\" she asks him, darkening her large eyes until their drooping lids almost conceal them--and yet they stare, \"where is your false, your treacherous, and cursed wife?\"\n","abridged":"\"Where,\" she asks, \"is your false, your treacherous, cursed wife?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"She's gone forrard to the Police Office,\" returns Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"She's gone to the Police Office,\" returns Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You'll see her there, my dear.\"\n","abridged":"\"You'll see her there, my dear.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"I would like to kiss her!\" exclaims Mademoiselle Hortense, panting tigress-like.\n\"You'd bite her, I suspect,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n\"I would!\" making her eyes very large. \"I would love to tear her limb from limb.\"\n","abridged":"\"I would like to tear her limb from limb!\" exclaims Mademoiselle Hortense, panting tigress-like.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Bless you, darling,\" says Mr. Bucket with the greatest composure, \"I'm fully prepared to hear that. ","abridged":"\"Bless you, darling,\" says Mr. Bucket with the greatest composure. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another when you do differ. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You don't mind me half so much, do you?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"No. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Though you are a devil still.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Angel and devil by turns, eh?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"But I am in my regular employment, you must consider. Let me put your shawl tidy. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I've been lady's maid to a good many before now. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Anything wanting to the bonnet? ","abridged":"\"You have your bonnet? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"There's a cab at the door.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mademoiselle Hortense, casting an indignant eye at the glass, shakes herself perfectly neat in one shake and looks, to do her justice, uncommonly genteel.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Listen then, my angel,\" says she after several sarcastic nods. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You are very spiritual. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But can you restore him back to life?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket answers, \"Not exactly.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"That is droll. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Listen yet one time. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"You are very spiritual. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Can you make a honourable lady of her?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Don't be so malicious,\" says Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Or a haughty gentleman of HIM?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"cries mademoiselle, referring to Sir Leicester with ineffable disdain. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Eh! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Oh, then regard him! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The poor infant! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Ha! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Ha! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Ha!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Come, come, why this is worse PARLAYING than the other,\" says Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"Come along!\"\n","abridged":"Come along!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"\"You cannot do these things? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Then you can do as you please with me. ","abridged":"\"You can do as you please with me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is but the death, it is all the same. ","abridged":"It is but the death, it is all the same. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Let us go, my angel. ","abridged":"Let us go, my angel. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Adieu, you old man, grey. ","abridged":"Adieu, you old man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"I pity you, and I despise you!\"\n","abridged":"I pity you, and I despise you!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"With these last words she snaps her teeth together as if her mouth closed with a spring. ","abridged":"With these last words she snaps her teeth together as if her mouth closed with a spring. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is impossible to describe how Mr. Bucket gets her out, but he accomplishes that feat in a manner so peculiar to himself, enfolding and pervading her like a cloud, and hovering away with her as if he were a homely Jupiter and she the object of his affections.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket gets her out in a manner peculiar to himself, enfolding her like a cloud, and hovering away with her.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Sir Leicester, left alone, remains in the same attitude, as though he were still listening and his attention were still occupied. ","abridged":"Sir Leicester, left alone, remains seated as though he were still listening. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"At length he gazes round the empty room, and finding it deserted, rises unsteadily to his feet, pushes back his chair, and walks a few steps, supporting himself by the table. ","abridged":"At length he gazes round the empty room, rises unsteadily to his feet and walks a few steps, supporting himself by the table. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Then he stops, and with more of those inarticulate sounds, lifts up his eyes and seems to stare at something.\n","abridged":"Then he stops, and with more of those inarticulate sounds, lifts up his eyes and seems to stare at something.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"Heaven knows what he sees. ","abridged":"Heaven knows what he sees. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The green, green woods of Chesney Wold, the noble house, the pictures of his forefathers, strangers defacing them, officers of police coarsely handling his most precious heirlooms, thousands of fingers pointing at him, thousands of faces sneering at him. ","abridged":"The green woods of Chesney Wold, the noble house, the pictures of his forefathers; thousands of fingers pointing at him, thousands of faces sneering. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"But if such shadows flit before him to his bewilderment, there is one other shadow which he can name with something like distinctness even yet and to which alone he addresses his tearing of his white hair and his extended arms.\n","abridged":"But there is one shadow to which alone he addresses his tearing of his white hair and his extended arms.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is she in association with whom, saving that she has been for years a main fibre of the root of his dignity and pride, he has never had a selfish thought. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is she whom he has loved, admired, honoured, and set up for the world to respect. ","abridged":"It is she whom he has loved, admired, honoured, and set up for the world to respect. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"It is she who, at the core of all the constrained formalities and conventionalities of his life, has been a stock of living tenderness and love, susceptible as nothing else is of being struck with the agony he feels. ","abridged":"It is she who, at the core of all the constrained formalities of his life, has been a stock of living tenderness and love. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"He sees her, almost to the exclusion of himself, and cannot bear to look upon her cast down from the high place she has graced so well.\n","abridged":"He cannot bear to look upon her cast down from the high place she has graced so well.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"And even to the point of his sinking on the ground, oblivious of his suffering, he can yet pronounce her name with something like distinctness in the midst of those intrusive sounds, and in a tone of mourning and compassion rather than reproach.","abridged":"And even as he sinks down to the ground, he can yet pronounce her name with something like distinctness in the midst of those intrusive sounds, and in a tone of mourning and compassion rather than reproach.","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 54: Springing a Mine"}
{"original":"The day had brightened very much, and still brightened as we went westward. We went our way through the sunshine and the fresh air, wondering more and more at the extent of the streets, the brilliancy of the shops, the great traffic, and the crowds of people whom the pleasanter weather seemed to have brought out like many-coloured flowers. ","abridged":"The day brightened as we went our way through the sunshine and the fresh air, wondering at the extent of the streets, the traffic, and the crowds of people. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"By and by we began to leave the wonderful city and to proceed through suburbs which, of themselves, would have made a pretty large town in my eyes; and at last we got into a real country road again, with windmills, rick-yards, milestones, farmers' waggons, scents of old hay, swinging signs, and horse troughs: trees, fields, and hedge-rows. ","abridged":"By and by we left the city to proceed through suburbs which, of themselves, would have made a pretty large town in my eyes; and at last we got onto a real country road again, with windmills, milestones, farmers' waggons, scents of old hay, and horse troughs: trees, fields, and hedge-rows. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was delightful to see the green landscape before us and the immense metropolis behind; and when a waggon with a train of beautiful horses, furnished with red trappings and clear-sounding bells, came by us with its music, I believe we could all three have sung to the bells, so cheerful were the influences around.\n","abridged":"It was delightful to see the green landscape; and when a waggon with a train of beautiful horses, furnished with red trappings and clear-sounding bells, came by us, I believe we could all three have sung to its music.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The whole road has been reminding me of my namesake Whittington,\" said Richard, \"and that waggon is the finishing touch. ","abridged":"\"The road has been reminding me of my namesake Dick Whittington,\" said Richard, \"and that waggon is the finishing touch. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Halloa! ","abridged":"Halloa! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"What's the matter?\"\n","abridged":"What's the matter?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We had stopped, and the waggon had stopped too. ","abridged":"We had stopped, and the waggon had stopped too. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Its music changed as the horses came to a stand, and subsided to a gentle tinkling, except when a horse tossed his head or shook himself and sprinkled off a little shower of bell-ringing.\n","abridged":"The horses came to a stand, with a little shower of bell-ringing.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Our postilion is looking after the waggoner,\" said Richard, \"and the waggoner is coming back after us. ","abridged":"\"The waggoner is coming back after us. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Good day, friend!\" ","abridged":"Good day, friend!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The waggoner was at our coach-door. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Why, here's an extraordinary thing!\" added Richard, looking closely at the man. ","abridged":"said Richard. \"Why, here's an extraordinary thing! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"He has got your name, Ada, in his hat!\"\n","abridged":"He has got your name, Ada, in his hat!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He had all our names in his hat. ","abridged":"He had all our names in his hat. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Tucked within the band were three small notes--one addressed to Ada, one to Richard, one to me. ","abridged":"Tucked within the band were three small notes - one addressed to each of us. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"These the waggoner delivered to each of us respectively, reading the name aloud first. In answer to Richard's inquiry from whom they came, he briefly answered, \"Master, sir, if you please\"; and putting on his hat again (which was like a soft bowl), cracked his whip, re-awakened his music, and went melodiously away.\n","abridged":"These the waggoner delivered; and on Richard's asking from whom they came, he briefly answered, \"Master, sir, if you please.\" Putting on his hat again, he cracked his whip, and went melodiously away.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Is that Mr. Jarndyce's waggon?\" ","abridged":"\"Is that Mr. Jarndyce's waggon?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Richard, calling to our post-boy.\n","abridged":"Richard asked our post-boy.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Yes, sir,\" he replied. ","abridged":"\"Yes, sir,\" he replied.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Going to London.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We opened the notes. ","abridged":"We opened the notes. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Each was a counterpart of the other and contained these words in a solid, plain hand.\n","abridged":"Each contained these words in a solid, plain hand.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I look forward, my dear, to our meeting easily and without constraint on either side. ","abridged":"\"I look forward, my dear, to our meeting easily and without constraint on either side. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I therefore have to propose that we meet as old friends and take the past for granted. ","abridged":"I therefore have to propose that we meet as old friends and take the past for granted. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It will be a relief to you possibly, and to me certainly, and so my love to you.\n","abridged":"It will be a relief to me, and possibly to you. And so my love to you.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"John Jarndyce\n","abridged":"\"John Jarndyce.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I had perhaps less reason to be surprised than either of my companions, having never yet enjoyed an opportunity of thanking one who had been my benefactor and sole earthly dependence through so many years. I had not considered how I could thank him, my gratitude lying too deep in my heart for that; but I now began to consider how I could meet him without thanking him, and felt it would be very difficult indeed.\n","abridged":"I had not considered how I could thank my benefactor, my gratitude lying too deep in my heart for that; but I now began to wonder how I could meet him without thanking him, and felt it would be very difficult indeed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The notes revived in Richard and Ada a general impression that they both had, without quite knowing how they came by it, that their cousin Jarndyce could never bear acknowledgments for any kindness he performed and that sooner than receive any he would resort to the most singular expedients and evasions or would even run away. ","abridged":"The notes revived in Richard and Ada a general impression that their cousin Jarndyce could never bear thanks for any kindness he performed, and that sooner than receive any he would even run away. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada dimly remembered to have heard her mother tell, when she was a very little child, that he had once done her an act of uncommon generosity and that on her going to his house to thank him, he happened to see her through a window coming to the door, and immediately escaped by the back gate, and was not heard of for three months. ","abridged":"Ada dimly remembered to have heard her mother tell, when she was a little child, that he had once done her an act of uncommon generosity and that on her going to his house to thank him, he saw her approaching through a window, and immediately escaped by the back gate, and was not heard of for three months. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"This discourse led to a great deal more on the same theme, and indeed it lasted us all day, and we talked of scarcely anything else. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"If we did by any chance diverge into another subject, we soon returned to this, and wondered what the house would be like, and when we should get there, and whether we should see Mr. Jarndyce as soon as we arrived or after a delay, and what he would say to us, and what we should say to him. ","abridged":"We wondered much about Mr. Jarndyce, and what the house would be like, and when we should get there.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"All of which we wondered about, over and over again.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The roads were very heavy for the horses, but the pathway was generally good, so we alighted and walked up all the hills, and liked it so well that we prolonged our walk on the level ground when we got to the top. ","abridged":"The roads were very heavy for the horses, so we alighted and walked up all the hills. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"At Barnet there were other horses waiting for us, but as they had only just been fed, we had to wait for them too, and got a long fresh walk over a common and an old battle-field before the carriage came up. ","abridged":"At Barnet there were other horses waiting for us, but as they had only just been fed, we had to wait for them too. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"These delays so protracted the journey that the short day was spent and the long night had closed in before we came to St. Albans, near to which town Bleak House was, we knew.\n","abridged":"These delays meant that the long night had closed in before we came to St. Albans, near to which Bleak House was.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"By that time we were so anxious and nervous that even Richard confessed, as we rattled over the stones of the old street, to feeling an irrational desire to drive back again. ","abridged":"By that time we were anxious and nervous. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"As to Ada and me, whom he had wrapped up with great care, the night being sharp and frosty, we trembled from head to foot. ","abridged":"Ada and I trembled from head to foot. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"When we turned out of the town, round a corner, and Richard told us that the post-boy, who had for a long time sympathized with our heightened expectation, was looking back and nodding, we both stood up in the carriage (Richard holding Ada lest she should be jolted down) and gazed round upon the open country and the starlight night for our destination. ","abridged":"We both stood up in the carriage (Richard holding Ada lest she should be jolted down) and gazed round upon the open country and the starlit night for our destination. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"There was a light sparkling on the top of a hill before us, and the driver, pointing to it with his whip and crying, \"That's Bleak House!\" ","abridged":"There was a light sparkling on the top of a hill before us, and the driver pointed to it, crying, \"That's Bleak House!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"put his horses into a canter and took us forward at such a rate, uphill though it was, that the wheels sent the road drift flying about our heads like spray from a water-mill. Presently we lost the light, presently saw it, presently lost it, presently saw it, and turned into an avenue of trees and cantered up towards where it was beaming brightly. ","abridged":"He put his horses into a canter; presently we turned into an avenue of trees and drove up towards the light. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was in a window of what seemed to be an old-fashioned house with three peaks in the roof in front and a circular sweep leading to the porch. ","abridged":"It was in a window of what seemed to be an old-fashioned house with three peaks in the roof and a circular sweep leading to the porch.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"A bell was rung as we drew up, and amidst the sound of its deep voice in the still air, and the distant barking of some dogs, and a gush of light from the opened door, and the smoking and steaming of the heated horses, and the quickened beating of our own hearts, we alighted in no inconsiderable confusion.\n","abridged":"A bell was rung as we drew up. Amidst the sound of its deep voice in the still air, and the distant barking of some dogs, and a gush of light from the opened door, we alighted.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Ada, my love, Esther, my dear, you are welcome. ","abridged":"\"Ada, my love, Esther, my dear, you are welcome. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I rejoice to see you! ","abridged":"I rejoice to see you! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Rick, if I had a hand to spare at present, I would give it you!\"\n","abridged":"Rick, if I had a hand to spare at present, I would give it you!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The gentleman who said these words in a clear, bright, hospitable voice had one of his arms round Ada's waist and the other round mine, and kissed us both in a fatherly way, and bore us across the hall into a ruddy little room, all in a glow with a blazing fire. ","abridged":"The gentleman who said these words in a clear, bright, hospitable voice had one of his arms round Ada's waist and the other round mine, and kissed us both in a fatherly way. He bore us across the hall into a little room aglow with a blazing fire. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Here he kissed us again, and opening his arms, made us sit down side by side on a sofa ready drawn out near the hearth. ","abridged":"Here he kissed us again, and made us sit down side by side on a sofa near the hearth. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I felt that if we had been at all demonstrative, he would have run away in a moment.\n","abridged":"I felt that if we had been at all demonstrative, he would have run away in a moment.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Now, Rick!\" ","abridged":"\"Now, Rick!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said he. ","abridged":"said he. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I have a hand at liberty. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"A word in earnest is as good as a speech. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I am heartily glad to see you. ","abridged":"\"I am heartily glad to see you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You are at home. ","abridged":"You are at home. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Warm yourself!\"\n","abridged":"Warm yourself!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Richard shook him by both hands with an intuitive mixture of respect and frankness, and only saying (though with an earnestness that rather alarmed me, I was so afraid of Mr. Jarndyce's suddenly disappearing), \"You are very kind, sir! ","abridged":"Richard shook him by both hands, saying (with an earnestness that rather alarmed me, I was so afraid of Mr. Jarndyce's suddenly disappearing), \"You are very kind, sir! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We are very much obliged to you!\" ","abridged":"We are very much obliged to you!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"laid aside his hat and coat and came up to the fire.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"And how did you like the ride? And how did you like Mrs. Jellyby, my dear?\" ","abridged":"\"How did you like the ride, my dear?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce to Ada.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce to Ada.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"While Ada was speaking to him in reply, I glanced (I need not say with how much interest) at his face. ","abridged":"While Ada was replying, I glanced with interest at his face. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was a handsome, lively, quick face, full of change and motion; and his hair was a silvered iron-grey. ","abridged":"It was a handsome, lively, quick face, full of change and motion; and his hair was a silvered iron-grey. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I took him to be nearer sixty than fifty, but he was upright, hearty, and robust. ","abridged":"I took him to be nearer sixty than fifty, but he was upright, hearty, and robust. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"From the moment of his first speaking to us his voice had connected itself with an association in my mind that I could not define; but now, all at once, a something sudden in his manner and a pleasant expression in his eyes recalled the gentleman in the stagecoach six years ago on the memorable day of my journey to Reading. ","abridged":"When he first spoke to us his voice had connected itself with a memory that I could not define; but now, all at once, I recalled the gentleman in the stagecoach six years ago on the memorable day of my journey to Reading. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I was certain it was he. ","abridged":"I was certain it was he.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I never was so frightened in my life as when I made the discovery, for he caught my glance, and appearing to read my thoughts, gave such a look at the door that I thought we had lost him.\n","abridged":"He caught my glance, and appearing to read my thoughts, gave such a look at the door that I thought we had lost him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"However, I am happy to say he remained where he was, and asked me what I thought of Mrs. Jellyby.\n","abridged":"However, I am happy to say he remained where he was, and asked me what I thought of Mrs. Jellyby.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"She exerts herself very much for Africa, sir,\" I said.\n","abridged":"\"She exerts herself very much for Africa, sir,\" I said.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Nobly!\" ","abridged":"\"Nobly!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"returned Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"returned Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"But you answer like Ada.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Whom I had not heard. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"You all think something else, I see.\"\n","abridged":"\"But you think something else, I see.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"We rather thought,\" said I, glancing at Richard and Ada, who entreated me with their eyes to speak, \"that perhaps she was a little unmindful of her home.\"\n","abridged":"\"We rather thought,\" said I, glancing at Richard and Ada, \"that perhaps she was a little unmindful of her home.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Floored!\" ","abridged":"\"Floored!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"cried Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"cried Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I was rather alarmed again.\n","abridged":"I was rather alarmed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Well! ","abridged":"\"Well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I want to know your real thoughts, my dear. ","abridged":"I want to know your real thoughts, my dear. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I may have sent you there on purpose.\"\n","abridged":"I may have sent you there on purpose.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"We thought that, perhaps,\" said I, hesitating, \"it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them.\"\n","abridged":"\"We thought that, perhaps,\" said I, hesitating, \"it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, if those are neglected, no other duties can be substituted for them.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The little Jellybys,\" said Richard, coming to my relief, \"are really--I can't help expressing myself strongly, sir--in a devil of a state.\"\n","abridged":"\"The little Jellybys,\" said Richard, coming to my relief, \"are really in a devil of a state, sir.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"She means well,\" said Mr. Jarndyce hastily. ","abridged":"\"She means well,\" said Mr. Jarndyce hastily. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The wind's in the east.\"\n","abridged":"\"The wind's in the east.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It was in the north, sir, as we came down,\" observed Richard.\n","abridged":"\"It was in the north, sir, as we came down,\" observed Richard.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"My dear Rick,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, poking the fire, \"I'll take an oath it's either in the east or going to be. ","abridged":"\"My dear Rick,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, poking the fire, \"it's either in the east or going to be. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.\"\n","abridged":"I am always conscious of an uncomfortable feeling when the wind is blowing in the east.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Rheumatism, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"Rheumatism, sir?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Richard.\n","abridged":"said Richard.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I dare say it is, Rick. ","abridged":"\"I dare say it is, Rick. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I believe it is. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And so the little Jell--I had my doubts about 'em--are in a--oh, Lord, yes, it's easterly!\" ","abridged":"And so the little Jell - oh, Lord, yes, it's easterly!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He had taken two or three undecided turns up and down while uttering these broken sentences, retaining the poker in one hand and rubbing his hair with the other, with a good-natured vexation at once so whimsical and so lovable that I am sure we were more delighted with him than we could possibly have expressed in any words. ","abridged":"He took two or three undecided turns up and down, holding the poker in one hand and rubbing his hair with the other, with a good-natured vexation at once both whimsical and lovable. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to me, and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the way out when he suddenly turned us all back again.\n","abridged":"He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to me, and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the way out when he suddenly turned us all back again.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Those little Jellybys. ","abridged":"\"Those little Jellybys. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Couldn't you--didn't you--now, if it had rained sugar-plums, or three-cornered raspberry tarts, or anything of that sort!\" ","abridged":"Couldn't you - now, if it had rained sugar-plums, or raspberry tarts, or anything of that sort!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Oh, cousin--\" Ada hastily began.\n","abridged":"\"Oh, cousin-\" Ada hastily began.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Good, my pretty pet. ","abridged":"\"Good, my pretty pet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I like cousin. ","abridged":"I like cousin. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Cousin John, perhaps, is better.\"\n","abridged":"Cousin John, perhaps, is better.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Then, cousin John--\" Ada laughingly began again.\n","abridged":"\"Then, cousin John-\" Ada laughingly began again.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Ha, ha! ","abridged":"\"Ha, ha! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Very good indeed!\" ","abridged":"Very good indeed!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce with great enjoyment. ","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Sounds uncommonly natural. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Yes, my dear?\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes, my dear?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It did better than that. ","abridged":"\"It did better than that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It rained Esther.\"\n","abridged":"It rained Esther.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Aye?\" ","abridged":"\"Aye?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"What did Esther do?\"\n","abridged":"\"What did Esther do?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Why, cousin John,\" said Ada, clasping her hands upon his arm and shaking her head at me across him--for I wanted her to be quiet--\"Esther was their friend directly. ","abridged":"\"Why, cousin John,\" said Ada - though I wanted her to be quiet - \"Esther was their friend at once. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes\"--My dear girl! ","abridged":"Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes\" - My dear girl! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I had only gone out with Peepy after he was found and given him a little, tiny horse!--\"and, cousin John, she softened poor Caroline, the eldest one, so much and was so thoughtful for me and so amiable! ","abridged":"I had only gone out with Peepy after he was found and given him a little, tiny horse! - \"and, cousin John, she softened poor Caroline, the eldest one, so much and was so thoughtful and amiable! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"No, no, I won't be contradicted, Esther dear! ","abridged":"No, I won't be contradicted, Esther dear! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You know, you know, it's true!\"\n","abridged":"You know it's true!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The warm-hearted darling leaned across her cousin John and kissed me, and then looking up in his face, boldly said, \"At all events, cousin John, I WILL thank you for the companion you have given me.\" ","abridged":"The warm-hearted darling leaned over and kissed me, and then boldly said, \"At all events, cousin John, I will thank you for the companion you have given me.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I felt as if she challenged him to run away. ","abridged":"I felt as if she challenged him to run away. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But he didn't.\n","abridged":"But he didn't.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Where did you say the wind was, Rick?\" ","abridged":"\"Where did you say the wind was, Rick?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"asked Mr. Jarndyce.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"In the north as we came down, sir.\"\n","abridged":"\"In the north, sir.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"You are right. ","abridged":"\"You are right. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"There's no east in it. ","abridged":"There's no east in it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"A mistake of mine. ","abridged":"A mistake of mine. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Come, girls, come and see your home!\"\n","abridged":"Come, girls, come and see your home!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was one of those delightfully irregular houses where you go up and down steps out of one room into another, and where you come upon more rooms when you think you have seen all there are, and where there is a bountiful provision of little halls and passages, and where you find still older cottage-rooms in unexpected places with lattice windows and green growth pressing through them. ","abridged":"It was one of those delightfully irregular houses where you go up and down steps out of one room into another, and keep finding unexpected rooms, and little halls and passages, and still older cottage-rooms with lattice windows and green growth pressing through them.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mine, which we entered first, was of this kind, with an up-and-down roof that had more corners in it than I ever counted afterwards and a chimney (there was a wood fire on the hearth) paved all around with pure white tiles, in every one of which a bright miniature of the fire was blazing. ","abridged":"Mine, which we entered first, was of this kind, with an up-and-down roof full of corners, and a chimney paved all around with pure white tiles, in each of which a bright miniature of the fire was blazing. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Out of this room, you went down two steps into a charming little sitting-room looking down upon a flower-garden, which room was henceforth to belong to Ada and me. ","abridged":"From this room, you went down two steps into a charming little sitting-room looking down upon a flower-garden. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Out of this you went up three steps into Ada's bedroom, which had a fine broad window commanding a beautiful view (we saw a great expanse of darkness lying underneath the stars), to which there was a hollow window-seat, in which, with a spring-lock, three dear Adas might have been lost at once. ","abridged":"Out of this you went up three steps into Ada's bedroom, which had a fine broad window commanding a beautiful view, and an enormous window-seat. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Out of this room you passed into a little gallery, with which the other best rooms (only two) communicated, and so, by a little staircase of shallow steps with a number of corner stairs in it, considering its length, down into the hall. ","abridged":"Out of this room you passed into a little gallery, and by a winding staircase down into the hall.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But if instead of going out at Ada's door you came back into my room, and went out at the door by which you had entered it, and turned up a few crooked steps that branched off in an unexpected manner from the stairs, you lost yourself in passages, with mangles in them, and three-cornered tables, and a native Hindu chair, which was also a sofa, a box, and a bedstead, and looked in every form something between a bamboo skeleton and a great bird-cage, and had been brought from India nobody knew by whom or when. ","abridged":"But if instead of going out at Ada's door you came back into my room, and went out at the door by which you had entered it, and turned up a few crooked steps, you lost yourself in passages with mangles in them, and three-cornered tables, and a Hindu chair. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"From these you came on Richard's room, which was part library, part sitting-room, part bedroom, and seemed indeed a comfortable compound of many rooms. ","abridged":"From these you came to Richard's room, which was part library, part sitting-room, part comfortable bedroom. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Out of that you went straight, with a little interval of passage, to the plain room where Mr. Jarndyce slept, all the year round, with his window open, his bedstead without any furniture standing in the middle of the floor for more air, and his cold bath gaping for him in a smaller room adjoining. ","abridged":"Out of that you went down a passage, to the plain room where Mr. Jarndyce slept with his window open, his bedstead standing alone in the middle of the floor. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Out of that you came into another passage, where there were back-stairs and where you could hear the horses being rubbed down outside the stable and being told to \"Hold up\" and \"Get over,\" as they slipped about very much on the uneven stones. ","abridged":"Out of that you came into another passage, where there were back-stairs and where you could hear the horses being rubbed down outside the stable. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Or you might, if you came out at another door (every room had at least two doors), go straight down to the hall again by half-a-dozen steps and a low archway, wondering how you got back there or had ever got out of it.\n","abridged":"Or you might, if you came out at another door (every room had at least two doors), go straight down to the hall again through a low archway, wondering how you got back there or had ever got out of it.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The furniture, old-fashioned rather than old, like the house, was as pleasantly irregular. ","abridged":"The furniture, like the house, was old-fashioned and pleasantly irregular. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada's sleeping-room was all flowers--in chintz and paper, in velvet, in needlework, in the brocade of two stiff courtly chairs which stood, each attended by a little page of a stool for greater state, on either side of the fire-place. ","abridged":"Ada's bedroom was all flowers - in chintz and paper, velvet, needlework, and brocade. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Our sitting-room was green and had framed and glazed upon the walls numbers of surprising and surprised birds, staring out of pictures at a real trout in a case, as brown and shining as if it had been served with gravy; at the death of Captain Cook; and at the whole process of preparing tea in China, as depicted by Chinese artists. ","abridged":"Our sitting-room had framed upon the walls numbers of surprising and surprised birds; a real trout in a case; the death of Captain Cook; and the process of preparing tea in China, as depicted by Chinese artists. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"In my room there were oval engravings of the months--ladies haymaking in short waists and large hats tied under the chin, for June; smooth-legged noblemen pointing with cocked-hats to village steeples, for October. ","abridged":"In my room there were oval engravings of the months - ladies haymaking in large hats tied under the chin, for June; noblemen pointing with cocked-hats to village steeples, for October. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Half-length portraits in crayons abounded all through the house, but were so dispersed that I found the brother of a youthful officer of mine in the china-closet and the grey old age of my pretty young bride, with a flower in her bodice, in the breakfast-room. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"As substitutes, I had four angels, of Queen Anne's reign, taking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, with some difficulty; and a composition in needlework representing fruit, a kettle, and an alphabet. ","abridged":"I also had four angels, of Queen Anne's reign, taking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, with some difficulty; and a composition in needlework representing fruit, a kettle, and an alphabet.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"All the movables, from the wardrobes to the chairs and tables, hangings, glasses, even to the pincushions and scent-bottles on the dressing-tables, displayed the same quaint variety. They agreed in nothing but their perfect neatness, their display of the whitest linen, and their storing-up, wheresoever the existence of a drawer, small or large, rendered it possible, of quantities of rose-leaves and sweet lavender. ","abridged":"Everything was in a state of perfect neatness, with the whitest linen, and lavender sweetening every drawer. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Such, with its illuminated windows, softened here and there by shadows of curtains, shining out upon the starlight night; with its light, and warmth, and comfort; with its hospitable jingle, at a distance, of preparations for dinner; with the face of its generous master brightening everything we saw; and just wind enough without to sound a low accompaniment to everything we heard, were our first impressions of Bleak House.\n","abridged":"Such, with its light, and warmth, and comfort; with the face of its generous master, and a faint wind blowing outside, were our first impressions of Bleak House.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I am glad you like it,\" said Mr. Jarndyce when he had brought us round again to Ada's sitting-room. ","abridged":"\"I am glad you like it,\" said Mr. Jarndyce when he had brought us round again to Ada's sitting-room. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It makes no pretensions, but it is a comfortable little place, I hope, and will be more so with such bright young looks in it. ","abridged":"\"It is a comfortable little place, I hope, and will be more so with such bright young looks in it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You have barely half an hour before dinner. ","abridged":"You have half an hour before dinner. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"There's no one here but the finest creature upon earth--a child.\"\n","abridged":"There's no one else here but the finest creature upon earth - a child.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"More children, Esther!\" ","abridged":"\"More children, Esther!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Ada.\n","abridged":"said Ada.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I don't mean literally a child,\" pursued Mr. Jarndyce; \"not a child in years. ","abridged":"\"I don't mean literally a child,\" added Mr. Jarndyce; \"not a child in years. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He is grown up--he is at least as old as I am--but in simplicity, and freshness, and enthusiasm, and a fine guileless inaptitude for all worldly affairs, he is a perfect child.\"\n","abridged":"He is as old as I am - but in simplicity, and enthusiasm, and a fine guileless inaptitude for all worldly affairs, he is a perfect child.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We felt that he must be very interesting.\n","abridged":"We felt that he must be very interesting.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"He knows Mrs. Jellyby,\" said Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"He is a musical man, an amateur, but might have been a professional. ","abridged":"\"He is a musical man, an amateur, but might have been a professional. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He is an artist too, an amateur, but might have been a professional. He is a man of attainments and of captivating manners. ","abridged":"He is an artist too; a man of attainments. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He has been unfortunate in his affairs, and unfortunate in his pursuits, and unfortunate in his family; but he don't care--he's a child!\"\n","abridged":"He has been unfortunate; but he don't care - he's a child!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Did you imply that he has children of his own, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"Has he children of his own, sir?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"inquired Richard.\n","abridged":"inquired Richard.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Rick! ","abridged":"\"Yes, Rick! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Half-a-dozen. ","abridged":"Half-a-dozen. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"More! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Nearer a dozen, I should think. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But he has never looked after them. ","abridged":"But he has never looked after them. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"How could he? ","abridged":"How could he? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He wanted somebody to look after HIM. ","abridged":"He wanted somebody to look after him!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He is a child, you know!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"And have the children looked after themselves at all, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"And have the children looked after themselves at all, sir?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"inquired Richard.\n","abridged":"inquired Richard.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Why, just as you may suppose,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, his countenance suddenly falling. ","abridged":"\"Why,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, his face suddenly falling. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Harold Skimpole's children have tumbled up somehow or other. ","abridged":"\"Harold Skimpole's children have tumbled up somehow or other. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The wind's getting round again, I am afraid. ","abridged":"The wind's getting round again, I am afraid! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I feel it rather!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Richard observed that the situation was exposed on a sharp night.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It IS exposed,\" said Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"No doubt that's the cause. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Bleak House has an exposed sound. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But you are coming my way. Come along!\"\n","abridged":"But come along!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Our luggage having arrived and being all at hand, I was dressed in a few minutes and engaged in putting my worldly goods away when a maid (not the one in attendance upon Ada, but another, whom I had not seen) brought a basket into my room with two bunches of keys in it, all labelled.\n","abridged":"Our luggage having arrived, I was dressed in a few minutes and was putting my things away when a maid brought a basket into my room with two bunches of keys in it, all labelled.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"For you, miss, if you please,\" said she.\n","abridged":"\"For you, miss, if you please,\" said she.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"For me?\" ","abridged":"\"For me?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said I.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The housekeeping keys, miss.\"\n","abridged":"\"The housekeeping keys, miss. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I showed my surprise, for she added with some little surprise on her own part, \"I was told to bring them as soon as you was alone, miss. ","abridged":"I was told to bring them as soon as you was alone, miss. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Miss Summerson, if I don't deceive myself?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" said I. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"That is my name.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The large bunch is the housekeeping, and the little bunch is the cellars, miss. ","abridged":"The large bunch is the housekeeping, and the little bunch is the cellars, miss. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Any time you was pleased to appoint to-morrow morning, I was to show you the presses and things they belong to.\"\n","abridged":"Any time you was pleased to appoint tomorrow morning, I was to show you the cupboards and things they belong to.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I said I would be ready at half-past six, and after she was gone, stood looking at the basket, quite lost in the magnitude of my trust. ","abridged":"I said I would be ready at half-past six, and after she was gone, stood looking at the basket, quite lost in the magnitude of my trust. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada found me thus and had such a delightful confidence in me when I showed her the keys and told her about them that it would have been insensibility and ingratitude not to feel encouraged. ","abridged":"Ada found me thus, and showed a delightful confidence in me when I told her about the keys. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I knew, to be sure, that it was the dear girl's kindness, but I liked to be so pleasantly cheated.\n","abridged":"I knew, to be sure, that it was only the dear girl's kindness, but I liked to be so encouraged.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"When we went downstairs, we were presented to Mr. Skimpole, who was standing before the fire telling Richard how fond he used to be, in his school-time, of football. ","abridged":"When we went downstairs, we were presented to Mr. Skimpole, who was standing before the fire. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was a little bright creature with a rather large head, but a delicate face and a sweet voice, and there was a perfect charm in him. ","abridged":"He was a little bright creature with a rather large head, but a delicate face and a sweet voice, and there was a perfect charm in him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"All he said was so free from effort and spontaneous and was said with such a captivating gaiety that it was fascinating to hear him talk. ","abridged":"He spoke with such a captivating gaiety that it was fascinating to hear him talk. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Being of a more slender figure than Mr. Jarndyce and having a richer complexion, with browner hair, he looked younger. ","abridged":"Being more slender than Mr. Jarndyce and less grey, he looked younger. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Indeed, he had more the appearance in all respects of a damaged young man than a well-preserved elderly one. ","abridged":"Indeed, he had more the appearance of a damaged young man rather than a well-preserved elderly one. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"There was an easy negligence in his manner and even in his dress (his hair carelessly disposed, and his neck-kerchief loose and flowing, as I have seen artists paint their own portraits) which I could not separate from the idea of a romantic youth who had undergone some unique process of depreciation. ","abridged":"There was an easy negligence in his manner and his dress which made me think of a romantic youth. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It struck me as being not at all like the manner or appearance of a man who had advanced in life by the usual road of years, cares, and experiences.\n","abridged":"It was not at all like the manner of a man who had experienced life's usual cares.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I gathered from the conversation that Mr. Skimpole had been educated for the medical profession and had once lived, in his professional capacity, in the household of a German prince. ","abridged":"I gathered from the conversation that Mr. Skimpole had been educated for the medical profession and had once been doctor in the household of a German prince. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He told us, however, that as he had always been a mere child in point of weights and measures and had never known anything about them (except that they disgusted him), he had never been able to prescribe with the requisite accuracy of detail. ","abridged":"He told us, however, that as he had always been a mere child in point of weights and measures and had never known anything about them, he had never been able to prescribe accurately. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"In fact, he said, he had no head for detail. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And he told us, with great humour, that when he was wanted to bleed the prince or physic any of his people, he was generally found lying on his back in bed, reading the newspapers or making fancy-sketches in pencil, and couldn't come. ","abridged":"And he told us, with great humour, that when he was wanted to tend the prince, he was generally found lying on his bed, reading the newspapers or sketching, and couldn't come. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The prince, at last, objecting to this, \"in which,\" said Mr. Skimpole, in the frankest manner, \"he was perfectly right,\" the engagement terminated, and Mr. Skimpole having (as he added with delightful gaiety) \"nothing to live upon but love, fell in love, and married, and surrounded himself with rosy cheeks.\" ","abridged":"When the prince objected to this, the post ended, and Mr. Skimpole having (as he added with delightful gaiety) \"nothing to live upon but love, fell in love, and married, and surrounded himself with rosy cheeks.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"His good friend Jarndyce and some other of his good friends then helped him, in quicker or slower succession, to several openings in life, but to no purpose, for he must confess to two of the oldest infirmities in the world: one was that he had no idea of time, the other that he had no idea of money. ","abridged":"His good friend Jarndyce and some other friends helped him to several openings in life, but to no purpose, for he must confess that he had no idea of time, and no idea of money. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"In consequence of which he never kept an appointment, never could transact any business, and never knew the value of anything! ","abridged":"In consequence of which he never kept an appointment, could never do any business, and never knew the value of anything! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Well! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"So he had got on in life, and here he was! ","abridged":"So here he was! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was very fond of reading the papers, very fond of making fancy-sketches with a pencil, very fond of nature, very fond of art. ","abridged":"He was very fond of reading the papers, and sketching with a pencil, very fond of nature and of art. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"All he asked of society was to let him live. ","abridged":"All he asked of society was to let him live. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"THAT wasn't much. ","abridged":"That wasn't much. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"His wants were few. ","abridged":"His wants were few. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Give him the papers, conversation, music, mutton, coffee, landscape, fruit in the season, a few sheets of Bristol-board, and a little claret, and he asked no more. ","abridged":"Give him the papers, conversation, music, mutton, coffee, landscape, fruit in the season, a few sheets of Bristol-board, and a little wine, and he asked no more.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't cry for the moon. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He said to the world, \"Go your several ways in peace! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Wear red coats, blue coats, lawn sleeves; put pens behind your ears, wear aprons; go after glory, holiness, commerce, trade, any object you prefer; only--let Harold Skimpole live!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"All this and a great deal more he told us, not only with the utmost brilliancy and enjoyment, but with a certain vivacious candour--speaking of himself as if he were not at all his own affair, as if Skimpole were a third person, as if he knew that Skimpole had his singularities but still had his claims too, which were the general business of the community and must not be slighted. ","abridged":"All this he told us, with the utmost brilliancy, enjoyment, and candour - speaking of himself as if Skimpole were a third person, who had his singularities but had his claims too, which must not be slighted. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was quite enchanting. If I felt at all confused at that early time in endeavouring to reconcile anything he said with anything I had thought about the duties and accountabilities of life (which I am far from sure of), I was confused by not exactly understanding why he was free of them. ","abridged":"He was quite enchanting, although I was confused by not exactly understanding why he was free of the duties of life. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"That he WAS free of them, I scarcely doubted; he was so very clear about it himself.\n","abridged":"That he was free of them, I did not doubt; he was so very clear about it himself.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I covet nothing,\" said Mr. Skimpole in the same light way. ","abridged":"\"I covet nothing,\" said Mr. Skimpole in the same light way. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Possession is nothing to me. ","abridged":"\"Possession is nothing to me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Here is my friend Jarndyce's excellent house. ","abridged":"Here is my friend Jarndyce's excellent house. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I feel obliged to him for possessing it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I can sketch it and alter it. I can set it to music. ","abridged":"I can sketch it; I can set it to music. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"When I am here, I have sufficient possession of it and have neither trouble, cost, nor responsibility. ","abridged":"When I am here, I have sufficient possession of it and have neither trouble, cost, nor responsibility. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"My steward's name, in short, is Jarndyce, and he can't cheat me. ","abridged":"My steward's name, in short, is Jarndyce, and he can't cheat me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We have been mentioning Mrs. Jellyby. ","abridged":"We have been mentioning Mrs. Jellyby. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"There is a bright-eyed woman, of a strong will and immense power of business detail, who throws herself into objects with surprising ardour! ","abridged":"There is a woman of strong will and immense power of business detail! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't regret that I have not a strong will and an immense power of business detail to throw myself into objects with surprising ardour. I can admire her without envy. ","abridged":"I do not regret that I have not those qualities; I can admire her without envy. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I can sympathize with the objects. I can dream of them. ","abridged":"I can dream of her objectives. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I can lie down on the grass--in fine weather--and float along an African river, embracing all the natives I meet, as sensible of the deep silence and sketching the dense overhanging tropical growth as accurately as if I were there. ","abridged":"I can lie down on the grass - in fine weather - and float along an African river, embracing all the natives I meet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't know that it's of any direct use my doing so, but it's all I can do, and I do it thoroughly. ","abridged":"I don't know that it's of any use, but it's all I can do, and I do it thoroughly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Then, for heaven's sake, having Harold Skimpole, a confiding child, petitioning you, the world, an agglomeration of practical people of business habits, to let him live and admire the human family, do it somehow or other, like good souls, and suffer him to ride his rocking-horse!\"\n","abridged":"Then, for heaven's sake, let Harold Skimpole live and admire the human family, like good souls, and allow him to ride his rocking-horse!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was plain enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not been neglectful of the adjuration. ","abridged":"It was plain enough that Mr. Jarndyce had not neglected this advice.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Skimpole's general position there would have rendered it so without the addition of what he presently said.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy,\" said Mr. Skimpole, addressing us, his new friends, in an impersonal manner. ","abridged":"\"It's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy,\" said Mr. Skimpole. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I envy you your power of doing what you do. ","abridged":"\"I envy you your power of doing what you do. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It is what I should revel in myself. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you. ","abridged":"I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I almost feel as if YOU ought to be grateful to ME for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. ","abridged":"I almost feel as if you ought to be grateful to me for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I know you like it. ","abridged":"I know you like it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"For anything I can tell, I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you by sometimes giving you an opportunity of assisting me in my little perplexities. ","abridged":"For anything I can tell, I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your happiness by helping me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Why should I regret my incapacity for details and worldly affairs when it leads to such pleasant consequences? ","abridged":"Why should I regret my incapacity for worldly affairs when it leads to such pleasant consequences?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't regret it therefore.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Of all his playful speeches (playful, yet always fully meaning what they expressed) none seemed to be more to the taste of Mr. Jarndyce than this. I had often new temptations, afterwards, to wonder whether it was really singular, or only singular to me, that he, who was probably the most grateful of mankind upon the least occasion, should so desire to escape the gratitude of others.\n","abridged":"Of all his playful speeches none seemed to be more agreeable to Mr. Jarndyce than this; Mr. Jarndyce being probably the most grateful of mankind for the smallest reasons, yet desiring to escape the gratitude of others.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We were all enchanted. ","abridged":"We were all enchanted. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I felt it a merited tribute to the engaging qualities of Ada and Richard that Mr. Skimpole, seeing them for the first time, should be so unreserved and should lay himself out to be so exquisitely agreeable. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"They (and especially Richard) were naturally pleased, for similar reasons, and considered it no common privilege to be so freely confided in by such an attractive man. ","abridged":"Richard especially was pleased to be so freely confided in by such an attractive man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The more we listened, the more gaily Mr. Skimpole talked. ","abridged":"The more we listened, the more gaily Mr. Skimpole talked. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And what with his fine hilarious manner and his engaging candour and his genial way of lightly tossing his own weaknesses about, as if he had said, \"I am a child, you know! You are designing people compared with me\" (he really made me consider myself in that light) \"but I am gay and innocent; forget your worldly arts and play with me!\" the effect was absolutely dazzling.\n","abridged":"And what with his fine hilarious manner and his engaging candour and his genial way of lightly tossing his own weaknesses about, the effect was absolutely dazzling.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was so full of feeling too and had such a delicate sentiment for what was beautiful or tender that he could have won a heart by that alone. ","abridged":"He was so full of feeling too and had such a delicate sentiment for what was beautiful or tender that he could have won a heart by that alone. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"In the evening, when I was preparing to make tea and Ada was touching the piano in the adjoining room and softly humming a tune to her cousin Richard, which they had happened to mention, he came and sat down on the sofa near me and so spoke of Ada that I almost loved him.\n","abridged":"In the evening, when I was preparing to make tea and Ada was touching the piano in the adjoining room and softly humming a tune to her cousin Richard, he came and sat down near me and so spoke of Ada that I almost loved him.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"She is like the morning,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"She is like the morning,\" he said. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"With that golden hair, those blue eyes, and that fresh bloom on her cheek, she is like the summer morning. ","abridged":"\"With that golden hair, those blue eyes, and that fresh bloom on her cheek, she is like the summer morning. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The birds here will mistake her for it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We will not call such a lovely young creature as that, who is a joy to all mankind, an orphan. ","abridged":"We will not call such a lovely young creature an orphan. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"She is the child of the universe.\"\n","abridged":"She is the child of the universe.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Jarndyce, I found, was standing near us with his hands behind him and an attentive smile upon his face.\n","abridged":"Mr. Jarndyce, I found, was standing near us, smiling.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"The universe,\" he observed, \"makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.\"\n","abridged":"\"The universe,\" he observed, \"makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't know!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"cried Mr. Skimpole buoyantly.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I think I do know,\" said Mr. Jarndyce.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Well!\" ","abridged":"\"Well!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"cried Mr. Skimpole. ","abridged":"cried Mr. Skimpole. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"You know the world (which in your sense is the universe), and I know nothing of it, so you shall have your way. ","abridged":"\"I know nothing of the world, so you shall have your way. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But if I had mine,\" glancing at the cousins, \"there should be no brambles of sordid realities in such a path as that. ","abridged":"But if I had mine, there should be no brambles of sordid realities in such a path as that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It should be strewn with roses; it should lie through bowers, where there was no spring, autumn, nor winter, but perpetual summer. ","abridged":"It should be strewn with roses; it should live in perpetual summer. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Age or change should never wither it. ","abridged":"Age or change should never wither it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The base word money should never be breathed near it!\"\n","abridged":"The base word money should never be breathed near it!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Jarndyce patted him on the head with a smile, as if he had been really a child, and passing a step or two on, and stopping a moment, glanced at the young cousins. ","abridged":"Mr. Jarndyce patted him on the head with a smile, as if he had been really a child, and glanced at the young cousins. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"His look was thoughtful, but had a benignant expression in it which I often (how often!) saw again, which has long been engraven on my heart. ","abridged":"His look was thoughtful, but had a benign expression which I often saw again, and which has long been engraven on my heart. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The room in which they were, communicating with that in which he stood, was only lighted by the fire. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada sat at the piano; Richard stood beside her, bending down. ","abridged":"Ada sat at the piano; Richard stood beside her. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Upon the wall, their shadows blended together, surrounded by strange forms, not without a ghostly motion caught from the unsteady fire, though reflecting from motionless objects. ","abridged":"Upon the wall, their shadows blended together, shifting with the firelight. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada touched the notes so softly and sang so low that the wind, sighing away to the distant hills, was as audible as the music. ","abridged":"Ada touched the notes so softly and sang so low that the sighing wind was as audible as the music. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The mystery of the future and the little clue afforded to it by the voice of the present seemed expressed in the whole picture.\n","abridged":"The mystery of the future seemed expressed in the whole picture.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But it is not to recall this fancy, well as I remember it, that I recall the scene. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"First, I was not quite unconscious of the contrast in respect of meaning and intention between the silent look directed that way and the flow of words that had preceded it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Secondly, though Mr. Jarndyce's glance as he withdrew it rested for but a moment on me, I felt as if in that moment he confided to me--and knew that he confided to me and that I received the confidence--his hope that Ada and Richard might one day enter on a dearer relationship.\n","abridged":"Mr. Jarndyce's glance then rested for a moment on me. I felt as if in that moment he confided to me his hope that Ada and Richard might one day enter on a dearer relationship.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Skimpole could play on the piano and the violoncello, and he was a composer--had composed half an opera once, but got tired of it--and played what he composed with taste. ","abridged":"Mr. Skimpole could play the piano and the cello, and he was a composer - had composed half an opera once, but got tired of it - and played with taste. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"After tea we had quite a little concert, in which Richard--who was enthralled by Ada's singing and told me that she seemed to know all the songs that ever were written--and Mr. Jarndyce, and I were the audience. ","abridged":"After tea we had quite a little concert, in which Richard - who was enthralled by Ada's singing - and Mr. Jarndyce and I were the audience. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"After a little while I missed first Mr. Skimpole and afterwards Richard, and while I was thinking how could Richard stay away so long and lose so much, the maid who had given me the keys looked in at the door, saying, \"If you please, miss, could you spare a minute?\"\n","abridged":"After a little while first Mr. Skimpole and then Richard disappeared, and while I was wondering how he could stay away so long, the maid looked in at the door, saying, \"If you please, miss, could you spare a minute?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"When I was shut out with her in the hall, she said, holding up her hands, \"Oh, if you please, miss, Mr. Carstone says would you come upstairs to Mr. Skimpole's room. ","abridged":"When I was shut out with her in the hall, she said, holding up her hands, \"Please, miss, Mr. Carstone says would you come upstairs to Mr. Skimpole's room. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He has been took, miss!\"\n","abridged":"He has been took, miss!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Took?\" ","abridged":"\"Took?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said I.\n","abridged":"said I.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Took, miss. ","abridged":"\"Took, miss. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Sudden,\" said the maid.\n","abridged":"Sudden,\" said the maid.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I was apprehensive that his illness might be of a dangerous kind, but of course I begged her to be quiet and not disturb any one and collected myself, as I followed her quickly upstairs, sufficiently to consider what were the best remedies to be applied if it should prove to be a fit. ","abridged":"I was worried that he might be dangerously ill, but of course I collected myself as I followed her quickly upstairs, considering the best remedies if it should prove to be a fit. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"She threw open a door and I went into a chamber, where, to my unspeakable surprise, instead of finding Mr. Skimpole stretched upon the bed or prostrate on the floor, I found him standing before the fire smiling at Richard, while Richard, with a face of great embarrassment, looked at a person on the sofa, in a white great-coat, with smooth hair upon his head and not much of it, which he was wiping smoother and making less of with a pocket-handkerchief.\n","abridged":"She threw open a door and I went into a chamber, where, to my surprise, instead of finding Mr. Skimpole stretched upon the bed, he was standing before the fire smiling at Richard, while Richard, embarrassed, looked at a person on the sofa, in a white great-coat, wiping his head with a pocket-handkerchief.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Miss Summerson,\" said Richard hurriedly, \"I am glad you are come. ","abridged":"\"Miss Summerson,\" said Richard hurriedly, \"I am glad you are come. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You will be able to advise us. ","abridged":"You will be able to advise us. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Our friend Mr. Skimpole--don't be alarmed!--is arrested for debt.\"\n","abridged":"Our friend Mr. Skimpole - don't be alarmed! - is arrested for debt.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"And really, my dear Miss Summerson,\" said Mr. Skimpole with his agreeable candour, \"I never was in a situation in which that excellent sense and quiet habit of method and usefulness, which anybody must observe in you who has the happiness of being a quarter of an hour in your society, was more needed.\"\n","abridged":"\"And really, my dear Miss Summerson,\" said Mr. Skimpole with his agreeable candour, \"I never was in a situation in which your excellent sense and quiet usefulness were more needed.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The person on the sofa, who appeared to have a cold in his head, gave such a very loud snort that he startled me.\n","abridged":"The person on the sofa gave such a very loud snort that he startled me.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Are you arrested for much, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"Are you arrested for much, sir?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I inquired of Mr. Skimpole.\n","abridged":"I inquired of Mr. Skimpole.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"My dear Miss Summerson,\" said he, shaking his head pleasantly, \"I don't know. ","abridged":"\"My dear Miss Summerson,\" said he, shaking his head pleasantly, \"I don't know. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned.\"\n","abridged":"Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It's twenty-four pound, sixteen, and sevenpence ha'penny,\" observed the stranger. ","abridged":"\"It's twenty-four pound, sixteen, and sevenpence ha'penny,\" observed the stranger. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"That's wot it is.\"\n","abridged":"\"That's wot it is.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"And it sounds--somehow it sounds,\" said Mr. Skimpole, \"like a small sum?\"\n","abridged":"\"And is that a small sum?\" said Mr. Skimpole.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The strange man said nothing but made another snort. ","abridged":"The strange man made another snort.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was such a powerful one that it seemed quite to lift him out of his seat.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Skimpole,\" said Richard to me, \"has a delicacy in applying to my cousin Jarndyce because he has lately--I think, sir, I understood you that you had lately--\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Skimpole,\" said Richard to me, \"is reluctant to apply to my cousin Jarndyce because he has lately-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes!\" ","abridged":"\"Oh, yes!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"returned Mr. Skimpole, smiling. ","abridged":"said Mr. Skimpole, smiling. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Though I forgot how much it was and when it was. ","abridged":"\"Though I forgot how much it was. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Jarndyce would readily do it again, but I have the epicure-like feeling that I would prefer a novelty in help, that I would rather,\" and he looked at Richard and me, \"develop generosity in a new soil and in a new form of flower.\"\n","abridged":"Jarndyce would readily do it again, but I would rather develop generosity in a new soil and in a new form of flower.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"What do you think will be best, Miss Summerson?\" ","abridged":"\"What do you think will be best, Miss Summerson?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Richard, aside.\n","abridged":"said Richard.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I ventured to inquire, generally, before replying, what would happen if the money were not produced.\n","abridged":"I inquired what would happen if the money were not produced.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Jail,\" said the strange man, coolly putting his handkerchief into his hat, which was on the floor at his feet. ","abridged":"\"Jail,\" said the strange man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Or Coavinses.\"\n","abridged":"\"Or Coavinses.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"May I ask, sir, what is--\"\n","abridged":"\"May I ask, sir, what is-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Coavinses?\" ","abridged":"\"Coavinses?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said the strange man. ","abridged":"said the strange man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"A 'ouse.\"\n","abridged":"\"A 'ouse. I'm Mr. Coavins's bailiff.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Richard and I looked at one another again. ","abridged":"Richard and I looked at one another again. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was a most singular thing that the arrest was our embarrassment and not Mr. Skimpole's. ","abridged":"It was a most singular thing that the arrest was our embarrassment and not Mr. Skimpole's. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He observed us with a genial interest, but there seemed, if I may venture on such a contradiction, nothing selfish in it. ","abridged":"He observed us with a genial interest. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He had entirely washed his hands of the difficulty, and it had become ours.\n","abridged":"He had entirely washed his hands of the difficulty, and it had become ours.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I thought,\" he suggested, as if good-naturedly to help us out, \"that being parties in a Chancery suit concerning (as people say) a large amount of property, Mr. Richard or his beautiful cousin, or both, could sign something, or make over something, or give some sort of undertaking, or pledge, or bond? ","abridged":"\"I thought,\" he suggested good-naturedly, \"that being parties in a Chancery suit concerning (as people say) a large amount of property, Mr. Richard or his beautiful cousin, or both, could sign something, or make over something, or give some sort of undertaking?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't know what the business name of it may be, but I suppose there is some instrument within their power that would settle this?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Not a bit on it,\" said the strange man.\n\"Really?\" returned Mr. Skimpole. \"That seems odd, now, to one who is no judge of these things!\"\n\"Odd or even,\" said the stranger gruffly, \"I tell you, not a bit on it!\"\n","abridged":"\"Not a bit on it,\" said the strange man gruffly.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Keep your temper, my good fellow, keep your temper!\" ","abridged":"\"Keep your temper, my good fellow!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Skimpole gently reasoned with him as he made a little drawing of his head on the fly-leaf of a book. ","abridged":"Mr. Skimpole gently reasoned with him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Don't be ruffled by your occupation. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We can separate you from your office; we can separate the individual from the pursuit. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We are not so prejudiced as to suppose that in private life you are otherwise than a very estimable man, with a great deal of poetry in your nature, of which you may not be conscious.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The stranger only answered with another violent snort, whether in acceptance of the poetry-tribute or in disdainful rejection of it, he did not express to me.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Now, my dear Miss Summerson, and my dear Mr. Richard,\" said Mr. Skimpole gaily, innocently, and confidingly as he looked at his drawing with his head on one side, \"here you see me utterly incapable of helping myself, and entirely in your hands! ","abridged":"\"Now, my dear Miss Summerson, and my dear Mr. Richard, here you see me utterly incapable of helping myself, and entirely in your hands! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. ","abridged":"I only ask to be free - like the butterflies!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"My dear Miss Summerson,\" said Richard in a whisper, \"I have ten pounds that I received from Mr. Kenge. ","abridged":"\"My dear Miss Summerson,\" said Richard in a whisper, \"I have ten pounds that I received from Mr. Kenge.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I must try what that will do.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I possessed fifteen pounds, odd shillings, which I had saved from my quarterly allowance during several years. ","abridged":"I possessed fifteen pounds and some odd shillings, which I had saved from my allowance during several years. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I had always thought that some accident might happen which would throw me suddenly, without any relation or any property, on the world and had always tried to keep some little money by me that I might not be quite penniless. ","abridged":"I had always tried to keep some money so that in case of some accident I might not be quite penniless. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I told Richard of my having this little store and having no present need of it, and I asked him delicately to inform Mr. Skimpole, while I should be gone to fetch it, that we would have the pleasure of paying his debt.\n","abridged":"I told Richard of my little store and asked him delicately to inform Mr. Skimpole, while I should be gone to fetch it, that we would have the pleasure of paying his debt.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"When I came back, Mr. Skimpole kissed my hand and seemed quite touched. ","abridged":"When I came back, Mr. Skimpole kissed my hand and seemed quite touched. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Not on his own account (I was again aware of that perplexing and extraordinary contradiction), but on ours, as if personal considerations were impossible with him and the contemplation of our happiness alone affected him. ","abridged":"Not on his own account, but as if the contemplation of our happiness alone affected him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Richard, begging me, for the greater grace of the transaction, as he said, to settle with Coavinses (as Mr. Skimpole now jocularly called him), I counted out the money and received the necessary acknowledgment. ","abridged":"I counted out the money to the stranger in the white coat (whom Mr. Skimpole now jocularly called Coavinses). ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"This, too, delighted Mr. Skimpole.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"His compliments were so delicately administered that I blushed less than I might have done and settled with the stranger in the white coat without making any mistakes. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He put the money in his pocket and shortly said, \"Well, then, I'll wish you a good evening, miss.\n","abridged":"He put the money in his pocket and shortly said, \"Well, I'll wish you a good evening, miss.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"My friend,\" said Mr. Skimpole, standing with his back to the fire after giving up the sketch when it was half finished, \"I should like to ask you something, without offence.\"\nI think the reply was, \"Cut away, then!\"\n\"Did you know this morning, now, that you were coming out on this errand?\" said Mr. Skimpole.\n","abridged":"\"My friend Coavinses,\" said Mr. Skimpole, \"Did you know this morning that you were coming out on this errand?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Know'd it yes'day aft'noon at tea-time,\" said Coavinses.\n","abridged":"\"Know'd it yes'day aft'noon,\" said Coavinses.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"It didn't affect your appetite? Didn't make you at all uneasy?\"\n","abridged":"\"It didn't make you at all uneasy?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Not a bit,\" said Coavinses. ","abridged":"\"Not a bit,\" said Coavinses. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I know'd if you wos missed to-day, you wouldn't be missed to-morrow. ","abridged":"\"I know'd if you was missed today, you wouldn't be missed tomorrow.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"A day makes no such odds.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"But when you came down here,\" proceeded Mr. Skimpole, \"it was a fine day. ","abridged":"\"But when you came down here,\" proceeded Mr. Skimpole, \"it was a fine day. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, the lights and shadows were passing across the fields, the birds were singing.\"\n","abridged":"The sun was shining, the birds were singing. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Nobody said they warn't, in MY hearing,\" returned Coavinses.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"No,\" observed Mr. Skimpole. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"But what did you think upon the road?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Wot do you mean?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"growled Coavinses with an appearance of strong resentment. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Think! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it without thinking. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Thinking!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"(with profound contempt).\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Then you didn't think, at all events,\" proceeded Mr. Skimpole, \"to this effect: 'Harold Skimpole loves to see the sun shine, loves to hear the wind blow, loves to watch the changing lights and shadows, loves to hear the birds, those choristers in Nature's great cathedral. ","abridged":"Didn't you think, 'Harold Skimpole loves to see the sun shine, loves to hear the birds, those choristers in Nature's great cathedral. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And does it seem to me that I am about to deprive Harold Skimpole of his share in such possessions, which are his only birthright!' ","abridged":"And I am about to deprive Harold Skimpole of his share in such possessions!' ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You thought nothing to that effect?\"\n","abridged":"You thought nothing to that effect?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I--certainly--did--NOT,\" said Coavinses, whose doggedness in utterly renouncing the idea was of that intense kind that he could only give adequate expression to it by putting a long interval between each word, and accompanying the last with a jerk that might have dislocated his neck.\n","abridged":"\"I - certainly - did - not,\" said Coavinses doggedly.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Very odd and very curious, the mental process is, in you men of business!\" ","abridged":"\"Very odd, you men of business!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Skimpole thoughtfully. ","abridged":"said Mr. Skimpole thoughtfully. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Thank you, my friend. ","abridged":"\"Thank you, my friend. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Good night.\"\n","abridged":"Good night.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"As our absence had been long enough already to seem strange downstairs, I returned at once and found Ada sitting at work by the fireside talking to her cousin John. ","abridged":"I returned downstairs and found Ada sitting by the fireside talking to her cousin John. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Mr. Skimpole presently appeared, and Richard shortly after him. ","abridged":"Mr. Skimpole presently appeared, and Richard shortly after. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I was sufficiently engaged during the remainder of the evening in taking my first lesson in backgammon from Mr. Jarndyce, who was very fond of the game and from whom I wished of course to learn it as quickly as I could in order that I might be of the very small use of being able to play when he had no better adversary. ","abridged":"That evening I took my first lesson in backgammon from Mr. Jarndyce, who was very fond of the game. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But I thought, occasionally, when Mr. Skimpole played some fragments of his own compositions or when, both at the piano and the violoncello, and at our table, he preserved with an absence of all effort his delightful spirits and his easy flow of conversation, that Richard and I seemed to retain the transferred impression of having been arrested since dinner and that it was very curious altogether.\n","abridged":"But I thought, occasionally, when Mr. Skimpole played some fragments of his own compositions or when he kept up an effortless flow of conversation, that Richard and I seemed to retain the transferred impression of having been arrested and that it was very curious altogether.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was late before we separated, for when Ada was going at eleven o'clock, Mr. Skimpole went to the piano and rattled hilariously that the best of all ways to lengthen our days was to steal a few hours from night, my dear! ","abridged":"It was late before we separated, for when Ada was going to bed at eleven, Mr. Skimpole went to the piano and rattled hilariously that the best of all ways to lengthen our days was to steal a few hours from night, my dear! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was past twelve before he took his candle and his radiant face out of the room, and I think he might have kept us there, if he had seen fit, until daybreak. ","abridged":"It was past twelve before he took his candle and his radiant face out of the room. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada and Richard were lingering for a few moments by the fire, wondering whether Mrs. Jellyby had yet finished her dictation for the day, when Mr. Jarndyce, who had been out of the room, returned.\n","abridged":"Ada and Richard were lingering for a few moments by the fire, when Mr. Jarndyce, who had been out of the room, returned.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Oh, dear me, what's this, what's this!\" he said, rubbing his head and walking about with his good-humoured vexation. \"What's this they tell me? ","abridged":"\"Oh, dear me, what's this, what's this they tell me?\" he said, walking about with his good-humoured vexation. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Rick, my boy, Esther, my dear, what have you been doing? ","abridged":"\"Rick, my boy, Esther, my dear, what have you been doing? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Why did you do it? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"How could you do it? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"How much apiece was it? ","abridged":"How much was it? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The wind's round again. ","abridged":"The wind's round again. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I feel it all over me!\"\n","abridged":"I feel it all over me!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We neither of us quite knew what to answer.\n","abridged":"We neither of us quite knew what to answer.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Come, Rick, come! ","abridged":"\"Come, Rick, come! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I must settle this before I sleep. ","abridged":"I must settle this before I sleep. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"How much are you out of pocket? ","abridged":"How much are you out of pocket? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You two made the money up, you know! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Why did you? ","abridged":"Why did you? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"How could you? ","abridged":"How could you? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Oh, Lord, yes, it's due east--must be!\"\n","abridged":"Oh, Lord, yes, it's due east - must be!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Really, sir,\" said Richard, \"I don't think it would be honourable in me to tell you. Mr. Skimpole relied upon us--\"\n","abridged":"\"Really, sir,\" said Richard, \"Mr. Skimpole relied upon us-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Lord bless you, my dear boy! ","abridged":"\"Lord bless you, my dear boy! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He relies upon everybody!\" ","abridged":"He relies upon everybody!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce, giving his head a great rub and stopping short.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Indeed, sir?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Everybody! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And he'll be in the same scrape again next week!\" ","abridged":"\"He'll be in the same scrape again next week. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce, walking again at a great pace, with a candle in his hand that had gone out. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"He's always in the same scrape. ","abridged":"He's always in the same scrape. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was born in the same scrape. I verily believe that the announcement in the newspapers when his mother was confined was 'On Tuesday last, at her residence in Botheration Buildings, Mrs. Skimpole of a son in difficulties.'\"\n","abridged":"I believe he was born in a scrape.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Richard laughed heartily but added, \"Still, sir, I don't want to shake his confidence or to break his confidence, and if I submit to your better knowledge again, that I ought to keep his secret, I hope you will consider before you press me any more. ","abridged":"Richard laughed but added, \"Still, sir, I don't want to break his confidence, and I hope you will consider before you press me any more.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Of course, if you do press me, sir, I shall know I am wrong and will tell you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Well!\" ","abridged":"\"Well!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"cried Mr. Jarndyce, stopping again, and making several absent endeavours to put his candlestick in his pocket. ","abridged":"cried Mr. Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"I--here! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Take it away, my dear. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I don't know what I am about with it; it's all the wind--invariably has that effect--I won't press you, Rick; you may be right. ","abridged":"\"I won't press you, Rick; you may be right. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"But really--to get hold of you and Esther--and to squeeze you like a couple of tender young Saint Michael's oranges! ","abridged":"But really - to get hold of you and Esther - and to squeeze you like a couple of tender young oranges! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It'll blow a gale in the course of the night!\"\n","abridged":"It'll blow a gale tonight!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was now alternately putting his hands into his pockets as if he were going to keep them there a long time, and taking them out again and vehemently rubbing them all over his head.\n","abridged":"He was now alternately putting his hands into his pockets and taking them out again and rubbing them all over his head.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I ventured to take this opportunity of hinting that Mr. Skimpole, being in all such matters quite a child--\n\"Eh, my dear?\" said Mr. Jarndyce, catching at the word.\n\"Being quite a child, sir,\" said I, \"and so different from other people--\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Skimpole being quite a child, sir,\" said I, \"and so different from other people-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"You are right!\" ","abridged":"\"You are right!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce, brightening. ","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce, brightening. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Your woman's wit hits the mark. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He is a child--an absolute child. ","abridged":"\"He is a child - an absolute child. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"I told you he was a child, you know, when I first mentioned him.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Certainly! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Certainly! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"we said.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"And he IS a child. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Now, isn't he?\" ","abridged":"Isn't he?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Jarndyce, brightening more and more.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He was indeed, we said.\n","abridged":"He was indeed, we said.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"When you come to think of it, it's the height of childishness in you--I mean me--\" said Mr. Jarndyce, \"to regard him for a moment as a man. ","abridged":"\"When you come to think of it, it's the height of childishness to regard him as a man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"You can't make HIM responsible. ","abridged":"You can't make him responsible. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"The idea of Harold Skimpole with designs or plans, or knowledge of consequences! ","abridged":"The idea of Harold Skimpole with designs or plans, or knowledge of consequences! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ha, ha, ha!\"\n","abridged":"Ha, ha, ha!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was so delicious to see the clouds about his bright face clearing, and to see him so heartily pleased, and to know, as it was impossible not to know, that the source of his pleasure was the goodness which was tortured by condemning, or mistrusting, or secretly accusing any one, that I saw the tears in Ada's eyes, while she echoed his laugh, and felt them in my own.\n","abridged":"It was delicious to see the clouds about his bright face clearing. I knew that his goodness was tortured by condemning or mistrusting anyone; and I saw the tears in Ada's eyes, and felt them in my own.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Why, what a cod's head and shoulders I am,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, \"to require reminding of it! The whole business shows the child from beginning to end. ","abridged":"\"Why, the whole business shows the child from beginning to end. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Nobody but a child would have thought of singling YOU two out for parties in the affair! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Nobody but a child would have thought of YOUR having the money! ","abridged":"Nobody but a child would have thought of your having the money!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"If it had been a thousand pounds, it would have been just the same!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce with his whole face in a glow.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Jarndyce with his whole face in a glow. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We all confirmed it from our night's experience.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"To be sure, to be sure!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"said Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"However, Rick, Esther, and you too, Ada, for I don't know that even your little purse is safe from his inexperience--I must have a promise all round that nothing of this sort shall ever be done any more. ","abridged":"\"However, I must have a promise that nothing of this sort shall ever be done any more. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"No advances! ","abridged":"No advances! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Not even sixpences.\"\n","abridged":"Not even sixpences.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We all promised faithfully, Richard with a merry glance at me touching his pocket as if to remind me that there was no danger of OUR transgressing.\n","abridged":"We all promised faithfully, Richard giving me a merry glance and touching his pocket as if to remind me that there was no danger of our transgressing.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"As to Skimpole,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, \"a habitable doll's house with good board and a few tin people to get into debt with and borrow money of would set the boy up in life. He is in a child's sleep by this time, I suppose; it's time I should take my craftier head to my more worldly pillow. ","abridged":"\"As to Skimpole,\" said Mr. Jarndyce, \"he is in a child's sleep by this time, I suppose; it's time I went to bed too. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Good night, my dears. ","abridged":"Good night, my dears. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"God bless you!\"\n","abridged":"God bless you! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"He peeped in again, with a smiling face, before we had lighted our candles, and said, \"Oh! I have been looking at the weather-cock. I find it was a false alarm about the wind. ","abridged":"Oh, and I find it was a false alarm about the wind. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It's in the south!\" ","abridged":"It's in the south!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"And went away singing to himself.\n","abridged":"He went away singing to himself.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Ada and I agreed, as we talked together for a little while upstairs, that this caprice about the wind was a fiction and that he used the pretence to account for any disappointment he could not conceal, rather than he would blame the real cause of it or disparage or depreciate any one. ","abridged":"Ada and I agreed, as we talked together for a little while upstairs, that this caprice about the wind was a fiction to account for any disappointment he could not conceal. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"We thought this very characteristic of his eccentric gentleness and of the difference between him and those petulant people who make the weather and the winds (particularly that unlucky wind which he had chosen for such a different purpose) the stalking-horses of their splenetic and gloomy humours.\n","abridged":"We thought this very characteristic of his eccentric gentleness.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Indeed, so much affection for him had been added in this one evening to my gratitude that I hoped I already began to understand him through that mingled feeling. ","abridged":"Indeed, so much affection for him had been added in this one evening to my gratitude that I hoped I already began to understand him. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Any seeming inconsistencies in Mr. Skimpole or in Mrs. Jellyby I could not expect to be able to reconcile, having so little experience or practical knowledge. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Neither did I try, for my thoughts were busy when I was alone, with Ada and Richard and with the confidence I had seemed to receive concerning them. ","abridged":"Once I was alone, my thoughts were busy not just with him, but with Ada and Richard and with the confidence I had seemed to receive about them. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"My fancy, made a little wild by the wind perhaps, would not consent to be all unselfish, either, though I would have persuaded it to be so if I could. It wandered back to my godmother's house and came along the intervening track, raising up shadowy speculations which had sometimes trembled there in the dark as to what knowledge Mr. Jarndyce had of my earliest history--even as to the possibility of his being my father, though that idle dream was quite gone now.\n","abridged":"Then my fancy wandered back to my godmother's house, raising shadowy speculations as to what Mr. Jarndyce knew of my earliest history. In the past I had pondered the possibility of his being my father, though that idle dream was quite gone now.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was all gone now, I remembered, getting up from the fire. ","abridged":"That past was all gone now. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"It was not for me to muse over bygones, but to act with a cheerful spirit and a grateful heart. ","abridged":"It was not for me to muse over bygones, but to act with a cheerful spirit and a grateful heart.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"So I said to myself, \"Esther, Esther, Esther! ","abridged":"So I said to myself, \"Esther, Esther! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"Duty, my dear!\" ","abridged":"Duty, my dear!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"and gave my little basket of housekeeping keys such a shake that they sounded like little bells and rang me hopefully to bed.","abridged":"and gave my basket of housekeeping keys such a shake that, like little bells, they rang me hopefully to bed.","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 6: Quite at Home"}
{"original":"\"Now, what,\" says Mr. George, \"may this be? ","abridged":"\"Now, what,\" says Mr. George, \"may this be? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Is it blank cartridge or ball? ","abridged":"Is it blank cartridge or bullet?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"A flash in the pan or a shot?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"An open letter is the subject of the trooper's speculations, and it seems to perplex him mightily. ","abridged":"The trooper is holding an open letter, which seems to perplex him mightily. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He looks at it at arm's length, brings it close to him, holds it in his right hand, holds it in his left hand, reads it with his head on this side, with his head on that side, contracts his eyebrows, elevates them, still cannot satisfy himself. ","abridged":"He looks at it at arm's length, brings it close, reads it with his head on one side, contracts his eyebrows, and still cannot satisfy himself. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He smooths it out upon the table with his heavy palm, and thoughtfully walking up and down the gallery, makes a halt before it every now and then to come upon it with a fresh eye. ","abridged":"He smooths it out upon the table, and thoughtfully walking up and down the gallery, halts before it every now and then.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Even that won't do. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Is it,\" Mr. George still muses, \"blank cartridge or ball?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil Squod, with the aid of a brush and paint-pot, is employed in the distance whitening the targets, softly whistling in quick-march time and in drum-and-fife manner that he must and will go back again to the girl he left behind him.\n","abridged":"Phil Squod, with the aid of a brush and paint-pot, is employed in whitening the targets, softly whistling in quick-march time.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Phil!\" ","abridged":"\"Phil!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The trooper beckons as he calls him.\n","abridged":"The trooper beckons.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil approaches in his usual way, sidling off at first as if he were going anywhere else and then bearing down upon his commander like a bayonet-charge. ","abridged":"Phil approaches in his usual way, sidling off at first and then bearing down upon his commander like a bayonet-charge. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Certain splashes of white show in high relief upon his dirty face, and he scrapes his one eyebrow with the handle of the brush.\n","abridged":"Splashes of white show in high relief upon his dirty face.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Attention, Phil! ","abridged":"\"Attention, Phil! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Listen to this.\"\n","abridged":"Listen to this. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Steady, commander, steady.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"'Sir. ","abridged":"'Sir. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Allow me to remind you (though there is no legal necessity for my doing so, as you are aware) that the bill at two months' date drawn on yourself by Mr. Matthew Bagnet, and by you accepted, for the sum of ninety-seven pounds four shillings and ninepence, will become due to-morrow, when you will please be prepared to take up the same on presentation. ","abridged":"Allow me to remind you that the bill at two months' date drawn on yourself by Mr. Matthew Bagnet, and by you accepted, for the sum of ninety-seven pounds four shillings and ninepence, will become due tomorrow, when you will please be prepared to take up the same on presentation. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Yours, Joshua Smallweed.' ","abridged":"Yours, Joshua Smallweed.' ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"What do you make of that, Phil?\"\n","abridged":"What do you make of that, Phil?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Mischief, guv'ner.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mischief, guv'ner.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I think,\" replies Phil after pensively tracing out a cross-wrinkle in his forehead with the brush-handle, \"that mischeevious consequences is always meant when money's asked for.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Lookye, Phil,\" says the trooper, sitting on the table. ","abridged":"\"Lookee, Phil,\" says the trooper, sitting on the table. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"First and last, I have paid, I may say, half as much again as this principal in interest and one thing and another.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have paid half as much again as this principal in interest and one thing and another. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil intimates by sidling back a pace or two, with a very unaccountable wrench of his wry face, that he does not regard the transaction as being made more promising by this incident.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"And lookye further, Phil,\" says the trooper, staying his premature conclusions with a wave of his hand. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"There has always been an understanding that this bill was to be what they call renewed. ","abridged":"There has always been an understanding that this bill was to be renewed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And it has been renewed no end of times. ","abridged":"And it has been renewed no end of times.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"What do you say now?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I say that I think the times is come to a end at last.\"\n","abridged":"\"I think the times is come to a end at last.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"You do? ","abridged":"\"You do? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Humph! ","abridged":"Humph! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I am much of the same mind myself.\"\n","abridged":"I am much of the same mind myself.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Joshua Smallweed is him that was brought here in a chair?\"\n","abridged":"\"Joshua Smallweed is him that was brought here in a chair?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"The same.\"\n","abridged":"\"The same.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Guv'ner,\" says Phil with exceeding gravity, \"he's a leech in his dispositions, he's a screw and a wice in his actions, a snake in his twistings, and a lobster in his claws.\"\n","abridged":"\"Guv'ner,\" says Phil with exceeding gravity, \"he's a leech in his actions, a snake in his twistings, and a lobster in his claws.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Having thus expressively uttered his sentiments, Mr. Squod, after waiting a little to ascertain if any further remark be expected of him, gets back by his usual series of movements to the target he has in hand and vigorously signifies through his former musical medium that he must and he will return to that ideal young lady. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"George, having folded the letter, walks in that direction.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"There IS a way, commander,\" says Phil, looking cunningly at him, \"of settling this.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Paying the money, I suppose? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I wish I could.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil shakes his head. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"No, guv'ner, no; not so bad as that. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"There IS a way,\" says Phil with a highly artistic turn of his brush; \"what I'm a-doing at present.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Whitewashing.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil nods.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"A pretty way that would be! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Do you know what would become of the Bagnets in that case? ","abridged":"\"Do you know what would become of the Bagnets if I don't pay up? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Do you know they would be ruined to pay off my old scores? ","abridged":"They would be ruined to pay off my old scores!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"YOU'RE a moral character,\" says the trooper, eyeing him in his large way with no small indignation; \"upon my life you are, Phil!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil, on one knee at the target, is in course of protesting earnestly, though not without many allegorical scoops of his brush and smoothings of the white surface round the rim with his thumb, that he had forgotten the Bagnet responsibility and would not so much as injure a hair of the head of any member of that worthy family when steps are audible in the long passage without, and a cheerful voice is heard to wonder whether George is at home. ","abridged":"Phil is starting to reply when steps are audible in the passage without, and a cheerful voice is heard to wonder whether George is at home. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Phil, with a look at his master, hobbles up, saying, \"Here's the guv'ner, Mrs. Bagnet! ","abridged":"Phil, with a look at his master, says, \"Here's the guv'ner, Mrs. Bagnet!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Here he is!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"and the old girl herself, accompanied by Mr. Bagnet, appears.\n","abridged":"and the old girl herself, accompanied by Mr. Bagnet, appears.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The old girl never appears in walking trim, in any season of the year, without a grey cloth cloak, coarse and much worn but very clean, which is, undoubtedly, the identical garment rendered so interesting to Mr. Bagnet by having made its way home to Europe from another quarter of the globe in company with Mrs. Bagnet and an umbrella. ","abridged":"The old girl is in her usual grey cloak, coarse and much worn but very clean, which is, undoubtedly, the identical garment which made its way home to Europe once in company with Mrs. Bagnet and an umbrella. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The latter faithful appendage is also invariably a part of the old girl's presence out of doors. It is of no colour known in this life and has a corrugated wooden crook for a handle, with a metallic object let into its prow, or beak, resembling a little model of a fanlight over a street door or one of the oval glasses out of a pair of spectacles, which ornamental object has not that tenacious capacity of sticking to its post that might be desired in an article long associated with the British army. The old girl's umbrella is of a flabby habit of waist and seems to be in need of stays--an appearance that is possibly referable to its having served through a series of years at home as a cupboard and on journeys as a carpet bag. She never puts it up, having the greatest reliance on her well-proved cloak with its capacious hood, but generally uses the instrument as a wand with which to point out joints of meat or bunches of greens in marketing or to arrest the attention of tradesmen by a friendly poke. ","abridged":"The faithful umbrella is also present, though Mrs. Bagnet never puts it up, having the greatest reliance on her well-proved cloak and hood. She generally uses the umbrella as a wand to point out joints of meat or bunches of greens in the market. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Without her market-basket, which is a sort of wicker well with two flapping lids, she never stirs abroad. ","abridged":"Without her market-basket, a sort of wicker well, she never stirs abroad. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Attended by these her trusty companions, therefore, her honest sunburnt face looking cheerily out of a rough straw bonnet, Mrs. Bagnet now arrives, fresh-coloured and bright, in George's Shooting Gallery.\n","abridged":"Attended by these trusty companions, therefore, Mrs. Bagnet now arrives, fresh-coloured and bright, in George's Shooting Gallery.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Well, George, old fellow,\" says she, \"and how do YOU do, this sunshiny morning?\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, George, old fellow,\" says she, \"and how do you do, this sunshiny morning?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Giving him a friendly shake of the hand, Mrs. Bagnet draws a long breath after her walk and sits down to enjoy a rest. ","abridged":"Giving him a friendly shake of the hand, Mrs. Bagnet sits down. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Having a faculty, matured on the tops of baggage-waggons and in other such positions, of resting easily anywhere, she perches on a rough bench, unties her bonnet-strings, pushes back her bonnet, crosses her arms, and looks perfectly comfortable.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet in the meantime has shaken hands with his old comrade and with Phil, on whom Mrs. Bagnet likewise bestows a good-humoured nod and smile.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet likewise shakes hands with his old comrade and with Phil,\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Now, George,\" said Mrs. Bagnet briskly, \"here we are, Lignum and myself\"--she often speaks of her husband by this appellation, on account, as it is supposed, of Lignum Vitae having been his old regimental nickname when they first became acquainted, in compliment to the extreme hardness and toughness of his physiognomy--\"just looked in, we have, to make it all correct as usual about that security. ","abridged":"\"Now, George,\" said Mrs. Bagnet briskly, \"here we are, Lignum and myself\" - she often speaks of her husband by this old regimental nickname, Lignum Vitae, after that toughest of timbers - \"We've just looked in to make it all correct as usual about that security. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Give him the new bill to sign, George, and he'll sign it like a man.\"\n","abridged":"Give him the new bill to sign, George.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I was coming to you this morning,\" observes the trooper reluctantly.\n","abridged":"\"I was coming to you this morning,\" observes the trooper reluctantly.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Yes, we thought you'd come to us this morning, but we turned out early and left Woolwich, the best of boys, to mind his sisters and came to you instead--as you see! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"For Lignum, he's tied so close now, and gets so little exercise, that a walk does him good. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But what's the matter, George?\" ","abridged":"\"What's the matter, George?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"asks Mrs. Bagnet, stopping in her cheerful talk. ","abridged":"asks Mrs. Bagnet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"You don't look yourself.\"\n","abridged":"\"You don't look yourself.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I am not quite myself,\" returns the trooper; \"I have been a little put out, Mrs. Bagnet.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am not quite myself,\" returns the trooper; \"I have been a little put out, Mrs. Bagnet.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Her bright quick eye catches the truth directly. ","abridged":"Her bright quick eye catches the truth directly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George!\" ","abridged":"\"George! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"holding up her forefinger. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Don't tell me there's anything wrong about that security of Lignum's! ","abridged":"Don't tell me there's anything wrong about that security of Lignum's! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Don't do it, George, on account of the children!\"\n","abridged":"Don't do it, George, on account of the children!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The trooper looks at her with a troubled visage.\n","abridged":"The trooper looks at her with a troubled face.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, using both her arms for emphasis and occasionally bringing down her open hands upon her knees. ","abridged":"\"George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, using both her arms for emphasis. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"If you have allowed anything wrong to come to that security of Lignum's, and if you have let him in for it, and if you have put us in danger of being sold up--and I see sold up in your face, George, as plain as print--you have done a shameful action and have deceived us cruelly. ","abridged":"\"If you have allowed anything wrong to come to that security of Lignum's, and if you have put us in danger of being sold up - and I see sold up in your face, George, as plain as print - you have done a shameful action and have deceived us cruelly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I tell you, cruelly, George. ","abridged":"Cruelly, George!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"There!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet, otherwise as immovable as a pump or a lamp-post, puts his large right hand on the top of his bald head as if to defend it from a shower-bath and looks with great uneasiness at Mrs. Bagnet.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet puts his large hand on top of his bald head as if to defend it from a shower and looks uneasily at Mrs. Bagnet.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" says that old girl, \"I wonder at you! ","abridged":"\"George,\" says that old girl, \"I wonder at you! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"George, I am ashamed of you! ","abridged":"George, I am ashamed of you! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"George, I couldn't have believed you would have done it! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss, but I never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet and the children to lie upon. ","abridged":"I always knew you to be a rolling stone that gathered no moss, but I never thought you would have taken away what little moss there was for Bagnet and the children to lie upon. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You know what a hard-working, steady-going chap he is. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You know what Quebec and Malta and Woolwich are, and I never did think you would, or could, have had the heart to serve us so. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Oh, George!\" ","abridged":"Oh, George!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bagnet gathers up her cloak to wipe her eyes on in a very genuine manner, \"How could you do it?\"\n","abridged":"Mrs. Bagnet gathers up her cloak to wipe her eyes. \"How could you do it?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bagnet ceasing, Mr. Bagnet removes his hand from his head as if the shower-bath were over and looks disconsolately at Mr. George, who has turned quite white and looks distressfully at the grey cloak and straw bonnet.\n","abridged":"Mr. George has turned quite white.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Mat,\" says the trooper in a subdued voice, addressing him but still looking at his wife, \"I am sorry you take it so much to heart, because I do hope it's not so bad as that comes to. ","abridged":"\"Mat,\" he says in a subdued voice, addressing Mr. Bagnet but still looking at his wife, \"I do hope it's not so bad as that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I certainly have, this morning, received this letter\"--which he reads aloud--\"but I hope it may be set right yet. ","abridged":"I certainly have, this morning, received this letter\" - which he reads aloud - \"but I hope it may be set right yet. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"As to a rolling stone, why, what you say is true. ","abridged":"What you say is true. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I AM a rolling stone, and I never rolled in anybody's way, I fully believe, that I rolled the least good to. ","abridged":"I am a rolling stone, and I never rolled the least good to anybody. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But it's impossible for an old vagabond comrade to like your wife and family better than I like 'em, Mat, and I trust you'll look upon me as forgivingly as you can. ","abridged":"But I trust you'll look upon me as forgivingly as you can. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Don't think I've kept anything from you. ","abridged":"Don't think I've kept anything from you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I haven't had the letter more than a quarter of an hour.\"\n","abridged":"I haven't had the letter more than a quarter of an hour.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Old girl,\" murmurs Mr. Bagnet after a short silence, \"will you tell him my opinion?\"\n","abridged":"\"Old girl,\" murmurs Mr. Bagnet after a short silence, \"will you tell him my opinion?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Why didn't he marry,\" Mrs. Bagnet answers, half laughing and half crying, \"Joe Pouch's widder in North America? ","abridged":"Why didn't he marry,\" Mrs. Bagnet answers, half laughing and half crying, \"Joe Pouch's widder in North America? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Then he wouldn't have got himself into these troubles.\"\n","abridged":"Then he wouldn't have got himself into these troubles.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"The old girl,\" says Mr. Bagnet, \"puts it correct--why didn't you?\"\n","abridged":"\"The old girl,\" says Mr. Bagnet, \"puts it correct - why didn't you?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Well, she has a better husband by this time, I hope,\" returns the trooper. ","abridged":"\"Well, she has a better husband by this time, I hope,\" returns the trooper. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Anyhow, here I stand, this present day, NOT married to Joe Pouch's widder. ","abridged":"\"Anyhow, here I stand. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"What shall I do? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You see all I have got about me. ","abridged":"You see all I have got about me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"It's not mine; it's yours. ","abridged":"It's not mine; it's yours. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Give the word, and I'll sell off every morsel. ","abridged":"Give the word, and I'll sell off every morsel. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. ","abridged":"If I thought it would have brought in enough, I'd have sold it all long ago. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Don't believe that I'll leave you or yours in the lurch, Mat. ","abridged":"Don't believe that I'll leave you or yours in the lurch, Mat. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I'd sell myself first. ","abridged":"I'd sell myself first.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I only wish,\" says the trooper, giving himself a disparaging blow in the chest, \"that I knew of any one who'd buy such a second-hand piece of old stores.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Old girl,\" murmurs Mr. Bagnet, \"give him another bit of my mind.\"\n","abridged":"\"Old girl,\" murmurs Mr. Bagnet, \"give him another bit of my mind.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" says the old girl, \"you are not so much to be blamed, on full consideration, except for ever taking this business without the means.\"\n","abridged":"\"George,\" says the old girl, \"you are not so much to be blamed, on full consideration, except for ever taking on this business without the means. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"And that was like me!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"observes the penitent trooper, shaking his head. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Like me, I know.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Silence! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The old girl,\" says Mr. Bagnet, \"is correct--in her way of giving my opinions--hear me out!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"That was when you never ought to have asked for the security, George, and when you never ought to have got it, all things considered. ","abridged":"You never ought to have asked for the security, George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But what's done can't be undone. ","abridged":"But what's done can't be undone. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You are always an honourable and straightforward fellow, as far as lays in your power, though a little flighty. ","abridged":"You are an honourable and straightforward fellow, though a little flighty. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"On the other hand, you can't admit but what it's natural in us to be anxious with such a thing hanging over our heads. ","abridged":"On the other hand, it's natural in us to be anxious with such a thing hanging over our heads. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"So forget and forgive all round, George. ","abridged":"So forget and forgive all round, George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Come! ","abridged":"Come! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Forget and forgive all round!\"\n","abridged":"Forget and forgive all round!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bagnet, giving him one of her honest hands and giving her husband the other, Mr. George gives each of them one of his and holds them while he speaks.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Bagnet gives him one of her honest hands and gives her husband the other.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I do assure you both, there's nothing I wouldn't do to discharge this obligation. ","abridged":"\"I do assure you both, there's nothing I wouldn't do to discharge this obligation,\" says George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But whatever I have been able to scrape together has gone every two months in keeping it up. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"We have lived plainly enough here, Phil and I. ","abridged":"\"We have lived plainly enough here, Phil and I. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But the gallery don't quite do what was expected of it, and it's not--in short, it's not the mint. ","abridged":"But the gallery don't quite do what was expected of it - in short, it's not the mint. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"It was wrong in me to take it? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Well, so it was. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But I was in a manner drawn into that step, and I thought it might steady me, and set me up, and you'll try to overlook my having such expectations, and upon my soul, I am very much obliged to you, and very much ashamed of myself.\" ","abridged":"I thought it might steady me, and set me up, and upon my soul, I am very much obliged to you, and very much ashamed of myself.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"With these concluding words, Mr. George gives a shake to each of the hands he holds, and relinquishing them, backs a pace or two in a broad-chested, upright attitude, as if he had made a final confession and were immediately going to be shot with all military honours.\n","abridged":"Mr. George shakes both their hands, and then backs up a pace or two in a broad-chested attitude, as if he had made a final confession and were immediately going to be shot.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George, hear me out!\" ","abridged":"\"George, hear me out!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says Mr. Bagnet, glancing at his wife. ","abridged":"says Mr. Bagnet, glancing at his wife. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Old girl, go on!\"\n","abridged":"\"Old girl, go on!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet, being in this singular manner heard out, has merely to observe that the letter must be attended to without any delay, that it is advisable that George and he should immediately wait on Mr. Smallweed in person, and that the primary object is to save and hold harmless Mr. Bagnet, who had none of the money. ","abridged":"Mrs. Bagnet observes that the letter must be attended to without any delay; that George and Mr. Bagnet should immediately visit Mr. Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. George, entirely assenting, puts on his hat and prepares to march with Mr. Bagnet to the enemy's camp.\n","abridged":"Mr. George, assenting, puts on his hat and prepares to march with Mr. Bagnet to the enemy's camp.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Don't you mind a woman's hasty word, George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, patting him on the shoulder. ","abridged":"\"Don't you mind a woman's hasty word, George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, patting him on the shoulder. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I trust my old Lignum to you, and I am sure you'll bring him through it.\"\n","abridged":"\"I trust my old Lignum to you, and I am sure you'll bring him through it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The trooper returns that this is kindly said and that he WILL bring Lignum through it somehow. ","abridged":"The trooper responds that he will. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Upon which Mrs. Bagnet, with her cloak, basket, and umbrella, goes home, bright-eyed again, to the rest of her family, and the comrades sally forth on the hopeful errand of mollifying Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Bagnet goes home to her family, and the comrades sally forth on the hopeful errand of mollifying Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Whether there are two people in England less likely to come satisfactorily out of any negotiation with Mr. Smallweed than Mr. George and Mr. Matthew Bagnet may be very reasonably questioned. ","abridged":"Whether there are two people in England less likely to come satisfactorily out of any negotiation with Mr. Smallweed than this pair may be questioned. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Also, notwithstanding their martial appearance, broad square shoulders, and heavy tread, whether there are within the same limits two more simple and unaccustomed children in all the Smallweedy affairs of life. ","abridged":"Despite their martial appearance and heavy tread, there are not two simpler children in all the Smallweedy affairs of life. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"As they proceed with great gravity through the streets towards the region of Mount Pleasant, Mr. Bagnet, observing his companion to be thoughtful, considers it a friendly part to refer to Mrs. Bagnet's late sally.\n","abridged":"As they proceed with great gravity through the streets, Mr. Bagnet speaks.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George, you know the old girl--she's as sweet and as mild as milk. ","abridged":"\"George, you know the old girl - she's as mild as milk. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But touch her on the children--or myself--and she's off like gunpowder.\"\n","abridged":"But touch her on the children or myself - and she's off like gunpowder.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"It does her credit, Mat!\"\n","abridged":"\"It does her credit, Mat!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" says Mr. Bagnet, looking straight before him, \"the old girl--can't do anything--that don't do her credit. ","abridged":"\"George,\" says Mr. Bagnet, \"the old girl - can't do anything - that don't do her credit. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"More or less. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I never say so. ","abridged":"Not that I ever say so. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Discipline must be maintained.\"\n","abridged":"Discipline must be maintained.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"She's worth her weight in gold,\" says the trooper.\n","abridged":"\"She's worth her weight in gold,\" says the trooper.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"In gold?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says Mr. Bagnet. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I'll tell you what. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The old girl's weight--is twelve stone six. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Would I take that weight--in any metal--for the old girl? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"No. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Why not? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Because the old girl's metal is far more precious--than the preciousest metal. ","abridged":"\"Far more precious - than that!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And she's ALL metal!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"You are right, Mat!\"\n","abridged":"\"You are right, Mat!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"When she took me--and accepted of the ring--she 'listed under me and the children--heart and head, for life. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"She's that earnest,\" says Mr. Bagnet, \"and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. ","abridged":"\"She's true to her colours - and stands to her arms. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"If the old girl fires wide--once in a way--at the call of duty--look over it, George. ","abridged":"If the old girl fires wide - once in a way - at the call of duty - overlook it, George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"For she's loyal!\"\n","abridged":"For she's loyal!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why, bless her, Mat,\" returns the trooper, \"I think the higher of her for it!\"\n","abridged":"\"Why, bless her, Mat,\" returns the trooper, \"I think the higher of her for it!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"You are right!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says Mr. Bagnet with the warmest enthusiasm, though without relaxing the rigidity of a single muscle. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Think as high of the old girl--as the rock of Gibraltar--and still you'll be thinking low--of such merits. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But I never own to it before her. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Discipline must be maintained.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"These encomiums bring them to Mount Pleasant and to Grandfather Smallweed's house. ","abridged":"They arrive at Grandfather Smallweed's house. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The door is opened by the perennial Judy, who, having surveyed them from top to toe with no particular favour, but indeed with a malignant sneer, leaves them standing there while she consults the oracle as to their admission. ","abridged":"The door is opened by Judy, who surveys them with a malignant sneer. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The oracle may be inferred to give consent from the circumstance of her returning with the words on her honey lips that they can come in if they want to it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Thus privileged, they come in and find Mr. Smallweed with his feet in the drawer of his chair as if it were a paper foot-bath and Mrs. Smallweed obscured with the cushion like a bird that is not to sing.\n","abridged":"Once she lets them in, they find Mr. Smallweed in his chair and Mrs. Smallweed obscured with the cushion like a bird that is not to sing.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"My dear friend,\" says Grandfather Smallweed with those two lean affectionate arms of his stretched forth. ","abridged":"\"My dear friend,\" says Grandfather Smallweed with his lean affectionate arms stretched forth. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"How de do? ","abridged":"\"How de do? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"How de do? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Who is our friend, my dear friend?\"\n","abridged":"Who is our friend, my dear friend?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why this,\" returns George, not able to be very conciliatory at first, \"is Matthew Bagnet, who has obliged me in that matter of ours, you know.\"\n","abridged":"\"Why this,\" returns George, \"is Matthew Bagnet, who has obliged me in that matter of ours, you know.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet? ","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Surely!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The old man looks at him under his hand.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Hope you're well, Mr. Bagnet? ","abridged":"Hope you're well, Mr. Bagnet!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Fine man, Mr. George! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Military air, sir!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"No chairs being offered, Mr. George brings one forward for Bagnet and one for himself. ","abridged":"No chairs being offered, Mr. George brings one forward for Bagnet and one for himself.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"They sit down, Mr. Bagnet as if he had no power of bending himself, except at the hips, for that purpose.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Judy,\" says Mr. Smallweed, \"bring the pipe.\"\n","abridged":"\"Judy,\" says Mr. Smallweed, \"bring the pipe.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why, I don't know,\" Mr. George interposes, \"that the young woman need give herself that trouble, for to tell you the truth, I am not inclined to smoke it to-day.\"\n","abridged":"\"Why,\" Mr. George interposes, \"I am not inclined to smoke it today. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Ain't you?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"returns the old man. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Judy, bring the pipe.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"The fact is, Mr. Smallweed,\" proceeds George, \"that I find myself in rather an unpleasant state of mind. ","abridged":"The fact is, Mr. Smallweed, that I find myself in rather an unpleasant state of mind. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"It appears to me, sir, that your friend in the city has been playing tricks.\"\n","abridged":"It appears to me, sir, that your friend in the city has been playing tricks.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Oh, dear no!\" ","abridged":"\"Oh, dear no!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says Grandfather Smallweed. ","abridged":"says Grandfather Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"He never does that!\"\n","abridged":"\"He never does that!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Don't he? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Well, I am glad to hear it, because I thought it might be HIS doing. This, you know, I am speaking of. This letter.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am glad to hear it, because I thought this letter might be his doing.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Grandfather Smallweed smiles in a very ugly way in recognition of the letter.\n","abridged":"Grandfather Smallweed smiles in a very ugly way in recognition of the letter.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"What does it mean?\" ","abridged":"\"What does it mean?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"asks Mr. George.\n","abridged":"asks Mr. George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Judy,\" says the old man. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Have you got the pipe? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Give it to me. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Did you say what does it mean, my good friend?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Aye! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Now, come, come, you know, Mr. Smallweed,\" urges the trooper, constraining himself to speak as smoothly and confidentially as he can, holding the open letter in one hand and resting the broad knuckles of the other on his thigh, \"a good lot of money has passed between us, and we are face to face at the present moment, and are both well aware of the understanding there has always been. ","abridged":"\"You know, Mr. Smallweed,\" speaking as smoothly and confidentially as he can, \"a good deal of money has passed between us, and we are both well aware of the understanding there has always been. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I am prepared to do the usual thing which I have done regularly and to keep this matter going. ","abridged":"I am prepared to do the usual thing to keep this matter going. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I never got a letter like this from you before, and I have been a little put about by it this morning, because here's my friend Matthew Bagnet, who, you know, had none of the money--\"\n","abridged":"I never got a letter like this from you before, and I have been a little put out by it this morning, because here's my friend Matthew Bagnet, who, you know, had none of the money-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I DON'T know it, you know,\" says the old man quietly.\n","abridged":"\"I don't know it,\" says the old man.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why, con-found you--it, I mean--I tell you so, don't I?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes, you tell me so,\" returns Grandfather Smallweed. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"But I don't know it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Well!\" ","abridged":"\"Well!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says the trooper, swallowing his fire. ","abridged":"says the trooper. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I know it.\"\n","abridged":"\"I know it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed replies with excellent temper, \"Ah! ","abridged":"\"Ah! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"That's quite another thing!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And adds, \"But it don't matter. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet's situation is all one, whether or no.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet's situation is all one, whether or no.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The unfortunate George makes a great effort to arrange the affair comfortably and to propitiate Mr. Smallweed by taking him upon his own terms.\n","abridged":"The unfortunate George makes a great effort to propitiate Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"That's just what I mean. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"As you say, Mr. Smallweed, here's Matthew Bagnet liable to be fixed whether or no. ","abridged":"\"As you say, Mr. Smallweed, here's Matthew Bagnet liable to be fixed whether or no. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Now, you see, that makes his good lady very uneasy in her mind, and me too, for whereas I'm a harum-scarum sort of a good-for-nought that more kicks than halfpence come natural to, why he's a steady family man, don't you see? ","abridged":"Now, you see, that makes his good lady very uneasy, and me too, for he's a steady family man, don't you see? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Now, Mr. Smallweed,\" says the trooper, gaining confidence as he proceeds in his soldierly mode of doing business, \"although you and I are good friends enough in a certain sort of a way, I am well aware that I can't ask you to let my friend Bagnet off entirely.\"\n","abridged":"Now, Mr. Smallweed,\" says the trooper, gaining confidence, \"although you and I are good friends enough in a certain way, I am well aware that I can't ask you to let my friend Bagnet off entirely.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Oh, dear, you are too modest. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You can ASK me anything, Mr. George.\" ","abridged":"\"You can ask me anything, Mr. George.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"(There is an ogreish kind of jocularity in Grandfather Smallweed to-day.)\n","abridged":"(There is an ogreish kind of jocularity in Grandfather Smallweed today.)\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"And you can refuse, you mean, eh? ","abridged":"\"And you can refuse, you mean, eh? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Or not you so much, perhaps, as your friend in the city? ","abridged":"Or perhaps your friend in the city? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Ha ha ha!\"\n","abridged":"Ha ha ha!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Ha ha ha!\" ","abridged":"\"Ha ha ha!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"echoes Grandfather Smallweed. In such a very hard manner and with eyes so particularly green that Mr. Bagnet's natural gravity is much deepened by the contemplation of that venerable man.\n","abridged":"echoes Grandfather Smallweed, in such a very hard manner that Mr. Bagnet's natural gravity is much deepened.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Come!\" ","abridged":"\"Come!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says the sanguine George. ","abridged":"says the sanguine George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I am glad to find we can be pleasant, because I want to arrange this pleasantly. ","abridged":"\"I want to arrange this pleasantly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Here's my friend Bagnet, and here am I. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"We'll settle the matter on the spot, if you please, Mr. Smallweed, in the usual way. ","abridged":"We'll settle the matter on the spot, if you please, Mr. Smallweed, in the usual way. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And you'll ease my friend Bagnet's mind, and his family's mind, a good deal if you'll just mention to him what our understanding is.\"\n","abridged":"And you'll ease my friend Bagnet's mind if you'll just mention to him what our understanding is.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Here some shrill spectre cries out in a mocking manner, \"Oh, good gracious! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Oh!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Unless, indeed, it be the sportive Judy, who is found to be silent when the startled visitors look round, but whose chin has received a recent toss, expressive of derision and contempt. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet's gravity becomes yet more profound.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"But I think you asked me, Mr. George\"--old Smallweed, who all this time has had the pipe in his hand, is the speaker now--\"I think you asked me, what did the letter mean?\"\n","abridged":"\"But I think you asked me, Mr. George, what did the letter mean?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why, yes, I did,\" returns the trooper in his off-hand way, \"but I don't care to know particularly, if it's all correct and pleasant.\"\n","abridged":"\"Why, yes, I did.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed, purposely balking himself in an aim at the trooper's head, throws the pipe on the ground and breaks it to pieces.\n","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed throws the pipe on the ground and breaks it to pieces.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"That's what it means, my dear friend. ","abridged":"\"That's what it means, my dear friend. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I'll smash you. ","abridged":"I'll smash you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I'll crumble you. ","abridged":"I'll crumble you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I'll powder you. ","abridged":"I'll powder you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Go to the devil!\"\n","abridged":"Go to the devil!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The two friends rise and look at one another. ","abridged":"The two friends rise and look at one another.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet's gravity has now attained its profoundest point.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Go to the devil!\" ","abridged":"\"Go to the devil!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"repeats the old man. ","abridged":"repeats the old man. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I'll have no more of your pipe-smokings and swaggerings. ","abridged":"\"I'll have no more of your pipe-smokings and swaggerings. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"What? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You're an independent dragoon, too! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Go to my lawyer (you remember where; you have been there before) and show your independence now, will you? ","abridged":"You can go to my lawyer. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Come, my dear friend, there's a chance for you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Open the street door, Judy; put these blusterers out! ","abridged":"Judy; put these blusterers out! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Call in help if they don't go. ","abridged":"Call in help if they don't go. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Put 'em out!\"\n","abridged":"Put 'em out!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He vociferates this so loudly that Mr. Bagnet, laying his hands on the shoulders of his comrade before the latter can recover from his amazement, gets him on the outside of the street door, which is instantly slammed by the triumphant Judy. ","abridged":"He shouts this so loudly that Mr. Bagnet, laying his hands on his comrade's shoulders, gets him outside the street door, which is instantly slammed by the triumphant Judy. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Utterly confounded, Mr. George awhile stands looking at the knocker. ","abridged":"Utterly confounded, Mr. George stands looking at the knocker. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet, in a perfect abyss of gravity, walks up and down before the little parlour window like a sentry and looks in every time he passes, apparently revolving something in his mind.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet, in a perfect abyss of gravity, walks up and down like a sentry, apparently revolving something in his mind.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Come, Mat,\" says Mr. George when he has recovered himself, \"we must try the lawyer. ","abridged":"\"Come, Mat,\" says Mr. George, \"we must try the lawyer. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Now, what do you think of this rascal?\"\n","abridged":"Now, what do you think of this rascal?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet, stopping to take a farewell look into the parlour, replies with one shake of his head directed at the interior, \"If my old girl had been here--I'd have told him!\" ","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet replies with one shake of his head, \"If my old girl had been here - I'd have told him!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Having so discharged himself of the subject of his cogitations, he falls into step and marches off with the trooper, shoulder to shoulder.\n","abridged":"Then he falls into step and marches off with the trooper, shoulder to shoulder.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"When they present themselves in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Tulkinghorn is engaged and not to be seen. ","abridged":"When they present themselves in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Tulkinghorn is engaged. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He is not at all willing to see them, for when they have waited a full hour, and the clerk, on his bell being rung, takes the opportunity of mentioning as much, he brings forth no more encouraging message than that Mr. Tulkinghorn has nothing to say to them and they had better not wait. ","abridged":"He is not at all willing to see them, for when they have waited a full hour, the clerk tells them that Mr. Tulkinghorn has nothing to say to them and they had better not wait. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"They do wait, however, with the perseverance of military tactics, and at last the bell rings again and the client in possession comes out of Mr. Tulkinghorn's room.\n","abridged":"They do wait, however, with military perseverance, and at last the bell rings again and the client comes out of Mr. Tulkinghorn's room.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The client is a handsome old lady, no other than Mrs. Rouncewell, housekeeper at Chesney Wold. ","abridged":"The client is a handsome old lady, no other than Mrs. Rouncewell, housekeeper at Chesney Wold. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"She comes out of the sanctuary with a fair old-fashioned curtsy and softly shuts the door. ","abridged":"She comes out of the sanctuary with an old-fashioned curtsy and softly shuts the door. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"She is treated with some distinction there, for the clerk steps out of his pew to show her through the outer office and to let her out. ","abridged":"The clerk steps out of his pew to show her through the outer office. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The old lady is thanking him for his attention when she observes the comrades in waiting.\n","abridged":"The old lady is thanking him for his attention when she observes the comrades in waiting.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon, sir, but I think those gentlemen are military?\"\n","abridged":"\"I beg your pardon, sir, but I think those gentlemen are military?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The clerk referring the question to them with his eye, and Mr. George not turning round from the almanac over the fire-place. Mr. Bagnet takes upon himself to reply, \"Yes, ma'am. ","abridged":"Mr. George not turning round, Mr. Bagnet takes upon himself to reply, \"Yes, ma'am. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Formerly.\"\n","abridged":"Formerly.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I thought so. ","abridged":"\"I thought so. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I was sure of it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"My heart warms, gentlemen, at the sight of you. ","abridged":"My heart warms, gentlemen, at the sight of you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"It always does at the sight of such. ","abridged":"It always does at the sight of such. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"God bless you, gentlemen! ","abridged":"God bless you, gentlemen! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You'll excuse an old woman, but I had a son once who went for a soldier. ","abridged":"You'll excuse an old woman, but I had a son once who went for a soldier. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"A fine handsome youth he was, and good in his bold way, though some people did disparage him to his poor mother. ","abridged":"A fine handsome youth he was, and good in his bold way. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I ask your pardon for troubling you, sir. ","abridged":"I ask your pardon for troubling you, sir. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"God bless you, gentlemen!\"\n","abridged":"God bless you, gentlemen!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Same to you, ma'am!\" ","abridged":"\"Same to you, ma'am!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"returns Mr. Bagnet with right good will.\n","abridged":"returns Mr. Bagnet with good will.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"There is something very touching in the earnestness of the old lady's voice and in the tremble that goes through her quaint old figure. ","abridged":"There is something very touching in the earnestness of the old lady's voice. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But Mr. George is so occupied with the almanac over the fire-place (calculating the coming months by it perhaps) that he does not look round until she has gone away and the door is closed upon her.\n","abridged":"But Mr. George is so preoccupied that he does not look round until she has gone away and the door is closed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" Mr. Bagnet gruffly whispers when he does turn from the almanac at last. ","abridged":"\"George,\" Mr. Bagnet gruffly whispers. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Don't be cast down! ","abridged":"\"Don't be cast down! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"'Why, soldiers, why--should we be melancholy, boys?' ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Cheer up, my hearty!\"\n","abridged":"Cheer up, my hearty!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The clerk having now again gone in to say that they are still there and Mr. Tulkinghorn being heard to return with some irascibility, \"Let 'em come in then!\" ","abridged":"The clerk having now again gone in, Mr. Tulkinghorn is heard to say with some irascibility, \"Let 'em come in then!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"they pass into the great room with the painted ceiling and find him standing before the fire.\n","abridged":"They pass into the great room and find him standing before the fire.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Now, you men, what do you want? ","abridged":"\"Now, what do you want? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Sergeant, I told you the last time I saw you that I don't desire your company here.\"\n","abridged":"Sergeant, I told you the last time I saw you that I don't desire your company here.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Sergeant replies--dashed within the last few minutes as to his usual manner of speech, and even as to his usual carriage--that he has received this letter, has been to Mr. Smallweed about it, and has been referred there.\n","abridged":"Sergeant explains about the letter.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I have nothing to say to you,\" rejoins Mr. Tulkinghorn. ","abridged":"\"I have nothing to say to you,\" rejoins Mr. Tulkinghorn. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"If you get into debt, you must pay your debts or take the consequences. ","abridged":"\"If you get into debt, you must pay your debts or take the consequences.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You have no occasion to come here to learn that, I suppose?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Sergeant is sorry to say that he is not prepared with the money.\n","abridged":"Sergeant is sorry to say that he is not prepared with the money.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Very well! ","abridged":"\"Very well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Then the other man--this man, if this is he--must pay it for you.\"\n","abridged":"Then the other man must pay it for you.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Sergeant is sorry to add that the other man is not prepared with the money either.\n","abridged":"Sergeant is sorry to add that the other man is not prepared with the money either.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Very well! ","abridged":"\"Very well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Then you must pay it between you or you must both be sued for it and both suffer. ","abridged":"Then you must pay it between you or both be sued for it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You have had the money and must refund it. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You are not to pocket other people's pounds, shillings, and pence and escape scot-free.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The lawyer sits down in his easy-chair and stirs the fire. ","abridged":"The lawyer sits down and stirs the fire. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. George hopes he will have the goodness to--\"I tell you, sergeant, I have nothing to say to you. I don't like your associates and don't want you here. ","abridged":"Mr. George hopes he will have the goodness to-\n\"I tell you, sergeant, I have nothing to say to you, and I don't want you here. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"This matter is not at all in my course of practice and is not in my office. ","abridged":"This matter is not at all in my course of practice. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed is good enough to offer these affairs to me, but they are not in my way. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You must go to Melchisedech's in Clifford's Inn.\"\n","abridged":"You must go to Melchisedech's in Clifford's Inn.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I must make an apology to you, sir,\" says Mr. George, \"for pressing myself upon you with so little encouragement--which is almost as unpleasant to me as it can be to you--but would you let me say a private word to you?\"\n","abridged":"\"I apologise, sir,\" says Mr. George, \"for pressing myself upon you - but would you let me say a private word to you?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Tulkinghorn rises with his hands in his pockets and walks into one of the window recesses. ","abridged":"Mr. Tulkinghorn rises with his hands in his pockets and walks into a window recess. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Now! ","abridged":"\"Now! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I have no time to waste.\" ","abridged":"I have no time to waste.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"In the midst of his perfect assumption of indifference, he directs a sharp look at the trooper, taking care to stand with his own back to the light and to have the other with his face towards it.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Well, sir,\" says Mr. George, \"this man with me is the other party implicated in this unfortunate affair--nominally, only nominally--and my sole object is to prevent his getting into trouble on my account. ","abridged":"\"Well, sir,\" says Mr. George, \"this man with me is the other party, and my sole object is to prevent his getting into trouble on my account. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He is a most respectable man with a wife and family, formerly in the Royal Artillery--\"\n","abridged":"He is a most respectable man with a wife and family, formerly in the Royal Artillery-\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"My friend, I don't care a pinch of snuff for the whole Royal Artillery establishment--officers, men, tumbrils, waggons, horses, guns, and ammunition.\"\n","abridged":"\"My friend, I don't care a pinch of snuff for the Royal Artillery.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"'Tis likely, sir. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But I care a good deal for Bagnet and his wife and family being injured on my account. ","abridged":"\"But I care a good deal for Bagnet and his family, sir. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And if I could bring them through this matter, I should have no help for it but to give up without any other consideration what you wanted of me the other day.\"\n","abridged":"If I could bring them through this matter, I should give up what you wanted the other day.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Have you got it here?\"\n","abridged":"\"Have you got it here?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I have got it here, sir.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have got it here, sir.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Sergeant,\" the lawyer proceeds in his dry passionless manner, far more hopeless in the dealing with than any amount of vehemence, \"make up your mind while I speak to you, for this is final. ","abridged":"\"Sergeant,\" the lawyer proceeds in his dry passionless manner, \"make up your mind while I speak to you, for this is final. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"After I have finished speaking I have closed the subject, and I won't re-open it. ","abridged":"After I have finished speaking I have closed the subject. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Understand that. ","abridged":"Understand that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"You can leave here, for a few days, what you say you have brought here if you choose; you can take it away at once if you choose. ","abridged":"You can, for a few days, leave here what you say you have brought. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"In case you choose to leave it here, I can do this for you--I can replace this matter on its old footing, and I can go so far besides as to give you a written undertaking that this man Bagnet shall never be troubled in any way until you have been proceeded against to the utmost, that your means shall be exhausted before the creditor looks to his. ","abridged":"If you do choose to leave it here, I can replace this matter on its old footing, and I can besides give you a written undertaking that this man Bagnet shall never be troubled until you have been proceeded against to the utmost, and your own means have been exhausted. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"This is in fact all but freeing him. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Have you decided?\"\n","abridged":"Have you decided?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The trooper puts his hand into his breast and answers with a long breath, \"I must do it, sir.\"\n","abridged":"The trooper answers with a long breath, \"I must do it, sir.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"So Mr. Tulkinghorn, putting on his spectacles, sits down and writes the undertaking, which he slowly reads and explains to Bagnet, who has all this time been staring at the ceiling and who puts his hand on his bald head again, under this new verbal shower-bath, and seems exceedingly in need of the old girl through whom to express his sentiments. ","abridged":"So Mr. Tulkinghorn, putting on his spectacles, sits down and writes the undertaking, which he reads and explains to Bagnet, who has all this time been staring at the ceiling. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The trooper then takes from his breast-pocket a folded paper, which he lays with an unwilling hand at the lawyer's elbow. ","abridged":"The trooper then takes from his breast-pocket a folded paper, which he lays unwillingly at the lawyer's elbow. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"'Tis only a letter of instructions, sir. ","abridged":"\"'Tis only a letter of instructions, sir. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The last I ever had from him.\"\n","abridged":"The last I ever had from him.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Look at a millstone, Mr. George, for some change in its expression, and you will find it quite as soon as in the face of Mr. Tulkinghorn when he opens and reads the letter! He refolds it and lays it in his desk with a countenance as unperturbable as death.\n","abridged":"Mr. Tulkinghorn opens and reads the letter; refolds it and lays it in his desk with a face as unperturbable as death.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Nor has he anything more to say or do but to nod once in the same frigid and discourteous manner and to say briefly, \"You can go. ","abridged":"He nods once in the same frigid and discourteous manner. \"You can go. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Show these men out, there!\" ","abridged":"Show these men out!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Being shown out, they repair to Mr. Bagnet's residence to dine.\n","abridged":"Being shown out, they return to Mr. Bagnet's house to dine.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Boiled beef and greens constitute the day's variety on the former repast of boiled pork and greens, and Mrs. Bagnet serves out the meal in the same way and seasons it with the best of temper, being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her. ","abridged":"As Mrs. Bagnet serves out the boiled beef and greens, she seasons it with the best of temper. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"The spot on this occasion is the darkened brow of Mr. George; he is unusually thoughtful and depressed. ","abridged":"But Mr. George is unusually thoughtful and depressed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"At first Mrs. Bagnet trusts to the combined endearments of Quebec and Malta to restore him, but finding those young ladies sensible that their existing Bluffy is not the Bluffy of their usual frolicsome acquaintance, she winks off the light infantry and leaves him to deploy at leisure on the open ground of the domestic hearth.\n","abridged":"At first Mrs. Bagnet trusts to the endearments of Quebec and Malta to restore him, but finding that he is not the Bluffy of their usual frolicsome acquaintance, she withdraws them and leaves him to the domestic hearth.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"But he does not. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. ","abridged":"He remains clouded and depressed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"During the lengthy cleaning up and pattening process, when he and Mr. Bagnet are supplied with their pipes, he is no better than he was at dinner. He forgets to smoke, looks at the fire and ponders, lets his pipe out, fills the breast of Mr. Bagnet with perturbation and dismay by showing that he has no enjoyment of tobacco.\n","abridged":"During the lengthy cleaning up process, when he and Mr. Bagnet are supplied with their pipes, he forgets to smoke, filling Mr. Bagnet with dismay.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Therefore when Mrs. Bagnet at last appears, rosy from the invigorating pail, and sits down to her work, Mr. Bagnet growls, \"Old girl!\" ","abridged":"Therefore when Mrs. Bagnet at last appears and sits down to her sewing, Mr. Bagnet growls, \"Old girl!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"and winks monitions to her to find out what's the matter.\n","abridged":"and winks at her to find out what's the matter.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Why, George!\" ","abridged":"\"Why, George!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says Mrs. Bagnet, quietly threading her needle. ","abridged":"says Mrs. Bagnet, quietly threading her needle. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"How low you are!\"\n","abridged":"\"How low you are!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Am I? ","abridged":"\"Am I? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Not good company? Well, I am afraid I am not.\"\n","abridged":"Well, I am afraid I am not good company.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"He ain't at all like Bluffy, mother!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"cries little Malta.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Because he ain't well, I think, mother,\" adds Quebec.\n","abridged":"\"He ain't well, I think, mother,\" says Quebec.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Sure that's a bad sign not to be like Bluffy, too!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"returns the trooper, kissing the young damsels. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"But it's true,\" with a sigh, \"true, I am afraid. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"These little ones are always right!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, working busily, \"if I thought you cross enough to think of anything that a shrill old soldier's wife--who could have bitten her tongue off afterwards and ought to have done it almost--said this morning, I don't know what I shouldn't say to you now.\"\n","abridged":"\"George,\" says Mrs. Bagnet, working busily, \"I hope you are not cross enough to care about what a shrill old soldier's wife said this morning.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"My kind soul of a darling,\" returns the trooper. \"Not a morsel of it.\"\n","abridged":"\"My kind soul of a darling,\" returns the trooper, \"not a bit of it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Because really and truly, George, what I said and meant to say was that I trusted Lignum to you and was sure you'd bring him through it. ","abridged":"\"Because truly, George, what I meant to say was that I trusted Lignum to you and was sure you'd bring him through it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"And you HAVE brought him through it, noble!\"\n","abridged":"And you have brought him through it, noble!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"Thankee, my dear!\" ","abridged":"\"Thankee, my dear!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"says George. ","abridged":"says George. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"I am glad of your good opinion.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am glad of your good opinion.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"In giving Mrs. Bagnet's hand, with her work in it, a friendly shake--for she took her seat beside him--the trooper's attention is attracted to her face. After looking at it for a little while as she plies her needle, he looks to young Woolwich, sitting on his stool in the corner, and beckons that fifer to him.\n","abridged":"He looks at her and then at young Woolwich, sitting on his stool in the corner, and beckons him over.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"See there, my boy,\" says George, very gently smoothing the mother's hair with his hand, \"there's a good loving forehead for you! All bright with love of you, my boy. ","abridged":"\"See there, my boy,\" says George, \"there's a mother's face all bright with love of you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"A little touched by the sun and the weather through following your father about and taking care of you, but as fresh and wholesome as a ripe apple on a tree.\"\n","abridged":"A little touched by the sun and the weather through following your father about and taking care of you, but as fresh and wholesome as a ripe apple on a tree.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. Bagnet's face expresses, so far as in its wooden material lies, the highest approbation and acquiescence.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bagnet's expression shows the highest approval.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"\"The time will come, my boy,\" pursues the trooper, \"when this hair of your mother's will be grey, and this forehead all crossed and re-crossed with wrinkles, and a fine old lady she'll be then. ","abridged":"\"The time will come, my boy,\" pursues the trooper, \"when your mother's hair will be grey, and her forehead crossed with wrinkles, and a fine old lady she'll be then. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Take care, while you are young, that you can think in those days, 'I never whitened a hair of her dear head--I never marked a sorrowful line in her face!' ","abridged":"Take care that you can think in those days, 'I never whitened a hair of her dear head - I never marked a sorrowful line in her face!'\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"For of all the many things that you can think of when you are a man, you had better have THAT by you, Woolwich!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"Mr. George concludes by rising from his chair, seating the boy beside his mother in it, and saying, with something of a hurry about him, that he'll smoke his pipe in the street a bit.","abridged":"Mr. George rises from his chair and seats the boy beside his mother, saying, with something of a hurry, that he'll smoke his pipe in the street.","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw"}
{"original":"I had not the courage to see any one that night. I had not even the courage to see myself, for I was afraid that my tears might a little reproach me. ","abridged":"I had not the courage to see anyone that night, not even myself. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I went up to my room in the dark, and prayed in the dark, and lay down in the dark to sleep. ","abridged":"I went up to my room in the dark, and prayed in the dark, and lay down in the dark to sleep. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I had no need of any light to read my guardian's letter by, for I knew it by heart. ","abridged":"I had no need of any light to read my guardian's letter by, for I knew it by heart. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I took it from the place where I kept it, and repeated its contents by its own clear light of integrity and love, and went to sleep with it on my pillow.\n","abridged":"I took it from the place where I kept it, and repeated its contents by its own clear light of integrity and love, and went to sleep with it on my pillow.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I was up very early in the morning and called Charley to come for a walk. ","abridged":"I was up very early in the morning and called Charley to come for a walk. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"We bought flowers for the breakfast-table, and came back and arranged them, and were as busy as possible. We were so early that I had a good time still for Charley's lesson before breakfast; Charley (who was not in the least improved in the old defective article of grammar) came through it with great applause; and we were altogether very notable. ","abridged":"We bought flowers for the breakfast-table, and came back and arranged them, and had Charley's lesson before breakfast, and were as busy as possible. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"When my guardian appeared he said, \"Why, little woman, you look fresher than your flowers!\" ","abridged":"When my guardian appeared he said, \"Why, little woman, you look fresher than your flowers!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"And Mrs. Woodcourt repeated and translated a passage from the Mewlinnwillinwodd expressive of my being like a mountain with the sun upon it.\n","abridged":"And Mrs. Woodcourt translated a passage from the Mewlinnwillinwodd about my being like a mountain with the sun upon it.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"This was all so pleasant that I hope it made me still more like the mountain than I had been before. ","abridged":"This was all so pleasant that I hope it made me still more like the mountain than before. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"After breakfast I waited my opportunity and peeped about a little until I saw my guardian in his own room--the room of last night--by himself. ","abridged":"After breakfast I waited until I saw my guardian in his own room - the room of last night. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Then I made an excuse to go in with my housekeeping keys, shutting the door after me.\n","abridged":"Then I made an excuse to go in with my housekeeping keys, shutting the door after me.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Well, Dame Durden?\" ","abridged":"\"Well, Dame Durden?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said my guardian; the post had brought him several letters, and he was writing. ","abridged":"said my guardian, who was writing. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"You want money?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"No, indeed, I have plenty in hand.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"There never was such a Dame Durden,\" said my guardian, \"for making money last.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He had laid down his pen and leaned back in his chair looking at me. ","abridged":"He laid down his pen and leaned back in his chair looking at me. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I have often spoken of his bright face, but I thought I had never seen it look so bright and good. ","abridged":"I have often spoken of his bright face, but I thought I had never seen it look so bright and good. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"There was a high happiness upon it which made me think, \"He has been doing some great kindness this morning.\"\n","abridged":"There was a high happiness upon it which made me think, \"He has been doing some great kindness this morning.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"There never was,\" said my guardian, musing as he smiled upon me, \"such a Dame Durden for making money last.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He had never yet altered his old manner. ","abridged":"He had never yet altered his old manner. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I loved it and him so much that when I now went up to him and took my usual chair, which was always put at his side--for sometimes I read to him, and sometimes I talked to him, and sometimes I silently worked by him--I hardly liked to disturb it by laying my hand on his breast. ","abridged":"I loved it and him so much that when I now went up to him and took my usual chair at his side, I hardly liked to disturb it by laying my hand on his breast. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"But I found I did not disturb it at all.\n","abridged":"But his manner did not change at all.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Dear guardian,\" said I, \"I want to speak to you. ","abridged":"\"Dear guardian,\" said I, \"I want to speak to you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Have I been remiss in anything?\"\n\"Remiss in anything, my dear!\"\n\"Have I not been what I have meant to be since--I brought the answer to your letter, guardian?\"\n","abridged":"Have I been remiss in anything, since - since I brought the answer to your letter, guardian?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"You have been everything I could desire, my love.\"\n","abridged":"\"You have been everything I could desire, my love.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"I am very glad indeed to hear that,\" I returned. ","abridged":"\"I am very glad indeed to hear that,\" I returned. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"You know, you said to me, was this the mistress of Bleak House. ","abridged":"\"You know, you said to me, was this the mistress of Bleak House. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"And I said, yes.\"\n","abridged":"And I said, yes.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" said my guardian, nodding his head. ","abridged":"\"Yes,\" said my guardian, nodding. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He had put his arm about me as if there were something to protect me from and looked in my face, smiling.\n","abridged":"He had put his arm about me as if there were something to protect me from and looked in my face, smiling.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Since then,\" said I, \"we have never spoken on the subject except once.\"\n","abridged":"\"Since then,\" said I, \"we have never spoken on the subject except once.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And then I said Bleak House was thinning fast; and so it was, my dear.\"\n","abridged":"\"And then I said Bleak House was thinning fast; and so it was, my dear.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And I said,\" I timidly reminded him, \"but its mistress remained.\"\n","abridged":"\"And I said,\" I timidly reminded him, \"but its mistress remained.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He still held me in the same protecting manner and with the same bright goodness in his face.\n","abridged":"He still held me in the same protecting manner and with the same bright goodness in his face.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Dear guardian,\" said I, \"I know how you have felt all that has happened, and how considerate you have been. ","abridged":"\"Dear guardian,\" said I, \"I know how considerate you have been. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"As so much time has passed, and as you spoke only this morning of my being so well again, perhaps you expect me to renew the subject. ","abridged":"As so much time has passed, and as you spoke only this morning of my being so well again, perhaps I ought to renew the subject. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Perhaps I ought to do so. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I will be the mistress of Bleak House when you please.\"\n","abridged":"I will be the mistress of Bleak House when you please.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"See,\" he returned gaily, \"what a sympathy there must be between us! ","abridged":"\"See,\" he returned gaily, \"what a sympathy there must be between us! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I have had nothing else, poor Rick excepted--it's a large exception--in my mind. When you came in, I was full of it. ","abridged":"When you came in, my mind was full of the same thing. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"When shall we give Bleak House its mistress, little woman?\"\n","abridged":"When shall we give Bleak House its mistress, little woman?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"When you please.\"\n","abridged":"\"When you please.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Next month?\"\n","abridged":"\"Next month?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Next month, dear guardian.\"\n","abridged":"\"Next month, dear guardian.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"The day on which I take the happiest and best step of my life--the day on which I shall be a man more exulting and more enviable than any other man in the world--the day on which I give Bleak House its little mistress--shall be next month then,\" said my guardian.\n","abridged":"\"The day on which I take the happiest and best step of my life - the day on which I give Bleak House its little mistress - shall be next month then,\" said my guardian.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I put my arms round his neck and kissed him just as I had done on the day when I brought my answer.\n","abridged":"I put my arms round his neck and kissed him just as I had done on the day when I brought my answer.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"A servant came to the door to announce Mr. Bucket, which was quite unnecessary, for Mr. Bucket was already looking in over the servant's shoulder. ","abridged":"A servant came to the door to announce Mr. Bucket, which was quite unnecessary, for Mr. Bucket was already looking in over her shoulder.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Jarndyce and Miss Summerson,\" said he, rather out of breath, \"with all apologies for intruding, WILL you allow me to order up a person that's on the stairs and that objects to being left there in case of becoming the subject of observations in his absence? ","abridged":"\"Mr. Jarndyce and Miss Summerson,\" said he, rather out of breath, \"with apologies for intruding, will you allow me to order up a person that's on the stairs and that objects to being left there in case of us talking about him in his absence? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Thank you. ","abridged":"Thank you. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Be so good as chair that there member in this direction, will you?\" ","abridged":"Be so good as to chair that there member in this direction, will you?\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said Mr. Bucket, beckoning over the banisters.\n","abridged":"said Mr. Bucket, beckoning over the banisters.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"This singular request produced an old man in a black skull-cap, unable to walk, who was carried up by a couple of bearers and deposited in the room near the door. ","abridged":"This singular request produced an old man in a black skull-cap, unable to walk, who was carried up by a couple of bearers and deposited near the door. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket immediately got rid of the bearers, mysteriously shut the door, and bolted it.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket immediately got rid of the bearers, mysteriously shut the door, and bolted it.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Now you see, Mr. Jarndyce,\" he then began, putting down his hat and opening his subject with a flourish of his well-remembered finger, \"you know me, and Miss Summerson knows me. This gentleman likewise knows me, and his name is Smallweed. ","abridged":"\"Now, Mr. Jarndyce,\" he began, with a flourish of his finger, \"this gentleman's name is Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"The discounting line is his line principally, and he's what you may call a dealer in bills. ","abridged":"He's what you may call a dealer in bills. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"That's about what YOU are, you know, ain't you?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said Mr. Bucket, stopping a little to address the gentleman in question, who was exceedingly suspicious of him.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He seemed about to dispute this designation of himself when he was seized with a violent fit of coughing.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Now, moral, you know!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said Mr. Bucket, improving the accident. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Don't you contradict when there ain't no occasion, and you won't be took in that way. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Now, Mr. Jarndyce, I address myself to you. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I've been negotiating with this gentleman on behalf of Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and one way and another I've been in and out and about his premises a deal. ","abridged":"I've been negotiating with this gentleman on behalf of Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and one way and another I've been in and out and about his premises a good deal. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"His premises are the premises formerly occupied by Krook, marine store dealer--a relation of this gentleman's that you saw in his lifetime if I don't mistake?\"\n","abridged":"His premises were formerly occupied by Krook - whom you saw in his lifetime if I don't mistake?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"My guardian replied, \"Yes.\"\n","abridged":"My guardian replied, \"Yes.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Well! ","abridged":"\"Well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"You are to understand,\" said Mr. Bucket, \"that this gentleman he come into Krook's property, and a good deal of magpie property there was. ","abridged":"You are to understand,\" said Mr. Bucket, \"that this gentleman he come into Krook's property, and a good deal of magpie property there was. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Vast lots of waste-paper among the rest. ","abridged":"Vast lots of waste-paper. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Lord bless you, of no use to nobody!\"\n","abridged":"Lord bless you, of no use to nobody!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"The cunning of Mr. Bucket's eye and the masterly manner in which he contrived, without a look or a word against which his watchful auditor could protest, to let us know that he stated the case according to previous agreement and could say much more of Mr. Smallweed if he thought it advisable, deprived us of any merit in quite understanding him. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"His difficulty was increased by Mr. Smallweed's being deaf as well as suspicious and watching his face with the closest attention.\n","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed suspiciously watched his face with the closest attention.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Among them odd heaps of old papers, this gentleman, when he comes into the property, naturally begins to rummage, don't you see?\" said Mr. Bucket.\n","abridged":"\"Among them odd heaps of old papers, this gentleman naturally begins to rummage,\" said Mr. Bucket.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"To which? ","abridged":"\"To which? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Say that again,\" cried Mr. Smallweed in a shrill, sharp voice.\n","abridged":"Say that again,\" cried Mr. Smallweed in a shrill, sharp voice.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"To rummage,\" repeated Mr. Bucket. ","abridged":"\"To rummage,\" repeated Mr. Bucket. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Being a prudent man and accustomed to take care of your own affairs, you begin to rummage among the papers as you have come into; don't you?\"\n","abridged":"\"Being a prudent man, you begin to rummage among the papers as you have come into; don't you?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Of course I do,\" cried Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"\"Of course I do,\" cried Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Of course you do,\" said Mr. Bucket conversationally, \"and much to blame you would be if you didn't. ","abridged":"\"Of course you do,\" said Mr. Bucket conversationally. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"And so you chance to find, you know,\" Mr. Bucket went on, stooping over him with an air of cheerful raillery which Mr. Smallweed by no means reciprocated, \"and so you chance to find, you know, a paper with the signature of Jarndyce to it. ","abridged":"\"And so you chance to find, you know, a paper with the signature of Jarndyce to it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Don't you?\"\n","abridged":"Don't you?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Smallweed glanced with a troubled eye at us and grudgingly nodded assent.\n","abridged":"Mr. Smallweed glanced with a troubled eye at us and grudgingly nodded.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And coming to look at that paper at your full leisure and convenience--all in good time, for you're not curious to read it, and why should you be?--what do you find it to be but a will, you see. ","abridged":"\"And coming to look at that paper at your full leisure - all in good time - what do you find it to be but a will, you see. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"That's the drollery of it,\" said Mr. Bucket with the same lively air of recalling a joke for the enjoyment of Mr. Smallweed, who still had the same crest-fallen appearance of not enjoying it at all; \"what do you find it to be but a will?\"\n","abridged":"That's the humour of it,\" said Mr. Bucket with the lively air of recalling a joke, which Mr. Smallweed did not share; \"what do you find it to be but a will?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"I don't know that it's good as a will or as anything else,\" snarled Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"\"I don't know that it's good as a will or as anything else,\" snarled Mr. Smallweed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket eyed the old man for a moment--he had slipped and shrunk down in his chair into a mere bundle--as if he were much disposed to pounce upon him; nevertheless, he continued to bend over him with the same agreeable air, keeping the corner of one of his eyes upon us.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket eyed the old man for a moment as if he were disposed to pounce upon him; nevertheless, he continued to bend over him with the same agreeable air.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Notwithstanding which,\" said Mr. Bucket, \"you get a little doubtful and uncomfortable in your mind about it, having a very tender mind of your own.\"\n","abridged":"\"Notwithstanding which,\" said Mr. Bucket, \"you get a little doubtful and uncomfortable in your mind about it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Eh? ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"What do you say I have got of my own?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Smallweed with his hand to his ear.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"A very tender mind.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Ho! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Well, go on,\" said Mr. Smallweed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And as you've heard a good deal mentioned regarding a celebrated Chancery will case of the same name, and as you know what a card Krook was for buying all manner of old pieces of furniter, and books, and papers, and what not, and never liking to part with 'em, and always a-going to teach himself to read, you begin to think--and you never was more correct in your born days--'Ecod, if I don't look about me, I may get into trouble regarding this will.'\"\n","abridged":"And as you've heard a good deal mentioned regarding a celebrated Chancery will case of the same name, and as you know how Krook was for buying all manner of old papers, and always a-going to teach himself to read, you begin to think - and you never was more correct in your born days - 'By heaven, if I don't look about me, I may get into trouble regarding this will.'\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Now, mind how you put it, Bucket,\" cried the old man anxiously with his hand at his ear. ","abridged":"\"Mind how you put it, Bucket,\" cried the old man anxiously with his hand at his ear. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Speak up; none of your brimstone tricks. ","abridged":"\"Speak up; none of your brimstone tricks. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Pick me up; I want to hear better. ","abridged":"Pick me up; I want to hear better.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Oh, Lord, I am shaken to bits!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket had certainly picked him up at a dart. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket picked him up at a dart. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"However, as soon as he could be heard through Mr. Smallweed's coughing and his vicious ejaculations of \"Oh, my bones! ","abridged":"As soon as he could be heard through Mr. Smallweed's coughing and his cries of \"Oh, my bones!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Oh, dear! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I've no breath in my body! ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I'm worse than the chattering, clattering, brimstone pig at home!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket proceeded in the same convivial manner as before.\n","abridged":"Mr. Bucket proceeded in the same convivial manner.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"So, as I happen to be in the habit of coming about your premises, you take me into your confidence, don't you?\"\n","abridged":"\"So you take me into your confidence, don't you?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I think it would be impossible to make an admission with more ill will and a worse grace than Mr. Smallweed displayed when he admitted this, rendering it perfectly evident that Mr. Bucket was the very last person he would have thought of taking into his confidence if he could by any possibility have kept him out of it.\n","abridged":"I think it would be impossible to make an admission with more ill will than Mr. Smallweed when he admitted this, as if Mr. Bucket was the very last person he would have taken into his confidence if he could have kept him out of it.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And I go into the business with you--very pleasant we are over it; and I confirm you in your well-founded fears that you will get yourself into a most precious line if you don't come out with that there will,\" said Mr. Bucket emphatically; \"and accordingly you arrange with me that it shall be delivered up to this present Mr. Jarndyce, on no conditions. ","abridged":"\"And I go into the business with you very pleasantly; and I confirm you in your well-founded fears that you will get yourself into trouble if you don't come out with that there will,\" said Mr. Bucket emphatically; \"and accordingly you arrange with me that it shall be delivered up to Mr. Jarndyce, on no conditions. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"If it should prove to be valuable, you trusting yourself to him for your reward; that's about where it is, ain't it?\"\n","abridged":"If it should prove to be valuable, you're trusting yourself to him for your reward; that's about where it is, ain't it?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"That's what was agreed,\" Mr. Smallweed assented with the same bad grace.\n","abridged":"\"That's what was agreed,\" Mr. Smallweed assented with the same bad grace.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"In consequence of which,\" said Mr. Bucket, dismissing his agreeable manner all at once and becoming strictly business-like, \"you've got that will upon your person at the present time, and the only thing that remains for you to do is just to out with it!\"\n","abridged":"\"In consequence of which,\" said Mr. Bucket, \"the only thing that remains for you to do is just to hand it over!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Having given us one glance out of the watching corner of his eye, and having given his nose one triumphant rub with his forefinger, Mr. Bucket stood with his eyes fastened on his confidential friend and his hand stretched forth ready to take the paper and present it to my guardian. It was not produced without much reluctance and many declarations on the part of Mr. Smallweed that he was a poor industrious man and that he left it to Mr. Jarndyce's honour not to let him lose by his honesty. ","abridged":"The paper was produced with much reluctance and many declarations on the part of Mr. Smallweed that he was a poor industrious man and that he hoped he would not lose by his honesty. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Little by little he very slowly took from a breast-pocket a stained, discoloured paper which was much singed upon the outside and a little burnt at the edges, as if it had long ago been thrown upon a fire and hastily snatched off again. ","abridged":"He very slowly took from a breast-pocket a stained, discoloured paper which was a little burnt at the edges. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Bucket lost no time in transferring this paper, with the dexterity of a conjuror, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Jarndyce. ","abridged":"Mr. Bucket transferred this paper, with the dexterity of a conjuror, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Jarndyce.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"As he gave it to my guardian, he whispered behind his fingers, \"Hadn't settled how to make their market of it. ","abridged":"As he gave it to my guardian, he whispered, \"They hadn't settled how to make money from it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Quarrelled and hinted about it. ","abridged":"Quarrelled about it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I laid out twenty pound upon it. ","abridged":"I laid out twenty pound upon it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"First the avaricious grandchildren split upon him on account of their objections to his living so unreasonably long, and then they split on one another. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Lord! ","abridged":"Lord! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"There ain't one of the family that wouldn't sell the other for a pound or two, except the old lady--and she's only out of it because she's too weak in her mind to drive a bargain.\"\n","abridged":"There ain't one of the family that wouldn't sell the other for a pound or two.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr Bucket,\" said my guardian aloud, \"whatever the worth of this paper may be to any one, my obligations are great to you; and if it be of any worth, I hold myself bound to see Mr. Smallweed remunerated accordingly.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Bucket,\" said my guardian aloud, \"whatever the worth of this paper may be, my obligations to you are great; and if it is of any value, I shall see Mr. Smallweed rewarded accordingly.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Not according to your merits, you know,\" said Mr. Bucket in friendly explanation to Mr. Smallweed. ","abridged":"\"Not according to your merits, you know,\" said Mr. Bucket in friendly explanation to Mr. Smallweed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Don't you be afraid of that. ","abridged":"\"Don't you be afraid of that. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"According to its value.\"\n","abridged":"According to its value.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"That is what I mean,\" said my guardian. \"You may observe, Mr. Bucket, that I abstain from examining this paper myself. ","abridged":"\"You may observe, Mr. Bucket,\" said my guardian, \"that I abstain from examining this paper myself. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"The plain truth is, I have forsworn and abjured the whole business these many years, and my soul is sick of it. ","abridged":"The plain truth is, I have forsworn the whole business, and my soul is sick of it. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"But Miss Summerson and I will immediately place the paper in the hands of my solicitor in the cause, and its existence shall be made known without delay to all other parties interested.\"\n","abridged":"But I will immediately place the paper in the hands of my solicitor, and its existence shall be made known without delay to all other parties interested.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Jarndyce can't say fairer than that, you understand,\" observed Mr. Bucket to his fellow-visitor. ","abridged":"\"Mr. Jarndyce can't say fairer than that, you understand,\" observed Mr. Bucket to his fellow-visitor. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And it being now made clear to you that nobody's a-going to be wronged--which must be a great relief to YOUR mind--we may proceed with the ceremony of chairing you home again.\"\n","abridged":"\"And now we may chair you home again.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He unbolted the door, called in the bearers, wished us good morning, and with a look full of meaning and a crook of his finger at parting went his way.\n","abridged":"He unbolted the door, called in the bearers, wished us good morning, and went his way.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"We went our way too, which was to Lincoln's Inn, as quickly as possible. ","abridged":"We went our way too, to Lincoln's Inn, as quickly as possible. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Kenge was disengaged, and we found him at his table in his dusty room with the inexpressive-looking books and the piles of papers. ","abridged":"We found Mr. Kenge in his dusty room. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Chairs having been placed for us by Mr. Guppy, Mr. Kenge expressed the surprise and gratification he felt at the unusual sight of Mr. Jarndyce in his office. ","abridged":"Chairs were placed for us by Mr. Guppy, while Mr. Kenge expressed his surprise and gratification at the unusual sight of Mr. Jarndyce in his office.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He turned over his double eye-glass as he spoke and was more Conversation Kenge than ever.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"I hope,\" said Mr. Kenge, \"that the genial influence of Miss Summerson,\" he bowed to me, \"may have induced Mr. Jarndyce,\" he bowed to him, \"to forego some little of his animosity towards a cause and towards a court which are--shall I say, which take their place in the stately vista of the pillars of our profession?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"I am inclined to think,\" returned my guardian, \"that Miss Summerson has seen too much of the effects of the court and the cause to exert any influence in their favour. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Nevertheless, they are a part of the occasion of my being here. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Kenge, before I lay this paper on your desk and have done with it, let me tell you how it has come into my hands.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Kenge,\" began my guardian, \"before I lay this paper on your desk, let me tell you how it has come into my hands.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He did so shortly and distinctly.\n","abridged":"He did so shortly and plainly.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"It could not, sir,\" said Mr. Kenge, \"have been stated more plainly and to the purpose if it had been a case at law.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Did you ever know English law, or equity either, plain and to the purpose?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said my guardian.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Oh, fie!\" said Mr. Kenge.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"At first he had not seemed to attach much importance to the paper, but when he saw it he appeared more interested, and when he had opened and read a little of it through his eye-glass, he became amazed. ","abridged":"Mr. Kenge did not at first seem to attach much importance to the paper, but when he saw it he appeared more interested, and when he had opened it and read a little, he became amazed.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Jarndyce,\" he said, looking off it, \"you have perused this?\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Jarndyce,\" he said, \"you have perused this?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Not I!\" ","abridged":"\"Not I!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"returned my guardian.\n","abridged":"returned my guardian.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"But, my dear sir,\" said Mr. Kenge, \"it is a will of later date than any in the suit. ","abridged":"\"But, my dear sir,\" said Mr. Kenge, \"it is a will of later date than any in the suit. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"It appears to be all in the testator's handwriting. ","abridged":"It appears to be all in the testator's handwriting. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"It is duly executed and attested. ","abridged":"It is duly witnessed. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"And even if intended to be cancelled, as might possibly be supposed to be denoted by these marks of fire, it is NOT cancelled. ","abridged":"And even if intended to be cancelled, as might be supposed from these marks of fire, it is not cancelled. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Here it is, a perfect instrument!\"\n","abridged":"Here it is, a perfect instrument!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Well!\" ","abridged":"\"Well!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"said my guardian. ","abridged":"said my guardian. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"What is that to me?\"\n","abridged":"\"What is that to me?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr. ","abridged":"\"Mr. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Guppy!\" ","abridged":"Guppy!\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"cried Mr. Kenge, raising his voice. ","abridged":"cried Mr. Kenge, raising his voice. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon, Mr. Jarndyce.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Sir.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Vholes of Symond's Inn. ","abridged":"\"Go seek Mr. Vholes of Symond's Inn. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"My compliments. ","abridged":"My compliments. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Jarndyce and Jarndyce. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Glad to speak with him.\"\n","abridged":"Glad to speak with him.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Guppy disappeared.\n","abridged":"Mr. Guppy disappeared.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"You ask me what is this to you, Mr. Jarndyce. If you had perused this document, you would have seen that it reduces your interest considerably, though still leaving it a very handsome one, still leaving it a very handsome one,\" said Mr. Kenge, waving his hand persuasively and blandly. ","abridged":"\"If you had perused this document, Mr. Jarndyce, you would have seen that it reduces your interest considerably, though still leaving it a very handsome one,\" said Mr. Kenge, waving his hand blandly. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"You would further have seen that the interests of Mr. Richard Carstone and of Miss Ada Clare, now Mrs. Richard Carstone, are very materially advanced by it.\"\n","abridged":"\"You would further have seen that the interests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carstone are very materially advanced by it.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Kenge,\" said my guardian, \"if all the flourishing wealth that the suit brought into this vile court of Chancery could fall to my two young cousins, I should be well contented. ","abridged":"\"Kenge,\" said my guardian, \"if all the wealth that the suit brought into this vile court of Chancery could fall to my two young cousins, I should be well contented. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"But do you ask ME to believe that any good is to come of Jarndyce and Jarndyce?\"\n","abridged":"But do you ask me to believe that any good is to come of Jarndyce and Jarndyce?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Oh, really, Mr. Jarndyce! ","abridged":"\"Oh, really, Mr. Jarndyce! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Prejudice, prejudice. ","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"My dear sir, this is a very great country, a very great country. ","abridged":"My dear sir, this is a very great country, a very great country. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Its system of equity is a very great system, a very great system. ","abridged":"Its system of equity is a very great system, a very great system. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Really, really!\"\n","abridged":"Really, really!\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"My guardian said no more, and Mr. Vholes arrived. ","abridged":"My guardian said no more, and Mr. Vholes arrived.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He was modestly impressed by Mr. Kenge's professional eminence.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"How do you do, Mr. Vholes? ","abridged":"\"How do you do, Mr. Vholes? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Will you be so good as to take a chair here by me and look over this paper?\"\n","abridged":"Will you be so good as to take a chair and look over this paper?\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Vholes did as he was asked and seemed to read it every word. ","abridged":"Mr. Vholes did so. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He was not excited by it, but he was not excited by anything. ","abridged":"He was not excited by it, but he was not excited by anything. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"When he had well examined it, he retired with Mr. Kenge into a window, and shading his mouth with his black glove, spoke to him at some length. ","abridged":"When he had well examined it, he retired with Mr. Kenge into a window, and spoke to him at some length. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"I was not surprised to observe Mr. Kenge inclined to dispute what he said before he had said much, for I knew that no two people ever did agree about anything in Jarndyce and Jarndyce. ","abridged":"I was not surprised to observe Mr. Kenge inclined to dispute what he said, for I knew that no two people ever did agree about anything in Jarndyce and Jarndyce. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"But he seemed to get the better of Mr. Kenge too in a conversation that sounded as if it were almost composed of the words \"Receiver-General,\" \"Accountant-General,\" \"report,\" \"estate,\" and \"costs.\" ","abridged":"But he seemed to get the better of Mr. Kenge in a conversation that included the words \"Receiver-General,\" \"Accountant-General,\" \"report,\" \"estate,\" and \"costs.\" ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"When they had finished, they came back to Mr. Kenge's table and spoke aloud.\n","abridged":"When they had finished, they came back to Mr. Kenge's table and spoke aloud.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Well! ","abridged":"\"Well! ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"But this is a very remarkable document, Mr. Vholes,\" said Mr. Kenge.\n","abridged":"But this is a very remarkable and important document, Mr. Vholes,\" said Mr. Kenge.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Vholes said, \"Very much so.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Vholes said, \"Very much so.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And a very important document, Mr. Vholes,\" said Mr. Kenge.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Again Mr. Vholes said, \"Very much so.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And as you say, Mr. Vholes, when the cause is in the paper next term, this document will be an unexpected and interesting feature in it,\" said Mr. Kenge, looking loftily at my guardian.\n","abridged":"\"And as you say, Mr. Vholes, when the cause appears next term, this document will be an unexpected and interesting feature in it,\" said Mr. Kenge, looking loftily at my guardian.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Mr. Vholes was gratified, as a smaller practitioner striving to keep respectable, to be confirmed in any opinion of his own by such an authority.\n","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"And when,\" asked my guardian, rising after a pause, during which Mr. Kenge had rattled his money and Mr. Vholes had picked his pimples, \"when is next term?\"\n","abridged":"\"And when is next term?\" asked my guardian, rising.\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Next term, Mr. Jarndyce, will be next month,\" said Mr. Kenge. ","abridged":"\"Next month,\" said Mr. Kenge. ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Of course we shall at once proceed to do what is necessary with this document and to collect the necessary evidence concerning it; and of course you will receive our usual notification of the cause being in the paper.\"\n","abridged":"\"Of course we shall at once proceed to do what is necessary with this document; and you will receive our usual notification of the cause being in the paper.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"To which I shall pay, of course, my usual attention.\"\n","abridged":"\"To which I shall pay, of course, my usual attention.\"\n","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"\"Still bent, my dear sir,\" said Mr. Kenge, showing us through the outer office to the door, \"still bent, even with your enlarged mind, on echoing a popular prejudice? We are a prosperous community, Mr. Jarndyce, a very prosperous community. We are a great country, Mr. Jarndyce, we are a very great country. This is a great system, Mr. Jarndyce, and would you wish a great country to have a little system? ","abridged":"\"Still bent, my dear sir, on echoing a popular prejudice?\" said Mr. Kenge, showing us to the door, \"This is a great country, and a great system, Mr. Jarndyce, and would you wish a great country to have a little system? ","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Now, really, really!\"\n","abridged":"Now, really, really!\"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"He said this at the stair-head, gently moving his right hand as if it were a silver trowel with which to spread the cement of his words on the structure of the system and consolidate it for a thousand ages.","abridged":"","book":"Bleak House","chapter":"Chapter 62: Another Discovery"}
{"original":"Alice, on her return from Westmoreland, went direct to Park Lane, whither Lady Glencora and Mr. Palliser had also returned before her. ","abridged":"Alice, on her return from Westmorland, went direct to Park Lane, where Lady Glencora and Mr. Palliser were. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She was to remain with them in London one entire day, and on the morning after that they were to start for Paris. ","abridged":"She was to stay with them in London one full day, and on the morning after that they were to start for Paris.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She found Mr. Palliser in close attendance upon his wife. ","abridged":"She found Mr. Palliser in close attendance upon his wife. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Not that there was anything in his manner which at all implied that he was keeping watch over her, or that he was more with her, or closer to her than a loving husband might wish to be with a young wife; but the mode of life was very different from that which Alice had seen at Matching Priory!\n","abridged":"Nothing in his manner implied that he was keeping watch over her; but it was very different from what Alice had seen at Matching Priory!\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"On her arrival Mr. Palliser himself received her in the hall, and took her up to his wife before she had taken off her travelling hat. ","abridged":"On her arrival Mr. Palliser received her in the hall, and took her up to his wife.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"We are so much obliged to you, Miss Vavasor,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"We are so much obliged to you, Miss Vavasor,\" he said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I feel it quite as deeply as Glencora.\"\n","abridged":"\"I feel it quite as deeply as Glencora.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Oh, no,\" she said; \"it is I that am under obligation to you for taking me.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, no,\" she said; \"it is I that am under an obligation to you for taking me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He merely smiled, and shook his head, and then took her up-stairs. ","abridged":"He merely smiled, and shook his head. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"On the stairs he said one other word to her: \"You must forgive me if I was cross to you that night she went out among the ruins.\" ","abridged":"On the stairs he said one other thing: \"You must forgive me if I was cross to you that night she went out among the ruins.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice muttered something,--some little fib of courtesy as to the matter having been forgotten, or never borne in mind; and then they went on to Lady Glencora's room. ","abridged":"Alice muttered some little fib of courtesy as to the matter having been forgotten; and then they went on to Lady Glencora's room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It seemed to Alice that he was not so big or so much to be dreaded as when she had seen him at Matching. ","abridged":"It seemed to Alice that he was not so big or so much to be dreaded as when she had seen him at Matching. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"His descent from an expectant, or more than an expectant, Chancellor of the Exchequer, down to a simple, attentive husband, seemed to affect his gait, his voice, and all his demeanour. ","abridged":"His descent from an expectant Chancellor of the Exchequer, down to a simple, attentive husband, seemed to affect his demeanour.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"When he received Alice at the Priory he certainly loomed before her as something great, whereas now his greatness seemed to have fallen from him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"We must own that this was hard upon him, seeing that the deed by which he had divested himself of his greatness had been so pure and good!\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Dear Alice, this is so good of you! ","abridged":"\"Dear Alice, this is so good of you! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I am all in the midst of packing, and Plantagenet is helping me.\" ","abridged":"I am in the midst of packing, and Plantagenet is helping me.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Plantagenet winced a little under this, as the hero of old must have winced when he was found with the distaff. ","abridged":"Plantagenet winced a little under this. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Palliser had relinquished his sword of state for the distaff which he had assumed, and could take no glory in the change. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"There was, too, in his wife's voice the slightest hint of mockery, which, slight as it was, he perhaps thought she might have spared. ","abridged":"His wife's voice held the slightest hint of mockery, which he perhaps thought she might have spared.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You have nothing left to pack,\" continued Glencora, \"and I don't know what you can do to amuse yourself.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I will help you,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"I will help you,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"But we have so very nearly done. ","abridged":"\"But we have very nearly finished. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I think we shall have to pull all the things out, and put them up again, or we shall never get through to-morrow. ","abridged":"I think we shall have to start again, or we shall have nothing to do tomorrow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"We couldn't start to-morrow;--could we, Plantagenet?\"\n","abridged":"We couldn't set off tomorrow, could we, Plantagenet?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Not very well, as your rooms are ordered in Paris for the next day.\"\n","abridged":"\"Not very well, as your rooms are ordered in Paris for the next day.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"As if we couldn't find rooms at every inn on the road. ","abridged":"\"As if we couldn't find rooms at every inn on the road. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Men are so particular. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Now in travelling I should like never to order rooms,--never to know where I was going or when I was going, and to carry everything I wanted in a market-basket.\" ","abridged":"Now, in travelling I should like never to book rooms - never to know where I was going. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice, who by this time had followed her friend along the passage to her bedroom, and had seen how widely the packages were spread about, bethought herself that the market-basket should be a large one. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"And I would never travel among Christians. ","abridged":"And I would never travel among Christians. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Christians are so slow, and they wear chimney-pot hats everywhere. ","abridged":"Christians are so slow, and they wear chimney-pot hats everywhere. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The further one goes from London among Christians, the more they wear chimney-pot hats. ","abridged":"The further one goes from London among Christians, the more they wear chimney-pot hats. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I want Plantagenet to take us to see the Kurds, but he won't.\"\n","abridged":"I want Plantagenet to take us to see the Kurds, but he won't.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I don't think that would be fair to Miss Vavasor,\" said Mr. Palliser, who had followed them.\n","abridged":"\"I don't think that would be fair to Miss Vavasor,\" said Mr. Palliser.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Don't put the blame on her head,\" said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Women have always pluck for anything. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Wouldn't you like to see a live Kurd, Alice?\"\n","abridged":"\"Wouldn't you like to see a live Kurd, Alice?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I don't exactly know where they live,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"I don't exactly know where they live,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Nor I. I have not the remotest idea of the way to the Kurds. ","abridged":"\"Nor I. I have not the remotest idea of the way to the Kurds. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You see my joke, don't you, though Plantagenet doesn't? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But one knows that they are Eastern, and the East is such a grand idea!\"\n","abridged":"But one knows that they are Eastern, and the East is such a grand idea!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I think we'll content ourselves with Rome, or perhaps Naples, on this occasion,\" said Mr. Palliser.\n","abridged":"\"I think we'll content ourselves with Rome, or perhaps Naples, on this occasion,\" said Mr. Palliser.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The notion of Lady Glencora packing anything for herself was as good a joke as that other one of the Kurds and whey. But she went flitting about from room to room, declaring that this thing must be taken, and that other, till the market-basket would have become very large indeed. Alice was astonished at the extent of the preparations, and the sort of equipage with which they were about to travel. ","abridged":"Lady Glencora went flitting about from room to room, declaring that this thing must be taken, and that other, till Alice was astonished at the extent of the preparations. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Lady Glencora was taking her own carriage. ","abridged":"Lady Glencora was taking her own carriage.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Not that I shall ever use it,\" she said to Alice, \"but he insists upon it, to show that I am not supposed to be taken away in disgrace. ","abridged":"\"Not that I shall ever use it,\" she said to Alice, \"but he insists upon it, to show that I am not supposed to be taken away in disgrace. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He is so good;--isn't he?\"\n","abridged":"He is so good; isn't he?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Very good,\" said Alice. ","abridged":"\"Very good,\" said Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I know no one better.\"\n","abridged":"\"I know no one better.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"And so dull!\" ","abridged":"\"And so dull!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"said Lady Glencora. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"But I fancy that all husbands are dull from the nature of their position. ","abridged":"\"But I fancy that all husbands are dull. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"If I were a young woman's husband, I shouldn't know what to say to her that wasn't dull.\"\n","abridged":"If I were a young woman's husband, I shouldn't know what to say to her that wasn't dull.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Two women and two men servants were to be taken. ","abridged":"Two women and two men servants were to be taken. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice had received permission to bring her own maid--\"or a dozen, if you want them,\" Lady Glencora had said. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Palliser in his present mood would think nothing too much to do for you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"If you were to ask him to go among the Kurds, he'd go at once;--or on to Crim Tartary, if you made a point of it.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But as both Lady Glencora's servants spoke French, and as her own did not, Alice trusted herself in that respect to her cousin. \"You shall have one all to yourself,\" said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"Both Lady Glencora's servants spoke French, and as Alice's did not, Lady Glencora said, \"You shall have one all to yourself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I only take two for the same reason that I take the carriage,--just as you let a child go out in her best frock, for a treat, after you've scolded her.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"When Alice asked why it was supposed that Mr. Palliser was so specially devoted to her, the thing was explained to her. ","abridged":"She then explained Mr. Palliser's kindness to Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You see, my dear, I have told him everything. ","abridged":"\"You see, my dear, I have told him everything. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I always do tell everything. ","abridged":"I always do tell everything. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Nobody can say I am not candid. ","abridged":"Nobody can say I am not candid. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He knows about your not letting me come to your house in the old days. ","abridged":"He knows about your not letting me come to your house in the old days. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Oh, Alice!--you were wrong then; I shall always say that. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But it's done and gone; and things that are done and gone shall be done and gone for me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"And I told him all that you said,--about you know what. ","abridged":"And I told him all that you said - about you know what. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I have had nothing else to do but make confessions for the last ten days, and when a woman once begins, the more she confesses the better. ","abridged":"I have had nothing else to do but make confessions for the last ten days, and when a woman once begins, the more she confesses the better. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"And I told him that you refused Jeffrey.\"\n","abridged":"And I told him that you refused Jeffrey.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You didn't?\"\n","abridged":"\"You didn't?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I did indeed, and he likes you the better for that. ","abridged":"\"I did indeed, and he likes you the better for that. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I think he'd let Jeffrey marry you now if you both wished it;--and then, oh dear!--supposing that you had a son and that we adopted it?\"\n","abridged":"I think he'd let Jeffrey marry you now if you both wished it - and then supposing that you had a son and we adopted it?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Cora, if you go on in that way I will not remain with you.\"\n","abridged":"\"Cora, if you go on in that way I will not stay with you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"But you must, my dear. ","abridged":"\"But you must, my dear. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You can't escape now. ","abridged":"You can't escape now. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"At any rate, you can't when we once get to Paris. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Oh dear! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"you shouldn't grudge me my little naughtinesses. ","abridged":"You shouldn't grudge me my little naughtinesses. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I have been so proper for the last ten days. ","abridged":"I have been so proper for the last ten days.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Do you know I got into a way of driving Dandy and Flirt at the rate of six miles an hour, till I'm sure the poor beasts thought they were always going to a funeral. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Poor Dandy and poor Flirt! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I shan't see them now for another year.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"On the following morning they breakfasted early, because Mr. Palliser had got into an early habit. He had said that early hours would be good for them. ","abridged":"On the following morning they breakfasted early, because Mr. Palliser said that early hours would be good for them. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"But he never tells me why,\" said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I think it is pleasant when people are travelling,\" said Alice. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"It isn't that,\" her cousin answered; \"but we are all to be such particularly good children. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It's hardly fair, because he went to sleep last night after dinner while you and I kept ourselves awake: but we needn't do that another night, to be sure.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"After breakfast they all three went to work to do nothing. ","abridged":"After breakfast they all three went to work to do nothing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It was ludicrous and almost painful to see Mr. Palliser wandering about and counting the boxes, as though he could do any good by that. ","abridged":"It was almost painful to see Mr. Palliser wandering about and counting the boxes, as though he could do any good by that. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"At this special crisis of his life he hated his papers and figures and statistics, and could not apply himself to them. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He, whose application had been so unremitting, could apply himself now to nothing. ","abridged":"He, whose application to his figures had been so unremitting, could apply himself now to nothing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"His world had been brought to an abrupt end, and he was awkward at making a new beginning. ","abridged":"His world had been brought to an abrupt end, and he was awkward at making a new beginning.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I believe that they all three were reading novels before one o'clock. ","abridged":"They were all reading novels before one o'clock. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Lady Glencora and Alice had determined that they would not leave the house throughout the day. ","abridged":"Lady Glencora and Alice had decided that they would not leave the house. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Nothing has been said about it, but I regard it as part of the bond that I'm not to go out anywhere. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Who knows but what I might be found in Gloucester Square?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"There was, however, no absolute necessity that Mr. Palliser should remain with them; and, at about three, he prepared himself for a solitary walk. ","abridged":"There was, however, no need for Mr. Palliser to remain with them; and at about three he prepared for a solitary walk. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He would not go down to the House. ","abridged":"He would not go down to the House. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"All interest in the House was over with him for the present. ","abridged":"All interest in the House was over with him for the present. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had the Speaker's leave to absent himself for the season. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Nor would he call on anyone. ","abridged":"Nor would he call on anyone. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"All his friends knew, or believed they knew, that he had left town. ","abridged":"All his friends believed that he had left town. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"His death and burial had been already chronicled, and were he now to reappear, he could reappear only as a ghost. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He was being talked of as the departed one;--or rather, such talk on all sides had now come nearly to an end. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The poor Duke of St. Bungay still thought of him with regret when more than ordinarily annoyed by some special grievance coming to him from Mr. Finespun; but even the Duke had become almost reconciled to the present order of things. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Palliser knew better than to disturb all this by showing himself again in public; and prepared himself, therefore, to take another walk under the elms in Kensington Gardens.\n","abridged":"Therefore Mr. Palliser prepared to take a walk under the elms in Kensington Gardens.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had his hat on his head in the hall, and was in the act of putting on his gloves, when there came a knock at the front door. ","abridged":"He was in the hall putting on his hat and gloves when there came a knock at the front door. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The hall-porter was there, a stout, plethoric personage, not given to many words, who was at this moment standing with his master's umbrella in his hand, looking as though he would fain be of some use to somebody, if any such utility were compatible with the purposes of his existence. Now had come this knock at the door, while the umbrella was still in his hand, and the nature of his visage changed, and it was easy to see that he was oppressed by the temporary multiplicity of his duties. \"Give me the umbrella, John,\" said Mr. Palliser. John gave up the umbrella, and opening the door disclosed Burgo Fitzgerald standing upon the door-step. ","abridged":"The hall-porter opened the door, and revealed Burgo Fitzgerald standing on the step.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Is Lady Glencora at home?\" ","abridged":"\"Is Lady Glencora at home?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"asked Burgo, before he had seen the husband. ","abridged":"asked Burgo, before he had seen the husband.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"John turned a dismayed face upon his master, as though he knew that the comer ought not to be making a morning call at that house,--as no doubt he did know very well,--and made no instant reply. ","abridged":"John turned a dismayed face upon his master, as though he knew that the comer ought not to be there, and made no instant reply.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I am not sure,\" said Mr. Palliser, making his way out as he had originally purposed. ","abridged":"\"I am not sure,\" said Mr. Palliser, making his way out as he had intended. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"The servant will find out for you.\" ","abridged":"\"The servant will find out for you.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Then he went on his way across Park Lane and into the Park, never once turning back his face to see whether Burgo had effected an entrance into the house. ","abridged":"Then he went on his way across Park Lane and into the Park, never once turning back to see whether Burgo had entered the house. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Nor did he return a minute earlier than he would otherwise have done. ","abridged":"Nor did he return a minute earlier than he would otherwise have done. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"After all, there was something chivalrous about the man.\n","abridged":"After all, there was something chivalrous about the man.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes; Lady Glencora was at home,\" said the porter, not stirring to make any further inquiry. ","abridged":"\"Yes; Lady Glencora was at home,\" said the porter. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It was no business of his if Mr. Palliser chose to receive such a guest. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had not been desired to say that her ladyship was not at home. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Burgo was therefore admitted and shown direct up into the room in which Lady Glencora was sitting. ","abridged":"Burgo was therefore admitted and shown direct up into the room in which Lady Glencora was sitting.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As chance would have it, she was alone. Alice had left her and was in her own chamber, and Lady Glencora was sitting at the window of the small room up-stairs that overlooked the Park. She was seated on a footstool with her face between her hands when Burgo was admitted, thinking of him, and of what the world might have been to her had \"they left her alone,\" as she was in the habit of saying to Alice and to herself.\n","abridged":"As chance would have it, she was alone, sitting on a footstool with her face between her hands. She was thinking of Burgo, and of what the world might have been to her had she been allowed to marry him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She rose quickly, so that he saw her only as she was rising. ","abridged":"She rose quickly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Ask Miss Vavasor to come to me,\" she said, as the servant left the room; and then she came forward to greet her lover.\n","abridged":"\"Ask Miss Vavasor to come to me,\" she said, as the servant left the room; and then she came forward to greet her lover.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Cora,\" he said, dashing at once into his subject--hopelessly, but still with a resolve to do as he had said that he would do. ","abridged":"\"Cora,\" he said, dashing at once into his subject. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Cora, I have come to you, to ask you to go with me.\"\n","abridged":"\"Cora, I have come to ask you to go with me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I will not go with you,\" said she.\n","abridged":"\"I will not go with you,\" said she.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Do not answer me in that way, without a moment's thought. ","abridged":"\"Do not answer me in that way, without a moment's thought. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Everything is arranged--\"\n","abridged":"Everything is arranged-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes, everything is arranged,\" she said. ","abridged":"\"Yes, everything is arranged,\" she said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Fitzgerald, let me ask you to leave me alone, and to behave to me with generosity. ","abridged":"\"Mr. Fitzgerald, let me ask you to leave me alone, and to behave to me with generosity. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Everything is arranged. ","abridged":"Everything is arranged. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You can see that my boxes are all prepared for going. ","abridged":"You can see that my boxes are all prepared for going. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Palliser and I, and my friend, are starting to-morrow. ","abridged":"Mr. Palliser and I, and my friend, are starting tomorrow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Wish me God-speed and go, and be generous.\"\n","abridged":"Wish me God-speed and go, and be generous.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"And is this to be the end of everything?\" ","abridged":"\"And is this to be the end of everything? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He was standing close to her, but hitherto he had only touched her hand at greeting her. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Give me your hand, Cora,\" he said.\n","abridged":"Give me your hand, Cora,\" he said.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"No;--I will never give you my hand again. ","abridged":"\"No; I will never give you my hand again. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You should be generous to me and go. ","abridged":"You should be generous to me and go. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"This is to be the end of everything,--of everything that is common to you and to me. ","abridged":"This is to be the end of everything. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Go, when I ask you.\"\n","abridged":"Go, when I ask you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Cora; did you ever love me?\"\n","abridged":"\"Cora; did you ever love me?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes; I did love you. ","abridged":"\"Yes; I did love you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But we were separated, and there was no room for love left between us.\"\n","abridged":"But we were separated, and there was no room for love left between us.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You are as dear to me now,--dearer than ever you were. ","abridged":"\"You are dearer to me than ever you were. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Do not look at me like that. ","abridged":"Do not look at me like that. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Did you not tell me when we last parted that I might come to you again? ","abridged":"Did you not tell me when we last parted that I might come to you again? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Are we children, that others should come between us and separate us like that?\"\n","abridged":"Are we children, that others should come separate us like that?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Burgo; we are children. ","abridged":"\"Yes, Burgo; we are children. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Here is my cousin coming. ","abridged":"Here is my cousin coming. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You must leave me now.\" ","abridged":"You must leave me now.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As she spoke the door was opened and Alice entered the room. ","abridged":"As she spoke the door was opened and Alice entered the room.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Miss Vavasor, Mr. Fitzgerald,\" said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"\"Miss Vavasor, Mr. Fitzgerald,\" said Lady Glencora. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I have told him to go and leave me. ","abridged":"\"I have told him to go and leave me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Now that you have come, Alice, he will perhaps obey me.\"\n","abridged":"Now that you have come, Alice, he will perhaps obey me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice was dumbfounded, and knew not how to speak either to him or to her; but she stood with her eyes riveted on the face of the man of whom she had heard so much. ","abridged":"Alice was dumbfounded; but she stood with her eyes riveted on the face of the man of whom she had heard so much. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Yes; certainly he was very beautiful. ","abridged":"Yes; certainly he was very beautiful. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She had never before seen man's beauty such as that. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She found it quite impossible to speak a word to him then--at the spur of the moment, but she acknowledged the introduction with a slight inclination of the head, and then stood silent, as though she were waiting for him to go.\n","abridged":"She found it quite impossible to speak a word to him, but she acknowledged the introduction with a slight nod, and then stood silent, as though waiting for him to go.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Fitzgerald, why do you not leave me and go?\" ","abridged":"\"Mr. Fitzgerald, why do you not leave me?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"said Lady Glencora.\n","abridged":"said Lady Glencora.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Poor Burgo also found it difficult enough to speak. ","abridged":"Poor Burgo also found it difficult enough to speak. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"What could he say? ","abridged":"What could he say?\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"His cause was one which certainly did not admit of being pleaded in the presence of a strange lady; and he might have known from the moment in which he heard Glencora's request that a third person should be summoned to their meeting--and probably did know, that there was no longer any hope for him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It was not on the cards that he should win. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But there remained one thing that he must do. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He must get himself out of that room; and how was he to effect that?\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I had hoped,\" said he, looking at Alice, though he addressed Lady Glencora--\"I had hoped to be allowed to speak to you alone for a few minutes.\"\n","abridged":"\"I had hoped to talk to you alone for a few minutes.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"No, Mr. Fitzgerald; it cannot be so. ","abridged":"\"No, Mr. Fitzgerald. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice do not go. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I sent for my cousin when I saw you, because I did not choose to be alone with you. ","abridged":"I sent for my cousin because I did not choose to be alone with you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I have asked you to go--\"\n","abridged":"I have asked you to go-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You perhaps have not understood me?\"\n","abridged":"\"You perhaps have not understood me?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I understand you well enough.\"\n","abridged":"\"I understand you well enough.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Then, Mr. Fitzgerald,\" said Alice, \"why do you not do as Lady Glencora has asked you? ","abridged":"\"Then, Mr. Fitzgerald,\" said Alice, \"why do you not do as Lady Glencora has asked you? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You know--you must know, that you ought not to be here.\"\n","abridged":"You must know that you ought not to be here.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I know nothing of the kind,\" said he, still standing his ground.\n","abridged":"\"I know nothing of the kind,\" said he, still standing his ground.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Alice,\" said Lady Glencora, \"we will leave Mr. Fitzgerald here, since he drives us from the room.\"\n","abridged":"\"Alice,\" said Lady Glencora, \"we will leave Mr. Fitzgerald here, since he drives us from the room.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"In such contests, a woman has ever the best of it at all points. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The man plays with a button to his foil, while the woman uses a weapon that can really wound. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Burgo knew that he must go,--felt that he must skulk away as best he might, and perhaps hear a low titter of half-suppressed laughter as he went. ","abridged":"Burgo knew then that he must go - must skulk away as best he might. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Even that might be possible. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"No, Lady Glencora,\" he said, \"I will not drive you from the room. ","abridged":"\"No, Lady Glencora,\" he said, \"I will not drive you from the room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As one must be driven out, it shall be I. I own I did think that you would at any rate have been--less hard to me.\" ","abridged":"I did think that you would at any rate have been less hard to me.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He then turned to go, bowing again very slightly to Miss Vavasor.\n","abridged":"He then turned to go.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He was on the threshold of the door before Glencora's voice recalled him. ","abridged":"He was on the threshold before Glencora's voice recalled him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Oh my God!\" ","abridged":"\"Oh my God!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"she said, \"I am hard,--harder than flint. ","abridged":"she said. \"I am hard - harder than flint. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I am cruel. ","abridged":"I am cruel. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Burgo!\" ","abridged":"Burgo!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"And he was back with her in a moment, and had taken her by the hand.\n","abridged":"And he was back with her in a moment, and had taken her by the hand.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Glencora,\" said Alice, \"pray,--pray let him go. ","abridged":"\"Glencora,\" said Alice, \"pray - pray let him go. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Fitzgerald, if you are a man, do not take advantage of her folly.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Fitzgerald, if you are a man, do not take advantage of her folly.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I will speak to him,\" said Lady Glencora. ","abridged":"\"I will speak to him,\" said Lady Glencora. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I will speak to him, and then he shall leave me.\" ","abridged":"\"I will speak to him, and then he shall leave me.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She was holding him by the hand now and turning to him, away from Alice, who had taken her by the arm. ","abridged":"She was holding him by the hand now. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Burgo,\" she said, repeating his name twice again, with all the passion that she could throw into the word,--\"Burgo, no good can come of this. ","abridged":"\"Burgo,\" she said, with all the passion that she could throw into the word, \"Burgo, no good can come of this. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Now, you must leave me. You must go. ","abridged":"Now, you must go. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I shall stay with my husband as I am bound to do. ","abridged":"I shall stay with my husband as I am bound to do. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Because I have wronged you, I will not wrong him also. ","abridged":"Because I have wronged you, I will not wrong him also. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I loved you;--you know I loved you.\" ","abridged":"I loved you.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She still held him by the hand, and was now gazing up into his face, while the tears were streaming from her eyes.\n","abridged":"She still held him by the hand, and was now gazing up into his face, while the tears were streaming from her eyes.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Sir,\" said Alice, \"you have heard from her all that you can care to hear. If you have any feeling of honour in you, you will leave her.\"\n","abridged":"\"Sir,\" said Alice, \"if you have any feeling of honour in you, you will leave her.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I will never leave her, while she tells me that she loves me!\"\n","abridged":"\"I will never leave her, while she tells me that she loves me!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Burgo, you will;--you must! ","abridged":"\"Yes, Burgo, you will; you must! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I shall never tell you that again, never. ","abridged":"I shall never tell you that again, never. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Do as she bids you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Go, and leave us;--but I could not bear that you should tell me that I was hard.\"\n","abridged":"Go, and leave us; but I could not bear that you should tell me that I was hard.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You are hard;--hard and cruel, as you said, yourself.\"\n","abridged":"\"You are hard and cruel, as you said yourself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Am I? ","abridged":"\"Am I? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"May God forgive you for saying that of me!\"\n","abridged":"May God forgive you for saying that!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Then why do you send me away?\"\n","abridged":"\"Then why do you send me away?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Because I am a man's wife, and because I care for his honour, if not for my own. ","abridged":"\"Because I am a man's wife, and because I care for his honour, if not for my own. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice, let us go.\"\n","abridged":"Alice, let us go.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He still held her, but she would have been gone from him had he not stooped over her, and put his arm round her waist. In doing this, I doubt whether he was quicker than she would have been had she chosen to resist him. As it was, he pressed her to his bosom, and, stooping over her, kissed her lips. ","abridged":"He still held her, and before she could pull away he kissed her lips. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Then he left her, and making his way out of the room, and down the stairs, got himself out into the street.\n","abridged":"Then he left her, and making his way out of the room, and down the stairs, got himself out into the street.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Thank God, that he is gone!\" ","abridged":"\"Thank God that he is gone!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"said Alice.\n","abridged":"said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You may say so,\" said Lady Glencora, \"for you have lost nothing!\"\n","abridged":"\"You may say so,\" said Lady Glencora, \"for you have lost nothing!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"And you have gained everything!\"\n","abridged":"\"And you have gained everything!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Have I? ","abridged":"\"Have I? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I did not know that I had ever gained anything, as yet. ","abridged":"I did not know that I had ever gained anything, as yet. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The only human being to whom I have ever yet given my whole heart,--the only thing that I have ever really loved, has just gone from me for ever, and you bid me thank God that I have lost him. ","abridged":"The only human being to whom I have ever yet given my whole heart - the only thing that I have ever really loved - has just gone from me for ever, and you bid me thank God that I have lost him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"There is no room for thankfulness in any of it;--either in the love or in the loss. ","abridged":"There is no room for thankfulness. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It is all wretchedness from first to last!\"\n","abridged":"It is all wretchedness from first to last!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"At any rate, he understands now that you meant it when you told him to leave you.\"\n","abridged":"\"At any rate, he understands now that you meant it when you told him to leave you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Of course I meant it. ","abridged":"\"Of course I meant it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I am beginning to know myself by degrees. ","abridged":"I am beginning to know myself by degrees. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As for running away with him, I have not the courage to do it. ","abridged":"As for running away with him, I have not the courage to do it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I can think of it, scheme for it, wish for it;--but as for doing it, that is beyond me. ","abridged":"I can think of it, but as for doing it, that is beyond me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Palliser is quite safe. ","abridged":"Mr. Palliser is quite safe.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He need not try to coax me to remain.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice knew that it was useless to argue with her, so she came and sat over her,--for Lady Glencora had again placed herself on the stool by the window,--and tried to sooth her by smoothing her hair, and nursing her like a child.\n","abridged":"Alice came and sat by her, and tried to sooth her by smoothing her hair, and nursing her like a child.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Of course I know that I ought to stay where I am,\" she said, breaking out, almost with rage, and speaking with quick, eager voice. ","abridged":"\"Of course I know that I ought to stay where I am,\" she said, breaking out almost with rage. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I am not such a fool as to mistake what I should be if I left my husband, and went to live with that man as his mistress. ","abridged":"\"I am not such a fool as to mistake what I should be if I left my husband, and went to live with that man as his mistress. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You don't suppose that I should think that sort of life very blessed. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But why have I been brought to such a pass as this? ","abridged":"But why have I been brought to such a pass as this? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"And, as for female purity! ","abridged":"And, as for female purity! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Ah! ","abridged":"Ah! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"What was their idea of purity when they forced me, like ogres, to marry a man for whom they knew I never cared? ","abridged":"What was their idea of purity when they forced me to marry a man for whom they knew I never cared? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Had I gone with him,--had I now eloped with that man who ought to have been my husband,--whom would a just God have punished worst,--me, or those two old women and my uncle, who tortured me into this marriage?\"\n","abridged":"If I had eloped with that man who ought to have been my husband, whom would a just God have punished worst - me, or those two old women and my uncle, who tortured me into this marriage?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Come, Cora,--be silent.\"\n","abridged":"\"Come, Cora, be silent.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I won't be silent! ","abridged":"\"I won't be silent! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You have had the making of your own lot. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You have done what you liked, and no one has interfered with you. ","abridged":"You have done what you liked, and no one has interfered with you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"You have suffered, too; but you, at any rate, can respect yourself.\"\n","abridged":"You have suffered, too; but at any rate you can respect yourself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"And so can you, Cora,--thoroughly, now.\"\n","abridged":"\"And so can you, Cora - thoroughly, now.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"How;--when he kissed me, and I could hardly restrain myself from giving him back his kiss tenfold, could I respect myself? ","abridged":"\"How; when he kissed me, and I could hardly restrain myself from giving him back his kiss tenfold? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But it is all sin. ","abridged":"But it is all sin. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I sin towards my husband, feigning that I love him; and I sin in loving that other man, who should have been my husband. ","abridged":"I sin towards my husband, pretending that I love him; and I sin in loving that other man, who should have been my husband. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"There;--I hear Mr. Palliser at the door. ","abridged":"There; I hear Mr. Palliser at the door. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Come away with me; or rather, stay, for he will come up here, and you can keep him in talk while I try to recover myself.\"\n","abridged":"Come away with me; or rather, stay, for he will come up here, and you can keep him talking while I try to recover myself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Mr. Palliser did at once as his wife had said, and came up-stairs to the little front room, as soon as he had deposited his hat in the hall. ","abridged":"Mr. Palliser came upstairs as soon as he had deposited his hat in the hall. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Alice was, in fact, in doubt what she should do, as to mentioning, or omitting to mention, Mr. Fitzgerald's name. ","abridged":"Alice was, in fact, in doubt about whether she should mention Mr. Fitzgerald's name. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"In an ordinary way, it would be natural that she should name any visitor who had called, and she specially disliked the idea of remaining silent because that visitor had come as the lover of her host's wife. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But, on the other hand, she owed much to Lady Glencora; and there was no imperative reason, as things had gone, why she should make mischief. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"There was no further danger to be apprehended. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But Mr. Palliser at once put an end to her doubts. ","abridged":"But Mr. Palliser at once put an end to her doubts.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You have had a visitor here?\" ","abridged":"\"You have had a visitor here?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"said he.\n","abridged":"said he.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"Yes,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I saw him as I went out,\" said Mr. Palliser. ","abridged":"\"I saw him as I went out,\" said Mr. Palliser. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Indeed, I met him at the hall door. ","abridged":"\"Indeed, I met him at the hall door. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He, of course, was wrong to come here;--so wrong, that he deserves punishment, if there were any punishment for such offences.\"\n","abridged":"He was, of course, wrong to come here.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"He has been punished, I think,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"He has been punished, I think,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"But as for Glencora,\" continued Mr. Palliser, without any apparent notice of what Alice had said, \"I thought it better that she should see him or not, as she should herself decide.\"\n","abridged":"\"But as for Glencora,\" continued Mr. Palliser, without any apparent notice of what Alice had said, \"I thought it better that she should see him or not, as she should herself decide.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"She had no choice in the matter. ","abridged":"\"She had no choice in the matter. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As it turned out, he was shown up here at once. ","abridged":"As it turned out, he was shown up here at once. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"She sent for me, and I think she was right to do that.\"\n","abridged":"She sent for me, and I think she was right to do that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Glencora was alone when he came in?\"\n","abridged":"\"Glencora was alone when he came in?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"For a minute or two,--till I could get to her.\"\n","abridged":"\"For a minute or two, till I could get to her.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I have no questions to ask about it,\" said Mr. Palliser, after waiting for a few moments. ","abridged":"\"I have no questions to ask about it,\" said Mr. Palliser, after waiting for a few moments. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had probably thought that Alice would say something further. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I am very glad that you were within reach of her, as otherwise her position might have been painful. ","abridged":"\"I am very glad that you were within reach of her, as otherwise her position might have been painful. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"For her, and for me perhaps, it may be as well that he has been here. ","abridged":"Perhaps it may be as well that he has been here. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As for him, I can only say, that I am forced to suppose him to be a villain. ","abridged":"I am forced to suppose him to be a villain. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"What a man does when driven by passion, I can forgive; but that he should deliberately plan schemes to ruin both her and me, is what I can hardly understand.\" ","abridged":"What a man does when driven by passion, I can forgive; but that he should deliberately plan schemes to ruin both her and me, is what I can hardly understand.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"As he made this little speech I wonder whether his conscience said anything to him about Lady Dumbello, and a certain evening in his own life, on which he had ventured to call that lady, Griselda.\n","abridged":"As he made this little speech I wonder whether his conscience said anything to him about Lady Dumbello, and a certain evening in his own life.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"The little party of three dined together very quietly, and after dinner they all went to work with their novels. ","abridged":"The little party of three dined together very quietly, and after dinner they all read their novels. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Before long Alice saw that Mr. Palliser was yawning, and she began to understand how much he had given up in order that his wife might be secure. ","abridged":"Before long Alice saw that Mr. Palliser was yawning, and she began to understand how much he had given up in order that his wife might be secure. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"It was then, when he had left the room for a few minutes, in order that he might wake himself by walking about the house, that Glencora told Alice of his yawning down at Matching. ","abridged":"When he left the room for a few minutes to wake himself up by walking about the house, Glencora told Alice of his yawning down at Matching. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I used to think that he would fall in pieces. ","abridged":"\"I used to think that he would fall in pieces. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"What are we to do about it?\"\n","abridged":"What are we to do about it?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"Don't seem to notice it,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"Pretend not to notice it,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"That's all very well,\" said the other; \"but he'll set us off yawning as bad as himself, and then he'll notice it. ","abridged":"\"That's all very well; but he'll set us off yawning too, and then he'll notice it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He has given himself up to politics, till nothing else has any salt in it left for him. ","abridged":"He has given himself up to politics, till nothing else has any salt in it left for him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"I cannot think why such a man as that wanted a wife at all.\"\n","abridged":"I cannot think why such a man wanted a wife at all.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"You are very hard upon him, Cora.\"\n","abridged":"\"You are very hard upon him, Cora.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"\"I wish you were his wife, with all my heart. ","abridged":"\"I wish you were his wife. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But, of course, I know why he got married. ","abridged":"But, of course, I know why he got married. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"And I ought to feel for him as he has been so grievously disappointed.\" ","abridged":"And I ought to feel for him as he has been so grievously disappointed.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Then Mr. Palliser having walked off his sleep, returned to the room, and the remainder of the evening was passed in absolute tranquillity.\n","abridged":"Then Mr. Palliser returned to the room, and the remainder of the evening was passed in tranquillity.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Burgo Fitzgerald, when he left the house, turned back into Grosvenor Square, not knowing, at first, whither he was going. He took himself as far as his uncle's door, and then, having paused there for a moment, hurried on. ","abridged":"Burgo Fitzgerald, when he left the house, turned back as far as his uncle's door, and then, having paused there for a moment, hurried on. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"For half an hour, or thereabouts, something like true feeling was at work within his heart. ","abridged":"For half an hour, or thereabouts, something like true feeling was at work within his heart. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had once more pressed to his bosom the woman he had, at any rate, thought that he had loved. ","abridged":"He had once more pressed to his bosom the woman he thought that he had loved. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He had had his arm round her, and had kissed her, and the tone with which she had called him by his name was still ringing in his ears, \"Burgo!\" ","abridged":"He had kissed her, and her voice was still ringing in his ears. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He repeated his own name audibly to himself, as though in this way he could recall her voice. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He comforted himself for a minute with the conviction that she loved him. ","abridged":"He comforted himself for a minute with the conviction that she loved him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He felt,--for a moment,--that he could live on such consolation as that! ","abridged":"He felt - for a moment - that he could live on such consolation as that! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But among mortals there could, in truth, hardly be one with whom such consolation would go a shorter way. ","abridged":"But in truth, there was hardly a man less capable of living on such consolation.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He was a man who required to have such comfort backed by pats and curaoa to a very large extent, and now it might be doubted whether the amount of pats and curaoa at his command would last him much longer.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"He would not go in and tell his aunt at once of his failure, as he could gain nothing by doing so. ","abridged":"He would not go in and tell his aunt at once of his failure. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"Indeed, he thought that he would not tell his aunt at all. ","abridged":"Indeed, he thought he would not tell his aunt at all. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"So he turned back from Grosvenor Square, and went down to his club in St. James's Street, feeling that billiards and brandy-and-water might, for the present, be the best restorative. ","abridged":"So he turned back from Grosvenor Square, and went to his club in St. James's Street, feeling that billiards and brandy-and-water might be the best restorative. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"But, as he went back, he blamed himself very greatly in the matter of those bank-notes which he had allowed Lady Monk to take from him. ","abridged":"He blamed himself greatly for letting Lady Monk take those banknotes from him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"How had it come to pass that he had been such a dupe in her hands? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"When he entered his club in St. James's Street his mind had left Lady Glencora, and was hard at work considering how he might best contrive to get that spoil out of his aunt's possession.","abridged":"When he entered his club his mind had left Lady Glencora, and was considering how he might best get that spoil out of his aunt's possession.","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 67: The Last Kiss"}
