STROLLING P L AYEB S

A HA RMO N Y O F C O N TR A S T S

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C HAR L O T T E M . Y O N GE

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C HR I S T A B EL R . C O LER I D G E

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CR A P . PA GE

1 TOUT
. EST P E RD U F O RS

L H O N N EU R

2 . MY V O C AT I O N
3 . IS IT RIG HT ? 16

4 . I N E V I TAB LE 24

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HA M M E R T O O R S
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6 . BE F O R E T HE PU B L I C 40

7 . HAR RY TO T HE R ES C U E

8 . A DR A M A T I C I N T E R L U D E 51

Y O U N G MA N , I H I NK R E DY I N G

Y OU

9 . T 61

10 . PR O F ESS I ON A LS

11 L I ONS
. IN T HE P AT H 81

IT I S MY L AD Y O H M Y LO V E !

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, IT I S 92

MRS A DV I C E

13 . . P E TT I F E R S 103

I HE A R A V O I C E C ANN O T HE A R

14 . Y OU 113

15 . A LLE N -
A - D A LE 12 4

O B E R O N S S P E LL

16 . 13 5

17 . A P E TTY T Y R A N T O F T H E F I EL D S ? 14 0

18 F ELLO W FEEL I N G 147

19 . DO U C E DA V I E 15 7

20 . N O EN C UM B R A N C E S 16 5

2 1 TH E
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Q UA KI N G C O TTA G E
22 . T H E A PP R O V A L O F T H E A R I S T O C R AC Y 18 4
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23 . y I 19 4

24 . T H E O R A N G E RY . 2 06

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26 . T H E T O M B O F T H E C A P U LE T S

27 THE R U L I N G P A SS I O N

28 . A B E NE F I C E N T I M P

29 . TO U C H A N D GO 2 60

30 . A T H U NDE R B OL T 2 70

3 1 HI S B R I G H T P A R T I C U L A R
. S TA R 27 9

T H E Y O R KS H I RE M A N S MA G N A N I M I TY

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33 . TH E A D RI AT I C I S F R EE 29 6

34 . T H E HEA R T O F T H E S P I N D LE WOO D 3 05

35 . TH E
O RC HA RD WA LL S A R E HIG H A ND HA RD T O C LI M R

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T H O U A R T T H Y S EL F 330

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37 . C O U P LES C OM I N G T O TH E A R K 3 43
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IT is all up with us S elva ,
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S o spoke S ir Lewis Willingham a tall well set up , ,

soldierly man of some thirty years with fair h air and ,

moustaches and a complexion only beginning to get its

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girlish red and whit e over much blended together - -

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A pretty little plump creature with eyes of the ,

deepest blue lon g black lashes and the blackest of

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hair setting off lovely rosy tints that embellished

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childish and roguishly sweet features sprang up and , ,

j umped into his arms .

N ever mind Lewis darlin g ! My experience is

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that one has j ust as much fun ruined as not ! I d

rather be a jolly O l d abbey all over yellow lichen and , ,

w a ll o w er and gold stems o f stonecrop than a horrid

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brand new red brick house like e R a dfo r d s

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Y ou an abbey S ally ! Y ou prepared that S peech
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didn t you ? Y ou ve got the botany so pat !

Y ou thought I could not be so poetical without
preparation But what does it mean Lewis
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It means that we shall just S crape through

honourably and owe no man anything if we throw all
our substance into the gulf sell this house and work
for our living s omeh o w o r other I m sorry for the
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brat bu t he will grow up used to it and more sorry

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for Rupert and his education .

And what can we do Lewis ? S hall I go out

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charing she said with a laugh or lecture on , ,

boycotting
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what can we do ? That is the question '

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hampered as we are with this handle to our name .

They looked round at the pleasant room the ,

pleasanter perhaps for not being too tidy a villa ,

drawing room with windows opening to the ground

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under a verandah where the early roses were beginning

to veil a Vista of purple hills .

It was three years S ince S ir Lewis Willingham had

brought home his bride thither H is father was an O l d .

general on whom a baronetcy had des cended unto

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w ar d ly while the estates went to an unsympathetic

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female heir a n d who had invested his means in a bank

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connected with a shipping agency in the town of

O u seh av en .

Lewis had been in the army and had been o ne o f ,

the defenders O f a proscribed and boycotted Irish fam il y

reduced to destitution Inevitably he fell passionately .
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in love with the still more penniless niece married her

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with the smallest possible permission and to gratify ,

the family notions of prudence retired from the army , ,

and came home to work in the Ofce and live with his ,

father and young sister and brother A gnes and Rupert

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whose portions were also invested in the bank in a ,

house on the outskirts of the town .

There half a year before our story opens the

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general had died ; and the examination o f affairs that

followed had been anything but satisfactory There .

had been unfortunate speculation but this was not ,

wholly to blame for a larger port on the same coast

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had lately attracted the trade and the improvements ,

in the O u seh aven H arbour had been a heavy expense ,

guaranteed by the house o f R adford and Buckley but ,

failing of success A fter many forebodings gathering .

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gradually into certainties this was the upshot and S ir , ,

Lewis Willi ngham though his name did not appear , ,

was one o f the chief shareholders as heir and executor

to his father and as himself a director of the local
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bank .

Bankruptcy was barely avoided by the sacrice ;

and Mr Buckley meant to hold o n and retrieve what
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he could while Mr R adford an elderly man and

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broken hearted could only retire with his wife to live

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on her o wn small means ; and there was little employ

ment for Mr Buckley his son G eorge who had been .
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acting clerk o r for S ir Lewis

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The stroke had been
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impending for many weeks past and this was the crisis ,

foreseen and met with this tone of deance of fortune

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By the bye exclaimed S elva at last ruined o r '

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not this note must be answered

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It is from Mrs . .

Armytage Er n l ey Armytage brought it and is c razy

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to get us all to do The R ivals o r something for them , ,

at the village entertainment in the Park on the 3 0 th .

They say they will give the proceeds to any charity

we like I was thinking at the time whether we
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might not need charity as much as any one else .

Lewis burst into an explosion of laughter Y ou ve .

hit it S ally he cried

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Let us turn strolling players
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in good earnest Tis my vocation H al ! .

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Well ! said S elva looking up there really is , ,

nothing you can do quite so well ! And oh ,

clapping her hands shall we have a dear delightful ,

v an

Painted canary colour ,

added Lewis . F ancy
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Agnes looking out of it Y ou would do it famously ,

with your cloak over your head and the boy on your ,

back ! and as he spoke he tied a S ilk handkerchief

over her head making her bright face look charmingly

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pretty There ! you shall act gipsy queen and make

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our fortunes !
S eriously Lewis shall we have to live on our wits
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in the yellow van ?

N ot quite ; the paternal tin goes as father was a ,

shareholder ; but you know my grandfather D orset .

left his property in the hands of trustees for his

daughters and my mother s share is still in their hands
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so each of us A gnes R upert and myself will still

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have a hundred and twenty p o unds a year so we shall ,

not quite starve .

A nd the aunts are as well off as ever ?

O h yes ; and as part of my mother s share was
paid down and the houses are grown more valuable
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they have ve hundred pounds a year a piece .

I m glad of that I wish any of my people in .

Ireland had as good a look out But W hat am I to .

say to Mrs A rmytage .

S ay ? O h here comes A unt An ne ! as there

appeared in the garde n a lively looking lady with -

bright cheeks and eyes and hair too gray for her fortyt ,

two years giving the e ffect of powder under her shady

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hat .

My dear Lewis she exclaimed seeing their bright ,

faces and S elva s beco mi ng head gear then it is not

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as bad as we thought ?

O h yes it is ! O nly my lady is rehearsing the

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a cting Colleen Bawn in a yellow van !

R eally and truly it has come to this ? ,

Really and truly R uined horse and foot ! But .
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it is not our own fault w e don t hurt any one else so ,

we can stand it very well without pulli ng a doleful face ,

w e g o m ou r n for t h at , m y

Bu t S h all d ear ,
T h e pa l e m o o n sh i n e s b y n ig h t ,

he nished by singing .

Y ou ridiculous boy Y our A unt Marian would .

say you treated it with unbecoming levity said Miss

A nne D orset H owever you have your mother s
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money and us to look to so it might be worse

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will always be a home for you with us .

You re always a brick A unt N ance said Lewis , ,
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Indeed A nne had been always more lik e an elder

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sister to him than an aunt .

But the note entreated S elva They are to call for
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the answer at six To be o r not to be ?

Theatrical alr eady ! exclaimed Lewis H as .

Ernley Ar mytage come to you my dear Mrs Mala , .

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E xactly so was the answer ; and I set o ff to

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come to you to ask what you thought about it ; only

I met Mr Buckley on the way with a face o f woe
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There s no reason on earth why we should not

accept said Lewis
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Why should we go on as if one .

of us was going to be hanged ? F ire away S ally and , ,

tell her we shall be happy We ll have A gnes at home
from Coalham by that time to look solemn through

Lydia Languish and I ll look up the rest of the ,

lot
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That s right Lewis ! exclaimed his aunt ; keep
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up a stout light heart to bear you through
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A nd do you know A un t A nne said Lewis I

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really think this may be our vocation There are a .

good lot of us altogether and we are all used to private ,

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theatricals Why should we not go on for money

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instead of love They cleared six and twenty pounds - -

by our acting for the Chinese famine last year you ,

know A dozen goes like that would more than clear

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R upert s expenses for the year which is one important

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matter A nd I don t know what else I m g ood for at
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my age .

N ot regularly on the stage 7

N o in this semi public way out o f doors chiey -
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People would be glad of us for their entertainments ,

and recommend us one to the other H ere s my Lady .

Willingham to chaperon you if you ll come and do ,

propriety and the cruel mothers A unt Nance ,
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Well ! said Miss D orset meditatively i t would

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be great fun and Juliet would enjoy it ,
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By the bye when do A unt Marian and Juliet ,

come home
The day after to morrow That horrid dentist -
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keeps them for another day s torture When they do .

come you ll get two antipodes of Opinions Master Lewis

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Poor Aunt Marian But you ll make her swallow

it A unt A nne A sk her what else I m t for, ex c ept
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breaking stones on the road or writin g penny dread ,

fuls which she would not like much better

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Mr A r m yt age s servant called for a note my lady

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said the servant at the door .

Let him wait a moment .

There ! you chatter so I ve hardly begun said

S elva D ear Mrs A rmytage we hope to be able to

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act The Rivals o n the 3 1s t What m ore 7 .

O h that w i ll do ! N 0 use going into the future

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I ll go over and manage that said Lewis E xplain ,

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that the performers are the objects O f charity and ask ,

Er nl ey to do the giant in the yellow van

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A light heart was a heritage that A nne D orset

and her nephe w Lewis Willi ngham possessed in
common They were a good deal alike in character
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bright good practical people doing much useful work

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and winning many hearts by their warm good nature -

and friendliness acting up to sound religious principles

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yet not going very deep N othing seemed to touch .

them to any innermost depth and yet they were very ,

a ffectionate avoided all they perceived to be evil had

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good pure sound tastes exerted themselves in good

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works did generous things in the easiest m ost playful

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manner and met trouble with the like g a i et d a caewr

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There were differences o f course between the old maid

and the young soldier but the foundations ( if there
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were any) were essentially the same .

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MY V O C AT I O N

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sure Lewis it s uncommonly g o od of you to think
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so much of my future O f course it s a pity to give .

up one s last year at O xford But I m not so fond of

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acting as the rest of you I d rather take a clerkship .

in the Bank ; I d rather chuck up O xford and go
abroad than feel such a stick such an oaf such a
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F O O L as I do on a platform !

The speaker was a fair big youth of twenty a , ,

handsome likeness of S ir Lewis and as he spoke he ,

sat heavily down on the smallest white and gold chair

in Lady Wi lli n gh am s drawing room and xed a pair of

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large blue eyes upon his brother in disconsolate appeal .

O h nonsense R upert said S elva looking cheer
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fully u p from her tea cups We settled it all the -

day before yesterday ; Lewis has seen Mrs A rmytage .

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and she thinks it a splendid idea and will suggest us ,

to her friends Y ou always get on capitally and

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people say how well you look .

Well ! said R upert of course if you re doing it , ,

partly on my account and as a provision for the baby ,

But I do hope S elva that you won t set me to act
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with Juliet It s all very well with Agnes
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speaks her sp eeches and goes on quietly but J u li et ,

you d think it was all real I declare when she did .
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K ate H ardcastle and I was that idiot Marlow I did , ,

positively feel as if it was m e she was making game

of I I felt quite ashamed of myself .

Lewis and S elva both laughed .

S o much the better said S elva But we mustn t
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give Jetty too much swing S he ll want to begin .

with Macbeth
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Besides her money is all safe said Lewis and

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if she refused
Lewis ! Lewis ! I never was so delighted !

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course I ll cast in my lot with you It s a glorious .
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grand unconventional brave plan and I honour you

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for it Lewis and S elva ; and you shall have all there
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is O f me to help you with all my might !

O h wait till we begin groaned R upert as a small
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slight girl in gray came with a rush across the hall

and into the room sending her clear sweet carrying , ,

voice before her and nally throwing herself into ,

S elva s arms at the cost O f a tremendo us shake and
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rattle of the tea cups -

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E ven close beside Lady Wi lli ngh am s Irish loveliness

she showed as a very pretty girl H er bri ght curly .

hair was piled o n t h e top o f her small head and turned ,

O ff her forehead in vigorous natural waves so full of ,

life and spring as to add to the S pirited look of her

delicate pointed face H er hazel eyes under dark
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delicately drawn level brows were full o f animation

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and purpose her face was all chan ge and movement

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Tell me all about it she continued What are ,

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y o u going to do ! A unt Marian so fell upon A unt

N ance that I ed and left them to ght it out .

But you must distinctly understan d Juliet that

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your position is unaltered There is no occasion for .

you to exert yourself .

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E xert
myself O ccasion ? D o you thin k Lewis , ,

that now at the end of the nineteenth century I m
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going t o be a mere young lady because I ve three hun ,

dred a year of my own ? N o ! I can t be a nurse or
G irls if they ve anything in them don t

teacher .
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marry much nowadays ; and marriage wouldn t suit
me I have always longed to go on the stage I know
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I can ; and here s the opening I think the bank .

breaking is providential .

If I was your guardian growled R upert and

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you went into such a state o f ex citement y o u S hould ,

have nothing to do with it .

D ear boy you know nothing about excitement , ,

said Juliet with a soft air of elderly superiority

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Besides you know I was twenty one in March But

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tell me all about it Lewis at once , , .

Well Mrs Armytage has engaged us for the 3 l s t

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and wants The Rivals S o if there were enough of

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the O l d set together

E nough ? Who is it wishes for more men from

E ngland ! My cousin Westmoreland ? N o my fair ,

cousin N ot o n e man more to S hare the glory as
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K ing H arry said O h I should like to act hi m .

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That s all very well said S ir Lewis ; but you , _

can t play two parts at once for all the glory in the ,

world H owever if you ll hold your tongue I ll

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explain We intend to announce ourselves as an

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O ld Comedy Company

Y es yes interposed Juliet , A mateur audiences
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like it we d o it rather well and our good breeding

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tells in it .

Well , Aunt N ance you know is just made for , ,

Mrs Malaprop . S elva is Lucy you and Ernl ey .

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Armytage Ca n be Julia and F alkland ; because

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A gnes knows Lydia ,

and Sh e likes best to act with

Rup ert .

J ul iet made a face but said Well ! in a resigne d , ,

tone .

Jolly old Major O C on no r is always our S ir Lucius

Bob A cres is my best part I m going to coach D olph .

for Fag Then Buckley isn t so bad as S ir A nthony

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We can nd a D avid .

It s all straight for once said Juliet But will ,

they go on with us ?
Armytage will j olly O ld giant till he gets a ship , , ,

and probably the Major and I daresay we could often ,

get Buckley O f course we pay expenses or they

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share prots We ll work that out square somehow . .

A nd if we re short handed I daresay some O f the Old

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S tars would help us I used to act with Musgrave .

and his U ndiscovered S tars a capital dramatic

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company .

A h yes said Juliet ; you know I was at R ow
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hurst with the Lu s c o mb es before I joined A unt Min .

They took me twice to m a ti n es at the Planet

beautiful pieces A nd o n e S unday Mr Musgrave .
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came down to tea and brought with him one of the ,

actors a very clever o n e Mr Clarence Burnet
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A y said S ir Lewis


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I met Burnet some years ,

ago and have seen him act often H is cousin young

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Lambourne was stage struck when I was with the

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S tars There was a romantic story his father made
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a mdsa lli a nce and married Burnet s aunt a gipsy ,

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people say Then there was a cruel guardian and

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other complications Y oung Lambourne insisted on .

taking up his cousin and they came to London to ,

gether and took to the stage Lambourne dropped it

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when he came into his property and married but I b e , ,

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lieve he has always been an odd sh They were both .

O d d gipsy looking fellows Burnet s a clever man
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Y es very tall and dark and not at all like the

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popular notion of an actor H e was so grave he .

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made the R o wh u r st curate seem quite frivolous I .

talked to him I asked him how people began to get ,

on on the stage and he gave an odd sort o f smile and

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said By working hard and taking their luck
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asked him if it was very difcult for a girl to make a

beginning there and he said S omet i mes , ,
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Why Juliet sai d S elva did you mean to ask

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him for an introduction

O h well said Juliet half laughing half serious
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knowledge never comes amiss I ve O ften thought .

I d like to go and call on Irving and ask him to give ,

me his candid Opinion .

H ow many candid Opinions do you think he is

asked for in a year ? said R upert .

Well ! returned Juliet cheerfully ; now he ll , ,

perhaps have heard beforehand of the sensation I shall

make .

N ow Juliet said R upert I do h O pe you re not

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going to think of making a sensation If we re to get .

through this business and I m sure I m awfully obliged ,
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t o L e w i s and S elva for their goodness we must just ,

take it quietly and act in a rational manner If you .

go having inspirations we S hall be done for .

O r oated up to the heights of fame cried Juliet ,

clapping her hands G oodness there are the aunts ! .

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A unt Min s going to enter a protest I shall go and .

kiss baby .

S he ew out of the room as she spoke turning back ,

her bright face to declaim effectively D on t be talked ,

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plenty of genuine stu ff beneath her wild spirits A ct .

ing was to her an art not an amusement and S h e gave , ,

very little thought to all the incident a l gaie ty and

pleasure that would accompany the scheme of the
S trolling Players in comparison with the joys of the

acting itself and the satisfaction of hard justiable

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work at it .

N o w after she had paid her respects to the infant

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hope of the Wi lli ngh a ms her mind turned instantly to ,

her performance O f Julia in The Rivals and how she ,

could improve that rather unattractive part S he .

knew With certainty that was not conceit that S h e

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could have played Lydia Languish innitely better

than her cousin but that in Agnes s hands the senti , , ,

mental Julia would have been intolerable S uddenly .

a n ew idea struck her and she ran back into the .

drawing room Lewis Lewis !

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We must have a
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name like the S tars Let us be the Wills o the
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Wisp ashing out all o f a sudden when no o ne ex
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peets it of us Wi lli ng ha m S hi ning in the darkness

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of ruin and d esolation !

O h my dear Juliet ! ,
exclaimed Miss Marian
D orset ; such a name is quite ominous

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N ot a bit O f it Min said Miss A nne cheerfully , , , .

It s a very good notion Y ou know the Jack O .

Lanterns themselves are always quite j olly in the bogs .

It s only the audience we shall lead astray ; and as I .

shall be the chief light I am much too substantial to ,

tread in quagmires .

It s a very good notion cried S elva jumping up

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and elevating her tea cup H ere s to the success of -
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the Wills O the Wisp O ld Comedy and Pastoral Play

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Company and may they win fame fortu ne and
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fu n .
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H iphip hurrah !
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cried Lewis Miss Anne and
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Ju liet in chorus
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w ere

sink .

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Is I T R I G HT ?

A G RO U P stood waiting for the train on the p latform

O f Coalham station Two were clergyme n one a sturdy
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hard working resolute looking man on the younger

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side of middle age ; the other a tall dark eyed lad ,

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whose long black coat did not conceal his lithe grace ,

ful outlines .

The others were a bright lively little lady i n si g , ,

n i c a n t till her countenance was studied with its

thoughtfulness and power of brillian cy ; the other a

tall stately m aiden in S light mourning brown haired

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blue eyed regular in feature lovely in the subdued

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colouring of her complexion altogether far above the ,

average in beauty but at present with a look of dis

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appointment i n the almost pensive eyes .

A nd you really are not going home with Biessie
said the younger man .

N0 ; Lewis i s perempt o ry ! I am so vexed I did

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so want to see S tokesley replied the girl , .

Perhaps it is better for S tokesley that it S hould be

left to your imagination said the elder clergyman, .

It is a very h omely place .

S O much the better

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thorough going country parish is so delightful ! N ot .

but she added in haste that I do enjoy the full

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life and work and reality O f a place like this I hope .

I S hall be the better for it all my life .

The train was snorting up at that moment and ,

doors were O pened ; the bags and umbrellas that

were being held for the two ladies were put into a
carriage .

O h but ! cried the girl not rst class ! O

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Mr H arry I told you mine was to be third like Miss

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M er ri eld s

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What was to be done when Bessie told me to get ,

a rst class for her ? said H arry s mi lin g ; I obeyed

the elder as I n duty bound ,

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S O they were both launched into the honourable

seclusion O f a co up e and so immediately shunted back ,

wards beyond the verge O f the platform that no

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further fare wells were possible .

I didn t mean i t sighed the girl

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But I did was the answer ; I am sure your ,

brother would not like you to come on alone in the

third class after I leave you .

O h my brother ! he would not care

,
H e is easy .

going eno ugh ; and besides I believe we are all going ,

to be very poor .

Then the bad news is true I am sorry Is that .

the reason he hurries you home

I wish it was it would be more to the purpose ,

but it is about some private theatricals .

There was a pause caused by a complication of

horrid noises emitted by the various engines during ,

which the ladies gazed out at a smoky world of roofs

and chimneys in the midst of which rose a thin spike,

o f bell turret like a nearly closed parasol

-
, .

feasted her eyes on it as long as

her and when another jerk took her out of S ight of it
, ,

C
18 S T R O LLIN G Y
P LA ER S CH AP .

she breathed a S igh o f G ood bye dear S t Cuthbert s -
,
.

I m glad to have had another look and then applied

,

herself to a letter which she took from her bag H er .

companion thought it more sympathetic to study her

own provision of literature .

A gnes Will ingham had been staying with a school

friend the daughter of Canon Wharton the R ector of
, ,

S t Mary s t h e parent parish church of Coalham where

.

, ,

for nearly a lifetime he had been struggling to make

religious opportunities keep pace with the rapid growth
of the colliery and factory town ; where mission after
mission sprang up under his care and gradually ,

developed into churches with districts of their own .

H e and his wife still reigned in a manner over all , , ,

and were the centres of the system in an O ld fashioned ,

-

rectory that still preserved its grounds and with a ,

venerable church O f many styles which had been ,

supplemented instead of being spoilt by additions .

H is former curates even when converted into vicars

, ,

almost always craved for his counsel and sympathy ,

and until they married kept up their old custom of

,

the S unday evening supper at the R ectory which Mrs ,

.

Wharton declared secured their being properly fed

,

once on that day of unrest to the clergy .

There are some houses that seem to have a peculiar

atmosphere of their own perhaps best expressed by,

A r o u nd th e very p l ac e d i d bro o d

l
A c a m an d h o l y q u i et u d e
.

A quietude not at all inconsistent either with i n c es
sant occupation or innocent merriment bu t r ather
, ,

caused by a certain spiritual atmosphere a work ,

an d li vi g for one great object ever presen

n ,

this calm and happy world

111 Is I T R I G HT ? 19

admitted when about fte en months before her rst

, , ,

visit had been paid S he had always been rather a

.

grave girl and the school at which S h e and A lice

,

Wharton had met had strengthened her religious,

feeli ngs so that she was prepared to enter into the

,

charm of the life at the R ectory which she felt with ,

out analysing i t till she missed it .

Constant work frequent interruption unfailing

, ,

sympathy and aid for all who needed it interest in all ,

subjects of the day household mirth yet all without

, ,

bustle and all subordinated to the one great service

, ,

expressed in the daily and weekly prayers praise and ,

offering in the church which dedicated all besides as ,

an O ffering to the glory O f G od .

This it was that seemed to give at once z est avour , ,

and calm to all that passed at the rectory A gnes .

took her share in the occupations there and contributed ,

her really beautiful singing at several of the parish and

society entertainments given by her friend s as indeed , ,

she had Often done at home where her family were

always ready to assist in such good works as commended
themselves to their good nature and were not too
troublesome H er home was by no means irreligio u s
.
,

but what was duty there was love and life in this ,

other region H er enthusiasm was all awake chiey

.
,

for the grand old Canon and then for the ex curate ,
-
,

now Vicar o f S t Cuthbert s ; the very hardest of all

.

the districts to deal with bu t where the earnestness ,

force and geniality of the R everend D avid M erri eld

,

had had great effect for good and with him worked
his much younger cousin H arry M erri eld a sort of , ,

grand curate to the Canon What the beautiful g o o d an d

-
.
, ,

eager girl was to the Vicar and his curate S h e at least ,

never thought though perhaps Mrs Wharton did and

, , , .
,
2O S T R O L LI N G Y
P L A ER S CHAP .

sometimes wondered Both cousins were members of .

large fami l ies but a family living was in the gift of

,

H arry M erri eld s maternal uncle Mr Mohun and it

, . ,

was only doubtful whether it might not fall while the

nephew was still thought too youn g for the charge in ,

which case D avid M erri eld m ight be selected .

H owever a l l this h a d gone no further than the

,

good lady s imagination when Agnes had been sum

moued home by her father s illness When she made

.

her second visit a few months after his death there

, ,

was all the same delight perhaps even more appreci ,

ation of the peace after the business debates and ,

alarms that had already set in at O u seh a e v n but

perhaps the elder Mr M erri eld was fuller than before.

of parish work for he haunted the R ectory less while

, ,

his young cousin haunted it more H owever before .

,

the end of the sojourn the Vicar s sister E lizabeth ,

M err i el d came to stay with him

,
S he was a few .

years Older than himself and under the name O f Mesa ,

was a somewhat distinguished authoress but S h e was

an entirely congenial element in the Coalham circle ,

and soon attracted that passionate love from A gnes that

a young girl Often feels for a superior woman o f ready
sympathies N o doubt she saw the game a nd the
.
,

unconscious rivalship even if she received no voluntary,

condence from her brother ; and by and by A gnes ,

was extremely delighted by an invitation to return

with E lizabeth and make her a visit at S tokesley the
, ,

family home .

This however was frustrated by a letter from her

, ,

brother telling her that he wanted her at home at once

, .

S he had written again to beg for at least two day s at

S tokesley but had been told that the engagement to
,

act at A rmytage Park rendered it impossible This .

22 S T R O LLI N G P L AY ER S C HA P .

really enjoys it as much as any one and we have /

,

generally act ed either for pu r e am u sem en t or for some

charitable purpose .

A nd of course whatever y o u act is of the right

,

sort f

O h yes none of us would have anything else

, ;
but

Y ou don t like it .

Well when we come to a dress rehearsal I can

, ,

begin to feel as if I were so m eb o dy else and I don t ,

mind it so much ; but I don t act half so well as the

others and I really don t k n ow if it is not conceit that
,

makes me hate it so much altogether besides other ,

reasons .

A nd they can t do without you

They say they can t partly because of my singing ,

Juliet is not musical and S elva has a pretty little ,

voice but it is not trained and is not to be heard

, , ,

except in a room Besides two girls are O ften wanted

.
, .

Lewis would be dreadfully vexed and angry if I refused ,

but I would do so if I were sure that it was really

wrong .

E lizabeth M er ri el d as she thought of the effect ,

'
u pon her relations of hearing of Miss Willingham
acting before a semi public almost wished she could in -

conscience say it was wrong ; but this was ce rtainly .

untrue and she could only answer If you do it in

, ,

this way and to gratify your own people there can be

, ,

nothing wr ong i n consenting to help them .

I did not expect that they would have wanted to

do it within the year sighed A gnes thinking of her , ,

father s death .

People feel so di fferently on those matters Men .

take lines o f their own .

111 Is I T R I G HT ? 23

Well if it be not absolutely wrong I suppose it

, ,

would be worse to upset all their plans for mere distaste

and reluctance sighed A gnes ; and E lizabeth looking
, ,

at her st riking face and gure could not help feeling

,

a certain surprise at her total insensibility to the

admiration that her beauty could not fail to excite .

S he wondered too whether either D avid or H arry had

,

any share in this same repugnance And which ? .

 CHAP TE R IV

I N EV I T A B LE

T HE Misses D orset lived on in the house that had

been the family home for many generations and ,

which would have been far too expensive fo r them but

for its S ituation .

H olland had evidently furnished the model to the

original owner for the ho use was tall and had a steep
, ,

roof broken by queer little dormer windows of a red

,

brick modied by time with elaborate stone quoins

,

and tall doorway opening on a broad igh t O f stone

,

steps heavy sash windows and a walled court leading

, ,

to the street O n the other s id e i t was as near the

'

.
,

sluggish estuary as safety permitted and indeed in , ,

certain conjunctions of wind and tide the cabbages , ,

.
not to say the lawn became acquainted with salt
,

water ; although it appeared to Miss D orset s friends ,

as if by far the greater portion of their time there

was little to be seen from the window save an expanse
of mud with the river lazily creeping through it and
, ,

green banks and white houses shining beyond The .

vessels when there were any to see could only be

, ,

discerned from the broad balcony that ran roun d th e

great bay O f the drawing room Inside the house
-
.
,

was panelled painted w hite and provided with as

, ,

many heavy doors and big windows as could possibly

C HAP . Iv I N EV I T AB LE 25

be got into the compass of each room ; but the oak

staircase was very handsome and very comfortable ,

and the broad h andrail was a delightful place fo r

gymnastics of all degrees .

A s to the furniture most of it had suffered a ,

period of degradation to the servants hall attics and

, ,

nurseries till it had been of late dug out with rapture

,
.

mended renovated an d installed in the places of honour

, , ,

while all the R egency articles that had not become

favourites had in their turn to go into retirement
'
.

Miss D orset s own particular sitting room opening -

Ou t O f t h e drawing room was entirely O f the rosewood

-

and chint z period to her the O l d and beloved S he

, , .

was fteen years O lder than her sister Anne and had ,

ne ver had such strong health having been forced to ,

become head O f the household and to mother young ,

brothers and sisters S O early that the strain had been

overmuch for her bodily strengt h though not for her ,

mental vigour .

S he was not exactly an invalid but she was obliged ,

to take care of her self and not overtax her powers ,

and it was understood that while her sister and Juliet

had their own occupations within and without she sat ,

alone in her pretty quiet room with her cockatoo her

, , ,

cat and her canary birds her books her letters and her
, , , ,

accounts looking like an o ld fairy especially when she

, ,

put on her cap which she never did if she could help it
,
.

It was an ominous thing when any one O f the

family knocked at her door before half past one and -

o f late she had had only too many of such knocks .

This time it was Agnes whose voice asked May I

come in Aunt Minnie ?

,

A h ! I thought you would be here said her aunt

,
.

S O they have sprung the mi ne o n you poor child .

,
.
28 Y
S T R O L L I N G P LA E R S C HA P . Iv

that little wild pussy cat Juliet to have you ,

them .

V ery well aunt said Agnes drooping her head a
, ,

,

little in resignation with the feeling If Aunt Marian

,

does not uphold me it is all up with me !
,

Miss D orset looked at her with a doubt whether

the heart had any part in her reluctance and whether ,

any prospects could be imperilled by her sharing in

the scheme of the Wills o the Wisp

But with all.

her shrewdness Marion D orset belonged to a reticent

,

generation which would not try to draw back the veil

or make revelations to a S pirit as yet unconscious .

S he was not sure either that the idea O f the beautiful

A gnes giving her heart to a clergyman in the Black
Country was attractive to her .
 C HAPTER V
M r Harri s b e n o t al ar m e d l a r pla y h a mm er t o o rs

.
, ,
n o t re g -
ac t ors

S e e L if e of D i cken s .

W H E N the Wills o the Wisp started on their

p r o fes

s i o n alcareer the objectors to and the promoters of the

,

scheme were about equally ignorant of the real

difculty of it A gnes felt vaguely that the publicity
"

and display went against her tastes and knew also , ,

somewhat vaguely that some people would not think,

it quite nice ; but she had no denite objections to

bring forward R upert to whom on rst coming home
.
,

she had appealed had stated that he did not think it

,

was wrong or even undesirable he wished it was ; in ,

his opinion it was simply beastly .

A unt N ance regarded it as only an extension of old

habits likely to lead to seeing their friends in pleasant
,

ways and not makin g any real difference in their

,

lives S ir Lewis was the only one of the party who

.

had ever acted o utside their own somewhat u n S O ph i st i

c a t e d neighbourhood and he had never had anything ,

to do with the management O f any other company .

H is connection with the U ndiscovered S tars had

been brief and naturally he had not troubled himself
, ,

at all as to the sort of people with whom he had to

play H e was a fairly good actor of character parts
. ,

a little careless and happy g O lucky ; but with plenty - -

of dash and re and like Miss Anne some n atural

, , ,
28 Y
S T R O L L I N G P LA ER S C HA P . IV

that little wild pussy cat Juliet to have you ,

them .

V ery well aunt said Agnes drooping her head a
, ,

,

little in resignation with the feeling If Aunt Marian

,

does not uphold me it is all up with me !
,

Miss D orset looked at her with a doubt whether

the heart had any part in her reluctance and whether ,

any prospects could be imperilled by her sharing in

the scheme of the Wills O the Wisp

But with all
.

her shrewdness Marion D orset belonged to a reticent

,

generation which would not try to draw back the veil

or make revelations to a spirit as yet unconscious .

S he was not sure either that the idea O f the beautiful

A gnes giving her heart to a clergyman in the Black
Country was attractive to her .
30 S T R O LL I N G P L A E R S Y CHA P .

humour H e was the s t ar of the amateurs in the

.

neighbourhood and had got up parochial entertainments

,

for every clergyman for miles round who would allow ,

his school or parish room to be used for such purposes

-

and on such lines was a skilful and popular stage

manager .

The dramatic company O f O u s eh aven had numbered

sundry amateurs who could not be expected to come
beyond their own circle and would not have been ,

worth training at any price as Lewis s aid H owever , .

,

young Buckley was not without talent of a certain

kind H e was a tall slim youth with rather pretty
.
, ,

girlish features dark eyes and a cherished little black

, ,

moustache and had always been clever in scene

,

painting stage carpentry and arranging H e had

, , .

nothing to do in the ofce and being the only son ,

among a family of sisters was allowed so much of his

,

own way that he was unmolested in adhering to

his friends .

Poor dear G eorge said his mother I am glad he
, ,

has something to occupy him in good society !
Ernl ey A rmytage was the younger brother of a
neighbouring squire H e was a lieutenant in the navy
.
,
'
who had been severely wounded in Egypt and sinc e .
,

that time had been so constantly harassed by recurring

fever as to be unt for service H e had j ust now been .

considered able to apply for employment and was ,

heartily tired of doing nothing ; besides that there was

an attraction among the Wi lli ngh a ms to which his ,

sailor heart was decidedly accessible .

H e had always be en the prime actor on board his

ships and was supposed to excel especially in the
, ,

heroic line ; for he was very tall and large much too ,

bi g for a sailor and was commonly called in the

,
 HA MMER T O O R S 31

company The G iant H e was very good looking .
,

th ough heavy even though ned down by illness and

,

w a s t h e soul of good humour and courtesy a regular

, ,

i ece d e r esi s ta n ce
p .

The other member of the troupe was Major O C o nn o r

a kind O l d friend who had settled in the town for

love of his former Colonel the elder S ir Lewis and , ,

had married a young wife and lost her early H e .

k ept near her grave and retained a fatherly interest ,

in the young people who could make him do what ,

ever they chose .

G o with you little one ? he said when Juliet, ,

propounded the scheme What ! and make a fool of .

myself
That s a s it may happen replied J u li et d emu r ely

,
'

We ll keep O livia s fool for you Come now Major

.
, ,

you know no one else can do S ir Lucius We can t .

get on wit hout you .

A nd that s true said the Major A pack of

.
,

hare brained youngsters as you are ! Y ou need a

-
,

heavy father to keep you in order O h yes I ll be .
,

after you and help Miss Anne to keep you out of

,

mischief .

Last but not least there was D olph otherwise

, , ,

D orset Willingham A dolphus Cobb the only child of ,

a former maids ervant rst O f the one family then of , ,

the other who had married a tailor in a small way

, ,

and died after a few years D olph something O f a .

,

pet and a good deal of an imp was preternaturally

, ,

clever and galloped through the standards at the

,

utmost rate possible The ladies would fain have .

made him a pupil teacher b ut he was absurdly small ,

in stature and neither the master nor the boys liked

,

him never being sure wh ether he was not laughing

32 S T R O LLIN G P L A ER S Y C H AP .

at them nor had he arrived at the virtue of being

patient with stupidity Moreover his father wh o
.
, ,

w as going down in h ealth and prosperity claimed his ,

unpaid assistance But in two years the poor tailor

.

died and as the others of his trade were abhorred by

,

D olph for having destroyed his custom and would as ,

soon have had a monkey for an appr entic e as one of

them told Miss D orset the boy was on the world ,

and was nally disposed of at the Bank as o f c e boy -

.

H e was a creatur e who excited strong likes or dislikes

and h a d a reputation for tricks and sauciness which
his friends repelled They could truly state that
.

evidence never brought a misdeed home to him and ,

that it was his queer elvish face and t winkling eyes ,

with the convulsive chuckling of his neighbours that ,

roused suspicions A very solemn curate had insisted

.

on his being turned out O f the choir unjustly as the -

,

organist and Juliet held especially as the others had ,

behaved no better without h i m But he had al ways .

been the main strength of t h e recitations and other

entertainments of the Band of H ope an d after hours , ,

was delighted to turn his hand and heart to anything ,

so that he h ad often assisted in the local theatricals O f

the W i l li ngh am s .

H e had got on fairly at the Bank but old Mr , .

.

Buckley could not endure him and al ways attributed ,

every accident to his mischief S O when the question .

had been raised by A gnes as to what was to become

of him Lewis s answer was
,

H e is one of the reductions Buckley wo uld not

have him at any price .

Besides he is indispensable to us said Juliet
, ,
.

H e is small enough for Puck and makes up big ,

enough for F ag and he has the spiri t of it

, .


HA M MER T O O R S 33

H e can pack and he can and knows the use
, se w ,

of a hammer and nails added Lewis
. It is quite , .

true ! H e is a mere necessity .

But what can be done with him in the intervals ,

put in Miss D orset I thought A gnes was going to

.

get him taken as an errand boy somewhere -

.

I did propose

Well said Agnes reluctantly
, ,

R owe s library to him where he could take out the ,

books ; but the poor boy went into a state of despair ,

and I am afraid he showed his theatrical capacities

.

for he clasped his hands over his bosom and implored ,

me t o speak for him Wages was no object he would .

,

do anythi ng if only he might stay with S ir Lewis and

help sometimes in the plays with him and Miss
J u li et as Wa s all he cared for on this blessed earth .

I really was afraid he would go on his knees to me ,

and he had tears in his eyes .

It s a clear case o f mutual a f ni ty said Lewis

,

.

The boy will be spoilt utterly spoilt said Aunt , ,

Marion What is not intolerable for y o u wh o have

.

something to fall back on is a different thing for him , ,

at his age too ; you ll have him going o ff with some

.

disreputable circus
I l l take care of that said Lewis

.
,

A nd said Miss A nne the surest way of spoiling

, ,

is to give a violent twist in an alien di rection .

In fact the S poiling is a f a i t a ccomp li said Miss

, ,

D orset .

A nd said her sister he would be far more likely

,

,

to run away from R owe s than if we were to employ
him more congenially ; and we might nd a safe

N onsense we mus t have him here added Lewis ; ,

that s a fact !
D
34 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y CHA P .

Well said

,
A unt Marian with a sigh
that being , ,

th e case I suppose we must have him here to help

,

James when you are not at home A t a n y rate it .

,

will keep him out of mischief .

I was thinking that the number might be too

much for James said Miss Anne whe n you come 0
, ,
.

down to us .

A unt Minnie you are a very jewel O f an aunt ,

exclaimed S elva .

Will James think S O Poor James ! sighed
A unt Marian .

F or James was the O ld man servant inherited from -

their father of mighty weight in the household ali ke

, ,

physically and morally .

James however had to give way on this point

, ,
.

Mrs A rmytage partly for her son s sake proved a
.
, ,

most useful ally and procured two other engagements ,

for them during the rst fo rtnight of July o n e for a ,

great Conservative F estival to be held at Lassington

Castle a nobleman s seat o u t of the Wi lli ngh am s beat
,

o f visiting ; and another to act at a ba z aar in aid o f a

Children s H ospital at Ho m esw or th a large town in a

neighbouring county S he also advised them to get .

some sort o f programme printed which could be S ent ,

about from o ne friend to another and serve as an ,

advertisement .

The drawing up of this proved to be a di fcult

matter . It soon became evident that to pay all ,

expenses including the purchase and hiring o f wigs

,

and costumes and to leave a sufcient prot th e

, ,

charge for pieces o n the scale of The R ivals would

have to be far too large for any but the most public
and important occasions S maller and shorter pieces .

must therefore be added to the list .


HA MMERT O O R S 35

Their selection did not err on th e side of d i f d enc e ,

but included S hakespeare O ld Comedy and S ir , ,

Lewis W i lli ngh am s compositions with equal audacity

, .

Their simple little programme having been drawn

up and sent to the printers S ir Lewis proceeded to ,

work his com pany very hard with preparations and

rehearsals ; and before the rst performance the
, ,

difculty of depending on people with prior claims

on their time made itself f elt .

A gnes and Juliet were responsible for sundry

pieces of parochial work and were also engaged in ,

the usual classes lectures and mutual improvement

, ,

societies with which young l adies amuse and interest .

themselves in large country towns Juliet as soon as .

,

S h e saw how things were going gave up all her share ,

in these occupations S he could not she said do

.
, ,

justice to Lewis s scheme unless she gave her whole
time and t houghts to it Agnes could not deny the
.

force o f this ; but it went to her heart and pricked

her conscience to resign her evening class for youn g
women in business her district vi si ti ng an d all the
, , .

other good works into which she felt that her visit to
Coalh am had poured new life .

Aunt N ance means to keep on with the Branch

S ecretaryship and with the Cambridge examination
b u sm es s she said

.
,

A un t N ance will get into a muddle replied Juliet ,
.

Besides the case is not similar S he can get more

, .

people to help her and she doesn t study her acting ;
,

she just does it as nature tells her and she ll never do ,

it differently or get beyond the lively knack of it .

But you and I have got a great deal to learn We .

have never been really criticised yet ; we ve been
thought wonderful for the Miss Wi lli n gh am s Each .
36 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE R S e mu
.

one O f these parts has got to be tho u ght out and

invented .

Why said Agnes when I know the words I

,

, ,

always hope the way to say them will come .

A nd does it ? said Juliet rather drily ,
.

L sh o u l dn t know how to do it beforehand

.

Wh y I see it all quite clear It i s so tiresome

,
.

when R upert wi ll stand in a di fferent place every time ,

and spoil all one s effect !

I don t supp o se the audience notice But really

.
,

Jetty I can t see how G eorge Buckley o r any one
, ,

who has any profession ca n take it up in that way , .

A nd he will get something to do I suppose ,
.

N or I returned Juliet I don t see it either
, .
,

unless we kept to very small pieces and Lewis won t ,

do that .

Then how can the scheme go o n ?
S chemes have to be modied sometimes It does .

for a beginning But really Agnes I don t see why .
, ,

you should be so miserable I think Lewis and S elva .

are perfectly splendid They never fret and grumble . .

D O you suppose they like giving up their home and

looking on the aunts as their home as the ki nd O l d ,

things call it ? It is very hard lines on them A nd .

,

as for what people think I don t begin to care for what ,

people think when I know I am doing right ! A r e

you afraid the Whartons won t like it ? I m sure Mr .

Luscombe is every bit as good a clergyman as Canon

Wharton ; R o wh u rst is a lovely parish and the church ,

is sweet so old and solemn H e doesn t O bject to .

it I ve had a letter from G ertrude ; an d their friends

.

the L am b ou rn es quite belo ng to all your Whartons and ,

people And Mr Lambourne was on the stage himself

. .

once .Canon Wh arton preached at R owh urst Once

38 S T R O LLI N G P L A ER S Y C HA P .

it was not very eas y to say which ; the theatrical

wardrobes were all packed up and on the 3 0 th of June ,

The Wills O the Wisp drove over in a couple of

waggonettes to A rmyta ge Park for the performance of

The R ivals D olph who as proposed had been cast
.
, , ,

for Fag being literally the fag of the party

,
.

The audience consisted o f the A rmy t a g es tenants

and o f the neighbouring fami l ies who had all seen the ,

Wi lli ngh am s act so often before that even A gnes could ,

not feel as if facing the public .

The Rivals was to be played in a large barn in

which a fairly good stage had been erected .

A ll the audience could see and if those behind could ,

not hear they did not know that they ought to have
,

done S O and were delighted with the gay dresses and

,

the ne show the pretty young ladies and the dancing

, ,

and ghting the rapid action o f the piece Miss Anne

,
.

was a capital Mrs Malaprop Bob A cres s ui ted Lewis

. .

well Fag was an unexpected success S ir Lucius s
. .

Irish accent was undoubted Mr Buckley interposed . .

with effect in S ir A ntony Absolute Fe w people had .

any preconceived ideas O f Lydia Languish an d so did ,

not kno w how unlike A gnes s reticent stately grac e was
to the sen ti m en t al su lky charming and gushing little
,
.

heroine ; while R upert looked so handsome in uniform

that nobody considered how utterly impossible it would
have been for him to run o ff with an heire ss o r sustain
a disguise Mr A rmytage was solemn as F alkland
. .
,

and Juliet m a de more of her part than any one gave

her credit for .

A ll ended happily and actors and audience were ,

alike delighted E ven A gnes felt that it was not

.

nearly so disagreeable as she h a d expected O nly .

Juliet stood for a moment when the curtain had been

 HA MMER T O O R S 39

drawn up to give light and air and the audience were ,

ling o u t for supper looking down the rows of seats

, .

S at sed Jetty ? said Lewis gai ly as h e c oll ect ed his

'

, ,

pistols and other properties .

Y e s said Juliet doubtful ly

,
but I didn t seem

to f eel as far as the back benches .

I m sure they could hear well enough said S ir ,

Lewis .

I know what you mean Miss Juliet said D olph
, , ,

condentially as he put out the footlights causing a

, ,

fearful smell of p ara f n e to arise I didn t feel some .

how as if I did it big enough .

That s it D olph said Juliet

, ,
N 0 more did I . .
 C H A P T E R VI

B EF O R E TH E P UBLI C

T HE Conservative f ete at Lassington Castle some

what enlarged the experiences o f the Wil ls o the

Wisp . They played S he S toops to Conquer in the
evening in the great ball room and scenes from the -

Midsummer N ight s D ream out of doors in the ,

afternoon .

E verybody was very courteous and gracious Mr , .

Buckley and one or two others O f the O u seh aven

help ers felt themselves to be in high society ; but the
chief event o f importance was that Lord Lassington as ,

he thanked S ir Lewis paid a very marked c oml , en t

to Ju li et s acting so as to S how the manager that little
,

Juliet was undoubtedly his star and the hope of his ,

undertaking S he was made to feel herself that Sh e

.

had been a success and the encouragement was good

,

for her for all the while every performance gave her
,

a keener sense of the defects and incongruities o f the

whole company her own included ,
.

The Hom es wo rth bazaar was to last two days .

D ra matic performances were to be given each evening ,

apart from the actual sale and high prices had been ,

charged for the best places at them R ecitations or .

shorter pieces were also wished for at interval s during

the afternoon as an additional attrac tion to the S treet
CHA P VI. B EFO RE TH E P UB L I C 41

in Cairo which the D rill Hall at Ho m es wor t h was

,

supposed to represent .

They had no friends in Ho meswor th ; but to lessen

the expense and so increase the prots the committee ,

O f the bazaar O ffered to entertain them and they were ,

bil leted upon the chief hous es o f the place S ir Lewis .

and Lady Willingham found themselves the guests O f

the Mayor a nice old gentleman much pleased at
, ,

having to entertain a baronet and quite unable to ,

believe that the said baronet was there for anything

but his o wn amusement and the benet o f the charity .

A gnes and Juliet went to the R ectory the other ,

members o f the troupe were variously disposed of and ,

Miss D orset found herself the guest o f Mrs Martin .

Lambourne who lived in Ho m es w o r th near which

, ,

pl ace her late husband had lived and worked before ,

his uncle had left him the V icarage o f Monk s Warren
in Hea th shir e and the guar dianship o f the present
,

squire who had married his cousin Martin L amb o u rn e s

, ,

only child
Mrs Lambourne was a fresh coloured
. .

sensible lady great in many good works and as Miss

, ,

D orset was at present more familiar with the

, ,

A d ver ti s er than with the E r a or the D r a ma ti c N ews ,

and nearly as much interested in it they found many ,

connecting links before touching on theatrical topics .

Miss N ance was to play Mrs H ardcastle and the .

,

severe mother of the hero in A S heep in Wolf s

Clothing at the two eveni ng performances which were
,

to take place in a large concert room above the D rill

H all ; but she did not sing or recite and S O had leisure ,

t o help her hos tess with the arrangement of her stall ,

and by the help of a little art muslin and a couple of

Indian S hawls she transformed herself in t o a most

,

appropriate and attrac tive saleswoman for a Cairo bazaar .

42 S T R O LLIN G Y
PLA ER S CHA P .

That is very charming said Mrs Lambourne as ,

.
,

the two ladie s arranged their goods on the stall I .

have some girls coming to help in c ostu me but I a m ,

thankful to say it is optional for the elders .

O ne grows accustomed to costumes said Miss

Nance cheerfully .

Y es you must nd so much moving about rather

,

fatiguing ; but I have heard praises of your undertaking

on all sides Times are changed S ince my son i n l a wfs
.
-

fancy for the stage so upset my d ear husband an d

myself .

We are complete in ourselves you see said Miss , ,

N ance which removes all O bjections

,
D oes Mr La m . .

bourne ever act n o w ?
S ometimes ; but he d i slikes amateur performanc es ,

and never thinks them satisfactory H e is ve ry .

critical on such matters .

I am afraid he would think us very amateurish !

I don t agree with h i m Professionals are never so

.

fresh as good amateurs said Miss N ance But Clarence
,
.

Burnet the rising young actor people talk o f is a con

, ,

n ec t i On I think of yours isn t he ?

, , ,

Well hardly O f mine said Mrs Lambourne ; he

, ,

.

is connected certainly with my son i n law s family - -

.

H e is extre mely clever and likely to get on A nd .

most respec table and well conducted Al aric my son

,
-

, ,

i n la w thinks very highly of him

-
,
O f course there .

are excellent persons in every profession .

If Miss D orset had known the past history of t h e

Lambourne family she would have been aware tha t,

this speech represented an entire change of front and ,

a considerable conquest of past prejudice o n the part ,

of the speaker ; nor did she feel herself sufciently

professional to range herself among the excellent

vi B EF O R E TH E P U B LI C 43

persons mentioned but as it was she thought the tone ,

d ry and gathered that Mrs Lambourne did not like

, .

the rising young actor S he was not called upon to .

reply however for a bright faced lady with a slight

, ,
-

cleverly managed suggestion of the E ast in her costume

-

came across from the Oppo site stall I .

Y our things look charming Mrs Lambourne ; do , .

i ntroduce me to Miss D orset I m commissioned to .

ask a favour o f her .

M rs Ki n n ri d ge said Mrs Lambourne

. It is ,

. .

at her suggestion that we have added t h e d ramatic

el ement to the bazaar .

Is it possible Miss D orset that the Wills o the

, ,

Wisp would assist other performers ? Would any of

y o u act with amateurs

Why I don t know why we should not suppos
T
-

ing we knew all about them But my nephew is our .

leader Wh a t is the pr O p osal

.

Let me explain That great place Hild o n Castle .

,

not far from here has been taken by some peopl e called
,

Pettifer enormously rich I think they made their

,

money i n buttons ; but we don t m ind that in these

days Well partly to establish themselves and partly

.
, ,

because the young people wish it they mean to give a ,

f ete on a most splendid scale next month Their son .

comes o f age They provide everything in the most

.

magnicent manner and they want different entertain ,

ments for three nights The young people and their .

friends are devoted to acting but can t do it a ll ,

They have set their hearts on R omeo and Juliet
.

