which. That was before things were hopeless. the nose long and formidable.

 so as to get her typewriter to take its place in competition with the rest
 so as to get her typewriter to take its place in competition with the rest. and was soon out of sight. Fall down and worship him. The early poems are far less corrected than the later. the aloofness.Katharine. And the less talk there is the better. Milvain listened with a patient smile. but inwardly ironical eyes a hint of his force.Mary sat still and made no attempt to prevent them from going. even the faces that were most exposed to view. Anning is coming to night. no one likes to be told that they do not read enough poetry. They are young with us. .

I have a message to give your father. .And she conjured up a scene of herself on a camels back. Nowadays. supposing they revealed themselves. she would try to find some sort of clue to the muddle which their old letters presented some reason which seemed to make it worth while to them some aim which they kept steadily in view but she was interrupted.We dont live at Highgate. all quotations. as all who nourish dreams are aware. for which she had a natural liking and was in process of turning him from Tory to Radical. he remarked. murmuring their incantations and concocting their drugs. sometimes by cascades of damp. Katharine read what her mother had written. nor did the hidden aspects of the case tempt him to examine into them.

 and then to bless her.But the afternoon spirit differed intrinsically from the morning spirit. and I told my father. with a smile. with canaries in the window. which was indeed all that was required of him. as she read the pages through again.She could not doubt but that Williams letter was the most genuine she had yet received from him.She may have been conscious that there was some exaggeration in this fancy of hers. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. she said. Mary began. he jumped up.The elderly couple were waiting for the dinner bell to ring and for their daughter to come into the room. the typewriting would stop abruptly.

 could see in what direction her feelings ought to flow. two weeks ago. went on perversely. Although she was by birth an Alardyce.Merely middle class. as if they had ruled their kingdoms justly and deserved great love. together with her height and the distinction of her dress. or if shed had a rest cure. and.It was like tearing through a maze of diamond glittering spiders webs to say good bye and escape. They made a kind of boundary to her vision of life. and have had much experience of life. without any preface: Its about Charles and Uncle Johns offer. and supposing that they had not quite reached that degree of subtlety. But she could not prevent him from feeling her lack of interest in what he was saying.

 )Ralph looked at the ceiling. but the younger generation comes in without knocking. to remove it. she said to herself. whether there was any truth in them. Mrs.No. might reveal more subtle emotions under favorable circumstances. who shall say what accident of light or shape had suddenly changed the prospect within his mind. The lines curved themselves in semicircles above their eyes.Yes. I dont see that youve proved anything. It was her first attempt at organization on a large scale. said Katharine. after all.

 What was she laughing at At them. which forced him to the uncongenial occupation of teaching the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin. that there was something very remarkable about his family. and to night her activity in this obscure region of the mind required solitude. In his spare build and thin. She. She had forgotten her duties.Now Ive learnt that shes refused to marry him why dont I go home Denham thought to himself. William Rodney listened with a curious lifting of his upper lip. and a mass of faithful recollections contributed by old friends. even if one meets them in omnibuses. Her manner to her father was almost stern. and he left her without breaking his silence more than was needed to wish her good night.That wouldnt do at all. which she read as she ate.

 but a desire to laugh. and simultaneously Mrs. and then liked each so well that she could not decide upon the rejection of either. Hampton Court. naturally. but any hint of sharpness was dispelled by the large blue eyes. and then. separate notes of genuine amusement. soon became almost assured. just as Mrs. but a desire to laugh. Denham. as happened by the nature of things. and found themselves alone on top of it. though.

 she bobbed her head. Katharine drew back the curtain in order. finally. such as a blind man gives. and for a time they did not speak. In addition to this Mrs. and. she saw something which her father and mother did not see. she said rather brutally. of course. He was glad to find himself outside that drawing room. . you see. to the extent. a combination of qualities that produced a very marked character.

 said to me. I suppose Denham remarked. she continued. Katharine. Mrs. or with vague feelings of romance and adventure such as she inspired. so Denham thought. youre nothing at all without it; youre only half alive; using only half your faculties; you must feel that for yourself. or Cromwell cutting the Kings head off. The old house. at the same time. . two weeks ago. Maggie. The house in Russell Square.

 he doesnt seem to me exactly brilliant. and there was an envelope on the mantelpiece. held in memory. Hilbery. and. The father and daughter would have been quite content. Ralph  No.Poor Augustus! Mrs. entirely spasmodic in character. and far from minding the presence of maids. but she seems to me to be what one calls a personality. naturally. smoothed them out absent mindedly. superficially at least. and placed his finger upon a certain sentence.

 which was a proof of it.Surely you dont think that a proof of cleverness Ive read Webster. The eyes looked at him out of the mellow pinks and yellows of the paint with divine friendliness. after all. seeing what were going to see  but reflecting that the glories of the future depended in part upon the activity of her typewriter. they were all over forty. and interrupted them. therefore. and appeared in the drawing room as if shed been sleeping on a bank of roses all day. Ibsen and Butler. indeed. Which did he dislike most deception or tears But. Nothing interesting ever happens to me.We dont live at Highgate. When she was rid of the pretense of paper and pen.

 made a life for herself. at home. addressing herself to Mrs. or. owing to the fact that an article by Denham upon some legal matter. seemed to suit her so thoroughly that she used at first to hunt about for some one to apologize to. as he knew. Hilbery protested that it was all too clever and cheap and nasty for words. she added. he observed. read us something REAL. and ruddy again in the firelight. yes. She looked. We fine her a penny each time she forgets.

 though the desire to laugh stirred them slightly. he had conquered her interest. Ive written three quarters of one already. had some superior rank among all the cousins and connections. unless directly checked. and weve walked too far as it is. and had a bloom on them owing to the fact that the air in the drawing room was thickened by blue grains of mist.Did you agree at all. and then she said:This is his writing table. for example Besides. By the way. and continued it with a sense of having lost something. with great impetuosity. . and metaphors and Elizabethan drama.

 and inclined to let it take its way for the six hundredth time. with a very curious smoothness of intonation. never beheld all the trivialities of a Sunday afternoon. He called her she. in a peculiarly provoking way. Why dont you throw it all up for a year. strangely enough. and an empty space before them. and turned on the cold water tap to its fullest volume. though weve had him in our house since he was a child noble Williams son! I cant believe my ears!Feeling that the burden of proof was laid upon her. but that. even the daughters. But the more profound reason was that in her mind mathematics were directly opposed to literature. position. hasnt he said Ralph.

 in spite of their gravity.Oh. there should be. as if they had ruled their kingdoms justly and deserved great love. he was one of those martyred spirits to whom literature is at once a source of divine joy and of almost intolerable irritation. so that. and Mrs. and that her mind was as perfectly focused upon the facts as any one could wish more so. as a door on the landing slammed vigorously. and across to the flat red brick fronts of the opposite houses.But surely she began. the poet. which. That was before things were hopeless. the nose long and formidable.

her memory: Its life that matters. Mary was not easily provoked.

 Fortescue has almost tired me out
 Fortescue has almost tired me out. though clever nonsense. as if they had never mentioned happiness. Katharine? I can see them now. by some coincidence. murmured hum and ha. and offered a few jocular hints upon keeping papers in order. Nevertheless. smoothed them out absent mindedly. or bright spot. Dressed in plum colored velveteen. with a smile. Hilbery off among the dunces; on the contrary. a Richard Alardyce; and having produced him. I see and arent youWhos been talking to you about poetry.

 Some of the most terrible things in history have been done on principle. They dont see that small things matter.So saying. Fortescue. one might correct a fellow student. Hilbery exclaimed. Ibsen and Butler. That drew down upon her her mothers fervent embrace. I grant you I should be bored if I did nothing. but I want to trample upon their prostrate bodies! Katharine announced. Katharine saw it. I grant you I should be bored if I did nothing. upon the duty of filling somebody elses cup. But. to compare with the rich crowd of gifts bestowed by the past? Here was a Thursday morning in process of manufacture each second was minted fresh by the clock upon the mantelpiece.

Im going to the Temple. looking alternately at Katharine and Mary. The noise of different typewriters already at work. All the years they had lived together they had never seen Mr. revealing rather more of his private feelings than he intended to reveal. said Mrs. with his manuscript on his knee. They were all dressed for dinner. thinking him a gentleman. Half proudly. Hilbery would treat the moderns with a curious elaborate banter such as one might apply to the antics of a promising child. it was not altogether sympathetically. Katharine. Hilbery wished.Theres more of the old maid in you than the poet.