{"original":"During these days Mrs. Greenow was mistress of the old Hall down in Westmoreland, and was nursing Kate assiduously through the calamity of her broken arm. ","abridged":"During these days Mrs. Greenow was mistress of the old Hall down in Westmorland, and was nursing Kate. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"There had come to be a considerable amount of confidence between the aunt and the niece. ","abridged":"The aunt and the niece had confided much in each other. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate had acknowledged to her aunt that her brother had behaved badly,--very badly; and the aunt had confessed to the niece that she regarded Captain Bellfield as a fit subject for compassion.\n","abridged":"Kate had acknowledged that her brother had behaved badly; and the aunt had confessed to the niece that she regarded Captain Bellfield as a fit subject for compassion.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And he was violent to you, and broke your arm? ","abridged":"\"And he broke your arm? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I always knew it was so,\" Mrs. Greenow had said, speaking with reference to her nephew. ","abridged":"I always knew he was violent,\" Mrs. Greenow had said.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But this Kate had denied. ","abridged":"But this Kate had denied. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"No,\" said she; \"that was an accident. ","abridged":"\"No, that was an accident. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"When he went away and left me, he knew nothing about it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And if he had broken both my arms I should not have cared much. I could have forgiven him that.\" ","abridged":"And if he had broken both my arms, I could have forgiven him that.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But that which Kate could not forgive him was the fault which she had herself committed. ","abridged":"What she could not forgive was the fault which she had herself committed. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"For his sake she had done her best to separate Alice and John Grey, and George had shown himself to be unworthy of the kindness of her treachery. ","abridged":"For his sake she had tried to separate Alice and John Grey, and George had shown himself to be unworthy. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I would give all I have in the world to bring them together again,\" Kate said. ","abridged":"\"I would give all I have in the world to bring them together again,\" Kate said.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"They'll come together fast enough if they like each other,\" said Mrs. Greenow. ","abridged":"\"They'll come together fast enough if they like each other,\" said Mrs. Greenow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Alice is young still, and they tell me she's as good looking as ever. ","abridged":"\"Alice is young still, and they tell me she's as good looking as ever. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"A girl with her money won't have far to seek for a husband, even if this paragon from Cambridgeshire should not turn up again.\"\n","abridged":"A girl with her money won't have to seek far for a husband.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"You don't know Alice, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"You don't know Alice, aunt.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"No, I don't. ","abridged":"\"No, I don't. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But I know what young women are, and I know what young men are. ","abridged":"But I know what young women are, and I know what young men are. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"All this nonsense about her cousin George,--what difference will it make? A man like Mr. Grey won't care about that,--especially not if she tells him all about it. ","abridged":"A man like Mr. Grey won't care about all that nonsense with her cousin George - especially if she tells him all about it.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"My belief is that a girl can have anything forgiven her, if she'll only tell it herself.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But Kate preferred the other subject, and so, I think, did Mrs. Greenow herself. ","abridged":"But Kate preferred the subject of the Captain, and so, I think, did Mrs. Greenow herself.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Of course, my dear,\" she would say, \"marriage with me, if I should marry again, would be a very different thing to your marriage, or that of any other young person. As for love, that has been all over for me since poor Greenow died. ","abridged":"\"Of course, my dear,\" she would say, \"as for love, that has been all over for me since poor Greenow died. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I have known nothing of the softness of affection since I laid him in his cold grave, and never can again. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"'Captain Bellfield,' I said to him, 'if you were to kneel at my feet for years, it would not make me care for you in the way of love.'\"\n","abridged":"'Captain Bellfield,' I said to him, 'if you were to kneel at my feet for years, it would not make me love you.'\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And what did he say to that?\"\n","abridged":"\"And what did he say?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"How am I to tell you what he said? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He talked nonsense about my beauty, as all the men do. ","abridged":"\"He talked nonsense about my beauty, as all the men do. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"If a woman were hump-backed, and had only one eye, they wouldn't be ashamed to tell her she was a Venus.\"\n","abridged":"If a woman were hump-backed, and had only one eye, they wouldn't be ashamed to tell her she was a Venus.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But, aunt, you are a handsome woman, you know.\"\n","abridged":"\"But, aunt, you are a handsome woman, you know.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Laws, my dear, as if I didn't understand all about it; as if I didn't know what makes a woman run after? It isn't beauty,--and it isn't money altogether. ","abridged":"\"Laws, my dear, it isn't beauty as makes men run after a woman - and it isn't money altogether. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I've seen women who had plenty of both, and not a man would come nigh them. They didn't dare. There are some of them, a man would as soon think of putting his arm round a poplar tree, they are so hard and so stiff. ","abridged":"I've seen women who had plenty of both, and not a man dared come near them, they were so hard and stiff. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"You know you're a little that way yourself, Kate, and I've always told you it won't do.\"\n","abridged":"You know you're a little that way yourself, Kate.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I'm afraid I'm too old to mend, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'm afraid I'm too old to mend, aunt.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Not at all, if you'll only set your wits to work and try. ","abridged":"\"Not at all, if you'll only try. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"You've plenty of money now, and you're good-looking enough, too, when you take the trouble to get yourself up. ","abridged":"You've plenty of money now, and you're good-looking enough, when you take the trouble. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But, as I said before, it isn't that that's wanted. ","abridged":"But, as I said before, that's not important. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"There's a stand-off about some women,--what the men call a 'nollimy tangere,' that a man must be quite a furious Orlando to attempt to get the better of it. They look as though matrimony itself were improper, and as if they believed that little babies were found about in the hedges and ditches. ","abridged":"There's a stand-off about some women: they look as though marriage itself were improper, and as if they believed that little babies were found in the hedges and ditches. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"They talk of women being forward! ","abridged":"They talk of women being forward! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"There are some of them a deal too backward, according to my way of thinking.\"\n","abridged":"There are some a deal too backward, according to my way of thinking. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Yours is a comfortable doctrine, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"That's just what I want it to be. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I want things to be comfortable. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Why shouldn't things be nice about one when one's got the means? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Nobody can say it's a pleasant thing to live alone. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I always thought that man in the song hit it off properly. You remember what he says? ","abridged":"You remember the song? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"'The poker and tongs to each other belongs.' ","abridged":"'The poker and tongs to each other belongs.' ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"So they do, and that should be the way with men and women.\"\n","abridged":"So they do, and that should be the way with men and women.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But the poker and tongs have but a bad life of it sometimes.\"\n","abridged":"\"But the poker and tongs have a bad life of it sometimes.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Not so often as the people say, my dear. ","abridged":"\"Not so often as people say, my dear. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Men and women ain't like lumps of sugar. They don't melt because the water is sometimes warm. ","abridged":"Men and women don't melt because the water is sometimes warm. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Now, if I do take Bellfield,--and I really think I shall; but if I do he'll give me a deal of trouble. ","abridged":"Now, if I do take Bellfield - and I really think I shall; but I know he'll give me a deal of trouble. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I know he will. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He'll always be wanting my money, and, of course, he'll get more than he ought. ","abridged":"He'll always be wanting my money, and, of course, he'll get more than he ought. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I'm not a Solomon, nor yet a Queen of Sheba, no more than anybody else. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And he'll smoke too many cigars, and perhaps drink more brandy-and-water than he ought. ","abridged":"And he'll smoke too many cigars, and perhaps drink more brandy-and-water than he should. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And he'll be making eyes, too, at some of the girls who'll be fools enough to let him.\"\n","abridged":"And he'll be making eyes, too, at the girls who are fools enough to let him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Dear me, aunt, if I thought all that ill of him, I'm sure I wouldn't marry him;--especially as you say you don't love him.\"\n","abridged":"\"Dear me, aunt, if I thought that ill of him, I wouldn't marry him - especially as you say you don't love him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"As for love, my dear, that's gone,--clear gone!\" ","abridged":"\"As for love, my dear, that's gone!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Whereupon Mrs. Greenow put up her handkerchief to her eyes. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow put up her handkerchief to her eyes. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Some women can love twice, but I am not one of them. ","abridged":"\"Some women can love twice, but I am not one of them.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I wish I could,--I wish I could!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"These last words were spoken in a tone of solemn regret, which, however, she contrived to change as quickly as she had adopted it. ","abridged":"Then her solemn tone changed as she went on. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But my dear, marriage is a comfortable thing. ","abridged":"\"But my dear, marriage is a comfortable thing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And then, though the Captain may be a little free, I don't doubt but what I shall get the upper hand with him at last. ","abridged":"And I don't doubt that I shall get the upper hand with the Captain at last. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I shan't stop his cigars and brandy-and-water you know. ","abridged":"I shan't stop his cigars and brandy-and-water. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Why shouldn't a man smoke and have a glass, if he don't make a beast of himself? I like to see a man enjoy himself. ","abridged":"Why shouldn't a man enjoy himself? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And then,\" she added, speaking tenderly of her absent lover, \"I do think he's fond of me,--I do, indeed.\"\n","abridged":"And then,\" she added tenderly, \"I do think he's fond of me - I do, indeed.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"So is Mr. Cheesacre for the matter of that.\"\n","abridged":"\"So is Mr. Cheesacre, for that matter.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Poor Cheesy! ","abridged":"\"Poor Cheesy! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I believe he was, though he did talk so much about money. ","abridged":"I believe he was, though he did talk so much about money. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I always like to believe the best I can of them. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But then there was no poetry about Cheesy. ","abridged":"But there was no poetry about Cheesy. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I don't care about saying it now, as you've quite made up your mind not to have him.\"\n","abridged":"I don't care about saying it now, as you've made up your mind not to have him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Quite, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"Quite, aunt.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Your grandfather's will does make a difference, you know. ","abridged":"\"Your grandfather's will does make a difference. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But, as I was saying, I do like a little romance about them,--just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. ","abridged":"But, as I was saying, I do like a little romance - just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"One knows that it doesn't mean much; but it's like artificial flowers,--it gives a little colour, and takes off the dowdiness. ","abridged":"One knows that it doesn't mean much; but it's like artificial flowers - it gives a little colour, and takes off the dowdiness. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that, But enough is as good as a feast. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Thanks to dear Greenow,\"--here the handkerchief was again used--\"Thanks to dear Greenow, I shall never want. ","abridged":"Thanks to dear Greenow, I shall never want. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course I shan't let any of the money go into his hands,--the Captain's, I mean. ","abridged":"Of course I shan't let any of the money go into the Captain's hands. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I know a trick worth two of that, my dear. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But, lord love you! ","abridged":"But, lord love you! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I've enough for him and me. ","abridged":"I've enough for him and me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"What's the good of a woman's wanting to keep it all to herself?\"\n","abridged":"What's the good of a woman's wanting to keep it all to herself?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"[Illustration: A sniff of the rocks and valleys.]\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And you think you'll really take him, aunt, and pay his washerwoman's bills for him? ","abridged":"\"And you think you'll really take him, aunt?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"You remember what you told me when I first saw him?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes; I remember. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And if he can't pay his own washerwoman, isn't that so much more of a reason that I should do it for him? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Well; yes; I think I will take him. ","abridged":"\"Well, yes; I think I will.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That is, if he lets me take him just as I choose. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Beggars mustn't be choosers, my dear.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"In this way the aunt and niece became very confidential, and Mrs. Greenow whispered into Kate's ears her belief that Captain Bellfield might possibly make his way across the country to Westmoreland. ","abridged":"Then Mrs. Greenow whispered to Kate her belief that Captain Bellfield might possibly travel to Westmorland.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"There would be no harm in offering him a bed, would there?\" ","abridged":"\"There would be no harm in offering him a bed, would there?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow asked. ","abridged":"she asked. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"You see the inn at Shap is a long way off for morning calls.\" ","abridged":"\"The inn at Shap is a long way off for morning calls.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate could not take upon herself to say that there would be any harm, but she did not like the idea of having Captain Bellfield as a visitor. ","abridged":"Kate did not like the idea of having Captain Bellfield as a visitor. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"After all, perhaps he mayn't come,\" said the widow. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I don't see where he is to raise the money for such a journey, now that he has quarrelled with Mr. Cheesacre.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"If Captain Bellfield must come to Vavasor Hall, at any rate let him not come till Alice's visit had been completed.\" ","abridged":"\"If he must come, at least let him not come till after Alice's visit.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That was Kate's present wish, and so much she ventured to confide to her aunt. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But there seemed to be no way of stopping him. ","abridged":"But there seemed to be no way of stopping him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I don't in the least know where he is, my dear, and as for writing to him, I never did such a thing in my life, and I shouldn't know how to begin.\" ","abridged":"\"I don't know where he is, my dear, and as for writing to him, I shouldn't know how to begin.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow declared that she had not positively invited the Captain; but on this point Kate hardly gave full credit to her aunt's statement.\n","abridged":"Although Mrs. Greenow declared that she had not positively invited the Captain, Kate did not entirely believe her.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Alice arrived, and, for a day or two, the three ladies lived very pleasantly together. ","abridged":"Alice arrived, and, for a day or two, the three ladies lived very pleasantly together. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate still wore her arm in a sling; but she was able to walk out, and would take long walks in spite of the doctor's prohibition. ","abridged":"Kate wore her arm in a sling; but she was able to walk out, and would take long walks in spite of the doctor's advice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course, they went up on the mountains. ","abridged":"Of course, they went up on the mountains. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Indeed, all the walks from Vavasor Hall led to the mountains, unless one chose to take the road to Shap. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But they went up, across the beacon hill, as though by mutual consent. There were no questions asked between them as to the route to be taken; and though they did not reach the stone on which they had once sat looking over upon Haweswater, they did reach the spot upon which Kate had encountered her accident. ","abridged":"They walked up the beacon hill, and reached the spot where Kate had met with her accident.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"It was here I fell,\" she said; \"and the last I saw of him was his back, as he made his way down into the valley, there. ","abridged":"\"It was here I fell,\" she said; \"and the last I saw of him was his back, as he went down into the valley. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"When I got upon my legs I could still see him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It was one of those evenings when the clouds are dark, but you can see all objects with a peculiar clearness through the air. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I stood here ever so long, holding my arm, and watching him; but he never once turned to look back at me. ","abridged":"I stood here ever so long, holding my arm, and watching him; but he never once turned to look back at me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Do you know, Alice, I fancy that I shall never see him again.\"\n","abridged":"Do you know, Alice, I fancy that I shall never see him again.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Do you suppose that he means to quarrel with you altogether?\"\n","abridged":"\"Do you suppose that he means to quarrel with you altogether?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I can hardly tell you what I mean! ","abridged":"\"I hardly know! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He seemed to me to be going away from me, as though he went into another world. ","abridged":"He seemed to me to be going away from me, as though into another world. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"His figure against the light was quite clear, and he walked quickly, and on he went, till the slope of the hill hid him from me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course, I thought that he would return to the Hall. ","abridged":"Of course, I thought that he would return to the Hall. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"At one time I almost feared that he would come upon me through the woods, as I went back myself. ","abridged":"At one time I almost feared that he would come upon me through the woods, as I went back. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But yet, I had a feeling,--what people call a presentiment, that I should never see him again.\"\n","abridged":"But still, I had a feeling that I should never see him again.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"He has never written?\"\n","abridged":"\"He has never written?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"No; not a word. ","abridged":"\"Not a word. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"You must remember that he did not know that I had hurt myself. ","abridged":"You must remember that he did not know that I had hurt myself. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I am sure he will not write, and I am sure, also, that I shall not. ","abridged":"I am sure he will not write. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"If he wanted money I would send it to him, but I would not write to him.\"\n","abridged":"If he wanted money I would send it to him, but I will not write to him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I fear he will always want money, Kate.\"\n","abridged":"\"I fear he will always want money, Kate.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I fear he will. ","abridged":"\"I fear he will. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"If you could know what I suffered when he made me write that letter to you! ","abridged":"If you could know what I suffered when he made me write that letter to you! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But, of course, I was a beast. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course, I ought not to have written it.\"\n","abridged":"Of course, I ought not to have written it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I thought it a very proper letter.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"It was a mean letter. ","abridged":"It was a mean letter. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The whole thing was mean! ","abridged":"The whole thing was mean! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He should have starved in the street before he had taken your money. ","abridged":"He should have starved in the street before he took your money. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He should have given up Parliament, and everything else! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I had doubted much about him before, but it was that which first turned my heart against him. ","abridged":"It was that which first turned my heart against him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I had begun to fear that he was not such a man as I had always thought him,--as I had spoken of him to you.\"\n","abridged":"I began to fear that he was not such a man as I had always thought him, and spoken of him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I had judged of him for myself,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"\"I had judged him for myself,\" said Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Of course you did. ","abridged":"\"Of course you did. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But I had endeavoured to make you judge kindly. ","abridged":"But I had tried to make you judge kindly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Alice, dear! ","abridged":"Alice, dear! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"we have both suffered for him; you more than I, perhaps; but I, too, have given up everything for him. ","abridged":"we have both suffered for him. I, too, have given up everything for him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"My whole life has been at his service. ","abridged":"My whole life has been at his service. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I have been his creature, to do his bidding, just as he might tell me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He made me do things that I knew to be wrong,--things that were foreign to my own nature; and yet I almost worshipped him. ","abridged":"He made me do things that I knew were wrong, and yet I almost worshipped him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Even now, if he were to come back, I believe that I should forgive him everything.\"\n","abridged":"Even now, if he came back, I believe that I should forgive him everything.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I should forgive him, but I could never do more.\"\n","abridged":"\"I should forgive him, but I could never do more.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But he will never come back. ","abridged":"\"But he will never come back. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He will never ask us to forgive him, or even wish it. ","abridged":"He will never ask us to forgive him, or even wish it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He has no heart.\"\n","abridged":"He has no heart. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"He has longed for money till the Devil has hardened his heart,\" said Alice.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And yet how tender he could be in his manner when he chose it;--how soft he could make his words and his looks! ","abridged":"And yet how tender he could be when he chose! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Do you remember how he behaved to us in Switzerland? ","abridged":"Do you remember Switzerland? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Do you remember that balcony at Basle, and the night we sat there, when the boys were swimming down the river?\"\n","abridged":"Do you remember that balcony at Basle, and the night we sat there?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Yes;--I remember.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes, I remember.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"So do I! ","abridged":"\"So do I! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"So do I! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Alice, I would give all I have in the world, if I could recall that journey to Switzerland.\"\n\"If you mean for my sake, Kate--\"\n\"I do mean for your sake. ","abridged":"Alice, I would give all I have in the world, if I could undo that journey to Switzerland, for your sake.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It made no difference to me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Whether I stayed in Westmoreland or went abroad, I must have found out that my god was made of bricks and clay instead of gold. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But there was no need for you to be crushed in the ruins.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I am not crushed, Kate!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Of course, you are too proud to own it?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"If you mean about Mr. Grey, that would have happened just the same, whether I had gone abroad or remained at home.\"\n","abridged":"\"Kate, what happened with Mr. Grey would have happened just the same, whether I had gone abroad or remained at home.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Would it, dear?\"\n","abridged":"\"Would it, dear?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Just the same.\"\n","abridged":"\"Just the same.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"There was nothing more than this said between them about Mr. Grey. ","abridged":"There was nothing more than this said about Mr. Grey. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Even to her cousin, Alice could not bring herself to talk freely on that subject. ","abridged":"Alice could not bring herself to talk freely about him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She would never allow herself to think, for a moment, that she had been persuaded by others to treat him as she had treated him. ","abridged":"She would never allow herself to think, for a moment, that she had been persuaded by others to treat him as she had. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She was sure that she had acted on her own convictions of what was right and wrong; and now, though she had begun to feel that she had been wrong, she would hardly confess as much even to herself.\n","abridged":"She had acted on her own convictions.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"They walked back, down the hill, to the Hall in silence for the greater part of the way. ","abridged":"They walked back to the Hall mostly in silence. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Once or twice Kate repeated her conviction that she should never again see her brother. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I do not know what may happen to him,\" she said in answer to her cousin's questions; \"but when he was passing out of my sight into the valley, I felt that I was looking at him for the last time.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"That is simply what people call a presentiment,\" Alice replied.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Exactly so; and presentiments, of course, mean nothing,\" said Kate.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Then they walked on towards the house without further speech; but when they reached the end of the little path which led out of the wood, on to the gravelled sweep before the front door, they were both arrested by a sight that met their eyes. There was a man standing, with a cigar in his mouth, before them, swinging a little cane, and looking about him up at the wood. ","abridged":"As they came out of the wood, they were arrested by the sight of a man standing with a cigar in his mouth, swinging a little cane, and looking around. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had on his head a jaunty little straw-hat, and he wore a jacket with brass buttons, and white trousers. ","abridged":"He wore a jaunty little straw-hat, a jacket with brass buttons, and white trousers. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It was now nearly the middle of May, but the summer does not come to Westmoreland so early as that, and the man, as he stood there looking about him, seemed to be cold and almost uncomfortable. ","abridged":"It was now nearly the middle of May, but the summer does not come to Westmorland so early as that, and the man seemed to be cold and uncomfortable. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had not as yet seen the two girls, who stood at the end of the walk, arrested by the sight of him. ","abridged":"He had not yet seen the two girls.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Who is it?\" ","abridged":"\"Who is it?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"asked Alice, in a whisper.\n","abridged":"whispered Alice.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Captain Bellfield,\" said Kate, speaking with something very like dismay in her voice.\n","abridged":"\"Captain Bellfield,\" said Kate, dismayed. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"What! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"aunt Greenow's Captain?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Yes; aunt Greenow's Captain. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I have been fearing this, and now, what on earth are we to do with him? ","abridged":"\"I have been fearing this. What on earth are we to do with him? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Look at him. ","abridged":"Look at him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That's what aunt Greenow calls a sniff of the rocks and valleys.\"\n","abridged":"That's what aunt Greenow calls a sniff of the rocks and valleys.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The Captain began to move,--just to move, as though it were necessary to do something to keep the life in his limbs. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had finished his cigar, and looked at the end of it with manifest regret. As he threw it away among a tuft of shrubs his eye fell upon the two ladies, and he uttered a little exclamation. Then he came forward, waving his little straw-hat in his hand, and made his salutation. ","abridged":"The Captain had finished his cigar, and as he threw it away among the shrubs his eye fell upon the two ladies. He uttered an exclamation, came forward, and saluted them.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Miss Vavasor, I am delighted,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"Miss Vavasor, I am delighted,\" he said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Miss Alice Vavasor, if I am not mistaken? ","abridged":"\"Miss Alice Vavasor, if I am not mistaken? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I have been commissioned by my dear friend Mrs. Greenow to go out and seek you, but, upon my word, the woods looked so black that I did not dare to venture;--and then, of course, I shouldn't have found you.\"\n","abridged":"I have been asked by my dear friend Mrs. Greenow to go out and seek you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate put out her left hand, and then introduced her cousin to the Captain. Again he waved his little straw-hat, and strove to bear himself as though he were at home and comfortable. ","abridged":"Kate introduced her cousin to the Captain, who strove to bear himself as though he were comfortably at home. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But he failed, and it was manifest that he failed. ","abridged":"But he failed. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He was not the Bellfield who had conquered Mr. Cheesacre on the sands at Yarmouth, though he wore the same jacket and waistcoat, and must now have enjoyed the internal satisfaction of feeling that his future maintenance in life was assured to him. ","abridged":"He was not the Bellfield who had conquered Mr. Cheesacre on the sands at Yarmouth, though he wore the same jacket and waistcoat. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But he was not at his ease. ","abridged":"Here he was not at his ease. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"His courage had sufficed to enable him to follow his quarry into Westmoreland, but it did not suffice to make him comfortable while he was there. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate instantly perceived his condition, and wickedly resolved that she would make no effort to assist him. ","abridged":"Kate instantly saw this, and wickedly resolved that she would make no effort to help him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She went through some ceremony of introduction, and then expressed her surprise at seeing him so far north.\n","abridged":"She expressed her surprise at seeing him so far north.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Well,\" said he; \"I am a little surprised myself;--I am, indeed! ","abridged":"\"Well,\" said he; \"I am a little surprised myself. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But I had nothing to do in Norwich,--literally nothing; and your aunt had so often talked to me of the beauties of this place,\"--and he waved his hand round at the old house and the dark trees,--\"that I thought I'd take the liberty of paying you a flying visit. ","abridged":"But your aunt had so often talked to me of the beauties of this place that I thought I'd take the liberty of paying you a flying visit. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I didn't mean to intrude in the way of sleeping; I didn't indeed, Miss Vavasor; only Mrs. Greenow has been so kind as to say--\"\n","abridged":"I didn't mean to intrude in the way of sleeping; I didn't indeed, Miss Vavasor; only Mrs. Greenow has been so kind as to say-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"We are so very far out of the world, Captain Bellfield, that we always give our visitors beds.\"\n","abridged":"\"We are so very far out of the world, Captain Bellfield, that we always give our visitors beds.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I didn't intend it; I didn't indeed, miss!\" ","abridged":"\"I didn't intend it, indeed, miss!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Poor Captain Bellfield was becoming very uneasy in his agitation. ","abridged":"Poor Captain Bellfield was becoming very uneasy. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I did just put my bag, with a change of things, into the gig, which brought me over, not knowing quite where I might go on to.\"\n","abridged":"\"I did just put my bag, with a change of things, into the gig, not knowing quite where I might go on to.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"We won't send you any further to-day, at any rate,\" said Kate.\n","abridged":"\"We won't send you any further today, at any rate,\" said Kate.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Greenow has been very kind,--very kind, indeed. ","abridged":"\"Mrs. Greenow has been very kind. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She has asked me to stay till--Saturday!\"\n","abridged":"She has asked me to stay till - Saturday!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate bit her lips in a momentary fit of anger. ","abridged":"Kate bit her lips in a momentary fit of anger. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The house was her house, and not her aunt's. ","abridged":"The house was not her aunt's. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But she remembered that her aunt had been kind to her at Norwich and at Yarmouth, and she allowed this feeling to die away. ","abridged":"But she remembered that her aunt had been kind to her, and she allowed this feeling to die away. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"We shall be very glad to see you,\" she said. \"We are three women together here, and I'm afraid you will find us rather dull.\"\n","abridged":"\"We shall be very glad to see you,\" she said, \"though I'm afraid you will find us rather dull.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Oh dear, no,--dull with you! ","abridged":"\"Oh dear, no - dull with you! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That would be impossible!\"\n","abridged":"That would be impossible!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And how have you left your friend, Mr. Cheesacre?\"\n","abridged":"\"And how have you left your friend, Mr. Cheesacre?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Quite well;--very well, thank you. ","abridged":"\"Quite well, thank you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That is to say, I haven't seen him much lately. ","abridged":"That is to say, I haven't seen him much lately. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He and I did have a bit of a breeze, you know.\"\n","abridged":"He and I did have a bit of a breeze, you know.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I can't say that I did know, Captain Bellfield.\"\n","abridged":"\"I can't say that I did know, Captain Bellfield.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I thought, perhaps, you had heard. ","abridged":"\"I thought, perhaps, you had heard. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He seemed to think that I was too particular in a certain quarter! ","abridged":"He seemed to think that I was too particular in a certain quarter! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Ha--ha--ha--ha! ","abridged":"Ha - ha - ha! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That's only my joke, you know, ladies.\"\n","abridged":"That's only my joke, ladies.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"They then went into the house, and the Captain straggled in after them. ","abridged":"They went into the house, and the Captain straggled in after them. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow was in neither of the two sitting-rooms which they usually occupied. She, too, had been driven somewhat out of the ordinary composure of her manner by the arrival of her lover,--even though she had expected it, and had retired to her room, thinking that she had better see Kate in private before they met in the presence of the Captain. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow, who had been somewhat discomposed by the manner of her lover's arrival - even though she had expected it - had retired to her room.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I suppose you have seen my aunt since you have been here?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"said Kate.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Oh dear, yes. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I saw her, and she suggested that I had better walk out and find you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I did find you, you know, though I didn't walk very far.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And have you seen your room?\"\n","abridged":"\"Have you seen your room, Captain?\" Kate asked him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Yes;--yes. ","abridged":"\"Yes - yes. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She was kind enough to show me my room. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow was kind enough to show me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Very nice indeed, thank you;--looking out into the front, and all that kind of thing.\" ","abridged":"Very nice indeed, thank you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The poor fellow was no doubt thinking how much better was his lot at Vavasor Hall than it had been at Oileymead. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I shan't stay long, Miss Vavasor,--only just a night or so; but I did want to see your aunt again,--and you, too, upon my word.\"\n","abridged":"I shan't stay long, Miss Vavasor - only a night or so; but I did want to see your aunt again - and you, too, upon my word.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"My aunt is the attraction, Captain Bellfield. ","abridged":"\"My aunt is the attraction, Captain Bellfield. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"We all know that.\"\n","abridged":"We all know that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He actually simpered,--simpered like a young girl who is half elated and half ashamed when her lover is thrown in her teeth. ","abridged":"He actually simpered like a young girl. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He fidgeted with the things on the table, and moved himself about uneasily from one leg to the other. ","abridged":"He fidgeted, and shifted from one leg to the other. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Perhaps he was remembering that though he had contrived to bring himself to Vavasor Hall he had not money enough left to take him back to Norwich. ","abridged":"Perhaps he was remembering that he had not money enough left to take him back to Norwich.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The two girls left him and went to their rooms. ","abridged":"The two girls left him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I will go to my aunt at once,\" said Kate, \"and find out what is to be done.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will go to my aunt at once,\" said Kate, \"and find out what is to be done.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I suppose she means to marry him?\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose she means to marry him?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes; she means to marry him, and the sooner the better now. ","abridged":"\"Oh, yes. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I knew this was coming, but I did so hope it would not be while you were here. ","abridged":"I knew this was coming, but I did hope it would not be while you were here.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It makes me feel so ashamed of myself that you should see it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Kate boldly knocked at her aunt's door, and her aunt received her with a conscious smile. ","abridged":"Kate boldly knocked at her aunt's door.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I was waiting for you to come,\" said Mrs. Greenow.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Here I am, aunt; and, what is more to the purpose, there is Captain Bellfield in the drawing-room.\"\n","abridged":"\"Here I am, aunt; and, what is more to the purpose, there is Captain Bellfield in the drawing-room.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Stupid man! ","abridged":"\"Stupid man! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I told him to take himself away about the place till dinner-time. ","abridged":"I told him to take himself away till dinner-time. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I've half a mind to send him back to Shap at once;--upon my word I have.\"\n","abridged":"I've half a mind to send him back to Shap at once. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Don't do that, aunt; it would be inhospitable.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But he is such an oaf. ","abridged":"He is such an oaf.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I hope you understand, my dear, that I couldn't help it?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"But you do mean to--to marry him, aunt; don't you?\"\n","abridged":"\"But you do mean to - to marry him, aunt; don't you?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Well, Kate, I really think I do. ","abridged":"\"Well, Kate, I really think I do. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Why shouldn't I? ","abridged":"Why shouldn't I? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It's a lonely sort of life being by myself; and, upon my word, I don't think there's very much harm in him.\"\n","abridged":"It's a lonely sort of life being by myself; and I don't think there's very much harm in him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I am not saying anything against him; only in that case you can't very well turn him out of the house.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am not saying anything against him; only in that case you can't very well turn him out of the house.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Could not I, though? ","abridged":"\"Couldn't I, though? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I could in a minute; and, if you wish it, you shall see if I can't do it.\"\n","abridged":"I could in a minute.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"The rocks and valleys would not allow that, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"The rocks and valleys would not allow that, aunt.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"It's all very well for you to laugh, my dear. ","abridged":"\"It's all very well for you to laugh, my dear. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"If laughing would break my bones I shouldn't be as whole as I am now. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I might have had Cheesacre if I liked, who is a substantial man, and could have kept a carriage for me; but it was the rocks and valleys that prevented that;--and perhaps a little feeling that I might do some good to a poor fellow who has nobody in the world to look after him.\" ","abridged":"I might have had Cheesacre if I liked, who could have kept a carriage for me; but it was the rocks and valleys that prevented that; - and perhaps a feeling that I might do some good to a poor fellow who has nobody in the world to look after him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow, as she said this, put her handkerchief up to her eyes, and wiped away the springing moisture. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Tears were always easy with her, but on this occasion Kate almost respected her tears. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I'm sure I hope you'll be happy, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'm sure I hope you'll be happy, aunt.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"If he makes me unhappy he shall pay for it;\" and Mrs. Greenow, having done with the tears, shook her head, as though upon this occasion she quite meant all that she said.\n","abridged":"\"If he makes me unhappy he shall pay for it;\" and Mrs. Greenow shook her head, as though she meant it.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"At dinner they were not very comfortable. ","abridged":"At dinner they were not very comfortable. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Either the gloomy air of the place and the neighbourhood of the black pines had depressed the Captain, or else the glorious richness of the prospects before him had made him thoughtful. He had laid aside the jacket with the brass buttons, and had dressed himself for dinner very soberly. ","abridged":"The Captain had laid aside the jacket with the brass buttons, and had dressed himself for dinner very soberly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"And he behaved himself at dinner and after dinner with a wonderful sobriety, being very unlike the Captain who had sat at the head of the table at Mrs. Greenow's picnic. ","abridged":"And he behaved himself with an amazing sobriety, very unlike the Captain of Mrs. Greenow's picnic. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"When left to himself after dinner he barely swallowed two glasses of the old Squire's port wine before he sauntered out into the garden to join the ladies, whom he had seen there; and when pressed by Kate to light a cigar he positively declined.\n","abridged":"After dinner he swallowed only two glasses of the old Squire's port wine before he sauntered out into the garden to join the ladies; and when pressed by Kate to light a cigar, he declined.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"On the following morning Mrs. Greenow had recovered her composure, but Captain Bellfield was still in a rather disturbed state of mind. ","abridged":"On the following morning Mrs. Greenow had recovered her composure, but Captain Bellfield was still in a rather disturbed state of mind. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He knew that his efforts were to be crowned with success, and that he was sure of his wife, but he did not know how the preliminary difficulties were to be overcome, and he did not know what to do with himself at the Hall. ","abridged":"He now knew that his efforts were to be crowned with success, but he did not know how the preliminary difficulties were to be overcome, and he did not know what to do with himself at the Hall. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"After breakfast he fidgeted about in the parlour, being unable to contrive for himself a mode of escape, and was absolutely thrown upon his beam-ends when the widow asked him what he meant to do with himself between that and dinner.\n","abridged":"After breakfast he fidgeted about in the parlour, and was flummoxed when the widow asked him what he meant to do before dinner.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I suppose I'd better take a walk,\" he said; \"and perhaps the young ladies--\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose I'd better take a walk,\" he said; \"and perhaps the young ladies-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"If you mean my two nieces,\" said Mrs. Greenow, \"I'm afraid you'll find they are engaged. ","abridged":"\"I'm afraid my nieces are busy,\" said Mrs. Greenow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"But if I'm not too old to walk with--\" The Captain assured her that she was just of the proper age for a walking companion, as far as his taste went, and then attempted some apology for the awkwardness of his expression, at which the three women laughed heartily. ","abridged":"\"But if I'm not too old to walk with you-\"\nThe Captain assured her that she was just the proper age for a walking companion, and then attempted some apology, at which the three women laughed.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Never mind, Captain,\" said Mrs. Greenow. ","abridged":"\"Never mind, Captain,\" said Mrs. Greenow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"We'll have our walk all the same, and won't mind those young girls. ","abridged":"\"We'll have our walk, and won't mind those young girls. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Come along.\" ","abridged":"Come along.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"They started, not up towards the mountains, as Kate always did when she walked in Westmoreland, but mildly, and at a gentle pace, as beseemed their years, along the road towards Shap. ","abridged":"They started at a gentle pace, as beseemed their years, along the road towards Shap. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The Captain politely opened the old gate for the widow, and then carefully closed it again,--not allowing it to swing, as he would have done at Yarmouth. ","abridged":"The Captain politely opened the gate for the widow, and then carefully closed it again, not allowing it to swing, as he would have done at Yarmouth. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Then he tripped up to his place beside her, suggested his arm, which she declined, and walked on for some paces in silence. ","abridged":"Then he offered her his arm, which she declined, and they walked on slowly in silence. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"What on earth was he to say to her? ","abridged":"What on earth was he to say to her?\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had done his love-making successfully, and what was he to do next?\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Well, Captain Bellfield,\" said she. ","abridged":"\"Well, Captain Bellfield,\" said she. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"They were walking very slowly, and he was cutting the weeds by the roadside with his cane. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He knew by her voice that something special was coming, so he left the weeds and ranged himself close up alongside of her. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Well, Captain Bellfield,--so I suppose I'm to be good-natured; am I?\"\n","abridged":"\"So I suppose I'm to be good-natured; am I?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Arabella, you'll make me the happiest man in the world.\"\n","abridged":"\"Arabella, you'll make me the happiest man in the world.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"That's all fudge.\" ","abridged":"\"That's all fudge.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"She would have said, \"all rocks and valleys,\" only he would not have understood her.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Upon my word, you will.\"\n","abridged":"\"Upon my word, you will.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"I hope I shall make you respectable?\"\n","abridged":"\"I hope I shall make you respectable?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes; certainly. ","abridged":"\"Oh, yes; certainly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I quite intend that.\"\n","abridged":"I quite intend that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"It is the great thing that you should intend. ","abridged":"\"It is the great thing that you should intend. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Of course I am going to make a fool of myself.\"\n","abridged":"Of course I am going to make a fool of myself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"No, no; don't say that.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, no; don't say that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"If I don't say it, all my friends will say it for me. ","abridged":"\"If I don't say it, all my friends will say it for me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"It's lucky for you that I don't much care what people say.\"\n","abridged":"It's lucky for you that I don't much care what people say.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"It is lucky;--I know that I'm lucky. ","abridged":"\"I know that I'm lucky. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The very first day I saw you I thought what a happy fellow I was to meet you. ","abridged":"The very first day I saw you I thought what a lucky fellow I was to meet you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Then, of course, I was only thinking of your beauty.\"\n","abridged":"Then, of course, I was only thinking of your beauty.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Get along with you!\"\n","abridged":"\"Get along with you!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Upon my word, yes. ","abridged":"\"Upon my word, yes. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Come, Arabella, as we are to be man and wife, you might as well.\" ","abridged":"Come, Arabella, as we are to be man and wife, you might as well.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"At this moment he had got very close to her, and had recovered something of his usual elasticity; but she would not allow him even to put his arm round her waist. ","abridged":"At this moment he had got very close to her, and had recovered something of his usual manner; but she would not allow him even to put his arm round her waist.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Out in the high road!\" ","abridged":"\"Out in the high road!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"she said. ","abridged":"she said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"How can you be so impertinent,--and so foolish?\"\n","abridged":"\"How can you be so impertinent - and so foolish?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"You might as well, you know,--just once.\"\n","abridged":"\"You might as well, you know.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Captain Bellfield, I brought you out here not for such fooling as that, but in order that we might have a little chat about business. ","abridged":"\"Captain Bellfield, I brought you out here not for such fooling as that, but in order that we might have a little chat about business. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"If we are to be man and wife, as you say, we ought to understand on what footing we are to begin together. ","abridged":"If we are to be man and wife, as you say, we ought to understand on what footing we are to begin together. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"I'm afraid your own private means are not considerable?\"\n","abridged":"I'm afraid your own private means are not considerable?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Well, no; they are not, Mrs. Greenow.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, no; they are not, Mrs. Greenow.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Have you anything?\" ","abridged":"\"Have you anything?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The Captain hesitated, and poked the ground with his cane. ","abridged":"The Captain hesitated, and poked the ground with his cane. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Come, Captain Bellfield, let us have the truth at once, and then we shall understand each other.\" ","abridged":"\"Come, Captain Bellfield, let us have the truth at once, and then we shall understand each other. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The Captain still hesitated, and said nothing. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"You must have had something to live upon, I suppose?\" ","abridged":"You must have had something to live upon, I suppose.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"suggested the widow. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Then the Captain, by degrees, told his story. ","abridged":"Then the Captain told his story. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had a married sister by whom a guinea a week was allowed to him. ","abridged":"He had a married sister from whom a guinea a week was allowed to him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"That was all. ","abridged":"That was all. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He had been obliged to sell out of the army, because he was unable to live on his pay as a lieutenant. ","abridged":"He had been obliged to sell out of the army, because he was unable to live on his pay as a lieutenant. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The price of his commission had gone to pay his debts, and now,--yes, it was too true,--now he was in debt again. ","abridged":"The price of his commission had gone to pay his debts, and now he was in debt again. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"He owed ninety pounds to Cheesacre, thirty-two pounds ten to a tailor at Yarmouth, over seventeen pounds at his lodgings in Norwich. ","abridged":"He owed ninety pounds to Cheesacre, thirty-two pounds ten to a tailor at Yarmouth, and seventeen pounds at his lodgings in Norwich. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"At the present moment he had something under thirty shillings in his pocket. ","abridged":"At the present moment he had less than thirty shillings in his pocket. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"The tailor at Yarmouth had lent him three pounds in order that he might make his journey into Westmoreland, and perhaps be enabled to pay his debts by getting a rich wife. ","abridged":"The tailor at Yarmouth had lent him three pounds to make his journey into Westmorland, and perhaps to get a rich wife.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"In the course of the cross-examination Mrs. Greenow got much information out of him; and then, when she was satisfied that she had learned, not exactly all the truth, but certain indications of the truth, she forgave him all his offences.\n","abridged":"Thus Mrs. Greenow got much information out of him; and then, when she was satisfied that she had learned at least some of the truth, she forgave him his offences.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"And now you will give a fellow a kiss,--just one kiss,\" said the ecstatic Captain, in the height of his bliss.\n","abridged":"\"And now you will give a fellow a kiss,\" said the ecstatic Captain.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"\"Hush!\" ","abridged":"\"Hush!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"said the widow, \"there's a carriage coming on the road--close to us.\"","abridged":"said the widow, \"there's a carriage coming close to us.\"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 64: The Rocks and Valleys"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod lived at No. 3, Paramount Crescent, in Cheltenham, where she occupied a very handsome first-floor drawing-room, with a bedroom behind it, looking over a stable-yard, and a small room which would have been the dressing-room had the late Sir Archibald been alive, but which was at present called the dining-room: and in it Lady Macleod did dine whenever her larger room was to be used for any purposes of evening company. ","abridged":"Lady Macleod lived at No. 3, Paramount Crescent, in Cheltenham, where she occupied a very handsome first-floor drawing-room, with a bedroom behind it overlooking the stable-yard, and a small dining-room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"The vicinity of the stable-yard was not regarded by the tenant as among the attractions of the house; but it had the effect of lowering the rent, and Lady Macleod was a woman who regarded such matters. ","abridged":"The stable-yard was not attractive; but it lowered the rent. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Her income, though small, would have sufficed to enable her to live removed from such discomforts; but she was one of those women who regard it as a duty to leave something behind them,--even though it be left to those who do not at all want it; and Lady Macleod was a woman who wilfully neglected no duty. ","abridged":"Lady Macleod's income, though small, would have sufficed for her to live without such discomforts; but she thought it her duty to leave some money behind to be inherited. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"So she pinched herself, and inhaled the effluvia of the stables, and squabbled with the cabmen, in order that she might bequeath a thousand pounds or two to some Lady Midlothian, who cared, perhaps, little for her, and would hardly thank her memory for the money.\n","abridged":"So she inhaled the scent of the stables, and squabbled with the cabmen, in order that she might bequeath a thousand pounds or two to some Lady Midlothian, who would hardly thank her memory for the money.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Had Alice consented to live with her, she would have merged that duty of leaving money behind her in that other duty of finding a home for her adopted niece. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But Alice had gone away, and therefore the money was due to Lady Midlothian rather than to her. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"The saving, however, was postponed whenever Alice would consent to visit Cheltenham; and a bedroom was secured for her which did not look out over the stables. ","abridged":"The saving, however, was postponed whenever Alice visited Cheltenham; and a bedroom was secured for her which did not look out over the stables. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Accommodation was also found for her maid much better than that provided for Lady Macleod's own maid. She was a hospitable, good old woman, painfully struggling to do the best she could in the world. ","abridged":"Lady Macleod was a hospitable, good old woman, painfully struggling to do the best she could in the world. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It was a pity that she was such a bore, a pity that she was so hard to cabmen and others, a pity that she suspected all tradesmen, servants, and people generally of a rank of life inferior to her own, a pity that she was disposed to condemn for ever and ever so many of her own rank because they played cards on week days, and did not go to church on Sundays,--and a pity, as I think above all, that while she was so suspicious of the poor she was so lenient to the vices of earls, earl's sons, and such like.\n","abridged":"It was a pity that she was such a bore, a pity that she suspected all tradesmen, servants, cabmen and people of an inferior rank generally - and a pity that while she was so suspicious of the poor she was so lenient to the vices of the high-born.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Alice, having fully considered the matter, had thought it most prudent to tell Lady Macleod by letter what she had done in regard to Mr. Grey. ","abridged":"Alice had thought it prudent to tell Lady Macleod by letter about Mr. Grey. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"There had been many objections to the writing of such a letter, but there appeared to be stronger objection to that telling it face to face which would have been forced upon her had she not written. There would in such case have arisen on Lady Macleod's countenance a sternness of rebuke which Alice did not choose to encounter. The same sternness of rebuke would come upon the countenance on receipt of the written information; but it would come in its most aggravated form on the immediate receipt of the letter, and some of its bitterness would have passed away before Alice's arrival. ","abridged":"This had seemed preferable to telling her face to face; some of Lady Macleod's bitterness of rebuke would have passed away before Alice's arrival.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I think that Alice was right. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It is better for both parties that any great offence should be confessed by letter.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But Alice trembled as the cab drew up at No. 3, Paramount Crescent. ","abridged":"But Alice trembled as the cab drew up at Paramount Crescent. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She met her aunt, as was usual, just inside the drawing-room door, and she saw at once that if any bitterness had passed away from that face, the original bitterness must indeed have been bitter. ","abridged":"She met her aunt at the drawing-room door, and saw at once that if any bitterness had passed away from that face, the original bitterness must indeed have been bitter. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She had so timed her letter that Lady Macleod should have no opportunity of answering it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"The answer was written there in the mingled anger and sorrow of those austere features.\n","abridged":"Anger and sorrow were mingled in those austere features.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Alice!\" ","abridged":"\"Alice!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"she said, as she took her niece in her arms and kissed her; \"oh, Alice, what is this?\"\n","abridged":"she said, as she kissed her niece; \"oh, Alice, what is this?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Yes, aunt; it is very bad, I know,\" and poor Alice tried to make a jest of it. ","abridged":"\"Yes, aunt; it is very bad, I know.\" Poor Alice tried to make a jest of it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Young ladies are very wicked when they don't know their own minds. ","abridged":"\"Young ladies are very wicked when they don't know their own minds. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But if they haven't known them and have been wicked, what can they do but repent?\"\n","abridged":"But if they haven't known them, what can they do but repent?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Repent!\" ","abridged":"\"Repent!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"said Lady Macleod. ","abridged":"said Lady Macleod. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Yes; I hope you will repent. ","abridged":"\"Yes; I hope you will repent. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Poor Mr. Grey;--what must he think of it?\"\n","abridged":"Poor Mr. Grey; what must he think?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I can only hope, aunt, that he won't think of it at all for very long.\"\n","abridged":"\"I hope, aunt, that he won't think of it at all for very long.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"That's nonsense, my dear, Of course he'll think of it, and of course you'll marry him.\"\n","abridged":"\"That's nonsense, my dear, Of course he'll think of it, and of course you'll marry him.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Shall I, aunt?\"\n","abridged":"\"Shall I, aunt?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Of course you will. ","abridged":"\"Of course you will. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Why, Alice, hasn't it been all settled among families? Lady Midlothian knew all the particulars of it just as well as I did. And is not your word pledged to him? ","abridged":"Why, Alice, is not your word pledged to him? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I really don't understand what you mean. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I don't see how it is possible you should go back. ","abridged":"I don't see how you can go back on it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Gentlemen when they do that kind of thing are put out of society;--but I really think it is worse in a woman.\"\n","abridged":"Gentlemen when they do that kind of thing are expelled from society; but I really think it is worse in a woman.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Then they may if they please put me out of society;--only that I don't know that I'm particularly in it.\"\n","abridged":"\"Then they may expel from society; only I don't think I'm particularly in it.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"And the wickedness of the thing, Alice! ","abridged":"\"The wickedness of it, Alice!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I'm obliged to say so.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"When you talk to me about society, aunt, and about Lady Midlothian, I give up to you, willingly;--the more willingly, perhaps, because I don't care much for one or the other.\" Here Lady Macleod tried to say a word; but she failed, and Alice went on, boldly looking up into her aunt's face, which became a shade more bitter than ever. ","abridged":"\"When you talk to me about society, aunt, I let you,\" answered Alice boldly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"But when you tell me about wickedness and my conscience, then I must be my own judge. ","abridged":"\"But when you tell me about wickedness, then I must be my own judge. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It is my conscience, and the fear of committing wickedness, that has made me do this.\"\n","abridged":"It is my conscience, and the fear of committing wickedness, that has made me do this.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"You should submit to be guided by your elders, Alice.\"\n","abridged":"\"You should be guided by your elders, Alice.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"No; my elders in such a matter as this cannot teach me. ","abridged":"\"No; in such a matter my elders cannot teach me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It cannot be right that I should go to a man's house and be his wife, if I do not think that I can make him happy.\"\n","abridged":"It cannot be right that I should be a man's wife if I do not think that I can make him happy.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Then why did you accept him?\"\n","abridged":"\"Then why did you accept him?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Because I was mistaken. ","abridged":"\"Because I was mistaken. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I am not going to defend that. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"If you choose to scold me for that, you may do so, aunt, and I will not answer you. ","abridged":"If you choose to scold me for that, you may do so, aunt. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But as to marrying him or not marrying him now,--as to that, I must judge for myself.\"\n","abridged":"But as to marrying him, I must judge for myself.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"It was a pity you did not know your own mind earlier.\"\n","abridged":"\"It was a pity you did not know your own mind earlier.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"It was a pity,--a great pity. ","abridged":"\"It was a great pity. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I have done myself an injury that is quite irretrievable;--I know that, and am prepared to bear it. ","abridged":"I have done myself an injury that is quite irretrievable; I know that. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I have done him, too, an injustice which I regret with my whole heart. ","abridged":"I have done him, too, an injustice which I regret with my whole heart. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I can only excuse myself by saying that I might have done him a worse injustice.\"\n","abridged":"I can only excuse myself by saying that I might have done him a worse injustice.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"All this was said at the very moment of her arrival, and the greeting did not seem to promise much for the happiness of the next month; but perhaps it was better for them both that the attack and the defence should thus be made suddenly, at their first meeting. ","abridged":"All this was said at the very moment of her arrival, and did not seem to promise much for the happiness of the next month; but perhaps it was better for them both that the attack and the defence should be made at once.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It is better to pull the string at once when you are in the shower-bath, and not to stand shivering, thinking of the inevitable shock which you can only postpone for a few minutes. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod in this case had pulled the string, and thus reaped the advantage of her alacrity.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Well, my dear,\" said her ladyship, \"I suppose you will like to go up-stairs and take off your bonnet. ","abridged":"\"Well, my dear,\" said her ladyship, \"I suppose you will like to go upstairs and take off your bonnet. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Mary shall bring you some tea when you come down.\" ","abridged":"Mary shall bring you some tea when you come down.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"So Alice escaped, and when she returned to the comfort of her cup of tea in the drawing-room, the fury of the storm had passed away. ","abridged":"So Alice escaped, and when she returned to the drawing-room, the fury of the storm had passed away. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She sat talking of other things till dinner; and though Lady Macleod did during the evening make one allusion to \"poor Mr. Grey,\" the subject was allowed to drop. ","abridged":"They talked of other things till dinner; and though Lady Macleod did make one allusion to \"poor Mr. Grey,\" the subject was allowed to drop. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Alice was very tender as to her aunt's ailments, was more than ordinarily attentive to the long list of Cheltenham iniquities which was displayed to her, and refrained from combating any of her aunt's religious views. ","abridged":"Alice was very attentive in asking about her aunt's ailments, and listening to her long list of Cheltenham iniquities, and refrained from combating any of her aunt's religious views.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"After a while they got upon the subject of Aunt Greenow, for whose name Lady Macleod had a special aversion,--as indeed she had for all the Vavasor side of Alice's family; and then Alice offered to read, and did read to her aunt many pages out of one of those terrible books of wrath, which from time to time come forth and tell us that there is no hope for us. Lady Macleod liked to be so told; and as she now, poor woman, could not read at nights herself, she enjoyed her evening.\n","abridged":"After a while they got onto the subject of Aunt Greenow, for whom Lady Macleod had a special aversion - as indeed she had for all the Vavasor side of Alice's family; and then Alice offered to read from one of those terrible books of wrathful sermons which Lady Macleod took much pleasure in.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod no doubt did enjoy her niece's sojourn at Cheltenham, but I do not think it could have been pleasant to Alice. ","abridged":"Lady Macleod no doubt did enjoy her niece's stay, but Alice did not. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"On the second day nothing was said about Mr. Grey, and Alice hoped that by her continual readings in the book of wrath her aunt's heart might be softened towards her. ","abridged":"On the second day nothing was said about Mr. Grey, and Alice hoped that by her continual readings in the book of wrath her aunt's heart might be softened towards her. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But it seemed that Lady Macleod measured the periods of respite, for on the third day and on the fifth she returned to the attack. ","abridged":"But on the third day Lady Macleod returned to the attack.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Did John Grey still wish that the match should go on?\" ","abridged":"\"Did John Grey still wish that the match should go on?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"she asked, categorically. ","abridged":"she asked. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It was in vain that Alice tried to put aside the question, and begged that the matter might not be discussed. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod insisted on her right to carry on the examination, and Alice was driven to acknowledge that she believed he did wish it. ","abridged":"Alice had to admit that she believed he did wish it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She could hardly say otherwise, seeing that she had at that moment a letter from him in her pocket, in which he still spoke of his engagement as being absolutely binding on him, and expressed a hope that this change from London to Cheltenham would bring her round and set everything to rights. ","abridged":"She could hardly say otherwise, seeing that she had a letter from him in her pocket, in which he still spoke of his engagement as binding on him, and expressed a hope that this change to Cheltenham would bring her round and set everything to rights. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He certainly did, in a fashion, wave his hand over her, as Kate had said of him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"This letter Alice had resolved that she would not answer. ","abridged":"This letter Alice had resolved that she would not answer. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He would probably write again, and she would beg him to desist. ","abridged":"He would probably write again, and she would beg him to stop. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Instead of Cheltenham bringing her round, Cheltenham had made her firmer than ever in her resolution. ","abridged":"Instead of bringing her round, Cheltenham had made her firmer than ever in her resolution.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I am inclined to think that the best mode of bringing her round at this moment would have been a course of visits from her cousin George, and a series of letters from her cousin Kate. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod's injunctions would certainly not bring her round.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"After ten days, ten terrible days, devoted to discussions on matrimony in the morning, and to the book of wrath in the evening,--relieved by two tea-parties, in which the sins of Cheltenham were discussed at length,--Lady Macleod herself got a letter from Mr. Grey. ","abridged":"After ten terrible days devoted to discussions on matrimony in the morning, and to the book of wrath in the evening - relieved by two tea-parties, in which the sins of Cheltenham were discussed at length - Lady Macleod herself got a letter from Mr. Grey.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Mr. Grey's kindest compliments to Lady Macleod. ","abridged":"Mr. Grey sent her his kindest compliments. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He believed that Lady Macleod was aware of the circumstances of his engagement with Miss Vavasor. ","abridged":"He believed that Lady Macleod was aware of the circumstances of his engagement with Miss Vavasor. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Might he call on Miss Vavasor at Lady Macleod's house in Cheltenham? ","abridged":"Might he call on Miss Vavasor at Lady Macleod's house? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"and might he also hope to have the pleasure of making Lady Macleod's acquaintance? ","abridged":"and also have the pleasure of making Lady Macleod's acquaintance?\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Alice had been in the room when her aunt received this letter, but her aunt had said nothing, and Alice had not known from whom the letter had come. ","abridged":"Alice was in the room when her aunt received this letter, but her aunt said nothing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"When her aunt crept away with it after breakfast she had suspected nothing, and had never imagined that Lady Macleod, in the privacy of her own room looking out upon the stables, had addressed a letter to Nethercoats. But such a letter had been addressed to Nethercoats, and Mr. Grey had been informed that he would be received in Paramount Crescent with great pleasure.\n","abridged":"After breakfast Lady Macleod privately wrote a reply to Nethercoats, informing Mr. Grey that he would be received in Paramount Crescent with great pleasure.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Mr. Grey had even indicated the day on which he would come, and on the morning of that day Lady Macleod had presided over the two teacups in a state of nervous excitement which was quite visible to Alice. ","abridged":"On the morning of his visit Lady Macleod had presided over the teacups in a state of nervous excitement which was quite visible to Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"More than once Alice asked little questions, not supposing that she was specially concerned in the matter which had caused her aunt's fidgety restlessness, but observing it so plainly that it was almost impossible not to allude to it. ","abridged":"She asked about her aunt's restlessness without suspecting it had anything to do with her.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"There's nothing the matter, my dear, at all,\" at last Lady Macleod said; but as she said so she was making up her mind that the moment had not come in which she must apprise Alice of Mr. Grey's intended visit. ","abridged":"\"There's nothing the matter, my dear,\" Lady Macleod said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"As Alice had questioned her at the breakfast table she would say nothing about it then, but waited till the teacups were withdrawn, and till the maid had given her last officious poke to the fire. Then she began. She had Mr. Grey's letter in her pocket, and as she prepared herself to speak, she pulled it out and held it on the little table before her.\n","abridged":"She waited until after breakfast to pull Mr. Grey's letter out of her pocket.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Alice,\" she said, \"I expect a visitor here to-day.\"\n","abridged":"\"Alice,\" she said, \"I expect a visitor here today.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Alice knew instantly who was the expected visitor. ","abridged":"Alice knew instantly who the visitor was. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Probably any girl under such circumstances would have known equally well. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"A visitor, aunt,\" she said, and managed to hide her knowledge admirably.\n","abridged":"\"A visitor, aunt?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Alice a visitor. ","abridged":"\"Yes, Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I should have told you before, only I thought,--I thought I had better not. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It is Mr.--Mr. Grey.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Grey.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Indeed, aunt! ","abridged":"\"Indeed, aunt! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Is he coming to see you?\"\n","abridged":"Is he coming to see you?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Well;--he is desirous no doubt of seeing you more especially; but he has expressed a wish to make my acquaintance, which I cannot, under the circumstances, think is unnatural. ","abridged":"\"Well, no doubt he wants to see you more; but he has expressed a wish to make my acquaintance. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Of course, Alice, he must want to talk over this affair with your friends.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I wish I could have spared them,\" said Alice,--\"I wish I could.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I have brought his letter here, and you can see it if you please. ","abridged":"I have his letter here, and you can see it if you wish. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It is very nicely written, and as far as I am concerned I should not think of refusing to see him. ","abridged":"It is very nicely written. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"And now comes the question. ","abridged":"And now comes the question. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"What are we to do with him? ","abridged":"What are we to do with him? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Am I to ask him to dinner? ","abridged":"Am I to ask him to dinner? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I take it for granted that he will not expect me to offer him a bed, as he knows that I live in lodgings.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Oh no, aunt; he certainly will not expect that.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"But ought I to ask him to dinner? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I should be most happy to entertain him, though you know how very scanty my means of doing so are;--but I really do not know how it might be,--between you and him, I mean.\"\n","abridged":"I should be most happy to entertain him, though you know how very scanty my means are; but I really do not know how it might be - between you and him, I mean.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"We should not fight, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"\"We would not fight, aunt. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"No, I suppose not;--but if you cannot be affectionate in your manner to him--\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I will not answer for my manners, aunt; but you may be sure of this,--that I should be affectionate in my heart. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I shall always regard him as a dearly loved friend; though for many years, no doubt, I shall be unable to express my friendship.\"\n","abridged":"I shall always regard him as a dearly loved friend; though for many years, no doubt, I shall be unable to express my friendship.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"That may be all very well, Alice, but it will not be what he will want. ","abridged":"\"That is all very well, Alice, but it is not what he will want. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I think upon the whole that I had better not ask him to dinner.\"\n","abridged":"I think upon the whole that I had better not ask him to dinner. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps not, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"It is a period of the day in which any special constraint among people is more disagreeable than at any other time, and then at dinner the servants must see it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I think there might be some awkwardness if he were to dine here.\"\n","abridged":"I think there might be some awkwardness if he were to dine here.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I really think there would,\" said Alice, anxious to have the subject dropped.\n","abridged":"\"I really think there would,\" said Alice, anxious to have the subject dropped.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I hope he won't think that I am inhospitable. ","abridged":"\"I hope he won't think that I am inhospitable. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I should be so happy to do the best I could for him, for I regard him, Alice, quite as though he were to be your husband. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"And when anybody at all connected with me has come to Cheltenham I always have asked them to dine, and then I have Gubbins's man to come and wait at table,--as you know.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Of all men in the world Mr. Grey is the last to think about it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"That should only make me the more careful. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But I think it would perhaps be more comfortable if he were to come in the evening.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Much more comfortable, aunt.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I suppose he will be here in the afternoon, before dinner, and we had better wait at home for him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I dare say he'll want to see you alone, and therefore I'll retire to my own rooms,\"--looking over the stables! ","abridged":"I dare say he'll want to see you alone, and therefore I'll retire to my own rooms. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Dear old lady. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"But if you wish it, I will receive him first--and then Martha,\"--Martha was Alice's maid--\"can fetch you down.\"\n","abridged":"But if you wish, I will receive him first, and then the maid can fetch you down.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"This discussion as to the propriety or impropriety of giving her lover a dinner had not been pleasant to Alice, but, nevertheless, when it was over she felt grateful to Lady Macleod. There was an attempt in the arrangement to make Mr. Grey's visit as little painful as possible; and though such a discussion at such a time might as well have been avoided, the decision to which her ladyship had at last come with reference both to the dinner and the management of the visit was, no doubt, the right one.\n","abridged":"Although this discussion was not pleasant to Alice, she felt grateful to Lady Macleod, who was attempting to make Mr. Grey's visit as little painful as possible.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Lady Macleod had been quite correct in all her anticipations. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"At three o'clock Mr. Grey was announced, and Lady Macleod, alone, received him in her drawing-room. ","abridged":"At three o'clock Mr. Grey was announced, and Lady Macleod received him alone in her drawing-room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She had intended to give him a great deal of good advice, to bid him still keep up his heart and as it were hold up his head, to confess to him how very badly Alice was behaving, and to express her entire concurrence with that theory of bodily ailment as the cause and origin of her conduct. ","abridged":"She had intended to give him a great deal of good advice: to bid him keep up his heart and hold up his head, to confess to him how badly Alice was behaving, and to express her agreement with his theory of illness.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But she found that Mr. Grey was a man to whom she could not give much advice. ","abridged":"But she found that Mr. Grey was a man to whom she could not give much advice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It was he who did the speaking at this conference, and not she. ","abridged":"It was he who did the speaking. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She was overawed by him after the first three minutes. ","abridged":"She was overawed by him after the first three minutes. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Indeed her first glance at him had awed her. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He was so handsome,--and then, in his beauty, he had so quiet and almost saddened an air! ","abridged":"He was so handsome - and had so quiet and almost saddened an air! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Strange to say that after she had seen him, Lady Macleod entertained for him an infinitely higher admiration than before, and yet she was less surprised than she had been at Alice's refusal of him. ","abridged":"Strange to say, after she had seen him, Lady Macleod admired him much more than before, and yet she was less surprised than she had been at Alice's refusal of him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"The conference was very short; and Mr. Grey had not been a quarter of an hour in the house before Martha attended upon her mistress with her summons.\n","abridged":"The conference was very short; and after fifteen minutes the maid went to Alice with her summons.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Alice was ready and came down instantly. ","abridged":"Alice came down instantly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She found Mr. Grey standing in the middle of the room waiting to receive her, and the look of majesty which had cowed Lady Macleod had gone from his countenance. ","abridged":"She found Mr. Grey waiting to receive her, and the look of majesty which had cowed Lady Macleod had gone. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He could not have received her with a kinder smile, had she come to him with a promise that she would at this meeting name the day for their marriage. ","abridged":"He could not have received her with a kinder smile.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"At any rate it does not make him unhappy,\" she said to herself.\n","abridged":"\"At any rate it does not make him unhappy,\" she said to herself.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"You are not angry,\" he said, \"that I should have followed you all the way here, to see you.\"\n","abridged":"\"You are not angry,\" he said, \"that I should have followed you all the way here, to see you?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"No, certainly; not angry, Mr. Grey. ","abridged":"\"No, certainly not. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"All anger that there may be between us must be on your side. ","abridged":"Any anger must be on your side.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I feel that thoroughly.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Then there shall be none on either side. ","abridged":"\"Then there shall be none on either side. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Whatever may be done, I will not be angry with you. ","abridged":"Whatever happens, I will not be angry with you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Your father advised me to come down here to you.\"\n","abridged":"Your father advised me to come here. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"You have seen him, then?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Yes, I have seen him. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I was in London the day you left.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"It is so terrible to think that I should have brought upon you all this trouble.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"You will bring upon me much worse trouble than that unless--. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But I have not now come down here to tell you that. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I believe that according to rule in such matters I should not have come to you at all, but I don't know that I care much about such rules.\"\n","abridged":"I believe that according to the rule in such matters I should not have come to you, but I don't know that I care much about such rules.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"It is I that have broken all rules.\"\n","abridged":"\"It is I who have broken all rules.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"When a lady tells a gentleman that she does not wish to see more of him--\"\n","abridged":"\"When a lady tells a gentleman that she does not wish to see more of him-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Mr. Grey, I have not told you that.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, Mr. Grey, I have not told you that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Have you not? ","abridged":"\"Have you not? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I am glad at any rate to hear you deny it. ","abridged":"I am glad to hear that. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But you will understand what I mean. ","abridged":"But you understand what I mean. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"When a gentleman gets his dismissal from a lady he should accept it,--that is, his dismissal under such circumstances as I have received mine. ","abridged":"When a gentleman gets his dismissal from a lady he should accept it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But I cannot lay down my love in that way; nor, maintaining my love, can I give up the battle. ","abridged":"But I cannot lay down my love in that way; nor can I give up the battle. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"It seems to me that I have a right at any rate to know something of your comings and goings as long as,--unless, Alice, you should take another name than mine.\"\n","abridged":"It seems to me that I have a right at any rate to know something of your comings and goings - unless, Alice, you should take another name than mine.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"My intention is to keep my own.\" ","abridged":"\"I intend to keep my own.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"This she said in the lowest possible tone,--almost in a whisper,--with her eyes fixed upon the ground.\n","abridged":"This she said almost in a whisper, with her eyes fixed upon the ground.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"And you will not deny me that right?\"\n","abridged":"\"And you will not deny me that right?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I cannot hinder you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Whatever you may do, I myself have sinned so against you that I can have no right to blame you.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have sinned so against you that I can have no right to blame you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"There shall be no question between us of injury from one to the other. ","abridged":"\"There shall be no question between us of injury. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"In any conversation that we may have, or in any correspondence--\"\n","abridged":"In any conversation that we may have, or in any correspondence-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Mr. Grey, do not ask me to write.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, Mr. Grey, do not ask me to write.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Listen to me. ","abridged":"\"Listen to me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Should there be any on either side, there shall be no idea of any wrong done.\"\n","abridged":"Should there be any communication on either side, there shall be no idea of any wrong done.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"But I have done you wrong;--great wrong.\"\n","abridged":"\"But I have done you great wrong.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"No, Alice; I will not have it so. ","abridged":"\"No, Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"When I asked you to accept my hand,--begging the greatest boon which it could ever come to my lot to ask from a fellow-mortal,--I knew well how great was your goodness to me when you told me that it should be mine. ","abridged":"When I asked you to accept my hand - begging the greatest gift which I could ever ask for - I knew how great was your goodness to me in accepting it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Now that you refuse it, I know also that you are good, thinking that in doing so you are acting for my welfare,--thinking more of my welfare than of your own.\"\n","abridged":"Now that you refuse it, I know that in doing so you are thinking more of my welfare than of your own.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes, yes; it is so, Mr. Grey; indeed it is so.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh yes, indeed.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Believing that, how can I talk of wrong? ","abridged":"\"Then how can I talk of wrong? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"That you are wrong in your thinking on this subject,--that your mind has become twisted by false impressions,--that I believe. ","abridged":"That you are wrong in your thinking - that your mind has become twisted by false impressions - that I believe. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But I cannot therefore love you less,--nor, so believing, can I consider myself to be injured. ","abridged":"But I cannot therefore love you less, nor consider myself to be injured. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Nor am I even so little selfish as you are. ","abridged":"I am more selfish than you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I think if you were my wife that I could make you happy; but I feel sure that my happiness depends on your being my wife.\"\n","abridged":"I think if you were my wife that I could make you happy; but I feel sure that my happiness depends on your being my wife.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"She looked up into his face, but it was still serene in all its manly beauty. ","abridged":"She looked up into his face, but it was still serene in its manly beauty. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Her cousin George, if he were moved to strong feeling, showed it at once in his eyes,--in his mouth, in the whole visage of his countenance. ","abridged":"Her cousin George, if he were moved to strong feeling, showed it at once in his whole expression. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"He glared in his anger, and was impassioned in his love. ","abridged":"He glared in his anger, and was impassioned in his love. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But Mr. Grey when speaking of the happiness of his entire life, when confessing that it was now at stake with a decision against him that would be ruinous to it, spoke without a quiver in his voice, and had no more sign of passion in his face than if he were telling his gardener to move a rose tree.\n","abridged":"But Mr. Grey, when speaking of the happiness of his entire life, spoke without a quiver in his voice, and with no more sign of passion in his face than if he were telling his gardener to move a rose tree.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"I hope--and believe that you will find your happiness elsewhere, Mr. Grey.\"\n","abridged":"\"I hope that you will find your happiness elsewhere, Mr. Grey.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Well; we can but differ, Alice. In that we do differ. ","abridged":"\"Well; in that we differ, Alice. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"And now I will say one word to explain why I have come here. ","abridged":"And now I will explain why I have come. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"If I were to write to you against your will, it would seem that I were persecuting you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I cannot bring myself to do that, even though I had the right. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"But if I were to let you go from me, taking what you have said to me and doing nothing, it would seem that I had accepted your decision as final. I do not do so. ","abridged":"I cannot accept your decision as final. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I will not do so. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"I come simply to tell you that I am still your suitor. ","abridged":"I come simply to tell you that I am still your suitor. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"If you will let me, I will see you again early in January,--as soon as you have returned to town. ","abridged":"If you will let me, I will see you again early in January, when you return to town. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"You will hardly refuse to see me.\"\n","abridged":"You will hardly refuse to see me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"No,\" she said; \"I cannot refuse to see you.\"\n","abridged":"\"No,\" she said; \"I cannot refuse to see you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"\"Then it shall be so,\" he said, \"and I will not trouble you with letters, nor will I trouble you longer now with words. ","abridged":"\"Meanwhile I will not trouble you with letters, nor will I trouble you any longer now with words. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Tell your aunt that I have said what I came to say, and that I give her my kindest thanks.\" ","abridged":"Tell your aunt that I give her my kindest thanks.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"Then he took her hand and pressed it,--not as George Vavasor had pressed it,--and was gone. ","abridged":"Then he took her hand and pressed it - not as George Vavasor had pressed it - and was gone.","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"When Lady Macleod returned, she found that the question of the evening's tea arrangements had settled itself.","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 15: Paramount Crescent"}
{"original":"How deep and cunning are the wiles of love! ","abridged":"How deep and cunning are the wiles of love! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"When that Saturday morning arrived not a word was said by Cheesacre to his rival as to his plans for the day. ","abridged":"When that Saturday morning arrived, Cheesacre said not a word to his rival about his plans for the day.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You'll take the dog-cart in?\" ","abridged":"\"You'll take the dog-cart?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Captain Bellfield had asked overnight. ","abridged":"Captain Bellfield had asked.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I don't know what I shall do as yet,\" replied he who was master of the house, of the dog-cart, and, as he fondly thought, of the situation. ","abridged":"\"I don't know yet,\" he replied. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But Bellfield knew that Cheesacre must take the dog-cart, and was contented. ","abridged":"But Bellfield knew that Cheesacre must take the dog-cart, and was contented. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"His friend would leave him behind, if it were possible, but Bellfield would take care that it should not be possible.\n","abridged":"He would make sure that he was not left behind.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Before breakfast Mr. Cheesacre surreptitiously carried out into the yard a bag containing all his apparatus for dressing,--his marrow oil for his hair, his shirt with the wondrous worked front upon an under-stratum of pink to give it colour, his shiny boots, and all the rest of the paraphernalia. ","abridged":"Before breakfast Mr. Cheesacre surreptitiously carried out into the yard a bag containing all his apparatus for dressing - his marrow oil for his hair, his shirt with the wondrous embroidered front, his shiny boots, and all the rest. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"When dining in Norwich on ordinary occasions, he simply washed his hands there, trusting to the chambermaid at the inn to find him a comb; and now he came down with his bag surreptitiously, and hid it away in the back of the dog-cart with secret, but alas, not unobserved hands, hoping that Bellfield would forget his toilet. ","abridged":"He hid the bag away secretly in the back of the dog-cart.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But when did such a Captain ever forget his outward man? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre, as he returned through the kitchen from the yard into the front hall, perceived another bag lying near the door, apparently filled almost as well as his own.\n","abridged":"But when he returned into the front hall, he perceived another bag lying near the door.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What the deuce are you going to do with all this luggage?\" ","abridged":"\"What the deuce are you going to do with this?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said he, giving the bag a kick.\n","abridged":"said he, giving the bag a kick.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Put it where I saw you putting yours when I opened my window just now,\" said Bellfield.\n","abridged":"\"Put it where I saw you putting yours just now,\" said Bellfield.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"D---- the window,\" exclaimed Cheesacre, and then they sat down to breakfast. ","abridged":"\"D-- it,\" exclaimed Cheesacre; and then they sat down to breakfast. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"How you do hack that ham about,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"How you hack that ham about,\" he said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If you ever found hams yourself you'd be more particular in cutting them.\" ","abridged":"\"If you ever provided hams yourself you'd be more particular in cutting them.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"This was very bad. ","abridged":"This was very bad. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Even Bellfield could not bear it with equanimity, and feeling unable to eat the ham under such circumstances, made his breakfast with a couple of fresh eggs. ","abridged":"Feeling unable to eat the ham under such circumstances, Bellfield made do with a couple of fresh eggs.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If you didn't mean to eat the meat, why the mischief did you cut it?\" ","abridged":"\"If you didn't mean to eat the meat, why the mischief did you cut it?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Cheesacre.\n","abridged":"said Cheesacre.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Upon my word, Cheesacre, you're too bad;--upon my word you are,\" said Bellfield, almost sobbing.\n","abridged":"\"Upon my word, Cheesacre, you're too bad,\" said Bellfield, upset.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What's the matter now?\" ","abridged":"\"What's the matter now?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said the other.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Who wants your ham?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You do, I suppose, or you wouldn't cut it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"No I don't; nor anything else either that you've got. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It isn't fair to ask a fellow into your house, and then say such things to him as that. ","abridged":"\"It isn't fair to ask a fellow into your house, and then say such things to him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"And it isn't what I've been accustomed to either; I can tell you that, Mr. Cheesacre.\"\n","abridged":"And it isn't what I've been accustomed to either; I can tell you that, Mr. Cheesacre. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh, bother!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"It's all very well to say bother, but I choose to be treated like a gentleman wherever I go. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You and I have known each other a long time, and I'd put up with more from you than from anyone else; but--\"\n","abridged":"You and I have known each other a long time, and I'd put up with more from you than from anyone else; but-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Can you pay me the money that you owe me, Bellfield?\" ","abridged":"\"Can you pay me the money that you owe me, Bellfield?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Cheesacre, looking hard at him.\n","abridged":"said Cheesacre.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"No, I can't,\" said Bellfield; \"not immediately.\"\n","abridged":"\"No,\" said Bellfield; \"not immediately.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Then eat your breakfast, and hold your tongue.\"\n","abridged":"\"Then eat your breakfast, and hold your tongue.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"After that Captain Bellfield did eat his breakfast,--leaving the ham however untouched, and did hold his tongue, vowing vengeance in his heart. ","abridged":"Captain Bellfield did eat his breakfast - leaving the ham untouched - and did hold his tongue, vowing vengeance in his heart. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But the two men went into Norwich more amicably together than they would have done had there been no words between them. ","abridged":"Yet the two men went into Norwich quite amicably. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre felt that he had trespassed a little, and therefore offered the Captain a cigar as he seated himself in the cart. ","abridged":"Cheesacre felt that he had trespassed a little, and offered the Captain a cigar in the cart. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Bellfield accepted the offering, and smoked the weed of peace.\n","abridged":"Bellfield accepted the peace offering.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Now,\" said Cheesacre, as he drove into the Swan yard, \"what do you mean to do with yourself all day?\"\n","abridged":"\"Now,\" said Cheesacre, as he drove into the Swan yard, \"what do you mean to do with yourself all day?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I shall go down to the quarters, and look the fellows up.\"\n","abridged":"\"I shall go down to the soldiers' quarters, and look the fellows up.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"All right. ","abridged":"\"All right. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But mind this, Bellfield;--it's an understood thing, that you're not to be in the Close before four?\"\n","abridged":"But mind this, Bellfield; you're not to be in the Close before four.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I won't be in the Close before four!\"\n","abridged":"\"I won't be!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Very well. ","abridged":"\"Very well. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"That's understood. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"If you deceive me, I'll not drive you back to Oileymead to-night.\"\n","abridged":"If you deceive me, I'll not drive you back to Oileymead tonight.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"In this instance Captain Bellfield had no intention to deceive. ","abridged":"In this instance Captain Bellfield had no intention to deceive. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He did not think it probable that he could do himself any good by philandering about the widow early in the day. ","abridged":"He did not think that he could do himself any good by hanging about the widow early in the day. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She would be engaged with her dinner and with an early toilet. ","abridged":"She would be busy with the dinner.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Captain Bellfield, moreover, had learned from experience that the first comer has not always an advantage in ladies' society. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The mind of a woman is greedy after novelty, and it is upon the stranger, or upon the most strange of her slaves around her, that she often smiles the sweetest. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The cathedral clock, therefore, had struck four before Captain Bellfield rang Mrs. Greenow's bell, and then, when he was shown into the drawing-room, he found Cheesacre there alone, redolent with the marrow oil, and beautiful with the pink bosom.\n","abridged":"The cathedral clock, therefore, had struck four before the Captain rang Mrs. Greenow's bell. When he was shown into the drawing-room, he found Cheesacre there alone, redolent with the marrow oil.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Haven't you seen her yet?\" ","abridged":"\"Haven't you seen her yet?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"asked the Captain almost in a whisper.\n","abridged":"asked the Captain.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"No,\" said Cheesacre sulkily.\n","abridged":"\"No,\" said Cheesacre sulkily.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Nor yet Charlie Fairstairs?\"\n","abridged":"\"Nor Charlie Fairstairs?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I've seen nobody,\" said Cheesacre.\n","abridged":"\"I've seen nobody,\" said Cheesacre. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But at this moment he was compelled to swallow his anger, as Mrs. Greenow, accompanied by her lady guest, came into the room. ","abridged":"But he was compelled to swallow his anger as the ladies came into the room.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Whoever would have expected two gentlemen to be so punctual,\" said she, \"especially on market-day!\"\n","abridged":"\"Whoever would have expected two gentlemen to be so punctual!\" said Mrs. Greenow.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Market-day makes no difference when I come to see you,\" said Cheesacre, putting his best foot forward, while Captain Bellfield contented himself with saying something civil to Charlie. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He would bide his time and ride a waiting race.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The widow was almost gorgeous in her weeds. ","abridged":"The widow was almost gorgeous in her mourning dress. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I believe that she had not sinned in her dress against any of those canons which the semi-ecclesiastical authorities on widowhood have laid down as to the outward garments fitted for gentlemen's relicts. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The materials were those which are devoted to the deepest conjugal grief. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"As regarded every item of the written law her suttee worship was carried out to the letter. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There was the widow's cap, generally so hideous, so well known to the eyes of all men, so odious to womanhood. Let us hope that such headgear may have some assuaging effect on the departed spirits of husbands. There was the dress of deep, clinging, melancholy crape,--of crape which becomes so brown and so rusty, and which makes the six months' widow seem so much more afflicted a creature than she whose husband is just gone, and whose crape is therefore new. ","abridged":"Widows' caps are generally hideous; as are dresses of clinging, melancholy crape. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There were the trailing weepers, and the widow's kerchief pinned close round her neck and somewhat tightly over her bosom. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But there was that of genius about Mrs. Greenow, that she had turned every seeming disadvantage to some special profit, and had so dressed herself that though she had obeyed the law to the letter, she had thrown the spirit of it to the winds. Her cap sat jauntily on her head, and showed just so much of her rich brown hair as to give her the appearance of youth which she desired. ","abridged":"But Mrs. Greenow's cap sat jauntily on her head, and showed just enough of her rich brown hair to give her the appearance of youth. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre had blamed her in his heart for her private carriage, but she spent more money, I think, on new crape than she did on her brougham. It never became brown and rusty with her, or formed itself into old lumpy folds, or shaped itself round her like a grave cloth. ","abridged":"Her crape never became faded and rusty, or formed itself into old lumpy folds of cloth.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The written law had not interdicted crinoline, and she loomed as large with weeds, which with her were not sombre, as she would do with her silks when the period of her probation should be over. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Her weepers were bright with newness, and she would waft them aside from her shoulder with an air which turned even them into auxiliaries. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Her kerchief was fastened close round her neck and close over her bosom; but Jeannette well knew what she was doing as she fastened it,--and so did Jeannette's mistress.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow would still talk much about her husband, declaring that her loss was as fresh to her wounded heart, as though he, on whom all her happiness had rested, had left her only yesterday; but yet she mistook her dates, frequently referring to the melancholy circumstance, as having taken place fifteen months ago. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow would still talk much about her husband, as though he had left her only yesterday; but she mistook her dates, referring to the melancholy circumstance as having taken place fifteen months ago. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"In truth, however, Mr. Greenow had been alive within the last nine months,--as everybody around her knew. ","abridged":"In truth, it was nine months, as everyone knew. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But if she chose to forget the exact day, why should her friends or dependents remind her of it? ","abridged":"But why should they remind her of it? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"No friend or dependent did remind her of it, and Charlie Fairstairs spoke of the fifteen months with bold confidence,--false-tongued little parasite that she was.\n","abridged":"Charlie Fairstairs spoke of the fifteen months with bold confidence, false-tongued little parasite that she was.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Looking well,\" said the widow, in answer to some outspoken compliment from Mr. Cheesacre. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes, I'm well enough in health, and I suppose I ought to be thankful that it is so. ","abridged":"\"Yes, I'm well enough in health,\" said the widow, \"and I suppose I ought to be thankful for it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But if you had buried a wife whom you had loved within the last eighteen months, you would have become as indifferent as I am to all that kind of thing.\"\n","abridged":"But if you had buried a wife whom you had loved within the last eighteen months, you too would be indifferent to all that kind of thing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I never was married yet,\" said Mr. Cheesacre.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"And therefore you know nothing about it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Everything in the world is gay and fresh to you. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"If I were you, Mr. Cheesacre, I would not run the risk. ","abridged":"If I were you, Mr. Cheesacre, I would not run the risk of marrying. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It is hardly worth a woman's while, and I suppose not a man's. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The sufferings are too great!\" ","abridged":"The sufferings are too great!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Whereupon she pressed her handkerchief to her eyes.\n","abridged":"Whereupon she pressed her handkerchief to her eyes.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But I mean to try all the same,\" said Cheesacre, looking the lover all over as he gazed into the fair one's face.\n","abridged":"\"But I mean to try all the same,\" said Cheesacre, gazing lover-like into the fair one's face.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I hope that you may be successful, Mr. Cheesacre, and that she may not be torn away from you early in life. ","abridged":"\"Then I hope that she may not be torn away from you early in life. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Is dinner ready, Jeannette? ","abridged":"Is dinner ready, Jeannette? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"That's well. ","abridged":"Good. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mr. Cheesacre, will you give your arm to Miss Fairstairs?\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Cheesacre, will you give your arm to Miss Fairstairs?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There was no doubt as to Mrs. Greenow's correctness. ","abridged":"There was no doubt as to Mrs. Greenow's correctness. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"As Captain Bellfield held, or had held, her Majesty's commission, he was clearly entitled to take the mistress of the festival down to dinner. ","abridged":"As a former soldier, Captain Bellfield was entitled to take the mistress down to dinner. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But Cheesacre would not look at it in this light. ","abridged":"But Cheesacre did not look at it in this light. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He would only remember that he had paid for the Captain's food for some time past, that the Captain had been brought into Norwich in his gig, that the Captain owed him money, and ought, so to say, to be regarded as his property on the occasion. ","abridged":"He only remembered that he had paid for the Captain's food, that the Captain had been brought into Norwich in his gig, that the Captain owed him money, and ought to be regarded as his property.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I pay my way, and that ought to give a man higher station than being a beggarly captain,--which I don't believe he is, if all the truth was known.\" It was thus that he took an occasion to express himself to Miss Fairstairs on that very evening. \"Military rank is always recognised,\" Miss Fairstairs had replied, taking Mr. Cheesacre's remarks as a direct slight upon herself. He had taken her down to dinner, and had then come to her complaining that he had been injured in being called upon to do so! ","abridged":"\"I pay my way, and that ought to give a man a higher station than being a beggarly captain, which I don't believe he is, if the truth was known,\" he complained to Miss Fairstairs over dinner.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If you were a magistrate, Mr. Cheesacre, you would have rank; but I believe you are not.\" ","abridged":"\"If you were a magistrate, Mr. Cheesacre, you would have rank; but I believe you are not.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Charlie Fairstairs knew well what she was about. ","abridged":"Charlie Fairstairs knew what she was doing. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mr. Cheesacre had striven much to get his name put upon the commission of the peace, but had failed. ","abridged":"Mr. Cheesacre had tried hard to get his name put up as a magistrate, but had failed.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Nasty, scraggy old cat,\" Cheesacre said to himself, as he turned away from her.\n","abridged":"\"Nasty, scraggy old cat,\" he said to himself, as he turned away from her.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But Bellfield gained little by taking the widow down. ","abridged":"But Bellfield gained little by taking the widow down to dinner. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He and Cheesacre were placed at the top and bottom of the table, so that they might do the work of carving; and the ladies sat at the sides. ","abridged":"He and Cheesacre were at either end of the table, and the ladies sat at the sides. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow's hospitality was very good. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow's hospitality was very good. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The dinner was exactly what a dinner ought to be for four persons. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There was soup, fish, a cutlet, a roast fowl, and some game. ","abridged":"There was soup, fish, a cutlet, a roast fowl, and some game. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Jeannette waited at table nimbly, and the thing could not have been done better. ","abridged":"Jeannette waited at table nimbly, and the thing could not have been done better. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mrs. Greenow's appetite was not injured by her grief, and she so far repressed for the time all remembrance of her sorrow as to enable her to play the kind hostess to perfection. ","abridged":"Mrs. Greenow played the kind hostess to perfection. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Under her immediate eye Cheesacre was forced into apparent cordiality with his friend Bellfield, and the Captain himself took the good things which the gods provided with thankful good-humour.\n","abridged":"Under her eye Cheesacre was forced into apparent cordiality with Bellfield, and the Captain took the good things provided with thankful good-humour.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Nothing, however, was done at the dinner-table. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"No work got itself accomplished. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The widow was so accurately fair in the adjustment of her favours, that even Jeannette could not perceive to which of the two she turned with the amplest smile. ","abridged":"The widow was so accurately fair in her favours that even Jeannette could not tell to which of the two men she gave the warmest smile. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She talked herself and made others talk, till Cheesacre became almost comfortable, in spite of his jealousy. ","abridged":"She talked and made others talk, till Cheesacre became almost comfortable, in spite of his jealousy.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"And now,\" she said, as she got up to leave the room, when she had taken her own glass of wine, \"We will allow these two gentlemen just half an hour, eh Charlie? ","abridged":"\"And now,\" she said, as she got up to leave the room, \"We will allow these two gentlemen just half an hour, eh Charlie? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"and then we shall expect them up-stairs.\"\n","abridged":"and then we shall expect them upstairs.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Ten minutes will be enough for us here,\" said Cheesacre, who was in a hurry to utilize his time.\n","abridged":"\"Ten minutes will be enough for us here,\" said Cheesacre.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Half an hour,\" said Mrs. Greenow, not without some little tone of command in her voice. ","abridged":"\"Half an hour,\" said Mrs. Greenow, with a little tone of command. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Ten minutes might be enough for Mr. Cheesacre, but ten minutes was not enough for her.\n","abridged":"Ten minutes might be enough for Mr. Cheesacre, but it was not enough for her.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Bellfield had opened the door, and it was upon him that the widow's eye glanced as she left the room. ","abridged":"Bellfield had opened the door, and the widow glanced at him as she left the room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre saw it, and resolved to resent the injury. ","abridged":"Cheesacre saw it, and resolved to resent it.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I'll tell you what it is, Bellfield,\" he said, as he sat down moodily over the fire, \"I won't have you coming here at all, till this matter is settled.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'll tell you what it is, Bellfield,\" he said moodily, \"I won't have you coming here at all, till this matter is settled.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Till what matter is settled?\" ","abridged":"\"What matter?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Bellfield, filling his glass.\n","abridged":"said Bellfield, filling his glass.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You know what matter I mean.\"\n","abridged":"\"You know what matter I mean.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You take such a deuce of a time about it.\"\n","abridged":"\"You take such a deuce of a time about it.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"No, I don't. ","abridged":"\"No, I don't. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I take as little time as anybody could. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"That other fellow has only been dead about nine months, and I've got the thing in excellent training already.\"\n","abridged":"That other fellow has only been dead about nine months, and I've got the thing in excellent train already.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"And what harm do I do?\"\n","abridged":"\"And what harm do I do?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You disturb me, and you disturb her. ","abridged":"\"You disturb me, and you disturb her. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You do it on purpose. ","abridged":"You do it on purpose. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Do you suppose I can't see? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I'll tell you what, now; if you'll go clean out of Norwich for a month, I'll lend you two hundred pounds on the day she becomes Mrs. Cheesacre.\"\n","abridged":"I'll tell you what; if you'll go clean out of Norwich for a month, I'll lend you two hundred pounds on the day she becomes Mrs. Cheesacre.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"And where am I to go to?\"\n","abridged":"\"And where am I to go to?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You may stay at Oileymead, if you like;--that is, on condition that you do stay there.\"\n","abridged":"\"You may stay at Oileymead, if you like.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"And be told that I hack the ham because it's not my own. ","abridged":"\"And be told that I hack the ham because it's not my own. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Shall I tell you a piece of my mind, Cheesacre?\"\n","abridged":"Shall I tell you what I think, Cheesacre? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What do you mean?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"That woman has no more idea of marrying you than she has of marrying the Bishop. ","abridged":"That woman has no more idea of marrying you than she has of marrying the Bishop. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Won't you fill your glass, old fellow? ","abridged":"Won't you fill your glass, old fellow? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I know where the tap is if you want another bottle. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You may as well give it up, and spend no more money in pink fronts and polished boots on her account. ","abridged":"You may as well give it up. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You're a podgy man, you see, and Mrs. Greenow doesn't like podgy men.\"\n","abridged":"You're a podgy man, you see, and Mrs. Greenow doesn't like podgy men.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre sat looking at him with his mouth open, dumb with surprise, and almost paralysed with impotent anger. ","abridged":"Cheesacre sat looking at him with his mouth open, dumb with surprise, and almost paralysed with impotent anger. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"What had happened during the last few hours to change so entirely the tone of his dependent captain? ","abridged":"What had happened during the last few hours to change so entirely the tone of his dependent captain?\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Could it be that Bellfield had been there during the morning, and that she had accepted him?\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You are very podgy, Cheesacre,\" Bellfield continued, \"and then you so often smell of the farm-yard; and you talk too much of your money and your property. ","abridged":"\"You are very podgy, Cheesacre,\" Bellfield continued, \"and then you so often smell of the farm-yard; and you talk too much of your money and your property. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You'd have had a better chance if you had openly talked to her of hers,--as I have done. ","abridged":"You'd have had a better chance if you had talked of hers - as I have done. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"As it is, you haven't any chance at all.\"\n","abridged":"As it is, you haven't any chance at all.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Bellfield, as he thus spoke to the man opposite to him, went on drinking his wine comfortably, and seemed to be chuckling with glee. ","abridged":"Bellfield went on drinking his wine comfortably. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre was so astounded, so lost in amazement that the creature whom he had fed,--whom he had bribed with money out of his own pocket, should thus turn against him, that for a while he could not collect his thoughts or find voice wherewith to make any answer. ","abridged":"Cheesacre was so astounded that the creature whom he had fed - whom he had bribed - should thus turn against him, that for a while he could not speak. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It occurred to him immediately that Bellfield was even now, at this very time, staying at his house,--that he, Cheesacre, was expected to drive him, Bellfield, back to Oileymead, to his own Oileymead, on this very evening; and as he thought of this he almost fancied that he must be in a dream. ","abridged":"It occurred to him that he, Cheesacre, was expected to drive Bellfield home this very evening.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He shook himself, and looked again, and there sat Bellfield, eyeing him through the bright colour of a glass of port.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Now I've told you a bit of my mind, Cheesy, my boy,\" continued Bellfield, \"and you'll save yourself a deal of trouble and annoyance if you'll believe what I say. ","abridged":"\"Now I've told you my mind, Cheesy, my boy,\" continued Bellfield, \"and you'll save yourself a deal of trouble if you'll believe what I say. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She doesn't mean to marry you. ","abridged":"She doesn't mean to marry you. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It's most probable that she'll marry me; but, at any rate, she won't marry you.\"\n","abridged":"It's most probable that she'll marry me; but, at any rate, she won't marry you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean to pay me my money, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"Do you mean to pay me my money, sir?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Cheesacre, at last, finding his readiest means of attack in that quarter.\n","abridged":"said Cheesacre, at last.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes, I do.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes, I do.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But when?\"\n","abridged":"\"When?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"When I've married Mrs. Greenow,--and, therefore, I expect your assistance in that little scheme. ","abridged":"\"When I've married Mrs. Greenow - and therefore, I expect your assistance in that little scheme. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Let us drink her health. ","abridged":"Let us drink her health. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"We shall always be delighted to see you at our house, Cheesy, my boy, and you shall be allowed to hack the hams just as much as you please.\"\n","abridged":"We shall always be delighted to see you at our house, Cheesy, my boy, and you shall be allowed to hack the hams as much as you please.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You shall be made to pay for this,\" said Cheesacre, gasping with anger;--gasping almost more with dismay than he did with anger.\n","abridged":"\"You shall pay for this,\" said Cheesacre, gasping with anger and dismay.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"All right, old fellow; I'll pay for it,--with the widow's money. ","abridged":"\"All right, old fellow; I'll pay for it - with the widow's money. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Come; our half-hour is nearly over; shall we go up-stairs?\"\n","abridged":"Come; our half-hour is nearly over; shall we go upstairs?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I'll expose you.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'll expose you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Don't now;--don't be ill-natured.\"\n","abridged":"\"Don't be ill-natured.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Will you tell me where you mean to sleep to-night, Captain Bellfield?\"\n","abridged":"\"Where do you mean to sleep tonight, Captain Bellfield?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If I sleep at Oileymead it will only be on condition that I have one of the mahogany-furnitured bedrooms.\"\n","abridged":"\"If I sleep at Oileymead it will only be on condition that I have one of the mahogany-furnitured bedrooms.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You'll never put your foot in that house again. ","abridged":"\"You'll never put your foot in that house again. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You're a rascal, sir.\"\n","abridged":"You're a rascal, sir.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Come, come, Cheesy, it won't do for us to quarrel in a lady's house. ","abridged":"\"Come, come, Cheesy, it won't do for us to quarrel in a lady's house. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It wouldn't be the thing at all. ","abridged":"It wouldn't be the thing at all. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You're not drinking your wine. ","abridged":"You're not drinking your wine. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You might as well take another glass, and then we'll go up-stairs.\"\n","abridged":"Take another glass, and then we'll go upstairs. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You've left your traps at Oileymead, and not one of them you shall have till you've paid me every shilling you owe me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I don't believe you've a shirt in the world beyond what you've got there.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"It's lucky I brought one in to change; wasn't it, Cheesy? ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I shouldn't have thought of it only for the hint you gave me. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I might as well ring the bell for Jeannette to put away the wine, if you won't take any more.\" ","abridged":"No? I might as well ring the bell for Jeannette to take away the wine.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Then he rang the bell, and when Jeannette came he skipped lightly up-stairs into the drawing-room.\n","abridged":"Then he rang the bell, and when Jeannette came he skipped lightly upstairs into the drawing-room.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Was he here before to-day?\" ","abridged":"\"Was he here earlier today?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Cheesacre, nodding his head at the doorway through which Bellfield had passed.\n","abridged":"demanded Cheesacre of Jeanette.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Who? ","abridged":"\"Who? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The Captain? ","abridged":"The Captain? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Oh dear no. ","abridged":"Oh dear no. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The Captain don't come here much now;--not to say often, by no means.\"\n","abridged":"The Captain don't come here often now.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"He's a confounded rascal.\"\n","abridged":"\"He's a confounded rascal.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Mr. Cheesacre!\" ","abridged":"\"Oh, Mr. Cheesacre!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Jeannette.\n","abridged":"said Jeannette.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"He is;--and I ain't sure that there ain't others nearly as bad as he is.\"\n","abridged":"\"He is; and others are nearly as bad.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If you mean me, Mr. Cheesacre, I do declare you're a wronging me; I do indeed.\"\n","abridged":"\"If you mean me, Mr. Cheesacre, I do declare you're wronging me. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What's the meaning of his going on in this way?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I don't know nothing of his ways, Mr. Cheesacre; but I've been as true to you, sir;--so I have;--as true as true.\" ","abridged":"I've been as true as true to you, sir; so I have.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"And Jeannette put her handkerchief up to her eyes.\n","abridged":"And Jeannette put her handkerchief up to her eyes.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He moved to the door, and then a thought occurred to him. ","abridged":"A thought occurred to Mr. Cheesacre. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He put his hand to his trousers pocket, and turning back towards the girl, gave her half-a-crown. ","abridged":"He put his hand to his trousers pocket, and gave her half-a-crown. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She curtsied as she took it, and then repeated her last words. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Mr. Cheesacre,--as true as true.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Mr. Cheesacre said nothing further, but followed his enemy up to the drawing-room. ","abridged":"He said nothing further, but followed his enemy up to the drawing-room.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What game is up now, I wonder,\" said Jeannette to herself, when she was left alone. ","abridged":"\"What game is up now, I wonder,\" said Jeannette to herself. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"They two'll be cutting each other's throatses before they've done, and then my missus will take the surwiver.\" ","abridged":"\"They'll cut each other's throats before they've done.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But she made up her mind that Cheesacre should be the one to have his throat cut fatally, and that Bellfield should be the survivor.\n","abridged":"But she decided that in that case Bellfield should be the survivor.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre, when he reached the drawing-room, found Bellfield sitting on the same sofa with Mrs. Greenow looking at a book of photographs which they both of them were handling together. ","abridged":"In the drawing-room Cheesacre found Bellfield sitting on the sofa with Mrs. Greenow looking at a book of photographs together. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The outside rim of her widow's frill on one occasion touched the Captain's whisker, and as it did so the Captain looked up with a gratified expression of triumph. ","abridged":"The outside rim of her widow's frill on one occasion touched the Captain's whisker, and the Captain looked up with an expression of triumph.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"If any gentleman has ever seen the same thing under similar circumstances, he will understand that Cheesacre must have been annoyed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" said Mrs. Greenow, waving her handkerchief, of which little but a two-inch-deep border seemed to be visible. ","abridged":"\"Yes,\" said Mrs. Greenow, waving her handkerchief. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Bellfield knew at once that it was not the same handkerchief which she had waved before they went down to dinner. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes,--there he is. ","abridged":"\"Yes, there he is. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It's so like him.\" ","abridged":"It's so like him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"And then she apostrophized the _carte de visite_ of the departed one. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Dear Greenow; dear husband! ","abridged":"Dear man! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"When my spirit is false to thee, let thine forget to visit me softly in my dreams. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Thou wast unmatched among husbands. ","abridged":"Thou wast unmatched among husbands. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Whose tender kindness was ever equal to thine? ","abridged":"Whose tender kindness was ever equal to thine? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"whose sweet temper was ever so constant? ","abridged":"whose sweet temper was so constant? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"whose manly care so all-sufficient?\" ","abridged":"whose manly care so great?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"While the words fell from her lips her little finger was touching Bellfield's little finger, as they held the book between them. ","abridged":"While she spoke her little finger was touching Bellfield's little finger, as they held the book between them. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Charlie Fairstairs and Mr. Cheesacre were watching her narrowly, and she knew that they were watching her. ","abridged":"Charlie Fairstairs and Mr. Cheesacre were watching her narrowly, and she knew that they were watching her. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She was certainly a woman of great genius and of great courage.\n","abridged":"She was certainly a woman of great courage.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"[Illustration: \"Dear Greenow; dear husband!\"]\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Bellfield, moved by the eloquence of her words, looked with some interest at the photograph. ","abridged":"Bellfield looked with some interest at the photograph. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There was represented there before him, a small, grey-looking, insignificant old man, with pig's eyes and a toothless mouth,--one who should never have been compelled to submit himself to the cruelty of the sun's portraiture! ","abridged":"It showed a small, grey-looking, insignificant old man, with pig's eyes and a toothless mouth. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Another widow, even if she had kept in her book the photograph of such a husband, would have scrambled it over silently,--would have been ashamed to show it. ","abridged":"Any other widow, even if she had kept the photograph of such a husband, would have been ashamed to show it.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Have you ever seen it, Mr. Cheesacre?\" ","abridged":"\"Have you ever seen it, Mr. Cheesacre?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"asked Mrs. Greenow. ","abridged":"asked Mrs. Greenow.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"It's so like him.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I saw it at Yarmouth,\" said Cheesacre, very sulkily.\n","abridged":"\"I saw it at Yarmouth,\" said Cheesacre, very sulkily.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"That you did not,\" said the lady with some dignity, and not a little of rebuke in her tone; \"simply because it never was at Yarmouth. ","abridged":"\"That you did not,\" said the lady with some dignity, and rebuke in her tone; \"because it never was at Yarmouth.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"A larger one you may have seen, which I always keep, and always shall keep, close by my bedside.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Not if I know it,\" said Captain Bellfield to himself. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Then the widow punished Mr. Cheesacre for his sullenness by whispering a few words to the Captain; and Cheesacre in his wrath turned to Charlie Fairstairs. ","abridged":"Then she punished Mr. Cheesacre for his sullenness by whispering a few words to the Captain; and Cheesacre in his wrath turned to Charlie Fairstairs.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Then it was that he spake out his mind about the Captain's rank, and was snubbed by Charlie,--as was told a page or two back.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"After that, coffee was brought to them, and here again Cheesacre in his ill-humour allowed the Captain to out-manoeuvre him. ","abridged":"After that, coffee was brought to them, and here again Cheesacre in his ill-humour allowed the Captain to out-manuvre him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It was the Captain who put the sugar into the cups and handed them round. ","abridged":"It was the Captain who put the sugar into the cups and handed them round. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He even handed a cup to his enemy. \"None for me, Captain Bellfield; many thanks for your politeness all the same,\" said Mr. Cheesacre; and Mrs. Greenow knew from the tone of his voice that there had been a quarrel.\n","abridged":"He even handed a cup to his enemy, who refused it sulkily.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre sitting then in his gloom, had resolved upon one thing,--or, I may perhaps say, upon two things. ","abridged":"Cheesacre in his gloom resolved upon two things. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He had resolved that he would not leave the room that evening till Bellfield had left it; and that he would get a final answer from the widow, if not that night,--for he thought it very possible that they might both be sent away together,--then early after breakfast on the following morning. ","abridged":"He resolved that he would not leave the room that evening till Bellfield had left it; and that he would get a final answer from the widow, if not that night, then early after breakfast on the following morning. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"For the present, he had given up any idea of turning his time to good account. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He was not perhaps a coward, but he had not that special courage which enables a man to fight well under adverse circumstances. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He had been cowed by the unexpected impertinence of his rival,--by the insolence of a man to whom he thought that he had obtained the power of being always himself as insolent as he pleased. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He could not recover his ground quickly, or carry himself before his lady's eye as though he was unconscious of the wound he had received. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"So he sat silent, while Bellfield was discoursing fluently. He sat in silence, comforting himself with reflections on his own wealth, and on the poverty of the other, and promising himself a rich harvest of revenge when the moment should come in which he might tell Mrs. Greenow how absolutely that man was a beggar, a swindler, and a rascal.\n","abridged":"He sat silent, while Bellfield was talking fluently, and comforted himself with reflections on his own wealth, and promised himself a rich harvest of revenge when he should tell Mrs. Greenow how that man was a beggar, a swindler, and a rascal.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"And he was astonished when an opportunity for doing so came very quickly. ","abridged":"And he was astonished when an opportunity for doing so came very quickly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Before the neighbouring clock had done striking seven, Bellfield rose from his chair to go. ","abridged":"Before the neighbouring clock had finished striking seven, Bellfield rose from his chair to go.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He first of all spoke a word of farewell to Miss Fairstairs; then he turned to his late host; \"Good night, Cheesacre,\" he said, in the easiest tone in the world; after that he pressed the widow's hand and whispered his adieu.\n","abridged":"He spoke a word of farewell to Miss Fairstairs; then he said \"Good night, Cheesacre,\" in the easiest tone in the world. After that he pressed the widow's hand and whispered his adieu.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I thought you were staying at Oileymead?\" ","abridged":"\"I thought you were staying at Oileymead?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"said Mrs. Greenow.\n","abridged":"said Mrs. Greenow.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I came from there this morning,\" said the Captain.\n","abridged":"\"I came from there this morning,\" said the Captain.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But he isn't going back there, I can tell you,\" said Mr. Cheesacre.\n","abridged":"\"But he isn't going back there, I can tell you,\" said Mr. Cheesacre.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh, indeed,\" said Mrs. Greenow; \"I hope there is nothing wrong.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, indeed,\" said Mrs. Greenow; \"I hope there is nothing wrong.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"All as right as a trivet,\" said the Captain; and then he was off.\n","abridged":"\"All as right as a trivet,\" said the Captain; and then he left.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I promised mamma that I would be home by seven,\" said Charlie Fairstairs, rising from her chair. ","abridged":"\"I promised mamma that I would be home by seven,\" said Charlie Fairstairs, rising from her chair. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It cannot be supposed that she had any wish to oblige Mr. Cheesacre, and therefore this movement on her part must be regarded simply as done in kindness to Mrs. Greenow. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"She might be mistaken in supposing that Mrs. Greenow would desire to be left alone with Mr. Cheesacre; but it was clear to her that in this way she could give no offence, whereas it was quite possible that she might offend by remaining. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"A little after seven Mr. Cheesacre found himself alone with the lady.\n","abridged":"So Mr. Cheesacre found himself alone with the lady.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I'm sorry to find,\" said she, gravely, \"that you two have quarrelled.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'm sorry,\" said she, gravely, \"that you two have quarrelled.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Greenow,\" said he, jumping up, and becoming on a sudden full of life, \"that man is a downright swindler.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Greenow,\" said he, jumping up, and becoming on a sudden full of life, \"that man is a downright swindler.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Mr. Cheesacre.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, Mr. Cheesacre.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"He is. ","abridged":"\"He is. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He'll tell you that he was at Inkerman, but I believe he was in prison all the time.\" ","abridged":"He'll tell you that he was at Inkerman, but I believe he was in prison all the time. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The Captain had been arrested, I think twice, and thus Mr. Cheesacre justified to himself this assertion. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I doubt whether he ever saw a shot fired,\" he continued.\n","abridged":"I doubt whether he ever saw a shot fired.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"He's none the worse for that.\"\n","abridged":"\"He's none the worse for that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But he tells such lies; and then he has not a penny in the world. ","abridged":"\"But he tells such lies; and he has not a penny in the world. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"How much do you suppose he owes me, now?\"\n","abridged":"How much do you suppose he owes me, now?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"However much it is, I'm sure you are too much of a gentleman to say.\"\n","abridged":"\"However much it is, I'm sure you are too much of a gentleman to say.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Well;--yes, I am,\" said he, trying to recover himself. ","abridged":"\"Well - yes, I am,\" said he, trying to recover himself. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But when I asked him how he intended to pay me, what do you think he said? ","abridged":"\"But when I asked him how he intended to pay me, what do you think he said? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He said he'd pay me when he got your money.\"\n","abridged":"He said he'd pay me when he got your money.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"My money! ","abridged":"\"My money! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He couldn't have said that!\"\n","abridged":"He couldn't have said that!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But he did, Mrs. Greenow; I give you my word and honour. ","abridged":"\"But he did, Mrs. Greenow; I give you my word. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"'I'll pay you when I get the widow's money,' he said.\"\n","abridged":"'I'll pay you when I get the widow's money,' he said.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"You gentlemen must have a nice way of talking about me when I am absent.\"\n","abridged":"\"You gentlemen must have a nice way of talking about me when I am absent.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I never said a disrespectful word about you in my life, Mrs. Greenow,--or thought one. ","abridged":"\"I never said a disrespectful word about you in my life, Mrs. Greenow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He does;--he says horrible things.\"\n","abridged":"He does - he says horrible things.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"What horrible things, Mr. Cheesacre?\"\n","abridged":"\"What horrible things, Mr. Cheesacre?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh, I can't tell you;--but he does. ","abridged":"\"Oh, I can't tell you - but he does. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"What can you expect from such a man as that, who, to my knowledge, won't have a change of clothes to-morrow, except what he brought in on his back this morning. ","abridged":"What can you expect from such a man as that, who doesn't have a spare set of clothes for his back? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Where he's to get a bed to-night, I don't know, for I doubt whether he's got half-a-crown in the world.\"\n","abridged":"Where he's to get a bed tonight, I don't know, for I doubt whether he's got half-a-crown in the world.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Poor Bellfield!\"\n","abridged":"\"Poor Bellfield!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Yes; he is poor.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes; he is poor.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But how gracefully he carries his poverty.\"\n","abridged":"\"But how gracefully he carries his poverty.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I should call it very disgraceful, Mrs. Greenow.\" ","abridged":"\"I should call it very disgraceful, Mrs. Greenow.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"To this she made no reply, and then he thought that he might begin his work. ","abridged":"To this she made no reply, and then he thought that he might begin his work. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Greenow,--may I say Arabella?\"\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Greenow - may I say Arabella?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Cheesacre!\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Cheesacre!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But mayn't I? ","abridged":"\"But mayn't I? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Come, Mrs. Greenow. ","abridged":"Come, Mrs. Greenow. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"You know well enough by this time what it is I mean. ","abridged":"You know well enough by this time what it is I mean. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"What's the use of shilly-shallying?\"\n","abridged":"What's the use of shilly-shallying?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Shilly-shallying, Mr. Cheesacre! ","abridged":"\"Shilly-shallying, Mr. Cheesacre! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I never heard such language. ","abridged":"I never heard such language?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"If I bid you good night, now, and tell you that it is time for you to go home, shall you call that shilly-shallying?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"He had made a mistake in his word and repented it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Greenow; I do indeed. ","abridged":"\"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Greenow.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"I didn't mean anything offensive.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Shilly-shallying, indeed! ","abridged":"\"Shilly-shallying, indeed! ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"There's very little shall in it, I can assure you.\"\n","abridged":"There's very little shall in it, I can assure you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"The poor man was dreadfully crestfallen, so much so that the widow's heart relented, and she pardoned him. ","abridged":"The poor man was so dreadfully crestfallen that the widow relented. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It was not in her nature to quarrel with people;--at any rate, not with her lovers. ","abridged":"It was not in her nature to quarrel with her lovers.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Greenow,\" said the culprit, humbly. ","abridged":"\"I beg your pardon, Mrs. Greenow,\" said the culprit, humbly.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"It is granted,\" said the widow; \"but never tell a lady again that she is shilly-shallying. ","abridged":"\"It is granted,\" said the widow; \"but never tell a lady again that she is shilly-shallying. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"And look here, Mr. Cheesacre, if it should ever come to pass that you are making love to a lady in earnest--\"\n","abridged":"And look here, Mr. Cheesacre, if it should ever come to pass that you are making love to a lady in earnest-\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I couldn't be more in earnest,\" said he.\n","abridged":"\"I couldn't be more in earnest,\" said he.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"That you are making love to a lady in earnest, talk to her a little more about your passion and a little less about your purse. ","abridged":"\"-talk to her a little more about your passion and a little less about your purse. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Now, good night.\"\n","abridged":"Now, good night.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"But we are friends.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes;--as good friends as ever.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"Cheesacre, as he drove himself home in the dark, tried to console himself by thinking of the miserable plight in which Bellfield would find himself at Norwich, with no possessions but what he had brought into the town that day in a small bag. ","abridged":"Cheesacre, as he drove himself home in the dark, tried to console himself by thinking of the miserable plight in which Bellfield would find himself at Norwich. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"But as he turned in at his own gate he met two figures emerging; one of them was laden with a portmanteau, and the other with a hat case.\n","abridged":"But as he turned in at his own gate he met two figures emerging; one of them was laden with a portmanteau, and the other with a hat case.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"It's only me, Cheesy, my boy,\" said Bellfield. ","abridged":"\"It's only me, Cheesy, my boy,\" said Bellfield. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"I've just come down by the rail to fetch my things, and I'm going back to Norwich by the 9.20.\n","abridged":"\"I've just come down by rail to fetch my things, and I'm going back to Norwich by the 9.20.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"\"If you've stolen anything of mine I'll have you prosecuted,\" roared Cheesacre, as he drove his gig up to his own door.\n","abridged":"\"If you've stolen anything of mine I'll have you prosecuted,\" roared Cheesacre, as he drove his gig up to his door.","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"VOLUME II.","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 40: Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close"}
{"original":"It was nearly seven o'clock in the evening,--a hot, July evening,--when the woman went from Vavasor's room, and left him there alone. ","abridged":"It was nearly seven in the evening when the woman left Vavasor's room. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"It was necessary that he should immediately do something. ","abridged":"Now he needed to do something. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"In the first place he must dine, unless he meant to carry out his threat, and shoot himself at once. ","abridged":"He must dine, unless he meant to shoot himself at once. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But he had no such intention as that, although he stood for some minutes with the pistol in his hand. He was thinking then of shooting some one else. But he resolved that, if he did so at all, he would not do it on that evening, and he locked up the pistol again in the standing desk. ","abridged":"But he had no such intention - not for that evening at least, and he locked the pistol away again.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"After that, he took up some papers, referring to steam packets, which were lying on his table. ","abridged":"Then he took up some leaflets about steam packets which were lying on his table. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"They contained the programmes of different companies, and showed how one vessel went on one day to New York, and another on another day would take out a load of emigrants for New Zealand and Australia. ","abridged":"They listed ships of various lines that went to New York, or carried emigrants to New Zealand and Australia.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"That's a good line,\" said he, as he read a certain prospectus. ","abridged":"\"That's a good line,\" said he, as he read one. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"They generally go to the bottom, and save a man from any further trouble on his own account.\" ","abridged":"\"They generally go to the bottom, and save a man from any further trouble.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he dressed himself, putting on his boots and coat, and went out to his club for his dinner.\n","abridged":"Then he dressed, and went out to his club for dinner.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"London was still fairly full,--that is to say, the West End was not deserted, although Parliament had been broken up two months earlier than usual, in preparation for the new elections. Many men who had gone down into the country were now back again in town, and the dining-room at the club was crowded. ","abridged":"London was still fairly full, and the dining-room at the club was crowded. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Men came up to him condoling with him, telling him that he was well rid of a great nuisance, that the present Members for the Chelsea Districts would not sit long, or that there would be another general election in a year or two. ","abridged":"Men came up to him condoling with him, telling him that he was well rid of a nuisance, or that there would be another election in a year or two. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"To all these little speeches he made cheerful replies, and was declared by his acquaintance to bear his disappointment well. ","abridged":"To all these little speeches he made cheerful replies. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Calder Jones came to him and talked hunting talk, and Vavasor expressed his intention of being at Roebury in November. ","abridged":"Calder Jones came over and talked about hunting, and Vavasor said he intended being at Roebury in November.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"You had better join our club,\" said Calder Jones. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"In answer to which Vavasor said that he thought he would join the club. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He remained in the smoking-room till nearly eleven; then he took himself home, and remained up half the night destroying papers. ","abridged":"He remained in the smoking-room till nearly eleven; then he went home, and stayed up half the night destroying papers. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Every written document on which he could lay his hands he destroyed. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"All the pigeon-holes of his desk were emptied out, and their contents thrown into the flames. At first he looked at the papers before he burned them; but the trouble of doing so soon tired him, and he condemned them all, as he came to them, without examination. ","abridged":"Every compartment of his desk was emptied out, and the contents thrown into the flames; he did not even bother to look at many of them. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he selected a considerable amount of his clothes, and packed up two portmanteaus, folding his coats with care, and inspecting his boots narrowly, so that he might see which, out of the large number before him, it might be best worth his while to take with him. ","abridged":"Then he selected some clothes, and packed up two portmanteaus, folding his coats with care. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"When that was done, he took from his desk a bag of sovereigns, and, pouring them out upon the table, he counted them out into parcels of twenty-five each, and made them up carefully into rouleaus with paper. ","abridged":"Next he took out a bag of sovereigns, and, pouring them out upon the table, he counted them into parcels of twenty-five each. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"These, when complete, he divided among the two portmanteaus and a dressing-bag which he also packed and a travelling desk, which he filled with papers, pens, and the like. But he put into it no written document. ","abridged":"Rolling them up in paper, he divided them among the two portmanteaus, a dressing-bag and a travelling desk, which he filled with paper and pens, but no documents. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He carefully looked through his linen, and anything that had been marked with more than his initials he rejected. ","abridged":"He carefully looked through his linen, and anything that had been marked with more than his initials he rejected. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he took out a bundle of printed cards, and furnished a card-case with them. On these cards was inscribed the name of Gregory Vance. ","abridged":"Then he took out a bundle of printed cards, on which was inscribed the name of Gregory Vance.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"When all was finished, he stood for awhile with his back to the fireplace contemplating his work. ","abridged":"When all was finished, he stood contemplating his work with satisfaction. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"After all,\" he said to himself, \"I know that I shall never start; and, if I do, nobody can hinder me, and my own name would be as good as any other. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"As for a man with such a face as mine not being known, that is out of the question.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But still he liked the arrangements which he had made, and when he had looked at them for awhile he went to bed.\n","abridged":"Then he went to bed.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He was up early the next morning, and had some coffee brought to him by the servant of the house, and as he drank it he had an interview with his landlady. ","abridged":"He was up early the next morning, and spoke to his landlady. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"He was going,\" he said;--\"going that very day.\" ","abridged":"He was going that very day, he said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"It might be possible that he would change his mind; but as he would desire to start without delay, if he did go, he would pay her then what he owed her, and what would be due for her lodgings under a week's notice. The woman stared, and curtseyed, and took her money. Vavasor, though he had lately been much pressed for money, had never been so foolish as to owe debts where he lived. ","abridged":"He paid her what he owed her; for he had never been so foolish as to owe debts where he lived.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"There will be some things left about, Mrs. Bunsby,\" he said, \"and I will get you to keep them till I call or send.\" ","abridged":"\"There will be some things left here, Mrs. Bunsby,\" he said, \"and I will get you to keep them till I send for them.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bunsby said that she would, and then looked her last at him. ","abridged":"Mrs. Bunsby said that she would. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"After that interview she never saw him again.\n","abridged":"After that interview she never saw him again.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"When he was left alone he put on a rough morning coat, and taking up the pistol, placed it carefully in his pocket, and sallied forth. ","abridged":"When he was alone he put on a morning coat, and taking up the pistol, placed it in his pocket, and sallied forth. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"It was manifest enough that he had some decided scheme in his head, for he turned quickly towards the West when he reached the Strand, went across Trafalgar Square to Pall Mall East, and then turned up Suffolk Street. ","abridged":"He went West, across Trafalgar Square to Pall Mall East, and then turned up Suffolk Street. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Just as he reached the club-house at the corner he paused and looked back, facing first one way and then the other. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"The chances are that I shall never see anything of it again,\" he said to himself. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he laughed in his own silent way, shook his head slightly, and turning again quickly on his heel, walked up the street till he reached the house of Mr. Jones, the pugilistic tailor. The reader, no doubt, has forgotten all he ever knew of Mr. Jones, the pugilistic tailor. It can soon be told again. At Mr. Jones's house John Grey lodged when he was in London, and he was in London at this moment.\n","abridged":"He walked up the street till he reached the house of Mr. Jones, the tailor, where John Grey lodged.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Vavasor rang the bell, and as soon as the servant came he went quickly into the house, and passed her in the passage. ","abridged":"Vavasor rang the bell, and as soon as the servant came he pushed past her into the house.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Grey is at home,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"Mr. Grey is at home,\" he said. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I will go up to him.\" ","abridged":"\"I will go up to him.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"The girl said that Mr. Grey was at home, but suggested that she had better announce the gentleman. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But Vavasor was already halfway up the stairs, and before the girl had reached the first landing place, he had entered Mr. Grey's room and closed the door behind him.\n","abridged":"He went ahead of her up the stairs, entered Mr. Grey's room and closed the door behind him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey was sitting near the open window, in a dressing-gown, and was reading. The breakfast things were on the table, but he had not as yet breakfasted. ","abridged":"Grey was sitting near the open window, in a dressing-gown, reading, with the breakfast things on the table. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"As soon as he saw George Vavasor, he rose from his chair quickly, and put down his book. ","abridged":"As soon as he saw George Vavasor, he rose from his chair quickly.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Vavasor,\" he said, \"I hardly expected to see you in my lodgings again!\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Vavasor,\" he said, \"I hardly expected to see you in my lodgings again!\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I dare say not,\" said Vavasor; \"but, nevertheless, here I am.\" ","abridged":"\"I dare say not,\" said Vavasor; \"but, nevertheless, here I am.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He kept his right hand in the pocket which held the pistol, and held his left hand under his waistcoat.\n","abridged":"He kept his right hand in the pocket which held the pistol.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"May I ask why you have come?\" ","abridged":"\"May I ask why you have come?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"said Grey.\n","abridged":"said Grey.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I intend to tell you, at any rate, whether you ask me or not. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I have come to declare in your own hearing,--as I am in the habit of doing occasionally behind your back,--that you are a blackguard,--to spit in your face, and defy you.\" ","abridged":"\"I have come to declare that you are a blackguard - to spit in your face, and defy you.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"As he said this he suited his action to his words, but without any serious result. ","abridged":"And he did what he said, though without any serious result. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I have come here to see if you are man enough to resent any insult that I can offer you; but I doubt whether you are.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have come here to see if you are man enough to resent any insult that I can offer you; but I doubt whether you are.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Nothing that you can say to me, Mr. Vavasor, will have any effect upon me;--except that you can, of course, annoy me.\"\n","abridged":"\"Nothing that you can say to me, Mr. Vavasor, will have any effect - except, of course, to annoy me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"And I mean to annoy you, too, before I have done with you. ","abridged":"\"And I mean to annoy you, too, before I have done. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Will you fight me?\"\n","abridged":"Will you fight me?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Fight a duel with you,--with pistols? ","abridged":"\"Fight a duel with you - with pistols? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Certainly not.\"\n","abridged":"Certainly not.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Then you are a coward, as I supposed.\"\n","abridged":"\"Then you are a coward, as I supposed.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I should be a fool if I were to do such a thing as that.\"\n","abridged":"\"I should be a fool if I were to do such a thing.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Look here, Mr. Grey. ","abridged":"\"Look here, Mr. Grey. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"You managed to worm yourself into an intimacy with my cousin, Miss Vavasor, and to become engaged to her. ","abridged":"You managed to worm yourself into intimacy with my cousin, Miss Vavasor, and to become engaged to her. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"When she found out what you were, how paltry, and mean, and vile, she changed her mind, and bade you leave her.\"\n","abridged":"When she found out what you were, how paltry, mean, and vile, she changed her mind, and bade you leave her.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Are you here at her request?\"\n","abridged":"\"Are you here at her request?\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I am here as her representative.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am here as her representative.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Self-appointed, I think.\"\n","abridged":"\"Self-appointed, I think.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Then, sir, you think wrong. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I am at this moment her affianced husband; and I find that, in spite of all that she has said to you,--which was enough, I should have thought, to keep any man of spirit out of her presence,--you still persecute her by going to her house, and forcing yourself upon her presence. ","abridged":"\"I am her affianced husband; and I find that, in spite of all that she has said to you, you still persecute her by going to her house, and forcing yourself upon her presence. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Now, I give you two alternatives. ","abridged":"Now, I give you two alternatives. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"You shall either give me your written promise never to go near her again, or you shall fight me.\"\n","abridged":"You shall either give me your written promise never to go near her again, or you shall fight me.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I shall do neither one nor the other,--as you know very well yourself.\"\n","abridged":"\"I shall do neither, as you know very well.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Stop till I have done, sir. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"If you have courage enough to fight me, I will meet you in any country. ","abridged":"\"If you have courage enough to fight me, I will meet you in any country. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I will fight you here in London, or, if you are afraid of that, I will go over to France, or to America, if that will suit you better.\"\n","abridged":"I will fight you here in London, or, if you are afraid of that, I will go over to France.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Nothing of the kind will suit me at all. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I don't want to have anything to do with you.\"\n","abridged":"\"I don't want to have anything to do with you.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Then you are a coward.\"\n","abridged":"\"Then you are a coward.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps I am;--but your saying so will not make me one.\"\n","abridged":"\"Perhaps I am; but your saying so will not make me one.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"You are a coward, and a liar, and a blackguard. ","abridged":"\"You are a coward, and a liar, and a blackguard. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I have given you the option of behaving like a gentleman, and you have refused it. ","abridged":"I have given you the option of behaving like a gentleman, and you have refused it. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Now, look here. ","abridged":"Now, look here. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I have come here with arms, and I do not intend to leave this room without using them, unless you will promise to give me the meeting that I have proposed.\" ","abridged":"I have come here with arms, and I do not intend to leave this room without using them, unless you will promise to fight me.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"And he took the pistol out of his pocket.\n","abridged":"And he took the pistol out of his pocket.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean that you are going to murder me?\" ","abridged":"\"Do you mean that you are going to murder me?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey asked. ","abridged":"Grey asked. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"There were two windows in the room, and he had been sitting near to that which was furthest removed from the fireplace, and consequently furthest removed from the bell, and his visitor was now standing immediately between him and the door. ","abridged":"He was at a distance from the bell, and his visitor was standing between him and the door. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He had to think what steps he might best take, and to act upon his decision instantly. ","abridged":"He had to think what he might best do, and act upon his decision instantly. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He was by no means a timid man, and was one, moreover, very little prone to believe in extravagant action. He did not think, even now, that this disappointed, ruined man had come there with any intention of killing him. ","abridged":"He was not timid, and he did not think, even now, that this disappointed, ruined man had come with any intention of killing him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But he knew that a pistol in the hands of an angry man is dangerous, and that it behoved him to do his best to rid himself of the nuisance which now encumbered him. ","abridged":"But he knew that a pistol in the hands of an angry man is dangerous.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean that you are going to murder me?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"he had said.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I mean that you shall not leave this room alive unless you promise to meet me, and fight it out.\" ","abridged":"\"You shall not leave this room alive unless you promise to meet me, and fight it out.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Upon hearing this, Grey turned himself towards the bell. ","abridged":"Upon hearing this, Grey turned towards the bell.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"If you move a step, I will fire at you,\" said Vavasor. ","abridged":"\"If you move a step, I will fire at you,\" said Vavasor. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey paused a moment, and looked him full in the face. ","abridged":"Grey paused a moment, and looked him full in the face. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I will,\" said Vavasor again.\n","abridged":"\"I will,\" said Vavasor again.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"That would be murder,\" said Grey.\n","abridged":"\"That would be murder,\" said Grey.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Don't think that you will frighten me by ugly words,\" said Vavasor. ","abridged":"\"Don't think that you will frighten me by ugly words,\" said Vavasor. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"I am beyond that.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am beyond that.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey had stopped for a moment to fix his eyes on the other man's face; but it was only for a moment, and then he went on to the bell. ","abridged":"Grey had stopped for a moment; and then he went on to the bell. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He had seen that the pistol was pointed at himself, and had once thought of rushing across the room at his adversary, calculating that a shot fired at him as he did so might miss him, and that he would then have a fair chance of disarming the madman. ","abridged":"He had thought of rushing across the room at his adversary, calculating that a shot might miss him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But his chief object was to avoid any personal conflict, to escape the indignity of a scramble for the pistol,--and especially to escape the necessity of a consequent appearance at some police-office, where he would have to justify himself, and answer the questions of a lawyer hired to cross-question him. ","abridged":"But his chief object was to avoid any conflict. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He made, therefore, towards the bell, trusting that Vavasor would not fire at him, but having some little thought also as to the danger of the moment. It might be that everything was over for him now,--that the fatal hour had come, and that eternity was close upon him. ","abridged":"So he moved towards the bell.\nAlthough he trusted that Vavasor would not fire at him, he was aware that his fatal hour might have come, and that eternity could be close upon him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Something of the spirit of a prayer flashed across his mind as he moved. ","abridged":"Something of the spirit of a prayer flashed across his mind as he moved. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he heard the click of the pistol's hammer as it fell, and was aware that his eyes were dazzled, though he was unconscious of seeing any flame. He felt something in the air, and knew that the pistol had been fired;--but he did not know whether the shot had struck him or had missed him. ","abridged":"Then he heard the click of the pistol's hammer as it fell, felt something in the air, and knew that the pistol had been fired - but he did not know whether the shot had struck him. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"His hand was out for the bell-handle, and he had pulled it, before he was sure that he was unhurt.\n","abridged":"His hand was on the bell-handle, and he had pulled it, before he was sure that he was unhurt.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"D----ation!\" ","abridged":"\"D--ation!\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"exclaimed the murderer. ","abridged":"exclaimed the murderer. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But he did not pull the trigger again. Though the weapon had of late been so often in his hands, he forgot, in the agitation of the moment, that his missing once was but of small matter if he chose to go on with his purpose. Were there not five other barrels for him, each making itself ready by the discharge of the other? ","abridged":"But he did not pull the trigger again, forgetting, in his excitement, that there were five other barrels. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But he had paused, forgetting, in his excitement, the use of his weapon, and before he had bethought himself that the man was still in his power, he heard the sound of the bell. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"D----ation!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"he exclaimed. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he turned round, left the room, hurried down the stairs, and made his way out into the street, having again passed the girl on his way.\n","abridged":"He turned, hurried down the stairs, and made his way out into the street, passing the girl on his way.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey, when he perceived that his enemy was gone, turned round to look for the bullet or its mark. ","abridged":"Grey turned to look for the bullet or its mark. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He soon found the little hole in the window-shutter, and probing it with the point of his pencil, came upon the morsel of lead which might now just as readily have been within his own brain. ","abridged":"He soon found the little hole in the window-shutter. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"There he left it for the time, and then made some not inaccurate calculation as to the narrowness of his own escape. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He had been standing directly between Vavasor and the shutter, and he found, from the height of the hole, that the shot must have passed close beneath his ear. ","abridged":"The shot must have passed close beneath his ear. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He remembered to have heard the click of the hammer, but he could not remember the sound of the report, and when the girl entered the room, he perceived at once from her manner that she was unaware that firearms had been used.\n","abridged":"He remembered to have heard the click of the hammer, but he could not remember the sound of the shot, and when the girl entered the room, he saw from her manner that she was unaware that firearms had been used.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Has that gentleman left the house?\" ","abridged":"\"Has that gentleman left the house?\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Grey asked. ","abridged":"Grey asked. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"The girl said that he had left the house. ","abridged":"The girl said that he had. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Don't admit him again,\" said he;--\"that is, if you can avoid it. I believe he is not in his right senses.\" ","abridged":"\"Don't admit him again,\" said he; \"if you can avoid it, for I believe he is not in his right senses.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Then he asked for Mr. Jones, his landlord, and in a few minutes the pugilistic tailor was with him.\n","abridged":"Then he asked for Mr. Jones, his landlord, and in a few minutes the tailor was with him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"During those few minutes he had been called upon to resolve what he would do now. ","abridged":"During those few minutes he had to resolve what he would do now. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Would he put the police at once upon the track of the murderer, who was, as he remembered too well, the first cousin of the woman whom he still desired to make his wife? ","abridged":"Would he put the police at once upon the track of the murderer - the cousin of the woman whom he wished to make his wife? ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"That cross-examination which he would have to undergo at the police-office, and again probably in an assize court, in which all his relations with the Vavasor family would be made public, was very vivid to his imagination. ","abridged":"That cross-examination which he would have to undergo at the police-office, and again probably in court, was very vivid to his imagination. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"That he was called upon by duty to do something he felt almost assured. The man who had been allowed to make such an attempt once with impunity, might probably make it again. ","abridged":"Yet he needed to do something in case Vavasor made some attempt again. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But he resolved that he need not now say anything about the pistol to the pugilistic tailor, unless the tailor said something to him.\n","abridged":"But he need not now say anything about the pistol to the tailor.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Jones,\" he said, \"that man whom I had to put out of the room once before, has been here again.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Jones,\" he said, \"that man whom I had to put out of the room once before, has been here. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Has there been another tussle, sir?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"No;--nothing of that kind. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But we must take some steps to prevent his getting in again, if we can help it.\"\n","abridged":"We must take some steps to prevent his getting in again, if we can.\"\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Jones promised his aid, and offered to go at once to the police. ","abridged":"Jones offered to go at once to the police. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"To this, however, Mr. Grey demurred, saying that he should himself seek assistance from some magistrate. ","abridged":"However, Mr. Grey said that he himself would seek assistance from some magistrate. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Jones promised to be very vigilant as to watching the door; and then John Grey sat down to his breakfast. ","abridged":"Jones promised to be very vigilant about watching the door; and then John Grey sat down to his breakfast. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Of course he thought much of what had occurred. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"It was impossible that he should not think much of so narrow an escape. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He had probably been as near death as a man may well be without receiving any injury; and the more he thought of it, the more strongly he was convinced that he could not allow the thing to pass by without some notice, or some precaution as to the future.\n","abridged":"The more he thought about what had happened, the more strongly he was convinced that he could not allow it to pass without some precaution.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"At eleven o'clock he went to Scotland Yard, and saw some officer great in power over policemen, and told him all the circumstances,--confidentially. ","abridged":"At eleven o'clock he went to Scotland Yard, and saw a senior officer, and told him all the circumstances, confidentially. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"The powerful officer recommended an equally confidential reference to a magistrate; and towards evening a very confidential policeman in plain clothes paid a visit to Vavasor's lodgings in Cecil Street. ","abridged":"The officer recommended an equally confidential magistrate; and towards evening a very confidential policeman in plain clothes paid a visit to Vavasor's lodgings in Cecil Street.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But Vavasor lodged there no longer. ","abridged":"But Vavasor lodged there no longer. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bunsby, who was also very confidential,--and at her wits' end because she could not learn the special business of the stranger who called,--stated that Mr. George Vavasor left her house in a cab at ten o'clock that morning, having taken with him such luggage as he had packed, and having gone, \"she was afraid, for good,\" as Mrs. Bunsby expressed it.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Bunsby stated that he had left her house in a cab at ten o'clock that morning, with his luggage, and that she thought he was gone for good.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He had gone for good, and at the moment in which the policeman was making the inquiry in Cecil Street, was leaning over the side of an American steamer which had just got up her steam and weighed her anchor in the Mersey. ","abridged":"He had gone for good, and at that moment he was leaning over the side of an American steamer which weighed her anchor in the Mersey, at Liverpool. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"He was on board at six o'clock, and it was not till the next day that the cabman was traced who had carried him to Euston Square Station. ","abridged":"He had boarded at six o'clock, and it was not till the next day that the cabman was traced who had carried him to Euston Square Station. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Of course, it was soon known that he had gone to America, but it was not thought worth while to take any further steps towards arresting him. ","abridged":"Once it was known that he had set sail for America, it was not thought worthwhile to take any further steps towards arresting him.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Mr. Grey himself was decidedly opposed to any such attempt, declaring his opinion that his own evidence would be insufficient to obtain a conviction. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"The big men in Scotland Yard were loth to let the matter drop. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Their mouths watered after the job, and they had very numerous and very confidential interviews with John Grey. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"But it was decided that nothing should be done. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Pity!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"said one enterprising superintendent, in answer to the condolings of a brother superintendent. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"Pity's no name for it. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"It's the greatest shame as ever I knew since I joined the force. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"A man as was a Member of Parliament only last Session,--as belongs to no end of swell clubs, a gent as well known in London as any gent about the town! ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"And I'd have had him back in three months, as sure as my name's Walker.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"And that superintendent felt that his profession and his country were alike disgraced.\n","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"And now George Vavasor vanishes from our pages, and will be heard of no more. ","abridged":"So now George Vavasor vanishes from our pages, and will be heard of no more. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Roebury knew him no longer, nor Pall Mall, nor the Chelsea Districts. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"His disappearance was a nine days' wonder, but the world at large knew nothing of the circumstances of that attempt in Suffolk Street. Mr. Grey himself told the story to no one, till he told it to Mr. Palliser at Lucerne. ","abridged":"His disappearance was a nine days' wonder, but Mr. Grey told the story to no one, till he told it to Mr. Palliser at Lucerne. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Mr. Scruby complained bitterly of the way in which Vavasor had robbed him; but I doubt whether Scruby, in truth, lost much by the transaction. ","abridged":"","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"To Kate, down in Westmoreland, no tidings came of her brother, and her sojourn in London with her aunt had nearly come to an end before she knew that he was gone. ","abridged":"Kate received no news of her brother, and her stay in London with her aunt had nearly ended before she knew that he was gone. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Even then the rumour reached her through Captain Bellfield, and she learned what few facts she knew from Mrs. Bunsby in Cecil Street.\n","abridged":"The rumour reached her through Captain Bellfield, and she learned what few facts she knew from Mrs. Bunsby.\n","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"\"He was always mysterious,\" said Mrs. Greenow, \"and now he has vanished. ","abridged":"\"He was always mysterious,\" said Mrs. Greenow, \"and now he has vanished. ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"I hate mysteries, and, as for myself, I think it will be much better that he should not come back again.\" ","abridged":"I think it will be much better that he should not come back again.\" ","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Perhaps Kate was of the same opinion, but, if so, she kept it to herself.","abridged":"Perhaps Kate was of the same opinion, but, if so, she kept it to herself.","book":"Can You Forgive Her?","chapter":"Chapter 72: Showing How George Vavasor Paid a Visit"}
