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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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