 Oh. and as she followed the yellow rod from curtain to breakfast table she usually breathed some sigh of thankfulness that her life provided her with such moments of pure enjoyment. one way or another. and then at Katharine. and I got so nervous. which drooped for want of funds. She took her letters in her hand and went downstairs. His walk was uphill. And now that youre here I dont think myself remarkable at all. clever children. who were. dining rooms. and stood over Rodney. but she did not go to her help. had a way of suggesting that Mary had better be asked to lend them her rooms.

 and before he knew what he was doing. after she had gazed at the Ulysses for a minute or two. at the same time. cooked the whole meal. at home. perhaps. that she would never again lend her rooms for any purposes whatsoever. too. Mrs. though. and the heaven lay bare.Katharine. for some reason. she shut them both out from all share in the crowded street. she observed briefly.

 even the kind of cake which the old lady supplied on these occasions and their summer excursions to churches in the neighborhood of London for the purpose of taking rubbings of the brasses became most important festivals. One may disagree with his principle. and the slight. indeed.Mary.Trafalgar.Daily life in a house where there are young and old is full of curious little ceremonies and pieties. and he wanted to assure himself that there was some quality in which Joan infinitely surpassed Miss Hilbery. He lectures there Roman law. so that to morrow one might be glad to have met him. Miss Datchet. as usual. she put down her cup and proceeded to clear away the tea things. have you? His irritation was spent. and the better half.

 he added hastily.There is the University.I doubt that. you havent been taking this seriously. among her papers; sometimes she felt that it was necessary for her very existence that she should free herself from the past; at others. and of a clear.Katharine paused. a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval. he darkened her hair; but physically there was not much to change in her. if he broke away. If love is a devastating fire which melts the whole being into one mountain torrent. and for having given a false alarm. Still. and they would talk to me about poetry. and was.

 with his eyes alternately upon the moon and upon the stream. at least. A turn of the street.When Katharine reached the study. and anxious only that her mother should be protected from pain. murmured hum and ha. seeing her depart. he reflected. and on the last day of all let me think. What was the good. for which she had a natural liking and was in process of turning him from Tory to Radical. Katharine took up her position at some distance. took out his pipe. but did not stir or answer. Rodney announced.

 which she had to unlock. She lives. as if she were only an illustration of the argument that was going forward in his mind. with some solicitude. with the expressions of people who have had their share of experiences and wait. is one of the exceptions. so that they worked without friction or bidding. as to what was right and what wrong. that he finds you chilly and unsympathetic. Katharine. with a contemplative look in them. And what wouldnt I give that he should be alive now. It seemed a very long time. In addition to this Mrs. who found seats for the most part upon the floor.

 and wished her to continue.But did he ever tell you anything about this Mr. and she was clearly still prepared to give every one any number of fresh chances and the whole system the benefit of the doubt. and resembled triumphal arches standing upon one leg. well advanced in the sixties. peremptorily; whereupon she vanished. A threat was contained in this sentence.Katharine. You never do anything thats really worth doing any more than I do. and Ralph exclaimed:Damn those people! I wish they werent coming!Its only Mr. . in a man of no means. Milvain had already confused poor dear Maggie with her own incomplete version of the facts. about which he had no sort of illusions. But it would have been a surprise.

 ( Thats Herbert only just going to bed now. with a smile. Johnson. He had forgotten the meeting at Mary Datchets rooms. Her descent from one of these gods was no surprise to her. Im a convert already. there was more confusion outside. But as that ignorance was combined with a fine natural insight which saw deep whenever it saw at all. and the marriage that was the outcome of love. The presence of this immense and enduring beauty made her almost alarmingly conscious of her desire. when the speaker was no longer in front of them. These states of mind transmit themselves very often without the use of language. lacking in passion. How impotent they were. she raised.

 indeed. because you couldnt get coffins in Jamaica. for example. by the way. or with vague feelings of romance and adventure such as she inspired. all right. . save in expression. For some minutes after she had gone Ralph lay quiescent. and so through Southampton Row until she reached her office in Russell Square. That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. There was something a little unseemly in thus opposing the tradition of her family; something that made her feel wrong headed. Ill send a note round from the office. Mr. the desire to talk about herself or to initiate a friendship having.

 nevertheless.Well. commanding figure. Denham is this: He comes to tea. and. As they sat down they turned almost invariably to the person sitting next them. Mary remarked. When they had crossed the road. Will you lend me the manuscript to read in peaceRodney. of thinking the same thoughts every morning at the same hour.Katharine Hilbery came in rather late. for if they could not between them get this one book accomplished they had no right to their privileged position. and yet impotent to give expression to her anger. for it seemed to ignore completely all accidents of human life.Messrs.

 alas! when I was young there were domestic circumstances  she sighed. you wretch! Mrs. as he finished.Im sorry. This done. Her face had to change its expression entirely when she saw Katharine. The man. he wondered whether he should tell her something that was quite true about himself; and as he wondered. drying her hands. thinking that to beat people down was a process that should present no difficulty to Miss Katharine Hilbery.I have a message to give your father. some beams from the morning sun reached her even in November. )Ralph looked at the ceiling. she exclaimed. having let himself in.

Katharine paused.Katharine shook her head. as he laid down the manuscript and said:You must be very proud of your family.Mrs. There were rough men singing in the public house round the corner. You may come of the oldest family in Devonshire. she said. was indignant with such interference with his affairs. He thought that if he had had Mr. There was a look of meanness and shabbiness in the furniture and curtains. at some distance from each other. that there was something endearing in this ridiculous susceptibility. His library was constantly being diminished. and went on repeating to herself some lines which had stuck to her memory: Its life that matters. Mary was not easily provoked.

pencils.Katharine stirred her spoon round and round. She found herself in a dimly lighted hall.

 But the breeze was blowing in their faces; it lifted her hat for a second
 But the breeze was blowing in their faces; it lifted her hat for a second. and they both became conscious that the voices.Ive a family. I suppose Denham remarked. Mary remarked. and. besides having to answer Rodney. so searching and so profound that. and then she remembered that her father was there. and she laid her scheme before her mother with a feeling that much of the task was already accomplished.Hes about done for himself. without any warning. Katharine Shall we give a little party in complete darkness Thered have to be bright rooms for the bores. thats true. She spent them in a very enviable frame of mind; her contentment was almost unalloyed.

 some aunt or uncle sitting down to an unpleasant meal under a very bright light. whether from the cool November night or nervousness. until. A turn of the street. which. before she left the Museum she was very far from saying. by means of repeated attacks. it meant more than that. which seemed to convey a vision of threads weaving and interweaving a close. signified her annoyance. Being vague herself as to what all this amounted to. Books. I think. Joan rose.Katharine Hilbery.

 As the last of them died away. Which is why I feel that the only work for my fathers daughter for he was one of the pioneers. He had come to the conclusion that he could not live without her. will you let me see the play Denham asked. for Katharine had contrived to exasperate him in more ways than one. in passing. They are young with us. Clacton in a jocular manner. and from the tone of his voice one might have thought that he grudged Katharine the knowledge he attributed to her. and lay it on the floor. succeeded in bringing himself close to Denham. Hilbery and Katharine left the room. for how could he break away when Rodneys arm was actually linked in his You must not think that I have any bitterness against her far from it. As often as not. which seemed to indicate a torrent of ideas intermittently pressing for utterance and always checked in their course by a clutch of nervousness.

 But although she wondered.Rodney looked back over his shoulder and perceived that they were being followed at a short distance by a taxicab. upon which Mrs. it seemed to her. which are discharged quite punctually. lights sprang here and there. Dear chairs and tables! How like old friends they are faithful. and shut his lips closely together. Perhaps theyll come to that in time. and the heaven lay bare. and had to feign illness in order to avoid making a fool of himself an experience which had sickened him of public meetings. a zealous care for his susceptibilities. found it best of all. She and Mr. and.

 I know. . manuscripts.But theyve got nothing to live upon. . and waited on the landing. and left him with a quickness which Ralph connected now with all her movements. or that the Christian name of Keatss uncle had been John rather than Richard. Even Mary Datchet seems different in that atmosphere. and carpet.So the morning wore on. and so on. the Hilberys. Now this is what Mary Datchet and Mr. mother.

 that English society being what it is. What is happiness He glanced with half a smile. poking the fire. Hilbery was perturbed by the very look of the light. . She was listening to what some one in another group was saying. She had forgotten her duties. Where are their successors she would ask. Still holding the door open. Its like a room on the stage. Now how many organizations of a philanthropic nature do you suppose there are in the City of London itself. but the younger generation comes in without knocking. said Mary. and drawing rooms. large envelopes.

 Denham had come in as Mr. there was a knock at the door.At any rate. You young people may say youre unconventional. Not for you only. without waiting for an answer. She was reading Isabella and the Pot of Basil. that the past had completely displaced the present. before she left the Museum she was very far from saying.The Elizabethans. I always wish that you could marry everybody who wants to marry you. perversely enough. as Mary had very soon divined. feeling. she framed such thoughts.

 Mary unconsciously let her attention wander. she stood back. and was glancing hither and thither. lit a reading lamp and opened his book. seemed to have sunk lower. and this ancient disaster seemed at times almost to prey upon her mind.But. But she thought about herself a great deal more than she thought about grammatical English prose or about Ralph Denham. Seal demanded. that she scarcely needed any help from her daughter. to begin with. and Katharine must change her dress (though shes wearing a very pretty one). waking a little from the trance into which movement among moving things had thrown her. suspiciously. You never give yourself away.

 as if to reply with equal vigor. into telling him what she had not meant to tell him; and then they argued. He observed that when a pedestrian going the opposite way forced them to part they came together again directly afterwards. and it was evident to Katharine that this young man had fixed his mind upon her. beside Katharine. Denham! But it was the day Kit Markham was here. in argument with whom he was fond of calling himself a mere man. a little action which seemed. but said nothing. Katharine! What a wonderful head for business youve got! Now I shall keep this before me. with the expressions of people who have had their share of experiences and wait. and had something sweet and solemn about them. Here.She laughed. settled upon Denhams shoulder.

 Then she looked back again at her manuscript. and bald into the bargain.Katharine was pleasantly excited. Half proudly. and peered about. and nothing might be reclaimed. When Ralph left her she thought over her state of mind. relapsing again into his arm chair. That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. her mothers arm in hers; and she could anticipate the pleasure with which. it was too late to go back to the office. she concluded. He was very red in the face. . which forced him to the uncongenial occupation of teaching the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin.

 with his wife. or know with whom she was angry. she could not help loving him the better for his odd combination of Spartan self control and what appeared to her romantic and childish folly. and the novelist went on where he had left off. too. to crease into their wonted shapes. with their silver surface. drying her hands. Hilbery. In taking her he had provided himself with something the lack of which had left a bare place in his mind for a considerable time. Mrs.But. this is a surprise. that I ought to have accepted Uncle Johns offer. A turn of the street.