That s Miss Pettifer s piece I am afraid it s very
.
'

ambitious ; but I hope they have really g o t C laren c e

Burnet for R omeo I did that stroke of business for

them They want a nurse Miss D orset ; and Mercutio
.
, ,
44 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HA P .

and one or two other parts Then the two other nights .

would be arranged for them by the professionals only ,

young Tom Pettifer who is rather o u t of it in the ,

tragedy would like a part found for him It would

, .

be a case of staying there for at least a week E xpense .

no O bject everything done in the best style and really

, ,

a great introduction ; for the whole world will be

there D o you think S ir Lewis would entertain the
.

notion
Why it is very much the sort o f thing he looks

,

for said Miss D orset
,
Y ou had better ask him . . .

I don t know if Mr A laric L a mbourne would give .

them a recitation continued Mrs K ingsbridge turn .

,

ing t O M r s Lambourne

. .

R eally said that lady I never can tell what he
, ,

will do in such matters and what he dislikes but you ,

can ask him Mrs K ingsbridge , . .

A t this moment a bell rang and all the costumed ,

stall holders with every o n e who could get up any

-

sort of fancy dress were summoned to form a grand ,

procession to open the bazaar They were headed by .

S ir Lewis Willingham as a herald blowing a trumpet ,

.

A gnes and Juliet led a band of fair eastern maidens ,

with long tails O f hair and veils n ot over their fac es , ,

.

D olph was got up as a fool with cap and bells S elva , ,

as an Irish maiden and a tall young m an half way ,

down the rank attitudinised conspicuously as H arlequin ,

and was pointed out as young Mr Pettifer This was . .

the order of proceeding .

First of all the R ector o f Ho mes w o rth stood up at

the end of the room made a little speech and as the , ,

local paper afterwards put it O ffered up a prayer

.

Then the Mayor declared the bazaar Open Then S ir .

Lewis blew his trumpet and spouted in much more , ,

46 S TRO LLIN G Y
P LA ER S CH A P . v;

The H omeswor th Mercur y a nd L i tera ry Chr oni cle on

the other hand S poke of a company of amateurs who
,

were endeavouring to gain a professional footing on

the stage with some claims to success criticised them ,

impartially and not amiss praised S ir Lewis as Tony

,

Lumpkin ; prophesyin g that he would soon acquire

the necessary ap lomb said that Miss D orset s Mrs
,

.

H ardcastle was clever bu t not broad enough in effect

,

for the S ize of the room ; that Miss Juliet Willingham

was arch and S pirited but di d not know how to stand
,

still ; that Miss Agnes was stiff and inaudible but that ,

her striking gure a n d unusual beauty almost redeemed

these defects relegated Ernl ey A rmytage and R upert
to the ranks of the merest tyros and nally assured ,

the Wills o the Wisp that though they were far
,

from unpromising months of hard study were needed

,

to cure their performance O f its many incongruities and ,

to lift them to a professional level .

I lik e this the best said Juliet sturdily ; but to
,

A gnes it brought the rst note O f that sound that must

come roughly on a youn g lady s ear the public ,

criticism of work for which S h e is paid The praise .

hurt her as much as the bla me Miss N ance S elva .

, ,
'
and Er n l ey A rmytage said the Ga zette was a R adic al
paper and O f course O pposed the Gu a r di a n
, .

S ir Lewis said little but he looked graver than

,

usual and drilled his troupe more zealously than

,

ever .
 C H A P T E R V II

HA RR Y T O T HE R ES C U E

L O O K at this ! said the R everend H arry M erri el d

launching himself into his cous in D avid s study and

S i nking int o a chair .

~

Why o l d fellow you look quite pale exclaimed

, , ,

D avid raising his face from his notes for his sermon
, .

H as anything happened

S ee ! the force they must have put on her !
What s this Wills o the Wisp beauty and

grace archness and charm said D avid reading from ,

the newspaper that his cousin had thrust over his

volume O f the Library o f the F athers Can t be the .

same H al this i s Ju li et S he h a d a cousin Juliet

.
, ,

I know .

It is both o f them groaned H arry Look a ,

.

little farther i t is the whole family of them .

Y es I see said D avid lookin g at the paper

.
, , ,

These amateur theatricals are all the go !

My dear block o f a D a vid ! you don t understand .

Private theatricals are one thing though t h e idea would ,

drive your mother frantic but this is a paid affair ,

!

They are laying themselves out for e n gagements .

H ow do you know ?
Miss Peckham s nieces were a t this bazaar and

wrote to her about it They call themselves Wills .
48 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CH AP .

o the Wisp and go acting all round the country for
,

money S o she trots up at once to the Canon s to
.

nd out if it is Miss Wharton s friend and spread .

the pleasant intelligence .

Well and is it ?
,

N O doubt of that S ir Lewis Willingham and

family and what is worse not o ne word had sh e ,

written to Miss Wharton S ince just the rst letter to

say that she had got safe home ! Poor girl of cours e ,

S h e knows what would be thought of it here .

S ir Lewis Willingham has been ruined by his

Bank said D avid musingly
,
.

But he need not have brought his sister to the

stage !
I should call i t a pity and it would horrify my ,

mother and S usan ; but as you know theatricals are , ,

common enough in these days and it is a very different ,

thing for a girl to make o n e of a company o f relations

and friends from going o n the stage as you put it , .

Y ou actually excuse it !
I do not judge without knowing the circumstances .

Y ou may not you O ld S olomon but what would

,

your folks ay and my uncle at B eech cr oft on whom

, , ,

so much depends think O f it ? Why the very no tib n

, ,

of h er displaying herself to these cads and being oriti

c i s ed

by them is perfectly maddening ! and he
marched up and down like a panther in a cage whi le ,

D avid bent down his head and drew on his blotting ,

paper a pig with a c ork screw tail as he always di d -

when he was distressed so that his S ister E liz abeth was

,

wont to say S h e could estimate the amount o f parish

worries by the n umber of swine in his blotting book -
.

Presently H arry halted in front of him I say .

,

Vicar you can get on without me till S aturday

, .

v 11 H A RRY TO TH E R E S CU E 49

7 Y ou
are such a valuable article in your present
frame o f mind said D avid drily ,

What do you .

want to do
To Show her a way o f deliverance

Wh at ! Coalham smuts on 15 0 a year ?

I have not a doubt in the world that the dear girl

would prefer it D avid could not restrain a little
.

shudder which cr ook ed the pig s tail unnaturally but

I should not think o f that he added an engage m ent ,

,

would answer the purpo se just as well .

D avid withheld the if o n his tongue and H arry
,

went on ; I don t want t o tal k of it but my Aunt

E mily told m e that B eech croft R ectory may be looked

I

on as a d ead cer t ai n t y as soon as O ld O sgood drops ; or

before i f his O ld Curate goes for he has a g reat mind
, ,

to resign only they all begged him to g o on that I

,

might grow a little O lder and see more of r eal wo rk ,

with you indeed I wouldn t have taken it then It ,

.
.

is 4 5 0 a year and a little gem O f a model parish

, ,

might go into a box .

A nd it is t o be dangled before Miss Willingham

as a reward .

D avid what has come to you

,
? A s if the dear
girl had any such thoughts ; but it will do to hold o u t
to her brother If he is lost to everything else it may
.
,

tell upon him that Mr Mohun would certainly not .

give the living to one who had gured as an actress

I mean whose wife had .

Perhaps not sai d the Vicar compelled to answer ,

,
.

Y o u understand this is only an engine for dealing

with the brother and S howing him that I have some ,

grounds A s to herself I am absolutely certain that

.
,

the whole thing is hateful to her and that she will be ,

thankful to have any excuse to her brother a feather
E
50 S TRO LLIN G PL A YE R S C HA P . vn

brained fellow What tyranny he must have put o n

.

her ! It makes me sick to think O f what S h e must

have gone through .

It is ten to o n e that S h e min d s it as much as you

imagine I know she has acted before and our family

.
,

is I am thankful to say not very modern in its

notions .

I know her better ! It is bosh for you to talk,

D avid S he abhors this publicity and has been

.
,

dragged into it by this absurd brother You will see . .

Well I suppose you must go H arry only remem

, , ,

ber it is a delicate business and you had better take

, ,

care how you manage it H ave you any plan What .

do you mean to do ?
There s a fellow gone as Curate to O u seh aven that

u
I was at C ddesdon with Ripley his name is I -

thought o f going down to him .

Without writing to ask how it stands

I couldn t ! I must save her before they have

committed her further .

H umph
H arry dashed upstairs to pack and before D avid ,

could settle to work again he drew a pig with a t ail

like the tendrils o f a vine and left Off rst with a , ,

heavy sigh then a rm compression o f the lips

,
.
 C H A P T E R V III

A D R A M AT I C IN T E R L U D E

C U R AT ES in their capacity o f masters of the revels

, ,

are not apt to be intolerant o f theatricals that amuse

their parishioners and S ir Lewis Willingham had been
,

regarded as a useful auxiliary in the promotion of

innocent pleasures ; but it was a very di fferent thi ng
when it came to the secession o f two valuable parish
workers if not o f three leaving it very doubtful how
, ,

their place could be adequately supplied .

A nd thus when H arry M er ri el d after spending

, ,

the night at the R ai lway H otel appeared before his ,

friend Mr Ripley at th e early matins and walked back

, .
, ,

to breakfast he found the cleri cal world O f O u seh aven in

,

a state of wrath a n d indignation at their bereavement ,

and for such a cause and indulging in considerable

,

invectives against the stage struck baronet forgetting -

,

how they themselves had encouraged him as long as

the audience consisted of their own parishioners .

To crown all A gnes Willingham whom H arry had

, ,

hoped to have seen at church was not there ,

.

It was all of a piece observed Mr R ipley they ,

.
,

were dropping everything though the Vicaress did ,

declare that she was crying all church time last

S unday .

Agnes was not at church because the full worry

52 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER SY C HA P .

and fatigue of a itting had been going on all the day

before A n ol d friend had fortunately taken the house

.

and furniture for a year so that an entire break u p Wa s

,
-

avoided and only personal properties were brought

,

down to the Wharf H ouse ; but the toil was perhaps

greater to the womenkind because their professional
labour was not employed N or was the business over
. .

The arranging was being carried on in full force books

being placed in their S helves and tables chairs and
'
, , ,

pictures b ei ng d i sp o se d o f whenever Lewis and Juliet

wou ld spare their victims from rehearsal .

Lewis had written a little tragi comedy by way o f -

afterpiece in order at once to promote his cause

,

politically and to utilise his wi fe and Major O C o nn o r

, .

.

It was under great difculti es for wherea s she came ,

'

fro m Tipperary and the Major from D owne whatever ,

piece of brogue escaped one was criticised by the other

, ,

and they only agreed in denouncing his hero as a mere

conventional Irishman and his bulls as quite impossible
,

and a perfect insult to the G reen I S l e .

H owever it had got itself completed and in a large

, ,

room which the two aunts had long disused Lewis ,

was in the act o f drilling his company .

0

S uch O f the d r a m a ti s p ersonoe as were not in the

act O f rehearsal were attendi ng to the infant Lewis
, ,

who insisted on crawling about the oor and making ,

attempts at eating the colours with which G eorge

Buckley and Agnes were endeavouring to paint the
background O f the o l d woman s hut not their rst

attempt at scene painting and where G eorge gave

authoritative directions as o n e who really had some
,

ability .

S he had just been called upon to S i n g the song

which was to go to the h eart O f D olph as a wild Irish ,
54 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CH AP .

could on l y lead the way to the lobby door opening into

the S lopin g terraced garden the river below glaring in ,

the noontide sun of a very hot day I hope they are .

all well at Coalham

Quite quite only very sorry much concerned
,

about this said he as he looked at her
, ,
.

S he had managed while seizing a Z ulu hat to , ,

divest herself of the apron but S h e had forgotten the ,

colouring on her face which to his eyes was like a soil ,

on the pure complexion .

A bout what ? she said expecting to hear of some

,

parish disaster .

This this scheme that yo u should be compelled

to that there should be this undertaking of your
brother he answered breaking Off sentences and
,

stammering as her eyes Opened wider on him .

F or it is a very different thing to regret a brother s

proceedings and to hear them censured by a stranger

, ,

and in spite of all A gnes s misgivings the sound of ,

blame immediately put her on the defensive for .

Lewis s sake and S h e coldly answered My brother

, ,

quite understands what he is about !

I am sure it must be most unpleasant to you ,

exclaimed H arry .

We have been used to acting all our lives was ,

the answer taking h i m greatly aback for he had fully

, ,

expected her to admit that she disliked the enterprise ,

whereas there was not even a tone o f excuse .

S urely he said after a pause

,
you have been , ,

drawn into making a great sacrice o f your own feel

ings and O f your usefulness here .

O ne duty must give way to another said A gnes , ,

perceiving not without annoyance that her defection

, ,

had been discussed amon g the curates .

vm A D R AM AT I C IN T E R L U D E 55

Y ou

call this duty ! he exclaimed .

O f that I must judge for myself said S h e with

, ,

dignity .

Y o u mean


he said that as I was convinced
, ,

, ,

family feeling has forced you into consenting to what

must be utterly repugnant to one like you A nd .

while she was opening her lips to disclaim compulsion ,

he hurried on A s soon as I knew it I started O ff I

,

,

don t know whether you perceived my feelings towards
you I tried to keep them back for I knew I should
, ,

not have dared to speak them out till I was in a

.

position to do so i n the position almost certain .

O nly now it might be a rescue

.

A gnes utterly amazed and almost a ffronted had

,
.

,

only gone as far as I never thought of this when he , ,

dashed on almost stuttering in his eagerness If only

, ,

you would give me hopes then there would be a great ,

reason for standing out against it .

Indeed
The tone stung the poor young fellow and he cried , ,

O A gnes I beg your pardon Miss Willin gham ,

can you not care for me a little ? H ave you never

guessed that my whole heart is yours though I kept ,

it to myself till I thou ght the avowal might help you

back to the higher life .

Thank you I am much obliged to you said , ,

A gnes very st ify

, .

O h ! the poor fellow exclaimed have I offended ?
,

F orgive me .

I know you meant it kindly said Agnes turning , ,

towards the house but with more gentleness O f tone ,

.

O nly say you will think it over ! he implored ;

you cannot think this is the way to real happiness .

That is my affair said S h e the family loyalty ,

,
56 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HAP .

coming to the surface again and resenting his right to ,

criticise .

O h I see he muttered not seeing at all ,

Well

,
.

,

at least say you forgive .

.

I have nothing to forgive and there is no more ,

to be said I am wanted G ood morning
. . .

S he held o u t her hand for the parting S hake b u t .

the very touch inspired h i m to hold it fast and begin ,

an incoherent fresh pleading A t that moment Lewis .

brok e into the midst of a brilliant irtation between

the maid and the r u f an with Murder if the fellow , ,

is not proposin g to her S elva who was prompting .

, ,

thought it was in his character o f policeman but he ,

pointed to the window and strode to the door , .

D on t be S poiling sport my boy remonstrated , ,

the Major while S elva and A unt Anne shrieked

, ,

D on t Lewis what are you about ?
,

S he wants to get rid o f him that s plain added , ,

Juliet who had own to the window

,
.

There added the Major you should study her , ,

Juliet S he never struck such a ne tragedy queen

.
-

attitude as that when she was bound to do it on the ,

stage A h ! there s Lewis come out !
. Indignant
father eh
G eorge Buckley rushed also to th e window and ,

stared eagerly o u t of it while S elva cried ,

Come away ! D on t ! HO W can you stand and

stare Juliet ,

S he has es caped now said the Major

E xit , .

majestically and left h i m to the fraternal wrath H e

, .

is a personable young black coat enough -
.

D ecidedly a handsome boy added A unt A nne , ,

who n o w that Agnes had retreated had no scruples

, ,
.

Poor lad he is catching it , .
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57

Poor H arry all unconscious of the eyes xed upon

,

him was with all hi s inexperienced incoherency

, , ,

trying to plead his cause with the brother but only ,

able to recollect fragme nts of the representations he

had prepared in case A gnes accepted hi m .

Indeed I know i t appears very presumptuous

, ,

but I could not help it I could not see such a girl as ,

your S ister N O that s not what I mean , But

'
.
,

indeed I did not come without prospects though I

, ,

would have waited only that she is so much too good ,

for thi s sort O f t h in gY ou see hurrying on as he

, ,

saw Lewis s look o f displeasure I have prospects

, ,

indeed I have ; my uncle Mr Mohun of B eec h cr o ft

, ,
.
,

has as good as promised me the living four hundred

and fty a year O nly these public theatricals would
.

be a bar with them ! O ld world prejudice you -

,

think as the face became more scornful and angry
, ,

but standi ng to his colours but I fully agree My ,

.

mother would never let my S isters A nd from what .

I have seen o f Miss Willin gham I cannot but believe ,

this is distasteful to her and in shor t that if S h e , , ,

would only only here he faltered so that Lewis ,

broke his ominous silence .

You thought this tempting possibility might be an

inducement to her to break up her family arrange

ments and to put a stigma o n them My S i ster is

,
.

extremely obliged to you but she would o n no account ,

wish you to endanger your prospects for her sake .

G ood morning to you .

Wherewith having got him near the hall door S ir

, ,

Le wis bowe d him out with all the superiority of thirty

two over twenty ve helplessly conscious of making
.
-

a fool of itself and O f having put forward a really

,

good cause in the most insulting manner possible .

58 S T R O LL IN G P L A ER S Y C H A F.

S ir Lewis on the contrary walked back laughing and

, , ,

entered saying F our hundred pounds and possibilities ! ,

There s cheek in a little whipper snapper parson -
.

Indeed the four hundred i s the possibility the hope

, ,

of which is to bribe me to deliver up A gnes o u t O f

our wicked theatricals and keep her waiting for his ,

R everence on pain of O ffending the O l d fogey of a

patron It s a perfect comedy !
.

What does Agnes say ? asked Juliet anxiously

.

A gnes ? O h ! S h e has far too much sense

Are .

you taking the boy upstairs S elva ? I wish you would ,

call her We could nish the singing scene before

.

luncheon D olph ! .

But A unt Anne had discreetly cleared o ff herself ,

the Major G eorge Buckley and D olph ; while S elva

, , ,

suspecting that A gnes mi ght not take thin gs as li ghtly

as Lewis expected after depositing her son made her , ,

way to her sister i n law s room and opened with a - -
,

brief knocking .

A gnes w a s as S h e expected in tears but shedding , , ,

them most reluctantly tryi ng to choke them back and ,

sponge them o ff and S h e turned hurt at rst at t h e , ,

intrusion then in a moment softened by S elva s sweet
,

affectionate face and voice My poor dear N est ie ! , ,

Was it very horrid ?
O S elva I was such a wretch ; I said just what

,

I ought not and she gave up the struggle and sobbed
, .

My dear dear N e st i e do you like him ; didn t you
, ,

want Lewis to send him away ?

O h it s not that ! A t least it was too hard on
,

him ! I know how he meant it and what they must ,

all think at Coalham but he made me so angry I ,

didn t know what I was saying .

An gry how .
vm A D R A M AT I C IN T E R L U D E 59

What he said about Lewis

.

A bout Lewis cried S elva ercely

, .

N ever mind S elva dear only he thought Lewis , ,

had made me forced me into thi s and that it is not ,

nice .

AI I impertinent prig of a curate exclaimed S elva

, .

What business is it of his I hope you gave i t h im .

well .

D on t don t S elva It is all his goodness
, , . .

I hate such goodness ! S ticking u p to be better

than other people like a sanctimonious peacock ! ,

Le wis always hated your running after all those

parsons at Coa lham and now you see that he wa s ,

right .

N o no you don t understand with a fresh burst
, , ,

of tears .

D on t cry so don t entreated soft hearted S elva

, ,
-

with an arm roun d her If you really like him and .

,

he i s a n e looking youth and he likes you it is easy

-

, ,

getting over a trie of a tiff like that and we ll get ,

round Lewis A nd as A gnes uttered faint noes she
.
,

resumed : O h yes and if you don t like him it s just ,
.

as bad the doing it I mean ,

I know what that is ! , .

I cried buckets full enough to ll the lough about poor

Mr D arcy yet I wou ldn t have had him not to be
.
, ,

Queen of Connaught N ever mind they get over it .

,

fast enough ; why before a month was over he was , ,

engaged to that great bounci ng E llen O M eara It

.

is a horrid business whether one likes them or not ,

.

If only one could have one s fun without its coming to

all that stuff and nonsense o f proposals D arling .

A gnes d o only tell me what you would like
,
.

S elva dear you are very good but I am afraid

, , ,

that what I wish most is to be let alone a li ttle while

 S T R O LLI N G Y
PL A E R S C HA P . VI I I

before luncheon ; I shall be all right t h en a nd please ,

'

don t let anybody say one word mor e about it

.

S elva was wise enough to accept her dismissal with

a parting caress and S h e gave it as her opinion to her
,

family that Agnes cared for t h e young parson at the

bottom only he had taken her by the wrong end
, .

By that evening s post arrived a letter written by ,

A lice Wharton in the tumult O f incredulous dis

pleasure excited by the gossip which had so stirred
,

H arry M erri el d S he was sure there was some

.

horrible exaggeration it was quite impossible that ,

A gnes sho uld think of anythi ng so dreadful F or in .

,

truth A lice s ideas of a stage life wer e of the crudest
,

and narro west and her only modern experience there

,

anent was of a young dressmaker who had been

absorbed by a disreputable music hall S o her letter -
.

was of the most unsparing character such as none of ,

her elders would have advised her t o send .

A gnes however naturally took it as family opinion

, , ,

and hurt and wounded as well as too proud for self

, ,

vindication returned these brief lin es

,

D E A R AL I CE I t
is true If such be your opinio
n .
,

I can say no m ore ; yet perhaps you would not judge .

us so hardly if you knew all Y ou will hardly let .

me still call myself

Y our loving A GN ES .
62 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S C HA P .

produced by the pomps and vanities o f this wicked

world .

D avid felt uneasy H e had scarcely expected that .

great success Would attend H arry and he had a S harp ,

sting o f self reproach for the sense that he was not

sorry ; but the broken exhausted look startled him , ,

and he went o n mechanically with his o wn boys trying ,

to judge of the feverish energy o f H arry s teaching

.

A t the break u p he was delayed and did not reach

-
,

home for a quarter o f an hour H e had a small tene .

ment a remnant of C oalh am s obscure days solid and

,

quaint and the pink o f tidiness between himself his

, , ,

Curate and his housekeeper

,
.

Before her kitchen re o n that sultry July day , ,

H arry was discovered endeavouring to warm himself ,

and refusing the perennial broth which S h e was heating

for him .

Y es sir she began as soon as her master had

, ,

found his way to the scene o f action guided by her ,

voice ; he did ought to go to his bed at once and I ll ,

turn it down in o n e minute To think of what you .

young gentlemen will do as is downright S inful He ,

.

owns to it sir he got himself wet to the S kin in that

, ,

there thunderstorm asleep under a tree and a mercy

he ain t a corpse .

D avid coul d not and would not ask any questions ,

and only stood over the poor youth whi le he swallowed

his soup and thereby seeme d warmed into energy
,

enough to walk upstairs ; though with the perversit y

of human nature he would not hear o f going to bed , ,

but dozed in the wicker chair while the sound of his ,

breat hing distracted D avid s study for his sermon .

When at length he woke the need o f utterance was ,

u pon him F irst there was a heavy choking sigh and

.
,
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on a word from D avid he said There ! you see it is ,

all up .

I saw that plain enough said D avid kindly , .

But what have you been doing to yourself ?

It is all over the whole dream said H arry , ,

.

N othing is left but my calling That S hall engross .

my whole man as it ought to have always done ; but

,

oh ! she seemed oh ! the pity of it D avid , .

D avid made an inarticulate sound of inquiry .

Bent upon it said H arry Would not hear a

, .

single word o f remonstrance ! U tterly changed and ,

with responses O f grunts fro m D avid who was drawing ,

pigs all the time he related his unfortunate interviews

,

with Miss Willingham and her brother and how she ,

would not listen and S ir Lewis insulted him ,

A .

wretched family inuence he said destroying the , ,

sweetest noblest o f natures
, .

D on t be an ass said D avid g ru fy ; you need

,

not talk as if there were anythi ng wicke d in a girl

simply d oing what her broth er tell s her and goin g ,

about with him and his wife If you took her in that .

way no wonder S h e had nothing to say to you
,
.

Y ou don t approve D avid ,

I no ! but it is folly to exaggerate There s no .

'

positive harm in the thing guarded as she is and you , ,

may depend o n it S h e hates it all the time .

I thought so once said H arry disconsolately ; ,

but there s no h Op e o f that S he said S h e had been

.

u sed to it all her life .

Then the less harm in it Why H al you go on .

, ,

just as if one of your sisters had run away with a circus .

I see now Y ou think they insulted you I have no

. .

doubt they think y o u insulted them

.

A groan was the only reply .

64 S T R O LL I N G Y
P LA ER S CH A r .

Cheer up old man Y ou have put your foot in it

, .

now but if she is the real good girl I rmly believe

,

S h e is it won t h u rt her and thi ngs will come ro und ;

, ,

see if they don t O nly what have you been doing to
.

yourself in the meantime ? What s this about going

to sleep in a thunderstorm ?

It wasn t a thunderstorm when I fell asleep .

H ow came you to be in it
H arry explained briey how unable to face his ,

friend h e had taken up his bag at the hotel but found

, ,

that an available train would not start for two hours ,

and had resolved to spend the time in the elds beyond

the town and tramped off on the green banks that
,

sloped downwards to the river .

O n he went but it was a very heavy sultry day ;

,

he had slept little the last two nights and a gitation ,

and rapid walking soon wore him out ; and at a mile

from the station while crossing a pasture el d the ,
-

impulse of weariness was so strong that he threw

himself down under a tree to think over the situation ,

and presently was sound asleep ; so soundly that he

was only wakened at last by hail fal ling upon his neck ,

to hear thunder growling overhead and feel rain po ur ,

ing down on him while his watch told him that he

would scarcely be in time for the train at his utmost

speed of walking ; and when he at last arrived ,

breathless li mp and dripping it was to nd that in a

, , ,

few minutes a very stopping excursion train would

.

start and H arry launched himself into a crowded and

,

stuffy carriage The windows were closed against the

.

rain the crowded space reeked with the fumes of spirits

, ,

tobacco wet clothes and the monster described by the

, ,

Board school boy as a C arb oni c id e Thence he had .

emerged for a miserable waiting at a London station

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65

in the chill of dawn before he could make his way to ,

Coalham .

D avid got hi m to bed as soon as possible and in ,

the mornin g drove hi m back thither and brought in ,

the Mother of the nursing sisterhood S he took the .

patient in hand while his V icar sent t o Canon Wharton ,

to borrow the R ev R ichard Burnet th e next youngest .

,

Curate who was endowed with the nest voice and

, ,

most uent and owery tongue in Coalham tho u gh it ,

sometimes confused its metaphors O ut of Church he .

was most hard working and excellent but very stiff -

, ,

and i n d e n ably not quite a gentleman as D avid felt ,

when he was somewhat over inquisitive as to the cause

of the expedition and the illness .

When D avid could pause in the midst of his

hurried S unday he found that the Mother thought so ,

seriously of his curate as to advise calling in the

doctor and the upshot o f their consultation was that
,

pneumonia was setting in and the real mother had ,

better be sent for .

Thus in due time Lady M erri el d and the old

, ,

family nurse Mrs H alfpenny were at the bedside of

,
.
,

the patient who was just capable o f feeling the com

,

fort o f their presence though too ill for anything else ,

.

It was not till the evening o f the following day

that D avid had any conversation with his aunt a tall , ,

graceful sweet faced woman still more than handsome

,
-
, ,

though gray haired and showing the e ffects of her day

-

of travelling and night o f anxious watching S he had .

left H arry to Mrs H alfpenny the authority of his .

,

nursery days and was partaking of a meal between ,

dinner tea and supper

, ,
.

N ow D avi d I want to know the meaning of all

, ,

this .

F
66 S T R O LL I N G P LA E R S Y C HAP .

Y es A unt Lily
,
said the V icar diligently picking
,

the bone of his cutlet .

I am sure it is from no want of care on you r part ,

S h e said kindly ; but I do want to underst and where

he was coming from that night .

F rom O u s eh ave n said D avid as if he were in the ,

witness box -
.

What i n S uffolk


Y es .

What could he have been doing there ? I can t

understand him dear boy and I don t know how much
, ,

is delirium I don t like to excite him and I really
.
,

can t answer him without knowing more H e goes on .

muttering about Agnes as if he were pleading and , ,

then he moans about thro wn away and smirched , .

H as the dear boy been deceived in any one ? The

doctor said that this journey and wetting had evidently
done so much harm in consequence of a great shock ,

and he looked as if he knew what it was .

G ossip ! groaned D avid NO A unt Lily he .

, ,

has not been deceived ; she is as good a girl as ever

lived !

Is it the Miss Willingham he has mentioned as .

I S S h e not the daughter

staying at Canon Wharton s ?

o f S ir Lewis a colonel of artillery whom your uncle

, ,

knew
E xactly H e got into some banking business at

.

O u seh aven and on his death his affairs proved to be

,

in great confusion The brother has made them all .

take to acting in a semi amateur fashion That is all

,
-
.

A ll ! It is not nice for the S isters !

N o ; but much depends on how people see thing s ,

H is wife goes with him and I believe the company is ,

al l made up of old friends

.
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67

That is better ; but .

O f course it is not desirable and H arry naturally

, ,

took it to heart and thought that an engagement to ,

him would serve her as a sufcient reason for giving

up what she did not like H e found himself mistaken .

That s all "

D avid moved to ring the bell as one relieved by ,

an excuse for interru ption Lady M err i el d ex .

claimed

D ear boy ! N o wonder he feels it ; but it is an

escape ! she said; in a sort of resentment at what
seemed want of sympathy Then A nd had this .
,

horrid girl played with him given him reason to

expect


D on t ask me A unt Lily I was a great deal too
, .

busy to be up at the R ectory But I distinctly assure .

you that S h e is n ot a horrid girl ! S he is as nice and

right minded a girl as ever live d ; and you may be
-

quite sure that she has only gone into this because
she could not re sist family force when there is no

moral wrong .

I daresay S h e was very charming here said Lady ,

M erri el d amused at such defence from one of the

,

S tokesley family always more strait laced than her ,

-

own and thinking this a proof of how the very

,

steadiest a nd soberest head could be bewitched So .

S h e went back to her watch by no means disposed to ,

dissent from Mrs H alfpenny s conclusion that the .

puir laddie had been m i sg u ggli t by some silly tawpie ;

and mind you my leddy when they have it so sair
, , ,

in their health they get ower it brawly a the .

su n e r !
It was sair enough in health certainly though the , ,

danger w as never so acute as to make it expedient to

68 S TRO LLIN G Y
P LA E R S CHA P .

summon S ir Jasper The inammation subsided and

-

.
,

H arry s brain became clear and his tongue therewith
reticent though his eyes looked very sad and his
, ,

abortive sighs were not altogether due to physical

oppression It was gradually that the old habit of
.

childhood and the comfort of his mother s presence

,

with the cra ving for her sweet sympathy brought out ,

what lay so heavy on his heart .

S he was so good ; she had such noble aspirations .

If I could only have dared to take her to myself and -

S hield her before all this

A h ! but that might have been the worse for

you .

O h no ! I am sure it was all true and genuine .

Y ou S hould have seen her countenance

I have no doubt that S h e felt it all at the time ,

my dear ; but young girls are so dependent on their

surroundings that it is very d i f c u l t to judge them .

Poor H arry reiterated that she wa s what he had

thought her and began again on the pity of it that
,

she S hould be led away into frivolity to become the ,

gazingstock of cads the theme of penny a liners and

,
- -

be utterly changed .

It is a S ad thing owned his mother ; but a sense
,

of justice led her to add S till you must remember ,

that S h e must consider her family S he may be going .

q uite against her own instincts and tastes to grat i fy

her brother .

I

That most insolent fellow ! sighed H arry .

.

was sure of it till I s aw her mother ! I thought she ,

would have c aught at the loop hole of escape from -

this compulsion ; but I saw in a moment how entirely

her whol e chara cter had been changed and S h e had ,

been infected with the family scorn of the clergy and ,

70 S T R O LL I N G PLA YERS CH AP .

have backed out of it an d spoken for me O .

mother !

Well it was an unlucky bit of gossip from your

,

aunt for your U ncle William talked it over with your

,

father and me and said he not only thought you too

,
.

young but he doubted about the expediency o f the

,

squire and clergyman being so nearly related a s you

would be to himself or Claude ; so you might have

been in an awkward position .

If ever I will believe Aunt E mily again exclaimed

H arry with a er cen es s which choked him
,
.

A nd his mother as soon as S h e was free to think

,

of anything save his physical condition perceived some ,

thing o f the renunciation that must have been her

nephew s for S h e had littl e doubt that D avid had been

.

likewise smitten and that when he saw H arry go off

,

on what had proved a w ildg o ose ch ase he contemplated

the sacrice alike o f the lady and of the preferment
that would have put her within his reach S he looked .

at D avid s imperturbable countenance with the greater
honour and gratitud e though she durst not give a
,

hint of her discovery and thought the result a good

,
'

thing for him as well as for H arry .

F or H arry was rising out of his dejection with dn

increased fervour for the work o f h i s calling The .

poem in the Ch r i sti a n Y ea r for the First S unday

after E aster was o n e of his chief solaces and he was ,

bent o n devoting himself to the utmost so that there ,

were moments when he felt prone to take a vow of

celibacy and was chiey withheld by the sense that
,

D avid would say D on t be an ass and his father
,

,

be more displeased than he could reconcile with his

regard to the F ifth Commandment .

But to his great m o rti c a t i on he was absolutely

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71

forbidden to resume his duties at Coalham for many

weeks to come H e shrank from going home to be
.

under the eyes of all his sisters ; and his mother after ,

some deliberation carried him off to vegetate for the

,

present at Brighton with an aunt whom the fami ly

,

regarded as a sort of down pillow .

 CHAPTER X

P RO FE SSI O N A LS

ON the S aturday afternoon on which all the purveyors

of the dramatic entertainment were to arrive at Hi l d o n
Castle Clarence Burnet sat in the train that was to
,

take him there reading a letter just received from S ir

, ,

Lewis Willingham as to the proposed performance

, .

The successful and rising young actor knew that

he had undertaken a tiresome and ungrateful task
enough in drilling so mixed a company ; but he was
under early obligations to Mrs K ingsbridge at whose .
,

request he had accepted t h e engagement and being a , ,

punctilious person he chose to discharge them in this

,

way H e liked too to gain experience o f various parts

.
,

and the uncle who was his patron and now his ,

employer liked it for him

,
.

Mr Belville as this uncle called himself p ro fes

.
,

s i o na l l y was an actor of long standing who had had

, ,

inuence enough with his managers to O btain engage

ments from th em for so promising a beginner as
Clarence Burnet N o w that Mr Belville had himself
. .

become lessee and manager of the Planet Theatre at ,

which he had so long acted his nephew s position and ,

prospects were greatly improved and the superior and ,

high class melodrama with which the theatre was to

-
,

re open in the late autumn had been constructed on

-

,
C HAP . x PR O F ES S I O N AL S 73

purpose to supply him with a part suited to the powers

which t he uncle had the wit to see w ere great A s .
'

however it was now closed for repairs and alterations

, ,

he had some weeks of freedom and he might as well ,

play R omeo and Jacques and practise stage manage ,

-

ment when he had a chance and see if that bright ,

fac ed girl who had a sked h i m so many questions at

R o whu rs t R ectory knew what acting meant If so .
,

she would be worth training .

With these thoughts a peculiar ashing smile

passed over the young actor s marked powerful features
-
smooth shaven after the manner of his profession
-

and lighted up his conspicuously black and deep set -

eyes even as he roused himself with a shrug of his

, ,

S houlders and set himself steadily to the consideration

,

of S ir Lewis Wi lli ngh am s letter

.

H m will play Mercutio with pleasure thinks

part will suit him Many fellows do G ot an Irish

. .

piece of his o wn as to which he ll be glad of hints for
,

E m !

the staging and mounting H as been re .

hearsing the forest scenes in A s You Like It for
,

out of doors Miss Juliet Willingham the R osal ind

.

ambitious I plays Touchstone himself ; Mr Pettifer .

for O rlando wants a Jacques Could supplement the .

Irish piece with S heep in Wolf s Clothing
Do I .

think that this programme will be sufcient ? Well ,

I should rather say it might be but unless the Irish

piece is very light comedy indeed it strikes me as a ,

trie high pitched H owever as the old S ir G orgias

.
,

Midas says that he wishes to have S hakespeare even ,

if it comes more expensive I suppose that is what is ,

wanted .

H ere the train stopped at a unction and Clarence ,

caught sight on the platform of the party of whom he

74 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE R S CHAP .

was thinking and as he looked out o f the window a

,

clear voice exclaimed

H ere s o u r train that s Mr Burnet

and Juliet
.

Willingham smiled radiantly up at him under her

broad straw hat with the frankest of greetings ,
.

Clarence S prang o u t bowed and helped in the , ,

ladies and their belongings as S ir Lewis made hurried

introduction of his party while Lady Willingham cried ,

out
O h the long box w ith the masks and the dyna
, ,

mite and the muskets ! They ll be for leaving it
,

behind ; let me get out and see .

Be quiet S elva do ; you ll be left behind yourself
, , ,

said R upert while D olph rushed u p ,

All right my lady ; the dynamite went in rst,

and the nine other boxes on the top .

Then as an old lady near turned round with a face

,

of horror he grinned touched his cap again and said

, , ,

c o n d e n t i al l y


D on t be alarmed mum it s only t h eayt ri cal as , , ,

he jumped into the next carriage and the train went O ff .

That s our odd boy and our brightest genius said ,

S ir Lewis as Clarence j oined in the general laugh ;

,

I hoped we S hould meet Mr Burnet and talk o ver , .

,

matters a little Let u s count up o u r cast for R omeo

.

and Juliet This is how I have arranged it with Mr
. .

Pettifer by letter Yourself R omeo ; Miss Pettifer .

, ,

Juliet ; my aunt , the N urse ; I Mercutio ; young ,

Pettifer Tybalt ; my brother Paris ; Mr Buckley

, , .
,

Capulet Then you were to provide the F riar
. .

Y es ; a man I know called Carter a very fair

actor said Clarence
,
H e has been playing at the .

Ripley Theatre and will join us at Hil d o n Then as, .

,

I understand a Mr Lennox is their Benvoli o ,

.
 PRO FE SSI O N A LS 75

Y es a nephew of Lord Lassington ; said to b e a
,

good man and experienced My boy D olph fo r the .

, ,

boy and Peter and the smaller parts these names h ere ;
and so m
, ,

e young lady Lady Capulet A ll next week , .

for preparation ; dress rehearsal Monday 18 th and , ,

three days performance afterwards All the scenery .

and properties scene S hifters etc from the Ripley

,
-

,
.
,

Theatre ; costumes and man to make up from London , .

A nd the other pieces ?

"

A S Y ou Like It out of doors as done by the ,

Pastoral Players My c o u sm has been studying

.

R osalind my S ister Celia and V incent Pettifer is to , ,

be O rlando Lady Willingham plays A udrey ; I

.
,

Touchstone ; the other parts seem to be cast appro

p ri a t el
y H ere they
. are o n this paper This is the ,
.

c as t of my piece And in the S heep in Wolf s .

Clothing which is quite our own piece my S ister takes
, ,

A nne Carew and Mr Armytage Jasper ; and Colonel

,
.
,

K irke is a favourite part of Mr Lennox s

I am . .

K ester We have never be fore played except with

.

our o w n company ; but we S hall be very glad to prot

by your longer experience .

Thank you S ir Lewis said Clarence politely
, ,
.

A S he glanced round the carriage full of performers

Juliet looked at him with another frank friendly
smile .

I did not think I S hould ever act with you Mr ,

.

Burnet when we met at R o wh u r st S h e said

,
I am ,

.

so glad because I h O p e you will teach m e

.

Clarence felt a little dazzled and confused even ,

while he noted the peculiarly clear note of her voice ,

audible through all the noise of the train as he ,

answered gr avely
I have no experience of teaching except what one ,
76 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE R S CHA P .

gains by having been carefully taught ; but I think

we shall all have to work very hard to carry out such

a heavy programme .

Well we have a whole week said Miss D orset
, ,
.

A nd Clarence hoped the Wills o the Wisp knew
what getting up heavy parts meant .

In due course they arrived at their destination a ,

little way side station from which various vehicles

-

conveyed them all to Hil d on Castle where they found ,

the house party drinking tea in a gay red and white

- - -
.

tent on the lawn i n front o f an O l d gray house a ,

really ne building with a ruined tower at one side of ,

it and three vast cedars casting solemn S hadows across

,

the velvet turf and dazzling o w er beds -

.

Well so you re all assembled said the host a
, , ,

stout cheerful elderly :gentleman as he looked round

, ,

the new arrivals after the introductions had been

exchanged and tea handed round A nd remember .

that ere there s nothing grudged you Wh en my son

.

and Miss Pettifer my daughter took up this fashion

, ,

able craze of stage playing I said Well do it my -

, , ,

dears but do it in the best way If you get pr o fes

,
; .

s i o n a l s get good ones I ll pay the piper so order what

, ,

you like and do as you please so long as you entertain

my company I m very glad to see you . .

The faces of Ern l ey A rmytage and R upert Will ing

h a m as they stood a t the tent door during this S peech
, ,

might have made their fortunes as comedy actors .

S ir Lewis was struck dumb but S elva her Irish eyes , ,

twinkling said meekly ,

We ll do our best Mr Pettifer , . .

H ere Lewis caught S ight o f D olph in the entrance

of the tent receiving a cup of tea from the grand foot
man which perhaps under the impression that he was
, ,
78 S TRO L L IN G PLA E R S Y CH A P .

chance I want to come out at the Planet I say

. .
,

your brother s really a baronet isn t he ? ,

Y es said A gnes so bl ankly a mazed that her voice

, ,

conveyed no expression whatever .

Because dad thought it was only put on the play

bills but I said it was a real title and that he was
,

reduced to penury S O grand of him It s like a play

.

.

But what s money to art ? A cting is m y vocation

.

Juliet endured that most aggravating of all spectacles

a caricature of her own enthusiasm and would have ,

liked to say that she hated acting ; but perhaps for ,

t u n at el y a move was now made and the visitors were

, ,

taken indoors and shown up a grand staircase and

along various corridors to their respective bedrooms .

A gnes and Juliet were close together and as soon as ,

they were alo ne Juliet threw herself into a chair and

indulged in an explosion of laughing .

I never sa w such odiou s people in my life said ,

A gnes tossing off her hat with more display of temper

,

than she often allowed herself .

O h said Juliet it s all in the day s work
,
But I , .

never never saw anything like Lewis s face N o not .
,

even when the clergy boy broke in upon the rehearsal -

and denounced the stage .

Y ou need not refer to th at Jetty s aid A gnes

.
, ,

Juliet faced round upon her and said seriously

N ow look here A gnes if you re in love with that , ,

young man you had much better say so bravely to

Lewis and give all this up because if you mean to ,

marry him you had better accommodate yourself to his

,

prejudices rst In that case I ll stand by you ; but .
,

otherwise you ought to laugh him to scorn

, .

You don t seem to think that friend ship can count
for anythi n g Jetty ,
.

X P RO F E SSI O N A L S 79

F riendship For the clergy boy -

N o no : for Miss M er ri el d for all of them , .

A nd indeed Jetty I am not setting myself up but it

, , , ,

does seem to me that we re sacricing everything to

mere frivolity .

I never felt less frivolous in my life said Juliet ; ,

it depends how you take it But why don t you .

write to Miss M erri el d and tell her all about it

If she s worth anything she ll understand What else .

is a friend good for ?

I don t like to write about Lewis and all of you

,

An d besides

even to her said A gnes ,
.

That s a very beautiful sentiment said Juliet ;

but after all it wouldn t hurt us and I like to have
, , ,

things out If I had a romantic friend or a lover.

,

either I d never go in for a misunderstanding ; it s too
,

silly .

But you see Jetty you haven t got a lover said , , ,

A gnes half laughin g ,

-
.

N o my lover is R omeo, D ear me what a mercy .

,

Miss Pettifer didn t hear me say that ! S he would

think I meant Clarence Burnet I m sure A gnes you .
, ,

can t say he looks frivolous .

N o ; but

Y ou see Juliet thi ngs d o develop , ,

so It was to be all among ourselves and now here

.
,

we are mixed up with strangers and professionals .

Y es said Juliet gravely things do develop ; I

, , ,

quite see it But now N es ti e my dear sweet N es t i e

.
, , ,

sin ce we are here and we have to do it do make the , ,

most of yourself ; and when you re acting Anne Carew ,

in which you look perfe ctly lo vel y do try and irt a

little more i r ti ly with t h e wicked Colonel ; and do

remember that Jasper isn t a saucy clergy boy but -
,

your own dear husband and do ing yourself right ,

80 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ERS C HAP . X

into h i s arms as if you meant it Er nl ey Armytage .

won t think anything of it ; I m sure h e won t H e s

'
.

just a dear old giant .

A gnes had had more experience than Juliet The .

instinct that told her that Er nl ey A rmytage certainly

would think something of it was one of her chief

di fculties . S he discreetly answered I ll do my best , ,

Jetty unable to help owning that Juliet was certainly
,

acquiring a sort of purpose that was not frivolous .

The idea of a real condence to so wise a person as

Miss M err i eld attracted her ; but H arry stood like a
lion i n the path to say nothing of Miss Wharton s
,

letter and the thought of the V icar of S t Cuthbert s

,
.

which somehow pained her more than all .

 C H A P T E R XI

LIO N S IN T HE P AT H

AFT E R a very grand dinner in a grea t dining room like ,

-

a banqueting hall Vincent Pettifer observed that they

,

had plenty Of work before them and that they had ,

better go to the theatre and put R omeo and Juliet

into shape. The stage was erected in a large ball
room recently added to the house and was everything
, ,

that the performers could wish .

N ow then Mr Burnet said the young host I
,
.
, ,

suppose we re all under your orders for the o ccasion .

N ot but what we ve got it all pretty pat already Let s .

begin Ladies won t obj ect of course to cigarettes
.
, ,
.

Will you hav e o n e yourself Miss J u li et that s your ,

Y ou don t smoke we ll teach

name isn t it ? N o
,

you A nd here s plenty of champagne and claret cup
.
-

to help us through whisky and seltzer also H elp your

, .

selves gentlemen and don t forget the young ladies
, ,

.

Clarence Burnet declined these refreshments and ,

in a brief and business like mann er indicated the -

pl ac e s to be assumed by the actors Mr Lennox . .

,

who had been previously acting as coach played with ,

some spirit whil e Mr Pettifer and the other members

, .

of his company murdered the blank verse with more

or les s skill When Rupert appeared as Paris he cast
.
,

an a ppealing glance a t the stage manager -

.

G
82 S T R O LLI N G PL A ER S Y CH A P .

I say Mr Burnet he sai d one thing before I
, .
, ,

begin At the end I needn t pretend to cry for Juliet
.
, ,

need I R es tr a i n ed emotion is the correct thing ,

isn t it

Why hadn t we better leave that till we come to
,

it ? said Clarence Perhaps you might cover your .

face and he dropped his head upon his arm for a
,

moment with a g esture that so given indicated

, , ,

despairing grief but which in R upert s imitation had , , ,

the effect of the O h please S I I don t S i r it wasn t ,
'

me sir ! O f a school boy caught throwing stones

,

-
.

G et on Rupert said Lewis we re all waiting
, , ,

for you .

When R omeo himself began Juliet and S ir Lewis ,

prepared to watch with all their eyes and ears to ,

experience a blank sense o f disappointment as Clarence ,

anxious to lose no time and after the manner of a

professional rehearsal rattled o ff his rst long speech ,

half inaudibly and without an atom of expression

-
,

ending with B en voli o s cue spoken loudly and distinctly

, ,

D ost thou not laugh ?
Benvolio amazed in spite of his experience and
, ,

having by no means followed the words was unequal ,

to replying that he would rather weep .

What are you about ? he said as if rather ,

affronted ; and Clarence perceiving that if his company , ,

attempted to follow his exam ple the result would be ,

confusion worse confounded smiled a little saying , ,

All right we ll begin again ,
.

A las that love o f her

,

Then Juliet and Lewis looked at each other Both .

were trained enough to comprehend the perfect

emphasis and impersonation as the piece went o n ,

while D olph stood holding his breath , .

xx LION S IN TH E PATH 83

It s acting whispered Juliet ,

.

That s S O responded Lewis as the ladies parts , ,

began .

N ow came a difculty Miss Pettifer certainly .

,

inclined to giggle but with a distinct idea of what ,

S h e had been taught to do for she had had some ,

lessons now began with a strong cockney accent and

,

a mincing air of coy S implicity to put them in practice

but her cousin a handsome rustic looking girl who ,
-

was to play Lady Capulet after a few inaudible ,

whispers suddenly broke down and began to sob

,

hysterically .

I can t Maud ! I can t remember the poetry I

don t like it ! I feel that silly I can t

O h come come S ophy said young Pettifer
, , , , ,

nonsense Y ou must ; don t be a little fool !
.

I can t Vincent ; do let me o ff I m not clever

, .

,

like you and Maud and I feel that silly ! Won t one ,

of the actresses do it inst ead

I declare said Mr Lennox it s the only thing ,
.
,

to do H ere which of you youn g ladies can t ake the

.
,

part ? It s your line I suppose to A gn eS

not ,

the little one s
E xcuse me interposed Clarence the part was

, ,

not included in the engagement with their manage r .

Will S ir Lewis give permission

R eally I don t think my sister can said Lewis

, , ,

hardly realising his profess i onal authority and as for ,

my cousin

I know every word of the play said Juliet Of ,
.

course I know I m too small ; but couldn t she be
,

hard and unsympathetic and n ag Juliet instead of , ,

being grand and commanding S he d i d nag old .

Capulet really Wouldn t that do Mr Burnet

, .

,
.
84 S T R O LLI N G PLA Y ER S C HA P .

If you will be kind enough to try, Miss Willing

ham said Clarence while Mr Lennox and Vincent
,

,
.

Pettifer clapped their hands .

Bravo bravo ! nice plucky little girl with no

, , ,

nonsense about her ! Come along my dear y o u ll , ,

make a famous scold !

Juliet took her place heedless of the blank faces ,

of her relations at this address and the scene proceeded ,

much more smoothly in consequence .

Then Mercutio had to come on and Lewis s good ,

gure and rened speech told well ; but in S pite o f ,

these advantages the Queen Mab speech fell at and

,

sounded like a recitation and Lewis came off pulling , ,

his moustaches and looking worried The stage .

managing of the banquet took a long time and was ,

hurried as Miss Pettifer was impatient to begin the

,

balco n y scene as to which S h e made a great display

,

of shyness .

S he had always done it with Mr Lennox S h e .

didn t know if S h e could with any o n e else S he was

.

sure it was very bad M r Burnet must tell her S h e .

didn t know which way to look really saying su ch

, ,

things before people .

Clarence requested her to move about three paces

more to the right and not to look full at him before
,

she was supposed to see him and then began his ,

spe ech interrupting his impassioned utterances with

,

directions as to Miss Pettifer s movements in the
d riest of tones while Juliet could hardly keep from
,

stampi ng her feet in her impatience of Miss Pettifer s
dreadful bad taste as she minced and irted but with
, ,

a certain amount O f trained effe ctiveness By the .

time this was over it was very late and only enough ,

time remained to see that the ghting scenes required

86 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CH A P .

all laid up with severe colds But o u r time s too .

precious isn t it Burnet
, ,

Y es ; I think we d better get on with the duels

said Clarence if you wish ,

A ll right S ir Lewis have a smoke rst ?

. I ,

supp ose you re ready ?
S ir Lewis Willingham with the eight eyes of his ,

four ladies full on his face felt what it was to have ,

put himself into a position in which he could not

say n o .

V ery well he said is it to be R omeo and ,

Juliet

Let s stop and practise ou r scenes together said ,

Miss Pettifer to Juliet and to Miss D orset then we ll ,

be ready for the gentlemen after lunch .

N o no Maud said her mother whatever people s

, , , ,

calling is if they want to attend to their religious

,

duties they S hould be allowed Besides it isn t fair

,
.
,

to make people work all S unday It s your play ; but .

it s the Miss Wi lli ngh am s work and they ought to

have a o li d ay D on t be put upon my dears there s

.

, ,

plenty of time after lunch and then no doubt you ll ,

be good natured -
.
0

O h gasped A g nes as there was a move I can
, , ,

not on S unday "

I won t said S elva I m ashamed of Lewis I
, .

never thought he would !

I really cannot said Miss D orset I a Branch , .
,

S ecretary ! S uppose any o f the servants were C F S . . .

And we couldn t explain it to D olph .

Juliet you never will ? said Agnes imploringly
,
.

