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leaves the old housekeeper to her emotions for a little while!not
without passing the back of her hand across her own motherly
eyes!and presently chirps up in her cheery manner此
^So I says to George when I goes to call him in to tea he
pretended to be smoking his pipe outside察 What ails you this
afternoon察George察for gracious sake拭I have seen all sorts察 and I
have seen you pretty often in season and out of season察abroad and
at home察and I never see you so melancholy penitent。¨ `Why察Mrs
Bagnet察 says George察 it¨s because I am melancholy and penitent
both察this afternoon察that you see me so。¨ `What have you done察old
fellow拭 I says。 `Why察Mrs Bagnet察 says George察shaking his head察
`what I have done has been done this many a long year察and is best
not tried to be undone now。 If I ever get to Heaven察it won¨t be for
being a good son to a widowed mother察 I say no more。 Now察
ma¨am察 when George says to me that it¨s best not tried to be
undone now察I have my thoughts as I have often had before察and I
draw it out of George how he comes to have such things on him
that afternoon。 Then George tells me that he has seen by chance察
at the lawyer¨s office察a fine old lady that has brought his mother
plain before him察and he runs on about that old lady till he quite
forgets himself察 and paints her picture to me as she used to be察
years upon years back。 So I says to George when he has done察who
is this old lady he has seen拭 And George tells me it¨s Mrs
Rouncewell察 housekeeper for more than half a century to the
Dedlock family down at Chesney Wold in Lincolnshire。 George has
frequently told me before that he¨s a Lincolnshire man察and I says
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to my old Lignum that night察 Lignum察that¨s his mother for five´
and´for´ty pound ^ All this Mrs Bagnet now relates for the
twentieth time at least within the last four hours。 Trilling it out察
like a kind of bird察with a pretty high note察that it may be audible
to the old lady above the hum of the wheels。
^Bless you察and thank you察院says Mrs Rouncewell。 ^Bless you察
and thank you察my worthy soul 院
^Dear heart 院 cries Mrs Bagnet察 in the most natural manner。
^No thanks to me察I am sure。 Thanks to yourself察ma¨am察for being
so ready to pay ¨em And mind once more察ma¨am察what you had
best do on finding George to be your own son察is察to make him!for
your sake!have every sort of help to put himself in the right察and
clear himself of a charge of which he is as innocent as you or me。 It
won¨t do to have truth and justice on his side察 he must have law
and lawyers察院exclaims the old girl察apparently persuaded that the
latter form a separate establishment察 and have dissolved
partnership with truth and justice for ever and a day。
^He shall have察院says Mrs Rouncewell察 all the help that can be
got for him in the world察 my dear。 I will spend all I have察 and
thankfully察to procure it。 Sir Leicester will do his best察 the whole
family will do their best。 I!I know something察my dear察and will
make my own appeal察 as his mother parted from him all these
years察and finding him in a jail at last。 ̄
The extreme disquietude of the old housekeeper¨s manner in
saying this察 her broken words察 and her wringing of her hands察
make a powerful impression on Mrs Bagnet察and would astonish
her but that she refers them all to her sorrow for her son¨s
condition。 And yet Mrs Bagnet wonders察too察why Mrs Rouncewell
should murmur so distractedly察 My Lady察 my Lady察 my Lady 院
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over and over again。
The frosty night wears away察 and the dawn breaks察 and the
post´chaise comes rolling on through the early mist察like the ghost
of a chaise departed。 It has plenty of spectral company察in ghosts
of trees and hedges察 slowly vanishing and giving place to the
realities of day。 London reached察 the travellers alight察 the old
housekeeper in great tribulation and confusion察Mrs Bagnet察quite
fresh and collected!as she would be察 if her next point察 with no
new equipage and outfit察were the Cape of Good Hope察the Island
of Ascension察Hong Kong察or any other military station。
But when they set out for the prison where the trooper is
confined察 the old lady has managed to draw about her察 with her
lavender´coloured dress察 much of the staid calmness which is its
usual accompaniment。 A wonderfully grave察 precise察 and
handsome piece of old china she looks察 though her heart beats
fast察 and her stomacher is ruffled more than even the
remembrance of this wayward son has ruffled it these many years。
Approaching the cell察they find the door opening and a warder
in the act of coming out。 The old girl promptly makes a sign of
entreaty to him to say nothing察 assenting察 with a nod察 he suffers
them to enter as he shuts the door。
So察George察who is writing at his table察supposing himself to be
alone察 does not raise his eyes察 but remains absorbed。 The old
housekeeper looks at him察and those wandering hands of hers are
quite enough for Mrs Bagnet¨s confirmation察even if she could see
the mother and the son together察 knowing what she knows察 and
doubt their relationship。
Not a rustle of the housekeeper¨s dress察 not a gesture察 not a
word betrays her。 She stands looking at him as he writes on察 all
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unconscious察 and only her fluttering hands give utterance to her
emotions。 But they are very eloquent察 very察 very eloquent。 Mrs
Bagnet understands them。 They speak of gratitude察of joy察of grief察
of hope察 of inextinguishable affection察 cherished with no return
since this stalwart man was a stripling察of a better son loved less察
and this son loved so fondly and so proudly察 and they speak in
such touching language察 that Mrs Bagnet¨s eyes brim up with
tears察and they run glistening down her sun´brown face。
^George Rouncewell O my dear child察turn and look at me 院
The trooper starts up察 clasps his mother round the neck察 and
falls down on his knees before her。 Whether in a late repentance察
whether in the first association that comes back upon him察he puts
his hands together as a child does when it says its prayers察 and
raising them towards her breast察bows down his head察and cries。
^My George察 my dearest son Always my favourite察 and my
favourite still察where have you been these cr