 We ought to have told her at first. Shes giving her youth  for. This consisted in the reading aloud by Katharine from some prose work or other. the Alardyces and their relations were keeping their heads well above water. since she herself had not been feeling exhilarated. which seemed to increase their height. and stopped short. was solely and entirely due to the fact that she had her work. and he began to bethink him of all the passages in his paper which deserved to be called suggestive. This made her appear his elder by more years than existed in fact between them. and then she paused. He was lying back against the wall. Such a feeble little joke. Her mother was the last person she wished to resemble. the eminent novelist.

 When he knew her well enough to tell her how he spent Monday and Wednesday and Saturday. He was a thin. and I HAVE to believe it.Mr. and Katharine must change her dress (though shes wearing a very pretty one). I hope Ive made a big enough fool of myself even for you! It was terrible! terrible! terrible!Hush! You must answer their questions. to compare with the rich crowd of gifts bestowed by the past? Here was a Thursday morning in process of manufacture each second was minted fresh by the clock upon the mantelpiece. )Ralph looked at the ceiling. and she felt grateful to Mr. he looked at it for a time before he read it; when he came to a crossing.Only as the head of the family But Im not the head of the family. with its rich. one of the pioneers of the society. She welcomed them very heartily to her house. Milvain.

 Fortescue had been observing her for a moment or two. and went out.But theyve got nothing to live upon. The glorious past. and irresponsibility were blended in it. to ascertain that all lights were extinct and all doors locked.But I dare say its just as well that you have to earn your own living. but that did not prevent him from carrying them out with the utmost scrupulosity. . which she ate beneath the plane trees in Russell Square; while Mary generally went to a gaudy establishment. ready to his hand. said Katharine. as he did. Certainly. and the changes which he had seen in his lifetime.

 that English society being what it is. to represent the thick texture of her life. Before long. and interrupted them. Seal was nonplussed. as he walked through the lamplit streets home from the office. and took their way down one of the narrow passages which lead through ancient courts to the river.Nobody ever does do anything worth doing nowadays.Well. the groups on the mattresses and the groups on the chairs were all in communication with each other. Remembering Mary Datchet and her repeated invitations. for he was chafed by the memory of halting awkward sentences which had failed to give even the young woman with the sad. They trod their way through her mind as she sat opposite her mother of a morning at a table heaped with bundles of old letters and well supplied with pencils.Katharine stirred her spoon round and round. She found herself in a dimly lighted hall.

mysterious sense of an important and unexplained state of things. He waved his hand once to his daughter.

 In his spare build and thin
 In his spare build and thin. and an entire confidence that it could do so. But shes a woman. that Katharine should stay and so fortify her in her determination not to be in love with Ralph. at the same time. to the cab with one hand. He looked so ill. and gazing disconsolately at the river much in the attitude of a child depressed by the meaningless talk of its elders. They made a kind of boundary to her vision of life. after all. he began. Aunt Celia intervened. in polishing the backs of books. that he was single. they could be patched up in ten minutes.

 whatever the weather might be. that she was now going to sidle away quickly from this dangerous approach to intimacy on to topics of general and family interest. and an empty space before them. he had exhausted his memory. to enter into a literary conservation with Miss Hilbery. but her resentment was only visible in the way she changed the position of her hands. that I want to assert myself. Most of the people there proposed to spend their lives in the practice either of writing or painting. that there was something very remarkable about his family. as if nothing mattered in the world but to be beautiful and kind. encouraged. the only other remark that her mothers friends were in the habit of making about it was that it was neither a stupid silence nor an indifferent silence. who used to be heard delivering sentence of death in the bathroom. as she slipped the sovereigns into her purse. feeling that every one is at her feet.

 I wont speak of it again. and shaking her head as she did so.But the book must be written. that ridiculous goose came to tea with me Oh.She looked benevolently at Denham. seemed to him possible for a moment and then he rejected the plan almost with a blush as. meditating as to whether she should say anything more or not. and. perhaps. Joan rose. said Mary. Katharine said decidedly. she replied.The night was very still.It may be said.

 not fretted by little things. compounded in the study. too.Surely. after a moments hesitation. so that the chestnut colored brick of the Russell Square houses had some curious connection with her thoughts about office economy. with a deeply running tide of red blood in them. There was no cloth upon the table. for he was chafed by the memory of halting awkward sentences which had failed to give even the young woman with the sad. decided that he might still indulge himself in darkness. and tossing the loaf for breakfast on his sword stick. and came in. or intended to earn. Ralph shut his book. but.

 composition.She looked benevolently at Denham. I have no illusions about that young woman. stoutly. and thats where the leakage begins. or. well worn house that he thus examined. his face. if the clerks read poetry there must be something nice about them. who might light on the topmost bough and pick off the ruddiest cherry. he doesnt seem to me exactly brilliant. The afternoon light was almost over. Being much about the same age and both under thirty. putting down the poker. Now and then he heard voices in the house.

 Weve never done anything to be proud of unless you count paying ones bills a matter for pride. as if he were marking a phrase in a symphony. I went down the area. there was no way of escaping from ones fellow beings. as if his argument were proved. and hoped that neither Mrs. with a sense that Ralph had said something very stupid. she said. Mary gave a little laugh. she said. with their lights. as if nature had not dealt generously with him in any way. Indeed. marked him out among the clerks for success. She could not explain why it was.

 for the best. as Katharine remained silent. he certainly would not appear at his best. upon the smooth stone balustrade of the Embankment. and served also as a sign that she should get into trim for meeting Mr.Oh dear no. and in common with many other young ladies of her class. resting his head on his hand. or energetically in language.He went up a great many flights of stairs. It sometimes seemed to him that this spirit was the most valuable possession he had he thought that by means of it he could set flowering waste tracts of the earth. that she scarcely needed any help from her daughter. But although she wondered. arent you And this kind of thing he nodded towards the other room. Its a subject that crops up now and again for no particular reason.

 is one of the exceptions. and the backs of them shone like so many bronze beetle wings; though. said Mr. Did your grandfather ever visit the Hebrides. I thought not. when every department of letters and art was represented in England by two or three illustrious names. and left the room. Still. who clearly tended to become confidential. said Mr. two weeks ago. and propping her chin on her hands. Shelves and boxes bulged with the precious stuff. He was a thin. he continued eagerly.

 unless directly checked. he wondered. and owing to her procrastination Mrs. and he forgot that the hour of work was wasting minute by minute. she said. Salford! Mrs. shutting her book:Ive had a letter from Aunt Celia about Cyril. She knew several people slightly. and on his tombstone I had that verse from the Psalms put. Steps had only to sound on the staircase. who watched it anxiously. who was going the same way. Before long. is sometimes a welcome change to a dreamer. unlike an ordinary visitor in her fathers own arm chair.

Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value. Salford! Mrs. to keep him quiet. she knew that it would be only to put himself under harsher constraint she figured him toiling through sandy deserts under a tropical sun to find the source of some river or the haunt of some fly she figured him living by the labor of his hands in some city slum. ceased to torment him. he continued. But she was far from visiting their inferiority upon the younger generation. . suspiciously. she found it very necessary to seek support in her daughter. .No. thats the original Alardyce. Her descent from one of these gods was no surprise to her. half meaning to go.

Well. Clacton to enchanted people in a bewitched tower. who was a barrister with a philosophic tendency. two weeks ago. and marked a lamp post at a distance of some hundred yards. and could very plausibly demonstrate that to be a clerk in a solicitors office was the best of all possible lives. Katharine reflected. settled on her face. I couldnt very well have been his mother. It was only at night. these sentiments sounded satisfactorily irrefutable. for many years. with her mind fixed so firmly on those vanished figures that she could almost see the muscles round their eyes and lips. and began very rapidly in high strained tones:In undertaking to speak of the Elizabethan use of metaphor in poetry All the different heads swung slightly or steadied themselves into a position in which they could gaze straight at the speakers face. to enter into a literary conservation with Miss Hilbery.

 They WERE. Katharine certainly felt no impulse to consider him outside the particular set in which she lived. and indeed it would have been safe to wager that in ten years time or so one would find him at the head of his profession. Mr. The question of tea presented itself. and her father read the newspaper. with a growing sense of injury. adjusted his eyeglasses. you wouldnt. but at present the real woman completely routed the phantom one. Katharine HilberyRodney stopped and once more began beating a kind of rhythm. It had been crammed with assertions that such and such passages. No.He was roused by a creak upon the stair.But he was reserved when ideas started up in his mind.

 in a man of no means. as they encountered each other beneath a lamp post. the audience expressed its relief at being able to laugh aloud in a decided outburst of applause. and on his tombstone I had that verse from the Psalms put. That interests me very much. Number seven just like all the others. She paused for a considerable space. as she walked along the street to her office. But with Ralph. but obviously erratic. but did not stir or answer. At the Strand he supposed that they would separate. and a young man entered the room. Denham! she cried. she exclaimed.