{"original":"Men, like planets, have both a visible and an invisible history. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The astronomer threads the darkness with strict deduction, accounting so for every visible arc in the wanderer's orbit; and the narrator of human actions, if he did his work with the same completeness, would have to thread the hidden pathways of feeling and thought which lead up to every moment of action, and to those moments of intense suffering which take the quality of action--like the cry of Prometheus, whose chained anguish seems a greater energy than the sea and sky he invokes and the deity he defies.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda's circumstances, indeed, had been exceptional. ","abridged":"Deronda's circumstances, indeed, had been exceptional. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One moment had been burned into his life as its chief epoch--a moment full of July sunshine and large pink roses shedding their last petals on a grassy court enclosed on three sides by a gothic cloister. ","abridged":"One early moment had been burned into his life - a moment full of July sunshine and large pink roses shedding petals on a grassy court enclosed on three sides by a Gothic cloister. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Imagine him in such a scene: a boy of thirteen, stretched prone on the grass where it was in shadow, his curly head propped on his arms over a book, while his tutor, also reading, sat on a camp-stool under shelter. ","abridged":"Imagine him: a boy of thirteen, stretched on the grass, his curly head propped on his arms over a book, while his tutor, also reading, sat on a camp-stool. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda's book was Sismondi's _History of the Italian Republics_; the lad had a passion for history, eager to know how time had been filled up since the flood, and how things were carried on in the dull periods. ","abridged":"Deronda's book was Sismondi's \"History of the Italian Republics\"; the lad had a passion for history. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Suddenly he let down his left arm and looked at his tutor, saying in purest boyish tones,\n","abridged":"Suddenly he looked at his tutor, saying-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Fraser, how was it that the popes and cardinals always had so many nephews?\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Fraser, how was it that the popes and cardinals always had so many nephews?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The tutor, an able young Scotchman, who acted as Sir Hugo Mallinger's secretary, roused rather unwillingly from his political economy, answered with the clear-cut emphatic chant which makes a truth doubly telling in Scotch utterance,\n","abridged":"The tutor, an able young Scotsman who acted as Sir Hugo Mallinger's secretary, answered with his clear-cut emphatic chant-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Their own children were called nephews.\"\n","abridged":"\"Their own children were called nephews.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Why?\" ","abridged":"\"Why?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"said Deronda.\n","abridged":"said Deronda.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"It was just for the propriety of the thing; because, as you know very well, priests don't marry, and the children were illegitimate.\"\n","abridged":"\"For propriety; because, as you know, priests don't marry, and the children were illegitimate.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Mr. Fraser, thrusting out his lower lip and making his chant of the last word the more emphatic for a little impatience at being interrupted, had already turned his eyes on his book again, while Deronda, as if something had stung him, started up in a sitting attitude with his back to the tutor.\n","abridged":"Mr. Fraser had already turned his eyes on his book again, while Deronda, as if something had stung him, sat up abruptly.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had always called Sir Hugo Mallinger his uncle, and when it once occurred to him to ask about his father and mother, the baronet had answered, \"You lost your father and mother when you were quite a little one; that is why I take care of you.\" ","abridged":"He had always called Sir Hugo Mallinger his uncle, and when he once asked about his parents, the baronet had answered, \"You lost your father and mother when you were quite little; that is why I take care of you.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel then straining to discern something in that early twilight, had a dim sense of having been kissed very much, and surrounded by thin, cloudy, scented drapery, till his fingers caught in something hard, which hurt him, and he began to cry. ","abridged":"Daniel, trying to remember, had a dim sense of having been kissed very much, and surrounded by thin, scented drapery. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Every other memory he had was of the little world in which he still lived. ","abridged":"Every other memory was of the world in which he lived now.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And at that time he did not mind about learning more, for he was too fond of Sir Hugo to be sorry for the loss of unknown parents. ","abridged":"At that time he did not mind, for he was too fond of Sir Hugo to be sorry for the loss of unknown parents. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Life was very delightful to the lad, with an uncle who was always indulgent and cheerful--a fine man in the bright noon of life, whom Daniel thought absolutely perfect, and whose place was one of the finest in England, at once historical, romantic, and home-like: a picturesque architectural outgrowth from an abbey, which had still remnants of the old monastic trunk. ","abridged":"His uncle was always indulgent and cheerful; Daniel thought him absolutely perfect, and his place was one of the finest in England, a picturesque outgrowth from an abbey. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Diplow lay in another county, and was a comparatively landless place which had come into the family from a rich lawyer on the female side who wore the perruque of the restoration; whereas the Mallingers had the grant of Monk's Topping under Henry the Eighth, and ages before had held the neighboring lands of King's Topping, tracing indeed their origin to a certain Hugues le Malingre, who came in with the Conqueror--and also apparently with a sickly complexion which had been happily corrected in his descendants. ","abridged":"Diplow lay in another county, and was a comparatively landless place; whereas the Mallingers had the grant of Monk's Topping and its land under Henry the Eighth. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Two rows of these descendants, direct and collateral, females of the male line, and males of the female, looked down in the gallery over the cloisters on the nephew Daniel as he walked there: men in armor with pointed beards and arched eyebrows, pinched ladies in hoops and ruffs with no face to speak of; grave-looking men in black velvet and stuffed hips, and fair, frightened women holding little boys by the hand; smiling politicians in magnificent perruques, and ladies of the prize-animal kind, with rosebud mouths and full eyelids, according to Lely; then a generation whose faces were revised and embellished in the taste of Kneller; and so on through refined editions of the family types in the time of Reynolds and Romney, till the line ended with Sir Hugo and his younger brother Henleigh. ","abridged":"Two rows of Mallinger ancestors looked down on Daniel as he walked in the gallery: men in armour with pointed beards and arched eyebrows, pinched ladies in hoops and ruffs with no face to speak of; smiling politicians in magnificent wigs, and ladies of the prize-animal kind, till the line ended with Sir Hugo and his younger brother Henleigh.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"This last had married Miss Grandcourt, and taken her name along with her estates, thus making a junction between two equally old families, impaling the three Saracens' heads proper and three bezants of the one with the tower and falcons _argent_ of the other, and, as it happened, uniting their highest advantages in the prospects of that Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt who is at present more of an acquaintance to us than either Sir Hugo or his nephew Daniel Deronda.\n","abridged":"This last had married Miss Grandcourt, taking her name along with her estates: thus joining two old families, and uniting their advantages in the prospects of that Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt whom we have already met.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"In Sir Hugo's youthful portrait with rolled collar and high cravat, Sir Thomas Lawrence had done justice to the agreeable alacrity of expression and sanguine temperament still to be seen in the original, but had done something more than justice in slightly lengthening the nose, which was in reality shorter than might have been expected in a Mallinger. Happily the appropriate nose of the family reappeared in his younger brother, and was to be seen in all its refined regularity in his nephew Mallinger Grandcourt. But in the nephew Daniel Deronda the family faces of various types, seen on the walls of the gallery, found no reflex. ","abridged":"Grandcourt's portrait was one of these; but the other nephew, Daniel Deronda, found in the family faces on the walls no reflection of his own. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Still he was handsomer than any of them, and when he was thirteen might have served as model for any painter who wanted to image the most memorable of boys: you could hardly have seen his face thoroughly meeting yours without believing that human creatures had done nobly in times past, and might do more nobly in time to come. ","abridged":"Still he was handsomer than any of them, and at thirteen appeared the most memorable of boys, whose face would make you believe in the innate nobility of humankind.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The finest childlike faces have this consecrating power, and make us shudder anew at all the grossness and basely-wrought griefs of the world, lest they should enter here and defile.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But at this moment on the grass among the rose-petals, Daniel Deronda was making a first acquaintance with those griefs. ","abridged":"But at this moment on the grass among the rose-petals, Daniel Deronda was making a first acquaintance with grief. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"A new idea had entered his mind, and was beginning to change the aspect of his habitual feelings as happy careless voyagers are changed with the sky suddenly threatened and the thought of danger arises. ","abridged":"A new idea was changing his habitual feelings as happy careless voyagers are changed with the sky suddenly threatening danger. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He sat perfectly still with his back to the tutor, while his face expressed rapid inward transition. The deep blush, which had come when he first started up, gradually subsided; but his features kept that indescribable look of subdued activity which often accompanies a new mental survey of familiar facts. ","abridged":"He sat perfectly still with his back to the tutor, surveying familiar facts anew.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had not lived with other boys, and his mind showed the same blending of child's ignorance with surprising knowledge which is oftener seen in bright girls. ","abridged":"He had not lived with other boys, and his mind showed the same blending of ignorance with surprising knowledge which is oftener seen in bright girls. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Having read Shakespeare as well as a great deal of history, he could have talked with the wisdom of a bookish child about men who were born out of wedlock and were held unfortunate in consequence, being under disadvantages which required them to be a sort of heroes if they were to work themselves up to an equal standing with their legally born brothers. ","abridged":"Having read Shakespeare as well as a great deal of history, he could have talked with the wisdom of a bookish child about men who were born out of wedlock and were held unfortunate in consequence. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But he had never brought such knowledge into any association with his own lot, which had been too easy for him ever to think about it--until this moment when there had darted into his mind with the magic of quick comparison, the possibility that here was the secret of his own birth, and that the man whom he called uncle was really his father. ","abridged":"But he had never associated these ideas with his own lot - until this moment, when there darted into his mind the possibility that here was the secret of his own birth, and that the man whom he called uncle was really his father.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Some children, even younger than Daniel, have known the first arrival of care, like an ominous irremovable guest in their tender lives, on the discovery that their parents, whom they had imagined able to buy everything, were poor and in hard money troubles. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel felt the presence of a new guest who seemed to come with an enigmatic veiled face, and to carry dimly-conjectured, dreaded revelations. ","abridged":"Daniel felt the presence of trouble like a new guest with an enigmatic veiled face. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The ardor which he had given to the imaginary world in his books suddenly rushed toward his own history and spent its pictorial energy there, explaining what he knew, representing the unknown. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The uncle whom he loved very dearly took the aspect of a father who held secrets about him--who had done him a wrong--yes, a wrong: and what had become of his mother, for whom he must have been taken away?--Secrets about which he, Daniel, could never inquire; for to speak or to be spoken to about these new thoughts seemed like falling flakes of fire to his imagination. ","abridged":"The uncle whom he loved dearly became a father who held secrets about him - and what had become of his mother?- secrets about which he, Daniel, could never inquire; for to speak about these new thoughts seemed like falling flakes of fire to his imagination. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Those who have known an impassioned childhood will understand this dread of utterance about any shame connected with their parents. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The impetuous advent of new images took possession of him with the force of fact for the first time told, and left him no immediate power for the reflection that he might be trembling at a fiction of his own. ","abridged":"The impetuous force of these new images took possession of him, and left him no power to reflect that he might be trembling at a fiction of his own. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The terrible sense of collision between a strong rush of feeling and the dread of its betrayal, found relief at length in big slow tears, which fell without restraint until the voice of Mr. Fraser was heard saying:\n","abridged":"This strong rush of feeling, and his dread of its betrayal, brought big slow tears, which fell until the voice of Mr. Fraser said:\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Daniel, do you see that you are sitting on the bent pages of your book?\"\n","abridged":"\"Daniel, you are sitting on the bent pages of your book.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel immediately moved the book without turning round, and after holding it before him for an instant, rose with it and walked away into the open grounds, where he could dry his tears unobserved. ","abridged":"Daniel immediately moved the book without turning round, and then rose and walked away into the grounds, where he could dry his tears unobserved. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The first shock of suggestion past, he could remember that he had no certainty how things really had been, and that he had been making conjectures about his own history, as he had often made stories about Pericles or Columbus, just to fill up the blanks before they became famous. ","abridged":"After the first shock, he could remember that he was not certain how things really stood, and that he had been conjecturing about his own history. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Only there came back certain facts which had an obstinate reality, almost like the fragments of a bridge, telling you unmistakably how the arches lay. ","abridged":"Only some memories had an obstinate reality, like the fragments of a bridge, telling you unmistakably how the arches lay. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And again there came a mood in which his conjectures seemed like a doubt of religion, to be banished as an offense, and a mean prying after what he was not meant to know; for there was hardly a delicacy of feeling this lad was not capable of. ","abridged":"His conjectures seemed like a mean offence; for he had great delicacy of feeling.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But the summing-up of all his fluctuating experience at this epoch was, that a secret impression had come to him which had given him something like a new sense in relation to all the elements of his life. ","abridged":"But at this time he acquired a new sense in relation to all the elements of his life. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And the idea that others probably knew things concerning which they did not choose to mention, set up in him a premature reserve which helped to intensify his inward experience. ","abridged":"The idea that others knew things about him which they did not mention, made him reserved and sensitive. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"His ears open now to words which before that July day would have passed by him unnoted; and round every trivial incident which imagination could connect with his suspicions, a newly-roused set of feelings were ready to cluster themselves.\n","abridged":"He noticed words which before that July day would have passed him by; and round every trivial incident, newly-roused feelings were ready to cluster.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One such incident a month later wrought itself deeply into his life. ","abridged":"One such incident a month later wrought itself deeply into his life. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel had not only one of those thrilling boy voices which seem to bring an idyllic heaven and earth before our eyes, but a fine musical instinct, and had early made out accompaniments for himself on the piano, while he sang from memory. ","abridged":"Daniel had not only a thrilling boy's soprano voice, but a fine musical instinct, and had worked out accompaniments for himself on the piano. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Since then he had had some teaching, and Sir Hugo, who delighted in the boy, used to ask for his music in the presence of guests. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo, who delighted in the boy, used to ask him to sing for guests. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One morning after he had been singing \"Sweet Echo\" before a small party of gentlemen whom the rain had kept in the house, the baronet, passing from a smiling remark to his next neighbor said:\n","abridged":"One morning after he had been singing \"Sweet Echo\" before a small party of gentlemen, the baronet said:\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Come here, Dan!\"\n","abridged":"\"Come here, Dan!\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The boy came forward with unusual reluctance. ","abridged":"He came forward with unusual reluctance. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He wore an embroidered holland blouse which set off the rich coloring of his head and throat, and the resistant gravity about his mouth and eyes as he was being smiled upon, made their beauty the more impressive. Every one was admiring him.\n","abridged":"His rich colouring was set off by his resistant gravity, and everyone was admiring him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"What do you say to being a great singer? ","abridged":"\"What do you say to being a great singer? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Should you like to be adored by the world and take the house by storm, like Mario and Tamberlik?\"\n","abridged":"Should you like to be adored by the world and take the house by storm?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel reddened instantaneously, but there was a just perceptible interval before he answered with angry decision,\n","abridged":"Daniel reddened instantaneously, and answered with angry decision-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"No; I should hate it!\"\n","abridged":"\"No; I should hate it!\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Well, well, well!\" ","abridged":"\"Well, well!\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"said Sir Hugo, with surprised kindliness intended to be soothing. ","abridged":"said Sir Hugo, with surprised kindliness. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But Daniel turned away quickly, left the room, and going to his own chamber threw himself on the broad window-sill, which was a favorite retreat of his when he had nothing particular to do. ","abridged":"But Daniel turned away quickly, left the room, and going to his own chamber threw himself on the broad window-sill.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Here he could see the rain gradually subsiding with gleams through the parting clouds which lit up a great reach of the park, where the old oaks stood apart from each other, and the bordering wood was pierced with a green glade which met the eastern sky. ","abridged":"Here he could see the rain gradually subsiding over a great reach of the park, with old oaks and a green glade. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"This was a scene which had always been part of his home--part of the dignified ease which had been a matter of course in his life. And his ardent clinging nature had appropriated it all with affection. ","abridged":"This scene had always been part of his home, and his ardent nature clung to it with affection. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He knew a great deal of what it was to be a gentleman by inheritance, and without thinking much about himself--for he was a boy of active perceptions and easily forgot his own existence in that of Robert Bruce--he had never supposed that he could be shut out from such a lot, or have a very different part in the world from that of the uncle who petted him. ","abridged":"He had never supposed that he could be shut out from the world of his uncle. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It is possible (though not greatly believed in at present) to be fond of poverty and take it for a bride, to prefer scoured deal, red quarries and whitewash for one's private surroundings, to delight in no splendor but what has open doors for the whole nation, and to glory in having no privileges except such as nature insists on; and noblemen have been known to run away from elaborate ease and the option of idleness, that they might bind themselves for small pay to hard-handed labor. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But Daniel's tastes were altogether in keeping with his nurture: his disposition was one in which everyday scenes and habits beget not _ennui_ or rebellion, but delight, affection, aptitudes; and now the lad had been stung to the quick by the idea that his uncle--perhaps his father--thought of a career for him which was totally unlike his own, and which he knew very well was not thought of among possible destinations for the sons of English gentlemen. ","abridged":"The lad had been stung to the quick by the idea that his uncle - perhaps his father - thought of a career for him which was totally unlike his own, and which he knew very well was not possible for the son of an English gentleman. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had often stayed in London with Sir Hugo, who to indulge the boy's ear had carried him to the opera to hear the great tenors, so that the image of a singer taking the house by storm was very vivid to him; but now, spite of his musical gift, he set himself bitterly against the notion of being dressed up to sing before all those fine people, who would not care about him except as a wonderful toy. ","abridged":"He had often stayed in London with Sir Hugo, and been taken to the opera to hear the great tenors, so that the image of a singer taking the house by storm was very vivid to him; but now he set himself bitterly against the notion of being dressed up to sing before fine people, who would not care about him except as a wonderful toy. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"That Sir Hugo should have thought of him in that position for a moment, seemed to Daniel an unmistakable proof that there was something about his birth which threw him out from the class of gentlemen to which the baronet belonged. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo's suggestion seemed to Daniel proof that there was something about his birth which meant that he was not a gentleman.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Would it ever be mentioned to him? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Would the time come when his uncle would tell him everything? ","abridged":"Would his uncle ever tell him everything? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He shrank from the prospect: in his imagination he preferred ignorance. ","abridged":"He shrank from the prospect, preferring ignorance. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"If his father had been wicked--Daniel inwardly used strong words, for he was feeling the injury done him as a maimed boy feels the crushed limb which for others is merely reckoned in an average of accidents--if his father had done any wrong, he wished it might never be spoken of to him: it was already a cutting thought that such knowledge might be in other minds. ","abridged":"If his father had been wicked - Daniel inwardly used strong words for the injury done him - if his father had done any wrong, he wished it might never be spoken of to him: it was already a cutting thought that such knowledge might be in other minds. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Was it in Mr. Fraser's? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"probably not, else he would not have spoken in that way about the pope's nephews. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel fancied, as older people do, that every one else's consciousness was as active as his own on a matter which was vital to him. ","abridged":"Daniel fancied that everyone else's mind was as active as his own on a matter which was so vital to him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Did Turvey the valet know?--and old Mrs. French the housekeeper?--and Banks the bailiff, with whom he had ridden about the farms on his pony?--And now there came back the recollection of a day some years before when he was drinking Mrs. Banks's whey, and Banks said to his wife with a wink and a cunning laugh, \"He features the mother, eh?\" ","abridged":"Did the valet know? - and the housekeeper? - and Banks the bailiff?\nHe recalled a time when Banks said to his wife with a wink, \"He features the mother, eh?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"At that time little Daniel had merely thought that Banks made a silly face, as the common farming men often did, laughing at what was not laughable; and he rather resented being winked at and talked of as if he did not understand everything. ","abridged":"At that time little Daniel had merely thought that Banks made a silly face. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But now that small incident became information: it was to be reasoned on. ","abridged":"But now that small incident became information. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"How could he be like his mother and not like his father? ","abridged":"How could he be like his mother and not like his father? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"His mother must have been a Mallinger, if Sir Hugo were his uncle. ","abridged":"His mother must have been a Mallinger. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But no! ","abridged":"But no! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"His father might have been Sir Hugo's brother and have changed his name, as Mr. Henleigh Mallinger did when he married Miss Grandcourt. ","abridged":"His father might have been Sir Hugo's brother and have changed his name, as Mr. Henleigh Mallinger did when he married Miss Grandcourt. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But then, why had he never heard Sir Hugo speak of his brother Deronda, as he spoke of his brother Grandcourt? ","abridged":"But then, why had he never heard Sir Hugo speak of his brother Deronda, as he spoke of his brother Grandcourt? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel had never before cared about the family tree--only about that ancestor who had killed three Saracens in one encounter. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But now his mind turned to a cabinet of estate-maps in the library, where he had once seen an illuminated parchment hanging out, that Sir Hugo said was the family tree. The phrase was new and odd to him--he was a little fellow then--hardly more than half his present age--and he gave it no precise meaning. He knew more now and wished that he could examine that parchment. ","abridged":"He wished that he could examine the family tree in the library. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He imagined that the cabinet was always locked, and longed to try it. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But here he checked himself. He might be seen: and he would never bring himself near even a silent admission of the sore that had opened in him.\n","abridged":"But he might be seen: and he would never bring himself near even a silent admission of the sore that had opened in him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It is in such experiences of a boy or girlhood, while elders are debating whether most education lies in science or literature, that the main lines of character are often laid down. ","abridged":"In such youthful experiences are the lines of character often laid down. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"If Daniel had been of a less ardently affectionate nature, the reserve about himself and the supposition that others had something to his disadvantage in their minds, might have turned into a hard, proud antagonism. ","abridged":"If Daniel had been of a less affectionate nature, the reserve might have turned into a hard, proud antagonism. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But inborn lovingness was strong enough to keep itself level with resentment. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"There was hardly any creature in his habitual world that he was not fond of; teasing them occasionally, of course--all except his uncle, or \"Nunc,\" as Sir Hugo had taught him to say; for the baronet was the reverse of a strait-laced man, and left his dignity to take care of itself. Him Daniel loved in that deep-rooted filial way which makes children always the happier for being in the same room with father or mother, though their occupations may be quite apart. Sir Hugo's watch-chain and seals, his handwriting, his mode of smoking and of talking to his dogs and horses, had all a rightness and charm about them to the boy which went along with the happiness of morning and breakfast time. ","abridged":"But he was a loving child, who had always trusted in his uncle.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"That Sir Hugo had always been a Whig, made Tories and Radicals equally opponents of the truest and best; and the books he had written were all seen under the same consecration of loving belief which differenced what was his from what was not his, in spite of general resemblance. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Those writings were various, from volumes of travel in the brilliant style, to articles on things in general, and pamphlets on political crises; but to Daniel they were alike in having an unquestionable rightness by which other people's information could be tested.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Who cannot imagine the bitterness of a first suspicion that something in this object of complete love was _not_ quite right? ","abridged":"Who cannot imagine the bitterness of a first suspicion that something in this object of complete love was not quite right? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is hardly a less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.\n","abridged":"Children demand that their heroes should be flawless.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But some time after this renewal of Daniel's agitation it appeared that Sir Hugo must have been making a merely playful experiment in his question about the singing. ","abridged":"But some time after this, it appeared that Sir Hugo must have been joking about the singing. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He sent for Daniel into the library, and looking up from his writing as the boy entered threw himself sideways in his armchair. \"Ah, Dan!\" he said kindly, drawing one of the old embroidered stools close to him. \"Come and sit down here.\"\n","abridged":"He sent for Daniel into the library, and as the boy entered said kindly, \"Ah, Dan! Come and sit down here.\" He drew one of the old embroidered stools close to him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel obeyed, and Sir Hugo put a gentle hand on his shoulder, looking at him affectionately.\n","abridged":"Daniel obeyed, and Sir Hugo put an affectionate, gentle hand on his shoulder.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"What is it, my boy? ","abridged":"\"What is it, my boy? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Have you heard anything that has put you out of spirits lately?\"\n","abridged":"Has anything put you out of spirits lately?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel was determined not to let the tears come, but he could not speak.\n","abridged":"Daniel was determined not to cry, but he could not speak.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"All changes are painful when people have been happy, you know,\" said Sir Hugo, lifting his hand from the boy's shoulder to his dark curls and rubbing them gently. ","abridged":"\"All changes are painful when people have been happy, you know,\" said Sir Hugo, rubbing the boy's curls gently. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"You can't be educated exactly as I wish you to be without our parting. ","abridged":"\"You can't be educated exactly as I wish, without our parting. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And I think you will find a great deal to like at school.\"\n","abridged":"And I think you will find a great deal to like at school.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"This was not what Daniel expected, and was so far a relief, which gave him spirit to answer,\n","abridged":"This was not what Daniel expected, and was a relief, which gave him spirit to answer-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Am I to go to school?\"\n","abridged":"\"Am I to go to school?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Yes, I mean you to go to Eton. ","abridged":"\"Yes, I mean you to go to Eton. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I wish you to have the education of an English gentleman; and for that it is necessary that you should go to a public school in preparation for the university: Cambridge I mean you to go to; it was my own university.\"\n","abridged":"I wish you to have the education of an English gentleman; and go to a public school in preparation for the university: Cambridge, I hope; it was my own university.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel's color came and went.\n","abridged":"Daniel's colour came and went.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"What do you say, Sirrah?\" ","abridged":"\"What do you say, sirrah?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"said Sir Hugo, smiling.\n","abridged":"said Sir Hugo, smiling.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I should like to be a gentleman,\" said Daniel, with firm distinctness, \"and go to school, if that is what a gentleman's son must do.\"\n","abridged":"\"I should like to be a gentleman,\" said Daniel, with firm distinctness, \"and go to school, if that is what a gentleman's son must do.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo watched him silently for a few moments, thinking he understood now why the lad had seemed angry at the notion of becoming a singer. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo watched him silently for a few moments, thinking he understood now why the lad had seemed angry at the notion of becoming a singer. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Then he said tenderly,\n","abridged":"Then he said tenderly-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"And so you won't mind about leaving your old Nunc?\"\n","abridged":"\"So you won't mind about leaving your old Nunc?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Yes, I shall,\" said Daniel, clasping Sir Hugo's caressing arm with both his hands. ","abridged":"\"Yes, I shall,\" said Daniel, clasping Sir Hugo's arm. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"But sha'n't I come home and be with you in the holidays?\"\n","abridged":"\"But shan't I come home in the holidays?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes, generally,\" said Sir Hugo. ","abridged":"\"Oh yes,\" said Sir Hugo. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"But now I mean you to go at once to a new tutor, to break the change for you before you go to Eton.\"\n","abridged":"\"But now I mean you to go to a new tutor, before you go to Eton.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"After this interview Daniel's spirit rose again. ","abridged":"After this interview Daniel's spirit rose. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He was meant to be a gentleman, and in some unaccountable way it might be that his conjectures were all wrong. ","abridged":"He was meant to be a gentleman, and it might be that his conjectures were all wrong. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The very keenness of the lad taught him to find comfort in his ignorance. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"While he was busying his mind in the construction of possibilities, it became plain to him that there must be possibilities of which he knew nothing. ","abridged":"It became plain to him that there must be possibilities of which he knew nothing. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He left off brooding, young joy and the spirit of adventure not being easily quenched within him, and in the interval before his going away he sang about the house, danced among the old servants, making them parting gifts, and insisted many times to the groom on the care that was to be taken of the black pony.\n","abridged":"He left off brooding and was merry again until he went away.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Do you think I shall know much less than the other boys, Mr. Fraser?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"said Daniel. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It was his bent to think that every stranger would be surprised at his ignorance.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"There are dunces to be found everywhere,\" said the judicious Fraser. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"You'll not be the biggest; but you've not the makings of a Porson in you, or a Leibnitz either.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I don't want to be a Porson or a Leibnitz,\" said Daniel. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I would rather be a greater leader, like Pericles or Washington.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Ay, ay; you've a notion they did with little parsing, and less algebra,\" said Fraser. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But in reality he thought his pupil a remarkable lad, to whom one thing was as easy as another, if he had only a mind to it.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Things went on very well with Daniel in his new world, except that a boy with whom he was at once inclined to strike up a close friendship talked to him a great deal about his home and parents, and seemed to expect a like expansiveness in return. ","abridged":"Things went on very well with Daniel at school, except that a boy with whom he was inclined to make friends talked to him a great deal about his home and parents, and seemed to expect a like expansiveness in return. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel immediately shrank into reserve, and this experience remained a check on his naturally strong bent toward the formation of intimate friendship. ","abridged":"Daniel shrank into reserve, and this experience checked him from forming any intimate friendship. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Every one, his tutor included, set him down as a reserved boy, though he was so good-humored and unassuming, as well as quick, both at study and sport, that nobody called his reserve disagreeable. ","abridged":"Everyone set him down as a reserved boy, though he was so good-humoured, quick and unassuming, that nobody called his reserve disagreeable. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Certainly his face had a great deal to do with that favorable interpretation; but in this instance the beauty of the closed lips told no falsehood.\n","abridged":"Certainly his handsome face aided the favourable impression; but in this case, beauty told no falsehood.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"A surprise that came to him before his first vacation strengthened the silent consciousness of a grief within, which might be compared in some ways with Byron's susceptibility about his deformed foot. ","abridged":"A surprise came before his first vacation, strengthening the silent consciousness of a grief within. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo wrote word that he was married to Miss Raymond, a sweet lady, whom Daniel must remember having seen. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo wrote that he was married to Miss Raymond, a sweet lady. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The event would make no difference about his spending the vacation at the Abbey; he would find Lady Mallinger a new friend whom he would be sure to love--and much more to the usual effect when a man, having done something agreeable to himself, is disposed to congratulate others on his own good fortune, and the deducible satisfactoriness of events in general.\n","abridged":"It would make no difference about his spending the vacation at the Abbey; he would find Lady Mallinger a new friend whom he would be sure to love.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Let Sir Hugo be partly excused until the grounds of his action can be more fully known. The mistakes in his behavior to Deronda were due to that dullness toward what may be going on in other minds, especially the minds of children, which is among the commonest deficiencies, even in good-natured men like him, when life has been generally easy to themselves, and their energies have been quietly spent in feeling gratified. ","abridged":"Let Sir Hugo be excused for the mistakes in his behaviour to Deronda. Dullness toward what may be going on in children's minds is common even in good-natured men. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"No one was better aware than he that Daniel was generally suspected to be his own son. ","abridged":"He was aware that Daniel was generally suspected to be his own son. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But he was pleased with that suspicion; and his imagination had never once been troubled with the way in which the boy himself might be affected, either then or in the future, by the enigmatic aspect of his circumstances. ","abridged":"But he was pleased with that suspicion; and he had never imagined how the boy himself might be affected. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He was as fond of him as could be, and meant the best by him. ","abridged":"He was as fond of him as could be, and meant the best by him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And, considering the lightness with which the preparation of young lives seem to lie on respectable consciences, Sir Hugo Mallinger can hardly be held open to exceptional reproach. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had been a bachelor till he was five-and-forty, had always been regarded as a fascinating man of elegant tastes; what could be more natural, even according to the index of language, than that he should have a beautiful boy like the little Deronda to take care of? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The mother might even, perhaps, be in the great world--met with in Sir Hugo's residence abroad. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The only person to feel any objection was the boy himself, who could not have been consulted. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And the boy's objections had never been dreamed of by anybody but himself.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"By the time Deronda was ready to go to Cambridge, Lady Mallinger had already three daughters--charming babies, all three, but whose sex was announced as a melancholy alternative, the offspring desired being a son; if Sir Hugo had no son the succession must go to his nephew, Mallinger Grandcourt. ","abridged":"By the time Deronda was ready to go to Cambridge, Lady Mallinger had three daughters - charming babies, all three, but if Sir Hugo had no son the succession must go to his nephew, Grandcourt. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Daniel no longer held a wavering opinion about his own birth. His fuller knowledge had tended to convince him that Sir Hugo was his father, and he conceived that the baronet, since he never approached a communication on the subject, wished him to have a tacit understanding of the fact, and to accept in silence what would be generally considered more than the due love and nurture. ","abridged":"Daniel was by now convinced that Sir Hugo was his father, and he conceived that the baronet, since he never spoke on the subject, wished him to have a silent understanding of the fact. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo's marriage might certainly have been felt as a new ground of resentment by some youths in Deronda's position, and the timid Lady Mallinger with her fast-coming little ones might have been images to scowl at, as likely to divert much that was disposable in the feelings and possessions of the baronet from one who felt his own claim to be prior. But hatred of innocent human obstacles was a form of moral stupidity not in Deronda's grain; even the indignation which had long mingled itself with his affection for Sir Hugo took the quality of pain rather than of temper; and as his mind ripened to the idea of tolerance toward error, he habitually liked the idea with his own silent grievances.\n","abridged":"Some youths in Deronda's position might have resented Sir Hugo's marriage, and scowled at the timid Lady Mallinger and her little ones; but hatred of innocent human obstacles was a moral stupidity not in Deronda's grain.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The sense of an entailed disadvantage--the deformed foot doubtfully hidden by the shoe, makes a restlessly active spiritual yeast, and easily turns a self-centered, unloving nature into an Ishmaelite. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But in the rarer sort, who presently see their own frustrated claim as one among a myriad, the inexorable sorrow takes the form of fellowship and makes the imagination tender. ","abridged":"In a rare few, sorrow takes the form of fellowship and makes the imagination tender. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda's early-weakened susceptibility, charged at first with ready indignation and resistant pride, had raised in him a premature reflection on certain questions of life; it had given a bias to his conscience, a sympathy with certain ills, and a tension of resolve in certain directions, who marked him off from other youths much more than any talents he possessed.\n","abridged":"Deronda's early susceptibility, charged at first with indignation and resistant pride, made him reflect on certain questions of life; it gave him a sympathy with certain ills which marked him off from other youths.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One day near the end of the long vacation, when he had been making a tour in the Rhineland with his Eton tutor, and was come for a farewell stay at the Abbey before going to Cambridge, he said to Sir Hugo,\n","abridged":"One day near the end of the long vacation, before his departure to Cambridge, he said to Sir Hugo-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"What do you intend me to be, sir?\" ","abridged":"\"What do you intend me to be, sir?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"They were in the library, and it was the fresh morning. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo had called him in to read a letter from a Cambridge Don who was to be interested in him; and since the baronet wore an air at once business-like and leisurely, the moment seemed propitious for entering on a grave subject which had never yet been thoroughly discussed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Whatever your inclination leads you to, my boy. ","abridged":"\"Whatever your inclination leads you to, my boy. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I thought it right to give you the option of the army, but you shut the door on that, and I was glad. ","abridged":"I thought it right to give you the option of the army, but you shut the door on that, and I was glad. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I don't expect you to choose just yet--by-and-by, when you have looked about you a little more and tried your mettle among older men. ","abridged":"I don't expect you to choose just yet, until you have looked about you a little more. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The university has a good wide opening into the forum. ","abridged":"The university has a good wide opening into the forum. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"There are prizes to be won, and a bit of good fortune often gives the turn to a man's taste. From what I see and hear, I should think you can take up anything you like. ","abridged":"There are prizes to be won, and from what I hear, I should think you can take up anything you like. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"You are in the deeper water with your classics than I ever got into, and if you are rather sick of that swimming, Cambridge is the place where you can go into mathematics with a will, and disport yourself on the dry sand as much as you like. ","abridged":"You are in deeper water with your classics than I ever got into; or at Cambridge you can go into mathematics, and disport yourself on the dry sand as much as you like. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I floundered along like a carp.\"\n","abridged":"I floundered along like a carp.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I suppose money will make some difference, sir,\" said Daniel blushing. \"I shall have to keep myself by-and-by.\"\n","abridged":"Daniel, blushing, said, \"I suppose I shall have to earn my keep by-and-by.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Not exactly. ","abridged":"\"Not exactly. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I recommend you not to be extravagant--yes, yes, I know--you are not inclined to that--but you need not take up anything against the grain. ","abridged":"I recommend you not to be extravagant - I know you are not inclined to that. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"You will have a bachelor's income--enough for you to look about with. ","abridged":"You will have a bachelor's income. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Perhaps I had better tell you that you may consider yourself secure of seven hundred a year. ","abridged":"Perhaps I had better tell you that you will have seven hundred a year. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"You might make yourself a barrister--be a writer--take up politics. ","abridged":"You might make yourself a barrister - be a writer - take up politics. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I confess that is what would please me best. ","abridged":"I confess that is what would please me best.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I should like to have you at my elbow and pulling with me.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda looked embarrassed. ","abridged":"Deronda looked embarrassed. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He felt that he ought to make some sign of gratitude, but other feelings clogged his tongue. ","abridged":"He ought to express gratitude, but other feelings clogged his tongue. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"A moment was passing by in which a question about his birth was throbbing within him, and yet it seemed more impossible than ever that the question should find vent--more impossible than ever that he could hear certain things from Sir Hugo's lips. ","abridged":"A question about his birth was throbbing within him, and yet it seemed more impossible than ever that the question should be asked - or answered. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The liberal way in which he was dealt with was the more striking because the baronet had of late cared particularly for money, and for making the utmost of his life-interest in the estate by way of providing for his daughters; and as all this flashed through Daniel's mind it was momentarily within his imagination that the provision for him might come in some way from his mother. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo's generosity was the more striking because the baronet had of late cared particularly for money, and for providing for his daughters; and it flashed through Daniel's mind that his own provision might come in some way from his mother.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But such vaporous conjecture passed away as quickly as it came.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo appeared not to notice anything peculiar in Daniel's manner, and presently went on with his usual chatty liveliness.\n","abridged":"Sir Hugo appeared not to notice anything peculiar in Daniel's manner, and presently went on,\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I am glad you have done some good reading outside your classics, and have got a grip of French and German. ","abridged":"\"I am glad you have done some good reading outside your classics, and have got a grip of French and German. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The truth is, unless a man can get the prestige and income of a Don and write donnish books, it's hardly worth while for him to make a Greek and Latin machine of himself and be able to spin you out pages of the Greek dramatists at any verse you'll give him as a cue. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"That's all very fine, but in practical life nobody does give you the cue for pages of Greek. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"In fact, it's a nicety of conversation which I would have you attend to--much quotation of any sort, even in English is bad. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It tends to choke ordinary remark. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything had been said better than we can put it ourselves. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But talking of Dons, I have seen Dons make a capital figure in society; and occasionally he can shoot you down a cart-load of learning in the right place, which will tell in politics. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Such men are wanted; and if you have any turn for being a Don, I say nothing against it.\"\n","abridged":"And if you have any turn for being a Don, I say nothing against it.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I think there's not much chance of that. ","abridged":"\"I think there's not much chance of that. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Quicksett and Puller are both stronger than I am. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I hope you will not be much disappointed if I don't come out with high honors.\"\n","abridged":"I hope you will not be disappointed if I don't come out with high honours.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"No, no. ","abridged":"\"No, no. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I should like you to do yourself credit, but for God's sake don't come out as a superior expensive kind of idiot, like young Brecon, who got a Double First, and has been learning to knit braces ever since. ","abridged":"I should like you to do yourself credit, but for God's sake don't come out as a superior expensive kind of idiot, like young Brecon, who got a Double First, and has been learning to knit braces ever since.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"What I wish you to get is a passport in life. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I don't go against our university system: we want a little disinterested culture to make head against cotton and capital, especially in the House. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"My Greek has all evaporated; if I had to construe a verse on a sudden, I should get an apoplectic fit. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But it formed my taste. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I dare say my English is the better for it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"On this point Daniel kept a respectful silence. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The enthusiastic belief in Sir Hugo's writings as a standard, and in the Whigs as the chosen race among politicians, had gradually vanished along with the seraphic boy's face. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had not been the hardest of workers at Eton. ","abridged":"Daniel had not been the hardest of workers at Eton. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Though some kinds of study and reading came as easily as boating to him, he was not of the material that usually makes the first-rate Eton scholar. ","abridged":"Though some kinds of study and reading came easily to him, he was not a first-rate Eton scholar. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"There had sprung up in him a meditative yearning after wide knowledge which is likely always to abate ardor in the fight for prize acquirement in narrow tracks. ","abridged":"His yearning after wide knowledge meant he had little ardour for acquiring prizes in narrow tracks. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Happily he was modest, and took any second-rateness in himself simply as a fact, not as a marvel necessarily to be accounted for by a superiority. ","abridged":"Happily he was modest, and took any second-rateness in himself simply as a fact.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Still, Mr. Fraser's high opinion of the lad had not been altogether belied by the youth: Daniel had the stamp of rarity in a subdued fervor of sympathy, an activity of imagination on behalf of others which did not show itself effusively, but was continually seen in acts of considerateness that struck his companions as moral eccentricity. ","abridged":"Still Daniel had a rare sympathy, an active imagination on behalf of others which was continually seen in considerate acts. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Deronda would have been first-rate if he had had more ambition,\" was a frequent remark about him. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But how could a fellow push his way properly when he objected to swop for his own advantage, knocked under by choice when he was within an inch of victory, and, unlike the great Clive, would rather be the calf than the butcher? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It was a mistake, however, to suppose that Deronda had not his share of ambition. ","abridged":"It was a mistake, however, to suppose that he had no ambition. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"We know he had suffered keenly from the belief that there was a tinge of dishonor in his lot; but there are some cases, and his was one of them, in which the sense of injury breeds--not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but, a hatred of all injury. ","abridged":"He had suffered keenly from the belief that there was a tinge of dishonour in his lot; but this bred in him a hatred of all injury. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He had his flashes of fierceness and could hit out upon occasion, but the occasions were not always what might have been expected. ","abridged":"He had flashes of fierceness upon occasion, but the occasions were not always what might have been expected. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"For in what related to himself his resentful impulses had been early checked by a mastering affectionateness. ","abridged":"For any resentful impulses had been early checked by his affectionate nature. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Love has a habit of saying \"Never mind\" to angry self, who, sitting down for the nonce in the lower place, by-and-by gets used to it. ","abridged":"Love has a habit of saying \"Never mind\" to angry self, who, sitting down in the lower place, by-and-by gets used to it.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"So it was that as Deronda approached manhood his feeling for Sir Hugo, while it was getting more and more mixed with criticism, was gaining in that sort of allowance which reconciles criticism with tenderness. ","abridged":"So as Deronda approached manhood, his feeling for Sir Hugo, while it was more mixed with criticism, gained too in tenderness. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The dear old beautiful home and everything within it, Lady Mallinger and her little ones included, were consecrated for the youth as they had been for the boy--only with a certain difference of light on the objects. ","abridged":"The dear old beautiful home and everything within it, Lady Mallinger and her little ones included, were sacred to the youth as they had been to the boy - only with a certain difference of light. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The altarpiece was no longer miraculously perfect, painted under infallible guidance, but the human hand discerned in the work was appealing to a reverent tenderness safer from the gusts of discovery. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Certainly Deronda's ambition, even in his spring-time, lay exceptionally aloof from conspicuous, vulgar triumph, and from other ugly forms of boyish energy; perhaps because he was early impassioned by ideas, and burned his fire on those heights. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One may spend a good deal of energy in disliking and resisting what others pursue, and a boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil-case may not be more energetic than another who is fond of giving his own pencil-case away. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Still it was not Deronda's disposition to escape from ugly scenes; he was more inclined to sit through them and take care of the fellow least able to take care of himself. ","abridged":"Still, he was not disposed to escape from ugly scenes; he was more inclined to sit through them and take care of the fellow least able to take care of himself. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It had helped to make him popular that he was sometimes a little compromised by this apparent comradeship. ","abridged":"It had helped to make him popular. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"For a meditative interest in learning how human miseries are wrought--as precocious in him as another sort of genius in the poet who writes a Queen Mab at nineteen--was so infused with kindliness that it easily passed for comradeship. ","abridged":"For his interest in learning how human miseries are made was so infused with kindliness that it easily passed for comradeship.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Enough. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"In many of our neighbors' lives there is much not only of error and lapse, but of a certain exquisite goodness which can never be written or even spoken--only divined by each of us, according to the inward instruction of our own privacy.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The impression he made at Cambridge corresponded to his position at Eton. ","abridged":"The impression he made at Cambridge was similar to at Eton. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Every one interested in him agreed that he might have taken a high place if his motives had been of a more pushing sort, and if he had not, instead of regarding studies as instruments of success, hampered himself with the notion that they were to feed motive and opinion--a notion which set him criticising methods and arguing against his freight and harness when he should have been using all his might to pull. ","abridged":"Everyone agreed that he might have taken a high place if he had been more pushing, and if he had not hampered himself with the notion that studies were nourishers of opinion rather than instruments of success. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"In the beginning his work at the university had a new zest for him: indifferent to the continuation of Eton classical drill, he applied himself vigorously to mathematics, for which he had shown an early aptitude under Mr. Fraser, and he had the delight of feeling his strength in a comparatively fresh exercise of thought. ","abridged":"In the beginning, his work at the university had a new zest for him: he applied himself vigorously to mathematics, and delighted to feel his strength in a fresh exercise of thought. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"That delight, and the favorable opinion of his tutor, determined him to try for a mathematical scholarship in the Easter of his second year: he wished to gratify Sir Hugo by some achievement, and the study of the higher mathematics, having the growing fascination inherent in all thinking which demands intensity, was making him a more exclusive worker than he had been before.\n","abridged":"That delight determined him to try for a mathematical scholarship in his second year: he wished to gratify Sir Hugo by some achievement.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But here came the old check which had been growing with his growth. ","abridged":"But here came the old check. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He found the inward bent toward comprehension and thoroughness diverging more and more from the track marked out by the standards of examination: he felt a heightening discontent with the wearing futility and enfeebling strain of a demand for excessive retention and dexterity without any insight into the principles which form the vital connections of knowledge. ","abridged":"He found his inward bent for comprehension diverging more and more from the track marked out by the standards of examination: he felt discontented with the futility of a demand for excessive retention of knowledge without any insight into its connecting principles.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"(Deronda's undergraduateship occurred fifteen years ago, when the perfection of our university methods was not yet indisputable.) ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"In hours when his dissatisfaction was strong upon him he reproached himself for having been attracted by the conventional advantage of belonging to an English university, and was tempted toward the project of asking Sir Hugo to let him quit Cambridge and pursue a more independent line of study abroad. ","abridged":"He was tempted to ask Sir Hugo to let him quit Cambridge and pursue a more independent line of study abroad. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The germs of this inclination had been already stirring in his boyish love of universal history, which made him want to be at home in foreign countries, and follow in imagination the traveling students of the middle ages. ","abridged":"His old love of universal history made him want to study in foreign countries, following in imagination the travelling students of the middle ages. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He longed now to have the sort of apprenticeship to life which would not shape him too definitely, and rob him of the choice that might come from a free growth. ","abridged":"He longed to have the sort of apprenticeship to life which would not rob him of choice. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"One sees that Deronda's demerits were likely to be on the side of reflective hesitation, and this tendency was encouraged by his position; there was no need for him to get an immediate income, or to fit himself in haste for a profession; and his sensibility to the half-known facts of his parentage made him an excuse for lingering longer than others in a state of social neutrality. ","abridged":"This hesitation was encouraged because there was no need for him to get an immediate income, or to fit himself in haste for a profession. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Other men, he inwardly said, had a more definite place and duties. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But the project which flattered his inclination might not have gone beyond the stage of ineffective brooding, if certain circumstances had not quickened it into action.\n","abridged":"But the project might not have gone beyond the stage of ineffective brooding, if circumstances had not quickened it into action.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The circumstances arose out of an enthusiastic friendship which extended into his after-life. Of the same year with himself, and occupying small rooms close to his, was a youth who had come as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital, and had eccentricities enough for a Charles Lamb. ","abridged":"The circumstances arose out of an enthusiastic friendship with a youth in the same year with himself, who had come as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Only to look at his pinched features and blonde hair hanging over his collar reminded one of pale quaint heads by early German painters; and when this faint coloring was lit up by a joke, there came sudden creases about the mouth and eyes which might have been moulded by the soul of an aged humorist. ","abridged":"His pinched features and long blonde hair reminded one of quaint heads by early German painters; but when his face was lit up by a joke, there came sudden creases about the mouth and eyes. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"His father, an engraver of some distinction, had been dead eleven years, and his mother had three girls to educate and maintain on a meagre annuity. ","abridged":"His father, an engraver, had been dead eleven years, and his mother had three girls to educate and maintain on a meagre income. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Hans Meyrick--he had been daringly christened after Holbein--felt himself the pillar, or rather the knotted and twisted trunk, round which these feeble climbing plants must cling. ","abridged":"Hans Meyrick felt himself the pillar, or rather the twisted trunk, round which these feeble climbing plants must cling. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"There was no want of ability or of honest well-meaning affection to make the prop trustworthy: the ease and quickness with which he studied might serve him to win prizes at Cambridge, as he had done among the Blue Coats, in spite of irregularities. ","abridged":"He had ability and affection: the ease and quickness with which he studied might serve him to win prizes at Cambridge. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The only danger was, that the incalculable tendencies in him might be fatally timed, and that his good intentions might be frustrated by some act which was not due to habit but to capricious, scattered impulses. He could not be said to have any one bad habit; yet at longer or shorter intervals he had fits of impish recklessness, and did things that would have made the worst habits.\n","abridged":"The only danger was that his good intentions might be frustrated by his capricious impulses and fits of impish recklessness.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Hans in his right mind, however, was a lovable creature, and in Deronda he had happened to find a friend who was likely to stand by him with the more constancy, from compassion for these brief aberrations that might bring a long repentance. ","abridged":"Hans in his right mind, however, was a lovable creature, and in Deronda he found a friend who was likely to stand by him with compassion for these brief aberrations. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Hans, indeed, shared Deronda's rooms nearly as much as he used his own: to Deronda he poured himself out on his studies, his affairs, his hopes; the poverty of his home, and his love for the creatures there; the itching of his fingers to draw, and his determination to fight it away for the sake of getting some sort of a plum that he might divide with his mother and the girls. ","abridged":"To Deronda Hans poured out his affairs; the poverty of his home, the itching of his fingers to draw, and his determination to fight it away for the sake of getting money for his beloved mother and sisters. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He wanted no confidence in return, but seemed to take Deronda as an Olympian who needed nothing--an egotism in friendship which is common enough with mercurial, expansive natures. ","abridged":"He wanted no confidences in return, but seemed to take Deronda as an Olympian who needed nothing. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda was content, and gave Meyrick all the interest he claimed, getting at last a brotherly anxiety about him, looking after him in his erratic moments, and contriving by adroitly delicate devices not only to make up for his friend's lack of pence, but to save him from threatening chances. ","abridged":"Deronda gave Meyrick all the attention he claimed, looking after him in his erratic moments, and contriving by delicate devices to make up for his friend's lack of pence.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Such friendship easily becomes tender: the one spreads strong sheltering wings that delight in spreading, the other gets the warm protection which is also a delight. ","abridged":"Such friendship easily becomes tender: the one spreads strong sheltering wings that delight in spreading, the other gets the warm protection which is also a delight. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Meyrick was going in for a classical scholarship, and his success, in various ways momentous, was the more probable from the steadying influence of Deronda's friendship.\n","abridged":"Meyrick was going in for a classical scholarship, and his success was made more probable by the steadying influence of Deronda's friendship.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But an imprudence of Meyrick's, committed at the beginning of the autumn term, threatened to disappoint his hopes. ","abridged":"But Meyrick's imprudence threatened to disappoint his hopes. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"With his usual alternation between unnecessary expense and self-privation, he had given too much money for an old engraving which fascinated him, and to make up for it, had come from London in a third-class carriage with his eyes exposed to a bitter wind and any irritating particles the wind might drive before it. ","abridged":"He had paid too much for an old engraving, and to make up for it, had come from London in a third-class carriage with his eyes exposed to a bitter wind that carried irritating particles. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The consequence was a severe inflammation of the eyes, which for some time hung over him the threat of a lasting injury. ","abridged":"The consequence was a severe inflammation of the eyes, which threatened a lasting injury. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"This crushing trouble called out all Deronda's readiness to devote himself, and he made every other occupation secondary to that of being companion and eyes to Hans, working with him and for him at his classics, that if possible his chance of the classical scholarship might be saved. ","abridged":"Deronda made every other task secondary to that of being companion and eyes to Hans, working with him and for him at his classics, so that if possible his chance of the scholarship might be saved. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Hans, to keep the knowledge of his suffering from his mother and sisters, alleged his work as a reason for passing the Christmas at Cambridge, and his friend stayed up with him.\n","abridged":"Hans, to keep the knowledge of his suffering from his mother and sisters, claimed his work as a reason for passing Christmas at Cambridge; and his friend stayed up with him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Meanwhile Deronda relaxed his hold on his mathematics, and Hans, reflecting on this, at length said: \"Old fellow, while you are hoisting me you are risking yourself. ","abridged":"Meanwhile Deronda relaxed his hold on his mathematics, until Hans said: \"Old fellow, while you are helping me you are risking yourself.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"With your mathematical cram one may be like Moses or Mohammed or somebody of that sort who had to cram, and forgot in one day what it had taken him forty to learn.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Deronda would not admit that he cared about the risk, and he had really been beguiled into a little indifference by double sympathy: he was very anxious that Hans should not miss the much-needed scholarship, and he felt a revival of interest in the old studies. ","abridged":"Deronda would not admit that he cared about the risk: he was very anxious that Hans should not miss the much-needed scholarship. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Still, when Hans, rather late in the day, got able to use his own eyes, Deronda had tenacity enough to try hard and recover his lost ground. ","abridged":"Still, when Hans was able to use his own eyes, Deronda tried to recover his lost ground. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He failed, however; but he had the satisfaction of seeing Meyrick win.\n","abridged":"He failed; but he had the satisfaction of seeing Meyrick win.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Success, as a sort of beginning that urged completion, might have reconciled Deronda to his university course; but the emptiness of all things, from politics to pastimes, is never so striking to us as when we fail in them. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The loss of the personal triumph had no severity for him, but the sense of having spent his time ineffectively in a mode of working which had been against the grain, gave him a distaste for any renewal of the process, which turned his imagined project of quitting Cambridge into a serious intention. In speaking of his intention to Meyrick he made it appear that he was glad of the turn events had taken--glad to have the balance dip decidedly, and feel freed from his hesitations; but he observed that he must of course submit to any strong objection on the part of Sir Hugo.\n","abridged":"The sense of having spent his time working against the grain gave him a distaste for renewing the process, and made him think seriously of quitting Cambridge, provided Sir Hugo would agree. In speaking of his intention to Meyrick he made it appear that he was glad of the turn events had taken.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Meyrick's joy and gratitude were disturbed by much uneasiness. He believed in Deronda's alleged preference, but he felt keenly that in serving him Daniel had placed himself at a disadvantage in Sir Hugo's opinion, and he said mournfully, \"If you had got the scholarship, Sir Hugo would have thought that you asked to leave us with a better grace. You have spoiled your luck for my sake, and I can do nothing to amend it.\"\n","abridged":"Meyrick was uneasy, feeling that in serving him Daniel had placed himself at a disadvantage, and he said mournfully, \"You have spoiled your luck for my sake, and I can do nothing to amend it.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Yes, you can; you are to be a first-rate fellow. ","abridged":"\"Yes, you can; you are to be a first-rate fellow. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I call that a first-rate investment of my luck.\"\n","abridged":"I call that an excellent investment of my luck.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Oh, confound it! ","abridged":"\"Oh, confound it! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"You save an ugly mongrel from drowning, and expect him to cut a fine figure. ","abridged":"You save an ugly mongrel from drowning, and expect him to cut a fine figure.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But Hans lost no time in secretly writing the history of the affair to Sir Hugo, making it plain that but for Deronda's generous devotion he could hardly have failed to win the prize he had been working for.\n","abridged":"After this, Hans secretly wrote to Sir Hugo, making it plain that but for Deronda's generous devotion he could hardly have failed to win the prize he had been working for.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The two friends went up to town together: Meyrick to rejoice with his mother and the girls in their little home at Chelsea; Deronda to carry out the less easy task of opening his mind to Sir Hugo. ","abridged":"The two friends went up to town together: Meyrick to rejoice with his family in their little home at Chelsea; Deronda to carry out the less easy task of opening his mind to Sir Hugo. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He relied a little on the baronet's general tolerance of eccentricities, but he expected more opposition than he met with. ","abridged":"He expected more opposition than he met with. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"He was received with even warmer kindness than usual, the failure was passed over lightly, and when he detailed his reasons for wishing to quit the university and go to study abroad, Sir Hugo sat for some time in a silence which was rather meditative than surprised. ","abridged":"He was received with even warmer kindness than usual, the failure was passed over lightly, and when he detailed his reasons for wishing to quit the university and study abroad, Sir Hugo was meditative rather than surprised. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"At last he said, looking at Daniel with examination, \"So you don't want to be an Englishman to the backbone after all?\"\n","abridged":"He said, \"So you don't want to be an Englishman to the backbone after all?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I want to be an Englishman, but I want to understand other points of view. ","abridged":"\"I want to be an Englishman, but I want to understand other points of view.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And I want to get rid of a merely English attitude in studies.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"I see; you don't want to be turned out in the same mould as every other youngster. ","abridged":"\"I see; you don't want to be turned out in the same mould as every other youngster. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And I have nothing to say against your doffing some of our national prejudices. ","abridged":"I have nothing to say against your doffing some of our national prejudices. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I feel the better myself for having spent a good deal of my time abroad. ","abridged":"I feel the better myself for having spent time abroad. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"But, for God's sake, keep an English cut, and don't become indifferent to bad tobacco! ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"And, my dear boy, it is good to be unselfish and generous; but don't carry that too far. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow-trade; you must know where to find yourself. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"However, I shall put no veto on your going. ","abridged":"I shall put no veto on your going.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Wait until I can get off Committee, and I'll run over with you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"So Deronda went according to his will. But not before he had spent some hours with Hans Meyrick, and been introduced to the mother and sisters in the Chelsea home. ","abridged":"So Deronda went; but not before he had spent some hours with Hans Meyrick, and been introduced to the mother and sisters in the Chelsea home. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"The shy girls watched and registered every look of their brother's friend, declared by Hans to have been the salvation of him, a fellow like nobody else, and, in fine, a brick. ","abridged":"The shy girls registered every look of their brother's friend, declared by Hans to have been his salvation, a fellow like nobody else. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"They so thoroughly accepted Deronda as an ideal, that when he was gone the youngest set to work, under the criticism of the two elder girls, to paint him as Prince Camaralzaman.","abridged":"They so thoroughly accepted Deronda as an ideal, that when he was gone the youngest set to work to paint him as Prince Camaralzaman from the Arabian Nights.","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 2 - MEETING STREAMS | Chapter 16"}
{"original":"\"Croyez-vous m'avoir humilie pour m'avoir appris que la terre tourne autour du soleil? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Je vous jure que je ne m'en estime pas moins.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"--FONTENELLE: _Pluralit des Mondes_.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"That lofty criticism had caused Gwendolen a new sort of pain. ","abridged":"That lofty criticism had caused Gwendolen a new sort of pain. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She would not have chosen to confess how unfortunate she thought herself in not having had Miss Arrowpoint's musical advantages, so as to be able to question Herr Klesmer's taste with the confidence of thorough knowledge; still less, to admit even to herself that Miss Arrowpoint each time they met raised an unwonted feeling of jealousy in her: not in the least because she was an heiress, but because it was really provoking that a girl whose appearance you could not characterize except by saying that her figure was slight and of middle stature, her features small, her eyes tolerable, and her complexion sallow, had nevertheless a certain mental superiority which could not be explained away--an exasperating thoroughness in her musical accomplishment, a fastidious discrimination in her general tastes, which made it impossible to force her admiration and kept you in awe of her standard. ","abridged":"She could not question Herr Klesmer's taste with the confidence of knowledge; nor could she admit to herself that she was jealous of Miss Arrowpoint: not because she was an heiress, but because a girl with a slight figure, small features and a sallow complexion had nevertheless a mental superiority and accomplishment which could not be explained away.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"This insignificant-looking young lady of four-and-twenty, whom any one's eyes would have passed over negligently if she had not been Miss Arrowpoint, might be suspected of a secret opinion that Miss Harleth's acquirements were rather of a common order, and such an opinion was not made agreeable to think of by being always veiled under a perfect kindness of manner.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But Gwendolen did not like to dwell on facts which threw an unfavorable light on itself. ","abridged":"But Gwendolen did not like to dwell on facts which threw an unfavourable light on herself. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The musical Magus who had so suddenly widened her horizon was not always on the scene; and his being constantly backward and forward between London and Quetcham soon began to be thought of as offering opportunities for converting him to a more admiring state of mind. ","abridged":"Klesmer was not always on the scene; since he was backward and forward between London and Quetcham, she thought she would have opportunities for converting him to a more admiring state of mind.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Meanwhile, in the manifest pleasure her singing gave at Brackenshaw Castle, the Firs, and elsewhere, she recovered her equanimity, being disposed to think approval more trustworthy than objection, and not being one of the exceptional persons who have a parching thirst for a perfection undemanded by their neighbors. ","abridged":"Meanwhile, since her singing was received with pleasure at Brackenshaw Castle and elsewhere, she recovered her equanimity, not being one of those exceptional persons who thirst for perfection. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Perhaps it would have been rash to say then that she was at all exceptional inwardly, or that the unusual in her was more than her rare grace of movement and bearing, and a certain daring which gave piquancy to a very common egoistic ambition, such as exists under many clumsy exteriors and is taken no notice of. ","abridged":"Perhaps it would have been rash to say that she was at all exceptional inwardly, or had any more unusual quality than her rare grace of movement, and a certain daring; for her egoistic ambition was such as exists under many clumsy exteriors. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"For I suppose that the set of the head does not really determine the hunger of the inner self for supremacy: it only makes a difference sometimes as to the way in which the supremacy is held attainable, and a little also to the degree in which it can be attained; especially when the hungry one is a girl, whose passion for doing what is remarkable has an ideal limit in consistency with the highest breeding and perfect freedom from the sordid need of income. ","abridged":"But good looks can persuade us that supremacy is easily attainable. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Gwendolen was as inwardly rebellious against the restraints of family conditions, and as ready to look through obligations into her own fundamental want of feeling for them, as if she had been sustained by the boldest speculations; but she really had no such speculations, and would at once have marked herself off from any sort of theoretical or practically reforming women by satirizing them. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She rejoiced to feel herself exceptional; but her horizon was that of the genteel romance where the heroine's soul poured out in her journal is full of vague power, originality, and general rebellion, while her life moves strictly in the sphere of fashion; and if she wanders into a swamp, the pathos lies partly, so to speak, in her having on her satin shoes. ","abridged":"Gwendolen rejoiced to feel herself exceptional; but her horizon was that of the genteel romance where the heroine's soul, poured out in her journal, is full of vague power, originality, and general rebellion, while her life moves strictly in the sphere of fashion; and if she wanders into a swamp, the pathos lies chiefly in her having on her satin shoes.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Here is a restraint which nature and society have provided on the pursuit of striking adventure; so that a soul burning with a sense of what the universe is not, and ready to take all existence as fuel, is nevertheless held captive by the ordinary wirework of social forms and does nothing particular.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"This commonplace result was what Gwendolen found herself threatened with even in the novelty of the first winter at Offendene. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"What she was clear upon was, that she did not wish to lead the same sort of life as ordinary young ladies did; but what she was not clear upon was, how she should set about leading any other, and what were the particular acts which she would assert her freedom by doing. ","abridged":"What Gwendolen was clear upon was, that she did not wish to lead the same sort of life as ordinary young ladies; but what she was not clear upon was, how she should set about leading any other. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Offendene remained a good background, if anything would happen there; but on the whole the neighborhood was in fault.\n","abridged":"Offendene remained a good background, if anything would happen there; but on the whole the neighbourhood was in fault.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Beyond the effect of her beauty on a first presentation, there was not much excitement to be got out of her earliest invitations, and she came home after little sallies of satire and knowingness, such as had offended Mrs. Arrowpoint, to fill the intervening days with the most girlish devices. ","abridged":"Her early invitations brought little excitement, and she came home after sallies of satire and knowingness, such as had offended Mrs. Arrowpoint, to fill her days with the most girlish devices. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The strongest assertion she was able to make of her individual claims was to leave out Alice's lessons (on the principle that Alice was more likely to excel in ignorance), and to employ her with Miss Merry, and the maid who was understood to wait on all the ladies, in helping to arrange various dramatic costumes which Gwendolen pleased herself with having in readiness for some future occasions of acting in charades or theatrical pieces, occasions which she meant to bring about by force of will or contrivance. ","abridged":"The strongest assertion she made of her own claims was to stop Alice's lessons, and to employ her with Miss Merry and the maid in helping to make various dramatic costumes, which Gwendolen wanted ready for future occasions of acting in charades or theatrical pieces, occasions which she meant to bring about. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She had never acted--only made a figure in _tableaux vivans_ at school; but she felt assured that she could act well, and having been once or twice to the Thtre Franais, and also heard her mamma speak of Rachel, her waking dreams and cogitations as to how she would manage her destiny sometimes turned on the question whether she would become an actress like Rachel, since she was more beautiful than that thin Jewess. ","abridged":"She had never acted - only made a figure in tableaux vivans at school; but she felt assured that she could act well; and having been once or twice to the Theatre Francais, and also heard her mamma speak of Rachel, her dreams as to how she would manage her destiny sometimes turned on the question whether she would become an actress like Rachel, since she was more beautiful than that thin Jewess.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Meanwhile the wet days before Christmas were passed pleasantly in the preparation of costumes, Greek, Oriental, and Composite, in which Gwendolen attitudinized and speechified before a domestic audience, including even the housekeeper, who was once pressed into it that she might swell the notes of applause; but having shown herself unworthy by observing that Miss Harleth looked far more like a queen in her own dress than in that baggy thing with her arms all bare, she was not invited a second time.\n","abridged":"Meanwhile the wet days before Christmas were passed pleasantly in the preparation of costumes, Greek, Oriental, and Composite, in which Gwendolen posed and speechified before a domestic audience.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Do I look as well as Rachel, mamma?\" ","abridged":"\"Do I look as well as Rachel, mamma?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Gwendolen, one day when she had been showing herself in her Greek dress to Anna, and going through scraps of scenes with much tragic intention.\n","abridged":"said Gwendolen, one day when she had been showing herself in her Greek dress to Anna, and going through scraps of scenes with much tragic intention.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"You have better arms than Rachel,\" said Mrs. Davilow, \"your arms would do for anything, Gwen. ","abridged":"\"You have better arms than Rachel,\" said Mrs. Davilow. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But your voice is not so tragic as hers; it is not so deep.\"\n","abridged":"\"But your voice is not so tragic as hers; it is not so deep.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I can make it deeper, if I like,\" said Gwendolen, provisionally; then she added, with decision, \"I think a higher voice is more tragic: it is more feminine; and the more feminine a woman is, the more tragic it seems when she does desperate actions.\"\n","abridged":"\"I can make it deeper, if I like,\" said Gwendolen; \"but I think a higher voice is more tragic: it is more feminine; and the more feminine a woman is, the more tragic it seems when she does desperate actions.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"There may be something in that,\" said Mrs. Davilow, languidly. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"But I don't know what good there is in making one's blood creep. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And if there is anything horrible to be done, I should like it to be left to the men.\"\n","abridged":"\"If there is anything horrible to be done, I should like it to be left to the men.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma, you are so dreadfully prosaic! As if all the great poetic criminals were not women! ","abridged":"\"Oh, mamma, as if all the great poetic criminals were not women! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I think the men are poor cautious creatures.\"\n","abridged":"The men are poor cautious creatures.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Well, dear, and you--who are afraid to be alone in the night--I don't think you would be very bold in crime, thank God.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, dear, and you - who are afraid to be alone at night - I don't think you would be very bold in crime, thank God.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I am not talking about reality, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, impatiently. ","abridged":"\"I am not talking about reality, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, impatiently. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Then her mamma being called out of the room, she turned quickly to her cousin, as if taking an opportunity, and said, \"Anna, do ask my uncle to let us get up some charades at the rectory. ","abridged":"When her mamma was out of the room, she turned quickly to her cousin, and said,\n\"Anna, do ask my uncle to let us get up some charades at the rectory. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Mr. Middleton and Warham could act with us--just for practice. ","abridged":"Mr. Middleton and Warham could act with us - just for practice. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Mamma says it will not do to have Mr. Middleton consulting and rehearsing here. He is a stick, but we could give him suitable parts. ","abridged":"Mr. Middleton is a stick, but we could give him suitable parts. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Do ask, or else I will.\"\n","abridged":"Do ask, or else I will.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Oh, not till Rex comes. ","abridged":"\"Oh, not till Rex comes. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He is so clever, and such a dear old thing, and he will act Napoleon looking over the sea. He looks just like Napoleon. ","abridged":"He is so clever, and such a dear old thing, and he looks just like Napoleon. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Rex can do anything.\"\n","abridged":"Rex can do anything.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I don't in the least believe in your Rex, Anna,\" said Gwendolen, laughing at her. ","abridged":"\"I don't in the least believe in your Rex, Anna,\" said Gwendolen, laughing. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"He will turn out to be like those wretched blue and yellow water-colors of his which you hang up in your bedroom and worship.\"\n","abridged":"\"He will turn out to be like those wretched water-colours of his which you hang in your bedroom and worship.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Very well, you will see,\" said Anna. ","abridged":"\"You will see,\" said Anna. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"It is not that I know what is clever, but he has got a scholarship already, and papa says he will get a fellowship, and nobody is better at games. ","abridged":"\"Papa says he will get a fellowship, and nobody is better at games. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He is cleverer than Mr. Middleton, and everybody but you call Mr. Middleton clever.\"\n","abridged":"He is cleverer than Mr. Middleton, and everybody but you calls Mr. Middleton clever.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"So he may be in a dark-lantern sort of way. ","abridged":"\"So he may be. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But he _is_ a stick. ","abridged":"But he is a stick.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"If he had to say, 'Perdition catch my soul, but I do love her,' he would say it in just the same tone as, 'Here endeth the second lesson.'\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Gwendolen!\" ","abridged":"\"Oh, Gwendolen! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Anna, shocked at these promiscuous allusions. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"And it is very unkind of you to speak so of him, for he admires you very much. ","abridged":"It is unkind of you to speak so, for he admires you very much. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I heard Warham say one day to mamma, 'Middleton is regularly spooney upon Gwendolen.' ","abridged":"I heard Warham say to mamma, 'Middleton is regularly spooney upon Gwendolen.' ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She was very angry with him; but I know what it means. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It is what they say at college for being in love.\"\n","abridged":"That is what they say at college for being in love.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"How can I help it?\" ","abridged":"\"How can I help it?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Gwendolen, rather contemptuously. ","abridged":"said Gwendolen, rather contemptuously.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Perdition catch my soul if I love _him_.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"No, of course; papa, I think, would not wish it. And he is to go away soon. ","abridged":"\"You can't, of course; and he is to go away soon. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But it makes me sorry when you ridicule him.\"\n","abridged":"But it makes me sorry when you ridicule him.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"What shall you do to me when I ridicule Rex?\" ","abridged":"\"What shall you do to me when I ridicule Rex?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Gwendolen, wickedly.\n","abridged":"said Gwendolen wickedly.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Now, Gwendolen, dear, you _will not_?\" ","abridged":"\"Now, Gwendolen, dear, you will not?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Anna, her eyes filling with tears. ","abridged":"said Anna, her eyes filling with tears. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I could not bear it. ","abridged":"\"I could not bear it. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But there really is nothing in him to ridicule. ","abridged":"But there really is nothing in him to ridicule. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Only you may find out things. ","abridged":"Only you may find out things. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"For no one ever thought of laughing at Mr. Middleton before you. ","abridged":"For no one ever thought of laughing at Mr. Middleton before you. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Every one said he was nice-looking, and his manners perfect. ","abridged":"Everyone said he was nice-looking, and his manners perfect. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I am sure I have always been frightened at him because of his learning and his square-cut coat, and his being a nephew of the bishop's, and all that. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But you will not ridicule Rex--promise me.\" ","abridged":"But you will not ridicule Rex - promise me.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Anna ended with a beseeching look which touched Gwendolen.\n\"You are a dear little coz,\" she said, just touching the tip of Anna's chin with her thumb and forefinger. ","abridged":"\"You are a dear little coz,\" said Gwendolen, touched. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I don't ever want to do anything that will vex you. ","abridged":"\"I don't want to vex you. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Especially if Rex is to make everything come off--charades and everything.\"\n","abridged":"Especially if Rex is to bring about charades.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And when at last Rex was there, the animation he brought into the life of Offendene and the rectory, and his ready partnership in Gwendolen's plans, left her no inclination for any ridicule that was not of an open and flattering kind, such as he himself enjoyed. ","abridged":"And when at last Rex was there, the animation he brought to Offendene and the rectory, and his ready partnership in Gwendolen's plans, left her no inclination for any ridicule that was not of an open and flattering kind, such as he himself enjoyed. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He was a fine open-hearted youth, with a handsome face strongly resembling his father's and Anna's, but softer in expression than the one, and larger in scale than the other: a bright, healthy, loving nature, enjoying ordinary innocent things so much that vice had no temptation for him, and what he knew of it lay too entirely in the outer courts and little-visited chambers of his mind for him to think of it with great repulsion. ","abridged":"He was a fine open-hearted youth, with a handsome face resembling his father's, but softer in expression; and a bright, healthy, loving nature, enjoying ordinary innocent things so much that vice had no temptation for him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Vicious habits were with him \"what some fellows did\"--\"stupid stuff\" which he liked to keep aloof from. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He returned Anna's affection as fully as could be expected of a brother whose pleasures apart from her were more than the sum total of hers; and he had never known a stronger love.\n","abridged":"He returned Anna's affection as fully as could be expected; and he had never known a stronger love.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The cousins were continually together at the one house or the other--chiefly at Offendene, where there was more freedom, or rather where there was a more complete sway for Gwendolen; and whatever she wished became a ruling purpose for Rex. ","abridged":"The cousins were continually together at one house or the other - chiefly at Offendene, where Gwendolen ruled; and whatever she wished, Rex agreed with. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The charades came off according to her plans; and also some other little scenes not contemplated by her in which her acting was more impromptu. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It was at Offendene that the charades and _tableaux_ were rehearsed and presented, Mrs. Davilow seeing no objection even to Mr. Middleton's being invited to share in them, now that Rex too was there--especially as his services were indispensable: Warham, who was studying for India with a Wanchester \"coach,\" having no time to spare, and being generally dismal under a cram of everything except the answers needed at the forthcoming examination, which might disclose the welfare of our Indian Empire to be somehow connected with a quotable knowledge of Browne's Pastorals.\n","abridged":"It was at Offendene that the charades and tableaux were rehearsed and presented. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Mr. Middleton was persuaded to play various grave parts, Gwendolen having flattered him on his enviable immobility of countenance; and at first a little pained and jealous at her comradeship with Rex, he presently drew encouragement from the thought that this sort of cousinly familiarity excluded any serious passion. Indeed, he occasionally felt that her more formal treatment of himself was such a sign of favor as to warrant his making advances before he left Pennicote, though he had intended to keep his feelings in reserve until his position should be more assured. ","abridged":"Mr. Middleton was at first a little pained and jealous at Gwendolen's comradeship with Rex, but persuaded himself that this sort of cousinly familiarity excluded any serious passion, and considered making his advances before he left Pennicote.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Miss Gwendolen, quite aware that she was adored by this unexceptionable young clergyman with pale whiskers and square-cut collar, felt nothing more on the subject than that she had no objection to being adored: she turned her eyes on him with calm mercilessness and caused him many mildly agitating hopes by seeming always to avoid dramatic contact with him--for all meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.\n","abridged":"Miss Gwendolen, quite aware that she was adored by this young clergyman, had no objection to being adored, but had no other feeling for him. She caused him many mildly agitating hopes by seeming always to avoid dramatic contact with him - for all meanings, we know, depend on how one chooses to interpret them.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Some persons might have thought beforehand that a young man of Anglican leanings, having a sense of sacredness much exercised on small things as well as great, rarely laughing save from politeness, and in general regarding the mention of spades by their naked names as rather coarse, would not have seen a fitting bride for himself in a girl who was daring in ridicule, and showed none of the special grace required in the clergyman's wife; or, that a young man informed by theological reading would have reflected that he was not likely to meet the taste of a lively, restless young lady like Miss Harleth. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But are we always obliged to explain why the facts are not what some persons thought beforehand? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The apology lies on their side, who had that erroneous way of thinking.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"As for Rex, who would possibly have been sorry for poor Middleton if he had been aware of the excellent curate's inward conflict, he was too completely absorbed in a first passion to have observation for any person or thing. ","abridged":"As for Rex, he was too completely absorbed in a first passion to notice anything. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He did not observe Gwendolen; he only felt what she said or did, and the back of his head seemed to be a good organ of information as to whether she was in the room or out. ","abridged":"He did not observe Gwendolen; he only felt what she said or did, and without looking was aware when she was in the room. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Before the end of the first fortnight he was so deeply in love that it was impossible for him to think of his life except as bound up with Gwendolen's. ","abridged":"Before the end of the first fortnight he was so deeply in love that it was impossible for him to think of his life except as bound up with Gwendolen's. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He could see no obstacles, poor boy; his own love seemed a guarantee of hers, since it was one with the unperturbed delight in her image, so that he could no more dream of her giving him pain than an Egyptian could dream of snow. ","abridged":"He could see no obstacles, poor boy; his own love seemed to guarantee hers; he could no more dream of her giving him pain than an Egyptian could dream of snow. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She sang and played to him whenever he liked, was always glad of his companionship in riding, though his borrowed steeds were often comic, was ready to join in any fun of his, and showed a right appreciation of Anna. ","abridged":"She sang and played to him, was always glad of his companionship in riding, was ready to join in any fun, and showed an appreciation of Anna. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"No mark of sympathy seemed absent. ","abridged":"No mark of sympathy seemed absent. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"That because Gwendolen was the most perfect creature in the world she was to make a grand match, had not occurred to him. ","abridged":"It had not occurred to him that this perfect creature was to make a grand match.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He had no conceit--at least not more than goes to make up the necessary gum and consistence of a substantial personality: it was only that in the young bliss of loving he took Gwendolen's perfection as part of that good which had seemed one with life to him, being the outcome of a happy, well-embodied nature.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"One incident which happened in the course of their dramatic attempts impressed Rex as a sign of her unusual sensibility. It showed an aspect of her nature which could not have been preconceived by any one who, like him, had only seen her habitual fearlessness in active exercises and her high spirits in society.\n","abridged":"One incident in the course of their dramatic attempts impressed Rex as a sign of her sensitivity which he could not have foreseen.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"After a good deal of rehearsing it was resolved that a select party should be invited to Offendene to witness the performances which went with so much satisfaction to the actors. ","abridged":"After much rehearsing it was resolved that a select party should be invited to Offendene to witness the performances. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Anna had caused a pleasant surprise; nothing could be neater than the way in which she played her little parts; one would even have suspected her of hiding much sly observation under her simplicity. And Mr. Middleton answered very well by not trying to be comic. ","abridged":"Anna had proved a surprisingly good actress, and Mr. Middleton did very well by not trying to be comic. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The main source of doubt and retardation had been Gwendolen's desire to appear in her Greek dress. ","abridged":"The main source of doubt was Gwendolen's desire to appear in her Greek dress. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"No word for a charade would occur to her either waking or dreaming that suited her purpose of getting a statuesque pose in this favorite costume. ","abridged":"She could not think of a charade that would let her strike a statuesque pose in this favourite costume. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"To choose a motive from Racine was of no use, since Rex and the others could not declaim French verse, and improvised speeches would turn the scene into burlesque. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Besides, Mr. Gascoigne prohibited the acting of scenes from plays: he usually protested against the notion that an amusement which was fitting for every one else was unfitting for a clergyman; but he would not in this matter overstep the line of decorum as drawn in that part of Wessex, which did not exclude his sanction of the young people's acting charades in his sister-in-law's house--a very different affair from private theatricals in the full sense of the word.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Everybody of course was concerned to satisfy this wish of Gwendolen's, and Rex proposed that they should wind up with a tableau in which the effect of her majesty would not be marred by any one's speech. ","abridged":"Everybody of course was concerned to satisfy this wish of Gwendolen's, and Rex proposed that they should wind up with a tableau in which the effect of her majesty would not be marred by any speech. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"This pleased her thoroughly, and the only question was the choice of the tableau.\n","abridged":"This pleased her thoroughly, and the only question was the choice of tableau.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Something pleasant, children, I beseech you,\" said Mrs. Davilow; \"I can't have any Greek wickedness.\"\n","abridged":"\"Something pleasant, children, I beseech you,\" said Mrs. Davilow.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"It is no worse than Christian wickedness, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, whose mention of Rachelesque heroines had called forth that remark.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"And less scandalous,\" said Rex. \"Besides, one thinks of it as all gone by and done with. What do you say to Briseis being led away? ","abridged":"\"What do you say to Briseis being led away?\" said Rex. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I would be Achilles, and you would be looking round at me--after the print we have at the rectory.\"\n","abridged":"\"I would be Achilles, and you would be looking round at me - like the print we have at the rectory.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"That would be a good attitude for me,\" said Gwendolen, in a tone of acceptance. ","abridged":"\"That would be a good attitude,\" said Gwendolen. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But afterward she said with decision, \"No. It will not do. ","abridged":"\"But it will not do. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"There must be three men in proper costume, else it will be ridiculous.\"\n","abridged":"There must be three men in costume, else it will be ridiculous.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I have it,\" said Rex, after a little reflection. ","abridged":"\"I have it,\" said Rex. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Hermione as the statue in Winter's Tale? ","abridged":"\"Hermione as the statue in Winter's Tale? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I will be Leontes, and Miss Merry, Paulina, one on each side. ","abridged":"I will be Leontes, and your mother, Paulina.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Our dress won't signify,\" he went on laughingly; \"it will be more Shakespearian and romantic if Leontes looks like Napoleon, and Paulina like a modern spinster.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And Hermione was chosen; all agreeing that age was of no consequence, but Gwendolen urged that instead of the mere tableau there should be just enough acting of the scene to introduce the striking up of the music as a signal for her to step down and advance; when Leontes, instead of embracing her, was to kneel and kiss the hem of her garment, and so the curtain was to fall. ","abridged":"Gwendolen urged that instead of the mere tableau there should be just enough acting of the scene to introduce the music as a signal for her to step down and advance. Then Leontes, instead of embracing her, was to kneel and kiss the hem of her garment, and so the curtain was to fall. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The antechamber with folding doors lent itself admirably to the purpose of a stage, and the whole of the establishment, with the addition of Jarrett the village carpenter, was absorbed in the preparations for an entertainment, which, considering that it was an imitation of acting, was likely to be successful, since we know from ancient fable that an imitation may have more chance of success than the original.\n","abridged":"The antechamber with folding doors worked admirably as a stage, and the whole establishment was absorbed in the preparations. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Gwendolen was not without a special exultation in the prospect of this occasion, for she knew that Herr Klesmer was again at Quetcham, and she had taken care to include him among the invited.\n","abridged":"Gwendolen exulted in the prospect of this occasion, for she knew that Herr Klesmer was again at Quetcham, and she had taken care to include him among the invited.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Klesmer came. ","abridged":"Klesmer came. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He was in one of his placid, silent moods, and sat in serene contemplation, replying to all appeals in benignant-sounding syllables more or less articulate--as taking up his cross meekly in a world overgrown with amateurs, or as careful how he moved his lion paws lest he should crush a rampant and vociferous mouse.\n","abridged":"He was in one of his placid, silent moods, and sat in serene contemplation. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Everything indeed went off smoothly and according to expectation--all that was improvised and accidental being of a probable sort--until the incident occurred which showed Gwendolen in an unforeseen phase of emotion. ","abridged":"Everything indeed went off smoothly, until the incident occurred which showed Gwendolen in unforeseen emotion.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"How it came about was at first a mystery.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The tableau of Hermione was doubly striking from its dissimilarity with what had gone before: it was answering perfectly, and a murmur of applause had been gradually suppressed while Leontes gave his permission that Paulina should exercise her utmost art and make the statue move.\n","abridged":"The tableau of Hermione was striking: a murmur of applause went round while Leontes gave his permission that Paulina should exercise her art and make the statue move.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Hermione, her arm resting on a pillar, was elevated by about six inches, which she counted on as a means of showing her pretty foot and instep, when at the given signal she should advance and descend.\n","abridged":"Hermione, her arm resting on a pillar, was elevated by about six inches, which she counted on as a means of showing her pretty foot, when at the given signal she should advance and descend.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Music, awake her, strike!\" ","abridged":"\"Music, awake her, strike!\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Paulina (Mrs. Davilow, who, by special entreaty, had consented to take the part in a white burnous and hood).\n","abridged":"said Paulina.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Herr Klesmer, who had been good-natured enough to seat himself at the piano, struck a thunderous chord--but in the same instant, and before Hermione had put forth her foot, the movable panel, which was on a line with the piano, flew open on the right opposite the stage and disclosed the picture of the dead face and the fleeing figure, brought out in pale definiteness by the position of the wax-lights. ","abridged":"Herr Klesmer, who had been good-natured enough to seat himself at the piano, struck a thunderous chord - but in the same instant, and before Hermione had put forth her foot, the movable panel flew open opposite the stage and disclosed the picture of the dead face and the fleeing figure, pale in the candle-light.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Everyone was startled, but all eyes in the act of turning toward the open panel were recalled by a piercing cry from Gwendolen, who stood without change of attitude, but with a change of expression that was terrifying in its terror. ","abridged":"Everyone was startled, but as all eyes turned toward the open panel there came a piercing cry from Gwendolen, who stood with an expression that was terrifying in its terror. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She looked like a statue into which a soul of Fear had entered: her pallid lips were parted; her eyes, usually narrowed under their long lashes, were dilated and fixed. ","abridged":"She looked like a statue into which a soul of Fear had entered: her pallid lips were parted; her eyes were dilated and fixed. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Her mother, less surprised than alarmed, rushed toward her, and Rex, too, could not help going to her side. But the touch of her mother's arm had the effect of an electric charge; Gwendolen fell on her knees and put her hands before her face. ","abridged":"Her mother and Rex rushed to her side, as Gwendolen fell on her knees and put her hands before her face. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She was still trembling, but mute, and it seemed that she had self-consciousness enough to aim at controlling her signs of terror, for she presently allowed herself to be raised from her kneeling posture and led away, while the company were relieving their minds by explanation.\n","abridged":"She was still trembling, but mute, and presently allowed herself to be led away.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"A magnificent bit of _plastik_ that!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"said Klesmer to Miss Arrowpoint. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And a quick fire of undertoned question and answer went round.\n","abridged":"A quick fire of undertoned question and answer went round. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Was it part of the play?\"\n","abridged":"\"Was it part of the play?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Oh, no, surely not. ","abridged":"\"Oh, surely not. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Miss Harleth was too much affected. ","abridged":"Miss Harleth was too much affected. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"A sensitive creature!\"\n","abridged":"A sensitive creature!\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Dear me! ","abridged":"\"Dear me! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I was not aware that there was a painting behind that panel; were you?\"\n","abridged":"I was not aware that there was a painting behind that panel.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"No; how should I? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Some eccentricity in one of the Earl's family long ago, I suppose.\"\n","abridged":"\"Some eccentricity in the Earl's family long ago, I suppose.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"How very painful! ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Pray shut it up.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Was the door locked? ","abridged":"\"Was the door locked? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It is very mysterious. ","abridged":"It is very mysterious. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It must be the spirits.\"\n","abridged":"It must be the spirits. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"But there is no medium present.\"\n","abridged":"Is there a medium present?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"How do you know that? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We must conclude that there is, when such things happen.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Oh, the door was not locked; it was probably the sudden vibration from the piano that sent it open.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, it was probably the vibration from the piano that sent it open.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"This conclusion came from Mr. Gascoigne, who begged Miss Merry if possible to get the key. ","abridged":"This conclusion came from Mr. Gascoigne, who begged Miss Merry to get the key. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But this readiness to explain the mystery was thought by Mrs. Vulcany unbecoming in a clergyman, and she observed in an undertone that Mr. Gascoigne was always a little too worldly for her taste. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"However, the key was produced, and the rector turned it in the lock with an emphasis rather offensively rationalizing--as who should say, \"it will not start open again\"--putting the key in his pocket as a security.\n","abridged":"This was produced, and he turned it firmly in the lock and pocketed it.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"However, Gwendolen soon reappeared, showing her usual spirits, and evidently determined to ignore as far as she could the striking change she had made in the part of Hermione.\n","abridged":"Gwendolen soon reappeared, evidently determined to ignore the striking change she had made in the part of Hermione.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But when Klesmer said to her, \"We have to thank you for devising a perfect climax: you could not have chosen a finer bit of _plastik_,\" there was a flush of pleasure in her face. ","abridged":"But when Klesmer said to her, \"We have to thank you for devising a perfect climax,\" she flushed with pleasure. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She liked to accept as a belief what was really no more than delicate feigning. ","abridged":"She liked to accept as a belief what was really no more than delicate pretence. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He divined that the betrayal into a passion of fear had been mortifying to her, and wished her to understand that he took it for good acting. ","abridged":"He realised that her betrayal of fear had been mortifying to her, and wished her to think that he took it for good acting. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Gwendolen cherished the idea that now he was struck with her talent as well as her beauty, and her uneasiness about his opinion was half turned to complacency.\n","abridged":"Gwendolen cherished the idea that now he was struck with her talent as well as her beauty, and her uneasiness about his opinion was half turned to complacency.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But too many were in the secret of what had been included in the rehearsals, and what had not, and no one besides Klesmer took the trouble to soothe Gwendolen's imagined mortification. ","abridged":"No one else took the trouble to soothe Gwendolen. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The general sentiment was that the incident should be let drop.\n","abridged":"The general sentiment was that the incident should be let drop.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"There had really been a medium concerned in the starting open of the panel: one who had quitted the room in haste and crept to bed in much alarm of conscience. ","abridged":"There had been a medium concerned in the starting open of the panel: one who had hastily quitted the room and crept to bed. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It was the small Isabel, whose intense curiosity, unsatisfied by the brief glimpse she had had of the strange picture on the day of arrival at Offendene, had kept her on the watch for an opportunity of finding out where Gwendolen had put the key, of stealing it from the discovered drawer when the rest of the family were out, and getting on a stool to unlock the panel. ","abridged":"It was the small Isabel, whose curiosity had kept her on the watch for an opportunity of finding the key, stealing it from the drawer, and getting on a stool to unlock the panel. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"While she was indulging her thirst for knowledge in this way, a noise which she feared was an approaching footstep alarmed her: she closed the door and attempted hurriedly to lock it, but failing and not daring to linger, she withdrew the key and trusted that the panel would stick, as it seemed well inclined to do. ","abridged":"While she was there, an approaching footstep alarmed her: she closed the door, but not daring to linger, did not lock it. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"In this confidence she had returned the key to its former place, stilling any anxiety by the thought that if the door were discovered to be unlocked nobody would know how the unlocking came about. ","abridged":"She had returned the key to its former place, thinking that if the door were found to be unlocked, nobody would know how it came about. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The inconvenient Isabel, like other offenders, did not foresee her own impulse to confession, a fatality which came upon her the morning after the party, when Gwendolen said at the breakfast-table, \"I know the door was locked before the housekeeper gave me the key, for I tried it myself afterward. Some one must have been to my drawer and taken the key.\"\n","abridged":"She did not foresee her own impulse to confession the next morning, when Gwendolen said, \"Some one must have been to my drawer and taken the key.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"It seemed to Isabel that Gwendolen's awful eyes had rested on her more than on the other sisters, and without any time for resolve, she said, with a trembling lip:\n\"Please forgive me, Gwendolen.\"\n","abridged":"It seemed to Isabel that Gwendolen's awful eyes rested on her, and she said, with a trembling lip: \"Please forgive me, Gwendolen.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The forgiveness was sooner bestowed than it would have been if Gwendolen had not desired to dismiss from her own and every one else's memory any case in which she had shown her susceptibility to terror. ","abridged":"Forgiveness was soon bestowed, as Gwendolen desired to forget her susceptibility to terror. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She wondered at herself in these occasional experiences, which seemed like a brief remembered madness, an unexplained exception from her normal life; and in this instance she felt a peculiar vexation that her helpless fear had shown itself, not, as usual, in solitude, but in well-lit company. ","abridged":"She wondered at herself in these occasional experiences, which seemed like a brief remembered madness; and in this instance she felt vexed that her helpless fear had shown itself in company. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Her ideal was to be daring in speech and reckless in braving dangers, both moral and physical; and though her practice fell far behind her ideal, this shortcoming seemed to be due to the pettiness of circumstances, the narrow theatre which life offers to a girl of twenty, who cannot conceive herself as anything else than a lady, or as in any position which would lack the tribute of respect. ","abridged":"Her ideal was to be daring and reckless in braving dangers; although the restrictions of her life gave her little opportunity.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She had no permanent consciousness of other fetters, or of more spiritual restraints, having always disliked whatever was presented to her under the name of religion, in the same way that some people dislike arithmetic and accounts: it had raised no other emotion in her, no alarm, no longing; so that the question whether she believed it had not occurred to her any more than it had occurred to her to inquire into the conditions of colonial property and banking, on which, as she had had many opportunities of knowing, the family fortune was dependent. All these facts about herself she would have been ready to admit, and even, more or less indirectly, to state. What she unwillingly recognized, and would have been glad for others to be unaware of, was that liability of hers to fits of spiritual dread, though this fountain of awe within her had not found its way into connection with the religion taught her or with any human relations. ","abridged":"She had always disliked what she had been taught in the way of religion, in the same way that some people dislike arithmetic: it raised no emotion in her: but she did not wish others to know of her liability to fits of spiritual dread. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She was ashamed and frightened, as at what might happen again, in remembering her tremor on suddenly feeling herself alone, when, for example, she was walking without companionship and there came some rapid change in the light. ","abridged":"She was ashamed and frightened at the terror she felt when, for example, she was walking alone and there came some change in the light. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Solitude in any wide scene impressed her with an undefined feeling of immeasurable existence aloof from her, in the midst of which she was helplessly incapable of asserting herself. The little astronomy taught her at school used sometimes to set her imagination at work in a way that made her tremble: but always when some one joined her she recovered her indifference to the vastness in which she seemed an exile; she found again her usual world in which her will was of some avail, and the religious nomenclature belonging to this world was no more identified for her with those uneasy impressions of awe than her uncle's surplices seen out of use at the rectory. With human ears and eyes about her, she had always hitherto recovered her confidence, and felt the possibility of winning empire.\n","abridged":"Solitude in any wide scene impressed her with a feeling of immeasurable existence aloof from her, in the midst of which she was helpless: but always when someone joined her she resumed her indifference to the vastness in which she seemed an exile, and recovered her confidence.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"To her mamma and others her fits of timidity or terror were sufficiently accounted for by her \"sensitiveness\" or the \"excitability of her nature\"; but these explanatory phrases required conciliation with much that seemed to be blank indifference or rare self-mastery. ","abridged":"To her mamma and others her fits of terror were accounted for by her \"sensitiveness\". ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Heat is a great agent and a useful word, but considered as a means of explaining the universe it requires an extensive knowledge of differences; and as a means of explaining character \"sensitiveness\" is in much the same predicament. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But who, loving a creature like Gwendolen, would not be inclined to regard every peculiarity in her as a mark of preeminence? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"That was what Rex did. After the Hermione scene he was more persuaded than ever that she must be instinct with all feeling, and not only readier to respond to a worshipful love, but able to love better than other girls. ","abridged":"As for Rex, he was more persuaded than ever that she must be instinct with all feeling, and able to love better than other girls. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Rex felt the summer on his young wings and soared happily.","abridged":"Rex felt the summer on his young wings and soared happily.","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"_Gorgibus._-- * * * Je te dis que le mariage est une chose sainte et sacre: et que c'est faire en honntes gens, que de dbuter par l.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"_Madelon._--Mon Dieu! ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"que si tout le monde vous ressemblait, un roman serait bientt fini! ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"La belle chose que ce serait, si d'abord Cyrus pousait Mandane, et qu'Aronce de plain-pied ft mari Cllie! ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"* * * Laissez-nous faire loisir le tissu de notre roman, et n'en pressez pas tant la conclusion.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"MOLIRE. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"_Les Prcieuses Ridicules._\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It would be a little hard to blame the rector of Pennicote that in the course of looking at things from every point of view, he looked at Gwendolen as a girl likely to make a brilliant marriage. ","abridged":"It would be a little hard to blame the rector of Pennicote for regarding Gwendolen as a girl likely to make a brilliant marriage. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Why should he be expected to differ from his contemporaries in this matter, and wish his niece a worse end of her charming maidenhood than they would approve as the best possible? ","abridged":"Why should he be expected to differ from his contemporaries in this matter? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It is rather to be set down to his credit that his feelings on the subject were entirely good-natured. ","abridged":"To his credit, his feelings on the subject were entirely good-natured. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"And in considering the relation of means to ends, it would have been mere folly to have been guided by the exceptional and idyllic--to have recommended that Gwendolen should wear a gown as shabby as Griselda's in order that a marquis might fall in love with her, or to have insisted that since a fair maiden was to be sought, she should keep herself out of the way. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mr. Gascoigne's calculations were of the kind called rational, and he did not even think of getting a too frisky horse in order that Gwendolen might be threatened with an accident and be rescued by a man of property. ","abridged":"Mr. Gascoigne, being a rational man, did not even think of getting too frisky a horse in order that Gwendolen might be threatened with an accident and be rescued by a man of property. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He wished his niece well, and he meant her to be seen to advantage in the best society of the neighborhood.\n","abridged":"He wished his niece well, and he meant her to be seen to advantage in the best society of the neighbourhood.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Her uncle's intention fell in perfectly with Gwendolen's own wishes. ","abridged":"This fell in perfectly with Gwendolen's own wishes. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"But let no one suppose that she also contemplated a brilliant marriage as the direct end of her witching the world with her grace on horseback, or with any other accomplishment. ","abridged":"But let no one suppose that she also contemplated a brilliant marriage as the result of her bewitching grace on horseback. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"That she was to be married some time or other she would have felt obliged to admit; and that her marriage would not be of a middling kind, such as most girls were contented with, she felt quietly, unargumentatively sure. ","abridged":"She assumed that she was to be married some time or other, and felt sure that her marriage would not be a mediocre one, such as most girls were contented with. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"But her thoughts never dwelt on marriage as the fulfillment of her ambition; the dramas in which she imagined herself a heroine were not wrought up to that close. ","abridged":"But her thoughts never dwelt on marriage; the dramas in which she imagined herself a heroine did not end that way. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"To be very much sued or hopelessly sighed for as a bride was indeed an indispensable and agreeable guarantee of womanly power; but to become a wife and wear all the domestic fetters of that condition, was on the whole a vexatious necessity. ","abridged":"To be hopelessly sighed for as a bride was indeed an agreeable sign of womanly power; but to become a wife and wear domestic fetters was an unpleasant necessity. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Her observation of matrimony had inclined her to think it rather a dreary state in which a woman could not do what she liked, had more children than were desirable, was consequently dull, and became irrevocably immersed in humdrum. ","abridged":"She thought of marriage as a dreary state in which a woman could not do what she liked, had more children than she wished, and was dull and humdrum.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Of course marriage was social promotion; she could not look forward to a single life; but promotions have sometimes to be taken with bitter herbs--a peerage will not quite do instead of leadership to the man who meant to lead; and this delicate-limbed sylph of twenty meant to lead. ","abridged":"Of course marriage was social promotion; she could not look forward to a single life; but Gwendolen meant to lead. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"For such passions dwell in feminine breasts also. ","abridged":"For such passions dwell in feminine breasts as well as men's. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"In Gwendolen's, however, they dwelt among strictly feminine furniture, and had no disturbing reference to the advancement of learning or the balance of the constitution; her knowledge being such as with no sort of standing-room or length of lever could have been expected to move the world. ","abridged":"In Gwendolen's, however, they dwelt among strictly feminine furniture, and had nothing to do with learning or politics. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She meant to do what was pleasant to herself in a striking manner; or rather, whatever she could do so as to strike others with admiration and get in that reflected way a more ardent sense of living, seemed pleasant to her fancy.\n","abridged":"She meant to do what was pleasant to herself in a striking manner; or rather, to strike others with admiration and get in that reflected way a more ardent sense of living.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"Gwendolen will not rest without having the world at her feet,\" said Miss Merry, the meek governess: hyperbolical words which have long come to carry the most moderate meanings; for who has not heard of private persons having the world at their feet in the shape of some half-dozen items of flattering regard generally known in a genteel suburb? ","abridged":"\"Gwendolen will not rest without having the world at her feet,\" said Miss Merry, the governess: words often used in exaggeration. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"And words could hardly be too wide or vague to indicate the prospect that made a hazy largeness about poor Gwendolen on the heights of her young self-exultation. ","abridged":"And words could hardly be too vague to indicate the hazy prospects facing poor Gwendolen on the heights of her young self-exultation. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Other people allowed themselves to be made slaves of, and to have their lives blown hither and thither like empty ships in which no will was present. ","abridged":"Other people allowed themselves to be made slaves of, and to have their lives blown hither and thither like empty ships. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It was not to be so with her; she would no longer be sacrificed to creatures worth less than herself, but would make the very best of the chances that life offered her, and conquer circumstances by her exceptional cleverness. ","abridged":"It was not to be so with her; she would not be sacrificed to creatures worth less than herself, but would make the very best of the chances that life offered her, and conquer circumstances by her exceptional cleverness.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Certainly, to be settled at Offendene, with the notice of Lady Brackenshaw, the archery club, and invitations to dine with the Arrowpoints, as the highest lights in her scenery, was not a position that seemed to offer remarkable chances; but Gwendolen's confidence lay chiefly in herself. ","abridged":"Certainly, to be settled at Offendene, with the archery club and dinner invitations at the Arrowpoints' as the highest lights in her scenery, was not a position that seemed to offer remarkable chances; but Gwendolen had confidence in herself. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She felt well equipped for the mastery of life. ","abridged":"She felt well equipped for the mastery of life. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"With regard to much in her lot hitherto, she held herself rather hardly dealt with, but as to her \"education,\" she would have admitted that it had left her under no disadvantages. ","abridged":"Although she had suffered disadvantages, she felt that these did not include her education. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"In the school-room her quick mind had taken readily that strong starch of unexplained rules and disconnected facts which saves ignorance from any painful sense of limpness; and what remained of all things knowable, she was conscious of being sufficiently acquainted with through novels, plays and poems. ","abridged":"In the school-room she had quickly picked up enough rules and facts to save her from feeling ignorant; and as for other knowledge, she thought herself sufficiently acquainted with it through novels, plays and poems. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"About her French and music, the two justifying accomplishments of a young lady, she felt no ground for uneasiness; and when to all these qualifications, negative and positive, we add the spontaneous sense of capability some happy persons are born with, so that any subject they turn their attention to impresses them with their own power of forming a correct judgment on it, who can wonder if Gwendolen felt ready to manage her own destiny?\n","abridged":"About her French and music, she felt no ground for uneasiness; and when to all these qualifications we add her sense of capability, which persuaded her that she could form a correct judgment on any subject, who can wonder if Gwendolen felt ready to manage her own destiny?\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"There were many subjects in the world--perhaps the majority--in which she felt no interest, because they were stupid; for subjects are apt to appear stupid to the young as light seems dull to the old; but she would not have felt at all helpless in relation to them if they had turned up in conversation. ","abridged":"There were many subjects in the world - perhaps most - in which she felt no interest, because they were stupid; for subjects are apt to appear stupid to the young as light seems dim to the old; but she would not have felt at all helpless if they had turned up in conversation. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It must be remembered that no one had disputed her power or her general superiority. ","abridged":"It must be remembered that no one had disputed her superiority. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"As on the arrival at Offendene, so always, the first thought of those about her had been, what will Gwendolen think?--if the footman trod heavily in creaking boots, or if the laundress's work was unsatisfactory, the maid said, \"This will never do for Miss Harleth\"; if the wood smoked in the bedroom fireplace, Mrs. Davilow, whose own weak eyes suffered much from this inconvenience, spoke apologetically of it to Gwendolen. ","abridged":"The first thought of those at Offendene was always, what will Gwendolen think? If the wood smoked in the bedroom fireplace, Mrs. Davilow, whose own weak eyes suffered much from it, apologised to her daughter. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"If, when they were under the stress of traveling, she did not appear at the breakfast table till every one else had finished, the only question was, how Gwendolen's coffee and toast should still be of the hottest and crispest; and when she appeared with her freshly-brushed light-brown hair streaming backward and awaiting her mamma's hand to coil it up, her large brown eyes glancing bright as a wave-washed onyx from under their long lashes, it was always she herself who had to be tolerant--to beg that Alice who sat waiting on her would not stick up her shoulders in that frightful manner, and that Isabel, instead of pushing up to her and asking questions, would go away to Miss Merry.\n","abridged":"If Gwendolen did not appear at the breakfast table till everyone else had finished, the only question was how her coffee and toast should be kept hot and crisp; and when she appeared with her freshly-brushed hair streaming backward and awaiting her mamma's hand to coil it up, it was always she herself who had to be tolerant - to beg that Alice would not stick up her shoulders in that frightful manner, and that Isabel, instead of asking questions, would go away.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Always she was the princess in exile, who in time of famine was to have her breakfast-roll made of the finest-bolted flour from the seven thin ears of wheat, and in a general decampment was to have her silver fork kept out of the baggage. ","abridged":"Always she was the princess in exile, who was to have the best of everything. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"How was this to be accounted for? ","abridged":"Why was this? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The answer may seem to lie quite on the surface:--in her beauty, a certain unusualness about her, a decision of will which made itself felt in her graceful movements and clear unhesitating tones, so that if she came into the room on a rainy day when everybody else was flaccid and the use of things in general was not apparent to them, there seemed to be a sudden, sufficient reason for keeping up the forms of life; and even the waiters at hotels showed the more alacrity in doing away with crumbs and creases and dregs with struggling flies in them. ","abridged":"The answer may seem to lie in her beauty, in the decision of will which made itself felt in her graceful movements and clear unhesitating tones. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"This potent charm, added to the fact that she was the eldest daughter, toward whom her mamma had always been in an apologetic state of mind for the evils brought on her by a step-father, may seem so full a reason for Gwendolen's domestic empire, that to look for any other would be to ask the reason of daylight when the sun is shining. ","abridged":"This potent charm, added to the fact that she was the eldest daughter, toward whom her mamma felt apologetic for the evils brought on her by a step-father, may seem sufficient reason for Gwendolen's domestic empire.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"But beware of arriving at conclusions without comparison. I remember having seen the same assiduous, apologetic attention awarded to persons who were not at all beautiful or unusual, whose firmness showed itself in no very graceful or euphonious way, and who were not eldest daughters with a tender, timid mother, compunctious at having subjected them to inconveniences. ","abridged":"But I have seen the same attention given to persons who were not at all beautiful, whose firmness showed itself without grace, and who were not eldest daughters with a tender, timid mother. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Some of them were a very common sort of men. ","abridged":"Some of them were very common sort of men. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"And the only point of resemblance among them all was a strong determination to have what was pleasant, with a total fearlessness in making themselves disagreeable or dangerous when they did not get it. ","abridged":"The only point of resemblance among them all was a strong determination to have what was pleasant, with a total fearlessness in making themselves disagreeable or dangerous when they did not get it. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Who is so much cajoled and served with trembling by the weak females of a household as the unscrupulous male--capable, if he has not free way at home, of going and doing worse elsewhere? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Hence I am forced to doubt whether even without her potent charm and peculiar filial position Gwendolen might not still have played the queen in exile, if only she had kept her inborn energy of egoistic desire, and her power of inspiring fear as to what she might say or do. ","abridged":"Even without her powerful charm, Gwendolen might still have played the queen in exile, with her energy of egoistic desire, and her power of inspiring fear as to what she might say or do.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"However, she had the charm, and those who feared her were also fond of her; the fear and the fondness being perhaps both heightened by what may be called the iridescence of her character--the play of various, nay, contrary tendencies. ","abridged":"However, she had the charm, and those who feared her were also fond of her; the fear and the fondness being both heightened by what may be called the iridescence of her character, and its contrary nature.","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"For Macbeth's rhetoric about the impossibility of being many opposite things in the same moment, referred to the clumsy necessities of action and not to the subtler possibilities of feeling. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent; we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment; but a moment is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance.","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 1 - THE SPOILED CHILD | Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He brings white asses laden with the freight Of Tyrian vessels, purple, gold and balm, To bribe my will: I'll bid them chase him forth, Nor let him breathe the taint of his surmise On my secure resolve. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Ay, 'tis secure: And therefore let him come to spread his freight. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"For firmness hath its appetite and craves The stronger lure, more strongly to resist; Would know the touch of gold to fling it off; Scent wine to feel its lip the soberer; Behold soft byssus, ivory, and plumes To say, \"They're fair, but I will none of them,\" And flout Enticement in the very face.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mr. Gascoigne one day came to Offendene with what he felt to be the satisfactory news that Mrs. Mompert had fixed Tuesday in the following week for her interview with Gwendolen at Wanchester. ","abridged":"Mr. Gascoigne brought the news that Mrs. Mompert had fixed the following Tuesday for her interview with Gwendolen. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"He said nothing of his having incidentally heard that Mr. Grandcourt had returned to Diplow; knowing no more than she did that Leubronn had been the goal of her admirer's journeying, and feeling that it would be unkind uselessly to revive the memory of a brilliant prospect under the present reverses. ","abridged":"He said nothing of his having heard that Mr. Grandcourt had returned to Diplow, feeling that it would be unkind under the present reverses. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"In his secret soul he thought of his niece's unintelligible caprice with regret, but he vindicated her to himself by considering that Grandcourt had been the first to behave oddly, in suddenly walking away when there had the best opportunity for crowning his marked attentions. ","abridged":"He thought of his niece's caprice with regret, but considered that Grandcourt had been the first to behave oddly, in suddenly walking away. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The rector's practical judgment told him that his chief duty to his niece now was to encourage her resolutely to face the change in her lot, since there was no manifest promise of any event that would avert it.\n","abridged":"The rector felt that he should now encourage his niece to accept her lot.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"You will find an interest in varied experience, my dear, and I have no doubt you will be a more valuable woman for having sustained such a part as you are called to.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I cannot pretend to believe that I shall like it,\" said Gwendolen, for the first time showing her uncle some petulance. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"But I am quite aware that I am obliged to bear it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She remembered having submitted to his admonition on a different occasion when she was expected to like a very different prospect.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"And your good sense will teach you to behave suitably under it,\" said Mr. Gascoigne, with a shade more gravity. \"I feel sure that Mrs. Mompert will be pleased with you. ","abridged":"\"I feel sure that Mrs. Mompert will be pleased with you,\" he said. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"You will know how to conduct yourself to a woman who holds in all senses the relation of a superior to you. ","abridged":"\"You will know how to conduct yourself with a woman who holds in all senses the relation of a superior to you. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"This trouble has come on you young, but that makes it in some respects easier, and there is a benefit in all chastisement if we adjust our minds to it.\"\n","abridged":"This trouble has come on you young, but that makes it in some respects easier, and we will benefit from adjusting our minds to it.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"This was precisely what Gwendolen was unable to do; and after her uncle was gone, the bitter tears, which had rarely come during the late trouble, rose and fell slowly as she sat alone. ","abridged":"This was precisely what Gwendolen was unable to do; and after her uncle was gone, the bitter tears fell slowly as she sat alone. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Her heart denied that the trouble was easier because she was young. ","abridged":"Her heart denied that the trouble was easier because she was young. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"When was she to have any happiness, if it did not come while she was young? ","abridged":"When was she to have any happiness, if not while she was young? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Not that her visions of possible happiness for herself were as unmixed with necessary evil as they used to be--not that she could still imagine herself plucking the fruits of life without suspicion of their core. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"But this general disenchantment with the world--nay, with herself, since it appeared that she was not made for easy pre-eminence--only intensified her sense of forlornness; it was a visibly sterile distance enclosing the dreary path at her feet, in which she had no courage to tread. ","abridged":"She saw a sterile, dreary path at her feet, which she had no courage to tread. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She was in that first crisis of passionate youthful rebellion against what is not fitly called pain, but rather the absence of joy--that first rage of disappointment in life's morning, which we whom the years have subdued are apt to remember but dimly as part of our own experience, and so to be intolerant of its self-enclosed unreasonableness and impiety. ","abridged":"She was in that first rage of disappointment in life's morning, which older people are apt to remember dimly, intolerant of its self-enclosed unreasonableness. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"What passion seems more absurd, when we have got outside it and looked at calamity as a collective risk, than this amazed anguish that I and not Thou, He or She, should be just the smitten one? ","abridged":"What passion seems more absurd than this amazed anguish that I, and no other, should be the smitten one? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Yet perhaps some who have afterward made themselves a willing fence before the breast of another, and have carried their own heart-wound in heroic silence--some who have made their deeds great, nevertheless began with this angry amazement at their own smart, and on the mere denial of their fantastic desires raged as if under the sting of wasps which reduced the universe for them to an unjust infliction of pain. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"This was nearly poor Gwendolen's condition. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"What though such a reverse as hers had often happened to other girls? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The one point she had been all her life learning to care for was that it had happened to _her_: it was what _she_ felt under Klesmer's demonstration that she was not remarkable enough to command fortune by force of will and merit; it was what _she_ would feel under the rigors of Mrs. Mompert's constant expectation, under the dull demand that she should be cheerful with three Miss Momperts, under the necessity of showing herself entirely submissive, and keeping her thoughts to herself. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"To be a queen disthroned is not so hard as some other down-stepping: imagine one who had been made to believe in his own divinity finding all homage withdrawn, and himself unable to perform a miracle that would recall the homage and restore his own confidence. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Something akin to this illusion and this helplessness had befallen the poor spoiled child, with the lovely lips and eyes and the majestic figure--which seemed now to have no magic in them.\n","abridged":"Gwendolen, poor, spoiled child, had lost all her illusion of her own high destiny; the lovely eyes and the majestic figure seemed now to have no magic in them.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She rose from the low ottoman where she had been sitting purposeless, and walked up and down the drawing-room, resting her elbow on one palm while she leaned down her cheek on the other, and a slow tear fell. ","abridged":"She walked up and down the drawing-room, while a slow tear fell. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She thought, \"I have always, ever since I was little, felt that mamma was not a happy woman; and now I dare say I shall be more unhappy than she has been.\"\n","abridged":"She thought, \"I have always felt that mamma was not a happy woman; I dare say I shall be more unhappy than she has been. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Her mind dwelt for a few moments on the picture of herself losing her youth and ceasing to enjoy--not minding whether she did this or that: but such picturing inevitably brought back the image of her mother.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"Poor mamma! ","abridged":"Poor mamma! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"it will be still worse for her now. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"I can get a little money for her--that is all I shall care about now.\" ","abridged":"I can get a little money for her - that is all I shall care about now.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"And then with an entirely new movement of her imagination, she saw her mother getting quite old and white, and herself no longer young but faded, and their two faces meeting still with memory and love, and she knowing what was in her mother's mind--\"Poor Gwen too is sad and faded now\"--and then, for the first time, she sobbed, not in anger, but with a sort of tender misery.\n","abridged":"And then with an entirely new movement of her imagination, she saw her mother getting old and white, and herself no longer young, and their two faces meeting still with memory and love, and her mother thinking- \"Poor Gwen too is sad and faded now.\"\nThen, for the first time, she sobbed, not in anger, but with a sort of tender misery. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Her face was toward the door, and she saw her mother enter. She barely saw that; for her eyes were large with tears, and she pressed her handkerchief against them hurriedly. Before she took it away she felt her mother's arms round her, and this sensation, which seemed a prolongation of her inward vision, overcame her will to be reticent; she sobbed anew in spite of herself, as they pressed their cheeks together.\n","abridged":"As her mother entered and put her arms around her, she sobbed anew in spite of herself.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mrs. Davilow had brought something in her hand which had already caused her an agitating anxiety, and she dared not speak until her darling had become calmer. ","abridged":"Mrs. Davilow had something in her hand which was causing her anxiety, and she dared not speak until her darling had become calmer. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"But Gwendolen, with whom weeping had always been a painful manifestation to be resisted, if possible, again pressed her handkerchief against her eyes, and, with a deep breath, drew her head backward and looked at her mother, who was pale and tremulous.\n","abridged":"But Gwendolen, with a deep breath, drew back and looked at her tremulous mother.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It was nothing, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, thinking that her mother had been moved in this way simply by finding her in distress. \"It is all over now.\"\nBut Mrs. Davilow had withdrawn her arms, and Gwendolen perceived a letter in her hand.\n","abridged":"\"It was nothing, mamma,\" she said, before she perceived a letter in her mother's hand. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"What is that letter?--worse news still?\" ","abridged":"\"What is that? - worse news still?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"she asked, with a touch of bitterness.\n","abridged":"she asked bitterly.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I don't know what you will think it, dear,\" said Mrs. Davilow, keeping the letter in her hand. \"You will hardly guess where it comes from.\"\n","abridged":"\"You will hardly guess where it comes from, dear,\" said Mrs Davilow.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"Don't ask me to guess anything,\" said Gwendolen, rather impatiently, as if a bruise were being pressed.\n","abridged":"\"Don't ask me to guess anything,\" said Gwendolen, rather impatiently.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It is addressed to you, dear.\"\n","abridged":"\"It is addressed to you, dear. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Gwendolen gave the slightest perceptible toss of the head.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It comes from Diplow,\" said Mrs. Davilow, giving her the letter.\n","abridged":"It comes from Diplow,\" said Mrs. Davilow, giving her the letter.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She knew Grandcourt's indistinct handwriting, and her mother was not surprised to see her blush deeply; but watching her as she read, and wondering much what was the purport of the letter, she saw the color die out. ","abridged":"Gwendolen knew Grandcourt's indistinct handwriting, and blushed deeply; but as she read, the colour died from her face. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Gwendolen's lips even were pale as she turned the open note toward her mother. ","abridged":"She turned the open note toward her mother. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The words were few and formal:\n","abridged":"The words were few and formal:\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mr. Grandcourt presents his compliments to Miss Harleth, and begs to know whether he may be permitted to call at Offendene tomorrow after two and to see her alone. ","abridged":"'Mr. Grandcourt presents his compliments to Miss Harleth, and begs to know whether he may call at Offendene tomorrow after two and see her alone. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mr. Grandcourt has just returned from Leubronn, where he had hoped to find Miss Harleth.\n","abridged":"Mr. Grandcourt has just returned from Leubronn, where he had hoped to find Miss Harleth.'\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mrs. Davilow read, and then looked at her daughter inquiringly, leaving the note in her hand. Gwendolen let it fall to the floor, and turned away.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Davilow read, and then looked inquiringly at Gwendolen, who turned away.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It must be answered, darling,\" said Mrs. Davilow, timidly. ","abridged":"\"It must be answered, darling,\" said Mrs. Davilow, timidly. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"The man waits.\"\n","abridged":"\"The man waits.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Gwendolen sank on the settee, clasped her hands, and looked straight before her, not at her mother. ","abridged":"Gwendolen clasped her hands, gazing straight before her. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She had the expression of one who had been startled by a sound and was listening to know what would come of it. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The sudden change of the situation was bewildering. ","abridged":"The sudden change of the situation was bewildering. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"A few minutes before she was looking along an inescapable path of repulsive monotony, with hopeless inward rebellion against the imperious lot which left her no choice: and lo, now, a moment of choice was come. ","abridged":"A few minutes earlier she was looking along an inescapable path of monotony; and lo, now, a moment of choice was come. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Yet--was it triumph she felt most or terror? ","abridged":"Yet was it triumph she felt or terror? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Impossible for Gwendolen not to feel some triumph in a tribute to her power at a time when she was first tasting the bitterness of insignificance: again she seemed to be getting a sort of empire over her own life. But how to use it? Here came the terror. ","abridged":"Impossible not to feel some triumph in her power; but then came the terror. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Quick, quick, like pictures in a book beaten open with a sense of hurry, came back vividly, yet in fragments, all that she had gone through in relation to Grandcourt--the allurements, the vacillations, the resolve to accede, the final repulsion; the incisive face of that dark-eyed lady with the lovely boy: her own pledge (was it a pledge not to marry him?)","abridged":"Quick, quick, like pictures in a book, all that she had gone through in relation to Grandcourt - the allurements, the vacillations, the resolve to accept, the final repulsion; the face of that dark-eyed lady with the lovely boy: her own pledge (was it a pledge not to marry him?) ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"--the new disbelief in the worth of men and things for which that scene of disclosure had become a symbol. ","abridged":"- the new disbelief in the worth of men.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"That unalterable experience made a vision at which in the first agitated moment, before tempering reflections could suggest themselves, her native terror shrank.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Where was the good of choice coming again? ","abridged":"What was the good of choice? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"What did she wish? ","abridged":"What did she wish? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Anything different? ","abridged":"Anything different? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"No! ","abridged":"No! ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"And yet in the dark seed-growths of consciousness a new wish was forming itself--\"I wish I had never known it!\" ","abridged":"And yet in the dark seed-growths of consciousness a new wish was forming itself - \"I wish I had never known it!\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Something, anything she wished for that would have saved her from the dread to let Grandcourt come.\n","abridged":"She wished for anything to save her from the dread of letting Grandcourt come.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"It was no long while--yet it seemed long to Mrs. Davilow, before she thought it well to say, gently,\n","abridged":"At last Mrs. Davilow said gently-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It will be necessary for you to write, dear. Or shall I write an answer for you--which you will dictate?\"\n","abridged":"\"You need to write an answer, dear.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"No, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, drawing a deep breath. ","abridged":"Gwendolen drew a deep breath. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"But please lay me out the pen and paper.\"\n","abridged":"\"Please lay me out the pen and paper.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"That was gaining time. ","abridged":"That was gaining time. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Was she to decline Grandcourt's visit--close the shutters--not even look out on what would happen?--though with the assurance that she should remain just where she was? ","abridged":"Was she to decline Grandcourt's visit? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The young activity within her made a warm current through her terror and stirred toward something that would be an event--toward an opportunity in which she could look and speak with the former effectiveness. ","abridged":"Like a warm current through her terror was the notion that this would be an event - an opportunity for her to look and speak with her former effectiveness. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The interest of the morrow was no longer at a deadlock.\n","abridged":"The interest of the morrow was no longer at a deadlock.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"There is really no reason on earth why you should be so alarmed at the man's waiting a few minutes, mamma,\" said Gwendolen, remonstrantly, as Mrs. Davilow, having prepared the writing materials, looked toward her expectantly. ","abridged":"\"There is really no reason why you should be so alarmed at the man's waiting a few minutes, mamma,\" she said.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"Servants expect nothing else than to wait. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"It is not to be supposed that I must write on the instant.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"No, dear,\" said Mrs. Davilow, in the tone of one corrected, turning to sit down and take up a bit of work that lay at hand; \"he can wait another quarter of an hour, if you like.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, dear,\" said Mrs. Davilow, in the tone of one corrected, \"he can wait another quarter of an hour, if you like.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"It was very simple speech and action on her part, but it was what might have been subtly calculated. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Gwendolen felt a contradictory desire to be hastened: hurry would save her from deliberate choice.\n","abridged":"At once Gwendolen felt a contradictory desire to be hastened: hurry would save her from deliberate choice.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I did not mean him to wait long enough for that needlework to be finished,\" she said, lifting her hands to stroke the backward curves of her hair, while she rose from her seat and stood still.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"But if you don't feel able to decide?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"said Mrs. Davilow, sympathizingly.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I _must_ decide,\" said Gwendolen, walking to the writing-table and seating herself. ","abridged":"\"I must decide,\" she said, walking to the writing-table. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her, like the thought of a man who keeps up a dialogue while he is considering how he can slip away. ","abridged":"There was a busy undercurrent of thought in her. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Why should she not let him come? ","abridged":"Why should she not let him come? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"It bound her to nothing. ","abridged":"It bound her to nothing. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"He had been to Leubronn after her: of course he meant a direct unmistakable renewal of the suit which before had been only implied. ","abridged":"He had followed her to Leubronn: he meant a renewal of his suit. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"What then? ","abridged":"What then? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She could reject him. ","abridged":"She could reject him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Why was she to deny herself the freedom of doing this--which she would like to do?\n","abridged":"Why deny herself the freedom of doing this?\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"If Mr. Grandcourt has only just returned from Leubronn,\" said Mrs. Davilow, observing that Gwendolen leaned back in her chair after taking the pen in her hand--\"I wonder whether he has heard of our misfortunes?\"\n","abridged":"\"I wonder whether Mr. Grandcourt has heard of our misfortunes?\" said Mrs. Davilow.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"That could make no difference to a man in his position,\" said Gwendolen, rather contemptuously,\n","abridged":"\"That could make no difference to a man in his position,\" said Gwendolen, rather contemptuously,\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"It would to some men,\" said Mrs. Davilow. ","abridged":"\"It would to some men. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"They would not like to take a wife from a family in a state of beggary almost, as we are. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Here we are at Offendene with a great shell over us, as usual. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"But just imagine his finding us at Sawyer's Cottage. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Most men are afraid of being bored or taxed by a wife's family. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"If Mr. Grandcourt did know, I think it a strong proof of his attachment to you.\"\n","abridged":"If Mr. Grandcourt did know, I think it a strong proof of his attachment to you.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mrs. Davilow spoke with unusual emphasis: it was the first time she had ventured to say anything about Grandcourt which would necessarily seem intended as an argument in favor of him, her habitual impression being that such arguments would certainly be useless and might be worse. ","abridged":"Mrs. Davilow spoke with unusual emphasis: it was the first time she had ventured to say anything about Grandcourt which might seem to be in his favour. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"The effect of her words now was stronger than she could imagine: they raised a new set of possibilities in Gwendolen's mind--a vision of what Grandcourt might do for her mother if she, Gwendolen, did--what she was not going to do. ","abridged":"The effect of her words was stronger than she could imagine. They raised a new vision in Gwendolen's mind - a vision of what Grandcourt might do for her mother if she, Gwendolen, did what she was not going to do. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She was so moved by a new rush of ideas that, like one conscious of being urgently called away, she felt that the immediate task must be hastened: the letter must be written, else it might be endlessly deferred. After all, she acted in a hurry, as she had wished to do. ","abridged":"At once, in a hurry, she began to write. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"To act in a hurry was to have a reason for keeping away from an absolute decision, and to leave open as many issues as possible.\n","abridged":"To act in a hurry was to keep away from an absolute decision, and to leave open as many issues as possible.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She wrote: \"Miss Harleth presents her compliments to Mr. Grandcourt. ","abridged":"She wrote:\n'Miss Harleth presents her compliments to Mr. Grandcourt. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She will be at home after two o'clock to-morrow.\"\n","abridged":"She will be at home after two o'clock tomorrow.'\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Before addressing the note she said, \"Pray ring the bell, mamma, if there is any one to answer it.\" ","abridged":"Then she said, \"Pray ring the bell, mamma, if there is anyone to answer it.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"She really did not know who did the work of the house.\n","abridged":"She really did not know who did the work of the house.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"It was not till after the letter had been taken away and Gwendolen had risen again, stretching out one arm and then resting it on her head, with a low moan which had a sound of relief in it, that Mrs. Davilow ventured to ask,\n","abridged":"It was not till after the letter had been taken away that Mrs. Davilow ventured to ask-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"What did you say, Gwen?\"\n","abridged":"\"What did you write, Gwen?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I said that I should be at home,\" answered Gwendolen, rather loftily. ","abridged":"\"I said that I should be at home,\" answered Gwendolen, rather loftily. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Then after a pause, \"You must not expect, because Mr. Grandcourt is coming, that anything is going to happen, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"\"You must not expect anything to happen, mamma.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"I don't allow myself to expect anything, dear. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"I desire you to follow your own feeling. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"You have never told me what that was.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"What is the use of telling?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"said Gwendolen, hearing a reproach in that true statement. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"When I have anything pleasant to tell, you may be sure I will tell you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"But Mr. Grandcourt will consider that you have already accepted him, in allowing him to come. ","abridged":"\"But Mr. Grandcourt will consider that you have already accepted him, in allowing him to come. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"His note tells you plainly enough that he is coming to make you an offer.\"\n","abridged":"His note plainly means that he is coming to make you an offer.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"\"Very well; and I wish to have the pleasure of refusing him.\"\n","abridged":"\"Very well; and I wish to have the pleasure of refusing him.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"Mrs. Davilow looked up in wonderment, but Gwendolen implied her wish not to be questioned further by saying,\n\"Put down that detestable needle-work, and let us walk in the avenue. ","abridged":"And Gwendolen implied her wish not to be questioned by saying- \"Put down that detestable needle-work, and let us walk in the avenue. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"I am stifled.\"","abridged":"I am stifled.\"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 26"}
{"original":"How trace the why and wherefore in a mind reduced to the barrenness of a fastidious egoism, in which all direct desires are dulled, and have dwindled from motives into a vacillating expectation of motives: a mind made up of moods, where a fitful impulse springs here and there conspicuously rank amid the general weediness? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"'Tis a condition apt to befall a life too much at large, unmoulded by the pressure of obligation. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"_Nam deteriores omnes sumus licentiae_, or, as a more familiar tongue might deliver it, _\"As you like\" is a bad finger-post._\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Potentates make known their intentions and affect the funds at a small expense of words. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"So when Grandcourt, after learning that Gwendolen had left Leubronn, incidentally pronounced that resort of fashion a beastly hole, worse than Baden, the remark was conclusive to Mr. Lush that his patron intended straightway to return to Diplow. ","abridged":"When Grandcourt learnt that Gwendolen had left Leubronn, he pronounced that resort a beastly hole: which Mr. Lush understood to mean that his patron intended straightway to return to Diplow. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"The execution was sure to be slower than the intention, and, in fact, Grandcourt did loiter through the next day without giving any distinct orders about departure--perhaps because he discerned that Lush was expecting them: he lingered over his toilet, and certainly came down with a faded aspect of perfect distinction which made fresh complexions and hands with the blood in them, seem signs of raw vulgarity; he lingered on the terrace, in the gambling-rooms, in the reading-room, occupying himself in being indifferent to everybody and everything around him. ","abridged":"Still, Grandcourt loitered through the next day without giving any orders about leaving; he lingered on the terrace, in the gambling-rooms, in the reading-room, occupying himself in being indifferent to everybody and everything around him.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"When he met Lady Mallinger, however, he took some trouble--raised his hat, paused, and proved that he listened to her recommendation of the waters by replying, \"Yes; I heard somebody say how providential it was that there always happened to be springs at gambling places.\"\n","abridged":"When he met Lady Mallinger, however, he took the trouble to raise his hat and make conversation. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Oh, that was a joke,\" said innocent Lady Mallinger, misled by Grandcourt's languid seriousness, \"in imitation of the old one about the towns and the rivers, you know.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Ah, perhaps,\" said Grandcourt, without change of expression. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lady Mallinger thought this worth telling to Sir Hugo, who said, \"Oh, my dear, he is not a fool. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You must not suppose that he can't see a joke. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He can play his cards as well as most of us.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"He has never seemed to me a very sensible man,\" said Lady Mallinger, in excuse of herself. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"She had a secret objection to meeting Grandcourt, who was little else to her than a large living sign of what she felt to be her failure as a wife--the not having presented Sir Hugo with a son. ","abridged":"Lady Mallinger had a secret objection to Grandcourt, who she felt was a large living sign of her failure as a wife in not having presented Sir Hugo with a son.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Her constant reflection was that her husband might fairly regret his choice, and if he had not been very good might have treated her with some roughness in consequence, gentlemen naturally disliking to be disappointed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Deronda, too, had a recognition from Grandcourt, for which he was not grateful, though he took care to return it with perfect civility. ","abridged":"Deronda, too, had a greeting from Grandcourt, for which he was not grateful, though he took care to return it with perfect civility. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"No reasoning as to the foundations of custom could do away with the early-rooted feeling that his birth had been attended with injury for which his father was to blame; and seeing that but for this injury Grandcourt's prospects might have been his, he was proudly resolute not to behave in any way that might be interpreted into irritation on that score. ","abridged":"Thinking that but for his father's fault, Grandcourt's prospects might have been his, he was proudly resolute not to behave in any way that might be interpreted as irritation on that score. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He saw a very easy descent into mean unreasoning rancor and triumph in others' frustration; and being determined not to go down that ugly pit, he turned his back on it, clinging to the kindlier affections within him as a possession. ","abridged":"He was determined not to descend into rancour, but to cling to kindlier affections.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Pride certainly helped him well--the pride of not recognizing a disadvantage for one's self which vulgar minds are disposed to exaggerate, such as the shabby equipage of poverty: he would not have a man like Grandcourt suppose himself envied by him. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But there is no guarding against interpretation. Grandcourt did believe that Deronda, poor devil, who he had no doubt was his cousin by the father's side, inwardly winced under their mutual position; wherefore the presence of that less lucky person was more agreeable to him than it would otherwise have been. ","abridged":"Nonetheless Grandcourt did believe that Deronda, poor devil, who he had no doubt was his cousin, inwardly winced under their mutual position; which made Deronda's presence agreeable to him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"An imaginary envy, the idea that others feel their comparative deficiency, is the ordinary _cortge_ of egoism; and his pet dogs were not the only beings that Grandcourt liked to feel his power over in making them jealous. ","abridged":"His pet dogs were not the only beings that Grandcourt liked to feel his power over by making them jealous. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Hence he was civil enough to exchange several words with Deronda on the terrace about the hunting round Diplow, and even said, \"You had better come over for a run or two when the season begins.\"\n","abridged":"Hence he exchanged civil words with Deronda on the terrace about the hunting round Diplow, and even said, \"You had better come over when the season begins.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush, not displeased with delay, amused himself very well, partly in gossiping with Sir Hugo and in answering his questions about Grandcourt's affairs so far as they might affect his willingness to part with his interest in Diplow. Also about Grandcourt's personal entanglements, the baronet knew enough already for Lush to feel released from silence on a sunny autumn day, when there was nothing more agreeable to do in lounging promenades than to speak freely of a tyrannous patron behind his back. ","abridged":"Lush amused himself in gossiping with Sir Hugo and in answering his questions about Grandcourt's affairs, enjoying speaking freely of a tyrannous patron behind his back. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo willingly inclined his ear to a little good-humored scandal, which he was fond of calling _traits de moeurs_; but he was strict in keeping such communications from hearers who might take them too seriously. ","abridged":"Sir Hugo willingly inclined his ear to a little good-humoured scandal, but kept any gossip to himself. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Whatever knowledge he had of his nephew's secrets, he had never spoken of it to Deronda, who considered Grandcourt a pale-blooded mortal, but was far from wishing to hear how the red corpuscles had been washed out of him. ","abridged":"Whatever knowledge he had of his nephew's secrets, he had never told Deronda.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It was Lush's policy and inclination to gratify everybody when he had no reason to the contrary; and the baronet always treated him well, as one of those easy-handled personages who, frequenting the society of gentlemen, without being exactly gentlemen themselves, can be the more serviceable, like the second-best articles of our wardrobe, which we use with a comfortable freedom from anxiety.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Well, you will let me know the turn of events,\" said Sir Hugo, \"if this marriage seems likely to come off after all, or if anything else happens to make the want of money pressing. ","abridged":"\"Well, let me know the turn of events,\" said Sir Hugo to Lush, \"if this marriage seems likely to come off after all, or if anything else happens to make him want money. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"My plan would be much better for him than burdening Ryelands.\"\n","abridged":"My plan for him to rent Diplow to me would be better than burdening Ryelands.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"That's true,\" said Lush, \"only it must not be urged on him--just placed in his way that the scent may tickle him. ","abridged":"\"That's true,\" said Lush, \"only it must not be urged on him - just placed in his way that the scent may tickle him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Grandcourt is not a man to be always led by what makes for his own interest; especially if you let him see that it makes for your interest too. ","abridged":"Grandcourt is not a man to be led by what makes for his own benefit; especially if you let him see that it benefits you too. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I'm attached to him, of course. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I've given up everything else for the sake of keeping by him, and it has lasted a good fifteen years now. ","abridged":"I've kept by him for a good fifteen years now. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He would not easily get any one else to fill my place. ","abridged":"He would not easily get anyone else to fill my place. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He's a peculiar character, is Henleigh Grandcourt, and it has been growing on him of late years. However, I'm of a constant disposition, and I've been a sort of guardian to him since he was twenty; an uncommonly fascinating fellow he was then, to be sure--and could be now, if he liked. I'm attached to him; and it would be a good deal worse for him if he missed me at his elbow.\"\n","abridged":"He's a peculiar character, is Henleigh Grandcourt; however, I'm attached to him; and it would be a good deal worse for him without me.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Sir Hugo did not think it needful to express his sympathy or even assent, and perhaps Lush himself did not expect this sketch of his motives to be taken as exact. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But how can a man avoid himself as a subject in conversation? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And he must make some sort of decent toilet in words, as in cloth and linen. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush's listener was not severe: a member of Parliament could allow for the necessities of verbal toilet; and the dialogue went on without any change of mutual estimate.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"However, Lush's easy prospect of indefinite procrastination was cut off the next morning by Grandcourt's saluting him with the question,\n","abridged":"Grandcourt's procrastination ended the next morning with his question-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Are you making all the arrangements for our starting by the Paris train?\"\n","abridged":"\"Are you making the arrangements for our starting by the Paris train?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"I didn't know you meant to start,\" said Lush, not exactly taken by surprise.\n","abridged":"\"I didn't know you meant to start,\" said Lush.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"You might have known,\" said Grandcourt, looking at the burned length of his cigar, and speaking in that lowered tone which was usual with him when he meant to express disgust and be peremptory. ","abridged":"\"You might have known,\" said Grandcourt, looking at his cigar, and speaking in that lowered tone which he used to express disgust. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Just see to everything, will you? ","abridged":"\"Just see to everything, will you? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"and mind no brute gets into the same carriage with us. ","abridged":"and mind no brute gets into the same carriage with us.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And leave my P. P. C. at the Mallingers'.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"In consequence they were at Paris the next day; but here Lush was gratified by the proposal or command that he should go straight on to Diplow and see that everything was right, while Grandcourt and the valet remained behind; and it was not until several days later that Lush received the telegram ordering the carriage to the Wanchester station.\n","abridged":"In consequence they were at Paris the next day; but here Lush was gratified by the command that he should go straight on to Diplow and see that everything was right, while Grandcourt remained behind for several days.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He had used the interim actively, not only in carrying out Grandcourt's orders about the stud and household, but in learning all he could of Gwendolen, and how things were going on at Offendene. ","abridged":"Lush used the interim actively, not only in carrying out Grandcourt's orders about the household, but in learning all he could of Gwendolen, and how things were going on at Offendene. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"What was the probable effect that the news of the family misfortunes would have on Grandcourt's fitful obstinacy he felt to be quite incalculable. ","abridged":"He felt that the effect of the news of the family misfortunes on Grandcourt was quite incalculable. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"So far as the girl's poverty might be an argument that she would accept an offer from him now in spite of any previous coyness, it might remove that bitter objection to risk a repulse which Lush divined to be one of Grandcourt's deterring motives; on the other hand, the certainty of acceptance was just \"the sort of thing\" to make him lapse hither and thither with no more apparent will than a moth. ","abridged":"The girl's poverty might make her more likely to accept him, and remove his objection to risking a repulse; on the other hand, the certainty of acceptance was just the sort of thing to make him lapse.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush had had his patron under close observation for many years, and knew him perhaps better than he knew any other subject; but to know Grandcourt was to doubt what he would do in any particular case. ","abridged":"Lush had observed his patron for many years, and knew him well; but he was unpredictable. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It might happen that he would behave with an apparent magnanimity, like the hero of a modern French drama, whose sudden start into moral splendor after much lying and meanness, leaves you little confidence as to any part of his career that may follow the fall of the curtain. Indeed, what attitude would have been more honorable for a final scene than that of declining to seek an heiress for her money, and determining to marry the attractive girl who had none? But Lush had some general certainties about Grandcourt, and one was that of all inward movements those of generosity were least likely to occur in him. ","abridged":"He might behave with apparent magnanimity, in determining to marry the penniless girl; but Lush had some general certainties about Grandcourt, and one was that generosity was most unlikely to occur in him. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? ","abridged":"Of what use, however, is a general certainty, when what you need to know is the particular path that a man will take? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Thus Lush was much at fault as to the probable issue between Grandcourt and Gwendolen, when what he desired was a perfect confidence that they would never be married. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He would have consented willingly that Grandcourt should marry an heiress, or that he should marry Mrs. Glasher: in the one match there would have been the immediate abundance that prospective heirship could not supply, in the other there would have been the security of the wife's gratitude, for Lush had always been Mrs. Glasher's friend; and that the future Mrs. Grandcourt should not be socially received could not affect his private comfort. ","abridged":"Lush would have been happy for Grandcourt to marry an heiress, or Mrs. Glasher: one match would have brought immediate abundance, and the other the wife's gratitude, for Lush had always been Mrs. Glasher's friend. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He would not have minded, either, that there should be no marriage in question at all; but he felt himself justified in doing his utmost to hinder a marriage with a girl who was likely to bring nothing but trouble to her husband--not to speak of annoyance if not ultimate injury to her husband's old companion, whose future Mr. Lush earnestly wished to make as easy as possible, considering that he had well deserved such compensation for leading a dog's life, though that of a dog who enjoyed many tastes undisturbed, and who profited by a large establishment. ","abridged":"He felt himself justified in doing his utmost to hinder a marriage with a girl who was likely to bring nothing but trouble to her husband, and annoyance to her husband's old companion, whose future Mr. Lush earnestly wished to make as easy as possible.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He wished for himself what he felt to be good, and was not conscious of wishing harm to any one else; unless perhaps it were just now a little harm to the inconvenient and impertinent Gwendolen. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But the easiest-humored of luxury and music, the toad-eater the least liable to nausea, must be expected to have his susceptibilities. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And Mr. Lush was accustomed to be treated by the world in general as an apt, agreeable fellow: he had not made up his mind to be insulted by more than one person.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"With this imperfect preparation of a war policy, Lush was awaiting Grandcourt's arrival, doing little more than wondering how the campaign would begin. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"The first day Grandcourt was much occupied with the stables, and amongst other things he ordered a groom to put a side-saddle on Criterion and let him review the horse's paces. ","abridged":"On his first day at Diplow, Grandcourt was occupied with the stables, and ordered a groom to put a side-saddle on Criterion. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"This marked indication of purpose set Lush on considering over again whether he should incur the ticklish consequences of speaking first, while he was still sure that no compromising step had been taken; and he rose the next morning almost resolved that if Grandcourt seemed in as good a humor as yesterday and entered at all into talk, he would let drop the interesting facts about Gwendolen and her family, just to see how they would work, and to get some guidance. ","abridged":"This made Lush consider whether he should incur the ticklish consequences of speaking; and the next morning he had almost resolved to let drop the interesting facts about Gwendolen and her family, if Grandcourt was in a good mood, just to see how they would work.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But Grandcourt did not enter into talk, and in answer to a question even about his own convenience, no fish could have maintained a more unwinking silence. ","abridged":"But Grandcourt did not enter into talk: no fish could have maintained a more unwinking silence. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"After he had read his letters he gave various orders to be executed or transmitted by Lush, and then thrust his shoulder toward that useful person, who accordingly rose to leave the room. ","abridged":"After reading his letters he gave various orders to be executed by Lush, who accordingly rose to leave the room. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But before he was out of the door Grandcourt turned his head slightly and gave a broken, languid \"Oh.\"\n","abridged":"Before he was out of the door Grandcourt turned his head slightly and gave a languid \"Oh.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"What is it?\" ","abridged":"\"What is it?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"said Lush, who, it must have been observed, did not take his dusty puddings with a respectful air.\n","abridged":"said Lush, who did not take his dusty puddings with a respectful air.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Shut the door, will you? ","abridged":"\"Shut the door, will you? ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I can't speak into the corridor.\"\n","abridged":"I can't speak into the corridor.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush closed the door, came forward, and chose to sit down.\n","abridged":"Lush closed the door.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"After a little pause Grandcourt said, \"Is Miss Harleth at Offendene?\" ","abridged":"After a little pause Grandcourt said, \"Is Miss Harleth at Offendene?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He was quite certain that Lush had made it his business to inquire about her, and he had some pleasure in thinking that Lush did not want _him_ to inquire.\n","abridged":"He was quite certain that Lush would have inquired about her.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Well, I hardly know,\" said Lush, carelessly. ","abridged":"\"I hardly know,\" said Lush, carelessly. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"The family's utterly done up. ","abridged":"\"The family's utterly done up. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"They and the Gascoignes too have lost all their money. ","abridged":"They've lost all their money. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It's owing to some rascally banking business. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"The poor mother hasn't a _sou_, it seems. ","abridged":"The poor mother hasn't a penny, it seems. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"She and the girls have to huddle themselves into a little cottage like a laborer's.\"\n","abridged":"She and the girls have to huddle in a little cottage like a labourer's.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Don't lie to me, if you please,\" said Grandcourt, in his lowest audible tone. ","abridged":"\"Don't lie to me, if you please,\" said Grandcourt, in his lowest audible tone. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"It's not amusing, and it answers no other purpose.\"\n","abridged":"\"It's not amusing, and it answers no other purpose.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"What do you mean?\" ","abridged":"\"What do you mean?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"said Lush, more nettled than was common with him--the prospect before him being more than commonly disturbing.\n","abridged":"said Lush, nettled. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Just tell me the truth, will you?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"It's no invention of mine. ","abridged":"\"It's no invention of mine. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I have heard the story from several--Bazley, Brackenshaw's man, for one. ","abridged":"I have heard the story from several.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He is getting a new tenant for Offendene.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"I don't mean that. ","abridged":"\"I don't mean that. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Is Miss Harleth there, or is she not?\" ","abridged":"Is Miss Harleth there, or is she not?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"said Grandcourt, in his former tone.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Upon my soul, I can't tell,\" said Lush, rather sulkily. ","abridged":"\"I can't tell,\" said Lush, rather sulkily. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"She may have left yesterday. I heard she had taken a situation as governess; she may be gone to it for what I know. ","abridged":"\"She may have left; I heard she had taken a situation as governess.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But if you wanted to see her no doubt the mother would send for her back.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"This sneer slipped off his tongue without strict intention.\n","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Send Hutchins to inquire whether she will be there tomorrow.\" ","abridged":"\"Send Hutchins to inquire whether she will be there tomorrow.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush did not move. ","abridged":"Lush did not move. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Like many persons who have thought over beforehand what they shall say in given cases, he was impelled by an unexpected irritation to say some of those prearranged things before the cases were given. ","abridged":"Like many persons who have thought over beforehand what they shall say in given cases, he was impelled to say some of those prearranged things before the cases were given. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Grandcourt, in fact, was likely to get into a scrape so tremendous that it was impossible to let him take the first step toward it without remonstrance. Lush retained enough caution to use a tone of rational friendliness, still he felt his own value to his patron, and was prepared to be daring.\n","abridged":"Grandcourt was likely to get into a scrape so tremendous that it was impossible not to remonstrate; but Lush retained enough caution to use a tone of rational friendliness.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"It would be as well for you to remember, Grandcourt, that you are coming under closer fire now. There can be none of the ordinary flirting done, which may mean everything or nothing. ","abridged":"\"It would be as well to remember, Grandcourt, that there can be none of the ordinary flirting now. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You must make up your mind whether you wish to be accepted; and more than that, how you would like being refused. ","abridged":"You must make up your mind whether you wish to be accepted; and more than that, how you would like being refused. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Either one or the other. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You can't be philandering after her again for six weeks.\"\n","abridged":"You can't be philandering after her again for six weeks.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Grandcourt said nothing, but pressed the newspaper down on his knees and began to light another cigar. ","abridged":"Grandcourt said nothing, but began to light another cigar. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush took this as a sign that he was willing to listen, and was the more bent on using the opportunity; he wanted, if possible, to find out which would be the more potent cause of hesitation--probable acceptance or probable refusal.\n","abridged":"Lush took this as a good sign, and continued.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Everything has a more serious look now than it had before. ","abridged":"\"Everything has a more serious look now than before. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"There is her family to be provided for. ","abridged":"There is her family to be provided for. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You could not let your wife's mother live in beggary. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It will be a confoundedly hampering affair. ","abridged":"It will be a confoundedly hampering affair. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Marriage will pin you down in a way you haven't been used to; and in point of money you have not too much elbow-room. ","abridged":"Marriage will pin you down; and in point of money you have not much elbow-room. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And after all, what will you get by it? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You are master over your estates, present or future, as far as choosing your heir goes; it's a pity to go on encumbering them for a mere whim, which you may repent of in a twelvemonth. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I should be sorry to see you making a mess of your life in that way. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"If there were anything solid to be gained by the marriage, that would be a different affair.\"\n","abridged":"If there were anything to be gained by the marriage, that would be different.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush's tone had gradually become more and more unctuous in its friendliness of remonstrance, and he was almost in danger of forgetting that he was merely gambling in argument. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"When he left off, Grandcourt took his cigar out of his mouth, and looking steadily at the moist end while he adjusted the leaf with his delicate finger-tips, said,\n","abridged":"Grandcourt took his cigar out of his mouth, and looking steadily at the end, said-\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"I knew before that you had an objection to my marrying Miss Harleth.\" ","abridged":"\"I knew that you objected to my marrying Miss Harleth. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Here he made a little pause before he continued. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"But I never considered that a reason against it.\"\n","abridged":"But I never considered that a reason against it.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"I never supposed you did,\" answered Lush, not unctuously but dryly. ","abridged":"\"I never supposed you did. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"It was not _that_ I urged as a reason. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I should have thought it might have been a reason against it, after all your experience, that you would be acting like the hero of a ballad, and making yourself absurd--and all for what? ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"You know you couldn't make up your mind before. ","abridged":"But you couldn't make up your mind before. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It's impossible you can care much about her. ","abridged":"It's impossible you can care much about her. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And as for the tricks she is likely to play, you may judge of that from what you heard at Leubronn. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"However, what I wished to point out to you was, that there can be no shilly-shally now.\"\n","abridged":"However, what I wished to point out to you was, that there can be no shilly-shally now.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Perfectly,\" said Grandcourt, looking round at Lush and fixing him with narrow eyes; \"I don't intend that there should be. ","abridged":"\"I don't intend that there should be,\" said Grandcourt, fixing him with narrow eyes. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I dare say it's disagreeable to you. ","abridged":"\"I dare say it's disagreeable to you. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But if you suppose I care a damn for that you are most stupendously mistaken.\"\n","abridged":"But if you suppose I care a damn for that you are most stupendously mistaken.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Oh, well,\" said Lush, rising with his hands in his pockets, and feeling some latent venom still within him, \"if you have made up your mind!--only there's another aspect of the affair. ","abridged":"\"Oh, well,\" said Lush, rising with his hands in his pockets, \"if you have made up your mind! only there's another aspect of the affair. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"I have been speaking on the supposition that it was absolutely certain she would accept you, and that destitution would have no choice. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But I am not so sure that the young lady is to be counted on. ","abridged":"I'm not so sure the young lady can be counted on. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"She is kittle cattle to shoe, I think. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"And she had her reasons for running away before.\" ","abridged":"She had her reasons for running away before.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Lush had moved a step or two till he stood nearly in front of Grandcourt, though at some distance from him. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He did not feel himself much restrained by consequences, being aware that the only strong hold he had on his present position was his serviceableness; and even after a quarrel the want of him was likely sooner or later to recur. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He foresaw that Gwendolen would cause him to be ousted for a time, and his temper at this moment urged him to risk a quarrel.\n","abridged":"Lush's temper at this moment urged him to risk a quarrel. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"She had her reasons,\" he repeated more significantly.\n","abridged":"\"She had her reasons,\" he repeated more significantly.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"I had come to that conclusion before,\" said Grandcourt, with contemptuous irony.\n","abridged":"\"I had come to that conclusion,\" said Grandcourt with irony.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Yes, but I hardly think you know what her reasons were.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes, but I hardly think you know what her reasons were.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"You do, apparently,\" said Grandcourt, not betraying by so much as an eyelash that he cared for the reasons.\n","abridged":"\"You do, apparently,\" said Grandcourt, not betraying by so much as an eyelash that he cared for the reasons.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Yes, and you had better know too, that you may judge of the influence you have over her if she swallows her reasons and accepts you. ","abridged":"\"Yes, and you had better know too. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"For my own part I would take odds against it. ","abridged":"I would lay odds against her accepting you. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"She saw Lydia in Cardell Chase and heard the whole story.\"\n","abridged":"She saw Lydia in Cardell Chase and heard the whole story.\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Grandcourt made no immediate answer, and only went on smoking. ","abridged":"Grandcourt made no immediate answer, and only went on smoking. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He was so long before he spoke that Lush moved about and looked out of the windows, unwilling to go away without seeing some effect of his daring move. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He had expected that Grandcourt would tax him with having contrived the affair, since Mrs. Glasher was then living at Gadsmere, a hundred miles off, and he was prepared to admit the fact: what he cared about was that Grandcourt should be staggered by the sense that his intended advances must be made to a girl who had that knowledge in her mind and had been scared by it. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"At length Grandcourt, seeing Lush turn toward him, looked at him again and said, contemptuously, \"What follows?\"\n","abridged":"At length he looked at Lush again and said contemptuously, \"What follows?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Here certainly was a \"mate\" in answer to Lush's \"check\"; and though his exasperation with Grandcourt was perhaps stronger than it had ever been before, it would have been idiocy to act as if any further move could be useful. ","abridged":"Here certainly was a \"checkmate\" in answer to Lush's \"check.\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"He gave a slight shrug with one shoulder, and was going to walk away, when Grandcourt, turning on his seat toward the table, said, as quietly as if nothing had occurred, \"Oblige me by pushing that pen and paper here, will you?\"\n","abridged":"He shrugged slightly and was going to walk away, when Grandcourt said, as quietly as if nothing had occurred, \"Push that pen and paper over here, will you?\"\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"No thunderous, bullying superior could have exercised the imperious spell that Grandcourt did. ","abridged":"No thunderous superior could have exercised the imperious spell that Grandcourt did. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"Why, instead of being obeyed, he had never been told to go to a warmer place, was perhaps a mystery to those who found themselves obeying him. ","abridged":"","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"The pen and paper were pushed to him, and as he took them he said, \"Just wait for this letter.\"\nHe scrawled with ease, and the brief note was quickly addressed. ","abridged":"The pen and paper were pushed to him, and he scrawled a brief note.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Let Hutchins go with it at once, will you?\" ","abridged":"\"Let Hutchins take it at once, will you?\" ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"said Grandcourt, pushing the letter away from him.\n","abridged":"said Grandcourt.\n","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"As Lush had expected, it was addressed to Miss Harleth, Offendene. ","abridged":"As Lush had expected, the letter was addressed to Miss Harleth, Offendene. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"When his irritation had cooled down he was glad there had been no explosive quarrel; but he felt sure that there was a notch made against him, and that somehow or other he was intended to pay. ","abridged":"When his irritation had cooled, he was glad there had been no explosive quarrel; though he felt sure that somehow or other he was intended to pay. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"It was also clear to him that the immediate effect of his revelation had been to harden Grandcourt's previous determination. ","abridged":"It was clear that he had only hardened Grandcourt's determination. ","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"But as to the particular movements that made this process in his baffling mind, Lush could only toss up his chin in despair of a theory.","abridged":"But as to the particular movements that made this process in his baffling mind, Lush despaired of a theory.","book":"Daniel Deronda","chapter":"Book 3 - MAIDENS CHOOSING | Chapter 25"}
{"original":"\"Well, Fanny, and how do you like Miss Crawford _now_?\" ","abridged":"\"Well, Fanny, how do you like Miss Crawford?\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"said Edmund the next day, after thinking some time on the subject himself. ","abridged":"said Edmund the next day.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"How did you like her yesterday?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Very well-very much. ","abridged":"\"Very well. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I like to hear her talk. She entertains me; and she is so extremely pretty, that I have great pleasure in looking at her.\"\n","abridged":"I like to hear her talk; and she is so extremely pretty, that I have great pleasure in looking at her.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"It is her countenance that is so attractive. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She has a wonderful play of feature! ","abridged":"\"She has a wonderful play of feature! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"But was there nothing in her conversation that struck you, Fanny, as not quite right?\"\n","abridged":"But was there nothing in her conversation that struck you, Fanny, as not quite right?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes! ","abridged":"\"Oh yes! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"she ought not to have spoken of her uncle as she did. ","abridged":"she ought not to have spoken of her uncle as she did. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I was quite astonished. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"An uncle with whom she has been living so many years, and who, whatever his faults may be, is so very fond of her brother, treating him, they say, quite like a son. ","abridged":"An uncle with whom she has been living so many years, and who, whatever his faults, is so fond of her brother. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I could not have believed it!\"\n","abridged":"I could not have believed it!\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I thought you would be struck. ","abridged":"\"I thought you would be struck. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It was very wrong; very indecorous.\"\n","abridged":"It was very wrong.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"And very ungrateful, I think.\"\n","abridged":"\"And ungrateful, I think.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Ungrateful is a strong word. ","abridged":"\"Ungrateful is a strong word. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I do not know that her uncle has any claim to her _gratitude_; his wife certainly had; and it is the warmth of her respect for her aunt's memory which misleads her here. ","abridged":"I do not know that her uncle has any claim to her gratitude; it is respect for her aunt's memory which misleads her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She is awkwardly circumstanced. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"With such warm feelings and lively spirits it must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs. Crawford, without throwing a shade on the Admiral. ","abridged":"It must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs. Crawford, without accusing the Admiral. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I do not pretend to know which was most to blame in their disagreements, though the Admiral's present conduct might incline one to the side of his wife; but it is natural and amiable that Miss Crawford should acquit her aunt entirely. ","abridged":"I do not pretend to know which was most to blame in their disagreements, though the Admiral's present conduct might incline one to the side of his wife; but it is natural that Miss Crawford should acquit her aunt. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I do not censure her _opinions_; but there certainly _is_ impropriety in making them public.\"\n","abridged":"However, there is certainly impropriety in making her opinions public. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Do not you think,\" said Fanny, after a little consideration, \"that this impropriety is a reflection itself upon Mrs. Crawford, as her niece has been entirely brought up by her? ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She cannot have given her right notions of what was due to the Admiral.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"That is a fair remark. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Yes, we must suppose the faults of the niece to have been those of the aunt; and it makes one more sensible of the disadvantages she has been under. ","abridged":"It makes one aware of the disadvantages she has been under. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"But I think her present home must do her good. ","abridged":"But I think her present home must do her good. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Mrs. Grant's manners are just what they ought to be. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She speaks of her brother with a very pleasing affection.\"\n","abridged":"She speaks of her brother with very pleasing affection.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Yes, except as to his writing her such short letters. ","abridged":"\"Yes, except as to his writing such short letters. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She made me almost laugh; but I cannot rate so very highly the love or good-nature of a brother who will not give himself the trouble of writing anything worth reading to his sisters, when they are separated. I am sure William would never have used _me_ so, under any circumstances. And what right had she to suppose that _you_ would not write long letters when you were absent?\"\n","abridged":"She made me almost laugh; but what right had she to suppose that you would not write long letters?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"The right of a lively mind, Fanny, seizing whatever may contribute to its own amusement or that of others; perfectly allowable, when untinctured by ill-humour or roughness; and there is not a shadow of either in the countenance or manner of Miss Crawford: nothing sharp, or loud, or coarse. ","abridged":"\"The right of a lively mind, Fanny, seizing whatever may amuse it; perfectly allowable, when untinctured by ill-humour or roughness; and there is not a shadow of either in Miss Crawford's manner. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She is perfectly feminine, except in the instances we have been speaking of. ","abridged":"She is perfectly feminine, except in the instances we have been speaking of. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"There she cannot be justified. ","abridged":"There she cannot be justified. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I am glad you saw it all as I did.\"\n","abridged":"I am glad you saw it all as I did.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Having formed her mind and gained her affections, he had a good chance of her thinking like him; though at this period, and on this subject, there began now to be some danger of dissimilarity, for he was in a line of admiration of Miss Crawford, which might lead him where Fanny could not follow. ","abridged":"Having formed her mind, he had a good chance of her thinking like him; though on this subject, there began now to be some danger of dissimilarity, for he was in a line of admiration of Miss Crawford, where Fanny could not follow.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford's attractions did not lessen. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford's attractions did not lessen. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The harp arrived, and rather added to her beauty, wit, and good-humour; for she played with the greatest obligingness, with an expression and taste which were peculiarly becoming, and there was something clever to be said at the close of every air. ","abridged":"The harp arrived, and added to her beauty, wit, and good-humour; for she played with expression and taste, and there was something clever to be said at the close of every air. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund was at the Parsonage every day, to be indulged with his favourite instrument: one morning secured an invitation for the next; for the lady could not be unwilling to have a listener, and every thing was soon in a fair train.\n","abridged":"Edmund was daily at the Parsonage, to be indulged with his favourite instrument: each morning secured an invitation for the next.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"A young woman, pretty, lively, with a harp as elegant as herself, and both placed near a window, cut down to the ground, and opening on a little lawn, surrounded by shrubs in the rich foliage of summer, was enough to catch any man's heart. ","abridged":"A young woman, pretty, lively, with a harp as elegant as herself, placed near a window that opened on a little lawn, surrounded by the rich foliage of summer, was enough to catch any man's heart. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The season, the scene, the air, were all favourable to tenderness and sentiment. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Mrs. Grant and her tambour frame were not without their use: it was all in harmony; and as everything will turn to account when love is once set going, even the sandwich tray, and Dr. Grant doing the honours of it, were worth looking at. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Without studying the business, however, or knowing what he was about, Edmund was beginning, at the end of a week of such intercourse, to be a good deal in love; and to the credit of the lady it may be added that, without his being a man of the world or an elder brother, without any of the arts of flattery or the gaieties of small talk, he began to be agreeable to her. ","abridged":"Edmund was beginning to be a good deal in love; and to the lady's credit it may be added that, without his being an elder brother, and without any of the arts of flattery, he began to be agreeable to her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She felt it to be so, though she had not foreseen, and could hardly understand it; for he was not pleasant by any common rule: he talked no nonsense; he paid no compliments; his opinions were unbending, his attentions tranquil and simple. ","abridged":"She had not foreseen this, and could hardly understand it; for he was not pleasant by any common rule: he talked no nonsense; he paid no compliments; his opinions were unbending, his attentions tranquil. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"There was a charm, perhaps, in his sincerity, his steadiness, his integrity, which Miss Crawford might be equal to feel, though not equal to discuss with herself. ","abridged":"There was a charm, perhaps, in his sincerity, his steadiness, his integrity. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She did not think very much about it, however: he pleased her for the present; she liked to have him near her; it was enough.\n","abridged":"She did not think very much about it, however: he pleased her for the present; it was enough.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Fanny could not wonder that Edmund was at the Parsonage every morning; she would gladly have been there too, might she have gone in uninvited and unnoticed, to hear the harp; neither could she wonder that, when the evening stroll was over, and the two families parted again, he should think it right to attend Mrs. Grant and her sister to their home, while Mr. Crawford was devoted to the ladies of the Park; but she thought it a very bad exchange; and if Edmund were not there to mix the wine and water for her, would rather go without it than not. ","abridged":"Fanny could not wonder that Edmund was at the Parsonage every morning; she too would gladly have gone to hear the harp; neither could she wonder that after their evening stroll he should think it right to attend Mrs. Grant and her sister to their home, while Mr. Crawford was devoted to the ladies of the Park; but she thought it a very bad exchange. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She was a little surprised that he could spend so many hours with Miss Crawford, and not see more of the sort of fault which he had already observed, and of which _she_ was almost always reminded by a something of the same nature whenever she was in her company; but so it was. ","abridged":"She was surprised that he could spend so many hours with Miss Crawford, and not see more of the sort of fault which he had already observed; but so it was.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund was fond of speaking to her of Miss Crawford, but he seemed to think it enough that the Admiral had since been spared; and she scrupled to point out her own remarks to him, lest it should appear like ill-nature. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The first actual pain which Miss Crawford occasioned her was the consequence of an inclination to learn to ride, which the former caught, soon after her being settled at Mansfield, from the example of the young ladies at the Park, and which, when Edmund's acquaintance with her increased, led to his encouraging the wish, and the offer of his own quiet mare for the purpose of her first attempts, as the best fitted for a beginner that either stable could furnish. ","abridged":"The first actual pain which Miss Crawford caused her was the consequence of a wish to learn to ride. Edward encouraged it, and offered his own quiet mare for her first attempts, as the best fitted for a beginner. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"No pain, no injury, however, was designed by him to his cousin in this offer: _she_ was not to lose a day's exercise by it. ","abridged":"He meant no injury to Fanny in this offer: she was not to lose a day's exercise. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The mare was only to be taken down to the Parsonage half an hour before her ride were to begin; and Fanny, on its being first proposed, so far from feeling slighted, was almost over-powered with gratitude that he should be asking her leave for it.\n","abridged":"The mare was only to be taken down to the Parsonage half an hour before her ride were to begin; and Fanny, so far from feeling slighted, was almost over-powered with gratitude that he should be asking her leave.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford made her first essay with great credit to herself, and no inconvenience to Fanny. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford made her first attempt with great credit to herself, and no inconvenience to Fanny. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund, who had taken down the mare and presided at the whole, returned with it in excellent time, before either Fanny or the steady old coachman, who always attended her when she rode without her cousins, were ready to set forward. ","abridged":"Edmund returned with the mare in excellent time, before either Fanny or the steady old coachman who attended her were ready to set forward.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The second day's trial was not so guiltless. ","abridged":"The second day's trial was not so guiltless. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford's enjoyment of riding was such that she did not know how to leave off. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford's enjoyment was such that she did not know how to leave off. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Active and fearless, and though rather small, strongly made, she seemed formed for a horsewoman; and to the pure genuine pleasure of the exercise, something was probably added in Edmund's attendance and instructions, and something more in the conviction of very much surpassing her sex in general by her early progress, to make her unwilling to dismount. ","abridged":"Active and fearless, and though small, strongly made, she seemed formed for a horsewoman; and to the pleasure of the exercise, something was probably added in Edmund's attendance, and the conviction of surpassing her sex by her early progress, to make her unwilling to dismount. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Fanny was ready and waiting, and Mrs. Norris was beginning to scold her for not being gone, and still no horse was announced, no Edmund appeared. ","abridged":"Fanny was waiting, and Mrs. Norris was beginning to scold her for not being gone, and still no horse was announced. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"To avoid her aunt, and look for him, she went out.\n","abridged":"To avoid her aunt, and look for Edward, she went out.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The houses, though scarcely half a mile apart, were not within sight of each other; but, by walking fifty yards from the hall door, she could look down the park, and command a view of the Parsonage and all its demesnes, gently rising beyond the village road; and in Dr. Grant's meadow she immediately saw the group-Edmund and Miss Crawford both on horse-back, riding side by side, Dr. and Mrs. Grant, and Mr. Crawford, with two or three grooms, standing about and looking on. ","abridged":"The houses, though scarcely half a mile apart, were not within sight of each other; but, by walking fifty yards from the hall door, she could command a view of the Parsonage and its surroundings; and she immediately saw the group-Edmund and Miss Crawford both on horse-back, riding side by side, Dr. and Mrs. Grant, and Mr. Crawford, with the grooms, looking on. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"A happy party it appeared to her, all interested in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment ascended even to her. ","abridged":"A happy party it appeared: for the sound of merriment ascended to her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It was a sound which did not make _her_ cheerful; she wondered that Edmund should forget her, and felt a pang. ","abridged":"She wondered that Edmund should forget her, and felt a pang. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She could not turn her eyes from the meadow; she could not help watching all that passed. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"At first Miss Crawford and her companion made the circuit of the field, which was not small, at a foot's pace; then, at _her_ apparent suggestion, they rose into a canter; and to Fanny's timid nature it was most astonishing to see how well she sat. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford and her companion made the circuit of the field; then, at her apparent suggestion, they rose into a canter; and to Fanny's timid nature it was astonishing to see how well she sat.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"After a few minutes they stopped entirely. ","abridged":"After a few minutes they stopped. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund was close to her; he was speaking to her; he was evidently directing her management of the bridle; he had hold of her hand; she saw it, or the imagination supplied what the eye could not reach. ","abridged":"Edmund was close to her; he was speaking to her, evidently directing her management of the bridle; he had hold of her hand; she saw it, or the imagination supplied what the eye could not reach. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She must not wonder at all this; what could be more natural than that Edmund should be making himself useful, and proving his good-nature by any one? ","abridged":"She must not wonder at all this; what could be more natural than that Edmund should make himself useful? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She could not but think, indeed, that Mr. Crawford might as well have saved him the trouble; that it would have been particularly proper and becoming in a brother to have done it himself; but Mr. Crawford, with all his boasted good-nature, and all his coachmanship, probably knew nothing of the matter, and had no active kindness in comparison of Edmund. ","abridged":"It would have been becoming in Miss Crawford's brother to assist her; but Mr. Crawford was not as kind as Edmund.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She began to think it rather hard upon the mare to have such double duty; if she were forgotten, the poor mare should be remembered.\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Her feelings for one and the other were soon a little tranquillised by seeing the party in the meadow disperse, and Miss Crawford still on horseback, but attended by Edmund on foot, pass through a gate into the lane, and so into the park, and make towards the spot where she stood. ","abridged":"Her feelings were eased by seeing the party in the meadow disperse. Miss Crawford, still on horseback, with Edmund on foot, passed into the park, and came towards the spot where she stood. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She began then to be afraid of appearing rude and impatient; and walked to meet them with a great anxiety to avoid the suspicion.\n","abridged":"Fanny began then to be afraid of appearing rude and impatient; and walked to meet them.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"My dear Miss Price,\" said Miss Crawford, as soon as she was at all within hearing, \"I am come to make my own apologies for keeping you waiting; but I have nothing in the world to say for myself-I knew it was very late, and that I was behaving extremely ill; and therefore, if you please, you must forgive me. ","abridged":"\"My dear Miss Price,\" said Miss Crawford, \"I apologise for keeping you waiting-I knew it was late, and that I was behaving extremely ill; if you please, you must forgive me.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Fanny's answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction that she could be in no hurry. ","abridged":"Fanny's answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction that she could be in no hurry. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"For there is more than time enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,\" said he, \"and you have been promoting her comfort by preventing her from setting off half an hour sooner: clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat as she would have done then. ","abridged":"\"For there is time enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,\" said he, \"and you have prevented her from setting off when it was too hot for comfort: clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I wish _you_ may not be fatigued by so much exercise. ","abridged":"I wish you may not be fatigued by so much exercise.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I wish you had saved yourself this walk home.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"No part of it fatigues me but getting off this horse, I assure you,\" said she, as she sprang down with his help; \"I am very strong. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like. Miss Price, I give way to you with a very bad grace; but I sincerely hope you will have a pleasant ride, and that I may have nothing but good to hear of this dear, delightful, beautiful animal.\"\n","abridged":"\"Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like,\" said she, as she sprang down with his help; \"Miss Price, I give way to you with a bad grace; but I hope you will have a pleasant ride on this beautiful animal.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The old coachman, who had been waiting about with his own horse, now joining them, Fanny was lifted on hers, and they set off across another part of the park; her feelings of discomfort not lightened by seeing, as she looked back, that the others were walking down the hill together to the village; nor did her attendant do her much good by his comments on Miss Crawford's great cleverness as a horse-woman, which he had been watching with an interest almost equal to her own.\n","abridged":"The old coachman now joining them, Fanny was lifted on her horse, and they set off; her discomfort not lightened by seeing that the others were walking together to the village; nor did her attendant do her much good by his comments on Miss Crawford's great cleverness as a horse-woman.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"It is a pleasure to see a lady with such a good heart for riding!\" ","abridged":"\"It is a pleasure to see a lady with such a good heart for riding!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"said he. ","abridged":"said he. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I never see one sit a horse better. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She did not seem to have a thought of fear. ","abridged":"\"She did not have a thought of fear. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Very different from you, miss, when you first began, six years ago come next Easter. ","abridged":"Very different from you, miss, when you first began. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Lord bless you! ","abridged":"Lord bless you! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"how you did tremble when Sir Thomas first had you put on!\"\n","abridged":"how you did tremble!\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"In the drawing-room Miss Crawford was also celebrated. Her merit in being gifted by Nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated by the Miss Bertrams; her delight in riding was like their own; her early excellence in it was like their own, and they had great pleasure in praising it.\n","abridged":"In the drawing-room Miss Crawford was also praised by the Miss Bertrams; her delight in riding, and her early excellence, were like their own.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I was sure she would ride well,\" said Julia; \"she has the make for it. ","abridged":"\"I was sure she would ride well,\" said Julia. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Her figure is as neat as her brother's.\"\n","abridged":"\"Her figure is as neat as her brother's.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" added Maria, \"and her spirits are as good, and she has the same energy of character. ","abridged":"\"Yes,\" added Maria, \"and her spirits are as good. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.\"\n","abridged":"I think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"When they parted at night Edmund asked Fanny whether she meant to ride the next day.\n","abridged":"When they parted at night Edmund asked Fanny whether she meant to ride the next day.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"No, I do not know-not if you want the mare,\" was her answer.\n","abridged":"\"No, I do not know-not if you want the mare.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I do not want her at all for myself,\" said he; \"but whenever you are next inclined to stay at home, I think Miss Crawford would be glad to have her a longer time-for a whole morning, in short. ","abridged":"\"I do not want her for myself,\" said he; \"but whenever you are next inclined to stay at home, I think Miss Crawford would be glad to have her for a morning. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She has a great desire to get as far as Mansfield Common: Mrs. Grant has been telling her of its fine views, and I have no doubt of her being perfectly equal to it. ","abridged":"She has a desire to get as far as Mansfield Common, and I have no doubt of her being equal to it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"But any morning will do for this. ","abridged":"But any morning will do. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She would be extremely sorry to interfere with you. ","abridged":"She would be extremely sorry to interfere with you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It would be very wrong if she did. ","abridged":"It would be very wrong if she did. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"_She_ rides only for pleasure; _you_ for health.\"\n","abridged":"She rides only for pleasure; you for health.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I shall not ride to-morrow, certainly,\" said Fanny; \"I have been out very often lately, and would rather stay at home. ","abridged":"\"I shall not ride to-morrow, certainly,\" said Fanny; \"I have been out often lately, and would rather stay at home. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"You know I am strong enough now to walk very well.\"\n","abridged":"I am strong enough now to walk very well.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund looked pleased, which must be Fanny's comfort, and the ride to Mansfield Common took place the next morning: the party included all the young people but herself, and was much enjoyed at the time, and doubly enjoyed again in the evening discussion. ","abridged":"Edmund looked pleased, which must be Fanny's comfort, and the ride to Mansfield Common took place the next morning: the party included all the young people but herself, and was much enjoyed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"A successful scheme of this sort generally brings on another; and the having been to Mansfield Common disposed them all for going somewhere else the day after. ","abridged":"A successful scheme of this sort generally brings on another; and they all wished to go somewhere else the day after. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"There were many other views to be shewn; and though the weather was hot, there were shady lanes wherever they wanted to go. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"A young party is always provided with a shady lane. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner, in shewing the Crawfords the country, and doing the honours of its finest spots. ","abridged":"Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner, in showing the Crawfords the country's finest spots. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Everything answered; it was all gaiety and good-humour, the heat only supplying inconvenience enough to be talked of with pleasure-till the fourth day, when the happiness of one of the party was exceedingly clouded. ","abridged":"It was all gaiety and good-humour-till the fourth day, when the happiness of one of the party was exceedingly clouded.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Miss Bertram was the one. ","abridged":"Miss Bertram was the one. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund and Julia were invited to dine at the Parsonage, and _she_ was excluded. ","abridged":"Edmund and Julia were invited to dine at the Parsonage, and she was excluded. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It was meant and done by Mrs. Grant, with perfect good-humour, on Mr. Rushworth's account, who was partly expected at the Park that day; but it was felt as a very grievous injury, and her good manners were severely taxed to conceal her vexation and anger till she reached home. ","abridged":"It was done by Mrs. Grant, with perfect good-humour, on account of Mr. Rushworth, who was expected at the Park that day; but it was felt as a grievous injury, and Maria could barely conceal her anger till she reached home. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"As Mr. Rushworth did _not_ come, the injury was increased, and she had not even the relief of shewing her power over him; she could only be sullen to her mother, aunt, and cousin, and throw as great a gloom as possible over their dinner and dessert.\n","abridged":"As Mr. Rushworth did not come, the injury was increased; she could only be sullen, and throw as great a gloom as possible over dinner.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Between ten and eleven Edmund and Julia walked into the drawing-room, fresh with the evening air, glowing and cheerful, the very reverse of what they found in the three ladies sitting there, for Maria would scarcely raise her eyes from her book, and Lady Bertram was half-asleep; and even Mrs. Norris, discomposed by her niece's ill-humour, and having asked one or two questions about the dinner, which were not immediately attended to, seemed almost determined to say no more. ","abridged":"Between ten and eleven Edmund and Julia walked into the drawing-room, fresh with the evening air, glowing and cheerful, the very reverse of what they found in the three ladies sitting there, for Maria would scarcely raise her eyes from her book, and Lady Bertram was half-asleep; and even Mrs. Norris said little. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"For a few minutes the brother and sister were too eager in their praise of the night and their remarks on the stars, to think beyond themselves; but when the first pause came, Edmund, looking around, said, \"But where is Fanny? ","abridged":"Edmund, looking around, said, \"Where is Fanny? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Is she gone to bed?\"\n","abridged":"Is she gone to bed?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"No, not that I know of,\" replied Mrs. Norris; \"she was here a moment ago.\"\n","abridged":"\"Not that I know of,\" replied Mrs. Norris; \"she was here a moment ago.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Her own gentle voice speaking from the other end of the room, which was a very long one, told them that she was on the sofa. ","abridged":"Her own gentle voice speaking from the other end of the room told them that she was on the sofa. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris began scolding.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Norris began scolding.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"That is a very foolish trick, Fanny, to be idling away all the evening upon a sofa. ","abridged":"\"That is a very foolish trick, Fanny, to be idling upon a sofa. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Why cannot you come and sit here, and employ yourself as _we_ do? ","abridged":"Why cannot you come and sit here, and employ yourself? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"If you have no work of your own, I can supply you from the poor basket. ","abridged":"If you have no work, I can supply you from the poor basket. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"There is all the new calico, that was bought last week, not touched yet. ","abridged":"There is the new calico, that was bought last week, not touched yet. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I am sure I almost broke my back by cutting it out. ","abridged":"I am sure I almost broke my back cutting it out. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"You should learn to think of other people; and, take my word for it, it is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa.\"\n","abridged":"You should learn to think of other people. It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Before half this was said, Fanny was returned to her seat at the table, and had taken up her work again; and Julia, who was in high good-humour, from the pleasures of the day, did her the justice of exclaiming, \"I must say, ma'am, that Fanny is as little upon the sofa as anybody in the house.\"\n","abridged":"Before half of this was said, Fanny had returned to the table and taken up her work; and Julia, who was in high good-humour, did her the justice of exclaiming, \"I must say, ma'am, that Fanny is as little upon the sofa as anybody in the house.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Fanny,\" said Edmund, after looking at her attentively, \"I am sure you have the headache.\"\n","abridged":"\"Fanny,\" said Edmund, looking at her attentively, \"I am sure you have the headache.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She could not deny it, but said it was not very bad.\n","abridged":"She could not deny it, but said it was not very bad.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I can hardly believe you,\" he replied; \"I know your looks too well. ","abridged":"\"I can hardly believe you,\" he replied; \"I know your looks too well. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"How long have you had it?\"\n","abridged":"How long have you had it?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Since a little before dinner. ","abridged":"\"Since a little before dinner. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It is nothing but the heat.\"\n","abridged":"It is nothing but the heat.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Did you go out in the heat?\"\n","abridged":"\"Did you go out in the heat?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Go out! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"to be sure she did,\" said Mrs. Norris: \"would you have her stay within such a fine day as this? ","abridged":"\"To be sure she did,\" said Mrs. Norris: \"would you have her stay within on such a fine day? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Were not we _all_ out? ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Even your mother was out to-day for above an hour.\"\n","abridged":"Even your mother was out to-day.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Yes, indeed, Edmund,\" added her ladyship, who had been thoroughly awakened by Mrs. Norris's sharp reprimand to Fanny; \"I was out above an hour. ","abridged":"\"Yes, indeed, Edmund,\" added her ladyship. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I sat three-quarters of an hour in the flower-garden, while Fanny cut the roses; and very pleasant it was, I assure you, but very hot. ","abridged":"\"I sat in the flower-garden, while Fanny cut the roses; and very pleasant it was, but very hot.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It was shady enough in the alcove, but I declare I quite dreaded the coming home again.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Fanny has been cutting roses, has she?\"\n","abridged":"\"Fanny has been cutting roses, has she?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"Yes, and I am afraid they will be the last this year. ","abridged":"\"Yes, and I am afraid they will be the last this year. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Poor thing! ","abridged":"Poor thing! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"_She_ found it hot enough; but they were so full-blown that one could not wait.\"\n","abridged":"She found it hot enough; but they were so full-blown that one could not wait.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"There was no help for it, certainly,\" rejoined Mrs. Norris, in a rather softened voice; \"but I question whether her headache might not be caught _then_, sister. There is nothing so likely to give it as standing and stooping in a hot sun; but I dare say it will be well to-morrow. ","abridged":"\"There was no help for it,\" rejoined Mrs. Norris, in a rather softened voice; \"There is nothing so likely to give one a headache as standing in a hot sun; but I dare say it will be well to-morrow. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Suppose you let her have your aromatic vinegar; I always forget to have mine filled.\"\n","abridged":"Suppose you let her have your aromatic vinegar.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"She has got it,\" said Lady Bertram; \"she has had it ever since she came back from your house the second time.\"\n","abridged":"\"She has had it since she came back from your house the second time,\" said Lady Bertram.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"What!\" ","abridged":"\"What!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"cried Edmund; \"has she been walking as well as cutting roses; walking across the hot park to your house, and doing it twice, ma'am? ","abridged":"cried Edmund; \"has she been walking twice across the hot park, ma'am? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"No wonder her head aches.\"\n","abridged":"No wonder her head aches.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris was talking to Julia, and did not hear.\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I was afraid it would be too much for her,\" said Lady Bertram; \"but when the roses were gathered, your aunt wished to have them, and then you know they must be taken home.\"\n","abridged":"\"I was afraid it would be too much for her,\" said Lady Bertram; \"but your aunt wished to have the roses.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"But were there roses enough to oblige her to go twice?\"\n","abridged":"\"Were there roses enough to oblige her to go twice?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"No; but they were to be put into the spare room to dry; and, unluckily, Fanny forgot to lock the door of the room and bring away the key, so she was obliged to go again.\"\n","abridged":"\"No; but they were to be put into the spare room to dry; and, unluckily, Fanny forgot to lock the room and bring away the key, so she was obliged to go again.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund got up and walked about the room, saying, \"And could nobody be employed on such an errand but Fanny? ","abridged":"Edmund got up and walked about, saying, \"And could nobody be employed on such an errand but Fanny? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Upon my word, ma'am, it has been a very ill-managed business.\"\n","abridged":"Upon my word, ma'am, it has been very ill-managed.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I am sure I do not know how it was to have been done better,\" cried Mrs. Norris, unable to be longer deaf; \"unless I had gone myself, indeed; but I cannot be in two places at once; and I was talking to Mr. Green at that very time about your mother's dairymaid, by _her_ desire, and had promised John Groom to write to Mrs. Jefferies about his son, and the poor fellow was waiting for me half an hour. ","abridged":"\"I do not know how it was to have been done better,\" cried Mrs. Norris, \"unless I had gone myself; but I cannot be in two places at once; and I was talking to Mr. Green at that very time about your mother's dairymaid. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once. ","abridged":"Really I cannot do everything at once. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"And as for Fanny's just stepping down to my house for me-it is not much above a quarter of a mile-I cannot think I was unreasonable to ask it. ","abridged":"And as for Fanny's just stepping down to my house-it is not much above a quarter of a mile. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"How often do I pace it three times a day, early and late, ay, and in all weathers too, and say nothing about it?\"\n","abridged":"How often do I pace it three times a day, and in all weathers too?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I wish Fanny had half your strength, ma'am.\"\n","abridged":"\"I wish Fanny had half your strength, ma'am.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"If Fanny would be more regular in her exercise, she would not be knocked up so soon. ","abridged":"\"If Fanny would be more regular in her exercise, she would not be knocked up so soon. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She has not been out on horseback now this long while, and I am persuaded that, when she does not ride, she ought to walk. ","abridged":"She has not been out on horseback this long while, and I am persuaded that, when she does not ride, she ought to walk. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"If she had been riding before, I should not have asked it of her. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"But I thought it would rather do her good after being stooping among the roses; for there is nothing so refreshing as a walk after a fatigue of that kind; and though the sun was strong, it was not so very hot. Between ourselves, Edmund,\" nodding significantly at his mother, \"it was cutting the roses, and dawdling about in the flower-garden, that did the mischief.\"\n","abridged":"But I thought it would do her good after stooping among the roses; between ourselves, Edmund, it was cutting the roses that did the mischief.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"I am afraid it was, indeed,\" said the more candid Lady Bertram, who had overheard her; \"I am very much afraid she caught the headache there, for the heat was enough to kill anybody. ","abridged":"\"I am afraid it was, indeed,\" said the candid Lady Bertram; \"The heat was enough to kill anybody. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"It was as much as I could bear myself. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Sitting and calling to Pug, and trying to keep him from the flower-beds, was almost too much for me.\"\n","abridged":"Sitting and calling to Pug was almost too much for me.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Edmund said no more to either lady; but going quietly to another table, on which the supper-tray yet remained, brought a glass of Madeira to Fanny, and obliged her to drink the greater part. ","abridged":"Edmund said no more; but going quietly to the supper-tray, brought a glass of Madeira to Fanny, and obliged her to drink. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"She wished to be able to decline it; but the tears, which a variety of feelings created, made it easier to swallow than to speak.\n","abridged":"She wished to decline it; but her tears made it easier to swallow than to speak.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Vexed as Edmund was with his mother and aunt, he was still more angry with himself. ","abridged":"Vexed as Edmund was with his mother and aunt, he was still more angry with himself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"His own forgetfulness of her was worse than anything which they had done. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Nothing of this would have happened had she been properly considered; but she had been left four days together without any choice of companions or exercise, and without any excuse for avoiding whatever her unreasonable aunts might require. ","abridged":"Fanny had been left without any exercise, and without any excuse for avoiding whatever her unreasonable aunts might require. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"He was ashamed to think that for four days together she had not had the power of riding, and very seriously resolved, however unwilling he must be to check a pleasure of Miss Crawford's, that it should never happen again.\n","abridged":"He was ashamed to think that for four days she had not been able to ride, and resolved that it should never happen again.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"Fanny went to bed with her heart as full as on the first evening of her arrival at the Park. ","abridged":"Fanny went to bed with her heart full. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"The state of her spirits had probably had its share in her indisposition; for she had been feeling neglected, and been struggling against discontent and envy for some days past. ","abridged":"She had been struggling against discontent and envy for some days. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"As she leant on the sofa, to which she had retreated that she might not be seen, the pain of her mind had been much beyond that in her head; and the sudden change which Edmund's kindness had then occasioned, made her hardly know how to support herself.","abridged":"As she leant on the sofa, the pain of her mind had been much beyond that in her head; and the sudden change which Edmund's kindness had then occasioned, made her hardly know how to support herself.","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 7"}