Juliet was essentially a girl of the present day ;

that is to say she was accustomed to decide for her
,

self on many points rather than to regard them as

XI LI O NS IN TH E P A TH 87

foreclosed The method of keeping S unday is before

.

the bar of her generation .

There s Mr Burnet ; let us ask him if we pro
.

fe ssi o nally must

she said ; and before the others
,

could stop her she turned and appealed to him .

Mr Burnet we re not used to it and we don t like

.
, ,

it We never have acted nor even learned our parts

.

on a S unday Can we say no when we are acting

.

for pay ? Is it part of what w e have to go in for ?

Clarence looked at her very gravely and gently .

N o manager could require it of you he said ;

we should grumble considerably if they did ; but I ,

suppose on this sort of occasion refusing would be

,

awkward .

Well said Juliet heroically I ll do it if it s
, ,

necessary ; but my cousins would rather go home ,

they think it so wrong and it would get Aunt Anne ,

into a dreadful scrape with the G F S But I ll do . . .

it if I must
, .

Well said Clarence much in the dark as to the
, ,

nature of Miss A nne s obligations I ll prevent it if I

c an , but I m afraid you will nd it makes things
rather disa greeable .

It made things very disagreeable withi n the limits

of the Wills o the Wisp Company S ir Le wis

.
,

when his womankind came back from church and his ,

wife indignantly set upon h i m told her that she was ,

unpractical and nonsensical ; a thing might be done

once and not made a precedent o f i n fact he wanted ,

it to be done and not talked about ; a view S hared

more or less by the other young men who were not ,

perhaps in the habit of so S pending their S unday

a fternoons as to feel it necessary to go to the stake on
the matter H e further added a sentiment which
.
,
88 S T R O L LI N G Y
PL A ER S C HA P .

whe n misapplied is peculiarly calculated to produce

,

irritation namely that the spirit is o f more import
,

ance than the letter S elva s views of duty might be

.

external but they were strong and calculating con

, ,

sequences was not in her line so she simply reiterated ,

that she would not act o n S unday not if the whole ,

scheme of the Wills o the Wisp were imperilled by
refusing .

It did not cost the bright young wife half what it

cost the thoughtful sister S he dwelt on what S unday .

had become to her at Coalh am and had been ever ,

since. S he recollected what D avid M erri el d had

once said The essence of the Christian S abbath is

love to H im whose second birthday it is A nd could .

such love be S hown in the noisy tumult and fret of

such a rehearsal ? N o S h e must cling to that love ,

even though Lewis s anger should break her heart ,

and A lice Wharton and D avid M err i el d both should

believe her yielding and think S h e had turned aside
,

from all that was g ood S o with prayers and tears .

, ,

she took her resolution and S hut herself up in her

room Then a t the sound of the bell she crept dow n
.

stairs to church as if S h e were doing something wr on g ,

mortally afraid of being seen and ordered in to the

banquet rehearsal S he lost her way and felt like an
.

emblem of her present li fe came in late and found ,

S elva the governess and the little girl of t h e family

, ,

there before her .

F or the others it end ed as might have been

expected Miss Pettifer never dreamed of not re
.

h earsing and wanted her mother and her nurse in the

,

afternoon Miss D orset g aV e in and hoped neither

.
,

the C F S nor her sister would ever hear o f it ;

. . .

while Juliet speedily forgot everything but the play .

1x LI O N S IN TH E P A TH 89

Clarence could of course do nothing to help them

, ,

beyond putting forwar d the masculine parts of the

piece To his own conscience the matter was i n
.

different but it gave him the most curious pain to see

, .

Juliet forcin g hers .

It was a most uncomfortable week The immense .

quantity of work to be got through for which S ir ,

Lewis was mainly responsible hurried and fussed every ,

one concerned Clarence Burnet s professional authority
.
,

Mr Lennox s amateur experience and S ir Le wis s
.
,

views as to the pro du ct i o n o f his own pieces frequently ,

jarred and clashed Lewis s temper was tried by his
.

i ncreasing sense o f his own and his troupe s deciencies

and b e worried his brother and S ister as to theirs till ,

R upert rebelled and A gnes lost whatever liveliness the

uncongenial atmosphere and the oppression on her
conscience had left to her while even Miss N ance ,

grew tired of the sight of the stage N one of them .

had reali sed how wearisome too much of the thing they
had thought so good might be Then the Pettifers .
,

were good natured people and intended to be most

-

kin d to the professionals but they treated the Wills

o the Wisp; entirely as the professionals they aspired

to be n o t as people in society doin g a clever thing

,
.

T hey only half believed in the title which had no

money to support it while Mr Lennox and his friends

,
.

were accustomed to ways at amateur theatricals where ,

titles were not unknown which were at least as di s

,

tasteful to the Wi llin gh a m s as the want of breeding of

their hosts There was a great deal of champagne
. ,

and whisky and seltzer at all hours of the day and

night and Vincent Pettifer and M r L enn o x kept up
, . .

the r e of their geniuses by frequent applications of it .

Beer was dealt out with a liberal hand to all the

9O S TRO LLIN G P L A E R S Y C HA P
'
.

'

ser va n t s a n d
helpers till it could only be hoped that ,

D olph would remembe r that he wore a blue ribbon

.

Then there was rst the free and easiness o f amateurs

, ,
- -
,

who thought it showed how nearly they were pr o fe s

si o nal s ; secondly the natural hail fellow well met ,
- - -

manners o f the actor Carter who was not at all a bad ,

fellow but who did not see why he should not call the
,

girls little dears pat them on the shoulder and offer

, ,

them a taste o f his pick me u p ; until suddenly he - -

, ,

was so e ffectually shut up by something or some one

that he never willingly spoke to the Miss Wi l li ngh a m s
again Then there was all the risky intimacy between
.

young men and girls in a state of nervous excitement

and in unusual S ituations without the sobering sense ,

of working for their daily bread Maud Pettifer s one .

thought was Mr Lennox and her little sister D olly .

, , ,

who was put forward to play A nne C arew s child was

full of precocious sentiment Lastly there was the .

,

more intolerable coolness o f men like Lennox and his

friends who thought they obliged their hosts by
,

visiting them and therefore could treat the m as they

,

pleased .

.

A nd the Wills o the Wisp had to full their

engagement S ir Lewis and Miss Nance ate the bread

.

of experience in S ilence but they made some wry faces ,

over it Ernl ey Armytage was so sulky that he and

.

his manager nearly quarrelled G eorge Buckley on .

,

the other hand accommodated himself to pick me ups

,
- -

and free and easiness with startling rapidity and

- -

frequently assured Juliet of his devotion to the drama .

S elva though very well able to take care of herself

, ,

was furious at ndi ng that as a pretty young married ,

woman she was more t h e obj ect of attention than

,

A gnes and Juliet and Major O C o nno r resented

,
x1 LI O NS IN TH E P A TH 91

freedom towards the girls of whom he regarded himself ,

as the protector .

But there were two people to whom all these

vexations were t ri e s light as air Juliet was so .

absorbed in her part and in watching Clarence Burnet

act that S h e was scarcely conscious of the world around
,

her S ometimes S h e was happy with the sense of

.

improvement and discovery sometimes miserable at ,

her own defects ; but in her entire absorption in her

,

art bad manners passed by her like the wind ; she

,

laughed and took no notice ; her soul was in Verona

and in the F orest of A rden .

Clarence Burnet to whom bad acting and frivolous

,

soc iety were alike odious looked back afterwards on ,

the days when he had to act with Miss Pettifer and

associate with her brother as days of bliss H e kept .

his temper which was natu ra lly none of the sweetest

, ,

through every vexation H e threw all his powers into

.

his task and pulled the difcult business through

,
.

H e needed neither pick me ups nor i r t at i on s he saw

- -
,

art profaned w ith indifference artist though he m ight ,

be H e saw idleness and luxury and self indulgence

.
, ,
-
,

and the eager aping of one class by another ; and

Radical almost S ocialist as he was he did not care
, ,
.

F or in truth he could see nothing but Juliet Willing

, ,

ham and the enchantment was too strong and too

,

sudden to be resisted .

Poor Clarence ! The Hildo n Castle theatricals

were likely to p rove more dangerous to the professional
actor than to any of the amateurs .
 C HA P T E R XII

IT L AD Y O H I T MY

I s MY ,
IS L OV E !

MO N K S

WA RREN P A R K , HEA T HS H I R E ,
10th A u g u st .

D EAR C L A REN C E What has induced you to go in

for this a ffair at Hild on Castle ? You who hate ,

amateurs and great houses and moneyed folk about

equally To stage manage for a set of G orgias
.
-

M id a s es must be a delightful experience Wills o the

.

Wisp ! Marsh spirits and Philistine cads ! What a

combination ! A h no the dream will never be
, ,

realised ! all art is a half defeated struggle to bring

-

the divine into the human ; but d r a ma ti c art which ,

should S peak the message most plainly which should ,

purify by pity and terror which should give ,

all but actual experience of the soul s possibilities
that is the most earth bound of all the most -

hampered by degrading conditions tied and bound ,

by earthly chains till the beautiful angel s face is
,

bowed in the dust and frivolity folly bad taste greed

, , , ,

of gain and the wickedness o f men has hidden

,

all her glory N O I could not come and recite at

.
,

Hil d o n even to meet you ( Besides mily doesn t

E .
,

want to know the Pettifers ) But come here after .

wards and help me to interpret H amlet to the literary

club at Warren s t ok e Those young fellows do app re
.

ciate S hakespeare O ne the youngest of them

.
94 S TRO LLIN G Y
PL A E RS C HA P .

represented not inaptly ; for though the lioness was ,

left to the imagination tall palms and tropic ferns from ,

.

the conservatory gave an air of enchant ment to the

British beeches and oak tre es among wh i ch they were
grouped ; a piece of stage man agement for which t h e -

better informed among the guests gave the Wills o

the Wisp innite credit .

S ome of the actors still in costume had mingled , ,

with the audience and were enj oying their praises and
congratulations Clarence Burnet who co n sidered

.
,

wearing his stage dress when off duty bad form had ,

divested himse l f of the semblance of the melancholy

Jacques but was sitting a little apart under a tree as
,

if still in search of solitude .

D ear old boy ! he thought as he nished the

letter he ll always beat his wings now and again
,

against the bars Penalty I suppose for having wings

.
, ,

E ven his wife is glad when he folds them and is

content in the big cage O f course I ll go to him .
,
.

H e doesn t quite see the situation
A light step startled him as Juliet once more in , ,

maiden weeds approached and said timidly ,

Please Mr Burnet do tell me if you really think

,
.
,

it went well ?
There was an appealing look in her e yes and a slight
quiver on her sensitive lips as if she had summoned ,

up all her courage to ask for the criticism on which so

much depended .

I think it went very well indeed ! he said

.

Because said Juliet you never do tell us what

,

you really think or make any criticism except about , ,

the places where we are to stand ; and of course you , ,

do criticise us inwardly .

Why said Clarence with his grave smile if I
, , ,

 IT L ADY IT M Y L OVE

xn IS MY O H, IS T 95

did go beyond my province we might be in the rst ,

scene of R omeo and Juliet still .

That s very severe ; but I daresay we should .

I think this piece does S ir Lewis the greatest

credit said Clarence eagerly
,
The acting is mostly .

bright and fresh and goes well together I like it , .

very much .

Y es said Juliet ,
N ow nd fault with R osalind . .

That is if you think me worth it A s an artist to

, .
,

one who loves art Clarence s head swam a little and
.
,

to ejaculate heavenly R osalind would have suited the

weight that passion hung upon his tongue better than ,

to meet her in nocent impersonal eyes and answer

as artist to artist But the lawn at Hil d o n was .

not the forest at A rden and the days were over when ,

a gallant youth dared at once to sigh at the feet .

O f a princess H onour to the modern maiden mu s t

.

be di fferently shown H e must tell her the absolute .

truth .

Y ou have a b ea u t ifu l vo i ce he said with a quality

, ,

that no teaching could give you F or use in a theatre .

it would require training You have great power of .

expression both by gesture and look ; but you have a

great deal to learn as to when to use your powers and ,

there are certain technicalities which you naturally , ,

don t understand which would enable you to give effect

t o your ideas

.

But have I the idea ? Could I learn ?

Clarence looked sideways at her under his long .

eyelashes with feelings more akin to those of H arry

M erri el d than that young man would h ave thought
possible ; but truth compelled h i m to answer

Y es I have no doubt you could
,
.

Juliet drew a long breath of relief .

96 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S C HA P .

And have I the right conception of Rosali nd if I

could act well ; have I imagined her rightly

Y es rightly ; hardly perhaps suf ci ently
,
You .

have all her brightness and liveliness ; but R osalind .

after all was unhappy and S h e was in love There

, , .

S hould be an undercurrent perhaps even a note of

bitterness O f passion running all through ,

.

Y es said J ul iet thoughtfully ; but that makes
, ,

her much harder to do .

S he is not supposed to be very easy .

I I wonder if you would think I put enough

-

feeling into Juliet O h I should like you to see me ,

try that ! A nd it would have been much easier if you

had acted O rlando Mr Pettifer hasn t a bit of feeling . .
,

has he now

Well not very much But I couldn t play O rlando
, .

well My cousin Alaric played it to my mind perfectly

.
, , .

Those graceful parts are not in my line I believe my .

R omeo is much too heavy in hand A laric used to say .

that I did not realise that he often made a fo o l of

himself
Well I shall always think of R omeo as like y ou
,
.

Mr Lambourne was really an actor once wasn t
.
,

he 9

Y es for a short time but he was obliged to give

, ,

it up .

What a dreadful pity

I suppose so in some ways

But he has other ,
.

things to do and besides he is hardly strong enough

, , ,

for it .

Why do you nd it such hard work ,

I
O h not too hard for myself ,
But I was .

brought up to work hard and hardships and annoy ,

a n c e s are naturally nothi n g to me I w a s a newspaper .

98 S TRO LLIN G PLA E RS Y e mu .

moustach e over a mouth with the suggestion of a S m ile

on it .

It has a sort of foreign look It is like you !

.

said Juli et .

I believe so

H e thinks our common ancestor .

was a gipsy .

Well yes But the eyes have an o dd expression

,
.

like a picture or a woman or an animal almost as , , ,

if they were trying to speak and people couldn t

understand .

A h said Clarence sometimes that s So ! But I

, ,

am detaining you too long with talking about myself .

N ot at all said Juliet

N ow I can talk about ,
.

myself You know S h e went on poking her parasol

.
,

into the turf and looking away from him I see that , ,

the Wills will never last I don t know about my

.

cousin Lewis ; but some of them can t do it and some

,

don t like it and A unt A nne wants to do other things ,

as well S he act u ally won t give up her D iocesan
.

Council for it ! But I mean to stick to it It has .

been the dream of my life and if you think I am ,

clever enough I want you to tell me h o w to set about ,

really studying for the stage .

I I don t think you can know the di fculti es

exclaimed Clarence .

O h yes I do ! B u t I am very strong

I don t
,
.

get tired and I have quite enough money to live on

,

whil e I am studying A nd I shouldn t think there .

could be more disagreeable people than there are here .

I shouldn t think any a ctors could be more odious than

that Mr Lennox and I don t mind him a bit I
.
,
.

never think of him at all .

H e strikes me as a person without a S ingle re

d eeming point said Clarence intending to speak with

, ,
 IT MY LA D Y O H, I T MY L O V E !

x 11 IS Is 99

great moderation but with S O much the tone that he ,

might have used if he had been standing over Mr .

Lennox with a drawn sword and calling him a foul ,

miscreant that Ju liet was quite startle d , .

Well Agnes does loathe h i m she said

, ,

.

I t is not pleasant for her to have to play with

him said Cl arence
, But Miss Willingham it is a .
, ,

very hard life and for a young lady ,

Mr Burnet said Juliet I don t think you are

.
, ,

true to y our own ideal ! I suppose you think it a

splendid thing for yourself to be an actor ; and I did
not think you would be so o ld fashioned as to talk -

about young ladies Why A gnes s friends those

.
, ,

M err i eld s would take that line They talk as if

, .

goodness consisted in prejudice !
I have had to learn that it can exist in spite of

it said Clarence
, .

G ood people a r e prejudiced said Juliet petulantly ,
.

I don t think they are much more so than bad
ones said Clarence candidly
,

.

Well said Juliet with a laugh that doesn t

, , ,

matter Perhaps she added blushing I have been
.
, , ,

too bold I ought t o wait till you have seen more of

.

my acting But you wil l tell me truly won t you .
, ,

before we go away ? Because I can make sacrices ,

when my whole heart is given to anything though I ,

am a young lady You know you must know that .

, ,

acting is li vi ng as nothing else is You don t know ,
.

what to day has been to me - -

I will tell you truly before we go away said

, ,

Clarence in slow measured tones A nd as he spoke

, ,
.
,

some others of the party came up and Juliet joined them , ,

to hear eager and indiscriminate praise o f her and her

cousin s R osalin d and Celia the only criticism being ,
10 0 S TRO LL IN G PLA YE R S CH AP .

that it was a pity that the lines as to their relative

heights had had to be omitted since nothing could ,

conceal the unlucky f act that Celia was the taller of

the two A s for Clarence he admired her spirit and
.
, ,

if she had not been just herself Would have gladly ,

furthered her views in a practical and sensible fashion ,

for he did think highly of her powers But when .

,

his heart went out his one instinct was to protect and
,

guard and save from pain and struggle H e wanted

,
.

to ght for Juliet not by her S ide and S h e looked

, ,

right through him at his acting .

H e had known in his early days bitter disappoint

ment he did not in the least expect to nd life easy ;
,

but as he dressed himself for R omeo that night he ,

did not nd it at all di fcult to realise the possib il ity

'

O f making a fool of himself When Juliet came on as

.

Lady Capulet she received a greeting which told of

,

the impression that her R osalind had made and she ,

S howed herself to be a true artist by her power o f

throwing herself into the less congenial part H er .

acti ng was clever and did much to help o u t the u n

,

equal performance in which R omeo swamped an d

overweighted his Juliet and played with a pas si on

,

which he knew himself was in far too high a key for

the rest of the piece But to Juliet Willingham it
.
,

was the intensest delight S h e had ever known S h e ,

could conceive of no greater except to play the Juliet ,

herself The dramatic passion was on her the strange

.
,

madness that is as wild as love and a ll but as en ,

trancing H er eyes blazed and her cheeks amed as

.
, ,

the re of enthusiasm within her burned away conceit

and attery and frivolous amusement and so lled her ,

soul that it l eft no space for any other ame S he .

was quite safe for the tim e both from perso n al senti
,
10 2 S T R O LL I N G Y
P LA E R S C HA P . xn

the backwoods and all ended happily save for the

, ,

humorous pathos o f the wild imp s death which carried ,

O ff all the halting construction of the piece the extreme ,

secrecy of Rupert s distant devotion which he failed ,

even to betray to the audience and A gnes s inability to ,

S how any answering encouragement .

The whirl of excitement and exertion brilliant com ,

pany and brilliant weather vexations and tra ca sser i es , ,

enj oyment and triumph boredom and annoyance , ,

came to an end The Wills o the Wisp were amply
.

paid and considerably attered for it had been the

, ,

very grandest of f tes a time t o be remembered in all

the countryside It was reported and described in

.

society papers and certainly made the performances O f

,

the Wills o the Wisp irretrievably public A nd .

Clarence Burnet in the ten minut es before they ,

separated looking very grave and a little pale about

,

the mouth told Juliet that after all when it came to

, , ,

t h e real thing to real acting in a great theatre she

, ,

had still almost everything to learn she had months ,

of hard work before her fears and doubts and d if cu l ,

ties and then success perhaps

, ,
.

Y es said Juliet with her undaunted eyes ; bu t

, ,

I only want to begin when it is possible you will tell , ,

me how to manage ?
I will try .

I S hall never forget this week and all I have

,

learned from seeing you act .

I S hall n ever I S hall never forget it either .



C H A P T E R XIII

MR S P E TT I FE R S AD V I C E

.

W E LL said Miss D orset with her dainty afternoon

,

tea S pread under her vine clad verandah to greet the -

dusty travellers .

Well responded Jul iet triumphantly

,

.

Well said Miss A nne in a composed tone seatin g
, , ,

herself by her sister .

Well said Lewis in a tone of innite relief

, , ,

throwing himself at length on the grass .

Well said R upert I should think you had had
, ,

enough of snobs .

Well my mannie my jewel ! cried S elva holding

, ,

her son alternately aloft and squeezing him to her ,

bo som . D id his daddy and mammy go away and

leave him A nd did he cut a little white tooth while

his mammy wasn t there to help him but was gone off ,

a playacting among a set of ridiculous stupid people

-

And is he very glad to see her again her own own , ,

bo y that is prettier than all she has seen put together !

A ll these wells were uttered simultaneously so ,

that La dy Wi lli ngh am s ood o f maternal nonsense

formed the last words audible .

I S that the general O pinion ? said Aunt Marion

,

as she gave the cups to R upert to hand round while ,

Le w is resigned his face to be clawed by his son and heir .

10 4 S TRO LL IN G P LA YE R S CH AP .

A gnes gave a gasp of assent and stooped to kiss ,

her nephew R upert exclaimed E mphatically

. A unt .

N ance said agai n Well it was rather fun

.
, ,

R eally said S elva the old lady was rather j olly
, , .

S he is a good old thing S he took me over the house .

the last morning when you were all rehearsing and , ,

showed me her hot water pipes and smar t beds and -

D on t poke out your

all and got quite condential
, .

father s eyes you unnatural gossoon ,

A nd what did she tell you ? was the cry for

,

owing to crowded trains and companionship they had ,

not been alone together since their departure .

Poor old lady S h e grew quite affectionate when ,

she found o u t that I had a baby at home and she took ,

me up into the great big e mp ty nurseries large

enough to lose you in you little varlet and sat down ,

in an old nursing chair and said how much nicer it -

had been when h er son V incent was little and she had ,

done everything for him whereas S h e was hardly ,

allowed by the ne lady nurse even to see that little

, ,

youngest and there was one that died that S h e was

, ,

quite sure his nurse had not done right by S he cried .

oh cried piteously and said

,
My dear my d ear , ,

, ,

don t let anything take you right away from your

child you ll never get over it
, and when I said I never
went away for more than a day or two and he had a ,

dear good aunt and my husband s old nurse S h e shook
, ,

her head and said it wasn t the same thing A nd
.

S h e was right wasn t she my precious ? O h a nd then

, , ,

she was very curious n o w w e had grown so affectionate , ,

to know whether I was really my lady or only Mrs .

Williams for nothing would get it out of her head or

,

her husband s that ours wasn t only a th eatri c al n am e

'

and she knew it was the custom but she didn t like .

,
10 6 S TRO LLIN G P LA E R S Y


A disgusting caricature of ourselves ,
said M i ss
A nne .

Th e professional was not so b ad

.
said S elva O r , ,

one expected nothing bett er and Mr Burnet suppressed , .

him It was the gentlemen as they called themselves

.
, .

I declare I felt near about throwing my tea cup at that -

insinuating fellow s head that one whom Pettifer called

the honourable Mr Lennox .

Well it would have made a sensation said Lewis
, , ,

laughing and passed o ff as the wild Irishwoman s

,

manners .

Ma n ners ! tis littl e they had of that said S elva

,

.

Manners they have none and customs very ,

beastly quoted h er husband , .

Buckley didn t think so said R upert si gni

c a n t ly .

G eorge Buckley is an ass ! returned Lewis .

H e was very blue at being only Bobby N O

.

added R upert If we do that Irish thing again I .

,

wish you would make him heir or agent or something , ,
.

Can t look like it said Juliet There is a shade .

more acting in him than in t h e O ld giant of Egypt ,

but he s always thinking about himself .

Hm said R upert
.

A nd it is easier to deal with hi m said Lewis

, ,
.

because he goes shares with us while A rmytage will ,

accept nothing .

Besides added R upert they did not seem to care , ,

in the slightest degree about Er nl ey being a bit of a

hero .

D ense of them ! said A gnes but I think their

,

homage would h ave been worse .

A nd how did the Major get o n ? asked Miss

I) o r s et .
 MR S E TT I FE R S AD V I C E

xm . P 107

H e was very hu ffy at rs t

said S elva could not , ,

get over being taken for a professional ; but he was

m o ll i e d by the compliments we Irish got after

Murther in Irish though none of us were t to hold
,

a candle to D olph .

Y es D olph s the real genius said Lewis
,
he died ,

like an Irish edition of Mercutio and set old Mrs , .

Pettifer yes and all t h e old people off crying and

, ,

sobbing .

The old an d the children said A unt A nne ; the ,

you ng were above such weakness .

Mr Burnet was very much struck with him
.
,

add ed Juliet ; he longs to have the training o f h i m .

O h ! exclaimed Miss D orset .

Falling into prejudices A unt Minnie said Lewis , , .

I suppose it is as good a trade as any other and will ,

put that boy a peg o r two higher in life .

H e is a very good boy still said A gnes ; he got ,

four or ve pounds altogether in presents and he ,

brought it all to me to put into the saving s bank ;
,

but I should be very sorry for him to go again into

such a set of servants They jeered a t his blue ribbon
. ,

just as one reads in books ma am he told me ; , ,

and they has champagne at the housekeeper s
There was m ore laughter than Agnes thought quite
called for at her tone o f horror but she was relieved ,

by h ea rin g L ewi s say as the party began to disperse

, ,

Well ! we made a good thing of it as far as the tin

goes but catch me going to a house I don t know
,

more about another time I ve another notion

.

It was a stroke however to A gnes that R upert

, , ,

who had walked down from the station said as he , ,

followed her towards the door I met R ipley and he , ,

s ays that poor chap that you gave the sack to has been
10 8 S TRO LLIN G P LA E R S Y CHA P .

desperately
ill i n am m a t i o n
of the lungs obliged to
strike work and so on ,
.

No ! said A gnes turning round with a face of ,

dismay .

Come ! said R upert you need no t take it so to ,

heart you know People don t have love in their
, .

lungs If he went and got wet through in that

.

thunderstorm it was not your doing , .

N evertheless A gnes did take it to heart and went

, ,

through a great deal in her o wn room between doubts ,

whether she had really t r i ed with him at Coalham ,

whether S h e had been improperly harsh and ungrateful

in her rejection and whether after all it might not be
,

foolish conceit that made her reproach herself with his

illness More than once she took out paper to write
.

to either A lice Wharton or Elizabeth M erri el d to

inquire but a sort of shame always hindered her even
, ,

while S h e longed to tell all and O btain a really trust ,

worthy Opinion whether S h e were to blame for con

senting to the career which was more unpleasant to her
than ever .

Conscientious and self conscious persons have to -

suffer a good deal more than their neighbours if i n?

volved in a doubtful undertaking .

A unt A nne having no self consciousness did not

,
-
,

suffer half so much when in the spirit of her child , ,

hood she confessed her S unday rehearsal to her elder

,

sister who was greatly concerned

, .

O Anne I did not think you could have con

,
.

sented When the young ones stood out s o bravely too !
Well I wanted to save them from being pressed
, ,

and I knew that o ur scenes would occupy all the time .

Besides it seemed due to our hosts not to disgust

,

them and upset all their plans .
l 10 S T R O LL I N G Y
PL A ERS C HA P .

When Lewis tho u ght himself in duty bound t o walk .

down to the o fce and see how a ffairs were going on .

he met o n the way young G eorge Buckley w h o imme ,

d i a t el y addressed him G oing down to the shop .

I say you must soft sawder the old boss a bit H e s

, .

turned rusty. Wants to pin me down says he wants ,

me and so forth ; just as I am getting my hand in

,

too I beli eve it is all jeal ousy of the girls at my getting

.

a cut above them in society .

O h ! If you take that for good society you are

much mistaken said Lewis surveying him with some ,

scorn mixed with vexation as he heard this sudden

,

change of language from the correctness of speech that

G eorge used to a ffect .

Eh What O ld Pettifer was nobody but there

,

were plenty of swells and one picked up a thing or ,

two . O nly stop his jaw Willingham ! I ll n ever ,

desert you and you may count on me to withstand

,

any opposition .

Lewis went on his way to the little den where the ,

remains of the business had been transferred from

their old ofce and where he found o l d Mr Buckley
,
.

in the midst of his ledge rs Things were o n the mend .

here and S ince the crash had begun to look up a little

, , .

There had been a strike at the harbour which had

injured them ; vessels were coming back and it was ,

not in human nature not to rejoice ; but Mr .

Buckley an intensely respectable gray haired man of

,
-

business still l o c ked grave and worn and presently

, ,

began

There s enough to do here now for G eorge to be

needed .

I am glad of it ! Y ou know he is never called

upon for more than a night or t w o at a time .
 MR S P E TT I FE R S AD V I C E

xm .
111
.

Y es,
and comes home with money in h i s pocke t
to take him down to the billiard room -

Indeed ! said Lewis more sorry than surprised , ,

though not convinced that young Buckley s V isits to

the billiard room were not begun long previously

-
.

Y ou see said the O l d gentleman who had known

, ,

the young baronet from a boy ; I had no objection

to all your theatricals a n d tomfoolery as long as it

was all among friends I t gave the lad something to .

do studying his part in the evening and kept him out

, ,

of mischief ; and when you thought of making it a

paying business well I wouldn t stand in your way ,

after all that is come and gone but I did not expect ,

to have him come h Om e to vex his mother with smoking

all over the house and asking for brandy and water at ,

all sorts of times tellin g us it is the thin g just despis , ,

ing us at home as if his mother could not give him a ,

dinner t to eat and running o ff to the billiard room ,

-

at J o n es s because we are so dull ! Is that what your

fashionable society has put him up to ?
I am afraid they were a shady lot som e of them ,

said Lewis I had no notion what it would be like

.
,

or I should never have gone to H i l do n I will take . .

care to know my ground better another time .

U mph ! But if this kind of thing is to go on you

must reckon on doing w ithout G eorge .

I have some notion of taking a little theatre for

a fe w weeks Then it would all be in my o w n .

hands .

U mph ! R egularly on the stage ! I say Lewis , ,

what would your father have said to all this

O h he would not have minded said Lewis rather ,

,

off hand
-
H e always promoted theatricals among the
.

o f c ers

.
 H owever Lewis was glad to have the further dis
,

cut short by the entrance of a skipper

c u s si o n .

H is next measure was to betak e him self to Miss

D orset and ask her consent to i nviting Mr Burnet for
,
.

a day or two to talk over matters and arrangements

, .

S he gave it the less unwill i ngly S ince as she said I

, , , ,

shall get some better notion what the thing is like

ll4 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CHAP .

gaging may make a R osalind after twelve months

,

study ; the Celia must disabuse herself of the idea that

it is enough to look handso m e Mr V incent Pettifer . .
,

manly and straightforward as O rlando H on o urable .

Charles Lennox mad e the most of the small part of

O liver o n e of our most noted amateurs
,
insolent

brute !

That s not in the paper said A laric , .

Clarence here expressed his opinion of Mr Lennox .

and others of the Hi l d o n Castle company with much

force and energy .

Why said A laric I thought Willingham was a
, ,

very decent sort of fellow .

Willingham ? O h yes The Wills are quite

.

another sort .

A nd can they act 7

S ome of them can S ir Lewis is not bad in his .
,

own line They have a lad belonging to them the

.
,

cleverest little imp you ever saw and yes the young ,

lady who played R osalind has a good deal of talent .

I was asking because E mily and I have been at ,

R otherwood an d Lady Rotherwood wanted to know i f

'

I thought t his new company would be a good specula

tion for some festivities in the autumn I don t k now .

if she had an eye to you .

A nd is R otherwood a good style of place ? said
Clarence anxiously Would there be the same sort .

of thing as at Hi ld o n
A laric O pened his dark eyes wide and called to a
'

lady who came out of the drawing room window -

.

E mily ! Clarence wants to know if R otherwood is a

correct house and t for h i m to go to ,
.

R eally A laric

exclaimed Clarence I never said
, ,

I did not mean but the Wills o the Wisp

xw

I H EAR A VOIC E YOU C A NN OT H E AR

115

O h do tell me about the
, Wills o the Wisp said

Mrs Lambourne as she Sa t down on one of the vacant

.
,

chairs Rotherwood is about the correctest great

.

house in E ngland Are the Wills very correct ? .

That s what Lady R otherwood was asking as it seems ,

rather an odd move to go about as strolli ng players .

.

Like the Vincent C ru mml es said Alaric D oes ,

.

the clever imp or the engaging R osalind represent the

, ,

Infan t Phenomenon

I thought you knew them said Clarence g ru fy , .

N o said Mrs Lambourne
,
I believe Alaric met . .

S ir Le wi s once But it does seem rather funny to go

.

about in that w ay with his wife too That sort of , .

thing is all very well for girls but I do think a woman ,

should give it up when she is m arried .

H e is a scatter brained kind O f fell ow not t to -

t ake care of them But I don t see h o w they can go .

on long The younger brother he s a nice boy but a

.

perfect stick is going back to O xford ; and the aunt ,

Miss D orset their rst old woman seems to belong

, ,

to some other company wh ich has claims upon her

time .

An other dramatic company ?

H ow very odd !
said Emily .

Perhaps they provide amusements for parishes or ,

something of that sort said Clarence for S h e seemed ,

to think she ought not to rehearse on S unday The .

'

G F S S o c i et y s h e called it

. . . .

Alaric and his wife wen t o ff i n to ts of laughter .

It s an e x cellent institution Clarence looks after

young women It s patronised by all the swells

.

.

But there s a spice of trade s unionism at the bottom

of it though the good ladies don t know it Give him
,
.

one of your pink magazines Emily ; he might get the ,

l l6 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S C HA P .

Miss Wi lli ngh am s to join , and be a link with the

'

stage you know S uch a chance !

,
.

Alaric intended to tease his wife who only remarked , ,

happily
Clarence knows how much nonsense you can talk ,

Alaric But he saw to his astonishment that his

.
, ,

cousin looked sol emn and said ,

Well then if it is a thing that E mily belongs to

, , ,

you see that Miss D orset and her nieces are are
you see the kind of people they must be O f course .
,

probably I shall never meet them again ; but to act

,

for Lady R o therwood would be exactly the kind of

thing they lay themselves out for .

What are you going to do till the Planet reopens

Why you see I had almost promised to go to the
, ,

S tates with a man I know something of who was ,

taking out a company That fell through and put me .

out .Clarke wants to get up a tour I might go to .

him But the Planet piece wants a great deal O f

.

study R aymond R ivers is a big part
. .

S tay here and study him then

.
,

Y es do chimed in E mily and keep A laric in
, , ,

order H e has worried himself into two bad head

.

aches this week already about things that are not h iS ,

fault You know hot weather never suits him But

.
,
.

he will have his own way S he laid her hand on .

her husband s shoulder and looked down at him with
a sweet grave smile then added I must go and see , ,

.

Mrs Leslie yes about the G irl s F riendly S ociety
.
, ,
,

Clarence And I shall ask all your people to come

.

up to morrow to tea in the garden D ick is there

-
. ,

you know and they will be delighted to come and ,

see you .

Thank you you are too kind always sai d , ,
118 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER SY C HA P .

And it s a grand sturdy O l d type that s

country .

done a g reat work for the race E ven old Ma nning .

ham here and men in the position of R otherwood and

,

O r m er s el d I meet him there wonder if he ever saw

any Jack o Lanthorns in his youth ! And the thing

wants thoroughly carrying out from one point O f V iew

an amateur squire is no better than an amateur
actor I could go in for it and do it all right enough
. .

Well said Clarence you are cast for the part
, ,
.

A y said A laric or I should never play it ! It s

, ,

just the old story neither sh flesh fowl nor good , , ,

red herring ! The squire s coat doesn t t and the
-
,

magistrate s chair s like a strait waistcoat ! But then -
,

alas ! the red cap and red shirt don t strike me as

becoming garments either .

H ow about the mask and buskins said Clarence ,

watching him as he spoke .

A laric ung away his cigarette and sat upright .

Clarence now and then I get a crazy t I want

, .

to let myself out give out what s in me though

H eaven only knows what it is Claude M eln o t t e .

wasn t quite an ideal form o f self expression and I

-
,

haven t any other The gilt soon gets knocked off .

that gingerbread But but I m such a fool Clarence: .

that I nd myself looking forward all the week to the

chance of spouting to the fellows at the club A s if .

one could set the world to rights in that way !
Is the world especially wrong at present ? asked

Clarence .

Yes Y ou know the contract for the new church

.

was given to a London man and now he has got that ,

for enlarging the station O f course he brought a .

great many strange workmen down with him besides ,

employ ing some of our own fellows They m ostly .

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119

lodge in that new district out on the heath ; and the

nearest way to their work is across the park and ,

through the big copse U nluckily there s just one

.

bit of wood that belongs to O ak eld a nd n o w S ir ,

James says he ll lock it u p so many fellows going

through disturb the game Perhaps ; but it means .

a couple of extra miles for them H e wants me to .

lock my gates too I S hall not . .

Why even your grandfather never did so

, .

N o ; but till this new settlement on t h e heath

,

and all this building it made very little di fference , .

Besides he didn t preserve as the M anni ngh ams do

,

.

They m ight except that outlying copse ; but S ir James

says it s a principle .

Y ou won t be bullied into giving it t o him ?

NO but it does seem confoundedly unneighbourly ,

especially as I don t shoot myself R ather t h e act of

.

an outsider you know to go against all their tradi

, ,

tions The M a nn i ngh am s think I m curryin g favour

.

against the next election I m trying to persuade the .

old boy to let it be as it always has been I don t .

believe the workmen do any mischief ; of course they

might S ome of them are among the lights of my
.

By the way

club There s a north country lad
.
- -

his parson Mr M erri eld preaches here on the

,
.
,

church opening in S eptember
-
H e s clever and we .
,

talk things out Wanted to know last night how I .

j ustied myself in holding landed property I talked .

to him like a true blue old Tory felt like one too -
,
.

But I don t know how I could if I kept it for my

own selsh enjoyments or stood upon my more selsh ,

rights But what will little Alaric say to me by and

.

by that is if there s any landed property left in

,

his time I hope there will be I like to think of

. .
12 0 S T R O L L I N G P L A ER S Y C HAP .

his coming after his forefathers S o much for con .

sistency
Well said Clarence with a s mil e you do very

,

w ell for me If you hadn t been what you call i nc o n

.

sistent either you would never have made friends

,

with me o r you would have been just such another as

,

myself Y ou see more not less than other people
.
,
.

O h said A laric if I quite knew what I do see !
, ,

I may grumble now and again ; but when a man s

lot has been cast like mine in an earthly Para dise he ,

can t help thinking of all the others who are shut out ,

and feeling ashamed of himself .

Well said Clarence again if every one felt that
, ,

,

I don t suppose it would signify much what side they

took in politics There wouldn t need to be any . .

A laric laughed .

That would be kingdom come indeed he said a

, , ,

world without politics Y o u have the luck to have .

one thing to do and to do it and you won t want , ,

anything incompatible with it .

If I do I know I S ha n t get it said Clarence
, ,

grimly What s this the second post ?
.

Clarence ,

took a letter addressed to himself while Al aric turned ,

over his own share and he read much to his s ur , ,

prise

T HE WH A R F H O U S E , O US E H A V E N ,
2 3r d A u g u st .

B U RN ET I have j ust heard from an acquaint

D EAR
ance at C l ar eb ri dg e that the theatre there is in rather
low water from trying to maintain a stock company
unequal to the demands upon them N ow the lessee .

wants to engage travelling companies have come .

to two conclusions rs t that the Wills would feel

,
12 2 S TRO L LIN G PLA E RS Y C HA P .

with such an inferior sort of affair ? said Alaric ,

surprised .

O h they have merits ,
It s a unique sort of thin g .
,

you know This is a holiday time I should like to

. .

play Romeo again I like S ir Lewis I think I ll go

. .

in for it I S hall be tied for so long to one part at

.

the Plan et .

C l ar ebri dg e is in the R otherwood country. It s a

good sized place said A laric I ve heard that there s

-
.
,

a nice little theatre But I shouldn t have thought .

the Wills were up to much from your description

.

It all gives experience said Clarence perhaps not , ,

very sorry to see Mrs Lambourne returning with a .

little dark eyed girl and a plump fair boy beside her
-
.

What do you think D ick says ? said Emily as ,

A laric seized on his little girl and set her on the

table to say her verses to Cousin Clarence
,

It .

seems that one of your Wills O the Wisp V isits at

Coalham where his curacy is one of the young ladies

, , ,

and there has been a great excitement at her taking to

the stage S he seems to be a deluding light for she
.
,

has broken the heart of the curate of one of the other

churches and D ick owns to having considered he r
,

handsome The poor young man has broken a blood

.

vessel or something all for love O f Miss A gnes Will ,

ingham who threw him over in a heartless manner
, .

Eh Clarence said Alaric take care o f the bogs

, ,
.

The Wills O the Wisp are dangerous

If one .

young man takes to his bed and another is deluded

into amateur theatricals by their treacherous magic ,

the case is s erious Y ou ll see I shall h aV e to come
'

and pull you out of the quagmire N o w then , Martina .

,

see how you can surprise Cousin Clarence .
.

A laric S poils her said E mily after the little , ,
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12 3

brown faced girl had repeated a piece of baby poetry

- -

with the funniest dramatic tone and gesture winning ,

applause and kisses from father and cousin I don t .

want her to be a Will 0 the Wisp .

A laric only laughed and tried vainly to coax the ,

shy boy to a similar display .

O r to follow o n e he said Quite right A l ; ,
.

,

don t have anything to do with the marsh r e s There -
.

are enough of them already to plague mother .

Emily smil ed at him a little anxiously and as he ,

moved away with the children roused Clarence from ,

dreamland by an entreaty to him not to let Alaric

,

worry himself with impossible ideas which would only

disappoint him if he carried them out .

A laric came back in a moment having opened his ,

last letter .

S ir James will lock his gates this day week he ,

said briey .

There won t be much good will there then in , , ,

leaving ours open ? said his wife a little timidly

,
.

N o dear said A laric But I can t shut them

.
, , .

H e gave a long sigh and added I wish I could ! ,
 C H A P T E R XV

AL LEN -
A DA LE
-

C L ARE N CEunderwent some chaff from Alaric as to the

S isters the cousins and the aunts
,
to whom he was ,

to be introduced at O u s eh aven H e took it soberly .

,

and managed to conceal how intensely eager he was

to go H e had no time to wonder what impression
.

he might make himself ; his whole mind was absorbed

in the thought that he S hould see Juliet again hear ,

her eager talk and have a right yes a right to

, ,

teach her and to advise her and to protect her from ,

every annoyance that might lie in her chosen path .

H e arrived at the Wharf H ouse in the a fternoon ,

when they w er e all at tea in the garden ; and there

'

was a chorus of cordial welcome a sense delightful , ,

to him of being received as their fellow worker as

,
-
,

Lewis took him up to Miss D orset saying H ere my , , ,

dear aunt is a candle that won t icker quite as much
,

as the Wills o the Wisp .

I hope you will all throw your beams as far as

you can wish said Miss D orset
,
I am glad to see .

you Mr Burnet and to know something of the young

,
.
,

people s friends .

Y ou are very kind S aid Clarence gravely

but I ,

ought to thank S i r Lewis for giving me a candlestick

for the present .
12 6 S TRO LLIN G P LA E R S Y C HA P .

in touch with an audience It is not vanity ; but .

they don t understand .

I should have thought said Agnes as Clarence , ,

did not reply for a moment that if you were a , , '

true artist you would think of nothing but your

,

part .

N O said Clarence ; I think Miss Juli et is right

.
,

Perhaps it is t he alloy o f the gold ; but where it does

not exist where the health and nerves make it i m
,

possible the gold won t stand the strain A n actor
, .

must love his audience as well as his part Besid es .

,

he added with a sudden ash of his black eyes the

, ,

material of our art is not only our o wn personality ;

i t is the hearts and the souls of others

.

Clarence was generally a quiet person in private

life ; but he was capable of looks and sometimes of
words which were memorable and just now he was full ,

of life to the n g er tips more than himself-

r .

Miss D orset experienced a sense of extreme surprise .

S he gave Clarence a polite little bend o f the head and ,

said I can believe you Mr Burnet
,
But the ,
. .

scheme began to assume in her mind a n other aspect .

S he looked a t Agnes s lovely face at J u l i et s glowing

eagerness and began to rake up in her mind th e

,

particulars of the romantic story of the Lambourne

mesa lli a nce

Wel l said Lewis I m a practical man a manager

,

should b e s o if you have nished tea and will walk ,

roun d the garden with me Burnet we can discuss , ,

matters Armytage dines with us to night
.
-
.

Is he included in the C lar ebr i dg e scheme and ,

Buckley also ? asked Clarence as he complied ,
.

A rmytage of course But O l d Mr Buckley obj ects

,
. .
,

and I won t encourage G eorge against his desire What

.
 A L L EN -
A DA L E
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12 7

do you think of his acting Is it worth a stir He

suits us in m any ways .

If he wo uld work hard and take what he could

get he might make a living b y it But I S houldn t

, .

advise him to throw up any berth h e may have already .

I m afraid it s the alloy without the gold said ,

Lewis ; he thinks it s all beer and skittles and ne

,

society .

Clarence laughed .

Is that the result of Hi ld on Castle ? he said

.

But what are the C la r ebri dge prospects ?

We ll said Lewis a man who has a place near

,

there S poke to me on the day we left Hi ld on It

, .

seems that the theatre has been carried o n hitherto on

very old fashioned lines with a stock company and
-

occasional stars and that it has been the habit of the ,

neighbourhood to patronise it especially in O ctober , ,

when there are some local races and a ball and the ,

magnates come in from the country to the hotels The .

tradespeople want to keep it up It see m s that they .

have been in the habit o f producin g old comedies and

melodramas and now and then S hakespeare H ow
,
.

ever i t hasn t answered very well and changes are

,

impend i ng But Colonel Lincoln says that he thinks

.

something might be made of it for O ctober that our

names would attract to say nothing of yours I ve ,
.

had some correspondence and I think of taking the ,

responsibility and engaging as many of the old company

as we want to ll up with H ere are the names and .

particula rs What do you say ? .

Farquharson

? O h ! I know that old fellow said ,

Clarence ; he is a contemporary of my u ncle s very

much of the old school H e doesn t go down n owa '

da ys i n London but he has the O l d training can wear , ,

l 28 S T RO LLIXG Y
P L A E RS C HA P .

He
a very re specta ble man and I t hi nk y o u

on . s ,

wou ld n d him us e ful I don t k now much o f the .

compa ni es someti mes get gentlemen w h o ar e tr ying

their ha nds an d Sometimes bro ken d own o ld s t ag ers
,
-
,

w h o ca n get in nowher e else The men ar e usual ly .

bette r than the ladi e s Ther e s a Mis s F arqu h ars on

. .

a ni ce li ttle gi r l enoug h .

We shoul d onl y n e ed o ne lad y occas ional ly sai d ,

Le wis .There s no question tha t my c ousin must

pla y the lead in g par ts It i s my sis ter s wis h tha t .

S h e S ho ul d do s o ; but A g nes wil l play Lad y Cap ul et

and Celi a a n d tak e any par t not co mi c tha t i s vacan t

, , ,
.

We must arra nge all that by an d by .

O f course the
'
e ll S ir Le vi s sai d Cl ar ence

, , ,

decis ion re s ts with y o u ; but the time w il l s ui t me

well and i f you decide o n tak ing the thea tre I sh al l
, ,

be happy to help y o u t o the best o f my power o n the

"

terms I proposed If you all intend to k ee p to get her

.
,

it seems the best pl an .

If Clar ence h ad known bette r the exact s ta te o f S ir

Le wi s W i lli ngh am s nan c es he mi ht ha ve bee n

,
g

s low t o advise the risk but though the Wills tal k e d ,

o f ear n
n their li vi n g it did n o t occur to hi m that ,

they h a d n o ca pital t o bac k them up .

They di s cu s sed the detail s o f the scheme a little

more closely and then Le wis was cal led o ff t o S peak to
,

the gar d ener and Clar ence went bac k t o the house
,

alone O n the la w n he met A g nes gathering owers

.
,
.

The t w o halves o f her li fe seem ed to her s o far apart

tha t the connection betw een the professional ac tor ,

whom sh e had s o dr ead ed and the cur ate whom S h e ,

had s e en at Coalham h ad never struck her t il l to d ay,

-
,
13 O S T R O LL I N G ,
Y
PL A E R S C HAP .

N o said Clarence really I don t t hink it does
, ,
.

H e had t h o u gh t A gn es the stiffest of people a nd ,

had wondered at the admiration sh e excited and was ,

quite surprised to hear her talk pleasantly .

Mr Burnet she said timidly I hope you won t

.

, ,
"
.

think I am rude but we have all taken a great

interest in D olph D o you think that he would be .

safe if he w ent on the stage ? Wouldn t it be bett e r

if he went into a S hop ? Y ou know h e is just a

.

workin g b o y .

Clarence smiled but answered her seriously Y o u , ,

know I can t think that an O bjection

I am quite .

sure that D olph could earn his living on the stage and "

I think he has real talent A S for the safety it has .

,

one advantage if a boy is alone in a town it occupies ,

his evenings O f course it s easy enough to nd bad
.
,

company in a theatre ; but if a fellow s a fool, he ll do

th a t anywhere .

I suppose some managers are more careful than

others
Y es ; my uncle will be extremel y strict

I could .

get D olph looked after .

I have often thought said A gnes expressing her , ,

difculties to the person she would have supposed most

unlikely if one was asked to act in a bad play
,

T

I should leave that to the Lord Chamberlain

myself said Clarence
,

But for the matter of that .

, ,

I have seen the same play so acted as to leave a very

different moral impression in different hands .

S urely the drama is the greatest of educators " .

exclaimed Juli et who had come u p while they were ,

talking E very one must be the better for being moved

.

by noble emotions puried by terror and pity as , ,

the G reeks said .
xv A LL E N -
A -
DA L E 13 1

There are a great many different emotions stirred

up on the stage said Clarence My cousin says that ,

.

the beautiful art angel t ra ils his wings in the dust -

.

But

But y ou don t agree with hi m


N o said Clarence after a moment
,
I shouldn t , .

think much of the angel if he couldn t ght it out

under the conditions of real life H is wings mu s t b e

'

seen even if they do get dirty
,

A h said A gnes ; but I understand !

,
It is not

that I d o not care for the characters in S hakespeare ;

but I see them better in my mind when I rea d the
play Every attempt to express them jars and spoils
.

them S omethin g goes wrong N0 one can be like

. .
,

for insta nce Portia ,
.

A gnes ! exclaimed Juliet indignantly S hakes .

pea re di dn t think so himself H e wrote th em to be

.

acted Wh y one never half understands them till

.
,

o n e begins to think through them to be them Mr . .

Lambourne couldn t mean that Mr Burnet how ca n . .
,

she th ink S O
Why S h e is right said Clarence with a thrill in
, ,

his voice and so are you A s we are artists we are

, .
,

boun d to try to copy the vision ; but of course we

cannot The more we try t h e more we see it to be
.
,

hopeless ; yet try we must whatever sort of art it is ; ,

and we learn by trying .

F or once A gnes understood him the best and under ,

stoo d also the saying which she had always thought ,

rather wicked that art is a kind of religion S he s aw ,

.

an analogy J uli et was a li ttle awed S he was but

. .

a girl and her S pecial talent was much more developed

,

than her general powers S he wan ted to act parts .

,

n o t t o express passion or beauty .

l 32 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y CH AP .

Thank you said A gnes simply I don t think I ,

.

shall mind quite so much now .

A laric made me see it so said Clarence but the ,

ideal does get pushed into the background O h there .

,

is D olph ! What is he doing with that carving knife

rehearsing something at the window ?

N o said A gnes laughing ; he is laying the table
,

and looking at yo u H e is supposed to help my aunt s .

butler ; but the ideal is too strong for him .

May I go and s peak t o him '

O h yes ! Would you like a R u fi ng R obin for a

buttonhole They are very sweet .

Thank you very much said Clarence taking the , ,

ower and stickin g it in his coat as he went to greet

D olph who beamed with delight
, .

Jetty said A gnes with some hesitation I have
, , ,

been unfair I can t see my o wn way at all ; but I

.

ought to confess that Mr Burnet is not triing or .

frivolous .

I shouldn t think it mattered about confessing ,

said Juliet But any one with eyes can see tha t
. .

A fter dinner Lewis with an apology asked Clarence , , ,

if he would allow his A unt Marian to hear him recite .

That she may know the best as well as the wor st

of us he said
, .

My cousin A laric recites far better than I do ,

said Clarence I nd it hard to recollect that I

.

mustn t act the pieces But what does Miss D orset .

like 7

S omething blood curdling

said Lewis S he -

, .

never goes to popular entertainments so E ugene ,

A ram would be a novelty to her .

Clarence shook his head H e leaned a little .

forward over the table by which he was sitting and ,

13 4 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE R S C HA P . xv

It had been a most successfu l evening ; but Juliet

went to bed with the discontent and dissatisfaction of
the artist overpowering her pleasure and delight Oh .
,

she was a long way from S kill of this sort ! Would

f
she ever be so sure of her ef ects as he ? S he could
have been jealous of the skill and the power S urely .

he must think her as little worth acting with as Miss

Pettifer !
Juliet herself was growing and her conceptions o f,

her art must needs grow too .