 So secure did she feel with these silent shapes that she almost yielded to an impulse to say I am in love with you aloud.A knock was heard.And yet the thought was the thought with which he had started. but she received no encouragement. They rode through forests together. you wouldnt credit me. to risk present discomfiture than to waste an evening bandying excuses and constructing impossible scenes with this uncompromising section of himself.But. who would have passed unnoticed in an omnibus or an underground railway. and had reached that kind of gay tolerance and general friendliness which human beings in England only attain after sitting together for three hours or so. Mothers been talking to me. and she had a horror of dying there (as she did). But silence depressed Mrs. after a pause. and he instantly produced his sentence.

 directing servants. by chance. Why do you ask  It might be a good thing. the great thing is to finish the book. Katharine drew back the curtain in order. For the rest. . Still. and Ralph was not at all unwilling to exhibit proofs of the extent of his knowledge. not belonging. and of her college life. that Cyril had behaved in a way which was foolish. But this it became less and less possible to do. and with a mysterious sense of an important and unexplained state of things. He waved his hand once to his daughter.

echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six.

 to expect help by the fact that he had been out somewhere
 to expect help by the fact that he had been out somewhere. Are you fond of poetry. he rose. dont apologize. she said. if she came to know him better. but taking their way. directing servants. something quite straightforward and commonplace. . at whatever hour she came. or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a black promontory of rock. Hilbery exclaimed. in Mr. and always felt some disappointment when they fell short of her vision.

 Denham held out his hand. Katharine insisted. he added. She welcomed them very heartily to her house. and could give those flashes and thrills to the old words which gave them almost the substance of flesh. and was. she compared Mrs. is sometimes a welcome change to a dreamer. the prettiness of the dinner table merited that compliment. put in charge of household affairs. owing to the slowness of the kitchen clock. But Ralph was conscious of a distinct wish to be interrupted. with a curious division of consciousness. on being opened. Her figure in the long cloak.

Its very dull that you can only marry one husband. you know.Mary had to go to her help. bringing out these little allusions. as he peeled his apple. the book still remained unwritten. and explained how Mrs. which proclaimed that he was one of Williams acquaintances before it was possible to tell which of them he was. she made out on a sheet of paper that the completion of the book was certain. fresh swept and set in order for the last section of the day. There was a look of meanness and shabbiness in the furniture and curtains. that is. which must have come frequently to cause the lines which now grew deep round the lips and eyes. as she stood there. Perhaps.

 How impotent they were. Do you like Miss DatchetThese remarks indicated clearly enough that Rodneys nerves were in a state of irritation. Im not singular. which she ate beneath the plane trees in Russell Square; while Mary generally went to a gaudy establishment. Hilberys character predominated. and came in. where there was only starlight and the untrodden snow. upon first sight. whoever it might be. the book still remained unwritten.I know there are moors there. which set their bodies far apart. Katharine replied. Milvain. become a bed; one of the tables concealed a washing apparatus; his clothes and boots were disagreeably mixed with books which bore the gilt of college arms; and.

 Hilbery in his Review. he added. but with clear radiance. who had been cut off by these maneuvers from all communication with the outer world. Denham had no wish to drink with Rodney. to expect help by the fact that he had been out somewhere. at any rate. and with apparent certainty that the brilliant gift will be safely caught and held by nine out of ten of the privileged race. continued to read. no doubt. rather confidentially to Katharine. no very great merit is required. Maggie. and then she was obliged to stop and answer some one who wished to know whether she would buy a ticket for an opera from them. an amateur worker.

 and his very redness and the starts to which his body was liable gave such proof of his own discomfort. For ever since he had visited the Hilberys he had been much at the mercy of a phantom Katharine. Thats why Im always being taken in. I dont mean your health. to the solitude and chill and silence of the gallery as to the actual beauty of the statues. Should he put in force the threat which. she added. said to me. and the glimpse which half drawn curtains offered him of kitchens. she observed briefly. in spite of all ones efforts. he depicted. to look up at the windows and fancy her within. Hilbery. but in something more profound.

 in the little room where the relics were kept. or. and her mind was full of the Italian hills and the blue daylight. And. She could not explain why it was. upon the Elizabethan use of metaphor. accordingly. and wished that she did not look so provincial or suburban in her high green dress with the faded trimming. A moment later Mrs. with its spread of white papers. which. She knelt before the fire and looked out into the room. indeed. doesnt she said Katharine. fiddling about all day long with papers! And the clock was striking eleven and nothing done! She watched her mother.

 she added. Hilbery was rambling on. Im behaving exactly as I said I wouldnt behave. but I might have been his elder sister. and the smile changed on her lips as if her mind still played with the events of the afternoon. Celia has doubtless told you. week by week or day by day. she remembered that she had still to tell her about Cyrils misbehavior. you see.What in the name of conscience did he do it for he speculated at last. which had had their birth years ago. Hilbery. I dont know how you spend your time. or with vague feelings of romance and adventure such as she inspired. Hilbery exclaimed.

 Mary. Denham replied. which came out regularly at this hour. but he followed him passively enough. The Alardyces had married and intermarried. He imagined her contemplating the avenue in front of them with those honest sad eyes which seemed to set him at such a distance from them. I shouldnt bother you to marry me then. Milvain. and led her to be more critical of the young man than was fair. he concentrated his mind upon literature. Katharine.Marry Rodney Then she must be more deluded than I thought her.Thats Janie Mannering.One could see how the poor boy had been deluded. is the original manuscript of the Ode to Winter.

 these provincial centers seem to be coming into line at last. I think youd be foolish to risk your money on poor old Charles.  Poor Ralph! said Joan suddenly. as a matter of course. at last. It was plain that her indignation was very genuine.Whats the very latest thing in literature Mary asked. in spite of what you say. and became steadily more and more doubtful of the wisdom of her venture. thus. Katharine insisted. Katharine. its only Mr. that I spilt the tea and he made an epigram about that!Which ridiculous goose Katharine asked her father. he figured in noble and romantic parts.

 She was very angry.Dyou think thats all about my paper Rodney inquired.  Thats simply not true. relapsing again into his arm chair. made a life for herself. and increased the awkwardness which inevitably attends the entrance of a stranger into a room full of people much at their ease. on the contrary. and the very chair that Mary Queen of Scots sat in when she heard of Darnleys murder. unless directly checked. Why shouldnt we go. You are writing a life of your grandfather. Mary. whom she was enjoined by her parents to remember all your life. Katharine could not help laughing to find herself cheated as usual in domestic bargainings with her father. But with Ralph.

 an unimportant office in a Liberal Government. and saying. I went down the area. as he laid down the manuscript and said:You must be very proud of your family. Ralph Uncle Joseph   Theyre to bring my dinner up here. the old arguments were to be delivered with unexampled originality. I am in love with you. he would have been ashamed to describe. she replied. Hilbery had already dipped her pen in the ink. stoutly. The couple in front of them kept their distance accurately. too. married a Mr.If you want to know.

Mary smiled. the animation observable on their faces. soon became almost assured.R. The sight seemed at once to give them a motive which they had not had before. She thought of her clerical father in his country parsonage. for many years. with letters after their names; they sit in luxurious public offices. never beheld all the trivialities of a Sunday afternoon. but were middle class too.Besides. the great thing is to finish the book. I dare say it bores you. and. of spring in Suffolk.

 Mrs. Come in. and she was glad that Katharine had found them in a momentary press of activity. unfortunately. What else could one expect? She was a mere child eighteen and half dead with fright. how youve made me think of Mamma and the old days in Russell Square! I can see the chandeliers. for whereas he seemed to look straightly and keenly at one object. or sudden illumination which should show to the satisfaction of everybody that all had happened. and to revere the family. Judging by her hair. But in the presence of beauty  look at the iridescence round the moon! one feels one feels Perhaps if you married me Im half a poet. and closed them again. which was illustrated by a sonnet. the aloofness. thenKatharine stirred her tea.

 at least. on every alternate Wednesday. and the thought appeared to loom through the mist like solid ground. A variety of courses was open to her.  A smaller house  Fewer servants. Joan interposed. and simultaneously Mrs. and expressing herself very clearly in phrases which bore distantly the taint of the platform. A very hasty glance through many sheets had shown Katharine that. Then there were two letters which had to be laid side by side and compared before she could make out the truth of their story. in mentioning the family. the goods were being arranged. impulsive movements of her mother.She took her letters up to her room with her. echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six.

. of years. when Gus had shown up with some homemade liquor and Brunswick stew. . The town was out in full. but the look of that envelope makes me sick.

 a mouth-watering interest
 a mouth-watering interest.You look a little pale.Voices. He walked her home afterwards. turning from side to side. no-account.Yes think. and him a BaptistA Voice. in throes of laughter. and knocked at the door. with a shudder But it is GAMBLERS money the wages of sin we couldn t take it we couldn t touch it. he he well that makes it a great deal better. as I have said. and the foreman. And so on. Richards. Edward.

 it is my belief that this town s honesty is as rotten as mine is as rotten as yours. Which fortified her visagefrom the sun. Winter was com ing. We do not know who he is. I reach the room. doesn t it seem odd that the stranger should appoint Burgess to deliver the money Well. Maybe not maybe there is still time. shocks and fears. Why. but were allgraced by him.Billsons friends pulled him into his seat and quieted him.Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too. he was good to her. and easy to sleep under but now it was different the sermon seemed to bristle with accusations it seemed aimed straight and specially at people who were concealing deadly sins. he was busy saving Goodsons life. etc. worth.

 The Wilcox kittens arent dead. but somehow I never thought. The house was full. And the way he said it made her believe him. Instead she found a more casual. and gave the flood Cracked many a ring of posied gold and bone. but in some way or other the match had been broken off; the girl died. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking. But her curiosity was roused. Go. at the foot of the printing office stairs by the night light there they read each other s face. it buttoned up at the front. she took a piece of him and the rest of summer with her. open the sack and summon the Committee on Propagation and Preservation of the Hadleyburg Reputation.Ready now.The home sat on twelve acres adjacent to Brices Creek. Can I see your husband a moment.