{"original":"\"But why should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?\" ","abridged":"\"But why should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"said Lady Bertram. ","abridged":"said Lady Bertram. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"How came she to think of asking Fanny? ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. ","abridged":"\"Fanny never dines there. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I cannot spare her, and I am sure she does not want to go. ","abridged":"I cannot spare her, and I am sure she does not want to go. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Fanny, you do not want to go, do you?\"\n","abridged":"Fanny, you do not want to go, do you?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"If you put such a question to her,\" cried Edmund, preventing his cousin's speaking, \"Fanny will immediately say No; but I am sure, my dear mother, she would like to go; and I can see no reason why she should not.\"\n","abridged":"\"If you ask her,\" cried Edmund, \"Fanny will immediately say No; but I am sure, my dear mother, she would like to go.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should think of asking her? ","abridged":"\"Why should Mrs. Grant think of asking her? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She never did before. ","abridged":"She never did before.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She used to ask your sisters now and then, but she never asked Fanny.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"If you cannot do without me, ma'am-\" said Fanny, in a self-denying tone.\n","abridged":"\"If you cannot do without me, ma'am-\" said Fanny, in a self-denying tone.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"But my mother will have my father with her all the evening.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"To be sure, so I shall.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Suppose you take my father's opinion, ma'am.\"\n","abridged":"\"Suppose you take my father's opinion, ma'am.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"That's well thought of. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"So I will, Edmund. ","abridged":"\"So I will, Edmund. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I will ask Sir Thomas, as soon as he comes in, whether I can do without her.\"\n","abridged":"I will ask Sir Thomas, as soon as he comes in, whether I can do without her.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"As you please, ma'am, on that head; but I meant my father's opinion as to the _propriety_ of the invitation's being accepted or not; and I think he will consider it a right thing by Mrs. Grant, as well as by Fanny, that being the _first_ invitation it should be accepted.\"\n","abridged":"\"As you please, ma'am; but I meant my father's opinion as to the propriety of the invitation's being accepted; and I think he will consider that it should be.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"I do not know. ","abridged":"\"I do not know. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"We will ask him. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But he will be very much surprised that Mrs. Grant should ask Fanny at all.\"\n","abridged":"But he will be very much surprised that Mrs. Grant should ask Fanny at all.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"There was nothing more to be said, or that could be said to any purpose, till Sir Thomas were present; but the subject involving, as it did, her own evening's comfort for the morrow, was so much uppermost in Lady Bertram's mind, that half an hour afterwards, on his looking in for a minute in his way from his plantation to his dressing-room, she called him back again, when he had almost closed the door, with \"Sir Thomas, stop a moment-I have something to say to you.\"\n","abridged":"Half an hour afterwards, on Sir Thomas's looking in for a minute, Lady Bertram called him back. \"Sir Thomas, stop a moment-I have something to say.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her tone of calm languor, for she never took the trouble of raising her voice, was always heard and attended to; and Sir Thomas came back. ","abridged":"Her tone of calm languor was always attended to; and Sir Thomas came back. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her story began; and Fanny immediately slipped out of the room; for to hear herself the subject of any discussion with her uncle was more than her nerves could bear. ","abridged":"Her story began; and Fanny immediately slipped out of the room; for to hear herself the subject of any discussion with her uncle was more than her nerves could bear. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She was anxious, she knew-more anxious perhaps than she ought to be-for what was it after all whether she went or staid? ","abridged":"She was more anxious perhaps than she ought to be-for what was it after all whether she went or stayed? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"but if her uncle were to be a great while considering and deciding, and with very grave looks, and those grave looks directed to her, and at last decide against her, she might not be able to appear properly submissive and indifferent. ","abridged":"but if her uncle were to be a great while considering with grave looks, and at last decide against her, she might not be able to appear properly submissive.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her cause, meanwhile, went on well. ","abridged":"Her cause, meanwhile, went on well. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"It began, on Lady Bertram's part, with-\"I have something to tell you that will surprise you. ","abridged":"Lady Bertram began, \"I have something to tell you that will surprise you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Mrs. Grant has asked Fanny to dinner.\"\n","abridged":"Mrs. Grant has asked Fanny to dinner.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Well,\" said Sir Thomas, as if waiting more to accomplish the surprise.\n","abridged":"\"Well,\" said Sir Thomas, as if waiting more to accomplish the surprise.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Edmund wants her to go. ","abridged":"\"Edmund wants her to go. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But how can I spare her?\"\n","abridged":"But how can I spare her?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"She will be late,\" said Sir Thomas, taking out his watch; \"but what is your difficulty?\"\n","abridged":"\"What is your difficulty?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Edmund found himself obliged to speak and fill up the blanks in his mother's story. ","abridged":"Edmund found himself obliged to speak. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He told the whole; and she had only to add, \"So strange! ","abridged":"He told the whole; and she added, \"So strange! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"for Mrs. Grant never used to ask her.\"\n","abridged":"for Mrs. Grant never used to ask her.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"But is it not very natural,\" observed Edmund, \"that Mrs. Grant should wish to procure so agreeable a visitor for her sister?\"\n","abridged":"\"But is it not very natural,\" observed Edmund, \"that Mrs. Grant should wish to procure so agreeable a visitor for her sister?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Nothing can be more natural,\" said Sir Thomas, after a short deliberation; \"nor, were there no sister in the case, could anything, in my opinion, be more natural. ","abridged":"\"Nothing can be more natural,\" said Sir Thomas. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Mrs. Grant's shewing civility to Miss Price, to Lady Bertram's niece, could never want explanation. ","abridged":"\"Mrs. Grant's showing civility to Lady Bertram's niece could never want explanation. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"The only surprise I can feel is, that this should be the _first_ time of its being paid. ","abridged":"The only surprise is, that this should be the first time of its being paid. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Fanny was perfectly right in giving only a conditional answer. ","abridged":"Fanny was perfectly right in giving a conditional answer. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She appears to feel as she ought. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But as I conclude that she must wish to go, since all young people like to be together, I can see no reason why she should be denied the indulgence.\"\n","abridged":"But as I conclude that she must wish to go, since all young people like to be together, I can see no reason why she should be denied.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"But can I do without her, Sir Thomas?\"\n","abridged":"\"But can I do without her, Sir Thomas? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Indeed I think you may.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"She always makes tea, you know, when my sister is not here.\"\n","abridged":"She always makes tea, you know, when my sister is not here.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Your sister, perhaps, may be prevailed on to spend the day with us, and I shall certainly be at home.\"\n","abridged":"\"Your sister, perhaps, may be prevailed on to stay with us, and I shall be at home.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Very well, then, Fanny may go, Edmund.\"\n","abridged":"\"Very well, then, Fanny may go.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"The good news soon followed her. ","abridged":"The good news soon followed her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Edmund knocked at her door in his way to his own.\n","abridged":"Edmund knocked at her door.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Well, Fanny, it is all happily settled, and without the smallest hesitation on your uncle's side. ","abridged":"\"Well, Fanny, it is all happily settled. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He had but one opinion. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"You are to go.\"\n","abridged":"You are to go.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Thank you, I am _so_ glad,\" was Fanny's instinctive reply; though when she had turned from him and shut the door, she could not help feeling, \"And yet why should I be glad? ","abridged":"\"Thank you, I am so glad,\" was Fanny's instinctive reply; though when she had shut the door, she could not help feeling, \"Yet why should I be glad? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"for am I not certain of seeing or hearing something there to pain me?\"\n","abridged":"for am I not certain of hearing something there to pain me?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"In spite of this conviction, however, she was glad. ","abridged":"In spite of this, however, she was glad. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Simple as such an engagement might appear in other eyes, it had novelty and importance in hers, for excepting the day at Sotherton, she had scarcely ever dined out before; and though now going only half a mile, and only to three people, still it was dining out, and all the little interests of preparation were enjoyments in themselves. ","abridged":"Simple as the engagement might appear in other eyes, it had novelty and importance in hers, for she had scarcely ever dined out before; and though going only half a mile, and only to three people, still it was dining out, and all the little preparations were enjoyments in themselves. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She had neither sympathy nor assistance from those who ought to have entered into her feelings and directed her taste; for Lady Bertram never thought of being useful to anybody, and Mrs. Norris, when she came on the morrow, in consequence of an early call and invitation from Sir Thomas, was in a very ill humour, and seemed intent only on lessening her niece's pleasure, both present and future, as much as possible.\n","abridged":"She had no assistance from those who ought to have directed her taste; for Lady Bertram never thought of being useful to anybody, and Mrs. Norris, when she came on the morrow, was in a very ill humour, intent only on lessening her niece's pleasure.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Upon my word, Fanny, you are in high luck to meet with such attention and indulgence! ","abridged":"\"Upon my word, Fanny, you are in high luck! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"You ought to be very much obliged to Mrs. Grant for thinking of you, and to your aunt for letting you go, and you ought to look upon it as something extraordinary; for I hope you are aware that there is no real occasion for your going into company in this sort of way, or ever dining out at all; and it is what you must not depend upon ever being repeated. ","abridged":"You ought to be very much obliged to Mrs. Grant for thinking of you, and to your aunt for letting you go; for there is no occasion for your going into company in this way, or ever dining out at all. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Nor must you be fancying that the invitation is meant as any particular compliment to _you_; the compliment is intended to your uncle and aunt and me. ","abridged":"Do not fancy that the invitation is meant as any compliment to you; the compliment is intended to your uncle and aunt and me. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Mrs. Grant thinks it a civility due to _us_ to take a little notice of you, or else it would never have come into her head, and you may be very certain that, if your cousin Julia had been at home, you would not have been asked at all.\"\n","abridged":"Mrs. Grant thinks it a civility due to us, and you may be very certain that, if your cousin Julia had been at home, you would not have been asked at all.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris had now so ingeniously done away all Mrs. Grant's part of the favour, that Fanny, who found herself expected to speak, could only say that she was very much obliged to her aunt Bertram for sparing her, and that she was endeavouring to put her aunt's evening work in such a state as to prevent her being missed.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Norris had now so ingeniously done away all Mrs. Grant's part of the favour, that Fanny could only say that she was very much obliged to her aunt Bertram for sparing her.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"depend upon it, your aunt can do very well without you, or you would not be allowed to go. ","abridged":"your aunt can do very well without you, or you would not be allowed to go. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"_I_ shall be here, so you may be quite easy about your aunt. ","abridged":"I shall be here, so you may be quite easy. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And I hope you will have a very _agreeable_ day, and find it all mighty _delightful_. ","abridged":"And I hope you will find it all mighty delightful. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But I must observe that five is the very awkwardest of all possible numbers to sit down to table; and I cannot but be surprised that such an _elegant_ lady as Mrs. Grant should not contrive better! ","abridged":"But I must observe that five is the very awkwardest of all possible numbers to sit down to table; and I am surprised at Mrs. Grant! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And round their enormous great wide table, too, which fills up the room so dreadfully! ","abridged":"And round their enormous great wide table, too, which fills up the room so dreadfully! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Had the doctor been contented to take my dining-table when I came away, as anybody in their senses would have done, instead of having that absurd new one of his own, which is wider, literally wider than the dinner-table here, how infinitely better it would have been! ","abridged":"Had the doctor been content to take my dining-table when I came away, instead of having that absurd new one of his own, how infinitely better it would have been! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"and how much more he would have been respected! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"for people are never respected when they step out of their proper sphere. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Remember that, Fanny. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Five-only five to be sitting round that table. ","abridged":"Only five to be sitting round that table. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"However, you will have dinner enough on it for ten, I dare say.\"\n","abridged":"However, you will have dinner enough on it for ten, I dare say.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris fetched breath, and went on again.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Norris fetched breath, and went on again.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"The nonsense and folly of people's stepping out of their rank and trying to appear above themselves, makes me think it right to give _you_ a hint, Fanny, now that you are going into company without any of us; and I do beseech and entreat you not to be putting yourself forward, and talking and giving your opinion as if you were one of your cousins-as if you were dear Mrs. Rushworth or Julia. ","abridged":"\"I must give you a hint, Fanny, now that you are going into company; do not be putting yourself forward, and talking as if you were one of your cousins-as if you were dear Mrs. Rushworth or Julia. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"_That_ will never do, believe me. ","abridged":"That will never do. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Remember, wherever you are, you must be the lowest and last; and though Miss Crawford is in a manner at home at the Parsonage, you are not to be taking place of her. ","abridged":"Remember, wherever you are, you must be the lowest and last. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And as to coming away at night, you are to stay just as long as Edmund chuses. ","abridged":"And you are to stay just as long as Edmund chooses. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Leave him to settle _that_.\"\n","abridged":"Leave him to settle that.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Yes, ma'am, I should not think of anything else.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes, ma'am.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"And if it should rain, which I think exceedingly likely, for I never saw it more threatening for a wet evening in my life, you must manage as well as you can, and not be expecting the carriage to be sent for you. ","abridged":"\"And if it should rain, which I think exceedingly likely, you must manage as well as you can, and not be expecting the carriage to be sent for you.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I certainly do not go home to-night, and, therefore, the carriage will not be out on my account; so you must make up your mind to what may happen, and take your things accordingly.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her niece thought it perfectly reasonable. ","abridged":"Her niece thought it perfectly reasonable. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She rated her own claims to comfort as low even as Mrs. Norris could; and when Sir Thomas soon afterwards, just opening the door, said, \"Fanny, at what time would you have the carriage come round?\" ","abridged":"She rated her own claims to comfort as low as Mrs. Norris could; and when Sir Thomas, just opening the door, said, \"Fanny, at what time would you have the carriage come round?\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"she felt a degree of astonishment which made it impossible for her to speak.\n","abridged":"she felt astonished.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"My dear Sir Thomas!\" ","abridged":"\"My dear Sir Thomas!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"cried Mrs. Norris, red with anger, \"Fanny can walk.\"\n","abridged":"cried Mrs. Norris, red with anger, \"Fanny can walk.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Walk!\" ","abridged":"\"Walk!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"repeated Sir Thomas, in a tone of most unanswerable dignity, and coming farther into the room. ","abridged":"repeated Sir Thomas, in a tone of most unanswerable dignity. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"My niece walk to a dinner engagement at this time of the year! ","abridged":"\"My niece walk to a dinner engagement at this time of the year! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Will twenty minutes after four suit you?\"\n","abridged":"Will twenty minutes after four suit you?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Yes, sir,\" was Fanny's humble answer, given with the feelings almost of a criminal towards Mrs. Norris; and not bearing to remain with her in what might seem a state of triumph, she followed her uncle out of the room, having staid behind him only long enough to hear these words spoken in angry agitation-\n","abridged":"\"Yes, sir,\" was Fanny's humble answer, given with the feelings of a criminal towards Mrs. Norris; and as she followed her uncle out of the room, she heard these words spoken in angry agitation-\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Quite unnecessary! ","abridged":"\"Quite unnecessary! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"a great deal too kind! ","abridged":"a great deal too kind! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But Edmund goes; true, it is upon Edmund's account. ","abridged":"But Edmund goes; it is upon Edmund's account.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I observed he was hoarse on Thursday night.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"But this could not impose on Fanny. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She felt that the carriage was for herself, and herself alone: and her uncle's consideration of her, coming immediately after such representations from her aunt, cost her some tears of gratitude when she was alone.\n","abridged":"Fanny, however, felt that the carriage was for herself: and her uncle's consideration cost her some tears of gratitude when she was alone.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"The coachman drove round to a minute; another minute brought down the gentleman; and as the lady had, with a most scrupulous fear of being late, been many minutes seated in the drawing-room, Sir Thomas saw them off in as good time as his own correctly punctual habits required.\n","abridged":"The coachman drove round promptly; and Sir Thomas saw Fanny and Edmund off in good time.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Now I must look at you, Fanny,\" said Edmund, with the kind smile of an affectionate brother, \"and tell you how I like you; and as well as I can judge by this light, you look very nicely indeed. ","abridged":"\"Now I must look at you, Fanny,\" said Edmund, with the kind smile of a brother, \"and tell you how I like you; and as well as I can judge by this light, you look very nicely indeed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"What have you got on?\"\n","abridged":"What have you got on?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"The new dress that my uncle was so good as to give me on my cousin's marriage. ","abridged":"\"The new dress that my uncle kindly gave me on my cousin's marriage. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I hope it is not too fine; but I thought I ought to wear it as soon as I could, and that I might not have such another opportunity all the winter. ","abridged":"I thought I ought to wear it, as I might not have another opportunity all winter. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I hope you do not think me too fine.\"\n","abridged":"I hope you do not think me too fine.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"A woman can never be too fine while she is all in white. ","abridged":"\"A woman can never be too fine while she is all in white. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"No, I see no finery about you; nothing but what is perfectly proper. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Your gown seems very pretty. ","abridged":"Your gown seems very pretty. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I like these glossy spots. ","abridged":"I like these glossy spots. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Has not Miss Crawford a gown something the same?\"\n","abridged":"Has not Miss Crawford a gown something the same?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"In approaching the Parsonage they passed close by the stable-yard and coach-house.\n","abridged":"In approaching the Parsonage they passed close by the stable-yard.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Heyday!\" ","abridged":"\"Heyday!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"said Edmund, \"here's company, here's a carriage! ","abridged":"said Edmund, \"here's a carriage! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"who have they got to meet us?\" ","abridged":"who have they got to meet us? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And letting down the side-glass to distinguish, \"'Tis Crawford's, Crawford's barouche, I protest! ","abridged":"'Tis Crawford's barouche! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"There are his own two men pushing it back into its old quarters. ","abridged":"There are his men. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He is here, of course. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"This is quite a surprise, Fanny. ","abridged":"This is quite a surprise, Fanny. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I shall be very glad to see him.\"\n","abridged":"I shall be very glad to see him.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"There was no occasion, there was no time for Fanny to say how very differently she felt; but the idea of having such another to observe her was a great increase of the trepidation with which she performed the very awful ceremony of walking into the drawing-room.\n","abridged":"There was no occasion for Fanny to say how differently she felt; but the idea of having such another to observe her caused a great increase of the trepidation with which she performed the awful ceremony of walking into the drawing-room.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"In the drawing-room Mr. Crawford certainly was, having been just long enough arrived to be ready for dinner; and the smiles and pleased looks of the three others standing round him, shewed how welcome was his sudden resolution of coming to them for a few days on leaving Bath. ","abridged":"In the drawing-room Mr. Crawford certainly was; and the smiles of the three others standing round him, showed how welcome was his sudden resolution of coming to them for a few days on leaving Bath. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"A very cordial meeting passed between him and Edmund; and with the exception of Fanny, the pleasure was general; and even to _her_ there might be some advantage in his presence, since every addition to the party must rather forward her favourite indulgence of being suffered to sit silent and unattended to. ","abridged":"A very cordial meeting passed between him and Edmund; and with the exception of Fanny, the pleasure was general.\nHis presence at least meant that she could sit silent and unattended to. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She was soon aware of this herself; for though she must submit, as her own propriety of mind directed, in spite of her aunt Norris's opinion, to being the principal lady in company, and to all the little distinctions consequent thereon, she found, while they were at table, such a happy flow of conversation prevailing, in which she was not required to take any part-there was so much to be said between the brother and sister about Bath, so much between the two young men about hunting, so much of politics between Mr. Crawford and Dr. Grant, and of everything and all together between Mr. Crawford and Mrs. Grant, as to leave her the fairest prospect of having only to listen in quiet, and of passing a very agreeable day. ","abridged":"Though she must submit to being the principal lady in company, she found, while they were at table, a happy flow of conversation in which she was not required to take any part. There was so much to be said about Bath, and hunting, and politics, and everything else, as to leave her the fairest prospect of having only to listen in quiet, and of passing a very agreeable day.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She could not compliment the newly arrived gentleman, however, with any appearance of interest, in a scheme for extending his stay at Mansfield, and sending for his hunters from Norfolk, which, suggested by Dr. Grant, advised by Edmund, and warmly urged by the two sisters, was soon in possession of his mind, and which he seemed to want to be encouraged even by her to resolve on. ","abridged":"She could not, however, show any eager interest in the gentleman's scheme for extending his stay at Mansfield, and sending for his hunters from Norfolk, which, urged by all the others, was in possession of his mind, and in which he seemed to want encouragement even from Fanny. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her opinion was sought as to the probable continuance of the open weather, but her answers were as short and indifferent as civility allowed. ","abridged":"Her answers to him were as short and indifferent as civility allowed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She could not wish him to stay, and would much rather not have him speak to her.\n","abridged":"She would much rather not have him speak to her.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Her two absent cousins, especially Maria, were much in her thoughts on seeing him; but no embarrassing remembrance affected _his_ spirits. ","abridged":"Her two absent cousins, especially Maria, were much in her thoughts; but no embarrassing remembrance affected his spirits. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Here he was again on the same ground where all had passed before, and apparently as willing to stay and be happy without the Miss Bertrams, as if he had never known Mansfield in any other state. ","abridged":"He was apparently as willing to stay and be happy without the Miss Bertrams, as if he had never known Mansfield in any other state. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She heard them spoken of by him only in a general way, till they were all re-assembled in the drawing-room, when Edmund, being engaged apart in some matter of business with Dr. Grant, which seemed entirely to engross them, and Mrs. Grant occupied at the tea-table, he began talking of them with more particularity to his other sister. ","abridged":"He spoke of them only in a general way, till they were all re-assembled in the drawing-room, when he began talking of them to Miss Crawford. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"With a significant smile, which made Fanny quite hate him, he said, \"So! ","abridged":"With a significant smile, which made Fanny quite hate him, he said, \"So! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Rushworth and his fair bride are at Brighton, I understand; happy man!\"\n","abridged":"Rushworth and his fair bride are at Brighton, I understand; happy man!\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Yes, they have been there about a fortnight, Miss Price, have they not? ","abridged":"\"Yes, they have been there a fortnight. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And Julia is with them.\"\n","abridged":"Julia is with them.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"And Mr. Yates, I presume, is not far off.\"\n","abridged":"\"And Mr. Yates, I presume, is not far off.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Yates! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"we hear nothing of Mr. Yates. ","abridged":"we hear nothing of Mr. Yates. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I do not imagine he figures much in the letters to Mansfield Park; do you, Miss Price? ","abridged":"I do not imagine he figures much in the letters to Mansfield Park; do you, Miss Price? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I think my friend Julia knows better than to entertain her father with Mr. Yates.\"\n","abridged":"I think Julia knows better than to entertain her father with Mr. Yates.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Poor Rushworth and his two-and-forty speeches!\" ","abridged":"\"Poor Rushworth and his two-and-forty speeches!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"continued Crawford. ","abridged":"continued Crawford. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Nobody can ever forget them. ","abridged":"\"Nobody can ever forget them. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Poor fellow! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I see him now-his toil and his despair. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Well, I am much mistaken if his lovely Maria will ever want him to make two-and-forty speeches to her\"; adding, with a momentary seriousness, \"She is too good for him-much too good.\" ","abridged":"Well, I am much mistaken if his lovely Maria will ever want him to make two-and-forty speeches to her\"; adding, with a momentary seriousness, \"She is too good for him-much too good.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And then changing his tone again to one of gentle gallantry, and addressing Fanny, he said, \"You were Mr. Rushworth's best friend. ","abridged":"Then changing again to gentle gallantry, and addressing Fanny, he said, \"You were Mr. Rushworth's best friend. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Your kindness and patience can never be forgotten, your indefatigable patience in trying to make it possible for him to learn his part-in trying to give him a brain which nature had denied-to mix up an understanding for him out of the superfluity of your own! ","abridged":"Your kindness and patience to him can never be forgotten. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"_He_ might not have sense enough himself to estimate your kindness, but I may venture to say that it had honour from all the rest of the party.\"\n","abridged":"He might not have sense enough himself to value your kindness, but it had honour from all the rest of the party.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Fanny coloured, and said nothing.\n","abridged":"Fanny coloured, and said nothing.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"It is as a dream, a pleasant dream!\" ","abridged":"\"It is as a dream, a pleasant dream!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"he exclaimed, breaking forth again, after a few minutes' musing. ","abridged":"he exclaimed, after a few minutes' musing. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"I shall always look back on our theatricals with exquisite pleasure. ","abridged":"\"I shall always look back on our theatricals with exquisite pleasure. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"There was such an interest, such an animation, such a spirit diffused. ","abridged":"There was such an interest, such an animation. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Everybody felt it. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"We were all alive. ","abridged":"We were all alive. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"There was employment, hope, solicitude, bustle, for every hour of the day. ","abridged":"There was employment, hope, bustle, for every hour of the day. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Always some little objection, some little doubt, some little anxiety to be got over. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I never was happier.\"\n","abridged":"I never was happier.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"With silent indignation Fanny repeated to herself, \"Never happier!-never happier than when doing what you must know was not justifiable!-never happier than when behaving so dishonourably and unfeelingly! ","abridged":"With silent indignation Fanny repeated to herself, \"Never happier than when behaving so dishonourably and unfeelingly! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"what a corrupted mind!\"\n","abridged":"what a corrupted mind!\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"We were unlucky, Miss Price,\" he continued, in a lower tone, to avoid the possibility of being heard by Edmund, and not at all aware of her feelings, \"we certainly were very unlucky. ","abridged":"\"We were unlucky, Miss Price,\" he continued, in a lower tone, not at all aware of her feelings. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Another week, only one other week, would have been enough for us. ","abridged":"\"Another week would have been enough for us. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I think if we had had the disposal of events-if Mansfield Park had had the government of the winds just for a week or two, about the equinox, there would have been a difference. ","abridged":"If Mansfield Park had had the government of the winds just for a week or two, there would have been a difference. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Not that we would have endangered his safety by any tremendous weather-but only by a steady contrary wind, or a calm. I think, Miss Price, we would have indulged ourselves with a week's calm in the Atlantic at that season.\"\n","abridged":"Not that we would have endangered his safety by any tremendous weather-but I think, Miss Price, we would have indulged ourselves with a week's calm in the Atlantic.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He seemed determined to be answered; and Fanny, averting her face, said, with a firmer tone than usual, \"As far as _I_ am concerned, sir, I would not have delayed his return for a day. ","abridged":"Fanny, averting her face, said, with a firmer tone than usual, \"I would not have delayed his return for a day, sir. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"My uncle disapproved it all so entirely when he did arrive, that in my opinion everything had gone quite far enough.\"\n","abridged":"My uncle disapproved it all so entirely when he did arrive, that in my opinion everything had gone quite far enough.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She had never spoken so much at once to him in her life before, and never so angrily to any one; and when her speech was over, she trembled and blushed at her own daring. ","abridged":"She had never spoken so much at once to him before, and never so angrily to any one; and she trembled at her own daring. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He was surprised; but after a few moments' silent consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver tone, and as if the candid result of conviction, \"I believe you are right. ","abridged":"He was surprised; but after a few moments' silent consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver tone, \"I believe you are right. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"It was more pleasant than prudent. ","abridged":"It was more pleasant than prudent. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"We were getting too noisy.\" ","abridged":"We were getting too noisy.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"And then turning the conversation, he would have engaged her on some other subject, but her answers were so shy and reluctant that he could not advance in any.\n","abridged":"He would have engaged her on some other subject, but her answers were so shy and reluctant that he could not advance in any.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford, who had been repeatedly eyeing Dr. Grant and Edmund, now observed, \"Those gentlemen must have some very interesting point to discuss.\"\n","abridged":"Miss Crawford, who had been repeatedly eyeing Dr. Grant and Edmund, now observed, \"Those gentlemen must have some very interesting point to discuss.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"The most interesting in the world,\" replied her brother-\"how to make money; how to turn a good income into a better. ","abridged":"\"The most interesting in the world,\" replied her brother-\"how to make money. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Dr. Grant is giving Bertram instructions about the living he is to step into so soon. ","abridged":"Dr. Grant is giving Bertram instructions about the living he is to step into soon. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I find he takes orders in a few weeks. ","abridged":"He takes orders in a few weeks. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"They were at it in the dining-parlour. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I am glad to hear Bertram will be so well off. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"He will have a very pretty income to make ducks and drakes with, and earned without much trouble. I apprehend he will not have less than seven hundred a year. ","abridged":"He will have a very pretty income, earned without much trouble: seven hundred a year. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Seven hundred a year is a fine thing for a younger brother; and as of course he will still live at home, it will be all for his _menus_ _plaisirs_; and a sermon at Christmas and Easter, I suppose, will be the sum total of sacrifice.\"\n","abridged":"That is a fine thing for a younger brother; and as of course he will still live at home, it will be all for small luxuries; and a sermon at Christmas and Easter, I suppose, will be the sum total of sacrifice.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"His sister tried to laugh off her feelings by saying, \"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves. ","abridged":"His sister tried to laugh off her feelings by saying, \"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"You would look rather blank, Henry, if your _menus_ _plaisirs_ were to be limited to seven hundred a year.\"\n","abridged":"You would look rather blank, Henry, if your small luxuries were to be limited to seven hundred a year.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps I might; but all _that_ you know is entirely comparative. Birthright and habit must settle the business. Bertram is certainly well off for a cadet of even a baronet's family. ","abridged":"\"Perhaps; but Bertram is certainly well off for a cadet of a baronet's family. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"By the time he is four or five and twenty he will have seven hundred a year, and nothing to do for it.\"\n","abridged":"By the time he is five and twenty he will have seven hundred a year, and nothing to do for it.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford _could_ have said that there would be a something to do and to suffer for it, which she could not think lightly of; but she checked herself and let it pass; and tried to look calm and unconcerned when the two gentlemen shortly afterwards joined them.\n","abridged":"Miss Crawford could have said that there would be a something to do for it, which she could not think lightly of; but she let it pass; and tried to look unconcerned when the two gentlemen joined them.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Bertram,\" said Henry Crawford, \"I shall make a point of coming to Mansfield to hear you preach your first sermon. ","abridged":"\"Bertram,\" said Henry Crawford, \"I shall make a point of coming to Mansfield to hear you preach your first sermon. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"I shall come on purpose to encourage a young beginner. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"When is it to be? ","abridged":"When is it to be? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Miss Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? ","abridged":"Miss Price, will not you join me? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Will not you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole time-as I shall do-not to lose a word; or only looking off just to note down any sentence preeminently beautiful? ","abridged":"Will not you fix your eyes steadily on him the whole time-as I shall do-only looking down to note any sentence pre-eminently beautiful? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"We will provide ourselves with tablets and a pencil. ","abridged":"We will provide ourselves with tablets and a pencil. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"When will it be? ","abridged":"When will it be?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"You must preach at Mansfield, you know, that Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram may hear you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"I shall keep clear of you, Crawford, as long as I can,\" said Edmund; \"for you would be more likely to disconcert me, and I should be more sorry to see you trying at it than almost any other man.\"\n","abridged":"\"I shall keep clear of you, Crawford, as long as I can,\" said Edmund; \"for you would disconcert me, and I should be more sorry to see you trying at it than almost any other man.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"Will he not feel this?\" ","abridged":"\"Will he not feel this?\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"thought Fanny. ","abridged":"thought Fanny. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"\"No, he can feel nothing as he ought.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, he can feel nothing as he ought.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"The party being now all united, and the chief talkers attracting each other, she remained in tranquillity; and as a whist-table was formed after tea-formed really for the amusement of Dr. Grant, by his attentive wife, though it was not to be supposed so-and Miss Crawford took her harp, she had nothing to do but to listen; and her tranquillity remained undisturbed the rest of the evening, except when Mr. Crawford now and then addressed to her a question or observation, which she could not avoid answering. ","abridged":"The party being now united, and the chief talkers attracting each other, she remained in tranquillity; and as a whist-table was formed after tea for the amusement of Dr. Grant, and Miss Crawford took her harp, she had nothing to do but to listen. Her tranquillity remained undisturbed the rest of the evening, except when Mr. Crawford now and then addressed to her a question, which she could not avoid answering.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford was too much vexed by what had passed to be in a humour for anything but music. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford was too much vexed to be in a humour for anything but music. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"With that she soothed herself and amused her friend.\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"The assurance of Edmund's being so soon to take orders, coming upon her like a blow that had been suspended, and still hoped uncertain and at a distance, was felt with resentment and mortification. ","abridged":"Edmund's being so soon to take orders had come upon her like a blow; she had hoped it still uncertain, and felt resentment and mortification. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She was very angry with him. ","abridged":"She was very angry with him. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She had thought her influence more. ","abridged":"She had thought her influence more. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She _had_ begun to think of him; she felt that she had, with great regard, with almost decided intentions; but she would now meet him with his own cool feelings. ","abridged":"She had begun to think of him with great regard, with almost decided intentions; but she would now meet him with his own cool feelings. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"It was plain that he could have no serious views, no true attachment, by fixing himself in a situation which he must know she would never stoop to. ","abridged":"It was plain that he could have no true attachment, by fixing himself in a situation which he must know she would never stoop to. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"She would learn to match him in his indifference. She would henceforth admit his attentions without any idea beyond immediate amusement. ","abridged":"She would learn to match him in his indifference, and would henceforth admit his attentions without any idea beyond her immediate amusement.","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"If _he_ could so command his affections, _hers_ should do her no harm.","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 23"}
{"original":"Tom Bertram had of late spent so little of his time at home that he could be only nominally missed; and Lady Bertram was soon astonished to find how very well they did even without his father, how well Edmund could supply his place in carving, talking to the steward, writing to the attorney, settling with the servants, and equally saving her from all possible fatigue or exertion in every particular but that of directing her letters.\n","abridged":"Lady Bertram was soon astonished to find how well they did without Sir Thomas, how well Edmund could supply his place in carving, settling with the servants, and saving her from all possible exertion.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The earliest intelligence of the travellers' safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable voyage, was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had been indulging in very dreadful fears, and trying to make Edmund participate them whenever she could get him alone; and as she depended on being the first person made acquainted with any fatal catastrophe, she had already arranged the manner of breaking it to all the others, when Sir Thomas's assurances of their both being alive and well made it necessary to lay by her agitation and affectionate preparatory speeches for a while.\n","abridged":"News of the travellers' safe arrival at Antigua was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had been indulging in very dreadful fears; and as she depended on being the first person to learn of any catastrophe, she had already arranged the manner of breaking it to all the others, when Sir Thomas's assurances of their being alive and well made it necessary to lay by preparatory speeches for a while.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The winter came and passed without their being called for; the accounts continued perfectly good; and Mrs. Norris, in promoting gaieties for her nieces, assisting their toilets, displaying their accomplishments, and looking about for their future husbands, had so much to do as, in addition to all her own household cares, some interference in those of her sister, and Mrs. Grant's wasteful doings to overlook, left her very little occasion to be occupied in fears for the absent.\n","abridged":"The winter passed without their being called for; the accounts continued perfectly good; and Mrs. Norris, in promoting gaieties for her nieces, displaying their accomplishments, and looking about for their future husbands, had very little time to fear for the absent.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The Miss Bertrams were now fully established among the belles of the neighbourhood; and as they joined to beauty and brilliant acquirements a manner naturally easy, and carefully formed to general civility and obligingness, they possessed its favour as well as its admiration. ","abridged":"The Miss Bertrams were now fully established among the neighbourhood's belles; and as they joined to beauty and brilliant acquirements a manner naturally easy and civil, they gained favour as well as admiration. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Their vanity was in such good order that they seemed to be quite free from it, and gave themselves no airs; while the praises attending such behaviour, secured and brought round by their aunt, served to strengthen them in believing they had no faults.\n","abridged":"Their vanity was in such good order that they seemed to be quite free from it, and gave themselves no airs; while the praises secured and brought round by their aunt strengthened them in believing they had no faults.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Lady Bertram did not go into public with her daughters. She was too indolent even to accept a mother's gratification in witnessing their success and enjoyment at the expense of any personal trouble, and the charge was made over to her sister, who desired nothing better than a post of such honourable representation, and very thoroughly relished the means it afforded her of mixing in society without having horses to hire.\n","abridged":"Lady Bertram was too indolent to go into public with her daughters. The charge was made over to her sister, who thoroughly relished the means it afforded her of mixing in society without having horses to hire.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Fanny had no share in the festivities of the season; but she enjoyed being avowedly useful as her aunt's companion when they called away the rest of the family; and, as Miss Lee had left Mansfield, she naturally became everything to Lady Bertram during the night of a ball or a party. ","abridged":"Fanny had no share in the season's festivities; but she enjoyed being useful as her aunt's companion; and, as Miss Lee had left Mansfield, she naturally became everything to Lady Bertram during the night of a party. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She talked to her, listened to her, read to her; and the tranquillity of such evenings, her perfect security in such a _tte--tte_ from any sound of unkindness, was unspeakably welcome to a mind which had seldom known a pause in its alarms or embarrassments. ","abridged":"She talked to her, listened to her, read to her; and the tranquillity of such evenings was unspeakably welcome to her mind. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"As to her cousins' gaieties, she loved to hear an account of them, especially of the balls, and whom Edmund had danced with; but thought too lowly of her own situation to imagine she should ever be admitted to the same, and listened, therefore, without an idea of any nearer concern in them. ","abridged":"As to her cousins' gaieties, she loved to hear an account of them, especially of the balls, and whom Edmund had danced with; but never imagined she should ever be admitted to the same. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Upon the whole, it was a comfortable winter to her; for though it brought no William to England, the never-failing hope of his arrival was worth much.\n","abridged":"It was a comfortable winter to her; for though it brought no William to England, the never-failing hope of his arrival was worth much.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The ensuing spring deprived her of her valued friend, the old grey pony; and for some time she was in danger of feeling the loss in her health as well as in her affections; for in spite of the acknowledged importance of her riding on horse-back, no measures were taken for mounting her again, \"because,\" as it was observed by her aunts, \"she might ride one of her cousin's horses at any time when they did not want them,\" and as the Miss Bertrams regularly wanted their horses every fine day, and had no idea of carrying their obliging manners to the sacrifice of any real pleasure, that time, of course, never came. ","abridged":"The spring deprived her of her friend, the old grey pony; and she was in danger of feeling the loss in her health as well as in her affections; for despite the acknowledged importance of her riding, no measures were taken for mounting her again, \"because,\" as her aunts observed, \"she might ride her cousins' horses at any time when they did not want them.\" As the Miss Bertrams wanted their horses every fine day, and had no idea of sacrificing any real pleasure, that time never came. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"They took their cheerful rides in the fine mornings of April and May; and Fanny either sat at home the whole day with one aunt, or walked beyond her strength at the instigation of the other: Lady Bertram holding exercise to be as unnecessary for everybody as it was unpleasant to herself; and Mrs. Norris, who was walking all day, thinking everybody ought to walk as much. ","abridged":"They took their cheerful rides in the fine mornings of April and May; and Fanny either sat at home all day with one aunt, or walked beyond her strength at the instigation of the other: Lady Bertram holding exercise to be unnecessary; and Mrs. Norris thinking everybody ought to walk all day, as she did.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Edmund was absent at this time, or the evil would have been earlier remedied. When he returned, to understand how Fanny was situated, and perceived its ill effects, there seemed with him but one thing to be done; and that \"Fanny must have a horse\" was the resolute declaration with which he opposed whatever could be urged by the supineness of his mother, or the economy of his aunt, to make it appear unimportant. ","abridged":"Edmund was absent; but when he returned and saw how Fanny was affected, \"Fanny must have a horse\" was his resolute declaration. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris could not help thinking that some steady old thing might be found among the numbers belonging to the Park that would do vastly well; or that one might be borrowed of the steward; or that perhaps Dr. Grant might now and then lend them the pony he sent to the post. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris thought some steady old thing might be found at the Park that would do. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She could not but consider it as absolutely unnecessary, and even improper, that Fanny should have a regular lady's horse of her own, in the style of her cousins. ","abridged":"She considered it as unnecessary, and even improper, that Fanny should have a lady's horse of her own, in the style of her cousins. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She was sure Sir Thomas had never intended it: and she must say that, to be making such a purchase in his absence, and adding to the great expenses of his stable, at a time when a large part of his income was unsettled, seemed to her very unjustifiable. ","abridged":"She was sure Sir Thomas had never intended it: and to be adding to the great expenses of his stable, at a time when his income was unsettled, seemed to her unjustifiable.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"Fanny must have a horse,\" was Edmund's only reply. ","abridged":"\"Fanny must have a horse,\" was Edmund's only reply. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris could not see it in the same light. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris could not see it in the same light. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Lady Bertram did: she entirely agreed with her son as to the necessity of it, and as to its being considered necessary by his father; she only pleaded against there being any hurry; she only wanted him to wait till Sir Thomas's return, and then Sir Thomas might settle it all himself. ","abridged":"Lady Bertram agreed with her son; she only wanted him to wait till Sir Thomas's return, and then Sir Thomas might settle it himself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He would be at home in September, and where would be the harm of only waiting till September?\n","abridged":"He would be at home in September, and where would be the harm of waiting till then?\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Though Edmund was much more displeased with his aunt than with his mother, as evincing least regard for her niece, he could not help paying more attention to what she said; and at length determined on a method of proceeding which would obviate the risk of his father's thinking he had done too much, and at the same time procure for Fanny the immediate means of exercise, which he could not bear she should be without. ","abridged":"Edmund determined on a method of proceeding which would not cost too much. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He had three horses of his own, but not one that would carry a woman. ","abridged":"He had three horses of his own, but not one that would carry a woman. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Two of them were hunters; the third, a useful road-horse: this third he resolved to exchange for one that his cousin might ride; he knew where such a one was to be met with; and having once made up his mind, the whole business was soon completed. ","abridged":"Two of them were hunters; the third, a useful road-horse: this third he exchanged for one that his cousin might ride. The whole business was soon completed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The new mare proved a treasure; with a very little trouble she became exactly calculated for the purpose, and Fanny was then put in almost full possession of her. ","abridged":"The new mare proved a treasure; and Fanny was put in possession of her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She had not supposed before that anything could ever suit her like the old grey pony; but her delight in Edmund's mare was far beyond any former pleasure of the sort; and the addition it was ever receiving in the consideration of that kindness from which her pleasure sprung, was beyond all her words to express. ","abridged":"She had not supposed that anything could suit her like the old grey pony; but her delight in Edmund's mare was far beyond her former pleasure; and her appreciation of his kindness was beyond words. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She regarded her cousin as an example of everything good and great, as possessing worth which no one but herself could ever appreciate, and as entitled to such gratitude from her as no feelings could be strong enough to pay. ","abridged":"She regarded her cousin as an example of everything good and great, entitled to more gratitude than she could ever pay him. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Her sentiments towards him were compounded of all that was respectful, grateful, confiding, and tender.\n","abridged":"Her feelings towards him were all that was respectful, grateful, confiding, and tender.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"As the horse continued in name, as well as fact, the property of Edmund, Mrs. Norris could tolerate its being for Fanny's use; and had Lady Bertram ever thought about her own objection again, he might have been excused in her eyes for not waiting till Sir Thomas's return in September, for when September came Sir Thomas was still abroad, and without any near prospect of finishing his business. ","abridged":"As the horse continued to be Edmund's property, Mrs. Norris could tolerate its being for Fanny's use; and had Lady Bertram ever thought about the matter, she might have excused Edmund for not waiting till Sir Thomas's return, for when September came Sir Thomas was still abroad.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Unfavourable circumstances had suddenly arisen at a moment when he was beginning to turn all his thoughts towards England; and the very great uncertainty in which everything was then involved determined him on sending home his son, and waiting the final arrangement by himself. ","abridged":"Unfavourable circumstances had suddenly arisen; and the great uncertainty of his affairs determined him on sending home his son, and staying on by himself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Tom arrived safely, bringing an excellent account of his father's health; but to very little purpose, as far as Mrs. Norris was concerned. Sir Thomas's sending away his son seemed to her so like a parent's care, under the influence of a foreboding of evil to himself, that she could not help feeling dreadful presentiments; and as the long evenings of autumn came on, was so terribly haunted by these ideas, in the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to be obliged to take daily refuge in the dining-room of the Park. ","abridged":"Tom arrived safely, bringing an excellent account of his father's health; but Mrs. Norris could not help feeling dreadful presentiments; and as the long autumn evenings came on, was so terribly haunted by these ideas, in the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to be obliged to take daily refuge in the dining-room of the Park.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The return of winter engagements, however, was not without its effect; and in the course of their progress, her mind became so pleasantly occupied in superintending the fortunes of her eldest niece, as tolerably to quiet her nerves. ","abridged":"The return of winter engagements, however, was not without effect; her mind became pleasantly occupied in superintending the fortunes of her eldest niece. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"If poor Sir Thomas were fated never to return, it would be peculiarly consoling to see their dear Maria well married,\" she very often thought; always when they were in the company of men of fortune, and particularly on the introduction of a young man who had recently succeeded to one of the largest estates and finest places in the country.\n","abridged":"\"If poor Sir Thomas were never to return, it would be consoling to see dear Maria well married,\" she often thought; always when they were in the company of men of fortune, particularly one young man who had recently succeeded to one of the largest estates in the country.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mr. Rushworth was from the first struck with the beauty of Miss Bertram, and, being inclined to marry, soon fancied himself in love. ","abridged":"Mr. Rushworth was struck with the beauty of Miss Bertram, and, being inclined to marry, soon fancied himself in love. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He was a heavy young man, with not more than common sense; but as there was nothing disagreeable in his figure or address, the young lady was well pleased with her conquest. ","abridged":"He was a heavy young man, with not more than common sense; but as there was nothing disagreeable in his address, the young lady was well pleased with her conquest. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Being now in her twenty-first year, Maria Bertram was beginning to think matrimony a duty; and as a marriage with Mr. Rushworth would give her the enjoyment of a larger income than her father's, as well as ensure her the house in town, which was now a prime object, it became, by the same rule of moral obligation, her evident duty to marry Mr. Rushworth if she could. ","abridged":"Being now in her twenty-first year, Maria Bertram was beginning to think that she ought to marry; and as marriage with Mr. Rushworth would give her the enjoyment of a larger income than her father's, as well as a house in town, it became her evident duty to marry Mr. Rushworth if she could.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris was most zealous in promoting the match, by every suggestion and contrivance likely to enhance its desirableness to either party; and, among other means, by seeking an intimacy with the gentleman's mother, who at present lived with him, and to whom she even forced Lady Bertram to go through ten miles of indifferent road to pay a morning visit. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris was zealous in promoting the match by every contrivance, and by seeking an intimacy with the gentleman's mother. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It was not long before a good understanding took place between this lady and herself. ","abridged":"It was not long before a good understanding took place between this lady and herself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mrs. Rushworth acknowledged herself very desirous that her son should marry, and declared that of all the young ladies she had ever seen, Miss Bertram seemed, by her amiable qualities and accomplishments, the best adapted to make him happy. ","abridged":"Mrs. Rushworth desired that her son should marry, and declared that of all the young ladies she had seen, Miss Bertram seemed the best adapted to make him happy. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris accepted the compliment, and admired the nice discernment of character which could so well distinguish merit. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris accepted the compliment. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Maria was indeed the pride and delight of them all-perfectly faultless-an angel; and, of course, so surrounded by admirers, must be difficult in her choice: but yet, as far as Mrs. Norris could allow herself to decide on so short an acquaintance, Mr. Rushworth appeared precisely the young man to deserve and attach her.\n","abridged":"Maria was indeed the pride and delight of them all-perfectly faultless-an angel; and, of course, surrounded by admirers: yet Mr. Rushworth appeared precisely the young man to attach her.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the young people justified these opinions, and an engagement, with a due reference to the absent Sir Thomas, was entered into, much to the satisfaction of their respective families, and of the general lookers-on of the neighbourhood, who had, for many weeks past, felt the expediency of Mr. Rushworth's marrying Miss Bertram.\n","abridged":"After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the young people entered into an engagement, much to the satisfaction of their families, and of the general lookers-on of the neighbourhood.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It was some months before Sir Thomas's consent could be received; but, in the meanwhile, as no one felt a doubt of his most cordial pleasure in the connexion, the intercourse of the two families was carried on without restraint, and no other attempt made at secrecy than Mrs. Norris's talking of it everywhere as a matter not to be talked of at present.\n","abridged":"It was some months before Sir Thomas's consent could be received; but as no one doubted his pleasure, the two families met without restraint, and with no other attempt made at secrecy than Mrs. Norris's talking of it everywhere as a matter not to be talked of at present.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Edmund was the only one of the family who could see a fault in the business; but no representation of his aunt's could induce him to find Mr. Rushworth a desirable companion. ","abridged":"Edmund was the only one who could see a fault in the business; he could not find Mr. Rushworth a desirable companion. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He could allow his sister to be the best judge of her own happiness, but he was not pleased that her happiness should centre in a large income; nor could he refrain from often saying to himself, in Mr. Rushworth's company-\"If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.\"\n","abridged":"He allowed his sister to be the best judge of her own happiness, but he was not pleased that her happiness should centre in a large income; nor could he refrain from often saying to himself, when he was in Mr. Rushworth's company-\"If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas, however, was truly happy in the prospect of an alliance so unquestionably advantageous, and of which he heard nothing but the perfectly good and agreeable. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas, however, was truly happy in the prospect of an alliance so advantageous. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It was a connexion exactly of the right sort-in the same county, and the same interest-and his most hearty concurrence was conveyed as soon as possible. ","abridged":"His hearty concurrence was conveyed as soon as possible. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his return, which he was again looking eagerly forward to. ","abridged":"He only asked that the marriage should not take place before his return. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He wrote in April, and had strong hopes of settling everything to his entire satisfaction, and leaving Antigua before the end of the summer.\n","abridged":"He wrote in April, and had strong hopes of settling everything to his satisfaction, and leaving Antigua before the end of the summer.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Such was the state of affairs in the month of July; and Fanny had just reached her eighteenth year, when the society of the village received an addition in the brother and sister of Mrs. Grant, a Mr. and Miss Crawford, the children of her mother by a second marriage. ","abridged":"Such was the state of affairs in July; and Fanny had just reached her eighteenth year, when the village received an addition in the brother and sister of Mrs. Grant, a Mr. and Miss Crawford, the children of her mother by a second marriage.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"They were young people of fortune. ","abridged":"They were young people of fortune. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The son had a good estate in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand pounds. ","abridged":"The son had a good estate in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand pounds. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"As children, their sister had been always very fond of them; but, as her own marriage had been soon followed by the death of their common parent, which left them to the care of a brother of their father, of whom Mrs. Grant knew nothing, she had scarcely seen them since. ","abridged":"As Mrs Grant's own marriage had been soon followed by the death of their common parent, she had scarcely seen them since. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"In their uncle's house they had found a kind home. ","abridged":"In their uncle's house they had found a kind home. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Admiral and Mrs. Crawford, though agreeing in nothing else, were united in affection for these children, or, at least, were no farther adverse in their feelings than that each had their favourite, to whom they showed the greatest fondness of the two. ","abridged":"Admiral and Mrs. Crawford, though agreeing in nothing else, were united in affection for these children. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her _protegee_, after some months' further trial at her uncle's house, to find another home. ","abridged":"The Admiral delighted in the boy, Mrs. Crawford doted on the girl; and it was the lady's death which now obliged her protge to find another home. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Admiral Crawford was a man of vicious conduct, who chose, instead of retaining his niece, to bring his mistress under his own roof; and to this Mrs. Grant was indebted for her sister's proposal of coming to her, a measure quite as welcome on one side as it could be expedient on the other; for Mrs. Grant, having by this time run through the usual resources of ladies residing in the country without a family of children-having more than filled her favourite sitting-room with pretty furniture, and made a choice collection of plants and poultry-was very much in want of some variety at home. ","abridged":"Admiral Crawford was a man of vicious conduct, who chose to bring his mistress under his own roof; and Mrs. Grant's sister proposed to come to her, a measure welcome on both sides; for Mrs. Grant was in want of some variety at home. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The arrival, therefore, of a sister whom she had always loved, and now hoped to retain with her as long as she remained single, was highly agreeable; and her chief anxiety was lest Mansfield should not satisfy the habits of a young woman who had been mostly used to London.\n","abridged":"The arrival, therefore, of a beloved sister was highly agreeable; and her chief anxiety was lest Mansfield should not satisfy a young woman who was used to London.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford was not entirely free from similar apprehensions, though they arose principally from doubts of her sister's style of living and tone of society; and it was not till after she had tried in vain to persuade her brother to settle with her at his own country house, that she could resolve to hazard herself among her other relations. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford was not entirely free from similar apprehensions; and it was not till after she had tried in vain to persuade her brother to settle with her at his own country house, that she resolved to try her other relations. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"To anything like a permanence of abode, or limitation of society, Henry Crawford had, unluckily, a great dislike: he could not accommodate his sister in an article of such importance; but he escorted her, with the utmost kindness, into Northamptonshire, and as readily engaged to fetch her away again, at half an hour's notice, whenever she were weary of the place.\n","abridged":"Henry Crawford had a great dislike of settling in one place; but he kindly escorted his sister into Northamptonshire, and as readily engaged to fetch her away again, at half an hour's notice, whenever she might be weary of it.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The meeting was very satisfactory on each side. ","abridged":"The meeting was very satisfactory. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford found a sister without preciseness or rusticity, a sister's husband who looked the gentleman, and a house commodious and well fitted up; and Mrs. Grant received in those whom she hoped to love better than ever a young man and woman of very prepossessing appearance. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford found a sister with refinement, a sister's husband who looked the gentleman, and a house commodious and well fitted up; and Mrs. Grant received a young man and woman of very prepossessing appearance. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Mary Crawford was remarkably pretty; Henry, though not handsome, had air and countenance; the manners of both were lively and pleasant, and Mrs. Grant immediately gave them credit for everything else. ","abridged":"Mary Crawford was remarkably pretty; Henry, though not handsome, had air and countenance; the manners of both were lively and pleasant, and Mrs. Grant immediately gave them credit for everything else. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She was delighted with each, but Mary was her dearest object; and having never been able to glory in beauty of her own, she thoroughly enjoyed the power of being proud of her sister's. ","abridged":"She was delighted with each, but Mary was her dearest object; and having never been able to glory in beauty of her own, she thoroughly enjoyed being proud of her sister's. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"She had not waited her arrival to look out for a suitable match for her: she had fixed on Tom Bertram; the eldest son of a baronet was not too good for a girl of twenty thousand pounds, with all the elegance and accomplishments which Mrs. Grant foresaw in her; and being a warm-hearted, unreserved woman, Mary had not been three hours in the house before she told her what she had planned.\n","abridged":"She had already looked out for a suitable match for her: she had fixed on Tom Bertram; the eldest son of a baronet was not too good for a girl of twenty thousand pounds with elegance and accomplishments; and since she was a warm-hearted, unreserved woman, Mary had not been three hours in the house before she told her what she had planned.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford was glad to find a family of such consequence so very near them, and not at all displeased either at her sister's early care, or the choice it had fallen on. ","abridged":"Miss Crawford was glad to find a family of consequence so near them, and not at all displeased at her sister's choice. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Matrimony was her object, provided she could marry well: and having seen Mr. Bertram in town, she knew that objection could no more be made to his person than to his situation in life. ","abridged":"Matrimony was her object, provided she could marry well: and having seen Mr. Bertram in town, she knew that no objection could be made to his person. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"While she treated it as a joke, therefore, she did not forget to think of it seriously. ","abridged":"While she treated it as a joke, she did not forget to think of it seriously. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"The scheme was soon repeated to Henry.\n","abridged":"The scheme was repeated to Henry.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"And now,\" added Mrs. Grant, \"I have thought of something to make it complete. ","abridged":"\"And now,\" added Mrs. Grant, \"I have thought of something to make it complete. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I should dearly love to settle you both in this country; and therefore, Henry, you shall marry the youngest Miss Bertram, a nice, handsome, good-humoured, accomplished girl, who will make you very happy.\"\n","abridged":"I should dearly love to settle you both here; and therefore, Henry, you shall marry the youngest Miss Bertram, a nice, handsome, good-humoured girl, who will make you very happy.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Henry bowed and thanked her.\n","abridged":"Henry bowed and thanked her.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"My dear sister,\" said Mary, \"if you can persuade him into anything of the sort, it will be a fresh matter of delight to me to find myself allied to anybody so clever, and I shall only regret that you have not half a dozen daughters to dispose of. ","abridged":"\"My dear sister,\" said Mary, \"if you can persuade him into anything of the sort, I shall be delighted. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"If you can persuade Henry to marry, you must have the address of a Frenchwoman. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"All that English abilities can do has been tried already. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I have three very particular friends who have been all dying for him in their turn; and the pains which they, their mothers (very clever women), as well as my dear aunt and myself, have taken to reason, coax, or trick him into marrying, is inconceivable! ","abridged":"I have three friends who have been all dying for him in their turn; and the pains which they, their mothers, my dear aunt and myself, have taken to reason, coax, or trick him into marrying, is inconceivable! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"He is the most horrible flirt that can be imagined. ","abridged":"He is the most horrible flirt that can be imagined. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"If your Miss Bertrams do not like to have their hearts broke, let them avoid Henry.\"\n","abridged":"If your Miss Bertrams do not like to have their hearts broke, let them avoid Henry.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"My dear brother, I will not believe this of you.\"\n","abridged":"\"My dear brother, I will not believe this.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"No, I am sure you are too good. You will be kinder than Mary. ","abridged":"\"No, I am sure you will be kinder than Mary. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"You will allow for the doubts of youth and inexperience. ","abridged":"You will allow for the doubts of youth. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I am of a cautious temper, and unwilling to risk my happiness in a hurry. ","abridged":"I am cautious, and unwilling to risk my happiness in a hurry. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Nobody can think more highly of the matrimonial state than myself. ","abridged":"Nobody can think more highly of matrimony than myself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I consider the blessing of a wife as most justly described in those discreet lines of the poet-'Heaven's _last_ best gift.'\"\n","abridged":"I consider the blessing of a wife as most justly described by the poet-'Heaven's last best gift.'\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"There, Mrs. Grant, you see how he dwells on one word, and only look at his smile. ","abridged":"\"There, Mrs. Grant, you see how he dwells on one word, and only look at his smile. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I assure you he is very detestable; the Admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him.\"\n","abridged":"I assure you he is detestable; the Admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"I pay very little regard,\" said Mrs. Grant, \"to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. ","abridged":"\"I pay very little regard,\" said Mrs. Grant, \"to what any young person says about marriage. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.\"\n","abridged":"If they profess a disinclination for it, I know that they have not yet seen the right person.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself.\n","abridged":"Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes! ","abridged":"\"Oh yes! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I am not at all ashamed of it. ","abridged":"I am not ashamed of it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.\"","abridged":"I would have everybody marry if they can do it to advantage.\"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 4"}
{"original":"Edmund now believed himself perfectly acquainted with all that Fanny could tell, or could leave to be conjectured of her sentiments, and he was satisfied. ","abridged":"Edmund now believed himself perfectly acquainted with all that Fanny could tell, and he was satisfied. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It had been, as he before presumed, too hasty a measure on Crawford's side, and time must be given to make the idea first familiar, and then agreeable to her. ","abridged":"Crawford had been too hasty. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She must be used to the consideration of his being in love with her, and then a return of affection might not be very distant.\n","abridged":"Once she was used to the idea of his being in love with her, a return of affection might not be very distant.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"He gave this opinion as the result of the conversation to his father; and recommended there being nothing more said to her: no farther attempts to influence or persuade; but that everything should be left to Crawford's assiduities, and the natural workings of her own mind.\n","abridged":"He gave this opinion to his father; and recommended that nothing more be said to her: but that everything should be left to Crawford's diligence, and the natural workings of her own mind.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas promised that it should be so. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas promised that it should be so. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Edmund's account of Fanny's disposition he could believe to be just; he supposed she had all those feelings, but he must consider it as very unfortunate that she _had_; for, less willing than his son to trust to the future, he could not help fearing that if such very long allowances of time and habit were necessary for her, she might not have persuaded herself into receiving his addresses properly before the young man's inclination for paying them were over. ","abridged":"He believed Edmund's account of Fanny's nature to be just, but he considered it as unfortunate; for he could not help fearing that if such very long allowances of time were necessary for her, she might not have persuaded herself into receiving his addresses before the young man's inclination for paying them were over. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"There was nothing to be done, however, but to submit quietly and hope the best.\n","abridged":"There was nothing to be done, however, but to submit and hope for the best.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"The promised visit from \"her friend,\" as Edmund called Miss Crawford, was a formidable threat to Fanny, and she lived in continual terror of it. ","abridged":"The promised visit from \"her friend,\" as Edmund called Miss Crawford, was a formidable threat to Fanny. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"As a sister, so partial and so angry, and so little scrupulous of what she said, and in another light so triumphant and secure, she was in every way an object of painful alarm. ","abridged":"As a sister, so partial and so angry, and so little scrupulous of what she said, she was an object of painful alarm. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Her displeasure, her penetration, and her happiness were all fearful to encounter; and the dependence of having others present when they met was Fanny's only support in looking forward to it. ","abridged":"The dependence of having others present when they met was Fanny's only support in looking forward to it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She absented herself as little as possible from Lady Bertram, kept away from the East room, and took no solitary walk in the shrubbery, in her caution to avoid any sudden attack.\n","abridged":"She absented herself as little as possible from Lady Bertram, kept away from the East room, and took no solitary walk in the shrubbery, in her caution to avoid any sudden attack.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She succeeded. ","abridged":"She succeeded. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She was safe in the breakfast-room, with her aunt, when Miss Crawford did come; and the first misery over, and Miss Crawford looking and speaking with much less particularity of expression than she had anticipated, Fanny began to hope there would be nothing worse to be endured than a half-hour of moderate agitation. ","abridged":"She was safe in the breakfast-room, with her aunt, when Miss Crawford did come; and Fanny hoped there would be nothing worse to be endured than a half-hour of moderate agitation. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But here she hoped too much; Miss Crawford was not the slave of opportunity. She was determined to see Fanny alone, and therefore said to her tolerably soon, in a low voice, \"I must speak to you for a few minutes somewhere\"; words that Fanny felt all over her, in all her pulses and all her nerves. ","abridged":"But here she hoped too much; Miss Crawford was determined to see Fanny alone, and said to her, in a low voice, \"I must speak to you for a few minutes somewhere\"; words that Fanny felt all over her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Denial was impossible. ","abridged":"Denial was impossible. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Her habits of ready submission, on the contrary, made her almost instantly rise and lead the way out of the room. ","abridged":"Her habits of ready submission, on the contrary, made her instantly rise and lead the way out of the room.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She did it with wretched feelings, but it was inevitable.\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"They were no sooner in the hall than all restraint of countenance was over on Miss Crawford's side. She immediately shook her head at Fanny with arch, yet affectionate reproach, and taking her hand, seemed hardly able to help beginning directly. She said nothing, however, but, \"Sad, sad girl! ","abridged":"They were no sooner in the hall than Miss Crawford shook her head at Fanny with arch, yet affectionate reproach, and took her hand: she said nothing, however, but, \"Sad, sad girl! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I do not know when I shall have done scolding you,\" and had discretion enough to reserve the rest till they might be secure of having four walls to themselves. ","abridged":"I do not know when I shall have done scolding you.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Fanny naturally turned upstairs, and took her guest to the apartment which was now always fit for comfortable use; opening the door, however, with a most aching heart, and feeling that she had a more distressing scene before her than ever that spot had yet witnessed. ","abridged":"Fanny turned upstairs, and took her guest to the East Room, opening the door, however, with a most aching heart, and feeling that she had a distressing scene before her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But the evil ready to burst on her was at least delayed by the sudden change in Miss Crawford's ideas; by the strong effect on her mind which the finding herself in the East room again produced.\n","abridged":"But the evil was delayed by the sudden change in Miss Crawford's ideas; by the strong effect on her mind which the finding herself in the East room again produced.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Ha!\" ","abridged":"\"Ha!\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"she cried, with instant animation, \"am I here again? ","abridged":"she cried, \"am I here again? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"The East room! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Once only was I in this room before\"; and after stopping to look about her, and seemingly to retrace all that had then passed, she added, \"Once only before. Do you remember it? ","abridged":"Once only was I in this room before\"; and after stopping to look about her, \"Do you remember it? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I came to rehearse. ","abridged":"I came to rehearse. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Your cousin came too; and we had a rehearsal. You were our audience and prompter. ","abridged":"Your cousin came too; and you were our audience and prompter. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"A delightful rehearsal. ","abridged":"A delightful rehearsal. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I shall never forget it. ","abridged":"I shall never forget it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Here we were, just in this part of the room: here was your cousin, here was I, here were the chairs. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"why will such things ever pass away?\"\n","abridged":"why will such things ever pass away?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Happily for her companion, she wanted no answer. ","abridged":"Happily for her companion, she wanted no answer. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Her mind was entirely self-engrossed. She was in a reverie of sweet remembrances.\n","abridged":"Her mind was entirely self-engrossed, in a reverie of sweet remembrances.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"The scene we were rehearsing was so very remarkable! ","abridged":"\"The scene we were rehearsing was so very remarkable! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"The subject of it so very-very-what shall I say? ","abridged":"The subject of it so very-very-what shall I say? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"He was to be describing and recommending matrimony to me. I think I see him now, trying to be as demure and composed as Anhalt ought, through the two long speeches. ","abridged":"He was recommending matrimony to me, trying to be as demure and composed as Anhalt ought, through the two long speeches. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"'When two sympathetic hearts meet in the marriage state, matrimony may be called a happy life.' ","abridged":"'When two sympathetic hearts meet in the marriage state, matrimony may be called a happy life.' ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I suppose no time can ever wear out the impression I have of his looks and voice as he said those words. ","abridged":"I can never forget his looks and voice as he said those words. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It was curious, very curious, that we should have such a scene to play! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"If I had the power of recalling any one week of my existence, it should be that week-that acting week. Say what you would, Fanny, it should be _that_; for I never knew such exquisite happiness in any other. ","abridged":"If I could relive any one week of my existence, it should be that week; for I never knew such exquisite happiness in any other. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"His sturdy spirit to bend as it did! ","abridged":"His sturdy spirit to bend as it did! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"it was sweet beyond expression. ","abridged":"it was sweet beyond expression. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But alas, that very evening destroyed it all. That very evening brought your most unwelcome uncle. ","abridged":"But alas, that very evening destroyed it all, and brought your most unwelcome uncle. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Poor Sir Thomas, who was glad to see you? ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Yet, Fanny, do not imagine I would now speak disrespectfully of Sir Thomas, though I certainly did hate him for many a week. ","abridged":"Yet, Fanny, do not imagine I would now speak disrespectfully of Sir Thomas, though I certainly did hate him for many a week. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"No, I do him justice now. ","abridged":"No, I do him justice now. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"He is just what the head of such a family should be. ","abridged":"He is just what the head of such a family should be. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Nay, in sober sadness, I believe I now love you all.\" ","abridged":"Nay, in sober sadness, I believe I now love you all.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And having said so, with a degree of tenderness and consciousness which Fanny had never seen in her before, and now thought only too becoming, she turned away for a moment to recover herself. ","abridged":"And with a degree of tenderness and consciousness which Fanny had never seen in her before, and now thought only too becoming, she turned away for a moment to recover herself.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I have had a little fit since I came into this room, as you may perceive,\" said she presently, with a playful smile, \"but it is over now; so let us sit down and be comfortable; for as to scolding you, Fanny, which I came fully intending to do, I have not the heart for it when it comes to the point.\" ","abridged":"\"I have had a little fit since I came into this room, as you may perceive,\" said she presently, with a playful smile, \"but it is over; so let us sit down and be comfortable; for as to scolding you, Fanny, I have not the heart for it when it comes to the point.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And embracing her very affectionately, \"Good, gentle Fanny! ","abridged":"And embracing her affectionately, \"Good, gentle Fanny! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"when I think of this being the last time of seeing you for I do not know how long, I feel it quite impossible to do anything but love you.\"\n","abridged":"when I think of this being the last time of seeing you for I do not know how long, I feel it quite impossible to do anything but love you.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Fanny was affected. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She had not foreseen anything of this, and her feelings could seldom withstand the melancholy influence of the word \"last.\" ","abridged":"Fanny had not foreseen this, and her feelings could seldom withstand the melancholy influence of the word \"last.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She cried as if she had loved Miss Crawford more than she possibly could; and Miss Crawford, yet farther softened by the sight of such emotion, hung about her with fondness, and said, \"I hate to leave you. ","abridged":"She cried as if she had loved Miss Crawford more than she possibly could; and Miss Crawford, farther softened by the sight of such emotion, said, \"I hate to leave you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I shall see no one half so amiable where I am going. ","abridged":"I shall see no one half so amiable where I am going. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Who says we shall not be sisters? ","abridged":"Who says we shall not be sisters? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I know we shall. ","abridged":"I know we shall. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I feel that we are born to be connected; and those tears convince me that you feel it too, dear Fanny.\"\n","abridged":"I feel that we are born to be connected; and those tears convince me that you feel it too, dear Fanny.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Fanny roused herself, and replying only in part, said, \"But you are only going from one set of friends to another. You are going to a very particular friend.\"\n","abridged":"Fanny roused herself, and said, \"But you are going to a very particular friend.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Yes, very true. ","abridged":"\"Very true. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Mrs. Fraser has been my intimate friend for years. ","abridged":"Mrs. Fraser has been my intimate friend for years. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But I have not the least inclination to go near her. ","abridged":"But I have not the least inclination to go near her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I can think only of the friends I am leaving: my excellent sister, yourself, and the Bertrams in general. ","abridged":"I can think only of the friends I am leaving. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"You have all so much more _heart_ among you than one finds in the world at large. ","abridged":"You have all so much more heart among you than one finds in the world at large. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"You all give me a feeling of being able to trust and confide in you, which in common intercourse one knows nothing of. ","abridged":"You all give me a feeling of being able to trust and confide in you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I wish I had settled with Mrs. Fraser not to go to her till after Easter, a much better time for the visit, but now I cannot put her off. ","abridged":"I wish I had settled with Mrs. Fraser not to go till after Easter, but now I cannot put her off. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And when I have done with her I must go to her sister, Lady Stornaway, because _she_ was rather my most particular friend of the two, but I have not cared much for _her_ these three years.\"\n","abridged":"And then I must go to her sister, Lady Stornaway, because she was my most particular friend of the two, but I have not cared much for her these three years.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"After this speech the two girls sat many minutes silent, each thoughtful: Fanny meditating on the different sorts of friendship in the world, Mary on something of less philosophic tendency. _She_ first spoke again.\n","abridged":"After this speech the two girls sat silent, before Mary spoke again.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"How perfectly I remember my resolving to look for you upstairs, and setting off to find my way to the East room, without having an idea whereabouts it was! ","abridged":"\"How perfectly I remember resolving to look for you upstairs, and setting off to find my way to the East room, without having an idea whereabouts it was! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"How well I remember what I was thinking of as I came along, and my looking in and seeing you here sitting at this table at work; and then your cousin's astonishment, when he opened the door, at seeing me here! ","abridged":"How well I remember looking in and seeing you sitting at work; and then your cousin's astonishment, when he opened the door, at seeing me here! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"To be sure, your uncle's returning that very evening! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"There never was anything quite like it.\"\n","abridged":"There never was anything quite like it.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Another short fit of abstraction followed, when, shaking it off, she thus attacked her companion.\n","abridged":"Another short fit of abstraction followed; then she thus attacked her companion.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Why, Fanny, you are absolutely in a reverie. ","abridged":"\"Why, Fanny, you are absolutely in a reverie. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Thinking, I hope, of one who is always thinking of you. ","abridged":"Thinking, I hope, of one who is always thinking of you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"that I could transport you for a short time into our circle in town, that you might understand how your power over Henry is thought of there! ","abridged":"if only I could transport you into our circle in town, that you might understand how your power over Henry is thought of there! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"the envyings and heartburnings of dozens and dozens; the wonder, the incredulity that will be felt at hearing what you have done! ","abridged":"the envyings and heartburnings of dozens and dozens; the incredulity that will be felt at hearing what you have done! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"For as to secrecy, Henry is quite the hero of an old romance, and glories in his chains. ","abridged":"For as to secrecy, Henry glories in his chains. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"You should come to London to know how to estimate your conquest. If you were to see how he is courted, and how I am courted for his sake! ","abridged":"If you were to see how he is courted in London! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Now, I am well aware that I shall not be half so welcome to Mrs. Fraser in consequence of his situation with you. When she comes to know the truth she will, very likely, wish me in Northamptonshire again; for there is a daughter of Mr. Fraser, by a first wife, whom she is wild to get married, and wants Henry to take. ","abridged":"I shall not be half so welcome to Mrs. Fraser when she knows the truth; for she has a step-daughter whom she is wild to get married, and wants Henry to take. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"she has been trying for him to such a degree. ","abridged":"she has been trying for him to such a degree. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Innocent and quiet as you sit here, you cannot have an idea of the _sensation_ that you will be occasioning, of the curiosity there will be to see you, of the endless questions I shall have to answer! ","abridged":"Innocent and quiet as you sit here, you cannot have an idea of the curiosity there will be about you, of the endless questions I shall have to answer! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Poor Margaret Fraser will be at me for ever about your eyes and your teeth, and how you do your hair, and who makes your shoes. ","abridged":"Poor Margaret Fraser will be at me for ever about how you do your hair, and who makes your shoes. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I wish Margaret were married, for my poor friend's sake, for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people. ","abridged":"I wish Margaret were married, for my poor friend's sake, for I think the Frasers are about as unhappy as most married people. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And yet it was a most desirable match for Janet at the time. ","abridged":"And yet it was a most desirable match for Janet at the time. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"We were all delighted. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She could not do otherwise than accept him, for he was rich, and she had nothing; but he turns out ill-tempered and _exigeant_, and wants a young woman, a beautiful young woman of five-and-twenty, to be as steady as himself. ","abridged":"She had to accept him, for he was rich, and she had nothing; but he turns out ill-tempered and demanding, and wants a young woman of five-and-twenty to be as steady as himself. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And my friend does not manage him well; she does not seem to know how to make the best of it. ","abridged":"And my friend does not seem to know how to make the best of it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"There is a spirit of irritation which, to say nothing worse, is certainly very ill-bred. ","abridged":"His irritation is certainly very ill-bred. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"In their house I shall call to mind the conjugal manners of Mansfield Parsonage with respect. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Even Dr. Grant does shew a thorough confidence in my sister, and a certain consideration for her judgment, which makes one feel there _is_ attachment; but of that I shall see nothing with the Frasers. ","abridged":"Even Dr. Grant shows a confidence in my sister, and a consideration for her judgment, which makes one feel there is attachment; but of that I shall see nothing with the Frasers. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I shall be at Mansfield for ever, Fanny. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"My own sister as a wife, Sir Thomas Bertram as a husband, are my standards of perfection. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Poor Janet has been sadly taken in, and yet there was nothing improper on her side: she did not run into the match inconsiderately; there was no want of foresight. She took three days to consider of his proposals, and during those three days asked the advice of everybody connected with her whose opinion was worth having, and especially applied to my late dear aunt, whose knowledge of the world made her judgment very generally and deservedly looked up to by all the young people of her acquaintance, and she was decidedly in favour of Mr. Fraser. ","abridged":"Poor Janet has been sadly taken in, and yet she took three days to consider his proposals, and asked everyone's advice. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"This seems as if nothing were a security for matrimonial comfort. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I have not so much to say for my friend Flora, who jilted a very nice young man in the Blues for the sake of that horrid Lord Stornaway, who has about as much sense, Fanny, as Mr. Rushworth, but much worse-looking, and with a blackguard character. ","abridged":"I have not so much to say for my friend Flora, who jilted a very nice young man in the Blues for the sake of that horrid Lord Stornaway, who has about as much sense as Mr. Rushworth, but is much worse-looking, and with a blackguard character. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I _had_ my doubts at the time about her being right, for he has not even the air of a gentleman, and now I am sure she was wrong. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"By the bye, Flora Ross was dying for Henry the first winter she came out. ","abridged":"Flora Ross was dying for Henry the first winter she came out. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But were I to attempt to tell you of all the women whom I have known to be in love with him, I should never have done. ","abridged":"But were I to tell you of all the women who have been in love with him, I should never finish. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It is you, only you, insensible Fanny, who can think of him with anything like indifference. ","abridged":"It is only you, unfeeling Fanny, who can think of him with indifference. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But are you so insensible as you profess yourself? ","abridged":"But are you so insensible as you profess yourself? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"No, no, I see you are not.\"\n","abridged":"No, I see you are not.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"There was, indeed, so deep a blush over Fanny's face at that moment as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed mind.\n","abridged":"There was, indeed, a deep blush over Fanny's face at that moment.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Excellent creature! ","abridged":"\"Excellent creature! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I will not tease you. ","abridged":"I will not tease you. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Everything shall take its course. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But, dear Fanny, you must allow that you were not so absolutely unprepared to have the question asked as your cousin fancies. ","abridged":"But, dear Fanny, you cannot have been so unprepared as your cousin fancies. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It is not possible but that you must have had some thoughts on the subject, some surmises as to what might be. ","abridged":"You must have had some thoughts on the subject, some surmises. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"You must have seen that he was trying to please you by every attention in his power. ","abridged":"You must have seen that Henry was trying to please you by every attention in his power. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Was not he devoted to you at the ball? ","abridged":"Was not he devoted to you at the ball? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And then before the ball, the necklace! ","abridged":"And the necklace! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"you received it just as it was meant. ","abridged":"you received it just as it was meant. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"You were as conscious as heart could desire. ","abridged":"You were as conscious as heart could desire. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I remember it perfectly.\"\n","abridged":"I remember it perfectly.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean, then, that your brother knew of the necklace beforehand? ","abridged":"\"Do you mean, then, that your brother knew of the necklace beforehand? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Miss Crawford, _that_ was not fair.\"\n","abridged":"Miss Crawford, that was not fair.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Knew of it! ","abridged":"\"Knew of it! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It was his own doing entirely, his own thought. ","abridged":"It was his own doing entirely. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I am ashamed to say that it had never entered my head, but I was delighted to act on his proposal for both your sakes.\"\n","abridged":"I am ashamed to say that it had never entered my head, but I was delighted to act on his proposal.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I will not say,\" replied Fanny, \"that I was not half afraid at the time of its being so, for there was something in your look that frightened me, but not at first; I was as unsuspicious of it at first-indeed, indeed I was. ","abridged":"\"I was half afraid at the time of its being so,\" said Fanny; \"but not at first; I was unsuspicious of it at first, indeed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It is as true as that I sit here. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And had I had an idea of it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace. ","abridged":"If I had suspected it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"As to your brother's behaviour, certainly I was sensible of a particularity: I had been sensible of it some little time, perhaps two or three weeks; but then I considered it as meaning nothing: I put it down as simply being his way, and was as far from supposing as from wishing him to have any serious thoughts of me. ","abridged":"As to your brother's behaviour, I had been aware of a particularity some two or three weeks, but I considered it as meaning nothing: I put it down as simply being his way. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I had not, Miss Crawford, been an inattentive observer of what was passing between him and some part of this family in the summer and autumn. ","abridged":"I observed what was passing between him and some of this family in the summer and autumn. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I was quiet, but I was not blind. ","abridged":"I was not blind. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I could not but see that Mr. Crawford amused himself in gallantries which did mean nothing.\"\n","abridged":"I could not help seeing that Mr. Crawford allowed himself gallantries which did mean nothing.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Ah! ","abridged":"\"Ah! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I cannot deny it. ","abridged":"I cannot deny it. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"He has now and then been a sad flirt, and cared very little for the havoc he might be making in young ladies' affections. ","abridged":"He has now and then been a sad flirt, and cared very little for the havoc he might be making in young ladies' affections. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I have often scolded him for it, but it is his only fault; and there is this to be said, that very few young ladies have any affections worth caring for. ","abridged":"I have often scolded him for it, but it is his only fault; and there is this to be said, that very few young ladies have any affections worth caring for. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And then, Fanny, the glory of fixing one who has been shot at by so many; of having it in one's power to pay off the debts of one's sex! ","abridged":"And then, Fanny, the glory of fixing one who has been shot at by so many! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I am sure it is not in woman's nature to refuse such a triumph.\"\n","abridged":"it is not in woman's nature to refuse such a triumph.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Fanny shook her head. ","abridged":"Fanny shook her head. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.\"\n","abridged":"\"I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I do not defend him. ","abridged":"\"I do not defend him. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I leave him entirely to your mercy, and when he has got you at Everingham, I do not care how much you lecture him. ","abridged":"I leave him entirely to your mercy, and when he has got you at Everingham, I do not care how much you lecture him. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"But this I will say, that his fault, the liking to make girls a little in love with him, is not half so dangerous to a wife's happiness as a tendency to fall in love himself, which he has never been addicted to. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And I do seriously and truly believe that he is attached to you in a way that he never was to any woman before; that he loves you with all his heart, and will love you as nearly for ever as possible. ","abridged":"I do seriously and truly believe that he is attached to you in a way that he never was to any woman before; that he loves you with all his heart, and will love you as nearly for ever as possible. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"If any man ever loved a woman for ever, I think Henry will do as much for you.\"\n","abridged":"If any man ever loved a woman for ever, I think Henry will do as much for you.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Fanny could not avoid a faint smile, but had nothing to say.\n","abridged":"Fanny could not avoid a faint smile, but had nothing to say.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I cannot imagine Henry ever to have been happier,\" continued Mary presently, \"than when he had succeeded in getting your brother's commission.\"\n","abridged":"\"He was never happier,\" continued Mary, \"than when he succeeded in getting your brother's commission.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"She had made a sure push at Fanny's feelings here.\n","abridged":"She had made a sure push at Fanny's feelings here.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"yes. ","abridged":"yes. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"How very, very kind of him.\"\n","abridged":"How very kind of him.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I know he must have exerted himself very much, for I know the parties he had to move. The Admiral hates trouble, and scorns asking favours; and there are so many young men's claims to be attended to in the same way, that a friendship and energy, not very determined, is easily put by. ","abridged":"\"I know he must have exerted himself very much, for the Admiral hates trouble, and scorns asking favours. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"What a happy creature William must be! ","abridged":"What a happy creature William must be!\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I wish we could see him.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Poor Fanny's mind was thrown into the most distressing of all its varieties. ","abridged":"Poor Fanny's mind was distressed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"The recollection of what had been done for William was always the most powerful disturber of every decision against Mr. Crawford; and she sat thinking deeply of it till Mary, who had been first watching her complacently, and then musing on something else, suddenly called her attention by saying: \"I should like to sit talking with you here all day, but we must not forget the ladies below, and so good-bye, my dear, my amiable, my excellent Fanny, for though we shall nominally part in the breakfast-parlour, I must take leave of you here. ","abridged":"The recollection of what had been done for William was always the most powerful disturber of every decision against Mr. Crawford; and she sat thinking deeply till Mary said: \"I should like to sit here talking to you all day, but we must not forget the ladies below: so good-bye, my dear, my amiable, my excellent Fanny, for I must take leave of you here. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And I do take leave, longing for a happy reunion, and trusting that when we meet again, it will be under circumstances which may open our hearts to each other without any remnant or shadow of reserve.\"\n","abridged":"And I do take leave, trusting that when we meet again, it will be under circumstances which may open our hearts to each other without any shadow of reserve.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"A very, very kind embrace, and some agitation of manner, accompanied these words.\n","abridged":"A very kind embrace accompanied these words.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"\"I shall see your cousin in town soon: he talks of being there tolerably soon; and Sir Thomas, I dare say, in the course of the spring; and your eldest cousin, and the Rushworths, and Julia, I am sure of meeting again and again, and all but you. ","abridged":"\"I shall see your cousin in town soon: he talks of being there; and Sir Thomas, I dare say, in the spring; and your eldest cousin, and the Rushworths, and Julia. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"I have two favours to ask, Fanny: one is your correspondence. You must write to me. ","abridged":"I have two favours to ask, Fanny: one is, that you must write to me. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"And the other, that you will often call on Mrs. Grant, and make her amends for my being gone.\"\n","abridged":"And the other, that you will often call on Mrs. Grant, and make her amends for my being gone.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"The first, at least, of these favours Fanny would rather not have been asked; but it was impossible for her to refuse the correspondence; it was impossible for her even not to accede to it more readily than her own judgment authorised. ","abridged":"The first of these favours Fanny would rather not have been asked; but it was impossible for her to refuse. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"There was no resisting so much apparent affection. ","abridged":"There was no resisting so much apparent affection. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Her disposition was peculiarly calculated to value a fond treatment, and from having hitherto known so little of it, she was the more overcome by Miss Crawford's. ","abridged":"Having hitherto known so little of it, she was the more overcome by Miss Crawford's. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Besides, there was gratitude towards her, for having made their _tte--tte_ so much less painful than her fears had predicted.\n","abridged":"Besides, she was grateful to her for having made their tte--tte so much less painful than she had feared.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"It was over, and she had escaped without reproaches and without detection. ","abridged":"It was over, and she had escaped without reproaches and without detection. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Her secret was still her own; and while that was the case, she thought she could resign herself to almost everything.\n","abridged":"Her secret was still her own.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"In the evening there was another parting. ","abridged":"In the evening there was another parting. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Henry Crawford came and sat some time with them; and her spirits not being previously in the strongest state, her heart was softened for a while towards him, because he really seemed to feel. ","abridged":"Henry Crawford came and sat some time with them; and her heart was softened towards him, because he really seemed to feel. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"Quite unlike his usual self, he scarcely said anything. ","abridged":"Quite unlike his usual self, he scarcely said anything. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"He was evidently oppressed, and Fanny must grieve for him, though hoping she might never see him again till he were the husband of some other woman.\n","abridged":"He was evidently oppressed, and Fanny must grieve for him, though hoping she might never see him again till he were the husband of some other woman.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"When it came to the moment of parting, he would take her hand, he would not be denied it; he said nothing, however, or nothing that she heard, and when he had left the room, she was better pleased that such a token of friendship had passed.\n","abridged":"When it came to the moment of parting, he took her hand; he said nothing, however, and left the room.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"On the morrow the Crawfords were gone.","abridged":"On the morrow the Crawfords were gone.","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 36"}
{"original":"How is the consternation of the party to be described? ","abridged":"How is the consternation of the party to be described? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"To the greater number it was a moment of absolute horror. ","abridged":"To most it was a moment of absolute horror. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas in the house! ","abridged":"Sir Thomas in the house! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"All felt the instantaneous conviction. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Not a hope of imposition or mistake was harboured anywhere. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Julia's looks were an evidence of the fact that made it indisputable; and after the first starts and exclamations, not a word was spoken for half a minute: each with an altered countenance was looking at some other, and almost each was feeling it a stroke the most unwelcome, most ill-timed, most appalling! ","abridged":"After the first exclamations, not a word was spoken for half a minute: each with an altered countenance was looking at some other, and feeling it a stroke the most unwelcome, most ill-timed! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Yates might consider it only as a vexatious interruption for the evening, and Mr. Rushworth might imagine it a blessing; but every other heart was sinking under some degree of self-condemnation or undefined alarm, every other heart was suggesting, \"What will become of us? ","abridged":"Mr. Yates might consider it only as an interruption, and Mr. Rushworth might imagine it a blessing; but every other heart was sinking under self-condemnation or undefined alarm. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"what is to be done now?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It was a terrible pause; and terrible to every ear were the corroborating sounds of opening doors and passing footsteps.\n","abridged":"It was a terrible pause; and terrible to every ear were the sounds of opening doors and footsteps.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Julia was the first to move and speak again. ","abridged":"Julia was the first to move and speak again. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Jealousy and bitterness had been suspended: selfishness was lost in the common cause; but at the moment of her appearance, Frederick was listening with looks of devotion to Agatha's narrative, and pressing her hand to his heart; and as soon as she could notice this, and see that, in spite of the shock of her words, he still kept his station and retained her sister's hand, her wounded heart swelled again with injury, and looking as red as she had been white before, she turned out of the room, saying, \"_I_ need not be afraid of appearing before him.\"\n","abridged":"At the moment of her appearance, Frederick was listening with devoted looks to Agatha, and pressing her hand to his heart; and as soon as Julia noticed this, and saw that he still retained her sister's hand, her wounded heart swelled again with injury. She left the room, saying, \"I need not be afraid of appearing before him.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Her going roused the rest; and at the same moment the two brothers stepped forward, feeling the necessity of doing something. A very few words between them were sufficient. The case admitted no difference of opinion: they must go to the drawing-room directly. ","abridged":"Her going roused the rest. The two brothers stepped forward, and agreed they must go to the drawing-room directly. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Maria joined them with the same intent, just then the stoutest of the three; for the very circumstance which had driven Julia away was to her the sweetest support. ","abridged":"Maria joined them, just then the stoutest of the three; for the very circumstance which had driven Julia away was to her the sweetest support. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Henry Crawford's retaining her hand at such a moment, a moment of such peculiar proof and importance, was worth ages of doubt and anxiety. ","abridged":"Henry Crawford's retaining her hand at such a moment was worth ages of doubt and anxiety. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She hailed it as an earnest of the most serious determination, and was equal even to encounter her father. ","abridged":"She hailed it as a sign of the most serious intent, and was equal even to encounter her father.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"They walked off, utterly heedless of Mr. Rushworth's repeated question of, \"Shall I go too? ","abridged":"They walked off, heedless of Mr. Rushworth's repeated question of, \"Shall I go too? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Had not I better go too? ","abridged":"Had not I better go too?\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Will not it be right for me to go too?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"but they were no sooner through the door than Henry Crawford undertook to answer the anxious inquiry, and, encouraging him by all means to pay his respects to Sir Thomas without delay, sent him after the others with delighted haste.\n","abridged":"Henry Crawford answered the anxious inquiry, and, encouraging him to pay his respects to Sir Thomas, sent him after the others with delighted haste.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Fanny was left with only the Crawfords and Mr. Yates. ","abridged":"Fanny was left with the Crawfords and Mr. Yates. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She had been quite overlooked by her cousins; and as her own opinion of her claims on Sir Thomas's affection was much too humble to give her any idea of classing herself with his children, she was glad to remain behind and gain a little breathing-time. ","abridged":"She had been quite overlooked; and as her own opinion of her claim on Sir Thomas's affection was much too humble to give her any idea of classing herself with his children, she was glad to remain behind. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Her agitation and alarm exceeded all that was endured by the rest, by the right of a disposition which not even innocence could keep from suffering. ","abridged":"Her agitation was excessive. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She was nearly fainting: all her former habitual dread of her uncle was returning, and with it compassion for him and for almost every one of the party on the development before him, with solicitude on Edmund's account indescribable. ","abridged":"She was nearly fainting: all her habitual dread of her uncle was returning, and with it, compassion for him and for the others, with solicitude on Edmund's account indescribable. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She had found a seat, where in excessive trembling she was enduring all these fearful thoughts, while the other three, no longer under any restraint, were giving vent to their feelings of vexation, lamenting over such an unlooked-for premature arrival as a most untoward event, and without mercy wishing poor Sir Thomas had been twice as long on his passage, or were still in Antigua.\n","abridged":"She sat, trembling, while the other three were giving vent to their feelings, lamenting over such an unlooked-for arrival, and wishing Sir Thomas were still in Antigua.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The Crawfords were more warm on the subject than Mr. Yates, from better understanding the family, and judging more clearly of the mischief that must ensue. ","abridged":"The Crawfords were more warm on the subject than Mr. Yates, from better understanding the family. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The ruin of the play was to them a certainty: they felt the total destruction of the scheme to be inevitably at hand; while Mr. Yates considered it only as a temporary interruption, a disaster for the evening, and could even suggest the possibility of the rehearsal being renewed after tea, when the bustle of receiving Sir Thomas were over, and he might be at leisure to be amused by it. ","abridged":"The ruin of the play was to them a certainty: while Mr. Yates considered it only as an interruption for the evening, and suggested the possibility of the rehearsal being renewed after tea. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The Crawfords laughed at the idea; and having soon agreed on the propriety of their walking quietly home and leaving the family to themselves, proposed Mr. Yates's accompanying them and spending the evening at the Parsonage. ","abridged":"The Crawfords laughed at the idea; and invited Mr. Yates to spend the evening with them at the Parsonage. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"But Mr. Yates, having never been with those who thought much of parental claims, or family confidence, could not perceive that anything of the kind was necessary; and therefore, thanking them, said, \"he preferred remaining where he was, that he might pay his respects to the old gentleman handsomely since he _was_ come; and besides, he did not think it would be fair by the others to have everybody run away.\"\n","abridged":"But Mr. Yates, thanking them, said, \"he preferred remaining, that he might pay his respects to the old gentleman; and besides, he did not think it would be fair by the others to have everybody run away.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Fanny was just beginning to collect herself, and to feel that if she staid longer behind it might seem disrespectful, when this point was settled, and being commissioned with the brother and sister's apology, saw them preparing to go as she quitted the room herself to perform the dreadful duty of appearing before her uncle.\n","abridged":"Fanny was commissioned with the Crawfords' apology, and went to perform the dreadful duty of appearing before her uncle.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Too soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door; and after pausing a moment for what she knew would not come, for a courage which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her, she turned the lock in desperation, and the lights of the drawing-room, and all the collected family, were before her. ","abridged":"Too soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door. After pausing a moment for a courage which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her, she turned the lock in desperation, and the collected family were before her. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"As she entered, her own name caught her ear. ","abridged":"Her own name caught her ear. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas was at that moment looking round him, and saying, \"But where is Fanny? Why do not I see my little Fanny?","abridged":"Sir Thomas was looking round, and saying, \"Why do not I see my little Fanny?","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"-and on perceiving her, came forward with a kindness which astonished and penetrated her, calling her his dear Fanny, kissing her affectionately, and observing with decided pleasure how much she was grown! ","abridged":"\"-and on perceiving her, came forward with a kindness which astonished her, calling her his dear Fanny, kissing her affectionately, and observing with pleasure how much she was grown!\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Fanny knew not how to feel, nor where to look. ","abridged":"Fanny knew not how to feel, nor where to look. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She was quite oppressed. ","abridged":"She was quite oppressed. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He had never been so kind, so _very_ kind to her in his life. ","abridged":"He had never been so kind to her in his life. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"His manner seemed changed, his voice was quick from the agitation of joy; and all that had been awful in his dignity seemed lost in tenderness. ","abridged":"His manner seemed changed, his voice was joyful; and his awful dignity seemed lost in tenderness. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He led her nearer the light and looked at her again-inquired particularly after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently on that point. ","abridged":"He led her nearer the light and looked at her again-inquired after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently on that point.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"A fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in health and beauty. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He inquired next after her family, especially William: and his kindness altogether was such as made her reproach herself for loving him so little, and thinking his return a misfortune; and when, on having courage to lift her eyes to his face, she saw that he was grown thinner, and had the burnt, fagged, worn look of fatigue and a hot climate, every tender feeling was increased, and she was miserable in considering how much unsuspected vexation was probably ready to burst on him.\n","abridged":"He inquired next after her family, especially William: and his kindness made her reproach herself for loving him so little. When, on having courage to lift her eyes to his face, she saw that he was grown thinner, and looked worn and fatigued, every tender feeling was increased, and she was miserable in considering how much unsuspected vexation was ready to burst on him.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas was indeed the life of the party, who at his suggestion now seated themselves round the fire. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas was indeed the life of the party. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He had the best right to be the talker; and the delight of his sensations in being again in his own house, in the centre of his family, after such a separation, made him communicative and chatty in a very unusual degree; and he was ready to give every information as to his voyage, and answer every question of his two sons almost before it was put. ","abridged":"His delight in being in the centre of his family, after such a separation, made him unusually communicative and chatty; and he was ready to answer every question of his two sons almost before it was put. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"His business in Antigua had latterly been prosperously rapid, and he came directly from Liverpool, having had an opportunity of making his passage thither in a private vessel, instead of waiting for the packet; and all the little particulars of his proceedings and events, his arrivals and departures, were most promptly delivered, as he sat by Lady Bertram and looked with heartfelt satisfaction on the faces around him-interrupting himself more than once, however, to remark on his good fortune in finding them all at home-coming unexpectedly as he did-all collected together exactly as he could have wished, but dared not depend on. ","abridged":"His business in Antigua had prospered, and he came directly from Liverpool, having had an opportunity of making his passage in a private vessel, instead of waiting for the packet.\nAs he sat by Lady Bertram, he looked with heartfelt satisfaction on the faces around him-interrupting himself more than once, to remark on his good fortune in finding them all at home-all collected together exactly as he could have wished. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Rushworth was not forgotten: a most friendly reception and warmth of hand-shaking had already met him, and with pointed attention he was now included in the objects most intimately connected with Mansfield. ","abridged":"Mr. Rushworth was not forgotten: a most friendly warmth of hand-shaking had already met him. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"There was nothing disagreeable in Mr. Rushworth's appearance, and Sir Thomas was liking him already.\n","abridged":"There was nothing disagreeable in Mr. Rushworth's appearance, and Sir Thomas was liking him already.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unbroken, unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival as to place her nearer agitation than she had been for the last twenty years. She had been _almost_ fluttered for a few minutes, and still remained so sensibly animated as to put away her work, move Pug from her side, and give all her attention and all the rest of her sofa to her husband. ","abridged":"By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival as to make her almost fluttered for a few minutes. She put away her work, moved Pug from her side, and gave all her attention to her husband. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She had no anxieties for anybody to cloud _her_ pleasure: her own time had been irreproachably spent during his absence: she had done a great deal of carpet-work, and made many yards of fringe; and she would have answered as freely for the good conduct and useful pursuits of all the young people as for her own. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It was so agreeable to her to see him again, and hear him talk, to have her ear amused and her whole comprehension filled by his narratives, that she began particularly to feel how dreadfully she must have missed him, and how impossible it would have been for her to bear a lengthened absence.\n","abridged":"It was so agreeable to see him again, that she began to feel how dreadfully she must have missed him, and how impossible it would have been for her to bear a lengthened absence.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris was by no means to be compared in happiness to her sister. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris was not as happy as her sister. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Not that _she_ was incommoded by many fears of Sir Thomas's disapprobation when the present state of his house should be known, for her judgment had been so blinded that, except by the instinctive caution with which she had whisked away Mr. Rushworth's pink satin cloak as her brother-in-law entered, she could hardly be said to shew any sign of alarm; but she was vexed by the _manner_ of his return. ","abridged":"Not that she feared Sir Thomas's disapprobation when the present state of his house should be known, for her judgment had been so blinded that she had no alarm; but she was vexed by the manner of his return. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It had left her nothing to do. ","abridged":"It had left her nothing to do. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Instead of being sent for out of the room, and seeing him first, and having to spread the happy news through the house, Sir Thomas, with a very reasonable dependence, perhaps, on the nerves of his wife and children, had sought no confidant but the butler, and had been following him almost instantaneously into the drawing-room. ","abridged":"Instead of her seeing him first, and spreading the happy news through the house, Sir Thomas had sought no confidant but the butler. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mrs. Norris felt herself defrauded of an office on which she had always depended, whether his arrival or his death were to be the thing unfolded; and was now trying to be in a bustle without having anything to bustle about, and labouring to be important where nothing was wanted but tranquillity and silence. ","abridged":"Mrs. Norris felt herself defrauded of an office on which she had depended, whether his arrival or his death were to be the thing unfolded; and was now trying to be in a bustle without having anything to bustle about, and when nothing was wanted but tranquillity and silence. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Would Sir Thomas have consented to eat, she might have gone to the housekeeper with troublesome directions, and insulted the footmen with injunctions of despatch; but Sir Thomas resolutely declined all dinner: he would take nothing, nothing till tea came-he would rather wait for tea. ","abridged":"Would Sir Thomas have consented to eat, she might have gone to the housekeeper with troublesome directions; but Sir Thomas resolutely declined all dinner: he would rather wait for tea. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Still Mrs. Norris was at intervals urging something different; and in the most interesting moment of his passage to England, when the alarm of a French privateer was at the height, she burst through his recital with the proposal of soup. ","abridged":"Still Mrs. Norris was at intervals urging something; and in the most interesting moment of his passage to England, when the alarm of a French privateer was at its height, she burst through his recital with the proposal of soup.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Sure, my dear Sir Thomas, a basin of soup would be a much better thing for you than tea. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Do have a basin of soup.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas could not be provoked. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas could not be provoked. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Still the same anxiety for everybody's comfort, my dear Mrs. Norris,\" was his answer. ","abridged":"\"Still the same anxiety for everybody's comfort, my dear Mrs. Norris,\" was his answer. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.\"\n","abridged":"\"But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Well, then, Lady Bertram, suppose you speak for tea directly; suppose you hurry Baddeley a little; he seems behindhand to-night.\" ","abridged":"\"Well, then, Lady Bertram, suppose you order tea directly.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She carried this point, and Sir Thomas's narrative proceeded.\n","abridged":"This done, Sir Thomas's narrative proceeded.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"At length there was a pause. ","abridged":"At length there was a pause. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"His immediate communications were exhausted, and it seemed enough to be looking joyfully around him, now at one, now at another of the beloved circle; but the pause was not long: in the elation of her spirits Lady Bertram became talkative, and what were the sensations of her children upon hearing her say, \"How do you think the young people have been amusing themselves lately, Sir Thomas? ","abridged":"In her elation Lady Bertram became talkative, and what were the sensations of her children upon hearing her say, \"How do you think the young people have been amusing themselves, Sir Thomas? ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"They have been acting. ","abridged":"They have been acting.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"We have been all alive with acting.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Indeed! ","abridged":"\"Indeed! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"and what have you been acting?\"\n","abridged":"and what have you been acting?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"they'll tell you all about it.\"\n","abridged":"they'll tell you all about it.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"The _all_ will soon be told,\" cried Tom hastily, and with affected unconcern; \"but it is not worth while to bore my father with it now. ","abridged":"\"The all will soon be told,\" cried Tom hastily; \"but we will not bore my father with it now. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"You will hear enough of it to-morrow, sir. ","abridged":"You will hear enough of it to-morrow, sir. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"We have just been trying, by way of doing something, and amusing my mother, just within the last week, to get up a few scenes, a mere trifle. ","abridged":"We have just been trying, by way of amusing my mother, to get up a few scenes, a mere trifle. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"We have had such incessant rains almost since October began, that we have been nearly confined to the house for days together. ","abridged":"We have had such incessant rains since October began, that we have been confined to the house for days together. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I have hardly taken out a gun since the 3rd. ","abridged":"I have hardly taken out a gun since the 3rd. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Tolerable sport the first three days, but there has been no attempting anything since. ","abridged":"Tolerable sport the first three days, but there has been no attempting anything since. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The first day I went over Mansfield Wood, and Edmund took the copses beyond Easton, and we brought home six brace between us, and might each have killed six times as many, but we respect your pheasants, sir, I assure you, as much as you could desire. ","abridged":"The first day I went over Mansfield Wood, and Edmund took the copses beyond Easton, and we brought home six brace between us, and might have killed six times as many, but we respect your pheasants, sir, as much as you could desire. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I do not think you will find your woods by any means worse stocked than they were. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"_I_ never saw Mansfield Wood so full of pheasants in my life as this year. ","abridged":"I never saw Mansfield Wood so full of pheasants as this year. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I hope you will take a day's sport there yourself, sir, soon.\"\n","abridged":"I hope you will take a day's sport there yourself, sir, soon.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"For the present the danger was over, and Fanny's sick feelings subsided; but when tea was soon afterwards brought in, and Sir Thomas, getting up, said that he found that he could not be any longer in the house without just looking into his own dear room, every agitation was returning. ","abridged":"For the present the danger was over, and Fanny's sick feelings subsided; but when tea was brought in, and Sir Thomas, getting up, said that he would just look into his own dear room, every agitation returned. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He was gone before anything had been said to prepare him for the change he must find there; and a pause of alarm followed his disappearance. ","abridged":"He was gone before anything had been said to prepare him for the change he must find; and a pause of alarm followed his disappearance.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Edmund was the first to speak-\n\"Something must be done,\" said he.\n","abridged":"\"Something must be done,\" said Edmund.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"It is time to think of our visitors,\" said Maria, still feeling her hand pressed to Henry Crawford's heart, and caring little for anything else. ","abridged":"\"We must think of our visitors,\" said Maria, still feeling her hand pressed to Henry Crawford's heart. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Where did you leave Miss Crawford, Fanny?\"\n","abridged":"\"Where did you leave Miss Crawford, Fanny?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Fanny told of their departure, and delivered their message.\n","abridged":"Fanny told of their departure, and delivered their message.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Then poor Yates is all alone,\" cried Tom. ","abridged":"\"Then poor Yates is all alone,\" cried Tom. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"I will go and fetch him. ","abridged":"\"I will go and fetch him.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He will be no bad assistant when it all comes out.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"To the theatre he went, and reached it just in time to witness the first meeting of his father and his friend. ","abridged":"To the theatre he went, and reached it just in time to witness the first meeting of his father and his friend. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas had been a good deal surprised to find candles burning in his room; and on casting his eye round it, to see other symptoms of recent habitation and a general air of confusion in the furniture. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas had been a good deal surprised to find candles burning in his room; and on casting his eye round it, to see a general air of confusion in the furniture. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The removal of the bookcase from before the billiard-room door struck him especially, but he had scarcely more than time to feel astonished at all this, before there were sounds from the billiard-room to astonish him still farther. ","abridged":"The removal of the bookcase from before the billiard-room door struck him especially, but he had scarcely time to feel astonished, before there were sounds from the billiard-room to astonish him still farther. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice-more than talking-almost hallooing. ","abridged":"Some one was talking there loudly; he did not know the voice.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He stepped to the door, rejoicing at that moment in having the means of immediate communication, and, opening it, found himself on the stage of a theatre, and opposed to a ranting young man, who appeared likely to knock him down backwards. ","abridged":"He stepped to the door, and, opening it, found himself on the stage of a theatre, opposite a ranting young man, who appeared likely to knock him down backwards. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"At the very moment of Yates perceiving Sir Thomas, and giving perhaps the very best start he had ever given in the whole course of his rehearsals, Tom Bertram entered at the other end of the room; and never had he found greater difficulty in keeping his countenance. ","abridged":"At the very moment of Yates perceiving Sir Thomas, and giving perhaps the very best start he had ever given in the whole course of his rehearsals, Tom Bertram entered; and never had he found greater difficulty in keeping his countenance. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"His father's looks of solemnity and amazement on this his first appearance on any stage, and the gradual metamorphosis of the impassioned Baron Wildenheim into the well-bred and easy Mr. Yates, making his bow and apology to Sir Thomas Bertram, was such an exhibition, such a piece of true acting, as he would not have lost upon any account. ","abridged":"The gradual metamorphosis of the impassioned Baron Wildenheim into the well-bred and easy Mr. Yates, making his bow and apology to Sir Thomas Bertram, was such a piece of true acting as he would not have lost upon any account. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It would be the last-in all probability-the last scene on that stage; but he was sure there could not be a finer. ","abridged":"It would probably be the last scene on that stage; but he was sure there could not be a finer.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The house would close with the greatest eclat.\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images of merriment. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It was necessary for him to step forward, too, and assist the introduction, and with many awkward sensations he did his best. ","abridged":"It was necessary for him to step forward and assist the introduction, and with awkward sensations he did his best. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas received Mr. Yates with all the appearance of cordiality which was due to his own character, but was really as far from pleased with the necessity of the acquaintance as with the manner of its commencement. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas received Mr. Yates with the appearance of cordiality, but was really far from pleased with the acquaintance. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Yates's family and connexions were sufficiently known to him to render his introduction as the \"particular friend,\" another of the hundred particular friends of his son, exceedingly unwelcome; and it needed all the felicity of being again at home, and all the forbearance it could supply, to save Sir Thomas from anger on finding himself thus bewildered in his own house, making part of a ridiculous exhibition in the midst of theatrical nonsense, and forced in so untoward a moment to admit the acquaintance of a young man whom he felt sure of disapproving, and whose easy indifference and volubility in the course of the first five minutes seemed to mark him the most at home of the two.\n","abridged":"Mr. Yates's family were sufficiently known to him to render his introduction as the \"particular friend\" exceedingly unwelcome; and it needed all the joy of being at home to save Sir Thomas from anger.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Tom understood his father's thoughts, and heartily wishing he might be always as well disposed to give them but partial expression, began to see, more clearly than he had ever done before, that there might be some ground of offence, that there might be some reason for the glance his father gave towards the ceiling and stucco of the room; and that when he inquired with mild gravity after the fate of the billiard-table, he was not proceeding beyond a very allowable curiosity. ","abridged":"Tom understood his father's thoughts, and began to see, more clearly than he had done before, that there might be some ground of offence, that there might be some reason for the glance his father gave towards the ceiling; and that when he inquired with mild gravity after the fate of the billiard-table, he was not proceeding beyond a very allowable curiosity. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"A few minutes were enough for such unsatisfactory sensations on each side; and Sir Thomas having exerted himself so far as to speak a few words of calm approbation in reply to an eager appeal of Mr. Yates, as to the happiness of the arrangement, the three gentlemen returned to the drawing-room together, Sir Thomas with an increase of gravity which was not lost on all.\n","abridged":"The three gentlemen returned to the drawing-room together, Sir Thomas with an increase of gravity which was not lost on all.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"I come from your theatre,\" said he composedly, as he sat down; \"I found myself in it rather unexpectedly. Its vicinity to my own room-but in every respect, indeed, it took me by surprise, as I had not the smallest suspicion of your acting having assumed so serious a character. ","abridged":"\"I come from your theatre,\" said he composedly, as he sat down; \"It took me by surprise, as I had not the smallest suspicion of your acting having assumed so serious a character. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It appears a neat job, however, as far as I could judge by candlelight, and does my friend Christopher Jackson credit.\" ","abridged":"It appears a neat job, however, and does my friend Christopher Jackson credit.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"And then he would have changed the subject, and sipped his coffee in peace over domestic matters of a calmer hue; but Mr. Yates, without discernment to catch Sir Thomas's meaning, or diffidence, or delicacy, or discretion enough to allow him to lead the discourse while he mingled among the others with the least obtrusiveness himself, would keep him on the topic of the theatre, would torment him with questions and remarks relative to it, and finally would make him hear the whole history of his disappointment at Ecclesford. ","abridged":"And then he would have changed the subject; but Mr. Yates, without discernment or discretion, would keep him on the topic of the theatre, would torment him with remarks about it, and finally would make him hear the whole history of his disappointment at Ecclesford. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas listened most politely, but found much to offend his ideas of decorum, and confirm his ill-opinion of Mr. Yates's habits of thinking, from the beginning to the end of the story; and when it was over, could give him no other assurance of sympathy than what a slight bow conveyed.\n","abridged":"Sir Thomas listened most politely, but found much to confirm his ill-opinion of Mr. Yates.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"This was, in fact, the origin of _our_ acting,\" said Tom, after a moment's thought. ","abridged":"\"This was, in fact, the origin of our acting,\" said Tom. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"My friend Yates brought the infection from Ecclesford, and it spread-as those things always spread, you know, sir-the faster, probably, from _your_ having so often encouraged the sort of thing in us formerly. ","abridged":"\"My friend Yates brought the infection from Ecclesford, and it spread-as those things always spread, you know, sir-the faster, probably, from your having encouraged the sort of thing in us formerly. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It was like treading old ground again.\"\n","abridged":"It was like treading old ground.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Yates took the subject from his friend as soon as possible, and immediately gave Sir Thomas an account of what they had done and were doing: told him of the gradual increase of their views, the happy conclusion of their first difficulties, and present promising state of affairs; relating everything with so blind an interest as made him not only totally unconscious of the uneasy movements of many of his friends as they sat, the change of countenance, the fidget, the hem! ","abridged":"Mr. Yates immediately gave Sir Thomas an account of what they were doing: told him of the happy conclusion of their first difficulties, and present state of affairs; blind to the uneasy movements of his friends, the fidget, the hem! ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"of unquietness, but prevented him even from seeing the expression of the face on which his own eyes were fixed-from seeing Sir Thomas's dark brow contract as he looked with inquiring earnestness at his daughters and Edmund, dwelling particularly on the latter, and speaking a language, a remonstrance, a reproof, which _he_ felt at his heart. ","abridged":"of unquietness, and even to the expression of the face on which his own eyes were fixed. Sir Thomas's dark brow contracted as he looked with inquiring earnestness at his daughters and Edmund, dwelling particularly on the latter with reproof.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Not less acutely was it felt by Fanny, who had edged back her chair behind her aunt's end of the sofa, and, screened from notice herself, saw all that was passing before her. ","abridged":"Fanny, screened from notice herself, saw all that was passing. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Such a look of reproach at Edmund from his father she could never have expected to witness; and to feel that it was in any degree deserved was an aggravation indeed. ","abridged":"Such a look of reproach at Edmund from his father she could never have expected to witness; and to feel that it was in any way deserved was terrible indeed.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas's look implied, \"On your judgment, Edmund, I depended; what have you been about?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She knelt in spirit to her uncle, and her bosom swelled to utter, \"Oh, not to _him_! ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Look so to all the others, but not to _him_!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Yates was still talking. ","abridged":"Mr. Yates was still talking. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"To own the truth, Sir Thomas, we were in the middle of a rehearsal when you arrived this evening. ","abridged":"\"To own the truth, Sir Thomas, we were in the middle of a rehearsal when you arrived. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"We were going through the three first acts, and not unsuccessfully upon the whole. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Our company is now so dispersed, from the Crawfords being gone home, that nothing more can be done to-night; but if you will give us the honour of your company to-morrow evening, I should not be afraid of the result. ","abridged":"Nothing more can be done to-night; but if you will give us the honour of your company to-morrow, I should not be afraid of the result. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence.\"\n","abridged":"We ask your indulgence as young performers.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"My indulgence shall be given, sir,\" replied Sir Thomas gravely, \"but without any other rehearsal.\" ","abridged":"\"My indulgence shall be given, sir,\" replied Sir Thomas gravely, \"but without any other rehearsal.\" ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"And with a relenting smile, he added, \"I come home to be happy and indulgent.\" ","abridged":"And with a relenting smile, he added, \"I come home to be happy and indulgent. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Then turning away towards any or all of the rest, he tranquilly said, \"Mr. and Miss Crawford were mentioned in my last letters from Mansfield. ","abridged":"Mr. and Miss Crawford were mentioned in my last letters from Mansfield. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Do you find them agreeable acquaintance?\"\n","abridged":"Do you find them agreeable acquaintance?\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Tom was the only one at all ready with an answer, but he being entirely without particular regard for either, without jealousy either in love or acting, could speak very handsomely of both. ","abridged":"Tom was the only one ready with an answer. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Crawford was a most pleasant, gentleman-like man; his sister a sweet, pretty, elegant, lively girl.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Crawford was a most pleasant, gentleman-like man; his sister a sweet, pretty, elegant, lively girl.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Rushworth could be silent no longer. ","abridged":"Mr. Rushworth could be silent no longer. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"I do not say he is not gentleman-like, considering; but you should tell your father he is not above five feet eight, or he will be expecting a well-looking man.\"\n","abridged":"\"You should tell your father he is not above five feet eight, or he will be expecting a well-looking man.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas did not quite understand this, and looked with some surprise at the speaker.\n","abridged":"Sir Thomas did not quite understand this, and looked with some surprise at the speaker.\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"If I must say what I think,\" continued Mr. Rushworth, \"in my opinion it is very disagreeable to be always rehearsing. ","abridged":"Mr. Rushworth continued. \"In my opinion it is very disagreeable to be always rehearsing. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It is having too much of a good thing. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I am not so fond of acting as I was at first. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I think we are a great deal better employed, sitting comfortably here among ourselves, and doing nothing.\"\n","abridged":"I think we are a great deal better employed, sitting comfortably here among ourselves, and doing nothing.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas looked again, and then replied with an approving smile, \"I am happy to find our sentiments on this subject so much the same. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas replied with an approving smile, \"I am happy to find our sentiments so much the same. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It gives me sincere satisfaction. ","abridged":"It gives me sincere satisfaction. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"That I should be cautious and quick-sighted, and feel many scruples which my children do _not_ feel, is perfectly natural; and equally so that my value for domestic tranquillity, for a home which shuts out noisy pleasures, should much exceed theirs. ","abridged":"That I should feel scruples which my children do not feel, is perfectly natural; and equally my love of domestic tranquillity should exceed theirs. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"But at your time of life to feel all this, is a most favourable circumstance for yourself, and for everybody connected with you; and I am sensible of the importance of having an ally of such weight.\"\n","abridged":"But at your time of life to feel all this, is a most favourable circumstance for yourself; and I am glad to have an ally of such weight.\"\n","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Sir Thomas meant to be giving Mr. Rushworth's opinion in better words than he could find himself. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He was aware that he must not expect a genius in Mr. Rushworth; but as a well-judging, steady young man, with better notions than his elocution would do justice to, he intended to value him very highly. ","abridged":"Sir Thomas was aware that he must not expect a genius in Mr. Rushworth; but as a well-judging, steady young man, with better notions than his elocution would do justice to, he intended to value him very highly. ","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"It was impossible for many of the others not to smile. ","abridged":"","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Rushworth hardly knew what to do with so much meaning; but by looking, as he really felt, most exceedingly pleased with Sir Thomas's good opinion, and saying scarcely anything, he did his best towards preserving that good opinion a little longer.","abridged":"Mr. Rushworth hardly knew what to do with so much meaning; but by looking exceedingly pleased with Sir Thomas's good opinion, and saying scarcely anything, he did his best towards preserving that good opinion a little longer.","book":"Mansfield Park","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"My last Good Night--thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake.\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"DR. KING.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Home seemed unnaturally quiet after all this terror and noisy commotion. ","abridged":"Home seemed unnaturally quiet after all this terror and noise. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Her father had seen all due preparation made for her refreshment on her return; and then sate down again in his accustomed chair, to fall into one of his sad waking dreams. ","abridged":"Her father sat in his usual chair, in one of his sad waking dreams. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Dixon had got Mary Higgins to scold and direct in the kitchen; and her scolding was not the less energetic because it was delivered in an angry whisper; for, speaking above her breath she would have thought irreverent, as long as there was any one lying dead in the house. ","abridged":"In the kitchen, Dixon was scolding Mary Higgins in an energetic, angry whisper, in deference to the dead one lying in the house.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret had resolved not to mention the crowning and closing affright to her father. ","abridged":"Margaret had resolved not to mention her fright to her father. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"There was no use in speaking about it; it had ended well; the only thing to be feared was lest Leonards should in some way borrow money enough to effect his purpose of following Frederick to London, and hunting him out there. ","abridged":"There was no use in speaking about it; it had ended well; the only thing to be feared was lest Leonards should manage to follow Frederick to London, and hunt him out there. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But there were immense chances against the success of any such plan; and Margaret determined not to torment herself by thinking of what she could do nothing to prevent. ","abridged":"But that was unlikely; and Margaret determined not to torment herself by thinking of what she could not prevent. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Frederick would be as much on his guard as she could put him; and in a day or two at most he would be safely out of England.\n","abridged":"Frederick would be on his guard; and in a day or two he would be safely out of England.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I suppose we shall hear from Mr. Bell to-morrow,\" said Margaret.\n","abridged":"'I suppose we shall hear from Mr. Bell tomorrow,' she said to her father. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" replied her father. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I suppose so.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"If he can come, he will be here to-morrow evening, I should think.\"\n","abridged":"'He may be here tomorrow evening.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"If he cannot come, I shall ask Mr. Thornton to go with me to the funeral. ","abridged":"'If he cannot come, I shall ask Mr. Thornton to go with me to the funeral. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I cannot go alone. ","abridged":"I cannot go alone. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I should break down utterly.\"\n","abridged":"I should break down.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Don't ask Mr. Thornton, papa. ","abridged":"'Don't ask Mr. Thornton, papa. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Let me go with you,\" said Margaret, impetuously.\n","abridged":"Let me go with you,' said Margaret, impetuously.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"You! ","abridged":"'You! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"My dear, women do not generally go.\"\n","abridged":"My dear, women do not generally go.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"No; because they can't control themselves. Women of our class don't go, because they have no power over their emotions, and yet are ashamed of showing them. ","abridged":"'No: women of our class don't go, because they have no control over their emotions, and yet are ashamed of showing them. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Poor women go, and don't care if they are seen overwhelmed with grief. ","abridged":"Poor women go, and don't care if they are seen overwhelmed with grief. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But I promise you, papa, that if you will let me go, I will be no trouble. ","abridged":"But I promise you, papa, I will be no trouble. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Don't have a stranger, and leave me out. ","abridged":"Don't have a stranger, and leave me out. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Dear papa! ","abridged":"Dear papa! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"if Mr. Bell cannot come, I shall go. ","abridged":"if Mr. Bell cannot come, I shall go.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I won't urge my wish against your will, if he does.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Mr. Bell could not come. ","abridged":"Mr. Bell could not come. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He had the gout. ","abridged":"He had the gout. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"It was a most affectionate letter, and expressed great and true regret for his inability to attend. ","abridged":"It was a most affectionate and regretful letter. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He hoped to come and pay them a visit soon, if they would have him; his Milton property required some looking after, and his agent had written to him to say that his presence was absolutely necessary; or else he had avoided coming near Milton as long as he could, and now the only thing that would reconcile him to this necessary visit was the idea that he should see, and might possibly be able to comfort his old friend.\n","abridged":"He hoped to pay them a visit soon; his agent had told him that he needed to attend to his Milton property; otherwise he avoided coming near Milton, and now the only thing that would reconcile him to this necessary visit was the idea that he could see and comfort his old friend.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret had all the difficulty in the world to persuade her father not to invite Mr. Thornton. ","abridged":"Margaret had great difficulty in persuading her father not to invite Mr. Thornton. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"She had an indescribable repugnance to this step being taken. ","abridged":"She had an indescribable repugnance to this step being taken. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"The night before the funeral, came a stately note from Mrs. Thornton to Miss Hale, saying that, at her son's desire, their carriage should attend the funeral, if it would not be disagreeable to the family. ","abridged":"The night before the funeral, a stately note came from Mrs. Thornton, saying that, at her son's desire, their carriage should attend the funeral, if it was not disagreeable to the family. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret tossed the note to her father.\n","abridged":"Margaret tossed the note to her father.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Oh, don't let us have these forms,\" said she. ","abridged":"'Oh, don't let us have these formalities,' said she. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Let us go alone--you and me, papa. ","abridged":"'Let us go alone - you and me, papa. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"They don't care for us, or else he would have offered to go himself, and not have proposed this sending an empty carriage.\"\n","abridged":"They don't care for us, or else he would have offered to go himself, and not have proposed sending an empty carriage.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I thought you were so extremely averse to his going, Margaret,\" said Mr. Hale in some surprise.\n","abridged":"'I thought you were averse to his going, Margaret,' said Mr. Hale in some surprise.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"And so I am. ","abridged":"'And so I am. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I don't want him to come at all; and I should especially dislike the idea of our asking him. ","abridged":"I don't want him to come at all. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But this seems such a mockery of mourning that I did not expect it from him.\" ","abridged":"But this seems such a mockery of mourning that I did not expect it from him.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"She startled her father by bursting into tears. ","abridged":"She startled her father by bursting into tears. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"She had been so subdued in her grief, so thoughtful for others, so gentle and patient in all things, that he could not understand her impatient ways to-night; she seemed agitated and restless; and at all the tenderness which her father in his turn now lavished upon her, she only cried the more.\n","abridged":"She had been so subdued in her grief, so thoughtful and patient, that he could not understand her. She seemed agitated and restless; and at her father's tenderness, she only cried the more.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"She passed so bad a night that she was ill prepared for the additional anxiety caused by a letter received from Frederick. ","abridged":"She passed so bad a night that she was ill prepared for the additional anxiety caused by a letter from Frederick. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Mr. Lennox was out of town; his clerk said that he would return by the following Tuesday at the latest; that he might possibly be home on Monday. ","abridged":"Mr. Lennox was out of town; his clerk said that he would return by the following Tuesday at the latest. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Consequently, after some consideration, Frederick had determined upon remaining in London a day or two longer. ","abridged":"Therefore Frederick had decided to stay in London a day or two longer. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He had thought of coming down to Milton again; the temptation had been very strong; but the idea of Mr. Bell domesticated in his father's house, and the alarm he had received at the last moment at the railway station, had made him resolve to stay in London. Margaret might be assured he would take every precaution against being tracked by Leonards. ","abridged":"Margaret might be assured that after their alarm at the railway station, he would take every precaution against being tracked by Leonards.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret was thankful that she received this letter while her father was absent in her mother's room. ","abridged":"Margaret was thankful that she received this letter while her father was absent. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"If he had been present, he would have expected her to read it aloud to him, and it would have raised in him a state of nervous alarm which she would have found it impossible to soothe away. ","abridged":"If he had been present, he would have expected her to read it aloud to him, and it would have worried him greatly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"There was not merely the fact, which disturbed her excessively, of Frederick's detention in London, but there were allusions to the recognition at the last moment at Milton, and the possibility of a pursuit, which made her blood run cold; and how then would it have affected her father? ","abridged":"There was not merely the fact of Frederick's delay in London, but allusions to the recognition at Milton, and the possibility of a pursuit, which made her blood run cold; how then would it have affected her father? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Many a time did Margaret repent of having suggested and urged on the plan of consulting Mr. Lennox. ","abridged":"Many a time did Margaret repent of having urged the plan of consulting Mr. Lennox. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"At the moment, it had seemed as if it would occasion so little delay--add so little to the apparently small chances of detection; and yet everything that had since occurred had tended to make it so undesirable. ","abridged":"At the time, it had seemed as if it would cause so little delay - and now it seemed so undesirable.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret battled hard against this regret of hers for what could not now be helped; this self-reproach for having said what at the time appeared to be wise, but which after events were proving to have been so foolish. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But her father was in too depressed a state of mind and body to struggle healthily; he would succumb to all these causes for morbid regret over what could not be recalled. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret summoned up all her forces to her aid. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Her father seemed to have forgotten that they had any reason to expect a letter from Frederick that morning. ","abridged":"Her father had forgotten that they had any reason to expect a letter from Frederick that morning. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He was absorbed in one idea--that the last visible token of the presence of his wife was to be carried away from him, and hidden from his sight. ","abridged":"He was absorbed only in the coming funeral, and the final removal of his wife from his sight. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. ","abridged":"He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He looked wistfully at Margaret; and, when released, he tottered towards her, murmuring, \"Pray for me, Margaret. ","abridged":"'Pray for me, Margaret,' he murmured. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I have no strength left in me. ","abridged":"'I have no strength left. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I cannot pray. ","abridged":"I cannot pray. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I give her up because I must. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I try to bear it: indeed I do. ","abridged":"I try to bear it: indeed I do. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I know it is God's will. ","abridged":"I know it is God's will. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But I cannot see why she died. ","abridged":"But I cannot see why she died.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Pray for me, Margaret, that I may have faith to pray. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"It is a great strait, my child.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret sat by him in the coach, almost supporting him in her arms; and repeating all the noble verses of holy comfort, or texts expressive of faithful resignation, that she could remember. ","abridged":"Margaret sat by him in the coach, almost supporting him in her arms; and repeating all the noble verses of holy comfort that she could remember. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Her voice never faltered; and she herself gained strength by doing this. ","abridged":"Her voice never faltered; and she herself gained strength by doing this. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Her father's lips moved after her, repeating the well-known texts as her words suggested them; it was terrible to see the patient struggling effort to obtain the resignation which he had not strength to take into his heart as part of himself.\n","abridged":"Her father's lips moved after her, repeating the well-known texts; it was terrible to see his patient struggle for resignation.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Margaret's fortitude nearly gave way as Dixon, with a slight motion of her hand, directed her notice to Nicholas Higgins and his daughter, standing a little aloof, but deeply attentive to the ceremonial. ","abridged":"At the church, Margaret's fortitude nearly gave way when she noticed Nicholas Higgins and his daughter, standing a little aloof. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Nicholas wore his usual fustian clothes, but had a bit of black stuff sown round his hat--a mark of mourning which he had never shown to his daughter Bessy's memory. ","abridged":"Nicholas wore his usual fustian clothes, but had a bit of black stuff sewn round his hat - a mark of mourning which he had never shown to his daughter Bessy's memory. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But Mr. Hale saw nothing. ","abridged":"But Mr. Hale saw nothing. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He went on repeating to himself, mechanically as it were, all the funeral service as it was read by the officiating clergyman; he sighed twice or thrice when all was ended; and then, putting his hand on Margaret's arm, he mutely entreated to be led away, as if he were blind, and she his faithful guide.\n","abridged":"He went on mechanically repeating to himself all the funeral service as it was read by the clergyman; he sighed when all was ended; and then, putting his hand on Margaret's arm, he mutely entreated to be led away, as if he were blind.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Dixon sobbed aloud; she covered her face with her handkerchief, and was so absorbed in her own grief that she did not perceive that the crowd, attracted on such occasions, was dispersing, till she was spoken to by some one close at hand. ","abridged":"Dixon sobbed aloud; she covered her face with her handkerchief, and did not perceive that the crowd was dispersing, till she was spoken to by someone close at hand. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"It was Mr. Thornton. ","abridged":"It was Mr. Thornton. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He had been present all the time, standing, with bent head, behind a group of people, so that, in fact, no one had recognised him.\n","abridged":"He had been present all the time, standing with bent head behind a group of people, so that no one had seen him.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon,--but, can you tell me how Mr. Hale is? ","abridged":"'I beg your pardon - but can you tell me how Mr. Hale is? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"And Miss Hale, too? ","abridged":"And Miss Hale, too?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"I should like to know how they both are.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Of course, sir. ","abridged":"'Of course, sir. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"They are much as is to be expected. ","abridged":"They are much as is to be expected. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Master is terribly broke down. ","abridged":"Master is terribly broke down. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Miss Hale bears up better than likely.\"\n","abridged":"Miss Hale bears up better than likely.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton would rather have heard that she was suffering the natural sorrow. ","abridged":"Mr. Thornton would rather have heard that she was suffering natural sorrow. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"In the first place, there was selfishness enough in him to have taken pleasure in the idea that his great love might come in to comfort and console her; much the same kind of passionate pleasure which comes stinging through a mother's heart, when her drooping infant nestles close to her, and is dependent upon her for everything. ","abridged":"In the first place, there was selfishness enough in him to have taken pleasure in the idea that his great love might come in to comfort and console her; much the same kind of strange passionate pleasure which stings a mother's heart when her drooping infant nestles close to her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But this delicious vision of what might have been--in which, in spite of all Margaret's repulse, he would have indulged only a few days ago--was miserably disturbed by the recollection of what he had seen near the Outwood station. ","abridged":"But this delicious vision of what might have been was miserably disturbed by the recollection of what he had seen near the Outwood station.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"Miserably disturbed!\" ","abridged":"Miserably disturbed! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"that is not strong enough. ","abridged":"That is not strong enough. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He was haunted by the remembrance of the handsome young man, with whom she stood in an attitude of such familiar confidence; and the remembrance shot through him like an agony, till it made him clench his hands tight in order to subdue the pain. ","abridged":"He was haunted by the remembrance of the handsome young man, with whom she stood in such a familiar attitude; and the remembrance shot through him like an agony, till it made him clench his hands tight to subdue the pain. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"At that late hour, so far from home! ","abridged":"So late, so far from home!\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"It took a great moral effort to galvanise his trust--erewhile so perfect--in Margaret's pure and exquisite maidenliness into life; as soon as the effort ceased, his trust dropped down dead and powerless: and all sorts of wild fancies chased each other like dreams, through his mind. ","abridged":"It took a great moral effort to rouse his trust in Margaret's pure maidenliness; as soon as the effort ceased, his trust dropped down dead: and wild fancies chased each other like dreams through his mind. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Here was a little bit of miserable, gnawing confirmation. ","abridged":"Here was a little piece of miserable, gnawing confirmation. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"She bore up better than likely\" under this grief. ","abridged":"'She bore up better than likely.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"She had then some hope to look to, so bright that even in her affectionate nature it could come in to lighten the dark hours of a daughter newly made motherless. ","abridged":"She had then some hope to look to, so bright that it could lighten the dark hours of a daughter newly made motherless.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Yes! ","abridged":"Yes! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"he knew how she would love. ","abridged":"he knew how she would love. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. ","abridged":"He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Her soul would walk in glorious sunlight if any man was worthy, by his power of loving, to win back her love. ","abridged":"Her soul would walk in glorious sunlight if any man was worthy to win back her love. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Even in her mourning she would rest with a peaceful faith upon his sympathy. ","abridged":"Even in her mourning she would rest with a peaceful faith upon his sympathy. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"His sympathy! ","abridged":"His sympathy! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Whose? ","abridged":"Whose? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"That other man's. ","abridged":"That other man's. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"And that it was another was enough to make Mr. Thornton's pale grave face grow doubly wan and stern at Dixon's answer.\n","abridged":"And Mr. Thornton's pale grave face grow doubly wan and stern at Dixon's answer.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I suppose I may call,\" said he coldly. ","abridged":"'I suppose I may call,' said he coldly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"On Mr. Hale, I mean. ","abridged":"'On Mr. Hale, I mean.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He will perhaps admit me after to-morrow or so.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He spoke as if the answer were a matter of indifference to him. ","abridged":"He spoke as if it were a matter of indifference to him. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"But it was not so. ","abridged":"But it was not so. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. ","abridged":"For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle, familiar attitude and all the attendant circumstances, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind--a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed. ","abridged":"Although he hated Margaret at times, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind - a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He was in the Charybdis of passion, and must perforce circle and circle ever nearer round the fatal centre.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"I dare say, sir, master will see you. ","abridged":"'I dare say, sir, master will see you.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"He was very sorry to have to deny you the other day; but circumstances was not agreeable just then.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"For some reason or other, Dixon never named this interview that she had had with Mr. Thornton to Margaret. ","abridged":"For some reason or other, Dixon never mentioned this interview with Mr. Thornton to Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"It might have been mere chance, but so it was that Margaret never heard that he had attended her poor mother's funeral.","abridged":"It might have been mere chance, but so it was that Margaret never heard that he had attended her poor mother's funeral.","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 33: PEACE"}
{"original":"\"But work grew scarce, while bread grew dear, And wages lessened, too; For Irish hordes were bidders here, Our half-paid work to do.\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"CORN LAW RHYMES.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret was shown into the drawing-room. ","abridged":"Margaret was shown into the drawing-room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"It had returned into its normal state of bag and covering. ","abridged":"It had returned into its normal state of bag and covering. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The windows were half open because of the heat, and the Venetian blinds covered the glass,--so that a gray grim light, reflected from the pavement below, threw all the shadows wrong, and combined with the green-tinged upper light to make even Margaret's own face, as she caught it in the mirrors, look ghastly and wan. ","abridged":"The windows were half open because of the heat, and Venetian blinds covered the glass, giving the light a green tinge that made her face in the mirrors look ghastly and wan. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She sat and waited; no one came. ","abridged":"She sat and waited; no one came. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Every now and then, the wind seemed to bear the distant multitudinous sound nearer; and yet there was no wind! It died away into profound stillness between whiles.\n","abridged":"Every now and then, the distant multitudinous sound drew nearer; and then died away into profound stillness.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Fanny came in at last.\n","abridged":"Fanny came in at last.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Mamma will come directly, Miss Hale. ","abridged":"'Mamma will come directly, Miss Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She desired me to apologise to you as it is. ","abridged":"She desired me to apologise to you. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Perhaps you know my brother has imported hands from Ireland, and it has irritated the Milton people excessively--as if he hadn't a right to get labour where he could; and the stupid wretches here wouldn't work for him; and now they've frightened these poor Irish starvelings so with their threats, that we daren't let them out. ","abridged":"Perhaps you know my brother has imported hands from Ireland, and it has irritated the Milton people excessively - as if he hadn't a right to get labour where he could; and now they've frightened these poor Irish starvelings so with their threats, that we daren't let them out. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You may see them huddled in that top room in the mill,--and they're to sleep there, to keep them safe from those brutes, who will neither work or let them work. ","abridged":"They're huddled in that top room in the mill - and they're to sleep there, to keep them safe from those brutes. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And mamma is seeing about their food, and John is speaking to them, for some of the women are crying to go back. ","abridged":"Mamma is seeing about their food, and John is speaking to them. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Ah! ","abridged":"Ah! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"here's mamma!\"\n","abridged":"here's mamma!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton came in with a look of black sternness on her face, which made Margaret feel she had arrived at a bad time to trouble her with her request. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton came in with a look of black sternness on her face, which made Margaret feel she had arrived at a bad time to trouble her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"However, it was only in compliance with Mrs. Thornton's expressed desire, that she would ask for whatever they might want in the progress of her mother's illness. Mrs. Thornton's brow contracted, and her mouth grew set, while Margaret spoke with gentle modesty of her mother's restlessness, and Dr. Donaldson's wish that she should have the relief of a water-bed. ","abridged":"However, Mrs. Thornton had expressed the wish that she would ask for whatever they might need for her mother; though her brow contracted while Margaret spoke with gentle modesty of her mother's restlessness, and Dr. Donaldson's wish that she should have a water-bed.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She ceased. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton did not reply immediately. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton did not reply immediately. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Then she started up and exclaimed--\n","abridged":"Then she started up and exclaimed:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"They're at the gates! ","abridged":"'They're at the gates! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Call John, Fanny,--call him in from the mill! ","abridged":"Call John from the mill, Fanny! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They're at the gates! ","abridged":"They're at the gates! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They'll batter them in! ","abridged":"They'll batter them in!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Call John, I say!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And simultaneously, the gathering tramp--to which she had been listening, instead of heeding Margaret's words--was heard just right outside the wall, and an increasing din of angry voices raged behind the wooden barrier, which shook as if the unseen maddened crowd made battering rams of their bodies, and retreated a short space only to come with more united steady impetus against it, till their great beats made the strong gates quiver, like reeds before the wind.\n","abridged":"And the gathering tramp - to which she had been listening, instead of Margaret's words - was heard right outside the wall. An increasing din of angry voices raged behind the gates, which shook as if the unseen maddened crowd made battering-rams of their bodies, with a steady rhythm which made the strong gates quiver.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The women gathered round the windows, fascinated to look on the scene which terrified them. Mrs. Thornton, the women-servants, Margaret,--all were there. ","abridged":"The women, servants and all, gathered round the windows, fascinated and terrified. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Fanny had returned, screaming upstairs as if pursued at every step, and had thrown herself in hysterical sobbing on the sofa. ","abridged":"Fanny had returned, screaming as if pursued at every step, and had thrown herself in hysterical sobbing on the sofa. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton watched for her son, who was still in the mill. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton watched for her son, who was still in the mill. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He came out, looked up at them--the pale cluster of faces--and smiled good courage to them, before he locked the factory door. ","abridged":"He came out, looked up at the pale cluster of faces - and smiled good courage to them, before he locked the factory-door. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Then he called to one of the women to come down and undo his own door, which Fanny had fastened behind her in her mad flight. ","abridged":"Then he called for someone to come down and undo his own door, which Fanny had fastened behind her in her mad flight. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton herself went. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton went.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And the sound of his well-known and commanding voice, seemed to have been like the taste of blood to the infuriated multitude outside. ","abridged":"The sound of his well-known and commanding voice seemed to infuriate the mob outside. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-laboured efforts to break down the gates. ","abridged":"Hitherto they had been voiceless, needing all their breath for their efforts to break down the gates. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But now, hearing him speak inside, they set up such a fierce, unearthly groan, that even Mrs. Thornton was white with fear as she preceded him into the room. ","abridged":"But now, hearing him speak inside, they set up such a fierce unearthly groan, that even Mrs. Thornton was white with fear as she preceded him into the room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He came in a little flushed, but his eyes gleamed, as in answer to the trumpet-call of danger, and with a proud look of defiance on his face, that made him a noble, if not a handsome man. ","abridged":"He came in a little flushed, but with his eyes gleaming, and a proud and noble look of defiance on his face.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret had always dreaded lest her courage should fail her in any emergency, and she should be proved to be, what she dreaded lest she was--a coward. ","abridged":"Margaret had always dreaded lest her courage should fail her in any emergency, and she should be proved a coward. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But now, in this real great time of reasonable fear and nearness of terror, she forgot herself, and felt only an intense sympathy--intense to painfulness--in the interests of the moment.\n","abridged":"But now, in this real nearness of terror, she forgot herself, and felt only an intense sympathy in the interests of the moment.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton came frankly forwards:\n","abridged":"Mr. Thornton came forwards. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I'm sorry, Miss Hale, you have visited us at this unfortunate moment, when, I fear, you may be involved in whatever risk we have to bear. ","abridged":"'I'm sorry, Miss Hale, you have visited us at this unfortunate moment, when I fear you may be at risk. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mother! ","abridged":"Mother! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"hadn't you better go into the back rooms? ","abridged":"hadn't you better go into the back rooms? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I'm not sure whether they may not have made their way from Pinner's Lane into the stable-yard; but if not, you will be safer there than here. ","abridged":"I'm not sure whether they have got into the stable-yard; but if not, you will be safer there than here.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Go, Jane!\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"continued he, addressing the upper-servant. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And she went, followed by the others.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I stop here!\" ","abridged":"'I stop here!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said his mother. ","abridged":"said his mother. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Where you are, there I stay.\" ","abridged":"'Where you are, I stay.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And indeed, retreat into the back rooms was of no avail; the crowd had surrounded the outbuildings at the rear, and were sending forth their awful threatening roar behind. ","abridged":"And indeed, retreat into the back rooms was useless; the crowd had surrounded the outbuildings, and were sending forth their awful threatening roar. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The servants retreated into the garrets, with many a cry and shriek. ","abridged":"The servants retreated up into the garrets, with many a cry. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton smiled scornfully as he heard them. ","abridged":"Mr. Thornton smiled scornfully as he heard them. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He glanced at Margaret, standing all by herself at the window nearest the factory. ","abridged":"He glanced at Margaret, standing at the window. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Her eyes glittered, her colour was deepened on cheek and lip. ","abridged":"Her eyes glittered; her colour was deepened. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"As if she felt his look, she turned to him and asked a question that had been for some time in her mind:\n","abridged":"As if she felt his look, she turned to him and asked:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Where are the poor imported workpeople? ","abridged":"'Where are the poor imported work-people? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"In the factory there?\"\n","abridged":"In the factory there?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Yes! ","abridged":"'Yes! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I left them cowed up in a small room, at the head of a back flight of stairs; bidding them run all risks, and escape down there, if they heard any attack made on the mill doors. ","abridged":"I left them cowering in a small room, at the top of a back flight of stairs; bidding them escape down there, if they heard any attack made on the mill-doors. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But it is not them--it is me they want.\"\n","abridged":"But it is me they want.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"When can the soldiers be here?\" ","abridged":"'When can the soldiers be here?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"asked his mother, in a low but not unsteady voice.\n","abridged":"asked his mother, in a low but steady voice.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He took out his watch with the same steady composure with which he did everything. ","abridged":"He took out his watch with measured composure. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He made some little calculation:--\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Supposing Williams got straight off when I told him, and hadn't to dodge about amongst them--it must be twenty minutes yet.\"\n","abridged":"'Supposing Williams managed to get straight off when I told him - it must be twenty minutes yet.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Twenty minutes!\" ","abridged":"'Twenty minutes!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said his mother, for the first time showing her terror in the tones of her voice.\n","abridged":"said his mother, her voice showing her terror for the first time.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Shut down the windows instantly, mother,\" exclaimed he: \"the gates won't bear such another shock. ","abridged":"'Shut down the windows, mother. The gates won't bear such another shock. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Shut down that window, Miss Hale.\"\n","abridged":"Shut down that window, Miss Hale.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret shut down her window, and then went to assist Mrs. Thornton's trembling fingers.\n","abridged":"Margaret shut down her window, and went to assist Mrs. Thornton's trembling fingers.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"From some cause or other, there was a pause of several minutes in the unseen street. ","abridged":"There was a pause of several minutes in the unseen street. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton looked with wild anxiety at her son's countenance, as if to gain the interpretation of the sudden stillness from him. His face was set into rigid lines of contemptuous defiance; neither hope nor fear could be read there.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton looked with wild anxiety at her son's face, which was set into rigid lines of contemptuous defiance. Neither hope nor fear could be read there.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Fanny raised herself up:\n","abridged":"Fanny raised herself up. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Are they gone?\" ","abridged":"'Are they gone?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"asked she, in a whisper.\n","abridged":"she whispered.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Gone!\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"replied he. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Listen!\"\n","abridged":"'Listen!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She did listen; they all could hear the one great straining breath; the creak of wood slowly yielding; the wrench of iron; the mighty fall of the ponderous gates. ","abridged":"She listened. They all could hear the great straining breath; the creak of wood slowly yielding; the wrench of iron; the mighty fall of the gates. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Fanny stood up tottering--made a step or two towards her mother, and fell forwards into her arms in a fainting fit. ","abridged":"Fanny stood up tottering - and fell into her mother's arms in a fainting fit. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton lifted her up with a strength that was as much that of the will as of the body, and carried her away.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton lifted her up with a strength that was as much that of the will as of the body, and carried her away.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Thank God!\" ","abridged":"'Thank God!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Mr. Thornton, as he watched her out. ","abridged":"said Mr. Thornton, as he watched her out. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Had you not better go upstairs, Miss Hale?\"\n","abridged":"'Had you not better go upstairs, Miss Hale?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret's lips formed a \"No!\"","abridged":"Margaret's lips formed a 'No!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"--but he could not hear her speak, for the tramp of innumerable steps right under the very wall of the house, and the fierce growl of low deep angry voices that had a ferocious murmur of satisfaction in them, more dreadful than their baffled cries not many minutes before.\n","abridged":"- but he could not hear her speak for the tramp of many steps right under the wall of the house, and the fierce growl of deep angry voices that had a ferocious murmur of satisfaction in them.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Never mind!\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said he, thinking to encourage her. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I am very sorry that you should have been entrapped into all this alarm; but it cannot last long now; a few minutes more, and the soldiers will be here.\"\n","abridged":"'I am very sorry you have been entrapped into all this alarm; but it cannot last long now; a few minutes more, and the soldiers will be here.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, God!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, God!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"cried Margaret, suddenly; \"there is Boucher. ","abridged":"cried Margaret, suddenly; 'there is Boucher. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I know his face, though he is livid with rage,--he is fighting to get to the front--look! ","abridged":"He is livid with rage, and fighting to get to the front - look! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"look!\"\n","abridged":"look!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Who is Boucher?\" ","abridged":"'Who is Boucher?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Thornton coolly, and coming close to the window to discover the man in whom Margaret took such an interest. ","abridged":"asked Mr. Thornton coolly, coming close to the window to see. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"As soon as they saw Mr. Thornton, they set up a yell, to call it not human is nothing,--it was as the demoniac desire of some terrible wild beast for the food that is withheld from his ravening. ","abridged":"As soon as the men saw him, they set up a yell like the demoniac desire of some terrible wild beast for the food that is withheld from his ravening. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Even he drew back for a moment, dismayed at the intensity of hatred he had provoked.\n","abridged":"Even he drew back for a moment, dismayed at the intensity of hatred he had provoked.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Let them yell!\" ","abridged":"'Let them yell!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said he. ","abridged":"said he. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"In five minutes more--. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I only hope my poor Irishmen are not terrified out of their wits by such a fiendlike noise. ","abridged":"'I only hope my poor Irishmen are not terrified out of their wits. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Keep up your courage for five minutes, Miss Hale.\"\n","abridged":"Keep up your courage for five minutes, Miss Hale.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Don't be afraid for me,\" she said hastily. ","abridged":"'Don't worry about me,' she said hastily. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"But what in five minutes? ","abridged":"'But what in five minutes? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Can you do nothing to soothe these poor creatures? ","abridged":"Can you do nothing to soothe these poor creatures? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"It is awful to see them.\"\n","abridged":"It is awful to see them.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"The soldiers will be here directly, and that will bring them to reason.\"\n","abridged":"'The soldiers will be here directly, and that will bring them to reason.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"To reason!\" ","abridged":"'To reason!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Margaret, quickly. ","abridged":"said Margaret, quickly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"What kind of reason?\"\n","abridged":"'What kind of reason?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"The only reason that does with men that make themselves into wild beasts. ","abridged":"'The only reason that works with men that make themselves into wild beasts. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"By heaven! ","abridged":"By heaven! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"they've turned to the mill-door!\"\n","abridged":"they've turned to the mill-door!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Thornton,\" said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, \"go down this instant, if you are not a coward. ","abridged":"'Mr. Thornton,' said Margaret, shaking all over with passion, 'go down this instant, if you are not a coward. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Go down and face them like a man. ","abridged":"Go down and face them like a man. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Save these poor strangers, whom you have decoyed here. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Speak to your workmen as if they were human beings. ","abridged":"Speak to your workmen as if they were human beings. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Speak to them kindly. ","abridged":"Speak to them kindly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Don't let the soldiers come in and cut down poor creatures who are driven mad. ","abridged":"Don't let the soldiers come in and cut down poor creatures who are driven mad. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I see one there who is. ","abridged":"I see one there who is. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"If you have any courage or noble quality in you, go out and speak to them, man to man!\"\n","abridged":"If you have any courage or noble quality in you, go out and speak to them, man to man.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He turned and looked at her while she spoke. A dark cloud came over his face while he listened. ","abridged":"He turned and looked at her, a dark cloud coming over his face. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He set his teeth as he heard her words.\n","abridged":"He set his teeth as he listened.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I will go. ","abridged":"'I will go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Perhaps I may ask you to accompany me downstairs, and bar the door behind me; my mother and sister will need that protection.\"\n","abridged":"Perhaps I may ask you to accompany me downstairs, and bar the door behind me, for my family's protection.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"'Oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton! ","abridged":"Mr. Thornton! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I do not know--I may be wrong--only--\"\n","abridged":"I do not know - I may be wrong - only-'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But he was gone; he was downstairs in the hall; he had unbarred the front door; all she could do, was to follow him quickly, and fasten it behind him, and clamber up the stairs again with a sick heart and a dizzy head. ","abridged":"But he was gone downstairs; he had unbarred the front door; all she could do was to follow him quickly, and fasten it behind him, and clamber up the stairs again with a sick heart. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Again she took her place by the farthest window. ","abridged":"Again she took her place by the window. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He was on the steps below; she saw that by the direction of a thousand angry eyes; but she could neither see nor hear anything save the savage satisfaction of the rolling angry murmur. ","abridged":"He was on the steps below; she knew that by the direction of a thousand angry eyes; but she could neither see nor hear anything except the savage, rolling murmur.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"See threw the window wide open. ","abridged":"She threw the window wide open. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Many in the crowd were mere boys; cruel and thoughtless,--cruel because they were thoughtless; some were men, gaunt as wolves, and mad for prey. ","abridged":"Many in the crowd were mere boys, cruel and thoughtless - cruel because they were thoughtless; some were men, gaunt as wolves, and mad for prey. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She knew how it was; they were like Boucher,--with starving children at home--relying on ultimate success in their efforts to get higher wages, and enraged beyond measure at discovering that Irishmen were to be brought in to rob their little ones of bread. ","abridged":"She knew they were like Boucher, with starving children at home, enraged at discovering that Irishmen were brought in to rob their little ones of bread. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret knew it all; she read it in Boucher's face, forlornly desperate and livid with rage. ","abridged":"Margaret knew it all; she read it in Boucher's desperate face. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"If Mr. Thornton would but say something to them--let them hear his voice only--it seemed as if it would be better than this wild beating and raging against the stony silence that vouchsafed them no word, even of anger or reproach. ","abridged":"If Mr. Thornton would only speak to them - it would be better than the stony silence that gave them no word, even of anger or reproach.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But perhaps he was speaking now; there was a momentary hush of their noise, inarticulate as that of a troop of animals. ","abridged":"But perhaps he was speaking now; there was a momentary hush. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She tore her bonnet off, and bent forward to hear. She could only see; for if Mr. Thornton had indeed made the attempt to speak, the momentary instinct to listen to him was past and gone, and the people were raging worse than ever. He stood with his arms folded; still as a statue; his face pale with repressed excitement. ","abridged":"She bent forwards to hear, but she could only see Mr. Thornton standing with his arms folded, still as a statue, his face pale with repressed excitement. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. ","abridged":"They were trying to intimidate him - to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some act of personal violence.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret felt intuitively, that in an instant all would be uproar; the first touch would cause an explosion, in which, among such hundreds of infuriated men and reckless boys, even Mr. Thornton's life would be unsafe,--that in another instant the stormy passions would have passed their bounds, and swept away all barriers of reason, or apprehension of consequence. ","abridged":"Margaret felt intuitively that in an instant all would be uproar. The first touch would cause an explosion, in which even Mr. Thornton's life would be unsafe - in another instant, the stormy passions would have passed their bounds, and swept away all barriers of reason. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Even while she looked, she saw lads in the background stooping to take off their heavy wooden clogs--the readiest missile they could find; she saw it was the spark to the gunpowder, and, with a cry, which no one heard, she rushed out of the room, down stairs,--she had lifted the great iron bar of the door with an imperious force--had thrown the door open wide--and was there, in face of that angry sea of men, her eyes smiting them with flaming arrows of reproach. ","abridged":"Even while she looked, she saw lads at the back stooping to take off their heavy wooden clogs - the readiest missiles they could find. She saw it was the spark to the gunpowder, and with a cry, she rushed out of the room, down the stairs - had lifted the great iron bar of the door with imperious force - had thrown the door open - and was there, facing that angry sea of men, her eyes smiting them with reproach.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The clogs were arrested in the hands that held them--the countenances, so fell not a moment before, now looked irresolute, and as if asking what this meant. ","abridged":"The clogs were arrested in the hands that held them. The faces looked irresolute, as if asking what this meant. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"For she stood between them and their enemy. ","abridged":"For she stood between them and their enemy. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She could not speak, but held out her arms towards them till she could recover breath.\n","abridged":"She could not speak, but held out her arms towards them till she could recover breath.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, do not use violence! ","abridged":"'Oh, do not use violence! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He is one man, and you are many;\" but her words died away, for there was no tone in her voice; it was but a hoarse whisper. ","abridged":"He is one man, and you are many\"; but her words died away, for her voice was only a hoarse whisper. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton stood a little on one side; he had moved away from behind her, as if jealous of anything that should come between him and danger.\n","abridged":"Mr. Thornton moved away from behind her, as if jealous of anything that should come between him and danger.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Go!\" ","abridged":"'Go!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said she, once more (and now her voice was like a cry). ","abridged":"said she, once more (and now her voice was like a cry). ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"The soldiers are sent for--are coming. ","abridged":"'The soldiers are sent for - are coming. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Go peaceably. ","abridged":"Go peaceably. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Go away. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You shall have relief from your complaints, whatever they are.\"\n","abridged":"You shall have relief from your complaints, whatever they are.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Shall them Irish blackguards be packed back again?\" ","abridged":"'Shall them Irish blackguards be packed back again?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"asked one from out the crowd, with fierce threatening in his voice.\n","abridged":"asked one of the crowd fiercely.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Never, for your bidding!\" ","abridged":"'Never, for your bidding!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"exclaimed Mr. Thornton. ","abridged":"exclaimed Mr. Thornton.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And instantly the storm broke. ","abridged":"Instantly the storm broke. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The hootings rose and filled the air,--but Margaret did not hear them. ","abridged":"Hootings rose and filled the air, but Margaret did not hear them. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Her eye was on the group of lads who had armed themselves with their clogs some time before. ","abridged":"Her eye was on the lads who had armed themselves with their clogs. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She saw their gesture--she knew its meaning--she read their aim. ","abridged":"She saw their gesture - she knew its meaning - she read their aim. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Another moment, and Mr. Thornton might be smitten down,--he whom she had urged and goaded to come to this perilous place. ","abridged":"Another moment, and Mr. Thornton might be smitten down - he whom she had urged to come to this perilous place.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She only thought how she could save him. ","abridged":"She only thought how she could save him. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She threw her arms around him; she made her body into a shield from the fierce people beyond. ","abridged":"She threw her arms around him; she made her body into a shield from the fierce people beyond. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Still, with his arms folded, he shook her off.\n","abridged":"Still, with his arms folded, he shook her off.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Go away,\" said he, in his deep voice. ","abridged":"'Go away,' said he, in his deep voice. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"This is no place for you.\"\n","abridged":"'This is no place for you.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It is,\" said she. ","abridged":"'It is!' said she. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"You did not see what I saw.\" ","abridged":"'You did not see what I saw.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"If she thought her sex would be a protection,--if, with shrinking eyes she had turned away from the terrible anger of these men, in any hope that ere she looked again they would have paused and reflected, and slunk away, and vanished,--she was wrong. ","abridged":"If she thought her sex would be a protection, and that the men would slink away, then she was wrong. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Their reckless passion had carried them too far to stop--at least had carried some of them too far; for it is always the savage lads, with their love of cruel excitement, who head the riot--reckless to what bloodshed it may lead. ","abridged":"Their reckless passion had carried them too far to stop - at least had carried some of them too far; for it is always the reckless savage lads, with their love of cruel excitement, who head the riot. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"A clog whizzed through the air. ","abridged":"A clog whizzed through the air. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret's fascinated eyes watched its progress; it missed its aim, and she turned sick with affright, but changed not her position, only hid her face on Mr. Thornton's arm. ","abridged":"Margaret's fascinated eyes watched; it missed its aim, and she turned sick with fright, but did not move, only hid her face on Mr. Thornton s arm. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Then she turned and spoke again:\n\"For God's sake! do not damage your cause by this violence. You do not know what you are doing.\" She strove to make her words distinct.\n","abridged":"Then she turned and spoke again, trying to make her voice distinct:\n'For God's sake! do not damage your cause by this violence. You do not know what you are doing.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"A sharp pebble flew by her, grazing forehead and cheek, and drawing a blinding sheet of light before her eyes. ","abridged":"A sharp pebble flew by her, grazing forehead and cheek, and drawing a blinding sheet of light before her eyes. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She lay like one dead on Mr. Thornton's shoulder. ","abridged":"She lay like one dead on Mr. Thornton's shoulder. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Then he unfolded his arms, and held her encircled in one for an instant:\n","abridged":"Then he unfolded his arms, and held her encircled in one for an instant:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"You do well!\" ","abridged":"'You do well!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said he. ","abridged":"said he. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"You come to oust the innocent stranger. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You fall--you hundreds--on one man; and when a woman comes before you, to ask you for your own sakes to be reasonable creatures, your cowardly wrath falls upon her! ","abridged":"'You fall - you hundreds - on one man; and when a woman comes before you, to ask you for your own sakes to be reasonable, your cowardly wrath falls upon her! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You do well!\" ","abridged":"You do well!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They were silent while he spoke. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They were watching, open-eyed and open-mouthed, the thread of dark-red blood which wakened them up from their trance of passion. ","abridged":"They were silent, watching - open-eyed and open-mouthed - the thread of dark-red blood which wakened them from their trance of passion. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Those nearest the gate stole out ashamed; there was a movement through all the crowd--a retreating movement. ","abridged":"Those nearest the gate stole out ashamed; there was a retreating movement through all the crowd. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Only one voice called out:\n","abridged":"Only one voice cried out:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Th' stone was meant for thee; but thou wert sheltered behind a woman!\"\n","abridged":"'Th' stone were meant for thee; but thou wert sheltered behind a woman!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Thornton quivered with rage. ","abridged":"Mr. Thornton quivered with rage. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The blood-flowing had made Margaret conscious--dimly, vaguely conscious. ","abridged":"Margaret was dimly conscious. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He placed her gently on the door-step, her head leaning against the frame.\n","abridged":"He placed her gently on the door-step, her head leaning against the frame.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Can you rest there?\" ","abridged":"'Can you rest there?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"he asked. ","abridged":"he asked. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But without waiting for her answer, he went slowly down the steps right into the middle of the crowd. ","abridged":"But without waiting for her answer, he went slowly down the steps right into the middle of the crowd. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Now kill me, if it is your brutal will. ","abridged":"'Now kill me, if you wish. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"There is no woman to shield me here. ","abridged":"There is no woman to shield me here. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You may beat me to death--you will never move me from what I have determined upon--not you!\" ","abridged":"You may beat me to death - but you will never move me from what I have determined upon!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He stood amongst them with his arms folded, in precisely the same attitude as he had been in on the steps.\n","abridged":"He stood amongst them with his arms folded, in precisely the same attitude as he had been in on the steps.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But the retrograde movement towards the gate had begun--as unreasoningly, perhaps as blindly, as the simultaneous anger. ","abridged":"But the withdrawal towards the gate had begun. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Or, perhaps, the idea of the approach of the soldiers, and the sight of that pale, upturned face, with closed eyes, still and sad as marble, though the tears welled out of the long entanglement of eyelashes, and dropped down; and, heavier, slower plash than even tears, came the drip of blood from her wound. ","abridged":"Perhaps it was the idea of the soldiers' approach; perhaps the sight of that pale, upturned face, with closed eyes, though the tears welled beneath the long eyelashes; and, heavier, slower than tears, came the drip of blood from her wound. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Even the most desperate--Boucher himself--drew back, faltered away, scowled, and finally went off, muttering curses on the master, who stood in his unchanging attitude, looking after their retreat with defiant eyes. ","abridged":"Even the most desperate faltered, scowled, and finally went off, muttering curses on the master, who stood in his unchanging attitude. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The moment that retreat had changed into a flight (as it was sure from its very character to do), he darted up the steps to Margaret.\n","abridged":"The moment the retreat had changed into a flight, he darted up the steps to Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She tried to rise without his help.\n","abridged":"She tried to rise.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It is nothing,\" she said, with a sickly smile. ","abridged":"'It is nothing,' she said, with a sickly smile. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"The skin is grazed, and I was stunned at the moment. ","abridged":"'The skin is grazed, and I was stunned for the moment. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Oh, I am so thankful they are gone!\" ","abridged":"Oh, I am so thankful they are gone!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And she cried without restraint.\n","abridged":"And she cried without restraint.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He could not sympathise with her. ","abridged":"He could not sympathise with her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"His anger had not abated; it was rising the more as his sense of immediate danger was passing away. ","abridged":"His anger had not abated; it was rather rising as the immediate danger passed. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The distant clank of the soldiers was heard: just five minutes too late to make this vanished mob feel the power of authority and order. ","abridged":"The distant clank of the soldiers was heard, five minutes too late to make this vanished mob feel the power of authority. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape. ","abridged":"He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"While these thoughts crossed his mind, Margaret clung to the doorpost to steady herself: but a film came over her eyes--he was only just in time to catch her. ","abridged":"While these thoughts crossed his mind, Margaret clung to the doorpost to steady herself: but a film came over her eyes - he was only just in time to catch her.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Mother--mother!\" ","abridged":"'Mother!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"cried he; \"Come down--they are gone, and Miss Hale is hurt!\" ","abridged":"cried he; 'Come down - they are gone, and Miss Hale is hurt!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He bore her into the dining-room, and laid her on the sofa there; laid her down softly, and looking on her pure white face, the sense of what she was to him came upon him so keenly that he spoke it out in his pain:\n","abridged":"He bore her into the dining-room, and laid her on the sofa there. Looking on her pure white face, the sense of what she was to him came upon him so keenly that he spoke it out in his pain:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, my Margaret--my Margaret! ","abridged":"'Oh, my Margaret - my Margaret! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"no one can tell what you are to me! ","abridged":"no one can tell what you are to me! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Dead--cold as you lie there, you are the only woman I ever loved! ","abridged":"Cold as you lie there, you are the only woman I ever loved!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Oh, Margaret--Margaret!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Inarticulately as he spoke, kneeling by her, and rather moaning than saying the words, he started up, ashamed of himself, as his mother came in. ","abridged":"Inarticulately as he spoke, kneeling by her, he started up, ashamed of himself, as his mother came in. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She saw nothing, but her son a little paler, a little sterner than usual.\n","abridged":"She saw nothing but her son, a little paler and sterner than usual.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Miss Hale is hurt, mother. ","abridged":"'Miss Hale is hurt, mother. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"A stone has grazed her temple. ","abridged":"A stone has grazed her temple. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She has lost a good deal of blood, I'm afraid.\"\n","abridged":"She has lost a good deal of blood, I'm afraid.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"She looks very seriously hurt,--I could almost fancy her dead,\" said Mrs. Thornton, a good deal alarmed.\n","abridged":"'She looks very seriously hurt,' said Mrs. Thornton, alarmed.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It is only a fainting-fit. ","abridged":"'It is only a fainting-fit. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She has spoken to me since.\" ","abridged":"She has spoken to me since.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But all the blood in his body seemed to rush inwards to his heart as he spoke, and he absolutely trembled.\n","abridged":"But all the blood in his body seemed to rush inwards to his heart as he spoke, and he trembled.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Go and call Jane,--she can find me the things I want; and do you go to your Irish people, who are crying and shouting as if they were mad with fright.\"\n","abridged":"'Go and call Jane,' she said, 'and you go to your Irish people, who are crying and shouting, mad with fright.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He went. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He went away as if weights were tied to every limb that bore him from her. ","abridged":"He went away as if weights were tied to every limb. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He called Jane; he called his sister. ","abridged":"He called the servant, and his sister. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She should have all womanly care, all gentle tendance. ","abridged":"Margaret should have womanly care. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But every pulse beat in him as he remembered how she had come down and placed herself in foremost danger--could it be to save him? ","abridged":"But every pulse beat in him as he remembered how she had placed herself in foremost danger - could it be to save him? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"At the time, he had pushed her aside, and spoken gruffly; he had seen nothing but the unnecessary danger she had placed herself in. ","abridged":"At the time, he had pushed her aside, and spoken gruffly; he had seen nothing but the unnecessary danger she had placed herself in.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"He went to his Irish people, with every nerve in his body thrilling at the thought of her, and found it difficult to understand enough of what they were saying to soothe and comfort away their fears. ","abridged":"He went to his Irish people, with every nerve in his body thrilling at the thought of her, and found it difficult to understand enough of what they were saying to soothe away their fears. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"There, they declared, they would not stop; they claimed to be sent back.\n","abridged":"They declared they would not stay; they wanted to be sent back. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And so he had to think, and talk, and reason.\n","abridged":"And so he had to think, and talk, and reason.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton bathed Margaret's temples with eau de Cologne. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton bathed Margaret's temples with eau de Cologne. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"As the spirit touched the wound, which till then neither Mrs. Thornton nor Jane had perceived, Margaret opened her eyes; but it was evident she did not know where she was, nor who they were. ","abridged":"As it touched the wound, which till then neither Mrs. Thornton nor Jane had perceived, Margaret opened her eyes; but it was evident she did not know where she was, nor who they were. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The dark circles deepened, the lips quivered and contracted, and she became insensible once more.\n","abridged":"The lips quivered, and she became insensible once more.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"She has had a terrible blow,\" said Mrs. Thornton. ","abridged":"'She has had a terrible blow,' said Mrs. Thornton. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Is there any one who will go for a doctor?\"\n","abridged":"'Is there anyone who will go for a doctor?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Not me, ma'am, if you please,\" said Jane, shrinking back. ","abridged":"'Not me, ma'am, if you please,' said Jane, shrinking back. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Them rabble may be all about; I don't think the cut is so deep, ma'am, as it looks.\"\n","abridged":"'Them rabble may be all about; I don't think the cut is so deep as it looks.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I will not run the chance. ","abridged":"'I will not run the chance. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She was hurt in our house. ","abridged":"She was hurt in our house. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"If you are a coward, Jane, I am not. I will go.\"\n","abridged":"If you are a coward, Jane, I will go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Pray, ma'am, let me send one of the police. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"There's ever so many come up, and soldiers too.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"And yet you're afraid to go! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I will not have their time taken up with our errands. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"They'll have enough to do to catch some of the mob. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"You will not be afraid to stop in this house,\" she asked contemptuously, \"and go on bathing Miss Hale's forehead, shall you? ","abridged":"You will not be afraid to stay in this house,' Mrs. Thornton asked contemptuously, 'and go on bathing Miss Hale's forehead, shall you?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I shall not be ten minutes away.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Couldn't Hannah go, ma'am?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Why Hannah? ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Why any but you? ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"No, Jane, if you don't go, I do.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton went first to the room in which she had left Fanny stretched on the bed. ","abridged":"She went first to the room in which she had left Fanny on the bed. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She started up as her mother entered.\n","abridged":"Fanny started up as her mother entered.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma, how you terrified me! ","abridged":"'Oh, mamma, how you terrified me! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I thought you were a man that had got into the house.\"\n","abridged":"I thought you were a man that had got into the house.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Nonsense! ","abridged":"'Nonsense! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The men are all gone away. ","abridged":"The men are all gone away. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"There are soldiers all round the place, seeking for their work now it is too late. ","abridged":"There are soldiers everywhere, now it is too late. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Miss Hale is lying on the dining-room sofa badly hurt. ","abridged":"Miss Hale is lying on the dining-room sofa badly hurt. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I am going for the doctor.\"\n","abridged":"I am going for the doctor.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"'Oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"don't, mamma! ","abridged":"don't, mamma! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"they'll murder you.\" ","abridged":"they'll murder you.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She clung to her mother's gown. ","abridged":"She clung to her mother's gown. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton wrenched it away with no gentle hand.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton wrenched it away.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Find me some one else to go; but that girl must not bleed to death.\"\n","abridged":"'That girl must not bleed to death.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Bleed! ","abridged":"'Bleed! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"oh, how horrid! ","abridged":"oh, how horrid! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"How has she got hurt?\"\n","abridged":"How has she got hurt?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I don't know,--I have no time to ask. ","abridged":"'I don't know; I have no time to ask. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Go down to her, Fanny, and do try to make yourself of use. ","abridged":"Go down to her, Fanny, and do try to make yourself of use. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Jane is with her; and I trust it looks worse than it is. ","abridged":"Jane is with her; and I trust it looks worse than it is. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Jane has refused to leave the house, cowardly woman! ","abridged":"Jane has refused to leave the house, cowardly woman! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"And I won't put myself in the way of any more refusals from my servants, so I am going myself.\"\n","abridged":"So I am going myself.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, dear, dear!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, dear!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Fanny, crying, and preparing to go down rather than be left alone, with the thought of wounds and bloodshed in the very house.\n","abridged":"said Fanny, crying with the thought of wounds and bloodshed in the house.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Jane!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, Jane!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said she, creeping into the dining-room, \"What is the matter? ","abridged":"said she, creeping into the dining-room, 'how did she get hurt? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"How white she looks! ","abridged":"How white she looks! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"How did she get hurt? ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Did they throw stones into the drawing-room?\"\n","abridged":"Did they throw stones into the drawing-room?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret did indeed look white and wan, although her senses were beginning to return to her. ","abridged":"Margaret did indeed look white and wan, although her senses were beginning to return. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But the sickly daze of the swoon made her still miserably faint. ","abridged":"But she still felt sick and faint. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She was conscious of movement around her, and of refreshment from the eau de Cologne, and a craving for the bathing to go on without intermission; but when they stopped to talk, she could no more have opened her eyes, or spoken to ask for more bathing, than the people who lie in death-like trance can move, or utter sound, to arrest the awful preparations for their burial, while they are yet fully aware, not merely of the actions of those around them, but of the idea that is the motive for such actions.\n","abridged":"She was conscious of movement around her, and of the eau de Cologne; but when they stopped bathing her head, she could neither move her eyes nor speak.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Jane paused in her bathing, to reply to Miss Thornton's question.\n","abridged":"Jane answered Miss Thornton.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"She'd have been safe enough, miss, if she'd stayed in the drawing-room, or come up to us; we were in the front garret, and could see it all, out of harm's way.\"\n","abridged":"'She'd have been safe enough, miss, if she'd stayed in the drawing-room; we were in the front garret, and could see it all.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Where was she then?\" ","abridged":"'Where was she, then?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Fanny, drawing nearer by slow degrees, as she became accustomed to the sight of Margaret's pale face.\n","abridged":"said Fanny.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Just before the front door--with master!\" ","abridged":"'Just before the front door - with master!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Jane, significantly.\n","abridged":"said Jane, significantly.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"With John! ","abridged":"'With John! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"with my brother! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"How did she get there?\"\n","abridged":"How did she get there?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Nay, miss, that's not for me to say,\" answered Jane, with a slight toss of her head. ","abridged":"'Nay, miss, that's not for me to say,' answered Jane, with a slight toss of her head. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Sarah did----\"\n","abridged":"'Sarah did-'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Sarah what?\" ","abridged":"'Sarah what?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Fanny, with impatient curiosity.\nJane resumed her bathing, as if what Sarah did or said was not exactly the thing she liked to repeat.\n\"Sarah what?\" asked Fanny, sharply. ","abridged":"said Fanny, with impatient curiosity, and then more sharply. 'Sarah what? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Don't speak in these half sentences, or I can't understand you.\"\n","abridged":"Don't speak in these half sentences.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Well, miss, since you will have it--Sarah, you see, was in the best place for seeing, being at the right-hand window; and she says, and said at the very time too, that she saw Miss Hale with her arms about master's neck, hugging him before all the people.\"\n","abridged":"'Well, miss, Sarah says that she saw Miss Hale with her arms about master's neck, hugging him before all the people.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I don't believe it,\" said Fanny. ","abridged":"'I don't believe it,' said Fanny. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I know she cares for my brother; any one can see that; and I dare say, she'd give her eyes if he'd marry her,--which he never will, I can tell her. ","abridged":"'I know she cares for my brother; any one can see that; and I dare say, she'd give her eyes if he'd marry her - which he never will, I can tell her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"But I don't believe she'd be so bold and forward as to put her arms round his neck.\"\n","abridged":"But I don't believe she'd be so bold as to put her arms round his neck.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Poor young lady! ","abridged":"'Poor young lady! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"she's paid for it dearly if she did. ","abridged":"she's paid for it dearly if she did. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"It's my belief, that the blow has given her such an ascendancy of blood to the head as she'll never get the better from. ","abridged":"It's my belief that she won't recover. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She looks like a corpse now.\"\n","abridged":"She looks like a corpse.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, I wish mamma would come!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, I wish mamma would come!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Fanny, wringing her hands. ","abridged":"said Fanny, wringing her hands. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I never was in the room with a dead person before.\"\n","abridged":"'I never was in the room with a dead person before.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Stay, miss! ","abridged":"'Stay, miss! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She's not dead: her eye-lids are quivering, and here's wet tears a-coming down her cheeks. ","abridged":"She's not dead: her eyelids are quivering, and here's tears a-coming down her cheeks. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Speak to her, Miss Fanny!\"\n","abridged":"Speak to her, Miss Fanny!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Are you better now?\" ","abridged":"'Are you better now?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"asked Fanny, in a quavering voice.\n","abridged":"asked Fanny, in a quavering voice.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"No answer; no sign of recognition; but a faint pink colour returned to her lips, although the rest of her face was ashen pale.\n","abridged":"No answer; no sign of recognition; but a faint pink colour returned to her lips, although the rest of her face was ashen pale.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton came hurriedly in, with the nearest surgeon she could find.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton came hurriedly in, with the nearest surgeon she could find. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"How is she? ","abridged":"'How is she? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Are you better, my dear?\" ","abridged":"Are you better, my dear?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"as Margaret opened her filmy eyes, and gazed dreamily at her. ","abridged":"Margaret opened her filmy eyes, and gazed dreamily at her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Here is Mr. Lowe come to see you.\"\n","abridged":"'Here is Mr. Lowe come to see you.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton spoke loudly and distinctly, as to a deaf person. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton spoke loudly and distinctly, as to a deaf person.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret tried to rise, and drew her ruffled, luxuriant hair instinctively over the cut.\n","abridged":"Margaret tried to rise, and drew her ruffled hair instinctively over the cut.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I am better now,\" said she, in a very low, faint voice. ","abridged":"'I am better now,' said she, in a very low voice. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I was a little sick.\"\n","abridged":"'I was a little sick.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She let him take her hand and feel her pulse. ","abridged":"She let the doctor take her hand and feel her pulse. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The bright colour came for a moment into her face, when he asked to examine the wound in her forehead; and she glanced up at Jane, as if shrinking from her inspection more than from the doctor's.\n","abridged":"When he asked to examine the wound in her forehead, she shrank from the inspection.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It is not much, I think. ","abridged":"'It is not much, I think. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I am better now. ","abridged":"I am better now. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I must go home.\"\n","abridged":"I must go home.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Not until I have applied some strips of plaster, and you have rested a little.\"\n","abridged":"'Not until I have applied some strips of plaster; and you have rested a little.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She sat down hastily, without another word, and allowed it to be bound up.\n","abridged":"She sat down, and allowed it to be bound up. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Now, if you please,\" said she, \"I must go. ","abridged":"'Now, if you please,' said she, 'I must go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mamma will not see it, I think. ","abridged":"Mamma will not see it, I think. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"It is under the hair, is it not?\"\n","abridged":"It is under the hair, is it not?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Quite; no one could tell.\"\n","abridged":"'Quite; no one could tell.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"But you must not go,\" said Mrs. Thornton, impatiently. ","abridged":"'But you are not fit to go,' said Mrs. Thornton.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"You are not fit to go.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I must,\" said Margaret, decidedly. ","abridged":"'I must,' said Margaret, decidedly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Think of mamma. ","abridged":"'Think of mamma. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"If they should hear---- Besides, I must go,\" said she, vehemently. \"I cannot stay here. ","abridged":"If they should hear - I cannot stay here. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"May I ask for a cab?\"\n","abridged":"May I ask for a cab?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"You are quite flushed and feverish,\" observed Mr. Lowe.\n","abridged":"'You are quite flushed and feverish,' observed Mr. Lowe.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It is only with being here, when I do so want to go. ","abridged":"'It is only because I do so want to go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The air--getting away, would do me more good than anything,\" pleaded she.\n","abridged":"The air would do me more good than anything.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"I really believe it is as she says,\" Mr. Lowe replied. ","abridged":"Mr. Lowe spoke to Mrs. Thornton. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"If her mother is so ill as you told me on the way here, it may be very serious if she hears of this riot, and does not see her daughter back at the time she expects. ","abridged":"'If her mother is so ill as you told me on the way here, it may be very serious if she hears of this riot, and does not see her daughter back at the time she expects. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The injury is not deep. ","abridged":"The injury is not deep. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"I will fetch a cab, if your servants are still afraid to go out.\"\n","abridged":"I will fetch a cab.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, thank you!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, thank you!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"said Margaret. ","abridged":"said Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"It will do me more good than anything. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"It is the air of this room that makes me feel so miserable.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"She leant back on the sofa, and closed her eyes. ","abridged":"She leant back on the sofa, and closed her eyes.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Fanny beckoned her mother out of the room, and told her something that made her equally anxious with Margaret for the departure of the latter. ","abridged":"Fanny beckoned her mother out of the room, and told her something that made her equally anxious for Margaret to leave. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Not that she fully believed Fanny's statement; but she credited enough to make her manner to Margaret appear very much constrained, at wishing her good-bye.\n","abridged":"Not that she fully believed Fanny's statement; but she believed enough to make her manner to Margaret appear very much constrained.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Mr. Lowe returned in the cab.\n\"If you will allow me, I will see you home, Miss Hale. ","abridged":"Mr. Lowe returned with the cab, saying, 'If you will allow me, I will see you home, Miss Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"The streets are not very quiet yet.\"\n","abridged":"The streets are not quiet yet.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Margaret's thoughts were quite alive enough to the present to make her desirous of getting rid of both Mr. Lowe and the cab before she reached Crampton Crescent, for fear of alarming her father and mother. ","abridged":"Margaret thought only of getting home without alarming her father and mother. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"Beyond that one aim she would not look. ","abridged":"Beyond that aim she would not look. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"That ugly dream of insolent words spoken about herself, could never be forgotten--but could be put aside till she was stronger--for, oh! ","abridged":"That ugly dream of insolent words spoken about herself could be put aside till she was stronger - for, oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"she was very weak; and her mind sought for some present fact to steady itself upon, and keep it from utterly losing consciousness in another hideous, sickly swoon.","abridged":"she was very weak; and her mind sought for some fact to steady itself upon, and keep it from utterly losing consciousness in another hideous, sickly swoon.","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 22: A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES"}
