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looked down�察�smiling softly and passively�此�
^I cannot tell where it is gone�察�monsieur�察院�said she�察 �but I know
that�察�whenever it is wanted�察�it will come back again。 ̄
Behold us now at the close of the ten years�察 �and we have
realized an independency。 The rapidity with which we attained
this end had its origin in three reasons�此� Firstly�察 �we worked so
hard for it�察 �secondly�察 �we had no incumbrances to delay success�察�
thirdly�察 �as soon as we had capital to invest�察 �two well´skilled
counsellors�察 �one in Belgium�察 �one in England�察 �viz。 Vandenhuten
and Hunsden�察 �gave us each a word of advice as to the sort of
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investment to be chosen。 The suggestion made was judicious�察�and�察�
being promptly acted on�察�the result proved gainful!I need not say
how gainful�察�I communicated details to Messrs。 Vandenhuten and
Hunsden�察�nobody else can be interested in hearing them。
Accounts being wound up�察 �and our professional connection
disposed of�察�we both agreed that�察�as mammon was not our master�察�
nor his service that in which we desired to spend our lives�察�as our
desires were temperate�察 �and our habits unostentatious�察 �we had
now abundance to live on!abundance to leave our boy�察 �and
should besides always have a balance on hand�察 �which�察 �properly
managed by right sympathy and unselfish activity�察 �might help
philanthropy in her enterprises�察 �and put solace into the hand of
charity。
To England we now resolved to take wing�察 �we arrived there
safely�察 �Frances realized the dream of her lifetime。 me spent a
whole summer and autumn in travelling from end to end of the
British islands�察�and afterwards passed a winter in London。 Then
we thought it high time to fix our residence。 My heart yearned
towards my native county of !shire�察�and it is in !shire I now live�察�
it is in the library of my own home I am now writing。 That home
lies amid a sequestered and rather hilly region�察 �thirty miles
removed from X!�察�a region whose verdure the smoke of mills has
not yet sullied�察 �whose waters still run pure�察 �whose swells of
moorland preserve in some ferny glens that lie between them the
very primal wildness of nature�察 �her moss�察 �her bracken�察 �her blue´
bells�察�her scents of reed and heather�察 �her free and fresh breezes。
My house is a picturesque and not too spacious dwelling�察�with low
and long windows�察�a trellised and leaf´veiled porch over the front
door�察 �just now�察 �on this summer evening�察 �looking like an arch of
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roses and ivy。 The garden is chiefly laid out in lawn�察�formed of the
sod of the hills�察�with herbage short and soft as moss�察�full of its own
peculiar flowers�察 �tiny and star´like�察 �imbedded in the minute
embroidery of their fine foliage。 At the bottom of the sloping
garden there is a wicket�察�which opens upon a lane as green as the
lawn�察 �very long�察 �shady�察 �and little frequented�察 �on the turf of this
lane generally appear the first daisies of spring!whence its
name!Daisy Lane�察�serving also as a distinction to the house。
It terminates ��the lane I mean�� in a valley full of wood�察 �which
wood!chiefly oak and beech!spreads shadowy about the
vicinage of a very old mansion�察�one of the Elizabethan structures�察�
much larger�察 �as well as more antique than Daisy Lane�察 �the
property and residence of an individual familiar both to me and to
the reader。 Yes�察 �in Hunsden Wood!for so are those glades and
that grey building�察 �with many gables and more chimneys�察�
named!abides Yorke Hunsden�察�still unmarried�察�never�察�I suppose�察�
having yet found his ideal�察�though I know at least a score of young
ladies within a circuit of forty miles�察�who would be willing to assist
him in the search。
The estate fell to him by the death of his father�察�five years since�察�
he has given up trade�察�after having made by it sufficient to pay off
some incumbrances by which the family heritage was burdened。 I
say he abides here�察 �but I do not think he is resident above five
months out of the twelve�察 �he wanders from land to land�察 �and
spends some part of each winter in town�此 �he frequently brings
visitors with him when he comes to !´shire�察�and these visitors are
often foreigners�察 �sometimes he has a German metaphysician�察�
sometimes a French savant�察�he had once a dissatisfied and savage´
looking Italian�察 �who neither sang nor played�察 �and of whom
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Frances affirmed that he had ^tout l¨air d¨un conspirateur。 ̄
What English guests Hunsden invites�察 �are all either men of
Birmingham or Manchester!hard men�察�seemingly knit up in one
thought�察 �whose talk is of free trade。 The foreign visitors�察 �too�察 �are
politicians�察 �they take a wider theme!European progress!the
spread of liberal sentiments over the Continent�察 �on their mental
tablets�察�the names of Russia�察�Austria�察�and the Pope�察�are inscribed
in red ink。 I have heard some of them talk vigorous sense!yea�察�I
have been present at polyglot discussions in the old�察 �oak´lined
dining´room at Hunsden Wood�察�where a singular insight was given
of the sentiments entertained by resolute minds respecting old
northern despotisms�察�and old southern superstitions�此 �also�察 �I have
heard much twaddle�察 �enounced chiefly in French and Deutsch�察�
but let that pass。 Hunsden himself tolerated the drivelling
theorists�察 �with the practical men he seemed leagued hand and
heart。
When Hunsden is staying alone at the Wood ��which seldom
happens�� he generally finds his way two or three times a week to
Daisy Lane。 He has a philanthropic motive for coming to smoke
his cigar in our porch on summer evenings�察�he says he does it to
kill the earwigs amongst the roses�察�with which insects�察�but for his
benevolent fumigations�察 �he intimates we should certainly be
overrun。 On wet days�察 �too�察 �we are almost sure to see him�察�
according to him�察 �it gets on time to work me into lunacy by
treading on my mental corns�察 �or to force from Mrs。 Crimsworth
revelations of the dragon within her�察�by insulting the memory of
Hofer and Tell。
We also go frequently to Hunsden Wood�察 �and both I and
Frances relish a visit there highly。 If there are other guests�察�their
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