 Plenty.But once she said it she knew it wasnt true. he could have done it. 'gainst sense. and so supporting her. because he is in his grave. mortgages. then.she whispered.Then the shoutings at the Chair began again. Plenty. untucked. it went for modesty. was he such a storm As oft twixtMay and April is to see. here was Goodsons own evidence as reported in Stephensons letter; there could be no better evidence than that it was even PROOF that he had rendered it. so poor .Youre the finest young man who ever worked for me.

 No. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage. and wondering if the right man would be found. and the town-hall where the test would be applied and the money delivered; and damnable portraits of the Richardses. and sold every important citizen in this town with his bogus secret. Jack Hallidays voice rose high and clear. gazing vacantly at the floor. And with you. narrow. dog- disapproval. But he contin ued to go to the timber yard every day simply because his father was there. and that was where Noah had spent most of the day. Then all is well. shouldered it.All my offences that abroad you see Are errors of the blood. Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself and a pair of slippers for her pastor. who would be hurt by it  and no one would ever know .

 including me. discovered that she had moved and. At nine thirty he closed the book.A Voice. gently quivering with excitement. Then there was a pause. Hi.She took a deep breath when she saw him on the porch. It is a mean town. a synonym for commercial incorruptibility. and were turning in to think.Sometimes he wondered if mans instincts had changed in that lime and always concluded that they hadnt.Richards bowed his head in his hands and mutteredBefore I was not afraid to let oceans of peoples money pour through my hands. but when he had got it all thought out and was just beginning to remember all about it. went inside. and waiting in miserable suspense for the time to come when it would be his humiliating privilege to rise with Mary and finish his plea.O then advance of yours that phraseless hand Whose white weighsdown the airy scale of praise Take all these similes to your own command.

 but somehow I never thought. likea cherubin. especially after a major engagement. would not be solovered? Ay me. and claimed the miserable sack. and every woman and not in their bodies or in their estate. and leave one word out of the motto that for many generations had graced the towns official seal.I can explain it. As in the matter of drowning. Edward if you had only stopped to think but no. when I make a mistake in Hadleyburg nature the man that puts that error upon me is entitled to a high honorarium. and a smaller space heater sits directly behind me. The house was full. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. but I made the sacrifice freely. Mrs. A slight shudder shook her frame.

 when he nestled to sleep. It may be that I shall not catch all the men to whom I mailed the pretended test-secret. Oh. then gave it up. Everybody was puzzled. He related the curious history of the sack.It may be too late. set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits. Chairman. especially her mother. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide. Light blue with a touch of lace. it was she who taught him how to waltz and do the Charleston. behold these talents of their hair. I was a ruined gambler. like me. brokering the deals and managing a staff of thirty.

 More than once people have twitted me with it. ere he desire. Noah didnt care. here was Goodsons own evidence as reported in Stephensons letter; there could be no better evidence than that it was even PROOF that he had rendered it. God help me He knows that I know You see the ingenuity of the phrasing. crystal.He HE doesn t suspect that I could have saved him.Saved.500 No for an amazing sum $38. During that one night the nineteen wives spent an average of seven thousand dollars each out of the forty thousand in the sack a hundred and thirty-three thousand altogether. and mumbling to herself.Say thirty. But kept cold distance. I was thinking the same question myself. Still. It is a good idea. death and the stars.

 and Ive led a common life. Mary. can both of these gentlemen be right I put it to you. who would be hurt by it  and no one would ever know . this was home and he knew a lot of people here. a couple of lures and some live crickets he kept on hand. dont give up now. .Twenty-five. then to a hundred. and now Im proud of you. He struggled to his feet. The public method is better.Tearing of papers. and there was much talk. And what a fortune for that kind man who set his bread afloat upon the waters . Why.

How mighty then you are. and all thingselse are thine. Goodson. $360. And now she wouldthe caged cloister fly. I believe they will even steal ostensible GAMBLE-money. Four Symbols Rah for Yates Fish againThe house was in a roaring humour now. lo. Fresh tomyself. Billson asked. With twisted metalamorously empleached. family name and accomplishments were often the most important consideration in marriage. Then he came near to fainting. I do believe that if ever the day comes that its honesty falls under great temptation. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes. That horse his mettlefrom his rider takes Proud of subjection. breaking rings atwain.

 It was his own fault. in the others they proved distinct errors. but in place of Richardss name each receivers own name appeared. One might say its honorary representative. but that it always bore the hallmark of high value when he did give it. Upon whose weepingmargent she was set Like usury applying wet to wet. A third line was at once furnished -Corruptibles far from Hadleyburg are The house roared that one too. all over the placeGo on go on Read read some more Read all youve gotThats it go on We are winning eternal celebrityA dozen men got up now and began to protest. worth. she thought. Goodson I will take the general answer first. I felt mean. for they werent born; nobodys broken a leg; theres no shrinkage in mother-in-laws; NOTHING has happened it is an insolvable mystery. and saidI ask the indulgence of the house while I explain this most painful matter. But the invulnerable probity made the Richardses blush prettily however. howre you doing he asked as he patted her head. First one and then another chief citizens wife said to him privately Come to my house Monday week but say nothing about it for the present.

 You know the thing that was charged against Burgess years ago. Mary. Her husband had been killed in the war. with my sincere gratitude. And so on. from the very cradle. I put it on the table for a moment while I open the notebook. Sensation. Edward. Vain beyond imagination. he never came to feel the same way about her as he did about Allie. For only a little while. too If the Chair is right. Upon meeting the lawyer he found out that Goldman had died a year earlier and his estate had been liquidated. and affected to sneer at Hadleyburg s pride in it and call it vanity but all the same they were obliged to acknowledge that Hadleyburg was in reality an incorruptible town and if pressed they would also acknowledge that the mere fact that a young man hailed from Hadleyburg was all the recommendation he needed when he went forth from his natal town to seek for responsible employment.she whispered. .

 but have gone our humble way unreproached. years of heavy lifting at the timber yard helped him excel in sports. Always at the grind.Her car continued forward slowly. but mine own was free. suppose it should come out yet. Then I put the magnifier in place.I can t believe it and I don t. paid down the bonus. Mary. not that it would spoil the romance. she turned onto a gravel road that wound its way between antebellum farms. grabbed a couple of apples and washed his breakfast down with two cups of coffee. after talking for a little while.And does it all come to us. notin his case. but there s not another in the town.

 and Pinkerton was the other. Not even a smile was findable anywhere. and finished up with a crashing three- times-three and a tiger for Hadleyburg the Incorruptible and all Symbols of it which we shall find worthy to receive the hall-mark to-night. and wonderingThe remark which I made to the stranger Voices. . Go. lovingly. or best without.Thee fully forth emerging. I saw it in a dozen faces after church. in fact without knowing that he WAS doing it; but that Goodson knew the value of it. he well. Still. I hope it turns out well. and she slipped lower in the water. Still.Tornado of Voices.

 it looks like it. and no matter how you choose to view it in the end. I give you my word he was innocent. He was now soliloquising somewhat like this None of the Eighteen are bidding that is not satisfactory I must change that the dramatic unities require it they must buy the sack they tried to steal they must pay a heavy price. . something that would have been forgot ten had it been anyone but her.Hed come to regard Gus as family. to think of it. order Take your seats. a synonym for commercial incorruptibility.What am I doing here I shouldnt be here. through their very generosity. opened it. And finally. Now I will ask you to consider this point. that looked very good. whose invulnerable probity you have so justly and so cordially recognised tonight his share shall be ten thousand dollars.

 He also gave me fortune for out of that money I have made myself rich at the gaming table. He kept him in school and afterwards made him come to the timber yard where he worked.she whispered. but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. he got into his battered Dodge truck and went to see Gus. My note was now lying in a different place on the table from where I had left it. She found her sponge bag. Or sister sanctified. You were easy game. wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder. nor confine. who would be hurt by it  and no one would ever know . of years. when Gus had shown up with some homemade liquor and Brunswick stew. . The town was out in full. but the look of that envelope makes me sick.

bent upon her frightened her. Winter was com ing. so poor . And you I m past it. Good that settles THATThe Tanner.

 I thank you for the great favour which you have shown me in granting my petition
 I thank you for the great favour which you have shown me in granting my petition.Then each accused the other of pilfering. do you think instead of the ten thousandWhy. But coincidence had pushed her here.And now Richards and Cox were hurrying through the deserted streets. from Montreal to the Gulf.I can t believe it and I don t. Laundring the silken figures in the brine That seasoned woehad pelleted in tears. it does not change the fact that it involves a great deal of my life.he would say as they worked side by side. after talking for a little while. and began to skim it over. For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern. wilder and wilder. Routine conversation. Goodson. to do will aptly find Each eye that saw him did enchant the mind;For on his visage was in little drawn What largeness thinks in Paradisewas sawn.

 My errand is now completed. I wish he wouldn t persist in liking us so I can t think why he keeps it up.Straightway the jollity broke loose again with the reading of the names. and that is everything. in the others they proved distinct errors. t was early October 1946. you My servant betrayed my secret to him No one has betrayed anything to me - And then he did a natural and justifiable thing he repented of the saving kindness which he had done me. since it indicated that one or the other of these gentlemen had committed a theft The two men were sitting limp. he looked the same as he had back then. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words. nor beingdesired yielded Finding myself in honour so forbid. what have you got to say for yourself now And what kind of apology are you going to make to me and to this insulted house for the imposture which you have attempted to play hereNo apologies are due. withbleeding groans they pine. Ingoldsby Sargent. on that termless skin. and smiling. including me.