{"original":"\"On earth is known to none The smile that is not sister to a tear.\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"ELLIOTT.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret and her father walked home. ","abridged":"Margaret and her father walked home. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The night was fine, the streets clean, and with her pretty white silk, like Leezie Lindsay's gown o' green satin, in the ballad, \"kilted up to her knee,\" she was off with her father--ready to dance along with the excitement of the cool, fresh night air.\n","abridged":"The night was fine, and with her pretty white silk hitched up, she was ready to dance along with the excitement of the cool, fresh night air.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"I rather think Thornton is not quite easy in his mind about this strike. ","abridged":"'I rather think Thornton is not easy in his mind about this strike,' said Mr. Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He seemed very anxious to-night.\"\n","abridged":"'He seemed very anxious tonight.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"I should wonder if he were not. ","abridged":"'I should wonder if he were not. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But he spoke with his usual coolness to the others, when they suggested different things, just before we came away.\"\n","abridged":"But he spoke with his usual coolness.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"So he did after dinner as well. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It would take a good deal to stir him from his cool manner of speaking; but his face strikes me as anxious.\"\n","abridged":"'It would take a good deal to stir him from his cool manner; but his face strikes me as anxious.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"I should be, if I were he. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He must know of the growing anger and hardly smothered hatred of his workpeople, who all looked upon him as what the Bible calls a 'hard man,'--not so much unjust as unfeeling; clear in judgment, standing upon his 'rights' as no human being ought to stand, considering what we and all our petty rights are in the sight of the Almighty. ","abridged":"'He must know of the growing anger and hatred of his workpeople, who look upon him as what the Bible calls a \"hard man\" - not so much unjust as unfeeling; standing upon his \"rights\" as no human being ought to stand, considering what our petty rights are in the sight of the Almighty. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I am glad you think he looks anxious. ","abridged":"I am glad you think he looks anxious. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"When I remember Boucher's half mad words and ways, I cannot bear to think how coolly Mr. Thornton spoke.\"\n","abridged":"When I remember Boucher's half mad words, I cannot bear to think how coolly Mr. Thornton spoke.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"In the first place, I am not so convinced as you are about that man Boucher's utter distress; for the moment, he was badly off, I don't doubt. ","abridged":"'I am not so convinced about that man Boucher's utter distress. For the moment, he was badly off, I don't doubt. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But there is always a mysterious supply of money from these Unions; and, from what you said, it was evident the man was of a passionate, demonstrative nature, and gave strong expression to all he felt.\"\n","abridged":"But there is always a mysterious supply of money from these Unions; and it was evident the man was of a passionate nature, and gave strong expression to all he felt.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Oh, papa!\"\n","abridged":"'Oh, papa!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Well! ","abridged":"'Well! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I only want you to do justice to Mr. Thornton, who is, I suspect, of an exactly opposite nature--a man who is far too proud to show his feelings. ","abridged":"I only want you to do justice to Mr. Thornton, who is, I suspect, exactly opposite - a man too proud to show his feelings. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Just the character I should have thought beforehand, you would have admired, Margaret.\"\n","abridged":"I should have thought you would admire that, Margaret.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"So I do--so I should; but I don't feel quite so sure as you do of the existence of those feelings. ","abridged":"'So I do; but I don't feel quite so sure as you do of the existence of those feelings. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He is a man of great strength of character--of unusual intellect, considering the few advantages he has had.\"\n","abridged":"He is a man of great strength of character - of unusual intellect, considering the few advantages he has had.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Not so few. ","abridged":"'Not so few. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He has led a practical life from a very early age, has been called upon to exercise judgment and self-control. ","abridged":"He has led a practical life from a very early age; has been called upon to exercise judgment and self-control. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"All that developes one part of the intellect. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"To be sure, he needs some of the knowledge of the past, which gives the truest basis for conjecture as to the future; but he knows this need--he perceives it, and that is something. ","abridged":"To be sure, he needs some knowledge of the past, which gives the truest basis for conjecture as to the future; but he perceives this need. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"You are quite prejudiced against Mr. Thornton, Margaret.\"\n","abridged":"You are quite prejudiced against Mr. Thornton, Margaret.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"He is the first specimen of a manufacturer--of a person engaged in trade--that I had ever the opportunity of studying, papa. ","abridged":"'He is the first specimen of a manufacturer that I had ever the opportunity of studying, papa. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. ","abridged":"He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I know he is good of his kind, and by and by I shall like the kind. ","abridged":"I know he is good of his kind, and by and by I shall like the kind. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I rather think I am already beginning to do so. ","abridged":"I think I am already beginning to do so. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I was very much interested by what the gentlemen were talking about, although I did not understand half of it. ","abridged":"I was very much interested by what the gentlemen were talking about, although I did not understand half of it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I was quite sorry when Miss Thornton came to take me to the other end of the room, saying she was sure I should be uncomfortable at being the only lady among so many gentlemen. ","abridged":"I was quite sorry when Miss Thornton took me to the other end of the room, saying she was sure I was uncomfortable at being the only lady among so many gentlemen. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I had never thought about it, I was so busy listening; and the ladies were so dull, papa--oh, so dull! ","abridged":"I had never thought about it, I was so busy listening; and the ladies were so dull, papa! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Yet I think it was clever too. It reminded me of our old game of having each so many nouns to introduce into a sentence.\"\n","abridged":"Yet clever too, at seeing how many nouns they could put into a sentence.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"What do you mean, child?\" ","abridged":"'What do you mean, child?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Hale.\n","abridged":"asked Mr. Hale.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Why, they took nouns that were signs of things which gave evidence of wealth,--housekeepers, under-gardeners, extent of glass, valuable lace, diamonds, and all such things; and each one formed her speech so as to bring them all in, in the prettiest accidental manner possible.\"\n","abridged":"'Why, they took nouns that indicated wealth: housekeepers, under-gardeners, glass, lace, diamonds, and so on; and brought them all into their speches, in the prettiest accidental manner possible.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"You will be as proud of your one servant when you get her, if all is true about her that Mrs. Thornton says.\"\n","abridged":"'You will be as proud of your one servant when you get her.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"To be sure, I shall. ","abridged":"'To be sure, I shall. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I felt like a great hypocrite to-night, sitting there in my white silk gown, with my idle hands before me, when I remembered all the good, thorough, house-work they had done to-day. ","abridged":"I felt like a great hypocrite tonight, sitting idle in my white silk gown, when I remembered all the house-work I had done today. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"They took me for a fine lady, I'm sure.\"\n","abridged":"They took me for a fine lady, I'm sure.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Even I was mistaken enough to think you looked like a lady, my dear,\" said Mr. Hale, quietly smiling.\n","abridged":"'Even I thought you looked like a lady, my dear,' said Mr. Hale, smiling.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But smiles were changed to white and trembling looks when they saw Dixon's face, as she opened the door.\n","abridged":"But smiles were changed to white and trembling looks, when they saw Dixon's face as she opened the door.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Oh, master!--Oh, Miss Margaret! ","abridged":"'Oh, master! - Oh, Miss Margaret! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Thank God you are come! ","abridged":"Thank God you are come! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson is here. ","abridged":"Dr. Donaldson is here. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The servant next door went for him, for the charwoman is gone home. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She's better now; but, oh sir! ","abridged":"She's better now; but, oh, sir! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I thought she'd have died an hour ago.\"\n","abridged":"I thought she'd have died an hour ago.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale caught Margaret's arm to steady himself from falling. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale caught Margaret's arm to steady himself. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He looked at her face, and saw an expression upon it of surprise and extremest sorrow, but not the agony of terror that contracted his own unprepared heart. ","abridged":"He looked at her face, and saw upon it surprise and extreme sorrow, but not the agony of terror that contracted his own heart. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She knew more than he did, and yet she listened with that hopeless expression of awed apprehension.\n","abridged":"She knew more than he did.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"'Oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I should not have left her--wicked daughter that I am!\" ","abridged":"I should not have left her - wicked daughter that I am!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"moaned forth Margaret, as she supported her trembling father's hasty steps upstairs. ","abridged":"she moaned as she supported her trembling father's steps. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson met them on the landing.\n","abridged":"Dr. Donaldson met them on the landing.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"She is better now,\" he whispered. ","abridged":"'She is better now,' he whispered. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"The opiate has taken effect. ","abridged":"'The opiate has taken effect. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The spasms were very bad: no wonder they frightened your maid; but she'll rally this time.\"\n","abridged":"The spasms were very bad; but she'll rally this time.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"This time! ","abridged":"'This time! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Let me go to her!\" ","abridged":"Let me go to her!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Half an hour ago Mr. Hale was a middle-aged man; now his sight was dim, his senses wavering, his walk tottering, as if he were seventy years of age.\n","abridged":"Mr. Hale tottered as if he were seventy. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson took his arm, and led him into the bedroom. ","abridged":"Dr. Donaldson took his arm, and led him into the bedroom. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret followed close. ","abridged":"Margaret followed.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"There lay her mother, with an unmistakeable look on her face. ","abridged":"There lay her mother, with an unmistakable look on her face. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She might be better now; she was sleeping, but Death had signed her for his own, and it was clear that ere long he would return to take possession. ","abridged":"She was sleeping, but Death had signed her for his own, and it was clear that before long he would return to take possession. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale looked at her for some time without a word. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale looked at her for some time without a word. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Then he began to shake all over, and, turning away from Dr. Donaldson's anxious care, he groped to find the door; he could not see it, although several candles, brought in the sudden affright, were burning and flaring there. ","abridged":"Then he began to shake all over, and, turning away from Dr. Donaldson, he groped blindly for the door. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He staggered into the drawing-room, and felt about for a chair. Dr. Donaldson wheeled one to him, and placed him in it. He felt his pulse.\n","abridged":"He staggered into the drawing-room, where Dr. Donaldson brought him a chair and felt his pulse.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Speak to him, Miss Hale. ","abridged":"'Speak to him, Miss Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"We must rouse him.\"\n","abridged":"We must rouse him.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Papa!\" ","abridged":"'Papa!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"said Margaret, with a crying voice that was wild with pain. ","abridged":"said Margaret, her voice wild with pain. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Papa! ","abridged":"'Papa! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Speak to me!\" ","abridged":"Speak to me!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The speculation came again into his eyes, and he made a great effort.\n","abridged":"He made a great effort. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Margaret, did you know of this? ","abridged":"'Margaret, did you know of this? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Oh, it was cruel of you!\"\n","abridged":"Oh, it was cruel of you!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"No, sir, it was not cruel!\" ","abridged":"'No, sir, it was not cruel!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"replied Dr. Donaldson, with quick decision. ","abridged":"replied Dr. Donaldson quickly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Miss Hale acted under my directions. ","abridged":"'Miss Hale acted under my directions. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"There may have been a mistake, but it was not cruel. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Your wife will be a different creature to-morrow, I trust. ","abridged":"Your wife will be a different creature tomorrow, I trust. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She has had spasms, as I anticipated, though I did not tell Miss Hale of my apprehensions. ","abridged":"She has had spasms, as I anticipated, though I did not tell Miss Hale of my apprehensions. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She has taken the opiate I brought with me; she will have a good long sleep; and to-morrow that look which has alarmed you so much will have passed away.\"\n","abridged":"She will have a good long sleep; and tomorrow, that alarming look will have passed.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"But not the disease?\"\n","abridged":"'But not the disease?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson glanced at Margaret. ","abridged":"Dr. Donaldson glanced at Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Her bent head, her face raised with no appeal for a temporary reprieve, showed that quick observer of human nature that she thought it better that the whole truth should be told.\n","abridged":"Her bent head showed him that she thought it better that the whole truth should be told.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Not the disease. ","abridged":"'Not the disease. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"We cannot touch the disease, with all our poor vaunted skill. ","abridged":"We cannot touch the disease. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"We can only delay its progress--alleviate the pain it causes. ","abridged":"We can only delay its progress and alleviate the pain. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Be a man, sir--a Christian. ","abridged":"Be a man, sir - be a Christian. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Have faith in the immortality of the soul, which no pain, no mortal disease, can assail or touch!\"\n","abridged":"Have faith in the immortality of the soul, which no disease can touch!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But all the reply he got was in the choked words, \"You have never been married, Dr. Donaldson; you don't know what it is,\" and in the deep, manly sobs, which went through the stillness of the night like heavy pulses of agony.\n","abridged":"'You have never been married, Dr. Donaldson; you do not know what it is.' Deep, manly sobs went through the stillness of the night like heavy pulses of agony. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret knelt by him, caressing him with tearful caresses. ","abridged":"Margaret knelt by her father, caressing him tearfully. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"No one, not even Dr. Donaldson, knew how the time went by. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale was the first to dare to speak of the necessities of the present moment.\n","abridged":"At last Mr. Hale spoke again.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"What must we do?\" ","abridged":"'What must we do? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"asked he. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Tell us both. ","abridged":"Tell us both. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret is my staff--my right hand.\"\n","abridged":"Margaret is my right hand.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson gave his clear, sensible directions. ","abridged":"Dr. Donaldson gave his clear, sensible directions. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"No fear for to-night--nay, even peace for to-morrow, and for many days yet. ","abridged":"No fear for tonight - nay, even peace for many days yet. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But no enduring hope of recovery. ","abridged":"But no enduring hope of recovery. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He advised Mr. Hale to go to bed, and leave only one to watch the slumber, which he hoped would be undisturbed. ","abridged":"He advised Mr. Hale to go to bed, and leave only one person to watch the slumber, which he hoped would be undisturbed. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He promised to come again early in the morning. ","abridged":"He promised to come again early in the morning. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"And, with a warm and kindly shake of the hand, he left them.\n","abridged":"And with a kindly shake of the hand, he left them.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"They spoke but few words; they were too much exhausted by their terror to do more than decide upon the immediate course of action. ","abridged":"They spoke but few words; they were too exhausted by their terror to do more than decide upon the immediate course of action. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale was resolved to sit up through the night, and all that Margaret could do was to prevail upon him to rest on the drawing-room sofa. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale was resolved to sit up through the night, and all that Margaret could do was to persuade him to rest on the drawing-room sofa. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dixon stoutly and bluntly refused to go to bed; and, as for Margaret, it was simply impossible that she should leave her mother, let all the doctors in the world speak of \"husbanding resources,\" and \"one watcher only being required.\" ","abridged":"Dixon stoutly refused to go to bed; and, as for Margaret, it was simply impossible that she should leave her mother.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"So, Dixon sat, and stared, and winked, and drooped, and picked herself up again with a jerk, and finally gave up the battle, and fairly snored. ","abridged":"So Dixon sat, and stared, and drooped, and picked herself up again with a jerk, and finally gave up and fairly snored. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret had taken off her gown and tossed it aside with a sort of impatient disgust, and put on her dressing-gown. She felt as if she never could sleep again; as if her whole senses were acutely vital, and all endued with double keenness, for the purpose of watching. ","abridged":"Margaret, who had exchanged her gown for her dressing-gown, felt as if she never could sleep again; as if her senses were doubly keen. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Every sight and sound--nay, even every thought, touched some nerve to the very quick. ","abridged":"Every sight and sound touched some nerve to the very quick. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"For more than two hours, she heard her father's restless movements in the next room. He came perpetually to the door of her mother's chamber, pausing there to listen, till she, not hearing his close unseen presence, went and opened it to tell him how all went on, in reply to the questions his baked lips could hardly form. ","abridged":"She heard her father's restless movements in the next room, coming to the door of her mother's chamber, and pausing to listen, till she opened it to tell him how all went on.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"At last he, too, fell asleep, and all the house was still. ","abridged":"At last he, too, fell asleep, and the house was still. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret sat behind the curtain thinking. ","abridged":"Margaret sat thinking. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Far away in time, far away in space, seemed all the interests of past days. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Not more than thirty-six hours ago, she cared for Bessy Higgins and her father, and her heart was wrung for Boucher; now, that was all like a dreaming memory of some former life;--everything that had passed out of doors seemed dissevered from her mother, and therefore unreal. ","abridged":"Only thirty-six hours ago, her heart was wrung for Bessy and for Boucher; now, that was like a dreaming memory of some former life. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Even Harley Street appeared more distinct; there she remembered, as if it were yesterday, how she had pleased herself with tracing out her mother's features in her Aunt Shaw's face,--and how letters had come, making her dwell on the thoughs of home with all the longing of love. ","abridged":"Even Harley Street appeared more distinct; she remembered, as if it were yesterday, how she had pleased herself with tracing out her mother's features in her Aunt Shaw's face - and the letters that had come from home.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Helstone, itself, was in the dim past. ","abridged":"Helstone itself was in the dim past. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The dull gray days of the preceding winter and spring, so uneventless and monotonous, seemed more associated with what she cared for now above all price. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what she had too little valued while it was yet in her possession. ","abridged":"She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what she had too little valued while she had it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"What a vain show Life seemed! ","abridged":"What a vain show Life seemed! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"How unsubstantial, and flickering, and flitting! ","abridged":"How unsubstantial, and flickering!\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It was as if from some arial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, \"All are shadows!--all are passing!--all is past!\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"And when the morning dawned, cool and gray, like many a happier morning before--when Margaret looked one by one at the sleepers, it seemed as if the terrible night were unreal as a dream; it, too, was a shadow. ","abridged":"And when the morning dawned, cool and grey, like many a happier morning before - when Margaret looked at the sleepers, it seemed as if the terrible night were as unreal as a dream; it, too, was a shadow. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It, too, was past.\n","abridged":"It, too, was past.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale herself was not aware when she awoke, how ill she had been the night before. ","abridged":"Mrs. Hale herself was not aware, when she awoke, of how ill she had been the night before. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She was rather surprised at Dr. Donaldson's early visit, and perplexed by the anxious faces of husband and child. ","abridged":"She was rather surprised at Dr. Donaldson's early visit, and perplexed by the anxious faces of husband and child. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She consented to remain in bed that day, saying she certainly was tired; but, the next, she insisted on getting up; and Dr. Donaldson gave his consent to her returning into the drawing-room. ","abridged":"She consented to remain in bed, saying she certainly was tired; but the next day, she insisted on getting up; and Dr. Donaldson allowed her to return into the drawing-room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She was restless and uncomfortable in every position, and before night she became very feverish. ","abridged":"She was restless and uncomfortable, and before night she became very feverish. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale was utterly listless, and incapable of deciding on anything.\n","abridged":"Mr. Hale was utterly listless, and incapable of deciding on anything.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"What can we do to spare mamma such another night?\" ","abridged":"'What can we do to spare mamma such another night?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"asked Margaret on the third day.\n","abridged":"Margaret asked the doctor on the third day.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"It is to a certain degree, the reaction after the powerful opiates I have been obliged to use. ","abridged":"'It is, to some degree, the reaction after the powerful opiates I have been obliged to use. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It is more painful for you to see than for her to bear, I believe. ","abridged":"It is more painful for you to see than for her to bear, I believe. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But, I think, if we could get a water-bed it might be a good thing. ","abridged":"But, I think, if we could get a water-bed it might be a good thing. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Not but what she will be better to-morrow; pretty much like herself as she was before this attack. ","abridged":"Though she will be better tomorrow; pretty much like herself again. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Still, I should like her to have a water-bed. ","abridged":"Still, I should like her to have a water-bed. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mrs. Thornton has one, I know. ","abridged":"Mrs. Thornton has one, I know, made of rubber-coated canvas. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I'll try and call there this afternoon. ","abridged":"I'll try and call there this afternoon. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Stay,\" said he, his eye catching on Margaret's face, blanched with watching in a sick room, \"I'm not sure whether I can go; I've a long round to take. ","abridged":"Stay,' said he, seeing Margaret's pale face. 'I'm not sure whether I can go; I've a long round to take. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It would do you no harm to have a brisk walk to Marlborough Street, and ask Mrs. Thornton if she can spare it.\"\n","abridged":"It would do you no harm to have a brisk walk to Marlborough Street, and ask Mrs. Thornton if she can spare it.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Certainly,\" said Margaret. ","abridged":"'Certainly,' said Margaret.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"I could go while mamma is asleep this afternoon. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"I'm sure Mrs. Thornton would lend it to us.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Dr. Donaldson's experience told him rightly. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale seemed to shake off the consequences of her attack, and looked brighter and better this afternoon than Margaret had ever hoped to see her again. ","abridged":"That afternoon Mrs. Hale seemed to shake off the consequences of her attack, and looked brighter and better than Margaret had hoped to see her again. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Her daughter left her after dinner, sitting in her easy chair, with her hand lying in her husband's, who looked more worn and suffering than she by far. ","abridged":"Her daughter left her after dinner, sitting in her easy chair beside her husband, who looked more worn and suffering than she. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Still, he could smile now--rather slowly, rather faintly, it is true; but a day or two before, Margaret never thought to see him smile again.\n","abridged":"Still, he could smile now - if only faintly.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It was about two miles from their house in Crampton Crescent to Marlborough Street. ","abridged":"It was about two miles to Marlborough Street. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"It was too hot to walk very quickly. An August sun beat straight down into the street at three o'clock in the afternoon. ","abridged":"It was too hot to walk very quickly; an August sun beat down. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret went along, without noticing anything very different from usual in the first mile and a half of her journey; she was absorbed in her own thoughts, and had learnt by this time to thread her way through the irregular stream of human beings that flowed through Milton streets. ","abridged":"At first Margaret went along without noticing anything very different from usual; she was absorbed in her own thoughts. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"But, by and by, she was struck with an unusual heaving among the mass of people in the crowded road on which she was entering. ","abridged":"But, by and by, she was struck with an unusual heaving among the mass of people in the crowded road. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"They did not appear to be moving on, so much as talking, and listening, and buzzing with excitement without much stirring from the spot where they might happen to be. ","abridged":"They did not appear to be moving on, so much as talking, and listening, and buzzing with excitement, without stirring from the spot. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Still, as they made way for her, and, wrapt up in the purpose of her errand, and the necessities that suggested it, she was less quick of observation than she might have been, if her mind had been at ease. She had got into Marlborough Street before the full conviction forced itself upon her, that there was a restless, oppressive sense of irritation abroad among the people; a thunderous atmosphere, morally as well as physically, around her. ","abridged":"Still, since they made way for her, and she was wrapped in her errand and so less observant than she might have been, she had got into Marlborough Street before she realised that there was a restless, oppressive sense of irritation among the people; a thunderous atmosphere around her.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"From every narrow lane opening out on Marlborough Street came up a low distant roar, as of myriads of fierce indignant voices. ","abridged":"From every narrow lane opening on to the street came a low distant roar of fierce indignant voices. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The inhabitants of each poor squalid dwelling were gathered round the doors and windows, if indeed they were not actually standing in the middle of the narrow ways--all with looks intent towards one point. Marlborough Street itself was the focus of all those human eyes, that betrayed intensest interest of various kinds; some fierce with anger, some lowering with relentless threats! some dilated with fear, or imploring entreaty; and as Margaret reached the small side-entrance by the folding doors, in the great dead wall of Marlborough mill-yard, and waited the porter's answer to the bell, she looked round and heard the first long far-off roll of the tempest;--saw the first slow-surging wave of the dark crowd come, with its threatening crest, tumble over, and retreat, at the far end of the street, which a moment ago seemed so full of repressed noise, but which now was ominously still; all these circumstances forced themselves on Margaret's notice, but did not sink down into her pre-occupied heart. ","abridged":"The inhabitants of each squalid dwelling were gathered at the doors, or standing in the middle of the lane - all looking towards Marlborough Street with intense interest in their eyes; some fierce with anger, some threatening, some dilated with fear, or imploring.\nAs Margaret reached the small side-entrance in the great dead wall of the mill-yard and waited for the porter to answer the bell, she looked round and heard the first long roll of the tempest; - saw the first slow-surging wave of the dark crowd come and then retreat, at the far end of the street, which now seemed ominously still.\nAlthough Margaret noticed all these things, she was still pre-occupied. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She did not know what they meant--what was their deep significance; while she did know, did feel the keen sharp pressure of the knife that was soon to stab her through and through by leaving her motherless. ","abridged":"She did not know what they meant; while she did know and feel the keen sharp pressure of the knife that was soon to stab her through by leaving her motherless. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She was trying to realise that, in order that, when it came, she might be ready to comfort her father.\n","abridged":"She was trying to realise that, so that she might be ready to comfort her father.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"The porter opened the door cautiously, not nearly wide enough to admit her.\n","abridged":"The porter opened the door cautiously.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"It's you, is it, ma'am?\" ","abridged":"'It's you, is it, ma'am?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"said he, drawing a long breath, and widening the entrance, but still not opening it fully. ","abridged":"said he, drawing a long breath, and widening the entrance a little. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Margaret went in. ","abridged":"Margaret went in. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"He hastily bolted it behind her.\n","abridged":"He hastily bolted it behind her.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Th' folk are all coming up here, I reckon?\" ","abridged":"'Th' folk are all coming up here, I reckon?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"asked he.\n","abridged":"asked he.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"I don't know. ","abridged":"'I don't know. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"Something unusual seemed going on; but this street is quite empty, I think.\"\n","abridged":"Something unusual seemed to be going on; but this street is quite empty, I think.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"She went across the yard and put up the steps to the house door. ","abridged":"She went across the yard to the house door. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"There was no near sound,--no steam engine at work with beat and pant,--no click of machinery, no mingling and clashing of many sharp voices; but far away, the ominous gathering roar, deep-clamouring.","abridged":"There was no beat and pant of the steam-engine - no click of machinery; but far away, the ominous gathering roar.","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 21: THE DARK NIGHT"}
{"original":"\"Show not that manner, and these features all, The serpent's cunning, and the sinner's fall?\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"CRABBE.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"The chill, shivery October morning came; not the October morning of the country, with soft, silvery mists, clearing off before the sunbeams that bring out all the gorgeous beauty of colouring, but the October morning of Milton, whose silvery mists were heavy fogs, and where the sun could only show long dusky streets when he did break through and shine. ","abridged":"The chill, shivery October morning came; not the October morning of the country, with soft, silvery mists clearing before the sunbeams, but the October morning of Milton, whose silver mists were heavy fogs, and where the sun could only show long dusky streets when he did break through. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret went languidly about, assisting Dixon in her task of arranging the house. ","abridged":"Margaret went languidly about, helping Dixon. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Her eyes were continually blinded by tears, but she had no time to give way to regular crying. ","abridged":"Her eyes were continually blinded by tears, but she had no time to cry. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"The father and brother depended upon her; while they were giving way to grief, she must be working, planning, considering. Even the necessary arrangements for the funeral seemed to devolve upon her.\n","abridged":"Her father and brother depended upon her; she must be working, planning, arranging the funeral.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"When the fire was bright and crackling--when everything was ready for breakfast, and the tea-kettle was singing away, Margaret gave a last look round the room before going to summon Mr. Hale and Frederick. ","abridged":"When the fire was bright and crackling, and everything was ready for breakfast, and the tea-kettle was singing away, Margaret gave a last look round the room before going to summon Mr. Hale and Frederick. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She wanted everything to look as cheerful as possible; and yet, when it did so, the contrast between it and her own thoughts forced her into sudden weeping. ","abridged":"She wanted everything to look as cheerful as possible; and yet the contrast between it and her own thoughts forced her into sudden weeping. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She was kneeling by the sofa, hiding her face in the cushions that no one might hear her cry, when she was touched on the shoulder by Dixon.\n","abridged":"She was hiding her face so that no one might hear her cry, when she was touched on the shoulder by Dixon.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Come, Miss Hale--come, my dear! ","abridged":"'Come, Miss Hale, my dear! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You must not give way, or where shall we all be? ","abridged":"You must not give way, or where shall we all be? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"There is not another person in the house fit to give a direction of any kind, and there is so much to be done. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"There's who's to manage the funeral; and who's to come to it; and where it's to be; and all to be settled: and Master Frederick's like one crazed with crying, and master never was a good one for settling; and, poor gentleman, he goes about now as if he was lost. ","abridged":"There's the funeral to manage; and Master Frederick's crazed with crying, and master, poor gentleman, goes about as if he was lost. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It's bad enough, my dear, I know; but death comes to us all; and you're well off never to have lost any friend till now.\"\n","abridged":"It's bad, my dear, I know; but death comes to us all; and you're well off never to have lost any friend till now.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Perhaps so. ","abridged":"Perhaps so. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But this seemed a loss by itself; not to bear comparison with any other event in the world. ","abridged":"But this seemed a loss not to be compared to any other. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret did not take any comfort from what Dixon said, but the unusual tenderness of the prim old servant's manner touched her to the heart; and, more from a desire to show her gratitude for this than for any other reason, she roused herself up, and smiled in answer to Dixon's anxious look at her; and went to tell her father and brother that breakfast was ready.\n","abridged":"Nevertheless, the unusual tenderness of the prim old servant touched Margaret to the heart. She smiled at Dixon; and went to tell her father and brother that breakfast was ready.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale came--as if in a dream, or rather with the unconscious motion of a sleep-walker, whose eyes and mind perceive other things than what are present. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale came in like a sleep-walker. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Frederick came briskly in, with a forced cheerfulness, grasped her hand, looked into her eyes and burst into tears. ","abridged":"Frederick entered briskly, with a forced cheerfulness, grasped her hand, looked into her eyes, and burst into tears. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She had to try and think of little nothings to say all breakfast-time, in order to prevent the recurrence of her companions' thoughts too strongly to the last meal they had taken together, when there had been a continual strained listening for some sound or signal from the sick-room.\n","abridged":"She had to try and think of little nothings to say all breakfast-time, to prevent her companions from thinking too much about the last meal they had taken together.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"After breakfast, she resolved to speak to her father about the funeral. ","abridged":"After breakfast, she spoke to her father about the funeral. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He shook his head, and assented to all she proposed, though many of her propositions absolutely contradicted one another. ","abridged":"He shook his head, and agreed to all she proposed, though many of her propositions contradicted one another. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret gained no real decision from him; and was leaving the room languidly, to have a consultation with Dixon, when Mr. Hale motioned her back to his side.\n","abridged":"Margaret was leaving the room when Mr. Hale beckoned her back.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Ask Mr. Bell,\" said he in a hollow voice.\n","abridged":"'Ask Mr. Bell,' said he in a hollow voice.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Bell!\" ","abridged":"'Mr. Bell of Oxford!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said she, a little surprised. ","abridged":"said she, a little surprised.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Bell of Oxford?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Bell,\" he repeated. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Yes. ","abridged":"'Yes. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He was my groom's-man.\"\n","abridged":"He was my grooms-man at our wedding.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret understood the association.\n\"I will write to-day,\" said she. ","abridged":"Margaret understood, and said, 'I will write today.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He sank again into listlessness. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"All morning she toiled on, longing for rest, but in a continual whirl of melancholy business.\n","abridged":"All morning she toiled on, longing for rest, but in a continual whirl of melancholy business.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Towards evening Dixon said to her:\n","abridged":"Towards evening, Dixon said to her:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I've done it, miss. ","abridged":"'I've done it, miss. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I was really afraid for master, that he'd have a stroke with grief. ","abridged":"I was really afraid that master would have a stroke with grief. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He's been all this day with poor missus; and when I've listened at the door, I've heard him talking to her, and talking to her, as if she was alive. ","abridged":"He's been all this day with poor missus; talking to her as if she was alive. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"When I went in he would be quite quiet, but all in a maze like. ","abridged":"When I went in he would be quiet, but all in a maze like. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So I thought to myself, he ought to be roused; and if it gives him a shock at first, it will, maybe, be the better for him afterwards. ","abridged":"I thought to myself, he ought to be roused. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So I've been and told him, that I don't think it's safe for Master Frederick to be here. ","abridged":"So I've been and told him, that I don't think it's safe for Master Frederick to be here. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"And I don't. ","abridged":"And I don't. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It was only on Tuesday, when I was out, that I met a Southampton man--the first I've seen since I came to Milton; they don't make their way much up here, I think. Well, it was young Leonards, old Leonards the draper's son, as great a scamp as ever lived--who plagued his father almost to death, and then ran off to sea. ","abridged":"It was only on Tuesday, when I was out, that I met a Southampton man - young Leonards, old Leonards the draper's son, as great a scamp as ever lived - who plagued his father almost to death, and then ran off to sea. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I never could abide him. ","abridged":"I never could abide him. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He was in the Orion at the same time as Frederick, I know; though I don't recollect if he was there at the mutiny.\"\n","abridged":"He was on the Orion at the same time as Master Frederick, I know; though I don't recollect if he was there at the mutiny.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Did he know you?\" ","abridged":"'Did he recognise you?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said Margaret, eagerly.\n","abridged":"said Margaret eagerly.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Why, that's the worst of it. ","abridged":"'Why, that's the worst of it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I don't believe he would have known me but for my being such a fool as to call out his name. ","abridged":"I don't believe he would have known me but for my being such a fool as to call out his name. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He were a Southampton man, in a strange place, or else I should never have been so ready to call cousins with him, a nasty, good-for-nothing-fellow. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Says he, 'Miss Dixon! ","abridged":"Says he, \"Miss Dixon! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"who would ha' thought of seeing you here? ","abridged":"who would ha' thought of seeing you here? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But perhaps I mistake, and you're Miss Dixon no longer?' ","abridged":"But perhaps I mistake, and you're Miss Dixon no longer?\" ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So I told him he might still address me as an unmarried lady, though if I hadn't been so particular, I'd had good chances of matrimony. ","abridged":"So I told him he might still address me as an unmarried lady, though if I hadn't been so particular, I'd had good chances of matrimony. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He was polite enough: 'He couldn't look at me and doubt me.' But I were not to be caught with such chaff from such a fellow as him, and so I told him; and, by way of being even, I asked him after his father (who I knew had turned him out of doors), as if they were the best friends as ever was. ","abridged":"He was polite enough; but I asked after his father (who I knew had turned him out), as if they was best friends. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So then, to spite me--for you see we were getting savage, for all we were so civil to each other--he began to inquire after Master Frederick, and said, what a scrape he'd got into (as if Master Frederick's scrapes would ever wash George Leonards white, or make 'em look otherwise than nasty, dirty black), and how he'd be hung for mutiny if ever he were caught, and how a hundred pound reward had been offered for catching him, and what a disgrace he had been to his family--all to spite me, you see, my dear, because before now I've helped old Mr. Leonards to give George a good rating, down in Southampton. ","abridged":"So then, to spite me - for you see we were getting savage, for all we were so civil to each other - he began to inquire after Master Frederick, and said what a scrape he'd got into, and how he'd be hung for mutiny if ever he were caught, and how a hundred pound reward had been offered for catching him, and what a disgrace he had been to his family. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So I said, there were other families as I knew, who had far more cause to blush for their sons, and to be thankful if they could think they were earning an honest living far away from home. ","abridged":"So I said, there were other families who had far more cause to blush for their sons. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"To which he made answer, like the impudent chap he is, that he were in a confidential situation, and if I knew of any young man who had been so unfortunate as to lead vicious courses, and wanted to turn steady, he'd have no objection to lend him his patronage. ","abridged":"To which he made answer, like the impudent chap he is, that if I knew of any young man who had been leading vicious courses, and wanted to turn steady, he'd lend a hand. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He, indeed! ","abridged":"He, indeed! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Why, he'd corrupt a saint. ","abridged":"Why, he'd corrupt a saint. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I've not felt so bad myself for years as when I were standing talking to him the other day. ","abridged":"I've not felt so bad for years. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I could have cried to think I couldn't spite him better, for he kept smiling in my face, as if he took all my compliments for earnest; and I couldn't see that he minded what I said in the least, while I was mad with all his speeches.\"\n","abridged":"I could have cried to think I couldn't spite him better, for he kept smiling in my face, while I was mad with him.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But you did not tell him anything about us--about Frederick?\"\n","abridged":"'But you did not tell him anything about Frederick?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Not I,\" said Dixon. ","abridged":"'Not I,' said Dixon. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"He had never the grace to ask where I was staying; and I shouldn't have told him if he had asked. ","abridged":"'He had never the grace to ask where I was staying; and I shouldn't have told him if he had asked. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Nor did I ask him what his precious situation was. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He was waiting for a bus, and just then it drove up, and he hailed it. ","abridged":"He was waiting for a bus, and just then it drove up, and he hailed it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But, to plague me to the last, he turned back before he got in, and said, 'If you can help me to trap Lieutenant Hale, Miss Dixon, we'll go partners in the reward. ","abridged":"But he turned back before he got in, and said, \"If you can help me to trap Lieutenant Hale, Miss Dixon, we'll go partners in the reward. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I know you'd like to be my partner, now wouldn't you? ","abridged":"I know you'd like to be my partner, wouldn't you? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Don't be shy, but say yes.' ","abridged":"Don't be shy.\" ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"And he jumped on the bus, and I saw his ugly face leering at me with a wicked smile to think how he'd had the last word of plaguing.\"\n","abridged":"And he jumped on the bus, and I saw his ugly face leering at me with a wicked smile.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret was made very uncomfortable by this account of Dixon's.\n","abridged":"Margaret was made very uncomfortable by this account. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Have you told Frederick?\" ","abridged":"'Have you told Frederick?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"asked she.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"No,\" said Dixon. ","abridged":"'No,' said Dixon. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I were uneasy in my mind at knowing that bad Leonards was in town; but there was so much else to think about that I did not dwell on it all. ","abridged":"'I were uneasy in my mind knowing that Leonards was in town; but there was so much else to think about that I did not dwell on it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But when I saw master sitting so stiff, and with his eyes so glazed and sad, I thought it might rouse him to have to think of Master Frederick in hiding, he would have to go, poor fellow, before Mr. Bell came.\"\n","abridged":"But when I saw master sitting so stiff and sad, I thought it might rouse him to have to think of Master Frederick's safety. So I told him all; and it has done master good. And if we're to keep Master Frederick in hiding, he would have to go before Mr. Bell came.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Oh, I'm not afraid of Mr. Bell; but I am afraid of this Leonards. ","abridged":"'Oh, I'm not afraid of Mr. Bell; but I am afraid of this Leonards. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I must tell Frederick. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"What did Leonards look like?\"\n","abridged":"What did he look like?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"A bad-looking fellow, I can assure you, miss. ","abridged":"'A bad-looking fellow, miss. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Whiskers such as I should be ashamed to wear--they are so red. ","abridged":"Whiskers such as I should be ashamed to wear - they are so red. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"And for all he said he'd got a confidential situation, he was dressed in fustian just like a working-man.\"\n","abridged":"And he was dressed in coarse fustian just like a working-man.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It was evident that Frederick must go. ","abridged":"It was evident that Frederick must go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Go, too, when he had so completely vaulted into his place in the family, and promised to be such a stay and staff to his father and sister. ","abridged":"Go, too, when he had promised to be such a support to his father and sister. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Go, when his cares for the living mother, and sorrow for the dead, seemed to make him one of those peculiar people who are bound to us by a fellow-love for them that are taken away. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Just as Margaret was thinking all this, sitting over the drawing-room fire--her father restless and uneasy under the pressure of this newly-aroused fear, of which he had not as yet spoken--Frederick came in, his brightness dimmed, but the extreme violence of his grief passed away. ","abridged":"Just as Margaret was thinking this, sitting by the drawing-room fire - her father restless and uneasy with this newly-aroused fear - Frederick came in. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He came up to Margaret, and kissed her forehead.\n","abridged":"He kissed her forehead.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"How wan you look, Margaret!\" ","abridged":"'How wan you look, Margaret! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said he in a low voice. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"You have been thinking of everybody, and no one has thought of you. ","abridged":"You have been thinking of everybody, and no one has thought of you. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Lie on this sofa--there is nothing for you to do.\"\n","abridged":"Lie on this sofa - there is nothing for you to do.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"That is the worst,\" said Margaret, in a sad whisper. ","abridged":"'That is the worst thing,' said Margaret sadly. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But she went and lay down, and her brother covered her feet with a shawl and then sate on the ground by her side; and the two began to talk together in a subdued tone.\n","abridged":"But she went and lay down, and her brother sat on the floor by her side.\nThe two began to talk in a subdued tone. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret told him all that Dixon had related of her interview with young Leonards. ","abridged":"Margaret told him all that Dixon had related of her interview with young Leonards. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Frederick's lips closed with a long whew of dismay.\n","abridged":"Frederick's lips closed with a long whew of dismay.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I should just like to have it out with that young fellow. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"A worse sailor was never on board ship--nor a much worse man either. ","abridged":"'A worse sailor was never on board ship - nor a much worse man either. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I declare, Margaret--you know the circumstances of the whole affair?\"\n","abridged":"You know the whole affair?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Yes, mamma told me.\"\n","abridged":"'Yes, mamma told me.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Well, when all the sailors who were good for anything were indignant with our captain, this fellow to curry favour--pah! ","abridged":"'Well, when all the sailors who were good for anything were indignant with our captain, this fellow, to curry favour - pah! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"And to think of his being here! ","abridged":"And to think of his being here! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Oh, if he'd a notion I was within twenty miles of him, he'd ferret me out to pay all old grudges. ","abridged":"If he knew I was within twenty miles of him, he'd ferret me out to pay off old grudges. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I'd rather anybody had the hundred pounds they think I am worth than that rascal. ","abridged":"I'd rather anybody had the hundred pounds reward than that rascal. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"What a pity poor old Dixon could not be persuaded to give me up, and make a provision for her old age!\"\n","abridged":"What a pity poor old Dixon could not be persuaded to give me up, and provide for her old age!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Frederick, hush! ","abridged":"'Oh, Frederick, hush! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Don't talk so.\"\n","abridged":"Don't talk so.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale came towards them, eager and trembling. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale came towards them, eager and trembling. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He had overheard what they were saying. He took Frederick's hand in both of his:\n","abridged":"He had overheard, and took Frederick's hand, saying:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"My boy, you must go. ","abridged":"'My boy, you must go. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It is very bad--but I see you must. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You have done all you could--you have been a comfort to her.\"\n","abridged":"You have done all you could - you have been a comfort to her.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Oh, papa, must he go?\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said Margaret, pleading against her own conviction of necessity.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I declare, I've a good mind to face it out, and stand my trial. ","abridged":"'I declare, I've a good mind to face it out, and stand my trial,' said Frederick. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"If I could only pick up my evidence! ","abridged":"'If I could only pick up my evidence! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I cannot endure the thought of being in the power of such a blackguard as Leonards. ","abridged":"I cannot endure the thought of being in the power of a blackguard like Leonards. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I could almost have enjoyed--in other circumstances--this stolen visit: it has had all the charm which the Frenchwoman attributed to forbidden pleasures.\"\n","abridged":"I could almost have enjoyed - in other circumstances - this stolen visit: it has had all the charm of forbidden pleasures.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"One of the earliest things I can remember,\" said Margaret, \"was your being in some great disgrace, Fred, for stealing apples. ","abridged":"'One of the earliest things I can remember,' said Margaret, 'was your being in great disgrace, Fred, for stealing apples. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"We had plenty of our own--trees loaded with them; but some one had told you that stolen fruit tasted sweetest, which you took au pied de la lettre, and off you went a-robbing. ","abridged":"We had plenty of our own, but someone had told you that stolen fruit tasted sweetest, and off you went a-robbing. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You have not changed your feelings much since then.\"\n","abridged":"You have not changed much since then.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Yes--you must go,\" repeated Mr. Hale, answering Margaret's question, which she had asked some time ago. His thoughts were fixed on one subject, and it was an effort to him to follow the zigzag remarks of his children--an effort which he did not make.\n","abridged":"'Yes - you must go,' repeated Mr. Hale, not following the zig-zag remarks of his children.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret and Frederick looked at each other. That quick momentary sympathy would be theirs no longer if he went away. ","abridged":"Margaret and Frederick looked at each other with quick sympathy. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"So much was understood through eyes that could not be put into words. ","abridged":"So much was understood that could not be put into words. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Both coursed the same thought till it was lost in sadness. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Frederick shook it off first:\n","abridged":"Frederick said:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Do you know, Margaret, I was very nearly giving both Dixon and myself a good fright this afternoon. ","abridged":"'Do you know, Margaret, I nearly gave both Dixon and myself a good fright this afternoon. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I was in my bedroom; I had heard a ring at the front door, but I thought the ringer must have done his business and gone away long ago; so I was on the point of making my appearance in the passage, when, as I opened my room door, I saw Dixon coming downstairs; and she frowned and kicked me into hiding again. ","abridged":"I was in my bedroom; I had heard a ring at the front door, but I thought the ringer must have gone away; so I was just coming out into the passage, when I saw Dixon; and she frowned and kicked me into hiding again. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I kept the door open, and heard a message given to some man that was in my father's study, and that then went away. ","abridged":"I kept the door open, and heard a message given to some man in my father's study, who then went away. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"What could it have been? ","abridged":"Who could it have been? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Some of the shopmen?\"\n","abridged":"Some shopman? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Very likely,\" said Margaret indifferently. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"There was a little quiet man who came up for orders about two o'clock.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But this was not a little man--a great powerful fellow; and it was past four when he was here.\"\n","abridged":"It was a great powerful fellow.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"It was Mr. Thornton,\" said Mr. Hale. ","abridged":"'It was Mr. Thornton,' said Mr. Hale.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"They were glad to have drawn him into the conversation.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Thornton!\" ","abridged":"'Mr. Thornton!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said Margaret, a little surprised. ","abridged":"said Margaret, a little surprised. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I thought----\"\n","abridged":"'I thought-'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Well, little one, what did you think?\" ","abridged":"'Well, little one, what did you think?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"asked Frederick, as she did not finish her sentence.\n","abridged":"asked Frederick.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Oh, only,\" said she, reddening and looking straight at him, \"I fancied you meant some one of a different class, not a gentleman; somebody come on an errand.\"\n","abridged":"'Oh, only,' said she, reddening, 'I thought you meant someone come on an errand, not a gentleman.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"He looked like someone of that kind,\" said Frederick, carelessly. \"I took him for a shopman, and he turns out a manufacturer.\"\n","abridged":"'I took him for a shopman,' said Frederick, carelessly.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret was silent. ","abridged":"Margaret was silent. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She remembered how at first, before she knew his character, she had spoken and thought of him just as Frederick was doing. ","abridged":"She remembered how at first she had spoken of Mr. Thornton just as Frederick was doing. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It was but a natural impression that was made upon him, and yet she was a little annoyed by it. ","abridged":"It was only natural, and yet she was a little annoyed by it. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She was unwilling to speak; she wanted to make Frederick understand what kind of person Mr. Thornton was--but she was tongue-tied.\n","abridged":"She wanted to make Frederick understand what kind of person Mr. Thornton was - but she was tongue-tied.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale went on. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale went on. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"He came to offer any assistance in his power, I believe. ","abridged":"'He came to offer any assistance in his power. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But I could not see him. ","abridged":"But I could not see him. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I told Dixon to ask him if he would like to see you--I think I asked her to find you, and you would go to him. ","abridged":"I told Dixon to ask him if he would like to see you.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I don't know what I said.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"He has been a very agreeable acquaintance, has he not?\" ","abridged":"'He has been a very agreeable acquaintance, has he not?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"asked Frederick, throwing the question like a ball for any one to catch who chose.\n","abridged":"asked Frederick.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"A very kind friend,\" said Margaret, when her father did not answer.\n","abridged":"'A very kind friend,' said Margaret, when her father did not answer.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Frederick was silent for a time. ","abridged":"Frederick was silent for a time. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"At last he spoke:\n","abridged":"At last he spoke:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Margaret, it is painful to think I can never thank those who have shown you kindness. ","abridged":"'Margaret, it is painful to think I can never thank those who have shown you kindness. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Your acquaintances and mine must be separate. Unless, indeed, I run the chances of a court-martial, or unless you and my father would come to Spain.\" ","abridged":"Your acquaintances and mine must be separate - unless I run the chances of a court-martial, or you both come to Spain.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He threw out this last suggestion as a kind of feeler; and then suddenly made the plunge. ","abridged":"He threw out this last suggestion as a kind of feeler; and then suddenly made the plunge.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"You don't know how I wish you would. ","abridged":"'I wish you would. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I have a good position--the chance of a better,\" continued he, reddening like a girl. ","abridged":"I have a good position,' continued he, reddening. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"That Dolores Barbour that I was telling you of, Margaret--I only wish you knew her; I am sure you would like--no, love is the right word, like is so poor--you would love her, father, if you knew her. ","abridged":"'That Dolores Barbour that I was telling you of, Margaret - I only wish you knew her; I am sure you would like - no, love is the right word - you would love her, father, if you knew her. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She is not eighteen; but if she is in the same mind another year, she is to be my wife. ","abridged":"She is not eighteen; but if she is in the same mind next year, she is to be my wife. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Barbour won't let us call it an engagement. ","abridged":"Mr. Barbour won't let us call it an engagement. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But if you would come you would find friends everywhere, besides Dolores. ","abridged":"But if you would come, you would find friends everywhere, besides Dolores. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Think of it, father. ","abridged":"Think of it, father.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret be on my side.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"No--no more removals for me,\" said Mr. Hale. ","abridged":"'No more removals for me,' said Mr. Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"One has cost me my wife. ","abridged":"'One removal has cost me my wife. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"No more removals in this life. ","abridged":"No more removals. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She will be here; and here will I stay out my appointed time.\"\n","abridged":"She will be here; and here will I stay.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Frederick,\" said Margaret, \"tell us more about her. ","abridged":"'Oh, Frederick,' said Margaret, 'tell us more about Dolores. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I never thought of this; but I am so glad. ","abridged":"I am so glad. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You will have some one to love and care for you out there. ","abridged":"You will have someone to love and care for you out there.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Tell us all about it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"In the first place, she is a Roman Catholic. ","abridged":"'In the first place, she is a Roman Catholic. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"That's the only objection I anticipated. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"But my father's change of opinion--nay, Margaret, don't sigh.\"\n","abridged":"But my father's change of opinion - nay, Margaret, don't sigh.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret had reason to sigh a little more before the conversation ended. ","abridged":"Margaret had reason to sigh a little more before long. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Frederick himself was Roman Catholic in fact, though not in profession as yet. ","abridged":"Frederick himself was Roman Catholic, though not officially as yet. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"This was, then, the reason why his sympathy in her extreme distress at her father's leaving the church had been so faintly expressed in his letters. ","abridged":"This, then, was the reason why he had shown so little distress at her father's leaving the Anglican Church. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She had thought it was the carelessness of a sailor; but the truth was, that even then he was himself inclined to give up the form of religion into which had been baptized, only that his opinions were tending in exactly the opposite direction to those of his father. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"How much love had to do with this change not even Frederick himself could have told. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Margaret gave up talking about this branch of the subject at last; and, returning to the fact of the engagement, she began to consider it in some fresh light.\n","abridged":"Margaret gave up talking about this subject. Returning to the engagement, she began to see it in a fresh light:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But for her sake, Fred, you surely will try and clear yourself of the exaggerated charges brought against you, even if the charge of mutiny itself be true. ","abridged":"'But for her sake, Fred, you surely will try and clear yourself of the charges brought against you. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"If there were to be a court-martial, and you could find your witnesses, you might, at any rate, show your disobedience to authority was because that authority was unworthily exercised.\"\n","abridged":"If there were to be a court-martial, and you could find your witnesses, you might show how your disobedience to authority was because that authority was unworthily exercised.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale roused himself up to listen to his son's answer.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"In the first place, Margaret, who is to hunt up my witnesses? ","abridged":"'Who is to hunt up my witnesses?' responded Frederick. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"All of them are sailors, drafted off to other ships, except those whose evidence would go for very little, as they took part or sympathised in the affair. ","abridged":"'All of them are sailors, drafted off to other ships, except those whose evidence would go for very little, as they took part in the affair. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"In the next place allow me to tell you, you don't know what a court-martial is, and consider it as an assembly where justice is administered, instead of what it really is--a court where authority weighs nine-tenths in the balance, and evidence forms only the other tenth. ","abridged":"And you don't know what a court-martial is. You consider it as an assembly where justice is administered, but really it is a court where authority weighs nine-tenths in the balance, and evidence forms only the other tenth.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"In such cases, evidence itself can hardly escape being influenced by the prestige of authority.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But is it not worth trying, to see how much evidence might be discovered and arrayed on your behalf? ","abridged":"'But is it not worth trying, to see how much evidence might be discovered and arrayed on your behalf? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"At present, all those who knew you formerly, believe you guilty without any shadow of excuse. ","abridged":"At present, you are believed guilty without any shadow of excuse. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You have never tried to justify yourself, and we have never known where to seek for proofs of your justification. ","abridged":"You have never tried to justify yourself. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Now, for Miss Barbour's sake, make your conduct as clear as you can in the eye of the world. ","abridged":"Now, for Miss Barbour's sake, make your conduct as clear as you can in the eye of the world. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She may not care for it; she has, I am sure, that trust in you that we all have; but you ought not to let her ally herself to one under such a serious charge, without showing the world exactly how it is you stand. ","abridged":"She trusts in you, I am sure; but you ought not to let her ally herself to one under such a serious charge, without showing the world exactly how you stand. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You disobeyed authority--that was bad; but to have stood by, without word or act, while the authority was brutally used, would have been infinitely worse. ","abridged":"You disobeyed authority - that was bad; but to have stood by passively while the authority was brutally used, would have been infinitely worse. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"People know what you did; but not the motives that elevate it out of a crime into an heroic protection of the weak. For Dolores' sake, they ought to know.\"\n","abridged":"For Dolores' sake, people ought to know your motives.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But how must I make them know? I am not sufficiently sure of the purity and justice of those who would be my judges, to give myself up to a court-martial, even if I could bring a whole array of truth-speaking witnesses. ","abridged":"'But I am not sure enough of the purity of my judges to give myself up to a court-martial, even if I could bring a whole array of witnesses.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I can't send a bell-man about, to cry aloud and proclaim in the streets what you are pleased to call my heroism. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"No one would read a pamphlet of self-justification so long after the deed, even if I put one out.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Will you consult a lawyer as to your chances of exculpation?\" ","abridged":"'Will you consult a lawyer as to your chances?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"asked Margaret, looking up, and turning very red.\n","abridged":"asked Margaret, turning red.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I must first catch my lawyer, and have a look at him, and see how I like him, before I make him into my confidant. ","abridged":"'I must first catch my lawyer, and have a look at him, before I confide in him. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Many a briefless barrister might twist his conscience into thinking, that he could earn a hundred pounds very easily by doing a good action--in giving me, a criminal up to justice.\"\n","abridged":"Many a briefless barrister might decide he could earn a hundred pounds very easily by giving me up to justice.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Nonsense, Frederick!--because I know a lawyer on whose honour I can rely; of whose cleverness in his profession people speak very highly; and who would, I think, take a good deal of trouble for any of--Aunt Shaw's relations. ","abridged":"'I know a lawyer on whose honour I can rely; people speak very highly of his cleverness; and I think he would take a good deal of trouble for any of - of Aunt Shaw's relations. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Henry Lennox, papa.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. Henry Lennox, papa.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I think it is a good idea,\" said Mr. Hale. ","abridged":"'It is a good idea,' said Mr. Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"But don't propose anything which will detain Frederick in England. ","abridged":"'But don't propose anything which will detain Frederick in England.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Don't, for your mother's sake.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"You could go to London by a night-train,\" continued Margaret, warming up into her plan. \"He must go to-morrow, I'm afraid, papa,\" said she, tenderly; \"we fixed that, because of Mr. Bell, and Dixon's disagreeable acquaintance.\"\n","abridged":"'You could go to London tomorrow evening by overnight train,' suggested Margaret.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Yes; I must go to-morrow,\" said Frederick, decidedly.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale groaned. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale groaned. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I can't bear to part with you, and yet I am miserable with anxiety as long as you stop here.\"\n","abridged":"'I can't bear to part with you, and yet I am miserable with anxiety as long as you stop here.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Well then,\" said Margaret, \"listen to my plan. ","abridged":"'Well then,' said Margaret, 'listen to my plan. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He gets to London on Friday morning. ","abridged":"He gets to London on Friday morning. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I will--you might--no! it would be better to give him a note to Mr. Lennox. You will find him at his chambers in the Temple.\"\n","abridged":"I will give him a note to Mr. Lennox; his chambers are in the Temple.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I will write down a list of all the names I can remember on board the Orion. I could leave it with him to ferret them out. ","abridged":"'I will write down a list of all the names I can remember on board the Orion, and leave it with him to ferret them out. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"He is Edith's husband's brother, isn't he? ","abridged":"He is Edith's husband's brother, isn't he? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I remember your naming him in your letters. ","abridged":"I remember him from your letters. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I have money in Barbour's hands. ","abridged":"I have money in Barbour's hands. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I can pay a pretty long bill, if there's any chance of success. ","abridged":"I can pay a pretty long bill, if there is any chance of success.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Money, dear father, that I had meant for a different purpose; so I shall only consider it as borrowed from you and Margaret.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Don't do that,\" said Margaret. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"You won't risk it if you do. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"And it will be as risk; only it is worth trying. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"You can sail from London as well as from Liverpool?\"\n","abridged":"'You can sail from London as well as from Liverpool?' asked Margaret.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"To be sure, little goose. ","abridged":"'To be sure, little goose. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"Wherever I feel water heaving under a plank, there I feel at home. ","abridged":"Wherever I feel water heaving under a plank, there I feel at home. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I'll pick up some craft or other to take me off, never fear. ","abridged":"I'll pick up some craft or other to take me off, never fear. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"I won't stay twenty-four hours in London, away from you on the one hand, and from somebody else on the other.\"\n","abridged":"I won't stay twenty-four hours in London.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"It was rather a comfort to Margaret that Frederick took it into his head to look over her shoulder as she wrote to Mr. Lennox. ","abridged":"It was rather a comfort to Margaret that Frederick looked over her shoulder as she wrote to Mr. Lennox. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"If she had not been thus compelled to write steadily and concisely on, she might have hesitated over many a word, and been puzzled to choose between many an expression, in the awkwardness of being the first to resume the intercourse of which the concluding event had been so unpleasant to both sides. ","abridged":"It made her write steadily and concisely, despite the awkwardness of being the first to resume communications after his proposal. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"However, the note was taken from her before she had even had time to look it over, and treasured up in a pocket-book, out of which fell a long lock of black hair, the sight of which caused Frederick's eyes to glow with pleasure.\n","abridged":"The note was taken from her before she had even had time to look it over, and treasured up in a pocket-book, out of which fell a long lock of black hair, which caused Frederick's eyes to glow with pleasure.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"Now you would like to see that, wouldn't you?\" ","abridged":"'Now you would like to see that, wouldn't you?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"said he. ","abridged":"said he. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"No! ","abridged":"'No! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"you must wait till you see her herself. ","abridged":"you must wait till you see her herself.'","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"She is too perfect to be known by fragments. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"No mean brick shall be a specimen of the building of my palace.\"","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 31: 'SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?'"}
{"original":"\"I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself To soothe and sympathise.\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"ANON.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret made a good listener to all her mother's little plans for adding some small comforts to the lot of the poorest parishioners. She could not help listening, though each new project was a stab to her heart. ","abridged":"Margaret made a good listener to all her mother's little plans for helping the poorer parishioners, though each new project was a stab to her heart. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"By the time the frost had set in, they should be far away from Helstone. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Old Simon's rheumatism might be bad and his eyesight worse; there would be no one to go and read to him, and comfort him with little porringers of broth and good red flannel; or if there was, it would be a stranger, and the old man would watch in vain for her. ","abridged":"Old Simon's rheumatism might be bad and his eyesight worse; there would be no one to go and read to him, and take him broth. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mary Domville's little crippled boy would crawl in vain to the door and look for her coming through the forest. ","abridged":"Mary Domville's little crippled boy would crawl in vain to the door and look for her coming through the forest. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"These poor friends would never understand why she had forsaken them; and there were many others besides. ","abridged":"These poor friends, and many others, would never understand why she had forsaken them.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Papa has always spent the income he derived from his living in the parish. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I am, perhaps, encroaching upon the next dues, but the winter is likely to be severe, and our poor people must be helped.\"\n","abridged":"'The winter is likely to be severe,' said her mother, 'and the old people must be helped.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma, let us do all we can,\" said Margaret eagerly, not seeing the prudential side of the question, only grasping at the idea that they were rendering such help for the last time; \"we may not be here long.\"\n","abridged":"'Oh, mamma, let us do all we can,' said Margaret eagerly; 'we may not be here long.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Do you feel ill, my darling?\" ","abridged":"'Do you feel ill, my darling?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"asks Mrs. Hale, anxiously, misunderstanding Margaret's hint of the uncertainty of their stay at Helstone. ","abridged":"asked Mrs. Hale. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You look pale and tired. ","abridged":"'You look pale and tired. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It is this soft, damp, unhealthy air.\"\n","abridged":"It is this damp, unhealthy air.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"No--no, mamma, it is not that: it is delicious air. ","abridged":"'No. no, mamma: it is delicious air. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It smells of the freshest, purest fragrance, after the smokiness of Harley Street. ","abridged":"It smells fresh and pure after the smokiness of Harley Street. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But I am tired: it surely must be near bedtime.\"\n","abridged":"But I am tired: it must be near bedtime.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Not far off--it is half-past nine. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"You had better go to bed at once, dear. ","abridged":"'You had better go to bed, dear. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Ask Dixon for some gruel. ","abridged":"Ask Dixon for some gruel. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I will come and see you as soon as you are in bed. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I am afraid you have taken cold; or the bad air from some of the stagnant ponds--\"\n","abridged":"I am afraid you have taken cold.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma,\" said Margaret, faintly smiling as she kissed her mother, \"I am quite well--don't alarm yourself about me; I am only tired.\"\n","abridged":"'Oh, mamma,' said Margaret, faintly smiling as she kissed her mother, 'I am quite well - don't alarm yourself.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret went up stairs. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"To soothe her mother's anxiety she submitted to a basin of gruel. ","abridged":"To soothe her mother's anxiety, she submitted to a basin of gruel. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She was lying languidly in bed when Mrs. Hale came up to make some last inquiries and kiss her before going to her own room for the night. ","abridged":"She was lying in bed when Mrs. Hale came up to kiss her good-night. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But the instant she heard her mother's door locked, she sprang out of bed, and throwing her dressing-gown on, she began to pace up and down the room, until the creaking of one of the boards reminded her that she must make no noise. ","abridged":"But the instant she heard her mother's door locked, she sprang out of bed, and throwing her dressing-gown on, began to pace up and down the room, until the creaking of the boards reminded her that she must make no noise.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She went and curled herself upon the window-seat in the small, deeply-recessed window. ","abridged":"She went and curled up on the window-seat. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"That morning when she had looked out, her heart had danced at seeing the bright clear lights on the church tower, which foretold a fine and sunny day. ","abridged":"That morning when she had looked out, her heart had danced at seeing the sunlight on the church tower. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"This evening--sixteen hours at most had past by--she sat down, too full of sorrow to cry, but with a cold dull pain, which seemed to have pressed the youth and buoyancy out of her heart, never to return. ","abridged":"This evening she sat down with a dull cold pain, which seemed to have pressed the youth and buoyancy out of her heart. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Henry Lennox's visit--his offer--was like a dream, a thing beside her actual life. ","abridged":"Mr. Henry Lennox's visit was like a dream. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The hard reality was, that her father had so admitted tempting doubts into his mind as to become a schismatic--an outcast; all the changes consequent upon this grouped themselves around that one great blighting fact.\n","abridged":"The hard reality was that her father had made himself an outcast; all the resulting changes grouped themselves around that one great blighting fact.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She looked out upon the dark-grey lines of the church towers, square and straight in the centre of the view, cutting against the deep blue transparent depths beyond, into which she gazed, and felt that she might gaze for ever, seeing at every moment some farther distance, and yet no sign of God! ","abridged":"She looked out upon the dark-grey lines of the church tower, square and straight, cutting against the deep blue transparent depths beyond, into which she gazed, and felt that she might gaze for ever, seeing at every moment some farther distance, and yet no sign of God! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It seemed to her at the moment, as if the earth was more utterly desolate than if girt in by an iron dome, behind which there might be the ineffaceable peace and glory of the Almighty: those never-ending depths of space, in their still serenity, were more mocking to her than any material bounds could be--shutting in the cries of earth's sufferers, which now might ascend into that infinite splendour of vastness and be lost--lost for ever, before they reached His throne. ","abridged":"It seemed to her as if the earth was utterly desolate. Those never-ending depths of space, in their still serenity, were mocking to her. The cries of earth's sufferers might ascend into that infinite splendour of vastness and be lost for ever, before they reached His throne.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"In this mood her father came in unheard. The moonlight was strong enough to let him see his daughter in her unusual place and attitude. He came to her and touched her shoulder before she was aware that he was there.\n","abridged":"Her father came in unheard, and touched her shoulder.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Margaret, I heard you were up. ","abridged":"'Margaret, I heard you were up. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I could not help coming in to ask you to pray with me--to say the Lord's Prayer; that will do good to both of us.\"\n","abridged":"I could not help coming in to ask you to pray with me - to say the Lord's Prayer; that will do us both good.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale and Margaret knelt by the window-seat--he looking up, she bowed down in humble shame. ","abridged":"They knelt by the window-seat - he looking up, she bowed in humble shame. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"God was there, close around them, hearing her father's whispered words. ","abridged":"God was there, hearing her father's whispered words. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Her father might be a heretic; but had not she, in her despairing doubts not five minutes before, shown herself a far more utter sceptic? ","abridged":"Her father might be a heretic; but had not she, in her despair five minutes before, shown herself a far more utter sceptic?\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She spoke not a word, but stole to bed after her father had left her, like a child ashamed of its fault. ","abridged":"After her father left her, she stole to bed like a child ashamed of its fault. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"If the world was full of perplexing problems she would trust, and only ask to see the one step needful for the hour. ","abridged":"If the world was full of perplexing problems, she would only ask to see the one step needful for the hour.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Lennox--his visit, his proposal--the remembrance of which had been so rudely pushed aside by the subsequent events of the day--haunted her dreams that night. ","abridged":"Mr. Lennox's proposal - the memory of which had been so rudely pushed aside by the day's events - haunted her dreams that night. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He was climbing up some tree of fabulous height to reach the branch whereon was slung her bonnet: he was falling and she was struggling to save him, but held back by some invisible powerful hand. ","abridged":"He was climbing up some tall tree to reach the branch whereon was slung her bonnet: he was falling, and she was struggling to save him, but held back by some invisible powerful hand. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He was dead. ","abridged":"He was dead. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And yet, with a shifting of the scene, she was once more in the Harley Street drawing-room, talking to him as of old, and still with a consciousness all the time that she had seen him killed by that terrible fall.\n","abridged":"And then she was once more in the Harley Street drawing-room, talking to him as of old, and yet knowing that she had seen him killed by that terrible fall.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Miserable, unresting night! ","abridged":"Miserable night! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Ill preparation for the coming day! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She awoke with a start, unrefreshed, and conscious of some reality worse even than her feverish dreams. ","abridged":"She awoke with a start, unrefreshed, and conscious of a reality worse even than her feverish dreams. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It all came back upon her; not merely the sorrow, but the terrible discord in the sorrow. ","abridged":"It all came back upon her; the sorrow and the terrible discord. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Where, to what distance apart, had her father wandered, led by doubts which were to her temptations of the Evil One? ","abridged":"Where had her father wandered, led by doubts which were to her temptations of the Evil One? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She longed to ask, and yet would not have heard for all the world.\n","abridged":"She longed to ask, and yet did not want to hear.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The fine crisp morning made her mother feel particularly well and happy at breakfast-time. ","abridged":"The fine crisp morning made her mother particularly happy at breakfast-time. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She talked on, planning village kindness, unheeding the silence of her husband and the monosyllabic answers of Margaret. ","abridged":"She talked on, not heeding her husband's silence and Margaret's monosyllabic answers. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Before the things were cleared away, Mr. Hale got up; he leaned one hand on the table, as if to support himself:\n","abridged":"Before the things were cleared away, Mr. Hale got up.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I shall not be home till evening. ","abridged":"'I shall not be at home till evening. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I am going to Bracy Common, and will ask Farmer Dobson to give me something for dinner. I shall be back to tea at seven.\"\n","abridged":"I am going to Bracy Common, and will be back to tea at seven.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He did not look at either of them, but Margaret knew what he meant. ","abridged":"Margaret knew what he meant. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"By seven the announcement must be made to her mother. ","abridged":"By seven the announcement must be made to her mother. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale would have delayed making it, but Margaret was of different stuff. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale would have delayed making it till half-past six, but Margaret was of different stuff. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She could not bear the impending weight on her mind all day long: better get the worst over; the day would be too short to comfort her mother. ","abridged":"She could not bear the weight on her mind all day long: better get it over. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But while she stood by the window, thinking how to begin, and waiting for the servant to have left the room, her mother had gone up stairs to put on her things to go to the school. ","abridged":"But while she stood by the window, waiting for the servant to leave the room, her mother had gone upstairs to put on her things to go to the school. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She came down ready equipped, in a brisker mood than usual.\n","abridged":"She came down briskly, ready equipped.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Mother, come round the garden with me this morning; just one turn,\" said Margaret, putting her arm round Mrs. Hale's waist.\n","abridged":"'Mother, come round the garden with me this morning,' said Margaret, putting her arm round Mrs. Hale's waist.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"They passed through the open window. ","abridged":"They went outside. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale spoke--said something--Margaret could not tell what. ","abridged":"Mrs. Hale said something - Margaret could not tell what. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Her eye caught on a bee entering a deep-belled flower: when that bee flew forth with his spoil she would begin--that should be the sign. ","abridged":"Her eye caught on a bee entering a deep-belled flower: when that bee flew forth she would begin. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Out he came.\n","abridged":"Out he came.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Mamma! ","abridged":"'Mamma! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Papa is going to leave Helstone!\" ","abridged":"Papa is going to leave Helstone!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"she blurted forth. ","abridged":"she blurted. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"He's going to leave the Church, and live in Milton-Northern.\" ","abridged":"'He's going to leave the Church, and live in Milton-Northern.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"There were the three hard facts hardly spoken.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"What makes you say so?\" ","abridged":"'What makes you say so?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"asked Mrs. Hale, in a surprised, incredulous voice. ","abridged":"asked Mrs. Hale, in an incredulous voice. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Who has been telling you such nonsense?\"\n","abridged":"'Who has been telling you such nonsense?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Papa himself,\" said Margaret, longing to say something gentle and consoling, but literally not knowing how. ","abridged":"'Papa himself,' said Margaret, longing to say something gentle and consoling, but not knowing how. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"They were close to a garden-bench. Mrs. Hale sat down and began to cry.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Hale sat down on a garden bench, and began to cry.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I don't understand you,\" she said. ","abridged":"'I don't understand you,' she said. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Either you have made some great mistake, or I don't quite understand you.\"\n","abridged":"'You have made some great mistake.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"No, mother, I have made no mistake. ","abridged":"'No, mother, I have made no mistake. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Papa has written to the bishop, saying that he has such doubts that he cannot conscientiously remain a priest of the Church of England, and that he must give up Helstone. ","abridged":"Papa has written to the bishop, saying that he has such doubts that he cannot remain a priest of the Church of England, and that he must give up Helstone. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He has also consulted Mr. Bell--Frederick's godfather, you know, mamma; and it is arranged that we go to live at Milton-Northern.\" ","abridged":"He has also consulted Mr. Bell - Frederick's godfather, you know; and it is arranged that we shall go to live in Milton-Northern.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale looked up in Margaret's face all the time she was speaking these words: the shadow on her countenance told that she, at least, believed in the truth of what she said.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Hale looked up in Margaret's face. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I don't think it can be true,\" said Mrs. Hale, at length. ","abridged":"'I don't think it can be true,' said she, at length. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"He would surely have told me before it came to this.\"\n","abridged":"'He would surely have told me.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It came strongly upon Margaret's mind that her mother ought to have been told: that whatever her faults of discontent and repining might have been, it was an error in her father to have left her to learn his change of opinion, and his approaching change of life, from her better-informed child. ","abridged":"It came strongly upon Margaret's mind that her mother ought to have been told: that whatever her faults of discontent, it was an error in her father to have left her to learn of this change from her child. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret sat down by her mother, and took her unresisting head on her breast, bending her own soft cheeks down caressingly to touch her face.\n","abridged":"She sat down by her mother, and took her unresisting head on her breast, bending her own soft cheeks down caressingly to touch her face.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Dear, darling mamma! ","abridged":"'Darling mamma! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"we were so afraid of giving you pain. ","abridged":"we were so afraid of giving you pain. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Papa felt so acutely--you know you are not strong, and there must have been such terrible suspense to go through.\"\n","abridged":"Papa felt so acutely - you know you are not strong, and there would have been terrible suspense to go through.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"When did he tell you, Margaret?\"\n","abridged":"'When did he tell you, Margaret?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Yesterday, only yesterday,\" replied Margaret, detecting the jealousy which prompted the inquiry. ","abridged":"'Yesterday, only yesterday,' replied Margaret, detecting the jealousy which prompted the inquiry. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Poor papa!\"","abridged":"'Poor papa!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"--trying to divert her mother's thoughts into compassionate sympathy for all her father had gone through. ","abridged":"- trying to divert her mother's thoughts into compassion for all her father had gone through. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale raised her head.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Hale raised her head.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"What does he mean by having doubts?\" ","abridged":"'What does he mean by having doubts?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"she asked. ","abridged":"she asked. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Surely, he does not mean that he thinks differently--that he knows better than the Church.\"\n","abridged":"'Surely, he does not mean that he knows better than the Church.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret shook her head, and the tears came into her eyes, as her mother touched the bare nerve of her own regret.\n","abridged":"Margaret shook her head, and the tears came into her eyes.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Can't the bishop set him right?\" ","abridged":"'Can't the bishop set him right?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"asked Mrs. Hale half impatiently.\n","abridged":"asked Mrs. Hale, half impatiently.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I'm afraid not,\" said Margaret. ","abridged":"'I'm afraid not,' said Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"But I did not ask. ","abridged":"'But I did not ask. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I could not bear to hear what he might answer. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It is all settled at any rate. ","abridged":"It is all settled at any rate. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He is going to leave Helstone in a fortnight. ","abridged":"He is going to leave Helstone in a fortnight.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I am not sure if he did not say he had sent in his deed of resignation.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"In a fortnight!\" ","abridged":"'In a fortnight!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"exclaimed Mrs. Hale, \"I do think this is very strange--not at all right. I call it very unfeeling,\" said she, beginning to take relief in tears. ","abridged":"exclaimed Mrs. Hale, beginning to take relief in tears. 'This is very strange - very unfeeling. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"He has doubts you say, and gives up his living, and all without consulting me. ","abridged":"He has doubts, and gives up his living, all without consulting me. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I dare say, if he had told me his doubts at the first I could have nipped them in the bud.\"\n","abridged":"If he had told me his doubts at the start I could have nipped them in the bud.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mistaken as Margaret felt her father's conduct to have been, she could not bear to hear it blamed by her mother. ","abridged":"Mistaken as Margaret felt her father's conduct to have been, she could not bear to hear it blamed by her mother.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She knew that his very reserve had originated in a tenderness for her, which might be cowardly, but was not unfeeling.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I almost hoped you might be glad to leave Helstone, mamma,\" said she, after a pause. ","abridged":"'I hoped you might have been glad to leave Helstone, mamma,' said she. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You have never been well in this air, you know.\"\n","abridged":"'You have never been well in this air, you know.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You can't think the smoky air of a manufacturing town, all chimneys and dirt like Milton-Northern, would be better than this air, which is pure and sweet, if it is too soft and relaxing. ","abridged":"'You can't think the smoky air of a manufacturing town, all chimneys and dirt, would be better than this air, which is pure and sweet, even if it is too soft. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Fancy living in the middle of factories, and factory people! ","abridged":"Fancy living in the middle of factories, and factory people! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Though, of course, if your father leaves the Church, we shall not be admitted into society anywhere. ","abridged":"Though if your father leaves the Church, we shall not be admitted into society anywhere. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It will be such a disgrace to us! ","abridged":"It will be such a disgrace! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Poor dear Sir John! ","abridged":"Poor dear Sir John! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It is well he is not alive to see what your father has come to! ","abridged":"It is well he is not alive to see this! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Every day after dinner, when I was a girl, living with your Aunt Shaw, at Beresford Court, Sir John used to give for the first toast--'Church and King, and down with the Rump.'\"\n","abridged":"Every day after dinner, when I was a girl at Beresford Court, Sir John used to give the first toast - \"Church and King, and down with the Rump.\"'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret was glad that her mother's thoughts were turned away from the fact of her husband's silence to her on the point which must have been so near his heart. ","abridged":"Margaret was glad that her mother's thoughts were turned away from the fact of her husband's silence.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Next to the serious vital anxiety as to the nature of her father's doubts, this was the one circumstance of the case that gave Margaret the most pain.\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You know, we have very little society here, mamma. ","abridged":"'You know, we have very little society here, mamma. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The Gormans, who are our nearest neighbours (to call society--and we hardly ever see them), have been in trade just as much as these Milton-Northern people.\"\n","abridged":"The Gormans, who are our nearest neighbours, have been in trade just as much as these Milton-Northern people.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" says Mrs. Hale, almost indignantly, \"but at any rate, the Gormans made carriages for half the gentlemen of the county, and were brought into some kind of intercourse with them; but these factory people, who on earth wears cotton that can afford linen?\"\n","abridged":"'Yes,' said Mrs. Hale, almost indignantly, 'but the Gormans made carriages for half the gentry of the county; but these factory people - who on earth wears cotton that can afford linen?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Well, mamma, I give up the cotton-spinners; I am not standing up for them, any more than for any other trades-people. ","abridged":"'Well, mamma, I am not standing up for the cotton-spinners, any more than for any other trades-people. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Only we shall have little enough to do with them.\"\n","abridged":"We shall have little enough to do with them.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Why on earth has your father fixed on Milton-Northern to live in?\"\n","abridged":"'Why on earth has your father fixed on Milton-Northern to live in?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Partly,\" said Margaret, sighing, \"because it is so very different from Helstone--partly because Mr. Bell says there is an opening there for a private tutor.\"\n","abridged":"'Partly,' said Margaret, sighing, 'because it is so very different from Helstone - partly because Mr. Bell says there is an opening there for a private tutor.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Private tutor in Milton! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Why can't he go to Oxford, and be a tutor to gentlemen?\"\n","abridged":"'Why can't he go to Oxford, and be a tutor to gentlemen?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You forget, mamma! ","abridged":"'You forget, mamma! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He is leaving the Church on account of his opinions--his doubts would do him no good at Oxford.\"\n","abridged":"His doubts would do him no good at Oxford.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale was silent for some time, quietly crying. ","abridged":"Mrs. Hale was silent for some time, quietly crying. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"At last she said:--\n","abridged":"At last she said:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"And the furniture--How in the world are we to manage the removal? ","abridged":"'And the furniture - how in the world are we to manage the removal? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I never removed in my life, and only a fortnight to think about it!\"\n","abridged":"We have only a fortnight to think about it!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret was inexpressibly relieved to find that her mother's anxiety and distress was lowered to this point, so insignificant to herself, and on which she could do so much to help. ","abridged":"Margaret was inexpressibly relieved to find that her mother's distress was lowered to this point, on which she could do so much to help. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She planned and promised, and led her mother on to arrange fully as much as could be fixed before they knew somewhat more definitely what Mr. Hale intended to do. ","abridged":"She promised to arrange as much as could be fixed before they knew more definitively what Mr. Hale intended to do.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Throughout the day Margaret never left her mother; bending her whole soul to sympathise in all the various turns her feelings took; towards evening especially, as she became more and more anxious that her father should find a soothing welcome home awaiting him, after his return from his day of fatigue and distress. ","abridged":"Throughout the day Margaret never left her mother; bending her whole soul to sympathise in all the various turns her feelings took. Towards evening, she became anxious that her father should find a soothing welcome awaiting him, after his day of fatigue and distress. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She dwelt upon what he must have borne in secret for long; her mother only replied coldly that he ought to have told her, and that then at any rate he would have had an adviser to give him counsel; and Margaret turned faint at heart when she heard her father's step in the hall. ","abridged":"She dwelt upon what he must have borne in secret for long; her mother only replied coldly that he ought to have told her; and Margaret turned faint at heart when she heard her father's step in the hall. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She dared not go to meet him, and tell him what she had done all day, for fear of her mother's jealous annoyance. ","abridged":"She dared not go to meet him, for fear of her mother's jealous annoyance. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She heard him linger, as if awaiting her, or some sign of her; and she dared not stir; she saw by her mother's twitching lips, and changing colour, that she too was aware that her husband had returned. ","abridged":"She heard him linger, as if awaiting her, and she dared not stir; she saw by her mother's twitching lips that she too was aware that her husband had returned.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Presently he opened the room-door, and stood there uncertain whether to come in. ","abridged":"Presently he opened the door, and stood there uncertain whether to come in. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"His face was gray and pale; he had a timid fearful look in his eyes; something almost pitiful to see in a man's face; but that look of despondent uncertainty, of mental and bodily languor, touched his wife's heart. ","abridged":"His face was pale; his eyes were timid; but that look of despondent uncertainty touched his wife's heart. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She went to him, and threw herself on his breast, crying out:--\n","abridged":"She went to him, and threw herself on his breast, crying out-\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"'Oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Richard, Richard, you should have told me sooner!\"\n","abridged":"Richard, Richard, you should have told me sooner!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And then, in tears, Margaret left her, as she rushed up stairs to throw herself on her bed, and hide her face in the pillows to stifle the hysteric sobs that would force their way out at last, after the rigid self-control of the whole day.\n","abridged":"And then Margaret left her, and rushed upstairs to throw herself on her bed, and hide her face in the pillows to stifle the hysteric sobs that would force their way out at last, after the rigid self-control of the day. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"How long she lay thus she could not tell. ","abridged":"How long she lay thus she could not tell. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She heard no noise, though the housemaid came in to arrange the room. ","abridged":"She heard no noise, though the housemaid came in to arrange the room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The affrighted girl stole out again on tip-toe, and went and told Mrs. Dixon that Miss Hale was crying as if her heart would break: she was sure she would make herself deadly ill if she went on at that rate. ","abridged":"The affrighted girl stole out again on tip-toe, and told Mrs. Dixon that Miss Hale was crying as if her heart would break.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"In consequence of this, Margaret felt herself touched, and started up into a sitting posture; she saw the accustomed room, the figure of Dixon in shadow, as the latter stood holding a candle a little behind her, for fear of the effect on Miss Hale's startled eyes, swollen and blinded as they were.\n","abridged":"Margaret felt herself touched, and started up; she saw the figure of Dixon in shadow, holding the candle away from her eyes, swollen and blinded as they were.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Dixon! ","abridged":"'Oh, Dixon! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I did not hear you come into the room!\" ","abridged":"I did not hear you come in!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"said Margaret, resuming her trembling self-restraint. ","abridged":"said Margaret, resuming her trembling self-restraint. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Is it very late?\" ","abridged":"'Is it very late?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"continued she, lifting herself languidly off the bed, yet letting her feet touch the ground without fairly standing down, as she shaded her wet ruffled hair off her face, and tried to look as though nothing were the matter; as if she had been asleep.\n","abridged":"She moved her wet ruffled hair off her face, and tried to look as though nothing were the matter; as if she had only been asleep.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I can hardly tell what time it is,\" replied Dixon in an aggrieved tone of voice. ","abridged":"'I hardly can tell what time it is,' replied Dixon, in an aggrieved tone. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Since your mamma told me this terrible news, when I dressed her for tea, I've lost all count of time. ","abridged":"'Since your mamma told me this terrible news, I've lost all count of time. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I'm sure I don't know what is to become of us all. ","abridged":"I'm sure I don't know what is to become of us all. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"When Charlotte told me just now you were sobbing, Miss Hale, I thought, no wonder, poor thing! ","abridged":"When Charlotte told me you were sobbing, Miss Hale, I thought, no wonder, poor thing! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And master thinking of turning Dissenter at his time of life, when, if it is not to be said he's done well in the Church, he's not done badly after all. ","abridged":"And master turning Dissenter at his time of life! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I had a cousin, miss, who turned Methodist preacher after he was fifty years of age, and a tailor all his life; but then he had never been able to make a pair of trousers to fit, for as long as he had been in the trade, so it was no wonder; but for master! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"as I said to missus, 'What would poor Sir John have said? ","abridged":"As I said to missus, \"What would poor Sir John have said? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"he never liked your marrying Mr. Hale, but if he could have known it would have come to this, he would have sworn worse oaths than ever, if that was possible!'\"\n","abridged":"He never liked your marrying Mr. Hale, but if he could have known it would come to this, he would have sworn worse oaths than ever!\"'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Dixon had been so much accustomed to comment upon Mr. Hale's proceedings to her mistress (who listened to her, or not, as she was in the humour), that she never noticed Margaret's flashing eye and dilating nostril. ","abridged":"Dixon was so used to commenting upon Mr. Hale's proceedings to her mistress that she never noticed Margaret's flashing eye. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"To hear her father talked of in this way by a servant to her face!\n","abridged":"To hear her father talked of in this way by a servant!\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Dixon,\" she said, in the low tone she always used when much excited, which had a sound in it as of some distant turmoil, or threatening storm breaking far away. ","abridged":"'Dixon,' she said, in a low tone, which had a sound in it of some threatening storm. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Dixon! ","abridged":"'Dixon! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"you forget to whom you are speaking.\" ","abridged":"you forget to whom you are speaking.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She stood upright and firm on her feet now, confronting the waiting-maid, and fixing her with her steady discerning eye. ","abridged":"She stood upright and firm, fixing the maid with her steady eye. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I am Mr. Hale's daughter. ","abridged":"'I am Mr. Hale's daughter. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Go! ","abridged":"Go! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"You have made a strange mistake, and one that I am sure your own good feeling will make you sorry for when you think about it.\"\n","abridged":"You have made a strange mistake, and one that I am sure you will be sorry for when you think about it.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Dixon hung irresolutely about the room for a minute or two. ","abridged":"Dixon hung irresolutely about the room for a minute. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret repeated, \"You may leave me, Dixon. ","abridged":"Margaret repeated, 'You may leave me.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I wish you to go.\" ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Dixon did not know whether to resent these decided words or to cry; either course would have suited her mistress: but as she said to herself, \"Miss Margaret has a touch of the old gentleman about her, as well as poor Master Frederick; I wonder where they get it from?\" ","abridged":"Dixon did not know whether to resent these words or to cry; either course would have worked with her mistress: but, as she said to herself, 'Miss Margaret has a touch of the old gentleman about her, as well as poor Master Frederick.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"and she, who would have resented such words from any one less haughty and determined in manner, was subdued enough to say, in a half humble, half injured tone:\n","abridged":"She was subdued enough to say, in a half humble, half injured tone:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Mayn't I unfasten your gown, miss, and do your hair?\"\n","abridged":"'Mayn't I unfasten your gown, miss, and do your hair?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"No! ","abridged":"'No! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"not to-night, thank you.\" ","abridged":"not tonight, thank you.' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And Margaret gravely lighted her out of the room, and bolted the door. ","abridged":"And Margaret gravely saw her out of the room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"From henceforth Dixon obeyed and admired Margaret. ","abridged":"From henceforth Dixon obeyed and admired Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She said it was because she was so like poor Master Frederick; but the truth was, that Dixon, as do many others, liked to feel herself ruled by a powerful and decided nature.\n","abridged":"She said it was because she was so like poor Master Frederick; but the truth was, that Dixon liked to feel herself ruled by a powerful and decided nature.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret needed all Dixon's help in action, and silence in words; for, for some time, the latter thought it her duty to show her sense of affront by saying as little as possible to her young lady; so the energy came out in doing rather than in speaking. ","abridged":"Margaret needed all Dixon's help. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"A fortnight was a very short time to make arrangements for so serious a removal; as Dixon said, \"Anyone but a gentleman--indeed almost any other gentleman--\" but catching a look at Margaret's straight, stern brow just here, she coughed the remainder of the sentence away, and meekly took the horehound drop that Margaret offered her, to stop the \"little tickling at my chest, miss.\" ","abridged":"A fortnight was a very short time to make arrangements for their removal. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But almost any one but Mr. Hale would have had practical knowledge enough to see, that in so short a time it would be difficult to fix on any house in Milton-Northern, or indeed elsewhere, to which they could remove the furniture that had of necessity been taken out of Helstone Vicarage.\n","abridged":"Almost anyone but Mr. Hale would have been practical enough to see that in so short a time it would be difficult to fix on any house in Milton-Northern to which they could move their furniture. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mrs. Hale, overpowered by all the troubles and necessities for immediate household decisions that seemed to come upon her at once, became really ill, and Margaret almost felt it as a relief when her mother fairly took to her bed, and left the management of affairs to her. ","abridged":"Mrs. Hale, overpowered by her troubles, became really ill, and Margaret felt almost relieved when her mother took to her bed, and left the management of affairs to her.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Dixon, true to her post of body-guard, attended most faithfully to her mistress, and only emerged from Mrs. Hale's bedroom to shake her head, and murmur to herself in a manner which Margaret did not choose to hear. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"For, the one thing clear and straight before her, was the necessity for leaving Helstone. ","abridged":"For the one thing clear was the necessity for leaving Helstone. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale's successor in the living was appointed; and, at any rate, after her father's decision, there must be no lingering now, for his sake, as well as from every other consideration. ","abridged":"Mr. Hale's successor was appointed; there must be no lingering. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"For he came home every evening more and more depressed, after the necessary leave-taking which he had resolved to have with every individual parishioner. ","abridged":"Her father came home every evening more and more depressed, after the leave-taking which he had resolved to have with every parishioner. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret, inexperienced as she was in all the necessary matter-of-fact business to be got through, did not know to whom to apply for advice. ","abridged":"Margaret did not know whom to ask for advice. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The cook and Charlotte worked away with willing arms and stout hearts at all the moving and packing; and as far as that went, Margaret's admirable sense enabled her to see what was best, and to direct how it should be done. ","abridged":"The cook and Charlotte worked willingly at all the moving and packing; and as far as that went, Margaret's sense enabled her to direct how it should be done. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But where were they to go to? ","abridged":"But where were they to go to? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"In a week they must be gone. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Straight to Milton, or where? ","abridged":"Straight to Milton, or where?\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"So many arrangements depended on this precision that Margaret resolved to ask her father one evening, in spite of his evident fatigue and low spirits. ","abridged":"Margaret resolved to ask her father one evening, in spite of his evident fatigue and low spirits. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He answered:\n","abridged":"He answered:\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"My dear! ","abridged":"'My dear! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I have really had too much to think about to settle this. ","abridged":"I have really had too much to think about to settle this. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"What does your mother say? ","abridged":"What does your mother say? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"What does she wish? ","abridged":"What does she wish? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Poor Maria!\"\n","abridged":"Poor Maria!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"He met with an echo even louder than his sigh. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Dixon had just come into the room for another cup of tea for Mrs. Hale, and catching Mr. Hale's last words, and protected by his presence from Margaret's upbraiding eyes, made bold to say, \"My poor mistress!\"\n","abridged":"Dixon had just come into the room, and catching Mr. Hale's last words, made bold to say, 'My poor mistress!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You don't think her worse to-day,\" said Mr. Hale, turning hastily.\n","abridged":"'You don't think her worse today?' said Mr. Hale.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I am sure I can't say, sir. ","abridged":"'I'm sure I can't say, sir. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"It's not for me to judge. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The illness seems so much more on the mind than on the body.\"\n","abridged":"The illness seems so much more on the mind than on the body.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Mr. Hale looked infinitely distressed.\n","abridged":"Mr. Hale looked distressed.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"You had better take mamma her tea while it is hot, Dixon,\" said Margaret, in a tone of quiet authority.\n","abridged":"'You had better take mamma her tea while it is hot, Dixon,' said Margaret, in a tone of quiet authority.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"'Oh! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I beg your pardon, Miss! ","abridged":"I beg your pardon, miss! ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"My thoughts was otherwise occupied in thinking of my poor---- of Mrs. Hale.\"\n","abridged":"My thoughts was otherwise occupied.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Papa!\" ","abridged":"'Papa!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"said Margaret, \"it is this suspense that is bad for you both. ","abridged":"said Margaret, 'it is this suspense that is bad for you both. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Of course, mamma must feel your change of opinions: we can't help that,\" she continued softly; \"but now the course is clear, at least to a certain point. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And I think, papa, that I could get mamma to help me in planning, if you could tell me what to plan for. ","abridged":"I think that I could get mamma to help me in planning, if you could tell me what to plan for. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She has never expressed any wish in any way, and only thinks of what can't be helped. ","abridged":"She has never expressed any wish, and only thinks of what can't be helped. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Are we to go straight to Milton? ","abridged":"Are we to go straight to Milton? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Have you taken a house there?\"\n","abridged":"Have you taken a house there?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"No,\" he replied, \"I suppose we must go into lodgings, and look about for a house.\"\n","abridged":"'No,' he replied. 'I suppose we must go into lodgings, and look about for a house.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"And pack up the furniture so that it can be left at the railway station, till we have met with one?\"\n","abridged":"'And pack up the furniture so that it can be left at the railway station, till we have one?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I suppose so. ","abridged":"'I suppose so. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Do what you think best. ","abridged":"Do what you think best. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Only remember, we shall have much less money to spend.\"\n","abridged":"Only remember, we shall have much less money to spend.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"They had never had much superfluity, as Margaret knew. ","abridged":"They had never had much, as Margaret knew. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She felt that it was a great weight suddenly thrown upon her shoulders. ","abridged":"She felt that it was a great weight suddenly thrown upon her shoulders. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Four months ago, all the decisions she needed to make were what dress she would wear for dinner, and to help Edith to draw out the lists of who should take down whom in the dinner parties at home. ","abridged":"Four months ago, all the decisions she needed to make were what dress to wear, and to help Edith draw up the lists of who should take who in to dinner. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Nor was the household in which she lived one that called for much decision. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Except in the one grand case of Captain Lennox's offer, everything went on with the regularity of clockwork. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Once a year, there was a long discussion between her aunt and Edith as to whether they should go to the Isle of Wight, abroad, or to Scotland; but at such times Margaret herself was secure of drifting, without any exertion of her own, into the quiet harbour of home. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Now, since that day when Mr. Lennox came, and startled her into a decision, every day brought some question, momentous to her, and to those whom she loved, to be settled.\n","abridged":"Now every day brought some momentous question to be settled.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Her father went up after tea to sit with his wife. ","abridged":"Her father went up after tea to sit with his wife. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Margaret remained alone in the drawing-room. ","abridged":"Margaret remained alone in the drawing-room. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Suddenly she took a candle and went into her father's study for a great atlas, and lugging it back into the drawing-room, she began to pore over the map of England. ","abridged":"Suddenly she took a candle and went into her father's study for a great atlas, and lugging it back into the drawing-room, she began to pore over the map of England. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She was ready to look up brightly when her father came down stairs.\n","abridged":"She looked up brightly when her father came downstairs.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"I have hit upon such a beautiful plan. ","abridged":"'I have hit upon such a beautiful plan. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Look here--in Darkshire, hardly the breadth of my finger from Milton, is Heston, which I have often heard of from people living in the north as such a pleasant little bathing-place. ","abridged":"Look here - in Darkshire, not far from Milton, is Heston, which I have heard is such a pleasant little bathing-place. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Now, don't you think we could get mamma there with Dixon, while you and I go and look at houses, and get one all ready for her in Milton? ","abridged":"Now, don't you think we could get mamma there with Dixon, while you and I go and look at houses, and get one ready for her in Milton? ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"She would get a breath of sea air to set her up for the winter, and be spared all the fatigue, and Dixon would enjoy taking care of her.\"\n","abridged":"She would get a breath of sea air to set her up for the winter, and be spared all the fatigue, and Dixon would enjoy taking care of her.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Is Dixon to go with us?\" ","abridged":"'Is Dixon to go with us?' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"asked Mr. Hale, in a kind of helpless dismay.\n","abridged":"asked Mr. Hale, in a kind of helpless dismay.\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, yes!' ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"said Margaret. ","abridged":"said Margaret. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Dixon quite intends it, and I don't know what mamma would do without her.\"\n","abridged":"'Dixon quite intends it, and I don't know what mamma would do without her.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"But we shall have to put up with a very different way of living, I am afraid. ","abridged":"'But we shall have to put up with a very different way of living, I am afraid. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Everything is so much dearer in a town. ","abridged":"Everything is so much dearer in a town. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I doubt if Dixon can make herself comfortable. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"To tell you the truth, Margaret, I sometimes feel as if that woman gave herself airs.\"\n","abridged":"To tell you the truth, Margaret, I sometimes feel as if that woman gave herself airs.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"To be sure she does, papa,\" replied Margaret; \"and if she has to put up with a different style of living, we shall have to put up with her airs, which will be worse. ","abridged":"'To be sure she does, papa,' replied Margaret; 'and if she has to put up with a different style of living, we shall have to put up with her airs. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"But she really loves us all, and would be miserable to leave us, I am sure--especially in this change; so, for mamma's sake, and for the sake of her faithfulness, I do think she must go.\"\n","abridged":"But she really loves us all, and would be miserable to leave us; so, for mamma's sake, I do think she must go.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Very well, my dear. ","abridged":"'Very well, my dear. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Go on. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"I am resigned. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"How far is Heston from Milton? ","abridged":"How far is Heston from Milton?'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The breadth of one of your fingers does not give me a very clear idea of distance.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Well, then, I suppose it is thirty miles; that is not much!\"\n","abridged":"'About thirty miles; that is not much!'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"\"Not in distance, but in--. ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Never mind! ","abridged":"","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"If you really think it will do your mother good, let it be fixed so.\"\n","abridged":"'If you really think it will do your mother good, let it be fixed so.'\n","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"This was a great step. ","abridged":"This was a great step. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Now Margaret could work, and act, and plan in good earnest. ","abridged":"Now Margaret could plan in good earnest. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"And now Mrs. Hale could rouse herself from her languor, and forget her real suffering in thinking of the pleasure and the delight of going to the sea-side. ","abridged":"And now Mrs. Hale could rouse herself from her languor, and forget her suffering in thinking of the pleasure of going to the sea-side. ","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"Her only regret was that Mr. Hale could not be with her all the fortnight she was to be there, as he had been for a whole fortnight once, when they were engaged, and she was staying with Sir John and Lady Beresford at Torquay.","abridged":"Her only regret was that Mr. Hale could not be with her all the fortnight she was to be there, as he had been once, when they were engaged, and she had been staying with Sir John and Lady Beresford at Torquay.","book":"North and South","chapter":"Chapter 5: DECISION"}
{"original":"The evening was still and warm; close and sultry it even promised to become. ","abridged":"The evening was still and warm; it promised to become sultry. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Round the descending sun the clouds glowed purple; summer tints, rather Indian than English, suffused the horizon, and cast rosy reflections on hillside, house-front, tree-bole, on winding road and undulating pasture-ground. ","abridged":"Round the descending sun the clouds glowed purple; summer tints suffused the horizon, and cast rosy reflections on house and tree. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The two girls came down from the fields slowly. ","abridged":"The two girls came down from the fields slowly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"By the time they reached the churchyard the bells were hushed; the multitudes were gathered into the church. ","abridged":"By the time they reached the churchyard the bells were hushed; the multitudes were gathered into the church.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The whole scene was solitary.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"How pleasant and calm it is!\" ","abridged":"\"How pleasant and calm it is!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"said Caroline.\n","abridged":"said Caroline.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And how hot it will be in the church!\" ","abridged":"\"And how hot it will be in the church!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"responded Shirley. ","abridged":"responded Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And what a dreary long speech Dr. Boultby will make! ","abridged":"\"And what a dreary long speech Dr. Boultby will make! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"And how the curates will hammer over their prepared orations! ","abridged":"And how the curates will hammer over their prepared orations! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"For my part, I would rather not enter.\"\n","abridged":"For my part, I would rather not enter.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"But my uncle will be angry if he observes our absence.\"\n","abridged":"\"But my uncle will be angry if we are absent.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I will bear the brunt of his wrath; he will not devour me. ","abridged":"\"I can bear his wrath; he will not devour me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I shall be sorry to miss his pungent speech. ","abridged":"I shall be sorry to miss his pungent speech. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I know it will be all sense for the church, and all causticity for schism. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He'll not forget the battle of Royd Lane. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I shall be sorry also to deprive you of Mr. Hall's sincere friendly homily, with all its racy Yorkshireisms; but here I must stay. ","abridged":"I shall be sorry also to deprive you of Mr. Hall's friendly homily; but here I must stay. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The gray church and grayer tombs look divine with this crimson gleam on them. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Nature is now at her evening prayers; she is kneeling before those red hills. ","abridged":"Nature is now at her evening prayers; she is kneeling before those red hills. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I see her prostrate on the great steps of her altar, praying for a fair night for mariners at sea, for travellers in deserts, for lambs on moors, and unfledged birds in woods. ","abridged":"I see her prostrate on the great steps of her altar, praying for a fair night for mariners at sea, for travellers in deserts, for lambs on moors, and unfledged birds in woods. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Caroline, I see her, and I will tell you what she is like. She is like what Eve was when she and Adam stood alone on earth.\"\n","abridged":"Caroline, she is like what Eve was when she and Adam stood alone on earth.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And that is not Milton's Eve, Shirley.\"\n","abridged":"\"That is not Milton's Eve, Shirley.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Milton's Eve! ","abridged":"\"Milton's Eve! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Milton's Eve! ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I repeat. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"No, by the pure Mother of God, she is not! ","abridged":"No. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Cary, we are alone; we may speak what we think. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Milton was great; but was he good? ","abridged":"Milton was great; but was he good? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"His brain was right; how was his heart? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He saw heaven; he looked down on hell. ","abridged":"He saw heaven; he looked down on hell. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He saw Satan, and Sin his daughter, and Death their horrible offspring. ","abridged":"He saw Satan, and Sin his daughter, and Death their horrible offspring. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Angels serried before him their battalions; the long lines of adamantine shields flashed back on his blind eyeballs the unutterable splendour of heaven. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. ","abridged":"He saw the tarnished armies of devils. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Milton tried to see the first woman; but, Cary, he saw her not.\"\n","abridged":"Milton tried to see the first woman; but, Cary, he saw her not.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You are bold to say so, Shirley.\"\n","abridged":"\"You are bold to say so, Shirley.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Not more bold than faithful. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It was his cook that he saw; or it was Mrs. Gill, as I have seen her, making custards, in the heat of summer, in the cool dairy, with rose-trees and nasturtiums about the latticed window, preparing a cold collation for the rectors--preserves and 'dulcet creams;' puzzled 'what choice to choose for delicacy best; what order so contrived as not to mix tastes, not well-joined, inelegant, but bring taste after taste, upheld with kindliest change.'\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"All very well too, Shirley.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I would beg to remind him that the first men of the earth were Titans, and that Eve was their mother; from her sprang Saturn, Hyperion, Oceanus; she bore Prometheus----\"\n","abridged":"\"I would remind him that the first men of the earth were Titans, and that Eve was their mother; from her sprang Saturn, Hyperion, Oceanus; she bore Prometheus-\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Pagan that you are! ","abridged":"\"Pagan!\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"what does that signify?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I say, there were giants on the earth in those days--giants that strove to scale heaven. The first woman's breast that heaved with life on this world yielded the daring which could contend with Omnipotence, the strength which could bear a thousand years of bondage, the vitality which could feed that vulture death through uncounted ages, the unexhausted life and uncorrupted excellence, sisters to immortality, which, after millenniums of crimes, struggles, and woes, could conceive and bring forth a Messiah. ","abridged":"\"I say, there were giants on the earth in those days - giants that strove to scale heaven, with the strength which could bear a thousand years of bondage, the vitality and uncorrupted excellence which, after millennia of struggles, could conceive and bring forth a Messiah. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The first woman was heaven-born. ","abridged":"The first woman was heaven-born. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Vast was the heart whence gushed the well-spring of the blood of nations, and grand the undegenerate head where rested the consort-crown of creation.\"\n","abridged":"Vast was the heart whence came the blood of nations, and grand the head where rested the crown of creation.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"She coveted an apple, and was cheated by a snake; but you have got such a hash of Scripture and mythology into your head that there is no making any sense of you. ","abridged":"\"She coveted an apple, and was cheated by a snake; but you have got such a hash of Scripture and mythology into your head that there is no making any sense of you.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"You have not yet told me what you saw kneeling on those hills.\"\n\"I saw--I now see--a woman-Titan. ","abridged":"\"On those hills I see a woman-Titan,\" announced Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Her robe of blue air spreads to the outskirts of the heath, where yonder flock is grazing; a veil white as an avalanche sweeps from her head to her feet, and arabesques of lightning flame on its borders. ","abridged":"\"Her robe of blue air spreads to the outskirts of the heath; a veil white as an avalanche sweeps from her head to her feet, and arabesques of lightning flame on its borders. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Under her breast I see her zone, purple like that horizon; through its blush shines the star of evening. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Her steady eyes I cannot picture. They are clear, they are deep as lakes, they are lifted and full of worship, they tremble with the softness of love and the lustre of prayer. ","abridged":"Her steady eyes are clear, as deep as lakes; they are lifted and full of worship, they tremble with the softness of love and prayer. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Her forehead has the expanse of a cloud, and is paler than the early moon, risen long before dark gathers. ","abridged":"Her forehead has the expanse of a cloud, and is paler than the moon. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"She reclines her bosom on the ridge of Stilbro' Moor; her mighty hands are joined beneath it. ","abridged":"She reclines her bosom on the ridge of Stilbro' Moor; her mighty hands are joined beneath it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"So kneeling, face to face she speaks with God. ","abridged":"So kneeling, face to face she speaks with God. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"That Eve is Jehovah's daughter, as Adam was His son.\"\n","abridged":"That Eve is Jehovah's daughter, as Adam was His son.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"She is very vague and visionary. ","abridged":"\"She is very vague and visionary. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Come, Shirley, we ought to go into church.\"\n","abridged":"Come, Shirley, we ought to go into church.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Caroline, I will not; I will stay out here with my mother Eve, in these days called Nature. ","abridged":"\"Caroline, I will not; I will stay out here with my mother Eve. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I love her--undying, mighty being! ","abridged":"I love her - undying, mighty being! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Heaven may have faded from her brow when she fell in paradise, but all that is glorious on earth shines there still. ","abridged":"Heaven may have faded from her brow when she fell in paradise, but all that is glorious on earth shines there still. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"She is taking me to her bosom, and showing me her heart. ","abridged":"She is showing me her heart. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Hush, Caroline! ","abridged":"Hush, Caroline! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"You will see her and feel as I do, if we are both silent.\"\n","abridged":"You will see her and feel as I do, if we are both silent.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I will humour your whim; but you will begin talking again ere ten minutes are over.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will humour your whim; but you will begin talking again within ten minutes.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Miss Keeldar, on whom the soft excitement of the warm summer evening seemed working with unwonted power, leaned against an upright headstone; she fixed her eyes on the deep-burning west, and sank into a pleasurable trance. ","abridged":"Miss Keeldar leaned against a headstone; she fixed her eyes on the deep-burning west, and sank into a pleasurable trance. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Caroline, going a little apart, paced to and fro beneath the rectory garden wall, dreaming too in her way. ","abridged":"Caroline paced to and fro beneath the rectory wall, dreaming too in her way.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Shirley had mentioned the word \"mother.\" ","abridged":"Shirley had mentioned the word \"mother.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"That word suggested to Caroline's imagination not the mighty and mystical parent of Shirley's visions, but a gentle human form--the form she ascribed to her own mother, unknown, unloved, but not unlonged for.\n","abridged":"That word suggested to Caroline's imagination not the mighty and mystical parent of Shirley's visions, but a gentle human form - her own mother, unknown, unloved, but longed for.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Oh that the day would come when she would remember her child! ","abridged":"\"Oh, that the day would come when she would remember her child! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Oh that I might know her, and knowing, love her!\"\n","abridged":"Oh that I might know her, and love her!\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Such was her aspiration.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The longing of her childhood filled her soul again. ","abridged":"The longing of her childhood filled her soul again. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The desire which many a night had kept her awake in her crib, and which fear of its fallacy had of late years almost extinguished, relit suddenly, and glowed warm in her heart, that her mother might come some happy day, and send for her to her presence, look upon her fondly with loving eyes, and say to her tenderly, in a sweet voice, \"Caroline, my child, I have a home for you; you shall live with me. ","abridged":"The desire which many a night had kept her awake in her crib, relit suddenly, and glowed in her heart: that her mother might come some happy day, and look upon her with loving eyes, and say to her tenderly, \"Caroline, my child, I have a home for you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"All the love you have needed, and not tasted, from infancy, I have saved for you carefully. ","abridged":"All the love you have needed, and not tasted, from infancy, I have saved for you carefully. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Come; it shall cherish you now.\"\n","abridged":"Come; it shall cherish you now.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"A noise on the road roused Caroline from her filial hopes, and Shirley from her Titan visions. ","abridged":"A noise on the road roused Caroline and Shirley from their visions. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They listened, and heard the tramp of horses. They looked, and saw a glitter through the trees. They caught through the foliage glimpses of martial scarlet; helm shone, plume waved. ","abridged":"They heard the tramp of horses, and saw a glitter through the trees, glimpses of martial scarlet. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Silent and orderly, six soldiers rode softly by.\n","abridged":"Silent and orderly, six soldiers rode by.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"The same we saw this afternoon,\" whispered Shirley. ","abridged":"\"The same we saw this afternoon,\" whispered Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"They have been halting somewhere till now. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They wish to be as little noticed as possible, and are seeking their rendezvous at this quiet hour, while the people are at church. ","abridged":"\"They wish to be as little noticed as possible, and are moving while the people are at church.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Did I not say we should see unusual things ere long?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Scarcely were sight and sound of the soldiers lost, when another and somewhat different disturbance broke the night-hush--a child's impatient scream. ","abridged":"Scarcely were the soldiers out of sight, when a different disturbance broke the night-hush - a child's impatient scream. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They looked. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"A man issued from the church, carrying in his arms an infant--a robust, ruddy little boy of some two years old--roaring with all the power of his lungs. He had probably just awaked from a church-sleep. ","abridged":"A man came out of the church, carrying in his arms a robust little boy of some two years old - roaring with all the power of his lungs; he had probably just awoken. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Two little girls, of nine and ten, followed. ","abridged":"Two small girls followed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. ","abridged":"The fresh air soon quieted the child. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The man sat down with him, dandling him on his knee as tenderly as any woman; the two little girls took their places one on each side.\n","abridged":"The man sat down, dandling him tenderly on his knee; the little girls sat on either side.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Good-evening, William,\" said Shirley, after due scrutiny of the man. ","abridged":"\"Good-evening, William,\" said Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He had seen her before, and apparently was waiting to be recognized. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He now took off his hat, and grinned a smile of pleasure. ","abridged":"He took off his hat, and grinned in pleasure. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He was a rough-headed, hard-featured personage, not old, but very weather-beaten. ","abridged":"He was a rough-headed, hard-featured personage, not old, but very weather-beaten. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"His attire was decent and clean; that of his children singularly neat. ","abridged":"His attire was decent and clean; that of his children singularly neat. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It was our old friend Farren. ","abridged":"It was our old friend Farren.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The young ladies approached him.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You are not going into the church?\" ","abridged":"\"You are not going into the church?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"he inquired, gazing at them complacently, yet with a mixture of bashfulness in his look--a sentiment not by any means the result of awe of their station, but only of appreciation of their elegance and youth. ","abridged":"he inquired, a little bashfully. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Before gentlemen--such as Moore or Helstone, for instance--William was often a little dogged; with proud or insolent ladies, too, he was quite unmanageable, sometimes very resentful; but he was most sensible of, most tractable to, good-humour and civility. ","abridged":"Before gentlemen, William was often dogged; with proud or insolent ladies, he was quite unmanageable, sometimes very resentful; but he responded to good-humour and civility. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"His nature--a stubborn one--was repelled by inflexibility in other natures; for which reason he had never been able to like his former master, Moore; and unconscious of that gentleman's good opinion of himself, and of the service he had secretly rendered him in recommending him as gardener to Mr. Yorke, and by this means to other families in the neighbourhood, he continued to harbour a grudge against his austerity. ","abridged":"His stubborn nature was repelled by inflexibility in other natures; so he had never liked his former master, Moore. Unaware that Moore had recommended him as gardener to Mr. Yorke, he continued to harbour a grudge against him.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Latterly he had often worked at Fieldhead. ","abridged":"Latterly he had often worked at Fieldhead. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Miss Keeldar's frank, hospitable manners were perfectly charming to him. ","abridged":"Miss Keeldar's frank manners charmed him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Caroline he had known from her childhood; unconsciously she was his ideal of a lady. ","abridged":"Caroline he had known from her childhood; unconsciously she was his ideal of a lady. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Her gentle mien, step, gestures, her grace of person and attire, moved some artist-fibres about his peasant heart. ","abridged":"Her gentle manner and grace moved his heart. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He had a pleasure in looking at her, as he had in examining rare flowers or in seeing pleasant landscapes. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Both the ladies liked William; it was their delight to lend him books, to give him plants; and they preferred his conversation far before that of many coarse, hard, pretentious people immeasurably higher in station.\n","abridged":"Both the ladies liked William; they delighted to lend him books and give him plants, and they preferred his conversation over that of many coarse, pretentious people much higher in station.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Who was speaking, William, when you came out?\" ","abridged":"\"Who was speaking, William, when you came out?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"asked Shirley.\n","abridged":"asked Shirley.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"A gentleman ye set a deal of store on, Miss Shirley--Mr. Donne.\"\n","abridged":"\"A gentleman ye set much store on, Miss Shirley - Mr. Donne. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You look knowing, William. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"How did you find out my regard for Mr. Donne?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Ay, Miss Shirley, there's a gleg light i' your een sometimes which betrays you. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"You look raight down scornful sometimes when Mr. Donne is by.\"\n","abridged":"You look raight down scornful when Mr. Donne is by.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Do you like him yourself, William?\"\n","abridged":"\"Do you like him, William?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Me? ","abridged":"\"Me? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I'm stalled o' t' curates, and so is t' wife. ","abridged":"I'm stalled o' t' curates, and so is t' wife. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They've no manners. ","abridged":"They've no manners. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They talk to poor folk fair as if they thought they were beneath them. ","abridged":"They talk to poor folk as if they thought they were beneath them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"They're allus magnifying their office. ","abridged":"They're allus magnifying their office. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It is a pity but their office could magnify them; but it does nought o' t' soart. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I fair hate pride.\"\n","abridged":"I fair hate pride.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"But you are proud in your own way yourself,\" interposed Caroline. ","abridged":"\"But you are proud in your own way yourself,\" interposed Caroline. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You are what you call house-proud: you like to have everything handsome about you. ","abridged":"\"You are house-proud: you like to have everything handsome about you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Sometimes you look as if you were almost too proud to take your wages. ","abridged":"Sometimes you look as if you were almost too proud to take your wages. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"When you were out of work, you were too proud to get anything on credit. ","abridged":"When you were out of work, you were too proud to get anything on credit. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"But for your children, I believe you would rather have starved than gone to the shops without money; and when I wanted to give you something, what a difficulty I had in making you take it!\"\n","abridged":"When I wanted to give you something, what a difficulty I had in making you take it!\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"It is partly true, Miss Caroline. ","abridged":"\"True, Miss Caroline. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ony day I'd rather give than take, especially from sich as ye. ","abridged":"I'd rather give than take, especially from sich as ye. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Look at t' difference between us. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ye're a little, young, slender lass, and I'm a great strong man; I'm rather more nor twice your age. ","abridged":"Ye're a little, slender lass, and I'm a great strong man, more than twice your age. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It is not _my_ part, then, I think, to tak fro' _ye_--to be under obligations (as they say) to _ye_. ","abridged":"It is not my part to take fro' ye. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"And that day ye came to our house, and called me to t' door, and offered me five shillings, which I doubt ye could ill spare--for ye've no fortin', I know--that day I war fair a rebel, a radical, an insurrectionist; and _ye_ made me so. ","abridged":"And that day ye came to our house, and offered me five shillings, which I doubt ye could spare - that day I war a rebel. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I thought it shameful that, willing and able as I was to work, I suld be i' such a condition that a young cratur about the age o' my own eldest lass suld think it needful to come and offer me her bit o' brass.\"\n","abridged":"I war ashamed to be i' such a condition that a young cratur the age o' my own eldest lass should think it needful to offer me her bit o' brass.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I suppose you were angry with me, William?\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose you were angry with me, William?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I almost was, in a way. ","abridged":"\"In a way. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"But I forgave ye varry soon. ","abridged":"But I forgave ye varry soon. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ye meant well. ","abridged":"Ye meant well. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ay, _I am_ proud, and so are _ye_; but your pride and mine is t' raight mak--what we call i' Yorkshire clean pride--such as Mr. Malone and Mr. Donne knows nought about. ","abridged":"Ay, I am proud, and so are ye; but your pride and mine is clean pride - such as Mr. Malone and Mr. Donne knows nought about. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Theirs is mucky pride. ","abridged":"Theirs is mucky pride. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Now, I shall teach my lasses to be as proud as Miss Shirley there, and my lads to be as proud as myseln; but I dare ony o' 'em to be like t' curates. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I'd lick little Michael if I seed him show any signs o' that feeling.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"What is the difference, William?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Ye know t' difference weel enow, but ye want me to get a gate o' talking. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Mr. Malone and Mr. Donne is almost too proud to do aught for theirseln; _we_ are almost too proud to let anybody do aught for us. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"T' curates can hardly bide to speak a civil word to them they think beneath them; _we_ can hardly bide to tak an uncivil word fro' them that thinks themseln aboon us.\"\n","abridged":"They can hardly speak a civil word to them they think beneath them.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Now, William, be humble enough to tell me truly how you are getting on in the world. ","abridged":"\"Now, William,\" said Shirley. \"be humble enough to tell me truly how you are getting on. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Are you well off?\"\n","abridged":"Are you well off?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Miss Shirley, I am varry well off. ","abridged":"\"Miss Shirley, I am varry well off. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Since I got into t' gardening line, wi' Mr. Yorke's help, and since Mr. Hall (another o' t' raight sort) helped my wife to set up a bit of a shop, I've nought to complain of. ","abridged":"Since I got into t' gardening line, wi' Mr. Yorke's help, and since Mr. Hall helped my wife to set up a bit of a shop, I've nought to complain of. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"My family has plenty to eat and plenty to wear. ","abridged":"My family has plenty to eat. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"My pride makes me find means to have an odd pound now and then against rainy days; for I think I'd die afore I'd come to t' parish; and me and mine is content. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"But t' neighbours is poor yet. ","abridged":"But t' neighbours is poor yet. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I see a great deal of distress.\"\n","abridged":"I see a great deal of distress.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And, consequently, there is still discontent, I suppose?\" ","abridged":"\"And consequently, there is still discontent, I suppose?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"inquired Miss Keeldar.\n","abridged":"inquired Miss Keeldar.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"_Consequently_--ye say right--_consequently_. ","abridged":"\"Ye say right. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"In course, starving folk cannot be satisfied or settled folk. ","abridged":"Starving folk cannot be settled folk.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"The country's not in a safe condition--I'll say so mich!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"But what can be done? ","abridged":"\"But what can be done? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"What more can I do, for instance?\"\n","abridged":"What more can I do?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Do? ","abridged":"\"Do? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ye can do not mich, poor young lass! ","abridged":"Not much, poor young lass! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Ye've gi'en your brass; ye've done well. ","abridged":"Ye've given your brass; ye've done well. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"If ye could transport your tenant, Mr. Moore, to Botany Bay, ye'd happen do better. ","abridged":"If ye could transport your tenant, Mr. Moore, to Botany Bay, ye'd do better. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Folks hate him.\"\n","abridged":"Folks hate him.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"William, for shame!\" ","abridged":"\"William, for shame!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"exclaimed Caroline warmly. ","abridged":"exclaimed Caroline warmly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"If folks _do_ hate him, it is to their disgrace, not his. ","abridged":"\"If folks do hate him, it is to their disgrace, not his. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Mr. Moore himself hates nobody. ","abridged":"Mr. Moore himself hates nobody. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He only wants to do his duty, and maintain his rights. ","abridged":"He only wants to maintain his rights. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"You are wrong to talk so.\"\n","abridged":"You are wrong to talk so.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I talk as I think. ","abridged":"\"I talk as I think. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He has a cold, unfeeling heart, yond' Moore.\"\n","abridged":"He has a cold, unfeeling heart.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"But,\" interposed Shirley, \"supposing Moore was driven from the country, and his mill razed to the ground, would people have more work?\"\n","abridged":"\"But,\" interposed Shirley, \"supposing Moore was driven from the country, and his mill razed to the ground, would people have more work?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"They'd have less. ","abridged":"\"They'd have less. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I know that, and they know that; and there is many an honest lad driven desperate by the certainty that whichever way he turns he cannot better himself; and there is dishonest men plenty to guide them to the devil, scoundrels that reckons to be the 'people's friends,' and that knows nought about the people, and is as insincere as Lucifer. ","abridged":"I know that, and they know that; and there is many an honest lad driven desperate by the certainty that whichever way he turns he cannot better himself; and there is dishonest men aplenty to guide them to the devil, scoundrels that reckons to be the 'people's friends,' and that knows nought about the people, and is as insincere as Lucifer. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I've lived aboon forty year in the world, and I believe that 'the people' will never have any true friends but theirseln and them two or three good folk i' different stations that is friends to all the world. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Human natur', taking it i' th' lump, is nought but selfishness. ","abridged":"Human natur' is nought but selfishness. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It is but excessive few, it is but just an exception here and there, now and then, sich as ye two young uns and me, that, being in a different sphere, can understand t' one t' other, and be friends wi'out slavishness o' one hand or pride o' t' other. ","abridged":"It is but just an exception here and there, sich as ye two young uns and me, that, though in a different sphere, can understand t' one t' other, and be friends. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Them that reckons to be friends to a lower class than their own fro' political motives is never to be trusted; they always try to make their inferiors tools. ","abridged":"Them that reckons to be friends to a lower class from political motives is never to be trusted; they always try to make their inferiors tools. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"For my own part, I will neither be patronized nor misled for no man's pleasure. ","abridged":"For my own part, I will not be patronized. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I've had overtures made to me lately that I saw were treacherous, and I flung 'em back i' the faces o' them that offered 'em.\"\n","abridged":"I've had overtures made to me lately that I saw were treacherous, and I flung 'em back i' the faces o' them that offered 'em.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You won't tell us what overtures?\"\n","abridged":"\"You won't tell us what overtures?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I will not. ","abridged":"\"I will not. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It would do no good. ","abridged":"It would do no good. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It would mak no difference. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Them they concerned can look after theirseln.\"\n","abridged":"Them they concerned can look after theirseln.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Ay, we'se look after werseln,\" said another voice. ","abridged":"\"Ay, we'se look after werseln,\" said another voice. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Joe Scott had sauntered forth from the church to get a breath of fresh air, and there he stood.\n","abridged":"Joe Scott had sauntered forth from the church.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I'll warrant _ye_, Joe,\" observed William, smiling.\n","abridged":"\"I'll warrant ye, Joe,\" observed William, smiling.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And I'll warrant my maister,\" was the answer.--\"Young ladies,\" continued Joe, assuming a lordly air, \"ye'd better go into th' house.\"\n","abridged":"\"And I'll warrant my maister,\" was the answer. \"Young ladies,\" continued Joe, assuming a lordly air, \"ye'd better go into th' house.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I wonder what for?\" ","abridged":"\"I wonder what for?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"inquired Shirley, to whom the overlooker's somewhat pragmatical manners were familiar, and who was often at war with him; for Joe, holding supercilious theories about women in general, resented greatly, in his secret soul, the fact of his master and his master's mill being, in a manner, under petticoat government, and had felt as wormwood and gall certain business visits of the heiress to the Hollow's counting-house.\n","abridged":"inquired Shirley, who was often at war with the overlooker; for Joe, holding supercilious theories about women in general, resented greatly, in his secret soul, the fact of his master and his master's mill being under petticoat government.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Because there is nought agate that fits women to be consarned in.\"\n","abridged":"\"Because politics is not fit for women to be consarned in.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Indeed! ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"There is prayer and preaching agate in that church. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Are we not concerned in that?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Ye have been present neither at the prayer nor preaching, ma'am, if I have observed aright. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"What I alluded to was politics. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"William Farren here was touching on that subject, if I'm not mista'en.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Well, what then? Politics are our habitual study, Joe. ","abridged":"\"But I study politics, Joe. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Do you know I see a newspaper every day, and two of a Sunday?\"\n","abridged":"Do you know I see a newspaper every day, and two of a Sunday?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I should think you'll read the marriages, probably, miss, and the murders, and the accidents, and sich like?\"\n","abridged":"\"To read the marriages, probably, miss, and the murders, and sich like.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I read the leading articles, Joe, and the foreign intelligence, and I look over the market prices. ","abridged":"\"I read the leading articles, Joe, and the foreign news, and I look over the market prices. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"In short, I read just what gentlemen read.\"\n","abridged":"In short, I read just what gentlemen read.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Joe looked as if he thought this talk was like the chattering of a pie. He replied to it by a disdainful silence.\n","abridged":"Joe looked as disdainful as if this talk was the chattering of a magpie.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Joe,\" continued Miss Keeldar, \"I never yet could ascertain properly whether you are a Whig or a Tory. ","abridged":"\"Joe,\" continued Miss Keeldar, \"I cannot work out whether you are a Whig or a Tory. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Pray, which party has the honour of your alliance?\"\n","abridged":"Pray, which are you?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"It is rayther difficult to explain where you are sure not to be understood,\" was Joe's haughty response; \"but as to being a Tory, I'd as soon be an old woman, or a young one, which is a more flimsier article still. ","abridged":"\"It is rather difficult to explain where you won't be understood,\" was Joe's haughty response; \"but as to being a Tory, I'd as soon be an old woman. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It is the Tories that carries on the war and ruins trade; and if I be of any party--though political parties is all nonsense--I'm of that which is most favourable to peace, and, by consequence, to the mercantile interests of this here land.\"\n","abridged":"It is the Tories that carries on the war and ruins trade; and if I be of any party - though political parties is all nonsense - I'm of that which is most favourable to peace, and, by consequence, to business.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"So am I, Joe,\" replied Shirley, who had rather a pleasure in teasing the overlooker, by persisting in talking on subjects with which he opined she, as a woman, had no right to meddle--\"partly, at least. ","abridged":"\"So am I, Joe,\" replied Shirley, who rather enjoyed talking to him on subjects with which he thought women had no right to meddle. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I have rather a leaning to the agricultural interest, too; as good reason is, seeing that I don't desire England to be under the feet of France, and that if a share of my income comes from Hollow's Mill, a larger share comes from the landed estate around it. ","abridged":"\"I have rather a leaning to the agricultural interest, too; if some of my income comes from Hollow's Mill, more comes from the landed estate around it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It would not do to take any measures injurious to the farmers, Joe, I think?\"\n","abridged":"It would not do to take any measures injurious to the farmers, Joe, I think?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"The dews at this hour is unwholesome for females,\" observed Joe.\n","abridged":"\"The dews at this hour is unwholesome for females,\" observed Joe.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"If you make that remark out of interest in me, I have merely to assure you that I am impervious to cold. ","abridged":"\"I am impervious to cold. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I should not mind taking my turn to watch the mill one of these summer nights, armed with your musket, Joe.\"\n","abridged":"I should not mind taking my turn to watch the mill one of these summer nights, armed with your musket, Joe.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Joe Scott's chin was always rather prominent. He poked it out, at this speech, some inches farther than usual.\n","abridged":"At this speech, Joe poked out his chin some inches farther than usual.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"But--to go back to my sheep,\" she proceeded--\"clothier and mill-owner as I am, besides farmer, I cannot get out of my head a certain idea that we manufacturers and persons of business are sometimes a little--a _very little_--selfish and short-sighted in our views, and rather _too_ regardless of human suffering, rather heartless in our pursuit of gain. ","abridged":"\"But I cannot get out of my head,\" she proceeded, \"an idea that we manufacturers and people of business are sometimes a little selfish and short-sighted in our views, and too regardless of human suffering. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Don't you agree with me, Joe?\"\n","abridged":"Don't you agree, Joe?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I cannot argue where I cannot be comprehended,\" was again the answer.\n","abridged":"\"I cannot argue where I cannot be comprehended,\" was again the answer.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Man of mystery! ","abridged":"\"Man of mystery! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Your master will argue with me sometimes, Joe. ","abridged":"Your master will argue with me sometimes, Joe. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He is not so stiff as you are.\"\n","abridged":"He is not so stiff as you are.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Maybe not. ","abridged":"\"Maybe not. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"We've all our own ways.\"\n","abridged":"We've all our own ways.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Joe, do you seriously think all the wisdom in the world is lodged in male skulls?\"\n","abridged":"\"Joe, do you seriously think all the wisdom in the world is lodged in male skulls?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I think that women are a kittle and a froward generation; and I've a great respect for the doctrines delivered in the second chapter of St. Paul's first Epistle to Timothy.\"\n","abridged":"\"I think that women are a kittle and a froward generation; and I've a great respect for the doctrines of St. Paul's first Epistle to Timothy. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"What doctrines, Joe?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"'Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. ","abridged":"'Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. ","abridged":"I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"For Adam was first formed, then Eve.'\"\n","abridged":"For Adam was first formed, then Eve.'\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"What has that to do with the business?\" ","abridged":"\"What has that to do with it?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"interjected Shirley. ","abridged":"interjected Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"That smacks of rights of primogeniture. ","abridged":"\"That smacks of rights of primogeniture. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I'll bring it up to Mr. Yorke the first time he inveighs against those rights.\"\n","abridged":"I'll bring it up with Mr. Yorke.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And,\" continued Joe Scott, \"Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.\"\n","abridged":"\"And,\" continued Joe Scott, \"Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"More shame to Adam to sin with his eyes open!\" ","abridged":"\"More shame to Adam to sin with his eyes open!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"cried Miss Keeldar. ","abridged":"cried Miss Keeldar. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"To confess the honest truth, Joe, I never was easy in my mind concerning that chapter. ","abridged":"\"To confess the honest truth, Joe, I never was easy in my mind concerning that chapter. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It puzzles me.\"\n","abridged":"It puzzles me.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"It is very plain, miss. ","abridged":"\"It is very plain, miss.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He that runs may read.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"He may read it in his own fashion,\" remarked Caroline, now joining in the dialogue for the first time. ","abridged":"Caroline now joined in the dialogue for the first time. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You allow the right of private judgment, I suppose, Joe?\"\n","abridged":"\"You allow the right of private judgment, I suppose, Joe?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"My certy, that I do! ","abridged":"\"My certy, that I do! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I allow and claim it for every line of the holy Book.\"\n","abridged":"I allow it for every line of the holy Book.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Women may exercise it as well as men?\"\n","abridged":"\"Women may exercise it as well as men?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Nay. ","abridged":"\"Nay. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Women is to take their husbands' opinion, both in politics and religion. ","abridged":"Women is to take their husbands' opinion. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It's wholesomest for them.\"\n","abridged":"It's wholesomest for them.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"oh!\" ","abridged":"oh!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"exclaimed both Shirley and Caroline.\n","abridged":"exclaimed both Shirley and Caroline. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"To be sure; no doubt on't,\" persisted the stubborn overlooker.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Consider yourself groaned down, and cried shame over, for such a stupid observation,\" said Miss Keeldar. ","abridged":"\"Consider yourself groaned down, and cried shame over, for such a stupid observation,\" said Miss Keeldar. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"You might as well say men are to take the opinions of their priests without examination. ","abridged":"\"You might as well say men are to take the opinions of their priests without examination. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Of what value would a religion so adopted be? It would be mere blind, besotted superstition.\"\n","abridged":"Such a religion would be mere blind, besotted superstition.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"And what is _your_ reading, Miss Helstone, o' these words o' St. Paul's?\"\n","abridged":"\"And what is your reading, Miss Helstone, o' these words o' St. Paul's?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Hem! ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I--I account for them in this way. ","abridged":"\"I account for them in this way,\" said Caroline. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He wrote that chapter for a particular congregation of Christians, under peculiar circumstances; and besides, I dare say, if I could read the original Greek, I should find that many of the words have been wrongly translated, perhaps misapprehended altogether. ","abridged":"\"He wrote that chapter for a particular congregation of Christians, under peculiar circumstances; and besides, I dare say, if I could read the original Greek, I should find that many of the words have been wrongly translated, perhaps misunderstood altogether. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It would be possible, I doubt not, with a little ingenuity, to give the passage quite a contrary turn--to make it say, 'Let the woman speak out whenever she sees fit to make an objection.' ","abridged":"It would be possible, I doubt not, to give the passage quite a contrary turn.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"'It is permitted to a woman to teach and to exercise authority as much as may be. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Man, meantime, cannot do better than hold his peace;' and so on.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"That willn't wash, miss.\"\n","abridged":"\"That won't wash, miss.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I dare say it will. ","abridged":"\"I dare say it will. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"My notions are dyed in faster colours than yours, Joe. Mr. Scott, you are a thoroughly dogmatical person, and always were. ","abridged":"Joe, you are a thoroughly dogmatical person. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I like William better than you.\"\n","abridged":"I like William better than you.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Joe is well enough in his own house,\" said Shirley. ","abridged":"\"Joe is well enough in his own house,\" said Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"I have seen him as quiet as a lamb at home. ","abridged":"\"I have seen him as quiet as a lamb at home. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"There is not a better nor a kinder husband in Briarfield. ","abridged":"There is not a kinder husband in Briarfield. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"He does not dogmatize to his wife.\"\n","abridged":"He does not dogmatize to his wife.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"My wife is a hard-working, plain woman; time and trouble has ta'en all the conceit out of her. ","abridged":"\"My wife is a hard-working, plain woman; time and trouble has ta'en all the conceit out of her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"But that is not the case with you, young misses. ","abridged":"But that is not the case with you, young misses. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"And then you reckon to have so much knowledge; and i' my thoughts it's only superficial sort o' vanities you're acquainted with. ","abridged":"And then you reckon to have so much knowledge; and it's only superficial. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I can tell--happen a year sin'--one day Miss Caroline coming into our counting-house when I war packing up summat behind t' great desk, and she didn't see me, and she brought a slate wi' a sum on it to t' maister. ","abridged":"One day Miss Caroline came into our counting-house when I war behind t' great desk, and she didn't see me, and she brought a slate wi' a sum on it to t' maister. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"It war only a bit of a sum in practice, that our Harry would have settled i' two minutes. ","abridged":"Uur Harry would have settled it i' two minutes. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"She couldn't do it. ","abridged":"She couldn't do it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Mr. Moore had to show her how. ","abridged":"Mr. Moore had to show her how. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"And when he did show her, she couldn't understand him.\"\n","abridged":"And when he did show her, she couldn't understand him.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Nonsense, Joe!\"\n","abridged":"\"Nonsense, Joe!\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Nay, it's no nonsense. ","abridged":"\"Nay, it's no nonsense. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"And Miss Shirley there reckons to hearken to t' maister when he's talking ower trade, so attentive like, as if she followed him word for word, and all war as clear as a lady's looking-glass to her een; and all t' while she's peeping and peeping out o' t' window to see if t' mare stands quiet; and then looking at a bit of a splash on her riding-skirt; and then glancing glegly round at wer counting-house cobwebs and dust, and thinking what mucky folk we are, and what a grand ride she'll have just i' now ower Nunnely Common. ","abridged":"And Miss Shirley there reckons to hearken to t' maister when he's talking ower trade, so attentive like, as if she followed him word for word; and all t' while she's peeping out o' t' window to see t' mare; and then looking at a bit of a splash on her riding-skirt; and then glancing round at wer counting-house cobwebs, and thinking what mucky folk we are, and what a grand ride she'll have ower Nunnely Common. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"She hears no more o' Mr. Moore's talk nor if he spake Hebrew.\"\n","abridged":"She hears no more o' Mr. Moore's talk nor if he spake Hebrew.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"\"Joe, you are a real slanderer. ","abridged":"\"Joe, you are a real slanderer. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"I would give you your answer, only the people are coming out of church. ","abridged":"I would answer you, only the people are coming out of church. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"We must leave you. ","abridged":"We must leave you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Man of prejudice, good-bye.--William, good-bye.--Children, come up to Fieldhead to-morrow, and you shall choose what you like best out of Mrs. Gill's store-room.\"","abridged":"Man of prejudice, good-bye. William, good-bye. Children, come up to Fieldhead tomorrow, and you shall choose what you like best out of Mrs. Gill's store-room.\"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 18: WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED"}
{"original":"Only half of Moore's activity and resolution had been seen in his defence of the mill; he showed the other half (and a terrible half it was) in the indefatigable, the relentless assiduity with which he pursued the leaders of the riot. ","abridged":"Only half of Moore's activity and resolution had been seen in his defence of the mill; he showed the other half (and a terrible half it was) in the relentless way in which he pursued the leaders of the riot. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The mob, the mere followers, he let alone. Perhaps an innate sense of justice told him that men misled by false counsel and goaded by privations are not fit objects of vengeance, and that he who would visit an even violent act on the bent head of suffering is a tyrant, not a judge. ","abridged":"The mob, the mere followers, he let alone, perhaps thinking that men misled and goaded by hunger are not fit objects of vengeance. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"At all events, though he knew many of the number, having recognized them during the latter part of the attack when day began to dawn, he let them daily pass him on street and road without notice or threat.\n","abridged":"At all events, though he had recognised many of the mob, he daily let them pass on the street without threat.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The leaders he did not know. ","abridged":"The leaders he did not know. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"They were strangers--emissaries from the large towns. ","abridged":"They were strangers from the large towns. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Most of these were not members of the operative class. They were chiefly \"down-draughts,\" bankrupts, men always in debt and often in drink, men who had nothing to lose, and much, in the way of character, cash, and cleanliness, to gain. ","abridged":"Most were not mill-workers; they were chiefly bankrupts, men in debt and often in drink, who had nothing to lose, and much to gain. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"These persons Moore hunted like any sleuth-hound, and well he liked the occupation. ","abridged":"These persons Moore hunted, and the occupation suited him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Its excitement was of a kind pleasant to his nature. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"He liked it better than making cloth.\n","abridged":"He liked it better than making cloth.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"His horse must have hated these times, for it was ridden both hard and often. ","abridged":"His horse must have hated these times, for it was ridden both hard and often. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"He almost lived on the road, and the fresh air was as welcome to his lungs as the policeman's quest to his mood; he preferred it to the steam of dye-houses. ","abridged":"He almost lived on the road, welcoming the fresh air after the steam of dye-houses. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The magistrates of the district must have dreaded him. ","abridged":"The magistrates of the district dreaded him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"They were slow, timid men; he liked both to frighten and to rouse them. He liked to force them to betray a certain fear, which made them alike falter in resolve and recoil in action--the fear, simply, of assassination. ","abridged":"They were slow, timid men, who faltered in resolve and recoiled through fear - the fear of assassination. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"This, indeed, was the dread which had hitherto hampered every manufacturer and almost every public man in the district. ","abridged":"This, indeed, was the dread which had hampered every manufacturer in the district.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Helstone alone had ever repelled it. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The old Cossack knew well he might be shot. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"He knew there was risk; but such death had for his nerves no terrors. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"It would have been his chosen, might he have had a choice.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Moore likewise knew his danger. The result was an unquenchable scorn of the quarter whence such danger was to be apprehended. ","abridged":"Moore knew his danger, and scorned those who would endanger him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The consciousness that he hunted assassins was the spur in his high-mettled temper's flank. ","abridged":"The knowledge that he hunted assassins was a spur to him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"As for fear, he was too proud, too hard-natured (if you will), too phlegmatic a man to fear. Many a time he rode belated over the moors, moonlit or moonless as the case might be, with feelings far more elate, faculties far better refreshed, than when safety and stagnation environed him in the counting-house. ","abridged":"As for fear, many a night he rode over the moors feeling far more elated and refreshed than when safety and stagnation cocooned him in the counting-house.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Four was the number of the leaders to be accounted for. ","abridged":"Four leaders had to be accounted for. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Two, in the course of a fortnight, were brought to bay near Stilbro'; the remaining two it was necessary to seek farther off. Their haunts were supposed to lie near Birmingham.\n","abridged":"Two, within a fortnight, were caught near Stilbro'; the remaining two were thought to be near Birmingham.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Meantime the clothier did not neglect his battered mill. ","abridged":"Meantime Moore did not neglect his battered mill. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Its reparation was esteemed a light task, carpenters' and glaziers' work alone being needed. The rioters not having succeeded in effecting an entrance, his grim metal darlings--the machines--had escaped damage.\n","abridged":"Only the windows needed repairing; his grim metal darlings - the machines - had escaped damage.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Whether during this busy life--whether while stern justice and exacting business claimed his energies and harassed his thoughts--he now and then gave one moment, dedicated one effort, to keep alive gentler fires than those which smoulder in the fane of Nemesis, it was not easy to discover. ","abridged":"Whether during this busy life he nurtured any gentler thoughts, it was not easy to discover. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"He seldom went near Fieldhead; if he did, his visits were brief. ","abridged":"He seldom went near Fieldhead. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"If he called at the rectory, it was only to hold conferences with the rector in his study. ","abridged":"If he called at the rectory, it was only to confer with the rector in his study. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"He maintained his rigid course very steadily. ","abridged":"He maintained his rigid course very steadily. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Meantime the history of the year continued troubled. There was no lull in the tempest of war; her long hurricane still swept the Continent. ","abridged":"Meanwhile there was no lull in the tempest of war; her long hurricane still swept the Continent. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"There was not the faintest sign of serene weather, no opening amid \"the clouds of battle-dust and smoke,\" no fall of pure dews genial to the olive, no cessation of the red rain which nourishes the baleful and glorious laurel. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Meantime, Ruin had her sappers and miners at work under Moore's feet, and whether he rode or walked, whether he only crossed his counting-house hearth or galloped over sullen Rushedge, he was aware of a hollow echo, and felt the ground shake to his tread.\n","abridged":"Ruin was mining under Moore's feet, and whether he rode or walked, he was aware of a hollow echo, and felt the ground shake to his tread.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"While the summer thus passed with Moore, how did it lapse with Shirley and Caroline? ","abridged":"While the summer thus passed with Moore, how did it lapse with Shirley and Caroline? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Let us first visit the heiress. ","abridged":"Let us first visit the heiress. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"How does she look? ","abridged":"How does she look? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? ","abridged":"Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining?\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Does she sit the day long bent over some sedentary task? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Has she for ever a book in her hand, or sewing on her knee, and eyes only for that, and words for nothing, and thoughts unspoken?\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"By no means. ","abridged":"By no means. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Shirley is all right. ","abridged":"Shirley is all right. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"If her wistful cast of physiognomy is not gone, no more is her careless smile. ","abridged":"If her wistful look is not gone, neither is her careless smile. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She keeps her dark old manor-house light and bright with her cheery presence. ","abridged":"She keeps her dark old manor-house bright with her cheery presence. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The gallery and the low-ceiled chambers that open into it have learned lively echoes from her voice; the dim entrance-hall, with its one window, has grown pleasantly accustomed to the frequent rustle of a silk dress, as its wearer sweeps across from room to room, now carrying flowers to the barbarous peach-bloom salon, now entering the dining-room to open its casements and let in the scent of mignonette and sweet-briar, anon bringing plants from the staircase window to place in the sun at the open porch door.\n","abridged":"The gallery has learned lively echoes from her voice; the dim entrance-hall has grown pleasantly accustomed to the frequent rustle of a silk dress, as its wearer sweeps from room to room, carrying flowers and opening windows.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She takes her sewing occasionally; but, by some fatality, she is doomed never to sit steadily at it for above five minutes at a time. ","abridged":"She takes up her sewing occasionally; but never sits steadily at it for above five minutes at a time. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Her thimble is scarcely fitted on, her needle scarce threaded, when a sudden thought calls her upstairs. ","abridged":"Her needle is scarce threaded when a sudden thought calls her upstairs. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Perhaps she goes to seek some just-then-remembered old ivory-backed needle-book or older china-topped work-box, quite unneeded, but which seems at the moment indispensable; perhaps to arrange her hair, or a drawer which she recollects to have seen that morning in a state of curious confusion; perhaps only to take a peep from a particular window at a particular view, whence Briarfield church and rectory are visible, pleasantly bowered in trees. ","abridged":"Perhaps she goes to seek some old ivory-backed needle-book; perhaps to arrange her hair, or tidy a drawer; perhaps only to take a peep from a window at the view of Briarfield church and rectory.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She has scarcely returned, and again taken up the slip of cambric or square of half-wrought canvas, when Tartar's bold scrape and strangled whistle are heard at the porch door, and she must run to open it for him. ","abridged":"She has scarcely returned, and again taken up her sewing, when Tartar's scrape and strangled wheeze are heard at the porch door, and she runs to open it for him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"It is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished. ","abridged":"It is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must take him to the kitchen for water. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Through the open kitchen door the court is visible, all sunny and gay, and peopled with turkeys and their poults, peahens and their chicks, pearl-flecked Guinea-fowls, and a bright variety of pure white, and purple-necked, and blue and cinnamon plumed pigeons. ","abridged":"Through the open kitchen door the court is visible, sunny and gay, with turkeys, peahens and their chicks, pearl-flecked Guinea-fowls, and blue and cinnamon plumed pigeons. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Irresistible spectacle to Shirley! She runs to the pantry for a roll, and she stands on the door step scattering crumbs. ","abridged":"Irresistible spectacle! Shirley runs to the pantry for a roll, and stands on the doorstep scattering crumbs. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Around her throng her eager, plump, happy feathered vassals. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"John is about the stables, and John must be talked to, and her mare looked at. ","abridged":"John is in the stables, and he must be talked to, and her mare looked at.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She is still petting and patting it when the cows come in to be milked. This is important; Shirley must stay and take a review of them all. ","abridged":"Then the cows come in to be milked; Shirley must stay and take a review of them all. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"There are perhaps some little calves, some little new-yeaned lambs--it may be twins, whose mothers have rejected them. ","abridged":"There are perhaps some little calves, some little new lambs - maybe twins, whose mothers have rejected them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Miss Keeldar must be introduced to them by John, must permit herself the treat of feeding them with her own hand, under the direction of her careful foreman. ","abridged":"Miss Keeldar must feed them with her own hand. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Meantime John moots doubtful questions about the farming of certain \"crofts,\" and \"ings,\" and \"holmes,\" and his mistress is necessitated to fetch her garden-hat--a gipsy straw--and accompany him, over stile and along hedgerow, to hear the conclusion of the whole agricultural matter on the spot, and with the said \"crofts,\" \"ings,\" and \"holms\" under her eye. ","abridged":"Meantime John asks about the farming of certain \"crofts\" and \"ings\", and his mistress has to fetch her straw garden-hat and accompany him over stile and along hedgerow, to decide the matter on the spot, with the said \"crofts\" and \"ings\" under her eye. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Bright afternoon thus wears into soft evening, and she comes home to a late tea, and after tea she never sews.\n","abridged":"She comes home to a late tea.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"After tea Shirley reads, and she is just about as tenacious of her book as she is lax of her needle. ","abridged":"After tea Shirley reads. She is as tenacious of her book as she is lax of her needle. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Her study is the rug, her seat a footstool, or perhaps only the carpet at Mrs. Pryor's feet: there she always learned her lessons when a child, and old habits have a strong power over her. ","abridged":"Her seat is a footstool, or perhaps the carpet at Mrs. Pryor's feet. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The tawny and lionlike bulk of Tartar is ever stretched beside her, his negro muzzle laid on his fore paws--straight, strong, and shapely as the limbs of an Alpine wolf. ","abridged":"The tawny bulk of Tartar is stretched beside her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"One hand of the mistress generally reposes on the loving serf's rude head, because if she takes it away he groans and is discontented. ","abridged":"One hand of his mistress reposes on his head, and if she takes it away he groans. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Shirley's mind is given to her book. ","abridged":"Shirley's mind is on her book. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She lifts not her eyes; she neither stirs nor speaks--unless, indeed, it be to return a brief respectful answer to Mrs. Pryor, who addresses deprecatory phrases to her now and then.\n","abridged":"She neither stirs nor speaks - unless to return a brief respectful answer to Mrs. Pryor, who addresses her now and then.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"My dear, you had better not have that great dog so near you; he is crushing the border of your dress.\"\n","abridged":"\"My dear, that great dog is crushing the border of your dress.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"Oh, it is only muslin. ","abridged":"\"Oh, it is only muslin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I can put a clean one on to-morrow.\"\n","abridged":"I can put a clean one on tomorrow.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"My dear, I wish you could acquire the habit of sitting to a table when you read.\"\n","abridged":"\"My dear, I wish you could acquire the habit of sitting at a table when you read.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"I will try, ma'am, some time; but it is so comfortable to do as one has always been accustomed to do.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will try, ma'am, some time; but it is so comfortable here.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"My dear, let me beg of you to put that book down. You are trying your eyes by the doubtful firelight.\"\n","abridged":"\"My dear, you are tiring your eyes by the firelight.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"No, ma'am, not at all; my eyes are never tired.\"\n","abridged":"\"Not at all, ma'am; my eyes are never tired.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"At last, however, a pale light falls on the page from the window. She looks; the moon is up. She closes the volume, rises, and walks through the room. ","abridged":"At last, however, she closes the volume, rises, and walks through the room. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Her book has perhaps been a good one; it has refreshed, refilled, rewarmed her heart; it has set her brain astir, furnished her mind with pictures. ","abridged":"Her book has refilled and rewarmed her heart; it has set her brain astir. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The still parlour, the clean hearth, the window opening on the twilight sky, and showing its \"sweet regent,\" new throned and glorious, suffice to make earth an Eden, life a poem, for Shirley. ","abridged":"The still parlour, the clean hearth, the window opening on the twilight sky, suffice to make earth an Eden, life a poem, for Shirley. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"A still, deep, inborn delight glows in her young veins, unmingled, untroubled, not to be reached or ravished by human agency, because by no human agency bestowed--the pure gift of God to His creature, the free dower of Nature to her child. ","abridged":"A deep, inborn delight glows in her young veins - the pure gift of God to His creature, the free dower of Nature to her child. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"This joy gives her experience of a genii-life. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Buoyant, by green steps, by glad hills, all verdure and light, she reaches a station scarcely lower than that whence angels looked down on the dreamer of Bethel, and her eye seeks, and her soul possesses, the vision of life as she wishes it. ","abridged":"Her eye seeks, and her soul possesses, the vision of life as she wishes it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"No, not as she wishes it; she has not time to wish. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The swift glory spreads out, sweeping and kindling, and multiplies its splendours faster than Thought can effect his combinations, faster than Aspiration can utter her longings. ","abridged":"The swift glory spreads, sweeping and kindling, and multiplies its splendours. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Shirley says nothing while the trance is upon her--she is quite mute; but if Mrs. Pryor speaks to her now, she goes out quietly, and continues her walk upstairs in the dim gallery.\n","abridged":"Shirley says nothing while the trance is upon her; but if Mrs. Pryor speaks to her now, she goes out quietly, and continues her walk upstairs in the dim gallery.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"If Shirley were not an indolent, a reckless, an ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments, or at least while the recollection of such moments was yet fresh on her spirit. ","abridged":"If Shirley were not an indolent, reckless, ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She would seize, she would fix the apparition, tell the vision revealed. ","abridged":"She would seize and fix the apparition, tell the vision revealed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Had she a little more of the organ of acquisitiveness in her head, a little more of the love of property in her nature, she would take a good-sized sheet of paper and write plainly out, in her own queer but clear and legible hand, the story that has been narrated, the song that has been sung to her, and thus possess what she was enabled to create. ","abridged":"She would write out, in her queer but legible hand, the story that has been narrated, the song that has been sung to her, and thus possess what she was enabled to create. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"But indolent she is, reckless she is, and most ignorant; for she does not know her dreams are rare, her feelings peculiar. ","abridged":"But indolent she is, reckless, and most ignorant; for she does not know her dreams are rare. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She does not know, has never known, and will die without knowing, the full value of that spring whose bright fresh bubbling in her heart keeps it green.\n","abridged":"She does not know the full value of that spring whose bright fresh bubbling in her heart keeps it green.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Shirley takes life easily. ","abridged":"Shirley takes life easily. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Is not that fact written in her eye? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"In her good-tempered moments is it not as full of lazy softness as in her brief fits of anger it is fulgent with quick-flashing fire? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Her nature is in her eye. ","abridged":"Her nature is in her eye. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"So long as she is calm, indolence, indulgence, humour, and tenderness possess that large gray sphere; incense her, a red ray pierces the dew, it quickens instantly to flame.\n","abridged":"So long as she is calm, a lazy softness, humour, and tenderness fill that grey sphere; anger her, and it quickens with fire.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Ere the month of July was past, Miss Keeldar would probably have started with Caroline on that northern tour they had planned; but just at that epoch an invasion befell Fieldhead. ","abridged":"By the end of July, Miss Keeldar would probably have started with Caroline on that northern tour they had planned; but just then an invasion befell Fieldhead. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"A genteel foraging party besieged Shirley in her castle, and compelled her to surrender at discretion. ","abridged":"A genteel foraging party besieged Shirley in her castle, and compelled her to surrender.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"An uncle, an aunt, and two cousins from the south--a Mr., Mrs., and two Misses Sympson, of Sympson Grove, ----shire--came down upon her in state. ","abridged":"An uncle, an aunt, and two cousins from the south - a Mr., Mrs., and two Misses Sympson, of Sympson Grove - arrived in state. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The laws of hospitality obliged her to give in, which she did with a facility which somewhat surprised Caroline, who knew her to be prompt in action and fertile in expedient where a victory was to be gained for her will. ","abridged":"The laws of hospitality obliged her to give in, which she did with a willingness which surprised Caroline. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Miss Helstone even asked her how it was she submitted so readily. ","abridged":"Miss Helstone asked her how it was she submitted so readily. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She answered, old feelings had their power; she had passed two years of her early youth at Sympson Grove.\n","abridged":"Shirley answered that old feelings had their power; she had passed two years of her youth at Sympson Grove.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"How did she like her relatives?\"\n","abridged":"\"How did she like her relatives?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She had nothing in common with them, she replied. Little Harry Sympson, indeed, the sole son of the family, was very unlike his sisters, and of him she had formerly been fond; but he was not coming to Yorkshire--at least not yet.\n","abridged":"She had nothing in common with them, she replied, except little Harry Sympson, the sole son, who was very unlike his sisters. She had been fond of him; but he was not coming to Yorkshire yet.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The next Sunday the Fieldhead pew in Briarfield Church appeared peopled with a prim, trim, fidgety, elderly gentleman, who shifted his spectacles, and changed his position every three minutes; a patient, placid-looking elderly lady in brown satin; and two pattern young ladies, in pattern attire, with pattern deportment. ","abridged":"The next Sunday the Fieldhead pew in Briarfield Church held a prim, trim, fidgety, elderly gentleman; a patient, placid-looking elderly lady in brown satin; and two model young ladies, in model attire, with model deportment. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Shirley had the air of a black swan or a white crow in the midst of this party, and very forlorn was her aspect. ","abridged":"Shirley had the air of a black swan in the midst of this party, and looked very forlorn. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Having brought her into respectable society, we will leave her there a while, and look after Miss Helstone.\n","abridged":"Having brought her into respectable society, we will leave her there a while, and look for Miss Helstone.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Separated from Miss Keeldar for the present, as she could not seek her in the midst of her fine relatives, scared away from Fieldhead by the visiting commotion which the new arrivals occasioned in the neighbourhood, Caroline was limited once more to the gray rectory, the solitary morning walk in remote by-paths, the long, lonely afternoon sitting in a quiet parlour which the sun forsook at noon, or in the garden alcove where it shone bright, yet sad, on the ripening red currants trained over the trellis, and on the fair monthly roses entwined between, and through them fell chequered on Caroline sitting in her white summer dress, still as a garden statue. ","abridged":"Separated from Miss Keeldar by the presence of her fine relatives, Caroline was limited once more to the grey rectory, the solitary morning walk on remote paths, the long, lonely afternoon sitting in a quiet parlour, or in the garden alcove. There the sun shone on ripening red currants trained over the trellis, and on the fair roses entwined between, and fell chequered on Caroline, still as a garden statue. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"There she read old books, taken from her uncle's library. The Greek and Latin were of no use to her, and its collection of light literature was chiefly contained on a shelf which had belonged to her aunt Mary--some venerable Lady's Magazines, that had once performed a sea-voyage with their owner, and undergone a storm, and whose pages were stained with salt water; some mad Methodist Magazines, full of miracles and apparitions, of preternatural warnings, ominous dreams, and frenzied fanaticism; the equally mad letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe from the Dead to the Living; a few old English classics. ","abridged":"She read old books from her uncle's library - some venerable Lady's Magazines, some mad Methodist Magazines, and a few old English classics. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"From these faded flowers Caroline had in her childhood extracted the honey; they were tasteless to her now. ","abridged":"From these faded flowers Caroline had in her childhood extracted the honey; they were tasteless to her now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"By way of change, and also of doing good, she would sew--make garments for the poor, according to good Miss Ainley's direction. ","abridged":"By way of change, she would sew for the poor, according to good Miss Ainley's direction. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Sometimes, as she felt and saw her tears fall slowly on her work, she would wonder how the excellent woman who had cut it out and arranged it for her managed to be so equably serene in _her_ solitude.\n","abridged":"Sometimes, as she saw her tears fall on her work, she would wonder how that excellent woman managed to be so serene in her solitude.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"I never find Miss Ainley oppressed with despondency or lost in grief,\" she thought; \"yet her cottage is a still, dim little place, and she is without a bright hope or near friend in the world. ","abridged":"\"I never find Miss Ainley oppressed or lost in grief,\" she thought; \"yet her cottage is a dim little place, and she is without a close friend in the world. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I remember, though, she told me once she had tutored her thoughts to tend upwards to heaven. She allowed there was, and ever had been, little enjoyment in this world for her, and she looks, I suppose, to the bliss of the world to come. ","abridged":"I remember she told me once she had tutored her thoughts to tend upwards to heaven, for there had been little enjoyment in this world for her, and she looks, I suppose, to the bliss of the world to come. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"So do nuns, with their close cell, their iron lamp, their robe strait as a shroud, their bed narrow as a coffin. ","abridged":"So do nuns, with their close cell, their iron lamp, and their bed as narrow as a coffin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She says often she has no fear of death--no dread of the grave; no more, doubtless, had St. Simeon Stylites, lifted up terrible on his wild column in the wilderness; no more has the Hindu votary stretched on his couch of iron spikes. ","abridged":"She says often she has no fear of death. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Both these having violated nature, their natural likings and antipathies are reversed; they grow altogether morbid. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I do fear death as yet, but I believe it is because I am young. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Poor Miss Ainley would cling closer to life if life had more charms for her. ","abridged":"Poor Miss Ainley would cling closer to life if life had more charms for her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"God surely did not create us and cause us to live with the sole end of wishing always to die. ","abridged":"God surely did not give us life with the sole end of wishing always to die. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I believe in my heart we were intended to prize life and enjoy it so long as we retain it. Existence never was originally meant to be that useless, blank, pale, slow-trailing thing it often becomes to many, and is becoming to me among the rest.\n","abridged":"I believe we were intended to prize and enjoy life: it was never meant to be that useless, blank, slow-trailing thing it becomes to many, and is becoming to me too.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"\"Nobody,\" she went on--\"nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are; and I cannot tell, however much I puzzle over it, how they are to be altered for the better; but I feel there is something wrong somewhere. ","abridged":"\"Nobody,\" she went on, \"is to blame for this state of things; and I cannot tell how they are to be altered for the better; but I feel there is something wrong somewhere. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I believe single women should have more to do--better chances of interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. ","abridged":"I believe single women should have more to do - more interesting and profitable occupations than they have now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"And when I speak thus I have no impression that I displease God by my words; that I am either impious or impatient, irreligious or sacrilegious. ","abridged":"I do not think these words displease God, or that they are irreligious. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"My consolation is, indeed, that God hears many a groan, and compassionates much grief which man stops his ears against, or frowns on with impotent contempt. ","abridged":"Indeed, God hears many a groan which man stops his ears against, or frowns on with impotent contempt. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I say _impotent_, for I observe that to such grievances as society cannot readily cure it usually forbids utterance, on pain of its scorn, this scorn being only a sort of tinselled cloak to its deformed weakness. People hate to be reminded of ills they are unable or unwilling to remedy. ","abridged":"I say impotent, for people hate to be reminded of ills they cannot remedy. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Such reminder, in forcing on them a sense of their own incapacity, or a more painful sense of an obligation to make some unpleasant effort, troubles their ease and shakes their self-complacency. ","abridged":"It forces on them an awareness of their own incapacity, or a painful sense of an obligation to make some unpleasant effort. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Old maids, like the houseless and unemployed poor, should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world; the demand disturbs the happy and rich--it disturbs parents. ","abridged":"Old maids should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world; the demand disturbs the happy and rich.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Look at the numerous families of girls in this neighbourhood--the Armitages, the Birtwhistles, the Sykeses. ","abridged":"\"Look at the numerous families of girls in this neighbourhood - the Armitages, the Birtwhistles, the Sykeses. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The brothers of these girls are every one in business or in professions; they have something to do. ","abridged":"Their brothers are in business or in professions; they have something to do. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Their sisters have no earthly employment but household work and sewing, no earthly pleasure but an unprofitable visiting, and no hope, in all their life to come, of anything better. ","abridged":"Their sisters have no earthly employment but household work and sewing, no earthly pleasure but visiting, and no hope, in all their life to come, of anything better. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"This stagnant state of things makes them decline in health. ","abridged":"This stagnant state of things makes them decline in health. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"They are never well, and their minds and views shrink to wondrous narrowness. ","abridged":"They are never well, and their minds and views shrink to wondrous narrowness. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The great wish, the sole aim of every one of them is to be married, but the majority will never marry; they will die as they now live. ","abridged":"The great wish, the sole aim of every one of them is to be married, but the majority will never marry; they will die as they now live. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"They scheme, they plot, they dress to ensnare husbands. ","abridged":"They scheme, they plot, they dress to ensnare husbands. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The gentlemen turn them into ridicule; they don't want them; they hold them very cheap. ","abridged":"The gentlemen ridicule them; they don't want them; they hold them very cheap. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"They say--I have heard them say it with sneering laughs many a time--the matrimonial market is overstocked. ","abridged":"I have heard them say with sneering laughs that the marriage market is overstocked. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Fathers say so likewise, and are angry with their daughters when they observe their manuvres--they order them to stay at home. ","abridged":"Fathers say so likewise, and order their daughters to stay at home. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"What do they expect them to do at home? ","abridged":"What do they expect them to do at home? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"If you ask, they would answer, sew and cook. They expect them to do this, and this only, contentedly, regularly, uncomplainingly, all their lives long, as if they had no germs of faculties for anything else--a doctrine as reasonable to hold as it would be that the fathers have no faculties but for eating what their daughters cook or for wearing what they sew. ","abridged":"They would answer, sew and cook, and this only, contentedly, uncomplainingly, all their lives long, as if they had no faculties for anything else. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Could men live so themselves? ","abridged":"Could men live so themselves? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Would they not be very weary? ","abridged":"Would they not be very weary? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"And when there came no relief to their weariness, but only reproaches at its slightest manifestation, would not their weariness ferment in time to frenzy? ","abridged":"And when there came no relief to their weariness, but only reproaches, would not their weariness ferment in time to frenzy?\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Lucretia, spinning at midnight in the midst of her maidens, and Solomon's virtuous woman are often quoted as patterns of what 'the sex,' as they say, ought to be. ","abridged":"\"Solomon's virtuous woman in the Bible is often quoted as a pattern of what woman ought to be. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I don't know. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Lucretia, I dare say, was a most worthy sort of person, much like my cousin Hortense Moore; but she kept her servants up very late. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"I should not have liked to be amongst the number of the maidens. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Hortense would just work me and Sarah in that fashion, if she could, and neither of us would bear it. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"The 'virtuous woman,' again, had her household up in the very middle of the night; she 'got breakfast over,' as Mrs. Sykes says, before one o'clock a.m.; but _she_ had something more to do than spin and give out portions. ","abridged":"But she had something more to do than spin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She was a manufacturer--she made fine linen and sold it; she was an agriculturist--she bought estates and planted vineyards. ","abridged":"She was a manufacturer - she made fine linen and sold it; she was an agriculturist - she bought estates and planted vineyards. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"_That_ woman was a manager. She was what the matrons hereabouts call 'a clever woman.' On the whole, I like her a good deal better than Lucretia; but I don't believe either Mr. Armitage or Mr. Sykes could have got the advantage of her in a bargain. ","abridged":"That woman was a manager, and I don't believe either Mr. Armitage or Mr. Sykes could have got the advantage of her in a bargain. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Yet I like her. ","abridged":"Yet I like her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"'Strength and honour were her clothing; the heart of her husband safely trusted in her. ","abridged":"'Strength and honour were her clothing; the heart of her husband safely trusted in her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"She opened her mouth with wisdom; in her tongue was the law of kindness; her children rose up and called her blessed; her husband also praised her.' ","abridged":"She opened her mouth with wisdom; in her tongue was the law of kindness; her children rose up and called her blessed; her husband also praised her.' ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"King of Israel! ","abridged":"King of Israel! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"your model of a woman is a worthy model! ","abridged":"your model of a woman is a worthy model! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"But are we, in these days, brought up to be like her? ","abridged":"But are we, in these days, brought up to be like her? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Men of Yorkshire! ","abridged":"Men of Yorkshire! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"do your daughters reach this royal standard? Can they reach it? ","abridged":"can your daughters reach this royal standard? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Can you help them to reach it? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Can you give them a field in which their faculties may be exercised and grow? ","abridged":"Can you give them a field in which their faculties may be exercised and grow? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Men of England! ","abridged":"Men of England! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"look at your poor girls, many of them fading around you, dropping off in consumption or decline; or, what is worse, degenerating to sour old maids--envious, back-biting, wretched, because life is a desert to them; or, what is worst of all, reduced to strive, by scarce modest coquetry and debasing artifice, to gain that position and consideration by marriage which to celibacy is denied. ","abridged":"look at your poor girls, many of them fading around you, because life is a desert to them; or reduced to strive, by coquetry and artifice, to gain a position by marriage.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Fathers! ","abridged":"\"Fathers! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"cannot you alter these things? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Perhaps not all at once; but consider the matter well when it is brought before you, receive it as a theme worthy of thought; do not dismiss it with an idle jest or an unmanly insult. ","abridged":"Consider the matter well; do not dismiss it with an idle jest or an unmanly insult. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"You would wish to be proud of your daughters, and not to blush for them; then seek for them an interest and an occupation which shall raise them above the flirt, the manuvrer, the mischief-making tale-bearer. ","abridged":"You would wish to be proud of your daughters, and not to blush for them; then seek for them an interest and an occupation which shall raise them above the flirt, the mischief-making tale-bearer. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Keep your girls' minds narrow and fettered; they will still be a plague and a care, sometimes a disgrace to you. ","abridged":"Keep your girls' minds narrow and fettered, and they will be a plague and a care to you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Cultivate them--give them scope and work; they will be your gayest companions in health, your tenderest nurses in sickness, your most faithful prop in age.\"","abridged":"Cultivate them - give them scope and work; they will be your gayest companions in health, your tenderest nurses in sickness, your most faithful prop in age.\"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 22: TWO LIVES"}