Well Minnie said Aunt A nne triumphantly
, , ,

when the sisters were left alone and what do you ,

think of him ?
I think that you are none o f you as yet in danger
of being mistaken for professionals and I think ,

Nancy that there are other bonny black eyes besides

.

A llen a D ale s which might be put to a similar use

- -

.

That s a ver y remarkable young man

.
 C H A P T E R XVI

S P E LL

O B ER O N S

T HE house of Lady H enry G rey Lady M erri el d s ,

elder S ister was by no means unde sirable as a place of

,

rest for a convalescent S he was the widow of a canon

.
,

v ery well o ff and just invalid enough herself to feel

,

absolved from everything that did not keep her com

fo r t a bl e and amused ; but she was also very kind
hearted and ready to do anything for any one that did
,

not cost her too much trouble ; and likewise intelligent

and sympathetic enough to make her a general c on ~

dante especially of young ladies

, .

S ympathy except from his mother was however

, , , ,

the last thing that H arry M er ri el d desired and he ,

had exacted a promise from his mother that she would

say nothing about his troubles a promise perhaps ,
-

n eedful for parents never quite get over the feeling

,

that the affairs of their children are a sort of nursery

concern which they can discuss with their own con
,

te mporaries ; and his aunt Emily was his mother s old
compani on sister with whom her heart always over
-
,

owed .

Lady H enry needed no ulterior cause for her

nephew s illness ; she was always ready to believe that

curates were worked to death and that the lungs o f ,

all her family required special care H er sister had .

13 6 S TRO L LIN G PLA YE R S e mu
.

something of the like misgiving for though the ,

M err i eld side of the house was tough and healthy it ,

was undeniable that her son H arry took after in

appearance those of her o w n kindred who had been

early ou t o ff ; and while he insisted on hurrying back
to Coalham as soon as he was strong enough to walk
a quarter of a mile she had obtained an Opinion from
,

her sister s pet doctor that he ought to be carefully
watched all the winter or else sent for a few years to
,

a warmer climate It was true that H arry denounced

.

the doctor as an old woman and she was not far ,

removed from the same notion ; but S h e intended to

meet her husband in London and get a r str a t e
opinion before making any more arrangements .

A nd whatever were H arry s schemes for the future ,

he was very languid for the present and not able for ,

more than a short turn on the esplanade and a drive

with his aunt ; and thus it was that while his mother ,

was gone to afternoon tea with some o ld friends of her

military life he was sitting in one of the easiest o f
,

chairs dreaming over one of his aunt s Mudie books
, ,

and half listening to the talk going on between h er

-

and one of the middle aged young ladies who we re -

always hovering about the house W en he began to . h

attend the V isitor was reading aloud a letter from a

,

S ister who it seemed was staying away from home

, , , .

We had such a delightful entertainment at O use

ford H all I must tell you about it Theatricals in
. .

the open air by the Wills o the Wisp
I daresay .

you have heard of them the Willi ngh am s of O use

haven I t seems that they were all ruined as so
.
,

many people are nowadays ; a n d so they have made

their talents available and really act in earnest in a ,

semi public way ; so Mr Marsden had them over for

-
.
13 8 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE RS C HA P .

Bully Bottom and made himself additionally comical

,

by speaking in a brogue especially when he addressed ,

the fairies Most likely it is the last out O f door per

.
- -

fo r man ce this season as the days are closing in

,
I .

wish we could get them to act for our O rphan F und .

It must be very trying for those poor girls to act

i n the open air was Lady H enry G rey s comment ;

'

an d the grass is always damp in S eptember It .

makes me shiver to think of it ; I wonder Mrs .

Marsden could think of such a thing .
.

O h ! no doubt S h e had the dew swept o ff before

hand }
There was another arrival o f visitors ; and when
presently Lady M erri eld came home she found H arry ,

close to the open window in the chill of sunset with ,

lips rm set and hands clasped over the arms o f

the chair in a kind of congealed state
,
.

H e said nothing however and allowed her to

, ,

suppose he had been half asleep while his aunt ,

apologised for not having perceived that the hot day

had become cold There was renewed cough quite
.

enough to S how h o w needful care was ; and he was

ordered to bed immediately after dinner When he .

had g one upstairs his aunt maundered about lier

,

regrets at having let him sit under the open window ,

but she had been taken up with the letter that Minnie
Polwarth was reading from her sister all about some ,

theatricals acted by real ladies and gentlemen so

interesting a baronet who had been ruined Perhaps .

the company might be invi ted here Lady M er ri el d .

pricked up her ears and thought that H arry s collapse
,

might be accounted for .

It was a collapse H arry was much less well and

.
,

was now seized with a desire to leave Brighton an d

.
 O B ER O N S S P E LL

xv i 13 9

go home much to his mother s relief tho u gh she did
, ,

not fully understand the motive nor his evident ,

improvement in spirits till one evening when she was ,

sitting with him in the twilight he suddenly exclaimed , ,

I understand better now ! If only S h e had told me

so at once ! S he was engaged all the time !

It h a d certainly done much to take out the sting

of the rej ection Though convinced that her Lysander
.

must be a good for nothing vain young puppy who - -

wished to S how himself off or else would never have ,

consented to the appearance of his ladylove and though ,

still auguring a d escent like that o f the heroine of

Locksley H all H arry felt far less personally wounded
, .

than before .

S till howev er he hankered for extra and vehement

, ,

work though his lungs were pronounced to be in no

,

state to bear any strain in an E nglish climate S o .

,

as hi s married sister in Ceylon h a d been writing of

her clergyman needing a holiday in England it was ,

decided to send him out to her care .

The voyage was rendered less alarming to his

mother s anxiety S ince a friend of another aunt Miss

, ,

Mohun was going out to rejoin the Zenana Mission

,

after a rest in England taking with her a young ni e ce ,

who had just qualied herself for the medical part of

the mission H arry was to regard himself as their
.

escort wh ile the elder lady undertook to watch over

,

his health .
 C H A P T E R X V II

A P ET T Y T YR AN T O F TH E F I E L D S ?

W H E N Clarence came back from he found O u seh a ven ,

all the world of Monks Warren in a state of excite
ment A party of young workmen had torn down
.

the gates erected by S ir James Manningham had been ,

surprised in the process by his keepers a row h a d ,

been the natural result the head keeper had been ,

hurt severely and two of the aggressors Joshua

,

Randall the Coalham lad of whom Al aric had spoken

, ,

and a Monks Warren boy called Tom F u rl o n g er
had disappeared Clarence was distressed at his
.

cousin s trouble but just now he found it hard to
,

think about the question the programme for the ,

C l a r eb ri dg e theatre and the plans of the Wills o the

Wisp lling his mind H e had to meet S ir Lewis to .

arrange matters once or twice and the staging of the ,

C la re bri dg e plays seemed to him o f the highest i m

portance After all he had u ndertaken to play
.
,

O rlando because the old actor Farquharson fancied

,

himself as Jacques and it was a rare chance in these ,

days he said to gain varied experience

, , .

E xperience be hanged ! Mr Belville the actor .
, ,

uncle when Clarence went up to see him on business

, ,

said. You had a great deal better give your mind to

R a ymond R i ver s in O ne S oul and Two F aces Two .
l 42
.
S T R O LLIN G PL A E R S Y CH AP .

of youth and to which those o f his name were specially

,

addicted Clarence however let his relations as his

.
, , ,

mother w as wont to say enjoy their Ow n opinions ,

,

knowing that successful sons reconcile pare n ts to

much ; but D ick liked to inst ruct and convert them .

H e was a very good fellow in his way ; but he was not

made of nearly such ne stu ff as his elder brother and ,

did not get on so well with his squire co u sin of whose -

doings h e o ft en disapproved and he had now come up

'

to the Park with a letter in his pocket as to which he ,

felt it his duty to call Alaric to acco unt .

I ll give it to him if you like said Clar ence

, , .

O ld M a nn i n gh am s there now

.

A h said D ick about t he same matter I suppose

, , , _

Y ou can see it if you like It s a bad business
. .

Clarence took the letter and read :

ST C UT H B E RT S V I C A R AG E , C O A L HA M ,

.

S ep tem ber

B D E AR UR N ET
I have been greatly concerned to n d
that the police have been making inquiries here after
Joshua R andall a lad who used to be in my Bible ,

Class but who went some months ago to Monks

, , ,

Warren being employed there on a buildin g contract

, .

I t seems that he has got into some trouble as t o

trespassing and that there is a warrant out against
,

him H is friends heard a month or two ago from

.
,

some connections in the place that he h a d n o t been ,

going on well and that he had joined some club wh ere

,

he picked up theories of a socialistic tendency I .

wrote to the lad but received no answer A s you , .

probably know I am coming to Monks Warren on the

,

17 th to preach the evening sermon at the opening of

,

Mr Walton s Mission Church ; but now my cousin is
.
xv u A P E TT Y T YRA N T OF T HE FI E LD S ? 14 3

ill I cannot S pare the time to get there before the

,

afternoon o f that day If you could nd out a little .

how the land lies I might perhaps do something to ,

soften matters for the poor fellow Is your cousin .

,

Mr Lambourne likely to take a very severe V iew

.
,

S incerely yours D AV I D M E RR I F I E L D

,
.

S evere View !
said Clarence Why A laric has .
,

been breakin g his heart over that fellow ever since he

went o ff .

Y es said D ick
,

But t his is the point don t you .
,

see that it is at A laric s club that he h a s picked up
,

these dan gerous notions after Mr M erri el d had taken ,

. .

such pains with h i m ?

I ll be bound his notions would have been a good

deal worse if Al aric hadn t got hold of him H as this

.

parson he s not your boss is h e the wit to under

stand that do you suppose ? ,

Mr D av i d M err i eld is a most devoted worker

.
,

sa id D ick I shouldn t call him an eloquent man

.

.
,

but the Canon thinks highly of him H e doesn t in .
,

my O pinion think quite enough of attracting the young

,

and ignorant and some o f his workers nd him u n

,

sympathetic H is services want style A lady worker

. .

of his told me that he refused a ban ner of S t .

O h hang up the banner on the outward wall

or anywhere else interrupted Clarence impatiently ,
.

People shouldn t gossip about their o wn company and

managers t o O utsiders That has nothing to do with .

it But Al a ric has been worried enough about th at

.

young fool already and I hope no one else is comi ng ,

t o be down upon him

H ush ! there he is looking .

b othered to death H e s a long way too nervous and

.

sensitive for this sort of work .

144 S TRO LLIN G Y
PL A E R S

A laric came o u t at the open library window and .

,

nodding to D ick looked over Clarence s S houl d er at ,

the book still open in his hand .

H ow are you getting on with O rlando ? he said

.

A nd why have you got R osalind all marked up in

your book
O h I have to look up the staging of the whole
,

affair you know ! said Clarence ; but D ick broke in
,

with some importance in his manner .

H ere s a message for you A laric from Mr Merri , ,
.

el d he said as he gave him the letter

, , .

Y es said A laric briey ; I know R andall came
,

from those parts I have written already to Mr . .

M erri eld D o you stay over the 17 t h D ick

.
,

Y es ; I go back the day after I am to read the .

second lesson .

O h yes ; quite right said A laric rather dreamily ; , ,

and though D ick would have liked to hear him defend

,

hi m self somehow he was a little bit afraid o f his

,

gentle soft voiced cousin and presently took his

,
-

departure Then Alaric said .

I shall never rest till I know what has become of

those young idiots .

What did that old sinner want with you to d a y

Well said A laric with a half smile he wanted

, , ,

to impress on me that if I had not let people think ,

my woods and my park were public property no one ,

would have thought i t a hardship to be shut out of .

his That s true you know Then he said that as

.

,
.
,

the men had shown themselves unt for the privilege ,

the least I could do Was to lock them o u t now as ,

otherwise it would be i mpossible to protect his pro

perty There s something in that
. .

What did you say ? asked Clarence curiously .
14 6 S TRO LL I N G PLA YERS CH P A . xv u

Ah !
The British squire can t see that point of

N O no ; that s beyond even me

V iew .
, Well art is .
,

free O rlando was a very bad match for R osalind

. .

O rlando was a gentleman said Clarence I suppose ,

he had heaps o f quarterings It s not a case in point .

.

Y ou must touch all the scenes with G anymede

very lightly said A laric It s very hard to feel that
,
.

he didn t know the boy was R osalind D on t be too .

serious .

Most likely I shall .

A h ! WI S h I d the chance !


H e mused for a
moment or two and then said with a sudden change ,

I m going to the club to night N obody will be -
.

in tune for S hakespeare I shall try and talk the .

matter right out .

D o said Clarence ; but don t worry yourself to
,

death over it rst .

O h no ! answered his cousin When a man .

has such personal good luck as I have the difculty ,

is to worry enough about other people .

Well I have never known you nd it dif cult to

,

worry yourself yet said Clarence Come n o w coach ,
.
, ,

me u p in O rlando I ve no original ideas about him . .

A laric sat down by his side and the wistful look ,

went out of his eyes as he recalled his conception o f ,

the part and soon springing to his feet began to S how

, ,

Clarence how he thought it should be given Like .

many nervous and excitable people he got through ,

life by his power of forgetting himself in the interest

of the moment .

Clarence gave his whole mind t 5 his business ; but

he never forgot for one moment that in undertakin g ,

it he was laying up future misery for himself

,
.
 C H A P T E R X V III

FE L L O W F E E LIN G

IT so fell out that the day of the church openi ng

coin cided with a request from S ir Lewis Willingham
to Clarence to meet him at C lar ebri d ge to make ,

arrangements and see what wanted to be done .

Clarence was not given to ecclesiastical ceremonies ,

and moreover had never quite di vested himself of an

idea that going to church at Monks Warren looked
lik e a display of his position at the great house and ,

was in fact in rather bad taste considering his father s

,

Opini ons N or was he fond of the sort of gathering

.

whi ch such an occasion brought to the Park so that ,

he agreed will ingly to S ir Lewis s proposal

.

His scruples as to his family were proved to be

over ne as he found that all except the old gentleman
, ,

himself were determined to go to the new church in

,

the eve ni ng to hear D ick read the lesson of which ,

di stin ction they were extremely proud and Clarence

, ,

perceivi ng that h is brother was anxious for his Opinion

on hi s voice and deli very agreed to come back by a
,

train whi ch would br ing him in time to attend the

se r vice
.

H e did his business with S ir Lewis had the ,

in estimable privilege of hearing J u li et s name men

t i o ne d at least three times in connection with the

,
14 8 S TRO L L IN G P LA YE R S c u m .

parts S h e had undertaken and was as he sat in the , ,

corner o f a crowded compartment of the train endea ,

v o u ri n g to extract from this scanty source all the

, ,

information about her which her cousin had not given

him ; when some miles from Warr en st oke the train
came to a standstill with a sudden crash and S hock ,

which threw all the people in the carriage pell mell -

against each other the women shrieked there was a ,

moment o f sickening fear then the carriage settled into ,

its place and the train was suddenly stopped

, .

A collision we re all right said Clarence ; a coal

truck or something H e looked out at the window .
,

then opened the door and jumped out .

Come on he said to a man Opposite him the

,

ladies had better sit st ill Weare all right . .

A ll the passengers were however by this time o u t , ,

on the bank and as Clarence ran on to the front of

,

the train he perceive d that it had run up to the

,

wrong platform of Lindenhurst station and dashed into

an excursion train waiting there till the li ne should ,

be clear The engine and tender were in ruins and

.
,

two carriages at the end overturned and unhapp il y , ,

the excursionists returning from a favourite place on

,

the coast had been waiting inside them F earful

,
.

sounds and sights met his eyes and ears the little
country station was wild with excitement and alarm
and he went at once to help in the work of rescue ,

nding himself side by side with a strong sturdily

made man in his shirt sleeves who was already endea ,

v o u ri n g to O pen the door of the rst carriage and he l p

o u t the struggl i ng shrieking mass of human beings

within . Clarence with others lent all the aid in his

, ,

power nding himself obeying the directions o f his

,

companion who had both presence o f mind and common

,
I 50 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HA P .

start and tried to wrench himself out of the porter s
,

arms .

K eep quiet my man nobody s going to hurt you

, ,

said the stranger A r e you looking for your friend

. .

H e s not here you won t nab him said F u rl o n g er

ercely ; but at this moment a little Special train

rattled in from Warren s t o ke a gentleman jumped off ,

it saying I am a doctor and took possession o f the
, , ,

wounded man who had again fainted , .

H e speedily declared that the lad s injuries though ,

dangerous were not mortal and that he must be taken

, ,

to the Warren st oke hospital at once as well as three ,

others o f the passengers The stoker and the engine .

driver were killed and after all p os si bl e h elp had been

,
'

given Clarence found himself standing o n the platform

, ,

under the fair S eptember moon with the last glow of

suns et dying down in the distance and the aring li ghts ,

of the station close at hand .

We have to give thanks for a great deliverance ,

said the stranger taking o ff his hat and wiping his ,

brow Is it possible can I get on to Monks Warren ?
.
,

I am due there .

Mr

A re you the preacher ?

said Clarence . .

M erri eld I yes I haven t an idea of the time

.
,

H e spoke confusedly and Mr M erri eld saw that he , .

was extremely pale .

Y ou are not hurt ? Y ou are overdone rest a

minute he said taking him by the arm and drawing
, ,

him back to a bench .

N o I i t came over me I never saw such a

sight It s nothing sir thank you
.

I was only dizzy , ,
.

for a moment said Clarence who , strong as he was
, , ,

had the sensitiveness of his artist nature and who was ,

all unused to scenes of horror .

X VI I I F EL L O W F E ELI N G 15 1

I have been in a colli ery accident said Mr Merri ,

.

eld gravely but nothing can make such a scene

,

otherwise than awful It is seven O clock .

.

If we can get a trap we might do it across

country said Clarence that i s in time for the sermon ;
, , ,

and though there must be plenty of clergymen there ,

and I suppose one of them could take your part

preach I mean I should be glad to get back My
, .

cousin will be on the lookout for you and hear of this ,

accident and he will be terribly frightened m y

,

brother too .

Mr M erri eld evidently felt that if it lay in his

.

power he ought to be in Monks Warren new church
,

at the hour named and Clarence who would have f elt, ,

exactly the same had his own professional engagements

been in question proceeded to inqui re for the trap as
, ,

the trains would not have taken them in time .

Means of removing the traces of the adventure were

provided them ; Mr M erri el d s bag turned up in the .

carriage which he had left and his long coat where he ,

had thrown it on the platform H e now appeared as .

an unmistakable cleric with a sensible individual face ,

which took Clarence s fancy and after a telegram had ,

been despatched to Alaric in the hope that it might

shorten the period of wonder as to the preacher s non
arrival o r of alarm as to the accident he proceeded to
, ,

drive hi m across co u ntry in a trap from the Linden

hurst inn by the S hortest way to Monks Warren
,
.

O n the way Clarence identied hi m self as the brother

O f Canon Wharton s curate and the recognition of

F u rl o ng er led to all the story of the trespassing fray ,

which Clarence told from Alaric s point of V iew Mr

. .

M erri el d seemed to be a man of few words .

My family do not preserve in t h e modern thorough

15 2 S TRO L L IN G P LA YE R S c u re .

fashion he said,
These foolish lads seem to h ave had
.

a grievance .

It will be a gr eat relief to my cousin to nd even

one of them .

Ah yes It seem s that there is a great O pp o r
.

t u ni t y in his h ands work o f an unusual kind

.

H e is an unusual person said Clarence briey ,
.

There was a silence and presently as they n eared , ,

Monks Warren Mr M erri eld said in rather a shy

,
.
,

tentative fashion

I think I have understood o r seen in the paper
that you have been professionally engaged with S i r

Lewis Willingham and his family lately ?

Y es said Clarence and I am going to form part
, ,

o f his company at the C l ar eb ri d e theat re

'

g .

A t the theatre
I thought I thought his scheme
was conned to acting among friends
Why h e d i d not nd that practicable and with , ,

the theatre in his o wn hands he will be more ,

ind ependent .

Is h e are his family likely to be successful in
the undertaking I am acquainted with o n e o f his .

sisters at Coalham .

It is a very difcult u n dertaking said Clarence ,

O
cautiously .

A nd pardon me is it not rather trying for young

, ,

ladies who are unaccustomed to to D avid Merri

eld hesitated for a word and nally said public , ,

life
There was something in the tone of the grave

clergyman s voice and somethin g in the face on which ,

the moonlight shone that told the keen eyed Clarence ,

-

a little o f his story .

There s a great deal he said O f course I can t ,

.

15 4 S T R O LLIN G PLA ER S Y C H AP .

unconscious of any alarm some way in front of hi m , ,

and D ick with his dark face becomingly set o ff by his

,

surplice and stole in the chancel Emily from a seat

,
.
,

higher up glanced back as Mr M erri eld slipped into

, .

his place and smiled as she saw that Clarence was

,

there too S ome communication passe d among the

.

clergy and thanks for deliverance from great danger

,

for some members of the congregation were given in

the general thanksgiving The sermon when it came .
, ,

was simple straightforward and well delivered It

, ,
.

spoke of the presence of G od in that place and in all ,

other places however unlike this o n e with its holy

,

peace and calm The preacher did not make any

.

sensational allusions to startle his hearers but as he ,

S poke of trouble danger and adversity all who knew

, , ,

what had passed that evening could apply it for them

selves . Clarence recalled the steady resolute face that
the S peaker had worn when he had risked his life to
save F u rl o ng er and with what quiet recollectedness
,

he had done it and he felt that the mouth spoke out

.
,

of the abundance of the heart H is life had set him .

much apart from the externals of religion ; perhaps he

erred by distrusting and despisin g them ; but a certain
reverence lurked in his dislike of professions which he ,

had seen in early life made without much regard t o

practice and combined with teaching which he could
,

not accept H e had the nature that looks up and

.

worships and a constant love of the nobler part H e

,
.

did not forget Mr M erri el d s words and the jubilant

.

music that succeeded to the sermon chimed in with

his feelings A s he stood up a hand was put forward
.
,

from behind him to reach a hymn book H e glanced .

round and to his intense surprise saw a tall white

, ,

head and brilliant black eyes his father s who as the

.
, ,
xv m F E LL O W F EE LIN G 15 5

service ended and they came out of church grasped ,

his hand .

This is not a precedent not a precedent Clarence , ,

he said ; but I heard o f the railway accident and ,

couldn t hear if you were safe ; so I looked in to
inquire of the p e w opener and saw you An d after, .

all a place of worship is a place o f worship and that ,

was a G ospel sermon and my dear boy I was glad

, ,

to thank G od for your deliverance from destruction .

Though it is not a precedent .

Come up to supper U ncle Philip said A laric

, ,

,

and make sure that he is all right .

D ick Burnet could not help glancing at his Coal

h am fellow worker and wondering what he thought of
-

the party round that supper table Possibly D avid -

.

M err i el d thought it a remarkable o n e especially when ,

o l d Mr Burnet recovered his spirits and talked in the

.

ne rolling vibrating voice with which his younger son

, ,

intoned the litany at Coalham Church S omehow .

every one see med to t in Mrs Lambourne was the

. .

kindest and most tactful o f hostesses but it seemed to ,

D avid that the inuence that harmonised all the various

elements came from the delicate looking dark eyed -
,
-

A laric whose kinship to his gipsy faced cousins was

,
-

shown as plainly as his innate renement and grace .

Mr M erri el d did not nd it hard to believe that he

.

was an unusual person .

They went over to Warr en s t o ke together on the

next morning to see F u rl o ng er in the hospital .

They found the lad likely to do well but did not ,

otherwise get much satisfaction out of their V isit .

Whatever F u rl o ng er s previous relations to Mr

.

La mbourne might have been the sense o f being in ,

disgr ace reduced him to the sulky V illage boy before

an offended superior H e touched his forehead with
.

the forenger of his uninjured hand and said nothing

,

but N O sir to every question about the lost R andall ;
, ,

which as they had not the power to promise pardon

,

in case of his return was not perhaps surprising

, .

A laric felt sure that the natural distrust had surged

back again over his scholar and felt sore hearted in
,
-

consequence . But both he and D avid knew very

well that the rst and last resource of rustic caution
is dumbness .
l 58 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y

A re they most of a blessing o r the reverse ? said

E lizabeth O h take the reins D avie Peter Bell

.
, , ,

nearly made me too late ; he won t go except for
S usan and ma nkind in general Certainly he is one .

sort of reverse o f an excursion train such as app a r ently ,

was the bane of poor H arry .

Apparently repeated D avid ,
.

H ave you hear d from hi m

Y es from G ibraltar
,
C h i e y about the lady .

doctor s advice as to disposing o f the child with a S pine

in our hospit al Poor H arry he is a good fellow

.
, ,

and will come home a man ! A ll at home well ?
Quite well my mother better than usual S he

, .

would have come for you but that Peter is too much ,

for her single handed and might stand still altogether

-

, .

H ere is a letter o r t w o sent on for you .

D avid opened the l ett er s wh i le she let the S ilent ,

'

ass creep on between the high green banks of the

lane Presently with a sort of gasp he uttered the
.
, ,

word There ,

What
D id you know that the old R ector of B eech croft

was dead
No H as Mr Mohun o ffered the living to you 3

.

Indeed he has and pretty promptly too I suppose ,

to save himself from the swarms of applicants .

Well
I think you can guess S ubject of course to .

considerations .

O f what kind
S uch wishes o f my father as would render it

matter o f obedience but that I d o not expect .

I should have been more doubtful o f your decision

a few months ago .
 x xx D O UCE D AV I E 15 9

As h owsaid D avid .

Well if the truth must be told I thought there

,
.
,

was attraction enough to make you overcome your

modern cleric s contempt for a wholesome country

parish .

F ar be it from me to despise a country parish .

and its good old solidity and loyalty ejaculated D avid , .

A S you say four or ve months ago I might have
, ,

thought more over the matter but as things stand it , ,

would be base in me to stand in H arry s light

.

In H arry s ? I had drawn my conclusions that he
had had his cong e and p er h a ps a good thing too

, .

I am not so sure of that Besides the poor .

,

fellow managed his a ffairs ill grotesquely ill There s , .

no other word for it and he ought to have a second ,

chance .

Well I am sure whatever poor Agnes Willingham

,

is dragged into is against her will and yielded to , ,

from the highest motives .

Y ou think so ? exclaimed D avid his face light ,

ing up .

I cannot doubt from the talk I had with her in

the train .

D id she know what was expected of her

.

N ot all these professional theatricals , but it was

o f acting i n general that she talked to me and I could ,

not condemn it altogether as mamma and S usan

I would .

Then she really had a sort of sanction from

you ?

That s a strong word I told her exactly what I .

thought not guessing that more was involved than

,

mere amateur performances .

It all depends on wh at they have made of her !
16 0 S TR O LLI N G P LA YE R S
said D avid A nd for my part I don t bel eve they
.

.

,

i

could do her much harm I met a man at Monks .

Warren who has been acting with them a professional , ,

a cousin of Mr Lambourne quite a different bein g

.
,

from what one imagines a player and I gathered from ,

him that that i n short it is compulsion complais

, ,

ance whatever you may choose to call it N ow if

, .
,

so H arry ought to have another Opportunity o f saving

,

her from it .

What would the patron say

?

That s all nonsense

If she is such as we have .

known h er and as I rmly believe she I s her having

, ,

acted a few times in public with her brother and his

family can make no difference unless they are absolute ,

fools They ought to go down on their knees with

.

thankfulness at getting hold of such a person .

But supposing H arry to be out of the ques

tion

E ven so replied D avid I should have very great
, ,

doub t s A s I understand the place it is t for a m an

.
,

needing time for study or a delicate man or a wearing , ,

out man and ought to be left for the like N ow I

, .

don t see anything like that in myself and I could not ,

willingly give up my work at Coalham .

E lizabeth knew that not willingly meant a great

deal more than the mere sound conveyed Well .

,

she said perhaps I shall soon see what it is like !
,

Y ou
Long ago to please the cousins I made a stu pid
, ,

ballad on the old story they had imbibed from their

relations in that quarter D on t you know about th e .

D e ver eu x e s and the Mayor o f R aynh am ? The

prosperity of the town and the fortunes of the ,

D evereux family date from an adventure in Queen

l 62 S T R O L LI N G Y
P L A ER S C HA P
'
.

and the growth of a red cottage or two ere they turned ,

up the long elm shaded lane that led to the home

-

that would always be the home of homes to him and

to his S ister and which still had the essentials of home
,
'

the t w o parents both On the stone steps with the dear , ,

half motherly e lder S ister

-
.

The possession of such a nest continues the youth

o f the heart and prevents the yearning for home ties
, ,

especially in men who have been accustomed to spend

their time of action away from it even in their earliest ,

boyhood and who know it is always open to them

,
.

Thus D avid M e rri eld seemed to feel it during the ,

few days that he could spend at S tokesley H e and .

h i s father were perfectly happy together in that sort ,

of bliss which is enhanced by being o f short duration ,

and therefore to be sa vou r to the utmost The A dmiral .

did not too often get a son to be his companion in these

days and together they studied every c o w in the e l ds
, ,

every pig in the sty and inspected every new building

, ,

o r discussed the need of repair and prospects of each ,

crop with their faithful B urday now t o o O l d for ,

anything but p ottering about directing the younger

'

men and declaring that nobody could or would o h

,

as in old times nor hear a word o f reproof

,
all along
o f they schools that Miss S usan and Miss Bessie was

always arter .

Master D avie h a d many an o l d friend to V isit in

the parish and was so entirely acceptable and at his

,

ease there that to the minds of mother and sisters

,

it seemed as though such were the sphere he was born

for and as if S ince he could not be R ector of S tokesley
, , ,

he ought to be in as similar a place as possible A t .

least so thought Mrs M e rri el d and S usan and they.

,

believed it almost a mistaken sacrice of himself and

XIX D O U C E DA V I E 16 3

his life to a horrid town parish but E li z abeth could ,

not quite join them S he had the faculty of looking .

higher and moreover better knew what the real

, ,

sacrice was though even with her it w as half surmise

, .

The A dmiral took just the view that might have

been expected I must say it is a great compliment
.

to you D avie but as you say H arry is Mohun s own

, , , ,

nephew and ought to come rst since he i s in H oly

, ,

O rders It would have been a snug berth for you but

.
,

you are quite right in not looking o u t for the like yet .

Y ou would feel it like commanding in harbour instead

of going into action in a line o f battle S hip ! Eh ! - -

A nd you are in the right O nly remember you lads .

,

clergy though you b e fall in love like other folk ,

and then you may be sorry you threw away a goo d

o ffer .

I am not likely said D avid ,
.

Y ou ve not been making any of those ridiculous

vows just made to be broken said his father anxiously
, ,
.

Certainly not sir said D avid ushing a little , , , ,

however .

A h ! she s not come that s all said the A dmiral

, , ,

smiling sagaciously .

D avid coloured a little more and catching a certain , ,

kn owing look he laughed and added Y ou don t want
, , ,

me to make provision for any possible or improbable

sh e
.

Well wiser men have done so and been glad of it

, ,

when she came .

But as there is no likelihood of her coming said ,

D avid gravely and i ndeed if S h e should she must, , , ,

conform to my present condition there is no need to ,

accept this provision for her .

A nd so it ended outwardly ; but not even Bessie

16 4 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S C HA P . XIX

fathomed under that calm cheerful impassive exteri o r

, ,

how strong the strain had been to keep up the spirit

of self dedication soul and body and to crush the
-

, ,

yearnings of the nature towards a ffection and repose .

Mr Mohun s reply to D avid s refusal showed him
.

a little hurt and disapp ointed at the preference of the

modern clergy for large towns where they became better

known and their lights were less hidden and he said
, ,

that he was quite prepared to meet the like objections

from his nephew .

Thus it was pl ain that a letter was gone in quest

of H arry and as to the unjust judgment of D avid s
,

motives he took it as a matter of course and only good

, ,

S usan said I am sure twenty times over

,
.
l 66 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HA P .

promised to look after the tender infant as if I were

the heaviest of fathers .

A nd where are we to be ? asked S elva .

Burnet warned me that actors are not popular

lodgers among the steady going Philistines keep
them up too late et c and so I found it N o , .

tolerable place would have a word to say to us and ,

after all there is rather a lot of us .

Baby and all said S elva , .

Baby ! Y ou don t want to take the kid Bring

.

him o t in the Christmas Carol eh
u ?
,

I told you we must take him 0 Lewis don t

.
,

you remember

We can t then If you wouldn t all make such

.

a row ( N B N obody was speaking but S elva) I d

.

explain it Burnet said we had better look for a

.

furnished house and we went to the agent who told

, ,

us he had hit on the very thing a Quaker tailor s

suburban house if you please The old fello w always

, .

takes his wife and family away out of the wicked

doings of the race week to the seaside but has no ,

objection to turning a penny by letting his abode .

It is only ten minutes walk to our shop and all roses ,

and Quaker prettiness and primness It will just .

hold ourselves and Buckley Burnet will fend for .

himself and the Major and Armytage will nd very

,

good quarters at the hotel where we slept .

G eorge Buckley ! said two or three voices in ,

different tones of distaste .

Can t be helped said Lewis I promised his , .

father to keep him out of mischief and I can t answer ,

for him unless I give him bed and board and ropes of

sand to twist if there s nothing else for him to do ;

but there s no fear of that .
xx NO E N CUMB R AN C E S 16 7

A nd is there a nursery said S elva .

My dear S ally haven t I told you it is out of the
,

question to take the boy

Then you won t take me said S elva ,

.

Lewis made a face but was wise man enough ,

to defer the discussion and when Juliet exclaimed , ,

S elva how can you be so unreasonable ? he quashed

"

the argument by saying

The great swell of the county is Lord R otherwood .

There s somethin g coming off in those diggings .

I should not expect that family to have much to

do with races o r the atricals observed Miss An ne , .

N0 ; they hold aloof from such vanities said

But there s some centenary or stuff like

Lewis .
,

that in hand and we might get a job there

, .

N o more staying in people s houses ! was the

general cry in which A gnes was this time foremost

, .

N ever fear These are quite a different cut from

.

the recent snobs If they meddle with us at all they

.

will behave said Lewis I fancy they are some

,

.

connection of your beloved M er ri eld s .

D on t Lewis cried Juliet refraining with di fculty

from quoting the line about the eloquent blood which

mantles in her cheeks ; but she had said enough to
bring his eyes upon A gnes who was very glad that ,

Aunt Minnie began to move .

Leaving him and S elva to ght it out said Juliet ,
.

H ow can she be so foolish !
In which Opinion the aunts perfectly agreed though ,

A unt Minnie observed that it was the way with all

young mothers who were good for anything and Aunt ,

A nne that though the boy might be troublesome her

, ,

little ladyship W ould be O f no use if she were fretting

after him .
16 8 S TRO LLIN G PLA YE R S CH AP .

Lewis and S elva were in full contest, standing as ,

people do on such occasions in the most inconvenient ,

place each with back against a shutter o f the deep

,

window of the hall hindering the closing up of the

,

house and conveying to the sharp eyes and ears of

D olph the impression that S ir Lewis and her ladyship
were studying A n ti ph ol i s and A driana in earnest .

H ow can you be so unreasonable S elva ,

U nreasonable indeed to refuse to leave my darling

, , ,

darling b oy to strangers for a whole month .

S trangers ! To nurse and A unt Minnie .

A n old maid A s if she knew anything about

.

babies ! scornfully exclaimed S elva I ll tell you .

what she did Lewis ,
.

Well what for the tones were impressively tragic

, .

S he wanted to give him rusks instead of Infant s
F ood . N asty rusks ! O h you may lau gh ! F athers
,

are always horrid unfeeling brutes Poor little babies .

have only their mothers to care for them .

Well she hasn t poisoned him yet said Lewis
, , ,

recovering his gravity with difficulty And besides .

, ,

you can give your own orders I should have thought .

,

for my part brute as I am that he was much better

, ,

in the great airy rooms upstairs than squeezed up in a

litt l e den where he may catch anything in the worl d .

There are measles at N orth End .

H alf a mile off at least N ow listen S elva and

.
, ,

have a little sense I am sure I am the last person

.

in the world to wish you to neglect the child ; I hate

the sort of woman who does so But I want you to .

understand the x I am in That idiotical young .

Buckley picked up bad tastes among those Pettifer

snobs H is father spoke to me about it and I have
.
,

given my word to look after him and keep him as one

I 7O S T R O LL I N G P LA YE R S e mu
.

looking at her rosy sleeping boy then t hrew herself on ,

him and kissed h i m with A nd did his daddy want to

leave him behind for the sake of a horrid smoking

stupid man My boy my beauty hi s mammy s jewel , ,

A S might have been expected the little fellow ,

stirre d half opened his blue eyes and put out a fat
,
-

,

little hand to his mother s cheeks A s if it had been .

an inspiration she snatched him up in his White night

,

gown thre w a S hawl over him and ran downstairs

, ,

wi th him in her arms to the study where sat Lewis , ,

enveloped in smoke trying to turn his attention to his ,

part and to feel resolute not to sacrice G eorge

,

Buckley s morals to his wife s ridiculous fancies yet .

with certain qualms which foreboded that this might

become an extremely uncomfortable proceeding and ,

that after all it was better to have a woman too

, ,

motherly than too unmotherly .

S o when the door opened and disclosed S elva with ,

beautiful eyes still liquid and sweet mouth trembli n g

, ,

into a smile with the ax en haired rosebud creature

,
-

half awa ke but soothed and happy on her bosom

, ,

there was a pleased and softened look to meet her as ,

she held the child to him saying Isn t he a darling ? , ,


A jolly little chap r eturned the young father , ,

kissing them both chiey conscious of satisfaction that

,

S elva s ill humour was appeased

-
.

A nd look here S h e said if you will only let me

, ,

take him I ll manage somehow ! You great stupid
,

men have no notion how to manage and think bed ,

rooms must be just as you see them N ow I feel .

convinced that a little clever manipulation will take

everybody in Perhaps I may have to make you
.

sacrice your dressing room but I m sure you would -
,

rather do that than leave this dear child behind .
XX NO E N CUM BRA N C E S 17 1

I s uppose you would be miserable if we did so

,

said Lewis .

It is not my feelings but the principle of the ,

thing said S elva solemnly sitting down baby and all
, , , ,

on the arm of his chair leaning against him A day , .

or two is a different thing but if this is to be o u r ,

profession and we are to be always careering about

, ,

and goin g O ff for a month at a time Wh y the poor ,

child would be always deserted and I might as w ell ,

be a horrid fashionable mother who never goes near ,

her poor children .

Y ou have too warm a little heart for that Irish

,

woman that you are ! said Lewis

A nd you ll let me go o n a day or two before you ,

and trust me t o look after G eorge Buckley .

S o S elva had conquered and let i t be for others to ,

.

determine who was in the righ t S he started in .

absolute condence o f her o wn powers of contrivance ,

and with her went A unt A nne wishing to guard ,

ag ainst Irish notions of accommodation also her son ,

and his nurse a young and lively person ready to be

, ,

generally useful and D olph to whose powers S h e

, ,

greatly trusted .

The rst V iew of the Quaking H ouse as it was the ,

family fashion to ca ll The Maples made her exclaim ,

O h there s plenty o f room ! What menfolk are to

doubt o f it ! and the aunt agreed H owever the

.
,

door was opened by a tall and ancient female who , ,

if not a Quaker looked rst cousin to one and whose

, ,

rst address to D olph was I think there must be a ,

mistake young man There was to be no children
, . .

N o mistake ! cried S elva eagerly I am Lady

.

Willingham and this is t h e only one a very little

,

one you see quite in arms and can do no mischief
, , ,
.
17 2 STRO LLIN G PLA ER S Y e mu
. xx

Missus always said no children an d the gent leman

,

never said as there would be any muttered the woman ; ,

but she permitt their entrance as well as that of the ,

cot and perambulator hoisted down from the top of

,
.

the y .

But S elva s troubles were not ended ; the sitting
rooms were tolerable though prim and o n e had a little ,

conservatory opening into a charming walled garden .

Then there was a kind of study o r business room and , ,

upstairs good bedrooms ; but one of the doors to ,

S elva s di sc o m t ure was locked and the solemn female

, , ,

Mrs R ebecca M o ggs informed her that it always w a s

.
,

s o i t was Mr

Phineas s room and Missus wouldn t
.
,

have no strangers messing his things .

Even the putting Miss Anne and her two nieces

together in one room and dressing room which Lewis -

the father had to give up left no more space at liberty ,

than one attic where Lewis the son must be bestowed ;

,

and when S elva turned her attention to the study and ,

proposed to hire a bed etc Mrs M o gg s interposed ,

.
, . .

H er master would not have that room made into a

bedroom and all his things meddled with and splashed
,
.

H e had never made no such agreement and S h e could ,

not suffer it It was not what the gentleman ha d

.

given him to expect but in an undertone that came

, , ,

of letting i n player folk .

S elva had a great mind to throw up the whole

arrangement ; indeed Miss D orset would have done
,

so b u t she remembered that there was no help for it

, ,

and that no other rooms were to be found ; she tried

civility a nd blandishment and at last O btained i n t ell i ,

gence o f a room in the next house which on inspection

'

proved to be quite t to lodge G eorge Buckley who ,

could have his meals at the Quaking Cottage .

17 4 S TRO LLI N G PLA YE R S C HA P
.
.

V ere who trod on my dress on purpose to make me

,

stumble and would wear a frock that ki lled mine in

,

The Two R oses O h no I m not mean ; I despise it .
,
.

I promise you I won t trea d o n your frock said

Juliet We want every part to be as good as

.

possible .

A h that s like my Pa ! H e s such an artist !

,

But you know Violet was jealous because I d the best ,

part ; and besides she s just mad if the gentlemen ,

look at any one else

N ot that I care Pa s most . .

particular and so am I I say it rests with a girl to

,
.
,
'

make herself respected doesn t it ? D on t you give ,

any encouragement to Clinton he s a bad lot I could , .

tell you tales of him 1

O h he plays D uke F rederick doesn t he ? said
, ,

Juliet .

Y es and quite good enough too

,
But as Pa says ,
.
,

he s of an envious nature and he ll make trouble with ,

the other gentlemen What a handsome man Mr . .

Buckley is dear ! Is he a great frien d of yours

,

H e is the son of my cousin s acting partner We .

have always known him .

A h he s beautiful eyes O f course I see how

.
,

D on t be afraid dear I won t S poil spo t

it is .

r , , .

Besides I m as safe as safe for my heart s else
, ,

W here .

Juliet gave a great start and to her own annoy ,

ance coloured violently

,
.

He h e isn t she began just checking herself in

, ,

saying that he was altogether in another station i n

life ; for suddenly her own eyes were Opened and she ,

knew that only her unconscious sense of superiority

had blinded her to the meaning o f several recent

incidents and of G eorge s passion for the stage S he
, .
xx : TH E Q U A KI N G C OTT A G E 17 5

was angry with herself and disgusted with Miss ,

F arquharson and said lamely ,

N ot at all while Lily patted her hand and said ,

N ever mind dear I m not a tell tale But he d , ,
-
.

have been a beautiful O rlando s o princely B u t of .

course Clarence Burnet is higher in the profession .

Mr Burnet can act said Juliet

. Mr Buckley , .

.

can t .

O h ? said Lily with a surprised and inquiring

look Law my dear you should be more careful

.

, , .

N ever say anything you don t want repeated or you ll

,

make enemies all round Who s that ? O h my it s .
,

Mr Buckley himself
. .

G eorge Buckley was in a very bad humour He .

disliked the idea o f being under su r vei lla n ce and h e ,

considered that he had not been properly treated in

the arrangement o f parts H e quite agreed with Miss .

F arquharson that he was exactly suited for O rlando ,

and greatly obj ected to put up with O liver H e was .

offended by the big letters in which under Mr ,

.

F arqu h ar so n s directions

Clarence Burnet s name ,

gured all over C l ar ebri dg e and was prepared to ,

make things as unpleasant for the professional star as

he could .

I thought we were to rehearse this afternoon he ,

said as he joined the two girls

,
.

This eveni n g answered Juliet Mr Burnet will

,
. .

be here then .

A great many have taken tickets to see Clarence

Burnet said Lily Pa s so pleased to think he can

,

.

as sist a rising actor and Mr Burnet said he wouldn t ,
.

play Pa s great part Jacques in his presence on any , ,

account He quite looks forward to playing with hi m

.

Pa s so noble minded
-
.

17 6 S T R O LL I N G
'

P LA E R S Y e mu .

Burnet s not at all the fe l low for O rlando in my

G eorge Petti fer had a great deal more

d ash and style about him .

Mr Pettifer was odiously vulgar said Juliet
.
,

Softly and distinctly .

S he had much better have taken Lily s advice and

held her tongue but she was not used to pick her
.

words and was desirous of snubbing the presumptu ous

,

G eorg e .

It was much pleasanter when it was all among
ou r s elves

said G eorge except of course that ladies
, ,

are always an addition .

O h I m sure Mr Buckley I m n o t much of an

.
, , ,
.

addition said Lily with much play of her pretty eyes
, ,

but there I wish som e on e was going to play S ilvius to

,

my Ph oebe though it s not a good enough part I know
, , .

A t this moment a commotion at the door in the

Wall which Opened into the little garden fortunately
, ,

interrupted the discussion The excellent R ebecca .

was parleying with a V isitor in whose face she shut ,

the door then came up the path , .

It s the person whose name is on the play bills -

,

Miss . Is he to be let in ?

Mr Burnet ? O f course said Juliet Open th e
.
,

door at once R ebecca ; how can you be so foolish ! ,

It s not what I m accustomed to Said R ebecca

grimly .

Juliet sprang up ran down the path and opened , ,

the door herself .

O h come in Mr Burnet ; I m so glad you ve

.
, ,

come .N ow we can get everything settled

G eorge frowned and Lily s face assumed a look of ,

intense meaning as Juliet introduced her to Clarence , ,

and then exclaimed

17 8 S TRO LL IN G P LA E R S Y e mu .

Clarence volunteered to go in search of both articles ,

and presently reappeared with them when every one

laughed louder than ever and the pO ps of the corks ,

sounded at intervals .

The familiar intimacy and intercourse with Juliet

which G eorge would have valued if he alone had been ,

admitted to it was spoiled by the presen ce of a favoured

,

stranger and he sat silent and sulky until Lewis

, , ,

asked him what he thought of doing to make the o l d

scenery available .

The property man Terry is an insolent scoundrel , , ,

who won t take a hint said G eorge But they have , .

a fellow there a rough sort of chap that as I under

, , ,

stand Terry has given a j ob to who has a very good

, ,

notion of carpentering S omething might be made o f .

him a n d I believe we can tinker up a gr eat d ea l of it

'

.
,

I have a design

Y ou ll see Burnet what you think necessary said
, , ,

Lewis as G eorge paused for a moment :

,
S hall we

come if you have all nished ?
,

O ld Mr F arquharson was a s Lewis s aid a mag

.
, ,

n i l o qu en t old bore but he was an enthusiast in his
,

calling and enough o u t of luck and past his prime to

,

be very glad of engagements for himself and his .

daughter H e not only honestly admired Clarence

.
,

but regarded him as embodying the chances of a

London engagement In fact all the C l arebri dg e set .
,

were only too desirous of pleasing him ; but in spite

of this element o f union the team was not an easy ,

one to drive N either Miss A nne nor A gnes were

.

really capable of playing in a theatre n or were ,

A rmytage and Buckley much more so A nd it was .

only by unheard O f exertions that the plays were got

-

into any kind of shape Lewis himself improved .

XX I TH E Q U AKI N G COTT A G E 17 9

rapidly and Juliet with all her faults and all her
, ,

inexperience showed more and more t hat she had the

,

root o f the matter within her .

O ld Far qu h arso n delighted in her scolded her and ,

taught her over whelmed her with technique which

,

she could not understand but now and then nodded ,

his head and said That ll do at some half accidental
, , ,
-

tone o r g esture Poor Juliet never quite knew what

.

would do and generally forgot to do it next time ;

,

while her anxiety for Clarence s approval grew so
i ntense that her heart beat with fright as she re ,

hearsed her scenes with him and more than once ,

she was almost unable to speak from nervous

anxiety .

A s for Clarence he was li ving at high pressure ,

-

indeed; When he came to Cl ar ebri dg e he had told

hi mself that he would be wise to keep his intercourse
with the Willi n gh am s o n a professional footing .

N othing could be further from the actual fact They .

all liked him he was their refuge in every difculty

, ,

their oracle in their new world H e lectured D olph .

for playing tricks on R ebecca and lent a hand in the ,

difculties of the sort o f picnic in which they lived ,

while at the theatre he worked like a slave As .

You Like It was to alternate during the rst week , ,

with a light farcical piece and with A S heep in '

,

Wolf s Clothing in which he was to play Colonel
,

K irke as it was soon found that his name on the bills

,

made a great difference in the demand for tickets .

A gnes begged him to teach her n o t to spoil it and ,

he took such pains to teach h er to coquette with hi m ,

whi le she obeyed his directions so simply and earnestly ,

that Ern l ey Armytage was as j ealous as Miss Violet

Vere could possibly have been in similar c ir cumstances .
18 0 S T R O LL I N G P LA YE R S e mu
.

Clarence admired Agnes ; he was too artistic not to

perceive her beauty and was touched by her unselsh ,

painstaking H e told her that she could play A nne

.

Carew if she would try to realise the feelings of the

,

faithful wife who endured suspicion for her husband s
,

sake Agnes s romance was roused she became much
.
,

more interested and consequently much more e ffective

, ,

and the piece promise d to be a fair success especiall y ,

as a little sister o f Lily F arquharson made a most

clever child But it was another offence to G eorge
.

Buckley that the part o f K irke was not given to him ;

he sulked and failed to keep the Willi ngh am s hours
,

attaching himself to the C l ar ebri dge actors and being ,

as rude to Clarence as he dared to be Mr Armytage . .

was never rude but he was decidedly distant and , ,

improved as little as he possibly could carefully ,

avoiding asking advice on his play .

Clarence neither S aw nor heard If all this out .

side work was interesting h o w engrossing was the ,

rehearsing with and teaching Juliet He was o n e

,
.
,

moment proud of her power the next miserable to ,

think how every day made her purpose of going on

the stage more denite ; one hour he rejoiced in h er

c o n d i ng admiration the next was stung because sh e , ,

forgot him in his acting A t one rehearsal S hakes .

,

peare s ne and delicate wooing was a rapture to
speak the next a misery because he dared not mean
, ,

it It was all very unprofessional and very unwise

.
!

but then how it was sweet !,

S o he worked at the stret ch of his powers all day ,

and lay awake thinking o f the past day and the day
that was to come all night burning the candle at both ,

ends in utter recklessness of how long it was to last

,
.
.

A nd at every interval the conception of his London

l 82 S T R O L LI N G Y
P L A ER S

cold in her own ears her li mbs would not obey h er ,

will his eyes looked at her critically

,
.

O h if I wake S hall I not be distraught ?
,
.

her voice failed her nerves gave way I I cannot

, .

do it she stammered and burst into tears
, ,
.

Clarence threw down the book and sprang to her

S ide .

O h what an idiot I am to let you try it now

, ,

when you are tired and h ave the other part on your ,

mind ! There don t think of it ; it will be all right
, .

You must come home and rest I m a fool ! .

Juliet dried her eyes and stamped her foot .

O h no I am But I I i f I could satisfy you !

,

But I told you once that I wanted your opinion .

S o I do ; but mind I shall have to go on now , , .

Whatever you tell me I shall have to do it now if , ,

you do think I am a failure I ll do it if I do fail "

.
,

S he was sobbing as S h e spoke but she xed her eyes ,

o n him with that look of utterly impersonal appeal that

always seemed to him to come from another sphere ,

and wrung his heart even while it thrilled it through , .

D o you fancy I think you a failure ? I think you

have something that all the teaching on earth cannot
give you Y ou have original power and your face
.
,

O h for heaven s sake don t cry ! If you cry I shall
, , ,

I shall
S he did not cry ; but she looked up at him with
rapture in her face a delight in his words o f praise ,

that chilled h i m to the heart and checked his self ,

betrayal H e grew pale as her colour came back and

.
, ,

moving away brought her a glass of water speaking

, ,

in gentle encouraging tones ,

.

I have let you get much too tired ; you must

promise me not to think any more about Juliet now ,

xxx TH E Q U AKI N G COTT A G E 18 3

nor about the future Let me take you home Y ou .

.

mu st take care of yourself

.

Y ou won t tell any of them about it will you ,

entreated Juliet as he fetched h er hat and jacket and

, ,

watched her anxiously .

N 0 not if you don t get over tired again said
,
-

Clarence with admirable prudence

,
.

I am not a bit tired n ow said Juli et cheerfully ,

and I do assure y o u I am not given to be S il ly .

