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Whatever I may think can be a matter of no consequence. She was wrong, however, in imagining herself the sole or even the principal subject of his angry feelings. Lave been delighted to go with you. I Lave been urging the,visit for the last threo weeks without success; but 1 must ask Miss Forester the secret of her eloquence, When I wish to gain my point another time.
The idea is too absurd to make me angry. It would be mu di kinder to tell mo 1 plainly what is the matter. If it is a fault, it is one easily repaired. Why will you give rise to observations and misconstructions, and cause mo the great pain 1 have experienced this morning? I felt Edith was harsh, and yet she said nothing but what was true. I will confess to you, Edward, where I have gone contrary to your wishes; and I will bear any thing and every thing you may choose to say; but I will never submit to have my actions commented on by any other human being, much less one who has shown me so little kindness as Edith.
Is this your pattern sister, Edward? Since I know how my words are to bo turned against me, I will be more sparing of them. Your sister shall not be troubled for the future with either my conversation or my society. The first wish of my heart is that you should be loved and cherished by my own family. We may indeed frequently be mistaken, and magnify or diminish the importance of what has occurred; or look forward to events that may never happen; but by endeavouring to connect the past and the future, we strengthen a habit of thoughtfulness, and are able to trace more easily the secret sources of the sufferings which so frequently arise, apparently from the ignorance or selfishness of our fellow-creatures, but in reality from some error in ourselves.
She would willingly have made any sacrifice to efface the impression of those few hasty words—for it was easy to foresee that they would probably create a barrier which. If she attempted to be kinder than usual, he might think her insincere; and if she were cold as before, the breach must effectually be widened. The awkwardness, which was equally felt by them, caused several days to elapse before it took place; but having no excuse to offer for not going to the Priory, Edward at length prevailed on Laura to overcome her unwillingness and accompany him, with the secret hope that Edith might be absent.
His wish? Luncheon was rather later than usual; and the footman, ignorant of the effect produced by his words, informed them that Mrs Courtenay and the young ladies were in the dining-room.
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Johnson never will bring up knives and forks enough. It is not fit for you to venture out. Laura, I wish you would say something.
You know quite enough. Edward hesitated. It was decidedly refused ; and Laura felt as if her overtures of peace had been rejected.
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But of this, unfortunately, she was ignorant. There were, however, two persons whose interest in Allingham and the Priory rendered them fully alive to the clouds which so frequently obscured the domestic sunshine — Miss Forester and Mr Dacre. But they also were taken from him. As his constitution became partially re-established by his native air, his energy of mind was again roused.
But its existence was scarcely acknowledged by himself, and perceived only by Mr Pacre. Here again, however, he was disappointed. From causes not confessed, but easily r to be conjectured by a mind of any penetration, a reserve had sprung up between Edith and Edward, which effectually excluded every hope of influence on her part; and Mr Dacre was forced to observe silently and thoughtfully the plan of life -pursued at Ailing- ham, with the certainty that it must at last end in suffering, but without the power of interposing a warning voice against it.
Yet this very sense cf inability served perhaps to increase his interest. It is with a kind of painful fascination that a good mind notices the dawning of sorrow upon the young anil inexperienced. To speak or to be silent seems equally dangerous: and the spirit thus endowed with the fatal gift of prophecy can but watch anxiously, and pray earnestly, and strive to learn the lesson of patient trust, which God would teach us all from the miseries we sec, but may not relieve.
So at least felt Mr Dacrc, and his wish to remain at Elsham became every day more fixed. The world w r as before him, and in his youth he would have delighted in travelling; but even if his health had permitted it, the knowledge that there was no one now to share his pleasure would have effectually.. Elsham had been his home for the happiest period of his life, and no other place seemed so likely to soothe him in his present loneliness.
As the Elsham world had long ago decided must be the case, Mr Dacre determined upon taking a house ; hut wonder and disappointment were in no small degree excited when his intended residence was made i known. The coachmen and grooms of tlic different establishments pronounced that Mr Dacre could be no gentleman: a rich gentleman with only one riding horse was a thing never heard of. Why were there no damask couches, no soft-cushioned chairs, none of the apparatus of luxury which are considered the necessary appendages of wealth?
Why, when the only spare room the little cottage afforded was a modci of refinement, was the chamber of its owncf so perfectly unadorned? The gradations were so gradual as not to he perceptible; the excuses so plausible as scarcely to be withstood. Mr Dacre saw and felt tiiis.
Because his means of gratification were ample, he guarded against yielding, to his own inclinations; and while his house, and his table, and his equipage, were in accordance with his station in the world, lie himself, even in India—the land of indolence and ease, pursued in secret a course of life which by many would have been considered one of severe mortification.
With benevolence which, after a short experience, no one could doubt, he still kept within such limits, that none could plead tile munificence of the rich Indian as an excuse for their own selfishness. That there must be a considerable surplus, even after every possiblp expense had been taken into calculation, was decided; and how was it appropriated?
It was possible, but not probable; and the idea, when suggested at a tea-party in Elsham, was almost immediately rejected. Was it to be an inheritance for Miss Forester?
The notion was plausible, but the lady in question was not sufficiently a favourite in society for it to be generally received. This, however, was a mistake. His health, too, though a constant source of suffering to himself, did not as yet appear fikely entirely to fail, and speculations as to the ultimate disposal of his fortune were forgotten in admiration of his winter charities, and life splendid presents to General Forester and his niece. Yet, in the monotony of every-day life, his vicinity was felt to be a considerable relief. There was always something to be told about him,— which road he had chogciftbr his walk, what visits lie had paid, how he was looking, whether he wore a great coat—or some wonder to be expressed as to 1 why lie had not thought proper to walk at all; and in tli o.
Laura, in the meantime, unsuspicious of evil, and seeing no indications of any necessity for prudence, felt no scruple in urging upon her husband the gratification of each wish as it arose. Expensive ornaments, new carriages, costly furniture,—all were successively thought of; when thought of, desired: r. Edith looked on in sorrow; but her influence with her brother was 4 gone. Perhaps, among the chief of these, was the constant recurrence of one small wish,—the same which he had once endeavoured to check in his wife.
SJje complained to Edith; but, believing it impossible that Edwafd could ever think of breaking his word, and not daring to approach the subject with him, Edith tried to persuade her that she was fanciful.
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But his resistance had been only in words. Immediately idler cautioning Laura against wishes, lie had acted against his own convictions, and so he had continued; not, as in other instances, from impulse and -weakness, but wilfully; and the injury to his fiioral character could only bo estimated by future trials. It is a fearful mistake to believe, that because our wishes arc not accomplished they can do no harm.
Yes, he is, but he is engaged: do ydft want to sec him particularly? She seldom came to Allingliam without finding some alterations either proposed or commenced; and before she could reply, Edward entered the room. Edith listened, but finding that she was not of much use, soon proposed going; and was just wishing Laura good-bye, when Mr Dacre stopped her.
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There was something pointed in the way in which he asked her to wait, and allow him to walk home with her; and she fancied, as she hud done once or twice before in the course of the conversation, that he looked restless and disturbed, which for him was very unusual, and after a little more conversation lie took his leave. It is such an awkward thing to give opinions which appear like advice. And after all, your brother may not have the same reasons to feajr being visionary that I had when I was at his age. Do you think I have? But I was wrong in saying that you had no influence, since no human being is without it.
The difficulty is, to make the best use of it. I think we shoulcrsearcely say then that we had no influence. All that we have once said or done may fade from the memory, but it does not therefore die. I do wish,—yes, most earnestly wish to do right. Mr Dacre paused.