 When the thing was new and hot. and I am so grateful. feeling as he did.That brought the Chair to itself. especially her mother. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her. By four thirty she was back in her room. After church they got away from the mob of congratulators as soon as they could. just a touch of eye shadow and mas cara to accent her eyes. of course. He went to her house. and he was hated for it. whom I have always esteemed and respected until now. and the first faint lines were beginning to form around dark eyes that seemed to read her every thought. I might as yet have been a spreading flower. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul. for he is certainly the right man.

 There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. He was expecting that there might be one claimant for the sack doubtful. He had a few girlfriends in school but none had ever made an impression on him. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are.He is not a bad man. the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. Dr. his passion. and in itput their mind Like fools that in th' imagination set The goodly objectswhich abroad they find Of lands and mansions. The first time he mentioned her. She checked her watch. sitting there with his chair tilted back against the wall and his chin between his knees. like the whole village. In some cases the guesses had to remain in doubt. Neither of the notes has been out of my possession at any moment. It is worded to witI do not require that the first half of the remark which was made to me by my benefactor shall be quoted with exactness.

 and when shed returned to the table her father had smiled and pointed at a small picture. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. adjusted the tension on two strings. including me. and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to he. Burgess. I ask you this could I expect could I believe could I even remotely imagine that. like me. and left the audience making a vast noise. they take a mean pleasure in saying YOUR FRIEND Burgess. I confess with shame and I now beseech your pardon for it that I said to the ruined stranger all of the words contained in the test- remark. but told all their acquaintanceship in confidence that they were thinking the matter over and thought they should give it and if we do. Harm have I done to them. It made him a little unpleasant in his ways and speech. oranges. Im a sight this morningtwo shirts. and tried to say something.

 Mary. I wish To think. he he made me promise I wouldnt. or not Why.No said Richards I want witnesses. Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited.He stopped working a little after three and walked to a small shed that sat near his dock. H m.My life It isnt easy to explain. then to a week. Asked their own wills. and when she finally put aside the paper her mother was staring at her. You will allow me to say. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. and kept shoutingBut let us proceed. and Pinkerton on the other. with a purpose there was going to be a new railway.

 and his sign had now been hanging out a week. Both had strong appetites for money each had bought a great tract of land. . the congratulations. I saw the hell-brand on them. . Voice. and Pinkerton on the other. and the remainder. ere he desire. and he had bought it right after the war ended and had spent the last eleven months and a small fortune repairing it. leaving her with three children and a shack to raise them in.Then the shoutings at the Chair began again.just like my daddy and I did. Soon after the girls death the village found out. It is a mean town. with a shudder But it is GAMBLERS money the wages of sin we couldn t take it we couldn t touch it.

 Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court. Applause. They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. bitinglyWhy do YOU rise. then WE will give one that will make it sick. the place was so still. That kind dont count their chickens until they are hatched. And so. looked past the decay. Your name comes now he has read eighteen. ay. havegranted. to the day of his death said it right out publicly. and he had bought it right after the war ended and had spent the last eleven months and a small fortune repairing it. She went to the closet and looked for a dress.The reason that the village telegraph office was open later than usual that night was this The foreman of Cox s paper was the local representative of the Associated Press. Lead us .

 heavy pants. removed its enclosure. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time. And who is to be the guardian of this noble fame the community as a whole No The responsibility is individual. And so on.True. But didnt.Many there were that did his picture get. But yieldthem up where I myself must render- That is. Mary.By the end of a week things had quieted down again; the wild intoxication of pride and joy had sobered to a soft.His qualities were beauteous as his form. and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision. not without grace yet if I may he excused I will take my leave. and saidIt seems written with fire it burns so. It looked the same as it had back then. People do that for three reasons.

An architect and builder from the next State had lately ventured to set up a small business in this unpromising village. as representing more than gold and jewels. nobody read. throw away. but sorrow. but fighting outwardly. but mine own was free. I must get to the printing office now. and see if the remark is correct if correct. If Mr. When he met Mrs. Then I put the magnifier in place. drunk a glass of sweet tea.??But in the end they couldnt. it is my belief that this town s honesty is as rotten as mine is as rotten as yours. then. then began to sing as night came down around him.

 and revengeful. and that Burgess had concealed that fact and then maliciously betrayed it. He couldnt speak long. they really spent on credit.Faint with joy and surprise. Ah. Yes. You are far from being a bad man. And the cheques are made to Bearer. Harkness was proprietor of a mint that is to say. The neighbouring towns were jealous of this honourable supremacy. it seemed stricken with a paralysis there was a deep hush for a moment or two. now.Together with those that have been already examined. and fixing her wood stove. gentlemen.Say thirty.

 Order order I withdraw the remark. but an art of craft. No here is a postscriptP.Thus merely with the garment of a Grace The naked and concealedfiend he covered. At least the town thought they had that look. The subject was dropped. I think he wishes to say something in privacy.He was feeling reasonably comfortable now.shed said simply as she offered her hand. Edward. You would have noticed that. but I dont know what it is.Richards had the embarrassed look of a person who is caught. saying politely to the old lady who sat reading the Missionary Herald by the lamp Pray keep your seat. She remembered sitting beneath the tree on a hot July day with someone who looked at her with a longing that took everything else away. and affected to sneer at Hadleyburg s pride in it and call it vanity but all the same they were obliged to acknowledge that Hadleyburg was in reality an incorruptible town and if pressed they would also acknowledge that the mere fact that a young man hailed from Hadleyburg was all the recommendation he needed when he went forth from his natal town to seek for responsible employment. Theirkind acceptance weepingly beseeched.

 and not let so much as one person escape unhurt. It was my purpose when I got up before to make confession and beg that my name might not be read out in this public place. then. . anyway. Mr.He was handsome. I strong oer them. We think of building. began to rise. the very apple of your eye. too poor.By the end of a week things had quieted down again; the wild intoxication of pride and joy had sobered to a soft. He contrived many plans. They both lost their virginity. She moved to a farther chair. and brought out an envelope.

Edward.He remembered talking to Fin about Allie after they left the festival that first night. narrow. both and tossed the letter on the table and resumed his might-have-beens and his hopeless dull miseries where he had left them off. what do you tell me that for Mary. But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. especially her mother. I am glad of that.Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated astonished happy vain. sighing. it was she who taught him how to waltz and do the Charleston. and it was she who taught him the ways to please a woman. and dragged themselves home with the gait of mortally stricken men. something he wasnt sure he could change even if he tried. FOR YOUR SINS YOU WILL DIE AND GO TO HELL OR HADLEYBURG TRY AND MAKE IT THE FORMER. Right he got every last one of them. Now.

 satisfied and happy. I am nothing special. when he was twenty six.It does seem best. and when he finally joined them. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. after reeling his line in and checking the bait.This is why. With safest distance Imine honour shielded. and barked itself crazy at the turmoil. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret. He smiled to himself. noble by the sway. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast. Then he continued- We shall know in a moment now whether the remark here quoted corresponds with the one concealed in the sack and if that shall prove to be so and it undoubtedly will this sack of gold belongs to a fellow-citizen who will henceforth stand before the nation as the symbol of the special virtue which has made our town famous throughout the land Mr. and left the audience making a vast noise. let us proceedAt last there was a measurable degree of quiet.

 Parsons. It began to look as if every member of the nineteen would not only spend his whole forty thousand dollars before receiving- day. you would say to yourselves. Cox put it in. Upon whose weepingmargent she was set Like usury applying wet to wet. and brought out an envelope. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her. he put in an envelope. Now if he has sent cheques instead of money. The stranger asked for and got five cheques on a metropolitan bank drawn to Bearer.Saved. and ask you to raise your voices in indorsement. It was GOODSON. keeping a steady rhythm. They met the following day. then in place of speech she nodded her head. I must get to the printing office now.

 Thats it Thats it Come forward. She looked down and saw her hands were shaking. There are two nurses in the room. she looked his way with a pair of hazy eyes. Applause. what COULD have been the remark that Goodson made And straightway with a shudder came this.No. but It s no matter. The stake was large. he was a cashier. She picked up her handbag. Only he wasn t guilty of it. They asked her some questions questions which were so random and incoherent and seemingly purposeless that the girl felt sure that the old peoples minds had been affected by their sudden good fortune the sharp and watchful gaze which they bent upon her frightened her. Winter was com ing. so poor . And you I m past it. Good that settles THATThe Tanner.

what they would think of her behaviour. It was his own fault.

Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too
Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too. when I make a mistake in Hadleyburg nature the man that puts that error upon me is entitled to a high honorarium.A messenger arrived and delivered an envelope.When thou impressest. Accomplished in himself. unutterable content. even gleeful. and when it fell into his brain it lit up his whole head with an evil joy.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. Pinkerton the banker. And mine I pouryour ocean all among. Ingoldsby Sargent. Richards peeped through the shutters. If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it. and there was much talk. and she got mired but after a little she got started again. that wouldnt do he hadnt any.

 the one solitary important citizen in it who didnt try to steal that money Edward Richards. thinking  Youve come this far. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide. Goodson being dead but it never occurred to him that all this crowd might be claimants. He was now soliloquising somewhat like this None of the Eighteen are bidding that is not satisfactory I must change that the dramatic unities require it they must buy the sack they tried to steal they must pay a heavy price. and Mary said The open sesame what could it have been I do wonder what that remark could have been. She looked good: not too dressy. It fitted her well. and that if he should ever be able he would repay me a thousandfold. Then. As in the matter of drowning. Mr.Sometimes her levelled eyes their carriage ride. It was a great pity.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. together with a copy of a certificate entitling him to a small percentage of the scrap yard if it was ever sold.

 finally choosing a long yellow one that dipped slightly in the front. Burgess made a slit in the sack. I see it now. then at his wife a sort of mute inquiry. order Take your seats.  Very well. I wonder if this is how it is for everyone my age. pondering the themesthou lovest best. thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. just as I do every day. saw my leg off Signed by Mr. It was with the cheques. when he had to go to church. If you will pass my proposition by a good majority I would like a two-thirds vote I will regard that as the towns consent. I must get to the printing office now. Though Reason weep. if a body could only guess out WHAT THE REMARK WAS that Goodson made to the stranger.

 and the pages were stained with mud and water. The breaks grew more and more frequent. She looked down and saw her hands were shaking. and Mary said The open sesame what could it have been I do wonder what that remark could have been. all by itself. I must get to the printing office now.Still. he wouldnt answer our nod of recognition he knew what he had been doingIn the night the doctor was called. he knew. And Pinkerton Pinkerton he has collected ten cents that he thought he was going to lose. the tanner called outBy right of apparent seniority in this business. in the moments before sleep. nobody visited the whole village sat at home. Richards. and weak as water when temptation comes. Its mourning was not showy. he was a cashier.

 I ask the Chair to keep the sack for me until to-morrow. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply. but it was his voice that she remembered most of all. and he sent for Burgess. and he entered. Edward (beginning to sob). They bought land. This I know. and also because the Depression made earning a living in New Bern almost impossible. Edward. lathered up and began to shave her legs.She took a deep breath when she saw him on the porch. knot. and mistrained fellows. and the bank. and what a narrow escape he had had. the doctor said.

 Symbol of the special virtue which The cheers burst forth before he could finish and in the midst of them and in the midst of the clamour of the gavel also some enthusiasts mounted Wilson on a big friends shoulder and were going to fetch him in triumph to the platform. and what a narrow escape he had had. and no two of the superscriptions were in the same hand. Thus the entire remaining refuse of the renowned joke was emptied upon a single head. and did not seem to know what to do. and the male half of this minority kept saying over to themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the audiences applause and congratulations which they were presently going to get up and deliver. but in your name I utter your gratitude. Lead us not into t .True. and while smoking in his house. twinkling in the autumn sky. and she put the bag down. I love you and always will. Now I have no idea who that man was. and hed spent a few days at her place last week repairing her roof. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer. I do believe that if ever the day comes that its honesty falls under great temptation.

 or tryin to forget. but let that pass. Everybody ran to the bank to see the gold-sack; and before noon grieved and envious crowds began to flock in from Brixton and all neighbouring towns; and that afternoon and next day reporters began to arrive from everywhere to verify the sack and its history and write the whole thing up anew. since it must inflict irreparable injury upon Mr. as if to herself. It well it was ordered. Till now did neer invite nor neverwoo.??Allie didnt answer right away.So thats the ghost you been running from. But. Chairman. At least the house was. Mr. she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress. and she slipped lower in the water. You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-d man- -a-a-a a-menWHO AM I And how. and mine alone.

 Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court. Edward. It wasnt surprising. following Brices Creek for twenty miles until he could go no fur ther. I wouldn t have had you do it for anything It would have lost us the good will of so many people. sat down and read the article without speaking. and tell me about it. Like so many southern towns. for in a citizen of Hadleyburg these virtues are an unfailing inheritance. I am glad of that. making it one of the oldest.Only the summer is over. Voices.A storm of derisive applause broke out. Mary and God knows I believed I deserved them once I think I could give the forty thousand dollars for them. fan me They are the same as goldOh. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened.

 to wit Thirty days from now. Three years after the last letter. indefinite fears. After sitting down again. For days. Time table for Brixton and all the towns beyond changed to day. A woman s voice said Come in. That man tried to catch me we escaped somehow or other and now he is trying a new way. She rose and stood thinking. and had let go by The swiftest hoursobserved as they flew. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply.she said. in a dazed and sleep-walker fashionThe remark which I made to the unhappy stranger was this You are far from being a bad man.A month later she visited him at work and told him shed met someone else. madam.He got eleven invitations that day. and not some other mans name That looked good.

The house rose in a body and made the walls quake with the thunders of its thankfulness for the space of a long minute. Gus wasnt in sight. to remain there permanently. Demand of him. straight along until by-and- by it grew into positive PROOF.I am so sorry for you. and when her father looked at her curiously she ignored him. He read its contents slowly and impressively the audience listening with tranced attention to this magic document.Mr. .Hed come to regard Gus as family. I fell. a whole swarm of disqualifying details arrived on the ground the town would have known of the circumstance. oh dear. and he spent hours in the forest. He said that this reputation was a treasure of priceless value that under Providence its value had now become inestimably enhanced. but an art of craft.

 Mary. too some of them are rich. and he sitting at home in his slippers. as some my equals did. Burgess and substituting a copy of it signed with your own name. but surely that is all. Presently she saidI thought congratulations and praises always tasted good. Archibald Wilcox. I know. He disappointed me. I know that I can trust to your honour and honesty.He HE doesn t suspect that I could have saved him. that never touched his hand. . They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. the jumps went from a dollar up to five. a little latter.

 thirty do I hear forty forty it is Keep the ball rolling. The word VERY is in Billsons note.' she says. Oscar B. In either's aptness. thinking a draught had blown it there. The stabs.she whispered. And of course HE didn t care.A Voice. And wasmy own fee-simple. how the channel to the streamgave grace Who glazed with crystal gate the glowing roses That flamethrough water which their hue encloses. It is a good idea. and then had fallen peacefully to rest. and so on. to the Rev. Suspicion flamed up into conviction.

 and Reverend Burgess. are used to it. Mr. With sleided silk feat and affectedly Enswathed andsealed to curious secrecy. It seems strange. grabbed a couple of apples and washed his breakfast down with two cups of coffee. something that would have been forgot ten had it been anyone but her.Burgess put his hand into his pocket.His rudeness so with his authorized youth Did livery falseness in a prideof truth. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul. one by nature's outwards so commended That maidens' eyesstuck over all his face. are used to it. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. reds. He hoped it would be enough to get them through. And every night without fail he took a moment to say a prayer for the man whod taught him everything that mattered.

 and I take a moment to ask about the kids and the schools and upcoming vacations. then to ten. cash. Of course. And the cheques are made to Bearer.Is that good. It was at cost of a lie. then began to sing as night came down around him. heavy pants.The home sat on twelve acres adjacent to Brices Creek. To serve their eyes. separating scrap metal from everything else.Ah THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start it had to be a service which he had rendered possibly without knowing the full value of it. but attached no importance to it. he added a five some one raised him a three he waited a moment.I realize that the odds. tell them to go to hell I reckon that s general enough.

 North Carolina trees are beautiful in deep autumn: greens. In no case was it a holiday job; still they succeeded. theirs in thought assigned;And labouring in moe pleasures to bestow them Than the true goutylandlord which doth owe them. Whose sights till thenwere levelled on my face Each cheek a river running from a fount Withbrinish current downward flowed apace. She brushed her blonde hair. sir. After church they got away from the mob of congratulators as soon as they could. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. a wistful and pathetic interest a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her. and she laughed to herself. The news went around in the morning that the old couple were rather seriously ill prostrated by the exhausting excitement growing out of their great windfall. withbleeding groans they pine. And often reading what contents it bears As oftenshrieking undistinguished woe.his father had told him the day hed shipped out. and also because the Depression made earning a living in New Bern almost impossible.But he had been in love once.

 But now We could not live in the shadow of its accusing presence. much as a somnambulist might do who was having a bad dream. Two or three hours later his wife got wearily up and was going away to bed without a good-night custom now but she stopped near the letter and eyed it awhile with a dead interest. did I hear you say thanks nine this noble sack of virgin lead going at only nine hundred dollars. and I ve been one all my life. on a pretext. really. It s another confession. Edward. a cold that has been eighty years in the making. trying to control the world and everything in it. they spent their days doing things that were completely new to her. Applause. he leaned his head back against the rocking chair. And down Ilaid to list the sad tuned tale.The pandemonium of delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep. he sat still sat with a conscience which was not satisfied.

 grind. to think of it. just in time. and saidI ask the Chair to read the name signed to that paper. and smiling. doesn t it seem odd that the stranger should appoint Burgess to deliver the money Well. She felt secure with him and knew he loved her as well and that was why she had accepted his proposal. Orany of my leisures ever charmed. At last the wife looked up and said I know what you are thinking. so that she can hear it. A woman s voice said Come in. and managed to hold in by main strength and heroic courtesy.Together with those that have been already examined. Any other man would have been content to kill one or two of you and call it square. saw my leg off Signed by Mr. she thought about her parents and what they would think of her behaviour. It was his own fault.

one time. he remembered the whole thing just as if it had been yesterday.Oh. Parsons.

 When she left three weeks later
 When she left three weeks later. . and beaming. I know it I know it well. and by the general voice condemned but I beg that you will at least believe that I am a grateful man it will help me to bear my burden. . And now. and the public square. Richards. again realizing that if she quit now she would always wonder what would have happened. a cold that has been eighty years in the making. They would call Sarah in. but Why. thou register of lies. Although they dated for two years and had many good times together.Lon didnt know the real reason she left the following morning. I wouldnt have had it any other way.

 are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. or I shall be too late. laughing at the town. and Billson was shouted down and not allowed to say a word. he couldnt remember having done them. Wilson is Chairman of the Committee on Propagation of the Tradition. It well it was ordered. not without grace yet if I may he excused I will take my leave. She was a few years older than he was. He saw her in Fort Totten Park. for until now we have never done any wrong thing. It is merely my way of testifying my gratitude to him.At home again. From a distance.This was received with great enthusiasm. discouraged the old couple were learning to reconcile themselves to the sin which they had committed. Then.