H e smiled and said nothin g but walked back with ,

her to The Maples talking lightly about the proba ,

bi li t i es of the evening H e would not come in and as .

,

they parted certainly looked the most tired of the two

,
.
.

A s Y ou Like It was distinctly a success F aulty .

as it might be as a whole it contain e d elements of ,

unusual interest Whatever R osalind was not she

.
,

was charming and O rlando in a picturesque dress lent

, ,

to him by Alaric and with the sterner characteris t ics

,

o f his face carefully softened by his make up quite ,

j ustied his choice of the part O ld Mr F ar qu h ar s o n . .

was a good Jacques in his way and Touchstone had ,

never played so well in his life .

C l areb ri dg e took with enthusiasm to the Wills o the

Wisp and there began to be a brisk demand for tickets
,
.

A gnes was more at her ease The S unday w as .

peaceful at any rate for the ladies and there was

, ,

something in the tones o f the clergyman that put her

in mind of Coalham and though the ritual was very ,

di fferent o n e of her favourite hymns was sung S he

,
.

had managed t o extract from Mr Burnet W hat D avid .

M err i el d s feat of strength had been ; her heart was

warmed by it and hot tears of thankfulness came into

,

her eyes as she followed the thanksgiving prayer said

aloud by the congregation with all her heart .
 C H A P T E R XXII

T HE A PPR O V AL OF T HE A R I S T O CRA CY

T WO or three mornings after the opening of the

theatre there was a domestic convu lsion at The .

Maples . R ebecca had informed Lady Willingham

that her duty did not demand of her to stand it
any more and on being asked what it was that she
,

could not stand had poured out a ood o f gri evances

, .

F irst that everybody wanted everything to eat at

,

no times at all S econdly that the baby s meals were
.
,

always wanted at every time when she was in the

midst of her cooking Thirdly that D olph play acted
.
,
-

in the kitchen and when sent with a message a bout

,

the dinner had called out to her to stir stir stir

, , , ,

and get twenty cunning cooks though she was cook ,

enough for any respectable people and speaking in ga ,

voice as if he was the master ! A nd had taken her

O ff to her very face and made the nurse laugh !
,
A nd

more than all she wasn t used to people coming in in
,

liquor and calling for their clothes to be brushed as ,

that there Mr Buckley had done last evening not to

.
,

speak o f whistling to the young ladies over the wall ,

which was not to her mind respectable S o she

, ,
.

meant to go to her married sister s and leave them to ,

hire in help S elva was dismayed

. It was a busy .

day A ma ti n ee of A s Y o u Like It was to come o ff

.

18 6 S TRO LLIN G PL A ER S Y emu

.

a hand Lady Willingham ? S hall I go and tell them

,

to g et dinner at the Crown

S elva however had a feminine horror of being
, ,

unable to provide dinner when required and she ,

anno u nced herself capable o f frying some underdone

cold mutton and boiling potatoes while Agnes and ,

Clarence laid the table .

I can said Clarence ,

I had to play a footman

.

once and I studied Alaric s butler on purpose
,
.

D oesn t S ir Lewis like coffee before playing ? Let me

make some ; I kno w how When A laric and I lived .

together he would always drink my co ffee when he

,

was tired and used

Clarence had recovered his spirits ; the delightful
present was too powerful for any forebodings and the ,

work went o n amid much laughing .

Where s my cousin ? asked A gnes
.

I believe she and Miss F arquharson saw some

aprons somewhere which they thought would suit

them in the farce and went to buy them The ,
.

rehearsal is over but I wanted Buckley to go through ,

his part again But Lady Willingham do you know

.
, ,

how w e were honoured last night F arquharson feels

that we have not come to C lar eb ridg e for nothing .

Lord and Lady R otherwood were in the stalls and no ,

one knew them They have never been to the theatre .

here b e fore and I gather that we ought to put the

,

fact in the bills .

I hope they were gratied Y es I don t know i f .

,
'

there are still pocket boroughs but C l ar ebr i dg e is -

certainly a pocket town of R otherwood Castle But -

.

they never come to the races said S elva There s ,
.

that bell again ! Perhaps it s Some one for tickets

they come here n o w and then .
xx u TH E A PPR O VAL O F TH E A R IS TO CR A C Y 18 7

I ll go and see said Clarence and after a moment , ,

he reappeared ushering a handsome well dressed lady

,
-

and a pleasant looking middle aged gentle m an H e - -

S howed them in discreetly through the open drawing

room window and presently bro u ght S elva a card

, .

Lord and Lady R otherwood he said ,

.

Well ! said S elva

it s very polite of Lady ,

R otherwood to call on me ; but I Wish she hadn t

come now .

S he set herself straight and went o ff without any ,

discomposure for nothing put S elva out of the way
while the other two as time ran short continued , ,

their exertions .

The next occurrence was the arrival of Juliet and

G eorge Buckley together in a hurry as a heavy , ,

thunder shower was begin ning to fall and talking fast ,

and rather loud as they came up the path evidently ,

in the midst of a dispute Both dashed in at the .

drawing room window and were shortly followed by

-
,

Lewis Ern l ey A rmytage and Major O C onnor all

, ,

hurrying in out o f the pouring rain .

Lewis will ask them a ll to lunch said Agnes who , ,

had taken S elva s place and was not very skilfully ,

cooking the mutton .

S hall I cut some more slices ? said Clarence
anxiously and presently in ran D olph
,
.

I say Mrs M ogg s you d better look sharp for

, .
,
'

once in your life H ere s two live members of the .

aristocracy come to lunch and Miss Agnes 1 ,

In the meantime S elva s Irish hospitality could

allow no o n e to depart in the rain and her Irish . ,

happy g o lucki ness saw nothing to be ashamed of in a

- -

scramble S he asked Lord and Lady R otherwood who

.
,

had come on foot to have some lunch before the , ,

18 8 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HAP .

purport of their visit had come to the front Then she .

told Lady R otherwood that the y had had a domestic

convul sion and that they had all been cooking the
,

lunch together A t this hint Juliet ed to the .

rescue Lewis looked uneasy and presently Lord

, ,

R otherwood revealed that some festivities on an

.

annive rsary important to their family and to the

,

town of R aynham were coming off in the ensuing w eek , ,

and having been much struck with the performance

,

of the Wills o the Wisp he wanted to obtain their

,

assistance .

There are to be two days of it said Lady R other ,

wood The rst we are to join in the entertain

.

ments at the county town R aynham where there are , ,

to be tableaux and recitations and the next we are to ,

receive at home and should like to give our friends ,

something wor th hearing .

Y ou see proceeded her husband

it is an odd
, ,

sort of affair altogether My ancestor and one R owden .

,

a young R aynham fellow ran away to sea together in ,

the j olly days of Queen Bess when there was no end ,

of fun to be had They had the good luck in the end .

to take an A zore and an heiress and plenty of S panish ,

dollars which made their fortune and R aynham s t o o
, , ,

and as the world i s m ade up of anniversaries we are ,

bound to keep this what is it

Tercentenary put in his W ife ,
.

Processions and tableaux and I know not what , ,

continued the Marquis H ave you the S ketch of the .

programme ? he asked as his wife produced a paper ,
.

hm

hm

Ay S ervice Trades procession . .

F amous thing for keeping the roughs out of mischief .

D inner Tableaux in Town H all
. That s to be a .

mixture .

19 0 S T R O LLI N G P LA ER S Y CHA P .

A t this moment however , ,

D olph announced the
lunch and the appearance of the table certainly did
,

cr edit to Clarence s studies under the Monks w a rren

butler and as nearly everything to eat in the house

,

had been produced the result though somewhat u n

, ,

conventional was not amiss , .

The Miss Wi lli n gh a m s appeared in a few minutes ,

the nurse havi n g turned up behind the scenes and ,

Clarence joined Mr A rmytage and the Major who .

,

proceeded to wait on the party and get their own food

in corners as at a ball supper G eorge Buckley had .

taken a place at the table but after a l eng enough , ,

pause to S how what he had intended saw what the ,

others thought correct and got up also Lord R other ,

.

wood set every o n e a t ease by his own easy cheerfulness ,

while his lady looked imperturbable and showed no ,

sign of being unaccustomed to picnic lunches .

It speedily appeared that the date of the R other

wood festivities coincided with Clarence s engagement
to his uncle V ery fortunate said G eorge e ffusively
.

,

but no one responded even by a look Murther in .

Irish was proposed and accepted as suitable and ,

then Lord R otherwood made a courteous speech about

the charming rendering o f the most charming of

S hakespeare s plays which they had witnessed the night
before .

I could hardly believe it he said that a friend o f , ,

mine Mr Alaric Lambourne was not there in O rlando s
,
.
,

dress Y our c o u sm I think Mr Burnet

.
, , .

Y es my lord it is a part in which I can only

, ,

endeavour to imitate him said Clarence H e was I , .
,

think the ideal O rlando

,
.

A successful imitation then said Lord R otherwood ,

but if I may suggest you should not lose the chance,

xx n TH E A PP RO V A L OF TH E A R I S TO CRA C Y 19 1

of producing the Comedy of E rrors Perhaps S ir
.

Lewis might consider it

My cousin scarcely ever plays n o w my lord said

, ,

Clarence .

Ah no I mustn t say here that he is better

occupied I am sorry Mr Burnet that your more

.
, .
,

important engagements keep you from R otherwood ,

but very glad to have had the pleasure of seeing you

last night .

Clarence bowed accepting the great nobleman s ,

patronage quite S imply as likely to be useful to him

in his profession and after the V isitors ha d taken leave
, ,

S elva exclaimed a

A h he doesn t know Mr Burnet that he owes the

.
, , ,

pleasure of h i s co ffee to you as well You were indeed .

a friend in need ! Lewis R ebecca went o ff all in a ,

moment in a huff and I should like to know Mr

, , , .

Buckley what you did yesterday to offend her

,

S elva was never very prudent and she was angry ,

with G eorge for his bad manners H e ared up at .

once .

S he is a most insolent woman Lady Willingham , ,

and refused to brush my clothes S he doesn t happen .

to know a gentleman when she sees o ne and confounds ,

me with

Come we re late interposed Lewis you must get
, , ,

some one else my dear she wasn t a success Make
, ,
.

haste girls it s high time we were back at the shop
, ,
.

We have quite enough to do here I think said

, ,

Juliet discontentedly without going over to R other ,

wood ; and I hate great houses .

Come now Jetty said S elva it s a great occasion
, , , ,

and an introduction for the Wills There ll be a dance
.

afterwards no doubt Y ou and Agnes will enjoy it
, . .
19 2 S TRO L L IN G P L A YE R S e mu
.

H onour of the rst waltz Miss Juliet said

?

,

G eorge gallantly .

Juliet looked at him like the tragedy queen she ,

had been called when she indulged in little tempers ,

in the schoolroom .

Y ou d better leave him behind Lewis she said as

, , ,

they started for the theatre H e ll make an ex h i bi .

tion of himself at R otherwood and disgrace us ,

all
.

I can t Juliet returned Lewis ; I m responsible
, ,

for him But I ll row him within an inch of his life
.

for interfering about the plays .

Juliet S hrugged her shoulders S he thought that .

if Lewis knew for how m any other pieces of presu mp

tion G eorge required rowing even his patience
might have given way Miss F arquharson was fond .

of relating various means by which she kept the

gentlemen at a distance But it was di fcult when .

you had to live in the house with the specimen and ,

pursue your daily business in his company Juliet .

felt thankful that he did not play O rlando with her ,

and then recollected that if she was a professional

she must school herself into absolute indi fference o n .

such a point Well Mr Burnet she supposed never .

, .
, ,

thought about anything but his part whi ch was most
satisfactory H e overtook her at this point in h er re
.

ec t i o n s and she gave vent to some of her various

,

annoyances by saying petulantly ,

Well I should think all this interruption would

,

be the ruin o f R omeo and Juliet .

I hope not ; but I am very sorry for having to go

away he answered
,
.

Y ou ? O h of course you cannot help it

,
But .

we might have stayed here and studied it quietly ,

 C H A P T E R XXIII

I R I S H C HI V A LR Y

M I S S D O R S ET S appearance at the meeting of the
mysterious society which Clarence Burnet began to
conclude was ubiquitous and circulating like the ,

Methodists was owing to her having had a corre

,

sp o n d e n c e with the C l ar ebri d ge Branch secretary

about a young dressmaker and this had resulted in ,

her being solicited to come to the conference and

communicate her experiences as to members in

business a class not yet taken in hand by this

dio cese
.

There she was introduced to the diocesan president ,

Lady F lorence D evereux Lord R o th er w o o d s sister a
, ,

pleasant looking pale dark eyed little person with

-
, , ,

the bright activity mixed with well earned repose o f -

outgrown ill health and both ladies were interested

-
,

and pleased with each other .

O n coming home and being received by the nurse

,

with tid i ngs o f the domestic crisis , A unt N an as

-

A gnes had suggested trotted off at once to consult

,

her Branch secretary friend ; though as S h e said ,

with a sigh the ut most she expected was a raw girl

,

o f sixteen who would break all the quaking cro ckery

and run them up a monstrous bill .

H owever Lady F lorence whom Sh e found drinking

, ,
e mu
. x xm I R IS H C HI V A L R Y 19 5

tea with the good B S gave better hopes for she . .

, ,

possessed in her village that treasure to the destitute ,

a widow wh o had been a good servant and was capable ,

of turning her hand to anything and she promised if , ,

possible to send this valuable article in good time the

,

next day .

I would not build upon her said Ernley Army ,

tage rather grimly when the engagement was triumph ,

a n t ly announced when they came back from the

theatre ; those are just the sort of people with whom
it is out of sight out of mind I wish we had n o t got .

let in for the boiling .

They are very di fferent from the Pettifers ,

suggested S elva .

Wu sser er he muttered I hate swells . .

Lady Florence however was even better than her , ,

word S he not only sent but brought the invaluable

.
, ,

Mrs Blaine and happily she arrived in a lucid

.
,

interval when S elva was out marketing with nurse

, ,

baby and perambulator to carry home her purchases ,

most of the population were rehearsing and only ,

A unt N an was at home at work upon J u li et s ball ,

dress which was perilously long D olph was also in

,
.

the kitchen cleaning knives and there he promptly

, ,

introduced Mrs Blaine Wh o went instantly to work.

, ,

as H uber describes the slave ants turned in among ,

the helpless aristocrats .

Meanwhile Lady Florence was conducted to the

drawing room and began explaining rst the terms of
-
,

Mrs Blaine and secondly that S h e had come to ask

.
,

Miss D orset about some C F S mysteries etc on . . .

, .
,

which the two ladies debated eagerly Then nally .

she said A nd now Miss D orset I want y o u to come

,

, ,
.

to me for this a ffair Y ou appear don t you ? .
,
l 96 S T R O L LI N G P LA ER S Y C HA P .

f d e m i euec

O h yes ; a u te . I m a truculent old

Irish hag .

I have a cosy little house not ten minutes walk ,

from the Castle just across the gardens meant in , , ,

fact for the gardener originally My sister i n law is

, .
- -

packing people as close as S h e can and I thought if ,

you and your two n i ec es w o uld be kind enough to

come to me it would be delightful They would have

, .

all the fun at the Castle as if they were staying there ,

and you and I as much or as little as we liked , .

Miss D orset accepted with all her heart and Lady ,

F lorence further explained that she had come on a

further embassy S he had a poem by Mesa and she .
,

produced two little pink books embla z on ed with the ,

D evereux arms .

A unt A nne knew this as the n om d e p lu me of an

authoress of some note for essays and tales .

S he is to be with us added her V isitor ; she is a ,

sort of connection o f ours through the Mohuns of ,

B eec h c r o ft Well poor thing I think it is very hard

.
, , .

upon her proceeded Lady F lorence ; but once upon

,

a time she wrote for a child s manuscript magazine
, ,

which my little niece was concerned with some verse s -

about a romantic adventure of an ancestor and th e .

Mayor of R aynham It has been routed o u t and .

touched up and nothing will serve the R aynham folk

,

but to have a public recital o f it My little niece .

and her cousin have gone through it very prettily for ,

it is a sort o f dramatic ballad like The S panish Lady , ,

before the G F S girls and the school children ; but

. . .
,

,

of course they could not in public I mean catching ,

h erself up they have not voice enough nor any

,

thing S o my brother asked me to bring it over and

.
,

humbly ask if S ir Lewis or any of you can take it up

19 8 S TRO LLIN G P LA YE R S e mu .

That s as one m ay think said the Majo r,with a

meaning bow which brought a ush to her face and a

,

throb to her heart as when twenty years ago that , , ,

curate oh ! it was no use thinking of that what

folly ! What was he saying ?

D O you think the boy quite knows all that he is

letting the young things in for ? proceeded the Major .

i
I ve been wanting to talk to you about t the only
rational head amongst the lot for the thing is going
much farther than he thinks for Let him run amuck .

as much as he pleases but he ought to consider his ,

sister .

Poor A gnes it is all against the grain with her

,
.

True enough and I ve nothing to say on that

,

score except that it is hardly fair on A rmytage or her

,

either to let her be dangled in front o f him like a red ,

herring before the hounds if she won t have him ; and , ,

to do the girl justice she s the very moral o f the ,

herring quite as unconscious I mean ,

.

A s her aunt laughed heartily at the compliment ,

and said Poor Ernley ! if so he had better bring it

,

,

to a crisis and as far as acti n g goes he would be no

, ,

great loss ! But Lewis hardly sees it in that light ,

and it would be an excellent thing for Agnes We .

could wish nothing better for her .

Well ! that s no great matter They can both .

take care of themselves and there s no harm done , ,

however it ends Bu t there s Juliet the little absurd

.

pussy cat ! S he has got no eyes but for that O rlando

-

fellow nice well behaved chap I grant you bu t
,
-

, ,

There was an innity of meaning in that same

but I

0 Major I do assure you cried A nne startled
, , , , ,

as she recalled her sister s hint it is only that the ,

XX I I I I RI S H C HI V A L R Y l 99
dear girl is regularly stage struck and no one teaches -

,

her so well .

H umph I wonder which would please you best , ,

to see her take up with the stage and with a grocer s

boy ( as he honestly told us he was) or both ! or what , ,

i s not many degrees better tha t cad of a young Buckley , ,

whom my ngers itch to horsewhip is casting his ,

impertinent sheep s eyes o n her and when S h e turns -

her back on him as serves him right he runs into , ,

scrapes that his father will hold Master Lewis account

able for .

I was a li ttle afraid o f that said Miss D orset ,

almost under her breath but not o f the other O h , .

,

it is impos sible 1

I hope so returned the Maj or and I will say

, ,

for the Burnet man that he knows his place and

doesn t presume H e doesn t go to R otherwood with

.

us does he
,

N o it is only ourselves ,
.

S o much the better O ne can stand being made .

dirt of one s self but not seeing the like done with a ,

man in an anomalous situation who really is a good

fellow .

I don t believ e they will make dirt o f us

.

N ot trample and kick like those awful beings at

Hil d o n but calmly tread us down like the useful ground

.
,

Well we S hall see but I don t expect it N or
, ,
.

does it signify greatly compared with all the rest ,

.

What must we do w e can t get out of our present

engagements .

O f course not ; but before Lewis makes another I ,

advise him to be very careful what he undertakes and ,

with whom ; and if he can send young Buckley home

about his business it would be all the better ,
.
20 0 S T R O LLI N G PLA YE R S e mu .

Certainly in most ways and yet unluckily he is
, ,

of more use than most of u s clever about scenery ,

and not bad at acting .

E xcept that he would rather let the whole thing

go to smash than take a hint from Burnet H owever .
,

it is what he is off the stage that makes me uneasy ,

though I don t know that I should care a rap if Lewis
had not made himself responsible for the young dog
to his old father who has had troubles enough
, .

Y ou will do what you can to keep him right ?
entreated Miss Anne .

A nd that s little enough A lad like that with an .

old fellow like me is like a pig on the way to the fair .

Give him a pull by the leg and he is sure to be going

for the other way But I ll do what in me lies you
.
,

may trust me for that for auld langsyne s sake ay ,

and the present Miss A nne , .

0 Major what should we do w i thout you ! I

,

am glad you won t desert us and yet it is such a ,

sacrice such a penance to ask of you
, .

D on t talk of that my dear Miss A nne There s ,
.

that in the being thus thrown together which is enough

to make up for any amount of sacrice if it were o n e , ,

to my old commanding ofcer s children

.

Wherewith he wrun g her hand at the door bu ,

would not come in and the conversation had somehow ,

so lled A nne D orset with emotion that she did not

dwell more than need required upon Lady F lorence s
messages and when she mentioned the request about
,

Mesa s poem she did not speak of the possibility o f

meeting her In fact A gnes had been told at Coalham

.
,

o f the i n d e n t i t y of Mesa the authoress with Bessie

M erri eld but under seal of secrecy as the A dmiral

, ,

and his wife were old fashioned enough to withstand -

2 O2 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CHA P .

have been all going on so comfortably together don t ,

let us spoil it !

A nd she took advantage o f a sound in the distance

to suppose S h e was wanted and hurry away .

Er n l ey was a shy and modest man or he might ,

have been a better actor H e felt the rebuff to an .

effort that he had made in doubt whether it were well ,

to force an understanding duri ng their present connec

tions and his hopes waned A t any rate since h e
, .
,

could not abandon the Wills at present he d ecided on ,

waiting and watching till he should see his way and ,

not making any further demonstration till the Clare

bridge engagement was over F or the .

went o ff to the theatre where he found Lewis and ,

G eorge Buckley before the rehearsal .

H ere said he I m no hand at this swell part !

, ,

Buckley you were to be the heir now you can get

, ,

things up like a brick Let us change I ll keep my .
,

old part and do you take the agent with our

, ,

manager s consent .

S o you funk it said Buckley secretly very well , ,

pleased to get a more prominent part but making a ,

favour of it Well it s an awful lot on the top of the
.
, .

r es t f

Lewis who knew that as far as acting and S pirit

, ,

went Buckley was the superior and had acquired a

, ,

better carriage with practice but had felt the lover ,

due to A rmytage looked up in an inquiring manner , ,

and presently managed to get possession of him and

demand What s up ?
,

O h nothing only it is a confounded long part and

, , ,

Buckley is ever so much better up to the dodges I .

could see g Miss Wi lli ngh amth o u gh t I had better

A '

let it alone .
XX I I I I R I S H C HI V AL R Y 20 3

Lewis shrugging his shoulders said Every man to

, , ,

his taste and Er nl ey was content to pass as a specimen

,

of laziness .

A t the theatre the o ld scenery presented consider

,

able difculty F rom motives o f economy it was to

.
,

be as much renovated and adapted as possible and ,

as the rst performance o f R omeo and Juliet was to

take place o n the S aturday evening after the return

from R otherwood by way of being in full order for the
,

race week everything had to be arranged before th ey

,

started G eorge had had so deadly a quarrel with

.

Terry the o ld stage carpenter and property man that

,
-

he had resigned in a b u ff ; and what with the ,

amateurishness o f the manager and the poverty of the

theatre no o n e knew who was responsible for what
,
.

G eorge had busied himself much ove r the adaptation ,

especially with painting an e ffective back scene for the

tomb of the Capulets on which the corpse o f Tybalt ,

and other gr u esome incidents were artistically intro

d u c ed It was cleverly painted and a bsorbed the
.
,

artist s attention ; but in Clarence s Opinion the only

person of any practical use or who understood the ,

principles of construction was Rigg the man W hom , ,

G eorge had originally preferred to Terry but who by ,

no means always agreed with him as to details a n d ,

th ey came to a difference of Opinion over the Capulets

tomb which was to be ready for a rehearsal befor e the

,

start for R otherwood G eorge when he Wa s not scene .

,

painting found the companionship of the C lar ebridg e

,

actors only too congenial Armytage never allowed .

him to be intimate ; the Major gave him good advice .

Clarence found fault with his play and worst of all , , ,

Juliet snubbed him continuously H e was sullen and .

miserable and ready for any kind of angry self

,
 2 04 S T R O LL I N G PLA YER S e mu
.

assertion and for any sort of diversion from his sense

,

of discomfort ; and by the time the rehearsal took

,

place he was in no humour to accept criticism of any

,

kind .

Look here said Clarence after the rehearsal c o n
, , ,

t em pl at i ng the machinery of the village church in

churchwarden s G othic which was to do duty for the ,

front of an Italian monument this won t do . The

door isn t practicable I shall bring all this down .

with a smash when I break it i n The front must get .

out of the way quicker too and leave the tomb Open , .

I can t wait for it you know , .

The practicable door and indeed the whole scene , ,

was an adap tation of G eorge Buckley s own H e stood .

by looking hot stupid and s ullen

, , .

It works well enough with a little care he said ; ,

and the corpse o f Tybalt is indicated on this canvas

very effectively behind .

Y es ; but we don t want the corpse o f Tybalt down

on our heads D o you see Rigg these staples ,

What Rigg gone ? Buckley then look here tell , ,

him before you go H e added some practical directions
.

as to what he wanted in a suf ciently peremptory

tone for his train for London was imminent and he
, ,

was in a great hurry I shall not be back till just

.

before the performance so I must leave it to you ,

.

Mind that front scene works quick and safe It s a .

precious S ight more important than Tybalt s bones !
H e rushed off as he spoke his nerves all on edge ,

with anxiety about R aymond R ivers since besides , ,

the ambition o f the artist failure would and must set ,

him further from Juliet and success might be some ,

thing to lay at her feet .

A ll the Willi n gh am s had gone home already to ,

 C H A P T E R XXI V

TH E OR A N G E R Y

V AR IO U Scarriages were waiting at the R aynham

station and the footmen thereto appertaining made
,

short work of the extensive luggage It was in the fore

.

noon for the latter part of the day was to be devoted to

,

the stage arrangements for Murther in Irish i n the

O rangery an old fashioned appendage still adhering to
,
-

the Castle gardens and very useful for public occasions

, .

F or Lady F lorence s ma am demanded a footman
, ,

and the three ladies were packed into a brougham ,

where Juliet o n the back seat betook herself to learni ng

the speeches of the English captive o f the A zores ,

interspersed with murmurs at anything so futile being

imposed upon her while A unt N an and A gnes ex
,

claimed by turns on the charms of the autumn tint s ,

and the opening park glades .

The admiration teased and interrupted Juliet S he .

was as nearly cross as it was in her nature to be for ,

it seemed such a pity to interrupt the regular work

and training for such trumpery as tableaux and recita

tions not to say Murther in Irish which she was
, ,

beginning to despise ; and without Mr Burnet there

, .
,

was neither zest nor instruction ; all was void stale , ,

and unprotable except in the mercenary point of V iew

, ,

which of course Le wis was bound to consider .

CHA P . XX I V T HE O R A N G ER Y 20 7

H owever here they were turning

, from the main o ff

approach to a branch road and by and by a v ery pretty ,

garden enclosed by radiant trees in American glory o f

, ,

red purple and gold and in front of a charmin g

, , ,

cottage deeply caved sharply gabled and clothed with

,
-
,
-

shining ivy and glowing Virginian creeper .

A t its rustic gate stood two ladies one of whom as , ,

Agnes emerged from the carriage held out her arms , ,

received the astonished damsel into them and kissed ,

her on both cheeks .

O Miss M er ri el d I did not guess ! gasped out

Agnes ; and in spite o f all that gave a sense of shame

and embarrassment there w a s something in that kiss ,

which gave her a sense of healing and of comfort such

as S h e had not known for months past ; and the other
ladies stood quite amazed at the e ffusiveness of the
greeti n g Indeed J uli et s thought was O h ! if sh e
.
,

has her M erri el d s she will be good for nothing except

,

to study from .

H owever A gnes duri n g the introductions became

, , ,

her quiet grave reserved self again having had ti m e

, , ,

to bethink her poor self conscious self What could ,

-

be Miss M erri el d s opin ion of her ?

It appeared th at Bessie was likewise quartered on

Lady F lorence whose little dwelling was rather fuller
,

than it could hold for these three days The aunt and .

nie ces had two rooms between them Bessie had a .

bed in what was really the class and parish room of

the little establishment ; and when A unt N an came
down to luncheon S h e found her and their hostess
laughin g over the lending library literature S h e h a d

found on the shelves and straightway became perfectly ,

in her native element .

But after the rst warmth a shyness came over both

208 S T R O LL I N G P LA E R S Y CH AP .

Bessie and A gnes alike The former did n o t know .

whether to mention H arry and the lette r on the way ,

to him ; the latter though really wishing to know his

,

condition was withheld from asking by a sense of

,

confusion as well as by J u li et s presence which for

,

bade any reference to that conversation in the train

last spring .

Lady F lorence at luncheon said that her orders were

to take the party up to the Castle but b efore they were ,
.

ready to set o ff there was a call at the window of F 10

,

F10 are you ladies ready ? and a tall n e looking
, ,
-

white moustached man looked in

-
Coming coming ! .
,

S h e called back and then explained to Miss D orset

, ,

My cousin G eneral Mohun while he added I have
, , ,

found an old friend Maj or O C o nn o r o f the

,
th We
.

were together a good while at D elhi .

A nd a glimpse o f the Major s beami ng face as he

stood by the fence nishing his cigar satised Miss ,

A nne that he was undergoing no penance .

The same might be said of Ern l ey Armytage who ,

pounced upon A gnes as soon as she came out to renew

her acquaintance with another Mohun a William , ,

nephew to the G eneral being the youngest son of t h e ,

S quire of B e ec h cro ft a contemporary at Ernl ey s rst

S chool and a great friend of his elder brother with

, ,

whom he had stayed at A rmytage Court .

The two pairs of friends nding themselves ,

superuous had undertaken to bring the ladies to the

,

O rangery where it seemed that nothing could go on

,

without them said the G eneral , .

Without Juliet said Miss D orset ; she is o u r star
, .

They want you too A gnes said Mr Armytage , ,
. .

S omething about your dress and the colour of the ,

i

n
g gn s .
2 10 S T R O LL I N G Y
P L A ER S CH AP

original D evereux and his Phyllis from the A zores ;

'

and a spray from thence was considered an essential

for all brides connected with R otherwo o d .

Within was a buz z of voices Lord R otherwood .

,

his son S ir Lewis G eorge Buckley and two or three

, , ,

carpenters were in active consultation over a newly

,

erected platform D olph inspecting the stage properties

, ,

but evidently in agony lest the delighted bevy of young

people who i t t e d round wanting to try everything o n , ,

should injure or mislay his treasures .

S o please you ma am in an imploring tone as he , , ,

took the rie that was to S hoot him from one pair of
hands and ,
O gracious damsel lay th at casket
, ,

down or there will be confusion worse confou nded .

H e speaks blank verse exclaimed a tall bright

brunette who in spite of a brilliant complexion

, , ,

reminded A gnes strangely of her clergy boy -
.

H e does it unconsciously he is quite a character , ,

returned Mr A rmytage H eigh you elf have you

. .
, ,

got my sword ?
Y our sword is in its scabbard gallant sir ! was ,

D olph s response but with a twinkle in his eye for , ,

he perceived that he was being shown o ff .

O h ! let us see
A V o i ce came down from the stage Y ou monk eys ,

there let the things alone ! F ly I say use your

, , ,

wings ! R un and ask the cook scullery maid or ,

-
,

whoever it is for a big black pot o r cauldron the

blacker the better and its chain !

O h delicious ! cried the smallest of the three

damsels F ly or Lady Phyllis and D elicious ! echoed
, ,

the other two while Let me help put in Ernl ey

,

A rmytage and off streamed the redundan t population

, ,

much to D olph s relief .
XX I V T HE O R A N G ER Y 2 11

Then came a sort of dumb rehearsal with a V iew

to the disposition of the scenery while Bessie drew ,

her own conclusions from Ju li et s usefulness and

Agnes s submi ssion

S he saw too a very bl ack look .
, ,

on Mr Buckley s face when there was a call for Mr
. . .

A rmytage for the grand arrival of the heir .

Al ways out of the way ! he said to Juliet .

N ot unprecedented observed she for G eorge had

, ,

been very unpunctual .

A h there they come ! said Lady F lorence as a

, ,

ripple of laughter advanced and a snatch of the ,

witches song was heard .

Do u b l d oub l e, t o i l an d t ro u bl e
e,

F ir e, bu rn , an d c au l d ron , b u bb l e .

And the black kettle w as borne in in full pro c es

sion snatched from unwilling servants Ernl ey with
the actual weight but all the three girls trying to ,

have a share o n e with the lid and two with the chain
, , .

You have a n e looking hero for the nal coup

-
,

Lady F lorence said .

G ood for nothi ng else muttered G eorge

except ,

playing the fool he added between his teeth for he
, ,

was nettled at the familiarity and freedom with whi ch

Ernl ey A rmytage seemed to be in the midst of his
natural element among those merry girls or with Lord ,

Ivinghoe and William Mohun .

Presently more gures came on t h e scene Lady ,

R otherwood and the Mayor and Mayoress the one ,

grizzly bearded and baldheaded ,the other portly and

gorgeous Civilities and compl i ments were duly gone
.

through and then it appeared that the Mayor and

,

Mrs R owden were almost as indenite as to the

.

tableaux as Lord R otherwood ; though as E lizabethan ,

tableaux S cenes hi stor i qu es had been actually an

,
2 12 S T R O L LI N G Y
P L A ER S CHA P .

n o u n c e d, it was needful to decide at once and to have ,

something for which there were both actors and

costumes A few ideas had been jotted down but as
.
, ,

Bessie could not help thinking the dict um of N apoleon ,

was well exemplied that man n ever does anythin g ,

till it is absolutely necessary and that too late ,

.

It is not equally true of women for Mrs R owden ,

.

had tried to get the matter attended to but her ,

husband was too busy and declared that Lord R other ,

wood s young people would do it all A nd indeed .

Lady Phyllis wished for nothing more but her broth er , ,

Lord Ivinghoe had pronounced it all rot and would
,

,

have nothing to do with it .

The appointment of parts and suggestion of scenes

went on with a good deal of eager talk E verything .

was to be K enilworth or Westward H o or history ,

liberally interpreted ; Lord R otherwood stip ulated for

the rst tobacco pipe but his wife begged that i t ,
.

might come late lest the people should be demoralised ;

and Mrs R owden who would innitely have preferred
.
,

the execution of Mary of S cotland secretly hoped it ,

would drop o u t of the programme S haring Miss Lily .

F a r qu h a r so n s admiration of Mr Buckley s eyes S he

.
,

gratied that gentleman by suggesting him as Leicester .

Y our ladyship does me honour said he bowing

, ,

in the belief that the brocade and V elvet belonged to

something surpassing the Marchioness If you will .

be my A my Miss Juliet he added
, , .

A my has nothing to do with you ! was Juliet s

startling statement .

N ay let me plead for the jewel scene said G eorge
, , ,

in h i s elevation .

O h that s d u ll ! said some o n e Besides is not

,
.
,

A m y a ppropriated to Miss A my R owden

2 14 S TRO LLIN G P LA YER S e mu .

he was only a guest and J u l i et s snubbings were ,

perpetual ! H e was not used to nd Armytage pre

ferred before him and it nettled him ,
.

Ern l ey on the other hand made sundry discoveries

, ,

from his old friend clearing up his bewilderment as

,

to who was who among the cousins and likewise n d ,

ing out the fact of the offer of the living to H arry

M er ri el d and the general impression prevailing in
the family that he would return to the Miss Willing
ham who had thrown him over for some mysterious
reason Will Mohun did not know which it was but
.
,

Ern l ey had no doubt and it explained to him why ,

A gnes had seemed so impervious to all his attempts

to attract her .

Perhaps it was a relief It spared his vanity if .

,

he had any and left him free since he was aware that
, ,

the family attributed his assistance in the theatricals

to his admiration of A gnes and he could now feel that ,

there was no treason in opening his eyes to other

attractions .

S o came on the evening when there was a great

dinner party of grandees arrived to stay in the house ,

and of county magnates to meet them .

Lady Wi ll i ngh am s share at dinner was an ofce r

who had never been so happy as when quartered in

Ireland Miss D orset sat by G eneral Mohun from
.
,

whom she extracted some amusing stories of the

Maj or s doings in India and what a favourite he had

Ern ley s neighbour was the

been with the mess .

dark eyed girl whose name he found was G illian

-
,

M err i eld and who V iewed the hopes of being his

,

A ya c a n o ra on the morrow like a dream of rapture ,

though her enthusiasm almost S ilenced her A gnes .

had the Vicar of R otherwood from whose unwitting

XX I V T HE O R AN G ER Y 2 15

lips she heard of the o ffer of B eech c ro ft to H arry

M erri el d which set her heart beating The Vicaress .

fell to the share of G eorge Buckley and thought him ,

empty headed and underbred wh ile he was chang at

-
,

his consignment to an old rustic in a black satin that

,

had seen service .

H e did not know that she was an honourable nor ,

that he was the subject of punctilious civility not

bein g quartered o u t of the house though even Lord ,

Ivinghoe had to S leep at the Vicarage H e had .

expected a renewal of the smoking room delights of -

the palmy Pettifer days ; and if there were no trace

of these it was hard not to walk across the gardens
,

with Lady F lorence s party as Mr A rmytage and the .

Major were doing o n their way to the keeper s lodge .

The long sh adows of the battlements of the Castle

on the silvery dew of the lawn in contrast with the
,

lighted windows in the dark wall were a perfect ,

enchantment to the elder ladies in maiden meditation

fancy free a saying truer of those past the early
,

agitations of opening life than of their juniors .

 C H A P T E R XXV

T A B L EA U X

A n d g o rg eou s d a m c s a n d s t a t es m en b o l d
I n b e a rd e d m aj es t y a pp ear G R A Y . .

CA N

you drive Bessie ? asked Lady F lorence who
, ,

had quite adopted Mesa as a relation Y es Well . .
,

will you drive my ponies in I nd that I a m wanted

to go in state in one of the Castle carriages and the ,

fortunate spectators are to meet us at the Town H all .

Whom will you take Miss D orset ? ,

Thank you if I am to choose I should like to
, ,

have Agnes Willingham S he is an old friend who m .

I knew at Coalham .

Is not there something in the wind there ? I .

know I ought to know nothing about it but things do ,

get into the air especially when there is a substratum

,

of girls.

S omething there was but I am not sure what it ,

amounts to I want to make out and this is my best

.
,

chance of a private interview What do you think o f .

her
V ery pretty A nice quiet depressed girl she
.

seems to m e .

Bessie was getting desperate for the intervening ,

day had been one of the most vehement preparation .

E very one seemed to be rushing about bet w een Rayn

2 18 S T R O LL I N G P L A ER S Y C HAP .

Agnes and longing for another opportunity I little

, .

thought then h o w serious a matter it was and how

hypocritical you must have thought me .

That I could neve r do said Bessie

I could ,

.

quite see that you might not feel it possible or proper

to stand out against your family in a matter which is

not of absolute right or wrong .

Y ou do think so ? asked Agnes earnestly .

E verything of that indifferent kind is right o r

wrong as it is taken up D on t yo u see it makes all .
,

the di fference what you act with whom and why and , , ,

again what effect it has on you .

I see that I have said it to myself a thousand

.

times but it is such a comfort to hear it said by some

,

one else especially by you
,
.

A nd surely the what who why and h o w cannot

, , ,

be bett e r than in your case .

N o I suppose not
,
Lewis and S elva would never
.

let us act anything unsuitable ; indeed they had a ,

ght about it with some people once but then the
more professional we got the more di fcult it became ,

to stave off such things .

I S hould like very much to know what is your

general impression of the whole thing o

Personally I must tell y o u t h at I hate it more

,

and more so that I am not such a fair judge as any

,

of the others might be and I can t act well either , ,

and never S hall in spite of all Mr Burnet s coaching ;

, .

but for the rest I have come to think both better and
,

worse of it since I have seen it nearer .

I suppose that it is so with every profession in

the world H ow better .

S ince I have come to know Mr Burnet and .

,

watched my cousin Juliet I have seen that it is or , ,

XX V T A B L EA U X 2 19

can be a great deal more than just the frivolous

,

amusement I thought it before I see that when they .

throw themselves into a good and noble part they are ,

really trying to understand and interpret a great mind ,

and it raises them up somehow There is a great deal .

more in Juliet now than only being stage struck ; and -

you will laugh but you can t think how it h as raised

the tone of that boy D olph ,
.

I can understand that said Bessie thoughtfully

, .

It is the inner higher S pirit of art

, .

But then there are a good many more to whom it

is just a trade and way of l iving and who would hardly ,

know what putting a soul into their parts meant ,

except so far as it ensured success continued A gnes , .

I see it is the same as with my own line O ne

, .

gets gleams of an endeavour to s how forth the truly

high and noble and work out something elevating
, ,

and then the main body of the work is just to put

honest labour into it succeed and to do no harm, , ,

and sacrice nothing to desire of popularity .

Y ou understand exactly said A gnes

There s , .

the best side together with the education in exactness

,

and expression and all the drilling But then there s
, .

a harmful sort of excitement and a depending on ,

admiration and a temptation to say and do risky

,

things and oh gu l fs and gulfs that one has heard of

, , , ,

but never looked at ! Even this did not S how me till

things came out in the chatter of an actor s daughter
whom we met at C l ar ebri dg e O nce too even in .
, ,

acting in a private house oh so unlike this w e ,

met with so much that was detestable that Lewis ,

decided on taking this theatre for a month so as to ,

hay e it his own way .

And are you indispensable ?

2 20 S T R O LLI N G Y
P LA E R S C HA P .

Well I m the only one who can sing ; and if they

,

had not me they must have a professi onal lady who

, ,

would have to be paid and might be horrid
.
,
.

I see ! I do most sincerely feel for you in it all ,

but I think you might perhaps take it strai gh t fo r , ,

w a rd l y as a duty as for instance F anny K emble , ,

seems to have done .

Ah ! she was a real success and felt every one ,

depending on her which must have made it easier ,

.

N o w I am only a very bad stop gap ; b es i d e s w h at

has been very sore to me I have had to give up all ,

my little attempts at helping the good works in the

parish just too as I was going home full of plans
, , ,

from Coalham A nd her eyes lled with tears

.

.

Poor child said Bessie you have gone through
, ,

a great deal !
There I have never been able to have out a

good grumble said A gnes smiling though the tears
, ,

developed into drops and it is a real comfort .

It must be very trying wh er e n o one enters into

your real trouble and the conscientious d if c u l t y said
, ,

Bessie ; but indeed I think you may put that aside

, ,

a s things stand To refuse your brother would have

.

been worse than to consent and having agreed it , ,

would be well not t o go on always a centr e cceu r

.

O h thank you ! You don t k now how glad I am
,

that you don t think of it as they all do at Coalham

D o they ventured Bessie .

O h yes indeed !,

D id you never explain all these motives to A lice

Wharton ?
N o ; perhaps I was too proud and I knew they
would blame Lewis A nd then bursting o u t .

suddenly and eagerly with what had been kept back

222 S T R O L LI N G P L A ER S Y C HA P .

affair at all It is not as if you were enamoured of

.

the stage like your cousin ! S ee ! there is the Be e ch

croft carriage as a well loaded wagonette swept

-

past them and nods and S miles were exchanged

, .

Indeed so many vehicles began to crowd the way

, ,

that the steerage of the ponies required all her

attention ; nor was she sorry for she had done her ,

duty almost against her will towards H arry and

, , , ,

though Agn es seemed to her less eagerly disposed -

towards him than she expected she had little doubt ,

of the effect of the recollection of the generous impu lse

so ill requited
-
.

By the time they reached the great iron gates of

the churchyard there was a throng of people and of
,

carriages They were received by G eneral Mohun

.

and a substantial gray haired gentleman who took -

,

them up to where his ladies were standin g in a

reserved place to tell the truth within a great iron ,

railing fencing in a whole family of tombs but

, ,

commanding a capital V iew over the heads of the

p eople in the street below A gnes saw a n d shook .

hands with the dark eyed girls S h e had met the night
-

before ; also with a very sweet looking graceful lady -

, ,

gray haired and brown eyed who was as anxiou s as

- -

, .

she was to keep on the edges without treading o n the ,

at grave stones A s to talking

- the bells were
.

pealing overhead in the square tower with a deafening

clash and drums and all sorts of instruments playing
,

S ee the conquering hero comes in some region

below but coming nearer every minute and all
, ,

attempts at speech were perfectly futile ; only medita

tions o n th e tombs were possible .

N earer and nearer it came a rush of little boys
and girls with babies rst then the volunteer band , ,
XXV T A B LEA U X 2 23

which stationed itself j ust below showing that more ,

n o i Se was possible then the gray coated volunteers

,
-

,

when all Agnes s neighbours were employed in recog
n i si n g somebody wh o m she did not s u c ee d in hearin g
;
then the A ldermen in their red gowns and the Mayor ,

in his gorgeous c o llar all proceeding up the steps

and standing there to receive the arrivals in the
carriages Lord R otherwood in his Lord Lieutenant s
.
-

uniform looking up and nodding to his cousins above ;

,

Lord Ivinghoe as a volunteer ; Lady R otherwood in

dark green velvet ; Lady Phyllis in white and swans
-

down ; Lady F lorence in black velvet There were .

other carriages ; but when these grandees had been

duly received the party in the pen were let out and
, ,

escorted by the north door to the seats in the crammed

church reserved by a rope ; and again they had to
behold the procession this time culminatin g in the
,

Bishop of the diocese There was a S hort joyous

.

service and sermon after which everybody was dis

,

r se d for luncheon in different parties

p e .

My dear said Lady M e rri eld when they were

,

afterwards o n their way to see the dinner to the poor ,

who was that very charming girl who came in

F lorence s pony carriage with you and was with us at

the V icarage
A gnes Willi ngham said Bessie with a smile

, , ,

feeling most dutiful .

That lady like sensible woman
-
Then I don t
wonder ! But is she really nice Bessie ? I thought ,

her so reverent and good at church and all ,
.

Indeed she is as good and self sac ri ci n g a creature

,
-

as ever lived .

That was all there was time for and Agnes herself ,

was long in arriving at a clear understanding who the

22 4 S TRO LLIN G P LA E R S Y
lady was who was so kind to her all day Th en .

every one stood on the steps of the Town H all t o

admire the trades procession composed after the , ,

G erman fashion of gorgeous waggons with m en in

,

dumb S how working at their trades cobblers cobbling,

carpenters hammering printers printing and the lik e , , .

Then came the dinner and the speechifying when the ,

ladies who cared to do so looked on from a gallery ;

but the corps who were to c ompose the tableaux had
time for a hurried rehearsal and arrangement To her .

relief A gnes found tha t she was not wanted ; there

,

were plenty of candidates for S ilent parts .

In fact the tableaux went o ff better than any o n e

,

could have expected so nearly impromptu as they had

,

to be Perhaps the most remarkable scenes were those

.

of Westward H o ! for G illian h a d worked herself

up to behold not so much A myas as the wounded

, ,

hero of Egypt H e on his side tall magnicent and

.
, , ,

with a certain sailor air let her lead h i m i n his blind

'

ness while she gazed up in his face with all her

,

enthusiasm in her looks and oblivious that he could , ,

and probably did see under his eyelashes With her

, .

long dark hair down she took every one by surprise

,

by her fr eshly developed beauty and expression and

-

the thunders of applause exceeded all except those for

the actual impersonations of the Queen and the local
heroes .

The various persons responsible breathed freely as

the curtain at length fell and on the urgent ent reaty ,

of the Mayor and M ayoress the whole company and ,

their belo n gings assembled round an irregular standing

feast o f V iands and beverages of all kinds in the hall
where the dinner had been and there was a very ,

j oyous clang of tongues and many peals of laughter but , ,

 C HA P . XXV

O ne does not expe c t to be treated as a mere

.

professional after all their soft sawder .

S peak for yourself she returned

.
,

Ah that is just what I am longin g to do he said , .

You know it Juliet if you would only let me

, , .

N ever 1 said Juliet in a tone of repressed i n di g

nation. Y ou ought to know better than to think of

such a thing Let me pass Miss D orset is looking
.
,

for me .

The very words Miss D orset instead of My aunt ,

showed the gulf between them ; but neither Juliet nor

A gnes gave a hint to one another of the c risis that
this day had seemed to bring to ea c h .

The following i ntensied the i mpressions of the

tableau day A gnes was more affectionately treated
, ,

Ern l ey A rmytage and the Major were asked to shoot

at B eec h c r o ft the rst day they could be spared and ,

G eorge Buckley felt the more furious Juliet kept ,

successfully o u t of his way and S elva won the ,

affection of Lady Phyllis and her cousin M ysi e

M erri eld .
 C H A P T E R XXV I

T HE T O MB OF T HE C A P U LET S

N OW then hold up your heads

,
Move W ith dignity .
,

yet with an air of enj oyment R emember you are .

the guests of a great nobleman and rise to the ,

situation !
We have had plenty o f Opportunities o f studyin g

the manners of a nobleman s guests Mr F arquhar , .

son as you are doubtless aware There is no sti ff

,
.

ness
S hut up Bu ckley your place is right centre i f
,

you go left you upset the W hole thing H ullo Burnet .

, ,

you re a welcome sight ! Can you make the thing

look less like a funeral o n a wet day ?
Mr Farquharson had been putting the whole
.

company supers and all through their paces in the

, ,

great banquetin g scene which had always hitherto ,

been a woful f ailure V ery few minutes remained

.

before it was ne c essary to dress for the performance ,

and Claren c e appeared on the s c ene in the midst of

the foregoing agreeable c onversation .

Leave the front clear for the masquers cried Mr ,
.

Farquharson Mr Buckley you c annot conceive that

. .
,

the County Paris was c lose by when R omeo and Juliet

were ex c han ging their rst salute E ffa c e yourself .
,

s i r in good time

, .
2 28 S T R O LL I N G P L A YER S C HAP . .

There s no more time to spend on it said Clar ,

ence ; we must do the best we can H ow are yo u

.
,

Buckley ? Is that front there all right ?

Perfectly right said G eorge ; I understand it,

"
.

H ow has it all gone o ff ?

asked Clarence ,

approa c hing Juliet for a word o f greeting I see in .

the papers that the tableaux were a great success .

O h ! the tableaux were a brill iant muddle said

Juliet .It was rather jolly but I didn t really do ,

the ballad well When I said .

My c h i ld h oo d
s fai t h I st i ll w i ll k eep,

I do n ot fear t o d i e ,

I said it as if I was angry and scolded them That , .

was quite wrong O f course they applauded they

.

applauded ever y o n e ! But is R a y mond R i vers a

success 7

I don t know My un c le and the author don t
.

agree . I think it ought to be a ne thing but I ve ,

only blocked it out as yet

Come Juliet it s quite time to dress
, ,
Y ou will

.

keep every one waiting said Miss D orset bearing , ,

down upon this exchange o f co n d en ce s and Clarence ,

with a start turned to the business in hand H e had

, .

but just come from his other rehearsal and had had ,

no time to get some food at the station as he had in

tended H owever that must wait till supper time
.
,
-
.

There was a very full house ; many of the race

week visitors had already arrived ; and the perform

an o es of A s You Like It and the festivities at

,

R otherwood had excited much attention The shabby .

little theatre looked quite brilliant Behind the .

scenes all was bustle and excitement ; in that most

unconventional c ompany every one did a little o f ,
2 30 S T R O LL I N G PL A YER S C HA P .

lled not very much worse than is usual Clarence .

Burnet was received with great enthusia sm .

By Jove whispered Lewis to S elva he is a
, ,

stately fel low ; he looks like a Titian or a gipsy king ,

Y es Lewis ; I m afraid he does said S elva with
, , ,

emphasis as she went off to prepare for her pl ace at

,

the banquet as the dark eyed R osaline The littl e

,
.

white Juliet with her clear voice and her innocent

,

aspe c t had t h e charm o f novelty to old playgoers and

, ,

when she stood by the side o f her tall dark R omeo the
contra st was piquante if too marked for the ideal pair
,

of lovers The nurse looked picturesque and spirited

.
,

Mercutio had made immense strides S i nce the d ays o f

H ild o n Castle and all led smoothl y up to the great
,

s c ene between the lovers There was no sp ecta cle and .

no advantage o f situation nothing but their own , .

personal beauty and personal skill Juliet played with .

an intense earnestness a serious eagerness that yet , ,

was not quite passion ; but the sweetness and r e n e

ment of her aspect the fresh youth of her voice her
, ,

simple condence c ame very near the ideal E nglish

,

maiden plighting her troth if it did not touch the ,

ideal or real J uliet of S hakespeare ; whil e he pl ayed

with a force and fervour that some o f his heare rs

never forgot .