{"original":"Not always do those who dare such divine conflict prevail. ","abridged":"Not always do those who dare such divine conflict prevail. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Night after night the sweat of agony may burst dark on the forehead; the supplicant may cry for mercy with that soundless voice the soul utters when its appeal is to the Invisible. \"Spare my beloved,\" it may implore. ","abridged":"Night after night the supplicant may cry in agonised, soundless voice: \"Spare my beloved. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Heal my life's life. ","abridged":"Heal my life's life. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Rend not from me what long affection entwines with my whole nature. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"God of heaven, bend, hear, be clement!\" ","abridged":"God of heaven, be merciful!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. ","abridged":"And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"That opening morn, which used to salute him with the whisper of zephyrs, the carol of skylarks, may breathe, as its first accents, from the dear lips which colour and heat have quitted, \"Oh! I have had a suffering night. This morning I am worse. ","abridged":"At morn the dear, pale lips may murmur of a night of yet worse suffering.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I have tried to rise. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I cannot. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Dreams I am unused to have troubled me.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Then the watcher approaches the patient's pillow, and sees a new and strange moulding of the familiar features, feels at once that the insufferable moment draws nigh, knows that it is God's will his idol shall be broken, and bends his head, and subdues his soul to the sentence he cannot avert and scarce can bear.\n","abridged":"Then the watcher approaches the patient's pillow, and sees a new and strange moulding of the familiar features, feels that the unbearable moment draws nigh, that it is God's will his idol shall be broken. He bends his head, and subdues his soul to the sentence he cannot avert and scarce can bear.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Happy Mrs. Pryor! ","abridged":"Happy Mrs. Pryor! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She was still praying, unconscious that the summer sun hung above the hills, when her child softly woke in her arms. ","abridged":"She was still praying when her child softly woke in her arms. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"No piteous, unconscious moaning--sound which so wastes our strength that, even if we have sworn to be firm, a rush of unconquerable tears sweeps away the oath--preceded her waking. No space of deaf apathy followed. ","abridged":"There was no piteous moaning, no deaf apathy. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The first words spoken were not those of one becoming estranged from this world, and already permitted to stray at times into realms foreign to the living. Caroline evidently remembered with clearness what had happened.\n","abridged":"Caroline's first words showed no fever or delirium.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Mamma, I have slept _so_ well. ","abridged":"\"Mamma, I have slept so well. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I only dreamed and woke twice.\"\n","abridged":"I only dreamed and woke twice.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mrs. Pryor rose with a start, that her daughter might not see the joyful tears called into her eyes by that affectionate word \"mamma,\" and the welcome assurance that followed it.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Pryor rose with a start, joyful tears called into her eyes by that affectionate word \"mamma.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"For many days the mother dared rejoice only with trembling. ","abridged":"For many days the mother dared rejoice only with trembling. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"That first revival seemed like the flicker of a dying lamp. ","abridged":"That first revival seemed like the flicker of a dying lamp. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"If the flame streamed up bright one moment, the next it sank dim in the socket. ","abridged":"If the flame streamed up bright one moment, the next it sank dim. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Exhaustion followed close on excitement.\n","abridged":"Exhaustion followed close on excitement.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"There was always a touching endeavour to _appear_ better, but too often ability refused to second will; too often the attempt to bear up failed. ","abridged":"Caroline made a touching endeavour to appear better, but too often failed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The effort to eat, to talk, to look cheerful, was unsuccessful. ","abridged":"The effort to eat, to talk, to look cheerful, was unsuccessful. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Many an hour passed during which Mrs. Pryor feared that the chords of life could never more be strengthened, though the time of their breaking might be deferred.\n","abridged":"Many an hour passed when Mrs. Pryor feared that she would never grow stronger.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"During this space the mother and daughter seemed left almost alone in the neighbourhood. ","abridged":"During this time the mother and daughter seemed left almost alone in the neighbourhood. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"It was the close of August; the weather was fine--that is to say, it was very dry and very dusty, for an arid wind had been blowing from the east this month past; very cloudless, too, though a pale haze, stationary in the atmosphere, seemed to rob of all depth of tone the blue of heaven, of all freshness the verdure of earth, and of all glow the light of day. ","abridged":"It was the close of August; the weather was very dry and dusty, very cloudless, too, though a pale haze seemed to rob the heaven of blue, and the earth of freshness. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Almost every family in Briarfield was absent on an excursion. ","abridged":"Almost every family in Briarfield was away. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Miss Keeldar and her friends were at the seaside; so were Mrs. Yorke's household. ","abridged":"Miss Keeldar and her friends were at the seaside; so were the Yorkes. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mr. Hall and Louis Moore, between whom a spontaneous intimacy seemed to have arisen--the result, probably, of harmony of views and temperament--were gone \"up north\" on a pedestrian excursion to the Lakes. ","abridged":"Mr. Hall and Louis Moore, between whom a friendship had arisen, had gone to walk in the Lakes. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Even Hortense, who would fain have stayed at home and aided Mrs. Pryor in nursing Caroline, had been so earnestly entreated by Miss Mann to accompany her once more to Wormwood Wells, in the hope of alleviating sufferings greatly aggravated by the insalubrious weather, that she felt obliged to comply; indeed, it was not in her nature to refuse a request that at once appealed to her goodness of heart, and, by a confession of dependency, flattered her _amour propre_. ","abridged":"Even Hortense, who would fain have stayed at home, had been so earnestly entreated by Miss Mann to accompany her again to Wormwood Wells that she felt obliged to comply. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"As for Robert, from Birmingham he had gone on to London, where he still sojourned.\n","abridged":"As for Robert, from Birmingham he had gone to London, where he still stayed.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"So long as the breath of Asiatic deserts parched Caroline's lips and fevered her veins, her physical convalescence could not keep pace with her returning mental tranquillity; but there came a day when the wind ceased to sob at the eastern gable of the rectory, and at the oriel window of the church. ","abridged":"However, there came a day when the dry east wind dropped. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"A little cloud like a man's hand arose in the west; gusts from the same quarter drove it on and spread it wide; wet and tempest prevailed a while. ","abridged":"A cloud arose in the west, and spread wide: rain and tempest followed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"When that was over the sun broke out genially, heaven regained its azure, and earth its green; the livid cholera-tint had vanished from the face of nature; the hills rose clear round the horizon, absolved from that pale malaria-haze.\n","abridged":"When that was over the sun broke out, heaven regained its azure, and earth its green; the hills rose clear, freed from that pale sickly haze.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Caroline's youth could now be of some avail to her, and so could her mother's nurture. Both, crowned by God's blessing, sent in the pure west wind blowing soft as fresh through the ever-open chamber lattice, rekindled her long-languishing energies. ","abridged":"Her mother's care and the pure, fresh wind, blowing soft through the window, rekindled Caroline's energies. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"At last Mrs. Pryor saw that it was permitted to hope: a genuine, material convalescence had commenced. ","abridged":"At last Mrs. Pryor began to hope. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"It was not merely Caroline's smile which was brighter, or her spirits which were cheered, but a certain look had passed from her face and eye--a look dread and indescribable, but which will easily be recalled by those who have watched the couch of dangerous disease. ","abridged":"It was not merely Caroline's smile which was brighter, but a certain look had passed from her face - a dread, glassy look, familiar to those who have watched by sickbeds. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Long before the emaciated outlines of her aspect began to fill, or its departed colour to return, a more subtle change took place; all grew softer and warmer. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Instead of a marble mask and glassy eye, Mrs. Pryor saw laid on the pillow a face pale and wasted enough, perhaps more haggard than the other appearance, but less awful; for it was a sick, living girl, not a mere white mould or rigid piece of statuary.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Pryor saw laid on the pillow a face pale and wasted, but not white and rigid.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Now, too, she was not always petitioning to drink. The words, \"I am _so_ thirsty,\" ceased to be her plaint. Sometimes, when she had swallowed a morsel, she would say it had revived her. All descriptions of food were no longer equally distasteful; she could be induced, sometimes, to indicate a preference. ","abridged":"Now, too, Caroline was not always saying she was thirsty; food was not so distasteful to her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"With what trembling pleasure and anxious care did not her nurse prepare what was selected! ","abridged":"With what anxious care her nurse prepared what she preferred! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"How she watched her as she partook of it!\n","abridged":"How she watched her as she ate!\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Nourishment brought strength. ","abridged":"Nourishment brought strength. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She could sit up. ","abridged":"Caroline could sit up. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Then she longed to breathe the fresh air, to revisit her flowers, to see how the fruit had ripened. ","abridged":"Then she longed to breathe the fresh air, to revisit her flowers, to see how the fruit had ripened. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Her uncle, always liberal, had bought a garden-chair for her express use. ","abridged":"Her uncle had bought a garden-chair for her use. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"He carried her down in his own arms, and placed her in it himself, and William Farren was there to wheel her round the walks, to show her what he had done amongst her plants, to take her directions for further work.\n","abridged":"He carried her down in his arms, and placed her in it, and William Farren wheeled her round the walks, to show her what he had done amongst her plants.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"William and she found plenty to talk about. ","abridged":"William and she found plenty to talk about. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"They had a dozen topics in common--interesting to them, unimportant to the rest of the world. They took a similar interest in animals, birds, insects, and plants; they held similar doctrines about humanity to the lower creation, and had a similar turn for minute observation on points of natural history. ","abridged":"They had a common interest in animals, birds and plants; they held similar views about humane treatment of the lower creation, and had a similar turn for observing natural history. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The nest and proceedings of some ground-bees, which had burrowed in the turf under an old cherry-tree, was one subject of interest; the haunts of certain hedge-sparrows, and the welfare of certain pearly eggs and callow fledglings, another.\n","abridged":"The nest of some ground-bees, which had burrowed in the turf under a cherry-tree, was one subject of interest; the haunts of hedge-sparrows, and the welfare of certain fledglings, was another.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Had _Chambers's Journal_ existed in those days, it would certainly have formed Miss Helstone's and Farren's favourite periodical. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She would have subscribed for it, and to him each number would duly have been lent; both would have put implicit faith and found great savour in its marvellous anecdotes of animal sagacity.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"This is a digression, but it suffices to explain why Caroline would have no other hand than William's to guide her chair, and why his society and conversation sufficed to give interest to her garden-airings.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mrs. Pryor, walking near, wondered how her daughter could be so much at ease with a \"man of the people.\" ","abridged":"Mrs. Pryor wondered how her daughter could be so at ease with a workman. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"_She_ found it impossible to speak to him otherwise than stiffly. ","abridged":"She found it impossible to speak to him otherwise than stiffly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She felt as if a great gulf lay between her caste and his, and that to cross it or meet him half-way would be to degrade herself. ","abridged":"She felt as if a great gulf lay between her caste and his, and that to cross it or meet him half-way would be to degrade herself. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She gently asked Caroline, \"Are you not afraid, my dear, to converse with that person so unreservedly? ","abridged":"She gently asked Caroline, \"Are you not afraid, my dear, to converse with that person so unreservedly? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"He may presume, and become troublesomely garrulous.\"\n","abridged":"He may presume, and become troublesomely garrulous.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"William presume, mamma? You don't know him. ","abridged":"\"You don't know William, mamma. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"He never presumes. ","abridged":"He never presumes. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"He is altogether too proud and sensitive to do so. ","abridged":"He is too proud and sensitive to do so. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"William has very fine feelings.\"\n","abridged":"William has very fine feelings.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And Mrs. Pryor smiled sceptically at the nave notion of that rough-handed, rough-headed, fustian-clad clown having \"fine feelings.\"\n","abridged":"Mrs. Pryor smiled sceptically at the nave notion of that rough-handed clown having \"fine feelings.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Farren, for his part, showed Mrs. Pryor only a very sulky brow. ","abridged":"Farren, for his part, was sulky towards Mrs. Pryor. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"He knew when he was misjudged, and was apt to turn unmanageable with such as failed to give him his due.\n","abridged":"He knew when he was misjudged.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The evening restored Caroline entirely to her mother, and Mrs. Pryor liked the evening; for then, alone with her daughter, no human shadow came between her and what she loved. ","abridged":"Mrs. Pryor liked the evening; for then she was alone with her daughter. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"During the day she would have her stiff demeanour and cool moments, as was her wont. ","abridged":"During the day she would have her cool moments, as was her wont. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Between her and Mr. Helstone a very respectful but most rigidly ceremonious intercourse was kept up. ","abridged":"Relations between her and Mr. Helstone were very respectful but rigidly ceremonious. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Anything like familiarity would have bred contempt at once in one or both these personages; but by dint of strict civility and well-maintained distance they got on very smoothly.\n","abridged":"By dint of strict civility and well-maintained distance they got on smoothly.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Towards the servants Mrs. Pryor's bearing was not uncourteous, but shy, freezing, ungenial. Perhaps it was diffidence rather than pride which made her appear so haughty; but, as was to be expected, Fanny and Eliza failed to make the distinction, and she was unpopular with them accordingly. ","abridged":"Towards the servants Mrs. Pryor was shy; but her diffidence made her appear haughty to Fanny and Eliza, and she was unpopular with them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She felt the effect produced; it rendered her at times dissatisfied with herself for faults she could not help, and with all else dejected, chill, and taciturn.\n","abridged":"She knew it, and felt dissatisfied with herself.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"This mood changed to Caroline's influence, and to that influence alone. ","abridged":"This dejected mood changed under Caroline's influence. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The dependent fondness of her nursling, the natural affection of her child, came over her suavely. Her frost fell away, her rigidity unbent; she grew smiling and pliant. ","abridged":"The affection of her child thawed her frost; she grew smiling and pliant. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Not that Caroline made any wordy profession of love--that would ill have suited Mrs. Pryor; she would have read therein the proof of insincerity--but she hung on her with easy dependence; she confided in her with fearless reliance. These things contented the mother's heart.\n","abridged":"Caroline hung on her with easy dependence; she confided in her, and contented the mother's heart.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"She liked to hear her daughter say, \"Mamma, do this;\" \"Please, mamma, fetch me that;\" \"Mamma, read to me;\" \"Sing a little, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"She liked to hear her daughter say, \"Mamma, do this;\" \"Please, mamma, fetch me that;\" \"Mamma, read to me;\" \"Sing a little, mamma.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Nobody else--not one living thing--had ever so claimed her services, so looked for help at her hand. ","abridged":"Nobody else had ever so looked for help at her hand. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Other people were always more or less reserved and stiff with her, as she was reserved and stiff with them; other people betrayed consciousness of and annoyance at her weak points. ","abridged":"Other people were always reserved with her, as she was reserved and stiff with them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Caroline no more showed such wounding sagacity or reproachful sensitiveness now than she had done when a suckling of three months old.\n","abridged":"Caroline showed no such reproachful sensitivity.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Yet Caroline could find fault. ","abridged":"Yet Caroline could find fault. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Blind to the constitutional defects that were incurable, she had her eyes wide open to the acquired habits that were susceptible of remedy. ","abridged":"She had her eyes wide open to habits that could be remedied. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"On certain points she would quite artlessly lecture her parent; and that parent, instead of being hurt, felt a sensation of pleasure in discovering that the girl _dared_ lecture her, that she was so much at home with her.\n","abridged":"On certain points she would artlessly lecture her parent; and that parent, instead of being hurt, felt pleasure in discovering that the girl was so much at home with her.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Mamma, I am determined you shall not wear that old gown any more. ","abridged":"\"Mamma, I am determined you shall not wear that old gown any more. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Its fashion is not becoming; it is too strait in the skirt. ","abridged":"Its fashion is not becoming. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"You shall put on your black silk every afternoon. ","abridged":"You shall put on your black silk every afternoon. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"In that you look nice; it suits you. ","abridged":"In that you look nice; it suits you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And you shall have a black satin dress for Sundays--a real satin, not a satinet or any of the shams. ","abridged":"And you shall have a black satin dress for Sundays. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And, mamma, when you get the new one, mind you must wear it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"My dear, I thought of the black silk serving me as a best dress for many years yet, and I wished to buy you several things.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Nonsense, mamma. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"My uncle gives me cash to get what I want. ","abridged":"My uncle gives me cash to get what I want. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"You know he is generous enough; and I have set my heart on seeing you in a black satin. ","abridged":"You know he is generous; and I have set my heart on seeing you in black satin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Get it soon, and let it be made by a dressmaker of my recommending. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Let me choose the pattern. ","abridged":"Let me choose the pattern. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"You always want to disguise yourself like a grandmother. ","abridged":"You always want to disguise yourself like a grandmother. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"You would persuade one that you are old and ugly. ","abridged":"You would persuade one that you are old and ugly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Not at all! ","abridged":"Not at all! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"On the contrary, when well dressed and cheerful you are very comely indeed; your smile is so pleasant, your teeth are so white, your hair is still such a pretty light colour. ","abridged":"On the contrary, when well dressed and cheerful you are very comely indeed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And then you speak like a young lady, with such a clear, fine tone, and you sing better than any young lady I ever heard. ","abridged":"And then you speak like a young lady, with such a clear, fine tone, and you sing better than any young lady I ever heard. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Why do you wear such dresses and bonnets, mamma, such as nobody else ever wears?\"\n","abridged":"Why do you wear such dresses and bonnets, mamma, such as nobody else ever wears?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Does it annoy you, Caroline?\"\n","abridged":"\"Does it annoy you, Caroline?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Very much; it vexes me even. ","abridged":"\"Very much. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"People say you are miserly; and yet you are not, for you give liberally to the poor and to religious societies--though your gifts are conveyed so secretly and quietly that they are known to few except the receivers. ","abridged":"People say you are miserly; and you are not, for you give liberally to the poor, though in secret. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"But I will be your lady's-maid myself. ","abridged":"But I will be your lady's-maid myself. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"When I get a little stronger I will set to work, and you must be good, mamma, and do as I bid you.\"\n","abridged":"When I get a little stronger I will set to work, and you must be good, mamma, and do as I bid you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And Caroline, sitting near her mother, rearranged her muslin handkerchief and resmoothed her hair.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"My own mamma,\" then she went on, as if pleasing herself with the thought of their relationship, \"who belongs to me, and to whom I belong! ","abridged":"My own mamma,\" she went on, \"who belongs to me, and to whom I belong! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I am a rich girl now. ","abridged":"I am a rich girl now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I have something I can love well, and not be afraid of loving. ","abridged":"I have something I can love, and not be afraid of loving. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mamma, who gave you this little brooch? ","abridged":"Mamma, who gave you this little brooch? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Let me unpin it and look at it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mrs. Pryor, who usually shrank from meddling fingers and near approach, allowed the license complacently.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Did papa give you this, mamma?\"\n","abridged":"Was it papa?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"My sister gave it me--my only sister, Cary. ","abridged":"\"My only sister gave it me, Cary. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Would that your Aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!\"\n","abridged":"Would that your Aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Have you nothing of papa's--no trinket, no gift of his?\"\n","abridged":"\"Have you nothing of papa's - no gift of his?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"I have one thing.\"\n\"That you prize?\"\n\"That I prize.\"\n\"Valuable and pretty?\"\n\"Invaluable and sweet to me.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have one thing that I prize, invaluable and sweet to me.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Show it, mamma. ","abridged":"\"Show it, mamma. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Is it here or at Fieldhead?\"\n","abridged":"Is it here or at Fieldhead?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"It is talking to me now, leaning on me. ","abridged":"\"It is talking to me now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Its arms are round me.\"\n","abridged":"Its arms are round me.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Ah, mamma, you mean your teasing daughter, who will never let you alone; who, when you go into your room, cannot help running to seek for you; who follows you upstairs and down, like a dog.\"\n","abridged":"\"Ah, mamma, you mean your teasing daughter, who never lets you alone; who follows you upstairs and down, like a dog.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Whose features still give me such a strange thrill sometimes. ","abridged":"\"Whose features still give me such a strange thrill sometimes. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I half fear your fair looks yet, child.\"\n","abridged":"I half fear your fair looks yet, child.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"You don't; you can't. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mamma, I am sorry papa was not good. ","abridged":"\"I am sorry papa was not good. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I do so wish he had been. ","abridged":"I do so wish he had been. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Wickedness spoils and poisons all pleasant things. It kills love. ","abridged":"Wickedness kills love. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"If you and I thought each other wicked, we could not love each other, could we?\"\n\"And if we could not trust each other, Cary?\"\n\"How miserable we should be! ","abridged":"If you and I thought each other wicked, how miserable we should be! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mother, before I knew you I had an apprehension that you were not good--that I could not esteem you. ","abridged":"Mother, before I knew you, I had a fear that you were not good. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"That dread damped my wish to see you. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And now my heart is elate because I find you perfect--almost; kind, clever, nice. ","abridged":"And now I am delighted to find you perfect - almost; kind, clever, nice. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Your sole fault is that you are old-fashioned, and of that I shall cure you. ","abridged":"Your sole fault is that you are old-fashioned, and of that I shall cure you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mamma, put your work down; read to me. ","abridged":"Mamma, put your work down; read to me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I like your southern accent; it is so pure, so soft. ","abridged":"I like your southern accent; it is so pure. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"It has no rugged burr, no nasal twang, such as almost every one's voice here in the north has. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"My uncle and Mr. Hall say that you are a fine reader, mamma. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Mr. Hall said he never heard any lady read with such propriety of expression or purity of accent.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"I wish I could reciprocate the compliment, Cary; but, really, the first time I heard your truly excellent friend read and preach I could not understand his broad northern tongue.\"\n\"Could you understand me, mamma? Did I seem to speak roughly?\"\n","abridged":"When you first met me, mamma, did I seem to speak roughly?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"No. ","abridged":"\"No. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I almost wished you had, as I wished you had looked unpolished. ","abridged":"I almost wished you had. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"Your father, Caroline, naturally spoke well, quite otherwise than your worthy uncle--correctly, gently, smoothly. You inherit the gift.\"\n","abridged":"Your father spoke well, and you inherit the gift.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Poor papa! ","abridged":"\"Poor papa! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"When he was so agreeable, why was he not good?\"\n","abridged":"When he was so agreeable, why was he not good?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Why he was _as_ he was--and happily of that you, child, can form no conception--I cannot tell. ","abridged":"\"Why he was as he was, I cannot tell. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"It is a deep mystery. ","abridged":"It is a deep mystery. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"The key is in the hands of his Maker. ","abridged":"The key is in the hands of his Maker. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"There I leave it.\"\n","abridged":"There I leave it.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"\"Mamma, you will keep stitching, stitching away. Put down the sewing; I am an enemy to it. It cumbers your lap, and I want it for my head; it engages your eyes, and I want them for a book. Here is your favourite--Cowper.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mamma, put down your sewing; here is a book - your favourite - Cowper.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"These importunities were the mother's pleasure. ","abridged":"These commands were the mother's pleasure. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"If ever she delayed compliance, it was only to hear them repeated, and to enjoy her child's soft, half-playful, half-petulant urgency. ","abridged":"If ever she delayed compliance, it was only to hear them repeated, and to enjoy her child's soft, half-playful urgency. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"And then, when she yielded, Caroline would say archly, \"You will spoil me, mamma. ","abridged":"And then, when she yielded, Caroline would say archly, \"You will spoil me, mamma. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"I always thought I should like to be spoiled, and I find it very sweet.\" ","abridged":"I always thought I should like to be spoiled, and I find it very sweet.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"So did Mrs. Pryor.","abridged":"So did Mrs. Pryor.","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 25: THE WEST WIND BLOWS"}
{"original":"MR. YORKE (_continued_)\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"A Yorkshire gentleman he was, _par excellence_, in every point; about fifty-five years old, but looking at first sight still older, for his hair was silver white. ","abridged":"A Yorkshire gentleman he was in every point; about fifty-five years old, but looking older, for his hair was silver white. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His forehead was broad, not high; his face fresh and hale; the harshness of the north was seen in his features, as it was heard in his voice; every trait was thoroughly English--not a Norman line anywhere; it was an inelegant, unclassic, unaristocratic mould of visage. ","abridged":"His forehead was broad; his face fresh and hale; the harshness of the north was seen in his features, and heard in his voice; every trait was thoroughly English - an inelegant, unaristocratic face. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Fine people would perhaps have called it vulgar; sensible people would have termed it characteristic; shrewd people would have delighted in it for the pith, sagacity, intelligence, the rude yet real originality marked in every lineament, latent in every furrow. But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face--the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive. ","abridged":"It held pith, intelligence and originality in every furrow; but it was scornful and sarcastic - the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His stature was rather tall, and he was well made and wiry, and had a stately integrity of port; there was not a suspicion of the clown about him anywhere.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"I did not find it easy to sketch Mr. Yorke's person, but it is more difficult to indicate his mind. If you expect to be treated to a Perfection, reader, or even to a benevolent, philanthropic old gentleman in him, you are mistaken. ","abridged":"If you expect Mr. Yorke to be a benevolent, philanthropic old gentleman, reader, you are mistaken. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He has spoken with some sense and with some good feeling to Mr. Moore, but you are not thence to conclude that he always spoke and thought justly and kindly.\n","abridged":"He has spoken with some sense and good feeling to Mr. Moore, but you are not therefore to conclude that he always spoke and thought justly and kindly.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke, in the first place, was without the organ of veneration--a great want, and which throws a man wrong on every point where veneration is required. Secondly, he was without the organ of comparison--a deficiency which strips a man of sympathy; and thirdly, he had too little of the organs of benevolence and ideality, which took the glory and softness from his nature, and for him diminished those divine qualities throughout the universe.\n","abridged":"Mr. Yorke lacked the ability to venerate; and he lacked the ability to compare - and hence to feel sympathy. He had too little benevolence and softness in his nature, and he did not value those divine qualities.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The want of veneration made him intolerant to those above him--kings and nobles and priests, dynasties and parliaments and establishments, with all their doings, most of their enactments, their forms, their rights, their claims, were to him an abomination, all rubbish; he found no use or pleasure in them, and believed it would be clear gain, and no damage to the world, if its high places were razed, and their occupants crushed in the fall. ","abridged":"He was intolerant to those above him. Kings and priests, dynasties and parliaments, were to him an abomination. He found no use or pleasure in them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The want of veneration, too, made him dead at heart to the electric delight of admiring what is admirable; it dried up a thousand pure sources of enjoyment; it withered a thousand vivid pleasures. ","abridged":"His lack of veneration, too, dried up a thousand pure sources of enjoyment. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He was not irreligious, though a member of no sect; but his religion could not be that of one who knows how to venerate. He believed in God and heaven; but his God and heaven were those of a man in whom awe, imagination, and tenderness lack.\n","abridged":"He was not irreligious - he believed in God and heaven; but his God and heaven were those of a man without awe, imagination, or tenderness.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The weakness of his powers of comparison made him inconsistent; while he professed some excellent general doctrines of mutual toleration and forbearance, he cherished towards certain classes a bigoted antipathy. ","abridged":"While he claimed to be tolerant, he was bigoted. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He spoke of \"parsons\" and all who belonged to parsons, of \"lords\" and the appendages of lords, with a harshness, sometimes an insolence, as unjust as it was insufferable. ","abridged":"He spoke of \"parsons\" and \"lords\" with unjust harshness and insolence. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He could not place himself in the position of those he vituperated; he could not compare their errors with their temptations, their defects with their disadvantages; he could not realize the effect of such and such circumstances on himself similarly situated, and he would often express the most ferocious and tyrannical wishes regarding those who had acted, as he thought, ferociously and tyrannically. ","abridged":"He could not place himself in the position of those he reviled; he could not allow for their temptations or disadvantages; he could not imagine how he would behave in a similar situation, and he would often express the most ferocious wishes regarding those who he thought had acted ferociously. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"To judge by his threats, he would have employed arbitrary, even cruel, means to advance the cause of freedom and equality. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Equality! ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"yes, Mr. Yorke talked about equality, but at heart he was a proud man--very friendly to his workpeople, very good to all who were beneath him, and submitted quietly to be beneath him, but haughty as Beelzebub to whomsoever the world deemed (for he deemed no man) his superior. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke talked about equality, but at heart he was a proud man - very friendly to his workpeople, good to those beneath him, but haughty as Beelzebub to anyone the world judged his superior. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Revolt was in his blood: he could not bear control; his father, his grandfather before him, could not bear it, and his children after him never could.\n","abridged":"Revolt was in his blood: he could not bear control; his father and grandfather before him could not bear it, nor his children after him.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The want of general benevolence made him very impatient of imbecility, and of all faults which grated on his strong, shrewd nature; it left no check to his cutting sarcasm. ","abridged":"His lack of benevolence made him very impatient of others' faults; it left no check to his cutting sarcasm. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"As he was not merciful, he would sometimes wound and wound again, without noticing how much he hurt, or caring how deep he thrust.\n","abridged":"He would sometimes wound and wound again, without noticing how much he hurt, or caring how deep he thrust.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"As to the paucity of ideality in his mind, that can scarcely be called a fault: a fine ear for music, a correct eye for colour and form, left him the quality of taste; and who cares for imagination? ","abridged":"He had no imagination; but his fine ear for music, and correct eye for colour and form, left him the quality of taste; and who cares for imagination? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Who does not think it a rather dangerous, senseless attribute, akin to weakness, perhaps partaking of frenzy--a disease rather than a gift of the mind?\n","abridged":"Who does not think it a rather dangerous, senseless attribute - a disease of the mind rather than a gift?\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Probably all think it so but those who possess, or fancy they possess, it. ","abridged":"Probably all think it so but those who possess imagination, or fancy they possess it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"To hear them speak, you would believe that their hearts would be cold if that elixir did not flow about them, that their eyes would be dim if that flame did not refine their vision, that they would be lonely if this strange companion abandoned them. ","abridged":"To hear them speak, you would believe that their hearts would be cold and their eyes dim without that flame, that they would be lonely if this strange companion abandoned them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"You would suppose that it imparted some glad hope to spring, some fine charm to summer, some tranquil joy to autumn, some consolation to winter, which you do not feel. ","abridged":"You would suppose that it gave some glad hope to spring, some fine charm to summer, some tranquil joy to autumn, some consolation to winter, which you do not feel. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"An illusion, of course; but the fanatics cling to their dream, and would not give it for gold.\n","abridged":"An illusion, of course; but the fanatics cling to their dream.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"As Mr. Yorke did not possess poetic imagination himself, he considered it a most superfluous quality in others. ","abridged":"As Mr. Yorke did not possess poetic imagination himself, he considered it superfluous in others. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Painters and musicians he could tolerate, and even encourage, because he could relish the results of their art; he could see the charm of a fine picture, and feel the pleasure of good music; but a quiet poet--whatever force struggled, whatever fire glowed, in his breast--if he could not have played the man in the counting-house, of the tradesman in the Piece Hall, might have lived despised, and died scorned, under the eyes of Hiram Yorke.\n","abridged":"Painters and musicians he could tolerate, because he could see the charm of a fine picture, and feel the pleasure of good music; but he would have despised a poet.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"And as there are many Hiram Yorkes in the world, it is well that the true poet, quiet externally though he may be, has often a truculent spirit under his placidity, and is full of shrewdness in his meekness, and can measure the whole stature of those who look down on him, and correctly ascertain the weight and value of the pursuits they disdain him for not having followed. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It is happy that he can have his own bliss, his own society with his great friend and goddess Nature, quite independent of those who find little pleasure in him, and in whom he finds no pleasure at all. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It is just that while the world and circumstances often turn a dark, cold side to him--and properly, too, because he first turns a dark, cold, careless side to them--he should be able to maintain a festal brightness and cherishing glow in his bosom, which makes all bright and genial for him; while strangers, perhaps, deem his existence a Polar winter never gladdened by a sun. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The true poet is not one whit to be pitied, and he is apt to laugh in his sleeve when any misguided sympathizer whines over his wrongs. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Even when utilitarians sit in judgment on him, and pronounce him and his art useless, he hears the sentence with such a hard derision, such a broad, deep, comprehensive, and merciless contempt of the unhappy Pharisees who pronounce it, that he is rather to be chidden than condoled with. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"These, however, are not Mr. Yorke's reflections, and it is with Mr. Yorke we have at present to do.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"I have told you some of his faults, reader: as to his good points, he was one of the most honourable and capable men in Yorkshire; even those who disliked him were forced to respect him. ","abridged":"I have told you some of his faults, reader: yet he was one of the most honourable and capable men in Yorkshire. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He was much beloved by the poor, because he was thoroughly kind and very fatherly to them. ","abridged":"He was much beloved by the poor, because he was kind and fatherly to them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"To his workmen he was considerate and cordial. ","abridged":"To his workmen he was considerate and cordial. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"When he dismissed them from an occupation, he would try to set them on to something else, or, if that was impossible, help them to remove with their families to a district where work might possibly be had. ","abridged":"When he dismissed them from an occupation, he would try to find them other work, or help them to move to a district where work might be found. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It must also be remarked that if, as sometimes chanced, any individual amongst his \"hands\" showed signs of insubordination, Yorke--who, like many who abhor being controlled, knew how to control with vigour--had the secret of crushing rebellion in the germ, of eradicating it like a bad weed, so that it never spread or developed within the sphere of his authority. ","abridged":"It must also be remarked that if any of his workmen showed signs of insubordination, Yorke knew how to crush rebellion at the outset, so that it never spread. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Such being the happy state of his own affairs, he felt himself at liberty to speak with the utmost severity of those who were differently situated, to ascribe whatever was unpleasant in their position entirely to their own fault, to sever himself from the masters, and advocate freely the cause of the operatives.\n","abridged":"He spoke severely of those who did not do the same, saying that any difficulties they had were entirely their own fault, and sometimes taking the workmen's side.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke's family was the first and oldest in the district; and he, though not the wealthiest, was one of the most influential men. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke's family was the oldest and most respected in the district; and he was one of the most influential men. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His education had been good. ","abridged":"His education had been good. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"In his youth, before the French Revolution, he had travelled on the Continent. He was an adept in the French and Italian languages. During a two years' sojourn in Italy he had collected many good paintings and tasteful rarities, with which his residence was now adorned. ","abridged":"In his youth, he had travelled on the Continent, and spoke French and Italian; he had collected many good paintings and tasteful rarities. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His manners, when he liked, were those of a finished gentleman of the old school; his conversation, when he was disposed to please, was singularly interesting and original; and if he usually expressed himself in the Yorkshire dialect, it was because he chose to do so, preferring his native Doric to a more refined vocabulary, \"A Yorkshire burr,\" he affirmed, \"was as much better than a cockney's lisp as a bull's bellow than a raton's squeak.\"\n","abridged":"His manners, when he liked, were those of an old-fashioned gentleman; his conversation, when he wished to please, was singularly interesting; and if he usually expressed himself in the Yorkshire dialect, it was because he chose to do so.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke knew every one, and was known by every one, for miles round; yet his intimate acquaintances were very few. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke knew every one for miles round; yet his close friends were very few. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Himself thoroughly original, he had no taste for what was ordinary: a racy, rough character, high or low, ever found acceptance with him; a refined, insipid personage, however exalted in station, was his aversion. ","abridged":"He preferred racy, original characters to refined, insipid ones, no matter how exalted they might be. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He would spend an hour any time in talking freely with a shrewd workman of his own, or with some queer, sagacious old woman amongst his cottagers, when he would have grudged a moment to a commonplace fine gentleman or to the most fashionable and elegant, if frivolous, lady. ","abridged":"He would spend an hour talking with a shrewd workman, or with some wise old woman amongst his cottagers, yet would not spend a moment on a commonplace fine gentleman or fashionable lady. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His preferences on these points he carried to an extreme, forgetting that there may be amiable and even admirable characters amongst those who cannot be original. ","abridged":"He forgot that there may be amiable and admirable characters amongst those who cannot be original.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Yet he made exceptions to his own rule. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"There was a certain order of mind, plain, ingenuous, neglecting refinement, almost devoid of intellectuality, and quite incapable of appreciating what was intellectual in him, but which, at the same time, never felt disgust at his rudeness, was not easily wounded by his sarcasm, did not closely analyze his sayings, doings, or opinions, with which he was peculiarly at ease, and, consequently, which he peculiarly preferred. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He was lord amongst such characters. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"They, while submitting implicitly to his influence, never acknowledged, because they never reflected on, his superiority; they were quite tractable, therefore, without running the smallest danger of being servile; and their unthinking, easy, artless insensibility was as acceptable, because as convenient, to Mr. Yorke as that of the chair he sat on, or of the floor he trod.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It will have been observed that he was not quite uncordial with Mr. Moore. He had two or three reasons for entertaining a faint partiality to that gentleman. ","abridged":"He was cordial with Mr. Moore for several reasons. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It may sound odd, but the first of these was that Moore spoke English with a foreign, and French with a perfectly pure, accent; and that his dark, thin face, with its fine though rather wasted lines, had a most anti-British and anti-Yorkshire look. These points seem frivolous, unlikely to influence a character like Yorke's; but the fact is they recalled old, perhaps pleasurable, associations--they brought back his travelling, his youthful days. He had seen, amidst Italian cities and scenes, faces like Moore's; he had heard, in Parisian cafs and theatres, voices like his. ","abridged":"Firstly, Moore spoke French with a pure accent; and his un-British looks had pleasant associations for Mr. Yorke - they brought back his youthful travelling days in Italy and Paris.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He was young then, and when he looked at and listened to the alien, he seemed young again.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Secondly, he had known Moore's father, and had had dealings with him. ","abridged":"Secondly, he had known Moore's father, and had had business dealings with him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"That was a more substantial, though by no means a more agreeable tie; for as his firm had been connected with Moore's in business, it had also, in some measure, been implicated in its losses.\n","abridged":"That tie was more substantial, though by no means more agreeable; for his firm had also been implicated in Moore's losses.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Thirdly, he had found Robert himself a sharp man of business. ","abridged":"Thirdly, he had found Robert himself a sharp man of business. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He saw reason to anticipate that he would, in the end, by one means or another, make money; and he respected both his resolution and acuteness--perhaps, also, his hardness. ","abridged":"He respected his resolution and acuteness - perhaps also his hardness. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"A fourth circumstance which drew them together was that of Mr. Yorke being one of the guardians of the minor on whose estate Hollow's Mill was situated; consequently Moore, in the course of his alterations and improvements, had frequent occasion to consult him.\n","abridged":"A fourth circumstance which drew them together was that Mr. Yorke was one of the guardians of the landowner, not yet twenty-one, on whose estate Hollow's Mill was situated; so Moore frequently had to consult him.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"As to the other guest now present in Mr. Yorke's parlour, Mr. Helstone, between him and his host there existed a double antipathy--the antipathy of nature and that of circumstances. ","abridged":"As to Mr. Helstone - between him and Mr. Yorke there was antipathy. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The free-thinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. Besides, it was said that in former years they had been rival suitors of the same lady.\n","abridged":"Their natures were opposite, and it was said that they had once been rival suitors of the same lady.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke, as a general rule, was, when young, noted for his preference of sprightly and dashing women: a showy shape and air, a lively wit, a ready tongue, chiefly seemed to attract him. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke, when young, preferred sprightly and dashing women. A showy air, a lively wit, a ready tongue attracted him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He never, however, proposed to any of these brilliant belles whose society he sought; and all at once he seriously fell in love with and eagerly wooed a girl who presented a complete contrast to those he had hitherto noticed--a girl with the face of a Madonna; a girl of living marble--stillness personified. ","abridged":"He never, however, proposed to any of these brilliant belles; instead he fell seriously in love with a girl who presented a complete contrast to them - a girl with the face of a Madonna; a girl of living marble - stillness personified. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"No matter that, when he spoke to her, she only answered him in monosyllables; no matter that his sighs seemed unheard, that his glances were unreturned, that she never responded to his opinions, rarely smiled at his jests, paid him no respect and no attention; no matter that she seemed the opposite of everything feminine he had ever in his whole life been known to admire. ","abridged":"No matter that she never responded to his opinions, rarely smiled at his jests, and paid him no attention. No matter that she seemed the opposite of every woman he had previously admired. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"For him Mary Cave was perfect, because somehow, for some reason--no doubt he had a reason--he loved her.\n","abridged":"For him Mary Cave was perfect.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Helstone, at that time curate of Briarfield, loved Mary too--or, at any rate, he fancied her. ","abridged":"Mr. Helstone, at that time curate of Briarfield, loved Mary too - or at any rate, he fancied her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Several others admired her, for she was beautiful as a monumental angel; but the clergyman was preferred for his office's sake--that office probably investing him with some of the illusion necessary to allure to the commission of matrimony, and which Miss Cave did not find in any of the young wool-staplers, her other adorers. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. He had none of the humble reverence which seemed to subdue most of her suitors; he saw her more as she really was than the rest did. ","abridged":"He did not pretend to have Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her, nor the humble reverence of her other suitors. He saw her as she really was. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He was, consequently, more master of her and himself. ","abridged":"He was, consequently, more master of her and himself. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"She accepted him at the first offer, and they were married.\n","abridged":"She accepted him at the first offer, and they were married.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Nature never intended Mr. Helstone to make a very good husband, especially to a quiet wife. ","abridged":"Nature never intended Mr. Helstone to make a very good husband, especially to a quiet wife. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He thought so long as a woman was silent nothing ailed her, and she wanted nothing. ","abridged":"He thought so long as a woman was silent, nothing could be wrong. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"If she did not complain of solitude, solitude, however continued, could not be irksome to her. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"If she did not talk and put herself forward, express a partiality for this, an aversion to that, she had no partialities or aversions, and it was useless to consult her tastes. ","abridged":"If she did not express likes and dislikes, then she had none. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He made no pretence of comprehending women, or comparing them with men. ","abridged":"He made no pretence of comprehending women. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"They were a different, probably a very inferior, order of existence. ","abridged":"They were a different, probably a very inferior, order of existence to men. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"A wife could not be her husband's companion, much less his confidante, much less his stay. ","abridged":"A wife could not be her husband's companion, much less his confidante. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"_His_ wife, after a year or two, was of no great importance to him in any shape; and when she one day, as he thought, suddenly--for he had scarcely noticed her decline--but, as others thought, gradually, took her leave of him and of life, and there was only a still, beautiful-featured mould of clay left, cold and white, in the conjugal couch, he felt his bereavement--who shall say how little? ","abridged":"His wife, after a year or two, was of no great importance to him; and when she one day, as he thought, suddenly - for he had scarcely noticed her decline - took her leave of him and of life, he felt his bereavement - who shall say how little? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Yet, perhaps, more than he seemed to feel it; for he was not a man from whom grief easily wrung tears.\n","abridged":"Yet, perhaps, more than he seemed to feel it; for he was not a man from whom grief easily wrung tears.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"His dry-eyed and sober mourning scandalized an old housekeeper, and likewise a female attendant, who had waited upon Mrs. Helstone in her sickness, and who, perhaps, had had opportunities of learning more of the deceased lady's nature, of her capacity for feeling and loving, than her husband knew. ","abridged":"His dry-eyed mourning scandalized the old housekeeper and Mrs. Helstone's nurse, who, perhaps, knew more of the deceased lady's capacity for feeling and loving than her husband did. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. In short, they worked each other up to some indignation against the austere little man, who sat examining papers in an adjoining room, unconscious of what opprobrium he was the object.\n","abridged":"They gossiped together over the corpse, and worked each other up to some indignation against the austere little man who sat in the next room going through papers.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mrs. Helstone was hardly under the sod when rumours began to be rife in the neighbourhood that she had died of a broken heart. ","abridged":"Mrs. Helstone was hardly buried when rumours began to be rife in the neighbourhood that she had died of a broken heart. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"These magnified quickly into reports of hard usage, and, finally, details of harsh treatment on the part of her husband--reports grossly untrue, but not the less eagerly received on that account. ","abridged":"These magnified quickly into reports of harsh treatment by her husband - reports grossly untrue, but eagerly heard despite that. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke heard them, partly believed them. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke heard them, and partly believed them. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Already, of course, he had no friendly feeling to his successful rival. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Though himself a married man now, and united to a woman who seemed a complete contrast to Mary Cave in all respects, he could not forget the great disappointment of his life; and when he heard that what would have been so precious to him had been neglected, perhaps abused, by another, he conceived for that other a rooted and bitter animosity.\n","abridged":"Though himself a married man now, united to a woman who seemed a complete contrast to Mary Cave, still he could not forget his great disappointment; and when he heard that Mary had been neglected, perhaps abused, he felt a bitter hatred for Mr. Helstone.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Of the nature and strength of this animosity Mr. Helstone was but half aware. ","abridged":"Mr. Helstone was only half aware of this. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He neither knew how much Yorke had loved Mary Cave, what he had felt on losing her, nor was he conscious of the calumnies concerning his treatment of her, familiar to every ear in the neighbourhood but his own. ","abridged":"He neither knew how much Yorke had loved Mary Cave, nor what was rumoured about his own treatment of her. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He believed political and religious differences alone separated him and Mr. Yorke. ","abridged":"He believed political and religious differences alone separated him and Mr. Yorke. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Had he known how the case really stood, he would hardly have been induced by any persuasion to cross his former rival's threshold.\n","abridged":"Had he known how the case really stood, he would not have crossed his former rival's threshold.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"* * * * *\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke did not resume his lecture of Robert Moore. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke did not resume his lecture of Robert Moore. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"The conversation ere long recommenced in a more general form, though still in a somewhat disputative tone. The unquiet state of the country, the various depredations lately committed on mill-property in the district, supplied abundant matter for disagreement, especially as each of the three gentlemen present differed more or less in his views on these subjects. ","abridged":"Instead they began to talk about the unquiet state of the country, and the recent attacks on mills, although each of the three gentlemen had different views on these subjects. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Helstone thought the masters aggrieved, the workpeople unreasonable; he condemned sweepingly the widespread spirit of disaffection against constituted authorities, the growing indisposition to bear with patience evils he regarded as inevitable. The cures he prescribed were vigorous government interference, strict magisterial vigilance; when necessary, prompt military coercion.\n","abridged":"Mr. Helstone thought the workpeople were unreasonable and impatient; he thought the government should interfere, and even use military force.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke wished to know whether this interference, vigilance, and coercion would feed those who were hungry, give work to those who wanted work, and whom no man would hire. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke wished to know whether this interference would feed the hungry, and give work to those who needed work. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He scouted the idea of inevitable evils. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He said public patience was a camel, on whose back the last atom that could be borne had already been laid, and that resistance was now a duty; the widespread spirit of disaffection against constituted authorities he regarded as the most promising sign of the times; the masters, he allowed, were truly aggrieved, but their main grievances had been heaped on them by a \"corrupt, base, and bloody\" government (these were Mr. Yorke's epithets). ","abridged":"He said the public had borne enough, and resistance was now a duty. The mill masters, he believed, had been let down by a \"corrupt, base, and bloody\" government (these were his words). ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Madmen like Pitt, demons like Castlereagh, mischievous idiots like Perceval, were the tyrants, the curses of the country, the destroyers of her trade. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It was their infatuated perseverance in an unjustifiable, a hopeless, a ruinous war, which had brought the nation to its present pass. ","abridged":"It was their perseverance in a hopeless, ruinous war which had brought the nation to its knees. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It was their monstrously oppressive taxation, it was the infamous \"Orders in Council\"--the originators of which deserved impeachment and the scaffold, if ever public men did--that hung a millstone about England's neck.\n","abridged":"It was their monstrously oppressive taxation and the infamous \"Orders in Council\" that hung a millstone about England's neck.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"But where was the use of talking?\" ","abridged":"\"But where was the use of talking?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"he demanded. ","abridged":"he demanded. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"What chance was there of reason being heard in a land that was king-ridden, priest-ridden, peer-ridden; where a lunatic was the nominal monarch, an unprincipled debauchee the real ruler; where such an insult to common sense as hereditary legislators was tolerated; where such a humbug as a bench of bishops, such an arrogant abuse as a pampered, persecuting established church was endured and venerated; where a standing army was maintained, and a host of lazy parsons and their pauper families were kept on the fat of the land?\"\n","abridged":"\"What chance was there of reason being heard in a land whose king was a lunatic, and whose regent was a debauchee? Where such humbugs as the peerage and a bench of bishops were venerated; and a host of lazy parsons and their families were kept on the fat of the land?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Helstone, rising up and putting on his shovel-hat, observed in reply, \"that in the course of his life he had met with two or three instances where sentiments of this sort had been very bravely maintained so long as health, strength, and worldly prosperity had been the allies of him who professed them; but there came a time,\" he said, \"to all men, 'when the keepers of the house should tremble; when they should be afraid of that which is high, and fear should be in the way;' and that time was the test of the advocate of anarchy and rebellion, the enemy of religion and order. ","abridged":"Mr. Helstone, rising up and putting on his shovel-hat, replied \"that he had met with two or three men who held these opinions so long as they were healthy and wealthy; but there came a time,\" he said, \"to all men when they should tremble, and their views be tested. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Ere now,\" he affirmed, \"he had been called upon to read those prayers our church has provided for the sick by the miserable dying-bed of one of her most rancorous foes; he had seen such a one stricken with remorse, solicitous to discover a place for repentance, and unable to find any, though he sought it carefully with tears. ","abridged":"He had been called to the miserable death-bed of one of the church's most rancorous foes; he had seen him stricken with remorse, and desperate to repent. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He must forewarn Mr. Yorke that blasphemy against God and the king was a deadly sin, and that there was such a thing as 'judgment to come.'\"\n","abridged":"He must warn Mr. Yorke that blasphemy against God and the king was a deadly sin, and that there was such a thing as 'judgment to come.'\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Mr. Yorke \"believed fully that there was such a thing as judgment to come. ","abridged":"Mr. Yorke \"believed fully in the judgment to come. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"If it were otherwise, it would be difficult to imagine how all the scoundrels who seemed triumphant in this world, who broke innocent hearts with impunity, abused unmerited privileges, were a scandal to honourable callings, took the bread out of the mouths of the poor, browbeat the humble, and truckled meanly to the rich and proud, were to be properly paid off in such coin as they had earned. ","abridged":"Otherwise, it would be difficult to imagine how the scoundrels who broke innocent hearts, took the bread out of the mouths of the poor, browbeat the humble, and truckled meanly to the rich, were to be properly paid off. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"But,\" he added, \"whenever he got low-spirited about such-like goings-on, and their seeming success in this mucky lump of a planet, he just reached down t' owd book\" (pointing to a great Bible in the bookcase), \"opened it like at a chance, and he was sure to light of a verse blazing wi' a blue brimstone low that set all straight. He knew,\" he said, \"where some folk war bound for, just as weel as if an angel wi' great white wings had come in ower t' door-stone and told him.\"\n","abridged":"But,\" he added, \"he knew that some folk were bound for Hell, just as well as if an angel had told him.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Sir,\" said Mr. Helstone, collecting all his dignity--\"sir, the great knowledge of man is to know himself, and the bourne whither his own steps tend.\"\n","abridged":"\"Sir,\" said Mr. Helstone with dignity, \"Man must know himself, and the place whither his own steps tend.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Ay, ay. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"You'll recollect, Mr. Helstone, that Ignorance was carried away from the very gates of heaven, borne through the air, and thrust in at a door in the side of the hill which led down to hell.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Nor have I forgotten, Mr. Yorke, that Vain-Confidence, not seeing the way before him, fell into a deep pit, which was on purpose there made by the prince of the grounds, to catch vainglorious fools withal, and was dashed to pieces with his fall.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Now,\" interposed Mr. Moore, who had hitherto sat a silent but amused spectator of this worldly combat, and whose indifference to the party politics of the day, as well as to the gossip of the neighbourhood, made him an impartial, if apathetic, judge of the merits of such an encounter, \"you have both sufficiently blackballed each other, and proved how cordially you detest each other, and how wicked you think each other. ","abridged":"\"Now,\" interposed Mr. Moore, who had sat silent till now, \"you have both proved how cordially you detest each other. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"For my part, my hate is still running in such a strong current against the fellows who have broken my frames that I have none to spare for my private acquaintance, and still less for such a vague thing as a sect or a government. ","abridged":"For my part, I still hate the fellows who have broken my frames, and have no hate to spare for my acquaintances, and still less for such a vague thing as a government. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"But really, gentlemen, you both seem very bad by your own showing--worse than ever I suspected you to be.--I dare not stay all night with a rebel and blasphemer like you, Yorke; and I hardly dare ride home with a cruel and tyrannical ecclesiastic like Mr. Helstone.\"\n","abridged":"But really, gentlemen, you both seem very bad. I dare not stay with a rebel and blasphemer like you, Yorke; and I hardly dare ride home with a tyrannical churchman like Mr. Helstone.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"I am going, however, Mr. Moore,\" said the rector sternly. ","abridged":"\"I am going, however, Mr. Moore,\" said the rector sternly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Come with me or not, as you please.\"\n","abridged":"\"Come with me or not, as you please.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Nay, he shall not have the choice; he _shall_ go with you,\" responded Yorke. ","abridged":"\"Nay, he shall go with you,\" responded Yorke. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"It's midnight, and past; and I'll have nob'dy staying up i' my house any longer. Ye mun all go.\"\n","abridged":"\"It's past midnight, and ye must all go.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"He rang the bell.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"\"Deb,\" said he to the servant who answered it, \"clear them folk out o' t' kitchen, and lock t' doors, and be off to bed.--Here is your way, gentlemen,\" he continued to his guests; and, lighting them through the passage, he fairly put them out at his front door.\n","abridged":"Leading his guests through the passage, he fairly pushed them out of his front door.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"They met their party hurrying out pell-mell by the back way. ","abridged":"They met their companions hurrying out by the back way. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"Their horses stood at the gate; they mounted, and rode off, Moore laughing at their abrupt dismissal, Helstone deeply indignant thereat.","abridged":"Their horses stood at the gate; they mounted and rode off, Moore laughing, and Helstone deeply indignant.","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 4: MR. YORKE (continued)"}
{"original":"It was necessary to the arrangement of Martin's plan that he should stay at home that day. ","abridged":"It was necessary to Martin's plan that he should stay at home that day. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Accordingly, he found no appetite for breakfast, and just about school-time took a severe pain about his heart, which rendered it advisable that, instead of setting out to the grammar school with Mark, he should succeed to his father's arm-chair by the fireside, and also to his morning paper. ","abridged":"Accordingly, he found no appetite for breakfast, and at school-time took a severe pain about his heart, which made it advisable that, instead of setting out to the grammar school with Mark, he should stay in his father's arm-chair by the fireside. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This point being satisfactorily settled, and Mark being gone to Mr. Summer's class, and Matthew and Mr. Yorke withdrawn to the counting-house, three other exploits--nay, four--remained to be achieved.\n","abridged":"With Mark gone to school, and Matthew and Mr. Yorke withdrawn to the counting-house, four other things remained to be done.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The first of these was to realize the breakfast he had not yet tasted, and with which his appetite of fifteen could ill afford to dispense; the second, third, fourth, to get his mother, Miss Moore, and Mrs. Horsfall successfully out of the way before four o'clock that afternoon.\n","abridged":"The first of these was to obtain some breakfast, which he could not do without; the second, third and fourth were to get his mother, Miss Hortense, and Mrs. Horsfall successfully out of the way before four o'clock that afternoon.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The first was, for the present, the most pressing, since the work before him demanded an amount of energy which the present empty condition of his youthful stomach did not seem likely to supply.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin knew the way to the larder, and knowing this way he took it. ","abridged":"Martin set off to the larder. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The servants were in the kitchen, breakfasting solemnly with closed doors; his mother and Miss Moore were airing themselves on the lawn, and discussing the closed doors aforesaid. ","abridged":"The servants were in the kitchen, breakfasting behind closed doors; his mother and Miss Moore were airing themselves on the lawn, and discussing the servants. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin, safe in the larder, made fastidious selection from its stores. ","abridged":"Martin made a fastidious selection of food. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"His breakfast had been delayed; he was determined it should be _recherch_. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It appeared to him that a variety on his usual somewhat insipid fare of bread and milk was both desirable and advisable; the savoury and the salutary he thought might be combined. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"There was store of rosy apples laid in straw upon a shelf; he picked out three. ","abridged":"There were apples laid upon a shelf; he picked out three. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"There was pastry upon a dish; he selected an apricot puff and a damson tart. ","abridged":"There was pastry on a dish; he selected an apricot puff and a damson tart. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"On the plain household bread his eye did not dwell; but he surveyed with favour some currant tea-cakes, and condescended to make choice of one. ","abridged":"On the plain household bread his eye did not dwell; but he surveyed with favour some currant tea-cakes, and chose one. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Thanks to his clasp-knife, he was able to appropriate a wing of fowl and a slice of ham; a cantlet of cold custard-pudding he thought would harmonize with these articles; and having made this final addition to his booty, he at length sallied forth into the hall.\n","abridged":"With his clasp-knife, he cut a wing of fowl and a slice of ham; he thought a cold custard-pudding would go with these; and with his booty, he sallied forth into the hall.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He was already half-way across--three steps more would have anchored him in the harbour of the back parlour--when the front door opened, and there stood Matthew. ","abridged":"He was half-way across when the front door opened, and there stood Matthew. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Better far had it been the Old Gentleman, in full equipage of horns, hoofs, and tail.\n","abridged":"Better far had it been the Devil, horns, hoofs, and all.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart. He had muttered some words, amongst which the phrase \"shamming Abraham\" had been very distinctly audible, and the succession to the armchair and newspaper had appeared to affect him with mental spasms. ","abridged":"Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already expressed disbelief in Martin's pain about the heart, and had muttered something about \"shamming.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The spectacle now before him--the apples, the tarts, the tea-cakes, the fowl, ham, and pudding--offered evidence but too well calculated to inflate his opinion of his own sagacity.\n","abridged":"The sight now before him - the apples, the tarts, the tea-cakes, and the rest - gave him proof of his own sagacity.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin paused _interdit_ one minute, one instant; the next he knew his ground, and pronounced all well. With the true perspicacity _des mes lites_, he at once saw how this at first sight untoward event might be turned to excellent account. ","abridged":"Martin paused one instant; then he saw how this untoward event might be turned to excellent account. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He saw how it might be so handled as to secure the accomplishment of his second task--namely, the disposal of his mother. ","abridged":"It might be handled so as to accomplish his second task - the disposal of his mother. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He knew that a collision between him and Matthew always suggested to Mrs. Yorke the propriety of a fit of hysterics. He further knew that, on the principle of calm succeeding to storm, after a morning of hysterics his mother was sure to indulge in an afternoon of bed. ","abridged":"He knew that a collision between him and Matthew always gave Mrs. Yorke a fit of hysterics; after which his mother was sure to indulge in an afternoon in bed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This would accommodate him perfectly.\n","abridged":"This would suit him perfectly.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The collision duly took place in the hall. ","abridged":"The collision duly took place in the hall. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"A dry laugh, an insulting sneer, a contemptuous taunt, met by a nonchalant but most cutting reply, were the signals. ","abridged":"A dry laugh, an insulting sneer, met by a cutting reply, were the signals. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"They rushed at it. ","abridged":"They rushed at it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin, who usually made little noise on these occasions, made a great deal now. ","abridged":"Martin made a great deal of noise. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"In flew the servants, Mrs. Yorke, Miss Moore. No female hand could separate them. Mr. Yorke was summoned.\n","abridged":"In flew the servants, Mrs. Yorke, and Miss Moore; Mr. Yorke was summoned.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Sons,\" said he, \"one of you must leave my roof if this occurs again. ","abridged":"\"Sons,\" said he, \"one of you must leave my roof if this occurs again.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I will have no Cain and Abel strife here.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin now allowed himself to be taken off. ","abridged":"Martin now allowed himself to be taken off. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He had been hurt; he was the youngest and slightest. He was quite cool, in no passion; he even smiled, content that the most difficult part of the labour he had set himself was over.\n","abridged":"He had been hurt; he was the younger and slighter; but he was quite cool. He even smiled.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Once he seemed to flag in the course of the morning.\n","abridged":"Once during that morning, he seemed to flag. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"It is not worth while to bother myself for that Caroline,\" he remarked. ","abridged":"\"It is not worth while to bother myself for that Caroline,\" he remarked. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But a quarter of an hour afterwards he was again in the dining-room, looking at the head with dishevelled tresses, and eyes turbid with despair.\n","abridged":"But a quarter of an hour afterwards he was again in the dining-room, looking at the portrait of despair.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" he said, \"I made her sob, shudder, almost faint. ","abridged":"\"Yes,\" he said, \"I made her sob and shudder. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I'll see her smile before I've done with her; besides, I want to outwit all these womenites.\"\n","abridged":"I'll see her smile before I've done with her; besides, I want to outwit all these womenites.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Directly after dinner Mrs. Yorke fulfilled her son's calculation by withdrawing to her chamber. ","abridged":"After dinner Mrs. Yorke duly withdrew to her chamber. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Now for Hortense.\n","abridged":"Now for Hortense.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"That lady was just comfortably settled to stocking-mending in the back parlour, when Martin--laying down a book which, stretched on the sofa (he was still indisposed, according to his own account), he had been perusing in all the voluptuous ease of a yet callow pacha--lazily introduced some discourse about Sarah, the maid at the Hollow. ","abridged":"That lady was just comfortably settled to stocking-mending in the back parlour, when Martin, stretched on the sofa, lazily began to chat about Sarah, the maid at the Hollow. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"In the course of much verbal meandering he insinuated information that this damsel was said to have three suitors--Frederic Murgatroyd, Jeremiah Pighills, and John-of-Mally's-of-Hannah's-of-Deb's; and that Miss Mann had affirmed she knew for a fact that, now the girl was left in sole charge of the cottage, she often had her swains to meals, and entertained them with the best the house afforded.\n","abridged":"In the course of much verbal meandering he hinted that this damsel was said to have three suitors; and that Miss Mann had said she knew for a fact that now the girl was left in sole charge of the cottage, she often had them to meals, and fed them with the best food in the house.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It needed no more. ","abridged":"It needed no more. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Hortense could not have lived another hour without betaking herself to the scene of these nefarious transactions, and inspecting the state of matters in person. ","abridged":"Hortense could not have lived another hour without going to the Hollow and inspecting the state of matters in person. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Mrs. Horsfall remained.\n","abridged":"Only Mrs. Horsfall remained.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin, master of the field now, extracted from his mother's work-basket a bunch of keys; with these he opened the sideboard cupboard, produced thence a black bottle and a small glass, placed them on the table, nimbly mounted the stairs, made for Mr. Moore's door, tapped; the nurse opened.\n","abridged":"Martin, master of the field now, extracted from his mother's work-basket a bunch of keys; with these he opened the sideboard cupboard, produced a black bottle and a small glass, placed them on the table, nimbly mounted the stairs and tapped on Mr. Moore's door. The nurse opened it.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"If you please, ma'am, you are invited to step into the back parlour and take some refreshment. ","abridged":"\"If you please, ma'am, you are invited to step into the back parlour and take some refreshment. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"You will not be disturbed; the family are out.\"\n","abridged":"You will not be disturbed; the family are out.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He watched her down; he watched her in; himself shut the door. ","abridged":"He watched her down; he shut the door. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He knew she was safe.\n","abridged":"He knew she was safe.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The hard work was done; now for the pleasure. ","abridged":"The hard work was done; now for the pleasure. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He snatched his cap, and away for the wood.\n","abridged":"He snatched his cap, and set off for the wood.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It was yet but half-past three. ","abridged":"It was half-past three. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It had been a fine morning, but the sky looked dark now. ","abridged":"It had been a fine morning, but the sky looked dark now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It was beginning to snow; the wind blew cold; the wood looked dismal, the old tree grim. ","abridged":"It was beginning to snow; the wind blew cold; the wood looked dismal, the old tree grim. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Yet Martin approved the shadow on his path. He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak.\nHe had to wait. To and fro he walked, while the flakes fell faster; and the wind, which at first had but moaned, pitifully howled.\n","abridged":"Martin had to wait, walking to and fro, while the flakes fell faster, and the wind howled pitifully.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"She is long in coming,\" he muttered, as he glanced along the narrow track. ","abridged":"\"She is long in coming,\" he muttered. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I wonder,\" he subjoined, \"what I wish to see her so much for? ","abridged":"\"I wonder why I wish so much to see her? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She is not coming for me. ","abridged":"She is not coming for me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But I have power over her, and I want her to come that I may use that power.\"\n","abridged":"But I have power over her, and I want to use that power.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He continued his walk.\n","abridged":"He continued his walk.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Now,\" he resumed, when a further period had elapsed, \"if she fails to come, I shall hate and scorn her.\"\n","abridged":"\"Now,\" he resumed after a while, \"if she fails to come, I shall hate and scorn her.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It struck four. He heard the church clock far away. ","abridged":"The church clock struck four. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"A step so quick, so light, that, but for the rustling of leaves, it would scarcely have sounded on the wood-walk, checked his impatience. ","abridged":"He heard a step so quick, so light, that it scarcely sounded on the wood-walk. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The wind blew fiercely now, and the thickening white storm waxed bewildering; but on she came, and not dismayed.\n","abridged":"The wind blew fiercely now, and the snow-storm increased; but on she came.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Well, Martin,\" she said eagerly, \"how is he?\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, Martin,\" she said eagerly, \"how is he?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"It is queer how she thinks of _him_,\" reflected Martin. ","abridged":"\"It is queer how much she thinks of him,\" reflected Martin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"The blinding snow and bitter cold are nothing to her, I believe; yet she is but a 'chitty-faced creature,' as my mother would say. I could find in my heart to wish I had a cloak to wrap her in.\"\n","abridged":"\"The blinding snow and bitter cold are nothing to her, I believe; I almost wish I had a cloak to wrap her in.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Thus meditating to himself, he neglected to answer Miss Helstone.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You have seen him?\"\n","abridged":"\"You have seen him?\" she asked.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"No.\"\n","abridged":"\"No.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Oh! ","abridged":"\"Oh! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"you promised you would.\"\n","abridged":"you promised you would. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I mean to do better by you than that. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Didn't I say _I_ don't care to see him?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But now it will be so long before I get to know any thing certain about him, and I am sick of waiting. ","abridged":"Now it will be so long before I know anything certain about him, and I am sick of waiting. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Martin, _do_ see him, and give him Caroline Helstone's regards, and say she wished to know how he was, and if anything could be done for his comfort.\"\n","abridged":"Martin, do see him, and give him Caroline Helstone's regards, and say she wished to know how he was, and if anything could be done for his comfort.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I won't.\"\n","abridged":"\"I won't.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You are changed. ","abridged":"\"You are changed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"You were so friendly last night.\"\n","abridged":"You were so friendly last night.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Come, we must not stand in this wood; it is too cold.\"\n","abridged":"\"Come, we must not stand in this wood; it is too cold. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But before I go promise me to come again to-morrow with news.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"No such thing. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I am much too delicate to make and keep such appointments in the winter season. If you knew what a pain I had in my chest this morning, and how I went without breakfast, and was knocked down besides, you'd feel the impropriety of bringing me here in the snow. ","abridged":"I am delicate: if you knew what a pain I had in my chest this morning, and how I went without breakfast, you wouldn't bring me here in the snow. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Come, I say.\"\n","abridged":"Come, I say.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Are you really delicate, Martin?\"\n","abridged":"\"Are you really delicate, Martin? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Don't I look so?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You have rosy cheeks.\"\n","abridged":"You have rosy cheeks.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"That's hectic. ","abridged":"\"That's hectic. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Will you come--or you won't?\"\n","abridged":"Will you come, or not?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Where?\"\n","abridged":"\"Where?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"With me. ","abridged":"\"Home with me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I was a fool not to bring a cloak. ","abridged":"I was a fool not to bring a cloak. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I would have made you cosy.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You are going home; my nearest road lies in the opposite direction.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Put your arm through mine; I'll take care of you.\"\n","abridged":"Put your arm through mine; I'll take care of you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But the wall--the hedge--it is such hard work climbing, and you are too slender and young to help me without hurting yourself.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You shall go through the gate.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But----\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But, but--will you trust me or not?\"\n","abridged":"Will you trust me?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She looked into his face.\n","abridged":"She looked into his face. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I think I will. ","abridged":"\"I think I will. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Anything rather than return as anxious as I came.\"\n","abridged":"Anything rather than return as anxious as I came.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I can't answer for that. ","abridged":"\"I can't answer for that. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This, however, I promise you: be ruled by me, and you shall see Moore yourself.\"\n","abridged":"However, I promise you shall see Moore yourself.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"See him myself?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Yourself.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But, dear Martin, does he know?\"\n","abridged":"\"Dear Martin, does he know?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Ah! ","abridged":"\"Ah! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I'm dear now. ","abridged":"I'm dear now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"No, he doesn't know.\"\n","abridged":"No, he doesn't know.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"And your mother and the others?\"\n","abridged":"\"And your mother and the others?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"All is right.\"\n","abridged":"\"All is right.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Caroline fell into a long, silent fit of musing, but still she walked on with her guide. They came in sight of Briarmains.\n","abridged":"Caroline mused silently, but she walked on with her guide to Briarmains.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Have you made up your mind?\" ","abridged":"\"Will you see him? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"he asked.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She was silent.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Decide; we are just on the spot. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I _won't_ see him--that I tell you--except to announce your arrival.\"\n","abridged":"I won't, except to announce your arrival.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Martin, you are a strange boy, and this is a strange step; but all I feel _is_ and _has_ been, for a long time, strange. ","abridged":"\"Martin, you are a strange boy, and this is a strange step; but all is strange now. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I will see him.\"\n","abridged":"I will see him.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Having said that, you will neither hesitate nor retract?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"No.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Here we are, then. ","abridged":"\"Here we are, then. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Do not be afraid of passing the parlour window; no one will see you. My father and Matthew are at the mill, Mark is at school, the servants are in the back kitchen, Miss Moore is at the cottage, my mother in her bed, and Mrs. Horsfall in paradise. ","abridged":"Don't worry; my father and Matthew are at the mill, Mark is at school, the servants are in the back kitchen, Miss Moore is at the cottage, my mother in her bed, and Mrs. Horsfall in paradise. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Observe--I need not ring. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I open the door; the hall is empty, the staircase quiet; so is the gallery. ","abridged":"Observe - the hall is empty, the staircase quiet. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The whole house and all its inhabitants are under a spell, which I will not break till you are gone.\"\n","abridged":"The whole house and all its inhabitants are under a spell, which I will not break till you are gone.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Martin, I trust you.\"\n","abridged":"\"Martin, I trust you.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You never said a better word. ","abridged":"\"You never said a better word. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Let me take your shawl. ","abridged":"Let me take your shawl. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I will shake off the snow and dry it for you. ","abridged":"I will dry it for you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"You are cold and wet. ","abridged":"You are cold and wet. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Never mind; there is a fire upstairs. ","abridged":"Never mind; there is a fire upstairs. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Are you ready?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Yes.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Follow me.\"\n","abridged":"Follow me.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He left his shoes on the mat, mounted the stair unshod. ","abridged":"He left his shoes on the mat, and mounted the stair unshod. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Caroline stole after, with noiseless step. ","abridged":"Caroline stole after, with noiseless step. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"There was a gallery, and there was a passage; at the end of that passage Martin paused before a door and tapped. He had to tap twice--thrice. ","abridged":"At the end of a passage Martin paused before a door and tapped twice - thrice. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"A voice, known to one listener, at last said, \"Come in.\"\n","abridged":"At last a voice said, \"Come in.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The boy entered briskly.\n","abridged":"He entered briskly.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Moore, a lady called to inquire after you. ","abridged":"\"Mr. Moore, a lady called to inquire after you. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"None of the women were about. ","abridged":"None of the women were about. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"It is washing-day, and the maids are over the crown of the head in soap-suds in the back kitchen, so I asked her to step up.\"\n","abridged":"It is washing-day, and the maids are up to their ears in soap-suds, so I brought her up here.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Up here, sir?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Up here, sir; but if you object, she shall go down again.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Is this a place or am I a person to bring a lady to, you absurd lad?\"\n","abridged":"\"Is this a place to bring a lady to, you absurd lad?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"No; so I'll take her off.\"\n","abridged":"\"No; so I'll take her off.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Martin, you will stay here. ","abridged":"\"Martin, stay here. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Who is she?\"\n","abridged":"Who is she?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Your grandmother from that chteau on the Scheldt Miss Moore talks about.\"\n","abridged":"\"Your grandmother.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Martin,\" said the softest whisper at the door, \"don't be foolish.\"\n","abridged":"\"Martin,\" said the softest whisper at the door, \"don't be foolish.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Is she there?\" ","abridged":"\"Is she there?\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"inquired Moore hastily. ","abridged":"inquired Moore hastily.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He had caught an imperfect sound.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"She is there, fit to faint. ","abridged":"\"She is there, fit to faint. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She is standing on the mat, shocked at your want of filial affection.\"\n","abridged":"She is standing on the mat.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Martin, you are an evil cross between an imp and a page. ","abridged":"\"Martin, you are an imp. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"What is she like?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"More like me than you; for she is young and beautiful.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You are to show her forward. ","abridged":"Show her in.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Do you hear?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Come, Miss Caroline.\"\n","abridged":"\"Come, Miss Caroline.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Miss Caroline!\" ","abridged":"\"Miss Caroline!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"repeated Moore.\n","abridged":"repeated Moore.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"And when Miss Caroline entered she was encountered in the middle of the chamber by a tall, thin, wasted figure, who took both her hands.\n","abridged":"And when Miss Caroline entered she was met by a standing, thin, wasted figure, who took both her hands.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I give you a quarter of an hour,\" said Martin, as he withdrew, \"no more. ","abridged":"\"I give you a quarter of an hour,\" said Martin, as he withdrew. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Say what you have to say in that time. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Till it is past I will wait in the gallery; nothing shall approach; I'll see you safe away. ","abridged":"\"I will wait in the gallery; nothing shall approach. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Should you persist in staying longer, I leave you to your fate.\"\n","abridged":"But if you stay longer, I leave you to your fate.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He shut the door. ","abridged":"He shut the door. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"In the gallery he was as elate as a king. ","abridged":"In the gallery he was as elated as a king. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He had never been engaged in an adventure he liked so well, for no adventure had ever invested him with so much importance or inspired him with so much interest.\n","abridged":"No adventure had ever made him feel so important or so interested.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You are come at last,\" said the meagre man, gazing on his visitress with hollow eyes.\n","abridged":"\"You are come at last,\" said Moore, gazing on his visitress with hollow eyes.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Did you expect me before?\"\n","abridged":"\"Did you expect me before?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"For a month, near two months, we have been very near; and I have been in sad pain, and danger, and misery, Cary.\"\n","abridged":"\"For a month, near two months, I have been in sad pain, and danger, and misery, Cary.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I could not come.\"\n","abridged":"\"I could not come.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Couldn't you? ","abridged":"\"Couldn't you? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But the rectory and Briarmains are very near--not two miles apart.\"\n","abridged":"But the rectory and Briarmains are not two miles apart.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"There was pain and there was pleasure in the girl's face as she listened to these implied reproaches. It was sweet, it was bitter to defend herself.\n","abridged":"There was pain and there was pleasure in the girl's face as she defended herself.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"When I say I could not come, I mean I could not see you; for I came with mamma the very day we heard what had happened. ","abridged":"\"I came with mamma the very day we heard what had happened. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Mr. MacTurk then told us it was impossible to admit any stranger.\"\n","abridged":"Mr. MacTurk then told us it was impossible to admit any stranger.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But afterwards--every fine afternoon these many weeks past I have waited and listened. ","abridged":"\"But afterwards - for many weeks past I have waited and listened. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Something here, Cary\"--laying his hand on his breast--\"told me it was impossible but that you should think of me. ","abridged":"My heart told me you must think of me, Cary. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Not that I merit thought; but we are old acquaintance--we are cousins.\"\n","abridged":"Not that I deserve thought; but we are old friends - we are cousins.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I came again, Robert; mamma and I came again.\"\n","abridged":"\"I came again, Robert; mamma and I came again. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Did you? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Come, that is worth hearing. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Since you came again, we will sit down and talk about it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"They sat down. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Caroline drew her chair up to his. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The air was now dark with snow; an Iceland blast was driving it wildly. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This pair neither heard the long \"wuthering\" rush, nor saw the white burden it drifted. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Each seemed conscious but of one thing--the presence of the other.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"So mamma and you came again?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"And Mrs. Yorke did treat us strangely. We asked to see you. 'No,' said she, 'not in my house. I am at present responsible for his life; it shall not be forfeited for half an hour's idle gossip.' ","abridged":"And Mrs. Yorke turned us away, saying, 'I am responsible for his life; it shall not be forfeited for half an hour's idle gossip.' ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But I must not tell you all she said; it was very disagreeable. ","abridged":"But I must not tell you all she said; it was very disagreeable. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"However, we came yet again--mamma, Miss Keeldar, and I. ","abridged":"However, we came yet again - mamma, Miss Keeldar, and I. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This time we thought we should conquer, as we were three against one, and Shirley was on our side. ","abridged":"This time we thought we should conquer, as we were three against one. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But Mrs. Yorke opened such a battery.\"\n","abridged":"But Mrs. Yorke opened such a battery.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Moore smiled. ","abridged":"Moore smiled. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"What did she say?\"\n","abridged":"\"What did she say?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Things that astonished us. ","abridged":"\"Things that astonished us. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Shirley laughed at last; I cried; mamma was seriously annoyed. ","abridged":"Shirley laughed; I cried; mamma was seriously annoyed. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"We were all three driven from the field. ","abridged":"We were all three driven away. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Since that time I have only walked once a day past the house, just for the satisfaction of looking up at your window, which I could distinguish by the drawn curtains. ","abridged":"Since then I have walked past the house every day, just for the satisfaction of looking up at your window.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I really dared not come in.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I _have_ wished for you, Caroline.\"\n","abridged":"\"I have wished for you, Caroline.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I did not know that; I never dreamt one instant that you thought of me. ","abridged":"\"I did not know that; I never dreamt one instant that you thought of me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"If I had but most distantly imagined such a possibility----\"\n","abridged":"If I had imagined-\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Yorke would still have beaten you.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Yorke would still have beaten you.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"She would not. ","abridged":"\"She would not. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Stratagem should have been tried, if persuasion failed. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I would have come to the kitchen door; the servants should have let me in, and I would have walked straight upstairs. ","abridged":"I would have come to the kitchen door; the servants should have let me in, and I would have walked straight upstairs. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"In fact, it was far more the fear of intrusion--the fear of yourself--that baffled me than the fear of Mrs. Yorke.\"\n","abridged":"In fact, it was far more the fear of intruding on you that baffled me than the fear of Mrs. Yorke.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Only last night I despaired of ever seeing you again. ","abridged":"\"Only last night I despaired of ever seeing you again. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Weakness has wrought terrible depression in me--terrible depression.\"\n","abridged":"Weakness has wrought terrible depression in me.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"And you sit alone?\"\n","abridged":"\"And you sit alone?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Worse than alone.\"\n","abridged":"\"Worse than alone.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"But you must be getting better, since you can leave your bed?\"\n","abridged":"\"But you must be getting better, since you can leave your bed?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I doubt whether I shall live. I see nothing for it, after such exhaustion, but decline.\"\n","abridged":"\"I doubt whether I shall live, after such exhaustion.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You--you shall go home to the Hollow.\"\n","abridged":"\"You shall go home to the Hollow. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Dreariness would accompany, nothing cheerful come near me.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I _will_ alter this. ","abridged":"I will alter this. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"This _shall_ be altered, were there ten Mrs. Yorkes to do battle with.\"\n","abridged":"This shall be altered, were there ten Mrs. Yorkes to do battle with.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Cary, you make me smile.\"\n","abridged":"\"Cary, you make me smile.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Do smile; smile again. ","abridged":"\"Do smile; smile again. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Shall I tell you what I should like?\"\n","abridged":"Shall I tell you what I should like? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Tell me anything--only keep talking. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I am Saul; but for music I should perish.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I should like you to be brought to the rectory, and given to me and mamma.\"\n","abridged":"I should like you to be brought to the rectory, and given to me and mamma.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"A precious gift! ","abridged":"\"A precious gift! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I have not laughed since they shot me till now.\"\n","abridged":"I have not laughed since they shot me till now.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Do you suffer pain, Robert?\"\n","abridged":"\"Do you suffer pain, Robert?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Not so much pain now; but I am hopelessly weak, and the state of my mind is inexpressible--dark, barren, impotent. ","abridged":"\"Not so much now; but I am hopelessly weak, and my mind is inexpressibly dark.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Do you not read it all in my face? ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I look a mere ghost.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Altered; yet I should have known you anywhere. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But I understand your feelings; I experienced something like it. ","abridged":"\"I understand your feelings,\" she said; \"I experienced something like it. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Since we met, I too have been very ill.\"\n","abridged":"Since we met, I too have been very ill.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"_Very_ ill?\"\n","abridged":"\"Very ill?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I thought I should die. ","abridged":"\"I thought I should die. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"The tale of my life seemed told. ","abridged":"The tale of my life seemed told. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Every night, just at midnight, I used to wake from awful dreams; and the book lay open before me at the last page, where was written 'Finis.' ","abridged":"Every night, just at midnight, I used to wake from awful dreams; and I felt I was close to the end.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I had strange feelings.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"You speak my experience.\"\n","abridged":"\"You speak my experience,\" said Moore.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I believed I should never see you again; and I grew so thin--as thin as you are now. ","abridged":"\"I believed I should never see you again; and I grew so thin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I could do nothing for myself--neither rise nor lie down; and I could not eat. ","abridged":"I could do nothing, and I could not eat. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Yet you see I am better.\"\n","abridged":"Yet you see I am better.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Comforter--sad as sweet. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I am too feeble to say what I feel; but while you speak I _do_ feel.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am too feeble to say what I feel; but while you speak I do feel.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Here I am at your side, where I thought never more to be. ","abridged":"\"Here I am at your side, where I thought never more to be. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Here I speak to you. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I see you listen to me willingly--look at me kindly. ","abridged":"You look at me kindly. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Did I count on that? I despaired.\"\n","abridged":"I despaired of that.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Moore sighed--a sigh so deep it was nearly a groan. ","abridged":"Moore sighed - a sigh so deep it was nearly a groan. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He covered his eyes with his hand.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"May I be spared to make some atonement.\"\n","abridged":"\"May I be spared to make atonement.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Such was his prayer.\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"And for what?\"\n","abridged":"\"For what?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"We will not touch on it now, Cary; unmanned as I am, I have not the power to cope with such a topic. ","abridged":"\"We will not touch on it now, Cary. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Was Mrs. Pryor with you during your illness?\"\n","abridged":"Was Mrs. Pryor with you during your illness?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Yes\"--Caroline smiled brightly--\"you know she is mamma?\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes.\" Caroline smiled brightly. \"You know she is my mamma?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I have heard--Hortense told me; but that tale too I will receive from yourself. ","abridged":"\"I have heard - Hortense told me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Does she add to your happiness?\"\n","abridged":"Does she make you happy?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"What! ","abridged":"\"What! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"mamma? ","abridged":"mamma? ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She is _dear_ to me; _how_ dear I cannot say. ","abridged":"She is dear to me; how dear I cannot say. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I was altogether weary, and she held me up.\"\n","abridged":"I was altogether weary, and she held me up.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I deserve to hear that in a moment when I can scarce lift my hand to my head. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I deserve it.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"It is no reproach against you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"It is a coal of fire heaped on my head; and so is every word you address to me, and every look that lights your sweet face. ","abridged":"\"That is a coal of fire heaped on my head; and so is every word you address to me. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Come still nearer, Lina; and give me your hand--if my thin fingers do not scare you.\"\n","abridged":"Come nearer, Lina; give me your hand - if my thin fingers do not scare you.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"She took those thin fingers between her two little hands; she bent her head _et les effleura de ses lvres_. ","abridged":"She took those thin fingers; she bent her head and touched them to her lips. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"(I put that in French because the word _effleurer_ is an exquisite word.) ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Moore was much moved. ","abridged":"Moore was much moved. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"A large tear or two coursed down his hollow cheek.\n","abridged":"A tear coursed down his hollow cheek.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I'll keep these things in my heart, Cary; that kiss I will put by, and you shall hear of it again one day.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'll keep these things in my heart, Cary; that kiss I will put by, and you shall hear of it again one day.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Come out!\" ","abridged":"\"Come out!\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"cried Martin, opening the door--\"come away; you have had twenty minutes instead of a quarter of an hour.\"\n","abridged":"cried Martin, opening the door - \"come away; you have had twenty minutes.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"She will not stir yet, you hempseed.\"\n","abridged":"\"She will not stir yet, you hempseed.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I dare not stay longer, Robert.\"\n","abridged":"\"I dare not stay longer, Robert.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Can you promise to return?\"\n","abridged":"\"Can you promise to return?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"No, she can't,\" responded Martin. ","abridged":"\"No, she can't,\" responded Martin. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"The thing mustn't become customary. I can't be troubled. It's very well for once; I'll not have it repeated.\"\n","abridged":"\"The thing mustn't become customary; I'll not have it repeated.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"_You_'ll not have it repeated.\"\n","abridged":"\"You'll not have it repeated?\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Hush! ","abridged":"\"Hush! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"don't vex him; we could not have met to-day but for him. ","abridged":"don't vex him,\" urged Caroline; \"we could not have met today but for him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But I will come again, if it is your wish that I should come.\"\n","abridged":"But I will come again, if you wish.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"It _is_ my wish--my _one_ wish--almost the only wish I can feel.\"\n","abridged":"\"It is my one wish.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"Come this minute. ","abridged":"\"Come away this minute. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"My mother has coughed, got up, set her feet on the floor. ","abridged":"My mother has coughed, and got up. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"Let her only catch you on the stairs, Miss Caroline. ","abridged":"Let her only catch you on the stairs, Miss Caroline! ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"You're not to bid him good-bye\"--stepping between her and Moore--\"you are to march.\"\n","abridged":"You're not to bid him good-bye, you are to march.\"\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"My shawl, Martin.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"I have it. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"I'll put it on for you when you are in the hall.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He made them part. ","abridged":"Martin made them part. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He would suffer no farewell but what could be expressed in looks. ","abridged":"","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He half carried Caroline down the stairs. In the hall he wrapped her shawl round her, and, but that his mother's tread then creaked in the gallery, and but that a sentiment of diffidence--the proper, natural, therefore the noble impulse of his boy's heart--held him back, he would have claimed his reward; he would have said, \"Now, Miss Caroline, for all this give me one kiss.\" ","abridged":"He half carried Caroline down the stairs, and wrapped her shawl round her, and if his mother's tread had not then creaked in the gallery, and diffidence held him back, he would have claimed his reward. He would have said, \"Now, Miss Caroline, for all this give me one kiss.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"But ere the words had passed his lips she was across the snowy road, rather skimming than wading the drifts.\n","abridged":"But she was already across the snowy road.\n","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"\"She is my debtor, and I _will_ be paid.\"\n","abridged":"\"She is my debtor, and I will be paid.\" ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He flattered himself that it was opportunity, not audacity, which had failed him. ","abridged":"He flattered himself that it was opportunity, not boldness, which had failed him. ","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"He misjudged the quality of his own nature, and held it for something lower than it was.","abridged":"He misjudged the quality of his own nature, and held it for something lower than it was.","book":"Shirley","chapter":"Chapter 33: MARTIN'S TACTICS"}
{"original":"So it was. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury had returned home from the soire of learned people, and had brought Roger Carbury with her. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury had returned from the soire with Roger. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They both came up to the drawing-room and found Paul and Henrietta together. ","abridged":"They came up to the drawing-room and found Paul and Henrietta together. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It need hardly be said that they were both surprised. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Roger supposed that Montague was still at Liverpool, and, knowing that he was not a frequent visitor in Welbeck Street, could hardly avoid a feeling that a meeting between the two had now been planned in the mother's absence. ","abridged":"Roger had supposed that Montague was still at Liverpool, and could hardly avoid feeling that a meeting between the two had been planned in the mother's absence. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The reader knows that it was not so. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Roger certainly was a man not liable to suspicion, but the circumstances in this case were suspicious. ","abridged":"Roger was not a man liable to suspicion, but the circumstances were suspicious.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There would have been nothing to suspect,--no reason why Paul should not have been there,--but from the promise which had been given. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There was, indeed, no breach of that promise proved by Paul's presence in Welbeck Street; but Roger felt rather than thought that the two could hardly have spent the evening together without such breach. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Whether Paul had broken the promise by what he had already said the reader must be left to decide.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury was the first to speak. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury was the first to speak. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"This is quite an unexpected pleasure, Mr. Montague.\" ","abridged":"\"This is an unexpected pleasure, Mr. Montague.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Whether Roger suspected anything or not, she did. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The moment she saw Paul the idea occurred to her that the meeting between Hetta and him had been preconcerted.\n","abridged":"The moment she saw Paul she thought that the meeting between Hetta and him had been pre-arranged.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Yes,\" he said,--making a lame excuse, where no excuse should have been made,--\"I had nothing to do, and was lonely, and thought that I would come up and see you.\" ","abridged":"\"Yes,\" he said lamely, \"I had nothing to do, and thought I would come and see you.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury disbelieved him altogether, but Roger felt assured that his coming in Lady Carbury's absence had been an accident. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury disbelieved him, but Roger felt assured that his coming truly had been an accident.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The man had said so, and that was enough.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I thought you were at Liverpool,\" said Roger.\n","abridged":"\"I thought you were at Liverpool,\" said Roger.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I came back to-day,--to be present at that Board in the city. ","abridged":"\"I came back today, for that Board in the city. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I have had a good deal to trouble me. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I will tell you all about it just now. ","abridged":"I will tell you all about it later. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What has brought you to London?\"\n","abridged":"What has brought you to London?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"A little business,\" said Roger.\n","abridged":"\"A little business,\" said Roger.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Then there was an awkward silence. ","abridged":"There was an awkward silence. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury was angry, and hardly knew whether she ought or ought not to show her anger. For Henrietta it was very awkward. She, too, could not but feel that she had been caught, though no innocence could be whiter than hers. She knew well her mother's mind, and the way in which her mother's thoughts would run. Silence was frightful to her, and she found herself forced to speak. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury was angry, and Henrietta, knowing the way in which her mother's thoughts would run, forced herself to speak.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Have you had a pleasant evening, mamma?\"\n","abridged":"\"Have you had a pleasant evening, mamma?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Have you had a pleasant evening, my dear?\" ","abridged":"\"Have you had a pleasant evening, my dear?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"said Lady Carbury, forgetting herself in her desire to punish her daughter.\n","abridged":"said Lady Carbury, forgetting herself in her desire to punish her daughter.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Indeed, no,\" said Hetta, attempting to laugh, \"I have been trying to work hard at Dante, but one never does any good when one has to try to work. I was just going to bed when Mr. Montague came in. ","abridged":"\"Indeed, no,\" said Hetta, attempting to laugh, \"I have been trying to work at Dante, but I was just going to bed when Mr. Montague came in. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What did you think of the wise men and the wise women, Roger?\"\n","abridged":"What did you think of the soire, Roger?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I was out of my element, of course; but I think your mother liked it.\"\n","abridged":"\"I was out of my element; but I think your mother liked it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I was very glad indeed to meet Dr. Palmoil. ","abridged":"\"I was very glad indeed to meet Dr. Palmoil. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It seems that if we can only open the interior of Africa a little further, we can get everything that is wanted to complete the chemical combination necessary for feeding the human race. ","abridged":"It seems that if we can only open the interior of Africa a little further, we can feed the human race. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Isn't that a grand idea, Roger?\"\n","abridged":"Isn't that a grand idea, Roger?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"A little more elbow grease is the combination that I look to.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Surely, Roger, if the Bible is to go for anything, we are to believe that labour is a curse and not a blessing. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Adam was not born to labour.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"But he fell; and I doubt whether Dr. Palmoil will be able to put his descendants back into Eden.\"\n","abridged":"\"I doubt whether Dr. Palmoil will be able to put his descendants back into Eden.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Roger, for a religious man, you do say the strangest things! ","abridged":"\"Roger, for a religious man, you do say the strangest things! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I have quite made up my mind to this;--if ever I can see things so settled here as to enable me to move, I will visit the interior of Africa. ","abridged":"I have quite decided that if I am ever able, I will visit the interior of Africa. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It is the garden of the world.\"\n","abridged":"It is the garden of the world.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"This scrap of enthusiasm so carried them through their immediate difficulties that the two men were able to take their leave and to get out of the room with fair comfort. ","abridged":"This scrap of enthusiasm so carried them through their difficulties that the two men were able to take their leave with fair comfort. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"As soon as the door was closed behind them Lady Carbury attacked her daughter. ","abridged":"As soon as the door was closed behind them Lady Carbury attacked her daughter.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"What brought him here?\"\n","abridged":"\"What brought him here?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He brought himself, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"\"He brought himself, mamma.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Don't answer me in that way, Hetta. ","abridged":"\"Don't answer me in that way, Hetta. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Of course he brought himself. ","abridged":"Of course he brought himself. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"That is insolent.\"\n","abridged":"That is insolent.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Insolent, mamma! ","abridged":"\"Insolent, mamma! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"How can you say such hard words? ","abridged":"How can you say such hard words? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I meant that he came of his own accord.\"\n","abridged":"I meant that he came of his own accord.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"How long was he here?\"\n","abridged":"\"How long was he here?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Two minutes before you came in. ","abridged":"\"Two minutes before you came in. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Why do you cross-question me like this? ","abridged":"Why do you cross-question me like this? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I could not help his coming. ","abridged":"I could not help his coming. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I did not desire that he might be shown up.\"\n","abridged":"I did not desire that he might be shown up.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You did not know that he was to come?\"\n","abridged":"\"You did not know that he was to come?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Mamma, if I am to be suspected, all is over between us.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mamma, if I am to be suspected, all is over between us.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"What do you mean by that?\"\n","abridged":"\"What do you mean by that?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"If you can think that I would deceive you, you will think so always. ","abridged":"\"If you can think that I would deceive you, you will think so always. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If you will not trust me, how am I to live with you as though you did? ","abridged":"If you will not trust me, how am I to live with you? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I knew nothing of his coming.\"\n","abridged":"I knew nothing of his coming.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Tell me this, Hetta; are you engaged to marry him?\"\n","abridged":"\"Tell me this, Hetta; are you engaged to marry him?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"No;--I am not.\"\n","abridged":"\"No; I am not.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Has he asked you to marry him?\"\n","abridged":"\"Has he asked you to marry him?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Hetta paused a moment, considering, before she answered this question. ","abridged":"Hetta paused a moment, considering, before she answered. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I do not think he ever has.\"\n","abridged":"\"I do not think he ever has.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You do not think?\"\n","abridged":"\"You do not think?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I was going on to explain. ","abridged":"\"I was going on to explain. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He never has asked me. ","abridged":"He never has asked me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But he has said that which makes me know that he wishes me to be his wife.\"\n","abridged":"But he has said that which makes me know that he wishes me to be his wife.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"What has he said? ","abridged":"\"What has he said? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"When did he say it?\"\n","abridged":"When did he say it?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Again she paused. ","abridged":"Again Hetta paused. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But again she answered with straightforward simplicity. ","abridged":"But again she answered with straightforward simplicity. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Just before you came in, he said--; I don't know what he said; but it meant that.\"\n","abridged":"\"Just before you came in, he said - I don't know what he said; but it meant that.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You told me he had been here but a minute.\"\n","abridged":"\"You told me he had been here but a minute.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"It was but very little more. ","abridged":"\"It was very little more. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If you take me at my word in that way, of course you can make me out to be wrong, mamma. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It was almost no time, and yet he said it.\"\n","abridged":"It was almost no time, and yet he said it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He had come prepared to say it.\"\n","abridged":"\"He had come prepared to say it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"How could he,--expecting to find you?\"\n","abridged":"\"How could he, expecting to find you?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Psha! ","abridged":"\"Psha! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He expected nothing of the kind.\"\n","abridged":"He expected nothing of the kind.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I think you do him wrong, mamma. ","abridged":"\"I think you do him wrong, mamma. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I am sure you are doing me wrong. ","abridged":"I am sure you are doing me wrong. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I think his coming was an accident, and that what he said was--an accident.\"\n","abridged":"I think his coming was an accident, and that what he said was also - an accident.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"An accident!\"\n","abridged":"\"An accident!\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"It was not intended,--not then, mamma. I have known it ever so long;--and so have you. ","abridged":"\"It was not intended, mamma, though I have known it ever so long; and so have you.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It was natural that he should say so when we were alone together.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"And you;--what did you say?\"\n","abridged":"\"And what did you say?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Nothing. ","abridged":"\"Nothing. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You came.\"\n","abridged":"You came.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I am sorry that my coming should have been so inopportune. ","abridged":"\"I am sorry that my coming should have been so inopportune. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But I must ask one other question, Hetta. ","abridged":"But I must ask one other question, Hetta. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What do you intend to say?\" ","abridged":"What do you intend to say?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Hetta was again silent, and now for a longer space. ","abridged":"Hetta was again silent, and now for longer. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She put her hand up to her brow and pushed back her hair as she thought whether her mother had a right to continue this cross-examination. ","abridged":"She put her hand up and pushed back her hair as she thought whether her mother had a right to continue this cross-examination. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She had told her mother everything as it had happened. ","abridged":"She had told her mother everything as it had happened. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She had kept back no deed done, no word spoken, either now or at any time. ","abridged":"She had kept back no word spoken. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But she was not sure that her mother had a right to know her thoughts, feeling as she did that she had so little sympathy from her mother. ","abridged":"But she was not sure that her mother, being so unsympathetic, had a right to know her thoughts.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"How do you intend to answer him?\" ","abridged":"\"How do you intend to answer him?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"demanded Lady Carbury.\n","abridged":"demanded Lady Carbury.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I do not know that he will ask again.\"\n","abridged":"\"I do not know that he will ask again.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"That is prevaricating.\"\n","abridged":"\"That is prevaricating.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"No, mamma;--I do not prevaricate. ","abridged":"\"No, mamma; I do not prevaricate. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It is unfair to say that to me. ","abridged":"It is unfair to say that. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I do love him. ","abridged":"I do love him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There. ","abridged":"There. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I think it ought to have been enough for you to know that I should never give him encouragement without telling you about it. ","abridged":"You should know that I should never give him encouragement without telling you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I do love him, and I shall never love any one else.\"\n","abridged":"I do love him, and I shall never love anyone else.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He is a ruined man. ","abridged":"\"He is a ruined man. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Your cousin says that all this Company in which he is involved will go to pieces.\"\n","abridged":"Your cousin says that this Company in which he is involved will go to pieces.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Hetta was too clever to allow this argument to pass. ","abridged":"Hetta was too clever to allow this argument to pass. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She did not doubt that Roger had so spoken of the Railway to her mother, but she did doubt that her mother had believed the story. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"If so,\" said she, \"Mr. Melmotte will be a ruined man too, and yet you want Felix to marry Marie Melmotte.\"\n","abridged":"\"If so,\" said she, \"Mr. Melmotte will be a ruined man too, and yet you want Felix to marry Marie Melmotte.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"It makes me ill to hear you talk,--as if you understood these things. ","abridged":"\"It makes me ill to hear you talk - as if you understood these things. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And you think you will marry this man because he is to make a fortune out of the Railway!\" ","abridged":"And you think you will marry this man because he is to make a fortune out of the Railway!\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury was able to speak with an extremity of scorn in reference to the assumed pursuit by one of her children of an advantageous position which she was doing all in her power to recommend to the other child.\n","abridged":"Lady Carbury spoke with extreme scorn.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I have not thought of his fortune. ","abridged":"\"I have not thought of his fortune. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I have not thought of marrying him, mamma. ","abridged":"I have not thought of marrying him, mamma. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I think you are very cruel to me. ","abridged":"I think you are very cruel to me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You say things so hard, that I cannot bear them.\"\n","abridged":"You say things so hard, that I cannot bear them.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Why will you not marry your cousin?\"\n","abridged":"\"Why will you not marry your cousin?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I am not good enough for him.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am not good enough for him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Nonsense!\"\n","abridged":"\"Nonsense!\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Very well; you say so. But that is what I think. ","abridged":"\"Very well; but that is what I think. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He is so much above me, that, though I do love him, I cannot think of him in that way. ","abridged":"He is so much above me, that, though I do love him, I cannot think of him in that way. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And I have told you that I do love some one else. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I have no secret from you now. ","abridged":"I have no secret from you now. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Good night, mamma,\" she said, coming up to her mother and kissing her. ","abridged":"Good night, mamma,\" she said, coming up to her mother and kissing her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Do be kind to me; and pray,--pray,--do believe me.\" ","abridged":"\"Do be kind to me; and pray, do believe me.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Lady Carbury then allowed herself to be kissed, and allowed her daughter to leave the room.\n","abridged":"Lady Carbury allowed herself to be kissed, and her daughter left the room.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"[Illustration: Lady Carbury allowed herself to be kissed.]\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There was a great deal said that night between Roger Carbury and Paul Montague before they parted. As they walked together to Roger's hotel he said not a word as to Paul's presence in Welbeck Street. ","abridged":"There was a great deal said that night between Roger Carbury and Paul Montague; but not a word about Paul's presence in Welbeck Street. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul had declared his visit in Lady Carbury's absence to have been accidental,--and therefore there was nothing more to be said. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Montague then asked as to the cause of Carbury's journey to London. ","abridged":"Paul asked about the cause of Carbury's journey to London.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I do not wish it to be talked of,\" said Roger after a pause,--\"and of course I could not speak of it before Hetta. ","abridged":"\"I could not speak of it before Hetta,\" said Roger. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"A girl has gone away from our neighbourhood. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You remember old Ruggles?\"\n\"You do not mean that Ruby has levanted? ","abridged":"\"You remember Ruby Ruggles? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She was to have married John Crumb.\"\n\"Just so,--but she has gone off, leaving John Crumb in an unhappy frame of mind. ","abridged":"She was to have married John Crumb, but she has gone off, leaving him most unhappy. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"John Crumb is an honest man and almost too good for her.\"\n","abridged":"John Crumb is almost too good for her.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Ruby is very pretty. ","abridged":"\"Ruby is very pretty. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Has she gone with any one?\"\n","abridged":"Has she gone with anyone?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"No;--she went alone. ","abridged":"\"No; she went alone. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But the horror of it is this. ","abridged":"But the horror of it is this. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They think down there that Felix has,--well, made love to her, and that she has been taken to London by him.\"\n","abridged":"They think that Felix has - well, made love to her, and that she has been taken to London by him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"That would be very bad.\"\n","abridged":"\"That would be very bad.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He certainly has known her. ","abridged":"\"He certainly knew her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Though he lied, as he always lies, when I first spoke to him, I brought him to admit that he and she had been friends down in Suffolk. ","abridged":"Though he lied when I first spoke to him, I got him to admit that he and she had been friends down in Suffolk. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Of course we know what such friendship means. ","abridged":"And we know what that means. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But I do not think that she came to London at his instance. ","abridged":"But I do not think that she came to London at his request.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Of course he would lie about that. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He would lie about anything. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If his horse cost him a hundred pounds, he would tell one man that he gave fifty, and another two hundred. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But he has not lived long enough yet to be able to lie and tell the truth with the same eye. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"When he is as old as I am he'll be perfect.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He knows nothing about her coming to town?\"\n","abridged":"\"He knows nothing about her coming to town?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He did not when I first asked him. ","abridged":"\"No. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I am not sure, but I fancy that I was too quick after her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She started last Saturday morning. I followed on the Sunday, and made him out at his club. I think that he knew nothing then of her being in town. ","abridged":"I found him the day after she left, and I think that he knew nothing about it then. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He is very clever if he did. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Since that he has avoided me. ","abridged":"Since that he has avoided me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I caught him once but only for half a minute, and then he swore that he had not seen her.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You still believed him?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"No;--he did it very well, but I knew that he was prepared for me. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I cannot say how it may have been. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"To make matters worse old Ruggles has now quarrelled with Crumb, and is no longer anxious to get back his granddaughter. ","abridged":"To make matters worse, old Ruggles has now quarrelled with Crumb, and is no longer anxious to get back his granddaughter.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He was frightened at first; but that has gone off, and he is now reconciled to the loss of the girl and the saving of his money.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"After that Paul told all his own story,--the double story, both in regard to Melmotte and to Mrs. Hurtle. ","abridged":"After that Paul told all his own story - the double story, about both Melmotte and Mrs. Hurtle. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"As regarded the Railway, Roger could only tell him to follow explicitly the advice of his Liverpool friend. ","abridged":"As regarded the Railway, Roger could only tell him to follow the advice of his Liverpool friend. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I never believed in the thing, you know.\"\n","abridged":"\"I never believed in it, you know. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Nor did I. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But what could I do?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I'm not going to blame you. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Indeed, knowing you as I do, feeling sure that you intend to be honest, I would not for a moment insist on my own opinion, if it did not seem that Mr. Ramsbottom thinks as I do. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"In such a matter, when a man does not see his own way clearly, it behoves him to be able to show that he has followed the advice of some man whom the world esteems and recognises. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You have to bind your character to another man's character; and that other man's character, if it be good, will carry you through. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"From what I hear Mr. Ramsbottom's character is sufficiently good;--but then you must do exactly what he tells you.\"\n","abridged":"From what I hear Mr. Ramsbottom's character is good; do exactly what he tells you.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But the Railway business, though it comprised all that Montague had in the world, was not the heaviest of his troubles. ","abridged":"But the Railway business was not the heaviest of Paul's troubles. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What was he to do about Mrs. Hurtle? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He had now, for the first time, to tell his friend that Mrs. Hurtle had come to London, and that he had been with her three or four times. ","abridged":"He had now, for the first time, to tell his friend that Mrs. Hurtle had come to London, and that he had been with her three or four times. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There was this difficulty in the matter, too,--that it was very hard to speak of his engagement with Mrs. Hurtle without in some sort alluding to his love for Henrietta Carbury. ","abridged":"It was very hard to speak of his engagement with Mrs. Hurtle without alluding to his love for Henrietta Carbury.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Roger knew of both loves;--had been very urgent with his friend to abandon the widow, and at any rate equally urgent with him to give up the other passion. ","abridged":"Roger knew of both loves; he had urged his friend to abandon the widow, and equally urged him to give up the other passion. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Were he to marry the widow, all danger on the other side would be at an end. ","abridged":"Were he to marry the widow, all danger on the other side would be at an end. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And yet, in discussing the question of Mrs. Hurtle, he was to do so as though there were no such person existing as Henrietta Carbury. ","abridged":"And yet he had to discuss Mrs. Hurtle as though there were no such person as Henrietta. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The discussion did take place exactly as though there were no such person as Henrietta Carbury. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul told it all,--the rumoured duel, the rumoured murder, and the rumour of the existing husband.\n","abridged":"Paul told it all - the rumoured duel, the rumoured murder, and the rumour of the existing husband.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"It may be necessary that you should go out to Kansas,--and to Oregon,\" said Roger.\n","abridged":"\"It may be necessary that you should go out to Kansas,\" said Roger.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"But even if the rumours be untrue I will not marry her,\" said Paul. ","abridged":"\"But even if the rumours are untrue I will not marry her,\" said Paul. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Roger shrugged his shoulders. He was doubtless thinking of Hetta Carbury, but he said nothing. ","abridged":"Roger shrugged, but said nothing. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"And what would she do, remaining here?\" continued Paul. Roger admitted that it would be awkward. \"I am determined that under no circumstances will I marry her. I know I have been a fool. ","abridged":"\"I know I have been a fool,\" continued Paul. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I know I have been wrong. ","abridged":"\"I know I have been wrong. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But of course, if there be a fair cause for my broken word, I will use it if I can.\"\n","abridged":"But if there be a fair cause for my broken word, I will use it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You will get out of it, honestly if you can; but you will get out of it honestly or--any other way.\"\n","abridged":"\"Get out of it honestly if you can; but get out of it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Did you not advise me to get out of it, Roger;--before we knew as much as we do now?\"\n\"I did,--and I do. ","abridged":"I advised you to do this before. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If you make a bargain with the Devil, it may be dishonest to cheat him,--and yet I would have you cheat him if you could. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"As to this woman, I do believe she has deceived you. ","abridged":"I believe this woman has deceived you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If I were you, nothing should induce me to marry her;--not though her claws were strong enough to tear me utterly in pieces. ","abridged":"If I were you, nothing should induce me to marry her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I'll tell you what I'll do. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I'll go and see her if you like it.\"\n","abridged":"I'll go and see her if you like.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But Paul would not submit to this. ","abridged":"But Paul would not allow this. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He felt that he was bound himself to incur the risk of those claws, and that no substitute could take his place. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They sat long into the night, and it was at last resolved between them that on the next morning Paul should go to Islington, should tell Mrs. Hurtle all the stories which he had heard, and should end by declaring his resolution that under no circumstances would he marry her. ","abridged":"They sat long into the night, and it was at last resolved that Paul should go next day to Islington, tell Mrs. Hurtle all the stories he had heard, and declare his resolution not to marry her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They both felt how improbable it was that he should ever be allowed to get to the end of such a story,--how almost certain it was that the breeding of the wild cat would show itself before that time should come. ","abridged":"They both felt how improbable it was that he should get to the end of such a story before the wild cat would show its claws. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But, still, that was the course to be pursued as far as circumstances would admit; and Paul was at any rate to declare, claws or no claws, husband or no husband,--whether the duel or the murder was admitted or denied,--that he would never make Mrs. Hurtle his wife. ","abridged":"But Paul declared that, claws or no claws, he would never make Mrs. Hurtle his wife.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I wish it were over, old fellow,\" said Roger.\n","abridged":"\"I wish it were over, old fellow,\" said Roger.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"So do I,\" said Paul, as he took his leave.\n","abridged":"\"So do I,\" said Paul.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He went to bed like a man condemned to die on the next morning, and he awoke in the same condition. He had slept well, but as he shook from him his happy dream, the wretched reality at once overwhelmed him. ","abridged":"He went to bed like a man condemned to die on the next morning, and when he awoke the wretched reality at once overwhelmed him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But the man who is to be hung has no choice. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He cannot, when he wakes, declare that he has changed his mind, and postpone the hour. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"It was quite open to Paul Montague to give himself such instant relief. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He put his hand up to his brow, and almost made himself believe that his head was aching. ","abridged":"He put his hand up to his brow, and almost made himself believe that his head was aching. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"This was Saturday. ","abridged":"This was Saturday. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Would it not be well that he should think of it further, and put off his execution till Monday? ","abridged":"Would it not be well to put off his execution till Monday? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Monday was so far distant that he felt that he could go to Islington quite comfortably on Monday. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Was there not some hitherto forgotten point which it would be well that he should discuss with his friend Roger before he saw the lady? ","abridged":"Were there not still matters to consider? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Should he not rush down to Liverpool, and ask a few more questions of Mr. Ramsbottom? ","abridged":"Should he not rush down to Liverpool, and ask a few more questions of Mr. Ramsbottom? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Why should he go forth to execution, seeing that the matter was in his own hands?\n","abridged":"Why should he go forth to execution today?\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"At last he jumped out of bed and into his tub, and dressed himself as quickly as he could. ","abridged":"At last he jumped out of bed and into his bath-tub, and dressed quickly. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He worked himself up into a fit of fortitude, and resolved that the thing should be done before the fit was over. ","abridged":"He worked himself up into a fit of fortitude, and resolved that the thing should be done before the fit was over. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He ate his breakfast about nine, and then asked himself whether he might not be too early were he to go at once to Islington. But he remembered that she was always early. In every respect she was an energetic woman, using her time for some purpose, either good or bad, not sleeping it away in bed. If one has to be hung on a given day, would it not be well to be hung as soon after waking as possible? I can fancy that the hangman would hardly come early enough. And if one had to be hung in a given week, would not one wish to be hung on the first day of the week, even at the risk of breaking one's last Sabbath day in this world? Whatever be the misery to be endured, get it over. The horror of every agony is in its anticipation. Paul had realised something of this when he threw himself into a Hansom cab, and ordered the man to drive him to Islington.\n","abridged":"He ate his breakfast, and then, although it was still early, he threw himself into a Hansom cab, and ordered the man to drive him to Islington.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"How quick that cab went! ","abridged":"How quick that cab went! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Nothing ever goes so quick as a Hansom cab when a man starts for a dinner-party a little too early;--nothing so slow when he starts too late. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Of all cabs this, surely, was the quickest. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul was lodging in Suffolk Street, close to Pall Mall,--whence the way to Islington, across Oxford Street, across Tottenham Court Road, across numerous squares north-east of the Museum, seems to be long. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The end of Goswell Road is the outside of the world in that direction, and Islington is beyond the end of Goswell Road. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And yet that Hansom cab was there before Paul Montague had been able to arrange the words with which he would begin the interview. He had given the street and the number of the street. It was not till after he had started that it occurred to him that it might be well that he should get out at the end of the street, and walk to the house,--so that he might, as it were, fetch his breath before the interview was commenced. But the cabman dashed up to the door in a manner purposely devised to make every inmate of the house aware that a cab had just arrived before it. ","abridged":"Before Paul had been able to arrange the words with which he would begin the interview, the cab was in Islington and dashed noisily up to the house. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There was a little garden before the house. We all know the garden;--twenty-four feet long, by twelve broad;--and an iron-grated door, with the landlady's name on a brass plate. Paul, when he had paid the cabman,--giving the man half-a-crown, and asking for no change in his agony,--pushed in the iron gate and walked very quickly up to the door, rang rather furiously, and before the door was well opened asked for Mrs. Hurtle.\n","abridged":"Paul paid the cabman, pushed open the iron gate and walked very quickly past the little garden up to the door. He rang rather furiously, and asked for Mrs. Hurtle.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Hurtle is out for the day,\" said the girl who opened the door. ","abridged":"\"Mrs. Hurtle is out for the day,\" said the girl who opened the door. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Leastways, she went out yesterday and won't be back till to-night.\" ","abridged":"\"Leastways, she went out yesterday and won't be back till tonight.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Providence had sent him a reprieve! ","abridged":"Providence had sent him a reprieve! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But he almost forgot the reprieve, as he looked at the girl and saw that she was Ruby Ruggles. ","abridged":"But he almost forgot the reprieve, as he looked at the girl and saw that she was Ruby Ruggles.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Oh laws, Mr. Montague, is that you?\" ","abridged":"\"Oh laws, Mr. Montague, is that you?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Ruby Ruggles had often seen Paul down in Suffolk, and recognised him as quickly as he did her. It occurred to her at once that he had come in search of herself. ","abridged":"Ruby recognised Paul as quickly as he did her; and thought at once that he had come in search of her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She knew that Roger Carbury was up in town looking for her. ","abridged":"She knew that Roger Carbury was in town looking for her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"So much she had of course learned from Sir Felix,--for at this time she had seen the baronet more than once since her arrival. ","abridged":"She had learned this from Sir Felix - for she had seen the baronet more than once since her arrival. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Montague, she knew, was Roger Carbury's intimate friend, and now she felt that she was caught. ","abridged":"Now she felt that she was caught. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"In her terror she did not at first remember that the visitor had asked for Mrs. Hurtle.\n","abridged":"In her terror she did not remember that the visitor had asked for Mrs. Hurtle.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Yes, it is I. I was sorry to hear, Miss Ruggles, that you had left your home.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes. I was sorry to hear, Miss Ruggles, that you had left your home.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I'm all right, Mr. Montague;--I am. ","abridged":"\"I'm all right, Mr. Montague. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Mrs. Pipkin is my aunt, or, leastways, my mother's brother's widow, though grandfather never would speak to her. ","abridged":"Mrs. Pipkin is my aunt, or, leastways, my mother's brother's widow, though grandfather never would speak to her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"She's quite respectable, and has five children, and lets lodgings. ","abridged":"She's quite respectable, and has five children, and lets lodgings. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There's a lady here now, and has gone away with her just for one night down to Southend. ","abridged":"There's a lady here now, and has gone away with her just for one night down to Southend. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They'll be back this evening, and I've the children to mind, with the servant girl. ","abridged":"They'll be back this evening, and I've the children to mind, with the servant girl. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I'm quite respectable here, Mr. Montague, and nobody need be a bit afraid about me.\"\n","abridged":"I'm quite respectable here, Mr. Montague, and nobody need be a bit afraid about me.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Hurtle has gone down to Southend?\"\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Hurtle has gone down to Southend?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Yes, Mr. Montague; she wasn't quite well, and wanted a breath of air, she said. ","abridged":"\"Yes, Mr. Montague; she wasn't quite well, and wanted a breath of air, she said. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And aunt didn't like she should go alone, as Mrs. Hurtle is such a stranger. And Mrs. Hurtle said as she didn't mind paying for two, and so they've gone, and the baby with them. ","abridged":"And aunt didn't like she should go alone, so they've gone, and the baby with them. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Mrs. Pipkin said as the baby shouldn't be no trouble. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And Mrs. Hurtle,--she's most as fond of the baby as aunt. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Do you know Mrs. Hurtle, sir?\"\n","abridged":"Do you know Mrs. Hurtle, sir?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Yes; she's a friend of mine.\"\n","abridged":"\"Yes; she's a friend of mine.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Oh; I didn't know. ","abridged":"\"Oh, I didn't know. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I did know as there was some friend as was expected and as didn't come. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Be I to say, sir, as you was here?\"\n","abridged":"Should I say, sir, as you was here?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul thought it might be as well to shift the subject and to ask Ruby a few questions about herself while he made up his mind what message he would leave for Mrs. Hurtle. \"I'm afraid they are very unhappy about you down at Bungay, Miss Ruggles.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'm afraid they are very unhappy about you down at Bungay, Miss Ruggles,\" said Paul.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Then they've got to be unhappy; that's all about it, Mr. Montague. ","abridged":"\"Then they've got to be unhappy; that's all. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Grandfather is that provoking as a young woman can't live with him, nor yet I won't try never again. ","abridged":"Grandfather is that provoking a young woman can't live with him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He lugged me all about the room by my hair, Mr. Montague. ","abridged":"He lugged me all about the room by my hair, Mr. Montague. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"How is a young woman to put up with that? ","abridged":"How is a young woman to put up with that? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And I did everything for him,--that careful that no one won't do it again;--did his linen, and his victuals, and even cleaned his boots of a Sunday, 'cause he was that mean he wouldn't have anybody about the place only me and the girl who had to milk the cows. ","abridged":"And I did everything for him, his linen, and his victuals, and even cleaned his boots of a Sunday. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There wasn't nobody to do anything, only me. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And then he went to drag me about by the hairs of my head. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You won't see me again at Sheep's Acre, Mr. Montague;--nor yet won't the Squire.\"\n","abridged":"You won't see me again at Sheep's Acre.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"But I thought there was somebody else was to give you a home.\"\n","abridged":"\"But I thought there was somebody else to give you a home.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"John Crumb! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Oh, yes, there's John Crumb. ","abridged":"\"Oh, yes, there's John Crumb.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There's plenty of people to give me a home, Mr. Montague.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You were to have been married to John Crumb, I thought.\"\n","abridged":"\"You were to have married him, I thought.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Ladies is to change their minds if they like it, Mr. Montague. ","abridged":"\"Ladies is to change their minds if they like, Mr. Montague. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I'm sure you've heard that before. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Grandfather made me say I'd have him,--but I never cared that for him.\"\n","abridged":"Grandfather made me say I'd have him, but I never cared that for him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I'm afraid, Miss Ruggles, you won't find a better man up here in London.\"\n","abridged":"\"I'm afraid, Miss Ruggles, you won't find a better man up here in London.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I didn't come here to look for a man, Mr. Montague; I can tell you that. ","abridged":"\"I didn't come here to look for a man, Mr. Montague. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"They has to look for me, if they want me. ","abridged":"They has to look for me, if they want me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But I am looked after; and that by one as John Crumb ain't fit to touch.\" ","abridged":"But I am looked after; and that by one as John Crumb ain't fit to touch.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"That told the whole story. ","abridged":"That told the whole story. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul when he heard the little boast was quite sure that Roger's fear about Felix was well founded. ","abridged":"Paul was quite sure that Roger's fear about Felix was well founded.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"And as for John Crumb's fitness to touch Sir Felix, Paul felt that the Bungay mealman might have an opinion of his own on that matter. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"But there's Betsy a crying up-stairs, and I promised not to leave them children for one minute.\"\n","abridged":"\"But there's Betsy a crying upstairs,\" said Ruby.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I will tell the Squire that I saw you, Miss Ruggles.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will tell the Squire that I saw you, Miss Ruggles.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"What does the Squire want o' me? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I ain't nothing to the Squire,--except that I respects him. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"You can tell if you please, Mr. Montague, of course. ","abridged":"\"You can tell if you please, Mr. Montague, of course. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I'm a coming, my darling.\"\n","abridged":"I'm a coming, my darling.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul made his way into Mrs. Hurtle's sitting-room and wrote a note for her in pencil. ","abridged":"Paul made his way into Mrs. Hurtle's sitting-room and wrote a note for her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He had come, he said, immediately on his return from Liverpool, and was sorry to find that she was away for the day. ","abridged":"He had come, he said, immediately on his return from Liverpool, and was sorry to find that she was away for the day. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"When should he call again? ","abridged":"When should he call again? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"If she would make an appointment he would attend to it. ","abridged":"If she would make an appointment he would attend to it.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"He felt as he wrote this that he might very safely have himself made an appointment for the morrow; but he cheated himself into half believing that the suggestion he now made was the more gracious and civil. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"At any rate it would certainly give him another day. ","abridged":"This would give him another day. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Mrs. Hurtle would not return till late in the evening, and as the following day was Sunday there would be no delivery by post. ","abridged":"Mrs. Hurtle would not return till late in the evening, and as the following day was Sunday there would be no postal delivery. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"When the note was finished he left it on the table, and called to Ruby to tell her that he was going. ","abridged":"He left the note on the table, and called to Ruby to tell her that he was going.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Mr. Montague,\" she said in a confidential whisper, as she tripped down the stairs, \"I don't see why you need be saying anything about me, you know.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mr. Montague,\" she said in a confidential whisper, tripping down the stairs, \"I don't see why you need be saying anything about me, you know.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Mr. Carbury is up in town looking after you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"What 'm I to Mr. Carbury?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Your grandfather is very anxious about you.\"\n","abridged":"\"Your grandfather is very anxious about you.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Not a bit of it, Mr. Montague. ","abridged":"\"Not a bit of it, Mr. Montague. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Grandfather knows very well where I am. ","abridged":"Grandfather knows very well where I am. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"There! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Grandfather doesn't want me back, and I ain't a going. ","abridged":"He doesn't want me back, and I ain't a going. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Why should the Squire bother himself about me? ","abridged":"Why should the Squire bother himself about me?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"I don't bother myself about him.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"He's afraid, Miss Ruggles, that you are trusting yourself to a young man who is not trustworthy.\"\n","abridged":"\"He's afraid, Miss Ruggles, that you are trusting yourself to a young man who is not trustworthy.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I can mind myself very well, Mr. Montague.\"\n","abridged":"\"I can mind myself very well, Mr. Montague.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Tell me this. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Have you seen Sir Felix Carbury since you've been in town?\" ","abridged":"\"Have you seen Sir Felix Carbury since you've been in town?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Ruby, whose blushes came very easily, now flushed up to her forehead. ","abridged":"Ruby flushed up to her forehead. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"You may be sure that he means no good to you. ","abridged":"\"You may be sure that he means you no good.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What can come of an intimacy between you and such a one as he?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"I don't see why I shouldn't have my friend, Mr. Montague, as well as you. ","abridged":"\"I don't see why I shouldn't have my friend, Mr. Montague, as well as you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Howsomever, if you'll not tell, I'll be ever so much obliged.\"\n","abridged":"Howsomever, if you'll not tell, I'll be ever so much obliged.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"But I must tell Mr. Carbury.\"\n","abridged":"\"But I must tell Mr. Carbury.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"\"Then I ain't obliged to you one bit,\" said Ruby, shutting the door.\n","abridged":"\"Then I ain't obliged to you one bit,\" said Ruby, shutting the door.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Paul as he walked away could not help thinking of the justice of Ruby's reproach to him. ","abridged":"Paul as he walked away could not help thinking of the justice of Ruby's reproach. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"What business had he to take upon himself to be a Mentor to any one in regard to an affair of love;--he, who had engaged himself to marry Mrs. Hurtle, and who the evening before had for the first time declared his love to Hetta Carbury?\n","abridged":"What business had he to advise her in love - he, who had engaged himself to marry Mrs. Hurtle, and who the evening before had declared his love to Hetta Carbury?\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"In regard to Mrs. Hurtle he had got a reprieve, as he thought, for two days;--but it did not make him happy or even comfortable. ","abridged":"In regard to Mrs. Hurtle he had got a reprieve, he thought, for two days; but it did not make him comfortable. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"As he walked back to his lodgings he knew it would have been better for him to have had the interview over. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"But, at any rate, he could now think of Hetta Carbury, and the words he had spoken to her. ","abridged":"He thought of Hetta Carbury, and the words he had spoken to her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"Had he heard that declaration which she had made to her mother, he would have been able for the hour to have forgotten Mrs. Hurtle.","abridged":"If he had heard the declaration which she had made to her mother, he would have been able for the hour to forget Mrs. Hurtle.","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 39: \"I Do Love Him\""}
{"original":"The afternoon on which Lady Carbury arrived at her cousin's house had been very stormy. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Roger Carbury had been severe, and Lady Carbury had suffered under his severity,--or had at least so well pretended to suffer as to leave on Roger's mind a strong impression that he had been cruel to her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She had then talked of going back at once to London, and when consenting to remain, had remained with a very bad feminine headache. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She had altogether carried her point, but had done so in a storm. The next morning was very calm. ","abridged":"After that day of storm, the next morning was very calm. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"That question of meeting the Melmottes had been settled, and there was no need for speaking of them again. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Roger went out by himself about the farm, immediately after breakfast, having told the ladies that they could have the waggonnette when they pleased. ","abridged":"Roger went out about the farm immediately after breakfast, having told the ladies that they could have the waggonnette when they pleased. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I'm afraid you'll find it tiresome driving about our lanes,\" he said. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Lady Carbury assured him that she was never dull when left alone with books. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury assured him that she was never dull when left alone with books.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Just as he was starting he went into the garden and plucked a rose which he brought to Henrietta. ","abridged":"Before starting he went into the garden and plucked a rose which he brought to Henrietta. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He only smiled as he gave it her, and then went his way. ","abridged":"He only smiled as he gave it her, and then went on his way. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had resolved that he would say nothing to her of his suit till Monday. ","abridged":"He had resolved to say nothing to her of his suit till Monday. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If he could prevail with her then he would ask her to remain with him when her mother and brother would be going out to dine at Caversham. ","abridged":"If he could prevail with her then, he would ask her to remain with him when her mother and brother went to dine at Caversham.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She looked up into his face as she took the rose and thanked him in a whisper. ","abridged":"She looked up into his face as she took the rose and thanked him in a whisper. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She fully appreciated the truth, and honour, and honesty of his character, and could have loved him so dearly as her cousin if he would have contented himself with such cousinly love! ","abridged":"She fully appreciated the truth, honour, and honesty of his character, and could have loved him so dearly as her cousin if he would have contented himself with such cousinly love! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She was beginning, within her heart, to take his side against her mother and brother, and to feel that he was the safest guide that she could have. ","abridged":"She was beginning, within her heart, to take his side against her mother and brother, and to feel that he was the safest guide that she could have. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But how could she be guided by a lover whom she did not love?\n","abridged":"But how could she be guided by a lover whom she did not love?\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I am afraid, my dear, we shall have a bad time of it here,\" said Lady Carbury.\n","abridged":"\"I am afraid, my dear, we shall have a bad time of it here,\" said Lady Carbury.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Why so, mamma?\"\n","abridged":"\"Why so, mamma?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"It will be so dull. ","abridged":"\"It will be so dull. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Your cousin is the best friend in all the world, and would make as good a husband as could be picked out of all the gentlemen of England; but in his present mood with me he is not a comfortable host. ","abridged":"Your cousin is the best friend in all the world, but in his present mood he is not a comfortable host. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"What nonsense he did talk about the Melmottes!\"\n","abridged":"What nonsense he did talk about the Melmottes!\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I don't suppose, mamma, that Mr. and Mrs. Melmotte can be nice people.\"\n","abridged":"\"I don't suppose, mamma, that Mr. and Mrs. Melmotte can be nice people.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Why shouldn't they be as nice as anybody else? ","abridged":"\"Why shouldn't they be as nice as anybody else? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Pray, Henrietta, don't let us have any of that nonsense from you. ","abridged":"Pray, Henrietta, don't let us have any of that nonsense from you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"When it comes from the superhuman virtue of poor dear Roger it has to be borne, but I beg that you will not copy him.\"\n","abridged":"I beg that you will not copy Roger with his superhuman virtue.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Mamma, I think that is unkind.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mamma, I think that is unkind.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"And I shall think it very unkind if you take upon yourself to abuse people who are able and willing to set poor Felix on his legs. ","abridged":"\"And I shall think it very unkind if you abuse people who are able and willing to set poor Felix on his legs. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"A word from you might undo all that we are doing.\"\n","abridged":"A word from you might undo all that we are doing.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"What word?\"\n","abridged":"\"What word?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"What word? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Any word! ","abridged":"\"Any word! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If you have any influence with your brother you should use it in inducing him to hurry this on. ","abridged":"If you have any influence with your brother you should use it in inducing him to hurry this on. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"I am sure the girl is willing enough. ","abridged":"I am sure the girl is willing enough. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She did refer him to her father.\"\n","abridged":"She did refer him to Mr. Melmotte.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Then why does he not go to Mr. Melmotte?\"\n","abridged":"\"Then why does he not go?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I suppose he is delicate about it on the score of money. ","abridged":"\"I suppose he is delicate about the money side of it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If Roger could only let it be understood that Felix is the heir to this place, and that some day he will be Sir Felix Carbury of Carbury, I don't think there would be any difficulty even with old Melmotte.\"\n","abridged":"If Roger could only let it be understood that Felix is the heir to this place, and that some day he will be Sir Felix Carbury of Carbury, I don't think there would be any difficulty with old Melmotte.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"How could he do that, mamma?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"If your cousin were to die as he is now, it would be so. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Your brother would be his heir.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"You should not think of such a thing, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"\"You should not think of such a thing, mamma.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Why do you dare to tell me what I am to think? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Am I not to think of my own son? ","abridged":"\"Am I not to think of my own son? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Is he not to be dearer to me than any one? ","abridged":"Is he not to be dearer to me than anyone? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"And what I say, is so. ","abridged":"And it is so. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If Roger were to die to-morrow he would be Sir Felix Carbury of Carbury.\"\n","abridged":"If Roger were to die tomorrow he would be Sir Felix Carbury of Carbury.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"But, mamma, he will live and have a family. ","abridged":"\"But, mamma, Roger will live and have a family. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Why should he not?\"\n","abridged":"Why should he not?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"You say he is so old that you will not look at him.\"\n","abridged":"\"You say he is so old that you will not look at him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I never said so. ","abridged":"\"I never said so. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"When we were joking, I said he was old. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"You know I did not mean that he was too old to get married. ","abridged":"I did not mean that he was too old to get married. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Men a great deal older get married every day.\"\n","abridged":"Men a great deal older get married every day.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"If you don't accept him he will never marry. ","abridged":"\"If you don't accept him he will never marry. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He is a man of that kind,--so stiff and stubborn and old-fashioned that nothing will change him. ","abridged":"He is so stubborn and old-fashioned that nothing will change him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He will go on boodying over it, till he will become an old misanthrope. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If you would take him I would be quite contented. ","abridged":"If you would take him I would be quite contented. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"You are my child as well as Felix. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But if you mean to be obstinate I do wish that the Melmottes should be made to understand that the property and title and name of the place will all go together. ","abridged":"But if you mean to be obstinate I wish that the Melmottes should understand that the property and title will go together. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It will be so, and why should not Felix have the advantage?\"\n","abridged":"Why should not Felix have that advantage?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Who is to say it?\"\n","abridged":"\"Who is to say it?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Ah;--that's where it is. ","abridged":"\"Ah; that's the thing. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Roger is so violent and prejudiced that one cannot get him to speak rationally.\"\n","abridged":"Roger is so prejudiced that one cannot get him to speak rationally.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma;--you wouldn't suggest it to him;--that this place is to go to--Felix, when he--is dead!\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, mamma; you wouldn't suggest it to him! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"It would not kill him a day sooner.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"You would not dare to do it, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"You would not dare, mamma.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I would dare to do anything for my children. ","abridged":"\"I would dare anything for my children. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But you need not look like that, Henrietta. ","abridged":"But you need not look like that, Henrietta. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"I am not going to say anything to him of the kind. ","abridged":"I am not going to say anything to him of the kind. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He is not quick enough to understand of what infinite service he might be to us without in any way hurting himself.\" ","abridged":"He is not quick enough to understand how much it might help us without in any way hurting himself.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Henrietta would fain have answered that their cousin was quick enough for anything, but was by far too honest to take part in such a scheme as that proposed. She refrained, however, and was silent. ","abridged":"Henrietta was silent; but she thought that her cousin was too honest to take part in any such scheme. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"There was no sympathy on the matter between her and her mother. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She was beginning to understand the tortuous mazes of manoeuvres in which her mother's mind had learned to work, and to dislike and almost to despise them. ","abridged":"She was beginning to understand the tortuous manuvres in which her mother's mind had learned to work, and to dislike them. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But she felt it to be her duty to abstain from rebukes.\n","abridged":"But she felt it to be her duty to abstain from rebukes.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In the afternoon Lady Carbury, alone, had herself driven into Beccles that she might telegraph to her son. ","abridged":"In the afternoon Lady Carbury, alone, had herself driven into Beccles to telegraph to her son. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"You are to dine at Caversham on Monday. ","abridged":"\"You are to dine at Caversham on Monday. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Come on Saturday if you can. ","abridged":"Come on Saturday if you can. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She is there.\" ","abridged":"She is there.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Lady Carbury had many doubts as to the wording of this message. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury had many doubts as to the wording of this message. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The female in the office might too probably understand who was the \"She,\" who was spoken of as being at Caversham, and might understand also the project, and speak of it publicly. ","abridged":"The female in the office might understand who the \"She\" was, and might also understand the project, and speak of it publicly. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But then it was essential that Felix should know how great and certain was the opportunity afforded to him. ","abridged":"But it was essential that Felix should know how great was the opportunity given him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had promised to come on Saturday and return on Monday,--and, unless warned, would too probably stick to his plan and throw over the Longestaffes and their dinner-party. ","abridged":"He had promised to come on Saturday and return on Monday - and, unless warned, would probably stick to his plan and throw over the Longestaffes' dinner-party. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Again if he were told to come simply for the Monday, he would throw over the chance of wooing her on the Sunday. ","abridged":"But if he were told to come simply for the Monday, he would throw over the chance of wooing her on the Sunday. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It was Lady Carbury's desire to get him down for as long a period as was possible, and nothing surely would so tend to bring him and to keep him, as a knowledge that the heiress was already in the neighbourhood. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury desired to get him down for as long as possible.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Then she returned, and shut herself up in her bedroom, and worked for an hour or two at a paper which she was writing for the \"Breakfast Table.\" ","abridged":"On her return, she shut herself up in her bedroom, and worked for an hour or two on an article for the Breakfast Table. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Nobody should ever accuse her justly of idleness. ","abridged":"Nobody should ever accuse her of idleness. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"And afterwards, as she walked by herself round and round the garden, she revolved in her mind the scheme of a new book. ","abridged":"Afterwards, as she walked by herself round the garden, she revolved in her mind the scheme of a new book. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Whatever might happen she would persevere. ","abridged":"Whatever might happen she would persevere.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If the Carburys were unfortunate their misfortunes should come from no fault of hers. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Henrietta passed the whole day alone. ","abridged":"Henrietta passed the whole day alone. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She did not see her cousin from breakfast till he appeared in the drawing-room before dinner. ","abridged":"She did not see her cousin from breakfast till dinner. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But she was thinking of him during every minute of the day,--how good he was, how honest, how thoroughly entitled to demand at any rate kindness at her hand! ","abridged":"But she was thinking of him every minute - how good he was, how honest, how thoroughly entitled to demand at least kindness from her! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Her mother had spoken of him as of one who might be regarded as all but dead and buried, simply because of his love for her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Could it be true that his constancy was such that he would never marry unless she would take his hand? ","abridged":"Could it be true that he would never marry unless she would take his hand? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She came to think of him with more tenderness than she had ever felt before, but, yet, she would not tell herself she loved him. ","abridged":"She thought of him with more tenderness than she had ever felt before, yet she would not tell herself she loved him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It might, perhaps, be her duty to give herself to him without loving him,--because he was so good; but she was sure that she did not love him.\n","abridged":"It might, perhaps, be her duty to give herself to him without loving him, because he was so good; but she was sure that she did not love him.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In the evening the bishop came, and his wife, Mrs. Yeld, and the Hepworths of Eardly, and Father John Barham, the Beccles priest. ","abridged":"In the evening the bishop came, and Mrs. Yeld his wife, and the Hepworths, and Father John Barham, the priest. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The party consisted of eight, which is, perhaps, the best number for a mixed gathering of men and women at a dinner-table,--especially if there be no mistress whose prerogative and duty it is to sit opposite to the master. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In this case Mr. Hepworth faced the giver of the feast, the bishop and the priest were opposite to each other, and the ladies graced the four corners. ","abridged":"Mr. Hepworth sat facing Roger at the table, the bishop and the priest were opposite each other, and the ladies graced the four corners. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Roger, though he spoke of such things to no one, turned them over much in his mind, believing it to be the duty of a host to administer in all things to the comfort of his guests. ","abridged":"Roger turned such matters over much in his mind. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In the drawing-room he had been especially courteous to the young priest, introducing him first to the bishop and his wife, and then to his cousins. ","abridged":"In the drawing-room he had been especially courteous to the young priest, introducing him to the others. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Henrietta watched him through the whole evening, and told herself that he was a very mirror of courtesy in his own house. ","abridged":"Henrietta, watching him, told herself that he was a very mirror of courtesy in his own house. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She had seen it all before, no doubt; but she had never watched him as she now watched him since her mother had told her that he would die wifeless and childless because she would not be his wife and the mother of his children.\n","abridged":"She had never watched him as she now watched him, since her mother had said that he would die wifeless and childless because she would not be his wife.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The bishop was a man sixty years of age, very healthy and handsome, with hair just becoming grey, clear eyes, a kindly mouth, and something of a double chin. He was all but six feet high, with a broad chest, large hands, and legs which seemed to have been made for clerical breeches and clerical stockings. ","abridged":"The bishop was a tall man of sixty, healthy and handsome, with hair just becoming grey, clear eyes, a kindly mouth, and a double chin. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He was a man of fortune outside his bishopric; and, as he never went up to London, and had no children on whom to spend his money, he was able to live as a nobleman in the country. He did live as a nobleman, and was very popular. ","abridged":"He was a man of fortune; and, as he had no children on whom to spend his money, he was able to live as a nobleman in the country - where he was very popular. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Among the poor around him he was idolized, and by such clergy of his diocese as were not enthusiastic in their theology either on the one side or on the other, he was regarded as a model bishop. ","abridged":"Among the poor he was idolized, and by such clergy as were not enthusiastic about their theology, he was regarded as a model bishop. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"By the very high and the very low,--by those rather who regarded ritualism as being either heavenly or devilish,--he was looked upon as a time-server, because he would not put to sea in either of those boats. ","abridged":"By those of the very high and the very low church, he was looked upon as a time-server.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He was an unselfish man, who loved his neighbour as himself, and forgave all trespasses, and thanked God for his daily bread from his heart, and prayed heartily to be delivered from temptation. ","abridged":"An unselfish man, he loved his neighbour and forgave all trespasses, thanked God for his daily bread from his heart, and prayed sincerely to be delivered from temptation. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But I doubt whether he was competent to teach a creed,--or even to hold one, if it be necessary that a man should understand and define his creed before he can hold it. ","abridged":"But I doubt whether he was competent to teach a creed which he could neither understand nor define. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Whether he was free from, or whether he was scared by, any inward misgivings, who shall say? ","abridged":"Whether he had any inward misgivings, who shall say? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"If there were such he never whispered a word of them even to the wife of his bosom. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"From the tone of his voice and the look of his eye, you would say that he was unscathed by that agony which doubt on such a matter would surely bring to a man so placed. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"And yet it was observed of him that he never spoke of his faith, or entered into arguments with men as to the reasons on which he had based it. ","abridged":"He never spoke of his faith.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He was diligent in preaching,--moral sermons that were short, pithy, and useful. ","abridged":"He was diligent in preaching - moral sermons that were short, pithy, and useful. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He was never weary in furthering the welfare of his clergymen. His house was open to them and to their wives. The edifice of every church in his diocese was a care to him. He laboured at schools, and was zealous in improving the social comforts of the poor; but he was never known to declare to man or woman that the human soul must live or die for ever according to its faith. ","abridged":"His house was open to his fellow-clergymen; he laboured at schools, and was zealous in improving the comforts of the poor; but he was never known to declare that the human soul must live or die for ever according to its faith. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Perhaps there was no bishop in England more loved or more useful in his diocese than the Bishop of Elmham.\n","abridged":"Perhaps there was no bishop in England more loved or more useful in his diocese than the Bishop of Elmham.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"A man more antagonistic to the bishop than Father John Barham, the lately appointed Roman Catholic priest at Beccles, it would be impossible to conceive;--and yet they were both eminently good men. ","abridged":"A man more antagonistic to the bishop than Father John Barham, the new Roman Catholic priest at Beccles, it would be impossible to conceive; and yet they were both eminently good men. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Father John was not above five feet nine in height, but so thin, so meagre, so wasted in appearance, that, unless when he stooped, he was taken to be tall. ","abridged":"Father John was thin, meagre and wasted in appearance. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had thick dark brown hair, which was cut short in accordance with the usage of his Church; but which he so constantly ruffled by the action of his hands, that, though short, it seemed to be wild and uncombed. ","abridged":"His thick brown hair was cut short in accordance with the usage of his Church; but he so constantly ruffled it with his hands that it seemed to be wild and uncombed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In his younger days, when long locks straggled over his forehead, he had acquired a habit, while talking energetically, of rubbing them back with his finger, which he had not since dropped. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"In discussions he would constantly push back his hair, and then sit with his hand fixed on the top of his head. ","abridged":"In discussions he would constantly push back his hair, and then sit with his hand fixed on the top of his head. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had a high, broad forehead, enormous blue eyes, a thin, long nose, cheeks very thin and hollow, a handsome large mouth, and a strong square chin. ","abridged":"He had a high forehead, enormous blue eyes, a long nose, hollow cheeks, a handsome large mouth, and a strong square chin.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He was utterly without worldly means, except those which came to him from the ministry of his church, and which did not suffice to find him food and raiment; but no man ever lived more indifferent to such matters than Father John Barham. ","abridged":"He was utterly without income, except that which came to him from the ministry of his church, and which was not enough for food and clothing; but he was indifferent to such matters. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had been the younger son of an English country gentleman of small fortune, had been sent to Oxford that he might hold a family living, and on the eve of his ordination had declared himself a Roman Catholic. ","abridged":"The younger son of an English country gentleman, he had been sent to Oxford to be ordained, and on the eve of his ordination had declared himself a Roman Catholic. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"His family had resented this bitterly, but had not quarrelled with him till he had drawn a sister with him. ","abridged":"His family had resented this bitterly, but had not quarrelled with him till he converted a sister. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"When banished from the house he had still striven to achieve the conversion of other sisters by his letters, and was now absolutely an alien from his father's heart and care. ","abridged":"When banished from the house he had still striven to convert the other sisters by his letters, and was now an alien from his father's heart. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But of this he never complained. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It was a part of the plan of his life that he should suffer for his faith. ","abridged":"But it was part of the plan of his life that he should suffer for his faith. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Had he been able to change his creed without incurring persecution, worldly degradation, and poverty, his own conversion would not have been to him comfortable and satisfactory as it was. ","abridged":"If he had not suffered persecution and poverty, his own conversion would not have seemed to him as satisfactory as it was.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He considered that his father, as a Protestant,--and in his mind Protestant and heathen were all the same,--had been right to quarrel with him. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But he loved his father, and was endless in prayer, wearying his saints with supplications, that his father might see the truth and be as he was.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"To him it was everything that a man should believe and obey,--that he should abandon his own reason to the care of another or of others, and allow himself to be guided in all things by authority. ","abridged":"He held that a man should believe and obey - that he should abandon his own reason, and allow himself to be guided by authority. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Faith being sufficient and of itself all in all, moral conduct could be nothing to a man, except as a testimony of faith; for to him, whose belief was true enough to produce obedience, moral conduct would certainly be added. ","abridged":"Faith being all in all, moral conduct could be nothing to a man, except as a testimony of faith. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The dogmas of his Church were to Father Barham a real religion; and he would teach them in season and out of season, always ready to commit himself to the task of proving their truth, afraid of no enemy, not even fearing the hostility which his perseverance would create. He had but one duty before him,--to do his part towards bringing over the world to his faith. ","abridged":"The dogmas of his Church were to Father Barham a real religion; and he had but one duty before him: to bring over the world to his faith. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It might be that with the toil of his whole life he should convert but one; that he should but half convert one; that he should do no more than disturb the thoughts of one so that future conversion might be possible. ","abridged":"It might be that with the toil of his whole life he should convert but one person, or only half convert one; or do no more than disturb the thoughts of one so that future conversion might be possible. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But even that would be work done. ","abridged":"But even that would be work done. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He would sow the seed if it might be so; but if it were not given to him to do that, he would at any rate plough the ground.\n","abridged":"If he could not sow the seed, he would at any rate plough the ground.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had come to Beccles lately, and Roger Carbury had found out that he was a gentleman by birth and education. Roger had found out also that he was very poor, and had consequently taken him by the hand. ","abridged":"When he came to Beccles, Roger Carbury had learned that he was a gentleman by birth and education, and also very poor, and had consequently taken him in hand. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The young priest had not hesitated to accept his neighbour's hospitality, having on one occasion laughingly protested that he should be delighted to dine at Carbury, as he was much in want of a dinner. ","abridged":"The young priest had accepted his neighbour's hospitality, laughingly saying that he was much in want of a dinner. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"He had accepted presents from the garden and the poultry yard, declaring that he was too poor to refuse anything. ","abridged":"He had accepted presents from the garden and the poultry yard, declaring that he was too poor to refuse anything. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The apparent frankness of the man about himself had charmed Roger, and the charm had not been seriously disturbed when Father Barham, on one winter evening in the parlour at Carbury, had tried his hand at converting his host. ","abridged":"This frankness had charmed Roger, and the charm had not been seriously disturbed when Father Barham, one winter evening at Carbury, had tried his hand at converting his host.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I have the most thorough respect for your religion,\" Roger had said; \"but it would not suit me.\" ","abridged":"\"I have the greatest respect for your religion,\" Roger had said; \"but it would not suit me.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The priest had gone on with his logic; if he could not sow the seed he might plough the ground. This had been repeated two or three times, and Roger had begun to feel it to be disagreeable. ","abridged":"The priest repeated his attempt two or three times, and Roger had begun to feel it to be disagreeable. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But the man was in earnest, and such earnestness commanded respect. ","abridged":"But the man's earnestness commanded respect. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"And Roger was quite sure that though he might be bored, he could not be injured by such teaching. ","abridged":"And Roger was quite sure that though he might be bored, he could not be injured by such preaching. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Then it occurred to him one day that he had known the Bishop of Elmham intimately for a dozen years, and had never heard from the bishop's mouth,--except when in the pulpit,--a single word of religious teaching; whereas this man, who was a stranger to him, divided from him by the very fact of his creed, was always talking to him about his faith. ","abridged":"It occurred to him that he had known the Bishop of Elmham intimately for a dozen years, and had never heard from the bishop's mouth - except when in the pulpit - a single word of religious teaching; whereas this man, who was a stranger, was always talking to him about his faith. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Roger Carbury was not a man given to much deep thinking, but he felt that the bishop's manner was the pleasanter of the two.\n","abridged":"Roger felt that the bishop's manner was the pleasanter of the two.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Lady Carbury at dinner was all smiles and pleasantness. ","abridged":"Lady Carbury at dinner was all smiles. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"No one looking at her, or listening to her, could think that her heart was sore with many troubles. ","abridged":"No one would think that her heart was sore with many troubles. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She sat between the bishop and her cousin, and was skilful enough to talk to each without neglecting the other. ","abridged":"She sat between the bishop and her cousin, and was skilful enough to talk to each without neglecting the other. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She had known the bishop before, and had on one occasion spoken to him of her soul. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The first tone of the good man's reply had convinced her of her error, and she never repeated it. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"To Mr. Alf she commonly talked of her mind; to Mr. Broune of her heart; to Mr. Booker of her body--and its wants. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She was quite ready to talk of her soul on a proper occasion, but she was much too wise to thrust the subject even on a bishop. Now she was full of the charms of Carbury and its neighbourhood. ","abridged":"She was too wise to talk to the bishop of her soul; so she was full of the charms of Carbury and its neighbourhood.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Yes, indeed,\" said the bishop, \"I think Suffolk is a very nice county; and as we are only a mile or two from Norfolk, I'll say as much for Norfolk too. ","abridged":"\"Yes, indeed,\" said the bishop, \"Suffolk is a very nice county; and Norfolk too.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"'It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.'\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I like a county in which there is something left of county feeling,\" said Lady Carbury. ","abridged":"\"I like a county which has something left of county feeling,\" said Lady Carbury. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Cheshire and Lancashire have become great towns, and have lost all local distinctions.\"\n","abridged":"\"Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Cheshire and Lancashire have become great towns, and have lost local distinctions.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"We still keep our name and reputation,\" said the bishop; \"Silly Suffolk!\"\n","abridged":"\"We still keep our name and reputation,\" said the bishop; \"Silly Suffolk!\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"But that was never deserved.\"\n","abridged":"\"That was never deserved.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"As much, perhaps, as other general epithets. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"I think we are a sleepy people. ","abridged":"\"I think we are a sleepy people. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"We've got no coal, you see, and no iron. We have no beautiful scenery, like the lake country,--no rivers great for fishing, like Scotland,--no hunting grounds, like the shires.\"\n","abridged":"We've got no industry and no beautiful scenery. No rivers great for fishing, like Scotland - no hunting grounds, like the shires.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Partridges!\" ","abridged":"\"Partridges!\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"pleaded Lady Carbury, with pretty energy.\n","abridged":"pleaded Lady Carbury, with pretty energy.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Yes; we have partridges, fine churches, and the herring fishery. ","abridged":"\"Yes; we have partridges, fine churches, and herring. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"We shall do very well if too much is not expected of us. ","abridged":"We shall do very well if too much is not expected of us.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"We can't increase and multiply as they do in the great cities.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I like this part of England so much the best for that very reason. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"What is the use of a crowded population?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"The earth has to be peopled, Lady Carbury.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Oh, yes,\" said her ladyship, with some little reverence added to her voice, feeling that the bishop was probably adverting to a divine arrangement. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"The world must be peopled; but for myself I like the country better than the town.\"\n","abridged":"\"For myself I like the country better than the town.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"So do I,\" said Roger; \"and I like Suffolk. ","abridged":"\"So do I,\" said Roger; \"and I like Suffolk. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The people are hearty, and radicalism is not quite so rampant as it is elsewhere. ","abridged":"The people are hearty, and not so radical as elsewhere. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The poor people touch their hats, and the rich people think of the poor. ","abridged":"The poor people touch their hats, and the rich people think of the poor. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"There is something left among us of old English habits.\"\n","abridged":"There is something left among us of old English habits.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"That is so nice,\" said Lady Carbury.\n","abridged":"\"That is so nice,\" said Lady Carbury.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Something left of old English ignorance,\" said the bishop. ","abridged":"\"Something left of old English ignorance,\" said the bishop. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"All the same I dare say we're improving, like the rest of the world. ","abridged":"\"All the same I dare say we're improving, like the rest of the world. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"What beautiful flowers you have here, Mr. Carbury! ","abridged":"What beautiful flowers you have here, Mr. Carbury! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"At any rate, we can grow flowers in Suffolk.\"\n","abridged":"At any rate, we can grow flowers in Suffolk.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mrs. Yeld, the bishop's wife, was sitting next to the priest, and was in truth somewhat afraid of her neighbour. ","abridged":"Mrs. Yeld, the bishop's wife, was sitting next to the priest, and was in truth somewhat afraid of him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She was, perhaps, a little stauncher than her husband in Protestantism; and though she was willing to admit that Mr. Barham might not have ceased to be a gentleman when he became a Roman Catholic priest, she was not quite sure that it was expedient for her or her husband to have much to do with him. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mr. Carbury had not taken them unawares. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Notice had been given that the priest was to be there, and the bishop had declared that he would be very happy to meet the priest. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But Mrs. Yeld had had her misgivings. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She never ventured to insist on her opinion after the bishop had expressed his; but she had an idea that right was right, and wrong wrong,--and that Roman Catholics were wrong, and therefore ought to be put down. ","abridged":"She had an idea that Roman Catholics were wrong, and ought to be suppressed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"And she thought also that if there were no priests there would be no Roman Catholics. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mr. Barham was, no doubt, a man of good family, which did make a difference.\n","abridged":"Mr. Barham was, no doubt, a gentleman of good family, which did make a difference.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mr. Barham always made his approaches very gradually. ","abridged":"Mr. Barham always made his approaches very gradually. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The taciturn humility with which he commenced his operations was in exact proportion to the enthusiastic volubility of his advanced intimacy. ","abridged":"He started with quiet humility, and advanced to talkative enthusiasm. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mrs. Yeld thought that it became her to address to him a few civil words, and he replied to her with a shame-faced modesty that almost overcame her dislike to his profession. ","abridged":"When Mrs. Yeld said a few civil words, he replied with a shame-faced modesty that she approved of. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"She spoke of the poor of Beccles, being very careful to allude only to their material position. There was too much beer drunk, no doubt, and the young women would have finery. ","abridged":"She spoke of the poor of Beccles: there was too much beer drunk, no doubt, and the young women would have finery. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Where did they get the money to buy those wonderful bonnets which appeared every Sunday? ","abridged":"Where did they get the money for those wonderful Sunday bonnets?\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Mr. Barham was very meek, and agreed to everything that was said. ","abridged":"Mr. Barham agreed meekly to everything. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"No doubt he had a plan ready formed for inducing Mrs. Yeld to have mass said regularly within her husband's palace, but he did not even begin to bring it about on this occasion. ","abridged":"No doubt he already had a plan for inducing Mrs. Yeld to have mass said regularly in her husband's palace, but he did not attempt it on this occasion. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It was not till he made some apparently chance allusion to the superior church-attending qualities of \"our people,\" that Mrs. Yeld drew herself up and changed the conversation by observing that there had been a great deal of rain lately.\n","abridged":"It was not till he made some apparently chance allusion to the superior church-attending qualities of \"our people,\" that Mrs. Yeld drew herself up and changed the conversation, observing that there had been a great deal of rain lately.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"When the ladies were gone the bishop at once put himself in the way of conversation with the priest, and asked questions as to the morality of Beccles. ","abridged":"When the ladies were gone the bishop began to talk to the priest, and asked about the morality of Beccles. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It was evidently Mr. Barham's opinion that \"his people\" were more moral than other people, though very much poorer. ","abridged":"It was Mr. Barham's opinion that \"his people\" were more moral than other people, though very much poorer.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"But the Irish always drink,\" said Mr. Hepworth.\n","abridged":"\"But the Irish always drink,\" said Mr. Hepworth.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Not so much as the English, I think,\" said the priest. ","abridged":"\"Not so much as the English, I think,\" said the priest. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"And you are not to suppose that we are all Irish. ","abridged":"\"And we are not all Irish. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Of my flock the greater proportion are English.\"\n","abridged":"Most of my flock are English.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"It is astonishing how little we know of our neighbours,\" said the bishop. ","abridged":"\"It is astonishing how little we know of our neighbours,\" said the bishop. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Of course I am aware that there are a certain number of persons of your persuasion round about us. ","abridged":"\"Of course I am aware that there are a certain number of Catholics round about us. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Indeed, I could give the exact number in this diocese. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But in my own immediate neighbourhood I could not put my hand upon any families which I know to be Roman Catholic.\"\n","abridged":"But I could not name any Catholic families.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"It is not, my lord, because there are none.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Of course not. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It is because, as I say, I do not know my neighbours.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I think, here in Suffolk, they must be chiefly the poor,\" said Mr. Hepworth.\n","abridged":"\"I think, here in Suffolk, they must be chiefly the poor,\" said Mr. Hepworth.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"They were chiefly the poor who at first put their faith in our Saviour,\" said the priest.\n","abridged":"\"They were chiefly the poor who first put their faith in our Saviour,\" said the priest.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I think the analogy is hardly correctly drawn,\" said the bishop, with a curious smile. ","abridged":"\"I think the analogy is hardly correct,\" said the bishop, with a curious smile. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"We were speaking of those who are still attached to an old creed. ","abridged":"\"We are speaking of those who are still attached to an old creed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Our Saviour was the teacher of a new religion. ","abridged":"Our Saviour was the teacher of a new religion. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"That the poor in the simplicity of their hearts should be the first to acknowledge the truth of a new religion is in accordance with our idea of human nature. ","abridged":"That the poor in the simplicity of their hearts should be the first to acknowledge the truth of a new religion is natural. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But that an old faith should remain with the poor after it has been abandoned by the rich is not so easily intelligible.\"\n","abridged":"But that the poor should keep to an old faith abandoned by the rich is not so easy to understand.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"[Illustration: The bishop thinks that the priest's analogy is not correct.]\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"The Roman population still believed,\" said Carbury, \"when the patricians had learned to regard their gods as simply useful bugbears.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"The patricians had not ostensibly abandoned their religion. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The people clung to it thinking that their masters and rulers clung to it also.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"The poor have ever been the salt of the earth, my lord,\" said the priest.\n","abridged":"\"The poor have ever been the salt of the earth, my lord,\" said the priest.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"That begs the whole question,\" said the bishop, turning to his host, and beginning to talk about a breed of pigs which had lately been imported into the palace styes. ","abridged":"\"That begs the question,\" said the bishop, turning to Roger Carbury, and beginning to talk about a breed of pigs which had lately been imported into the palace sties.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"Father Barham turned to Mr. Hepworth and went on with his argument, or rather began another. ","abridged":"Father Barham continued his argument with Mr. Hepworth. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"It was a mistake to suppose that the Catholics in the county were all poor. ","abridged":"It was a mistake to suppose that the Catholics in the county were all poor. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"There were the A----s and the B----s, and the C----s and the D----s. He knew all their names and was proud of their fidelity. To him these faithful ones were really the salt of the earth, who would some day be enabled by their fidelity to restore England to her pristine condition. ","abridged":"The wealthier families of his faith - whom he named - would some day restore England to her pristine condition.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"The bishop had truly said that of many of his neighbours he did not know to what Church they belonged; but Father Barham, though he had not as yet been twelve months in the county, knew the name of nearly every Roman Catholic within its borders.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Your priest is a very zealous man,\" said the bishop afterwards to Roger Carbury, \"and I do not doubt but that he is an excellent gentleman; but he is perhaps a little indiscreet.\"\n","abridged":"\"Your priest is a very zealous man,\" said the bishop afterwards to Roger Carbury, \"and no doubt an excellent gentleman; but he is perhaps a little indiscreet.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I like him because he is doing the best he can according to his lights; without any reference to his own worldly welfare.\"\n","abridged":"\"I like him because he is doing the best he can, without any reference to his own worldly welfare.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"That is all very grand, and I am perfectly willing to respect him. ","abridged":"\"That is all very grand, and I am perfectly willing to respect him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"But I do not know that I should care to talk very freely in his company.\"\n","abridged":"But I do not know that I should care to talk very freely in his company.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I am sure he would repeat nothing.\"\n","abridged":"\"I am sure he would repeat nothing.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps not; but he would always be thinking that he was going to get the best of me.\"\n","abridged":"\"Perhaps not; but he would always be thinking that he was going to get the better of me.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I don't think it answers,\" said Mrs. Yeld to her husband as they went home. \"Of course I don't want to be prejudiced; but Protestants are Protestants, and Roman Catholics are Roman Catholics.\"\n\"You may say the same of Liberals and Conservatives, but you wouldn't have them decline to meet each other.\"\n\"It isn't quite the same, my dear. After all religion is religion.\"\n\"It ought to be,\" said the bishop.\n\"Of course I don't mean to put myself up against you, my dear; but I don't know that I want to meet Mr. Barham again.\"\n","abridged":"Mrs. Yeld said to her husband as they went home, \"Of course I don't mean to oppose you, my dear; but I don't know that I want to meet Mr. Barham again.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"\"I don't know that I do, either,\" said the bishop; \"but if he comes in my way I hope I shall treat him civilly.\"","abridged":"\"I don't know that I do, either,\" said the bishop; \"but if he comes in my way I hope I shall treat him civilly.\"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 16: The Bishop and the Priest"}
{"original":"No election of a Member of Parliament by ballot in a borough so large as that of Westminster had as yet been achieved in England since the ballot had been established by law. ","abridged":"No parliamentary election in a borough as large as Westminster had yet happened in England since the secret ballot had been established. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Men who heretofore had known, or thought that they knew, how elections would go, who counted up promises, told off professed enemies, and weighed the doubtful ones, now confessed themselves to be in the dark. ","abridged":"Men who previously had known how elections would go, now confessed themselves to be in the dark. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Three days since the odds had been considerably in Melmotte's favour; but this had come from the reputation attached to his name, rather than from any calculation as to the politics of the voters. Then Sunday had intervened. On the Monday Melmotte's name had continued to go down in the betting from morning to evening. ","abridged":"Three days ago, the odds had been in Melmotte's favour; but on Monday his name had gone down in the betting. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Early in the day his supporters had thought little of this, attributing the fall to that vacillation which is customary in such matters; but towards the latter part of the afternoon the tidings from the City had been in everybody's mouth, and Melmotte's committee-room had been almost deserted. ","abridged":"Early in the day his supporters had thought little of this, but by late afternoon the news from the City had spread. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"At six o'clock there were some who suggested that his name should be withdrawn. ","abridged":"At six o'clock there were some who suggested that his name should be withdrawn. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"No such suggestion, however, was made to him,--perhaps because no one dared to make it. ","abridged":"However, no one dared suggest it to him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"On the Monday evening all work and strategy for the election, as regarded Melmotte and his party, died away; and the interest of the hour was turned to the dinner.\n","abridged":"On Monday evening the interest of the hour was turned to the dinner.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But Mr. Alf's supporters were very busy. ","abridged":"But Mr. Alf's supporters were very busy. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There had been a close consultation among a few of them as to what should be done by their Committee as to these charges against the opposite candidate. ","abridged":"Their Committee had consulted about what should be done as to these charges against Melmotte. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"In the \"Pulpit\" of that evening an allusion had been made to the affair, which was of course sufficiently intelligible to those who were immediately concerned in the matter, but which had given no name and mentioned no details. ","abridged":"The Pulpit of that evening alluded to the affair, but gave no name and mentioned no details. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Alf explained that this had been put in by the sub-editor, and that it only afforded such news as the paper was bound to give to the public. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He himself pointed out the fact that no note of triumph had been sounded, and that the rumour had not been connected with the election.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"One old gentleman was of opinion that they were bound to make the most of it. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"It's no more than we've all believed all along,\" said the old gentleman, \"and why are we to let a fellow like that get the seat if we can keep him out?\" ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He was of opinion that everything should be done to make the rumour with all its exaggerations as public as possible,--so that there should be no opening for an indictment for libel; and the clever old gentleman was full of devices by which this might be effected. But the Committee generally was averse to fight in this manner. ","abridged":"The Committee was averse to fighting the election by making the rumours public. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Public opinion has its Bar as well as the Law Courts. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"If, after all, Melmotte had committed no fraud,--or, as was much more probable, should not be convicted of fraud,--then it would be said that the accusation had been forged for purely electioneering purposes, and there might be a rebound which would pretty well crush all those who had been concerned. ","abridged":"If, after all, Melmotte had committed no fraud - or, as was more probable, should not be convicted of fraud - then it would be said that the accusation had been invented for electioneering purposes.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Individual gentlemen could, of course, say what they pleased to individual voters; but it was agreed at last that no overt use should be made of the rumours by Mr. Alf's Committee. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"In regard to other matters, they who worked under the Committee were busy enough. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The dinner to the Emperor was turned into ridicule, and the electors were asked whether they felt themselves bound to return a gentleman out of the City to Parliament because he had offered to spend a fortune on entertaining all the royalties then assembled in London. ","abridged":"However, the dinner to the Emperor was ridiculed in the newspaper, and the electors were asked whether they felt they should elect a gentleman to Parliament because he had offered to spend a fortune on entertaining royalty. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There was very much said on placards and published in newspapers to the discredit of Melmotte, but nothing was so printed which would not have appeared with equal venom had the recent rumours never been sent out from the City. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"At twelve o'clock at night, when Mr. Alf's committee-room was being closed, and when Melmotte was walking home to bed, the general opinion at the clubs was very much in favour of Mr. Alf.\n","abridged":"At midnight, when Melmotte was walking home to bed, the general opinion at the clubs was in favour of Mr. Alf.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"On the next morning Melmotte was up before eight. ","abridged":"On the next morning Melmotte was up before eight. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"As yet no policeman had called for him, nor had any official intimation reached him that an accusation was to be brought against him. ","abridged":"As yet no policeman had called for him, nor had any official word reached him that an accusation was to be brought against him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"On coming down from his bedroom he at once went into the back-parlour on the ground floor, which Mr. Longestaffe called his study, and which Mr. Melmotte had used since he had been in Mr. Longestaffe's house for the work which he did at home. He would be there often early in the morning, and often late at night after Lord Alfred had left him. ","abridged":"On rising he at once went into the back-parlour which Mr. Longestaffe called his study, and which Mr. Melmotte often used for the work he did at home early in the morning, and late at night.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There were two heavy desk-tables in the room, furnished with drawers down to the ground. One of these the owner of the house had kept locked for his own purposes. ","abridged":"There were two heavy desks in the room: one of these Mr. Longstaffe had kept locked for his own purposes. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"When the bargain for the temporary letting of the house had been made, Mr. Melmotte and Mr. Longestaffe were close friends. Terms for the purchase of Pickering had just been made, and no cause for suspicion had as yet arisen. Everything between the two gentlemen had been managed with the greatest ease. ","abridged":"When the house had first been let to Melmotte, everything between the two gentlemen had been managed with the greatest ease. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Oh dear, yes! ","abridged":"Oh dear, yes! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Longestaffe could come whenever he pleased. ","abridged":"Mr. Longestaffe could come whenever he pleased. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He, Melmotte, always left the house at ten and never returned till six. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The ladies would never enter that room. ","abridged":"The ladies would never enter that room. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The servants were to regard Mr. Longestaffe quite as master of the house as far as that room was concerned. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"If Mr. Longestaffe could spare it, Mr. Melmotte would take the key of one of the tables. ","abridged":"If Mr. Longestaffe could spare it, Mr. Melmotte would take the key of one of the desks. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The matter was arranged very pleasantly.\n","abridged":"The matter was arranged very pleasantly.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Melmotte, on entering the room bolted the door, and then, sitting at his own table, took certain papers out of the drawers,--a bundle of letters and another of small documents. ","abridged":"Mr. Melmotte, on entering the room, bolted the door, and then, sitting at his own desk, took certain papers out of the drawers: a bundle of letters and another of documents. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"From these, with very little examination, he took three or four,--two or three perhaps from each. ","abridged":"From these he took three or four. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"These he tore into very small fragments and burned the bits,--holding them over a gas-burner and letting the ashes fall into a large china plate. ","abridged":"He tore them into very small fragments and burned the bits over a gas-burner, letting the ashes fall into a large china plate. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Then he blew the ashes into the yard through the open window. ","abridged":"Then he blew the ashes into the yard through the open window. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"This he did to all these documents but one. ","abridged":"This he did to all these documents but one. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"This one he put bit by bit into his mouth, chewing the paper into a pulp till he swallowed it. ","abridged":"This one he put bit by bit into his mouth, chewing the paper into a pulp till he swallowed it.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"When he had done this, and had re-locked his own drawers, he walked across to the other table, Mr. Longestaffe's table, and pulled the handle of one of the drawers. ","abridged":"When he had done this, and had re-locked his own drawers, he walked across to Mr. Longestaffe's desk and pulled the handle of one of the drawers. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It opened;--and then, without touching the contents, he again closed it. ","abridged":"It opened. Without touching the contents, he again closed it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He then knelt down and examined the lock, and the hole above into which the bolt of the lock ran. ","abridged":"He then knelt down and examined the lock, and the hole above, into which the bolt of the lock ran. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Having done this he again closed the drawer, drew back the bolt of the door, and, seating himself at his own desk, rang the bell which was close to hand. ","abridged":"He again closed the drawer, unlocked the study door, and rang the bell. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The servant found him writing letters after his usual hurried fashion, and was told that he was ready for breakfast. ","abridged":"The servant found him writing letters at his desk, and was told that he was ready for breakfast. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He always breakfasted alone with a heap of newspapers around him, and so he did on this day. ","abridged":"He always breakfasted alone with a heap of newspapers around him, and so he did on this day.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He soon found the paragraph alluding to himself in the \"Pulpit,\" and read it without a quiver in his face or the slightest change in his colour. ","abridged":"He soon found the paragraph about himself in the Pulpit, and read it without a quiver in his face. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There was no one to see him now,--but he was acting under a resolve that at no moment, either when alone, or in a crowd, or when suddenly called upon for words,--not even when the policemen with their first hints of arrest should come upon him,--would he betray himself by the working of a single muscle, or the loss of a drop of blood from his heart. ","abridged":"There was no one to see him, but he had resolved that at no moment would he betray himself by the working of a single muscle. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He would go through it, always armed, without a sign of shrinking. ","abridged":"Whatever happened, he would go through it without any sign of shrinking.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It had to be done, and he would do it.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"At ten he walked down to the central committee-room at Whitehall Place. ","abridged":"At ten he walked down to the central committee-room at Whitehall Place. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He thought that he would face the world better by walking than if he were taken in his own brougham. ","abridged":"He thought that he would face the world better walking than in his carriage. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He gave orders that the carriage should be at the committee-room at eleven, and wait an hour for him if he was not there. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He went along Bond Street and Piccadilly, Regent Street and through Pall Mall to Charing Cross, with the blandly triumphant smile of a man who had successfully entertained the great guest of the day. ","abridged":"He went along Bond Street and Piccadilly, Regent Street and Pall Mall to Charing Cross, with the blandly triumphant smile of a man who had successfully entertained the great guest of the day. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"As he got near the club he met two or three men whom he knew, and bowed to them. ","abridged":"As he got near the club he met two or three men whom he knew, and bowed to them. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"They returned his bow graciously enough, but not one of them stopped to speak to him. ","abridged":"They returned his bow graciously enough, but not one of them stopped to speak to him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Of one he knew that he would have stopped, had it not been for the rumour. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Even after the man had passed on he was careful to show no displeasure on his face. ","abridged":"He was careful to show no displeasure on his face. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He would take it all as it would come and still be the blandly triumphant Merchant Prince,--as long as the police would allow him. ","abridged":"He would still be the blandly triumphant Merchant Prince - as long as the police would allow him.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He probably was not aware how very different was the part he was now playing from that which he had assumed at the India Office.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"At the committee-room he only found a few understrappers, and was informed that everything was going on regularly. ","abridged":"At the committee-room he only found a few underlings. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The electors were balloting; but with the ballot,--so said the leader of the understrappers,--there never was any excitement. ","abridged":"The ballot was under way; but with the ballot - so said these men - there never was any excitement. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The men looked half-frightened,--as though they did not quite know whether they ought to seize their candidate, and hold him till the constable came. They certainly had not expected to see him there. ","abridged":"They looked half-frightened; they had not expected to see him there.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Has Lord Alfred been here?\" ","abridged":"\"Has Lord Alfred been here?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Melmotte asked, standing in the inner room with his back to the empty grate. ","abridged":"Melmotte asked. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"No,--Lord Alfred had not been there. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Nor Mr. Grendall?\" ","abridged":"\"Or Mr. Grendall?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The senior understrapper knew that Melmotte would have asked for \"his Secretary,\" and not for Mr. Grendall, but for the rumours. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It is so hard not to tumble into Scylla when you are avoiding Charybdis. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Grendall had not been there. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Indeed, nobody had been there. ","abridged":"No, nobody had been there.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"In fact, there is nothing more to be done, I suppose?\" ","abridged":"\"There is nothing more to be done, I suppose?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"said Mr. Melmotte. ","abridged":"said Mr. Melmotte. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The senior understrapper thought that there was nothing more to be done. He left word that his brougham should be sent away, and strolled out again on foot.\n","abridged":"The senior underling thought that there was nothing more to be done, and Melmotte strolled out again on foot.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He went up into Covent Garden, where there was a polling booth. ","abridged":"He went up into Covent Garden, where there was a polling booth. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The place seemed to him, as one of the chief centres for a contested election, to be wonderfully quiet. ","abridged":"The place seemed to him to be wonderfully quiet. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He was determined to face everybody and everything, and he went close up to the booth. ","abridged":"He was determined to face everything, and he went up to the booth. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Here he was recognised by various men, mechanics chiefly, who came forward and shook hands with him. ","abridged":"Here he was recognised by various men, mechanics chiefly, who came forward and shook hands with him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He remained there for an hour conversing with people, and at last made a speech to a little knot around him. ","abridged":"He remained for an hour conversing with people, and at last made a speech to a little knot around him.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He did not allude to the rumour of yesterday, nor to the paragraph in the \"Pulpit\" to which his name had not been attached; but he spoke freely enough of the general accusations that had been brought against him previously. ","abridged":"He did not allude to the rumour of yesterday; but he spoke freely of the general accusations that had been brought against him previously. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He wished the electors to understand that nothing which had been said against him made him ashamed to meet them here or elsewhere. He was proud of his position, and proud that the electors of Westminster should recognise it. He did not, he was glad to say, know much of the law, but he was told that the law would protect him from such aspersions as had been unfairly thrown upon him. ","abridged":"He wished the electors to understand that he was proud of his position, and that the law would protect him from such unfair aspersions. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He flattered himself that he was too good an Englishman to regard the ordinary political attacks to which candidates were, as a matter of course, subject at elections;--and he could stretch his back to bear perhaps a little more than these, particularly as he looked forward to a triumphant return. ","abridged":"He flattered himself that he was too good an Englishman to bother about the attacks which were made on candidates at elections; particularly as he looked forward to a triumphant return. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But things had been said, and published, which the excitement of an election could not justify, and as to these things he must have recourse to the law. ","abridged":"But things had been said, and published, which an election could not justify, and as to these things he must go to law. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Then he made some allusion to the Princes and the Emperor, and concluded by observing that it was the proudest boast of his life to be an Englishman and a Londoner.\n","abridged":"Then he made some allusion to the Princes and the Emperor, and concluded by saying that it was the proudest boast of his life to be an Englishman and a Londoner.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It was asserted afterwards that this was the only good speech he had ever been known to make; and it was certainly successful, as he was applauded throughout Covent Garden. ","abridged":"It was asserted afterwards that this was the only good speech he had ever made; and it was certainly successful. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"A reporter for the \"Breakfast Table\" who was on duty at the place, looking for paragraphs as to the conduct of electors, gave an account of the speech in that paper, and made more of it, perhaps, than it deserved. ","abridged":"A reporter for the Breakfast Table, who was on duty at the place, gave an account of the speech in that paper, and made more of it, perhaps, than it deserved.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It was asserted afterwards, and given as a great proof of Melmotte's cleverness, that he had planned the thing and gone to Covent Garden all alone having considered that in that way could he best regain a step in reputation; but in truth the affair had not been preconcerted. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It was while in Whitehall Place that he had first thought of going to Covent Garden, and he had had no idea of making a speech till the people had gathered round him.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It was then noon, and he had to determine what he should do next. ","abridged":"It was then noon, and he had to decide what to do next. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He was half inclined to go round to all the booths and make speeches. ","abridged":"He was half inclined to go round to all the booths and make speeches. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"His success at Covent Garden had been very pleasant to him. ","abridged":"His success at Covent Garden had been very pleasant. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But he feared that he might not be so successful elsewhere. ","abridged":"But he feared that he might not be so successful elsewhere. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He had shown that he was not afraid of the electors. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Then an idea struck him that he would go boldly into the City,--to his own offices in Abchurch Lane. He had determined to be absent on this day, and would not be expected. ","abridged":"An idea struck him that he would go boldly into the City, to his offices in Abchurch Lane, although he would not be expected today. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But his appearance there could not on that account be taken amiss. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Whatever enmities there might be, or whatever perils, he would face them. ","abridged":"Whatever perils there might be, he would face them.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He got a cab therefore and had himself driven to Abchurch Lane.\n","abridged":"He got a cab and had himself driven to Abchurch Lane. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The clerks were hanging about doing nothing, as though it were a holiday. ","abridged":"The clerks there were hanging about doing nothing, as though it were a holiday.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The dinner, the election, and the rumour together had altogether demoralized them. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But some of them at least were there, and they showed no signs of absolute insubordination. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Grendall has not been here?\" ","abridged":"\"Mr. Grendall has not been here?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"he asked. ","abridged":"he asked. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"No; Mr. Grendall had not been there; but Mr. Cohenlupe was in Mr. Grendall's room. ","abridged":"No; but Mr. Cohenlupe was in Mr. Grendall's room. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"At this moment he hardly desired to see Mr. Cohenlupe. ","abridged":"At this moment he hardly desired to see Mr. Cohenlupe. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"That gentleman was privy to many of his transactions, but was by no means privy to them all. ","abridged":"That gentleman was privy to many of his transactions, but by no means all. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Cohenlupe knew that the estate at Pickering had been purchased, and knew that it had been mortgaged. ","abridged":"Cohenlupe knew that the estate at Pickering had been purchased and mortgaged. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He knew also what had become of the money which had so been raised. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But he knew nothing of the circumstances of the purchase, although he probably surmised that Melmotte had succeeded in getting the title-deeds on credit, without paying the money. ","abridged":"But he knew nothing of the circumstances of the purchase. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He was afraid that he could hardly see Cohenlupe and hold his tongue, and that he could not speak to him without danger. ","abridged":"Melmotte felt that he could not speak to Cohenlupe without danger. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He and Cohenlupe might have to stand in a dock together; and Cohenlupe had none of his spirit. ","abridged":"They might have to stand in a dock together. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But the clerks would think, and would talk, were he to leave the office without seeing his old friend. ","abridged":"But the clerks would talk if he were to leave the office without seeing his old friend. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He went therefore into his own room, and called to Cohenlupe as he did so.\n","abridged":"He went therefore into his room, and called to Cohenlupe.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Ve didn't expect you here to-day,\" said the member for Staines.\n","abridged":"\"Ve didn't expect you here today.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Nor did I expect to come. ","abridged":"\"Nor did I expect to come,\" said Melmotte. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But there isn't much to do at Westminster while the ballot is going on; so I came up, just to look at the letters. ","abridged":"\"But there isn't much to do at Westminster while the ballot is going on; so I came to look at the letters. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The dinner went off pretty well yesterday, eh?\"\n","abridged":"The dinner went off pretty well yesterday, eh?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Uncommon;--nothing better. ","abridged":"\"Uncommon. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Vy did the Lord Mayor stay away, Melmotte?\"\n","abridged":"Vy did the Lord Mayor stay away, Melmotte?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Because he's an ass and a cur,\" said Mr. Melmotte with an assumed air of indignation. ","abridged":"\"Because he's an ass and a cur,\" said Mr. Melmotte, with assumed indignation. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Alf and his people had got hold of him. ","abridged":"\"Alf and his people had got hold of him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There was ever so much fuss about it at first,--whether he would accept the invitation. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"I say it was an insult to the City to take it and not to come. ","abridged":"I say it was an insult to the City. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"I shall be even with him some of these days.\"\n","abridged":"I shall be even with him one of these days.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Things will go on just the same as usual, Melmotte?\"\n","abridged":"\"Things will go on just the same as usual, Melmotte?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Go on. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Of course they'll go. ","abridged":"\"Of course. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"What's to hinder them?\"\n","abridged":"What's to hinder them?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"There's ever so much been said,\" whispered Cohenlupe.\n","abridged":"\"There's ever so much been said,\" whispered Cohenlupe.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Said;--yes,\" ejaculated Melmotte very loudly. ","abridged":"\"Said; yes,\" ejaculated Melmotte very loudly. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"You're not such a fool, I hope, as to believe every word you hear. ","abridged":"\"You're not such a fool, I hope, as to believe every word you hear.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"You'll have enough to believe, if you do.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"There's no knowing vat anybody does know, and vat anybody does not know,\" said Cohenlupe.\n","abridged":"\"There's no knowing vat anybody knows,\" said Cohenlupe.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Look you here, Cohenlupe,\"--and now Melmotte also sank his voice to a whisper,--\"keep your tongue in your mouth; go about just as usual, and say nothing. ","abridged":"\"Look here, Cohenlupe,\" - and Melmotte also sank his voice to a whisper - \"go about just as usual, and say nothing. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"It's all right. ","abridged":"It's all right. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There has been some heavy pulls upon us.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Oh dear, there has indeed!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"But any paper with my name to it will come right.\"\n","abridged":"Any paper with my name to it will come right. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"That's nothing;--nothing at all,\" said Cohenlupe.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"And there is nothing;--nothing at all! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"I've bought some property and have paid for it; and I have bought some, and have not yet paid for it. ","abridged":"I've bought some property and have paid for it; and I have bought some, and have not yet paid for it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"There's no fraud in that.\"\n","abridged":"There's no fraud in that.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"No, no,--nothing in that.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, nothing in that.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"You hold your tongue, and go about your business. ","abridged":"\"Hold your tongue, and go about your business. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"I'm going to the bank now.\" ","abridged":"I'm going to the bank now.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Cohenlupe had been very low in spirits, and was still low in spirits; but he was somewhat better after the visit of the great man to the City.\n","abridged":"Cohenlupe had been very low in spirits; but he was somewhat better after Melmotte's visit.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Mr. Melmotte was as good as his word and walked straight to the bank. He kept two accounts at different banks, one for his business, and one for his private affairs. The one he now entered was that which kept what we may call his domestic account. ","abridged":"Mr. Melmotte walked to the bank where he kept his domestic account rather than his business accounts. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He walked straight through, after his old fashion, to the room behind the bank in which sat the manager and the manager's one clerk, and stood upon the rug before the fire-place just as though nothing had happened,--or as nearly as though nothing had happened as was within the compass of his powers. ","abridged":"He walked straight through to the back room in which sat the manager and the manager's clerk, and stood before the fire-place just as though nothing had happened.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He could not quite do it. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"In keeping up an appearance intended to be natural he was obliged to be somewhat milder than his wont. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The manager did not behave nearly as well as he did, and the clerks manifestly betrayed their emotion. ","abridged":"The manager did not behave nearly as well, and the clerks betrayed their emotion. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Melmotte saw that it was so;--but he had expected it, and had come there on purpose to \"put it down.\"\n","abridged":"Melmotte saw it; but he had expected it, and had come on purpose to \"put it down.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"We hardly expected to see you in the City to-day, Mr. Melmotte.\"\n","abridged":"\"We hardly expected to see you in the City today, Mr. Melmotte.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"And I didn't expect to see myself here. ","abridged":"\"And I didn't expect to see myself here. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But it always happens that when one expects that there's most to be done, there's nothing to be done at all. They're all at work down at Westminster, balloting; but as I can't go on voting for myself, I'm of no use. ","abridged":"But they're all at work down at Westminster, balloting; and as I can't vote for myself, I'm of no use. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"I've been at Covent Garden this morning, making a stump speech, and if all that they say there is true, I haven't much to be afraid of.\"\n","abridged":"I've been at Covent Garden this morning, making a stump speech.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"And the dinner went off pretty well?\" ","abridged":"\"And the dinner went off pretty well?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"asked the manager.\n","abridged":"asked the manager.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"Very well, indeed. ","abridged":"\"Very well, indeed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"They say the Emperor liked it better than anything that has been done for him yet.\" ","abridged":"They say the Emperor liked it better than anything that has been done for him yet.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"This was a brilliant flash of imagination. ","abridged":"This was a brilliant flash of imagination. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"For a friend to dine with me every day, you know, I should prefer somebody who had a little more to say for himself. ","abridged":"\"For a dining companion, I should prefer somebody with a little more to say for himself. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But then, perhaps, you know, if you or I were in China we shouldn't have much to say for ourselves;--eh?\" ","abridged":"But then, perhaps, if you or I were in China we shouldn't have much to say for ourselves; eh? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"The manager acceded to this proposition. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"We had one awful disappointment. ","abridged":"We had one disappointment. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"His lordship from over the way didn't come.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"The Lord Mayor, you mean.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"The Lord Mayor didn't come! ","abridged":"The Lord Mayor didn't come. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He was frightened at the last moment;--took it into his head that his authority in the City was somehow compromised. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But the wonder was that the dinner went on without him.\" ","abridged":"But the dinner went on without him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Then Melmotte referred to the purport of his call there that day. ","abridged":"Then Melmotte referred to the purpose of his call. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He would have to draw large cheques for his private wants. ","abridged":"He would have to draw large cheques for his private wants. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"You don't give a dinner to an Emperor of China for nothing, you know.\" ","abridged":"\"You don't give a dinner to an Emperor of China for nothing.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"He had been in the habit of over-drawing on his private account,--making arrangements with the manager. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But now, in the manager's presence, he drew a regular cheque on his business account for a large sum, and then, as a sort of afterthought, paid in the 250 which he had received from Mr. Broune on account of the money which Sir Felix had taken from Marie.\n","abridged":"He drew a regular cheque on his business account for a large sum, and then, as a sort of afterthought, paid in the 250 which he had received from Mr. Broune.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"There don't seem much the matter with him,\" said the manager, when Melmotte had left the room.\n","abridged":"\"There don't seem much the matter with him,\" said the manager, when Melmotte had left.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"\"He brazens it out, don't he?\" ","abridged":"\"He brazens it out, don't he?\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"said the senior clerk. ","abridged":"said the senior clerk. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"But the feeling of the room after full discussion inclined to the opinion that the rumours had been a political manoeuvre. ","abridged":"They inclined to the opinion that the rumours had been a political manuvre. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"Nevertheless, Mr. Melmotte would not now have been allowed to overdraw at the present moment.","abridged":"Nevertheless, Mr. Melmotte would not have been allowed to overdraw at the present moment.","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 63: Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election"}
