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observing�察      �not    on   entertaining�察     �looking     frigidly    shy    at   the 

commencement of a party�察�confusingly vigilant about the middle�察�

and   insultingly   weary   towards   the   end。   Is   that   the   way�察  �do   you 

think�察�ever to communicate pleasure or excite interest�拭�No�察�and if 

you are generally unpopular�察�it is because you deserve to be so。 ̄ 

    ^Content� 院�I ejaculated。 

    ^No�察  �you   are   not   content�察  �you   see   beauty   always   turning   its 

back on you�察�you are mortified and then you sneer。 I verily believe 

all   that   is   desirable   on   earth!wealth�察  �reputation�察  �love!will   for 

ever to you be the ripe grapes on the high trellis�此�you¨ll look up at 

them�察�they will tantalize in you the lust of the eye�察�but they are out 

of reach�此�you have not the address to fetch a ladder�察�and you¨ll go 



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away calling them sour。 ̄ 

    Cutting      as   these     words     might     have     been     under     some 

circumstances�察�they drew no blood now。 My life was changed�察�my 

experience   had   been   varied   since   I   left   X!�察  �but   Hunsden   could 

not    know     this�察 �he   had   seen    me   only   in  the   character     of  Mr。 

Crimsworth¨s         clerk!a     dependant       amongst      wealthy     strangers�察�

meeting   disdain   with   a   hard   front�察  �conscious   of   an   unsocial   and 

unattractive exterior�察  �refusing  to  sue   for  notice  which  I   was  sure 

would     be   withheld�察    �declining    to  evince    an   admiration     which     I 

knew would be scorned as worthless。 He could not be aware that 

since then youth and loveliness had been to me everyday objects�察�

that  I   had   studied   them at  leisure   and   closely�察  �and   had   seen   the 

plain   texture   of   truth   under   the   embroidery   of   appearance�察  �nor 

could he�察�keen´sighted as he was�察�penetrate into my heart�察�search 

my   brain�察  �and   read   my   peculiar   sympathies   and   antipathies�察  �he 

had not known me long enough�察�or well enough�察�to perceive how 

low my feelings would ebb under some influences�察�powerful over 

most     minds�察   �how    high�察  �how    fast  they   would     flow   under    other 

influences�察�that perhaps acted with the more intense force on me�察�

because they acted on me alone。 Neither could he suspect for  an 

instant     the  history    of  my    communications         with   Mdlle    Reuter�察�

secret     to  him    and    to  all  others    was   the   tale   of  her   strange 

infatuation�察  �her   blandishments�察  �her   wiles   had   been   seen   but   by 

me�察�and to me only were they known�察�but they  had changed   me�察�

for they had proved that I could impress。 A sweeter secret nestled 

deeper in my heart�察�one full of tenderness and as full of strength�此�it 

took   the   sting   out   of   Hunsden¨s   sarcasm�察  �it   kept   me   unbent   by 

shame�察     �and    unstirred     by   wrath。    But    of  all  this   I  could    say 

nothing!nothing decisive at least�察�uncertainty sealed my lips�察�and 



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during     the   interval   of  silence   by   which   alone    I  replied   to  Mr。 

Hunsden�察      �I  made     up   my   mind     to  be   for  the   present    wholly 

misjudged by him�察�and misjudged I was�察�he thought he had been 

rather too hard upon me�察�and that I was crushed by the weight of 

his   upbraidings�察  �so   to   reassure   me     he   said�察 �doubtless   I   should 

mend some day�察�I was only at the beginning of life yet�察�and since 

happily   I   was   not   quite   without   sense�察  �every   false   step   I   made 

would be a good lesson。 

    Just then I turned my face a little to the light�察�the approach of 

twilight�察�and my position in the window´seat�察�had�察�for the last ten 

minutes�察     �prevented      him   from    studying     my    countenance�察     �as   I 

moved�察      �however�察     �he   caught     an    expression      which     he   thus 

interpreted�此� 

    ^Confound       it�  �How    doggedly     self´approving      the  lad   looks�   �I 

thought   he   was   fit  to  die   with   shame�察  �and   there   he   sits   grinning 

smiles�察  �as   good   as   to   say�察   �Let   the   world   wag   as   it   will�察  �I¨ve   the 

philosopher¨s stone in my waist´coat pocket�察�and the elixir of life in 

my cupboard�察�I¨m independent of both Fate and Fortune。¨ ̄ 

    ^Hunsden!you spoke of grapes�察�I was thinking of a fruit I like 

better than your X! hot´house grapes!an unique fruit�察�growing 

wild�察�which I have marked as my own�察�and hope one day to gather 

and taste。 It is of no use your offering me the draught of bitterness�察�

or threatening me with death by thirst�此�I have the anticipation of 

sweetness   on   my   palate�察  �the   hope   of   freshness   on   my   lips�察  �I   can 

reject the unsavoury�察�and endure the exhausting。 ̄ 

    ^For how long�拭院�

    ^Till the next opportunity for effort�察�and as the prize of success 

will be a treasure after my own heart�察�I¨ll bring a bull¨s strength to 

the struggle。 ̄ 



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    ^Bad luck crushes bulls as easily as bullaces�察�and�察�I believe�察�the 

fury dogs you�此�you were born with a wooden spoon in your mouth�察�

depend on it。 ̄ 

    ^I   believe   you�察  �sad   I   mean   to   make   my   wooden   spoon   do   the 

work   of  some   people¨s   silver  ladles�此  �grasped   firmly�察  �and   handled 

nimbly�察�even a wooden spoon will shovel up broth。 ̄ 

   Hunsden rose�此 �I see�察院�said he�察 �I suppose you¨re one of  those 

who develop best unwatched�察�and act best unaided´work your own 

way。 Now�察�I¨ll go。 ̄ And�察�without another word�察�he was going�察�at the 

door he turned�此� 

    ^Crimsworth Hall is sold�察院�said he。 

    ^Sold� 院�was my echo。 

    ^Yes�察   �you   know�察   �of  course�察  �that   your   brother    failed   three 

months ago�拭院�

    ^What� �Edward Crimsworth�拭院�

    ^Precisely�察�and his wife went home to her fathers�察�when affairs 

went awry�察  �his   temper  sympathized   with  them�察  �he   used  her  ill�察  �I 

told you he would be a tyrant to her some day�察�as to him! ̄ 

    ^Ay�察�as to him!what is become of him�拭院�

    ^Nothing      extraordinary!don¨t        be   alarmed�察   �he   put   himself 

under the protection of the court�察�compounded with his creditors 

!tenpence in the pound�察�in six weeks set  up   again�察  �coaxed back 

his wife�察�and is flourishing like a green bay´tree。 ̄ 

    ^And Crimsworth Hall!was the furniture sold too�拭院�

    ^Everything!from the grand piano down to the rolling´pin。 ̄ 

    ^And the contents of the oak dining´room!were they sold�拭院�

    ^Of   course�察  �why   should   the   sofas   and   chairs   of   that   room   be 

held more sacred than those of any other�拭院�

    ^And the pictures�拭院�



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    ^What   pictures�拭  �Crimsworth   had   no   special   collection   that   I 

know of!he did not profess to be an amateur。 ̄ 

    ^There   were   two   portraits�察  �one   on   each   side   the   mantelpiece�察�

you cannot have forgotten   them�察  �Mr。   Hunsden�察  �you  once noticed 

that of the lady! ̄ 

    ^Oh�察�I know� �the thin´faced gentlewoman with a   shawl   put  on 

like drapery。!Why�察�as a matter of course�察�it would be sold a

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