It was a most incongruous performance A fter the .

beautiful love scene the ght in the m arket place the

-

,
-
,

crowds and confusion was all confusion indeed and ,

hardly carried t hrough by the e fforts o f Romeo and

u li et s rst scene

Mercutio . with the nurse was
most successful It was well done by Miss Anne and
.
,

J ul i et s coaxing was c harming ; but the despair and

agony when her brief joy was over were beyond her
,
.

mark and she felt herself to be sti ff and inadequate

.
,
XX V I T HE T O MB OF T HE C A P U LET S 23 1

H er parting with R omeo hardly rose above what some

of the ladies truly called so pretty but afterwards
'

the emotion came more within her scope S he was .

resolute and deant , her bewildered surprise at her

nurse s treachery was p owerfully given and when she ,

stood alone to ght her own hard battle there was a ,

forlorn simplicity in the little girlish gure which

moved many to tears ; while R omeo as he worked on ,

towards the c limax put more and more emotion into ,

his play The same feeling of the pathetic loneliness

.

of this childish creature hung round the scene of

drinking the potion H er resolute tones .
,

My di sm a l c
s e ne I n ee d s m u st a ct a o l ne ,

her timid condence in the friar s good fai th

F or h e h at h st i ll b ee n t ri e d a h o l y m an ,

were full of point and as the great speech c oncluded

, , ,

she rose to something like real tragic power as with ,

the last wild cry half agony half rapture on R omeo s
.
, , ,

name she drank the fatal drau ght and fell back on her
,

bed unconscious .

With an interesting R omeo and Juliet an amusing ,

nurse and a spirited Mercutio British playgoers are

, ,

usually content The audience was e n thusiastic Mr

.
,
.

F arquharson triumphant Lewis gratied spite of all , ,

defects and the curtai n drew up on the banished

,

R omeo in the fth act with all the company in good

spirits Perhaps the C lar eb ri dg e audience hardly
.

knew how powerfully Clarence rendered the rapid

changes o f R omeo s feelings but they followed him ,

intently till the scene drew up on a pleasant cheerful ,

looking E nglish church recently restored with a rural , ,

landscape appearing behind the wall of the church

.

yard The door of the Capulets tomb by w h ich
23 2 S TR O LL I N G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

only the c ongregation could possibly have entered

was defended by realistic bars wh ich might have r ep r e ,

sent ed either an iron grating or a t relh s on which to

train creepers and whi ch R omeo proceede d to apo s t ro
,

p hi s e and attack with a vehemence thrown away on

their tremulous supports It was Claren c e s view to .

play this scene fast and with violent heart broken ,

-

passion hurrying over his excuses to Balthazar as if

,

hardly knowing their meaning and making his appeal ,

to Paris to leave him an outcry of deepest despair .

H e was no believer in inspirational a c ting especially
,

in that of G eorge Bu c kley and had marked out h is ,

situation and action with the greates t exa c titude .

Buckley came upon him from the wrong side and t ried ,

to lengthen out the duel so spoiling the effect o f ,

R omeo s irresistible passion Clarence ung him .

aside astonished that he did not die at the proper

,

moment and as he gave the nal blow to the door of

, ,

the tomb at whi c h the whole scene ought to have

,

been pulled out of sight reveali ng the interior the , ,

whole fabric swayed the wood and the iron work on ,

-

one side of the door was falling inwards H e c ould .

have sprung back and avoided it but quick as thought , , ,

he threw himself before it and wrenched it back from ,

where Juliet lay giving it an impetus to one side

,
.

S ave it he could not it fell with half the front scene

, , ,

right upon him and threw him forward with a violent

,

effort to check himself right at J u li et s feet

.

The other half of the scene drew back as it ought

to have done and the remains of the broken half being
,

dragged out of sight the audience hardly knew how ,

much of the construction R omeo had intended to

destroy or whether the frightful crash was part of the
,

effect intended .
23 4 S T R O LL I N G P L A YERS C HA P .

before she knew what he was doing he had led her ,

before the curtain and she was receiving a real ,

.

triumph with unheeding eyes and ears hardly able to

, ,

smile and curtsey as in answer to the calls for R omeo , , ,

Mr F arquharson explained that a slight a ccident pre

.

vented M r Clarence Burnet from person ally thanking

.

them for their kind reception ; he hoped to do so o n

the next performance whi c h would take place on ,

Monday night S he pulled herself away from the .

friar and ran back again .

A ll the lights available were illuminating the

d ebr i s of the tomb of the Capulets Clarence was '
.

lying partly supported in Lewis s arms and speak
, ,

ing faintly and confusedly .

It was too late was she hurt ? Too late to save

her '

My dear fellow you did save her N 0 o n e is

,
.

hurt but yourself K eep still here take thi s Can

.
, .

you tell us what is amiss ?
I m smashed somehow said Clarence i n di ffer

ently But yo u see Mr M er ri eld showed me how

.
,
.

to hold back the spars oh where is she 7
,

I m here Mr Burnet

O h I m not hurt one bit !
, . .
,

But oh what has happened to you ?
, ,

Please sir here D olph interposed breathlessly
, , ,

here s a gentleman in the audience says he s a doctor .

Can he do anythi ng ?
A sensible looking young man with all his wits
-

about him n o w appearing and Clarence becoming

, ,

rather more capable of giving an account of himself ,

it turned out tha t the heavy staples and woodwork

had severely bruised his left shoulder and side and ,

that in the effort to throw himself out of the way he

, ,

had wrenched his knee violently and half stunned by , ,

-
xx v r T HE T O MB OF T HE C A P ULET S 23 5

the blow had only just had the sense to endeavour to

,

go on with h i s part H e turned faint again at the

.

rst attemp t to raise himself and the doctor looked ,

grave and said that he must be taken home carefully ,

when he could tell better what was the extent of the

injury .

D olph supplied the fa ct that Mr Burnet s room

.

was on the ground o o r and close by the theatre ; -

and while means of conveyance were being arranged

,

under the doctor s directions Lewis told his ladies to ,

go home an d he would send word as soon as possible

,

how matters were going .

Juliet took o ff her bridal dress and in a maze of -

bewilderment hardly knowing which was the play

,

and w hich was real l i fe followed the others o u t into ,

the cool fresh air back to the Quaking Cottage

, .

A nd what d i d happen

said A gnes as they ,

found themselves at last in the little dining room -

with supper on the table and little heart to eat it ,

.

What happened ! said S elva Why G eorge .
,

somehow mismanaged the scenery there i t wasn t

safe I saw it happen

. I was standing in the wings .
,

and I screamed though no one heard me for I saw it

, ,

all shake and w obble and I thought it woul d come ,

right down on Juliet and I called to her to get up ; ,

but he gave it some sort of jerk and turned it aside ,

and it fell and threw him right down There was an .

end I thought but he staggered u p in a minute and

, ,

ung himself across to Juliet and went on somehow ,
.

Then he saved J u li e t s life ? said Agnes .

Well he saved her from being hurt certainly

, , ,

said S elva ; but there a strong young fellow doesn t

,

mind a few knocks and blows S ure he ll be none .
,

the worse for it .
23 6 S T R O LL I N G PL A YERS C HA P .

S he made an imperative sign as she spoke .

What do you mean S elva said the obtuse ,

A gnes while Miss D orset chimed i n

,
O h yes I ,

don t suppose it s anything very bad Come , Jetty .
,

have some wine and try and eat some supper Y ou , .

got on S plendidly and made me cry ,
.

O h it was a grand performance and we ll all be
, ,

laughing at o u r fright to morrow said S elva when -
, ,

there was a ring and they all started up as Ernl ey ,

came in .

Well he said w e have got Burnet to bed ; he

, ,

is badly hurt but there are no bones broken an d the

, ,

doctor says he can hardly tell y et how much the

mus c les are strained It appears that he has had no .

food all day which a cc ounts for his state o f exhaustion

, .

H is landlady seems a good sort o f person and Will ,

ingham is going to stay with him H e s in terrible .

pain poor fellow and hardly yet come to himself
, , .

H e won t be able to act on Monday said S elva

.
,

A ct ? N o ; it s a bad look

out H e ll be laid up .

for the present If the tomb had fallen on that fellow .

Buckley s own head instead o f on Burnet s it w ould

, ,

have served him right and been less of a public ,

misfortune .
0

A t this moment there was another arrival G eorge

Buckley voluble and full o f excuses
, .

I assure you Lady Willingham the front o f the , ,

tomb was perfectly safe with a li ttle care and if Rigg ,

had not been such a sulky brute keeping o u t of the ,

way because I called him to order but Bu r net s style

of a c ting is so violent one would think he expected ,

to break down real stonework ; and to ght with him

is quite dangerous I ve been investigating the causes .

of the ac c ident and I m perfectly c ertain it s not owing
,
23 8 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S CR A P .

town and see Clarke and Musgrave w h o might nd us ,

some fellow ready for any start It s the most con .

founded ill lu ck but it s all we can do

-

,

.

But aren t you going to write to Mr Burnet s .

friends ? said S elva .

H e begged me not to t ell his uncle till he could

say how long he should be laid up I m afraid it s a .

serious matter for hi m just n o w H e said there was .

no o c casion to alarm anybody ; and when I suggested

Lambourne he looked a little doubtful but said he
, ,

thought to morrow he could write himself

-
But I .

shall write ; some of his people ought to kno w H e .

seems only to want not to give trouble ; and said the

landlady was a good sort and had a son who c ould ,

hel p him a bit .

But you won t burst out Juliet , .

N ot exa c tly Jetty

The Major will look after
,
.

him while I m away or A rmytage , .

H ere G eorge who had come in while Lewis was ,

speaking and to whom nobody had spoken said

, ,

I m sure Willi n gham it was Burnet s o wn fault

, ,

.
.

Ho w do you make that out ? said Lewis shortly

as he began his breakfast .

G eorge began a very long and voluble account of

all he had done to the scenery and how j udicious he ,

had been about it which culminated in the statement ,

that his o n e and only desire had been to make an

effective background for Juliet with the corpse of
Tybalt .

Y ou nearly made a foreground for her with the

corpse of Burnet said Ern l ey Armytage who had just ,

come in .

Juliet burst out laughi ng S omething in G eorge s .

face o r voi c e struck her as lu di crous and her suppressed ,

x x v: TH E T O MB OF T HE C A P UL ET S 239

emotion took this shape A s she found laughter

.

ch anging into sobs and her self command vanishing

,
-

she turned and ed upstairs and locked herself in

, ,

while her relations looked at each other and said

nothin g .
 C H A P T E R XXV II

THE R ULIN G P AS S ION

ON that same S unday afternoon Clarence after a day , ,

of pain and feverish dis c omfort roused himself from ,

confused moody fancies that were hardly sleep and ,

heard some one moving across the room .

A rmytage he said is that you ? Is there some
, ,

water ?
N o one spoke ; but he was gently helped to raise
,

himself and the water held to his lips held in long ,

slender brown ngers w hich were not those of A rmy

, ,

tage H e looked up at the face that bent over him

. .

A laric
Y es dear o l d boy
,
I told you I should have t o .

pull you out of the quagmire There is that easy for .

you ? Is the pain bad ?
But how when Is it to morrow said -

Clarence confusedly .

N O it s to day said Alari c smiling
,
-
E mily and
, .

I came to London yesterday for a day or two on our ,

way to Ho m eswo r th to see her mother I looked in .

on Clarke and heard that Willingham had c ome up to

,

look for a R omeo and all about it Clarke had sent

, .

him on to Musgrave S o E mily and the kids will go.

o n to morrow to H o m es wo r t h and I c ame off at once

-

,

to see what was the matter .
242 S TR O LL IN G P L A YERS '
C HA P .

came to see him H e is v ery anxious as to how his .

place is to be supplied .

O h d o c ome in ! said Juliet Lewis h as come

.
,

back he can t nd any one suitable .

S he took him into the drawing room where the -

others sat dis c onsolately over their tea .

I sup pose I shall have to go to the agents an d try

for a professional to morrow morning Lewis was saying -
,
.

G ood h eavens ! Burnet as he caught the echo of

A laric s voice and a glimpse of his gure in the door

.

N o unluckily Lambourne

,
I ve come to look .

after him .

H e made some explanations as to how he had heard

O f the misfortune and Lewis related his unavailing ,

search for a R omeo on a S unday afternoon .

Well said Alaric Clarence has sent me to O ffer

,

myself in his place I m out of practice and I never .

was good for much ; but I have played R omeo with

the S tars and as you have seen I look something

, , ,

like Claren c e and I know his line so I shan t put

, ,

you out perhaps as much as a strang er
, , .

You ! O h but that would be capital ! Y ou are ,

staying here then ? ,

Y es ; I must look after Clarence of course The , .

doctor tells me there s nothing to be alarmed at The .

knee only wants rest ; and though his shoulder is very

much hurt and bruised he thinks there is no permanent ,

injury But he is more knocked up than I should have

.

expected The doctor thinks he is overtired or over

.

worked i n some way but I don t see why H e has ,

.

had more holiday than usual and he is very strong ,

.

H e must b e well nursed now and I shall send for my ,

own m an servant who is a capital nurse and k nows

-

, ,

hi m well too C larence would worry himself if he

.
xx vn THE RU LIN G P A S S IO N 24 3

thought I had no one t O h elp me esp ec ially as he '

wants me t o play his part for him That seems most .

on his mind .

A nd the lodgings are th ey c omfortable enough ?

asked S elva .

Y es I think so,
F ortunately there s been a dis .
,

appointment about gues t s fo r the race week so I ve ,

just taken all the rooms I believe they meant to .

turn Clarence out if they wanted his room ; but luckily

the party isn t coming .

Well said S elva as for being kno cked up it
, , ,

seems Mr Burnet rehearsed all day in London an d

.
,

had n o th ihg to eat yesterday A nd he has worked .

very hard for us and done heaps o f things which we ,

couldn t have asked of him ; and he was a m agnicent

R omeo . I m sure no o n e would have believed he had

ever been cheerful and c omfortable in his life .

A nd besides said Miss D orset his presen c e of

, ,

mind saved my niece from the a c cident that has

h appened to himself ; but for his coming between the ,

scene must have fallen on her We can t express .

enough gr atitude .

I didn t understand that said A laric H e has ,

.

been reproa c hing himself f or S poiling the end of her

perfor man c e O f course if he saw the scene falling
.
, ,

what else could he do ? Well if you kindly a c cept .

,

my i nefcient help to morrow m orning I suppose we ,

-

had better go through with it .

We are more grateful to you than we can say ,

said Lewis S hal l I come and thank Burnet for

.

sending you or is he better left quiet ,
?

I th ink so just to day ; he seems nervous and ,

-

feverish H e will rest I th i nk now this matter is

.
, ,

settled .
24 4 S T R O LL I N G P L A YER S C HA P .

But said Miss A nne again with rather form al

,

insistence you will tell him we are quite aware of

,

what we owe to him Juliet ? .

Juliet looked at A laric her direct gaze showing him ,

that she was more than a little pale insignicant girl : , ,

Tell him he didn t spoil th e end of the piece S h e

said abruptly and as if in spite of herself

,
.

O Juliet said S elva you think of nothing but

, ,

the pieces
Alaric departed after a little more theatrical con
,

s u l t a t i o n with food for reection

,
H e went into the .

post o f c e and despatched his note to his servant in

-

time to catch the S unday post also a few l ih es to his ,

wife explaining his intentions and adding There s
, , ,

something up and I think it s as well I m here to see
,

him thro u gh .

Then he went back to Clarence and told him that ,

he had undertaken to play both R omeo and O rlando

through the week ; and Clarence heard with relief but ,

with eyes still wistful and eager .

A nd I hear you heroically sacriced yourself for
your Juliet and as far as I understand held up a
, , ,

whole tomb on your shoulders The whole family .

expressed the greatest gratitude .
0

F olly ! said Clarence

.

A nd Miss J u li e t her name i s Juliet isn t it

desired me to tell you that you had not spoiled the end
of the piece for her .

D id S h e say that ?
Those were her very words .

Clarence ushed up and gave a long sigh But he .

obedie ntly took the food on which Al aric insisted and ,

presently fell asleep quietly had a fairly good night , ,

and woke up the next morning entirel y himself and , ,

2 46 S T R O LL I N G P L AYER S C HA P .

Alaric left the old butler in charge and went off to

the theatre nervous enough as the c ritical moment
,

approac h ed .

The Wills felt themselves left to a new self

dependence and Juliet dreaded the performan c e

,

unspeakably A lari c had no command o f Clarence s

.

methods and played R omeo on lines of his own H e

,
.

was mu c h more love sick and dreamy in the early part

-

really the moon struck boy who fancied himself -

heart broken and all through he was tender and

-

pathetic rather than passionate and fervent ; most

graceful and with an i n de n ab le personal c harm that
,

made the performance delightful even though it was ,

innitely weaker than that o f his c ousin It was very .

skilful in its recognition of the a c tor s own limitations ,

though unpractised and with te chnical faults ; and

,

Agnes S elva and Miss A nne preferred it to Claren c e s
.
, ,

tragic intensity .

O n Juliet the effect was c urious and u nexpe c ted

, .

H er emotional power seemed to be set free S he was .

as mu c h stronger and more intense than A laric as

Juliet is than R omeo Whether in some subtle way .

Clarence had overpowered her or whether last night ,

had really tou c hed her with a new re she played with ,

twice her former force Al aric was amazed at her ; .

there was no lack n o w of passion N o w S h e parted .

from her R omeo with a wife s devotion and wept for ,

his banishment with adequate despair .

The performan c e was triumphantly c arried through ,

the last scene ( properly repaired it need hardly be said ) , ,

came to no mishap and this time R omeo led Juliet ,

before the curtain to receive applause without stint .

A laric hurried back to give his report to Clarence

'

knowing that he would not sleep without it .

X XVI I T HE R U LI N G P A S SIO N 24 7

A ll well
all j olly ! he said eagerly as he stood

beside the bed G lorious old humbug that it is Y

.

Ho w I did enjoy it ! Tired ? N ot at all

.

A nd and what did you think o f the Juliet

"

Why I don t think you do her half justi c e ! Y ou
,

should have U ncle D ick down to see her S he s a .

splendid child a child with a soul S he d c arry any .

fellow through .

N ow sir begging your pardon it s half past twelve
, , ,
-
.

Mr Burnet should be asleep said Markham sternly
.
, ,

and turning his master out of the room .

I suppose Jetty said A gnes at the same mome nt

, ,

that you found Mr Lambourne mu c h easier to play .

with than Mr Burnet Y ou did act so well to night
.
-
.

D id I ? said Juliet There are more things in

"
.
.

heaven and earth Agnes than are dreamt of in you r , ,

philosophy Mr Lambourne acts very ni c ely
. . .
 C H A P T E R XXV III

A B EN EFI C EN T I MP

A U N T NA N C Y said S elva the next morni ng as they

,

, ,

sat at work while some o f the party were at the ,

theatre going through such scenes in A s You Like

,

It as were affected by the new O rlando

A unt
Nancy I want to know what you think of everything
,
.

We ve got ten days more here ; and then

Then ? echoed Miss Anne who was making an

,

alteration in R osalind s doublet H as Lewis any more .

offers ?
N othing very denite A nd well A unt N an c e .
, ,

we shan t have Er nl ey any longer We won t have

.

G eorge and I should think the Major was sick of it
, .

O h the Maj or will always stick to us

,
H e has .

told me so said Miss A nne ,
.
0

Well replied S elva I suppose it isn t likely that

,

anything would happen to upset h i m H e isn t likely .

to be falling in love .

Most improbable assented Miss D orset , .

But Er n l e y Armytage has been different ever S ince

we met at R other wood A gnes doesn t mean I see to .
, ,

have him A nd you know the clergy boy has got a

.
-

li ving H is people all made up to A gnes and that s

.
,

what it ll come to .

H e seemed rather a foolish youth said M iss A n ne

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,
250 S T RO L L I N G P L AYERS CH AP .

S o do I
said Miss A nne quite unconscious of
, ,

the ghastly nature of the sentiment she was e c hoing .

F or it was her life It was a horrible weight .

that fell on him N o wonder he s so badly hurt poor .
,

fellow .

It s very unfortunate ; but it s quite impossible

,

said Miss Anne A n actor and a man of no origin.

,

at all Because you know his being Mr L ambourn e s , ,

.

c ousin has nothing to do with it I allow it s confus .

ing ; but Alari c L amb ourn e s mother was n obody a

gipsy dancer A nd I m sure I remember hearing not
.
,

so many years ago that those excellent Martin Lam ,

bournes had a great deal of trouble about Al ari c taking

up with a cousin who led him into mis c hief I r e .

membe r now th inking at Ho m esw or th that Mrs .

Martin Lambourne didn t seem to think mu c h of

Clarence Burnet But at least Jetty c an t see anything.

of him now .

H e d better be acting with her every n i ght than

lying there like a wounded hero said S elva H ow , .

ever he doesn t a t least he didn t know that she
,

guesses and I don t think he means to tell her not

,

while he is here at any rate , .

Perhaps he sees the unsuitability of it said Mis s ,

D orset H e certainly is very ni c e in all his ways
. .

S elva thought the attachment a great mi sfortune ;

but she laughed a little at this way of puttin g it .

O A unt N ance she said they may resolve but , ,

,

they always let it o t ! What s this
u ?

This was a basket of peaches for Lady Willingham ,

which had been brought the messe nge r was desired to ,

say from Monks Warren by Mr L am b o u rn e s servant

,

.

when he c ame to wait on Mr Burnet . .

D olph who brought it into the room added If

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xx vm A BEN EFI C EN T I MP 25 1

you please my lady might I have one for Mr Rigg

, ,
. .

H e is so dreadful thirsty that we ought to

F e ed h i m w i th a pr i c o ck s an d d e w b e r r i es
Wi th p ur
p l e ra e
g p , s g ee n
r g s, an d l
m u b e rr i es .

Indeed ! was the exclamation as S elva looked

for the ripest peach What is the matter with .

him ?

Well my lady I c an t tell but I think if Miss
, , ,

A nne would be so good as to c ome and see h i m it ,

would be mercy that droppeth as the gentle rain from

heaven H e s been ill I believe ever since he c ame
.
, , ,

here and only just kept about o f late A nd says he

,
.
,

if he d had all his wits he d have known the scene

wasn t safe before Mr Burnet came ba ck not that he

.

supposed Mr Buckley would have minded him H is. .

landlady s as hard as a nether millstone and would ,

like to send him to the workhouse .

H as he had no doctor ? asked S elv a .

N o my lady I wanted him but he has not the

,
.
,

means ; and he will not be beholden to nobody but ,

only wants to die there in peace if the G oneril o f a

woman would let him said D olph with a theatrical , ,

gesture but genuine dew on his eyes

,
.

Poor dear dear fellow ! cried S elva jumping , ,

up. We must go and see him dire c tly A unt N ance , ,

and she caught up the whole basket of peaches .

Just at t h e door however they met Lewis and the , ,

Major and on her incoherent explanation of the

,

errand Lewis d eclared that he would not have S elva

,

running into such places ; and he wanted her besides , ,

to come and rehearse A udrey D o anything for the .

poor chap that was wanted but she was not to go to ,

some horrid lodging house -

.
25 2 S T R O LLI N G P L A YER S C HA P.

There s no reason that I should not gO s aid Miss

A nne .

With me then said the Major
,
I m just released
,

.
,

and am twenty tim es at your service .

S o off they set with a cavalier look of courtesy

,

from the old soldier and a comical little bridle of the

,
.

lady which made the husband and wife glance at ea ch

,

other a n d laugh .

R eally I shouldn t wonder said S elva

.
,

Lewis exploded O ld A unt N ance . That s good !

A n d we will nish A s Y ou Like It properly with ,

couples going to the ark

Y ou won t catch any of the others said S elva

, .

Certainly not A gnes and Ern l ey .

N0 ; I m afraid not Poor old chap I suppos e .

it will have to be that young ass of a cleric now he ,

seems to have got the provender he held out to her .

E very man to his taste But why c ould she not like .

a good fello w like Armytage who has stu c k by us like ,

a brick for pure love of her

By and by Miss Anne reappeared at the theatre ,

when the rehearsal was just going on saying that the ,

poor man seemed to be very ill and the Major had ,

gone to inquire about admission to the i n rm ar y sinc e ,

the place was perfectly unt for a S ick man or indeed , , ,

a healthy one and the only person who had attempted

,

to attend to the patient was D olph .

What a mixture that boy is she said

I was , . .

u neasy at his not going to c hurch yesterday evening ,

and it seems he was reading the Bible to this poor .

man and trying to persuade him to let him write to

,

his friends .

Imp and celestial chorister compounded said ,

Lewis .
25 4 S T R O LL I N G P L AYER S C HA P .
'

have soothed Claren c e s fretted nerves was never
proved for it was interrupted by a railway cab dashing
,

up to the door in a violent hurry then a thundering , ;

knock and a voice at the sound of which Clarence

, ,

started up from his pillows exclaiming ,

There s U ncle D ick '

O h ! confou nd him ! A nd I wrote so judi c iously

.

Ke ep quiet ! I ll c alm his anx iety

.

Mr Richard Burnet otherwise Mr Belville of the

.
,
.
,

Planet Theatre was a ne big man of the same type as ,

his two n ephews but though perhaps c onventionally ,

handsomer without the distin c tion whi c h in di fferent

, ,

ways they both possessed H e was as Alaric had

,
.
,

once put it exactly what outsiders would expect of a

,

melodramatic actor conspicuous and dashing with a , ,

hearty noisy manner i n fact stagey in private life ,

.

Well A laric my dear fellow and what s all this
, , ,

D idn t I tell Claren c e no good would come of all this

tomfoolery If he s laid up now it ll be the ruin of

me There s that in fernal piece on my mind day and
night
H ush ! uncle Claren c e will hear you and he

,

mustn t be agitated on any account H e ll be all right .

with proper rest and c are It s very unlucky but he .

.
,

has mad e a tremendous hit here It hasn t been time .

thrown away c rowded houses and quite a sensation ! ,

Why why you don t mean to say these Wills o ,

the Wisp are any good ? Well well well I tell , ,

you what I ll do I ll stay and have a chat with .

Clarence and go and see them to night Y ou re
,
-
.

playing ar n t you ? Ah my dear boy Providence
, , ,

spoiled a ne actor in making you a country squire

I played in this theatre some ve and thirty years ago - -
.

I was the wounded soldier in Macbeth

x x vm A B E N EFI C EN T I MP 25 5

But I am fa i n t , m y g ash es cry fo r h el p .

Oh with an appropriate part in its groan

ne
way ! A nd then one tumbled into bed and slept like
a top . But now

U n easy i es t h e l h ead th at w ear s a cr ow n .

I m in that state of nervous anxiety that I declare
Yes U ncle D ick said A laric who by no means

, , ,

agreed with K ing D un c an as to the becomingness of

his uncle s words on this oc c asion ; we S hall all f eel

immensely honoured N ow let me order dinner for .

you at the hotel I ll ask S ir Lewis Willingham to .

meet you at supper afterwards If I let you see .

Claren c e for one minute you must promise not t o talk

about the play .

N o no I w on t

,
Poor lad I wouldn t reproach
,

.

him for the world ! A nd when A laric thinking it ,

best for both parties to admit him allowed the inter ,

view U n c le D ick who was very fond O f his nephew

, , ,

and very soft hearted was quite over c ome at the sight
-

of his white face and remarked in a broken voice and , ,

a stage aside to A laric that he was afraid the dear ,

boy was quite done for .

N ot quite uncle said Clarence laughing a little

.
, , ,

I ll mend up I hope in time for our rst rehearsal
, ,
.

F orbidden topic forbidden topic said the uncle ,

with a wink at Alaric I m going to see your friends .

here to night Promising d ebu ta n te I m told What

-
.
,

.

d ye think of her ?

Clarence would have found it far less exciting to

d iscuss the prospects of R aymond R ivers for an hour

than to face the idea of Juliet exposed to his uncle s
.

criticism without his help H e ushed u p and hesi .

t a t e d while A lari c interposed

,
25 6 S T R O L LI N G PL A YER S C HA P .

I ll t ell you all about her uncle if you ll just go

, ,

o n to t h e hotel ; I ll be with you in a minute

.

What would Mr Belville think o f the Wills o the .

Wisp and oh ! what would the Wills o the Wisp
,

think of Mr Belville ? Words failed Clarence as he

.

looked piteously up at Al ari c with eyes that told more

than he knew He h ad had some hard moments in .

his life but to be helpless and incapable in an em erg

,

ency was altogether new to him H elp her he said .
,

at last ; don t frighten h er about it
.

Al aric more and more u neasy at the evident

,

increase of su ffering promised and said everything , ,

comforting he could imagine But before the dinner .

had been ordered the presence o f the gr eat man had ,

spread through the theatrical world of C la r eb ri dg e .

D olph had carried the news to the Quaking Cottage .

Mr Fa r qu h ar s o n had rushed up to call at the hotel

.
,

and every soul in the theatre was in the state o f mind

described once for all when another London manager
appeared in the audien c e of the immortal V incent
C r u m m l es .

Lily Farquharson spent an extra half hour in -

making herself up for Ph oebe H er father c o n gr a t u .

lated himself on the luck which showed him o ff in h is

beloved part of Ja qu e s Juliet somehow felt that she .

did not feel all the importance o f the occasion as it

deserved and Alaric when he made his appearance
, , ,

looked as nervous as any one H e looked down at .

Juliet with an odd sort of smile .

Look here he said we have got to do Clarence , ,

credit H e is half Wild with anxiety Mind you pull

.
-
.

through .

I will said Juliet ; and with that power of rising

,

to the o c casion which is in itself talent S h e determined ,

2 58 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

Well D olph said Juliet gravely I suppose we

, ,
"
,

have the chance of making it we ve made th e plunge

.

But Miss Lily Farquharson said that Juliet was a

viper and Mr Clinton told D olph that he d be nothing
,
.

but a call boy while all the Willi ngh am s wer e so take n
-
,

aback by the offer and h er prompt acceptance of it , ,

that they decided that night among themselves to say

nothing at all to her till there was time to dis c uss it
in peace .

S he shan t do it said Lewis

.
,

S he will said S elva to her husband ; S h e has

,

meant it for long enough There s only one person .

who could stop her .

A unt Minnie

N o ; Clarence Burnet .

Then Lewis when he understood the course of his

,

wife s thoughts ew into a passion and swore at him

, ,

self and the Wills o the Wisp and the theatre and
,

Clarence Burnet .

H e h a d to suppress his wrath for the present for ,

D olph came running after them as they reached the

Quaking Cottage .

Mr Burnet s much worse my lady A message
.
, .

came to hurry Mr Lambourne and the doctor s ays as .

,

how he can t say now that there s no danger .

D olph s eyes w er e fu ll o f tears ; and on this scanty

intelligence Juliet had to S leep It blotted out Mr . .

B el vill e s encouragement

The next morning brought .

a hurried anxious note from A laric saying that t h e ,

do c tor had come early after a night o f high fever and ,

pain so violent as to indicate possible cause for great

uneasiness H e was very sorry to upset their plans
.

once more but he could not manage to play the two

,

great parts properl y in such anxiety nor endure to ,

x xv m A B E N EFI CEN T I MP 25 9

leave his cousin for so long Mr Belvil le who was

. .
,

obliged to go back to town would send down Clarence s

,

under s t u d y t o take his place till the end of the

week .

S ir Lewis though in c lined to think the anxiety

,

rather over strung could only be thankful to get any

-

body i n the emergency and expressed a proper amount

,

of regret and sympathy .

Clarence had n ot suggested this plan in the rst

instance partly because he did not w ish his uncle to
,

know h e was incapacitated and partly because he did

,

not think that his under study would prove ac c ept

-

able to the W i lli n g h am s that is to Say to Juliet ,

.
 C H A P T E R XXIX

T O UCH AND GO

DR .WEBB having only arrived after A laric had gone

to the theatre and then come out o f the town to

,

attend a c ritical c ase had no m essage about Rigg ;

,

and on the next m orning Miss A nne walked O ff to

h er G F S friend to ask about the hospital heard
. . .
,

splendid compliments about Monday and Tuesday s
performances and found that she had happily hit on
,

the day for admission of patients and that the good ,

lady could give a recommendation W herewith she set ,

forth a n d meeting the Major asked him to es c ort her

, , ,

to Obtain of the poor young man such particulars of

name age and employment as were required
, , .

The Major was looking annoyed What do you .

think that ass Buckley has been doing ? he said
, , .

H e wants me to back him in getting Lewis to have a

benet for him when he is to be Captain A bsolute

A benet !
I told him it w a s all rot If we o nce began that .

w a y F arqu h ar s o n and all the rest might be after it

,

and there would be no end to it and then he ,

growled and said we made him a mere drudge and ,

treated him like the dirt under our feet di dn t

introduce him to the swells nor get invitations for ,

him I declare if I hadn t said a line of the multipli

.
26 2 S T R O LL I N G P L AYER S C HA P .

every day There yo u ve as good as c on s ented an d

.
,

there s not a man in the pla c e no nor i n the three

kingdoms that s happier than Brian O C o nnor

But don t don t be telling all these young folks

while all this is going o n A n ne entreated ; ,

Will they be laughing at us the spalpeens ,

O h ! Minnie m u st kn o w rst

Besides I couldn t

.
,

couldn t look those girls in the face D on t let .

them guess
N evertheless Miss Anne coloured as red as a peony ,

and fairly j umped to the other side of the pavement

when they en c ountered Ernl ey A rmytage Striding along
at full speed .

H alloa, Major D o you know where Bu c kley is

I haven t seen h i m S in c e j ust after breakfast

.

R ehearsal at t w o for Burnet s substitute from
London and n o w there s another s c ene shaky
,

The less he sees to a scene the better I should

,

say returned Miss Anne who had collected herself
, , .

S o should I ; but they are at a dead lock .

Will -
.

L amb o u rn e s no

ingham is ready to tear his hair .

good to day evidently I believe we are all c oming

-

, .

to grief together ! Where can he be ?
H a ! D olph as the boy was seen rushing up t h e

street with a big folding screen on h i s back looking

like a print of S amson with the gates of G aza D id .

Mr Buckley send that ?
.

N o sir S ir Lewis th ought it m ight co m

,
. e in and ,

I fet c hed it from the cottage said the breathless D olph , ,

pausing in his course I saw Mr Buckley getting . .

into a waggonette for the races with a lot of fel l ows ,

and says he You tell S i r Lewis that I m up in this

,

part you imp says he Those were his words ma am
, ,
.
, ,

n o t civil unless it was theat r ical and s o E xeunt I , .

XX I X T O U CH AND GO 263

w ent to poor M n R igg to ask what w e could do and he ,

says belike if we went cap i n hand S O to speak to - -

, ,

Mr Terry and told him Mr Buckley was not in the

.
,
.

theatre maybe he would condescend to serve our turn

, .

S o I was going to tell S ir Lewis

That s right D olph ! O ld Belvil le knew what he

,

was about t o nail that boy ! said the Major But .

oh ! that idiot that pig headed idiot If ever you ,

-
.

catch me lending him ve pounds again I ll give you ,

leave to call me black hearted traitor !

It was a great mistake to let him get mixed up

with us said Miss A nne This sort of thing brings
, .

out whether a man has the instincts of a gentlem a n .

The instincts o f a dirty little s c orpion returned ,

the Major .

The boy was in such breathless haste that they

had not stopped him to ask after his patient whom ,

Miss D orset saw for the rst time H e was in a .

wret c hed attic o f a house that had once seen better

days in an atmosp h ere of sour st u f n es s where he
, ,

lay in a grimy looking bed with nothing tolerable -

,

about it but a cup of cold tea and a peach in a ,

saucer peeled and divided neatly no doubt D olph s

,

work The poor fellow was in great pain and was

.
,

less c ommunicative than the Major h a d found him the

night before espe cially about his name age and , , ,

domicile .

There s something wrong about him said the

Major as the two emerged into the fresher air o f the

,

street I don t believe that was his real name
. .

I am afraid not sighed Miss A nne but that he is , ,

terribly ill is quite certain .

H e is a runaway I sho u ld say added Major

, ,

O C o n nor

D eserter perhaps .

,
.
26 4 S T R O L LI N G P L A Y ER S C HAP .

But anyway he must be got to the hospital with

out loss of time .

Nothing more c ertain .

S O while Miss D orset trotted o ff with the paper

lled up her Major went i n quest of a c onveyance ;
,

and the t w o good souls never reste d hardly even ,

thought of the momentous passage between themselves

during the rest of that bustling day of rehearsing an d

of acting a day whi c h burnt itself in on J u li et s
,

memory Alaric appeared at the theatre for a minute

.
,

making apologies for his defection unable to think o f ,

anything but his cousin s state apologies which the

actors were too mu c h hurried to pay mu c h heed to .

Lewis hoped politely that he soon would have a better

report to give ; there was no use at su c h moments in , ,

giving way to anxiety .

I hope I am too anxious said Alari c with a half , ,

smile he has been trying to tell me so
, .

A s he spoke he met Juliet s eyes full of a terror

more than answering to his own S he stopped him .

as he turned away and put her hand on his arm ,

.

It was fo r me instead of me she said in a voi c e ,

blunt with suppressed feeling .

O h no said A lari c laying his own hand on t h e

, ,

trembling ngers D on t let me frighten you
. Im .

always as nervous as a eat i f anythi ng s wrong There

.

is every probability of the alarm passing over I have .

not telegraphed yet to any one O nce he nursed me .

,

all day at Monks Warren and played in London ,

every n i ght H e wouldn t have deserted you But

.

.

I m not made of such good stuff I ll let you hear . .

H e gave her h and a tight squeeze a n d went O ff ;

while Juliet with her heart aching and throbbing
, ,

envying him for being able to see as well as h ear ,

26 6 S T R O L L IN G P L A YE R S C HA P .

your private disputes till the representation is over ,

and the public satised Clear the stage at once . .

Buckley dashed off i n a fury and rush ed into the ,

green room w here Juliet and A gnes we r e waiting

-

, .

Juliet h e crie d n o w I m no lo nger suppressed

,

by B u rnet s confounded conceit and insolence I can ,

S how my mettle I joined the company for your sake . .

A m I to be insulted before a beggarly actor

Mr Buckley said Juliet sharply I don t know

.
, ,

what you are talking about ; but you have done too
much mischief already for me to have any sympathy
for your grievances .

G eorge turned a look on her which through all his ,

foolish half tipsy fury came frOm his h eart

,
-
.

That s that s enough he stam mered and went

,

,

off without another word having helped to give Mr , .

Frank H oward this specimen of the amateur manager s
m ethod of c onducting his theatre The n ew c omer .
-

was in high S pirits ; he w a s quite e fcient in his way ,

and had contrived to give himself that sort of likeness

to Clarence s style and appearance often to be o h
served i n the subordinates of a theatre to their heads .

Clarence Burnet was intense and forcible ; so F rank

H oward tore passion to tatters with the addition of a
Cockney ac c ent of the most inveterate kind H e was .

an old acquaintance of Lily F arquharson and of most

of the company and there was a good deal of joking ,

about the deacon which Miss Lily expl ained to ,

,

Juliet .

That s Burnet s nickname my dear because his

, ,

father s a minister and he s s o stiff and unsociable , ,

and don t care for a bit of fun

O h it s ne to be .
,

rel ated t o a manager or to take his fancy .

I daresay Mr B urnet quite deserves his nick

.
xx xx T O UC H AND GO 267

n am e said J uli et i n a tone incomprehensib l e to

, ,
.

her hearer .

A sick l oat h ing seized upon h er

.

H ow can I how ca n I ? she thought ; the next

moment sh e h ad pulled herself together ; the S pirit of

her c alling c ame upon her ; she forgot Clarence Burnet
forgot F rank H oward and played as she h ad never ,

played before .

When on their way home they stopped for a moment

at th e door of Clarence s lodging for the l ast news of

him A lari c appeared still pale and anxious

, ,
.

H ush he sai d don t let him hear you I hope

.
, ,

he is asleep certainly no worse

'
Performance all .

right ? H e m i ght ask me .

It was someth ing to be able to say that after all it

had been a su c c ess .

A laric smiled a little .

S o gla d I can tell him so he said as he turned

, ,

away .

O n the ensuing morning no Buckley appeared at

breakfast and Lewis began to remember uncomfortably
,

the high words wh ich had passed Just as S elva had

'

observed that she could not sit any longer like a

.

statue behind the quaki ng u rn D olph appeared with ,

a note for his mast er .

Mr G eorge H Buckley begs to inform S ir Lewis

. .

Wil lingham that after what passed last night h e can

no longer continue a mem ber of a company which he
always understood to be on friendly non professional ,
-

terms A few small items of accounts can be dis

.

charged from the salary due to Mr Buckley . .

The u nmitigated brute ! exclaimed Lewis throw ,

ing the missive across to his wife .

2 68 S T R O LL I N G P L AYE R S C HA P .

There was a general outcry ending in Where is , ,

he gone !

H ome I Lewis H ere s a letter from
,
.

his father to say things are looking up There s a .

strike at A w n m o u t h and the trade is drifting back to ,

us and he wants G eorge S o I trust it is only a

, .

matter of bearishness I shall go and see h o w B urnet .

is I d no time to think of him yesterday

and

whether Lambourne has any suggestions .

Al aric came in with a clearer brow ; his cousin had

had a better nig h t ; the fever had much lessened and ,

he thought that the corner was turned .

H e has been telling me that I have been getting

up a sensation about nothing he said ; but that s not ,

quite so Webb was very uneasy for a few hours

. .

But does Miss D orset still want the doctor sent to her

patient or has she got him to the hospital
,
.

To the hospital In fact I am glad he is off our .

,

hands so far There s plainly something wrong about
.

him Can you throw any light on him

. D olph says

that the man states that he has heard Mr Burnet s .

father and brother both preach A nd they have .

wormed out of him at the hospital that he was hurt in

a railway accident j ust before he came here .

Indeed ! and A laric s face lighted up

V ery
.

likely Poo r lad ! Where is the hospital I must

. .

see him .

I hope I have not put the hounds of j ustice on

his scent said Lewis , .

That s not my line hounds neither literal nor

metaphorical I m afraid squire though I be said , , ,

A laric laughing , But what is this poor fellow .

like
A big youth with a north country ac c ent and

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.
 C H A P T E R XXX

A T HU N DERB O L T

E LI ZA B ET H M ERR IFI ELD had been invited to join her

uncle and aunt S ir Jasper and Lady M erri eld and
, ,

pay a visit at B eec h cro ft as soon as t h e festivities at

'

R otherwood were over .

A wonderful old world place it seemed to her

. -
.

S he had always thought her own home behind the

world and thus a haven of rest ; but it w as nothing to
,

B e ech cro ft Court The entran c e through broad nail

.

studded doors to a great paved c ourt before t h e stone

steps to the front door ; the big square gray house with
its many windows the wide hall ; the shallow shinin g , ,

slippery stair ; the wainscoted rooms the odd chimney

pieces with ugly caryatides all painted white an d
, ,

gilded by ancestral bad taste which no one had care d

,

to undo ; the bowling green in front with the ancient

-

tulip tree n o w alas dying by inches ; the old walled

-

, ,

garden with mulberry trees of untold antiquity and

, ,

plants equally ancient in an c estry and lost to most ,

gardens of modern d ate to which Lady M erri el d

,

hastened as the friends of her life to obtai n slips to ,

make her n e w abode homelike T h e ro c ks which .

,

wheeled about and c awed their evening notes as the

'

sinking sun shone on the gold besprinkled elms -

,

see m ed only to enh ance the quietude as the cows ,

CHA P . xxx A T HUN DER B O L T 27 1

paced in regular line beneath them back from being

milked .

There w a s the same restful air about the little O l d

church with the green mouldering heaps and liche ned
,

headstones round There were c rosses and there were

.
,

owers but no glass cases over tinfoil wreaths

,

abominatio n s kept out by the S quire and late parson

with all their might Within all was in beautifu l .
,

quiet order the renovations of forty or fty years back

,

left intact or only kept fresh so that there was that

, ,

venerable yet living air so peculiar to our E nglish

institutions grave y et bright The s ervices and the
,
.
,

good old gray haired curate still in charge w ere all in

'

keeping and Bessie could not help thinki ng it was

,

hard to make him give place to a youthful Mr Brisk .

,

such as she believed her cousin Ha rry t o be ;

'

The servants at the Court were none of them

novelties either ; S low and steady an d soft footed -

looking down on any one with less than twe nty years

service unless the child of one o f the appendages of

,

the estate w h o had apparently been there for as m any

,

generations as t h e Mohuns themselves z

.

Indeed the furniture and belongings had an appear

,

ance of time and wear and there was an economy in ,

t h e arran gements consequent on the not having the

heart to turn any one off or deny maintenance to ,

ine fcient old age and faithfulness .

The master of the house was a silent resolute man , ,

active and thorough as a country gentle m an and farmer ,

but not caring for modern literature , and very slowly

admitting innovations ; while his wife was a gentle ,

wise hearted and active minded invalid too much

- -
,

crippled by rheumatism to move about though her ,

direction pervaded everythi n g H is ruddy close s h aven .

-
27 2 S T R ODL I N G P LA YER S C H AP .

fa c e and gray head and her placid pale co untenan c e

,

framed in soft white curls seemed to Bessie almost as ,

much fossil s as the rest of the place to her a sort of ,

livi n g Pompeii .

Mr Mohun seemed to feel a sort of good n atured

.
-

pity for his brother and sister for having been torn up
by the roots and drifted about the world out of reach ,

of the c aws of their own ro c k s and the charms of their ,

own river which certainly Lady M erri el d enjoyed to

,

the utmost tting herself in as if she h a d never gone

,

away an d with still a certain sweet a w e and deferen c e

,

to her once formidable eldest brother and a fear lest ,

her impulsive daughters G illian and M ysi e should , ,

transgress any of the tacit rules of the house .

William Mohun however the youngest of the , ,

family by many years and as much spoilt as was ,

possible to such parents was essentially modern and ,

lively and on the evening spent at B eech cr o ft by

,

Major O C o nn o r and Mr Armytage the young people

.

gathered round a table at the far end of the great

drawing room and there chattered and laughed over
-

the anniversary and played paper games to th eir

,

hearts content .

Bessie made one of them having an intuition th at ,

the elders would get on better without her in the

examination of the Maj or upon the Willingham family ,

while G eneral Mohun who hated gam es ens c on c ed , ,

himself behind a newspaper and having been walking , ,

over stubble elds and in covers all day long fell sound ,

asleep .

The Major when asked about the Wills was half
, ,

paternal half enthusiastic

, .

I have known them all my life My rst com .

mi ssion was i n S ir Lewis s regimen t old Willingham

,
27 4 S T R O LL I N G P L AYER S C HA P .

F or the matter of that said the Major modestly , ,

time is nothing to me more s the pity and one gets ,

,
.

one s heart into a a set like that and a sort o f colour ,

came into his brown old face as he hesitated a little .

I see put i n Lady M erri el d the you ng ladies

,

are as much and as kindly guarded between you their ,

sister i n l aw and their good old aunt as if they were

- -
, ,

at home .

You may say that returned the Maj or

A s to ,
.

her little ladyship she s younger than either o f them , ,

just a sweet merry Irish darling not but that she s got ,

pith in her pretty little head .

A h i t is the aunt ! I thought so !

,

A nd you thought right

S he s a woman of a .

tho u sand ; can enj oy and be up to the fun and yet

guard
A ll the better for enj oying said Lady M erri eld

.
,

Right for you Lady M erri el d c ried the Major

, ,

striking his knee enthusiastically hardly able to re ,

press the communication o i his own happiness ; and ,

indeed perhaps Lady M erri el d divined it but she

, ,

was more anxious to hear of the niece than of the

aunt .I thought the one who acted A rb ell the
pretty o n e had a c harming fa c e but rather passive , .

It suited the part of the poor perplexed heiress bu t ,

she kept it even when not acting .

Lewis made the part to t his sister said the ,

Major Poor little Agnes she s not like her cousin
.

, ,

to whom this is j ust meat and drink so that you d ,

think the stage her native element I believe A gnes .

does it all right against the grain not that she h a s

ever said a word t o me mind you ,
.

Is it not hard on her to be dragged into it ?
asked Mrs Mohun . .
x xx A T HUN DER B O LT 27 5

S o it is I
no doubt nor that she thinks it a
,
ve ,

misfortune to have a pretty face and sweet voice so ,

that they can t do without h er

Tis among poor folk .

that she and her aunt are happy If they weren t .

running off this morning to see after a poor carpenter

in the hospital who got hurt ! A nd for that boy who
did the gossoon why tis they have made him nigher ,

to an angel than the other thing Twas he that has .

got the poor scamp of a fellow to write home to his

friends when to nobody else would he so much as
,

open his lips .

The boy ? The gossoon ? Is he a pupil of Miss

Willi ngh am s asked Lady M erri el d rather confused

, .

A S unday school pupil he replied-
O h yes ,
. .

A gnes is a good girl ; a blessing to all that come near

her !
Mr Armytage gave much the same testimony
. .

Perhaps he divined why S ir Jasper managed o n their ,

walk to the c overts to question him about the Wil l,

inghams ; but he had a generous soul which would ,

have scorned to depre c iate o r even c omplain of the , ,

maiden who had tacitly rejected him and besides the , ,

rst soreness had begun to pass away and there was a ,

certain reaction setting in so that he freely declared ,

Miss Willingham to be one of the very best girls in

the world ( he did not say the best as he would ,

have done a few weeks ago ) only really now a littl e ,

too high o wn no he didn t mean that exactly but

-

too religious and romantic for this style of thing the

sort of girl that was never happy unless she was in a

sisterhood or a clergyman s wife you know and there

, ,

Ern l e y s honest sunburnt face ushed up as if he had

been guilty of a personality ; but the good fellow was

far happier for having so spoken ; and when th e
27 6 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

younger ladies brought out luncheon to th e Shooting

party on the pleasant slope of a sunny bank with the ,

charm of S t Martin s summer on t h e glowing woods

.

h e talked and m ade merry with a free heart He .

applied himself to nutting with Gil lian pulling down ,

the branches for her so recklessly as to mak e the S quire

cry Ou t for his hazels Then they discussed w hole
.

some and unwholesome fungi and when G illian had ,

s c reamed in horror at his proposing to eat a beautiful

crimson agaric all over c ream coloured dots like pearl
-

.
,

pins in a satin c ushion and had herself declared in all

,

seriousness that a thing wi th a brown top and spongy

yellow underside was wholeso me and delicious they ,

had a lively combat of nonsense which sent him home ,

deciding that if not so grand and beautiful this same ,

G illian M erri el d was much jollier than grav e A gnes

a lle r a instead of en ser osa perhaps
g p
-
.
,

H owever as the two agreed on their way home

, ,

they must stick to t h e Wills as lo n g as the present

arran gement lasted though it was hard to see h o w it
,

could do so E ither the Wills must j oi n a regular

.

company ( if they could) or give up all exc ept occasional

,

recital s a nd both expressed a ferven t h op e t hat Lewis

would be content with the latter plan .

O nce in a way is all very well said Er nl ey ; but

a fellow can t go on like this if he h as anything to do

.

at home ; and I have hopes of a ship; H owever I ,

won t throw Willingham over like that cad Buckley

, ,

if he really wants me on occasion tho ugh such a spell ,

!
.

as this is makes one fairly sick o f i t, lb eing bullied

"
.

l
and ordered about by those actors t oo
'
The Major did not reciprocate th i s l ast sentiment

having a cquired a n e w interest} : and Ernl ey began

r esently to wonder whether those girls would om
"

p c e
27 8 S T R O LL I N G P L AYER S CHA P . xxx

meeting but she consents to my taking her provided

, ,

I am b acked by some responsible womankind ! S o

w e came over here to beseech for it .

Just said Lady M erri eld as I was in the a c t

,

of c onsenting to let Gillian and M y si e go unde r their

cousin Bessie s kind prote c tion ! Is she responsible

enough ?
Bessie looked up and laughed and Lord R other ,

wood put on a grave look and said ,

U nder the circumstances I think I may assure ,

my wife that we shall be suf c iently restrained from

committing any aberrations if Miss M erri el d will ,

undertake to give us her countenance .

To which Bessie agreed and the time of meetin g ,

at the station was duly xed and a note written to ,

secure the fustiest of boxes as Lord R otherwood

,

said ; also Mrs Mohun had begun her polite invitation

.

to Miss Willingham w hen the S quire marc hed into

,

the room and laid a letter before her .

H is affectionate and grateful nephew H enry

M erri el d declined the presentation to the R e c tory of
B eec h cro ft being resolved to devote himself to the
,

missions in Ceylon and moreover as his uncle would

, , ,

hear from home having engaged himself to the lady

,

doctor with whom he had sailed .

H is letters were of course gone home but the ,

tidings could not but pervade the house before ten

minutes were over ; and E lizabeth s a t w o n d eri ng h o w
A gnes w a s to hear them and whether they would ,

almost break her heart N 0 one except the mother .

, ,

could help acquiescing in S ir Jasper s O bservation that

it was just what might h ave been foreseen It was .

always the way with those boys .

 C H A P T E R XXXI

HI S BRI GHT P A RT I C U L AR ST AR

ON the S unday afternoon after that week of anxiety

and ex c itement Juliet Wi llingham went out by her
,

self i n search o f solitude and an opportunity for re

ecti o n
. It was one o f the days of still warm sun ,

shine that come after the frosty nights of O ctober ;

the trees had not lost their russet tints ; the sky was
blue and over everything there was a se nse of pea c e
, .