{"original":"In another part of Suffolk, not very far from Bungay, there was a lady whose friends had not managed her affairs as well as Ruby's friends had done for Ruby. Miss Georgiana Longestaffe in the early days of August was in a very miserable plight. ","abridged":"In another part of Suffolk, not far from Bungay, Miss Georgiana Longestaffe was in a very miserable plight. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Her sister's marriage with Mr. George Whitstable was fixed for the first of September, a day which in Suffolk is of all days the most sacred; and the combined energies of the houses of Caversham and Toodlam were being devoted to that happy event. Poor Georgey's position was in every respect wretched, but its misery was infinitely increased by the triumph of those hymeneals. ","abridged":"Her sister's marriage with Mr. George Whitstable was fixed for the first of September, and poor Georgey's misery was greatly increased by the triumph of that coming wedding. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It was but the other day that she had looked down from a very great height on her elder sister, and had utterly despised the squire of Toodlam. ","abridged":"It was only the other day that she had looked down from a great height on her elder sister, and had utterly despised the squire of Toodlam. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And at that time, still so recent, this contempt from her had been accepted as being almost reasonable. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Sophia had hardly ventured to rebel against it, and Mr. Whitstable himself had been always afraid to encounter the shafts of irony with which his fashionable future sister-in-law attacked him. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But all that was now changed. Sophia in her pride of place had become a tyrant, and George Whitstable, petted in the house with those sweetmeats which are always showered on embryo bridegrooms, absolutely gave himself airs. ","abridged":"But now Sophia in her pride of place had become a tyrant, and George Whitstable absolutely gave himself airs.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"At this time Mr. Longestaffe was never at home. ","abridged":"At this time Mr. Longestaffe was never at home. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Having assured himself that there was no longer any danger of the Brehgert alliance he had remained in London, thinking his presence to be necessary for the winding up of Melmotte's affairs, and leaving poor Lady Pomona to bear her daughter's ill-humour. ","abridged":"He had remained in London for the winding up of Melmotte's affairs, leaving poor Lady Pomona to bear her daughter's ill-humour. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The family at Caversham consisted therefore of the three ladies, and was enlivened by daily visits from Toodlam. ","abridged":"The family at Caversham consisted therefore of the three ladies, and was enlivened by daily visits from Toodlam.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It will be owned that in this state of things there was very little consolation for Georgiana.\nIt was not long before she quarrelled altogether with her sister,--to the point of absolutely refusing to act as bridesmaid. ","abridged":"It was not long before Georgiana quarrelled altogether with her sister, to the point of refusing to act as bridesmaid. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The reader may remember that there had been a watch and chain, and that two of the ladies of the family had expressed an opinion that these trinkets should be returned to Mr. Brehgert who had bestowed them. ","abridged":"The reader may remember that there had been a watch and chain, which two of the ladies of the family had said should be returned to Mr. Brehgert. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But Georgiana had not sent them back when a week had elapsed since the receipt of Mr. Brehgert's last letter. The matter had perhaps escaped Lady Pomona's memory, but Sophia was happily alive to the honour of her family. ","abridged":"But a week later Georgiana had not sent them back, as Sophia was happy to point out.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Georgey,\" she said one morning in their mother's presence, \"don't you think Mr. Brehgert's watch ought to go back to him without any more delay?\"\n","abridged":"\"Georgey,\" she said one morning in their mother's presence, \"don't you think Mr. Brehgert's watch ought to go back to him without any more delay?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"What have you got to do with anybody's watch? ","abridged":"\"What have you got to do with it? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The watch wasn't given to you.\"\n","abridged":"The watch wasn't given to you.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I think it ought to go back. When papa finds that it has been kept I'm sure he'll be very angry.\"\n","abridged":"\"I think it ought to go back, or I'm sure papa will be very angry.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It's no business of yours whether he's angry or not.\"\n","abridged":"\"It's no business of yours whether he's angry or not.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"If it isn't sent George will tell Dolly. ","abridged":"\"If it isn't sent George will tell Dolly.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"You know what would happen then.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"This was unbearable! ","abridged":"This was unbearable! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"That George Whitstable should interfere in her affairs,--that he should talk about her watch and chain. ","abridged":"That George Whitstable should interfere in her affairs! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I never will speak to George Whitstable again the longest day that ever I live,\" she said, getting up from her chair.\n","abridged":"\"I never will speak to George Whitstable again,\" she said, getting up from her chair.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"My dear, don't say anything so horrible as that,\" exclaimed the unhappy mother.\n","abridged":"\"My dear, don't say anything so horrible as that,\" exclaimed the unhappy mother.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I do say it. ","abridged":"\"I do say it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What has George Whitstable to do with me? A miserably stupid fellow! ","abridged":"George Whitstable is a miserably stupid fellow! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Because you've landed him, you think he's to ride over the whole family.\"\n","abridged":"Because you've landed him, you think he's to ride over the whole family.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I think Mr. Brehgert ought to have his watch and chain back,\" said Sophia.\n","abridged":"\"I think Mr. Brehgert ought to have his watch and chain back,\" said Sophia.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Certainly he ought,\" said Lady Pomona. ","abridged":"\"Certainly he ought,\" said Lady Pomona. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Georgiana, it must be sent back. It really must,--or I shall tell your papa.\"\n","abridged":"\"Georgiana, it must be sent back, or I shall tell your papa.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Subsequently, on the same day, Georgiana brought the watch and chain to her mother, protesting that she had never thought of keeping them, and explaining that she had intended to hand them over to her papa as soon as he should have returned to Caversham. ","abridged":"So Georgiana brought the watch and chain to her mother, protesting that she had never thought of keeping them. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Lady Pomona was now empowered to return them, and they were absolutely confided to the hands of the odious George Whitstable, who about this time made a journey to London in reference to certain garments which he required. ","abridged":"They were confided to the hands of the odious George Whitstable, who was going to a tailor in London. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But Georgiana, though she was so far beaten, kept up her quarrel with her sister. ","abridged":"But Georgiana, though she was so far beaten, kept up her quarrel with her sister. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She would not be bridesmaid. ","abridged":"She would not be bridesmaid. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She would never speak to George Whitstable. ","abridged":"She would never speak to George Whitstable. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And she would shut herself up on the day of the marriage.\n","abridged":"And she would shut herself up on the wedding day.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She did think herself to be very hardly used. ","abridged":"She did think herself to be very badly treated. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What was there left in the world that she could do in furtherance of her future cause? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And what did her father and mother expect would become of her? ","abridged":"What did her father and mother expect would become of her? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Marriage had ever been so clearly placed before her eyes as a condition of things to be achieved by her own efforts, that she could not endure the idea of remaining tranquil in her father's house and waiting till some fitting suitor might find her out. ","abridged":"Marriage had always been so clearly placed before her eyes as a position to be achieved by her own efforts, that she could not endure the idea of waiting in her father's house till some fitting suitor might find her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She had struggled and struggled,--struggling still in vain,--till every effort of her mind, every thought of her daily life, was pervaded by a conviction that as she grew older from year to year, the struggle should be more intense. ","abridged":"She had struggled and struggled, till every thought of her daily life was pervaded by a conviction that as she grew older the struggle would be more intense.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The swimmer when first he finds himself in the water, conscious of his skill and confident in his strength, can make his way through the water with the full command of all his powers. ","abridged":"The swimmer when first he finds himself in the water is confident in his strength. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But when he begins to feel that the shore is receding from him, that his strength is going, that the footing for which he pants is still far beneath his feet,--that there is peril where before he had contemplated no danger,--then he begins to beat the water with strokes rapid but impotent, and to waste in anxious gaspings the breath on which his very life must depend. ","abridged":"But when he begins to feel that the shore is receding, that his strength is going, then he begins to beat the water with strokes rapid but impotent, and to waste his breath in anxious gaspings. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"So it was with poor Georgey Longestaffe. ","abridged":"So it was with poor Georgey Longestaffe. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Something must be done at once, or it would be of no avail. ","abridged":"Something must be done at once, or it would be of no avail. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Twelve years had been passed by her since first she plunged into the stream,--the twelve years of her youth,--and she was as far as ever from the bank; nay, farther, if she believed her eyes. ","abridged":"Twelve years had passed since first she plunged into the stream; and she was as far as ever from the bank - nay, farther. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She too must strike out with rapid efforts, unless, indeed, she would abandon herself and let the waters close over her head. ","abridged":"She must strike out with rapid efforts, unless she would let the waters close over her head.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But immersed as she was here at Caversham, how could she strike at all? Even now the waters were closing upon her. ","abridged":"But immersed as she was here at Caversham, the waters were even now closing upon her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The sound of them was in her ears. ","abridged":"The sound of them was in her ears. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The ripple of the wave was already round her lips; robbing her of breath. ","abridged":"The ripple of the wave was already robbing her of breath.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Ah!--might not there be some last great convulsive effort which might dash her on shore, even if it were upon a rock!\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"That ultimate failure in her matrimonial projects would be the same as drowning she never for a moment doubted. ","abridged":"She never doubted that failure in her matrimonial projects would be the same as drowning. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It had never occurred to her to consider with equanimity the prospect of living as an old maid. It was beyond the scope of her mind to contemplate the chances of a life in which marriage might be well if it came, but in which unmarried tranquillity might also be well should that be her lot. ","abridged":"It had never occurred to her to consider the prospect of living as a tranquil old maid. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Nor could she understand that others should contemplate it for her. ","abridged":"Nor could she understand that others should contemplate it for her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"No doubt the battle had been carried on for many years so much under the auspices of her father and mother as to justify her in thinking that their theory of life was the same as her own. ","abridged":"The battle had been carried on for so many years under the auspices of her parents that she assumed their theory of life was the same as her own.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Lady Pomona had been very open in her teaching, and Mr. Longestaffe had always given a silent adherence to the idea that the house in London was to be kept open in order that husbands might be caught. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And now when they deserted her in her real difficulty,--when they first told her to live at Caversham all the summer, and then sent her up to the Melmottes, and after that forbade her marriage with Mr. Brehgert,--it seemed to her that they were unnatural parents who gave her a stone when she wanted bread, a serpent when she asked for a fish. ","abridged":"And now when they deserted her in her real difficulty - when they first told her to live at Caversham all the summer, and then sent her up to the Melmottes, and after that forbade her marriage with Mr. Brehgert - it seemed to her that they were unnatural parents who gave her a stone when she wanted bread, a serpent when she asked for a fish. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She had no friend left. ","abridged":"She had no friend left. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"There was no one living who seemed to care whether she had a husband or not. ","abridged":"There was no one living who seemed to care whether she had a husband or not. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She took to walking in solitude about the park, and thought of many things with a grim earnestness which had not hitherto belonged to her character.\n","abridged":"She took to walking in solitude about the park, and thought of many things with grim earnestness.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Mamma,\" she said one morning when all the care of the household was being devoted to the future comforts,--chiefly in regard to linen,--of Mrs. George Whitstable, \"I wonder whether papa has any intention at all about me.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mamma,\" she said one morning, \"I wonder whether papa has any intention at all about me.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"In what sort of way, my dear?\"\n","abridged":"\"In what way, my dear?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"In any way. ","abridged":"\"In any way. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Does he mean me to live here for ever and ever?\"\n","abridged":"Does he mean me to live here for ever?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I don't think he intends to have a house in town again.\"\n","abridged":"\"I don't think he intends to have a house in town again.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"And what am I to do?\"\n","abridged":"\"And what am I to do?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I suppose we shall stay here at Caversham.\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose we shall stay here at Caversham.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"And I'm to be buried just like a nun in a convent,--only that the nun does it by her own consent and I don't! ","abridged":"\"And I'm to be buried just like a nun in a convent! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Mamma, I won't stand it. ","abridged":"Mamma, I won't stand it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I won't indeed.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I think, my dear, that that is nonsense. ","abridged":"\"My dear, that is nonsense. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"You see company here, just as other people do in the country;--and as for not standing it, I don't know what you mean. ","abridged":"You see company here; and as for not standing it, I don't know what you mean. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As long as you are one of your papa's family of course you must live where he lives.\"\n","abridged":"As long as you are one of your papa's family of course you must live where he lives.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Oh, mamma, to hear you talk like that!--It is horrible--horrible! ","abridged":"\"Oh, mamma, to hear you talk like that! It is horrible! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As if you didn't know! ","abridged":"As if you didn't know! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As if you couldn't understand! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Sometimes I almost doubt whether papa does know, and then I think that if he did he would not be so cruel. ","abridged":"Sometimes I almost doubt whether papa does know. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But you understand it all as well as I do myself. ","abridged":"But you understand it all as well as I do myself. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What is to become of me? ","abridged":"What is to become of me? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Is it not enough to drive me mad to be going about here by myself, without any prospect of anything? ","abridged":"Is it not enough to drive me mad to be here by myself, without any prospect of anything? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Should you have liked at my age to have felt that you had no chance of having a house of your own to live in? ","abridged":"Should you have liked at my age to have felt that you had no chance of having a house of your own to live in? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Why didn't you, among you, let me marry Mr. Brehgert?\" ","abridged":"Why didn't you let me marry Mr. Brehgert?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As she said this she was almost eloquent with passion.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"You know, my dear,\" said Lady Pomona, \"that your papa wouldn't hear of it.\"\n","abridged":"\"You know, my dear,\" said Lady Pomona, \"that your papa wouldn't hear of it.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I know that if you would have helped me I would have done it in spite of papa. ","abridged":"\"If you would have helped me I would have done it in spite of papa. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What right has he to domineer over me in that way? ","abridged":"What right has he to domineer over me in that way? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Why shouldn't I have married the man if I chose? ","abridged":"Why shouldn't I have married the man if I chose? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I am old enough to know surely. ","abridged":"I am old enough, surely. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"You talk now of shutting up girls in convents as being a thing quite impossible. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"This is much worse. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Papa won't do anything to help me. ","abridged":"Papa won't do anything to help me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Why shouldn't he let me do something for myself?\"\n","abridged":"Why shouldn't he let me do something for myself?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"You can't regret Mr. Brehgert!\"\n","abridged":"\"You can't regret Mr. Brehgert!\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Why can't I regret him? ","abridged":"\"Why not? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I do regret him. ","abridged":"I do regret him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I'd have him to-morrow if he came. ","abridged":"I'd have him tomorrow if he came. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Bad as it might be, it couldn't be so bad as Caversham.\"\n","abridged":"It couldn't be so bad as Caversham.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"You couldn't have loved him, Georgiana.\"\n","abridged":"\"You couldn't have loved him, Georgiana.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Loved him! ","abridged":"\"Loved him! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Who thinks about love nowadays? ","abridged":"Who thinks about love nowadays? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I don't know any one who loves any one else. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"You won't tell me that Sophy is going to marry that idiot because she loves him! ","abridged":"You won't tell me that Sophy is going to marry that idiot because she loves him! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Did Julia Triplex love that man with the large fortune? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"When you wanted Dolly to marry Marie Melmotte you never thought of his loving her. ","abridged":"When you wanted Dolly to marry Marie Melmotte you never thought of his loving her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I had got the better of all that kind of thing before I was twenty.\"\n","abridged":"I had got over all that kind of thing before I was twenty.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I think a young woman should love her husband.\"\n","abridged":"\"I think a young woman should love her husband.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It makes me sick, mamma, to hear you talk in that way. ","abridged":"\"It makes me sick, mamma, to hear you talk in that way. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It does indeed. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"When one has been going on for a dozen years trying to do something,--and I have never had any secrets from you,--then that you should turn round upon me and talk about love! ","abridged":"When one has been going on for a dozen years trying to do something - and then you turn round upon me and talk about love! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Mamma, if you would help me I think I could still manage with Mr. Brehgert.\" ","abridged":"Mamma, if you would help me I think I could still manage with Mr. Brehgert.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Lady Pomona shuddered. ","abridged":"Lady Pomona shuddered. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"You have not got to marry him.\"\n","abridged":"\"You have not got to marry him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It is too horrid.\"\n","abridged":"\"It is too horrid.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Who would have to put up with it? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Not you, or papa, or Dolly. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I should have a house of my own at least, and I should know what I had to expect for the rest of my life. ","abridged":"\"I should have a house of my own at least. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"If I stay here I shall go mad,--or die.\"\n","abridged":"If I stay here I shall go mad - or die.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It is impossible.\"\n","abridged":"\"It is impossible.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"If you will stand to me, mamma, I am sure it may be done. ","abridged":"\"If you will stand by me, mamma, I am sure it may be done. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I would write to him, and say that you would see him.\"\n","abridged":"I would write to him, and say that you would see him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Georgiana, I will never see him.\"\n","abridged":"\"Georgiana, I will never see him.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Why not?\"\n","abridged":"\"Why not?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"He is a Jew!\"\n","abridged":"\"He is a Jew! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"What abominable prejudice;--what wicked prejudice! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As if you didn't know that all that is changed now! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What possible difference can it make about a man's religion? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Of course I know that he is vulgar, and old, and has a lot of children. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But if I can put up with that, I don't think that you and papa have a right to interfere. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As to his religion it cannot signify.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Georgiana, you make me very unhappy. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I am wretched to see you so discontented. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"If I could do anything for you, I would. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But I will not meddle about Mr. Brehgert. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I shouldn't dare to do so. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I don't think you know how angry your papa can be.\"\n","abridged":"I don't think you know how angry your papa can be.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I'm not going to let papa be a bugbear to frighten me. ","abridged":"\"I'm not going to let papa frighten me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"What can he do? ","abridged":"What can he do? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I don't suppose he'll beat me. ","abridged":"I don't suppose he'll beat me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And I'd rather he would than shut me up here. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"As for you, mamma, I don't think you care for me a bit. ","abridged":"As for you, mamma, I don't think you care for me a bit. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Because Sophy is going to be married to that oaf, you are become so proud of her that you haven't half a thought for anybody else.\"\n","abridged":"Because Sophy is going to be married to that oaf, you are become so proud of her that you haven't a thought for anybody else.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"That's very unjust, Georgiana.\"\n","abridged":"\"That's very unjust, Georgiana.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"I know what's unjust,--and I know who's ill-treated. ","abridged":"\"I know what's unjust. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I tell you fairly, mamma, that I shall write to Mr. Brehgert and tell him that I am quite ready to marry him. ","abridged":"I tell you, mamma, that I shall write to Mr. Brehgert and say that I am quite ready to marry him. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I don't know why he should be afraid of papa. I don't mean to be afraid of him any more, and you may tell him just what I say.\"\n","abridged":"You may tell papa just what I say.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"All this made Lady Pomona very miserable. ","abridged":"All this made Lady Pomona very miserable. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She did not communicate her daughter's threat to Mr. Longestaffe, but she did discuss it with Sophia. ","abridged":"She did not tell Mr. Longestaffe, but she did discuss her daughter's threat with Sophia. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Sophia was of opinion that Georgiana did not mean it, and gave two or three reasons for thinking so. In the first place had she intended it she would have written her letter without saying a word about it to Lady Pomona. And she certainly would not have declared her purpose of writing such letter after Lady Pomona had refused her assistance. And moreover,--Lady Pomona had received no former hint of the information which was now conveyed to her,--Georgiana was in the habit of meeting the curate of the next parish almost every day in the park.\n","abridged":"Sophia thought that Georgiana did not mean it, because - amongst other reasons - she was in the habit of meeting the curate of the next parish almost every day in the park.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Batherbolt!\" ","abridged":"\"Mr. Batherbolt!\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"exclaimed Lady Pomona.\n","abridged":"exclaimed Lady Pomona.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"She is walking with Mr. Batherbolt almost every day.\"\n","abridged":"\"She is walking with Mr. Batherbolt almost every day.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"But he is so very strict.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It is true, mamma.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"And he's five years younger than she! ","abridged":"\"But he's five years younger than she! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And he's got nothing but his curacy! ","abridged":"And he's got nothing but his curacy! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"And he's a celibate! ","abridged":"And he's a celibate! ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I heard the bishop laughing at him because he called himself a celibate.\"\n","abridged":"I heard the bishop laughing at him because he called himself a celibate.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"It doesn't signify, mamma. ","abridged":"\"It doesn't signify, mamma. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"I know she is with him constantly. ","abridged":"I know she is with him constantly. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Wilson has seen them,--and I know it. ","abridged":"Wilson has seen them, and I know it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Perhaps papa could get him a living. ","abridged":"Perhaps papa could get him a living. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Dolly has a living of his own that came to him with his property.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Dolly would be sure to sell the presentation,\" said Lady Pomona.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps the bishop would do something,\" said the anxious sister, \"when he found that the man wasn't a celibate. ","abridged":"Or perhaps the bishop would do something. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Anything, mamma, would be better than the Jew.\" ","abridged":"Anything, mamma, would be better than the Jew.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"To this latter proposition Lady Pomona gave a cordial assent. ","abridged":"To this, Lady Pomona agreed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"\"Of course it is a come-down to marry a curate,--but a clergyman is always considered to be decent.\"\n","abridged":"\"Of course it is a come-down to marry a curate; but a clergyman is always considered to be decent.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"The preparations for the Whitstable marriage went on without any apparent attention to the intimacy which was growing up between Mr. Batherbolt and Georgiana. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"There was no room to apprehend anything wrong on that side. Mr. Batherbolt was so excellent a young man, and so exclusively given to religion, that, even should Sophy's suspicion be correct, he might be trusted to walk about the park with Georgiana. ","abridged":"They did not apprehend anything wrong on Mr. Batherbolt's part. He was so excellent a young man, and so exclusively given to religion, that, even should Sophy's suspicion be correct, he might be trusted to walk about the park with Georgiana. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Should he at any time come forward and ask to be allowed to make the lady his wife, there would be no disgrace in the matter. ","abridged":"Should he at any time ask if he could make the lady his wife, there would be no disgrace in it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"He was a clergyman and a gentleman,--and the poverty would be Georgiana's own affair.\n","abridged":"He was a clergyman and a gentleman, and the poverty would be Georgiana's affair.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Mr. Longestaffe returned home only on the eve of his eldest daughter's marriage, and with him came Dolly. ","abridged":"Mr. Longestaffe returned home on the eve of Sophia's marriage, and with him came Dolly. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Great trouble had been taken to teach him that duty absolutely required his presence at his sister's marriage, and he had at last consented to be there. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It is not generally considered a hardship by a young man that he should have to go into a good partridge country on the 1st of September, and Dolly was an acknowledged sportsman. Nevertheless, he considered that he had made a great sacrifice to his family, and he was received by Lady Pomona as though he were a bright example to other sons. ","abridged":"Dolly considered this a great sacrifice to his family. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"He found the house not in a very comfortable position, for Georgiana still persisted in her refusal either to be a bridesmaid or to speak to Mr. Whitstable; but still his presence, which was very rare at Caversham, gave some assistance: and, as at this moment his money affairs had been comfortably arranged, he was not called upon to squabble with his father. ","abridged":"He found the house not very comfortable, for Georgiana still persisted in her refusal either to be a bridesmaid or to speak to Mr. Whitstable; but still his presence, which was rare at Caversham, gave some assistance. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It was a great thing that one of the girls should be married, and Dolly had brought down an enormous china dog, about five feet high, as a wedding present, which added materially to the happiness of the meeting. ","abridged":"He had brought down an enormous china dog, about five feet high, as a wedding present, which added to the happiness of the meeting. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Lady Pomona had determined that she would tell her husband of those walks in the park, and of other signs of growing intimacy which had reached her ears;--but this she would postpone until after the Whitstable marriage.\n","abridged":"Lady Pomona had determined to tell her husband of those walks in the park with Mr. Batherbolt; but not until after the Whitstable marriage.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But at nine o'clock on the morning set apart for that marriage, they were all astounded by the news that Georgiana had run away with Mr. Batherbolt. ","abridged":"But at nine o'clock on the morning of the wedding, they were all astounded by the news that Georgiana had run away with Mr. Batherbolt. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"She had been up before six. ","abridged":"She had been up before six. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"He had met her at the park gate, and had driven her over to catch the early train at Stowmarket. ","abridged":"He had met her at the park gate, and had driven her over to catch the early train at Stowmarket.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Then it appeared, too, that by degrees various articles of her property had been conveyed to Mr. Batherbolt's lodgings in the adjacent village, so that Lady Pomona's fear that Georgiana would not have a thing to wear, was needless. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"When the fact was first known it was almost felt, in the consternation of the moment, that the Whitstable marriage must be postponed. ","abridged":"When the fact was first known it was almost felt, in the consternation of the moment, that the Whitstable marriage must be postponed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But Sophia had a word to say to her mother on that head, and she said it. The marriage was not postponed. ","abridged":"But Sophia said a word to her mother on that head, and the marriage was not postponed. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"At first Dolly talked of going after his younger sister, and the father did dispatch various telegrams. ","abridged":"At first Dolly talked of going after his younger sister, and the father did dispatch various telegrams. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"But the fugitives could not be brought back, and with some little delay,--which made the marriage perhaps uncanonical but not illegal,--Mr. George Whitstable was made a happy man.\n","abridged":"But the fugitives could not be brought back, and with some little delay, Mr. George Whitstable was made a happy man.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"It need only be added that in about a month's time Georgiana returned to Caversham as Mrs. Batherbolt, and that she resided there with her husband in much connubial bliss for the next six months. ","abridged":"It need only be added that in about a month's time Georgiana returned to Caversham as Mrs. Batherbolt, and that she resided there with her husband in much connubial bliss for the next six months. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"At the end of that time they removed to a small living, for the purchase of which Mr. Longestaffe had managed to raise the necessary money.","abridged":"After that they removed to a small living, for which Mr. Longestaffe had managed to raise the necessary money.","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 95: The Longstaffe Marriages"}
{"original":"Georgiana Longestaffe had now been staying with the Melmottes for a fortnight, and her prospects in regard to the London season had not much improved. ","abridged":"Georgiana Longestaffe had now been staying with the Melmottes for a fortnight, and her prospects in regard to the London season had not much improved. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Her brother had troubled her no further, and her family at Caversham had not, as far as she was aware, taken any notice of Dolly's interference. ","abridged":"Her father had, apparently, taken no notice of Dolly's interference. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Twice a week she received a cold, dull letter from her mother,--such letters as she had been accustomed to receive when away from home; and these she had answered, always endeavouring to fill her sheet with some customary description of fashionable doings, with some bit of scandal such as she would have repeated for her mother's amusement,--and her own delectation in the telling of it,--had there been nothing painful in the nature of her sojourn in London. ","abridged":"Twice a week she received a cold, dull letter from her mother; and she had answered with descriptions of fashionable doings, and bits of scandal, as if there was nothing painful in the nature of her stay in London. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of the Melmottes she hardly spoke. ","abridged":"Of the Melmottes she hardly spoke. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She did not say that she was taken to the houses in which it was her ambition to be seen. She would have lied directly in saying so. But she did not announce her own disappointment. ","abridged":"She had not been taken to those houses where she wished to be seen; but she did not announce her disappointment. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had chosen to come up to the Melmottes in preference to remaining at Caversham, and she would not declare her own failure. ","abridged":"She had chosen to come here rather than remaining at Caversham, and she would not declare her own failure.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I hope they are kind to you,\" Lady Pomona always said. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But Georgiana did not tell her mother whether the Melmottes were kind or unkind.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"In truth, her \"season\" was a very unpleasant season. ","abridged":"In truth, her \"season\" was very unpleasant. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Her mode of living was altogether different to anything she had already known. ","abridged":"Her way of life was altogether different to anything she had known. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The house in Bruton Street had never been very bright, but the appendages of life there had been of a sort which was not known in the gorgeous mansion in Grosvenor Square. It had been full of books and little toys and those thousand trifling household gods which are accumulated in years, and which in their accumulation suit themselves to the taste of their owners. ","abridged":"The house in Bruton Street had never been very bright, but at least it had been full of books and little toys and those thousand trifling household gods which are accumulated over years. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"In Grosvenor Square there were no Lares;--no toys, no books, nothing but gold and grandeur, pomatum, powder and pride. ","abridged":"In Grosvenor Square there were no toys, no books, nothing but gold and grandeur, powder and pride. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The Longestaffe life had not been an easy, natural, or intellectual life; but the Melmotte life was hardly endurable even by a Longestaffe. ","abridged":"The Longestaffe life had not been an easy or intellectual life; but the Melmotte life was hardly endurable.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had, however, come prepared to suffer much, and was endowed with considerable power of endurance in pursuit of her own objects. ","abridged":"She had, however, come prepared to suffer much. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Having willed to come, even to the Melmottes, in preference to remaining at Caversham, she fortified herself to suffer much. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Could she have ridden in the park at mid-day in desirable company, and found herself in proper houses at midnight, she would have borne the rest, bad as it might have been. ","abridged":"If she could have ridden in the park, and visited proper houses, she would have borne the rest. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But it was not so. ","abridged":"But it was not so. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had her horse, but could with difficulty get any proper companion. ","abridged":"She had her horse, but could hardly get any proper companion. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had been in the habit of riding with one of the Primero girls,--and old Primero would accompany them, or perhaps a brother Primero, or occasionally her own father. And then, when once out, she would be surrounded by a cloud of young men,--and though there was but little in it, a walking round and round the same bit of ground with the same companions and with the smallest attempt at conversation, still it had been the proper thing and had satisfied her. ","abridged":"She had been in the habit of riding with one of the Primero girls, accompanied by their father or a brother; and when out, she would be surrounded by a cloud of young men. Even though they had been walking round and round the same bit of ground with the same companions and conversation, still it had satisfied her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Now it was with difficulty that she could get any cavalier such as the laws of society demand. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Even Penelope Primero snubbed her,--whom she, Georgiana Longestaffe, had hitherto endured and snubbed. ","abridged":"Now even Penelope Primero snubbed her.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She was just allowed to join them when old Primero rode, and was obliged even to ask for that assistance.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But the nights were still worse. ","abridged":"But the evenings were still worse. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She could only go where Madame Melmotte went, and Madame Melmotte was more prone to receive people at home than to go out. ","abridged":"She could only go where Madame Melmotte went, and Madame Melmotte preferred to receive people at home rather than going out. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And the people she did receive were antipathetic to Miss Longestaffe. ","abridged":"And the people she received were antipathetic to Miss Longestaffe. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She did not even know who they were, whence they came, or what was their nature. ","abridged":"She did not know who they were, or whence they came. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"They seemed to be as little akin to her as would have been the shopkeepers in the small town near Caversham. ","abridged":"They were no more akin to her than the shopkeepers of Caversham. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She would sit through long evenings almost speechless, trying to fathom the depth of the vulgarity of her associates. ","abridged":"She would sit through long evenings almost speechless, trying to fathom the depth of their vulgarity. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Occasionally she was taken out, and was then, probably, taken to very grand houses. The two duchesses and the Marchioness of Auld Reekie received Madame Melmotte, and the garden parties of royalty were open to her. And some of the most elaborate ftes of the season,--which indeed were very elaborate on behalf of this and that travelling potentate,--were attained. ","abridged":"Occasionally she was taken out to very grand houses, to the garden parties of royalty, and some of the most elaborate ftes of the season, held on behalf of travelling potentates.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"On these occasions Miss Longestaffe was fully aware of the struggle that was always made for invitations, often unsuccessfully, but sometimes with triumph. ","abridged":"Miss Longestaffe was fully aware of the struggle that was made for invitations. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Even the bargains, conducted by the hands of Lord Alfred and his mighty sister, were not altogether hidden from her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The Emperor of China was to be in London and it was thought proper that some private person, some untitled individual, should give the Emperor a dinner, so that the Emperor might see how an English merchant lives. ","abridged":"The Emperor of China was to be in London; and it was thought proper that some private person should give a dinner, so that the Emperor might see how an English merchant lives. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Mr. Melmotte was chosen on condition that he would spend 10,000 on the banquet;--and, as a part of his payment for this expenditure, was to be admitted with his family, to a grand entertainment given to the Emperor at Windsor Park. ","abridged":"Mr. Melmotte was chosen on condition that he would spend 10,000 on the banquet; and in return his family would be admitted to a grand entertainment for the Emperor at Windsor Park. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of these good things Georgiana Longestaffe would receive her share. ","abridged":"Of these good things Georgiana would receive her share. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But she went to them as a Melmotte and not as a Longestaffe,--and when amidst these gaieties, though she could see her old friends, she was not with them. ","abridged":"But she went to them as a Melmotte and not as a Longestaffe.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She was ever behind Madame Melmotte, till she hated the make of that lady's garments and the shape of that lady's back.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had told both her father and mother very plainly that it behoved her to be in London at this time of the year that she might--look for a husband. ","abridged":"She had told her parents very plainly that she needed to be in London at this time of year to look for a husband. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had not hesitated in declaring her purpose; and that purpose, together with the means of carrying it out, had not appeared to them to be unreasonable. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She wanted to be settled in life. She had meant, when she first started on her career, to have a lord;--but lords are scarce. ","abridged":"She wanted to be settled in life, and had meant, when she first started on her career, to have a lord; but lords are scarce. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She was herself not very highly born, not very highly gifted, not very lovely, not very pleasant, and she had no fortune. ","abridged":"She was herself not very highly born, not very gifted, not very lovely, not very pleasant, and she had no fortune. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had long made up her mind that she could do without a lord, but that she must get a commoner of the proper sort. ","abridged":"She had long made up her mind that she could do without a lord, but that she must get a commoner of the proper sort. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"He must be a man with a place in the country and sufficient means to bring him annually to London. ","abridged":"He must be a man with a place in the country and sufficient means to come yearly to London. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"He must be a gentleman,--and, probably, in parliament. ","abridged":"He must be a gentleman, and, probably, in parliament. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And above all things he must be in the right set. She would rather go on for ever struggling than take some country Whitstable as her sister was about to do. ","abridged":"And above all, he must be in the right set; she would not take some country Whitstable as her sister was about to do.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But now the men of the right sort never came near her. ","abridged":"But now the men of the right sort never came near her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The one object for which she had subjected herself to all this ignominy seemed to have vanished altogether in the distance. ","abridged":"The one object for which she had subjected herself to all this ignominy seemed to have vanished in the distance. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"When by chance she danced or exchanged a few words with the Nidderdales and Grassloughs whom she used to know, they spoke to her with a want of respect which she felt and tasted but could hardly analyse. ","abridged":"When by chance she exchanged a few words with the Nidderdales and Grassloughs, they spoke to her with a lack of respect. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Even Miles Grendall, who had hitherto been below her notice, attempted to patronise her in a manner that bewildered her. ","abridged":"Even Miles Grendall tried to patronise her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"All this nearly broke her heart.\n","abridged":"All this nearly broke her heart.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And then from time to time little rumours reached her ears which made her aware that, in the teeth of all Mr. Melmotte's social successes, a general opinion that he was a gigantic swindler was rather gaining ground than otherwise. ","abridged":"And from time to time little rumours reached her ears which made her aware that, despite Mr. Melmotte's social successes, a general opinion that he was a gigantic swindler was rather gaining ground than otherwise.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Your host is a wonderful fellow, by George!\" ","abridged":"\"Your host is a wonderful fellow, by George!\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"said Lord Nidderdale. ","abridged":"said Lord Nidderdale. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"No one seems to know which way he'll turn up at last.\" ","abridged":"\"No one seems to know which way he'll turn up at last.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"There's nothing like being a robber, if you can only rob enough,\" said Lord Grasslough,--not exactly naming Melmotte, but very clearly alluding to him. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"There was a vacancy for a member of parliament at Westminster, and Melmotte was about to come forward as a candidate. ","abridged":"There was a vacancy for a member of parliament at Westminster, and Melmotte was to come forward as a candidate.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"If he can manage that I think he'll pull through,\" she heard one man say. ","abridged":"\"If he can manage that I think he'll pull through,\" she heard one man say. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"If money'll do it, it will be done,\" said another. ","abridged":"\"If money'll do it, it will be done.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She could understand it all. ","abridged":"She understood it all. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Mr. Melmotte was admitted into society, because of some enormous power which was supposed to lie in his hands; but even by those who thus admitted him he was regarded as a thief and a scoundrel. ","abridged":"Mr. Melmotte was admitted into society, because of some enormous power which was supposed to lie in his hands; but even those who admitted him regarded him as a scoundrel. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"This was the man whose house had been selected by her father in order that she might make her search for a husband from beneath his wing!\n","abridged":"This was the man whose house her father had sent her to, in order to search for a husband!\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"In her agony she wrote to her old friend Julia Triplex, now the wife of Sir Damask Monogram. ","abridged":"In her agony she wrote to her old friend Julia Triplex, now the wife of Sir Damask Monogram. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She had been really intimate with Julia Triplex, and had been sympathetic when a brilliant marriage had been achieved. ","abridged":"She had been really intimate with Julia Triplex, and had been sympathetic when she made a brilliant marriage. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Julia had been without fortune, but very pretty. ","abridged":"Julia had been without fortune, but very pretty. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Sir Damask was a man of great wealth, whose father had been a contractor. ","abridged":"Sir Damask, though the grandson of a butcher, was a man of great wealth. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But Sir Damask himself was a sportsman, keeping many horses on which other men often rode, a yacht in which other men sunned themselves, a deer forest, a moor, a large machinery for making pheasants. ","abridged":"He kept a yacht, a deer forest, and a moor for pheasants. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"He shot pigeons at Hurlingham, drove four-in-hand in the park, had a box at every race-course, and was the most good-natured fellow known. ","abridged":"He shot pigeons at Hurlingham, drove four-in-hand in the park, had a box at every race-course, and was a good-natured fellow.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"He had really conquered the world, had got over the difficulty of being the grandson of a butcher, and was now as good as though the Monograms had gone to the crusades. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Julia Triplex was equal to her position, and made the very most of it. ","abridged":"Julia Triplex made the most of her position as Lady Monogram. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She dispensed champagne and smiles, and made everybody, including herself, believe that she was in love with her husband. ","abridged":"She dispensed champagne and smiles, and made everybody, including herself, believe that she was in love with her husband. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Lady Monogram had climbed to the top of the tree, and in that position had been, of course, invaluable to her old friend. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"We must give her her due and say that she had been fairly true to friendship while Georgiana--behaved herself. ","abridged":"She had been fairly true in friendship while Georgiana behaved herself. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She thought that Georgiana in going to the Melmottes had--not behaved herself, and therefore she had determined to drop Georgiana. ","abridged":"But she thought that Georgiana in going to the Melmottes had not behaved herself, and therefore she had determined to drop her.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Heartless, false, purse-proud creature,\" Georgiana said to herself as she wrote the following letter in humiliating agony.\n","abridged":"\"Heartless, false creature,\" Georgiana said to herself as she wrote the following letter in humiliating agony.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"DEAR LADY MONOGRAM,\n","abridged":"Dear Lady Monogram,\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I think you hardly understand my position. ","abridged":"I think you hardly understand my position. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of course you have cut me. ","abridged":"Of course you have cut me. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Haven't you? ","abridged":"Haven't you? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And of course I must feel it very much. ","abridged":"And of course I feel it very much. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You did not use to be ill-natured, and I hardly think you can have become so now when you have everything pleasant around you. I do not think that I have done anything that should make an old friend treat me in this way, and therefore I write to ask you to let me see you. ","abridged":"You did not use to be ill-natured, and I do not think that I have done anything that should make an old friend treat me in this way. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of course it is because I am staying here. ","abridged":"Of course it is because I am staying here. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You know me well enough to be sure that it can't be my own choice. ","abridged":"You may be sure that it is not my own choice. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Papa arranged it all. ","abridged":"Papa arranged it all. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"If there is anything against these people, I suppose papa does not know it. ","abridged":"If there is anything against these people, I suppose papa does not know it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of course they are not nice. Of course they are not like anything that I have been used to. ","abridged":"Of course they are not nice, nor like anything that I have been used to. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But when papa told me that the house in Bruton Street was to be shut up and that I was to come here, of course I did as I was bid. ","abridged":"But when papa told me that the house in Bruton Street was to be shut up and that I was to come here, of course I did as I was bid. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't think an old friend like you, whom I have always liked more than anybody else, ought to cut me for it. ","abridged":"I don't think an old friend like you, whom I have always liked more than anybody else, ought to cut me for it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It's not about the parties, but about yourself that I mind. ","abridged":"It's not about the parties, but about yourself that I mind. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't ask you to come here, but if you will see me I can have the carriage and will go to you.\n","abridged":"I don't ask you to come here, but if you will see me I can have the carriage and will go to you.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Yours, as ever,\n","abridged":"Yours, as ever,\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"GEORGIANA LONGESTAFFE.\n","abridged":"Georgiana Longestaffe.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It was a troublesome letter to get written. ","abridged":"It was a troublesome letter to write. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Lady Monogram was her junior in age and had once been lower than herself in social position. In the early days of their friendship she had sometimes domineered over Julia Triplex, and had been entreated by Julia, in reference to balls here and routes there. ","abridged":"Lady Monogram was her junior, and in the early days of their friendship Georgiana had sometimes domineered over her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The great Monogram marriage had been accomplished very suddenly, and had taken place,--exalting Julia very high,--just as Georgiana was beginning to allow her aspirations to descend. ","abridged":"The great Monogram marriage had exalted Julia very high, just as Georgiana's own aspirations were beginning to descend. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It was in that very season that she moved her castle in the air from the Upper to the Lower House. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And now she was absolutely begging for notice, and praying that she might not be cut! ","abridged":"And now she was absolutely begging and praying that she might not be cut!\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She sent her letter by post and on the following day received a reply, which was left by a footman.\n","abridged":"On the following day a reply was brought by a footman.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"DEAR GEORGIANA,\n","abridged":"Dear Georgiana,\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Of course I shall be delighted to see you. ","abridged":"Of course I shall be delighted to see you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't know what you mean by cutting. ","abridged":"I don't know what you mean by cutting. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I never cut anybody. ","abridged":"I never cut anybody. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"We happen to have got into different sets, but that is not my fault. ","abridged":"We happen to have got into different sets, but that is not my fault. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Sir Damask won't let me call on the Melmottes. ","abridged":"Sir Damask won't let me call on the Melmottes. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I can't help that. ","abridged":"I can't help that. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You wouldn't have me go where he tells me not. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't know anything about them myself, except that I did go to their ball. But everybody knows that's different. ","abridged":"I did go to their ball, but everybody knows that's different. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I shall be at home all to-morrow till three,--that is to-day I mean, for I'm writing after coming home from Lady Killarney's ball; but if you wish to see me alone you had better come before lunch.\n","abridged":"I shall be at home all tomorrow till three; but if you wish to see me alone you had better come before lunch.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Yours affectionately,\n","abridged":"Yours affectionately,\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"J. MONOGRAM.\n","abridged":"J. Monogram.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Georgiana condescended to borrow the carriage and reached her friend's house a little after noon. ","abridged":"Georgiana reached her friend's house a little after noon. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"The two ladies kissed each other when they met--of course, and then Miss Longestaffe at once began. ","abridged":"The two ladies kissed each other, and then Miss Longestaffe at once began.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Julia, I did think that you would at any rate have asked me to your second ball.\"\n","abridged":"\"Julia, I did think that you would at least have asked me to your second ball.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Of course you would have been asked if you had been up in Bruton Street. ","abridged":"\"Of course you would have been asked if you had been up in Bruton Street.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You know that as well as I do. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It would have been a matter of course.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"What difference does a house make?\"\n","abridged":"\"What difference does a house make?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"But the people in a house make a great deal of difference, my dear. ","abridged":"\"The people in a house make a great deal of difference, my dear. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't want to quarrel with you, my dear; but I can't know the Melmottes.\"\n","abridged":"I don't want to quarrel with you; but I can't know the Melmottes. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Who asks you?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"You are with them.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Do you mean to say that you can't ask anybody to your house without asking everybody that lives with that person? ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It's done every day.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Somebody must have brought you.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I would have come with the Primeros, Julia.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I couldn't do it. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I asked Damask and he wouldn't have it. ","abridged":"I asked Damask and he wouldn't have it. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"When that great affair was going on in February, we didn't know much about the people. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I was told that everybody was going and therefore I got Sir Damask to let me go. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"He says now that he won't let me know them; and after having been at their house I can't ask you out of it, without asking them too.\"\n\"I don't see it at all, Julia.\"\n\"I'm very sorry, my dear, but I can't go against my husband.\"\n","abridged":"He won't let me know them; and I'm very sorry, my dear, but I can't go against my husband.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Everybody goes to their house,\" said Georgiana, pleading her cause to the best of her ability. ","abridged":"\"Everybody goes to their house,\" pleaded Georgiana. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"The Duchess of Stevenage has dined in Grosvenor Square since I have been there.\"\n","abridged":"\"The Duchess of Stevenage has dined there. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"We all know what that means,\" replied Lady Monogram.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"And people are giving their eyes to be asked to the dinner party which he is to give to the Emperor in July;--and even to the reception afterwards.\"\n","abridged":"And people are giving their eyes to be asked to the dinner party which he is to give to the Emperor in July.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"To hear you talk, Georgiana, one would think that you didn't understand anything,\" said Lady Monogram. ","abridged":"\"To hear you talk, Georgiana, one would think that you didn't understand anything,\" said Lady Monogram. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"People are going to see the Emperor, not to see the Melmottes. ","abridged":"\"People are going to see the Emperor, not to see the Melmottes. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I dare say we might have gone,--only I suppose we shan't now because of this row.\"\n","abridged":"I dare say we might have gone, only I suppose we shan't now because of this row.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I don't know what you mean by a row, Julia.\"\n","abridged":"\"I don't know what you mean by a row, Julia.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Well;--it is a row, and I hate rows. ","abridged":"\"Well, it is a row, and I hate rows. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Going there when the Emperor of China is there, or anything of that kind, is no more than going to the play. Somebody chooses to get all London into his house, and all London chooses to go. But it isn't understood that that means acquaintance. ","abridged":"Going there to see the Emperor of China doesn't mean acquaintance. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I should meet Madame Melmotte in the park afterwards and not think of bowing to her.\"\n","abridged":"I should meet Madame Melmotte in the park afterwards and not think of bowing to her.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I should call that rude.\"\n","abridged":"\"I should call that rude.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Very well. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Then we differ. ","abridged":"\"Then we differ. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But really it does seem to me that you ought to understand these things as well as anybody. ","abridged":"But really you ought to understand these things. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I don't find any fault with you for going to the Melmottes,--though I was very sorry to hear it; but when you have done it, I don't think you should complain of people because they won't have the Melmottes crammed down their throats.\"\n","abridged":"I don't find any fault with you for staying with the Melmottes, though I was very sorry to hear it; but I don't think you should complain of people because they won't have the Melmottes crammed down their throats.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Nobody has wanted it,\" said Georgiana sobbing. ","abridged":"\"Nobody has wanted it,\" said Georgiana, with a sob. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"At this moment the door was opened, and Sir Damask came in. ","abridged":"At this moment the door was opened, and Sir Damask came in. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I'm talking to your wife about the Melmottes,\" she continued, determined to take the bull by the horns. ","abridged":"\"I'm talking to your wife about the Melmottes,\" she continued, determined to take the bull by the horns. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I'm staying there, and--I think it--unkind that Julia--hasn't been--to see me. ","abridged":"\"I'm staying there, and I think it - unkind that Julia - hasn't been to see me.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"That's all.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"How'd you do, Miss Longestaffe? ","abridged":"\"How'd you do, Miss Longestaffe? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She doesn't know them.\" ","abridged":"She doesn't know them.\" ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And Sir Damask, folding his hands together, raising his eyebrows, and standing on the rug, looked as though he had solved the whole difficulty.\n","abridged":"And Sir Damask, folding his hands together, looked as though he had solved the whole difficulty.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"[Illustration: Sir Damask solving the difficulty.]\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"She knows me, Sir Damask.\"\n","abridged":"\"She knows me, Sir Damask.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes;--she knows you. ","abridged":"\"Oh yes. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"That's a matter of course. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"We're delighted to see you, Miss Longestaffe--I am, always. ","abridged":"We're delighted to see you, Miss Longestaffe. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Wish we could have had you at Ascot. ","abridged":"Wish we could have had you at Ascot. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But--.\" Then he looked as though he had again explained everything.\n","abridged":"But-\" He looked as though he had again explained everything. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I've told her that you don't want me to go to the Melmottes,\" said Lady Monogram.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Well, no;--not just to go there. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Stay and have lunch, Miss Longestaffe.\"\n","abridged":"\"Stay and have lunch, Miss Longestaffe.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"No, thank you.\"\n","abridged":"\"No, thank you. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Now you're here, you'd better,\" said Lady Monogram.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"No, thank you. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I'm sorry that I have not been able to make you understand me. ","abridged":"I'm sorry that I have not been able to make you understand me, Julia. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I could not allow our very long friendship to be dropped without a word.\"\n","abridged":"I could not allow our very long friendship to be dropped without a word.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Don't say--dropped,\" exclaimed the baronet.\n","abridged":"\"Don't say dropped,\" exclaimed the baronet.\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I do say dropped, Sir Damask. ","abridged":"\"I do say dropped, Sir Damask. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I thought we should have understood each other;--your wife and I. But we haven't. ","abridged":"I thought your wife and I would understand each other; but we haven't. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Wherever she might have gone, I should have made it my business to see her; but she feels differently. ","abridged":"Wherever she might have gone, I should have seen her; but she feels differently. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Good-bye.\"\n","abridged":"Good-bye.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Good-bye, my dear. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"If you will quarrel, it isn't my doing.\" ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Then Sir Damask led Miss Longestaffe out, and put her into Madame Melmotte's carriage. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"It's the most absurd thing I ever knew in my life,\" said the wife as soon as her husband had returned to her. ","abridged":"\"It's the most absurd thing I ever knew,\" said his wife as soon as Georgiana had left. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"She hasn't been able to bear to remain down in the country for one season, when all the world knows that her father can't afford to have a house for them in town. ","abridged":"\"She couldn't bear to remain down in the country for one season. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Then she condescends to come and stay with these abominations and pretends to feel surprised that her old friends don't run after her. ","abridged":"So she condescends to stay with these abominations and pretends to feel surprised that her old friends don't run after her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She is old enough to have known better.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I suppose she likes parties,\" said Sir Damask.\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Likes parties! ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"She'd like to get somebody to take her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"It's twelve years now since Georgiana Longestaffe came out. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I remember being told of the time when I was first entered myself. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Yes, my dear, you know all about it, I dare say. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And there she is still. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I can feel for her, and do feel for her. ","abridged":"I feel for her. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"But if she will let herself down in that way she can't expect not to be dropped. ","abridged":"But she must expect to be dropped. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You remember the woman;--don't you?\"\n","abridged":"You remember the woman, don't you?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"What woman?\"\n","abridged":"\"What woman?\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Madame Melmotte?\"\n","abridged":"\"Madame Melmotte. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Never saw her in my life.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Oh yes, you did. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"You took me there that night when Prince ---- danced with the girl. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Don't you remember the blowsy fat woman at the top of the stairs;--a regular horror?\"\n","abridged":"The blowsy fat woman at the top of the stairs at the ball; a regular horror? ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"Didn't look at her. ","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"I was only thinking what a lot of money it all cost.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"\"I remember her, and if Georgiana Longestaffe thinks I'm going there to make an acquaintance with Madame Melmotte she is very much mistaken. ","abridged":"If Georgiana Longestaffe thinks I'm going to make acquaintance with Madame Melmotte she is very much mistaken. ","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"And if she thinks that that is the way to get married, I think she is mistaken again.\" ","abridged":"And if she thinks that that is the way to get married, she is mistaken again.\"\n","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"Nothing perhaps is so efficacious in preventing men from marrying as the tone in which married women speak of the struggles made in that direction by their unmarried friends.","abridged":"Perhaps nothing is so effective in preventing men from marrying, as the tone in which married women speak of these struggles of their unmarried friends.","book":"The Way We Live Now","chapter":"Chapter 32: Lady Monogram"}
{"original":"In the beginning of the last chapter, I informed you exactly _when_ I was born; but I did not inform you _how. ","abridged":"In the beginning of the last chapter, I informed you exactly when I was born; but I did not inform you how. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"No_, that particular was reserved entirely for a chapter by itself; --besides, Sir, as you and I are in a manner perfect strangers to each other, it would not have been proper to have let you into too many circumstances relating to myself all at once. ","abridged":"That is reserved for a chapter by itself; - besides, Sir, as you and I are perfect strangers, it would not be proper to let you into too many circumstances relating to me all at once. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"--You must have a little patience. ","abridged":"You must have a little patience.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and of what kind of a mortal I am, by the one, would give you a better relish for the other: As you proceed farther with me, the slight acquaintance, which is now beginning betwixt us, will grow into familiarity; and that, unless one of us is in fault, will terminate in friendship. ","abridged":"I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of the one will give you a better relish for the other. As you proceed farther with me, the slight acquaintance, which is now beginning betwixt us, will grow into familiarity; and, unless one of us is in fault, will terminate in friendship. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"--_O diem prclarum!_--then nothing which has touched me will be thought trifling in its nature, or tedious in its telling. ","abridged":"O famous day! - then nothing which has touched me will be thought trifling or tedious.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Therefore, my dear friend and companion, if you should think me somewhat sparing of my narrative on my first setting out--bear with me, --and let me go on, and tell my story my own way: --Or, if I should seem now and then to trifle upon the road, --or should sometimes put on a fool's cap with a bell to it, for a moment or two as we pass along, --don't fly off, --but rather courteously give me credit for a little more wisdom than appears upon my outside; --and as we jog on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short, do anything, --only keep your temper.","abridged":"Therefore, my dear friend and companion, bear with me, and let me tell my story my own way. Or, if I should seem now and then to trifle upon the road - or should sometimes put on a fool's cap with a bell to it - don't fly off, but rather give me credit for a little more wisdom than appears upon my outside; and as we jog on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short, do anything, only keep your temper.","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 6"}
{"original":"There are a thousand resolutions, Sir, both in church and state, as well as in matters, Madam, of a more private concern; --which though they have carried all the appearance in the world of being taken, and entered upon in a hasty, hare-brained, and unadvised manner, were, notwithstanding this (and could you or I have got into the cabinet, or stood behind the curtain, we should have found it was so), weighed, poized, and perpended----argued upon--canvassed through----entered into, and examined on all sides with so much coolness, that the GODDESS of COOLNESS herself (I do not take upon me to prove her existence) could neither have wished it, or done it better.\n","abridged":"There are a thousand resolutions, Sir, both in church and state, as well as in private concerns, which, though they have the appearance of being taken in a hasty, hare-brained manner, were, however, weighed - argued about - entered into, and examined on all sides with so much coolness, that the Goddess of Coolness herself could not have done it better.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Of the number of these was my father's resolution of putting me into breeches; which, though determined at once, --in a kind of huff, and a defiance of all mankind, had, nevertheless, been _pro'd_ and _conn'd_, and judicially talked over betwixt him and my mother about a month before, in two several _beds of justice_, which my father had held for that purpose. ","abridged":"One of these was my father's resolution of putting me into breeches; which, though decided in a huff, and a defiance of all mankind, had, nevertheless, been judicially talked over betwixt him and my mother about a month before, in two different beds of justice, which my father had for that purpose.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 16"}
{"original":"I shall explain the nature of these beds of justice in my next chapter; and in the chapter following that, you shall step with me, Madam, behind the curtain, only to hear in what kind of manner my father and my mother debated between themselves, this affair of the breeches, --from which you may form an idea, how they debated all lesser matters.","abridged":"I shall explain the nature of these beds of justice in my next chapter; and in the chapter following that, you shall step with me, Madam, behind the curtain, to hear how my father and my mother debated this affair of the breeches - from which you may form an idea of how they debated all lesser matters.","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 16"}
{"original":"Doctor _Slop_ and _Susannah_ filed cross-bills against each other in the parlour; which done, as the cataplasm had failed, they retired into the kitchen to prepare a fomentation for me; --and whilst that was doing, my father determined the point as you will read.","abridged":"After this, as the cataplasm had failed, Dr. Slop and Susannah retired into the kitchen to prepare a fomentation for me; and meanwhile, my father decided the point as you will read.","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 4"}
{"original":"It was some time in the summer of that year in which _Dendermond_ was taken by the allies, --which was about seven years before my father came into the country, --and about as many, after the time, that my uncle _Toby_ and _Trim_ had privately decamped from my father's house in town, in order to lay some of the finest sieges to some of the finest fortified cities in _Europe_----when my uncle _Toby_ was one evening getting his supper, with _Trim_ sitting behind him at a small sideboard, --I say, sitting--for in consideration of the corporal's lame knee (which sometimes gave him exquisite pain)--when my uncle _Toby_ dined or supped alone, he would never suffer the corporal to stand; and the poor fellow's veneration for his master was such, that, with a proper artillery, my uncle _Toby_ could have taken _Dendermond_ itself, with less trouble than he was able to gain this point over him; for many a time when my uncle _Toby_ supposed the corporal's leg was at rest, he would look back, and detect him standing behind him with the most dutiful respect: this bred more little squabbles betwixt them, than all other causes for five-and-twenty years together --But this is neither here nor there--why do I mention it? ","abridged":"It was in the summer of that year in which Dendermond was taken by the allies, which was about seven years after my uncle Toby and Trim had gone into the country to lay siege upon the bowling-green to some of the finest fortified cities in Europe.\nMy uncle Toby was one evening at home having his supper, with Trim sitting behind him - for in consideration of the corporal's lame and painful knee, when my uncle Toby dined, he would never allow the corporal to stand; and the poor fellow's veneration for his master was such that my uncle Toby had some trouble in maintaining this point; for often he would look back and see the corporal standing behind him with the most dutiful respect: this bred more little squabbles betwixt them, than all other causes in five-and-twenty years-\nBut this is neither here nor there. Why do I mention it? ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Ask my pen, --it governs me, --I govern not it.\n","abridged":"Ask my pen, it governs me - I govern not it.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"He was one evening sitting thus at his supper, when the landlord of a little inn in the village came into the parlour, with an empty phial in his hand, to beg a glass or two of sack; 'Tis for a poor gentleman, --I think, of the army, said the landlord, who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste anything, till just now, that he has a fancy for a glass of sack and a thin toast, ----_I think_, says he, taking his hand from his forehead, _it would comfort me_.\n","abridged":"He was one evening sitting thus at his supper, when the landlord of a little inn in the village came into the parlour, with an empty phial in his hand, to beg a glass of sherry.\n''Tis for a poor gentleman - I think, of the army,' said the landlord, 'who was taken ill at my house four days ago, and has had no desire to taste anything, till just now, when he took a fancy for a glass of sherry and thin toast. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----If I could neither beg, borrow, or buy such a thing--added the landlord, --I would almost steal it for the poor gentleman, he is so ill. ----I hope in God he will still mend, continued he, --we are all of us concerned for him.\n","abridged":"If I could not beg it, I would almost steal it for the poor gentleman, he is so ill. We are all of us concerned for him.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"Thou art a good-natured soul, I will answer for thee, cried my uncle _Toby_; and thou shalt drink the poor gentleman's health in a glass of sack thyself, --and take a couple of bottles with my service, and tell him he is heartily welcome to them, and to a dozen more if they will do him good.\n","abridged":"'Thou art a good-natured soul,' cried my uncle Toby; 'and thou shalt drink the poor gentleman's health in a glass thyself: take a couple of bottles, and tell him he is heartily welcome to them, and to a dozen more if they will do him good.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"Though I am persuaded, said my uncle _Toby_, as the landlord shut the door, he is a very compassionate fellow--_Trim_, --yet I cannot help entertaining a high opinion of his guest too; there must be something more than common in him, that in so short a time should win so much upon the affections of his host; ----And of his whole family, added the corporal, for they are all concerned for him. ","abridged":"As the landlord shut the door, my uncle said to Trim: 'I am sure he is a very compassionate fellow, Trim - yet I cannot help thinking that there must be something uncommon in his guest, too, to make the landlord and his family care so much for him. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Step after him, said my uncle _Toby_, --do, _Trim_, --and ask if he knows his name.\n","abridged":"Step after him, Trim, do; and ask if he knows his name.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----I have quite forgot it truly, said the landlord, coming back into the parlour with the corporal, --but I can ask his son again: ----Has he a son with him then? ","abridged":"'I have quite forgot it, truly,' said the landlord, on returning with the corporal, 'but I can ask his son. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"said my uncle _Toby_. ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"--A boy, replied the landlord, of about eleven or twelve years of age; --but the poor creature has tasted almost as little as his father; he does nothing but mourn and lament for him night and day: ----He has not stirred from the bed-side these two days.\n","abridged":"He has a boy of eleven or twelve years of age; - but the poor creature has eaten as little as his father; he does nothing but mourn for him, and has not stirred from the bedside these two days.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"My uncle _Toby_ laid down his knife and fork, and thrust his plate from before him, as the landlord gave him the account; and _Trim_, without being ordered, took away, without saying one word, and in a few minutes after brought him his pipe and tobacco.\n","abridged":"My uncle Toby laid down his knife and fork, and thrust his plate away. Trim brought him his pipe and tobacco.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Stay in the room a little, said my uncle _Toby_.\n","abridged":"'Stay a little,' said my uncle Toby, lighting his pipe. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"_Trim!_----said my uncle _Toby_, after he lighted his pipe, and smoak'd about a dozen whiffs. ","abridged":"After he had smoked about a dozen whiffs, he said,\n'Trim! ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----_Trim_ came in front of his master, and made his bow; --my uncle _Toby_ smoak'd on, and said no more. ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Corporal! ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"said my uncle _Toby_----the corporal made his bow. ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----My uncle _Toby_ proceeded no farther, but finished his pipe.\n","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"_Trim!_ said my uncle _Toby_, I have a project in my head, as it is a bad night, of wrapping myself up warm in my roquelaure, and paying a visit to this poor gentleman. ","abridged":"As it is a bad night, I am thinking of wrapping myself up in my cloak, and paying a visit to this poor gentleman.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Your honour's roquelaure, replied the corporal, has not once been had on, since the night before your honour received your wound, when we mounted guard in the trenches before the gate of St. _Nicolas_; ----and besides, it is so cold and rainy a night, that what with the roquelaure, and what with the weather, 'twill be enough to give your honour your death, and bring on your honour's torment in your groin. ","abridged":"'Your honour has not worn your cloak,' replied the corporal, 'since the night before your honour received your wound; and it is so cold and rainy a night, that even with the cloak, 'twill bring on your honour's torment in your groin.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"I fear so, replied my uncle _Toby_; but I am not at rest in my mind, _Trim_, since the account the landlord has given me. ","abridged":"'I fear so,' replied my uncle Toby; 'but I am not at rest in my mind, Trim, since the landlord's account.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----I wish I had not known so much of this affair, --added my uncle _Toby_, --or that I had known more of it: ----How shall we manage it? ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"Leave it, an't please your honour, to me, quoth the corporal; ----I'll take my hat and stick and go to the house and reconnoitre, and act accordingly; and I will bring your honour a full account in an hour. ","abridged":"'Leave it to me, your honour,' quoth the corporal. 'I'll go to the house and reconnoitre, and act accordingly; and I will bring your honour a full account in an hour.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----Thou shalt go, _Trim_, said my uncle _Toby_, and here's a shilling for thee to drink with his servant. ","abridged":"'Go, Trim,' said my uncle; 'here's a shilling for thee to drink with his servant.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"----I shall get it all out of him, said the corporal, shutting the door.\n","abridged":"'I shall get it all out of him,' said the corporal, shutting the door.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"My uncle _Toby_ filled his second pipe; and had it not been, that he now and then wandered from the point, with considering whether it was not full as well to have the curtain of the tenaille a straight line, as a crooked one, --he might be said to have thought of nothing else but poor _Le Fever_ and his boy the whole time he smoaked it.","abridged":"My uncle Toby filled his second pipe; and apart from wondering whether a fortified outwork was as well in a straight line, as a crooked one, - he might be said to have thought of nothing but poor Le Fever and his boy the whole time he smoked it.","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 6 - Chapter 6: THE STORY OF LE FEVER"}
{"original":"------How could you, Madam, be so inattentive in reading the last chapter? ","abridged":"How could you, Madam, be so inattentive? ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"I told you in it, _That my mother was not a papist_. ","abridged":"I told you in that last chapter, that my mother was not a papist.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"----Papist! ","abridged":"- Papist! ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"You told me no such thing, Sir. ","abridged":"You told me no such thing, Sir.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--Madam, I beg leave to repeat it over again, that I told you as plain, at least, as words, by direct inference, could tell you such a thing. ","abridged":"- Madam, I repeat that I told you as plain as words could tell.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--Then, Sir, I must have miss'd a page. ","abridged":"- Then I must have missed a page.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--No, Madam, --you have not miss'd a word. ","abridged":"- No, Madam, you have not missed a word.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"----Then I was asleep, Sir. ","abridged":"- Then I was asleep, Sir.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--My pride, Madam, cannot allow you that refuge. ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"----Then, I declare, I know nothing at all about the matter. ","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--That, Madam, is the very fault I lay to your charge; and as a punishment for it, I do insist upon it, that you immediately turn back, that is, as soon as you get to the next full stop, and read the whole chapter over again. ","abridged":"- No, Madam. I insist that you immediately turn back, and read the whole chapter over again.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"I have imposed this penance upon the lady, neither out of wantonness nor cruelty; but from the best of motives; and therefore shall make her no apology for it when she returns back: --'Tis to rebuke a vicious taste, which has crept into thousands besides herself, --of reading straight forwards, more in quest of the adventures, than of the deep erudition and knowledge which a book of this cast, if read over as it should be, would infallibly impart with them ----The mind should be accustomed to make wise reflections, and draw curious conclusions as it goes along; the habitude of which made _Pliny_ the younger affirm, \"That he never read a book so bad, but he drew some profit from it.\" ","abridged":"I have imposed this penance upon the lady, not out of cruelty; but from the best of motives; and therefore make her no apology. 'Tis to rebuke a vicious taste which has crept into thousands besides herself, of reading more in quest of the adventures, than of the deep knowledge which a book of this type should impart. The reader should be accustomed to make wise reflections as he goes; a habit which made Pliny the younger affirm, 'That he never read a book so bad that he could not draw some profit from it.'\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"The stories of _Greece_ and _Rome_, run over without this turn and application, --do less service, I affirm it, than the history of _Parismus_ and _Parismenus_, or of the Seven Champions of _England_, read with it.\n","abridged":"","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"------But here comes my fair lady. ","abridged":"But here comes my fair lady. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Have you read over again the chapter, Madam, as I desired you? ","abridged":"- Have you read over again the chapter, Madam, as I asked? ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--You have: And did you not observe the passage, upon the second reading, which admits the inference? ","abridged":"You have: And did you not observe the passage? ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"----Not a word like it! ","abridged":"No? ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Then, Madam, be pleased to ponder well the last line but one of the chapter, where I take upon me to say, \"It was _necessary_ I should be born before I was christen'd.\" ","abridged":"Then, Madam, please ponder well the last line but one, where I say, 'It was necessary I should be born before I was christened.' ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Had my mother, Madam, been a Papist, that consequence did not follow.","abridged":"Had my mother, Madam, been a Papist, that consequence would not follow.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"[1.1]\nIt is a terrible misfortune for this same book of mine, but more so to the Republick of letters; --so that my own is quite swallowed up in the consideration of it, --that this selfsame vile pruriency for fresh adventures in all things, has got so strongly into our habit and humour, --and so wholly intent are we upon satisfying the impatience of our concupiscence that way, --that nothing but the gross and more carnal parts of a composition will go down: --The subtle hints and sly communications of science fly off, like spirits upwards, ----the heavy moral escapes downwards; and both the one and the other are as much lost to the world, as if they were still left in the bottom of the ink-horn.\nI wish the male-reader has not pass'd by many a one, as quaint and curious as this one, in which the female-reader has been detected. I wish it may have its effects; --and that all good people, both male and female, from her example, may be taught to think as well as read.\nMEMOIRE present Messieurs les Docteurs de SORBONNE[1.2]\n_Un Chirurgien Accoucheur, represente Messieurs les Docteurs de SORBONNE, qu'il y a des cas, quoique trs rares, o une mere ne sauroit accoucher, & mme o l'enfant est tellement renferm dans le sein de sa mere, qu'il ne fait paritre aucune partie de son corps, ce qui seroit un cas, suivant les Rituels, de lui confrer, du moins sous condition, le baptme. Le Chirurgien, qui consulte, prtend, par le moyen d'une _petite canulle_, de pouvoir baptiser immediatement l'enfant, sans faire aucun tort la mere. ----Il demand si ce moyen, qu'il vient de proposer, est permis & lgitime, & s'il peut s'en servir dans les cas qu'il vient d'exposer._\n[Footnote 1.1: The _Romish_ Rituals direct the baptizing of the child, in cases of danger, _before_ it is born; --but upon this proviso, That some part or other of the child's body be seen by the baptizer: ----But the Doctors of the _Sorbonne_, by a deliberation held amongst them, _April_ 10, 1733, --have enlarged the powers of the midwives, by determining, That though no part of the child's body should appear, ----that baptism shall, nevertheless, be administered to it by injection, --_par le moyen d'une petite canulle_, --Anglic _a squirt_. ----'Tis very strange that St. _Thomas Aquinas_, who had so good a mechanical head, both for tying and untying the knots of school-divinity, --should, after so much pains bestowed upon this, --give up the point at last, as a second _La chose impossible_, --\"Infantes in maternis uteris existentes (quoth St. _Thomas!_) baptizari possunt _nullo modo_.\" --O _Thomas!_ _Thomas!_\nIf the reader has the curiosity to see the question upon baptism _by injection_, as presented to the Doctors of the _Sorbonne_, with their consultation thereupon, it is as follows.]\n[Footnote 1.2: Vide Deventer, Paris edit., 4to, 1734, p. 366.]\n","abridged":"- For the Romish rituals direct the baptising of the child, if it is in danger, before it is born; and the Doctors of the Sorbonne have determined that baptism may be administered to the unborn child by injection, using une petite canulle - or in English, a squirt. ('Tis very strange that St. Thomas Aquinas should have rejected this possibility. - 'Infantes in maternis uteris existentes,' quoth he, 'baptizari possunt nullo modo.' - O Thomas! Thomas!)\nIt is a terrible misfortune for this book of mine - as for all literature - that the vile lust for fresh adventures has got so strongly into our habit. So intent are we upon satisfying the impatience of our desire that nothing but the gross and carnal parts of a book go in. Subtle hints fly off like spirits upwards; the heavy moral escapes downwards; and both are as much lost to the world, as if they were left in the bottom of the ink-well.\nI wish that from this reader's example, all good people may be taught to think as well as read.\nIf the reader is curious to see the question upon baptism by injection, as presented to the Doctors of the Sorbonne, with their response thereupon, it is as follows.\n(Note: A translation from the French by the abridger follows each section below:)\nMEMOIRE present Messieurs les Docteurs de SORBONNE . [Vide Deventer, Paris edit., 4to, 1734, p. 366.]\nUn Chirurgien Accoucheur, represente Messieurs les Docteurs de SORBONNE, qu'il y a des cas, quoique trs rares, o une mere ne sauroit accoucher, & mme o l'enfant est tellement renferm dans le sein de sa mere, qu'il ne fait paritre aucune partie de son corps, ce qui seroit un cas, suivant les Rituels, de lui confrer, du moins sous condition, le baptme. Le Chirurgien, qui consulte, prtend, par le moyen d'une petite canulle, de pouvoir baptiser immediatement l'enfant, sans faire aucun tort la mere. Il demand si ce moyen, qu'il vient de proposer, est permis & lgitime, & s'il peut s'en servir dans les cas qu'il vient d'exposer.\n(Translation: A baby may be baptised before it is born, in certain cases, by means of a little tube.)\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"REPONSE\n","abridged":"RESPONSE\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"_Le Conseil estime, que la question propose souffre de grandes difficults. ","abridged":"Le Conseil estime, que la question propose souffre de grandes difficults. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Les Thologiens posent d'un ct pour principe, que le baptme, qui est une naissance spirituelle, suppose une premiere naissance; il faut tre n dans le monde, pour renatre en _Jesus Christ_, comme ils l'enseignent. ","abridged":"Les Thologiens posent d'un ct pour principe, que le baptme, qui est une naissance spirituelle, suppose une premiere naissance; il faut tre n dans le monde, pour renatre en Jesus Christ, comme ils l'enseignent. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"_S. Thomas, 3 part, qust. 88, artic. II_, suit cette doctrine comme une verit constante; l'on ne peut, dit ce S. Docteur, baptiser les enfans qui sont renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, & _S. Thomas_ est fond sur ce, que les enfans ne sont point ns, & ne peuvent tre compts parmi les autres hommes; d'o il conclud, qu'ils ne peuvent tre l'objet d'une action extrieure, pour reevoir par leur ministre, les sacremens ncessaires au salut:_ Pueri in maternis uteris existentes nondum prodierunt in lucem ut cum aliis hominibus vitam ducant; unde non possunt subjici actioni human, ut per eorum ministerium sacramenta recipiant ad salutem. ","abridged":"S. Thomas, 3 part, qust. 88, artic. II, suit cette doctrine comme une verit constante; l'on ne peut, dit ce S. Docteur, baptiser les enfans qui sont renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, & S. Thomas est fond sur ce, que les enfans ne sont point ns, & ne peuvent tre compts parmi les autres hommes; d'o il conclud, qu'ils ne peuvent tre l'objet d'une action extrieure, pour reevoir par leur ministre, les sacremens ncessaires au salut: Pueri in maternis uteris existentes nondum prodierunt in lucem ut cum aliis hominibus vitam ducant; unde non possunt subjici actioni human, ut per eorum ministerium sacramenta recipiant ad salutem. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"_Les rituels ordonnent dans la pratique ce que les thologiens ont tabli sur les mmes matires, & ils deffendent tous d'une manire uniforme, de baptiser les enfans qui sont renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, s'ils ne font parotre quelque partie de leurs corps. ","abridged":"Les rituels ordonnent dans la pratique ce que les thologiens ont tabli sur les mmes matires, & ils deffendent tous d'une manire uniforme, de baptiser les enfans qui sont renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, s'ils ne font parotre quelque partie de leurs corps. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Le concours des thologiens, & des rituels, qui sont les rgles des diocses, paroit former une autorit qui termine la question presente; cependant le conseil de conscience considerant d'un ct, que le raisonnement des thologiens est uniquement fond sur une raison de convenance, & que la deffense des rituels suppose que l'on ne peut baptiser immediatement les enfans ainsi renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, ce qui est contre la supposition presente; & d'un autre ct, considerant que les mmes thologiens enseignent, que l'on peut risquer les sacremens que _Jesus Christ_ a tablis comme des moyens faciles, mais ncessaires pour sanctifier les hommes; & d'ailleurs estimant, que les enfans renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, pourroient tre capables de salut, parcequ'ils sont capables de damnation; --pour ces considerations, & en egard l'expos, suivant lequel on assure avoir trouv un moyen certain de baptiser ces enfans ainsi renferms, sans faire aucun tort la mere, le Conseil estime que l'on pourroit se servir du moyen propos, dans la confiance qu'il a, que Dieu n'a point laiss ces sortes d'enfans sans aucuns secours, & supposant, comme il est expos, que le moyen dont il s'agit est propre leur procurer le baptme; cependant comme il s'agiroit, en autorisant la pratique propose, de changer une regie universellement tablie, le Conseil croit que celui qui consulte doit s'addresser son evque, & qui il appartient de juger de l'utilit, & du danger du moyen propos, & comme, sous le bon plaisir de l'evque, le Conseil estime qu'il faudroit recourir au Pape, qui a le droit d'expliquer les rgles de l'eglise, & d'y droger dans le cas, ou la loi ne sauroit obliger, quelque sage & quelque utile que paroisse la manire de baptiser dont il s'agit, le Conseil ne pourroit l'approuver sans le concours de ces deux autorits. ","abridged":"Le concours des thologiens, & des rituels, qui sont les rgles des diocses, paroit former une autorit qui termine la question presente; cependant le conseil de conscience considerant d'un ct, que le raisonnement des thologiens est uniquement fond sur une raison de convenance, & que la deffense des rituels suppose que l'on ne peut baptiser immediatement les enfans ainsi renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, ce qui est contre la supposition presente; & d'un autre ct, considerant que les mmes thologiens enseignent, que l'on peut risquer les sacremens que Jesus Christ a tablis comme des moyens faciles, mais ncessaires pour sanctifier les hommes; & d'ailleurs estimant, que les enfans renferms dans le sein de leurs meres, pourroient tre capables de salut, parcequ'ils sont capables de damnation; -pour ces considerations, & en egard l'expos, suivant lequel on assure avoir trouv un moyen certain de baptiser ces enfans ainsi renferms, sans faire aucun tort la mere, le Conseil estime que l'on pourroit se servir du moyen propos, dans la confiance qu'il a, que Dieu n'a point laiss ces sortes d'enfans sans aucuns secours, & supposant, comme il est expos, que le moyen dont il s'agit est propre leur procurer le baptme; cependant comme il s'agiroit, en autorisant la pratique propose, de changer une regie universellement tablie, le Conseil croit que celui qui consulte doit s'addresser son evque, & qui il appartient de juger de l'utilit, & du danger du moyen propos, & comme, sous le bon plaisir de l'evque, le Conseil estime qu'il faudroit recourir au Pape, qui a le droit d'expliquer les rgles de l'eglise, & d'y droger dans le cas, ou la loi ne sauroit obliger, quelque sage & quelque utile que paroisse la manire de baptiser dont il s'agit, le Conseil ne pourroit l'approuver sans le concours de ces deux autorits. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"On conseile au moins celui qui consulte, de s'addresser son evque, & de lui faire part de la presente dcision, afin que, si le prelat entre dans les raisons sur lesquelles les docteurs soussigns s'appuyent, il puisse tre autoris dans le cas de ncessit, ou il risqueroit trop d'attendre que la permission ft demande & accorde d'employer le moyen qu'il propose si avantageux au salut de l'enfant. Au reste, le Conseil, en estimant que l'on pourroit s'en servir, croit cependant, que si les enfans dont il s'agit, venoient au monde, contre l'esperance de ceux qui se seroient servis du mme moyen, il seroit ncessaire de les baptiser sous condition; & en cela le Conseil se conforme tous les rituels, qui en autorisant le baptme d'un enfant qui fait parotre quelque partie de son corps, enjoignent nantmoins, & ordonnent de le baptiser sous condition, s'il vient heureusement au monde._\n","abridged":"On conseile au moins celui qui consulte, de s'addresser son evque, & de lui faire part de la presente dcision, afin que, si le prelat entre dans les raisons sur lesquelles les docteurs soussigns s'appuyent, il puisse tre autoris dans le cas de ncessit, ou il risqueroit trop d'attendre que la permission ft demande & accorde d'employer le moyen qu'il propose si avantageux au salut de l'enfant.\n(Translation: No! If a child is not born it cannot be baptised. Though if you really must, perhaps it can.)\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Deliber en _Sorbonne_, le 10 _Avril_, 1733.\n","abridged":"Sorbonne, le 10 Avril, 1733.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"A. ","abridged":"A. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"LE MOYNE. ","abridged":"LE MOYNE.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"L. DE ROMIGNY. ","abridged":"L. DE ROMIGNY.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"DE MARCILLY.\n","abridged":"DE MARCILLY.\n","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"Mr. _Tristram Shandy's_ compliments to Messrs. _Le Moyne_, _De Romigny_, and _De Marcilly_; hopes they all rested well the night after so tiresome a consultation. ","abridged":"Mr. Tristram Shandy's compliments to Messrs. Le Moyne, De Romigny, and De Marcilly; he hopes they rested well the night after so tiresome a consultation. ","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"--He begs to know, whether after the ceremony of marriage, and before that of consummation, the baptizing all the HOMUNCULI at once, slapdash, by _injection_, would not be a shorter and safer cut still; on condition, as above, That if the HOMUNCULI do well, and come safe into the world after this, that each and every of them shall be baptized again (_sous condition_) ----And provided, in the second place, That the thing can be done, which _Mr. Shandy_ apprehends it may, _par le moyen d'une petite canulle_, and _sans faire aucun tort au pere_.","abridged":"He begs to know whether after the ceremony of marriage, and before that of consummation, the baptizing of all the Homunculi at once, slapdash, by injection, would not be a shorter and safer cut still; if they come safe into the world after this, they shall be baptized again.\n- Provided that the thing can be done, which Mr. Shandy believes it may, par le moyen d'une petite canulle, and sans faire aucun tort au pere (by means of a tiny tube, and without doing any damage to the father.)","book":"Tristram Shandy","chapter":"Book 1 - Chapter 20"}
{"original":"When Jos's fine carriage drove up to the inn door at Chatham, the first face which Amelia recognized was the friendly countenance of Captain Dobbin, who had been pacing the street for an hour past in expectation of his friends' arrival. ","abridged":"When Jos's carriage drove Amelia to the inn at Chatham, the first face she recognized was Captain Dobbin's. He had been pacing the street for an hour waiting for his friends' arrival. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"The Captain, with shells on his frockcoat, and a crimson sash and sabre, presented a military appearance, which made Jos quite proud to be able to claim such an acquaintance, and the stout civilian hailed him with a cordiality very different from the reception which Jos vouchsafed to his friend in Brighton and Bond Street.\n","abridged":"The Captain, with a crimson sash and sabre, had such a military appearance that Jos was quite proud to claim acquaintance with him, and he hailed him much more cordially than he had in London.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Along with the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, as the barouche neared the inn, burst out with an exclamation of \"By Jove! ","abridged":"With the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, as the barouche approached, exclaimed \"By Jove! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"what a pretty girl\"; highly applauding Osborne's choice. ","abridged":"what a pretty girl!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Indeed, Amelia dressed in her wedding-pelisse and pink ribbons, with a flush in her face, occasioned by rapid travel through the open air, looked so fresh and pretty, as fully to justify the Ensign's compliment. ","abridged":"Indeed, Amelia, dressed in her wedding-pelisse, flushed with travel and the open air, looked so fresh and pretty as fully to justify the Ensign's compliment. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Dobbin liked him for making it. ","abridged":"Dobbin liked him for making it. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"As he stepped forward to help the lady out of the carriage, Stubble saw what a pretty little hand she gave him, and what a sweet pretty little foot came tripping down the step. ","abridged":"As he helped her out of the carriage, Stubble saw what a pretty little hand she gave him, and what a sweet little foot came tripping down the step. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"He blushed profusely, and made the very best bow of which he was capable; to which Amelia, seeing the number of the the regiment embroidered on the Ensign's cap, replied with a blushing smile, and a curtsey on her part; which finished the young Ensign on the spot. ","abridged":"He blushed profusely, and made his very best bow; to which Amelia replied with a smile and a curtsey which finished the young Ensign on the spot.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Dobbin took most kindly to Mr. Stubble from that day, and encouraged him to talk about Amelia in their private walks, and at each other's quarters. ","abridged":"Dobbin took most kindly to Mr. Stubble from that day, and encouraged him to talk about Amelia. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"It became the fashion, indeed, among all the honest young fellows of the --th to adore and admire Mrs. Osborne. ","abridged":"It became the fashion, indeed, among all the honest young fellows of the Regiment to admire Mrs. Osborne. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Her simple artless behaviour, and modest kindness of demeanour, won all their unsophisticated hearts; all which simplicity and sweetness are quite impossible to describe in print. ","abridged":"Her artless behaviour and modest kindness won their unsophisticated hearts. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"But who has not beheld these among women, and recognised the presence of all sorts of qualities in them, even though they say no more to you than that they are engaged to dance the next quadrille, or that it is very hot weather? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"George, always the champion of his regiment, rose immensely in the opinion of the youth of the corps, by his gallantry in marrying this portionless young creature, and by his choice of such a pretty kind partner.\n","abridged":"George, always the champion of his regiment, rose immensely in their opinion by his gallantry in marrying this portionless, pretty young creature.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"In the sitting-room which was awaiting the travellers, Amelia, to her surprise, found a letter addressed to Mrs. Captain Osborne. ","abridged":"On her arrival, Amelia, to her surprise, found a letter addressed to her. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"It was a triangular billet, on pink paper, and sealed with a dove and an olive branch, and a profusion of light blue sealing wax, and it was written in a very large, though undecided female hand.\n","abridged":"It was on pink paper, and sealed with a dove and an olive branch, and a profusion of light blue sealing wax, and it was written in a very large female hand.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"It's Peggy O'Dowd's fist,\" said George, laughing. ","abridged":"\"It's Peggy O'Dowd's writing,\" said George, laughing. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"I know it by the kisses on the seal.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"And in fact, it was a note from Mrs. Major O'Dowd, requesting the pleasure of Mrs. Osborne's company that very evening to a small friendly party. ","abridged":"And indeed it was a note from Mrs. Major O'Dowd, requesting the pleasure of Mrs. Osborne's company that evening at a small party. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"You must go,\" George said. ","abridged":"\"You must go,\" George said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"You will make acquaintance with the regiment there. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"O'Dowd goes in command of the regiment, and Peggy goes in command.\"\n","abridged":"\"O'Dowd goes in command of the regiment, and Peggy just goes in command.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"But they had not been for many minutes in the enjoyment of Mrs. O'Dowd's letter, when the door was flung open, and a stout jolly lady, in a riding-habit, followed by a couple of officers of Ours, entered the room.\n","abridged":"But minutes later the door was flung open, and a stout jolly lady in a riding-habit, followed by a couple of officers, entered the room.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Sure, I couldn't stop till tay-time. ","abridged":"\"Sure, I couldn't stop till tay-time. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Present me, Garge, my dear fellow, to your lady. ","abridged":"Present me, Garge, my dear fellow, to your lady. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Madam, I'm deloighted to see ye; and to present to you me husband, Meejor O'Dowd\"; and with this, the jolly lady in the riding-habit grasped Amelia's hand very warmly, and the latter knew at once that the lady was before her whom her husband had so often laughed at. ","abridged":"Madam, I'm deloighted to see ye; and to present to you me husband, Meejor O'Dowd.\" The jolly lady grasped Amelia's hand very warmly. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"You've often heard of me from that husband of yours,\" said the lady, with great vivacity.\n","abridged":"\"You've often heard of me from that husband of yours,\" she said with vivacity.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"You've often heard of her,\" echoed her husband, the Major.\n","abridged":"\"You've often heard of her,\" echoed her husband, the Major.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Amelia answered, smiling, \"that she had.\"\n","abridged":"Amelia answered, smiling, that she had.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"And small good he's told you of me,\" Mrs. O'Dowd replied; adding that \"George was a wicked divvle.\"\n","abridged":"\"And small good he's told you of me,\" Mrs. O'Dowd replied; adding that \"George was a wicked divvle.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"That I'll go bail for,\" said the Major, trying to look knowing, at which George laughed; and Mrs. O'Dowd, with a tap of her whip, told the Major to be quiet; and then requested to be presented in form to Mrs. Captain Osborne.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"This, my dear,\" said George with great gravity, \"is my very good, kind, and excellent friend, Auralia Margaretta, otherwise called Peggy.\"\n","abridged":"\"This, my dear,\" said George, \"is my very good excellent friend Auralia, otherwise called Peggy.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Faith, you're right,\" interposed the Major.\n","abridged":"\"Faith, you're right,\" interposed the Major.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Otherwise called Peggy, lady of Major Michael O'Dowd, of our regiment, and daughter of Fitzjurld Ber'sford de Burgo Malony of Glenmalony, County Kildare.\"\n","abridged":"\"Lady of Major Michael O'Dowd, of our regiment, and daughter of Fitzjurld Ber'sford de Burgo Malony of Glenmalony, County Kildare.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"And Muryan Squeer, Doblin,\" said the lady with calm superiority.\n","abridged":"\"And Muryan Squeer, Doblin,\" said the lady with calm superiority.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"And Muryan Square, sure enough,\" the Major whispered.\n","abridged":"\"And Muryan Square, sure enough,\" the Major whispered.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"'Twas there ye coorted me, Meejor dear,\" the lady said; and the Major assented to this as to every other proposition which was made generally in company.\n","abridged":"\"'Twas there ye coorted me, Meejor dear,\" the lady said; and the Major assented to this as to every other thing she said.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Major O'Dowd, who had served his sovereign in every quarter of the world, and had paid for every step in his profession by some more than equivalent act of daring and gallantry, was the most modest, silent, sheep-faced and meek of little men, and as obedient to his wife as if he had been her tay-boy. ","abridged":"Major O'Dowd, who had served his sovereign gallantly in every quarter of the world, was the most modest and meek of little men, totally obedient to his wife. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"At the mess-table he sat silently, and drank a great deal. ","abridged":"At the mess-table he sat silently, and drank a great deal. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"When full of liquor, he reeled silently home. ","abridged":"When full of liquor, he reeled silently home. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"When he spoke, it was to agree with everybody on every conceivable point; and he passed through life in perfect ease and good-humour. ","abridged":"When he spoke, it was to agree with everybody; and he passed through life in perfect good-humour. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"The hottest suns of India never heated his temper; and the Walcheren ague never shook it. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"He walked up to a battery with just as much indifference as to a dinner-table; had dined on horse-flesh and turtle with equal relish and appetite; and had an old mother, Mrs. O'Dowd of O'Dowdstown indeed, whom he had never disobeyed but when he ran away and enlisted, and when he persisted in marrying that odious Peggy Malony.\n","abridged":"He had an old mother whom he had never disobeyed except when he ran away and enlisted, and when he married that odious Peggy Malony.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Peggy was one of five sisters, and eleven children of the noble house of Glenmalony; but her husband, though her own cousin, was of the mother's side, and so had not the inestimable advantage of being allied to the Malonys, whom she believed to be the most famous family in the world. ","abridged":"Peggy was one of eleven children of the noble house of Glenmalony; her husband was her cousin on her mother's side. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Having tried nine seasons at Dublin and two at Bath and Cheltenham, and not finding a partner for life, Miss Malony ordered her cousin Mick to marry her when she was about thirty-three years of age; and the honest fellow obeying, carried her off to the West Indies, to preside over the ladies of the --th regiment, into which he had just exchanged.\n","abridged":"Having tried nine seasons at Dublin and two at Bath without finding a husband, Miss Malony ordered her cousin Mick to marry her when she was about thirty-three; and the honest fellow obeyed.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Before Mrs. O'Dowd was half an hour in Amelia's (or indeed in anybody else's) company, this amiable lady told all her birth and pedigree to her new friend. ","abridged":"Before Mrs. O'Dowd was half an hour in Amelia's (or indeed in anybody's) company, this amiable lady told all her pedigree to her new friend.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"My dear,\" said she, good-naturedly, \"it was my intention that Garge should be a brother of my own, and my sister Glorvina would have suited him entirely. ","abridged":"\"My dear,\" said she, good-naturedly, \"I meant for Garge to marry my sister Glorvina; she would have suited him entirely. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"But as bygones are bygones, and he was engaged to yourself, why, I'm determined to take you as a sister instead, and to look upon you as such, and to love you as one of the family. ","abridged":"But as he was engaged to yourself, I'm determined to love you as a sister. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Faith, you've got such a nice good-natured face and way widg you, that I'm sure we'll agree; and that you'll be an addition to our family anyway.\"\n","abridged":"Faith, I'm sure you'll be an addition to our family.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"'Deed and she will,\" said O'Dowd, with an approving air, and Amelia felt herself not a little amused and grateful to be thus suddenly introduced to so large a party of relations.\n","abridged":"\"'Deed and she will,\" said O'Dowd, and Amelia felt amused and grateful to be thus suddenly introduced to so many relations.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"We're all good fellows here,\" the Major's lady continued. \"There's not a regiment in the service where you'll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. ","abridged":"\"We're all good fellows in this regiment,\" the Major's lady continued. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"There's no quarrelling, bickering, slandthering, nor small talk amongst us. ","abridged":"\"There's no quarrelling, bickering, nor slandthering amongst us. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"We all love each other.\"\n","abridged":"We all love each other.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Especially Mrs. Magenis,\" said George, laughing.\n","abridged":"\"Especially Mrs. Magenis,\" said George, laughing.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Captain Magenis and me has made up, though her treatment of me would bring me gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.\"\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Captain Magenis and me has made up, though her treatment of me would bring me grey hairs.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"And you with such a beautiful front of black, Peggy, my dear,\" the Major cried.\n","abridged":"\"And you with such beautiful black locks, Peggy, my dear,\" the Major cried.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Hould your tongue, Mick, you booby. ","abridged":"\"Hould your tongue, Mick, you booby. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Them husbands are always in the way, Mrs. Osborne, my dear; and as for my Mick, I often tell him he should never open his mouth but to give the word of command, or to put meat and drink into it. ","abridged":"Them husbands are always in the way, Mrs. Osborne, my dear; and I often tell my Mick he should never open his mouth but to give the word of command, or to put meat and drink into it. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"I'll tell you about the regiment, and warn you when we're alone. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Introduce me to your brother now; sure he's a mighty fine man, and reminds me of me cousin, Dan Malony (Malony of Ballymalony, my dear, you know who mar'ied Ophalia Scully, of Oystherstown, own cousin to Lord Poldoody). ","abridged":"Introduce me to your brother now; sure he's a mighty fine man. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Mr. Sedley, sir, I'm deloighted to be made known te ye. ","abridged":"Mr. Sedley, sir, I'm deloighted to be made known te ye. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"I suppose you'll dine at the mess to-day. ","abridged":"I suppose you'll dine at the mess today.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"(Mind that divvle of a docther, Mick, and whatever ye du, keep yourself sober for me party this evening.)\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"It's the 150th gives us a farewell dinner, my love,\" interposed the Major, \"but we'll easy get a card for Mr. Sedley.\"\n","abridged":"\"It's a farewell dinner, my love,\" interposed the Major, \"but we'll easy get a card for Mr. Sedley.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Run Simple (Ensign Simple, of Ours, my dear Amelia. I forgot to introjuice him to ye). Run in a hurry, with Mrs. Major O'Dowd's compliments to Colonel Tavish, and Captain Osborne has brought his brothernlaw down, and will bring him to the 150th mess at five o'clock sharp--when you and I, my dear, will take a snack here, if you like.\" ","abridged":"\"Ensign Simple, run with Mrs. Major O'Dowd's compliments to Colonel Tavish, and Captain Osborne has brought his brothernlaw down, and will bring him to the mess at five o'clock.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Before Mrs. O'Dowd's speech was concluded, the young Ensign was trotting downstairs on his commission.\n","abridged":"Before Mrs. O'Dowd's speech was concluded, the young Ensign was trotting downstairs.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Obedience is the soul of the army. ","abridged":"\"Obedience is the soul of the army. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"We will go to our duty while Mrs. O'Dowd will stay and enlighten you, Emmy,\" Captain Osborne said; and the two gentlemen, taking each a wing of the Major, walked out with that officer, grinning at each other over his head.\n","abridged":"We will go to our duty while Mrs. O'Dowd will stay and enlighten you, Emmy,\" Captain Osborne said; and the two gentlemen walked out with the Major, grinning at each other.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"And, now having her new friend to herself, the impetuous Mrs. O'Dowd proceeded to pour out such a quantity of information as no poor little woman's memory could ever tax itself to bear. ","abridged":"And, now having her new friend to herself, Mrs. O'Dowd poured out such a quantity of information as no poor little woman's memory could bear. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"She told Amelia a thousand particulars relative to the very numerous family of which the amazed young lady found herself a member. ","abridged":"She told Amelia a thousand details of the regimental family.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Heavytop, the Colonel's wife, died in Jamaica of the yellow faver and a broken heart comboined, for the horrud old Colonel, with a head as bald as a cannon-ball, was making sheep's eyes at a half-caste girl there. ","abridged":"\"Mrs. Heavytop, the Colonel's wife, died in Jamaica of the yellow faver and a broken heart, for the horrud old Colonel was making sheep's eyes at a half-caste girl there. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Mrs. Magenis, though without education, was a good woman, but she had the divvle's tongue, and would cheat her own mother at whist. ","abridged":"Mrs. Magenis, though without education, was a good woman, but she had the divvle's tongue, and would cheat her own mother at whist. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Mrs. Captain Kirk must turn up her lobster eyes forsooth at the idea of an honest round game (wherein me fawther, as pious a man as ever went to church, me uncle Dane Malony, and our cousin the Bishop, took a hand at loo, or whist, every night of their lives). ","abridged":"Mrs. Captain Kirk turns up her lobster eyes at the idea of an honest game (although me father and me cousin the Bishop played whist every night of their lives). ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Nayther of 'em's goin' with the regiment this time,\" Mrs. O'Dowd added. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"Fanny Magenis stops with her mother, who sells small coal and potatoes, most likely, in Islington-town, hard by London, though she's always bragging of her father's ships, and pointing them out to us as they go up the river: and Mrs. Kirk and her children will stop here in Bethesda Place, to be nigh to her favourite preacher, Dr. Ramshorn. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bunny's in an interesting situation--faith, and she always is, then--and has given the Lieutenant seven already. ","abridged":"Mrs. Bunny's in an interesting situation - faith, she always is - and has given the Lieutenant seven already. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"And Ensign Posky's wife, who joined two months before you, my dear, has quarl'd with Tom Posky a score of times, till you can hear'm all over the bar'ck (they say they're come to broken pleets, and Tom never accounted for his black oi), and she'll go back to her mother, who keeps a ladies' siminary at Richmond--bad luck to her for running away from it! ","abridged":"And Ensign Posky's wife, who joined two months before you, my dear, has quarl'd with Tom Posky a score of times, till you can hear'm all over the barrack; and Tom's never accounted for his black oi, and she'll go back to her mother at Richmond.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Where did ye get your finishing, my dear? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"I had moin, and no expince spared, at Madame Flanahan's, at Ilyssus Grove, Booterstown, near Dublin, wid a Marchioness to teach us the true Parisian pronunciation, and a retired Mejor-General of the French service to put us through the exercise.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Of this incongruous family our astonished Amelia found herself all of a sudden a member: with Mrs. O'Dowd as an elder sister. ","abridged":"Of this incongruous family our astonished Amelia found herself suddenly a member: with Mrs. O'Dowd as an elder sister. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"She was presented to her other female relations at tea-time, on whom, as she was quiet, good-natured, and not too handsome, she made rather an agreeable impression until the arrival of the gentlemen from the mess of the 150th, who all admired her so, that her sisters began, of course, to find fault with her.\n","abridged":"She was presented to her other female relations at tea-time; and being quiet, good-natured, and not too handsome, she made an agreeable impression until the arrival of the gentlemen, who all admired her; so that her sisters began, of course, to find fault with her.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"I hope Osborne has sown his wild oats,\" said Mrs. Magenis to Mrs. Bunny. ","abridged":"\"I hope Osborne has sown his wild oats,\" said Mrs. Magenis to Mrs. Bunny.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"If a reformed rake makes a good husband, sure it's she will have the fine chance with Garge,\" Mrs. O'Dowd remarked to Posky, who had lost her position as bride in the regiment, and was quite angry with the usurper. ","abridged":"\"If a reformed rake makes a good husband, sure she'll have a fine chance with Garge,\" said Mrs. O'Dowd.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"And as for Mrs. Kirk: that disciple of Dr. Ramshorn put one or two leading professional questions to Amelia, to see whether she was awakened, whether she was a professing Christian and so forth, and finding from the simplicity of Mrs. Osborne's replies that she was yet in utter darkness, put into her hands three little penny books with pictures, viz., the \"Howling Wilderness,\" the \"Washerwoman of Wandsworth Common,\" and the \"British Soldier's best Bayonet,\" which, bent upon awakening her before she slept, Mrs. Kirk begged Amelia to read that night ere she went to bed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"But all the men, like good fellows as they were, rallied round their comrade's pretty wife, and paid her their court with soldierly gallantry. She had a little triumph, which flushed her spirits and made her eyes sparkle. ","abridged":"But the men rallied round their comrade's pretty wife, and paid her their court with soldierly gallantry, making her eyes sparkle. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"George was proud of her popularity, and pleased with the manner (which was very gay and graceful, though naive and a little timid) with which she received the gentlemen's attentions, and answered their compliments. ","abridged":"George was proud of her popularity, and pleased with the graceful, gay manner with which she received the gentlemen's attentions. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"And he in his uniform--how much handsomer he was than any man in the room! ","abridged":"And he - so handsome in his uniform! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"She felt that he was affectionately watching her, and glowed with pleasure at his kindness. ","abridged":"She felt him watching her, and glowed with pleasure at his kindness.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"I will make all his friends welcome,\" she resolved in her heart. ","abridged":"\"I will make all his friends welcome,\" she resolved. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"\"I will love all as I love him. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"I will always try and be gay and good-humoured and make his home happy.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will always try and be gay and good-humoured and make his home happy.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"The regiment indeed adopted her with acclamation. ","abridged":"The regiment indeed adopted her with acclaim. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"The Captains approved, the Lieutenants applauded, the Ensigns admired. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Old Cutler, the Doctor, made one or two jokes, which, being professional, need not be repeated; and Cackle, the Assistant M.D. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"of Edinburgh, condescended to examine her upon leeterature, and tried her with his three best French quotations. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Young Stubble went about from man to man whispering, \"Jove, isn't she a pretty gal?\" ","abridged":"Young Stubble kept whispering, \"Jove, isn't she a pretty gal?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"and never took his eyes off her except when the negus came in.\n","abridged":"and never took his eyes off her.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"As for Captain Dobbin, he never so much as spoke to her during the whole evening. ","abridged":"As for Captain Dobbin, he never spoke to her the whole evening. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"But he and Captain Porter of the 150th took home Jos to the hotel, who was in a very maudlin state, and had told his tiger-hunt story with great effect, both at the mess-table and at the soiree, to Mrs. O'Dowd in her turban and bird of paradise. ","abridged":"But he and Captain Porter took Jos, who was in a very maudlin state, back to the hotel. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"Having put the Collector into the hands of his servant, Dobbin loitered about, smoking his cigar before the inn door. ","abridged":"Having put him into the hands of his servant, Dobbin loitered about, smoking his cigar before the inn door. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"George had meanwhile very carefully shawled his wife, and brought her away from Mrs. O'Dowd's after a general handshaking from the young officers, who accompanied her to the fly, and cheered that vehicle as it drove off. ","abridged":"George had meanwhile brought his wife away from Mrs. O'Dowd's. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"So Amelia gave Dobbin her little hand as she got out of the carriage, and rebuked him smilingly for not having taken any notice of her all night.\n","abridged":"Amelia gave Dobbin her hand as she got out of the carriage, and rebuked him smilingly for not having taken any notice of her all night.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"The Captain continued that deleterious amusement of smoking, long after the inn and the street were gone to bed. ","abridged":"The Captain kept smoking, long after everyone had gone to bed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"He watched the lights vanish from George's sitting-room windows, and shine out in the bedroom close at hand. ","abridged":"He watched the lights vanish from George's sitting-room windows, and shine out in the bedroom. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"It was almost morning when he returned to his own quarters. ","abridged":"It was almost morning when he returned to his own quarters. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"He could hear the cheering from the ships in the river, where the transports were already taking in their cargoes preparatory to dropping down the Thames.","abridged":"He could hear the cheering from the ships in the river, where the transports were taking in their cargoes before moving down the Thames.","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment"}
{"original":"We must suppose little George Osborne has ridden from Knightsbridge towards Fulham, and will stop and make inquiries at that village regarding some friends whom we have left there. ","abridged":"We must now make inquiries at Fulham about some friends whom we have left there. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"How is Mrs. Amelia after the storm of Waterloo? ","abridged":"How is Mrs. Amelia? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Is she living and thriving? ","abridged":"Is she living and thriving? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"What has come of Major Dobbin, whose cab was always hankering about her premises? ","abridged":"What has become of Major Dobbin? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And is there any news of the Collector of Boggley Wollah? ","abridged":"And is there any news of the Collector of Boggley Wollah? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The facts concerning the latter are briefly these:\n","abridged":"The facts about him are briefly these:\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Our worthy fat friend Joseph Sedley returned to India not long after his escape from Brussels. Either his furlough was up, or he dreaded to meet any witnesses of his Waterloo flight. However it might be, he went back to his duties in Bengal very soon after Napoleon had taken up his residence at St. Helena, where Jos saw the ex-Emperor. ","abridged":"Our worthy friend Joseph Sedley returned to India not long after his escape from Brussels, soon after Napoleon had been confined to St. Helena. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"To hear Mr. Sedley talk on board ship you would have supposed that it was not the first time he and the Corsican had met, and that the civilian had bearded the French General at Mount St. John. ","abridged":"To hear Mr. Sedley talk on board ship, you would have supposed that he had confronted the French General personally. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He had a thousand anecdotes about the famous battles; he knew the position of every regiment and the loss which each had incurred. ","abridged":"He had a thousand tales about the famous battles; he knew the position of every regiment. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He did not deny that he had been concerned in those victories--that he had been with the army and carried despatches for the Duke of Wellington. ","abridged":"He did not deny that he had carried despatches for the Duke of Wellington. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And he described what the Duke did and said on every conceivable moment of the day of Waterloo, with such an accurate knowledge of his Grace's sentiments and proceedings that it was clear he must have been by the conqueror's side throughout the day; though, as a non-combatant, his name was not mentioned in the public documents relative to the battle. ","abridged":"He described what the Duke did and said at Waterloo with such accurate knowledge that it was clear he must have been by the conqueror's side throughout the day. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Perhaps he actually worked himself up to believe that he had been engaged with the army; certain it is that he made a prodigious sensation for some time at Calcutta, and was called Waterloo Sedley during the whole of his subsequent stay in Bengal.\n","abridged":"Perhaps he actually worked himself up to believe that he had been engaged with the army; certainly he made a sensation for some time at Calcutta, and was called Waterloo Sedley during his stay in Bengal.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The bills which Jos had given for the purchase of those unlucky horses were paid without question by him and his agents. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He never was heard to allude to the bargain, and nobody knows for a certainty what became of the horses, or how he got rid of them, or of Isidor, his Belgian servant, who sold a grey horse, very like the one which Jos rode, at Valenciennes sometime during the autumn of 1815.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Jos's London agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty pounds yearly to his parents at Fulham. ","abridged":"His agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty pounds yearly to his parents at Fulham. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It was the chief support of the old couple; for Mr. Sedley's speculations in life subsequent to his bankruptcy did not by any means retrieve the broken old gentleman's fortune. ","abridged":"It was the couple's chief support; for old Mr. Sedley's speculations did not succeed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He tried to be a wine-merchant, a coal-merchant, a commission lottery agent, &c., &c. He sent round prospectuses to his friends whenever he took a new trade, and ordered a new brass plate for the door, and talked pompously about making his fortune still. ","abridged":"He tried to be a wine-merchant, a coal-merchant, and a lottery agent; he sent round prospectuses, and ordered a new brass plate for the door, and talked pompously about making his fortune. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"But Fortune never came back to the feeble and stricken old man. ","abridged":"But Fortune never came back to the feeble old man. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"One by one his friends dropped off, and were weary of buying dear coals and bad wine from him; and there was only his wife in all the world who fancied, when he tottered off to the City of a morning, that he was still doing any business there. ","abridged":"His friends dropped off, weary of buying dear coals and bad wine from him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"At evening he crawled slowly back; and he used to go of nights to a little club at a tavern, where he disposed of the finances of the nation. It was wonderful to hear him talk about millions, and agios, and discounts, and what Rothschild was doing, and Baring Brothers. ","abridged":"He used to go of nights to a little club at a tavern, where he talked about millions, what Rothschild was doing, and Baring Brothers.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He talked of such vast sums that the gentlemen of the club (the apothecary, the undertaker, the great carpenter and builder, the parish clerk, who was allowed to come stealthily, and Mr. Clapp, our old acquaintance,) respected the old gentleman. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"I was better off once, sir,\" he did not fail to tell everybody who \"used the room.\" ","abridged":"\"I was better off once, sir,\" he told everybody. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"My son, sir, is at this minute chief magistrate of Ramgunge in the Presidency of Bengal, and touching his four thousand rupees per mensem. ","abridged":"\"My son, sir, is chief magistrate of Ramgunge in Bengal. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"My daughter might be a Colonel's lady if she liked. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I might draw upon my son, the first magistrate, sir, for two thousand pounds to-morrow, and Alexander would cash my bill, down sir, down on the counter, sir. ","abridged":"I might draw upon my son, sir, for two thousand pounds tomorrow. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"But the Sedleys were always a proud family.\" ","abridged":"But the Sedleys were always a proud family.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"You and I, my dear reader, may drop into this condition one day: for have not many of our friends attained it? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Our luck may fail: our powers forsake us: our place on the boards be taken by better and younger mimes--the chance of life roll away and leave us shattered and stranded. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Then men will walk across the road when they meet you--or, worse still, hold you out a couple of fingers and patronize you in a pitying way--then you will know, as soon as your back is turned, that your friend begins with a \"Poor devil, what imprudences he has committed, what chances that chap has thrown away!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Well, well--a carriage and three thousand a year is not the summit of the reward nor the end of God's judgment of men. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"If quacks prosper as often as they go to the wall--if zanies succeed and knaves arrive at fortune, and, vice versa, sharing ill luck and prosperity for all the world like the ablest and most honest amongst us--I say, brother, the gifts and pleasures of Vanity Fair cannot be held of any great account, and that it is probable . . . ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"but we are wandering out of the domain of the story.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Had Mrs. Sedley been a woman of energy, she would have exerted it after her husband's ruin and, occupying a large house, would have taken in boarders. ","abridged":"Had Mrs. Sedley been a woman of energy, she would have taken in boarders. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The broken Sedley would have acted well as the boarding-house landlady's husband; the Munoz of private life; the titular lord and master: the carver, house-steward, and humble husband of the occupier of the dingy throne. ","abridged":"The broken Sedley would have acted well as a boarding-house carver and steward. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I have seen men of good brains and breeding, and of good hopes and vigour once, who feasted squires and kept hunters in their youth, meekly cutting up legs of mutton for rancorous old harridans and pretending to preside over their dreary tables--but Mrs. Sedley, we say, had not spirit enough to bustle about for \"a few select inmates to join a cheerful musical family,\" such as one reads of in the Times. ","abridged":"But Mrs. Sedley had not spirit enough for that. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She was content to lie on the shore where fortune had stranded her--and you could see that the career of this old couple was over.\n","abridged":"She was content to lie on the shore where fortune had stranded her; and you could see that the career of this old couple was over.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I don't think they were unhappy. ","abridged":"I don't think they were unhappy. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Perhaps they were a little prouder in their downfall than in their prosperity. ","abridged":"Perhaps they were a little prouder in their downfall than in their prosperity. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Mrs. Sedley was always a great person for her landlady, Mrs. Clapp, when she descended and passed many hours with her in the basement or ornamented kitchen. ","abridged":"Mrs. Sedley was always a great person for her landlady, Mrs. Clapp. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The Irish maid Betty Flanagan's bonnets and ribbons, her sauciness, her idleness, her reckless prodigality of kitchen candles, her consumption of tea and sugar, and so forth occupied and amused the old lady almost as much as the doings of her former household, when she had Sambo and the coachman, and a groom, and a footboy, and a housekeeper with a regiment of female domestics--her former household, about which the good lady talked a hundred times a day. ","abridged":"The Irish maid's bonnets and ribbons, her sauciness, her idleness, her reckless prodigality of candles, amused the old lady almost as much as the doings of her former household, when she had a regiment of female domestics. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And besides Betty Flanagan, Mrs. Sedley had all the maids-of-all-work in the street to superintend. ","abridged":"And besides Betty, Mrs. Sedley had all the maids in the street to superintend.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She knew how each tenant of the cottages paid or owed his little rent. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She stepped aside when Mrs. Rougemont the actress passed with her dubious family. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She flung up her head when Mrs. Pestler, the apothecary's lady, drove by in her husband's professional one-horse chaise. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She had colloquies with the greengrocer about the pennorth of turnips which Mr. Sedley loved; she kept an eye upon the milkman and the baker's boy; and made visitations to the butcher, who sold hundreds of oxen very likely with less ado than was made about Mrs. Sedley's loin of mutton: and she counted the potatoes under the joint on Sundays, on which days, dressed in her best, she went to church twice and read Blair's Sermons in the evening.\nOn that day, for \"business\" prevented him on weekdays from taking such a pleasure, it was old Sedley's delight to take out his little grandson Georgy to the neighbouring parks or Kensington Gardens, to see the soldiers or to feed the ducks. ","abridged":"On Sundays, it was old Sedley's delight to take his little grandson Georgy to the neighbouring parks or Kensington Gardens, to see the soldiers or to feed the ducks. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Georgy loved the redcoats, and his grandpapa told him how his father had been a famous soldier, and introduced him to many sergeants and others with Waterloo medals on their breasts, to whom the old grandfather pompously presented the child as the son of Captain Osborne of the --th, who died gloriously on the glorious eighteenth. ","abridged":"Georgy loved the redcoats, and his grandpapa told him how his father had been a famous soldier, and introduced him to many sergeants and others wearing Waterloo medals, to whom the old grandfather pompously presented the child as the son of Captain Osborne, who died gloriously on the glorious eighteenth. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He has been known to treat some of these non-commissioned gentlemen to a glass of porter, and, indeed, in their first Sunday walks was disposed to spoil little Georgy, sadly gorging the boy with apples and parliament, to the detriment of his health--until Amelia declared that George should never go out with his grandpapa unless the latter promised solemnly, and on his honour, not to give the child any cakes, lollipops, or stall produce whatever.\n","abridged":"He spoiled little Georgy, sadly gorging the boy until Amelia declared that George should never go out with his grandpapa unless the latter promised solemnly not to give the child any cakes or lollipops.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Between Mrs. Sedley and her daughter there was a sort of coolness about this boy, and a secret jealousy--for one evening in George's very early days, Amelia, who had been seated at work in their little parlour scarcely remarking that the old lady had quitted the room, ran upstairs instinctively to the nursery at the cries of the child, who had been asleep until that moment--and there found Mrs. Sedley in the act of surreptitiously administering Daffy's Elixir to the infant. ","abridged":"Between Mrs. Sedley and her daughter there was a coolness about this boy, and a secret jealousy. For one evening in George's very early days, Amelia ran upstairs to the nursery at the cries of the child, who had been asleep until that moment - and there found Mrs. Sedley surreptitiously giving him Daffy's Elixir. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Amelia, the gentlest and sweetest of everyday mortals, when she found this meddling with her maternal authority, thrilled and trembled all over with anger. ","abridged":"Amelia, the gentlest of everyday mortals, trembled all over with anger. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Her cheeks, ordinarily pale, now flushed up, until they were as red as they used to be when she was a child of twelve years old. She seized the baby out of her mother's arms and then grasped at the bottle, leaving the old lady gaping at her, furious, and holding the guilty tea-spoon.\n","abridged":"Her pale cheeks flushed up; she seized the baby from her mother's arms and grasped the bottle, leaving the old lady gaping at her, and holding the guilty tea-spoon.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Amelia flung the bottle crashing into the fire-place. ","abridged":"Amelia flung the bottle crashing into the fire-place. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"I will NOT have baby poisoned, Mamma,\" cried Emmy, rocking the infant about violently with both her arms round him and turning with flashing eyes at her mother.\n","abridged":"\"I will not have baby poisoned, Mamma,\" she cried, turning with flashing eyes at her mother.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Poisoned, Amelia!\" ","abridged":"\"Poisoned, Amelia!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"said the old lady; \"this language to me?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"He shall not have any medicine but that which Mr. Pestler sends for him. ","abridged":"\"He shall not have any medicine but that which Mr. Pestler sends. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He told me that Daffy's Elixir was poison.\"\n","abridged":"He told me that Daffy's Elixir was poison.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Very good: you think I'm a murderess then,\" replied Mrs. Sedley. ","abridged":"\"Very good: you think I'm a murderess,\" replied Mrs. Sedley. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"This is the language you use to your mother. ","abridged":"\"This is the language you use to your mother. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I have met with misfortunes: I have sunk low in life: I have kept my carriage, and now walk on foot: but I did not know I was a murderess before, and thank you for the NEWS.\"\n","abridged":"I have sunk low in life: but I did not know I was a murderess, and thank you for the news.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Mamma,\" said the poor girl, who was always ready for tears--\"you shouldn't be hard upon me. I--I didn't mean--I mean, I did not wish to say you would do any wrong to this dear child, only--\"\n","abridged":"\"Mamma,\" said the poor girl, who was always ready for tears, \"I didn't mean - I did not wish to say you would do any wrong to the dear child, only-\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Oh, no, my love,--only that I was a murderess; in which case I had better go to the Old Bailey. ","abridged":"\"Oh, no, my love, only that I was a murderess. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Though I didn't poison YOU, when you were a child, but gave you the best of education and the most expensive masters money could procure. ","abridged":"Though I didn't poison you, when you were a child, but gave you the best education money could buy. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Yes; I've nursed five children and buried three; and the one I loved the best of all, and tended through croup, and teething, and measles, and hooping-cough, and brought up with foreign masters, regardless of expense, and with accomplishments at Minerva House--which I never had when I was a girl--when I was too glad to honour my father and mother, that I might live long in the land, and to be useful, and not to mope all day in my room and act the fine lady--says I'm a murderess. ","abridged":"Yes; I've nursed five children and buried three; and the one I loved the best of all, and tended through croup, and measles, and whooping-cough, and brought up with foreign masters, regardless of expense, which I never had when I was a girl - says I'm a murderess.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Ah, Mrs. Osborne! ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"may YOU never nourish a viper in your bosom, that's MY prayer.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Mamma, Mamma!\" ","abridged":"\"Mamma, Mamma!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"cried the bewildered girl; and the child in her arms set up a frantic chorus of shouts. ","abridged":"cried the bewildered girl; and the child in her arms set up a frantic chorus of shouts.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"A murderess, indeed! ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Go down on your knees and pray to God to cleanse your wicked ungrateful heart, Amelia, and may He forgive you as I do.\" ","abridged":"\"Pray to God to cleanse your wicked ungrateful heart, Amelia, and may He forgive you as I do.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And Mrs. Sedley tossed out of the room, hissing out the word poison once more, and so ending her charitable benediction.\n","abridged":"And Mrs. Sedley tossed out of the room.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Till the termination of her natural life, this breach between Mrs. Sedley and her daughter was never thoroughly mended. ","abridged":"Till the end of her life, this breach between Mrs. Sedley and her daughter was never thoroughly mended. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The quarrel gave the elder lady numberless advantages which she did not fail to turn to account with female ingenuity and perseverance. For instance, she scarcely spoke to Amelia for many weeks afterwards. ","abridged":"The elder lady scarcely spoke to Amelia for many weeks. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She warned the domestics not to touch the child, as Mrs. Osborne might be offended. ","abridged":"She warned the domestics not to touch the child, as Mrs. Osborne might be offended. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She asked her daughter to see and satisfy herself that there was no poison prepared in the little daily messes that were concocted for Georgy. ","abridged":"She asked her daughter to satisfy herself that there was no poison in the little daily messes that were concocted for Georgy. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. ","abridged":"When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"SHE never ventured to ask whether the baby was well or not. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"SHE would not touch the child although he was her grandson, and own precious darling, for she was not USED to children, and might kill it. ","abridged":"She would not touch the child although he was her own precious darling, for she might kill him.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And whenever Mr. Pestler came upon his healing inquisition, she received the doctor with such a sarcastic and scornful demeanour, as made the surgeon declare that not Lady Thistlewood herself, whom he had the honour of attending professionally, could give herself greater airs than old Mrs. Sedley, from whom he never took a fee. ","abridged":"And whenever Mr. Pestler called, she received the doctor with such a sarcastic manner that he declared that even Lady Thistlewood could not give herself greater airs than old Mrs. Sedley, from whom he never took a fee. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And very likely Emmy was jealous too, upon her own part, as what mother is not, of those who would manage her children for her, or become candidates for the first place in their affections. ","abridged":"Very likely Emmy was jealous too, as what mother is not, of those who would manage her children for her. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It is certain that when anybody nursed the child, she was uneasy, and that she would no more allow Mrs. Clapp or the domestic to dress or tend him than she would have let them wash her husband's miniature which hung up over her little bed--the same little bed from which the poor girl had gone to his; and to which she retired now for many long, silent, tearful, but happy years.\n","abridged":"When anybody nursed the child, she was uneasy; and she would no more allow Mrs. Clapp to tend him than she would have let them wash her husband's miniature, which hung in the room to which she retired now for many silent, tearful, but happy years.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"In this room was all Amelia's heart and treasure. ","abridged":"In this room was all Amelia's heart and treasure. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Here it was that she tended her boy and watched him through the many ills of childhood, with a constant passion of love. ","abridged":"Here she tended her boy and watched him through the many ills of childhood, with a constant passion of love. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The elder George returned in him somehow, only improved, and as if come back from heaven. ","abridged":"The elder George returned in him somehow, only improved, as if come back from heaven. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"In a hundred little tones, looks, and movements, the child was so like his father that the widow's heart thrilled as she held him to it; and he would often ask the cause of her tears. ","abridged":"In a hundred little ways the child was so like his father that her heart thrilled. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It was because of his likeness to his father, she did not scruple to tell him. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She talked constantly to him about this dead father, and spoke of her love for George to the innocent and wondering child; much more than she ever had done to George himself, or to any confidante of her youth. ","abridged":"She talked constantly to him about this dead father, and spoke of her love for George to the innocent and wondering child. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"To her parents she never talked about this matter, shrinking from baring her heart to them. Little George very likely could understand no better than they, but into his ears she poured her sentimental secrets unreservedly, and into his only. ","abridged":"To her parents she never talked about this matter, but into little George's uncomprehending ears she poured her sentimental secrets.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The very joy of this woman was a sort of grief, or so tender, at least, that its expression was tears. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Her sensibilities were so weak and tremulous that perhaps they ought not to be talked about in a book. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I was told by Dr. Pestler (now a most flourishing lady's physician, with a sumptuous dark green carriage, a prospect of speedy knighthood, and a house in Manchester Square) that her grief at weaning the child was a sight that would have unmanned a Herod. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He was very soft-hearted many years ago, and his wife was mortally jealous of Mrs. Amelia, then and long afterwards.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Perhaps the doctor's lady had good reason for her jealousy: most women shared it, of those who formed the small circle of Amelia's acquaintance, and were quite angry at the enthusiasm with which the other sex regarded her. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"For almost all men who came near her loved her; though no doubt they would be at a loss to tell you why. ","abridged":"Most men who came near her loved her; though they would be at a loss to tell you why. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She was not brilliant, nor witty, nor wise over much, nor extraordinarily handsome. ","abridged":"She was not brilliant, nor witty, nor extraordinarily handsome. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"But wherever she went she touched and charmed every one of the male sex, as invariably as she awakened the scorn and incredulity of her own sisterhood. ","abridged":"But she charmed every one of the male sex, as invariably as she awakened the scorn and incredulity of her own sisterhood. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I think it was her weakness which was her principal charm--a kind of sweet submission and softness, which seemed to appeal to each man she met for his sympathy and protection. ","abridged":"I think it was her weakness which was her principal charm - a kind of sweet submission, which seemed to appeal to men for sympathy and protection. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"We have seen how in the regiment, though she spoke but to few of George's comrades there, all the swords of the young fellows at the mess-table would have leapt from their scabbards to fight round her; and so it was in the little narrow lodging-house and circle at Fulham, she interested and pleased everybody. ","abridged":"In the regiment, the young officers would have leapt to fight round her; and so it was in the little circle at Fulham, where she interested and pleased everybody.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"If she had been Mrs. Mango herself, of the great house of Mango, Plantain, and Co., Crutched Friars, and the magnificent proprietress of the Pineries, Fulham, who gave summer dejeuners frequented by Dukes and Earls, and drove about the parish with magnificent yellow liveries and bay horses, such as the royal stables at Kensington themselves could not turn out--I say had she been Mrs. Mango herself, or her son's wife, Lady Mary Mango (daughter of the Earl of Castlemouldy, who condescended to marry the head of the firm), the tradesmen of the neighbourhood could not pay her more honour than they invariably showed to the gentle young widow, when she passed by their doors, or made her humble purchases at their shops.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Thus it was not only Mr. Pestler, the medical man, but Mr. Linton the young assistant, who doctored the servant maids and small tradesmen, and might be seen any day reading the Times in the surgery, who openly declared himself the slave of Mrs. Osborne. ","abridged":"Mr. Linton, the doctor's young assistant, openly declared himself her slave. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He was a personable young gentleman, more welcome at Mrs. Sedley's lodgings than his principal; and if anything went wrong with Georgy, he would drop in twice or thrice in the day to see the little chap, and without so much as the thought of a fee. ","abridged":"He was a personable young gentleman, and if anything went wrong with Georgy, he would drop in twice or thrice in the day to see the little chap, without thinking of a fee. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He would abstract lozenges, tamarinds, and other produce from the surgery-drawers for little Georgy's benefit, and compounded draughts and mixtures for him of miraculous sweetness, so that it was quite a pleasure to the child to be ailing. ","abridged":"He would bring Georgy lozenges, and made such sweet mixtures for him that it was quite a pleasure to the child to be ailing. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He and Pestler, his chief, sat up two whole nights by the boy in that momentous and awful week when Georgy had the measles; and when you would have thought, from the mother's terror, that there had never been measles in the world before. ","abridged":"He and Dr. Pestler sat up two whole nights by the boy in that awful week when Georgy had the measles; and when you would have thought, from the mother's terror, that there had never been measles in the world before. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Would they have done as much for other people? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Did they sit up for the folks at the Pineries, when Ralph Plantagenet, and Gwendoline, and Guinever Mango had the same juvenile complaint? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Did they sit up for little Mary Clapp, the landlord's daughter, who actually caught the disease of little Georgy? ","abridged":"Did they sit up for little Polly Clapp, the landlord's daughter, who caught the disease from Georgy? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Truth compels one to say, no. ","abridged":"No. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"They slept quite undisturbed, at least as far as she was concerned--pronounced hers to be a slight case, which would almost cure itself, sent her in a draught or two, and threw in bark when the child rallied, with perfect indifference, and just for form's sake.\n","abridged":"They pronounced hers a slight case, which would cure itself, and sent her a draught or two.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Again, there was the little French chevalier opposite, who gave lessons in his native tongue at various schools in the neighbourhood, and who might be heard in his apartment of nights playing tremulous old gavottes and minuets on a wheezy old fiddle. ","abridged":"Again, there was the little French chevalier opposite, who gave lessons in French at various schools, at night playing tremulous gavottes on a wheezy old fiddle. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Whenever this powdered and courteous old man, who never missed a Sunday at the convent chapel at Hammersmith, and who was in all respects, thoughts, conduct, and bearing utterly unlike the bearded savages of his nation, who curse perfidious Albion, and scowl at you from over their cigars, in the Quadrant arcades at the present day--whenever the old Chevalier de Talonrouge spoke of Mistress Osborne, he would first finish his pinch of snuff, flick away the remaining particles of dust with a graceful wave of his hand, gather up his fingers again into a bunch, and, bringing them up to his mouth, blow them open with a kiss, exclaiming, Ah! ","abridged":"Whenever this courteous old man spoke of Mistress Osborne, he would gather his fingers into a bunch, and blow them open with a kiss, exclaiming, Ah! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"la divine creature! ","abridged":"la divine creature! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He vowed and protested that when Amelia walked in the Brompton Lanes flowers grew in profusion under her feet. ","abridged":"He vowed that when Amelia walked, flowers grew under her feet. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He called little Georgy Cupid, and asked him news of Venus, his mamma; and told the astonished Betty Flanagan that she was one of the Graces, and the favourite attendant of the Reine des Amours.\n","abridged":"He called Georgy Cupid, and asked him news of Venus, his mamma.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Instances might be multiplied of this easily gained and unconscious popularity. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Did not Mr. Binny, the mild and genteel curate of the district chapel, which the family attended, call assiduously upon the widow, dandle the little boy on his knee, and offer to teach him Latin, to the anger of the elderly virgin, his sister, who kept house for him? ","abridged":"And did not Mr. Binny, the mild curate of the chapel, call assiduously upon the widow, dandle the little boy on his knee, and offer to teach him Latin, to the anger of his sister, who kept house for him?\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"There is nothing in her, Beilby,\" the latter lady would say. ","abridged":"\"There is nothing in her, Beilby,\" his sister would say. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"When she comes to tea here she does not speak a word during the whole evening. ","abridged":"\"When she comes to tea she does not speak a word. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She is but a poor lackadaisical creature, and it is my belief has no heart at all. It is only her pretty face which all you gentlemen admire so. ","abridged":"She is a poor lackadaisical creature, and it is only her pretty face which you gentlemen admire so.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Miss Grits, who has five thousand pounds, and expectations besides, has twice as much character, and is a thousand times more agreeable to my taste; and if she were good-looking I know that you would think her perfection.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Very likely Miss Binny was right to a great extent. ","abridged":"Very likely Miss Binny was right. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It IS the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those wicked rogues. ","abridged":"It is the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. ","abridged":"A woman may possess the wisdom of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she is plain. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"What dulness may not red lips and sweet accents render pleasant? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. ","abridged":"And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"O ladies, ladies! ","abridged":"O ladies, ladies! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.\n","abridged":"there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"These are but trivial incidents to recount in the life of our heroine. ","abridged":"These are but trivial incidents. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Her tale does not deal in wonders, as the gentle reader has already no doubt perceived; and if a journal had been kept of her proceedings during the seven years after the birth of her son, there would be found few incidents more remarkable in it than that of the measles, recorded in the foregoing page. ","abridged":"During the seven years after the birth of Amelia's son, the most notable event that occurred to her was Georgy's measles. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Yes, one day, and greatly to her wonder, the Reverend Mr. Binny, just mentioned, asked her to change her name of Osborne for his own; when, with deep blushes and tears in her eyes and voice, she thanked him for his regard for her, expressed gratitude for his attentions to her and to her poor little boy, but said that she never, never could think of any but--but the husband whom she had lost.\n","abridged":"And one day, greatly to her wonder, the Reverend Mr. Binny asked her to marry him. With deep blushes and tears in her eyes, she thanked him, but said that she never could think of any but the husband whom she had lost.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"On the twenty-fifth of April, and the eighteenth of June, the days of marriage and widowhood, she kept her room entirely, consecrating them (and we do not know how many hours of solitary night-thought, her little boy sleeping in his crib by her bedside) to the memory of that departed friend. ","abridged":"On the twenty-fifth of April, and the eighteenth of June, the days of her marriage and widowhood, she kept to her room. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"During the day she was more active. She had to teach George to read and to write and a little to draw. ","abridged":"On other days she was more active, teaching George to read, write and draw. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She read books, in order that she might tell him stories from them. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"As his eyes opened and his mind expanded under the influence of the outward nature round about him, she taught the child, to the best of her humble power, to acknowledge the Maker of all, and every night and every morning he and she--(in that awful and touching communion which I think must bring a thrill to the heart of every man who witnesses or who remembers it)--the mother and the little boy--prayed to Our Father together, the mother pleading with all her gentle heart, the child lisping after her as she spoke. And each time they prayed to God to bless dear Papa, as if he were alive and in the room with them. ","abridged":"She taught the child, to the best of her humble power, to acknowledge the Maker of all, and every night and morning they prayed together, asking God to bless dear Papa, as if he were in the room.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"To wash and dress this young gentleman--to take him for a run of the mornings, before breakfast, and the retreat of grandpapa for \"business\"--to make for him the most wonderful and ingenious dresses, for which end the thrifty widow cut up and altered every available little bit of finery which she possessed out of her wardrobe during her marriage--for Mrs. Osborne herself (greatly to her mother's vexation, who preferred fine clothes, especially since her misfortunes) always wore a black gown and a straw bonnet with a black ribbon--occupied her many hours of the day. ","abridged":"To wash and dress this young gentleman - to take him for a run in the mornings - to make him the most ingenious outfits, for which the thrifty widow cut up every bit of finery she possessed - occupied her many hours of the day. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Others she had to spare, at the service of her mother and her old father. ","abridged":"Others she spent at the service of her parents. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She had taken the pains to learn, and used to play cribbage with this gentleman on the nights when he did not go to his club. She sang for him when he was so minded, and it was a good sign, for he invariably fell into a comfortable sleep during the music. She wrote out his numerous memorials, letters, prospectuses, and projects. ","abridged":"She played cribbage with her father, and sang for him; she wrote out his letters, prospectuses, and projects. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It was in her handwriting that most of the old gentleman's former acquaintances were informed that he had become an agent for the Black Diamond and Anti-Cinder Coal Company and could supply his friends and the public with the best coals at --s. per chaldron. ","abridged":"It was in her handwriting that the old gentleman's acquaintances were informed that he had become an agent for the Anti-Cinder Coal Company and could supply the public with the best coals.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"All he did was to sign the circulars with his flourish and signature, and direct them in a shaky, clerklike hand. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"One of these papers was sent to Major Dobbin,--Regt., care of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood; but the Major being in Madras at the time, had no particular call for coals. ","abridged":"One of these papers was sent to Major Dobbin, through his agents; but the Major, being in Madras at the time, had no call for coals. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He knew, though, the hand which had written the prospectus. ","abridged":"He knew, though, the hand which had written the prospectus. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Good God! ","abridged":"Good God! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"what would he not have given to hold it in his own! ","abridged":"what would he not have given to hold it in his own!\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"A second prospectus came out, informing the Major that J. Sedley and Company, having established agencies at Oporto, Bordeaux, and St. Mary's, were enabled to offer to their friends and the public generally the finest and most celebrated growths of ports, sherries, and claret wines at reasonable prices and under extraordinary advantages. ","abridged":"A second prospectus followed, informing the Major that J. Sedley and Company offered to their friends and the public the finest ports, sherries, and claret wines at reasonable prices. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Acting upon this hint, Dobbin furiously canvassed the governor, the commander-in-chief, the judges, the regiments, and everybody whom he knew in the Presidency, and sent home to Sedley and Co. orders for wine which perfectly astonished Mr. Sedley and Mr. Clapp, who was the Co. in the business. ","abridged":"Dobbin furiously canvassed the governor, the commander-in-chief, the regiments, and everybody he knew, and sent home to Sedley and Co. orders for wine which perfectly astonished Mr. Sedley and Mr. Clapp, who was the Co. in the business. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"But no more orders came after that first burst of good fortune, on which poor old Sedley was about to build a house in the City, a regiment of clerks, a dock to himself, and correspondents all over the world. ","abridged":"But no more orders came after that first burst of good fortune. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The old gentleman's former taste in wine had gone: the curses of the mess-room assailed Major Dobbin for the vile drinks he had been the means of introducing there; and he bought back a great quantity of the wine and sold it at public outcry, at an enormous loss to himself. ","abridged":"The curses of the mess-room assailed Major Dobbin for the vile drinks he had introduced; and he bought back a great quantity of the wine, at an enormous loss to himself.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"As for Jos, who was by this time promoted to a seat at the Revenue Board at Calcutta, he was wild with rage when the post brought him out a bundle of these Bacchanalian prospectuses, with a private note from his father, telling Jos that his senior counted upon him in this enterprise, and had consigned a quantity of select wines to him, as per invoice, drawing bills upon him for the amount of the same. ","abridged":"As for Jos, who had been promoted to the Revenue Board at Calcutta, he was wild with rage when the post brought him a bundle of these prospectuses, with a note from his father telling Jos that he had consigned a quantity of select wines to him, as per invoice, asking for payment. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Jos, who would no more have it supposed that his father, Jos Sedley's father, of the Board of Revenue, was a wine merchant asking for orders, than that he was Jack Ketch, refused the bills with scorn, wrote back contumeliously to the old gentleman, bidding him to mind his own affairs; and the protested paper coming back, Sedley and Co. had to take it up, with the profits which they had made out of the Madras venture, and with a little portion of Emmy's savings.\n","abridged":"Jos refused the bills with scorn, and wrote back bidding the old gentleman to mind his own affairs. Sedley and Co. had to pay for the order with the profits which they had made from Madras, and with some of Emmy's savings.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Besides her pension of fifty pounds a year, there had been five hundred pounds, as her husband's executor stated, left in the agent's hands at the time of Osborne's demise, which sum, as George's guardian, Dobbin proposed to put out at 8 per cent in an Indian house of agency. ","abridged":"Besides her pension of fifty pounds a year, there had been five hundred pounds, left in the agent's hands at Osborne's death, which Dobbin, as George's guardian, proposed to invest at 8 per cent in an Indian house of agency. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Mr. Sedley, who thought the Major had some roguish intentions of his own about the money, was strongly against this plan; and he went to the agents to protest personally against the employment of the money in question, when he learned, to his surprise, that there had been no such sum in their hands, that all the late Captain's assets did not amount to a hundred pounds, and that the five hundred pounds in question must be a separate sum, of which Major Dobbin knew the particulars. ","abridged":"Mr. Sedley, who thought the Major had some roguish intentions about the money, went to the agents to protest; and he learned, to his surprise, that the late Captain had not left anywhere near five hundred pounds, and that it must be a separate sum, of which Major Dobbin knew the details. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"More than ever convinced that there was some roguery, old Sedley pursued the Major. As his daughter's nearest friend, he demanded with a high hand a statement of the late Captain's accounts. ","abridged":"Old Sedley pursued the Major and demanded a statement of the late Captain's accounts. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Dobbin's stammering, blushing, and awkwardness added to the other's convictions that he had a rogue to deal with, and in a majestic tone he told that officer a piece of his mind, as he called it, simply stating his belief that the Major was unlawfully detaining his late son-in-law's money.\n","abridged":"Dobbin's stammering, blushing, and awkwardness added to the other's convictions that he had a rogue to deal with, and in a majestic tone he stated his belief that the Major was unlawfully keeping his late son-in-law's money.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Dobbin at this lost all patience, and if his accuser had not been so old and so broken, a quarrel might have ensued between them at the Slaughters' Coffee-house, in a box of which place of entertainment the gentlemen had their colloquy. ","abridged":"Dobbin at this lost all patience, and if his accuser had not been so old and so broken, a quarrel might have ensued.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Come upstairs, sir,\" lisped out the Major. \"I insist on your coming up the stairs, and I will show which is the injured party, poor George or I\"; and, dragging the old gentleman up to his bedroom, he produced from his desk Osborne's accounts, and a bundle of IOU's which the latter had given, who, to do him justice, was always ready to give an IOU. ","abridged":"\"Come upstairs, sir,\" said the Major, \"and I will show which is the injured party, poor George or I.\" Dragging the old gentleman up to his room, he produced Osborne's accounts, and a bundle of IOU's which George had given. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"He paid his bills in England,\" Dobbin added, \"but he had not a hundred pounds in the world when he fell. ","abridged":"\"He paid his bills in England,\" Dobbin said, \"but he had not a hundred pounds in the world when he fell. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I and one or two of his brother officers made up the little sum, which was all that we could spare, and you dare tell us that we are trying to cheat the widow and the orphan.\" ","abridged":"I and one or two of his brother officers made up the little sum, which was all that we could spare, and you dare tell us that we are trying to cheat the widow and the orphan.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Sedley was very contrite and humbled, though the fact is that William Dobbin had told a great falsehood to the old gentleman; having himself given every shilling of the money, having buried his friend, and paid all the fees and charges incident upon the calamity and removal of poor Amelia.\n","abridged":"Sedley was very contrite, though in fact William Dobbin had told him a great falsehood; having himself given every shilling of the money.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"About these expenses old Osborne had never given himself any trouble to think, nor any other relative of Amelia, nor Amelia herself, indeed. ","abridged":"Amelia herself had never given any thought to all this. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She trusted to Major Dobbin as an accountant, took his somewhat confused calculations for granted, and never once suspected how much she was in his debt.\n","abridged":"She trusted to Major Dobbin as an accountant, took his somewhat confused calculations for granted, and never suspected how much she was in his debt.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Twice or thrice in the year, according to her promise, she wrote him letters to Madras, letters all about little Georgy. ","abridged":"Twice or thrice a year, as promised, she wrote him letters, all about little Georgy. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"How he treasured these papers! ","abridged":"How he treasured them! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Whenever Amelia wrote he answered, and not until then. ","abridged":"Whenever Amelia wrote he answered, and not until then. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"But he sent over endless remembrances of himself to his godson and to her. He ordered and sent a box of scarfs and a grand ivory set of chess-men from China. The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. ","abridged":"But he sent over endless gifts to his godson and to her: a box of scarfs and a grand ivory set of chess-men from China, with real swords and shields, and the castles on the backs of elephants. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Mango's own set at the Pineries was not so fine,\" Mr. Pestler remarked. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"These chess-men were the delight of Georgy's life, who printed his first letter in acknowledgement of this gift of his godpapa. ","abridged":"These chess-men delighted Georgy, who wrote his first letter in acknowledgement of this gift. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He sent over preserves and pickles, which latter the young gentleman tried surreptitiously in the sideboard and half-killed himself with eating. He thought it was a judgement upon him for stealing, they were so hot. ","abridged":"Dobbin sent over preserves and pickles, which Georgy tried surreptitiously and half-killed himself with eating, they were so hot. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Emmy wrote a comical little account of this mishap to the Major: it pleased him to think that her spirits were rallying and that she could be merry sometimes now. ","abridged":"Emmy wrote a comical little account of this mishap to the Major: it pleased him to think that she could be merry sometimes now. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He sent over a pair of shawls, a white one for her and a black one with palm-leaves for her mother, and a pair of red scarfs, as winter wrappers, for old Mr. Sedley and George. The shawls were worth fifty guineas apiece at the very least, as Mrs. Sedley knew. ","abridged":"He sent over a pair of shawls, a white one for her and a black one with palm-leaves for her mother, worth fifty guineas apiece at the very least, as Mrs. Sedley knew. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"She wore hers in state at church at Brompton, and was congratulated by her female friends upon the splendid acquisition. ","abridged":"She wore hers in state to church, and was congratulated by her female friends.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Emmy's, too, became prettily her modest black gown. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"What a pity it is she won't think of him!\" ","abridged":"\"What a pity it is she won't think of him!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Mrs. Sedley remarked to Mrs. Clapp and to all her friends of Brompton. ","abridged":"Mrs. Sedley remarked to Mrs. Clapp. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Jos never sent us such presents, I am sure, and grudges us everything. ","abridged":"\"Jos never sent us such presents, and grudges us everything. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It is evident that the Major is over head and ears in love with her; and yet, whenever I so much as hint it, she turns red and begins to cry and goes and sits upstairs with her miniature. ","abridged":"The Major is clearly head over heels in love with her; and yet, whenever I hint it, she begins to cry and goes and sits upstairs with her miniature. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I'm sick of that miniature. ","abridged":"I'm sick of that miniature. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"I wish we had never seen those odious purse-proud Osbornes.\"\n","abridged":"I wish we had never seen those odious Osbornes.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Amidst such humble scenes and associates George's early youth was passed, and the boy grew up delicate, sensitive, imperious, woman-bred--domineering the gentle mother whom he loved with passionate affection. He ruled all the rest of the little world round about him. ","abridged":"Amidst such humble scenes George's early youth was passed. The boy grew up delicate, sensitive, imperious, woman-bred - domineering his gentle mother and ruling the rest of the little world around him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"As he grew, the elders were amazed at his haughty manner and his constant likeness to his father. ","abridged":"The elders were amazed at his haughty manner and his likeness to his father. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He asked questions about everything, as inquiring youth will do. The profundity of his remarks and interrogatories astonished his old grandfather, who perfectly bored the club at the tavern with stories about the little lad's learning and genius. He suffered his grandmother with a good-humoured indifference. The small circle round about him believed that the equal of the boy did not exist upon the earth. ","abridged":"He asked questions about everything, astonishing his old grandfather; the small circle about Georgy believed that the boy had no equal upon the earth. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Georgy inherited his father's pride, and perhaps thought they were not wrong.\n","abridged":"Georgy inherited his father's pride, and perhaps thought they were not wrong.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"When he grew to be about six years old, Dobbin began to write to him very much. ","abridged":"When he was about six, Dobbin began to write to him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The Major wanted to hear that Georgy was going to a school and hoped he would acquit himself with credit there: or would he have a good tutor at home? ","abridged":"The Major wanted to hear that Georgy was going to school: or would he have a good tutor at home? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"It was time that he should begin to learn; and his godfather and guardian hinted that he hoped to be allowed to defray the charges of the boy's education, which would fall heavily upon his mother's straitened income. ","abridged":"It was time that he should begin to learn; and Dobbin hinted that he hoped to be allowed to pay for the boy's education.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The Major, in a word, was always thinking about Amelia and her little boy, and by orders to his agents kept the latter provided with picture-books, paint-boxes, desks, and all conceivable implements of amusement and instruction. ","abridged":"The Major, in a word, was always thinking about Amelia and her little boy, and through his agents sent him picture-books, paint-boxes and desks. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Three days before George's sixth birthday a gentleman in a gig, accompanied by a servant, drove up to Mr. Sedley's house and asked to see Master George Osborne: it was Mr. Woolsey, military tailor, of Conduit Street, who came at the Major's order to measure the young gentleman for a suit of clothes. ","abridged":"Three days before George's sixth birthday a gentleman in a gig drove up to Mr. Sedley's house and asked to see Master George Osborne: it was a military tailor, who came at the Major's order to measure the young gentleman for a suit.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"He had had the honour of making for the Captain, the young gentleman's father. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Sometimes, too, and by the Major's desire no doubt, his sisters, the Misses Dobbin, would call in the family carriage to take Amelia and the little boy to drive if they were so inclined. ","abridged":"Sometimes, too, by the Major's desire no doubt, his sisters would call in the family carriage to take Amelia and the little boy for a drive. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The patronage and kindness of these ladies was very uncomfortable to Amelia, but she bore it meekly enough, for her nature was to yield; and, besides, the carriage and its splendours gave little Georgy immense pleasure. ","abridged":"This kind patronage was very uncomfortable to Amelia, but she bore it meekly, and the carriage and its splendours gave little Georgy immense pleasure. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"The ladies begged occasionally that the child might pass a day with them, and he was always glad to go to that fine garden-house at Denmark Hill, where they lived, and where there were such fine grapes in the hot-houses and peaches on the walls.\n","abridged":"The ladies begged occasionally that the child might pass a day with them, and he was always glad to go to their fine house, where there were grapes in the hot-houses and peaches on the walls.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"One day they kindly came over to Amelia with news which they were SURE would delight her--something VERY interesting about their dear William.\n","abridged":"One day they kindly came over to Amelia with news which they were sure would delight her, about their dear William.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"What was it: was he coming home?\" ","abridged":"\"What was it: was he coming home?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"she asked with pleasure beaming in her eyes.\n","abridged":"she asked with pleasure.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"\"Oh, no--not the least--but they had very good reason to believe that dear William was about to be married--and to a relation of a very dear friend of Amelia's--to Miss Glorvina O'Dowd, Sir Michael O'Dowd's sister, who had gone out to join Lady O'Dowd at Madras--a very beautiful and accomplished girl, everybody said.\"\n","abridged":"\"Oh, no - but they had good reason to believe that dear William was about to be married - and to a relation of a very dear friend of Amelia's - to Miss Glorvina O'Dowd, who had gone out to join Lady O'Dowd - a very beautiful and accomplished girl, everybody said.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Amelia said \"Oh!\" ","abridged":"Amelia said \"Oh!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"Amelia was very VERY happy indeed. But she supposed Glorvina could not be like her old acquaintance, who was most kind--but--but she was very happy indeed. ","abridged":"She was very happy, although - but she was very happy indeed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"And by some impulse of which I cannot explain the meaning, she took George in her arms and kissed him with an extraordinary tenderness. Her eyes were quite moist when she put the child down; and she scarcely spoke a word during the whole of the drive--though she was so very happy indeed.","abridged":"She took George in her arms and kissed him, and her eyes were quite moist when she put the child down. She scarcely spoke a word during the drive - though she was so very happy indeed.","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 38: A Family in a Very Small Way"}
{"original":"While the present century was in its teens, and on one sunshiny morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall, a large family coach, with two fat horses in blazing harness, driven by a fat coachman in a three-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of four miles an hour. ","abridged":"Early in this nineteenth century, on a sunshiny morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies on Chiswick Mall a large coach, driven by a fat coachman in a three-cornered hat and wig. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"A black servant, who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman, uncurled his bandy legs as soon as the equipage drew up opposite Miss Pinkerton's shining brass plate, and as he pulled the bell at least a score of young heads were seen peering out of the narrow windows of the stately old brick house. ","abridged":"A black servant, who sat on the box beside the coachman, uncurled his legs as the coach drew up opposite Miss Pinkerton's, and when he rang the bell twenty young heads were seen peering out of the narrow windows of the stately old house. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Nay, the acute observer might have recognized the little red nose of good-natured Miss Jemima Pinkerton herself, rising over some geranium pots in the window of that lady's own drawing-room.\n","abridged":"Amongst them was good-natured Miss Jemima Pinkerton, looking from the window of her drawing-room.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"It is Mrs. Sedley's coach, sister,\" said Miss Jemima. ","abridged":"\"It is Mrs. Sedley's coach, sister,\" said Miss Jemima. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coachman has a new red waistcoat.\"\n","abridged":"\"Sambo has just rung the bell.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Have you completed all the necessary preparations incident to Miss Sedley's departure, Miss Jemima?\" ","abridged":"\"Have you completed all the necessary preparations incident to Miss Sedley's departure, Miss Jemima?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"asked Miss Pinkerton herself, that majestic lady; the Semiramis of Hammersmith, the friend of Doctor Johnson, the correspondent of Mrs. Chapone herself.\n","abridged":"asked Miss Pinkerton, that majestic lady; queen of Hammersmith, and friend of Doctor Johnson.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"The girls were up at four this morning, packing her trunks, sister,\" replied Miss Jemima; \"we have made her a bow-pot.\"\n","abridged":"\"The girls were up at four this morning, packing her trunks, sister,\" replied Miss Jemima. \"We have made her a bunch of flowers.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Say a bouquet, sister Jemima, 'tis more genteel.\"\n","abridged":"\"Say a bouquet, sister Jemima, 'tis more genteel.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Well, a booky as big almost as a haystack; I have put up two bottles of the gillyflower water for Mrs. Sedley, and the receipt for making it, in Amelia's box.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, a booky almost as big as a haystack.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"And I trust, Miss Jemima, you have made a copy of Miss Sedley's account. ","abridged":"\"And I trust, Miss Jemima, you have made a copy of Miss Sedley's account? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"This is it, is it? ","abridged":"Is this it? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Very good--ninety-three pounds, four shillings. ","abridged":"Ninety-three pounds, four shillings. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Be kind enough to address it to John Sedley, Esquire, and to seal this billet which I have written to his lady.\"\n","abridged":"Please address it to John Sedley, Esquire, and seal this letter which I have written to his lady.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign. ","abridged":"In Miss Jemima's eyes a signed letter from her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of deep veneration. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Only when her pupils quitted the establishment, or when they were about to be married, and once, when poor Miss Birch died of the scarlet fever, was Miss Pinkerton known to write personally to the parents of her pupils; and it was Jemima's opinion that if anything could console Mrs. Birch for her daughter's loss, it would be that pious and eloquent composition in which Miss Pinkerton announced the event.\n","abridged":"Only when her pupils left the school, or when they were about to be married, and once when poor Miss Birch died of the scarlet fever, was Miss Pinkerton known to write personally to the parents of her pupils. Jemima thought that if anything could console Mrs. Birch for her daughter's loss, it would be that pious and eloquent letter in which Miss Pinkerton announced her death.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In the present instance Miss Pinkerton's \"billet\" was to the following effect:--\n","abridged":"In the present instance Miss Pinkerton's letter went thus:\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The Mall, Chiswick, June 15, 18\n","abridged":"The Mall, Chiswick, June 15\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"MADAM,--After her six years' residence at the Mall, I have the honour and happiness of presenting Miss Amelia Sedley to her parents, as a young lady not unworthy to occupy a fitting position in their polished and refined circle. ","abridged":"Madam, - After her six years' residence at the Mall, I have the honour and happiness of presenting Miss Amelia Sedley to her parents, as a young lady not unworthy to occupy a fitting position in their refined circle. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Those virtues which characterize the young English gentlewoman, those accomplishments which become her birth and station, will not be found wanting in the amiable Miss Sedley, whose INDUSTRY and OBEDIENCE have endeared her to her instructors, and whose delightful sweetness of temper has charmed her AGED and her YOUTHFUL companions.\n","abridged":"Those virtues and accomplishments which characterize the young English gentlewoman will not be found lacking in the amiable Miss Sedley, whose INDUSTRY and OBEDIENCE have endeared her to her instructors, and whose delightful sweetness of temper has charmed her AGED and YOUTHFUL companions.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In music, in dancing, in orthography, in every variety of embroidery and needlework, she will be found to have realized her friends' fondest wishes. ","abridged":"In music, in dancing, in writing, in every variety of needlework, she will realize her friends' fondest wishes. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In geography there is still much to be desired; and a careful and undeviating use of the backboard, for four hours daily during the next three years, is recommended as necessary to the acquirement of that dignified DEPORTMENT AND CARRIAGE, so requisite for every young lady of FASHION.\n","abridged":"In geography there is still much to be desired; and an undeviating use of the backboard, for four hours daily during the next three years, is recommended for that dignified DEPORTMENT so requisite for every young lady of FASHION.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In the principles of religion and morality, Miss Sedley will be found worthy of an establishment which has been honoured by the presence of THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER, and the patronage of the admirable Mrs. Chapone. ","abridged":"In the principles of religion and morality, Miss Sedley will be found worthy of an establishment which has been honoured by the presence of THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER Dr Johnson. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In leaving the Mall, Miss Amelia carries with her the hearts of her companions, and the affectionate regards of her mistress, who has the honour to subscribe herself,\n","abridged":"In leaving us, Miss Amelia carries with her the hearts of her companions, and the affectionate regards of her head-mistress, who has the honour to subscribe herself,\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Madam, Your most obliged humble servant, BARBARA PINKERTON\n","abridged":"Your most obliged humble servant, BARBARA PINKERTON\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"P.S.--Miss Sharp accompanies Miss Sedley. ","abridged":"P.S. Miss Sharp accompanies Miss Sedley. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"It is particularly requested that Miss Sharp's stay in Russell Square may not exceed ten days. ","abridged":"It is particularly requested that Miss Sharp's stay in Russell Square may not exceed ten days. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The family of distinction with whom she is engaged, desire to avail themselves of her services as soon as possible.\n","abridged":"The family with whom she is engaged wish to avail themselves of her services as soon as possible.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"This letter completed, Miss Pinkerton proceeded to write her own name, and Miss Sedley's, in the fly-leaf of a Johnson's Dictionary--the interesting work which she invariably presented to her scholars, on their departure from the Mall. ","abridged":"Next Miss Pinkerton wrote her own name, and Miss Sedley's, in the fly-leaf of a Johnson's Dictionary - the work which she always presented to her scholars on their departure. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"On the cover was inserted a copy of \"Lines addressed to a young lady on quitting Miss Pinkerton's school, at the Mall; by the late revered Doctor Samuel Johnson.\" ","abridged":"On the cover was a copy of \"Lines addressed to a young lady on quitting Miss Pinkerton's school, by the late revered Doctor Samuel Johnson.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In fact, the Lexicographer's name was always on the lips of this majestic woman, and a visit he had paid to her was the cause of her reputation and her fortune.\n","abridged":"In fact, the Lexicographer's name was always on Miss Pinkerton's lips, and a visit he had once paid to her was the cause of her reputation and her fortune.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Being commanded by her elder sister to get \"the Dictionary\" from the cupboard, Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question. ","abridged":"Being commanded by her elder sister to get \"the Dictionary\" from the cupboard, Miss Jemima had taken out two copies of the book. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"When Miss Pinkerton had finished the inscription in the first, Jemima, with rather a dubious and timid air, handed her the second.\n","abridged":"When Miss Pinkerton had finished writing in the first, Jemima timidly handed her the second.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"For whom is this, Miss Jemima?\" ","abridged":"\"For whom is this?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"said Miss Pinkerton, with awful coldness.\n","abridged":"said Miss Pinkerton, with awful coldness.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"For Becky Sharp,\" answered Jemima, trembling very much, and blushing over her withered face and neck, as she turned her back on her sister. ","abridged":"\"For Becky Sharp,\" answered Jemima, trembling and blushing. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"For Becky Sharp: she's going too.\"\n","abridged":"\"She's going too.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"MISS JEMIMA!\" ","abridged":"\"MISS JEMIMA!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"exclaimed Miss Pinkerton, in the largest capitals. ","abridged":"exclaimed Miss Pinkerton, in the largest capitals. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Are you in your senses? ","abridged":"\"Are you in your senses? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Replace the Dixonary in the closet, and never venture to take such a liberty in future.\"\n","abridged":"Replace the Dictionary in the closet, and never take such a liberty again.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Well, sister, it's only two-and-ninepence, and poor Becky will be miserable if she don't get one.\"\n","abridged":"\"Well, sister, it's only two-and-ninepence, and poor Becky will be miserable if she don't get one.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Send Miss Sedley instantly to me,\" said Miss Pinkerton. ","abridged":"\"Send Miss Amelia Sedley instantly to me,\" said Miss Pinkerton. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.\n","abridged":"Not daring to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Miss Sedley's papa was a merchant in London, and a man of some wealth; whereas Miss Sharp was an articled pupil, for whom Miss Pinkerton had done, as she thought, quite enough, without conferring upon her at parting the high honour of the Dixonary.\n","abridged":"Miss Sedley's papa was a wealthy merchant in London; whereas Miss Sharp was an articled pupil, working as an assistant teacher. For her, Miss Pinkerton thought she had done quite enough, without giving her the honour of the Dictionary.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Although schoolmistresses' letters are to be trusted no more nor less than churchyard epitaphs; yet, as it sometimes happens that a person departs this life who is really deserving of all the praises the stone cutter carves over his bones; who IS a good Christian, a good parent, child, wife, or husband; who actually DOES leave a disconsolate family to mourn his loss; so in academies of the male and female sex it occurs every now and then that the pupil is fully worthy of the praises bestowed by the disinterested instructor. ","abridged":"Although schoolmistresses' letters are to be trusted no more than churchyard epitaphs, yet sometimes a person is really deserving of all the praises carved on his gravestone; and so in academies, every now and then a pupil is fully worthy of the praises bestowed by their teacher. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Now, Miss Amelia Sedley was a young lady of this singular species; and deserved not only all that Miss Pinkerton said in her praise, but had many charming qualities which that pompous old Minerva of a woman could not see, from the differences of rank and age between her pupil and herself.\n","abridged":"Miss Amelia Sedley was a young lady of this sort. She deserved not only all that Miss Pinkerton said in her praise, but had many charming qualities which that pompous old woman could not see.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"For she could not only sing like a lark, or a Mrs. Billington, and dance like Hillisberg or Parisot; and embroider beautifully; and spell as well as a Dixonary itself; but she had such a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of her own, as won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tart-woman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall. ","abridged":"For she could not only sing like a lark, dance, embroider beautifully, and spell as well as a Dictionary; but she had such a kindly, smiling, tender, generous heart, as won the love of everybody who came near her, right down to the poor girl in the scullery. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"She had twelve intimate and bosom friends out of the twenty-four young ladies. ","abridged":"She had twelve intimate friends out of the twenty-four young ladies. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Even envious Miss Briggs never spoke ill of her; high and mighty Miss Saltire (Lord Dexter's granddaughter) allowed that her figure was genteel; and as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with salvolatile. ","abridged":"Even envious Miss Briggs never spoke ill of her; high and mighty Miss Saltire allowed that she was genteel; and as for Miss Swartz, the rich mulatto from St. Kitt's, when Amelia went away, she was in a passion of tears.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Miss Pinkerton's attachment was, as may be supposed from the high position and eminent virtues of that lady, calm and dignified; but Miss Jemima had already whimpered several times at the idea of Amelia's departure; and, but for fear of her sister, would have gone off in downright hysterics, like the heiress (who paid double) of St. Kitt's. ","abridged":"Miss Jemima had already whimpered several times at the idea of Amelia's departure; and, but for fear of her sister, would have had downright hysterics. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Such luxury of grief, however, is only allowed to parlour-boarders. ","abridged":"Such luxury of grief, however, is only allowed to parlour-boarders. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Honest Jemima had all the bills, and the washing, and the mending, and the puddings, and the plate and crockery, and the servants to superintend. ","abridged":"Honest Jemima had all the bills, and the washing, and the mending, and the puddings, and the crockery, and the servants to superintend. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"But why speak about her? ","abridged":"But why speak about her? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"It is probable that we shall not hear of her again from this moment to the end of time, and that when the great filigree iron gates are once closed on her, she and her awful sister will never issue therefrom into this little world of history.\n","abridged":"We shall probably not hear of her again from this moment to the end of time.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"But as we are to see a great deal of Amelia, there is no harm in saying, at the outset of our acquaintance, that she was a dear little creature; and a great mercy it is, both in life and in novels, which (and the latter especially) abound in villains of the most sombre sort, that we are to have for a constant companion so guileless and good-natured a person. ","abridged":"But as we are to see a great deal of Amelia, there is no harm in saying at the outset that she was a dear little creature; and a great mercy it is, both in life and in novels, to have so guileless and good-natured a companion.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"As she is not a heroine, there is no need to describe her person; indeed I am afraid that her nose was rather short than otherwise, and her cheeks a great deal too round and red for a heroine; but her face blushed with rosy health, and her lips with the freshest of smiles, and she had a pair of eyes which sparkled with the brightest and honestest good-humour, except indeed when they filled with tears, and that was a great deal too often; for the silly thing would cry over a dead canary-bird; or over a mouse, that the cat haply had seized upon; or over the end of a novel, were it ever so stupid; and as for saying an unkind word to her, were any persons hard-hearted enough to do so--why, so much the worse for them. ","abridged":"As she is not a heroine, there is no need to describe her looks. Indeed I am afraid that her nose was rather short, and her cheeks a great deal too round and red for a heroine; but her face blushed with rosy health, and her lips with the freshest of smiles, and her eyes sparkled with bright good-humour, except when they filled with tears, and that was a great deal too often; for the silly thing would cry over a dead canary-bird, or the end of a novel, even a stupid one. If anybody were so hard-hearted as to say an unkind word to her, so much the worse for them. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Even Miss Pinkerton, that austere and godlike woman, ceased scolding her after the first time, and though she no more comprehended sensibility than she did Algebra, gave all masters and teachers particular orders to treat Miss Sedley with the utmost gentleness, as harsh treatment was injurious to her.\n","abridged":"Even the austere Miss Pinkerton ceased scolding her after the first time, and gave all the teachers particular orders to treat Miss Sedley with the utmost gentleness.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"So that when the day of departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act. She was glad to go home, and yet most woefully sad at leaving school. ","abridged":"When the day of departure came, Miss Sedley was glad to go home, and yet woefully sad at leaving school. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"For three days before, little Laura Martin, the orphan, followed her about like a little dog. ","abridged":"For three days before, little Laura Martin, the orphan, followed her about like a dog. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"She had to make and receive at least fourteen presents--to make fourteen solemn promises of writing every week: \"Send my letters under cover to my grandpapa, the Earl of Dexter,\" said Miss Saltire (who, by the way, was rather shabby). ","abridged":"She had to make and receive fourteen presents - to make fourteen solemn promises of writing every week.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Never mind the postage, but write every day, you dear darling,\" said the impetuous and woolly-headed, but generous and affectionate Miss Swartz; and the orphan little Laura Martin (who was just in round-hand), took her friend's hand and said, looking up in her face wistfully, \"Amelia, when I write to you I shall call you Mamma.\" ","abridged":"\"Write every day, you dear darling,\" said the impetuous but affectionate Miss Swartz; and Laura Martin took her hand and said wistfully, \"Amelia, when I write to you I shall call you Mamma.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"All which details, I have no doubt, JONES, who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial, twaddling, and ultra-sentimental. ","abridged":"All of which details, no doubt Jones, who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial, twaddling, and ultra-sentimental. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Yes; I can see Jones at this minute (rather flushed with his joint of mutton and half pint of wine), taking out his pencil and scoring under the words \"foolish, twaddling,\" &c., and adding to them his own remark of \"QUITE TRUE.\" ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic in life and novels; and so had better take warning and go elsewhere.\n","abridged":"Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic; and so he had better take warning and go elsewhere.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Well, then. ","abridged":"Well, then. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The flowers, and the presents, and the trunks, and bonnet-boxes of Miss Sedley having been arranged by Mr. Sambo in the carriage, together with a very small and weather-beaten old cow's-skin trunk with Miss Sharp's card neatly nailed upon it, which was delivered by Sambo with a grin, and packed by the coachman with a corresponding sneer--the hour for parting came; and the grief of that moment was considerably lessened by the admirable discourse which Miss Pinkerton addressed to her pupil. Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief. ","abridged":"Miss Sedley's flowers, presents, trunks, and bonnet-boxes were arranged by Mr. Sambo in the carriage, together with a very small and weather-beaten old trunk with Miss Sharp's card nailed to it. The grief of parting was considerably lessened by the speech which Miss Pinkerton addressed to her pupil, and which was intolerably dull. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"A seed-cake and a bottle of wine were produced in the drawing-room, as on the solemn occasions of the visits of parents, and these refreshments being partaken of, Miss Sedley was at liberty to depart.\n","abridged":"A seed-cake and a bottle of wine were produced in the drawing-room; and after these refreshments, Miss Sedley was at liberty to depart.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"You'll go in and say good-by to Miss Pinkerton, Becky!\" ","abridged":"\"You'll go in and say goodbye to Miss Pinkerton, Becky?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"said Miss Jemima to a young lady of whom nobody took any notice, and who was coming downstairs with her own bandbox.\n","abridged":"said Miss Jemima to a young lady of whom nobody took any notice, who was coming downstairs with her own bandbox.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"I suppose I must,\" said Miss Sharp calmly, and much to the wonder of Miss Jemima; and the latter having knocked at the door, and receiving permission to come in, Miss Sharp advanced in a very unconcerned manner, and said in French, and with a perfect accent, \"Mademoiselle, je viens vous faire mes adieux.\"\n","abridged":"\"I suppose I must,\" said Miss Sharp calmly, much to the wonder of Miss Jemima. Miss Sharp entered Miss Pinkerton's room in a very unconcerned manner, and said in French, with a perfect accent, \"Mademoiselle, je viens vous faire mes adieux.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Miss Pinkerton did not understand French; she only directed those who did: but biting her lips and throwing up her venerable and Roman-nosed head (on the top of which figured a large and solemn turban), she said, \"Miss Sharp, I wish you a good morning.\" ","abridged":"Miss Pinkerton did not understand French; but throwing up her turbaned head, she said, \"Miss Sharp, I wish you a good morning.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"As the Hammersmith Semiramis spoke, she waved one hand, both by way of adieu, and to give Miss Sharp an opportunity of shaking one of the fingers of the hand which was left out for that purpose.\n","abridged":"She majestically waved one hand, both by way of adieu, and to allow Miss Sharp an opportunity of shaking it.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Miss Sharp only folded her own hands with a very frigid smile and bow, and quite declined to accept the proffered honour; on which Semiramis tossed up her turban more indignantly than ever. ","abridged":"Miss Sharp only folded her own hands with a very frigid smile and bow, and Miss Pinkerton tossed up her turban more indignantly than ever. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"In fact, it was a little battle between the young lady and the old one, and the latter was worsted. ","abridged":"It was a little battle between the young lady and the old one, and the latter was worsted.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Heaven bless you, my child,\" said she, embracing Amelia, and scowling the while over the girl's shoulder at Miss Sharp. ","abridged":"\"Heaven bless you, my child,\" said she, embracing Amelia, and scowling over the girl's shoulder at Miss Sharp.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Come away, Becky,\" said Miss Jemima, pulling the young woman away in great alarm, and the drawing-room door closed upon them for ever.\n","abridged":"\"Come away, Becky,\" said Miss Jemima, pulling the young woman away in alarm, and the drawing-room door closed upon them.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Then came the struggle and parting below. Words refuse to tell it. All the servants were there in the hall--all the dear friends--all the young ladies--the dancing-master who had just arrived; and there was such a scuffling, and hugging, and kissing, and crying, with the hysterical YOOPS of Miss Swartz, the parlour-boarder, from her room, as no pen can depict, and as the tender heart would fain pass over. ","abridged":"Then came the parting with the young ladies. There was such a hugging, and kissing, and crying, as no pen can depict. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The embracing was over; they parted--that is, Miss Sedley parted from her friends. ","abridged":"The embracing was over; they parted - that is, Miss Sedley parted from her friends. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Miss Sharp had demurely entered the carriage some minutes before. ","abridged":"Miss Sharp had demurely entered the carriage some minutes before. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Nobody cried for leaving HER.\n","abridged":"Nobody cried at leaving her.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Sambo of the bandy legs slammed the carriage door on his young weeping mistress. He sprang up behind the carriage. ","abridged":"Sambo slammed the carriage door on his young weeping mistress, and sprang up behind the carriage.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Stop!\" ","abridged":"\"Stop!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"cried Miss Jemima, rushing to the gate with a parcel.\n","abridged":"cried Miss Jemima, rushing to the gate with a parcel. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"It's some sandwiches, my dear,\" said she to Amelia. ","abridged":"\"It's some sandwiches, my dear,\" said she to Amelia. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"You may be hungry, you know; and Becky, Becky Sharp, here's a book for you that my sister--that is, I--Johnson's Dixonary, you know; you mustn't leave us without that. ","abridged":"\"You may be hungry, you know; and Becky Sharp, here's a book for you that my sister - that is, I - Johnson's Dictionary, you know; you mustn't leave us without that. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Good-by. ","abridged":"Good-bye. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Drive on, coachman. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"God bless you!\"\n","abridged":"God bless you!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"And the kind creature retreated into the garden, overcome with emotion.\n","abridged":"And the kind creature retreated.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"But, lo! ","abridged":"But, lo! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"and just as the coach drove off, Miss Sharp put her pale face out of the window and actually flung the book back into the garden.\n","abridged":"as the coach drove off, Miss Sharp put her pale face out of the window and flung the book back into the garden.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"This almost caused Jemima to faint with terror. ","abridged":"Jemima almost fainted with terror. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"\"Well, I never\"--said she--\"what an audacious\"--Emotion prevented her from completing either sentence. ","abridged":"\"Well, I never,\" said she; \"what an audacious-\" Emotion prevented her from finishing.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The carriage rolled away; the great gates were closed; the bell rang for the dancing lesson. ","abridged":"The carriage rolled away; the great gates were closed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"The world is before the two young ladies; and so, farewell to Chiswick Mall.","abridged":"The world is before the two young ladies; and so, farewell to Chiswick Mall.","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 1: Chiswick Mall"}