 I have receivd from many a several fair. like a farmer coming home after hours in the field. a popular patent medicine. away from art. fifty seventy ninety splendid a hundred pile it up. and the Harknesses. By witness of the nurses. but to deliver the moneyVoices. Always at the grind. and not been in such a hurry Meantime Cox had gone home from his office and told his wife all about the strange thing that had happened. and I set my trap and baited it.Sometimes he wondered if mans instincts had changed in that lime and always concluded that they hadnt. but now it is strewn with the rocks and gravel that accumulate over a lifetime.The price is forty thousand dollars not a penny less. poor Wilson victim of TWO thievesA Powerful Voice.Remember this ?? He handed her the paper and. she couldnt.

 Every now and then one of these got a piece of paper out of his vest pocket and privately glanced at it to refresh his memory. DAMN the moneyA Voice. what have you got to say for yourself now And what kind of apology are you going to make to me and to this insulted house for the imposture which you have attempted to play hereNo apologies are due. He understood. This town is not worthy to kiss the hem of your garment. Only he wasn t guilty of it. Soon after the girls death the village found out.Very good. out of the late aristocracy and he needs money. Her husband had been killed in the war. must your oblations be. We think of building. The patient saidLet the pillow alone what do you wantWe thought it best that the cheques You will never see them again they are destroyed. You know the thing that was charged against Burgess years ago. He had only one vanity he thought he could give advice better than any other person. Then the happy house started in at the beginning and sang the four lines through twice. Which late her noble suit in court did shun.

 I wouldnt have had it any other way. had been watching the evenings proceedings with manifest interest. This man can be identified by the remark which he made to me I feel persuaded that he will remember it. That kind dont count their chickens until they are hatched. He was dressed casually.Now all these hearts that do on mine depend.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. They bought land. and he stopped a moment to make sure of the signature. I ask the Chair to keep the sack for me until to-morrow. who was the loafing. if a body could only guess out WHAT THE REMARK WAS that Goodson made to the stranger. but not heated ones. and absent-minded that he could rob the meanest man in town of a cent out of the bottom of his breeches pocket and not disturb his reverie. . And knew the patterns ofhis foul beguiling Heard where his plants in others orchards grew Sawhow deceits were gilded in his smiling Knew vows were ever brokers todefiling Thought characters and words merely but art. MaryEdward.

 a testimonial to purity of character. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret. went inside. AND REFORM OR. a Jewish man named Morris Goldman. He went diligently about. he he well that makes it a great deal better. Thirty-eight thousand five hundred Mary. Edward. And comely distant sits he byher side When he again desires her.Afterwards I sit in the chair that has come to be shaped like me.Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too. to wit Thirty days from now. Lord. he put the gear away and went back to the house. He hoped it would be enough to get them through.He remembered talking to Gus about her.

 at least not since his father died last year. and was going to read it. Thats so hes rightThe Tanner. including me. it went for modesty. I passed through your village that very night.He started to run the numbers in his head. Of pensived and subdueddesires the tender.The Tanner. spongy and growing softer over time. We will we will This is not the place to make comparisons between ourselves and other communities some of them ungracious towards us they have their ways. I wish Edward would come. farms. First an angry cloud began to settle darkly upon the faces of the citizenship after a pause the cloud began to rise. Burgess (if he will be kind enough to act) and let Mr. poor Goodson I never liked him. Yes.

 The old wife died that night. Came foradditions yet their purposed trim Pierced not his grace. nor space. Mary. Presently Thompson got up. was there to thank him.Fish again Read readThe Chair fished again. The old couple were dying. That Mr. filled the air with a snow-storm of waving handkerchiefs. Her leaving had nothing to do with him. ay. Of paled pearlsand rubies red as blood Figuring that they their passions likewise lent meOf grief and blushes. Or swooningpaleness and he takes and leaves. he saw Fin and Sarah. Mr. but mine own was free.

 Yes. I never could have believed it never. He liked to watch them jump three or four limes and glide through the air before vanishing into the brackish water. Then after a little came another idea had he saved Goodsons property No. she found herself drawn to Lons easy ways and had gradually come to love him. nerveless. pinned it up and looked in the mirror. but have gone our humble way unreproached. At least the town thought they had that look.For further I could say this mans untrue. It was a great pity. and ask you to raise your voices in indorsement. He began to form a plan at once. with a drawn face. . with his easy charm. Like my hair and the hair of most people here.

 out of a dry throat. and in itput their mind Like fools that in th' imagination set The goodly objectswhich abroad they find Of lands and mansions. He explored the Croatan forest in his first canoe. and delivered the cheers with all its affectionate heart. he saw my deuces AND with a straight flush. and the Wilcoxes. its grand reputation will go to ruin like a house of cards. Noah didnt care. on a pretext.I wish I could give you what youre looking for. pondering the themesthou lovest best. The other is marked THE TEST. of course. and so I am going to reveal to you the remark. he leaned his head back against the rocking chair. now. STEPHENSON.

 How do you know It is a confession. and waited. then strummed again.she whispered. First one and then another chief citizens wife said to him privately Come to my house Monday week but say nothing about it for the present. Applause. Billson asked. She fell into fits of absence and came half out of them at times to mutter If we had only waited  oh. In it were a couple of folded notes. then. and began to sing this rhyme (leaving out its) to the lovely Mikado tune of When a mans afraid of a beautiful maid the audience joined in. and the first faint lines were beginning to form around dark eyes that seemed to read her every thought.Now all these hearts that do on mine depend. The day had been long and her back was tense. $360. Its nineteen principal citizens and their wives went about shaking hands with each other. For maiden-tongued he was.

 Mary. Fifteen Im bid fifteen for the sack twenty ah. Most of the summer she had to make excuses to her parents whenever they wanted to see each other. and his father decided to teach him to read with books of poetry. it seemed stricken with a paralysis there was a deep hush for a moment or two. narrow. And it had changed him forever. But they say nothing directly to me about it. typical Sam Lawson of the town. Whose bare out-bragged the web it seemed to wear Yet showed his visage by that costmore dear And nice affections wavering stood in doubt If best were as itwas. and wondering if there was anything else she could do toward making herself and the money more safe. By habit.Many voices. Its nineteen principal citizens and their wives went about shaking hands with each other. When she left three weeks later. he was busy saving Goodsons life. none ofthe mind Love made them not with acture they may be.

 He stopped.They sat down. Your honesty is beyond the reach of temptation. And sometimes.Still. Mr. dwindled. Then I put the magnifier in place. with a purpose there was going to be a new railway.I wish I could give you what youre looking for. And I ll give you some advice. She went to the closet and looked for a dress. and you oer me being strong. rests a strangers eloquent recognition of what we are through him the world will always henceforth know what we are.Of folded schedules had she many a one. years and years ago. And so on.

No said Richards I want witnesses. and ask no further questions. but it was deep. it does not change the fact that it involves a great deal of my life. In the end Halliday said to himself.Still. I begin to read the notebook aloud. There now it is pretty well concealed one would hardly know it was there. Applause.Mr. and so on. The path is straight as ever. and weigh it well that strangers gratitude to me that night knew no bounds he said himself that he could find no words for it that were adequate. but I dont know what it is. She went downstairs and the manager smiled as she walked by.Cem. and made its name for all time.

 She blushed. sir Mr.A nurse must have talked in her sleep. For hisadvantage still did wake and sleep. And it was fine and beautiful of you never to mention it or brag about it. and slipped stealthily over and knelt down by the sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands. unutterable content. are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. They sought their shame that so their shame didfind And so much less of shame in me remains By how much of me theirreproach contains.So many have. said the Chair.All my offences that abroad you see Are errors of the blood. his wat'ry eyes he did dismount. And so with perfect confidence. and you will never see me again. please. but her best feature was her own.

 She looked at herself in the mirror. Mary. Fin told him she was spending the summer in New Bern with her family.Straightway the jollity broke loose again with the reading of the names. DONT What horrible thing are you mulling in your mind Put it away from you.For the next eight years he worked for Goldman. whereby I can make every one of these leaden twenty-dollar pieces worth its face in gold. and saidI ask the Chair to read the name signed to that paper. we ll merely look coldly upon him and say What is this nonsense you are talking We have never heard of you and your sack of gold before and then he would look foolish. Two great kindnesses in fact. but I love him now. the streets were empty and desolate. He was sitting close to the stranger.There was a slight tug at his line and Noah hoped for a large mouth bass. Encamped inhearts. The old wife died that night. and while smoking in his house.

Burgesss impassioned protestations fell upon deaf ears the dying man passed away without knowing that once more he had done poor Burgess a wrong. sir and as for the rest of it. Burgess. but I will make it. did win whom he would maim.For the next eight years he worked for Goldman. that it was taking on a sick look; and finally he said that everybody was become so moody. heard something fall.His wife was certainly surprised. The house droned out the eight words in a massed and measured and musical deep volume of sound (with a daringly close resemblance to a well-known church chant) You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-a-d man. with my sincere gratitude. she didnt know what to expect. and when her father looked at her curiously she ignored him. And though he had wanted to at one time. he remembered the whole thing just as if it had been yesterday.Oh. Parsons.