Juliet walked away from the town alo ng a pleasant

road which raised a little on a l o w hill side looked
,
-
,

over a spa c e of pretty c ommonplace country now ,

ve il ed and softened by the autumnal haze S he sat .

down on a bench which was placed un d er a group of

trees a mile or so out of the town the chur c h tower of ,
-

which formed an object in the landscape A blue .

line o f smoke and a distant rattle showed the after

noon train which last S unday had bro u ght Lewis
, , ,

back from London This had been a more pea c eful

.

S abbath ; but Juliet was very tired ; she had been

under a great strain of effort and feeling aggravated by ,

the fuss and bustle of the small quarters at the Quaking

Cottage and by the worry of anxiety about G eorge
,

Buckley who had not turned up at his father s house
, ,

and whose fortunes were mu c h on Lewis s mind .

Juliet sat still enjoyi ng the solitude and silence

,
.
28 0 S T RO LL I N G P L A YE R S C HA P .

The moment was approaching o n which she had long

xed i n her own mind to tell her family of her i n
tention to adopt the stage as a profession Mr . .

B el vi ll e s words were a distinct encouragement and

she knew that Clarence though he had avoided the

,

subject h a d some plan in his mind as to the way in

,

which she could enter on her preparatio n S he knew .

that for an outsider S h e had an exceptionally good /

chan c e and though she was as well aware as w ithout

, , ,

further experience she c ould be of the ki n d of di f ,

cu l t i e s likely to await her she was rmly c onvinced

,

that the sacri c e was for her worth while and that ,

true maidenliness consisted not in shrinking from ,

disagreeables but in steering her way bravely and

,

sensibly through them .

E ven while her heart swelled at the thought of

A unt Minnie and home S h e knew that the home life
,

would be intolerable to her since she was in n o way ,

necessary to the two sisters ( the Major s views h ad

never dawned on her imagination ) S he must obey .

her call and do what she w a s meant to do S he had .

made up her mind and though she had always been a

, ,

far less religious girl than Agnes the effort of the ,

decision h a d so deepened her whole natu re that she h ad

now prayed earnestly for help and guidance feeling the ,

need of it as she had never done before .

S he had made up her mind and nothing she though t ,

would make her alter it N othing ? Could S h e ask

.

Clarence Burnet n ow to help her ; could she leave home

and friends and step out into his world n ow ? E very
inherited and i nborn instinct within her made h er feel
that she must go home to A unt Minnie and wait .

H o w could she ask for or even accept his comradeship

, ,

and his help if he wanted so mu c h mo re from her o r

, ,
28 2 S T R O LLI N G P L A Y ERS C HA P
.

to day I am going to c arry him O ff soon to Monks

-
.

Warren for he mustn t use his knee for some time ;
,

but I want to stay till poor R andall s operation is over .

S o I hope A s Y ou Like It to morrow w ill be a
-

success I ll try and make a better hand of O rlando
.

this time .

I am very glad you can play said Juliet for Lord ,

R otherwood and some of his cousins are co m ing over

for it and I m sure they would rather see you than
'

Mr H oward
. .

O h said A laric I m frightfully out of pra c ti c e
, , .

It would drive Claren c e frantic to see me .

H e says you play O rlando much better than he

doe s

A h but we know be tter don t we ? said Al ari c

, ,

with a smile E mily we ought to be turning . A re , .

you on your way back Miss Willingham ,

Juliet walked back beside them and Al aric talked ,

congenially of dramatic topics Both he and his wife .

were pleasant and friendly so that Juliet began to feel ,

at her ease and put questions mu c h to the point as to

,

the reading given by Miss E llen Terry of the great

S hakespearian part then before the public .

A s they cam e ba c k they encountered Lewis and

S elva also returning from a S unday stroll a n d at t h e , ,

door of their lodging Mrs Lambourne asked Lady .

Willingham if she would come in for a few minutes

and see Clarence who was equal to a short visit and , ,

would be glad to see his friends .

Come and report on me Miss Juliet said A laric , ,

as he went on before them and in a minute or two ,

Juliet found herself in the front drawing room of the -

l odging house where Clarence lay on a sofa by the re

-
, ,

with his left arm in a sling and his eyes looking ,

xxx : HI S B RI GHT P A RT I C ULA R ST AR 28 3

blacker than ever H e hardly spoke a word ex c ept .

,

to say that he was much better and S elva made ,

commonpla c e talk with the L amb ou rn es while Mark ,

ham brought i n the tea and Lewis looked rather stiff ,

and ill at ease Presently Clarence asked him if he

.
_

had heard anything o f Buckley .

No It i s impossible to say what fool s trick he

.

may have been up to This is the rst time I ve had .

a chan c e of expressing what we all owe to you Burnet ; ,

I am sure my cousin feels deeply what you saved her

from and we regret exceedingly that you suffered so
,

much yourself .

There was an i n d e n ab l e stiffness in Lewis s manner

as he made this proper acknowledgment whi ch struck

on Clarence s keen ears at once .

I daresay I might have managed it better h e said ,

coldly I ought to have seen that the s c ene was shaky

.
"
.

Then perhaps I shouldn t have knocked it dow n .

H e did not look well enough for much company ,

and after drinking a cup of tea S elva rose to take

, ,

leave and backed up her husband by a pretty little

,

speech to Clarence about all the many ways in which

he had helped them and if this was good bye before , ,
-

they all went back to O u s eh aven she must thank him ,

fo r all his kindness S he did thank him but she .

,

contrived to convey a sense of conclu si on to the

intimacy in every word .

I only did wh at I u ndertook to do Lady Willing ,

ham said Clarence
,
I regret that I have been unable .

to full my e n gagement to the end .

N o w said A laric quaintly if any one echoes that
, ,

sentiment it won t be civil to me
.

U nder cover o f the laugh thus raised the visitors

departed Juliet was tongue tied an d spell bound but
.
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28 4 S T R O LL I N G PL A Y ER S C HA P .

h e r Stra i ghtforward young ngers gave Cl arence s a

.

warm pressure even while she could not speak or look ,

and at the door she suddenly turned and darted back

again .

Mr Burnet I thank you a great deal more for all

.
,

your tea c hing than for anything else and i f I get on ,

really it will be owing to you
,
.

.
S he was gone before he c ould speak while Claren c e ,

lay back ushed and breathless and Alaric and his ,

wife looked at one another in silen c e Mrs Lambourne . .

shook her head S he had tried the little experiment

.

at her husband s suggestion but she could not think ,

the re sult satisfa c tory Presently she took up her .

jacket and went away while A lari c mo ved over to the ,

sofa and sat down by it

, .

N o w he said my dear old boy you are going to

, , ,

tell me all about it .

S ince you ask I suppose you know said

Clarence g ru fy .

When did it beg i n

asked Alari c .

O n the rst day I ever saw her There s nothing

to be said Al aric I went into it with my eye s open

,
.
'

N o w I must pay for m y whistle

, There s nothing to .

say ; I understand all about it O f course such an .

idea never crossed their minds as a possibility. Thei r

point of view is perfectly natural , no doubt .

I should think that the young lady s intention of

going on the stage might m odify it .

They can t loathe the idea more than I do burst ,

out Clarence with vehemence .

That s rather a c omplication .

H er heart is set on it ! N either I nor any one

.

else has a right to stop her A nd I had thought of .

h o w it might be managed for h er Miss Lascelles .

,
28 6 S T RO L L I N G P L A Y ERS c m .

I d o n t see that view exa c tly said Alaric putting
.

his hand on Claren c e s shoulder .

There is another said Clarence with a change of

tone .I might say to her You know all the facts , ,

taking care that she did know but there s noth ing

in my li fe that I am ashamed to S how you I under .

stand you and love you as no one else can and I am

, ,

as t as others to be your choice I own no barrier .

that ought to divide us I feel myself to be your .

,3
equal

Well ? said A laric gently .

should say in another case but

That s what

,

to h er A laric if you think the thing too u n ,

suitable

Clarence s voice sh o c k a little ; his formal language
had done little justice to his feelings ; but he c hecked

A laric s reply and went o n ,

What would your wife think D on t soften any

of it away .

N ow j ust listen quietly said A laric and you

, ,

shall hear what we do think A s to your profession .

,

you will be able to offer your wife quite as good a

prospe ct as most professional men without private
fortu n e ; and certainly Juliet will have no prejudice on
that score A s to your famil y you are not accus
.

t o m e d to a c lose daily intercourse with them ; there is

nothing whatever to be ashamed o f

N othing interposed Clarence

, .

While you know that E mily and I

Y our position in no way affects mine broke in

Clarence I know that peaches and butlers Lare

.
-

likely to create a false impression ; but I will not have

any misunderstandi n g of that sort !

What you vividly describe as peaches and butlers ,
xxx : HIS BR I GHT P A R T I C UL A R ST AR 28 7

re plied Alaric by which I suppose you m ean your

,

.

relationship to me does alter the situation ; because

, ,

usually if a woman marries a man

,

Beneath her .

With different antecedents she often loses the ,

kind o f society to which she has been accustomed .

That i f you ll allow me to say s o my wife would

ne ver allow to be the case with yours .

There was a silence then Clarence said in a low , ,

strained voice
We have not touched on the real point you know , .

When I most resented c lass distinctions I never denied ,

but that they had created real ones You know .

more likely you don t know how I used to compare

myself with you It s my trade of course to notice
.
, ,
.

I would rather be c ontent to serve her at a distance

than al low her to mistake
Clarence nished lamely enough w hile A laric ,

sprang up and burst out

,

U pon my soul Claren c e ! one would think you
,

were a Legitimist refugee ! There is no sort of reason

why you should not come forward and if the girl is ,

fool enough to refuse you that s her own look O u t ,
-
.

D on t exaggerate the infernal system which is resp o n
sible for half the evil in the country and which can be ,

defended on no grounds of Christianity or of c ommon

j ustice The iron has entered even into your
.

soul
If you talk i n t h at way A laric said his wife'

, ,

coming in and standing beside him you will make the ,

Wi lli ngh am s think Clarence s principles are a great

deal worse than his profession There are exceptions .

to every rule and this is an exceptional case I will

, .

tell you w hat I shall do I shall ask S ir Lewis and .

288 S T RO LL I N G P L A Y ER S C H AP .

Lady Wil lingham to bring J u li et s t o stay with us by

'

and by when Clarence is well and the Planet play is

, ,

started Then she can see h ow it is all roun d A nd

. .

now y o u had better hel p Clarence back to his room ;

he is much t oo tired to discuss socialism A nd as for .

not coming forward it is evident that they guess how ,

it is so he has no choice left him
,
.

D O you really think so E mily ? said Clarence

eagerly .

Y es I do ; and to morro w you shall tell me all

,
-

about it Juliet is very pretty and looks o riginal I

.
, .

think I shall like her very much .

This delightful tone of anticipation almost took

Clarence s breath away ; but it was more consolatory

than all A laric s arguments and he quite forgot the ,

assertion of J u li et s indifference with which he had
begun the discussion and which if accurate would , , ,

have rendered it superuous .

When A laric came back after helping him into his

room and doi n g all he could for his comfort his wife
, ,

went on in her soft deliberate tones ,

Y ou kno w A laric they are sure to be startled but

, , ,

when they c ome really to know Clarence they will see ,

how it is .

They ought to see that h e is one of a thousand :in

any rank of life said A laric ,
.

Y es and then he has learn t your ways instead O f

'

the ways of some one just a little better than his own
original people When you say that you can do .

nothing I always think that at least you made a

,

gentleman of Clarence .

I did not E mily I may have helped the gentle

, .

spirit to free itself from baser elements That is .

something perhap s Can it only be done once ? ,

 C H A P T E R XXXII

THE Y O R K S HI REMA N
S G
M A N A N I MI T Y

C LA REN CE somewhat cheered by his cousin s encourage

,

ment got into the sitting room on the next morning

,
-

in time to see Juliet arrive at the theatre for an extra

rehearsal with Al aric of the eve ni ng performance H e .

watched her slight gure in its dark tweed dress come

rapidly up t he street alone and make her way through ,

the passengers It was market day and the town was

.
,

full and his lover s imagination pictured her alone on
, , ,

her way to her work on many another day o n days

, ,

that would be cold and dismal amid crowds that ,

would be rough and careless while he Mrs ,

.

Lambourne was o u t and he was left to watch the

,

theatre doors as he lay on his sofa by the window ,

until his not very protable reections were startle d
away by the sudden announcement of S ir Lewis Will
ingham Wh o entered looking hurried and anxious
,

, .

I h O p e I m not di sturbing you too early he said ; ,

but here is a very awkward piece o f business in ,

whi c h perhaps you may be able to advise us Buckley .

has never gone home H ere s a frantic letter from .

his father besides half a dozen absurd bills which he

,

has left behind him H e has been so thick with .

Clinton lately that I thought he might know some

,

thing of his pro c eedings so I l ooked him up ; he s ,
CHA P . XXX I I T HE Y O R K S HI REMA N
S M A N A N I MI T Y
G 291

mostly sober at this time of day H owever I could .

,

get nothing out of him .

H e s an uncommon bad lot said Clarence H ad , .

Buckley any money ?
F ive pounds which the Major was ass enou gh to
lend him My wife says s h e h opes he will have to
.

beg his way back to O u s eh a ven in rags and tatters .

I believe the best thing would be t o leave him to

come to his senses but I don t know what line his ,

father will take and there ll be misery at h i s home ,

.

It s unlucky said Clarence ; but they won t hear

of my going back to London till the end of next week

at earliest H oward will have to take the rst .

rehearsal for me I suppose Clinton wouldn t come .

up here to be pumped Let me see Where h a d he . .

a London engagement last year O h at the D uchess ,
.

I know a man there ; I ll send a line and tell him to

look out Could you nd some writing things for me

.

on that table ? Thanks It s bad to be one armed .

as well as one legged b u t I can m anage H e pencilled ,

.

two or three lines and directed Lewis how to address ,

them adding Bu c kley s a good looking fellow If

, ,

-
.

Clinton has given him a leg up he might get taken .

,

on Anyway I should think he would apply there
.
,
.

Clarence leant back as if a little tired with the ,

effort of writing then said There s another thing , ,
.

About D olph my uncle was quite i n earnest with his ,

offer A re you willing for the boy to accept it

.

N eeds must said Lew i s

The ladies see that ,
.

there is no use in clipping his wings and for my part , , ,

I haven t so high an opinion of the O us eh a ve n shop

boys as to think he ll be worse o ff at the Planet than

in their company .

Then said Clarence I think I can arrange for

, ,

292 S T R O LL I N G P L A YERS C HA P .

him to be safely lodged I ll see about it when .

.

I go up I think he had better n o t c o m e til l after

Ch ristmas My uncle generally has a second piece

.

runn ing which varies and I ll get him on in that
, , .

We shall then be in working order .

V
All right that gives time to prepare his mind
, ,

and his clothes I must be o ff now A rmytage has got

.
,

all the R otherwood party coming ov er to see us He s .

going to give a great tea gh t in the green room and - -

let the young ladies peep beh i nd the scenes Will .

Mr and Mrs Lambourne join us ? I think Mrs

. . .

Lambourne spoke o f wishing to m eet Miss Merri

eld .

I ll tell them said Clarence Then he paused ,
.

and said in a different tone They kindly insist on

, ,

carrying me Off with them as soon as Randall s Opera
tion is over Al aric is very anxious about that The
. .

Planet reopens on the l st of D e c ember The fate of .

our rst piece means a great deal for me as well as ,

for my uncle
I shall hope S ir Lewis to let you
.

know if it is suc c essful .

The use O f the title the form o f the senten c e and , ,

the modulation o f the speaker s expressive voi c e showed ,

how mu c h was meant .

I hope you ll have a r st rate report to give o f it -
,

Lewis said hurriedly ; we shall look out o f course , ,

for the rst notices But I mustn t tire you Thanks . .

much for all your help Lambourne frightened us all .

considerably about you o n Wednesday ; but I m glad

it was a false alarm .

I was too bad for twenty four hours to tell him I -

wasn t exactly going to send in my che cks this ti me

said Clarenc e smiling H e is given to worry himself .

overmuch H e has gone to see poor R andall this

.
294 S T R O LL I N G PL AYER S C HA P .

of how you told us O f his a c ting at the club and his ,

voice had a turn of the young minister s at the old -

church ; and he always S poke handsome and like a

friend .

But why didn t you come to me instead of running

away at all ? D idn t you trust me ?
N ay sir ; but we weren t going to involve you in

our troubles and so I told F u rl o ng er H e d have

, .

asked you to beg us o ff But I said you were o u r .

friend and M anni ngh am s too and you d been torn in

,

half between us A nd I was ashamed of a fool s trick . .

Thank you ; but I d rather have been involved
than had so much anxiety about you sinc e I was

your friend .

A y si r ; I see that now

,
And I m right glad to .

see you A nd if I don t get over to morrow never
.
,
-

you blame yourself sir for a u ght ; for I d have been , ,

a regular bad one by n o w but for the club and y o u ,

S howing us matters in a n e w light And I d be glad .

if you d tell S ir James I d be willing if I live and

, , ,

get to work again to pay my share to getting the gate ,

mend ed F or I ve had time to consider what you ve

.

:

said that people aren t always responsible for having

limited view s And maybe he ll have learned a .
, ,

lesson too .

A laric did not feel as if his convert would exactly

satisfy the views o f S ir James Manningham or that ,

that gentleman wo u ld quite like to be made all owance

for But it was something in a suspicious world that
.

the views had been e xpressed so freely and more ,

perhaps that the two parted after A laric had told of

,

his more recen t anxiety and its cessation; with a ,

hand clasp of real affection on both sid es

-
N one of .

the south country village and town lads who followed

xxx u THE Y O R K S HIREM A N
S M A GN A N I MI T Y 2 95

A laric could as R andall might perhaps have expressed

'

it h ave done him so much justice and he found once

, ,

more that it w a s di f cult to turn his mind to the

representation of O rlando But he was keenly interested .

in Juliet and went now to meet her at the theatre

, ,

and go thr ough his scenes with her They grew .

friendly over what he called his blunders and he told ,

her how much he h a d stood in awe of U ncle D ick ,

and how much his approval had once meant for him .

H e was very kind the other night said Juliet

shyly .

Yes said A laric
, let me give you a bit of advi c e

.

May I ? Y ou re contemplating a very serious step .

Y ou don t know the pluck and the stre ngth and the
luck you would need to carry it out G o home now .
, ,

and thin k it all over and if after a little while you

, , ,

feel that you mus t take it write to my wife or to me , ,

and I will talk it over with my uncle and ask him ,

for some denite advice for you H e can t attend to .

anything till his theatre is started You will see how .

things fall out by that time and how your idea looks ,

to you and to your friends We shall go home I h ope .

, ,

on Wednesday We want Clarence to have as much

.

rest as possible before he begins the rehearsals You

,
.

know he is a very dear brother to us both I am .

very glad to have made acquain tance with all of you ,

and we hope perhaps some time we shall persuade

, ,

you to c ome and see us .

A s Alaric spoke in his clear soft voice Juliet felt that ,

her heart grew lighter H e had disconnected her stage

.

prospects skilfully from Clarence and at the same time ,

made it impossible for her to do anything to carry

them out at present which was exactly what he had
,

intended H e meant to give every one time to breathe

.
.
 C H A P T E R XXXIII

T HE A DR I A T I C Is FREE

J U LI ET had begged O ff from the tea party i n the green

room on the plea of resti ng before the evening
, .

A gnes was unusually ready for the diversion and ,

Miss A nne in a n e w hat of a most be c oming shape

, , ,

was bustling about and helping in all the arrange ,

ments for it N othing had been said ; but rst the

.

Maj or s air of suppressed rapture and then A unt ,

Nan c e s bloom and c heeriness S lowly be c ame apparent
to their unsuspe c ting j uniors The air was ripe for a .

dis c overy and as Juliet now walked rather languidly

,

back from the theatre she beheld a bunch of autumn ,

violets adorning her aunt s plush jacket and was ,

informed by A gnes with open eyes and bated breath , ,

that the Maj or had stu ck them in as A unt N an ce

O pened the gate to him .

Juliet sank into a chair .

O N e st i e

H ow shocking ! Poor A unt Minnie !
she exclaimed Oh and she laughed nervously
.
,

if thi s is the result of travelling c ompanies N o .

wonder people think them dangerous .

Well said A gnes I don t believe it would ever
, ,

have happened at home But there Jetty don t say .
, ,

a word Can it b e Irish gallantry ?

.

N o no I see it plain Aunt A nne wh o c ame
,
. .
,
298 STR O L LI N G P L A YE R S C HA P .

No
said A gnes ; it is really and truly the
,

, ,

greatest possible relief every way .

I am more than half ashamed of him too said

, ,

Bessie .

N o no ; don t be that

, H e h as found some one .

much worthier an d nobler who has found her real ,

Christian career and thi s is choosing the highest

,
.

That is true ; but one likes constancy

.

Well yes in the main ; but it woul d have been

, ,

horrid I mean said Agnes cat c hi ng herself up with
.
, ,

a little laugh I did so dread his c oming home Y es

, .
,

I know I am going to B eech cro ft but don t you see I ,

felt after his illness and all and the way we treated
, ,

him as if it was in a manner due to him to see if

,

if

If you c ould bring yourself to c are for the boy ,

said Bessie .

N ot exactly said A gnes even blushing more

, ,

deeply than before ; it does not sound ni c e But

.

after bei n g in such a w h irl I could not be sure that ;

I had given him a fair heari n g when he meant to be ,

so good and generous .

I understand .

A nd now oh wait a moment before we go i n

,
.

Cannot I be released from this goi n g to B e ech cro ft

Bessie laughed Well you see you were always .

,

to go there as m y friend weren t you ? The other ,

points both on their side and yours were not expressed ,

only understood and I know my aunt and Mrs ,

-
.

Mohun still really wish to see you there It would .

be more awkward not to go than to go '

Perhaps A nd oh ! it is something to know that

.
,

you still own me as a friend .

More than ever said Bessie fervently venturing , ,
xxx n : T HE A DR I A T I C Is F R EE 299

to kiss her in the e mpty entrance unseen as she , ,

'

thought ; but Ernl ey A rmytage did see from the

stair where he had gone to fetch a key and the sight
, ,

made him the more sure that h i s doom was sealed

but i t was not quite the gloom of despair for perhaps ,

another light was before him R omeo s change as to .

R osaline had not been studied in vain as to a virulent

constan cy .

H e showed them into the green room whi c h -

,

seemed to be all one s c ene of merriment D olph had .

just brought in some mufns and Lord R otherwood ,

accosted him with H a Teague ! I thought I saw ,

,

you expire at your lady s feet O r have you re .

suscitated as F libb erti g i bb et

Y es true m y Lor d I ve many lives in one

, , , ,

responded D olph perfectly respe c tfully but with such , ,

readiness of blank verse that L ord R otherwood was ,

enchanted .

Y ou have a gem there he said to S elva if he , ,

only was your S lave ; I should make an O ffer for him .

A h ! Phyllis looks at me she knows w h at her mother ,

would say and our demure old housekeeper F or

,
.

actu ally the servants could har dly get their work

done he amused them all so much
,
.

Might it not be like the man who bough t Punch

for his private amusement papa ? suggested his ,

dau ghter .

I m afraid we shall not keep him lo n g

said ,

S elva There seem openings for him I n London

. .

O h ! cried G illian expressively .

Mr Belville and Mr Burnet will look after him

. .

there added A gnes
, .

H e is really one o f the best boys in the world

said S elva Y o u can t think what he has been to

.
3 00 S T R O LL I N G P LA Y ERS C HA P .

that poor property man who by the bye ah ! what -

,

is it ? D id he run away from Mr Lambourne or .

,

from your brother M iss M erri el d ,

I thought I heard something about his being a

poacher said Ernl ey ,

.

A property man asked M y si e is that the same

-

, ,

as a poa c her ? A nd as every one began laughing ,

Well I thought it might be so in Ireland be c ause

, ,

Lady Willingham said it .

O h S elva S elva ! was the c ry from one set and
, , ,

M ysi e always putting your foot in it from the

, ,

other .

Well I m not ashamed of my native land only
, ,

unlu ckily we haven t any property to poa c h .

Property men and poachers seem to me equally

-

out of my brother D avid s line added Bessie , .

A t that moment the door opened and Markham

ushered in Mr M erri el d .

U p jumped Bessie with D avid D avid ! how c ame ,

you here
The same to you Bessie ! Mr Burnet sent me

, .

to nd Mr Lambourne . .

Y ou are c ome to see poor R an dall said A laric

, ,

advan c ing with outstret c hed hand and Lord Rother ,

wood was giving a hearty greeting adding The coup , ,

seems worthy of the pla c e ! D o you know Lady

Willingham and he named the others D avid exclaim ,

ing O ne I know already as he clasped A gnes s hand
, , .

But the general bewilderment was indescribable since ,

all the Willingham party except Agnes believed him

to be their former visitor strangely transformed as a ,

c onquering hero ; Bessie was extremely puzzled at his

arrival and wondered whether he were aware of
,

H arry s refusal wh i l e she doubted whether A gnes s

,
302 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S CHA P .

Let me go said Lord R otherwood ; I can t atter ,

myself that I am wanted O h yes I know the way .

, .
.

They bring me here to take the chair whenever the

Board of G overnors have a special bear gh t Come -
.
,

and then come back to dine with us .

O h ! bu t father you ll not make us miss the

, ,

beginning with O rlan do and A dam entreated Lady ,

Phyllis as if her father had never seen A s Y ou Like

,

It in his life .

N o my dear I m not going to smooth o r soothe
, ,

i
which is t ? his pillow only to get the poor ,

woman in .

Which he did pi cki ng her up in a cab to save ,

time and using his powers as chairman with house

,

surgeon and matron as Alari c could not h ave done out ,

of his own county It was as he and D avid walked .

back together in the gaslight that he asked Well ,

,

what do y o u say to this decision of your late curate

O h ! has he answered ? H e takes B eech cro ft of

,

course
S o you have not heard ? S ome people say he

does not know which side his bread is buttered ; but

perhaps there are better things than butter even if it ,

be ghee
,
.

The Marquis had got so far when Major O C onn or
overtook them and after S haking hands with Lord ,

R otherwood said in the paternal tone o f a future

, ,

uncle i n l aw Mr M erri el d ? I c o ngratulate you

- -

,

. .

I never s aw a sweeter little pla c e nor a snugger ,
.

Premature Major observed Lord R otherwood , , .

This is Mr D avid M erri el d . .

What ! H e ain t himself ? N ot the lad wh o

made himsel f a r egular study o n the l awn after poor

A gnes and she s been looking w h ite about ev er since ?

,
.
x xx n : T HE A DR IA T I C Is F R EE 3 03

What was A nne telling me then ? he muttered to
himself .

Co m e I hop e n o t ; I should not have said the
,

young lady d i d look anything but charming said Lord ,

R otherwood ; for to tell the whole truth that young

, ,

gentleman hath purveyed himself a lady doctress wife

as well as a m ission to the K atherins K athl eens
K arens I mean up in Burmah and refuseth utterly
, , ,
-

the calm groves o f B ee ch cro ft .

To which the Major s reply was The young dog ,

,

I should like to lick him !
Y ou hardly respond to that sentiment I imagine

, ,

said his Lordship laughing ,

.

D avid gave a start at thes e words then collecti n g ,

himself responded H ardly considering that he was

, , ,

unequivo c ally dismissed and took it much to ,

heart .

That s what you young fellows are made of !
exclaimed the Maj or contemptuously A s if a girl .

was worth having who would come down at the rst

whistle Well poor Armytage deserves her and I
.
, ,

h O p e he ll get her now .

With which sentiment the Major passed on while ,

the Marquis observed I hope there s no reason for ,

thinking the young lady used him ill S he has a .

sweet face .

N o reason at all said D avid emphatically He

.
,

went about it in a hot headed boyish way came back -

,

to m e in a transport o f despair had an ill ness and , ,

c ertainly took his rej ection as nal .

A y a y worked it off in that way
, ,
There s no .

knowing who will get over those a ffairs and who won t .

A nd I must say I have a respect for a man who goes

a fter severe work among savagery instead of sitting
3 04 S T R O LLIN G PL AYER S CHA P . XXX II I

down at ease in a pla c e that has been unde r model

,

rule for generations past .

I knew it would make a man O f him said D avid ,

.

A nd to o much of a man for a few hundred of poor

O l d Will Mohun s tenants who can t hav e a sore throat

but they call it brown titus and send up to the Court -

,

for arrowroot for mother can t make use of gruel
'

,

nohow Y ou don t see much like that eh ?
.
,

Not quite It is a capital thing fo r H arry he s
.
,

of the right sort of stu ff and how could he help it ,
.

S o D avid was not out of spirits in spite o f the ,

Major s description of A gnes and he suc c eeded in the , ,

after dinner walk to the theatre in exchanging with

-
,

Bessie a few words D oes she know .

O h yes and rejoi c es really and heartily

,
It is a ,
.

burthen off her mind .

A nd certainly Celia had never before been half so

animated nor sustained her part so well ! and never
,

had the Wills O the Wisp had more appre c iative
spectators than Lady Phyllis and G illian and M ysi e ,

M erri el d .

A s for D avid he gazed at Celia and said nothing

,
;

While Celia tried by strong effort utterly to disbelieve

that he c ould be there .

But D avid as he wished his sister good night said

,
-

, ,

with a long breath of relief

That s the way the thing should be do n e .

Which might not have been the opinion of those

w h o looked on Celia as an a c tress and n o t as a woman !
 G P L A Y ER S
'

3 06 S T R O LLI N a p .

for the drawing room The re was bright and -

.

cheery and the window was open for S t Martin s

, ,
.

summer made bright sunshine on the chrysanthemums ,

fuchsias and African marigolds which lingered in the
,

o w er beds surrounded by grass and silver sparkles of

-
,

late lying d e w gradually vanishing The trees were

-

,
.

all one glow horse chestnuts rich apricot colour elms -

S pa n g l e d b u t letting their yellow leaves oat slowly

'

down in a golden rain through the windless air the ,

wood of oaks above a study of brown and old gold a ,

cherry tree supplying a vivid bit of crimson in the

-

mids t and there was not a sound except the song of a

,

robin near at hand a woodpe cker s tap at intervals the , ,

conversation of some ro c ks and now and then a ,

sheep bell -
.

Bessie was correcting proofs and worked o n in ,

silence till at last she looked round and met Agnes s
,

eyes with a sigh and slight smile of satisfa c tion in them

according with the attitude all repose but with her , ,

own grace .

N0 I m not asleep she said ; I m only enj oying
, ,

this perfect rest !
Y ou poor tired thing

"

It is not being tired but if you c ould only guess ,

at the c omfort of the rest in every way

N ot having a part on your mind .

O h ! yes a part of which I knew myself to be

,

incapable and sure to disappoint and vex and be only

, ,

a drag in spite of all the tea ching !
,

Worrying a n d being worried .

O h don t say that , It was my own stupidity .
,

you know ; but there was the doubt abo ut its being
right N ow I should not mind even if they do go on
.

with it ! A nd then to have the other matter off my

x x xw T HE HEA RT OF TH E P
S I N DLEWO O D 3 07

mind .O h with another sigh of relief my heart has ,

not felt so light sin c e I was at Coalham .

S till it was the sort o f happiness which results in

repose and Bessie felt that the kindes t course was
,

thus to let her rest wonderin g all the time h o w soon

,

a n e w agitation and need of d ecision might be before

her D avid had been pressed to join th e party as
.

soon as his presence at Cl arebri dg e was known and he ,

had replied that he should b e glad to come from

Thursday till S aturday as by that time it would be ,

known whether Mrs R andall c ould go home O n the . .

other hand Mr A rmytage was to come on that same

,
.

day since his parts were c oncluded on the Wednesday

,

evening H ow would it be ?
.

Meantime after her long morning s rest Agnes
, ,

revived enough mu c h to enjoy what Lady M erri eld

c alled pottering with the t w o ol d ladies visiting the ,

garden and farm yard feeding the old pony in the

-
,

paddock and hearing all manner of fond reminis c en c es

, ,

which all gave a sense o f peace and continuity ; and

she listened with a sympathy whi c h gave great pleasure ,

so that Lady M erri eld c ould not but sigh a little at

having lost such a daughter .

Ho w strange it is said she to her sister i n l aw

- -

, ,

when we were young to settle into this dear old place ,

woul d have seemed an ideal for the young c lergyman

and his wife N o w we see the heights beyond
. .

Well we in the valley wish some of these you ng

,
:

men would c ondes c end to u s returned Mrs Mohun ,
. .

William wants more of a c ompanion than good old

Mr R ice c an be and it would be so good for the boys
.
,

to have a real inuence ! I can t help hoping we may
attra c t your nephew when he sees the place ; if as we ,

suspe c ted he refuse d it for H arry s sake
,

.
3 08 S T RO LL IN G P L A YER S C HA P .

A nd you have baited your trap with that pretty

creature ! F or I c ame to the c onclusion when I was ,

n ursing H arry that D avid was equally smitten only

, ,

being older and a most generous person he carried it

, ,

o ff better .

I am sure he ought to be rewarded and nish the

novel .

The ta le rather i t is too good for a novel .

But h o w about poor Mr R i c e F or D avid must .

not be able to keep a curate !
William thinks he c an get him the workhouse
C haplaincy which is j ust what he is t for
, The fear .

is that she cares for that big sailor Will s friend who ,

so faithfully goes about with them .

I remember ! H arry heard that she was engaged

to him ! But nothing seems to have come of it .

We shall see for Will insisted on our having him

,

here as soon as his acting was over and he is coming

, ,

with D avid M err i el d to morrow Y ou know Ph yllis -

.

is coming with her indispensable M ysi e

The t wo parties from C l ar eb ri dg e and from R other
wood arrived nearly at the same time the next day ;
Ernl ey A rmytage made his appearance with a basket
containing some delicate lilac autumn crocuses w h i ch ,

the botanically minded G illian had in c oming down

-

, ,

espied from the train and longed for and the y were , ,

s et O ff with some sprays of the beautiful pink berries

of the spindlewood N either o f them grew so as to .

lend itself readily to a bouquet but he had managed ,

to arrange them w ith great taste and G illian was ,

c harmed into a glow O f pleasure .

S p indlewood said her cousin Will m is c hievously ;

ho w do you like the augury G ill ?

G illian lifted her great dark eyes in reproof at the

3 10 S T R O LL I N G PL AYER S C HA P .

that this es c apade would be the turning point of his -

life
.

S ir James Manningham has consented not to

prosecute a great relief to Mr Lambourne as well
, .
,

as to R andall O ne never knows I should have

.
,

thought his line injudicious ; b ut I c an t but see
that the lad is wonderfully developed and softened .

Lambourne told him of the pardon exa c tly as if they

had been equals in the same s c rape and asked his ,

Opinion as to what he ought to do about his gates

now ! They parted like brothers and while the o l d , ,

mother went through the suspense with true north ,

country endurance Lambourne seemed hardly able to ,

get through it and was quite knocked up afterwards

,

with nervous headache They did not get o ff till this .

morning so he went with an easier mind
,
.

Agnes really anxious for intelligen c e and willi ng

, ,

to draw attention away from the confused young girl ,

asked Ernl ey whether anything had been heard of

G eorge Bu c kley .

Why yes at last Burnet had a letter yesterday

, ,
.

from a man he asked to look out for him and he has ,

got taken on to ll a gap at the D uchess Theatre .

A lso Lewis had a letter

Wasn t a su c cess at all .

from his father who had heard from the s c amp him
,

self to the same e ffe c t O ld Bu ckley at present means .

to play the R oman father and leave G eorge to reap as ,

he has sown Besides he s pinned fast just n o w by
.
,

the business F or once a strike is an ill wind that

.
,

has blown good Those asses who stru c k at Avon .

mouth seem to have brought you down a eet to

O u s eh aven and old Bu c kley can t stir till Lewis
,

comes home whi c h is lu c ky
,
.

People were m ovi ng t o go up to dress by this time

,
xxx :v THE HEA R T OF T HE P
S I N DLEWO O D 3 11

but D avid and his sister were the rst to meet by the
hall re o n coming down .

Mr Mohun has intentions said Bessie
.
, .

I suppose so said D avid in a very stolid u n
, , ,

convinced voice .

Bessie next observed Well and he responded ,

,

the like .

Then S h e added I don t in the least believe in

,

the hero of Egypt .

Eh

H e is a sailor you know ,
.

Well I did think he made a prodigious point of

,

that spindlewood stuff for G ill But that s only one .

side of the matter .

I am quite clear as to the other damsel .

E h ? again said D avid with a sound of suspense

.
,


O ld playfellow terms she said no more S he ,
.

,

.

has her hero and I am not going to say who that is

, ,

except that it never was poor H arry .

Bessie ! and with a long breath he bent down
and kissed her forehead .

D avid was invisible to the younger part of the

family after din n er being captured by Mr Mohun
,
'
.
,

every one knew why but his ab s en c e w as not regretted

,

in the game of Wretched O utli nes namely c asual

,

blots and s crat ches o f ink handed round to be de ,

vel o ped and explained when G illian having c ommem , ,

orated t b erti g i bb et and the porter was amazed at ,

the production of a hugh spindlewood berry with a

great heart in the midst ! Who drew it ? N o one
would own to it Certainly not Mr Armytage for he
. .
,

had made t wo bla c k strokes into a neat little boat ,

with rigging complete .

Was it an augury ? F or at breakfast Mr Mohun .

,
.
3 12 S T R O LL I N G PL A Y ER S CHA P .

handed him a long blue of cial letter posted on from ,

home whence he proclaimed at once with great ex

, ,

u l t a t i o n his appointment to the gunboat Cap si cu m

, .

H ow I should hate it after real war said G illian , , .

S ome day I shall put into R o ckqu ay he returned ,
.

Then perhaps Lady M erri el d will bri ng you to see

h o w you like it .

A nd he was found slyly abstra c ting from the scrap

ba sket both the large hearted spindlewood and the -

F libbertigibbet design in the midst of the nal bustle

which sent him O ff to the A dmiralty inste ad o f the
pheasants G illian turned to Bessie
.

There ! she said with an o d d sort o f sigh

A nd
,
.

you are going to write you tiresome O ld Mesa ! ,

Bessie held up a bundle of proofs and told the ,

girl s that she could give them the previous ones o f

her present story to read if they would be good
.

Moreover the gentlemen were g oing out shooting and

, ,

they were to take them luncheon at the hanging wood

of beech trees where it was al ways dry an d sheltered
-

,
.

A nd won t you come Bessie ? ,

Thank you I hate gunnery a great deal too

.
'

much .

A nd Miss Willingham politeness c ompelled
G illian to say .

Miss Willingham is resting S he is too much .

tired to go galloping about with you before lun c heon .

It was clearly a relief and the youn g ladies with , ,

much merriment sped the sportsmen on their way , ,

while Bessie c onducted A gnes o nce more to her private

domain ; but it was not lo ng before the door opened
to admit D avid .

They told me I should nd you here he said to ,

his sister .
3 14 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

with the delight of heartfelt admiration and sym

pathy .

O h I am glad she murmured
, , .

H e c ame and sat down beside her Bessie mur .

mured something about post and ed
,
.

Y ou are glad said D avid Y ou feel that it is
, .

not time to retire from the brunt of the battle .

O h no ; I kne w you c ould not and the sweet

,

blue eyes were raised with a responsive look su c h as ,

would have been worth anything in Celia .

You feel s o you would feel so even if it con

cerned yourself as well as me Agnes I am saying it .

,

very stupidly but but we feel together on this point

, .

Would you work with me and be my blessing in my ,

own appointed pla c e

A gnes gave one startled look of inquiry then c ast ,

down her eyes with a crimson colour rushing over her

,

fa c e, and let her hand be grasped .

Y ou will ? Y ou kno w what it is to work there ,

but you do not know h o w I would do my very best to

to S how how I love you how I have loved you

from the rst .

O h in spite of all this

,
she murmured .

The more for your brave u n sel sh n ess and c rossing ,

your o wn will .

But won t it do you harm among your people ?

Can t you forget poor H arry s nonsense Y ou see .

h o w Bessie loves you A nd as to the S quire and C o .

, .
,

they will be bitterly disappointed not to have you I

believe you were half the charm .

H ush please This is a dear restful place ; but

,
.
,

indeed I had rather be at work with you you in

, ,

your classes and fa ctories and all Ho w I have longed .

,

after feeling that it was the Master s work that I was
xxx : v THE A
HE R T or T HE P
S I N DLEWO O D 3 15

set to ! A n d oh ! ,

as he looked at her with a shy
rapture in his eyes yet still a yearning that seemed to
,

win more from her to think of belonging to you !

Y ou will make me more worthy !
What would D avid have said to this cannot be
known for a whirlwind b u rst on them from the door
, .

Bessie Miss Willingham we are just setting off

, , .

O oh

Won t you
A nd M y si e shut the door on them and made ,

an astonished face D avid s there
.

A nd I do .

believe
N onsense said G illian ; they are both much too

sensible
 C H A P T E R XXXV

T HE O R C HA R D WA LLS A RE G
HI H A N D H R D T O A C L I MB

D UR I N G A gnes s visit

Lewis and S elva had been
,

winding up their affairs at C l a reb ridg e and they met ,

each other with That s done on either side
, , .

Poor little S elva how tired she l ooks ! ex c laimed

,

Lewis . I wonder which had the worst of it !

Whoever did not end with what R upert call s a

negative quantity said S elva ; and I am happy to say
,

that I have threepence halfpenny to the good out of ,

what you gave me for housekeeping O h ! how that .

excellent Mrs R ebekah did hope to n d no end of

.

breakages by that there limb of a boy ! O h yes ,

Quakeress as she is she was profane enough for that !

,

I believe her real desire was to nd enough plates

broken to be able to insist on o u r buying a new d i mier
set ! And to see her face when nothing turned out to ,

have been broken except one tumbler into which Aunt ,

N an poured boiling water o ne day when she s aw the

Major coming and was trying to look indiff erent and
, ,

that of course was replaced But I say Lewis if we .

, ,

go on let it be in the yellow van ! N o more Quaking

,

Cottages for me

We are not very likely to go on at all except for
sport free gratis for nothing at all said Lewis ,

.

What It hasn t answered
3 18 S T R O LL I N G PL A Y ER S C HA P .

poor young men ! D ear me I m afraid Lewis won t ,

like it !
N ot at rst but he will in time

S elva dear , .
, ,

you ll help me .

I ll do anything to see you look as you did when

you came in said S elva kissing her ,
Just another ,
.

creature from the doleful faced thing you ve been all -

along .

O h I h O p e I haven t been so horrid !
,

Not horrid my darling only you went in for , ,

tragedy instead of c omedy with that grave oval face ,

of yours and S elva endeavoured an imitation over
, ,

which they were both laughing heartily when invaded ,

by Juliet not at all surprised but sympathising .

Lewi s was c ertainly not gratied H e had not .

been over gracious to D avid M erri el d but as he said , ,

his sister must please herself and women were past ,

him .

A nd you made such a prudent marriage yourself ,

observed S elva demurely .

D idn t I ? Where s the other woman w h o wou l d

h ave saved threepence halfpenny out of the Quaking

Cottage ! replied Lewis while D avid and A gnes were ,

exchanging a hurried farewell at the front door leaving ,

further matters to be arranged when father and A unt

Marian had been informed A nd as they parted the .
,

Major and Miss A nne arrived at the gate and opened

the ir eyes .

What will Marian say ?

It was in every one s mind as the party travelled
homeward some with a se nse of failure others half ,

exulting half anxious ,

When they arrived at the
-
.

Wharf H ouse there w as an outpour but of unspoken ,

tr i vialities and wel c omes expended o n little Le wis

, ,
xxxv T HE O RC H R D A W A LL S A RE HI H G 3 19

with boasts O f his newest a c hi evements in the direction

of teeth words and steps
, ,
.

It was not till the two aunts were in those rooms

of their own which opened into each other that Miss
D orset put her hand on her sister s shoulder and said

, ,

What is it my N ancy ? ,
Then as A nne threw her ,

self on her breast hid her face and cried Is it the , ,

Major ?
0 Minnie isn t it too bad of me !


, Can you

spare me ?

I can do anything that is for your happiness my ,

dear little sister .

F or so A nne still was to Marian .

But h o w after all these years did he c ome to

, ,

think of it went on Miss D orset .

We saw so much m ore of one another and I came ,

to know how good and dear and unselsh he is said ,

A nne ; and he has had such a sad solitary life ! I

should l ike to make i t ni c e for him i f if only you ,

M innie

N onsense

D on t you see what a relief it is to
.

me to have you off my min d you S illy girl and not , ,

expe c t to leave you lonely Besides you are not .

,

going o u of reach I suppose
t ?
,

O h no no, ,

A nd I suppose the children will all stay on with

,

me so I shall not be lonely E h have you all been .

getting into mischief

0 Minnie you have a great deal more to hear !
,

Come you may as well prepare me It is no

,
.

su c h good luck as poor Ernley I fear ; not that young ,

curate surely
,

N ot that

H e is disposed of to a female doctor ;
.

but his cousin not a curate I believe but not much

, ,
3 20 S TR O L L I N G P L A YERS C HA P .

bett er O ff thou gh a really good sensible looking man

, ,
-
,

r ather noted and sure to get on ,

A n d A gnes poor .
,

child is quite a di fferent creature
,
.

I hope she behaved well to Ern l ey .

Quite N o o n e can accuse her o f encouraging

.

him A nd we think that dear Bryan the Major I

.
,

mean is sure he sees his way to being consoled

,
So .

you must be as kind to A gnes as you are to me dear ,

Marian and help her with Lewis
,
.

o S o A unt Marian was being still kept in blissful

ignorance of the other mine that was to be sprung
upon her ; and indeed her kind heart could not help
welcoming the bright joyous looks of the two Agnes .

had not worn so blithe an air since her father s death ,

and as to A nne it was most amusing and half p ro vok

,
-

ing to see h er and dear Bryan whose affe c tion was ,

so much more demonstrative than t hat of young

lovers and hers though shyer quite as absorbing so
, , , ,

that it was decided that if they were to retu rn to the ,

category of rational beings they had better be married

after Christmas as soon as a house could be got ready
,

for them .

Lewis h a d his m a uva i s qu a r t cl h eu r e w ith Mr

Buckley and a still worse one with the mother It

,
.

was not pleasant to be considered as t h e corrupter o f .

innocen c e and the poor lady was only slightly moved

,

towards forgiveness by S elva who with tears o f con , ,

t ri t i o n declared the loss of G eorge to be her own f ault

,

for insisting on keeping her child with her and making ,

him sleep in lodgings S he mentioned how Le wis .

had protested and described his vain endeavours and

,

severe sufferings There might be considerable .

exaggeration but good little S elva beli eved herself to

,

be speaking the simple truth and softened the m oth er ,

322 S T R O LL I N G P L A YERS CHAP .

read anything o f h er own ac c ord but plays and a few

'

novels began to feel her mind grow ; she also taught

,

D olph F ren c h and lent him books to read ; Mr ,

.

Burnet he said had told him to attend to his general

, ,

education A nd she made up her mind as to her own

.

intentions and all the time while she exercised her

, ,

voice read Browning an d corrected D olph s accent she

, ,

wondered if Clarence was strong again if the rehearsals ,

were going on well i f life seemed one great if to ,

her just then .

A s time went on her gravity and the absence of

her exuberant chatter began to strike Miss D orset ,

and one c old foggy afternoon towards the end of

,

N ovember nding herself alone with the girl in the

,

gathering dusk she sai d ,

Jetty my dear I have hardly heard anything

, ,

about you r experiences in Cl arebri dg e .

N o A unt Minnie I don t think you have said
, , ,

J uliet starting a little .

D id you nd that the charm of the thing lasted ?

D id you enjoy y our success ?

I was very glad to nd that I was likely to

su cc eed said Juliet ,
.

I m afraid you nd coming home a little at .

F or yo u see my dear it was a sort of thing that ,

,

c ouldn t last E ven with out a ll that h a s c ome o f it
.

you couldn t have kept it u p
.

I never thought it would last long A unt Min ni e , .

A nd so Jetty I hope you ll be able to settle do wn
, ,

when all the excitement is over A fter the wedding .

we must begin again I should be quite willi ng if .

you and Lewis like to get up a little home acting for

our amusement and I hear the D anes have something ,

on hand Y ou will enjoy helping . .
XXX V T HE O R C HA R D W AL L S
-

A RE HI H G 3 23

A unt Marian
said Juliet I may as well tell you
, ,

now that I have not given up acting I mean to study ,

for the stage ; I know why you dislike it much better

than you can tell me But it s worth the disagree .

ables A gnes says it s not
. direct work for the

church Perhaps not But it s my way of adding to
. .

anything in the world that s good and beautiful Mr . .

Belvi ll e has told me that I have enough talent to try ,

and his notice is an ex c eptional chance for me H e .

told me to study for six months and Mr and Mrs , . .

Lambourne have promised to advise me how to do it .

Mr Lambourne told me to consider well I have and

. .
,

I mean to go in for the study in a ny case I shall be .

very c areful and you mustn t suppose I don t under
,

stand the objections .

Miss D orset was a c autious person and S h e recog ,

ni se d the determination in J u l i et s voice

But she was .

considerably surprised and a little angry .

Y ou are very independent she said These , .

ideas I daresay are natural to the professional actors

, ,

with whom you have been mixing but you must see ,

that they are unsuitable to you .

If you mean Mr Burnet A unt Minnie I kn o w

.
, ,

that he does not wish me to do it But I ve got to do .

it on my O w l l responsibility
.
.

0 Juliet said her aunt

,
I never thought you ,

would be discontented with home duties or caught by ,

a life of mere excite m ent and frivolity We have .

done everything to m ake this a happy home to

you .

A unt Minnie cried Juliet passionately I never

, ,

loved home half so much That is not fair you do .

,

not say that to Agnes ! I should be much more

frivolous if I stayed here doing nothi ng particular ; .
 3 24
. S TR O LLIN G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

and as for ex c itement well I ve got stuff enough
,

in me to stand it .

S he burst into tears as she spoke Contending with .

the home inuence was not easy and besides she knew , ,

well that she was only telli ng half the truth .

A t this moment S elva came in in a whirl c allin g ,

her to make haste and get ready as it was time to ,

come to the D an es s afternoon party Juliet ed and

.
,

her aunt said nothing of what had passed but when ,

she was once more left alone she thought much .

S he had been more impressed by Juliet s publi c
success than it was perhaps worth and quite believed ,

in her talent S he recognised the a c cent of a mind

.

made up ; but every instinct o f her breeding rose up

against the thought Presently there was a step on .

the stairs and D olph hardly able to conceal his u n

, ,

conventional delight O pened the door sayin g ,

Please ma am here s Mr Burnet
, ,
.

Miss D orset collected herself with a start H ow .

do you do Mr Burnet ? My nephew will be in

,
.

presently D olph we will have lights
.
,
.

I happen to have a free evening owing to the last

,

arrangements at the theatre said Clarence ; and I ,
'
thought that I had better come myself to tell S ir Le wis
that I have at last seen Buckley Y ou perhaps know .

that his engagements came to an end t en days ago .

N 0 ; his father refused to communicate with him

as long as he remained at the theatre .

Well he is out of an engagement n o w and alto

'

, ,

gether out of lu c k H e h as been an utter fool of

.
,

course and has nothing to say for himself But I

, .

promised him to see what his father would say to him .

D id he apply to you for help

N o but another poor fellow I know something

3 26 S T R O LLI N G PL A Y ER S C HA P .

very enthusiasti c but all her training has been so

,

different

Y ou ask me what I think of it interrupted

,

Clarence suddenly starting up and pointing to a picture

,

at her side That is what I think of i t R aphael s

.

S t Margaret
. That picture is at Monks Warren and
.
,

I lay there and looked at it S he is like that ; that is .

all she knows about it !

Miss D orset in her turn was stru c k dumb S he .

was not at all in the habit of comparing Julie t to S t .

Margaret nor had she realised that quite such terrible

,

dragons would haunt her c hosen path .

I did not mean to speak till after o u r rst night

,

he went on hastily ; but I cannot honestly discuss

this matter and be silent I c an t dis c uss it except .

from one point of view that that I would give my

very heart s blood to prote c t her from one touch of
evil or s c andal or vexation th at that I want to take

c are of her .

H e could hardly c ontrol him self to speak audibly ,

and Miss D orset in spite of her astonishment took the

, ,

upper hand .

S it down Mr Burnet she said we must talk this
,
.
, ,

matter over quietly I must un derstand h o w much .

you mean to imply .

Clarence sat down and was silent for a minute , ,

then he began to speak quietly and with a formality

far from displeasing to his hearer .