{"original":"Our Major had rendered himself so popular on board the Ramchunder that when he and Mr. Sedley descended into the welcome shore-boat which was to take them from the ship, the whole crew, men and officers, the great Captain Bragg himself leading off, gave three cheers for Major Dobbin, who blushed very much and ducked his head in token of thanks. ","abridged":"Our Major had made himself so popular on board that when he and Mr. Sedley left the ship, the whole crew gave three cheers for Major Dobbin, who blushed and ducked his head in thanks. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Jos, who very likely thought the cheers were for himself, took off his gold-laced cap and waved it majestically to his friends, and they were pulled to shore and landed with great dignity at the pier, whence they proceeded to the Royal George Hotel.\n","abridged":"Jos, thinking the cheers were for himself, took off his gold-laced cap and waved it majestically. They landed with great dignity at the pier, and proceeded to the Royal George Hotel.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Although the sight of that magnificent round of beef, and the silver tankard suggestive of real British home-brewed ale and porter, which perennially greet the eyes of the traveller returning from foreign parts who enters the coffee-room of the George, are so invigorating and delightful that a man entering such a comfortable snug homely English inn might well like to stop some days there, yet Dobbin began to talk about a post-chaise instantly, and was no sooner at Southampton than he wished to be on the road to London. ","abridged":"There, although the sight of a magnificent round of beef and a silver tankard of real British home-brewed ale greeted their delighted eyes, yet Dobbin began instantly to talk about a post-chaise, and wished to be on the road to London. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Jos, however, would not hear of moving that evening. ","abridged":"Jos, however, would not hear of moving that evening. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Why was he to pass a night in a post-chaise instead of a great large undulating downy feather-bed which was there ready to replace the horrid little narrow crib in which the portly Bengal gentleman had been confined during the voyage? ","abridged":"Why pass a night in a post-chaise instead of a downy feather-bed?\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"So the Major was forced to wait over that night, and dispatched a letter to his family announcing his arrival, entreating from Jos a promise to write to his own friends. Jos promised, but didn't keep his promise. ","abridged":"So the Major was forced to wait over that night, and wrote to his family announcing his arrival. Jos promised to write to his own family, but didn't. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The Captain, the surgeon, and one or two passengers came and dined with our two gentlemen at the inn, Jos exerting himself in a sumptuous way in ordering the dinner and promising to go to town the next day with the Major. The landlord said it did his eyes good to see Mr. Sedley take off his first pint of porter. ","abridged":"He ordered a sumptuous dinner; the landlord said it did him good to see Mr. Sedley drink off his first pint of porter.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"If I had time and dared to enter into digressions, I would write a chapter about that first pint of porter drunk upon English ground. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Ah, how good it is! ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"It is worth-while to leave home for a year, just to enjoy that one draught.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Major Dobbin made his appearance the next morning very neatly shaved and dressed, according to his wont. Indeed, it was so early in the morning that nobody was up in the house except that wonderful Boots of an inn who never seems to want sleep; and the Major could hear the snores of the various inmates of the house roaring through the corridors as he creaked about in those dim passages. ","abridged":"Next morning Major Dobbin was neatly shaved and dressed so early that nobody was up in the house except the Boots. The Major could hear snores roaring through the corridors as he creaked about. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Then the sleepless Boots went shirking round from door to door, gathering up at each the Bluchers, Wellingtons, Oxonians, which stood outside. ","abridged":"The sleepless Boots went from door to door, gathering up the footwear which stood outside each one. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Then Jos's native servant arose and began to get ready his master's ponderous dressing apparatus and prepare his hookah; then the maidservants got up, and meeting the dark man in the passages, shrieked, and mistook him for the devil. ","abridged":"Then Jos's native servant arose and began to get ready his master's ponderous dressing apparatus and prepare his hookah; then the maidservants got up. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He and Dobbin stumbled over their pails in the passages as they were scouring the decks of the Royal George. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"When the first unshorn waiter appeared and unbarred the door of the inn, the Major thought that the time for departure was arrived, and ordered a post-chaise to be fetched instantly, that they might set off.\n","abridged":"When the first waiter appeared and unbarred the door of the inn, the Major ordered a post-chaise to be fetched instantly, so that they might set off.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He then directed his steps to Mr. Sedley's room and opened the curtains of the great large family bed wherein Mr. Jos was snoring. \"Come, up! Sedley,\" the Major said, \"it's time to be off; the chaise will be at the door in half an hour.\"\n","abridged":"He went to Mr. Sedley's room, saying, \"Wake up, Sedley! the chaise will be at the door in half an hour.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Jos growled from under the counterpane to know what the time was; but when he at last extorted from the blushing Major (who never told fibs, however they might be to his advantage) what was the real hour of the morning, he broke out into a volley of bad language, which we will not repeat here, but by which he gave Dobbin to understand that he would jeopardy his soul if he got up at that moment, that the Major might go and be hanged, that he would not travel with Dobbin, and that it was most unkind and ungentlemanlike to disturb a man out of his sleep in that way; on which the discomfited Major was obliged to retreat, leaving Jos to resume his interrupted slumbers.\n","abridged":"Jos growled from under the counterpane, and gave Dobbin to understand that he might go and be hanged, that Jos would not travel with him, and that it was most ungentlemanlike to disturb a man out of his sleep in that way; on which the Major was obliged to retreat. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The chaise came up presently, and the Major would wait no longer.\n","abridged":"The chaise soon came up, and he could wait no longer.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"If he had been an English nobleman travelling on a pleasure tour, or a newspaper courier bearing dispatches (government messages are generally carried much more quietly), he could not have travelled more quickly. ","abridged":"If he had been a newspaper courier bearing dispatches, he could not have travelled more quickly. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The post-boys wondered at the fees he flung amongst them. ","abridged":"The post-boys wondered at the fees he flung amongst them. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"How happy and green the country looked as the chaise whirled rapidly from mile-stone to mile-stone, through neat country towns where landlords came out to welcome him with smiles and bows; by pretty roadside inns, where the signs hung on the elms, and horses and waggoners were drinking under the chequered shadow of the trees; by old halls and parks; rustic hamlets clustered round ancient grey churches--and through the charming friendly English landscape. ","abridged":"How happy and green the country looked as the chaise whirled rapidly from mile-stone to mile-stone; past pretty roadside inns, where the signs hung on the elms, and horses and waggoners were drinking under the trees; by old halls and parks; by rustic hamlets clustered round ancient grey churches - through the charming friendly English landscape. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Is there any in the world like it? ","abridged":"Is there any in the world like it? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"To a traveller returning home it looks so kind--it seems to shake hands with you as you pass through it. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Well, Major Dobbin passed through all this from Southampton to London, and without noting much beyond the milestones along the road. ","abridged":"Well, Major Dobbin passed through all this without noticing it.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"You see he was so eager to see his parents at Camberwell.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. ","abridged":"He drove first to his old haunt at the Slaughters. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Long years had passed since he saw it last, since he and George, as young men, had enjoyed many a feast, and held many a revel there. ","abridged":"Long years had passed since he saw it last; since he and George, as young men, had enjoyed many a feast there. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He had now passed into the stage of old-fellow-hood. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"His hair was grizzled, and many a passion and feeling of his youth had grown grey in that interval. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"There, however, stood the old waiter at the door, in the same greasy black suit, with the same double chin and flaccid face, with the same huge bunch of seals at his fob, rattling his money in his pockets as before, and receiving the Major as if he had gone away only a week ago. ","abridged":"However, the old waiter stood at the door in the same greasy black suit, receiving the Major as if he had gone away only a week ago.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Put the Major's things in twenty-three, that's his room,\" John said, exhibiting not the least surprise. ","abridged":"\"Put the Major's things in twenty-three, that's his room,\" said John. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Roast fowl for your dinner, I suppose. ","abridged":"\"Roast fowl for your dinner, I suppose. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"You ain't got married? ","abridged":"You ain't got married? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"They said you was married--the Scotch surgeon of yours was here. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"No, it was Captain Humby of the thirty-third, as was quartered with the --th in Injee. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Like any warm water? ","abridged":"Like any warm water?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"What do you come in a chay for--ain't the coach good enough?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And with this, the faithful waiter, who knew and remembered every officer who used the house, and with whom ten years were but as yesterday, led the way up to Dobbin's old room, where stood the great moreen bed, and the shabby carpet, a thought more dingy, and all the old black furniture covered with faded chintz, just as the Major recollected them in his youth.\n","abridged":"And with this, the faithful waiter, with whom ten years were but as yesterday, led the way up to Dobbin's old room. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He remembered George pacing up and down the room, and biting his nails, and swearing that the Governor must come round, and that if he didn't, he didn't care a straw, on the day before he was married. ","abridged":"The Major remembered George pacing up and down in here, and biting his nails, the day before he was married.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He could fancy him walking in, banging the door of Dobbin's room, and his own hard by--\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"You ain't got young,\" John said, calmly surveying his friend of former days.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Dobbin laughed. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Ten years and a fever don't make a man young, John,\" he said. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"It is you that are always young--no, you are always old.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"What became of Captain Osborne's widow?\" ","abridged":"\"What became of Captain Osborne's widow?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"John said. ","abridged":"John said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Fine young fellow that. ","abridged":"\"Fine young fellow, that. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Lord, how he used to spend his money. ","abridged":"Lord, how he used to spend his money. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He never came back after that day he was marched from here. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He owes me three pound at this minute. ","abridged":"He owes me three pound at this minute.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Look here, I have it in my book. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"'April 10, 1815, Captain Osborne: 3 pounds.' ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"I wonder whether his father would pay me,\" and so saying, John of the Slaughters' pulled out the very morocco pocket-book in which he had noted his loan to the Captain, upon a greasy faded page still extant, with many other scrawled memoranda regarding the bygone frequenters of the house.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Having inducted his customer into the room, John retired with perfect calmness; and Major Dobbin, not without a blush and a grin at his own absurdity, chose out of his kit the very smartest and most becoming civil costume he possessed, and laughed at his own tanned face and grey hair, as he surveyed them in the dreary little toilet-glass on the dressing-table.\n","abridged":"John then retired; and Major Dobbin, with a grin at his own absurdity, chose the very smartest costume he possessed, and laughed at his own tanned face and grey hair in the mirror.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I'm glad old John didn't forget me,\" he thought. ","abridged":"\"I'm glad old John didn't forget me,\" he thought. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"She'll know me, too, I hope.\" ","abridged":"\"She'll know me, too, I hope.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And he sallied out of the inn, bending his steps once more in the direction of Brompton.\n","abridged":"And he left the inn, making towards Brompton.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Every minute incident of his last meeting with Amelia was present to the constant man's mind as he walked towards her house. ","abridged":"Every minute of his last meeting with Amelia was in his mind as he walked towards her house. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The arch and the Achilles statue were up since he had last been in Piccadilly; a hundred changes had occurred which his eye and mind vaguely noted. ","abridged":"A hundred changes had occurred which he vaguely noticed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He began to tremble as he walked up the lane from Brompton, that well-remembered lane leading to the street where she lived. ","abridged":"He began to tremble as he walked up the well-remembered lane from Brompton to the street where she lived.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Was she going to be married or not? ","abridged":"Was she going to be married or not? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"If he were to meet her with the little boy--Good God, what should he do? ","abridged":"If he were to meet her with the little boy - what should he do? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He saw a woman coming to him with a child of five years old--was that she? ","abridged":"He saw a woman coming towards him with a child of five - was that she? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He began to shake at the mere possibility. ","abridged":"He began to shake at the mere possibility. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"When he came up to the row of houses, at last, where she lived, and to the gate, he caught hold of it and paused. He might have heard the thumping of his own heart. ","abridged":"When he came to her gate at last, he caught hold of it and paused, his heart thumping.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"May God Almighty bless her, whatever has happened,\" he thought to himself. ","abridged":"\"May God bless her, whatever has happened,\" he thought. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Psha! ","abridged":"\"Psha! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"she may be gone from here,\" he said and went in through the gate.\n","abridged":"she may be gone from here.\" He went in through the gate.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The window of the parlour which she used to occupy was open, and there were no inmates in the room. ","abridged":"The parlour window was open, and there was no-one in the room. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The Major thought he recognized the piano, though, with the picture over it, as it used to be in former days, and his perturbations were renewed. ","abridged":"The Major thought he recognized the piano, though. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Mr. Clapp's brass plate was still on the door, at the knocker of which Dobbin performed a summons.\n","abridged":"He knocked on the door.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"A buxom-looking lass of sixteen, with bright eyes and purple cheeks, came to answer the knock and looked hard at the Major as he leant back against the little porch.\n","abridged":"A buxom-looking lass of sixteen, with bright eyes, answered the knock and looked hard at the Major.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He was as pale as a ghost and could hardly falter out the words--\"Does Mrs. Osborne live here?\"\n","abridged":"He was as pale as a ghost and could hardly falter out - \"Does Mrs. Osborne live here?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She looked him hard in the face for a moment--and then turning white too--said, \"Lord bless me--it's Major Dobbin.\" ","abridged":"\"Lord bless me - it's Major Dobbin.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She held out both her hands shaking--\"Don't you remember me?\" ","abridged":"She held out both her hands. \"Don't you remember me? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"she said. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I used to call you Major Sugarplums.\" ","abridged":"Polly Clapp. I used to call you Major Sugarplums.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"On which, and I believe it was for the first time that he ever so conducted himself in his life, the Major took the girl in his arms and kissed her. ","abridged":"On which, and I believe it was for the first time that he ever so conducted himself in his life, the Major took the girl in his arms and kissed her. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She began to laugh and cry hysterically, and calling out \"Ma, Pa!\" ","abridged":"She began to laugh and cry hysterically, and calling out \"Ma, Pa!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"with all her voice, brought up those worthy people, who had already been surveying the Major from the casement of the ornamental kitchen, and were astonished to find their daughter in the little passage in the embrace of a great tall man in a blue frock-coat and white duck trousers.\n","abridged":"brought up those worthy people, who were astonished to find their daughter in the little passage in the embrace of a great tall man in a blue frock-coat.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I'm an old friend,\" he said--not without blushing though. ","abridged":"\"I'm an old friend,\" he said, blushing. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Don't you remember me, Mrs. Clapp, and those good cakes you used to make for tea? ","abridged":"\"Don't you remember me, Mrs. Clapp, and those good cakes you used to make for tea? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Don't you recollect me, Clapp? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"I'm George's godfather, and just come back from India.\" ","abridged":"I'm George's godfather, just come back from India.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"A great shaking of hands ensued--Mrs. Clapp was greatly affected and delighted; she called upon heaven to interpose a vast many times in that passage.\n","abridged":"A great shaking of hands followed.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The landlord and landlady of the house led the worthy Major into the Sedleys' room (whereof he remembered every single article of furniture, from the old brass ornamented piano, once a natty little instrument, Stothard maker, to the screens and the alabaster miniature tombstone, in the midst of which ticked Mr. Sedley's gold watch), and there, as he sat down in the lodger's vacant arm-chair, the father, the mother, and the daughter, with a thousand ejaculatory breaks in the narrative, informed Major Dobbin of what we know already, but of particulars in Amelia's history of which he was not aware--namely of Mrs. Sedley's death, of George's reconcilement with his grandfather Osborne, of the way in which the widow took on at leaving him, and of other particulars of her life. ","abridged":"The landlord and landlady led the worthy Major into the Sedleys' room (whereof he remembered every single article of furniture), and there, as he sat down, they informed Major Dobbin of events in Amelia's history of which he was not aware - namely Mrs. Sedley's death, George's reconcilement with his grandfather Osborne, the widow's sorrow at leaving him, and other details. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Twice or thrice he was going to ask about the marriage question, but his heart failed him. ","abridged":"He was going to ask about the marriage question, but his heart failed him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He did not care to lay it bare to these people. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Finally, he was informed that Mrs. O. was gone to walk with her pa in Kensington Gardens, whither she always went with the old gentleman (who was very weak and peevish now, and led her a sad life, though she behaved to him like an angel, to be sure), of a fine afternoon, after dinner.\n","abridged":"Finally, he was informed that Mrs. O. was gone to walk in Kensington Gardens with her pa, who was very weak and peevish now, and led her a sad life, though she behaved to him like an angel.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I'm very much pressed for time,\" the Major said, \"and have business to-night of importance. I should like to see Mrs. Osborne tho'. ","abridged":"\"I'm very much pressed for time,\" the Major said, \"but I should like to see Mrs. Osborne. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Suppose Miss Polly would come with me and show me the way?\"\n","abridged":"Suppose Miss Polly would show me the way?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Miss Polly was charmed and astonished at this proposal. ","abridged":"Miss Polly was charmed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She knew the way. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She would show Major Dobbin. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She had often been with Mr. Sedley when Mrs. O. was gone--was gone Russell Square way--and knew the bench where he liked to sit. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She bounced away to her apartment and appeared presently in her best bonnet and her mamma's yellow shawl and large pebble brooch, of which she assumed the loan in order to make herself a worthy companion for the Major.\n","abridged":"She bounced away to her apartment and appeared presently in her best bonnet and her mamma's yellow shawl to make herself a worthy companion for the Major.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"That officer, then, in his blue frock-coat and buckskin gloves, gave the young lady his arm, and they walked away very gaily. ","abridged":"He gave the young lady his arm, and they walked away very gaily. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He was glad to have a friend at hand for the scene which he dreaded somehow. ","abridged":"He was glad to have a friend at hand for the scene which he dreaded somehow. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He asked a thousand more questions from his companion about Amelia: his kind heart grieved to think that she should have had to part with her son. How did she bear it? Did she see him often? Was Mr. Sedley pretty comfortable now in a worldly point of view? Polly answered all these questions of Major Sugarplums to the very best of her power.\n","abridged":"He asked a thousand more questions about Amelia, and Polly answered Major Sugarplums to the very best of her power.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And in the midst of their walk an incident occurred which, though very simple in its nature, was productive of the greatest delight to Major Dobbin. ","abridged":"In the midst of their walk an incident occurred which, though very simple, gave the Major great delight. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"A pale young man with feeble whiskers and a stiff white neckcloth came walking down the lane, en sandwich--having a lady, that is, on each arm. ","abridged":"A pale young man with feeble whiskers came walking down the lane with a lady on each arm. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"One was a tall and commanding middle-aged female, with features and a complexion similar to those of the clergyman of the Church of England by whose side she marched, and the other a stunted little woman with a dark face, ornamented by a fine new bonnet and white ribbons, and in a smart pelisse, with a rich gold watch in the midst of her person. ","abridged":"One was a tall and commanding middle-aged female, and the other a stunted little woman with a dark face. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The gentleman, pinioned as he was by these two ladies, carried further a parasol, shawl, and basket, so that his arms were entirely engaged, and of course he was unable to touch his hat in acknowledgement of the curtsey with which Miss Mary Clapp greeted him.\n","abridged":"The gentleman carried a parasol, shawl, and basket, so that his arms were entirely engaged, and he was unable to touch his hat when Miss Polly Clapp greeted him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He merely bowed his head in reply to her salutation, which the two ladies returned with a patronizing air, and at the same time looking severely at the individual in the blue coat and bamboo cane who accompanied Miss Polly.\n","abridged":"He merely bowed his head, while the two ladies looked severe.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Who's that?\" ","abridged":"\"Who's that?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"asked the Major, amused by the group, and after he had made way for the three to pass up the lane. ","abridged":"asked the Major, amused by the group. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Mary looked at him rather roguishly.\n","abridged":"Polly looked at him rather roguishly.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"That is our curate, the Reverend Mr. Binny (a twitch from Major Dobbin), and his sister Miss B. Lord bless us, how she did use to worret us at Sunday-school; and the other lady, the little one with a cast in her eye and the handsome watch, is Mrs. Binny--Miss Grits that was; her pa was a grocer, and kept the Little Original Gold Tea Pot in Kensington Gravel Pits. They were married last month, and are just come back from Margate. She's five thousand pound to her fortune; but her and Miss B., who made the match, have quarrelled already.\"\n","abridged":"\"That is our curate, the Reverend Mr. Binny\" (a twitch from Major Dobbin) \"and his sister Miss B; and the other lady, the little one with a cast in her eye, is Mrs. Binny - Miss Grits that was; her pa was a grocer, and they were married last month, but her and Miss B. have quarrelled already.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"If the Major had twitched before, he started now, and slapped the bamboo on the ground with an emphasis which made Miss Clapp cry, \"Law,\" and laugh too. He stood for a moment, silent, with open mouth, looking after the retreating young couple, while Miss Mary told their history; but he did not hear beyond the announcement of the reverend gentleman's marriage; his head was swimming with felicity. ","abridged":"The Major stood silent while Miss Polly told this history; but his head was swimming with happiness. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"After this rencontre he began to walk double quick towards the place of his destination--and yet they were too soon (for he was in a great tremor at the idea of a meeting for which he had been longing any time these ten years)--through the Brompton lanes, and entering at the little old portal in Kensington Garden wall.\n","abridged":"He began to walk double quick towards his destination - yet he was in a great tremor as they entered the old portal in Kensington Garden wall.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"There they are,\" said Miss Polly, and she felt him again start back on her arm. ","abridged":"\"There they are,\" said Miss Polly, and she felt him again start back on her arm. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She was a confidante at once of the whole business. ","abridged":"She understood the whole business.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She knew the story as well as if she had read it in one of her favourite novel-books--Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Suppose you were to run on and tell her,\" the Major said. ","abridged":"\"Suppose you run on and tell her,\" the Major said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Polly ran forward, her yellow shawl streaming in the breeze.\n","abridged":"Polly ran forward, her yellow shawl streaming in the breeze.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Old Sedley was seated on a bench, his handkerchief placed over his knees, prattling away, according to his wont, with some old story about old times to which Amelia had listened and awarded a patient smile many a time before. She could of late think of her own affairs, and smile or make other marks of recognition of her father's stories, scarcely hearing a word of the old man's tales. ","abridged":"Old Sedley was seated on a bench, prattling away as usual, while Amelia listened with a patient smile, scarcely hearing a word. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"As Mary came bouncing along, and Amelia caught sight of her, she started up from her bench. ","abridged":"As Polly came bouncing along, Amelia started up. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Her first thought was that something had happened to Georgy, but the sight of the messenger's eager and happy face dissipated that fear in the timorous mother's bosom.\n","abridged":"Her first thought was that something had happened to Georgy, but the sight of the messenger's eager face dissipated that fear.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"News! ","abridged":"\"News! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"News!\" ","abridged":"News!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"cried the emissary of Major Dobbin. ","abridged":"cried Polly. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"He's come! ","abridged":"\"He's come!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He's come!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Who is come?\" ","abridged":"\"Who is come?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"said Emmy, still thinking of her son.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Look there,\" answered Miss Clapp, turning round and pointing; in which direction Amelia looking, saw Dobbin's lean figure and long shadow stalking across the grass. ","abridged":"\"Look there,\" answered Miss Clapp, pointing; and Amelia saw Dobbin's lean figure and long shadow stalking across the grass. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Amelia started in her turn, blushed up, and, of course, began to cry. ","abridged":"Amelia started in her turn, blushed up, and, of course, began to cry. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"At all this simple little creature's fetes, the grandes eaux were accustomed to play. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. ","abridged":"He looked at her - oh, how fondly - as she came running towards him, her hands held out to him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She wasn't changed. ","abridged":"She wasn't changed. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She was a little pale, a little stouter in figure. ","abridged":"She was a little pale, a little stouter. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Her eyes were the same, the kind trustful eyes. ","abridged":"Her eyes were the same kind trustful eyes. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"There were scarce three lines of silver in her soft brown hair. ","abridged":"There were scarce three lines of silver in her soft brown hair.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She gave him both her hands as she looked up flushing and smiling through her tears into his honest homely face. ","abridged":"She gave him both her hands as she looked up flushing and smiling through her tears into his honest homely face. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He took the two little hands between his two and held them there. He was speechless for a moment. ","abridged":"He took the two little hands between his own, speechless for a moment. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Why did he not take her in his arms and swear that he would never leave her? ","abridged":"Why did he not take her in his arms and swear that he would never leave her? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She must have yielded: she could not but have obeyed him.\n","abridged":"She must have yielded.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I--I've another arrival to announce,\" he said after a pause.\n","abridged":"\"I - I've another arrival to announce,\" he said after a pause.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Dobbin?\" ","abridged":"\"Mrs. Dobbin?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Amelia said, making a movement back--why didn't he speak?\n","abridged":"Amelia said, making a movement back. Why didn't he declare himself?\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"No,\" he said, letting her hands go: \"Who has told you those lies? ","abridged":"\"No,\" he said, letting her hands go: \"Who has told you those lies? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"I mean, your brother Jos came in the same ship with me, and is come home to make you all happy.\"\n","abridged":"I mean your brother Jos, who is come home with me to make you all happy.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Papa, Papa!\" ","abridged":"\"Papa, Papa!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Emmy cried out, \"here are news! My brother is in England. ","abridged":"Emmy cried, \"My brother is in England! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He is come to take care of you. ","abridged":"He is come to take care of you. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Here is Major Dobbin.\"\n","abridged":"Here is Major Dobbin.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Mr. Sedley started up, shaking a great deal and gathering up his thoughts. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Then he stepped forward and made an old-fashioned bow to the Major, whom he called Mr. Dobbin, and hoped his worthy father, Sir William, was quite well. ","abridged":"Mr. Sedley stepped forward and made an old-fashioned bow to the Major, and hoped his worthy father, Sir William, was quite well. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He proposed to call upon Sir William, who had done him the honour of a visit a short time ago. ","abridged":"He proposed to call upon Sir William, who had visited him a short time ago. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Sir William had not called upon the old gentleman for eight years--it was that visit he was thinking of returning.\n","abridged":"Sir William had not called upon the old gentleman for eight years.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"He is very much shaken,\" Emmy whispered as Dobbin went up and cordially shook hands with the old man.\n","abridged":"\"He is very much shaken,\" Emmy whispered as Dobbin shook hands with the old man.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Although he had such particular business in London that evening, the Major consented to forego it upon Mr. Sedley's invitation to him to come home and partake of tea. ","abridged":"Although he had such particular business in London that evening, the Major took up Mr. Sedley's invitation to come home for tea. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Amelia put her arm under that of her young friend with the yellow shawl and headed the party on their return homewards, so that Mr. Sedley fell to Dobbin's share. ","abridged":"Amelia put her arm under Polly's on their return home, so that Mr. Sedley fell to Dobbin's share. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The old man walked very slowly and told a number of ancient histories about himself and his poor Bessy, his former prosperity, and his bankruptcy. ","abridged":"The old man walked very slowly and told a number of ancient histories about himself and his former prosperity. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"His thoughts, as is usual with failing old men, were quite in former times. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The present, with the exception of the one catastrophe which he felt, he knew little about. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The Major was glad to let him talk on. ","abridged":"The Major was glad to let him talk on. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"His eyes were fixed upon the figure in front of him--the dear little figure always present to his imagination and in his prayers, and visiting his dreams wakeful or slumbering.\n","abridged":"His eyes were fixed upon the figure in front of him - the dear little figure always present in his thoughts and dreams.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Amelia was very happy, smiling, and active all that evening, performing her duties as hostess of the little entertainment with the utmost grace and propriety, as Dobbin thought. ","abridged":"Amelia was very happy, smiling and active all that evening, performing her duties as hostess with the utmost grace, Dobbin thought. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"His eyes followed her about as they sat in the twilight. ","abridged":"His eyes followed her about as they sat in the twilight. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"How many a time had he longed for that moment and thought of her far away under hot winds and in weary marches, gentle and happy, kindly ministering to the wants of old age, and decorating poverty with sweet submission--as he saw her now. ","abridged":"How many a time had he longed for that moment, and thought of her far away under hot winds and in weary marches, gentle and happy as he saw her now.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"I do not say that his taste was the highest, or that it is the duty of great intellects to be content with a bread-and-butter paradise, such as sufficed our simple old friend; but his desires were of this sort, whether for good or bad, and, with Amelia to help him, he was as ready to drink as many cups of tea as Doctor Johnson.\nAmelia seeing this propensity, laughingly encouraged it and looked exceedingly roguish as she administered to him cup after cup. ","abridged":"With Amelia to help him, he was ready to drink as many cups of tea as Doctor Johnson, and Amelia laughingly poured him cup after cup. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"It is true she did not know that the Major had had no dinner and that the cloth was laid for him at the Slaughters', and a plate laid thereon to mark that the table was retained, in that very box in which the Major and George had sat many a time carousing, when she was a child just come home from Miss Pinkerton's school.\n","abridged":"She did not know that the Major had had no dinner and that the table was laid for him at the Slaughters'.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The first thing Mrs. Osborne showed the Major was Georgy's miniature, for which she ran upstairs on her arrival at home. ","abridged":"The first thing Mrs. Osborne had showed the Major was Georgy's miniature. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"It was not half handsome enough of course for the boy, but wasn't it noble of him to think of bringing it to his mother? ","abridged":"It was not half handsome enough, of course, but wasn't it noble of Georgy to think of it for her? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Whilst her papa was awake she did not talk much about Georgy. To hear about Mr. Osborne and Russell Square was not agreeable to the old man, who very likely was unconscious that he had been living for some months past mainly on the bounty of his richer rival, and lost his temper if allusion was made to the other.\n","abridged":"Whilst her papa was awake she did not talk much about Georgy, for old Sedley did not like to hear about Mr. Osborne and Russell Square. He did now know that for some months he had been living on his rival's bounty, and lost his temper if Osborne was mentioned.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Dobbin told him all, and a little more perhaps than all, that had happened on board the Ramchunder, and exaggerated Jos's benevolent dispositions towards his father and resolution to make him comfortable in his old days. ","abridged":"Dobbin told them all that had happened on board the ship, and exaggerated Jos's benevolent wishes for his father. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The truth is that during the voyage the Major had impressed this duty most strongly upon his fellow-passenger and extorted promises from him that he would take charge of his sister and her child. He soothed Jos's irritation with regard to the bills which the old gentleman had drawn upon him, gave a laughing account of his own sufferings on the same score and of the famous consignment of wine with which the old man had favoured him, and brought Mr. Jos, who was by no means an ill-natured person when well-pleased and moderately flattered, to a very good state of feeling regarding his relatives in Europe.\n","abridged":"The truth is that during the voyage the Major had impressed this duty most strongly upon his fellow-passenger, soothing Jos's irritation about the bills which the old gentleman had drawn upon him, and bringing Mr. Jos to a good state of feeling about his relatives. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And in fine I am ashamed to say that the Major stretched the truth so far as to tell old Mr. Sedley that it was mainly a desire to see his parent which brought Jos once more to Europe.\n","abridged":"The Major stretched the truth so far as to tell old Mr. Sedley that it was mainly a desire to see his father which brought Jos home.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"At his accustomed hour Mr. Sedley began to doze in his chair, and then it was Amelia's opportunity to commence her conversation, which she did with great eagerness--it related exclusively to Georgy. ","abridged":"When Mr. Sedley began to doze in his chair, it was Amelia's opportunity to talk, which she did with great eagerness - all about Georgy. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She did not talk at all about her own sufferings at breaking from him, for indeed, this worthy woman, though she was half-killed by the separation from the child, yet thought it was very wicked in her to repine at losing him; but everything concerning him, his virtues, talents, and prospects, she poured out. ","abridged":"She did not talk at all about her own sufferings; but everything concerning him, his virtues, talents, and prospects, she poured out. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"She described his angelic beauty; narrated a hundred instances of his generosity and greatness of mind whilst living with her; how a Royal Duchess had stopped and admired him in Kensington Gardens; how splendidly he was cared for now, and how he had a groom and a pony; what quickness and cleverness he had, and what a prodigiously well-read and delightful person the Reverend Lawrence Veal was, George's master. ","abridged":"She described his angelic beauty; a hundred instances of his generosity; how a Royal Duchess had stopped and admired him in Kensington Gardens; how splendidly he was cared for now, with a groom and a pony; how clever he was, and what a well-read teacher he had in the Reverend Veal.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"He knows EVERYTHING,\" Amelia said. ","abridged":"\"He knows everything,\" Amelia said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"He has the most delightful parties. ","abridged":"\"He has the most delightful parties. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"You who are so learned yourself, and have read so much, and are so clever and accomplished--don't shake your head and say no--HE always used to say you were--you will be charmed with Mr. Veal's parties. ","abridged":"You who are so learned yourself - don't shake your head - he always used to say you were - you will be charmed with Mr. Veal's parties. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The last Tuesday in every month. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He says there is no place in the bar or the senate that Georgy may not aspire to. ","abridged":"He says there is no place that Georgy may not aspire to. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Look here,\" and she went to the piano-drawer and drew out a theme of Georgy's composition. This great effort of genius, which is still in the possession of George's mother, is as follows:\n","abridged":"Look here,\" and she went to the piano-drawer and took out a composition by Georgy, as follows:\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"On Selfishness--Of all the vices which degrade the human character, Selfishness is the most odious and contemptible. ","abridged":"On Selfishness - Of all the vices which degrade the human character, Selfishness is the most odious and contemptible. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. ","abridged":"An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war.\n","abridged":"As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Example: The selfishness of Achilles, as remarked by the poet Homer, occasioned a thousand woes to the Greeks--muri Achaiois alge etheke--(Hom. Il. A. 2). ","abridged":"Example: The selfishness of Achilles, as remarked by the poet Homer, occasioned a thousand woes to the Greeks - - (Hom. Il. A. 2). ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The selfishness of the late Napoleon Bonaparte occasioned innumerable wars in Europe and caused him to perish, himself, in a miserable island--that of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.\n","abridged":"The selfishness of the late Napoleon Bonaparte occasioned wars in Europe and caused him to perish himself, in the miserable island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"We see by these examples that we are not to consult our own interest and ambition, but that we are to consider the interests of others as well as our own.\n","abridged":"We see by these examples that we are not to consult our own interest and ambition, but that we are to consider the interests of others as well as our own.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"George S. Osborne Athene House, 24 April, 1827\n","abridged":"George S. Osborne.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Think of him writing such a hand, and quoting Greek too, at his age,\" the delighted mother said. ","abridged":"\"Think of him writing such a hand, and quoting Greek, at his age,\" the delighted mother said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Oh, William,\" she added, holding out her hand to the Major, \"what a treasure Heaven has given me in that boy! ","abridged":"\"What a treasure Heaven has given me! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He is the comfort of my life--and he is the image of--of him that's gone!\"\n","abridged":"He is the comfort of my life - and the image of - of him that's gone!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Ought I to be angry with her for being faithful to him?\" ","abridged":"\"Ought I to be angry with her for being faithful to him?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"William thought. ","abridged":"William thought. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Ought I to be jealous of my friend in the grave, or hurt that such a heart as Amelia's can love only once and for ever? ","abridged":"\"Ought I to be jealous of my friend in the grave, or feel hurt that Amelia's heart can love only once and forever? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Oh, George, George, how little you knew the prize you had, though.\" ","abridged":"Oh, George, how little you knew the prize you had.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"This sentiment passed rapidly through William's mind as he was holding Amelia's hand, whilst the handkerchief was veiling her eyes.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Dear friend,\" she said, pressing the hand which held hers, \"how good, how kind you always have been to me! ","abridged":"\"Dear friend,\" she said, pressing his hand, \"how good you have always been to me! ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"See! ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"Papa is stirring. ","abridged":"Papa is stirring. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"You will go and see Georgy tomorrow, won't you?\"\n","abridged":"You will go and see Georgy tomorrow, won't you?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"Not to-morrow,\" said poor old Dobbin. ","abridged":"\"Not tomorrow,\" said poor Dobbin. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"\"I have business.\" ","abridged":"\"I have business.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"He did not like to own that he had not as yet been to his parents' and his dear sister Anne--a remissness for which I am sure every well-regulated person will blame the Major. ","abridged":"He had not yet been to visit his parents and his sisters. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And presently he took his leave, leaving his address behind him for Jos, against the latter's arrival. And so the first day was over, and he had seen her.\n","abridged":"Presently he took his leave; and so the first day was over, and he had seen her.","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"When he got back to the Slaughters', the roast fowl was of course cold, in which condition he ate it for supper. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"And knowing what early hours his family kept, and that it would be needless to disturb their slumbers at so late an hour, it is on record, that Major Dobbin treated himself to half-price at the Haymarket Theatre that evening, where let us hope he enjoyed himself.","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major"}
{"original":"The heir of Crawley arrived at home, in due time, after this catastrophe, and henceforth may be said to have reigned in Queen's Crawley. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"For though the old Baronet survived many months, he never recovered the use of his intellect or his speech completely, and the government of the estate devolved upon his elder son. ","abridged":"Though the old Baronet survived many months, he never completely recovered the use of his intellect or his speech. The estate was governed by his elder son.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"In a strange condition Pitt found it. ","abridged":"In a strange condition Pitt found it. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Sir Pitt was always buying and mortgaging; he had twenty men of business, and quarrels with each; quarrels with all his tenants, and lawsuits with them; lawsuits with the lawyers; lawsuits with the Mining and Dock Companies in which he was proprietor; and with every person with whom he had business. ","abridged":"Old Sir Pitt was always buying and mortgaging; he had twenty men of business, and quarrels with each. He had lawsuits with all his tenants, his lawyers, the Mining and Dock Companies in which he had a share, and with every person with whom he had business. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"To unravel these difficulties and to set the estate clear was a task worthy of the orderly and persevering diplomatist of Pumpernickel, and he set himself to work with prodigious assiduity. ","abridged":"To unravel these difficulties was a task worthy of the orderly Pitt, and he set to work. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"His whole family, of course, was transported to Queen's Crawley, whither Lady Southdown, of course, came too; and she set about converting the parish under the Rector's nose, and brought down her irregular clergy to the dismay of the angry Mrs Bute. ","abridged":"His whole family moved to Queen's Crawley, and Lady Southdown came too, bringing her irregular clergy, to the dismay of the angry Mrs. Bute.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Sir Pitt had concluded no bargain for the sale of the living of Queen's Crawley; when it should drop, her Ladyship proposed to take the patronage into her own hands and present a young protege to the Rectory, on which subject the diplomatic Pitt said nothing.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bute's intentions with regard to Miss Betsy Horrocks were not carried into effect, and she paid no visit to Southampton Gaol. ","abridged":"Mrs. Bute's threats to Miss Betsy Horrocks were not carried out. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"She and her father left the Hall when the latter took possession of the Crawley Arms in the village, of which he had got a lease from Sir Pitt. ","abridged":"Betsy's father took over the Crawley Arms in the village, of which he had got a lease from Sir Pitt. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The ex-butler had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. ","abridged":"He had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The Rector had another of these votes, and these and four others formed the representative body which returned the two members for Queen's Crawley.\n","abridged":"The Rector had another of these votes, and these and four others formed the electorate which returned the two Members of Parliament for Queen's Crawley.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"There was a show of courtesy kept up between the Rectory and the Hall ladies, between the younger ones at least, for Mrs. Bute and Lady Southdown never could meet without battles, and gradually ceased seeing each other. ","abridged":"There was a show of courtesy kept up between the Rectory and the Hall ladies; between the younger ones at least, for Mrs. Bute and Lady Southdown could never meet without battles. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Her Ladyship kept her room when the ladies from the Rectory visited their cousins at the Hall. ","abridged":"Lady Southdown kept to her room when the ladies from the Rectory visited. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Perhaps Mr. Pitt was not very much displeased at these occasional absences of his mamma-in-law. ","abridged":"Perhaps Mr. Pitt was not displeased at these occasional absences of his mamma-in-law. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He believed the Binkie family to be the greatest and wisest and most interesting in the world, and her Ladyship and his aunt had long held ascendency over him; but sometimes he felt that she commanded him too much. To be considered young was complimentary, doubtless, but at six-and-forty to be treated as a boy was sometimes mortifying. ","abridged":"Sometimes she commanded him too much; to be treated as a boy at forty-six was mortifying. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Lady Jane yielded up everything, however, to her mother. ","abridged":"Lady Jane yielded up everything to her mother. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"She was only fond of her children in private, and it was lucky for her that Lady Southdown's multifarious business, her conferences with ministers, and her correspondence with all the missionaries of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, &c., occupied the venerable Countess a great deal, so that she had but little time to devote to her granddaughter, the little Matilda, and her grandson, Master Pitt Crawley. ","abridged":"It was lucky for her that Lady Southdown's meetings with ministers and correspondence with missionaries so occupied her that she had little time to devote to her grandchildren.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The latter was a feeble child, and it was only by prodigious quantities of calomel that Lady Southdown was able to keep him in life at all.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"As for Sir Pitt he retired into those very apartments where Lady Crawley had been previously extinguished, and here was tended by Miss Hester, the girl upon her promotion, with constant care and assiduity. ","abridged":"As for old Sir Pitt, he retired into those same rooms where Lady Crawley had lived, and was tended by Miss Hester with constant care. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"What love, what fidelity, what constancy is there equal to that of a nurse with good wages? ","abridged":"What love, what fidelity is there equal to that of a nurse with good wages? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"They smooth pillows; and make arrowroot; they get up at nights; they bear complaints and querulousness; they see the sun shining out of doors and don't want to go abroad; they sleep on arm-chairs and eat their meals in solitude; they pass long long evenings doing nothing, watching the embers, and the patient's drink simmering in the jug; they read the weekly paper the whole week through; and Law's Serious Call or the Whole Duty of Man suffices them for literature for the year--and we quarrel with them because, when their relations come to see them once a week, a little gin is smuggled in in their linen basket. ","abridged":"They get up at nights; they bear complaints; they see the sun shining and don't want to go out; they sleep on armchairs and eat their meals in solitude; they pass long long evenings doing nothing.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Ladies, what man's love is there that would stand a year's nursing of the object of his affection? ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Whereas a nurse will stand by you for ten pounds a quarter, and we think her too highly paid. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"At least Mr. Crawley grumbled a good deal about paying half as much to Miss Hester for her constant attendance upon the Baronet his father.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Of sunshiny days this old gentleman was taken out in a chair on the terrace--the very chair which Miss Crawley had had at Brighton, and which had been transported thence with a number of Lady Southdown's effects to Queen's Crawley. ","abridged":"On sunshiny days this old gentleman was taken out in a chair on the terrace. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Lady Jane always walked by the old man, and was an evident favourite with him. ","abridged":"Lady Jane always walked by the old man, and was a favourite with him. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He used to nod many times to her and smile when she came in, and utter inarticulate deprecatory moans when she was going away. ","abridged":"He used to smile when she came in, and utter inarticulate moans when she was going away. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"When the door shut upon her he would cry and sob--whereupon Hester's face and manner, which was always exceedingly bland and gentle while her lady was present, would change at once, and she would make faces at him and clench her fist and scream out \"Hold your tongue, you stoopid old fool,\" and twirl away his chair from the fire which he loved to look at--at which he would cry more. ","abridged":"When the door shut upon her he would cry and sob - whereupon Hester's face and manner, which was always exceedingly bland while her lady was present, would change at once, and she would clench her fist and scream, \"Hold your tongue, you stoopid old fool,\" and twirl away his chair from the fire which he loved to look at - at which he would cry more. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"For this was all that was left after more than seventy years of cunning, and struggling, and drinking, and scheming, and sin and selfishness--a whimpering old idiot put in and out of bed and cleaned and fed like a baby.\n","abridged":"For this was all that was left after years of cunning, drinking, scheming and selfishness - a whimpering old idiot put in and out of bed and cleaned and fed like a baby.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"At last a day came when the nurse's occupation was over. ","abridged":"At last a day came when the nurse's task was over. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Early one morning, as Pitt Crawley was at his steward's and bailiff's books in the study, a knock came to the door, and Hester presented herself, dropping a curtsey, and said,\n","abridged":"Early one morning, when Pitt Crawley was in the study, a knock came to the door, and Hester presented herself, curtseyed, and said,\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"If you please, Sir Pitt, Sir Pitt died this morning, Sir Pitt. ","abridged":"\"If you please, Sir Pitt, Sir Pitt died this morning, Sir Pitt. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I was a-making of his toast, Sir Pitt, for his gruel, Sir Pitt, which he took every morning regular at six, Sir Pitt, and--I thought I heard a moan-like, Sir Pitt--and--and--and--\" She dropped another curtsey.\n","abridged":"I was a-making of his toast for his gruel, and - and I thought I heard a moan like, Sir Pitt - and - and-\" She dropped another curtsey.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"What was it that made Pitt's pale face flush quite red? ","abridged":"What was it that made Pitt's pale face flush? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Was it because he was Sir Pitt at last, with a seat in Parliament, and perhaps future honours in prospect? ","abridged":"Was it because he was Sir Pitt at last, with a seat in Parliament? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"I'll clear the estate now with the ready money,\" he thought and rapidly calculated its incumbrances and the improvements which he would make. ","abridged":"\"I'll clear the estate now,\" he thought, rapidly calculating the improvements which he would make.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He would not use his aunt's money previously lest Sir Pitt should recover and his outlay be in vain.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"All the blinds were pulled down at the Hall and Rectory: the church bell was tolled, and the chancel hung in black; and Bute Crawley didn't go to a coursing meeting, but went and dined quietly at Fuddleston, where they talked about his deceased brother and young Sir Pitt over their port. ","abridged":"All the blinds were pulled down at the Hall and Rectory: the church bell was tolled. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Miss Betsy, who was by this time married to a saddler at Mudbury, cried a good deal. ","abridged":"Miss Betsy, who was by this time married to a saddler at Mudbury, cried a good deal.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The family surgeon rode over and paid his respectful compliments, and inquiries for the health of their ladyships. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The death was talked about at Mudbury and at the Crawley Arms, the landlord whereof had become reconciled with the Rector of late, who was occasionally known to step into the parlour and taste Mr. Horrocks' mild beer.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Shall I write to your brother--or will you?\" ","abridged":"\"Shall I write to your brother - or will you?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"asked Lady Jane of her husband, Sir Pitt.\n","abridged":"asked Lady Jane of her husband, Sir Pitt.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"I will write, of course,\" Sir Pitt said, \"and invite him to the funeral: it will be but becoming.\"\n","abridged":"\"I will write,\" he said, \"and invite him to the funeral.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"And--and--Mrs. Rawdon,\" said Lady Jane timidly.\n","abridged":"\"And - and Mrs. Rawdon,\" said Lady Jane timidly.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Jane!\" ","abridged":"\"Jane!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"said Lady Southdown, \"how can you think of such a thing?\"\n","abridged":"said Lady Southdown, \"how can you think of such a thing?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Rawdon must of course be asked,\" said Sir Pitt, resolutely.\n","abridged":"\"Mrs. Rawdon must of course be asked,\" said Sir Pitt resolutely.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Not whilst I am in the house!\" ","abridged":"\"Not whilst I am in the house!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"said Lady Southdown.\n","abridged":"said Lady Southdown.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Your Ladyship will be pleased to recollect that I am the head of this family,\" Sir Pitt replied. ","abridged":"\"Your Ladyship will be pleased to recollect that I am the head of this family,\" Sir Pitt replied. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"If you please, Lady Jane, you will write a letter to Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, requesting her presence upon this melancholy occasion.\"\n","abridged":"\"Lady Jane, please write to Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, requesting her presence upon this melancholy occasion.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Jane, I forbid you to put pen to paper!\" ","abridged":"\"Jane, I forbid you to put pen to paper!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"cried the Countess.\n","abridged":"cried the Countess.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"I believe I am the head of this family,\" Sir Pitt repeated; \"and however much I may regret any circumstance which may lead to your Ladyship quitting this house, must, if you please, continue to govern it as I see fit.\"\n","abridged":"\"I believe I am the head of this family,\" Sir Pitt repeated; \"and however much I may regret any circumstance which may lead to your Ladyship quitting this house, I must govern it as I see fit.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Lady Southdown rose up as magnificent as Mrs. Siddons in Lady Macbeth and ordered that horses might be put to her carriage. ","abridged":"Lady Southdown rose magnificently and ordered that horses might be put to her carriage. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"If her son and daughter turned her out of their house, she would hide her sorrows somewhere in loneliness and pray for their conversion to better thoughts.\n","abridged":"If her son and daughter turned her out of their house, she would hide her sorrows somewhere in loneliness and pray for their conversion to better thoughts.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"We don't turn you out of our house, Mamma,\" said the timid Lady Jane imploringly.\n","abridged":"\"We don't turn you out of our house, Mamma,\" said the timid Lady Jane imploringly.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"You invite such company to it as no Christian lady should meet, and I will have my horses to-morrow morning.\"\n","abridged":"\"You invite such company to it as no Christian lady should meet, and I will have my horses tomorrow morning.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Have the goodness to write, Jane, under my dictation,\" said Sir Pitt, rising and throwing himself into an attitude of command, like the portrait of a Gentleman in the Exhibition, \"and begin. ","abridged":"\"Please write this, Jane,\" said Sir Pitt, rising in an attitude of command. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"'Queen's Crawley, September 14, 1822.--My dear brother--'\"\n","abridged":"'Queen's Crawley, September 14. My dear brother-'\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Hearing these decisive and terrible words, Lady Macbeth, who had been waiting for a sign of weakness or vacillation on the part of her son-in-law, rose and, with a scared look, left the library. ","abridged":"Hearing these decisive words, Lady Southdown, who had been waiting for a sign of weakness from her son-in-law, rose and, with a scared look, left the library. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Lady Jane looked up to her husband as if she would fain follow and soothe her mamma, but Pitt forbade his wife to move.\n","abridged":"Lady Jane looked as if she would follow, but Pitt forbade his wife to move.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"She won't go away,\" he said. ","abridged":"\"She won't go away,\" he said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"She has let her house at Brighton and has spent her last half-year's dividends. ","abridged":"\"She has let her house at Brighton. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"A Countess living at an inn is a ruined woman. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I have been waiting long for an opportunity--to take this--this decisive step, my love; for, as you must perceive, it is impossible that there should be two chiefs in a family: and now, if you please, we will resume the dictation. ","abridged":"I have been waiting long for an opportunity to take this decisive step, my love; and now, if you please, we will resume the dictation. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"'My dear brother, the melancholy intelligence which it is my duty to convey to my family must have been long anticipated by,'\" &c.\n","abridged":"'My dear brother, the melancholy news which it is my duty to convey must have been long anticipated,' etc.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"In a word, Pitt having come to his kingdom, and having by good luck, or desert rather, as he considered, assumed almost all the fortune which his other relatives had expected, was determined to treat his family kindly and respectably and make a house of Queen's Crawley once more. ","abridged":"Pitt, having come to his kingdom and his fortune, was determined to treat his family kindly and respectably and make a house of Queen's Crawley once more. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"It pleased him to think that he should be its chief. ","abridged":"It pleased him to think that he should be its chief. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He proposed to use the vast influence that his commanding talents and position must speedily acquire for him in the county to get his brother placed and his cousins decently provided for, and perhaps had a little sting of repentance as he thought that he was the proprietor of all that they had hoped for. ","abridged":"He proposed to use his influence to get his brother placed and his cousins decently provided for. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"In the course of three or four days' reign his bearing was changed and his plans quite fixed: he determined to rule justly and honestly, to depose Lady Southdown, and to be on the friendliest possible terms with all the relations of his blood.\n","abridged":"In the course of three or four days' reign his bearing was changed and his plans quite fixed: he determined to rule justly and honestly, to depose Lady Southdown, and to be on the friendliest possible terms with all his relations.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"So he dictated a letter to his brother Rawdon--a solemn and elaborate letter, containing the profoundest observations, couched in the longest words, and filling with wonder the simple little secretary, who wrote under her husband's order. ","abridged":"So he dictated a letter to his brother Rawdon - a solemn and elaborate letter, containing the profoundest observations, and filling his simple little secretary with wonder.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"What an orator this will be,\" thought she, \"when he enters the House of Commons\" (on which point, and on the tyranny of Lady Southdown, Pitt had sometimes dropped hints to his wife in bed); \"how wise and good, and what a genius my husband is! ","abridged":"\"What an orator he will be,\" thought she, \"when he enters the House of Commons. How wise and good, and what a genius my husband is!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I fancied him a little cold; but how good, and what a genius!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The fact is, Pitt Crawley had got every word of the letter by heart and had studied it, with diplomatic secrecy, deeply and perfectly, long before he thought fit to communicate it to his astonished wife.\n","abridged":"The fact is, Pitt Crawley had composed the letter long before he dictated it to his astonished wife.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"This letter, with a huge black border and seal, was accordingly despatched by Sir Pitt Crawley to his brother the Colonel, in London. ","abridged":"This letter, with a black border and seal, was sent to Colonel Rawdon Crawley. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Rawdon Crawley was but half-pleased at the receipt of it. ","abridged":"He was only half-pleased at receiving it.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"What's the use of going down to that stupid place?\" ","abridged":"\"What's the use of going down to that stupid place?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"thought he. ","abridged":"thought he. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"I can't stand being alone with Pitt after dinner, and horses there and back will cost us twenty pound.\"\n","abridged":"\"I can't stand being alone with Pitt after dinner, and horses there and back will cost us twenty pound.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He carried the letter, as he did all difficulties, to Becky, upstairs in her bedroom--with her chocolate, which he always made and took to her of a morning.\n","abridged":"He carried the letter, as he did all difficulties, to Becky, in her bedroom - with her chocolate, which he always made for her of a morning. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He put the tray with the breakfast and the letter on the dressing-table, before which Becky sat combing her yellow hair. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"She took up the black-edged missive, and having read it, she jumped up from the chair, crying \"Hurray!\" ","abridged":"She took up the black-edged missive, and having read it, jumped up, crying \"Hurray!\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"and waving the note round her head.\n","abridged":"and waving the note round her head.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Hurray?\" ","abridged":"\"Hurray?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"said Rawdon, wondering at the little figure capering about in a streaming flannel dressing-gown, with tawny locks dishevelled. ","abridged":"said Rawdon, wondering at the little figure capering about in a streaming flannel dressing-gown. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"He's not left us anything, Becky. ","abridged":"\"He's not left us anything, Becky. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I had my share when I came of age.\"\n","abridged":"I had my share when I came of age.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"You'll never be of age, you silly old man,\" Becky replied. ","abridged":"\"You'll never be of age, you silly old man,\" Becky replied. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Run out now to Madam Brunoy's, for I must have some mourning: and get a crape on your hat, and a black waistcoat--I don't think you've got one; order it to be brought home to-morrow, so that we may be able to start on Thursday.\"\n","abridged":"\"Run out now and get some black crape on your hat, and a black waistcoat - order it for tomorrow, so that we may be able to start on Thursday.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"You don't mean to go?\" ","abridged":"\"You don't mean to go?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Rawdon interposed.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Of course I mean to go. ","abridged":"\"Of course I mean to go. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I mean that Lady Jane shall present me at Court next year. ","abridged":"I mean Lady Jane to present me at Court next year. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I mean that your brother shall give you a seat in Parliament, you stupid old creature. ","abridged":"I mean your brother to give you a seat in Parliament, you stupid old creature. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"I mean that Lord Steyne shall have your vote and his, my dear, old silly man; and that you shall be an Irish Secretary, or a West Indian Governor: or a Treasurer, or a Consul, or some such thing.\"\n","abridged":"I mean Lord Steyne to have your vote, my dear old silly man; and you shall be an Irish Secretary, or a West Indian Governor, or some such thing.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Posting will cost a dooce of a lot of money,\" grumbled Rawdon.\n","abridged":"\"Going by post-chaise will cost a dooce of a lot of money,\" grumbled the Colonel. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"We might take Southdown's carriage, which ought to be present at the funeral, as he is a relation of the family: but, no--I intend that we shall go by the coach. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"They'll like it better. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"It seems more humble--\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Rawdy goes, of course?\" ","abridged":"\"Rawdy goes, of course?\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"the Colonel asked.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"No such thing; why pay an extra place? ","abridged":"\"No; why pay for an extra place? ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He's too big to travel bodkin between you and me. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Let him stay here in the nursery, and Briggs can make him a black frock. ","abridged":"Let him stay here in the nursery, with Briggs. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Go you, and do as I bid you. ","abridged":"Go and do as I bid you. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"And you had best tell Sparks, your man, that old Sir Pitt is dead and that you will come in for something considerable when the affairs are arranged. ","abridged":"And you had best tell Sparks that old Sir Pitt is dead and that you will come in for some money. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He'll tell this to Raggles, who has been pressing for money, and it will console poor Raggles.\" ","abridged":"He'll tell Raggles, who has been pressing for rent.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"And so Becky began sipping her chocolate.\n","abridged":"Becky began sipping her chocolate.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"When the faithful Lord Steyne arrived in the evening, he found Becky and her companion, who was no other than our friend Briggs, busy cutting, ripping, snipping, and tearing all sorts of black stuffs available for the melancholy occasion.\n","abridged":"When Lord Steyne arrived in the evening, he found Becky and her companion, who was no other than our friend Briggs, busy cutting, ripping and snipping all sorts of black stuff for the melancholy occasion.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Miss Briggs and I are plunged in grief and despondency for the death of our Papa,\" Rebecca said. \"Sir Pitt Crawley is dead, my lord. ","abridged":"\"Sir Pitt Crawley is dead, my lord,\" Rebecca said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"We have been tearing our hair all the morning, and now we are tearing up our old clothes.\"\n","abridged":"\"We have been tearing our hair with grief all the morning, and now we are tearing up our old clothes.\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Rebecca, how can you--\" was all that Briggs could say as she turned up her eyes.\n","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Oh, Rebecca, how can you--\" echoed my Lord. \"So that old scoundrel's dead, is he? ","abridged":"\"So that old scoundrel's dead, is he?\" my Lord said. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"He might have been a Peer if he had played his cards better. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Mr. Pitt had very nearly made him; but he ratted always at the wrong time. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"What an old Silenus it was!\"\n","abridged":"\"What an old Silenus he was!\"\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"I might have been Silenus's widow,\" said Rebecca. ","abridged":"\"I might have been Silenus's widow,\" said Rebecca. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"\"Don't you remember, Miss Briggs, how you peeped in at the door and saw old Sir Pitt on his knees to me?\" ","abridged":"\"Don't you remember, Miss Briggs, how you peeped in at the door and saw old Sir Pitt on his knees to me?\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Miss Briggs, our old friend, blushed very much at this reminiscence, and was glad when Lord Steyne ordered her to go downstairs and make him a cup of tea.\n","abridged":"Miss Briggs blushed very much, and was glad when Lord Steyne ordered her to go downstairs and make him a cup of tea.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Briggs was the house-dog whom Rebecca had provided as guardian of her innocence and reputation. ","abridged":"Briggs was the house-dog whom Rebecca had wanted as guardian of her reputation. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Miss Crawley had left her a little annuity. ","abridged":"Miss Crawley had left Briggs a little annuity. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"She would have been content to remain in the Crawley family with Lady Jane, who was good to her and to everybody; but Lady Southdown dismissed poor Briggs as quickly as decency permitted; and Mr. Pitt (who thought himself much injured by the uncalled-for generosity of his deceased relative towards a lady who had only been Miss Crawley's faithful retainer a score of years) made no objection to that exercise of the dowager's authority. ","abridged":"She would have been content to remain with Lady Jane, who was good to her; but Lady Southdown dismissed her. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Bowls and Firkin likewise received their legacies and their dismissals, and married and set up a lodging-house, according to the custom of their kind.\n","abridged":"Bowls and Firkin likewise received their legacies and their dismissals, and married and set up a lodging-house.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Briggs tried to live with her relations in the country, but found that attempt was vain after the better society to which she had been accustomed. Briggs's friends, small tradesmen, in a country town, quarrelled over Miss Briggs's forty pounds a year as eagerly and more openly than Miss Crawley's kinsfolk had for that lady's inheritance. ","abridged":"Briggs tried to live with her relations in the country, but found that her family quarrelled over her forty pounds a year as eagerly as Miss Crawley's kinsfolk had over that lady's inheritance. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Briggs's brother, a radical hatter and grocer, called his sister a purse-proud aristocrat, because she would not advance a part of her capital to stock his shop; and she would have done so most likely, but that their sister, a dissenting shoemaker's lady, at variance with the hatter and grocer, who went to another chapel, showed how their brother was on the verge of bankruptcy, and took possession of Briggs for a while. The dissenting shoemaker wanted Miss Briggs to send his son to college and make a gentleman of him. ","abridged":"Briggs's brother called her purse-proud, because she would not advance her money to stock his shop; while her sister told her that their brother was on the verge of bankruptcy, and wanted Miss Briggs to send her own son to college.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Between them the two families got a great portion of her private savings out of her, and finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both, and determined to seek for servitude again as infinitely less onerous than liberty. ","abridged":"Between them the two families got a great portion of her private savings, and finally she fled to London, determined to seek for servitude again as infinitely less burdensome than liberty. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"And advertising in the papers that a \"Gentlewoman of agreeable manners, and accustomed to the best society, was anxious to,\" &c., she took up her residence with Mr. Bowls in Half Moon Street, and waited the result of the advertisement.\n","abridged":"And advertising in the papers that a \"Gentlewoman of agreeable manners, and accustomed to the best society, was anxious to,\" etc., she took up her residence in Mr. Bowls's lodging-house, and awaited the result.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"So it was that she fell in with Rebecca. ","abridged":"","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Mrs. Rawdon's dashing little carriage and ponies was whirling down the street one day, just as Miss Briggs, fatigued, had reached Mr. Bowls's door, after a weary walk to the Times Office in the City to insert her advertisement for the sixth time. ","abridged":"Rebecca's dashing little carriage was whirling down the street one day, just as Miss Briggs reached Mr. Bowls's door after a weary walk to the Times Office to insert her advertisement for the sixth time. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Rebecca was driving, and at once recognized the gentlewoman with agreeable manners, and being a perfectly good-humoured woman, as we have seen, and having a regard for Briggs, she pulled up the ponies at the doorsteps, gave the reins to the groom, and jumping out, had hold of both Briggs's hands, before she of the agreeable manners had recovered from the shock of seeing an old friend.\n","abridged":"Rebecca at once recognized Briggs. She pulled up the ponies, and jumping out, took hold of both Briggs's hands.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Briggs cried, and Becky laughed a great deal and kissed the gentlewoman as soon as they got into the passage; and thence into Mrs. Bowls's front parlour, with the red moreen curtains, and the round looking-glass, with the chained eagle above, gazing upon the back of the ticket in the window which announced \"Apartments to Let.\"\nBriggs told all her history amidst those perfectly uncalled-for sobs and ejaculations of wonder with which women of her soft nature salute an old acquaintance, or regard a rencontre in the street; for though people meet other people every day, yet some there are who insist upon discovering miracles; and women, even though they have disliked each other, begin to cry when they meet, deploring and remembering the time when they last quarrelled. So, in a word, Briggs told all her history, and Becky gave a narrative of her own life, with her usual artlessness and candour.\n","abridged":"Briggs cried, and Becky laughed and kissed her; and they went into Mrs. Bowls's front parlour, where Briggs told all her history, with sniffles, and Becky gave a narrative of her own life, with her usual candour. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bowls, late Firkin, came and listened grimly in the passage to the hysterical sniffling and giggling which went on in the front parlour. Becky had never been a favourite of hers. Since the establishment of the married couple in London they had frequented their former friends of the house of Raggles, and did not like the latter's account of the Colonel's menage. \"I wouldn't trust him, Ragg, my boy,\" Bowls remarked; and his wife, when Mrs. Rawdon issued from the parlour, only saluted the lady with a very sour curtsey; and her fingers were like so many sausages, cold and lifeless, when she held them out in deference to Mrs. Rawdon, who persisted in shaking hands with the retired lady's maid. She whirled away into Piccadilly, nodding with the sweetest of smiles towards Miss Briggs, who hung nodding at the window close under the advertisement-card, and at the next moment was in the park with a half-dozen of dandies cantering after her carriage.\nWhen she found how her friend was situated, and how having a snug legacy from Miss Crawley, salary was no object to our gentlewoman, Becky instantly formed some benevolent little domestic plans concerning her. This was just such a companion as would suit her establishment, and she invited Briggs to come to dinner with her that very evening, when she should see Becky's dear little darling Rawdon.\n","abridged":"Becky instantly decided that this was just such a companion as would suit her, and she invited Briggs to dinner with her that very evening, when she should see Becky's dear little darling Rawdon.\nMrs. Bowls, late Firkin, came and listened grimly in the passage. Becky had never been a favourite of hers. She did not like Raggles's account of the Colonel's household.\n\"I wouldn't trust him, Ragg, my boy,\" Mr. Bowls remarked; and his wife, when Mrs. Rawdon left the parlour, saluted the lady with a very sour curtsey. With the sweetest of smiles towards Miss Briggs, Rebecca whirled away into Piccadilly, and next moment was in the park with half a dozen dandies cantering after her carriage.\n","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, \"wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls.\" ","abridged":"Mrs. Bowls cautioned Miss Briggs: \"You will rue it, Miss B., mark my words.\" ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"And Briggs promised to be very cautious. ","abridged":"And Briggs promised to be very cautious. ","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"The upshot of which caution was that she went to live with Mrs. Rawdon the next week, and had lent Rawdon Crawley six hundred pounds upon annuity before six months were over.","abridged":"The upshot was that she went to live with Mrs. Rawdon the next week, and had lent Rawdon Crawley six hundred pounds upon annuity before six months were over.","book":"Vanity Fair","chapter":"Chapter 40: In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family"}
{"original":"Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. ","abridged":"Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. ","abridged":"I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B.-I dine between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five)-on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. ","abridged":"After dinner, however - (I dine between twelve and one o'clock, since the housekeeper cannot comprehend my request to be served at five) - I stepped into my study to see a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.\n","abridged":"So I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow-shower.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. ","abridged":"On that bleak hill-top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.\n","abridged":"I jumped over the gate, and, running up the flag-stoned path, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Wretched inmates!\" I ejaculated, mentally, \"you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time. ","abridged":"'Wretched, unwelcoming inmates!' I thought; 'I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I don't care-I will get in!\" ","abridged":"I will get in!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. ","abridged":"I grasped the latch and shook it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Vinegar-faced Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn.\n","abridged":"Vinegar-faced Joseph put his head out from a round window of the barn.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"What are ye for?\" ","abridged":"'What do ye want?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"he shouted. ","abridged":"he shouted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"T' maister's down i' t' fowld. ","abridged":"'T' master's down in t' fold. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Go round by th' end o' t' laith, if ye went to spake to him.\"\n","abridged":"Go round by t' barn, if ye want to speak to him.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Is there nobody inside to open the door?\" ","abridged":"'Is there nobody inside to open the door?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I hallooed, responsively.\n","abridged":"I cried.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"There's nobbut t' missis; and shoo'll not oppen 't an ye mak' yer flaysome dins till neeght.\"\n","abridged":"'There's nobbut t' missis; and she'll not open it for ye.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Why? ","abridged":"'Why? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Cannot you tell her whom I am, eh, Joseph?\"\n","abridged":"Can't you tell her who I am, Joseph?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Nor-ne me! ","abridged":"'No! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I'll hae no hend wi't,\" muttered the head, vanishing.\n","abridged":"I'll have no hand in it,' muttered the head, vanishing.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The snow began to drive thickly. ","abridged":"The snow began to drive thickly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. ","abridged":"I seized the handle to try again; when a young man shouldering a pitchfork appeared in the yard. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. ","abridged":"He called me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed and pump, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful room where I was formerly received.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the \"missis,\" an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. ","abridged":"It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire. Near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the 'missis,' a person whose existence I had not suspected. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. ","abridged":"I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute.\n","abridged":"She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and said nothing.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Rough weather!\" ","abridged":"'Rough weather!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I remarked. ","abridged":"I remarked. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I'm afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants' leisure attendance: I had hard work to make them hear me.\"\n","abridged":"'I'm afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, I had hard work to make your servants hear me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"She never opened her mouth. ","abridged":"She never opened her mouth. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I stared-she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.\n","abridged":"I stared - she stared also, in a cool manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Sit down,\" said the young man, gruffly. ","abridged":"'Sit down,' said the young man, gruffly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"He'll be in soon.\"\n","abridged":"'He'll be in soon.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.\n","abridged":"I obeyed; and called the villainous dog, Juno, who deigned, at this second meeting, to move the extreme tip of her tail in acknowledgment.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"A beautiful animal!\" ","abridged":"'A beautiful animal!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I commenced again. ","abridged":"I said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?\"\n","abridged":"'Do you intend parting with the pups, madam?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"They are not mine,\" said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.\n","abridged":"'They are not mine,' said the amiable hostess repellingly.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Ah, your favourites are among these?\" ","abridged":"'Ah, your favourites are these?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.\n","abridged":"I continued, turning to a cushion full of something like cats.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"A strange choice of favourites!\" ","abridged":"'A strange choice of favourites!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"she observed scornfully.\n","abridged":"she said scornfully.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. ","abridged":"Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.\n","abridged":"I coughed, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"You should not have come out,\" she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.\n","abridged":"'You should not have come out,' she said, rising to take a canister from the chimney-piece.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. ","abridged":"Now I had a clear view of her face and figure. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. ","abridged":"She was slender, and scarcely past girlhood: with an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have seen; small features, very fair; golden ringlets hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes which would have been irresistible if their expression had been more agreeable. Fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only emotions they showed were scorn and a kind of desperation. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.\n","abridged":"The canister was almost out of her reach; I rose to aid her, and she turned on me.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I don't want your help,\" she snapped; \"I can get them for myself.\"\n","abridged":"'I don't want your help,' she snapped.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I beg your pardon!\" ","abridged":"'I beg your pardon!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I hastened to reply.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Were you asked to tea?\" ","abridged":"'Were you asked to tea?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.\n","abridged":"she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoon poised over the pot.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I shall be glad to have a cup,\" I answered.\n","abridged":"'I shall be glad to have a cup,' I answered.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Were you asked?\" ","abridged":"'Were you asked?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"she repeated.\n","abridged":"she repeated.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"No,\" I said, half smiling. ","abridged":"'No,' I said, half smiling. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"You are the proper person to ask me.\"\n","abridged":"'You are the proper person to ask me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.\n","abridged":"She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and sat down again petulantly; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. ","abridged":"Meanwhile, the young man had slung on a shabby coat, and looked at me sidelong as if there were some mortal feud between us. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic's assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. ","abridged":"I could not be sure whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rough, entirely unlike Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff's; his thick brown curls were uncombed, his cheeks unshaven, and his hands tanned like a common labourer's. Still his attitude was almost haughty, and he showed none of a servant's haste to attend on Mrs Heathcliff. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state.\n","abridged":"I thought it best to ignore his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"You see, sir, I am come, according to promise!\" ","abridged":"'You see, sir, I have come, as I promised!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; \"and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.\"\n","abridged":"I exclaimed with pretended cheerfulness. 'I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can give me shelter for that time.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Half an hour?\" ","abridged":"'Half an hour?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; \"I wonder you should select the thick of a snow-storm to ramble about in. ","abridged":"he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; 'I wonder you should choose a snow-storm to ramble about in. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes? ","abridged":"You risk being lost in the marshes. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.\"\n","abridged":"Even people familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and there is no chance of a change at present.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning-could you spare me one?\"\n","abridged":"'Perhaps one of your lads can guide me - could you spare one?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"No, I could not.\"\n","abridged":"'No, I could not.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Oh, indeed! ","abridged":"'Oh, indeed! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.\"\n","abridged":"Well, then, I must trust to my own judgement.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Umph!\"\n","abridged":"'Umph!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Are you going to mak' the tea?\" ","abridged":"'Are you going to make the tea?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.\n","abridged":"demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Is _he_ to have any?\" ","abridged":"'Is he to have any?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.\n","abridged":"she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Get it ready, will you?\" ","abridged":"'Get it ready, will you?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started. ","abridged":"he answered, so savagely that I was startled. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow. ","abridged":"I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"When the preparations were finished, he invited me with-\"Now, sir, bring forward your chair.\" ","abridged":"'Now, sir, bring forward your chair,' he said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.\n","abridged":"We all drew round the table and began our meal in silence.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. ","abridged":"I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to dispel it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.\n","abridged":"They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn and scowling.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"It is strange,\" I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another-\"it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I'll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart-\"\n","abridged":"'It is strange,' I began, 'how custom can mould our tastes: many could not imagine any happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as this, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I'll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady presiding over your home and heart-\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"My amiable lady!\" ","abridged":"'My amiable lady!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. ","abridged":"he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Where is she-my amiable lady?\"\n","abridged":"'Where is she?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean.\"\n","abridged":"'Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Well, yes-oh, you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. ","abridged":"'Oh, you mean that her spirit guards Wuthering Heights, even though she is dead. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Is that it?\"\n","abridged":"Is that it?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it. ","abridged":"Perceiving my blunder, I tried to correct it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I might have seen there was too great a disparity between the ages of the parties to make it likely that they were man and wife. ","abridged":"I might have seen there was too great a difference in their ages to make it likely that they were man and wife. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. The other did not look seventeen.\n","abridged":"He was about forty: she did not look seventeen.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Then it flashed upon me-\"The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. ","abridged":"Then it flashed upon me - 'The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Here is the consequence of being buried alive: she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed! ","abridged":"Here is the consequence of being buried alive: she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better people existed! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"A sad pity-I must beware how I cause her to regret her choice.\" ","abridged":"A sad pity-I must beware how I cause her to regret her choice.' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The last reflection may seem conceited; it was not. ","abridged":"The last reflection may seem conceited; it was not. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive.\n","abridged":"My neighbour struck me as repulsive; I knew that I was tolerably attractive.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,\" said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise. ","abridged":"'Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,' said Heathcliff, corroborating my guess. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction: a look of hatred; unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul.\n","abridged":"As he spoke, he gave her a most peculiar look of hatred.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Ah, certainly-I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the beneficent fairy,\" I remarked, turning to my neighbour.\n","abridged":"'Ah, I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the good fairy,' I remarked, turning to my neighbour.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice.\n","abridged":"This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist as if to strike me, before smothering the storm in a brutal curse.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Unhappy in your conjectures, sir,\" observed my host; \"we neither of us have the privilege of owning your good fairy; her mate is dead. ","abridged":"'An unhappy guess, sir,' said my host; 'we neither of us own your good fairy; her mate is dead. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I said she was my daughter-in-law: therefore, she must have married my son.\"\n","abridged":"I said she was my daughter-in-law: therefore, she must have married my son.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"And this young man is-\"\n","abridged":"'And this young man is-'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Not my son, assuredly.\"\n","abridged":"'Not my son, assuredly.' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.\n","abridged":"Heathcliff smiled again.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"My name is Hareton Earnshaw,\" growled the other; \"and I'd counsel you to respect it!\"\n","abridged":"'My name is Hareton Earnshaw,' growled the other; 'and I'd counsel you to respect it!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I've shown no disrespect,\" was my reply, laughing internally at the dignity with which he announced himself.\n","abridged":"'I've shown no disrespect,' I replied, laughing internally at his dignity.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. ","abridged":"He fixed his eye on me until I feared I might be tempted either to box his ears or to laugh aloud. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. ","abridged":"I began to feel out of place in that pleasant family circle. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.\n","abridged":"The dismal atmosphere overcame the glowing comfort of the fire; and I resolved to be cautious about visiting a third time.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. ","abridged":"The meal eaten, without a word of conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.\n","abridged":"A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I don't think it possible for me to get home now without a guide,\" I could not help exclaiming. ","abridged":"'I don't think it's possible for me to get home now without a guide,' I exclaimed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"The roads will be buried already; and, if they were bare, I could scarcely distinguish a foot in advance.\"\n","abridged":"'The roads will be buried.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn porch. ","abridged":"'Hareton, drive those sheep into the barn porch. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"They'll be covered if left in the fold all night: and put a plank before them,\" said Heathcliff.\n","abridged":"They'll be covered if left in the fold all night,' said Heathcliff.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"How must I do?\" ","abridged":"'What must I do?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I continued, with rising irritation.\n","abridged":"I continued, with irritation.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. ","abridged":"There was no reply; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning matches. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out-\"Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i' idleness un war, when all on 'ems goan out! ","abridged":"Joseph, in cracked tones, grated out, 'I wonder how yah can stand there i' idleness, when all them's gone out! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking-yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!\"\n","abridged":"But yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll never mend yer ill ways, but go right to t' devil, like yer mother afore ye!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. ","abridged":"I imagined, for a moment, that this speech was addressed to me; and, enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal intending to kick him out of the door. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Mrs. Heathcliff, however, checked me by her answer.\n","abridged":"Mrs. Heathcliff, however, answered.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"You scandalous old hypocrite!\" ","abridged":"'You scandalous old hypocrite!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"she replied. ","abridged":"she replied. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Are you not afraid of being carried away bodily, whenever you mention the devil's name? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I'll ask your abduction as a special favour! ","abridged":"'Don't provoke me, or I'll ask the devil to carry you away! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Stop! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"look here, Joseph,\" she continued, taking a long, dark book from a shelf; \"I'll show you how far I've progressed in the Black Art: I shall soon be competent to make a clear house of it. ","abridged":"Look here, Joseph,' she continued, taking a long, dark book from a shelf; 'I'll show you how far I've progressed in the Black Art. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!\"\n","abridged":"The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatism isn't caused by bad luck either!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Oh, wicked, wicked!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, wicked, wicked!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"gasped the elder; \"may the Lord deliver us from evil!\"\n","abridged":"gasped the old man; 'may the Lord deliver us from evil!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"No, reprobate! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"you are a castaway-be off, or I'll hurt you seriously! I'll have you all modelled in wax and clay! ","abridged":"'Be off, scoundrel, or I'll have you modelled in wax! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"and the first who passes the limits I fix shall-I'll not say what he shall be done to-but, you'll see! ","abridged":"and I shall - I'll not say what - but, you'll see! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Go, I'm looking at you!\"\n","abridged":"Go, I'm looking at you!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating \"wicked\" as he went. ","abridged":"The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with horror, hurried out, praying, and crying 'wicked' as he went. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.\n","abridged":"I thought she must be prompted by a sort of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I tried to interest her in my distress.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Heathcliff,\" I said earnestly, \"you must excuse me for troubling you. I presume, because, with that face, I'm sure you cannot help being good-hearted. ","abridged":"'Mrs. Heathcliff,' I said earnestly, 'with that face, I'm sure you cannot help being good-hearted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home: I have no more idea how to get there than you would have how to get to London!\"\n","abridged":"Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Take the road you came,\" she answered, ensconcing herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her. ","abridged":"'Take the road you came,' she answered, sitting in a chair, with a candle, and the book open before her. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.\"\n","abridged":"'That's the best advice I can give.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog or a pit full of snow, your conscience won't whisper that it is partly your fault?\"\n","abridged":"'Then, if you hear of me being found dead in a pit full of snow, you won't feel that it is your fault?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"How so? ","abridged":"'How so? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I cannot escort you. ","abridged":"I cannot escort you. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"They wouldn't let me go to the end of the garden wall.\"\n","abridged":"They wouldn't let me go to the end of the garden.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"_You_! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I should be sorry to ask you to cross the threshold, for my convenience, on such a night,\" I cried. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I want you to tell me my way, not to _show_ it: or else to persuade Mr. Heathcliff to give me a guide.\"\n","abridged":"'I want you to tell me my way, not to show it,' I cried; 'or else to persuade Mr. Heathcliff to give me a guide.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Who? ","abridged":"'Who? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"There is himself, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. ","abridged":"There is him, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Which would you have?\"\n","abridged":"Which would you have?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Are there no boys at the farm?\"\n","abridged":"'Are there no boys at the farm?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"No; those are all.\"\n","abridged":"'No.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Then, it follows that I am compelled to stay.\"\n","abridged":"'Then I am compelled to stay.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"That you may settle with your host. ","abridged":"'That you may settle with your host,' she said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I have nothing to do with it.\"\n","abridged":"'I have nothing to do with it.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills,\" cried Heathcliff's stern voice from the kitchen entrance. ","abridged":"'I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills,' cried Heathcliff's stern voice from the entrance. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"As to staying here, I don't keep accommodations for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, if you do.\"\n","abridged":"'As to staying here, I don't keep rooms for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I can sleep on a chair in this room,\" I replied.\n","abridged":"'I can sleep on a chair in this room,' I replied.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"No, no! ","abridged":"'No, no! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit any one the range of the place while I am off guard!\" ","abridged":"I will not permit any one the run of the place while I am asleep!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"said the unmannerly wretch.\n","abridged":"said the unmannerly wretch.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"With this insult my patience was at an end. ","abridged":"With this insult, my patience was at an end. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I uttered an expression of disgust, and pushed past him into the yard, running against Earnshaw in my haste. ","abridged":"In disgust, I pushed past him into the yard, running into Earnshaw in my haste. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other. ","abridged":"It was so dark that I could not see the gate.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"At first the young man appeared about to befriend me.\n","abridged":"At first the young man appeared about to befriend me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"I'll go with him as far as the park,\" he said.\n","abridged":"'I'll go with him to the park,' he said.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"You'll go with him to hell!\" ","abridged":"'You'll go with him to hell!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"exclaimed his master, or whatever relation he bore. ","abridged":"exclaimed Heathcliff. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"And who is to look after the horses, eh?\"\n","abridged":"'And who is to look after the horses, eh?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"A man's life is of more consequence than one evening's neglect of the horses: somebody must go,\" murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected.\n","abridged":"'A man's life matters more than one evening's neglect of the horses: somebody must go,' murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Not at your command!\" ","abridged":"'Not at your command!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"retorted Hareton. ","abridged":"retorted Hareton. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"If you set store on him, you'd better be quiet.\"\n","abridged":"'You'd better be quiet.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,\" she answered, sharply.\n","abridged":"'Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,' she answered sharply.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Hearken, hearken, shoo's cursing on 'em!\" ","abridged":"'Hearken, hearken, she's cursing 'em!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.\n","abridged":"muttered Joseph. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.\n","abridged":"He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized. Calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, I rushed to the gate.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Maister, maister, he's staling t' lanthern!\" ","abridged":"'Master, master, he's stealing t' lanthern!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. ","abridged":"shouted Joseph. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Hey, Gnasher! ","abridged":"'Hey, Gnasher! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Hey, dog! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Hey Wolf, holld him, holld him!\"\n","abridged":"Hey Wolf, hold him, hold him!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. ","abridged":"Two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the lid on my rage and humiliation. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out-on their peril to keep me one minute longer-with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.\n","abridged":"Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on yawning than devouring me alive; but they would not let me up, and I was forced to lie till their masters freed me. Then, hatless and trembling with anger, I ordered the rascals to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with incoherent threats.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. ","abridged":"My agitation brought on a copious nosebleed, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I don't know what would have concluded the scene, had there not been one person at hand rather more rational than myself, and more benevolent than my entertainer. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. ","abridged":"I don't know how it would have ended, had not Zillah, the housekeeper, come out to see what was happening. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me; and, not daring to attack her master, she turned her vocal artillery against the younger scoundrel.\n","abridged":"She thought that they had been laying violent hands on me; and not daring to attack her master, she turned on the younger scoundrel.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"\"Well, Mr. Earnshaw,\" she cried, \"I wonder what you'll have agait next? Are we going to murder folk on our very door-stones? ","abridged":"'Well, Mr. Earnshaw,' she cried, 'Are we going to murder folk on our very door-stones? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I see this house will never do for me-look at t' poor lad, he's fair choking! ","abridged":"Look at t' poor lad, he's fair choking! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Wisht, wisht; you mun'n't go on so. ","abridged":"Hush; don't go on so. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Come in, and I'll cure that: there now, hold ye still.\"\n","abridged":"Come in, and I'll cure that: now hold still.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen. ","abridged":"With these words she splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.\n","abridged":"Mr. Heathcliff followed, lapsing into his habitual moroseness.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. ","abridged":"I was sick and faint; and was thus compelled to accept lodgings under his roof. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed.","abridged":"He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she ushered me to bed.","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 2"}
{"original":"While leading the way upstairs, she recommended that I should hide the candle, and not make a noise; for her master had an odd notion about the chamber she would put me in, and never let anybody lodge there willingly. ","abridged":"While leading the way upstairs, she asked me to hide the candle, and not make a noise; for her master had an odd notion about the chamber she would put me in, and never let anybody stay there. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I asked the reason. ","abridged":"I asked the reason. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had so many queer goings on, she could not begin to be curious.\n","abridged":"She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had many queer goings on.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. ","abridged":"I fastened my bedroom door and glanced around. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothes-press, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows. ","abridged":"The furniture consisted of a chair, a clothes-press, and a large oak case, with squares cut out resembling coach windows. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. ","abridged":"Approaching this, I looked inside, and found it to be a strange sort of old-fashioned couch, designed to make a little, private closet. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table.\n","abridged":"It enclosed a window-ledge, which served as a table. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and every one else.\n","abridged":"I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against Heathcliff and everyone else.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. ","abridged":"I placed my candle on the window-ledge. It had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small-_Catherine Earnshaw_, here and there varied to _Catherine Heathcliff_, and then again to _Catherine Linton_.\n","abridged":"This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of lettering, large and small: Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw-Heathcliff-Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres-the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin.\n","abridged":"Listlessly I leant my head against the window, and read Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but then a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines. I discovered my candle-wick was lying on one of the old books, and perfuming the place with an odour of burnt leather. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. ","abridged":"I snuffed out the candle and, still feeling cold and sick, sat up and spread open the book on my knee. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription-\"Catherine Earnshaw, her book,\" and a date some quarter of a century back.\n","abridged":"It was a Testament, smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription: 'Catherine Earnshaw, her book,' and a date some quarter of a century back.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I shut it, and took up another and another, till I had examined all. ","abridged":"I shut it, and took up another and another, till I had examined all Catherine's library. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Catherine's library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary-at least the appearance of one-covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. ","abridged":"The books had been well used, though not for their proper purpose: she had scribbled over every morsel of blank paper in them. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Some were detached sentences; other parts took the form of a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. ","abridged":"There was a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph,-rudely, yet powerfully sketched. ","abridged":"At the top of one page I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of Joseph, rudely, yet powerfully sketched. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics.\n","abridged":"I felt an immediate interest in the unknown Catherine, and began to decipher her faded writing.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"An awful Sunday,\" commenced the paragraph beneath. ","abridged":"'An awful Sunday,' it began. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I wish my father were back again. ","abridged":"'I wish my father were back again. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Hindley is a detestable substitute-his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious-H. and I are going to rebel-we took our initiatory step this evening.\n","abridged":"Hindley is detestable. His conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel. We took our first step this evening.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire-doing anything but reading their Bibles, I'll answer for it-Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. ","abridged":"'All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph had a prayer-meeting in the garret. While Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles - Heathcliff, myself, and the ploughboy had to take our prayer-books, and sit groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short sermon. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"A vain idea! ","abridged":"A vain idea! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, 'What, done already?' ","abridged":"The service lasted three hours; and yet my brother had the cheek to exclaim, when he saw us descending, \"What, done already?\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.\n","abridged":"He will no longer let us play on Sunday evenings; now the smallest laugh gets us sent into the corner.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"'You forget you have a master here,' says the tyrant. ","abridged":"'\"You forget you have a master here,\" says the tyrant. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"'I'll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I insist on perfect sobriety and silence. ","abridged":"\"Silence! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Oh, boy! ","abridged":"Boy! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"was that you? ","abridged":"was that you? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.' ","abridged":"Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband's knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour-foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. ","abridged":"Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and sat on her husband's knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish chatter that we should be ashamed of. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. ","abridged":"We made ourselves as snug as we could under the dresser. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks:\n","abridged":"I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, tears it down, boxes my ears, and croaks:\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"'T' maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o'ered, und t' sound o' t' gospel still i' yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! ","abridged":"'\"T' master only just buried, and Sabbath not over, and t' sound o' t' gospel still in yer ears, and ye dare be larking! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Shame on ye! ","abridged":"Shame on ye! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"sit ye down, ill childer! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"there's good books eneugh if ye'll read 'em: sit ye down, and think o' yer sowls!'\n","abridged":"Sit down, and think o' yer souls!\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Saying this, he compelled us so to square our positions that we might receive from the far-off fire a dull ray to show us the text of the lumber he thrust upon us. ","abridged":"'He made us sit and read sermon-books. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I could not bear the employment. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. ","abridged":"I hurled my dingy volume into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. ","abridged":"Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Then there was a hubbub!\n","abridged":"Then there was a hubbub!\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"'Maister Hindley!' ","abridged":"'\"Master Hindley!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"shouted our chaplain. ","abridged":"shouted Joseph. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"'Maister, coom hither! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Miss Cathy's riven th' back off \"Th' Helmet o' Salvation,\" un' Heathcliff's pawsed his fit into t' first part o' \"T' Brooad Way to Destruction!\" ","abridged":"\"Miss Cathy's torn th' back off 'Th' Helmet o' Salvation,' and Heathcliff's ripped 'T' Broad Way to Destruction!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"It's fair flaysome that ye let 'em go on this gait. ","abridged":"It's fearsome that ye let 'em go on this way!\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Ech! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"th' owd man wad ha' laced 'em properly-but he's goan!'\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, 'owd Nick' would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. ","abridged":"'Hindley hurried up, and hurled us both into the back-kitchen. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman's cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. ","abridged":"I took this book and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door open to give me light, and I have been writing for twenty minutes; but Heathcliff is impatient, and proposes that we should take the dairywoman's cloak, and have a scamper on the moors under its shelter. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"A pleasant suggestion-and then, if the surly old man come in, he may believe his prophecy verified-we cannot be damper, or colder, in the rain than we are here.\"\n","abridged":"A pleasant suggestion - we cannot be damper, or colder, out in the rain than we are here.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"* * * * * *\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose.\n","abridged":"I suppose Catherine fulfilled her plan, for the next sentence was tearful.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!\" ","abridged":"'How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"she wrote. ","abridged":"she wrote. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow; and still I can't give over. ","abridged":"'My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Poor Heathcliff! ","abridged":"Poor Heathcliff! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. ","abridged":"Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more. He says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He has been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place-\"\n","abridged":"He has been blaming our father for treating Heathcliff too kindly; and swears he will reduce him to his right place-'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"* * * * * *\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I began to nod drowsily over the dim page: my eye wandered from manuscript to print. ","abridged":"I began to nod drowsily over the dim page. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I saw a red ornamented title-\"Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. ","abridged":"My eye wandered to the print, and I saw a red ornamented title: 'Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.\" ","abridged":"A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham.' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. ","abridged":"While I was wondering what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I fell asleep.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper! ","abridged":"Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"What else could it be that made me pass such a terrible night? ","abridged":"What else could have made me pass such a terrible night? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I don't remember another that I can at all compare with it since I was capable of suffering.\n","abridged":"I don't remember another as dreadful.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I began to dream, almost before I ceased to be sensible of my locality. ","abridged":"I began to dream. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I thought it was morning; and I had set out on my way home, with Joseph for a guide. ","abridged":"I thought it was morning; and I had set out on my way home, with Joseph for a guide. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim's staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. ","abridged":"The snow was deep; and, as we floundered on, my companion reproached me because I had not brought a pilgrim's staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing his own heavy cudgel.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"For a moment I considered it absurd that I should need such a weapon to gain admittance into my own residence. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Then a new idea flashed across me. ","abridged":"Then a new idea flashed across me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text-\"Seventy Times Seven;\" and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the \"First of the Seventy-First,\" and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated.\n","abridged":"I was not going home: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach on seventy times seven sins; and either Joseph or I had committed the 'First of the Seventy-First,' and were to be publicly exposed.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"We came to the chapel. ","abridged":"We came to the chapel. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. ","abridged":"I have passed it really in my walks a few times; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: a deserted and half-ruined building. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman's stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached-good God! ","abridged":"However, in my dream, Jabez had a full congregation; and he preached - good God! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"what a sermon; divided into _four hundred and ninety_ parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! ","abridged":"what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each discussing a separate sin.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Where he searched for them, I cannot tell. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He had his private manner of interpreting the phrase, and it seemed necessary the brother should sin different sins on every occasion. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"They were of the most curious character: odd transgressions that I never imagined previously.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Oh, how weary I grow. ","abridged":"Oh, how weary I grew. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! ","abridged":"How I writhed, and yawned! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would _ever_ have done. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the \"_First of the Seventy-First_.\" ","abridged":"How I pinched myself, and rubbed my eyes, until finally, he reached the 'First of the Seventy-First.' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon.\n","abridged":"Sudden inspiration came to me; I rose to denounce Jabez Branderham.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Sir,\" I exclaimed, \"sitting here within these four walls, at one stretch, I have endured and forgiven the four hundred and ninety heads of your discourse. ","abridged":"'Sir,' I exclaimed, 'I have endured the four hundred and ninety heads of your discourse. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart-Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The four hundred and ninety-first is too much. ","abridged":"The four hundred and ninety-first is too much. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Fellow-martyrs, have at him! ","abridged":"Fellow-martyrs, have at him! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Drag him down, and crush him to atoms, that the place which knows him may know him no more!\"\n","abridged":"Drag him down, and crush him!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"_Thou art the Man!_\" cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. ","abridged":"'Thou art the Man!' cried Jabez. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage-seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul-Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! ","abridged":"'Seventy times seven times didst thou gape and yawn. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The First of the Seventy-First is come. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Brethren, execute upon him the judgment written. ","abridged":"Brethren, execute judgment upon him!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Such honour have all His saints!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim's staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. ","abridged":"With that, the whole meeting, lifting their pilgrim's staves, rushed round me; and I, having no weapon, began to grapple with Joseph for his. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"In the confluence of the multitude, several clubs crossed; blows, aimed at me, fell on other sconces. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man's hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. ","abridged":"Soon the whole chapel resounded with blows: every man attacked his neighbour; and Branderham tapped so loudly on the pulpit that, to my unspeakable relief, the sounds woke me.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"And what was it that had suggested the tremendous tumult? ","abridged":"And what had suggested the tremendous tumult? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"What had played Jabez's part in the row? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! ","abridged":"Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my window as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before.\n","abridged":"I listened, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. ","abridged":"This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow. I heard, also, the fir bough tapping: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten. ","abridged":"I thought I rose and tried to unfasten the casement; but the hook was stuck.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I must stop it, nevertheless!\" ","abridged":"'I must stop it, nevertheless!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand!\n","abridged":"I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand!\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed,\n\"Let me in-let me in!\"\n","abridged":"The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, 'Let me in - let me in!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Who are you?\" ","abridged":"'Who are you?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself.\n","abridged":"I asked, struggling to free myself.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Catherine Linton,\" it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of _Linton_? ","abridged":"'Catherine Linton,' it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I had read _Earnshaw_ twenty times for Linton)-\"I'm come home: I'd lost my way on the moor!\"\n","abridged":"I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton). 'I'm come home: I'd lost my way on the moor!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child's face looking through the window. ","abridged":"As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child's face looking through the window. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, \"Let me in!\" ","abridged":"Terror made me cruel; and, finding I could not shake the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes. Still it wailed, 'Let me in!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"and maintained its tenacious grip, almost maddening me with fear.\n","abridged":"and kept its tenacious grip, maddening me with fear.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"How can I!\" ","abridged":"'How can I?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I said at length. ","abridged":"I said at last. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Let _me_ go, if you want me to let you in!\"\n","abridged":"'Let me go, if you want me to let you in!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer.\n","abridged":"The fingers relaxed. I snatched my hand through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to shut out the lamentable prayer. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on!\n","abridged":"I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on!\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Begone!\" ","abridged":"'Begone!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I shouted. ","abridged":"I shouted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I'll never let you in, not if you beg for twenty years.\"\n","abridged":"'I'll never let you in, not if you beg for twenty years.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"It is twenty years,\" mourned the voice: \"twenty years. I've been a waif for twenty years!\"\n","abridged":"'It is twenty years,' mourned the voice: 'I've been a waif for twenty years!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward.\n","abridged":"There began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright.\n","abridged":"I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and I yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. ","abridged":"Hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself.\n","abridged":"I sat shuddering, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead. The intruder appeared to hesitate. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"At last, he said, in a half-whisper, plainly not expecting an answer,\n\"Is any one here?\"\n","abridged":"At last, he said, in a half-whisper, plainly not expecting an answer, 'Is anyone here?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I considered it best to confess my presence; for I knew Heathcliff's accents, and feared he might search further, if I kept quiet.\nWith this intention, I turned and opened the panels. ","abridged":"I thought it best to confess my presence; for I knew Heathcliff's voice, so I turned and opened the panels.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I shall not soon forget the effect my action produced.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Heathcliff stood near the entrance, in his shirt and trousers; with a candle dripping over his fingers, and his face as white as the wall behind him. ","abridged":"Heathcliff stood near the door, in his shirt and trousers; with a candle dripping over his fingers, and his face as white as the wall behind him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.\n","abridged":"The first creak of the oak panel startled him like an electric shock: the candle leaped from his hold, and his agitation was so extreme that he could hardly pick it up.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"It is only your guest, sir,\" I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. ","abridged":"'It is only your guest, sir,' I called out, to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I had the misfortune to scream in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. ","abridged":"'I screamed in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I'm sorry I disturbed you.\"\n","abridged":"I'm sorry I disturbed you.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood! ","abridged":"'Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I wish you were at the-\" commenced my host, setting the candle on a chair, because he found it impossible to hold it steady. ","abridged":"My host set the candle on a chair, finding it impossible to hold it steady. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"And who showed you up into this room?\" ","abridged":"'And who showed you into this room?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. ","abridged":"he continued, grinding his teeth. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Who was it? ","abridged":"'Who was it? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I've a good mind to turn them out of the house this moment?\"\n","abridged":"I've a good mind to turn them out of the house!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"It was your servant Zillah,\" I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. ","abridged":"'It was Zillah,' I replied, standing and rapidly pulling on my clothes. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I should not care if you did, Mr. Heathcliff; she richly deserves it. ","abridged":"'I should not care if you did, Mr. Heathcliff; she richly deserves it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I suppose that she wanted to get another proof that the place was haunted, at my expense. ","abridged":"I suppose that she wanted to get another proof that the place was haunted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Well, it is-swarming with ghosts and goblins! ","abridged":"Well, it is - swarming with ghosts and goblins! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"You have reason in shutting it up, I assure you. ","abridged":"You have good reason to shut it up, I assure you!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"No one will thank you for a doze in such a den!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"What do you mean?\" ","abridged":"'What do you mean?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"asked Heathcliff, \"and what are you doing? ","abridged":"asked Heathcliff, 'and why are you getting dressed? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Lie down and finish out the night, since you _are_ here; but, for Heaven's sake! ","abridged":"Lie down and sleep, since you are here; but, for heaven's sake! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"don't repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!\"\n","abridged":"don't repeat that horrid noise. Nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!\" ","abridged":"'If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I returned. ","abridged":"I returned. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I'm not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Was not the Reverend Jabez Branderham akin to you on the mother's side? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called-she must have been a changeling-wicked little soul! ","abridged":"'That minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling. Wicked little soul! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her mortal transgressions, I've no doubt!\"\n","abridged":"She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her sins, no doubt!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff's with Catherine's name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. ","abridged":"Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected seeing Heathcliff's name with Catherine's in the book. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add-\"The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in-\" Here I stopped afresh-I was about to say \"perusing those old volumes,\" then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on-\"in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. A monotonous occupation, calculated to set me asleep, like counting, or-\"\n","abridged":"I blushed, and hastened to add, 'The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in-'\nHere I stopped again: I was about to say 'reading those old books,' but that would have revealed my knowledge of their contents. So I went on-'in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge, an occupation to set me asleep, like counting, or-'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"What _can_ you mean by talking in this way to _me!_\" thundered Heathcliff with savage vehemence. ","abridged":"'What can you mean by talking in this way to me!' thundered Heathcliff savagely. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"How-how _dare_ you, under my roof?-God! ","abridged":"'How dare you? God! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"he's mad to speak so!\" ","abridged":"he's mad to speak so!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"And he struck his forehead with rage.\n","abridged":"And he struck his forehead with rage.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of \"Catherine Linton\" before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. ","abridged":"He seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity on him. I told him my dreams; affirming I had never heard the name of 'Catherine Linton' before, but reading it had produced an impression which had affected my sleep.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Heathcliff gradually fell back into the shelter of the bed, as I spoke; finally sitting down almost concealed behind it. ","abridged":"Heathcliff gradually fell back into the shelter of the bed, as I spoke; finally sitting down almost concealed behind it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion. ","abridged":"I guessed, however, by his irregular breathing, that he struggled to vanquish violent emotion. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Not liking to show him that I had heard the conflict, I continued my toilette rather noisily, looked at my watch, and soliloquised on the length of the night: \"Not three o'clock yet! ","abridged":"Not liking to show that I had heard him, I continued to dress rather noisily, looked at my watch, and commented: 'Not three o'clock yet! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I could have taken oath it had been six. ","abridged":"I could have sworn it was six. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Time stagnates here: we must surely have retired to rest at eight!\"\n","abridged":"We must surely have retired to rest at eight!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,\" said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm's shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. ","abridged":"'At nine in winter, and rise at four,' said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, dashing a tear from his eyes. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Lockwood,\" he added, \"you may go into my room: you'll only be in the way, coming downstairs so early: and your childish outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.\"\n","abridged":"'Mr. Lockwood,' he added, 'you may go into my room: you'll only be in the way, coming down-stairs so early: and your outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"And for me, too,\" I replied. ","abridged":"'For me, too,' I replied. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I'll walk in the yard till daylight, and then I'll be off; and you need not dread a repetition of my intrusion. ","abridged":"'I'll walk in the yard till daylight, and then I'll be off; and you need not dread my return.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I'm now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Delightful company!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"muttered Heathcliff. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Take the candle, and go where you please. ","abridged":"'Take the candle, and go where you please,' he said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I shall join you directly. ","abridged":"'I shall join you directly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house-Juno mounts sentinel there, and-nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. ","abridged":"Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and Juno guards the house. You can only ramble about the steps and passages. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"But, away with you! ","abridged":"But, away with you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I'll come in two minutes!\"\n","abridged":"I'll come in two minutes!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. ","abridged":"I obeyed, quitting the chamber; then, not knowing which way to go, I stood still, and saw a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. ","abridged":"He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the window, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Come in! ","abridged":"'Come in! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"come in!\" ","abridged":"come in!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"he sobbed. ","abridged":"he sobbed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"Cathy, do come. ","abridged":"'Cathy, do come. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Oh, do-_once_ more! ","abridged":"Oh, do - once more! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"my heart's darling! ","abridged":"my heart's darling! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"hear me _this_ time, Catherine, at last!\" ","abridged":"hear me this time, Catherine, at last!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light.\n","abridged":"The spectre gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, blowing out the light.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though _why_ was beyond my comprehension. ","abridged":"There was such anguish in his grief and raving, that I was moved to compassion; half angry to have listened, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that baffling agony. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. ","abridged":"I went cautiously downstairs, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire enabled me to relight my candle. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew.\n","abridged":"Nothing was stirring except a grey cat, which crept from the ashes with a querulous mew.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. ","abridged":"Two benches nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and the cat mounted the other. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. ","abridged":"We were both of us nodding, when Joseph came shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trapdoor: the way to his garret, I suppose. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. ","abridged":"He cast a sinister look at the fire, swept the cat from its bed, and sitting down in its place, began to stuff a pipe with tobacco. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came.\n","abridged":"My presence was evidently a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he smoked silently, arms folded; then heaved a deep sigh and left as solemnly as he came.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a \"good-morning,\" but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison _sotto voce_, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. ","abridged":"A stronger footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a 'good-morning,' but closed it again: for Hareton Earnshaw was cursing every object he touched, while he rummaged for a spade to dig through the snowdrifts. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. ","abridged":"He glanced at me without any greeting.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him. ","abridged":"Leaving my hard couch, I moved to follow him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality.\n","abridged":"He thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, meaning that there was the place where I must go.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. ","abridged":"It opened into the main room, where the females were already astir. Zillah was urging flames up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, was reading a book by the aid of the blaze. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. ","abridged":"She held her hand between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in it; stopping only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog that snoozled its nose into her face.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I was surprised to see Heathcliff there also. ","abridged":"I was surprised to see Heathcliff there also. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan.\n","abridged":"He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"And you, you worthless-\" he broke out as I entered, turning to his daughter-in-law, and employing an epithet as harmless as duck, or sheep, but generally represented by a dash-. ","abridged":"'And you, you worthless ___' he broke out, turning to his daughter-in-law, and using a term generally represented by a dash ___. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"There you are, at your idle tricks again! ","abridged":"'There you are, at your idle tricks again! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The rest of them do earn their bread-you live on my charity! ","abridged":"The rest of them earn their bread - you live on my charity! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Put your trash away, and find something to do. ","abridged":"Put your trash away, and find something to do. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight-do you hear, damnable jade?\"\n","abridged":"You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight - do you hear, damnable jade?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"I'll put my trash away, because you can make me if I refuse,\" answered the young lady, closing her book, and throwing it on a chair. ","abridged":"'I'll put my trash away,' answered the young lady, throwing her book on a chair. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"\"But I'll not do anything, though you should swear your tongue out, except what I please!\"\n","abridged":"'But I'll not do anything except what I please!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Heathcliff lifted his hand, and the speaker sprang to a safer distance, obviously acquainted with its weight. ","abridged":"Heathcliff lifted his hand, and she sprang away. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. ","abridged":"Having no desire to be entertained by a fight, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to warm myself at the fire. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. ","abridged":"Heathcliff placed his fists in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she played the part of a statue during the rest of my stay.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"That was not long. ","abridged":"That was not long. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice.\n","abridged":"I declined breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, escaped into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as ice.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"My landlord halloed for me to stop ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor. ","abridged":"Before I reached the end of the garden, my landlord called to me to stop, and offered to accompany me across the moor. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday's walk left pictured in my mind. ","abridged":"It was well he did, for the whole hill was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls gave no sign of the rises and depressions in the ground. Many pits were filled level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, were blotted from the scene of my walk yesterday. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road.\n","abridged":"I had noticed a line of upright stones along the road, daubed with whitewash to serve as guides in the dark or in the snow: but almost all traces of them had vanished. My companion had to warn me frequently to steer to right or left, when I imagined I was following the road.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"We exchanged little conversation, and he halted at the entrance of Thrushcross Park, saying, I could make no error there. ","abridged":"We talked little, and he left me at the entrance of Thrushcross Park; then I pushed forward alone. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter's lodge is untenanted as yet. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"The distance from the gate to the grange is two miles; I believe I managed to make it four, what with losing myself among the trees, and sinking up to the neck in snow: a predicament which only those who have experienced it can appreciate. ","abridged":"The distance from the gate to the grange is two miles. I believe I managed to make it four, what with losing myself among the trees, and sinking up to the neck in snow. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights.\n","abridged":"The clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; so I had taken exactly an hour for every mile of the way from Wuthering Heights.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. ","abridged":"My housekeeper and servants rushed to welcome me, exclaiming that they thought that I had perished last night. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment.","abridged":"I bid them be quiet, and numbly dragged upstairs. After putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro for thirty minutes to restore warmth to my limbs, I retired to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too weak to enjoy the cheerful fire and steaming coffee which the servant had prepared for me.","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 3"}
{"original":"Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and-a thing that amazed us, and set the neighbours gossiping right and left-he brought a wife with him. ","abridged":"Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and to our amazement, brought a wife with him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the union from his father.\n","abridged":"What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the marriage secret from his father.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She was not one that would have disturbed the house much on her own account. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her; and every circumstance that took place about her: except the preparing for the burial, and the presence of the mourners. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly-\"Are they gone yet?\" ","abridged":"I thought she was half silly: when the mourners came before the burial, she ran into her room, sat there shivering and clasping her hands, and asked repeatedly, 'Are they gone yet?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping-and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn't know; but she felt so afraid of dying! ","abridged":"Then she trembled, and fell a-weeping. When I asked what was the matter, she answered, she didn't know; but she felt so afraid of dying!\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I imagined her as little likely to die as myself. ","abridged":"I imagined her as little likely to die as myself. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. ","abridged":"She was rather thin, but young, and pink-cheeked, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. ","abridged":"I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms meant.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We don't in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Young Earnshaw was altered considerably in the three years of his absence. ","abridged":"Young Earnshaw was altered in the three years of his absence. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He had grown sparer, and lost his colour, and spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the very day of his return, he told Joseph and me we must thenceforth quarter ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the house for him. ","abridged":"He spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the day of his return, he told Joseph and me that we must keep ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the main room for him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention.\n","abridged":"He would have carpeted a small spare room as a parlour for his wife; but she expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, the pewter dishes and wide space, that he dropped the intention.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new acquaintance; and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and ran about with her, and gave her quantities of presents, at the beginning. ","abridged":"She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new family, and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and gave her many presents, at the beginning. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. ","abridged":"Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy. ","abridged":"A few words from her, expressing a dislike of Heathcliff, roused Hindley's old hatred of the boy. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead; compelling him to do so as hard as any other lad on the farm.\n","abridged":"He drove Heathcliff from their company to the servants, deprived him of the curate's lessons, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields. ","abridged":"Heathcliff bore this pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"They both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. ","abridged":"They were both growing up as rude as savages; the young master not caring what they did so long as they kept clear of him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. ","abridged":"He would not even have made them go to church, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded him when they were absent; then he ordered Heathcliff to be flogged, and Catherine to have no dinner.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. ","abridged":"But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and they laughed at punishments. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I've cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. ","abridged":"Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: or at least the minute they had thought of some naughty plan of revenge. I saw them growing more reckless daily, but did not dare to speak a word, for fear of losing the small power I still had over them.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere. ","abridged":"One Sunday evening, Cathy and Heathcliff were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise; and when I went to call them to supper, I could find them nowhere. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, Hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. ","abridged":"We searched the house, and the yard and stables; they were invisible. At last, Hindley in fury told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The household went to bed; and I, too anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return. ","abridged":"The household went to bed. I opened my window and put my head out to listen, though it rained, determined to let them in if they returned. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"In a while, I distinguished steps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern glimmered through the gate. ","abridged":"In a while, I heard steps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern glimmered through the gate. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking. ","abridged":"I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"There was Heathcliff, by himself: it gave me a start to see him alone.\n","abridged":"There was Heathcliff, by himself: it gave me a start to see him alone.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Where is Miss Catherine?\" ","abridged":"'Where is Miss Catherine?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I cried hurriedly. ","abridged":"I cried.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"No accident, I hope?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"At Thrushcross Grange,\" he answered; \"and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.\" ","abridged":"'At Thrushcross Grange,' he answered; 'and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Well, you will catch it!\" ","abridged":"'Well, you will catch it!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I said: \"you'll never be content till you're sent about your business. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"What in the world led you wandering to Thrushcross Grange?\" ","abridged":"I said: \"What in the world made you wander to Thrushcross Grange?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Let me get off my wet clothes, and I'll tell you all about it, Nelly,\" he replied. ","abridged":"'Let me get off my wet clothes, and I'll tell you all about it, Nelly,' he replied. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued-\"Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. ","abridged":"While he undressed, he continued: 'Cathy and I escaped for a ramble, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see if the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Do you think they do? ","abridged":"Do you think they do?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their manservant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names, if they don't answer properly?\" ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Probably not,\" I responded. ","abridged":"'Probably not,' I responded. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"They are good children, no doubt, and don't deserve the treatment you receive, for your bad conduct.\" ","abridged":"'They are good children, no doubt, and don't deserve the treatment you get for your bad conduct.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Don't cant, Nelly,\" he said: \"nonsense! ","abridged":"'Nonsense, Nelly!' he said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We ran from the top of the Heights to the park, without stopping-Catherine completely beaten in the race, because she was barefoot. ","abridged":"'We ran from the top of the Heights without stopping - Catherine completely beaten in the race, because she was barefoot. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"You'll have to seek for her shoes in the bog to-morrow. ","abridged":"You'll have to seek for her shoes in the bog tomorrow. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves on a flower-plot under the drawing-room window. ","abridged":"We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves under the drawing-room window. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The light came from thence; they had not put up the shutters, and the curtains were only half closed. ","abridged":"The curtains were only half closed, and we could look in by clinging to the ledge.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw-ah! ","abridged":"'Ah! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"it was beautiful-a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. ","abridged":"it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Old Mr. and Mrs. Linton were not there; Edgar and his sisters had it entirely to themselves. ","abridged":"Old Mr. and Mrs. Linton were not there; Edgar and his sister had it to themselves. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Shouldn't they have been happy? ","abridged":"Shouldn't they have been happy? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We should have thought ourselves in heaven! ","abridged":"We should have thought ourselves in heaven!\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And now, guess what your good children were doing? ","abridged":"'And now, guess what your good children were doing? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Isabella-I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy-lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. ","abridged":"Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the far end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. ","abridged":"Edgar stood on the hearth weeping, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which they had nearly pulled in two between them. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The idiots! ","abridged":"The idiots! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"That was their pleasure! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"to quarrel who should hold a heap of warm hair, and each begin to cry because both, after struggling to get it, refused to take it. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We laughed outright at the petted things; we did despise them! ","abridged":"We laughed outright; we did despise them! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"When would you catch me wishing to have what Catherine wanted? or find us by ourselves, seeking entertainment in yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground, divided by the whole room? ","abridged":"When would you find us yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I'd not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton's at Thrushcross Grange-not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley's blood!\"\n","abridged":"I'd not exchange my condition here, for Edgar Linton's - not if I might paint the house-front with Hindley's blood!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Hush, hush!\" ","abridged":"'Hush, hush!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I interrupted. ","abridged":"I interrupted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"Still you have not told me, Heathcliff, how Catherine is left behind?\"\n","abridged":"'Still you have not told me, Heathcliff, how Catherine is left behind?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I told you we laughed,\" he answered. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"The Lintons heard us, and with one accord they shot like arrows to the door; there was silence, and then a cry, 'Oh, mamma, mamma! Oh, papa! ","abridged":"'The Lintons heard us laughing, and they howled out, \"Oh, mamma, papa! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Oh, mamma, come here. ","abridged":"Oh, come here. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Oh, papa, oh!' ","abridged":"Oh, papa, oh!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"They really did howl out something in that way. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee. ","abridged":"We made frightful noises to terrify them, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was opening the door, and we felt we had better flee. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I had Cathy by the hand, and was urging her on, when all at once she fell down. ","abridged":"I was urging Cathy on, when she fell.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'Run, Heathcliff, run!' ","abridged":"'\"Run, Heathcliff, run!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"she whispered. ","abridged":"she whispered. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!' ","abridged":"\"The bull-dog holds me!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. ","abridged":"The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She did not yell out-no! ","abridged":"She did not yell out - no! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a mad cow. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. ","abridged":"But I cursed it, and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"A beast of a servant came up with a lantern, at last, shouting-'Keep fast, Skulker, keep fast!' ","abridged":"A servant came up with a lantern shouting, \"Hold fast, Skulker!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker's game. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. ","abridged":"He changed his note, however, when he saw the dog half throttled; his huge, purple tongue hanging out of his mouth, and slavering.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The man took Cathy up; she was sick: not from fear, I'm certain, but from pain. ","abridged":"'The man took Cathy up; she was sick from pain. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He carried her in; I followed, grumbling execrations and vengeance. ","abridged":"He carried her in; I followed, grumbling vengeance.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'What prey, Robert?' ","abridged":"'\"What prey, Robert?\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"hallooed Linton from the entrance. ","abridged":"called Linton.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,' he replied; 'and there's a lad here,' he added, making a clutch at me, 'who looks an out-and-outer! ","abridged":"'\"Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,\" he replied; \"and there's a lad here who looks a rogue! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Very like the robbers were for putting them through the window to open the doors to the gang after all were asleep, that they might murder us at their ease. ","abridged":"Very likely robbers were going to put them through the window to open the doors after all were asleep. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! ","abridged":"Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"you shall go to the gallows for this. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Mr. Linton, sir, don't lay by your gun.' ","abridged":"Mr. Linton, sir, don't lay aside your gun.\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'No, no, Robert,' said the old fool. ","abridged":"'\"No, Robert,\" said the old fool. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'The rascals knew that yesterday was my rent-day: they thought to have me cleverly. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Come in; I'll furnish them a reception. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"There, John, fasten the chain. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Give Skulker some water, Jenny. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"To beard a magistrate in his stronghold, and on the Sabbath, too! ","abridged":"\"To rob a magistrate in his home, and on the Sabbath, too! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Where will their insolence stop? ","abridged":"Where will their insolence stop? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Oh, my dear Mary, look here! ","abridged":"Oh, my dear Mary, look here! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Don't be afraid, it is but a boy-yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?' ","abridged":"Don't be afraid, it is only a boy - yet the villain scowls; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once?\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. ","abridged":"'He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton raised her hands in horror. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping-'Frightful thing! ","abridged":"The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - \"Frightful thing! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Put him in the cellar, papa. ","abridged":"Put him in the cellar, papa. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"He's exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. ","abridged":"He's like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Isn't he, Edgar?'\n","abridged":"Isn't he, Edgar?\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"While they examined me, Cathy came round; she heard the last speech, and laughed. ","abridged":"'Cathy heard her, and laughed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Edgar Linton, after an inquisitive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her. They see us at church, you know, though we seldom meet them elsewhere. ","abridged":"Edgar Linton then recognised her from church.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'That's Miss Earnshaw?' ","abridged":"'\"That's Miss Earnshaw!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"he whispered to his mother, 'and look how Skulker has bitten her-how her foot bleeds!'\n","abridged":"he whispered to his mother, \"and look how Skulker has bitten her - how she bleeds!\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"'Miss Earnshaw? ","abridged":"'\"Miss Earnshaw? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Nonsense!' ","abridged":"Nonsense!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"cried the dame; 'Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! ","abridged":"cried she; \"Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And yet, my dear, the child is in mourning-surely it is-and she may be lamed for life!'\n","abridged":"And yet the child is in mourning - surely it is her - and she may be lamed for life!\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"'What culpable carelessness in her brother!' ","abridged":"'\"What carelessness in her brother!\" ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. ","abridged":"exclaimed Mr. Linton. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"'I've understood from Shielders'\" (that was the curate, sir) \"'that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. ","abridged":"\"The curate says he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"But who is this? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Where did she pick up this companion? ","abridged":"But where did she pick up this companion? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Oho! ","abridged":"Oho! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool-a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.'\n","abridged":"He is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool-a little Lascar, or a Spanish castaway.\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"'A wicked boy, at all events,' remarked the old lady, 'and quite unfit for a decent house! ","abridged":"'\"A wicked boy, at all events,\" remarked the old lady, \"and quite unfit for a decent house! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Did you notice his language, Linton? ","abridged":"Did you hear his language?\"\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I'm shocked that my children should have heard it.'\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"I recommenced cursing-don't be angry, Nelly-and so Robert was ordered to take me off. ","abridged":"'I began cursing again - don't be angry, Nelly - and Robert was ordered to take me off. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I refused to go without Cathy; he dragged me into the garden, pushed the lantern into my hand, assured me that Mr. Earnshaw should be informed of my behaviour, and, bidding me march directly, secured the door again. ","abridged":"He dragged me into the garden, and, bidding me march, locked the door. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out. ","abridged":"But I spied on them; because, if Catherine wished to leave, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million fragments, unless they let her out.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"She sat on the sofa quietly. ","abridged":"'She sat on the sofa quietly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Mrs. Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine. ","abridged":"Mrs. Linton took off her cloak. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. ","abridged":"The woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed wine and lemon for her, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons-a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. ","abridged":"They dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire, where she was as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them-to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?\"\n","abridged":"They were full of stupid admiration; she is so superior to them - to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"There will more come of this business than you reckon on,\" I answered, covering him up and extinguishing the light. ","abridged":"'More will come of this,' I answered. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"\"You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won't.\" ","abridged":"'You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will punish you.' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"My words came truer than I desired. The luckless adventure made Earnshaw furious. ","abridged":"My words came true: the adventure made Earnshaw furious. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"And then Mr. Linton, to mend matters, paid us a visit himself on the morrow, and read the young master such a lecture on the road he guided his family, that he was stirred to look about him, in earnest. ","abridged":"And then Mr. Linton paid us a visit the next day, and read Hindley a lecture on how he guided his family.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Heathcliff received no flogging, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure a dismissal; and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint when she returned home; employing art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible.","abridged":"Heathcliff was not flogged, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure his dismissal. Mrs. Earnshaw tried to keep Catherine restrained when she returned home; using art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible.","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 6"}
{"original":"Seven days glided away, every one marking its course by the henceforth rapid alteration of Edgar Linton's state. ","abridged":"In the next seven days Edgar Linton's state grew rapidly worse. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The havoc that months had previously wrought was now emulated by the inroads of hours. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine we would fain have deluded yet; but her own quick spirit refused to delude her: it divined in secret, and brooded on the dreadful probability, gradually ripening into certainty. ","abridged":"Catherine could no longer be deluded: she brooded on the dreadful probability of her father's death, gradually ripening into certainty.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She had not the heart to mention her ride, when Thursday came round; I mentioned it for her, and obtained permission to order her out of doors: for the library, where her father stopped a short time daily-the brief period he could bear to sit up-and his chamber, had become her whole world. ","abridged":"She had not the heart to mention her ride when Thursday came round. I obtained permission to send her out of doors: for her father's chamber had become her whole world. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She grudged each moment that did not find her bending over his pillow, or seated by his side. ","abridged":"She grudged each moment that she did not spend bending over his pillow, or seated by his side. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Her countenance grew wan with watching and sorrow, and my master gladly dismissed her to what he flattered himself would be a happy change of scene and society; drawing comfort from the hope that she would not now be left entirely alone after his death.\n","abridged":"She grew pale with watching, and my master gladly dismissed her to what he thought would be a happy change of scene; drawing comfort from the hope that she would not now be left entirely alone after his death.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He had a fixed idea, I guessed by several observations he let fall, that, as his nephew resembled him in person, he would resemble him in mind; for Linton's letters bore few or no indications of his defective character. ","abridged":"He had a fixed idea, that, as his nephew resembled him in looks, he would resemble him in mind; for Linton's letters bore few signs of his defective character. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And I, through pardonable weakness, refrained from correcting the error; asking myself what good there would be in disturbing his last moments with information that he had neither power nor opportunity to turn to account.\n","abridged":"I did not correct the error, since there was no point disturbing his last moments.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"We deferred our excursion till the afternoon; a golden afternoon of August: every breath from the hills so full of life, that it seemed whoever respired it, though dying, might revive. ","abridged":"We set off on a golden afternoon of August: every breath from the hills so full of life, that it seemed whoever breathed it, even though dying, might revive. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine's face was just like the landscape-shadows and sunshine flitting over it in rapid succession; but the shadows rested longer, and the sunshine was more transient; and her poor little heart reproached itself for even that passing forgetfulness of its cares.\n","abridged":"Catherine's face was just like the landscape - shadows and sunshine flitting over it in rapid succession; but the shadows rested longer.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"We discerned Linton watching at the same spot he had selected before. ","abridged":"We found Linton watching at the same spot as before. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"My young mistress alighted, and told me that, as she was resolved to stay a very little while, I had better hold the pony and remain on horseback; but I dissented: I wouldn't risk losing sight of the charge committed to me a minute; so we climbed the slope of heath together. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Master Heathcliff received us with greater animation on this occasion: not the animation of high spirits though, nor yet of joy; it looked more like fear.\n","abridged":"He received us with greater animation this time: not the animation of joy, though; it looked more like fear.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"It is late!\" ","abridged":"'It is late!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"he said, speaking short and with difficulty. ","abridged":"he said, speaking with difficulty. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Is not your father very ill? ","abridged":"'Is not your father very ill? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I thought you wouldn't come.\"\n","abridged":"I thought you wouldn't come.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"_Why_ won't you be candid?\" cried Catherine, swallowing her greeting. \"Why cannot you say at once you don't want me? ","abridged":"'Why cannot you say at once you don't want me?' cried Catherine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"It is strange, Linton, that for the second time you have brought me here on purpose, apparently to distress us both, and for no reason besides!\"\n","abridged":"'It is strange, Linton, that for the second time you have brought me here apparently to distress us both, and for no reason besides!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Linton shivered, and glanced at her, half supplicating, half ashamed; but his cousin's patience was not sufficient to endure this enigmatical behaviour.\n","abridged":"Linton shivered, and glanced at her, half ashamed; but his cousin was out of patience.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"My father _is_ very ill,\" she said; \"and why am I called from his bedside? Why didn't you send to absolve me from my promise, when you wished I wouldn't keep it? ","abridged":"'My father is very ill,' she said; 'why am I called from his bedside, when you didn't really want me?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Come! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I desire an explanation: playing and trifling are completely banished out of my mind; and I can't dance attendance on your affectations now!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"My affectations!\" he murmured; \"what are they? For heaven's sake, Catherine, don't look so angry! ","abridged":"'Catherine, don't look so angry!' he murmured. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Despise me as much as you please; I am a worthless, cowardly wretch: I can't be scorned enough; but I'm too mean for your anger. ","abridged":"'Despise me if you please; I am a worthless, cowardly wretch. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Hate my father, and spare me for contempt.\"\n","abridged":"Hate my father: but don't hate me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Nonsense!\" ","abridged":"'Nonsense!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"cried Catherine in a passion. ","abridged":"cried Catherine in a passion. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Foolish, silly boy! ","abridged":"'Silly boy! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And there! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"he trembles: as if I were really going to touch him! ","abridged":"He trembles as if I were really going to touch him! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You needn't bespeak contempt, Linton: anybody will have it spontaneously at your service. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Get off! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I shall return home: it is folly dragging you from the hearth-stone, and pretending-what do we pretend? Let go my frock! ","abridged":"I shall return home: let go my frock! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity. ","abridged":"Don't cry and look so frightened. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. ","abridged":"Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Rise, and don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile-_don't_!\"\n","abridged":"Don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile - don't!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"With streaming face and an expression of agony, Linton had thrown his nerveless frame along the ground: he seemed convulsed with exquisite terror.\n","abridged":"With a streaming face and an expression of agony, Linton had thrown himself upon the ground: he seemed convulsed with terror.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Oh!\" ","abridged":"'Oh!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"he sobbed, \"I cannot bear it! ","abridged":"he sobbed, 'I cannot bear it! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine, Catherine, I'm a traitor, too, and I dare not tell you! ","abridged":"Catherine, I'm a traitor, and I dare not tell you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"But leave me, and I shall be killed! ","abridged":"But leave me, and I shall be killed! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"_Dear_ Catherine, my life is in your hands: and you have said you loved me, and if you did, it wouldn't harm you. ","abridged":"Dear Catherine, my life is in your hands: and you have said you loved me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You'll not go, then? ","abridged":"You'll not go, then? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"kind, sweet, good Catherine! ","abridged":"kind, sweet, good Catherine! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And perhaps you _will_ consent-and he'll let me die with you!\"\n","abridged":"And perhaps you will consent - and he'll let me die with you!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"My young lady, on witnessing his intense anguish, stooped to raise him. ","abridged":"My young lady, on witnessing his intense anguish, stooped to raise him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The old feeling of indulgent tenderness overcame her vexation, and she grew thoroughly moved and alarmed.\n","abridged":"The old feeling of indulgent tenderness overcame her vexation, and she grew thoroughly moved and alarmed.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Consent to what?\" ","abridged":"'Consent to what?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"she asked. ","abridged":"she asked. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"To stay! ","abridged":"'To stay? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"tell me the meaning of this strange talk, and I will. ","abridged":"tell me the meaning of this strange talk, and I will. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You contradict your own words, and distract me! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Be calm and frank, and confess at once all that weighs on your heart. ","abridged":"Be calm, and confess all that weighs on your heart. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You wouldn't injure me, Linton, would you? ","abridged":"You wouldn't injure me, Linton, would you? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You wouldn't let any enemy hurt me, if you could prevent it? ","abridged":"You wouldn't let any enemy hurt me, if you could prevent it? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'll believe you are a coward, for yourself, but not a cowardly betrayer of your best friend.\"\n","abridged":"I'll believe you are a coward, but not a cowardly betrayer of your best friend.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"But my father threatened me,\" gasped the boy, clasping his attenuated fingers, \"and I dread him-I dread him! ","abridged":"'But my father threatened me,' gasped the boy, 'and I dread him - I dread him! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I _dare_ not tell!\"\n","abridged":"I dare not tell!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Oh, well!\" ","abridged":"'Oh, well!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"said Catherine, with scornful compassion, \"keep your secret: _I'm_ no coward. Save yourself: I'm not afraid!\"\n","abridged":"said Catherine, with scornful compassion, 'keep your secret: I'm not afraid!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Her magnanimity provoked his tears: he wept wildly, kissing her supporting hands, and yet could not summon courage to speak out. ","abridged":"He wept wildly, kissing her hands, and yet could not summon courage to speak out. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I was cogitating what the mystery might be, and determined Catherine should never suffer to benefit him or any one else, by my good will; when, hearing a rustle among the ling, I looked up and saw Mr. Heathcliff almost close upon us, descending the Heights. ","abridged":"I was wondering what the mystery might be, when, hearing a rustle, I looked up and saw Mr. Heathcliff close upon us. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He didn't cast a glance towards my companions, though they were sufficiently near for Linton's sobs to be audible; but hailing me in the almost hearty tone he assumed to none besides, and the sincerity of which I couldn't avoid doubting, he said-\n","abridged":"He didn't cast a glance towards my companions, though Linton's sobs were audible; but hailing me in the hearty tone he assumed to none besides, he said-\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"It is something to see you so near to my house, Nelly. How are you at the Grange? ","abridged":"'How are you at the Grange, Nelly? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Let us hear. ","abridged":"Let us hear. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The rumour goes,\" he added, in a lower tone, \"that Edgar Linton is on his death-bed: perhaps they exaggerate his illness?\"\n","abridged":"The rumour goes,' he added, in a lower tone, 'that Edgar Linton is on his death-bed: perhaps they exaggerate his illness?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"No; my master is dying,\" I replied: \"it is true enough. ","abridged":"'No; my master is dying,' I replied. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"A sad thing it will be for us all, but a blessing for him!\"\n","abridged":"'A sad thing it will be for us all, but a blessing for him!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"How long will he last, do you think?\" ","abridged":"'How long will he last, do you think?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"he asked.\n","abridged":"he asked.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I don't know,\" I said.\n","abridged":"'I don't know,' I said.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Because,\" he continued, looking at the two young people, who were fixed under his eye-Linton appeared as if he could not venture to stir or raise his head, and Catherine could not move, on his account-\"because that lad yonder seems determined to beat me; and I'd thank his uncle to be quick, and go before him! ","abridged":"'Because,' he continued, looking at the two young people, 'that lad seems determined to beat me; and I'd thank his uncle to be quick, and go before him! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Hallo! ","abridged":"Hallo! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"has the whelp been playing that game long? ","abridged":"has the whelp been playing that game long? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I _did_ give him some lessons about snivelling. ","abridged":"I did give him some lessons about snivelling. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Is he pretty lively with Miss Linton generally?\"\n","abridged":"Is he pretty lively with Miss Linton generally?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Lively? ","abridged":"'Lively? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"no-he has shown the greatest distress,\" I answered. ","abridged":"No - he has shown the greatest distress,' I answered. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"To see him, I should say, that instead of rambling with his sweetheart on the hills, he ought to be in bed, under the hands of a doctor.\"\n","abridged":"'I should say that instead of rambling on the hills, he ought to be in bed, under the hands of a doctor.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"He shall be, in a day or two,\" muttered Heathcliff. ","abridged":"'He shall be, in a day or two,' muttered Heathcliff. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"But first-get up, Linton! ","abridged":"'But first - get up, Linton!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Get up!\" ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"he shouted. ","abridged":"he shouted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Don't grovel on the ground there: up, this moment!\"\n","abridged":"'Don't grovel on the ground. Up, this moment!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Linton had sunk prostrate again in another paroxysm of helpless fear, caused by his father's glance towards him, I suppose: there was nothing else to produce such humiliation. ","abridged":"Linton had sunk down in helpless fear. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He made several efforts to obey, but his little strength was annihilated for the time, and he fell back again with a moan. ","abridged":"He made several efforts to obey, but had no strength, and fell back again with a moan. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Mr. Heathcliff advanced, and lifted him to lean against a ridge of turf.\n","abridged":"Mr. Heathcliff advanced, and lifted him to lean against a ridge of turf.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Now,\" said he, with curbed ferocity, \"I'm getting angry and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours-_damn_ you! ","abridged":"'Now,' said he, with curbed ferocity, 'I'm getting angry. If you don't command that paltry spirit of yours - damn you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"get up directly!\"\n","abridged":"get up directly!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I will, father,\" he panted. ","abridged":"'I will, father,' he panted. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Only, let me alone, or I shall faint. ","abridged":"'Only, let me alone, or I shall faint. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I've done as you wished, I'm sure. ","abridged":"I've done as you wished. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine will tell you that I-that I-have been cheerful. ","abridged":"Catherine will tell you that I - that I - have been cheerful. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Ah! ","abridged":"Ah! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"keep by me, Catherine; give me your hand.\"\n","abridged":"keep by me, Catherine; give me your hand.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Take mine,\" said his father; \"stand on your feet. ","abridged":"'Take mine,' said his father; 'stand on your feet. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"There now-she'll lend you her arm: that's right, look at her. ","abridged":"She'll lend you her arm: that's right. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You would imagine I was the devil himself, Miss Linton, to excite such horror. ","abridged":"You would imagine I was the devil himself, Miss Linton, to excite such horror. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Be so kind as to walk home with him, will you? ","abridged":"Be so kind as to walk home with him, will you? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He shudders if I touch him.\"\n","abridged":"He shudders if I touch him.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Linton dear!\" ","abridged":"'Linton dear!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"whispered Catherine, \"I can't go to Wuthering Heights: papa has forbidden me. ","abridged":"whispered Catherine, 'I can't go to Wuthering Heights: papa has forbidden me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He'll not harm you: why are you so afraid?\"\n","abridged":"Why are you so afraid?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I can never re-enter that house,\" he answered. \"I'm _not_ to re-enter it without you!\"\n","abridged":"'I'm not to re-enter that house without you!' he said.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Stop!\" ","abridged":"'Stop!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"cried his father. ","abridged":"cried his father. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"We'll respect Catherine's filial scruples. ","abridged":"'We'll respect Catherine's scruples. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Nelly, take him in, and I'll follow your advice concerning the doctor, without delay.\"\n","abridged":"Nelly, take him in, and I'll follow your advice concerning the doctor.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You'll do well,\" replied I. ","abridged":"'Good,' replied I. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"But I must remain with my mistress: to mind your son is not my business.\"\n","abridged":"'But I must remain with my mistress: minding your son is not my business.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You are very stiff,\" said Heathcliff, \"I know that: but you'll force me to pinch the baby and make it scream before it moves your charity. ","abridged":"'You'll force me to pinch the baby and make it scream,' said Heathcliff. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Come, then, my hero. ","abridged":"'Come, then, my hero. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Are you willing to return, escorted by me?\"\n","abridged":"Shall I escort you?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He approached once more, and made as if he would seize the fragile being; but, shrinking back, Linton clung to his cousin, and implored her to accompany him, with a frantic importunity that admitted no denial. ","abridged":"He approached his son once more; but, shrinking back, Linton clung to Cathy, and frantically implored her to accompany him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"However I disapproved, I couldn't hinder her: indeed, how could she have refused him herself? ","abridged":"How could she refuse? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"What was filling him with dread we had no means of discerning; but there he was, powerless under its grip, and any addition seemed capable of shocking him into idiocy. ","abridged":"We did not know the reason for his dread; but he was powerless under its grip.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"We reached the threshold; Catherine walked in, and I stood waiting till she had conducted the invalid to a chair, expecting her out immediately; when Mr. Heathcliff, pushing me forward, exclaimed-\"My house is not stricken with the plague, Nelly; and I have a mind to be hospitable to-day: sit down, and allow me to shut the door.\"\n","abridged":"We reached the threshold. Catherine walked in and was leading the invalid to a chair; when Mr. Heathcliff, pushing me forward, exclaimed, 'Nelly, I have a mind to be hospitable today: sit down, and allow me to shut the door.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He shut and locked it also. ","abridged":"He shut and locked it also.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I started.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You shall have tea before you go home,\" he added. ","abridged":"'You shall have tea before you go home,' he added. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I am by myself. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Hareton is gone with some cattle to the Lees, and Zillah and Joseph are off on a journey of pleasure; and, though I'm used to being alone, I'd rather have some interesting company, if I can get it. ","abridged":"'Hareton is gone with some cattle to the Lees, and Zillah and Joseph have a day off; and, though I'm used to being alone, I'd rather have some interesting company. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Miss Linton, take your seat by _him_. I give you what I have: the present is hardly worth accepting; but I have nothing else to offer. It is Linton, I mean. ","abridged":"Miss Linton, take your seat by Linton: the present is hardly worth accepting; but I have nothing else to offer. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"How she does stare! ","abridged":"How she does stare! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"It's odd what a savage feeling I have to anything that seems afraid of me! ","abridged":"It's odd how savage I feel towards anything that seems afraid of me! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Had I been born where laws are less strict and tastes less dainty, I should treat myself to a slow vivisection of those two, as an evening's amusement.\"\n","abridged":"Had I been born where laws are less strict, I should treat myself to a slow vivisection of those two, as an evening's amusement.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He drew in his breath, struck the table, and swore to himself, \"By hell! ","abridged":"He drew in his breath, struck the table, and swore to himself: 'By hell! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I hate them.\"\n","abridged":"I hate them.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I am not afraid of you!\" ","abridged":"'I am not afraid of you!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"exclaimed Catherine, who could not hear the latter part of his speech. ","abridged":"exclaimed Catherine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She stepped close up; her black eyes flashing with passion and resolution. ","abridged":"She stepped close up, her black eyes flashing with passion and resolution. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Give me that key: I will have it!\" ","abridged":"'Give me that key: I will have it!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"she said. ","abridged":"she said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I wouldn't eat or drink here, if I were starving.\"\n","abridged":"'I wouldn't eat or drink here, if I were starving.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Heathcliff had the key in his hand that remained on the table. ","abridged":"Heathcliff had the key in his hand. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He looked up, seized with a sort of surprise at her boldness; or, possibly, reminded, by her voice and glance, of the person from whom she inherited it. ","abridged":"He looked up with surprise at her boldness; or, possibly, reminded by her voice of the person from whom she inherited it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She snatched at the instrument, and half succeeded in getting it out of his loosened fingers: but her action recalled him to the present; he recovered it speedily.\n","abridged":"She snatched at the key, and half succeeded in getting it out of his fingers: but he recovered it speedily.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Now, Catherine Linton,\" he said, \"stand off, or I shall knock you down; and, that will make Mrs. Dean mad.\"\n","abridged":"'Now, Catherine Linton,' he said, 'stand off, or I shall knock you down; and that will make Mrs. Dean mad.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Regardless of this warning, she captured his closed hand and its contents again. ","abridged":"Regardless of this warning, she captured his closed hand and its contents again.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"We _will_ go!\" ","abridged":"'We will go!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"she repeated, exerting her utmost efforts to cause the iron muscles to relax; and finding that her nails made no impression, she applied her teeth pretty sharply. ","abridged":"she repeated, trying to make the iron muscles relax; and finding that her nails made no impression, she applied her teeth sharply. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Heathcliff glanced at me a glance that kept me from interfering a moment. ","abridged":"Heathcliff glanced at me to keep me from interfering. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine was too intent on his fingers to notice his face. He opened them suddenly, and resigned the object of dispute; but, ere she had well secured it, he seized her with the liberated hand, and, pulling her on his knee, administered with the other a shower of terrific slaps on both sides of the head, each sufficient to have fulfilled his threat, had she been able to fall.\n","abridged":"Then he opened his fingers suddenly, but before she could take the key, he seized her and gave her a shower of terrific slaps on both sides of the head.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"At this diabolical violence I rushed on him furiously. ","abridged":"At this diabolical violence I rushed on him furiously. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You villain!\" ","abridged":"'You villain!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I began to cry, \"you villain!\" ","abridged":"I began to cry. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"A touch on the chest silenced me: I am stout, and soon put out of breath; and, what with that and the rage, I staggered dizzily back and felt ready to suffocate, or to burst a blood-vessel. ","abridged":"A touch on the chest silenced me: I am stout, and soon put out of breath; and I staggered dizzily back, feeling ready to burst a blood-vessel.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The scene was over in two minutes; Catherine, released, put her two hands to her temples, and looked just as if she were not sure whether her ears were off or on. ","abridged":"The scene was over in two minutes. Catherine, released, put her hands to her head, as if she were not sure whether her ears were off or on. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She trembled like a reed, poor thing, and leant against the table perfectly bewildered.\n","abridged":"She trembled like a reed, poor thing, and leant against the table perfectly bewildered.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I know how to chastise children, you see,\" said the scoundrel, grimly, as he stooped to repossess himself of the key, which had dropped to the floor. ","abridged":"'I know how to chastise children, you see,' said the scoundrel grimly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Go to Linton now, as I told you; and cry at your ease! ","abridged":"'Go to Linton now, and cry at your ease! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I shall be your father, to-morrow-all the father you'll have in a few days-and you shall have plenty of that. ","abridged":"I shall be your father, tomorrow - all the father you'll have in a few days - and you shall have plenty of that. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You can bear plenty; you're no weakling: you shall have a daily taste, if I catch such a devil of a temper in your eyes again!\"\n","abridged":"You can bear plenty; you're no weakling: you shall have a daily taste, if I catch such a devil of a temper in you again!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Cathy ran to me instead of Linton, and knelt down and put her burning cheek on my lap, weeping aloud. ","abridged":"Cathy ran to me instead of to Linton, and knelt down and put her burning cheek on my lap, weeping aloud. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Her cousin had shrunk into a corner of the settle, as quiet as a mouse, congratulating himself, I dare say, that the correction had alighted on another than him. ","abridged":"Her cousin had shrunk into a corner of the settle, as quiet as a mouse, congratulating himself, I dare say, that the correction had alighted on another than him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Mr. Heathcliff, perceiving us all confounded, rose, and expeditiously made the tea himself. ","abridged":"Mr. Heathcliff, perceiving us all confounded, rose, and made the tea himself. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The cups and saucers were laid ready. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He poured it out, and handed me a cup.\n","abridged":"He poured it out, and handed me a cup.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Wash away your spleen,\" he said. ","abridged":"'Wash away your annoyance,' he said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"And help your own naughty pet and mine. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"It is not poisoned, though I prepared it. ","abridged":"'It is not poisoned, though I prepared it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'm going out to seek your horses.\"\n","abridged":"I'm going out to seek your horses.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Our first thought, on his departure, was to force an exit somewhere. ","abridged":"Our first thought, on his departure, was to force an exit somewhere. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"We tried the kitchen door, but that was fastened outside: we looked at the windows-they were too narrow for even Cathy's little figure.\n","abridged":"We tried the kitchen door, but that was locked: and the windows were too narrow for even Cathy's little figure.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Master Linton,\" I cried, seeing we were regularly imprisoned, \"you know what your diabolical father is after, and you shall tell us, or I'll box your ears, as he has done your cousin's.\"\n","abridged":"'Master Linton,' I cried, 'you know what your diabolical father is after, and you shall tell us, or I'll box your ears.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Yes, Linton, you must tell,\" said Catherine. ","abridged":"'Yes, Linton, you must tell,' said Catherine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"It was for your sake I came; and it will be wickedly ungrateful if you refuse.\"\n","abridged":"'It was for your sake I came; and it will be wickedly ungrateful if you refuse.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Give me some tea, I'm thirsty, and then I'll tell you,\" he answered. ","abridged":"'Give me some tea - I'm thirsty. Then I'll tell you,' he answered. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Mrs. Dean, go away. ","abridged":"'Mrs. Dean, go away. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I don't like you standing over me. ","abridged":"I don't like you standing over me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Now, Catherine, you are letting your tears fall into my cup. ","abridged":"Now, Catherine, you are letting your tears fall into my cup. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I won't drink that. ","abridged":"I won't drink that. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Give me another.\" ","abridged":"Give me another.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine pushed another to him, and wiped her face. ","abridged":"Catherine pushed another cup to him, and wiped her face. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I felt disgusted at the little wretch's composure, since he was no longer in terror for himself. ","abridged":"I felt disgusted at the little wretch's composure, since he was no longer in terror for himself. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The anguish he had exhibited on the moor subsided as soon as ever he entered Wuthering Heights; so I guessed he had been menaced with an awful visitation of wrath if he failed in decoying us there; and, that accomplished, he had no further immediate fears.\n","abridged":"His anguish had subsided as soon as he entered Wuthering Heights; so I guessed he had been menaced if he failed to decoy us there; and now had no further fears.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Papa wants us to be married,\" he continued, after sipping some of the liquid. ","abridged":"'Papa wants us to be married,' he continued, sipping some tea. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"And he knows your papa wouldn't let us marry now; and he's afraid of my dying if we wait; so we are to be married in the morning, and you are to stay here all night; and, if you do as he wishes, you shall return home next day, and take me with you.\"\n","abridged":"'And he knows your papa wouldn't let us marry now; and he's afraid of my dying if we wait; so we are to be married in the morning, and you are to stay here all night; and, if you do as he wishes, you shall return home next day, and take me with you.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Take you with her, pitiful changeling!\" ","abridged":"'Take you with her, pitiful changeling!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I exclaimed. ","abridged":"I exclaimed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"_You_ marry? ","abridged":"'You marry? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Why, the man is mad! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"or he thinks us fools, every one. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And do you imagine that beautiful young lady, that healthy, hearty girl, will tie herself to a little perishing monkey like you? ","abridged":"Do you imagine that beautiful young lady, that healthy girl, will tie herself to a little perishing monkey like you? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Are you cherishing the notion that anybody, let alone Miss Catherine Linton, would have you for a husband? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You want whipping for bringing us in here at all, with your dastardly puling tricks: and-don't look so silly, now! ","abridged":"You want whipping for bringing us here at all, with your dastardly tricks: and - don't look so silly! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I've a very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.\"\n","abridged":"I've a good mind to shake you, for your treachery, and your imbecile conceit.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I did give him a slight shaking; but it brought on the cough, and he took to his ordinary resource of moaning and weeping, and Catherine rebuked me.\n","abridged":"I did give him a slight shaking; but it brought on the cough. He started moaning and weeping, and Catherine rebuked me.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Stay all night? ","abridged":"'Stay all night? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"No,\" she said, looking slowly round. ","abridged":"No,' she said, looking round. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Ellen, I'll burn that door down but I'll get out.\"\n","abridged":"'Ellen, I'll burn that door down to get out.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And she would have commenced the execution of her threat directly, but Linton was up in alarm for his dear self again. ","abridged":"At once Linton was up in alarm for his dear self again. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He clasped her in his two feeble arms sobbing:-\"Won't you have me, and save me? ","abridged":"He clasped her in his feeble arms sobbing: 'Won't you have me, and save me? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"not let me come to the Grange? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Oh, darling Catherine! ","abridged":"Oh, darling Catherine! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"you mustn't go and leave, after all. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You _must_ obey my father-you _must_!\"\n","abridged":"You must obey my father - you must!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I must obey my own,\" she replied, \"and relieve him from this cruel suspense. ","abridged":"'I must obey my own,' she replied, 'and relieve him from this cruel suspense. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The whole night! ","abridged":"The whole night! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"What would he think? ","abridged":"What would he think? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He'll be distressed already. ","abridged":"He'll be distressed already. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'll either break or burn a way out of the house. ","abridged":"I'll either break or burn a way out of the house. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Be quiet! ","abridged":"Be quiet! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You're in no danger; but if you hinder me-Linton, I love papa better than you!\" ","abridged":"I love papa better than you!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The mortal terror he felt of Mr. Heathcliff's anger restored to the boy his coward's eloquence. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine was near distraught: still, she persisted that she must go home, and tried entreaty in her turn, persuading him to subdue his selfish agony. While they were thus occupied, our jailor re-entered.\n","abridged":"Catherine was near distraught: she persisted that she must go home, and was entreating him when our jailor re-entered.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Your beasts have trotted off,\" he said, \"and-now Linton! ","abridged":"'Your horses have trotted off,' he said. 'Linton! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"snivelling again? ","abridged":"snivelling again? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"What has she been doing to you? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Come, come-have done, and get to bed. ","abridged":"Have done, and get to bed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"In a month or two, my lad, you'll be able to pay her back her present tyrannies with a vigorous hand. ","abridged":"In a month or two, my lad, you'll be able to pay her back with a vigorous hand. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You're pining for pure love, are you not? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"nothing else in the world: and she shall have you! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"There, to bed! ","abridged":"There, to bed! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Zillah won't be here to-night; you must undress yourself. ","abridged":"Zillah won't be here tonight; you must undress yourself. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Hush! ","abridged":"Hush! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"hold your noise! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Once in your own room, I'll not come near you: you needn't fear. ","abridged":"I'll not come near you: you needn't fear. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"By chance, you've managed tolerably. ","abridged":"By chance, you've managed tolerably. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'll look to the rest.\"\n","abridged":"I'll see to the rest.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He spoke these words, holding the door open for his son to pass, and the latter achieved his exit exactly as a spaniel might which suspected the person who attended on it of designing a spiteful squeeze. ","abridged":"He held the door open for his son, who slunk out like a frightened spaniel. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The lock was re-secured. Heathcliff approached the fire, where my mistress and I stood silent. ","abridged":"Heathcliff locked the door, and approached the fire, where my mistress and I stood silent. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine looked up, and instinctively raised her hand to her cheek: his neighbourhood revived a painful sensation. ","abridged":"Catherine looked up, instinctively raising her hand to her cheek. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Anybody else would have been incapable of regarding the childish act with sternness, but he scowled on her and muttered-\"Oh! ","abridged":"He scowled on her and muttered, 'Oh! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"you are not afraid of me? ","abridged":"so you are not afraid of me? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Your courage is well disguised: you seem damnably afraid!\"\n","abridged":"Your courage is well disguised: you seem damnably afraid!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I _am_ afraid now,\" she replied, \"because, if I stay, papa will be miserable: and how can I endure making him miserable-when he-when he-Mr. Heathcliff, let _me_ go home! ","abridged":"'I am afraid now,' she replied, 'because, if I stay, papa will be miserable: and how can I endure that - when he - when he - Mr. Heathcliff, let me go home! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I promise to marry Linton: papa would like me to: and I love him. ","abridged":"I promise to marry Linton: papa would like me to: and I love him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Why should you wish to force me to do what I'll willingly do of myself?\"\n","abridged":"Why should you wish to force me to do what I'll willingly do myself?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Let him dare to force you,\" I cried. ","abridged":"'Let him dare to force you,' I cried. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"There's law in the land, thank God! ","abridged":"'There's law in the land, thank God!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"there is; though we be in an out-of-the-way place. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'd inform if he were my own son: and it's felony without benefit of clergy!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Silence!\" ","abridged":"'Silence!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"said the ruffian. ","abridged":"said the ruffian. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"To the devil with your clamour! I don't want _you_ to speak. ","abridged":"'To the devil with you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Miss Linton, I shall enjoy myself remarkably in thinking your father will be miserable: I shall not sleep for satisfaction. ","abridged":"Miss Linton, I shall enjoy myself remarkably in thinking your father will be miserable: I shall not sleep for satisfaction. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You could have hit on no surer way of fixing your residence under my roof for the next twenty-four hours than informing me that such an event would follow. ","abridged":"You could have hit on no surer way of fixing your residence under my roof for the next twenty-four hours than telling me of his misery. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"As to your promise to marry Linton, I'll take care you shall keep it; for you shall not quit this place till it is fulfilled.\"\n","abridged":"As to your promise to marry Linton, I'll take care you shall keep it; for you shall not quit this place till it is done.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Send Ellen, then, to let papa know I'm safe!\" ","abridged":"'Send Ellen, then, to let papa know I'm safe!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"exclaimed Catherine, weeping bitterly. ","abridged":"exclaimed Catherine, weeping bitterly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Or marry me now. ","abridged":"'Or let me be married now. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Poor papa! ","abridged":"Poor papa! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Ellen, he'll think we're lost. ","abridged":"Ellen, he'll think we're lost!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"What shall we do?\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Not he! ","abridged":"'Not he! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He'll think you are tired of waiting on him, and run off for a little amusement,\" answered Heathcliff. ","abridged":"He'll think you are tired of waiting on him, and have run off for amusement,' answered Heathcliff. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You cannot deny that you entered my house of your own accord, in contempt of his injunctions to the contrary. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And it is quite natural that you should desire amusement at your age; and that you would weary of nursing a sick man, and that man _only_ your father. ","abridged":"'It is quite natural that you should weary of nursing a sick man. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Catherine, his happiest days were over when your days began. ","abridged":"Catherine, his happiest days were over when your days began. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He cursed you, I dare say, for coming into the world (I did, at least); and it would just do if he cursed you as _he_ went out of it. ","abridged":"He cursed you, I dare say, for coming into the world (I did, at least); and he should curse you as he goes out of it. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'd join him. ","abridged":"I'd join him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I don't love you! ","abridged":"I don't love you! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"How should I? ","abridged":"How should I? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Weep away. ","abridged":"Weep away. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may. ","abridged":"You'll be doing plenty of weeping hereafter; unless Linton improves as your father hopes. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"His letters of advice and consolation entertained me vastly. ","abridged":"His letters of advice entertained me vastly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"In his last he recommended my jewel to be careful of his; and kind to her when he got her. ","abridged":"In his last he recommended my jewel to be kind and careful of his. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Careful and kind-that's paternal. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"But Linton requires his whole stock of care and kindness for himself. Linton can play the little tyrant well. ","abridged":"But Linton requires his whole stock of care and kindness for himself: he can play the tyrant well. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He'll undertake to torture any number of cats, if their teeth be drawn and their claws pared. ","abridged":"He'll undertake to torture any number of cats, if their teeth be drawn and their claws cut. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"You'll be able to tell his uncle fine tales of his _kindness_, when you get home again, I assure you.\"\n","abridged":"You'll be able to tell his uncle fine tales of his kindness, when you get home, I assure you.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You're right there!\" ","abridged":"'You're right there!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I said; \"explain your son's character. Show his resemblance to yourself: and then, I hope, Miss Cathy will think twice before she takes the cockatrice!\"\n","abridged":"I said; 'Show your son's resemblance to yourself, and Miss Cathy will think twice before she takes him!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I don't much mind speaking of his amiable qualities now,\" he answered; \"because she must either accept him or remain a prisoner, and you along with her, till your master dies. ","abridged":"'It doesn't matter now,' he answered; 'because she must either accept him, or remain a prisoner, till your master dies. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I can detain you both, quite concealed, here. ","abridged":"I can keep you both concealed here.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"If you doubt, encourage her to retract her word, and you'll have an opportunity of judging!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I'll not retract my word,\" said Catherine. \"I'll marry him within this hour, if I may go to Thrushcross Grange afterwards. ","abridged":"'I'll marry him within the hour,' said Catherine, 'if I may go home afterwards. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Mr. Heathcliff, you're a cruel man, but you're not a fiend; and you won't, from _mere_ malice, destroy irrevocably all my happiness. ","abridged":"Mr. Heathcliff, you're a cruel man, but you're not a fiend. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"If papa thought I had left him on purpose, and if he died before I returned, could I bear to live? ","abridged":"If papa thought I had left him on purpose, and if he died before I returned, could I bear to live? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I've given over crying: but I'm going to kneel here, at your knee; and I'll not get up, and I'll not take my eyes from your face till you look back at me! ","abridged":"I'm going to kneel here, and I'll not get up till you look back at me! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"No, don't turn away! ","abridged":"No, don't turn away! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"_do look_! ","abridged":"do look! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"you'll see nothing to provoke you. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I don't hate you. ","abridged":"I don't hate you. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'm not angry that you struck me. ","abridged":"I'm not angry that you struck me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Have you never loved _anybody_ in all your life, uncle? ","abridged":"Have you never loved anybody in all your life, uncle? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"_never_? ","abridged":"never? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Ah! ","abridged":"Ah! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"you must look once. ","abridged":"you must look once. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I'm so wretched, you can't help being sorry and pitying me.\"\n","abridged":"I'm so wretched, you can't help pitying me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Keep your eft's fingers off; and move, or I'll kick you!\" ","abridged":"'Keep your lizard's fingers off; and move away, or I'll kick you!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"cried Heathcliff, brutally repulsing her. ","abridged":"cried Heathcliff, brutally repulsing her. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I'd rather be hugged by a snake. ","abridged":"'I'd rather be hugged by a snake. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"How the devil can you dream of fawning on me? ","abridged":"How the devil can you dream of fawning on me? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I _detest_ you!\"\n","abridged":"I detest you!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He shrugged his shoulders: shook himself, indeed, as if his flesh crept with aversion; and thrust back his chair; while I got up, and opened my mouth, to commence a downright torrent of abuse. But I was rendered dumb in the middle of the first sentence, by a threat that I should be shown into a room by myself the very next syllable I uttered. ","abridged":"He shook himself, as if his flesh crept; and thrust back his chair. I opened my mouth to abuse him; but was silenced by a threat.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"It was growing dark-we heard a sound of voices at the garden-gate. ","abridged":"It was growing dark - we heard voices at the garden-gate. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Our host hurried out instantly: _he_ had his wits about him; _we_ had not. There was a talk of two or three minutes, and he returned alone.\n","abridged":"Our host hurried out instantly: after two or three minutes, he returned alone.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I thought it had been your cousin Hareton,\" I observed to Catherine. ","abridged":"'I thought it had been your cousin Hareton,' I observed to Catherine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I wish he would arrive! ","abridged":"'I wish he would arrive! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Who knows but he might take our part?\"\n","abridged":"He might take our part.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"It was three servants sent to seek you from the Grange,\" said Heathcliff, overhearing me. ","abridged":"'It was three servants sent to seek you from the Grange,' said Heathcliff, overhearing me. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"You should have opened a lattice and called out: but I could swear that chit is glad you didn't. ","abridged":"'You should have called through the window; but that chit is glad you didn't. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She's glad to be obliged to stay, I'm certain.\"\n","abridged":"She's glad to be obliged to stay, I'm certain.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"At learning the chance we had missed, we both gave vent to our grief without control; and he allowed us to wail on till nine o'clock. ","abridged":"At learning the chance we had missed, we both wept; and he allowed us to wail on till nine o'clock. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Then he bid us go upstairs, through the kitchen, to Zillah's chamber; and I whispered my companion to obey: perhaps we might contrive to get through the window there, or into a garret, and out by its skylight. ","abridged":"Then he bid us go upstairs to Zillah's chamber; and I whispered to my companion to obey: thinking perhaps we might get through the window there, or out by the garret skylight. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"The window, however, was narrow, like those below, and the garret trap was safe from our attempts; for we were fastened in as before. ","abridged":"The window, however, was too narrow, and the garret was locked.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"We neither of us lay down: Catherine took her station by the lattice, and watched anxiously for morning; a deep sigh being the only answer I could obtain to my frequent entreaties that she would try to rest. ","abridged":"We neither of us lay down. Catherine waited by the window, and watched anxiously for morning; a deep sigh being her only answer when I begged her to rest. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I seated myself in a chair, and rocked to and fro, passing harsh judgment on my many derelictions of duty; from which, it struck me then, all the misfortunes of my employers sprang. It was not the case, in reality, I am aware; but it was, in my imagination, that dismal night; and I thought Heathcliff himself less guilty than I.\n","abridged":"I sat in a chair, and rocked to and fro, passing harsh judgment on myself; for, that dismal night, I thought Heathcliff himself less guilty than I.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"At seven o'clock he came, and inquired if Miss Linton had risen. ","abridged":"At seven o'clock he came for Catherine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"She ran to the door immediately, and answered, \"Yes.\" \"Here, then,\" he said, opening it, and pulling her out. ","abridged":"She ran to the door immediately, and he pulled her out. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I rose to follow, but he turned the lock again. ","abridged":"When I rose to follow, he turned the lock again. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I demanded my release.\n","abridged":"I demanded my release.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Be patient,\" he replied; \"I'll send up your breakfast in a while.\"\n","abridged":"'Be patient,' he replied; 'I'll send up your breakfast in a while.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I thumped on the panels, and rattled the latch angrily and Catherine asked why I was still shut up? ","abridged":"I thumped on the panels, and rattled the latch angrily. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"He answered, I must try to endure it another hour, and they went away. ","abridged":"He told me I must endure it another hour, and then went away. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"I endured it two or three hours; at length, I heard a footstep: not Heathcliff's.\n","abridged":"I endured it two or three hours, until at length, I heard a footstep: not Heathcliff's.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"I've brought you something to eat,\" said a voice; \"oppen t' door!\"\n","abridged":"'I've brought you something to eat,' said a voice; 'open t' door!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Complying eagerly, I beheld Hareton, laden with food enough to last me all day.\n","abridged":"It was Hareton, laden with food. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"\"Tak' it,\" he added, thrusting the tray into my hand.\n\"Stay one minute,\" I began.\n\"Nay,\" cried he, and retired, regardless of any prayers I could pour forth to detain him.\n","abridged":"'Take it,' he added, thrusting the tray into my hand, and retired, ignoring my prayers.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"And there I remained enclosed the whole day, and the whole of the next night; and another, and another. ","abridged":"I remained enclosed the whole day, and the whole of the next night; and another, and another. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"Five nights and four days I remained, altogether, seeing nobody but Hareton once every morning; and he was a model of a jailor: surly, and dumb, and deaf to every attempt at moving his sense of justice or compassion.","abridged":"Five nights and four days I remained, seeing nobody but Hareton; and he was a model jailor: surly, and dumb, and deaf to every appeal to his compassion.","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 27"}
{"original":"A letter, edged with black, announced the day of my master's return. ","abridged":"A letter, edged with black, came from my master. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Isabella was dead; and he wrote to bid me get mourning for his daughter, and arrange a room, and other accommodations, for his youthful nephew. ","abridged":"Isabella was dead; and Edgar was returning with his youthful nephew. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Catherine ran wild with joy at the idea of welcoming her father back; and indulged most sanguine anticipations of the innumerable excellencies of her \"real\" cousin. ","abridged":"Catherine ran wild with joy at the idea of welcoming her father back; and looked forward to seeing her 'real' cousin. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The evening of their expected arrival came. Since early morning she had been busy ordering her own small affairs; and now attired in her new black frock-poor thing! her aunt's death impressed her with no definite sorrow-she obliged me, by constant worrying, to walk with her down through the grounds to meet them.\n","abridged":"On the evening of their expected arrival, she persuaded me to walk with her through the grounds to meet them.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Linton is just six months younger than I am,\" she chattered, as we strolled leisurely over the swells and hollows of mossy turf, under shadow of the trees. ","abridged":"'Linton is just six months younger than I am,' she chattered, as we strolled under the trees. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"How delightful it will be to have him for a playfellow! ","abridged":"'How delightful it will be to have him for a playfellow! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Aunt Isabella sent papa a beautiful lock of his hair; it was lighter than mine-more flaxen, and quite as fine. ","abridged":"Aunt Isabella sent papa a beautiful lock of his hair; it was lighter than mine. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I have it carefully preserved in a little glass box; and I've often thought what a pleasure it would be to see its owner. ","abridged":"I've often thought what a pleasure it would be to see its owner. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Oh! ","abridged":"Oh! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I am happy-and papa, dear, dear papa! ","abridged":"I am happy - and dear papa! ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Come, Ellen, let us run! ","abridged":"Come, Ellen, let us run!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"come, run.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"She ran, and returned and ran again, many times before my sober footsteps reached the gate, and then she seated herself on the grassy bank beside the path, and tried to wait patiently; but that was impossible: she couldn't be still a minute.\n","abridged":"She ran to the gate, and then sat on the grassy bank beside the path, and tried to wait patiently; but that was impossible.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"How long they are!\" ","abridged":"'How long they are!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"she exclaimed. ","abridged":"she exclaimed. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Ah, I see, some dust on the road-they are coming! ","abridged":"'Ah, I see some dust on the road - they are coming!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"No! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"When will they be here? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"May we not go a little way-half a mile, Ellen, only just half a mile? ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Do say yes: to that clump of birches at the turn!\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I refused staunchly. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"At length her suspense was ended: the travelling carriage rolled in sight. ","abridged":"The travelling carriage rolled into sight. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Miss Cathy shrieked and stretched out her arms as soon as she caught her father's face looking from the window. ","abridged":"Miss Cathy shrieked and stretched out her arms as soon as she saw her father's face looking from the window. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He descended, nearly as eager as herself; and a considerable interval elapsed ere they had a thought to spare for any but themselves. While they exchanged caresses I took a peep in to see after Linton. ","abridged":"Edgar descended, and while they exchanged caresses I took a peep in at Linton. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a warm, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter. ","abridged":"He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a warm, fur-lined cloak. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master's younger brother, so strong was the resemblance: but there was a sickly peevishness in his aspect that Edgar Linton never had. ","abridged":"A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master's younger brother, so strong was the resemblance: but there was a sickly peevishness in his aspect that Edgar Linton never had.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The latter saw me looking; and having shaken hands, advised me to close the door, and leave him undisturbed; for the journey had fatigued him. ","abridged":"Mr Linton saw me looking; and advised me not to disturb him; for the journey had fatigued him.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Cathy would fain have taken one glance, but her father told her to come, and they walked together up the park, while I hastened before to prepare the servants.\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Now, darling,\" said Mr. Linton, addressing his daughter, as they halted at the bottom of the front steps: \"your cousin is not so strong or so merry as you are, and he has lost his mother, remember, a very short time since; therefore, don't expect him to play and run about with you directly. ","abridged":"'Now, darling,' he said to his daughter, 'your cousin is not so strong or so merry as you are, and he has lost his mother, remember; so don't expect him to play and run about with you. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"And don't harass him much by talking: let him be quiet this evening, at least, will you?\"\n","abridged":"Let him be quiet this evening, at least.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Yes, yes, papa,\" answered Catherine: \"but I do want to see him; and he hasn't once looked out.\"\n","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The carriage stopped; and the sleeper being roused, was lifted to the ground by his uncle.\n","abridged":"Edgar and Cathy walked up to the house, while the carriage was driven round to the steps. There he roused Linton and lifted him out.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"This is your cousin Cathy, Linton,\" he said, putting their little hands together. ","abridged":"'This is your cousin Cathy, Linton,' he said, putting their little hands together. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"She's fond of you already; and mind you don't grieve her by crying to-night. ","abridged":"'She's fond of you already; and mind you don't grieve her by crying. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Try to be cheerful now; the travelling is at an end, and you have nothing to do but rest and amuse yourself as you please.\"\n","abridged":"Try to be cheerful now; the travelling is at an end, and you can rest and amuse yourself as you please.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Let me go to bed, then,\" answered the boy, shrinking from Catherine's salute; and he put his fingers to remove incipient tears.\n","abridged":"'Let me go to bed, then,' answered the boy, shrinking from Catherine, and starting to weep.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Come, come, there's a good child,\" I whispered, leading him in. ","abridged":"'Come, come, there's a good child,' I whispered, leading him in. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"You'll make her weep too-see how sorry she is for you!\"\n","abridged":"'You'll make her weep too - see how sorry she is for you!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I do not know whether it was sorrow for him, but his cousin put on as sad a countenance as himself, and returned to her father. ","abridged":"Certainly, his cousin looked as sad as he did. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"All three entered, and mounted to the library, where tea was laid ready. ","abridged":"All three went to the library, where tea was laid ready. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I proceeded to remove Linton's cap and mantle, and placed him on a chair by the table; but he was no sooner seated than he began to cry afresh. ","abridged":"I removed Linton's cap and cloak, and placed him on a chair by the table; but he began to cry afresh. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"My master inquired what was the matter.\n","abridged":"My master inquired what was the matter.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"I can't sit on a chair,\" sobbed the boy.\n","abridged":"'I can't sit on a chair,' sobbed the boy.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Go to the sofa, then, and Ellen shall bring you some tea,\" answered his uncle patiently.\n","abridged":"'Go to the sofa, then, and Ellen shall bring you some tea,' answered his uncle patiently.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He had been greatly tried, during the journey, I felt convinced, by his fretful ailing charge. ","abridged":"He had been greatly tried during the journey, I felt convinced, by his fretful, ailing charge. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Linton slowly trailed himself off, and lay down. Cathy carried a footstool and her cup to his side. ","abridged":"Linton slowly trailed off, and lay down, and Cathy carried a footstool to his side. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby. ","abridged":"At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"This pleased him, for he was not much better: he dried his eyes, and lightened into a faint smile.\n","abridged":"This pleased him: he dried his eyes, and lightened into a faint smile.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Oh, he'll do very well,\" said the master to me, after watching them a minute. ","abridged":"'Oh, he'll do very well,' said the master to me, watching them. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Very well, if we can keep him, Ellen. ","abridged":"'Very well, if we can keep him, Ellen. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"The company of a child of his own age will instil new spirit into him soon, and by wishing for strength he'll gain it.\"\n","abridged":"The company of a child of his own age will give him new spirit.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Ay, if we can keep him!\" ","abridged":"'Ay, if we can keep him!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I mused to myself; and sore misgivings came over me that there was slight hope of that. ","abridged":"I mused to myself; I felt that there was little hope of that. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"And then, I thought, how ever will that weakling live at Wuthering Heights? ","abridged":"I thought, how ever will that weakling live at Wuthering Heights, with Heathcliff and Hareton? ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Between his father and Hareton, what playmates and instructors they'll be. ","abridged":"what playmates and instructors they'll be.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Our doubts were presently decided-even earlier than I expected. ","abridged":"Our doubts were soon decided. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I had just taken the children upstairs, after tea was finished, and seen Linton asleep-he would not suffer me to leave him till that was the case-I had come down, and was standing by the table in the hall, lighting a bedroom candle for Mr. Edgar, when a maid stepped out of the kitchen and informed me that Mr. Heathcliff's servant Joseph was at the door, and wished to speak with the master.\n","abridged":"I had just taken the children upstairs to bed, and had come back down, when a maid informed me that Joseph was at the door, and wished to speak with the master.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"I shall ask him what he wants first,\" I said, in considerable trepidation. \"A very unlikely hour to be troubling people, and the instant they have returned from a long journey. ","abridged":"'It is an unlikely hour to be troubling people, and the instant they have returned from a long journey,' I said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I don't think the master can see him.\"\n","abridged":"'I don't think the master can see him.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Joseph had advanced through the kitchen as I uttered these words, and now presented himself in the hall. He was donned in his Sunday garments, with his most sanctimonious and sourest face, and, holding his hat in one hand, and his stick in the other, he proceeded to clean his shoes on the mat.\n","abridged":"However, Joseph had advanced through the kitchen as I uttered these words, and now presented himself in his Sunday clothes, with his most sanctimonious and sourest face.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Good-evening, Joseph,\" I said, coldly. ","abridged":"'Good-evening, Joseph,' I said, coldly. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"What business brings you here to-night?\"\n","abridged":"'What brings you here tonight?'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"It's Maister Linton I mun spake to,\" he answered, waving me disdainfully aside.\n","abridged":"'It's Master Linton I must speak to,' he answered, waving me disdainfully aside.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Mr. Linton is going to bed; unless you have something particular to say, I'm sure he won't hear it now,\" I continued. ","abridged":"'Mr. Linton is going to bed; unless you have something particular to say, I'm sure he won't hear it now,' I continued. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"You had better sit down in there, and entrust your message to me.\"\n","abridged":"'You had better entrust your message to me.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Which is his rahm?\" ","abridged":"'Which is his room?' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"pursued the fellow, surveying the range of closed doors.\n","abridged":"he pursued, surveying the range of closed doors.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"I perceived he was bent on refusing my mediation, so very reluctantly I went up to the library, and announced the unseasonable visitor, advising that he should be dismissed till next day. ","abridged":"Reluctantly I went to the library, and announced him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Mr. Linton had no time to empower me to do so, for Joseph mounted close at my heels, and, pushing into the apartment, planted himself at the far side of the table, with his two fists clapped on the head of his stick, and began in an elevated tone, as if anticipating opposition-\n","abridged":"But Joseph followed close at my heels, and, pushing into the room, began in a high tone, as if anticipating opposition:\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Hathecliff has sent me for his lad, and I munn't goa back 'bout him.\"\n","abridged":"'Heathcliff has sent me for his lad, and I mustn't go back without him.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Edgar Linton was silent a minute; an expression of exceeding sorrow overcast his features: he would have pitied the child on his own account; but, recalling Isabella's hopes and fears, and anxious wishes for her son, and her commendations of him to his care, he grieved bitterly at the prospect of yielding him up, and searched in his heart how it might be avoided. ","abridged":"Edgar Linton was silent a minute; sorrow overcast his features. Recalling Isabella's anxious wishes for her son, he grieved bitterly at the prospect of yielding him up, and searched in his heart how it might be avoided. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"No plan offered itself: the very exhibition of any desire to keep him would have rendered the claimant more peremptory: there was nothing left but to resign him. ","abridged":"No plan offered itself: there was nothing left but to resign him. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"However, he was not going to rouse him from his sleep.\n","abridged":"However, he was not going to rouse him from his sleep.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Tell Mr. Heathcliff,\" he answered calmly, \"that his son shall come to Wuthering Heights to-morrow. ","abridged":"'Tell Mr. Heathcliff,' he answered calmly, 'that his son shall come to Wuthering Heights tomorrow. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"He is in bed, and too tired to go the distance now. ","abridged":"He is in bed, and too tired to travel now. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"You may also tell him that the mother of Linton desired him to remain under my guardianship; and, at present, his health is very precarious.\"\n","abridged":"You may also tell him that Linton's mother desired him to remain under my guardianship; and, at present, his health is very precarious.'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Noa!\" ","abridged":"'No!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"said Joseph, giving a thud with his prop on the floor, and assuming an authoritative air. ","abridged":"said Joseph. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Noa! ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"that means naught. ","abridged":"","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Hathecliff maks noa 'count o' t' mother, nor ye norther; but he'll heu' his lad; und I mun tak' him-soa now ye knaw!\"\n","abridged":"'Heathcliff makes no account o' the mother; he'll have his lad; and I must take him - so now yah know!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"You shall not to-night!\" ","abridged":"'Not tonight!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"answered Linton decisively. ","abridged":"answered Linton decisively. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Walk down stairs at once, and repeat to your master what I have said. ","abridged":"'Walk downstairs at once, and repeat to your master what I have said. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Ellen, show him down. ","abridged":"Ellen, show him down. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"Go-\"\n","abridged":"Go!'\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"And, aiding the indignant elder with a lift by the arm, he rid the room of him and closed the door.\n","abridged":"And, aiding the indignant elder with his arm, he rid the room of him and closed the door.\n","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"Varrah weell!\" ","abridged":"'Very weell!' ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"shouted Joseph, as he slowly drew off. ","abridged":"shouted Joseph as he left. ","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}
{"original":"\"To-morn, he's come hisseln, and thrust _him_ out, if ye darr!\"","abridged":"'To-morn, he'll come hisself; and thrust him out, if yah dare!'","book":"Wuthering Heights","chapter":"Chapter 19"}