It was of course impossible that I should de clare

my feelings when she was o f necessity thrown into
such constant intercourse with me and I h O p e I did ,

not betray them If so it was when I was not fully

.
,

myself Besides I know of course what you are likely

.
,

to think I have not the sl ightest wish to slur over my

.
xxxv T HE O R C H RD A WA LL S A RE HI H G 3 27

antecedents O n the contrary i f i f ever I had the

.
,

right t O a sk her to consider them I should take c are

'

that she saw exa c tly the state of the c ase A s to .

what I am in myself you will not judge by anything

,

I say A s for my profession it is a risky one but I

.
, ,

have been hitherto successful a n d I think I may say ,

that I am likely still to succeed and to win somethi ng ,

worth her acceptance A nd with a sudden faltering
.
,

of his dignied tone if i f she i s set on going on the

,
'

stage herself so I could take care of her O therwise

, .

y o u know I could not dare to help and I should injure ,

her by the very slightest approach S he doesn t know .

that but I should not dare to help her on Even my

, .

uncle must be careful about it N ot that I w ould .

inuen c e her decision as to the profession H er talents .

give her every right to try it and she should never ,

hear again of my wishes .

Poor Miss D orset did not half follow what he sai d .

It was all unfami liar and uncomfortable to her ; but

she could not but re c ognise that whatever combination
of c ircumstances had produced Cl aren c e Burnet had
produ c ed a somewhat exceptional person to whom ,

ordinary rules hardly applied H e had impressed her .

the rst time she saw him H e certainly had said .

nothing to set her mind at rest as to a theatri c al life .

S he said with hesitation

,

I am sure that my niece is thinking of nothing

but her acting A ll the ideas you sugges to me are
.
t
most perplexing But I gather that you do not
.

advise her go o n the stage i n any c ase ?

I nd it difcult to answer you said Clarence ,
.

It is right to say that I should advise any other young

lady with such talents and such an opening to try I .

believe her to be c apable of t h e strain of it in every

3 28 S T R O LL I N G P L A YER S c n xp .

way and it is possible greatly to modify th e di f c ulties

,

-
i n her case .A laric c an help and advise her safely .

A nd even if I had the right I would exact no pledge

, ,

which circumstances migh t make impossible In a .

world where every o n e is working and earning I c ould

not insist even o n my wife resigning a future that
might be so S plendid But I would rather do it all
.

for her and never let her know a risk or a struggle

, .

I want to serve her

S teps o n the stairs interrupted him .

I beg of you to be silent he sai d till after next , ,

Thursday ; and let me go if you please S ir Lewis , .

can nd me at the station .

H ere Lewis himself burst cheerfully into the

room
Why Burnet this is quite a surprise What has
, , .

brought you down ? Why you don t look quite your ,

self yet
Claren c e gave his hand utterly incapable of r e ,

colle c ting what h a d brought him down till Miss ,

D orset mentioned G eorge Buckley when he roused ,

himself with a start and began to describe his i nt er

,
y
v

view with him in more detail Lewis proposed that .

they should go together to the o l d m an and see w h at ,

could be done in the matter .

Clarence agreed but de clared that he was obliged

,

to go back to town early so th at r eturning to dinner

'

,

was impossible H e nearly crushed Miss D orset s
.

rings into her ngers ; and hardly had he and Lewis

gone off together when S elva and Juliet c ame i n
, .

A v ery dull party said Juliet l anguidly

, .

O Miss Juliet cried D olph who had brought in
, ,

a le tter for S elva who do you think has been here ?

,

Mr B u rnet himself
.
 C H A P T E R XXX V I

T HO U A RT Y
T H S EL F

T HE result O f the interview with old Mr Bu ckley was .

that on the next day Lewis went up to London and

, ,

returned with G eorge c onsiderably shorn o f his beams

, ,

very si c k of the stage and a ctually submitting to be

,

set down i n his old c orner o f the o f ce on the following

morning without any complaint H e was rather sullen .
,

and had very little to say ; but Lewis Opined th at he

was much ashamed o f his folly and of the straits in ,

which he had been found Lewis told his wife that

.

Burnet had bee n thoroughly kind in the matter and ,

that he had found that it was by no means the rst

time that he had held out a helping hand to fello w
professionals who were down on their luck S elva .

!
agreed that he had been the saving of poor G eorg e

but as is the way of people they thought it better
, ,

no t to dilate on his merits to Juliet .

S he however in the deepening of feeli ng that was

, ,

coming on her and in the growth o f her whole nature

, ,

reproached herself for the slight hard fashion in which

she had scoffed at poor G eorge s devotion S h e knew .
,

that she had added the last intolerable sting and that ,

a little kindness a little sense that he was of the same

,

esh and blood as herself might have made all the ,

differen c e .
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T HO U A RT Y
T H S EL F 331

O n the morning after his return as he was going ,

home to dinner she met him in the street an d W ith

, , ,

a sudden impulse stopped and held out her h and : ,

I m glad you have come back she said

Y ou see

, .
,

most of the Wills o the Wisp are settlin g down on
ter r a r ma

.

This was a kind way of putting it and G eorge s ,

gloomy brow lightened a little .

A cting doesn t exactly wash he muttered Th en , .
,

suddenly I m sure I never meant a ny h arm to
,

Burnet and he sees n o w a t l east he s ays i t was

his own fault .

D oes he

I daresay he does said Juliet ,

dryly .

Y es I m awfully glad he s all right again
,
I .

believe I did cut up rather rough but I didn t know ,

he was thought so mu c h of among profess i onals so ,

naturally perhaps h e wanted his o wn way with u s .

But Miss Juliet I I everything conspired Those

, ,
.

aristocrats at R otherwood m ade me feel o u t of it ; and

; and if I h ave been a fool I hav e my feelings and , ,

they re as real as other people s .

Y es G eorge said Juliet more gently than a few

, ,

weeks ago she knew h o w to S peak ; I am sure you

have I am sorry I see m ed un kind at Rotherwood

. ,

but there was no use in havi n g mistakes made you ,

know It had nothing to d o with the gr and people

.
.

I suppose you thought it was awful presu mp tion

but others
Juliet ushed to the roots of her hair and the tips
of her ngers .

I don t think of it so she said steadily

But I ,

.

hope y ou ll give up thinking of it Let u s all be good

.

friends again We none of us kne w what we were

.
332 S T RO L L I N G P L A Y ER S C HA P .

about whe n we set off together But I hope no one .

will be the worse for it in the end .

A unt A nne s affairs occupied the mind of the
family on the Thursday evening wh e n the Planet was
to reopen and all were so full of weddin g festivities
,

and wedding tours that n o one had a word to say as

to an event so much more in a cc ordance With their
recent occupations .

O nly Juliet watched the clock and kne w the ,

moment when the c urtain would draw up and the ,

critical hours begin .

It was a relief when D olph as he gave her her ,

candle after prayers said in an anxious whisper Miss , ,

Juliet they re in the middle of it now !
,

Y es

I .t i t s sure to go well D olph

,
.

O h yes miss it couldn t fail Mr B urnet
'

. .
, ,

couldn t But 0 miss can t you fee l how his heart
.
,

must be beating
Juliet avoided a reply to this query but h er own ,

heart beat fast as she lay in her quiet room and ,

followed the s c enes to herself S he knew w ell en ou gh .

h o w they went .

When she c ame downstairs the next morning

D olph stood at the foot with his hands full of n ew S
papers .

It s all right Miss Juliet I ve run out to buy all

, ,

the papers It s the el eg an t es t theatre the de c orations
.
,

are aest h e et i c and the comforts o f the audience attended

,

to A nd the play s a new departure and yet well
.
,

adapted to the stage A nd the author and the .

manager were call ed o n A nd Mr Clarence Burnet . .

here miss look in the D a i ly N ews has scored a

,

decided success : H is ne presence and powerful

.

voice were aid s to his subtle impersonation .

3 34 S T RO L L I N G P L AY ER S A
e mu .

begins to lose the heroine s affe c tions and to sh o ok her ;

then the sense of this brings remorse into his other

side and at last the good triumphs or at least
, ,

conquers fo r he is left penitent and only dimly hoping

,

to be forgiven That s why it won t altogether go .

down The girl is a weak part and conventionally

.
,

played but Claren c e has evolved a wonderful person

,

ality out of R aymond ; a very un c omfortable one !

It must be a very fatiguing piece ? said S elva .

O h yes But he went o ff this m orning as soon as

.

he had read all the c ritiques to look up some scenes

which did not satisfy him H e ll play it better stil l .

to night
-
.

D oes he c are mu c h about the critiques ? said

Juliet .

Why he must You see he undertook a frightful

, .

responsibility for my uncle did not half like the ,

wicked hero The c haracter is almost his own i nven.

tion and he would back up the author in making h i m

,

suffer to the last and yet giving him hope The , .

British publi c would rather he had been hung or ,

proved innocent of all his misdeeds But Claren c e .

says the stage shouldn t lag behind the standing of all

other art H e s right I think .
, .

Alaric was so eager and the dis c ussion o f t h e play ,

was so Obvious that personal feelings had to be ,

suppressed Juliet c ould have listened for ever but

.
,

Lewis and S elva s views of the drama were o f a much
more surfa c e kind and neither o f them thought o f ,

helping to elucidate moral problems That would not .

have occurred to them if they had been producing

H amlet .

Moreover Lewis did not take to A laric whom he , ,

thought eccentric a n d as he listened and answered ,

xxxv : T HO U A RT Y
T H S EL F

335

politely inwardly he did not bless the day when he

,

had asked Claren c e Burnet to c ome to C lareb ri dg e .

Mrs Lambourne was a much more co ngeni al

.

person both to S ir Lewis and to his wife and when ,

the y arrived at Monks Warren Park children and
tea cup s formed a pleasant diversion There were no
-
.

other guests in the house and S aturday was spent in ,

the u sual routine of a quiet visit seeing the O ld ,

church walking round the gardens driving and so on

, , , .

R andall s prospects were referred to and A laric laughed ,

a little about the very superior young lady who was to

keep him in order for the rest of his life It had been .

very good for her he said to have to forgive him and

, , ,

to ask him to forgive her for the severity which had

made him afraid to fa c e her after the a ffair of the
gates . S he had been very miserable and they were ,

much more likely now to understand one another .

.

In the evening S ir James and Lady Manningh am

came to dinner with other neighbours by way evidently
, ,

of smoking the pipe o f pea c e ; but Juliet fancied that

their host did not altogether enjoy the entertainment .

There was a new stile and a freshly made path in the -

corner o f Monks Warre n Park to whi ch its neighbour
c ould not reconcile himself and his remarks on the ,

scar c ity of his pheasants to S ir Lewis were not with , ,

o u t point .

O n the S unday afternoon Mrs Lambourne asked .

S elva and Juliet if they would walk down to the

vill age with her and pay a visit to old Mr Burnet
,
. .

A lari c S h e said wanted to take S ir Lewis to see

, ,

Mr Worthing his agent and an old friend

.
,
.

Jul iet had had a sense all the time that co n sulta
tions had been goi ng on in her absen c e and felt as ,

she went to get rea d y that it was all par t of the

336 S TR O LLI N G PL A Y ER S i C HA P .

programme all arranged on purpose and a slight

,
.

sense of rebellion rose within her .

S he put o n her dark red coat and cap trimmed

wi th gray fur a new dress since the days of Clare,

bri dge and walked a c ross the park which was bright
, ,

with the sweet faint tints of e arly winter sunshi ne .

They talked about the view and the country The .

lodge keeper s children curtsied and they passed on
-

down a lane from which they turned into a suburban

street of shops on one sid e and smart little houses on
the other The sh O p s were of c ourse closed and
.
, , ,

over the most important one was Philip Burnet ,

Monks Warren G rocery S tores in freshly g ilt and ,

highly ornate letters .

Mrs Lambourne rang at the side door a neat little

.
,

maid opened it and they were shown up into a smart ,

and comfortable drawing room tted up with brilliant -

blue rep a good deal softened down by art muslin ; a

,

bright re was burning on th e table was a ba sket of ,

wax owers under a glass shade an d on the mantel ,

piece some D evonshire pottery .

Mrs Burnet was sitting by the r e with a book

.

of sermons and her youngest daughter was reading a

,

magazine The mother was a large sensible looki ng

.
-

woman in a good S unday gown manifestly the wife

, ,

of a prosperous small country town tradesman S he .

called Mrs Lambourne My dear and S elva my.
,

lady and cast a scrutinising glan c e at Juliet The

, .

girl who attended the Warren st ok e H igh S chool and

, ,

to whom the a r t muslin was probably owing was ,

dark and graceful and began to entertain Juliet ,

shyly but with manners quite on a different level

,

from her mother s while S elva made herself agreeable , ,

a little in the style of a Primrose D ame at an election .

338 S T R O LL I N G P L A YER S C HA P
'

Well I think we ought to be g etting back

, ,

Lady Willingham said Mrs Lambourne presently

.
, .

Clarence you will come back with us ? Alari c is

,

looking out for you .

Thank you ; yes he said and as they rose he

, , ,

went up to his mother again

I hope the dress isn t spoiled mother ? he

,

said .

N o my dear she said and kissed him whisperi ng
, , , ,

something which he hastily silen c e d

There mother cried K atie vehemently as the
, , ,

door closed on the visitors you see she is not at all ,

theatrical S he is j ust as lady like as cousin Emily

;
-

herself .

S he s an awfully pretty girl said young Philip , .

Well well said the father

, we c ould have
, ,

wished Claren c e hadn t chosen a wife c onnected with

the stage But there s no doubt it might have been

.

worse i t might have been worse by a great deal .

Meanwhile the others walked across the park in

the red level light of the setting sun with c ommon ,

place talk till E mily and S elva fell back somehow

,

and disappeared among the trees Clarence paused as .

they c ame up the garden to a sheltered corner u nd er

the terrace wall where were seats and a table an d a
,

full view westward of the wide heath lost in golden ,

rosy mist Then he said in a voice low hurried and

.
, , ,

with none of the tones in which R om eo had urged

his passion
S in c e you are here you must at least be willing ,

to listen to to what you must know well already .

O therwise they would not have let you come

,
But I .

was determined that I would wait to see if I had fair

su c cess to o ffer you and also to let you know the ,
xx xv: T HO U A RT T HY S ELP

339

w h o le of the life I ask you to share Whatever it is .

.
,

you know I lay it at your feet you know

Juliet was standing with her back against the table
and her face averted .

You c ouldn t think I should mind anything of

th a t sort she said half deantly
, , .

O h but he said you will mind it
, , S ometimes , .

there will be something to mind A nd that s not .

all ! It s a hard life that I ask you to share a life ,

that s trying to body and soul a life neither I nor
"

any man can live unscathed altogether A pushing .

glaring world in which I must live though gladly ,

would I keep you out of it

N o ! S h e exclaimed drawing aw ay from him , .

Y ou mustn t ask that of me I can t give it up It s

.

myself, and if I wasn t true t o it I should oh I

,

shouldn t have any truth in me

I can t give that up .

for you .

I don t ask it ; but don t you see h o w hardly I

m ay try you ? I might make conditions for you I .

might be unreasonable jealous Why I was jealous ,

.
,

of Al aric when he played my parts though you kno w ,

I d kiss the dirt o ff his feet I might try your love

.

and faith .

Y o u have no faith said Juliet I f if ,

.

S he stopped then took her courage in both hands

, ,

and looked hi m in the fa c e

It is working together and helping each other , ,

and sharing the ght that is the beautiful thin g ,

.

What would be the worth of loving if one was afraid ?

S he stood before him with the sunlight on her
young face and fearless eyes .

O J uli et m y Juliet ! he cried as he clasped

,

her in his arms G od help me ! you shall not

. .
3 40 S T RO L LI N G PL A YER S C HA P .

repent yo ur trust if love o h every word that even , ,

S hakespeare ever wrote is too weak for what I would

say H e knew nothing about it
. .

N o I am not afraid said Juliet presently

But , .

oh do nt ever tell me to give up acting for you ll

,

make a mistake if you do and and if you ask me

now I m afraid I
, s

h o u ld promise But a c ting .

wouldn t give up me

Then it isn t o nl y the a c tor you c are for

I ve

been jealous o f R omeo and O rlando sometimes and ,

yet when you a c ted better with Alari c than with me

,

I was miserable .

If you were a girl you would know why that

was said Juliet shyly .

But I m not a girl Tell me . .

N O said Juliet ,
But you needn t mind for I

.

,

shouldn t have said no even if you had been a ,

clergyman like D avid

Madam a voi c e sounded from the terra c e above ,

in the very ac c ents of J u li et s nurse

.

H a Al aric cried Clarence starting forward

, , ,

while Juliet ew past up the terrace steps and , ,

A laric c oming down them seized Claren c e s hands in
, ,

his o wn They said but little eloquent as were bot h

.
,

their tongues indeed they understood ea c h other too

,

well to need many words Presently Clarence sai d .

,

H adn t I better go and nd Willingham
Perhaps But he disclaims any right of c ontrol ;
.

Juliet is of age and Miss D orset who is the o nl y , ,

perso n that has any c laim o n her seems to have ,

succumbed to your fasci nations Besides he must .

,

know that it is all his own doing H e starte d the .

theatri c al mania and he asked you to j oin his company

,
.

I suppose he did not know that the genuin e dramatic

342 S T R O LL I N G P L A YER S C HA P . xxx v:

But helping people to u nderstand o n e another might

open a way for stronger feet to tread ; t his power
might be the c onsolation for the dissatisfa c tions and
disabilities of being only a bit of a squire not quite ,

the whole of an artist half a high bred fastidious

,
-

gentleman and half the son of a c lass to which the

,

gentleman s privileges were odious F rom the half
.

way house he saw both ways .

 C H A P T E R XXXV II

P
C O U LE S C O MI N G TO T HE A RK

J U S T after the return from Monk s Warren Agnes had '

received a note from D avid M erri el d te ll ing her ,

that he had important tidings and should be at

O u s eh aven for a couple of hours that afternoon It .

cannot be said that the intelligen c e was re c eived with

enthusiasm by the famil y who were still inclined to
,

grieve for Ernl ey Armytage though the Cap si cu m was

,

apparently his present love Aunt Marian moaned .

that one p air of lovers was enough at on c e for a

household and Lewis indulged in so m e disrespect

,

about parsons and supposed that the fellow had got

,

some twopenny halfpenny living and would not get

-

the twopence out of the tithes ; but he dared not say

so before A gnes who would have looked on su c h an
,

observation more seriou sly than it was meant .

D avid M erri el d arrived at luncheon time and -

was very fairly appreciated H e said Rigg or R andall

.
, ,

was nea rly recovered an d that he believed Mr

,
.

Lambourne had done more to impress the young man

than any one else Moreover there was reason to
.
,

think that a quarrel with his young woman h a d had

something to do with his aberrations S he w as a .

highly respectable girl and had obje c ted to the

,

socialistic company he was keeping and it had been ,

3 44 S T R O L L IN G P L AY ER S C HA P .

decided with Mr L am b o u rn e s assistan c e to send the

, .

pair out to Mr M erri el d s brothers at Bris bane where

.

they were pretty c ertain of employment and prosperity ,

and the old mother was trying to make up her mind

whether to go with them or not .

A fter lun c heon Major O C on n or carried his Anne

o ff house hunting -
and the others retired to Miss
,

D orset s sitti ng room By and by it was made known
-
.

to them that Mr Mohun still unable to give up the

.
,

hopes o f D avid had set forth to endeavour to se c ure

,

the inuen c e of those whom the Vi car most re

garded .

A dmiral M erri el d had said that Mr Mohun was .

very good and it was just what he c ould have wished

, ,

but D avid was the most resolute of all his sons ,

espe cially where duty was c on c erned and even were , ,

it otherwise he should not dare to interfere with what

,

a clergy man felt to be his vo c ation but perhaps if ,

Canon Wharton advised it D avid might y ield to his ,

representations .

H owever when pro c eeding to Coalham Mr Mohun

, , .

talked the matter over with the Canon they somehow ,

c ame to the understanding that sin c e an illness in the ,

spring that good man had been wishing to retire O h a

,

smaller eld of labour and that as Coalham was in ,

the gift of hi s own Chapter he coul d secure that D avid ,

M erri el d was appointed as his successor to the parent

parish a b en e c e which though diminished by the
, ,

d istri c ts formed by himself still was an ample pro ,

vision ,
and carried with it a delightful house and
grounds which he had made a breathing place for his
,
-

people O nly the certainty of putting Mr M erri el d

in his place c ould indu c e h i mto resign but with this
. .

arrangement he would thankfully ac c ept B e ech crO ft ,

3 46 S T R O LL I N G P L A Y ER S

'

had pra c tis ed elo c ution u nder A laric s dire c tio n s and ,

had become very much at home with him Clarence .

came for another S unday a nd Monday morning with

her when their future plan s were settled S he was to
,
.

come to L o n d o n an d be put as Clarence had o riginally

'
'

, ,

proposed under Miss L asc ell e s s charge and tui tion and
,

so l earn what her c hosen professio n was really like .

The actress a kind and heart y person took a lively

,

interest in Clarence s choi c e and p ro mi sed to do all in

her p ower to help her on .

S he w as going on tour in the course of the spring ~

under favourable cir c umstan c es an d undertook to take ,

J ul iet with her and give her Opportunities of practi c e

,

in various parts an arrangement w ith which Clarence s ,

scruples as to the c ar e due to his l ady were perforce :

, ,

satised .

H e could not hide from Juliet that if she made a ,

.

hit and if she proved capabl e of playing leading parts

, ,

it would be a great thing professionally for his uncle ,

himself and t h e Planet There was a dazzli n g ch ance

,
.

before them and his heart w as too mu c h i n his c alling

'

to be i ndifferent to i t
'

But if after all it comes too hard on you I f your

, , ,

heart fail s you at the l ast, promise to tell me Else I .

won t let you go

.

Y ou won t let me ? said Juliet

.

N o he said s m iling R emember all you do will

.
, ,

be for my great gain and I will have none of it if it ,

makes your heart or your nger ache .

O h how clever men are said Juliet ironical ly

, , .

'

O f course helping y ou isn t a t al l likely to make one

,

persevere But I ll promise fty times over if you
.
,

like because my heart isn t going to fail I m not

,

.

going to give u p my S UC C BS S if you will ! But ,

,
x x x vu C O U LES P C O MI N G TO T HE A R K 3 47

Clarence and suddenly her mobile face was illuminated
,

by a l ock of deep and passionate feeling hitherto u n ,

known : I ll tell you the truth sad brow and true

,

maid i t i s for you and for all I ve said I d fail to ,

make you Succeed But I ll succeed for you instead .
.

D on t be afraid ; what can I mind when we help each
other Al aric says Art is telling the world gr eat
.
,

truths Isn t it lovely to tell them together ?
.

I don t think anything ca n hurt you said Clarence ,

brokenly as he clasped her close

, .

H is stately gure was an object of greater curiosity

at O u s eh aven on the oc c asion of the double wedding , ,

than either of the bridegrooms .

F or it w as a double wedding A nne D orset had .

hung ba c k from the idea ; S h e thought aunt and niece

would look rather absurd in the newspaper and that ,

she should be thought to be trying to ape or rival her

young nie c e s y outh and beauty .

O n the other h and this allegation made the Major ,

furious and he maintain ed to the diversion of all

, ,

auditors that forty two ,

was a far handsomer age than -

twenty t w o ; that Agnes was a sweet girl but that she

-
,

couldn t hold a candle to A nne

.

Moreover Miss D orset wished to have only ,

one trouble and when A nne begged to have h er

,

wedding over quietly in the morning or better still , ,

a day o r t W O beforehand there was a general outcry

'

that the contrast would not be tting and so S h e ,

submitted to everything except absolute white and no

bonne t
H er bridesmaids were besides Jul iet O l d friends , ,

and neighbours but Agnes wa s to import D avid s two
little nie c es as his siste rs called themselves too old
, ,

also his cousins G illi an and M ysi e M erri el d the whole

, ,
3 48 S T R O LLI N G PL A YER S C HA P .

of this party being lodged with the parents at Armytage

Park where Ernl ey obtained leave to meet them
, .

It was reported that G ill ian fought o ff to t h e very

last any idea that so sensible a man as Mr Armytage .

c ould be after any nonsense .

The weddings were like all other weddin gs of an

old fashioned sort for they took pla c e in the morning
-

, ,

and were followed by a breakfast and speeches in the

olden style .

O ne toast however w as to say the least unusual

.
, , , ,

Mr A rmytage the S quire proposed the health of

.
, ,

the Wills o the Wisp and c ongratulations o n the ,

happy if unexpe c ted results that had caused them

, , ,

as he pi c turesquely put it nally to explode in a blaze ,

of light .

Then all the late members of the Wills o the Wisp
Company stood up and bowed as S ir Lewis prepared ,

to return thanks D olph helped to pour out the

.

c hampagne and then was c alled over to stand by his

,

master s side and bow his thanks with the oth ers

.

S ir Lewis looked round with a half humorous half -

,

rueful glan c e .

H e said that three months ago it had hardly see med

likely that such a gathering as the present should ever
take place E nough had already been said as to the
.

n e w scenes in which the brides wo ul d now be called

upon to take a part H e must say that the re c ent

.

brilliant su cc ess of Mr Claren c e Burnet must always

.

reect a lustre on the brief career of the company to

which he had been so great an assistance H is light .

had swallowed up one of their brightest am es H e .

offered his best wishes to A dolphus Cobb to who m he ,

hoped the Wills o the Wisp had not proved misg u iding
torches But for himself and h i s wife and he m ight
.
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.
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w i th Si x p nny K in g l y
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. . . . .

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.

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,

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.
,
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P OR T RA I T OF A L ADY
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3 vol A ( A th r of T H E LA N D OF DAR KN ES S ,
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d oth S to i of P n t Lif th e N o th
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.

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.

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r. vo .

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3 s. . . . .

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8 vo
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. . .

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.
.

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S I R T O M G lob 8
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I n c onnu
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e vo 2 s. vol E t 8
H

T H E C OUN T R Y G EN T L E M A N AN D HI S e 2 s. x cr vo
. .
. . . .

F A MI LY G lob 8
ARN O LD ( M a tth e w) E SSAY S I N C R I T
6 th E dit Cr 8
.

e vo
T H E S E C ON S ON G lob 8
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. . . .

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N E IGH B OU RS ON T H E GRE EN C 8
. .

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3 6d D I S C OU RS E S I N A M ER I C A Cr 8
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s.
J O YC E Cr 8
.

vo
6d
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3 6d vo . s. r

F G S E LBY M A G 1 8
-

. . . .

K S Cr 8
IR 3 6d
T E EN vo 3

wd vo s
T H E R A ILW AY M AN A N D H I S CH IL D RE N ( S e l G O LD E N T REASU R Y S ER I ES
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. . . . .
, . .

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Cr 8 .
3 6d vo . s. .

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,

TH M E C 8 3 6d
-

E E O A R R IA G O F L IN R r. vo s.

T H H E I R P RES U M PT I V E AN D T H E H E I R
. . .

B RID G E S ( John
. .

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A PP AREN T 3 vol C 8
-
-

. s . r. vo . V ILL A G E Cr 8 . . vo .

P AL ME R ( L dy S ph i a) M S P C O T T S a o R . EN I

B RI M L E Y ( G o g ) E SSAYS G lob 8 e r e . . e

L O DG ER : and oth S to i Cr 8
.

6d er r es. . vo . .

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PARR Y ( G mbi ) T H E ST O RY OF D I C K FRO M T HI S W OR LD o T H A T WH I C H

.

a er T

Cr 8 C O M E 8 mo
. .

6 vo 3 . 6d t I . . ne .

B U T C HE R ( P f S H ) S O M E A S P E
. . .

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ro . . .
-

H I S S ENSA T I ON S AN D I D EA S 3 d E dit
.

r 2 7 6 . . vo . s .

C ARL Y L E ( Thom ) ( S BI O G RA P H
. .

vol 8 s. vo .
as . ee

R O SS ( P c y) A M S G U T L ASS I E C
er . I ID I

. r. C H UR C H ( D e an ) M I S C E LL ANEOUS
T I N G S C oll c t d E dition 6 V OIS
.

8 vo .
4s 6d . .
e e
c h Vol I M C
. . .

H E L EN T R E V E R Y AN : OR THE 8 vo ea IS E LLA
ROY
ESSAYS I I D AN T E : A N D O T H ER E
. . . .

R U LI N G R A C E 3 vol s C 8 o
,

I I I S T A NSE LM IV SP ENSE
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R U SS E LL ( W C lark) M A R OON ED Cr B A C ON VI T H E O X FOR M O V E

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A ST RAN G E E L O P E M EN T C 8 3 6
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J O H N STO N A S OU T H S E S SAYS E dit d by L ES LI E S H

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LO V ER : A R om n c C 8 S i F P O LL O C K Cr 8
. .

a e. r. vo . r . 8 6d . . vo . s . .

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a S l c tion f om h i L tt and a
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t ion Cr 8 6d ch vo s. ea e e r s e e rs ,
3
: A R om n c by H I S W I FE C 8 7 6 d
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r e as a
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S pi itu l R om n c r a a e. C RAI K C ON C ERN I N G M E N

T H E C OUN T ESS E VE oth P p C 8 4 6d e rs . r. vo s
A B OU T M ONEY
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a er a es . an er s

B LAN C H E L AD Y F A L A I S E C r 8 vo . 8 vo .
S ER M O N S OU T OF C H U R C H C r 8
. .
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e vo .
D E V E R E ( A b r e y ) E SS A YS CH I EF
.
,

T H E O D O L I ( M ch ) U ND E R P RE SS U R E
u
P OE T RY vol G lob 8
.

ar es a -

vol G l ob 8
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2 s. e vo
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. .

2 s . e vo .

CA L G lob 8 .
,

e vo .
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LI ER A UR E H O B AR T ( L rd ) E SSAYS AN D M I S o (
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C o l e ct e d Le ct ur es ; Wor k s ; Es s a y s ; N E O US
S k t c h E d L dy H O B AR T vol
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.

G
C O W P ER L E TT ERS E dit d with I n t o
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.

ch
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I L it y ; I I T h ologi c l
. . .

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D EFOE T H E A DV EN T URES OF R O B I NSON

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.

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D R ESS E S AN D R EVI E WS 8
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. .

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vo a
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, . .

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. vo . J

ON T H E S T U DY OF BI O L O GY 8
. . .

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.

SC I EN C E A N D C U L T U R A N D
6
,

. vo .

B oth
.

r e rs . E
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,

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. . . . .
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L ON G FE LL O W P OE M S OF P L A C ES ; E N G Q U ES TI ONS 8 vo .
L AN D AN D W A L ES E d i t d by H W
.

J AM E S ( H e nry ) F REN C H P OE T S AN
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N e w E dition Cr 8
.

L ON G F E LL O W vol
. .
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2 s. VEL S T S I vo
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B A L L A D S LY R I CS AN D S ONNE T S
. . . . .

v
P A R T I A L P O R T RA I TS C 8 o
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T n s l t d by ST AN LE Y L ANE P OO L E K E A T S L E TT ERS E dit d by S

-
. .

e
C O L V I N G lob 8
ra a e -
.
. .

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L A DY S l c tion f om th e Wo k of th e KI N G S L E Y ( C h ar l e ) C O M P L E T E E
.

s
OF T H E W ORK S O F CH AR L ES KI N
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8vo 6s
. . ro
C UR T E IS ( R G T S e v. HE C IE I
O B S T A L ES T O C HR I S TI AN B E LI E F
.
. .

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Boyl L c tu
C .

T HE L ORD 8 84 C 8 6
.

d oth S mon
e e re s , 1 . r . vo . s.
C 8
DAV I E S ( R L
an er er s r. vo . s

P REA C HED I N E NG L I S H l w lyn

.

J
.

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ev . e e HE
AND M ODERN L I FE E fc p 8 t
. .
.

CHUR HES C 8 6 C r. vo s
S O I A L Q UES TI ONS FRO M T H E P O I
. xt . . vo .

T W EN T Y S ER M ONS C 8
. . .

C
r. vo s.
VI EW OF C HR I S TI AN T HEO L OGY C 8
T O L ERAN E C 8
. .
r

W ARN I NGS AGA I NS T S U P ERS TITI O

. .

6d C r. vo . 2s N

L I GH T OF T HE W OR L D C 8 3 6d
. . .

T f p 8
c 6d
vo
C HR I S T I A N C A L L I NG E
HE . r . vo . s . .
. . .

B R U N T ON ( T L ud ) T BI BL E A N D a er HE
T HE
O RDER AND G RO W T H AS I
fp 8 . xt . .

S I EN E I llu t t d C 8 N V O Lv
. .

C C . 6d s ra e . r. vo . .
T HE S PI R I T UA L C ONS TIT U TI ON OF H
B U T L E R ( A ch ) S ER M ONS D r er O C T R IN A I S O I ETY C
C 8 r. vo
B A PTI S M C ONF I R M A TI ON AND
. .

AND P RA TI A L
.
,

h E dit 8 8 t
C C
LORD S S U P P ER A dd
n vo . s.
S E OND S E R I ES OF S ER M ONS
, ,

8 mo
. .

C 8 7 vo . s. re s s e s I

L E TT ERS ON R O M AN I S M 8
. . .
.

6d . vo . 10 s . .
DIGGL E ( R J G OD LI NES ev S

B UT LER ( R S ER M ONS P REA H E D M AN LI NESS C 8 6

. .

ev C . r. vo . s.

I N C HE LT ENHA M C O LL C HA P E L 8
.

6d . . vo . .
DR U MMOND ( P of I r N T RO DU

C AM P B E LL ( D John M L d ) T T HE S T U DY OF T H EO L O GY C 8
.

N r. eo HE A T o r. v

T URE OF T HE A T ONE M EN T C 8
- .
. .

RE MI N I S E N E S AND R EF LE TI O N S
o . r. vo . s.
DU BOS E ( W T S HE O T ERIO LO
T HE N W T ES T A M E N T By W P D
.

C C C
E dit d by h i D ONA L D C A M P B E LL U
.
E . . .

e S s o n,
M A C 8 7 6d C 8 6d
.
r. vo . .

EC C E H OMO A S URVEY OF T HE L
r. vo . 3

T HOUGH T S ON R EVE LA TI ON C 8
. . . .

: IF
W ORK OF J ESUS C HR I S T G lob 8
r. vo .
R ES P ONS I B I LI T Y FOR T HE G F T OF
.

I e vo .

E T ERNA L L I F E
.

C ompil d f om S mon e r er s
E LL E R T O N ( R John ) T H HE
ch d 8 9 3 C 8
.

p re a e 5 1 2 1. r. vo . s.
M ANHOOD AND IT S L ESSONS FOR
ev . . c

C AN T E R B U R Y ( E dw d Whit A c hbi hop ar e, r s LI V S C 8 E r

,

vo

f ) B O L I FE : I T S T R I A L I T S S T RENG T H
. . .

o Y- , FAI T H AND C OND U C T A E :

I T S F U L NESS S und y in W llingto n C l
, N SS
.

l g 8 5 9 7 3 C 8
. a s e o
V ER I F I A BL E RE LI G I ON C 8 7 . r. vo . s.

F ARRAR ( V A c hd c on ) W ORK S
e e, 1 r. vo . s

S EVEN G I F T S P im y Vi i t ti on
. .

TH E r ar s a e n. r ea

A dd
. .
.

C 8 6 f m E d i ti
or C 8 3 6d on r. vo
M onthly f om D c mb 89
re s s . r. vo . s. . . s. .

C HR I S T AND H S T I M ES S c on d Vi i
.

r e e e r, r 1.

S EEKERS AF T ER G OD
I e s
t t i n A dd
.

C 8
H O PE
a o re s s . r. vo .
A P AS T ORA L L E TT ER T O T HE D I O C E S E W min t
.

E T ERNA L est s er

OF C AN T ER B URY 89 8
.

w d d S mon er s.
F A L L OF M
1 0 vo . s e e I
d o h S mo
. . .
,

C AR P E N T E R ( W Boyd Bi hop of R ipon )

T HE AN an t er er

T RU T H I N T A L E A dd c hi y to
.
,
s .
T HE WI T NESS OF H I S T ORY C T o

C h i ld n
. re s s e s, e
H ul n L c tu se a 8 e re s , 1 70
S I L EN E A N D V O I ES OF G OD S
.

C 8 re 61 r. vo 6
T HE
P ER M ANEN T E L E M EN T S OF R E
. . .
C C ei

I N T HE D AYS OF T Y O U T H M l b
.

TH E
HY
d E dit
. ar c
C 8 C oll g S mon
L G O I I N . 6 zu . r. vo . s.
e e er s.

C A ZE NO V E ( J G ib on ) C ON C ERN I NG T H E S A I N TL Y W ORKERS F iv L nt n L e e e e
T h A m lio tion
s
B E I NG AND A TT R I B U T ES OF G OD 8 E P H P HA T HA
.
. .

o r, e e ra
5 . vo . s .

M ER Y AND J U DG M E N T
C H U R C H ( D n ) H U M AN L I FE A N D I T S
C
S ER M ONS AND A DDR E SSES DE LI VE
.

ea R
C OND ITI ONS C 8 A M ER I A
.

6 r vo . s
T H G I F T S OF C I V I LI SA TI ON :
C
H I S T ORY OF I N T E R P E T
. . .

d oth
.

E an er T
d L tt
HE R
S mon er C 8
s an 6d e e rs . r. vo . B mpton L c t u 885 8
D I SC I PLI N E OF T H E C HR I S TI A N C HAR
. a e r es , I . vo .

A C T ER ; d oth S mon C 8 F I S K E ( John ) M AN S D ES TI NY VI E W

6d
T H E L I GH T OF H I S O R I G I N C 8
.
an er er s. r vo .
A DVEN T S ER M ONS 88 5 C 8 4 6d
. .

. r. vo .
1 r. vo . s.
VI L L AGE S ER M ONS C 8 F OR B E S ( R G nvill ) T V
, . .

r. vo . HE OI
C A T H E DRA L A N D U N I VERS ITY S E R M O N S
e v. ra e
G OD I N T HE P SA L M S C 8
-
. .

. 6 . r. vo . a
C r 8 vo . .

FO W L E ( R T A N W A E N
L E RGY MAN S L F E XAMINA T I ON
ev .
B E TW EEN R EVEA L ED R E LI G I ON
.

C SE -
ANT
 T AI T TH P RESEN T C E O N

S erm o n s , L e ct ur es , Ad d r e s s e s a n d
OF T H E C HUR C H OF E NG L AND P
Vi it tion C h g 3 d E dit 8
.

T h e o l o g i c al Es s a y s
, s a 3 ar e. r vo
D U T I ES OF T HE C HURC H OF E
. .

c t i n ed on u NG
S c ond Vi it tion A dd
.

NA T U RAL R E LIGION B t h A utho of e r

e
T H E C HUR C H OF T HE F U T URE
8 4 s a re s s e s . vo . s

E cc H omo 3 d E dit lob 8

.

ni l Vi it tion C h g
e r e vo
C 8
. . .

re n a s a ar es r. vo
P A TT I S ON ( M k) S ER M ONS C 8 vo
. .

ar . . r. .
T A Y LOR ( I c) T H R S O A saa E E T R T IC
P A U L O F T AR S U S B E L I EF C 8
.

8 6d . vo . . 6d . r. vo . .

P H I L O C H R I S T U S : ME M O I RS OF A D IS K T E M P L E ( F d i c k Bi hop of Lond re er s

C I P L E OF T H E LO RD S ER M ONS P REA C HED I N T HE C HA P

,

g d E di t 8 o
R U G BY S HOO L S EC O N D S E R I ES
s . r . . v . 12 .

P L U M P T R E ( D n ) M OVE M EN T S I N R E
C . .

ea
tO p 8
L I G I O U S T HOUGH T
.

Fc p 8 3 6d . . vo . s . .
vo .

T H I RD S ER I ES 4 t h E d i t E t f p 8
. s .

x c

P O TT E R T H E R E L A T I O N OF E T H I C S RE LA T I ONS B E T W EEN R
. . . .

TH E EI

T o RE L I G I ON C 8v 6d r. o AND S C I EN C E B m pton L c tu . a e re s ,

d Ch p E dition C 8
. . .

7 th an 6 ea er r vo .
R E A S O N A B L E F A I T H : A S HOR T E s s u
. .

F i nd T R E N C H ( A c hbi hop) T H E H U r s
L EC T URES FOR 84 56 8 7 6 d

Th C

By 8 o
.

re e r e s . r. v .

1 vo s

R E IC HE L ( C P Bi hop of M t h) T H E
. . . .

LORD S P RAYE R C 8 o 7 6d
. .
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T U LLO C H ( P in c ip l ) T H C HR I S T c r a E
G OS P E LS AND T HE C HR I S T OF M
-
.

r. v s.
C A T H E DRA L A N D U N I VERS I T Y S ER M O N S
. . .

.
C R I TI C I S M E t fc p 8 4 6d . x . . vo . . 9 . .

C r 8vo
V A U G H AN ( C J D n of L nd ff)
. .

R E NDALL ( R T T HEO L OG Y OF ev I-I E

S OF H ARRO W S UNDAYS
. .
, ea a a .

T HE H E B RE W C HR I S TI ANS C 8 MO I 8
.
R AL vo
E PI P HANY L E AS T ER 8
. .

r vo
EN T ND
. .

,A vo
.

R E Y NOLD S ( H N O T ES OF T H E C HR I S H EROES OF F A I T H
.
, .

nd E d i t C 8 2 r.

TI AN L I FE C 8 L I F E S W ORK AND G OD S D I SC I
. . .

'

7 6d r vo . s.
E t fc p 8
.
. . .

RO B IN S ON ( P b nd y H M re e ar AN IN
x . 6d
W HO L ESO M E WORDS OF
. vo. .

T HE I M AGE OF G TH
.

d oth S mon
E
C H RIST nd E dit
OD : an er er s
F 8 3 6d 2 c vo . s
F O S O F A IT H
.

md dit F p 8
. . .

C 8
r. 6d
vo . .
E F 2 c vo .

R U S S E LL ( D n) T L I GH T T HA T L I GH T C HR I S T S A TI SF Y I NG T HE I S
. . .

ea HE C N T IN

E T H EVERY M S mon With I nt o H U M AN IT Y d E dit E t p

.

AN : er s. an r 8 2n x vo

du c tion by D n P DD C 8 6 C OUNSE L S FOR Y OUN G S T UDEN T S

. . . . .

ea L UM PT RE , . . r . vo . s. .

RY L E ( R P of Te v. E AR L Y N ARR r HE A
8 vo .

Tw o G R E A T T E M PT A TI ONS
G ENES I S C 8 TH
.
E .

T IV E S O F . r. vo . ne t .

E dit Fp 8 c vo .

S ALMON ( R Gog N M A DDRESSES FOR Y OU N G C G

. .

ev e, LER
e r ON IR
E t fc p 8
-

C HR I S TI AN I T Y
.

d oth S mon

x 6 vo . a
A C U L O US : an er er s
M Y S O G I VE M T H I NE H
. . .

d E dit
.

N E
2n C 8 6 r vo . s.
G NOS TI I S M AND A GNOS T I I S M E t fc p 8
. . ,

x 5 vo s
C d C : an
R ES T AW H I L E A dd to T oi
. . . .

oth S mon C 8 6d re s s e s
er er s r. vo .
M ini t y E t fc p 8 5
.
. .

th
S AND F ORD ( R t R
e s r x vo . s.
C W Bi hop f G ib T E M PL E S ER M ONS C 8
. . .

ev. s O

) C OUNSE L T O E N G LI SH C HUR H M E N
r. vo I os

A U T HOR I SED OR R EV I SED ? S

.
,
. .

. . .

l
ra t a r C
A B ROAD C 8 6 e
. .

r vo s. C 8
r. 6d vo .

L ESSONS OF T HE C ROSS AND P A

. . .
.

S C O T C H S E RM ON S 68 By P in c ip l
C A I RD d O th
'

3 d E dit 8 6d
,
1 0 . r a
W ORDS FRO M T HE C o s s ; T H R R E EI
s P RAYER
an e rs . r . vo . 10 .9 . .

S ; T H
IN Lo F ou CE RD

r

S E RV I C E ( R S ER M ONS C 8 of L nt L c tu
.

6 ev. r. vo . s e C 8 6d e re s r. vo 1o s

U N I VERS ITY S ER M ONS N W

. . . . . .

S H IRL E Y ( W E LI JAH F ou U niv , E A ND

: r er
.
C 8 6d
s ity S er mon s .Fc p . 8 vo . 2 s. 6d .
r vo
T H P RAYERS OF J ES US C HR S T
.

E
. 10 s . .

MI T H ( R e rs ) M AN
.

S SK W ev T v ra
'
NO LE D G II 8 vo
D ON C AS T E R S M O N s ; L E SONS 0
OF M AND OF G OD C 8 6
.
. .

ER S
AN . r. vo . s .

AND G OD LI NESS ; W ORDS FRO M H

S MI T H ( W S um
T E
z) T B L OOD OF a a re HE T HE PELS C 8 6d
N W C OVENAN T A n E
r. vo 10 .9

N O T ES FOR L E C T URE S ON C ONF I R M

.

y C 8
.
. . . .

E : s sa . r. vo . 2 s. 6d .

S T A N L E Y ( D e a n) T H E N A T
'
I HA N K S 4 th E dit
1 Fc p 8 6d . . vo . .

A U G H AN ( R D
IO N A L
T
-

G I V I NG mon P c h d in W tmin t PR
.

Ser s re a e es s er V ev HE
A bb y
.

T R I A L OF F A IT H C 8
.
.

e 2 nd E dit C r 8 vo 6d 29 r vo .

A DDRESSES AND ER M ONS d liv d in

. .

V A U G H AN ( R E T )S O M E RE AS
. . . . . . .

S e e re

Am icer a , I 87 8 C r 8 vo . . .
OUR C HR I S TI AN H O P E H ul n L
e v. . .

. sea e

S T E W AR T ( P of B l fou ) d T AI T ( P of
f or 1875 C 8 o 6d . r . vo . s. .

V A U G H AN ( R R ob ) S T ONES
an r
U NSEEN 'r
r a .

P OR P HY
.

T ev er t
T H E Q UARRY S mon C 8
HE N IV E R S E

S P E U L A TI ONS ON A F U T U RE S T A T E
. .
.
,

S IC A L C 5 . er s . r . vo . s

V E NN ( R John ) O SO M E C HAR
.

5 h E dit
t C 8 6 r. vo s.
PARADO X I A L P H I L OSO P HY A S q u l to
1 . .
e v. N A
OF B E LI EF S I EN TI F I AN
.

C : e e
I S T IC S C C,
bov H ul n L c tu
,
the a e. C r 8 vo . . 661 .
L I G IO US 86 8. se a e re s , 1 0 . vo .
 T HE O L O G Y T R A N S L A T I O N S .

WE L L D O N ( R e v J E T H E S PI R I T UA L B I ON T HEO C R IT US )
L I FE (S ee
.

oth S mon C 8
. .
.

: and
.

er er s
H E RODO T U S T H H I S T ORY
r. vo .

By G
.

W E S T CO TT ( R t R B F Bi hop of D ev
M AC AU LA Y M A vol C 8
. E . .

T HE R E LI G I OUS O FF I C E OF T H E
. . . .
, s ur
h m)
a O N 8 , . . 2 s . r . vo . I x
. .

U N I VERS ITI ES S mon C 8 4 6d H OM E R O DYSSE Y DONE I N T O E

.

er s TH
G I F TS FOR M I N I S T RY A dd
r vo . s
-
E
LI SH P ROSE by S H B U TC HER M A
.

to C n
. . .
. .

O din tion C 8
re s s e s

A LANG M A C 8 6
.
a , . .
, . .
,
d id t fa es or 6d r a r vo 1s . r vo

Book I XII T m
.
s.
VI C T ORY OF T HE C ROSS S mon
. . .

T H ODYSSE Y
. . . . .

TH E er s E s
P ch d in 8 8 8 C 8
.

into E gli h V by E AR L OF C
. . .

3 6
re a e 1 r. vo s a n s e rs e
.
A RN A R
F RO M S T RENG T H T O S T RENG T H T h
. . .

C 8 6d
S m n ( I n M mo i m J B
re e r vo .

T H I LI AD DONE I N T O E NG LI SH P RO
.
. .

er o s C 8 e r a E
T H R EVE L A TI ON OF T HE R I S E N L ORD
r vo .
by A NDRE W LANG WA LTER LEAF
. . . 2 s.

E
4 th E d i t E RNES T M YERS
.
, ,
C 8 . r. vo . C 8 6d r vo
T H H I S T OR I C F A IT H
. . . .

TH
E
E
C 8
G OS P E L OF T HE R ESURREC TI O N
6 . r . vo . s .

M E LE AG E R F I F T Y P OE M S T l . ra n s a I
into E ngli h V by WA LT ER H L A
- .

6 t h E dit
.

s e rs e EA D
C 8 6 vo
Fc p 4 to 7

r s
T H R EVE L A T I ON OF T HE F A T HER C
. . . .

. . s
E r.
MO S C H U S ( S T H EO R IT US)
.

8 vo . s. ee C
C HR I S T US C ONSU M M A T OR
. .

C
S O M E T HOUGH T S FRO M T HE O RD I NA L
8 6 . r. vo . s.
P INDAR T H E X TAN T O DES By E RN E
M YE RS C 8 5
. . E
.

C 8 r. 6 1
vo . 6
. r vo . s

S O C I A L A S P E C T S OF C HR I S T I AN IT Y C
. .
.

r. P LA T O T \Vith T n l tion I M E US
R D A R HER H I ND M A 8
ra s a
.
. . .
,
8 vo 6 s

T H G OS P E L OF L I FE C 8
C
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G O L DEN T REASURY S ER I ES p
-
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(S l
E SSAYS I N T HE H I S T ORY OF R E LI G I O U S
. . .
s .
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,

T HOUGH T I N T HE W ES T G lob 8 P OLY B I U S T H I S T OR I ES By E HE

S HU K B URGH C 8
. e vo .
. . .

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C
W E LLI N G T O N
. r. vo .

E
S O P H O C L E S CE
e v.

C O LL E GE S ER M ONS K I NG T
.

C 8 6 D I P US T H E
by E D A M
r. vo . s ra

l t d into E ngli h V
. .
. .

W IL K IN S ( P of A T H L I G H T OF T H E
a e s e rs e O
HEAD M A Fcp 8
. . .

r E 6d
W OR L D : A n E y nd E d C 8 a 6d
-
. .
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T H E O C RI T US B ION AND MO S C H
s sa . 2 . r. vo . s. .

W IL S ON (J M A c hd c on of M n c h t ) r ea a es er B y A LANG M A 8mo 61 L
, ,

S ER M ONS P REA HED C LI F T ON C O LLE G E I 2s ne t ai

. .
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c

Pp dition
.
, . . . . . .

C iN E 8vo
8 8 8
a er
9s
C HA P E L d S i
. . .

C 8
E SSA Y S AND A DDRESSES C 8
. 2 n
9
6d
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X E NO P H ON T E C O M PLET E W H O RI
By H G DA YNS M A C 8
r. vo
S O M E C ON T R I B U TI ONS o T HE R E LI G I O U S
.

Vol
. . .

T R r. vo s
ch
. .
,
. . . .

T HOUGH T OF OUR T I M E C 8 6 . r. vo . s.
a nd II . 1o s . 6d . ea .

W OOD ( R E T H E R EGA L P O WE R
ev.
Fr o m t h e I t aJi a n
OF T HE C HURC H 8
.

.
vo
DAN T E T P URGA T ORY With T
. .

HE ra r.

T HER AP EUT I C S ME D I CI N E p by A B U TL ER C 8
. .

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an o te s , r. vo .

P ARAD I SE By h m
. . .
.
,
T HE dE . t e sa e . 2 n t

T R AN S LA T I O N S C 8 r 6d vo .

H E LL By h m C 8
. .
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T HE t vo . 12 s
m t h e G r ee k F 7 0 1 th e I t a l i a n F r am t he
e sa e r.
F ra
M ONAR H I A By F J C
. . .

D E C H UR C
t i nI n to L
. . .

L a a ti n a nd G r e ek V e r s e 8 4 6d
.
vo
D I V I N E C O M EDY By C E N
. s. .

Fr o m t h e Gr ee k .
T HE
T ON I H E L L I I P URGA T ORY I
. . .

A E S C H Y L U S T S U PPLI ES With T n
.

PARAD I SE C 8 ch
. . . .

HE C ra s 6
l tion by T G T U KER L i D 8
vo s . ea

N W L I FE OF D AN T E T n l by C
. . . r . . .

a 6t C tt vo . 10 .9 . r s
S EVEN AGA I NS T T HE B ES
E ra

N OR T ON
. .

With
, . .
, . . . .

T HE
T n l tion by A W V ERRA L L L itt D
.

P U GA T ORY T n l by C
.

ra s a T HE ra s

S HAD WE LL
, . .
,
. . R . . .

8 vo . 6d E 8 xt cr vo ne t

E U M EN DES T n l t i on
.

With V
. . . . .

I e rs e ra s a

by B ERNARD D RAKE M A 8
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